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Orders fir Dresses, Riding Habits, Sue. &c. juted in the latest and most fashionable style, and at the shortest notice. UK OWN &. SHOCKLEY, iPTOiiNETTS Alt* EAl'W'i ii ill Dr. Thomson's building, opposite Fioyd House, Macon, Georgia. Law Notice. i.F. I*O W Jilts At L. N. WHITTLE, ive associated themselves in the practice of Law, and will give prompt attention to such bu siness as may tie intrusted to their care. -They will attend the following courts: i. Crawford, .Monroe, Twiggs, Jones, IVUkin sim, Houston, Pulaski, Henry, and Pike. teover E. If. Weed's tiore, second door from Wni. 11. Johnston. [aeon, March Id, 1845. 22 3m NISBET & WINGFIELD, lT T O RNE Y S A T EA W . ■( on .Mulberry Street, over Kimberly's Hal Store. lacun, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. 1-ts I'liOYI) HOUSE. 15V 15. S. NEWCOMB. bctin, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. I—*l WRITING A MIX, HOLES ALK ANI) RETAIL DEALERS IN ROOTS AND SHOES, ’■•ar the Washington Hall, Second street, mi, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1811. 1 it J. LTJONES & CO. CI.OTII 1N G S T ORE. il side .Mulberry Street, next door below tlic Big Hat. lacun, Georgia. Oct. 19, 184 t. 1-ls DOCTORS J. .11. & 11. K. UUEEX, Horner of .Mulberry and Third Streets. Ijoii, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1 —ll I'KEEIIVN A ROBERTS, <nl die, Harness, and Whips JI A N II F ACI'O RY . tins in all kinds of Leather, Saddlery Harness and Carriage Trimmings, Gallon Avenue and Second street, MACON, GA. SAMUEL J. RAY & CO. DEALERS IN XCYAND STAPLE I>RY GOODS, Ready .Made Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Sec. mnl street, a few doors from Ihe Washington Hotel. Leon, Georgia. Oct. IS, 1844. 1-ts REDDING & WHITEHEAD, DEALERS IN ICY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Ktries, I{anl IPare, Cutlery, Hats, Shoes, Crockery, See. &c. ,rner of Cotton Aveuue and Cherry streets, "cun, Georgia. Ocl. 19,1844. 1-if JOSEPH N. SEYMOUih dealer in ' GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD WARE, etc. "Store, Cherry Street, Ralston's Range, first I ut)r>r below Russell &l Kimberley's. aeon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. I— ll GEORGE M. LOGAN, DEALER IN ,cl and staple dry goods, rd-U are, Crockery, Class-11'are, &c. &c. ■ burner of Second and Cherry streets. Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1-ts D. & VV. GUNN~ DEALERS IN r A PL u DRY GOODS, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, &c. ’ton, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1-ls J. M. BOA RDM AN, it, DEALER IN ' • MEDICAL, MISCELLANEOUS ic! f 0, 'l P"oks; Blank Books and Stationery hi! kinds ; Priming Paper, 6lc. &,c. rdf ,U ■ fu 'K e Bible, two doors above Shot * corner, west side of JMitlberry Street. Oct. 19,1844. 1-ts , B. R. WARNER, l,w N AND 4 Otl MISSION TIER CHANT. -o/er in every description of .Merchandise. 'nhe’s Servant,” and subject to receiving orients at all times, by the consignees pay ment. commissions liir servicts rendered Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. 1-ts spirit of the Times says that the given by the young Irishman to n glish friend, on introducing him to . :j ar Tipperary row, was, ‘NVheicvcr a bead hit it.’ L? or) g the list of penalties for the re , , n °f Queen Elizabeth's household c following:—‘That none toy with • la 'ucns on pain of Iburpencc.’ TRIE MEPITIBJ S. M. STRONG, Editor. iolijie 1. MISCELLANY. MATEO THE HVSCMHACK. AN INCIDENT IN GUIPUZCOA. Ihe chain of the Pyrenees, that mag nificent natural barrier between France and the Peninsula, generally diminishes in height as it approaches the western coast, until, on arriving within a few miles of the Bay of Biscay, the towering wall or mountain dwindles into detached and comparatively tiilling ranges of hills, and the boundary line between the two coun tries is completed by the insignificant stream of the Bidassoa. On the .Spanish hank of that river, and at a short distance from the spot where it leaves the frontier, and becomes entirely Spanish, there stands, or at least stood, some half-dozen years back, a small stjualid looking venta, or inn, which, judging from its wild isola ted position, was more likely to be resort ed to by smugglers and outlaws than by honest men and peaceable travellers.— Built in an angle formed by some large masses of dark-coloured rock, the house was invisible to persons approaching from the east or souih: on the north side, or front, flowed the river, at a distance of about a hundred yards, and with a thick forest of oak and chestnut on its opposite bank; while to the west the ground was rugged and broken, with a narrow mule track winding like a whitish line over the rocks amongst which it finally lost itself. On an autumn night of the j-ear IS3B, ! the large smoky room that composed the whole of the ground-floor of this inn was occupied by two persons. One of these was a man in the prime of life, tall, raw ; honed, and muscular, and possessed of the I broad shoulders, narrow hips, and sinewy | limns, that characterise the Spanish moun taineer. His counteriace, naturally harsh laud stein in its expression, was rendered | still less prepossessing by the sear of a sabre cut, extending from ihe left temple, j across the cheek-bone, to the corner of his long upper lip, which latter feature was covered by a thick mustache of a reddish* , brown colour. Ilis dress was half milita ry, half civilian; a blue frock-coat button ed up to the chili, and girt at the waist by a leathern belt supporting a curved and broad-bladed sabre, a Basque cap on his head, and at his heels sharp towelled spurs that jingled as he strode up and down l he damp and filthy floor of the room. He was apparently annoyed or impatient at something: from time to time a mutter ed curse or angry exclamation escaped him, and he would give a fierce stamp with the heel of his boot, or a hasty clutch at his brazen sword hilt. Once or twice he pauied opposite the large projecting chimney and gazed fora moment into the i log-lire that was mouldering on the hearth, or pulled up the wick in an iron lamp that hung from the rudely fashioned mantle shelf, and then resumed his monotonous promenade. The second occupant of the | dingy apartment was a boy, apparently I about twelve years of age, to judge at least from his diminutive stature and delicate i features. He was crouched down upon a low bench in the chimney-corner, his el bows on his knees, his chin resting on his hands, and his large restless black eyes | glittering from amongst a prolusion of tan gled curls of th 6 same colour, that hung [over his neck, shoulders, and cheeks.— The name of this lad was Mateo, and he was the son of the keeper of the venta, one Jose Miron, a notorious contrabandis ta, who was thpn absent on a smuggling expedition. The man who has been de scribed was Antonio Ranez, or as he was more commonly called, Antonio, the chief of a small guerilla band, that carried on a [ kind of predatory warfare against the Car lists in the neighborhood of the French frontier, a good deal on its own account, and a little on that of her Catholic Majesty Isabella the Second. After some continuance of his restless walk, Antonio’s patience seemed to be fairly exhausted. Stopping suddenly, he drew from his pocket a clumsy silver watch, and looked at it by the light of the lamp. ‘Las once! Eleven o’clock!’ he exclaim ed, ‘and not yet come. Something must have happened.’ lie had scarcely uttered the words when the stillness of the night was broken by a shrill whistle, given apparentlj’ wilh |in a very short distance ol the house. — 5 The man hurried to the door, opened it, I and gazed out into the darkness, which i was excessive, the sky being covered with ! heavy clouds, and not a star visible. — Suddenly a light appeared on the farther sitle of the Bidassoa, and threw a brilliant j streak across the water. The illumina | tion was momentary, and then all was I again darkness. ‘Mateo, muc/iacho pronto ! quick!’ cried the euerilla in a low hurried tone to the boy, who was still cowering in the cbim | ney-corner. The lad rose to his feet, and it then became evident that bis diminutive stature and sickly juvenile appearance were not so much owing to his youth as to the deformity of his frame. He might be twenty years of age. but was considera bly under five feet in height, bis legs long 1 andlawkward, his body exceedingly short, 1 and disfigured by a protuberance between the shoulders. ‘Mateo, quick to the boats!’ repealed , Antonio. i The hunchback led the way with long strides to the water’s edge, where a small boat wns lying concealed among some bushes, to which it was secured. Ante PRO PATRIA ET LEGIBUS. MACOT, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIE 9, 1815. nto sprang in. The lad untied the rope, and was about to follow, when the guerilla uttered a fierce oath. ‘The oars—where are they:’ Mateo looked into the boat. ‘Are they not here, Don Antonio?’ I Dcmonio!' exclaimed the guerilla, in a lone of suppressed fury; ‘the oars, you imp of perdition!’ And, seizing the boy by the collar, he shook him violently. ‘They must be in the stable,’ said the hunchback, as soon as he had breath to j speak. *1 will fetch them.’ At this moment another whistle and a second flash of light across the water seemed to increase the impatience of Anto nio, who jumped out of the boat, and striking the unlucky dwarf a furious blow, on the face, caught him by the collar and dragged him in the direction of the house. In less than three minutes the guerilla re turned, bearing one of the missing oars in his hand, by a few strokes of which the boat was impelled to within half a score yards of the opposite shore. Striking his paddle into the bottom of the shallow riv er, Antonio then checked his speed. ‘ Quicn live? —Who goes there?’ said he, in a distinct hut cautious tone. 'Jlaposo,' was the repiy. The keel of the boat grated upon the shore, a man, muffled in a cloak stepped in, and in a few seconds the skiff and its occupants were again on the Spanish bank of the Bidassoa. The boat was moored, and the two men walked up to the inn. Divesting himself of his cloak, and lay ing aside the dark lantern which had serv ed him for his signals, the newcomer drew a bench to the fire, and, seating him self upon it, stirred up the embers and ex posed his booted feet, which were soaked with water and covered with mud, to the pleasant heat of die flames. He was a man of about fifty years of age, with strongly marked features of a particularly! keen and resolute expression, and dressed in plain clothes of unassuming cut and materials. Antonio, after carefully shut- 1 ting the door, also approached the fire,! and seated himself opposite to the stran ger, who cast a searching glance round the room. ‘Are you alone?’ said the stranger. — ‘Where is Jose Miron?’ ‘Passing tobacco into France,’ was the reply. ‘And his son?’ ‘The humpbacked cub is in the sulks, and has taken himself off. You may speak freely, Senor L** *. There is no fear of | our being overheard. Are matters pro- , grossing?’ ‘Excellently well,’ replied the other. — ‘lie is at Aspeitia, without other guards [ than a few orderlies, thinking himself as safe as if he were on the throne at Mad rid, with a regiment of body guards at the | gates of his palace. He little dreams ofj what is brewing for him. How astonish-1 cd he will be to see us walk up to the bed- j side to-morrow night. For to-morrow j night it must be, Antonio. There is no, time to lose.’ ‘And why would not the general do itr’j asked the guerilla. ‘What can he his rea son for throwing away such a chance?’ ‘Pshaw!’ returned the other, impatient ly—‘the general! It is not j our generals and colonels who want to put an end to a war which gives them money and promo tion. No, no. He treated me as a mad man when 1 opened the plan to him, hint ed that 1 was a spy, and finally ordered me to leave the province. So 1 took a passport for France, and here I am. But we can do it without him, Antonio. To morrow night, one hour alter sunset, 1 shall be oil St. Sebastian, with the two chasse-marees. Mind you and j'our men are ready to join me.’ ‘lt is a risking business,’ said the gue rilla, musingly. ‘But the prize is worth trying for. They ought to make me com mander-in-chief and j'ou prime minister, if we succeed; for we shall have done more than all their ministers and generals have been able to do. Sanlissima Virgen! com padre. Think of you and I rousing his majesty from his first sleep, just touching him on the shoulder and saying, “Car litos ” ’ ‘Hush!’ exclaimed L * * *, hastily.— ‘You are imprudent. No use mentioning names ’ “Not a soul to hear us,’ replied Anto nio; ‘but, however, silence is our counter sign. Have you any thing more to say to me?’ ‘Nothing,’ said L : ‘only remem ber to-morrow, one hour after sunset.’ ‘I shall be exact,’ replied Antonio; ‘and then—hurrah for an ounce of lead or a general’s commission! These were the hist words spoken by either of the two men, who now left the house together. L crossed into France in the same manner in which he had arrived, and Antonio, after conveying him over the river, entered a sort ol shed that served as a stable to the venta, and presently rc-appeared mounted upon a strong rough-looking horse. He struck into a mountain path, and in another mo ment had disappeared in the darkness. Scarcely had the clatter made upon the flinty soil by his horse’s hoofs died away, when there was a stir among a pile ol'old sacks and fishing nets in a corner of the room which is the guerilla and L had so recently left; and the unshapely fig ure of Mateo Miron rose to its feet. The ( features of the deformed lad were smeared with blood, the result of the blow he had , received; but instead of wearing an cx pression of pain or vexation, they were lighted up with a smile of savage joy. ‘Aspeitia!’ he muttered between bis teeth, as he approached the fire and held out his long ape-like lingers to the embers. ‘Carlitos—a general’s commission—the fool! Antonia the muleteer with a gen eral’s faja. He has reckoned without Mateo, aj - , and without the blow,’ added he, putting his hand to his face, which was swollen, and still bleeding. ‘Ha, ha ! the fool!’ And extinguishing the lamp, which was smoking and flickering in its socket, the hunchback uttered a wild sound be tween a j T ell and a laugh, and darted uul of the venta. It was about an hour after nightfall upon the day subsequent to that on which the incidents above narrated occurred, that two of the fast-sailing lugger-rigged vessels, known as Scincadores or C/tasc marccs, caine gliding down with a favour ing breeze from the direction of the French coast, and backed their sails opposite to the harbour of St. Sebastian. At the same instant lanterns were run up to their mast-heads; and scarcely had this been done, when, from the shadow of the cliffs below the lighthouse, five rowboats, crow ded with men, shutout, and in a very few minutes reached the side of the trinca tlores. The crews of the boats were transferred to the larger vessels, with the exception of two rowers, who remained in each of the former, and pulled leisure ly hack to land. A'l sail was now made on the luggers, a ‘resh easterly breeze favoured their progress, and sent them bounding over the waves; but, as if even this rapid rate of progression had not been sufficient, sweeps were put out, and the sturdy Biscayan mariners applied themselves to accelerate the speed of the vessels, which advanced with extraordin ary swiftness, the water flashing from their sides, and emitting the phosphoric light frequently to he observed upon that coast. The men who had been brought on hoard by the boats took no share in the labour of the sailors, which, to jutfoe from their garb and equipment, would not have been very congenial to their habits and profession. They were about fifty in number, active, hardy-looking fellows, some of them of rather cut-throat physiognomy, but all with an expression of reckless daring stamped upon their features. Their dress was tolerably various, some wearing blue or green uni form jackets, others grej- frock-coats. All had flic round flat cap, which was the uni versal head-dress of the Carlists, and also of some of the Christino guerilla corps, and all were armed well and alike, with clean serviceable muskets and baj onels, their cananas or leathern belts be ing stuffed full of cartridges. These men formed the guerilla band of Antonio Uainez, who now stood upon the hull deck of the larger chasse-maree, in low and earnest conversation with the same person whom he had met the preceding night at the venta on the Bidassoa. The Senor L * * *, however, had changed his costume to one somewhat similar to that of his companion, and had, more over, buckled a sword round his waist, while from the breast of his coat protrud ed the butts of two pistols. Ilis brow was slightly knit, and his countenance wore a look of decision and excitement as he paced, or rather turned, up and down the half-dozen planks that formed the quarter-deck of the lugger. ‘lt is a bold thing,’ said he, in reply to some ob servation made by Antonio, ‘but the prize aimed at is in proportion. And if there has been no treachery, and the men are staunch, 1 will answer for its success.’ •Treachery there can hardly have been,’ i replied the guerilla ; ‘for even now none but jmu and myselfknow whither we arc bound, or what is the object of our expe i diiion. Certainly its real one is the last that will be suspected. As to my men, I ( answer for them as for myself.’ Within three hours after the luggers had left St. Sebastian, they cast anchor at the I mouth of a creek on a secluded part of the Guipuzcori coast, west of the mouth of the ; river Orio, and within a short distance of ; the port of Guetaria. Forty guerillas, ; with Antonio and L * * *, were convey *ed to land bj r successive trips of the lug ! gers’ boats; the other ten were left on j board, with strict orders to allow none of : the crew to go ashore, but to wait at the 1 same spot the return of" their comrades, : which would take place before daybreak. ! Everything was conducted with the ut most silence and caution ; all lights had long been extinguished on board both vessels; the oars were muffled, and no man spoke above his breath. There was no moon, but the night was a clear and starlight one, when Antonio and his band, under the guidance of L * * *, who stationed himself at the head of the partj r , left the coast, and struck into the interior of the country, marching in single file, at a pace not un frequently adopted by Spanish soldiers, and that for silence and speed could be equalled by few besides North American Indians. It was neither a walk nor a run, but a swinging step between the two, capable of being long sustained, and which carried them over the ground with great rapidity. Their guide was evident ly a man perfectly acquainted with the country he was traversing; he looked neither to the right nor the left, but pur sued his course in nearly a straight line, now across meadows and ploughed fields, then through narrow lanes and perhaps ! for a shot through co t . ditch and bar tiring vigour anil mountaineer. From . . ...o* guerillas set foot on shore, they were ... the Carlist country, amongst a population devoted to the Pretender, and within a short distance of numerous cantonments and garrisons of his troops. The late ness of the hour, however, the darkness, and the unfrequented paths they were fol lowing, rendered it improbable that thej’ should be encountered or even seen, but nevertheless every precaution had been taken in case they were. Their dress and equipment were the same in all res pects as those of most of the Carlist troops: they were all Biscayans, talking Basque, and familiar with the habits of the enemy they were so unhesitatingly venturing amongst. During a march of three hourskduralion they made but two rencontres. ’The first was of some peas ant women, who wished them a good night, and walked on unsuspectingly, taking them for Carlist soldiers, the more so as two or three struck up a cl it ty popu lar amongst the factious troops, and the words of which were as complimentary to Don Carlos as they were disparaging to his niece and sister-in-law. This second meeting was not got over so easily. A peasant, mounted on a stout mule, came trotting up beside the party, with which he seemed inclined to keep company. He entered into conversation with the men, asked them where thej' were going and whence coming, and what was the cause of so late a march. The guerillas had had their lesson and were ready with answers, but his curiosity was not easilv satisfied, and his questions became em barrassing. ‘Cet rid of that chattering foot,’ said L * * *to Antonio. ‘He is 100 inquisi tive. Fifty lives must not he risked for one.’ ‘True,’ said Antonio, drawing his sabre silently, and slackening his pace. As the unlucky peasant passed the guerilla, a bright blade gleamed for an instant; there was a low gurgling sound, and then a body fell crashing through bushes and branches into the ravine that bordered the road. Il was an hour past midnight when the adventurous little band halted in a lane that wound between hills covered with lores*, trees, from amongst which large ir regular corners and pinnacles of rock here and there protruded. Every thing was still; the breeze had died away, anti save the occasionaFscreech of an owl or croak of a frog, not a sound was to he heard. ‘ln ten minutes we are there,’ said L * * *to Antonio. ‘lt is time to give the men their final orders.’ Antonio assented, and the next moment the guerillas were collected in a circle round their leaders. L addressed them. ‘Men,’ said he, pointing to a light at no very great distance, ‘j’onder is Aspei lia.’ There was a movement of surprise amongst the men at finding themselves, as it were, in the verj' den of the lion. ‘There is a person there whom we arc going to seize and convey back to the trincadores. There are no troops in the place and we expect little difficulty in making his capture; but should there be any attempt at rescue, with an appear ance of success, remember that, dead or alive, we must have him, and that his head alone will be worth its weight in gold to the man who shall present it to-morrow at St. Sebastian. And now, forward ! lla poso the watchword. The rendezvous Lore in case of dispersion.’ The men fell into their places, and the march was resumed. They had not, however, advanced a hundred j’ards from ! the spot at which this short pause had i been made, when the pass was lighted up with a bright glare, and the reports of five-score muskets were echoed from the neighbouring hills. At the same instant, from behind rocks and trees, amongst brushwood and bushes, hundreds of dark forms started up ; and the white caps of the fifth battalion of Guipuzcoa, the gal lant and much dreaded Chapelchurris, became dimly visible through the dark ness as the wearers hurried down to the attack of the Christinos. ‘llanos perdiao,' said L , as he fell heavily over at the foot of a tree. ‘We have lost, but the cast was worth risk ing.’ He had been struck by two balls, and died almost instantly. More than a third of the guerillas had been killed or desper ately wounded bj’ the vollej' they had re ceived, hut notwithstanding this heavy loss, and the desparate situation in which he found himself, Antonio, who was as j’et unhurt, did not seem to despair, or at any rate he was resolved to sell his life dearly. ‘Ammo, muchachos !’ cried he, as he snatched up the musket of one of his dead followers, and taking a steady aim at a Carlist officer who was leading on his men to the charge, shot him dead. The Christinos, gathering courage from the ex ample of iheir chief, poured in a volley upon the enemj', which for an instant checked the advance of the latter. But the odds were too large for the issue ol the contest to be doubtful. A gallant but. vain attempt was made by Antonio to i retreat along the road bj' which he had come, fighting as he went, but after twice driving back the Carli3ts by the desper ate impetuosity ol hi attacks, he found h yA- / ped up again.. * — life fast oozing out t least of which was mortal. On iccmmia— ing the dying guerilla, a wild shout ol"ex ultation burst from the lips of Mateo the hunchback. ‘Hal Anton mio,' he cried, ‘we ate not to be a general this time, it seems ; we must wait a little longer for the faja. Or have we got the ounce of lead for our share? Ha, ha! Well—’twill teach you to beat arid buffet the poor hunch back. And so you would have carried off Carlitos, ch ? Ha, ha, ha!’ And he began capering and dancing round the wounded man, shouting out abuse of Isabel and her partisans, and singing fragments of Carlist songs, to the considerable amusement of some of the Chapelchurris, who had lit torches in or der the better to despoil the bodies of the Christinos, and now stood looking on in the flickering, flaring light at the antics ol the half crazy hunchback, occasional ly, roo, joining in the taunts he addressed to the unfortunate Antonio. Presently, the latter made a slight movement, as if desirous of raising his head higher upon its rocky pillow Mateo immediately threw himself on his knees beside hint. ‘Let me assist you, Antonio,’ said lie, in a tone ol mockery. ‘You do not seem at your ease upon your couch to-night.’ And throwing his long lean arms arouud the body fit his victim, he exerted all his strength to drag him in a sitting posture, tit the same time twisting his flexible features into a hideous grimace of con tempt and hatred. ’The wounded guerilla uttered a groan of pain and rage, which was echoed a moment later by a sharp shrill cry from the hunchback. The arms of the latter relaxed their hold, his head drooped, and he fell heavily across die body of Antonio, in whose throat the death rattle was now audible. Some of the Carlists stepped forward and raised Mateo, but he was already dead. Bv a lust effort ol expiring strength, the guerilla had drawn his knife and stabbed his be trayer and lormenter to the heart. ft is a fact known to few, but not the less a fact, that towards the hitter part of the Carlist war in Spain a plan was form ed for carrying off Don Carlos from his quarters at a Guipuzcoan village, where he was frequently left unguarded, and with but few attendants. It was propos ed that a steamer should leave St. Sebas tian soon after night-fall, and land a hand ful ot resolute Basque guerillas upon the coast, within four or five hours’ march of the I retender s residence. Disguised as Carlist soldiers, they were to march across the country, capture Don Carlos, and bring him with all possible speed to | the steamboat, on their way to which they were to be met, and their retreat protect ed, by some Christino battalions. The plan of this daring attempt was submit ted by its originator to a Christino gener al then commanding in Guipuzcoa, hut \\ ho did not think proper to countenance it. It was one ol those enterprises that at first sight appear mad and impossible ot execution, hut which nevertheless, by their very boldness and improbability, of ten succeed. There is no doubt that a dash ol this description was subsequently made, without assistance from the author ities, but the adventures were betrayed, and ambuscade laid for them, and they were all cut to pieces when within a short distance from the object ot their expedi tion. Jhe extermination of a few guer illas was a matter of too common occur rence at that time to attract much atten tion, and it was scarcely alluded to in the Christino papers, though the Carlist gazettes, according to their usual custom, recorded it with much exageration and bombast. They were either not convin ced, however, or did not think proper to mention, that the object of the detach ment which had been destroyed was no 1 l ess a ° n e than the surprisal and earrj’ing off of the Pretender himself; an object that might not improbably ha\c been ef fected, had not the. Carlists been put on their guard by a peasant lad, who casual ly became acquainted with the plot. Conversation. —‘Have you got a dollar, [ Satn ?’ ‘No, 1 han’t, Bill, that’s a fact—if il 1 would save your life.’ ‘’Cause Jim Thorn wauled me to pay J'ou one, and I’ve got nothin’ smaller than a two.’ ‘Oh, ah—Well, perhaps 1 can find just one, come to think of it, that 1 didn’t spend this mornin’ for wood.’ Sam searched his wallet, found his dol lar, and handed it to Bill. ‘Well, now, Sam, that’s clever—l’ll hand you the two the very next time we meet, if 1 happen to have so much on hand—l’ve got one towards it atij' how.’ It is stated that a child was horn in Boston, a few days since, with a natural bustle upon its back. ‘Good heavens, what a country.’ A lady asked Jekyll what was ‘ihe difference between a solicitor and an at torney ?’ ‘Precisely the same,’ he an swered,‘as between a crocodile and an alligator.’