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A Terrible Story CT Murder ard Suicide in
Lorraine County, Ohio.

On Monday night, the Oh inst, Mrs. VIII
liams, the wife OF Benjamin Williams, a
wealthy farmer living in Pittsfeld, LogsiN
county, Ohio, hung her daughter deaf and
dumb girl, about twelve years Of age-and
afterwards hung herself.
Mrs. Williams had some time ago CON-
meneed an action against her husband for a di-
vorce, and the case had been settled and the
suit Withdrawn on the same day Of the muir
der and s-icide.
The ground Of the application for divorce
was neglect of duty. ard the sympathy OF the
entire neighborhood was with her, as her hus-
band, Benjamin Williams, is a shiftless, dissi-
Dated man. Yrs. Williams was a woman re-
spseted by ali who knew her, but on Monday
referred to, charges Of gross immortality were
made against Der, and WITNESSES were said to
defeat her application for divorce. Under this
state Of things, she withdrew her case, re-
ceiVing Of Williams forty dollars in money, a
promise Of four hundred and sixty dollars
more, and a deed for sixty acres OF land for
the benefit Of the deaf and dumb girl. The
deed was drawn, but remained in the hands of
Williams lawyer. The belief Of the neigh
boTs now is, that Mrs. Williams was the vic
tim Of a conspiracy, and after she had settled
the suit, her agony Of mind a. the position she
was placed in, drove her to the preparation OF
the terrible deed.
ALe uOul q Aue ucdA dIu Numo udusutcA
was found hanging by the neck, and the feet
tied to the rounds OF a chair; If her feet had
been free, they would have touched the floor.
Mrs. Williams used a sheet for the purpose,
tearing it in two, hanging the daughter with
one half and herself with the other half. A
neighbor saw Mrs. Williams, early in the
morning, hanging dead at the corner Of the
house. The family with whom Mrs. Viii
LIANT was living were all away from home,
except a child Of perhaps four or five years.
This child says that in the night she got up
and saw the deaf ADD dumb girl " a swinging
In the back room, that Mrs. Williams took the
deaf and dumb girl down, and put her in bed,
with this little child, and that the deaf and
.umb girl felt cold" This, Of course, is a
child's story, but it is supposed that perhaps
Mrs. Williams did take the body Town and
put it in the ehild's bed, 50 as to induce the
child again to 90 to sleep.
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A VERY hne Plmtaii0n and Eegroe in BoH-
u var c'uE y. Aiss. near TIE MISSISSIPPI 49,
liver with 81 ek aud tools This =, withsut e. ~
oepti0n, q Ltr.ctJ No I place, and the sisves -
are al necimated. We viii sen tha above p.os partly
no ~exchauge for city property and a cash payment, and
ne balEnoe Onlosg time. WILKINSON q TAYLOR,
"mrCG-9W IL EonrH asrarH
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nnEHnPH1s, TENN.

CPoRr5hEN AID others advanced IN yesrz, who's
- sg BE- setting 70 Be dlm, even al a distance, can b.
dted Win ne e impruVes spectscles. so a. 10 enabh
them @ sec the hrest notch on their Riaes As well a. Oh
lects uou-idersbie distance On. Numerous complaints OF
persons who have been Imposed upon By uuprincipled In
dividuals through The country pressndlnE 70 Be M
AEentss rcnder o. necessary that I shoEld ezEtion IN
public against such vendlrs, and protest ny reputation.
/ have 10 Asrnts nor VIII sufsr my Spectaciea 10 b.
sod By Frsons having no knovleige o. the eye. Il 4
my personal experiences Ia connection with these superior
6lasses that renoer such universal satisfaction.
N. b-pectsces accurately atjuste4 % the eye 20 e.
% enable the Wearer 20 pursue the most minute employ
nent either BY dsy or cand eiEhb with perfect ease and
saftsiacttnui without occasl0nIg that senEs Of weakness
or fatigue 70 The organ generally complained Of. GLASSES
Inserted In ed frames. Clocks, watches and Jewelry
carefully repaired At short notice an warranted satisf.c-
tory. fuuTw-He-uEanFw
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q The New York Day Book announces
that a free negro girl, named Caroline, left New
York on Tuesday, under the protection Of
Messrs. ". J. PHILLIPS and J. RUsT, for the
purpose Of selecting her own master and re-
siding in Texas. She preferred this course
rather than to remain in New York in a eoud.-
tion If so-eaIled freedom.
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The DIscoMFoRTs oF BEING A CoNGEEss-
Mantle edith Of the New York Tribune,
who has been in Congress, in a late article,
says;
1--WE cannot comprehend the passion for a
seat in Congress. What is il to be an honor
able member? We will tell the reader what
it is. II is TO live In mean hotels, and pay
magnificent bills it is to be obliged 10 breathe
bad air, to sit in an uncomfortable seat, to re
bored by long speeches, to be importuned for
pamphlets, 70 attend to the business OF other
people, negieeting ones own 10 exist in q
perpetual fuss at fraBking, to wsteL your dis
trict much more closely than you watch the
kingdom Of heaven, to miss your nights rest,
to be slandered, to be bothered, 10 be impor-
tuned, to be embarrassed, to make speeches
listened to BY nobody. to mail them to every
body, 10 be read BY nobody, to frank until your
arm aches, and to miss the greatest GROWER "a
your district at lasLD
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1HE CABLE IL ENsLAED.-The neWs Of the
arrival Of the zgamemaoa in Vslsntia Bay,
and the suceessful. laying OF the cable, was
received IN England with deep interest, though
it does not seem to have given rise to the sx-
trsvsgsut demonstrations we have hsd in this
country. TAs stock which had been sold after
tie attempt in June for $500 per share, Cof
$1,000 Immediately advanced to ESQ, and
from that to es20.
We take the following extract from the
leading article in the London Tima:
q Since the discovery o. Columbus, nothing
has been done In any degree comparable 60 the
vas. enlargement which has thus been given 10
the sphere Of human activity.
81 We see witt not unnatural satisfaction that
the advantage Of the discovery will be The
greatest to those countries the possessions Of
which are the NOS. remote, and, thsref0re. that
England has more to gain than any OF her IL
walls. The Admiralty will know, to within a
few miles, the position Of every ship ia her
Malesty's service. The intelligence OF a CAT
fre war or an Indian mutinF, viii reach a. he
fore the first blood that has been shed is cold.
and We shall be able 10 economic the whole
time consumed BY the ordinary vehicles Of in
teiligsnce.
Bore was done yesterday for the c~oasoIi-
dalton Ct cur Empire, than the vision Of our
statesmen, the liberslity OF our legislature. or
the loyalty Of c~Oloniss could ever have ef-
fected. Distance between Canada aud Eng-
land is annihilated. For the purposes az m1-
tusl communication and Of good understanding.
the Atlantic is dried up, aud we become IA re-
Atty, ss well as In wish, one country. Nor
can any one regard with Indifference lie posi-
ton in which the Atlantic telegraph has placed
Us 10 regard to the great Ansrican Repnhli-
L has half undone the Declaration Of IT76.
and gone far to make us once again, IN spite q
ourselves, one people"
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TAINTED.
D.AR RO.4RDERN

A SITUATION az TEACHER IN . private family In
"A the country, By a lads who wishes 70 teach to
iuui r branches Apply to Mr.. BigbGD, RsisiEh Tenn
UeLedEer opy- au25-st
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e 10 Australia the MethOdists have go
churches and 6s3 other preaching stations.
Communicates, upwards Of 25 600; attendants
on the divine worship, nearly 10000. The
number Of children in the week day and Sab
bath schools SO $50.
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RnrkRr.

WISH . exchange The swiss Cottage for iuproved
Il rr0peIty within one or tao miles 81 the city, upon
reasonable terms. Apply At No. 81 Pront nv
au2s-im JAMES BOYD.
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MISERABLE End During the latter part CT
week before last. Mr.. William Montgomery.
father of Hon. Wa Montgomery, N c from
Pa. vas found dead By a hsysiack near the
virginia line. Il Is not positively known In
what manner De came to his death, but from
the fact that two whisky battles were found
near tss body, it IL presumed be killed himself
BE- the excessive use Of intoxicating liquor.
f. bad p~re-ured q quantity Of liquor in Ira
feiphia- Va. a day or two previously. L IL
ro. ksown h0H long be had been dead before
his BODY vas discovered. HIS remains were
iuterzc ID q graveyard IN Warrington. The
of tie deceased vas sbcu. ssYegly years,
RAHasF i~EitAfssft
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e The ladies' equestrian convention at
Brooklyn, n. " is to be on the eighth Of
September. The prizes for the beet horssman-
ship are to be a grand piano worth $500 a sill
yer pitcher and pair CT gObIsts $3.50, and a
soEd snameIled watch $500
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nuRSUAHT 70 q resolufi,n o. the City CoEncl ! hrr,-
Il y awe ncticn. that q e tuo large SrEAME ENGINES.
DCCtOR and BOILEhs At TIE Navy Yard. WI b cold
b. Pg5ae AsEAH % SATURDAY, esgtsnb1 "a. is53s
ssslsss + p sAesHi SsTFF,
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Qua TERRITORIAL EXrANsI0E-Ths senti-
ment Of England in regard 70 our expansion D. i.
rapidly. changing. One Of the mot:vesf for this,
Of which they are perhaps unconscious, is the
conviction grown Up siuee the Crimean war,
that great powers are necessary to preserve
the equilibrium Of the world, which Russis
and France may at any tine, BY a coordination.
destroy. Thus the London Tines favors the
annexation Of Cuba to the United States, AM
the London Hza'd, the nOutb-piece Of the
Derby Cabinet, favors the absorption Of Mex
leo by tie United States. The latter paper
says:
E" And suppose Mexico TO fan under he pro-
teetorate Of the Washington Government
when2 A mere abstraction Of international
morality might be said to be violated. but the
substantial interests Of humanity would GER
tsinly be promoted. A magnificent and fruit
ful region Of the earth would be rescued from
perennial anarchy and comparative baroness.
Peace would once again shed its blessings or
the Inhabitants, and industry and wealth would
increase. a brood Of vultuTes, who's ruth
less contests for power and piunder have per-
petusted disceTd and bloodshed in Mexico.
would be eKtinguished. The foreign, and es-
p~ecislly the English, holders Of Mexican
bonds, misht truly rejoice at such q charge. or
at any change which would rescue the reye-
nues Of Mexico, which are in truth the proper
" Of the English bondhOl6ers, inasmuch as
their claims constitute a first charge upon
them, from the needy and reckless employees
over whom the State, il its distracted condi-
tiol, has no sufficient control.o
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p Tonic.
FrOa Gel. Albert Pike, \ c. from Arkkasas.J
WAEHISeToE, D. G Juse II, 1855.
II FAVE used two battles OF yCur FGRHATE's HoL-
LAND siTTEEs, and have f5ufeH very useful In case
o; Indissst On and Headache. and commend It 70 al
VIA need 3 pleasant and emcae0us rmsdy srd vaiuable
tonic"
DYsPEPTTC woNEk, NOTICE.
2 have Holland Bitters has cured ne Of Dyspepsia
By using a. only one week. recommend II confidently
20 all Eud-rlng from this disease.
CLARA 2. ~sCHUCHHAE.
Pittsburgh. October -, IsEs-
IHrs.s s. Is the wife Of the noted Llthographer.l
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Twenty Gents per Bale
NOT[CE.
Situation Wanted.

RI yOung nan uho has several years sxperisnrs ss
II SALES an. Re desires a situation ~ some MTcsn-
tile, ~Comnission CT Grccsry Hcuse In the CITY. ne an
secore 70 any houss thNt MAJ eugsg hin. a large share
o. patronage- Address h. through he Post Oncs.
ar9l
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OF GOODS AT RETAIL Oh ~wHoLEsALEAr
The Nashville
UNION Ind AMERICAN ].
PROSPECTTs FOR THE NEW SERIES!
CommencIng May I5, SIS.

Commencing May ID, IS5S.
HONHESCISG vita the assve d e the NASHVILLE
~ 4 g. EASTMAN. ? c. DUssrSaTos, 10 GRIT
TIIa. andG g POINDEXTER, End the style OF \ 6.
kAsTAAh co. rhs terms as hsretofore vii b,
for the Dsiiy, esi for ths Tu-Weekly SIS and for the
Weskly. e. per anuuD.
The neros political s-rusgles a The last twcnty-fur
years. In which the UNION ard Afterwards tue UNroN
AND AMERIcAS, las takfn 20 proni-ent . part, render-
"a II necassGrg for our predecessors % publeh almost an
exclusively political Journal Ia tast deparmsnt the
psper has always occupied a rank second 20 zone In the
country. AT length the principles and policy Of he
nemoeraie party have bss5me aEed and impresnEble,
EEn, Ia its news and Commercial departmeuIs. Al that
Il has ever been In its poitical. While Ehzting no lot
Of hesrt aud eucrsytn SIP, OFT ofh, principles and poll
{ or the great d mscrEtic party We hGFr pe-fcctcd a.
rang ements b. which WeWll a~upercc1e tie necessity Of
The business man or The general Hadgr Eolns cut o. ths
STATE for pApCTs oontsiniug thelateat intHisenee.
Tbs NEWS.
The latest New from al quarters. and on al important
~subJeCts-Poitics Comm rclais and Gtnea-Wiu have
precedence, hereafter, over every Thing else. w. shall
spare no pains or sxytnse o plsea eur psper. In this re-
cessity even 10 those q or citizen who may not sympa
thls with cur political opinions
WIT n BUHoE.
sUT LovESsooD's inlniiable sketches VIII continue
to embe1ish the humorous departme-t OF eur paper.
COMMERCIAL nj HOME DEPARTMENTS.
A gentleman q intsIuseroo and experience has been
employed - Local and Commer,isl Rector, who viii d.
vote ms Whole time 20 matters rsistiEg to the Conme
Of he oDuntry cnd the indlstTy Of tue State.
OUR EXERTIOSs
To increase the usefulness u the USION AsD AMERI-
CAN Will be unremittfng- We are this spring and sum
ner investing In new material, buildings, sc more
mCnty n an the whole establishment was appraised az
dFe ycars $50. Our determination IL 70 mahe eur estEb-
lisement rank among the most irhusntisl A. well IS Il
tenfive Institutions Ct the STAT, and 10 make Of TIE cen
tral organ Of he Democracy, q paper Which may b re-
fsrrsd 10 b. the people with cnnhdsHca and Pride. And
Ehfle We do this, W. ask eur friends 70 add 10 our SUB
scription list. As that increases, 80 shall inc-ease our
energies snd our enterprise.
CLUBBING.
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HhisEr
Fishing Tackle,

A FEW barrels and half barrels pure old Rive and No
a noneAhel. whisky lust to hand to which 1 invite IN
sttenii0n OF those n van Of = strictly pure srtis'e.
SUES CHA MCOLEaN. 81 Front Row.
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q The House Of Lords has again rejected
the bill legslizing marriage with a deceased
wife's sister, notwithstanding the large msisr-
itv which it received in the Lower House.
This result, it is said, viii greatly dissppolst
hundreds Of Eaglishmen in high and low posi-
lions who were auxiOusly waiting for The bHl
to become q law, in order that they might
avail themselves Of its provisions.
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to stockholders
For Rent.

A T AUCTIOE. THURSDAY. AuEust 2e n. % pasts-s.
"a Ct Mackeral 70 pay eharges. sails al 10 O'Clock.
g. ". HANNA. Auctiuneer,
au74 ID 2s3 Haia street.
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AIRS. DE RUE wfi receive . few day-boarIsrs on
VI snd after the LIST Of September. at her residence
on Jefferson street, near the new Theatre. Gentlemen
desiling such ~sooommofGtion are requested 70 report
themselves during The present week
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Doctor =. White,

IN eOnnecsoa with his Cincinnati Medical Institute, has
opened = Branch Once and Depot for his invaiusbis
Family Medicines, IN Memphis, Team, On Union street.
between Front and haln, Whers be may be consulted and
his remedies dispensed and furnished to physicians,
druggists and dealers IN medicines on favorable terms.
In the employment Of his remedies, the saicted Wm
quickly Learn that they DO sOt depress the ystsn or vital
forces but are constantly r~snovatins the sntlrsorSauism
and building up and giving 70 the constitution and mind
thsir youthful freshness, stamina and strength.
some OF Dr.. J WHITES REMEDIEs, planters and
families, on becoming ssSuatnted with tAsm, can no more
think Of being without them than they can thnk Of Do
ing without their bread, 50 useful and ready are they IN
relieving nearly every kndof diseass-aui1iuries sches
and pains wherever located.
beins NATURES REMEnIEs, and setting IN specific
harmony with Natures Laws, rarely fail, perseyered In.
% arrest and pernanently cure the most complicated
and formidable diseases, chronic and acute funA1n
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Notice OF DissOluIiOn.

The cO-Partnersaip heretof0re existing bstSeen
anderEignsd under TIE style Of TITUS b CO.. a.
DAY dissolved BY limitation. p TITUS
R A. loon,
h. 7 PATTISON.
Nsssrs. ? TITUS and B. A. loon VII continue ths
COTTON ~FACTORAGE AND CONFESSION BUsI-
NESS, under the style Of TITUS Il co.. and I VoHld
ordisny commend them 70 the patronage Of ny friends
and t~hepubllc generally.
iy2I-sm r. T. PATrIsON.
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Mons. BARBIBRR will open III. Dancing "a
I NJ Sch1Ol On the ISL sEP7EhBBR in Provine
n Stewards Building, $50 MN7 street over J. A ~
McNlure's Eusic Store. AA
Misses Glass and Nnstcrs-Friday at 3 uutu 8 O'Clock
, ~. On Sturdy AZ 10 untn ~ O'Clock 4. N 3 p. "A
Gentemen's-BverT Tuesday. Thar day AID Saturday
At niRht frlm 8 O'Clock untH 10 o'olcck.
paete sud Avalanche con- IW auc1-Tu
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= Reward.

= NINWH"N NNNANNN
GEiN TWINB Trot Lines, staein<, M3rlin-s full
- supply q Which viii be kept constantly on han9 for
sale low. CHAS- CELIA
AUS 81 Front Bow.
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SpniaI aotuts.
L A CABLE HATS.
Among Inc Many Remedies

BEFOR 90 puslc fr the cure % Dyspspsis, DJsen-
tsry, gstuI.uo, C17sti3atIou, Liver CouDsH 9 Or any
osher d.s-tas arsinE from seaknsss In he hssdos
stou sea. DR. = HosTErrER'a CELEBRATED sroB-
AeH BITrEHs are far tn nost esrtsia IN is essets-
Ysu uho are sunsrins tbs most torturinE FsinI rsmen-
Der that a fev bottles n Tits powerful, Jet PsassEt
osnpouad. win sHsrd great rsasf. Tio1sEnds o. ts
nottryirE eases have heen found and made knoEn .
ne pablo b. these VIA have ezpsristeedfn po~sr. A
ana l. al that 4 desired 10 bring ~ many nors -
us,sss into ne ae,d a. ne public nag desire.
For sails b. 7ruEsists. and dealers generally, sFsEJ-
- au25dtEsEfw
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A ST. Louis ROMANcE-BRETgEL FRITL.-
The St. Louis RepGblieGa reeods the death Of
an old man in that city, and in regard to his
life furnishes the following
Many years sgo Baron Frederick Van Ger
tel, whose family was one Of the mostindepen-
dent and aristocratie in Ssxony, fell in love
with a Door girl and determined to marry her.
he thus incurred the displasure Of his wealthy
father, who, on learning Of the proposed ALI
ance, at ORes disinherited The young nobleman,
and turned him from his doors.
This sudden reverse exaspersted ard mad
dened the lover, and bidding a silent farewell
to the home Of bis childhood, and without in
forming the object of his affection, be bent bis
course to this country. On arriving here, be
Joined the U. s. Army, and served ten years as
a soldier. L IS said that his bravery and true
hsroism on the fields OF Mexico won the admi-
ration Of all who had opportunities to observe
them.
At the expiration Of the ten years. service be
returned to Germany to ascertain how the
estate Of his family was managed. He found
that his parents were in their graves, and that
the property was distributed equally between
bis brothers and sisters, himself being wholly
overlooked and d~isregardsd in the will. To
add to bis dark fortunes, be ascertained that
the girl who was the innocent cause Of bis
ruin, bad married and moved away. Van Ger
tel's mind never fully recoveredf from the shock
this intelligence had created
Wandering in TeasoB, be returned to the
United States, and came to st. Louis. Here
be was Frustrated by violent sickness for some
months. When be convalssced be found him
self entirely destitute Of means. His pride
was thoroughly broken down, and, for a live
lihood, the Baron actually took to selling
" bretzsis," a kind Of pastry much in favor
with the Germans. He continued at this pal
try, but honest business, for sixteen or eighteen
years, and gained the speculation Of I" Bretzel
Frtz.o
Three years ago, having saved up the snug
sum Of $500, and having met one Of the opgO-
site sex in whom be thought be could eonhde,
ana whom be believed would make him a good
and faithful wife. though she was several wears
his Junior, Won OeTtel was married. One day
a few months aftsrward, on going hons with
his basket, be found that his wife had eloDed
with a seducer, and not content with bringing
her husband 70 disgrace, bad taken his money
and everything ef any value about the house,
leaving him the posssssOr Of a basket Of bret
zels and a disbonoTed hearth.
The old man, for be was now ffty-ihree
years Of age, quietly bore bis new grief, and
a-sin, with perhaps an imprecation on the
false ore, addressed himself to the one great
task Of bis lfe-f0rgetting.
4" BretZsl Fritz" has been well known in st.
Louis wrinkled, sloW-paced, STOPPING old
man, WITH bis basket on his arm and rarely a
smile on bis face. 10 the last three years be
has laid away 500, tbs profits Ct his little
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THTRTY DOLLARS HAGEp ON A SgIHMTNG
MhTcH.-HaVe you ever seen the amusing
picture s. Rachel at her Bath writes a cor
fespondsnf-0 with the bald headed Paul PRIV
peerng through The bars? +" Something not
mike this happened near Mardoeksville re-
reeently-difsring from the picture from the
fact that there was a bevy Of Rachels and
two roguish young Paul Prys in the case. The
ladies had selected z shady nook, and were
ENJOYING a river bath, when two young fell
lows. s~trolllng in the woods, heard an unusual
pIs shing the water, and I" following their ears"
we're amazsd-shall we say itS-delighted, on
turning a sharp bend in the river, 10 behold he
water nymphs asating an the ripping current,
fairer than the nsiass and more enchanting thsz
syrens. C~oncealing themselves, one Of the
rsscals wagersd thirty dollars on the swim
ming powers Of a hsxsn-baired divinity against
a small dark-eyed b~eauty-the tSO being the
leaders Of the party and the most expert swim
msTs. The wager was accepted. The two
had struck out for a long swim, sstrong swim,
and swim altogether, when the Sfair-baiTsd
she . sbrieked, " a turtle, a turtle % and, ter
rlbly frightened, sank under The surface.
II was a struggle between gsllantry aud duty
with the young men; but the one WhO bad se-
espted theschsienge, leaped from bis kidiEg
place into the stream, and striking out boldly,
succeeded in seizlng the insensible and drown
ing girl, and dragged her to the shore. OF
course the remainder Of the party had fed, but
soon returned. took charge Of the nearly mani
mate form. and restored Der 10 consciousness.
In consideration of tbs services performed, the
young fellows were granted sbsolution. The
heroic reseusr Of the young lady, however,
the thirty d0lisss, on the score that
his nynpb had fairly won the match. It Il is
not busted Up, the yOung men propose that the
shall try itagain--Pittsbuygh DisPsfek,