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At , ; -; ; i vvMSJy. I , if Mt 3 ; r I 1 i 'IISPtI I lUtir I -If L.mII 111 in B -m lliKm-TlMlr-lr: i::rr--r.- 1 ''' 'r: ' ' u ' ' r ''7'''"' '''"'"' "'v -. .t. ' -- '--' t" s ' r -r- - - i- . -,'.,. v 's-'S- 1 .! "i' r 'u;, 1 ? 4 Y0I,.XA;U- fc:jjflg;litn,j (j ItKKNSIipItdUGIl-, N. fc; DEOEMBEE 21, J855. T. -'NOJ-'gi,.. PUI LISIIED WEEKLY By . S. SHERWOOD. Termi: $ a year, In advance ; i a dtor Mrr monMi, an$3,00 after Itretve tU lUulfrom dale of subscription, j ; Advertising. umbicuW as Widows: 1 , 6 months; 85.60 10.00 15.00 25.00 i 3 MONTHS. 1 TEAR $8.00 14.00 20.00 35.00 t)ne square S3. 50 !7.00 v fioU 10.00 Halt column, III vv . r 18.00 Rove's Duration. OH! love h in s e'er ;llinu "nf Oh! love Colons a e'er thou may at;, The W m the Lour must come, When q'cr,tl.c grx- thou weep tt and prayt, n;i watoli, that in thf I'eart shall plow 1' TlwTfoS, iliac fhrutbeth but to greet ; fa loner n)aj ilt another's know, Whose gusLiny heart to thine shall beat. WLou'er to ihee shall e.e his breast. Oh let thy deeds (flf'love make glad That every hour of his be blest, And none be made, in passing, sad. , ' j '. ' And rale thy tpnpuo, that there be naught Ofharshiic.4 said, that ihou cans! keep; ()h iswl'. 'twap not with evil thought J " ; Uut yet the other goes to weep ! , ' i . Oh love so I'jucr as e'er thou carwi; Oh '. love sol hinir as e'er thou imty'st ; t Thf liour inut coine, the hour must come, v When u'r t-lic rave th.m wcep'.st and prayMt. Then fdi.ik 1km: kneel bofiide the tomb, And lay among the grass thy head, 'J'uJm'iJc thy wil-cjiinji eyes in gloom, Which jsee', bias ! no more the dead ! : j And thou .-shalt say, "Oil ! look from high! Forgive that I have wronged in aught, Who here beside thy ynve must sigh, . CU Ulltl . IU! ijoi in v ii i nun v: II e sees nor hears not as before. l!an -,ewe no mure Lis love to show ; That mouth tu kissed .an sav no more, Oh ! 1 lorgave thee long ago 1" I 1 . Yes, li forgave, though 'twas not .heard ; AW jiiaiiy jscal.ding tears imi-t roil Adowi y check lor that harsh -word" He iresteth now uplun liis goal.. Oh . hive so long as l'cr thou canst. y Oh ! love H'i long .Is e'er tlum iway'st; The Lour nitist comej the hour must come, When-o'er; the grave thou weep'st and pray'st. Iiitneslliig to Ladies. jrilK MISJO.W. TKADI.K. Mr. Krldl' S has tt behaved like a man ; lie has explained the nature of his proposed invest ment tj hi pretty and affectionate wile, r-.nd thus deprived .Mis ' Sowerbcrrv. relict of an unlamcn ted sulphur nwMchantxit Verjuice Cottage, of all . aridal.nis capital to tiadc with at het customary tMi-tabie 1 !(',.. lad he, as any right-minded brute would have dotie. deceived or (uarrelled witliMrs. KnJddles in the matter, he wo-ild have mpitita his L'ratilied riends a hapiy and prolific ! 11 1 ll'-- . . . .... tln'uie fi r coiiiiiieufary on the liusillanimous en uilhnimniis en- 1 lursiices nf'thtit 44 j.o.ir little chit," bis wife, in ' mat rat with hiss' own heartless nionstro-i- J fit'. ! J Ibiwovcr, t.o melancholy fact is, Kreddles has v told his. lady :11 about ''the matter, and, ft ran get' to 4 say, , slje liaji iijiost uiiejxpectedly approved of.:the Jtfoject, lirt sjipuladn, however, that a trial of the iuvctitioh.jmay be jntado'at tlie villa, and' in J ht infantile person off their own exca.plary and iueproachidjl.r 44 tottllis." It is in fulinment of these conditions that Jlr. patrlaMM k his now arrived, duly provided with . the 44 model,'? beside which an ordinary cradle is !ed, to andj from which the infant -Kreddles is removed thirrupingly, unconscious of the expri - mental purposes to winch it is being personally 'ppVied. " " Nothing, T venture to say, can be more satis lactory," Hnid'Tlie inventor, after explaining the choral nature of his iniproveuiont, and betdgnly 'templ;liiI:;j. the hor of the; Kreddles, softly efaiiibcviug i,i the patent Cradle. 44 Vou can de-J-et, I-thmkJ upon the features of your intelligent jidant the grji tit-.ed and composed expression that is alone produced by musical sounds. In fact, it nay be at this moment trjiiquilly reflecting on 'me now .'liaUotdous ctmibinatW. The child is vlcarly in ;i ate of fusion eoihpofition.' I And now Mr. Spatchcock .reveals a delicately interesting family secM." lie is a married "mi, blesscdj like Mr. Kreddles, with an amiable ile and a ehariinng fjrstborn, postessiug thepre t 'sc testing qualities of extreme restlessness f-and aa agreeably lexeitingteirdencv; to yell fearffilly, with or without nrovmca tion. whereof the amiable '"fant Ki-tfddjles is deficient. It fortunately ha p-I't;"-4 that :M. Spatchcock's 'lady has travelled Wtlih'nn, attracted by.tfie pleasures of the trip, Lut hi'rJ li:htly indisjHJsed, and tho invitation '"''X-exteuJiAg-tu hiiaself. -Mrs. StmtcJicockMhas M P'esuuieijl on an iutnluct.ioii ; the lady has accordingly been left at the tavern adjoining: the f-ulway teroii'ims, together with tho vociferating' "itaiit who lins accoiNpiinicd the party from bbvi imtritious considerations. A gracious lues- 3k-s, sivoii ,liwi...l,.i..l t, flirt in voiil:.r's laJVi in vtiiiL' her ;rl... -;il in ,imiwn.v "With he irrifuft iLi'. . i :.. .;...- the' Perimenj ,arMM;rj :u ,m;n r.l..eed in the offsnriri is nuicklv rilaeed vacant er.l.iii :. .iL ...:...Lf nn...titniiii a,,ant cradle, iustifrinii the warmest encouiiums ' us-vocal t iwmtx lir ui.rind i.i luinriilsive shricUS !.wer.sby a series of eon vukive shrieks ih remarkable clearness and volume. I appearance and ;dcmeaiior o&Mrs, lead tot?H. ennelu-h... that her lnw- lil 11 f... .1 'Ll it. .i 1 , .. .: I ; "r. - .w VI lue general patehe'ook ' eau io ini conclusion mat irci ftd a sound d weteii m bftsitaOng Midi tender -yntfam Wnot brouh her at all, inasmuch as there are-certain 'indications 6f Mre. Bpjjebcock having bad4 frequent referencl to J wndwich basket long after j the ndwiches had been eaten, and only a Klass bof tie - remained Attempting nowjo appease her infant, and reject- " Mciusiun jtina-iieartea lrs, Kreddles IlfTfTBDTIAIt K .A r ' ' s uciroi me npatencocka 5 and these en dearmenta failing in effect, cbnsigns the. " brat" to its cradle again; with' the encouraging intima tion that " it'll stop its noise when it's had its cry out, and not before:" Giving utterance to which gentle eniotioriMrs: Spatchcock withdrew into the garden. j U i This was somewhere about the position of af fairs when I made ray usual afternoon call at the villa. I noticed that the improved cradle had a contrivance attached to it something ..fter the fashion of the bellows at the base of modern toys of dogs ond other animals, and certainly omitted a rather pleasing melody on the cradle being rock ed either by the child's restlessness or extraneous movement. 1 I am putting down.exactly what occurred, and from that day to this have seen nothing more of the musical cradle ; but if any ingenious mechan ic or artificer can " work up" the notion, I be him by all means to do so. 1 can say this much for the efficacy of the model, that, on my arrival, the " cantankerous" infant was'sleepifig as calm ly as Mrs". Kreddles amiable littl? " precious j" but whether this resulted from the natural ter mination of the cry," or linght fairly be put down te the merits of the invention, I suppose tne DaDy only knows. U.ne rather Junnv coinci ,1pP rPni..n.V. m .vt t.i a : .i i fants lvin"1 S I ' i ' iants, lying side tv side, with musical and nnn- JUnnV CUIIICI- musical honors, had a decided resemblance to j ' . - . i - I real coral beads and dried red beTries, r the ' ,v ; . if i - : , , . ... , v. .-.t. . v , uivuviciiiin lauv uiiu tt mu;c 1111 iui lion. oicest alenciennes lace and a pa.e imitation. I ; Our little conclave soon descended from the rsery to one of ' Kreddles' capital dii iners. nursery whereat Mr lr. Spatchcock highly distinguished I himself in brilliant' dialogue; and sparkling wit- - J i .i . i ! ticisiiis, rendered none the less spirited, r.roba .bly, by the absence of his charming lao'y, whose indisposition or lather that of her hus- rbatid's to permit her appearance below led to her dining with usau in the nursery. .Mr. Spatchcock, I recollect, almost entirely mono- folizod the conversation, and favored us with de tails respecting-his own inventions and- improve ments in nearly "every department of the arts, sciences, and domestic economy. All these val uable discoveries, it seemed,; were set last or 110 peded by some unaccountable error in specitica- titms or drawings, delay at the p-itctit-ol'dce, or culpable supineness of the government; a good many by liir the best merely lacked the com- paratively trifling amount ,4:ncccssary 'for bring- ing them fairly before the public." We were . fr "" " .yd been anr.ronr .itp v r.r stArod." Our next vju i cenainiy : no objection, 1 ; eves; lor, trnvingnwae this remark toIrs. Kred- iut is Ha'r'c.nowned mocha establishment, where- 'Mrs. Spatchcock has just dropped off . i. .is iiiuigiiauiiy nujuow nasa marrimoniai ... . W1 ti; i . , hut I w rmnw lioi hr..ontlv " , i . . . J .- aw so lie s iiilit eoniDlicntion sirises in conspononcn uut 1 Wl" rouse Iier presently. A I greenhorn .inasmuch as 1 cfearly did,, tknow the . Mr yKtc k . . : " . . -. , was heard from the adjoining chamber uiueience -between " tonne oth ami " cambric. i . i . ... .. . r . ..i v .t,:., ..- m rather startled, between the pastry and cheese, in a cloak, worn very f ull, of dirty f olds, and to determine this extraordinary question of dis- been, accoi ding to custom, conning and laugh by Mr. Spatchcock producing a fcmaJl ball about embroidered by a polished edgeof sparkling grease, puted identify." ing over the story of the jmusical cradle and the size of a nutmeg from hi waist-oat pocket, enters, and obtaining two letters from liarricst, " What on earth should I wish to detain your -afterwards, left alone with juy pen, i am con and politely handing it around, explaining its ti- to whom he delivers an important and com pre- 'child for?" said Kreddles, incredulously. I scious of a shrewd little facq; glancing' up cm ious tle to be that of the ' 44 patent explosive coin- hensive order tor 44 a coffep, tour thins, rasher, 44 Can't posssibiy say," retorted Mr. Spatch- ly at mine. It is ah mid, rather- than pretty, pound," and its agreeable property that of blow- 'u eLr. and h:1lf creases." ) seats himself ou the cock, shrugging his shoulders ; 44 there may be face, flowingly encompassedroy flaxen hair, but ing a considerable distance f rom the foundations any lady ir gentleman n house, under the nxd of which it might be smartly struck or suddenly dropped. The dropping in the present case was, at the earnnest solicitation of Kreddles and his wife, into the pond at the ..bottom, of the garden Johnny -accompanying the inventor for the pur- - . n...-lA...M.,4..M . I .w v .1, v.l.is. .t lit. 10!SIL' tul "a .'uum,- I'"'."; w mciMon with leclmgs ot the liveliest terror. Mr. Spatchcock now pieparcd to' drpr.rt ; the immediate business in hand was terminated by the inventor consenting to leave his 4,4 model '" with Mi Kreddles, in consideration of s small ad vance, and to wait a communication from the in tending capitalist, to bf addressed to hi in at some coffee-hotvse at Fetter Lane, Mr. Spatchcock hay - ing vacated his former resiuenco, elininir information as to ins new grounds which the majority of inv will hnd to be reauilv lntelliiiible. .Mrs. cp: cock soon appeared with her infant, (the Kred dles hone beinir still somnolent, and I became convoy to the rai.way station 1 few moments, I took occash.ti 4 - ' Waiting here to scrutinize he spurious lace and coral decorating of the Spt.tch- iwek offsnrin- and' wat forcibly impressed with.' cock oUpnnr. ana wa,iorcib.y imjic.;iu i f ... iinl'li-wl Ii ill whefetO imiraTlVC an Had ailiVCU. tSSr r rathe sudde.dv fovcVed covered over the hi ds lace win ner snawi, aim ......,1 I.MliliT I,.,.... h& emit the bell rIH' :illU moved hastily lioiu the spot, tut .bt.ii ,r..ur, .tuu the inventor and his family were now on their way to town. The evening being Gne, I made a rather length ened detour on my return to the villa, lrom whie.h. as I nrmroached. and to my intenso won- ,L......oi.t ci.midk d" rerirosieh' and altercation tjennent, souuda ol uproacii aim .mercaxion .. ... , .... appeared to proceed. On eutering, I found, my . . ... i ' i i i placid friend Kreddles in a state oi painiui ana extraordinary excitement, his amiable wile iu violent hysterics, varied by frantic excbmaiions of, "Oh, the wretches! my precious Fanny: that drunken creature! oh! oh! uo go, pray; 1 rr ' rthur fiv directly ! oh ! that vile care ' dies, evi ii ' less Susan !" ' 44 lie composcdi, my love," said Krcdd dentlv himself alarmed ; 44 myselt and will follow them instantly ; it must be an uoin an uoin tcntional mistake . . ir i t .i. '. 1 no. no; mat arcauiui woman iook h she saw what an an-el our darling j on pu , was, i n d here was a a-iust the opiH.siie squalling little wretch." SflUaillltg wicivu. jiuilu w.i .v-u ....... ti e Kcre ims were heard proceeding from Mr. Hereupon loud lufaii Krcddie's nursery, and blending in the general lamentation. 1 looked at the papa, now ass u in - - " . ' in his coat and hat, tor an cxidanation Wo must co after these people; by some! mistako, and the children being alike, and its hein dark in the nursery, and Susau gone being dark iu out out- r j ' 44 Ihe abominable girl, cned poorMrs. Kred- ' dies, 44 she shall leave to-morrow ; oli ;dear, oh, dear ! Arthur, if you dou't go this m.nute, I'll - ----- - - - - it . , as fto myself ; I think I d hotter jo with ywa. ' No, nojmjjJear,", said 1 Kreddles,':no?ne cessity for "that , we shall soon be', back ; make your mind easy ; yu must not fiet, there's a love." ' . .. , ; v - . ' ' " But now I don't5 quite understand what has happened' I remarked. " ' 44 Those horrid swindling! wretches have stolen, my child,' sjaid Mrst Krediles ; " they've $one mcai with ifte Krong bahyA There was no electric telegraph in those days'; but, on referring to my wath, 1 found the next train to town would be due jin a lew moments. To run into the road the nearest way, leaping the garden fence, trot smartly a short cut to the 'sta tion, which happened to bedown hill, knock over. tne porter at the gate, whajcxclaimed, 44 too late, gents," jump into a carriaselat the first door open. ! and find ourselves some iwles nearer Jjondon, j were, of course, but the event? of a few moments, The opportunity now afforded for calin reflec-j nun puiuuu ueiore us me aiuicuities atienaingour pursuit. The probabilitv that the unnatural mother ! had either designedly made this exchange, or my esteemctj aunt as, a' Victoria dramatist pre would be indifferent to a rectification of the error vents niy giving in detail the scene that followed; on discovering it; and thntjMr. Spatchcock him- 'pise wise ycu luust tdu.it, if yi.u have any taste self, with the lofty disrearjd of creative minds in traiibpontice literature, that an infuriated to their own immediate social affairs, would con- father seizing the ruffian who has robbed him firm the proverb as to patdrnal obliviousness on a fiuestion of infantile identity, and not know hi own cntid, trgether with taio indicatiou of the, loca Mr. Spatchci)ck'adeuizenshtD ly embarrassinr points for the doom v. uuhopeful meditations of myself and friend ' On arriving in Indon, we first unsuccessfully beat up the inventor's former retreat in Saffron Hill, retiring with a pressing request from the vounsr ladv fkilled in uhbatlv disannearanccs. 1... .1. 11 ... ' "ai, enouiu our enquiries oe crowped witn sue- cess' we M courts enough to communi- . , . . .. r , . v. in icu, I uig llll.u, UI tU 11IV UI II1C I ... ' . J f- f a I in mcnll li 41 ...... ..n " .o n I J r . .. - . - . ivu, iiuiiti.r, wu uu inn st.t.Mn io ii'ftcinse our i 1 4 , i- ,t, .1 1 . . 1 llli'illl J!S till' (fl'll t leillil II ivlui rrxillPvlii ti he lMllllf. diately furnished with .government situation of noj jllgf; more not objected-to than five hundred .1 I.VI r(unus nor annum. nav:ibl onnrteilv .-mil lcmillv secured , for which he offers the handsome thmeur ' otjfive .percent, on his firstyear's income tax, or. it preferred, the portrait "of Ibis great grandmother in a Lilt liaine. Nor do we believe Mr. Spatchcock to be the or iginal of another gentleman who requires the loan id' a few hundred jMiunds Uon the most ample se curity ; 'which security, we'leam from the wait- .... - 1 cress, is the manuscript of a five-act tragedy, guaranteed never to have been acted at any thea tre 111 London or the povjnecs. Slightly mis- trustim; our first imnressioii with reference to the latter advertiser, who is expected to call present- )y fur letters, we sit down in the desperate hope that the needy dramatist may prove to be our inventive friend. w0 have wailed but a short time, when a long- n .T,Crsot: and orolitic-in hair treiitleinan. enveloped onnoi:c side of our bov ilavin torn one 11 his opposite side of our box. llaving torn open his letters, "pished" aud 4- pjshawed" at the con- letters, 4' pished" aud 44 rjhawed' tents, and tossed the newspaper contemptuously aside, the dissatisfied dra mists, (for this gentle- nun I loit sure it must be)! favors his two lidgety neighbors with a dance.! Commiserating our t - restlessness, or anxious to relieve his own excite- .1. 1 J 7 I.I - .......I . I. ment o unouroeiung uis ioiiiu 10 sumeiuu), iui; new comer at length addresses us. 44 Beg pardingrgents, but was you thinking of iroinir to the theatre this evemn , at halt money r "e rpm.11 need miiv nresCnt idea of visitin-r a - i nr -.i-i.-i tii.u i"'. u o.uiif. yji an iue men oi icucrs .. ...j t ; t r-r j - 1 - public entertainment at the Lalf.oreven the whole air of the proprietor of Larkspur Villa; (he in nightly cost. i fant subject of our discussion, however, still air- Oh I uecr.use if you w$s going, 1 wouid have ' put you ni two die box ds for the 4 Delphi, a J.-;..,4;.... t,m ..iw.l' m an .iiT.iir.af il.ic (( nnnronn. X illullli u I. n ll tiaiiii3v ll. io uuptLv- A...,.,l ..tt,..,..;..,. ' ha di,nnt;r. ,niLman itft .,n.i r.,i Knr An.. .:i v :) m i si n 1 t np sncafcw i iereiinon nnuiucea tone ot voieo to an almost unrecoirnisaoie uciiieu, ; cuitv ioou riace ociwccii n vouii'j man ov i oe t . 1 1 1 1 lain vt 'i i. . - . - - r r i i - - - i . - . i I T 1 I . i. . , . .. ...i j.. .1 .1.. . 1-1 i .i -i.. :. ... ..... iv;..l ! rti. ' ,.. Wl.lm Ti.nn.Mii. ....A ..t..t).r f laui.-ii- o' Ucl because I !'V h ive bCCQOQ So odlOUS alOde On IWO aUIUCIIlIC UUIIIImiI3 IP lliai CMUUUMIUICIU, JOl X lllOUgllt It UtiSV iU UUUSC UIJ menu iu --J.. i.u.i.v Ml i.-., u. juiuiw., unu emw,.,,. j.j.iii,., . f. 4-: . entive eoiues the same evening, being the interested occasion of ditiu'u demanded; and, after much parleying, i man, Singeltary, of this Stute, (a brother o! 'Jen-. 0 . mpi i.u mo.-i -i ,ne co.aii.es ot j.U4.opa m r. . M! v. i.. !.-!. i .1.. ":... w -l u -.:...wi lu-imir : w: u...,. .,i l-;. -i k,,(l, LdLLi... ..ci,., I to iiiduee illume io Mali .ntvtj cxtxsl the n from .. -. .11 1 I'l 1. kill' II. IU "III I... I llll.lll I I 11 II 11 I Ll I I lll'l ...1 .1111.1. il..-. . tT.WI.tt , I . . ' . I . II. Ill Bl.!..! UULII .111111.11 t 111 IUI. ...l.tl - A. . i - r i : 1 1 1 1 - i . .inn ii o v.v-. , . tw ........ fc . .. if I - . j ' - , i . i in bilence the execution of! his order, meanwhile But even triumphs may be sometimes very Friday morning, high wriis were uttered on ; " Aen..ais ami symputhtz-j tlti tbeso perse-at-uin rcrusin-r his two letters with a scornful embarrassing, and two gentleman traversing a both sides, when White drew his pistol, red at cuted;-id expatriated orucrs bftntuse.tjliey Iwt . .. .. . . . . . - m i .ii i r.. . i .1 I n n i i ii . . rrrr;if I n '.t itr i ,.s tv 1 f ll f!i I'.iiio fin. I innof ire nlmM. nnile. An impulse I can hot explain, and is not of the least consequence if I could, prompts me '....,.;,. h 1., tvi : IO ie.-uuiv mv, biiintiMiiuu. ui ir-u,.n 44 Vou are connected with the theatres, sir?" 44 Ye-es ; that is, I write lor them occasional- , ; IV, UUl ll S pool iOll. .k . -- 10Ulueieou ioiu . 44 No- not exactly that, but managers are so precious obstinate : won't be advised as to the iort of thin - the public want ; get upfoolish light 7 1 n. .1 -.i - pieces: and audiences want plays with more t .. i backbone in lliem. However, u win couju iu nan ' nvei v .! .mist have his dav." 44 And no doubt, sir, you will have yours ; you advocate the legitimate drama '! 1 ' 44 Yes ! (no. coffee 1 told you, Harriett not tea,) only there, again, managers are oat ; they fancy nothing legitimate but Shaksjcare, and - ! Shakspeare done up. i hero s picniy oi luuuerii i Shaksjieares about, i. the fools of managers had ' - ! the sense to know 'em when they see 'em., Why, ! A'iv written somethino-. if it was uroDcrlv nut on - thestae, wculd take the shine out f half the eursed revivals : but that s where it is, you see i .1... I...,. I 1... ni'in-iimr irpt n ou -nam im. .... ...v. .......v.. r-- -r ' your piece. Now, if 1 could just raise two bun- a ;-dred iounds, I could make my fortune ; I am try - ' log it. liy the bv, si.id tlie negle.cteU autuor, ... - -r- ' a sudden thought occurred to him, 1 44 jierhap you . i . ii... .1 j gents might Kuow somebody tnal wouia suit, ( book'" 44 Uh I a book is it ' i 44 Addled regularly addled, I'm blessed if ' this egg isi, t. Here, Harriett, take this back. said the author, indignantly returning the ooiidi- ment in question.; Ao, no not a b ; mantic iia,!odrama, just want about tw would give security a play I've ad-& dred for." ' 44 No, no, not a bootc a ro- bout two hundred ; J.W five huu- We wishad he aiijkt get it, and u!i aim se. I " "J look like.it: iX-put an advertbe- ment in the other day, and the only answer I've producing he two recently'arrived lcUers, " Iroui to partnershipagentsj who'd put rue" on their li$fi for a sovereign; apiece, ; that won't do. U ought to be easy to get.- ; Why, there's a friend of. mine got hold of an agreeable sort of gentleman id the country to go halves with him in a much more unlike spec'; than mine an harmonium cradle, I think he calls it it was only a pan tomime trick." x As our readers may imagine, we soon pricked up our ears at this, and. Jha ing carefully pricked the dramatists brain oft ho required-directorial in formation, gare chate in a rab, and within twenty minutes had.run down bur came at his tompor ary lcinp iaJ lambeth; the luckless iufant being in full cry atthe death . Kreddles himself; having preserved his tera- i- uuuanu, uew m opaiciicocK, on seeiug uiiu, like a bantam. Nothing butthe fear of "being nut. down by of his infant, and fiercely demanding back his only child the scene being laid in a crazy tumble- at a dramatic artist; and apparently seein there is something to be made by the incident, speedily dissolves the dramatic view of the ques- tion, and haying, with my assistance, succeeded in bringing Mr.: Kreddles to a partially tranquil frame of mind, the inventor observes. II M., L . T nrr. DI" 1 venience, but pray let us discuss this affair like ft..: ------- - , .. tt .l l'lll l. XI 1 llieil Ui UU.IIIH'53. nave me cmia urougut in, sir; l cemana ni sure ; to sleep, loud snore in cor- T-iu i' ilt'il .M ninwhiln ruarmit ma ti .iliprvp- i r t ' hat if I deliver- 11 n ihp i-hild to von we are il ll t UtlOCr UU :II1C CIIIIU IO VOU, dlL stH without security or guarantee for the nturn "J'uroion tnf'unt." Mr. Kredales gave a vio- lent st;.r:. " I do not wish to impute anything, aid the invtntor, deferentially ; " but you hesi- ..... ilia... wie 10 trust me, my uearsir wny snouia 1 trust Jou 11 l jusi-.as reasonaoie 10 s;iy 30a are feloniously detaiuing my child, as assert we are wrongfully in possession of yours. In. point of fact, 1 hold your child in pawn ; excuse mo. if 1 hold your child in pawn; oxcuse me if I de cline to give up the p'edge without the ticket " This was certainly a painfully unexpected position lor poor Kreddles 44 little -pledge to be placed in. I. of course sutrsicsted that Mr. Spatchcock and his wife should accompany us in a post-chaise, ticket; but Mr. Sj impossible to-night ; and obtain their inianuue patchcock objected. 44 Quite Mrs. Spatchcock is not in a fit state to travel, and reaily I wouldn't not interfering in family matters take upon myself fifty reasons 1 kuow nothing of:" I " Theu I shall apply to the police ," exclaiuied ;, fifty reasons 1 kuow nothing of:" Kreddles. " I . really wouldn't advise you,' said the inventor, very coolly ; 44 but, as I am willi.iL' to meet the diliicultv. if Dossible. why 1 really W ' I f mm ml don't feed justified but to oblige you leave me - . I'll. . i- I . some security ior our cuuu s return say a uu a fifty- pound note, and take your infant away ; ours to be uiven up on return of the sicurity"" 1 1 am alraid 1 halt grinned at the cool autiaci- li- iA' f!:is nrnrwisal- eontriisteil with the rmxiled ing its lungs to an extent, bordering on convnl- sions, and toe fright baying already changed the rm,i n A u w jrl i n nf nnrl tha miuciiicr Vv:ibp Vnrne in luuuug cwiui'f w.iu .w luiwtn .' " trin.i.r.h from it heartless custodians. populous thorougtitare in imbetn, uear.ng a- ternately in theit arms an unappeasable infant, ,.;.. h lma f:,r nd npnr. and assailed bv ; n uniui: vv"w-w .... 7 the gibes of every paternal observer, and the re- proaehes of ever liaternal passer-by, need not k . . f U IOC inciuc ui ciy uu".' u j. ' ,.-,ro.MtW .hnn othrwbie. ll uiu, lainvi uvjcvw oju.jwi.ij v..-.. , and found it, too, in an. unexpected quarter; no other than the breast of a benign cabman who drove us to the nearest posting-house, and was 1 1.1 ;i a r.,A lnm mere absolutely civil, although we paid lain a meie ... i . j . ..i.i . p.. u iriuu umy uci uu wio uuuihv uu J . .. . I sav the world is so bad. after all. j Our post-chaise arrived at th(f villa about half- ' past one in the morning. As we anticipated, there were lights in the lower room ; Mrs. Kred- dies, of course, awaiting our return in a atate of painful anxiety. Our infant charge being by this time eiiuy siuiuuenug uu an uiauijwu.i uu the opposite seat in the carriage, aud Kreddle9, j fearing the sudden reaction on finding her child safe minht be too much for the sensitive mother's shaken nerves, resolved to.diptch Johnny to the ; i chaise, and we entered the room as we nau leu ( m. m 1111 n , it f uniti nr hr a oiojuent pneeebless atthesi'-ht : - r- r ' -r i j before m Mrs. Kreddles, instead ot being pros - 1 trated by grief and fear, was couitortabiy seaiou as ji trutuui ueswe a iieBojciufusupjTC. u-u.v, ...... i . - . , .1 ,...t : m .smiling happiness ! ahe juuqed up iotantly .. . : 1 I....K.....1 ....A ..ill l. .-IIOK-Ml I V II. .ui fseeiiM' her husband, and wilh mamfestly no puiuUom but wifely pleasure at lus return, anec tiouately kissed him. 44 Oh, I'm so glad you've come back," said the pleased little lady ; of course, you found out the mistake. Ha ! ha .' i4 Ye, my love, 1 told you it must be ouly a mistake," said tho puziled Kreddles. " . - . - 4 How abburd, to be sure, continued niswite: i ...1... .. 1......K rJn n-.,ild have at us it' it was -.,... itsft hi' How did vou fiud it out?', 44 WfcU, riifcir, Tittkr ia an aaaieuui way, tne vague tna uncer: uu uuuiuS uj iuc waier sme are very iau cap ana uecKiace, anu so changed tt lit v newly honored by tnatenals tor strikingly dramatic situatio. dir. own child: and there was a un . all formed extreme- spatchcock is, however, a man of business, and of her baby' can, as I thought, that , . I 1 . i. I . . l I - 1 ! 1 1. l I t- 1 ... I. 1 - replied the bewildered husbano more and" mort surprised that the afiectionatg thotber nwde no at- tempt to obtain a sight of her Restored ofiVpring. M Come, sit down ; -.I've kept : supper witia. oatasname to Ingbten theour old fellow so:" lUen, turning to me, she continued -t " Now, H . " if VOtt t hicuuoi, . wora loous iras, . in never introduce; l;h i,,., halbceri reived, and I regret that I you to a nice young lady agaiB, and I do expect v,h ci;ned t that It will not be in my pow some cousins uf mine from iNorjlolk, mtheuutu., ' er to au.ud iur mt eti-yc t, I awute vou, very pretty girls, and plenty of money." ; pentleincn, th4 Ikuow ot nothin-that woiild af- i v . . , i. A i tnis was deligntlu: to me, and auuixins to i Kreddles, who presently said-i- 44 1 hope Johnny won t wake baby bringing her in. Bringing who in?" asked the wife. tt ' " The baby your, baby--dur baby the babv we'vr brought back." 1 " Brought back !" exclaimed Mrs. Kreddles ; " why you don't mean, to tell me, Arthus, yoi've bronght back that woman'4 poor little thinj. again Poor little thing ! isn't itj our child 'that was taken away in mistake?" 44 No ! to be sure not haso't Susan told, you ? Ha ! ha ! I can't help it, Arthur ; what unnatural wretches they must be. It was dear little Fanny in the cradle all right, but that tiresome Susan left the woman alone with the children, and 1 suppose she took a fancy to) Fanny's beautiful 1 11 Y iem on to her insido the border made it so troublesome and in the hurry looking for the cherry on Fanny's arm, I could not see it and we found it ail out directly - jqgi had pone and it's all right now ; and I declare if 1 haven't laughed till I'm crying again! Do kiss me, Ar thuf :'r 4 .Mrs. Kreddles vrss more jcasily kissed than a determination in this new plipse ot the affair ar rived at ; however, it was rpolved to niaKe the best possible arrangement fojr .Miss Spatchcock's accommodation that night, aad restore her to her desolate parents in the morning. On arriving at the inventor's apartments in Lambeth, however, they were found teuautless, Jand only , a note fo. 31 r. Kreddles remaining. J It was from .Mr. Spatchcock himself, announc ing that he had availed himself of the twenty pounds last received, and a previous sum, to de part tor a popular colony ; Ahat he was totally unaware, until our arrival, of any exchange" of infants having been effected and that, on making this discovery, the idea occriared to him of releas- riociations arc oath bound drininc, secret politi ing his own child from the idcinoralizii)gnfluen- eal societies;: andTifrMr. Clingman and the cri ccs of its mother's example, and placing it in a minal dockets of the country arc to be relied tfpu, comfortable home by the etrategy he had adopt- are altgefheir compfsed of foreign murderers, ed. j convicts, paupers, pick-poekets,vagrants, 'audl'ip. lie felt satisf.ed, he added, he might safely j lidels. Aye if the present dynasty is opposed tu commend the infant to Mrs. -Kreddles's motherly I secret politics! organizations, why did they . np care ; and he assured Mr.Kreddles that this ' point Oapt. Bynders and the other officers ,of promising child had given unmistakable evidences these notorious clubs to offices of high trust sod i of the possession of rare andj precocious musical talent, which could not fail, with cultivation, to be highly remunerative in at professional point of view and was well worthy t he attention of any .capitalist, as a most safe atad lucrative invest- ment. t j dotted down tne above incidents a lew months since, during a suniiner visit to tny ex cellent friends at Larkspur ilia We have i by no means uninteresting or unattractive in its exptession. " I V vli-ill T toll -mil wli-:' I am do :ing?" 44 Please, pa pa." 44 Writing a Jong story about you " . . . . ' 1. I " J lease let me look, pn-4pa. 11 s iijiss Leeiiia rpatelici'-k who is .-arm yinir j tnc author m the 44 borrowed plumes of pnterni ! )' wickedly incited thereto'by her adopted mam "' iriuur ivieuuies. ,mu-y jmy 1 Hook. Serious Occurrence at Chapel II III. We learn that on Fridavi the 7th just , a'diiH : LiiT ,rl.ii-li rpcnlted unite ' fc r! ilisl V. It i'iij j . ..... . j ... ., ........ . - - i tl.t the narties had had soLe inisundeistaiidine SeeiliS Mngeiiary, anu u en me oau i.ueeo the lower part oHus abdomen, just above h,s ,m,in nd it was thought ad first that he was m .r- r ' C , -. tally wounded; but we are gratified to learn that hopes are entertained of his recovery. You.. wc,. U ctntP,i .nnparcd to ho unkimr readv " ...tw, v. . -ft- - p. j i t r,, th tin.A l. fired. He was tuirsoed. ' .t... j i i hut "took to the. bushes," and has-not been ar- rcbted. We have mi hcarB whether Sitigcltary wa9 armed or not. I llul. Ua.uhud. ' , i I - , n,n:,ian, ,1, f'rr.-h Frhli;,;.m I Ameriran Geniu$at the 'trench LxhUttfn. ' The closing of the great"; Exhibition at Paris, n the loth ult. was attendjed with great pomp, ihc Kinperor and Kmpces and forty thuu.-.ii.d persons being present,. At? orchestra oi ' cight n hundred discoursed suitably unusic, and the Kui- pcror maae nis ucm tpcucu ihiui ..o- oiuiun- Really cheered. hi thi prizes awarded the Americans were triumpha it, hiving taken the l .riItst noftion. To Mr. .jcCor:nick l-.r his te le brated reaper, and M. Goodjjear for hia ulcanizcd .-. . ill!-'. I idiau rubber, were awarded the higuc.-t aim , s.nr. nri.e of tha nold Grand. Medal ol Honour. 1 " . , . , L - This was given by the hands ot the bmperur himself asliey passed btiorc uie tnrotie in. 4 oiner.nieuais n--ic iu ,-n.o- . ...v. , i i i e.i lors lhoU!;h tlvc Coanuivmers of their res pev.ttvc I 1 Vi. Vir.ulnL' If ITI I luii.li. countries. 3ir. .lCLrmicK, it win uc leuieoiuc. ed, also took the tirst prize at the Loudon World .s Fair. ! A Fi'rft? of BfotJ Within a radio of Cve miles around Sebastopol it i supposed tlut more blood has been spilt, more lives sacriheed, and more 1 11 1 .? TV ; inflicttd, in a year, than m any other wiual extent of the earth's surface, in tho s&oiq um, .sinuo hjw -w-. Letter from D. p. CaIdTf cllEri. Oentlfmen!: Your, note of the 23th (jf jix CUsft. ItivitlUir liltMtl alteurl a Mn Mrll'mr, Anierieaii Rirti- tih, ii.l.l n x UxtiV ih : - "v --f" ... , iiiv. . vu imv. ford uie more unalloyed Patisfjction than to ha permuted to meet with the A me ritfani of Wes tern Carolina, vu Buncombe soil, and there jeftn theui in a zealous c iri.it to defeud .and propagate our glormus p.inciplos, j.slaid down and embodied in the Hiiladolphb Platform. It is u fact worthy of especial iiuttK that, much as we hare been, a bused, traduced and slandered, and our principles misrepresenteq, 1 know, ot no one of all our reck , less opponents 'who hasa modicum of brains or honesty, who ihas had' moral courage enough to dare assail our platform, or, any principle theroid contained. On the1 other hand, many of them, have been forced to admit, publicly, that the prin ciples therein set forth are good ; but they invari' ably deny that; the principles in the Philadelphia Platform are tjhc principles of the American .Par' ty, and after making this great discovery they -usually become very indignant fly off at a tan gent, and pour dowu a torrent pf abuse from their leprous tongues, on all couuected with the order, on accoynt of its secrecy, religious bigotry andin- tolerance. Thus like the cunning couv do thor double on their own track to escape detection and. exposure by the American Party. ' The anU-A-' inericans have long been accustomed to charge ujKju others the sins 4f w'nich they know, them- selves to be gtiiltyi in fact, this hateful custom has become so common with them of late, that U creates but little or no surprise with the public, if secret political societies be calpablv wroncTi j then, indeed, are the anti-American-foreign-Oatho- l" party, the. greatest sinners on earth and now the p.riy whoso very core is a "secret political society in the city of New Yqrk, with a branch at Albany, to-wit, Old St. Tammany, and tho Albany Kcgency, can have tho brass to come for ward, at this day and time, -and cngttge in de nouncing secret paMticnl cocietics, is Bopicihio bes-ides ridiculous it is downright impudence, since scores and hundreds of the anti-Americans j now belong to the White Eagle and Kmplre 1 Clubs of New York, and both these iufaiaous as- I emolument ia their gift? Bu.t if it be true tKat j the anti-Americans are opp osed to all political secret societies, Irow does it come that we never hear them utter one word of condemnation against the thousands of German infidel leagues and 3ag I Nichts, in the connfryi' Ave, "if opposed to them, why appoint M. lJeImo-.it,- a foreign Ger man Jew, ami one oi their number, to be tho re-' presentative ef America at the court of Austria ? Or, if such organi.ati ins tire odions tij'th'jpr- sent aiiiiiinisirmofi, il.w i,es 1: come that, ..hero in tho sunny S. u'n, wliero hundreds: and .thous ands oi the. ami Americans who' have : joined -a secret jtolitieal society, styled and known by fho name ci the order of. the Lone Mar, have-becu so success iul as iu huccecd insetting Jeff I)ari . appointed Secrcfaiy of War, juud Pierre iioule, aiiotlier one of their m-mbeis'. appointed i'leni pote. diary to Spain, at Madrid '( Djcs , tht- fact lhat.this secret political society is organued ,ipr ihe purpose of raiding money, uieu aud fuunitioos of war, contrary to the laws and constitution of tjie country, to wresc Cula fr.411 Spain, by plung ing the co lliery in wr, hall w it iu the.eves of the ('abiiift at U'eshingtou ? liut above alt, if. our opiu.'iiis be )ioii 'i i.i their hostility to St" cret societies -hy, iu l ho name of conscience,. do they harmonize aud co ociatu with all. tho Jes uits, Catholics, Lisbops and Pries U of llarope and Aioeiica. in defaming the American t Part f and all ivho think, act or sympathize- with thorn- we tneir lender symp-itnies extended to this fn (.oiiu; icttte their, rrojertyj? . , . .. - j - - - "atner d the l-irclgil Cal.ioltc party jdeiiQUtiCO j - - T - , . T'r: " dt-nce to aid i. inu, . i.i raU) tUo.lomLatfi. imruigratioii to ihu country AhdUOt , th.s he t.ue ica. why Irankhn Pierce oppom . Cann.bel one -t ,he,r number W bo- member of hi Cabinet, and furnish tho Pope , ... , awi Nnneio a uvcrnnieut vsel to visit all. the" Otjt- .. ii . r i j 4 v .1 v, o f c cuarches on the lrrdew ol the .Northern; aull estcrti J ikes Now, for one, I chccrfuIljcOTl- fo. when beheld tho a nil -Americans a partV zea ously laboring and exonerating with one and . . J t, ,. 1 .. ; - all of the ioreisti Cat hoi to and infidel tumrnt tm;iti . j i f cal soc-ieties. that I have named in connection with the emigrant aid so-ietics ofthc free States, and all mch organization throughout the country, and taking cjieial 'ai-H to have their promineqt lenders pr cnoe l to offices of the highest honor Hud emolument in the i;'t of the nation. I cau but express my astonish. ucnt thut there should bf anyone loiuid who belongs to tilts lilOt'eyCre bold enough to stand up and denounce die Amer ican 1'juiy lini account of its seerecy-i-epeciajlv when we see such individuals as A. J.l Leach, of Johnston, cnniug oat and declaring tltat he cfCpt into one of tl. C'uuei!.of the American Jart and learned ail the secrets of the oath-bjund or der, attl had thu bame.jublLhed iu the Standard. O ace 1110C4 ft tlie antb Americans aro h'oQefit' ly averse to! a!: secret xilitical scK-ictief, hjw, Iri tlie nnne of co:n;noii sense, does it happen that they have cjot-ideeftrded to ulcM imirna cr KvUh their abuse1 upon none ut the orders wj hlve"uren" i ti.niedbut tlut of the American Pari v f Ami ! why have mot .some of the thousands o! the'r j-r- ' ft, who btlong to thw different soewties, ictod ( the put of ! Andrew Jacksori 1x;hcB and betrayed their secrets to the public t Can h lff.pfwslblo' that tb-y have all kept faith with the foreign , Catholic and iulidels -and betrayed aud. de noun w h4mm ui iu purjn 01 maj.iuwitJ ineir uomoiit ii ami i-' 1 t ' ' pi ii ' I . j . - i j I b ft.- -.8