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on of the stranger gif jatj tjWlne drinking went oa with the talk and ft ffects once or twice idea of iqoudered labstance. The moral of that picture, as addressed to uifknts addutted to I Her uncle, whose manner in leaving the draw- i ing room, bad partaken a little of an sir of bra- ia for this reason solely that yon aee me here, Hcgh endeavored to signifyi bis comprehenaic gnify! his comprehension knowing himself for a pariah Was this to be young and live his existence over, aided by the exnerience of a fhrron Vinlf rntnrv Pnnh MORN TNG EXPRESS, BUFFALO, THURSDAY DEC. 26, 1858. A fAKyT 0B CHRISTMAS. Li.

I one more Ch sixth as, and then, for eevtral years pale, sad featured boy made a portion of the Chcckkbbke household, whom the people thereabout knew for Beelxebub't chdd. He survived his parent long enoegh to give fair promise for the future, bat died ere he reached manhood, and was buried by the side of her wbose burden of reproach he had inherited, but all unconsciously. He never learned how much his mother had sinned, or why the world avoided throwing their Croats into the fire, could brit bare been in the last degree impressive, A pair of suspenders and a small sheepskin, constituted, with the remnants of an old wool-hat, the raiment that misguided youth. Ia other designs, Jonah sat under his gourd, which was carefully DroDped tip with sturdy pleg; the murderer Cain fled upon a bare backed! horse; the Tower of Babel was being built, by men in knee breeches and flapped waistcoats, and other biblical legends were illustrated effectively. The furniture of the apartment, evidently with the house itself, was black with nge, and the leathern cushions of the stately chairs shono in the firelight.

A few portrait wer. suspended against the walls, a faded aud time-s-aiued mirror buns above the massive sideboard which OC-cupied the side opposite the chimney, land a chandelier with branches so thin and feeble that was a wonder how they supported the tall candles, depended from a carved pine apple in the centre of the seiling. But i the contrast lay none of these appearences it was to be'found aaother element of tho tccue, and that a living and a human Seated ibefore the jbroad firtt place, and screened from the full glare of the light and heat, by a comical ctiinese screen, ail dragons where it was not elbow3 and all elbows where it was not dragons, were two persons as unlike to appearance as Noah's elephants and his swine on the historical tiies. Tbe one, reclined in a statelv, hih-'iacbed chair, was a stout, bright eyed man of rifty or there about, whoso haild, round head looked iall the ijihrder and rounder because of the hair being culjjghorf. and standing straight out from the surface in every direction, as if the: gentleman instead of sitting in easy chair hail been taking his comfort upon an electrical stobl.

Id his the proprietor cf the head grasped a red bandana handkerchief, with which he 'occasionally' subjected the hair to friction of the severest: kind, evidently deriving some mysterious satisfaction from that occult manoeuvre. spectacles lay beside him, on the opened leaf of an accbuitt-book, and on the sarae apider-log jed tabic which supported these, were a pocket: book and 4 bed candle. I jj The companion of this personage was a young woman, scarcely yet out of her tebns, and though not positively handsome, still interesting, and, perhaps, pretty. She was engaged in some feminine impioymentj though what it was to -result in, none of the other sex could have decided without deep study, i At the moment of our iu- traduction, the conversation between the two had ceased, and uow, while Cuecxhubke irritated his already raging hair anew, his niece demurely knotted a fresh thread, and proceeded with her seam. jl But it not long before a flourish of the bandana announced that the gentleman was more charged, and about to relieve his liind, which he accordingly did in the sententious remark, accompanied by a snap of his lingers Ghosts be hanged 1 Clara, his niece, accustomed to the abrupt method of her uucle, who.

frequently opened a subject in this ipeicussion Etyle, replied notj but continued "the scam. Christinas Eve continued the old gentleman, in Lis inteijectional way, and looking straight at the ceramic record of the Red Sea catastrophe, on the jamb, But Claua contipuod her Nobody but a noodle would belicve'i it again gave fotth the oracle; There was a silence of some minutes' duration, during which the gentleman eyed the biblical tiles: with an expression of savage animosity, aud from time to time, made dashes at his head with the Jjandana, all rolled intOa hard ball. Finally he spoke again, after turning abruptly towards his niece, anil fixing his gaije upon her, as if she had been some culprit submitted to Iris magisterial inspection; and to be legally looked out of countenance. "You have heard, Claka, the silly old stories about this house of your ancestors your greatgrandfather built it when the estate was; first thrown open to settlers and he: was appointed the Agent of -the proprietors the stories iff Us being hauhted by ghosts? How they appeared first to old JIaumauke Ciikckkiiiiki: himseifand how he, becoming a ghost himself at certain periods, has appeared to all subsequent tenants in the family line Of coui-se you have," life resumed, as his niece looked up fronrher sewing, and made a gesture of assent to his versions of the tradition of course Lyou have, and I dare say" an impatient dab with, the handkerchief that likeiall foolish women, you the scandalous, tale, eh!" jj Poor thus attacked scarcely knew what line of defence to assume, but she faltered out hy, uncle, I have only heard the story fiom my mother! and she always taught me to disbelieve talcs of supernatural influences, like that pne." ii i. in0 old gentleman quite mol-nhed by-th allusion to a favorite sister jjour mother, O'Iaba, was a truo ro m.nkably sensible woman.

Put ahe should loot have repeated the silly invention. I have never spoken of it; to a soul, before, but this evening it itame into itoy head somehow, and i when I rerji, l'tcted that this was actually ChristijLis Eve, iLd exactly thirty years from that night when my poor futher became possessed by the fancy which Ultimately destroyed his intellect, 1 shudderc4 at the coincidence here tho handkerchief came into full play the stiipid, drivelling old dolt that I am. Ah Clara, if we cohld only becom young and grow old crabe- of the sutcment, but he thought, privately, that the spirit might have spared itself the trouble. Without noticing the gesture, the ghost, for such it had admitted iteelf to be, Cflntinaad 'But bang here and not likely to appear to you a second time, the mission of jthe dead returned to earth, ahaS not lack fulfilment at my hands. That mission' is to teach and guide the living and such of these as, being so instrmct- ed above other men, enjoying the lessons of a doable experience of life, ignore and fail to respect the moral thus impressed, and scoff at the teacher and the task, deserve the stings of conscience which neglected duty soon or late will There was no sternness in the tone with which these words were! uttered, but their import went straight home to the heart of the hearer, whose eyes were now fixed unflinchingly upon his shadowy guest.

Touts has not been what men term a bad the speaker went on "nor jet an useless one. You have lived in the world without offence to your neighbors, ana thii.t yoursett and are thought, by them, a good citizen and an honest man. But have you in laboring for that appro val done all your duty here Amply provided with the means of enacting positive good, is it sufficient that you have done no positive evil A conscientious life is that which seeks out the opportunity for achieving, not that which goes on year year, satisfied with the performance of what presents by the way. You have been content to wait the -opportunity, When you should have remembered that the opportunity awaited you, and might be found byi slight seeking.1' The man, who had listened attentively to this rebuke, had evidently felt it too, for his eyes were dropped from those of tho speaker, now, and he was pondering deeply, But he did not speak. "If you would question my i right to thus re view your past and draw comparisons between the precept and example of the teacher, do so and welcome I -lived a life of easy hap piness, but conferred I fear, too little upon oth ers.

A proud, stern, selfish man, I stood on a pedestal of my own erection thajt lifted me above my fellows. They grovelled at! its foot and did me reverence. I accepted their worship as my right, and dying, tranferred the title to its en joyment to my children. You inherit the tinsel and the glitter, which in the sight of God, was ail I left. Blind fool that I was to mistake it for substance.

Had I lost the sceptre, the pedestal had fallen and I been prostrated anion the worshippers, stripped and despised. Look that you profit by my confession." "But how? how exclaimed his listener, a cold moisture standing upon his forehead, and his eyes beseechingly turned upon his viritor. "Fatience, and you shall know. You wished tj night, for the return of youth, and flattered your conscience with the idja that if you had but time, you could re-livc your life to better purpose. It has been the lourin of better men than yourself, and was but natural.

Still, it is a thoughtful, a childish wish. Would you test the boon you ask by it3 fulfilment Perhaps I shall be able to assist you to the fruitipn of tho bless ing you have sought. And so -lyou are young again The 'Squire said, in after times, when he used to tell this very story, at Christmas, that at these words, the Ghost disappeared, and there immediately came over him such a change as he had not experienced since he took I the Laughing Gas. And the whole room changed too, so that what had previously been a fire place was now a tannery the wardrobe was transformed into a bridge the turkey carpet was ai sheet of ice the bureau was a side hill glare with frost, aud the other familiar objects about tho apartment took on the forms of trees, fences and cottages. When his bewilderment was a little over, he said, he surprised in discovering that the scene was all familiar enough, and was, in fact, a perfect copy of his boyish skating-place.

When the picture was complete, in its still life, it was in stantly peopled, by a group of merry, shouting, red checked boys, who went on one knee to strap their skates; stamped the "heel cork" into their boots; played "Dickie's Land" and "Tag;" cat corly Q's on the ice; came1 into collision with each other had tremendous falls upon the frozen surface got the nose bleed and stopped it with a plug of snow all just as he had done, well nigh half a century The skating was good, the air was frosty and clei and 4.he boys were enjoying the half holiday somo thing in the picture, or reality as it seemed to him, apprised the oWryer that it! was Saturday afterno 'Di 'liat halcyon period of school boy life, rne bureau or rather the hill into which if had been metamorphosed, was steep and smooth, acd down that, bouncing, yelling and laughing, came a train of youngsters, "belly gut" oil board sled, frame sleds, sleds with poles, sleds with ropes, Sleds shod and sleds unshod, while the snow flew before the runners and drifted: away behind the guiding boot-toes, making rainbows in the wake of the gleeful boys. The other train, of those dragging their sleds, wound slowly up tLe hill, stopping ever and nuon to pelt the descocd-ing with snow balls. It was ono of those unlucky missiles which, causing the object of it to swerve from the direct track, led to a capsize of his sled, to the precipitation of the target into tho gutter, and to a jeering laugh which was vociferated by both the doseendhig aud ascending parties. The butt as well of the eiumy's sh'ot as of his ridicule, the boy drew himself out of his momentary embarrassment and rolling up his sleeve3, confronted the thrower; with menacing and vindictive countenance. The other lad was nowise backward, and the chivalrous specta tors at once took issue', the factious beicg divided nearly equally, as regarded numbers The two combatants were ready for the onslaught and had moistened their hands frequently in compliance with the usi al etiquette, when an interruption red A lad whom none knew came pressing through the crowd, and, placing a hand upon either btl ligerent's shoulder, commanded, in an authorita tive voice "Boys! stop this; go home." There was a look of puzzled frankness ex changed by the lads who compose the gathering, aad then, a youth with pi etei naturally white hair aad wearing trousers which attested "to his rapid growth by the dark streaks round the bottoms where an economical mother had let out the tucks, dt mantled in a voice half squeak and half bellow Who are you say The strange boy held up a forefinger, the nail of which the white headed one feigned to examine with cafe, and emphasizing each word replied I am Hcgh Ciieckerbek I shall.

call the po lice if you fight here." The superlatively ludicrous threat was received with scoffs and contumelious gestures, by the boy3, one of whom proposed that they should take the Quaker down aud rub him." Another inquired after the stranger's "Ma," and a third dropped a snow-ball into his round about pocket. Hcgh was wrathful. But though he was now a boy be had been a man and was practicing his purposed reform, as well of his own peculiarities as of those of other lads so he merely inquired of the lads if they knew whom they addressed, for he intended lettinir them into his secret. But the boys replied Why you said you were Huckleberry said one; No! Puckerberry," cried another; "Some greenhorn, anyway," added a third, and with a derisive laugh, a yell and a whoop away went the careless crew, their sleighs throwing clouds of snow before their runners and shooting far across the hard frozen water. Tho intruder found himself an object of aver sion and some dread, as the boys began to look uppn him as insane.

Then he became playful and insisted upon recognition by them, but they avoided him the more, and finally, as: by some talismanic impulse, they left, in a body. In the midst of that cold, wintiy landscape, surrounded by things that spoke of life and yet were dead the mill with its ice clogged wheel, the factory, silent and abandoned, the trees stripped of their verdure, the stream all silent and cold, the reju venated man having tasted the first fruits of his fulfilled wish, found himself alone, abandoned even by simple-hearted, trusting youth I He had asked sympathy and found what Put the best face upon it and the lads had regarded him as an imbecile. Could he go through a second life were risible in speech of jgreat pretension at the exordium, bat speedily 4 ecoming diffuse and then ceasing abruptly, lo thH utter confasion and misery of the orators. I Ttdn there was a song, and stories, which last alone of all the entertainment, the Jccognixcd ss having been ascribed in his youth, to one Joe Miller. After this thS onl irtainment becomes diversified, aud the tna seek amusement in various ways, agreeing $ijjy in recognizing the necessity of creating a coufusioa as poasi ble.

Mr. Spotts a toast, which proves to be a dry oue 4r bjibody hears. or drinks it. Mr. Cracklim voinitj8rs a song of which he appears to have mhjiid the tuna and hHati.

ed commit the wor Aut Ids failure is well I 1. n't auu uiviw ia juut regrets in tue rlowm'- bowl. Mr. Btjmpas assi the chairman if he can repeat those fine lioesiofi'ori, commeuciri ah! stop a minute lt tee no matter, well leave it to PulseE." i i The visitor yawning, and was about to slip away frost his voun companions. wucu ana again ne was alone with his 0mpanioi, whose look of saduess was temp.

a quiet smft. II ecu felt humbled and chagrined, and it scicely need ed that he should acyhowcdge his repentance and coutrition, for they, were visible in bis coua- aanee. Sii Shall I go on rfskelihe shade would you try the next round of ladder, and go back a score of years present "Taunt me not wif the folly which I have so soon learned to pity despise. A kindly inon itor as you have bjenaaui fkr, I would not thiuk of vou as a cruel Urirtt- -JI am humbled now, 'ii aud pray you spare mer The Sptnt ajiswereg HjSMy mission, then. nearly comnlcte.

ArJjii.iihe moral of the les- 3 2 son you have learned, StAy bs concealed the talisman and elixir orJrynrSlr'ruture happiness not only for yourself, butjftjr. thoao whom youvmay reach with kindnesigsof -Je verity as you sha choose. Live in tutpKKent for the good it brings, and prepare the future and the blessings it may haveJIl iUte: but leave the pas with all its irremedialj(4 jones, to the care of its now dead, i or nRUius moving world ot yours r.othin -hi i-1 iiii ut. hju present duties aud in lamentations over past delinquencies expose A'r the neglect, shall find no happiness thif. siddLe grave." What would youtvJii do? I am a child iu your hands now, arid ofjy too anxious to re deem my long, long yliyi "That question answer for yourself whenever you apply 2su ilf to its solution; the means and opportuuiKnJjyQeyer wanting to the hand held ready lor tal irk.

There is no lack cf duties for. the earnest Bum oulv children and fools shrink from theiitjai long for another life, bewailing the want of This is the day we call uot in view of the importance or tne uay an agi reunions mat mere is quesiion of the JWjits date That doubt a maker of caleudarsJSjr ilii ascetic hater of his kind might raise as IfSaJfitj known you raise it when every year yoit your doors against the genial influences?" fiie time and fed your little spirit with contempt of all who reekoned oa and deljloj.tjrj' in its blest return. Hereafter let it not briaifLthat Christmas fuud your household fires tisjed or your sympathies frozen in your breast ltyrn to love and enjoy this auniveisarv. andiftniftafter duties will nre- sent in order. WoulailjUball the Christian sects agree to celebrate a fi in the very name of I i it which is embraced and Charity and Hope.

So should thifelB, from year to year, a bond of sympathy firintjng them, and tender thoughts taking the icic bitter animosities. And with them as wifs 'iu, the recognition of this one day's deinanjt wuld be the key to happiness uuthought of End otherwise beyond attainment. My tasl3jftidod now. rare we'd, (breve jjjj The 'Squire had to the last words of his ghostly jbr, a nd would have recalled the prescnceA Jt was too late. The room was dark and cjjl tiie sound of softly falling snow was the onlpijrjclthat broke the silence of the winter night.

IIJjo'h ChicksfiBEE was coufusiAl and ad in the endeavor to solve his difficulties? b' turned over once and a'ain slept. And I should think so his bed billowed be- ire thtj stertorous Therf was commotfjl 6n that Christmas morning, iri the old mansiifitlofho Cueckehbeks! The memory of man raivSjl; hack to the time when the great chimney haft fip4ked at such a volcanic rate, and men stoppi-i jtbijaze upon the spectacle. It hpijsbsen many years, too, since the window had been unclosed, and it was itj Irirjinge picture that the groom aud a househiud presented, brushing down cobwebs from ajj-jissh, which had been i i woven there by thciinjr sninners. iust after i 'Srinii-e'a Ai'StAff: if deittllltlut all that conveyed 1 "-vr no idea of what wtffig on in the kitchen where Clara, as mucSrtfildered as her domes tics, was directing ai Set5 of culinary expert -men's that were cveri'; ffiSsr to redound to her housekeeping fame. l-Wblj larder, which that young lady constantly, was always well provided, U3i orrfthis occasion it rath-er resembled a mai-kJi jof a fair than a mere fimily institution, y-ln we should say it 'groaned" with its but that in so djing I should do itjuitk to the spirit as well as the letter of the trgSi pr nothing groaucd or suggested groans injfji t'inansion on that day.

The youth whose ordinlr; it was to wear a long apron and to fijui ryI wilh the kitchen maidi about his shob Jt ajics, was elevated to the dignity of a MercSify iid was constantly in ition between the SfiiUglj aud the house. He was heard to remark, fele' itj the day that life had become a burden to words to that effect, and was only restorc-ftc ope by the gift of a bright, new coin froijr Ss Clara. Thai boy was as nearly (is is consistent with raoi tal imperfection, id fl number of tree's which he brought liifieijflm the village, the amount oi message cs iisWwhich he performed, and the extent of pat.r j5ing which he achieved that dy, were 90flieii)g to be talked of indeed, in after yearsfe commemoratively known, to his familiftrf 4s Bundles." There was an aired widow whi litl on the bill, back of tkn i i-A wrnm Urte assortmeLit of jipejrcels, which he kit bshrnd him titer fa jjajlame basket maer, dwelling, with his family 3 a hovel down the rhom thatj wefifitible by appeared, with more blankets, ri Jftannels, candles ana poultry, than the poot- bai-iet-maker bad ever dreamed of since begacl ie Arabian Nights there was a terriic ohf wiLn, known conven tionallv, and with sl'gP ci Won of genders, as p. who ada a cottage, on the bleak north side of thf ft'llbere the storm and broke wiriMhilWl wildest fury. The old creature had for c6laniODS a pale, mcx-i- i a metSaeA-vkri kind, and a wi'W.

jaw, uv" i-r 5(2l repuUble, towzied omforttlie Boy diredtjiWi 6 that acene of i a and found epti and found n.iort trie COT if a w.n.. flic nM wnmall hugging the cbDd tW The Hoy from the ing hi, errand and bi ug ht among the outaida for ftbrtucfa. fiodrng, but in Umitea uuauu.js.u- whwiU Au (I.iIt in thut tea-kettle, or line, aad aelecting by rs aaitancu of hu noae, a paper of tea from anigie parceU he Lad the wretBitd a erono to anaer- stand that he commaSded prwparation of UtWUtUS It- i warm beyerage. TUeoJ ua me jer. aad rerHed onuiast, thepd, aid pitiful remnant of a life of sin, wept" honest as oyer moktenod the cheek Mlniafcy.

Tho boy de- v. nn Quldlnr. nreato! bak parvcu, um -p -ith lol of Hioi Shich be had to transtKrt in at pf.ths snow, though nnffad aeainJ iAnt ao did the sawyer who toiled np bi buck npon his ahomder.UkeawanderfeiJidrew- woman and bar forforn odt Wr mfo eomfort- able, and while they uw new ag a Tit mtiffer hyea to see and kindred, leaving ljftgjiibbl of chronology to the little minds whicSjlSrl pleasure in its iteration, could That they could ado, took a long breath, as the door closed behind him, and, under pretence of giving the candle opportunity to become mdre thoroughly ignited, paused for a full minute Da the max. The long hall, nnlighted save by the single taper which be carried, lay before him, deep in shadow, the heavy oaken staircase,) even, at the farther extremity, not being distinguishable in the gloom. When the candle again blazed up, clear and bright, for the draught through the opened door had caused it to flicker, somewhat, he started upon his nightly journey, which sooth to say, had never before appeared a tedious or unwelcome one.

And it might have amused his niece not a little to know, that several times, before he reached his bed-chamber door, he turned his head to look back. He was naturally courage ous, but it was clear that the supernatural had overcome nature for the time, and the doughty magistrate who had threatened his ancestral ghosts with the terrors of the common lock-up was, so soon, a victim of superstitious dread. Safe within the walls' of his private apaitment the 'squire proceeded to assure himself of his security from unwelcome companionship. There was a cheerful fire, blazing on the hearth, which illuminated the room so thoroughly that the explorer felt a marvellona accession of bravery, aud performed his tour of inspection with much intrepidity. The book-closet was unnoccupied by departed spirits the wood box revealed no ghoitly visitors he shook the coats and trousers suspcaded in the ward robe, until the buttons rattled again, but without effe he opened the drawers of his bureau, lest, perchance a sheeted might bo concealed amo his bed-linen, and, with his boot jack he felt for goblins beneath the heavy presses.

Finally, having reconnoitred all the premises besides, Le went upon his hands aud knees, and with a long oom in one hand and a caudle in the other, he lifted the valence his four post bedstead and disappeared, to his hips, in the gloomy recesses beneath. A stranger to the customs of middle-aged Christian gentlemen, might have fancied him engaged in some occuii form of worship, the object of which was kept, liko a different sort of Grand Lama, secure from profane eyes, in that remarkable sanctuary. The worship, however, was not of long duration, and the devotee soon emerged, after the reputed fashion of the crab, and stood again his feet. Few persons, who hod seen the dignified proprietor at that moment, would have formed of hiiu an impression favorable to his general san ity or particular cleverness. Of a plethoric habit, by nature, and usually filling his garments com fortably, the stooping posture, combined with the increased tightness of his apparel, had made him unusually red in the face, and the flue and feath ers which he had dislodged tfuring his research es, having clung; to his black and respectable coat, waistcoat and continuations, he had, in that oue moment of abasement, (alien from his post tion of intense propriety to the depths of the shabby geuteel in fact, he presented a woful contrast to his former self, and might have been taken for a recently discovered example of what a much respected elderly bachelor may arrive at, accidentally lelt somewhere and forgotten long kiuough to become After a cursory glance, or two, into the darker corners of the room, Mr.

Cn kckkrbek procseded to disrobe, which operation ho performed with noticeable celerity, and immediately ensconced himself in the ample lap of the' great bed, waiting until he was firmly fortified there before drawing on his night-Cap, which resembled an extinguisher and operated like one, by putting the wearer out for' the night. Long before the flickered iu its socket, lil'GO slept, and like the rudest ploughman in all the country side, H. C. snored. The sounds of labor, iu the village, had long since ceased tho dim lights that had flickered through the windows of the little church, upon the hill, where the last preparations for the morrow had been made, aud the choir had been practicing, in the absence of a congregation, kept at homo by the terrible storm, were out the faint strains from the organ, which now and then had been wafted down, to the ears of listeners iu the valley, hud subsided tho tavern lamps, even, were, extinguished, the voices of revellers were hushed, and the solemn stillness of a 6nowy, winter night, brooded over tiie village.

At one or t.vo windows, the gleam of tapers showed where the sick were watched over by the well, but all else were as calm e.s deat! Tiie stars shone out with a crisp brilliance, not dimmed in lusue or sparkling with of cheer and pro niise, than when eighteen centuries before, one of their gorgeou? host guided the seekers to that lowly manger bed where lry the infant Sav A sharp frost had followed upon Je storm, and the air as full of di dustt with which all spots vf' covered by the heavier crystals snow, were speedily powdered and bedecked. And thus did nature prepare her grand Christmas cake, the Earth. All unconscioi'S of this festive word out of-doors, aud careless alike of tho wonders of nature and the devices of man, Hi gii Checkkriikk slept and snored on. The fire had died down to a few embers, wiiich were snugly stowed away under I the ashes of their exhausted companions; the canvle had its last and, like the lily, cxpiied in perfume, and a shadow was over all objects ia the room. Even the mice in the wainscot had censed their iudustrious nibbling aud yielded to the silence and the darkness.

Suddenly, wi.h no sound or movement premonitory, the sleeper was conscious of an apparition which startled, and for an instant, alarmed him of his extended arm, looking down upon him with mild, sad eye3, there stood the figure of his an cestor, old Marmaijtjke, the counterpart and very double of the living man Even to the flowing ruffles, the brocaded waistcoat, the powdered wig. There was no mistaking it, for had the portrait in the hall stepped from its frame and wandered hitherward, it could not have been as life like and actual. And the light, though it il lumined no other portion of the room, was strong upon the -figure, seeming, indeed, to emanate from; and to involve it, like a glory. Hugh gazed, a moment, in awe, then conscious that he had nothing to fear and willing to -recall thus vividly, the presence of the ancestor wthom he revered, he smiled a sort of welcome, to the ghostly visitor, and would have extended his courtesy to the ofljr of a chair, but that he the effect of too much and sudden lamiliiirity. The shade was still standing, motionless, wpen Htron, anxious to hear it speak and to learn the purport of its visit, broke the silence, rather falterinelv.

however, and with a certain huskiness of voice My Grandfather we spoke of you to The figure signed assent, which encouraged his interlocutor to proceed, still with a 'tremulous and hesitating tongue "I that is I questioned Clara as to the tradition which connected ghostly perhaps returns and visits Iq this house, with Christmas eve I did not intend t) be understood as ah denying the fact but Clara has so good a memory that I dejsired trj so to speak and with all reverence, I am sure investigate the sto legend." Ana now, with a smile that was more sad than mirthful, the apparition replied speaking low, gentle tpnes, hut distinet enough to reach the cariou3 ear of him addressed. "The story would scarce be credited days of logic and materialism you were not wrong in doubtin for you had else been false to the puiteop'-iy jn which you were educated. None lives who has been present at any ot these returns, arid none could tpeak definitely of them so that the evidence -wa3 wanting, which is demanded by your rational science, and you were right to disbelieve or assort your disbelief for really you must conced that you were impressed despite your fierce -denial, with fear lest after all the story should prove true." HfGH remembered his abject condition, as he emerged from beneath the bed, and blushed as deeply as the color of his silk night cap. Bat he did not venture to rejoin for he dared not trust his voice. "Twioe or oftener this evening," continued the strange visitor, "you scoffed at what you now behold, as an impossibility in nature you might have carried the error to your grave but for that boaotfu announcement of your skepticism.

It pooh He had only been the butt of school-boys, who turn all serious things to He had never been happy as a school boy why should be hope to be in this supplemental existence. The subject of this metamorphosis used to say that during the continuance of his second life, he never once felt himself out: of place among the companions who were yet in the earlier years of their first, and that his dual; condition never em- barrassed him in the least only his superior ex- perience always weighed heavy upon him, and he fttlt grieved that those ha would have made wise above their generation, shunned and avoided him. i The oueer bov. fi-omi another century, stood among the scenes of his childhood, changed in --I nouiuig material, until, iwib greeu spots oi memory, tierc ne iiau pia eu with scores of lads, whom he recalled by name r. 11.1 aad feature, aud whose alteri lives, checkered by good and evil, success; and failme, honor and disgrace, he had watched with even more than vouthful interest.

The steep hill-side and the glare ice were again peopled, and the solitaiy outcast, neither boy nor man, found companionship among the forni3 which memory endowed with life. gentle lad who became the prey of sharpers the patient, uncomplaining one, a victim of the mailer's tyranny, and often suffering for the misdeeds of others he afterwards saved that verv master from merited legal ishment and came to be a judge the cruel boy who so wantonly destroyod animal life and found pleasure in paining the tepser children ho was a slaver, gambler and rufSaii in after life, and died, they by violence; the calm, philosophic youthj'who was always peering into the sky aud finding wondrous revelations there; he was near being ruined by a false wife, and finally became a misanthropic rover of the earth all these, with many another familiar friend, came up at call and stood before their conjurer, in all their youthful freshness. Motioning tho spectacle aside by a plaintive gesture, the outcast walked slowly away. The scene faded into darkness and the ghost of Marsiadi'KE stood befote him, iu that strange light which appeared to emanate from itself The visitor spoke You have had your first lesson in rejuvenescence you huve entered upon your second boyhood with the lads of today; moved among them, like themselves, but gifted above ihem, in the possession of the knowledge gained in a pre vious life. Would you continue the trial?" "Boyhood, in the retrospect, is pleasant to poets and dreamers, a halcyon period.

Still, it is but a wearisome probation, a period of unsatisfactory life, made tolerable by the least rational of diversions and the hope of future manhood And that era which youth longs lor, age may well look back to with satisfaction. For the period true and great enjoyment is that when, his young blood just tempered by the conscious ness of approaching cares and responsibilities. the boy puts on his virile robes and claims him self his own master Transport me back to that age and leave me there; I shall require no fur ther intervention of your mysterious power." There was a sad smile upon the lip of the ghostly visitor, as he disappeared, aud the scene instantly changed from the darkness of the bed cham ber to one equally familiar to the spectator as the last and much endeared to him by early associa tion It was an intoiior, a furnished apartment in the near vicinity of a eollege, that, indeed, which had been the Alma Mattr of the 'Squire, as it had been cf his father before him. The room was peopled with young men fine, frank countenances they had, and the air of true manhood the only truu nobility as well sate upon them with ease. On the walls hung many portraits, which Ht cii noticed, at first, with a sUit, for they brought reco'Jections to his mind, unawakened iu years, but afterwards with simple curiosity, so that he looked through the collection, until his eye rested upou his own likeneESj placed there in his fornivr youth.

The next o-ment he found-himself seated at a festive board a'nong the guests, wIiosa Amphytiion for the occasion otcupied the head of the table. And here, as before, the stranger found himself unembarrassed by stiffness or constraint, and received as an expected equal. There was no great apparent change as jet from hi3 college life of thirty' year's ago. He had often met his companions in this room, both as guest and as host, and he now felt that he really had begun his anticipated life of enjoyment. Bu he detei mit ed to say nothing at first, remember ing his ill success with the Kchool-boya.

He was somewhat startled by the extraordinary character of certain waistcoats, the like of which he beheld now, for the first lime; and the" fashion of which filled him with amazement; Iu the matter of cravats, he had been when a young min before.quite a conuoiseur, but he was forced to admit, in a personal 'examination which he made of himself while the cloth was being withdrawn, that he knew but liitle of that article of tittirc. He as also much perplexed to com prehend the language of his companions, conversed iu a dialect of which he was ignorant loans men his day aid not Uillt slang, cr affect an intimacy with the technicalities of the stable, but now, he found, both accomplishments Were highly prized. Also, there seemed to be a chronic and entirely irreconcileable difference of opinion among his friends relative to tue compa rative beauty and other mciits, of two dogs, which creatures being introduced, proved to be bright-eyed, nervous little wads of animation, in color and general appearance not unlike a hand ful of recently picked Oakum. Yet the entrance of tl ese lively cynosures, which was performed by one upon three paws, and bv the other who wa3 covered with momentary difgrace, in conso quenee of having been detected outside in mak ing a bed of a an abased and de jected manner, their cntranee was hailed with shouts of joy, and the ai.imsls, being captured, were at once placed upon the table, and fed with dainties. As the astonished visitor wondered at this reversal of the rule of his former youth, which assigned the space under the board to the occupancy of dogs, the attention of the party wa3 challenged by a very young and very delicate member of it, who desired to krow, "if any of you coves, have seen my new dog, Tough The loves responded at once ih the negative, and demanded to be kept no longer in suspense, but to be at once permitted to ecjoy the acquaint ance of You'll have to get your low priced rat snuffers Out of the way first," was the of the effeminate young gentleman I wouldn't icsure the tips of their tails if Tough gets his ej upon them.

So the bundles of oakum were re moved, carefully, and the proprietor of Tough retired to bring in his specimen of canine nature. Presently, the clacking of a iehaiu wa3 beard as those of Kolla are heard to co. pending the negotiation between Alo.vzo and the old sentinel, and the door being cud detily forced open, a combination of rnoies, yawns, snuffles and lew growls preceded the ap- pearance of a huge brute, which instantly netted itself and applied a hinder claw: to the titillation of an ear, which in obedience to the behests of high art had been cropped close to the head. When this ealutary process was concluded, the animal presented a front face to trie assembly. The Countenance so revealed was anything but prepossessing.

The fiery red eyes, a nose so turned up as to smell in a'vertieal direction, a lip so sardonic and contemptuous as to constantly reveal the front teeth below it, and an ander-jaw projecting below its fellow, made up a visage. at sight of which Hugh was not abliamcd to lift his feet from the floor and rest them upon' a I -ia rrli nna r. id I 1 moment af Jiant admimtloa. and then, the nartir aa one min rraye yoice to their gratification at the pleasing fpectaclc, in language appropriate and pointed He's a trump," oue; A per feet brick," said another high old dog," ex claimed a third and, "By jove imperial stunner, ejaculated a fourth, with mtaly terror. The brute, feeing evidently imposed upon and hurt, was preparing ifor action, and Ucon wa certain would epeedily conun ence with hU lega biit the owner of tho ci eaturc, anticipating demonatratiye con-doct on ita part, withdrew lua pet.

Tho eonrer. aation now turned upon other subject, but all too abstruM and technical for the eaiiy comprehend 1 1 A Merry Chrlltmu Wo wish aD our readers young and old, rich and joor a yery Merry Chriatmna It a joyous Etason when the freshness of youth is upon old age when th'-; Rap of the scion an parent trunk and all, for a brief hoar, become children. Xo ni by issued from thio ojlice tomorrow. Tile We atlici: the uaruca of several dUtlnguLdicd MemV.Tij 'f tiie Legislature used iucounectioii wit'u the in if Speakership. Among theui are Mr.

Lkavkswoktu, of Syracuse, SaBiiAX, of Mr. of ChatrtauUej Mr. LnrLi jti. of Oswsgn, and Mr. Van Valke.mm cf Steabcn.

Either of these ft iitkiii' would adorn the position and ulwliarg: iti dutieJ with credit to ihcmndven and uscfuinc-s to the Statu. Vc rcrc notice an o.i the part "of jouruul-i "hose mission is that of mischief, to create sectional issue in regard to this officu. Tliu Troy IVlzy, in speak' iug of Mr. I.itti-iiin, says: inti-rest will oppo-e his election, on thc'if'-ouiid-that Oswego interests are too sharply inokiH certain powers that be iiml liave been, witnout putting a member fiom that city in tiie Speaker's, chair. the Refreu-.

will probably ins.st on Mr. Littlejoliri, and he will fiu in, in opposition to the Western interests, and over il.o hvuds of fairer, and in all respects belter in.ii. Trie object of tun paragraph is to create schisms and sfrife among the majority of the an effort which wo arc confident Hi'i-t and will iu.il. as we are upon the extreme western ycrge of the state, we may be pt: milted to speak of tV wrtern Uow tin! of Western New m.iy on t'ee (juc tion of we will pr. I tjo Hay, a.1 thoy will act in to their own dictates cf duty un- a ii 1..0 ci.cum-uuiceK.

that Western men to proscrdje Mr. LiTnuoiiN, merely because lie rcnideB iii Oswego, we do not beliotc. The of the Wc-Hteiti Counties will no doubt be divided on tiiij question according to the indi vidua! views and preferences of the as lit oilier of the State, hey declare no formal war against any man on account of his Tin; people of Western New Yoik ive a uli 'in-; feeling of desire for the early en larjjem and completion o. the Erie Canal ia accordance with the terms of the law relating thereto anil providing therefor, and they will oppose no man or interest on canal grounds, whoso wishes and purposes in this regard corres- p-mi! Willi then 8. teelmg the importance of thin work, and forming as it doc; the great measure oi toe times, we, in common with all our fellow citizens who are interested in tho prosperity of the western portion of the Stale, ile-ire to make ho issue with the friends of tho Canal Enlargement, anywhere.

We know that there ar- interests antagonistic to those of the ami we are aware of the fact that the hostility tlitw ei. gendered has increased tj such an extent that it will require th combined power of the iends of the Canals everywhere, to secure the public works from ultimate defeat. This is vaxue speculation. It is no ulle tear. lijrr an absolute and fearful fact, thaThe tiieidsof the canals must heed, as they wniUl save their enlarge ment and completion Mm the couseipioucas of future neglect and djay.

There is a minfal and honorable rivalry of interest between UiifTalo and Oswego, and the enemies of the are ready to seize upon'tliat fact and foment ill feeling between their respective friends at Hiis time, in the hops of weakening their power in the incoming Legislature. Let th "western interest," as it is termed, take heeJ, lest it may be betrayed into the lap of an outside who is wailing to clip aii Canals of their locks and the west of its commercial power, which it will secure in the completion of the Erie Tho friends of the State Canals will find enough to do in the next Legislature, to protect and provide for the public works, without wasting their euergies and power iu sectional strifes over rival Canal interests. The common enemy is never so happy as when it can get liio.se living on the line of these- arteries ot commeice by the eats in a controversy which weak' ns them and defers the day for the -ultimate of their hopes. Slave liisillr-ctloil. Mi lost of Mates in which slavery exists continue in a state of high nervous excileufent in regard to tiie tlireateneil outbreak, of the slaves.

The causes which have' led to the present condition of thiiigi it is insisted lie in the idea inculcated by tio democrats during tit is late political campaign South, that the Republicans proposed to inti if re with and slavery. Th'lo getting to the ears of the slave, they have prepared, to aid iu their own emaircipation by force. Iiire-ferring to thi3 explanation, the-National, liticlH-lcnci say if it should be well founded, it ily a (lords us a new relisou for citiw'to our hojie that the time will soon eoi.ue when the word will cense to occupy a place in our political vocabulary, and nJieti the discussion ot Tof i shall be banished alike from the Halls ol Congress aud from the State naners of the National Government." That time may, and no doubt will come, when the South shall be satisfied with what advantage it already possesses through that institution. The attempt and deteitni nation to extend its borders and political power i3 the cause of all the agitation which now exists, and ot tue dangers and dillicullies which now environ or menace the peace aud wcllare of the South. RKWAitn as a StiuulaSt to I.nvevTion.

Prior to the first of September, 13u5, there was not a patent granted for a machine for sawing nfarble to a taper form. Tho want of such a device had beeu, unconsciously long needed to turn the attention of the iuventive genius of our country in that direction, a reward was offered bv a gentleman for the invention of a. such a device after it was patented. -A considerable number of machines for the purpose ivss accordingly patented, and applications for the same are now pending before the patent office. All these machines accomplish the 'desired result.

Some, by a large complication of devices, which, when used practically, would be wuile consisted of one single device. Ti.ire can be but one to receive the reward $10,000. A fire at Sam toga Springs pn Monday morning, destroyed the large boarding house known as the Prospect Uouse, South Broadway, Saratog i Spnugs. 1 he budding was constructed entirely of wood and owing mainly to the want of wnier, is a total loss. It was owned and occupied by Mr.

Strong and was insured iu the United States Insurance Company, and in one or two Hartford Companies for $5,000. It was worth about The furniture was mostly saved. t-The Pittsburgh Diipatch relates the fol lowing ftory "A lawyer in a neighboring county was once called upon suddenly to attend a wealthy farmer. after further medical attendance was useless. He proceeded to -draw a will, in ac cordance with tue dying mans direction, and both supposed the" business concluded, when the lawyer recollected a fine tract of the farmer's possessions, which had not been provided for, aud remarked you have forgotten that hundred acres in township what disposition shall be made of that?" "Ob.

no!" ouietlv ronliert the dying I'll keep that mvselt. tlure's coal in it irointhii circumstance a shrewd calculator may cypher out the value of coal land in Weitjm l'ennsylvauia-allowing a rea sonable- reduction for low water in, the Ohio River. AUK MTLK IN THAT Cocoa Nut. The Atla maue muustrious and noisy use of the statement pubRshcd by "Col. T.

A. Harvey' and a number ot others, that the distribution of the "i Relif" in a dishonnst nn.l tion. That statement waa made by men who at the time were in the pay of the United States, receiving $12 a month in cash, and feeling comfortable every one, in a new suit of army cloth lug. nicy were noi allowed share equally in the "relief" with the hungry and ra-ge of Kansas, they flew into a rage, and furn-ished the allies of Slavery with a false charM against the agents of Northern philanthropy and of HP" A punster finds evidence of Cowpcr's poverty in the fact that he "oh'd for a lodge," Written tor the Brprem by jth antbrr of Ta Spirit the Grate," The Snttr TKton," It had been a fearful storm, evenfor a region where inch excessive falls of saow were not nfl-s common. The roads Were obscured, fences were obliterated, saye where here and there, above the general level, some whitt-capped stake reared ite head to tell how thick Jth'e virgin' bo w4 above the brown earth land tile gre psptujp aud the soft ploughed jaiid which it covered ih so snug aud warm.

Thetwinds bad all been, Btil, and each flake lay as 4 had fallen, so that oh meadow and wheat field! op highway and faranh yard, through the narrow lanes pud op tho deep ravines, on the hill snd in the valleyft, aow was spread uniformly, and the land- cpe was cpnecalea byttne oninxpreient wuiie shroud. In the woods, ijotj a fev stalwart jtreea had yielded to the pressiire andjswooped, crash ing, to the earthy wherd the tct flakes finding them in" their descent, tliej giants; were gilentlt buried' out of sight, ofher noblii rnonarchs 0 the forest, maintaining tljeir c-ecft ind Biuhboni state, bore up the mass I of snow, and stood iii their junoply of white, lite ghostis of dead sjiTai grandees. The youngeijj trees, jnor? pliant and adroit, I owed beneath tlje burden, arid rainnows arches, and demes of spow, supported by the bent down saplings, weijc abundant whila the broken trunks that stoqd like sentries, iri the clearings, the great stumps and the very young iall wore their trees of a second generation, crotesoue uniform ot epdrlesj wh to, aud brivcly -i fl untcd their pure eiliine and their feathery plumes. Dotting the boad expanse, hete: and there, sometimes in direct liues leading froin where one black spot uqder a comical top piece indicated the presence, oil a stump, to another like ppot far away now distributed without order over a wide epace aud now clustered near wiiero a depression and a dampticss of the snow showec that a spring was bubbjiiug up beneath, were little punctures which tjhe initialed in tlio Eci encea of woodcraft and ho chase knew fot th( tracks of animals, drivf forth to seek, spme water some, shelter an-j some, the prey whicl this great elemental disturbances would render easier of captuie. So tl fs hare and the squirre and such other of the harmless rovers of the wilderness and tenants oi the borders of civilization, as by their nature, etc forced to tempi the inclemencies of winter, as had not yet gouc in their hibernal repose came o(it to drink and while the carnivorous creatures always to be found about even deiisely settled neighbor hoods where there -are woodlands- for their shel ter, sallied forth to seek ud capture 'them.

Through tho whole oil1 the bhort winter day, the country people, join; teams anu skill, ployed themselves in btloaking roads, cleaving usurlder and pushing asid the mSsscs of snow, with huge, wedgi shaped implements, drawn by half a score of Sturdy oxen, each. The; village physicians, whose hde extended lor miles into the- country, deploi tid the necessity which: prevented their visiting hiir distant pauents, but, resigned to fatj oUed pipes in the rear nuts the bottom of the di use that rounds: iron mortar. The air was wcre.imiieifecll ttansmi tied, and the shouts of the laborers upon the to ids, the of the: dinner bells at tne and the cries of child-: Sn the kiiow, to reu, wauing anil Uimblin the ear iu muliled uud in distinct tones, without! form or expression. And through the wholej day, too, men loitered, in the labor fori the such as were not entra general good, at the dodjH of shop and tavern, stamping the snow from their feet, and comment-l ing upon the wonderful si! ow storm. The oldest; inhabitant was atinihilatcil and reduced to shame His feeble memory was no! longer referred to with deferent respect, and hi "cold Friday" yeais gone above the general level For, of what avail was a ift told tale of some by, no longer held him bf public intelligence oldest inhabitant, if the least urch'n in the vi lege had it in power to point to l.is own cxper enee in disparagement of all previous happening 30, the oldest ly out upon the uncx- inhabitant, looking ainpled fall of snow, treni iLiled for his reputation, which hung, now, upon should that event- be sur likely to follow upon- this he would be swept with the great freshet Hissed by the deluge: present phenomenon, Itlie rubbish, out iipou the sea of foigelfulness, ever'.

F.vening ime at last, lage twinkled out, one by ud be disgraced; for- The lights in the, ivil- qne, a pleasant coiiri stellation, and the broad ali'irc from the. black smith's door, and the spai Ui that danced awny from his chimney, illuniiua fed tho white surface formany yards around, wjiich give back in a myriad of gems, the geuiallflood of light. Quite ia the outskirts of thu.villagr, and hidden almost by tho trees wuiou suriouiipeu it, stood an tnmsion, of stone, irreguiavl -u nirti gav uu marked B-it in the day time a most venerable appearance, not lessened by the hipped roof, or quaint dormer windows and: Ik by the curious iron figurea Iter the principal in trance, which recorded the; tiou. Standing there, iu it; ed by gnarled and fantastic date of its constriic- isolation, surround- rees, older even than itself; the ancient edifice hail; naturally a desolate look in the sombre winter ening but this was heightened and euhauced almost to the eliect ot awj, by the al-enc; ot cheerful: flies and sparkling lights within. bm one suite of win dows alone there streamed fol Hi a flickering glare which dan among the 1 uncouth shadows upon-the ces and drew i a few tvhite surface below, As far a3 it went, the l'ght as cheerful and Bug- geative enough, but all the rdmainder of the gart edifice was left in darkness! and cast a shadow over the surrounding landscape more sombre and jpall like, if possible, thai ij" the dwelling had been utterly deserted, and abandoned to tjie 'night.

But that one little spot of life gleamed out upon the smothered so brightly, peering at the prospect through djeavy folds of crim-sin damask, an 1 seemed so Out of place in that g'oomy spot, that one could aJinost'havip deplored the fate that brought such uncongenial! things together, i Inside the windows whence rays were gushing forth so cheerily, the same. There was an apartment, fully jjustuiu ing, in all its features, the quaint, old-time rjonccits thai charafc-terized the xterior of the nijansion. The reom was large' and wainscottiid hji some dark wooJ, up to the height of the heay, carved mantel, which a fire-place large -enough to have served tbD requirements of Giaht Greedy himself. The Umb were faced witk tiles, which, however, were not with tho mansion, representing; scriptu.u geguej alter a fashion not to be despised for its cm. originality-and uulikeness to i anything artistic'.

Centrally, as to the transverserportion of the firo- place, was a shield of arms, aad this device was tepeated several times, dividing, as it were, the illustrations into volumes or (chapters. Ou the one side of this central tableati was a represents tion Of tho deluge, with the ark making good weather in the worst of it. Tlje artist had seized the moment of the dove's liberation, as was evil dent om the presence of that bird, poised above the ark, and the protrusion of a singularly coni stituted human head, from one of the windows of the craft, which head couldi by no possibility have been returned by the apjsrture, of such an enormous size was it, comparted with the wiuii dow. From, another orifice a (kmel looked com placently out, and a third window shewed thai head and. long, tapering horn Of an unicorn, an animal now known not to havd been in the ark.

On the other side of the shield! was set forth the parable of the Prodigal Son, ip four tiles. The father of the Prodigal, and tha profligate youth1 himself during his prosperity, Were clad in most exemplary small clothes, with buckles, ruflles at the wrists, tie wigs and lace dravats. while the ladies with whom the latter iij represented to have revelled," wore trains, satin petticoats and handsome caps. Iu the first fpicture: a coach was at tho door, a servant shouldered a large trunk, and the whole scene wis eminently respectable. Subsequently, when jjthe younjr man became reduced and lived wit, hj-e wine, the artist .,1 .1 i cumicti mi me ppui ilia uifme ana apparal-ed his hen) in a suit entirely in keeping with the ing.

of it in in jbo ji i and edt dir. arid the how aad, she be, the! in CtAiA nd despised them both. In the matter of salves, liniments, lotions for chilihlair.s, patches of luster adapted to nie cuts, bruised feet, broken cuticles and other lesions common in rural neighborhoods, the apprentice at tiie apothecary became so savage at the constant caiis upon him for their preparation. that he might tiare beeu described as a counter irritant himself. But even his ruffled temper was smoothed by the proscription of Miss Clara, who sent him, by the invaluable Boy, an astound ing cravat and the most gorgeous silver pencil to be hai for money.

It was not much to be wou- derel at, thst in the distribu.ion of tbeae surgical blessings the Hoy occasionally ened slightly. 80 that the. lumbago MilTerer was served with a cunning eye wWn, and tk youag wood cutter, who had amputated his own great toe, recently, obtained a timely sur-jilr of worm lorcnr-es. These errors were soon orrvcted, however, and thtf Boy crowned his exploits for the day by the purchase of a clarionet, with which doleful instru ment shut th? door of friendship upon himself and turned the key, to the effect of cutting himself oil entirely fiom all human associations. His dog aloho consented to remain his rosjiectiul the creature- having been some -yea itono deaf, wo me cotnpcllud reluctantly t'j admit that wecaunot claim this as an cxtiemc instance of the fidelity of that noble quadruped, under adverse circumstances.

The clarionet survived tho holidays but miraculously disappe.ind with tho return of a more serious season, and though the Boy was disconsolate, all LU acquain tmcea succeeded in concealing their grief. But tho prime mover in ail this revolutionary turmoil; where was the 'Squire lie surprised Cliu at breakfast, by the unhetrd of experiment of laughing heartily he her BtiJ more by appearing, equipped for church, at tic ringing of the belt, and he overwhelmed the parpon by pr4senting him with a heavy pmse of invitation to dinner, which latter be also extended to all the middle-nged men of his acquaintance, in the church that day. When he again reached home, he descended to the cellar and returned all saw-dun and with a basket full of sealed and dujty botlles ou his arm ho rubbed hid head inccssautly, and having ascended into the garret, was heard to whisile in the gayest manner and to applaud his own performance with vociferous laughter. He soon came down, this time, covered with cob-webs, aud meekly carrying a famous chees'i iu a tin case, previously I known to the family ouiy through dim tradition, I Constant journiea into the furthermost part of the I mansion, occupied n.m until u-ar me innner nmi- when he appeared, arrayed in holiday attire. Hi had been sacrificed to fashion by carrying a white pockct-liandkei chief, but soon exposed his own duplicity.by producing a red baulaua satisfactorily mortifying his fcalp.

How he received his guests with smile aud iny greetings; how he cordially shook hands all round more than ouec after they were araent bleJ how he forgot to ask the parson to say graee and much bumbled thereat, finally settled the matter with his conscience by inviting him to ask a blessing how he with the kind thought fu'ness of a generous heart, nu le subjecU of conversation for the humbler of his guests, and thus was able tobriugout talent, merit, and ninth practical good sense how there was a young man ia the party who was detected iu whisper ing to Cla ia and was subsequently sent to the drawing room with her alone, as a reformatory punishment how, dinner, thj frank -ly stated that li. "i fr years lived in a condition of isolation, but having wished to be yo again, and been gratified, he was now going to try the o' neighborly association, and the performance of his duty to thou; about him, iu keeping hint young; how all this, and much more quite as pleasant, grew out of thut day's experience, wc need not stop to tell. or anything further, save this. That the one we have mentioned as ouly the first of a long series of Ciikistmases that were celebrated in the old mansion and from the fountain of rejuvenescence, which a ghostly vision had opcui-d to Hrjou Checkkbdex, he dipped from year to such bumpers of happiness us iu his earlier life he had not so much as tacted. And communicating of his happiness to others, he lived the other half as became his manly heart and fortuitous position.

In other years, around the Cuhistmas hraitli, he told the story of his conversion, never failing to append the moral, for the benefit of sc'fHh and misanthropic men. The tale is told the is laid. Aud evi-n as its goblin figure fades from sight, those other phantoms which our pen has for the time summoned and controih subside into the fantastic obscurity of Hream-land. lint, in their stead, radiant and beautiful Presence comes, tmiling, into view, which w.e know for Ciiuistkas. The air resounds with greeting the clamor of the bells, the silver lu.ii of children, the thankful vaiee of age, all cry Welcome! to tho coiner.

To the tender sympathies, the charitable duties, the gentle memories, the fond affections, the generous impu ses, and the venerable practices which that talismauic word suggests, this blessed season is set apart aud in them lies, as we would fain inculcate by our unworthy pen, the moral and the meaning of this HOLY" HAY. fi. W. H. Fiom bturLay Ertuiag Gaxvti.

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rtb Diata atrcrt. ell BU c. caatpmttx nEDBT rSOOTJCE COM MISSION MEF.CHAST fully, and wtth the economv, the foresight, the It was the fulfilment of his unconfessod presenti-prudenee and general decorum which would ment the veiification of the family legend govern U3 in that second experienca, alter having Standing almost at his very bedside, witlrfh" reach igine through the' first, what a comfort it would I've often thought of it, to-night more pkr-'tJicularly. wish I were young again Claka smiled as she looked up at the healthy, florid face, tho broad, white forehuad and the undirnmed eye of her Uncle, and answered jj Doubtless it is all for the best, though mani is constantly craving the impossible; but the tory, dear uncle, why did you mention it Because! my love, because the han dker-jjuef unwound and being twisted into countless Oiots 'why; because if there were any such thing as a ghost, or more ghosts than one, ia the house, they would appear to us occasionally; though," he added, parenthetically, and pouncitig ion his bristling head ith refreshed vigor though if they showed themselves to the present tjdnant of the Hull, he'd commit thorn as vagrants. send them to haunt the jail, to their hearts' content, xhen I wpuld bring in all the country people to see the swindling ragamuffins and learh what a mean business ghost-p laying- is." Haviiii-g thus vindicated his positiou as a magistrate, the Jfite gentleman went at his head with conscieii tjtjus severity, and rubbed it until the skin glow1- like a ripe orange, through the sparsely Sowing hairs.

But, if by the counter-irritation, wMr.EBjKK hoped to rehevc the brain from reflections suggested by the subject lately brought before it so forcibly, Wreckoned on an imposst-bSJJtyV The ghost he coui.i not lay no fiction would exorcise the demon of which had lodgsd itself yf 'thin, aud continued to Hclo th unwilling brain of the magistrate, who would ux have set the example to himself of-keeping sucli vagrant memories at a proper distance from the magistrate's thoughts. But the more he rubbed the harder he trie'd to forget the annoyance, more annoying became its persistence, until, finally, fearful of showing to his niece exactly much interested he had begun to feel in the rnitter, and nojt ai all satisfied with himself foj pejmuitting it to hold him so enthralled, the sturdy contemher of ghosts took his bed candle without even the accustomed kiss from his fevprite warp, precipitately retired, with the red-i bandana in full employment. Clara continued her work, though a smile lurked about the comers of her mouth, and once ithought aloud a good joke it would if uncle jHuon should become a convert to old, fam Iy tradition It might benefit him some res ecis, to feel that the spirits of his ancestors watch over and take cognizance of his conduct. He might become less austere and rcsct-ved, and fulfil better his duty to those about But this was only a and soon forgot the subject in the absorbing demands of the ingenious labor she was perform urvau vr wm :1 s-iw-W I.