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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. Vol. XXXVI. HILLSBOROUGH, N. C.; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1857. No. 185)3. P 11 OS PECTUS OF TUB . , , North Carolina Presbyterian, pjlE Piealiyterian Church in North Carolina has long labored under a se-tous disadvantage from the want of journal toadvocate ber claims and ttf raunl her interest. It is estimated that only one thousand Praabyteiian Weeklies ara taken in tha bounds of our Jhreo Presbyteries, Wa hava thirteen thousand Com municants, and it is safe to infer that there aia thirty jhoueaiid I'reslivteriens in principle in the Htale. Our JBynod stands filth in tha L'nion in point of numbers, and hsr niembaiahip is greater than that of any Synod .Mouth M Wast of Pennsylvania. Our sister Slates on jtha .North and South, neither of which haa mi-mUii-ship so large as ours, publish tha Central, and Ilia Houiliern Presbyterian, fur the benefit of their people. (The time baa coma whan tha Presbyterian Church in North Carolina should likewise do bee duty to her children. It is a conceded and important lad, that Jiondrwls of our members will take a Hi ate psper who .will take no other. The Paper is needed to be the organ ,tf our H noJand Presbyteries to elevate and enlighten tha piety of our membership by diffusing evangelical Ji now ledge la promote the cause of Education to develope the talents of our Ministry, and to strengthen the attachment of our people to the soil and sanctuaries ttf their own Sista, If oar Church in other Slates, and other Churches is thia Stale, ran aupply thrii niembera with a Religious journal, why may not we f Are North Carolina Pres byterians infarioi in talent, energy ami patriotism to their neighbors an tha Worth or Mouth, or to Christiana of othai ilaooraioaiiona at hums T With the saoteor batter opportunities ol aacouiplisfaing Ibia work, shall wo leave it undone! ,!n the language of one of our moat able and useful Ministeis, an adopted eon of our ettate, - It ought to have been undertsken twenty yeare ago, but it is not too lata to begin to da right." In the last two or three months, fund of about fS.OOtt ha been subscribed aa permanent capital. At a aaaeting of tha contributors, held at Oreensboiougb a the Mta of May, Kov. A. Baker. Chairman, tha Papar waa snimnaaly located at Fayetteville, under the name las' title of tha Xirtk Carolina VesAyerie. Kev. Wm. N. Mekeoa and Re. George McNeill were rteeted Editors; Ha. Messrs. (ieorgo Mc.Veill, Was. 3. Mabase. A. Baker, sad C. H. Wiley, and Messrs. Oeorge Me.Xeill. Sr.. Jaba H. Cook and lavid Murphy wera appoint! ta Kiecutlve Committee, to establish fba Psper and menage its business affairs. It is OUT wish tod design la rusks the North Carolina Prasbylarisa a juuresl of the (rat etsas.eqaal ta tha boot in lb reuoiry fat typographical appearaora snd in adaptauoa ta the wants of our Churches. Us eojumna will afford the lata intelligence, bulk foreign aad do mestic, and speeisl ear wtU be take to give a full and accural auiaaary of 8ist news. Tha tissue of the Iaot is deigned to ha aneiponent of its character and coouaia. From conviction, it will advocate the coo. err stive, orthodoi, olj ackoal doctriaae aad order of Iba Church. Our frat appeal ietoearawa peapla (a Nurik Caro lina Presbyteries. WbiUt wa rely confidently upon their favor, wa trust that theaetiva aonaaf Nsnh Cero I at wha hava bund homes ta other Rlaiee, and the adopted cMoens of oar Hist whulurm as important aa element in our Ministry and nemhrrabip, will lake a deep interest in this enterprise and give il their hearty aapparl. Trans: ft per annum ia sdraaew.oroft delivery ref tha Crataumherj fS M ia aii atenihs; tM ttbe sal of the year. To clubs of twenty-rive or mora, paring ia advaaca aad when tha Psper is eenl la one aiklresa, a diasouat of lea per cent. wiH be allowed. Our Miaistere aad Elders ara earnestly desired la act aa A gents, aad all atbere friendly ta the ceuaa will alease iail ia procuring as msnv aubarribsrt aa isw.il le. aad lorward the aamaa,e iuuW laf.totfaia Office. Aa soon as IJMW subscribers ara obuiaed, Iba it auiaWr will be issued. If a faithful a ndvioroua effort ia ia.l ia tha Beit two months by thine wha lake a lively interest ia this work, we will, without doubt, be etda la brgia tha aubacatwa at Hie and of that liiua ariih a paying eulmiptioa Ik) of at lea 1.000. IV Address, Editors of tha North Carolina Presby lansn, PayrtleviUe, N. C. Juno 10. M-3 AGKXTS WANTKD. CI '10 00 PtK MONTH t-Hers ia a rare 1 JVe W chance foe a few young awn to soli a large salsey without investing a eapual. The ahav ia aa "three rant catch penny," or humbug la introduce Patent Medieioea, Houks, Ac. For aa outfit, Hioae rsmj s for rvtura p-Miags. Adclraae T. 8. CARTER. Dos No. , Lawrrnro, Mesa. Juno 10. V-3ra Mar.b It. FUK SALE, VI.OT ia the Iowa of Graham, immediately in froa f the Court House, un routh Mtrret, lying be tween the store bousaaof M I.esn dt Manner aad Al bright di Un on. Terms to suit the purchaser , THOMAS NKllIl. January I.. Id J1UU.SK ami LOT lor Nile. I ..nVr far eele, on arrommmlsiinc o? 1? Vvs.Uinf.toB.' THOMAS WEHM. October n si - " r.rvwftM pTa mtm TO COTTON rLAia 1 Ji.lv. fVilifin Phinfpr' Mlinil.ll ! lAAlUU I Itlllltl O "u" The UKIN'l s compilation of facte fiora the beet authori ties oa the culture af t otton, ila as'arsl history, xhamiral anatyisis, Iredo and onoumB and em iSrarin; s history of . and the Cottoa (lia. Uy J. A. Tamer. 1'iice ft. Kent fteaof pastsga oa re ceipt at avice. flAllOKXIXG FOUTIIK .SOUTH. Ily W. H. White, af Athena, (iemna. A nvost completa manual tor o.eiy department of llnitu-ulture, m'wecing tha Vegetable fiarden. tha Fruit fisrdrn. 4 he flower llerdVn, and the ritaeait liiotinila, eltrd itaittrulsrly In tha Mouther tttstro. Pitretl I.V Ta I attained of all tlwdisrllera.af oral by BS pie paid la any patlaf the t'nion oa rrei of aiira. C. M.rUXTON fcCO., Ag'li ulHI'al Bonk Pul'll.hfrs, 1 40 Futtoa Btreel.Mew York. Marrh. MRS. F. II. COOLEY, Ho;th anb J)rtss Blahr, n kid roceived har Kartbera fnring leshwns, an I resnoctfully aalirits a call final Mice aha A,o".M -m ' - - ' - .. . aars.)- " May your rich aoil, Eiuberanl, natures's bolter blessings pour O'er every land." From the Plough, Loom and Anvil. DEEP AND THOROUGH CULTIVATION. ' A writer in the Ohio Farmer, by the name of Fast and he in fait in the way of deep ploughing, but not too last saya, we ought ta raise a great deal more corn to the acre, and recommends the following an a remedy, in part, lor small crops j " In the Aral place, make aa largo a draft aa possi- hie on the Parmer's Bank, (tha manure pile,) and when tha plough ia atarted, which should be a number one article and no other, set it about one-third or half deeper than usually ia dona on old land, aay ten or twelve inches, and with about two-thirds the width generally taken ; theu, if you bava a good team, it ia not vary hard work to do your ploughing n rat-rate, and if you hava any lasts for seeing work done just right, yoa will not return to the cut and cover mods of ploughing again. Marrow well; mark out in straight rowa both wave, then if yoa have good seed, I aa by all meana you ahould have, laid earalully away siuca last fall, so as to prevent the cob from freezing before it drire out, plant carefully, (with a good planter if yau have one;) when through, take your team and go en it with a good heavy roller ; roll smooth, and by giving it a reaainahle amount of work with the culti vator in tending the crop, you may almost bid defiance to drouth or rain." Thia w riter should remember that four or five inches is about the average depth of what has hitherto been railed deep ploughing among us. r.veu in r.ntana, aim on me continent of Kurope, the ploughing is a little hypocritical pretends to be deeper than it really is and we always ttcuuer. a nun irom their account, and rather more from our own, believing, from careiut oDsrrvauon, that Europeans do not as a general thing pulverize the soil thoroughly to more than four-fif ths of the depth which their accounts imply, and Americans only about three- fourths. Our fast friend we can think of a farmer with aucb notion as his only as a friend recommends ploughing nearly three times as deeply aa has been the practice of even deep piougtters in una country. it a are nui going to take him to do for this, for we be lieve he is right. We would only guard against too sudden a change, without con sidering what the subsoil consist of. Some subsoil contain abundance of the salts of proloiide of iron, and other matters too sour and cold to favor the growth of crops, till lone exposed to rains and air, or neu tralized by the application of an alkali in the form of lime or ashes; and even that Urge draft" on the farmers bank may prove inadequate to secure a crop the 6rt . Jr,r ... , It maybe aatd that f fou deepen your soil all at once from three or four to ten or ...!. I., , I,... .n.l ika Keif rrnn ll l .- ... ..... no uiaiirr, tiiai yuu vui uc ini'ir .t. in the after crops. This might do for the retired merchant, who has money enough and more than enough ; but the great body ut American farmers can ill afford to plough deep, draw deeply from the manure-heap, and then wait vears for a return. Thev need tne rrturn wiiiuu six nionms ot making u -.f- e i .t-i outlay. i wt stood on the terrace before his country We have generally recommended the '.house, watching the gay movements ot his deepening of a noil by degrees. We have Idomratics, who, with some of the honest peo said, run the plough an inch or two deeper ' pie of the or ighborhond, were assembled on each year, and watch the effect. Apply if. the wide lawn below, enjoying the animated possible a dressing of ashes or lime to'the recreations of a general holiday, which was surface, to neutralize any acidity that may j slowly drawing to its close. The eoft, rosy be turned up. If the crop are increased i sunset slid a clear glow over the merry more than the expenses of cultivation are, keep on till they cease to be so increased. This would seem to be a naff course; and Ilia OlIC Willi II we VIWUIU I-llll invamu to farmers of limited means; though it may ' . l ! I- ....1.1 ... Ill A .1 not in all cases be the best. , his companions in appearance, and who aeem- To illustrate our meaning : suppose tuu led tn ne particularly attentive to the pretty have a field that has been ploughed four dsmat-l at his side. inches deep, and with twelve loads of ma- j " Her" said M. d'Arville. "Oh, that is nure to the acre has given you forty bushels '. Edmond, a favorite attendant of mine, whom of coin and other crops in proportion.) I have taken into mv service since you were There can be no very great risk in ploughing here, last winter. You are pleased with his that land aii inches Jeeo and atiplviiiz i appearance, lettnisi" teen loads of manure to the acre, and asheai , w j;m, f) t)), wfort, ,,f .tuial value with him an air ol frankness, snd at the same time, ,, ror'. .'" exiH-tiae to ! of modesty, which is moat engaging. What (twenty loads of manure instead l twelve.'a fine cheerful open countenance I Honesty This, "it must be confessed, would increase j itself is imprinted their." I the rot tif cultivation, for you cannot1 ' thoroughly loosen and pulverize the soil two inches deeper than before without additional labor, and the eicht extra load of manure m , j,,,, ..f ,)f ,.rlt.r's bank. If he use. them on that field he will not have thrm for another. But it the corn rrnn should be increased to sixtv bushel and the after crops proportionally, the extra labor and manure would be more than met land the farmer might with creat confidence venture to eight inches with twenty-eight load of manuie for the next rotation, ten inches with thirty-sit load of manure for the next, and noon, increasing tne nepm two inches and the manure eight loads a year, as lontt paying result should follow. We may be thought over cautious by some, h'msv be said that the country is full of proofs," that we ourselves have pub lished abundant evidence that deep plough ing pav better than shallow, and heavy better 'than light manuring. All this is true beyond a rtiestion, a general rule. Nobody within g nnshot of the age we live in donnu that ten inches of loosened soil, j being angry with Josephine and hating Ed well filled with manure, pavs better than J mond, as any other disappointed lover would ....l..l k..r .!. ..,mA ..f nshiit-e. .In. I,a dishlava ntJs an aie a,f aubitued aeri- vi.HMni f. . I ,,,- will, m a.,,,, i. , ' J'I'he 'armerv who have practisrd the fotmrr are maintaining their families in good style, educating their children, getting rich, grow ing large touled, elevating their profession J those who pursue the latter, unless rich by inheritance, are poor, and getting poorer, unable to send a child to a good school, too hard up to pay for an agricultural paper, close from necessity, and doing nothing to honor their .calling. All this is but too manifest. It iticki out, is in alto relievo every where, can be read by all who have eyes, Why, then, it may he asked, not sink the plough twelve inches at once and not wait till others become rich and you poor, through excessive caution ? We answer ; if you have abundant means, go ahead, sink the plough all over in, apply fifty or a hundred loads of manure for a rotation, douse in the lime and ashes to correct bad qualities in soil newly turned up, and probably you will come out well. But we are bound to say that It is not vet proved that such treatment of every soil will be followed by results convenient to a man of limited means. If, therefore, men in this condition will feel i - - i , . r men waj mi a ueiter anu deeper cultivation, experimenting and obtrrvingut titer proceed, we think they will come rtty anil not very tlowly to the best course for them to the one best adapted to their soil ; and that, we believe, will turn out, in ninety-nine cases in a hundred, to be a course of deep eulliva tion ami heavy manuring. If any say, It is vain to talk about heavy manuring, since every farmer uses all the manure he has and can use no more, we have o:ily to reply, that heavy crops make more manure than light ones, and that it is very much at the discre tion of the farmer, as we have shown other where and mean to show again, whether he is to have only a few loads of poor manure, or several huntlretl loads or good per year. Those who think us over cautious, and would put down the plough from for or five to ten and twelve inches at once, would do well to choose the fall as the best time for doing it, as there is much in the influence of w inter to correct those Dualities of a soil just turned up, which might prove unfavor able to tne nrst crop, it turned over again in the spring, manured proportionally with the depth ol the ploughing and ashed, there can be no risk which a farmer of plentiful means need fear. Our caution is rather for thine for whom it would be inconvenient to cultivate expensively and then fail of a somewhat speedy return. j BE CAREFUL WITH CUAXO. It may not be as generally known as it ahould be (says the Philadelphia Xortfi .Imert can) that great danger may be incurred by (he reckless handling id guano. We under stand that cases have occurred of persons having cuts upon their fingers who, in hand ling litis manure, have received a deadly poison into the system. The guano contains an organic element which is just as certain to operate against life it it once reaches the ; blod, as the corruption of a body that gats inl0 . WHUnj MpJ tj,e person of the dissector, Farmera should be aware of this fact auJ be caoliuuf We heard of a death from this Ufce wj,nio , felr j.vslna neigh- . . n uortnj county. MY FRIEND'S VALBT. " My dear Charles, pray, what is the name 1 of that handsome young- man dancing tn s the coquettish waiting-woman of Madame d'Arville ?" i i. - j .i - ..r - r: i i .i....ti- i a is vv run, .h-mii, us 'scene, brightening the laces of the dancer as they moved hither and thither in their One holiday costumes, and bringing out into !,,n..i.l mmi'imi ,l,A i r. 'A an. I .i.i.Ht.n.nr. .1 f vjtv ,,, ! ....vv f one, a handsome youth, who far surpassed "Extremely," I replied. There is about " l e, he is a Mie leiiow, i iinna.' said d'Arville, looking pleased; "that is, if one j may judge correctly from his appearance j lr. m a six months' acqusintance with him, land Irom the good character hi has always f borne, and that, I ahould uy, is amply suf- ficient. 1 like him verv much. He is alto a general favorite with the other servants." " Doubtless a very decided one, I imagine," was my answer, as 1 observed the bright smile which his companion, pretty Mademoi selle Josephine, cast upon her handsome part ner, as she moved along by his side. " Except, perhaps," added my friend, "ri crpt with Baptiste, my valet, whom you may see close by, there, aud whe is somewhat discomposed by the preference of Mademoi selle Josephine for Edmond rather than lor himself." "Ah, then!" I cried, laughintly, ''your well behaved Baptiste is jealous?" "Precisely," said M. d'Arville I "he is jealous, though his jealousy is evinced in a verv mild way. which makes me sympathise WHO nun SO mucn IIIC mora, a-or, insieao vi t ' i. .. . sj. - i '. i r ...... " w . nu.ness, which he cannot conceal, though he j evidently desires to hide his wounded affec tion, lie is civil to Edmoml, and treats Josephine as one who will probably soon be betrothed to his rival, with grave courtesy, through which, however, is visible at times, despite himself, tender anil sometimes gently reproaching melancholy, telling how severe is the disappointment which he tries so bravely to overcome. The poor fellow displays a generosity a magnanimity worthy of be ing followed as an example, and which must advance hitn in my favor." At this moment, BaptUte himself, who was not dancing with the rest, but merely looking on, as one who is inclined less to festivity than to grave meditation, passed near us, and saluted, with a polite yet seri ous air, his mater and myself; his counte nance, meanwhile, wearing a slightly dejec ted expression, which I readily comprehend ed. Then he passed on, his glance resting for a moment, as I observed, upon Edmond and Josephine. Well and Edmond r" I said. "Oh, Edmond, 1 believe, is rally sorry for the disappointment of Baptiste!" answered M. d'Arville; "but he iavery much in love that is, fHsctnated with Josephine ; though I confess, I wish it were with some one else less coquettish than she. I think she is hard ly the wife for him. She makes my wife an excellent waiting-woman ; but she is too trifling, too fond of dress and display, which is not well for a young woman in her place. She is fickle, too inclined to think b?st of those who are in the best circumstances. Baptiste was the lavored suitor before Ed-, mond came, vriien r.dmonti was touiiu to be the favorite in the esteem of -people, she smiled on him instead. Ever ready to j turn to the one highest in favor, 1 very much snxpect she will make a false move one ol these days." Such was our conversation on the evening of my arrival at the Chateau d'Arville at midsummer. Very often 1 had occasion to observe during my visit the deportment of Edmond, who was so faithful, steady, and trustworthy, and had, moreover, such excel lent abilities, that M. d'Arville came gra dually to treat him with the utmost confi dence, snd to intrust to him the transaction of many of his minor business affairs; which, being so well executed, were after a time succeeded by those of more importance. Al though a poor boy, and obliged to maintain himself by hard labor, Edmond had found little opportunities, now and then, of acquir ing some learning, ao that lie bad now a very good plain education. He waa, in particular, a good arithmetician, and M. d'Arville, dis covering this, frequently employed him in the arrangement and settlement ol accounts, in writing or copying letters, &c. He grew continually in his master's favor, and also in that of Mademoiselle Josephine, who was, one could see, not a little flattered and grati fied by learning the comments ol people on her good fortune in possessing such a lover. Bsotiste on hie part, seemed to grow gra dually resigned to the prevailing state of aftaii s, and by degrees to be recovering front his disappointment. He got quite cheerful at last, and was very friendly with Edmond; indeed, on one occasion he was heard to de clare that he did not doubt that Edmond would make Mademoiselle Josephine a great deal better husband thau he. I sometimes wondered that Baptit could be so generous that he could look with friendly feeling on Edmond, who had innocently supplanted him in Josephine good graces, and who was daily becoming such a favorite with his master. "That Baptiste of yours is the most good natured fellow in the universe," said I to my Iriend, when we were speaking on the sub icet tocether, " Yes, indeeJ but did I not tell yoti so?" I .......... I u .l.H..,.L I .I..I L-n Mr niayeu r.uinonu in several roautia ......... 1 rL i- -.I. i... it.. h..,.ia f Itan. Ik)" VISIT asaajs. aaev - j- ni.t. Batiiimie it tvidcimr a lime u.ap ! pointed at the tranftfer uf confidence, butdorft .r . a . a a- CVt .l 1 -, 1 not complain, and, if anything, treats Ldinond the better. I have tried hitn purposely. V . s ... 1 - : II- . mmtmmutm 1 he.OTo'w T a. a -i i-1 ..:. ..... ,tsv in vour eo ifiJenct AZ d8 7 3 3 co ifidence, I sa d. , ly ailmii-ehisgoml qualities. "r W""-"' . ' do I value him. thit-I may as well tell you fis"(eft'lx .l.lirra.1 In r.sian in a mouth uc two. the illGr- camucii iiiocru ouiisfu io realm in a moitmur iwo. inc inm ... . . . ...... .i . :..n- mines of old age rendering it necessary lor him to retire from his situation, and spend the remainder of his days in nuiet upon the Xe: .ml I fSsis! neSn w ,U iil asme tiJTiSSi il,. r.n t.. him if n nleaae Madame nuntcd withi, i wt.li to remain quirt .t Me dear cried Madame d'Arville failv. ,? AbsoluleSin a uVown study J da- 1 .1 M. d'Arville started un ftoin hit meilila- tiv pwition which he hsd uncon.ciou.ly assumed. I was wondenng. Emilie." said he " what can have become ol my seal ring that which your brother gave " You have lost it, then file said Madame' d'Arville. " Yes," he replied j " that is tn say, I can find it no where." " When did you have it last, my dear do vou remember I" .. V - 1 .!.... 1 ai synlins i.a. " " ::y.t'i "LZ .....I. ..ut a d'Arville. I oerfeclly recollect using it. and 1 do not retnem'ier having had it since, I do not think I pnt it on em, though might have done so. My impression is that I left it un the desk." " It may nave rolled olt on the poor, may! it not ?" suggested madame " Possibly," said he. " But it is not upon the floor now. 1 have searched carefully. I here is no signs ol it." " Have you asked Edmond if he has seen J it?" . No he is out, and I only umscd it a little while ago." " lie was with you in the study, writing, last evening," continued Madame d'Arville. " He may have observed it and put it away foryou.'' " (le would not, in that case, have for- gotten to mention it to me." i No no; hecannnt have seen it," said Madame d'Arville. At that moment, Edmnnd himself, with his usual cheerful face, entered the vestibule, i having just returned Irom a brisk morning waiic, and ni. it Ai vtiie, inmicing tie migui have heard their last words, We were speak ing, Edmond, about my seal ring, which I have mislaid. You have not seen it, I pre sume, lying anywhere in the libary?" " No, monsieur," said Edmond, "that is, not since yesterday evening, when I remem ber that you used it in preparing your letters. 1 held a candle by which you 'melted the wax to seat them, it you recollect. It was then that I observed the ring lust, not put it on again f" " 1 do not think I did. Well, search in the library once more." "Allow me to assist you, sir," i Did you we will said Ed. mond. They soujht together. We all looked wherever we thought it possible the ring intent be found, for it was one which M d'Arville valued exceedingly, as a gift from the brother of his wife. Inquiry was made among the servants; but the ring was not to be found. Never mind," said M. d'Arville, it will doubtless come to light some time. Let it go at present." " We little thought what a sad hour it would be when it would be discovered. But so the nutter rested. Day by day a month elapsed. Why it was, I could not guess, but ol late M. d'Arville appeared at times unusually grave. The reason of this gravity I could not comprehend. It was equally unknown to Madame d'Arville.. At first, observing the moods of grave abstrac tion, she rallied him upon the matter with I ...I l..u.i:.. 'I'k .,;l. mmy'i lid HSUai IUVC1IMCI- r, ,UVl. ousuess, she besought him to tell her the cause. lie refrained, however, from disclo sing it immediately, but assured her that she should some time be made acquainted with it. One morninz, while walking with him in the garden, I observed that he wore this ever-recurring air of thoughtful gravity. Without being quite aware of it, I regarded him, I suppose, very attentively, myself falling into a mood of reflection concerning this per nlexinz matter. Suddenly I was aroused by his raising his hesd, and seeing me looking at him, he sighed. " Come, Louis," he said, shall we en in now Assenting, 1 turned back with him. My dear friend," said he. as we proceeded, " you have doubtless re marked (hat I have been somewhat absent minded, occasionally, of late ?" I acknow ledged that he had appeared so. "And ab- sence in minu hi a noai iscircinciv iniiu'"c, he continued. "I will therelore give you ' an explanation, which shall.be for an apology ; ami I know you will grant it to be a suffi cient one. You are not perhaps aware," he said, as we entered the library, " that I am somewhat careless in regard to money. 1 very frequently leave it lying about in my rooms, particularly in my" study, in "annus sum. I have done this so often that it has ! become a habit ; and when 1 am hurried at - . - , i lnn.. in " drawer, wherever I happen to be, and leave it there, where it stays until I think of it again. From this imprudence of, mine no trouble has ever resulted until lately. papers there. Edmnnd, what do you think But within a few weeks past, since 1 have had J keep there r "Gold, monsieur," mur occasion to be more circumspect, I find that murcd dmoml. -y!'-t-'i!f-''--"ii "r "I wn,cn 1 ",u "" " invisible after I have left it Probably 1 should never have ascerta.ned ! ,!,;. f.-i ir Bi h..n for a certain circum- - - - ... ..... ..i " ' "'T V h""1 ."'! .? uM,eCl I Stance Wlllin occuitvi smne innv simr, ItUl SO II IS. tor S thief." a.l . I'l I ' v. nodi v mi ,n.i'cbn vii4i iv asked inuugiiiiiiiiy. One in whom I have placed the utmost confidence," he replied, one of my own t a . a a ll tneonle. Une who is nearest mv own per-; j . '" 'r lU '!"! P.'" ...!: i '" le,,"", r,at"1" 7" JJ "P n " PI"1r m. "c,i !? BiMlJ.. A terrible thought startled me. "v harle ! - I esclaiincd, "you cannot surely meau " At thtt moment a knock wt herd at it. library door, which was directly orned by Madame d Arville, who jost put her pleaa.nl laca nil" ojai iihcim, iiaj band. " Mf dear wnaries, mere r ana your tenants without here, who desires see you immediately." "I will come, my dear Emil'ie," said d'Arville. " luis. you will be sn good to excuse me for ten minutes, and he Mow td his wife from the room. I a. .t,- .i.r elud. a sliM sound at the As the door closed, a slight mnnd t the Upper end l the appartmaut tuJ j turn. I beheld Edmund sUnd.nS by the ' e.critoire st whan ne usually wrote, wun une hand leaning upon if, while his face was deathly pale, I started as if I had been struck. Before I could recover myself he had passed from the room, lie had been ! there when we entered, though unnoticed by ua, and must have heard every word his mas ter uttered. I did not see my friend Charles alone a- gam that day, though I would have fiven I much for an opportunity of doinir so: for ha hail not concluded the business interview ; with his tenant before guests arrived at ; the chateau, thus depriving me of the hope of further explanation at present. And all that day the thought of that unfinished communi- ration, and the pale, trouble-stricken coun- tenance of Edmond, haunted me. It was that morning that Edmond had requested leave of M. d'Arville to visit hi mother, who was ill, at Clermont. II was to go on the morrow, and had permission to remain at Clermont a week. His portman teau was packed in readiness for his depart ure on the following day. But there was destined to be a delay. It wa early on the succeeding morning when, entering the library, I beheld Edmond seated at the table, his head rested upon iiis hand, bis eyes fixed upon the floor, his coun tenance pale, and its expression indicative of some inward agitation. He looked up aa 1 oiitf.ri.il. A liliiiiv ,.f nllv fill... I mw 1. o r v "V I breast. " Ah, Edmond still heref" I said. endea voring to speak as cheerfully as I could. " why, I thought you were about setting oil for Clermont." " Monsieur," he answered in a voice of pain. " I was to go this morning. It is no longer my intention to do so." " Hut your mother, who is ill r" I said. " My mother would not have me leave the chateau now, monsieur, if she were in more datiferthan threatens her at present," replied r.ilmunu. Whyr" I asked. "Because, monsieur," he returned, "in doing so I may place my own honour in peril." The door opened. M. d'Arville entered, his face pale, serious, almost stern. He was lollowed by napttste. Shut the door, baptiste," said his mas ter. The man obeyed : his glance fixed upon his master with apparent perplexity and curiosity to know the meaning of his pro ceedinjrs. " You do not know, of course, Baptiste," said M. d'Arville, calmly, " why you have been summoned to follow me hither to a room you so seldom enter." " No, mopsieur," answered Baptiste. "It i. then," said M. d'Arville, "to in vestigate an affair which nearly touches the honour of some one at this moment present in this apartment." There was utter silence for an instant We all looked at M. d'Arville. I noticed that Edmond's paleness increased : but he did not shrink from the glance M. d'Arville. Baptiste, meanwhile, wore sn air of well blended astonishment and cariosity, as be fore, and his eyebrows slightly raised at the mention of the word " honour " with a dawn ing expression of concern. " My dear Louis," said Charles, crossing over to me, " I am very gun you nappen to be here. I wish you to mark well the coun tenance of Edmond and Baptiste, while I examine them in relation to the affair which I mentioned to you yesterday. It lies between " them. I know, now, which is guilty. Do not be deceived by appearances. Watch well." He then returned, and seated him self by the table. " Edmond Baptiste," he said, regarding them by turns, "you both know that in one corner "of my study stands a small iron chest." Edmond bowed; Baptiste said quiet!y,"Yes, monsieur in which, I think, you keep your papers." An almost imperceptible smite curled Jie lips of M. d'Arville. " Vou ara wronc. B-n.:te ne .. ,j0 Bot e,- my How do you know that? demanded M. d'Arville. "I have seen you deposit it there, mnn sieur. wss the re'ply. " Right," said bis master. " I never kept it a secret from you. But you see Baptiste was ignorant. Is it not sn, Baptiste i" " Monsieur is correct," said the valet, with an honest air. " I wa not quite sure," continued M. d'Arville, whether they were so or not, for this reason : Last night just before retiring. contained in . certain number of small bag'. Th. money I was to pa, aw.y this moin,, ; j but on going, lust Ueiore nreahtasi, to lake n lZtU were fixed with a look of J intenve dmtrens on hi masln'a face. I read - nrrt'tV j ,f j , nSIIOII. " ..liasi"jj, lll"uai. , c ry.vaia- " M.si.ng. Baptiste r returned M. U At ,,.e ,d I regret exceedingly ta say that I know no m.t but you and Winond ka ; -riiicicii .isiy mivv iv"i.i wi. "i .n "i,otnerui you is reatviiisime tor ine ioss, to f ant sorry if monsieur suspects me," said Biptiste. with simple csnd -ur and dii. M.' nity that he should suspect his bid w yanl. who hst served him laithfully and f fectionatelv for mny year. I thout,!- Monsieur (new the heart of Baptiste.' ! That is scarcely to be duubted. ny r 'I .,V.f''Q.w i'd us master. i es. u. deed. Baptiste, vou nave served me as n 1t umer nas rrt wiv " vm mo aS..