lev <*i:o. \v. iiivM.v\.
NEW SERIES.
sci cll po c t nj.
A WINTER SERMON.
'J'linn dwellest in a warm and cheerful borne,
Ti v root' in vain the winter tempests iashe--.
\1 e houseless wretches round thy mansions loam,
On whose unsheltered head-, the torrent plashes.
Thy boar<! > loaded with the richest meats,
O'er which thine eyes in sated languor wander;
Many might live on what thy mastiff- ears,
Or ieast on (raiments which thy servant., squander.
Thy limbs are nrrtiifled from the piercing blast,
When from the fireside corner thou dost sally;
Many have scarce a rag about them cast,
With which lite frosty breezes toy and (tally.
Thou has soft smiles to greet thy kiss of love
When thy light step, resound within the portal!
Some have no mends save Hun who reign, above,
No sweet comrmu ion with a fellow nioitul.
Thau sleepest soltly 011 thy costly bed
LIII'IM by the [power of luxuries unrutiiibered,
Some pillow on a stone an aching head,
Never aeain to Wake when they have slumbered.
Then Think 01 those, who, formed of kindred clay
Depend upon Ife doles Th\ bountv scatters;
Ami Rod will hear them or thy welfare pru*
They are his children, though in rags and tatters.
Ben. Bowman;
J have been requested to send von the
subjoined proceedings, emanating from a meet
ing of the 'I B! H Democrat v ol Cambria coun
ty, fur publication in the Bedford Gazette. You
may rely upon the fact that lour-fifths of the
party in Cambria aie sound to the core. With
few exceptions, you find no person figuring m
the disorganizing meetings held here except
broken down political hacks, and t!><*e who
have not y<-t got warm in the party. The
meeting held iii Ebensburg v\ as a combinati n
ul the lag ends of (actions, and a sheer burlesque
upon the demur latic party. The Democracy
ol Cambria are now without a paper in which
to give expression to their sentiments.
Tiic {s'sso Voice ot'Citsfilß'ia.
Sunm.itville, Cambria co. Feb. 10, IS-~)7.
Pursuant to a regular call, the Democracy of
Sumniitville, Cambria county, met at tlm
School House in the Borough of Susnmilviiie,
(iii Monday evening. Feb*), i.S:")7.
file meeting u.jv organ iz dhv the appoint
ment "f the tldiou ing officers;
President —IVm. McConueil.
Vice Presidents Peter Dougherty and John
' Sieibach.
S-creUries—Joseph A. Punish and Urn. O.
l\eele.
On notion ol Peter Dooghertv, INo. a com
mittee of five was appointed todia't a Preatn-
Me and resolutions expivssive o! (lie sense ol
tl.e me. ting.
The iii I low ing gentlemen were appointed:
Ja tries ?.lc( ullongli. Samuel Black, Daniel
' iue'v, John Cowmei toid and .M. A!. Ailams.
The committee retired, and, after lull consul
tation, returned, and, through their chairman,
James McCullough, Esq. reported the follow*
lag resolutions, which were enthusiastically a
dopt*d:
Whereas, Having seen an account of a meet-
Iwld in Ebenshtitg on Saturday. January
•list, purporting to he a meeting ol the Demo
cracy of Cambria county, arid being Well a
v-are that said meeting does not express the
sentiments of a tithe o| the Democracy of this
county. therefore, he it
R . dved, That we repudiate the action of
said no eting, and deny "hat the sentiments ex
pressed in that meeting are tin- sentiments of
!> .e "Hardy Sons of Thunder," and that we
'"!! prove it by our action in the next demo
cratic county convention.
Resolved, That We disapprove of the course
pursued by our representatives, John Cressvvell,
U. and G. Nelson Smith, in the late election
'"■! I in Harri-borg for United States Senator,
• a cirect violation of democratic usages, there
v proving themselves disorganizers, and wor
dy of the reprobation ol every true democrat
i ; i the country: and lor that act they will not
' e forgotten.
Resolved, That all the bolters from the D< m
• tatic caucus fori'. S. Senator7~iiave proved
'!ien;r|ves disorganizers and recreants to the
' "it: icrntic party, and that the reward due to
k.'tri will follow them to their political graves.
Resolved, That we approve of the high-roiud
's honorable, and democratic course pursued
on; Representative, Col. VVm. C. Reamer,
t ; >rtlie manly course in which he carried out
ear wishes in the late election for U. S. Sena
tor.
Resolved, That we fee! deeply the degrada
">') placed upon us hv the election of the jo!i
-' c ol huckster, Simon Cameron, over our tried
3 nd faithful Forney, whose democracy cannot
• surpassed by any nan in the United States.
Resolved, That we denounce the three Ju
l.el-o, VVagonseller and Manear, the tools
1 1 set! by ( aineron to betray an honest constitu
'!lr.v. I heir names will he handed down to
'nlumy and disgrce, and their memory w ill be
>om- a bye-word and a terror to all villains of
Rtfir kind.
From the Hollidaysburg Standard,
Cambria Coatniy.
U>me of the new and fishy Democrats of
Uriiiiria count v have been corning down to our
P'3re, and reporting that the Democracy of that
county, unanimously, sustain the course of our
•"riator, and their representative. This, it
hiusi be observed, is one side of the question :
are satisfied !hat a majority condemn
v '**&Bßt&WL£'g!ifcXK^ , ft.z>.rfitelrffiei& s * __
their course, hut have no means to let the world
know it, as they are without an organ. The
Echo is under the control of Smith, and the Sen
tin-1 tinder the control of the Whites, who
have woo,l claims to pass the Legislature, and
consequently dare not but approve of the acts of
those upon whom they rely to aid them in
pushing the claims through.
A Democratic meeting wash* Id in Johnstown
on the 20th, the [proceedings of which are pub
lished in tin* last Echo and <Ua\vn out in sue!)
a manner a. ti) convey the id. a that the Demo
crats there sustain the course of Smith and
Cresswp 11. An eve-wjtne.s, howev.i, ilifprm.
us that the meeting was about equally divided,
although the Smith men, bv a pre-cor
Ibrt had things pretty much their own way.
When the resolutions were tea.l, the chairman
put the question in the. ajjirmitice-ont 1/, not al
lowing those opposed to lliein the privilege of
voting. One of the latter called for a division,
but the chairman declared the meeting adjourn
ed. This thing of allowing hut one si.se to Lp j
beard is an excellent method of manufacturing
public opinion, but it \\ ill not win, in the end,
as Mr. Smith will no doubt discover long before
next !'tl!.
('. L. Pershing, Esq., has retired from the
editorial control of the Echo. We anrn x his
card, published in the last number of that pa
per ;
To Tftt: Prr.uc.— For many reasons riot
necessary to be stated, I have withdrawn mv
name as editor of the Echo. To prevent anv
wi->ng impressions from going abroad, 1 mav
slate that tii" friendly relations which have al
ways existed between Capt. Smith and myself
remain unimpaired.
C. L. PUR-hixu.
M irk how carefully Mr. Pershing word, his
withdrawal. Tiie •' friemifi/ relations existing
hetweerr him and Captain Smith remain unim
paired," but he does not em/01 se his course. He
feels and knows that it was not Democratic,
and these are the "rcnsoiis not necessary tub*
state*!." The captain mar think himself sus
tained at home; bo! should he ever come be
fore the Democracy of Cambria and Bed lord
for office, or even Cambria alone, we think lie
will find Jordan an exceedingly hard toad to
travel. The principles avowed, or ground as
sumed, that he was not bound to be governed bv
any caucus, would come home to him with a
force and vigor that he little dreams of now,
while laboring under the pleaFmg delusion that
he i. sustained.
.'rom the iloihii.iy-.hurg; Standard.
The* OjensSstiS's: yivv.iiiig.
\Vi' have been considerably amused at read
ing Ifi'' pre Ceedings of a 'Demonatic' meeting,
it'ici at Khensbnrg on the 21.-t nil , winch ap
j" at - to have !ren conducted with great -pint
! v Michael Dan Mag. ban, 1?. L. Johnston,
.FJin Fcttlon. and other emim-nt Den ic:a! - . A
>!t ITI'JT of RESOLUTIONS sustaining Sir.it H and ( TVSN
weli and denouncing (ien. Bowman, >p- adop
ted. The former will no douht i>e phased that
thro- eminent i'j Democrats lave .sustained
them, while that o'ishv' Democrat, Howman,
cannot hut feel mortified at tire manner in
which he lias !>• -II r. huked ' Mic! ae! Dim and
Johnston made speeches, which, vve regret hi
>av, are not published. Tin y would probably
he modifiers to (letl. OWelll, M'ij. Ai l/lore,
and other Dena r rats, hoth of Blair and f'arn
hiia, whom these worthies a year or two ago
denounced from the stump as Foitage Bailroaii
peculators, plunderers, A,c.
Michael Dan, Johnston and Fenian, became
Democrats last fall through the force ol circum
stance*, It is highly gratifying to be able to
record the fact that they I ■'>>■ n a'ie such rapid
progress in their Democratic studies as to he a
li|e to teach life-long Derm ciat.s their duty and
instruct them that it is right hu Heir represen
tativesfo violate arid trample upon tie- Usag- > of
•he party.
The very first resolution in the s ihs adopt
ed opens as f dlows :
"Resolved, Ttiat the Democracy of C.imhria re
pose liiilirriitci! confidence ill ihe iih.hly <iiil integri
ty ol James Buchanan.''
The Democrarv of Cambria COUNTY may re
pose confidence in t.he integiitv of James Bu
charian, hut those who conducted this meeting
did NOT, <>r the meeting would never have he. n
held. VV|;v. all the stork in Ira ie that the hol
lers produced was the alleged- want of integri
ty exhibited hv Atr. Buchanan in favoring the
ejection of Forney to the es< lusion ( { other
Democrats. \'nv, more—the third resolution
of this meeting of model Democrats ecu. ores
Mr. Buchanan for using executive interference
—"officially," too—in behalf of Col. Forney-
One would scarcely believe for a moment that
a man of integrity would he gniltv ol tlie inter
ference imputed to him. The bolters them
selves doubted the integiity of James Buchan
an, or '.heir protest belies Jln-m.
There is an honest difference of opini. n ir:
reluti >n to the course pursued l y tin- seven
Democrats who refused io he governed by the
usages of the party, even in Cambria, We
miss, in the published proceedings, tin* names
of many slaucb old D> mocrats w ho have grow n
gray inthecau.se. Where were they ? Tin ir
absence proves that they do not i ndorse the
course of the bolters ; and for White, Michael
Dan, Johnston and Fenion to speak for the .en
tire Democracy of fhe county, is a cool piece
of presumption which will he rebuked when
the proper time arrives.
Magehan, Johnston, and F> r.lon ! —the three
Whig orators, who, for years, have belched
forth from Ihe rostrum the vilest abuse against
Democratic men and measures—tliev are the
rr.en who set themselves up as umpires to pas
judgment upoti the usages, fhat. fin years have
governed the parfv. Verily, we live to learn!
"New - occasions teach new duties.
Time make- ancient good uncouth,
lie must upward still, and onward.
Who would keep abreast of truth!"
The following modest request we find near
the wind up of the proceedings
FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, FA. FEB. 20, 1857.
i "It was then moved and unanimously agreed to
■ that all newspapers in the State, supporting Demo
era tie principles, be respectfully requested to publish
the proceedings and resolutions of this convention."
Before consenting to comply with this re
■ quest, we shall consult those veteran Demo
crats, Johnston, .Magehan and Fenlon, in order
to ascertain where we stand ! We are satisfied
that we are with the majority ol the Democrat
ic j iily —hot it would seem that the old Jetl'er
sonian doctrine that the majority shall rule, has
been ignored by a vote of S against f)7!
TEE 82 TVT© FACES:
One for Home, the other for Company!
A CAPITAL STORY.
Ofcourse we nevei mean to he personal, but
yet we know that the following Lite 1,-sson
must find application somewhere, else it would
never have been written. Or, like the prepa
rations of the universal physician, il may he
laid up for use in case of disease, or even taken
as preventive.
Alis. Abby Freeman was thirty years old, and
had been married jus! ten years. Sim had an
excellent husband, and three good children.—
She was naturally a kind, excellent woman,
and meant t.> do light : she had one fault : and
small as il seemed {•> her, it occasioned much
ur.happiness in the fiimiiy circm. She was riot
always happy at home, nor was she always
pleasant, though f->r the life of her she could
not fell what had occurred to ruffle hep tel l
ings. She had every tiling about !;<■:■ calculated
to beget joy, end her every reasonable wish was
answered. Hut ; Iter all, sii- ofb-n wore a sour
face, and her tongue would run on in strains Far
Imm s\\ ei t or accordant.
"What is the matter, Ahbv 7 " asked her hus
band, as he rerun . d om- ev-ning frm t store
ami found his wife with n sourtace on.
".V Dong," u ; s the answer, given rather
mootli! v.
"Hut something must he the matter. Von
never look so when you are happv.
"ilo'v c.M! 1 (nip mv looks ' Can't 1 look
as] I-, 1 without disturbing vnu T "
"Pshaw, Ahbv don't talk si," the husband
said, at the- same lime placing lu> arms air ut
her neck arid kissing her, - "Now tell n-e wliat
hits happened."
"Nothing has happened more than usual,"
uttered the wife still unpleasantly. "Who
wouldn't be • .her, I'd like to know, stock up
here fioiti morning until night vnb two squal
ling voting ones ' i look out f>r ail the tune.
"Squalling young cms"* repeated Albert
Leeman, while an expression id {tain parsed
over his features.
"There look at that cricf the wife, point
ing to where her \oungi -t child, a girl <1 four
vein, \V,|S just climbing up to the tea-table after
I lie sugar-bow 1. "(lit out .1 that, urn iiitle
bird! there take tl.tjt! now ft me catch
you up there again ! Stop that crying—stop it
1 sav ' Aou touch that sugar again, ami 111
give \ou such a !i< I irig as you w n't w ant
The poor child tried in vain to hush its sub
bing. and instinctively crept to its father's aide.
Me placed l is aim mound the little one unci
raised it to his km -, and inn moment in'te its
Ted.! 'Oil, i: d cheek, where tie' mother's
blow bad fallen, w ss p:!mwed upon the latli.t's
bosom.
"(!'. yes," said the wife, "now you'll p-t the
brat. I'd like to have you lave charge of
'•an ail day : we'd see how much patience y. u'd
!.av e."
"I would at b ast remember she ismv child,"
said he > m-w fat p-j r< achhtl.'v, "and ah !•• at
in mitt i the sin [ue fact that the young rhsj 0.-i
-tion t; iv gain ad its impulse In tn tie .-xampl
it fCt-ivs at the I.lfids of its guardians."
"01 . V's, that's p. Of course, I'm always
wrong.'' And limn Ahbv Lecrnan put h r apron
to her eyes and be gan to cry.
Of corns.-, the 1-us and couh! sav to more,—
lie had oii. li, v.a \ often, sufieted ail t.bis be
fore, and he had tried to make I is w it- s-e how
much real iinhappme-s she was making fn- (wi
s-lf; but site would not list-n ; or, if she did,
the imp. - ' s,j n un- not lasting, Jn tact, she
had no patience with !>•■: children, ami the
single rtiille '-I a moment w as sure to make un
irippitns. ;; j- her. She loved her bus: a d fond
ly : and her children si •• loved, too. She Was
proud of them, arid I T their comfort site would
sacrifice any amount of personal convenience.—
.Many and many an hour of blissful jov did she
pass with h'-r hits!-and w In n the skv was clear ,
but a cloud was sure to bring a storm. For
venrs not a dav riass.-d tbat had riot seen some
unpleasant passages !M ween herself and chil
dren, and she would not understand that In r
very mode ol treatment the disposition she
manifested, and the language she used—was
surely warping the minds of the little ones.—
In pain and anguish, her husband had Died to
show her this, but site would not listen ; and
then when sh- v as calm and reasonable, Albert
could not find it in his heart to destroy the
peace by such allusions.
On tin* present occasion supper was eaten al
most in sib-nce. The husband was pained, and
the wife angiv. The child once cried lor a
lump of sugar, and the mother jerked apiece
upon her plate with Die words :
"Th re, take it ! You want everything yon
set vour eyes on."
The little one ate the sugar in silence, while
the.mother f It more dismal still from this new
outburst. And thus matters went on tor an
hour, and at the end of that time the door bell
rang, and some company was introduced. It
was a neighbor and his wife. In a moment,
the whole expression of Abby'aface was chang
ed. Smiles took the place of frowns, and her
words were as sweet as could he: and during
the whole evening she w as as happy and gay as
though a cloud had never rested upon her
brow.
"Abby," said her husband, after the visitors
were gone, "since vve have been married, have
1 riot done all in my power to make you hap-
Freedom of 1 and Gpinitm.
t?.
py 1 Have you ever expressed an earnest,
heartfelt wish that I have not gratified V
"I don't know," replied the wife, rather re
luctantly.
"\-s, you do know," replied Albert : "and
what J wish to know is this : VYhv vou could
not strive its much to make me happy as you
w ill to make those who are not dependent upon
you i<r happiness. When 1 came home this
evening, worn and fatigued with tile labors of
the day, why cot.ld you not have met me with
a smile and a cheerful welcome ?"
"Because ] didn't feel iike smiling," was the
a:;sv t r.
"But you smiled the moment Mr. Bixbee and
his wile came in : and that, too, when your
feelings were anything but pleasant a moment
before, ('.in you do !<>r tin i: comfort what vou
are nut willing t,, do tor mine
"I do the |,est 1 can, J am sure," sobbed Mrs.
Leeman. beginning to crv. "1 w isti you'd
found a wife who could have suited you better
than I du. I never can suit vou never!"
Ab'iy was in tears, and her husband could
say no more. He could only wish that she
would understand him. Oh ! how often, w hen
she was kind and good, did he wish she would
always he so; and again when sin* was tnaki; g
company so .happy, how frequently did he pray
that she would always do the same for bin .
She was a neat, tidv, industrious woman, and
only Imr own family knew of this dark trail in
ln*i character.
In the same town with Abhv lived her only
v mt'-i, ho married a voting man nan < d (."i n: Its
i • i'Ve. Charles was some eight-and-lWeilt V,
and Lvdia, his wife, Ahby's sist. r, three years
lounger, 'fins V'Uieg man was a carpenter hv
trade ; strong, healthy, gem y ~( > and of sup<-ri
(• int. d' Cl uid intel. g. i.c'e. ltis fusiiies- war
good, and though 1." wore a paper cap ami
a|ron tea or twelve hours a day, vet he u„,
s vitig up !;: ;.* \ . Lyc'i.i F.-ye was unlike h* r
-isle; in one i speed. That sweet sir ib* wi;ii i;
visitois font;:; u: m lor lace never lad*d in her
hu-bartd's pr s-nce, and the words w iiicii the
stranger heard Iter speak to her child were nev
er more I - isli when alone with her little one.—
Slrn loved her !.<:,! ami as she loved her t> i!d,
and never <w ; sh.* know ingly .-peak a word
which conld !-ting a cloud upon a member of
her household.
And between tlw.se two sisters there was an
i stialignment. Several times Lvdia had expos
tulated with A '.by on account of her fractious
treatment of her children, and once she had
ev.-a gone s i iar as to put her arms about in r
-ister s child ant! pn tect it from the mother's
rage; audit ur.lortunately happened that on
that very evening Air. Leen an asked his wife
i! h\ sh.* cniid not he as kind and n ild always
it's her sister was. Then, added to this. Abbv
gla.rtly afterv. are's b-arned, thiongh a meddle
some i!eighl;o , tiat I er sister given Imr
husband, Albert, some advice as to how lw
might !wd piumb his factious wife. This
clapped t!-e climax in A Shy's mind, and from
that time thciewasno intercourse between the
- i Si e | S.
One day A'fieri came home with the phasing
inf<Tig-iice t r Ids wife, that her lather would
•• tie re Ihe lie\t morning, and that he intend
ed to settle down with them and find a home.
Atihy was inetstacies. She loved le'r father.
lihe a gO'-d n an, ar.il ha ! ever been kind
lo bis cl ild l en.
On the I Blowing day, M s*s Gorham came.
He was an old man now, past sixty, with white
I.air, and mild, !• ru voier.t look ; and Abhv was
very hap| v. Ib r father • Id I■ r lie had finish
d ho travels, and invent to settle down with
>ne of his children i r tiie lemainder of his
lays.
"Ch, of course vntrll corr.e and stay with
A.by said. "'A e've g. t the most room,
lt d '.lest 11,' let . keep \ ■ •."
"Ah, mv child," returned ihe old nan icith
i smile, '•! am better a to keep myself. But
I can tell x.>n ! tier about tHat after 1 liave
lieen here a spell."
At the end of a week .Mr. Gorham informed
A.and her i.us': and that he had thai day de
posited in the lan k twenty thousand dollars in
t! 1 ir i nun . and that tin y might draw it as tlwv
pleased, lie thus wished them to enjoy a part,
it b ast, of their patrimony, while he lived.—
Of'course tlie reader can imagine how this an
nouncement was received. But the old man
i i not stop long to hear Heir thanks, for he
had the same errand to deliver to Lvdia and
Imr husband. '
He found Charles Frye and wife both nccu
tvu g otm c! or w hen he entered. Lvdia sit
ting m Charles' lap, and the children in tier's.
Il<* told them what he bad done, and it was
some time ere one of Ilmm could speak. But
Charles was the fiisl to ' leak the silence.
'•Mr. Gorham," he said in a low and tremu
lous voice, "I accept yotir generous offer, and
lite more readilv too, because 1 known comes
from tlm hand of love. But, sir, I could not
have asked it [ could nut have expected it
du the ground that lam your son-in-law. No,
no, for in this noble woman vou have given me
a ti'-asure such as few men possess. Oh! you
cannot know what a heaven on earth inv home
is while—whib—my v ife—"
Rift Charles had undertaken a work lie could
not perform. The words Aurk in his throat,
and the speech ended in a Hood of tears. His
gent!.* wife sank npr n his bosom, and the old
man went to the window and pretended to he
looking at something in the stieet, notwith
standing it was very dart-: out there, and Hint
he had his handkerchief before his eves all the
while.
Another day passed away, and during the
must of that time the old man remained with
Abl.y. After this he began to see the cloudy
disposition manifest itself. He was pained and
shocked. He spoke with her, hut she pretend
ed she could not help it. Another week pass
ed on, and during that time Mr. Gorham spoke
with his child touching her fault; hut still t,he
did not amend.
h^tunlay evening came, and At hy Lecman
was in the chamber. Her oldest child, a girl,
came up and told her that grandpa was going
away : that he had pot his trunk to the door.—
She started lor the sitting- room at once, in the
hall she stopped, for tile door was ajar, and .-he
heard her lather's voice. It was in a pained
tone, and it struck to her soulatonce.
"No, no, Albert," she heard the old man sav,
"I cannot remain here: 1 had intended to make
mv home with Abby, for she is mv oldest liv
ing ; hut J cannot b'-ar it. Nearlv every day
my heart is made to ache by the harsh, unkind
words I hear spoken to our little fines. Oh!
such good, kind, sweet children ! and I love
them so! But Abbv will not listen even to
me. Once I might have home it : hot now,
when my heart is lonely and from recent be
reavement, 1 cannot hear i;. I will come to
see you, and you shall have the old share o(
lov-e. And I fear she is not always kind to
\ on."
"Has Lydia told you so?" asked Albert.
"Lydia V uttered Mr. Oorham in surprise.—
"She told me Ah, you don't know her, if
you think so. \o, no, she has oniv told me
what a good and faithful wife Abhy Was. But
J can see as iny presence grows more common,
the restraint wears off, and Abbv begins to show
rne the (ace she often keeps for home. J Speak
this to you Albert, because J would not he to
you. But—hut I will see you again. ] will
see you and Abhy again !"
Abby listened to him no longer. With a
wildly beating, but sting heart, she hastened to
her room, and threw herself uj < n her bed, and
there she lav for a longtime. When hei hus
band came up, she was sick, am! w h. n he asked
her w hat he could do for her, she said sue would
' " left to herself. In a mon ent, he mistrusted
that she had h* ard some pa it of her father's re
marks, and left hi r.
One day, little Nellie looked pale and sick,
in ! crn-da great deal with pain. It was the
youngest the "baby." Abbv was fractions,
but site did not speak a# harshlv as osoah. Sim
had tried to reform sir.ee her fother lett, a week
• lore, 1 tit she allowed a spirit oJ anger to come
irtio Iter soul on account of the course he had
pursued, so her trial did not amount to much.—
* hen Albert came home, lite child was worse,
and by this time it had become so sick tii.it the
mother v .- sorry that slie had been so harsh
Ihrough the day.
Mr. Leeman went lor !h' doctor, and when
'hat man came, he said Nellie ha! the scarlet
lever. All nigh! the little one suffered much,
ind its cheeks and brow seemed on fire. On
Ihe ne\t day she grew weaker and sicker: then
\ ih y feared that she might die. Oh, what a
thought!
Sabbath night came, and hub* Nellie had
grown very white and thin : during the whole
lay she had been calm and quiet. Could she
e dying! "Oh, Hod, Snare my child! spare
my chin!.' ' the frantic mother prayed upon
tier km > s.
! i;e clock had just struck nine, when Nellie
raised her eyes, and th**v 1 -o! * d very strange.
"Mamma—good mamma," site whispered,
•'kiss little Nellie."
The mother pre.--. .1 her iij- upon her child's
brow and kissed her fervently.
".Mamma—you love little .Nellie; and vou
lo\ ■ (..-org - and Alarv."
The moth.- r could not speak. Just then Al
bert entered the room.
"i'apa papa—one kiss for little Nellie.
Love little Nellie always. Love George, and
Mary, and love mamma."
Wh t: Abhy L j ernan next looked upon her
child the spirit had ifod ! The little sufferer
was free from earthly pain. One mon.ent the
mother gazed upon the broken casket, and then
die sank down upon her knees ami wept as
though her heart would break. Her husband
knelt hv her side ; he placed both his arms a
)Out her n> ck, and with one deep hurst of pas
donate grief, sin* pillowed her head upon his bo
som.
(in the next morning, Lvdia came and took
care of the little Nellie. She dressed it sweet
ly, combed its golden I air hack, anil when she
' l iiceci it in the cofiin, she spread new and fra
grant ffowers all around it. She had done all
this when Abby entered.
The sisters were alone hv the dead child,
rhe bereaved mother gazed awhile upon the
lovely face of the little sleeper, and then she
I arned to her sister.
* * *
We will not t<-* 11 (he thought* which dwelt
in Ah y Leeman's mind upon this occasion ; nor
will we tell of the long hours she spent upon
her knees in prayer while ail others of the
household slept.
'•Love George and Marv ! Love little Nel
lie always! Love Mamma Oh! how these
words rang in that mother's soul. And how
other words came hack upon her, too—harsh,
unkind words which had been spoken to the
cherub which had gone ! But she found a
! aim in the solernt\ resolution she took to her
elf never to he unkind again.
And the resolution was sacredlv kept. Al
bert and Abhy mourned lor the departed one,
hut they felt, too, that the gentle spirit i f the
heaven-born child was dwelling still with them,
making a paradise of their home, and leading
them on in joy and peace.
Ere long the old man came to live awhile
wit!) his eldest child, and from that time he di
vided his months equally between tliem. and lie
could no more f. el that one home was pleasant
er than the other, but were alike, joyous, peace
ful and happy. \\ hen he now looked upon
Abby's happy, smiling face, he knew that she
had no other lace for domestic use. The beam
ing, genial countenance that welcomed the vis
itor to her dwelling, was never laid aside. Its
sunshine w as lor her husband and children, and
the cloudy brow was put away forever.
The bill which has been pending before the
Arkansas Legislature for several weeks, and
which had for its object the removal of all free
colored persons from the State has been d- featcd.
TER.UM, S2 PER YEA3S.
VOL XXV. NO. 25.
£Hori'i'se Murder in \cw Vork.
One of the most atrocioas murders on record
came to light ;>n Saturday, in .New York. Dr.
Harvey Bur Jell, an eminent Dentist and Sur
geon, residing in Bond street, vas found, about
eight o'clock in the morning, lying dead on the
floor of his office, in the second story of his
house. He was last seen alive late on Friday
afternoon. When the death was first ascertain
ed. it was announced in the afternoon papers
that he had died suddenly from the bursting of
a blood vessel. But a Coroner's inquest has re
vealed ah it-king condition of affairs. It seems
from the evidence, that Dr. Burdell was very
wealthy, heiua. worth about SK'O,OOO. He
was a bank director, and an active man among
the medical fraternity. He owned the bouse
he lived m, which was a large and handsome
lour storied brick building, with marble steps,
doorway, window frames, etc. The interior
was superbiv furnished. He bad been divorced
from his wife. The basement was occupied as
a kitchen and dining room. The first tloor had
two reception rooms, and the second floor had
the doctor's < tlice and led room. The house
was kept ostensibly as a boarding-house by a
Mrs. Cunningham, with whom boarded the
Doctor, her tv > daughters and two single gen
tlemen. ihe Doctor only slept and breakfasted
t! re. taking his meals at the Metropolitan Ho
'• I. It bring pr< veil in evidence tiiat the Doc
tor and Mrs. Cunningham maintained a suspi
cious connection, and that they had quarreled
and talked about parting, Mrs. (.'. produced
before the juiy a ceitificate of marriage with
Dr. Burdell, which was att-sted to bv the offi
ciating clergyman. When the bodv of the
doctor was iouml it was perfectly saturated
w :!h !, as was also the carpet oi'the room,
the doors, walls, chairs, etc.., being covered
with blood, showing evidently that a desperate
struggle had (.enured. The body contained fif
teen deep wounds, made with a knife eight in
ches long in the blade: one of these wounds
severed the carotid artery, and must have com
pleted the murder. The others were stabs in
various parts ol the body and cuts upon (he
hands, face, etc.. as though th • murderers had
cut him as he warded off the blows or seized
the door knob. Around his throat was the
mark of a coiri, which must have been drawn
tightly, and the lungs were found to be full of
air : so that it is dear the attempt was first
made to strangle him with a rope thrown over
his head from behind, after the manner of the
street gaiotte. From the appearance of the
i" n, he seems t. have been sitting in his chair,
looking over his papers, w hen some one came
from behind, evidently from tin* closet door.
I'lie design j lohably w as originally to strangle
him, and then carry out the body, and leave it
somewhere in the street, as though done bv tin*
garotte banditti. From the room, the marks
of blood were traced up along the entrv and
-'aiis into tin* fourth story, it.to a store-room
w here lay a man's bloody shirt and night shirt,
and a bloody sheet. From there the blood was
traced into the front room cf the same storv,
where, upon the door, the stains had been care
fully covered with spermaceti. A grate in
thit room had contained a tire during the night,
v.b.ch had cvid idly eei: extinguished sudden
ly ly pouring water upon i:, as the coal was
m'y partially cm. -utile !, ami the mantle, <S.c..
were cowred with ashes. ]:i this story the
murderers had evidently cleansed themselves.
It appeared in evidence that the doctor was
j- ..! :iis ol one cf the n ale I ardors, a Mr. John
Eckel, whom he .- ems to have detected in se
cret w itfi Mis. Cunningham. On Tuesday
night Mis. Cunningham went with this man
down into the ha- m ent, and told the servant
giil to go to ! -d. She went. The next morn
ing Mr. Eckel did :<■ ' appear at breakfast, tho'
lie usually did so. The knife found in the
room where the murder was committed, is said
to have belonged to him. Mrs. Cunningham
confessed, in Imr evidence, the sending the se;-
vant to bed, and also admitted that Eckel was
with her. The minister who married her
could not identify Burdell as the man to whom
she was married, and -aid that he supposed at
the time that I'.e person wore fal-e whisker-.
Bui-dell's tm.me was wrongly spelt in the certifi
cate.
It has been ascertained that on the morning
when the murder was discovered, Mr. Eckel
left the house at an early and unusual hour and
proceeded to his [dace of business. Mrs. Cun
ningham followed in a carriage, and he stood
talking with her hall an hour or more at the
carriage door, opposite his faciei v. He was
seen to give her a roll of bills. This transpired
before breakfast.
The Deputy Coroner, in the course of his in
vestigation. found Mr. and Mrs. Stevens resi
ding at No. 8? Mercer street, who were inti
mate friends of Mr. Burdell. Mrs. Stevens
had been in the habit oi visiting Dr. Burdell
ibr the purpose of having her teeth fixed, and
tor medical relief for two wars or more. Dr.
!>. had frequently spoken to her of his affairs,
and remarked that Mrs. Cunningham desired to
force him into a marriage.
She also referred to Eckel, calling him Van
Dolan, as Ivaving been frequently spoken of bv
the Doctor. Dr. Burdell had frequently ex
pressed himself as being afraid to remain in tiie
house at night.
The Doctor had told Mrs. Stevens that he
feared for his (Burdell's) life, and bad also spo
ken of Mr. Eckel, alias Van Dolan.
George \ . Snodgrass, one of the two male
hoarders in the house, testified that the bloody
shirt found in tlie store-room, belonged to a
friend ot his in the country, whose name it
bore—that he had borrowed it while visiting at
bis friend's residence. It had been thrown into
the store-room to be washed. He swore that
he went down stairs that night about eleven o'-
clock.
Nothing definite has vet been ascertained as
to who is the murderer.
lllinois a rabid dog bit !$>o00<) worth of
cattle in one night, all of which died.