The Hickman Courier, 1868-04-18

' -v. BY F ATRI'R aiA.V. 'Unrolli.5r!n' flg ! Aug its fold to the breeze i - Let it itoi o'er the lan J ; let it flash o'er the ea:m ; ' . ' Lift it out of tie dust let it wave as of Jre, When its chiefs with their claus, stood around it and swore, That never! no! never, that banner should yield As long as the heart of a Celt was its shield; While the hund of Celt had a vreapou to wield, And his last drop of blood was unshed on the field. Lift it up! wave it high ! 'tis as bright as of old t ?7ot a stain on its green not a blot on its gold ! Though the woes and the wrongs of three hundred long years Have drenched Krin's Sunburst with blood and with terns Though the cIjuJi of oppression enshroud it iu gloom, -4nd around it the thunders of tyranny boom. Look alott I li.U the clouds drift It ! m the fkv the JvAiburst resplendeut far, flashing on nign : Erin's dark night is waning, her day dawn is nigh. Lift it up! lift it up ! the old Banner of Oreeu ! The blood of its sons has but brightened its nheen ! Whut! though the tyraat has trampled it U w u Ar its folds not emblazoned with deeds of renown ? What! though for ages it droops in the dust, Shall it uroop thus forever ? No I no! God is just ! Take it up, take it tip from the tyrant's ful tread, j Let him tear the Green Flag we will snatch its last shre 1, And beneath it we 11 bleed as our forefathers 1 , bled, And we 11 tow by the dust in the graves of our dead. And we'll swear by tie blood which tho . tyrant had shed Iy the thousands of famishing loved ones tinted Who died in the ditehes, 'wild howling for bread, And we'll vow by our heroes, whose spirits have fled, And adjure by the bon-:i each confBaless, bed, That we'll fijhi th oppressor through dan danger - ger danger a;id dead, And cling to the cause which we glory to wed, Till the gleam of our steel and the shock of our lead, Shall prove to our foes that we meant what we sui-l iuai we a nu up tue ureen, and tear down t x Lift up the Green Flag I o!i I it wants 1o go Ij.jiae, Full long hits it) lot to wander and roam. Il hui followed the fate of its sobs o'er the world, Dut its folds, like their hopesyare not faded nor furled ; L;ic .i w e.ny winged bird to the Ea-jt and L.ie N es. It 15 iuad and Ti!!. I'lumitiK it d! but it never shall liniens, it sweeps o'er tlie .-. --t, A nd peo'Is to the shores ,of its ol i home Where its fetrvrless i.-- o cr cash uioun- tniV and plain, Sh-tll wave with a glory wane. that never shall Take it up! take it up! bear it back home afar, , TIi.it banner must blaze 'mid the lightnings of war; Lay your hands ou it foldj lift your gnie lo the sky, And sw e.ir that you'll bear it triumphant or . . die. . :Vnd shout to the clans, scattered far o'ar the earth, To join iu the march to the land of their birth, And wherever the esilas 'ncath heaven'e brond dome, Have been tasted to sut? ;-, to , sorrow and roam, , i They 11 bound on the scjnd away o'er the foam, They'll march to the music of " Home, Sweet Home. .. TIIE COME3XXCD SEXTIA'CL.' ,-A cold, stonuy night in the month of Marchj"-lS07, Marshal Lefebvre, with, 'twenty-seven . thousand French troops had invested Dantiez. The city was garrisoned by seventeen thousand Rus Russian - sian Russian and Prussian soldiers; aud these togcthowith twenty or thirty well arm ed citizens, presented nearly double the forcn w'-.ich could be brought to tha as assault. - sault. assault. So there was need of the utmost vigilance on the part of the sentinels, for a desperato sortie from the garrison made unawares, might prove calamitous. At midnight Jerome Dubois was placed upon one of the most important posts iu the advance line ot pickets, it being upon a narrow strip ot land rising above the marshy fiat, called the 1 eniusula or Neb rung. For more thau au hour he paced his lonely beat without hearing anything but the moaning ol the wind and the driving of the rain. At length, however, anothersound. broke upon his ca. He "srppr-a and listened, nd pre- sently he called Who's there? The only answer was a nioaningsound. He called again, aud this time he heard something like the cry of a child ; and presently the object came toward him from out of the darkness. AVith a quick emphatic movement, he brought his musket to charge, aud ordered the in intruder - truder intruder to halt. . ' '" ' " Mercy.!" exclaimed a childish voice. " Don't shoot me ! I am Natalia." Dcu't you know me ?" ' ' "Heavens I cried Jerome, elevating the muzzle of his piece. Is it you, dear child?" " Yes ; and you are good Jerome. Oh, you will come aud-help mamma. Come, she is dying." , It was certainly Natalia, a little girl ouly eight year old, daughter of Lisette Yaillant. Lisette was the daughter of Pierre Vaillanr, a sergeant. in Jerome's own regiment, 'aud was iu the army in capacity of'nurse.., ' J ' Why, how U thi's,; "my . child ?" said Jerome, taking , the little , one by the arm. '.What is .it about your mother?" " Ou. good Jerome, you can hear her now. Hark!' C ;-' The sentinel bent ls ear, but could hear ouly the wind and the raiu. ' - 'Mamma is iu the dreadful Bind," said the child, il and is dying. ; She is not far away. Oh, I cau hear -her crying."' . ' ' ' ' Jy degrees, Jerome gathered from Natalia that her father' had taken her

" Mrs. Jenkins," said a Jittlc -:igh -bor girl to tlmt lady, " mother says you will oblige her with a stick of fire wood, fill this crute with vinegar put a little dab of soft soap in this pan, and ple.'tfcC not let your old turkey roost ou our fence no more." A man was bronght before Lord Mans Mansfield, - field, Mansfield, charged with sfealiug a silver ladle, and the counsel for the craftu was rather severe upon the prisoner for being an attorney. " Come, come," said hij lord-" ship, don't exaggerate matters ; if ti c fellow had been an attorney he would have ftolcn tht lord as well as the ladle." Vonce a long time pack ago," says a Dutchman, " I vent to mine able orch orchard - ard orchard to gifme a bear dree to tret tomo beaches to make mine vrow bluni pud pudding - ding pudding mit. but ven I got on dc tobermost pranch my foot schlipt from de lower lowermost - most lowermost limb mit my leg on both sides of der venco unt like to stove mine out sides iu." An Irishman down East, describing the prevalence of duelling, summed u with "They even fight with daggers in a room pitch dark." '-Is it possible?" was the reply. "Possible, sir!" returned Pat, "why, I've seen them." 'What's, the reason you have tho wrong side of vour stocking turned out?'' I said Jim to Pat one day. "The taisou the raisou is it?" taid Pat, '"cause j there's a hole t'other side av it." Female Gamhiln? EIcll In Xiv Voik, Iu twenty-third street, near Madison avenue, is a gambling house, patronized exclusively by females. With the kiud -.'.'.. ...... w. . i . LIB I' . . ' ' . . Ji 9 a modet, unpretentious lookirg house, the entrance cru pulously clean', and presenting uo ditfereut appearance, externally, than those adjoiuiug. save the blinds are all tightly closed. Ring Ringing - ing Ringing the bell, we arc admitted by a gor gorgeously - geously gorgeously appareled woman, who acts us janitress. On one side of the hall is a superb painting of LeJa and the Swtn, on the opposite side is another painting, equally good of Yen us rising Iron ti e sea. Ascending the ttairs, we are uther uther-ed - ed uther-ed into the parlors on the first fiotr. They are elegantly, even luxuriously furnished. The peroii who fitted up these rooms miust have had exquisite taste. The paintings hanging out ou the walls are rare and valuable, but the most conspicuous, and the one that first strikes the eye is the painting of Ary Schaffer, of the gambling scene from Bulwer'a play of " Money," and for which, it is stated. August Reluiount has offered 520.0U0, and lbi refuted. Spntfid nrrmnd thfl rnnin and v;atcd around tue room and at the gaming table are a number of ladies, all of whom , are dressed in the height of fashion. The players are flushed with excitemeM-vhut the dealer, in her Poin- half revealing, half con con-pie - pie con-pie bust, sits calm and col- jt.?j likes in tha " chips" with tho -,'.iost sana froid. Ever and anon some r'jJM't, ncu a ueuvy lui i losr. i i- calls rr? :. ,i:t i- ,i i in min is rpecuiiy suppueu i-y an atteutive aud demure looking Hebe. Demure ! Yes, but it is the deiuuraneaa of a cat. Offoad her, aud sho aiiickly will show you that she has claws. That lady, at the centre table, sijug between Auonyme and Aspasia, is the wife of oue of the most wealthy mer mer-chauts. - chauts. mer-chauts. I could tell you her name, but tales must never be told out of school. Observe that young lady, with a bonnet no larger than a cockle shell, and Bi-" mark brown ribbons ; the on who it now taking off the diamond ring to attke', and Will CO fcll..-liij Mt-ura ipjv are eggs, is the daughter ofau ex J udge. Ah! our wealthy merchant's wife is loser; 6ee, she rises from the table bitidg her lips till blood comes to conceal her emotions. Come, let us nway. Such scenes do not mske our opinion of poor, weak human nature the more exalted. Is it any wouder that we so freeully sec. rewards offered for lost uiairtiii ring?, necklaces and bracelets? If we had the power of Asmodeus, we would see these " lost", articles in the safe of soma gentleman who has for his sign th old Lombardy emblem of three balls. ::VFJic thirst for gambling will be satiefled, i money must be obtained. Yes, yei, 'nlet jj-js riirht. " There avo more eaven and eartn tnau ara r philosophy." LABJirI'ho.se who work hard bo - doni 'yield themselves entiroly up to fancied or real sorrow. W lien gr-.cl sits down and folds his bonds and mourn fully feeds upon his tears, weaving a fun funeral - eral funeral pall tin-a little cxertiou might sweep away, the strong spirit is shorn of its might and sorrow become our iiias iiias-t - t iiias-t r. VYheu troubles flow upon you dark and heavy, toil ou with the wave wres wrestle - tle wrestle not with the torrent r uber seek In Inoccupation - occupation Inoccupation to divert the dark waters that threaten to overwhelm you. in the thou thousand - sand thousand jehanuebj which tho dut'es of present. Before you dream of it thess waters will fertilize the present and give birth to frc?h flowers flowers that will become pure and holy in the fiunshiu-' tbst penetrate to tae path of duty.

ruth if - . fn;e f e so ;bj03 shout J . i?Js of thobe who iiic ti .Jerome dishonor iu the had loved him in r days. Vortjing came dull p.nd gloomy with itiu? sleet and snow, and :a.t.. yearly rs.nr uerome LMifois was led I A to jVt his fute. The place of execution I'd; been fij upon a low, 'U Oeen rVupon a low, barren spot iWf rd tht( VH1(1 thither his division ;ie!ng ii!ujcd to witness tl fear- ?r ijj ruiiuuuit'iii. i ney nau i jjkpuiiishiiieiit. They had iry ' than halt the dist-V Vi tl. SO."- d of sorm- strati 1 ani oft' Of? Th at 1:7 jTi the sold'u.ra turmoil from tllC .iht of the execution of a brave ('01 J-e to the thought of meeting the eut:nt v. - ;V'hat -h;tll Tve do with the prisoner?" asked tijc geraeant who hadfir.uo-of Uiefriurd. "Lead him back to tl Uajib.ed the, oaptaJu. - 1 6e direction wys veryfapl exifuli oa tlioreot was not tk be so lor-imirdlv Jtad tue woni.vritiieil l lie ;plfin8 lipa when a souaui-ot of Prus- sia J-ivalry came dashing lircly to to-wni?l'iin. - wni?l'iin. to-wni?l'iin. Tlie division was quickly forjhgtl Tn to four hollow suares, while the.ard that had tho charge t of the prisfijaer found them -elves oblige Jto flee. 4Tu heaen s name: ei ;ej ruiie. "eufny bonds and lot me die liksool liksool-dieC - dieC liksool-dieC ' serge:iut fjuickly cut the cord thnt boiil his elbows behind him, and then da.-tiju forward to the point where his own coinpauy was stationed. The rattle of rsa.-d.etrv had commenced, and the ! Prus?i -Mi's were vainly endeavoring to! breai the squares of the French troops Jerome Dubois looki ! aoout lor some' weapon with which to arm himself. irnl i presently he sav a 1'russian o nicer, far c7, reeling in his saddle. iiot ! Dul WOUii ;s w.i M his CM, , i i ... it ; v ii ll.i: I'll lll.tL UJ MJil it iu If in I o 'ranee and se t as dearly as possible. But he, was not needed where he was. He knew the j 1 rusM.ms could not break those hollow ! l 'tare? so he rode awav thinkiii' ' ! join the French cavalrv, with 'whom he ! ti!J ru-h into the deepest danger. Mip-1 r-0Mf2 thit th-; he-iviest fighting must 1 i. be upon Nclirung, he rod th.-it direction; wheu he i his lu.ire in reached it he found he had been mi.-take i. I pon a a slight eminence toward Hagelburg the enetay 'gUll.-, 1. ,, i1l1n.-i.l .(. vv .t l.f.iivr id pl.tntc u j orti d It two regimeuts of iuf'.Hitiy. and aircady with imruv-e d.iiingo had bjen hot aud .-he!l ii'MC. after, he battery h id been opened, and very-juivkl made up his miad that it ltius be taken at all hazard. . 'Tiik.: that battery h il.l to battle ro'-M'd of cavalt v, " thou the ours." , JHib-tls heard the order and saw the lice was danger enough, 5 u rey : ainl deteriii! ilea to oc- me m.-i it tk- fatal battery, be kept as near to ' the leader as he dared. Half tht uis- 1 t.uici had been gained, when from the i hillhitue a storm of iron that ploughed j intnthe ranks of the French. j Tic colonel fell, his body literally t tornin pieces by a air'iitst his bosom. shell that explode. Th? poin" upon the Peninsula now reaclcl by the head of the assailing colunu was not more than a hundred yanl$ wide, and it was literally a path of deatl, as the fire ofaiwelvft heavy guns was jurued upon ij?s Th colonel had fallci, and very soo three other officers went down, leaving the advance without a coinuiissioucd leader. The way was bccouiing blockaded with the dead men and (he dead horses, and the head of the column stopped and wavered. Marshal Lefebvre from liis clciiod plact saw this and his heart "TtuXd a i n t a 1 1 V - li mat coiuuiu loinc-u, amitous. "Uut. see! A man in the un a' French private, mounted u lul horse caparisoneu in Prussian statt otjjcer aud a bright sab-r riish -i' e fror - v:.Vii' force; ..!. r i-V ?."iirarsb' cfirecLsTTi". J, cm . lihdvajee upon the PeuinsTular! auAstaiit all was changed in that V ""A ao,l te brigadier general who mrporary command iiiunucrcri rortn " .S'i - ' cmintprniarr-h Tlo irrcsT title fprtJ It Iwas not in.-i nonit Js to withstou Russian iufautry th: port were swert away like battery was quickly turned up who had shortly' before been the ers', the "fortune if the day was decided. Tlie Russiaus aud the Prussians hOre, foot and dragoons, such as wei'4 not taken prisoners had lost much than thev had gained. y- vjeiome Dubois returned to the guard house, aud gave himself up to the oCicer in charge. First a surgeon was called to sea what should be done with him. The colonel applied to the general of . . . .... - brigade, aud the geueral'of brigade ap applied - plied applied to the generalf V division, and the gencSal of division , . i .i:..: t i:..Wk ito 3Iarshal LefJvre. " What shall we do wiih Jerome Du Du-bois; - bois; Du-bois; " God bless him !" cried the veteran general, who had heard the whde story, I'll pardon him to-day and to-morrow I'll promote him." And Jerome Dubois, in time, went himself to seethe loved ones iu France; and when he went he wore the uniform of a captain.

liau oi iic out cm or ; "i '.'' i:": ::::rv to a uuuer ueusi...n of it hereafter. Jud Hawkins says : t I hoped and believed thai, under I a : ! ,i;;111,a n1 economieal manairemeut, j with the assistance of the aid recently 1m. 1 l,ir tl,.. I.c.rl.l-iiiir. th ,.,.,. ; :IUV would, at uo distant Jay, have to ... meet and discharge the li.-tluiities of the State on account of bunds issued to it. aud insure a realization of the just and reasonable expectation of the to-id; and to this end I have entert liued hopes th-it ere this t!)t road would have been re- ; stored to the company, in whose hand : .it would, to a great extent, have been uii'l'T the cfit!ol :itid in iMi'-cineut of: Wireororsi upon me par oi um otato, ap- pointed by your Excellency, composed ; of men living along the line of the road ! n.rwt Tt-):',.ii ll'ilfi lt.Pn !il!!tr : 1 1 ,1 PlVOT- ablv known, and have long been identi- : ; tied with the interest of the State and the Iroad; but in this well grounded hope 1 ' have been disappointed. And now the ! ! men selected and appointed by your Jix- j i "' 1 " nil-Jill " I eellencv ta s-narJ arid t.iotect the inter- i Cit 0( t'jie .State in this road are subjected j 10 humiliation of seeing themselves j doarded aud set aside, their counsels) WU0Hy disregarded in the management i 0f tjie road, aud themselves practically! deoied the rinht to perform the duty to I which vou assigned them, or to dis charge the high trusts confided to their hands. Under existing circumstanses they are compelled to stand bjyu silence, with folded arms, and witn day by day the destruction of the interests they are expected to protect, without the power to arrest the arm of the destroyer, and to seethe credit of the State para paralyzed, - lyzed, paralyzed, and the pockets of her people plundered -without the power to pre prevent - vent prevent it. I wish most respectfully to call your attention to a conceded fact, that tho iarly completion of the branch road from Huntingdon to Jackson is a matter ot vital importance to the State, in euab euab-ling - ling euab-ling the company, by an increase of its business, to pay the iuterest upon the State bouds. And iu this connection, it must be remembered, a Receiver has no i-r to Duiid a road. -u ue cau ao is ti and manage a road already built. ands of the company is now so it can do nothing. :.. ,.i.U ir aiso agaiu, must repcciiuiiy , :our'attention to the fact that tli never accepted the State by the act of December on the condition that the Jhoajj. be restored to the company. condUioo never having been cotu-t-with, consequently thecficred aid , ,"; iJiSS Jftea accepted, and tbeissov, "Yoi' such bonds to any one is wholly '.thovized by any law, and . being is is-( - ( is-( without authority of law aud the Va-Ufif the company, they constitute Tju the road or liability upon Jt' the company. But being ad ad-A.t - A.t ad-A.t one hundred thousand dollars Vonds of the State had - been is- e Receiver, in order to meet on which must come, and to e interest of the State on ac- of said bonds, I procured the adop- of a resolution by the board pledg ing the company, in the event the road should be restored to the possession and control of the company, to assume all liability on accoupt of the bonds, in so far as they had been opplied to the pur purposes - poses purposes for which they had been designed, as fully and to the same exteut as il they had "been accepted by the company apd delivered to its officers. I wish also again, most respectfully, to state to your Excellency, that having had an interview with you touchiug the ques question - tion question of a restoration of the road to the company, at your special request I pre presented - sented presented your views to the'Uoard, and stated the terms npon which yo had an announced - nounced announced to me ycur willingoV to turn over the road to the company and not notwithstanding - withstanding notwithstanding all tlie term dictated by you in that interview were promptly aud cheerfully'complied with by the Board, the road still remains in the hands of the Receiver. . t -,L.' The speaker who "took the floor' been arretted for stealing lumber. has

imiiiicr vuijic uiitr tier, x iik pci jii aii i iiiiu ofiTered to seud a man back to the camp with his wife, but she preferred to re return - turn return aloue, feeling sure that &ho should meet with no trouble. The way, how however, - ever, however, had become dark and uncertain, and she had lost the path, and wandered off to the tVJof the morass, where she had sunk iu Tue mud. Oh, good Jerome," cried the little one, seizing the man's hacd, "cau't you hear her? She will die if you do not come and help her !" At that moment the petitincl fancied he heard the wail- of the unfortunate womaj Lisctte, the pood, the 'beauti 'beautiful, - ful, 'beautiful, the tender-hearted Lisctte was in tianger, ana it. was in uis power to save her. It was not in his he;trtto withstand the pleadings of the child. lie could iTrt and rescue the nursw and return toi his post without detection. At all events, he could not refuse the childish pleader. "Give me your haud, Naulia, I'jl go alonsr with you." ' With a cryf ffly the child sprang to 1 . I the soH'T" sid' v,iia he 1 towariI7eplace wTtere sije EaU jjft TeT t5 mother. It seemed a lonz distance to Jerouio, and once he stopped as thugli he would turn back. He did not fear death, but ho feared dishonor. Hark I" uttered the child. The Boldiejjfc-sl, and plainly heard the voice i:riiit wotn.ii callinc; for L-, .-AteJ uu looser. On he f ,ough the stomt, and fo ji'C2 suuk to the arm v'.h in the soft jWVAss. Fortunately a turfttf lon grass lid been within her readi, by which means she had held her head above the fatal mud. It was lit easy matter to extricate hor from the miry j pit, as the wot kuym had to be very care care-j - j care-j iul that he did not himself lose his ioot- t nrr. At lenjitu. Jiowover, she was drawn ; lurui, ana ' m ucr lvmaiu to ins r .... u i i. V 1 rt . !. l . i . post. - Who comes there?" cried a voice from the gloom.. " Heavens !': gra?i-l Jerome, stopping land trembling from head to foot. " Wlio comes there? ' repeated the voice. Jerome heard the click of a musket! lock, and he knew that another sentinel had been placed at the pst ho had left. The relief had come while he was ab absent! - sent! absent! "Friend with the couutcr.-ign !" ho answered to the last cill of the new sen sentinel. - tinel. sentinel. He was ordered to advance, and whee j he had given the countersign he found i himself in the nresence tit the officer u: tj,e suanL Iq a ew liurrie words L? ! told his storv : and had the officer bees : alone he miirht have allowed the matter to rest where it was. But there were s others present, and when ordered to giro i : un his musket, he obeved without a mm- ! ! mtir. and sileutlv accompanied tlie otli- ' .f t ( jlit "iitt v-h.r, hf e:-l lillt. in: irons. On the following morning, Jerome Dubois was brought before a court i.iar- ; tial under charge o! itavntg ae -Ci ted h '.' to then permission was granted lain teli his story. This he d:.d iu a few words, but the court could do nothing but pa-s sen sentence - tence sentence of death ; but the members there thereof - of thereof all signed a petition praying that he might be pardoned, and this petition was gent to the General of the division, by whom it was endorsed and seut up to the Marshal. Lefebvre was kind and geuerous to his soldiers, almost to a fault, but he could not overlook so grave an error as that committed by Dubois. The orders given to the eeutinel had been very simple, and foremost of .every necessity was the order forbidding him to leave his post uutil properly relieved. To .f certain extent the safety of the whole army rested on the shoal lers of each individ individual - ual individual sentinel and especially upon those who at night were posted marcst the lines of the enemy. " 1 am sorry," said the gray-haired old warrior, as he folded up the petition, and handed it back to the officer who presented it. " I am sure that the man meant no wrong, and yet a great wrong was done. He knew what he was doing ahd ran the-risJi.hewas detected he has been tried XcZdemned. He must suffer !"

Besides the system is self-destructive. This conception of -humanity, whatever ii .n in me liiin'i ui iue pmiosopner :him-c!f, is necessarily, so far as it finds any real place in the lives of his follow e.s. a metaphysical notion. iut by the famous historical law of the three states, which our apostle makes the very fouu- il.-itirin nnnn hnn"in iirinrrAwj rvw. rreat mental conception passes through three1 forms, the theological or fictitious form.! the metaphysical or abstract form, and the positive or scientific form. Now if i tlie notion of a (Jod is to pas.s from the j thcoliis'ieal form of iron-.t ..--( J. . form of Comte's ideal of aggregate hu- j luatjitv, must not every positivist look upon the latter as a mere tran.ri.ion stage , f. i . , , . "! fud wnat can tne l'e- Lut ltluiate or Jaw, the sing e proposition to which, as Comte hmiselt teaches a! phenomena arc,t0 e considcrcJ as finally reducible HUU u ltler. wiULn u Hlu" u5 rV'Pa though forever unsatisfied, effort of science to bring them. In the audiences of yesterday it was evident that the curious for new things predominated over the disciples seeking truth ; and that, even among the few who hopa to learn, the critical or de destructive - structive destructive dispositiousgeiier.illy prevailed. The teachings of Comte and his apostles will avail to unsettle the coufiJence of hundreds in traditional beliefs and iusti iusti-tutions, - tutions, iusti-tutions, where their teachers find one convert who would join them in fashion fashioning - ing fashioning anew, after their uotions, the social and religious world. . How cau it be otherwise, when extensive knowledge and much logical force are brought to at attack - tack attack every thing men have held dear, aud when nothing is offered them asa substi tute but a religiou witlicyUajny tery. worship without a GocU morals aud culture wiV . j immortality? Couldn't Ciel"! .1 1 O f 1 'Vit-v'A J.U me yeui iijw, excitement in the usuTrvTytiuici. town of Durham, old " Aunt Saily H , who would weigh uiglt onto two hundred pouuds," "go up," aud one evening iu meeting, in the midst of a warm season of exhortation, she arose aud aid : " Oh, brethren aud sisters, bless tUc Lord, I'll soon get away from this wicked world ; I'm going to m-icl the Lord in a few days. My faith is powerful strong. j Oh, yes, powerful strong it is. So strong, ' continued the old lady, extending her arms aud motioning thetu like a goose ou tVjJLi, , " that it does seeai as if I raJ ,."r' a ' b The minister, who was as great an en enthusiast - thusiast enthusiast on "going up" as the old lady, encouraged her by exclaiming: "-Try, sister, try!. Perhaps you can flyv if your faith is only strOug euough." ""'Well, I can," she exclaimed, "I know I can, and I will." She was standing uear a window which was raised ou accouut of the oppressive heat for it was summer. With her handkerchief in oue hand, and her. fan in the other she mounted the seat, and gave a leap into tueairwiittjMa nyin motion of the nrmsY heavenward. Butr' whs too much for "fc-v gravity of the auai. came with an euormi angelic runt, shaking with the concussion. - She arose, folded her wing and with great meekness 'eueaked back' into her seat, evidently disappointed. ' The next evening some of the young saints asked her : ' - . " Aunt Sally, why didn't you fly la night, when you tried so hard?" "1 couldn t get the right flop, was the meek and conclusive reply. W. S. Hutchiugs, ot it. Louis ha? in vented a flying machine, with which he expects to be able to navigate the air at his pleasure. 1 he inventor lias so much faith io it, that he proposes to make an ascension in a balooa at St. Louis, and jump out at the height of two thousand feet. "

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'No. no !" the marshal replied quick quickly. - ly. quickly. "Should I see him aud listen to his story I might pardon him, and that must not be done. Lethini die that thousands may be tajrled." The time fisAiJ for ths execution of Dubois was tr rning succeeding his i i riM. - .1 'i? .1. : . trial. Tl Jlarshal lie IT nic luiciyitir Lef'eV--kas made known to him, and he was not at all disappointed. He blamed no one, and was ouly sorry that he had not died ou the battle field. " I have tried to be a good. Eoldier," he said to the captain-' " I i'eel that I have done no crime that should leave a stain upon my name." - ; ., " The captain took his hand and assur assured - ed assured him that his name should be held in respect. Towards evenini Pierre Yaillant, with his wife and child, were admitted to so the prison ejVA, This was a visit which Jerome woiVf i"'y liave dispensed with, as hr ,eliugs were already wrought up tV"a pitch that tilmos't un unmanned - manned unmanned Jm ; but be braced himself for tho interview, and would have stood it like a hero, had not little Natalia, in the eagerness of her love and gratitude, thrown herself on his bosom and offered to die in his stead. This tipped the brimming cup, and his cup flowed freely. Pierre and Iisctt'knew not what to say. They wcjfirfjprayed, and they ould have wiluiTgly' died for the noble fellow who had been thus condemned. Later iu the evening came a compan companion, - ion, companion, who, if he lived, would nt sometime return to Jerome's boyhood home. First the condemned thought of his widowed mother aud he sent her a 'message of love and devotion. Then he thought of his brother and sister. And finally he thought of one a bright eyed maid whose vine-clad cottage stood upon the Seine -one whom he had loved with n love such as "great hearts alone can feel. "Oh, my dear frieud!" he cried bow bowing - ing bowing his head upon his hands; "you need not tell them a falsehood; but if the thing is possible let them believe that I fell it battle." Hi? companion promised tint he would