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It hovers like a phantom, with its weird and specual face, And where oro I go it follows with a silent, sol emn pace. Tho darkness gathers round mc, and the windy gusta of rain Drift by mo as they fell that night, on "Shiloh's bloody plain," Tho shadow deepens as I gaze-Oh ? God, so full of pain. Tho palo am! ghostly star-light, as it dimly falls around, Itovcrls the haggard spectres that lio upon the ground, Its pallid lust falling on the faces of the dead, As I wander thro' tho dimness wirh my hushed and frightenod tread. Till a windy gust sweeps by mo and lifts a tress of hair From a torn and bleeding forehead-Ah.' my God ! Ae'? lying thore, With tho gory life-drops obbing, thro' his mass of tanglod hair. His hand-my hand-lies hoavy, 'cross tho gray ooat on his breast, The chilling rain drips on him but does not mar his rest. I bend my ear to catch a breath, but his lips aro cold and still, I start back from their frozen touch with a faint and deathly chill. J/y hand, my lips, my own, minc, darling, only mine, And thro' his matted locks my blood-stainod fingers twine, And on tho night a voice cries back-minc, dar ling always wine. I am sitting ia thc shadow of my weary grief to night, And try to shake thc memory of thc dead from out my sigh.t. Oh.' it is not thus I see him chevy* lying dead as now . With his new won fame-his blood-upon hi? young heroic brow. But standing bright and radiant, as he stood when first ho gave His young lifo to bis country-passed a martyr . * to his grave. Waiting for thc wave that bears mo to his breast, beyond the grave. A BEAD MAN'S SIGNATURE. The sun had gene down behind the distant hills ; even the last faint streaks of purple and go!J which, lor a time lingered in tho western bonzun, had melted away,-and ths shades of evening were fast coming-on. Thu day hud been an unusually warm and pleas ant one for December, but a suddemcbange Liad taken pla?o in &o weather-; dark; au^:y? windy clouds had arisen in the north, and were fust creeping over tho de tr, azure heav ens, and the howling, whistling b-a-ts came sweeping through tue naked tree.-*, bereaving them of the last remnant of leaven which re mained of their summer's glory, aud whirling them around and around with amazing veloc ity, at Ja;;t depositing them, with a multitude of their dried, teared companions, uniid the clefts of rocks, by tho walls ami roadsides, beneath the hedges and i:i tho valley-', and in other receptacles prepared for th-.ir wintry abode. lt was inna this evening, KO dismal, davie and cheerless, that two men might have been seen standing just within thc narrow confines of an old, dilapidated si.od, ene of the appen dages of a large, substantial brick house, en gaged i:i earnest conversation. One was a ruffianly looking mau of about thirty, of medium height, short and thick-set, with coarse, irregular features, long, black hair. and heavy, frowniug brows, from beneath which a pair ol' eyes gleamed bright and piercing as an eagle's. The other was a per son of an altogether diff?rent look and mien. In his lace both intellect and art were ex pressed ; his light, springy gait, free aud easy manner-, -ready command of language, and j especially his rapid, graceful gestures, all de-1 noted a man from the higher walks of life. I " Dixon," said the villainous-looking indi- ? vidual I have just described; as ho cast an uneasy glance around to assure himself that no listeners were near, " can it be accom plished ?? "Without the shadow of a doubt." "Aud there is no danger of detection?" Not if you've got thc wit of a goose to carry it out,".said thc other, drily. " Have you matured your plan ?" ' "Yes." M And you swear to stand by me through thick and thin, come weal or come woe?" " Provided you give me a good taste of the chink alter we get it. I don't fro into such business for nothing," answered Dixon. " I am not thc man to bicker about.-. few hundreds, when thousands are at stake. Give me a lift, and you shall set your own price. Dut what is your plan?" . .' Tue o!J man, you say, lies in thc north west chamber ?" Yes" " Does any one sleep in thc immediate vi cinity ?" " Only old Grannie R?ed, aud she has been deaf as an adder these dozen of years." " So much the bett :-c for our purpose;- Wei!, you must aUeCt, for once, a little lilia.! affec tion-" "Thnj's rather a lr*fr'7 matter, but when gold is in question-" interrupted his com panion. .'Sil-.-i.ee, you fool !" exclaimed Dixon, im patieutly. l* Will you take up the whole time talking ? Hear rn-.?, man : thus far he's had tho who!-' town in lo see him, but Miy to thc old woman and the family that you considei the chamber of,death ought to be free from intrusion; tell them that as this is the lan! night your father's re-m.iins lie unburied, as au affectionate and dutiful son, you desiro thi privil "go of performing the fcad cilice o [watching by them in priv.-.tc, and ?bat for thi1 night yoi wish to be left lo the free and un disturbed indulgence of your own sad reli?e lions. Wei!, alter you have got them all oil do you, at precisely twelve o'clock, place ? i.;inp lp the window, as a signal that all i ready. I'll be outside, with my men, wai tiri] for it, ard we'll come and knock three times lightly, on the front door. Then come dow; and let us in. Now don't go to blustcrin; about and make such racket as will wake u all the mice in the faousi-for, if wc gc caught in thc scrape, it will go hard with u; i'll corni-..with the papers all made out to coi vcy the property into your hands, f am a old hand at fae ??miles ; I'll take your Tattier dead hand within mine, and allix his sign: lure to it. It shall be so exact an imitatioi that even a lawyer can't detect it from th genuine. Dick Howe and Joe Maynard, m clerks, shall come with me, as witnessc That's necessary, you know, for if the famil go io raising a rumpus, ar d carry tho alfa into court, we must have something to fu back upon, and they be there- to swear befoi judge and jury that the will ia both legalen <;euu;aev?:ig;:ed, sealed, ,and delivered lui hands, by old Jacob Scalder himself. No you've my plan, what'.-, to hinder its boir carried into execution?" "Nothing" returnedtbsother,masing!; . ? ?J*TTambi-u.Jjaji?gli---peaan only, two men and yourself to irnw pretty woll from my pockets/ "Fool!51 muttered Dixon to bil lelieve, upon ray word, the fell lang himself to make a copper!. 'J rabie scoundrei, if I undertake tl nake a good deep hole in his co?ci Jacob Scnider was a German b armer by vocation, and a miser 1 ion, by nature and education. He rrnted carly in lila, and by dint ibrowdnoss and economy, bad m )n"charc a tract of land, rich, fertile luctive. Thia land bad taken a su ind had doubled and trebled in Tacob Scnider became what the woi wan of property-worth somewhe leigLboruood of eighty or one bund ian! pounds. But, if a high esfi )laced upon his estates, a very low e vos certainly placed upon his charai vas parsimonious and miserly to th rroe.. Gold wai the sole and ultim: )f his oxisteoce. It was gold-br ling, glitteriug gold-, ?or which bc ind hungered ; gold-which had wi nind, bent hi? tall, athletic form, Seep furrows to bis brow, turned his naturely white. And uow he had eft it-gone into thc presence of I ligh God, to receive at the bar of j lis reward or condemnation I W ientence will be, eternity alone wi Se had lived unhonored and uulo lhere were none to siourn for him o ais death, and "only those who inhe ;state rejoiced." Besides, his widow who survived hil Secider lett two sons to receive his pa lo say that Thomas, the elder, was 1 rite, and exact counterpart, mouldc jonie' mould, is sufficient; but Era younger, was as dill'erent Iroru him as from day. Ile was handsome, smart tiddgent; and, through the liberali neu?thy bachelor uncle, his mother's he had received a good education. If was his father's favorite, Harry was bi bot he Lad, in some degree, become a from him-he obstinately refused t his peculiar ways of thinking, and tc his business to his supervision. And stormy interview, in which Harry asia' father pecuniary aid, and was stoutly he was too proud to recur to the same again, .iud. after leaving the " patcrn .".ion," commenced business for hijiself smail scale. Between Harry aud his brother no cither cf a'lcciion or sympathy ever i '..'?vir characters were us far apart as th pole is from the South ; their views, f tastes, wholly unlike. Thomas had 1 garded him with r. jealous' eve; a:; rooted feelings of animosity bad foi rankled in Lis breast. Although th common civilities were only exchang they Lad hitherto lived peacefully and niously beneath the sume r:.<if ; but s> had the breath .departed from thc body Jacob Scnider, before Thomas was \i and caballing in his beait meaus an1 by which he could appropriate to hims gr ?tor portiou of tin.- bid man's weall! half of thc inheriie?cc, except his m third, rightfully ?Vd lawfully belohj J-farry ; and tu-ge^fuH rmi satire ; sion o?" it was the thought thal oceup soul by day and night. Hi: bad plenty and roguery, and liad contrived, in his Li transactions, to "feather Lis own ni casi equally difficult ; but to accompli] required not only a long Load but a th' knowlcdgo of certain points cf law, of he was ignorant. But 'Lawyer Dixon nnu cunning and shrewd, ami, like bi ready to resort tb'any means to sali. Unbounded love ot gain, and to him termiued to apply. As he expected, th lawyer greedily caught at tho bale ; a b was immediately strack up, an exoi price was agreed upon lo be paid to out of the profits in case, he succeeded tanning his object, and a scheme di What ?ha: scheme was Las already be-t folded lo onr readers. Afar Lis long conversation with Di: the shed, Thomas retnr?&'cj to the bout took his accustomed seat by the fir? waited impatiently tor ?he time for the 1 to retire-. "Fl] sit up to-night and watch b father's remains," Lo said *.;) the kind-b* neighbors v.fho'came to volunteer theil vies. '"He- has been a good and Icu'djj I ont to me, and it will alford me a meian gratification to wa oh by his lifeless bod last night it remains with us." " I'.'.; natural,".-aid old Grandmother with a sigh. " Thomas and Iii - father a (???I take tv? one anotber amazingly." Half an hour later, Thomas Scnider 1 himself sining alone in thc chamber <'i'< i Ii^ fatheVacold, lifeless remains layslni out befora him, ?LroudSv? ?nd re-ady fi i graTe. Thc room wa? cold, cheeriess j diimtl j a lamp burned dimly on thc j (tJiing uti II 'more t>> th? ahvady forbii j iun#r?l ?epic, of tho apartment. ? Wit f th* ?ind waa howling *r.i whistling mi fully, shaking lLi:ca;*uicitti with ev., ry 1 the raitt, too, vt*-: pouring do\vu in lon and came boating against tho windows tremendous forco. Thomas Scnider was a man of tried age and daring, Out somehow to-night ( SUUIKI startled him ; the creaking of the ters, the Larking of thc Louse dog, cvei striking of tLe kitchin clock, almost : him spring from his seat. But tLe 1 slowly passed away, and t wed ve o'clock cai ;Lc i'i^nu! ?or Ins kunji l<j be placed ic window to announce ibut all was r< Then followed (luce quick, successive ra the outer door, dud Thomas Scnider a slipped quickly and nuiseles ly down, and tiotisly opened the door. Three mon ont and, willi a (read light and noiseless panther, rapidly ascended thc staircase w led to the de-ad man's room. Closing tho door carefully after him, D drew from bis pocket ar will he had pr?vit prepare.!:, and approaching the bod, rem , the sheet which bad becu spread ove-i corpse-, and taking one of thc bauds w . was lying upon the breast, he placed a i between the thumb and lingo.-, and gui I its motions, wrote in a large bold hand i name of Jacob Scnider. This done, h : placed the sheet and Land in its former | f tion, and with a salislied .smile, and a si<; ? emt nod, passed tho paper to his comradt "TherCj'^he said, in a whisper, "I def - the hwy era to prove its falsity 1 The old ? writes as well as if his soul was in his bo i A triumphant snilc lighted up thc | s tvi?ago of Thomas Scnider, and his keen, e I eye dilated with joy, as-it fell upon the fo ;, signature-so perfiot;and exact a counter n that he himself, if he had not been a wit g of the operation, would never for a mor p have had a doubt of its truth. This d t Dixon rephced the will in his pocket, >. ? with his comrades withdrew as silently i; cautiously as they entered. Thus far, n worked well. 's Une week passed by-tho funeral had I i- solemnised-ali that remainad of old J? j, Scnider had been consigned to the cold e i narrow graven-and what was to be done \ y J the gold he had left behind him, was s question which followed his decease. Ile y debused kui soul to obtain it, and he had g ir now where the vast treasures he had accu ll lated beru would avail him nothing. \ :o would now bethe possessor of his weal id j had be prowled libomlly-for his widow ? .w ,,110 left a will? Such wore the quest] w fvihicb traversed from mouth to mouth, ig ' both gossip aud rumor were busy in soil j them. At last a report was in circula fi1 that in Lairjrer Dixon's Hands the old gee ' man bad culrnstcd bis will, and carie expectation were on tiptoe to fathotr tents. For once, rumor, with her t tongues, wa8: right. Lawyer Dixon bis possession a will, one of bis own :; ture, which had been signed, sealed, ? nesscd, as we have seen. But novi j had pas.;ed since thc funeral, and th: gentleman of the legal profession th< expedient to present himself at thi and duly inform thc family of its exis Great, indeed, wastheastonishmef!' Scnider and Harry when the fac? known. Old Jacob bad, all through a great horror of will-making, and ways entertained the superstitious nov. death invariably followed the maki will ; and although be had been rep urged by bia wile to make some final tion of bis property, he bad nevei yielded to ber importunities. Morcovci was a man whom bc had been fin:: known to declare was trickish and kn one who, with soft words p.nd pretty ments, stole into the hearts of the ?? and unwary, as a wolf stea's into u night to plunder and devour. These < stances made it all the more improk the family of Jacob Scuidef, that <i? thorough knowledge of the character fi ning of this man, he should have ? him of all others to repose confidence make sole executor of his will. "It is false 1" exclaimed Harry, in 9 ted tone, the moment the visage of tb attorney was fairly outside the door, a shameful, deep laid plot, dyed wir. and lies, to get into his own empty po few hundreds of my father's money. ] defeat his object ! I'll riddle to "the this mystery, and bring the villian tc-ju ''Pretty complimentary!" sung o smooth, silvery voice of Dixon:, who,1 lt had net stirred from the door, where been au attentive listener. " Well, br thc will, provo it a forgery, and brin,; justice, if j'ou eau I I defy all power t;>. . One o'clock that afternoon was the '?i pointed for thc rending of die will, presence of thc Scuidcrs and the two who had witnessed it. Dixon read in solemn tone what bo emphatically ta was thc Inst will and testament of Scnider. '! To my dearly beloved wife, Mary S who has been a willing and able bel; and lias, for thirty-three years, share inc tho joys and sorrows of life-to leave just what thc law allows, were it I its course-viz., thc income of a third whole property, which, after her decet to descend to my eldest son, T?oma3. "In view (ifliic fact that ay younge Harry, has an uncle, a worthy and wi bachelor of position and inHuc-nce, wi years baa regarded bim in the light Gl and has frequently declared his intent making him his i,ole heir and legatee, deemed it unnecessary to make furrlie vi-ion for him than to make a lew merni of respect and a?t'ection, viz., a piece-ti 1 ever earned-which is to bo found in t per drawer of my cid red chest, tewed the-top of a blue stocking, thc SWDI other military equipments belonging J deceased brother, John, and wpm by ?ii bloody field ol' "Waterloo, u>nr-? plate', th._."(!}.'.ri><. gilt of mygrandmothe the old family Little, - o bestow upoi these precious relics al tLc past is the si esl proof of a?fectiou I r.in jive him. " io my eldest son, Thomas, as bc 1: expectation to rely upon, 1 give a;.d b. q thc remainder of my properly, my ban] railroad stock, ?val and personal estate, c the bequests 1 bave already mem ion c: ? my suns desire that I shall rest quietly i grave, iel Iboro bu no strif: yr contuuti regard to Ibu seulement of my a?'jirs. my wishes bo executed to thu letter : ? wisc my grieved sph'it shall hanni and i , them to thc Jay of their death." A. silence still i.s midnight follow? , reading; dissatisfaction was expressed oi ry countenance, and a nui: mur of Jucu and doubt v u around the assembled com i 1; Would you like to sjfc the willy" ?JO I asked Dixon, as be banded it to Harry [ was standing leahingagaiost the maulcl . silent and motionless as a statue. '. aly father never made that will -ii I said, calmly and composedly, as he fixe j clear blue ey.; lull upon the lawyers fie Do you mean to insinuate a doubt . its genuineness?" asked Dixon, his lips : cri:ig wich rage as he spoke. B " .No, 1 insinuate uolair.g-for insinua arc unnecessary, lt is a bold-faced sc] ? of fraud and kuavery, got np by villainy s rascals to deprive ins of my lawful, her? ry right?. Lui it sh.di bo defeated. S ] s?iul! ?-.i before ju lg? and jury ; my fat if Seutiuieiils shall bc known-" j !"iiot so fast youngman,'- interrupted 0 on, with thu blandest smile possible. " A ,] as your father always- was to tho ona ki i ;t his will, yet a short time previous t rr death, certain events occurred to produt t entire alteration in his views on the sui Heur me !'; Jit: exclaimed, seeing Harry II J to speak. .." Just nine weeks before hit d S) ho came to my oliiee; a deep sealed g ], had settled upon bis countenance, an soul, he said, was oppressed with HOI .- 'Friend Dixon,' he began, 'my end i y proaching. 1 have been warned of it by t- ' and dreams, and unmistakeable signs.' " lC " 1 Pooh !' said 1 ; 'don't giv-j way to ?e fears. You're hale und hearty as 1 am, .3 likely to live these dozen years.- " _ " He shook, bis head mournfully. 'D ie has sent his fororunuer to warn me of m; j?, proaching cud, and Kcmetbing tells me it added, laying his hand upon his henri, ' e, the worningjs true. Yesterday I was eil x- all alone by the kitchin lire, pondering \ J( the events of the day, when I heard the I ? clock strike twelve. I looked to seo il ;h clock on the mantel-shelf agreed in time, saw both tho minule and the hour bi )n pointing directly to tho figure of twelve, j slowly holli hands began to reverse their i(j lions till they fell back dovrn to the flgtt je six. That means something thought 1 ; s invisible power is at work. It's the liol sn ger of evil-"coming events cast their s n_ ows before;" and as I wondered and oor lured, the pendulum began to go with as .c_ i siting velocity, swinging to and fro, bea gj_ against thc case at each successive imo g_ Thea the striking commenced-one, three, four, up to sixty-nino times-slow aU measured as the tolling of the bell. Th an rapping followed right on tho wall over n head ; just sixty-nine distinct raps wem gi .m There, thought I, I am as good' ts a ( ,j man ; and that night I dreamed that in six weeks, at just ballast six o'clock. I f !?t breathe my last. My mortal career ia ali ' I ended, aud all that remainsfor me is to < j u]) my earthly concerns, and prepare lo i my God. I wish you to write ray will, t j my oxecutor, but to keep all knowledge t ind eX'stcnce from my family till all is over.! all Upon concluding his story, Lawyer Di. with ill-suppressed triumph and pleasure jen pressed in bis face, called his clerks t?sv ;ob themselves as witnesses of it. Then tun ln(l to Harry, he demanded what furthor proo itb needed to convince him of its authentic tue Harry took tho will; every letter was' 3ad feet in its formation, every quirk and n 3rj0 exactly as his father was in the habit of n nu- '"gi an-d yet he was unconvinced. Lie /?jio there was an inexplicable mystery in the I h i fair, and that to" wive it he must enter an md tricato labyrinth, and'solve a dcop,-sk,illfi QQ3 laid plot with an artful, designing lawyoi contend with on tho. one side, and a sell imr I avaricious brother, oa the other. . . 6 * * #"*. * * * .ion tie- "Annie, my lovo, I have told yoiiiof t. lt n u rr. r s> lc id Lk P 10 at ?g )n m Lie id da en o of ne in? id !C 10 ?6 >D. ro, nd i a ny en. ?ad ust mil cst ose eet be its on, ex ear Z ty?' ier-' ark ak felt af in-" Hy to ish, ?'blight.that has fallen on my prospects. Had I known that I was to bc basely robbed o? my tpatriniony, I would never haye asked you to .unite your destiny with minc. My lovo for you cannot bc crushed out of my soul ; it is a part of my very existence, but it should [,}iave gone down to thc grave unrealized and unsuf-; ,-.:tcd by any one. I hoped to have becii able to offer wi?h my heart a home and "a position in life worthy of your acceptance ; one in which your birth and educatiou so em inently fits you to adorn ; but it is over now, 4hc golden bubble has burst, and I have now only a strong arm aud a willing heart to dc .pend upon." " And are not tbese sufficient .. ensure suc cess? Cannot an humble homo with love like ours be a happy ono ?" asked Annie, smil ing, as she gazed with oyes full of adoration "and tenderness into thc face of her lover. 1 " Carr you relinquish thc luxuries to which yon'bave been so long accustomed, and walk with me the rough pathway in life?" said Harry willi a sigh. "Ar? not our lives," replied Annie, re proachfully, " so interwoven, that the fluctuat ing tide of fortune must fail to affect us? Ob, Harry, you little know thc depth aud strength" of a woman's love, if you think that the loss of a few paltry thousands can wean her heart from the man she loves." It seemed as if the very fountains of love and tenderness within the soul of Harry had suddenly burst forth. With glistening eyes and over-flowing heart, he answered " If my golden charms of happiness have vanquished like vapor before me, so long as I possess, the priceless treasure of your love, my darling, I am rich ; yes, richer than di ike mines of California could make me witn out it, were they to open and unfold their treasure at my feet. I would fain linger longer by my Annie's side, but it's late, and duty bids me go." Then with a few more words of endearment, j a few more assurances of love, and a long, fond em brace.,,Harry turned to the door, and sprang lightly upon his horse, already saddled and bridled, and with a touch of the reins and a parting wave ol the baud to Annie, rude rapidly away. COXCI.UDKD NUXT WE?K? Thc Little Children. God bless the little children ! Wo meet them everywhere ; Wo hear their voices round our hearth, Their footsteps on thc stair; Their kindly hearts aro swelling o'er With" mirthfulness and glee ; God bless the little children, Wherever they may bc ! Wc meet thom Qlcath some gip?y tent, With visage swarth and dun, And eyes that sparkle as they glanco .With roguery and fun ; Wo find them fishing on tho brook For minnows with a pin, .Or creeping through thc hazlc-brush Tho linnet's nest to win. Wo meet them in die lordly hali, Their stately father's pride ; . Wo meet them in the poor man's cot Ba hw* BO wo?lsh hedda ; Along tho city's crowded strtot, They hurl thc hoop or bail ; We lind them 'math tho pauper's roof, Tho saddest sight of all ; For there they win no father';; love, . Nor mother's tender care Their only friend thc God above, Who hears thc orphan's prayer; Bat dressed in silks, or draped iu rags, Ia childish ?rief or g'ce, Gblc.^s thc little children, Wherever they may bc! Shnrp Trading. In thc village rf WI lived a man who had once been the Judge of the County; and wa. known all over it hy thc uame ol Judge L Ho kept a store and saw mill, and was alway sure to have the best of a bargain ou Lis side, bj which means he had ^gained an am ?di competency, und some did not hesitate to cul ' im the biggest rascal in tho world.1' 1I? was'Tcry'co?'ceitci withal, and used to de ht to br.'ig ol' bis btisiness capacity, whet any one w-.- near lo listen. One rainy day as quite a number were ser.u-d around tin stovu in thc store, ho began, as usual, to tel of his great bargains, and at last wound ti, with thc expression. "Nobody has eve cheated mc j nor ii:>i.' can't neither." " Judge," said ail old man of thc com |?any, IV- cheated yon more'n* yon ov'< r di? me." '. How KO?" said thc Judge. " If you'll promise you won't go to lav abjiit it, nor do nothing, I'll tell, or else . won't-for you're too much of a law eborac ter fur me." " Let's hear ! let's hear !'' cried hali a d-Z en or more voices. 11 I'll promise," said thc Judge, "and trna in t?ie bargain', if you have." Well, do you remember lh.it wagon yo robbed mc out of?" " I never robbed yon nut of any wagin,' exclaimed the Judge," '. I only got the be3 of a bargain." ,; Well, 1 then made up my mind to have ? back again, and-" '. You never did?''interrupted tho 'cut Judge. " Ves I did-and interest too." "How so?" thundered thc now enrage Judge. *' Well,you see, Judge, I sold you one du a very nico pine lo<r. and bargained with yo for a lot more. Well that log I stole oil'yoi ?pile down by the mill,'the night before, an the next day 1 sold it to you. Tho ne: night I drew it . back home, and sold it I you the next day ; and I kept on until. ye bought your own ?og of me twenty,:sere times I" " That's a lie !'' exclaimed the infuriate Judge, turning to his books and examiningdi log accounts. " You never sold me ?went seven logs of thc same measurement." u I know it," said thc vender of logs. "B drawing it back and forth thc ends woro ol until it was only ten feet long-fourteen le shorter than it was tho first time I Drong it, and when it got so short, 1 drew it bou again and worked it into shingles ; and then concluded I bad got my wagon back ai 6towed in my pocket book." The exclamation of the Judge was drow cd iu tho shouts of the bytanders, and the li drawer found the door without the promis treat. And, to see a mad man you have o ly to ask tho Judge if he ever was shaved.' N. 0- Picayune. A FKW HARD THINGS.-Experience ai observation have taught men that it is- - Hard lo quit chewing tobacco. Hard to keep from caliug too much. Hard to drink liquor and uot be internp ate. Hard to pay our debts, j Hard to resist temptation. Hard to believe a man yon know to be liar. Hard.to turu the otbor chook whon we o struck* Hard to borrow money from friends. wL wo need it. Hard to love oiir enemies. the g-gf Economy was exemplified in 1 case of tho Indinuna man who had occasion j placo marble slabs for counters in his ste and had them made in thc form of gravestoi with the hames and epitaphs of his lam inscribed on the under sido. From tho Washington Express. Relief for thc South. Thc question of. furnishing aid to those really needy in tho South has been before Generals Grant and Howard for several days. The report of General Gillern and his inter views with General Grant brought tho con dition bf affairs in G eneral Ord's district d\ rectly to the notice of the General-in-Chief; Geucral Howard hes been occupied during the past week in endeavoring to ascertain as nearly as po?s?bT?'ihe real situation . of the Southern States in rf gard to the reported want of food, and while he is not inclined to believe affairs in such extremity as thc South ern|prcsa indica'es.jhe still is of thc opinion that the Government should at once .extend aid both to relieve present want and to guard against a wor;e state of affairs than now exists. A gentleman from Charleston yesterday presented a plan for hrs consideration, which has been endorsed by many prominent citi zens, and has received the approval of Gene1 ral Canby BO far as its general features are concerned. It provides for a loan of. thirty millions.of dollars, to be issued iii stuail sums to planters and others in need, to boar ?ix per cent, interest, both principal and'inter est payable in currency and secured by mort gage on the land and by a lien upon' the crops. This plan has been submitted to General Grant by General Howard, with an endorse ment, approving the idea of supplying Gov ernmant aid of some kind, but giving his opinion that a better plan to relieve present wants would be to purchase provisions and issue them to all in want, keeping an account of the actual cost to our authorities, and to take a lien upon the crops for the amount. General Howard thinks that such supplies could bc distributed at small cost by civilian agents selected from among the best' known citizens iu each section, who would be will ing to act without pay for the sake of ob taining relief for the districts in which they reside. It seems likely that speedy action of some kind will bc taken by our authorities in this matter, even if it be of a temporary charac ter, to relieve suffering until Congress can take the subject in Land and authorize such expenditures as thc necessities of thc case de The Russian purchase threatens to co?t us. in addition to thc $7,000,000, thc loss of about four companies of (Juiced Statesf roops. Despatches have been received at the War Office within the last few days, stating that the soldiers sent to take poss??ion of the icebergs are in a most destituid condition ; and no propitious whatever had been made for their reception; and that tho prospectia that they will bo frozen to death or maimed for ldc befure supplies can reach them. Gene I 'rats Grant aud Sherman had a consultation a few days ago on the subject. General Grant stated that he had had nothing to do with tho affair, that the President ordered thc troop? there, a:.d (bat he_ Lid no authority tu act. It appears thai there is no way now td relieve them, and that M?"access- to ?ur Northern paradi-c'is barred by thc eternal snow and ice. General Rousseau, who commanded the expedition, left" for Washington Territory some time ago. Titt: PHOSPHATES OF SOCTU CAROLINA. Some uddition.il specimens of this .valuable material, from the Ashley River beds, was to be seen yesterday at tho book establishment of S. G. Courtenay, Esq-, on Broad-street, taken from the plantation ot H. L. Tourner, Esq., on i he western ??au?? cf t'-.c- river, in St. Andrew** Parish. Continual doYelophients attest the richness and import:-.:.cc ol' this i.-icovory, nod tl.--' placid und beautiful stream ol' the Ashley, which has been always so much admired by Carolinians, promises ero long tu be soi.iij.vhai disturbed by an ir.crca.-ed visit ul*-valer craft, which wili transport this im portant fertilizer tu thc city, where it will bu prepared for transportation to ail pacts of thc country. Th? ucw company, witt: Prof. P. ?. Holmes lor Pr?sident, we are glad to see ire in ti:o way of taking early advantage of th g od fortune which has befallen them, and advertise in thc Ncics for one hundred able bodied Lands. Besides tho promise of being grout fiuuitci?r's?cccssj these large deposits ^phosphates arc l-;;>k<.d upon with extraor dinary interest by men of cience.-Charles ton News. TJbc body *,f Maximilian was placed in the parish church ?it Vera Cn:/, guarded by sen trios, and thc key of .thc c- iii \ in a sealed pnclmge, given ii>to tho hands nf th'- mayor f Mm city. Adnu.t;d .Tc';j?iho:r and staff ap teared in citizei clothe^, in -iu p mourning, .it. thc ceremony ol laking iii.; remains iii charge. F:i>l, a large lead case was opened, 'hieb was cOii'.'.-uncd .T.x.?bryr ..-is^ nf /.inc. i'lii?, when oponed, revealed r. beautiful rose wood coffin,-the top of which W;.s ornamented with MI elegantly carved cross. The ifoyor ' 1 i.tin bn-ke tho s;als of. the puektiges and look out tho goldcu.dvoy, j.resent inn it lo the ju rs m in charge.ci vpening tho. coiihi. Whoa the iii '.wis ibro.wii back Upon, its golden hil,,. .!!:. b -dy (."tho ?'iifortunafe Prince was sien, chid in black", with KI.uk: gloves upon thc li??ds; the face pwe'ct lint of an ashy browr? "cdor. closely parked in velvet cushions. The Admiral recognized the bod}-, and, with all his staff, signed a receipt in liiplicatc, one copy lin-'the Mexican General, another for -inc Admira!, a;:d the third Pil preservation in the archives of the city. Thc budy ivas guarde I in tho ckarch until morn ing, and thea quietly embarked. Titi: LYNCHBURG AFFAIK IS G?OKGIA. Tho Savannah News & Herald, of yesterday chnTuins the foiloVmg report in reference tc tlc lynching of a negro in Jefferson County Ga., to which, brief (illusion was made in oui telegraphic columns thc same day: "As nearly as wo eui ascertain, a ncgn way-laid a.yonrgj .white girl in a [Secluded spot on a road leading,, from Louisville, ant coinmiiiod rapo upon her, using much vio lonee. As soon as tho fact became known an excited crowd) wkko and black, assembl?e and arrested' the mgro, who confessed hi: guilt. He was then tied to a tree, and burn ed alive. According to one account his ear were fust burned off, and his face cut with ? knife. The crowd was .very excited, and a violent a disposition for veugeanco waa mani fested by tho negroes as thu whites, althougl many of the people of the county earnest!; disapproved ol and protested against the ?lie gul course of the lynchers, as unjustifiable and kss effective for the public good than th ordinary course of thc law. One sistemen is that tho Freedman's Bureau officer wa prevented from interfering by threats agains his life, and that thoso who were opposed ? tho movement were also thrcateued at thei nouses. But the majority of thc people, whit and black, regard the act, though unsanc tioned by law, as warranted iii the cmergenc of so heinous an offence, and as sustained b precedents, North or South. The Freedmen' a Bureau Agent has written to Gen. Sibley fe troops, who have been sent, and it is vcr ,ic probable that parties implicated in the affa will bc arrested." en Married, on the 2Gth instant, at Boyle Mill Pond Poor House, in Itichland. Distric * by thc Kev. Uriah G. Lee, Mr. Wm. Boa die wright, aged sixty seven years, to Mrs. Au to Oxiudine, aged ninety years, ire, Both of the above arc inmatc3.of the DI aes trict Poor House, and arc in good heall lily This is tho bride's fifth .husband and tl ' groom's second wifti,-Columbia Phoenix. Qd THE BRAVE WIFE OF AN IGNOBLE HUSBAND. -Some weeks ago Fred Douglass, the fa nous nigger, made a speech in West Chester, Pennsylvania; to a mob of blacks and othera. ?r?vious to bis arrival, lion. John Hickman, i member elect to the Assembly, invited tbc able orator to make bim a visit, and cousid r bis house a home during bis stay, which uvitation Fred dnly accepted. Hickman at mee put his best chamber in order and made xtensive preparations for hisiguest, in spite jf all that big wife could do or say. But she lided her time. A woman, especially wheo* he is iu thc right, I is never without ber re ources. So, when the great Douglass was innounced. and, with hat in band, wasniak ng his most elaborate bow, she met him ot he parlor door andiperemptorily ordered him mt of the house. He did not stand upon lie order of his going, but went at once!" Long may Mrs. Hickman rule tho mistress of 1er Bouse ; and, in the good time coming, vhen women get their "rights/' may she be lent to the Assembly by thc voters of West Dhester in thc place of her unworthy hus band. Bully for : Mrs. Hickman I-Southern Opinion." .... 1 _V _-j_ . . COURTSHIP IN'GREENLAND.-There ia'some :hin? exceedingly .melancholy in the accounts which are given of the custom of courtship in 3reenland. Generally, women enter upon ?he blessed estate with more willingness and .ess solicitute than the men. The women of | Greenland are an exception to this rule. A Greonlander, having fixed his affections upon some female, acquaints his parents with tho state of his heart.. They apply to the parents of the'girl, and if the parties thus far are agreed, the next proceeding is to appoint two female negotiators, whose duty it is to broach the subject to the young lady. The lady em bassadors do not shock her by any sudden or abrupt avowal of the awful subject if their misi?n. Instead of this they Iaunc rut in praises of the gentleman who seeks h hand. They speak of the splendor of his' hou*e, the sumptuousness of his courage in catching seals, and other like accomplishments. Thc lady, pretending lo be affronted even at these remote hints, ruus away, tearing the ringlets o? her hair as she retires, while thc cmbassa dors Laving got the consent of her parents, pursue her,, drag her from her concealment, take her by force to the house of her destined husband, and there leave her. Compelled to remain there, she sits fordays with dishevelled hair, siient and dejected*, refusing every kind of sustenance, till at last, ii kind entreaties du not prevail, she ?3 cupelled by force, and even blows, to submit to the detested union. In some cases Greenland women faint at the proposal of marriage-in others they fly to thc mountains, and only return when com pelled to by cold and hunger. If one cuts off her hair, it is a sign that she intends to resist to death. All this seems so unnatural to us that we seek for a reason for such an appar ient violation cf the first principle of human nature. Thc Greenland wife is the slave of her husband, doomed to a life of toil, drudg ery and privation ; and, if he die, abe and her children have no source against starvation. THE AUTHOR CF THE LINCOLN ASSASSINA TION PLOT.-Thu Columbus (Ga.) Sun, it .seems, has fourni tho niau who first proposed to assassinate Abraham IjfncoTri. His n:i1?e, say3 lhat paper, is Thomas Gilbert, and he is a radic?l'delegatc elect from thc Suit's Sena torial District to thc Convention. Ho isa re.subr.ic of Chattahoochc County; a:?d the proof H stnmg and conclusive against him. The Sim further?iys: The facts are these : At a meeting of the citizens of Chattahoochc County, before-Abra hum Lincoln had taken the Presidents] chair, :tr.J pr.-.-vi sis ?o the Secession of thc State ot' Georgia, this hoary-bcaded old reprobate sub nutted to the said meeting a proposition in writing, offering to arm and equip at hi: own expense, 100 men to proceed to Washington city, and to kill Abraham Lincoln. He sup ported hi;; proposition in a violent harangue, charging hts more moderate and humant neighbors with a want of patriotism and boor ag& These facts will be fully attested by some of thc most prominent and respected citizens of the Comity of Chattahoochc." The Sun adds : ifl We stand ready to make good, by com petent proof, that be is tho a'uth *r of thc as sassination ?not. Wc demand an investiga tion ol thia matter. Radicalism still pauti for ibo bl.'jd nf the slayer of its late lamer, ted leader. ' We have pointed out the mar who inaugurated th tragedy; and in th< nap! o'of the murdered an! pesecuted deni and living, we demand that justice shall bc done." A 'tig Hau in n Ti e. ht Pince. Last evewVg about I nV'ork, a firerhai named 3i rbi VFtnf, chipibVeoTpn the tow boa 'Diamond, lying in the' Monorail Jrij' v. r; nearly came to r. sudden cr.d. 1: appear: that ne srit itbofnl ejeashig the boiler of th tug, anti having finished the exterior to hi satisfaction, went inside. He entered tbrougl an aperture'i:i tho ?rid and applied himsel to bi* task at once" Scarcely- liad k<\ bec at Work'?hr'?i?re than'ivmror five minutes when he iras sndd?t?ly safae?l hy a Mumpnm commenced lo swell; Well is a!mast pr.-,vcr bia!' for''bfe rotundity-ordinarily measure fort)' two indlie? around ?be chest, and is of ; gravity proportionately grear. : Shortly aft? bj? bad taken ill, he crawled to theapertun and attempted to get our: but so much had h gained by the swelling that to force hirnscl through tho hole was out of the quiStiou. Ho bawlud lustily i'or help, and his erie brought some of the hands to his assistance They, however, were unable to relieve hie from his plight, n:;d tba cramps rapidly bi coming worse, messengers were instantly dis patched lor doctors, police,' blacksmiths, etc and one adventurous fellow, who seemed ; understand tho situation} bunted up the coi oner. Things looked very blue for som time, and it was proposed lo cut away a stri of thc boiler as a last resource. This bein objected to, eight or nine stalwart fellows sei ed Well, and through a ?! long pull aud a pu altogether." brought Lim through by mai force. His clothes were toru iu tatters an his body badly bruised and scratched in var ons places. He is seriously injured, and at present, we understand, under medical a tendance.-Pittsburg Dispatch, 24th. jfjiSf A Christian without trials would 1 like a mill without wind or water; the co trivance and design of the wheel-work with side would be iiunoticed and uuknown wit outaomething to put it in motion withoi Nor would our gi aces grow uuless they we called'into exercise ; tho trials and ditllculti wo meet with not only prove, but al strengthen the graces of the Spirit. It is reported that seventy families, livii in Johustowu, Pa., are about to migrate Kentucky in a body. They have secured 2? !- ! OOO acres of land ou the Licking River, abo y ? fifty miles from Cincinnati, paying, tuercf y fifty-cents per acre. 's-j--r. ir . USUF'ULINFORMATION.-An excellent hou? y keeper was overheard lamenting (hat a era ir'j lind been made in her cooking siove. F the benefit of all such, wo publish the folio ing ready mod'3 of mending cracks in ' sto\ and iron ovens, as practiced in Germany I - 1; When/a crack is discovered in a "'sro1 through whi?h the fire or smoke penptra't tho aperture may be completely-closed ii moment, with ? composition . consisting; wood ashes and common salt?'m?de!up*n . I paste with a little water, 'arid:i:pl?s'ter?d' d' ie ' tho crack. The good effect iSeVrually cert? . I:whether tho stove be hot or coldfc - . ; ? e The Beign of. .Terror, ift the Soutlu ... We find the following tetogropnednfrom ? Washington to the New York Herald : One of your travellitig correspondents, -who - has just made an'extensive tour of-Louisiaua, Georgia, Mississippi,.Alabama, North Caroli na and South Carolina, represents th?'cbndi^.' tiou of the freedmen as .'.-heart-rending ?irt ibo extreme. In all the^cotton districts !of those'-. Slates the grcat'mass of-the freedmen aro rot only bu the point . of;starvation - but pos--*??-? ?carecly-a sufficiency Of clothing to cover4h?ir; ' 'nitk-idtjess. At most of-the railway staty?ns' ' many Colored children collection tho arri val of the trams and enter into ^competition with . thc famished swine and dogs for tho poss? ss sion of the bones thrown ny passengcrt?f'jB"rn!? thc train?,'-while scores ot' lazy negroes c^-1'' lect about the depots aa spectators. Ifl tjfertj corn growing districts the prospects of a fij<5? inc are not so noar, and whites "ahd b' .. - arcoon-friendly terms. He1 declares'that'ihe negroes ?re much more destitute than under the old slave regime. In many counties of these States the forests are filled wkh?rmed-** negroes-who hunt game in- day time:'an?d'-'' make raids ?p'?rr planters-stock at night. Ti.--? reign of terror is general in upper Lo^isi'ma, lower Mississippi and the cotton districts; ot Georgia and the Carolinas. The destitution, .'. however, is not confined to the blacks. Thou sands of the' white population have not a . month's provisions ahead, and no. money to lay in a supply. Many planters, who were far-seeing; provided a year's, aupplyfor their lamilies, but the starving negroes have very generally pillaged their smoke-houses and granaries'and stripped them clean. The esri ; . mate of the number of persons (compiled fmoi ? statistics collected by tho -Executives of . tho State6 and others) who will starte unless Con-'" gressjprovides some relief, is-thrte million*?,-^ two-thirds of whom are negroes. This esti mate embraces Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaba ma, Georgia and-tVe Carolinas. He has n-. estimate of the "cher-unreconstructed States. Unless prornp. action ?B taken' to provide for r the starving freedmen and 'whites the piling- ! ing of the whites will become general, the latter will resist, and a bloody conflict will . be the result. Planters are generally alarm ed and would leave tho country could they raiso tho ' moans to remove tb ?ir-fatuities, i Hundreds:aro offering thoir homes for a mere % song, but can find no purchasers. Planta tions that before the war commanded as high . as fifty dollars per acre can oe purchased tor?a five dollars per aero, so general is the terror that reigns and tho desire of thc owners tb save their families from the outrages that are threatened by; the negroes, anless aid comes from the government or the people of the North. On the way North, he witnessed a striking illustration of the effect of Radical teachings.^ At Greensboro', N. C., a party of negro emigrants entered the cars. In the-.. party wero two very pretty white girls. In-.:; vestigation resulted inlearning that they wer? - tho daughters of an English gold minor in Guilford county, N. C., and had voluntarily left their homes as the- mistresses of two . coal-black negroes. They are ?destined to Vin ,cennes? Ind., and Xenia, Ohio. Much inc'ig nation WOK manifested by -the white passen gbrs'/and- threats cf. lynching the negroes were indulged in, but no: carried out. H tts K it'Ci'T E xpoft tn.-Lit t?o;- x u'- thc 'Fr od- ' ericksburg News, makes a valuable contribu tion to the history of the times in the follow ing personal reminiscences relating- to the Radical leader in the couspiracy now sitting 'in the Capitol of Virginia, lt is of Hunnicutt, the Friend and Hero;' that he speaks, when he says : D.?wn in thc bottom of his blaik heart ho knows and tiembles that he is known in Fredoricksburg. He knows tho negroes here detest him. Before the war he denied tuenxjj. the ri?ht to have a houae in which io wor ship God, and denounced the most pi.-us of them as men who would support their church by stealing from their matters. Hunnicutt knows th.at;vhite men here knows his history. Wku his private history ., or conduct or habits wc Lave nothing to <iq. As a public m..n wo have a tight, to expose him. Alas for Virginia, that such a tuan aa he should be among her " public" men, when he should be in her Penitentiary. Before the war Hunnicutt was a blatant se cessionist. The liiesofhis paper, his reported speeches, his unwavering advocacy of ex Gov ernor Smith (" Extra Pilby'"'), tho concurrent testimony and recollection of, this whoie com munity and all the neighboring count ?tra, his treacherous proposition to seize Fori ress. 2? roe, bis own vote for secession, givc?n ''ul'his own free will and accord,'' his sermon ?nt Kro. k's Station ou the day of the first battle <<f ManaSsas, in which, as wei! as in his pf ?uer, he called down such 1 earful imprecate ns upt :i the Union anny, individually aud eulie, '.iv-.lv, lhat.aKocossioniat iola u.-> it almost made "nair stand on oud (lue-hearers aa-.; v.,i..- :. ns to tho truth of-thia are numerou-j. ai..i ali Jiis substqueut coil rae iimd! carder. utttij lue Federal anny occupied Frederiek.-bu;g.; in ;< April, -1SG2, nil overwhelmingly con-.:;! . ?a of being, with, all iii?; heart -and. scrub, a se-^3 >ionisi from.choice. stay at home as much a- pussi.d : to < j y j ? but that when they spend moucy iuineeessari ly ia fine clothing and jewelry for rjtjViir ?n! dren, they ar?, j .ying theuy a pr^mjuiq '..? spend their time away frota home, that i.s, ' those places \vhc:c they can attract tia- Utysl attention and make the most display*. T : i is both truth and philosophyin the s'at'- . n*. If parents expect td shield tbeircbiidr'-y-. frc-m" . tho vices of thc world they mu<t malte 1 *';"C . ; j attractive to them. A cheerful and !?:.;.. y-' " home is one of thc greatest safcgtiards'n r> ir ont can throw arognd his child. .-U_*u^_? DEATH OF A WEALTHY COLORED MAX. We see it stated that James:Ropi,r, the Ir.rir- : est landholder and the wealthiest man in Jef ferson County. Va., is dead. -R?per was a c-ilored man, the natural s in ot an .eccentric. Englishman, who bequeathed the mosbv/.-his property to thc recently deceased, wtvo.amiod . greatly ?o his pat?moo#d-. estate, llop^r had a great faculty for acquiriug prop rty and a mania for adding to his large lauded estate. Every year or two ho would purchase akrm, for which wc haye known him to pay as much, as $110 per acre, when dollars .wer? d> ijarsi, Roper was an intemperate man, yet socii >a; his natural shrewdness, that nobud) cvuni take advantage of him iu.a trade, even when: ho was drunk. Ho was a quiet, iuo?fe?hivo man, and as generally: esteemed as a.-mau jf i his habits could expect-to be. Ho .never'-" voted, served on iuries. or attempted to exer , eise rights denied by u?'?dws, yet be Vas as . ' fully protected in the rights of person and1'! property as any man in Virginia, and .has,' oublies^ left a larger and moie yalpablc . wded estate tluu any ?i-> now livi?gi? this State can. boast.-Lyneiauiirg VirgtuiaD. A MONSTROUS BEARD.-vVe bave beenprar^ scntbd by Mr. Scott, Chief of P?IH?; witlnhe ph'otor.'raph of a' gentleman n?w7 OM Visit :o this ty, whese beard has erowWIo thb'nSon- L strous length of six feet within the lastren years.' Wo understand he has ? 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