Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

ISawfowty* WwMg gm, PCBLKHBD EVERY SATURDAY j, jj. JOHNSTON & CO. : : Pbomuctoiw. “ Terms of Subscription. . pne Copy- One Year,.. M |2,00, Z CoVy. Invariably in Advance. I" - GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. BY IIKI.ES D’ESTB. I The lines were written on the death of Mku Robert E. Lee. ■ . wiiheriDK WiAt has fallen ■ O'er ill the iwmy So f* lC '?’ 1 “ t1 ’ Her sky is covered with a cloud, iier heart enveloped in a shroud, Her leader is no rapreu •: Tl, marble king has set his seal On the brow of her noblest brave \ * With frosty breath he stilled the heart A*d the flow of its crimson waves, A dirge comes wailing from all parts— lHath bulls are ringing in our hearts, Our Lee is now no more. The weaiy hands are folded now Over the sad and patient breast; Hie stedfast soul has taken its flight To the home of eternal rest, So grief will ever reach him more, ]lu boat has touched the other shore— Lee is on the golden sands. To save his country and her fame LK- dared the sword and bullets smart— Tvas her defeat and not his own Tint broke his true and noble heart. lU< banners trailing in the; dust, But his freed spirit o'er her must, Will yet. , field him in thine arms, 0, Father! I Let our loved and honored Lee Twist our country and tliy Kingdom A earner of blessings be. With hitter tears we wash his grave, But God has taken what he gave, And yet will live again. HOTS fi'va&¥J«SK, or, ■* - v v . ... :j HEARING AN ENGAGEMENT. ■ ' ha little witch a3 she was, this Katy Day, ■ '"-mi I write. She couldn’t help flirting if she ■ 1 an ! it wasn’t her fault, of course, if men B-w ’ab'n in by the round, childish face and great ■ •■■•nt blue eyes. For they were scores of them, B>! Kitty went on her way rejoicing—completing Hear bewilderment by the shy looks, and smiles, Hxi Hashes, that really meant nothing, but were H.y effective, nevertheless. ■T.nt an unlucky hour for Kitty, she said “ Yes,’’ ■ .melancholy young man, who hachbeen B* di flow for months. She wasn’t in earnest) Bit id it hr the “ fun of the thing,” and because B' v, .";ed to know how it felt to be “ engaged.’’ ■ c ,and -ri mslv. however, for, in spite of ex- Bvsp commands to the contrary, the expected suit. B went directly to her father and told him all Bmn it. I v ' l'v looked at his daughter mischievously B•' . t. a< she &it behind the tea-urn with such ■ m ica! assumption of dignity. ■ "tv 1 m to lose my little housekeeper before •nr am 1; questioned he, significantly. ■‘• ''•’•y. papa, what do you mean?” and Kitty Huhed scarlet. I hr. (i. ,rt callol on me to-day. lie is an cx ■ : y, ur,g man, and the son of one of my old ! ! as. 1 heartily approve your choice my Bar.” ■., .. l ' T ‘ "” lSo^ keep the engagement a* secret,” Bid Kitty jn a vexed tone. A lt( ' lv \ lno ’ hut concluded afterward to ua promise rather than act dishonestly.—. W* “ , Jat hav « W quite fair to have cOn-* BUcd the engagement from me.” B‘-l don’t know why, I’m 'sure. It’s only.'a bit I 1 ,K>ver meant to many Him.” ■ h r-1 aj looked at her sternly. B M '* >ot jesting,” she added, pettishly. “H e ■>', 'T'}* * nto su °t a passion that I was fairly ■ / and sorry enough F been for it since. ■ An- you in earnest, Kitty ?” I Yes, l am." and the blue eyes flashed defiant ■/ s . i? P°**hle that a daughter of mine has so W* feeling and principle ?” Iw . papa, what is the use of lecturing. You ■* u “‘ l °ld. I’m in trouble and want yoU to ■' a * out of it.” ißatvrt • ,7‘• l ave S lven your word, Kitty, and must it" 1 he break bis ?’ r , 7 was justified in doing so. But you ifi give you a choice of two evils harrying young Gilbert one. Few hither keep your promise and make ** i circumstances, or break it and pass the L‘ ul ,ie country with your aunt Dorothy.— ® 2i t going to have play fast and loose with * after this fashion.” ' up in her father’s face, disbeliev determination was written there; and, bidden dismay, she began to plead for ‘' v ° 03 the sentence. » vrpnld nt listen. “ You can stay [y “* ai Participate in its gayeties on one Pn * ’ i' y c mentioned,” said he. anything so provoking?” muttered lather had gone, down town.— l uvs > n forlorn-looking old place, [ .v,:. 1 " dderaess around her, and papa V!' o * s crossest old maid in cxis -1 ■- ill be even with him yet.” njyni’.ng Kitty announced herinten- K. in A* city. - But, papa. Mr. Kit .*»7 grow tired of the engagel - t ", iliu ’ K me better, you’ll not punish U ‘ aQ d her eyes trembled a question to ask?* H ) tlada motive in It. A plan had eug^ ®fte gnrifcen fit*. . P V VOL. VI. gested itself to her mind for outwitting both father and lover. But she didn’t mean to hurry, and be gan to pave the way for its suocess cautiously. As good luck would have it, who should call on her that morning but cousin Joe, the firm ally and abettor of all her childish mischief, and as ready to help now as then. “ Oh! Joe, such trouble as I’m in,” and she clasped her hands with a pretty little gesture of appeal. f “ What, you, Kitty ? Is your canary bird frac tious, or is it something about anew dress sir bon. bet that don’t equal your expectations ?” Kitty looked at him so reproachfully that he was sobered in a* minute. * “ Tell me all about it,” whispered he. ** I’m engaged,” and if she’d been announcing Her own funeral, she couldn’t have done- it in a more solemn voice. Jee flushed up to the roots of his hair, and clasped and unclasped bis hands in a nervous sort of a way, but didn’t say anything. » Kitty watched him maliciously. “ It’s to that young Gilbert. He’s a splendid fellow, and has great "dark eyes and the dearest little moustache. You know him, don’t you ?” “ No—yes—a little,” stammered Joe, to the de light of his listener. “ But what’s the trouble about ? Won’t fyour father ,'consent ?” and he looked so utterly wretched that Kitty, with, a faint twinge of remorse, hastened to tell him the true state of the CaJfe. He brightened up wonderfully. “ Then you don’t love the man after all ?” he asked. “ Well, I don’t know,” she answered, meditative, ly. “ I never looked into the matter much. I suppose he’s as good as any one, hut I’m not in a marrying mood at present.” * Joe’s countenance fell again. “ Will you tell me just what you want?” said he a little sternly. “ Now don’t be cross, Joe ; you’re the only friend I’ve got in the world,” and Kitty raised her soft eyes imploringly, j He was molified at once. “ Why not break with Gilbert and accept the alternative ?” suggested he. “ Twon’t be so very dull at aunt Dorothy’s. I’ve a college friend iri the neighborhood, and can visit you occasionally.” Poor Joe ! The idea of having her all to him self was delightful, and he waited for her answer with subdued eagerness. “ Is that the only plan that has occurred to you?” answered Kitty sarcastically ; “ you jhavn’t much ingenuity if you can’t devise some other way of getting me out of this dilemma. I’ve no intention of becoming an animated fossil. Now listen to what I propose.” Then Kitty disclosed her plot, and Joe listened approvingly, and the two heads were still bent close together when young Gilbert called an hour later. He entered unannounced, and Kitty gave such a start and blush at him that Joe’s hopes again sank to zero/ But if he’d been sensible he’d known that her embarrassment was the result of surprise rather than emotion. She was very arch and winning that morning until after Joe left (the little witch knew he was on nettles all the time,) then she changed her tactics grow cold and distant. “ So you had to tell papa, after all,” she sneered, men can’t keep a secyct.” ller lover tried to explain, but she wouldn't lis ten, and gave him such a rating as would have done credit to the shrillest and noisest of viragos, “ Is this a specimen of her temper ?” thought he. escaping into Jthe street as soon as possible.— “ Who’d have thought her soft eyes could flash or the lines of her face sharpen in such a curious way ? She really looked dangerous.” He had seen Kitty laugh and clap her hands as she vanished from the scene, he’d have been more puzzled than ever. The next time they met, she greeted him with such a charming smile, and looked so naive and unconscious that this little episode would have passed from his memory if it hadn’t been for one circumstance. * He accidentally (?) overheard a conversation be. tween her cousin and another gentleAan. Kitty was the theme of the discourse. “ She’s a dear little girl, but a regular virago,’’ said Joe. “ Everybody's afraid of her when she gets into ofie of her tantrums. She just raves and goes on in a way that’s perfectly frightful There’s a taint of insanity in the blood, you know; her aunt and grandmother jlied in an insane asylum.” Young Gilbert listened, shuddering. These words explained the scene that had puzzled him before and awakened foreboding for the future.— You saw her father come down town last week with his head all bandaged up, and heard him tell perhaps, how terribly he’s afflicted with neuralgia continued Joe, “ Poor old gentleman 1 ’twas Kitty did the mischief, for in one of her langry fits she threw the flat-iron across the table, and it hit him in the temple. He’s anxious tor marry her off, and I hear Gilbert's to be the happy man.” That individual turned pale. He remembered Mr. Day’s eagerness in forwarding his suit, and the wish he had expressed that his daughter’s marriage should take place at an early date. Though hi s love for Kitty was as strong as his shallow nature was capable of feeling, a vixenish wife would be endurable. . But wasn’t it possible that her cousin was mistaken, or had colored the picture a little too highly ? He resolved to wait for further de velopments. They came speedily. A week later he called on Kitty—just at dark— and was ushered-by mis. •take(?) into the library. The door between that and * the dining room Stood slightly ajar; a wo mank shrill voice reached him from thence. Was it Kitty’s? Yes, he recognized it; he had heard it once before pitched in the same high key. “ Don’t tell me you didn’t mean to,” she screech ed, more Ijke a mad womoa than anything else.- ," You did, you did, jSft>u wretched little imp BAINBRIBGE. GA-, MARCH 30th 1872 Then there was the sound of a heavy blow and the shriek of a child.. “Oh 1 don’t, don’t; Miss Kitty!” wailed a pit!- 1 ful voice. “ "Twas so dark I couldn’t see when you run up against me, and then I stumbled-and fell and the pitcher got broken, and I tried to keep the milk oil your pretty dress, but couldn’t.” “You stumbled and fell,” mimicked Kitty.— * Well, I’ll teach you not to another time. Take that, and that, and that,” giving the child blow after Wow that resounded through the room.— “ Stop your sniveling, too. Da, you hear ? I’ll make you if you don’t,” “ Kitty, let that jehild alofie,” said anew voice; and Gilbert recognized it as her cousin’s. “ I shall do no such thing 1 Get out of the way and mind your own business!” she shrieked, and there was something that sounded like a bottle whizzing through the room and crashing Up against the wall. Then a man’s groan was heard distinct ly- “ Oh! Kitty, how could you ?” said her cousin, reproachfully. “You’ve cut my #ieek terribly; see bow the blood runs ?” Gilbert didn’t wait to hear any more, but fled from the house, resolved that he wouldn’t marry such a vixen, though she had the. face and form of a Hebe. ... The front door had no sooner closed on him than the actors in the above drama went off into ppasms of merriment. Kitty stood revealed in the gas-light with dress uninjured, there was not a cut to be seen on [Joe’s face; the child was nowhere visible. - “Oh! oh! ’twas too funny!” gasped Kitty 5 “ that whine would have .deceived anybody, ’twas so natural. I half started {myself, thinking ’twas really a child’s voice instead of tjrours. You de serve a reward of merit for such splendid acting.’’ • “ Give me one then, and let me choose it myself,’’ whispered Joe. “ Well, what will you have?” and she looked up archly. “ Yourself.” “ What a modest demand!” There was a mock ing smile on his lips, but her eyes fell beneath his. “ Do you think so ?” and, taking the mischiev ous little face between his hands, he scanned it closely. What he saw there was {evidently satis, factory, for he kissed it over and over, and Kitty, though she resisted a little at first, finally submit ted with a very good grace. . “ ’Tis well to be off with the old love before yon are on with the new,” whispered he, slyly. “ Gil bert’s done for, and I’ve stepped into his place.” “ But he didn’t treat [me in this way,” pouted she. “ I hope not. :: f would be worse for him if he had. I ; d shoot him in a minute and Joe tried to look belligerent, but failed wofully. Mr. Day was surprised the next morning by Kitty's late suitor. The young man seemed ill at ease, and stammered a good deal in making his er rand known. “ I understand, sir, that insanity is hereditary in your family,“ he began awkwardly, “ and—and— ‘‘ he paused and tried to collect his ideas—“that Kitty's aunt and grandmother died in a lunatic asylum.“ * “ All a mistake," responded Mr. Day, pompous ly. “ There never was a case of insanity, either among my own kindred or that of my last wife.“ “But your daughter, sir, has a peculiar disposition,' and I find it isn’t suited to mine at all. We should be miserable together. I desire, therefore, to withdraw from the engagement.” “And have - you told her this?” thundered his listener, white with rage. Mr: Day re ally had a violent temper, and didn’ need to feign its possession, like Kitty. “Dear me! tlie father is worse than the daughter,” thought the young man. Aloud he answered, "Oh, no ; I came to you first.” (The feet was, he didn't dare to fece Kitty with any such proposition.) “Well, sir, all I have to say i3, that you're a mean, contemptible villain, and if you don’t get out of my office this minute, I’ll kick you down stairs,” and before the words were fairly out of Mr. Day’s mouth, he started to make his threat good. Young Gilbert made a hasty retreat, con vinced that not only Kitty, but Mr. Day, also, were partially insane. Kitty listened demurely to her father’s version of the affair, ftnd the anathemas he hurled against her recent lover. Once, though, during that narration she shook so with laughter that he* looked at her suspi ciously. But she put on at once such an air of wretchedness he ascribed it to wound ed pride. It was not till two years after ward that he learned the truth, and Kitty was married to Joe, who I forgot to say, was not her own cousin, though she called him so, but a sort of distant relation. Mr. Day received his revelation good humored ly (Joe had always been his special favorite,) and was ready enough to laugh with the rest oyer the way in which he had been outwitted. • , A Dutch woman .kept a tol-gate. One foggy day a traveler asked, ‘-Madam, how far Is to B ■?’» -Shost a leetle ways,” was thej-eply. “Yes, but how far ?” again asked the traveler. “Shoost a leetle ways,” more emphatically. “Madam, is it one two, three, four or five miles ?” The good woman ngenuously replied, “I dinks it is!” FOR THE TO ALL. [From <!> Wild Oats.“] ON A JURY, Another innocent man has been tor* from the bosom of his family and drawn ijnd quartered—drawn into the jury and quartered into the Court House in Brook lyn. “Let justice be done though the heav fajfaU” is played out, and what’s the use fi having: a bosom of a family if one is lia ble to be torn and thrust into a courtroom for domg nothing? If such doings are to continue, we had better bring in oijt of the wet and cold the girl that stands on top of our court houses with a white rag aroiid her brow, -and unwind her head, and set her to weighing sausage meat. I, came down the Erie road to spend the holidays with my family, but was impressed into this new Court Hoffs* job, and on the 2d day of January began to Helloo “Here I” at Id o’clock in the morning. I can’t call it a gross piece of injustice, because there were only seventy-to of us, which makes it a half a gross piece of injustice. THE JURORS’ SOLEMN OATH. On the first day the clerk of the. court called OUr names, and we yelled “Here 1” then he tore the names off and stuck ’em into a dish and shook ’em up for the draw ing. •Then we all got hold of a Bible, and the clerk said: “Lub a dub dub dub, mum mum mum, so help you god. Now kiss the book.” Then we all kissed the Bible. I love the Bible, but not that Bible. Any body that will stew the grease out of that Bible and save the soap-fat to start a Soap factory with, can make a fortune and live a life of indolence. My lips have tasted like a tallow candle ever since I kissed it Now these fellows when they have all shouted “here” are called- panel. They are called panels because sq many cross-grained fel lows get into ’em. Oqj court did not have a bar, and there wasn’t any judge on the bench. There wasn’t any bench for him to get on. It was a nice arm chair, and the witi4ossfls wereAput on £the stand sitting down. THE JURORS GETTING DOWN TO THEIR WORK. The first mess we settled was that of a fellow who last May had a hog stolen, This made it a may-hog-any case, and the fellow who stole it was on trial to see whether he stole it or some other fellow. He pleaded insanity without malice aforethought or prepense. The judge decided the case un constitutional on the ground that it was an' outrage upon the body politic to bring a pork case before a Jew-ry. Yersus.got the case, and aforesaid and whereas had so pay costs. The next case Was a flute case. Plaintiff bought a flute, and swore that defendant sold him what he supposed to be a .flute ; but it turned out to be a dried eel-skin with boles bored* into it, and it turned out that, on attemping to play “Write me a letter from home,”'it burst all to thunder, destroy ing his parrot’s eye- THE JURY LISTENING TO THE LAWYERS’ LOGIC. Defendant set up a general denial; swore that a fellow who would burst an eel-skin flute was a blower; that eel-skins made ex cellent flutes : that in putting out the par rot’s eye he rendered a service to the com munity ; and that any man who would sit up at nights and blow a flute out of the window and own a green parrot, was a cursed nuisance, and as such not entitled to recover a red. We return a verdict of ♦ . mayheto, on the grounds that the selling of a flute that would burst Was a public bless ing, and therefore the defendant was enti tled to a verdict, which might as well be mayhem as anything else. ASTONISHING TESTIMONY BEFORE THE JURY. The next case was that of a fellow who invented a saw-mill to saw off turkeys’ heads. It did it so quick that the turkeys didn’t know it, and would eat com for half an hour after they were dead and thus keep. fat. A fellow made a mill that would Hot only saw the neck but plane the feathers off and fill the turkey with stuffing. The first fellow sued the last fellow for infringement on his patent His lawyer was so green that if he had lived when the first rainbow was made, when Noah was sailing around loose with his family, he would have gone into the ark through the widows as the greenest thin» that pigeon CQiild find. The first witness gave greeny alihe wanted. Lawyer—Were the wheels to this mill, con vex or eoneave ? , -- Witness—l didn’t say it. had a wheel trifling with court and jurors. Lawyer—Mr. Smith, do you know you are on your oath ? I Witness—No, sir; I thought I was on a chair. Lawyer—Very well sir, Mr. Smith, will you look) dare you look this intelligent jury in the face and say on your oath—on your oath, sir—dhat you don’t know whether *.hi« mill had a wheel or not ? * Witness—Yes, sir. - Lawyer—Mr. Smith, {don’t all mills hato weeels? Witness— l have, sir. * Lawyer— Now state to the jury what kind of a mill Witness—A gin mill. Lawyer—May it please the Court, this answer is irrelevant. Court—Go on, go on. Lawyer*—Now, Mr. Smith, won’t you tell the jury, isn’t it as natural for a mill to have a is for a Baddle to have stirrups ? Witness-Yes sir, it is. THE DISAGREMENT OE THE JURY* Lawyer—Well, sir, did you ever see a Saddle without stirrups ? Mind sir, on your oath sir. ; . 1 Witness—l have, sir. Lawyer—What kind of a saddle was. it, sir? • * Witness >lt was a saddle of venigofi, sir. Lawyer—May it please the Court, I rest my ease. ’ * I guess it is resting there yet, for We didn t agree—that is, I agreed, but the fest didn’t. ' • - A Libel case. The next was a libel case. A man* called another man a son of a gun. Lawyer—What’s your name ? . Witness—Green, Lawyer—That your maiden name? Witness—Yes, sir. Lawyer—What is your business ? Witness—l have a contract. * Lawyer—Live in the city ? Witness—Yes, sir. , . ' Lawyer—How dare you stand there and swear you have a com tract iri the city ? Thr jurors’ final VF.RF.Trrr. Witness—l didn’t say so. I said con tract. Lawyer—State to the jury the nature of the contract. Witness—l have a contract to visit the arsenals and vaccinate the State arms. Lawyer—Did you call the plaintiff a son of a gun? Witness—l might have done so. Lawyer—Don’t you know you did ? Witness—Yes, sir. Lawyer—Tell the jury what a son of a gun is like. Witness—lt is like the plaintiff. Lawyer—Now, sir, what is a son of a gun? Witness—lt’s a pistol, sir. Lawyer—. Well, sir, if a son of a gun is a pistol, tell the jury what is the father of a gun. Witness—A cannon, sir* Lawyer—May it please the Court, that is my case. We fined this fellow ten dollars; not for calling the plaintiff a son of a gun; but because he didn’t call that long-haired lawyer a darned fooL Besides, we wanted to give a verdict, because £every time We give a verdict we get ten cents. This is my case. JOHN. Reply to 42r rfeat Hr!taiil. It appears from a cable report of a reply of Mr. Gladstone to an of Mr. Dis raeli that the reply of Mr. Fish to the note of Lord Granville, touching the claims for consequental damages, calls upon England to submit the geneva tribunal the question whether the claims shall be admitted and discussed by that board. The .attitude which the British Government will assume upon this phase of the question will prob ably determine whether the Geneva arbi tration will continue or be abandoned.— Mr. Reverdy Johnson, in his late speech before the international peace meeting in this city, while scouting the pretence of in direct damages, expressed nevertheless <he opinion that England might consent to re fer these claims to arbitration with safety, and that it was inevitable that they would not be allowed by the arbitrators. Wheth er the sensitiveness excited upon the sub ject in Great Britain has sufficiently subsi ded tb permit the ministry to agee that the Geneva tribunal shall dSbide whether the claims shall be admitted for discussion, (in .which event, if they dicide for the . admis sion she would be bound by their award as to any amount of the claims) remains to be seen. It is hold by many that this indirect damage claim weakens the rest of the American case, and indeed was presented rather in the form of a suggestion than a demand, so that it seems, had our Govern ment thought proper to do so, it could have been dropped without detriment either to national pride or interests.— Baltimore Sun. gafobriflp StrttMg gm, Advertisements )n the most Reasonable Terms. All advertise, menta are due after the first insertion, and when not specified as to the number of times to be inserted, will be pub lished until ordered out, and be charged accordingly. JOB WORK Os every description neat ly and promptly executed. Wc * guarantee entire satisfaction in this line Os onr business Patronage solicited from all quarters. Send us your orders. NC 41, Frofti the New York World. Behind the Scene*. I don’t know which is the most eUrious study, the little world before, or the littlO world behind the scenea—Perhaps .you. think there is nothing interesting in the conduct of the audience, and yet the ifrfa in the box office of a theatre will tell you. if you get hold of him some time when he has a duH night a very curious story ftbdut the pleasure seekers. I was in the littMT cubby house at WallackV not long ago, with my friend Ligingstone, and Mr. Moss pointed out to us the box office museum.— It was a collection of articles picked up in the theatre after the audiehce had left it. Now,#ou will imnfediatly guess what some of these' articles Were. Hair pins and garters and pennies, you know abound where men and wofiaen congregate, and handkerchiefs are always being picked up in clutches and theatres.— collec tions included night keys, gold ? *rings, faro cheeks, playing cards, false curls, reticules, card cases and tooth picks. We can even understand howthesc things may be dropped occasionally* But how are we to understand the absence of mind whioh covers the loss of falfie teeth and in dispensable Underclothing ? There is a fine pair of new patent leather shoes taken Off during the performance because they hurt the owners feet, evidently. But it is incomprehensible that he should forget to put them on again, ahd walk out with the crowd in his- stocking, feet. There is a beantifql set of false teeth on a gold* plate. Gan it be that they fell to the floor during the open-mouthed wonderment and ab straction of the spectator, or were they, too, taken out for comforts sake, and slipped into the folds of a dress’instcad of a pocket, and then left behind when the owner got up ?. A dog collar, too, by alUfchat’s odd, With ”Fido” on its brass plate, and a bottle of ’’cold cream,” and a paper of dedjfcacks. But even tliis should not astonish us when we ascertain that the lap dogs them selves are sometimes left behind and Mr, MoSs has to send out for milk and other delicasies, and turn the box office into a nursery until the waiting maid comes, as she inevitably does the next day, with a warm blanket over her arm, and reclaims the darling with tears in her eyes. Then we have a safe key. Ha 1 what a tale of rail!l)liiaianaH«*-*uL:l that tells ; and a bank book, and a Colt’s revolver, with all the barrels loaded except one, and that one smoky and begtimmed. It is fanciful to suppose that some cun ning miscreant, whose victum was dnly re ported among the killed, came with a crowd .to the theatre to escape detection and left his instrument behind him. Why, there’s a bunch of skeleton keys. How do we know that they wero not left by tho same person ? A Singular Coincidence-— A Dream and its Fulfilment.— -Mr. Frank Canfield, who was killed on Friday last, was bethrothed to a young lady of this t&wn, and was to have been married in about two mouths. On Friday, when the train paassed here on its way West, the young lady saw him, and that evening she was in unusually light spirits. The next morning at the breakfast table her appearance wan ek> much the re verse of the evening previous that it attrac ted the attention of her mother who asked her the cause of her apparent trouble. The young lady thereupon related to her mother that she had dreamed that her lover had fallen under the cars and had been so seriously injured that he had died in about 'two hours. She told the circumstances as she had seen it in her dream, how he had fallen and the car-wheels had teribly crushed and mangled his left leg and his left arm, and that he had lived in great agony .for about two hours. Her mother endeavored to persuade her that there was nothing in a dream, but *to no purpose—she could not drive it from her mind. About noon a sister of the ’young man came to the house and said she had bad news for. her. She then related tye circumstance of her brothers death, corres ponding in detail with the dream as told by the young lady some hours before*—* Jamestown ( Va.) Journal, February 23. How to Figh* Seasickness. —An otd voy ager thus writes to the New York World l If you design to cross the Atlantic, or any other ocean, observe a few simple di rections. It is doubtless wise to remain quietly in one’s berth for a day or two, as it is easier in this position to become ac customed td the motion of the vessel. But after the first forty-height horn’s, Kve on deck.’ Which overwhelmed With the dizzi ness or nausea which attends even a mild attack of seasickness, the journey from state-room or salobn to the upper deck seems a weary and impossible distant, so that one is f eady to say. as did a lady* not long ago, in crossing the Channel, ”1 can die, but I can’t move.’’ Nevertheless, * drag yourself out, or, if positively unable to do tips, summon to your aid tL.fi bed-room steward, or an assistant, whom you may secure as your feithfuf ally, for a small gratuity. It is also of the utmost impor tance that you eat, and eat often. inclination for fopd is naturally gjeat, * e t extreme suffering is often caused by the very want of it, for it is a feet that the dis tressing nausea which makes life at sea al most intolerable, is frequently lessened rather than increased, by partaking of some simple article; and remember that any thing retained upon the stomach fifteen minutes enters into the system with sus taining Dower. •