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Fare tbee'well we part forererf All regret are now in rain ) Fate decree that w miit erer, Ke'er to meet on eartb again. Other ikies will bend abore thee, . Other heart may fek thy fOriue, But no other e'er will lore thee With the constancy of mine. "Vet farewell we part forever! All regret are now in' vain f Fate decree that we ruut erer, , " lS'e'er to meet on eartb again... Fare thee well I Like the khadow nn the dial Linger (till oar parting kit! Life ha no severer trial, lAeath bo pang lb equal thi. All the world is now before tbee, fcvery eliice to roam at will, lint wiihin the land that bore tbee, Oue fond heart will love thee tilL Vet farewell we part forever! All regret are now in vaiu ! Fate decree that we mast levetr Ne'er to meet on earth again.-Fare tbee well! opuhir Calcs. TX1C IIIDDI.V IIAD. P.V EMMA D. E. S. BOUTIIWORTn. AtrraoR op "tb nam op at KTKriio." "tb d-" aeatKD wir," ere ktc., tc. . CHAPTER I. TUb Nocturhal Visit. Whence i that knocking? Bow i't with roe "when every found appal me? I hear a knocking In tie aoath entry ! Uark more knocking! " Sknlcipettrt. Uurricao IlaJI i a .large old farn.lj tnantuoYi, built of dark, r-d sandntone, in one of te .on. Iist and wildest of the moon tain regions of Virginia. ' - Tba estate is nrronnded on three sides bj a tan re of steep, raj rocks, e pi bed with clumps of dark evergreens, and called from its horseshoe form, the Devil's Hoof. On tha fourth side the grottod gradually des: vjends in broken rock and barren soil to the edge xf the wild mountain stream knowc as the Devil's Baa. When the storms and fl ods were high, the loud roaring of the wind tbrough the wild moan-tain gorges, and the terrific raging of the torrent over its rocky course, gave to this savage locality its ill-omened names of Devil's Hoof, Devil's Kun and IIerricD Hall. Major Ira Warfild, the lonely proprietor of the Hall, was a rtletna officer, who, in distrust at what ha supposed to b ill-requited services, bad retired from public life to spend the evening of his vigorous age on this his pittfimonint estate. Here he lived in seclusion, with his old-fashioned bookkeeper, Mr. Condiment, and his old family servants and his favorite dos and hornes. it ere his mornings were usually spoilt in the tbaset in which, he excelled, and his afternoons and evenings wet occupied in small contivial supper among his fvw chosen companions of the chase or the bottle. Ia person Major tTaffleM tall and strong ly bnittf reminding one of some old iron-limbed DoaflM of th oldea time. His features were largs and harsh 1 his complexion dark red, as that of one bronzed bj ting etposore and flush-dr wUh strong drink. His fierce, dark gray eyet were aunnonnted. by thick, heaty black brows, that, when gathered into a frown, reminded one - of Ihxrndr cloud, as the flashing orb beneath the-n di of llhtniu.. His hard, harsb face was errotinded by Ifc'tck growth of irou-xry hair mni beard that ttet beneath bis chin Hi usual habts was a blact clotb ekt, cri onsen teat, black leather breeches, lcn" black yarn siwlhig, f tened at the knees, and Dotocco slippers whh 'tUer bouoosV ' ' " ' n' ' la character lUy-f TvarCpli. m arfotfan, iom oeerinf and vii.Ipnt equally loved and fear- ed by hi faithful o'J family servants at borne disliked and dreaded by bis neighbors and ac- -ijaaintaiices abrna,, ahnw partly fmra t;j bnse and partly from bis character, fx p.-J upon him the i9-r"?rii9 ricknsrneef Oi. fJcatCAJf. ! ": . , fiw. . ,t i' l i f l-' t fcrr :t,t min.l. vin5 4o) ' . Ctl Hurricane was ! " " . j:t re- r wl.'.-r-re.l , i 14 a.; C.z. r.i.t rt'jv .;!J, 5t '7 f. -3 ta.3 a'.-Lt, ml.' 9 0 l t .... r - T Joctv. was further whispered that the elder brother of Ira YV.rnJd had mysteriously disappeared, and not without some suspicion of ftnil play on the part of the ouly person in the world who had a strong1 interest in bis 'taking1 off.". However fbee thing-s might be. it waa known for a certainty that Old Hurricane had an only sister, widow ed, sick and poor, who with ber son dragged on a wretched lifeof ill-requited toil, severe privation and painful infirmity, in a distant city, anaided, unsought and u oca red for by ber cruel brotber. It was the night of the last day of Pet one r. 1845 The evening had closed in very dark and gloomy. Alnmtdusk the wind &fose in the porth-west, driving up masses of leaden bued clouds, and in a few minutes the ground was covered deep with snow, and the air filled with driving sleet.. --. As this was All Hallow Eve, the dreadful in clemency of the weather did not prevent the negroes of Hurricane Hall from availing themselves of their, capricious old master's permission, and golpg off in a body to a banjo breakdown held in the negro quarters of their next neighbor. Upon tbTs evening, ften. there was left at Hurricane Hafl only Major Warfield. Mrs. Condiment, bis little old housekeeper, and Wool, bis body servant. ' ' W a ' tJ -' ' . ( We- iuariy in the evening the old bail was shut np closely, to seep out as much as possible the sound of the storm that roared through the mountain chasms and cannonaded the walls of the bouse as if determined to force an entrance As soon as she bad seen that all was safe, Mrs. Condiment went to bed and went to. sleep. It was about ten o'clock that night thAt Old Hurricane, well wrapped up in his quilted flannel dre-sing-gown, sat in his well padded easy chair before a warm and bright fire, taking bis comfort in his most comfortable bedroom. This was the hour of the coziest enjoyment to theself-indulgent old Sybarite, who dearlv loved his own ease. Very' comfortable was Old Hurricane; and as he loasieu nn iei ana aippa nis pancn. wnue nis black servant, WooL applied the warming-pan to his cozv coiicji. be fairly hugged himself for enjoyment, and declared that nothing under heaven would or could iempt-bim to leave that room and that house and go out into that storm on that night. Just as he bad come to that emphatic determination be waa "startled by a violent ringing of the door-bell. Ordering Wool to go and see what was the matter, be hastilr arrayed himself in his flapping habiliments and jumped into bed. determined not to be intruded upon, or to be called out of his room on. any'kecount whatever.At tbia moment Wool reappeared. 'Shut the dour, you villiml Do yon infend to stand ibr hulding it open on me all night?"' vo-ciferaled the old man. Wool hftily closed the offending portals, and hurried to hia master's side. 'H'e!!. sir. who was it rung the belt?''' 4-,Sar, de Reverend Mr. Parson Goodwin, and h say. how he must see you yourae'f, personally, alone-!'- ' "S-e me, yriu villainl Didn't yoa tell bim that T hn'l retireor "Ye. Mnrse. I tell him bow 'yria were gone to bevl ,nd ajilep roorne n an hour g-o, and he 'ordered me to come wake vou tfp, aud say bow it wre a mitfer o'lifel" "Life and dfaih? What have I to do-with lif and-death? I won't stirl If the persou wants to see me he will have to come rn here ani Hff me in lien. 'Miis I fetch him reverence up, ear?" ,lYff, 1 wouldn't get un and go down to see- ! Washington shot the- do jr, tou rascal! or I'll j thmw Vhe booijaek at your wooden head P i WooVobeved w'lli alacrity and in lime to 'es cape the threatened missile. After an absence of a few minutes be was heard returning, attending upon the footsteps of anotler. And the next minute be entered, ushering in the Rev. Mr. Goodwin, the parish minister of. Bethlehem. St. Mary's. "How do you do? Flow do von do? Glad to Jsieyou, sir! glad to see you, though obliged-to receive yon in bedl Fact is, I caught a cold with this severe change of weather, and took a wnrm negus and went to bed to sweat it offl You'll exeuse mfl Wool, draw that eaav chair up to my bedside for. worthy Mr. Goodwin, and bring bim a glass of warm negus.. It will do him good after his cold ride." I thank you. Major Warfield! I will take the seat, but not the negus, if yon please, to-night." "Not the negusf Ob, come now, you are jok-ingt Why, it will keep you from catching cold and be a most comfortable nightcap, disposing you to sleep and sweat like a baby! Of course you spend the night with ns?" "I thank you, no! I must take the road again in a few minutes." "Take the road again to-night. Why, man alive! it is midnight, land the sbow driving like all Lapland." . ' . "Sir, I am sorry to refuse your proffered Los-pitality and leave your comfortable roof to-night and sorrier still to have to take you with me" said the pastor, gravely." . "Take ME with you! No, no, my good eirl no, ho, that is too good a joke hal ha!" - "Sir, I frr that you will find it a very serious one! Your aervar t told yoa that my errand was one of imminent urgency?" "Yes, something like life and death ," "Exactly down in the cabin, near the Potlbch Bowl, there is an old woman dying ," "There, t knew it. I waa just saying there Wight b an old woman dying. But. my dear sir, what's that to me? What can I d?" . "iturnanilv, air, would prompt you." "But. my dear sir, how can I help ber? t am not a physician to preSerihe -." "She is far past a phvsieian's help." "Nor am la prieet to heat her confesinn-r." '.-'" Iter eonfsion God has already received." 'Well, and I'm not a lawyer td draw up her will." . , ". .. ' . . '.- ; ' . "No, sir but yriri are recent!? appointed one of the Jutior of the Peace for All?hanv.w "Ve wl!, what of ihat. That doe not com prise the duty of my getting np out of my warm bed and going through & snow storm to see an old wntiiah expire." "iSxeoge me for insisting; sir; but ibis is an official duty," said the parson, mildly but firmly. "I'll 111 throw op my commission la morrow," growled the old riiitn. uTo-morfow yoa may dowtbat, bnt meanwhile tiwnight, being still in the commission of the peace, yoa are bound to get up and go with me to this womrtn's bedsrde.,M "A nd what the demon is wanted of me there?" "To receive her dying deposition. ;, "To receive a dying deposition I Good Heav en 1 was ah m ordered, then? exclaimed the old man, in alarm, as he started out of bed and be gan let draw nn his nether garments. "Be composed she vai not murdered, ex- eltfmeff the pastor. . . fWelt, then, what is it? Dying deposition! it, moat concern a enids,"-exclaimed tbt old mn nastily drawing on hie coat, , . . . .-. It d.tet concern a crime. V . "What crirhf, for the love of beaten?" ' --"I am tot t liberty to te'J joL Ehe'Vni ffo that." - . .-, :. t, . "Wool, go down en rons v.i Srnvi tefl him put ParsoF Goodwin's eiu! in the stable for Ihw nigh!. And tell. i'. a 4a put the Mark dr lil.t-hrrset to tie tla rarru . and 1' bt both t' f. '.r.t ! - vtae'.fc'.l lave a dark stor" ? wt Urn- coor, yoa fn.rn.ill J be Jsr i .. Jia, prsoa, tit itzl xlrrjs e MOUNT VERNON, The good, parson bowed gravely; and the major completed his toilet by the time the servant returned aud reported the -arriage ready. "Tu the Devil'e Punch Bowl" was tbe order given by Old Hurricane aa be followed the tnin-ixter into the carriage. "And now, sir," lie coo tinned, addressing bis coin pan ion,-"I think, yoa had better rept that part of tbe church litany that prays to be delivered from 'battle, murder and sudden death; fur if we should be so lecky as to escape Black Uonaid and bis gang, we shall have at least an equal chance of being upset in tbe darkness of these dreadful mountains." "A pair of saddle males would have been a safer conveyance, certainly, said the minister. Old Hurricane knew that, but though a great sensualist, he was a brave man, and so he bad rather risk bis life in a close carriage than suffer cold upon a sore-footed mule's back. After many delays and perils, the pastor and Old Hurricane arrived at their destination, called the Witch's Hut or Old Hat's Cabin. In one corner of the but, on a ragged couch; lay a gray-haired and emaciated woman,' evidently near onto death. On being informed that a magistrate bad arrived, she insisted on everybody else leaving the room, as she would speak with bim alone. Her request having been complied with, O'd Hurricane drew from his pocket Bible, administered the oath, and then said: "Now then, my good soul begin "the truth, tbe wfiole troth, and nothing but the truth," yoa know. But first, your name?" . . "Is it possible vou don't know me, master?" "Not I. in faith!" "For the love of heaven, look at me and try to recollect me, sir! It is necessary some one authority should be able to know me." said the woman, raisiog her haggard eyes to the face of ber visitor. .The oid man adjusted, his spectacles aid gave her a scrutinizing look, exclaiming at interval '-Lord bless my soull it id it aiotl it mutf it can't hef .' Granny Grewell the the--tbe midwife that disappeared from here some twelve or thirteen years ago?" "Yes, master, I am Nancy Grewell, the ladies a - a - . . a nurse,,who vanished Iroro sv xt so mysteriously some thirteen years ago!" replied the woman. "Heaven belp our hearts! And for what crime waa it yoa ran awai? - Come make a. clean breast of if, worn a! . You have 'nothing to fear in doing so. for yoa are ptut tie arm of earthty law nowl ' "I know it. master." "And the best way to prepare to meet the Divine Judge is to make nil the reparation that you can by a full confession!" "I know it, sir if I had committed a crimer but I have committed no crime, neither did 1 runvay.M "What? what ?what? What was it then? Re-memW, witness, u are on your oat hi1 knew tht, Vir, and I will tefl the truth; but it must be in roy.own way." At this moment a violent blast of wind and hail roared down the mountain side and rattled against the walls, shaking the witch's hut, as if it would have shaken it about their ears. . It was a proper overture to the tale that was about to be told. Con versation was impossible until the storm raved past and was heard dying in deep reverberating echoes from the depths of the Devil's Punch Bowl. It is "so'me thirteen years ago, began Gran ny urewell, upon just socb a nient of storm an this, that I was mounted on my old touie Molly, wit,h my saddle-bags . full of dried yarbs,. and stilled waters and sich. as I alius carried when I was out 'tendin' on the sick. I was on my way a-going to see a lady as I was sent for to tend. "Well, master! I'm not 'shamed to say, as I never wus afraid of man, beast, nor spirit! and never stopped at going out all hours of the nighu through the most leansomest roade, if so be I was called upon st to do. Still I must say that jest as me and .Molly, my mule, got into the deep thick, lonesome woods as stands round the old Hidden House in the hollow, I did feel queerish; 'ease it was the dead bour of night, and it was said how strange things were seen and beam, yes, and done too, in that dark. deep, lonesome place. I seen bow even my mule Molly felt queer too. by the way she stuck np ber ears, stiff as quills. So, partly to keep up my own spirits, and "partly to courage ber, says t,-ittoUv,' says I, 'what are ye afeard on? Be a man, Molljl' But Molly stepped out cautions, and pricked op ber song ears all tbe same. "Well, master, it was so dark I couldn't see a yard past Molly's ears, and, the path was lo ntr row and the bushes so thick we eoold hardly get along; but just as we came to tbe little creek as they calls the Spout, cause the water jump and jets along' till it empties into the Punch Bowl, and just as Molly was cant ion sly putting her fore foot into the water, out starts two men from the bushes and seizes poor Molly's brid lei' "Good beaben!" exclaimed Major Warfield. "Well, master, before I could cry out. one of them willians seized me by the scruff of my neck, and with the other band on my mouth be says: : . ' "Be silent, yoa old fool, or I'll blow your brains OUt I' r "And then master, I saw for the first time that their faces were covered over with black crape. I could n a-screarced if they'd let me, for my breath was gone and my senses were going along witb it from the fear that was on me. . ."'Don't struggle, come along quietly and you shall hot be huh,' says tbe man as bad spoke be-fore. , '.' . - - "Rtrnggle! I couldn't a-strnggled jo slaved, my soull .1 couldn't speak! J couldn't. breathed I liked to bave a-dropped right offen Molly's back. One on em says, says be: " 'Give her some brandy!' And t'other takes hut a flask aud puts it to ray lips and says, says he: "Here, drinft this. " "Well, master, as be had me stili by the scruff o' the neck I coUldn't do no other ways but open my month and drink it. And as soon as I took a swallow my breath come baclt knd my speech. "'And oh; gfhtleroen.' says 1. 4ef it's 'your mopev or your life" you mean. I haint it about mel 'Deed 'elate; to the Lord a rhjghty I haint! it's wrapped up in ah old ojtttoh glove in a bote in the plafteritig in the chimney-corner at home, And ef you'll spare my lie, you can" go there and get it' says I. . 'Yoo old hlockhead. says they, -we arant neither one nor t'other! Come along .quietly and yoa shall receive no harm. But at the first cry or attempt to escape this shall atop yool And with that the willain held the mizzle of a pistol so nigh to my nose that I smelt brimstone, while t'other one bound a silk bandkercher 'round my eyes, and then took poor Molly's bridle, and led her along. I c wild n't see. in coarse, and I die. lint breathe for fear o' the pistol. But I said my prayers.io Myself alt the time. , . "Well, roaeter, they led the male on down the path, until we corned to a place wide enough to orn, when they tnrned ns 'round and led ns back outen the wood, and then round and ronnd, and op and down, and cross wars ard length ways, as ef they didn't want me to find where they were taking me. m,. -. ' "Vell. sir. wheo they'd walk aboot tn this Yu. sedf way, leadin of the mule alion a mile, I knew we-was in the woods againihe very same wrxds and th very turns path-rkjWwel vhy the fel nf tbe pTa end th gonnd of the bnshes, ajf e tU t.n livnst them eatb sM rd alio by thi rnra Mint? r,t th Snoct e- it tumbled alonsr toward tie Fcncb DowL . 7 went down end c'swn, and -, ,.it.-., ,.ti.-.. . OHIO: TUESDAY, got right down in tbe boUott of ,tht follow. "Then pot up my band to raiae tba bandkercbiefi see where I waa; btit, just at tbit minute, j felt the mizzle o' tbe pistol like a ring of ice right agio mj right temple, and the willain growling into my ear: . ; " if you do- i' . . V ' ' ; ' "But I didn't I dropped my band down as if I bad been sbot, and afore . I bad see a anything cUber. So we went tbroogTtt the gate, and np a gravely walk I knew it by tbe crackling of tbe gravel onder Molly's feet and stopped at a borse block, where one o tbesa willaioa lifted me off. I put np my hand again, i . . , ; ( V "Do, if yoo dare,' says Vother one, witb the mizzle o the pistol at my ead,, I dropped my. band like lead. So tbey lead me on a little waj, .nd. tbet up gomft.sU.ps. I counted them to myself .as I wens along, ; Tbey were six. Yoa see. master, I took all this paint to know the bouse again. Then they opened a door that opened in tbe middle. Tbey then went along a passage and sp n6rt stairs there was ten and a turn, and tben' tett more. Then along another passage, and up another flight of stairs, jast like the fi rst. Then along another passage, nd np a third flight of stairs. Tbey was alike. "Welt, sir, here we was at tbe top o' tbe bouse. One o' them willians opened a door on tbe left side, and t'other aaid ? " 'Tbere go in and do rear dntvl and nnah. ed me through the door and shut and locked it on me. Good gracious, sir, bow scared I was! I slipped off the silk bandkercber. and 'feared as I was, I didn't forget to put it in my bosom. "Then I looked about me. Bight afore me on the hearth waa a little weny taper burning, that showed I was in a great big garret with sloping walls. At one end two deep dorner windows, and a black walnut bureau standing between them. At t'other end a great tester bedstead with dark carpet on the floor. And witb all there were so many dark objects and so many shadows, and the little taper burned so dimly that I could hardly, tell t'other from which, or keep from breaking my nose against things as I grouped about. "And what was I in this room for to do? I couldn t even form an idea. But presently my blood ran cold to hear a. groan from behind the curtains then another and another then a cry as of a child in mortal agony, saying: " 'For the love of Heaven, save me!' "I ran to the bed and dropped the curtains, and liked to have fainted at what I saw". "A nd what did you see?" aoked the magistrate. "Master, behind those dark cu'rta.ns I saw a young creature tossing aboot on the bed. flinging her lair and beautiful arms about, and faring wildly at the fine lace that trimmed ber. night dre8. But, master, that wasn't what almost made me faint it was tbat( her right hand waj sewed up in black crape, and her whole face and head completely covered witS Hack crape drawn down and fastened securely tmand ber throat, leaving only a smalt alit at Cs lipe and nose to breathe throughl" . . " What I take care, wntnaa ! re member that yoa are upon your oath!" said th) c. zlstrate. "I know it, maaterl And s I Wop t be forgiven, I am.teilirrg yoa t&raewtU - - ..... 1 "Gn on, then." - "W-ll, air, she was a voting creature, scarcely pajit childhood, if one might judee by her small eize, and soft, rosy skin. I asked ber to let me take that black crape from her face and head. but she threw np her band and exclaimed " 'Oh. no, no. no! for my life, oof ' T: . "Well, master, I bardly know how to tell you what followed," said the old woman, hesitating in embarrassment. ! ; . "Go right straight on like a ear of Jnggernaut, woman! Remember the whole truth!" , "Well, master, in the next two boors tbere were twiUs born in that room a boy and girt; the boy was dead, the girl living. And all tbe time I heard tbe measured .tramping of one of tbem wiiiama up and down the passage outside of that room. Presently the steps stopped, and there was a rap at the door. I went and listened, but did not open it.". , '"Is it all over?" the voice asked, . , 'T?efore I could answer, a cry from tbe bed caused me W look round. There waa the poor masked mother stretching oat her white arnyj toward me in the most imploring way. I hastened back to her. '"Tell him no no, she said. TO JIB COVTIJfCEO IW OCE HEXT. ntcrcsihtfj artctg. A Terrible AdTenture on & Prairie. S. H. Packard, fcaq., an Iowa editor and law yer, was recently lost in a snow storm between Sioux Rapids and Fort Dodge. Abont three nours after he started a heavy snow storm burst upon bim, accompanied by high wind from northwest. Knowing the danger of attempting to cross those large prairies in such a storm, he turned back and attempted to retrace bis steps but soon found that it was impossible for man or beast to face tbe storm; he therefore proceeded on his journey, confident that be could ride to the next house (40 miles) by nightfall. Bat his borse having broken through the ice several times became- afraid to go upon the ice. and be was delayed many times at sloughs until night overtook him at a slough about half way across the prairie, here he found it impossible to induce the borse to go upon the ice, and while searching for abetter crossing, the ice broke witb bim and let bim into the water above his knees. He gndeavored to get to the shore, hut the ice broke at every step, and he struggled on through the ice, snow and water a distance of twenty o'r thirty feet before he came to firm ice. He at once attempted to remove his shoes and eiocklngs; but they Were so encased in ice that it w&a irn possible: Convinced that he roust remain where he was until morning, and that Hi. only safety was in keeping in motion, he commenced running upon the ice and continued to do so on til daylight the next morning, when, having iufe-ceeded in getting bis horse across the slough, be started on foot, at hY to pposed toward Port Dodge. After walking about two miles and balf be found be bad turned aroand and wat go ing back; be immediately retraced bis steps, and walked all day, dragging bia frozen feet tb rough toow ankle deep and at timet knee deep, bit borse following him' n,4 was agaia oyertaken byt Bight about three milet from ft boiigftT llare he feftjis borse, and -started on hoping to reach tlie boose in an bour or two, fc'a't Ee was 6a fafiifand wear that be fel'.fr cjucntlv, and wasI nine beers ia walking theMail three raiTex. " ifis ieMatst during ttirf tttmeV atdeecribed by birn, were pe. eulitr a'nd ttranpe tbe fria-j tVV'ar'e ) 3 "3 bn'kered in raost teaut i'fl "' i i'.irs.'ni ts ct?. pedftnd reached to fit!; t? a .t;r.r.:S saver! tlmesV Ca'uoc J t! at l''i ninJ'.'wes "v ir. . r -, 2?C."si ta :r;;t l.i c.'...l t: 3 cc: 15. ed at tbe tide of the roa it appeared to be wal- backsl . .. Raising biaueliT, b prweeeded, and at length reached the bowse f t Mr. Welch, aboat toar o'clock in the morning. He was takea ia and eared for aatil the arrival of inend from Fort Dodge. - , 2rst Court ia Ohio. ' Tbe llrst Grit Court ever held ia tie Northwest, was that of tbe Court of Common Pleat of Washington county, at Marietta, September 2d, 1783, Rufut Putnam and Benjmao Tapper, presiding Justices. Tbe court wat opened with pomp. - A procession wat formed, the Sheriff, with a drawn a word, in advance, ibltowed by the citizens, officers of the garrison at Fort Haines, the members ef the bar, tbe Jadget of the So. pre me Court, tbe Governor and a clergyman, witb tbe judges of the Common Pleat, in order in which they are named. Arrived at the ball of the Campus Marias, tbe whole procession was countermarched into it, and the Judges' Putnam and Tupper, took their seats upon the bench. The audience wat seated, and after a divine benediction was invoked bv the Rev. Dr. Cutter, the High Sheriff, Ebenezer Sprout, advanced to the door and proclaimed aloud, 0 yea, O yes, court is opened for the administration of even-handed justice to the poor and tbe rich, to guilty and innocent, without respect of person; none to be punished without a trial by their peers, and in puriaaace of the : laws and evidence in the case." Besides the crowds of emigrants and settlers there were present at tie ceremonies hrAtd of Indians, who had their encamj.ment in the vicinity, for the parpose of entering into a treaty with the federal government. It mast be admitted that Sheriff Sprout was more intelligent and imposing ia his tyle of opening the first court, than one of hit successor in Illinois, who, when ordered by the Court proclaimed, 0 yes, O yes. Court am opsa," and when afterwards directed to adjoarn the Coart, cried oat to the bystanders; "O yes; O: yes, Court am that." North Western QtiarUrlyT The Iron Llountaiu of MissourL The iron mountain from which the ore far making all the malleable castings for St. Louis is obtained, is in St. Francis county. Mo., and a-bout SO miles from St. Louis, - Its highest point rises 481 feet above the surrounding valleys, its base is about 530 feet above St. Louis, and cov. era an area of 360 acres. From surface indications, and from all explorations made, the whole iron mountain teems to bo tpada of iron ore. AImMt ait ttt entire surface it covered with iron ore. the particles increasing in size as yoa ascend towards the top, until on its summit are found disconnected masses, many tons in weight, and of six or eight feet in diameter. It it not easy to estimate the quantity of ore above the base of the mountain, as it is interstratified with slates. At any rate it is enormous, and may be considered inexhaustible. The amoant above the snr face cannot be less than 13,972.773 tons, bnt it evidently far exceeds this estimate, for the thick stratum from which most of the ore has been obtained will give nearly, 10,000,000 tons. Tbere are several strata above, and at,least pne below. To what depth the ore extends below the base wf the mountain has never yet been ascertained. An artesian well was attempted to be bored at the base of the mountain, and after attaining a depth of" 180 feet, most of the way through iron ore, it was abandoned. When the anger rested in a solid mats of ore, nnder the grqund as well at above it. There is no probability that the valoahle ore contained in tbia mountain can be exhausted within any time sufficiently short to affect tbe the market value of the deposit. Tbere is enough of the very best quality within a few miles of tbe Iron Mountain, above tbe snrface"bf the valleys, to furnish 1,000,000 tons per annum of. manu-factnrediron for the next two hundred years.: LATEST FE02I THE GOLD MINES. From (h Omaha Nthratkian. Tbe following extract taken from a letter addressed to oar townsman, J. McConihe from his friend Mr. Sagindorf formerly of Hudson, New .York. Mr. McConihe sayt be has long been ac quainted with Mr. Sagindorf and that bit statements are perfectly reliable: Acroru, Dec 16, 1858. J. McConih e. Esq ' Omaha, N. T. Friend Mact I arrived at this poit t on the 5th day of November, baying been thiry daytin making the trip from Omaha, via tbe North Platte route, without sinything occurring worthy of note, fine weather, good roads, and ia fact everything that could add to the comfort and pleasure of the trip attended nt. " ' We made better time with our ox teams, and so did tb Council Bluffs boys, than any parties that came by tbe South Platte route, and had no ,; ! : ... ' - , ' sand bills to cross. t If yon come out be sore and take the North Platte ronte. Sick at I was when I left Bellevne and Omaha, my health. was soon regained, and am now oneomfprtably fleshy, -, Aurora is tbe name given to a town, titaated at the juoctioa of Cherry Creefi with the Platte river. The town sits, commencing in the forjss of the streams, extends one mile-south, in the form of si gore, having the Platte, oa.onQ side and Cherry Creek on tbe other, both skirted with -fine growth of Cottonwood timber, ana -the moantains, which are. cine milesi w est of us, are c!otbe4 with forests of pine, r;rowin t tu enor moos he'-hi. . ... , . .. ... There fts f btrpsaboct ..tlis 000.117,,; tie scenery, the climate, and the excitement of tig chase, are t'one enough to overcome a!l longing after bene, and t'.a tLrur-nd and cre l'.t'.la jfjs trlC'iiirirtJ cf ti e.ster!i Hfrs every ncdu f.'i tr. I 'every r'M an eacieritiaj 'resT; -tzr;--i !i a t-'ar." kI'.S isc.'.ier'te.ri ft - T , , , . - w , -1 1 r I . . . 1859. l' - f " " " '" -r - r - -n i. fc I have prospected considerably since my arri- Tal here, which (bas prevented my; Writing yoq sooner, bnt 1 hope the information . I, have col lected, may make good, in part, tbe delay. , . '. ; Teams are still arriving and persons leaving for the States weeklj and nearly , all hava left with the fixed determination of returning. As far as I have been informed, all are nowiatisfied at to the existence of rich deposits of gold spread over a space of country sixty mileajn length, suad fifteen is width, as far as prospected Mr. Allen, ex-Pp&t Master at Council Bluffs, took 47 cents from a pao of dirt few days ago, and Dr. Konkle, of Sioux, City exhibited to ne "prospect" worth 15 cents. "Shot gold" has been discovered ia . two canons, through which Thompson's creek" and "Cash Le Pood a" make ther way out of the moantains. , - The present occupants of thie country are made up of all sorts, tizet, and companions, ex cepting probably, white and black. , I think, however they average as intelligent and enterprising as any community I have ever lived amongst their honesty ia most cases better doubted than trusted. ; ... , This towo is growing very rapidly, one bun dred. cabins are now nearly completed, and one hundred more will be finished before the first of May. All are looking for a heavy emigration in the spring, although many discouraging reports bare gone back from persons, who thought they bd posted themselves by prospecting up. and down the Platte two or three miles, and who were too lazy iand unwilling to look farther. They were also disappointed in not picking np great chunks of gold everywhere. Yoa know it was just sa in the early days of California, I have just seen a "good sight." I looked upon the first specimen of "quartz gold" that has been found, and it was brought to town yesterday. It resembles the stone in Hoag's ring and quite as rich. The specimen was found in the canon of Thompson's Fork. Those discouraging reports, mentioned above, were sent into Bellevue, but those persons are now becoming cop vert to the prevailing belief of the richness of these mines, and will soon depart from the error of their ways. As iq all new countries the land is fast being claimed.,.;..,, I have wished, Mac, most earnestly, since our arrival, that you bad come with ns, and were here now. Your style would just suit us, and yoa would have enjoyed tbe bustle and confusion here. Golden visions are rampant in every brain. The flannel shirt you gave me, is now decorating my person, and yoar other gifts are also performing their pro pw fuDOtkra., cacr-pttttg tU powdar flash, which I loaned to a friend who lost it. - - it'- Send me newspapers, we literally devour news papers. , P. S. Change your mind, Mac, aud come out in the spring. Do yoa mind? I remain yours truly, t . - ANDREW SAGINDORF. Letter from Mr. Uilliard. Some of our Sarpy county friends have politely consented that we publish the following letter from Mr. Hiliiard, who left that coaaty for the gold mines last autumn. Mr. Hiliiard 's Teracity is vouched for by Mr. L. B. Einny and Stephen D. B&ngs, Esq., to whom it was addressed, two of the most prominent and influential citizens of Sarpy county. This letter can therefore be relied npoa at everyway worthy of belief: -. AcRiaix, Dec. 15, 1853. . Dear Bangs: Parsuant to promise, Inow-proceed to enlighten yon ia reference to the gold found in this region. Yoa have doubtless beard various and conflicting reports in reference to it. This is to be expected, for even some members of the company that came out with me, are much discouraged, and disposed to look on the "dark side." But for myself at well as most of those who came with me I am satisfied that there is money to be made here next summer. I have ascertained this from actual experiment and observation in prpspecting under the most unfavorable circumstances, the ground covered with snow, and the weather cold. ' , . '. : Now the Platte river is closed, and the weather quite too cold to permit of mining operations. For the bast two weeks our crowd has been busy erecting log cabins in towna, as w are share holders in Auraria, the largest place out here. When we first arrived there were bat three houses in the town, now there are.. from, ninety to one hundred, and by far lbs larger half of the miners make it their head quarters. There are other towna-ecattered along the Platte, and on Cherry Creek, at short intervals from each other. Auraria is about ten miles from the mountains. The country hereabouts is One of the m ost de-" lightful ever seen. Plenty of timber, mostly pine, on the streams. The moantains resemble the Iowa Bluffs only much higher. The country is fall of all -orts of wild game some we might tay "beasts of prey," for the Panthers and ihe Mountain Wolves are so numerous that wandering about after night fall is attended with no little danger, particularly to white tnaoj n ..j . .In regard to . tpining, I have seed men make $9 and even $10 a day, with a pan. This is by ao means uncommon. But then many others do not a'vfrag 1.50 per day. ; The reason is, because they don't slick to one point long enough continually roviBg aroand in search of something better.' Tbey want to rake op the gold like gravel, and do not reflect that from three to foar cents per pain mast inevitable, if Ihtj are industrious, bring them rich gaint. "' w ' ' ' - '".' ' ' .' Yours truly, ' . ' XTa. QILLIABD. ; , IC Lrf. Jlorflf is about td p!ay UlJad twenty gi-es rt cne t3e ia Par.3. Be iES .ba!!?r-.! ITirrwitx l? a tss.tch'cf Cve cr t?te me3 f.r C. 3 L civinj IIa.rrT."'..3 Mtbe t,ii ef the pawn e.:. ! c:7i.: Ti3 hi t:! . . . .. . . , , .... - FcrJ, a li-.TT t : 1' cf L"i- t i J. mvuI-, co" . t-'tV e-i " - " ' lis threat wL'j-iaa ft cf L-'ar.. 7. Z - - -. . . . . ' ' . . NUMBER .43. Important to Faraxers To Prereit Haiti - in Wheat. . We are indebted to Mr. R. Q. Carouchatl Commission Merchant of this city, ibe ihe fwl-lowing valuable information with reference ta the preparation of teed wheat. The process has been fully tested by farmert in England and Ire land, with entire success. J . J To Prevent Smat ia Wheat Dissolve, half ir pound of sulphate of copper in threw quarts of boiling water.. After the. mixture has cooled, sprinkle it over two bushels of wheat, stirring it through until the whole be wet. Pat it op in-)ieap, taming it occasionally for an hoar, whea it will be ready for towing. 4 - t . Should -wet weather or any other caose prevss it being sown immediately, spread it thinly oat a dry floor, giving it an occasional turning, and it will not suffer injury for weeks, " ( , . The above was received from very inullt gent as well as extensive farmer and miller, who says in regard to it: , ; u "Where this has been carefully carried oat, it has been fojnd effectual in preventing smut ia wheat. pf course, no man should tow smutty wheat, but even smutty wheat will produce grain perfectly free from smut if it be carefully 1 rested as above. The reason that sulphate of copper produces this result, is, that smut being m fungas, which, when the bajls are broken, attache itself to the ends of tlra wheat and grows in its place, .The solution kills tbe fungas, but is not powerful enough to hurt tbe wheat. J Care should be taken to prevent any animal eating grain dressed with, this preparation at it it poisonous." Cin. Gaz. . '?- ' - ' ILiohard Colvia'e Bees and, Bee HiTet-; Permit me to give you a shorty notice of ia. visit about the, lQih of Dec,, to Richard Colviu't Apiary, near the White Sulphur Spripgs, Delaware Co., O. I bought soma ten stocks of hon ey bees in Prry Co., for Mr.Colvia, closed then- in with thin six cent muslin, turned the mouth of tbe hives up, shipped them on the cays, and mil .hern qat safe and ii good order. At Mr. Cl-fin's Apiary, I saw a most beautiful sight. There, upon the eastern bauk of the Scioto, Is-established a liule, city of bees, consisting of aboat one hundred colonies, ia Langstiroth'e movable comb hives, furnished tbem by the proprietor. They appear to be dwelling together it peace, and in a very thriving condition, guarded and reinforced so that they are prepared tolerably successfully to. resist the attack of their corn jnon enemy, the bee .moth. But if the moth get in, the inventor of this , hive has eo constructed, it that before be can extetjd his ravages far en ough to cause any serious injury the faithful ' superintendent can, apprehend him, and arrest ud destroy him. I shall adopt this Langatrot hive, after rejecting all other: patent hives that have ever been presented to me heretofore, con sidering this the hive. It will pay well to call and see Mr. Colvin's Apiary. J.C Morgan Co., Jan 1859. j : Baisin Pok. . .. H. Sterns, of Felchville, Vs.,- in referring to the question of fattening hogs, in the Genesee Farmer, says: Corn fed t swine can be made to pay almost anywhere by proper management. However fertile land may be, I do not believe yoa caa farm ft long, without manure, Therefore,, it feeding corn to hogs bave an eye to the manure-In fattening swine, tbe meat it one object and the manure . equally afiotber. . When pork U worth six cents a pound.Jjou get seventy-five cents per bushel, in porkfor your corn; and with proper management yoa get, in the long run seventy-live cents more ia manure. Tarn yoa pig into your orchard up to the middleof Aug ast; then put them into the aty, with a good yard into which throw turf, muck, leaves, sawdust 05 aqything to absorb the nmroonia. Sawdust, ns-n ally wasted, is much mora valuable than many, imagine, When thiown hito bogyards cr stable it absorbs the ammonia and fortus a most valuable fertilizer. ' Sow Oats in March. .. i Three pf us neighbors coocldd wewould sow our cats last spring as early as, the latte part of the third month. Sow it upon stubble without plowing, and depend pon a very thorf ough harrowing to cover iu We did so, and the result was a good crop of grain on beautifo bright straw. The success is no doubt atiributa- bia to the early sowing, and I have no question if the oat crop of Ohio, should be got in negj spring as early as the tatter part of the third t-j the Erst part of the fourth mouth, the rust may be nearly it not entirely avoi led, ' - - I would reqprntnend .all .persons interlig tt) sow oC, to havp their ground ready to sow withj out plowiog. oext spring. If it is c jrw-aiubble in good tallage, free from wjeds,- it will do with out plowing. If it is foul, or shoull be. si. ! ought to have been plowe I last fall.-n. W. XL Ladd, Rich mood, Jefferson county, Ohio. Sorgbum.. Sugar.,, .. . , A very fair sample of sugar from tbe Chinese, Cane has been presented as by the Douglas brothers of Znesville, made in oue of Cook's Evaporators. We team that the Dougi.tses are going-to set np their business in Ml. Vernon, aud will erect an experimental Sugar H 70 ,., besidea manufacturing sugar mills and oibtx foundry articles. Ohio Cultivator. . '....",.. ... We are pleased to learn that the Messrs. Doeglas have resolved,, to "pitch their tem" ia. Knox county, and webopa :cj will meet with, the most ample scece?t. in the enterprise Ij, which they are. abont to engaga. Tbej will bav a fine elj here izx their ppsrationtj EiEzx mr.i'u -:.r',. --.v- ' ., .:' : . i .1 .... t ;:-.v A llzzrz Tlow xa rajUrl-. - . ,-They have invented a itoam plow ia r-,i eLIchdces its work admiral', fWirj i".:a six to niaa inches ep, Tbe Cie!r- - Or "'.n cot::!- it, t r . r : I : 3 tnri.Uv.;: r.t ia t-f :r r ', t: 1 t ... :,!,' - it ill' ;r '. knoa.'circ-l that.tS: won'er.M r still in it ir.fncy, wosU. c itt