1 1 bruner editor and itopkil_vtoit i i for .!/■ if i i mr m tee's let i i hat worked something like a wonder lie said u go d wmd foi i a \ . itoville lie said ii m a published letter a letter written for publication as a certain letter which our democratic friends hero may ii remember was not ine g i turn 1 i\es another and sometimes guts it as oi ihis instance tho wilmington 1-ui mil faces lie mil lie and talk i oul in meeting in handsome i tj le i leat " we kim-.v something about the j : r fain of the democratic party aud we , n thai lliu spn it nf in tiameri •■! thai resolution was in favor of granting the proper amount of aid t ' fayetteville friends ip meetth thing right up and tag lhat they ought to •/■ ' it and w th ink will j 1 1 it "' •'''"' i 1 legisuuui'i 1 1 iod for mcilae say we w hen it , , i ellecled that ihe vv ilmingtou join i . i t nst in our pail o id was bo o er pow ei ing that for weeks an i w . ' could never mention the cheering fail ..| the arrival uf a cargo of iron at its own p.-rt and at lost nlll - iicccc led iii i|.iei /. ing in among the id and ends a paragraph from ibis paper mr mcwuc may bo sel down as a worker ol iniroi ies fay r>b • m • t . ■ ., nt appoint i s , ' ■/ .' v were unite taki n by bui pi se at tho an . nuuciatiou in i ie son it - proc - 1 1 1 lav la that tb 1 1 in thos l ( - man wttsswom i is senator ou i ml da i im standard of 8 it n lav last has •■ 1 u word on tho subject tl gh the appo nt ment had then been made and ( ing nan hud actually taken in seat wiiat • tii is i n ean .' \\ ere tho parlies to lhe ', (/■ a im ashamed ol it 1 or are tho e a i ml l di igh --. iticeui id at the t.i lure of the ( in ai lotto i ii ention io ratify one pari of tho contract i ia th ■ v imiiiil i i resentment hy letting ilngmau sneak in as il were i however this may be m >■ uro satisfied that many old demo throughout tiie siate w ill iii ihen hearts cu.se lhe i i.n . in r ' 1 bestowing ihis md honor upon this one f the lie *• con verts w e havo a i read \ lieui i ono nil i d ellis dem icrat express li probation of it an i lis hope thai i ie p ir tv would i •■: . i • i.i ii .._-_' i . the senate in xi « titer as i iu irk of tin i disapproval of this l'lii gmuii npp ment it i - i i thai c jusl > iluffiu would havi i o i to a ■ it n the i . s senate an i i om i li i did n appoint bim i l i heeil " u llolll ii itioll til i lie made 1 lui pel haps it was nol it 1 thai .' i i 1 m.l v.iii n ugh to mas a bargain with him uvh ;. i . we biiiiii see a nd we now , i diet lhat if judg lluftiu - n the uoxi i • slat u re as w e take it for gi anted he . will he an i wishes to „• i to ihe semite i will go and that either clingman or l!r.i mr more likely find thai i ■■ : gain w ill t 1 be i i we .- ■ i ' ingmati credit t n c u dder able abilitv and i n in st ■■■':'; dent sen i e -. to the democratic party which makes ii a point to reward party ft vices bul w . re bened cl a rn 1-1 serv ces a i ling to his own stateuient be was a 1 1 ni i at noarlv four yours before he . ■ used to b a v hi .'. durii g all thai w s i . rk ni as a v _■ ud.-i : . ei line the pti iplos of the v ol lhe m nntain district : and i uu ly , in a h in he sueeeedei i he surreii lore . that ( iibraltar t the wh _■ i .. ty t enemy m either ... i n i icy could ovei v e carried it by pen asoa lit 1 •• 1 1 ward siieh an act is monstrous when ar old went over to eii}i u i he was noi • reatc ! there ii « os n 1 lion i r eie . a d t o :, _• ;• « as uu .. ject uf scoi n among i l'n.y " loved the treason but despised the t aitor fau i >' ■>• i ii i . better we are becoming decidedu ■ popular lown the stall i ird drawn out by mr mel te rpeaksof fayetteville as the i own •• which wo all desire to e improved eally we ball not be surprised to find every body seeking bucccss in the uing campaign merely for the purpose of having an opportunity to aid the ex tenet n f tho western railroad in the meantime however it may ti be amiss for the coplo of cumberland t remember the last legislature ihey may thus estimate lhe value to them ol the next assembly should it also be de mocratic fay < b resumption in lynchburg a corres pondent of the petersburg va expres j v : '• tiie first of may having come the brokers are down on our bunks with a rapacity ot'shylocks a number are here from richmond with carpel bigs well tilled and teller are having ii livi ly time i counting out the coin in fact our banks virtually resumed bpecie payu . i , and one of llnin alollu i the b change paid out twenty-two thoiisuud i dia s in ledempi ion before the hour i closing anotiier pud ut ver twelve thousand dollars alter the first rush is ver the banks will in doubt have au cu ier lime . -_ . there was a " marriage in high life in wan-en countv north carolina tues d iv mr i ; i een sou of < leu t d green late of 1 ex us io mi-s lillery dangh tor of qen g.'s lady by a former bus band the bride is an heiress and her wealth is compntod at 180,000 dollars i hev went as lai bs peter-burg on their way to europe where ibey will probu bly spend the balance of the year 77*s artesian will .// louisville mi ■ ' -. i ii|...ni & co nf louisville af ter boring to the depth uf 1,700 feel the last j00 through solid rock have sue eeded in tin ling water ofa temperature bout ton degrees warmer than tho al inosphero nnd strongly impregnated with alt or alum it is tu be analyzed carol 11 a w airlimmi m\ti tu politics linns xi(uitm interim xnprodfinrnts llommm tljf 3rts onl sfimrrs jharalitd anh t\jt ami 9 tirdr vol xiv salisbury n 0 may !\ 1858 number 51 adven i uuoi s < uicios1 i . . ' ne of ih ne • pi i iloui adventures on record was ai hieved in tin lasl cuni in > by ■■> printoi inn i cohort lie was iu lhe i mo h of sl i'eti i al rome om il 13 nftei the bom i 1 rayer alone and t '■■ ntemplatiiig i i 111 u y wonders of tl u venerable and 111 .;. lie build ng sud den lie pi 1 1 1 i ud a 1 upe lei down i lhe en la ami a workman uppi nacli and iii leu a bucket ot « liter to it m bich w as drawn up the artist was instantly seis ed ■.» ith 1 desire lo iisceud the steeple ; and did so 1 tu reaching the lop he saw mm w ui , 11 - 0 ui aged in repaii ing a i of the 1 if across au opening - lop ol the dome they bad strol ed two plank by which they drew up ■ : of water the planks being only de igned tu support the weight ol the im ket had been choson carelessly 1 egai 1 1 ' strength 01 sound after sin keying the i vi l scene id oul hi foi •■ him ic ■ url fell a gi eai e irio ■ . ■ - ■ r of st pe t.i from his 1 lc all d po lion w ith ■ - el ssness of youth u u lanl ly de termiiied to cro • » on the planks fii st he caul iously placed one loot 011 the mil row pal llvi a . und then the i till r and coiuiiiuiiced in huaiirdoiis undertaking a heii he 1 cache . the mi idle ofthe plank a the church bu ■ . i in east his >-\ e dow 11 wai d instantly he was seized with vertigo his head bo med to w lirl 1111 ; blackness came ' lefore bis eyes i u <■ mis 1 if ty to procee i i'm i lei i u stopped ihere in his awful situation at 11 lieiij hi un 1 ed i et u ith 11 marble pa u . iih him and with onl y u fra i lank betm eeu him and eel lain destrue • uld distil . ■ ihe mutter ■ 1 1 v i 1 1 inns ol 1 he « orkiiien w ho wei in m . expectati n uf si u _• him d io pie ■'■-. i . ■- ver that if he remain ed iu i is pi --'' : i position lie would 81 on painti ■ - ' igly on p • 1 was rotten beg 111 to crack " i em ens i 1 he p r ed in " exclaimed h . man i le did not finish the seiitenc for lhe master mas pi ici r his i and up 011 h s mouth and pressed it violently the pn inter hurried on and in 11 few moments was in safety lie instantly threw himself on his knees and returned thank to iod tor hi preservation but he w as so.n surrounded by the mason oh mv friends how fortunate i have been exclaimed he but the masons began to beat !. i in you naughty fei low said they " how yon have fright ened ns !" i hev continued the be until icobi rl half laughing and halt ill gry was pretty sore when they ceas 1 ;. :...- 1 1 : ter turning to the master ma sou sa d •• why did you stop that man's mouth !" •• why would yon have had let him take away the little reason that ynu had icfi i u as the answer robert took ,; .. in iii's hand and pressed it with emotion too deep i ir utterance 1 party f th t superstiti n and i - a 1 , ; \ ii genious plan "' rais in tho uiud u.is recently practiced by a gang uf gypsies in cobb county tim in _■ b - 1 . o w ludy in mo ite eircumstances i ho ] a i v c iii pel i'i tho vicinity ol marietta one of the pm ty — a dark sun burnt woman looking like a half-breed i ■ . m « enl use ■•!' a m is 1 an li y and represented herself as sent by the mli in -. ■■> ho formei ly iuhabile i the re gion to gel a i1iih8 •.: gold buried in a place nearby the unsuspecting lady know ng ! it ihe indians had i 1 merly made the region a fa vorits haunt became uteuseli nterested in tii ' ie niys tei mis looking stranger entered at ouce into her plans for g.-liing the treasure her scheme was characterized by tho mummery and superstitious movements peculiar to the indian and only berved to heighten the confidence of the ;_ i lady in the strange adventures in the progress of the plan it became necessary for the gold hunter to have 1000 to use as a sort ol enchantment for tiie hidden treasure and unless this sum could be 1 1 1 1 i was asserted thai ibe whole scheme would fail the money was obtained mrs ii hai ing a portion of it in the liouse und the balance was borrowed from the neighbors after which the mys turious looking gold wizard look french .,- 1 her new made fl ieilds and is pro bal.lv in ll wild hunt for buried tieas urcs iu sonic . ilbei locality 1 ti 1 ga 1 dispatt h t on ■!■ ing fi an ■ and england ! bridge thu french " moniteur suys : tin ii hitioni between the < lontincnl and the united kingdom becoming more and mole imp 1 lanl has culled forlh the idea of connecting both with a road by which the operation of a more nuinter r n pled intercourse between fraucu uud england could be estahl died the u njecl ha 1 been submitted by mr boyd an english engineer who propos es a bridge fr tape iris neg on the french coast to douvies on the english side the length of thu route being eighl een english miles the bridge « ill rest on 191 arches of 500 english feel in circumference each tho bridge is proposed to he iu tho form of a \ iaducl of 30 feel w ido and 50 feel high in w inch two or three tracks of rails shall be placed • iii ea.'h of the brcllos ihere is to be a large tower with 0011 struction for ventilation of the pa through which the viaduct is lo pass at an elevation of 300 feet above the level of the sea which leave ample room for i the i irgetl of « bich nei er reach higher llinti l 7 feet in order in prevent venae's from being damaged bj bi mj thrown against the arches of lhe bridge dining a gale ihey nre proposed to ho surrounded with india rubber the author of this gigantic pro jecl has estiinati d the total cost at ilia a mount of thirty millions of pounds stor ling nearly 150 millions of dollar the bnrgnin for a wife a young norfolk farmer on beginning life with a limited capital found two things were wauling to do jnstioe to a furm which he ranted on u long lease namely a wife tn rule the lloiiso at innne and an additional thousand pounds to invest u p mi the land like a sagacious lie ' ivod thai the two might be i combined and he began to look about for a cheerful lass with a dowery ic desired iimoiint accident threw hiti lay into i ipany with the par son ofa neighboring parish with whom as be liule leiine while returning from market be fell into conversation en couraged by lhe divine the youth nnbur deneil himself of his cares and plans nnd inetitii nod the desire he had for marry ng ai soon us he could tiiil an agreeable la with a moderate dowery i tell v.hi what said the parson •• i've got th.ee daughters and verv nice girls they are | assure you suppose yon come and dine with me next market day you will meel them at ihe table j und if any of thorn should pro vo to bo tho ' in • i • iblu be that yon are iii search of i 1 1 il 1 not be backward to do my part as far iis 1 ean •• agreed sniil the youth i'll come ... as you're alive if you'll say no lh ng nd ml it to the iu iii -." thai shall be a bargain ou satur dav next then ,\ e shall have you at din ner iii ti c and here the roads diverging the two • lemon separated at appointed lumr on the following saturday the young farmer in handsome trim descended from his galloway at the parson's door 1 inner was served a few minutes after ami the young ladies with neir mother graced ibe table with their presence all three fully justified the encomiums of their father but the young est — a msy-faced roguish lass just escaped from her teens — alone made a vivid impression upun the young farmer the repast progressed agreeably and when ended the ladies withdrew leav ing i men to chat over the wine •• well said the host what do you think of my girls '" •• 1 think tboin all charming said the youth ' e youngest — you call nelly really is most bewitching and clever too and if 1 am to have the honor of be ; i ,.' ied to yon yon must give tne her that is against all rule returned the host " to take the youngest drat but of course i cannot control your choice — i vv i.i dowery do vou expect i •• m )• capital said the wooer " is three thousand pounds and 1 want a thousand • v and 1 must have it 1 will give you a thousand with the ul iesl girl •■ no the charming nellv and the thou and or i am off that cannot be five hundred with nellv if yon like tbe others are not some and must have a for tune or 1 shall never get them off ■■ no my resolution is fixed replied the yuutig gentleman and 1 ahull not al ter my in •• nor i mine said the parson " an.i the affair is at an cud but wo shall bei -■■ i friends notwithstanding the conversation which each speaker supposed lo be strictly private now fell into another channel the ladies returned with the tea urn and chatted unreservedly with the farm er evening came on and towards sun set the girls have strolled into tho gar 1 den the v ii il rose to take his leave lie found his nag ill lhe stable and having bid farewell to his host took his waj through tho ihuhbcry that led to the road ' ll was al nil alighting to pen the gate m hen the rosj faced nelly darted forward to save him the trouble as she lifted the latch sin archly looked up into his luce and said : can't you take my father's money '■" •• yes h jove i ill if you wish it '• then come over to the church to morrow morning and lell him so after service and lie vanished like a spirit iu noi ibbery • _. « th first new wheat messrs mc cm key i'arr.v co of lhis city on wed nusday received from mr uoiiglitol of essex county va a bun lie of stalks of wheat measuring forty-nine inches in height and beaded the field from which thev were indisei iminatelv taken will it is expected be hurvestod and in market by the latter part nf tin th this is fully six week earlier in the season thai anv wheal ever before reached this mark halt san wretched stat of the patrimonial market a california correspondent writes as follows " i consider it my du iv to stale boldly that the matrimonial 111 irket i shockingly dull tho time was when women and all other dry goods went oil rapidly al high figures but now even young and tender candidates go off slowly ; and as for the older ami tougher one there's no more show for them than there is for an lionesl adinniisli ation of the government of new york sing1 i.au proceedings for a divorce one lucius llulkley of new york de liroui io be rid of his wife adopted a sin gul u am teinporwily successful maiiteu vie to obtain u divorce his wife wh bout to visit her mother iu sacramento california with so far as appears hei husband's full consent as she was aboul in siai i he placed l#r caused i be placed ill her bands a till box closed run d with paper and si'aled purporting to 1)1 a present for her mother and a note for herself winn at km the wife o|>eued lhe box and ascertained its contents ul be legal documents summoning her to an swer a complaint filed in saratoga coun ty in twenty days < u arriving at as pin val she made an effort i return but was unsuccessful and went on to califor nia residing there until january l s o7 during bm absence herhusband hud oh ta tied a decree of divorce < n return ing she took measures to huve thi re versed 1 he husband made a proposi tion to her that if she would im be |' she should have tho custody of her child and another that if she would give him 1,400 be w ou id procure und des foy the ree nd of divorce neither was accepted and h suit was brought justice potter decided the manner of serving the papers upon her as ahe whs about to leave the statu was a | radical denial of the rights ofthe defendant who was entitled to ti me to make a defence to the com plaint ami ihat in this cunningly devised stratagem the husband was guilty of most deliberate fulsch i if not legal perjury ami s ui least guilty of moral ifuol legal suboidinatioii of perjury ol course the decree and all ihe proceedings uuder which it was obtained were set aside tin new orleans picayune of april 24 reports tho following singular case of fraud involving ii . less a iiim total than 200,000 : tho stieet h i beei b unewhat excited by the sudden disappearance of a noted salt dealer leaving butldry parlies in the lurch as is stated to the amount of siiuu 000 iii several instances advances have been made on warehouse receipts audit is now found that the salt has been sur reptitiously withdrawn and that nothing remains to covci the pledges otilci cases are reported where the salt belong ing to secoud and third panics has been sold wiihout the customary formality of consulting the views of owners in relation to the market then u^aiti we hear ol cargoes bought and sold the existence of which cannot be verified by anv tangible process a quantity of railroad iron not withstanding its specific gravity has like wise taken wings and gouuoffthe lay track in some remote section of the country fancied possessors have paid tiieir month ly storage accounts with accustomed reg ularity ou what now turns ont to have been a vacuum for some time past the ins falls heavily on certain parlies and under the peculiar nature of the contracts must give rise to protracted litigati u — . m . a wonderful turn in lhe tide ol fortune among the many passengers in the collins steamer pacific which disappear ed in 1856 were jabez barber wife and daughter ff chicago mr barber pos sessed an extensive propel ly lore of some 1300,000 iu value the steamer's loss wept away his entire family with the exception ot one little girl — then an in fant of three years — who was left in chi cago during her parents european tour when all hope of anv tidings were ahall doned toe pi o bate court opened lhe will : by it all ibis immense estate apait fri m a few private bequests was left to t iu surviving child who thus become one of the largest direct heire-es in the country iu ease of her death it was to revert i her nearest kin a few weeks since this little one who has never enjoyed perfect health was stricken wilh scarlet tever much concern continued to be fell throughout tho city as the insidious dis ease heightened for every one appealed interested iu the peculiar circumstances i in friday last when human skill resign ed its bamud efforts to save so valuu life death terminated ihe child's sulfur ings and threw into the lap of those who never dreamed of being wealthy a for tune of solid value the next kill arc three sisters of mr barber who live al sillicoe canada west to ihese the will lefl two hundred peruiinuui the ladies are ai present in straightened circumstuu ees ; but by this inscrutable decree ol providence the i a e i ir into posses sion of au estate whose intrinsic value is at bast 400,1 ■ a byron woke up one moi mug and found himself famous so will those poor people suddenly find themselves rub and endowed with more wealth than their wildest dreams over pictured i romantic burglar thieves ofthe claude du val and fan i clifford bci 1 are gradually becoming played out but occasionally we bear of one for in stance a gi ntleinan of ihi i oi der entered the h use of wm echols esq iuntsville ala and not finding anv money ho bcorned all such trifles us watchos c und contented himself with stealing ll ring from the finger ofa sleeping young lady who knows but that he kissed her too \ iic.iuiiiiii paragraph lhe man who stands on bis own soil who feel lhal by the laws of the hind in which he lives i'v lhe law of civilised nations he is the rightful and exclusive owner of the soil he title is by the con •.. ni ion uf onr nature under a wholesome il l i nee hot ea ll imbibed by any other source he feels other things being e.pial more strongly limn another tbe i harui ter i a man as a lord ol the inani mate world of this great und wonderful sphere which fashioned by iho hand uf i io i and upheld by bis power is rolling through thu heavens a part t his ln from the centre to the sky it is the space oil w inch the generation before moved in its round of duties and ho feels himself connected bv a link with those who foi low bun and wl he is in transmit a home perhaps a farm has come down to bun from his fathers 1 hey have gone 1 . 1 i la-t home but be eau trace their footsteps over the bcenei i bis daih la bors i'he roof which shelters him was reared i.v those to whom be owes : being some interesting domestic tradi tion in connected with every enclosure i'he lav iiie tree was planted by his father's baud he sported ill boyhood beside the brook which till wiudsthrough the meadow through the fields lies t1 path to ihe village school of earlier days i le still hears from the open window tin voice of the sabbath boll which culled lather t the house of god ; and near at band is the place where his parents laid down i rest and where when his llm snail come ile shall be laid by bis e dreii 1 iuse an ibe lei bugs of the owner ol the soil words cannot paint them they flow out of tho deepest fountains i the heart ; they arc the life spring of a fresh healthy nnd general nati mal char acter — h'llti-u i everett ■ _» ■ i " annie i untie we find tho following in an exchange and whether a true story or a fauej sketch it is truly thrilling : '• if you want to hear annie laurie sung cine to my liouse baid a man to his friend " wo have a love-lorn fellow in the village who was wrecked by the refusal ofa girl whom he had been pay ing attention to for a year or more it is seldom he will attempt the gong but when he docs 1 tell you it draws tears irom eyes unused to weeping a small selected company bad assem bled iu a small pleasant parlor and were gaily chatting and laughing when b ) oung man entered whose peculiar face i and air arrested their attention his locks were as black as jet and bung pro fusely upon a square white collar ii - eves were very huge and spiritual and ibis eye such an one as a poet should have lint for a certain wandering look au observer would have pn meed bim a man f uncommon intellectual powers i'he words poor fellow and how sad he looks went the rounds as he came for ward bowed to the company and took his seat one or two thoughtless iris laughed as thev whispered that he was love-cracked — but tne rest treated him with respectful deference it was late iu the evening when sing ing was proposed and to ask bim toeing annie laurie was a task of uncommon delicacy one bong after anoiher wa sting and lu.-t that one was named at ils mention the young man turned deadly pule but did in.t speak he seemed lost iu reverie the name of the girl who heated him so badly was annie said a ladv whispering to the new guest but oh i j wish he would sing it nob ■ can do it justice ■ no one dines sing annie laurie be fore you charles said uu elderly lu.lv would it be t..o much to ask you t fa vor lhe company with it '." she add i timidly lie did not reply f..r a moment — ids lips quivered a little and then looking up as if be saw a spiritual presence be begun every sound was hushed it seemed us if bis voice were the voice of an angel tiie tones vibrated through out nerve and pulse and hear and made one shiver with the pathos of his feelings : : never was beard melody in a human voieo like that bo plaintive so soul lull -. ' tender and earnest ! he sat with his head thrown hack his eyes half close 1 — the locks of hair glis toning against his pah temples his line throat swelling with ibe rich tones in biitnu lightly foi led before him ; and as he sung — " niit tw there t i u tnnie i nine l iv ne 111 i i in imv — " it seemed as if he book from head to foot with emotion many a hp trembled — , ami there was no jesting no laughing bill instead teal's iu more eyes thllll lie and on he suhg and ou holding eve rv me in rapt attention till he came to iho last verse — like v i i le h v u lng i - ' fll i ■ i i ' ' an i nks wind n 1*11.11111 r i_>liing her v .. - ,- i low ■. ll - * b ii't v'.l.-f is luw illl.t iwsfil - anil sli.-'r ,»' lie v..ril i ll e — *' he pause i before he added — " \ i for li.i.iiii niiis laurie lil i.i y in il.av n anil die there was a long solemn pause the black locks seemed to grow blacker the to temples w hitei almost impercep t i lily the heal falling back the eyes were close shut one glanced at anoth er ail seemed awe struck till tbe bui 116 person who urged him to sing laid her • baud goutlj ii bu shoulder sayiug : ' charles i charles then came a hush a thrill of terror crept through every frame the poor iried heart had ceased i at charles the love betrayed was dead right l'ti'iiij to love and to labor is ibe sum of living nnd yel how many think thev live who neither labor nor love what a bright thought it i set in this quaint id sux"ii ! the brsl part of the sentence i a beautiful text for one's life while tiie other is an equally sad i i menial v mi the living of a great por tion oi humanity ! a n 1 are not those twain the loving aud the laboring the one roj ul law f ihe im.ie and do they not bring with them their own exceeding great re ward i ve who seek after happ in - behold hero is the key i tins - ling down folding up one's bauds and in . i a a i av i iii vain yearning ttftsr all : m will ll \ er do \ ml ali g i 1 ii.-t step out of yourself and live f '■ a ii i in others < in out « ith a brave sprit into the world und minister to the wants of humanity everywhere hand are reaching out to you fur help , evel '■ it here bleeding hearts are needing the balm f sympathy ami ten lerueas the little children want your smile the old people want some comforting word j and lhe sir ugest and the best have theii hours of weakness and of need so don't sit still we pray yon for this is not living but whatsoever your hand tin let h to do do it with your might with a true honest heart and purpose ; md no matter how heavy may be lhe lark ness ofthe night through which you ire walking tho morning will rise the ll iwers will blossom and tiie birds slug ibout you — arthur's magazins • ♦ • the thunder sturm prank a boy from the city had been licking raspberries in tiie woods as he wa on his way home a violent storm rose it began to rain to lighten and thunder fearfully prank was x ety much frightened and crept int a hole in un old tree not fur from tbe road side he did not know that the lightning is very up to strike a hollow tree lint all at nee he heard a voice that called frank ! prank i come ()! come out quickly prank jumped instantly from the tree i but scarcely had his feet touched the ground than the lightning struck the tree and the thunder crashed frightfully liie ground quaked beneath the terrified liny and it seemed if he was standing ti the midst of the tire hut he was not hurt at all and he exclaimed with raised lauds tbat voice came from heaven ! riiou o dear lord hast saved me i bnt nee more the voice was heard frank frank do you not hear me f he look ed around him and discovered a peasant woman who was calling prank ran to wards her and said here am i what io you want of met the woman re plied 1 d . not mean y but my own little prank ; he was watching the geese , voider by the brooks and must have hidden himself somewhere from the torni i came to take bim home see ! there he comes at last mt from the bush , s prank the boy from the city rela ted how he had taken her voice for a voice from heaven then the peasant folded her hands devoutly and said j ! my child do not thank md any tbe ies that voice came from the mouth d a | r peasant woman it was lie who willed hut i should call your name although 1 knew nothing about you yes yes said frank god served limsell uuir voice but my escape never theless came from heaven always remember dear children that i-.uir safety depends not ii accident or bunco but it proceeds directly irom lour heavenly father and that not a sparrow fulls to the ground without his notice , e ■ the scientific american i'i remarks upon tbe wonderful exploits of liurey in lubduinj vicious horses gives the follow ng directions for accomplishing the same jbject : procure tome finely grated horse cas or and oils of cumin and rhodium aud iteep the three separate in mr tight vo els pub a l.ttle of the oil t cumin up iii your haul and approach the horse on - die windward .-. " . bo that he can smell 1 die odor of the cumin the horse will then sillier you to approach him without my trouble immediately rub yonr laud gently on the hor-e's nose getting 1 i little ol the ml upon it and you can ead bun any where give him a little of the castor on any biibstance for which he has a ta-te and iu lhe most suitable mau-l n.-r manage to gel eight drops i lhe oil 1 rhodium upon his tongue and he will it me become obedient t the most ex icting commands with which horses are capable of comply ing lie kind and gen tie to hi tn and your permanent suprema cy will be established no matter what ; llltty have been his previously wild and \ ,'■ is character we understand also a horse tamer grandson of the celebrated suliivan the whisperer to a trial of his powers in cork ireland the vaciirix.i season p .■ yacht rebecca slipped her moor yesterday morning and with a tine i e started ii a ciui-e south she will touch ut norfolk petersburg wash ington city and other p its from the active preparations making bv tin ners of yachts we have every expectation that this expectation that this season will be one of considerable interest among our yachting friends the wand rar'i ati.l rabecea's visits south and the arrival recently at charleston si of an english yacht which we hope u see woo iii our bay will tend we have no doubt to incite many to take their families and friends this summer und en joy the pleasure ,,(' h i-rui-e | ports along the atlantic coast it is expected thai the regatta tb -|„,. chilly attractive from the fact that somo ofthe swiftest boats will contend and tho anticipated presence of two or three en glish lir.-.l class yachts hi tr york ji raid oniig men i love to look upon a young man i here is a hidden potency concealed , within his breast which charms and pains me i silently ask what will that youth accomplish in after lift i will bu i lake rank wilh the benefactors or scour ges of his race will lie exhibit the pa triotic virtues f hampden and wash ington or the selfish craftiness of ben dict arnold : if he have genius will ho consecrate it like milton and montgome ry to humanity and religion ; or like iloore and byron to the polluted altars uf passion i if he have mercantile skill will he employ it like astor to gratify his lust of wealth or to elevate ami bless humanity like soino of our merchant princess i if the gift of eloquence bo hidden iu hid undeveloped soul will hu use it like siiminertiehl in favor of re ligioli or like patrick llenrv in battling for human rights or wiil ne f r mam mon's sake prostitute that gift lo the use i tyranny und infidelity ( will that im mortal soul which beams with intelli gence and power hi le i iteiiuncc ally ■ wuh its creator aud thus rise to the sublime height "!' destiny or will it 1 i.'e war with truth and duty and thus mk to degradation an i death as i raise these great queries 1 at once do reverence to the high potentiality of his nature and tremble lor his fate — dani'.l wise — ,»_■»> t _- nlelli*_-enfc ofa draf mute a pnpil of the abbe sicnrd gave the following extraordinary answers '* what is gratitude f gratitude is tho memory of tho heart " what is hope '• hope is the blossom of happiness " what is ibe dill'ereii e between hopo mid desire i " desire is a tree in lenf hope is a tree in flower ; and enjoyment is a tree in fruit '• what is eternity ?" " a day without yesterday or to-mor row ; a line that has no ends "' what is time i '• a line that iris two end ; a path which begins in the cradle aud ends iu tbe tomb what is god ?" '• lhe necessary being the sun of eter nity the machinist of nature the eye of justice the watch-maker of the universe lhe soul of the world " i iocs god reason ?'' " man reasons because lie doubts ; lie deliberates ; he decides god is omnis cient ; he knows all things ; ho never doubts ; be therefore never reasons — -•__._ paraguay — the senate in passed the resolution authorizing the president to obtain a settlement of our difficulty with paraguay growing out of the attack upon the steamer water witch the resolu tion reads as foi lows : resolved tnat for the purposo of ad justing the differences between the l'lli ted slates and lhe republic of paraguay iu connection with the attack on the uni ted states steamer water witch : with other matters referred in the anna d message of the president he he and s hereby authorized to adopt such mea ures and use such force as in bis judg inent mav be necessary and advisable »'*» if t r nt ofa refusal of just satisfaction y tht government of j'aragu iy pretty women a pretty woman is one of the institu tions of lhe country — an angel is dry goods aud glory sbe makes sunshine blue sky and happiness wherever she g".s her path is one of delicious roses perfumes and beauty she is a sweet poem written iu rare curls and bound in uhoice calic ami g i principles men laud up ecre her as so many admira tion p hilts to melt into cream and then butter her words float around the ear like music birds of paradise or the chimes of sabbath bells without her society would lose its truest attraction the church ils firmest reliance and young men the very bestof com forts and company her influence and generosity restrain the vi cious strengthen the weak raise raiso the lowly li.iuiiel shirt the heathen and strengthen the faint hearted wherever you lind the virtuous woman you also find fireside boqneta clean clothes order good living gentle hearts music tight and model institutions generally she is the flower of humanity a very venus in dimity and her inspiration the breath i heaven — . _» , — the tent that took hold over the mantle-piece in a drunkard's home hung one or two ornamental cards each containing a few verses of a hymn which his child had received in a ragged school and which were fastened up by the little boy as a choice treasure tho father had seen them a hundred times ver und never heeded them but ho was laid up ui a sick bed and then a text from scripture quoted in one of theso verses first caught his eye aud found its way to bis heart ile desired the child to bring his dible and see if the quota tion was correct ile then rea i on ; and a visit from the scripture reader occur ring soon afterward was received willi gratitude lor bis old companions had de scried bim it plea-e.l god to raise him once i e to health and he has now re nounce'1 infidelity lean attendant at god'a house has prospered in the world and become ibe father of a happy family all owing to the text that took hold upon him scripture read r'e journal 7b kill c troaehs • let a pair of big boots then eaten your cockroaches nut '!_"•" '"• ' ' ■