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A Thrilling Adventure.


a merchant, who, wishing TO eclc.
brate bis daughters wedding, collected
n party Of her young companions they
eirclcd around her, wishing much hap
pinoss 10 the youthful bride and her
chosen one. Her father gaked proudly
on his lovely child, and hoped that ms
bright prospects for the future might
open for the rest of his children who
were playing among the guests. Pas
sing through the hall Of the basement,
he met servant who was carrying n
lighted candle in her hand, but without
the candlesiick. lie blamed her for
such conduct, and went into the kitchen
TO see about the supper. The girl soon
returned but without the candle. The
merchant Immediately rccollected that
several barrels of gunpowdcr had been
placed in the cellar during the day, and
that one had been opened.
"Whcre is your candle 2" he inquired
in the utmost alarm.
al couldn't bring il up with me, for
my arms were full of wood. replied the
girl.
"Where did you put il 2"
well, I'd no candlestick, so ! stuck
il in some black sand that. in the small
barrel
Her master dashed down the stairs,
the passage was long and dark his
knees threatened TO give way under him,
his breath was choked, bis flesh seemed
dry and parchcd, as if he already felt
the suffocaiing blast of death.
AT the end of the cellar, under the
very room where his children and their
friends were revelling in felicity, he saw
the open barrel of powder, full at the
top the candle stuck loosely in the
grains, with a long red snuff Of burnt
wick, this sight seemed TO wiihcr all his
powers the laughter Of the company
struck upon his ear like the knell OF
death. lie stood moment unable 10
move
The music commenced above, the feet
of the dancers responded with vivacity ;
the floor shook, and the loose bottles in
the cellar jingled with the motion. lie
fancied the candle moved--was falling
with desperate energy he sprang for
ward,-but how to remove il the slight
est touch would cause the red hot wick
TO fall into the powder. With unequal
ed presence Of mind, he placed n hand on
each side of the candle, with the open
palms upward, and the fingers pointed 10
the object of his care, which, as his
hands met, was secured in the claspinS
of the fingers, and safely moved away
from its dangerous position. When he
reached the head Of the stairs he smiled
at his previous alarm, but the reaction
was too strong, and he fell into fits o
the most violent laughter. lie wa
conveyed 10 his bed scnseless, and many
weeks elapsed ere his nerves recovered
sufficient tone TO allow him 10 resume
his business.
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consequences, and engage the serious re
gard of our Government. The step
jusl taken in the mission Of Lieutenant
Lynch is very commcndable one, and
We hope to see !, followed mp with the
vigor and libcralily which the object so
cminenily deserves as national qucs-
ton Philadelphia North American.
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A Coon SToRY.-A capital story is
told of Judge Tappan, Senator in
Congress, who is unfortunately cross
eyed. A number of years ago he was
Judge of newly organized County
Court in the eastern part Of Ohio.
In those days Of primitive simplicity,
or perhaps poverty, the bar-room of a
tavern was used as court room, and
the stable as Jail. One day during
the session Of the Court, the Judge had
occasion severely to reprimand two law
yers were wrangling. An odd looking
customer who sat in one corner, listen
ing apparently with great satisfaction TO
the reproOf, and presuming on old nc-
quainiance, and the Judges well known
good humor, sung out:
Give il to them, old gimblet eyes ]"
"Who WAS that Z" inquired the Judge
at was this ere old hoss," said the
chap, raising himself up.
Sheriff" observed the Judge, with
great gravity, take that old hoss and put
him in the stable
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The Lanrnhrt Of Lawi,n.

II a man would, according 10 Law,
give another an orange, instead of say.
ing, II give you that orange" (~bieh
one would think voald be- What is called,
Ia legal phraseoiogy. an absolute con
ysyanee Of all right md title therein, >
the phrase would
yoa 81
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How TO GET RICH.-A merchant
had just as well expect 10 get rich by
closing his doors and keeping hi. goods
concealed from public vew, as TO hope
to succeed in busines. without advertis-
ing while his contemporaries are con
linually exhibiting their stocks 10 the
public gare, aud inviting calls from pur-
ehasers. ], I. just as natural for the
subscribers Of a newspaper 10 boy from
those who advertise in Il, as it is for chill
dren to follow soldiers wben on parade.
The simble fact Of seeing certain goods
Published. morning sher morning, la.
an irresistible attraction that will fa.en
iiself upon the mind, and never fails 10
guide each reader 10 The very siore At
which his or her wants can be at once
supplied. Every merchant of common
sense knows il 10 be 50 and yet many
of them fail 20 resort 10 the very meth
Cd 10 make sales which IL used 70 induce
them 10 make the purehases.- Boston
Daily Mail.
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I'm ahozl I'm afiost - screamed
ou, young lady q powerful lungs and
hngeu 20 match, as she exercised t,o,h
a The piano.
You are shosi, eh - gfoulel an old
ga dog / should judge you rere
Ahoa, By the sgsaii yos raise
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prNALTIrs.--The penalty of buying
cheap clothes is the same as that of GO
ing TO law--lhc certainty Of losing your
suit and having to pay for it.
The penalty of marrying. is moth
erin law
The penalty Of remaining single, is
having no one who "cares button"
for you, as is abundantly proved by the
state Of your shirt.
The penalty Of thin shoes. Ia cold.
The penalty Of pretty cook, Ia AN
empty lordcr.
The penalty Of stopping in Paris, is
being shot.
The penalty Of tight boots, Is corns
The penalty of having hauncb of
venison sent 10 you, is inviting dozen
friends TO come md cal II.
The penalty Of popularity, is envy.
The penalty Of n baby, is sleepless
nights.
The penalty of interfering between
man and wife, !. nbose, frequently nc
companied with blows from both.
The penalty Of kissing baby, is half
crown live shillings, If you are liberaD
10 tho nurse.
The penalty Of apublie dinner, is bad
wine.
The penalty Of n legacy, or fortune,
is the sudden discovery Of host Of
poor relations you never dreamed Of,
and number Of debts you bad quite
forgotten.
The penalty Of lending, is--~iih a
book or an umbrolla--lhe certain loss
Of i with your name to a bill, the sure
payment Of III and with horse, the
chance Of ever seeing him back again,
sound Punch.
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Jerry has cone 10 ibe conrlusion that
hu,hafds ~ho arc IA ihc hst.i d vhir-
pong iLsir Site,. sisosld he cla-,rd
amons d..1sssfie hclert
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God by thu, invisible silken cord she
'iill held the vapdorer, though brosd
seas rolled between.
Letters came 10 Moss Glen--at sta.
ell intervals, then more irrerularly, pic
turing only the bright spots in his sailor
life Oor VIII was proud, aud they were
TO he scanned by his fathers eye) The
usual temptations Of a sailors life when
in port were not unknown TO him--of
every cup the syron, Pleasure, held 10
his lips, he drank TO the dreg- but there
were moments in his maddest revcls,
when tha, angel whisper, "God keep
my boy" palsicd his daring hand, and
arrested The half-uitcred oath. Disgust
ed with himself, he would turn aside for
an instant, bu, only TO drown again more
rccklessly THAT still small torturing
voice"
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A SoRRowFuL BoY.-A writer in
the Vermont Chronicle relates the fol
lowing as fact, that he learned fro m
good authority
~ wish / was dead" said a little boy
to his mother.
Why! ?" asked his mother.
Why, the boys poster me SO about
father, and don't want TO 90 again in
the night to the store after him."
His mother talked to him, but thought
the did not feel in earnest about it. But
one day, when she had returned fr ON
visit, she inquired for her children, and
found all but this boy. She looked, she
called, but no answer She went 10
the barn, as it was just growing dark
She opened the door, and there, in one
corner, was the little sensitive boy. She
burst into tears, 40 my son, is it your"
She felt his cold hands he was dead.
At the funeral his father promised TO
drink no more rum. 81 have done for
ever A long time he kept his promise.
One day, however, Deacon p. was in
the store, and Deacon L. was a good
man; be drank but a little. lie asked
for some brandy, and while be drank il,
be saw the same man who had been a
drukard looking At him, and he saw
that be was uneasy he walked about,
he sat down. Again he would 90 to the
door as il going away. lie was in 81
len, thought. At length he went 10 the
counter, and asked for a little brandy.
/ may drink little as well as Deacon
p" lie did drink and became a con-
frmed drunkard again.
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win hll into the .nntc cf FOLLY and
haste. We arc OVERRIDING life, hurry
ing too much, snalching y, the present.
loo hound.like. expecting results before
they have time to matary, and In QUO
work reckoning on large scale oor
chickens befae they are ha,chcd We
mus, cultivate repo.c, faith, bong hopes,
didnu, aspirations. nor nrt if We are
not able TO make railroai time In every
thing We mua learn 10 lnbor and TO
wait, and patiently, diligently, toilsome-
" crawl With the snail, no, run with tho
hare, and bc boalen.
This il not the world of results, bni
Of beginnings Al We do hcres to
plautI the harvest il u long way ahead,
We stand n, the fountain tho mighty
river. tho inani,c sca. are a thousand
leagues away. The ancienis would no,
allow amy man to be called happy, TIL
they saw how he died. The God Of
Success is an Rrrnnt idol raised out OF
mems foolish conccits There u no
success in this life worth the name
Success is greater word than mcr'als
can pronounce. Its banner Is In tho
sky, its hcraldry is celestial, eternal
For even he who grasps the fitting but
tcrhy Of his childish pursuit crushos u
while he soisos Il. Tho bubble dances
in his delighted eye, only TO break aud
90 into vacant air. Riches take to them
selves wings, and fly away. Pleasure
pals on the jadcd senses. Fame is
troublesome distinction. Place puts n
man in the range Of n thousand venom
ed darts. .Succcss is an ominous word
for him who comes from a cradle and
goes 10 n coffin.
But True Success Is different God
from the idol Of the species. This lofty
Divinity stands in the sun, aud raises
his head to the zenith lie looks be-
yond the idle JOY Of the moment TO the
telescope views of remote future
lie sees all such grains of sand, as this
earth blown away, as IL !, had no abid-
ing place. But truth, love, goodness,
meekncss, humility, kindness, and hon.
csty, arc his ministers, and where they
dwell there is prosperity indeed. and
peace that passelh understanding. Tho
martyrs and coniessors nre his servants,
and many an old hero and Pairio, have
been crowned with his eternal bcncdic-
ton aud honor. IN humble life, too,
away from the hnunts Of men and the
applause Of the crowd, live tho noble
and pure in heart, who oneniimcs win
the real excellence aud substance Of ex-
istcnce, while the mad deyoiees Of am
biion, pleasure, and wealth, only clutch
the bursting bubble, There is success
even in this world, a character, built on
the rock of principle, spirit aiiuned to
truth and goodness, but II is only the
faint foresbndowing Of brighter day
and an everlasting glory in the heaven
ly world. 4. A.. l..
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So fsftsaf l. sl.Hi Hal|af 81
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Mr wicks ueni home, and ~hcn hsf
huslsnd cane in 70 dihncf, the frsl
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You're n stranger in these parts
said rough farmer 10 n sun-burnttrav-
eler. Look as though you'd been in
foreign parts"
DO / 7" said VIII, slouching his hat
over his eyes. "Who lives in that lit
tie cottage under the hill 7"
"Old Farmer Low--aud tough Gus
toner he is, too ii's word and blow
with him. The old lady has had a
hard time Of it, good as she is, TO put up
with all his kinks and quirks. She bore
il very well till the lad went away and
then she began 10 droop like n willow
in a storm, and lose all heart, like
Doctors stuff didn't do any good, as
long as she got no news of the boy
She's to be buried this afternoon, sir"
Poor VIII stayed TO hear no more,
but toitered in the direction Of the cot
tage. lie asked no leave TO enter, but
passed over the threshold into the little
best parlor," and found himself alone
with the dead. 1t was too true dumb
were the lips that should have welcom-
ed him and the arms that should have
enfolded him were crossed peacefully
over the heart that beat true to him till
the last.
Conscience did its office. Long years
Of mad folly passed in swift review be-
fore him and over that insensible form
vow was made, and recorded in heaven.
Your mother should have lived to
see this day, WILL" said grey-haired
old man, as he leaned on the arm Of the
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"Your mother should have lived to
see this day, WILL" said grey-haired
old man, as he leaned on the arm Of the
clergyman, and passed into the village
church.
"Bless God, my dear father, there is
Joy ia hedrcn over one sinner that re-
penteth ! and of all the angel band,
there is one seraph hand that sweeps
more rapturousty its harp to-day for the
lost that is found ="
FANNY FERN.
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EROM LONDONLs Of Field Marshal the Duke of Yelling
by Stocquejer 2yois-numerous engravings, 1853
The Bafes of Waterloo Lgny and Quars Bras-ustraed
plans echings from drawing vsl Svo Lon
don 1852
Voyage Of the Herald Capt Keet Royal Navy from 1875 1850
being Of Globe and three Cruises the Arc
&c Region Search John Franklin. vols London 1858
Political and Military Events in India by Major William Housh,
Judge advocate general. 9 vols. London, 1853
hind on Comets. vol London, la53
nlhas Astronomical Vocabulary. vol. London, 1854
M Marine Engines Steam Vessels, and the Screw BY Robert
murray, eivii engineer l vol. London, 1854
vol "o'A, SH'1"ss ~"~ -AAs~"~"S"'''
Waren's Intellectual and Moral Deve,oomep, Of the Ass
London 1852 " D''0'op"eA' VI Wv "s'' A'o''
H0ugh a Courts Martial
Heughs Snplfcauon the Articles If W.,
James's Collection of CHARGES Onno.. s.,.,... ~
General Courts Martial se'' opno"s ana Sensences OF
oa.sd. History of the British Army the Law Military
martial by Hickman Simmons MaIiby Adv. Sss. =. Sss
ana Others. Just imported from London direct g.
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Opening of Spring Goods for 1853.

cLAGETT, NEWTON, MAY, * co. respectfully invite tho =,
lennon oi inc cHZens W w soh 70 ther unusually
and of fancy goods of the
embracing all the newest styles of
French and India dress silks, rich grenadine
Bsyadere robes, graduated bsregs robes
Printed chaliey tissues, Paris lawns and jacones
spring mousselnes, PLAIN bereges IN all colors
Berege de lane, nous. de baze, French chiatzes
Newest silk and
Embroidered and plain Grape shawis
Black lace snawis ard scars
A superb Tot OF French embroidenes in
Bsrthes chimezets, collars sleeves
Infants caps, and dresses, worked shirts
Swiss and cambria worked bands
cambria handkerchefs
Honiton, Gmpurs, Mechln, and English thread aces
All numbers of best KID gloves
English silk and thread hosiery.
All kinds Of mourning dress goods, such
Beat black silks, bombasia black grenadine
Black chaey, black berege, black alpaca
Black English Grape black hosiery and glove,
Black skiftng, black lace hall ngufed mits
Black nantes and shawls
All kinds of hne white goods, consisting Of
India SWISS and French muslns
Plaid and striped cambria muslin, jaconet
Null, Nansook, and Victoria muslin
Figured and dotted Swiss muslin bishop lawn
Cambria dlmity, linen cambria
Figured and Oobine, silk and thread Illusion
We have gsntemen's wear an ample supply OF the best
Cloths, cassImsrcs vesungs. gloves, hose
UndsrshiIls, drawers, pocket handkerche
u stock Of goods will be found complete
and extensive than heretofore consisting Of
Linen sheeting pillow linen, silecia table damasks
Toweiiuy IN great variety, napkins Scotch diaper
Crash, German roll, table and piano covers
Toilet covers fruit napkins, and doileys
Marseiirs quilts Sc
In very heavy stock of doues
Tie goods, such
Brown heached sheeungs
The most celebrated brands of shifting cotton
PLAID domestic Bingham, caicoes
Plaid and striped goods for boy Is
Cotton and linen Osnahurgs check
Bed cOlored cambnc Seca,
And many other goods suitable for servants wear
We shall make it an object to sell goods lower same
citizens not only the trouble and expense Of
considerable difference price
cali from oil persons IN wan 81 goo sNo6 At low prices
Mar 24-3aw2wif
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MAYNARD PENSACOLA.
CLASS No. 1.
WAies OF Plead.

10000 sap. feet. inches thick
$1,000 90 5 do
5000 do 5 do
5000 do 81 do
To be from IS 10 50 feet long, and to average 45 feet.
$4,000 sup feet per NJ feet, board measure
Class No.. 3
Clesr White Pine.
10000 feet inches thick 10 to IS inches wide and ,s
feet long N'1 ~
feet long ""N ~
5000 feet 81 inches thick 10 to is inches wide and 10
feet long ""o ~
$4,000 feet, per Nj feet. board measure
CLASS No. g.
Blask Spruce Spars
10 feet la-'nch spars, 81 feet long, per spar
~ 40 II DO DO 40 do do
lo DO 10 do do is do do
10 do do do Al do do
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTIoN CLAIMANTS.
BY the President:
JOHN WILSON
Commissioner of.hs General Land ONCE.

Every person en1edto the right Of presumption any
lands within the townships and ac0na townships
rated required essabish the satisfaction q ne
register and receiver Of the land oce and
therefor rysiesas a seeing ts we aud bee he
appointed for he the public lands
smbacas the sct claimed, otherwise such claim will b forfeited
JOHN WILSON,
FsAS-lswl3w Comnisliosw of the General Land omce
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LJARPEK'S Magazine for May.
IL Punams Magazine for May p
ApO FRANCK TAYLOR.
CPANISH BOOKS.
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CervantesGaatea Vaje ParnHtQ Obras DamatcA vol
Hyta-Guerras Civiles de GRANADA; vol.
Zayas-Noveas EempIares; l vol,
Acknowledgement de hIfarache; vol.
Conde-HOra de la Domination Arabes Espan
solis-Historia de la Conquista do Mejco; vol.
Ascagorta-Hsora de Espana; vol
CastellarNuevo COmpendiO de la Historic de Espana vol.
Quntana-Vidas de Espanoles Cslehres; / vol.
TesorJ de Novelistas Espanoles 3 vols
Tesoro de Historiadores Espanoes; ! vol.
And others mentioned comprising of Spanish
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Just imported by FkANCk TAYLOR.
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FOR SALEA theestory brick ho4ss Is feet by
4S deep; slate roof and fire wsls; III Smiths block
street, Georgetown The 90
lie alley 20 vide III deemed unnecessary be particular
describing property to
ences and accommodation suitable 10 issS family.
onefouh Of will "a required in hand
credit OF viii gven (f desired
on the deerrni payments. ~
Building. "FVE'
Ap S-eod2x
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TOILET NENS.-Just received additional supply
rior ga ga 1914 ill., and 1914 Irish, Flemish, Russia
ing in quaue and will be sold prices which fail give
entire satisfaction purchasers.
lso bolster and plowcase linens in &c. 49, 49, A. 49,
52lnch widths all of celebrated
raned pure linen.
Also, Smyrna linen Lace for trimming pillow
cases. new, beautiful, and reasonable article
End extensive variety Of towengs which
may be had the following: ~
Double satin damask, damask buck
Damask colored bodered, Russia basket
Victoria Scotch, medicated, Baden Baden
Glass, crossbarred, soiored boraered, twiIied
Damask bOrdered buck, and electric Yubbers.
This assortment will be found, have
hitherto offered, and will be sold cheap. -
CLAGETT x DODSON,
Dealers in all kinds Furniture Dry Doods.
An 30-3teOdif f-iNAttfs