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VOL IX—NO. 30.
Tlic Ti—uurr* of the Ucr|>.
Those of our reader* whose recollection
Jut in back twenty-five years will remember
with what pleasure they were uocustomed
to read a new poem from the [am of Mr<.
i I emails. There arc lew female writers in
the whole range of Kngliidi literature deserv
n.if a higher place. She had not the stronit
intellect, the lofty imagination and |x>wer ol
u alysing passion pos.wxex'd by Joanna Hail
.ie—"Sister Joanna,' as Walter Scott was
accustomed to call her—but she had the
spirit of u true poet, and wrote many thine*
that the world should not “willingly let die.''
The deplorable loss of the Central America,
of the treasure, of the lair women and brave
men, that.’ with tbr- -i!!-fat<»l bark. *'■ .’>• •
swallowed by the ••remorseless sea,” remind
us of tin la st ol her short | mein*. We give
it below entire, with the exception of two
stan/.us :
Vet more, the ilcptli* have more! tv hat wealth
untold,
fur down, and shining through their -(illness
lies I
Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold.
Won irniu ten thousand royal argosies.
Sweep o’r thy spoils, thou wild and wrathful
main!
bar til l hiims not these again.
tel more, the billows and the depths have
more '
High heaits and brave ate gathered to thy
breast!
They In ar not how the booming waters roar,
file buttle thumleis will not break then rest.
Keep thy red gold and gem-, thou stormy ,
giave !
tine bark the true atid brave !
i. ve bark the lost and lovely ’ those lor whom
The (dare was kept at board and hearth so 1
long.
The priver w nt up through midnight's breath
less glootn,
And tiie vain yearning woke 'midst festal
song.
Hold fast thv buried i-les, thy towers o'ver
tbrowti.
Hut al! is not thine own.
In thee the loveot woman hath gone down.
Mark flow thv tides o'er manhood's noble
head.
O'er youth's bright lm ks and beauty's flowery
crown:
Vet must, tlnm heat a voice Itestore the
dead!
Kartlr shall reclaim her precious things from
thee! -
Restore the dead, thou sea '
V Ho) In IN lll« lIMls,
IIV V VIIIIiKST MVN.
" 1 couldn t think of such a thing.
*• Hut you niias/. Mv baiipinisw de|x‘ixl*
on it. llitc, put on tic thingumbob*. ami
the what * his name.”
Ami my friend Hob Styles. held up lie
fore mv licidlant gaze u suit of female a|i
parei.
Ilia id*a was that 1 should |iersoiiate his
lady lovt for one day. to prevent any one
front suspecting the truth—namely, that she
had joined him in u runaway marriage par
tv until it should too late for interfer
ence ; that is. until the minister should have
tied a knot ih’tween them, rli.il nolbing 1 ut
it sts-ciiil grant ol legislature could unfit*.
This scheme wa* n<>t actually «o alisurd
as it ap|g'nr«d ut first sight. Maggie !—•
was a tall, queenly woman, with an almost
toast-ulin* air. and at that time. I had a
a very -light form, alniOMt i-tTeminate,
that, in fact, there wna really but little
iilh-reiiti m that (stint. Then I bail light
iiair. tokoauiy long, and a lair compievion.
Cart my hair in the middle, ami put a Isire
n* t on mv head, and few persons would have
-iispect—i but I was redly one of the softer
sex. These accessories also gave me quite
a ib-eidtsl r semhlat.ee to Maggie l/e. e*[s
cially when, us in this eats , the disguise was
her own.
Then tie day chosen for the match was
an auspicious one Maggie's fade f was to
drive her to |» .a small village near
where she lived, and there sip* was to join
a saii tig party down I» river to the
grove thri-e fn l** ladow. from which the
party was to return in the evening in car
riages
Our plan was. that 1 should tie in wait
.ng in th" villa. atel should go n the l«>,»t
with tls sa,.;:ig Jeirty. while Maggie after
aving her lather, should *h'p off with Bob
Myles, arrows the country
At last. I got dr'sun-d an) present—l my.
s» If before Magg * I/** bills', i -.’ a gr* at
lea, I la-1 it ve. feeling very mm bp m b I
about tie- waist a* d with an ut, mfortabh
x/ns* in'isncww that my- my -my s* ;rt *!——••
wep' t.»i sh .rt or wanting nltogethe*’
Kv-rythin.’ finished, in th*- wav of toilet
Hub ."Style* took me into h * light wag n
drove* m****t to It ,by a deluded
route, an I left at tie hotel. wl.<rv the
sailing party wo* to as-, mble. .Several of
the p.ctius rs -v r** wif-.ely there an<l *h*y
gr*s ted mv cava!i'-r certbaJlv. (everybody
knew BrJi Wtri"« asking if he sp going
with 'h*-ro etc. lie told them he was not.
I’r-ss ogbn*irs*wi'*ngag , 're-nts v—know.
at>f all tliat wort of thing. Ibe.v-I sorry I
can tgo though. 1 had just tim>* to bring
Mas la** over, ard now I m *<T. Mr. Him
by this ts M%• lav*. Mwa Wither.*all. Mim
!*» and he rattled off a long itring of brief
in’rodai-iKinr*. wnih cuivirieeid me that bet
?>*w of lh- comfwny were acquainted » th
tie y.-iag latly wtcun I*u (wrv.satmg
a very fortunate thing f**r the pn-wT »t «
of rny diaguine.
Mr Himby a 'all. legal-looking man. with
a hook now*, and eye-glass and putTy hair,
w-mod to la* prvpoHmvw-l with uiy pri «un lie
ami I overheard him whisper to Bob Style*,
a* Im* went out:—
" Nice liKikiug girl, that Mwa Lee."
*• Yen," answered Hob. with a mischievous
glance at tut*, "ibo is a nice girl, thougli a
little go-abcad sometime*. Keep a little
look out on her will you "—then, lowering
bis voice- “not u bad match for you, old Id
low ; she i* rich.”
•■ls she?", said Mr. Himby. bis interest
deepening.
“On my honor," repliod Bob. "Forty
thousand dollars in her own right. Ikiy
day '!" and lie was gone.
Maggie I/v artful creature that she was
- had told tier father thut tilt sailing party
was to assemble at another hotel, and thither
lie had taken Iter. Having biisimxs in P.
In* left It r there, merely saying that lie would
-end the carriage lor her at 11 o'clock. She,
like a dutiful daughter, kissed him, bid him
good-bye. and lieforelie bad gone a hundred
rods, took a seat in Hob Styles light wagon,
which bad driven tip to the back doer as old
Itc's carriage drove away from the front,
and the old story of beau strong love ami
prejudiced ugc was enacted over again.
As for us. of tin* picnic excursion, we bud
a delightful suit down the grove, hut some
how, I could not enjoy it as much us I ought
to have done. When I walked on board
the boat I lelt awkward, as il every body was
looking at me. I found Mr. Itiuihy. ns I
bad suspected, a young and rising lawyer,
mighty in Hlackslouc, in Ins own opinion,
lie insisted on paying for my ticket the
bout was a regular exeusioii packet.) and
piircliasiHg enough oranges, (tears anil can
dies, to set up u street stand. Four or five
times I was on the point of swearing ut bis
iiiipudt'ut ofliciousness, but bit my tonguw
just in time to prevent the exposure. Hut
it was not with him (but I found my »<</e
the hardest to play.
No: the young ladies were tin* dilfieult
ones to deceive. For instance, there wus
one among them, u Ixuiuliliil girl ol seven
teen, just returned from boarding school,
who had not seen Maggie !/-■ (or three
years. (If course, ;dio wus deligbttsl to sis*
me. when she found out that I was M iggie.
which, by the way, did not occur until af
ter we bad start—!. She threw herself in
to inv arms, (itillerl :ny veil aside, and kies—l
me hull u do/, n times, in u manner that
made my linger ends tingle for an hour.
It wa.- all very nice, hut il I had been ill
jnojn i,i i* i sum, I would have like,l il l«*t
ter. As it was, I lelt as if 1 wu- “obtain
ing good* under falsi' pretence's, and that
lawyer Himby might issue a w arrant I irmy
arrest. on that ground, ut any moment.
\ whole knot of crinoline thin surround
ed me, on the iiftjM-r deck of the bout, to the
utter exclusion and consequent disgti-l of
Mr. Himby and tic other gentlemen. I
kept very quiet, only s(H*akiog nionosylla
b!es iua lalaetto voice; but the others
lord bit—si yirti ! how tln-y gabhl—l! I 'nder
a strict promise of s. eesy, the little board
ing seliool maiden, who bad kiss—l me so ul
leetionutely. revul—l all lier love affair*, and
also Itee,me unpleasantly coifxlcntial about
other matters inn'to nf enough in tis'in
selves. but not etisUiinarily talkid of I**-
twis-ii ladies and gentlemen.
I wa* terribly embarras-* d. but it would
not do to give it up then As -ooti u- my
trick h ail! become kc .wn. Hot* sty!**'
trs k would also mmc rait: and as tew* of
that kind travel.-, last in the eountrv, lie and
Ins lady love would Is* t/ legraiditsl and fo!
low'd Indore tlcy could row il Philadelphia
w here tls Sty hi* iumily livtsl. un<l w here the
knot was to Ik- tied.
The river bis ye was ♦err fresh where We
sal and I notieed that several of the la*li -*
were glancing mumsily at me I eouldn t
divine tin* reason until Jennie, my little
frk*tul from Piwrding school, laid hi r fan
dungiToualy elisa* to mine and whisperel
“Mv .k'se Maggie, your dreas i- blowing up
terribly high— your hi»’l*w will U town talk
with all tls gentlemen”
Nor was I conscious of haring u very
small loot for * man. and l ad donred a pair
of open work »?.» kings wh.th came tu-ar.y
up to my wa -t. with a pair of garter* Imr
rowivl 'roni i s»rvatit girl in a'l of which
toggery my running car I'S'ki’l quite
r. sja-, til'll blit t!)' id'll of the gentle
men *.i!k ng aU'iit my ankle- aml of Icing
eanti' ts*f lima by a young girl. w.To would
tiav- been fright'*fa*i| to ihrath il I bad told
Icr tic "am* th ng yiet» nlay w.i- t/», rom li
for nc I burn in a Hurt of *Tai.gul»fed
laugh, whi'h I 'onl.l only elsxk by *wa!l' w
mg half "f my Ittle lilagni’ la(v i-lguf hati I
kerchief. 'I Ic yourig la<li** all l-mk dat i.c
in apparstit aatoniskmi-Tit at such a voice
arid I want/’d to laugh all tls more For
tutvately, Mr Himby eanc to my fewoe a*
tfs* mefis-nt a**l edg'd bi:n*<*lf in among
the crinoline
May 1 "t icre * Is* asked js. nting ' • a
low stool rs*ar e.-
-OrUmlj 1 oapered, in my hgh fa!-
•ft u>.
“Ah. tiumk you. ** ; .d H.inby—witf, a
lm kasjistsai a.r » :..ch taav afed me >
coming frmn ore man to ais/tts*r you a*<
M kiisl as you are fmu mating
“You iUtter me "'
-I’ No. indeed , pr».« ol you cannot
k *iatt* ry. M '• Is *
■•th *r N-ally vsj are x ry *.aughtv
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY. (KTOOKK IK r >7
man, I aaid. in the must feuiinim* tone I
could command.
He cast a languishing gluten at me
through his black lace veil, and I fairly Us
gait to fear for bis “feelings."
We Siam arrived at tin* grave and found
our ban I engaged U*foreha!»l awaiting
us. ()f course, dancing was the first amutH*-
incut, and lawyer Himby led me out for a
belmttisohe. It was hard at first lor me to
take the lady '.* part in mv dance, b it I soon
got aeeuHtoims! to it. When a wait/ was
prtqiosoil, I resolved to have a little amuse
ment ul the expense of the unfortunate
Himby.
I bail first mail' hint purposely jealous,
by dancing with two other young fellows,
one of whom I knew, in my own character,
but who never suspected me as Maggie I .is*
This young inun. who was a great woman
killer a sort o! easy, devil mav eareraseal.
who made the Itulii** rim after fiini. by bis
alternate wrath of action coolness o| pro
testation I seleetisl to (iluv ol! against mv
li*gul admirer. I allowed him to hold me
very closely and oeeasiotially lookixl at him
xxitl« a half fascinating expression. When
we stopjssl ilaneing. lit* in) me to my seat,
keeping Ids arm around my wai-t. and I
permittisl it.
Having thus stirnd Himby up to feats of
wrutlifiil valor, I asked one of the gentleman
to direct the nmsii ians to play a wait/. Hun
by came immisliulily.
“Ahem a Miss I/v. shall I a. have the
honor of a trying n wait/, with you '.'"
1 smilisl a graceful acquiescenei! and we
lonmiems’d.
Now. lam an old stager at walt/.ing. I
can ki*ep it iiji longer than anv non proles
sioiml danivr. mule <>r female, whom I ever
mel A* long as the C.iehaca or SiTkmiik*-
bruinien ring in my ears, I uni go on. il it i»
for u year.
Not so lliinby. lie plead want ol piae
ties’ and acknowledges! that he soon got
dizzy.
“Aha. old boy.” thought I, * I II give you
a turn,then!"
Hut I only sinilisl. iiiml said that I should
probably get tired first.
“Oh yes ' la* exclaimed, of course : I can
waltz us long as any mo lady, but not much
more."
Foi the first three liiinutiw, my cavalier
did well, lie went siiiik thly and evenly,
but at tin* i vpirution of that time. iN gm to
grow warm. Five miimlieobipwd, mid Him
by * breath Iseame harder and harder. Oo
we went however, and I wonted to notin'
his slaeki'tiing up at every round, when we
piutwd my seat. A Her soils* ten or twulvc
minutes, tls* wretched man ga*|sd out be
twis’ii bis ste|is.
' All, a are you not getting tired ?'
"Oil no ' I burst tori li. a* I ooliy us if we
w rending lolled the rooili "oh. no. I I'vl
it* if I could waltz all loglit. ’’
T he look of dcsjiair that be gave w as ter
rible to s-v.
I was boned to sis'him through however,
and we kept at it. Himby staggered, aisl
made w ild ste|»s m ull direction* His shirt
collar wilted, his eye* prirtrudisl. Ins |aw
hung down: and, altogether I saw he eould
not hold out irtueh longer.
"This i* delightful.' I said oompnnedlyv
* and you Mr Hmiliy. waltz so easily
"Puff (Miff -all puff-yea..-rill puff —very
--put!, delightful," gusjssl Is .
lion l you think it ought to go a little
faster ?"
“He rollnl his eye* heavenward in agony.
"Ah. puff—puff—l don't ah --(Miff-don t
know."
ho. when we reared the muxician*. I said
"Faster, if you plimse- -faster! and they
plated u In wh rlwind
fhsir Himby threw hi* feet alasit like a
fast purer, and revolved after tls- manner of
a teetotum which wa* nearly run down. At
la-t he staggere I a sN p backward*, and
spinning erivritnewlly away from me. pilefs-l
Is ailioeg into the midst of a sin*!! bevy of
ladlrw io a corner | turn-1 nroun I coolly,
nisi walking to my s< at rent th** young
woman killer for a glass of ice wafer
The m.srraUe lawyr r—over>s| In- vn-s
j'i*» i-i t in- to s*v ne- thutik hi« riv.d f * the
water.
I got »<im“ i'k-a from tin*, of th- fun th*
latj|i*s fust in torni 'iitiiig is (ss/r devils of
tls*- Other S t
At this jimetur and te fore Mr. H mbt
ha*i ti ne to apologiz/’ tor his wr-eid'-ot. little
Jer.nie < ante running into tire pavilion which
s*-rv*-! as a 'mil room. A* she < aus n*ar I
(*erc**ivssj that tier hairls were <lutihe*l
tightly in her dn**« arsl I JK/Sltively thud
iered *s *fie wh;*p* r*»l to in -.
*' Oh, Maggie * ciiis- airfl help me fix my
skirts they art- all coming down
Wlmt should Ido ’ I «»■ in agony A
eoi*t (**r»piration lirok'- oat oputi my fore
[, -a l I wi»h**l myself a th'Si*ai**f nub*
away, arsl ana*hen.a*:z>d Hob Myiew tnaa
q.-fading jwojert inwardly, with barf'd
mak-d.etions
I «od I was tired out could not »o un
ieslr el*‘- go ?
So nothing would do,but I mu*t ac orn
(zjtiv :m r In It**- hmseof tie- gentleman who
owned tfs*- grows arid assist her to arrange
ner ' othif £
,*• . ini i went
Wiiat if it should b* n-rew-»ry to ns
mo .'-tneyr i*'r (iwrt of tiie a :n* nt' What
if *hs sh i i t*' tn- to do toioc sewing ’
Whut it. in th*’ midst of all the iinbarrwM
mentsi of Unxmiing eliiwtixl with a beauti
ful girl of Ki‘veutix*u. in a state of i’*iiii|iara
tivi* freedom from dra|iery’. my real rex and
identity slimikl Ik* diseovered by ber ?
I lelt ua if an a|Mtpl«rtie fit would Ih> a
fortunateoceurreiuv for me just then.
However, I nerved myself up to the task
aild accon\(>*lllid Jennie to the house dc
signaled An old lady showed us into her
rliatnber, mid Jennie, heaving a sigh of re
lief, let go her dress. As slit* did so, a
pardon my lilaslicw' a petticoat tell to tlu*
il'Mir. She was ulsuit to priHivd, but I
alarnnsl Ist by a sudden and veinment ges
turo.
•• Slop '' I cried li ant ira Itr. mid forgi'tlin-*
my fidsotto vuiiv : • Stop! don't undre/N for
liihl M sake :
Sin* opened b**!' great bmw aeves to their
w iile«t extent.
*• And wby not '!
"Hi cause Imu lam a can you keep
a secret f '
•* W liv ye* how Inglilua—l you look
Why wlmt i* tin* invtler -Maggie! von
why oil' oh ' oli!
And she gave thixs leurlul sereaiiM.
“Jlllsll. no noise, or I uni lost 1 I ex*
damn'd, (Milting mv limsl over her mouth.
" I swear Imi till no harm il I had I would
not have stopp— I you. Hoo t you s>s*f
** t »li, sir. sin* said, * I sis* you are a mall ,
bill what does il all iiicuu f Why do you
dress so'("
I told tier tiie story a* bri* fly u* possilili*
aiaJ exaetisl Irom l»er u promise ol I lie most
saelisl secrecy
I tin'll went oalside tln* door and wailed
till slu* bad arranged her iiic-s, wln*n slu*
called III' • ill again. She had licmd ol un-
Irom Maggie mid other*, and wunl-l In bear
all I In* |ui In Minis . so I sat dow n by Inu
and wo bad a long tall,, which end'd inn
mutual 1-Ting "I Irii'i'illiness mid old ne
quuilltlllie slop, quite wonderful ba (M’ople
lliivting lor lliefirst time Jusl ns wenlurt
•si logo lank lo I lie pivillioti I said Hint I
must ivlieve lay mind of one more burden
" All I wtint H f)mt ? site asked
•'Tltosi* kixwa You thougli 1 was Mag
gi<‘ I,—', ii- von would not have given them
They wi'ie very swis't. Imt I sitppn*" I mn«t
give them back
And I did.
Slu* lilitsliisi a good deal, but site didn’t
resist, o |v when I got through, slu* glanced
up timidly, and said.
"I think you are real naughty, anyhow.”
When in returned. I fiMind lawyer Itimbv
quite rerun red Irmn Ids il:zziue*«. and all
hand* lor sir |s*r, which was served in (he
bull room. I sat 1s t ween Himby and Jen
me. and imelr love lo bothof them in turn ;
to one 111 Maggie l/s\ Mild to the other as
nirMi'll. Afbf sitjijaT, at wltielt I astonish
nt several by eating rather more learlily
than young ladn-.* generally do. we had more
dam mg and I bint—l pn-tty strongly to \ir
Himby that I should like to try iinothi r
waltz,
lie didn’t take the hint.
Faiding it rather dry nmiisoiiienl to dance
with my own kind. I soon abaudoued Hint
|il.*n*'ire and |s*rsuivl—l Jennie to stroll off
nto the moonlight with me SVe found the
grove a charming plare, full "f pietnrrsqne
littk corner*, and rustic seats, mid great
grey risk* leaning nut over the river. (In
one iif th'*“e latter, a little bench w iu pla-sl,
:n a mask sheltered from th*' wind and from
Sight
Hep- w sat down in the ful flnml of the
inminlight. and having just had dinner. I
felt wonderfully in n—d of a cigar. Ac
curd'ugly I went ba'k tn u little stand near
the ball room, and purdnm— I w viral of the
wondifftil woniiiti who sold refp*»hni nts
Tien p-1 urn mg to the *etw by th<* rm k«, I
gav n(> all ear<** or fear« for my incognito,
and revelled in the ph-ai'ire of my saliiudi
tin fragrance of my eigar the ni'smhghl
and IlHk- Jennie's jinssnis'.
How long w- »»t there heaven alone
knew* We talk-1 and laugh— I and ssng.
and l'sik—l m—i'h other's eyes and told for
t ue ■ and (s-rform—l all the nonsensical op
i rati >tis —.inni"n amongst young (asiplejust
la ng in love with i.o h other, ami might
ha*' punaifieri there until tliis irnintb of
August, in this year of our Izwd Kigbtisii
It . . Ir—land Fifty seven, for aught I know,
had not the l arriagm fus-rt sent to convey
ii* I; "in * amt th-* rest of tie* company la gan
to wotsler wtu-r" we wep .
'I i. s wonder ts got questions, the qmw
t on'fears and tie-fear* a >a»ri It. h' .et—l
bv tls* valiant Himliy Tliey call—l. ami
nod listened, but our (ewition down j
m tie* slu Tiered rux.k among tie' psks. pre
vent—l tle-m fr>/m hearing us or »i tiiem
At hiigth they hit u|sm oor (i*th ami all
earn*' xhaig. single fit<• until th* y got to tla* (
op«Ti sjiaee aldve.
Then tia-y saw a sight.
Ia a* «pn*ad out in a free and '-a*y |s»i
tion my bonnet tak'-n off and rny hair
• lUi'-rrhat loirzlnl ii(,. f/m- fot real—l on
tie grr/und. anrl tlu* otle-r <ai a rock about
lev' with my h**d regardless of ar kleathi*
tine*,) »n<l tie re I r«t (/uffing away in a
vi— unladylike style, at a high-flavored
Cm,i ha.
Jei.oie was *.ttitig cbzse b* »tde rtu- witL
je-r te-iwl nlmmi on my 'leeiekT. aisl 1* r
•msli aa—t ■nmu J ere irr I—J by my arm
Just a* H*o party came along above in. J
laugh *! out a a k/u l. mass-uhne vo.ee
"Just think of |x>nr wlmt'* Ids name
there Himliy I Suppose he knew that he
lias Ihtii making love to a man g "
" Hush !" erlinl Jetmie. •• I sink tliep- he
is uiid. nit ; lay gracious ! there is the
whole i'otii|MUty !'
Yes. we were fairly enught. It was no
use for inn to clap on my bonnet and assume
falsetto again tnev Imd all wvn ton much
lor that. Ili •sides iiy this tune. Hull Style*
and Maggie l/*c wep' "one llesh," ami mv
disguise was of no further inqsirtnuee, so I
own—l up mid told the story.
Isiwver Himliy was in a rage lie vowisl
lo kill inf. mid even squunsl off but the
p'st ol the party laughed at him so tinnier
eifally, and siitfgesbsl that wn steaild waltz
it out together, iiml lie finally eooiisl down,
uml slunk away to take some private eon
veuuiee Itaek to I*
Jtoli Styles and tare living in a large
double hi at** together. He often nay* Mail
he owes lm wife lo my masquerading, Imt
be doesn't f— l under any obligations to me.
for I own toy wile In Hie none tiling.
N It Mv wile's name is Jeltlia*'
\ III! «lf It«M9I<•!•€ •'
Ten years ago a y oung Kitglislauaii ran
away Irom l/milon whip' lie wa* highly
eiiua—T—l. came d"Wii to I,ivei|MKil, took a
ship that was up for New Orleans, and in
dm* I'oarx' of time Innd-I in this city with
alight heart in bis brewst and Ist ween one
anil two lamdp'd pounds in Hunk of ling
lulid notes in Ins pocket III' bud biwn u
iimiiini’ rw/rf at home, ami. wlmt Im-Iw—'ii
wine and women, Imd tmtuagisl to sqaatnler
a large fortune, Ih**li|i*s involving himaelf
seriously ill debt He bail taken Hie pp
cuution lo provide himscll with Idlers o| in
Irisliielion in re*|s eiiib|e (mrlicN in this city,
i.lsl by thi* means Ik* »ixm lonmsl tin* ue
i|aainlaiice of a young lady, who by the
ili'tiHt of her father, had just bien left sole
heinsw to a largu iwtule A warm attach
ment sikni spume up ltd wen He* I wo, nod
our young Fnglishinan. one fine day. in sib'
Hie Indy a fm mat tender ol hi* lixud mid
heart. The answer he received wus tic fol
lowing : "I lave you and will marry yon,
Imt only on these conditions, and Hirst only
Ist, von must slop drinkiug ; 2d. you
must |i«y your debts; .‘ld you hairsqimn
ilcred one fortune, you inie-t si i to work and
make another " ’i'll" lover eiifri'*l<*l, but
the lady was inexorable .Inst (lien the
guld fever broke out, mill oor hum defer
mined, willioiil lists of time to fry bis for
tune oil Hie kluiiiw o| Hie I’aeilie I le—hi.
lie sat down, wrote a Idler to Ha 1 liuly,
in wlii'Ti be ntinnuucml Ins ilelermiiiatiou, \
assiirisl her of his unalterable stl- lion, mid
begg—l her to lie 1 -t l l Ill'll to him, aisl wiHi
out farther adieu stall—l for NewYoikij
nod took ship for Sun Fraiie.iseo via the;
< Ip", 111 f 'aliforilia lie I—l for some lime n
wumlering. dissolute life, and finally joined :
Hie iiiilorlunnle i v|s'diliou nlm Ii Haonss' tl
de lloiillion fitted uni for the conquest ol
'Sonora. If was known Hml lie was among
the few who iwa|ss| lo tell I lie lii*e of flair
lieroi'- lemler, Iml nothing further wuslniud
of bis wlm ren lion Is mil il last Hulurday,
when a friend of In* in Ibis < tty received ii
b'legrapine despaleli from loin, staling that
be was among the fifty istsous *ave l from
Hie I'enfral Amniea.sml brought into Nor
folk bv the burk I'Joise Tbe Jisfsiteh fin
ther siahsl that tlx'writer fuel lost If ITO
000 in gold, whieli was in tlni hands of the
(mi's'r. but thut it was luckily insured in
the full value m a |/md" n office. We learn
Hist tie lady to whom he wus engug—l is
still iiuinariiMl. and it would not lm strange
if, in tie course ol lioinull eyenla, we *hould
Im hall-1 nffotl to inlita a paragraph with
that f.islitollable heading “ Marriage in
High Fife iV O. Urr. 21 rf.
A Tsui. roK nix film Cmt Tim
Washington Slur of tlx hlb says that simie
days ago. a |if<slm edealer in W'axhingtun
sold a —istouier a lialfu rx-ek of (edatoea for
* shilling, aiel in Inking liis pay Irom a quar
ter dollar, return—l twelve —ids change.—
This the customer reins—l lo relative, elaim
mg thirteen ends as hi* dua. A dix(mte
10*0-1. winch eniFsl in Hie customer g<lting
out a warrant for tie* —ld nt. aisl, lie •**•
Iming tri-t. lm roeovirpsl it. HnJim Inn
vi Ilf r.
I.sair Orrier. to »* Orasan.- We are
inform-l by the Keg-ternf the |j»nd Office
here, that lm has re—-iveil information to
tbe eff—-t that it will o(x*n for llm nitrr of
laid aisl other bu*in—•*. on the Ist of No
vcinlsT proximo We are gl*d to ano'sin—'
Una fact, as we think it will be tbe cause ol
more aiming turn* in Humix (,’ity Ttiers
is a large amount of land tret unentered in ,
ibis district. HiO'U I il y £ilgU.
Owxr> in Tiia Ttuas—Ttiia beautiful,
■■Owed i* having an extensive circulation
We p-memfM-r seeing it a while ago cred
it/d to John <» Haxe, arid it n probably wx
of In* :
<»n of *'
AM* l ;
Hut '’ii'it**" on th«
To on* tn nljoiii Ui« CMh
A»fl who. on not gwHingil will •or -
A.u I •*> 1/ • - fegbt!
NEW SERIES—NO. 101
T‘H« (fITHI Null,
rVtHH ll»<* N \ Kvfnittt |V»WI
Karly in I Kl# Samuel F. It Momn, the
inventor of tlir> elci trie telegraph, lor a val
uable couaidi'rwt ion, u'uni;inil by F. J. 0.
Smith, one-fourth purl <>l In-* iiitennt in
tin' invention, tngctlicr with nil riuhfn aunt
property In nneh ime tburth that In* might
have by tiny patent* lo lx 1 grunted.
Patent* wen 1 granted for the invention,
tanil telegraphic linen were fount meted
throughout the Northern uml Weatern
Stiaten, of whieli Moran, Mfreal Vail, (title
mill Hmitli, were the owncm. The contract*
mul ugrecincutn imule In tween pnrticn IVnm
time to time weiv complex nrol niluierouii,
if ieu wLly iuvv "j;| eo rvtnecxw*.* in nttierr pre
viniinly iiinile uiml yet iniemirelbid. In eon
xei|i|ein e, the pm In n noon ilwugnu'il lit to
their inclining mul intent.
tint of thin ilimigreement nngiimted the
milt* ilintillltasl by Morae lain) Vnil ugililMt
Smith, in Iteivmlar, |H.M, unit to that re
Hull ol whielt, I'm nearly nix year*, tele
gruphic cuntr.ii torn uml owiitrr* hid Imvii
liHiliinit with interval The eo.n|ilninunba
u.ikeil tliaat the joint inli renin ol the plain
1 1 1!-* mul the ih leiiihantai naijrlil he nrvrreil by
it tliviilrm of the territory, or thut n tleerre
liaiirlit lata tunile will'll lahoulil prut amt uml
Neritro the mtrnwtia taf the rcapcotive par
lie*.
They further aakcil lla.it mi neeouut might
lie taken 111 tween the pal'tlc*. mill thnt on
i"ieli acroiuillug, Mr. Smith alinuld lie
charged with, mul the |i!nintilT)t allowed
Voliti.uil.’i .'i|. ’llaiia wu* lint mnoiint which
Morn' A Vnil elnirnnl wiih i.iietotheiil from
Smith lor their *hatrc of tin* ifei-tpLa of ecr
timi telegraphic line* in (he North, Kut mul
Weal, and lor the nervieen of Amo* Ken
'lull. I'iiijaliiyiil by them on account of " the
negligence mol ill", til ity of Smith.”
The eo|ii|i!mii ota hlho nuked tlaant mi in
junction might iwmc rmtraining the defen
dant* Irmii endeavoring lo invalidate tiny
letter* |mti til grimlcd to nil the iiurlie*. or
frniii making miy n.ilen of the pluiiitilfw' in
terentn in aueli jinlcnt*, either in New I'lng-
Imrl nr the Wi nl.
The hint prayer of I lie eoiuplnint wnn
grunted ; nil injuiM'tivi' order wnn inoiud mid
I'ontiime I in full force I'm nearly nine mouth*.
At the .Imitiury term of the Superior
Court lor I H.'i.’i, the r ui-e ennic on lor trinl
on it* merit.'), mul both purlin* priwentcd
certain "iiiiintioiin pinpn*ilidtM nnd nifttler
of law, which ll ill,ki ll the court* to puM
upon. Chief .lintice Ihe r luwenUd and
onleriil tl.nt the oro|Hi*ltioii nlionld tie ar
gu'd mill ih" id,• ] hrfor,’ miy other »tep»
were In ken In Ih" i'min', Judge UoMWnrtll
lieitrd the arguin' lit uml derided tie' ipm*-
lion* of law iuliertaly to the ilefeudmit, lint
*t tlie nntne time iillnwil him to tppeul
without neeiirity for I'ont* to the tlemTiil
Term.
In tin opinion gi\ni liy the Court on up
peel, hi viml itemu I'luiniiii liy th" defemlmit
iih it m I off mi reoerved lot further argument.
Til" eluhiH ullowed inn lliow which were
for tlie moot purl udmitti'dby tie' ilefeudmit,
•ml mnoiinl mlt* v* tlo rto the hiiiii of fill,.
<»in Tlii w lie ullowed (mid the vulne of
wlii> li in diJimtly »tnte.| in the eoinplmnt.)
uni'unit to 9-T<?o,fil,l ; but boahk'* Ilium
there nre «till two item* which milled to ti»e
nbove, make tlie whole iilll»Ul|t of the claim
ilmliowiil liy the Court mwrly fCiOO.IKKI.
In regard to the ei|"jty of tin' cliiim mmle
ugnnc-i fie lii'fi iidulit he Iniiuouedue on tie
Itnffnlo uml Milwaukee telegraphic line, uml
will' h he ih'chiriii in emicelli'il l»V the M
nigmilint to the plnnliir- of the l/iuiiiville
uml New Orh-uo* line, the Court rr nerve*
ilm It. Imf iifroriglv iiitiuiatiH thut Smith
might to Imre lluu *toek in*u>il uml deliver*
ill to the plantin'*
< tur n uderu may rcmcmljcr that we not
lour ago told them u »tory of “liirat llunn.
little I luma, r-o-n.” We huve umitber of
thut ilk, to which they will pleiuae to llhlcii I
A you* u Kutter mnpe, Uirn uml hrtvl iu
th* r ive I'ointu racion. uml who hml never l
known thut he hud miy otj.er nume tlmn
iiimn dm k. wnn hauled one day by brother
Itrmx* into tin- eoinmiiwioa urhool, mid with ,
hint olid two rom|innionn whom b* bad
only known in like manner. u» “Fin” and
■Kel," i
Tin' latter wua firm ankm! :
“ Wliut in your wurn'T”
“ Kio," «u the reply
“Oil, my—no. riunoM muni lie your
nmne. I term nilnr it, now."
Tie n the other fru-od wan (Hit throngli
•• what in vour name, eoony ?"
•• Kel.” ’
'* Mercy ! whnt a uurne ' 'll*l will oever
do. I mippone itnmut Ih- Fliu*’ '
** Veu nir.”
All thin while gutter miipe had li*eo »tar*
log ut tie- mkl manner in which hi* Iricnd u
nmm* hud Iren leturtheniwl out. At length,
however, n glamv of intelligcnee nhot Over
hi* face he took the jokc- und when uuked
w liut hil "am" wan. warrantnwily uuweml
with a ‘you don t w II at' look: - .luceam."
A lady neighlw/r ami aeipainUnce—the
doting mother of a waggiah lad—having
leiftk il u hit of nice prewTvm labelled them.
“Put up by Mm. I»—" (tier name.) Johnnie.
lier promining boy, having dwcovercd the
Hgnmiiiw,” whhi etc np the coatmte of the
iH/ttle, and then wrote on the bottom of the
label, "I’nt down by John 1)—."
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