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remesiAerp reaLteeee 111V16i WIIIINgFMAT, IIY
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-- ifti — c-i4 ti Ibilvailoo, or If" pall within ail .
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(i ti o,, e d e ( l , : t u i r; e o a n r. all aubeerip.
tI #DVIBTISB NTS And fleshless Noncom Insert
nutill
Illt it th e use tateti; and every deeeriution of
011:" 33 X. ict X . 1V . :% • X. IV 1:BC..
lIIIMDTSD in the nesteet 'banner, at the hruent
_pohaeoi, ,, E i with the uuntot tteepateh flaring
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largo oonocii.), of Viet, we are p re
pima try the enters of our frk.nds.
OBlllOGßairw Cli Bli D
Nos,l4.:Egual and exact )111(trO to all men of
,ceuteitseser slate Sr persuasion, religious or yolit
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2 .- . 7 ,..4010Wared and ArrOr.rt filieri'd•
fief MOISOXI; •lentangling alliances with.
'11; The right of Motes and Torii tortes to
nitnintelor the. , own domestic
No. 4. Preedeet and equality, the sorerrsgnty
tho ?tipple, and the right ef Me frugality to
ripip l erbrenAleir tritrii - constituti onally expres,e,l
114. 6. laoisonsy th thepublie expenditures,
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.0 mend proaervoftion of public faith.
-• xi,- 8. Fresdom v i r t f relsvolf, iroupion n of the
prilholassal iqesuoal di ileien of tit orrootion.
. i th UMNOliiiali to all secret pain cal o•
andita 01l corruptions to politi rr.
We. 8. desered proservattou of the Pederol
Csevititattio Je Anti 710 rids:toms tette fi,i office
We. 11. No bigotry. et' pride of co yr+, or die
*ignition et birth ieveserA , Amersenn tirot.r.
1W..10. ltppeq 4.4 proloctton for the rights
.fall.
.111rek U. The etreoerootion of the rinturalientien
!Trand the rig& 7/ al/ to the ;OW.. doma.
eks peotootion o the rillOtertralt KOVirrriotlOtt
dWa !f. Uppo.~tied to 4/1 eh. d monoyoliee
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brotiferhood no d d good will
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. Co..hrschb Mc Aoaseholi of
~.." ROUGH II THE ROAD!'
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;. Kelp each other!
I! ope trar • lig!tter load
Than hie brother,
Or hath greater strength than he,
syhbkindlyOmpothy- - • - - -
No 'bought Oil Ind sheer Me way.
.JA IS bath malty dreary !
" Minn/ Se path that seemed! felt
!horns, a double Otani-
Stanha trficral o'arlitea 'sad .
" In coach and four,"
ILliow.7o not r/isr pareota trod',
Ito road before,
"hillacwweating, aud with care,
ißituang self, thy wealth to spore?
Iftwer, at ponliwariana wolf,
Lodi thy awash wheels should run oft
4 " li"u Mbrougbt, with fallen Fitts,
To WI and trim! by (Jeri r side.
The Tell-Tale Vision.
" NIVIDRS. WILL 9U:1."
"Vibe kitakeot a night for a ghostly and
nijobration SUITT i in!lif you will listen pa=
Ittat!ity, I wilt tell you one'which took place
well nigh thirty years age, 9.1%ay up yonder
on the bleak moors of Assynt, across the
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Sotherimuk bills. Barren Moorlands, and
linty whit% beaches, with flinty sands;
Ur*/ a &Aim pines along the hill sides,
irbaira the rod deer keeps his wards ; rents
a bine' sea sprinkled with green desolate
*nods —• " Pod-forgotten land," as Sidney
Inapt might say. Thirty years ago, how•
orlir. OW monotonous lives of the simple
latitudes we're rudely disturbed by one of
thwoutartling crimes which seem to belong
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were p eculiarly to an advanced and compli
gated civilization. The case still figures in
the criminal `ecords as the Assynt murder,
iala istreata many features of curious and
gibituroaque interest.
4 1 Wiliferkinnid, a wed known itinerant
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poddiar, had, on a dreary winter evening
letletttbie time of, the year, attended a rus•
titkwarlding and merry making at the " farm
time, of Assynt, where, among the fair
iitiounin attsentbled, he had contrived consid
trebly to lighten his park. No one had oh-
MT* him leave, and fur a month aftvr
rot* nuthiug was heard of his movements.
Til l*Os enns ezoited no surprise amo n g the
country people, as it was supposed that lie
bud,gone to visit his relations, who lived in
*Otirl** --- They, however, ignorant of his
r v i ngo s api, and seeing him only at distant
uttillilaill, were; of course, not troubled at
41141111tOttlarr absence, and the peddlax
Flight b#l,o been away much longer before
allt7 intipintiana could haat; been excited. '
ihttoinc,o four weeks after' the festivities
~t4ikitstrtt,• farm servant, passing a deep
precipitous turn on the mountain road
*lilies between the farrn.tOtvit and the
. or Assynt, observed, by the Myer.
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,d s , wsk .c l ot, a bundle flouting upon the
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IrAiterwtiws, unusually. low and clear. A
.:11314..•.":2144M4if1ietet17 and with its aid
the neighbors Allraggod the corrupted body
of o,,hunstio being to the 6 itore. Though
tottella.lleesimposed,sidl who were present,
inwnediatolyi recognized the body of the
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which he wino when last seen, but the
yealretelaib been rwidittly turned out and
-triffetTilititt nothing of - any ratite was , ..flund
oh the corpse.
4 . olollomtanding those saspiciona appear
's/it/XL the simple people, among whom a
bid Savor been coon m i t ted , concluded
thattbe ititifortaiMie man had fallen acciden.
tally into the tarn. So confirmed were they
in this opinion, that they at once busied the
'body; sod John M,Donald sod the',tragedy
- odsitiiiited with bun waif in a fair way of
beit*lbrgotton. The parish minister, how
ever, bsd accidentally learned of the die.'
covery, And he ftirthwith forwarded inform.
at4rtu to tine propel. authoriticif. The sheriff
G r p[, add the public prosecutor tin
. y corns down t o . the_ diattget, Mad
potslinsiSOSttaniearehing investigation.
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schoolmaster, who 'was reaminnended to
them by the ministtr as a skillful Mid trusty
person, on, whom perfect reliance could IM
placed, and accompanied by the metlicul men
of the island, tha sheriff visited spa
Where McDonald's body had 'been buried.
It missdisiuterred in his presence, and on
exatitinAtion, Obverahleep wounds were dim
covered on the back of the heed, any one of
which4ffle doctor reported, would have been
sufficient to mime his death. Coupled with
the fact that,tho clothes had been plundered
no rensonatle doubt could remain that a
murder had been committed. It was well
known in the island that. McDonald, who
had !vide considerable , nuay,'Carried his
fortune on his back- hanks and stock beifig
unknown institutions to those primitive peo
ple. rtutOor many days allthe ingenuity of
ilielaw was baffled to obtain any tchce of
the murderer. No one had been seen with
McDonald after he left Assynt ; no articiouf
any kind could be identified as his proper- .
ty. The Reach appeared fruitless. Several
murders, however, had been recently com
mitted in the northsru counties; they had
remained unpunished ; it was, therefore, a
matter of much public -imPortanentliiii. • •
this cast. an ex t inple should be made. The
sheriff estanlin d himself en permanence at
a roadside host,Dl in the vicinity, and an
nounced his determination to examine every
resident in the island.
During these investigations the sheriff
wait invariably accompanied by Ca
Flu). through. his acquaintance with thmflina
lic tongue, and his knowledge of the inhab
tants, proved of groat assistance as an in
terpreter. One morning however, the slier-
ifF went down to the district Post Office
*done, Cameron being fur the first time ab
sent. During tt desultory conversation, the
post master incidentally stated that soon
after the date of the murder he had given
change for a £lO Bank of' England note to
a person who ho did not think should have
hod so ankh money in his possession. Who
was this i J'ohis CciiThron, the schoolmas
ter. Cameron was sent for, was asked how
he had come to have the money in question,
and peremptorily denied any k9owledge of
the transaction. Ills statement, though
made without apparent e mba ras sin (int. ex-
ited suspicion, laud ho was arrested, charged
With the murder.
'For some time, however, no facts appear
ed to confirm the suspicion. Cameron's
beam, which stood on • hill side by itself,
was minutely searched, but none of the
peddler's property was found in it. Ilk
sister, who lived with hilit„..sessuridt.titt.Y
perfectly Ignorant and innocent. She WIN n
young and pretty girl, and, for her station
iu lifb, intelligent and cultivated. Whin
told of the charge, she indignantly refused
to believe that her brother . was guilty, and
in deep distress followed him to prison
One or two casual incidents, however, to
which she alluded, proved of unhappy im
portance on the trial. Even then, however,
though well aware of the fatal effect of her
answers, she spoke fearlessly and truth
fully—with Spartan like honesty metingout
her brother's doota. A fearful diletutna,
indeed—one where even falsehood cannot
be rikorouitly judged. but where stern arid
rigid truth cannot be too highly esteemed.
A noble Ilighland heroine, with her blood
less lips and white, tearless face—all honor
to the gentle womanhood that is yet too no
ble in its maiden honesty for a lie !
Cameron, though unable to account satis
factorily for the money, was on the point of
being liberated, when tillingular incident
oepurred, A workinan,llleLeod by name,
had on three succexaive occasions, dreamed 1
that he had seen Cameron follow McDonald
to the water side, strike him a number of
heavy blows with a hammer, ritle.his pack,
cast the body into the tarn, and conceal the
articles ho liiiirSken in a caird near 4litt
own house. The story was soon bruited
about, and the dreanier'was brought before
the sheriff. Flo strong and vivid, he said,
was his recollection of the incidents of the
dream, gat, he could undertake to point'out
to the criminal *nicer the exactigoors under
I which the property was concealed They
want together, and ultimately discovered
the articles in question concealed under sew
era( large stories, which McLeod declared
exactly resembled' those impressed on his
memory. Here was an important fact to
begin witl4—the property of the murdered
man found ivv-the immediate) proximity of
Cameron's own house. Next day another
link was obtatned. A week or two previous
to his apprehension, Camera!-walked one
rainy morning to the other Ride of the island
got wet, and at a country inn obtained from
the landlady a pair of stockings, leaving his
own behind to be dried. These were now
produced, and after sorwe*hesitation, a cot
ter's wife threlared that, from a peculiarity in
the work, sho_eould deism, that they weite
of her own 'tinkling; and added, that the
day before his disappearance, the peddler
had bought two pairs from lice for his own
use. That now produced was one of them :
the other was discovered in Cameron's
house. A variety of similar circumstances
gradually came out ; and lifter considerable
delay, occasioned ry' - are difileultiao—ef—She
case, Cameron was brought to trial.
Thu trial took place At Inverness. It
lasted from ten o'clocKon the ftrst , morning
of the assize, 611 AO (same fttnirliZst day—
twentr.four consecutiao hears. dnriug which
time judge, ~inty;'find spectators, sat unin•
terru pte4lx, The prime interest to - the su
perstitious llighltmlers lay in the, mystcri ,
'ous fact of the vi n, apd the seer was in
obioet,of special interest 'isles
r i a appearris
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BELLEFONTE, PA., WEDN ! - P.DAY, FEARUARY 4, 1857.
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in the witnessliox. lie suffered a se Vero,
cress examination from the prisoner's coun
sel, withiiut the substantial value of his ev
idence being affected. No one who heard
his examination could doubt that he was
stating what was actually true ; no one
could believe (anil this, of.-course, was the
object of the - cross examination) that
. he ,
himself was the criminal, or in anyway
implicated. tt was a protracted and dill)•
cult case 'of eirchmstantial evidence. •The
candles (gas was not in those days) which
had lighted them in theiririgil through the
long autumn night were extinguished, and
-the sun was higlvin ‘ heaven when the jury re
urned into court, tindingthe prisoner guilty,
as libelled. The verdict had been recorded,
and sent9co of death pronoanced, when
Cameron (Who preserved , throughout the
trial the most profound composure) rose,
and with the utmost solemnity and calmness
calla! Cod to witness that he was a mei.-
dered man.
The sheriff— to whose exertions, the sne
cese of the prosecution was mainly to be
attributed—was trucking his w:ty to hie hotel
through the excited, crowd, when a message
camelo him • Tr , prui-Carmwort, requesting to
see him. When he reached the cell, Came
?once/Ito still manifested the game complete
composure, at once said, "I am now going
to tell you what Tillivo never breathed to'
mortal man : the verdict was.cmilte
did the deed!" as then made's full and
.• iled etmfession, relating the whole story
with-perfect tranktaese—ve, demeanor ho pre
served till his execution. The murder, he
said, 4 1c115 committed on the night of the
Assynt wedding:" He had seen Mrienodald
leave : had followed him unobserved ; had
made up to him, and walked along with Mtn
to thourn ; then, with a heavy hammer
which he n as carrying home, he' had struck
him sevral Mons from . behind, and, after
rifling the corpse, had thrown it into the
water. For iomo weeks it had remained at
the bottom--at least, lie could see nothing
of it, and he had gone_otwe or twice every
week to look for it. The evidence of McLeod
surprised and startled him. The properly
had been hidden the same night—a dark,
wet, misty night—immediately on him return
(tome ; and it was impossible, ho thought,
that McLeod, with whom he vies men ly cc
qt tinted, could have come by hie inf,rma
tion in anynatural way. The fact is curious,
and may furnish a problem for those, !dm
are curious in
,psychologiral
The menler had, of cOursesebeen the main
topic of interest in the island fir to my
weeks- it hid no doubt, 'hecer,e stt.tegly
iinpresmcd on McLeod's innigina lion ; some
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slight link of fact, a s word or gesture, proba
bly existed ; anal out of those meheato ma
telials the story nw4ht gradually shape itself
into a formenot unlike the actual, because a
natural and logical arrangezaciit of die whole
facts known or tot riM,ed at the time. And,
going on with thii story to its close, the
dream Ivoullt accompany the murderer after I
the cominksion of. the crime, depict his
'orror and contril -is frantic desire to
put away fiom hunt any evidence of the ac
e irsed deed which lay heavy on his soul.
The place where lie concealed the property
was one that he woAlit,itatimally select—out
of his own houite;VVAl,•bia,pptso distant
from it but that the articles Might N r easily
recovered after the first dread had bet:n
dued. People mho have disenchanted the
unseen, and who consider a man's muscle
the best part of him, will probably explain
the mystery in some ',itch way. "The light
of common day"Tias !Atom') too strong for
the supernatural.
ALL DEPINDB ON Tag ItgLIOION.".-A few
days since a certain /Minister of a curtain
Episcopal Church, in a corkain village, not
far from 'buffalo, started in his buggy to
fulfill an apl•oinlment in a town some twen
ty Miles distant• .He had driven but a few
miles when ho discovered that,..Ws horse was
quite limo, and as the evening hew to
drew nigh be deemed it. best to atop for the
night. In a short time ho came to a . farm
house, in front of which a yeoman, consider
ably advance:On years, was standing,'when
the following minitorsation took place:
Minister--" Can youi tell mu, my friend,
how far it is to a Ilona° of entertainment ?"
Yeoman—" Well, if you mean Lawn,
Mister, about twenty miles ; but if you
mews house of entertainment, we have one
ourselves"
Minister---" Ah, very good, my horse is
very lame, as you see, and I have somewhat
fatigued- myself. Can you ocoommodata us
for The night 3"
Yeoman—" Wall, yea, we can &comma.
dato you, but if you are a clorgymian,i must
toll you.that the. fare you will get depends
on your religion." r
Minister—. 4 How so, good sir I" -
Yeoman— „ Why. you see if a minOter is
a good Pasbyterisan, we givo him ilm..best
have got ; Who is a Rapti it or a ilethe•
dist, lie gets pretty good living; but f ho is
an Episcopalian ho can't expect much. We
do 't think much of Episcopalians out this
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"Well, my friend,
I ein sorry to know that yout prejudices are
so 'deeply imbedded ; I am an Episcopal
clergyman, arid_ I stippziayt f must uontent
myself with a picked up Mud; but let me
assure you of one thing; my horse LI the
bluest Presbyterian you eller 4sdio:"
The yeoman lass not :oryriikarnse that be
did not disc Over and appreciate the Muds
terii,jeke— a joke, whioh. by the way, Pro'
cured for both man and boast the beat that
the Aulnor's larderand barn aflbUied:
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fin, ciffigantirtlntiktl *nitiltal edit Young
ttioth'ei . , cut olf in tffirtirinit Or womanhood,
was hornet. from the door of the opposite
dwelling ; "this does seem !jail ; I cannot
understand it. Look at thtWi direr, fair
young"children ; their faces pr ssed against
he chamber windows. • Ah, w little 'llh
they comprehend the meaning pf the word
motherless !' A shadow is o their dwel
l! coldly and
en just at the
cart, why is
a Mystery ; a
r hot that the
ider the weight
question the
isio fearful dig.
Ling ; soon, very soon, it wil
gloondly on 014 s-hearts.
age most to need J 1 mother
the mother removed I It is
deep, dark mystery I won i+
heart,crushtel and bleeding ut:
of such an affliction, about I
wisdom and beneficience of
peneation."
" There is no mystery here
"'nothing but a Just relation i
and effect.'
I call it - n emit pro,' enee,"nakt-the
lady, speaking with soteeth . of impatient*
in her tone. " Why Wits a not spared to
her children a few years to.: .r 1 With Gcni
are the issues of life. The ngel of Disso
lution chills no life current th his icy fin
germ, except at the bidding o ho All-Seeing
and Omnipotent. Without Mtn, not a spat
roW falleth to the ground."
! And one hurnan'lliAikarefinotre mile*
han,poiny gparrows t " aid( we, improgaive.
ly, hoping to auggest - tolawr mind a higher
idea of Proridedce than it entertained for
the timo - being.
True, true; and yet the arrows of
death are thrown with i sort of blind ener
gy that makes one think ormaliguluat spirit
rather than a merciful Gott.'
The littly's wirin cheek, half indignant
tone, and almost Bashing eyes, evinced the
strength of her feelings. •
" Gently, gently," we mad, laying a band
upon hers. "There Is no Mysterious provi
dence here. It was the teMther's own act
that.removed her from her dhildren."
" What! You 'do not initilinate self:des
truction ?"
" Not premeditated self-destruction. Yet
had she observed the laws of be,lth, her
children would not this day, liavo been moth
erless."
l' She was a fragile &wit, I . know, and as
beautiful as she was delicate...
" Open the windows: lot in the frosty .Jr
upon one of Yourtot harvest plants„and note
the consequence."
" It will droop, and witfitir: and 'clic:"
"As Mr. Melbourne did. In eithet tate
the effect depends upon a clearly 'apparent
cause. Theie is nothing or mystery Into!.
vett."
I did not know her intimately. I only
met het` once or twice; but I have alwi94l
admired her--always heart her spoken of
with Direction by her friends. She was
beautiful in person, I have often looked at
her as she sat by the windows opposite,ivith
one of her fairy-like children in her arms,
and thought it the most beautiful sight my
eyes had 'ever rested upon. 0, it is g 0 and
to think that her loving arnui will never
Aga i n encircle Unpin, nor her boionD pillow
their heads. 11cr husband, it is said timoNt I
worshipped her. Poor man ! what a heart
sorrow ho has to bear."
"Ten years ago," said we, after our fair
friend's excitement of mind had a little sub
sided, "a young, beautiful, and aylph.hke
creature, dressed• in full costume, came doVvn
from her room about nine o'clock in the
evening, and a light scarf thrown across her
arm. She was met at the parlor door by a
pale woman, whose shrunken face, large
bright eyes, and husky voice, told Leo plain
ly, that the days whichremainod to her upon
earth were very few. -
" So you will g o to-night, dear Adele?"
oho said, in a votre of tender solicitude.
" Why not, mother 1" was answered...-
" I promised George that I would accompa
ny him, and ho him called for me."
" I know. 'But a storm tltmateht. lam
fearful that you may take old,"
" Don't giye yourself a rifiiiklow of trouble,
dear mother, rcplie;il Adele. You are al
ways over-anxious
" The — ii& - rf is too thin, daughter. Go
back and get your light caihimere shawl ;
and he sure to wrap yourself up well before
leaving thewarm ball-room.to return home."
"0, dear mother, why will you be 80
foolish about me. No fear of my taking
cold." --
" You Cannot ge.Atichi, unless with come
better pfotection than this cobweb scarf',"
said the mother, firmly.
4, The young girl,with a slight expression
of impatience, tripped baca to her chamber,
and in a few moments returned with the
shawl, which her mother drew carefully
about her- neck and bosom. Yet scarcely
Was the thoughtless young - ckeatnre irt- the
"carriage that awaited, ore the shawl was
pushed back from her shoulders, and the
fresh humid night air guttered to' bathe her
neck and a portion of her exposed 'bosom,
When she entered the ball room there was a
brightert ush on her cheeks than — 61;10 and
alit was conscious of an unpleasant soma.
Lion below the throat pit. This-firm but
slight however.
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" It wan three o'clock when Adele left the
gar ball-room to return home. For at least
four hours Of the (nue since her entrance,
she had dageed in the hot and crowded
apartment. , •
"•Dritw your shawl close arooad, you,"
sidd her' lour, u he 0 .14111 her into tho
Carriage. A slight rain was fulling, and the
air lies coining from - ttio east.
"0, how cool and ,lileas'aiit," murmure
the i fair creature, eir4. l4 r:
'from the carriage' vtiedow,•srui ther — mW
atinosphero strike upon her Nee and neck.,
How refreshing! I..thourrht streral times
that I should faint in that alifionitting
room. "
" shawl was thrown from her neck
And shoulders, and Co? a quarter of an ho u r
hho rode; thus unprotected, until a bligtt
shudder oroeping through her frame warned
her to replace tho align!, and even to draw,
it tightly around her; but it did not, now,
Impart the warmth she sought."
"Do you Wonder that on the reit mor•
nin_g. Adele bisa fever, and pains.in the /tide
and breast, or, that when the ductor come,.
he discovered tho, existence of considerable
indentation pf Ow hinge 1"
"A week of serials illness, snd two weeks
of cotivatesoenoi.. Betting it nought ell An
gentle renionstesneas
went out for Ilairenultutde_with-sonuLyoupg
!" we answered ‘
betweeit Wig*
..m.paniene-weari% very thin shoes, al
though from reicent-ralta. - thapamments were
bump. It was aver I.liiee7montlis ere she
was able
. to appear abroad again ; and
month. longer-before the roam Wooined oa
her cheeks via of old.
" At kirenteen Adyle became a wife; and
before her eighteenth summer a hobs was
laid on herl( " par , ; ,
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pale; sazions 'not.* of this fragile girt.
Walt a year or two, until both mind and
body hare 'gained a full maturity."
t , But the ardent young lover could not
wait : aid Adele was quite as impatient for
the weddinrday. To the voice of reason
and prudenecttlsty ware alike deaf.
"A gay round of parties followed the
marriage. Night after night the young
bride, too thinly clad for exposure to the
sharp air of a severe winter, went forth to
meet her friends. Late hove stimulating
food and drink, excessive fatigue
. and colds,
wrought upon her their sad effects and era
the honey-moon was fairly over, she irawitt
the hands of the physician.
" When Adele appeared abroad, after the
birth of her first child, some of her friends
hardly knew her, se sadly u an she changed.
Never again did the rose of health come
back to her cheeks, now pale as lillies, ci
cept wheli flushed by the fatalhectic. Nev
er again did she enjoy an hour's freedom
(rain bisitude and pain. Yet, strange to tell,
she took scarcely any better care of her
health thars.before her marriage. You Raw
her at baits: at Concerts, at the oprera, and
all fashionable assemblies, exposing herself
to colds, and encountering fatigue that in
variably bronght on pains orprnittrition'of
strength.
‘...A few years more, and the curtain
on this drama of life. That the acts and
sciliestwere so many. was the greatest ranse
of wonder ; nor that the curtain falls so soon.
Adele Melbourne cut the thread of her own
existence."
Melbourne!" exclaimed our atten
listeuer, 'surely it is not of lier that you
have been speaking.
'Yes, of Mrs. Melbourne, whose+ wasted
thrm hat jugt been carried forth." Call not
lier death a dark divpensattori? It would
have been a miracle had life boon further ez.
tended."
A long silence was followed by i deeply
drawn eigh.
-Yes, yes ; I see it all ; the mystery is
solved. There is no dark providence here.
Ah, how ninny like her are daily cut down
in the verT , flower of life-t a}44/own ale half
their work is dono
It is a' melancholy fact," we riplied,
that the whole aaerageof life In this coun
try is diminished by a suicidal diregard of
the plainest laws of health ; and: {llia - sad
defect—we ought to say criminal, is charge
able more upon your sex than our own It
gives one the heart , iche to think of the
daily death' of young motborg—tlia sharp
sundering of the tenderest ties that con
' hind heart to heart. People cheep their
hands, look grave. and mysterious, and say,
What art afflictive presidents-I." But
(in's , is no providence in the matter -onlyu
provision of the divine mercy to lessen, as
tar am may lie, the evils that must flow from
the disruption, by death, of the most inti•
male relations in life, Here is a siiintien of
the whole mystery that has so r _porplexed
you and hundreds of "diets."
W -
at You have n Daffy San ?" 'Mild n
naiva-boy to Mrs. rartington.
Will I havo a daily son Why, you
little scapegrace ! Ituw date you insinuate
eutainst a lone woman from home I No, in
deed, I guess I won't have
,a daily son !
My poor dead man µsod to complain moat
awfully when I,presonted him a yoarly sox!
A daily sun, indood,t, Devio, you little up
athrt imp And the old woman' cahled,
for the turkey:tail fan to keep ,hor from
swooping.
Jmuas HARLAS WSJ re-clotted C. H.
Senator from
„toWa an Friday laat,!by 30
majoity over, Slragen,burger, Democrat.—
Mr. Marlon , it will be recolleetd; *as ou3t
ed from lila seat a few days slime. ,
A Dean.—The cleavoland Ledger
says,thai a perfectly white deer was shot in
the northern part of that State; a few days
ago.
' Qufnr.—Whet is that ifyop. take Chi
whole bray, tYlittiuNM - NH 'ooTarlefi I -
Wholesetbiet• •
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A SCENE IN TUE ifJ.INOLS HOUSE
OF REPRE.§ENTATIV ES.
SPRINEWIF,UIi 111 , Jan. 6, 1857.
Thie:srurrning an outrageous, and at the
garnet time an anteing scene occurred in the
'louse of Representatives. It took place iu
this way: Newly ail the members being
present, they prim:tied to organize the Ilmeo
in the usual way, by electing a Speaker,
Clerk, Assistant Clerk, awl .9ergeanbatt
.4lrm4, pro' temp); e. Tfie prrzeit
. eliosen fur
Speaker' pro tern. won Mr. Dougherty, of
Union ; for Clerk J. C. McConnell ; fur &tar
geant-at-Atms, 'feria Greathouse, of Fay
tte. The Speaka and Clerk took their
seats. Adds thno Mr: Bu dges, the yell,.
of the former lions°, inade ids appeavince
and deals? ed himself thd presiding ofilir:r of
and House until it Was regularily
and : protested against the proceedings of the
members in electing" a Speaker and oth)t
°filters. , •
....The members paid reerflittle attentive
him—oniesnuck as bail_ an intimation
arreenwee-batiutotadadaing--sud
want on with the business. The Speaker
theii:direated The Clerk pro tim: to call tits
roll of the ;louse and coo how many mem
bers were present. Mr. Bridges again pro
tested, called the Speaker to order. declared
himself the presiding officer, and demanded
that the members addressed him. The
Speaker called M. Bridges to order. and
• • cAlled the Speaker to or
, 7 16 - 0 somewhat ex
cited at this stags of proceeding. Mr. Aro
nold, ehicago, commenced making a
speech for the purpose of sustaining Bridges
and here we will proceed verbaitern et liter
alum.
Mr. Arnold—" Mr. Speaker, I wish to
Makes . few remarks.",
Speakir—c'Dcies tho gantlet:nap 'recognise
me as the Speaker 7" -
Arnold-"No, sir."
Speaker—" Then the gentleman is out of
rder and will take his seat. ,The Clerk
will proceed to call the roll."
Bridges—" I have my rights here, and
intend to_ mantain them. I am presiding
officer of this house, and intend to ruantain
my rights.
Speaker— ' Order."
Bridges—" I call you to order; sir."
Logan, of Jackson—'' Mr. Speaker, I move
that the Sergeant.at•Arms, pro tem. be in.
structa to take Mr: Bridges out of the
louse, if he persists in his course."
Brtdges—" I call you co order, sir."
Logan's motion being seconded, and tho
question being put and carried, the Speak
er directed the -fiergaant-st-Arrus, ta.shon
Mr. Bridges the door.
Mr. Greathouse, Serge All t-at- A rinsovalked
up to Mr. 'Bridges, and politely informed
him that he was directed to sihoir him out.
Bridges told hitu to keep hia halide off, orhe
would get hurt. Greathouse took him by
thii collar, when Bridges struck him, and
then commenced the scene. l'hey clinched,
while man) of the members made up to the
scene of action to assist the Seig, ant in
the discharge of his duties.
.Aftir seine considerable it re s thrig,„luzick.
lug over- chairs, desks, inkstands, men, and
things generally, Mr. Bridges was got out
with his coat "shockingly Wm..' Five or
six assistant Sergeant-at-Arms were then
appointed to keep Order, and the Hels,' pm
needed to business. Atter the members had
been sworn in, the louse *adjourned until
three o'clock this afternoon.
WITIrNIOLRN FOR me Dis.AD often
are we called to part With some young and
genfle friend, whom fve have looked upon as
a model of purity and gcaliuess beau life
has been a bright example of gentleness and
love; and whole future protne,ol to be
brilliant ray of lorelines , , and rit tue ? The
fairest flowers are the first to fade; and
those who are to us the purest, and the hest,
are often the . alit that are called au ay from
earth to put on the garb of the angels--
110 w intense the sorrow ! how deep the
grief! when - thus our dearest atketiona any
severed. In agony we clasp our hands and
exclanu,--0, God ! why bast thou thus be
reft: us of our lovely and good one, who % ar
the bnghtest, light in our path% ay, and the
greatest joy of our existence I Ah ! would
it had pleased thee to have blest as a littleT
longer with the society of our loved ono !
But why should we thus give nivay to grief I
Know we not that God is good? that ho is
wise and know th what is best I Would we
call the (typal tiSTbn'e back to earth, to par
ticipate in our carve and troubles, and share
Our fleeting joys—whom God bath chosen to t
MI some high and holy. place _JO his li s vnv-,
enly Kingdom? A good ruler eln earth cli4.
' seth from his subjects the wisest and the
beat to fill his Mikes of honor and trust,
and to be the recipient of his particular re
vere. May it not he f is[ it not go, with the
Great and good Ruler of Heaven ? Think !
Li, think I ye 'who mount the loss of Oriewha
was to You a shining light, a ''gent of putoit
ray serene," that Clod-bath chostin that moo
to grace his heavenly court, to fill some high
mission in his blissful yealms above ; of, to
be a- bright and shining ornament in the
happy throng that surround and bout*
his celestial throne. And solace thYSOf Fitti
tho assurance that thy dearest is a favorite
with God, and will be a recipied of- his
hoftest blessings.
111 V. ZACNIAAULI CHAN'tiLEII I the AUCCOS!
•sor of Gen, Cass in the Senate, is s
AIMS or Datroit, autl , nits the. Whig candi
dat." for Governor of Michigan in 1852, when•
he iris Behead by the preitileC.44scretavy of
.thottiiterit* •
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INri.rr.Nom OF Twerrn ON, lIRALTIL—Ekt
6essive labor, 'exposure to_ !yet and Col
deprivation of sigibierii patitbit a of noon*
say and.whol.eferins-f*od.lalhiqls*OliZ
ing, - shrth and intemperance, are all de
iticelocs to human life; hot tome -NOW**
‘ielent and s ungoverned passions. Men OS,.
worm( it live survived all these, and at Loa
readied an extrtrne old age , but it may ha, •
haft ly doubted c bather a siitgle instancecan
be found of a man of violent and iraaclbiti .
temper, habittittlly subjeci to stortna pC tui
governable passion, who has arrived it w '
ve:y advanced petiole(' life. It is, therefor*
a matter of the highest importance to every
.one desirous to preserve "re PiPtind Olinda la
the body," so that the r brittle %rase' of
.may glide dorm the streamer time smoothly.
and securely,itustead of being o3ntinually
tossed about amidct rocks and shoals *Wel
endanger its existence, to !MVO • special
care; amidst all the vicissitudes and Wats
of life; to tnnitilain a quiet potieseion of Lie
I own spirit.
. .
TRAPPED DT trill War..6 7 .---4Q - dife. a Worn
ber of the_ Scions of the Legislature it holet
on Saturday last in the Philadelphia after ,
noon tiain were clieckniatid by Old Bernath
who, like the livalature themselves, took it.
into his bend to go upon a pi rfect 'bender,
which hi , kept up s ill such a lusty will,
that lie kicked everything adrift on the rail
road between the S,tate Capitol tlitsvoltrr ,
Tke-niti...nbnia. in liar ssilat
every avenue with piles of snow, so Otat •
traveling became not only clansennt.,iont.
imig,s s lide, and the unlucky members hod to
gint mid ben ctlic disappointment and loon ,
Lineation of being absent ft orntheir4OSlnOo'
Holiday. The truth is, that the mambos*
ought not too so fur from the -capitol as.
Pbtlud Ii bin at cue!, an uncertain setuton.—•
They arc elected to do the Madnessof 014-
ing the laws, and slniuld attend to ti_t_olL
nothing else. They were trapped on litin
occasion, at all events, %Web win wiadmirk•
serve as a warning to 'them in the
—Keleone.
1101% , TO W 45U I LANK XL
women pOssess quite a knack in waddle.
flannel, so as to-prevent it fulling. It it slot
the soapsuds, nor rinsing water thatio
toilO
up flannel in wa.:bing, Lilt the rubhini k
oritt
Clothas fulled by bring "pounced and
ced," in the id.ochs of the fulling milt Pith
soapsuds. Tile alien of rubbing ?twined on
the washboard s., jeli!t the ;sante as thoii Ol t
the fulling mill: Flannel, theitifore t shoolitt
always be nashA in very Meting' aoapales,
which will remove the dirt itint
squeezing:, better than hafdritlehint.id/IA
weak ioapsuds. It filit;tild a!ii) t Atop/
out of the soap in warm aster, and moat
in coldeoks the fibres a the 'vrtatiflttit
shrink up a; th ud', in warm Rh*
coining out of the warm soapsuds ; . 14041
CJIT should be taken to rinse the .oap 4001*.
pietely out of the flannel. This adriouirill
apply to thu washing of blankets, jp0 ) 1404
34 IL dial; to the nashiug of
Ak•l,Cl•te :11. -•
PROFF-Y10119. , --The United States is iimei
rin at pr, nt with l'refessont-mat Pit %.
ger, of Collegt s, but self Appointed 'andiejf
constitutniluTN;s.,st,ms, ct,149 belisa
themselves to tto litleYatifl at it Wei
great dignity before the public. Theta iY
varc.oly n little acailany: iti the cOiiittfrr
t% 110,e teaclit•rs de not dill themselves Pro
fasurs—ruus:c teachers, dancing nuihtert,
C% ell reronsut!t, are Professor.,. That.Ailk
once signifying something, is 11?!trytiotijr.
mou.4„ a i.h issuranz, pretefudOn 111114 Ism.
It ha , - become almost as commptist4iseel
or Melo-,
POLITE/. aside ids++
11 n c ss, in regard to 'the lialittifiese of others,
ho is ty cr ready to confer favors, who
speaks in langliage of kindness tied clooill
ation, awl who btuildics to Mint,'
littie attentions which gratify the JoiKjiiie
lie man, though ho may Rely
un cwt and metes very ,ttnoluviur
Atilt many a fashiorable petsoa, wttifdretillear
ge nteely, and enttra the moat
apaVraeuts. with assurance and (lac, ii par;,
fact compound of radonosa and incivihkx..--
Trutt 1)(4/k:tress is a v:rtuo of the undurtnio
du; and the Irnrt. 5 "•-•••••4 .
Tnr. WAY or THE TILMSILES:6II. altro.
--WO Aro told by u . gentirtuirt just
Schuylkill counily, th.it iho wife of miu
the Petriorstio: thiti tors, whtivotedfbr Came
ron, tirqd •• , :lie would rather hive keeti hr
htlelit tut hriinglit home a rotoaa than to hale
henrd of MS 'Jame conduct," The thdigna
th_s•A seas so {{Celt,. that his thildeestratent
compelled to have school Otilceeatti.
jeers of their schoolmates. Truly, th‘o tt
of the transgressor ikitard.
lady had tyro ottildsoar
both girls. ICI” cider ws-s a fairehiltl 1 Obi
younger a beauty, and-the mcher's
Het lihot3 - I§Vito - - *eat ehtiteMY'rn rf ^I TU -
elder was neglected, widlat*rreet"fthlipee
name, or the younger), received ern/ *ha
tion that love could bestow:
_ l orti thlti after
lesievere illness, the mother *al' 'eltlailtie
the parlor, when she he ard* ehltdishodiap
on the Atairs, and hetotllObett(astefedinatllltlb:
Iy with the favorite. llattloit,Sweletru
she inquired. '"No, nudnitrat,' , irltsithehad
nd touching reply,„"itiait'tftitet rill
Iran" The; mother . * helttrkirddli ,
that hour "ohty me," 1 -
ltt
equal'plaee-int er attliotlitna, • ,
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Dear.—When tired,4, A
n4iettpstVit
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worn eoutplctll, ertkes4,lPluit •77a. O itr-'r
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