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MISCELLANEOUS.

/ 49,
A TRACTION EXTRAoRDINARY-AT GOLD PRICES
n la currency until January Ito anticipate the n
evses result OF TIE contemplated return to specie pay
reserve, the magnificent stock hand OF
= Premium Sverpiated Ware.
Tea Sets Urns Walters, Liquor Frames Casters Ice VS..
er Pitchers Jake Baskets Butter and Berry Dishes NapSa
Rings, Pie Knives. Knives Forks and Spoons, &C.
House Furnishing Goods,
Including Table Cutlery, Fire Sets Stands Trays Plate,
Warmers, Coal Vases Bread Plaers Knvas blacvne
Cases. sieishs and Skates for boys and girls.
China and Glassware
Dinner and Tea Sets Glassware SETS Cologne e Puncs
SETS Vases Bronxes, Parlan Ware and great variety OF
ussfn and ornamental articles,
Suitable for Holiday Presents.
EDWARD ID. BASSFORD, Cooper Institute.
me public are respectfully invited TO call them
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A BsoLuTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM THE
"A courts OF different States legal everywhere deeson
&C., sufficient cause no charge In advance Advice free
r. l. KING Counsellor at Law, 1853 Broadway.
A BsoLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM DIFFER
n ant states, legal everywhere; deserion &c. sucen
causes no pubcv no charge in advance. Advice free.
NJ. HOUSE, Counsellor, &c., rs Nassau street
(tAPrArN CARLETON's GREAT
" Border Story,
Tbs Trapper with the Bald Head
viii be commenced
Monday, in
THE FfIsESIDE COMPANION,
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\, ApIcAI, CURE. WITHOUT KNIFE, CAUSTiu
~ detention from business for structure, hlatua,
xsasea OF re Pelvic Nsccfs, Diseases and Deforriss
ne Eyr. Nose, Face and Person.
HENRY A. DANIELS, M. D., IA Lexington avenue
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BOSTON, Dec 2s-Cleared, steamship VIM Kennedy, Par.
ker, Baltimore; ship Ellen Nunroe new OF Boston, l3s323
ioas HoForcss San Franciscan bsrn fredona rj Davis
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Mayor Hall lectured last night at the Cooper insti
tn,A t.,.. .~'eraDy large audience In behalf OF
~saWV = ws~-. "a Chantal Virginia. the
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-18
THE CHARLESTON NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER 1s. 1869

In the hall he did not sec oarlsbrook, who was
putting on his hat and he said to the porter dis.
tinctly In his lordshlp's hearing:
"Give this letter to a commissIonalrc, and let
him take 1t to Lady Carisbrook's, Wilton Crcs.
cent"
Thcse words fell like thundcrbolt upon his
lordship, who, hall-stupcied, watched Sir Charles
rc'cnter the club. lie was himself going for q
stroll round st. Jnncs' Square, In which his club
was situated, TO get m appetite for dinner, and
changing his mind,hc put down his hat, and cx.
tending his hand to the porter, said:
"Give Inc that letter, Its for my wife, and can
deliver II. Most probably Sir Charles Evandcr
did not sec me, or he would have asked me 10
take charge or it.n
The porter did rs he was requested: and Lord
Carisbrook, fumIng like an angry lion, went up
stairs to the smokiDg.T0CHi to read the letter ut
Ills leisure, unobScrycd and unintcrruptcd.
It's contents nsleundcd him. They indeed,
were calculated to throw suspicion upon the con.
duct OF any woman, anil If u man had plunged
a knife Into his heart, he would not have felt
more exquisite pain thnn he dill In reading this
compromising letter OF Sir Charles Evandcr's.
'Ths Is terrible ~ he muttcrcd wlplng the
persplralton, which had gathered on his brow In
great drops, away with his hand. 'tNo wonder
Emily was not anxious TO see ME. This is how
MIC enjoys hcr independence. liut the affair can
hot rest "erc. 1t was, indeed, an unucky day
for me when Sir Charles Evandcr crossed tic
threshold. bitterly shall he repent his treaccry
must MI that man, or lie shall Kill me y, Tile
continuation OF this powerful story Will he found
In the NEW YORK WEEKLY, No. :, which Gun be
purchased from nj News Agents on AMI after
tuesday, December ii. Specimen copies sen,
Tree. The terms to mail Subscribers are: Single
copy, one year, s3 Four copies, ts2 so each,) $40;
and Nine copies, t;;cney 81! scn. - enc :!mc)
SO. Gcttcrs-up Of clubs can nftcrwnrd adl sub.
scrbers ut 81 90 each. All letters must be direct
ed to STREET < SMITH, =. q. i'oy, No. 1896, n. Y.
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SimIneEitlhnl.
Far on the old SHOWS ever new
With silver edges cleft the blue

Far on the old SHOWS ever new
With silver edges cleft the blue
Aloft, alone, divine;
Tho sunny meadows silent slept,
Silence the sOmbrc armies kept,
Tho vanguard OF the pine.
In that thin air the birds arc still,
No ringdoyc murmurs on the hill,
Nor mating cushut calls;
But gay cicalas singing sprang,
And waters from the forest sung
The song OF waterfalls.
o Fate q few enchanted hours
Beneath the frs, among the flowers,
High OH the lawn VIC lny,
Then turned again, contcTted well,
While bright about us famed and fell
Tho rapture OF the day.
And softly with gullclcss awe
beyond the purple lake she saw
The embattled SUBMITS glow;
She saw the glorlcs melt IN one,
The round moon rise, while yet the sun
Was rosy on The SNOW.
Then like a newly singing bird
The childl's soul In her bosom stirr'd;
Know not what she sung
Because the soft wind caught her hair,
Because the golden moon was fair,
Because her heart was young.
would her sweet soul ever may
Look thus from those glad eyes and gray,
Unfenrlng, undclllcd;
/ love her; when her face sec,
Her simple presence wakes in me
Tho ifnperlsha6lc child.
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gross 1892 bales; exports to Liverpool 1925
balcs; to fiavrc so0l bacs; to Bremen 1886 bales;
TO Vera Cruz $50 bales; to Malaga 900 bales; to
barcelona e23i bales; to New York 1862 bales;
STOCK l2,Sol bales; cotton active and higher at
Aiaa24a:c; sales $500 bales; receipts sG:.a bn,es;
weeks sales 5000 bales. Sugar dull and lower.
prime l2iia12isc. Molnsscs easier; prime eG,:c.
Gold Elk. Sterling 3i,4. New York sight cx.
change :. discount,
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Passengers.

Per steamship James A'lEcr, from New York
Cleary. wife uiId TWO children, w q uoIrntan
wife, chilli and nurse, Mrs Smart and son, II n
SllipninlI nnh VILE, Captain Black, ) Cni,isey u
W II Thurs,on ana wife. r Hays, NJ Kelly, 4 liar.
rig, g Dnckcr, lamm0nd, Bruncr, i Ticrnay
and wife, W Long, NJ j bargain, II 7 Hammond.
Il III Power, Rivers, and . in stgcTaEc.
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FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA,
VIA SAVANNAH. FERNANDlNA JACKSON.
WILLIE AND LANDINGS ON ST. JOHNS RIVER
sEMI-wBEKLY LINE.

Steamer "DICTAToR,n Captain F. pN~,
W. T. mcNelty, win sail from ,Bssf ssysssssz
Charleston every TUESDAY EVENING It O'CLOCK,
for above points.
Steamer "ClTY PoINT.n Captain George F. Nc
MILAN, win Bnil from Charleston every FRIDAY
EVENING, at 8 O'Clock for above points Connect.
Ing with oil railroads at Savannah going South
aud West. Connecting with tho Florida Railroad,
s,eamcrs connect with MoSiIe and New orlenns.
Connecting, at Pniatka, With Hart's steamers for
the Oclawnha River. Through Bills OF Lafling
Preights payable on tho wharf. all goods remain
Ing on the wharf at sunset win be atored At risk
and expense OF owners.
nov13 Agents.
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Wilmington Market.

WILMINGTON. December lG.-SPIRIrs TuRpnS.
TINE.-Sales OF 5j cnsks ut 4oc per gallon
HoSiN.-Salci OF I66 bbis ut ST 81 for strained!
and Sc IS for No. /.
CRUDE TuRPHSTiHE.-SacS OF 3II bbls ut so 81
Tor soit, and 81 Us for hard
IAR-Saes OF $50 bills ut 81 o. per hbl
- COi.roN-Sa'cS OF balc ut 22E, ut % . nj
-3fii, at 23tf, Is At 235<<, ana at BIC per H.
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IEXDOrIa.

rHILADEIrHiA-Pcr steamship Prorncthcus-
4l4 bales cotton, l0a ticrccs rice SO bales yarn,
bales waste 200 bbls rosin, and sundrcs.
BAETIMoKE-Per schr X Bard-4OO tons phos.
plate.
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RlCE.-This grain was rather easier ana prices
In buyers favor. Sales 1852 ticrces OF clean Caro-.
lima, say Sc .,erccs ut G,s; 90 at o-IG; 50 at
We quote common to fnir clean Carolina ut 6oSO,:
good 67i@Ic q fb.
NAVAL STOREs.-MarEct dun nnd without i'm.
por,ant sRlcs
FREIGHTs-Are somewhat dull. To Liverpool,
by stenm engagements ure making ut sid q
fb on uplansls AMI 1t&d on sea Islands; by
sail 7-l6d q ID on upiands and ,id - III
on sea islands. To lInvre, by steam, nOml-
nal; by snil, nominal at Ike on uplanls
and Ike on sea islands. Coastwise To
New York, by steam, &c a lb on uplands
and 1c on sea Islands; by sail. &c 4 ID OF,
uplands. To Boston, by steam, nominal; by sail,
80 q III on uplands. TO Philadelphia, by steam,
sc q ib on uplantls; by sail, somewhat nom.
inal. To baltimore, by steam, 1sGn:sc q ID OH
uplan'ls; by sail somewhat nominal.
ExcHASGE.--Sicrling, GO days bills 13o2i@l3I.
DOMESTIC EXcHAS0E.-Thc banks purchase
sight checks at Il discount; they sell sight
checks NJ x premium; outdoors sell at ,s@Ic
discount.
GoID.-Thc brokers were buying at 81, and
selling at 2i.
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Cotton rough rice, mtisc, &c. To j 4 Chase j
BROWN, Roper Soney, + II Rodgers, W y BOYLE
!. Mills l'elHer, Rodgers & co, q II Walter Il CO.
Fraser & Dill, II Scrcven, A Enslow & CO, "
ell $ Larisscy. NJ Brown, Nat Spencer Sandy
Middleton, w Burbridge, A ] Salinas, r I'D.
wards W i Bowling co. Wagencr, Stewart &
co, Willis ChisOltn, aud " q Bce IL CO.
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COMMERCIAL NEIyS.
llnporIS.

I.lvERroOr-Per British nhip Slicvc Bloom-aoso
sacks salt, to Rnvcnel .S CO.. :. Per british bark
David McNutt-4Slo sacks salt, to II Mure co.
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1DACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMpY.S
THROUGH LINE TO
CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
CHANGE OF SAILING DAYS.

:, Steamers OF the above line lenye Pier ~~ESSe
NO. -. North River foot Of Canal street. N MIEAEt
New YORK, ut II O'Clock noUn OF the 5tli and
2st Of every month except when these dat ca Inll
OH sunday, then Tie Saturday prccctling)
Departure OF 5th AMI 2lst connect nj Panamn
Win steamers for South Pacific and Central Amer.
ican poris Those of 5th toucI nj MonznnI,in
Slcamsliip JAPAN leaves San Framcisco for
'nnnn ana China December 4, 1869.
No California steamers touch at Havana hut po
direct from New York to Aspinwail
One hundred pounds baggage free to cuch admit
Medicine and attendance free.
For Passage Tickets or further Information an
ply ut the C0MPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on Tie
wharf, foot OF Canal-street, North River, New
iorS; ,aS,,o +. r. BABY, Agent.
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@ipp,ng.
r o Il N w 70 Il X.
p A S S A GE SIS.

The superior sitle-whcel Steamship -,r.cz,
MhGNOi.lA. Captain M. Is. Cr0wcli YiAfEfLt
having elegant and spacious accommorlaIi0iis fnr
rassehRcrs, VIII leave vandcrhOrsL'S Wharf ON
ih'RsDAf. December 23d, 1869. at O'Clock
,,,,,e RASENEL II CO.,
"NNiN Agents
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NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.

ton, mdsc, &c. TO liischor 4 CO. = u Stoney, W
Priichett, W l. bowling CO, Klnsnan & Howell,
Johnston, Crews < CO, G w WilliuIns 4 co, Street
Bros CO, + Blakeney, Recder Il Davis, t;rncscr
X Smith, A Salinas Walter & CO, Ravenel CO.
Frost x Adger. Willctt, Brodic & co, Ciaghorn,
iierrlnE 4 CO, J A Prtchar'l. w K Ryan, Thurs.
ton d. Holmes, Ws5 CO, Gnillar,l & Minott Pei.
Ier, Rodgers CO, Brown & llycr, W g Dukes, ]
Campscn 4 co, q II l.lndstedt, + e Archer, and
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Railroads..
ON A N GE OF EDULE.
Ms Eel I.sl lliHI -:
GENERAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OFFICE
ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILRoAD
4 ~

SAVANNAH. November 3, 1859.
On ana after SUNDAY, the Tth instant, Passen-
;nencing with The 4.;p l.. VI. train:
NIGHT EMPRESS TRAINS.
icEvc savannah daily ni...............i,30 NJ. r. NJ
Arrive III cambridge (Monday's except
t"jhl .G.l5 y. M.
Arrive at Live Oak daily yai...........220 nj A. NJ
Arrive NJ Jacksonville daily at.........7.0a A. NJ.
Arrive III 'ldllnlassec daily at........7.oy a. NJ
Arrive ~ quincy daily at...............o.I5 4. II.
Leave Iilncy daily at.................6.5 at. 4. ~
,,eaNc !iliiRllSSre dhlly nt.............Sl - B. NJ
Leave JarRs6nVille daily yat...........S ~ y. VI
Leave Live Oak daily at..........1.e at "
Leave i'ainhitdgc tSunriay's cNccptcd)
H.. ..........-.-...........0 @. ,1 J. IL
-ATilfe NJ SavlnIlah duly ut. 10. 80 A. II
DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah Sundays eXccpted)
Arrive ut Live Oak tsunday's eXcepietj j.
VI l',;.''..... ....:. .............7 100 = Vi
i.caEe @ Lave oaS tSnnay Is cXccptcd)a .G."o L. VI
Arrive 1T savannah Sundays except
Passengers for Stations west OF Inw.f.i, ~.
main line take Express Train leaving SavaruAl.
ut i.3o l.. NJ
BRUNSWICK TRAIN.
Leave Savannah TUESDAY, Thursday
AMI saturday. at....-..............l259 +. Vi.
arrive M No. tIunctionl at............4.;0 =. ".
Arrive ~ brunswick kat..............6s3 at. 2. 50
Leave brunswick tMenday, Wednesday
anu friday at. at......................lo. .lo.sG T. NJ
Arrive NJ SavaApuh at.............6ngt at 4 AZ
Connect at Jacksonville With steamers tf- "a
lntka, Picolnia. Enterprise and all points On tile
ST. Johns Hirer. Through tickets good by all
steamers on Tie river. II. s. HAiSES
hccJ General Sunrriutendrut
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PAST EIGHT LIN e
TO BALTIMORE. PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON AND
TIE CITIES OF THE NORTHWEST
THRoUGH BILLS LADISG GIrEY ron ror.
ron ~ BREAEN

r, The Steamship SEA GULL. Du,,on, SEse.
t"hilnanhcr, Will sail for Baltimore 9IlLTTt
on SATURDAY, December ls, at 3 O'Clock =. INa. Il.
from Pier No l, Union Wiarvcs.
9s-Ih5urance 10y the Steamers OF this line 4
per cent. to Baltimore nnu Pladclphia To Hos
t0n y Philadelphia Freighis forwarded to thn,
city Ivy railroad from Baltimore without atltli.
tlDnal expense for Insurance
, by ARRANGEMENT with the Steamships OF the
Baiimore and Bremen Line. sailing scinl-nonth.
", through Hills Latling for COTTON will hereafter
he issued to the latter port on accom,no,Iniin,,
terms. "'i's
p5- Through Bills Iading given 10 PIIIJ,ApEt.
plllA. BOSTON ami the CITIES ~ TIE NO61Ii
WEST. 'i IL
For Freight engagements of Passage, anrly 10
COUierENAx & TRENHOLM,
ucclo Union Wh,rycS
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seeeipts by Rnilroud, DcccmDor IL.

1882 bales cotton, SO bales ,luIncstics 1GO eocks
nour, 80 bbls naval stores, 1 cars siock To Ku,l.
road agent. Johnston, Crews & 60, j Is f. Sloan j
Il Pringle Son. + Wiss 6 CO. W q Courtney n
IelZer, Rodgers ~ CO. q W Williams & co, Eccder
q Davis, W w smith. wagcner, Stewart g. co. W
Hall, Gracscr& Smith, Stcnhousc 4 co, Caldwell
Il Son. a - '' " 80
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r. o Il n Il W Y o r. X.
=, me First Glass Sidc.whcI Steamship .,E%e,
MANHATTAN. NJ. $. Woodruff. CnUi. 8 liiEll1
ship Company's Line. will leave Atrcr's S,mth
r. NJ. y" S"NN
.ap- Through Ellis of I.a,kng given OIL Cotton TO
liverpool. " " ''' :"
R0- The Steamers by this Line insure a, one.
hall per cent. - VIZ
80 Superior Cabin Accommodations for PAS
tieclj4 JAMES ANGER G. CO ,,o,,.
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ny TELEGRAPH,

SAVANNAH, December l6.--Cleared, steamship
City OF Manchester, Liverpool; sclir COquette
Nassau, N r.
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The Charleston Cotton, Rice md Naval
Stores Market.

OFFICE CHARLESTON NEWS
FRIDAY EVENING. December II, 1859. (
CoTToE.-Thcre was steady and rather good
inquiry for this article, which with light stock
better telcgrams and q firm feeling on the part
OF factors, enabled them to stiTcn their rates "a;
&c q ib. Sales 600 bales, viz at -; 5l at 81;
% at 23tt; at 2ah<; 43 at 23,s; 6 at 2sX; ss at
2s'i; at 237S 40 at "a; ISL Mt o4H; ~ at 2I; ~
at 81 516; II ut a+n; 80 ut 4Nc. We quote:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-24
Domestic Relations of Mattress
and SerVHA'!

We are pleased to see that the New
York Sor0sis is turning its attention to
real practical matters at last,
And now-instead OF mouutlrg barbed steeds,
To fright the souls OF fearful adversaries,-
is thinking seriously of establishing a
school for the purposes of training and
educating household servants. Now
this Is more sensible than anything that
has yet emanated from this society, and
we sincerely trust that it may be but the
forerpnner of the many social and do
mestic improvements that the .Sorosis has
the opportunities (if properly directed
to augment and modify. 1t is to be re-
GREETED, however, that our women con-
slider themselves so much above their do
nestle duties as they do, at the present
day. Unless they take some interest in
housekeeping affairs, vain will it be for
them to expect their servants to do so.
It is rarely that this subject is discussed
among our lady acquaintances without
our hearing regrets and impatient re-
marks concerning the inefhoiency of their
helps. In the .S0rosis there are doubt
less many such But are they entirely
blameless themselves in their duties to-
wards the girls they employ? They may
perhaps ignore the fact that they owe
ans duties to their employees, They
may think, (and the majority of them
do think that in return for a certain
monthly compensation, that they are to
receive not only the physical help of
their servants, but also that knowledge
in regulating household affairs that
should be the dpty Of the lady Of the
house to possess, be it In her capacity of
wife, mother or daughter
Ladies of the Sorosis, your proposed
work of establishing a school for the
training and education of household SER
wants will be good one, and we wish
you success therein. A greater work
rat, however, is needed before that sue
cess can be insured, and that is, the es-
tahlishment of school for the training
and education Of mistresses in their
household duties and in their relations
with their employees. You, ladies of
the ,Sorosis, should set the example BIZ
curtailing your discussions on politics
and on other subjects that you do not
understand, by attending to your house
hold duties by seeing that your hps-
bands aisneFs are properly cooked by
assuring yourselves that their money is
not needlessly expended; by seeing that
your children arc not neglected by means
of your literary prOelivitiesi in fact by
being what you should he's help-mate,
and aat bIue-stoeking. Perfect your
selves in these things know your duties
in your house-then, if YOU will, teach |
your servants theirs,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-24
TEE eRECIAN RrND.
BY LYDIA L. A. VERY.

Let's have the old bend, and not have the new
Let's have the bend that our grandmotheTs
knew;
Over the wash. tub and over the churn,
That is the bend that our daughters should
learn,
Let's have the bend tina. our grandmothers
Over the cradle. like good mothers true;
over the table. ttbe family .rounG),
Reading the Good Book mid silence profound.
Let's have the bend that at church they did
wear,
Bowing them Iowly in meek, humble prayer;
Not sitting erect, with the modern miss air,
with the love OF bonnet" just perched on
one hair.
Leave the camel his hump-he wears 1t for use !;
Leave the donkey his pannier-and cut your
From fashions that lower, deforIn and DEGRADED
To hide some deformiiy most of them made.
Let our heads OF false hair and hot yarn-skelns
be shorn;
I ct our garments be easy and light to be worn !;
Don't shake in Decam Der and swelter In June,
And sppesr like unfortunates struck by tie
moon.
Let's spend the time in things hiohcr than drssSg
Time that was given us to aid ard TO bless;
Time that is heeiing and passes away;
o, let us work while we call IL to-day
Let's have the old bend instead o. the new;
Lets have the old hearts, so faithful ard tue
Away with all fashions that lower and degrade,
To hide some deformity most Of Them made.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-24
A Backwood,s Adventure.

A Virginia banker, who was the
chairman of noted Infdel club, was once
travelling through Kentucky, having
with him bank bills of the value of S25,-
900. When he came to lonely forest
where robbeFies and murders we're said
to be frequent, he was soon lost, through
taking the wrong road The darkness
of the night came quickly over him and
how to escape from the threatened dan
ger he knew not In his alarm, he sud
denly espied, in the distance, dim light,
and urging his horse onward, he at
length came to a wretched looking cabin.
He knocked, and the door was opened
by woman who said that her husband
was out hunting, but would return, and
she was sure he would cheerfully give
him shelter for the night. The gen
tleman put up his horse and entered the
cabin, but with feelings that can be
better imagined than described. Here
he was, with large sum of money, and
perhaps in the house of one Of the
robbers whose name was terror to the
country.
In short time the man Of the house
returned. He had on deer skin shirt,
bear skin cap, seemed much fatigued
and in no talkatiye mood. All this
boded the infdel no good. He felt for
his pistols in his pocket, and placed
them SO as to be ready for instant use.
The man asked the stranger to retire to
bed, but he declined, saying that he
would sit by the fire all night. The man
urged, but the more he urged the more
the inddel was alarmed. lie felt as
sured that this was his last night upon
earth, but he determined to sell his life
as dearly as he could. His infdel prin-
ciples gave him no comfort His fear
grew into perfect agony. What was 10
be done
At length the backwoodsman arose,
and reaching to the wooden shelf, took
down an old book, and said
"Wsil stranger, if you won't go to
bed, | will, but it is my custom always
to read chapter of the Holy Scriptures
before l go to bed"
+. What a change did these words pro-
duee Alarm was at once removed from
the skeptic's mind. Though aTowing
himself an inEdel, he had now confidence
in the Bible. He felt safe. He felt
that man who kept an old Bible in his
house, and read it, and bent his knees
in prayer, was no robber or murderer.
He listened to the simple prayer of the
good man, at once dismissed all his fears,
and laid down in that rude cabin and
slept as calmly as he did under his
fathers roof From that night he
ceased to reyile the good old Bible. He
became a sincere christian, and often re-
lated the story Of his eventful journey,
20 prove ths folly of inSdslity.