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North Carolina-, for one more congenial to. his welfare, ofiers for sale the following - . LANDS. 1900 Acre or therwbouts of rood Land on th East side of Cope Fear River, and on boti sides o he Wilmington Road, 3 miles from Fay etteTiile. . - ALSO, . v ..;KK 1250 Acres more or less, in BUilcn County. Tlie latter U-act is famous for limber. . t NEAL-BEARD. Fayetteville, January 3, l&l; L JFIRST ItlTJE IaJ2.2) ron sals. finHE SUBSCRIBER is, des.rous of selling U t the Land wheroon Jie lives, lyiiig on the Kast side of Cape Fear, in Bladen County, 'about 0 miles below Fayetteville, and 10 miles above . Elizabelhtowji. It contains between 700 and eKK) ivcres of first rate Land. The improvements con sist of a ;Dvcllin and necessary out Houses. K Also, . about 1000 acres on the white iDak Swamp;': and on both sides of Har-iaoh's CrWt, in the same County, bein an undivided half of 000 acres, that formerly belonged to John Dick son On this Land is an excellent Mill Site, ar.d an inexhaustible supply. of Juniper, Cypress, Pop lar and Pine Timber. " I Also 700 acres of Pine Land on the Lake, which also has an excellent Mill Site. For terms, apply on the premises to- - x j -, I ; JOHN beard: Bladen County, Jan, 28, 1831- ;-s5 3K A ; TRADE, XV9 AXD SHIPPING LIST. THAT the interests ot a commercial community: so extensive and important as that of PhilalfclpAia, Should require a publication devoted to them explosive ly must beapparent on the slightest reflection 'The sub-. Kcribor, front long experience in mercantile pnrsuits, believing hinisplf justifiable in assuming the respoi;e:iU hy, ia about publishing a Prlc Current inl. shipping I.it on a plan considerably more diversified and cxttn sive than any that has heretofore beea attempted in this citv. - ' ' i JVoni the annexed synopsis of its general contents, it TVill at once be perceived that the publisher is determi ned to improve the whole field, and especiaEy to leave no matters unattended to that mi;y be supposed to aiiect, in any degree, the. pursuits or interests o: any ef the cl tizena of this kreal and growing metropolis. new era it is pelieed has arisraln the commercial alfairs of this must prove ot incalculable advantage to . its future and permanent prosperity. Through tne agency of steam, Uie Shipping interests of our port, lulhertocaiisidrreci of secondary impdrtancc, arc destined at no roffiote period . to Jesplaced oa a par with J.hose of rhe inost favoredct : tics, while "tha Measures already li agitation. to connect, by means of a cicip, free, anti expeditious intercourse, th imn-; t1 IVoiit i"Orp rf i Tfc l v nr. ft i rn . mediatv with th'ise of our own stite and its uieLropolia. nmst concentrate iiere an incalculable janionnt of hu- j nts thai would otherwise be diverted : into olnc.r- Chan-"! neis. i he great auramages 01 our position, tuougii s;ri ktngly manifest, have ben- too long overlooked or-ceg lectedand we heartily rejoice at tiie jnaniiettatiojn of an awnkenms sptrit. It shall be a priiuary object of our proposed publication, to unite with air who have the in icn-sts of-Philadolphia at t lieart and arc anxious or iu advnncement.'- In lurthenmce of these tiews, we shafl , ossjfiuously lauor to second uie exei ticns of those who tiavc already taken the lead ; to aflb'd facilities for the -interchange of opinionaand the;cultivation ol jl ri;htun---erstand.ng among an ; to seek for and promulgate facta, together with every species 'of - intelligeDCLthat,. may have a Vearing, however remotely, upon the comaier. rtai interests of our city and state, and to keep the pub lie 'eonsianUy apprised of whatever may have a tendan cy t0 promote that 6pirit .of acuve enterprise and cmuia : tVon. from tne operations of which the most" enlarged nnd valuable results are to be anUcipated, and the.etiaui jnontof which should unite all trades, pursttits and-inte- . rests. " I' ...... 1 "' fio apolon',1iowcVcr,ts deemed necce&iry for estab lishing a sheet .of the proposed character. It can ta!y be necessary to obseive, tnat the publisher. is d.ciermi tied to devote his time, attention, and talents exclusive tjr to the faithful discharge Of the M?2 XChich he es rumes and that ta the prosecution of Jiiose aVl0a has made such arrangement ;na 9eCtired such auxi Wy id, as will enable hi t0 inake his paper all that it pro fessrt to be, and Specially to reader it catirely satisfaGr 10 who may patronise it.' ' L '.-.e Philadelphia Price Current aad Hhippipg List will ttvntain a Wrief Nummary of the lateBt foreign and domes tic news Statistical maxier -tiau Koaw-aBass, inier- oal Improvements, New Inventions, LiUraturs, Arts, tc Irir.-a Current ia the City of Philadelphia, i lie view of the market public sales aad actual trans actions. - . "''- -4 " i' Public nnd private sales of Real Estate. 1 : Freights to Ltverpool, Havre, die: tieamerr's Wages. . IStocks generally Kates of Exchange. .. . liatik Note Table. , ' h V . Vessels up for Xoreiin ports, anipktccs in the V. States. 1 Tdarine D6t Maniitsts Consignees, A;c. I Vntaof lnnintira Pilnrrnrfv tJom missions -Stiirnmt : -1VUarfage Cartasc-.&c - , r-'f. I . Toal, AVood, and Cattle Market. v. i Hoard of Trade and Chamber of Commerce, v ; - Xacket fchips to criive aad depart from Philadelphia, . Kw York, Baltimore, c. ir : An accurate list i au i-us iu lus pnui . uuaucv i rdiia their destinatiori, &c ." .? . K 'K ; ' . tf business Xes, fcc New TaJ. ... I Monthly Statements of .Exports mxn Imports. 1 - Commercial Directori i coGipris - a hst of . all Jilt Merchants, Traders, &c. taoa Kes:aences, oc. ' A complete list of dtages, tsteaiaboats, -and other Con veyances for Passengers and Freight fiom rhuadelphia ' A liFl of popular Hotels- ; H Advertisements, &c. 1 hum t imp m Eiininv nrr . ' -TERMS. The Philadelphia ?riec Current and Ship' ping Uw-t will be printed every 8aturday on a super-roy-ul sheet Of floe paper, with smallj bm clear and fllitnict iaimcdiately on its appearance, and ,wia be promptly type. It Will oe deiiverca 10 me suDscriocrs ia uio city and carefully forwarded by the subscribers. Price four DoHa; ' tne earuesi mans,- to Gisiaut irs per annum, pay a pie snmi nanniiv in .tdranec. Adveriiseiuf nts not cxce.d- in? one snnan Inserted conspicuously at Twelve.DoK- Jars per anauni, aad those for a Ifts 6rod at the eus, Jnjary charges. ' . W. 5iWUlvt. - i'hnadelphia, Navjjmber, 183JL - l . --' t .Merchanuof i"hiadJphia W .hBPeed promote the success of the coateia plated sheet If his view? are not ' seconded with a spirit jbecomint. the occasion and the fmportfinee pf the wtrk,rit cannot, of sourse, be expected that he will proceed m ji il however anxious. U nay desire ao to do, lfthewdlrk progreesesuader his uspices, it can only 4o so bv a more than' ordinary d greeofaasidaayaiid-expeWjoahisjart. aa he has WV? 10 PabIishaa inferioipapsr, or onajthat i? fa f, au,Ter toe Ffcn wlachhehas marked out. ISfJ1 wUhfeitakea to ascertain .the 4a. lee clBagronagethaxmayUrelkdon. T .'tlItV iT"11, th fflca of the United Mtea Gazette.., No- 66 Dock atreeLNov. iZ ' , ' ' ' 1 " " ' ." r 1 tne i-ubiislicr is desirous 01 aaceriainuja now jar u mm bonp. n n 4 v y ty 'm i K r.ji m A,UCTiOJ From iO,OOU to 8 1 5,009 in new and well assort e HE SUBSC RIB li ii ; :H Kirn- off their present STOGKr a; nob! 4 tioii, on.-M6aday,:the ISvoavV P FpfeRjcb continue .eftch succeedi.ig-day.umii ;tunr are disposed of. . ; , J TERMS OF S A LE. !Go-jut AllSums under Fif;v Dinars. Gsil ; ovtr Fit- ty And under One H untied DlUus, 'k over Unc- Jtiundred . and unoet ..l;h'rcc? . la iiiurq Dollars, iiinely days ; otor" Thrde Huiic'qd aul under Five' Ilundred Dc!ilarifsic nlhs: tjx Jvive Hundred jJoilarsi niftc 'rwzAs-4iNottfs. witu approved cnuoreers, payable at uir:n'L, - - jdawso?;, . . - 11. KYLE ' "Wiiminton, January 27, lsl ?-i TO XOKTliERNi MiiOHA The Western Carolinian, , l PUBLISHED WEEKLY, IN SALISLiURY, A. TTTrAVlNG probably as large a circula ilii. any paper in the tState, and jl certa :on as talniy a mufch larger one than any of" the.--Western (most. wt althy)por.ion, 8 offereil toNortherrl Met' chantv as a valuable ADVERTISING .MEpiU-M through which to commuiiicate with the;r custom tomers, or those whom thjpy desire as cust omers in tms section 01 country. ... --: TERMS OF A D V ERTI 31 N O 1. Advertisements.' wiaCbx; - conspicouslv md correctly inserted at 50 cents' per square- tor the. urdi insertion, ana m iMtems ioreacn cwiumu ance; but where ah ad ver tiscm eu t is .ofdejied .to go in only iwicc, 50 cts. will be'clarged for "each: insertion.;"' . V. 'r.t; ' K n i 2.'' Merchants,' Mechanics, aid Profclsionul- tfentlemerr who mav desirie constantly to appeav before the public, in our advertising columns, will bo received as vearly advertisers.-an.l a deduction of 15 per cent- will . be made from the charges;. : ' -K:,-: K-VvK-!.K -r . 7 ' -'.' -r Yearly Advertisers will have tlic pr abovt: vilese of renewing their advertisements monthly, and of receiving uie paper, witnout cnarge. , JOHN BEARD, Jr ; . . - - lEditdr and Proprietor. .... Salisbury, Rowan Cr.y Jan. 20, 183456 JWtticc T HE SUBSCRIBERS .having bevn iippoihted by the last General Assembly, v Ucmmiss ibners to receive feubcriptiohTor stock 0 the "Bank of the Stale of iNorth Carolirta"in the Town of Wilmington, hereby give noticejthat a Book "will be opened on thej 1st February proximo, and continue, open for GO das, at the Bank of Caa Fear, to- receive subscription agreeable to the Charter of said Bank. i " i v ;. .. '. It H.j COWAN, -;." , . , l Kf DICKINSON; E; B j DUDLEY. j Wilmington. JuViuaiy.2, 1834 V. 5G-9t... .24. or puie. OHHE HOUSE and LOT which 'I no Ja." OCCtiW bald AlKa.j a eras made iinown oy sappiying W, , JOHNJlCHISTlAR . January 2Dth, 1831. : o(i4w. . .. VIQST&OT fjAKSONVJ ..; In times of old ther;-lived "iii th? city rjf Rouen, a. tradesman tiarned !- fcrtin Franc7, who," by a scries of misfortpnee,' had bQen reduced Tfom opulence to. plover ty.'But poverty, whic general iy maketh men hutnble and laborious, only served to make him proua ar:a lazy ; ana in pro portion as lie grew poorer ana poorer, he also grew prouder and lazier. He contrived, however, to hve"aQng from day ta da.bj robe oi iii3,vifeor sellinga silver atiu. 1UVU pawning a suk spoqrf.6r some other trifle saved from the wreck of his better .-fortune : .and . passed hi time pleasantly, enbugh in loitering a- but the piarket place, and walking tip and down, tne: sunny. side 4 the street. , j , I The liair Margueritf; his. wile, was cel ebratcd tJiroughQut thl .virhole'city Tor. Ktr beauty, heir vt, iiud.'hr, virtue.;! She as a brunette, vvith the Iblackest j eyejthe whitest teeth, and ihe ripest .nut-brown cheek in all 'Normandy j her.figure jvas tall and stately hex. hknds and ffet tmost delicately, mded-and her. swimming gait like tha motion ofla swan,' In-happier days she had been, tlie. delight, cfthe richest tradesmen in tfte, city, nd the en; vy of tiiCy lairest ,dame ; . and when .' sh became poof, her,aroewas not a little in: c rjasi:d y her. cruelty o;ieyeral '.twrgh.? ers who vvithourconsattingrtheir- viyes, had generously offered to. standjbet ween her husband and bankruptcy7,'anddo all in their power to raised worthy, ahd.'rjc ipectable family.".; -; l2ulZ Jjlr'' The friends of. Martin Franc" lite the friends of many a ruined .man'before and since, deserted him in tie day. of adversi ty. Of all that had eaten hTs'dinners, and drunk his wine aud priilandered With his wife, none soughtherrlarrow alley! anil humble d wel 1 i rjg of theinr okeri Ira de$ma ri ave one jand thatlonefl was FriaijGut the sacristan of the QvVy f St Anthony. He was a little, jolly, red-faced -friar, with ajeer in hi3ye,,and tather a naughty reputation for -a rjaan of lhis'clotb ; but as he rjTti Jcinr of . traTelling gazette 'and always bfoiigbt the : latest news and j go sip of theityvandrdes-was tne gorily person tcbndondefftfi'yliilJww Of Mart.rBFrinc,in riet tfbr lhe wanl of ti better; be was cocsiderci intbe lig)it n tbese cdnstamstdaitiK'T'riar- 5ui bad bis "secret rrtotive; Whicb thq sin- i i . wi.!' '--L.ll .flw tr e nenrt or Aianin r rans ivaff vuui ui.sd?piciouis. The keeiier eye of the wif, however, soon I discovered two ifac3 der the hood. She observed' that the rriar-geperayy timed his visits $a as to. bo at thv house v hen 'Martin ;Fra:tc was nui at home, that he s.H.raed to prefer the.eue;olthe,eening,--iiid that as his visits becaraemqre frequent he always had, .some.. apoiogvv ready, such - as bein ubncl to pass that way, he could-not go oy int door without jubt dropping in 'to sec iiuw tha good.man .Martin did' Oc cabipnally, too, he ventured to bring her soiau ghostly, present such as a: picture of the Madonna and.chiid.-or one of those littU naked imao-es. Iwhirh kr hiwlrprf a. bout the. streets at the -Nativitv '" Thtnirf -,..wW..,Ll&vu, ru,vu ui& uj.vacu a iue yet PDteCt 01 .all thlS WaS tUlt ton nhvimia pe.tair .JMurguc rite persevered in mis - i. j.ijL. uiug me l rvxx s intentions, ana m -. . a- t , " T . 1 ucAjexousiy turn -i j t . . 1 - j 1 ing aside the expressions ; fell irdrn his venerable or iraiiantrv-ttrat Jl T - m - ip?i in this way Friar Gui was for a long lime" kept at bay j andMirtmcanc preserved m the day of poverty and .dis- treap. xnar consolation 01 . a aithction 2a friend. B ut 1 the world's finally things catili- to such a pass that the honest trades wonderetl he man opened his eves, and hati beett asleep so long. Whereupon he was ir reverend enough ta tweak the nose i Friar Gui, and then to -thrust him into the street by the shoulders: - Meanwhile the times grew worse and worse. One iamiiy wreck! followed and other';1 the last silken robe was pawned; the last silver spoon sold: until at length poor Martin Franc w.a lorced to 'drag the devil by the tail in other words, beg gary stared him full in the lace. But trie iair Marguerite did.not eveh then despair. In tnostt days a -belief in the irrtmediate gaardiansiup at the saints wastmuch more strong and prevalent than in heso lewd and..degenerate times and as there seem ed no great probability of irnpfovin iheir condition by any lucky change;- which could be brought on by any human agen cy, she ctetermined, to try vvhat could be done by iniercession with the patron saint of her husband. .'Accordingly she repair ed one, evening- to the- Abbey -of Saint Anthony, to place a' votive candle and of- ler her prayer at the altar which stood in the tin; I little chapel dedicated to Saint Mar- was already sun-clown -"whfrkiw reached the church, and the: evening Ise'r vice of the Virgin'had commenced. A cloud oi incense floated before the liltar of the Madonna, and the organ rolled its deep melody along the dim arches of the c hatch. Marguerite mingled with-the kneeling crowd, and repeated the respond ses ,411 Xatiii, with as mucrt. devotion -as the most learned clerk of the. convent;- When the service was over she repaired to the chapel of St. Martin, and lighting her votive taper at the silver lamp, which burned before his altar, knejt down tin a retired p'art of .'the chapel, and with tears injher eyes, besought the saint for aid and protection. Whilst she was "thus enga ged! church became" gradually '.desert ecf, till she was left, as she thought, alone. But in this she was" mistaken : for when she ;arose to depart, the portly figure of Friar Gui, was standing c ose at her elf bow 1 'A fair gootl evening, to my Lady Marguerite," 'said he significantly,; "Saint Martin, has heard your praver, and ! sent melo relieve your. poverty', , . , 'hen, by .the.,yrfginUl replied she, "the; good saint is.; not very- fastidious ia I . " .a. ftf Uio vn ,w.vt ? - f i C .V Of 'V ZSd U.o W, not at all abashed by, this .ungracious re ply; ."if the tidings are gspd, what mat ters n what the messenger may be?. Andj how t does Martin days ', , , i'lie is well; Sir ui;,r .Franc, these replied Mir- guetite ; :-. "and were I he present, I : doubt not would thank you -heartily for ihet in terest you tstili take in bim and his poor AvifeLV - tr, . ; e .. He has done mer'-jflnrbnaf:", continued the Friar, without seeming jto .notices. tLe pointefJness of: Marguerites Toply. " "But K;iS ouv laty4p fbrgiveour 'erremies and so" let the.past be,forgotten? I know that he is in tant . Here, take this. to. hint, anditellibirn; I am still hisTrieadY' v; So jsaving, he dj ew a small purse corn th,e!sleevco his; habit, and proffered it.to bis-companion.: I kudw pot whether ili were a. suggestion of Saint Martin, but true it is,-that the fair lady -of -Alartia Franc seemed Jo lend a .mbre.wHliQ&eat to the earnest whispers of the Friar. tA length- he aid; V; . . . ': '- "Put up your prirse to-day fcagrnei- ther. deliver your gift nor ur message Martin Franc has gone from bome" "Then keep it for yourselfPi - ' uNay, Sir Monk replied Marguerite, casting ddwn berye f "ifairt take no brtbje6 hfere in tbjchurcrx; and- in the ve ry cha peF of mjr husband; pation "saint You shall brinitto irilitM my. boos arr you will. Sir Gulf jp-.4 t: .M (fThe Friarput uphVJctsf cncV the con?erition;rvbicrjf follotwdj' wfis :in a low "and indistiniUxirrdrtonf audibly' snly fiS Ihe Irarsfcfof whterf it wa3 i nteode4,4-i AtMengthUbe linterview ceaseel tind, OWoxaatfJ thb latviafcr!!i& rirtaota Awrguerite uuejeq as enoguaeairopiint cbufcri.'wre 'f "v f K ;m'iit'c To-pihlwben the Abbey" clock ftrikes twelve 'reracmbcf i" - 4: ! ' It would be useless to relate how im patiently the Friar counted the hours and the rjuiirtprs as theychitned frarri' the an pient tower of the Abbey," whilst he pass ed to and fro along the gloomy cloister. (At length the appointed hor approached; arid just before the convent bell; sentjorth its summons to call the friars" of St." An thohy to their midnight, devotions, a 'fi gure, with a cowl, stole out, cf ja postern 'gate ,and passing siiently.'aloiig the .de serted street3,oipri turned in'.-tfijE! jittle al: ley, which leCtofthewellingVlof, Martin Frajrf; .It was.jibne. other twa Jriar jGui He rappeil softly attlie tradesman's floor ; and casting' a Jooirup affa "down 11K0 frot ?. ;if c,,, v;JuiQff tK. Wrc uuur . iitiu casuncr inaw i n mrtt'uini" irnw nnnVcnv.-Ait "1 inrtAl ;nA'Vn I 1UUIIUUJ l . 11 UUUUOCI VU. 21IUUCU llllU lilC nouse, 1 Has Martin Franc returned !" enquired ne is a, whiskery . - -vl, . ''.'"lyb'j" ansivereaLthe .sweet Voice i0i his ;wife 'h,e.,wUr ftbtbe'baciL tp-nigbi.-.'; ' h "?bt soSir ,Morilc,V-'said she jlisenga ging herself. "Ypu. forgot the conditipns of th fneetrng," ; ; v. ; j The.Fnar paused a;moment ;andtEn drawjg a. heavy leathern pursk frorn his his girdle, herthre w- on the . table.. At the spile moment a'fbotstep was beard be ll ind bim, anda lieayy' bioiv from atiub thre him prostrate .upon ..tbeJ.'flborJ"lt cam? from, the strobg arm of Martin Fraic himself! . , ,. . '. V It is hardly necessary to say -that -this absice '. was fe i gn ed. 1 is . w i fe had' in ventfd the. story to decoy the lecherous monk, and thejeby to keep hijer husband from beggary, ad to relieve herself, once for all from the nnporjuriiti-s of a TaW friend At first Martin Fraac would not Jiste? to the. proposition )A but ai length lie yieijed to the earnest entreaties ; of hjs wife j and the plan ; finally ; agreed upon vvasi that Friar Gui, after leaving bis p.une behind him. should be sent back to the 26a vent with a severer discipline than his shoulders had ever received from from any. penitence of his own. l lie uiiiiir uuwt'verHioott u more sf n-. he affa ir ho we ver. ou3 turn than wag intended ; for when thej tried to raise the Friar from the grfund, -he was dead ' The blow aim ed'at his shoulders fell upon, Kjs shaven crtivn : ana in the excitement oi the mo- Martin Frnnc had dealt a heavier la'n.he intended. ' 'Amid the grief consternation, which. : followed this discovery, the quick imagination of his wife suggested an expedient of Isafetyr A bunch of keys at the Friars girjlle caught her eye. Hastily unfastening the riiig she gave .the keys to . her., husband, ex claiming; .".;JL-v -;-.;.' ; . r.;. f "For thely Virgin's sake, be quiclcJ One of these 'Jtey'. unlocks JtUci ' postern ga te of the convent garden. f,CajTythe body thither I and jeaVe it , airnong tjie trees J'., . .... ... , -.. . , : J .;: . v ! Martin Franc threw the dead body of j tne mor.ic across nis nouiaers,! ana wan a heavy heart took the Way. to he' abbey. It was a clear starry night ; "and though the" moon bad not yet risen, her light was in, the sky, and came retlectebdowtrin a twilight upon earths " . . , i Not a sound was heard through alrthe. long and solitary streets, save a intervals the distant, crowing, of a . cock, or the me lancholy hoot of i an owl fi;om the lofty tower of the abbey! The silence weight ed like an accusing. spiri(rupon!the guilt conscience, of JVlartirfFranc He started at the spund of his own breathing,, as he panted under thq heavy j burden of the monk's body : and if percuancc a bat fJIt- ieu neai uim uu uivav v, ine yv pa-ui-uf and hia heart beat audibly wipi .tbrror; such cowards doe2 conscience make even of the most "courageous. . At engta ne j mint land opened the postern gale with tb key, and (fill one end and; an. image ot, the V irgjn bcaTinatbe monk into the rrdenj scatca on the otber.and Martin Franc agajn him upona stone bench by the edge of j took' the dead Friar upon his shoulders the fountain, with hishead rcst'ing'agamsti 'ant with fearful misgivings1 departed on a column, upon which was sculptured an his dismal 'errand.- lie kept as much as imao-e of the Madonna.- He then .repla- t prJssibleinthe- shadow of the houses, arid cd the -bunch of, keys at the Monk's had nearly reachcdTac u'ay." wiier. feud- rrirdie'. ' and returned home: with hasiv steu's. " 1 When the-P'rior of the con vent, to bora the repeated delinquencies ;of-i,-riar Gui ' ment, trump 'tramp! and ereryv step were, but too weii known, .obsejrved thatj grew louder and nearer. - Martin Franc be was vasaa u ' a)ent from h is pot . at j tried to: quicken bis pace : but in vain; midnight prayers, bft waxed exceedingly ; Uis kneels smote together, and het stag angry ; and; no. sooner .were the ontiea ufgered against the wall. ,His fond relax j the chapel fintsiiedr tha bp ejitn monk j ed itsrasj.and tbe.monk iid from his. in Dursuit .of the truant saerttanfc fcuiu-i back, and stood ghastly and straight be- moning him to appear immediaiely at:hij cell. By Chanel it happened, th-U tliel monk,-cbotnfor this duty, wasj atier enemy.xrf Fnarriui; and vvery shrewdiy. supposing that the vsacf istan had stolen put oi the garden gate, on some midoight adventure, he , took that direction in pur suit. ' The. moon . was. just 'climbing the convent wall, and J. threw its silvery dight through the trees of the garden, and on the sparking waters of the fountain, that fell with a soft lulling ound iuto the deep basin below, As the pipnk passed on bis way, he stopped io-quench ( bis thirst, with -a draughl of tbe,cpol iat(?rraod was tnrning'tQ depart wben beye caught the motionlesar form of tbe r.sacristan, sit- ting erect :in the s&adpvv ofbe etone col- ; kUowiis4bl Bnar-iGuiftttoOi., the mbnk .'Xlalhis a.nlaco to bersteepjng at Lmtdnigbt, when; the : Jwotberriood are all .. . - - . s. iu lueir uurmuui r . I Friar.ftni cjade-co answer. - 44 Up, up! thou eternal sleeper, ahd do penahc-far thy negligence, NTbc pri- or calls for .thee at liis cell V. continued the monk, growing angry, and shaking the sacristan by the shjoulder. ; . "But still; no answer. J : 1 . , .Tben- by Saint Antbony HI waTe thee! So, so! Sir GuilH - .. . AabT saying tb is he dealt the sacristan ,a heavy, bb. on tbe ear. The body benfiwitb no on near .-it, .and 'began to jeer, tbc slowly To rvarti. from its erect position. and giving; a headlong plunge, sank with a heavy splash into the basin, of the fon- tarn. - The monk waited a fexv moments . bojk5hjfpf the bjlu his eyes open, and i JiisghastlTacAT distorted, by the ripples j bT'the yatel: VTtb 'a beafing heart .the monK siQonea uo.whi ana grasping tne RKirt ui iuc ctu udu s uauit at acuta succ succeeaet indrawihg hiin.froni the.. water. Ail ej fbfts id resuscitatb .hfm' were unavailing. rhem6o,k;.;lwas jRHcd -.with- terror, not doubting that the Friar had died uutime lyby bis hand; andas the animosity bc- twe'en them was no secret in the convent, ue iearea tnat, wnen the. deed was known, he should be accused pf wilful murder. He thejeiore looked around for;an expe "dienf tp relieve" bim - of the dead - body ; antho-rwell-knmy character of the sa cf i s'an ggested . bneJ lie determined tQ Jjrytb body to the niost rioted beau ty ol''U6uiiDaha leaveit obthe door step, so that all suspicion of,the. murder might fait upon the shoulders of some jealous husbarLd., The beauty of Martin Franc's wife had penetrated the thickest walls of the convjen:t,aad.thexe,w'as iiot a frmr in the , who pr Abbey of Saint Anthony, : who had notdone penance for his truant ima gination. Accordingly the dead body .of Friajt Gut was .laid ;iippr ; tije monk's brawny shbulders.-rrearried baclr to, the house of Martin .Franc, and placed n an erect .posiiion', against the door.! The monk knocked, loiid. and long and then gliding'throagh a. by-lane, stole.back to thVconverit , ' . . - . . . , A-trbubliM:cons'cienoe.woul Martin Iranc and his vvife .to cjose their eyes; bu they lay awake lamenting the doleful events of the night. The knock at the door sounded like a deatE-kneli in rbeir ars. ' con b p h-rap-ranlvitba "dull, low sound as if goinetning heavy were! swirigin'a- gaidst.tHe panne! : for the wind had risen during the; night and every janjry gust that swept down the alley, "swung the idrms of the lifeless sacristan against tlie door. . At length' Martin "Franc mustered courage enough to-dress himself and go lawn, whilst his wife followed him with ajamp in. her hnd;:but' no sooner 'had he, lifted. the" Iatcii, than the - ponderous bpdy of Friar Gui iell stark -and heavy niio his arms. .. . ; . 4,Jesif Maria r'.cxclairhcd Marguerite, crossing bersclf; 44 hce 3 the monk a- gini" '!.;;'.;,,': ' V . :4Yes and dripping-wet,. as if he had just been dragged Qut of tbe rivyr !"' '0, wc are . bctrayitl betrayed !TT ex claimed Marguerite in agony ; , Then.xhc;de,yil himself has r. betrayed us;" replied Martin raac, disengaging hrmsdf ro'm the embrace of the sacristan ; "for I nletnot a living being ; the whole City svas-as silent a3 the grave.5' " ';.Hdlv- St Martin defend us !" continued his terrified wife.: 'Here, lake this scap ularlv to ffuard you from the evil one ; and io'se no time. You must throw the body into the river Hpfy Virgin 1 'Ho sbincsr' ! . . or' wc are lost I., bright the raoca -. Savin? this she tb re t round his neck , a scaimlarv with the figure of n cross ! - denlv. .he -iooufiht he lniard. footsteps le- hind htm. j He .stopped to listen ; it 'was j ! no mistake rtliev' came along the pave?, side hira; supported by ; chance , against! the sbouUer of his bea'rer. , At that mo-: ment. a man carfte round, tne comer, tot- teritig beneath the weight t of a huge-sack, wn wards be "did As his head was bent doi not? perceive .IViartin franc tin ne was close uporlt hiratand wheD.on looking Up, be sa two figures standing motion less in the shadow oi the wall, he thought himsilf wayiairj, and without waiting to bo assaulted. droppd the sack from bis shoulders, and ran. off at full speed. The sack fell heavily, ou the pavement, and di rectly at the feet : of Martin Franc In tne tall tne strimj was- nroicpn ; ana outtcame the. bloody beadriot tf a dead rnopk. risit first seemed to tbe prcited ima giriation of .Martin Franc, Lbut'of a dead bog When the terror and su rprise cau sed iy tbi- singular - eyent bad lutJe subsided, an idea came .into the mind of. Martin Ffancv eryv similar, to f what would ba.vc come into the mind of almost any perron irV sixnilar circamaacc JHe took the hog outof tho sack and putting tho lody of the rnnnkinta:it3 place, secu-5 red , it with ahc re.nnants ot tbe broken string: lind then hurried libuietvard witk Ubshog - npfln - hiishouldcr , , , . lie was hardly outof shi?rnien t)v man of ,tb ..ci. return-'d,- ae4mrniet i.by; two others;Thjy-v;ere si?rpiiSvT ttj? 1 find the sack stiil iviur: on tlvo irroini ' . ir;ner bearer, U-liingkbbnVbe ludbet-r. ..frightotied at bUowu shadow oa theriyalU jftTncn one of Chcm toolr the sack upo.i Ins shoulders, without the? hist su&niciini nt en wa- at that timeiested with .'thre street robbers, whoVwalked in darkruss -. like the pestiiencc,' and always carried tho ...piunaer: ot ihejr miUnielii marauUmg to 4he Tete-de-Bacuf, a. little tavern in one of the d-trkest and narrowest lanes of th city. The host of the Tete-de-Bacuf was privy to all their schemes, and bad an e qual share in the profits of their nightly excursions. He gave a helping hana1, too, by the length of his bills, and by p! un doing the pockets of any chanccitravel ler, that was lucklvss enough to sleep un der his root - , On the night of the disastrous ad vcn. ture of Friar Gui, this little marauding party: had been prowling about the city; untile a late hour, without finding any, thingf to reward their labours. At length; however, lheyciiancfdto spy a bog. fia ng-J injhf under a shed in; a batcher's , yard iti' readiness for the next. day's market ; 'ami as they were not very fastidious in selec ting their plunder, but on the cuntrarv rather addicted to-taking whatever they couia lay their nanus1 on, the hog wan straightway purloined, thrust into a largo sack, and scut to the Tete-de-B'mf on th? shoulders of one of the party, whilst tho other two continued their nocturnal ex cursion. It was this person, who had becn.so terrified at the appearance bt Martin Franc and the dead monk ; and as this encounter bad interrupted any fur ther operations of theparty the dawn of day being now near at band, they' all . repaired to their gloomy den in the Tetfv de-Bccuf The hist was impatiently wai- 4 ling their return ; and, asking :w!iat.pluh der4hey liad brougbt xvitbihem proceed-., ed -vithout delay Acr remo ve it from the - ; sack. w -T be first thing ! hat p resenred it- self, on untying the string, tvasJtbevmofik,4 hood. 1. "-' ? '- 'The devil take, the deyiM" cried 'the host, as he opened the neck of the suck What's' this t-Your hog ?bas got c 'cowl.!". ": -: ". ', "The poor devil has become disgusted with the world, and turned monk 1" ?aid he, -who. held the light; a little surprised at seeing, the head covered with a coarse -i gray cloth. ' ' " " . . "Sure enough he has'r exxjlaimedane.-' ther, starting back in dismayr ai'thc.sha; ,vcn crown' and ghastly face of the Friar appeared. 'Holy Saint Benedict be. with' , us ! It is a monk, stark df?ad ' 44 A dead monkr.indecd !' f;aid a third, with an incredulous shf4;e of the In ad! "How couldVa dead rnonk ffet ihtOiithfs sack ?No,' no": there ist-somc;'iaWff . in this: - I havehcard it aid, that Satan : can take any shape li e pi eases ; ; a nd ybu j may rely t upon it,thrs is Satan bimself; s who has taken the shaj.y of monk ic g-ct us ail hanred." - ! A Then wc had better kill the devil than have the devil kill usT' replied r the host, crossing himself. " ""And th sooner ve do it, the better j for tt is nor near daylight, and people will soon 1x5 passing in 4hc street." , i4SoM Irgbjned tbcnsncf magic - ana my aaTiccis to taKc nim wiuo Utcher s yard, and ng-bim op m th place where ffe found lUe.hete. : U' ' j .. .lms proposjition so greased the other?;; that it was executed wnbout delay. I ht v carried the I rmr tojhetchcr s bon; fahd passing a'sttongtord rCfJdhis k;. suspended hint to a beam in the shed. and there lefi hira. . lr When the night wtrs at letvgtb passed.' and daylight began to rjeep ito the casiy. crn wmuows v mo city,; inc uun-uvr rose; and prepared himself for iroaj-ke?! He was casting on in his mind what th hog wouiq onng at nis'siaw. weniout irj upwara to i in ns piavc niv.u- rd lo! sed tire dead bodv of Friar Out. "By Saint Dermis 1" qnotb tfre bulcher H always feared th not quwiv iu j-i, .uv, a thought i should find him hanging undo? my om roof. 'This mtist not bt ;4 it twill be saidrtbat i murdered him, and T shall pay for it witK jny life. mast contrive isomc way to getlrid of bim.1 " K v, ..' So saying, he- llc h raan nd showing hinaiwriathiid been done, asked him how be; should dispose bf the IxfdjV so that he might not be accused of inur ;der. The man, wbo was bf a ready: vif.; reflected a moment, and then answered r "Thia is indeed a difficult matter but theref is to eril without its rerriedy. - Wc ' will phce'tbe friar cm llbTsebact--, r;-, What J a dead man on borscback 7- impossible !' interrupteu - tne buicber. Wjio ever rdbf dead man j ori horseback ' t ' f . t'"'-'"-:!t i--!,-:-'--;"'i i Iear.me om arid then judeeM' We muit. place ,the body on horsebach, j jia wellas w inay and bind 'it 'ftst tvitlf r i -''.rT-i-:J.:,--. -1 .T -! .-I '. V . i