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N r 1 1 , j J We see a nature, noblef ' ft 1 . ( With undeveloped good,- f ' Barred out like some fierce Monster, From humau brotherhood. Begrudged by man, existence Which higher powers constrain ; , Denied all right but suffering, All privilege but pain. I M ' , .i . ' . i 1 iln utter isolation, 5 1 j It drags its wretched course, I Then with a faint "Our Father," iteverts unto its source? . ' - - -r'-'--.-, : ' r - . Oh ! hapless Iondon out-cast ; You surfer not alone ! 1 ; I YOur life is but the index t That indicates our own ! We bear an untold angui&h, ,We Bufffer woes and wrong, Slaves to the unseen infiueijc Which urges us along. r ; : f It'-: ' No stop for us, nor lingiering ;1 Forward, forever forward ; ' Our destination death !l I We struggle though despairing, Till strength to strive is gone, Then quit th' unequal cbnflbt, I . And passively "move on." ?l Abandon aspirations J . h v ' , As levers to the soul; ( Turn from the untasted triumph, ' Pass by the just won goal. I Leave all that makes life living ; j -Heart-weary, faint, forlorn, i ' From all except existence, j J'' ' Move on ! move on ! move ou-! . In vain we work the problem, Too deep for finite brain,1 f ! Why life from its inception , ' Is but progressive pain. I . , , Why with the highest patures i The givatest griefs abouiiil. ) ' , Only in "Our Father !n i ! . The solving may be fouiid. j ! Fanny Downing. m -mi . 'My -: ;:- THE LIVELY JENNY. 'i M When, after Ta long and proper; proba- I gftion, I was fairly set up'andj married to j my Fanny a fine bold girl, that? liked me, ;! m Deueve. as mucn ae i liKea nei-n we sen- : ! 'sibrv aorped that, inntpnd of :rttincr imLi.. i.-i.i. i j? lx!'i tkir o :- '-- t - x r:T& house-Keeping luraituro and uch incon- ii jvenience8 we should suit ourselves with iSl id; house infinitely more to! our itastei i f Fanny had been born and bred on the north-west coast of Ireland, beside the breakers jof the Atlantic. She was.a clever 'creature, with a classical and reflective face a born sailor, whom it was pleasant, ween pur dainty guests wer growing gren and uncomfortable, to seo sitting on the deck,. vijh rising color, welcoming ii'...i!i i ' t- .... 1... .'Is i " I me siin ureezeu. s ! 1 haa done a good deal iin coast-saiiinfir. and to. have been put in the pavy Cbut wus.il uwfliciyiH a ioug iory,Ho, lusieau of going throngh the anxieties pf -select- ing a new and pJastery huse, with iurni- ;turethat was to prove prep atublyjinfirm t to uuuutai "f"" ,lvl,,o teammgion xnat "looKeq oux ior tne .; yacht for us a man' of large experience, f land an eve for a "erood cut of ta thiner." After a time, he Vpicked.Upii pur little vraii me very ining ior us, puiu a ue.au iPargain besides, a tight, handy, little schooner, a good sea-boat that shook the Waves from her like a Jspirfcld Ihorse, pasily handled, thirty tbrls, ri0my, airy ; large for that tonnaire, and built1 of ma- innbogany. She cost us ouly tbr6e- hundred ft ' I-, ft . . . . 3 1 -i -m . - pounds, was reckoned a ueaa bargain, anu wn one.t -Th Tiiipfi) .tfnnu I Tt wtvw a I joyful mornintr whenrwe learned that she j; waa lying in Kingstowii harlijor, paving . fCorno in at midnight. The (news was brought in by the hew skipper himself, f l'' whom I. and Fannv went doivh ;to the iiparlor to meet as if he were aiilambassa i dor, which he was from the Lively Jenny. 111 Now, if we were to have a treasure in tjour vacht, we were to have ai far morel important one in our SKipper.f xie uau m twppicu, vc cau nio vue muugui we discovered, as vou went .p i?m: each other s eyes a facnt I , ft was a 80rt of sliding panel on each I- Snrinif iirl a tKinir uriifl 'uiViii 'i-!nlrfrl I l i l ax r : bcen picked up also, by the sheerest good li luck. Our nnntiral friend had written in blithe most extravagant terms ofl his merits, If Iile had known Clarke frdni'a -:j;a finer - - ! , . 1' I. ; l' L 1 iiisa or never siennea a aeeK as flwau v. a fi! -r.,, , .. - J ivk ll'a rdek, sober as a iudire. as moral as an '.apostle. . "I have an interest ii! the man." i! he wmiP "ns T know all ahoiit him and :M ItwbatTie has crone throuerh. I look ion this! s . ' - V w. i, . a . 1 - . I If l as alnuch greater piece ofl luckithan light- If I ine on the Livelu Jennv.v '; Ik i li And thiH naraVoh was nowiin the nar- 1 1 lor f We almost felt, Fanny and I, that we 1 were scarcely virtuous company enough Si -I for Kim Thaw h " -&nk nnw nni) w .'t I: started. Clarke was a 1 man! of about fithirtv. -j-ood-lookirtff and sailortlike that 't 'would have been good-lookingjbut for i ill a very disagreeable. long, inflamed, scar x si that, ran alnntinrr fpftm his forehead over .f, ft:.; -. - f"5 -. ; 1 ! his. eye to his ear. It .was-raw and un- 11 pleasant altogether. He had a cold,! steady, measured way. of j talking, iahdas ; lihe spoke, looked out cautiously at us with ,- 3V :!! " ?' a 1 i ' : 1 ' jt L ' Ti i Ijsiuo eye tnai was .unuer ine scar, jouv 4 ms mere couiu oenu uiiotats-c auoui nis iebii - ;moniai8, ana ne wa, on me nest autnon- in every sense. It was in a vile arunKen III ftyy. a treasure. Fanny did not relish his parrel I got "this, ir;"; and lie pointed to !look at ar. ; She much, prefeihed jDan; a his ugly scar. "It nearly killed me, and f fj young "salt" from her .own coast, who I lay for weeks between life and -death ; i ' rw a . m a x 9 i m ; a . m was - on ine estate, ' anu wnp was to net S-I-- . . . - s f . . . A . r . I: Olir nfhoT oailnr It. wna flhnnr. him tht viarKe nrsi epoKe J , it ; r; Br, "i -nrnnrrhr nxrp.r a vftrv ftrftftnv man ue said, -that I hav Known mysen ior years, and can be depended on. r A man J I with some reheuon in him. iWhich, ho H S Ji t" ... .' 5 , 1 . 1 , ucu, Biuiiiug a uoi ery uitmeM j ! i : "is not usual among ua sailors, j I cc fj Ij! go on excellentlywith him.') T S "We could not do without Dan!? "Of course it is with ypu ma'am : but it is right to tell you 'this jDan came off to it n "-ittBv mgnt wnen we uau mooreu, anu x : could eee-plainly he had deeri drinking.' : an ii v coioreu ud.- ,r iou musi nave neen mistaken. We all know Dan from a child, VOL. 1. lie never was drunk in his lif W nave any one else Clarke bowed. Then we aave liim all sorts of directions, and let him Wo "I don't like that man at all. for all hi good haracter," said Fannv, wiselv nuu men to. tro ana slander nnnr htn 'I don't relish him extravatrantlv " 1 said, doubtfully : ' but character, mv dear. o cvcrj iuiug;auoara snip. "A board ship," said 1 she, laughing.- . Aiiai eounas cnarmingl vv e weie to sail in two dave. and eer tainly we almost at once found the merits o . our Bkipper : lor, by his quiet fore thought and measured energy,' he "did wonders--got in stores; the yacht fitted, anu wnat not. j f - : k ..... .. "You see, my dear,!' I said, "those are the sterling qualities that pass show Dan is a little too immilsive' and not half so practical.' A word now about Dan. j j ! Dan was a sort of foster-brother of Fanny's, that used to row her oh the At lantic, "po less," fit up daring little skiffs, wiui nana anu an complete, to make a bold voTage across to a distant island He was a handsome, strong, bold; dashingf jToung leilow, only one-and-twenty, and could swim like a fish. He always called her "Miss r anny," though corrected again and again. . The only mystery was that of the "drinic, which puzzled us. for we had never even, heard a suspicion of such a thing, v anny shook ,her head.? '1 could explain it,-' she said, i "Ah I" said I, "you don't know,. dear. .these .sea towns young fellows fall into temptations. - j I were 10 go on a. coasting cruise rirst to Falmouth, then Cowes, and final ly on to Cherbourg ; leave the yacht under shelter of the famous breakwater. f"she will be very snug there, we both, said, speaking of her cozily as if she were a babjT,)And we Ourselves would run up to I'aris. We could not have too much Of the sea. Two sailors only and a boy, and myself, as good as another, and Fanny very nearly she only wanted strength-p as good as a fourth. Jiarly at six o clock in-' thft mnrnincr wa TPAnt rlnwn'hv tKnt. -riuioaeaui muo sirip oi jsea-uoasfc-raii way that willd8 like a ribbon from Dublin to Kingstown, found; a .'fresh breeze, a blue sea,.-and the JLiveiy Jenny nuttering her sails impatiently, as if they were the laces and Iappetsbf her cap. We took up our mooring in a moment, and flew dut steadi- jy to sea. t -, W Were in great delight with our new "house." ; She sailed charmingly, lay over on her side in the true vacht attitude. ana made the water hiss as she shot . - . . i thrnno-h it V wt-a a i fnmhdft. n Rniur nnd pwn Aln-nt onAi k nnh ceived. Below, were two. charming little rooms. Derfect boudoirs, one a little Baboo for dining. It was full of "lockers" and nieon-holea for keenino- all aorta of thinp-s- ancj it was with particular delight that down-stairs, side, which Known totne men as ine "sail room, on ly thinkl but which. On an emerffencv. could be turned into an elegant and commodious flwinrr- Uahl: was thfi most, nharmino- of mpflls table; was the moat charming of meals, and full of slippery excitement. . On the morning of the! second day, when there was not much of a breeze, I noticed our skipper Seated on the "after" portion of .the bowsprit, reading. It was Fannv called mv attention to this. Dan 1 mJ was walking up and down contemptuous- ly , From cunosityi 1 went up to see what the book was- and found it to be The Confessions, of B. B. Rudge, Esq., with, some of his Letters." . "Why, whoon earth is,Eudge?' I asked. Clarke stood up respectfully. $ "Rudcre. sir " said he, uwas a common fireman,on.an eDgine, who took to drink mr -and was reclaimed. He tells the whole story there: and afterwards he be- cairie riot only an apostle of temperance, uui a minister, preauuuigauu pymuing J souls to Christ." . - ' "Uh. that s what lie was,?' I said, 1 am afraid with marked disgust in my face for that sort of thing is well enough I 1 1 A. .1 , '4. tti- I. ,J I rs-r. atfiiure, vui uubbu t ui unuuv uu omwi. I " 1 came and told Fanny. . ''Canting creature,'' said Fanny I observed, too. that Dan and he had I . J very little conversation That night, about eleven, was a lovely moonlight night. Fanny .had just gone dowu. I went '-for'ard" not forward towards the "fo'castle," not forecastle, as the vulgarities and land-lubbers say. I I talked with Clarke about the course ; we then tell off to other things, and I saw what a good sailor he was. ; He! told me more about B. B. Rudge and himself, He did a great deal for me, sir, that I an '" V a aaiA "V7m TRAii hi ri't have taken l mail, 11(7 QHIU. j j.mm .t w .- - , me, sir, if vou had seen me- as Mr. Rudge firt saw mA " YI was i amused ! at this notion ; for as it wajs, after MrRudge had seen him. I was verv near hot taking him.) r . ..... r . . t . - I I A , L i ou can little conceive sir, wnai a wreicu i i .was. uruniren i nenravea. aouuuuucu m ' - n . . until that P-ood and trracious man came 1 O O 1 J :AA i j y iii t k; "Of course, vou mean in tne-spmiuai I flAHA t miih n DAtt At o anopr -; 0l .. . ; t he said, calmly. lfAnd t;ow tn hi , mnrft thfln to rav father. rri, i imuiii ioaf vntrarrft I A-U OaiU, A 11 IB WAD v 'Vji.&v that he would make:, thanks to his own X 1 .1, - . : Ahd td B B. Rudge?" I . I "Yes, sir. In fact, he wishes mo to join his ministry : and after this! voyage there is a young girl who has grace; at Fair mouth:' where! we are now going, iwho i would De content . to taice ner lot witn ) me " 1 J ? i i vxa vtci ui uuu liiu.i w . vi" not) help asking. But he gave me a look . - i . - r ' " 11 . i . ' . .. .. . v: ...... ir - . . CHARLOTTE, N. ;C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, - ' r : ' i- 1 of reproach which the scar made savage "I am only joking' I said hastily. - "I tun sure she is a very good girl, and alLthat."! T ' Fanny, when I reported this ebnversa tioii. was in a little rage. j "What an old hypocrite! I am so sorry we shipped him." j "Canting, whining creature," I said; "poor l)an will have a fine time of it." - We Igot to Falmouth, and went ashore: But the wind suddenly fell, and it looked as ; if ' there was to be a change in the weather. We determined ito run 4 up to London, -which we -did. We' there met pleasant friends, who insisted on doing us, &e., and so a very pleasant week- went by in next to no time. Then we went to our craft, and found the drum up. It was only a stiff breeze, so we determined to put out to sea at once. But there was a great' change in our skipper. Dan was on hoard, riotous with spirits, singing and "whistling ; Clarke was ashore. When he eaine,. we both noticed a great altera tion. pHis composed serenity was gone. He wlis doggedly moody, and his eyes glared. He did not speak ; to Dan, who told lis that they had had a quarrel ashore. BotbJ Fanny and I remarked this, and I noticed Clarke following, Dan .with lowering brow and dark suspicious eyes, as he: walked past him on the deck. The evening was very fine, the drum was do w nv and we promised ourselves a charm ing voyage to Cherbourg, our destination, and then hey for Paris ! Jiefore we started, Fanny had got it all out lof Dan. There was a young woman in th case in fact, the young woman at Falmouth, a nice, fresh, gay girl, not at all "serious," though our friend wished to makiher so. ; "If ud have been a pity, marm," said Dan'Ho have handed the likes of her overjto psalm singing for the rest of her lte.' v And faix 1 just talked to her a little quieuy, quietly, and put the eomethur on her,' or she put iti on herself.. but at the end she gave the! cowld shoulder to mv riend Johnny Calvin there ! i Sorry a hand or part I had in it, wit'in'ly, marm) or knowin'ly." . .. . jfou aia quite right: Jjan, said my with enthusiasm- It? was on deck Clarke came to me. "Don't go for a day or two, yet, sir," he said., gloomily. "Take my advice; there is bad weather coming on." . "Itrr-don't: look much i like it;" I said, pleasantly. j i. , ? . "1 know these things, sir. he said. "ifhere'll be a storhi beforeJmorning." , "4jb, what y talking of" said Dan, aughing. " Don't be humftwagin' the mast her." There was sa twinkle in his eye as he spoke. ! "D:ye want; another sight at little Susan?" ; y. : The ferocious ; look the other gave him shocked me and Fahny. I I saw the reason noii "We go to-night," I said, firmly : 'get lip the moorings." We got out to sea. The night was very nne.if It came to ten, eleven, and mid night. .Then Fanny went down. "Well, Clarke," lisaid, "what d'ye say now? or . have yoii forgotten Susan by this, time?" ! I There was another black look of feroci ty, and his eyes wandering to Uan, who was at the forecastle fo'castle," I mean looking out, dancing 'from one foot to nts utiif i , auu wiiiauing pt. ruu icn a w-y "He will have to account to Heaven for what he has done. jShe was a good girl, and wouid have made a good wife, and worked to save souls with me. Now she will be lost and go after vanity. God for give him," i ;!'! "In short, not plucked from the burning. Now. look here, Clarke ; I must speak to you seriously. In the first place, I must askiyou to. drop that jargon of yours, which is all very, well in its way and on Rhorej but here you know in short, it don't fit a, British seaman." rEKhouId have thought, sir, with the dangers of the seas,; and the heavens, and the! tempests overhead, that a seaman had more need of it than any one. Why, who knows how much we shall want of prayer before the night is. done, and this frail plank-" - "Uh, come.' 1 said, "l dont pay my sailers to preach to me. Of course I don't object to prayer anil piety.; It depends on ithe. sincerity my friends j.iou see hate: Cant. Now, I have observed that your;heart is full of animosity to that jT0Uig man there. I see it in your fero- ciotil looks fidare say, sir " he said humbly; "and it is "what I do feel at some moments when the jLord withdraws! his strength. I have naturally a vile, wicked temper, full of the most frightful assions. -rsut'l wrestle with it. thank the liord- X forgive him ; that is, I try to forgive bimJ And I Strug gle.with my own vile nature. In a day I hall have all subdued, and iook on him i . i -. . i ii i as though a urotner in am. xpougn ne nas done me cruei injury -an yes, air, a cruei injury. Do you see that cloud there, sir ? There is something coming. ; We had bet- tercet all tight." ... J . .:j ! 1 If aiKeo away ana went to ten r anny, wfcoWas reading in j the'i lUtle cabin to a swinging lamp. "A regular Heep," said: , "A Uriah of the first? water He baa i)eeh 'swaddling'! on a tub there for the last Quarter of an hour, ! Fanny said, gravelly, "I wish we were rid Ot him. l am sure ne la a uangeroua man; and may do some mischief. ; "I tell you what, Fan," I said, seriously, "I think soj too; and when we get to Cherbourg. I shall speak quietly ito him and look out for :another hand, and send him home. Fan. i ill, : ; But now, almost as we were speaking, a gale had arisen, and: our little bark,' with out notice of any kind, had given- a sort of vindictive, "shy," as if she wanted! to throw her riders. : ForssecojQd ;the sea had become a mass of molten iron, and warf rollincr in huge waves:' In " another moment we were rushing through the waters with a stiff hissing sound, and every .spar and sail cracked and clattered. The sky had grown black also. It seem ed as if a thunderbolt was to come on ns. Clarke came to mei. "We can stand under but, li ttle canvass' he said, i "Tio worst has not come as yet. We shall have the hand of the Almighty strong upon us to-night." ( ' r ' : It grew darker and:! darker and tho storm increased. Our boat was reeling and tumbling, lurching violently ' as ; if she wanted to go down head-foremost. then rocking and rolling; from side to" side, as if she wished, to dash our sides, in. Fanny's face appeared above the compan ion ladder a little anxious ! but-still per haps enjoying the galel She recollected her own native coast. "This is ,not the worst,", said Clarke, coming to me ' again : Snot for an I hour yet. There will be sad" work to-night on the ocean. All the better for men who have clear consciences, and have done no wrong to their fellows and by a flash of lightning I saw one: of his vindictive glances flash also .towards Dan. That young fellow had been ! doing wonders- climbing to set free the sail which had got fixed, hanging on - like a cat, being here, there, and everywhere, making everything "tight." . ' He gives us no jargon," I said to Fan ny, who, like a brave girl, was up on deck, 'but considers doing his duty the; best way of praying." j I But "Heep was right. I he worst had not come. Crack f There went a spar and sail, blown through" as if had been so much paper. Great seas came pouring in upon deck ; yet b anny would not go below, though it was next to impossible to keep! ones feet securely. At times our bows were half under water. It was ah awful night. Suddenly we saw, through the I darkness, a faint red light and two other lights. I . I "A steamer," said Clarke. "We must only keep by her. It will be something and, unless this is a strong boat I was very near getting out some of my Shakspeare ; in a very; indignant burst, and saying to him' "Out upon ye, ye owls! Nothing but1 songs of death 1" but, re- . 1 ' 1 : 4 A tt . A. A ' . '. sirainea. myseu. ai tnat moment ; snap went our jib, with an explosion , like that of a small cannon. The two men rah for ward to "clear away." There was a great lurch, a half cry from; Fanny, Who was standing half down on the stairs. I ran to her. j . ,. ,J- : . - ,. I y' "Oh l'i shell said, in fan agony, Yid you see ( uick quicK i save him i xnat wretch! I saw him Uo it! Oh, poor, poor Dan- ! v1 " ' I ' : I knew at once what she meant, and rushed to the bows, where I met Clarke coming to me. I could not see bis; face. "Oh! he said, in al low, thick voice. He is gOnefcone overboard, poor wretch and with all hia sins on his head ! I could not speak for j a second. "Put the vessel aboiit quick !" I said. 'I shall save him." j "Save him !" said hej almost contemp- tously. "That is beyond us. The Al mighty may do something for him. Why, do ypu know how far; behind, the poor wretch is now i I suppose three miles. "Put her about !" I ; said, furiously. "This is too infamous !" f "You will sink us!" the villain' said. "If we turn a hair's bireadth from this course we are lost !" i Put her about !" I said, furiously. And the bov at the helm did so. But Clarke was right : for, as her head came round, tremendous sea came tumbling ! over her with the force of a discharge of stones from a mountain. There Was a sound like a smash. I thought we were gone at that moment ; and for a moment: more our little boat was quite stunned.! She recovered slowlv. We found our, bul warks alheap of laths. I Uriah was right We saw it would not do. Poor Dan f "Go aft." I said to him sternly, but in a voice that trembled, i He did so calmly. Fanny and I held a hurried consultation.1;Of course, j how, nothing could be done? until the storm abated, it iti was to abate tor us.i we m . . - . j . . J I ITT could not do without such help as he could give usi, So until we reached Cher bourg, if we ever did reach it, we should dissemble. This was the only thing to be done ; though Fanny was for no f such temporising, j , j X cannot look or speak to the wretch. To think that we are shut up here with a- " :! - ;i: - '.:., She covered her facel .1 ( .- .:.- : , . , I went to him. "What do you think now ? I said; forcing j myself to Speak calmly. i '' I ' ' . , "Another hour," . he fsaid, "if we pull through thafi there miht be a change That poor wretch," he went on, "what a judgment 1 I knew I might leave my case to the j Hord. l et poor vanw my heart bleeds for him, and ! qq repent - He stopped; "We should leave our case in the hands! of Him who rules the storm. There, I declare, there is a break yonder ! That long j and dreadful night ' at ' last came to; ah end. Morning broke at! last Birp though (the storm broke at last, ; the wind had not gone down through the whole day, we nad to go peiore it,- anu were blown on" steadily. Clarke, it must be said, did admirably; in regulating our vessel, i Indeed, we owed our safety to his skill, ; But Fanny, in the daylight, how. kept below. She could , not bear to look upon him." We beaVahout the whole day, and towards evening, the' wind ' be o-an to fall, though the waves -remained very, high : and then, we saw land, and little port with arms stretching out, as; if made of basket-work, li Clarke, came tq me. ; "Dieppe, air" he said. 'M We shall be al safe ashore in half an hour.1 And let our first thing be to think of thanksgiving to t he Almighty, who has literally; and truly plucked us this night from Hhe jaws of death 1" i 1870. no: at I was confounded at the ruffian's cool ness. "And poor Dan," ! said, with my eye on him, "what had ho done that' he should not share in this benefit?'' u I ? "Ah, sir!" he said-'those are! the i un seen mysteries. Poor Dan I though he injured me, from my soul, I forgiye hihiu I do indeed.' And he turned . up the iWhitestjf his eyes to heaven, with a look of pity that was .really appalling. : I "As fbr going ashore," . J ; said, "that shall be seen. You , stay in the boat. You mustn't stir. ' These lare my orders, and I shall i bo obeyed ;" and I touched a revolver that I had placed in my, belt.' kI am prepared you see, to enforce what I Wish." -,fC.Y.! ''... ; r' '.!.-... "With all my heart," he said, without the least " Surprise, and walked forwards very carelessly '.y Here was i tpe wicker-work pier, at ast, with ' the great mariner's crucifix out to sea, and some women jn caps and red petticoats. With what de- ight we saw land again ! , , We got with in the wicker-work pier,came round a corner,. and saw the little town. There we dropped anchor. As I walked up the wet and battened decks (our poor little elegant' craft was' how all beaten, bruised, maimed; .draggled) my eye fell on 1 a black rag lying vin a pool of water. 1 picked it lip: it waff a tblack srlk handker chief nowj a inere ribbon. It was torn. I put it carefully by. Poor Dan! He haa made a struggle: at any rate, it would be some evidence. There was a boat coming Out to us with the custOm-house -Deople : aboard. ' So V, fresh and as brilliant as if she had pot passed through such a. iiight, called but to me. In another moment she gave cr". "Look ! look !" sho'saidl A deep er voice near said devoutly, " "Cfod ! bod be praised !"- I did look, and I declare if there was not our brave fellow Dan stand ing up in the boat, waving a new glazed French hat 1 , ; He hadj leaped on board in a moment. "Where's Clarke ?" he cried. I caught hold of him.. 'Restrain your self," I said, "Justice will- -" He caught Clarke by both hands. which he shook again and again. " You did your best lor me, indeed you did : and if the stupid handkerchief had only held, you'd, have got me aboard jam. You very nigh did it. Ah sir! e was nigh killed himself. And do you know, Clarke, I was thinkin' all the time, when the wather was pouring in gal lons into my mouth, that I had not done Bo well by you as to deserve it." ;. We listened, wondering. He then told us how he had struggled with the waves. and "had the life all but bate out ot him. When he was driven up against the steamer we had near us ' he had just strength to give a cry, and they got him on board i with infinite diflSculty. s 1 must say Fanny and 1 were a little ashamed; However, we had not commit ted ourselves in any way, except so far as my proceedings with the revolver, which must liave seemed a little curious.' But we made it up to him in many ways, and Dan made it up to him m his own way, for he never went back to Falmouth again, and in a very short time Dan's residence there and its effects were quite forgotten, and matters came back to the old happy footing. In short, all ended well and happily, and for many years he and Dan sailed with us in that well known, tight, and excellent sea-boat, The. JLiveiy Jenny. All the ieariJCoundt , fi Ofml ffrceirtriritie. Gov. Holokn Cornered. The New York Tribune says : "We have a word for Gov. Holden andV Senator Abbott, Just before the North Carolina election we printed a letter from Judge Tourgee con cerning the Ku-Klux outrages in that State. Certain very startling statements were made in it which, but for the respect able signature, would have been univer sally scouted. Judge Tourgee promptly; wrote us,, complaining that the hgures.be had given, in enumerating cases of out rage, had been increased tenfold by the addition of a cipher to .each, converting ten into a hundred; etc."? Now, we printed the letter precisely as Governor Holden in person delivered it to our correspondent, and as the correspondent understood that Gov. Holden bad received it from Senator Abbott, to whom it was addressed. We submit to these gentlemen that -they have allowed too long a time to elapse without explaining to us how the d isgraceful gar bling occurred- We should have expect ed them tQ be as. indignant as we were ourselves at the fraud practiced upon us. and to be' prompt in exposing the forger who abused their ! trust1 (in copying the letterV by putting ; into Judge Tourgee's iThnnth . monstrous assertions - which he never dreamed of uttering. Gov. Holden; who; garbled, the 3 letter which; you gave our Cjormpondent . i;trft f - .';s 1 Chapel1 HiLL:We make the folio wing extract from a letter from Chapel Hill, which .requires no comment- , "The Uniyersity has ten. or .fifteen stu dents from abroad, and as many day echolara. ; Most of 'them are boarding with 'negroes for "cheapness and they are all beneficiaries.1 Neither the Presby terian or . .Episcopal ; churches I nave been opened this year, and . there is ; preachmg in ine vmageomv iwice uivutu.. , - iTheChTeago TitVnes says "Major General" Hiram Walbridge, Who is likely to succeed Fish, IMs the flabbiest iwin.d-bag and most arrant old; humbug tq pe lound anywhere, and Is altogether jnst ; the man for Grant's k ? A mulatto girl of.Chillicothe, poisoned herself: to death because, her parents wouldn t let her marry a negro' two shades darker .than she was. Bullock's - lLAsr Swindling Scheme ' His Golp-BEAitiNGr Bonds Bill. A eor- ' respondent' of Vthe True t Georgian writes mat paper irom & ew ioik, cautioning , the people of Georgia against the vile nwinuiing f scneme wnicn uuiiwk is; en-... deavorinf. in tho interest of Iiis corrupt ring of speculators, to j)ut .through the so-called Legislature.. The writer, who i a Georgian and an experienced and in- uuouLiui nnancier, says : " s . - - ; :y "A more dangerous bill to the interests of the State could never have been con ceived Conceived in sin.it will be; brought forth in iniquity; . 1 1 gives Gov. Bullock mcarte oiancne iih the credit ot the Statef and he? will issue 1 an unknown UUIUUIlb UUUC1 HIO Ulll, -A UU UUJW .IIIO people in. Georgia will hold public meet ings, placing the capitalists in this coun try, as well as other countries, on notice that the bonds issued under this act ywill.t be repudiated. A' large' '.public meeting of the citizens of Atlanta to that effect would liave ' a good effect. No m an should have . such power as that bill gives to. the Gov- ernor.i . 1 1 trust you, will use your pen and the columns of your paper to kill such an iniquitous bill, one so injurious to the peo ple's interests. Confer with your leading men and do try and take some steps to prevent Ata passage.' A JtoTicB to Southern Radicals.- The New York Tribune gives notice to all the world; and especially to the South- era. Radicals, that, the,N orthern Republi can party will not undertake to shoulder the corruptions and villainies of their brethren in the Southern States,- The Northern Republicans are entering upon a great campaign, and cannot afford, says the Tribune, to support men like Whitte more," or legislation like that in North Carolina, or Legislatures like that of Louisiana."- The Tribune adds : "We hope for the success of Southern Republi canism, but jt must be purged of Repub lican scoundrels." Pretty strong lan guage this, and not very welcome to the carpet-bag gentry. Bat at last, whods to blame for the prevalence of political vice, corruption and villainy .at i the South, but the Northern Radicals. They sowed the dragon teeth, and are responsible for the crop of "Republican scoundrels" of which the Tribune speaks, and at which it hurls a stone. The mythological account ; of the turbulent men;, who ; sprang from the teeth sown by Cadmus is, that turn- ipg upon him. to whom they ow.ed their i being,1 the latter threw 'a stone amid them ' and a fight; ensued, which '-did not: cease ; until all were slain, .except five; Such is to be the fate of , their modern counterparts.- Richmond Whig, . . , , .. . ' ' " ' ' " ' " " ' ' ';' Manly and Jost. The Cincinnati Com mercial, being impeached by ah ultra Radi cal life wspaper with infidelity to the par ty, among; other things in reply says : . "If" the pojicy of governing the recon structed States, as illustrated by Gov. Holdenof North Carolina, is endorsed by the Republican party, as it seems to have been by t the President, then the (?owjer cial is not Republican." . ,'. ,': V. "It is unfortunate that the Governor, who has placed himself above the law, is t pevertheless able1 to boast of the support : of the Government of the United States. For what purpose are national troops sent into! North Carolina? Infamous as Hol den 's orders are, infamous as the conduct of hia minion Kirk has been, we have yet to hear of the first attempt at resistance to either. There is martial Jaw without an insurrectioh a great display of nirfi tary force to crush insurgents who have no visible existence. There is no conceiv able use for the United States .troops now in the State, unless it be to keep guard at the polls on Thursday in the interest of Holden. But are bayonets proper adjuncts of the ballot-box, even in North Carolina? Can President Grant havo properly studi ed the position in North Carolina when jhe allowed Holden to make United States soldiers the instruments of a cruel tyran ny ?:' JST. Y. Times, Radical J What takes Phil. Sheridan over to Eu rope just now, we are apprised, is to. see - iow civilized warfare if there can be such an anomaly is conducted.. Such an exhi bition Will be a novelty to linn, judging rom his barbarities and vandalism during - his campaigns in our lamentable civil war, find his more recent forays upon, Indian villages along our frontier, sparing, as has ti . . i " i - ueen aueged, neither age, sex, nor condir ion. Of all the military frauds and up starts in our country; 'save Beast Butler, "little, Phil. Sheridan" has the worst ep- utation. : !His ruthless warfare in Shenan doah Valley, Va., giving . to the devour ing flames, as he did, houses, barns and mills-was a scandal and a blotch upon the "Union" arms and cause that will ever remain indelible. PAiVarfepAia Mtrcyry. A Yankee Duelist. An imaginative Paris journalist tells of a recent duel be- tween a Prussian and an American. -The Prussian was first, to shoot, , but missed his' adversary. When the Yankee raised -bis pistol, the other exclaimed : "Hold on; what do you ' want for that shot ?" The seconds looked at hinr with the utmost surprise at this speech, but the American replied ;. "How much will you give me ?". Five hundred dollars." "Nonsense," said our American, and raised his 'pistol ; I am a good shot your offer is too low." "You, esteem -me too . highly," . said the Prussian, ,"but I will give you a thousand. dollars." . "All right," . said the "Yankee. This Was the end of the duel, ' " ' - - - : 'xyy Preparino for the Georgia Election. A detachment ,of 1 153 Yankee soldiers ar rived here yesterday on the Orange cars en route to Atlanfaj Ga. They were sent to their destination on a special tram ot tho Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad. I Thev go to Georgia, we presume, to assist ! tne naoicais in carrying lue oiuie in me coming tail elections.-jyncrtourq ya Xiews. '" ' . r,f- - y- v A Qne of. thef suffrage-Bbriekers tells .us 0at7.oJwoimeb6T.:!AmeHca are .deter mined to try what virtue there' is" in the . ballot.'' -'It is the misfortune :of the cause of female suffrage that very few American women seek tho -virtue oi the., ballot so long as they have any, of their own.' V. , i .... . 'i ! A Kansas youth, who fell in ; lovewitk - a colored girl, but was afraid to marry her c: because his friendsoked such fun at him did a better thing by shooting hitaseU 1. J 1. . ill-3 7 . . . a : i . r anu i Ravi nor an niR mnnev to nis uuvv. i