I .
g , r. 02.011 N,
VOLUME 20.
(Grit Witithi (Meru
B. F. SLOAN, EDITOR.
OITICE, CORNER STATE
ERIE ST. AND PU
SQUARE, .
TERMS OF THE PAPER.
r a y kuhFeriber , Ay the earner, at
o r at the °lke, iu acwance,
3 ell !npaid in advartee,or within three months from
cu , fr Og, o dollars will be charged.
LTAII communiratione must be post paid.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Card_ not exceeding 1 lines, one year. 'B3, '
tine tare 46 . 10,
do. do. six months, 6,
do. do. ' three months,3,l 0
Than Thatcnt adt ertietnents, 50 ce&s per square/ of fi fteen Ines or
1,..., for the fir:4 insertion; 25 ten for each suttsequent in.ertion.
LI yearly advertlcers have the privilege of changing, at p easu re,
but at no tune are allowed to occupy inure than two square., and to
be limited to t ktir int ntedirthr Inteinem '
Athtra"aa"" hat having other directions, will be ins rtediill
(::1,11 nod charged accordingly.
3~76 - )a ih Dll VI . - olrony.
JOHN McCANN,
Man I sAte and Retail Grocer. No. tr. Fleming Bloc rifle. Pa
J. W. WETMORE.. •
ATTORNEY' T L4I I .
In Walker's Mice, on fieventh Elm% Fir e. a.
--- 11 — ENITY - CADWELL,
I s roa - rra, Jobber. and Retail DZaler iu Dry Gen r. Croeeries,
r h ( n , Glas s }, are, Carpcling. ilari.l% ate, /10/, flee) liarls.
ke. Ernpire Snack !flare Strict. four 410010% below
iIIOWII . / , 1100, Erie, Pa.
Alw—Ans V Ices, Renown, Axle A tins. Springt, and a geperal
asperlinent of saddle nod Carrinee Tr in rump
S. bIEAVIN SMITH.
A rnor.sic AT LAW and Justice of the Peace—OtTice one door
acaof lVright's store, Erie, Pa.
W. 11. KNOWLTON & SON.
in waiches. Clocks. Looking Glosbes. Piano Fortes,
%Vilre, Jewelry, and a variety ofotl o Fancy
lic)MOne Buildings, four doors below Brown's Hotel,
Snie Ircet, Erie, Ps.
J. COALDING.
MFIICIUNT TA ILOTt. and Habit Maker..—.' tots. No. 5 Itred's
(opposite the Pit wing Meek) Statelgrcet.
S. R. DEWEY.
10 RETAU. Dealer in Dry Goods, second door below
el. State Street, Erie. Pa.,
GEORGE H. CUTLER,
ATTORNZT AT LAIT, Girard, Erie County. Pa. Collections and
other Luriue•s attended to with promptness and disorkicit.
WiinusALit A ;
Pro n's Ito
WILSON LAIIII)
A rrossry AT 1..w-rolliee over J.H.Williams , exel inge office,
next .four to Judge Thompson's office.
o,ll..rtitig and other professional iIIISIIICES attended to IA 14h prompt
ins. and dispatch.
BROWN'S HOTEL,
FoRMFRiv rae CAce.a. corner of State street and the Public square
rrie.Ea,teral WeAern and Soliihern .tags office.
ROBERT A. BAKER.
11'nneri ere
e nd Retail dealer Groceries. PCO%IOOIIII, %Vinci.,
I.l,l,l,As.Cl , zars, Nails, Darold Ale, DuIPCUII, Crackers, &c. &c.
aric, I'a.
-- • 11. B. If AVERSTICK.
2. arra liorsc. Dealer in Dry Goode, Hardware, C - ockery,
Groc, tic.. &C.
T. W. MOORE,
iiri , rn in Gnerrics, Proviiious, %Vince, I,lunorF, Candies, Fruit,
ice., No 6, Poor People's Row, titute suet% Erie.
• i W. 11. CUTLER. \
/0: In,. tl: Counscller at Law, (Office lu Spauldttig's Exchange,
lITIalo, N. V. 1 : F.'
C ,
. ,
C , lle‘7lmgand commercial business will recede prompt nitration:
M
AR. WIN.-. 1 . 4 1. MINI IN, E,q.. 11.SJA.1111 GRANT, 'EMI.
- -
JOSIAH KELLOGG.
& Comothision hierehant;on the Public Dock, east of
c'at+ • meet.
Snit. Plaster and White Fish. constantly for sale.
J. H. WILLIAMS,
- -
Balker sail Exchange Broker. Dealer in Bills of Excliblige
Drafts, cortiticatesof lleixisile. Gold and d liver coin, &c.. &c
(nste, 4 &me below litowies Hotel. Eric, l'a.
BENJAMIN F. DENNIS"
Atroarrry AT Lav, Cleveland, Ohio—Office on liiinerlor oreei,
in Atwater's Block. Refer to Chief Justice Parker, Cambridge
Law School; lion. Richard Fletcher, 10 Stale st., Il o •ton; llon.
Samuel 11. Forking. Walnut at., Philadelphia: Richard 11.
K [tuba'', Esq.,:ki Wall slicer, New York. Fur testimonials, re
fer to this office.
MARSHALL & VINCENT, (,)
Arrowirra Cr Law—Office up wars in Tammany HU building,
uortli of the Prutlionotnr) office, Eric.
MURRAY WHALLON.
ATTARICT AND COCNSFI.LOR AT LA w—olliCCOVer C. n. wriahe,
Store, entrance one door west of State street, on the I) iantohd,
Er ie.
I. ROSENZWEIG &Co
Witntsct ATil RI TAlti. DVAI:VTOS in Foreitm and Domestic Dry
Goods, ready made Cloth mg, Boots and Slices, Ate., No. 1, Flew
hie Block, Slate street, Erie.
C. AI. TIIIIIALS.
licir.rn in Dry Goods., Dry G coca ie.% Crockery, II rtrthrnre, &e
No, 111. Client.ide, Er le.
JOHN GIIIMEtt I.Y,
I)cai►a inEroeeries and Irrowigions of all kinds, State street, three
door. north of the Diamond. Erie.
• ' SMITH JACKS'
DIALER in Dry Goods, Grocerfett,llardwr
Iron, Naffs, &.e., 121, Cheapside, Erie, I
WILLIAM RIBL
C. sisrr N.Krtt Upliolbter, and Enderfal
Seventh streets, Erie.
KELSO & LOOIIIIS, „•
Gr‘r. s tr, Forwarding, Produce nod Conti:lb:on Merelhintii: dealers
in C0 , 11..e and line salt, Coal, Nobler, Slilogles, dr.c. I, dint dock,
ne. , i .tile of the bridge, Erie.
Ern I+,l, Br vin, - W. W. Lotimo,
IVALKEI & COOK, . '
Gr‘ritkr, Forwarding, Coonni .iion and Pra.lure Merchant.,; 'lee.
and Ware:house east of the P blic Bridge, Erie.
•
G. LOO. lIS & Co. .4,
Dr 0. , R4 , in Watches, Jel‘elry. Silver, German Silver, Plated and
Itrimnia Ware Cutlery, Military and Fancy Goods, Statc,trevt,
nearly opposite die Eagle 4utel, Erie.
G I..u.s t r, t , T: M. At,rrl*
,
CARTER & BROTHER
- -
Mints. t r awl Retail dealers in Drug•, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
e-quti., Ght.9, &e., No. 6, Reed flu, , Erie.
JOEL JOHNSON,
I.rura in Theological, Mi=cellancous, Sunday and Cla,sieal
:Yhool Books, Stationary. &e. Park Row, Crie.
JAMES LYTLE,
llierehant Tailor, on (lie public square, n few doors
n.e.d of S. r tweet, Fry'.
D. S. CLAICK,
WunisaAtE AtTAIL Dealer. in tiro - eries, Provisions, Ship
chandlery, Stone-ware, Sic. Ore.. No. 5, Donnell Mock, Erie.
81",AFFO.RD.
Dealer In Law, Medical, school - Miscellaneous Books stationary
&e. gtate 'L. four doors below the Public. moue.
TACO. ELL IOTT, Cr
Itrsident Dentist; °glee and dwelling in the Beebe Block. on the
East side of the Public Stplare, Erie. Teeth inserted on Gold
Plate, from one to an entire sett. Carious teeth filled with pure
Gold, and restored to health and usefulness. Teeth Cleaned
with instruments and Dentitlgsl so as to lea% c them of a pellucid
clearness. All work warranted.
I MOSES KOCH,
WsToLs...Ls AND RETAIL Dealer in Staple and Fancy Dry GOOllO
tirocrries, Crockery. Ready Made Clothing, &e., Commercla
Hu tid ince, corner of French and Fifth streets. Erie.
S. DICKERSON,
PIIII.IdAY AND Smarmy—Office at his residence on Seventh street
opposite the Methodist Church. Erie.
C. 11. WRIGHT,
- -
IVROLIVALIE AND R ETAlLdealler In Dry Goods.Groeerles, Hardware
Crockery, Glasa•ware, Iron Nails Leather, &e., Corner of
Ft:lle street nod the public square, opposite the E.sete Hotel
JOHN H. BURTON.
wv.r.‘l.3 r; R Erma, dealer In Drugs, Bledlei nee, Dye Stuffs
(queerler, &e. No. 3, Reed !Inure, tine.
ROBERT S. HUNTER. •
Es4IISI In lints, Caps and Pura of all descriptions. .N 10, Park
Row, Erie. Pa.
pI;AIN and Figured Dc Lain all wool, on&other henp De
Laths at the stare of El JACKSON.
B I.ACK French Cloth from /12 to 60 per yard, for sale at
S. JACKSON.
pLACK, Brown. (Sven Find Cadet mixed Broad Cloths at nt
/ prices for sale of I S. JACKSON.
fIREEN. Black, !detain; Clarit, Drown. anti Ulue French Ma
ten°. for sale cheap at the store of A. JACKSON.
131,A CK. Blue, Plaid, Striped and other Fancy Caionneres for
sale by S. JACKSON.
-
1.)I. ACK, lllite. and mixed athlete, Tweed', Kentucky Jean 4
&e. for rale cheap by S. JACKSON.
LADIES DRESS GOODS. The Ladies will find a pod as
‘Oflrnent. French Merlncer, Cashmere,, De Lain,. Chant ilk!
Lustre. Mohair Lustre. Alapachas CI all colors, Glanhannt. Call
rtis.&e.kal opened at OEO. SELDON ar. SON.
. , . . . ..
A GOOD ici---i, .meta of Winter Vestinglr, iroine very - nice. Po
Ix cheap at the store of - S. JACKSON.
•
A LAPACA. any quantity Slack Figured and plain ebangable
4-1 ' 6111 . wIrP, chainellana mohair lustre &c., for solo by
Erie, ct.2l.S. JACKSON.
..........___
Clew rosthers Wanted.
150 Pounds on Iva Geese readies' wanted, for al t ick trip
pay half Cash at my stare on the Corner OppOsi e Groan s
G. P,
Hot I,
oct- "7
. ,
Goj.D. SliVet nild Florence Leaf; Gold. Silver and Composition
uronzeit Japanned tins, assorted colors
Km. 21.
CARTER & PROTIUM.
• -
. . ._
i' -'''
' ----
--"'"" l '' '. '''''-'-'' --'''''''
'''-':'--' ''
- -'
''-. -: -: ' ' ' r "" '-: i '"" i
.- '.' " :?.. - Zilf - 5 A l • '' -- , :.. - ..:',;...:e: lt itri •!-::::::--->t - ,'Z• . ~-->e- , , : -- -- . 1 - . - 14.,4..i.-,:,-): - : -. .,:... :- 3, .... , :
~. , . -,-- -•-•"' '-','-"' ~-".',. - -_--: -:"•'''T ' : : ''.' • -7 , - : ; -,,l''''''''`.- '.;-.-",..:.'
... .. .
, ~-1-- . ,- 1 ..• •., •-• , • ; z:-.
_
. ~... .... ... .... _....
~ • i .
t ' F
..,.,
...,.
. ,
....,..
...,_
ElEi
til,OU
1.40
helitile
puttrq and 311kellantl.
TUE 6TEIGIMON°I TALE.
Em:E=22
, Twai on a dark December evening,
Loud the Mast and bitter cold;
Downivard came the whirling viattere,
tittp and black the river roiled{
Not a dog beneath the tempest,
Not'a beggar on the beat;
Wind and rain, and told and darknes,
&relit through every desert street.
Muffled to the teeth that evening, '
I was struggling through the storm,
Through pestilent lanes and Itlingry alleys
Suddenly' and ancient form '
Peered from out a gloomy doorway.
Arid with trembling croak.-it said,
"In the left-hand empty garret
You will find a woman—dead,
"Weyer stepped a finer creature
When she was a simple plaid;
But she dial like many others=
Loved a man, and was retray - ed.
I have seen her in her carriage
dimonds in her hair.'
And I've seen her starving. (starving,
Do you hear?) and now—sks's there!"
Up the wJrn and slippery stairs,
With a quickened pulse I sprung;
Famine. filth, and mean deipair ,
Round about the darkness hung.
No kind-vision ,net my glance?,
Friend or helper of the poor;
So the crazy room 1 entered,
And looked down upon the floor.
There, on the rough and naked boards,!
A long. gaunt, wasted figure lay,
Murdered In Ito youth by Hunger,
All its beauty—wrinkled clay.
Lire's poor wants had left her nothing,
CRAWS nor fuel—food nor bed;
Nothing, save some ragged letters,
Whereon lay the ghastly head.
....$, thing!" yet whit more could Pity
e are fur one; about to die,
T 2
it sweet words from one she worshiped,
' (Sweet. though every nord a liel)
In the morning of her pleasure—
in the midnight of her pain—
'They were all her wealth, her comfort—
Treasured—ay, and not in vain.,
And with her now they lie mouldering.
And a date upon a alone
Telleth where (to end the awry)
Love's poor outcast sleeps alone. , ,
Mourn not; for at length she sleepeth
The soft slumber of the dead,
Resting on her loved love-letters—
Last, fit pillow for her head.
THE TWO PATIENTS.
IN TWO PARTS.-PART II
The doctor's other patient lay with his head half rais
ed front his pillow, supported by his hand, striving to
catch the first echo of his fouoteps on the stairs.
"Another half hoar gone, and not hero yet!" said the
poor patient, hia glit.tening eyes fastened on the door—
"another half hour! Has he forgotten me. or has sorne
thing happened?"
The clock of a neighboring church struck the hour.
"One—to o— , three, and not In ro vet! Hark! that is
the street door! No. polio: what a fool 1 am to expect
him thus—and yet his is the only kind ' voice that has
sounded in qty ears these last twenty years. Who wan
ever kind to me since the day my mother wept over me,
and kissed me, and—died? Who ever saw anything in
me, Since the dhy that her love left me, 'but a miserable.
ungaildy, miserly clod?" and the old man wiped front his
glisten? tg eyes a tear. While he was yet speaking, our
doctor entered his londy chamber, with so light a step,
thil the patient was not at first aware of his presence.
"Well, old friend," said tho dealer. cheerily. "how
are you to-day?—nay, what is this?",os the old man's
eyes, suffused with their unwonted moisture, met his
own, • What is this? what 'has gone wrong? what has
happened!" '
"It was a tear," replied the old mant "a tear to the
memory of my mother. Site alone, of all thc millions of
beings in this wide world, ever loved me, and a sudden
remimbrauce (I often think of her in the unquict"night)
brought the tear into my eye."
"A mother's love is an unfathomable well," rep ied
the doctor, with a sigh, "but I never knew it."
"Then you have never known the dourest lei e on
earth." replied the sick man, fixing his et es cominisero
tingly upon him. '
The doctor shook ciff his sentiment, and with a slight
laugh said, "Oh, the dearest say you—are you sure o
that?" •
The patient fixed his eyes searchingly upon. him.—
"So. then, you are thinking of marrying. That will
quite ruin you—quite spoil you."
"No, no," replied the doctor, with another alight laugh,
but this time it was a constrained one. "No, no: 1
must make my fortune first. lam too poor to marry."
"But you are poor! you are poor:" reit..r+".'•t IL. altat
tnan.
"ind not very likely ever to be rich,"
. replied the doe.
tor.
"tot if you ere so extravligant." answered 'the sick
man; "you have torn thatgood piece of wite paper all to
pieces."
"It was only what your medicine was wrapped in,"
re'vontled the doctor, as he extracted the cork from the_
bottle, and presented its contents to his patierit.
"it would have done for another bottle if )ou had no t
destroyed it." replied the careful mat; "there, now, you
have throw the cock into the tire—that is sheer wnste;
and pray, while I think of it, do you want the bottles
bock again?"
"No; let them go with the (taper and the corks."
"No, no, I shell sell them; depend upon it, nothing is
wasted here; and, by-the-way. will you buy them? You
doctors give rather better prices than the marines."
"I must refer you to my assistant; I never interfere
with that part of the busins s myself."
"Then I don't wonder t tat you are not over rich; and
pray. why do you waste your titne upon me?"
"I repent that I du not call it wasted time. if I can do
you any good."
"But 1 warned yob in the beginning that you would
never get paid; and in feet I never sent for you; lam
not responsible. It was the people of the house."
"No matter who it was; lam here." •
"But you can To. and you need pot coma back twain."
replied the old man. querulously: "you are not the parish
doctor. I believe; and if you are. you can send your ap•
prontice." ' •
"Come. come," said the doctor, kindly, "you hove
got some fresh crotchet in your brain; pray, drive it out
again."
"If you had rich patients. instead of poor ones." re
sumed thtold ma , "you' would Soon ii ,
Soon be rich yourself„
and let the poor d e, What are they better . wortl4
They do nothing ut incumber the earth ; they Fetter
the happy with thiAr
,compliments; they Will murmur
and murmur; they will not starve in -quietness, but the
voice of their misery it heard mingling with the revelry
of the rich. There, go. leave me; let ma dle..'-stone;
like n dog,
,Let :no turn raffece to ttio 0:all. end dio."
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1850,
•
And so saying the Old Man turned himse f angrily
away from his visitor.
"You can-have tho blanket brck, again," he continued;
"it is not touch tho wors e ;,,hut you'll,. have the washing
to pay for—that's your own fault! Why did you send
it? and the broth, and theAelly? I didn't ask for them;
that must be your own 10E3;4/J4 - and it will teach you bet
tor anther
The old Man paused, expecting.n roplyi bu t the dog
tor remained quite ,ailent. so the patient turned himself
over once more, and found that Mr. Hendrick had seat
ed himself very quietly in his old rickety, chair.
..What: not gone yet?" excloimed'tho old man
petu
lantly; **l thought I told feu to go."
••Ires,•but then I should have-had the trouble of com
ing back again: ao I thought I had hatter wait until yon
were reasonable, hoping that it would h,o soon, and that
I should save time."
"Reasonable!" repeated the old man: "Is It unrea
sonable to want nothing?"
"But you want strength and help, qr at least I want
them for you."
"And I shall die!" exclaimed the old man. "I feel
that I am sinking into mfgrave."
' feel exhausted, because you have been long de
prived of proper nourishment."
"And where was Ito get it? Where was Itoget it?"
"The put has gono from us all," replied -the doctor;
"let l us make the best of the present. Be calm andpeace
ful, and take such things as l!send you."
Another rush of painful feelings came over the old
man's face; a sort of convulsive working of the features
liko the breaking up of a stony nature; _ and the doctor
left his poor patient with fresh rare gathe;ed in his sad,
wild, sunken eye.
But sorrow is not confinel to the lowest abodes of
poverty; wherever man fixes his dwelling, there the
shiladow falls.
So the doctor found the fochsteps of this foo to our race
(ungrateful that we Last is ii not a-friend though a friend
In disguise?) in the dwelling of his other patient. He
found Mre. Heathcoto propped up in bed with pillows.
tho coverlet strewn over with parchments and ominous.
looking papers, diffusing the effluvia of-a lawyer's office.
and the sick woman feverish again with anxiety and
excitement. and poor Esther, .pale and tearful. sitting tit
her pillow. -
"This is treason," said our doctor; "actual treason!—
You ought not to bestow even a thought on business."
"The poor, thin woman drew up her wasted neck with
an air of great dignity, and said, "It is the advantage of
people in mediocrity to be exempt from engrossing cures.'
They mind their daily business; those of elevated sta
tion are absorbed iu higher cures."
"Then mediocrity tine the best chance of health'," said
the doctor
"Sir, wo hero a lawanit pending," iiiiitholudy,-with
increased dignity.. "It will now bo speedily decided, and
1 altutl tre••• henlih and strength."
yOr loso them," 'thought the doctor.
shall then go down to my country-i Mot—one of my
country•seats—on tyhich, l have not yet decided; but I
shall of course consult you, as you fill the stati on of my
medical advisor. After this suit is settled, I shall have
my choice of two princely dwellings."
"Or none of all," thought the doctor.
"And I shall be most happy to recommend you," con
tinued the lady— "most happy, indeed, though I could
wish that you resided in a rattier inure aristocratic neigh
borhood."
"1 thought." said our doctor, turning rather reproch
fully to Esther, "1 thought that I had enjoined a careful
suppression of everything that could excite or (Taste."
"My dear doctor," said the invalid lady, "1 know that
von deserve oi perfect candor. Do not chide Mies
Heathcoto. TI eso papers and letters have been accu
mulating during my illness, and they required immedi
ate attiltition. - Our long-delayed suit will bo decided this
day fortnight, but there were preliminaries—'l'
“Come.” said the doctor, assuming a cheerfulness of
tone end manner which he did not quite feel; "my pro.
fession makes me very tyrannical. I , have an antipathy
to nn• brethren of the law; and I must both justify my
own authority and satisfy my spleen against them, by thus
sweeping away - all their Musty figments; and lam hound
to maintain, that all the skins and parchments that ever
welt) engrossed, aro worthless, compared with a single
drop of tnY elixirs "
And so 6a3 ing the doctor swept away Ma whole n as
of papers, with an air between playfulness and maim ity;
and , stiter. „gathering them hp, said, with something
between a smile and a sigh, 4Yuur kindness is the true
"Esther speaks truly," said the another. "you have
been very kind to us, 'and wo trust thdt we shall repay
you as we ought. Kindness and attention shown to one
of our house were never] wont to go unrewarded."
"Mamma means." said the girl. with a deep flush
I I
passing over her face, "that w must always repay (i f
that is the right word) your g eat kindness to us with
unceasing gratitude."
..1 mean more than that. eat". tram the haughty
mother; "I mean that services so freely rendered shall
be an fmaty r ..... 1. and nt with a niggardly hand; We,
Who can trace our aliens ry to kings, ought not , when
we aro served, to requit like churls and beggars."
I
Now wo are bpund toeknowledge that our doctor was
just two or three grades elm perfection; and this little
trifling alloy or adulterat on brought the slightest shade
of-wounded pride across his brow. It is almost humilia
ting to reflect that servic a, worthy of an angel's minis
tering, must. yet be repaid with silver and gold; but our
doctor caught a deprecating glance from Esther's eyes,
and the shade passed away from his own brow.
• • • • _-.•
-
"Are you mad?" exclaimed the doctor to his other
patient. on his next are 'on mad?"
He found him out of bed, d eased, pith - his -hat and
stick. apparently intending to go out.
"I have a right to do what like," replied the man .
sullenly.
"That, indeed, you have not, when you like to do
whnt is foolish and imprudent."
"I did not send for you " retorted the wayward pa
tient. "You have no righi to dictate to me. I shall do
as I please."
'Then, perhaps, you will please to take off' your hat
and shoes, and return to bed," •
"1 am going out." replied the man. doggedly.
"Going out! certainly not with my permission."
r 1 can go without it."
"Ilow long have you been• confined to your hod? let
**Three months; and ?say that, tiller such a confine
ment, it would be a very hard case. if I could not once
more see the outside of the liuse.",
The doctor pointed to the window. Sleet bad snow
were drifting pest In clouds, borne on a cutting wind, that
seemed to sever all that it passed. "Do you ace the
weather?"
"Yes, 'and in sixty winters many-times as much. If
you don't like it, why don't you keep ,your carriage?"
said the patient; With a sneer; "you would not feel it
then."
..Simply pecans° 1 think it , od visaldo first to keep my
self."
e,Whidon't. you spend , an bout 'over your fingers evory
Morning. and put.on two or film ttugs not with brilliant/.
WON , WAnD.4!.,
,
and wear perfumes , and fine white French cambric hand
kerchiefs, and have your hair in curls. and .speak. in
soft.'condol_ing, insinuating voice, and so ingratiate your
self with the women? They are feels enough."
- ••Tliank you. I prefer my hands. and mOusii, and my
clothes all in their present. fashion.",
"Thou why don't you become a sloven. nad go for la
week withorit washing your hands, and turn up your
sleeve-cuffs to show the . m. and have your hair cut, once
a year. and never hav i e Your clothes brushed, and .snap
everybody up that speaks to you, 4nd tell them to order
their coffins; they would be sure' to die' of fear if , you
f righten them well, and that would establish your repu i
tation; and thou you might carry all before you, with thol
lieu?"
"Simply because I don't chooie lobo n brute."
"Well„you can do as you please, and I can do the
same."
"Except going out." .
"A l tia"iltat is the only thing I cam for doing."
"You will kill yourself."
"All tholietter for you."
"You will seriously disobligo me."
"1 em sure you do not care a jot whether I live or die."
The doctor looked rather injured.
"1 hope rhavo shown as much solicitude for you as
for my most wealthy patient." ,
"You mean to reproach me wth my obligations ! "
' "Conie, come," said the doctor. resuming his good
humor, "the whole Of the matter is, that you cannot, and
shall not go out,"
'"What shall hinder me?" naked the old Man:
"Your own good ammo."
"That says, Go."
"No, ind Ced, that could not be yOur good sense. You
mistood the voice; it was only caprice that spoke," said
tho doctor. playfully.' -
"I am not to be bantered out of it."
"I spoke of a reaslin, not of a jest."
"And I have a reason, a great reason for going."
"And I have a reas4m, a great reason—nay, au enor
mous reason for keeping yon tit borne."
"I manila chained up like a dog, and jested with like
a child I'm not crying for a toy. 7 will go."
see," . said the doctor. "that I entirely mistook the
nature of your complaint. I had ought to have ordered
you a strait-waist-coat."
"It seems that you have provided me a keeper."
"Then you nill not let me call myself your friend."
"Fristur exclaimed the old man, as thought his cars
were startled at the'unwonted sonnd. "Friend! kayo I a
friend in tho world?l'
"I am trting to prove to you that you have; but you
know that tho offices of friendship should bo mutual."
"Mutual , . what do you except from me? what have I
to give you? Shall I die and bequeath to you these rags.
and this mockery of furniture'?"
"I run wishing to.prolong your life. not to hasten your
death." ,'
"Or. perhaps. you lhildt I have n large freehold estate
— 4 look for some reversionary acres, or ships ofrich mcr
chandize. or, exchequor ne
"Now it is your turn to jest."
"And if none of these, what can buy yon to mo fora
friend!"
"These things could not buy me; but you have for'
•
stronger claims upon me."
"What ere they:"
'•Sicko o$ sorrow."
"And it. th'ese, Which ahrgnst and frighten oil tbo•rest
of the world. main) you my friend?"
"1 am trt inz to prove myself such; hut. as I told you
before. the offices of friendship should ho mutual."
"You mean that 1 should obey you, like a Fla re "
"No. 1 mean that yew should oblige me. liken friend."
"Do with me what,vou please!" cried the sick man:
end, abandoning nil his opposition and his acrimony, ho
submitted like a child its the wishes of our doctor, who.
taking immediate advantage of his relenting'humor, saw
him once more with; Ins bend npon his pillow, and loft
him. as lie believed. composed and peaceful. Scarcely,
however, had he descended the dirty, crooked, battered
stnirs. before the old man, pertinacious in his purpose,
had agile nisei! himself from 'his recumbent posture,
resumed his tattered gorMents. his unsound shoes, and
•henverless list, nod, hating first locked his room-door,
staggered after him. din ing to the bannisters. and mut
tering as he went.
Our doctrr paid his vi ,it the ensuing day, unsuspici
°us of what hail itappime - d. Ho had, not yet grown cal:
lons in the course of hiti profession, and he was shocked
to find his patient with the sands of life fast falling through
the glass.
"I ant (lying! snidi the old man. "I am dying; and
you are tho only being in this world who has shown
kindness to the destitute old man. 'You said that you
were my filen& and that the offices of fric ship were
mutual. You have discharged them well; 11, little
as you might expect it, I have done somethin on my
pert. You hove thought me poor, but von area ong: I
was only miserly. I had nothing to love; neither wife.
nor child, nor friend, nor kindtednnd so, because we
must love something, 1 began to make a treasure—n god
witt—orgotd, It nein bccommo I had awthinEr else
to love. Ay,you little thought you were paying court to the
rich old miser. instead of showing clinrity to the poor old
beggar. Ilut—stoop lower, my brehtli fails me. Take
this packet," and Ire gave him a smell parcel wrapped
-in the identical tiece . of torn paper which ho had re
proached him for wasting. "Take it—it is yours. I went
to the; Sank yesterday to make a transfer—into your
name. There, take them—they aro bank receipts. 1 1
hare eared you the legacy duty!"
The fortnight thit had stood between Mrs. Ileathcote
and the possession of her fortune—that is, the decision of
her lawsuit, which she considered the same thing—had ,
gone to the tomb of tho Copulas. On that day our doc
tor was guilty of !begin of neglecting hispotients; he re
mained at home all the day.
The evening. at last, came. Mr. Kendrick took his
hat; It was covered with deep crape. Mr. Kiindrick hod
lost his poor patient, and was the richer by I more tip
twenty thousand pounds.
He found. Mrs. Illeathcoto in hysterics, on the sofa, her
head-dress disordered, her chocks stained with tears. and
Esther by her sidd f lt,lingito console her. He saw, in a
moment, that the rift was lost.
Now we do not mean to impung our doctor's kindness
of heart, but certainly' the distress which ho witnesse
brought a flush of pleasure over his countenance; howl
ever, quickly assuirilitg his own professional face, he sat
doWn and began to exercise his province hygiving advice.
And what Was his advice? Gentle reader, it was nei
ther more or le'ss thin this, namely, that Mrs, Ileathcoto
should increase her Connexions (that was rather techni-1
cal) byjaking the doctor himself for a son-in•law; and
as her castles in the country had turned out to he castles
in the air, the{ she would content herself with a I mote
mandate abode, and take up her res'donce 'in his house.,
although he confessed it was only built of vulgar mate•
rials as bricks and mortar.
And did 01°11141y of tho lino or kings so Condescend
kb° did; and Esthar was nothing loth, nny,i oven rejoin-7
ed at tho exchange; and so a Wife and a Fortune 7ere
bothlouud in "The Doctor's Two Putionts.'!'
SELF DEICIAL......rtiI afroi J that -i-Ou not practice
mu'eh t=elf-deitbst." raid" parsoti tdor.itti bliss l in Now •
over! dtiy X 4111 it,
with pretty Yoitut Mon,wbora I wool to kiss most sadly
but Ide arnisirlf (bit plettsurci:' , " • '" " '
mlr C) II t4t T
I love my country's pine clad
Ilcrthousand bright and gushl
Her attnitrine and her st Tin—
Her rough and rugged rocks that rear
Their hoary heads high in theinir,
In . wild fantastic form.
I love heirivers deep and wl r dl,
And those bright streams that, a
broad glide
To seek the ocean's be st;
He, smiling fields, her fertile vkles,
Her slndy delis, her pleasant riles,
Iler haunts of peaceful r t.
I love the forest dark and lonel
For there:the wild bird's 'nark
Is heard from morn till 1 $
And there are lovelier flow4a,
Than e'er in Eastern lands w.
In varied colon bright.
Her forests and her valleys fat
Her flowers that scent the mor
flare all their charms,fo
But more love my country's
Tliose'woods that echo death!.
And sound froinsca to •
Ai:mum:airlines. m
That a fjetein of education may b
give I to tho Sons of the farmer such
bo of advantage to him in all the tutu
I think, be:questioned. Difference o opinion will dou
less exist, as to what that ecOmatiou s tould be. •In ortll l
to open the way for the examination of this subject s
propose to moke, some suggestions, as noticed In my fco,
mer communication.
The student. at his entrance, idiom
the common branches of an English
then be prepared' to enter upon
that will, if properly attended to, fit
duties of his profession. Let it her-
the pupils arc to bo employed upo.
with the school, during tho entire
last year each Is to be placed in epee
none departments of the farm, to t
management, when he is to leave th e
T he course of instructio i n which I
should occupy at least three ,yet
over be kept in view that the' instr ,
ducted in such a Manner. .that vr
n l rt
thoroughly Milted in the principl a of each scienci
its relations wits agriculture are to be specially nude}
stood, and their radical opplicatio folly carried out
the opperations of the farm. The far should bo arras
ed iuto separate divisions so that the different rotation it
crops may bo pursued, and the alive tages or disadva
Cages of each bo fully' and practical y illustrated for t
berefit of the students. A portion o the farm should
alloted for experiments—to ho rear eenried out under+
direction of the teachers , and of which tat account shonh
t... given to the public as often as deemed necessary. 111
must be apparent] that many experiments, to be of arei
predict(' value, must be continued through a series je;
y.ears,lbefore any final decision can hi had.
l '
‘Vithout descending iuto a detail f studies to be puc
sued, it will suffice to say, , that the education should e
thorough in every respect—includin 'the modern
,:,
lan
guages, Chemistry, Mineralogy, B they Horticulture,
Surveying, Agricultural Engineering Mechanics, Keep
ing Farm Accounts, 'Veterinary Li iPitatirr, manao-
Tent of manures, &c., all to be of practical charmer,
after a manner of the Pelt technic S hoots. The teach
ers to deliver lectures to the students, to accompany then)
when necessary to the fields, rind in every part of Moir
course, to give them a thorough prldical knowledge of
every thing incident to the management and successful
prosecution of the labors of the tarn . The farm to be
under the direction of a practical farmer, thoroup4
versed in every thing that relates to the beat meth, d fil
cultivation suited to tl is State, and l
under his direction, %lien engaged i .
field.
- It appears to me tilt an inslilulion
ranged as to become what all desire 7 -a thorough educa
tor for the farmer's son, fitting him for his profession Mid
for all the duties of life to which he may be called. This.
too, can ho dono in a manlier to loud the student to a i
predate his noble pursuit, will enable him, when to
lett s the institution, to foe that he is upon on equal ty
wi It the students of any °that seminary, and that on the
great theatre of public life, lie is as well prepared as thry
aro to enter,' mid that without fear of the competition. 1 1
am aware that some of the institutitMe of our country e l m
conducted upon the principle that theo is nothing new
wortkiraving hi education—but we Must plod ou in j t io
same routine w hich was laid ' down by monks in acs
gone by. But I ens also aware, that we are fast breakiiig
the chains of bondage in which We have so' long be
bound—and though no prophet or the son rifle pruphett 1
venture to affirm, that these institutions which do !at,
adapt themselves, mid that speedily, to the movements
of this advancing age, in a practical, useful direction; i
will soon be nuinbered among the things that were—
There ten feeling abroad among tho friends of existing
instimehnia L11:11C100 10 0 thorough ogrioullurnl inatitatiint_
They seem to foresee, that if such an institution shobid
be founded upon a scab, worthy of the' Empire Style,
that its practical character would soon attract to it, {ho
students from every direction, and the number now edu
cated at theirs would soon diminish. It may be so; but
if it should, what. I ask, is to prevent us from obtaiuing,
a better system, and ono that will secure to the largest
portion of our citizens an education adapted to their pi;o
fession in life, for which there is now no adequate prori-
Sion? As won might the owners of tho old sail-borits
on the Iludeon cry out against tlidimprovements of nil
ton, or the driver of the Canastoga-wagon, against the
lightning swift engine as it speeds in 'limits tinclugh Our
state. instead of weeks, as IM was in the I practice ,of
doing. It'will alter the character of our seminaries— ut
it will alter them in accordaticO with the spirit of the aplo,
and with tho genius of our institutions, and all that) is
necessary fur existing institutions,lis to adapt themselltes
to the times, so fur as may be necessary for their insitu
tions of a general character and they need not fear but
that they toot will be supplied with students who do not
design to mak° the puftuits of the farmer theirs thrigh
life.
Permit mq to urge this matter of education upon ',the_
consideration of farMers. o you must we leek forted()
in this molter—and let it not a. said, (as it lies been in
days gone by, and with bow mu 11 truth I will not sily,)
"that if any thing is wanted for t o improvement of the ]
agricultural interest, you must cal upon professional men
nbtfarracrs. In the Ligisiature." With the improve-,
clients which exists among fernier in every part of ii.ti
State—l wit not for a moment doubt that you upprol,
ot
this subject, and that you will Ira inspired to mike' spur
wishes known, in a manner that ye ill be secure tho ac ion
of your representatives. What subject of more im or
tone° to you, 1 ash, can be brought before the Legisla nrc
than the education of the farmer's sans of our state- l and
if none more impatient can be, may I not urge yeti t 1
see to it, that a Matter so vitally important shall not foil
for want Of your onp'pert—your, open, active, mid °ind
ent aid? - ' - , l'
. - If et ;inroad is wonted, liow_quielt aro the feelings and
intore!st of farmerson Ito route eulistetk. They can lb x-
Ptlnd mopey-aufi time to secure its charter and to clin•
pletolt. , -aut 9lien the edecttlion'Otl‘Pir anus to fit t' cut
,
DT 1111.1157 /COMM
Illy,
qt rills,
I,OEIO
iglit;
I weep,
re seen,
ing air.
me;
awe.
.s fame.
lICATION
BY AGRICOLA
adopted, that
information as w
re ()this life cane,
bo well versed
dueotion—ho
course of studi.
I him for the mets.
bo understood, th
farm connect,
ours°. end in thoi
!al charge of the v
st his capacity
I. school.
would recommen
rs—and it 51101
ction is to be co;
' ;le the student
the students tO
n the labors of tl,
mey become se
$l5O A . IIIIIAR, iti•Advikna•.
NUMBER •47.
t usefulness is prop osed . can they be unmindful of bow
much more importanne•it is to cultivatb the immortal
mind, thin to add even to thalr'werdtb.bY these increas.
ed fimilities of communication? lt Is often old, that
farmers know enough already. This may do for those'
to say. who boast themselves of their superior acquire.
inontsT—but I trust no American farmer will rest satisfied
with his acquirements. while there is a field - of useful
knowledge before him to be explored, ore single truth to
be ascertained that can add to his store of knowledge, or
contribute to the elevation and advancement of his pro.
Cession. I have long felt that we need, as farmers. op
portunities fotpreparing our sons for their pursuit's as
thby should be prepared. 1 rejoice that the day seems to
be dawning furl the accomplishment of the object. and I
am desirous, nay anxious, to engage with my brethren itt
hastening forward this all-important work.
Married Woman's Bolilov4y.
Yes, it's go! go! go! and get! get! get: for everybody
on earth, but one's own wife. If I should ask Mr. Mu
cum to go out Such a lime of day , for a water pail or a
12asketlof orangs. d'yo gt teas he'd got Not he; I might
want one. and take it out In wanting. Oranges, forsooth!
'Twos only yesterday I asked him to call at Williams'
for Charley'a shoes. Wouldn't you like to have heard
hirA scold though? T . did'at tune up! Always some-.
thing wanting! .Wished ho could go to- the store and
back without calling for a dozen articles! And when ho
came in anti put them on Charley's feet. slapped him
for crying because the pegs hurt him! Poo fellow, ho
I limped round till his father had gone and then pulled
them oft The pegs were an inch loog. at the very
least. And now, just becanso Mrs; BroWn hints at the
[Brow n
pail, hole up and off in a minute. Wiry, couldn't
[ Brown go? Just as though her own husband was not
good enough ta wait upon her. A pretty how'd do we
shall have, if things go on at this rate. I'll -ask Brown
Ito do my errands. and see how he likes It. If the girls
only knew! But no, they won't believe a word of it:—
••Bought wit is the best, if you don't get it too dear.lo.-
Dear! I wonder what some folks call dear? There's
Nelly Bly. You might talk to her till April, and then
she wouldn't believe it. But she'll see! She'll learn a
lesson for herself that she'll not forget very soon!
If I was a girl again, I wouldn't change my condition
3
in ohurry. Not I. There was SI cum always ready to
run his legs of now, he'll go sooner for that Mrs.
Brown than for his own flesh and i blood: But 11l pay
him, see if I don't. 1 won't get hm a mouthful of sup
per. He -may ge ( t his victuals. See how hell like that.
If I should do io—always trying to pletWe other folks'
husbands instead of my own, we aho Id have a pretty
kettla . of fish. There's Willie, ho's eased for an orange
these three days, and not the peel - one has been seen
yet.
There ho comes, puffing like a smboat: If I had
sent him he wouldn't have been b c ifthese two hours.
Calling et Mr. Brown's, too, if it aint enough to vex a
Saint. I'll tell him I'll quit—l'll—but no, be 'llliko that
too well, the brute!
I won't - try to please him so much. I'll stay if it kills
mo, end }Valle shgll have an orange if ho wants; and no
thanks to him either. There he comes again. and both
hands full. Wonder what he has got now, and who
is he running for? Coming through the gate and yet
both pockets hill of oranges. The—dear soul! I
knew ho wouldn't forget his own children. I Won't Wil
lie have n good meal? And I will—yes he shall have
vanillas for.
,supper. Slocum loves muffins " "
That's all we heard, reader, for when Slocum opened
the hall door, Charley, Willie, wife and all went out to
meet him, and get some of those sumo oranges.
Mrs. Slocum did get supper, and Slocum hod mai-
Intorosting Ane.ed
Two young Ante ricans. after completing - their educa
tion in Europe. were travelling with the view of perfec
ting themselves in their classic studies. Thus engaged,
they were sojourning for a short . time in Vienna. - One
day. while crossing one of the streets. an Austrian officer
of high military rank canto dashing along at i ..a (Orions
rate on horse-back. Ono of these Americans, apprehen
ding that the horse would ran against him, raised a small
cane. with the view of tinning the horse's head, where
upon the officer struck him with his whip. Upon ascer
taing the address of the officer, ho demanded rotisfaction
of him, ti latch demand the officr treated n ith contempt, ri.
diculing the idea'of responding to an unknown American
boy. In this strait the two young gentleman laid their
grievances before the American represent tive at thartcourt
Our Charge (Mr. Stiles) immediately r dressed the of
ficer, and after recapitulating the facts informed him
dint he must either apologize or give th satisfaction re
quired, and that, in the event of his faili g to do so, he
would. over his own signature. as the representative of
the American government, publish hint in every leading
paper on the continent as a poltroon. It i; needless to
add that this demand was immediately followed by an
ample apology of the Austrian ofrcer.—Union..
Tho Bing of Aiv•oio',.
The Mississippi is mighty in his imperial dignity.
but more mighty in his lossons of unity and confederation
The ft-Iwatt a; tide is mlgic cestus which-insures the
hartnuny II Isoverign iste.s of ti Union. and no peev
ish eruption of unsisterly jealously can disport the silver
zone that so firmly and glactously binds their varied
climes and products into One common interest s The
Mississippi is the most porsuasivo meditator, the most en
esg,otic arbiter, and the most vigilant defender of tho fed
eral (compact, linking into one chain of communication
fourteen powerful States, and nearly half our entire popu
lation. Gathering into one outlet uncemputed thousands
of miles of navil:able waterer holding in' a condition of
facile interchange a vast series of diverse, yet mutually
depending agricultural, manufacturing, mining and Com -
tnereal in erects, time is no fraction of the wide teni o
ry enfold in the eti.bmer oft` e huaer.d-trmed i et.. that
'e mid cut itself from The rest of the body, without destroy
ing the growth and vigor of its own fair proportions.—
Free sod lowa and Illinois mly cYo I, the per., Iss of
slave holt:ing, Kentucky snd I...misana; but not'tho less
most wheat growing and lead producing lows! and 1111-
i;&s vend their u arcs, and buy their sugar and cotton. in
the markets of o southern sisters. whilo their highway
river holds open invitation hicomo and go in unrestrained
profit and good will, and rebukes the intempe;enco of
sectional aggresiens._
Every wom a n her own Droesmaktr•
Every American woman should bo Wove receiving
the dictum of an ignorant and tasteless dreasmalier; she
should be instructed in the anatomy and• phiaiolou of
her system, and be perfectly able to givo a correct out
line of a ciossical figure, and its approriate dress, on the
Id tek-bilard. She should' then be instructed to cot her
own dresses in a simple and elegant manner, and adapt
them to her ft4ure, so that not the least pressure should
exist onmpy part of her perion. Indeed, without a good
knowledge of the pencil and the harmony of colors, . her
person and her house will present what is so frequent
in this tiyity, a grotesque arrangement of dress. suitable
for a carnival or madhouse, and a drawing - room that
Would pas for a furniture' store or pawnbroker's shop..
r
o much, in our opinion, is due to an, incorrect and
sei vile taste in tires., that is one of the principal causes
of the early decay of oar countrywomen. Our climate
demands, during one-third of the, year: absolute warmth
and dry feet; and on' fashionable couptryicomen would
consider themselves 'isgraced by appearing iu public
with a dross anti ,lii - :, .4 that. every intelligent English
woman wears as a matter of course-0..-Scalrel.
~. :~;
ote.