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Hsfjtf emperuiiff JOHN H. SEALS, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 111. Cjjf Cfttiptrancc (fasakr. Published every Thursday in the year, except two. TERMS: Two Dollars per year, in advance. Clubs of Ten Names, by sending the Cash, will receive the paper at .... copy. Clubs of Five Names, at 180 “ Any person sending us Five new subscribers, inclo sing the money, shall receive an extra copy one year free of cost. ADVERTISING DIRECTORY: Rates of Advertising: 1 square, (twelve lines or less,) first insertion, $1 00 “ Each continuance, 50 Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, per year, 5 00 Announcing Candidates for Office, 3 00 Standing Advertisements: not marked with the number of insertions, will be continued until forbid, and charged accordingly. Druggists and others, may contract for advertising by the year on reasonable terms. Legal Advertisements: Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Ex ecutors and Guardians, per square, 5 00 Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Ex ecutors and Guardians, per square, 3 25 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 25 Notice for Leave to Sell, 4 00 Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 75 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm’n, 500 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guard’ p, 325 Legal Requirements: Sales of Land and Negroes by Administrators, Exec utors or Guardians, arc required, by law, to be held on the First Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house door of the county in which the property is situate. Notices of these sales must be given in a pub lic Gazette, forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be given at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notices to Debtors and Creditors of an estate, must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court oi Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be pub lished weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration, must be pub lished thirty days —for Dismission from Administration monthly, six months —for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly, for four months —for compelling titles from Ex ecutors or Administrators, where a bond has been issued by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or dered JOHN A. REYNOLDS, Publisher. STATE AND FEDERAL AFFAIRS. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. .Tames Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, President U. States John C. Breckenkidge, of Kentucky, Vice “ Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary of State Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Secretary Interior John B. Floyd, of Virginia “ War Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut “ Navy Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee, Postmaster-General Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, Attorney General Judiciary—Supreme Court. Roger B. Taney, Baltimore, Md. Chief Justice, ap pointed 1856—Salary $5 000 John McLean, Cincinnati, Ohio, Associate Justice, appointed in 1829 —Salary $4 500 < James M. Wayne, Savannah, Ga. Associate Justice, 1 appointed 1839 —Salary $4 500 John A. Campbell, Me bile, Ala. Associate Justice, appointed 1853 —Salary $4 500 John Catron, Nashville, Tennessee, Associate Jus tice, appointed 1837—Salary $4 500 Peter V. Daniel, Richmond, Virginia, Associate Jus tice, appointed 1841 —Salary $4 500 Samuel Nelson, Cooperstown, New York, Associote Justice, appointed in 1845—Salary $4 500 Nathan Clifford, Portland, Maine, Associate Justice, appointed 1857 —Salary $4 500 Robert C. Grier, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Associate Justice, appointed 1846 —Salary $4 500 Benjamin C. Howard, Baltimore, Maryland, Reporter, appointed 1843 —Salary $1 300 The Supreme Court is held in the City of Washington, and has one session annually, commencing on the first Monday in December. STATE OF GEORGIA. J. E. Brown, Governor J. A. Steele, Secretary Executive Department 1 John B. Campbelle, “ “ M. W. McComb, “ “ “ E. P. Watkins, Secretary of State John B. Trippe, Treasurer Peterson Thweatt, Comptroller General James A. Green, Surveyor General John F. Condon, State Librarian John E. Ward, President of the Senate W. B. Terhune, Secretary of the Senate J.W.H.Underwood,Speaker House Representatives Alex. M. Speer, Clerk House of Representatives William Turk, Principal Keeper Penitentiary Benjah S. Carswell, Assistant “ “ H. J. G. Williams, Inspector of Penitentiary Wm. A. Williams, Book-Keeper “ Dr. Tomlinson Fort,Physician “ Dr. T. Fort, B. P. Stubbs and Dr. L. Stroliccker, i Trustees Lunatic Asylum. , M • i Supreme Court for Correction Errors. ’ Joseph H. Lumpkin, Judge. Term expires 1868 j Charles J. McDonald, Judge. “ “ 1861 i Henry L. Benning, Judge. “ “ 185 B. Y. Martin, Reporter , R. E. Martin, Clerk First District. —Composed of the Eastern and Middle Judicial Circuits, at Savannah, on the second Mondays m January and June in each year. Second District. —Composed of the Macon, South ] Western and Chattahoochee * Judicial Circuits at Ma- \ con, on the 4th Monday in January and 3d Monday in June in each year. Third District. —Composed of the Flint, Coweta, Blue Ridge and Cherokee Judicial Circuits, at Atlanta, on the 4th Monday in March and 2d Monday in August in each year. Fourth District. —Composed of the Western and Nor thern Judicial Circuits, at Athens, on the 4th Mondays of May and November of each year. Fifth District. —Composed of the Ocmulgec and Sou thern Judicial Circuits, at Milledgeville, on the 2d Mon days of May and November of each year. *Note. —The Pataula Circuit is attached to the 2d Supreme Court District; Brunswick to the Ist; Talla poosa to the 3d. The firm of j. m. bowles & co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Wm. B. Seals retiring. The business will be continued by J. M. Bowles at the same stand, where he will keep, at ail times, a full supply of Family Groceries, and will be ready and willing to serve his friends at very Short Pro fits for the CASH. J. M. BOWLES, Feb 25 WM. B. SEALS. LOST OR STOLEN. ALL persons are forewarned against trading for | the following notes: A note on Wm F Luckie for Seventeen Dollars and Forty Cents, dated in April or May last, and due the twenty fifth December thcreat ter ; one on Wm Moore for Twelve Dollars and 1 wen ty-five Cents, dated in May or June last, and due the twenty-fifth December thereafter; one on David I helps of Hancock county for Twenty Dollars, dated in March last and due from date; and one on John Mitchell ot Mount Zion for Seventeen Dollars Twelve and a-halt cents, dated in April last, and due the twenty-filth ot December thereafter. , .. The above notes were made payable to the sunscriDcr ns guardian of free boys Jerry and Ben ; and the ma kers of the same are requested to make payment to no person except myself ct my order. THOMAS D. SANFORD. Greenesboro’, March 4, 1858. _ Fresh cranberries and currants. March 25 J. M. BOWLES. ORANGES AND LEMONS. March 25 J. M. BOWLES. IF you want bright and sharp Knives, buy a BATH J- BRICK ot [April 22] J. M. BOWLES. A NICE lot of CROWDER PEAS for sale by April 22 J. M. BOWLES. THE WEEKLY ONICLE & SENTINEL PUBLISHED AT AUGUSTA, GA. IS THE LARGEST AND BEST LARGEST AND BEST LARGEST AND BE.-T LARGEST AND BEST PAPER IN THE STATE. PAPER IN TIIE STATE. PAPER IN THE STATE. PAPER IN TIIE STATE. IN EVERY NUMBER IN EVERY NUMBER IN EVERY NUMBER IN EVERY NUMBER WE GIVE THE READER WE GIVE THE READER WE GIVE THE READER WE GIVE THE READER THREE TO FIVE TIMES As much Reading Matter as is Contained in the ordinary Weekly Papers ot the South, consisting of INTERESTING STORIES AND TALES, INTERESTING STORIES AND TALES, INTERESTING STORIES AND TALES, INTERESTING STORIES AND TALES, MARKET REPORTS, MARKET REPORTS, MARKET REPORTS, MARKET REPORTS, LATEST NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD, LATEST NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD, LATEST NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD, LATEST NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD, &c. &c. &c. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel, devoted to POLITICS, NEWS AND MISCELLANEOUS IN TELLIGENCE, is issued every Wednesday morning, contains the LATEST NEWS received by Mail and Telegraph up to Twelve O’clock Tuesday Night, and is mailed to subscribers by the earliest trains from this city, at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. TRI-WEEKLY PAPER, $4.00, DAILY PAPER, $7.00. Letters should be addressed to W. S. JONES, Augusta, Ga. copies sent free when desired. April 15, 1858 Dr. W. L. M. HARRIS, RATEFUL to the good citizens of Pen ’- J field and vicinity, for the liberal confidence (Jl and encouragement given him, respectfully contin ues a tender of his professional services to them. Dr. R. J. Massey, his former partner in the practice, will, with pleasure, attend any call, at any time, that may be made while Dr. H. is professionally engaged and cannot be obtained. March 11,1858 rpHE SUBSCRIBER IS WOW OPENING J. a nice stock of Spring and Summer Goods, to which the attention of the citizens of Penfield and vicinity is respectfully invited. The styles of the sea son are unusually handsome and prices very reasonable. An early call will be highly appreciated. Penfield, March 25th Wm. B. SEALS. JUST RECEIVED! A Large Stock of Family Groceries! CONSISTING OF All Grades Sugar and Coffee ; Fine Syrups and Molasses ; Good Apple Vinegar; Rice ; Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Mackerel; A large lot of Hydraulic Candles, which can he bought exceedingly low; A variety of Pickles ; Maccaroni; Sago; Currants ; Raisins and Candies ; Table Salt; Soda ; Pepper and Spices ; Chewing and Smoking Tobacco ; Pipes ; Any quality of a Cigar ; Large lot of Jar Snuff; All qualities of Soap; Drugs and Patent Medicines ; Perfumery—a choice lot. By way of remark, I would say to the citizens and vi cinity of Penfield, that I am giving this business my un divided attention ; and if they will give me a liberal pa tronage, I will save them the TROUBLE and EX PENSE of going farther. Penfield, Ga. March 9, 1857. J. M. BOWLES. mm im nits. COE & LATIMER would inform their friends and patients that one of the firm will constantly remain in Greenesboro’, and that the other will be found in the following places at the times specified below: White Plains, from March Ist to March 14th. Mount Zion, “ “ 15th to “ 28th. Oxford, “ April 12th to April 25th. Penfield, “ “ 26th to May 9th. As this time table will be strictly adhered to, those who call early will be most likely to receive attention. Feb 25th, 1858 . A GOOD lot of SALT in new sacks. March 18, 1858 J. M. BOWLES. mm THE BEST, CHEAPEST AND MOST SUCCESS FUL FAMILY PAPER IN THE UNION. HARP BR’iSWEEKLY. Price, Five Cents a Number; $2.50 Per Year. WE would not so often -call attention to Har per's Weekly if we were not well satisfied that it I is the lest family paper published in the United Stales, and for that reason, and that alone, we desire to see it undermine and root out a certain kind of literature too prevalent, which blunts the morals of its readers, vitia ates their taste for sensible reading, and is altogether bad in its effects. —New London Advertiser. As Harper’s Magazine has done much to drive out the yellow-covered literature, so we should be glad to see this new Weekly take the place of those papers which depend for excitement on poor, trashy novels.— New York Evangelist. Harper’s Weekly abounds in original matter, spicy, piquant, instructive and entertaining. It has, and de servedly, a very large and increasing circulation. It is I a tip-top family paper. —Boston Journal. It (Harper’s Weekly) is the proper size for binding, and an excellent opportunity is afforded for any one who wishes to preserve the history of the country, as it is made, to do so by filing Harper’s Weekly. —Pontiac (Mich.) Jacksonian. Its fresh leaves, its clear type, its entertaining vari ety, its severe but just criticisms upon the follies of the times, its elegantly written and instructive articles, and its able correspondence, all combine to make it the mo del newspaper of our country, and one that every fam ily must prize. Its condensed weekly summary of For- \ eign and Domestic Inlelligcnce is altogether superior to that contained in any other journal. Being published, too, in a form for preservation and binding, if taken care of as it deserves to be, it will be found in future years, as welcome a companion for the family and fireside as the day on which it was first perused.— 3T Connells ville (O.) Inquirer. Its illustrations arc far ahead of any journal of the kind in the country. Its pen portraits ol distinguished living men are, ot themselves, worth the price of the volume. — N. Y. Christian Advocate and Journal. Fresh, sparkling and vivacious. Its circulation is 1 probably the greatest success ever achieved by any pub lication at such an early period ofitsexistence.—Brook lyn Eagle. The best family paper we ever saw. Its pages embrace a great variety of reading matter, and its articles on the leading topics of the day arc written with an ability which would do credit to the “Thunderer” of the Bri tish Press—the London “Times.” hi point of illustra tions, it is ahead of any of our pictorial sheets. —New London Advertiser. “ Harper’s Weekly ” gains readers and popularity! j with every issue, because it aims at and hits that aver- j age requirement lor family reading which this enterpri- ! sing house so well comprehend. Its articles are brief, timely and devoid of partisanship; it is as versatile in j subjects as it is even in tone, besides being marvelously j cheap. —Boston Transcript. Back Numbers of HARPER’S WEEKLY, as well as ‘ Covers for Binding the Volume just completed, can be I furnished by the Publishers. TERMS: One Copy for Twenty Weeks, SI.OO One Copy for One Year, 2.50 One Copy tor Two Years, 4.00 Five Copies for One Year, 9.00 Twelve Copies for One Year, 20.00 Twenty-five Copies for One Year, 40.00 An Extra Copy will be allowed for every Club of Twelve or Twenty-five Subscribers. Vol. I.,fortheycarlßs7,of“HAßPEß’SWEEKLY handsomely hound in Cloth, extra, Price, $3.50, is now ready. THE. ADOPTED ORGAN OF ALL THE TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS TN THE STATE. Porter’s Spirit FREE GIFT DISTRIBUTION. THE Proprietors of PORTER’S SPIRIT OF TIIE TIMES, will, in July next, make a free distribution of SI,OOO among their Yearly Subscribers whose yearly subscription shall have three or more months to run, after the date of distribution will be governed by the result of the great race that is to be run in England on the 28th of July next, known as the race for The Goodwood Cup. This contest is under the special patronage of the Duke of Richmond, and is one of the most princely of the English racing year. It was the meeting selected last year for the memorable debut of the American horses in the English Turf; and it is more than probable that Prioress and other American horses will, on the ap proaching occasion, appear in it again. As there will, probably, be thirty or forty, horses en tered, and some fourteen or fifteen to start, we propose to distribute the sl,oooas follows: First, we will confer a Free Gift of SSOO In Cash, on the Subscriber who, in the distribution, shall obtain the name of the winning horse. The subscriber holding the name of the second horse, a Free Gift of *200; and to the Subscriber who holds the name of the third horse, a Free Gif t of *IOO. Among those who hold the names of the remaining horses which started, other than the first three, we will distribute a Free Gift of *IOO in equal parts; and among those who hold the names of horses which were entered, and did not start, we will distribute in like manner, the remaining Free Gift of *IOO ; so that there will be,jin all, SI,OOO divided among about thirty gifts, in cash. 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The subscription price of Porter’s Spirit is $3.00 a year. Postmasters and others who furnish ten Yearly Scribers, will, in addition to their premium, be entitled to one share of the Agents’ Gift. It is our present intention to continue this system of Free Gifts, and make to our Subscribers and Agents two Free Distributions during the following and each succeeding year ; the first to he decided by The Epsom Derby of 1856, to be run in England in the early Spring (and for which two American horses are already entered,) and the others by Tlic Doncaster St. Lcgcr, the annual great meeting of England for the Fall. As in both these last named meetings there are always about two hundred high-mettled racers entered, the interest that will attend the distribution of the names of the competitors among the readers of our paper may easily be conceived. For the present year, in consequence of the close ap proach of the Derby, we have chosen, for convenience, the grand race for The Goodwood Cup. P - S.—The distribution will take place publicly, un der the superintendence of a Committee of Subscribers and News-Agents. GEO. WILKES & CO. Proprietors. ©ROVER & BAKER'S REASONS why the Grover & Baker Machine is universally preferred for family sewing: 1. It is more simple and easier kept in order than any other machine. 2d. It makes a seam which will not rip or ravel, though every third stitch is cut. 3d. It sews from two ordinary spools; and thus, all trouble of winding thread is avoided, while the same machine can be adapted at pleasure, by a mere change of spool, to all varieties of work. 4th. The same machine runs silk, linen thread and common spool cotton with equal facility. sth. The seam is as elastic as the most elastic fabric so that it is free from all liability to break in washing, ironing or otherwise. 6th. The stitch made by this machine is more beau tiful than any other made, either by hand or machine. For sale by TIIOS. P. STOVALL, April 29-ts Augusta, Ga. ALL persons are forewarned against trading for a note of $53 00, held by Franklin Moore against myself. The considerations for which the note was given having failed, I decline paying it. April 8, 1858 W. W. DURHAM. ANOTHER “ JOHN ANDERSON.” Sometime since, says the Home Journal, we pub lished two verses of “John Anderson,” with an additional stanza, written l>y a gentleman of this city. As it was left, the poem was incomplete; it ended too soon —an unusual fault in poetry. The verse furnished us by Mr. Gould was a fin ishing touch ; and the amended lyric was copied into all the principal journals in the United States. The reader will please remember that Burn’s song was “ a make up” from a very old and coarse ballad of the same title; so there are no grounds for the charge that has been brought against Mr. Gould, i. e. of “attempting to improve the sweet singer.” But there is another “ John | Anderson,” it seems, whose merits certainly have a claim on public favor. This John is an lowa production, and we find it in the Oslcaloosa Her ald of last week: John Anderson, my jo, John, I weel remember yet, That time sae lan” ago, John, The day when first we met; It was a bonnie day, John, Within the month o’ June, When lambkins a’ were playing, John, Alang the banks o’ Doon. .Since then we’ve seen a few, John, O’ earthly ups and downs, And had nae scanty view, John, O’ fortune’s smiles and trowns ; But when misfortunes came, John, Eeach bore a part, you know; And thus we made the load mail- light, John Anderson, my jo. And now that wc hac grown, John, Na rich, but well to do, Nae king upon his throne, John, Mair blest than I and you; For we hae gear enough, John, To last us till we go To where there arc nae rich nor poor, John Anderson, my jo. And when to that blest warld, John, By death we’re ta’en away, We’ll leave nae wealth behind, John To make us wish to stay; But a’ the wish we’ll hae, John Will be that neither go To leave the ither lang behind, John Anderson, my jo, John Anderson, my jo, John, When in that hame on high, We meet, to part nae mair, John, Nae mair again to die ; What pleasure will it gie, John, Still hand in hand to go Through a’ the flow’ry walks above, John Anderson, my jo. PENFIELD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY G, 1 858. EDITRESS^ ( V JJ BY VIKS. If I. E. BRYAN. m BY MARY E. BRYAN. CHAPTER 11. IT was the evening of the soiree dctnsanle. Ber tha and my mother had gone to dress, Claire was playing chess with my father, who dearly loved a quiet game. A servant brought a mes sage from mama—“ Was it not time Miss Claire was dressing for the night ?” “.In a moment,” replied my father. “Pooh! what a bungling move that was of mine; yo u might have checkmated me by queen in five moves, if you had taken advantage of it, Claire.” And so the game continued. My sister and mother had been quite uneasy as to Claire’s ap pearance the night of her first introduction to New York society. She had gone out very little during the week that had passed since her arri val ; and though my mother pronounced her dress very “ quakerisli,” she could see nothing to find fault with, nothing outre, for the lead-colored ginghams and tiny black aprons, or the plain, dark silks fitting so perfectly her beautiful figure, were just such as suited her quiet, intellectual face. “I wonder,” said Bertha half-a-dozen times that day, “what cousin Claire intends wearing to night?” But Cousin Claire never vouchsafed the desired information, and there was something in her reserved, though gentle manner, that forbade all idle questioning. But Claire at last retired to dress just as I had concluded—knowing her in difference to admiration—that she intended ap pearing in the gray silk she wore. I was sur prised that night, when hearing a buzz through the crowded saloon, I turned and saw my cousin entering the room, leaning upon my mother’s arm and looking so regal, so infinitely above those around her, that I could scarce repress the excla mation that involuntarily rose to my lips. She wore a dress of rich black velvet, her beautiful neck and arms uncovered and clasped with orna ments of pearl set in jet. Her abundant hair, encircling her proud head like a coronet, had only a single white japonica, contrasting with its darkness. I had no opportunity of speaking to her until the evening was considerably advanced, when, as I was passing a curtained alcove, I felt a light touch upon my arm. It was Claire. “ Where is your friend, the young author?” she asked; “ I expected to have seen him to-night; I have been looking around the room for him.” “He is here,” I replied; “but I doubt if you would be able to identify him with the idea you have formed of Orso. lie is probably the last man in the room you would take to be a poet; and I smiled, as I glanced to the opposite side of the room, where he sat between an old harridan of iorty, who persisted in thinking herself a beauty, and an elderly spinster with hooked nose and green spectacles, who affected the has bleu. Both were evidently highly amused, and Dash wood, whose maxim it was to make the best of every situation, however unpleasant, was playing the agreeable in his finest style. A glance from me brought him to my side, and he was formally presented to Claire. “Pardon me,” I said, “for interrupting your interesting conversation. Did you ever feel the force of the word bored, Frank?” He smiled, as he followed the direction of my eye. “In the lexicon of politeness which Fashion reserves for a bright man of the world, there is no such word as bored —at least, when applied to ladies,” lie said, gallantly. “ And in that lexicon, if I may believe my cousin Paul, the word sincerity is marked obso lete,” said Claire. Frank regarded her with more interest than he had done before. “You will admit,” he replied, “that sincerity is a virtue of rather doubtful use in fashionable life.” “ ‘fo,” returned Claire; “ even considered in the narrow view of policy, truth is best. Insin cerity and falsehood may succeed for a time, but truth will eventually triumph. And as for the popularity which flattery and fawning may ob tain, every right mind will hold it in contempt.” “There 1” said I, “since you have fairly began a discussion, I will leave you and talk poetry to Miss Malvina Stubbs. What is her last poem about Frank? You are au fait to such affairs. Something about ‘ blighted hearts’ and 4 unfor gotten memories,’ I suppose. All ugly women scribble, and scribble the same things. I left them, but frequently afterwards my glance wan dered to where they sat apart—conversing earn estly, and apparently unconscious of the presence of others. Claire’s noble face was glowing with thought, and there was the look half sad, half earnest, upon Dash wood’s brow that I never saw it wear, except in those brief moments when bet ter influences were in the ascendant; when he allowed the troubled waters of his soul to settle like a fountain, and reveal a transient glimpse of the beautiful image of what he had once been. After that, Dashwood was a frequent guest at our fireside. Bertha rarely spent an evening at home, and as Claire seldom accompanied herjvl was well satisfied to have her entertained by one whose society seemed so pleasant to her as Dasli wood’s. Ho was, as my mother had said, a bril liant talker, changing with ready tact from grave to gay, illuminating all subjects with the glory of his genius and of his wit, which in Claire s pres ence was always refined. >Slie seemed to have drawn out all the innate nobility of his nature. For once, ho pursued his occupation with some thing like regularity and finished several brilliant articles, which were published, copied and foi which he received, not only the praise of his pub lishers, hut, what he affirmed was far more im portant, money. Ho was a beautiful reader, and he frequently brought over the newest works and read them aloud to Claire and myself, or, seated at the piano, he would deligh t us for hours with his strange, fantastic improvisations. lie followed no artistic rules, was*as ignorant of crotchets and quavers as of tent stich, but there was the true poetry of music in the wild, irregu lar fantasias he improvised. Strange I never thought of the possibility of my high-souled cousin loving this bright, but erratic and fallen genius; but as Bulwer says, “ if there be anything on which even the most sensi ble men are dull-eyed, where those eyes are not lightened by jealousy, it is as to the probabilities of another male creature being beloved;” and besides, I forgot that the grave faults of his char acter were unknown to my cousin. 1 had never spoken of them, because it had never occurred to me to do so; and even if it had, I should have thought it unnecessary; and I saw, too, that his society interested her, and, neglected as she was by my mother and Bertha, who could neither understand nor appreciate her, I was well pleased to find anything to contribute to tlic pleasure of her visit. But she learned the truth at last. An impor tant election was at hand, and the excitement of the canvass affected all like a contagious fever— even the straight-forward business men of Wall Street. The electioneering, that great leveller of all dis tinctions, was going on, and Dashwood took an active part in the contest. He neglected all business and devoted his talents to advancing the interests of his party. j Politics was his passion, and when the fever was on him, it called out all the strength and brilliancy of his genius. He wrote political pam phlets, he penned paragraphs of keen, biting satire, he made speeches, tln’ough which, amid much of the grandiloquent flourish of words with which orators are wont to humbug their hearers, there flashed out sentences of living, burning elo quence, such as Jeremy Taylor might have en vied. Mass and club meetings and party gath erings were frequent, wine was freely circulated, and at such orgies Dashwood was the leading spirit, lie drank from the fount of Helicon, as he had called alcohol, and the waters of his soul were again darkened, and the image reflected in its depths grew fainter; the sweet dreams of renown that had stolen of late like awakening winds over his sluggish spirit, and the high prompt ings of genius, lost theirpower. For weeks we had not seen him. “What has your friend Dashwood done with himself?” asked my father one night as he quietly sipped his tea. “Oh !” I replied, “ Harris has secured his ser vices in the present campaign, and Frank has given up poetry to do electioneering work. Sad thing for him, too, I fear! These party meetings are very disorderly—mere drinking bouts, inflict. They had quite a time, I understand, at Levy’s restaurant last night, and Dashwood was elected king of the Bohemians—rather a questionable distinction.” My father shook his head gravely. Frank was a favorite of his, as lie was of all, for his careless, genial good humor and rare intellect were irre sistible. “ Fine young fellow,” lie said; “good heart and clever head; pity that he will throw himself away in this reckless manner.” But I scarcely heard his comments; I was looking at Claire. She had glanced up eagerly at my father’s first question, and when I replied her countenance wore a puzzled look that changed into an expression of intense anguish, as with blanched cheek and quivering lip she rose from the tabic. She hoped her agitation was unno ticed, and strove hard to conceal it. “The poor carp,” she said, bending down over the globe of fish; “they have had no supper. Uncle, you have forgotten your pets to-night;” and then she glided from the room, and I watched her from the window open tlic gate of the garden, bright with moonlight, and enter an isolated harbor at the farther extremity. The truth had flashed suddenly upon me, and with it came a pang of self-accusation. My cousin loved Frank Dashwood, and it was I who had brought about the acquaintance; it was I who had unwittingly encouraged the attachment. I had unconsciously judged Claire by the standard I had formed of woman—by the calculating, world-wise young ladies of my sister’s coterie, and I had now found my mistake. I waited impa tiently for her return, and at length determine l to follow her and learn from her lips the confirm ation of my fears. “Cousin,” said I, as I took the rustic seat be side her and drew my arm tenderly around her waist, “ lias a cheerful fire and my poor so ciety no charms for you, that you prefer the cold moonlight and the companionship of the stars?” •She looked up and smiled faintly. She was calm and pale, but there were traces of tears on her cheek and on the long, drooping lashes. “Paul,” she replied, “do you remember that you read to me yesterday, that ‘youth in its troubles looks up instinctively to the stars ?’ You thought the sentence a true and beautiful one ; may it not hold good in the sorrows of maturer years?” There was a sad sweetness in her voice that almost brought tears to my eyes. “Claire,” I said, “I would not have intruded upon your privacy, had it not been that I cannot rest to-niglit until you have answered me one question. Not till scarcely half an hour ago did I suspect that Frank Dashwood was anything to you. lam tortured by self-reproach, and it is with all the tender solicitude of a brother that I ask you if my fears are true?” She bowed her head upon her hands without speaking “Tt is enough, Claire. Blind that I was—criminally blind, not to have foreseen it. I cannot forgive myself for not having warned you, for not having told you, that with all his brilliant gifts, the man I introduced as my friend was not worthy of my cousin’s noble love. May I ask another question, Claire? Is there any engage ment between you?” “None,” she said; “I know that he loves me, but I do not think he suspects how fully it is re turned.” “ And shall he never know it ?” “ Never. Oh, Paul! intemperance has been the bane of my life; it embittered my childhood; it was the shadow that darkened our household hearth; it was the one blot on the character of my father; it despoiled my home of its pleasures and broke the heart of my mother; and now now when I have just emerged from the Upas shadow, I who knew no natural childhood, no joyous girlhood; now, when the desolate shrine has found an idol, when Love has cropped the ] flowers from the grave of dead sorrowrs and 1 woven them into garlands; to find now, that the * trail of the serpen! is upon them. Oh, Paul! J what is left for me?” j “ Your own strong, brave heart will teach you, i Claire. You have—for you have taught it to me * —that courage that belongs to woman —the quiet ( endurance which conquers and strengthens—which , in the end brings peach. Your idol has become i clay; be strong, Claire, and cast it from its shrine.” s “It is what shall be done,” she said, earnestly; ! “ but”—and the firmness passed from her tones— . “the heart! the heart! Oh! how desolate will i the heart be!” How the simple pathos of her voice waked an answering echo in the lonely charnel of my own heart! “ Claire,” I said, yielding to a sudden impulse, “ Frank Dashwood told me once that ‘ love would be his redemption;’ Ido not think his dissipa ted habits are confirmed, and if he had some EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOL. XXIV. NUMBER 17 strong motive to stimulate him—something to live for, to hope for, I think^—nay, I am almost sure, that it would indeed be his salvation. At least, you can test him, Claire; and think, what a glorious work for you, my sweet cousin, to re* deem that erring heart, to rescue an intellect so noble from degradation!” Her eyes were rivetted to mine as I spoke, and her face in the soft moonlight was transfigured by the intensity of her emotions into the beauty of an angel’s. “Thank you, cousin,” she said, simply; “I will indeed make the endeavor; my heart tells me I shall succeed.” The next night Frank Dashwood came, and, contrary to my usual habit, I left them alone and went to my study— not to read, but to wait the result of the interview with nervous anxiety. Two hours later Frank came into my room, his coun tenance all aglow with happiness. “Paul,” he said, grasping my hand and press ing it warmly,” your cousin is an angel. She ha3 told me all, and I thank you for the share you have had in my happiness. Thenceforth my life shall no more be wasted. 11 is no longer my own ; it is linked to another, nobler existence. lam no more alone in the world; I have another to live for, and the efforts of the genius she has re awakened shall be dedicated to her.” His eyes were suffused with tears, and there was an earnestness in his manner, a depth in his voice, that told the sincerity of his words. “Frank,” I said, “let that small, fair hand be laid upon your helm, and trust your life-bark to her.” [to BF, CONTINUED.] THE DEGENERACY OF THE AGE. THE degeneracy of the human race is the great lament of those who compare the present with the past, and look forward to the prospects of future generations. “ They are falling from us,” they cry ; “ the great men of our time-—men of great intellects, brave hearts and steadfast princi* pies; men of the stalwart hand and iron frame they are passing from us, and where, in the pres ent enfeebled race— the race of kiddied dandies, of delicate organizations, susceptible nerves and weak intellects, shall we find men to supply their place?” The effeminacy and luxurious indolence that undermined the liberty of ancient Athens, is creeping even to the farthest confines of our republic. The hardy, energetic race, who laughed at peril and privation, at famine and fatigue—the patient, tireless minds who sought for knowledge with an eagerness nothing could abate, an ardor that impediments and disadvantageous circum stances served only to increase—where are they ? Is it true, as the wise ones tell us, that they are fast disappearing? That self-denying heroism and hardy, healthful ambition are fast dying out of the great American heart? That should tho tocsin of war again ring from shore to shore of our broad Republic, we should want the honest eloquence, the disinterested patriotism of a Pat rick Henry to arouse, the wisdom of a Franklin to plan and the courage and determination of a Washington to execute? It is true, that tho present age can boast of few master spirits. Ped antry tinctures the minds of its scholars, and sel fish motives and rabid party spirit take the place of patriotism in the hearts of its statesmen. But we will not look forward with gloomy pro phecies for the future. Surely a land so prolific in all else will not fail to produce master intel lects, leading spirits that shall direct the destinies of the future generation. In a country whose government throws wide the gates of knowledge, where no prejudices of rank or birth, no restraints of tyranny may fetter the daring feet that would ascend the eminence of intellectual powers, surely they will not be deterred from fulfilling a destiny so glorious by listless indolence and want of en ergy and perseverance. There are as many fortunes to be made, as many laurels to be won now as there ever were, and I would ask no better guerdon for success than youth and health, a brave spirit and an honest heart. A woman sighs “ I wish,” but man should say “ I will.’ 1 Instead of spending bis time in coining pretty ph •ases, learning stunning ties for his cravat and regarding matrimony as the great object of exis tence, as soon as the young man quits the shadow of his college walls, and leaves behind him the dream-life of a student, he should say to the Ho mer and Virgil he closes, “ I have sung with you an epic, I will live an epic now,” and then take his place in the great battle of life, fill his post with honor, and strive, with hon orable and laudable ambition, to attain the high est that lies within the compass of his powers. M. B. COMMON SENSE. She came among the gathering crowd, A maiden fair, without pretence, And when they asked her humble name She whispered mildly, “ Common Sense. Her modest garb drew every eye, Her ample cloak, her shoes of leather: And, when they sneered, she simply said, “ I dress according to the weather.” They argued long and reasoned loud In dubious Hindoo phrase mysterious, While she, poor child, could not divine Why girls so young should be so serious. They knew the length of Plato’s beard, And how the scholars wrote in Saturn; She studied authors not so deep, And took the Bible for her pattern. And so she said, “ Excuse me, friends, I find all have their proper places, And Common Sense should stay at home With cheerful hearts and smiling faces.” The Last of the Moguls.— The old King of Delhi, the last of the Mogul Emperors, has been condemned by the British authorities to be trans ported to one of the Adaman Islands, and be held as a convict for the few remaining years of his life. Ilis complicity, as the nominal head of the revolt in India, the avowed purpose of which was the restoration of the Mogul dynasty, and his more terrible complicity in the massacre and tor tures of the British women and children in Delhi, would have amply justified his condemnation to death ; but it appears that Capt. Hodson, of the British army, who effected his capture under very difficult circumstances, promised to spare his life, and the British judicial authorities honorably re spect that promise. The Andaman Islands are situated in the Bay of Bengal, about half way be tween Capo Negrais and the Nicobar Islands. Their total area is about 8,000 square miles. They are inhabited by a couple of thousand Malays, of the most savage character, and are supposed to be one of the principal resorts of the pirates of the Indian Seas. The Coming’ Summer, It is said that the Earl of Rosse, one of the first as tronomers in Europe, has told a gentleman in England that he anticipated one of the most intensely hot sum mers this year that has ever been known, and he ad vised farmers to build sheds for their cattle, by way ot protection against the extreme heat.