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,Ba_3Bll.MEBO DiIVIE-OTORY.
D ' GALEN \BACEENE.
Fashionable Tailor, bete een the Reed noun and 1401%11'15 Rotel,
up stairs.. CUTTING done on short notice.. tin
OLIVER E PAFFORD. '
iooksetter and Stationer. and Manufacturer of Blank Booka and
Writing Ink. corner of the Diamond and Sixth =t•eet.
J. W. DOUGLAS-,
ATIORNti AND COUNSELLOR AT I.Bw Offmcon Stale Street, three
door. ilorth of thou n'a Hotel. Erie. l'a.
COS ft & 1471
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Unt sas In Dry Goods, Hardware, Crocker), Groceries. and For
e,gn and Dornesiic Liquors, Distillers, and Manulhenuers of
ealeratus, No. e. Reed Ilotna4 and corner of F/C/ICII and 'Penn
Streets, Erie. Pa.
J. B. NICKLIN,
and general Agency and Commission busineve, Frank
lin, l'a.
RUFUS REED, '
Matta in Englipti,liernian atul American Ilattlwarcatirl Cutlery,
Alio, Nuilb, Vim., Iron and steel No. 3 Reed House;
Erie. I's.
W. J. F. LIDDLE & Cu.
Dr.teaserrrtts, Carriage and Wagon Itaittiertf, State Street, be
tam' rtesentli & Eighth, Erie.
L. STRONG. NI. D.
Irrarr.oue Door v.ert of C. U. Wright'', store. up ire
DOCT. J. L. STE %VA RT.
Oyu r Deer. A. Ileunm, Seventh nenr Safszarra4 ewe'. Res
ads Seeenfrne. one door north of Se% enth
C. SIEGEL. N.,
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tint...' y and Retail dealer in Gro
rocrrirs, Pvinions. Wineg,
dquoro m.
,' Fil, &c.,&c Cotner of Urencliatal Fifth Streets',
I Hoot,. the Farnaerb' lintel, Lrie.
JOHN INIcCANN,
Wants Are and Retail Dealer hi Family Groceries. Crockery,
Warm:ire. Iron, Salle, dzecy N o. Y, Fleming flock, Erie, Pa.
vv - The highest pries paid for Country Produce.,FL
J. GOALDING.
Warns% Tkit.on, and Habit 3hiker.—Sture, No. Reed's flock.
(opl (udge the Donnell Itlcek) State Street. Erie.
J. W. WETAIORE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lit Walker's Ullitc, ori Se% emit Street, Erie, Pa
I HENRY CADW ELL,
Isimersit,Jobber, and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries,
Crockery•, Glossa are, Carpeting, north are, Iron, Fwd. Nails,
Spikis, &e. ,Etiipire Sion.% state Street, four doors, below
Brown's notch Erie. Pa.
lil4o—Ant de, Vices. Bellow s, Axle Muni, Springi. and a general
assortment of Faddie and Carriage Trimmings.
S. MERVIN SMITH.
kritortvry AT I.‘w and Justice of thejPeace—Otlice one door
newt of f'right's store, Erie, Pa,
W. U. KNowLto:C,CSON.
Desist:sin Watches, Clocks, Looking Masses, Piano Fortes,
!maws, Britannia Ware. Jewelry. a nd .i variety ()father Fancy
Arneles. Keystone Buildings, lour doors below Hotel,
state Street, Eric, Pa.
------- GY.4SIIGE H. CUTLER.
Al - router AT TAW. Girard, Erie County, , l'n. Collections and
other httsinevy attended to with oromptnemi nod dironteh.
WILSON LAIR
ATTOTTICT AT LAW— 0 fIiCC Over C. It. Wright's Store, with Myr
*
W1'311431'. oliposits the CoOrt Howe.
C tin g andetlier profehsionat ulellt ES attetided tow iihpronot
•ss and dispatch.
BROWN'S poTEL,
IrIIAMTRET mu: FAULK. corner of State street and the Public square
Erie, rhsicrti Western and Sotathern,strge office.
11. A. - CRAM. •
knot ci.AI.V rind Retail - denier in Groccrici., Proviaions,
Liquor... Cigar., Nails, Detroit Ale, Bui.cuit, Crackere, dec. Lee.
reenivide i Eric. Pa.
T. W. MOORE,
Dev,sit in Groceries. Provisions, Winesrl.hmors. Candies, Fruit,
ike.. No G. Poor People's Row, litate,strcet, Erie. • ,
W. H. CUTpER,
•
Aherne); & Counseller at Law, (Office in :lpaultling's Exchange.
titlalo. N. Y. 4 ..-
WILY ug ahd commercial IitI9IIICSP will receive - prompt attenion.
RKILRISPIC4 4 .=-41. P 4 E.'., 111. !CIA MIN GRANT. E,'q
JOMAII KELLOGG,
Forwarding & Commission Merchant, on the Public Dock, cast of
State street.
Coat, Salt, Planter and Willie Fish, con•tnhtly for nate.
J. il. iN T IFSMAIS,
Banker and Exchange Broker. 'Dealer in Bill: , of E‘cli.'
Brall,r, errtilkateNof llepol.lie. Cold nod sliver coin, &c.,,
°nice, 4 doors hclow Brown's Howl. Erie, Pa.
BENJAMIN F. DENNISON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,ClONCialld,Ofito—OffirO OH Superior EU
iu Aiwater'o Block. Refer to Chief JOstICC Parker, Cam lii;
hawtichool; lion. Richard Fletcher, '0 Staw st., Boston; II
Papule% 11. Parkins, 1411 Wallin' Philadelphia; Richard
E5q..3.3 Wall atieet, New York: For testiniunialil
fer to thin °Mee.
MARSHALL & VINT:ENT, i
ATTORNEYS AT LAW--OniCe up stairs in Tammany Ifitill (ntildiqg,
north of ttle Trotlionotary's Mir, Erie. I
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MURRAY WHALLON,
ATTORNAT AND COONNELLOR AT LAW—Office over, C. B. Wright's
stote, entrance one door west of State street, on the Diamond,
Bile. 1
I. ROSE — NZiVF.IG & Co: I
WIIOI.FIPALIC AND 111[TAIL DEALERS in Foreign and 'Domestic Dry
Bonds, ready matte Cloth i lig. Boots and Slime. &c.. No. 1. Flem
ing Mock, Flom' street. Eric.
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C, M. THIBALS. •
tht.,L. in Dry Gdods, Dry Groceries, Crockery, Hardware j Sce..
No. li i„ Chrwiside. Erie. ,
JOHN ZIAIMERLV, •
lizsum InGroceries and Provisions of all kinds, State street, three
doots north of the Diamond. Erie.
SMITH JACKSON,
Daaaa in Dry Coale, Groceries, Hardware, Queens Ware, Lime,
Iron, Nails, dr.e... 121, Cheap'',le, Erie,sPa.
WILLIAM RAIL
Csatincr Sfsirra Upholster, and Undertaker, corner of Slate and
Feventli streets, Erie.
KELSO & LOOMIS,
G ttttt Forwarding, Produce and Conunison Merchants; dealers
in coarse and fine salt. Coal. Plaster, Shingles, &c. Public dock,
west side of the bridge, Eric
EnwraJ. Kyr
WALKER, & COOK,
Cenrasr. Forwarding, Commission and Produce:Merchants; See
and IVare-house east of tho Public Bridge. Erie.
G. LOOMIS & Co.
DELLIIII in %Vetelies, Jewelry, Silver, German Silver , Plated and
Britannia Ware cutlery , Military and Fancy Goode, State street,
nearly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Erie.
0, Loomis.
• CARTER & BROTIIFR
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WITOLESALE and Retail dealers in Drugs. Med icl nesaaints, Oils,
Dye-sturs, Class. ike., No. 0, Reed floosie, Erie.
JOEL JOHNSON.
Maces In Theological, Miscellaneous, Sunday and ClaPsica
School Books, Stationary. &o. Park Row. Erie.
JAMES LitlAl,
PAIMONAIILK Merchant Tailor, on the public square, a fev‘i doors
Best of State street, Erie.
1).• EL CLARK,
wiToctiviLit AND RETAIL Dealer in GiOCCIIM PIVIABIODN, Phil
I.lmmitery. Stone-ware, &e. Re., No. 5. Bonnell Block. Erie.
0. D. SPAFP — ORD.
Dealer In Law, Medical, senuot Miscellaneous hooks statil nary,
&e. Plate st., four doOts below the Public INUare.
DR. 0. 4, ELLIOTT.
Bes Wen t Dentist; OtTiceand dwelling in the Beebe Block, on the
Bart 'tide of the Public. Square, Erie. Teeth inserted on Gold
from one to an entire sett.' Carious teeth tilled with pure
gold, and restored. to health and usefulness. Teeth cleaned
with instruutents and Detainees° as to leave them of a pellucid
clearness. MI work warranted.
B. DICKEItSON.
nvetcitit AND Fi VI atom—Mee at hfrreildenee on Seventh l street,
0 1 , pol to the Methodirt Chgreh, Erie.
, , C. B. WRIGIIIr,
tsiloLy. ALI AND ReTAIL dealer In Df y Goode, Gmeerlee, ffnrdwate
Crofkety, Ghtse- ware, frog Traits •Lcathcf• oils ; the., tomer of
,htafe street and tho Dublin equate. °ppm' to the Finale Hotel ,thie.
HRTON.
wuot.iism. 3 R ;m JOHN
tt. denier in Dr BU
ugs. Medicines, Dye Stuff".
Arn. No. 43 Seed Rouse; Erlc.-4-
ROigitT B. 41UNTE.
DEAL. in lieu. Caps il
and Fun of descript ß
ions. No. 1 , , Park
Row •Eric, Pa.
1/1.11"1'ER, WANTED.-50011rItllpt pod Daisy Buttes wanted
In exchange lan edah or Goods. J. 11. 1 1 / 1 1.1..ERTON.
.GOeiDOZ. PALM I.IIAF HATS at wholesale; also, n
sOttnient ufiLeylwrti and Panama hats. just received by
Juju t • I ~. i t ll r ryLLiat: 'ON.
THE ERIE OBSERVER
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T. M. AVRTIM
ptittn i twit 311,itellantl.
from the Knitterbacker.
THE."HOUSEHOED DIRGE."
SY R. il. STODDARD
I've tost my little May at last:
She perished in the spring,
When earliest flowers began to bud,
And earliest birds to sing;
I laid her Ina country grave,
r . A rural, soft retreat. •
A marble tablet o'er her head,
And violets at her feet.
I would that she were back again, , -
' In all her childish Mout,
My Joy and hope have followed her,
My bean Is In her tomb!
I know that she is gone away,
I know that she is fled,
I miss her every where, and let .
I cannot make her dead:
I wake the children up at dawn,
And say a sitnple prayer,.
And draiv them round the morning meal,
But ()tie is wanting there!
I see a little chair apart,
A little pinafore.
And Memory fills the vacancy;
As Time will—nevermore!
I sit within my room, and write
The lone and weary huurs.
And miss the little maid again
- • Among the window flowers.
"Ind miss her with her toys beside
My desk in silent play;
And then I turn and look for her,
But gbe has flown away!
•
I drop my idle pen and hark,
And catch the faintest sound,
• She must be playing hide•and-seek
In shady nooks around;,
She'll con/cowl climb My chair again,
And peep any shoulder o'er;
I heard laugh—but no,
She coined; I)eVennOre!
I wailed only yester-n:ght,
The evening service read,
And lingered for raPittoft,, kiss
Before she went to bend;
Forgetting she had gone before,
Jo .1 1 / 1 11bCf6 soft and sweet,
AK %tontine...tit above her head,
And vio!ets rat her feet!.
THE WIFE'S TASK.
M. 11. SLEICPEiI
Front the tVestern Literary Messenger
Ar the distance of Immo fifty miles from London,
but aside from arty of the great country roads, there]
stood, many years 'goons old manorial residence, which
joined to the massiveness of feudal times' much of the
picturesqueness of architecture which- characteriied a
later period. The solid! masonry of the mansion might,
indeed, bid defiance to any ordinary mode of attack, but
the clustered chimneys, the noble, projecting windows,
the lofty and ornamented portal, the low park wall which
;mimed one mass of variegated mosses, richer and more
beautiful than the fluent mosaic, spoke of a peaceful pe
riod and the protection of individual rights. The No
villes, to whom the demesne belong4d, had pdssessed
high rank, immense wealth, and great influence. For a
time they lived gay and brilliant, thciiiih changeful and
eventful lives, adhering, by times, to' the royal and pop
ular cause, and taking part in all the stirring incidents of
each successive period. Some hail died on the battle
field, some on the scaffold, some with the "pomp and
circumstance" of high nobility, beneath the ciphered
velvet and nodding plumes. A few of the daughters had
married into fannies still more renowned than their own;
many had united with their equals, oud - two or three,
descending from their proud position, had found adeepor
happiness, a more entire content in the seclusion of cot
tage homes. But, at length, the fortune which had borne
without injury the encroachments of occasional spend
thrifts, began to melt away before a succession of reck
less heirs, until the last. Sir Henry found himself involv
ed in In vain struggles' with a lot made hopeless by the
misconduct of his fettle'''. His wife died during the
third y e ar of their marriage, leaving him one eon, named
Edward Neville, who inherited the sparkling beauty,
the fine figure and graceful carriage which had long dis
tinguished his race. In him, Sir Henry's. heart was
bound up. For him he wrought early and late, tilling
the land that remained unallonated, with the help of a
few rustics, living en the coarsest food, wearing the
coarsest clothing, and, rqfng soddenly, loft him a small
sum withered by half-pence, and sited with mtisttsimet
fidelity. Even in the hour of dissolution, he sought to
preserve the little hoard, peremptorily forbade any pomp
at his funeral, and exacted a promise that no monument,
not even an unornamentod stone, should record-his
burial. Edwatill waited Until his interment, and then;
in the very recklessness of despair, fled from the scene
of so much past splendor and present misery. Of his
life abroad he would never speak. It was too full of
wretchedness; possibly of crime. However that might
be; he returned in a few years, broken and haggard,
with a dulled eye, a faded cheek, and a step slow and
heavy with the weariness of a breaking heart.
It was the anniversary of his father's 'death when lie
paused henna his ancestral home. There itstood, mas
sive. rich. and entire, eavetho glassless windows, the
dilapidated chimneys, and here and thews a painted roof
decayed—broken, yet garlanded with the ivy and the
vino. There it stood, proud, old and silent amidst the
forest-like depth and density of verdure. The cherry, the
double peach, the laburnum, the lilac and tho laurel
grew in untamed profusion. The beech and the syca
more, the lime, the cedar and the cypress, had over
grown their bounds, joined the fragrant firs that swept
down to the emerald meadows, shadowed by clumps of
branching oaks and magnificent elms that stooped to
kiss their own fantastic image on the green maid. The
garden terraces, washed by the rain, would* have been
undistinguishablo but for the marble steps, which, weathj
er-stained and cracked by frost, were themselves scarce
ly visible through the tangled mass of roses and fillies.—
The statue; were overthrown end broken; the antique
sun-dials were hurled under the verdant moss. There
were no door in the park; there was no game in the
preserves. No boat danced on the stream as its current
washed the old stone landing; the boat-house itself was
quite concealed by jessamines and honey-suckles. The
eightengales were singing their sweet. sad sengs.and the
rooks, wheeling above the coppices, suggested images
of English plenty and English hospitality. painful at that
place and at that hour, •
The iron gate remained. but the lock was rusty. and
the young man sprung over the wall and
,strode on ward
to the portal, dulling aside the brambles that had rioted
in neglect, and trampling upon the sharp stings of the
nettle grown long and strong in the dark atmosphere.—
Ho parsed from room to room, from ball to ball, glanced
at the gilded cornices. the panelled wainscotting, the in
laid floors from which the thick carpets and splendid
fool-clothe bad vanished, and stopped a moment before
each of the glorious pictures which,told of a once regal
fortune, and a right princely parentage clad. As he
trod the fine old gallery and' thought of all' this wealth,
hip own, yet , not, his, moth be cursed, in his utmost spirit,
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1850.
the benumbing iulluencis which settled upon him like a
dark and blighting. spell. What did it avail that the de
mesne, spread out in its richness and beauty. owned him
master. Not a fixture could be sold, not a tree felled.
not a painting removed. The-relative on whom ifwas
entailed, cold, grasping and sorded, would have seen its
lord dying at his feet, rather than yield a right. however
trivial, or afforded aid, however slight. - And lie lore no
wealth within himself. By education, habit, feeling. ho
was unfit to carve his way up to fortune, and beside him
stood no friend silently and lovingly to subdue his preju
dices, to plan, to soothe, to cheer. The atmosphere was
impure, and tho mingled scouts which came heavily up
from the flower forest. increased the stifling sensation it
produced. Leas and less firm. was the young man's
tread, fainter and fainter the echo in the lonely chamber,
and when the rising moon shone in through the case
ment, she revealed no difference of hue between his
cheek and its marble pillow.
Adjoining the Neville Court was a largo estate belong
ing to a family still in its •Itride of power and place."—
Nothing of embelliahruent that a lavish expenditure, gui
ded by the taste and an acquaintance with high fashion
could effect, was wanting. Yet admirable as were the
appointments, filled as was the house with noble guests,
nothing was ever seen there one-fifth as beautiful, noth
ing that could so satisfy the fancy and fill the heart as
the pet, the plaything, the ward of Clarence Norton, the
second sou of the house; a young man universally ad
mired and thoroughly accomplished, whose fortune en
abled him to gratify all his whims, and keep his own
family on the belt possible terms by lavish and splendid
gifts. By these, indeed, he paved the way for Amy's
introduction to them, simply announcing her as the child
of a dear friend, - who, on his death-bed, had bequeathed
her to his care, although there was not wanting those
who professed to see in her rich complexion, her spirited
yet tender eyes, her laughing lip, her slight. yet round
and graceful figure, and the eparkliurblackness of her
thick, wavy tresses, the evidences ofn tender and closer
connection. Whatever was the do between thlm, it,
was cordially acknowledgad by .111 r. Norton. Ile never
returned from a continental to u r without piling her dres
sing-room with presents, rich silks, delicate India mus
lin, books, and now and then! fine cabinet picture, such
as he knew she loved. While he remained, too, ho ex=
hibited a sedulous care for her enjoyment. She rode his
"Arebinn, boated, fished, hunted with liim, sang to his
flute, and mingled with the gay company that thronged
the mansion., But when ho wept-away, she gradually
return - ad to her studies, her pointing, her embroidery,
and dwelt in her owe cliamber,and in the dear old woods.
next in tier affections to her guardian himself. In vain
did the young ladies of the - family strive to turn her ex
quisite taste to account in the decoration of themselves
and their drawing rooms. Although uniformity willing
to fill the vases, arrange the ornaments to the most' ad
vantage, to devise fancy dresses, and give an airy ele
gance to the flowers and ribbons destined to set off the
beauty of her fair friends, she as unifurmy resisted qui
etly. respectfully, but firmly, all attempts to fritter away
her energies in a waiting-woman's services. Rut in all
tasks of love and charity, she was unwearied. Her mel
ancholy took the form, not of languid musing, but of
untiring activity, a restlessness of endeavor that seemed
struggling to banish thought. Her foot often foil in
peasant homes, her voice sustained the old, and gave a
new impulse to the young. She knew the detail of the
farmer's housekeeping, and the small economy that
makes the riches of the poor. She Wrought of well as
saw. Her busy fingers plaited the Sunday cap of the
tottering grandmother, remodelled the faded garment of
the orphan child, concocted the generous cordial, and
prepared tile delicacies which tempt the failing appetite.
It was when her gunrdiau bad been long abroad, when
an intensity of sadness had gathered in her eye,
and her form drooped like a snow-drop when the
storm buts upon it, when, more than over before, her
woman's heart shrunk front ifs uncareil - for volitude, that
she met Edward Neville in her lonely walks. At first, a
bow was the only recoguition, then, a friendly salute
teflon, then, some slight , courtesy, au offered flower or a
basket of choice fruit.. Then followed short converse
ifOis under the cool shadows, and, finally, long, delight
ful rambles Among woodland Myatt!), or beside the brim
ming stream. Tho similarity of their position in some
points, produced in each a filondid feeling, half admire
. non, half pity, and each generously and truly sought to
translate into action the thoughts which found not in
words their fitting language. Amy brought her choicest
books, sketched the spots they visited, and the flowers
th e y gathered, sang the songs her companion loved, quo
ted his favorite poetry, treasured his slightest expressions:
white he brought out the wealth of a brilliant and highly
cultivated mind, ransacked the regions of philosophy,
poetry and art for their brightest gems, and interspersed
them with life-like picutres front his own varied experi
ence.
Bow was it possible that they should long continue to
meet only as friends! When together, they, breathed a
purer atmosphere, saw a brighter sun. and found a tem
porary repose front the Memory of their sorrows. They
heard not in their "sweet delirium," the Suggestions of
prudence, they forgot that friends would frown, and the
world laugh. SVhat was there for them but their own
unaccustomed happiness! Tits illuson could not last.—
Edward Noville was noble minded, and he awoke to the
It L dnese of his folly. Even iu the ziyost moments of
adv.. turous youth, when surrounded by might aid in the
difficult ascent to iudepaudence, he had fled from the
smile of woman; and now, when utterly forgotten, when
ho habit of hopelessness had impaired hie energies. end
years of inaction had made him averse to effort, now in
the depth of his poverty, poverty both of thd outward and
inward man, should be link another to his fate? Should
he darken forever another's skyl invovlo another in a
perpetual and desperate struggle? He sternly put aside
the strong suggestions of his overflowing love, and for
ced himsiilf to reveal all the humilating, crashing circum
stancetkithich ground him to the very earth. Then, with
the calmness of despair. its moonset] all claim upon
the beautiful being whit had made one sunny spot in his
depressing life, offered one healthy draught to his fever
ed and thirsty lips.
And Amy!- How did she listen to his words Had
she doubted the siucerity of his affection, or could oho
have suffered alone. she would have remained silent.—
But gently, meek and self-distrustful as oho was, she yet
know thedupon her rested her lover's sole chance of ex
tricating himself from hie embarrassments, of rising im
peder to hie fate, of becoming happy and free. She righ
tly estimated the source of hie discern:ligaments. Sho
perceived the weak as Well as the_ strong points of his
character, and she kneW that she alone could strengthen
the first end direct the last. But she could not say this,
how then could she, without overstepping the bounds of
maidenly delicacy, urge the fulfillment of their unspoken
vows? It was easier than the thought. The plea. ,
gaze. and the grasp of the slight fingers. ancomicter
sly convulsed end strained in- thepassion of sudden grief
changed in a mounot resolutions fortified by er:long night
of bitter mff-upbraiding.
Attest friends were in Lender/whither - she' h'eal
ed accompanying them, and her letters announcing her
engagement ,were received with polite surprise and
expressed remonstrances: veiling. or intended to vett.
real satisfaction tinder an appearance of regret. A
few handsome presents' formally offered, and ea formally
accepted. finished the counectiorrof, the lovely girl with
the pond family which• had-endured her presence ely from
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regard t o a brother's wealth. Thus, (pito alone— for she
had persuaded Edward tolook after some business that
required his presence to an adjoining county—she com
menced preparing for her simple housekeeping. •
Many years before, the lord of Neville Court bad wed
ded a delicate, drooping woman, who, having been
brought up in the seclusion of a country house, wearied
of this splendid dissipation iu which her marriage had in- •
volved her. She pined for a solitude. broken only by bird
of bee; for a spot whom she might slug the songs of her
childhood unheard by human ear, or sit with her husband
sometimes, in the soft twilight, and recall, undisturded,
the bright dream of their wooing. A gay an elegant man
was her husband, a successful courtier. fought and cares
sed by whole troops of hirds and ladle!. and fond of the
whirl and eclat of his brilliant life. But- be was also
warm hearted. and loved the gentle being he had _won to
his side. His early romance had not all vanished. and
he applied himself with the ardor of a young lover to the
erection of a pretty hermitage. Entirely out of sight of
the great mansion, and just were one would least expect
to find it, row,. as if by magic, a little stone cottage. irreg
ular enough for a painter. with three pointed roofs, and
casement windows here and there, set with the choisest
colored glass through which fell the softened rays. ma
king a graceful and illusive light within. The gem-like
glass was gone. the arras. and the dainty- cushions, but
but the cottage was still entire. thank to its almost
indestructible material. and a 'very small sum sufficed
to make it half a paradise. Qute a paradise it
became pleasant associations, and agreeable recollec
tions., foN when it became known that it was to bo the
abode of their benefactress, many of the sturdy villager'
came with full hearts and ready hands to assist in the la
bor. The mason and .carpenter. the painter and mat
maker; the farmer's wife with her dairy produce; the
garduer from the hall. a bony of gills with mops, and
brooms. and the quiet, sorrowful seemstreess, whose
small cupboard had been often stocked with cordials; of
fered their; services with pleased alacrity. To crown the
whole. a bright lass of fifteen, who might have rivalled
Gay's "Black Eyed Susan," offered her assitanco for the
continuance ofsuch instruction as she had been accus
tomed $o receive from her fair patroness.
The work went merrily on. rformed by nimbly fin.
gars; quickened by thorough good will. Fourfold did
'Amy receive into her bosom for the patient gentleness
with which she had entered into the details of the poor
man's life, suggesting, planning, making thei r little seem
the much. Fourfold was she rewarded. not alone by the
Il t
gratitude of the bone fi tted. but by the praed al informa
tion she had gathered. which enabled her order skill
fully her own narrow means - . It was real)y wonderful
how she contrived to double her possessions. The cot
tage. Which she feared would look cold and bare. was al
auk crowded. That little, sunny parlor,' so little and
me attnny. with its Turkey carpet. its large deep window
filled 'even to the top with plants and bird-cages, its fine
cabinet pictures, with her own humbler. yet still beauti
ful sketches, its books and engravings, its harp and pi
ano, its smell table, with that prettiest of parlor ornj
mi
• nts, a work basket, full of light evidences of femal
ioduetry, how sociable how enjoyable it looked! Then
the sleeping room adjoining. - bride-like. with white dra
, pubs and fold* of Indii muslin. the toilet piled with gifts,
1 there:As outer rooms, and the fitly nook for the_young
1 maiden so light and clean. It was very lovely, too, with
out. The green solitude was alike soothing to the eye
and heart. Behind was a sunny elope, flowery to profu
' sloe, and haunted by coWsl_. ._. _ _t d wild hyacinths. pan-
Ides and heart's e, which fairly 'ngled with the ro
ses and kidney`-suckles that garland • the cottage.—
Stretching away dpou eitherside were rich .ppices and
dark firs with many an abrupt ascedt, du whose broken
terraces grew the primrose and periwinkle, and patches
of underwood, thorns and ferns, gay dancing ferns wa
ving plume-like over the ninny tinted mosses. In front
lay the meadows so deeply, richly green, the full, calm
river spanued byan ivied Imago, and, beyond, the peace
ful hills with a far oft view of the distant church, the
cloud-like smoke rising from the hamlet beneath. As
the loving girl looked around and felt her own soul re
freshed and animated, she not only hoped, bat believed,
that the outward peace would bring also a peaceful spirit.
The bridal was all unlike those of the former heirs of
the stately house. But the eoug of the nightingale and
the cooing of the wood pigeons were sweeter far than the
blithest strain of the minstrel; and the morning, the
thickets, with their treasures of anemones and wood sor
rel; the snow-white blossoms of the thorn and the cherry;
the budding; blooming beauty of all around, were far
more suggestive of blissful thought,, more sustaining
than the meat pageantry.
Mite passed, and there was no want id the eottage.--..
True, the brown loaf, with !limey from the hives under
the limo trees. and a pitcher of fresh milk often furnish.
od the frugal meal, but love eat at the board. mud the
homely fare grew sweeter Iliad the viands at the binquet
of princes--
Edward Neville became gradually reconciled to toil.
Itassumed a new aspect:it developed a new element when
it contributed to the sparkling happiness of. his wife.
Now, too, life was not all drudgery. lie returned from
his task to sweet song sweetly sung in the twilight, to
long heartfelt conversations, to the welcome courtesies
of a true woman. -Almost before ho was aware. the
glowing summer, with its rural sounds and occupations,
had flown; the truthful' autumn, the festive Christmas
time, the sadder February had alike departed, and the
arum and ground ivy.again opening to the sunlight; mark
ed the return of the rejoicing spring.
It brought a new guest to the cottage. The mother
smiled, but the father dropped a tear upon the babe as he
thought of the heritage passing from his race for .
Again he would have sunk into deepondency, but for
the loving wife, who seined no disquietude to - darken
her welcome. And bow, when she would 'no longer
seem selfishly alive to her
_own comfort, alto begin to
execute a project before formed—to persuade her hus
band to drop his .itle, seek in London regular employ.
meet, educate their boy to industry, and in all respects
indentify himself with the great. active, happy middle
class. She expressed her wishes gradually and skilfully.
sometimes in their rambles, sometimes with the infant
laughing and crowing upon their knees.
Tho father at length consented, and the mile of Amy's
jewels furnished the means of removal. Their lodgings
were very humble. but a few tasteful articles from the
Cottage gave their rooms an air of quiet elegance not
always found in more pretending apertinents. Industry,
temper/mos, and probity seldom fail of reward. After
some years; the merchautile house fur which Mr. Neville
was employed. took him into partnership. and it being a
substantial firm, of long standing. there was no "more
fear of purer ty.
Twenty years of mental !eve. of virtnorts exertion;
Went by:
,The oldest son was soon to take hie father's
place in the firm. The second was at Cambridge. and
the &tighter was afreedy bethrotbed to a country gen
tleman of wealth and consideration. when MG Norton.
from whom no tidings bad in a longtime been received,
suddenly rettlmod from Item, with a 6ne foritilie, which
he immediately set about expending as vision* as he
had before let abbot amassing it. He wanteria place in
the country was delighted with Neville Court. bought
the entail with as much !aides could be obtained in the
vicinity. and as sobn as one room was rendered habita;.
ble. settled"there with all the laborer ho could collect.
lie insisted upSit having everything in ptogretie at once.
and ciliated.. sookiedond hindered with thtt 4.4qt:wisest:
The whole place was as full and .as lively as a bee-laive,
and amidst en odd collection of old tapestry. old armor,
old plate, and new velvets and satins. French frippery
and English luxury, moved Mrs. Neville. more animated
and handsomer than ever, in her quiet efficiency. redu
cing eta touch every thing to order and elegance. How
happy was Mr. Norton, dashing at full speed up stairs,
down stairs, to the nearest town, grumbling et tho neg
lected state of every thing. yOt secretly rejoicing that
there was so much to do. The trees were to be pruned.
gravel paths made, the boat-house rebuilt, tho garden
laid out and planted, the fish-ponds refilled. the park
stocked with doer, the preserves with game. stables,
coach-houses, and dog-kennels to bo built, the new land
divided and leased. He had not worked so hard, slept so
well, or beep so merry iu his whole life.
At last all was arranged, all completed save thews la
bors which are so wisely and kindly required, season by
season, and Mr. Marten persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Neville
to preside over his mansion. Fora few yours he retain
ed his hilsrity, his lure of exorcise, and love of com
pany: thou he gradually failed, gave up coursing, gave
up boating, gave up society, and, finally, beloved and
honored. he peacefully closed a life. wild and eventfu: as
was ever told In `story. Mr. and Mrs. Neville inherited
his whole property, but sought no distinction for them
selves or their children, save that which accompanies in
dustry and integrity. heightened by education, and rec
ommended by a generous hospitality.
DISUNION!
A Eloquent Extract!
lion. JOHN A. McCLentiaso, one of the Democratic
members from Illinois, Chairman of the Committee of
Foreign Affairs of the llouse, and well-known as ono of
the ablest and most accomplished men in the Union,
made a speech on the 10th of June, on the slave question.
which has been well and widely praised and printed by
the Democratic press of the nation. We give die
fol
lowing truly eloquent and striking extract on Disuuion.
We are confident we could lay before our readers noth
ing.so acceptable or appropriate at this particular time:
••But„ sir, in another view: what must follow if those
unhappy differences are not settled? This is a mouton
toes question. rising far above all Others I have yet con
sidered, and concerns not only the condition of our terri
tories, but the welfare of twenty milliOns of free people ;
yea, the. cause of human liberty throughout tho the
world. I hesitate to approach it; it is , too vast for finite 1
comprehension; it is too fearful for voluntary tontempla
tion. We read, sir. of the rise and fall of great empires,
whose career makes up the history of antiquity-0A AS-
Syria, and of Persia, and of Grollice. and of Romiciehe
successively swayed the destinies
,of the world. and are
now dwarfed or perished among thti ruins of earlier
times. But the fall of this Govermihont—this Union,
would mark a still more disastrous and doleful period
in the annals of the world; it would mark not merely
.the refine of despotic power upon its devoted authors.
and agents. not merely the retribution of the sitord dpoti
the conqueror and destroyer of the human meet but alas!
it would trace in letters of blood and despair a still more
appalling epitaph—the relapse of liberty and civilization
into the night of ignorance and barbarism—the collapse
of nature herself in the aspiring struggle to 'elevate and
ennoble mankind. The mighty convulsion of the moral,
social. and political condition of the world, which would
result from inch a catastrophe, can only be solved in its
consequences by the Deity himself; and may lie ever
avert . it! To the feeble powers allotted to a far more
limited view is allowed; and only me the extent those
powers authorize is it proper for me, or would I attempt
tospeculato on the (Mum- L
Within this limited range it appears to as. that the
first and most obvidus consequences of nu?-actiou must
be the destruction of the existing political parties and the
erection of geographical parties on their ruins—arraying
ono section of the Union against tho other in angry and
irreconcilable strife and hatred. This would be the first
step towards disunion; indeed, it would he in itself a
moral disruption of the Union, ultimately to be followed
by armed efforts to widen the breach into a pormanet po
litical and physical one.
The next consequence would probably be the abandon
ment of our territories acquired front Mexico, which,
would almost certainly be followed by a collision between
Texas and New Mexico. And in the event of such a
collision, what part could we take? Should we side with
Texas, and employ the army of the United States to
suppress what we considered insarrection in d 9:ate, in
obedience to the Constitution; or should we side with
New Mexico its the defence of the rights of person and
property iu that territory. in obedience kith to the Con-,
stitution and our treaty with Mexico? Which alterna-I
tive could wo consistently adopt? And if neither • and
we should forbear interference. would not Mexico be
tempted to become a party to the contest, and thus re
cover a portion of her lost territory? Let these ques
tions be answered by those who object to action—who
object to a seasonable pacification.
Again, sir: in the event of the loss'of the territories in
question, a still more important result would follow.—
California would Immediately declare her independence.
and eventually uniting With Oregon, would form the
more extended Republic of the Pacific. This event
would - be followed, if not preceded, by the absorption of
Lower Crliferuia; which. by provoking a wsr with Mex
ice. would probobly terminate. sooner dt later. in the
conquest mid addition of tket Republic to her young and
aspiring neighbor. With these, or with a pert of these
extended dominions, our disowned and neglected
ofrepring, having in their possession the Pacific coast for
more than two thousand miles, the month of Columbia
river. the great bay of San; Francisco. the unsurpassed
placers of the Sacramentd and San Joaquid valleys, ex
tensive forests of the best ship timber; having also thd
control of the valuable whale fisheries of the North Pa
cific, and tho groat keys and estuaries of the direct over
laud trade between Europe and Asia. and of the im
mense maritime commerce of the four hundred millions
of people living mooed the shores of the Pacific, and
upon its inviting rind clustering islands,—l say, sir, with
all these vest advantages. our disowned and rejected off
spring might, and Weald. be come oar rival; replaciug
our destiny and rolling on the mighty tide beyond as,
and perchance over eerr ruins. which had Fussed from
our control, and which has been circling the earth hit
more than three thousand years ender the orimipotent
fiat of Jehovah.
Aud last, air . , the name causes Okla had lost to us our
territories: might also dissever the Union itself. How
serer it, I will not afkmpf to predict; only to question
the shallow °Melee which wo hare heard so flippantly
retailed by the political soothsayers of the day. • That
this Union will to peaceably oterthrown, is one of the
wildcat arid most frantic dream if
,* that was wear tn'dcage
by a heated and distempered brain: Not add himself
has decreed otherwise. He has joined us together by.a
common language, a common religion. a common his.
tory, and a coMmon aviary; &Jibe . explosive force of
civil war-=tternendoull dill war. eons dad pat di asanu?
der. No, air. no; not until the mighty rivers and the
inland sense Whith now bind us together as ono people
—the most prosperoul pall happy people on earth—aro
choked' with carnage and discolored with blood, will the
demon of disunion flap his baleful wings , and croak his
diktorifaut mites of fiendish joy over lbe ruins of this glo
rious Republic. _
Etrt4efr. if title* Aittstiolitie stiotild befall us, what
el
. 1,0 A YEAR, IA Adva
would the futuro probably develop? Would thine he te
slavaholding and non-slavehottling, a southern and nor
thern Confederacy, as has been supposed?
,Would this'
bo the division? 1 think not, sir. This contluent—;
North America—displays very different geographical
features from those of Europa and Asia. We have hero -
no great central mountains, like the Alps and Himalelni
emerging front their declivities tko rivers, which. with
their diatinstive mountains, eegronato both continents.
and delittiates correspondingly the political divisions - of f
each. Wo have no such formation hero. On the COW:
trary. our, continent, as a bowl, gathers to the centre
what falls within its rim--the Alleghenies on the east,
and the Rocky Mountains on the west: within which,
and between them and tho Atlantic ocean on ono side;
and Ilia Pacific ocean on the other, are comprehended
its great geographical divisions, to which its political di
visions would naturally conform under a new order of,
things. Yes, there would be en Atlantic and a Pacific!
Republic, also an intervening Republic, the largest of the
threi, holding the Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mex. - t
ico; and insisting upon freo egress and ingress by the
lakeeaud St. Lawanco river, to and from the ocean.--
This would probably be the development of the future;
but how long esen this order of things would stand, tiO
ono can foretell; for hero as elsewhere, and in other
times, power—unbridled power. might overleap the
barriers of Nature, and merge a continent into the txn.
fathonablo depths of Despotism. This would be the work
of Another Alexander, Cwsar, or Napoleon, rushing (anti'
to set the new world on. fire, and to snatch from the (Hs.;
solving pile the flaming brand of conquest and universal
dominion.
But, sir, I will not pursue theso speculations—God
grant diet they may never bo realized. I have only pur
sued them so far, i answer to the fatal delusion, the in=
sensate idea of peaceable disunion. 1 turn from the hor
ror of the picture which disunion would conjure up; I
.kun from it with alacrity and delight, to the brighter and
more real prospect of union—this glorious and happy
Unioll as it is. administered in the spirit of the Consti
lotion. and to be guarded and perpetuated forever, as a
pricoloss legacy to onr posterity and as a beacon of Hope
to mankind throughout the world.
Itt; the poetic language of our countrymen, Longfel•
low. let us all unite is the common anthem:"
"Sail on.Oh Union, strong and great!
• • •
Ball on, nor kar to breast the sea!
* • • • •
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears
Are all with thee—ale all with thee!"
Mirrying for Love
In the "Police Caeca" supplied the Penneyiranian by
the inimitable ...VV." we frequently find some excellent
things. The following is not bad:
A shabby-genteel man, iu rusty black, presenteihim=
self at the bar, with, a face frightfully scarified, and
ward expression of countenance. Ile gave the follow=
ing touching history athis misfortunes:
"My name is Matthew Anderson. lam a dyer by
trade, and do a very good business. I began to set up
for thyself in the year 1836; and, as soon as it was known
that I was gettingefong pretty well in the world. about
forty girls, I suppose, seemed to be making a dead set
at me. I could had my pick and choice of about as fine
lot of ferninines as ever trod on shoe-leather. They
were constantly running to my shop, on protease of get=
ring their ribbons, shawls, dresses. petticoats, and so
fourth dyed; and many a thing they got dyed that didn't
want dying at all—all for the sake of throwing them=
selves in my way. But my heart was canons-Co all the
assaults of Cupid; though some of the girls that ran af
ter me this way, had lots °rpm/a...and oue of theft fatty=
era was worth twenty thousand dollars, at the lowest
figure. Site Ives a pretty good looking girl; too, except
that she was 181130 of one leg, and had an impediment
in her speech. Rut I just kept cm steady; and not a
girl could brag' that sh'e lid made the least impression
on me,
till I was better than forty years old, and that was
about two years ago; for, you see, 1 was afraid of glen
girls that seemed to be willing; and as I was'a quiet
mau Myself, I wanted a wife that Was just the same
thing; whereas most of the girls that hunted me, looked
like they might be tartar and brimstone when they chees
ed to allow out. But there was one, named Mary Anti
Green, that looked as railed as a new potatoe; butter
wouldn't limit' td Mett in her mouth. I thought, though
wasn't worth a copper, and hadn't a second suit to my
back. So I fell madly in love with her. and married her
before you could say "Jack Robinson!"—and what do
you suppose was the result?"—Pausing for a reply, and
finding that the question was too abstruse for immediate
solution, Mr. Anderson removed a handkerchief with
which his face wan bandaged, and passing his fingers
over several purple diagrams and lacerations of the cut
icle, ho added, "S'itioneri, sir; literally skinned! Her
father was a currier. and this is the way she drerktee my
hide! Before we were married three days, she dropped
the-mask from her own face, and tore the best part allies
skin from mine. Now, sir. I wan% to see if the law can
protect me in my tights."
Mr. A. - having received instruction to the effect that
this wee a family affair, in which the city authorities had
no tight to interfere, left the office with evident signs of
discontent.
Educate Yourself.
Knowledge it its own exceeding great reward. It is
not the gift of a Colledge particularly. It is what the
mind produces whenever it acts. Great schools aro
chiefly applicances for the lazy, to furnish substitutes for
knowledge by which to make their way in the world. A
youth who has a noble thirst for science, is not so much
beuefitted by a" liberal education" as he is apt to Imag
ine that he will be, before trying it. If year parents aro
rich, and have nothing better to dd with their money, let
them board you at Cambridge or Yale for four yeap.
Bat if they are pear laboring people, stay with them
and labor too. But don't the less strive for a liberal ed
ucation. Be liberal in suppying yourself with books and
time. Journey on foot and study nature and Men.
Ask questions ofevery body and every thing.
Thus doing you will probably ;terrains more rartlsfac
tory and useful knowledge, and what is more sounder.
character and firmer health—you will be more of a mane
than if you distress your parents to hove knowledge put
info your mouth with a pep-spoon. It is thus the great
estandhost men are made in every country.
A Standard of Wisdom.
We did not make the world—;we may' mend it and
we must live in it. We Anil find that It abounds in fools
who are too rum. to be employed, and knaves who are
too swm . . u t the courpowucdcharactet is the most
common. and it is that with which we shall havo the
most to do.—As he who knows how to put proper words
in proper places evinces' the truest knowledge of bOoksi
so he that knows hew to put fit persons in fit, stations' ?
evinces the truest knowledge of men. It was observeo
of Elizabeth. that she was weak herself. but chose wise
counsellors; to which it was replied, that to chose, wiso
counsellors was, in a prince: the highest wisdom.—Lacon.
DESTROCTION op CATTERPILLAUS.—Our readers are re
minded that this worm should be attended to in season.
And when this is done the labor of ertripation wilt bei
trifling. Close attention, to clear the limbs for one or
two rears will entirely rid an orchard or this nuisance.
Oho easy mode of destruction to to apply strong soap'
suds to the nest—if the tree is liras, a swab tied to ttm
end of a pole. will accomplish the porpoise effeetiewoffy.—
Suds have PASO sisp . d by.the washerweenan are as good
as ask. mud tiy rebbiog the swab on the nest—after it has
bees dipped into the suds—the worms are quickly dot
stroved.
NUMBER 11.