AND WE STERN PIONE DEVOTEDTOLITERATURE, SCIENCE, COMMERCE, AGRICULTU 2E, AND N Pd mie Sea EWS. Vol. 3. i Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, December 19, 1867. TUE Summerside Journal IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TIURSDAY EVENING, by JOSEPH BERTRAM, AT HIS OFFICE, -CENTRAL STREET, _ TERMS: 1 copy for one year, in advance, — 6s. 3d. “a $f half advance, 7s. Gd. atthe end of year 9s. ersons getting up cruns of ren Subscribers will be entitled to the Journar for one year ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at moderate rates and in good style. Sprcirat Acrerments may be made on reasonable terms for a whole, a half, or quar- ter column, or by the year, JOB PRINTING of every description, performed with neatness and despatch, and at moderate rates, at the JounnaL Office. “ “ le Market Summers Summunsips, December 19,1867. Oats per bush - ---- . 2s 98 Barley per bush -----*°-- * > 3s Gla ds Potatoes per bush ----- Is Od Turnips per bush +++ >>> 10d a Is 10d als ; by Tub -- Butter per lb by 9d a 10d Dara por Wb eae seat: ‘Tallow yer lb. Oda 10d Eggs per doz als ny Beef perlb - - Mutton per |b Pork per lb by carcass Geese each -- - Flour per bbl - - ‘Oatmeal per cw Hay per Ton - Straw per ewt. - Pine Boards - Spruce Boards - 2d aod 84d a 5d Is Gla? 56s a GOs 16s a 18s 60s a 70s Charlottetown Market Decempen 19, 1867. Ada Gd Sd dd » Beef (small) : Do. by quarter : - - ddad Mutton - : - - aol add Lamb per Ib. - os 34da dd Butter - - - - lida Is Do. by tub - - - 10d Is Cheese - : - - Ada 7d ‘Tallow - * - - Oda 10d 8da 9d Lard - - - - Wlour 1b. - . - oda Bad Oatmeal 100 1b. - - lisalss Esgs - - - - Vda ls Dotatoes - . : 1s Oda 2s Turnips - - : - ldd Barley - : < - 83 ads Opts - : - - 2s 9d Boards (Ilemlock) - - - 4s Spruce * * - <- ds ns Pine - - : - 7s a 93 Shingles - - - Wool - - : - : ( Ilay - - - - GOs a 70s - Is Gd a 2s Straw ewt, - - ( ; Homespun - - * 5s Gl abs Sheepskins * * 9d a ls Calfskin Ib, - - - - hd add Hides Ib, - - - - - 44d Basiness GQards, BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Corner of Queen § Water Sts. Charlotietown President—Hon. Danie, Brex an. Cashier—Witiiam Cunpann, Esquire. Discount Days—Mondays & Thursdays. Llours of Business—Fom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, : fi 2 p.m to 4 pan. UNION BANK, Grofton-St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown Peosident—Crarins Parurr, Esquire. * Cashier—Jamus Anprnsox, Esquire. Viscount Days—Wednesdays & Saturdays. Hours of Business—Lrom 10 a.m to Lp m., » from 2 panto 4 pi, SUMMERSIDE BANK. Central Street, Summerside, 1’. B. Tsland. President—Hon, Jonn BR. Garvinen. Cashier—E. L, Lypianp, Esquire Discount Days—Tuesdays and Vridays. Notes for Discount must be in before 11 o'clock on Discount days. Yours of Business—10 a, am., tol p.m., from 2p. m., to tp,m. DR. McNEILL, Physician & Surgeon, Resiwence—At George. Garret’s, Esquire, Stanley Bridge. Vea ADE A, New London, Jan 24, 1867. DR. PRICE, Physician & Surgeon, Ovvicn—At the Sumaurstps Drug Stone, next door to Bank, Central Street SUMMERSIDE, DP. B. ISLAND, October 12, 18¢ KITSON GASEY, MD., PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR formerly Assist! Surgeon in the U. 8. Navy, offers his jonal services to the peoplo of Summerside anc vicinity. Tle can be consulted at his office, over the Store of Green & Schurman, in Summerside. June 13, 1867. tf WILLIAM M. HOWE, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. Sr. Enranor’s. .P. Bi. Isnann FRANCIS LONGWORTH, BARRISTER AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAMW p= Oflice—PAVILION HOTEL. (next door to the Hon. Joseph Ilensley’s.) CHARLOTTETOWN - - - VP. E. Island. Co-Partnership Notice. FYMLE Subscribers hate this day entered into CO-PARTN AS JARRISTERS and AT'TORNIES under = the name, style and firm o: OFFICE,—O'MALLORAN'S BUILDING, Great Groner Strret. GEORGE ALLY, LOUIS IL DAVIFS. Charlottetown, Oct. 18, 1867, oot 24 Business GQards,. Commercial Hotel. NEW ARRANGEMENT! COAGH FARE PAID! N FUTURE the Coacn Fane of all travel- lers from the Railway Station and Steam- boat Landings in this City to the COMMER- CIAL HOTEL, King Street, who meke their stay one day or upward, WILL be parp by the Proprietor. FARE AT THE NOTEL: TRANSIENT, One Day, -- One Week, - - - $1 00 6 00 : PERMANENT. Per Week, --+---$3 25 to $450 The HOTEL is situated onthe best business street in the city, and nearly opposite the Waveriy. Itis handsomely fitted up and calculated to accommodate some fifty persons very comfortably. D. P. HOWE, Proprictor. St. John, N. B., Noy. 7, 1867. ly CRAWFORD’S HOTEL, No- 9 King Square, St John N-B, Permanent and transient Boarders aégom- modated on reasonable terms, s In connection with the above the subscribers have opened a First Class Grocery Store where they will keep constantly on hand, Flour, Corn Meal, Provisions, Tea, Sugar, Molasses, and all articles usually kept in a Grocery Store. ; J. CRAWFORD & SON. , 1887.—ly 1 . x yy M 4 : ; 1 Hountain Bouse Hotel, King Square, (North Side,) ST. JOUN, N. B. The Subscriber having leased the above Hotel, and refitted the same, is now prepared to accommodate ‘Transient and Permanent Soarders, and trusts by attention to meet a share of public patronage. Having also leased the commodions Stable attached, and secured the services of a ¢ fal Hostler, who will be in attendance at all hours, travellers will be sure to get satisfuc- tion at lowest rates. JAMES W. THOMSON, Proprietor. St. John, N. B., July 4. 1867.—ly ROCKLIN HOUSE, Kent Street, Charlottetown, SIMON D, FRASER, PROPRIETOR. Permanent and ‘Transient Boarders will find the above House to give satisfaction, Chrtown, June 13, 1867. alocth American Satel, KENT STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN.- JOHN MURPHY, PROPRIETOR, Permanent and Transient Boarders will find good nccommodation. Good Stables in connection with the ftornt, and a careful Hostler always in attendance. Cl’town, Feb. 14, 1867. uf J. H. ALLEN, | Commission ifcrchant, And Dealer in Provisions, &c. MARKLT S8STRELT, St. John, N. B bar Gives personal nteenulba to the Sale and Purchase of eyery description of Goods. M 1, 1SG7. HOMAS LiANFORD, AUCTIONEER AND Commission Merchant, Si. JOIN, N. B. Nov 1, 1865 ©. L. RICHARDS, Importer and Wholesale Dealer in British & Horeign Groceries. i, Head North Wharf, ST. JOHN, - - - NEW BRUNSWICK. Dee. 6, 1s ly ~ CARVELL BROTHERS, AUCTIONEERS, Cominission Merchants, And General Agents, BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET. Charlotletown, - + = = + P.#. Island GARD WILLIAM BEAIRSTO, Commission Merchant, Auctioneer & General Agent, WATER STREET, Summerside, ---------------- PoE. Island. “WILLIAM DODD, Commission Merchant, And Auctioncer, QUEEN SQUARE, CHARLOTTETOWN --- P. B. ISLAND “THOMAS KELLY, _ Barrister - at - Law AD NOTARY PUBLIC, &e. SUMMERSIDE, - - - + 2.1. ISLAND. aug. 9, 1866 Business Gards, KIRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE & CO. flour, Produce, eather, AND GENERAL Commissi¢2 Merchants, MONTREAL, ------~- Cc. E, The most careful attention given to the execution of orders for Flour, Grain, Seeds, Provisions. Leather, Hides, Coal Oil, and general Merchandize, — Freights secured and Insurances effected at lowest current rates. Merchants in the Lower Provinces will find it to their interest to forward their orders for Flour to us for execution, as an extensive acquaintance with Western Millers, and as Agents for some of the most popular Brands in Canada, we can with safety assure them of every satisfaction. Remittances against orders when not other- wise provided for, may be made with Stirling Exchange, or Gold Drafts on New York. Drafts on New York being worth usually ang to a 4 per cent more than on Boston. Every information as to the state of the market, present and prospective, given when required, Consignments of Fish, Cod Oil, &c., care- fully realized, and returns made with the utmost promptitude, or applicd according to the wish of consignors. Charges only made for actual disbursements and Commissions not over those of responsible ITouses inthe line. Unquestionable refernces given when required. KIRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE & CO. 503 St. Paul Street, Montreal, C. 2. February 7, 1867. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, FIRE AND LIFE. Established 1809. TWO MILLIONS, Sterling. HEAD OFFICES: EDINBURGH & LONDON. G. W. DeBLOIS, Agent at Charlottetown. ion can be had by apply- ran, Journal Office, Sum- CAPITAL: Forms of Appl ing to Mr. J. Ben mnerside eT f town, 2 8 orn oe Important to Shipbuilders Elocks! Blocks! Blocks! IF YOU WANT 'LO RAISE TI Price of Vessels in England, order a set of those SPLENDID BLOCKS, which eyergbody is praising, from * YOUNG'S. Terms Liberal, Water-st., Summerside, Sept. 26, 1867. 1! Carriage Factory Ilead of Queen Street, CHARLOTTETOWN. MPNIE Subscribers beg leave to acquaint the public that, having entered into a Co- Partnership, they are prepared to execute all orders in the 3 TT CARRIAGY, SLEIGH, i Blacksmith Business ‘ ’ and having each had considerable experience, they are able to turn out a FIRST CLASS Carriage or Sleigh. Repairing of all kinds, together with all other work appertaining to their line of busi- ness, will be attended to. Send in your orders immediately ~ PROUD & McCOUBREY, Queen Street, Charlottetown, 10, 1867. ly A fc y iN SAWS, SAWS! SAWS! ! Sa of the best quality, and at the follow- ing Cash prices, always on hand at the manufacture of the subs CIRCULARS, Diameter, Diameter. 36 in. $20 each 82 in. B16 each 28 in, $12.50 each 24 in, $9 each 20 in, 87 each 16 in. & 12 in, $3 each, 4 Mill Saws 54 fect, $5 cach; Duck Saws 28 in. $7 per dozen, seténd sharped. All orders left at the Book Store of Mr. Joseph Bertram, Summerside, or forwarded direct, will receive immediate attention. A. RICHARDSON & Co. St. John.N .B. April 11, 1867.y 18 in, Lt in, Sl each DAVID BERTRAM, Saddle and Harness Maker, Water Street . . . . . Summerside. ober 12, 1862 JABEZ HUDSON, — Authorized Auctioneer, GENERAL AGENT, &e., TRYON, = = = 60806048 Pod June 27, 1867. THOMAS FRIZZEL, — Boot and Shoe Maker, WATER ATREET, opposite Gredu &/Schurman’s Store. Boots and Shoes of a superior quality con- stantly on hand, and for sale cheap. Sammerside, June 6, 1867. ly James Greenough, FLOUR Commission Merchant. No 47 Commercial Streot Corner of Clinton Street- - --- BOSTON PORBTRY. THE DRIFTING BOAT. Tr had floated away from the beach and bay, Out of sight of tower and town, An empty and a battered boat; But that boat would not go down, The morning rose on the waters wide, And the night fell cold and dark, Yet ever on with the wind and tide Drifted that battered bark. Tho sail had passed from its broken mast, And its painted pride wae dim; The salt sea-weed clang round its bows, Which bad been so sharp and trim. Where were the merry mites and free Who had gone with it affoat We never learned; but the world's wide cea Wath lives like that drifting boat—. Lives that in early atorms have lost Anchor and sail and oar, And never, except on Lethe’s shore, Can come to moorings more ; Out of whose loveless, trustless days The hope and the heart have gone— Good ships yo down in the stormy seas, But those empty boats drift ou! : They had hearts to suil in the wind’s eye once; They bad hands to reef and steer, With a strength that would not stoop to chance, And a faith that knew no fear; But the years were long and the storms were strong, Andihe rainbow -tlay was furled, And they that launched for the skies have grown Bat the drift-wood of the world. (i are Stlect Hiterature, aD al 1 A LIFE WATCH. We do many foolish things in early life. T did what the world esteems a very fool- ish thing—marvied for love. Harry and 1 were equally poor, and the affronted world turned its back upon us. ‘The wealthy heads of both houses, determining to vive us leisure to repent after having married in haste, left us to ourselves, Harry ob- tained, through an old friend of the fainily, av situation as a clerk ina mereantile house in the City. ‘The salary was a small one, und many a shift and contrivance was en- dured by usin those days. And yet we were very happy. Like an obstinate fond young couple, we refused to learn the les- son our offended elders set us, and we would not repent, but strageled on through the battle of life in the ranks with the rest. Yes, Iam proud to say that we fought and conquered, Now that our mansion is built in the favored locality of the West; now that TL ruimbje along strects in my that Lhave trodden onee burder galoches and umbrella, when the weather would notsmile, howeyer much we smiled at Fate; now that, among not a few good and true and tried friends, many throng to our gay parties who would not then have condescended to cross our threshold—now Lean look back and call to mind many an incident of our carly life with pleasure. There is one story, however, mixed up with those days that is frought with inex- plicable horror. And that is the story I have promised to relate. I must premise that we considered it—in those early and struggling days—a rise in life when we took wu small cottage IMaumpstead. It se, because we had previously oe- cupied apartments, and one who has not experionced similar feelings can hardly taney with what joy we hailed the idea of dwelling at last under a roel of our own. We entered into possession of our cot- tage, and then came our lodger, through the ready intervention of the Zimes, in the shape of a lady, anda singular one. We took her to be about fitty years of ag She Avas a tall, fine woman, but not ¢ ful because of a remarkable rigidity inh movements. Iler step was slow, mea- sured, and dull, endas she trod her foot never seemed to leave the floor. There was no rebound, no plinncy in her g which seemed rather iw statue on wheels than of a creature throbbing with the pul- ses of life. Tor hair was thick, but entire- | ly gray; she avi al it simply and neat- ly, without ornam: d without a cap, but also with a total absence of style, Her fuee was ashen pale and deeply lined, She came Jate at night in acab, and my one servant remarked to me how curious it was that she, being evidently a lady, rode | outside next the driver, [thought it very extraordinary, but the fret soon glided out of my memory as too trivial to retain tein it. When It say + glided out of mory,” Tam using an incorrect ex- pression, It rather slid into some remote, tnused corner, to be furbished out again al any distant tine, like the present, when it might be wanted as one of the small colored bits that tit into the puzzle of iny eccentric lodger’s horrible story. She canie outside the cab, dressed in an yf ati jtioa in that, chaser for her trinkets, knew that the me. exhausted, We felt deeply interested in l our tenant, in spite—perhaps beear reply, in a half absent, slow, inward tone pecuiiar to hers ** My name is of no con- sequence. Whatam I to call you?” * Kitty, if you please.” «Very well, then, Kitty, you will have oceasion to address ine in no other man- ner than as * Madam,’ or, as you will pro- nounce tt, ‘Afwam.’” And with that she gave Kitty a month's rent and asked fora receipt, ** Money is better than aname,” she added, in her listless, slow way, mut» tering to herself, ‘ Wh them? what is my name _As it appeared to vex her, and really did not matter to us, we asked the question ho more, but spoke of her as ** the lady up stairs.” She was evidently cecentri Sometimes she would walk round the ya den in the twilight, covered with her gauze yeil,and holding it ina tight, nervous grasp with a gloved hand, as she did the night when she came, her eyes apparently seeking the window of her room with 2 suspicious restlessness, which appeared to be a part of her eccentricity, It appeared that the lady’s portmanteau éentiined only a change of linen, origin- ally fine mi‘! rimmed with costly lace, but now most elaboratery but neatly mended, Besides this, a thimble, scissors. needle and thread, and the dress she arrived i), our lodger might have been destitute, Yet the large, heavy box must contain some- thing. But though the object of so much solicitude, we could never discover that she opened it. It was placed in such a position as to be visible from both rooms. During the day she always sat upon it. Jn the morning, when Kitty took in her ean of hot water, the lady was ever awake, ly- ing on her side, with her eyes fixed upon her precious box, When first this quiet but eccentric in- mate entered our house she had with her a roll of bank-notes and a ease of valuable | jewels, Although she barely allowed herself the necessaries af life, the former were changed away one by one, until at last, at her request, Harry procured a pur- at a fair price. through the intervention of a friend. The budding of months blossomed into years and fructified into the secd that is ity of the past, and we ans thus procured were sown in the eter e—of om her strange habits had been a ft her last posses: as to become ofher? What was a woman of her age to do? Her ago? That was a question. We feltsome doubts about her Kitty, who sw most of her, thouzht she had not passed so many years in the world as we t supposed. * She appeared to have no friends or aequaintances, No letters came, no visitors called, no post bag was troubled on her account, _ Weil! There was that mysterious chest. Our conjectures and anxieties on her be- half always found a refuge and a econsola- It must coutain something. It was the hope, the Ullima Thule, of our fancies—the sword with which we cut the Gordian knot of our perplexities. “Depend upon it,” Larry remarked, “the box holds plate—you remember how heavy it was. Or perhaps it contains dia- monds of greater value and more in num- ber than those I sold some time ago. Our speculations in regard to the age of the laly were set at rest by the arrival of the census. Armed with the formidable paper, Lrapped gently at the drawing-room door, “*Come in,” responded the low, dull, measured yoice, T entered and explained) my errand. © Shall T leave the paper with you?” I sugyested. “My writing might be— She com- mene if thinking aloud, and stopping sublenly upon remembering that she was no longer alone. Pucning on me her eye —peculiar gray eyes, that looked as if she never slept or Wept—she added, ‘ Will you have the goodness to add the particu- lars for me?” * The name?” T inquired, dipping a pen in the ink. | “What is yours?” was the counter question, ** Mary ILlerbert.? “Write Murtha Herbert, then; that will do.” T looked inquiringly, is a penalty.” “Yes; but the name is of littl conse- duenee—tha name of a lone woman. I I given you a name; will you not ) You know ther write it? IT said no more, but inseribed the paper as directed. But the appallation was evi- i dently feigned * Your age P eDyeuty-eioht.” The pen actually dropped from my hand as she said twenty-eight, aud Llooked up very quickly, old bavathea gown, bonnet, and an iuperviousty veil of the same sombre hue, wh held about her faee as if that were ase eret enemy every one was curious to de- | tect, and she terribly interested to conceal. | There was a Jarze box upon thetop of the o cab. It was of Very old-fashioned make, | remons and evidently originally designed um ‘tT have given you reason to donbt me, addendum to a travelling carriage re | perhaps; but Ihave answered your query tu 4 exterior was covered with leather, bound | with with iron, studded with nails, and secured | and-tw: with a big foreign lock, supplemented by | a clumsy hasp. owner—old, worn, and of a rusty blac The great handles clanked as the man liit- ed it with difleulty and due assi the ground, stairs. so weighty? | very precious to its owner, for she wateh- | ed its assent with strained eyes; and judg- | ing trom the nervous interest she appear. |linguist, a mu ed to-fake init, Ldid not doubt sho had | the pind without }surprised? I: | Liook like an oid woman’? | that you Tt was not unlike its} been the istance to | flesh aud blood to a thing of stone ?. It was not easy to get it up you are thus: sell-insmured and sol Did it contain books, that it was | that you shun our soviet; It evidently held something | fused all our efforts at Kindness? W * Nay,” sha replied, meeting my gaze, rings her monotonous tone, tiple uth. Ave you ver ppose with my white hair “that is th * Lean hardly believe, my dear Madam, not mistaken,” [ ventured to y. d to age truly. Tain bat eight. ity—barely cight-and-twenty.” Good Heaven! thought], what ean have nees of your life that your hair is gray, your face thus lined, yourself all Dut turned from a being of and hay gathered even trom her scanty denials ot our offers of amusement that she was a ieian, an artist; and yet on that chest, nursing she sat alld ridden outside to be near her treasure, and | her hands, ov at most adding a dara to selucted thé time of night on purpose to} her wora linen, do so. When the box was fairly up stai 3| she sat dowa upon it and remained ther portmanteau, talked about her more than ever, The census further told mo that she was 10 SA iL , born in the parish of St. Georye, Hanover Within the cab we found only a small | Square, and was a widow. Ilarry and I We She had given no name when answering | knew that she had spent all the money to our advertisement, but simply forward- | obtained for the jewels, even on her trugal ed a stamped envelope addressed to tt Ale | wants. Kitty, the ser-/rent, ordered uo food, vant girl, asked if she would take some) what ton, and also by what name she should her, pha, Post-offiee, Dover.” address her, | For two weeks she had paid no We knew not ’, if We spoke; what to propose, It was Monday morning, and we were| Burean. * Twill take tea, thank you,” was the scatod at broaktast, when Kitty hurried |—let the whites sufir now de” is my name to |: " to doy whether or not to speak’ to| we ave going to keep it, lin and told us that the lady up was ina fit. Tran up, begging Harry himself to hasten for a doctor, The rl hat spoken truly, ‘The fit was not fatal; but the poor woman lay unconscious for days. When her reason retuned it was evident that she was rapidly sinking. The doctor informed us that she had only a few hours tolive, There were no friends to sum- mon; and vain were my persuasions to induce her to sce a clergyman, to confess y faith, or acknowledge connection with ay church or sect. 1 sat by the bedside I had not quitted day or night since her illness. After lying quict some time with her hand in mine, she at list said, feebly, **Open my portmanteau and take out the hook.” T took the hey she ofiered, and: obeyed by bringing to Ler bedside a com- mon clasped account-bookthe only one I saw, **You have shown me kindness. You have appeared interested in me. I have yearned to make you my friend, But my secrets are suchas during life could be confided to none. I have written them there for you, Promise me noi to open that book till Iam dead.” I gave my word, and, in obedience to her request, put the book into ny pocket. ‘“My gray hair, my wrinkled face, my twenty eight years—you will understand them; will you fvel pity 2” She was sinking rapidly like asun at eventide; and I pressed "on her again my request to read from imy Bible the words of Oue whose merey and forgiye- ness were more needed than mine. She consented. I read for some time, and thought the words were comforting, When she started up, her manner wild, her eyes starting. *' Look! look! look!” she cried, pointing with her forefinger and white-draped arm to the frou-bound chest - 'look! look! Jook!? and with a low ery the poor lady sank k on her couch dying, The struggle soon over, snd all was quiet, ** Look! look! look!? What had she seen?’ What vision had far or con- science, or sudden delirium roused before her? [know not. I saw only the large, dark chest in the place where it had ever ssted—dall, shabby, and cumbrous, We re worn out and tired, and glad to retir rly to bed, ITdonot know how ong IIe and T had been asleep when we were startled by a heavy n in the room underneath. Harry sprang up and seized the nightlight, Surely it is the lid of the heavy chest suddenly mmed,and there are thieve: the hou st J, a3 1 ran after my spouse, lest th night be danger for ba alone, and just as it afeeble woman in her nig iy, like myself, could be any protection, In mo- ments of sudden fear we do net stay no reason, but act upon impulse. In another moment we stood in the double chamber below. Tt was untenanted, save by tha dead. ‘The great box stood as I had last seen it. I tried the lock; it was quite secure, Weealled up Kitty, and rchead the house; bolts, bars, and locks were all intact. Phen we began to son how . nbsard we had been to suppose that thieves would slam a box-lid, or make .a noise loud enough to wako the inmates of a house had they entered. We cowd not sleep any more that night, but dressed ourselves and sittup, watching ; and Kitty ighted a fire, prepared some tea, and shared our folly, ‘Lhe truth is, we had all been fagged and distressed, and our nerves were unstrung, As for the noise, it was one of th inysterious sounds never ac- counted for, but cast among ‘things not ” generally known,” even to the inquiring inind of a Timbs, In the morning the Goetor culled in to see us, as he bad promised to do, and with him and Kitty as witnes i to open the chest or 1 minds of doubt as to w There might be propert; no doubt but what there aad pos ly traces of family conneetions, or fh with whom we ought to cemmunie: The key was turned; the lid raised, The ticking of a bed, old, yellow, and dis- colored, was folded over the contents, As we ussayed to remove it, it fell to ff ments in our hands, disclosing — Heaven !—stcha si rested upon, fainted, and Tar’ me in his arms, involuntarily caught ven the doctor blane! ed, and fell back a stepor two. For there lay, under the mients df the old tick- ing, the remains of aman. Little more than a skeleton, lite more than a heap of rags, aud more or Jess montdy dust, hid- den among which was a costly watch and chain, a set of s' nda dinmond ling of very great priee—trinkets whose value would have kept the lady who lay dead in comfort for Uvo or three years, Who was this man? and what.the mo- tive that led (6 this strar inelostre of his body? Were the remuins those of 1 husband from whom, like Queen Jane, she could not part? or was it the body wimurdered man—a guilty lover—an jeal spouse, Chrust from: sight and cone at the expense of a life watch? his was the secret of the eccentricity of the woman Whohad kept ghastly companionship under our roof so lone. LT remembered her book, aud putting my hand into my pocket pulled it forth; for ia the solemn hour of death, during the grief and latigue that followed, aud the subse- quent foolish alarm of the night, I had iorgotten it, Closing the lid over the ghastly spectacle, turning the key in the lock, and securing also the chaniber-door was the work of a short time; and after- ward we gathered in our little parlor. to- gether, to learn the terrible facts which tarry read us, and which I copy from the coutents oi the clisped volume, (Conclusion in our next.) Necro Botpness.—When the authorities of the United States recently went to de- mand of the nezroes who had ¢ the _farnis neur Norfolk, Virginia, that they should vacate the same, the negrocs pat forward to speak tor them a very black old man whom they called ** Unele Dick.” This orator said to the auth si" Tho Indians were the first owners of tho land, The whites took it from them by fore: and we blacks togk it {vom the whites, force, ‘They have no right to it, andi shall not have it. We tough ; lor the President, nov Wo have suffered: |