11. F. SLOA N, Zditor.
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B. F. 1.0A,N, EDITOR
OFFICE. CORNER STATE ST. AND FIALA C
SQYARE, ERIE.'
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f r 1 ,1.1 mid r lurged nrcorately.
J~u1:1 &) 'LC) d C.) ir Lc) r.FI V,
C. SIEGEL,
WWI/ I•R••'ail110 . 31.:r i n GrOeCrieq. Prori,iniiSs Wows
rriot. &c., acc Corner or French and Filth Struts.
i. Ito lfif• ntrulerl.' 11010,
JOHN NIeCANN.
thi Petal Grocer. No. .2. Fleming Mock, Frit., Pa
lIIIMIEM
J. W. NVE MORE ; '
.1 Tron E T .1 r L ..I
17, Walhve , Oilirv, (In : , evenill Strc t, I:rw. Pa
RY CADNVELL,
I.r:..RTF r, rind Remit Dealer w Ivry Crocerie4,
et..-!,..rv. I 'ari.t tiog. ilardw are. 'rot. Ste el,
C., Ftyrnt State Street, twir dv,re, I clow
v:rot, velotve., .1‘1.• .11111 P, Slotiag.l., and a general
..1 Sadile nut i%arblw• Trtiottuilr.:
=Mat
All:4,risry f,ktt ;ma bl,ti..a7 Of the PC::Cr—Office one door
nn,l r 0 VVriglirt 'tow. I.rlv,
W. H. lils;ONV & SON.
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Fenno Forte
Laizop-,lia liThre,lent•lr), and a s andy of other l'att , y
Arttel,, EL.% .11414' Itutlllnip, four thJors tolut% Pratt
Soto 1 . 41 , 41. Erie, Pa.
J. GuALIANL..
hi.RiaTvvr on, and Habit .11rtiter.—Storo. N 0..) Ifred's Block,
(or,pot•lte 111... Mullett IPcek) t 4 l-120 Z 4 LIVeI. 1:10`.
S. IL. DEW
tCum 1,1,¢ lie, Aif Deafer ill Dry doo . oda, gotund door below
Itra tt'.. Hotel, :- , Dtu , Street, Erie, Pa..,
GEORGt: If. CUTl l ,l:ii,
A ITIFENI'V I LAW, Gtrard, Erie Pa. I`4Aloctions and
bust !less alitlitleti to 1% tilt prwuplll. s .1/v1111,41101. -
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%1 . 11,S()N I,A
:ITORIEN AT I. tw—ll /ince. OS Cr J. 11. Irlll/.1111. CX.tl titp• office,
to It door to .1101,e Tl.otop.,ctiq otttce.
1%,110 , 11112atil Oiler Kure...quo:A 110,100,4 allended 10 ‘v jib pr 1.001•-
noel th.i..:1:11.
BIOWN'H HOTEL,
rR rp TIM C yr corner of Slate ;-Irect and die PliMie splart
1:7.e. En-tern 1 c,tern and Southcrn >tnec other..
B. A. CRANE.
wilt" F.,‘ f , and netAii hater in (*.n.ecrie4. Pro
',prior.. Cigars, Nails, Detroit Alc, ISuccim, tracher 4 , &c. &c.
ereapside, Eric,
11. H. 111 AV EusTicK.
1-1 r Dealer in DU Gunds, Hardware, Crockery,
Grrccrie.. &C.
1. %V. AIOORE,
Prot Candies, Fruit,
Azr., N 4, F. l'qor Peoplf , 4 Row, stale tireel, Erie.
W. H. CUTI.EIt.,
A & at Law, (thrice in Spaulding's I:xelinmr.
N. V.
rommerc ial u ill reeri‘e prompt altesiimi.- ,
HURT IN. 111 , Nll3ll \ 1:1•11.
JOSIA 11 KELLOGG.'
rom.mlul2 b COltilist, , loll3lereliant, on the Public fioek, earl of
•tri•Vt.
C 4,11, Salt, Vl:islet' and Mitt` FlOl, tollAnlitly for stile.
11. 1V1L1.1..1A18.
EV , i1:111g0 Broker. Dealer in Pills of Fir hang°,
firan•, certinsanisof I/epos:ie. Gold and silver coin, &c., &c.
ilnur, below Brun n's lintel, Erie, Pa.
BENJAMIN F. DENNISON,
AT rrutNr V kT I.tn. Outrla ud, uhw—lll;ire nn Superior .tieri,
ni Atwater Block. Refer to Chief Juktiet• Porker. Catuhrol2e
Law Sehrrot: Roo. Richard neteller. :slow ..1,11orion; H u n.
S.olue•111. Pork ins. III; lValout 14.. Phil:1.10014i: Rickard 11.
Kiwi Wall street, New York. For testimonials. re
fer to the, office. •
MARSHALL ..V VINCENT.
Arr..llNrys I,W-011 . 1CC 11 11 train ill Taiiimmiy Hall WHIM
north tto• Prothonotnry'r , care. Erie.
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MURRAY, IVHALLON,
AT fORNFT %WI COCNAKI.I.OR AT L V tr. er C. R. Wriglief.
sore, entrance one door west of State street, on the Diamond,
Erie.
1. ROSENZWEIG Co
WllO/.1.9 4 , 10 RITA It. I). %LER! , in Foreign and Douir:.tie Dry
I:ondn, ready inane Clothin¢,Boots and woes, &C., No. 1, Clew
ing ~tare street, Frio.
C. 111. I'OBALS, -
PRA LER in Dry Coo,N, Dry Groceries. ,Crockery, ❑ard%care, &c,
No. 111. Chen Mrie.
JOHN ZINIMERLY.
Dr %cell itiGtoceries•and ProviAults of all kinds, StateAreet, three
doors north of the Diamond,
SMITH JACKSON,
Dr Ai.Eri in Dry Good. Groceries, Hardware, Queens Ware, Lime,
Iron, N ace., 121% Cherapside, Erie, Pa.
WILLIAM RIBLET,
CAIWIET Mar Untiokter, and Undertaker, corner of State and
se% rani at cots, Erie.
KELSO & LOOAIIS,
GEVF.R.II. Po Ivarding, Produce and Coniiiibon Iferchanist dealers
in coarge ;nil One salt, Coal, Plaster, Shingles, Ace. Public duck,
nu t .iiie f the bridge, Eric.
Em t , r J. K W. W. Loomia.
WALKER & COOK,
tans tT. Forwarding, Commission and Produce hicrchants;See
ond Ware- louse cast of the Public Bridge, Erie.
G. LOOMIS & Co.
Dr o,Filf, in Watches, Jewelry, Silver, Gerthan Silver, Flailed and '
lint.initia tare Cutlery, Military and Fancy Goods, State street,
nearly Opi Site the Eagle Hotel, Et le.
G. 10 , ..Mtd, T. M. Aram,.
CARTER & BROTHER; 1
Witor.esArr nil Retail dealers In Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
D I e-stulT., Glass; &c , No. 6, Reed House. Erie.
JOEL JOHNSON. •
bro.ry in Theological, Miscellaneous, Sinulay and Classical
school Books, Stationary, &c. Park Row, Eric.
r--------- JAMES LYTLE, .
FAsitiossnr.l Merchant Tailor, on the public square, a few doors
I Weft of St: te street, Erie,
D. S. CLARK,
wootriAte AIM RETAIL Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Ship
Chandlery, Stone-ware, &c. &e., No. 5, Donnell Block. Erie.
O.
. 0. D. Si'AFFORD.
Dealer in Lev, Medical, school Miscellaneohs Books .stationary,
ink. &c. State et., four doors below the Public square. '
DR. 0. L—ELLIOTT,
llnsideot Dentist; Office and dwelling in the Beebe Block, oh the
East side of the Public Square, Eric. Teeth inserted on Gold
Pia le, fronilone to an entire nett. Carious teeth tilled with pure
Gold, and tellored to health rind uselblitess. Teeth cleaned
u ithinstruinents and Dentifice so as to leave theta of a pellucid
clearness. All work warranted. .
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S. DICKERSON, '
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SCRGEOX.—OirICC at hit; rceddertco 011 Seventh street.
otivo•ite tli✓: Methodist Church. Erie.
4. C. B. WRIGH'I', •
tViint.re tLE vn R stArttlealer in Dry Gorda, Groceries, Hardware
ercekery, lip lass-ware, lelin Nails Leather, Oils, dc - e., dorner of
lit.ite hircet 411 , 1 the public square, opposite the ENO Hotel ,Erie.
1 JOHN H. BUILTON.
Witat.re tLI A ro RETAir. dealer in Drugs, ,Medicines, Dye Stuns,
t.;tor earl., &e. No. s,lleed HOUBC. Eric. r
1 ROBERT S. lIUNTr.R.,
licsrsa in 11, 1 tr. Caps and Furs of all descriptions. No. 10, Park
Row, Erie Pa. .
1)1,AIN and Figaro' Pc Lain all n col. and other cheap Ho
-I. 14in-, at the mote of 53 IM'ltisopt.
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B LAU% French Cloth from &Alto boi pet yard. for Went -
B. JAeltrlON.
11 LACK, Brown' Green und Cadet tailed Woad cloths nt al
I , rices for sale at S. JACKSON.
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(IR IL;EN Black, litoraimtlarit, Brown, anti Blue French
rcam for tole cheap at the Store of S. JACKSON.
111.11Cif., — Briic,1Yrild,StilFeaTaiiti other Farley Itasslineree ecir
sale by - 8. JACKSON.
I)l,AirK, shie.and mixed Satinctr, I's,,,mle, Kentucky Jeans
4 , 4 1 1 c. for role cheap by S. JACKSON.
LAbIES fltzli GI lODS. The Ladies n UI find a good as
sonmant, French Mrrinoes, Ca shames, De La i ns. Chown ion
Lustre, Mohair Immo. A lapachiss 01 all colors, Gingham, Call-
COP, &C. Jun opened at
CEO. SELUON & HON. •
A Otto!) a.for talent of Winter Vesting'', some very nice. for
eheait nt the store of - B. JACKSON,
A LA PACA. any quantity Mack Figured and plain chanable
llSilk warp, chaweilans mohair lustre Aro.. for sale by
Erleirttlt: 8. JACKSON.
Geese Wafters Wanted. I
150 Numb, entre Geese Feathers wanted. for It hieh 1 will
nowt.
lay half earth of my store on the corner opposlte,Drott • n r
Oct. W.
G.ll. WRIGHT.
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GOLD. Attest and PloteneO Lean Gold, Et ilSer and Composition
Uronses; Japanned 11113 i V . ,orted colors
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GONE AWAY
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nen:, %shell% now are mightyljeA,
Once the %yip, afar stood
Once their council Ore
Pat: and near, the tangled wOO4l,
Upon ninny a grass-grown border,
TIIPTI they met a happy throng.
Bock, and hill. and valley I,ounding
With the line•ic of their , ong.
Now they are not—they hate I.ankhed,
And a Voice drab scent to Bay
1 . 110 111111 V, Ito wail , and In
:may—zone at, n)."
ill tbo-r rallryc gathered
Many a sage in day., grille by
Thence the wigwam's smoke ascended,
Slowly, peacefully on high,
Indian iiiethers Alms their children
Taught, around the birchen fire,
"Look ye up to the Great Spirit!
To his hunting-ground, aspire."
Now, those fired are alt ectinguislicie;
Now, ttio,c wigwattisl where are they!
Hear ye nothhoso voices whispering
,
"Gone away,—gone away"
Ilere Owl:Ai:in girl her tres• - iei
Pllraided n ith a nialdrp'3 pride;
And the lover wood and won her. •
On 'rri-mountain'sgra<ss cide,
Here the} roamed front rock to dr, er,
Mounts in-peak and hidden cave;
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Anil the light canoe they paddled .
fret ttte undulating pate.
All haver an loverir i maidens,
Met not on these hills to - day.
Rut unnunu•ered voice•,tthi+periug,
"Cone an ay,—gone away."
•'Gone away Yes, where the waters
,Of the 31i , sissippi roll.
Anil Niagara's een , ele , s thunders
‘yitn their might subdue the soot,
Now the noble Indian Pthildetti,
Gazing at the eagle's flight,
Knotting that the Great Cool Spirit
Will accomplish all tiiings right;
Though like forest leaves they'repassing,
They; who once held boundless sway.
And of them `will soon tic writteu,—
••Conc away,—gone away."
As thet .tool upon the mountains
And beheld the white man piess
Onward, onward. evet onward,
ftlighty. in Ms earnestness;
As they view his temples rHng.
And his white sails dot the seas, -
And the myriad thousands gathering,
Hewing (Rita the forest trees; •
Thus they muse;—.• Let them pass onward,
Not tier distant is the day.
When...pf shun, some voice shall tallier,
“Gone . "ltyray,—gone away."
A STEAMBOAT RACE.
OR LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT:
There is a certain bold bluff intAhe State of Illinois,
which commands one of the most beautiful prospects on
the globe. It shoots up in the form of a nearly perpondic
ulsr wall from the water's edge of "the great river."—
When the stranger for the first time takes his stand on
its summit, especially if his heart possesses one spark of
poetic fire—electric sympathy with the dirinc in nature—
some mintucs must elapse of concrete emotion. sublime,
instinctive dreaminess, during which he will be isnpo
tent to analyse or grasp seperate details in the overpow
ering, scene before him; then, awaking from effulgent
revery with a start, ho can criticise at leisure what he
has enjoyed with so much rapture, and still enjoys.—
Broad, and booming onward to the sea, the monarch of
Americas rivers truth:hes beneath his feet. On the oppo
site side, the mighty Missouri may be seen, sweeping
its dark and furious mass of water at right angles,to the
Mississippi. 'rho eye traces a long distaisce of that fa
mous Missouri valley, Mewled on either liond by a blue
and misty line of hills. Beyond it is the vast prairie of
the Itlamelle, gemmed with fairy isles of emerald; and
skirted, at the remotest reach of vision, with mountains
and forests of a tint so serenely soft and brilliant that
they seem actually a parcel of the sky's azure, which
half veils but still hides not their wavy ontlines. Abotie
you; on the semi; shore, is the valley of the Illinois itself,
defined by hoary, magnificent cliffs. That river comes
creeping slowly, like some enormous'serpont, to tho bo
sons of its father stream, by a bed arrow-like. strarght as
the channel of a canal. You aro in the valley which drains
half a continent. You have in view the valley and bluffs
of two othe; State streams. , You see the mammoth riv
er's waters calm as a lake and clear as crystal above the
mouth of of the Missouri, while below they aro charged
and turbid, and roll along between the deep, indented,
and broken banks, with whirlpools which boil and eddy
like so many cauldrons. On the opposite prairies are
even meadows,'fields of wheat and rustling corn, smoke
wreaths ascending, and great herds of cattle peacefully
grazing, or gamboling with pure esteem; of life and joy—
signs of civilization blended with the grandeur of prim
itive nature. There are columns of 'green trees, lakes
which gleans in the sun like mirrors of sillrer, and im
' mense flocks of sea fowl wheeling their flight above
them, singing their songs of love, or tittering their cries
of rage.
The patriotic poet who gazes on such a larldscapo will
not need to bravo the perils ratio deep to draw the fires
of inspiration froin the light of alian skies, or the en
chantments of any of the loveliest scenery of Europe. 11
is a spot fitting the consecration of some gret legend;
that should be a bright bit of romance—not of desolating
war, or wild, wicked passion, but of holy first love, sweet
as the o dors of Else prairie around it, and 'strong as the
currant of the mighty stream which rolls along its borders.
There is no such legend, but fortunately for the poor sto
ry-teller, there is rt stray leaf from the book of reality
that perhaps will serve Isis purpose as well. The reader,
however, shall bo the judge in the matter. as wo now
proceed to narrate the,facts. •
, On the 15th of May. ISt—. two boats started from
Rock Island, both destined for the port of St. Louis.—
Tho peals of their last hells—waining too late passengers
--mingled their clear echoes together. and both at the
same tune moved out into the deep channel. Both were
noble vessels. literally "floating palaces," hued to accom
mddate, and then actually accommoating, at least one
hundred passengers. Tho "Fairy Queen" was new.
and this was her first voyage up the river from Now Or
leans. ' The "Hoary Clay" was good as new, as the cap
tain saw proper to express it. and had previously been
reckoned the fastest boat on the western waters.
Beautifully Curled the blue smoke above the tall iron
chimneys, and white as snow, betwixt the eye rind turn,
ores!) the festoons of steam frcm their 'scope - pipes. It
was a charming eight to see these wild, fire witches of
the wave descending the steps of their liquid stairs.—
Signals wove from their decks as they parted, end 'flat
tering signals answered from the shore—signal of friends,
perhaps final adieus tit( the. great duty.
They were both commanded by excellent officers, bum
ing,_as mon and captains, but a single prominent fault;
but unfortunately that was an invincible propensity to
gamble.
From the moment .the vessels got into the middle of
the current, end began to dash the foam front their prows
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, MO.
in the straightest possible course 'down stream, many
persons off board thought• the rate of velocity unusually
rapid, and congratulated one another on the prospect of
a speedy trip; but presently it was noticed that extraor
dinary excitement reigned among the officers and crew.
Liquor was delt out freely to the firemen, and the fur
naces were stuffed with wood to absolute extravagance•
Then the true state of the case became evident to some
shrewd passengers on the Fairy
,Queen (hereafter we
shall confine our attention mostly to this vessel) that the
boats were engaged in a race. The fact was repeated,
and flew flom lip to lip, producing most serous conster
nation, as the newspapers had chronicled many horrible
calamities resulting front such unwarrantable races.—
Some of the men, and all the 1. dies—numbering more
than thirty, some of whom had children in their arms—
manifested symptoms of fear; and a petition to deSist,
accompanied by an earnest remonstrance as to the dan
gers of racing, was ununaniumusly preferred to the cap
tain.
',This officer, a fine specimen of Lonisiapa chivalry,
with the eye of no eagle, and mouth as rigid as marble,
where unconquerable will'had sot ha seal, graciously re
sponded to the committee on behalf of the ladies, that ho
would pledge his own life fur their safety; and remarked,
moreover, that they had oven a stronger security than
his oath in the.presence of his wife and children thetion
board. This assurance, and the heroic demeanor of the
cnptai a lady, who had treated the subject as a matter
of mirable amusemeat, quieted all apprehensions of
aril, and restored mirth and general humor.
Gradually, as the contest continued, the most timid
recovered from the transient alarm, men, women and
children, crowded to the hurricane deck. eager to wit- -
ness the brilliant struggle of speed. Indeed, it was a
vision that might have intoxicated a man to the madness
of excitement. Now the usury Clay would glide grace
fully ahead, amidst the joyous cries of the crew and
shouts of the passengers; then the Frairy Queen, having'
found the proper current, or stimulated by her fires to
more vigorous ardor, would suddenly shoot forward and
pass her rival with deafening cheers; and then• again,
both would, move, as it were, with etryil velocity, in a
lino parallel to either shore, and thus continue a br e ast
miles without any appreciable ilifFeronce, till every breast
heaved with painful suspense.
Finally, the most Phlegmatic caught the contagious
fury, and one impulse alone swayed all bosoms on both
boats—die burning passion for victory. This absorbing
thought antiihileted fear and vanquished reason. •Even
delicate ladies urted their respective capt tint to greater
exertions. All alike participated in the emotions of the
gambler: But little need had the oppa-ire cmunanders -
of any additional stimulus. Ton thousand dollars bad
been bet en the tee.s of me taco, as to which vessel
should first touch the wharf at St. Louis.
The struggle went on, and -still with equal success.
The excitement grow Maddening. Ladies awed their
hands and waved their handkerchiefs to encourage even
the smoke-begrimmod firemen. Exquisites in broad
cloth torscd their gold headed canes into the river, and
aided ih trooding like the lowest menials.
Such is the passion ofcetnpetition, the master impulse
of the souls of sage and savage, prince and peasant! Such
is the insatiable appetite, for haiard in the human heart
always developing itself in some one of its Protean forms.
Bill talk not of the excitement cr a horse race, where
steeds contend swift as the wind. Away with the stim
ulus of cords, dice and chess! What are such paltry af
airs as these compared to the fire race of thundering
steamboats? It is the nature of all emotion to expand,
and thtis accommodate itself to the grandeur of tho agents
which arouse it, and to the sphere in which it operates . .
"Onward." The shout rolls down the ancient river,
and startles the blue crane from his tierce in the tree-top,
and the white swan from her bath in the lake.
"Onward." Tho crews curve! The commanders rave!
Moro wood! More water! Ton thousand dollars is the
costly prize!
"Onward." The smoke boils! Tho furnace is red
hot, seven times heated! The tubes whiz to the touch
of the Engineer! Tho wheels fly and die imprisoned
steam moans like a fiend in torture, uttering accasion
- ally a sort of thrilling wail, as if to warn his masters not
to urge too far.
67 All the day long the race is protracted, and never was
there a fairer path for the trial of speed. It lies over
God's imperial high way of the magnificent West. It is
the road through the valley of a dozen States.
Breakfast, dinner, and supper were prepared and eaten
only by snatches or not eaten at 'all, for who,Could think
of his stomach, amidst tho mental drunkiiess of such a
scone as that.
We havo said that all on hoard the Fairy Queen partook
of the common excitement. The statement, for the sake
of truth, requires - a slight qualification. Them worn two
who avoided the vortex.
William Grey. a wealthy young man of New Orleans,
stook unmoved and immovable in the general tornado
of animal passion. fie was a solo son, and ho had'heen
left an orphan in his infancy. From his inherent dispo
sition rather than favorablo education, lie had imbided
rigid code of ethics, which Wending with a poetic—and
highly imnginativo turn of mind, led him to nbominate
gambling ng the most dangerous of all vicoti. Hence he
looked on the present sirifo with a loathing amounting to
horror.
Helen Harrison was n native ,of Boston. One year
previously, her parents had orniqrated to Illinois. whore
they fell a prey to . tbe fevers of the climate, and now,
poor and friendless, she was making her way back to the
classic city Miter birth. The gr,ief of recent toreavement
saved her from that inefectivo elcitemerit which so many
older and wiser beads,had boon unable to withstand,
It could not bo otherwise than that, two persons, who
looked, the one with disdain and the other with sorrow
and tearit, on tho intoxicated circle Mound them, should
specially observe ono another. stationed as they both were
on a servo eminence, above the passionate tumult or the
hour. William Grey gazod long anti often during the day
on the pale, sweat, face, anti dovo•liho blue oyes—Mild.
yet intelligent, and brilliant as the slats—and yearned to
know who the stranger maiden was: and she, on her
part, cast many an oblique glance of timid but irrestiblo
admiration towards that manly countenance and noble
form, which filled at once the ideal of her dreams, and
made her inwardly wish that that she had a brother such
as ho.
Love at first sight is—"a fiction of romancers." cries
one; "a delusion of the senses." sighs another. We
will not gainsay either theory. Yet who has not loved nt
first sight? Who has not seen eves glancing from stages
and steamboats, through windows and from beneath veils
thrilling the heart with a spirit-like token of kindliest ro -
cognition, not wanton or passionate. but puro ns•the gale
of an angel through starry haloes? Then the soul longed
to hail its celestial mote; but.tho moment's glimpso•stif-
Bled' not for air oppormaity„ and tho vision faded on the
eight, leaving ite memory flesh to all eternity. lie tiho
never loved at brat eight, never loved at all—is not blessed
with the iliculty of loving. But enough of erratice. and
now let us finish our st o ry. • '
The race still continued and augmented in interest.—
The sun set middle moon and stars rose. but the vipecta
tore scearcely noted the fact. One problem monopolized
all thought—•• Which will beat to 6t. Louis? Who will
win the ton thousand dollars'' , .
A short time before midnight
. a storm , blew over the
sky. the moon became obscured with murky clouds. rain
began to patter on tho hurricane deck. and the Wiles co.
I . v - ONWARD'
.._/`1;
tired below, The race was almost run. The boats were
opposite the mouth of the Illinois. It was only twenty
miles to St. Louis, and neither rival had yet gained any
perceivable advantage.
Then the captain of ell Fairy ( 1 , ,e n v , ntnrod on a
desperate expedient. He ordered bwrets of oil and tur•
pen line to be broken open and used to feed the fire-I.
Tb° stratagem succeded. The new nod beautiful boat
shot ahead of the Henry Clay and soon left her borne dis
tance in the rear.
At this' moment William Grey was seated near the
open door of the ladies' cabin, ostensably rending soma
ordinary book, but really, (if the truth must ho owned,)
stealing sidelong &tees at the extraordinary beauty of
lichen Harrison, who sat a few feet from him, employed
i d writing a letter, conscious, without tuning her head,
t hat soli eyes were asking for her o•.vn. Such rovdmions
of the heart are made by intution.
Suddenly a boisterous client all over the Fairy Queen
announced the promise of certain triumph. And then
a sharp, hissing sound was heard, and th'en an explosion
loud as the roar of a thunderbolt, had any thunders power
to ktriko into shis:ers trees of .iron. A wail succeeded,
inexpressibly mournful, as the hull aline vessel careered
to one side, and then recoiled, rocking to and fro like n
cradle. The steamquaker, if we may so term it, lasted
but a moment. Quick as thought it came and went;
but left behiMi it scores of cohses, and as many
some slightly, and others seriously wounded: A scene
ensued, such as to baffle all description. there was a
wife calling in accents of despair - fur her husband; there
a child clasping with wild sobs the mutilated body of its
mother:: Now a maiden mighi he seen cowering her pale
face with her jeweled fingers exclaiming, ..04, God! my
eyes!" And anon same'strong man breaks into the cabin
tearing tho clothing from his Brest, frenzied with excru
ciating pain.
Horrible! Still numbers escape unhurt. But a worse
catastophe ia - crining. Sudden ns tho knell of_ death.
awful as the !trumpet of judgment, sotto& the cry of
"Fire!"—that most impaling word over spoken on board
of a ship or in the cabin of a steamboat. "Fire!" "Fire!"
scream more than fifty voices. The boat is on fire!—
!
Treading. so swiftly on ilia heels of the previous catami•
ty, no wonder,that this drives many to distraction. Some
leap madly nil° the st earn; sonic rove, mouthing hid
eous blaspherities others fall on their bonded knees and
utter hasty players.— '
There is infinite need of haste now. In a few min
utes the forepart of the boat is in a blight blaze; and as
the whit blows directly up the stream. the flames are
running rapidly toward the stern. Somebody shouts to
the pilot, "Steer her ashore!" There ts pito.. no
mgn, forty feet in the air; with the first
explosion- Another calls for the captain. The gambler's
pale clay is new asleep on its bed of mud in the bottom
of the Mississippi, and his beautiful wife, with bursts of
maniac laughter, gazes on her affrighted babe.. Tho
ray of reason has forsaken her dark eye forever.
But why did not the other boat boar down and afford
timely Rid to the sufferers? A part of tlto machinery
had given way, and although without the loss of lifeishe
lay powerless as a log on the water.
Oho might almost fear the ink would freeze on the
point pf his pen in tracing farther the horrors of that
drepylful picture—the result of lawless gambling.
One fact was remarkable at the earliest instant of
alarm. All restraint being removed by the irresistible
wits of the moment, prominent traits of character and
distinguishing passions were.fitrikiugly manifested.—
Some husbands floW from their wives and plunged into
the river alone. Others above all things sought to save
their consorts regardless of their own safety. Some ladies
clung to the bosoms of their lords, forgetting their help
less chitd”m. or rudely, or unemscionsly casting them
down. Others hugged then: babes to their'hearts, repul
sing their maids as intruders.
At the ominous sound—the hiss of infuriated steam.
the eyes of ‘Villiam - Grey and Helen Harrison goo&
each other, as if by simultaneous attraction. And then
as the terrible detonation followed, fortunately injuring
neither, both actuated by a common impulse moved close
together. But as the still more hideous cry of "fire?"
thrilled through the trembling wreck, Helen, with pallid
cheeks and wild looks involuntarily bounded forward in
to those arms which just then were expanded to meet
her.
"1 will 83110 you or s!iaro your: fate!" Said tho heroic
youth, bearing his self-committed' charge down the steps
to tholower dock; and then supporting his Precious bur
then, badly Rprang into tho water.
An exceedingly expert swimmer. William Croy for
awhile nobly contended with the dangers of the stream,
But the waves and sky were both unfavorable. It wrs
opposite the'rnouth of the Missouri, and that river was
much swollen gy a flood, and shot its sweeping mass of
waters with across current reaching quite to the other
bank, causing numerous small whirlpools, or "boils," as
tho bobtmeir call them, capable of forcing even vessels
from their path.
Black columns of cloud, broken and fragmentary, like
the scattered troops of a defeated army, scudded before
the moon, mostly veiling her radiant face, but occasional
ly, through rifts, lotting out her magic light, which, how
ever, only served to render more deep the succeeding
darkness. And so onward, through darkness and whirl
pools, the youth bore his late found beloved. But what
ever might be his strength or agility as a swimmer, the
situation was critical and the chances for life slender.—
It was impossible to make land on the' Missouri side, so
violently rushed the other currentiand the fitful flashes
of the moonlight revealed on the Illinois shore seemingly
perpendicular cliffs. William Grey, however, hoped that
some opening might be in these, or at least they Might
terminate a short way down tho river.
At length his strength began to fail, as he neared the
precipitous bluffs, and that variable ,moon lustre showed
to his bewildered gaze no place for landing. As Helen
also discoxered the fearful fact, she Spoke for the first
limo.—
"Dear one, leave me. For God's sake risk not your
safety to secure mine!"
Her voice was low, but sweet as the silver chimo of
bells. Good Heavens: how could he think of loosing
such music? Ho could not articulate—ho was almost
choking for breath, but he answered by putting forth ail
his power, which barely sufficed. to , touch the altore—ii
natural rock steep ns thw side of ahonse. Nothing could
scale that without whip. Then they both gave them
selves up for lost and clasping each other in fove's fond
embrace, sank back into the chilling wave.
Just then another gust of misty moonlight, revealed to
Grey's eye a log not far off. drifting with the Current.—
By almost superhuman exertions ho coached the inerciful
agent of Providence in the ammo breath. Then both
thanked God. They felt that Ho al:mo had Saved them.
After floating on this, frail support forsome distance, they
arrived at the lower end of the where the Great
Bottom commences. By•usiag his feet mai hands as rid:
dies. Wll'e Grey pushed ashore—at this in tent the fall
moon poured down a flood of eptendor. -The• last cloud
of night had parted from her diso. anti it Was nearly light
as day. Then William and Helen fell On their knees
together. and with joyful. streaming oyes. first pledged
Ito proper gratitude to Heaven, and then give thfuti
selves to each other forevermore. Neither said "I love
thee!" There was no need for that, where their hearts
hart beatom together in dreams of death end a hey trance.
They purchased the beautiful •prairie of the bluffs," -
where their lovely claw) catches the glance of every
poetic tourist who , glides by the aid of iron and fire along
the mmaldess river. There the "lovers at first sight"
still maids., grateful and happy, in full view of the scene
of their first kiss.—Ncto Yorl4 Tinto.
LIKING AND
Yealmkumgt the teat.°
How it 1., that
Prompt , t Imirt to like
ono C .Wl'll'lolls
Tlll III'• by n bat hid tun 1 1 .
lur impre-olutts lir+l a
Into liking—or
Ofl Iwatre• a nSril ta.,a
Why Op:mild mile, +c - Att,:t l
Ilit , 2,ltt etc- tutu stotc
IVhat is that I.,lsic It r nut
All that glitter , . I. nut
filt—th) ft•ature, plain Jr
But a putt et, lt C cannot
l'rompt , ant. Or dl
:rcacqualuta tee haat
instittet—Or some sp.
IVliicli protects us—am
F,very inireitse nc inherit
Ily vatic ojuipatlay of sioulzi ,
Is it instinct'—is it tiainn i r
Or ,fillt` fuok, or ilmit clime,
our
to a single glanetl?
Like presentiment of danger.
Though the sky no 61171 , 11`11 . Oiugr
Or tint inner imiem, still stranger,
Of linmen—uninter'il thingS!
Is it—oh, Can no one tell ins,
No nor , 11()%N:
Vl ' h our
liar rltheir Our it
PETER CHANCERY, ESQ., AND IffS FIVE
DOLLARS.
I=
"Sir, if yon please, boss would like you to pay this lit- ,
do bill to-day," said, for the twentieth time, olttili-grown
boy in a dirty jacket to a lawyer in his office. '
The attorney at length turned 'round and stared tho
boy full in the fare, ns jibe bud been some itewly dis
covered specimen of zoology. gaNio a lung whistle, and
thrust his inky fingers first into one pocket and then
into the other of his black cicith vest, and then gave an
other long whistle, and completed his stare at the bojl.'s
face.
"Ito, ha, burn! that hill, eh?" said the legal young
gentleman, extending the tips °Chin fingeis towards the
well worn bit of paper, and daintily opening it, he looked
at it. contents. • r
“Ilmilpht—fur capping and heel-tapping. six ,
—fire foxing. ten and sixpence, and other cut driec clii
So your toaster wants inn to settle this bill, elq" r.•p«led
th. or Li it4l4.
sir; this is the nineteenth time I liavo come for
it. and I intend to knock otFat twouty, and all it half a
day."
"You're an impndl nt boy."
"I's always impudent to lawyers, coz I can't help it—
it's catchin."
”You've gotyour eye teeth cut; I see."
"Times what boss sent mo for, instead of the 'pi-en
tices as was getlin' their teeth cut.' - I cut mine nt nine
months old with the hand-saw. Doss says if you don't
pay the bill he'll sue you."
"Sue 'nte. 9 ' I'm a lawyer!"
"It makes no odds. Lawyer or no lawyer, boss de
clares ho'!! do it—so fork it over."
"Declares he'll suo met"
"As true ns there is randier lawyer in nil Filo&tpliy."
"That would be had!" ”Wouldn't it?" •
"Silence, you vagabond!" I suppose I must pay this,
muttered the attorney to himself. "It isnot p' plan to
pay these small bills. What's is laWter'l profession
good for, if ha can't get clear of paying his l own bill?
He'll sue me! 'Tis just tivo 41Iars. It COMO,' hard,
and ho don't want tho money. What is fiv4 dollars to
him! His boy could have ensued it in the time he has
beet) sending him to dun me for it. So your master
will sue me for it, if I don't pay?"
"He says ho will do it, and charge you a new pair of
shoes for me."
"Ilarkee; I can't pay to-day; and so it yonr boss will
suo me, just ho so kind as to ask him to employ mo as
his attorney." "You?"
"Yes; I'll the writ, have it' served, and then you see
I shall put the costs into my own pocket. instead of going
to another lawyer's. So you see if I have to pay the
bill, I'll make the cost. Capital idea." •
Ti t o boy scratched his head awhile, as driving to
comprehend this capital idea, and . took it dtpAtingly.—
eq don't know about this; it looks ricky. 111 ask boss,
though, if as how you won't pay it o how ;Without being
sued."
"I had rather be sued. if he'll en ploy me, hsy:"
"Hut who is to pay them costs—Mo boss?"
The lawyer looked all at once very serious, and gave
another of those whistles peculiar to him.
' lam a sonsildo man, truly! My anxiety to
get the costs of suit blinded me to the fact that they were
to como out of my pocket before they could be safely
put in.' Ali well, my boy, 1 summit, I must pay. Here
is a five dollar gold 'mice; is Oa bill reeeipted? It is
so dirty and greasy, 1 can't see."
•
• 4.1 t wrivice and clean when boss gin it me. and
the writie shined like Knapp's blacken'—it is torn so a
(tannin' so much."
..We 11, here's your money," said the man•of-law, ta
king a s olitary fire dollar peice from his watch fob; 'Mow
tell your master, Mr. Last, if ho has has any other ac
counts Ito wants sued, I'll attend to them with the great
est pleasure." - •
“Thanit'oo sir,” answered tho boy . , poeltetlug ate five;
"but you is the only reglar dtutning customer boss has;
an now you've paid up; he'haint none but, Cash
Good day to von."
Now, there goes five dollars that wilt do that fellor i
Last no good. I ant in want of it, but b 3 is liht. I'_ is a
five ihrown away. It wouldnt kayo left 01 5 Ppe'..ot, but
that I was sure his patience was worn oto; and costs
would come of it. I liko to take costs, I •st ( t i m es, thi n k
a lawyer has anything to do with pav' •ng t h em , ,
As Peter Chancery did not belie 10 i n his •nnin mind.
that paying his debt to Mr. Las' • was to beiiy boftsgt
to him: and was ofopinion that it was, money thrown
away. let us follow 01 0 rata of thcso &so dollars through
the day.
"Ho has pit':,!;' said the hey. plating tho teoneY in hir
master's I-And.
"Well. I'm glad of it," answered Mr. Last, surveying
th:, money through his glasses—"tend, it's al half eagle
too. Now, run with it, and pay Mr. Furnace the live
dollars 1 burrowed from hint yesterday, and said I would
pay him to-morrow; but I will pay it now."
"Alt, my lad, come just in time," said Mr; Furnace,
as the boy delivered the errand and the money; "I was
just wandering where 1 coedit get qv* dollars to pay a
bill which is due to-day. Here, John," ho called to ono
of his apprentices, "pot eat your hat and take this money
to Captain O'Brien. end toil him I csmo within one or
disappointing him, when some money came 1
didn't as
pect:"
Captain O'Brien was onboard of his selrooner at the
next wharf; and with him was a seaman with his hat in
Lis hand, looking very gloomy as he epoko with him.
"'rain sorry, my-many I can't pay you—bit I've just
raised and scraped thelast dollar I can 'get above wafer
to pay my Insuronce mosey to-day, and havenot a cop
por left in my pockikto jiuglo but keys and oh nails..” -
.”Bat lam very much. in need, eft; my wifode failing.
and; any tinnily aro in want of a good many tbo..oast now`,
and I got s , veril nrueles at the store, expecting to r ,j
money of you as I went along hornii. We liavn't in the
[ lion , e ant flour, nor t a, ner—" •
"Well, tny Lid, I'm sorry. You ren , l cane to-ma--
row. I c,an't help yon unless I stll my coat off ins back,
or pan li illy sol.o.uicr's kedge. Nobody pp, me."
The sailor nho had conic to get an advance of wages,
turned ofsorrau fully., tt hen the apprentice Loy came up
and said in !rig hearing:
"Iftw'i air, is rive dollars Mr. Furnace owes you. H,3
sass when ho laid .you !ii couldn't pie 3 our hill to-day
he diilu't r Y Ir., rt • orilc i n or v brat ca:a., in tifier you left
his shp. '
"Ali, II ti's my fine lio ! Here Jack, take this five
dollars, an siolne on ldaturdav and ,ifet the balance of
ISLIKING. I
tell me
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As lie entered, a poor woman was tr)ul2., to prevailupon
the store-kepper to settle 'a demand for rnakin2; his shirte•
, 'Yon had better take it out of tie store. Mrs. Conn ay
to her, "really I have not taken in half the amount
or youi - bill to-day. and I don't expect to. I havo to
charge cv...ry thing, and no money comes in."
can't do without it," answered the woman earnes
tly, "tny linught , r is very ill and in want of every com
fort; I am out of fire-wood, and indeed I want many
elinge which I &ova depended upon this Mom') to get
your s!iirts done."
"1 ltl very Berry, Mrs. Conw•ay," said ttic ntore•kecper
looking into Ilk. mone}• drawer; "rye not five Fhilling 9
hero—and your bill is tiro dollars and nine•pence."
Si 50 A TrAlt - , in Advance.
your u-azes."
sr`ltll,l.ll WWI joyful t 0.3%. the piece, and
toiwhiliz his hat. sprung with a light heart on ph ore.
and hi..t•iicd to tan :nor • w!torc he had a!rcady selected
ronlfort•i and noccs,,itie. :,to;d:so much in
'nut! of. •
The poor woman thought of her invalid child and
wrung her hanflQ.
••.1 sailor wag here a while ago, and selected full fro
dollars' worth of articles here on the counter. find Went
away to get his wages to pay for them, but I question if
his conies back. If he does-and pays for them, you shall
have )our money, madam."
At this instant, Jack made his appearance in the dobr.
Ship-mate," he sMilin a tone much more, ele
vated than ashen he was discovered speaking with the
captnin; "well, my !malty . freight, I've got the document
so give 115 possession;" and deplajing his five dollar
piece, he laid hold of the purcheses.
The store-keeper examining and seeing that the mon
ey waq geed, Iloilo him take them with him, and then
sighed as he took another and last look at the piece, ho
handed it to the poor widow, who, with a joyful smile,
receivedat from him, and hastened from the store.
In a lisy and very humble tenement, near the water.
was a fatody or poor children, whose appearaticephibi
ted the Ittmo:t destitution. On a cot bed lay a poor yo
tuati til and etnacimed. Th door opened, and a man in
coarse, patched gat ruent.o. entered with a word sow and
hem e. and laid them dean by the door ride and_opfiroach
ud the bed.
"Are you any better, dear?" lie atketl :in a
: rough
voice. but in the li;nde,... tonos.l
"No—have you found work? If von could get me a
little nouri , hing ropd, I could regain inc lost strength."
The man gazed upon her polo face a moment, and
agiiin taking up horse, teeth out. Ile had not gone far
before a woman met him, and said she wished hint to
follow and-saw some wood for her. his heart -bounded
with hope and gratitude, and ho went after her to her
dwelling, an abode little b tier than his own for poverty;
yet wearing an air of centre -. Ile sawed the wood, split
and piled it, and received ..- shillings, with which he
hastened to a store for neccessaries for his sick wife, an i d
then hurried home to gladden her with the delicacies ho
ha I procured. Till now he had no work: fur ;four da• a
and his wife had been starving, and from this day hie
wife got better, and was at length, restored to her family
and to health, from a state of weakness which another
day's continuation would.prohably have proved fatal.
These six'shillings which did so much good, were
paid him by the poor woman from the five dollars afro
had received from the store-keeper, and ti hick the sailor
had paid him. The poor woman's daughter wile, also
revived and ultimately restored to health, and lately mar
ried to a young man who had been three years absent
and returned true to his troth. But for the five dollars
which had been so, instrumental in her recovery, he
might have returned lo be told that she, ribose memory
had so long been the polar star of his heart, had perished.
. - So much did the five dollar piece do which Peter
Chancery, Esq% so relunetniarly paid to Mr. Last's ap
prentice boy, though , little ercdit is duo to this legal
gentleman for the results that followed. - It is thus Prov
idence often makes bad men instruments of good to
othors. Let this little story lead those who think a "small
bill" can stand because it is a small bill, remember how
much good a (hie dollar bill has done in one single day.
and in pa) ing one bill they runf s bo paying a series of bills.
and dispensing good to thousaeds around them.
EL!' Don't forget the application, reader.
Young Females
The increasing privileges wti'.elt an illumination has
conferred upon our sex. oxeee Engly heighten their ic-.
sponsibilities. Formerly to 1-,0 "faithful over afew things"'
was all that their limited st.bere required: now they are
both qualified and expeci.Jil to tra c.sado "rulers over many
things." The trea..ures of o.oir own minds are revealed.
to them, and shay aro su:amoned forth as laborers in th e ,
wide field or bonovc:ence. The temple of science is no ,
longer inacessth'.o to the foot of woman. From its pa
vilier...whe'.,co with Moslem jealousy was she foi ages
exclude.;,, a :voice addresses her, "Enter in and live."—
Of t:.easurcs which had been from ancient times accu
mulating. yet strictly ssala:d from her oyes, she is invited ,
to partake. It remains to bo proved; in what manner
this invitation will be received—this admission valned.—,
Will she loiter at the threalthold of this magnificent tem
ple?' will she amuse herself in its courts by gathering ikt.
.brier !Towers that spring up where }hero is no &epees &
or earth? Will she just enter the gate, and prdtlaiat
with die shrillness of vanity. het own initiation' her own
proscieney in the mysteries of hnowledge! Or will alto
press to the innermost shrine among those true-hearted
and meek twitted worshippers, "whose candle goeth no t
out by night."
roc7gferrviles• these interrogations aro emphatically
for you. With you it is the limo I,cult ro, the day of
dr)
!Ivo. 'Sufier-not tho allurentents.itho ptation of in
dolence, to prevent your oblation on he liar of wisdom.
Come while tho dews of the mornin ar fresh/ about you
The meridian atm may absorb -ye vigor. or find your
toiling in different and more sterile fields.. Illny you nut
be constrained to adopt the lument . ..tion, "my own vine
yard hnvo I not kept." A time will- come, should your
jays be prolonged, when life may'seetn - like a twice told
talc, when tho present ev.:: the frittire disrobed of novel
ty, the- mind will turn for enjoyment to the past. Lay
then a de ep foulldrqion, a wd colteet a. store ofiniperisha
blo fruits for Plis scascat of retrospectioirt Convinced
that "knowl'edge is - povver.". Seek it when it may be
obtained, and so use it that all within the sp e licre of your
influeo.co, may ho promoted by your example to , the- ot
tainnund of moral escollonce, to the pursuit of "glOry. ;
honor, immortoitty and eternal lifo."—Mrs. Sigourncy.
MARRIED.
Io
LDUilVille. Ky., on the 27th ult.; Miss 113c!iet
Fitzhelogirtuhinger, of Get 0t0...4y, to :,1r,73:i 0 i. o•Koet.:-
engreighterey, of lit:eland.
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NUMBER 48.