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■ '———- il. 1 "' ' BY J. A. turnlk:} VOLUME 11. tiie INDEPENDENT PRESS. A Weekly Miscellaneous Journal, tVBLisi'SD in Eatonton, Ga., at $2. tkii annum, in ADVASKK, B ¥ J. A. TI'RNER. A square will consist of ten lines, but every ad- Vertiseuu-nt will be counted a square whether it reaches ten lines or not. All over ten lines and under twenty-one will be counted two squares—all over twenty lines and un der thirty-one, three spuares, Ac., Ac. RATES OF ADVERTISING. rat svnwjtE of tkn t.tNEs. One insertion (tl Oft, and Fifty cents for each subse quent continuance. Advertisements sent without a specification of the numiN-r of insertions, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Business or Professional Cards, per year, w litre they do not exceed one square, - - $lO o*o A liberal out tract i fill be made with those «• ho wish tv adeertiee by th> year, occupying a speeijied space. Legal •Idvertisemcnts. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, or Gnor iiaus, are requireo by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between tiie hours of 10 in the toreuoon and 3 in the after noon, at the (’ourt House in the County iu which the property is situated. Notice or these sales must be given in a public garctic 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published 40 days. Notice that application will lie made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Hind or Negroes, must l«- published two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardian ship. *fce., must be published 30 days—for dismis sion from Administration, monthly, six months —for dismission from Guardianship, 4o days. Utiles for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly. f.r four months —for establishing lo*t papers, Jar the tall sjaice of three months— for compelling titles from Executors or Administra tors. where bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered, at the following KATES: Citations on letters of Administration, Ac.. 75 Jo. do. Distnissory from Adimstration, 450 do. do. do. ’ Guardianship, 3 fit Leave to sell Land or Negroes, 4 00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00 Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 square, 1 50 bale of Land or Negroes by Executors, &e., “ 500 Estrays, two weeks, 1 50 For a man advertising liis wife, (in advance,) 5 00 Announcing candidates, 5 00 Large letters and cuts will be charged by the j»pAce they occupy. Letters*on business must be Post paid to entitle them to attention. We have adopted the Hbove rates from the Miliedgevilic papers, by which we will be governed in all eases. Advertisers are requested to pay par ticular attention to these rates, and they can make out what will be the cost of their advertisements as well as we can ourself. ZW'Job If *ork of all kintls dene teith neatness and despatch. professional i business Carts. Agency of the Bank of Savannah. VU PPLY AT MY OFFICE. Jan. Ist. 1855. J. A. TURNER. mm KESIBE.FT BEJTTIST, EATONTON, GA. May in, 1854. S. W. BRYAN, BOTANIC PHYSICIAN, EATONTON, GA. Office over Carter A Harvey’s store. IM take this method of informing my friends and the public generally, that 1 will pay particular attention to the treatment of all chronic diseases, ouch a.- Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Liver complaint and Dropsy ; also diseases peculiar to females. The H3t■<* which lijii* universally attended tiie Botiiuic s-raetiee. in all chronic complaints, is its best rec wommendation. b. W. BIIYAN, M. D. Reference YKY Eatonton, March 3rd, 1855. DR. LAWRENCE. I HAVE moved my office to "the building occu pied as a drug store by Messrs. GRAY BILL & H All WELL, where 1 shall always be prepared to at t*nd professional LA WHENCE, M. D. Jan. 13th, 1855. . W. A. DAMS, h Mffifeß. yy ■i?Wws»gj^Yisag!'a^ 4Tm3- oft nr RMK. and Bf-BB • KST ill bill* made with him are considered Cash ,and livable when culled for with interest from date <>J bill. %.•; Vy# T April 18, 1854, " ‘"Ly s. S. DUSENBERKY, f, §is 811 O* V.I «/> J3 Tel He Ot: -\%TK warrant to please all who wish the latest VY style of dress! Shop up stairs, over €. D. Pearson's store. April 18, 1854. ■ ... . cTdTPEARSON, & CO, w°s ws ware, Ac. -.L i/reftt care m the $55 iSSmi PMladdplii* Ojjfj and examine our stock of ready-ma<le < .lot!- Tug. \V“ will emlea- vour to lit all in garments and ;j» prices. . :r .4^lgi ADAMS & BROTHERS, TO. YTO.V, Ll*i., INVITE the attention of the citizens of l’utimm and tSSlSwlnff counties, to their large stock of DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, n ld..t that they «n p'«* tll “ l " J -asr. Caen payjtig customers will find it aeuu interest to give ns a call. April 18,1654. —■ •new" goods AT +8 88*1*11 S Hr 81110 TIME it ■jrXTB would be pleased to YV and gentlemen of l’ntnam and the adjoin ing counties, our large stock of FALL aud WINTER DRESS GOOD. complete in variety JSetonton, Bept. 30, 1854, t ts % ®lwlil| lounial:—Jlcbntcb to literature, |lolities, anti General |llisreilau|. professional i business Caclis. DAVIS'& WALKEII EATONTON, GA. DEALERS in Groceries. Tobacco, Cigar*, Snuti. Shoes, Hats, Drugs, Fatent Medicines, lluvd 1 follow and ""'xkl ware. Cutlery, Powder and Shot, Candles. Soaps, Crockery, Fine Liquors and Wines, and various other articles. Call ana examine before purchasing elsewhere. Bargain!, can bo had. April 18, 1884. I TAKE this method of informing my friends that anv business of a professional nature left in mv hands will meet with prompt attention. Jail. 18th, 1855. 2-ts J, A. TURNER SNftKrSSK DR. J. G. GIBSON OFFERS his professional services to the people of Putnam County. Office next door to Ad ams «fc Brothers. Residence at the Parsonage, at one or the other of which places he will always be found unless professional tv engaged. Jan. 20th, 1855. ‘ 3—ts "house painting, In ils furious Branches, EXECUTED PROMPTLY AM) WITH I/ESPATCU. § HAVING a number of bands in connection with me, I am prepared to do jobs not only mini but in the adjoiningco mties. Any com lnunieution from abroad will reach me through the Post Office here. lam also prepared to execute pa pering with neatness, and on goodterms. April, IS, 1854. JEFFERSON WRIGHT. MARSHALL, MCKAYITT & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF ■r*w carriages, rockaways, Two-Horse Wagons, &c. EATONTON, GA. YI r E keep on hand articles of theabove dcscrip- V T tion, fitted up in good style, of different quali ties, of our own manufacture, which we are wil ling to sell on reasonable terms, or any of them will be made to order, and upon short notice. Repairing will also be clone iu the best and most approved style, on reasonable terms, and up on shortnotiee. MARSHALL, MeKAVITT & CO. Eatonton, May 23, 1854. MILLINERY AitiD aiißiaaa uutosaaa. Bonnets , Caps, .Millinery and Fancy Goods , Dress Trimmings, Wrought Collars, Under - Sleeves, Face Fells, He., Sic., BY MRS. A. W. OSBORNE. Rooms at SIDNEY PRUDDEN’S. Jan 20, 1855. 3—ts DK. R. B. NISBET OFFERS liis_ services to the people ofPutnam, in the 'practice of Medicine and Surgery. Can always be found at his office—at the old stand of Brariliaiu, Lawrence 6z Adams—or at his house (the late residence of Dr. K. Adams,) unless profession ally engaged. Jan. 20th, 1855. 3-ts To My Friends in Eatonton and Vicinity. HAVING sold out my entire interest in the prac tice of Medicine to Dr. R. B. Nisbet, I can most cordially recommend him to thepublic as a safe, prudent, and skillful physician. To those who may be influenced by me, I will state that my ser vices can be had in conjuetion with Iris, at any time, tree of extra charge. ROBERT ADAMS. , Jan. 20, 1854. 3-ts DR. J. 11 GODKIN, HAVING located himself, permanently, at Airs. Turner’s, Putnam County, _ again offers his services to the- citizens in th'a* vicinity. Putnam Cos., Jan, Is'., 1855. * I—tr DR. BRANHAM. AT tlte earnest request of many of my old Friends and patrons I have determined to re main in Eatonton and continue the Practice of Med icine. 1 offer my services to the citizens of Eaton ton and Putnam county, and will attend faithfully to mv Profession. I will give special attention to obstetrical cases, and the diseases of women and children. Having had many years experience in the ,prnetice, 1 hope to get my share of patron age. My office is in the liouso occupied by YVm. A. Reid", Esq., as a law office. Calls left there, or at my residence will be attended to. JOEL BRANHAM. Jan. 13th, 1855. 2—ts NEW SPRING GOODS. HURD & HIiKGERFORD, MONTICELLO, GA., KESPECTFULLY inform their patrons and the public that they are now receiving from New York, tlitir first shipment of New Goods, (to which, large additions will be made weekly ) and are prepared to exhibit an unrivalled stock in every department of rich and Fashionable Goods, adapted to the wants of the whole community. All of which are ottered at low prices. March sth, 1855. 10—8 t EATONTON HOTEL.' HAVING taken charge of the above hotel with a determination to make it >ne of the best hou ses in fbe country', 1 announce to my friends and the public generally that they may always find with me such accommodations as are desired by the boarding and traveling community. All that, con venience or comfort can suggest at the table or by way if lodging shall !>c furnished you sit moderate terms and I warrant that no man shall go away dissatisfied. Good lodging, attentive Servants and a good table shall always greet you with a cordial welcome to the Eutonton Hotel. Jan. Ist, 1855 [37-ttJ WM. 0 BKILN. ' LUMBER, LUMBER! W E are prepared to furnish Lumber at the re gular market price, to wit: One dollar per hundred teet. For extra lumber w e will charge one ‘dollar twenty-five cents. In no instance will we un dertake bills if -they are to he refused because riot sawed bv a specifietl time. We will saw us fast as ue can and saw the hills in the, order m which tliev come in—flrsteome first served. We frequent ly fail in getting ears to take lumber off, and some times after we have loaded the ears. they stand oil t e turn-out four or five days. We will do our very best to execute all orders sent to us promptly and faithfully and we respectfully and confidentially solicit a continuance of the very liberal patronage we are now enjoying. Persons living ill Putnam will please pav postage on letters to us and put them in the hands of J. A. Turner, Esq., who will send U Address,' Tkurkli., Tunmet* & Cos., YVhiting, Wilkinson County, Ga. Jan. 27,1855. 4 ~ ! y Eatonton Factory. ALL persons indebted to the F.uteuton Man ufacturing Company, previous to the year ,o, r, hv note or account, are not-fied that unless thev make payment before last return day to March I Brd, 1855. f 1 EATONTON, GA., SATURDAY. MARCH 24, 1855. lortrii. Another War Sc tig. Mr. Alexander Smith, the new Scottish bard of whom we had heard so much of late, has enter ed the lists with the poet laureate, Mr. Tennyson, mid produces the following brilliant ode on Balalr luva's tight. It- is very much in Tennyson’s own style, it is certainly a stirring lyric: B ALAK L AYA. Oh, the charge at Balaklava 1 01), that rash and fatal Charge 1 Never was a fiercer, braver, Thau the charge at Balaklava, On the battle’s bloody marge 1 All the day the Russian columns, Fortress huge, and blazing banks, Poured theiivdread destructive volumes, On the French and English ranks— On the gallant Allied ranks 1 Earth and sky seemed rent asunder By the loud incessant thunder! When a straiige but stern command— Needless, heedless, rash command — Came to Lucan’s little band— Scarce six hundred men and horses Os those vast contending forces— “ England lost! unless ye save her! Charge the pass of Balaklava!” Oh, that rash and fatal Charge, Or. the battle’s bloody marge! Faraway the Russian eagles Soar o’er smoking hill aad dell, And their hordes, like howling beagles, Dense and countless, round them yell! Thundering cannon, deadly mortar, Sweep the field in every quarter ! Never, since the days of Jesus, Trembled so the Chersonesus! Here behold the Gallic Lilies, — Stout St. Louis golden Lilies!— Float as erst at old Ramillies ! And, beside them, lo 1 the Lion, — England’s proud, uneonquered Lion! With her trophied Cross, isfiyiugl Glorious standards!—shall they waver On the field of Balaklava ? No, by heavens!—at that command — Sudden, rash, but stern command! — Charges Lucan’s little baud! Brave Six Hundred! —lol they charge On the battle’s bloody marge! Down yon deep and skirted valley, Where the crowded cannon play— YVhere the Czar’s fierce cohorts rally— Cossack, Kalmuck, savage Kalli— Down that gorge they sweep away! Down that new Thermopylae, Flashing swords and helmets see! Underneath the iron shower, To the brazen cannon’s jaws, Heedless of their deadly power, Press they without fear or pause— To the very cannou’s jaws! Gallant Nolan, brave as Roland At the field of Roncesvalles, Dashes dovvn the fatal valley, Dashes on the bolt of death, Shouting with his latest breath, “ Charge then, gallants! do not waver, Charge the pass of Balaklava 1” Oh, that rash and fatal Charge, On the battle’s bloody marge! Now the bolts of volley’d thunder Rend 'that little band asunder, Steed and rider wildly screaming, Screaming wildly, sink away: Late so proudly, proudly gleaming, Now but lifeless clods of clay— Now but bleeding clods of clay ! Never, since the days of Jesus, Saw such sight the Chersonesus! Yet your remnant, brave Six Hundred! Presses onward, onward, on.ward! Till they storm the bloody pas 3 Till, like brave Leonidas They storm the deadly pass! Sabring Cossack, Kalmuck, Kalli, In that wild, shot-rended valley— Drenched with fire and blood, like lava, Awful pass of Balaklava ! Oh, that rash and fatal Charge, On the battle’s bloody marge 1 For now Russia’s rallied forces— Swarming hordes of Cossack horses, Trampling o’er the reeking corses— Drive the thinned assailants back, Drive the feeble remnant back! O’er their late heroic track! Vain, alas! now rent and sundered, Vain your struggles, brave Two Hundred I Thrice your number lie asleep, In that valley dark and deep, Weak and wounded you retire From that hurricane of fire— That tempestuous storm of fire ! But no soldiers firmer, bvuver, Ever trod a Held of lame, Than the Knights of Balaklava — Honor to each hero’s name I, Yet their country long shall mourn For her ranks so rashly shorn, So gallantly but madly shorn, Iu that fierce aud fatal Charge On the battle’s bloody marge! Till Little and that Little Well. ’Tis folly in tho extreme, to till Extensive fields arid till them ill. The farmer pleased, may boast aloud His bushels sown, his acres plowed; * And pleased, indulge the cheerless hope That time will bring a plenteous crop. Shrewd common sense sits laughing by And sees his hopes abortive die; For when maturing seasons smile. Thin sheaves shall disappoint Iris toil. Advised this empty pride expel, Till little and that little well. Qf taxing, fenciug, toil, no more Your ground requires when rich than poor; And more one fertile acre yields Than the huge breadth of barren fields. HisailMitaas. TIIE GIPSEY BRIDE. A SPANISH tale. . • *1 CHAPTER I. “ It is well for the cfews of yonder crafts that they will have reached a place of safety before another hour,” said an old fisherman, addressing a young Spaniard who stood n ar him on the shore of the Island Cyprus, watch ing the white sails of several fishing boats as they rose one after the other above the horizon, and stretched their course towards the land. The young man, wnom we shall henceforth call Hernandez, having been but .a short time on the island, was not skillful in the signs which fore told a storm in the changeful climate of the Levant; nor did he perceive any alteration in the appearance of the sea or sky until drawn, by the remarks of, the old Cypriote, to notice 4 hem. The surface of the sea, which but an hour before had been tranquil as the spirit of its slumbers, was now furrow ed into huge billows, swelling darkly in the distance, that flung up the spray of their snowy crests, as if to play over the wings of the light but steady breeze that swept by them. Several ot the boats had already reached land, and the lighter ones were drawn upon the strand, while the crews of the larger were busily em ployed in getting out their largest an chors, and strongest cables, to enable them to outride the fury of the corning storm. Those still iu the offing press ed all sail and hastened to the bay, while their pilots, one moment, look ing to the heavens, watched every change of its aspect with anxiety, at another measuring the distauce to the harbor, as if to assure themselves of a place ofsa ety against the terror of the approaching tempest. “She comes! she comes!” again shouted the old man, as a white sail loomed up above the horizon ; and Hernandez turning to the direction in which he pointed, could with difficulty discern a slnall flag flying at her mast head. “Henrico .well kno.ws at what time to seek the land, and never was his knowledge so requisite as now. There are many ahead of him, but I will wager that the Arrow will not be the last to her moorings. See, how nobly she bears herself through those swelling waves.” “Well does she deserve the name she bears,” said Hernandez; “she holds her course gallantly through a cloud of foam, passing one boat after anoth er, seeming more desirous to display her superior sailing than to outdo the coming squall.” Scarcely had the Arrow reached her moorings, when down came the squall in all its fury ; issuing, as it appeared, from a small, Yvhite cloud that was seen to rise above the horizon, and to in crease in an incredibly short space of time. Then spreading over the sea, it harrowed up the billows for leagues, bearing off the feathery spray in light clouds of a thousand fantastic forms. By this time the crews of several of the fishing boats had gathered around, Hernandez and old Jerome—for such was the name of the old fisherman— and reported that they had seen a large Spanish carvel from the Bospho rus, which they conjectured could not outlive the present gale, if it did not seek safety in one of the harbors of Cyprus. The storm had reached an alarming height. Dark clouds rolled heavily over the face of the heavens, while • quick successive flashes illuminated the dome, and deep rolling peals of thunder spoke loudly of the wild con flict of elements. The dark waves lashed into ungovernable madness, raised their giant forms aloft; then, bursting into misty wreaths, wove a shadowy shroud well befitting the spirit of the storm. The fishermen were about to seek shelter, when one of them descried the form of the laboring barque emerg ing from the horizon, driven madly be fore the iury of the gale, an t advan cing directly towards the island. As she-approached they could discern that she had been disabled to a considera ble extent; her foremast had been carried away, and it was evident, from the unsteadiness of her motion, that t e pilot had now lost all command of her. . .1. ? “All is over with that luckless craft,” said Jerome, addressing the com mander of the Arrow, “she will strike on those rocks yonder before another hour, where the waves will beat her to atoms ere we can render her any as sistance. But we must exert ourselves for the preservation of the unhappy crew.” “Father!” said Henrico, “had we not better proceed immediately thither, with all the ropes and oars that we can collect? I fear our efforts will be needed long before we gain the point; and our delay may prove fatal to some of the unhappy sufferers.” They had scarcely reached the point, when with a violent crash, the richly laden vessel struck on a shelving rock. and whirling around lay fast on her side for a few moments, until the waves, rushing in boiling surges over her, in a short time dashed her into a thousand fragments. Then rose the wild cry of terror from the despairing crew and passengers, even louder than the storm that shrieked over them. Some, that had been tin own on the rocks by the violence of the concus sion, clambered up beyond the reach of the waves, and there, awaited the proffered assistance of the fishermen ; while others precipitated into the waves, still plunged and struggled amid their boiling fury. A rope being thrown to one and an oar to another, some few of them were with difficulty drawn ashore; while others, grasping a mast or clinging to a plank, buffet ted with the waves, and were tossed to and fro or at times hurried in the wild abyss beneath. The scene was one of terror; but the fishermen with Hernandez suc ceeded in rescuing most of them from their danger. Hernandez managed the ropes with all the skill of an ex perienced seamen; adjusted the lad ders, which from the difficulty of reaching some points, were found ne cessary ; and guided the movements of the entire party, who obeyed his dictates as Yvillingly as if he had been their accustomed director. Among those who were preserved were an old woman of Andalusia and her niece, a beautiful } 7 oung Castillian of about sixteen summers. They had both clung to the same plank for safe ty ; and by timely assistance were drawn ashore, more affrighted at the perils of their situation than injured by the waves or rocks they had to en counter. No traces of any other remaining, except some few in whom life had been long since extinct, whose motionless corpses were seen hanging in the shrouds attached to some of the bro ken masts, they prepared to bear the shipwrecked persons to their homes, there to administer to their wants. — ILude litters were hastily prepared to remove those who were too faint to at tempt walking; while those who had recovered sufficiently were permitted to walk to the dwellings of the fisher men. On Hernandez devolved the care of the Andalusian and her niece, whom we shall henceforth call Adele. He had them borne to the hotel at which he stayed, that all necessaries might be provided for their comfort. During the time that Adele and her aunt remained, Hernandez was their constant companion; if not for the sake of the elder lady, at least for her niece’s, whom he found to be a gentle and amiable girl, of most agreeable disposition. He attended her in all her rambles to the seashore, and to the rocks where they first met under the painful circumstances of the scene we have described. He learned from her the history of their voyage from the Bosphorus, and all the incidents that had occurred during their pas sage. After some months spent in this manner, it will not be wondered at if the heart of Hernandez had become entangled in those mysterious meshes which a young and beautiful compan ion can so unconsciously weave round a willing captive. But how Adele preserved the freedom of. hers, we will leave for the future to disclose. In the meantime, business having called Hernandez to Rhodes, he parted with Adele in sorrow at the idea of this short interruption to his pleasure. Being detained there for a much long er time than he had anticipated, he at length set out for Cyprus at the end of the third month of his absence; but what was his disappointment, when he arrived there, to find that Adele and her aunt had left the island some six weeks before in a Spanish mer chant bound for Cadiz, leaving no clue by which he could hope to find out their point of destination! CHAPTER 11. Three years had passed away, yet Hernandez had not discovered the ob ject of his search. In fact for a long time past he had given up all hope of ever seeing her again. In the meantime he had fixed his residence at a favorite estate in Anda lusia. It was satuated near the Guad alquiver, in a beautiful and picturesque valley, where the wood-crowned hills on either side rose towering !o the clouds, while between them stole the whispering waters of the bright stream speaking like a vein of silver, and smiling on both with all the fascina tions of a coquette, not deigning to be the sole mistress of either. Hernandez, having roamed one evening farther than usual along the banks of the river, came to a small orange grove, where, tired with exer tion, he rested under one of its trees! The moon was risen, and gleamed calmly over the tranquil waters. The air was silent, as if bound by some spirit chain; and the last echo of the night breeze had sunk to rest in some grotto of the mountains. He had sat for a loug time silently admiring the splendor of the scene around him; the sound of a paddle splashing in the waters, at length aroused him from bis reverie. It pro ceeded from a graceful bend of the river, not far from the place where he sat. Hearing the sound, he started to his feet, when at the same moment the prow of a shallop emerged from the shadow which the grove had cast on the stream, a young female guiding its course along the wave, to give even a faint idea of whom we will pause fora moment. She- appeared to be some nineteen years of age ;;-.her dark hair hung in dishevelled masses over a neck and shoulders of the most exquisite form; and her wildly beautiful black eye gave an inexpressible charm to the soft radiance of a brow which might ha\ r e served to inspire the dreams of the Medicean sculptor, while touching for the last time the brow of his Venus. Thus, with the full glow of loveliness over-spreading her fair cheek, we pre sent the young Andalusian to the reader. An unaccountable change came over the features of Hernandez, as the shallop of the fair stranger swept by like the wing of a seabird. It had not proceeded far down the stream when he determined to follow its course, keeping at such a distance, however, as not to awaken any suspicion, should the fair girl observe him in his pur suit. He stopped for a moment in the shade of an olive, while the stranger he seemed to take so sudden and so deep an interest in, turned her skiff to wards the bank, and having moored it, leaped out, and in a few moments was lost in the surrounding groves. He paused for a considerable time, unde termined whether to proceed or turn back; until the sound of a lute, ac companied b} r a voice of the most be witching softness, urged his footsteps still further on. At length he reached a small orange grove where he found that pre parations had been made for an even in ds amusement by a group of gitanas. They intended to celebrate in this place tiie bridal of two young mem bers of their tribe, and spend the night in dancing and revelry. Sonfe had been already engaged in the dance, while the sounds of lutes and castanets rose softly on the moon lighted air; and some who, perhaps, had been fatigued with treading the graceful Spanish measures, were slow ly pacing alofig the river’s bank, lis tening to some passionate love tale that burned while it breathed from the lips of some handsome young gitana, had come to share the evening’s sports; while others/scattered about in groups', were listening to some sweet-voiced minstrel, while she blended with the voice of her lute all the softness of passion and the sweetness of song. But the largest group had collected around the fair being whom Hernan dez had pursued thither, and who now, seated in their circle, gave freedom to the delightful sweetness of her voice. It rose softly at first, and then swell ing by degrees, rolled in a rich stream of melody, while the other minstrels, as if touched by some magical spell of its weaving, dropped their lutes, and sat mutely listening to the delightful strain. Hernandez leaned for some time against a tree that stood near, him; for lie was tired with his walk; it was not until the gitana had ended her song, and all were engaged in the dance, that he woke from the dream like stupor into which he had fallen. He watched the bright form of the gi tana float through the dance, lie could only gaze at her, so completely had she absorbed all his senses; and more than once did he catch the search ing of her dark eye resting on him. After the dance was ended, lie looked round for the form that had so rivet ted his attention, but in vain. She was gone, and be knew not how to ac count for her mysterious disappearance, since he thought that he had watched her movements so closely. He went to the bank of the river in quest of the shallop that bore her, but that, too, had disappeared with the beautiful minstrel ; and he was left to retrace, his footsteps to his home with feelings of the same dark hue as were spread around his return to Cyprus, when he found that the idol of his dreams had fled from liis shrine. All his former hopes returned to him again; the memories of other years crowded around him; and liis love .for the amiable Adele, which only slept for a season, was again restored to its pristine fervor. He knew not why lie should have associated the fair Castil lian with the beautiful gitana, or why a meeting of the one should have awakened all his former passion for the other. Some mouths of pain were spent by Hernandez, when, one evening, as he wan seated in his study, a servant en tered, and handed him a note> the pur port of which was, that a company of gitanas entreated permission to remain on his estate tor some time, as one of their tribe .was too ill to proceed on the .journey; and also begging of him to oome! to their camp, in order that lie might prescribe any medicines he might think that she had required. Hernandez repaired immediately to their encampment, where he found an old woman stretched, in the last ex tremities, in one of the tents. Beside j rM7 3EB:n. !«■:«» 9 j 92-00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 12. her bed was the fair form of the young minstrel that had led him to the festal scene we have already spoken of; but so altered in her appearance, from her constant attendance on the sick bed of the old woman, that he scarcely recog nised in her careworn features the liveliness that had then attracted him. Upon his arrival, the old woman, having recovered a little, directed them to assist her in sitting up a while. Then, motioning Hernandez to a seat beside her, she thus commeno«d;— “Since it is the will of Heaven that I should once more behold you, the poignancy of pain and the excruciating pangs of mental agony are mitigated, and death is deprived of half its ter rors. But in order that you may fully understand me, it will be necessary that I should give }’ou a sketch of my past life, at least in part. I shall then relate some of the incidents in as brief a manner as possible, for I feel that I have no time to spend in circumlocu tion. Some sixteen years since our company encamped on the estate of Don Lopez de Vinta, a cruel and ty ranical man, and an acknowledged per secutor of our race. We had not en tirely completed the erection of our. tents when he came to drive us off to seek repose elsewhere. Not content with the peaceable departure we pre pared to make, he entered into some altercation with one of our men, who used some language not suited to his w rathful mood, upon which he order ed his attendants to fire on us. They did so, and several fell, among whom was my son. “Some years elapsed, when De Yin* ta lost an only daughter in a most mysterious manner. She was seen on the lawn but an hour before, and in the next .she disappeared. I it was who stole the child intending to have sacrificed it in atonement for the de struction of my f>oy; the winning sweetness of the little girl, and her in nocence of her father’s crime, preserv ed her life. “I brought her up, however, in our wandering habits; and but for a debt of gratitude which I owe —though as yet you are unconscious, I see, of its being such —would have betrothed her to a bridegroom of our own unhappy caste. ■“ Don Lopez is jour father’s heredi tary foe, yet I know that in the heart of Hernandez dwells not feelings of revenge ; and you will guard the treasure I leave you, if not for his sake at least for hers. But to continue. In sailing from Constantinople, accom panied by De Yinta’s daughter whom 1 had taught to call me ‘aunt’ and re gard me as such, we encountered a se vere gale while near the coast of Cy prus, which overwhelmed our vessel and dashed her to pieces on the rocks of that island and would have added our names to the eatalogue of unhappy sufferers, had not some fishermen, with you for their director, saved ua from the perils which surrounded us. You are already acquainted with the manner in which we left the island, but it was only within the last few months that I have been enabled dis cover you place of residence. All that now remains for me to add is, that into your hands I deliver the daughter of Don Lopez—the young Adele ; you must now become her protector, for I shall soon be gone.” Thus far did Hernandez listen to the strange revelation with fixed as tonishment, when with a sigh the old gitana expired. Hernandez gazed for a moment onthe lifeless corpse before him; then, taking Adele in his arms, for she had fallen senseless to the floor the moment her pretended relative’s spirit had passed away, lie carried her to his castle. After some days the gitanas interred their departed sister with their usual ceremonies; and having given Her nandez all her papers and her other property, they departed. The papers corroborated the statement of the old gitana, and several trinkets were found marked with the well known arms of the house of Don Lopez. When Acjele recovered her senses she deeply la mented the death ’of her aunt, as she hadbeen accustomed to call her ; but the presence of Hernandez, and his devotedness to her, wiped away all traces of her tears. In a Jew weeks after, the scene was completely changed ; instead of an encampment of gitanas, a large festal party moved in various groups around the lawn, the brilliant bands were seen in all directions, partaking of the fes tivities; while the beautiful Adele, the shipwrecked lady of Cyprus, and the enchanting minstrel of the Guad alquiver, moved amongst them all, the most fascinating centre of the circle. Hernandez and Don Lopez de Ymta quenched in the cup the mutual ani mosities that existed so long between the rival houses, and a long, chain of interests was in time established be- them, the first link of which we must allow Hernandez to consider his GIPSEY BRIDE. - He who thinks he can find within himselfthe means of doing without others is much much mistaken ; but he who thinks others cannot do with out him is still more mistaken.