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131)).)f1N1153,S WIREOTORY.
L. STRONG, M. D. '
Orro r coo Door west or C. D. Wright's store, up stairs
DOCT. J. L. STEWAIIT,
OM( E H ittl DOCA. A. BEEBE. Seventh near Sassafras street, nes
•eleacr, mt SaErafraa, one door north of Feventh ••t.
C.
Irdnustre and,Retail dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Wines:
Liquors, &e.. &c Corner of French and Fifth Streets,
opi.opite the Farmers' Hotel, Erie. .
JOHN McCANN;
IVEincrsAr.r and retail Grocer. No. 2: ning Block, Erie, Pa
J. W. WETMOR
ATTORNEY AT L
In Walker's °like, on Scventh Stre
HENRY CADW "EL,
Imenarra, Jobber, and Relad flealdr Ird 'Dry Goods, Groceries,
Crockery, Glassware, Carpeting, flardis are, Iron, Steel, Nails,
Spike , . I. Empire Stores litate &mei, four doors, below
prow n'n hotel, Eric. Pa.
V ices, ltcilow s, Azle Arms, Springs, and a general
re•sornnent of Paddle and Carriage Tt
S. 51ERVIN Slllllll,
AIII4IRNET AT LAW and of the Peace—Office one door
west of Wright's store, Erie, Pa.
W. 11. KNOWLTON & SON.
Di arras in Warellta, Clocks. Looking Glasses, rhino Formi,
L ai ,,p4, Britannia Ware.Jeweiry, and a iariety [dottier Fancy
Articles, Keystone Buildings. four doors below Brown's Hotel,
Blain :Street. Erie, Ba.
J. GOALDING. -
Mt RC n INT TA I 1,0 11. and Habit Maker.—Store, N 0.3 Heed'a
(0).1,,,,;ite Ole tionnell Bieck) State. Street, Erie.
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B. R. DEWEY,*
4VlInlitSlll.lF: AVD RKTAIL Dealer in Dry Goods, second door below
Brown's lintel. State Street, Erie. 'n.,
GEORGE H. CLYMER,
ATTORKIT AT LAW, Girard, Erie County, In. Collections and
other buelne,s attended to with promptness and dispatch,
'tit rizoitt vr4wM
,kTTOC. EV AT LAW--0111CC os er J. If. %Villiarne excl. mge office.
nest door to Jadge Thompson's (Alice. br •
Collecting and other pranssional business aLtehded to with prompt
ne.o and dispatch.
BROWN'S HOTEL.
ron,IERLY TUE F..nt.r, corner of State street and the rublie square
Erie. Eastern Wet, tern and tianthern stage odiee.
B. CItAIN
111141 Retail dealer in Groceric., Prai.lqions. Wine%
Liquors. Cigars. Nails, Detroit Ate, Dui: cull, Vrachers, see. &c.
Erie,-Pa.
11. B. lAVERSTICK.
.tio.l. FWD Hartle, Dealer in Dry Czwila, Hatt.lware, Crockery,
Gn.cerice, &C.
T. W. hlOOll.ll,
Dr'r in Groceries, PrOviidon), %Vines, Idiviors, Candies, Fruit,
G, Poor People's Roa•, Stoic Merl, Eric.
It rnr~ & Counsellet at Law, (91lice ht Spatiltling's Exchange,
,1„1.1111.10, N. V.
Cott..cthiaand connnerchtt tooinexs wilt receive vonipitTenion..
kk" " Nc " ICELEUr.;G, —
Forwarding & Commission Merchant, on the ['oldie Pock, cast of
slaw %acct.
Coal, Salt, lia.ger and White Fish, canna ntly for pair.
J. 11. WILLIANIS,
ihnk, and Mebane Broker. Dealer in Bills of Ecebange,
Drafts, errtyieatesor pep*Ate, Gold and silver coin, &e., &C.
oriice.4 dal:n.3 below Brown's Hotel, Erie, Pa.
BENJAMIN T. DENNISON,
Arroviry tT LIW, Cleveland, Ohio—')nice on Superior street,
in Atwater's Block. Refer to Chief Justice Forker.ttanddidge
te Se/Hxd ; /lon, Richard Fletcher; lOrtta tt• .1.010.t0n ; lion.
Samuel 11. Pork ins, lII} Walnut st.abiladelplihr, Richard
I:unlntl,i ii.,s3WallsUeet,NewYork. For testimon int.. re
fer to this office. -
MARSHALL dr, VINCENT.
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ATTOVIrTs 41 - Lim.—Office up plaits in Tammany Ilan building.
north of the Prothonotary's office, Erie.
MU R IficY - WI I A L ITON ,
ATTAD INT AID COUNIIELLOR AT LAW--OrileD over C. B. Wrlgln's
Stole, entrance one door west of :Rate street, on the Diamond,
Ern..
I. ROSENZWEIG & Co
WitOLLIALR AND RETAIL DRALERs iu Foreign and DOMtatit Dry
Coods, ready made Cloth ng,Boota and Shoes, &c., No. 1, Flem
ing Block, Hutto street. Erlc.
C. M. TIBBALS,
Or *ten In Dry• Goods. Pry Groceries, Crockery, Hardware, &c.,
NoM 11, Cheripide, Erie.
JO - MY Z M SIER IX.
vtALF.R inGrocerles and Provieions °fall kinds, State arect, three
Mote north of the Diamond, Eric.
SMITII JACKSON,
Dru,rn In Dry flood., aroceries, Hardware, Queens Ware, Lime,
Iron, Nails, Ice., 121, Clienpnide, Erie, Pa.a
WILLIAM 11.111 LET.
CABI‘FT MAKER Upholster, and Undertaker, coiner of State and
seventh street!, Erie.
KEL.SO & LOOMIS,
CRTC! 1, Forwarding, Produce and COlOll/1/ , ollMerellantg; dealer.
in came and tine salt, Coal, neater, Shingles, ate. Public dock.
Went side of the bridge, Erie.
En% ax J. KaLeo,
- WALKER & COOK.
GriSIAL Forwarding. Commission and Produce MerelutntsiSee
oat Xi:am-house east of the Public 'Bridge, Eric.
IKON Wire"
DIIA ',PT. in Walther, Jewelry, Silver, Gentian Silver, Plated and
Hut:main Ware cutlery, 11l Hilary and Fancy Geode, State street,
nearly opposlnC the Eagle hotel, Erie.
ti L.0.111*.
CARTER ez. BROTHER,
WITOLFSALV: and Retail deniers in Druge, Medicines, Paints, Ws
Dyninnr,,, GNPs, &c.. No. 6, Recd Homo. Erie. •
JOEL JOHNSON.
146.1.11. k in Theological. Mine%'anemia. Sunday and Claselca
Sehool Books. Stationary, &e. Park Row. Erie.
JAMES LYTLE,
nirtionAzut Merchant Tailor, on the public square, a few door
west of Suite strett, FAN
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1). S. CLARK,
WUOLPIALIt AMP ASTAIL pealer In Grocerler, Ship
Chandlery, Stone-ware, ice. dm, s,Bonnell Block. Erie.
O. D. SI'AVVOR.D.
!hater in * not, Medical, school Miscellaneous Books stationary
40. Blois sti, AXIS doors below the Public square.
DR. 0. L. ELLIOTT,
Itesident Dentist; Mike-and dwelling in the Beebe Mock, on the
Fast side or the Public Square, Erie. Teeth inserted on Cold
'late. front one to an entire sett. Carlotta teeth filled with pure
Gold, and restored to health and ueeftilnees. Teeth cleaned
with instruments and Dentine e sotto to leave them of a pellucid
otcaine r ss, AU work warranted.
S.' DICKERSON, •
V as aim mi A 4D ftentleArr—thilee at hie residenee on Seventh strce
opposite the Methodist Church.
C. B. WRIGHT,
Witoces t Amp R erait. dealer In Dry Goods, DrooerientlinlAwale
Crockery, Glass-ware, Iron Nails faeather„Oihr, &c., corner o(
k , late street and publicthd square. opposite the Enda hotel ;Erie.
JOHN H. BURTON,
WHOLE/ALS AND Err Am. dealer In Drugs, llledieinee,DyeStuffs
Groceries, &e. No. 5, Reed Nouse, Erie.
ROBERT $. HUNTER,
NAT ER in Hats, Cap* and Furs dull descriptions. No, 10, Park
Row, Eric. Pal
bt,Atri and Figured Do Lain all wool, and other cheap Do
4 Laing at the Ftore of 0. JACKSON.
B LACK French Cloth from $2 to $0 per Yordsfor i Vlfi r og
$ t oN
BLACK, Browns Green and Cadet raised Mond Clottfs at a
prices for Mk at B. JACKEMC
GREEN, Black, blorain; Ulan', Brown, and Blue French Ala
mo, for safe cheap at the Store of O. JACKSON..
BLACK, Blue, and ad
BLACK, Blue, and mired Satinets, Tweeds, Kentucky Jeam
ere. for late cheop by , ti. JACKSON.
LMAI'S DRESS GOODS. The Ladles will find a cowl it;
~ o rtutent, French 3ferinoer, Cashmeres, De LaintChatuilion
lustre,M u Mohair Lame. ae. Alapachas of all colore, Gln hums, Cali-
Cof..b.e.,luet opened at . . GEO. SELDO. ik. SON.
Goose Veathors Wanted.
15 Ponois ethyl) (km Feathers wanted, for which 1441
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I HAVE i 1 ' 1 : .lII' s ' e i Ai.
DT DWI. D. N. DENISON
I have found a vein of Gold,
fly the valley green and old;
Where the sun sualleth ever,
And the flower die' nevem
. Where the sun Is flinging glistening
' Mantles cm the hill-tops, listening
Late I stood,
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fly the rustling delicate fountain,
Weeping front the grey old mountain
TM's of blood, •
As the ted rays tinged their glowing
•1 Drops, ndown the mush rocks flowing,
, Bo while listening,
There I found a vein of gold,
Not in Earth's deep bosom sleeping
Through her sluggish arteries creeping,
In her heart Its taper buining.
In het gloom its charms inuring;
Not with knife, and spade and ladle;
Not with miner's pick and cradle.
Did I find this treasure golden.
By the valley green and olden.
In a siinpie map maiden,
With a son-fleeced lambkin laden,
And bare feet
Gleaming on the carpet glossy
With the fresh paw; grace, her flossy
Yellow curls, by zephyrs
Rhone like sparkling amber drifted
From the Baltic on its snow white
Banks that glitter by the moonlight;
In that sweet,
Gentle, loving, happy creature,
Angel-like in form and feature,
1 have found a vein of gold.
Through her eyes my soul went glancing,
While the feigned sprites were dancing,
Brightly beaming
Many a nook I mucked, till minded
They who dare the sun are blinded
Jybisgleamlug.• - •
0! a heart so rich and holy
Love and sweet devotion, lowly
As a little child that met
My spiriteyes! could I forget ,
Its mile charms?
No: I thought, and soon I brought her
ToiTir twine beside the water,
And my arms •
Daily clasp that gutlelvii creature,
Angel-like in form and feature,
Still when old.
Dimmed by sorrow or tinkintlnegg.
Mute with grief or touched with blindtteaa
Shall be my rein of gold.
A Marriage at St, Petersburgh.
BY Mtg. Z. F. EILLETT..'
A 'man of observing and acute 'intellect said in
. the
eighteenth Century, of,a Russian, then distinguished in
France—" Cut open his vest, and you will feel his heart
velvet." The sarcasm is less true at the present day than
under Louis XV; but it has not lost all its point. Not
withstanding the elegance and polish bf manners exist
ing in Russian society, it hides in its bosom the corrup
tion and egotism which civilization rather veils than
"the 71:3 of tit arriagi—riith which convenience has more
to do than affection. Ambition and the passion for play
are the chief moving causes among the noblesse of ,St.
retorsburgh. When hero and there, from the treacher
ous surface of society, home romantic or tragic incident
surges into view, it excites, among the languid circles of
the aristocracy less of interest than astonishment. The
events on which the following sketch isfounded—which
have occitred but recently—caused a general excitement
in the capital. Tho fearful and unexpeeted denounce
ment—the mystery surrounding ono of the persons con
,corned--and the silence observed with regard to a pow
erful and vonerated name—contributed to Invest the sto
ry with remarkable interest. '
At a Gal costume, given by the old and wealthy pricccss
Belocelsky, the nobility and beauty of St. Petersburg!,
were assembled. Such stars as Madame 13ockworonsoff
--Olga Danilowaky, and the two Mademoiselles. Troub
tokoi, were in the zenith of thoirglory, and shone on many
dazzled worshippers. But one; newly risen. wont to
eclipse them all. Ono of the maids of honor to the Em
press, a young girl °reboot eighteen, stood in the quad
rille. Ou her tho oyes of half the nobles and chevaliers
were fixed. Iler figure was well developed and exqui
site in symmetery, and she possessed a beauty rare and
highly esteemed in the northern capital. The women
there have generally blue oyes and pale complexions,
sometimes of marble whiteness. with blonde hair and
slight figures. The abundant and raven locks of
Marie X—, the clear brown of her cheeks, colored
with the. richest tint ofeuttsot—her dark, expreasivo eyes,
veiled by their long lashes, nod shooting forth the most
bewitching glances ever anon, filled all who looked at
her with admiration. She had a naive and engaging
manner—an arch softness—a piquant. in a word, a fin
ished coquetry, that rendered her charms irresistible and
gave her superiority over the divinities that had hereto
fore reigned in the saloons of the capital.
Mademoiselle K— worn this evening, with a grace
that could not be rivalled, the ancient national costume.
I The Russian bonnet formed the diadem, the cordage was
of a brilliant.gold color. nod fastened bya knot of sapph!
ires; the short skirt was of scarlet. Her hair was braided
in soverpl tresses, tied at the end with rosettes of silk and
gold. She moved through the dance with a grace that
enchanted everybody. When the music ceased at last,
,there was a movement among the group of youthful ad;
mires, who had crowded to gaze upon her, and eager to
claim the honor of her hand for the next quadrille. All
drew back suddenly—A man of lofty and majestic figure
superbly dressed, but not in any fanciful costume, came
forward, and • bowing gracefully, addressed Mademoiselle
X—.
For tho rest of the evening his attention was assiduous.
Naomi else ventured to approaCh the beauty distinguish
ed by the devotion of the Emperor. His eyes wore per
petually fastened on her face
_with en lexpression of in
tense admiration; while Mager scorned, on bar part in
sensible to his homage. She kept her eyes,fixed on the
ground, or raised them timidly only et intervals; and
replied briefly and coldly to the conversation of her illU
trims companion. Once only she changed countenance.
It wee when her glance fell on a young,man standing at
a little distance, and attentively regarding her. '
This wee Paul do its one of the aid-do-camps of the.
Emperor. and her affianced husband. ' •
the emotion betrayed'in the quint Web that rose to
Marie's cheekolid not escape the attention of the Em
peror; nor did he fail to perceive the young officer. The
glances ho saw exchanged gave a' whole history to his
quick perception.--Ile led the fair girlie, s seat; ho Seat
ed himself beside her; and Marie saw herself the envy
of the brilliant circle that surrounded.him. The cover
leign adored by alh—the man who excelled in beauty all
others in the empire—wee at her feet! Pant was no lon
ger within sight; her worldly tnothlr sinned upon her;
her triumph was open and complete. - Marie'. heart beat
high; a glow wan c hot chpok;• the reign of vanity had
nommenoed. ", • •
.An annedote publiobod inn recent French paper. which
have merely taken the liberty of throwing intu a more &lunatic
fo FL •
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1850.
When the young maid of honor left the sateen her im
perial admirer bimeelfconducted bor. With downcast
eyes, • but often exultations at her heart, eh() ,pateed
through the gay circles that had aeon her conquest. Just
by the door stood Paul do 13—. The eye of Mario for
a moment rested on Il h n; again she blushe'd; , the young
officer started forward —excleiming—"Mariel" but drew
back the next Instant and was presently lost in the crowd.
Earl) the next morning Col. do B— was announced
at tho door of Madame Marie rose to meet hint
es he entered her boudoir. She was paler than the eve.
ning before, but even more exquiViteiy lovely. She smiled,
and extended her band, which the young man praised
passionately to her lips.
"My own Mario:" ho murmured, as ho seated him
solfat her feet, still holding her hand in his. .
And the young girl replied to, his epithets of endear
ment, handing fondly over him, till hor raven curls touch
ed his forehead.
.I: must leave you. Mario!" at length said the of
ficer."
"Leave me-.-Patilt" repeated the maiden.
"Yoe—l have orders to depart immediately. for Can
eases."
The young girl grow pale as death; an exclamation o
surprise died on her lips.
\"Ah. Marie," murmured the lover. "it is hard to leave
you; but I must serve my country. and fight her battles."
The maiden covered her face with her hands, and tears
trickled through her Blonde . ; fingers.
"Do not weep, love, but hope! I alien win glory and
honorir. Ono thing I ask before I deport; a lock if that
silken hair to wear Upon my heart. I ask it not as — a gage
of lovetbut as a' sacred symbol, as a romemberauce of
the friend of nry childhood—for such you are. Marie; as a
relic for the pilgrim; a talisman for the soldier. It will
secure my safety and be a pledge of victory."
Without saying a word, Mario took up_ the scissors,
severed one of her glossy ringlets, and gave it to her . lov
er. fie placed the precious gift in his bosom. And it
seemed in truth a (oilman, to bring success to tho arms
of the young officer. While the intrepidity, courage and
heroism he displayed in, fighting the Emperor's battles,
won him the highest military honors; and a fame that
shed lustre even on the proud name of his ancient house
—he never received a wound. Eighteen months after
wards ho returned to St. Petersburgit—wearing on his
brest the cross of St. Anne—and the treasurcrcd lock
with which he never parted, next his heart.
A year and a half had passed. Two young .efficers
- wore walking along the principal street of the capitol.—
Ono of them was Paul do just returned from
Caucasus; the other, ad officer of the hhasseures of 'in
land. Tho faco of the former wore an eaprossion of dia
quietand pain; but his tip was curtod in generous scorn.
"It !were base," ho said, after a few moments ofogita.
ted silenco. "to heed such a rumor, or carer n thought
ofsuspicion to divide us for a. moment. Mario fidget—
Nay—might she not call me faithless, since 1 have been
two hours in St. Petersburgh, and am not alrettdy at her
feet:"
"Listen first," replied tho other. "Pll fell you no more
than myself witnessed. It is not many weeks since I
was on service at Tsarskoe Selo, when rho court was
there. I wait walking through the Chiueso garden, and
passing close by a thick arbor. I hoard voices within.—
6Mit i red i f t lat . la slim. and by turns supplicating'and
or, mongtFineu
the secrets of personages who might be, for aught I knew
top high to render knowledge consistent with my safety I
turned my step in another direction. 'A moment after, I
saw a tall figure, svhosesnajostic proportions could not be
mistaken, wrapped in a uniforriz cloak. with a military
cap, drawn closely over his face, emerge from the arbor
and go out by one of the side-paths. On the other side.
a 6 - ` (Sung girl, pale and violently agitated, with face half
cdvered by the handkerchief she held to her eyes, went
forth slowly. I recognised Mademoiselle K—.'"
"Enough:" exclaimed Paul do ll—, faintly; and
his friend started to perceive the terrible:effect:of his words.
His lips were were parted with a forced smile, that_ be
(rayed the agony of his soul. He said no more, but
wrung the hand of the officer of
,chasseqrs, and then
Waving his hand in token that he would not be followed
tuned abruptly down another street. It was that lea
ding to the house of Madame K. •
Once more the lover, long separated from his betroth
ed, stood in her presence. Mario was seated on a fau
teuil, her • fair hoed leaning on her hand. Her dark
curls feel loosened on tier neck. There was an air of
languor and dejection about her, that imparted a more
touching interest to her beauty. Sire started up at the
sound of Col. do Lt---ts,name. and with a cry of joy
towards hint, extending her hand with the English faint-,
liarity introduced within a few years into Russian man
ners. Tho officer bowed without speaking; his courage
`failed him. Mario saw that ho was agitated. and
bled also.
At length Paul, recovering his self-passessiori by a
strong effort. oddrossod her:
' "Listen Marie," ho 'aid in a low voice. "You know
*sell the love I have borne you. A look, a smile from
you, was to me a treasure for which I would have given
my heart's blood. When I left you for Caueases you
gave.me a lock of hair; I placed it upon my heart. and it
rendered me invulnerahle. Yes, it pleased God to give
effect to this superstition of love. For me—you have
been—not a woman—graceful—though liable to err; but
an angel glorious, beautiful and pure as the angels of
heaven. To bolievo you other than this—to tear from
your name that crown -of reverence and worship with
which I have encircled it, would be to renounce all faith,
all hope; it would be to died"
While ho spoke, the eyes of the young man were fas
tened mournfully on Mademoiselle K. She was deadly
pale, and trombling violently; grasped the arm of (ho
fauteuil for support. The face of Paul wore the ex
pression of one who. in agony and despair, makes a last
appeal. Oile condemned, and about to die on the scar-
I fold, might have looked thus.
"Tell me," be said, quickly, in tones hoarse with
emotion, "tell me now, if you will, if you can, aro you
worthy to become my wife?" ,
There'ivestan instant's pause. A dreadful struggle
was in Marie's breast. She raised her large dark oyes
proudly to the face of her lover. They flashed fire.—
“Who iy It.” she exclaimed, •who dares to doubt mo?'
Whence those base suspicious?"
'. have no doubt of you, Mario, on the vogno rumors
abroad in the city. I scorned to listen to the calumnies
raised against, you. But ono who is my friend, and
could. only speak truth, saw you with the Emperor In the
garden at Tann:awe, and hoard words of love, - and saw
you weep. 'Tilsit you he saw, Mario? Ho mey have
bean mistaken; tell me, was It your' ,
"It answered the young
girl. .
"And the Emperor's wordi—aud those tears --"
"I deny not:" said Mario, crimsoning to the-forehead,
"that he, has pursued me with love. I did. consent to
meet him. at Tearekoo Solo. But I, loved you, Pauli and
his suit was hateful to me. Ho waorepulsod!":
"Marie, remember my ;life, and mono thaislurlife,
hangs on your words.-: Swear to me,"and ho drew from
hie bosom, a entail crucifix of gold, suspended byinfrib
boi.to his Hoek. "swear to mo, upon Wile emelt/ that
You ire innocent!" - • . , • . -
Pule as death, Madomoizello K. stood-Went,
*#l3vrear:" cried tito officer, iu n terrible voice, "Or
must I believe I "
"011. Paul! believe nothipg. but that I love you—'
wildly, devotedly:" eiciainted the yoting girl, falling on
her knees. "
"Swear, theu,dhai you are innocont:" presistoil Cul.
do
"I swear it!" said Marie, grasping the crucifix, and
pressing it couvulsivoly to her lips. '
•'Furgivo me,, my own Marie!" cried tlio young man,
kneeiing a► her loot, and covering liar hand with tears
and kisses. •
Some days after, thero was a Marringo at tho Cathe
dral do Caton. This vast edifice,. built in 11.300, on tho
model, as was ridiculously' maintaitiod. or Si, Peter's at
Rome, is, if not the most elegant, the richest and most
frequented of the ono hundred and forty-six Churches of
the capital. It was here' that tho Emperor and Empress
Performed, in the nuptial ceremony that visited tho aid
do-camp and the maid of honor, the offices mere assise.
This august patronage was the highest token or favor
the imperial pair could beston; on the bride and bride
groom. Yet.' notwithstanding the splendor of the pa
geant hardly ono of the assomblago who witnessed it could
get rid of an impression of gloomy anxiety, in ebsorvingi
the abstracted air of Col. do and the extreme
paleness of the bride. When tlio newly married pair, af
ter having drunk of the same cup; according to the cere
monies of a Greek marriage, were to walk thrice, hand
in hand, around the altar, to signify the union and fidel
ity with which they are to walk the sumo path in life, it
was noticed that the bride's strength failed her. She was
obliged to lean Upon her mother, and supported by her.
logo through this touching formality. '
La Porto Sainto, closed for an instant, wag now open
ed,. and the bishop advanced to bestow on the young pair
the nuptial benediction. Tho bride's face assumed n
strange expression. Her eyes, wide open as if in terror,
gazed wildly on the / extended hands, the golden robe, the
floating hair, and long, whits board of the priest; her,
white lips moved convulsively, and tottoring, she fell
back in a swoon.
The members of her own family end her husband's
crowded instantly around her. In a few moments con
sciousness returned. Madame K.. who supported her
daughter in her arms, whispered in her car, and Marie,
by a strong effort, recovered her calmness. She stood
up, smiled, and mado excuse fur the weakness that had
been overcome by so trying a scouo. Tho bridal pro
cession then loft tho church.
A splendid ball seas given the same evening, in honor
of the bride. It wee attended by the most brilliant of the
aristocracy of St. Petersburgh. Mario do B was
radiant in her bridal dress, and her mother all smiles
and triumph. The grave and pensive looks of Col. de
B— did not escape obset4ation.
Wheu the evening was far advanced, Medarno L. her
self led her daughter from the salon, and returning soon
after, signified to the Colonel that ho might follow her.—
The dancing continued. A polonaise was danced by
the .Printo Viazynsky and the beautiful lady Itenkentloff,
that enchanted all the spectators by it* garceful figures,
and called forth repeated expressions of admiration.-
Suddenly a long, wild, piercing shriek startled the whole
assembly, It came from the bridal epartment: several
of the guests melted thither, followed, by the Aerate&
s..,s'l„A-c e
tii was asily - fa - ma open. AU recoiled let hor-
Arno& the sight that presented itself.
Marie de IL. still in her bridal dross, tiro veil and pearls
entangled in her long black heir, that escaping front its
fastening, streamed in disorder over .hor shoulders—lay
on the floor, weltering in her blood. The Colonel stead ove r
hdar her, grasping the dagger in his baud. His face was
ghastly pale, his oyes rigidly open, and staring; his fea
tures frightfully distorted. When ho saw Madame do
K., who shrieked at the sight of her daughter. ho started
forward, seized her arm, and dragged her close to the
body.
" , there—Madame—there!" Ise exclaimed,—"you
knew of this fair work! It is your doings! Sho-iour
daughter—has confessed all!"
-The tragic mystery was solved. Madame K. had urg
ed the marriage of her daughter with Col. do II to hide
the consequences of her intrigue with the Emperor.—
Even the oath taken by Marie could not keep suspicion
from the Colonersfiniud, when .ho sew her strange be
havior at the church. At his questioning silo had con.
tossed the truth.
The afFair was not bronght before the ordinary crimi
nal tribunal, to bo afterward examined by the Governor-
General. Col. de 11. did not undergo a regular trial;
there were State reasons why li should not. He was
sent onto more- to Caucasus—the region that has been
celled the succursate de ta Riberie. Ho is still there, to
remain probably till some Circassian ball puts an end, to
a life secretly doomed.
This bride recovered, almost by a miracle, from het
wound, thanks to the German surgeon in the Emperor's
senile°. She has left St. Petersburg!' with her family. to
retire into an obscurity, the mystery of which no ono has
yet been able to penetrate.
Such are somo of the private memories racoons and
sovereigns!
WOMEN VS. LADIES
What blundering, miserable work folks make of it
whoa they endeavor to elevate things by giving them
new or affected - titles! • What vulgarity is equal to the
thrice sodden vulgarity of "rtfintmciat7" We think it'
was Dickens who complained that there was no longer
any boys in England, that ",the boys went out with George
the Third." A shriller calaimity has befallen us in Amer
ica. We have. no longer any women—or, at ' least, no
acknowledged spdcimens of that interesting, portion of
the human rice. The women have gone. extinct. (ac
cording to the popular phraseology.) and have been so
pOrcadeil by "ladies!" Alack-a-day for the eh:lngot
We regard woman 'as the "noblet4 viork s of God;" but a
"lady" - at ho highest pitch of perfection, is only the no
blest work of a French milliner. Just apply the term,
for example. as well to the+ highest as the lowest' grades
of the gentler sex, and the ludicrous abtardityof ha use
Zvi!! make you chary of the word forever alter. A per
son wishing to see the female wares in a prison. was an
swered by the jailor r7 "Sir, we have no fatties here at
present." A' clergyman discoursing of the religious In
clinations of woman, enquired with much emphasis—
" Who wore the last at the cross? Ladies. Who were
the first at the flopulehro 7 Ladies." Ladies" God forbid!
.Boston Post -
New Brunswick Wishing to be Annexe&
While , otte section of tilt, country looks upon the die
onion of the States as a cure for political evils. another
part of the continent. considers union with them a pan
acea for those which they aro subjectod to: Canada has
openly esponssd l a union with the United Slates. Jamai
ca has givenworst intimations of that kind. and now
we have Noveirtrunswick oponly proposing it. These .
was an important debate in the Now Brunswick Colon
ial Parliament on the sth. instant, on the "state of the
province." in tho courso of which Mr. End made a glow
tug picture of the desolation. and ruin, of the country'
which ho attributed to the Colonial policy of tho mother
country, and openly advocated annexation to tho United
States as tho remedy. • Ile treats the "gagging despatch"
of tho Colonial Ministeens , a hoax. The. st. John Nor
tang Naos oskesSes the opinion that a sirtjacity of, An
-
nesstionists will be rentaelto thO nextrarliaratent. • :
IN A WORRY.
Some people; scorn May to worn out existence. They
have all external means of enjoyment. yet th i cy aro never
at caso. A lady of this character., whose ability to pro
' care herself every outward enjoyment was fully within
her roach, was lately congratulated upon her freedom from
all vexations and annoying trials. "Why." said she, "1
am fan of trouble. I ant always in a 'worry' about Sam;
when he 'returns from sea I can enjoy nothing, because I
know ho is going again; whoa ho is at sea, I am always
expecting to hear-ho is do l ed, or cast on some desolate
Island." Yet "Sam" was not her husband, but an adopt- 1
ed nephew, upon whom so much sympathy was lavished.
Another friend I Could name is always tried or "war:
vied" with her domestic troubles. "Bridget got up late,"
or "Sally goes out too often,". or "Ned is becoming a
careless driver," and between seeking comfort and find
ing it, life becomes a very wearisome alfsir, and is en
tirely fretted away in relating troubles that have been
lived over. What •a pity it is that we are so forgetful of
the great laws of inward peace as to brood over the past.
talk about Its evils, and thus make them ever present to
our thoughts. There was much in the philosophy of an
old divine, who laid. "When I have lived over' a trouble,
I try to use it aright. and thou forget it. Whoa my do
mestics plague my wife, I always pat tier on the shoulder
and turn the conversation;—for surely the trial of endu
ring was enough at the time; I want no omnipresent
troubles."
Then there is another class who are always "worried"
about what ho human foresight C 7113 prevent. An East
wind, n hot day, a sudden shower. a dense fog, or a
heavy dew. all alike vex them. Allowing such things to
prey on the spirits, makes us very disagreeable complu- .
ions. Who would select such an ono for a traveling
friend?---who would take such r.n onefor lite? When
a man considers how much his comfort is concerned
with his wife's temper. how she leads him through life's
rough places with a violent or gentle hand. before be
chooses his future destiny let him consider. The embryo
of a woman is often seen in the child;—petulatn, ungov
ernable, indulged children do not always rise above the
natural propensities of early years when they arrive at
womanhood;—neither does the surly, rough lad often he
come the agreeable gentleman. Yet upon the disposi
lion to meet the every day discipline of life depends all our
enjoyment. A calm, trusting spirit, 4 forobearing. hope
ful temper,- a countenance where smiles predominate;
who would fear to unite with such an one? The happi
est eireet upon a whole life often follows a well-matched
pair. The mild and amiable graces will blunt the rough
edges and the awkward manners of ont nearest our
hearts, for the magic influence of sympathy is electric.
and assiniulation often produces the admirable traits wo
come in contact with. and a likeness is impreceptibly
stamped upon the character. It has been said (I know
not how truly,) that gazing upon the benign expression
of the portrait of a deceased and beloved. friend, will in
time produce a calm and serene expression upon the ga.
zer—so indelible la the stamp, that the•soul'of our friend
becomes mirrored in our own. Away, then, with “wor
rying." fretting trifles—they mar the beauty of the huMan
countenance, and cat like canker into the soul.—Olirc
Branch.
A Big Foot.
Wo hoard to-day a laughable "Anenloro of a man
ground is not likely to "drop oil" in a hurry. Ho step
ped one day into the small shop of a boot-maker's in the
Rourislung capital of old . Erie, and asked Crispin if fio
could make him a pair Of hoots. Looking at his long
splay pedal extretnitiesontid then glancing at a huge un-'
cut cow-hide that hung upon the wall, ho said—
" Well, yes, I guess so."
"What time Will you have them done? To-day is
Monday."
"Noll, it'll depend on circumstances; I guess I can
have 'em done for you by Saturday."
On Saturday, therefore, the man called for his boots:
"Have you got 'cm done?" said he, as he entered the
little shop.
"No, I haven't—l couldn't; it has rained every day
since I tools your measure."
"Rained!" exclaimed the astonished ;itro n; "Well,
what of that? What had that to do with it!"
"What had TIIAT to do with it?" echoed Chrispin; "I
had a good deal to do with it. When I mako your boots
Pre got to do it out doors, for I hyrn't room in my shop,
and I can't work out doors in rainy weather?"
it WAS the Bau4 man of "large understanding" whom
the porters tiled to bother so, when ho landed - from a
s teamer. They would rush, up to , him, seize held of his
feet, saying, "Where shall I take }'our baggage.
"Where's this trrunk•, to go sir?"
A *ord to LittlO Girl 3,
Who is lovely? It ie the little girl who drops sweet
wora, kind remarks, and plearmnt smiles. its she paters
along—who has a kind word of sympathy for every girt
or boy she moots in trouble. and a Itind howl to help her
companions out of difficilltywhe never scowls, never
contends, never teases her mates, nor seeks in any other
way to diminish, but ohms to increase their liapp;ness.
Would it not Wan you to pick np a strineof pearls,
drops of gold. diamonds, and precious stones' as you paiqe
along the street? But those aro the true pearls and pre•
ciouo stones, which can never be lost. Take the bond
of the friendless. Smile on the sad and dejected. Sym
pathize with those in uoublo. Strive every where to dd..
fuso around eunshine and joy. '
If you do this you wit be sure to bo loved. Poddridge
ono day asked a little girl why it was that every body
loved her. "I don't know." she replied., "unless that I
love every body." This is the true secret of being loved.
••HIo that bath friends," says Solomon, "mnelshow him
self friendly." Lova begets love. If you love others they
cannot help loving you. So, then, do not put on a scowl,
and fretfully complain that nobody loves you, or that
such and such an'ono does not likb you. If nodecly loves
yen, it is your own fault. Either you do not malto your
self lovely by a sweet willing temper, and kind winning
ways, or you do not love those of whom you complain.—
Anecdotes for Girls. •
A Drink of Beer Esoraver.
Mr. Eineiaon, in one of his lectures, tells a story to ex
emplify the stability of things ha Englund. II a says that
William Vityckhant about tho year 1150„ endowed a house
in the neighborhood of Winchester to provide a measure
of hoer Mid a sufficiency of bread to every ono who asked
lifer ever: and when Mr. Emerson was in England he
wag curious to test this good inan'S predit, and ho knock
ed at. the door, preferred tiia request, and received his
measure of beer and his quantum 'of broad, though its do
nor had been dead 700 years!
A MOTHER'S ADVICE.
"N'ow girls." said our friend Biro. itigelow to her
daughters tho other i day. inust got baebands , as
soon as possible. or they'll bo allinurdered." fro
Ma?" inquired on "Why I sea By tho paper, that
we've got almost fit een thousand post officer. and nearly
all atom derpalchc; a mitts 'oacß way crory day—the
Lord.havo woo); 'on ue poor widower and orphans:" and
thaoid lady stepped briskly to Ow looking•glass to put
on her now cap. ' -
try, TOO) to n kinrionti : inyoutton. While !Ito girls
c the hour's, and you, obsso';tho girls, the months
seam to duce away "with dontu upon their foot" 'What
a pity ouestuntnor is so short. iota it? DoCoro you know
it, lovers bonouto denoona nits% iotur gttundtnothou.
ZAlt,.in advance.
TES BETTING DANDY..
A young gander:tan—with a tnidium-sited light brown
moustache, and such a suit ofclothes as fashionable tailors
sometimes furnish to their customers. "on accommoda
ting terms," that is, on the insecure( credit aralem--came
I into a hotel in Itaco street, yestertl4- afternoon and after
calling fora glass of Madeira, turned tether company and
offered to bet with any man present, that the ship 8011.•
quohauna would not bo successively launched next Sat
urday. This "banter" not being taken up—he proposed
to wager film dollars that Dr. WEBSTER would not be
hung. This seemed to he a "stomper" too, for nobody
accepted the chance. The exquisite glanced around con
temptuousty and remarked.—"l want to make a hot of
sOlllO kind. lion't care a d—n what i. I'll bat any
thing from a worth-of segars l - five hundred
dollars. Plow's your time gekultimen; what do you pre.'
pose?" Sipping a glass of beer in ono corner of the
bar-room, s.tt a plain old gentleman who looked like h 0
might ho a Pennsylvania farmer: Ile sat down his glass
•and addressed the exquisite—" Well, htlister,—l'm not is
the habit of making bets—but seeing you are anxious
!Mont it. I don't care if I gr.:silty you. So bet you
a levy's worth of sixes that I can pour a quart of molas
ses into your hat, cud filth it out a solid lamp of molas
ses candy in two' initiates by the watch." "Donor".
said die.exqui,ito, taking olf his hat and handing it tp
the farmer. It was a real Ft:tram:cc hat, a splendid ar.
ticlo. that same, like black satin. The old gentleman
took the hat, and requested tho bar-keeper to send for a
/mart of molasses,- "tiro cheap sort, at -six cents a ,quart
—that's the kind I -use in this experiment," said he.
handing over six coppers to the bar-keeper. The mo
lasses was brought and the old farmer, with a very gravo
and mysterious countenauce, poured It into tho dandy's
hot while the exquisite took out his Patch to not, the
time. Giving tho bat two or three shakes. with a Sig
nor Lititz. like adroitness, the experimenter placed it on
tlie table, end stared into it,as if watching the wonderful
process of solidification. "'Tine's up," said the dandy.
iTho old farmer moved t h e hat. •'{Yell Ido believe It
ain't hardened yet." said he, in a tone expressive of die
appointment—"l missed it some how or other that time,
and I euppohe I've lest the bet. Bar-keeper, let the
gentleman have the segars--twelve sixes, mind and
charge 'ens in hill." "I.)—n the segars," roared - the
")ou've spoiled my hat, that cost me five
and you inu , zt pay fur it." "That wasn't in the
bargain," timidly answered the old gentleman--"but
I'll let you keep the'tnolasses—which, is a little more
than wo agreed for." Having drained the tenacious
fluid from big beaver, us be best could, into n. epit•boz--
the man of moustaches rushed from the place--his fury
nut much abated bytho sounds of ill suppressed laughter
which followed his exit. Ile mode his complaint at the
Police Office, but as It appeared that the experiment was
tried with his own consent, no damages could be rattly
ered.—Pcultsylronian.
California.
It mint not ho imagined that the attraction towards the
mines o! California is confined to tho United States, or
to this continent. There is in our recent Havana papers
an amusing account of a party of about thirty Frenchmen
who sailed from Meraoilles 'for San Francisco, on their
way to tho mines. On touching at Rio Janeiro, twenty'-
high latitudes. They determined to leave the ship and
traverso the Country by laud, and strike the Pacific about
Valparaito. They debarked at Buenos Ayres, and plung
ed boldly into the• vast Pampas of the Argentine Repub
lic. At first they took horses, but became soon so exco
riated that they at/a:laved them and took to carts. This
they found too slow, and finally concluded to take it on
foot. Each man was armed with a shot-gun or a rifle.
and they made a merry hunt of it: living on every variety
of game, which they liberally divided with the rancheros
on the way, with whom they made themselves merry.
Being expert marksmen, and many of them having ser
ved in the army of Africa, they were respected by the
Indians of the Wilderness, who were glad to let their' pass
'unmolested. In short, after a march of more. than two
months, they arrived safe and sound at Mendoza, near
the eastern foot ofthe Cordilleras. Here the inhabitants
were astonished to see strangers emerge - from the wilder
ness, receiving them with great kindness and hospitality;
and, after passing a few days in gayety and mime, they
crowed the ridge of the Andes, and arrived at Valparaiso.
But they found that the ship they expected to find waiting
for them had gone on. after waiting for them a month.
Doubling the Cape.
A jolty good-natared dog of a voyager to Et Dorado,
gives the following account of his experience in doubling
Cape Horn. Those who are contemplating a voyage to
the gold diggings would do well to give it a perusal.
It is impossible to describe the - scenery in the vicinity
of Cape Horn. It is all it is "cracked up to be." The
elements were in such an incessant turmoil, that we had!
to lash every thing on deck and below, butsometimes we
would be struck by a "sockdolager," which would knock
our calculations into fits. Cirtirs, chests, trunks, and
boxes, would •'fetch away" poll moll to thalleeward, and
when the vessel righted, they would tumble back again
in the most admirable confusion. Wo used to lie in our
blinks and call off cotillions for them to danCet—first four
forward, balance, turn partnersall hands round—great
grand right and left—promenade to your seats. No one
could walk on deck without clinging to something --and
sometimes we would be struck unaware by a heavy sea,
and suddenly find ourselves crawling out of the leo aciip.
pers, rubbing our shins! Thus we warn- dandled about
by the perpetual turmoil of the elements, until we arrived
at Talcahuano. Of all the untiring. unaccountable and
unspeakably "savagerous" rumpuses ever kicked up in
human nature, Cape Horn takes the banner. I have
sailed boats en the Delaware and Merrimac, a raft on the
"raging Canawl," have been fishing and wrecked on
long Pond, among the ferociOus horn pouts; and did
etink I was some "pumpkins,' 4 but Cape Hero can "take
my hat."
To Young,Ladies.
Mrs. Kirkland, insisting upon the duty of.rematee-to
mprovo their minds while young quite pertinently ads:
"Who ore- the women that sow dissentient in society—,
tho tale bearers-ttho whisperers °Esc:andel"( - The realty
well•informed and accomplished? Those who" enjoy the
best books, lore to /Load aloud to their friends. hisuriate
in high-toned poetry—covet the conversation of instruct
ed peopie,, and aro able to bear - part in it tlionasolvesTL--
It is not necessary to answer this question. It is unde
niable thatoven sincere piety encounters it most formi
dable tbittitle in the eniptincas which has led to a habit of
gossip and detraction. while an gnar l distaste to whatever
is low and false. protects' even •the !mere woman of the
world from this class'of faults. Oil whom does this life
of care anal trial fall sootiest? On her who has made its
every day frivolities her object,. or ml the student of na
ture, of thunder, of booties whose thoughts have some
thing on which to rest. little dependent on fortrine,.aud;
i not at alien fash:on? Who torment us by a pretty. pry
ingcuriosity which has never been exercised upon objects
of real interest? Who that knov,-s how to value hooks,
will be liktis to run :nod after dress and vulgar show?"
tEr Sonmbody se.ye ho never knew a patTrion
iioniat to ptit a negro intri his butl—uor u iwer luau to
obtrtin-k prerniuni a t a f.ir tlhete these was aemit :Axe to,
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