Mysterious

On a certaiu Monday morning, a few Weekg sjncc, a Mr. James liuss, of London county, Virginia, discovered ihat two of hia most valuable ilaves were araong Ibe missing} and, on further examinfttiorT, found ihat iwo of hia horsen liad di sappeared. Whether tito slares had run away wkb the horses or the hortes wiih thm, might perhaps havo been a matter of doubt, but certain be wae,they had allgone together. After tpending several days in vainly endeavoring to hunt up hia lost quadrupeds and bipeds, he rciurued home in no enviable mood ofraind, and on examining his carriage-houae he diacovered, to his great and increased anoazement, that his carïiagealso was gooej and hat in such a manner as left him no doubt that it bad gone off behind tho horse9.Now, as ibe owner will be glad to have ome light thrown on tha "whcreabouts" of bis property, w would recommend bim lo read the PhildIpbia Inquirer of lust week. Ia it h will fiad au ar ticle headed "My6teriout," and etating that a carriage valued at several hundrcd dollars, wa9 found ia the wooda near Fittsburgb a week or two ago, and that ibe probabilily was the owner had been muróered. IC this notice should not load Mr. Rusa to the recovery of all his legitímate property, [and in the loes of it we ussure him he bas our sincero ympathy,] he will at least hare the pleasant consciousness that he is not "murdered," and that he ha a rea tpnable prospect of recoveiing a part if n more, of what frirly belong to him. I the loss ofhia human chaltle, weconfe we feel but liitle ympathy. They neve rightfully belonged to hia. He had o more right to ;hem than the Algerine p ratea had tetheir American captives, no than the original kidnappers had lo theirAincaa lorelathera. They were huma beingí.and therefore could not be rightfu ]y transmilted by inhoritance, nor pur chased with money. In taking their free dom, they took only whit belonged lo them and what their "owner" would have him ■elftaken had he been in the samesilua tion, and bad the boldnessto attempt t.