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Stlttt ||iistellr,nit. A TMUXXOM TALZ or TU SEA . It liUU evantrcx. Far away «» one of the preen Pacific iilei and itUud which U not laid down en any nap save that of the broad bloe ocean itaelf — tbore ia a little mound of sanb marked by a rudely ecolptured atone, and ao cloae to the beach that it 1a almost washed by tha wavaa that roll j i a upon 'h- aaiid. Coming acroaa this ; low It p rare in the cb«l|s of ray wanderin pa, 1 learned from a shipmate that j there' waa a thrilling story, conniclid t •lib it, aad a» I exprraaed a desire to J bear the tame, be began as folfhwa . , ••-la the year J8— , • whnling ship, J «illrd the 'North Ranger.' came to an- j <hor off this Island. her captain drainng | to procure a supply of f>r'h water, -e- j^moog the inmeu-t of the cabin besides the captain Ul^pflkera and the ateward, vera the wife and daughter of tlia forner. Tilt Wife was a kind, gentle little er*aV:re — the txart opposite of her baa band, who was a man of violent pactions, and inclined to be tyrannical j while the 'daughter waa a lively, pretty glil, not more than teu yean of age- This last had been a great fatorita wilb the craw, since the first moment she entered their ship. Her playf. I ways, and tba merry ringing tones ol bar laughter fell pleasantly upou thalr esrs when they were at work, aad cheer I «d their rough hearta ; while the aun- 1 shine of b»r .tweet countenance would yea to ahed a radiance upon the dark nt and moat stormy days. "Tha snowy fairness of her. complexion, and the airy Ugbtneaa of Wm and atep caused the men to girt her tba appellate® 0f <$imw Drop,' nr. J by lliin name and none other was^abe now called, "both fore and aft. Despite the habitual hWahnesa of Caplain P , his _ _ 1 _ J .. Li.mll ..'J .V.I.

demeanor waa always kind & jp ntlc toward, bit daughter, for he lot f ad the child with a depth or aff.elion s lhat would MV*r have bten looked l»r a |u one of bu nature- Young as she 'i * wet this little girl, by her tears and a earnest entreat hi had many a time war- t fed off the blow aiutad by. ber pareut t oi the head of some poor hd a bo had, t perhaps, aroused the ire of the captain 1 by accidental *y »pi»i"K 4 hw of I ur or aiusb up*# tha •Mp'» deck— and t oHeu at night *ould the weary helma- c man be surprised to see the frail figure c «f 'Buow Drop* suddenly make its up- f pearanee at his aid- amid the darkness t and the storm, while she slipped Vltrtc - bis hand her share of cake, which abe j fed aeersSly transferred to ber pocket- « when at the cabin table and preferred for the seaman through the whole c«y. t "At such limea it would bo impos:"- i i# refuse ber gUta, for the liule' maiden f would deliver mem quickly aod lieu i jMsish as abe came. t "But should I stop to detail tba many «i kindly acta performed by the young girl, b would be a long time ere I atrived ut \ the main pdot of *y story. I will , tfetrfose proceed at ..nee to the fearful , incident which threw a gloomy pall over , tfe spirits of all the crew, and one which they »iU never forget. i •Oa tha day follow tag that upon i wbfcfc the vessel Came to anchor off tbe I previously alluded U), the cap Uht bad occaaiou logo aabore. As i tba bout whkh h# steered was receding from tba alilp. ►■<>» D*dp leaped light- , )jr Rpoe tba rail, nod holding by tbe feoen abroad with una baud, stood watching lbt little craft until It di»sp peered around a lofty heed land thai projected MX into Dm boy. • gfe *oa about to deeaeod from tbe perch, when suddenly bur foot slipped, w»d afe fell over tbe ship's mda into tbe ~ profebly bovs obeyed tfe torpafe „bWl pe«top«r ber to W*«f|* W

j child, bad nut an old sailor, by the name | | of. 'Jeck Ratlio,' gently detained ber. i A moment afterward, and thia man had . < bounded over tbo rail into the sea.; Tbe rest of the men sprang to the boatfalls, and made all possible baste to lows eraway. , "At this jnucture an agonizing cry I » broke from the lipa of tbe mother, as ! f the pointed with trembling finger tow- ; | ard the spot where Juck Ratlin had now t made his appearance to the surface of j | j (he water with Snow Drop in one of bis j t j arm*. Attracted by theory Mrs D . j had nttertd, the men iook-d in the di- j I | rectiim indicated, and beheld a sight j j. which thiiled them with horror, and, ) caused them to leap into the bout they ' | had just lowered, and take to their oars , Lwith a haste tliry lad never shown be . . J foNj-^For," cutting. the smooth surface j J of the water stgadily and swiftly with. , i Ira fin, in a direction which must soon • bring him to the old seaman and hit , precious charge, they perceived an encr- . mons and savage-looking shark. i The shouts of tbe men soon msde old Jack aware uLJri^lJi tiger; anil exerting - his utmost strength h« turned and begun ; to swim in a zigzag. course, away frotu r the approaching boat — the shark being f between himself and those who were . coming to the rescue, t "Pull, men, pull — for God's sake, pull I" cried tbe officer, who heeded the j f boat, "they are a long way ahead of ua r yet I the shark will be upon them !" "The sailors exerted theravelve* to - ' the utmost, and the beat flew like lightI ning over the water. But it waa evi ' dent that the strength of old Ja k waa fast failing, and as he could nse but one • hand io swimming, on account of his I burden, the mouiler was rapidly gaiuing ■ upon him. * ■. "^Ittre — '.here — Oh, God 1 tba shark ■ ia within a few fist of 'em — he'll have • them hetwera' hit jaws in a' minute " j i. "Tha boat was now not more than I

seven fathom* from the swimmer and hi| ( pnrsntr ; it seemed fearful that old Jack should |.eri»h when succor was so near - at baud I A tall, supple New Zealan- f irr, who pulled the bow oar. now ( shipped the implement and -prang ( bis TfeeU Tuen snatching an iron , from its placo and bending the ahurt j warp on to it, he-raised (he weapon and • hurled ft at the shark jdat as lie was on ^ the point of seizing .his prey. With J ( unerring aim, the flashing barb of steel f close tbo bloe* waters, piercing the body , of the fiah ; and a shout of joy went np - from ibe lips of the men as they hauled ( the struggling monsU-r' into Uio boat. | " Old Jacfc and his charge were saved! ( A few moments afterward 8now Drdp ( eras pressed to the bosom of her mother; . ^ her preserver stood near by, with ' tears of joy ia his eyei. Having given 1 i vent to the first gush of overcharged ! feeling, Mrs. D turned to the aged , seamau and thanked him as only a j . mother can thank tbv person who aaved , titer child from a fearful death ' " Snow Drop waa then taken below, I that ber wet garments might be. changed; and soon afterward she was again on deck, looking as cheerful and happy as eT-r An hoar from this time the captain ; returned to tba ship. As ha mounted tba deck, bis first offioar addressed Urn, saying : -*• Yoar little girl, Mr. D- — . had a | narrow escap# while- yon were gone." *' How f" -demanded tbe captain, quickly. " hbe fell off tha ml! into the aea," replied tha male, indicating tha exact spot where Bnow Drop's foot had •lippod ; " aad if it fed not—" "The skipper interrupted^ him with' an oath, ua >s looked up from the rail, which he had been aerutlnislag closely. "5o' wonder abe feU I" be roared, savagely, " wlih all tbhi slash bare f Who *!« at work haro taat t " '• I, sk," raaponded Jack RatUa. M a • fft1n% m. that stay."

it "And. by letting fftii aiuabfaiinpun . the rail, and lewving futhorc, yoawearij I caused tbe death of tf] daughter. ^B'ye 1 . j hear, you — " * V 1 "An angry flash mounted to the ' • cheek of old Jack, as be replied : j " 1 never was used to l>eiu' cussed, ''captain, and — " x . i j " You' never was, eh ?" roared th^i • ihaptain, furionsly. Well, than, see if' r ' you like that be'terl" and seizing a] f hatchet from the carpenter's chest, he i j hurled it with all its strength at tbe - bead of the old seaman. - } " But it did not reach its desliaaliou, i for, s« it whizzed flashing through the ( I , air, there was a slight scream, while a ' light form sprang between the insiru- j i ! oient and Jack Ratlin. The ntxt mo , meat Snow Drop ateggvfrd and feU iuto ] i the arms of- the old seaman, with the j i Made of the hatchet buried in ner white 1 i forehead, and the blood sit earning down ! t her white facp. v ^ - " The captain uttered aol a word but ; ' with a half wild, half Wipid stare, atood I I gazing upon the quivering form of his ; ; daughter, like Otle rooted to the spot. j i ; "A slight upraising of the hand— -a ; i | low, Jeep gasp— a flutter of the limbs, •. similar to that of a wonuded bird — and , f Snow Drop's head fell bsck upon old { Jack's breast, while her lips half part- , ; ing, breath, d thair !ast. r "I have not much more lo add l Capt. D breathe a raring maniac ! i from that moment; and when tbe ship ' i reached home he was piuced in a iuuutic | . ! asylum . ' " His wife did not: long survive the j i ' loss of her child. Her grier was so i ' gieat ss to prodqee a brain fever, which i resulted in death shortly after her p-yrn I ; to her native soil. 1 -tar from that' mother's resting places beneath tnc little j ; ' mound - of aarlU - jrow a»e befoM ywo, lies j i the still, "cold form of little Snow Drop." j j . nraUXTALXTT. ' 1 There was never a greater truth than | 1 nerc nc.er ■ kunin ujui iip.n |

that euuuciated hy a late Gerrqan bank- j " t-r, who had exhausted bis life in aiuosH j ° iug a colossal fortune.. He w«* sur- I ( rounded by iSme young friend*, and ! ; disponed to give them ;lns benefit of his ' • bitter experience. "Here," said lie, j i "are before yon. the busts of men who ! 1 have gloriously cultivated the liberal j I arts 1 have met with busts like those j ' wherever I have travelled— all over the 1 'world. Painters, poets, sculptors, statesmen, men distinguished in every field of genius have their passports to v immortality erected in stone, throughout < Hie world ; but, my friends, 1 have never t 1 yet seen a statute erected to the memory 1 of a nmn who has devoted his whole lifo . " makiuj/ aoeey I The effluence of j ^ ; such a Hiau mast bw his only consolation. ■ ( j He wilrhchooored in life — hot in death , !. he is furgofuo, for he has lelt nothing < behind bin, Nothing to exalt his race, i ! or honor tbe nature of the diiiuity^iitb- ' | b<m, beyond that of tha grestetl ' . boor who obeyed him for a ' codiideralion.' Think ot li." ' I For 111* M Oeaaa Ware." i SOTS THE OJIIO. It it a' remarkatilo evidence of the^de- , gravity of hunjsu nature that mankind i delight to slander the uprieht, and despise , and *so m tbe weak and errinf.v-Aad-l|i«^ j ! former is scarcely store unjust aad crual , j than tbe latter, bscaoae, ehile borne ap by j the cooacioqseess of the rectitude of their intention* and the aprigbtneiM of tbeir conduct, they have beneath their bet that •ore fouadalioa, whieh dsfl*a .the storm and the conscioosneSe of right is to them a* a " lower of strength." knowing fall well that, after the wild eacftoment of passion 1 shall have passed uwjy. aad they are again I regarded in sob^r Judgment, they must be aekrowledged ar atili tree ; and their sue i« miss shall to found liars anto them ; no matltr how Barcely they may have been aaoailed. nor hew much popular opinion and feeUag may s-etu to lake aides against ' Jjbm. ' But those who hare heea toast by temptation aad through' tba power of that K temptation, aad the ffailtfe of itoir own n stare. h»vs aWppcff Isido from ths

, prtb of striae aod lutwerity. wbea aaeatlrd. p sligbtad aad injared. Have set vfet lo , uphold end support them, bat .rather need j the comfort and cooaoUlioo of Irienda to ; give tbctn coarage. again to look ap. and f:*tnre to regain the position which they I hux^ lost. It is not without tfie sympathy , ! sn'd -upport of true friends, that such an i one is ensbled lo say. " Rejoice not aaainst • ^jma.'thou mine enenty. for when I (all I" f ; shaii rtio again." And a true frieutl ran »j only' be Vnoan when tried by -ecll circum 'stances. Ilow many a eorvnwioR «<»e ia j there who has tru-ted their proffered B . fri«n«l*liip,.whu he* found iii the day of { trial their hearts mailn to tdred afresh by . ' the inconstancy ol l!«»se »lio have turned f from them wheu they fundly but vainly i , heped to tveeive Troni th in advice, en- . | cuuras'-uienl. hope and comfort ; nr at tlie ' very leant, pity, compassion anil sympathy. } ; But tuck liicnde. instead uf afl»rob>r the j oeeded reiial, ollm turn to th— i r arranrt t j BU'I worst enemies, and thn«. ty their very f j cruelty, estios'atsh the ls*t ray of ho|>e 1 - from tha aeli accu-ed the erring, yet j re|M-ntant ono, and rucceed in driving tlo-m t J ofltimes to utter denpatr an^se< J them to . j a premature grave, or leave them to wander s through a path ut earthly existence, lit t p j by tin sunshine, a de-ert in Which ll do ! oa-is of joy, wear a face nn whi.-h' beam* ! HO * Si lie of cbeerfulneX! . nr pethaps, even • t»er»e, cuu*4 l hem to plunge into crimes, ' i the con.mi-kion of which i» ret oiling to 1 every pr-nctple of tlmir b.-tter nature, and - from which, under more tsvorslde ciicamalunces, they wonl-l liuv« r«c<il|ed w:lh a shudder, until they drink lo the very dreg* , ! the onp of wickednra'. Iroin which, to an I evil aod unguarded moment, tliry aero led to take the first diop, and go on thus ' to tbe end Of life. -and lie do* n ouldinrnted ! in a grave from which uo ray of hope shall " | li-hten their pathway to the spwit world « ' I O ! how insoy ro called friend* wilt l>e i- implicated at the last in the guilt of those , I who might have been ^lured back by pity, j I earn end proper sympathy, to virtue, to s j integrity, to t.'hrtst. a»u at Wtu Heaven. # And bow will that parent who liairbanisbed ' an erring child from hoihe, atoLorivea it < I oat to battle alciie and unprotected in the , ' wicked world, answuf lor tho-e aiua whieb t j might never have been commilled had it ' . not been for his oui.alurat and beartiras oi

conduct. Ilow can it be that even u father u ' Call t>e so prou.< to forget the teaching- of J One who auid, - l.et hiiu that i* aitlkout is j iin among you cast ustoo- "An i.what have S j profited hy the example of the ' Itnod w j Eiaaiafitau" end that prayer " K -fgive nur h a* we loicivu those that tre»» il pa*a against as." Ileal gi-utly with tbo I erring, for we aro ail mortal, and all liable ' to orr. — — u FBAITKNtSO d Frankness is supposed to ln> a common „ deed an extraordinary thing. It requires j, troth, simplicity, love, and genuine good j ' nets. Men speak plainly wheo tliev do t apeak, hut they are nut open and five. , Many speak troths very plainly when angry; B ! many speak pleasant truth* frankly • l«*t „ few there are ahoie souls are b* auced iu t an atmosphere of love that iffvy sp ak ( whatever needs be swid, to each other snd ^ to all. plainly, gently, fully. The denr>st r friend* live together for yaers without dar t ing to speak things which they know, and , which each party knows tbe otfier knows f Parents lipa with a rmterv# yea-s long tow. f ordt their children. Children cwrry un- j tuached, unsyllabled, thoughts and feeling* ( that take bold of their very being. Friend* ■ meet and part day hy day — friend* »o true I thaythr/ wnold almost die for each other. ( i or. whet is harder than this, are wili ng to , jlW for each other and never apesk of what ( > eaeb feSkm> passing to the other's mind. It is very strange to see people coma up in r conversation, to topics that, by a tacit free i ' masonry ere sacred, and wilhcet word and ' ' look, one glides past on one side, and the ' other oo the other side and meet beyond 1 going down tbe common channel again, ' 1 Was Ibwreerera ihougbtfol.-een-ijive per- ! ' son that dared to ha open, transparent. ' 1 frank T Hot however this may be. Umre can ' • be no doabt that people are aol frank 1 enough for each other's g«e<L If men j 5 knew how to apeak the troth io Iota, how | » rich might one become. A men migbt : »■ then stand ia tha locus of the wisdom «f| t all bU friends. Bat refnsing to let their 1 own lights shine they aow grope io tha >- partial light af their own wisJiam, dtslemp- * *i«4 by self-L'VC. ,. «*Mi » ig^TaVc "the Oceta Wave.*'

wtnqM TBtnn. . Charles dJ HliaHon. (He veritable Tom I Thumb, is' residing here in bis native town. , - II* bos traveled Dearly tbe world over, earl I bos amissed a forturo frtr himself as wall ' as made hi* mother, two *!«lera. tuid yocng • ■ er brother independent T lie little general i is now io bis 2Gth year. His bahit* tra uQi-sceptiunbhle. sn'i hi* int< llecfsnd gen- ! era! business habit* are such that he peri sunnily attends to his own G nances, and trun-artv all the business spoertainiag to I leasing hi- houses ; loaning bis m- uey on . I burnt* and inorisagrs, and looking ofL-r*hg* ' The petit general own* a Bnc yacht r bearing his own name, which he saili turn- ' tvP eith e« much nautical sk^l a* any > "old salt" who saili i ut of Bridgeport her- > bur H« al*u keups a Hue |>air ol jilietlaiid . pon t-j and a »ptend,d fa*t horro for bis o*u i d:i"injr. a- well a- a highly trained pair ol I hunting lljgs. Hi* rifle o;.d fiihKlg tackle r m-ru of cnor-r made cxpr«'*>ly to Salt his i oimiuuiivu mtc, and he is u *ucce*stn) ! sportsman, lie killed several deer while l t»av- ling Weil la»t year, i Tun groeral is something of a. pohticigft ■ —he contribute* liberally to chatitwtda obi j- rtn, and is highly rospi ctcd by hit fellow i citizens. He ba* bei-n offered live (.audii iin v of scvoruljpubiic office*, but^fae says be i leave* »uch heiiur* tor siuailer oieu.— , lii viijtptkL- O.. Slumlord. iop.H CAKOUXA &&KIUCKACY. FeAon UrowoLoW. iu a late *pe>cb dm. cu--i g lie etnurii preteiiliuus of the Cot- - 1 have lived iu South Carolina- 1 have travelled •xt -tixivcl) iu South Carolina for > a nuuihei ol yr.ir*. Why in their lcgi»le. lire a— emlilies, the sergeai.l at-arins and -a deputy ur two, with cocked hat* anil swo'rii*. g-rtlre and bring in the S|ie*kvr uf the Hound, ur Speaker uf the Senate, who Come* robed out in black silk enough to di>*» out iii all i lie amplitude ol fashion, any I * u lame* here, ecau in liluet of |t* limit oiliava.unt liuo|« The Sheriff, ac-,-qetu |<auy tag ihein with cocked hat and sword, give* three rati* apon the Boor nnd criea "Make way lor your S|waker.' Then lie laarchvs gtaniUy in and take* hi* ecat'I'he *uinr pompon* tnrm* are observed with

one of their circuit jn tec*. He is ccoducted iu in tf't sain* wny. .1 have rem old llutler. alterworj* Senator, march Villi tin* eilk rulwgffS. pieceoed l.y hi* SherifT aiul dwpntic* iu r cko I lt?t- and with sword*, crvmg "Make way fbr tho hnnorublii f« ft,' and everybody vquuitrd ilka so uisny qusii* when a hawk I* about:'' D00« XUKBIHO BCDBO. The turning rnunil of a dug liefnro lying down to sleep is a natural' instinctive habit from his nrigin-illy wild cnndirion.^N, nnd mo-.t remarkably retnined ia adome*tio state. A wild dug mukvs his bed amp' g gra«s. and, to tender il comfortable, puj^dowiMiis nosa. 'turns round sevt ral t me*, and so throws down tha gross in the spare iu which he turns, then lie* down sad gov* comfortably to sleep.' There aro oilier anulagous instanc* of the retention tion of original iuMinct or habit, threax# countless generation*. Thus tha common sheep in A state of nature seeks safety at night from toasts of prey upon the tunestain'topa. Thvdomrsl -eated shesp retains the inninctive lihJJ*riUheiigh the necessity it no longr* em*ts . All the morning it r.isy be seen feeding with its head down and <m regularly ascuadiog in the si- " What do you propose to take for your, eoldr ssid a Isdy to a sn- cling gentleman. * 0. I'll sell it very cheap ; I won't higgle about the prtfe at all." , What is the difference between stabbing man and killing a bog T One is a*sanlling~Y with intent to kill and the other a killiug aitb intent to salt. i , : — ■— « "Ob. Jacob," said a master to his *p- . proatlse boy, ~ it is wonderful to tee what , a quantity ynu can eat." '' Yee, master," i said lb* fey, " I hav* tost, practicing U ; : since 1 was a child." r ! He whaean reply to an cagvy mas with i : calmness, is too hard for him. f : : r! NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT I VWICf Is beretnr rvsw, th»t the owauate of i> rooeh Hewitt afeft tell aim of litin* (ulleo, - hum). Will be rviiortrj tor *r< itrmrnt le the OrI sssawrji g""*v - ! Tea «V m.-frnta