POT the WATVI4III THOUGHTS OF BEAUTY. LE= O thou, with ruby tinted wing ; With golden glory on thy hi., ; Thou loved, thou more than worshipped thing' For thee T tone my lyre oow. Capricious and fain hearted one, Why art no chary of thy smiles. Why think thy work completely done When 'tin bat half done all the while 7 'Tie true on Natures page we read, Naught, but that tolls thou host been there And in the walks of life ITO ropol With human beings, truly fair. O' I've men eyes so bright, Weeeme'd As if all heaven rested there, ah ! thebrain beneath them teemed. With /ark, dark /wheel°.. Of eueh beware I have seen bosoms rho anti fall, That, with the purest snow flake vied, Dut•virtne in jhat wretehejlkole, - , t , i,ong, long ere then had gasped and died I hate seen cheeks whose rounded form. And glorious block, sweet (maga woke But through the vilest of vile scorn, No maiden bloshee ever broke. Why is thou dost not blend the two, The beauteous form the moblo toull Give always, what thow girst to few, Complete a grand, a glorious whole ! "" But oh I methiake thou run not trace, 00 man's mind, beauty, with thy rod, You, though thou beautify the face, Thou 1 the °find to betautios 11.1 For the Av...., "THE OLD MAN'S DARLING." =I "Belle, my child, I've been thinking a td thinking seriously " mama,a penny foryour thoughts , 4 Atrve been thinking, Belle fay child, that It is limo you had ceased your flirtations, and nettled down in life. It is doing you more Injury than you imagine I did not mind this at first ; because, In a young la dy, a certain amount of coquetry is men tialto her charms, but you, I am nfraid,my child, are not aware of the injury it will be to you eventually. You have refused the - most eligible of offers for no good cause. It provokes me almost beyond endurance to see such thoughtlessness. Who, of your admirers, will, when Belle Carrinttin is forty years old, and unmarried, -remember that she was once bright,. and beautiful— . the brightest star that shone in It— socie ty? Who will think of it ? I repeal " Anil Mrs. Archer Carrington moved unea oily in her chair, and placed her aristocrat ic feet a little higher on the fender of the bright coal fire, and sighed deeply, as she contemplated the possible future of her ele gant daughter,'who era altdualr Cllr„ sat oppo site her mother, while the patient lady's maid brushed out her beautiful hair. Belle Carrlngton's eyee flashed angrily, and the fair bands grasped the book she held, a little tighter, as she replied— "Whose fault is it, mama, that I am twon ty one and unmarried I Who, of the many suitors (or the linnil of Belle Carrington have poesessed the complete stook of per fections you require" 'Tim unkind, ungen erous to lecture me in this style, for no fault of mine. But—" and her eyes looked „scornful now, though the angry.l.ears stood on the long lashes, "but I have fully deter mined to marry the next one that oders' am heartily sick and tired of the nub "Well," said the mother, '•stare was henry Boyd —I certainly found no fault In him, as elegant, and accomplished a gentle man as I ever met, and"— A merry' laugh interrupted her, '•Why mama! you said ho poseessed no Ott ength of character, and was very dissipated You know you 11111, and you vetoed Charley Itutherford's proposal," and Kate, the sec ond slaughter of the house of Carrington, twisted her long ringlets 11110 a coil, and pluck the comb into it, la the most emphat, is manner „ Kate, be quiet' You are getting tq LE very saucy lately. You should never ego tradiat me at all, as, I wee saying, Berls is a terrible flirt, and m not only doing her self an injury, hut setting you an example you are only too ready to follow ” Kate Carrington turned front the dressing table, and stood with indignant looks be• fore litir mother Mrs. Carrington inured uneasily iu her chair. Kate`was going Co ••lecture" as her Ci:Oltierd would say; and Bello looked re lieved to find her cause in such good hands. •Mania' if Bull, or Kate Carr iugton are flirts, you will have all the comfbrtaod con notation of knowing that it is your doings, net ours Who is it, when a now admirer appears on the stage of Mfrs. Carrington'. domestic life, encourages her daughters to flirt with them? If the game he worth it, we are cautioned to catch there: yet ant compromise ourselves Tiisuoli an extent, (bat if one more eligible offer, we have no loophole of escape. Belle ban been aufll ciently a belle in society to ebliefy the most capricious of coquette. and toasting and ambitious mamas. and I only wonder she doe. not marry, if only In sheer de fence. When I make cry debut in auoiety, I shall please myself, and you may depend on it, and will be more likely to please oth ers accordingly " "Kate." lain dirs. Carrington, 'you are becoming outrageous; am I to be soolded at this rate by a child of mine? do go to your room, instantly, and don't dare to ap proach nib until you are ready to apologise for such uncalled for rudeness, and imper tinence," and Mrs. Carrington looked su perbly indignant. Kate picked up her ribbons and hair plus from the d ' g table and left the room. Belle prepared to follow, but her mother dismlssinethe servant, laid her baud on Belle's arm, and detained her. The young girl who stood before her wad certainly very beautiful, and very proud was her minim rliy l that beauty. She had witnessed the 'utaphaut debut, and equally triumpban sway of her daughter into society; and yet she wondered that Belle had never m rried. liad she, in any ay, encouraged the in nate propensity for coquetting, until it amounted to flirlation? She was unwilling to acknowledge it ; but to no other con clusion could she arrive Kate's lecture had opened a vele of thought, and she would be compelled to labour diligently to find some gold of comfort among the baser metal of remorse. "Belle, my ohlld, stay! I only wish ^to detain you a moment. Who was the gen tleman in the drawing room this evening? I should have dropped in on my way from Mrs. Doctor Clark's, but it k was so late, and it seemed somewhat of a fete a felt and I Noire(' Else C4routnosnces might be snob as to place me sir trop," spd Mrs. earring- 5 top smiled myeterioasly.! Belle sit down spin. "'Terse Major Lewis, sod I might me welltell you, for you will find it ont in the eatt lie come here his morning to nee you.; Ile wee hertAria ritereleg. Now, out you guess the nett" 'gilt - 1 ) 41j( iiVaitti VOL. XII 11cr mother - looked perfectly delighted.— There aro, nothing Lore she enjoyed than a love affair, and her voice took a eatitined tone, as she replied— "l certainly do not require to he told that has en long been quite operant, that Major Lewis is no ardent admirer. But what did you - my is him my child?" and she looked noxious. t•Say to him? Why liken very obedient child, 1 referi«l him to, mama " 'lint Belle, you love him!" "Lore hue' What n question! No—of course floc of is only a matter of causat ionee It is expected that Miss Carrington will make a brltient match, and the Major has a high social position. and bettor still, plenty of money Loral the Major is thir ty tiro or forty ; but what of that" and there wean bitterness in Der voice, and a scorn in her ryes that did not belie her words. 'Twos well thedevoted Itlajoeiiisard 7 it not "Well." said Mrs Carrington, 611101(11g ly, "persons 110 W seldom marry for...Ave. , - indeed it 'ls quite vulgar to beoo.Ug spooney I could not have hoped ' yes; to do better Major Lewis is an elegent gen tlemen You will, of course engage your self to bite: but if I were you I would keep the matter a eceret for some time yet' "I shall do no such thing!" Said Belle, emphatioally "This time lam determined to let it he known, so that there will he no loop hole of. Nacape, as Katie said, an2oo truly." Herikthe tossatiltil lips curled, acorlful— ly "Besides the Major in old, and can not afford to wail, even if I can. Ile is almnity too old to marry, if he only oonl, be convinced of it. But men 'are such fools when they get to that ago, and fall in love. Few are passible at forty, and Major Lewis is not among-the favored few, I can toll you 'Twill lake the blind little god himself to be oblivious of the falsities in w itch the Major's personal landscape minds.'• "But," said lire Carrington, "you will be the much vaunted old man's darling." "Yes," said Belle, bitterly, ~ the old man's darling. I shall pity her," and she bade her mother good night, and left the Crossing. the hall, elm entered het own e/onther Kate was r.ri asleep, remorse seemingly lenient in her punishment, if we judge by the sweet childlike repose in which she was wrapt. Belle sat down on the rug before the fire, and thong , * of the put, and her possible future, and tears' gathered in her soft, dark eyes, tkat only a few elements before bed fleshed no Indig nantly, as memory carried tor hock to two years ago, whets she had given her heart to one who now lay in the embraces of death Once more she WLL, folded in the loving arms—undo more heard the passion ate "farewell,my Belle—my beautiful Belle, ray own—forever " Alas, those dear lips no more alien be pressed to hers—those loving arms no more enfold her In anoth er world ho should claim her—his forever, and now,thero was nought loft her save the grave in the beautiful cemetery-I where lov ing hands hail reared a marble column, and ,usembed thereon, •'oncred to the memory of Edgar Sinclair, one of the bravest of the many brave, who fell on Om bloody field of Gettysburg " Bello wept, then, as if by in sudden re •ul , don of foaling, the image of Major Lewis stood before her, postpone, puree proud and selfish,am only BUOil turn can be. She rose hastily, and slipping on a dress ing wrapper, sealed herself at her desk and atrote• M *Jon Lewis :—[.promised to give you a decided answer to your very nattering pro posal of ibis morning I regret to pain you, but the least sold (Ile better for both, as I respect you too molt to marry you, when I cannot love you. us the woman should do, the man she marries Behove me use ever, Your fr. pa EZE!!!!=;1110lEI There," she said aloud, surveying the he note "I feel better already—hevetng ome to this determination I know mama will be disappointed, and angry, and. I shall have another lecture on old maidisui, but better be au-old maid, than an unloving and unloved wife, better than marry a man I cannot love and hardly respect.." She sealed her letter, and directing it, planed it in her desk, with a eigli Of relief, then undressing threw herself in bed and , was soon fast asleep. Ah, Belle, it is a thousand pities, that letter cannot resell its destination tonight Pity to sleep on it, morning makes things appear so different ly. If yon" would send it now, 'twould nave you alife of misery! Morning came, end with It other views of the old man's darling It brought with it, destruction to the resolves, and the let ter of the night previous, and a determine atom on Belle's part to explore the matri mtonis sea, with a mate that had not the remotest idea of wiled he was attempting, Who watt too old akil blind to see, the hr.- kers that lie in it, or the clouds of dissen- lion, that sometimes hover over it. and which lore alone oaa dissipate.' The weeks that elapsed before the wed ding, paned pleasantly for the Major, who, like all old fellow. in love, was particular ly disgusting. and pertinacisue in hie love making, and by the time the wedding trosseau Wan completed, and the cards of Invitation seot out, Belle was not the ooeti one in the house that was convinced that'an old bachelos in love tea foolk and', aivesr great one at that. t. They passed pleasantly too, for lilrsCar, rington, who was perfectly glorified when purchasing the handsome trowirou, and superintending the arrangments for enoh momentous occasion. Among the many thing that Mrs. Carrington adored woe an ask, a weddinc, mid spending the money for the letter. ,But there was one whosvikievt was wet each night with leare,•to-whom the weeks passed anything else but pleasantly, and heartily nick of the Major's love sick non sense, and the sight of silks, satins, laces, and dress makers, Belle Carrington left borne for a short emit to her sister-in-law, telling them to go on with the preparations without her, and bidding the Major to make love to mend, if he considered it essential to hie happiness, and mama would have no objeotion, 4 she was sure of it. 'rho Ainjor opened bin yes- in suprisq, and amain, wondered Wld' men wt i 5 IMI subjected tol i kk same species of coquetry +luring the usually delightful period of courtship; but consoled himself, eWiU the reflection that , when married the tables would lure, and my lady would have to walk a chnik line, and 'Would go no further than the end of her rope, the other privi leged end of which would hold with a taut band. Thd wedding was a grand affair, and among th l e guests, some there were who pit ied, some there were wino envied ilie beau tiful bride, some there were to, who looked tearfully on the pale face, mid despairing eyes of the mice brighj sod nullity nature Belle Carrington.446ll someline,o wore, who wondered that Mich no girl should sacrifice herself on ins' a.har of ainhi /ion. ' • '?'"What !" exctiiiped a young norm who stood waiting Inns tut:al:a eougratulate the geld° to one who had Jost quitted her' side is it possible thitt jhe bridii , la Bello Car ingtou, and .g. Alnee of k!•egar Sinclair I can acype o lySlV ; lisese ta r e • bet '••• ti , R ; ba ;nista pp 6 . A “Tlils yen so,"'retrlicallie first speaker, and lowtighg big voice, ...tint 'ninth as I blame Miss Belle for permitting her !nether to pursued° her into this marriage, for I cannot be convinced that she was n free agent In the matter, Lwould 401 wish my worst en emy a worse fide, than to he tied to such no man 49 Warner Lewis, for life " "Why," queried the other, "what is there objectionable. !Wee it:disparity of yearn?" nSimply," replied has companion, "be cause he is not worthy to look on her, much leap marry her. Ho IS of one of the 1:110 , ,t notorious ronnie in the city. " Rot Mrs Carrington can know nothing of this, Certainly she won II not gise her child to such 1.1.1111.1.11 aware of moral standing.'" w, wlint otatters.it to ma now Car ringio whelp roan is nor/illy, ao In to PO einl titandingdte exalted, and Inns pocket+ tiled?, The eiporitueut to dangerotax,..blit Lire poisoned pill ie covered with gold. nod sugared with an esthliehment that 'would satisfy the most embilinus, even tria mere Carrington.. l'inne are so blind, an those who wont see, yo'it know " "Great Heavens, is a possible she Can know this, and pt ryilllng to shot her oyes to,The een4equenoe4l A nTstgo.".said the Inat speakkr abruptly "1 cannot congrat ulate the ?jai that once boasted tbe . true love of Edgar Sinclair, on attaining what • her misery ". The wedding woo, ao I rai I, w brilliant affair, and the day following, the bridal couple le„tt honflkkon a tour ipiiirope. At Mrs earringlei bade good bye to her daughter, she noticed for the first time the diepairing look in the eltirki eyes, and for a moment her heart misgave Arr. that she find nut done well in eneouragaw thin marriage; but she emothored the sob i her voice Rll . ll drove hack the tears that involuittel come, as elle pressed her child to her heart for the last time in molly months, and Belle Lewis left her home to w.tiim oilier stenos, mid other lands, with one I),y hni el to she called hush trid . hill in drentoland another stood before her. other arms, enfol ded her and Silo listened again 10 the sweet ly remembered word.% ''My Belle, my broil tifol—niy own—mine forever Two years went by, an Ille returned home—but how changed. 'The brilliant rural° of friend. in which she moved once the acknowledged queen of love ad beau- ; ty, welcomed her again to their charmed, world of pleasure Itut not as of yore dill RIM receive thei homage, no jostly tier duo the eyts were sad now, once no bright and bn.utrful, alt the trmottlens lips dropped not the rare pearls of roll. 1101 the outpouring of love and song. and the once graceful and gloriously spirited girl, moved nor rig them graceful mill. but with weary steps and lindens mem; 111111 some there were who looked in put) ing wonder on this wreck of beauty Two years she bad wondered in 1114116E11 lands, far from the home of her sweet girl hood, and the grave in the beautiful ceme tery, where lay sleeping her love and to whic , her wanderings, her' heart cline loving back, nail did boiririte to the trite, brave heart, that laid beneath the spring flowers, lad the winterys arrow, Two yeara and she returned with a beautiful babe needed orkltier bosom, and to her boy, she clung desiairingly, as to the last plank in the shipwreck of her life Too late had she learned the true charac ter of tlie man whose name she bore, and the fair face would bend blushingly over her babe, till it reeled ag'ainet the soft cheek, when she thought uf coming years, that should bring with diem, to that - pure life, contempt and loathing for the man he called father, and willingly would she have bartered that heritage of shame, wilh all its gilded appearananoes of wealth,and station, fora name her boy might honor, and love, be it ever no humble., The return of Belle found Kate, heryoung slater, grown to be a beautiful woman, the belle par excellence of that city of belles, and how earne tly she endeavored to oheak the ambitions hopes of that thoughtless head ; but true, and womanly heart, none knew save Kate, who needeittio words of caution from three dear lips to warn her of the dan ger of marrying, where love was lief the cementing object There was no ced of words to enforce the lesson, anothe had so bitterly „learned. • • t • IP Four ye'ars bad' Belle Lewis d egged thtcush it life of splendi I misery and aha lefthfir own home in a distant oily to visit her mother . a rnoote of a Beautiful spring day, avid Mrs t i parrieglon's 'carriage stood before her .door, while the fine obesuut hor ses pawed the ground impplently, eag er to start off, as the little boy, who with his nurse, had sealed theniselves in eha-aar rlage, and were awaiting the timing of the ladles, who stood on the frontgeps, center sing. Mrs. Carrington seemed intensely occupied in disoussing some matter of im portance, while Belle impatiently .Brow her glove off and on, as she listened to her moth er's discription of Madame Guy's last fash ion, a subject of both Interest and impor tance to her mother; but one of Indiffer ence to the once fashionable, and gay Belle Carrington, Youoaliput. Ina down at3,l ideals Guy's, toy dear s " s id Mrs. Carrington, as she stepped Stream Ifvf *luso t carriage. "PITATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL VitION." BELLEFONTE, PA., FRIDAY JULY 19, 1867 must have my dress fit .d to day, for lien eral 11--s ce"eptio on Tb... 1.3, and you can tall for 1 on your return from your ode lenvl • dear, don't 1101 Iii upon holdingihnl chi in your Dili'', she conclu ded, as bet do ghter look the chilli trot'. his nurse, who unable to keep him quiet had unwillingly resrgned hum. knowing how troublesome ho would prove ' They rode a short distance, and the cu rings drove up before Nlndutne (lily a where :Sirs Carrington got out "We will only druvg p little way, mania," said Belle, ••I do not feel very well, and besides, I have nomiseil Kelm to visit with her. I only tripe I Abell lie aide to fulfill my promise " She che st Joined in the driver, and gave an maw tone. The drive was delightful, and the soft swing wind played 'lovingly with the dark curls of Belle's hair, and brought, for a while ft esh color Jule tho pole cheeks, and nuini - trfiser fhletdis,pasding the well known earrings of Mrs Carrington, looked pleased and admiringly nut the beautiful faro of the ',viler, as forgetting for a while herwor• rows, she gave herself up to the enjoyment of her uhild, niallie bright influences of the hour 'the carriage turned off front the fdshion able drive, and turning into another road, a ride of a few minutes brought them to the arched gateway of a cemetery Here Bello left the nurse and child in the carriage and bent tier steps 141 andLufrequenled portion of the ground She opened the gate of an out family burying lot, neer overrun with the clinging ivy. and-m.IJ rose, and sealing herself beneath the shade. of a large tree, that throw its shadow Over , ilO entire Int, looked long and tearfully nn ihe while cal l/Inn that 'lifted its 0111•' form far above the Ilene stained tombs around ,11ing she sat there, then recollecting her promise to call for her mother, she burned ant At the g tie she p•uwetl and on ftlj. niurmered, n. she-rooked fur the last time un that dear spot ••l'nrewall Inn•. Farewell t till we meet again 'Twill le soon darling-- very 'won t ... for I feel ttliere, - and she 111 . 06 , 1- ea her brad.. her heart and wept When .111 , retnrned to Yao carriage, she font.] the little boy fretful, and takttig him la t ter antis, h tile the cum:browu hurry home 'F12,1 almost reached the ortfinary drive of the faehionable plea/lure seekers, and Ilene become minors thar,the horsey wet. , untistnally restive: yet she roll that no on- CRIthIP.M. 1.110,9 , 111 g the complete control lire (Wiry krenteßsed over his Jorßes and Rho 11.1.1;10 given the chill, now sleceping info be fitirße' , l arm., whorlshe wns ',larded by the rpringing of the 1141441, to one side of the road, alums! lls light car riage, another moment, and the earrings was Hying along the road at n fearful rale '•Keep 11,4 reinv tight, Phillip, and if possible, avoid the main road," "said Belle In the driver, who had not lost command of the horses, for oily nutmeat. but Pelle fear ed the worst, and veiling her child pressed bun frantic Ally to her heart. The driver had turned tbu dying horses into an mare -111.10/110.1 g(111 , 1, and In td began In hope for dinttintion or their speed. when suddenly person altpeareil in the road from a clump of inivliev It I,il ton much for tho already excited 1.0141,4,118 it in another moment the corrilge, Willi 114 occupants, Wan 1114141111 d against the Irv., on the vide of tine road, while the horses freeing themselves front the harness, dashed at through the wonde When !telly awoke to convciousness, alto wail lying In tt sot tII room, poorly, hat neatly bat niqbed, and It young ROlll.lll lean. ed aletie bet ••it here am I ' asked vlte. "Olt ' I now remember but my baby ' Olt toy baby, bring 111111 to ' Tell mu, alto asked ace. illg the woman did not 11101 g, 1011 me if he . dead No," HMI! I lie woman ja n mince clinked with sob. • No," Le is not dont!, hut was much hut i—not du hooch na your.elf, dear hllat Belle " iidalt ' .toy Ifeavenly Pallier, spare 1110 1 s. take nut my child from nth ! 'Oh ! add al this grief to the griel yitlen heart I' pleaded Belle tearfullye anficanleittualel3l) "Bring my baby to me," nail ih, turuitig to the woman, "bring hint here Toy area& In whose else ehoul,l his pure lirn, hie baby life depatlr t„ 1 - __Jheintr inallir haa him Iljea a II I will ten her , but the oloctut hoc forbaldeu him 10 11.• 1111,1•4 " • ".Then," ./I id Belle rising, "I will go to bun," but she felt her head grow light, and olio fell book on the pillows with a low main of pain The woman finding it impossible to per suade her to remain. promised to bring the ohihl lolier,nlid left the room She had gone some Inlntitey, when B,lle became aware that no me ono was selling at the foot of the bed ''Who is that?" elm asked feebly, “it is me, Luoy Hunt," replied a young girl rising, nod coming to the side of the hod' "Luoy hunt?" repealed Belle, putting her hand to her heed, and seemingly try), ing to remember. "Oh ! yes, now I remem ber Whore am I Luoy ?" ''Where all will feel honored, my dear young Mistress, to minister to year wants. I am living here with Mrs. Oordon,a wid: ow I have lived here since I left you," and the girl blushed from some none. Belle sat up ngain , •Liicr,:why did you leave me ," The girl only answered by a burnt of tears fear Mine I do not deserve to be treated with much kkedness If you know how wicked I have heeu,yeu would not look at, or spook to tne ; but I alone am not to blame 'Twos he Who led)! my feet from the pith of virtue into that orshanie, end now leaves me to core for his child, with not a human being to nay one kind word to • wretobed women. The Major to • cold hearted, cruel man, Miss Belle "Lucy," said Belle breathlessly, (or sire bad listened horror struck at the recital of !hie tale. “Luny you spoke of the Major, what is his name 1 Hush I speak it low " The girl's answer confirmed her suspi cions Five years ago this girl, a oreole,of singe tar beauty; had been dismissed from her emplojatent by her husband, Major Lewis, for no apparent cause Belle had vainly endeavored to discover her where aboutii, not milling that one, she had trust ed as a valuable eerrant shpuld suffer from any apparent unkladneee on her part. 4197 the mystery wayere 4 ind up, and belle sank on her pillows, her face coveredwith theme itirboefdilon at a discovery so slita2eful sod dl gg fut. Ile Levi“ni me Lucy, but do not let mania know what you have told me”— ..011 ! Mt, I oannot go until I tam no surki of yoor forgiveness for buying act u.l so ungratofully towards one oft!e kindness of ndatrebses " "Lucy "'raid Belle solemnly and touch ingly, "I pill only repeat tho words of my Divine master, and yours too, _to: the repentant Magdaline "Go! end sin no more " a lonehiug and beautiful scene The injured and dishonored wife as she laid her hand on the head of the kneel ing girl, and with a spirit of obriation char ity, forgiving the sin of the girl who Ind not alone injured her now fair faille ; but adding another to the victims or a passion that would forever damn she soul of the man she had sworn to "honor and love " That night the boy died, yet did not its poor another mariner, it was taken (roan the evil to eome,she felt too truly, and a heavenly smile wreathed her lips, as she pressed him to her heal t, ere they laid hats baby form in its Hine prison house "My baby 'Oh • nay baby, a few weary days, nay hears, nod 1 shall hold thee to my been in another clime Vhrre all tears elicit lie Wiped away , where there Is no ‘.orrow, no sin one kion, my babe,anil another Oh t and may it be !M., aye ! to morrow to morrow " In that home of poverty the child of wealth breathed her last, snrrounded by those on earth she breed, and from that borne of humility they bore her form to the home of her youth, where surrounded with all the pomp of nenIllt.;10:1 °inn - Statism:en of friend and fortune, Rho laid in her cold bran ty, while tearful faces bent :tibtr•e her, and kindly heart wept; but r id . . “ well." Aull'id d that fornY'tpikt be side ihuiseef-senSl ket-, , ileatlyilto ivy and the sweet weldallatteni s s bilounipti .there her. She 816/111014tIettlt,those near her she, loved bent, ouertr hew, the other bestdo her t : '7.: . ~ Mil Tile nflurpoeaa nun 0110110 through the R tuned glass wfiloinwe of one of the elegant dining room Of Major Leoris,rnele gone oppointmentm of the dinner tub'. 2/tt, which set the emitter of the bonne, nail choice comp/mono of his clique ' Wide flowed freely, n fit necomplinoment to the vulgar jokes, or coarse emit:woo OHO pas sed oruund the ruble Shouts of Inoghter were beard, me some more vulgar, or tiering then the rent would detail 16e circumrinu ery of come tank de- tour Revelry held high cornmeal, and mirth ruled the hour Tin) major was in the midst of no inlernsiimg , Yecital of an adventure ❑e in Europe, when he was interrupted by the entrance of a slowart, who placing a leller`inrfore hint reiired. The flashed two of Major Lewis tarried pale, as ho opened, and read the loiter, and 14 hand shook that lard it again on the table. "IPpen it, Major," shotitod one of his comp anions, "open it old fellow, and let's see what new affair their is on tho raps " "Damn it " thundered the Major, or roused by the, 00,1,0 tel iv.i his I end merit, •hold your tongue, y out fool! You don't know what you are talking about " "Nether do you," retorted the other, "but come, don't keep it secret any longer old fellow, Let's hove it " "Curse you, can't yon be quiet," meld the now sober NINor "Can't you respect the !holing.. of a matt who has lost both wife and child 9 " "Lost them h" asked ono, not aware of the hill monolog of !be Major'. words, "dont may they Darr ruin if. of 1 fellow, to your lly jove' what I godsend vrlint n ro4l. !here will he of the frames when it is known that Major Lowts ix n free hush' she's 1 aid She nn 1 the boy," said the 11 ktor, with a look of ronier,e in lone And fens uru Tj . tere was a nt100t..., a deep palpable silence in that company Awl 'twos only broken by wlitapers as they wttoesscd the 'too*, of the reprobate and rather, and 111 toned to the sobs that shook hw (ratite, ar Ito leaned hie 1111 td on the table While around htm sat that company in si• lent awe, in otrattgo contrast to the sor t oundings which betokened debauchery and mirth Ayo, they eat there and gated at the "handwriting on the wall " ''My boy, try boy'" groaned the :tini or— and 9e he looked up and met the awed I°oo of his monpattions he could eland it no longer "Go '"be said, "and leave me in toy well merited grief and remorse Go ' and let not ;our faces again darken theme doors Oh' God have pay—my boy—oh, my dor brig boy" Ono by one did that company leave, and the old man nt night found himself alone, in his :grief, his shame and his ruin, with,none to keep Liu) company nave the ghost of his vietims that Mole into that darkened se'om, and with mocking laugh and bitter reproaches, gathered around and mocked his grief and sorrow with hellish glee. When morning came, they found him there. There amid the surroundings of all he had loved best. They found.him there with his gray bead bent over the likeness of his ohild, while the pale farm, the stiffened' lip, the elosed eyes,the still form told them he was dead. Dead, and with his sins ut, forgiven, unrepenteA—odead, with abeam and ignominy to folli4 hue to the grave, where no loving bands, placed • taboo of love or respeot above 1111111—doad, a fit com panion for worms, and with no loving form beside him, that in the morning of the Resurrection should rim up and bless' him for one deed of love and mercy ; And no sainted wife should welcome him but who should turn from him and say, 'Depart, I know you not." Reader, would you know the truth of th story? t Then go with tun to the far sunny Routh, and I will point you to the grave of the old man who died In his sin, and lea ding you on a little way, will show you where the wild rose blooms; cud there rests othe old mares.derling.. -- Sergeant Joseph hi. Dye, one of the witnesses against Simms, is now under bonds to answer in Philadelphia to the charge of passing counterfeit. money. That's nothing however. Anybody is lit for a witness against a "traitor." —The Sledloel Convention yet Trento New Jersey wee 'composed of half white and half blacks. 1 MEXICO IS MEXICO AGAIN. The .41nel:thing of the Mextenn I:mptri turn Vex., over WIC., itg, 1 . 1/ tO nob, died anarchy No law. ivr known in the mill :wed pubhc, except the will of petty bu b man delpst4 The b t•i+ of govrinment in that Godly la,towed, now wretched ciamtry, is robbery 11111 runt Nothing can prevent immediate the re.mnp Iran of her obi revollttliinary rind in.nr- rectlollllrY career, but the ilestruetton ot everything 'condi eontetlilg for In fart just so long ns there is dlt f.rtollei then will be a revolution over it About till that in now left to justify fort er res oltit,on is in the hands of fur iignery : and hence Jnareetlecree taking all the rights away from foreigners guarantied under treaty obligilions. All tiint need be mini ofMexieu is that sle is herself again Yea, Mexico in hersolt ng wi It loud ba gins to ooze from every pore, outlawry reigns si pnewe : the old war on property has been reinaugurnted , commerce is dead perfidy, irea6hyry, highway rubbery and of ardor are again the order of the day, the morality of the country to a blunt, of bbieknetts the Courts are (mot pools of pet jury, bribery, corrupt non, bolt" profs!s litter been banished, and fbe Mex ican ('fifth is vain rovelhng in Intention. newt: thit\tiolf 'find Pamfir ncenn again ~ t kalizheetztholcs, in mournful ellence, if e ineshousithlu nicer mines refuse to p nm,ther d liar, and one infernal round outl.trtr) tins inken the pl lee of gor mew. Yes Nlesieo is herself ngatu T Empire is dead, and rohhers rule the II Who is responeible for the re eslabli spent of flint hell upon earth • Who wspen4ilile for !hot grand lira ilotob gull ni S ' Who Plittei,i Ihu Itsrlbs of eroptre geverntuent qtel tern the fleolle loose Who le roeputantble 11111 0111 upon paoperty 9 for the 18.11111110 r of that decree mot itrieg fore:limit, and banishing the chi inriait clergy • Wno Ie reepou•lbls for dent ruled credo, Homed e mutterer And foree-loan roblierieit • Whit ix re+pou•lhle for limning am, ‘texiitan as (none upon CIVIII.IIIIOO, Ilielehy reconverting the mobeat and loveliest piir (ion of listl'l4 lie, lingo into In howling wll - ne•• • Thrie need no answer for the whole civilized . 0 11,1 Ilan already rimmed judgment and' hood Iho resettle. tidily l iar government at IVnalinsgion, n o t iho alestean are renpontillite 'lire United Stole+, before the NTOllti in renponeible for every heal. lint I oils, fur every IMO MCP made ; for overt' outrage ctiounitiol, and for the restoration to role and ruin of \ lotion.] eve tges lo this .toto of things no it should he ? And has any one a right to cottontail,. of such a condi tion of 3lexienn alloirs • Is it the butsness 'of any goo to a Lyhow . Nlorteatis shall, gov ern Ilexico Who they shwlh rob an I who slitogliter • Wo ore told that what ever is, is right; if which be true, 114 applied to Mexico, then "wrong" mud "crime become meaningless terms, and civilisation be comes a mockery We have an 'Merritt In the commerce o - Mexico, and la her adver mines winch are as mexhaustlble nu the coalliehls of Penn sylvania We have an interert in her fer tile and wonderfully productive land, and in her climate, winch Is a Meath frets (leaven Nay, mere , wo have la right to engage in that commerce We liner a natural tight to work those vil Ter mince, and a right to protootion whilet working them. We have a !natural right to breathe the atmosphere of Nlex ice, end, there inhale the balmy breath of !Tweet! We hove a natural right to cultivate the soil of !Lure earth in Malmo or anywhere el.e, and oat the fraila of 'our hand, to peace W. have sight. la partake Of tropic!l fruits at the base of her ettowcappedmacenner, and Lathe our teed ill tile ton-cold streams run 'king tiooeflom We hove k right to hn to the 'topical eon of her valleyx, or at cool the frozen peulz..ul barer the ru temperature of the frigni zones But not than ail, we ',ire o u gilt laa rliArt pe.tee and AOl,lll ou , kwry front LIT no tilleni. Ilia Mexico /.4 bursa( ugum, and ttli ax n cousetmenco, I. as naught: Ph United Stctes tv reltinnviliir for the calain ty and vroild-wide di+grace, and might no to he hug in makmg anicrold tot tho crime committed Yea, ti high crime, G. monarchy and devpotism Ire preferable I anarchy and 'outlawry —(;u o,fon NI a THE TWO BMINUMS It appears, on the strength oea memorial from friends of l' T Barnum,drfented eau didate in the Fourth Congresdonill district of Connecticut, charging IV 11. Barnum, the eaudidate cleated theiefrom, with brib ery and corruption in securing his election. that this case has been referred to the !Illus., Committee on Eleotions, 'with power to send for persons and papers " "All right!' Let there be a full examine tion into all the facts on both sines connec ted with this elcotion, so that juetioe ma be dorm. W. II: Ildrouin will, no doubt, dui . " hand, when called for, with lb. "parsons and papers" in his behalf , but the defeated showman Barnum will probe bly,attempt to make up his case without calling In his most important witnesses on general charaeter and professional reputa tion These, however, should be demanded by the committee including the person or paper. in each case, of Joyce flesh, the nigger turning white, the woolly horse, the Fete° mermaid, the living skeleton, the fat woutati,. Tom Thumb's baby, the , half desen giants, male and female, recorded in the books of Barnum, together with the par ties from whom wereproeured Chime Anna'. wooden leg, the Asteee, the What Is It, an' that petrified (plaster of Purls) horse, rider and anaconda, found la a South American. cave all coiled to gather. Without this evidence the House Committee on elections WilinOt be We to comprehend the feats or causes of W II Barnum's election nod P. T. Barnum's defeat. Justice requires the production before the oeminittao of the "persons or papers" identified with •the curiosities of !be showman's menagerie during the last thirty odd years, and Con gress ought to provide shanty for their an catoroodtiaon—admiseron twenty five cents, children half price for the benefit of the Freedmen's Bureau.—.Y. F. aftia. --The people of Control City, colors do, base subscribed $5,000 to be paid for iodine' soolps •with ears on," at Use rein f $25 aphis'. 41L NO. 728 SOME DAY •ittooth the Wig), trout ail ho , With gt nth , tod. h tint. rt.-1 t. And count the yours tre you •11.‘1 . r r Bright vr thread- among the dark Smiling the while to heiru..e.). "You'll think of thiAtsgein ',III" lilt, one day ". I .1.. n..t ru the p 'we, of like... Nor c. 0.( upon the ' , rare. of prol But no white gleam will tier ihine Amen; th•ie hi, y Ay. laugh golly it. 3. In ion II think 01 the , .110..1.1) ' sooto r =lt tl I not tee] n•,...ne, our soft hand , tOO% e shout iny brow 1 Anil' I,t win. light ...MIMI/1111i/, Ard dm, ynor tree,e• through ni) hal' I nhall be ollunt Ana you--)ou will laugh t .la) ille ) I kn..n how 1..11g t our I. ine haa4+ Woll linger talth Ih. o glasov Whoa you shall w." t In) lata.t roan (./f thim hlnr k I .ng nn , l la , an, But you wtIll•co a.) touch of gray Worn 'llea - .11Ln itig length th.tt day-- And wkilu your ten, arl3 hJ hap trot I pen tint hitt 1011111 ant-wer You'll take front t ittte .tutt tr.. tin I try And have the at At to ntlentritet , Rota., totter what I 11,4 i• Ou ' ll ttnnk ttt tit t• again •ttun dun - CZ= THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER - wak la twat, wag w the htr n.tainaa Ile h toed,. tit, -alter L, hn Owe -- -Nen Jersey lins ptip istkinfnt in ;0 , 1. 11.14 2:0 rplitor, niter Itink with Ar. k. I 011131 , 013 ihr) nre all wa.herwotren ' • —Th,•1:.,11,.n0r, p.m Co h L• oven AgoPM , g%,4 the h mor In degree el" Me.... ire. 0 f Engh.. l9 rt leor..ture —The remit:n.4 t.l r•ewernl A I' 11111 were Itrougltt to Ito Itintesol. Itt.tt weelt, anti It trretl ot 11..11) Moral l'eatettr) In,. I I , •ta etultiolatu4 for the quit ol the late fudge Isentitel", C..1..nel s and Colonel tinder. —The Tit • e• te nee 41elegt.te.1 to gel .11 purl , . tend "tree tee 'rev by the 3e It E.r .eth,tte: ol,rger+ were apleontt I "la thr 1111 rice or 3lwbile, 11new the 1.1 In the and =I --Ring Monty, of Pitt:let N. Fite Ilan enneentett to ex tend the tt MO for regie trtttion Itoot•otntt, anti I Ahhottt -- -1 P.. vorre4nonlent ,tauatre the number of rintlors at that city at 1100,0011 4 , ard euvr they pen el $1,0[111,00(1 a any on an averfure —One of the I , tot+3 It onta railroad mat lone Pitt Alturz. hurnt , l on Frtilay L,...f e ..m Axis. to .o, en v thou,n I 11,tharti —The piggery of Upper IVard in Richmond hnie deenlml to run 3140Inek candidate for May r, and three nigger eandidateslVr Couneilmen. o taxation of United !RAI°. Bon Is i ad% oenal by one Radn al paper—the Wnshing ton lb 1.1,1,rmi n trial (otter to tho N. Y . Wert,/ tinted Sone 1 . .t.t1t. states (hot mtprehenetons of nuqther and more Inrintaskltlel , entan •utbreak are enter tamed • -- lijnik ree ley stye that the darkest ley in an) titan's earthly caller Is that wherein ho first bonitos tiint the, 1r 4101110 reeler way of gaining n ilnllar than by squarely earning it. --le the dastrthutem of the hell milhou dollars appropriated fee the e< pens.. or rec., etruelem, Setrep Sherelan'e eetnnate Wee mere then 41.e61e that Of any ether eutetuateler. —A dirpntw It from Washington artys—"thia ray w eratnetted with gamblers !hit,. and .porting men " So it Rh. been tier xi.° the e l ec i l ea of Lincoln ---The lies t Miss ) • ,m alluding ton Nfiingral -.pooh recently doh, °red in that city, t.it s lint it iv,i• PO black that henrer de cribed it ns “hell, with lye lights pet out': __M t Warren Noblow ipf Mon tgotnery, - loroposet "a free will "tiering to Jefftrron Daloar gold dollar front enelt of Lie runny thottonnd, ovltnlrer. in the North as well en the Sowth —The repert that the L•ak ennah Beard of Itegiele Ilion hat It twee holtruote.li./ rege,tor all vie. will take the oath, i dented by the military nuthoritio+nt thnt I•ity -The Mee. en folly Irto emit France no norm.. qutn. The- In4ne,n njatertal n:one,for 11'61, aree.nin•ttell nt 22,5nn,e011fran, metna. ing the exp., of bringing home the troupe, —Prentice says it to • pity the elections nt the South cannot take Were et this Woe, for, though the nogroes there aro strong now, they will tot stronger ot the dog tle,s. -The “Brand nrtny Of the Retst/lie," at Toledo,: Oh to, resolved i• that tireele ems an ass," and then regretted that the English language teas not etre', enough to ezpreee their sentiments towards that gentleman. —AL Albany, N. Y, nmdlcr hat licen going around selling piorot of cabling., otate,' with Night Blooming Cereun n Spanish Its charges fifty sonts for a weer three r four inrbeellotig. 01 course our late Minister to Hayti wan a graduate of Olvirlin College, in Ohio, whore ac cording to the late A rtemus Ward, the negrooe ten fed first, and what they learn Butters • boarding-house change int., sense hash for the whites. —Mistakes aro saki to bo frequent in the eatulogno of paintings m tho Paris Ex pus:lion- A correspondent says the portrait of Lincoln, according to the wnkier, is cello , ' in Iho rata logne,"The Remy tea. , in the Tropic's " --Tito C•dumbus thus ,an. up Attorney-General Stanberry's opinion on the Reconstruction Bill •'Everybody can ote that is registered Everybody can register that will swear. Kt erybudv can swear that has a mind to. teary negro ham a mind to swear," • —The 10)&1 Stokes in 'St recent speech apostrophised space thug -•1.11 , my colored hearers, did yea never receive the lash ?" misguided negto who thought Stokes wanted In formation answered Yes, by golly, you gib me lots of it, when I wbrked on your plantation near Llberty.V Sudden subsidenseof Stokes. —Pine Apples in Parts aro made from tur i tps and aro said to be delicious. The turnip. re saturated with an Appel:4loo syrup, which •onfoctioners know ler, well how., to mounter ere. and the Fiends journals say the pineapple 'is destined to become a success " —The Cti,) of Mobile has ini 4nted a style of dog.eatehing whleh,the Ms bile Tribune asp, In .'eglte,dllferent from poielbned enneage ad• mmi ki by tho police of other °Mee. The doge of Mobile are naught in 'coop ants, and then Wed by a mikitary °dart before being eta noted.. A WORD OF WARNING The Washington !no thyme, sound' a note of watlipg which the people of l'encylvants would do well to heed It The second step in this programme—the exclueion of Kentucky and Maryland frog, representation in tee National Legielaturer —has been begun It is being carried out With h boldness and shameless effronty that should make the penile anther Matestrem- We for their own rights of representation. Cpou the , awe principle t_bat...themembere elect to Congren, from Ken'tucky and Mary land are excluded from their ..eats in Con gress, anyopposition member from any oth er :linty may liAikewitic escholed Al ready niqoacei are uttered against Connec ticut, New Turk, Pennsylvania end Indi anti 11 is the lot•iition of the, desperate ususpers of political power to purge Con gress of every nab who will dire lc 'raise his vole , in oppysition ta the fearful out ra r... upon the nett. of the people e.ntrmpinted by Hie reek lir ram lion th it iv legortniniel io retain po re pow,. tf rib.uluir ruin roihe Republic shall itteritsitly ensue 1: ten note worthy fact flint Ol•I'ly or the mon in li•ntitelry not Meryl Ind who are 11 , 111 emit fiercely ile noulte..l no rebels ...rent the beginning of the war, Ind during the clinic struggle, the most earnest nod saliva supporters of the l'ilion Many of thorn hail already bared their lini'n'g open the battlefield iti-detests of the iii via nail the Constitution, while some of !he foremo4 of their present per seentors wore t ra cking speeches and recruit. lug seldiers for the rebel Canso The es ,r -•es the leaders of the hail sal Repub. lionost, Union loving pan iota, into tho rooks of the isppoiiition to Ibis Radical re• °lntl., it y cab xl Tile) wet e honest Union lilt) when they fought •xgsinst . t he 14,114 of the Soo la Thsy sre as Inmost lovers of the U•iion now, when they oppose the revo• lutioniory schemes of the traitors of the \ °rib, who ore lieeking to destroy the politic, and rivet upon its rarlls a lint oligareny, to be followed quixkly by a tnrvr ililednilitary It 11011001, in which all the peoples like - North, South, Rant nod hltrmilally and Inevitably In- robed The next -jolnp forward" of these des r.rato I•olitical gambler. 14 already surely indicated No prorlidon of the Federal Constiluit.in in more plainly and unequivo eolle•xpeossea than that which secures to , ht , people of each sepnr.ite State the right to lix fur themselves the qualifications of electors, therivni to which the privilege to rote Willi be exeret,d. but, emboldened by the silent telitie.conce of the people". 4 the North in die unlawful abstraction of I lint t lei from the Southern States, the Italtell Congressional retolutionieks now proino.e to take it art ty also from the peo ple of nil the Steles Lei the people of the Northern nail Western St ties beware how they )ield one single comuittitiontil right to these unscrupulous usurpers of political power If they yield this point, they will soon find t liem•elvee bound band and foot, and reduced to the pitiable condition of of their Southern neighbors These nor moron is of political power will not be sat isfied with negro suffrege in the North. That is supply the ,entering wedge Once acknowledge their power to control the question of aufTrage in the States, and be fore another year expire. they witlibefeund, like Napoleon in France, and kfaxlmllltan to Mexico, oompelling, in all the States of the North, the electron of their candidates at the point of the bayonet, and making the people pay for thew maintenatioe of the military force thus required. Again we warn too people of the North and West to beware the trap apt for them. THE "BUREAU" IN PIORIDA Nleck," the very intelligent. sndobsery ng correpondeni of the Cincinnati Com nercial, (Radical)hon the followin n i iii emit lever from Florii,la. While I was in Jacksonville a negro no called on me one night to complain uhout the Freedmen'. "Wrenn. 'lle intro duced himself by saying he supposed I was from the North, to which I responded in offirmotivc , ilVell," amid be, "de Glitch ones has boon looking' for some one front de Noll to find out about die Drumm bete," Ito then went on to tell me his grievance, which he said were the grievances of all the bLioks in Jacksonville It wan impost ble, he said, to collect a debt ‘ through the Bureau withlidt loslngntore than haltfo it in costs, and what he wanted to know whether Col --, (the Bureau Agent at Jackson ville) was paid by the Government, or was sent down there to "live off the blacks " I told himoertainly the (lovecnment paid every !bureau officer- nWell," said he, .•it s mighty queer. A man owed me rty dollars awl I•qu ld'at pay mo. went to the Bureau and asked them to col toot it they charge inn fifteen dollars for , getting witness, and , w,„4;n the case was finished I hod only led dollars left." Ile itsgored mo Eliot Its else was no exception --that the Burton' 1,14 constantly extor ting money from the negroes under one preten4o or another, and oonoludeJ a lung e of the woes and sufferings of his rase by saying that "de black folks I I wuss off under do Bureau don dey was under slave ry " Personally, of coutise, I know noth ing of the truth or folsellood of whatiiriv told to me. but repeated observations of the working of the Bureau in the South eto oon•ionool me Mot while without some such protection as it ought ts afford, tits negroee would fare badly ; ea inany abuses said under it, that In many dins it Is • source of injury rather llpin orbene fit to those wheco.it Is designed to shield from wrong and oppression. It is some thing that heeds constant 'retching from its prinaispl authorities, Ipet the stator, ilinates who deal directly with the Degrees betray (heir trust and, only protect the freedmen from the egressione of his own selfish purposes Better no Bureau at all than oue which merely substitutes North ern cupidity for Southern density; and of the latter I am confident there would be •ery little, if it were not stimulated, as in groat measure it in, by the mismanage ment or ibo Bureau, which in many da stances encourages the negro.. to do wrong " Uuuotrnoa OF A Dssec—A boy of slit. teen, who bad never been to • donee, and had no Idea of what, it was,,Chearing that tioire was to. be ciao few fmiles from hie father's house, felt a greatadoeire to go.— As his parents hadine pirtionist eideations be wont But it. was not musk ever as hour after be had left home, white he mums book, running as fat as his legs mold oar_ ry btm, and nearly Gut of strength sad breath. As soon as he recovered • little he related in the following manner what he had seen: -41 "Whelp I mane to town. I wool into the room of the t where the claims has to be. It was almost filed with' people. In one corner sat a man with souls kind of a long necked animal whisk he took In his bands, sad pinched its cars, sad thin stroked its book with a stick, and then it began to scream and the people got fright ened and began to run crowed the room booting for oho door, sadhaidd upland. It. Nobody, I believe, found it but me, DLO I alone escaped and got boom."
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