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GALEN IL KEENE.
Fashionable Tailor, between the' Reed llow,e and Drown's Hotel,
upstairs. CUTTING done on short notice. trl3
OLIVER SPAIak'ORD.
Booktoetter and Etationer. and Manufacturer of Blank llookti and
Writing Ink. corner of the Diamond and Sixth street.
3. N. DOUGLASS.
Arroutrt •ItD COUNAELLOR LAW—OniCC 011 State Street, three
doors Dor' of Itrown' Howl, Eric, l'a.
COMPTON & IJAVERSTICK.
Drams In Dry Hoods. Hardware, Crockery, Croreries, and for
eign and Domestic. Liquors, Distillers, and Alantifacturers of
t 2 a!claim'. No. t, Reed Haute, and corner of Frertell and l'enn
Streets, Erie, Pa.
W. 11. CUTLER,
Attorney S. Counsel!cc at Law, (Office h 0..:, Eric MIL corner
of Main & Lloyd client!, lluilalo, N. Y.
Collecting nod commercial Inisincl-s Will receive prompt ntienion.
RE/Eali.)loES.—A. P. Dermot,. Ecq., ILIFNJANI4 Gat Et•q• •
J. B. NICKLIN,
Secerwt, and general Agency and, Connun,ion busitycF. Frank
lin. Pa. •
RUFUS REED,
Dicartat in English, German uclAnier icon II rd wareand Cutlery.
Ala, Nails, Anvils, V Iron and No. 3 need Ilotoet
Erie, Pa. .
W. J. F.1.11)1.)LE & Co.
BLACK/31MM. Carriap And %Vagon Builder:l,l 4 .i= Strec!. be
tweenceeeeth & Eighth, Erie.
L. STRONG, M. D
Orrice: one Door west of Cr. B. Wrighthr store, up stairs.
DOCT. J. L. ST WART,
Orrirs With Peet. A. Beene. tieqnth near eakeafras street. Res
F id? re. on fle.safrae. one door north of Seventh et.
C. gitUEL„
Vinous...lE and Retail denier in fjroceries, Provisions, Wines,
Liquors, Print, &c., &c Corner of French and Filth Streets,
opposite the Farmers' Hotel, Erie'
JOHN h7cCANN,
WEIOLL 4 . ILE and Retrial Dealer in Insnity Groceries. Crockery,
Glmeware. Iron, Nailo. &c., No. 2, Fleming Mack, Erie, Pa.
UV The highest price paid for Country Produce. ,r
J. GOALI)ING. •
Alt:twit/1 VT TA mon, and I taltit k er.—tAtctre. No. 5 Iteetl'orttock
(opt bite the !tumult leeFt) Stale Street; Erie.
W. WT:TMORE.
A T T ORJV'E Y A7' LAIV , •
In Walker's Once, on Seventh Simi, Erie, Pa
MMIIMUM
Ittrorrrrr,lobber, and Retail Dealer in Dry Coodt , , Groceric.,
Crockery. /[lawn aro; Carpeting. Hardware, Iron, Sleet, Mita,
Fpiktr, are. r.nipire iftorut .9-treet, four doure, below
Itrown'r Hotel, Cit.,
Also—Saila, Vice", Ilennw r, Axle Arms, Springs, and a general
ar,ortinent of Saddle and Carriage
_Trimmingy.
S. IMERVIN — SNIITH,
ATIVIRNIT AT LAW and .111PliCC of the Pence—Ufflee ono door
1% oil of Wright's Atom Fait., ra. • -
W. 11. KNOWLTON & SON.
DEALER. in ‘ValCileS. 3 / 4 :loChrt, looking Glaret., Nam , . rorres
Britnnnin Ware, Jewelry, nnd n New TotherFraney
Armies, Kepitone Ihriltlangv, four dour. oeloW Brown's Bole%
State Street. Erie. I'a.
GEORGE N. CU'rLEII., •
Arrovity Girard, Eric Comity, l'a. Collections and
other Itu.ioet.g attended to with protoptneas and ditdtatelt.
WILSON LAIR
ATTORNEY AT LAW-o(kt . Over C. WI iglit'e Store, with A.NT
Tay Mullion, opposite the. Court llou:c.
Collecting nollother pram:1011ot butbuebs attended ton Ittiprompt
nem arid diTpatch.
BROWN'S HOTEL,
FOR X ritLv Tint EAGLE, corner of Ft ale street :Ind the Public square
Erie, Eastern Western awl Southern stage office.
B. A. CiiAIN
WHOLESALE and Retail denier in Orneerieq, rrovisions,
I.lquorceigars, Nails, Detroit Ale, Liub.cuit, Cri!elten., &c. &c.
Cecapvide. Erie, Pn, _ _
T. W. AIOORE,
MAUR in Gtoterio. Proviq lone, Whiep,Liwiore. Candies, Fruit,
Ike., No 0, Poor People's Row,Sinue bueet. Erie. -
• JOSIMI KELLOGG.
Forwarding & Commission Merchant, on the Public flack, east o
Butte street.
cm. Salt. Vldster and White Fish, conetantly for sole.
7. 117 WILLIAMS.
flanker and Exchange Broker. Denlcr In Dills of Exchance,
Drafts, certificates of Deposite. Cold s aniteilver coin, tre.,
Office. I doors below Drown's Hotel. Erie. Pa.
BENJAMIN F. DENNISON,
ATITANCT AT L* v, Cleveland, Ohio—ttifice on Superior Wee%
In Atwnteeslllock. Refer to Chief Juptiee Parker,Cambridge
Law School; Hon. Richard Pletcher, InStatebt.,llo,ion; lion.
Samuel 11. Pork in 9,1410 %Volum Pi., Plailadtlialin: Richard 11.
Kimball,tiaq...3 Wall film. New York. For to,tiloon 'alai re
kr to this other..
AIARSIIALL & VINCLNT.
Arrovo - ce oa. LAw—Oflice nil btairs Lt Taiumaiiy
north of the Prothiinotary's office, Erie.
MURRAY WIIALLON,
ATTOINEY AND COMIV WM, AT Law-011'We 0% C C. B. Wright'S
Store, entrance one door wed of State Atm% on the Diamond,
Erie.
MW - gMrM r tM
IVrtnLEISALIC AND RNTAIL IJCALZRO ID Foreign nod Domenic. Dry
Gond., ready made ClOthing, Boots mid e•ltoes, &e., No. 1, Flem
ing Block, state street, Erie.
C. M. TIMBALS.
Onto In Dry Goode. Dry Grocer4e4.Crockery, Hardware. arm..
No.lll. Cliraponle,
JOHN ZININIERLY,
DEALTE InErocericl and Provisions of all kinds, State street, three
Arors,aorth of the illafc'id, Erie.
SMITH Jikt:: SON.
DIALIA In Dry Goode, Grocerier , , Hardware, Queens Ware, Lime.
Iron, Nails, du., 121, Cheapside, Erie. Pa.
WILLIAM 'RIIILEP.
Csitxrr MAIER Upholster, and Undertaker, canter of State and
Seventh streets, Lae. ••
SELSO & LOOMIS, - "x.
GIMIMAL I r orwardlne,Produee and Conunison reil antat dealers
in coarse and flue salt, Coal, Plaster, tilling Tee, doe. Public dock,
west Bide of the badge, Erie.
ir awn, J. Kew.,
• WALKEIt 6:.• COOK.
ininzat. Forwarding, Commission and Produce Merehauls; Sec
owl Ware-house east of the Public. Bridge, Crie.
G. LOOMIS & Co
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DEALERS In Watches, Jewelry. Silver, flerman Bitvcr, Flair,' and
,13nlanflis. Ware Cutlery. Military anti fancy Cootio,litate street,
newly opposite the Eagle hotel, Erie.
G. LOONII. T. M. ACBTIN
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CAItTEIt & BROI'IIEEt,,•
dV.ttoLzsscr and Retail dealers in Dru n ,, 7Aledietnes;Ealnts, Oils,
Dye-stuffs, Glass, aZe., No. 8, Reed Nouse, Eric.
JOEL JOHNSON.
MItALSP in Theological, Miscellaneous, Ounday and Claralcal
School Books, Stationary, &c. Park Row, Erie.
JAMES LYTLE. '
Fasmoisabs 7iferchqu t Tailor, ou the public square, a few doors
West of State street, Erie, '
L. S. CLARK,
WITOLVIALIZ •ND harm Dealer in Groceries, Provision., Ship
Chandlery. Wane-ware, &e. dce.;No.s.llonnell Block, Erie.
• 0. D. BPAFFORD. •
healer in Law, Medical, school Miscellaneous Books stationaryi
Ink, &e. State st., four doors below the Publie•square.
D'• 0. L. EI,LIOTT.
Resident Dentist; Office and dwelling in the Beebe Block, bn the
East side of the Public Stuart, Erie. TeeUi ,larbrtedvo Gold
Plate, from one to au entire sett.. Cartons teeth tilled with pore
Gold, and resloro to health nod uterulness. Teeth cleaned
"ilhiludtinnents end Dent ineerlo as to leave thew ofa pellucid
clearness. All work-warranted. .
8. DICKERSON.
hrrnm•r Alm &sown-001e° at his residence on &wentlsitiect,
oppoatie the Methodist Church, Eric.
C. 13.
Wnatzsaurs ins Rer,tar,dealer I a, Dry . Gorxis. G roecilogo
Crockery, Glass-ware, Iron plails Lxadier, Oils, &P., corner of
State infect and tiro public square. oppsite the Knit Hod .Elie.
OHN H. - - - •
tirnomil..ca AND RITA J It. &ides . In 11 ""' MC ' lc in")
—Se
6tufli
Groceries, No. 5, Reed liougel. Erie.
RoBEIVP — S. HUNTER..
Illktri r Ents, Cal* and ure of all descriptiont. • NO. 10aark
UUTTER WANZED.-4300 firkins good T Dairy Butlca
r atitCd
iu exchange fin F.:'4l,th or Goods. J. 11,1 4 FULLI6RION.
ARGEIot of Ilsainets,jul, received per Exocess by '
4.4 Juut I. 4. HIM LLEILT
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.LIKING AND DISLIKING.
• • • BY CIIAELES SWAIN •• • -
Ye . who know: the ration:tell me
• Ilow it Is that instinct Still -• • . . • .--
['romps the heart to like—or got to , •
Alija own capraclous will •
" Tell me by what hidden magic .
* ' Our Impressions first are led"
• Into liking--or disliking— • •
":. ,• • .•
Oft Deleted he Jain - ‘, - •
Why should stalks sometime" repel •' • •
' Bright eyes turn our &Blip/cad? . • -
• What is that which comes to tell Its •
All thatglitters Is not • golds • :
- Oh, no ieature, plain or wilting.
But a power we Cannot shun. ' •
Prompts our liking, or 'disliking,
Ere acuuaintaince bath begun! -,- •
is itinstict—or some spirit • . -
Which protects us, and controlls
. Every impulse we Inherit • "
. By some sympathy of souls! .
Is it instinct? is it nature? • •
" Or sOlite freak Or fault of chance •
Which our liking, or (thnking,'
Liinits * te a single • ' ' •
e Likepresentareirtof danger,
Thotigh the sky no shadow flings;
Or that Inner; sense, still stronger, -
Ofutiseen--uninter'd things. •
Is It—oh, can 1111 one tell Ine7r
" • 140 one show sutticie u t cause
Why our likings-and . t
Hai4 their own instinctive labs? •
TIIE COMBAT OF DEATH:
THE CHOLESA VS. THE BELLOW zwitat.
Near the eon of this day, the 25th of November.lB32,
a young man was sitting on the deck of p noble ateetner
descending the Mississippi. and thou not far distant from
New Orleans.
The motion of the boat was gricefully bird-like. and
its speed such as wings 4;1;4. might seem capable of con 7
ferring. The sky was all gold and purple. and the broad
face of the great river, flushed with the evening light,
like an immense irris betwixt its shores. Proud men 1
and beautiful women came forth to feast their !Dyers on
the seen? - , and fond mothers brought out their babes
add held them Up to look at, the burning heaven and
bright earth of God. - 'Many. however. gazed on the re
markable features of that young man, and silently, Fens
versed with high his white forehead,. ,
Indeed ,his appearance bad been a Subject of general
curiosity during the -whole voyego'frony
This could not be caused. by his dress. a Gait of. plain
black, unadorned save by a single - ornament—the smill
crosser gold worn as a breast pm. • Nor did his demean
or evince the faintest wish to attract observation, or oven
Me consciousness that he had gained it. Ho - kept - aloof
from 'the r evollers-in , the bar.room,- The , rich wine
poured into.his glass at dinner by officious waiters. spar
kled not, to his lips; and he never once 'glanced at the
card taGfu vineh.always is seen on the western. vessels
after the cloth h removed:. He remained for the Most of
the time seated on tun 'upper dock, as you have just be•
held him, his white brow leaning forward upon his two
hands,' and serelielY bright blue eyes fixed upon the face
of the groat tit*, ,his sad yet beautiful modest features
veiled with an ekpressio4 of unfathonable thought.
Gradually the gold-and purple grew paler in -the air
and in glassy waters', and was replaced by soft silvered-
Imes, intermingled with violet. fastlatling in the eternal
azure. The bell rung for supper; and the passengers
had one of their usual foot-races to decide who should
firs: roach the board. But the young man did not go.—
tie, however. slightly changed his position as the lain
person distippeared down the stairs. 'He let his hands
drop on his knees, and elevated his head so as to sweep
MO - Wiest range of vision. Witnessing this movement.
one would say that his previously inclined attitude hill
been assumed on purpose to avoid the scrutiny of pry
lug strangers. Be this as it may. be continued to look
upward* on tho celestial world. with a gaze of deep
dreamy revery. hour after hour. when most of the trav
elers had retired to their berths.
Thus absorbed in that Ilea which has neither shore nor
bottom—the sea of silent thought=the young man did
not for a while perceive that another individual was on I
the deck, and had even taken a seat beside him. This
was an old man n almost• completely shrouded in a mak,
gown and hood, which left nothing distinguishable lave
his dark luminous - eyes. sharp grecian nose. and a long.
silver-white beard . streaming low et his girdle. •
'The youth suddenly woke from his meditation, as a
bony finger touched his shoulders and saw with • stud of
surppair of dark radiant orbs gazing into his own'
with a ingled expression of sadness alai piiq.•
0 .1 trust you will pardon my intrusion' for' the sake of
ill; purpose," said the Old mati in a Weak voice of the
most touchtng pathos, and sweetly mournful as' the chime
'of bells. The youth horrid in ivonderlois astonishment:
The old man continued: "I havdnored your conduct
from the moment your feet first touched this vessel,' and
have contracted a strong feeling of interest in your wel
fare; and 'besides it is my duty to utter in your ear a
solemn warning."
The' astonishment of itioyouih inenissed, but he was
silent:
"My son, you are going to the sinful city. over whieh
two black wings of-the angel of death are brooding to
night!" . . .
. .
. . . ,
• "I'do not understand you," faltered the youth, urning
pale ae the star-light which bodied his youngin4w.
"I shall soon ake mysOlf ' Whit hai de
tained you hero-so late?" ' ' '
"The matchless - beauty of yonder sky and'the trolap- ,„
tubusnoss of this balmy atmosphere."
"Poor boy." - murmured the old man . : "Yon aro e
etrangerjo'Lonisiana ; that is evident; but - 2 am not.-•
Fifty years have I served the Lord and the toird's 'poor
in the sickly streets of New Orleans. • have:lennied all
the most terrible tokens of the climate; arilit tell yeti
ere seven more such *Siesta ea this; the'Wheeis of the
hoarse shall roll round every door of tfilti doomed ceast:" .
"They told me it was,too late for the yellowfecer,"
said the youth.: ,
"It 'ie never too' late," newt:tied th'e old man with a
shudder—"aver` till the - north wind comes to breathe:
frost on' the leaf of the !natio. and drive the floating
poisons of the marsh into salt bubbles on the ocean." , ".
"Oen pestilence lurk in'atich fairy scenes of onohata
snerit7"sighed
i•Ayo my-son. and yen may satinAlria3llo:symbel of
life'. dear delusion. .where evil„artars a meek streaming
with sun-colors. and t h e fable ofAllemaliatiptophat has a
universal moral. .Yon sit hem • terelingia:lehatifal
d rea ms while death lard around-4u thilk.ambrosiol;:air•
whose' isery sephyi's touctr,is'ploodog. but:fstal aathe
kiss of a courtezant in that river and along that lovely
titiore; where' the' blue'• baneful intst esrereeking• in
.
oeareltot corpses:• la those far beintiog 404' phase soft
light distils poison. -- Bee hOW.thily tremble and•twinkle,
' ! - I nd, ;isre ont i likethe lead s ' blood itiot eyes ofdiatnons;
big ; with „the,. ate pia, :to 1(1 quite - 144s ,Wop; - , "olrff
r a ili ng sign antaoal of death .14,91c;;Vi49411x.11413:,
Wilton sway with all speed; for th e black scours? of Go&
WEE=
NM=
Is litted*iidr the !and. '-`. hair;
•—now I 'command thee as a sou of cur 'Holy Churbh
(}parr • in.,' • ,;.:*,„ •
do not tirinpreheird riniterk. 4l '
"What! "are ion not aVatheliet'i' . "
4 tititi= serif:to riey I dt. not hetre Uit. Itoitor t " .
' "Thor - wl4 do' on' Wirier 'thrit riii•erle';iiiiiblenit tr . bii
luired The prieet itterniy;pointiiigqo thitildireee;rirhich
initi - d twilight. glean:R6A on the otheiiGosotir. lila one, of
heaven'/.own ' , i` =',-:
, . .
" The iroitni'crihn'refleeted . a moment . $ e had n: rtili=
slOn to fulfil. in New Orleatiii. • aid'of drihitlent long,
familiar withthe city. ought be of incalculable 'aervidi,,
aird :fie detirmlnid to trust' tlie'prlear,witti
secret: ' He repHeilitinardiagly:: '• '•' '
-"To .newer your •queetion truly. I must'tell you niy,
mission to the "gteat eniporitnri. It ii ono of tniblla
mer
ely as well ae priests gratlfade, andl'ati . you are the'mirds
ter of osereY„l Shell earnestlkinsiiluriyon't*.aisistaneb."
"Two years ago f came in the poisossion of a iiand
some prinierty;thdteqnest of my deeetused father. My
thothet'i death dates'• beyond the glimmering derin of
memory. My ffttaidrati attended very well to the educe-
Lion of my latellent; bat badly enough to thOMoral cut
lure of my heart; and es dialogical resu4S,Jt - Wild area.
tura of passion grew up. with - t:itattiglittotiqinitin,cts to
be Sure. but uncontrolled by 'any , ,4 1 ,,00;r1n9y,.0r
illumed by the light:of ony - flied far . ' 4;
"Poor man!" tnuinured the old!'" il*lngrr
"As soon as A was master of my o
it into ready ca and resolved to' riialt; large
city. in" ••
Order, to enjoy my favorite pleasures-rgintiug.
and let me sinialt it with shame, intoxication... Forob
yious reasons I chose Nei ,
"The mournful epttoino often thousand lives!" sigh
ed the'pricat.
•
"For 'some - months after my arrival I go
indul d, in fash
ionably dissipation loan unlimited exteut,, avoiding,
however. from natural taste, more than prudent training..
all places of ill fume; for it was my good fortune to feel
do aversiori,to habits of that description.
"One evening I left the card table in , ,commmiwith
somoNhitice : aciraintances, who undertook to 'conduct
me to my hotel. I certainly stood in need of assistance.
1 hod,dranti to, excess, end reeled on the pavement as .I
thUukh supported by two brother gatublererou
each Side.
"The llighl„wne dark. and my accolumodating friends
led me into nit rdlcy" , still' darker. where they began do.
iiberaiely to rifle pockets.
. • ,
"This vielenco lialtsobered be, and I, struggled pour-
Whicli - onifiurideied.rny, condition more hopeless.
The villains then gagged me, and propeeded with their
foloneutt operation. As they fieiehed one of t , heol ,
'marked. " Ito Is not an drunk a s we thought. qo will
remember as tad and toil:the Police.Ms our trail., _What
isle . '
"A — destd . icicle never crows." responded Om-other.
"give me a knife." • ,
"Never shall I forget ' , the agony of that instant when
the wretches were arranging my murder."
, .
The old man groaned. .
-,,••• • • , -•
"Just Vten au unexpected *Nutrition same to my res 7
coe; f A 'yontig giri in ktiornely dress ariddeely emerged
froni the Cellar, hiering in her hand a lamp. Tier star
tled cry 'infected the ettetitionlge iiitannan at the en
traps* of: tho they? and the rogues; •alter knocking'ino
down. disanneareA ths•..e' •Nr-odurstrr'itio enema*
wall."
"Thank God!" piously ejaculated the priest.
"But what I have esteemed the most singular ofall
the watchman refused to credit the girl's stow. (and' I
was not in a condition to narrate anything-Immediately.]
and even told her to take care of her drunken gallant her.;
self. and afterwards left us.
••She led ma toiler room is the collar. stud plume
on II Maw pallet. and lay herself dawn on the earth. -
, •When lawoke in tho morning. the sun had mounted
high in heaven, mid it smiled kindly into that datrip and
noisome room. Gradually. a confused recollection of the
events of the preceding night rose • before the eye of
couscousness. 1 feltiin my pockets. I.had been thor.
oughly robbed, and cbuld notcall ono cent in the world
my own. t • 4
"I glanced around the gloomy cellar. 'The girl was
gone-1 was alone: Nor then did I regret the latter
circumstance. for 1 believed my deliverer to be some
miserable daughtehpf shame. a class which I ever hated
with incomparable loathing.
"After fruitless endeavors to discover the..band of
thieves. I sold the beat part, of my wardrobe, and realized
sufficient to teary• me to Ohio. There—teaching school
and ,studying law at the NOM time in a email village..
I 'was admitted to the bar in six months; and having
made a fortunate debut. at the end of • single year's
practice,. found myself master of two. Mousedd dollars
in money. with prospects Of a richer harvest. I was en
tirely reformed. .
'•But I was most unhappy. The thought came first
like a gentle whisper. echoing firmly in my heart. that I
had behaved most ungratefully to my benefactreal—the
poor girl Whose kindness saved my life.
"It questioned me in the court house. It panned me
to my library; follovied me in my morning wallui—it rung
out among the chimes of the Sabbath' bells.aud it meaubd
in the deep bails of the load pealing 'organ. Bit yonwill
call this insanity.. '"
"It was the voice of 'Grid!" eatithe old man, as the
tear drops'fill like gems on hisiong silver beard.
The youth; went on in emere confident tone:
"And 80 ant returning to the great emporium
,te Molt
out mid save the milemble beiug ivhiartst saved Me."
''Howl" asked the priest:,
" "I will Bomb every lone
sou It , , y low Irani, tread every crook
lase; and pry into every den of sin and horror."
"But how, will you recognizeiher?""
"Very ' It is true When'ionselattea first hrough
up the subject itt vivid roview,'lnii"imago i `
seemed faint
and iradiatine4 but oflate it had 'gro wn 'wonderfully brilli
ant. see it ever in my deepest dreams; with - that sad
smile oflorroW 'serenely dark oyes."' '
"But do Yon think she is one of tho hOWling crew not at
to be named among ch'rislitinar :
"Doubtless..'Yet what of Mit? Can her ihnniinan
eel my gratitude!!!- ; ' : ' .
"Certainly not., -You have not given me, however*
your reason for wearingthaicrosa."
all had forgotten. although it is. even the most. extra
ordinuy item In my story. The day after my Whitt
robbed. I discovered the breast pin in my vest pocket. and
with it: traced by.a pencil on a dirty bit of paper. 'Keep
theories. and my poor prayesP tam sure it, wets placed
there by the: girl while I was asleep." -
PA- strange act for s wicked one: but the :world and
the human heart more than 4aught else in the world.
abounds lu,conutaictionv." •said ihopriustaapequilingt
lindtiben added bearsely.... - ;,, -
,(.i ,
.4•The-Yelknse Fowl Young Atanbew will you brave
theiyellow.fevert"-: • .1 • 4 ,
.44 would Weis the the of mitigatory itsel(sttltp call of
duttantigratitade.!' . •
lint - then the nholera•%.should the, chola& come too.'
Ohr then.avery atreetwtit teem .with wharves& Af.black
tomisiedp,P; .1
-111 the mention of the tit Ircird.atwilmiag man
eund for breath, sod ow hie
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1 44 44 ' I fie!te MatarriMaii,wli p Obi bee
tan a :iodate; flan iti'dia '44 fife=let Dior
Memory tate one" .
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"Do it so," answered the old. mantuaildly. "In the
soosohomUst loose andahalf be absent for
someweeks. Item is my cord. Should I return. and
you be hore then.l will gladlYrendor Yon al) assiotanco
in my power. Dm thd boat Will land in a few minutes;
I must descend to the cabin and prepare to go ashore.—
Keiip the cross, and may it keep thee:"
TheYonisg man'was onco More atone. The vessel
rocked gently to the wind of midnight in that magnificent
harbor, around which the gloaming lamps circled. 'onset
oPing,it in the form of, a romantic name of "Crescent
Vii
Many teaidents of New Odeon's still remember avery
tsntarkable stranger, who tawaidtt the close of October.
1832, went wandrlng, abont the shed's. Most persons
deemed him partially crazed, cud some believed him
wholy so. and. perhaps they were right—fur his conduct
was very ditrureut from that of other people.. Me asked
atter eiirl of moan clothing, who, as he said. had once
*Vett in o'cellai and saved his life. • and for whom he
wishidlo do somethiug out of pure gratitude. Such
an iden j was in Itself palpable proof of insanity.
What man in his sober senses ever thought of being
grateful to a girl of mean clothittg,,bonsed in a collar
even although the heir of a sweet pile face and serenely
, Bat, tuktsvititstang the general opinion. the stranger per
overed In his search. The high white forehead lighten
int plorii tt timberless lanes. dark with the steam of lepro
4ijiaci pellution. It shone like an aurora in these hells
ofi iiine; whore a sun never enters. By the hearths
withinitllre, tables without broad, the homes without
lorq=atuoniall the sinks of wretchedness and wrong.
the sad blue eyes' went raying forth thoir chastened splen
dor.'
Ile watched the doors of the lowest theatres. he out
watched ilia winking street lamps in pestilential suburbs.
Treaded the human mazes of "Congo Green" on Sun
dpye. when thousand outcasts of all varieties of char
acter and color, assembled to keep their great Sabbath
revel. .11e sought the floors of brilliant masquerades,
where murder goes in jewelsonidahanze tildes itself in
rusilingoilks and.ho looked prying into Many a false face
—but the "pole sweet oue' was not there. And thus a
week passed by.
Ou the seventh night, while the stranger was takieg
his rounds, while the air seemed softer than over—soft as
Cho touch of velvet, white tho ethorial arch appeared
brightertoofikbly and the stars stooped lower, as if about
to descend sod kiss the earth, he suddenly observed an
extraordinary commotion iu the streets. Men, women
eti4 children were rooming to and fro strangely. There
Were:pale:tacos, wild eyes and streaming. The thought
of .•firet! occured at first; but no tongue of metal moaned
its warning' end the iron wheels of, the engines remain
ed silent .upon the pavement. Puzzle et so , singular a
prubl`om, ho ajmnsoched en aged citizen for explanation.
~ . ..*Thery'clloso fever!" That terrible sentence revealed
It alt.': The pestilence °Me South had come without a
sitiiai, and with a power and pomp of destruction
codeine& in the history of its ravages.
'Antith'er week rolled away-11 week of death to many
end gltionly despair to all—when another and wilder word
swelleuleit, the wind; striking dismay into the stoutest
beans:7k'. That was - the cholera! The two black wingit of
ti:tomcat of death had Ilscetylinf et once.on the doomed
citi.::l l ltei 'dashing sateyda 4 - 04" twu titre . cpntagioue
biictiressed in cohifiii to decide the iictiribfe lei*, which
ihoulirreigo• queen of the g r 41;111
indeed. theta was businessi for the doatlf-carts,
rolling-frordevery door. Immense became the demand
for coffins and shrouds. Dot there were fow td 'nail the
coffini and the Stores had dittoing age shut up.
Then also a new danger threatened the horror strick
en town.' That old Protetis., human tundra. manifested
one tifitimost revolting phases. During the first days
of the'double Pestilence . the poliee-courts were nearly
amply; the key of fear h ad lOCked the gates of the hell of
vice. The churches were ;ell open. hut' could not con-
talntherhrongs that crowded around the altars with white
Ups, muttering hasty prayer '
s.' But slowly terror took a
dittireat ghillie; is 'all. hope :twinned departing forevor.
The children' of crime plunged again into asea of riot..—
Thoso who knoWthey must die to-morrow, resolved to
make the most of to-day. Scenes followed, such aa no
pen should trace on paper. Tho largist halls could not
gold the hideous Maskers. dougo Green resoutided'
with roars of infernal laughter. Tho red knife of mid
tilght murder rivalled achievemouts of cholera and
Yellow
• Where were the watchmen? Some were rotting in,
the graveyard of the awamps. Others were dying and
many burying the deed. In the meanwhile. ono fiftieth
part of the Whole population,periehed weekly. Unparal
leled mortality!
Long wee the co at between the two dread coma.:
glans; At length th victory perched upon the bloody
banner of the cholera. - It was decided to be the must
*powerful; the yellosi fever abated.
•
And yet still that high white forehead, and those slid
brilliants Of blue 4e8,; shone on their wandering w a y.;.;...
through the reeking lines. by the beds of death, near
the crapelebronded'coffins. and around those holes in the
swamp where the poor were buried nakedl—for he had
received certain intelligence of the "sweet pale face' s
from sit uld'wontin to whom eho had told the story of his
robbery!. 'Shelled been_in the city but a mouth previous.
But where was she now? Ile would find out or leave
hie bones'in the greet swamp gt:ave yard!
One hot, dusty noon.lse was toiling along the Rue
Levee, then crowded with hearses. Ho turned - ids head
casually. , and, the old cathedvil with its tonr grand towers
arrested his attention. One of those whimsical inpulses
which sometimes come without a cause prompted him to
enter. deep feeling of solemnity settled . on his soul
when standing within the immense and massive frabric.
The tapers burned tho,Aim religious light; the dead re
posed under the stone pavement beneath; the pale unear
thly countenances of the saints loobed down on hint front
their niches; while the roll of hearse wheels, and thunder
ing death-carts reached his esnionly In confused and gen
tle whippets.= ' • • . •
A kneeling figure Arose from the floor. As she adjus
ted her veil. the youth caught a glimpse of her features.
"It le she?" he cried In transporl'of enthusiasm. and
unitise thunders of a thousand echoes from a waultod
doom answered ••it is shel': •
He sprafig to 'Cast himself at the maiden's feat; but
era he had taken thero steps; his limbs lost the power of
motion. His face grew haggard with its expression of
intense iniforing.• AU the fire Of a Olean," seemed con
centrated In his burning brain. His eyes .re,volved with
glaring vionsity. Yellowish streaks overspread his fea
tures in a moment, Ilia dashed there by a Coarse brush
dippediq ,gall. Sharp pangs trembled in his marrow.
his blood: ithrobbid .inte hot lad quiet' In
every bursting vein, and then a whirlwind of the wildest
hiirsosil in dreams of fire! ':`
iiihetiLsthilektid the girl, recognizioghint, , , -
rs'lt is hal. sad oh/ mother of iesimt—the lieflotofe.
When the ' yeifeg man Minified the ligheot ridiet m l
ionneionatiee, he war stretched on . s.pallet of etrifif
Ili' tidied Ms blue eyes bright - se ever. ed.
Meld a' Skeleton; .aiid lie sow at
We:si Of eiiiiedifiibeimity Oendlig Olive hlul`ewdWet With
It Idd eiiieel pate facolur''
ilit/flillytl Ina twice!"' he •Mustimmill ' in a
"cutely audible 13bo had
=I
watched over him with the tenderness of a sister. daring
the Many days and nights while his spirit bowed be
twixt life and death. • •-•
When the youth waft convalescent, the two were wed-,
ded by - the old man with the dark luminous eye—the
Diqimpof New Orleuts%
,"That young lawyer must have been insane; for not
even gratitude itself could induce! a rational mind to
marry with such a one.'*--
Bear ine out. reader—l have but another word. The
Yoting . girl was not fallen as the grateful man supposed.
She; was a poor sower. and like many" of hor clasi. had
kept that souls, jewell—her purity amidst rags amid
wretchedliess, while mail who would have shrunk from'
the touch of her worn fingers. were losing theirs 'beneath
the hespiuf shining pearls. and drapery gorgeous as the
rain-bow.
And to-day the white forehead graces the supreme
bench of a western State. and .the sweet pale face and
serene dark eyes light one of the happiest scenes out of
hearen—thii hearth scenes of a love-illuusinated home.
And thus to eternity. now and then doth some kind an
gel insert a golden leaf of true romance in the cold iron
book of human life.
AN EMPEROR'S NEW SHOO,
The following "Chip" is from the chisel of a black
smith—ti tin Peter Mulle;r. of Isira, son of the per
son to it raters. It was gathered from his forge
by M. Stroblin„ who inserted it in his origival anecdotes
of Peter the Great, collected from the conversation of
several persons of distinction at St. Petersburg and Mos
cow. Among 'all the workmen at Muller's forge, near
Istre,ebout ninety vents from Moscow, there was one
who had examined everything connected with the work
with the moat minute attention, and who worked harder
than the rest. lie was at his post every day, and ap
.peared quite indifferent to the seveity of the labor. , The
last day on which his was employed, he forged eighteen
poods of iron—the pond is equal to forty pounds—but
though he was so good a workman, he had other mat;
tenon his mind besides the forging of iron; for he bad
the affairs of tho State to attired to. and all who have
heard of Peter the Great, know that those wore not neg
lected. It happened that he spent a mouth in the neigh
borhood of tetra, for the benefit of the chalyboat waters;
and wherever ho was, he always made himself thor
• oughly acquainted with whatever works he carried on.
lie determined not only to inspect Muller's forgo accu
rately, but to become a good blacksmith. lie made the
noblemen who were in attendance on .hlin accompany
him every morning, and take a part in the labor. Some
he appointed to blow the billows, and others to carry
coals, and perform all the offices of journeymen black
smiths. , A few days after, his return to MOscow, he
culled on Muller, and told him that he had been to see
his establishment, with which he had been much grati
fied. "Tell me," said he, "how much you allow per
peed for Iron In bar, furnished by a blacksmith."
"Three copects or an shin," answered Muller. "Well
then," said the Czar, " I have earned eighteen shins,
and em come to be paid." Muller went to his bureau
and took from it eighteen ducats, which he reckoned
before the Emperor. **l would not think' of - offering
less to a royal workman, please 'your Majesty." "Put
up your ducats again," interrupted the Czar, !•1 will
not take more than 1 bavo earned, and that you would
pay to any blacksmith.. Give me my dam It will be
suffrelent to pay for a pair of shoes, of which you may
see," added ho, as ho raised his foot, and displayed a
shoe somewhat the worse for the wear, "1 am very much
in need." 'Muller reckoned out the eighteen ahlus,
with which the Czar hurried off to a shop, and purchas
ed a pair of shoes. Ile put thorn on with the greatest
delight; ho thought he - had never worn such a pair 'of
shoes; he showed them with a triumphant air to those
about hint. and said, "See them; look how well they fit;
I have earned them woll—by the sweat of my brow,
with hammer and anvil" One of these bare •of iron,
forged by Peter tho Great. and bearing his mark. was
kept as a precious relic In the forge at tetra, and exhib
ited with no little pride to all who entered. Another
tier which was forged by his baud is shown in tho Cabi
net of the Academy of Sciences at Petersbnrgh.
A NENE IN THE SURF.
A correspondent of the Springfield Republican. at Co
ny Island, gives the renewing killing incident of the surf.
During my passage down the bay. I had caught sever,
at glances of a familiar face. I knew I had seen it bi
fore, bat where: The lady as evidently had been sub
ject to a jog of memory. The exchange of a few glan
ces satisfied us both, and wo only wanted a proper op
portunity, or a dispofition, to speak. Ten long years be
fore we had ,parted in a huff; and considering mysell at
the time the aggrieved party. I was not particularly anx
ious to ronow the acquaintance—the jilt. As soon as the
boat touched the pier. I was on it, and off for a bath.—
The lady for the time was forgotten., and inning from
the bath house in my rough bathing dress. I plunged in
the breakers. I lied been frolicking some tinie. laying
my hands on the "ocean's mane." and the ocean laying
T
his hand on mine. when I saw t or three other bath
ers edging up towards me betwee the swells. There
was a lady evidently in advance. Her company appa
rently forgot heir at last, mad still site approached me. I
went farther out. She followed. cud I found she was de
tennined to speak with me. I knew who she was or
course. A huge wave came in and knocked the woman
down. but sticking her head out of water she gave one
scream, and that brought me. I was onthespot as soon
as I could got there. and grasping her a rm, raised her to
her feet.
"Ohl" said the lady. "wha—wha-sk.what a moot—
meet—meeting. after such a parting!"
"Well—yes." said I bluntly.
She now undertdok to look the eatenl and the inter
esting. when a huge wave struck her as elle looked up to
me with parted - lips, and crammed her dear mouth with
salt water. She dropped again. and again I pulled her
out. • and she was either very weak or she thought I was
certainly very strong. • -,
"Mary." said I, "have you been happy since we part
ed?"
Sho answered mo with a sigh. and then looking up to
me. put the same questiun.
Says' I. "luo—w•huus ho—hum ho—chum—Mary. don't
talk about it."
"I have leirnod some things since then." said she.
"Yes." sa r ys 1, •'I belioie you have; you married a
learned 'man I think.
married!"
"What did youjilt a very good looking man for ten
yeses .ago. bat to marry ftcartaia learned man?" asked
I fiercely. •
••I beg you will not allude to the foolishness eta school
trl.t 4 replied the lady. and then, changing the subject.
she wanted tektiow how she should 'have toil, i 4 in
saving ¢sr_from a watery• grave. I had drowned:mil/elf.
I told her it would probably have made less difference
with her end me than with my •wife' and child. - She
givit me bet one look. and to hei feet; Cud put.
saw her toit,o - inonsent., • •
But =thinks I sea her now.:•t•: •
so . she italk o d off with her barbing-drew on sticking to
bed.. nn4 het: binctootiniiii Indented the mil with
the opitsfultteno pfheratop. - - - -
tiVi i4l 4l n gitloo4 l r, . 1 1 111 -N /11 ' Fer l 494. f q,tea the
eelleee takiihisrger.•.- renege .he vat; her' dime at
40 hid hirsiltig pat st-thei.'"
11150 A TDAV., is Advance.
NUMBER 161
THE PRICE OP AN OPINION.
le a cool night in November, in the year 1825. a man
enteluped in a cloak. rapped at the door of on• of the
most distingutshed advocates is Paris. He was quickly
shown Into the chamber of the learned lawyer,
"Sir." said he, placing upon the table a large parcel of
papers, "1 atn rich; bat the. suit that hea•heen instituted
against mo to-day will entirely ruin me. At my age, a
fortune is not to be rebuilt; so thatLe h loss of
121; suit iv"
condemn mo forever to tho most frightful misery. I come
to ask the aid of your talents. Hero are the papers; as
to the facts, I will, if ycin please. expose thew clearly to
you." '
The advocate listened attentively to:the stranger; then
opened the parcel, examined all the papers it contained,
and said—" Sir„ the action laid against you is founded in
justice and morality. Unfortunately, is spite of the ad
mirable perfection of our codes, law does not always re
cord with justice, and here the law Is for you. If, there
fore, you rest strictly Upon the law, and avail yourself
without exception of the means in your favor; if, above
all. these means are exposed with clearness and force.
you, will infallibly gain this suit, and nobody can after
wards dispute that fortune which you fear to lose."
"Nobody in the world." replieclthe client, "j, so com
petent to do the business as yourself. An opinion drawn
up In this sense and signed by you would render ma is
vulnerable, lam bold enough to hope that you.svill not
refuse it to me."
The skillful advocate reflected for some moments, and
taking up again the papers which lie had pushed away
with an abruptness peculiar to him, said that ho would
draw up the opinion, and that it should ho finished tho
following day at the same hour.
The client was punctual to his appointment. The ad-.
vocate presented him with the opinion, and without tak
lug the trouble to reply to tho thanks with which the oth
er overwhelmed him, said to him rudely—
i•liere is the opinion: there is no judge, who, niter
having seen that will condemn you. Give me 3000
francs."
The client was struck dumb and motionless with sur-
ffl:2
"You are free to,keep your money," said the advocate,
"az I am to throw my opinion in the fire."
So @peaking, ho advanced towards the chimney; but
the other stopped him, and declared that he would pay
the sum demauded, but that he had only half of it with
him.
Ho drew. in fact. fruit his pocket-book 15.000 franca
in bank notes. The advocate with ono hand look the
notes.. and with the other threw the opinion in the drawer.
"But." said this client. "I am going, if you please, to
give you my note for the remainder."
"I want money. Bring me 1,500 more francs, or you
shall not have one line."
There was no remedy, and the UM francs -wore
paid; but the client, to revenge himself of being so pill.
aged, hastened to circulate this anecdote. It got into
the papers, and for a fortnight there wits a deluge of wit
ticisms fall kinds upon the disinterestedness of the greet
advocate. Those who dad not laugh at it. said it was
deplorable that a man of such merit should be tainted
with a vice so degrading as avarice. Even his friends
were moved by it. and - soma of thous wont so far as to
remoastrato with him publicly; but the only reply. ho
gave was by shrugging his shoulders, and then. es
everything is quickly forgot at parts, people soon ceased
to talk of this.
Tea years had passed. One day the court of Cessa
tion, in its rod robes, was descending the steps of the pal
ace of justice, to be present at a public ceremony. Alt
at once a female darts from the crowd, throws herself
at the feet of the procaruer general, seizes the end of
his robe, and presses it to her lips. The woman S was
looked ' epos as deranged. and they try to drag her
away—,
"Oh. leave me alone, leave me alone." she cries. '•l
recognized him—lt is he, my preserver: Thanks to
him. I have been able to bring op my large family.
Thanks to him. my old age is happy. Oh. you do not
knew me. One day—l was unhappy then—l was ad
vised to bring an action against a distant relation of my
last husband, who had possessed himself of a rich her
itage that ought to have come to my children. Already
I had sold half of my goods to begin the action, when.
one evening, I saw later my house a gentleman. who
said to me—'Do noir to law; reason and morality are
for yen. - but the law is against you. Keep the little you
have, and add it to these 3.000 francs; which are truly
yours.' I remained speechless with surprise. Whets
I would have spoken and thanked him. he had disappear
ed; but the bag of money - was there. upon the table.
and the countenance of that generous mau was engraved
upon my heart. never to be erased. %Veil, this man—
this preserver of my family—ls hero: Let me thank bias
before God and before men:"
The court had stoped. The procurer general ap
peared meted. but cowering his emotions, ha said—
" Take away this good woman, and take carp that uo
harm comes to her. 1 don't think she is quits right in
her mind.
Be was mistaken; The poor woman was not mad—
only she remembered, and M. Dopin had forgotten.
Singular Trap.
They have a singular contrivance for catching wolves
in Norway. It consists of a circle of about six or eight
feet in diameter. in which stakes are driven do close to
each other that a wolf cannot creep through, and which,
are high enough to prevent his leaping over them. La
the midst of this circle a single stake is driven, to which,
a lamb or a young kid is bound. Around this circle
second is formed,' of which the stakes are as close as the
fanner one and at 4 distance not greater than will per-
Mil of a wolf to pass conveniently. but not to allow of his
turning round. In the outer circle a door is formed.
which opens inward, and rests against the inner circle.
but moves easily on its hinges, and fastens itself on
shutting. Through this door the wolves enter; some
times in such numbers as to fill the enclosure. The
first wolf paces the circle in ardor to discover some open
ing through which he can got the lamb, when ho comes
to the back of the door which is in his way he pushes
it with his muzzle; it closes and fastens. ho passes by,
and goes round for the second time. without being either,
able to enter the inner circle, or to retreat from the enter.
At length he perceive* thatlie is a primmer. and his
hideous howling announces to those who gave construct
ed the trap. that he's taken, who inuilledi'ately come and
dispittch him. It is said that this sort ofittap is also used
for foxes and even occasionally for mice.—Exchange.
As UNLVCILLT Poszsosn, who sat noit to an Irish
woman with a smoked ham under her aria, and whose
coat retains, the mark; of contact. suggests in the New ,
York Post to omnibus proprietors. that "ladies and gen
denfort'i with marketing. soiled linen. cooking -stoves.
trunkiq band-buses; bird-cages.' and iVbiskey in hamar'
kegs. should buss a separate line."
OT C I The Ocean og her last hip up. a well knowns
COMO:411011 merchant of N.Y.. at the dinner table. called
fora bottle of ch am pal gne . The waiter brought the chem.
paigne. and setting the glass to the left of the gent, filled
it. when a large lady passenger. who was tiikipg bee first
trip away from borne. seized the glass and drank din
-liquid. Her husband who was sitting next to her enquired,.
••Why dear. what have you got?" "Kindersmall boon
I reckon. and it, mighty good too. won't you have
some?" was this reply. -The New Yorke'r 144 to pay
it few bottles for the joke.—Dctraii Free Pratt.