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ing to tho (.bote, . -
To those who d-.ire to tilrcrtlM larguly we hold
put the followiog liberal inducements:
7V tHMv, MntHt. OntYmr,
pDeeolana......'U.(iO $12o.U0 flA6.HO $l0.wt
Half column.... 85.00 02.50 ' ttt.W M.00
Tli'rd of column 2".0O 46.00 00.00 70.00
fliurter column. 18.00 88 00 43.00 64.00
I.om thill quartar of a column at the above rale.
Proreuiona! and Bdvlnevs t.i
liaee brevier la length, will
be Inae'rted for $3 a year;
,f eiceeding live line wi!l be eUrgoS the Mate a
other advertisement.
Obituary notices free wlicn hot exceeding twenty
ine;.a!l above twenty linen at adtertieement ratet.
A column li equal to 200 line brevier, or 2,000
word. This Ctrl i in brev'.er.
! '. DE.VTlSTliy.
Tl B. IIORTO.t, HF.XT1ST, YYADKKBORO', l
Iff N. t, will operate on Teetli at the following j
low rate, for persoua who call at my office to bate
the work done or pay cub: fluid Plug, $1.60; Teeth
lit l'ivot, SI; Teeth on Hold I'late, Jtteach up to m
f!l above Uiat (V each, a 'J1 i'pper Hot on Auction,
siii; Lower Teeth, the name. All ether operaUona
eqa-illy low. When I have to credit mjr old charge
will be made. I can refer thoae who wiali It to pome
of tlie most reupccuble citiiena for whom I have
)iitrgcd teetb eighteen yeara ago; Ine asiae pluga are
UU ia and doing well. For other I bav p In
iteetii en pivot and guM plate, toioe full e,U on aac
lion, wkica they Lave worn for aeveral year, and are
Hill wearing, all doing well; ami many other opera
tion., wtK kav been done fur about eigliteen rear,
all doing mttl. Hut a I warrant all niy operation',
and have tbe advaoL'ige of upward f Of Ulen je'
practice, I kaTe nu doubt but I can give Mtitfactioa
to all who are diapered to potronite ami give nie Uif
trial, wbich la ali ( ask.
X. B. Having engnpreil in tlie riiotograpbie Aji,
aome have been Induced U believe 1 b4 .fvit eh
practice of Dentiatry. Now this ia a blue irapreaaioa.
I have not maile enough to justify my retiring fronv
the bttdinea. On the contrary, I am better prepared
new than ever to operate on teeth, and am (till la lb I
Aetd. ready at all tiiuea to attend to all call from tliia
or any or the ailjolniug eountica, ana ropectiuny asc :
a continuance of tliat patronage heretofore to liber- j
sllybeatowcd 8j aome along and have your mouth J.
put in laughing order, end then get one or my aupcrb
.Amuro'TBec. - . i ;
fio you who' have beauty to IOTRTOX lionH take it !
And you wb have none rbould go let him make it
, 10-35
WOIILLY'S
Unrivalled Healing Salve! -
rilHI li-HO nCMCVO, 61'BIM.ING IP AT
I tbe North!' and placing IU merit and tfe-dur lu
the eJitorinl columun of tbe pre, where ii I ilar..:'! 1
to Ii "puffed'' back into merited oblivion. It ie pre- .
' aeated to the public a the achievement of year of
unmitigated labor in the inveatigatioa and proper j
.combination of it constituent element, and a being,
if nothing more, that jt raoraaaaa. And in
presenting it for popular adoptloa and patronage th
undenigned yiclda to the frequent and repeated per
auaalona of friend and score of oae proatrat ia
valid, who have happily and thoroughly tea ted it
virtue. If deemed eipedient or required, ample and
indubitable testimony of the almost miraoulou cure
it ha effected coaM be produced; but .thl' would be
uperflnoua if It weie ooce iaJroitiiecil Into fa.mily.--r
IT II A a r. r r r.l,j t.v f. rtuj-Ui aju nA
NEXT Cl'RE OF flORE &b9 TWENTY YEARS
lTASI)IX(. IT HAS CARr CANCER IX ITS
FIRST STAGE. ASP rutt-BURN'S, BRCWES,
'ITS, WHITLOWS, OI.P fcORKS, ULCERS, AND
INFLAMED UREAS'f , it ialiefore the world a
"The I'hirtraUtd lltaltng Salrt." j
If applied by directions, a given on the box, and ,
a cure U not effected, the money will be refunded. j
Sold wholesale and retail by !
J. C, CARAWAY, Agent,
Wadcahoro', X. C.
Also, by SMITH -LISDSEY, Druggist and (
Apotbecarioa, Wadeaboro'. 10-tf
S, S, ARNOLD,
nrtt.: is
firy Cuodt, (lulhiuf, Hals, Caps, Boots, Shorn,
Hardwire, (irerrrirv (rsrktrr, Saddlrt,
Faint, (liln, If., ,
AT THE OI-D STA5ID,
'm " " -L' - ....
T- HAVE SOW HECEIVED THE MOST OF J1 millS IS A BEAUItFLX METHOD OF TV'RITISO
W purchase of Fall and Winter Goods, eompr 1 o,, Ktlfish ng, by mean of the most simple i
iogamuehltgeras.ortinentthaBUiul,eonfiating in . eharacteri that can be formed, and which accurately '
.rt of the foiiowinR articles '.'mt'f'.-. H S i
t Black and Fancy bilks, rf Brova and RefdSviters, wfuten more than ail times a. fast as common hand,
Cashmrres.
5 Rio. Java and Lag. CosTee
Merinos,
Poplin, '
I)pl.aiuf,
S Ada. and Sperm Candle,
I Kerosene aid Sperm Oils,
J Train and Unseed Oils,
-I Castor andod Liver Oil,
White Lead and Jf.ink, '
Taris Oreea ia Oil, ..
- Chrome Green In Oil,
i' Coach Varnish,
' DcBeiges.-
Jaconet Muslins,
' Swis Muslins,
Jiarred Mu.tlini,
' Brillanlcs,
Stella Shavds,
.' Wool Shawls,
" CloakJ,
3
Window Gbiss, all sizes,
rutty in Cans, .
Concentrated Lye,
Kerosene Lamps,
Guns and T'alols,
Carpenters' Tool, .
Smiths' Tools,
Sails, .Id to 40d,
Well Wheel,
. Kid Oanntlct.",
anhmorc Gauntlets,, j
Gloves and Hosiery,
L'ltttlU ar.d CiwimciC'', g
Vesting, .
Merino Vests anil Tanta, j
Hoops and noop Skirts, Well Bucket, ke. -
All of wlaleh will be dT.-.posed of on ,the mosf te
commodating term. ' 1, leaso call and examine before
making your purchases. ' S, E. ARSOLD.
4-tf
Itrt'K WHEAT,
J.ILOL'll; OIIKESE; IllCE; CIUF.R 'VINEGAR;
Smoking Tobacco, of auperior uaality.- Juat
reived ami for aale by ARSOM).
8-tf ' ''.' ' ':..". .
JI ST BtC KIVF.D DT S. g. 1RXOLD,
SALT 5MOI.ASKK8-- "
FRE8D t'OVB OVSTERS;
? BA'OOt.NO nOl'K; TWISE; ,
11-tf ' COTTON YASK8.'
A. E, BENNETT'S
DRY GOODS, HARDWARE AM GROCERY
- STORE.
" WADESBQRQ', N. Q.
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY FALL AXD WI.
ter Stock of " .
DRY GOODS,
zj Embracing CLOTHS, CASSIMKaKS, DELAISE8,
CALIt'OEd, SILKS, Ao., 4c'.
Alao, a freU npuly of i
UROi'iiKIIiS Aail'irnui sssv.a ,
' And a large and ell-clected stock of -(SCHOOL
BOOKS.
t3f" AH of which I will Uiapoao of fcr CASfT, er
oa time to panctaj! customer. li-tf
I -J!'
' r recti o la partoerabip la the eoanty of Auaon, ei.
eept on the Criminal IKwkct In the Ronoty t'onrt, (J.
P . Ilargrava beiag Coty SoUoiUr.)
They will attend to the collection of a(l clamj m,
trwated to them In'Anaoa and tbeurroundingeountkii.
T. 8. Ake attend the Carta of llickmond, Uont
gomery, BUnly, Calx"' u, I'uion a J Anion.
J. U. Ilargrava tbute of Montgomery, Stanly and
Anioa. f
gteOflio at vYadcaho. )'.
THOMAS 8. AEUV, 1 J, R. mUGRAVE.
l-tf -
LITTLE VlATTLE,
1tlornty mud fmuiutUen Lain,
!.,C.
ALEXANDER LITTLK and S. II. BATTLE, Jr.,
tit., having aaaociafed theauflvee la practice of
their profeaeioa, will promptly attend to all busmen
ntruated to theai ia the Counties of Atuwn, Klch
ond and Union.
k-Odee oppoaiU the Bank. 17-20
ELVAN3 ft THOHPSON,
I Br ttV tad Stel.
Ifiy A dmplti Auorlmmlof llVBH, SrOKK.1,
SMTfH & LINDSET,
IEALEK8 IN
DRCGS, MEDICI.VESr PATET MEDICIXES,
I'alnls ami Oils
PERFUMERY AND FANCY ARTICLES,
, (A general and extensive assortment,)
Plana TJTJaro
UiOflS WalCi ftCi
W.lDKSIiOJK, X. C.
srThvaidan from the eountry can rely npon
Pl kK UKItlCINKX ! and all order VORRECTl. Y
and rcxCTVALLi' slled, at a email advance oa
Xerthera price.
. i-ii
GARDES SEEDK,
OF ALL KINDS AND EVERY VARIKTV FOR
aalehy tf 'SMITH k LISDSEY.
f 0KIX4i TOBACCO.
J' .D. LONG 8 81TERIOR 8MOKI.NU TOBACCO
. for sale at the Drag Store of
OT-tf SMITH &, I.t.NDSKY.
81 ECT OIL.
I.1 OR SALE DY .
s tr sunn a i.i.mism.
-
rontOCS AD I'ERFI MCN,
,n EXTRACTS iyR FLAVORING.
frtf
JM1TII t
A LARGE LOT OF FttEXCy AXU AMERICAS
For sale hy
a-tf . f MIIII t LISDSEY.
LM'Ki:? OIL,
A M) COLOM Or EVKll) rESCRirTIOS.
2 rr le hy
7-if
SMITH USDKEV
t.OOO LBS. If lllTE LEAD.
IOB BALE BY
y 8-tf ' 8MITII LISWEY.
9t qZH. 4)1 f spsE.
"I70R SALE BY
s-tf
SMITIT t LISDSEY.
TRAM AID LAMP OILS,
IOR SALE BY
1 , (f ; -itMITII ft LIKVSKy.
ISO LBS. Bbf LIE,
IOR SALE BY
S-tf -r .. . SMITH ft I.ISDSE'.
A FIJE ARTICLE Of SPEK.1I Ofl?
1
,tOR SALE BY
r a-tf
DE GRATIl'N ELECTRIC OIL,
IOR SVI.E BY
:WL - SMITH & UXDK'.
1
paints aid vnxisin;s,
OF ALL KINDS. FOIl SALE BY
a-tf' SMITH i LISDSEY.
NVRITPS
F PHOSPHATES OF LIME, IRON", SODA ASD
l I VTA ASA
For f ale by
S-tf
SMITH k LISDSEY.
DUnjnTD 1 DtTV '
. . . - ,
nnl on lea than one-aiith the BDace: lliu ainff
re then fveihithf of boh fime nd '
g thoasand of eminent men who have
toportaa.wa aaT -ly torths ..
ine writer more
paper. Among
certified to it
following!'
i Dhv than the l'riacipal of the High School, after 1
; having given himaelf for moreanj, enty ycarsto
! l"Pro ' . v uk.....i .'... vi .
1110 BmtVrBlgliril HUB UIM1B11CU H DiiUI Hilt
pyntein, which will, in few weeks, enable any one 1
who can write, to write down any epeoeh a faat a ;
s;o o ip oZ ioiEr:-;rTn j
copio'will be ent fo ojno alilre ,for Five Kalian; ;
and any grcajtor number at tbe eme rate. Addros
, f ' ... , iA 1 I -
1). F. ULACKUL'tUT,
17-A8
. Hampshire, Manry, Tenn.
Will Ton Please Take Notice.
THE SCBSCRJBJfB ASOU.VCES THAT HE 18
frepared to
REPAIR BUGGIES AND COACHES
at short notice, and In the BEST 8TTLE, CHEAP
and Dl RABLE, ffl$ aad TASTY. Call at "
'. E. FREEMAN'S.
P. S. Ne. 1. Belf-eoaBdeaee, without arrogance,
prompt him lo amert, that ia regard .to Bl.CJi
SSflTHfXO h feara aorapertor, much lea an aqri l,
oa the auany aide of Mason t oa' Unc. flive dm
a eall. ' ' ; - ' ' k. F.
I. 8. No. I.FAIXTIXO, aaparalUled South fpr
BAVTT, BLBOAlra, TATB aad DISPATCH. C F.
9 All breach of the Jbusiueee-prornptty at
eadad to. fl-tfF K- FREEMAN.
CHICKERING & SON'S PIANOS!
THE 8VB9CRIBEH, BEINO AGENT FOR THE
ale of the above eelebrated Fiance, inform 4lio
publio reapectfully Uiat he will be shortly in .Wadet
boro'. All persons wishing to pnroham gool Piano
will be ahow'n FOLHTKEN UIFFEHKNT STYLES.
Every Piano warranted
Won. Tbo. II. Benton sara: ".lld rhonograpliy pi esciiu s vueif as-1 uvya. vu vt -.- 1 ,T V ' , , .'
.... L... tnrtv Vr. ii .AyM i,... M,.i n,. 1 1- ;n .C rrm n,l.t.. l,a,u t'bai i jam) servanl passed bv. 1 enecte.l liiai lu
Uweaty years of hard labor." . 7 j child staring at me, not merely with the ;nk '"!''' Wnl alighted upon the grass,
1 JStfgr. ! inquiring ga of childhood, bi with the 'i Wre ded lest he should become the i.istru
i veur, of m. am mMna more money by l'honogra- piercing look, so full of meaniug, that used f mR lf that was' to bring my crime to light ;
JlASuaiUVED an l) repaired in, saiiafactorijtcneo: Dim in bi weep, but oitener sun
manner or no charges,
F. A. E. BOaSSTEPT.
Mr. B. carries with him letters of recommendation
from gonUemeaof Wilmington, North Carolina, whore
he eeeide. . - -tf
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l-L'J.-.X 1
NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS,
k For the -Vm'
LET ME III IJ I01E,
T lUXIIAa. "
Ob! let me die In the dear, ifi-ar tpot,
Where the friend I love are dwelling,
Where Hndred heart can o'er m,e wottU .
- When iJvaih'ldnrk tide I awelling.
Metblnkf 'twould chill my parting oul
Should ttrauge banda imootlio my pillow,
Ot tranger-fonn be near tte wheu
I oroM the troubled billow.
Oh! let each glance that may meet my owa
' lie full of lovellgbt beaming,
Like moonbeam on the trow of night
When all (lie world if dreaming;
And may the prayer for my pasaiog oul,
In swt konu-lonu be tealipg
from the Une of tboee that love me beat,
The dear one round me kneeljng.
But to pau away with the cold, eohl gate
Of (raagar-faceji e'er me,
With ao fond friend to cheer me on,
When the Pale King etaad before me
My heart ahrink back from the chilling theught,
'Twould eeem o dark and dreary;
'Twould dim my aplrit' upward flight
Aad wake It pinion wenry.
Then oh! let me die in my drur, lir home,
When I from earth am parted, ' '
'Mid affection' tears and the light of love,
And the prayer of frienda tine-hearted.
THE C0FHg(lN.
1 irMntmtnglhtrap,ofaita,flVruuiinJJjt.
! This is my last night! and standing as
I J dQ on the brink ol eternity, will fill up
! tl,ft fe.v hours that inlerve!n hefiir mv ex-
' the few hours that intervene before my ex -
locution takes place in writing down the
! history of my progress in crime, and how
. sten bv Iten. I reached this dunennn.' "Mai
Mav
-
be accented as an act of atonememt on
accepted as an act of atonememt on
' my part, and at the same time serve as a
j warning to others.
I wasa forward child, of a sul'en, jusp'i -
I cious character, and afterwards became a
' rounh sold erdur nff acouD a of eanina.Yin
I at the close of which, peace having 8UC. 1. 1 had .tartrate I my own sohume, and then
j ceeded war, I left the service to farm a 1 wl:en )he- Po1 wuu''l be drasrsed nnd no
! small estate whieh my wife had inherited. bo(ly krt,cominS- lhe pmpd-ty must re
j Soon after my return from the army, my 1 "nam in abeyance, as I meant to confirm the
1 hrntheralfki'npdnndilipH Up una an nnen. belief (hat Ihe child Was lost or lud bten
! hearted, noble fellow.' far better looking
than myself, and universally beloved. All
whoeversough'. mv acquaintance, whether
; at home or abroad, from bein" his friends,
Seldom took kindle to nif. anil frpnprnllv oh.
i'J'. servedthe first time they saw me, that never whcp tic messengers I dispatched in'all di
were two brothers more unlike, both in per- rections returned, to inform me their search
son and manners.
j V.'e had married two sislers; and this
circumstancewhich ought to have been an
' additional bond between us, only contrib-
luted to estrange u still mcro. Ilia wife
saw through mv character but too well,
and 1 always felt, whenever I gave way to
a bad impu!se of envy or hatred in her
presence, as if she read my thoughts like an
nnen honk. It tvna n. rlif tn mn u-hen thp
coolness between us ended in an open rup-1
. 1 .:n . i- r ...1 v 1 . 1 I
iurc, auu a sun Krenter reuei wueii 1 tieuru ,
of her death, while I was with my regiment
.1 ...1 1, .'. .t..i. i t... j '
uiuau. u nun atrcms iu nit: u? iuouu i uatj
a presentiment of the dreadful
adful tragedy that !
adel-her .and she
r ! even now I see f
was to takeplaceM dreaded
reented to pursue me av
ber reproachful eyes upon me, and freezing
up my blood! Sn died shortly after giv
ing birth to a child. When my brother in
...r. Mi'ii i i- t:r i i -r '
turn irn 111, anil ms ine was ueimirea 01, ,
he snrnniniipd mv wifntn his bedside, and
iutrusled his little orphan, a boy four years "msneu oeioie nigni, and 1 now lelt com
j old, to her protecting car?. He bequeathed parativcly secure.
all 'his property to him, stating in his will j ' ' fel1 slfep at last that nigHt but what
! that should the child die, his fortune should a troubled sleep it was, and what frightful
devolve on my w ifc, as the onlv return he j dreams were there ! T fancied I saw now
' could make for her affectionate kindness, j 11 hand, now a head, rising out of that uu
ll'hen, after exchanging a few fraternal ' hallowed spot of ground. And each .time
! words w ilhme. refrrpttintrourloiu-estranp-'that l aij'oke out of this horrid-nighvmro-e I
............ .
ment, he fell exhausted, into a deep slarn-
.
ber, from wbich he never awoke.
As we had no children, and the two sis-
tfirs had nlwavs liepn veirv united, mv wife ,
i,iH,;. ....ir u L.n u. .., i
v w "i . ... ,. , ,,.,;.,..,:,-. , f , "'
He Was passionately fond of her, but be- i lnat.1 ,,H'' ,lep.r nH.emp.c. Its life ; ai.ci t U
ing the true pictured his mother, both in"waKing rom thl.slre.im was more dread I ul
mind and person, could never somehow ha? a,IU,e resf-''.
, . , . ,,, , . ' , , Next moral!. I a Cain took mv nlaee nt
muuiy iu mc. i muim m oui -
jticular inod at which I first became aware '
0j- j,s kij 0f antipathy on his part, but 1
0 fce, uneay Whenever he was i
In nnnnr mn so in his mnth'ftr: It was not ;
m cm'p,y faney 0f mine, attributallc to ' whisper Murdei ! ' Thee was nodung
sirono- lifconpsa in h dpppase.i nnrentammate or. inanimatej let it be ever so in-
r I -;'.
for I never could stare him. down, let me
li- nc fiorno nn I mitrtir. 11a ur'ae pvi.
w w uav ()'
dently afraid of me, in spite of which heJ
seemed to have imbibed, a hereditary con-.j
tempt for mc. ' -
I mtr .lolva mpc1f..nni1 vit I ,U not '
lliint thafl" Intended at tha. re.riod to do
him I'iany harm. ,It might, perhaps, occur
to me how advantageous it would be for us '
to inherit the boy s property and J might
secrttly wish Ijim to die; still, I do not
think lhad the least idea of taking away -
his Jife. The idea came very slowly.at
first, and merely in thedirh'anddisfant'out
line wbicirwc seta v.twon en an impending j
An 11 lii i-i ih Ir a fkr lh t)nv nf tritt T.ntifrJ iiHt
ment then it approached nearer and still ;
nearer, and began to Josea portiou of
trrrnJ imn.h.MlifV r.,1 nfip nnm. i
I iniT o miiA rlolinifA ehiinji il llpnanif. ti
constant theme of my speculations, When
these foul phantoms crossed mv brain, I
could not bear iliat the boy should perceive
I was staring nt him; yet by a kind of fas-
cination, i could riot help caiing on Ins fra-!
r .,i thlnL-in'o-bov av tlifl ,ik
gile form, and thinking how easy the work ,
of destruction would bel Sometimes 1'
. . .. a . . ll '
from I ho garden, as I crouched CehintTlh'et
I iron
bushes, glaring,' like a tiger on his pray.'into
the parlor where he sat learning his lesson
on a low ttool, besides my wife's knee.
Clow to our counlry house lay ;i cJefp lo lose silil of the grass plot, ond as it ya VVii.i. ant Animal Scrciiot to Maji eve
poo), but it wag not visible from our " ii- ti sumnier's evening, I told tho wrvant lo , ieCiikatko? We find man at the, head of
dow. 1 spent several days in ctrving 1 In ing- out a bottle of w ine into tho garden, j a series of existences, snys the noted Pro
rougo model of a boat ith my penknife I thin placed my own chair over the grave, frssor U'inchcll, in a late work upon tho
nnd when it was complete, I purposely tVff i nnd thus, feeling sure it could not be tarn-: formation of man. all constructed in accor:
it in the child's way. I then hid uiysrlf . percd with, I endeavored to mnke myself ; dance with the same central idea.ai d which
near the pool in a spot that lie most pass by, j cajy m:iJ to enjoy my glass. My comrade have made their appearance upon the
in case he cuuio to see the liltlo toy ufloat. ' nx irei;d the hoe Uiat my wife was well earth successively in the order of their rank
on the water. Dut became neihcr on tlint ! nnd vns not k'erpin? her room, nnd that she ' first the fish and the rvniile. then th
! nor the fi flowing day. "Still I I'eh crinin
j he was -i.i my to.'N, f.'ir I had heard him
j prale about liix loy which ho had laken to
I bed with him. f waited patiently, nnrl in
, the third d.ty 1 could see him from my hid! on
j I'lace c i.ie running nloncf joyously, with
his silken locks streaming in the wind, ami
singing poor child n merry tune, though w liich caused me th" greatest uneasiness. in n line with the body. When reptiles,
he could scarcely lisp the Ard.. I stole ; I t'.-.neied he sunpeetrd the truth. I asked bird, and (iiaJruped made their appear
behind bin1, be nc a1 1 1 sortie bu.''cs t!;."t rpv ' I al fi; tly wiieiln r he thought but 1 ! ance, the head becahie elevate I and inclined
near the bank, and tlieEvil OneViviws linw iToki-(' .vu.witbotit liniiiing Ihe sentetice; at an ngl wjih Ihe horigun. Lastly, lo
I, a strong, grown man, tremb:nd in cveiy , " W'icther I think tho child has been man we. tind the vertebral column erect,
limb as 1 follqwe-d the footsteps of litis lit ill-: riiujde. ed ?'' said he, with a mild look, "Oh, No further advance, therefore, is possible in
child, while he appro iehed the y iter's brink. ! no! v. hut cMild any mm gain by murder- this direction. . 1
I was close b;bind him, crou 'hing on ' rnv ; i:igu : or innocent child?' ' ' In the next placp, np species but man -
knees, and was raising my Imh to push
him ill, when he saw my shadow in the
water(and turned round.
lis inoihei's stunt gleamed forth Irom
his eyes, r he. .sun now burst forth IV' in
behind a cloud, turning the water into a '
; sl;fet of molten gold. T. very thin;; spar 1
kied as if all nalure had eyes. " 1 don't know !
what the boy said though so young he I
d d not fawn up in me, nor trv to so illi me : !
all -that I recollect, was that he screamed
i out, hot that In; loved me, but that he
"would try to love me;" and, then he ran
, hack to the housi as fast 'as he could.'
' The. next time 1 saw him my sword was
' inm)' band, arm he was laving si ill ami cojj
nt ln' hot.
1 took inm up in my
arm and
u ii'e was
laid him gently in a thicket. My
' not at home that da v, nor was she, to reH:
' .:i.i -.i i . i
a
i untl' lne morrow. (Jar bed-room window,
I unt'l 'he morrow. Our bed-room window
1 l!ie only on j on tins side ol the house, being
I hut a fuvv leet from the ground, I resolved
, t0 Brt throjgh ir in the middle of the nihl,
, al,d bury "')' victim in the garden. I had
! nl toe sngiic;si men, al mat moment, tn it
stolen,. For the present, nil my thoughts
u'ere c.MTcred on the necessity of baling a
clue to biy crime. '
'-What I endured when the servants came
1 n(' told mc that the cliild was n:i!ssni' and
had been in vain, r.o words can possibly
j tlescribe. That same night 1 buried him!
; ut n.ow t''5 worst remained to be done ;
tut was to fac; mv wife, and give her
hopes that the- child would yet he found.
' continued to do with such a show
1 ul amwrin, as 1 oeiieve, uiai no suspicion
j restej upon ine. The next thing I did
j was ,0 seal myself at the bed room wind .w
I from whence I could watch, all dav loriff.
l'ie sPot where lay concealed my dreadful
Nr1.rpt It tva n
. - h'--"iu " i
gently been dug up. ready for laying !
down frp.sh son ami I li-id
if. was a pioi pi ground that had
..wv.,. .,. , j
one "here the marks of njy spade would be
'.easl 10 a,ract attention. ' Ti e work-1
men wTio were laying down the sods 7fiT:s!
have thought me crazy. 1 Was : ntinu ilh-
calling out to them to ge! on faster, and nc-
casionally running out to help ihuu, and
at.iinmnir nn f ip o-,n,,, , I -ri,,t ....;..
vr "7"" 'V,' 1 "'m?
... ,
,,-,1 i.i .......j ... , .
i.iw-r'i iy luuiuiminv tu uoii . Ilici- l!en II
was only an idle fancy of my brain. Then
I slunk back' to bed, only to endure the saniQ
torment over and ovtr -nt'.iin. Oik 1
dreamed tnat tie c oK v. n ni.v:('!l
Ii
., . . 7- -
tlie window and never turned my eves oil
thelatal spot, which, though now turned into
Srass P10'; only, presented lo nu ihe ap-.
nod every lireee lhat blt W aci'OSSlt, seemed
' ,-, I . I ' i
s'nidcaiil, put u fiat seemed end
jowril wit TP:"
the BUpernatUl'al power vl -Ulbritldlllr IllJ"
- ,
my "enous crime. . . . " . -
M vyte, who w.a surer11,lous m cf
waJ' as I was., in .mine, and was in despair .
at ine cliiIU s (It.sapp.earrtno, was bent on
consulting a wise woman residing m our.
neighborhood, supposed t have the powc r-
of reading the decrees ol fate by spiiit.i;.;p-..
"" "pjmeu nei uium ie u -laimy
but preferred being present, Jest the sybil
should infuse any suspicions of my, crime
into her mind, r Oa, my wite's asking th?p
question, "Where lstuehoy? the 'answer-;
3 ... nv" . ' ,WU,,M , !
uui. . iiiq - huiu?, viiMj i5 muuiri: fu
wite was Ueepiy aliec cil. ami -J was rea.iy
'nk in o me grounj, i liougii t uiuste.e.i
ana sani me woman i.ii ueu nonsense. nn
its mother I Ay.it had a double significa
tion to my ears withhis mother in Heaven,
and in the bosom of his mother earth! lle
peated 'experiments, and appeals, to the
spirit still brought back thesu dreaded
,sP'"l still brought pack tlieso ure:
,words nnd bWa ll"n f !hf w01
, knew nioie than she pretended to do,
woman
knew more than she pretended to do. unit
? seen mc burry the corpse on that tatal
rtiorrif
- sf -
A few days after a comrade of mincwhov
1 served abroad, came to visit me unexpect-;
!edly with a friend of his, whom I had never
1 seen before. ' 1 could not. however, resolve
4 had not been driven away by their npp?ar-
tinoe. , '
I was obliged to stanimor out in reply
the story of tlie child's disappearance. The
1 soldier, who was a stranger to me, did not
j hi d; me i.i tie face, but kept his eyes fixt'd'
i on the ground all li ft w hili' I was talking,
j could have told him what a man gained
by such a deed, for ro one knew better
than 1 oid; but I remained sik'nt though
iwhiv rcd as il I had the nj'.ue.
S-eing the state of excitement I was in,
tiiey endeavored to eomiort mo witn Hie
hopi the child mighl yet be fniiiid, u lien we
. , , i
s'.i't'c'.'y lieard a neep tiov.i.and n couple
of large dogs leaped over the wall into the
gardri!. ,
" l'!o id hounds !" exclaimed my guests,
Tnev need not have told me, for though I
had never in mv life 'happened to see any
t i a i
do 's of that kind, I instinctively felt that
1 they must be blood hounds, and 1 but loo
well knew what n' traded them. I tell hke
! one already condemned to death, and
rrasped the sides of the chair convulsively.
though 1 neither moved nor spoke a word.
I " 1 hey are the true breed, observed the
stranger, " and have probably tieen lei loose
! on trial, and have escaped their keepers."
And as he and his friend turned their
; In als'.Iieysawthedogssmellingtbeground,
i an I running round arvi rounu, iikc mao,
without noticing us, ana ever ana anon rais
ing their heads, and uttering a prolonged
hew'!, and then again laying their muzzles
close to the earth as if to get 9m, the 'right
scent. Presently, instead ol turning round
! so large a circle, they seemed to concentrate
: all their idlorts on one point, wind) ttiey
: sniired diligently still ; in doing which '.hey
..approached my chair, when they set up a
more frightful howl than before, attempting
at the same time to (ear away its ledgis,
which prevented their getting at the ground
Ijcnealli.
' ''They evidently scent game," cried my
"That's impossible ! ' cued I.
"For Ileavfn's .'sake!" said yhe one I
knew; " get up or they'll to ir you lo pieces."
" Let them," returned I. " I'll not stir from
this spot."
" The dogs must not be allowed f.o bait
people to "death. Ly't's hew them down,"
said he.
'There is some horrible secret lurking
antic 10 bui.ii, i.u.nu.t .
under all tb," said the stranger drawing
t Tn iim nnmp nf ihp l.iw. hpln
,o ..... v. ..... w M-
inn 'to take this man into custody." '
They then seized me and dragged me I J
a wayallhough I fought, and bit, and laid r'
about me, like a madman. After some, re
sistancc, I at leuglh was obliged to suiter
ll.em lo lead me olf, and the excited blood
i.r nn I in nnrili i.u.'i
ulu" "'r ? ' ' .
nf honti cn tnnrli '
.....t- ,.Arn ,-n,,t tia ma IV hit
i. . . nn
merely that I fell on mv knees, and confessed stood soaking ginger bread m t and maki.ig
the truth with chattering teeth, and beg-ed . wry lacis '1 he shop-keeper mistaking his
for mercy; that 1 afterwards denied lhe -"'caning fiad -given hp k mixture of sa
deid bidore the trTbimal, and li,w again ; wa,;:"d lf f d iro,l
own it; that I was fried, 'und cuilty, and t- ',ut "he'd hparn ell ot soda itnd
finally condemned to death. I may tidd wnter, and be was bound to g-ve i a far
that i have found neither pitv, nor comfort, f. puke or no puke. Some "town te.lcr
nor hone, and have not a friend in the world-' nS "! ';V'.d,ca,lt!.d HMde.mlh a
-my wife, happily for her, having been 'W when our sojed Ine.id turned
seiye'd with temporary madness, nnd being j 118 back and rpm'tly wiped several fl.es into
in ignorance of mv misery or her own; in . ois flimt.- .
Uiorr. ihat I am nione with my despair in j njTronchetl' the old geiilleman and
this dunged, and tljat 1 must die to-rqor- ificd. to get him to . subscribe, but be
e would not listen to it. He w as opposed t"
- r. m '. . j" internal improvements,'' nnd he thought
" larnin' was a wicked inwention and a wex-
Is the ..Planet Mass ,I.M.piTni i The ;
lponentsol the doctrine of the plurality
,.
(,,-'
cxi.
worlds allow that a greater probability
xistsol Mar's being inhabited than in the
case vi: miy oiner jii.iiivv. in; ui.uiictcr i? . : r.i -.cr"
-1.100 miles'; and his surface exhibits spots j DCr'"Pink," the i'evy York correspon
of dill'erent hue-'; the seas, according Vo ,eiu of the Charleston Courier, discourses
"accurate observation, appearing to be green, j as follow? upon the " sufferings" of jurors:,
and the land red. The variety in the spots, j '.'Thrie iso great deal of nonsensical talk
it is thought, may rise, from the planet noi ; about tbe hardships of jurors. People
beiiii; "destitute of atmosphere' and cloud; 1 mourn and complain that it is too bad tor
c . ..i.- -i .. . 1 1: .!:.-
but w hat adds greatly to lhe probability of
'his, is the appearance of brilliant white
- i.e.' n" !. ;.!'. ho.-o Imon n.ini.
WVIfl ill lia '"IVJ, ii iiii.ii iiuii, -avii wnivv
lured to be snow, as they disappear when !
i hoy have long 'jeeti exposed to the sun, and j
are' Greatest when enierginff from the long
night of their polar winter, the snow line!
tRM1 extending'to". abi;ut six degrees from i
,he r(,,e- The englh of ,,e dav is aimst
eMctjv t-iventv-four hours, the same as that 1
0r tl6 l,arl,,. Continents and oceans and
tfreen savam,ahs have been observed upon
rars am ti,e snow of his polar regions
ha8 bccn sren t0 disappear with lhe heat of
summer.. - Clouds may actually be seen
lloating'm ine atmospnere oi tne .pianei,
anij lilcie ,s the appearance
of land aud '
vva(eronhis disc
rTPIt is rumored that Chief Justice
Taney and Judge-McLean intend resigning '
their scats on the bench of the Supreme
Court, Bo:h aro vtry aged and in infirm
health, the Chief Justice being over eihty
1 X..l IT V
years oi age, auu rfuuge .ici.can oyer sev-
entv-six.
DCP The number of animals now in us?
in the Army is stated as follows by the.
Department r 6,000 cavalrj-and artillery -
horses ; 3,575 horses in the Quartermaster's
Department ; 13.S30 mules ; 45 camels and.
13 ' oxen. . - . V '
quadrupeds, and lastly man. Should if. a
'rjueslion be asled, bow we know that tho
! last lenn of I lie series bus been reached we
reply that two considerations exclude the
, idea oI'miv further rorer. When the fiah '
appean-d.'the vertebral column was placed
' n hr r.ntnl position, and the head was
' has been tistribvfted over the whole earth.
1 ne inpjines wiuci) existed in the earlier (
geologicaf periods piqoyed comparatively
wide distribution. As higher families np- ,
penred, and the peculiar characteristics
t l t 1 . 1 l ' iV . . - i
, wn cn nisiinguisii tnnereni regions on tup
i caith Lccniite -mori definlt-'y marked, we
If' .rl .l' i
: nnu species ana inn n:esc nnneri wituin nar- '
) rower limits. '1'he a iiirial forms which inv
! mcdi itcly jireceded in in in possession of tho
j earth, njoyed the least geographical range.
j 15ul when man appeared, and the different
' zoological districts of the earth had become.
. most completely ?p2dal and distinct, we find
j h'imv 'in spite of the law which restricts
! o:ii?r animals wiilnn rielinite limits spread-
! ing himself over lhe whole earth, and lcav
nig no room for other co equal or superior
areatiotfs.
JVo other animal has enjoyed so w ide
range: and wc find man enjoying il, wfien
we should Ijavc expected him confined
within narrower limjisvtp than'the Amer
ican eagle or the African giraffe. We
hence infer that no higher creation is tp fol
low rn in, and trjat the only farther develop
mrit 1 1, 1 1, '. ., ; 1, 1 , .. i : r 1 . :
spiritual nature. ;
Fi.v in Ir. The man that didn't take his
country paper was in town yesterday, lle
brought bis whole family in a two-horse
wagon. 1 Ie st ill believed that Gen. Taylor,
was President, and wanted to know if the
'f.Kamkatkians" had tfif&n Cuba, and if s$
where they had taken it. lie had sold his
com for thirty cents, the price being fifty;
live but on coinc to deposit the money
. 1 they told him that it was mostly counter
feit. Tbe only hard money he bad was
some three-cent pieces, which a M sharper
! Iijirl criifn him fur hnlf dimpa. One of the
boys went to a blacksmith's shop to b
measured for a pair of slices, and another
mistook thp niarket house for a church.
After hanging his hat on a meat hook, he
piously took a seat on the butcher's stall,
and listened to an auctioneer, whom he
took to be the nreach'er. lie left before
, , . ,
j . mec'in was out, and had no great opm:
i ton ol me sarmini.
One of the trirls took a lot of ssed onions
to tbe post oflice to tradt? for a letter. She
had a baby, In a "sugar., trough,' stopping
I " "I11? 0 ?;l"e ww"5-, nl?c
. ".. slie uffea lis moum un an oia
stockmg. and sung hqrbara Allen. (lhe
wmrai uui uou rum iu wuvm. 011.4
n:hi.sf.V When last seen be ha,
stnim-il-Mi rr aes -f " isnrt k nlil ivaior nili
WUIIi U 1UI 'aftiawui e.i , .a
ttjjon'. None- of his family ever learned
(0 renj nut one i.. anj be"teached
.i,nni .... l.ilp nnii ihn went to atudvinsr
diwinitv '" , "
. -- -
a jury on an important case , of life and
"death who cannot be made to agree upon
I, I ant- n'fi..o.l .mil'har nl.
Lk I VI Ull. ') J wni'tj UVIIIIIIVU, iivainvi
lowed to cat, sleep or drink.. There is
great deal of humbug about this, especially
s-. this case- in point will show. The
jury in the case of the Italian, Cancemi,
who killed a policeman, were kept at the
House. Mr. Stetson's bill, just pre-
sented.will show whether they werestarved,
or whether tliey lived like righting cocks,
The ft hole bill amounted to 750,';and
among others, were, lhe Allowing items:
Cigars, $80;brandy, 933.50; fires, f 60;
extra dinner's, 9V2; champagne, tl.25;
ua, -W-oa; meals 10 jiwreini ounuay,
54 ei?:irs. fsame dav) tl4.20 : bar. f.Von-
. ' r - : " . " . ; .;. j
day) 93X5 ; prisoner and gusjru ainner unu
witiPK in restaurant. 115 37: Use pf rooms
for iurv and officers. to0.' The Board of
Supervisors have not y&detcnnined to pay
ihis bill.
I Paid Foa. The ew London Chronicle'
snvs that Cant, l'otier, of the schooner
Eliza, has paid to his Southern owner, tho
; value of the negro who escaped from. Wi.l-
r;v- - .. . . ... , ,u
m.-igton. A. dv - secreung ninmi ...
K' a,V,m?r -"VA?
. i ir
as oaken iron). me nan.i m aou".
Lon? . c, wl
detain him itftouiai
negro is in tanao.
liVIHlVII Vila. V lata) lev v" r -v .
thout any JeyaJ process, ins