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Dealer in Groceries, Provi4iOns, ,Candies, Fruit
tic. No..l..Perry Block, State i , treet, Erie,
-MARSHALL Sr. LOCK WOOD,
Attorneys at-Law. Office up stairs in the Tutn
many Hall building,north attic Prothonotun'e
9
SMITH JACKSON
Dealer in Drl Goods, Grteeries, Hardware,
queens Ware,-Lime, Iron; Nails &c. No. 121,
Cheapside, Erie, Pa.
JOHN H. MILLAR, ,
County and Borough Surveyor; office in Exchange
Buildings, French at., Erie..
E. N. lIICLIIERT & CO.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
STORAGE,,FORWARDING AND PRO
DUCE COMMISSION ;MERCHANTS,
A ND Deal iin Lehigh and Erie Coal. Salt
and Produeo generally. Particular aften
tioy paid to the sale of Ptodyee and purchase of
Merehandize.
-N0.3 k 4 Coburn Sqtlare, South Wharf:
N. . U. IMIGOS;
Buffalo, N. Y.
BENJAMIN GRANT,
Attorney and Cotnisellor at Law; Office No. 2
State st., appn44 the Eagle lintel, Erie, Pa.
GRAHAM & THOMPSON,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law s t )ffiee on Erench
street, over S Jackson 4• Co's. Store, Erie.
April 21, 1947. 49 -
I. ROSENZWEIG Ss; Co
Dealers in Foreign flint. Dotneztie Dry Goods,
Ready 'Made Clothing, Boos and Shoes, &e.
Ns. 1, Flettiming Bloch, State Sieet,
Erie, Pa,
GALDRAITILS LANE,
Atterneyryind, Counsellors at Law--(dice on
Sill,' street, west aide of the Public t Square„
Eric,_ Pa. .
J. CkI.RRAITII. W. A. CALMIAITII., W. S. C•V 1
- -I -
G. 1;001118 & CO..
Dealers in Watches, Jewelry, Silver, G rrman Sil
wer, Plated and Brittannia Ware, Cutlery, NM
itary and Fancy Goode, N 0.7 fleet) House, Erie
I'a.
WILLIANIS fi. WRIGHT
Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu f/ry Good., nro
veries Hardware, Crockery, Glassm are, Iron.
Nails, Leather, Oils, etc. etc. curlier of Mali•
- street and the Public Squa, opposite the Ea;:le
Tavern, Erie, Pa.
• NVILLIA:Ii ItIBLET.
Cabinet Nialser, I:nholdLer - and tindetialiel
State Street, Eti. j'a
S. DICKI.NSON, M. D.
Aysician and Surgeon, otlice 6u Sel ent h Street
west nr the Methndi.t Church. Erie, Pa.
WALKER Sc COOK - , t
General Forwarding, Cominision, and Pioduel
Merehante; Red Ware }louse, easvol the l'uh
lic fl id.e. Erie. •
JOSEPH KEI.:4EY,
Manufacturers of Tin, Coppei and SlieCt.-11cm
ivare corner of French and Fil,ll streets, Erie.
LES'rElt, SENNETT k CHESTER.
Iron Founders, wholesale and retail dplurs it ,
Stoves, Hollow-ware ke. S4ritte sArret, Erie. P.,
JOHN H. BURTON & CO.
Witolesaleandretaildealer:iii I)rtv-s,
Dye Stufre, Groect ! ies, c. No. Reed douse
Eric, Pa. _
C. M. TIBLIALS,
Dealer in Dry—Goods, Groceries, 4.c. No. I'll
Clicapsidc,-Erie Pa.
(;00DIVIN & 'ITUE:•;DAIL
Dialers in Dry Goode, Groceries, &c., No. 1,
Bonnell Block, State .t.,Erie, Pa
CARTER & BROTHER
Dealers in truss, Nledicincs '
EudT-
Glass, No. 43 Reed House, ie
-1 Pa.
TOMLINSON Co
Forwardin2 and Conunksion Merehnnbr;
- French Street, Eric, and at 6th Street Canal Pod
amt, also dealers in Groceries and Pruv (lot's.
HENRY CADAVELL
Nal< r in I 1 r wa r , Dry Goods, Gr,,Cerk , , Ste.
eag side of the Diamond, and one door r a4t of
t Eagle lintel, Erie, Pa.
EAGLE HOTEL,
By Iliram L. Brown, corner of State street and
the Public square, Erie, Pa. Eastern, AVostern,
and Southern Stage office.
LYTLE tz.11.1:1111,TON
Fashionable Merchant !'railorg, nn the PitMie
Square, a few doors west of !Rate meet, Erie,
Pa.
JOEL JOHNSON.
Dealer in Theolo , zical, JlircrlLrncnns Sunday
and Classical School Book; Stationary, eto. etc.
French Street, Erie, Pa. \
P. A. R. BRACE, " ----
kftornev and Counsellor at la w,Prairic du Chien,
W. Ti practice:, in thecounticA of Crawford,
- Crrant and lowa, W. T. and _in Clayton county,
•lowa Territory.
AlTl:i. }.. .i . n - T . t . .5 r , 0 7: : i1::: . t , h1,71 .., 1i t tca e 1...1 , 1, 5 2 t ,..
Frio, May 6, 1847. 51
NEW ESTABLISMIENT,
4
on Sloe titre I, 'nearly opposite the Eagle now.
a LOOM ;S 4. CO: ate nst i k receiving from
Nil • New York and openirp , at their new s tore
,
An eatenqve assortment of Rich and Fa-.ltionable
JE I VELRY, (embracinl; the latest style of work
In market.) toatches; Clocks, Reed and Mittman
Were . . line Cutlery, Sled Trimmings, Qamphene
" 4 •° l 9r Lamps, Looking Classes, Gotd Pens,
t,lether with a geperal variety of Useful and Or
namental articles. Call and see what you will see.
June 26, 1817. 6
Cash For Flax Seed. •
will he paid for one thousand bushels of
‘.../ Flax Seed by CARTER & BROTHER.k
Au,. 27, 1817. No. 0, Reed nous°.
czyGmts.—Loaf, Crushed, Pulverized, elm'
fled, Porto Ricci, Havana; New Orleans Str
gar, for sale at No. Perry Block. "
Aug, 28. • T.11V..M00.
WESTERN HOTEL,
TOHN GRAHAM, Proprietor. The'
LI; el subscriber Would respectfully inform
II his friends and t h e traveling public gen
era ly, that he has leased for a term of years this
new and commodious tlousr , situated at the
Eighth Street Canal lla-in. This location ren
tlere the " WESTERN" pre-eminently the most
convenient and desirable stopping place fon all
either doing business or traveling .on the Canal.
There is, also, attached to this establishment a
, larg,e and convenient Stable for the use of Boat
men and others having horses.
No pains 01 - expense has'becn spared in fitting
lip this house for the convenience, comfort and
pleitture of guests, and the Proprietor trusts by
trittattentio n to brusineaito merit and receive is
share of publicilesnage.
File, Apill 21, 1 ,17.
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And as for their distr.nts, whp from the first
Wive had no fortune and no friends to fail;
Those who lit poverty were been and nursed,
For such, by men, 'are placed without the pale
Itfvympathy—since t hey are deemed the worst
• Who are the humblest; mid if Want assail
And bring them harder toil :is only said
"They have been used to labor for thieir broad!"
0, the unknown, unpitied thousands found
Huddled together, had front r human sight
By fell Disease or gnawing Famine. bound
To .1111 C dint, crowded garret, day anti night,
Or in uutvlro:c•onte cellars underground,
• With scarce a breath or air, or ray of light:
Hunger, and rags, and labor ill repaid—
These are the things that ask our tears and aid.
It•was a balmy pleasant Sabbath morning,;
It:
so green and tranquil was our valley home,
that the very air seemed more holy 'than on
usher days. The dew was floating in a veil
of soft Mkt from the meadows on School Mil
there the simAine came warmly, while the
flowers in the valley lay in - shadow, still
heavy ithi the , night rain. The tie,:.s which
feathered the 6ilJ sides, were vividly green,
and Castle hock towered—a magnificent pic
ture—its base washed by the water, and dark
' cued by unbroken shadow, while a soft, flee
cy cloud, woven and impregnated; with sil
verLdight, floated among its topmost cliffs.
The two villages lay upon their opposite hills
with the deep river gliding between, like
miniature cities, deserted by the feet of men;
not a sound arose, to disturb the sweet music
of nature, for it was the hour of morning
prayer, and the're was scarcely a hearth-stone
which, at that time, was not made a domestic
altar. At last a peep bell-tone came sweep
ing over the valley from the Episcopal stee
ple, and was answered by a cheerful peal
front the belfry of our new academy. The
'reverberations were still sounding, mellowed
by the distant rock's, when the hitherto silent
village seemed suddenly teeming with life.—
The dwelling-houses were flung open, and.
the inhabitants came forth in smiling family
groups, prepared for worship. Gradually
they divided into seperate parties. The
Presbyterians walked slowly toward their
huge old meeting-house, and the more gaily
dressed Episcopalians sought their more fash
ionable house of worship. / Old people were
out—grandfathers and gndmothers, with
the blossom of the grave oji their aged tem- -
pies ; Children, with their rosy cheeks and
Sunny eyes, rendered more rosy and more
bright with pride of their white frocks, pretty
straw bonnet, and pink wreaths. It was
pleasant to see the little men and women stri-'
ving in vain o sub due
‘ their bounding steps,
and school thbir sparkling faces to a solem
nity befitting the occasion. There might be
seen a newlY-married pair walking bashfully,
apart not daring to venture on the unprece
dented boldness of linking arms in pUblic, yet
feeling very 'awkward, and .almost envying
another conpe who led a roguish little girl
between them. She—a mischievous little'
thing—all the time exerting her baby strength
to wring that' chubby hand from her mother's
grasp—poutgber cherry lips when ,•either
of her scandalized parents checked her bound
ing step or too noisy prattle, and, at last, sub
dued only by , Miens° admiration of her red
morocco shoes, as they flashed in and out like
a brace of wood fillies beneath her" spotted
muslin dress.
At length our excellent minister
at the southern entrance, and wallte.
aisle, followed by his grey-headed of
The minister paused at the foot of ti
stairs, and with a look of deep and
ful reverence, held the, door. of the
Beat,!' while the old man passed
little attention went to the deacon's
raised his he:l
meek and Ilea'
itude, that so:
to tears/ Ti
wen up the's
SYMPATHY.
)11( MISS Pi Rung CARRY
In the same beaten channel still have run
The blessed streams of human SyMpathy;
Add though I know this eter bath het n done,
The why and wherefore I could never see:
Why FIIMO much Farrow for thdr griefs lu4e won,
Anil some, minified, boil*. tlieir misery,
Are mysteries, which, 'hi l itklng o'er and o'er, ,
Has left me nothing wit r than before. • r
Wildt tears of agony ha te flowed
O'er tho snd page, of k a ine old totnancal
How Beauty's cheek bets at h those drops hare glosi:ed - ,
That dituniciioe spar ling lustre of her glaute,
And oa sonic 1010 kick to Ides in bestowed,
Or cone rejected, hop' Rh knight, perchance, '-
All her deep sympatide., ntil her muana
Brdlo the nearer sound of living groans!
0, the deep t.orrow for their suffering felt,
Where is found noututLiug "Letter days" to prdve
What heart above their downfall will not
Who in a "logher circl ," once could move:
For ouch, mahltind have ever freely dealt
Our thy full turabure o their pitying love,
Because they witnems it ttteir wretchedness,
Their friends gro 7 fewe . and their formats less
But fur some bumble pea nut girl's distress, ,
Boure,real being left to !mein the tide,
Who saw her young best's wealth of tenderness
trampledßetrayed, and trampled on, and flung aside-
Who so kr hor — out, to wake' her soirows !soil
i'Vhat noble lady o'er her taleihath cried?
None! for the records of Fuel humble grief
Obtain hot hum at pity—tearce
Anil these ought not to be it is not Well
llc:c in this I •nd of ChriAian Idierty,
Tlint honest north, or hopeless wont should dwell,
Unuided by our cure and synkputhr
And is it not n huroing. 611111110 to Itch'
We 112% C /10 means to check such misery,
\\'heu
is. alth from out ,2 out treasury freely flows,
wage a deadly warfare with our rocs'.
It Is nil oronr yet turn begin to deem
'The days of darkest gloom arc nearly done;
A conotolivi, like the first bright golden Imam
That horidik in the combig of tho dawn,
Broulis on the tight._ 0, if It be no dredm,
HOW shall we haste that hl osed era on;
For theta is need that on men's heats should fall
A spirit that •hall sympathize with nil.
Herald i;/ TruM
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EVEI!INWIENIEMI
THE OILD DEACON.
r
BT mils. ANN S. STEPARNS
vy eyes to the pastor,
t-touching, expression
toned many Wholooke ,
le minister turned a
not-"m his usu.
manner, but hurriedly, and with unste dy
_footsteps.
,When he arrived in the pulpit,
those who sat in the gallery saw him fall p
on his knees, bury his face in his hands, ,nd
pray earnestly, and it might he weep, for
when he rose, his eyes were dim and flushed.
Directly after thegentrance of the minister
and deacon, came two females, one a t 11,
spare woman, with thin features, very p le,
t it
and bespeaking continued but meekly-end4r
ed suffering. There was , a beautiful .nd
Quaker like simplicity if; the book` mit f lin
handlterChief folded over the, bosom of her
black silk dress, with the corners drawn; .1
- 1
der the r bbon strings in front, and pia
smoothly to the dress behind. Her grey hi
•was parted neatly under the black straw be
not, and those who knew her, remarked thi
it hadgalued i much of its ..silver since s:I a
he
I t
last enter*that doer. In her arm the m t•
ron bore a iosy.infont, robed in a long white
frock, amLan embroido redcap. _ A faint co or
broke into her sallow cheek, foi though ' s e
did not look up, it seemed to her as if every ,
eye in that - assembly was turned upon her
burthen. They were all her neighbors, man,'
Okliem kind and truthful friends, who had
knelt at the same communion-table with her
for, yeara. Yet she , could not meet their
eyes, nor force that tinge of shame from ler
pure cheek, but moved humbly forward,
weighed to the dust with a ,senscrof humilia
tion and suiftring.,. A slight, fair creature
walked-by her side, partly shrinking behind
her all the way, pale and drooping like; a
crushed lily. It was the deacon's daughter,
and the babe was hers: but she was unmar
ried. - A black dress nd plain white vandyke
supplanted the min that in the days of her
innocence, had harmonized so 'sweetly with
her pure complexion. The Close straw bon
net was the same, but its' trimming of gale
blue was displaced by 'a
satin ribbon, while
the rich and abundant brown curls ,that had
formerly drooped over her neck were gather
ed up, and parted plainly over her forehead.—
One look she cast upon the congregation, then
her eyes fey, the long lashes drooped to her
burning cheeks, and with a downcast brow
she followed her mother to a seat, but net
that occtipiad by the old deacon. There was
ii slight bustle when she entered, and many
eyes were bent on her, a few from curiosity,
more from an impulse of commisseration.—
She sat mstionless in a corner of the pew, her
head drogVlng,.forward, and her eyes fized on
the small hands that lay clasped in her! lap.
After the little party was settled, a stillness
crept over the houseorou might have le -a
pin
,drop, or the rustle of a silk dress, ' o the
extremity of that large room. All at ono
there arose a noise at the door opposite the
pulpit: itwas but a footstep ringing on the
thpoeturstri atnno owl' /,...• •t..- 11...”1 4 . ." 1 " 2 7 1.
their heads and looked startled, as if some
thing uncommo'n was about to happen. It
was only' a handsome, bold looking young
man, who walked up the aisle wank a haugh
tystep, and entered a pew on the 'opposite
side from that occupied hy the mother 'and
daughter, and somewhat nearer the pulpit.l—
battery of glances was levelled on him
from the galleries, but he looked carelesly
up, and even smiled when a yonng girl b y
whom he seated himself,r.-rew baCk with a
look of indignation to the furtherest corns of
the pew. The old deacon looked up as th sc
bold footsteps broke the stillness; his t in
cheek and lips became deathly white, Iv
grasped the railing convulsively, half roar
and then fell forward, with his fac i e on hi
hands, and remained motionless as before,.-
Well might the wronged old roan yield, fo L r
moment, to the infirmities of ' human nat r
even in the house of God. The bold in
wtio thus audaciously intruded into latult
once, had crept like a serpent to his hear
stone,--had made his honest. name a 11'
word, and his daughter, the child of his 1 :
age, a creature for men to bandy jests alici
But: for him, that girl, now shrinking from ,I
gaze of her own friends, would have remai
the pride of her/home, a ewa lamb in t,
Church of God. Through his wiles she h
fallen from the high place of her raligi l c
trust, and now, in the fullness of her pe
tence, she had come forward to confess
fault, and receive forgiveness of the .Chuff
it had disgraced. ,
The old deacon had lost his children r
by one, until this gentle girl alone was left
him; hh hail .folded a love for her, his let
born, in his innermost heart, until all utic'.
sciouMy she hail become to it an idol s , i
old man thought it was to. punish him, tl
God had permitted her to sink into temptati
he said so, beseechingly, to the elders of
church, when, at her request, he called th
together, and made known her disgrace.
tried to take some of the blame upon hims i i
'and that he had, perhaps, been less indulg
than he shoUld have been, and so her ail
dons had been more easily tvon from; '
home and duty—that he feared he had bee
proud man—spiritually proud, hut now
was more - humble, and if his Heavenly Ft
er hsd'allowed these things in order to cl
ten him, the end had been obtained; he wf
stricken old man, but could say, "the %Oil
God be done." . Therefore he- besought
brethren not to cast her forth to her ding}
but to accept her confession of error and,
pentance; to be mercifulirandreceive her i i ..
to the church. He Went on to say how hum
bly eke had crept to his feet, and prayed Ihim
to forgive her; how• his wife had spent night
after night'in prayer for her fallen child, l l and
so ho left her in their hands, only entreating
that they - would deal mercifully by , her, 1 and
he would bless them for it.
ppettred
up the
deacon;
pulpit
respect
leacon's
Willingly would the:sympathizing elders
have received -the stray lamb again, without
further humiliation to they broken-heatted old
man; but it"could not ho. The ungodly were
to visit the 'sins' tot individuals on a
whole community; : The - purity of their
church must be preser - vedi—tho penance
ex
acted.
. That
eart; he
with a.
of grat
upon it
ay and
I sedate
IV`ORLDIS GOVERNED TOO MUCH.
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RDAY, NO 9'
EMO
From the time of that church' meet
poor father bent himself earnestly
strengthening of his chird's good p
He made no complaint, and strove to
—nay, to be—lesigneiland
,cheerful;
continued to perform the dices of
though the erect gait and somewha
fled consciousness of worth th l at ft
distinguished .him, had - utterly &sap
On each succeeding Sabbath, his
observed some new prostration f'!3 r e
Day by day his cheek grew thin—hi
hollow, and his 'step more and more fe
It was a piteous sight—a won who
1
remarkable for bearing his years 'so
moving through the aisles of that 014
ing-house with dori eyes, and ph i
stooping 'as beneath
1 a burthen. At
the mildew of grief began. to wither,
meinory of that good man.,. Whew t
indications of this appeared, the heart-
brethren yearned towards the poor
with ,a united feeling of deep commissJration.
The dayoflulia's humiliation had be n.tip
pointed, and the Sabbath which 'prec dell it,
was a sacramental one. The old deac n was
i
getting very decrepit:and his friends would
have perSuaded him from , performing t
l ie du
ties of the day.. lie shook his head, retnark
ed that they were very kind, but he was not
ill, so they let him bear about the silver cup
filled with consecrated wine, as he had (lobe
for twenty-years before, though many an eye
filled with tears as it marked the continued
tremb'ing of that haul ; which more thaii once
caused the cup to sliiike, and wine to run
down its sides to the floor. There was an
absent smile upon his face When he came to
his daughter's seat. On finding it empty, he
stood bewildered, and looked helplessly) round
upoO the congregation, as if he would have in
quired why she was not there. -Suddenly .he
seemed to recollect; a mortal paleness over
spreads his face. The wine-cup dropped
from his hand, and he was led away crying
like a
.cbild. - -
Many of his brethern visited the afflicted
man during the next week. (They always
found him in his orchard, waoering, about
under the heaVy boughs and p'i'cking up .the
withered'green apples which the worms had
eaten away from their unripe s'tems. These
he diligently hoarded away near large, sweet
briar-hush which grew in tOrorner of the
l i
rail-fence. On the next Sabha file appeared
in the meeting-house, accomp flied by the
minister i l as we have deeleribed, o ho outraged
in the very house of God by the y presence of
the man !who had desolated his home; It is
little wonder, that even there, hisjust wrath
was, for a moment, kindled. The service be
gan, andlihat erring girl listened to it as one
in a dreant. Her heart Etecrned ',in a painful,
sterwrout WIWI) the till To sum Ictrmect - nrra—xnumr
and sat down, the stillness made her start. A
keen son i se' of her position came over her.—
She casta frightened rook on the pulpit, and
then snit •back pale and 'nervous, her trem
bling
-
hand wandering in search of her moth
er's. The old lady looked on her with fund
grief, w tisporin,g soothing words, and tender
ly pressed the little hand that so imploringly
besought her pity. Still the poor girl, trem
bled, unA shrank in her seat as if she would
have crept away from every human eye.
The minister arose, his face looked 'calm,
but the paper which contained the young girl's
'confession, shook violen IY i n his hand as he
unrolled it. Julia kne e is was her duty to
arise. She put. forth ) 7 hand, gragpeij the
carved work of the seat, and stood upright un
til the rending was• finished, staring ail the
time wildly in the pastor's face, as if she
wondered what it could all be about. She sat
down again, pressed a hand over her eyes,
and seemed asking God to give !ley more
strength.
th
ye-
1-old
The minister desca,ded from the pulpit, for
there was yet to . be ari l otber ceremony; a bap
tism of the infant. That gentle, erring girl,
was to go up alone witlihe child of her sh6me,
that it migh be dedicated to God before the
congregation. She arose.with touching calm
ness, took the babe from her mother's arms,
and stepped into the aisle.VShe wavered 'at
first, and a keen sense of h n dyed her face,
neck and very hands, with a painful flush of
crimson, but as she passed the pew whore
young Lee was sitting, an expression of proud
anguish came to her face, her eyes filled with
tears, and she walked steadily foward to the
communion table, in front of her father's seat
'I was nut a tearless eye in that' whole
chngregation. Aged, stern men, bowed their
heads to conceal the sympathy betrayed there.
Young girls—careless, lighthearted creatures,
who, never dreaming of the frailty of their
own natures, had reviled the fallen girl, now
wept and sobbed to see her thus publicly hum
bled. Young Lee became powerfully agita
ted his breast heaved, his face flushed - hotly,
then turned very pale, nod at last he stared up, -
flung open the pew door, and hurried up the
aisle with a disordered and unequal step. -.
"What namer inquired the pastor, bend ,
ing toward the young mother, as he toOk-the
child form her arms.
the'
ned
Ole
had
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her
rch
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on
rhe
hat
He
elf;
ent
ec
her
n a
he
Before she had time to speak; Lee'stood by
her side, and answered in a loud, steady voice,
"That of his father. Jame Leel" -
'as a
p of
his
ace
. .
The.trembling of that poor girl'S fiame was
visible throtigh the whole house, her ' hand
dropped on tlid table, and she leaned heavily
on it for support, but did not look up,/ The
minister dipped his hand in the antique China
bowl, laid it upon the-babe's forehead, - and, in
a elcar voice, pronounced the name.' A faint
cr' broke from the child as the cold drops
fell on his face: The sound seemed to arouse
all the hitherto unknown and mysterious
feelings of paternity slumbering in the young
father's heart. _His
. eye kindled, his cheek
glowed, and itepulsiv,oly he extended his arms.
and received the infant. His broad chest
heaved, beneath Its tiny form, and his
,eyes,
- seemed fascinated , by the deep blue orbs which
the little creature raised. smilingly an d lial _
of wonder to his face . Leo bore his son all
re
tick
,ER 27, 1847.
the aisle, laid him gentry in his astonished
•grandmother's lap, and
_rat . riled /o the pulpit
again, , Julia had moved al ttle,and,Overcome
4
wiih agitation, leaned heaslyagains/, the rail
ing of the pulpit-stairs. e hent his head,
• - - Ids -
ng, the
I to the
rposes.
appear
le still
and whispered a toff emelt words, and held
forth his hand., She stood,- or a'rnomettt; like
-
one bewildered, gavea r &nip!, troubled look
into hie eyesi and laid- hell hand in his. He
drew her gently to the table and r in a l firm, re
spectful voice, requested th ir mi ister to corn 7
r •
mence the marriage servicd.
The pastor looked•puzzle4 andiirreSolute.—
The whole proceeding was ito unexpected and.:
strange, that even he lost al 6 prespnce of mind.
"A publishment is necessar to our laws," he
said, at length, casting a I k on the deacon,
but the old man remained m tioniess',l with his'
handsiclesped over the rail ng, and',hia
c i
r face
bowed upon them. , Thinki g h(rn too, much,
agitatinl to speak, and unc o rtahr of his duty,
the divine lifted his voice an!! dernanded if any
one p'resent had ought to sa i y azainst a-mar
riage between the two pers l hns itandin*- be
fore him. - ' ? '• '
eacon,
digni-
=E
)peared.
letliren
MEM
. "voice
FFble.—
ti been
Tat ely,
meet
,pblers
length
ip the
he first
;-. of his
i encon
- Every face in that chuff! was tiirded on
theide l acon,but ho remained Anent and motion
lesS, so the challenge r _ was Amanswered, end
the minister felt compelled ' to proceed with
the ceremony, for he remeMbered whit wati,
at firsi, forgotten, that the d it had been pub
lished according to laW,_molithsiefore, when
Lee had, ,without given reas n, refuied to ful..
fil his contract. ,
The brief but impressive ceremony was
-
soon over, and 'with an expression of more
-true happiness than had ever. been witnessed
- n' his tine features before, Lee conducted his
wife to her moper, and placed hiiiiself respect
fully by her side. The poor bride was scarce
ly seated, when she buried her face '-in her
handkerchief, and burst into a passion of tears,
which seenfed as if it never would be checked.
Thecongregation went out. The young peo
ple gathered about the doors, talking over the
late strange scene, while a few members lin
gered behind, to speak with - timdettcon's wife
before aey left the church. Lehand his corn=
panions stood in their pew, looking anxiously
towards the old.man. There Wae something
unnatural in his motionless position, which
sent a thrill through the matron's lieart;:and
chained her to the door, as if she had suddenly
turned to marble. Tho minister came down
the pulpit-stairs, and advancing to the old
man, laid his hand kindly upon the withered
fingers clasped over the railing; he turned
very pale. for the.handdvhich he touched was
cold and stiffened indeath. The old man was
feeble with grief, and when young Lee ap
peared before him, his heart had broken amid
the rush of its strong feelings.
ARMY ANECDOTE._ --
Gen. Wool is a strict and rigid disciplina
rian, as well as a gallant and accomplished of
ficer. The following "good 'im," which
Capt. Tobin tells as happening inicamp, must
have excited the fiery little General 'to a de
gree. While sitting in his marqiiee a Mexi
can was uslierd into his presence, whose de
meanor denoted the importance of some
weighty7communication which lie wished to,
deliver.
The Getie'ral could not speak Spanish, and
his interpreter was sought in: vain. A long
spe'cimen of a) sucker, who, from the outer
style of his dress, the General tookperhaps, i
for' a ranger, happened' at that moment to
straggle past.
"Come here my man," calle d
eral. 'With an air of perfect no:
sooker doffed his battered casto
the tent. '
"no you- speak Mexican?"
General. '
"Why, General, I ratEer.gue,-tr not."
"Well, can you tell me of sp me one who
•does?"
"Yes sir-ee—l jist can," oils 'eyed the man.
"Quick, then, let me know' v6re.lie is!"
demanded the iracible o
“Why, here, dlawk .
sucker, laying his lAf
whom it was desired tt
can't speak'nothing else,
just then.
ELO PEN EI!.7T EXTR AUK,
just before dark, we wen
whose name, although fr
stainless; for by his own .
ty conscience, in trying to dou6lehas got in
to trouble r - himself and illustriAs 'daddy-in
law. .4 •
- „
A map named O'Conner, "no gy at shakes"
in honor, went out with Miss Brady a nice
little lady, and treated to brandy) and sponge
cake and candy, and' more thin' a so dainty 1
and kisses so plenty, at a house not far off
kept by Peter D. Shaw.. 1 ;
,
But 'at length the sad fellow graw 'awfully
mellow, and as he was caulking I and kissing
and talking, a ;nits() full of rhitiP,ll(l wish it
was mine, oh!) he snatched from}her pocket
t
but soon he was taken, while tr
I lts he was
nriakiii!. ' They were about td t
assign . him
ii
where justice might find him, , t the maid,
in his horror, came forward hi sorrow her
i i
little heart heaving an d . tears he I eypi !cav
ing, begging the officers, honor Would pity,
popr Conner-to which he cense 1,0 as said
Conner repented. When +Aiwa t Mei coup.
le with limbs mighty . suple, and li
:Meg, 'that maiden so, blooming,
life of much trouble was doomini
ner the blockhead, who'; picker
pocket, when married - we're ti: l iit t
beat her like winking . ~11 • . , 1' 1
The old man's heart was broli n'at the ter. :
rible token, for he had raised _ up: i is. ilafightei
just as he had,oVeyer; And, wb ,
,l'hia house'
i t
wouldn't hold her and ljyouni-reecal , mold
heri be raved like .ti d m on, ' king &ore'
noise than, three :min: , 1 But., l 6 l , l l Alie t c , un g :
folks were married and thgetheriJ had. tanUi t '
'at first not. entering Oleic! malre belief-.,he
dispelled the delusion an `tut histgy cOnolitelon;
put "role .th the pocltet4 of :kik Von43,:lizr
titfß,f.'-Xfnef:iitati S e febil.l .- • "r• I' -.-- . '
I '' -
out the Gen
ichalance, the
and entered
I enquired the
ierturable
e - nn with
.nte—"he
'tibia left
et night
ky lark,"
neirer be
td a gail-
•
tt i• t is i e l If P u
For Con
the maid's'
king will
t i .
.
Btu'
Yankee at a Hotel:
Dt TRH OLD
Some w
Easter;att
are pow 4.
tho stage,
waisted bi
tons, aces ,
and a pair
tion seeM(
•eks ago, a very long broWn Down
red in one of those costumes Which
whereto be met with exceplupon
• tall bell-crovined iAiie hit, short
e coat, with enormous petit& but
es "yeller" as a barbary blossonl,
of corduroys, whose highest auita
,.. to be to maintain their esce-nden
.,, ir of enormous cowhides that hid
any a hand ed miles of logging
!ht have been `seen," jacknife and
ihand, wending his way upLong
9ie realization 'of his life-long an-
ny, over a
trodden
paths, "nil'
shingle
Wharf, hal
ticipation:
t. f "seein' Bostun." At the corner
's Row; his progress was arrested
briegosit, - of, ) 4two story house
awuWlialficiezlii yoke,ot oxeri;,
• ople inside Tursuing their • usual
of Merolla;
by , the iu
on wheels
with the
avocatiot
, n sink is that met! he asked of a•
iswh, 4,t
bystaiifrei
"Qb, nothing," replied the Rowney'-
folks are all moving—that's 101,1 When ire
niovi'downbere:,—we do it, house abd . all."
"Je-rusalern! Wall that heals all miiur.
Wail cap'm .vVhat's' that 'ere big stub lieuife'
over the left?" ..„
"That's: the, new Ctiatum 'House. ',lt'S,ii
mighty bad location—but they're gUing let
more it neat week."
"Thunder and molasses! It'll take all the
oxen in creation for to start her!"
_,
"Oh, they use elephants for iita ing such
large buildings ." i ,
"And how many elephants it'll taker'
"TlPwarde of a liondree." t '
The Yankee cut a deep gash in his!shingle,
and Walked on.. He nsoct inquire(tfor'the Ad
ams House, for he ha d" "heard tell" of - that,
and was determined to progress during his ju
k,enility,„ aware,oe the impossibility - of, doing
so at a more advanced age.
He soon found the "tavern" and the "dea.:
con," and pidered' accommodatiOns liberally
"darning the expense." Having lisliked up"
, a little, ho witnessed with some!amazement
the operations of a servant on a gong, simply
remarking that "lie know'd what sheet light=
nit; was, but this was the first 'time he'd ever
heerd of .sheet thunder." Ho followed the
crowd into dinind - hall and Wns ushered
to a seat, Where he ensconsced himself, tuck
ed his towel iunder his chin with a sort of des
peration, as if he was going to be shaved or
scalped.
The eight of the covered dishes added to his
amazement. 6 ‘.l)ed d4rn if!" he exclaimed,-
"ef I ever heard of cooldn' on the table!—init
here they've gone and sot tin kitchens all over
what I'd like, to know "
He got, along with his soup very well, mid
was pausing 'for breath, before he finished it:
when a waiter snatched his plate away and
was running off with it:
'"Hello! yeti sir!" 4ociferated the Yankee
—"I see yee . i—fetch that 'ere back quicker'n
link lightning, or else you'll hey rout head
punched." ,
His plate was returned, and lie finished his
soup with dignity: After waiting to moment
he raised his', voice again, Mid summoned the
offending waiter sternly.
. "Kalltelate l to starve met
"No-'sisr." •
• "Wall—why don't you fetch on softie flesh
fodder—darn Lye?"
. "There's the carte, air!"
"Where's the cart! And what in tliunder
am I to do - With the cart when I've got
Look out, you pesky,aarpinti or you'll catch
it.",
"The bill pf fare."
"I don't pay my hill till I have had my fod
der." ":
. The waiter humbly explained the irleaning:
' l /What's all these crack-jaw. natheirmeati?
Give me something plain and hearty; biled
corn beef, and fetch it about the qiiiiikest=
while I look over the.paper and see what else
I'H hey.; The meat was brought in:
"Hold on!" was the next order. "What's
this here? M-a-c-e-a—aead it wont - .Om;
sir?"
"Macciarnni,
"Alt right cap'n. Hurry 'Cup."
The dilth was brought. . ,
oYou 'Amid cuss!" tottiea the gown East
er, "of li.
haiti 4 t as great a mind as ever I lind
to ker-wsllop ye, and make an example of •,e
on the spot. What do ye mean by rennin'
your . rigi an ?no jest because I'm a stranger
in these (parts? Take away your biled [Ape
stems, aid fetcli us on some cabbage. That's
right. And now squire, some vinegar." •
"Vinegar's in the castor, sir," replied the
waiter, nnd made good' his retreat: -
"In th e castor, is it, hey?" soliloquised the
Yankee; "and where in thunder Is the cas
tor?"
The Young man opposite pushed it towards
him. fie loake4 at it—took the Stopper out
of '.the vinegar, and taking up the cantor by
the bottom, turned it up. But all the cruets
manifested a desire to illustrate the saws of
gravity Aid ;eap fretri their loCations, and the
Yankee was compelled to set it down again,.
• .
, "Jernsaleml i he exclaimed. "This here
is tt• (cur i ous contrivance; and no miatake.-1-
flow on birth am Ito get *V the Carnal vine.
gart rit try iten onee more." '•
, Again he canted the caator, but this time
all the stopples tumbled out.'
igrh'underation!" he roared, "here's a pretty
mesa: 'permit ill—here I've got the-darned
caster all in info My graiy, n'd the darned red •
lead on My. cabbage, and the yaller ott my
later; Darn the thing! I say!" ' '
• 46 y riendt said the g n Phsite;
•entlemat • "p
''with a strong e,brifiel over Ida risiitte Muiclee,
4 qt appears to me, that if imere itrAeant of
vinegar;/ should t o the vinegar eruee,olit'
nt - ths'4lo,:and by thin. means I should avoid .
iti tebablit;
■
Nl,ll-BkR
Here ihe whole coniP!iitY; *aitetla•iitid ,
liiiisi in a convultia fit of - iaihoi. , I it,
Yankee tro'sard a rage, upsetting hit :chail
and glaring defiance onihis neighbors; •
4 Prow' in the name of all the eternal ctii
• I
in creation" he yelled, ustpoultlY,Fooiii an
thing shout ` the' way the darn thing.. WO
when I never seed one or ; ern' af41:01 'Yeti
hatched this apngin me—l knew it, ' r What:
the land ord i Petah' year bill oi,—rn - ietiwi
or this: i haiat eat tea citta i viptr i tiybsit :1
pay up like i book—:and CUSS sind quit: : -AA.
if.i'ver l i set out to eat ameals of vittles inis4*.;
ton town again—=your may take' t4' libig :Oil
Darn your .
tan it. /AIM your casiors—and yguie. :
ate' and' )1311,- toe; one and all!" And dinging ,
down a dollar on ilie table; he Serlefbltslitbitaf
hell-toe from the hand of a trembiingr 4failArti,..
and ianipfeci. EiCAvn Washitigicni end lii` . ,
street,, ''.eirealied 4 like a ionietl,and twit*:
slacked - paca til I - hie . pulled up otirbortd.thiV
`Kennel) .. •• -'• ' :.' •"---- . ' '
4 Cap' ' itiid •
fie to the c:ortitaani i,e4slife ~
?!,
off yeur l ynes .jest tie qUiek as you're. a stains ,
to. A' of ever you catch - Me iolii#4lo Oleo .
Boston' a in jeityoli ttili`einVibYthellickind
threw millight Into.that• ere bilei, 'boot, End:
allby gravy!" ' , .
' .
. . ,
'' ' - - dna. fiito Illoiiiiiiiiii.
t
15
A few weeks since r friend- Clark-, eres;
lying sie with bilious lever; The at,itiek - •
Was severe, and he believed tit4deitti-WOr
near. One morning he &woke 1 - ;nak - I.lth,.ift,
. f ,
sleep to rear ti hurried4ed smothered convetz ,
satieli in the adj(Anile) . :opre; in
. which hid -
, 1
wife took part. • The first words thatClardo
caught ¶ere utteredbyihis better-half: .
9nt i hat ground," said titre, "i thieet td
innurnia4_ri" . '
replied driodief; ' 4 lit 'the , ihurld
,}t—it is fashionable, and onemittit
autlif the world* out of the &oil--;
"Y e s,
looks foi /
as +Mt
ion."
tiller
"Here!
She thin
if I niay
. ,
tfuef' i . . 1
1" thought el
ak4 "is a nide W'
. . -
I ke I am about to tite==to be.
pi r e tted" ,
l use the e*pfession, in the told Teeth , ' :
she refuses to go into mod:ming-lot
,! ineji. ' 1 1 . .. ..
, . . _
and yet
me. A
thdt tam hefei perimpit.i uettet
trteature."
i'Now
tuke you
n kb; fp telt !" eitlaitrie4 thick;
of Aehding for• a dress-Maier
Bat live far -apiteF!
"The
"to thin
I acct den '
"Well
„
reused the wife, "I .
! ' 'gore me: I "will lef rtin bay ON
i dud let it be 14 kity rid iicittible:”,
fieaftlesithesii ii groaned durii,== •
I like, though. One husband '4
mi...
itd; than they set alioitt eiltrdppint
I cart- scarcely credit •
.f them; told the , i yisto be puttui
u to get wide girtip to trim it."
still foci have the sleeves
• buttons rind friuge/i 1
`well=tkis beats eigted poOr
may me
trimmin
lEEE
."W,omn
sooner de
iinotilerr
“Twat
1 wish yo
\-1
8 1164 , t
” Nell
Oath;
“Whe ..l l
the nia ji t I
"1 th
band will,
able tai,.
I -do yen *ant the &des?" euqui
la -maker.
have it inda My hi
e ys;
then be off rhy hands; and lAball
i out!" •
a aeuldit+lthe ei
only ititif Odd; but this blow if
.Oh! h.
than, "1
kill the i
wij
keard him speak, and ran tinteit
to his-b4ide.•
"Did you speak, my sear?" said site ivi
the toide i ff an beget.
"I hate heard it all niadatti," ; replied t.!larl
"All what; My deatri
"The mourning—gay dresses—fritigi
eery thing.
.011 i Meritt , . - -:Mariel's
"you ritveVi
"Do yo t take d rie fur a fotil
lteettai ltf not, my deare r
"You expect me to be out of the `war
three dari; dd ytiu?";
__
•"Yesi !eve; the &dui said yeti,
in that
"What Means the diesrif i
"It Is the one you bought fit me White yi
%fere take Melt:"
"But you mere speaking of nitiOntitgr .
"We were, talking of Mrs. Taperly."
''Oh! is 1 that it?'
"Yes, kke; You lute* she is tibia', and
family is hirge; and it 'must inconvenience I
very with to find - mourning for ihenlalli
On this round alone !. apptise ite! • •
icSo—=l t =tbat's it is
*6re spe c ing of me; and it distressed frie.
Let - tn l 3-heg-yera to be tnora careful for the
tote:' 'II
cnit itt Hired clays; 1641'6 el
matter; which then appeared
voit, Et.miegf4cß:4 - "W hat!" saii.
Illinois rel.; thro*ing Tito the theifdiki
ble the . high-ptessure ot. hic iimig
tip; "dt4 litb
7 idaintilr in titit tirse . tiiinii•
1
ddes this onotable Senn finigipitt
i lrti
wotid bbl eve that niY ; lent; tvith thee tril
tost;ei/og Ill ahot , 4s WC Alie heilietpwitii i 'l6.
not eteetled In Pililiatity by this eatante el
`Niagarazfiwith ptinelpiell lig Odic; as the tiboili,
whifhform II peipet 61(1 sombteto for the lio' l lr3i_ . ;
Mountain;zzivontd tarn topudi,iticd ft:if; itif . •
pkiee of a I llozerldrliike *nil i fg?lbei at az, -
difrt , doitknYeri.of tUe Jury ; 16n aniy: ' .
Jr -.
that if the. , dgetii like - Stiiiiiff, this iCkfirt n et
tho Woad lare 'flirt/16f iliEliasies lfinii I i : ti
the& 4i 1:1 ; . 1 . There *is 1' ge - iietil• er o f;
rketdet t ii tlfitdotl i .ttiE teairred itit'aiie'thide !hilt
arrested Oa tOvin'iMi (Or coniebipi: 1
,
Clark
laughs
hotribl,
ci A PdsrriciL4.—:zAri inif .7l ! •
lady; **l Ofidtfilfithiti Ming. depeOfid,......
- itt'aidirlf • ttutfotei 'tetweif ddir tet Aiy
&amber tio`iiiiST 't i of 'of Cotipetito::
cy,' which* etre alwaye eztpidined in tr4s.
wet s ; lintft ds more • eleitiiiiirvoleiialitit
lest, ,O thed -sliduidet Vigkffiltilill
Ilat I me a, i timid &lir fluilifee4 a r y,esi;fo:*
varterly • '
Mil
I