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NO. 21.
MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1871.
VOL. IV.
1 hat
BEAUTYt
HOME!!
AND FORTUNE.
PREMIUM BALE
OF THREE HANDSOME
NEW STEEL ENGRAVINGS
A GIFT WORTH FROM
$1 00 to #25,000 00
h
A
tfjIYEK WITH EACH EXUHAVING !
We hare obtained tbe entire rontml of the
e «fier at the low
following engraving*, which
flgaret of
j
1
although they are really worth $f> 00 each. They
are 19 t 24 !«• ""d each h a gem of art.
$2 00 EACH ! !
L U R L K Y !
A of Ihv Bblnc. A (knuile uf n.rc
tieauty sit, ou the st.on- ,.f llio rlvrr. n !,.■"■ il„
rocks ere 1 h<- im>«i dunsevou». nn.l will, her s„,i» ,
aed music .harms Ihr m.vnirv >silur* to „car
hcr, «ben lliev meet a watery prsve. Ihe u' 1 -
jecl Is full of life, full of emotion, ami ull.^-cthi r
a success.
.
THE DISINHERITED !
A young man, through the wily influence J»f
some in his household, is deprived of a share in
his father s house Having but sort*»" an Ins
lot he departs, and from a neighboring hill he
takes his last look an l farewell to the seem * ot .
his younger and better days. • he heart »*«*»*
with deep sorrow iu eiumluiitg this subject ho
well drawn.
THE CHILD Ok HHR ST!
A child with human body and dress, angelic
, is represented so well that
oftb. We Mo not
reached the
Aid lift
face, and divine
words cannot tell half its
that any engraving ha, yet
esc*lkw.'c of this, in tom bing the heart I
Ins It away to ft hixti.-r WOfM. Tit" rv
Hits to look. Tl.s in >rc it U «e n. tin- K"..'' r
tits desire to look »Kain und uB.iiu.
Alsu a correct Lilk'.V<. | l , fi Likcm <»f
GEN. STONEWALL JACKSON
*
same Irrms, fur $• 00. Il is Irulv a Rem ot art.
:
ticket,
er '
A FORTVNE FOR Vnl"!
i-li.u,-sold à'.,. -O
Wllh cacIi engraving, till v
conics, we will «lie rat«, one «Imre
«Blitllng each shareholder |o one r. lue follow
lag gifts. , . . . ;
bead on, and rcmcml.er, llwli-vm li.*K.-, Ii-.m
of the following, which ,
!
1
•r will positively get
which will he distributed by drawing
At DENTON, Man Lind
THE LaPIERRE HOTEL,
DENTON, M L
containing twenty-six rooms, furnished through
out. with oil modern conveniences, plcntv out
buildings. stabling f»*r thirty hot* in
worth, « ash, 5
r
nit outfit, stock, Ac.
;
I
of so act«; one mile rmm il... nm. 0,0
from steamlioat landing, five miles fi-oiu tli" Md
k Del. R. It.; ou* ihoiisaml |o , a»h tree«, titty
apple trees, choice varieties of «IrawWo-. .!,. r
ries, plums, spr cots, crab «piiU-s, dwarl iH-ni,.
«ptaaStdnéwdiulldtngs, worii, ?».«». i
1 _ . » .*.«1 ». tiiMt
THE CARTER 1-ARM
will, 10 scr«; fine orcloi'd, good tooMliip
Choice «M land TtKNTON '
A HOLSk I. 1 - - -
ÄteiffJriS" Ä. I
varieties ot ,
200 Standard Sewing Machines!
Worth from îto io $l.' 0 .
EA Waltham Watches
_ , ,|>™ ÎIU Io *100
Kach worth from f >
4 Pianos.
10 0rgan8 and Melodeons.
flnn nnnh Sum - - - - $3,000
, _ nnn
One Cash Sum * $ 1 ,UUU
One Cash Sum - - $5,00 j
—» n 1 O««,« 00 *
Throe Oa«h 8 umB- eaoh - 81,00
FOUT C&sh Sums"each • " :
49,OtO GIFTH, conflHtinp of Wnahintr M'-i
chines, WHnf*ra, Htandanl ßookaand Work* m
Art ; none of them tun He pur«-lmmil. nt retail•
îr».r..i h -.ra ,,0# ' '" ,U
THE 1'ICTI'RE HILL FARM
ItnrutiiK roiintr, M-t..
of tots acres, on llie ttliopiaiik r i
» liurf on ii.
country .41 .support ii «till a tim Uila cuu-l
hnl'itbigr. s' titrer Viirtclv uf fruit u-i,,< iiienl t-i
.rhurchei amt school«, only i-ix nitti-v Iruoi I. --lull,
!tli* lsrecst liusiiic*, to» 0 011 llie IlcUwari- I'eni-
; lllU . $ 10.1100
Imvitlg n
."•Iff >»t
ith 1 » v
THE COLD SPRING FARM
TOTAL VALVE
Æf the 50,000 GIFTS $ 100 , 000 .
' Tho drawing will l«kr |iloi-r. u> soon »« ri
graVldka enough are sold to distribute Ills Ulk
et«, berere ss many tlrkct holders a« i lioorc to
pres«i)t, and to he under their control,
v» c raficr to
Thomas U.Jfsmp, Clark of Caroboo««. tom 1 .
OsQIgaJLJtossiim, Alt. at Uw, Denton, Md.
*R'|V Btehardson, Shcriirdf the County.
William Fell, Rsq., <8 ntmhin, Mrt
liaurbe k Uro , Ural Kulme II kra, lUdgeli, Md.
The above gentlemen »III act os Siipcrvlwry
Committee. _ _ .
Keftr sleo to Charles Oonding, K.«| , Speaker
of tbe Delaware Senate, all the iwadtng Men . llie
gf.tr. the Editor of tills F»|m.t, and tlic I reas
of tho Peninsula generally .
We want active man and women, everywhere.
SO work fbr us, with whom we will make liberal
llismisiliill Biuncly, after their ordering their
auapta aagraeing, we will give them ono rn
cravUgaad one ticket rasa, Far every four names
they send as with $8 00.
• ,Je order an Engraving, send us $2 «0 in a
rngiskarsd letter, or by I'nst Office Order, and
wa wilt «and by ratura mail, the engraving and
tha ticket «mb.
Sand aM your orders for engravings, money
sag drafts, «md^U^rorresiwodenr« to our gen
fl ynlina Go. Land Auooi&tion,
8 th, and Kinp Bts.
wir.tutraroy, del.
• ba
THB CAROLINE PRARL
ST 7ST Mtodtara item lima to tin»
-- — to advertise for us, will
1 west rates.
». m., 1st mrsvy, t*:t.
of
to
a
of
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Though love be sorrow with half groan wings: j Bt
lid ir love flle. Wlu-ti WC are young,
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Select |)oetnj.
AT TUR WINDOW.
h v tot \ it mi a or naurax, ukkiIsChk».' 1
Only to listen—listen nm! wait
For hi* low, firm step down the |fr»»vcl walk ;
To hear »he Hick, dick oNiis liutid at tile Kin*-.
And feel every lnmrt-he.it through rnrclras talk.
Ah. love i.H tweet when life it roung '■
And life and love are both to long
Only to watch him ahont »»n,
Lighting it up %» ? th hi* i|uiet smile,
That hct mit to itit the world out of gloom.
And bring Him von uefrer to me—for a while,
A little while—8 in ce love i* young,
And life is beautiful iu long.
Only to love him—nothing more ;
Never i» thought of hi* loving me ;
Proud of him, glad In him. tlioiiy »
M\ heart to shipwreck on thia smooth sew.
Love's f.iith see* unlv grief, not wrong,
And life I« daring when 'll* voting.
h- Lore
A , 1(1 i.nan
, |) ,, v| , r
Ah me I wlmt maller? T!» world Roes round
d hale
l ut outside things :
lose m hat in him I found.
\\ h\, life i.- Mill not long—not long.
And heaven is kind to the faithful heart ;
are patient
ill Inst, tlio
Mur • mi * -
Horn- l.
X»* Ion/ r lair,
Lil«-un\ m-t
'f|,e tear
parted lips t' - »int Iv |- > •
His shadow ncross the do rw i lies.
Wiil lier doubt.* gallitr. darkea ui r
\Y lieu hearts are p
.1 brave, and • aim.
And ifw
h our ll
in ;«!, to!.b l p.ii
•i. depart.
I*
lot,
4 o l itter long.
dried lip in her .'■hilling
d hold, and .strung,
a
...
love us life itself b long.
The f()1 , uwi . .
-» ■ ...... of H
r.-gimeiits elution, d III Ur
|.acd llu- .leek of tb.- I ! -, Ij> -,
iiiylit, wliilt; on lli" pun,.i({.- I. ,
to L nnloji. I pro* 1*1 it to my rea ler* in I
Geirrt £tonj.
TilK CNAbLKNUK.
I dd to un I \ .
Ko-t.
ns
:i"
||,-.
built limn.
.. , .. .; |,
*•' = ' "
\\ lien i fuel
as l!n* ig!i in t île Jlr;
ftt.'.l to til !U ! .'gi
and on tho IV and O
exist in those day*», 1 * »'It |
I'attc of t il'od i I »pe
I• dit" <• ntr* .1 tin: I rirt'iv 1 a 1 Mi
t.ili.
■ el! •
ils >f the n -nator. :
Ullpit"
•al clitti' «
ntitnis
w a • '1 l
lot)
■ • in tr ;
vcvtvei my
ion
army.
Compntiy did
<•
lu«t
i
ig • via th
•
hid» I
dra- nil i joined
my regiment, in
V
i a main d "iilv : hr
V«
l!i»r..ugl.ly u«!.| to
; it, tiler.. ;« nothing r. monotonous as nu
officer's life in an Mated loealitv. in India :
There is mutin • in everythin« ; in duty,
I in lounging, citing, »ui"kiiig. >1 epiug
reading and biljiarda nr cjtr.l-pUyil»g. and
(his is only varie-i if. I t Itteby eliauee. In
. j | n tlistj wh i • ii ,r -.
' H" > ' *, * ,,
stn Kiiu. i . pu nn
i l.inpldo A- times, -i-eially tf la
ilicH «re w'th the reLMiiiciit .mateur hop*
tiZLZ '» hop' P i
; tjllt l( „, j, eu- r
vating that neither offi- ,s nor .... „ of any
regiment, that had !.. <-n a eon i lerable.
I l«lfp«h of time in the cuntry f- ! -ery of
Veil dilposod to exert ill. in-lu-w to pro
T i,|,, siLs.-cient for .ia J- ■«.
>p | 10 r ,| |,ad b- .-n r ars in India,
mid in cmi«miueti-.e, ,.il ill" iiienih. rs of
that corpse were nlllii le.l « ill, las-itu-l.
,hat had . .. beemno chronic The, "
was n great deurtli of foiljale s-.eiety dial
„V swi non of pleasurable existence and
the hunting had been pronounced by lliom
old stagers, who considered themselves
_ cnu i , l0 ahikarries, to ho imeinally had;
j therefor«!, wli«*u it ura« amioiiDce»i that a
* Dey (hjllcctpr hud !*»*«-ti n|»n.)inud to »tie
th 5 ( . Uvcill .^ o|(| ^««...„1^... who.
: for »evontccn y<*nrt». li»d held »dlic« ill that
district. and u imtu hebe wu* :i«l«led, ua*. rt
j n t |, n , |, e W:)S tli<* f >it«nuto po«»c*aor «if
n|| ,. x t y beautiful wife, every »»»»«"
was on the fniri.-r to receive I.-'Mucb
to our diauiipaintinenL hnwever. he ar
. *'
rived alone, having left ins spous.i to cti
joy tbe society of Iter lr,"„ds ... ( »lent a
fora few weeks nfler which »ho was to
follow l„m with her only child. Mr
Norman b raser Was an,:,,, about thirty
five years Of age. tali, „„tscular, and pre
eminently handsome ; moreover he was
highly educated, and ... ot sue ,
power, of pleas,ng that won in. wsy to all
heart*, nml Ii« soon became a umver
sal farorite.
Ho infused new life Into our little cot
aria, and many were tbe 1««, rotations
whenever hts genial countenance did not
honm across the me,, table (»«r coo
ncls two hard featured daughter, regular
. gnrrtsnn girls, who hod iltrleil succès«- :
fully with ovety sub whom they had met ;
during the last ton yenrs—were entranced
by him, and openly Inmented that he was
already a Benedict ; for, tlioiigli he ' wns '
only a civilian,' they would have been
glad enough to have liad the ghost of a
obanoe to ensnare him in the silken mash
as of matrimony.
It was a ouatoin in those days for of
fleers to remain over tho mess-table long
after tho cloth hud been removed, and nn
lea« a man posaessed a strong head ho wau
pretty certain to retire to rest in a lament
ably befogged condition. Ono night, wlteo
we all had been indulging pretty freoly,
the eon venation turned to billiards—an
interesting topic, for most of us wera good
period. I pm."
f that
■1 mv I: ' nan- .
at tile expirai.
I c. .-hius 1
cl,-.
im,, |t,,.
cull lit IV.
! * util a
>m*l up tli-*
i 1 'V alls' - »
i.w *t;
I'r t
man
our
playora.
V Hove you seen Fraser nlny Î Ho heal
Webb easily to-day ; and I'll hack him
against any mao in the regimeut," »nid
Captain 1' iper, who considered himself an
authority uu matters connected with game,
of skill
•• I always give Webb points, and 1
won't shrink measuring cues with the col
lector, though he certainly plays a very a
good game, I replied.
" Fraser, old fellow, Lioutcnant Hoi
rovd thinks that he is your npial at bil
Will you let mo back you for a
Kaper cried across tho table.
The Collector, who was "half seas-1
over." promptly expressed bis willingness '
to at oneo engage with me, so l registered j
a bet of a hundred rupees with Captain
Kaper, ami we adjourned to the billiard
room. 1 bad practised a great deal in my '
leisure hours, and knew myself to bo a 1 a
steady player, while from what I bad eecti '
of Fraser's play 1 judged that bo became .
nervous end irritable, if luck wont against |
him ever so little;-therefore, I did not 1
hesitate to accent a lew other bet* offered
b, admirers of my opponent's brilliant
Bt y| c
We had got about half way through the
game, nud our scores were nearly cipial,
when'l made three most palpable flukes in i
one break. und tins so annoyed my sjmi- |
inebriated unlng-misl that It • played wild
Iv. missing most cum »hols, and all the
wliilu denouncing ins style uf i-xreution in
j I 1 „ Very measured terms, When sober,
ho was" the most courteous and urbane of
men; but when exited by wine, h: was
inelini il to lie insolent and overbearing.
1er to make it,
■Ma/, -.i
joet ball, llimigl. it undoubtedly touche, I
iL »ml went on the red. making the
' A dispute inslaiitlv arose when 1
( l iiiii 'l tI k* shot.
I You ir v r bit the first ba!', sir!"
Mv brother I
•r
r
Hard«
game ?"
•• I was inure than thirty point;} alnnl,
when a ?*ln»t presented itïcif lu mo that was
verv difficult of ae«"nni lisliiiK'iit It was
a straight carom, but. in
th«' object hall had to be very fin
in.Iced. Mv bull seareelv moved tin- ob
I *' | ü d earch s*ly
• It'.« faLe! 'I hers wan no earotn.
• • I>.> von itmiminti 1 It**. sir 7 "
.
-i 1 K.';i r. I oidly
" 1 knew 1 did ii but mv bull did,"
• - Yes ! V"U tii'L* both u liar and u « he:it!"
Human nature could not Maud that
>Lipp I tny tradueer's tare
«'• iüt-.tf.rd. at 1
Ion
<• ml 1 , I f*uud tn\-If walking <*n th
Mitiiiiatefii. ini. Ned l! »w
1 th my
i an lab
• it
• • I '.*m 11 .»Ir«» v !. lot's :■ t
some >
water, an 1 t h ft turn iu
111 U B t g' t
r i*» sure to
Fra*
V inr ban ! -t -adv, t r
dvi. • au l t!-.. beverage !»
ended. ..;» I wa- ui, bright Jttnl t atl\
the following itmniinif AI »ut ten .Cl.with
i*«|.t;,ii. lta|i.-r i-«m..'to tuy .,.i«rlcra. II
took n neat uud » •before be cx|daim d
: bis mission A» f bad expected, be ».
,|„- ,,f ..riel fr. Mr l'„i- r
" Thi*. i* a d< vi!i*b unnl i-ant h*i*i
necs altogether, lltdroyd ; but l nuppos
you p.-r". ive that tl: 1 is m. alternative
Will v-»u ntum* y nr friend f.>r I «huit
> " 'JJ\
, ' . 1 ■ ' , , .
oaptau, aim bore the reputation of he,,,«
lii t -• it«-i'
•• I told him I .«hould I. avo everything
in tbe hand« of Lieutenant llowson. and
|,e v, thai gentle in order to ar
r „nge preliminaries.
About nul lay my friend ram*, tome.
and told me that lie had agreed with the
-te ml of Mr Fraser as t. tbe place, tin,
of m> ting, and weapons to ii - n-"l in (lie
I,,,..ming du -I Ho also hint-d that if
I bi -1 any I. tiers In tvrile, iu ease of n- i -
dent, it w-uld I-- as well to do them at
unce, sti.d lie w»u|il call to accompany
llio to the rendezvous at dawn the next
mornino ; and, when I thanked him and
promis. d to i>r< par • uiys -If f -r slaughter,
U-fi m to hunt up the'duelnr, l aving me
t.» r jLi t u|,<m u»y |."Mti**n
Hmling wu* imitdi in vauuc ut that ih
ri,d. hut 1 hud .„ vor bn,, « ptincipulin
an utluirc d lionticui. and ! conf••**. my
feeling* upon tî.i* »ccnsi *n were not pieu*
»tit mini
In the tirât place, I liked Mr Franer
very,,,. and I knew full well ,bat be
won never have provoked me t«» *tnkc
, i 1 i , .
him had he not be, .„„I t the mflu,!
of „pe r. Rut . Id .»- bad been g,v. „
and nothinc could avert n hustih.. I
unless 1 accorded . an ample and «h.
.cel »polngj -to do wl.i.-l, would rc',mrc
far more courng- titanito light, for I should
have been stipinalixed as a coward and
completely ostracized by my brotlior-offi
eers.
It wn* in the rainy *cnt««m, an«l tolerably
cool, so when I had finished " putting
house ,,, order, as I owson bad advised. I
set out for a long walk, tl,inking that ex
ere,sc would steadv my nerve, which were
s nm what unstrung by the effect, of the
potations «» |ha previous night.
: As 1 strolled leisurely upon iny way, J
; pondered upon my past life. I thought ot ;
how Imrcty four years before I bad set
nut from Itnma full »f hope and ambition. '
' ihe hope of winning name und fame in the i
profession I bad chosen enrnest in my
heart ; and now, before I bad oven flashed
my um den sword, before l was even fairly ;
launch id upon my career, l had placed
myself in such n position that it was more ,
than probablo my hopes, tny real, a min
tion, and tny life, would be cut down tike :
a flower ! I cursed tho "enomy man puta !
in his mouth to steal away his brains I '
thought of the happy home in " Fatherland :
that would be mado desolato by tny death; |
I thought of the dear loved ones who i
would mourn mo there, and my heart was j
filled with bitter anguish—misery that ;
was not deercaseil whon I reflected that, ;
'•«•» if 1 was -pared und my advor-ary
r«f
As I strolled leisurely upon my way, J.
mli'red upmi my past lift* I thought ot ;
COUNTY, DELAWARE,
fell, it would bo my hand that would
plunge bis widow deep into n sea of grief,
and leave fatherless Ills innocent child. bly
I was aroused from this bitter train of my
thought by tbe hollow thud of rapidly ad
vancing hoofs, and, on hmking up, I saw he
a lady, whoae face was total'y unfamiliar
to me, vainly endeavoring to restrt|!n a
mettlesome horse she was riding. The
lira! glance told tm she was a skillful
eijuestrain, the second that she was unac
<|Uiiintud with the locality, for she seemed
evidently bent upon taking tho fire ont of
her steed by urging hint forward ; uud to me
go forward I knew full well meant to rush
headlong to destruction, for right in that
direction lay, half concealed by buahos, a
deep nullah, or water course, down which not
a torrent, swollen by the recent rain, roll- !
cd in rushing cataracts over the rock
strewn bed.
"Turn, madam; turn for your life
there is danger ahead !" I cried 43 I rush
ed toward tli" point for which sho was
heading.
The lady turned her face, and 1 saw it
was fair ns an angel's ; her symmetrical
ligure show-d to full advantages ns she
used her utmost efforts to curb her hon«, t
and tier hair. which bad i. ip -1 from the ,
ribbons that bound it. floated, a wave of
gold far in her wake I was near enough
io see the bloom of excitement fade from j
her cheeks vbeq «lie beard my waruiug ■ ,
near enough to see that the barb was now
beyond her control, and that e catastrophe to
was inevitable.
A swift runner, I started forward at
fill! speed, and gained the l.rink -f the
nullah just io iiui i, -v the liine.url
its rider disappear fr >m view in ihe bull
iug flood that »urged at inv feet. For a
few seconds I stood paralysed ; then I saw
the animal struggl ■ In the siirlaec. uni !
knew that its inter li.nl In. I ho If r
rii.-n-was little b p j of saving h r, 1
ki»«'\Y ; il wouM bo m.i lticsB to uttempt :
but it fleshed ac ms» my mind that it would
I,, b tier to end life in a I,. Id - (Tort to r.-s- <
cue a fellow cr -atnr. than to meet d ath
at til- baud of my friend ,,f ysl.-r.lav «
I don 1 my b 1 u. my hut mi J cat, au I "I
piling-d into III. I:,,..;!'I Th-eir
j eddns boro me duwuward ati-I yn- i
ward, but 1 was a slmug swimmer, and 1 ' v
I struck out bravely uutil I gai.i-d ...
r t • riiu.'l if jut in ! i . * 1 » lli ■
trailing habit ..till lull I .,«v,- I to
:
ding
I tw.sj. «I >Kc arm ar -iadh r 1 liutv wai-t,
and :hrew
.1,0 -ping ll cee ..fit
win! the pi-hiug. !
;
hcr 1 * au! .t* h I with it*
sh .alder.
,. ttj
h
i" nt ,
>re
i- i and tore
i, along n
or i a. U
th ** tr-.v • ;o mi.-k un nil and i"Wtt
*t wp ci- -a 1 -, where tac watia b: h
l.û.-fing t 1 * » ' 1 h thy nuiiily '
H 1 ' 1 *.I :iuJ tla-luj iu ii, j ' ' -
-■>''"8 l,rul! "' J a,,d l ''* , " -r ';' 1
by ll.u co lisnu wu , tli c-ru-l roeks the
» •"*'*.'V"' .?
ami my .length ihj.iIIj gt\mg w i) . y t ^
' ' ( d" L '' t .1 ' 1 . !
"*'• •'•* 1 * 111 "> •*"" * *> r ' '
that grim !' ath hiui.n It -h *ul 1 n t put
tly.-r an tl, r ua.e. fall the fael-fl
il,,,, I ,,, i,. I mol wl„ „
'"T Kiu,.,; , ,t o f!-l,
Iroiu the tiring bum ut it- loot, to It» mv
lloat wu- all that I eotil 1 do. My brain
was all in a whirl, all |. -w.-r to resist was
un 1er the hank ut a pi, »lo re bushes
^ al " l ;';' the .w"ft 'strÄlor •
8 ™'l' I a loot, but t o .-»ill sir am lor.
me Iioiii luy bold and I gave up leo
An uistaiil utlerwnril». however, I loiiiid
my if caught iu the bushes of a tr- e that
bud l.ill-m partly aer.ss I i. imll.ili. and t"
it I clung with th- mad .Usperaltou that
love el Id • .no can iiisliil III tile ln ai Ilot ,
mai», i still held the lady, 'lasp d her t
>d»»a to me ilmugli 1 lad she never
more w.iul.1 breathe ngtiiu. 1 was not epo
to r<-1iin|iii-sli the priru I It;t I ,-tr- um-ns
1 y L.ittl I lur^ .-«» uMtig wliut little |'"w*'r
I H ! * I » I "»**'**' V 1 1 pu-hnl Inr up. und l:ii»l ;
h,r U wvll-furk. tl i.ru.Kh cru I «trug
gh*«l oil the tree u»y*«'!f.
At this lioitii the ui»iUh'.*i hunk wu*
low. uud only lull t.c, a dottetl the plain
!••■-vond it* brink As 1 *truightem;d tuv
seif. 1 saw. to my exceeding joy. three
!i*'r*«*m»'n cnmitiff switilv uro** the pa tenu
ii iii 1 „
I,ulb.ocd loudly attracU-d tier ..Hen- t
tt, and they rode swiftly down when
I bey rec^uued the perilous pm dira no nt
I was .... My 1.1 was du» . and I was
well nigl, overc.mio with cxbausmi, bu,
l managed 1 -. r.-imu my hold until felt a
pair . f strong arms .dutch im- and b ar
me ashore. 1 hei, I sunk into a dl ' c P ,
swoon.
W In n mv Hon«c* returned. I ai*co.ycrou j
that I wa, lying upon a couch in my own
ouarlcrs, and by my ndc was standing
Liautananl llowson. Two other gentle
met, wer« seated near tho verandah, v :th
the, r hacks toward me
•• \M,o was she, Ned? ,s she dead 1 !
asked, when l remembered what had oe
; eurred.
Ere my friend could reply, tliclwogen- i
' tlemen whom I had noticed rose from their
i seals and came i|uiekly toward where I
inn lying. One grasped my band. l|
glanced upward uud saw tho Collecto» :
; bending over me. ,
II was my wife, tny brave fellow, aud in 1
, a few days 1 hope site will be sufficiently ;
recovered to thank you personally for hnv- 1
: ing so gallantly res-ued her from a terrible ,
! death. She only arrived yesterday morn- ;
' ing, ami was riding over to the Colonel's,
: with Captain llupcr. l»r. Middleton ;nd
| niyaelf, when her horse bolted and this ae
i cidcnt occnrcd. As for that other matter
j between you and I, Ilolroyd, you may call
; me coward, or whatever you choose, but I
; tell you plainly 1 will never raise tuy hsod
agaiust yiiu you. who have proved yotÿr
id,.
l!u ugh do p,
I
" Who was she, Ncd'f ia she dead?" ! ^
J. asked whet, l rem inhered whai had oc
; our red
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 27,
self auch a hero—you to whom 1 owe an
cvoiiasting debt of gratitude; for you no
bly risked your own life in saving that of
my precious Berth, and may God bless
you for the gallant action you performed I
he said, and his One, frank face gleamed,
and his eyes glistened with tears, as he
gated upon me.
I tried to reply. but I was tcrribljr pros
tTatoij, and a choking sensation in mi
throat stayed my utlorancc. I sank back
upon my pillow, and closing my eyes,
mentally thanked Heaven for having aided
me to preserve unto my late enemy a life
valued far more than his own.
Some wocks passed before I regained
convalescence; but Mrs. Fraser, who had
not sustained such severe contusions as I
! myself, nursed me eo tenderly that I at !
length recovered tny pristine vigor. Many
years have gone by siuoa then, and Mrs.
Fraser's locks arc grayish now ; but her
daughter's have the gulden hue her moth
ev's wore when first we met, and her face
has tht same sweet expression. The
dearest friend I have on earth is tho man !
whose wife I saved—the man who chai
longed mo to aduel that was never fought!"
t - » -
, AJttieiT noms.
— . -
A writer in tho last numbor of Lippiu
j colt's Mngaxina indulges In some curiousi
, statistics and speculations about tbe an-|
oient Mound Iluildcrs, but adds nothing
to the little now known on that subject
Whence they came, or what became of
them, or what was their history during
their long occupancy of the Ghio and Mis
-issippi valleys. are -|ui stums nearly as
unanswerable a« ever. I bo writer thinks
'but altogether iha greatest monument of
lab,,r - and niie U»>'.,ualed by any ,
-tmilar work in the world is the public | ;
r a U <u eru I hrougliout the extent or j
tint ancient .unpin- ran two great paved
: l.icbwaye, on- r.dlowiiigllie s.-a-eoast over
He plains, t .r a dis an,;,■ ! .1,00 miles
< "' o|b-r «•n.-sing he flanks and ridges uf ||i(
•>'« 1 " r ' hl ! '• 1 '' 1 v V M " "*.7 fnM " H u, . t0 it
« .ueo. a "lisjanee. "irlmling Its w"i.lings.
"I nearly 1 500 mil.-« I lie latter is from Su
.•igliteei» to twenty feet Wide, an- runs
i n ' ï cnk 0 ' i r .
' v ■ 1,1 * ■' • " l| - ,1 " ri ' r: ' 1,11 .
ravines liy bridge; of atonc-or cf wm»,l
"'ippTt* *1 by 11 U !'
=■••»*- '• *•»* »"'« | re.-ipiti.ns i. "'"'«"is by
-• '» 11 : 1 *
! !
tll f '
built nt various p<»i,»:.H
; id. ndf-ting .f d filings "f cut stone
. f whit !i were fortilie I hi. I -applied
The hug** block* of *ti»tl«
with 1 ith
*'l ' ' V ' 1 i' r '
> 1,1 i .. 1 * ? " ' ?' l 1 "i 1 ,
t** m nn porj ■ **• • tn ^ 1 •
' » tn i.ii t. . .og iw.i\ ... •• ' vr *'
Xrir rut'.Ur» ■.rVraaHstaSr'w«^ wbicb '*
. -racticxable in a modern turn- I vc
X ' | t a? hi n, "l
Lnni ude nnlv hi the great wall «f «
^ nil the nmre wonderful from the
fimt that its builders did not .Iraft nui
i i as-.iuaiisl, I willi nnv "
• ' I \ c '
""" a l* ! tl,:.«s copper and fr...» a
ciiiiiposttion of which al! t!,eir tools were ■
.. ■ V
•
Hot* to Kt;t:r a Siti vtion — It ,s it sad
time just now for many .lep.-nd upon to
,heir salaries for the support of ihopseire»
*'" 1 "" Tl "r " ,r ° W "
,,f nmplovment b.-.-au-o the times are
dull ; tlieir s.rvie.-s arc not needed lu
Mon-, an I workshop-.. Rut soin ..
„„.l b-ys arc always retained 1' vou
know who are most u-ful to llieir empioy-,
ers-those who do their work the .at
, |,,, r ,, UB |,Iy. and are th in -st obliging and
t .,.,,|| ( ,n,i,-:il
Those young men wh-i watch the time
t g ?C c the very second their working hour
,,p —who leave, no matter what state
tl l4 . work inny he in, at pr»'ni.«»*ly the in
; ^ tunl who calculate the extra muuutit
lh rat| ^ipht th. ir wrk and yet n»,t g.*t
reprove ,1 who arc lavish of their employ
cr'* good*, will ulwny* hi; th-* lirai to rc
ccivc notice that lime* are dull, ui, J tneir
service* aro no longer K.^ired.
- -
_ » ,„i
tiroccr. wnicn menu* now a dealer in .
t ^„cerics, »as ori
w:lUl , „„I, by
,,, .. . 4((ll ., wl , .ays
if Rr . . Supper. ,
lll , ;lllinR ,. xl .| U a iv ,., T ,„e b,s. I of
a ,|„. ,|. n yy-,, „riginaily a „impie mal -f
\,„| .. . wa „ -
P , , ,|'„h for holding sauce, instead of a cup
Husband, which is a tpieer soanditig word
j u ihtiu^h n v-rv c»)»nl
t||i ; tu hnvc . tho family, is dcidved
f ■ hnuw anJ b#Il d, implying that ,| K .
hAh «,d ia. or should be, tho May '
cf tll , hnuseliold. Cambric, t m ,|, |
linen ami cotton, was firs, mat,„factored in
! Cam bray, hence its name. Calico takes i
. n#m « j rom (' n |j P11 , n 0 j,.. j () Jndi-i
\l*u!!",'l' < »!.;,« in TnrWev „,tc 1 r,. !
i ; 1 ' j. -, , . - ' . ' .-' r
J . 11 ' 1 ' * " j 1 1 '
I ,a ! '' iri " * . ..
l| *
: The first census of 11 real liraitain was
, taken in 18MI, just seventy years " 8 °- ;
in 1 under the Pitt admimstraUop. The eg
; Rreg"'" M'en rc.acU 'd was IB.UHO.OUO
1 *"811. H' la4l the total population was
, -T. ; -4,841», ami tnj WU the number was I
; swelled to A similnr increase
for the ,ust decade wt|l givo . 10 , 000 , 000 , |
or a little more than three-fourlha 'l ,< '
number in tbe 1 luted States. ^ London ,
contains full one-U-ath of the entire popu
lation of the British Islands.
I — • - ■*— j
Lawyer's mouths aro like turnpike :
gales— uever open exerpt (of pay
it!,
r
! ^
j,",? f^rCaiieut .'T' cit'v"'in
'
ou
It
K.
ahip
loll
rent
the
Ten
tbe
_
/W ihr ~MMUttten Tranten i *■»»
mmmoww ow m» «ma tan*. | !»•*•
c-Mieots. Line
- j to
Sister dear, why arc you weeping, i
Kiutn» I. uut.lead but peacefullv sleeping,
You wilHneetyour darling by-and-br. j
' |
' Il * *°* rln K "rr.od »way j days
s"™?!»" K, P "d*"ou"ow îhè roves, | iog
Where it is never, never night. '
fit
Where she can »"* the angel» siue I ^
Anil In due season He wlllbrlng go
Yëu tu nicht your darling lov«. seek
. . road
Hcncaihthe'ci.ld and silent'cJod, !
Her spirit angels have ronreted! of
Tu live forever with her Ood.
a. r. ntxxav.
nj- . " — —ra—- bshkh^^ ; in
From It drV, and 1
T |»i « K rsHNlMa in THE sotrrn. and
- '
NonroLk, Va. April 13th. is
Norfo)k , ho , 0 f tlic tru.-k- ! 1
; ng business of „,,, Soul |, T!|e 0|||cr
j #CM comparatively mere gardens : ply
phi, neighborhood is a vast plantation of »»J
strawberries, li.matocs, Irish pota- ,
t,,,.,. omruinbers. blackberries, etc Here
||i( , wna fir „ comm, need,and here ,
it carried on most ndvantagcou.lv be
| t |„. U |,| H,»„niun da,
Su . ;lm ,| l i p fc». or as an old gentleman „m
t |„.-• N,. w York and .Norl.dk >
Ferry Hunts," is rapid end certain IV
boats are built with special adaptation tu
.i.j, business, and tin v tun all the m u
muni with .n punetunl roculirify *i 'îj,
puh )n , ni| hl . rejll is | ir ,.
1 : ...
I'usiiii -s .Moreover, the soil and climate
are favorable Tin« !„-• clement has been ,
adly .oil of gear for the last lü' years so ' '
! ! i :i t f-\v lu vu in:i ntiv »n«ïlt'V. lilt t»n
i*f
'
(Original flortrg.
Written /or Ml MWleioten Tranêtrîpt.
ni at.
BY AMtUA.
The prettieet little flnxen curia,
Two little teeth that look like pearls,
Sweet little lipa of coral hue,
Two little eye« to bright, bo blue.
Dear little hands so chubby and white,
(«rasping mu-nm lest ihe go oat of sight,
Laughing and cooing irtl the day,
Oh, what could we do without darling May.
that
poor
*
venr evt rvthing *•* ftr i* running in tint
irai order, attd flier * is every prospect of 1
profit enough to make t!p for tl* !o*s *s of
the pnst two unprofitable yonra The -oil
'* a black cand, mixed with (uanlilius of
vc 8 '' la,,1<! l,ia:lor ' «"d contain« some ela y
lim ' ! Good land near (U pits sells
« 8 1 "" a » d f ',' r "•«*> t™
it i*» «afo to take off # H» of price
^Ti* T 0 "
" ' r! '" 1 ' 1 *T' r ,*' """'8 ''"-Iter from
the m Till west wind the «oil is *unposc«l to
. earliest Th- manures are lime '«
■ . . , . ti,;. t—, ; i , .1 , a
V r ml-lo-matntre. 1 1 m last is br.,u«i,
fivin Daltttm rc ami W a.-liingten citic*, and •
sail, nt the water', edge a. in cents per «
bushel Norfolk and l'ortsiimuth also add ,
to the supply.
Tho only crops going forward from this '
""f"/« £'*/'* . "»** *'««
rhubarb 1 lie first Is not paying exp -n
ses. Last year these were the only erops
on which any money was made, hence this *
year an unusual quantity lias been plant- '
ed Ijgc gentleman told me the proceeds
of the sale of these articles w-n,Id not more "
than pay for barrels and freight. Nearly
all the early vegetables come through this "J
place, cv- u those grown near Savannah !'
They arc brought hereby rail, are then "
sent by liny host to Rnltimore, and are "
thence JivtriLutt*! hy rail. The ears nro
run through with tho fu*t ptiMcngcr train*. ,
und hcc reach .New York »vu^arntivvly
fresh Mr Shio, Superintendent of the
«^eahoard Air Line, f»»l»l me th.it they nv- "
ernced about two car-load* n day on thi* l 1
freight during the early *e«*ou, any from '
March 2«», to May I.« Then the Nor
folk vegetable* nml fruit* begin t <7 •nmc .
. . .
», and those grown tbe for .So.„„
""« «""„psle «Uh then. It I«. Itowcter. ,,,
as bus,^a scene as one need wish to look
- r „ after .be tram hasarnved.and twen
ty or thirty negroes have to transport tl,,.
kind of freight to he steamer ,n just Hvo
- .».nute. The rattling of the ha,id-trueks.
a» 1 the jolly ene. of the boys, he puffing
". f '\ ram . . * >f e»,..pc-p,pe. the glare of
the lamp*», combine to make* a scene of
-eeming confusion, yet the moat perfect a
M»te,„ really preva, s. Thia rush doe.
' not la. rauc-l. more ban a month.and the,,
| come, the steady poll of work and Iran,
port.tmn done by the New York line of ,
i »'«»'«"V, .
Early York cabbages and nspara
! gua are also going forward from this sec
r lion, tliougb but little has as yet been done
' in forwarding tho latter. The chief early
crops of this section aro strawberries and
green peas. A gentlemen told mo that
,.ro were full 1,500 norrs in strnwherrie, ,
; .round Norfolk and Portsmouth. The
^ nmc gentlemen, do, A. Cannon, Esu i
told m e that moat of them were Wilson «
Albany, with a few Stewart and Southern
I j, r - 1(lo From some cause tho Jueunda
no t prn w here or further South in the
, | ^,|, Bl j c belt, hut grow« well inland above
' Richmond snd near Raleigh.
, Tlic first of their main crop is pass.
on strawberries, then Irish potatoes and
beans, followed by cucumbers, tomatoes
j and blackberries. Irish potatoes have
: paid ,s much ,s $200 par aoro. Toaaa
too grow uell liars, but do not flourish I
f
• tlic
' rt
ou the Atlantic belt farther South. Bar*
It apple* loo. ere a source of lunch iuoMM.
Previous to 1800 the oountiea of Nsuaa
inond and Routbinapton on the MMN
K. R. had large orchard«, the frail of
«hieb «ai turned into brand/ ; noir tbay
ahip the apple, to New York. Mr. SU»
loll me they brought over their road nod
rent off in one day 1,000 bbli. of applea.
Another new induatry I may mMM anÇ
the line of thia railroad ia peanut ouhara
Ten year« ago it area not thonghl of; noie
tbe peanut crop yiclda annually nearly à
million of dollop to that ai-otion. Land
*■»» add that an inspection of the fr
!»•*• of the Virginia and T>n»o..e.
Line showed me some interesting fact* M
to new ideas and new idustrica which
people have taken hold of. Thie line M
tending throgh the length of Virginia
ricsfreight so cheap that many article! of
mineral and vegetable wealth, that In the
days of King Cottton lay idle, ere now be
iog aotively worked. The people |wfw.
complain that these railroads do not
fit Norfolk because the freight all goes to
^ cw ,' or * t ', ^ ,r 8 ot **•■* thing»
go where they ere wanted, end usually
seek the cheapest channels. This rsil
road hs> brought from west of Chattanoe
ga—mostly near Memphis—75,000 bales
of cotton St $4.50 per bslo and thereby,
secured immense return freight. It pre
sent, a plcascnt and fraternal combination
in its management. Brigsdier-Genetal
Mahone (lato C. 8 . A. ) is its President
and Virginia manager, while Col. C. E.
Evans, who commanded a I'niou brigade
is its New York manager. Don't think
1 nm ," * rindin .R "" »*•". for } dM .»•»
travel over an inch of their road bot sun
ply mention them because they deserve it,
»»J because they inaugurated at the Soutk
, 00 ' llat f» !*•»**— tbe system of
vlicnp freight and rapid transportation.
, 1 h *' r, 'b"" n »<•"«"•> '* pr»per|y
:l,,nut •*■?* * bo * d °f »»» J«»«y M».
da, ° " f |*r'«lueltod : lust year all crop«,
N-r'h and .«south, ripened so near togelh
> 'hat none made money ; this year, the
'T'",' '* V" r " s " Ur * ."'"«"j
''"b'ulated that for every twelve mtlee onh
eues »..ulli, he geins a day in the ripentn«
'îj, ,h * ' ' *jo. being equal,
Ihe re ar- places about .Norfolk that aro
wing to tlletr being
pom the nortwest wind by
and l,av, "K «I"» ******
' ' op f ru ;,,. peaches Jo fairly well, but
' .. , i v '
mm y ;h p grown in Dflnirarc, and Nor*
little ahead of the Hnuthern part
i*f that M'u'i that not much profit can ho
mil- mi tin in. Uf apples I have spoken.
Little is done in grape«. C'oncord ia the
fhvoritf
other» l »st
that ten year* ago brought poor corn aid
poor cotton, now givra rich rotmi In
pennuta. Aod while I am dig r owiig I
%
1
dried a. well as green.
.... . , • . w |,ero wa
. . . ^ , .
'« a ? ^' ak " f "'f. C I'd'* '"i ""fF
a finit, part northern and part southern.
, , v „ ir , (lil ' U„ Ie s from
• » • , i i a .u
« 'Vj blrrcU '
, , r llu „.J l( uncf ,| tt
f*, „nnuhteturC onTho » not
' • , » r. * 0 fir#t c £ m .
i„oneed this work . 1 They have made for
frnp tin, mm f or tPml -
Ç li0 , . f
* ' . à ono f ,,,1!.!,»« ' eu.
' , j
1 . , . , , , -
" 'I 1 '; ' J m' re eonrrnient but
' , T1 • «
"J lr ' a „„.t
!' '''*. 11 , - , »*
" r J i U Ut, v nrl u
" eypt-a j p i. ' •
' tl Mt* a ii<*w 'and'Very extensive
, . ' , , rw ;i r lt .
^ f! O M» 1^1
^ j HUinn^Sw -imp Thia im*
" 1 ' 11 j J 14 j . ;„, l il,. r .\imh're<l lind with
l 1 " n ' 1 '' • ", j* 1 *'!- , V 1» ' * .
' * '| u " 1 a! '' * t,lU 1 11 <a c • uinmo ,
lll0 Aibcm.,1.
. . , . . . _ »
houml, where arc the immcnac shad and
rting Utetief , „hielt have been won
,,, r , " ,.v all who ,-v r saw them.
.„.boRevcd by many who have not. NSw
,, f # .rill greater aetln
• „. nllll OUP owncr " Mr . N#l |
hails his seine in mid out by a
, He ha, averaged up to this
j « 1(m om , | 1( . rr ; n „ p a , r ' Shssd
^ „iemltoP,, »»
.. 1 J » .
a J ""j , bc gong of ,| w Wy.noke
W ds me discuss some of those same eh.d,
arc , w|ft) floati „„ , M
, n ,„ nt hne.s. without a posaibill.
, ?, f „.^iykucss, 1 shall do thcujustioe
' H. K. C. '
. .
' irginia editor, having notified cor
respondents that nil commuuirationa in
'ended for puhlteation must be occoutpan
led by the full name of lbs writer, rcceiv
, ''J "" t ' froni n lady who signs her own full
n«me. to wit : Anna Matilda Sophia Klee
i tra Cully Ann Potter Ball.
-r,, . gin, f rom . bnara'a a awn
uimoderate weather . little nin!
nl „i i.;. ..... throuah a mat« nalll
n... ., lon tj tJ (.ben to knrn*th« tosaa
from wett tn» «et Ihr thraa or her Alb*
Why arejpeopla
relied nn 1 Becaasa they ara I
I ing llieir word.
f ■!;: )«
Sum«' vnsi.io moiioy last yaar,
; jr^ncrally, in tbe latter in
11 ba«l packing. This defect is
tlic drawback with n great part of the vfg
rt .1 Lb- and fruits sent fr-'in the South—
stuucc, from
Peas were formerly
as.
who (tutor not
-