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She hud struck upon a rock.A moment hater crow and passengers were struggling in the waters.A few moments of buffettings and tossings, of vain stf^* ^gles and agonized, involuntary prayer, and then Jasper Louder felt his senses slip from him, and became unconscious.When he came to himself, he was lying upon a rocky beach of the Sicilian shore, sore bruised, and weak as achild.lie opened his eye s. The wind hadspent its fury, and now moaned along the coast with a desolate, despairing wail. The waves beat against thejroeks.Lowder struggled to bis elbow.I j ly“ Wrecked 1' he muttered. “ I am cast ashore, while the others are drowned ! Oh, this is terrible! 1 have lostmy best friend to night 1JTo moaned and wrung his hands.“lie is dead, who would have done so much for me, and I so worthless am saved! All my hopes of an easy and luxurious life must be resigned now!”At that moment he beheld a dark object against the projecting head of asunken rock. At the same instantdantl Poor Jasper!The two Sicillians lifted the helples ' form of poor young Trossilian, and ear ried it between them toward their cot tage. Jasper Lowder followed them bewailing his loss. The above we pub lisli as a specimen chapter; but the con tinuation of this story will be fouix only in the X. V. Ledger. Ask for the number dated January 7th, which cat be found at any news office or book store. If you arc not within reach of r news office, you can have the Ledgei mailed to vou for one vear by sendinc three dollars to Robert Bonner, publisher, ls() William street, New York. TheLedger pays more for original contri butions than any other periodical in the world. It will publish none but the verv, verv best. Its moral tone i*-the purest, and its circulation the largest. Kverybody who takes it is happier lor having it.Late War News.Lowder recognized it as the body of aman.He crept toward it, and the watersdashed the bc.dv on the shore at his feet. lie put his hands on the face. How lt;*lt;1lt;1 and wet it was! It felt likethe face of a dead man ! Lowder’s lingers came in contaek with the soft, silken mustache, and lie knew that thebodv was that of Guv Tressilian !* %Of the live who ha 1 stood on the sloop's deck a half-hour earlier, these two alone were left. The captain and his crew had lbund their deaths among the cruel, yawning waters.Lowder thrust his hand under thewaistcoat of his friend, but lie could not perceive the beating of Ids heart. Despair took possession of him.“Deal! he said -1 i ri 11 v. “Dead!»•And he would have done so much for me if he had lived ! And his lather and the young girl lie was to have married will wait in vain for Ids coming! His idace at Tressilian (\rnrt is emptv. Who can till it ?”It seemed to him that some demon at his side echoed the question: Whoronbl till tin /'lt;(■ •lt;* Ut't cacunt by nohh tray Tretofiltau t A thought came to him—a thought so strange- and sinister that he shivered involuntarily. Again he felt of Tres-silian’s heart. It. gave no throb against his hand. He passed his hand over Tressilian's head and discovered a gaping wound in the skull. The hair was dotted with blood.Putting his hand into his breast pocket, Lowder drew out lib little waterproof match-safe. He opened it with trembling lingers and struck a light. The red dicker danced on young Tres-siiian's face.llow ghastly and terrible it looked!The eves were e!oed, the smile* was %gone. The seal of death seemed set ontie* noble features.Lowdlt;*r examine I the wound. It had been made by contact with the sharp rock, and even Lowder perceived its terrible character.“if he is not dead, ho soon will he, he muttered. “Hi- brain has received an awful injury, lie will never know who he is an tin. lb? won’t live tillmorning and he is perhaps dead already !II imi.-t be dead (Again it seemed to him as thoughsome demon echoed his words.l he match dropped l’rom his fingers into the water, l or a little while hecrouch 'd on the wet stone*- in silence,battling it iriav be with the better and nobler instincts of hi- nature.At last, with sudden and abrupt stealthiness, his hands stole into the breast ]oclet of Tressilian and drew' out his private note-book, a packet of letters and a few' trinkets, lb* secured these among his own wad garments. Their possession seemed to give him courage, and his face hardened, and he knelt beside the hodv of bis friend and rilled%his garments of all they contained, bestowing his plunder on iiis own person.Then he took his own purse, his notebook, a lew receipts and trifles from his own pockets, and put them in the pockets of Tressilian.It is done! 5 lie whispered to himself, looking with wild delimit eyes through the darkness. “No one isharmed. He is dead. If lie had lived, lie would have provided for me. As lie is dying or dead, I must provilelbrj myself. Itlt;Hint**# In tween us mW uanh m]/ fortune. His friends will be spared a terrible grief, and I—I shall j jive at last! Fortune gives me a I chance to gain name and wealth at onelucky st robe f5As if to give himself no chance for repentance, lie arose to his feet and turned his searching glances in an in-land direction. A light, as from a cot-Iku nni w x, Doc. ‘51.—The towns ofAufcrres, (»ray and Vesoul have beenevacuated bv the Prussians before the%advance of tlie French under Generals Bressalles, Bremer and Garibaldi.The army of Bordeaux is to march directly on l’aris. As the French a 1-vance tlie inhabitants hasten to their ranks, and the army increases rapidly in numbers.The smaller towns now resist the enemy, as in the case of Tours, which, in consequence of a combat at Moural, was not occupied by the Hermans. At Argent and Dog the Prussians were repulsed by the population.Lomk'.n, Dec. hi.—The intensely coldweather causes fearful mortality among the German wounded. Nearly all the occupants of liftv carriages, tilled with soldiers wounded at the assault upon Belfort on the 21st of December, were frozen to death before the train reached C’hantenos.A dispatch from Bosancon reports that another unsuccessful assault had been made bv the Germans on the for-wtilications of Belfort, in which the besiegers lest 1,400 killed and wounded.Pakis, Dec. 31.—The losses which were sustained by Gen. Duerott’s iirmv during the late sorties of the garrison forces from the city, have been so heavv and serious as to render it nee-1essary to reconstruct the armv of de-«• # »fense. With this object in view, Gen. Blanchard’s division has been broken up; Gen. De .Mai lory's division transferred to and amalgamated with the third army corps, under Gen Vinoy, both Gens. Vinov and Blanchard stillbolding important commandMadkio, Dec. 31.—Gen. Brim died thismorning at 1 o'clock. All those engaged in his assassination—six in number —have escaped.The Duke of Aosta landed at Oarte-gan on Friday, was received with enthusiasm by the people, and departedsoon nfterwar Is for Madrid.The death of General Trim has produced a profound sensation of grief,and everywhere great indignation isgonetage window, glimmering faintly thro’ the thick haze, caught bis gaze.liaising his voice, be called loudly: w* Help! Ho, t here ! help ! ’The wind had abated, and bis cries •■ink out through the night with stalling distin dm*-s. The light he had seen moved and disappeared. A min-lte later, answering cries reached Low-1 V Ai 4\ 1» * • i f i / ] I i A k I I * 1 1% { I IlMw! V W I / H 1 v *111/1manifested against the assassins.Tranquility prevails in the capital and throughout the provinces.Rom;:, Iiec. 31.— King Victor Emanuel lias entered the city. His reception was enthusiastic. He appeared on the balcony of the Quirinal Balaee,and was cheered by an immense as-%sembly.Bi.oukntk, December 31.—King Victor Emmanuel and tbe principal Ministers of the Italian Cabinet have to Rome.Multitudes of people attended the funeral of Gen. Brim, at Madrid.A dispatch from Berlin, of the 2‘jtli ult., says:The Brussians are now sending to the front the Landwelir of the second ban,!taged lbrtv-two and fortv-three years.!• * V *II is considered tiiat the utmost eiiortI which Germany is capable of making, jis being made. Though the system of* * ^supplying the vast army is admitted to be admirable, it cannot obviate the dis !satisfaction and distrust which exists! in considerable sections of territory., Notwithstanding the official statements j concerning the victualing and clothing of the troops, the popular instinct appreciates the diiliculty of the situation j in its proper light. Although no sign ,of discouragement is preceptible, the j former enthusiasm has ceased to exist,and a strong desire for peace is expressed. A rose color tint is given to j all official accounts, so that only from j private sources do we learn that the hospitals around Versailles contain eight thousand sick and wounded. The visit of the delegation of the Iveich-stage to Versailles, it is now admitted, was premature. They received an indefinite reply from the King. The’threatening aspect of the Luxembourg j question had somewhat diminished, when dilliculties with Switzerland arose, the Germans demanding the; strictest neutrality. |The Germans have destroyed the I railroad from St. Louis to Uasle, and | have stopped all trallic with the lront-iier. The oppression of correspondents!of the various journals is worse than ever, and the least complaint on their ntirt vifod bv wholesale conlisca-
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