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:,f OL. it f- HA -THE GUARDIAN. -1-" ^BUSHED EVERY THURSDAY, —AT— IttiAependenre, nuchaimn County, Iowa, BY RICH & JORDAN, OFFICE OVER P. C. WILCOX- STORB. Terma $1,50 One fujuniu!, (12 lines or Ujm) 1 insertion, $1,00 Each subsequent insertion, 50 Oho Or( Ktjiiaro three mouths, 4?(j(i MX 6,00 ouo ygjr, 10,00 column one ycM^ .... 60,00 Half Quarter Hit silicas carJ« 5 lima, 1 «W 4! o i i« WOULD YOU! ir' A URl :I WARD, Bill iby crowing on your knee,. While you sing some litw T»tty, Pulls your hnir or thumbs your ee," Would you think it, wasn't pretty Tfll inc. eould you| If you owned the baby," would vpu.7 Wife with arm nbout your neck, Says |»'ou look just like the I a by Wants *oi»ie eash to make a speck," And you would refuse her—may be Could you, should you 1 If yoft owned the woman," would you Little labor, little strife. Little eaii'ami little oot. Would you sigh for single life Would you murmur at your lot Tell me, should you If yon owned the eottige," would you Health and comfort, children fair, Wife to meet you at the door, Pond hearts throbbing for you there Tell me, would you ask tor more Should you, could you If von owned "the bullies," would vou 1 CHAPTER Often in the spring have we sat to^eth •er in the garden of Harmonius. ftever have 1 seen a man whose, life was more •conscientious aud pure—never a man whose friendship merited a mors siuoere and tender return. Before the arbor interlaced with twin ing honey-suckles, in Ilarmonius's gar On the pedestal were these words Jfrove Imperishable under all Form*. When we soon afterwards entered his house, among other pictures on the wall, we discovered one larger than the rest.— Illuminated with charms we saw the samo young woman. Near her, on a green branch, was a bird whom we recog nized as a goldfinch by his plumage and a little dog, snow white, with the excep tion of a black head aud cars, and a patch of black upon his Hank, lay watch fully at her feet. The eyes of these three various beings were delineated in such a manner by the painter's art, that cach beholder seemed to be regarded by tbem all at the same moment. Jn Harmonium's library, which, as the library ought always to be, was the most beautiful room in the whole house, and whose windows presented a wide and picturesque landscape to the view, we saw the same group reproduced, with some modifications. Three portraits, exquis itely painted, hung togelhor, surrounded by a blooming wreath of evergreens and forget-me-nots. The first represented the bird, which we had before seen the second the same snow-white dog, but here it-presented as full grown the third Jthe charming wife of our host. jMow the*paintings, in golden letters, upon a sky-colored ground, were the jame words—Love Imperishable under all Forma. Other pictures still did we see ill other rooms of our excellent friend, and to them all was attached tha same expressive text. mm- One per Annum, in AdvtMtfj, Rates of Advertising. ri iVr the Guardian. METEMSYCIIOSIS, LOVE IMPERISHABLE. Y^fiislftted from the German of oil a n 31 Dill il Heijhuch Zucijokkk, BT CWttllH W. TABOR. no means destitute of intelligence. TLt •cluirming German writer, HEINUICH ZsdioKKK,, in otic of his stories, illus trates this opinion in a manner so beauti ful that wo have translated and condensed the tale for the entertainment of the read ers of the Guardian. This condensation vr* make, principally, by omitting tho various arguments urged bv Harmonius, O the chief character in the story, in favor of the doctrine of tho transmigration of souls, and by translating only the narra tive. We are aware that with such a writer as ZschokWe, every omission of his matter must deprive the reader of excel lencies but this has been necessary to bring the tale within a single number of tbe Guardian, and the same reason has induced us to make a few changes in the narrative itself, in order to render itcom plste in its present form. den, stood a marble group. A young b'le at home, more joyful among my com Atid beautiful woman leaned upon an urn, pan ions. They all came to view my on which, trustingly perched near her, £at a bird, and a little doghiy slumbering at her feet. Sunday evening lit related My mother, said he, cannot remem ber. She died a year after my birth, and my father six years later, leaving me an orphan in the care of strangers. Thelotj of an orphan was to nie a hard one, but! mainly because I was unlike all my play-! mates. 1 had no father Co instruct me —no mother to press me to her maternal breast. This privation rendered my heart 35,00j incessantly sore. Silently I wept over' 20.00 iy woes, and sliort as had been fcnial am not PYTHAGORAS and his followers held that after death the souls of men pass in to other bodies, and the doctrinc is still maintained by some metaphysicians by crumbs I could collect in my pockets wicked. Am I, then, relaVd to nothing. Has nothing e\*er yet loved me Again I closed my eyes. The cold tears poured over ray hot cheeks. My ardent desire wjis to die. At this instant I perceived that a little bird had perched on my chin, and with tender playfulness was pecking against my lips with its bill. I was sLanieJ, and as I opened my eyes, the little creature took to flight. I imme diately rose up. The bir^ysat in the tree above me, and appeared as if it wa'ched me with the greatest attention. I would have given any thing to make him mine, and vainly did 1 endeavor to allure and entice him. He did not fly any farther »ff, but neither did he approach any near er. I scattered about for him all the lic then alighted timidly down and pick ed Up a few, wliiU La ragarJvd me as it he wished to give me thanks. But when I made the slightest movement he flew away. Oh, little bird, dear little bird ex exclaimed I, as weeping I stretched my arms upwards to the tree where he had flown, I am not cruel, that you need fear me I will truly love you and feed you, and no one shall do you any injury." So did I say, though too sensibly w.'is I conscious the little creature could jjot understand my prayer. Yet he gazed upon me as if he comprehended my lan guage, and hoppfldjfrom one branch to another—he looked intently upon me— he flitted down from the tree tome !—he perched upon my arm In what words could I express my delight It was in describable Our joys are greater than our pains for tho first make us forget ourselves, while the last always leave us enough selfishness to bemoan aud won der at our fate. Therefore is our recol lection so short for our joys, and our wemory so long for our sorrows. I showed all the household my beauti ful captive, though captive, indeed, I could not call him, for voluntarily had the little creature given himself to me. I carried it to my own room. There I kissed it a thousand times—there I fed it —there 1 let it freely fly about wherever it would. I seemed to be in heaven. I was more studious in school, more araia- bird, to wonder at itstameness, to admire its fearlessness, and witness its love and fidelity to myself. Every morning my tittle friend awak ened mo with his song. 1 then left my bed, and he flew to me, and picked the bird-seed I gave him from my hand.— When I sat down to prepare my lessons for school, he hopped sociably on my tablo, on my shoulder and about my chamber. Notwithstanding the open window, he remained faithful to me.— Sometimes he would fly oijt, but soon returned chirping back. Do not smile at the great pleasure I take in narrating these trifling incidents. They belong to the most beautiful dreams of my youth, and are the delightful scenes which the God of dreams ofieu re news before my sleeping vision. The little creature died after a year.and a half of friendship aud devotion. A few days previous to his death, he lost his sprightlinoss and his desire for enjoy ment. It fluttered about tho room no longer, but sat sorrowfully in its place, or by great exertion attained my should er. At last it became so weak that it could not .each that. I held it in-my hand—I fondled it in my bosom. When I w e a u e i o v i n y e o e e i e a e e w i i s i e e e s a s i i was sensible that our separation was near at hand, and as if it wished to thank me for my love and my tears. Then it con cealcd its little bead under its win^, as if asleep. On the last evening I placed it in its own corner, on its freshly broken twigs. I wept aloud, and kissed it a thousand i times. 1 went myself to bed, but re- turned repeatedly to the to :i circle of intimate friends, of whom I had the pleasure to be one, hii explanation of these various pictures, all resembling, each other in their principal figures, and all equally beautiful and worthy ot adrni ration. my past life, I expatiated in it with inexpressible delight, as if it had been a paradise—j Every feeling in my soul was transformed into sad and soothing tenderness. 13v (hose who knew mo I was neither! loved or hated. 1 was lonely, and setting' little value upon those who surrounded me, I was considered an unsocial dream-' er. In the summer I wished for winter, because its solitude appeared more con- to my melancholy. In the winter longed for spring, in order to find com panions. When I had completed the twelfth year of my age, and on the identical morning of my birthday, I was reclined tinder the high pear-trCe in my father's garden, wliere I lay in a half-slumbering state. Once more was my heart tortured with longing dreams. Tears pressed them s e v e s o u y o s e e y e i s I i gazed upwards, and through my ush- ing tears, and through the screen wilder ness of branches 1 looked into jibe blue heavens above. "Alas!" sighed I, in tti'c whole wide world I am all alone. No one knows {ne, and no one loves me And yet I feci "Vial I corner in which in: ', }l 1 Beauty The dog appeared terrified, gions. They seem to have flown from and quitting me went submissively to that earth Have" we while traveling met somewhere I enemies. I proceeded myself to Colorno, before I and visited the estate which had formerly circles around his master and myself. life. as I walked, and we became absorbed in conversation. Beauty and his master^ in the mean time, went farther on their way. Late in the evening 1 returned home.— A singular dream unfolded itself to me with pleased attention, and then poiuted I separated the garden from the court yard, he said: "Yonder is thy beloved bird." I looked, and on tho other side of the trellis I observed the snow-white Beauty, who seemed to be seeking an entrance into the garden. I hurried thither with all speed and opened the gate. Beauty sprang towards me in the midst of our reciprocal caresses awoke. friendship for me. Even at the hazard of self-deception, I found myself believ ing that the soul of my dear bird now animated Beauty's graceful form and was inspired with ail us former inclination lor me. I derived so much pleasure from the deception that I could not wil- during the night. It seemed as if I was ^ie jdea that only onk belief among walking iu my father's garden, and with 1 my father at my side. I related to him the dogma has dyed the four quarters of the little history ot my bird. He listened, to the wicker-work of the trellis, that authorized more dreadful crimes, than al( iiNDEl'ElNDENCE, »U(JHAiNAN OOUMY, IOWA, 1HUKSDAY, AUGUST a, 1858. but in thi- I was the united i(j Even after being broad awake tho dream held possession of my mind in the liveliest manner. It seemed to un ravel the secret of the dog's extraordinary leave my bed-chamber, f.ndhavmg'reach-1 »i,., ed the door I opened i, wben'Ueau.y gazed at him full of astonishment. He1 had abandoned his master, had glided! into our house, and had most probably passed the night before the door of my £ped sleeping room. Enraptured 1 raise,1 up joyful tearsI press.Hl himto mv heart, i fore seemed only an illusion were now confirmed in my mind. Beauty's soul was the same as that of my bird. No doubts ranged themselves in opposition to the transporting convictions. On the contrary, everything concurred to stren me mer give you a description of my joy. One singular occurrence, however, 1 must re-* mistaken, you, perhaps, regird as enthusiasm. O how happy did I become through this new friend He learned to understand my language ray very wishes. He manifested a constant obedience and fi- ture with a little dog brought my loss galleries of art in Florence,'nff the ven- ately came rushing towards me with all with renewed vividness into my mind.— erable ruin3 of Rme, but partly also by speed. They were w rapped in short Fatigued one evening with walking in other circumstances. l*'o£ many years mantles, and were both armed, the one the Cathedral-field, 1 took a seat on a had my deceased father's brother dwelt with a stiletto, aud the other with a short bench uuder the wido-spreading chest- in Colorno, near Parma. By means of sword. Beauty restrained them in their nut-trees, in order to view those who! commercial business in livorno he had I attack upon me. Exasperated at the for pleasure were promenading up and considerably increased hfs fortune, and i tlpg. they each fell murderously upon down before me. Without my having afterwards, to favor his reclining years, 1 I11™* noticed it a beautiful young do crept bif. mooter, no-.l fr«»m him returned lim-i unf.u iunat father cried tohoaven. From i neighboring spi-niir of water to wash idly and slowly to mo. fsuen information as was awe \nrn mneTr~rt're have ever happened," I answered I with vines, and luxuriant fields of rice, Pa6t This astonishes me," returned the stranger I now observe, for the first time, this creature give caresses to a stranger." announces lie lay strudion which is it was, to behold niv little lavoriie again, on the hard th^oy, stud ,iw the very same prevalent course of education is such, lest she should expire upon my* breast.— and as often as I "approached, it would 'corner where formerly oh its twigs, my that, oil arriving at years of judgment I quickly laid her down on the high hop from the lower twig to the floor, bird lia had its accustomed resting (and weak as it was, to meet me, .as if it was place. Whether this was a mere acci" vote more years to unlearn the absurd- gushing from the rocks a little way back, sensible of the nearness of our parting dent, or resulted ffom Beauty's having ities instilled into our minds, than was ran across the road, and scooping out moment as if it wished to carets me for the last time as if it would improve the last apportunity to see and thank me.— In the morning I perceived it lying dead on the floor. It lay before my bed. In the night it had left its own little place and had crept towards its protector, in order to die near me. O kind and faith ful little creature '. O mute angel of my childhood why were you so early delity, even in regard to all my lightest so long without an adventure. At this fancies, was deeply 'sensible of the very instant something rustled behind snatched from me. Excuse in* from de- i impossibility of adequately rewarding me among the ruins. Directing my scribing my grief at the loss of my little such_«tftiro. nelf-foi geirteg devotion, and startled attention thither, I looked back all." bird. With sobs and tears I interred ail the thousand £f\jitice.s, of which, and distinguished a human figure,in the I drew out my money purse, and in him under the same peaf tree Jn thegar« but too frequently, they wha upeeive gloom, moving slowly by the walls. I stead of selecting any of its contents for den where 1 first met bim. There I them appear to be unconscious 1 sprang up and cried to it with a tr.em- her, I presented her the wholo sura, and buried niy beautiful visions of a year and After a while I left niv native (own bling voice. At the same time a con-1 still thought I had given but little, a half—there I consigned all my child- «"d my accustomed school and passed siderable portion of the wall, near which The girl blushed, and giving back the hood's joys to the ^timb. period of several years at a Jligher vini-. I had observed the appearance, suddenly gold, said I do nut need so much." versity in order to complete juid perfect fell down with a thundering crash. My "At least, however," said I, "you n.ii. in my studies. My faithful companion ac- senses entirely left me. I fell into a will allow me to accompany you to your companied me everywhere. He like- deep swoon, which must at length have dwelling, as you are so weak." CHAPTER II. wise went with me on my trafels through bound me in a profound sleep, for the! "It is not far frojn here," returned I Germany and Italy, and partook in all suu had already long been up, and it she. I could not forget the dear bird, and 1 things of my own weal and woe. was quite late when I was awakened by I "Do your parents live there 1 ask confess, though it may provoke yourj Towards Italy, I must explain, I was the loud barking of my faithful dog.—|ed. smiles, 1 long believed I should meet him not exclusively drawn by po renowned As 1 opened my eyes I perceived tiro Oh, no," sighed she my parents atrain under a similar form. An s»dven- natural beauties of the country, or the! persons among the ruins, who imineji- are dead, and I am an orphan. Thev are He who cultivates the! ?am0 A couple of my acquaintances met me' migbTCiiTWwhw."Z'mx in consequence of the fury of intolerance One false dogma, in particular, constant ly loads us far from the path of truth, and engages us in a continual warfare against, humanity and nature. This do£- a\\ beliefs can be true and saving. This 0]j world with more human blood, and un er cojor 0f FuU?mlcd and consolidated errors of heathendom.* I was told my uncle wa among th*» adjacent ruins I among them, aud that its identity was determined to examino into these terious circumstances. One eveni proceeded to tho haunted place u. tho the affectionate animal, aud shedding How'insiinificant is man when his cou- All those thoughts (hat a little wli.le be- „=.a U V U U V I I U u u n y 1 1 U U 9 1 I U u wiUl wh ch hc given him! *rept close to me. He gently nibbed I at his beautiful country-stat in Colorno. I one of my pistols. Simultaneously, like- sick, would be deprived of care and at- painful and pleasing, wl himself against my feet, as if he desired beings, 1 paws upon my knee. I beheld tho friend- was the dearest to me, and who bore an taken his flight into the wood. At: crazy hut, almost held together l\r animal with astonishment. He seemed extraordinary decree of resemblance to length, when the day had fully broke, he luxuriant ivy which enveloped it i address a mute language to me by him. I hoped, through the lineaments means of his eyes, and wagged his tail' of my uncle, to acquire that knowledge in the most friendly manner. I imme-i which I lacked of mv father*! s features, diatoly conceived the warmest affection so that I might design his portrait. for this little dog. I eagerly fondled But when I reached Parma I learned him. He was very handsome his hair that he \rns no longer among the living. was snow white, soft and silky, with a He had suffered a horri death, having patch of raven black on his flank and been slain by the poniard of a murderer. head. While we carosscd each other a All his children, too, my cousins, had stranger, dressed in traveling garments, left tho Colorno estate, having sold it been pierced through by the murderers. came near, and cried out with displeasure: and taken up their residence in other re-j ceping. I raised him up, bore him to from which the soft e blood of their w^ile How comes it, my friend," said the i trouble to acquire, it appenred the monks became fainter and fainter. He licked partake a breakfast of fre.slj milk aud stranger, that the dog knows you ?—land priests were my uncle's implacable my i mor? Justice, ha i«• 'aunrhod at on every ness repeat remarkably cognizable. I lau 'auTJsuch reports but as people o 5868 side with the greatest earnostnesi ed and confirmed it, in an excess of pSd' inra°fouth ?f1wo-an!f-tweX%XI and s*ie We lingly give it in. I was jast going toi^ Jej skw |, lowar |3 thera.\hile I .''f HI C111. towards them ed above the sur and sometimes were hidden by it. An involuntary shudder ran over mo in this solitude.— The pale and yellow moon hung sus pended in tho clouds. The wind shiv- scu,.p of the trc„s p(,n-,0 over us sprang towards me. For a moment I won bv it An invohmtjirv i support against an Thou hast beheld my tears, said she, f,.om time (Q t5m? lh lhe ob d«troVed by those superstitious j, ,. .. 'ia inoculn {ed in his youth by tho perverse and vicious in- I nppou'l, in this tho original wor ls of Zsciiokkk for th^ nlove passajji': "Mein Oh^im •'chii'ii l^n wohlthHtijien L^hivatz dt Zt inl-Avesta jr't rht zu lialtt ii, wo Zoroasttr tier Porst'r aiHsprieht Wer 1ie orde hauet mit Hewi-8'Mi sein, e.ni der Hdigioii willeu (lurch I'riesU rwuth floss! Kin einzi^T ftils.-lu The with a reflection, we are constrained to de-j grass, ran been accustomed to sleep in a corner required in our childhood to learn them, the cool water in my hat, I again sp edi ratlier than ina n)ore open space, it eon- Midnight passed without the occur-! !y hurried back. The maiden had re fir mod me anew jii those ideas, which retice of any unusual event, and a pale covered her consciousness. Hearing glimmer of light had already began to my footsteps she slowly rose up, aiding mirror the outlines of the hills in the herself by an exertion of all her strength, eastern heavens. My blood was now! Her cheeks were again colored by a pale cooler, I hiid lost my superstitious hor-) redness, and she thanked me with a rors, and regretted that 1 had remained grateful smile. In the meanwhile I had gained had he took up his abode with his children i time to rise up, and to draw and discharge then the old man hi our cottage, who is Since my father's death," the former in- wise, another shot was fired at the mis- tendance." i whole vital system. to show me marks of fondness, although terchange of letters duo to kindred and creants from the opposite side. This And how old are you I said, i As she was one day in the woods gaih 1 gave him no special notice. At length friendship had ceased entirely. I was the work of Matthias, who came to She answered, seventeen years." Wing strawberries, she experienced, With he carried his familiarity so far that he very desirous of seeing this man, the my succor. He, as he afterwards rclat- Pursuing our conversation in this man- out any previous dream, the si ma deli raised himself up and placed both his brother of him who, of all human es t'1'sac5 of dug him a grave. Rest in peace, thou d«ar dost," I sobbed: rest iu peace! Oh, Beauty, we shall meet each other again thou hadst a beautiful soul, And it cannot be annihilated." .» was returning home from a business jour- fr0m want." ^of^M^olll ^ab-i U°^'^ 1 bey. 0.»t In, shado »m to] rvJclj- i a n JirtWe,,U,' With the mc S1. '-h .,,u? late, though to you it may seem only au •hre 'aa^nu'rriN overcame her. Rhe wept aloud i she clasped my hand, and pressing it to Olaulx* unt«'r alien (tlautu-u nllein der wwhro. si'-1 with her eyes streaming with tears she her lips, she criel Oh, my happiness accidcnt. frightful paleness. back had again discovered the entrance thro' teued it to a wall of red ami steep rock, the thicket which led to the abbey, and1 Everywhere within appeared all the indi had now betaken himself hither to as- cations of extremo poverty, and yet ev certain what had become of rnc. I ery.hing was clean aud neat. A woman The robbers escaped, and we did not was engaged in washing at a natural follow them. Beauty, who had preserv-, spring, shaded by the foliage of a high ed my life, the faithful, friendly Beauty, elder bush. Inside of the hut by tho moaned pitifully, and dragged his bleed- door, moaning on ing body towards mo. Twice had he Sra?3' his wounds, Matthias brought water from a nT rise meanings of on me a3 lr'^e a It is almost impossible this should been his. In the midst of hills planted moment ot anguish and misery the whole flew away. Darin- her absence i held hills planted hand, and fixed his eyes steadfastly black bread V* more vehement. Weep- maiden re-appeared. She ing, I again and again called his name bread and milk before me in once more be wooden vessel. u'-»uimuu uiu iivi hand. ith: witli compassion, for you are unhappy." Would that his blood i aftcction once more he Cecilia," said I, yott inspire me he gavo up the ghost, Her cheeks were clothed with blushe?, e s CHAPTER III. ing expenses, and you shall accompany me to my native town. I will also pro Seventeen rears after Beauty's death, vide amply for your foster-parents, and when one day not far lrom a village, as I they shall hereafter be always shielded beheld a female beggar in the The foster-mother heard my words.-— V road, whom one of the passengers was Cecilia cast down her eves with deep dis- driving off with tbe word*-" 0„ q„ietu:le. Tl.o .vonnnWilv ap„n«ch- \ou are young, and should ed us, and exhausted all her eloquence be ashamed of begging." in advice to Cecilia not to reject such As I directed my step3 nearer, my good fortune. The young girl listened traveling-carriage being at considerable without repugnance to the counsel, and distance behind me the man turned in- willingly obeyed I "-ave tbe w«)man a lias an eau ). P4" form of the suppliant, and perceived that dued tones, within the hut. I flew thith-j si men at 911,000 to collect $5,5J0 ai commencement I i i ...j..,,.., Koi, ,,,! oave evidences of great destitution er. A half-open door allowed mo to see I poverty. A glowing blash, like the I ,t,o poor girl in her chamber, ll.v back ,1 of^tho (.1,1 w'e' brilliant relk'cli-xi ot the iiHriiiti£ cloudi, was turned towards ma. Slio sto with hlJ!""ds jsuccceuca oy nauioJi.ito paleness, and sobbing and weeping, and occasionally I answer. nil the most evident inno-jmy foster parents conce she regarded me long and atten- Prayer, when it emanates from a sur charged and oppressed heart, resembles tears. It plucks the thorns from misfor away. involuntarily, i ivi.wned my po- tune, and takes from joy its intoxicating silion. At ten steps' disUince sho again poison. 1 sat down on the wooden beuch, leaned against a high oak, and gazed jane in a few moments Cecelia came out backwards towards me. She wept, an I with weeping eyes. We gazed fixedly at yet appeared to use the greatest exertion each other. to subdui her tears. I went to her, and Why do you weep, dear Cecelia?" said, What is the matter with you, my {said 1." child Are you borne down with mis- At these words the tears again stream fortune ed unrestrained down her checks. She id my1 t0. rea' soul. 1 hen turning abruptly she w p'.ly slie walked Involuntarily, I ivuined my po- She did notanswer. ller anguish cv om-' threw herself on her linees before me v n o i i i o n v i v i u O i i I I S U O I I O I was terrified to a living spring, which, scooping Are you very sick enquired I. With a soft, trembling voice, and the same grateful smile, she replied, not at .. distant relations, poor and good people, who have had compassion on me. But aside from the shelter of their hut they are unable to give me anything. I't^nd the geese, or carry milk, or—" Why," I asked, do you not go out to service I cannot," was her reply, "because ®d, when the wall tell down in the night, we arrived at the girl's dwelling—a cious and yet dolorous constriction, and 1 1 if he knew he was about to I nodded Qomplaiaantly^ Jfaf stream- 'ona departure from me. In this ed from her eyes, and she nfn, nay, she niomentot anguish and misery the whole flew away. xvas have never before beheld your dog, and was situated the unpretending castle, and death-hour Beauty s first fawning upon cerning her foster-daughter. She spoke I scribed, when 1 encountered hv »»t far have never been from home on any trav- to which on all sides led shady walks of jme in the promenade of the cathedral with warmth and affection of the poorjfrdm els." fruit-trees. grounds ot my native city—his flight girl, who, she said, often labored to com* th»n entertained no .doubt of (fee positive Mv uncle appears to bare held in him- jfrom his. m:vsu?r 1 to me~1\nd v or that beneficent maxim of the Zend- jC0rM0r »u my chamber which both he amiable and good. Cecilia was her hut she had lost all expeuuSou mf #v*r A vesta which the Persian Zoroaster thus ia my bird preferred. My grief be-. name. In a short time the charming again meeting thp reality. and fas a !l"d revived in my mind my bird s I some conversation with the womau can» into which she was thrown, as 4 have de- placed the a. clean, K eyes, so full of feeling, again glistened with tears. Will you always remain a beggar I continued. Poverty does not make me unhappy," sighed she. I wish to do everything for you," re sumed I, after a pause I will procure ^nscionsly I re- i money/and dispatchedlior to the village at 817,000 to collect 910,000 at Platts- 'i^f- I contemplated the exquisite Cecilia's voice, uttered in soft and sub- £",000 to collect $1:10 at Portsmouth suldaidy distinguished *n)tf of her words Thou 1 by the'this immediately brought the vision of Thus did Harm': you new aud suitable clothing I will pretty dimples in its cheeks, we could furnish you with money for your travel- but wish that the course of transmigra- appr .*«*«{ adjacent tree. 1 hurried to her. You overwhelmed by her emotions "Thou' are not well, my child," said I. and she I hast counted my sighs oh, my God, mv ®ol,ept iir,I(J50: Ocraeoke men at seemed to me like one that I had long'God, how have 1 deserved that $2,000 to collect $.S2 at ].|ed men known. She made no reply, although should'st nuke me so happy,'and her liiw opened as if she would return an thou should'st send thy helniie* anrel to ti,al!at •P^ AO. 2%. I raised her up and kissed awav her teari but I will not loirger dwell upon whsft happened at this poor hut. Suffice it to say that I made complete provisions for the support and comfort of Ceci lia's foster-parents during their lives1.** & brought her to a neighboring town tootio of my female acquaintances, who was the principal of an institution for the educa tion of girls. There she was thoroughly instructed, became an admirable profi-, cient in music and drawing, fur both of which she had a decided taste, aud was soon confessedly the most accomplished as well as the most beautiful girl in the school. I visited her frequently, aulwi exchanged letters every week bv a post rider who passed both the seminary and my residence on his tours. Ouraffection for each other constantly increased, and the hebdomadal passings of the postman were looked for at both ends of tho route, with intense interest. In due time the charming girl became my wife. After our marriage Cecilia declared that before she had known me, she had sometimes in her dreams, and in some of the first dreams of her childhood, seen a 6gure like my own. She b*came so accus tomed, under various circumstances, to the appearance of this figure, which tho God of ream~. conjured up, thntshe pre served a distinct conception of it in her waking hours. It was only seldom—not once in a year—that my image thus ap peared to her during her sleep, but it was always recognized with the same iude scribable longing and love. S!ie portray ed the sensation which she then experi enced—a sensation inconceivable to me —as an inexplicable pressure—a singular constriction of tho heart, at the same time hich pervaded the her dreams to her mind. She soon heard the noise of horse's hoofs passing iri tho road through the wood. She directed her looks to the rider. It was.I, myself, then going through that region on a busbies* journey, although I have no recollection of having then seen the strawberry gath erer. Cecilia, on the other hand, as strsfcv bed, lay an old know from her own narration, was almost gray-headed man. We took a seat' rendered insensible by my verv siijht.*-* on a wooden bench, at a short distance' She clasped her arms about the truak from the ruinous dwelling, and through a tree, that she might n^tsink down upda the willows and alders we beheld spread the ground. She doubted whether the \.c before us a smiliug prospect that stretch- currenco was a dream or a waking rtal'i ed beyond the river to thooxmasiL$ shone. ty, and as I miurhtth»»* *»»r*'jirocedtd lfSJ- I lv^ y—i-tnid the girl, to considerable way along, she ran iu th« road after my horsa's tracks that, even at a distance, sfio might once more behold me. Her attempt, however, proved fruitless. This illustrates the self-snme condition l^10 plete exhaustion, and who was always|•existence of tho being of her dreams village, bagging alnu. She tlnrmomuis give ui lite ex planation we desired of the word* "lii PEKISHABLE Lovfi VNBEft ALL FoRUS.*' Ashe spoke the beautiful original of ihe portrait entered the room, her counte nance bvaming with celestial radiance, and her finely developed and admirably proportioned figure fully justifying ail the praises wo had heard of her. Sho held in her arms a lovely little girl of some ten months of age, crowing at the sight of its father, and stretching toward* him its chubby arms. As ho clashed il to his bosom, and kissed affectionately the tion might bring all who deserve.t fche blessing just such a wife and child. The Way the Honey Goes. Senator Wilson in his speech on the extravagant sums spent by the Adminis tration in collecting the national revenue, stated that there were at Niagara lf men employed at an expense of $ 12,0-W to col lect $-*,000 at Oswego 23 men at $18,- t0 co^ect Bnfl'alo 20 men Newburyport 13 menat§6,'2JO U* collect §3,900 at Marblohead 9 men at $2,2J0 to collect §250 at New Bedford 14 m«n at 87.5J0 to collect $4,800 at Perth Amboy 13 men at $4,5J0 to collect $1, 500 at Norfolk 23 men at 8 l,000 to 81,4% to collect 07 at Detroit 10 mt n nt to colloet 8t9S at lieni- cia 3 men at 84,400 to collect $2,300 at Stockton 1 man at 83,100 to collect #143 at Sacramento 1 man at 8.3,COW to collect 8402 at San Diego 4 men at 87,t»00 to collect 830 at Monlerey 8 men at 07,O~»O to collect 8f» at Sa:i Pedro men at $4,2 JO to collect i04. A glance at these figures will suffice to convince any man that the number of employees iu these places have been pur posely increased order to nr?V»rd snug places for politicians whom the party tkid it neoessary to reward. There was a murder committed in IWo Alto county on June 30, 1h58. The name of the murderer is Clivjlt Shlppey, and that of his vi« iim Kob «rt JfleCorinick. r+w.-ttd of 83ot» is afl' i-sl for his sppre hvu^ion Uv iIk Sheriff of Web-fter wouulv. AM..