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( BV CIIAlM iIiS CII.KE. V. S. Where b ud he l'oon in his time ? he pealed when I asked him this question. 3rd , lio htt 'l been everywhere ! And int had he boon ! Bk-ss yon , he hud en anything you could mention mo st. Seen a good deal ? Wh y, of course he id. 1 should soy so , lie co uld assure e , if I onl y knew about the tweatietli > rt »r what had come in his way. Why, would be ouster for him , he expected , toll - what he hadn 't seiii , t han what hi: id. Ail I A dc:il it would. What was tho eurionst-st thing lie had en ? Well 1 H<i didivt know. He 'iihln ' r momently ntiii io what was the ir>o.:.sost thing h o had seen—unless it :»? aX \ n ie(i;n—an<i he. had seen him , ice , at n IViv. lint , supposing a young _ mtl< >niaii , not eig ht yea r. 1 , old yet , was Sjijj : to run a way with c 'ine young woman o£ j» seven , might I think thai u queer start? » Ce rtainl y? Then , that was u start us ho m ~ himsel f had had his blessc:! ey. s on— W and he had . cleaned the shoes th\v run B in—and thoy was so little that he couldn 't K get his hum! into ' em. E M aster Harry Walmer ' s fither , you R sec , he li ved at the Elmsos , down away 't by Shoote r ' s Hill , six or seven miles from fa Luniion. Ko. wan a gentleman of sp irit , and good-looking, una h eld his head up whon lie walked , an:! had what you I mi ght . - nil Fire about him. He wrot e 1 poetry, and he rod e and he ran , and be [ danced , and he mited; and ho done V, all 2 e quall y be autiful. Ho was uncommonl y J proud of Master Hurr y as ho woe his t only child ; but he didn 't s poi l him , ( neither. Ha was a gentleman that had a will of h is own and an eye of his own , [ ¦ and that w ould he minde d. * Connequent- | l y, thon gli ho made quite a companion of the fine bri ght boy, and was deli g hted to see him so fond of reading his fairy books , and w as never tired of her -rin/' him s ay my name is .Nerval ; or hearing liii n sing his songs about 1' o uag May .Moons in beamin g love, and When he as adores th ee has left but the name , and that : still he kept the command over the child , and the child was a child , and it' s to bo wished more of ' em w;>s ! IIow did Bootsi bapr , -n to know a 1 ! this. Wh y, throug h bein g undor-gard- ner. Of course ho couldn 't be und cr- gardner , mid be always about in the sum- mer time , ne ar the windows on the lawn , a mowing, and s weeping, and weeding, and prun ' ning, and this and that. , without getting acquainted with the ways of tho family. Even supposing Master Harry hadn 't come to him * one mor ning earl y, and said , \C obbs , how should you spell JT orah , if you woi o asked V\ and then i:cgii;i cutting it in print all over the fence. Ho couldn 't say he had taken any par- ticular »otiee of children before ' that ; but reall y it was pretty to see them two mit es agoing about tho place together , d eep in love. And tho coura ge iu the b oy! Bicss j om soul, he 'd h ave! thrown oil' his HI ti n hnt , , im1 tucked u p his little sleeves , and gone in r.i a Hon , he would , it they had ha ppene d to meet one , ; M she had been fri ghtened of him. One d.iy , he stops, along with her , where Hoots wa s h ' oein g weeds in the g ravel , nnd fa vs—speakin g up : •'Co bbs , \ says he , \I like you. \ \Do you air? I' m proud to hear It. \ \Yes , I do , Cobbs , Wh y do I like you , do you tkir. U , Cobbs ?\ \ Don 't know , Master Hauy, I nm sure, \ \ Because Nornh likes you , Cobbs , \ \Indeed , sir? ' .at i s ' ory gratifying. \ \Uratifying Cobbs? It ' s bettor thnn millions of tho brightest diamonds , xo ho liked b y Nornh. \ •'Cer- tainl y, sir. \ \ You ' re goin g away, ain 't yen , Cobbs?\ \ Yes , sir. \ \ Would you like another situation , Cobbs?\ \ Well I wouldn 't object , if it wiih n good \ un. \ \ Than , Cobbs , \ says ho , \ you shall bo our llend Gardener when •wo nro married. '' And ho tucks hor , in her little sky-hlno mantle , under his nnn , and walks away. .Roots could assure mo that it was bet- tor than n picture and equal to a piny, to see them babies with their long blight curlin g hair , their sparkling eyes , nnd their beauti ful light trend , a rumbl ing about tho ga rden , deep iu love. Boots •w.w of opinion that tho birds behoved thoy were birds , and kept up with ' urn , Jyr .jii'timos they would creep under tho tnlip tree , nnd would nit there with thoir nrn j H round ono another ' s neok s , nnd thoir sot't oheoks touching, a rending nbout tha Prince , nud tho Dragon , and tho goivl nnd bad enchanters , nnd the king ' s ft.ir daughter. Sometimes ho would lvjnr them planning nbout having it house iu Mio forest , keepin g bees and a cow , nnd li ving entire ly on milk nnd honoy, Oneo ho came upon them by tho pon d , nnd hcnt l Master Harry sny, \Adorable Nornh , kiss mo , and say you love rao to destruction , or I'll jump * in bond foremost , \ And Boots rondo no rjuoKtion ho would hnro don e , if sho had n 't complied. On tlao whole , Boots sniel it lind it tendenc y ' to make liini fool ns if ho woj iu lovo himself—only lie didn 'l exnetly know who with, \Cobbs , \ «aid Mn&tov Hurr y, one evening, when Cobbs wns wntorln g tho flowers , \ I am going on n visit , this pro- sent mhlsnnunor , to my grnn dma mran ' s nt YnrV \Ave you indent ' l, sir? X hopo you 'll hnv<» n nice timo , I nm going to York , fl iur p myself , whon I lonvn here, \ \Ave you going to your gran dmother , Cobbs ?\ ? ' \ .No , sir , I hnvn ' t got suoh n tiling. \ \Not an n grandmother , Oobbs?\ \No , sir. \ Tho boy ' lokod on at Uio watering of th t liowar s lav n little while , nnd then will. . \I Hlmll ho very glnd indued , logo , Cob liM—Nor nh is going. '' \Yon 'll bo nil ri ght ihe*. sir ,\ snid Cobbs , \ with yonr beimt ifn l sw ecf'wt b y your flidt \ K THE E03TS AT THE HOLLY-TBEE INF. \Cobbs , \ returned the bey, flushing, \I n ovel' let any one joko about it , when I can prevent them. *' \It wasn ' t a joke , sir , \ said Cobbs , with humilit y, \it wasn 't so meant. \ \I am g lad of that , Cobbs , bec ause I like you , you know , and you are going t o live with us—Cobbs. \ \Sir. \ \Wh at do yo think my graiiuuima gives me , when T go down there? ' ' \ i couldn 't so much ns make a guess , sir. \ \A Bank of En gland fi re-pound note , Cobbs. \ \ Whew !\ \ays CobKv. \ that' s a s panking sum of money. Muster Hurry. \ \A person could do u good deal with suuh a su m of money as that. Couldn ' t a person , Cobbs ?\ \I believe yon , sir !\ \Cobbs , \ s aid the boy, \I'll tel l you a secret. At Norah' s house they have been joking her about me , nnd pretend- to lau gh at our !>eing engaged. Pro- tending to make game of it , Cobbs!\ \ Such , sir , \ says Cobbs , \is tho d e- pravity of human natur. \ The \ boy, l aoking exactl y like his f a- ther , stood for a fow moments with his glowin g face towards the sunset , and then departed with \Good night , Cobbs. I' m going in. \ I f I was to ask Boots how it happen ed th at he v. -as going to leave that place just s! t that present time , well , ho couldn 't ri g htl y answer me. lie did suppose he mi ght have staid there till now , if he had been anyways inclined. But , yon see. he was younger then and he wanted chan ge. Tbr.t ' s what he wanted-— chan ge. Mr. SV:ilmers , he s-ud . to hi/n whon he gave l.im notico of his inten - tions to leavn , \ Cobbs , \ he sa ys , \ha ve y ou anything to aomplain of ? I make the in quiry because if I find that any of my people reall y has any thin g to com- plain of , I wi sh to make it ri g ht if I can. \ \No , sir , \ says Cobbs , \ tha nking you . sir , I find myself as well sitiwa ted hero as I could ho pe to be any wheres. The truth i s , 6ir , that I ' m a going to seek my fortin. \ ''O , Isdco u , Cobbs ?\ he says; \ I hope yon may find it. \ .And Boots could assure me—which he did, touchin g his hair wit 1 \ his boot-jack , as a salute iu tho way of his present calling—that he hadn 't found it yet. Well , sir , Bo ots left the Eltuses when bis time was u p, and Master Harr y he wont down to the old lady ' s nt Yo rk , which old lady w»uld h ave given that child tho teeth out of her head (if she bad any), she was so wra pt up in him. What ilo es that , infan t do—for infan t you may call him and be within the mark—but cut away from the old lady ' s with his Norah , on a n expedition to go to Gretna Green and be married 1 Sir , Boots was at this identical Holl y- Tree Inn (having left it several times to better himself , but always came back through or.e thing or another), when one s ummer ' s afternoon , the conch drives up, and out of it gets these two children. The Guard says to our Governor : \ I don 't quite make out these little passen - gers , but this young gentleman ' s words were , that thoy wns to be brought here. \ The young gentVmui u gets out ; han ds his lady ont; gives the guard somethin g for himself ; says to our Governor : \We ' re to stop here to-night , p l^as*. Sitting-room oud two bedrooms will be required. Chops and cherr y-pudding for tw^ !\ nnd tucks her , in her li ttle sky- blue mantle , under his arm , and walks into the house much bolder than hras» . Boots loaves mo to jud ge what the amazement of that establishment wns w hen those two tinny creatures , nil alone by tnomselv cB , was mnrch rd into the Angel ; much m ere * •> when bo who had seen them without their seeing him , ga ve tho Governor his vows of the cxpeili l :wn they wore upon . \ Cobbs , \ any* tb* Governor , \ if thi s is no , I ronat set jIT myself to York and quiet t heir friendi. ' minds. In which case yon must k<-o p your eye upon ' ein ti ll I come bae tj. But , before I take theso met.suroe , Cobbs , I should wish yon to find from themselves whether your opinions nro correct. \ \ Sir , to you , \ says Oob' w , \that shall bo done directly. \ Bo Boots goes upstairs to the Andrei, nnd there he finds Master Ha rry on iui ouorraoii H sofa—immense nt any time , but looking like tho Great Bed of Ware , eompnred with him —a drying of tkooyon of Hiss Nornh with his pookot -hnndohe r. Thoir littlo legs were entirely off the ground , of course , and it reslly : ' » not possible for Hoots to express to mo how sranll thoso children looked. \It ' s Oobbs 1 It' s Cobbs !\ eriosMn. -i- tcr Hairy, nnd comes r unning to him nnd catching hold of his hand. Miss Nora h comes running to him on t' other side and catching hol d of his t' other hand , thoy both jump for joy. •? I seo > on n gett ing out , sir, \ says Cobbs. \I thou ght it wns you. I thought I couldn 't ho mistake * in your heigh t nnd flgnro. What ' s tho objoot of your journey, sir ? Matrimonial?\ \ T V o nro going to ho mnrrUd. Cobbs , at Grotna Green , \ responded the hoy. \ Wo have mn nway on purp ose. Norn h has been in rathei low spirits , Cobbs ; but she 'll bo happy, now wo have found yon to bo onr friend. \ \Thand yon , sir , nnd tnnnk yon , raws , ¦ Bu ys v.ouub , ¦¦ i ur jour gooa opin- ion. Did yon bring nny luggngo with yon. sir ?\ If I fcohevc Hoots whon ho gi\n mo his word of honor upon it , the may hnrt got tvpnr wol , n smolllng-bottlo , n round nnd a hn! t of eold but lemd toast , sight p eppermint dro ps , tui d n hair-brush— neowingly a doll' s Tho gentleman had got ah.mt halt a doson yards of siring, n knife throu or fonr sheets of writing paper , folded up surprisingly sum i, ' , .in ornngo , nnd u Chunoy mng vith him nnme upon it, \ What rany bo tho exact r utnr of your phn s , sir ?\ snys Cobbs , \To go on , \ Tep li'-. d the boy—which the courage of that hoy was something wonderful — \in th e morning and be married t o-morrc »v ' \Just so , sir , \ sa . vs Cobbs. \ Would it meet your views , sir , il I w as to no- nonipany yon V\ When Cobbs said this , ihe y both jum ped for jov again , and cried out \ Yes i\ \ Well , sir ,\ said Cobbs. \If you will excuse m y having the freedom to £ive An op inion , what I should recom- mend wo uld be this. I' m acquainted with a pony, sir , which , put in a phea- ton that X could borro w , would take you aid Mr *. Harry Walmers , Junior , (myself dr ' virg , if you approved), to the end of you r journey in a very short space or tin^e. I urn not altogether , sure , sii . th at this pony will be at lib- er ty to-morro w , but even if you had to wait over to-morrow for him , it might be worth yoi . r whi' e . As to the small account 1 ere , sir , it ca se you was to find you'self - Ci.uing at all short , that don 't si gnif y : ' jocaus o I' m a part proprietor of this inn , raid it could stand over. \ B oots insures me that when they cl apped their hands , and jumped for joy again , and called him , «'Good C obbs !\ and \ Dear Cobbs !\ and bent across him to kiss one another in the del i ght of th eir confidin g hearts , he fel t hiui- s eh\ tiie mealiest rascal for deceiving ' en. - , th at ever was born. \T s there any thin g you want just at present , sir ?\' says Cobbs , mortall y ashamed of himself . \Wo should like tome cakes after dinner , \ answered Ma ster Harry, fold- ing his arms , putting out one leg, and looking straight at him , \ add two apples —and jam. With dinner we should like io hsve toas t and water. But , Norah hf'S always be en accusto med to hali a g lasa of currant wine a t dessert. And so have I. \ \It shrill bo ordered at the bar , sir , \ says Cobbs ; and away he went. Boot s bus the feeling as fresh upon him at this lainute of speaking, as he had then , tha t he would far rather have h ad il out in half a dozen r-ounds with the Governor , than have combi ned with him ; and that he wished with all hi s heart there was any im possible place where ' -hose two babies could make an i mposs- ' ble marria ge , and live impossibl y hap py ever afterwards. However , as it cculda 't be , he went into the Governor ' s pln»s , and Governor set off for York in half an hour. The way in which the women in that hausc—without exception—ever y one of • em—married and single—took to that boy when they heard the stor y. Boots considers surprisin g. It was as much as he could do to keep ' em from dashing into the room and kissin g him. They cliiv' bcd u p all setts of places , nt the risk of their lives , to look nt him throu g h a pa ne of glass. Thr. y were seven deep at the k ey-hole. They were out of their minds about him nud his bold sp irit. In tho evening, hoots wen t into the room , to see how the runaway couple was getting on. The gentleman «-as on tue window-sent , supportin g the lady in his arms. She had tears upon her face , and wn :» ly ing , very tired nnd hal f asleep, with her head upon his shoulder. \ Mrs , Harry Widmors , Junior , fit- tinned , sir ?\ says Cobbs. \ •' Yes , sho is tired , Cobbs ; but , she is not used to bo away from hom. - r , and she has been in low spirits a gai n , Cobbs , do you think yon could bring u biffin , please V \1 nsk your pardou , sir , \ snys Cobbs. \ What was it you ? \ \I think n Norf olk biflln would rouse her; Oobbs. Sho is very fond of them, \ Boots withdrew in search of tho re- quired restorativ e , nnd \vlien ho brou ght it in , the gen tleman handed it to the lady, and fcl her with n spoon , nnd took n lit tlo himself. The lady being henvy with sleep, nnd rather cross , \ What shculd yon think , sir , \ s a ys Cobbs , \ of a vjhambor candlestick ?\ Tho gcn'lo- man nppi oped ; the chnrabermnid went first , up the grent stairen so ; the Indy in hor tiky-bln u mnntle , followed , gallantly escorted b y tho gentleman ; thu gentle- man embraced hor at hor door , nnd re- tired to his own apartment , where Boots softly locked him up, Boots conldn 't but fool with incren sod aeuton oHS what a base deceiver ho wns , when thoy consultod h/m nt breakfast (they bod ordered •weetmilk-nnd -wnt er , nnd toas t nnd ounnnt jelly, overnigh t ), about the pony It renlly wns ns muoh ns lie could do , he don 't mind confessing to mo , to look them two young things in tho fnco , nnd think what n wicked old father of lies ho hnd grown up to be. Howaoraover , ho went on a lying like a Tro jan, nbont tho nonv. Ho told ' ora that It did so uuforVn ntoIy happen that tho pon y wns hnlf oripploa , you mho , nnd that he conldn 't ho tnfcon out in that state for fonr it should strike to hia in- side . Bat , ' that hu 'd bo finished clipped in tho oonr ae of tho day, nnd thnt to- morrow morriln g nt eight o ' clock tho phonton would bo read y. Boot ' s view of tho whole enso , lookin g bnck upon it in my room , is , that Mrs , Harry Wnlni or , Junior , wns beginning to give in. Sho hadn 't hnd her hair curled when she wont to bed, nnd sho didn 't soom qnito up to brushing It henoU , and it' s getting in her oyos put hor ont. Bnt , nothing put on i Mnster Hnrry. Ho snt behind his broakfnsfc enp, n tonring nwn y nt the jelly, as it ho hnd boon his own /nlher . After breakfast , Boots in inclined to consider Hint thoy drnwe d soldiers—lit least , ho knows that many such was found in tha flroplnco , nil on hors obnok . In the course of| tho morning , Mnster Hairy rang the boll—It wn« surprising now Hint tuoro boy did enrry on--nn« «nid in a sprightl y wny, \ Cobbs , is tlicro nny good walks in this neighborhood ?\ \ Yon , sir , \ enid Oobbs, \ There ' s J vovo Ijnno, \ Boots don 't know—perhaps I do—but never mind , it do n 't signif y either way —wh y it made a man fit to make a fool of himse lf , to see them two pretty babies a l ying there in the clear still sunny day, not dreaming half so bard when they was aslee p, us they done whon they were awake. But , Lord I when yom come to th: <ik of yourself , you know , and what a game you have been up to ever since you was in your own cradle , and what a poDr sort of chap you are , a nd how it' s always either Yesterday with you , or else T o-morrow and never To-day, that ' s where it is ! Well , sir , they woko up at last , and then one t hing was getting prett y clear to Boots : namely, that Mrs. Harry Wal- mcrses temper was on the move. When Master Ha rry took her round the waist , she ' said \ he teased her so ; \ and when he says , \ Noruh , my young May Moon , your Harry teases you ?\ she tells him \ Yes ; and I want to go home 1\ A boiled fowl , and baked bread-and- butter pudding, broug ht Mrs. Wilmera up a little ; but Boots , could have wished , he must privatel y own to be , to have seer hor more sensibl e of the voice of love , and los s abandon ing of herself to currants. However , Master Harry he ke pt up, and his noblo heart was as fond as ever. Mrs. Walmers turned very sleepy about dusk , and be gan to cry. Therefore , Mrs. Walmers wont oft to bed us per yesterday. , and Muster Harry ditto re peated. \ Got out with you , Co 'bbs !'' —that was that there bey ' s expression— \ you ' re jokin g. \ \ Begg ing yonr pardon , sir , \ snys Cobbs , \ there ¦ ' ¦ sally is Love Lane. And a p leasent walk it is , and proud sLr.il I 1'0 to show it to yourself and Mrs. Harry Walmers Junior. \ \ Norah , di -ir , \ said M aster Harry , this is curious. We really ought to see Lo ve Lane. Pat on your bonnet , my sweetest darling, and wp will go there with Cobbs. \ Coots leaves me to jud ge what a Beast he felt himself t o be , when that young pair told him , as they all thre * . - j ogged alon g together , that they had made up their mi nds to give him two thousand guineas a year as head gardener , on ac- count of his being so tru e a friend to ' em. Boo ts could have wished at the moment that the earth would have opened and swallowed him up : he felt so mean , with their b eaming eyes a look- ing at him , and believing lii ' m. Well , sir , he turned the conversation as best he coul d , and took ' via down Love Lano t'j the water-meadows , and there Master llnrry would have drowned himself in half a moment more , a ge f ting out a water lily for her—but nothin g daunted that bo y. Wel l , sir , they ' . -as ti red out. All being so new and st. 'auge to ' em , they wa s tired as tired could be. And they laid down on a ban 1 : of daisies , like the children in the wood , leastw ays meadows , and fell asleep. About eleven or twelve at ni ght , comes back tho Governor in a chaise alon g with Mr. Walmers nnd nu elderly Ind y. Mr. Walmers looks amused and very serious , both nt once , nnd snys to our misses , \ We are much indebted to you , ma ' am , for your kind care of our little children , whk 'h wo can never sufficien tl y acknowled ge. Prny, nin ' nm , wh ere is my boy ?\ Onr misses says , \ Cobbs hns the dear boy in char ge , sir. CobbS j show Fort y!\ Then , he says to Cobbs , \Ah , Oobbs , J nm glad t o seo yon 1 1 und erstood you vi /.s here I\ And Cobbs says, \ Yes , sir. Your most obedient , sir. \ I n . iiy be . surprised to hear Boots suy it , perhaps ; but , Boots assures me thnt his heart beats like n hammer , going up stnirs. \I be g your pardou , sir ,\ says ho , while unlockin g tho door ; \I hop 9 you nro not nngry with Matter Hnrry, For Mnstor Hurry is n lino boy, sir , and will do you credit nnd honor. \ And Boots si gnifies to ino , thnt if the fine lo ' iy ' s father had contradicted him in tho daring state of mind in which ho then was , he thinks ho should have \ fetched him a cra ck , \ nnd taken tho conse- quences , But , Mr, Wnlmor s only snys , \No , Cobbs. No , my good fellow. Thank you !\ And , the done being opened , goes in. B eots goes in too , holding tho light , nnd he sots Mr. Wulmovs go up to tho bedside , bond gently down , nnd kiss the littlo sleeping fuco, Then , ho stands looking nt It for n minute , looking won- dorfnll y liko it (thoy do sny ho vnn nwny with Mvs.Wnlmers); nnd ho gently shnkos tho littlo shoulder. \ Hurry , my dour boy ! Hurry !\ Mnstor Tinny starts up nnd looks nt him. Looks nt Cobbs , tiiio. Suoh is tho honor of that mite, thnt ho look s nt Cobbs , to see whether ho has brought him into trouble. \I nm not nngry, ray child. I only want you to dross yourself nnd como homo, \ \ Yes , P,i. \ Muatfr Hurry dresses himsel f quickly, His breast begin s to swell whon ho hns nearly finished , nnd it swells more nnd more ns ho stands nt last , n-looking nt his father standing n-looking nt him , tho quite im igo of him, \Plonso may I\ —the spiri t of thrt littlo crontnro , nnd tho wny ho kept his rising tears down !— \ Plouso , denrPn— mny I—kiss Nornh, before I go ?\ \ Yon mny, my child, \ So , ho takes Mnstor Hnrr y in his hand , nnd Boots lends the wny with tho onudlo , nnd thoy eorao to that other bedroom ; wli* ¦ < • ba elderly Indy is seated by the boil , nnd poor littl e Mn. Hnrry Wnlmor s Junior ' .a tost nsloop. Thero , tho fnthor lifts tho child up to tho pillow, and ho lay s lils fnoo down for tin instnnt by tho littlo wnrm fiifu of poor unconscious little Mrs, Hnrry Wnlmors Junior , nnd Rently . draws it to him—a sight no touehi ng '9 thu ohiimlVr iiinlds who nro peoplnc throu gh tho door , that one of them called o ut \ It ' s a shame to part ' em !'' But this chambermaid was always , ns Boots informed me , it soft-h earted one. Not th at there was nny harm in th at girl. Far from it. Finally Boots says , that' s all ab out it. Mr. Walmers drove away in the chaise , havin g hold of Master Harry ' s hnnd. The elderl y l ady and Mrs. Harry Wal- m ers Junior that never was to be , (sho married a Captain long afterwards , ana died in India), wen t off next day. In conclusion , Boot s put it to me whether I hold with hi m in two op inions ; firstl y, that there are not m«ny coup les on their way to be m arried , who are half as inao- cent of guile as those two children ; secondly, tha t it would be a jol l y good thing for a great many couples on thei r way to get married; if they could only be stopped in time and brought buck separately. BreviiM. Horace Gree ley ' s la st words were \ It is dune. \ Fil ty-two cities in tho United States ar e supplied with letter-car riers. The schooner Suuveuir went ashore neir I.ud ington , M ich., ami all baud * wcr» lost. In New Orle ans it costs 5$ cents to deliver each nnd every letter distributed by the c arriers. We hear a great deal about labor retorni hut there seem* to be a greater need of re- forming some of thus ; fellows who don 't labor. The present Const itution of New Hampsh i re was adop ted in 17SV2 , nnd ia the oldest ittate Constitution in the Union . Robert Barclay, propri >ior of _ the Evening ItUp a tcX , gave a Thank sg iving dinner to nearly 2£K> newsboys in St. Louis. The late Horace Gvcclcy attccid sd the Univer salis! ' - 'Iiurcli ( ¦ : New \ York , of which Re v. Ii. H. Chap in is pastor , and w»s a member of that congreg ation . Dion .A Dcery the famous billard men ha d am. ' .icli gaini/of t/,00 points up in New York. Th:- American four ball game was p l ayed and Oioi. won b y three hund red points. Samuel Sx nds, otiitor of the ^lnwricon F< t) m et; i* the man who ori ginally put in type Key ' s patriotic song of \The Star-spa ng lud Banner. \ He still lives in full vi gor. Policeman O'Br ien , of Washington , who was convicted of the murder of Samuel Cunning ham , in Jul y last , w sentenced to be hanged on the 27th oi Fe bruary next. An Indiana paper describes the feast of a legislative delegation at a railroad din- ner. The rep orter narrates tho facts of tie case very pointedly. \ The del egates set at 3 r. >i. They upset at 5. \ An unfortu nate hotel is the Metr opoli- tan , of New York , whic ' j is said to h ave lost JgiS.OOO a week since it passed into tho bands of th<! younge r Tweed. T vreeii h»s oeen urged to sell again and again , but ke holds on Tts olut ely. Tho India napo lis Journal says that the . verago height of the Hoosier law- maker s is five foot ten inches, with a six f oot three and a half inch Preside nt —tho a ggregate avoirdupois of the forty- live gentlemen composing the Leg i sl a- ture being 7 , 407 pounds , or 17 3 2-5 pounds to cash man. T elfair County , Ga., has never enjoyed a circ'is. Somebody procured a number of old lulls and post d tl'cm at Jacksonvill e , announcin g th at tho oil sus w ould bo ex- hibited on a certa in Friday. A great crowd of men , women , and ch i ldren gathered , all wild with joy and expecta- tion , but no circus appea red. Wall han g in gs made of tin foii arn a now Parisian invention , which has been made the subject of n paper read before th e Society of Art s. The metal is in shee ts about fixteen feet long and from thirty to forty inches wide. The shoots are painted , and dried at h low tempera- ture , nnd then decorated wiih inanydi ffe r- cr. fc patterns , such as folia ge , flower s , geo- mciricnl figur e s , imi tations of choice wood s , or land scape pictures. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, at SOUTHOLD , 1 .. I. 9 — I TERMS : $1.00 a Year. L. F. TER RY , Publisher . ; A bund of Land Leaguers , numbering some fifty masked and thoroughly armed men , made a de scent upon the town of Parsons , Labette county, the head quar- ters , iu Kansas , of the Miss ouri , Kansas and Texas Railroad , axj pnrently with the purpose of killing the person in char ge of the Missouri , Kansa s and Texas land office in that p lace. They took tho town and stationed p ickets around it. T hey wen t to tho Hi. James Hotel , whore old M r. Parsons (some relative of the Mr. P arsons who is largel y concerned in the road), Deputy Land Commissioner of the road , was boardin g. They demanded of tho clerk where Mr. Parsons was. He re plied that ho did not know. Two of them immediatel y seized him , and , put- tin g their pistols to his ears , inform e d , him that they would tr y and increase his kno wled ge upon that point. He offered to show them to Mr. Parsous ' s room. They went to tho room , seized the old gentleman , and were takin g him out of the house. In doing so they passed throu gh a room in which somo parties wer , e pla ying cards. Among them was a stalwart Texan b y the name of Barne s . He comprehended the situation at a g lance. Sprin ging from his seat he grueped the old man by the collar , jerked him from the gras p of the ruffins , seized ono of _ them b y the throat and put his p istol to the other one ' s hea d , telling the old man meanwhile to leave , aud then walked the two lea guer .* put of the houso another way. Mr. Parsons ran out a back way and escaped to the depot. T he Texan having dismissed the leaguers thou ght that discretion was now the bet- ter p art of valor , and also made tracks for the depot , where he and Mr. Par- sons found an eng ine ready fired up , nnd mounting her were s peedil y run out of town. Th ) leaguers , niter blowing ar ound awhile and threatening to kill all who had assisted in h elping Mr. Par- sons off , finall y left without doing nny damage. They doubtless mount to kill the old man , and wore onl y prevented from doing so b y the coolness and bravery of Mr. Barnes. A Town Taken by Land Leagueri. Tho horrors of the East Afiicr.n slave trade r.ro well known ; but tb?y have been oxomplif.od anew b y the rceonfccap- ture of a slave dow , of which nn ncoount is given in tho Timet f>f India , In addi- tion to tho terribly crowded condition of tho slaves nnd tho fearfully foul state of the hold , the miseries of the poor crea- tures wore complicated by the presence of small-pos. Thirty-five wore discover- ed on hoard ; at tho timo of tho capture , in various stages of disease , of whom n grent part subsequently died j nnd it turned out on inquiry that nt tho first outhrcnk of tho epidemic tho Arn b crow hnd endeavored to stamp it ont b y tho simplo process of throwin g ovcrbo rd all infected. Forty perished in this man - ner , bnt nftorward tho disonso gained such n hond thnt tho attempt to chock it was abandoned , nnd it was nllowed to tnko its course nmong tho nlnvos. A Inrgo portion of tho cargo wore children , many of them not more thnn throe years old and most of them bearing marks of tho brutalit y of tho A rab s. The London Cow l! Journal , in sponking of this case snys : \ Hitherto tho exertions of our cruisers on tho east const of Africa have boon in n grent measure futile , bocnu so a cortnin Keener , hns bron given to tho coasting trade in slaves , and tho illicit traffic lion boon sheltered nr.d encourag- ed by thnt wh i ch we psrmitte d, Ob- viously tho only remed y is root -nnd- brnnoh dostr notlon. \ The Supreme Court of Illinois has dn- cldod that wuero propert y wns insured agaln it Arc for five years , ami tho first yaar ' s premium was paid in cash , and not«« * , lven for the remainder payable at Intervals , and the imuranco company be- comes iniolrent , the consideration for tho note fails , and nothing can bo recovered then on , . •» The African Slave Trade , Tho followin g anecdote , told o: r»og- retnry Sowrrd nnd President Lincoln, will be of interest nt this time. A Indy once went to Mr. Sewnrd' s ofiico with n noto to this effect: \Let this womnn have $1 00 on ncoount of thn secret sorvice fund , nnd send her on hor mission, \ The noto wns signod \A. L. \ It is well kn own that Congress votes tho Pre sident fre.a fCO . 000 to $100 , 000 annually ns a secret service fund. Of this the secretary of state h tho custodian. IIo must countersign tho President ' s order , or not n dollar of tho fund can be used. But after th« President receives tho money nobody can inquire what ho does with it. Mr. Howard inquired of tho woman what secret service she was to perform thnt would justify his paying hor SJ O0, \ Well , sho wns going to Englnnd to orente n public sontimont there in fnvor of our country. \ Tho enso was what Mr. So ward supposed , Tho womnn hnd boon hanging round tho While House , bothering tho life ont of tho President , and to got rid of hor ho proposed to give hor ono hundred dollars. \I can give you no money for suoh n purpose ,\ snid the Secretary of Stale, \Yonr howIccr are worth nothin g. \ Tho Indy wna not only indig- nant , but nstonishod. \So you refr tso to obey tho President' s order?' 1 \I do. \ \And you nro n greater man th an Mr. Lincoln; nnd whon ho snys lot mo linvo {J100 of his money, yon any I shn ' n 't have it. \ \Well jundnra , if tho Pres i- dont wants to give yon 8100 out of his own salary, ho bus » perfect right to do it; but you can have no money out of tho secret Rprvioo fnnd for such nn errand. ' 1 \Uivo nr my papers , sir , \ said tho excited Indy, nnd off she sturt od to find tho President Mr. Lincoln frronw id as sho crossed tho thre shold. \Well , what now?' 1 ''Mr. Sownrd won 't glvo tho money, \ and sho told hor story. \Wel l , madam , \ anid tho President , \I can do no moro for yon. I told you I had very littlo to do with this admin- i*trntlon. Ver y littlo Influenee. JOB PRINTING Done at Short Notice Mid at prices that ilof . v competiti on. ¦ jUurrcsponrtoutrf ami Caiivas aera war.W iu ov- nry village.
