j j bbuneb i 1 1 1 i < til and phoi'hietoh terms i * ■ ' ' ti i ■ f l '" • aim i 11 i ihinc1 h it \ s gat | -,.,,.. la the aps ,, if ileal a ■ ,, , .,., isl " newa » itii'.in sdilll 1 1 tot i 1 i i boa eh ad .'■:,-. througl ihe y • , ' . tra for an ■ i ' " '' iii ' , , ,| i ■ irrteri i irfu ■ i iji utii i '' i a ratei ol ill r . , , . ii i i wlfi | ■ • i i i l i f»w p«i ion ilni in i i ' h r ■ , - ,. i u ii • up n , ,. a » ... i , - 1 , . r i ; • i y li 11u»|«s1 , ■" 4*.tftfdf r ■ - ; . i i i i in i . ■ 1 - i ' i ■ v i . , . - , i '!■ - i ' i - ' ; 1 i ... 1 - i l ,.;,.-. i 1.1 i ' ' r . n li ii i c i - • viii i k ink ii i i l 11,11 ll i l'i -. ii i . l in l ■ 1-t . ii " ! ■, 1 , ! ' i , ' '. i . ■ i ', , " \ '■ - , . . " n..h t hank ee \ ■ '.,... blank t ■ i , . . i i , ■ will il fertilizer or superphosphate cf lime i^he under m d having b ■• i ipp anted \ i,,r thia va i liter respi ctfull call the farmers i the tame i g aat.afied they will find t tu i i , r i il ■ -: i-i ul i nn i ui i . . ' '.' if i '.. ttea are mud i more bum auli .' ih ,,! til llllllll " l 1 ■"" i '" '■ \\ - - t . dwell ii any lengll i h,ii t m ii,iir in general iml stit.ll |.,- ". r i iln -, . be iutereall nl farmer ; which uf all the annua kinds ol manure . rnoal powerful and heal ad led iu the growth '.] "..■... . loll i nil mt ll i i.u.i i ■)' ii j rui hi nil ii'i'ii ■: via jure rel.ir.ia all ,'.- i 1 thai rr withdrawn b each crup ; i now sll kuutt 1 mu nu.l c ni l the , ,, i h ■ - - v (*..-. ,' , hi i , i urn tu lie ii r.l i n ii.1uu .:,:■•'. .'• in i l » i ' ll h i i . ated .|'|" ara in ihi ur wimi a - herefuri ... . l ,! i , , i . -- - i liasd vantage ut i t i ii ii j proper ii . mil aurbcie.il mineral nubelauees i i requiring a u.ust cut m i hy the : aulubili > i iiii '"• ' ini-.-ii by tii 1 , in;.',.i in , ul i r a nl iti.1 i-i i-i enriching ihi . ,,. , crop more amp -...-. i . - .. '■■ i irdiuk i chi rience 1 farm a our manm ia effl i a - ii i - ii i it reiurua to th - ■ - ■ i r r i lie grow il plants in a , , , ' n hi u.l iii fur s , i h ... w ill n i i un i ! | , side ulii v ■ - i 11 - ' . - h ■' ul i s a i j iflueu f the sir roi.i iml other ni teurol gic i ." nta by iu alls it neutralize the hitter m ii mi i fn l un ii nv 1 i.iiiii sthi|2 veg-i lali in bui being detrimenl 1 iu ihi tu ■ i ill gram irr wins l a 1 . . - i ■ ii manure in i i i willi i !"' \' ' - 11'i'r i , a i -.■• , and - ippl " : g »« ■" ptnt.ll ''' p . . ,', e fur i he pi i rich i ii 11 , ,., i , i-uinp i r dead in in la b od.nffil , i ' uv ti inea . repreee nta the fu . p ik ful laell w i li ,,! i nil - - - i " ' ' '-' i i lie uf little - - - 12 " 1(1 i t "... ii ittsi \ ' iding mmonis - 15 \ nun iuc sail ii,..'iiil in )■ lined mutter - - 5 s - i ik ' - - l etc sulpl i - a i . - - - i i " ii let and loss ■'! inn pr een t kvery one of our cuatiiinera hat ng foil nil mt man ur a ii we repreaem it lu be i ■ ' ; - it mai . - ipi 1 !.. ever o i mil crup ' i infill in every in ■ ' , ' i ml it ««'■' i it • w tnta !■• ii cure in hiinw i rop llll i i ' i i "!- i ' " "■ i " , |,| ,,,,... aed ihe i'ii i ul ihe crop lift ," i . mil p mlil-t t be had al ihi i ii .' be aeul i « h kbder .. ...,.- i.i no b . ia i , n c 1 i i 1 bdok binding agency ia s tl.isttt lt 1 h avr the ptesaure i fhrni'lhe public lltal i 1 i ,, ,,, , , m".ii h ill mr 1 j bat «' «■ ri ' - i i . i i ■■■ i in i fors ni i ■ nrdera in .,,. i . .! ',... in -- ud iu 1 it v i fill li.-.l work i i ■ : ii'.'i li i vli work at nl - in nigh in its i ihall receive protnpl tl pi i n ,', ted with ■ . tetni -^ 1 • are both ia i iiiiliv un i aiyle and ins t ■'- binding , , . ', m iln ,| in mu pari i tl '"'! 1 1 blank books ledgers c for llerka of l.iurla hegiatera ... for ihe in i meelmnla it i.lr ul or mtinulticiiirinii h.,in -. ni nl • i . r.l t li'l'l.i'ii iiimini thould ni,-,,ni ii -, i ery irde r david f\.y r.l i i-,.i j9n i . iiuin new goods new goods «>• i/ri |, in i , 1 1 i t ; -, t\i i ii llll r|km|,is ul i lit l'i iii li in nl h sprihfg stock 1 ll m-|m'<l,ti>ll*»t<sl ■ ■■•£ 111 staple & fancy dry goods xi iia ts tkgs*bflw i i5h.n \ kt&^-s 111 * boots and shoes i;i i»v made clothing crockery & groceries which iv will sell tu low irir.'i l'ir nail r mi afl.lm i 1 i s 1 a m i dnn l i-mi m m ii i is:,j 1 1 l/.i ll iii mi i license for s.\lf at this officm vtrolina fduttl)inan i 1 vol xvi salisbury x c april 19 1859 number 47 dfdotfb to politics unas qrifoltnrr internal j npruormrnts cainmcrrr t!)f jlrtj ana srirnrcs jharalttp anil the jamilo orrlf lapliin.ilion of llir almanac m in . wm '■' ii 1 1 a a ii * m ii i i iti ii - continued , according t the arrangement made by numa r ,■ lui ip ihown in the above i ilil , the > • at now i i » days divided among the twelve in ii i which make up the . ear ii th present day ■ montha did nut ■•« cm i laotly in the am di i mill i im arrai gen enl did i ul mo i the difticti . foi iln x ■ m 1 1 ni 11 dttye lest them the il i , i ler therefore tu reconcile hit n -. ordcfed thai every other w<ii aflei ihe 23d |. , i i there hould be art intarcalalion t 83 i he other thai it alternating -•.■•• , two yen re with the intercalation i j and 33 tint t lint iv rx twelfth year there ihould be ■ " nn n id hon ai ill still there wee • onfua in thii m.the more an a the regulation f the eai w ... 1 i the priest who were not unlrequeull ., ii fib tils debtore creditor dec io make ihe x".ir long or short according aa ihcae p raoiie uf i .- might derive advantage from thia arbitrar power thia cheai could i - east carried nn ill ih prieste had to «!<•, was to omit oi double ihe da a ii t inutculated duubtl«'m many now-a-days i im will catiefifd.il the dura i ihe year rgul tied i euh their n lfiah pur pi - , eel ul numa'a arrangement wain became i i'he 1 1 1 ti thu were gradual x ao far removi d i ron i heir si iie,i seasons th i tlie winter i ithi were ' arm d ■• tu k in u autumn aud ihe autumn in mli in ii aurnmi r ; and about 50 ears eftei tip birth l ' iiriat , ihe ililfi • nee u mounted tu ti7 day juimih cesar dictator of rome waa very anxioua ttirenn d thia matter aud deiermiued input an end i id -• us ng contusion b nbolii-hlng ht-iniercatatioiiol in 1 hi tu iccomphsh thii hi added ihe • i day above mentioned u the 355 whicli made 422 and as aoconiiug ■■ numa's eyeteuii there ft as ut that 1 1 m i mi • t : ii i i ii ■; * month of 23 i iys to be inter [■ ilated . the year amounted t ■ no • -- than 145 day a which war in dayi more than tl usual jear frum rcuuistauce a xx ,» c i i i annu cunfutionis — is year of confusion chti was a long leap-year nn would perhaps have suited tin ladtti belter than uur modi mea bui we are free to give il at ■ ur ipuiinn that if thi ladies take ii into their hew hrx run nccompliell their purpoaea si maiii "* tin • • ul ur ii if in ■ ->■ i e wnli the aid oi h sigi lies an emu ul aairoi nmn if alexandria joliua iislituled i yem i 3b*3 day i ud ( i hours ; bui d'>y wn bi imilled in the reckoning out i it would umouni u j i hours aud then lo be intercalated which 1 1 ads the fou th year to coastal i 36b dsys and the i then 365 this ia called the julian year in the ui in in calendar t he intercalated da was placed ifler the ti sextua uf the i ah ndi ol march ami here fore called btssextut ; hew t the phrase bissei nit \ ear still in use according to thii system january march ma iiiix , august i oclobei ii i '"■ '■ inii't have each 31 , d v |> june september and nt»veml>er 3u ; whili i n '.'-. b it in le ip > • ar 2 yi ii-i ce ih choo b*ty*s lable ■ li four i . e le een h nil ■ li ajjd hixth have thirl daya t each affixi d . \ (] over other thirl one v pi the aecond monl li alone , \\ ii i'ii liu liut lwenty*eight in fine i jl leap mr givea it i went nine " li is v«rj easy to ascertain which will lie a '• year and which nut ; or how long a will be from any lar year till a leap j ear occurs v j year which being divided h 4 will leave u remainder w i b a leap-year ; and ihe remainder in an divi ii will show how many year have elapsed ince i eap year ccurred ; thia remainter being substrai from the divided yetir will show which wat the i - \ . ii f , i ml l being addsd tn thin will show when iln next one occurs for example take ihe year ittfiu and ltt6uj^4 165 wiih a remainder which allows that the year l , ' il ia a leap-year again ike the year i-t and l-i>','x i 165 wiih ■- , of a remainder hence 1862x3 ipgo and imiiiw i-i i allowing thai l-mi am l»64 ar both leap x ara and i ml 9 ia none lint in iln ay stem tln*r waa still an error it was i , perceived that ihe equinoxea were gradual img away from the 2lst of march and sepiem l„-r the da waa intercalated loo soon thai is luteil bef>*re « whole day had been gamed . nn n i'm time ii siead id gaining g hi un « u ■ , i ■ 1 mil ."• hours 4h mtnutea nd ; ih i ui ii mi * years would gain onl 23 h h sec hence the inlercalated da waa ,.,... ,, .. -"- 1 by 44 min 12 sec every four yeara i ii \ . i «. iln ink a loss of computed time ol uiie da i » i ' i ow'i this loss had amounted to i ii i|.i aud pope tregory ml atlempled lo reine d the evil b i new expedieul tins was to drop it lut'-n i i'.rx da ever l""i|i v r excepting rii mh>th m iif julian \ • •» r . computed time i - il i a -• . i year which niakea aboul li i iuri hi 100 x t iih dropping ihe inlercalur da ou ll,r nnr l makea up the usui of 19 hours and givea ill kg iiu ni aboul .'» hour ; dropping it mi the ae , i,i uid llurd 1 00th year gives a gain ol l lioura n tiin ycurs if now now he fourth 1 00th year the intercalar da !>«• inserted tl loaa will be mil 19 i i lioura al the • ud ol x i - 100 yi an b thii method the dirterence call onl ainoutll lu u iiiii year lit ihia aysteiti called the gregorian ca tmlai . the yeura 1600 21)00 woo.are inien ilary snd the yeara 1700 iwoo 1900 2100 2200 2300 ,\« , n ii"l the jregorian v'ear waa immediatel adopted in spain portugal and ituty and during tl same yi ai a france in ttholic german il was adopted in l.i t , ni proteai ml uermnii and denmark iu 1700 oi a.'iii.u in l",.vi in kugland il waa adopted in i . ..-? by act i parliament directing ihe l-l ol sep tnui.tr ti be at vied the i4lh an computed time had loatlldays this was called the change fn»m ou t nnr sli/lr tha julian method haa been relinqui bed ever where except iu tha reek and american churchea tml the difference iu time now amount ■" '* daya inn u lulling thislacture we will remark thai the aral regular mm mac waa publiahed iu \ uremberg i * t a i , by j im miller li waa printed in latin and m braced a period of 30 yearn a copy ol (''••' mmanac wua sold for l'i due t - v dollars the i a almanac appeared iii«i in 154c l-y dr john \ iuu-r in ham burg • ■•»-• tu said that one reason why mr buch anan declined t call an extra lewion w.m the apprehension that the memliers would vote themselves extra pay and tli treasury h iu no condition at this time to mutt another congressional drsfl how to grow rich ■ " nothing run in 1 1 mi wit limi t ni mt .'■ km ill • i-i h ti | h ii i 1 1 1 1 ■ ; i 1 1 ni i u i'i"l i|h project in mt i mil i ut nobody will h tin in in i i iiior h ll"it ii i " \\ c mil ihi friend mil t.'.'.iiii-i^h lew ailing tin rigori nl ihi im . l 1 1 ■ ineiiliiiii.il lent iter timk tli inn i usually ink among companion itli'.-r^b li|_'e dlhm 111*1 i-mie'l iwuillv teal and i mid albeit luivi tini-liiil al work which ii ul i i lint mt i i iiiiu i i'h cull iii 11 i'll i ll i i hit i illl'l w llll ll iii i iug in undertake tin expenses i i-i '.' i " i have n-ki-'l ur pi iiici|ial added i.i i increase mi i-.ilnf i , ul'li'i i'i'iir icnt-hj assiduous service and li nn>weieil,^m that ul such clerks he could get a in.mil ii lie wished for six liundred franca ul mt deal fellows interrupted genrge,^b nin gh in have neither the one i im othi i any hope i making n l-i ' i.ni-.h could tu uol get the credit of lcin^hj • 1 what g 1 }" a-ki-.l i h it jives one u position in the world nl i i ii j inheritance augments the considera i lii'.n in tthiili t c are held — every liiin r '| i become i i remember wag iny answer lint h i in heard in tut chidli i <>(' a i'.m-inl i ii in i went ti jamaica or martinique amlh i net in i ill h i thai i just what we want . we will i bring tin i'i,-iii ii hi ii nitliei we n illh i kill i'll vi l.iiij'l m.n ' il.ipie.h i leaving a hiiiriir plantation til'tt slaves i l,n short n i it.iii valued at two million i i li im ml in ins ileal cousill i..hi-i i mi i ii it . ii attachment to the name i i we laughed heartily at the joke i i it lihi 1 ihoiight no ni hill mv tuml ■ reckless ii george and aii.ctt.l i pi mi iibroad tin tale when we ln..kel i wiih nli the seriousness imaginable i i the next lit people came to eniupli-l i nn-iii mi it tti i i i in he under i i i ml tii.it i disavowed all cause but mil i me would heheve im — 1 1 1 \ two lin-mi-m i mill iln ini-.i the truth ul tin report inl i lain did 1 assert that it was all a joke — i i m ii it remeuibered my cousin l.i"<pm-.h i im hail actually seen liini embark i i n i,iii tr i 1780 among the iinuiber ot'h 1 1 r.-i i isits t n one 1 1 • • i the ini>6t agreea 1 iti.e xx ith the whim ol'a young man ll i ■ i gome lime j i i vi ni-i v ordered a frock i l""ii in mu mil l.i-iii-'ii without i iii m an i put nieiil ; the garment a-h i it i'll i nt a i i ti-l owed halt the i ill i i'l'nei t had in i ir sometime a coolness be i i i tt ecu mt creditor and myself whoge im i i , i : i.i'.i 1 - i wished tu at nl im in 1 im i i hie legacy in nit nn hasten i llii.'i me such ttni tin penult 1 paid i lloi the foolish | ii-ai tit i mt irieudg i i •■( i day monsieur miilthieu ai'il hi tt ii li hi em li 1 1 ra — in el it as lie ei.tei i i you are i le for the littv train '." i i does monsieur nn that 1 mil ithinkiug of guch a trifle i no it tta lm-l llhe ui'-ui inn j i i what mourning ?"' i i the mourning for your cousin k " i l.-n-iii tin mourijilig i an heir al lav i i dolibl you want a emnpielel i at this lime monsieur mutthieu ill i iild le imp i me i i 1 hope monsieur does not think nil i drawing his favors from me at i lit-i and patalooiis black frock and dark i li.i..n/.e l"i the mourning i i 1 tell you again 1 have not yet i't'i'i'ivl h 1 entreat monsieur not to speak i hini.net ; n will come soon enough add i he i the tailor who had already taken mill iln scissors and passed his measure around i lint i " 1 was in truth in groal want of i ; in an i permitted him to continue h goouer tin he mine than another in i v in entered who immediately be h mt dear iii.nisieiir you inugl do me a service buy mv house inn are li en very rich — you want real estate — bl'ittt thou«aiid francs are nothing tor you i — only halt of your iui u ami at pte h -. : 1 1 i am m urgent want of money i rti'il monsieur l-.-hx t buy il : but bin does not it lilt ami 1 linn me engagements t settle 1 buy your in mm i what folly it is im im ' i . li i a alv in vestment hj a net some repair in two years it will liu worth double 1 hate your word i iml he left without giving me tune i so well did he propagate a report t hint purchage that in two hourg afterwards i.xli.n-iein i'viix came to me iu a great i inn i t , up parent it out of humor a ii nave inl ihe gragg from iinihi lint i innhsieur said he on entering i-i cannot do without thai house ami lihi.n^h it was already mine as 1 had in en an otter of imtt nine thousand in im believing that ihe owner would l->i!iit come i my luring hut there inn hope i starving you into an agree lini'tit so without further preamble 1 i i il.i you an advance ol liftcctl liii"u ii . i francs upon youi bargain |- in en thousand francs coming i iknevt uol llott i ni till ha i go much iti-nlil m earning my eight hundred i h nn i salary as clerk to the registry ul lllie courts i law a.ltllollgll iml little hai.piaiiiti'il with business i saw the inl it inl.i^e to lie ilenteil l'i in mt position liiml lepln h ik i iii i i ill monsieur for me to hj-'ne you uii answer at litis iiioini nt i i in ii at lite o'clock mean time 1 will coii h-..1 the at a quarter befuru the appointed hour monsieur feiii was agaiu at mv 1 hj monsieur said i 1 had no wish for i thai house ami did not even think about i it ii i ii the proprietor came lo beg me h io purchase it ; ami it appears thai the hj house is now mine as it suits yon and i an tli i n ill do as well for me i accepl | i hj •\ in paid in a fortnight ' i papei ti l'.itik exclaimed the purclia i ci delighted with my pr ptitude ml hj paper on i'aris i was so little accus h toineil to thai currency as to imagine i thai it w id in necessary to end to the i capital for payment and therefore wrote i io a commercial liouse the only one i whose address 1 knew as from tlial i re h ceived regularly an annuity of live hun i dud francs left me by one of my uncle i ami which formed a welcome portion "> | my inc itue h with what impatience i waited the ex i piration of tin time when i wrote tu i monsieurs ungues and bergeret thai hav h ing certain fund to invest 1 begged their i advice as to the safest mode ll appear lh ed thai the words certain fund have i i.-ri different acceptations in commerce i according to the name and position of him i win uses them the news of my inheri j tance must have reached paris certain i funds situated as 1 was was a modest i ma niier of specifying a & msiderable sum i at least i supposed h on receiving iii h anawer from the firm that my letter had i been received just before the close of tin i cortes loan in which they had purchase | t the amount f twenty thousand dollars ; i that if thought it too much a large pro i tit might be immediately realized a tin | btock had gone up a pobtcript in the i hand of the principal congratulated me i on mv accession of fortune | twenty thousand dollars the letter i fell from my hands the amount frighten i ed me i wrote instantly to my corres i poudents informing them that so large ;. i sum wetit beyond my means adding that ih no remittances having been received from i martinique as they supposed i ii iiim i to satisfy their chum b the answer came in a day or two sta i tinjf that as i did ii"i appear to have eon i lideiiee iu the cortes loan they had sold b out my stock at a profit of eighty thou b sand flams were always blow in coming j l'i mi the distant plantations ; in the .■,.', | /',,, m signature would furnish me with b all the money 1 could want the pros i pectus of a german hank was inclosed iu i wliich fifty shares had lie li secured foi i i i sjhty thousand francs either i un i tl is i nothing of commercial mutter b or the clerk had written one or two'b noughts loo many my siiuaiion became ! i embarrassing 1 was overwhelmed with i coiigrutulutioiis especially when 1 putoii b my new suit of black the editor ol the i newspaper thought himself obliged toil in a biography of my cousin jacipnes i uittl asked nn lor additional particulars i 1 was besieged with annoying questions i in what way wmild 1 furnish my house i ml would 1 do for public establish i linn b i.ie benevolent ladies wrote i ll leeomuieli'l lo my notice the ilisti'.u i i under their guardianship 1 was i iriiined in postages for in the midst of i lull my riches wlni her real or imaginary i l hail no money fortunately from the i ni"ineiil 1 was held to he rich not one i | take a sou from me and trades ■ i | courted the honor of giving me cred i i at last i decided on going to paris i lliiiiuediately on arrival 1 went to mv i i hatikers who received me as the inheri i l'i of great wealth i i 1 regret said mr berget that you 1 1 hmisli listed the spauisil loan for the stock i inns again gone up no matter howev i het ; you haie borne left i i vv ill you have the goodness monsieur 1 hsiiiti i to tell me precisely how much all htla-se funds are worth which you have h ii tit for me '." h the calculation is easy twenty htbi.tisatid dollars at so much the dollar h — ami the sum already paid if you sell i ; ii lull will put about two hundred hand liienly thousand francs into your h|.ocki t hj i opened both my ears i "} ti say monsieur two hundred and twei.t thousand arc you quite cer ium h as certain as any one can he within a ih-.i hundred francs 1 h 1 did not wish to appi ar i ulicll the i ' - ice ami replied i that is well vou spoke also of a h yes the establishment of this hank hhas met with some dfficulties but the i tli is not less good we are oil the i of terminating it and the scrip is m ii i could that script also he sold i bjimpiired v.iu hold fifty shares 1 replied the lli.tiilo i which have advanced four bun llimi ami fifty florins making altogether i oil sixty thousand italics h •• ivitliough as nt i have paid noth without a doubt was the answer i thai is singular but since you say i i submit i should like to make a i lllleslinolit of the whole will j'ou i in si kind as i specify one •• i im fin per cents mona mil ll'm per cents i know ol nothing safer i \' be present rale the gam will be ii can easily understand thai all these in hjtlc matt i worry you vou will soou l'i ur io hal w iih iiiiioii larger sum i'.i placing all thai 1 hold in the five l|"'i cents i should have an income i thai is k reckoned three hum i'll i thousand or thereabouts the quo tatinni ni eighty makes eighteen thmi-bj mui i franca aa twenty thousand t<h make a ronnd sum | " ah twenty tli.'iisiuiil franca of ml i-iiiiii 1 snid 1 ; when could i receive it i oh to-morrow if you confide tluh transaction i in i hj thai of c..uim whs my rejoinder h w 1 1 111 other could inspire mo with an gi caibj a degree 1 1 confidence '" bb tin hanker bowed will it in believed i in the midel i all these treasure i felt a certain fl bnrrassmeul in asking fi r a small sum h which i si i in tin greatest need ; |,,: l after paying the expenses of my j'.urnoy^b i hail hut five franca left such h..wevhj or was tin force of habit that i t-.ntl.lh scarcely believe myself legitimately p i l aeaaed of more than my little ammityh which was not jet due hj dare i le-k i inquired with a hlushhj almost of shame on my cheeks — can ih without indiscretion beg you to advaucchj me tur the moment a small snm which lh want on arrival in a strange city - ' eh my dear monsieur mv chest isbj ontirely at your disposal how mm i do you want — three four — ten li , .,;.;■ bj •■[ tin nut ask sn much ; a th'.u-aiulm will lu sufficient h will you have it in gold or notes — i call the cashier may i beg vuu ti'll the liniiker leading the way a 1 rose t.-h depart may i beg yon to continue ymirbj g i will i nur house '■" h certainly monsieur yoa well di i serve it 1 replied with a coiihdem-eh which the certainty of possessing an ml en me nt twenty thousand trains began ' | me there is yet one favor which i wiidih to ask said m bergeret you arc imih acquainted with paris you have r-h haps but very lew relatives here — c.imch aud take a family dinner with ns to-day h my wife will be delighted to make yourh acquaintance w uii the greatest pleasnre h we dine at six ; ii you have no i gagenient for the evening we shall haveh a lew friends and impe you will t.u\"hj there are few moments which 1 remeiu-hj her with more satisfaction than those ll my leaving m bergeret's house 1 he i gan to believe in the reality of my i'm i tune and hail a thousand franca in myhj pocket — a pleasure which innj never i lure happened to me the ti ft y goldenh napoleons gave me an extraordinary im-h pulse in fact 1 stood in great need fl ilifiii possessor of twenty thousandh francs of income i was obliged on myh arrival in paris to leave my trunk at lln-h office of the diligence not having thch means of paying for a lodging 1 nowh hastened to redeem it and afterwanlsh took a coach to the first hotel pointed mith tome where i established myself in ah handsome apartment aud out mi my suiih ul mourii'iig 1 arrived with so b punctuality at m bergeret's that b scarcely bad time to finish telling my his i tory to his wife she however had near.lbj enough to cause me to be received as h friend of the house everyone iliil tlu-h amiable to me ; i met a beautiful woman h mil overheard whispered remarks madi-h upon me — modest bearing great r-kill.h splendid business talents thus when i m bergeret entreated me to regard ' i house as my own 1 promised willingly m although 1 could profit but little by thel in vi tal ion mai lame 11 llgbes would havi-bj it it to dine when 1 met with other intro 1 ductions and invitations i was taken to ■ lllie theatre and to parties now that i bwas rich i could almost have confined i hmy expenses to some few presents ami i hl'ees i i meantime my two friends george and b i.uhert had heard with alarm of the suc i icess of their report the truth of which b it hey dared no longer deny they had i lliei-n frightened by my departure for pa b iris which all the world attributed to dif i iticulties in the liquidation of my debts i land feared that i had suffered myself tob ihe deceived by what was concerted be-b tween us merely a joke i i three days after my return from paris i hmy faithful servant announced tbeirl |. allies " let them come in was my i ireply ; for i tli'l not receive all the world h in seeing my handsome time ieee and igilt candelabra and the new furniture hwiib which 1 had decorated my apart hmctit they opened their eyes in constor hnatioii h there is much difficulty io gaining adiir.k.-kiiiu here said albert i " yea 1 am besieged by persons with hall sorts of solicitation and projects but hvou mv dear l'i lends you will be always hwelcome \ on are come just in time to hai'coiiij.any me to an estate which i have hsouie thoughts i purchasing it is not a hlaive affair one hundred thousand francs hj " 1 take it to be somo distance off 1 -"'' hiieorge with a siguiliuaiit jerk ol his hliaii'l h two leagues only but 1 will lake i i iiii mi can i " uii carriage ■• m v h " vmi have a carriage i h " 1 us and two dapple gray horses hwhieii i brought from pans as yet i hi , ne no saddle horse that being more htlillietill to find h l i two friends retire 1 to one of the iviiiii'.ii >, where they whispered to one ham iher looking all the time very lugu b brious h " dear louis they said you know bili.it your cousin it not dead •• l don'i know if lie be dead for 1 am bin i voi v certain that he ever lived " i mi know that tin story about your h i n her i lance is all a joke '■" i am pol'stiai led that only you and 1 iln in so waa my auswer " we have done oreal wiong rej lin ed mv friends great wrong in what was intended only us fun it will cause us much sorrow " ( iii ihe contrary i thank yon fur it " it is our duty to disavow it ; we are goitig in public to declare ourselves gnil tv " i entreat yoll to leave things lust un they are ; a few days more credit will prevent the necessity oi displacing my funds ieorge and albert regarded me m completely deranged " come said i ictus lose no time the carriage is ready : i will tell yoll all as we go along i have spoken to a book seller albert win will print your manu script truth however always comes out — some who were on the watch were stir prised thai nothing arrived from marti nique ; well advised people shook their heads when speaking of me the edifice so quickly raised tumbled down with equal rapidity " the best of it is he has ended by fall ing into the snare which he laid for oth ers for my part i never believed iu it i comprehended that the storm had broken out on finding one day a dozen notes on my table they were all near ly in the style of the first 1 opened mr grignoil resents his respectful compliments to mr meran and having an urgent need of money begs that he will be so good as to pay ill the course of the day the little account which he has the honor to enclose my answers were all alike m meran thanks mr grignon for the bill which has been so long asked for und sends the amount tine letter only contained no request for money ; it was from a friend whom 1 had almost forgotten fearing that 1 had been duped he wrote to lend me live hundred francs should 1 wish to remove from a place where so many rumors were circulated prejudicial to my character — my reply gave the necessary explanation winch 1 concluded — i am rich not by an inheritance in which i never believed but because it was determined iu spite of my protestations that 1 should be rich ; and 1 have in reality been made very rich ; i scarcely know how thin is what i would wish you to rsay to those who talk of me 1 owe more of thai fortune to my sin gular situation since it lias assured me of a friend upon whom i may eouut ill ad versity should it ever visit me hnr another week 1 was the bubject of con versation " lie has been fortunate if you will ; but i say be is a clever fellow ; who has known how to take advantage of circumstances it is not everybody who could manoeuvre in this way fur my part i was for a moment tempted to applaud my own genius yet a little reflection convinced me that tal ent had nothing to do with it i quietly i took my place ill society as the possessor i of twenty thousand trancs of income ami i still keep it i moralizing on my sudden change of i position 1 can only look upon it as one i of those strange freaks of fortune which lull the world allows to be so unaccounta i a tragedy i on saturday evening last about eight lo'cloek our well ordered city was thrown lintoa state of excitement by the oectir ireuee of the death of mr j l gregq ichief engineer of the f a & g c rail i road by the hands of mr alfred seabs lulso a civil engineer and who is widely ikiiown in this stale from his former c..n flucctiou with the fernulidiua rail road i from all that we can gather there had bheen some matter of offence between the bgeutletuen and upon meeting after tea bon the above evening in the office of the b.i ii is ii house mr sears drew a re pea bter and tired two loads upon the deceits bed ami passing through the heart caused bins death almost instantly fl several persons were present but the batl'air was so unexpected and quickly over limit im inn was apprised that any serious biliilicnlty was on hand fl a tier mr gregg fell mr sears who is flsanl to have been quite cool ill the uiat bter sent for an officer when he j laced bhiuiself under the friendly arrest of a gen fl mail and was soon iu custody t the hmh-iiii the many rumors that are bail tat upon this unhappy affair we for bura to notice as mr sears is now in pri bjsoo and ur court in session and we ex fl i i " the fir's will be brought out that hiiave lead to this sad affair mr gregg flu a much esteemed in this community bji'i tn un friends and has been thus bud hdeitly cut off in the prime of life from a hwife ami two children who are made to flli-i-l the terrible blow fallen upon them hj 1 te body i if mr gregg was : iced on hthe steamer st johns on monday last bt be borne back t his native si tte and bi i massachusetts lie being also t fl i state and e about returning i e hi t itiiii w hen mis unfortunate ealam i hj took him ij isoth those gentlemen had been ooui hp.ti live but a short time in florida ij jacksonville - t -,' i stand bl1 • -» • h '-|;. dlj m i • - , mi mi j - ',, li ■ i lii'tt i i , ... t i hi h.ni i'1'i i - i||."tti!..l in 1 h took wi foi i i wel > woiasa bul you ll i i ii'ii i u ut oulj > i f watriujooia then iny love was the reply consolt i i ..!!■ . i'.ti a ibesin , for i v bb tu i"u us loiij its i hi ' upli i in ii ". . correspopdent of the p hia able story about tbo sale of the i i paper establish ment we have in means of knowing whetl er • ii true or tut ; but as i ia democratic like all the other par lies mentioned we decline to believe its tale and therefore give the substance as follows : the i niim has been a losing concern ecauseof the withdrawal from it of some fatjobl f printing inch as iw offics blanks evc which president bncbanan bestowed elsewhere in contequeuce of the union's opposition to his domination for reelection by iln ensuing conven tion at charleston the profit on those jobs is forty or fifty thousand dollars a year the sale as i understand from a per 011 who obtained it from the fountain lietld was simply this wendell allows bowman to assume possession of the l ioii establishment without paying anv purchase money and in consideration thereof //,- resilient stipulates in a ih contract for tin post office blanks and ti twecutiw printing to wcndi i or tome in he may 1 knin.it . wendell agrees in turn to pay 20,000 of the profits of these j ihs in monthly instalments of 1 6m the residue of these profits amount mg to 20,000 or 25,000 per annum ho is to retain as the purchase money of the i ii ion anil is also to discharge some po litical debts incurred by james i chiefly in pennsylvania in forcing locum p ton through the house of representatives and in the election of october last if however the contracts should ever be taken from wendell by mr buchanan i hen the sale of the union becomes void and wendell again takes possession of the newspaper property as the real own er therefore there is really no sale of the property of the union bnt that it bus only been rented to mr buchanan thro 1 gen bowman by mr wendell mr buc liaiian having stipulated to pay the rent twenty or twenty live thousand dollars it yean out of thu public treasury iu the way of contracts attorney general ulack drew up the papers in this flagrant bargain the rest of the cabinet were ignorant of the whole transaction when it was discovered their flelings it is said were awful but ouly found vent through 1 1 ughes the out going editor who sampson-like tried to pull down the house an affecting incident recently a small lad not apparently over ten years of age knocked at the of fice door of the jail and asked permission of mr mclean to visit bis father who was confined within his form was slight and fragile and but illy defended from the cold by a few scanty rags pov erty was depicted in every feature — bis cheeks in how and wan as if the very hues of life bad forsaken them the request was acceded to and passing through the outer entrance be paused be fore the ponderous grated door within and extending his hands through the opening between the iron bars addressed me of the motley group shut up within us father the lad deeply felt for the parent's disgrace ami casting his eyes downward remained for a length of time fixed and as a statue — and only aroused by him within asking in a gruff voice what do you want starting up but still hold on to the hand the lad said in sweet hat almost heart-broken accent father mother's dead 1 the words acted like a charm — the criminal waa suddenly transformed into a loving hus tiohd and lather his head sank upon his bosom ami he realised in a moment his degraded situation teat's thick and fast — the first perhaps for many a year — i flowed down his cheek and turning about ihe motioned his boy away sorrowfully ihe left to wander back to keep alone through tire night a weary vigd by the iside of bis mother's corpse — cincinnati i artificial fuel i little or no attention has been devo ited to this subject ill our country and lyet it is one which should not be treated i with indifference in england there aro several large factories where it is made bfor ocean steamers especially ; and if h ton ml to be a profitable business there bwe do not see why it may not be made bhere it is generally composed of coal itar mixed with saw-dust and coal dust bull heated together and then pressed into bsipiare blocks fine coal and saw-dust that would otherwise be considered waste bure thus converted into a useful fuel ca bpahle of being packed neatly and carried bto any distance — scientific american b charlet lamb'i ditgutt — charles lamb ia hs.i ,| to have had an uncompromising disgust for htwo tilings roast pork and lobaooo 11 aid hit i were to offer a sacrifice to the devil it in i be i roasted pig stuffed with tobao h ' it is not stated what l.e thought of huieltt h golden wedding — col beaton of wash hin^tuii celebrated with a few friends thursday nn lii in gulden wadding having be ti n hi i tears and for about that period huiih tlie national intelligencer i mt san ford's liver inviuorator i i li .- become atsblished fset thsl dr 6anf.»ed*s n ■ : ■ our will cure liver c plaint juundios sad lebility mum people personally known to . v ti a w'.rii i ubied liu given their scales tu prove thii and with audi a tunna uf whu ii ht hi iruli ihe invalid's friend snd will n relief i !•"' l tier rriued.ea fail ami in l ■■ inel ii 1 1 1 1 cuine under uui uwn i bse rvstlon , - t biialching in victim from ihe gi h ' a i all i ttr resdera whu need in « buttle tnr it will aurely give ri / aa i i s.iid bj w ii w \ r r s i'k 1 ,' u the iii.rlil reuuwned ' h t ii w ituppi it -'■* he has been mal west bj ril - - hill ih i'll , h hu are hi t " r eat t u man whu * dims im i all ill v j m j ' >'' i it