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DIDOIMESS LOOLVgOTORY.
J. W. DOUGLASS,
ATTORNEY •ND COUNSELLOR sT L W—Office an State Street, three
doors north of Brown's hotel, Erie, Pa.
COMMON & II'AVERSTICK.
DEMERS in Dry Goods, Ilardware, Crockery, Groceries, and For
eign and Domestic it,iquors, Distillers, OM] . 111 / 1 1 / 1 1faellaCtO of
Faleratus, No. 8, Reed house, and corner of French and Penn
:Meets, Erie, Pa.
NICKLIN,
SPECIAL mad garland Agency and Conunisaionbasiness, Frank
lin, Pa.
RUFUS REED,
DEARLY. in English, German and American Ilardwarennd Cutlery,
Also, Nails, Anvils, Vices, Iron and Steel No'. 3 Reed House;
Erie, Pa.
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W. F. LI DDLE & Co.
Br.icasarrus, Car-risen and Wagon Builders, State Street,„ Le
tweet' Kventh & Eighth, Erie.
L. STRONG; M. D.
xxest tt C. 11. Wright's store, up stairs
Orme, one Door
V. J. L. STEWART.'
°nits with Doer .'A. linear, Seventh near Sassafras street. Res
skinner, on Sassafrat, one door north of Seventh mt.
C. SIEGEL.
l'l'srocessr.c and Avail dealer in Groceries, Provisions , Winer,
Liquors, Frint; &q., &c Corner of French and Fifth &meld,
opposite the Farmers' Hotel, Erie.
JOHN McCANN,
wil4c.kt.c and WWII Dealer In Family Groceries, Crobrery,
Ckkawaro. Iron, Nails, .Ice., No. 2, Fleming Mock, Eric, Pa.
&T. - The highest price paid for Country Produce. 1Z -
J. IiOALDING.
DIFECUANTTAIIXOt. and Habit Maker.—Store, No. 5 Reed's Block,
(cppomite the Donnell Bleck) State Sped. Erie.
J. W. WETIIIOItE,
AT,7'OII.IVEr AT LAW,
In Wnlke 's Olltce. on Seventh Street. Etie, Pa
lIENRY CADWELL,
berniersit,Jobbee, and Retail Dealer In Dry dooila, Groecrica,
Crockery. (Harm are, Carpeting. Barth% are, iron, Steel, Nana,
Spikt &c. , Einpire Stores State Street, four door., below
Brown's Hotel, Erie, Pa. . 4 •
Vie 6, Bellow e, Axle A mit, Springs; and a general
ara.ortment of Saddle and Carriage Trimmings. I
IS. MERVIN SMITH,
krnoUtoce AT LAW and Jutoire of the reace--Cialee ono door
it esi of Wrigher store, Cale, l'a.
W. H. KNOWLTON 4.V SON,
DEALstsin Watches. Cloeks, Looking Glasses, I I Nano Fortes,
Latnits, Britannia Wnre,;ewelry, and a variety of other Franey
Articles, Keystone Buildings, four doors Lelow Brown's Hotel,
Skate Street, Erie, Pa.
- S. It. DEWEY.
WUOLESALE AND RF.TAIL Dealer in Dry Goode, second door below
Drown's Ilotel, State Street, Erie, Pa.,
GEORGE IL CUTLER.
ATTORNEY AT Lam, Girard, Eric CAMIty, 11'n. Collections and
other,businers attended to with promptness and di•nateb.
WILSOIS LA/111). ..
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ATTOZNET AT LAW—On - ICC over J. IL iVilliarost excl. Inge officer
next door to Judge Thompson's Once. ,
Collecting awl other profess loon) businers aitendol to miltprompt
nese; and dispatch. , ,
lIROWDi 'S HOTEL,';,
reRNICALY Tug EAOmieorner orState street and the 'Public squat'
Erie. Eastern Western and Southern stage office.
i B. A. CRAIN. !
WOOLEBALE and Retail • dealer in Groceries, ProvisionS, Wines,
Liquors. Cigars. Nails, Detroit Ate, Buiscult, Crackers, tag. &c.
Cceapside, Erlean.
H. B. HAVERSTICK.
No. 2, d ouse. Reed Dealer in Dry Goode, Hardware, Crockery, /
Greceriev, &e., .
'11 ) W. 1110011 E,
DeAtra I nGroeeries, P visions, Wines, Liquors. Candies, Fruit',.
&e., No 0, Poor Pe.opt 's Row, Staie•sireet, Erie.
W. H. CUTLER.
Auorney & Counseller at Law, (Office in Spaulding's Exchange.
!Infralo, N. Y.
Collecting and commercial business will receive prompt altenion.
REIFEILIENCLIF.—A. Durtt.is, Esq., BF NJA FUN GRANT, Esq.
JOSIAH. KELLOGG.
Forwarding & Commission Aforehunt, on the Public Dock, cast of
Piste street.
Coat, Salt, Plaster and White Fish, constantly for sale.
J. H. WILLIAMS,
flankei and Exchange 'Stoker. Dealer in Bill+ of Exchange,
Drafty, eertiflentesof Deposne. Gold nodtlilver coin, &c., &c.
011ice,4 doors below Brown's Hotel. Erie, ra.
BENJAMIN F.
Arrosnrir •r Lsw, Cleveland, Oleo—Olfice on Superior street,
in Atwater's Block. Refer to Chief -Justice Parker, Cambridge
Law School; lion. Richard Fletcher, 10 State Et.. Boston; lion.
Samuel ii. l'orkins, 1114 Walnut el., Philadelphia; Richard 11.
Kimball, ing.,sB Wall st.sect, New York. For testimonials, re
, fer to this office.
MARSEJAL & VINCENT.
krfORNTYA AT Law-011'1cent, moirs In Tammany Ilan build litg,
north orate Frothonotary's °thee, Erie.
MURRAY WHALLON,
ATTORNIT COI , I3ELLOR AT LA W—OiTice over C. B. Wright's
Store, entrance one door' %vest of State street, pn the Diamond,.
Erie.
1. ROSENZWEIG &-Co.
Matson! AND RETAIL MALERS In Foreign and nomeatte Dry
Coeds, ready made Cloth atig,lioots and shoes, &e.. J. Flem
ing Mock. Mate street.Z"gm-
C. M. TIBBALS.
DEALT:It in Dry Goode, Dry C roceries, Croekery, Hardware. Ace.,
1111. Cheapside,le.
JOHN ZIMMERLY.
DeAte' InGroceries and Prov irionN of all kinds, Statf street, three
doors non of the Diamond, Erie.
SMITH JACKSON,'
ry Goods, G roe et lem, 11 ard ware, Queens Ware. me,
&e., 121, Cheapside, Eric, Pa.
MEAUX in e'
Iron, Noll
WILLIAM RUILET,
CAIIINET MAILER Upholster, end Undertaker, corner of State and
Seventh streets, Erse. - i •
KELSO & LOOI IS
. Forwarding, Produce and Cominison Merchants; dealers
in coarse and One salt. Coal. Plaster, t3hin,sles, are. Public dock,
west side of the bridge, Erie,
Florin J. Katao,
, WALKER. & COOK,
GINEILA4 Forwarding, Conhnission and Produce Aferchants;Sec
ond Ware-house east of the Public Bridge, Erie..
G. LOONJS
DZALCIts in Watches, 7ewclrp, Silver. German Silver, Plated and
Risitannia Ware Cutlery. Military and Fancy Goods, State street,
nearly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Erie.
G. Leonia.
• CARTER & BROTHER,
llVnot.ukce and - Retall dealers In Drup, Medicines, Paints,
pyc-stutrs, Glass, &e., No. 6, Reed House. Eric.
JOEL. JOHNSON.
mALRIN in Theological. Miscellaneous. Sunday and Classical
School Book., StalionMY, &e. Park Row. Erie.
JAMES Lit 7.11.1 t
IrAsniorrsice Merchant Tailor, on the public square, a few doors
weal of State street, Erie,
D. S. CLARK. •
WfvoLcs k ri •RD RSTAIL Dealer In Grocerieto, Provision., Ship
Chandlery, Stone-ware. &e. Ace.. No. 5, Donnell Block. Erie.
0. D. SPAFFORO.
Dealer in Law, Medical, school Miscellaneous Books stationary,
Ink, &c. Suits st., four doors below the Public square.
DR. O.*L. ELLIOTT,
Resident Dentist; Office and.d.welling - in the Beebe Block. on the
East side of the Public Hquare, I.`rier. Teeth inserted on Gold
Plate, from one to an entire sett. Carious teeth tilled with pure
Gold, and restored to health and usefulness. Teeth cleaned
with instruments and Dentifiee Ito as to leave them of a pellucid
eminent All work warranted.
S. DICKERSON..
Pnvincists ♦ND Smteaost--tortice at his residence on Seventh street,
opposite the Methodist Church, Erie.
• C. B. WRIGIIT,
WnoLts ALI Awn RrrAlt. dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware
Crockery, Glass-waro, Lon Nails Leather, Oils, &c., corner of
Butte street and the public square, opposite the Eagle Hotel .Erie..
JOHN H. BURTON.
WUOLLSALII aroißarrir. dealer In Drop, Medicines, Dye Stuffs,
Groceries. ice. No. 6, Reed Doure,•Erie.
ROBERT S. HUNTER. •
Dula' la Hats, Caps aad, Furs of al I deserlialoal. Nti.. 10, Park
Row .Erie. Pa.
CtREEN, black, Harbin; Malt, Drown, and Blue Preach Ma
lt.. reno.for Kale cheap at the Store of S. JACKSON..
oJACK Blue, Plaid Suiped and o th er Fancy Caeidmeres for
nit by $. JACKSON..
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Several years ago I made a tour, through some of the
Southern counties of England with a friend. We tra- 4
veled in an open carriage, stopping for a few hours, a
day or a week, as it might be. wherever there was any
thing to be senn: and we generally got throub one
stage before breakfast, because it gave mil- horses a rest,
and ourselves the chance of enjoying the brown bread,
now milkomd fresh eggs of those country roadside inns,
which are fast becoming subjects for arcrological in
vestigation.
One evening, my friend said, ..To-morrow we will
breakfast at T--. I' went to inquire about a family
named Lovell, who used to live there. I met the hus
band and wife and two lovely children, one eutnmer. at
Exmouth. We became very intimate, and I thought
them particularly interesting people. but I have never
seen them since."
The next morning's sun shone as brightly as heart
could desire. and after a delightful drive. wo reached the
outskirts of the town about nine o'clock.
"Oh! what a pr tty inn," said I. as we approached a
small whito hens with a sign swinging in front of it,
and a flower-gardon one aide. ",
"Stop, John." cried my friend.,"we Alan get a much
cleaner breakfast here than in the town, I dare say; and
if there is any thing to be seen there. we can walk to it."
So we alighted and were shown into a neat little parlor,
with white curtains, where an unexceptionable breakfast
was soon placed beferens.
"Pray do }ou happen to know any thing of a family
called Lovell?" inquired my friend. whoso name by the
way, was Markham. "Mr. Lovell was a clergyman."
W W.' TAOM if
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T. M. At WM
Vattril initr 311i5ttlituni.
FOLLOW YOUR LEADER.
TILE STORY ,OF A LIFT,
•T CUAKLEr MACKAY
"Follow your leader!" etc, said HOPS,
In the Joyous days when I was young,
O'er meadow path, up mountain slope.
Through fragrant woods, I followed and sung;
And aye in the sunny air she smiled,
Bright as the cherub In Paphos torn,
And aye my soul with a glance she wiled,
And tinged all earth with the hues (Imam
Long she led me o'er bill and hollow,
Through river's wide, o'er mountains duo,
Till she soared at last, too high to follow, L• - •
And singed her pinions in the sun.
"Follow your leader:" So said Love,
Or fa i lry sporting in his guise.
I followed to lift the challenging glove
Of many a maid with telltale eyes,
I followed, and dreamed of young delights.
or pas4ionate kitseg, Joyouspains,
Of healed words in sleepless nights,
And amorous tear-drops thick as ra I ii. l l
But alt! full soon the frenzy slackened;
Then came a darkness and dimmed the ray,
The passions cooled, the sunshine blackened,
I lost the glory of my day.
"Follow your leader!" Bo said Fume!
In the calmer hours of my fruitful noon.
O'er briery paths, through frost, through flame,
By torent and swamp, and wild Ingo' n,
Ever she led me, and ever I went,
With bleeding feet, and sun brown skin,
Eager ever, and uncontent,
A. long as life has a prize to win,
But Dead Bva apples alone she gave me
To recompense me for my pain, '
And still, though her luring hand she wave me.
I may not follow het steps again.
"Follow your leader:" Sasaki COLD.
gre the brown of my locks gave place to gray.
I could not Pallow—her looks were cold:
Icy and brittle was the way.
And GOLD spread font: her wiles in vain.
So taking Power tonid her spell,
"Follow your leader:" exclaimed the twain.
'•For where we go shall pleasure
I followed and followed, till age came creeping,
And slivered the hair on my aching head,
And I lamented in vigils weepimi
A youth misspent, and a prime misted.
"Follow. your leader!" I hear a voice
Whispering to my soul this hour; -
"Who follows my light shall forever rejoice.
Nor crave the perishing hand of POTYkR t
Who follows my steps shall brevet. bold
A blessing purer than earthly Love,
Brighter than FAME, richer than Dorm—
Bo tbilow my light and look above.
'Tis late to turn, but refuse I may not,
My trustlLl eyes are heavenward cast,
And e% Cr the sweet voice says/ "Delay riot,
Fin thy treader and thy last:"
'Tie the friend of my youth come badk again,
Sobered and chastened—but loielier far
Than when In those days of sun and rain
She shone in my path as a guiding star.
She led me then, a wayward boy,
To things of Earth and never of Heaven,
But now she whispers diviner joy,
Of errors blotted, of sins forgiven.
To a purpling sky she points her finger,
As westwardly wearily I plod. .
And while I follow her steps. I linger
Calm as herself, In the faith of God.
THE LOADED DICE,
MTMII3MMM ' PI
.•Yes. Ma'am." answered the girl who attended us.
apparently the landlord's daughter; "31r. Lovell is the
vicar of oar parish." ,
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"Indeed: nod does ho line hear here?"
- “Yes. Ma'am. he lives at the vicarage. It's just down
that lane opposite, about a quarter of a mile from here;
or you can go across the fields.„ll you please. to where
you see that towet; it's close by there."
`•And which is the Pleasantest road?" inquired Mrs.
Markham.
"Why, Ma'am, I think by . tho fields is the pleasantest
if you don't mind a stile or two, and besides, you get the
best view of the Abbey by going that wby."
"Is that tower we see part of the Abbey?"
-"Yes. Ma'am," answered tho girl, "and this vicarage
is just the other side of it."
Armed With these instructions, as soon as we had fin
ished our breakfast wo started across the fields, and after
a pleasant walk of twenty minutes e found oursehies in
en old churchyard. amongst a *lint er of the most pic
turesque ruins we had ever seen. With the exception
of the grey tower which we had espied from the iun, and
which had doubtless been the belfry. the remains were
not considerable. There was the ontor wall of the chan
cel, and the broken step that bid led to the high altar.
and there were sections of aisles, and part of a cloister,
all gracefully festooned with mass and ivy; whilst min
gled with the grass-grown graves of tho prosaic dead.
there were the mossive tombs of the Dome Margerys
arid the Sir Hildebrand* of more romantic periods. All
was ruin and decay; but such poetic ruin! such piety:a
corn, decay: And just berm:With° tall grey tower, there
was the loveliest, smiling. little garden: and the prettiest
cottage. that imagination could picture. The day was
so bright. the grant so green, the flowers so gay. the air
so balmy with , their sweet perfumes, the birds sang so
chesrly in the apple and cherry, trees, that all nature
seemed rejoicing. 1 .
!"Well," said my friend, as she scaled herself on the
f ragme nt-of a pillar. and locating around her. now that 1
see this plate, i artcleptand ,e- sort of people this Lov
ell@ were." ~ .
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1850.
"What sort of people were they?" said I.
"Why, as I said before; interesting people. In the
first placethey were both extremely handsome."
"But the locality had nothing .to do with their good
looks, I presume," said 1.
"I am not sure of that:" she answered; ''when there
is the least foundation of taste.or intellect to set out with
the beauty of external nature, and the picturesque acci
dents that harmonise with it, do, I am persuaded, by
their gentle and elevating influences on the mind, mako
the handsome handsomer, and the ugly less ugly. But
it was not alone the geed looks of the Lovells that struck
me, but their air of refinement and high breeding, and I
should say birth—though I know nothing about their ex
tractioucornbined with their undisguised poverty, and
as evident contentment. Now, 1 can understand ouch
people finding here an appropriate home, and being sat
isfied with their small share of this world's goods; be
cause here the dreams of the romance writers about !olio
In a cottage might be somewhat realized; poverty might
be graceful and poetical here; and then you know, they
have no rent to pay."
"Very true," said 1; "but aupposie they had sixteen
daughters, like a half-pay officer 1 once met on board a
steam packet?"
"That would spoil it certainly," said Mrs. Markhain;
"but let ue hopo they have not. When 1 knew thorn
Choy hod only two children. a boy and a girl. called
Charles and Emily; two of the prettiest creatures I oral.
beheld!"
As my friend thought it yet rather early for a visit. We
had remained chattering in this way for more than au
hour; sometimes seated on a tombstone, or a fallen 61-
nine; sometimes peering amongst the carved fragments
that were scattered about the ground, and sometimes
looking over the hedge into the little garden, the wicket
of which was immediately beneath the rower. The
weallserbeing warm. most of the windows of tho vicar
ago were open and the blinds ivere all down; we had not
yet seen a soul stirring, and were just wondering whoth...
er wo might venture to present ourselves at the door.
when a strain of distant music struck upon our ears.—
"Hark!" I said, "how exquisited. It was,the only thing
wanting to complete'tho chain]."
"It's tt militoryltond, I think," said Mrs. Markham;
"you know we passed 80010 barracks before we reached
the inn."
Nearer and nearer drew the sound, solemn and slow;
the band was evidenily approaching by the green lane
that skirted the fields we had come by. "Hush," said I,
laying my hand ou my friend's arm, with a strange sink
ing of the heart; "they are playing the Dead March in
Saul: Don't you hear the muffled drums? It's a (unc
ial, but where's the grave?" .
"There!" said she, pointing to a spot close under the
hedge where seine earth had boon thrown up; but the
apperturo was covered with a plank, probably to prevent
accidents.
There are foiv ceremonies in life at once so touching,
so impressive, so sad, and yet so beautiful as a soldier's
funeral. rdinai[t
ry funerals, with their unwieldy hearses
and tenth .ra, and the absurd-looking mutes, and the
“inky do ks" and weepers of hired mourners, always
seem tnmerlike mockery of the dead; the appointments
bordereo cloSely on the grotesque; they are so littio in
keeping-with the true, the only view of death that can
render lifo' endurable! There is such a tone of exager
ated, forced, heavy, over-acted gravity about the whole
thing, that one had need to have a deep personal Inter
est involved in the greened, to he able to shut one's oyes
to the burlesque side of it. But a militry funkral.lhow
different! There you see death in life, and life lu death!
There is nothing overstrained, nothing ovine. At
once simple and solemn, decent and decorous, onsoling
yet sad. The chief mourners, at best, are true mourn
ers, for they have lost a brother with whom ••they eat but
yesterday at meat;" and whilst they are comparing me
mories, recalling how merry they had been together, and
the solemn tones of that sublime music' float upon the
air. we can imagine tiro freed and satisfied soul wafted
on those harmonious baeathings to its Heavenly home;
and our hearts are melted, our imaginations exalted, our
faith invigorated, and we come away the bettor for what
ive have Imo. , '
I believe some such reflections as these were passing
through our minds, Ifor we both remained silent and lie
toning till the swin ging to of the little wicket. which
communicated with the garden aroused us; -but nobody
appeared, and the ffiwor lieiug at the moment betwixt
us and it, we could not see who had entered. Almost
nt the same motneut, a man came in from a gate on the
opposite side, andidvancing to where the earth was
thrown up. lifted tl o plank and discovere'd the newly
made grave. He was soon followed by some boys, and
several respectable looking persona eame into the enclo
sure, whilst nearer and nearer drew the sound of the
muffled drums, and now we descried the firing party
and their officer who led the procession with their arms
reversed, each man wering above the elbow, a piece of
black crape and a small Ir bow of white satin ribbon; the
band still playing that lomn strait*. Then came the
coffin, borne by six soldiers. Six officers bore up the pall,
all quite young men, and on the coffin lay the shako,
sword, side-belt, and white gloves of the deceased. A
long train of mourners marched two-and-two, in open
file, the privates first. l the officers last. Sorrow was int
painted on every face; there was no unseemly chatter
ing. 110 wandering eyes; if a word was exchanged. it
was only in a whisper, and the sad.ahake of the head
showed of whom they were discoursing. All this Wee r
observed as they marched
. through the lane that skirted I
one aide of-the churchyard. As they neared the gate
Are bend ceased to play. -
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'.'S l eo there," said Mrs. Markham, directing my atten
tiOnAo the cottage, "there comes Mr. Lovell. Oh, how
he is changed:" And whilst she spoke the clergyman
entering by the wicket, advanced to meet the procession
at the gate.'whero lie commenced reading the. funeral
service as hermoved backwards towards the grave, round
i'tilifch the firing party, leaning on their firelocks, now
y'Ormed. Then came those awful words, "Ashes to ash
es, dust to dust," the hollow sound of the.earth upon the
ciliffin, and three 'follies fired over the grave, finished the
solemn ceremony.
When the procession entered the churchyard, we lied
retired behind the broken wall of the chance}, whence,
without being observed, we had watched the whole
scene with intense interest. Just tui the words "Ashes
to ashes, duet to duet!" were pronounced, I happened to
raise eyes towards the.grey tower, and, peering thro'
one of the narrow slits, I saw the foce of a mon—such a
face! Never, to my latest day can I forget the expres
sion of those features! If ever there was despair and an
kith& written on a human countenance. it was there!—
And yet so young: So beautiful! A cold chill ran throe
my veins as I pressed Mrs. Markhnert's arm! "Look up
at the tower!" I,whispered.
"My Godl.what can it be?" she answered turning
quite pale, "And Mr. Lovell, did you observe how Ns
voice shook? at first, I thought it was illness; but he
seems bowed &two with grief. Every face looks awe
struck? There must be some tragedy here—something
more than the death Of an individual! Mid fearing. un-•.
der this impression, that our visit might prove untimely,
we resolved to return to the Inn, and endeavor to diecov
et if
,unusual had really occurred. Before wo
moved', I looked, up the narroW slit"--:the face was no
longer there; but as we Pissed round to the other side of
the toweri we eaw a till'aleadeifignia,,attiretin aloes.
M'ONWARD.iEI
coat; pass slowly through the wicket, cross the garden.
and enter the house. We only caught a glimpse at the
profile;' the head hung down upon' the breast; the eyes
Ware bent upon the ground; but welnew it was the some
face We had seen above. •
We went back tektite inn, where our inquiries elicited
some information, which made ua wish to knoW more;
but it was not till we went into the town that we obtain•
ed the following details of this mournful drains, of which
wo had thus accidently witnessed ono impressive scone.
Mr. Lovell, as Mrs. Markham had conjectured, was a
man of good family. but no fortune; he might havo had
a large one, could ho have made up his mind to marry
Lady Elizabeth Wentworth, the bride selected for hint
by a wealthy uncle who proposed to make him his heir;
but preferring poverty with Emily Daring, he was die
inhoritpd. He never repented his choice, although he
remained vicar of a small parrish, and a poor man, all
his life. The two children whom Mrs. Markham had
seen were the only ones they had, and throngh.the ex
cellent management:of Mrs. Lovell and the moderation
of her husband's desires they had enjoyed an unusual de
gree of happiness - in this sort of graceful poverty, till the
young Charles and Emily, :were.,grown up; and it was
time to think what was to ho done with them. The son
had been prepared for OxfOrd the father, and the
daughter, under the tuition of her mother, was remark
ably well educated and accomplished; but it became ne
cessary to consider the future; Charles must be sent to
college, since the only chance of finding a provision for
him was in the Church, ulthough the expense of main
taining him there could be ill afforded; so, in order in
some degree to balance the outlay, it was, after much de
liberation, agreed that Emily should accept a situation
ao governess in London. 'Cho proposal .was made by
herself, and ho rather consented to, that in case of the
death of her parents, she would almost inevitably have
had to seek sonic) such means of subsistence. These
partings mere the fisst sorrow that had reached the Lev
ens.
At first. all wont well: Charles was not wanting in
ability nor in a moderate degree of application; and Em
ily wrote cheerily of her now life. She was kindly re
ceived, well treated, and associated with the family on
the footing of a friend: Neither did further experience
seem to diminish bar satisfaction. Sho saw a groat
many gay people—some of whom she named; and,
amongst the rest, there not onfrequently appeared the'
name of Herbert. Mr. Herbert was in the army. and
being a distant connexion of the family with whom she
resided, was a frequent visitor at their Louse. "She was
sure papa and manta mould like him." Once the moth
er smiled, and said she hoped Emily' was not falling in
love;' but no more was thought of it. In tho meantime
Charles had found out that there was time for many
things at Oxford, besides study. He was naturally fond
of society, and had a remarkable Capacity for excelling
iu all kinds of games. 110 was agreeable, lively.ex
ceedingly. handsome, end sang charmingly, having been
trained In part-singing by his mother. No young man
at Oxford was more fete; but alas! he was very poor,
and poverty poisoned all his enjoyments.- For some time
he 'evicted temptation; but after a terrible struggle—for
ho adore l d his family—lto gave way, and ran into debt,
and although the' imprudence only nu - monied his olio
cry. ha had net resolution to retrace his stops, but ad
vanced furthe'r in this broad road to ruin, so that he 'had
come home for the vacation slimily before our visit to
threatened with all manner of annoyances if
he did not carry back n sufficient sum to satisfy his moat
clamorous creditorsl. He had assured them he would do
so. but where was he to got the money? Certainly not
from his parents; he well knew they had it not; nor had
he a friend in the world from Whom he could hope as
sistance in such an emergency. In his despair ho often
thought of.rurining away—going to Australia, America,
New Zeland: anywhere; but he had not oven the means
to do this - He suffered indescribable tortures, and saw
no hope of belief.
It wait just at this period that Herbert's regiment hap
pened to be quartered at T-. Charles had occa
sionally seen his name in his sister's letters, and hoard
that there was a Herbert now in the barracks, but he
was ignorant whetheeor not it was the same person; and
when ho accidently fell Into the society of some of the
junior officers, nud was invited by Herbert himself to
diue at the mess, prido provo9tod his ascertaining tho
fact. Ile did not wish to betray that his sister was a
governess. Herbert, however, know full well that their
visitor was tho brother
_of Emily Lovell, but partly for
reasons of his ewn. and partly because he penetrated the
weakness of the other, he abstained from mentioning her
name.
Now. this town of T was. and probably is, abon
the dullest quarter iu all England: '(ho officers hated
it, them was no flirting. n• dancing. no anything. Not
a man of them knew what to do with himself. The old
ones wandered about and played at whist, the young
ones took to hazard and threo-card•loo, playing at first
for moderate stakes, but soon getting on to high ones.—
Two or three civilians of the neighborjiood joined the
party, Charles Lovell amongst the rest. Had they be
gun with playing high he would have been exclUded for
want of funds; but whilst they played low. Ito won, so
that when they increased the Makes, trusting to a con
tinuande of his good fortune, he was eager to go on with
them. Neither did his luck altogether desert him; on
the whole, he rather won titan lost; but ho foresaw that
one bad night would break him, and he should bo oblig
ed to retire. forfeiting his amusement end mortifying his
pride. It was just at this crisis, that, One night, an ac
cident, which caused him to win a considerable sum,tet
him upon the notion of turning chance into certainty.—
Whilst shuffling the cards, he.dropped the ace of spidee
into his lap, caught it up, replaced it in the pack; and
dealt it to himself. No one else had seen the card, no
observation was made, and a terrible thought came into
his heat!: i
Whether 100 or hazard was played, Charles Lovell
had, night after night, a most extraordinary run of luck.
fie won large sums. and saw before him the earl) pros.
poet of paying his debts and clearing all hie difficulties.
Among the young men who played at the table, some
had plenty of money and cared little for their losses; but
others, wore not so well oil, and ono of these was Ed
ward Herbert. Ho, too, was the son of poor parents who
had straitened themielves to put him in the army. and it
was with infinite Meaty end privation that his wid
owed mother had amassed the needful sum to purchase
for him a company, which was now becoming vacant.—
The retiring Officer's papers were already sent in, and
Herbert's money' was lodged at Cox and Cfreenwoods's;
but before the answer from the House-Guards arrived,
he bad lost every sixpense. Nearly the whole sum had
becothe the property of Charles Lovell.
Herbert was alitte pang man, honorable, generous,
impetuous, and endoired with an acute sense of shame.
lie determined .instantly to pay the debts, but he ktdew
that his own prospects were joined for life; he wrote to the
agents to send' him the ,money and withdrew his name
from the list of purchasers. But how was he to sup Port
his mother's grioci How meet the eye of the girl he
loved?she. who he knew adored him, and whose hand•
it was agreed between them he should ask oiler parents
as soon as ho'•was peened a captain:" The anguish of
mind he sullered then threw him into a fever, and he lay
several days betwixt life and death, and happily uncon
scious of his misery. - -
Meantime, another scene' was being enacted else•
where. The officers, who night after night found them
selves 'losers, had not for soma time entertained the least
idea of foul play; but at length, one of them observing
something suspicious, began to watch, and satisfied him
self, by a peculiar method adopted by Lovell in “throw-.
in his mains." that ho was
,the culprit. His suspicions
wore whispered from one to another, till they nearly all
entertained them, with the exception of Herbert, who.
being looked upon esLevell's most especial friend, was
not told. So unwilling were them) young men to blast,
far over the character cif the visitor whom they had so
much liked, and to strike a fatal blow at the happiness
and respectability of his family, that they were hesitating
bow to proceed, whether to openly accuse him or private
ly reprove and expel him, when Herbert's heavy toss de
cided the question.
Herbert himself, overwhelmed with despair, had quit
ted the room; - the root were still seated around the table;
when having given each other "a signal, one of them,
called Frank Houston, arose and said: ”Geutlomen. it
gives me great pain to have to call your attention to a
Very strange—a very distressing circumstance. For some
time past there has been an extraordinarp run of luck in
ono directionwei have all observed it—all remarked on
it. Mr. Herbert has at this moment retired a heavy
o lo
r. Thera ie, indeed, as far as I know, but one winner
ong us—but ono, and ho a winner to a very consid
able amount; the test all . loser.. God forbid that I
should rashly accuse any man! lightly blast any man's
character! But lam bound' to say, that•l fear tho mon
ey wo have lost has not been fairly won. There has been
foul play: I furboar to name tho party—the fuels suffi
ciently indicate him." -
%Vito would not have pitied Lovell, whoa, lived with
horror and conscious guilt, he vainly tried to say some
thing? ...Indeed—l asrurei you—l never"—but words
would not come; ho faltered and rushed out of the roam
t_a transport of ngony. They did pity him; and when
he was gone, agreed among themselves to hush up the
affair; but unfortunately, the civilians of the party. who
had not been let Into the secret, took up his defence.—
They not only believed the accusation unfounded, but
felt it as an affront offered to their townsman; thoy blus
tered about it a good deal, and there was nothing left for
it but to appoint a comtlittee of investigation. Alas! the
evidence was overwhelming! It turned out that the
dice and cards had been supplied by Lovell. The fur
mar, still on the table, were found on examination to be
loaded. In fact, he had had a pair as a curiosity long in
his possession, and bad obtained others from a disropu
tablo character at Oxford. No doubt remained of his
guilt. I
' All this t'vhilo Herbert had been too 111 to be addressed
on tho subjoct; but symptoms of recovery were now be•
ginning to appear; and as nobadyl was aware that he had
any particular Interest in the Level family. the affair was
communicated to him. - 'At first he refused to believe in
his friend's guilt, l and became violently irritated. His
informants assured him they would be l t° happy to find
they were mistak l en, but that since the inquiry no hope of
such an issue remained; and be sank into 'a gloomy
silence.
On the following morning. when his Servant coma to
his room door, ho found it locked, When, at the dosire
of tho surgeon, it was broken cyan, Herbal
. was found a
corpse, and a discharged pistol lying beside titth. An in
quest sat upon the body, and the verdict brought in was
Temporary Insanity. There never was one more just.
Preparations were now made for the funeral—that fun
eral which we had witnesesed. but before the day appoin
ted fur it arrived, another chapter of this sad story was
unfolded.
Wuen Charles left the barracks on that fatal night, in
steak of going home, he passed tho dark hours in wander
ing wildly about the country- but when morning dawned,
fearing the oyo of man, Ito returned to the vicarage. and
slunk uniobservod to his chamber:. When he did not ap
pear at breakfast, his mother sought him its his room,-
Whero she found him in bed. He said he was very ill—
and so indood he was—and begged to bo left alone; but
as ho was no bettor on tho following day. she insisted on.
sending for medical tickle° the doctor found him with all
those physician] symptoms that are apt to supervene from
great anxiety of mind; and saying he could get no sleep
Charles requested to have some laudanum. but the physi
cian-was on his guard, for although the parties concerned
wished to keep the thing private, soma rumors had got
abroad that awakened his caution. -
, The parents, m?anwhile, had not the slightest antici
pation of tho thunderbolt that was about to fall upon them
They lived a very retired life, were acquainted with none
of tho officers—and they wore even ignorant of the
amount of their son's intimacy with the regiment. Thus
when news of Herbert% lamentable death reached them
the mother say to her eon:••"Charles, did you know a
young man in the barracks called Herbert; a lieutenant.
believe? By tho bp), 1 holm it'suot Emily's Mr. Her
bert."
"bid 1 know hint?" said Charles, turning suddenly
towards her; lor, un ler pretence that the light annoyed
him, ho always lay with his face to the wall. "Why do
you ask, mother?"
"Because he's dead. Ho I liad a rover. and—"
°Herbst& dead:" cried Charles, suddenly sitting up in
the bed.
Yos, ho had a (over, and it is supposed he was delirJ
ions, for ho blew out his brains; there is 'a report that ho
had boon playing high, and lost a great of money. What's
the matter, dear? Oh, Charles, I should n't have told
you:- I was not aware that you knew hint:"
•Fetch my father bore; and, mother, you come back
with him:" said Charles, speaking with a strage stamen
of tone, and wildly motioning her out of the room.
When the parents came, ho bade thorn sit down be
side him; and then, with a degree of remorse and anguish
that no words could portray, he told thom all; whilst they
with blanched Checks and hearts, listened to the dire con-
Cl=
"And here L am," he exclaimed, ashe ended, "a cow
ardly scoundrel that has not dared to die! Oh, Herbert!
happy, heppy, I - Torbert: . Would I wore with you!"
At that moment, the door opened, and a beautiful
bright, smiling, joyous face peeped In. It was Emily
Lovell, the beloved daughter, the adored ;sister. arrived
from London in compliance with a letter received a feW
days previously from Herbert, wherein he had told her
thnt by the time she received it, ho would be a captain,
She had come to Introduce him' to her parents as her af
fianced husband. She heated no refusal; well she knew
how rejoiced thoy would be to see her the wife of so kind
and honorable a man. But they were ignorant atilt this
and in the fulness of their agony, the cup of woo ran over
and she drank of the draught! They toll- her aII before
alto had been five minutes in the room. flow else could
they account for their !ears, their confusion,' !flak. bowil
dermont, their despair:*
Before Herbert's funeral took place. Emily Lovell wag
lying betwixt lira ond death in a brain fever. Under
the influence of 'feeling easily to be comprehended.
thirsting fur n seiMmposed torture, that by its very poig
nancy should' relieve the dead weight of wrechedness that
lay upon his breast. Charles' crept from hie bed. and slip
ping on a loose coat- that hung in- his room. he stole ac-
TOSS the garden to the tower, through 'the narrowsit, he
witnessed the burial of his sister's lover. whom ho had
hastened to the grave.
Vern termintites',our aid story. We left T`-on.
the following morning. and it was two Or three Vents be
fore any further' intelligence of the Lowell family reUchod"
us. Ail we• then heard was. that Charles had gone. a
self-condemned-exile. to Australia; and that Emi l had
initiated on accompanying him thither.
61 SO A Ylipß , in Advanitd.
.:3 . ;le :s:i: tOvEB,
SY RICHARD COS. ESQ.
"To-morrow, ma, I'm sweet sixteen._
And llilly Grimes, the drover,
/las popp'd the question to rue, um*
And wants to be toy lover!
To-morrow morn, be says, mamma.
Ile's corning here quite early,
'To take a pleasant walk with lasi
Across the field of barley."
"You must not go, my gentle drat.
There's no use now a talking; .
You shall not go across the geld L
With Billy Grimes awalk ins,:
To think of his presumption, u:Kg,
The dirty, ugly drover.
I wonder where you pride has no,
To think of such a locor."
"Old Grimes's dead, you know, mamma,
And Billy is so lonely!
Besides. they mi. to Grimes' estate
That Billy Is 'boon!) ,
Surviving heir to all that's left
And that, they say, Is nearly
A good too thousand dollars, ma—
About sit hundred yearly!"
"I did not hear, my daughter dear,
Your last remark quite clearly,
But Billy tan clever lad,
And no doubt loces you dearly!
Itemember then to-morrow morn.
To be up bright and early,
To take a pleasant walk with him
Ames the field of berteyr
GUMS AT CONGRESS—No. VIII
From the Pennaylsanian.
The Congressional Library is always interesting to the
visitor. Ou a rainy day it is comparatively deserted, save
by those who seek its secluded nooks to while 'lnky the
heavy hours; but when a brightsun makes endure lovely
it is a rendesvous for all the handsome women at the
Capitol. Then it is peculiarly attractive. The balcony
on the southern front is generally crowded with ohm
•vers of the magnificent laudlicape--a combination of rock
and river—town and countrY—.stratched out for miles be
fore them. Inside pray, be seen a bevy of Southern
beauties, betiding over the volumes ofludiaa view'. Oa
one of the large sofus will be seen a young couple evi
dently on a bridal tour to Washington. The group in one
of theireeesses, is listening and laughing at the witticisms -
of one of the reverend Senators. The abort heavy man '
with fierce face, and heavy grey whiskers and moustache.
protruding teeth, dressed in the extreme of fashion—is
Bodisco, the I:lyssian, Minister. who is married to •
Washington Lady, and lives in great style in the Dis
trict. The slender personage, with pale face. black
moustache, polite and deferential air, is Montholon, the
French Plenipotentiary, and successor of the impetuous
and generous-hearted Pouesin, whose republicanism:limn
him his office; and who is now in Paris, one of the most
ultra members of the reds,)or extreme Democrats. Sir
Henry Itulwer, the British Minister, isThe ordivary look
ng man, medium size, with sharp, cynical face. in com
pany with Mr. Crampon, the Secretary of Legation,
and acting Minister after Mr. Pakenham's departure...-.
Crampton looks every inch en Engliehinan: the white
hair, ruddy face, short sack coat, and slender cane. are .
all indicative of his country. Thn Diplomatic corps at
Washington extends itself through a "tunable of attache,.
secretaries, and dependants, who are. however, lost in the
crowd of American sovereigns, and are only distinguish
able when they appear liedirzsned with stare and garters.
at, the White Unman. at a. New Year's' reception, el l a
Droning Room. The Library is a favorite resort ot
these representations of foreign governments. The salad
ries of the ministers of Great Britain and Russia are
much larger than the aniount paid to the President of the
United States , and enable them to live ia great luxury
and state. Here, in tho Library. we saw the gallantCoL
Duncan, before he left Washington for the South. to as
sume the duties of Inspector General, to which he was
appointed by Mr. Polk, and to meet his death. The
bright, black eagle eye, the complexion of health, and the
proud and happy smile, indicated a long life of usefulness
o his Country. Here, too, We saw the majestic Worth.
before he sot out for the sickly regions of the Rio Grande
but his noble fligure and air command seemed 'made to
defy many more 2f the rudest bla of time. Little did
he think that herwhe had so et n n escaped the iron hail
of bottle, would soon be felled the invisible scythe of
the remorseless destroyer. ong this gay group of
C
the living, how few reflect upon those who once stood
where they are now, and have since passed away! ,
"Whom worth the soul dellghta to trace,.
Whose very 10.93.1 Is meet to weep:"
Hero have we often seen, iu days gone by, the manly
form and splendid f.ice of Dr. Linn, the late lamented .
Senator from Missouri; his collar folded down, his olive
complexion, his waving hair, his brilliant glance, so dif
ficult to transfer to canvass, and yet so vividly written on
ureirrory'e tablet. Here, frequently, might also be aeon
the beloved Calhoun, glancing with that eagle eye. now
extinguished in death; over some faiorite page. 'Here
• Randolph, of Roanoke, spent many of his hours. Here.
a few years. ego, 'might daily be seen that.man of mighty
memory and endless labors, John Quincy Adams. The
illustrious Silas Wright was fond of coming to the Library
"as if to meet the fever:iprei(mvanions of his leisure hours.
Now these great ligh have gone out, but their deeds and
their virtues will never be forgotten, "while the earth
bears a plant or the sea rolls a wave." But let us turn
for a fere minutes to the tieing present.
Directly before you, is an elastic figure, erect as die_
statue on the other end of the Capitol. Look upon that
classic taco, where energy and courage are entbrons4.— ,
The eye, even in repose, is piercing; in anger it kludleir
like a living flame. That is Capt. Chafiel . 0. Hunter..
the Alvarado of the American Navy; a rare spirit, gen
erous, impetuous; and enthusiastic; yet, in difliculty . or
danger, cool and collected. The tall full-formed young
man, with benevolent and handsome face, iv Major Lel
ly, of New England, whose gallant fight at the National
Bridge, in Mexico, you will not readily forget—a conflict
in which ho was so seriously wounded, as to render his
recovery doubtful for a long period. The person enter.
ing the Library you ought to know fora his published
likeness. That is Reverdy Johnson, Attorney General'
of the United States; a good face, medium figure. ariA
carefully dressed. lie is .on agreeable end hospitable
gentleman, and rather a bold man; but he made a great
mistake in his Cialphiu opiniOn. The individual who
enters next, end goes up to the Librarian's deak. is a
much more celebrated personage. That la Robert J.
Walker, one of the controlling minds of the present cen
tury, and one of the moat pOwerfrilinembers
_Of the great
administration of - Mr. Polk. Ile is below the usual
height: bas a bald head, with a most capacious brow; s.
face full of animation, and manifests rather a disregard.
for rheas. Ile has the soul of en enthusiast. and the in
tellect of a Statesman. HO it now engaged attending to
his practice in the great national court, and is much "'
copied with 'important eases. Bet we have noticed
enough of the notable!' for to-day.
SUNTERRANEAN LAKE AT LANCASTER, # . s.—Thos'
Lancaster Gazelle gives an account of en under- -
grottpd hody of water; which it says lies beneath the
'highest point of the city, 27 feet under the surface;
and 20 feet above Centre Square. lt was first die
covered. by a workman digging a well', and is thought
to be 50 feet wide and 10 deep: It flows le a south.'
western direction. The Gazette proposes that the'
water be used to supply the city. _
NUMBER G.