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BY TnoilS J. LEW SOI
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newspaper or periodical from the office, or Teirnivt
.ngand rn it uncalled for, ia 4 prima fiicia"
videnve of ixiKXTwniif'ytLir,
t ii - '
HlsrELLAJIEOrs.
AMUHTIN HIK Btl.L Li,
a tkt dimsr stokv.
Though few men are themselves on uniting
la'.tli fl.ui. Dticnalnr, fiint ,r fti rmuhf.t
wiih''ciicor'lwoiTecW
lories. I myself am a firm believer in spec
tral Dhenouiena. for reasons which I may,
perhaps, be tempted to give to the public whe'u-! """I'1 '"wards me like the stealthy approach
over Ihe custom of printing in folio shall liae ! "f "me uiicarllfty influence, that I felt a su
u.. k.nniiv miiicl- m.-mu Inl,. u. ilmv u ill perstiiious terror irradually inspire me, which
not bear compression. I keep ihem by me,
snd contcntTnysetfwfUh-new-and then slating
a fact leaving the theory to suggest ilself.
Now it h lwayHfpmiredlo sw dial die
apostles of sjieclres (if the phrases will be
allowed me) have, like other men with a mis
sion, heenv perhaps, a little precipiiaie.
in assuming their facts, and sometimes find
'true ghosts" upon evidence much uh slen
der to satisfy the liard-hcmlrrf and unbelieving
generation we live iu. They have thus
brought tcandul not only upon the useful class
lo which they belong, but upon llie wtirld ot
spiriliv, itaell causing ghosts lo be so general
ly discredited, that fifty vi'ils made in their
usual pri ate and confidential way, will now
narniy make a amgiu rouvuri m vouu iueui- r
dividual favored Willi the interview; and in or
der to reinstate themselves in tlieir lornier po
sition, they will be obliged henceforward lo
appear at noon day, and in places of public resort;-
-i -I
'I'he reader will perceive then, that I am
eonunccd Ot the cqtrat impolicy and impro
priety ofrcsiTug the claims of my clients
(ghosts in general) upon firm w hich will not
stand the test ot impartial, and uieu a ccpli
cal scrutiny. Ami, perhaps, 1 cannot give a
happier illnstmlion ol Uuv tempt!; ul' my philos
ophy, at once candid and cautious, than is
' afforded by Hie following relmium. Jor every
tittle of which 1 soleinlv pledge my charac
ter at once as a gentleman and as a metaphy
sician. There is a very agreeable book hy Mrs.
Crowe, entitled "The Night Side of Nature,"
and which among a duliiu riruu of authentic
' tnica ' "of - tfTr.-cnrnimts"" antral -irrficV 'fr
to show die very trivial causes which
have from time, to time caused the re
appearance of departed spirits in this grosser
world. A certain Herman professor, w ho,
for instance, actually persecuted an old college
friend, with preternatural visitations for no
other purpose, as it turned out, than In procure
Ihe settlement uf some small six-and-eiglu-
i uutty.acciitiiits, wllithiw ,W( .jintung . ilia
trades-people at the time of his death. 1
could litiill ply, from my own notes, cases
still odder, iu which sensible and rather indo
lent men, ton, have been at the trouble lo re
cross the awful interval between us and the
Invisible, fur purposes apparently still less
important so trivial, indeed, thai for the pres
ent I had rather not mention them, lest 1
should expose their memories to the ridicule
of die unreflecting. I shall now proceed to
my narrative, with the assurance, that the
reader will nowhere Cud it a single syllable
. that is now accurately and positively true.
About four-and-tlnrly years ago I was trav
elling through iJenbigshire upon a mission"
which needed dispatch. 1 had, in fact, in
my charge, some papers which were required
fur the legal preliminaries to a marriage,
which was about lo take place in family of
consideration upon the borders of that couu
try. The season was winter, but the weather de
lightful that is to say, clear and frosty; and
"even without 'foilage, the country through
which I posted was beautifni. .. The subject
of my journey was a pleasant one, 1 antici
pated an agreeable visit, and Cordial wel
come; and the, weather and scenery were
precisely of the sort to seeond the cheerful as
sociation with which my excursion bad been
undertaken, It no one, therefore, suggest
that I was predisposed for the reception of
gloomy or horrible impressions. When the
sun set we iisd a splendid moon, at once soft
and brilliant; and I pleased myself with watch
ing die alteied, and, if posssible, more beau
tiful effect of ihe scenery thiough which we
were smoothly rolling. J was lo put up for
ue nignt at me utile town af ; and on
reselling the bill over which the approach to
it was conducted, about short mile from its
quaint linle street 1 dismounted, and directing
ine postiuon m walk nis jaded horses leisurely
up the wiudiogroad, 1'trod on before him in
Uie pleasant moonlight, and sharp bracing air.'
A lulls pathway led directly up the steep ac--uiiy
w hilo, lus carriage-road more gradually
wended by a wide sweep this . little path,
leadinj through fields and hedgerows, 1 follow-
, inMiuumg lo anticipate the arrival of my
conveyance t ih summit nf dm hill
I had hoi proceeded very far beforeT found
my self close lo pretty old church,' wliose
md towers, and emindeea diamond window
fmtmmiitM)mmf jtr-me mmmbtam
high, irregular hedge, oertopped- by tali and
ancient trees inclosed it; and rows of funereal
Jews showed black and mournful among d.e
" rry of teadsiones that kepi watch over
he, village dead. I.Va so .truck with the
lT1 'uht of lhe oU ehurch-yard. that J
could not lorliear mounting the little jrtile that
eomtnandtd it-no ecerwe could be imagined
ore sltli and solitary. Not a human habiia
near every, sign amjL sound of life
-re.eruujr remote; and ihu od church.
iiftli
.k.1ll under iti walls, seemed to have spread
I round it a circle of stillness and deaertion thai
' nleaaed. while it thrilled me.
No sound was here utidililcbiittiieenftetled
rush of watcn and that sweet note . of holhe
and safety, the dictant having of the watchdog.
now and then broken by the sharper rattle of!
the carnage wheels upon lite dry road. . Jiul
while I looked upon llie sad and solomn scene
be lure nie, ihoae aound were inteintpted by
Hie whirl) starUed, and, UMleed, for a moment
froze me with horrors. Thetouod wasa cry,
or a howl of despairing terror, am-h aa I have
never heard before or linee uttered by human
voice, ll broke from the . stillness of the
churvh yai;': but I saw no form from which it
though nil circumstance, liidrea.
was scanelv womle rful. as he broken ground,
the trees, tall weeds, snd tomb atone, afforded I destroy Uibody, mlyou .hall speak
-i ,!.,. ...,. e... iiiffhttme lace to fsea.
OJI",UUI" - V- . . . UI BUT IAirV.1 ..W C
any person
have nought concealment. This cry of un
speakable agony was succeeded by a silence;
and I confes. my heart throbbed strangely,
when the s.uuc voice articulated, in' lite same
lone of agony.
"Why did you trouble llie dead? Who
can torment us before the time? I w ill eome
to you in my. flesh, though Aer my akin
worms destroy this body and you shall speak
to me face lo face."
This slranje address Mas followed by an
other cry of despair, which died away aa sud
denly as it was raised.
1 n.ivcr could tell why it was I . was; not
inn re horror-stieken than 1 really was by this
mysterious, and, all thing, considered, even ler
: "" --. " - -
; of '"-' fro8ly hte"e aluonK ""ecrisp weeds
hurried me at an accelerated , pace from live
J
I ')
dace. A few minutes, and 1 heard UieJViend-
. 1. . r T 11 ' r
ly voice ol inv ctiarioieer iiatiopitig me iroiu
die suniniil of the hill.
Reassured, as I lipproached hini.T'aljatcd
my speed. I
"1 saw you standing on the stile, sir, by the
church-yard," he said, as 1 drew near, "and I
ask your pardon for not giving you the hint
before, hilt they say it is not lucky;" and I call
ed to you loud anil lusty, to come away, sir;
but 1 see yell arc none the worse of it."
Why, what is ihere to be afraid of there,
ray good fellow!" I asked, alTecting as much
iudillerence as I w as able.
"V hy, sir," said the man, throwing an un
easy look in the direction, "Ihey do say there's
a bad spirit haunt it: and nohodv In these
parts would go near it after dark for love or
money."
Haunted!" I repeated; "and how doc the
spirit show himelft" I asked.
"Oh! Iawfc',Vr,3n all sorts "of " shapes-
siimciuo.es like, an old w unian almost doubled
in t.wo, with years," he answered, "sometimes
like a little child going along a full foot high
above the grass of the graves, and sometimes
like a big rain, strutting on his hind legs, and
with a pair of eyes like live coals; and some
have seen him iu the shape of a man, with
his nus raised . am., inward die aky, aud
Tifs "head hanging down, as if his neck was
broke.--. lean't think of half the- ahapes he
has taken at diltVreitt times: and they're all
bad; Ihe very cliild they any, wlien he comes
in that shape, has the face of Satan tiod
bless ua! and nobody's ever die same agaiu
Uualaaaiiiraonce'. .. ..
11 y this time 1 was again seated in my ve
hicle, and some six or eight minute' quick
driving whirled us into the old fashioned street,
end brought die chaise into s full stop before
ihe open door and well lighted hall of the Bell
Inn. To me there ha always been an air
of indescribable cheer and comfort about, a
substantial country hnstelrie, especially when
one arrives, as I did, upon a . keen winter's
riignt, with an appetite as sharp.arid something'
of that sense of adyenliire and excitement
which beloro the days of downtrain snd tick
ets, always in a greater or leas degree gave
zest to travelling, (i reeled with that warm
est of welcomes for which inns, alas! are cel
ebrated, I had soon satisfied the importuni
ties .of keen appetite; and having for some
hour taken mine ease in a comfortable parlor
before a blazing fire, 1 began to feel sleepy, and
betook my sell to my no leu comlertable bed
chamber. ' -
It is not lo. be auppovd that the adven
ture of the church-yard had been obliterated
from my 'recollection By -the suppressed bus-"
tie and good cheer of the "Bert." On the
contrary, it had occupied me almost incessant
ly during my solitary ruminattnnsji arid
as the night advanced, and the stillness of
repose and desertion stole over the old man
sion, die sensations with which ibis train of
remembrance and speculation Was accompa
nied became any thing but purely pleasant.
I felt, I confirm, fidgety and queer I search
ed the corners and recesses of the oddly-shaped
and roomy apartment I turned th face
of lhe looking-glass to lhe wall polked lhe
fire into a roaring blaze 1 looked behind the
Window-curtains, with vague anxiety, to as
sure myself that nothing could be lurking (here.
The shutter was a little open, and the ivied
lower ol the little church end the tnfled top
of the tree that surrounded it, were visible over
lhe slope of the intervening hill. ' I hastily
shutout the unwelcome object, and in 1 mood
of mind, I must confess, favorable enough to
any freak my nerves might please to play me,
I hurried through my dispositions for the
night, humming a gav a!r all the time, to re
assure myself, and plunged into .bed, ex
tinguished the candle, and sjial! I acknowl
edge the weakness! 5rly burying my head
under the blanket.. . ', '( t t
. 1 lay awake some time, as men will jo un
der suchjeircu instances, but at last fatigue over
came me, and I fell ipto a profound sleep .
FioittOhis repose I.wa,;lMjwerljiroutt!(l..iB
the manner i am about to describe. A very
considerable interval must have intervened.
diere wsa a ndil inr in the room verv nnlike
I the comfortable aliiuMtpherc iu which. -l..iird
compose!1 myself to sleep. - 1 he ore, though
much lower ihan when 1 .went to bed, was
till emitting' flame enough lo throw flickering
ttght -trvetr tlitltarnbef; ; MjT COTtainsV" etJ
however, closely drawnl and could not ace
beyond Ihe narrow tent insrhich I lay.'
There had been as I awaked clanking of
the fire irons, as if a palsied band was. striving
to arrange the fire, and this rather unaccounta
ble noise continued for tome second after I
had become completely awake. w ,
Under the impression lhat I wss subjected
to tat accidental intrusion, I called out, first in
a gentle and afterward into a sharper tone
"Who' there?" ,,.,-' ., - .; . . ,
-At thesccoed atrmtnott the sotted ceased,
.1 I Infant ....imaii tha tmtu.il f HmLiul fnm it
teemed lo me, upon ihe floor, pat-tug to and
uii, between ilii) hearth and the bed in which
I lay, A' wpariuuout terror, which I could
not combat, aiiie over me; with an effort 1 re
nested my qutsliou, and drawing myself up.
prigut iu the bt il. ekpcctrd the aaswer with
a atrunire sort 01 trepiuaUon. it canit
in terms and aecoinpa'Ued with accessaries
which 1 shall not soon forgci.
'I'he very same tones which hd'l to start
led ine in tlw ehurch-yard llie eveninf ffibre,
ihe vary sounds which I had heard then and
there, were filling my ears, and spoken in llie
chamber where 1 lay.
"v hy will yon Rouble the dead: v ha will
torment us hriore the timet 1 will come te
! )" i" my flesh, 'though after my skin worms
with
I As live, I can swear the words and the
T."'!e are ihe ?ery same 1 hoard on ihe occa
sion 1 he mentioned, but (and mark this)
repealed to no l'". Willi feelings which 1
shall not attempt lo tl,-cribe, 1 heard die speak,
er approach the bed a Jrwid parted Uie bed
curtains and drew'them open, regaling a form
nuire liorrihlc tlian my Cincy had tyeii!
an almnsl gigantic fiifure naked, except i'T
what might well hate been Ihe rotten remnant
of a shroud stood close beside my bed liv
id and cadaverous grimed as M seemed
with the dust of the grave, and staring on me
with a gaze ol despair, malignity and fury,
too intense almost for human endurance.
1 cannot sav w hether I spoke or not, but
this
is infernal picture answered ine aa if 1 had.
and 1 heard instead the tread fU naked feet, a ll
'I am dead anil yet alive," ir a4y,'""the1iad iriifl
child ot perdition in Ihe gravel am a
mur
derer, but here i am AroLLYojt. Fall down
and Worship me.
Having thus spoken, it stood fort moment
at the bedside, and then turned away with
shuddering moan, and 1 lost sight of it, but
after a few Seconds it same again to (lie bed
side as before.
"When I'died they put ma under Mervyn'
tombstone, and they did not bury me. My
leet lie toward the wr.f lum ihem to the
east and I will rest maybe 1 will rear 1 will
rest rest rest.
Again die figure -was gone, and once again
it returned, and said,
"I am your master 1 am your resurrec
tion and vour life, and therefore, fall down
and worship me."
It made a motion to mount upon the bed
but what further passcdjl know not, for
fainted.
' t must have fern in this- state fcr -. long
time, for w hen I became conscious lhe fire
Wasextinct. For horns lhalsecmed inlermin-
shle I lav scarcely daring lo breathe, and
frnid to get np lest I should encounter the hid
eous apparition, for ought I knew, lurking
close beside me. 1 lay, therefore in tn "goofy
ot expectation such as I wul not attempt to
describe, awaiting the appearance ot daylight.
Gradually it came, and with it the cheerful
and reassuring sounds ol tile and occupanon
At length 1 mustered courage to reach the
bell ropfl, and having rung lustily, 1 plunged
again, into. bed.
"Draw the window curtains open the
hotter," I exclaimed as the man entered, and,
these orders executed, "look about the room,"
I added, "and see whether a cat or any other
animal has got in
There was nothing of lhe sort; and satisfied
that my visitant was no longer in the eham-
' "r - i ' - - 1 "it" - ': " V " - --!- J- -
ner, i aismisseo ine man, ano nurrieu mrougn
my toilet with breathles precipitation.
Hastening from the hated scene of terror.
I escaped to llie parlor, whither I instantly
summoned the proprietor of "the Bell jire
pna persona. 1 suppose I looked scared and
hsggard enough, lor. mine host looked upon
me with an expression of surprise and inquiry
Shht thedoor," said !. 1 : , .
"""If wa -Jnng;---"'' '-""'-
t have had an uneasy night , in Ihe room
you asaigned me .in 1 may tuy indeed, mif'
erablt night," I aaid.
Prey, icsumed 1, interrupting hit apolo
getic expressions of surprise, "has any person
but myself ever complained ,oi- of being Jia-
turbtd in that room!"
Never," he assured me.
I had susDeeted the ihasdv old Draetical
joke, so often played off by landlords in story
books, and fancied 1 might have been delibe
rately exposed to die chance of a "hannled
chamber." - Rut there was no aetrng in the
frank look end honest d mai of mm beat.
It i very strange thing," mid I hes-
tating; and "I do not see why I should
not tell you what ha occurred. . And a 1
could swear. If eecessarr, to the perfect reali
ty of the entireteen, it behove you, I think,
. . a .i .. r..n .. . . a., ....ir a .
Ml muie iiiniiomrmiiiy. ' ruis,K;u,im'
net entertain t Jouht m to the stature of the
truly terrinle visitation to which I have been
subjected; snd were I in your position, 1
should transfer my establishment at once to
some other house as well suited lo th purpose,
and free frnm the dreadful liabilities of Iht.
I proceeded to detail the particular of the
occurrence of the past night to which he ' lis
tened whh nearly ' a much horror a I reci
ted them Wllh. ' " - ; ,j ';' .' 'fl
"Mervyn' lomb!" he repeated after me;
why diat'i down' there in ' IV n the
church yard you can Me from Ihe window of
the room yrm Slept in.' ; l ' s
" "I.CI u go there inetattlly,'. 1 exclaimeu,
with an almost feverish amueiy to ascertain
whether we should discover in the place in
dicated any thing corroborative of th autheB-
fioltvof mv vitten. - " i . ,-
" Well, j shan't my no," mid he, obvious
ly t racing himself for efltrtof eourag;
"but we'll take Faukea,nd Jams the helper,
with u and please sir, you'll m twnUoa the
errcumstance a ha occurred m either on
cm." '
' I gave him the assurance he inked for, and
in a few minute our little party were in full
march upon the point of interest.
There had been an intenae black frost,
and the ground reverberatmg to wor tread with
the hollow sound of a vault, emitted the only
noise ihat accompanied rapid advance. I
and my host were too much preoccupied for
yMtTveTwrrotyimfW
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respecilul silence. ' A few minute brought
n lg flic low, grey wall and bleak hedgerow
that surrounded the preuy old church, and ill
it melancholy ir.) picturesque memorials.
"MerVj'n! tomb lies here, I think, tit," he
said, pointing to corner of the church-yard,
which pile of rubbish, withered word and
bramblce were fhickly tccumulated under the
solemn, though imperfect shelter of the win-
' He exchanged" some sentence with our at-
wwAiit4--jj w tn Iti
"Ye, air, that's the place," he added turn
ing to me.
And as we all approached it, I bethought
mc that Ihe direction in which, as I stood up
on die mile, I had heard the voice on the
night preceding corresponded accurately with
uiai muicuvru oy my guioe. i no lomb ra
question was t huge dab of black marble,
supported, a wa apparent when the surround
ing brambles were removed, upon six pillars,
littde more than two foot high each. There
waa ample room for human body to lie in
side thi funeral nent-housc; and, on stooping
to look beneath, I wit unspeakably hocked
lo tee llutt something like humtn figure wa
actually extend! llieie. . ' .i
It was, indeed a corpse, and, what is more,
rorreaponded in every trail with the infernal
phantom, which on the preceding night,, had
visited and appalled me.
The body, therefore, miserably emaciated,
Ihat of a large-boned, athletic man, of fully
six feet four in height; and it wat, therefore,
no easy task to witlidraw it from die recepta
cle where it had been deposited, and lay it,
a our atawlanl did upon lhe tomb stone
which had covered it. tttrange to (ay, more
over, the feet of the body, as we found it, had
been placed toward the west.
A I looked upon thi corpse, and recog
nized, .ut too surely, in it proportion and
lineament, every trait of ihe appiralion Ihat
had stood at my .'edside, with a countenance
animated by the despair nd malignity of the(
damned, my heart fluttered ad rank within
me, and I recoiled from the effigy of lhe de-
mon with terror, seeond only to that which
Now, reader honest reader I appeal to
your own appreciation of testimony, and ask
you having Uicee facia in evidence, and upon
the disposition of an eye and ear witness,
whose veracity through a long life, h never
once been compromised or questioned, have
you not in the foregoing story, a.wel autlieu-
ucaieu gnosi story I
llefure you answer lhe-above question.
however, it may be convenient to let you
know certain oiher fact which were clearly
established upon the inquest that wa rery
properly held upon lhe body which in so
strange manner we had discovered.
I purposely avoid details, and without as
signing the depositions respectively to Ihe wit
nesses who made Ihem, shall restrict myself
to naked outline of die evidence aa it ap
peared. The body ( hr ve described wat identified
as thai of A braham ouudi, an unfortunate lu
natic, who Had upon the day but one prece
ding, made hi escape from the neighboring
parish warehouse, where he had been foj
manv year confined. Hi hallucination was
t ttrtnge, but Oof by any meane au unprece
denied one, He, fancied . jfhat..he .hdJ.diejUfm
and wat condemned; and aa these ideas alter
natcly predominated, sometimes spoke of him
self aa an "evil spirit,'' and sometimes impor
tuned hit keepers to "bnrV him;" using hah-
itally certain phrases, which I had bo difficul
ty in recognizing a among ihoee-which "he
had addressed in-mev " He had been traced
lo the neighborhood where his body wa
ounu, anu nau ocen seen anu relieved scarce
ly half t mile from it, about two hours before
my visit to me cnurcn-yam! t here were,
further, unmistakable evidence of some per-
son having ct-mbed up the trellia-work to
my window on the previous night, die shutter
of which had bnleft "mitarredrand,at the
wmdow might htv been easily opened with
a push, 'the cold which I experienced, as
an accompaniment of lhe nocturnal visit, wat
accounted for. There wat a mark of blood
upon the window stool, and t scrape upon the
knee of the body corresponded with iu A
multiplicity of other -slight circumstances, snd
the positi y e assertion uf thcchambcrmaid that
die window had been opened, and wat but
imperfectly closed again, came in support of
the conclusion, which was to my mind satis
factorily setUed by the concurrent evidence of,
the medical men, to Ihe effect that the unhap
py man eould not have been- many hour
dead when lhe body wa found, . ,
Taken in the ma, Ihe evidence convinced
me; and though 1 might tilll have clung to
the preternatural theory, which In the opinion
uf some persons, the facto of tfie case might
till have euatained, I candidly decided with
the weight of the evidence, "gave up the ghost,"
and accepted the natural, but Mill eome what
horrible explanation of the occurrence. For
thi candor I take credit to myself. I might
have stopped thort of the discovery of the
corpse, but I am no friend to "spurious go-
peli;" Vet our faith, whatever it ia, be found
ed in honest fnet For my put, I ttaedfattly
believe in ghost, and have dozea of stories
to support that belief; but this is not among
them. Should I ever eome, therefore, to tell
you one, pray remember that you have lo deal
with candid narrator. " '' -'- - -r
I'll E SECRET dUT. ;
A friend explain die manner iu which our
much discusaed secret hat leaked out at last,
as follows; "Travelling in the ear the other
day, I observed two gentlemen occupying sep
arate seat, one just behind the other. I no
ticed that the one on the back seat wa lean.
ing forward on die back of die other seau
After tome lime the gentleman on, the front
seat mid, 'I think, air you mutt ha a Hon of.
Temperance, Th other mm up somewhat
astonished at the remark, and replied, lam, sir,
ana wnat or ui nm, nothing, tir.7--'But,
thf, I would like to know how yon told
that I watone.' W hy, sir, aaid Ui first man
yon Mil lor torn uine been laying your
head very near me, and 1 have been trying t
discover whether you drank , or not. , I am
myself a Bon, and I belong to the smelling
committee, and tlie moment I catch a man's
breath, I can tell whether he drinks or not;
eould not discover il upon ypu4dierefore cone
eluded al one that you belonged lo our Or
der. A hearty hunrh waa enjoyed by all th
passengers." , Take care; rum drinkers! the
mellinjr committee are all about over the
country, just now, and il will be hard for you
lo escape. " ' ' w
m. . - . r 1
These tubde yet powerful agencies, which
the inventive genius and mechanical , skill of
the present era hav rendered completely sub
servient lo the purpose of the moat rapid in-
terchtnge of thoughts, pertOM and thing, tre
continually presenting new tad wonderful re
sult, the mere uggesuon at which soras half
eeotary ago, or aven less, would have been re
garded a the wild fancies of a crazed imagina
tion. Tht following article from' the W ash
ington Union of Wednesday furoislie striking
UHMUaUOOK.
I u' ... iU.... k. .1 Ml I 1 .J .
"Te Mb ft tftniitrM Ftott of the Mont
TWrrropH. Yesterday! Imfprocramtlioir of
we governor ol Uoorgia,! ower a moiieand
word, wat received t the office of the W mIx
itigton and New Orlcan Telegraph, ill .tiii
cuy, nireciiroto piacoo,. distance ol eleven
hundred and seieu uliles! Thi ha bocnac
cuuiplished by the valuable impmvcroen.1 re
erndy patented by ; Charle tl. BtllklcyJ the
mepenior of ihe' Waatiiiigton ' nd 'Mew Or-'
Imnelinet and it ia eeoMemly bebeveej lint
so toon a 'BH&try' Cnitlt" ,m Ihefi
are called, shall he applied Mj-lbe ataliooa b.
iween Macon and New OrieaDa. there will be
like facility and certainly in communicating
directly to and from that city." ! Arrangements
are in progress Jo establish similar connexion
with the Washington and New Orleans tine,1
and lhe line of the Morse Marnelm Telecraph
Company, and to work the whole m one liao
direct to and from llaltiuiore, J'hiladclpliiaand
New York. When these eoanector are plac
ed on the lines Irom I tali lax to New Ui leant,
lime and space will be annihilated. "
The mysteries of the telegraph ire develop
ing themselves every day Who would have
thought, even three year ago, -thai- ft wire
ovei4 end guarded with India mober, might
be dropped at ttaa buuam, Vol. the. Englwh
vliaunel, and atreu-bed from the British to ths
Frfuch, shore, and coumuniciun of mind
e(fecud by il interposition from one side of
die channel to the other? 1 Already die) idea
hat become expanded, HUM extend tcrnm
die Atlantic, Uefore thi right hand may
wither in ihe grave, Uii prodigy may ha ac-
coinplishcd,and die American and Eugliah
even this may not re Uie limn of lhe miracle.
The sjcculaiive men in England r already
talking of Uniting the globe itself with the mag
ic wire. ' ' ' ; v . '."j";,' ;,-' ,
l'rodigie also ana- U -another quarter.
The communication hctWeVd England and the
United Stairs formerly required newly thirty
day in the MgHktU.iit.pumt !
Iruitt one side)! llie ocean to Ihe otticrvNtfW
how stamls ihe fact! ' tjtcatu is working the
most wondcrfiil efTi cts. Passages are becom
ing shorter,' until it i Impossible to predict
the shortest period to which they may be lim
ited. Who would dream le year' ago
that the Pacific steamer eould cross from Liv
erpool lo New York iu ten day, lour hour,
and a few niiuiile! the shortest passage dial
ever was known. - And it even ihit it to be
the limit of the aclieivcmejitt By no means.
Already we hear it predicted, thai with die tid
of larger and more ponderout Steamer of
0,(100 ton.. with, wheel of greater eiretitik
ferewre, Mid of course greater power, lhe enorv
moua vessel may pierce the wa.es, iustead of
going over Ihem, going more direct, line in
stead lhe wavy one, and the voyage may be
eumpieivu Wlillill wn n, ( ,r u i-uvy i ly
solve Uteamaing prol)em
The talk of "belting the globe"' with the
mngic wire Of the Electrio Telegrsphi' which'
is alluded to in the foregoing article, hat' it
orgin in a recent British perodical, in which
the writer suggests u eleclric t telegraph .
'round lhe world a among th probaiilitie of
thui limer. Hc Tontend thid the enterprise oT
mtablwhint? a trTrirrDh bctweeh Dover and
Calais, Iff mranl'iif If iruhmffgwfcahletif wfre-
across the lirftinh Channel, will not stop there,
It ie a telegraph to Vieon. to Moscow, lo
UorMtantinople, In Ispahan, to Delhi, to ,CaV
cutta lo the remotest hound, in short-, of
Europe and Asia. A few year ago people
.. .... '.'-.'---, -T'l-'tvwjvl' :-'"' vfrtf fTi.,4'
laugncu w nen iini i aimenuon preuieirti ai
ihe Southampton meeting of the Dritth Asao
eiation, that a time might eome when lhe
minister of the day being asked in Parliament,
whether it wss true1 that a wat had broken out
in India, would replyl ... "Wail tn instant till I
telegraph the Govcreor-Genera and I will tell
you. .-- hat wts tlmugtitbul a good joke in
.1813, it now.jju 1850,, :in th course, of being
acttially accomplished, and ere a frw year
more, i likely to take it place amongst (he
sefwr rcali'iie of the tgev' Nor ihir old
a(orld alone need' our view of tha ultimata
progress of electro-lclegraphy , be .confined;
for since the English tliaruiel hat been crossed,
tha crossing of the Irish must follow as but t
matter of course; and Ireland once reached.
there lies but a couple of thousand mile of ws
teror so between the pjd world and the n w.
The old and new world being drns, united,
w should then see Ihe dream of ihe poef even
more than realized; the earth firdled rotlnd
about' not In 'forty mintite' but inn rhotK
eandth part of the liirfs n aingl beat jf i the
Hock.' What would fell otbecuinmpht of hu
man geniu b ihiaf , Time tad diusaee utter.
lyanmhtlited throughout, the .bound of the
planet which we inhubiil A triumph only to
be transcended when the' planet themselves
begin to Iclrgarph one another which Is one
of the very few thing which, In thi age of
art miracle, one would venture without bmie
lution M'Mjr wUl never happen, u ..,!.
f- ' r;. ..v.f - . Jlallimort 4mtrican.,,u
ii.fi. ti ,..; w j;' . Anm'lU J'trltmtutk WVf,.,
. . OCCUPATIONS, f s
, We know or no more despicable charac
ter, than he who scorns the hardfisted labour
er, who theert from him, if perchance they
meet, for fear the per Aim he himself carrieei
may be contaminated by 1 the ' exsdatlont of
honest labor! W have met many , in our
Uvea who, in the depths of their heart, (if na
ture gave them any,) loathed the very pres
ence of those wliose horny hand bespoke t
life of toil: whose checked shirt would throw
mem mio syncope oi aisguti, out wno eoaiu
conquer diem feeling of repulsion whew Uiey
trislied 10 eurry fvo with th ebjct1 wul
txoiied them,., W have' teen lb liontst arr
titan, who ha been at other time ibunaed a
something venemous, approached . by Uiese
imitation Brummels, with t smirk of d'-Iiglit,
upon their features but which Amcealed lhe
most hearty detestation,' When' that toil of toil
enald assist in advancing him In a eoveted p
sition, WeRsv metimeb whn werthmed
to acknowledge their dotcent front ooa who
with vigorous Ihewa, . wioldet. .Hie aleilge or
plied the raw; but preferred to mflnr the Main
of illegitimacy to remain upon lliem. We
have seen the tmootri-(4ced tyeoplisnt, Wltn
oleaie tongtie fcwmiur upon mrnA who f, were
dreWd in a "Al'lu brief autlioniy and who
would torn up his nose at the advance proft
fered hy a mechanic. " ll it tlt 'wa)r of th
world, however, and until mm' - nauir nn
dergoe a change, each an arbitrary eyatem
must prevail. We append in aruele from the
Waverly Macaxina which conttuit the found
tnd wholesome doctrine, and i atronply char
acleriiced wijhgood sense tnd practical, every
day applications: . ' . ,' '- ,'. '.' ' ?
" J here it a most radical error pervading so
ciety at die presetft m TTgiird W ptam, howerti
bVtljr UWUntryi.:', a real vr niorst ieoiun tnic
1 :. u4H. ajt. f a an .. ."
i" ."'T''''''
Pe
uon inai giyW..cjiie,bjrind, diffiuiy to thai
man. ior our part we should bo nadlv nua-
" nr-wiwuvcr ww emincuen oetweew any
two of the varied occupations which employ
the Industry of man; that tronld raise' lhe npr
ratjve hi th case above the one In" (he ptV
; OuoccupiM)j f prrciteiy M creditable. jn
ilaelf, and commendable to ita induatrim
pursuer another, nrovided il be honorable.
l.l ,..011 -La.!.. 'J- .1.....' i : ' "
and -In .perfei'l harmony witli iiie laws of Cod
Mid bku,,,1i if lhejnau.lhtiuUmlbr
eupation, wk Um . oceupadoa . thai . dignifie
ine man. ii u well mat we tre not fined by
habit, education and taste, fi the mm avoea.
lion. ' However, these natural 'division, tre
by no mean d.utnritpns. . Jt is lhe diw-rriry
of taate, tngeUur wWi good ami wbnfctnmehiwt
and regulation, tliat harmonize lhi vast work
shop of fntrlcate mdtntfr, the world. : With-
out Uii diveralty, ill would be riot and rdnfu-
ton, and phyeieiat power arena' would Va
lhe benefit of labour.' As it ia,- tha weak and
uwig nvo eacn inetr auveral and approprr
w .uuneni,., ...i ,jU.,-,.t'l-. .'
Th man who follow ill th Wake nt the
plowahare, in hit ttripetl frock; and withhron-
to anu long ue nru nanus, plains lilt seed the
mad Whh smutty face tnd leather anron: Who.
with ttrong and Vigomu sinew, iwinmt nil
rHankmg sledge Irorn mrly morn to twilight v
th man -whddiend aver hi .ringing Ian
atone tha live lung day, i nut pna wii below
llie smooth-laced, keeu eyed merchant, who
follows the feminine eninlnvmcni of nVeasuririg
inpe tnu nooorr in eagle eyed barrister Who
expound or rather nivstifier-tlm lowv er Bc
whose atatoly irewl resounds in- the -halla of
legislation.' - Htiil, there etiat in tfief eomujlu
niiya lew and baneful prejudice .jo;., regard to
this natlar of labor. .. V' ky, . fiiUier iow-t-day
must keep it slnrp rye on their; tops,
lest they stray from the 'letrned nrofe sion,"
and take, up the drgarding occupation of hie-'
chani?, end '.;,tb.nMMid . Jijlam'i
family which can never b wiped out. The
tbughlerat too mwx.hav a maarnuapy upon
ntfp
lOOf.
dy
uiing her daughter
with l'alagoniiin heathen as mechanic. '
' Are not the use of the trowel, the made, and
the hammer, just a - laudable employment
wherewith to build up our comfort in life, tt
Ihe yard tuck, tha pesii and niortrf or library?.
Equally . at honorable and respectable since
they tre all employed for the lame purpoae.
Labor J labor, wheihcr performed in the field
and' workshop", br "befitiid the'tottntrf, nd m
theitudy.' Honesty and honorable rahnr' ire
the same, whether performed by die king
the peasant, by tle prieal or til , layaitn;
it it iuat t honorable in the, one or the t her,
djsoflhy3.td;ji
oi i id wonu. , i ,
- A little nsrer a year 4ga w made out front
personal inapeclion,a prutty full tta lis Ucid no
tine of tli icoUon, nwnuficliiring eatahliah
mnnt on Deep River, in Randolph counly.
-At thiil ti hie tli lower one, ot u peep Rivr"
manufactory, and the upperone, erected by the
Union" compartj",' tvertt nnt completed. They
are how partislly in operation.i ' lhe rim
iit enttony just at thai tiai lhe . mill were1 got
ready for buinas, aa. prevented a favorable
start. On a visit to die "Union" establishment,
the forepart of Uii week, we found about half the
machinery. iu, jipenili(iii,, All Uie. pincMacry
ia or Uie new rat and most improved patterns,
tnd tumi out beautiful detcripiien ofyinnind
cloth. Under th lint favorable change in
prices, they, will, like their .eonlemporarie,
embark on a "full lido uf ucsful expri-
.
A visit ll the factories si Frankiinevill and
I Cedar Fall Introduced us 'lathe lame busy
sceiiuv vsiuiiiu.'u at vrar ago. sua - nuui oi
indusTry" tf thoe eslablishment only incrna
e hM mave on. At ihe latter t new luv
provameuV for the .Ustuibctura of, rbob-
bin,; exteuti vel) uaed u cotton luclorni,
hat tone ud. . It is eomnaratively si in Die.
and involve no great expenae; but reqUtret
the exercise ot workmanship, and save, to th
Company nn Mni of outlay hitherto eprni tt
IM ntfttll, f"f K" .-Mil al M
"ill North Vro4min Wa are pleased to
ma the continued evidence uf maiiufauturing
thrift po. JJaep Ktver, tnd hope Uial lew
yean more will exhibit additional establish
ment ol Uie kiml going up -at the numerous
unimproved site on U e river'. " The capital
now invcu-d it Tiear tSOO.OOO; ihe comple
tion of llie plank roauV railroad, and naviga
tion improvements mual vaauy inercam toe
investment. i-ftrren. Pal; r ; ' V.
The fid low ing is the concluding paragraph
of a pamphlet,, which we hare, heretofore no
ticed, emitted "Uie Uuian, pa, .nisi., future!
How il work, and how lo save Jt,"'Wy,,.
efiiatenof Virgiinatmtfh .irtH--rMrr'fyii
' The writer ha beeti accused of seeking to
dissolve the Union,1' Thi charge i frequent.
ly piade Against niea fnf simply u-lllng '.the
truth for giving the true' scnlfmcnl that pre
vails at ha aoutlu,. They,)ove the L'nion, tnd
wUl not cberisli dial tov at Uie hazard of their
peace and safety, and al th aaeriaiea1 of their
liaat trnwrearav - -
' "The Noaih onderstsnd. her condition and
her dulieat aher mean to employ ill ihe talent
God ha given' hey iff improving the -former,
and n fiilfilllrig' die' Utter. ' fhe' hi mtisfied
with. '.he Iiintltuliont, tnd ! she' desire Bo
change. ' Slie orilj; , aka, q' ? t tl'owed 'iri
pete to work, out ill Uie good uf which they
an capable, ami to, achieve- ,the higlt destiny
which lies before her. Out to this end, the
must have guaranliea of present and Alure' -quality
of political power; to to protrcl her
intcTCsti, "lad above all maitilam her right and
be honor, "To ho Unis would be m .lorn
her self ToapocW to b fkle to 'lierold renown,
tottbandHt-ber lifty ealUjig, mid tlie.futuro of
glory, to which it lead, U die North wishes
to duwolve the Union let ner persist in tggrns-
ions, which fid (il no tioly purpose, tnd min-
rstetno suostaniiul graiiniiition to selli.lines..
Hut f she really deenuvll invaluable for ' die
lide of Soiitherri wealth It pour ' into her
lap.'aiid'ilieconscrvnnfe fiiHuenee It Wields
am haraUmmitowf ueiat.' diaesrdv let - br
mum .blfwa, it. b , too,,,! ..The, South
love lb ( equal, , Vuinn of .our , furefaili.
era for it historic ssociatious and the world
wule (lory of it ntnra tnd stripes. II ul she
will not lamel aulimtf to tee her ttirt chang
ed Into tatclitrm.- fheWii'hes M preeerv the
tMnn; but in inr neenti )om .aereiv amaa
M Win itix-d. -tOia baa IM!m
die eh ha named, ths Rubicon, end no pow
er may ty bur onward .march to Eqi'kUTV
or UKBicrexoancE., .
-Jil-M. 4
theif erwy Blnc nnd looujtep-lt tlifl .
ping die. lufht,. Iter: lee .upon tome, p
mechanic! . Horrih.'cl " hy, the irnod la
would aa soon . think of!'
Xaom f l Jieko &p.-vti kT jbuxt Litn.
emu hither, eoiue ktllierV ny jri-tty herd.
Haata, kaaav baMkiMb)' kaat .ii t.wM.. -at
t;imdtow,awjakagkreed, 1 rt.fi
AeilkuWa taatspt tli aaaniu tVvtk
J-'er Bight with Ucr aliult rep. uukeaiaf fL. , .
King .brllt born ea tha IMmiitaia ruaad,
' nad futtowtny CiittM in. aeteoim keand,'' v ' 1
snkKiaavaa frataM waU.Mai i
l it-rt... iekped td ,hm out t
Urn beaid .liw. aeartb-trm fcm)..,n,: -. , j
M luv ka availed aiv returtk, i -
ooa I hp tkatrmMW. f'"""""' "' ! '"! '
In savstacy rttaawr: 'r h'S
' lsrdi'4 apaa ker an, 1 !t t.i ..'
, tt uneu (riaw, illm kirfc.,1, ii,,,, .,vu
. i EiRLV RIHlNfl ; i S
. t)id yea tat know, wbea bathetj la de ''
Howswrntth Utile Mt grew; "
.' Amidst tkHrny brnlMM" f-,mt . ui
..,.1
4
jrU Miw rrapnat blew 111 embieat shy ,i i
...ti'mbwlf (fattsaramaim fcir,,,,,. i,c
.l!Jur,Satow;a;qtur?k! ,.f,,
kier (baa tns autumnal imrT'1" """
".S-tr h waa ka f ptning grtrVk'; 'fe,'KJ. :( X
,1 Tleveaeek ef stole, kll mil n fS; .!-rf
jt.K.ej.iBanaeieJ vraak. r.l4lr-;;:,a': SUE
j.atur atvanin tint rmall, ... .
. lfuMfvoul.tthruifo. . . '
" 'r' ;,""?u1,,,f'B.aie",;
'A LI'PTLfS LAND WELL TILLED' f
The tWIowinr article will ahow our ciuV
zenswho hlveonly a small town lot, bow much'
it may be made to contribute to their actual law .
depeneet. "-', '! ' to-u. u ..w.
r?X .T(Thrri6lioidtrtrtmrrnw
perlbnntnce of all thew work. A small farm
well ruluVatstl it buier than t Urn one half - -
cultivated.' Add one that haa't food kitchew' I
gwrden-eaw ana- hevrtrrofiuibUr land mar bw' Y
that ieviiatiured tnd cultivated,1 thoroughly ;
rurme me same venire a an rend cultivated, ,
and the profit wenld b in proportion. Th ' .
ranjrjeMwteVn
tany wnai in acre ran eeamnte to proeluce, ' :
Maehinirt m'ou village, and thorn that awn
b little land, 'generally': managn u make a-C
ry,j'prMhieltve,'A ;ilIutration of what :
may, bVdoae -oa 1 malt -pieea ef land.1 -
came wnder my abaerviiioti laal fell, during' '
a mjpore i of a few day with a friend in ore '
of Mr mauiifactunng vdliure. - About three
year tinoe,h purrhuecd a piece of Uad for a '
house lot, iu area not exceeding half an ner. '
Alter building, n mill wot hi ground and
planted torn peach tree, -two or three kind
of Wierry and plum tree, ! aomo dwarf pear
Ireesy a few -'ehoio' apple tree, grape and
tmw berrvHrlne. noT eurrant and white rannvr-'--
benf buthr. On the remainder, betide,
having borders for plant and flowers, (by In
wsy, I thouglit hi hvotehold flowera the moat
inmrmiing,) - h raie U ih vegetable n'
-remry 'l'm fcinily 'erjrwuinpttutirr-gomw -of -
th trem have already aommeneed bearing
he Hat t itfpply of alrawherrto, eurrtnl, ana)
raspberries in theiremon and m a lew year
will probably have l plenty f fruit, much bet
ter than can be obtained in - market, , nacanaa 1
much nicer and fresher, and tha ot of it.,
will be merely dominak' 'h. moat of th
labor Of planwiTg tnd cnllivneinf thi - ground
hnr been demw-'in apm -anorncmav "radeem''
ed from die engrossing carta af'manufaetur.
ing.
Thin show what eaa be don, with
means, even whenihecaors. ( uino Imv
but little leisure , Fsjaple, of Uii kind
trferjong'rjirmTI"
increaaing intcjrett manjiiistcU, in jural pur-
suit. 1'hanmgh eulilon it becoming be.,
tor undentood and tpprecUled,, and, Ui as.
ample of good cultivator h9 a groal iufluenoa'
over the careless and, pegligent,-r-iMiiijr -
Cultivator,! ,.j. inmc.iU t x "
, ! always keep my polaloea in pita dug nj .-e '
dernetih my top sucks, ,y fhete pit are about
two fcof duupt u f wide, , Ite itack , will.,
admit the length, frbm fork to fork that tup' ,
port lU top pule of the stack. , Jlefore sturyis
th potaHics away, hv llie side tnd i ends" ( " -of
the pit well planked up. sind. the- bottom ".; " -covered
about, twu incliet thick, with plnf .".
board. 1 have also a Int er of pine board '
the tide and end about the tame thic knee id ,''
that which cover the bottom.. ,Thi layer i4
pltoed along a Uie pot urn ar packed away
the piu being nearly filled wilh. pouloe, 1
cover Ihem oyer Iiglnly... with pine hoard, and
finiH tha covering with pole nod dirt lha
dirt hig thsnwn op las lighdy, uking eara ,
to stop the aperture between the pole so ihat
no dirt ran past through In ihit way I hav
kepi hundrvd of busl)ela of potatoes, with!
th lom of five,. (vVt shonld be taken before .
aloring way poutoef , (br, winter use, lo have
Ihem enrufully picked over, and all such is ire x
out, broken r bruised, thrown outjtotvoid
bruiting pout toes much, Uiey thould be han
dled lightly. .. .With a ricjw,; le. keeping vf
poiitoM in (hi way, I hav my tuck upon
elevated pbvee. so that Uie water may pam
olTwitlioul soaking i the ground much; there
by, I keep die pits perfceUy dry, which i aO .
important,,,, W hen I took up my, planting laat
ipriog, kept t above directed, out of twenty
buihel there waa out half bushel injured.
TO KEEP, GRAPES,'.
l . See that, dim f re no imperfect grapee on
toy of th buuebe. ' . They , must not be n
ripe, '.Putin the bottom of a keg a. layer off
brae,Uial ha been dried in Ui sun, or in tn
it r
oven, after wardt become quite cold. Upon
(lie pran, puce, a layer olgrape with bran be
tween llio butie he so thai tbey mar not touch
each other. Proceed thue with alternate lay
ers of brau and gmpc till the keg ie full; sew
ing dial the, laslisadik'k layer p( bran.' Then
close the keg, nailing on' .the )icad so that do
air can peiieifntii. ,...' , , . . . ,
iirnpe -way .also be packed ut fiu wood -
aalies tiiut ha been well ilied.; , ( .
' TO JyEEP APPLES.' ' v
Wipe every apple, dry with a cloth, and sea
that no bh-misuud one ere left among ibern
Myites adjf, ' Y 4tJ! lht. barrel, and cover
Uie bottom with dry pebble. . , These will at- '
tract dip daniD of ihe amilu.. Tbeg put in'
Uie fruit ; end plaster Uie eauu with niorur,
taking care to have a thick rim of mortar all
found Ui top., 11 Ui barrel remain umli
lurUd In the fame place till you waul Uie ap-
pk wr use., I'tpuius. beU-flowers, tnd other
apple, of die beat aofta, may be kept in thi
way tiU July. 1
'""i" '';8AIJfIFT.'
Boil them till the skin peels freely. When
Jivcsied ul'ihg Viti, cut the root into piece
'J
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1' I