The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-16

concealed. They penetrated the fastness, and
Dick of Tophet. who guarded the entrance,
was slain, mortaly wounding the poor girl with
his last shot.
Inglehardt had lighted up the dungeon of
Travis for his expected bridal, and sent the boy
to inhict turtures on him that might wiring con-
sent from the bride. The old mans hair was
blanched to snowy whiteness, and his mind had
given way under the treatment he had endured.
He was now gibbling maniac. But the agony
Of his tortured boy, and the Shrek of his daugh-
ter reused him into fierce insanity. He rushed
upon Inglehardt, received his weapon in his
| body, and in his last moments of lite beat out
the tory's brains with his iron handouts.
Young Sinclair entered at the same moment,
dispatched the Traiersand rescued the prison.
ers. Nelly was borne away with them and died
at the widow Avinger's. The story terminates
in the approved manner, with the wedding and
happiness of the lovers;-the British power in
Carolina having been broken at Eutaw.
The above is merely an outline of Simms'
new and interesting romance.
STRANGE BUT TRuE.-Under this caption
the Pttsburg Dispatch records little occur
renee that took place in Allegheny city lately,
| WHICH DOTueIS SOlncWt tldI OIl tHC IouJdHIiC.
Mrs. .-, a California widow, as ladies gen
orally termed whose husbands are. absent in
the land of gold, was startled one morning in
the early part Of the week, by aloud, impati-
ent knock at the hall door. Her attendant was
out, and being rather hurried and in the second
story, she looked out Of the window to ascer-
tain who the visitor could be. The appear
ance of the individual at the door was rather
striking. His wearing apparel was coarse, Ill
made and very much out of fashion. The hair
on his face almost entirely concealed his tea-
lures. The lady thought, that like Samson,
a razor had never passed over it since the day
of his birth, and certainly, to say the least Of
it, no one would even for single moment have
thoughtit necessary for him to tarry atJericho
until his beard was grown. Under his arm he
carried large parcel, neatly done up.
After moments consideration, Mrs. -
came to the conclusion that he was pedlar
who had just left the backwoods to pursue his
ayocation in our sister city, and therefore very
politely informed him that she did not require
any thing, =,
replied the stranger.
Not would be only troubling him, she
would not purchase.
"Well come down and open the door," per-
sisted the stranger.
The lady's patience was almost exhausted by
bis importantly, and she was about to admins
ter rebuke, when her ear detected the sup
pressed laughter OF the stranger. She could
not see the broad grin on his face, for the hair
prevented her, but she did hear him laugh, and
his voice was familiar to her. So descending
she opened the door, and the next moment she
was ciasped in the arms of the rough indivi-
dual before her, who proved to be not ped
lar, as she had imagined, but her long absent
husband. His beard was of about three years
growth, and he had returned home in his mi
ming habilments purposely to surprise her. We
will merely add that on second though the la
dy did want most, if not all, of the articles in
the parcel, which contained goodly collection
Of silks, satins, brooches bracelets, &c, and
that the supposed pedlar, after going through
has turned out to be as fine looking man as
any in our county.
THE UNCERTAINTY OF LAVA somewhatre-
markable case, the parties in which are resi-
markaby decided in the supreme court. 1nas-
much as it is a novel case, and Illustrative Of
the uncertainty of law, we will. in brief, state
the facts for the edi6cation of the public, and
for the benefit of those interested.
Drs. Shipman Il Adams sued Dennis Wall
in Justices court by attachment, and the con-
stable levied upon the trunk and personal cloth
ing of Wall, who replevied the same property
Of the constable, claiming it as exempt by law
from seizure by attachment, on the ground that
he was a householder, and had a family for
which he provided. On the trial of the attach
ment suit before the justice the plaintiffs failed
to recover, on the ground that Wall was not
liable.
1t appears that Wall was married on the
18th of December last, at 10, A. NJ, and the at
tachment was served and the property taken at
9 P. M, and that he was expecting to go with
his wife on the train east, to New York, on a
visit to his sister.
On the trial Of the replevin suit, at the last
Onondaga circuit, the circuit Judge non-suited
the plaintiff, (Wall, on the ground that he
was not householder, and had no family for
which he provides, which decision was affirmed
at the late general term at Watertown. No
opinion was given by the court, but it seems
that man must 90 farther, and do more than
to marry, in order that his clothing should be
exempt from execution. In this case it cannot
be claimed the debt upon which the attachment
was issued was valid one, as Wall beat the
plaintiffs before the justice on the merits in the
attachment suit. Syracuse Journal.
A few statistics will show that the colleges.
theological schools, medical schools, and the
academies are both numerous and prosperous.
The gross number of colleges which give de-
grees of Master of Arts, is one hundred and
twentytwo. The students exceed twelve thou
| sand. This is exclusive Of the high schools be-
longing to the State systems of education, many
of which schools, like ours, take rank with the
best colleges, and, for practical purposes. per-
haps surpass them. These one hundred and
twenty-five colleges employ more than thou
sand professors; possess extensive laboratories
and astronomical Instruments, and own libra
res containing, in the aggregate, over one mil
lion of rare volumes. Nearly three thousand
students are honorably dismissed from these
colleges every year, with minds very often cult
waited to the highest degree, and always Gulf