13. 1 P. 018,0 A N, Editor. VOLUME 21. tkitettlg Ohr,inner. n . B. .F: SLOAN, EDITOR. CORNER► STATE ST. AND PUBLIC SQUARE, ERIE. • • TERMS Ok"PI1E PAPER. bers by the earner. at 82" at the office, in nnvnnere. A 140 paid in advance,or within three months from (helium ng, two dollars it, ill.be charged. .unnunjentiont , insist he post paid. OFFICE! City toil Err 14 mad. or 1..r1( Doti of sub cribl (LiAll co RATES OF ADVERTISING. : net exceeding 4 lines, one year. 4 4 . 81,00 ware 10,00 do. six months, 6,00 do. three months, 3,00 t advertisements, 30 cents Der square, of fifteen lines or first insertion; 23 cents for each b [lbsen tient insertion. ly advertivers hare the pri% liege of changing at pleasure, cue are hlloo etl to occupy :note pan two Squares, and to o their.immedinte Imoinexo. ineithinot having other directions, will ire inserted till charged accordingly. I Card one Thatibien tatiq, for the Q 7 Vemrl haat no tit be limited 1 , Ailtem forbid and • olva ,11VJgGg DOREOVON.V. GALEN IL KEENE, le Tailor; between the Reed 110lIFC and Brown's Rotel, .GUTTING done ou short notice. 1111 Fashionat 1 up BMW! OLIVER. STAFFORD. land Statunier. and Manufacturer of Blank Books and ak,rorner of the Diamond and Sixth street: ilrY*.i.ll , r l% rtiftr; J. W. DOUGLASS. AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW-- Office on State Street. th4e lb of Brut We Hold, Etio, Pa. ATTORNEI' doors co Pry Goods, Hardware, Cnaekery,liroceries, and For , Inmie,.tie .Liquors, Here, and Manufur acters of 4. No. 1.4, Recd House, and corner of French and Penn :rie, Pa. W. 11. CUTLER., Counseller at Law, (Office No. 2, Eric Hall, corner io Lloyd streets, Buffalo, N. V. and commercial bin-nines will receive prompt attenion. RCEA.—A. P. Duni IN, nil., G'NJAMIN GRANT, Esq. DSILFRII I ei,v) and 1.310 rll.l/ bireClS, Attorney .of Main Collor -14'11g' FtErLar.' J. B. NICKLINT— arEcur. h i nd general Agency and Colllllli£SiOn business, Frank- Mt. I • . I i t Engl6ll,Ccr RUFUS - 11.E.ED, .. MARLIS in iliaiyuill Americanllnirdwarennil Cutlery, Al o. N ila, Aucile, Vices, Iron and Steel No. 3 Reed lluure; Eric. I'a, W. j. LIDDLE — &Co. fly Aricaurrr l t., Carriage and Wagon Builders, State Street. be mean sr curb & Eighth. Eric. L. writoNG. M. D. . nrricE.olle Door ucst 11. Wright's store. up staire DOCT. .1. L. STEWART. th Met. A. Raj np, Seventh r.ear Sa=t-afrwa .trect. Rea oat :. 4 ,lt.t.afrps, one door north of Seventh pl. . ' C. SIEGEL, Onus of El knee, IFAT 1111(1 ReiStl dealer in Greeertes, NOViSiOI.I3. Wines, Lettionc Prim, Zt,.. (e. Crier of French and Fifth Streets; opposite he Fartitera' Hotel, rem. JOHN McCANN, j - WII,II,CALV nod Remit Dealer 1,11 Fatality Groceries, Crockery. Ginsm a e, ton, Nails, &c., No. 2, Fleming 'Bock, Erie, Pa, 1, The The liighest price pail' for Country l'rocluce.„km J. G OAL 1)1 NG. MrttritANllT tit on. and Ilahit maker.—more,Np. 5 Rr:cd%, Block, (opposite the Bunnell Mock) state Street. Eric. 11 .5.. W. WET NIO It E, A 7 T o ItJV E Y AT LA Tr ink Valkee:A tither.cit Srventli Street. rt ie. N. lIENItY CADWELL, 14T0RT1"P.J61.1,,r, ruld lh•nler in Dry Goods. Groeerie., c io c.ker ) J, cla t ,v, l';,11 I ling. IlarJn WT. 1(011'. ::10(1 I, 4e. .`'rate Strcet, four &ore, below Brown's ,Ilellun•s,Adc Arms. F King., and a general ~ a.orune u of Saddle no.ll'zo 3 ri•o:e Trutomagq. S. ;MERVIN Ssll'l'll, Atnortartv AT f,AW and Justice'of the Peace.. nod Atent for the liew tti , tte 3Pitt.al Life 1115.1r111Ce Company—On:o do..aA 1%04 oft right. .tore. Pa 11. KNOWLTON & SON. DrAisp.in watehe,.. Lookitvz Glames, rinno Fortes 4 i r s itannin MiTe.lewelry,hand a variety ofother Fancy . Aritcfre "eysto Itual4llllp, luta doors %Mow Bunt Ilutrl, Plate S 11: rm. 60. Pa. FR— GEORGE 11. C , • ATTOV.*IFT Al LAW, Girard, Erie CO`lllty, la. Colleelinllll and other bun near attended to with promptneEs and dispatch. W I LSON ',ALS ATTORNEY AT OVer C. B. IS r Wit's Store, with Mur IVliallon. tourt Mute. Collecting itridother profe,,hjricii !moues, attended to withprompt nem. nnsi (livi•pach. IJRUII':N'S ii()TEL, , • EA at r.corner of Stnte .tree, an.thlic Pull it equaru Erie.l:4l:ten. Wr,ern nud .4 1 ,11111er!) stageoffice. H. A. CRAIN. • IVITOT.CPAtiC and WWI dealer in Groceries, 1'f111:610111., Wineq, I.trieonr.Ciarts. Nails, Detroit AIC, Butscuit, Crackers, &e. &c. Ca' caps i Erie. Va. T. W. MO — ORE, Ditatcn in Croccrics, ines. Liquors, Carntics, Fruit, &c., No 0, four PcopleN Iton , zziarc btrect, Eric. JOSI - Sll - KELLOGG, r'ollVarilin & Con:nil:4.l°a ,Merchant, on the Public Dock, east of ret. Plastnr and White Fl•dt.constantlY for sale. J. IL IVILLIAM:3, Etch-m. 7 .cl Droßei.. Dealer in Rills of Exchange. Trtiticates of "Depo,..ite, tl'old and slicer coin, &c., &e. kors Leton !Iron te.i lintel. Erie. Pa. liENJAMIN F. or Low, On Superior street, , r's Block. Refer to Chief Justice Parton - , Cambridge ?ol; lion. Richard Fletcher, 10 State 01.01cmon; 11 0 , 1 . Pork in...1.11} Walnut Pt., Philadelphia; Richard D. r...at.,53 Wall street, New Vork. For testhnonials, re- I °Rice. MAItSBALL & VINCENT. Flak Fir Corti, Snit, flanker an Ornate, Othce.4 Arrnanry in Atwat Law 4 zelii Frtinu€ll Kimball, fcr to th 1 -I np stnirsvin Tammany Hall building. m Prothonotary's office, Fife. RAY WHALLON, Arravrv. north of t AtTAVIZTCOUNFIFI.I.O 4 R AT I. ASA . -.-0111CC Over C. B. Wrighro tote, entratte,e one "door west of State street, on the Diamond, Erie. ROSENZWEIG & Co. 14nnr.reAr Iff Rrr,. it. DnAi.ron. in Toreh.m and Domestic Dry Gond+, ready wane Clothier, Room and Shove, &e., No. I, nem ing 111. k, State street, Erie. C. M. TII2IIALS. OW tR 1 No. 111 n Pry Cools, Pry Groceries, Crockery, Hardware, &c., . Uric. JOHN ZIMMEItLY. inGro , efiCA and Pkovh , ions of all kinds, State streaNtiree doors north or Um Diamond, Erie. smrrn JAC - RSOlq. DCALen in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens Ware, Lime, Iron, Nail% &e., 121, Cheapiiile, Erie. Pn. WILLIAM 11.111 LET. QA INILT M* to UphoNter, and Undertaker, corner of State and .Ferentil titreetE. Erie. ' KELSO & LOOMIS, CF::6mm. Forwarilicw.,Produce and CU!lanivon 7iferc TO. •I • , In eoarae and tine salt, Coal, Plaster, lithinglcs,& , • k, 'test aide of the bridge', Erie. EDWIN J. Kent, W. . WALKER & COOK, (terretr•r. Porwarding, eommi,'Aon nnd Prolute MerehautaiSee• oriel Warr -house rapt of the Public Erie. • G. LOONIIS & Co. De AtrAte in Wntelie., Jewelry, tiiiver;tierinan Silver. Plated tin Britannia %Ware Cutlery, Military end Parley Good., firatentrevii, nearly oppoeite the Lagle Hotel. Erie. G. Lonms. T. M. hurt'''. CARTER & BROTHER, WIKILIYA,tr. and Reltd I dealers in Drugs, 31ed raints, Oils. Pieliturg, Clam, he., No. 6, Reed !louse, Erie. JOEL JOHNSON. lip LEP In Theological, Mi reellaneons, Sunday and Classieni School Minks. Stationary.. &c. lark Row, Erie. JAMES LYTLE, PainiorrAnt Merchant Tailor, on the public square, a few doors ilreirt of State street, DIN • 0. S. CLARK. WapLESALD AID IETAZL Dealer in Groceries. Provisions, Ship Chandlery. Stone ware. &c. &c., No. , Donnell lock, Erie. 0. D. SIiTFFOifD - - - Dealer in Law. Medical, senora Miscellaneous Books stationary. Ink. 4.e. titate st., font loots below the Public. square. DR. O. L. ELLIOTT, - - - - De!Mimi Dentist; Office :Ind dwelling in the Beebe Block. on the East sidcof the Public Square, Eric. Teeth fawned on Gold Plate. from one to nit entire sett. Cartons teeth filled with pure Gold. and restored to 'health and usefulness. Teeth cleaned u instruments and Dentiticevo as to leave them of a pellucid elearnroff. All work warranted. 87DICKE R SO N, PIITRIC IA ?I A ND fiennenx—Office nt his residence on Eleventh titreel, hhi.eNiit the ItTetheihet Church, Prie. B. WRIGHT. WIIOLYNALKAIn nig - smut cler In Dry Goods. Groceries. Ifardtcnre Crockery, Miss-ware, oil Nolte Lent/ier,'olls, &e., corner of 4 Dune street and the pub' c square. opposite the Estate Hotel .Erie. N N. tirnoctut.t AND RETAJOtIL 11 InBURT Drugs, O Medicines, Dye Slut% uroeerieg. &e. No. 5. Reed Home. Erie. ROBERT S. HUNTER. Pesten in ilats, Caps nud Puss of all descriptions. No. 10, Park ROW .Erie. Pa. nurrEtt WA NTED.-500 &Ina Good Dairy Butter warned 1, in exchange ror Curb or Goode. J. 11. FULLERTON.: ARM; lot uf Bonnete,itat reetived per Enters by June I. J.ll FULLERTON. .. , . e• - fl c• • , • , - . . S ~ . . • 1, _ • e.. . . . , ! . :',, . , ' ••••' „ . • • ..., ? , ' •IP ' ' W ••••• . . -.... c... 1-.1 - • • .-- • . . • . • ..•7.2 ...,• , <. ... ,- , :it L,' •- _ E eAs . - . • . . •...". •• . - >.,. .4: •- ' 1-: E R 11011 anti 3tiritellting. G E NI, E.N E S Et . If thou bast er shed a flower, Theroot inn - not be,bllghted -1 If thou host 9 cached a lamp, . Once more t may be lighted; . But ou the h rp, or on thy lute, The string Odell thou bast. broken. Shall never in so - ret sound again, Give to thy toilette token! II thou hast loosed a bird, Whose yoke or song could cheer thee, Still, mill, he may be won From the skies, to warble near thee; • But if upon the troubled sea, • I'hou hest thrown a gem unheeded, Hope not that wind or wave shall bring The treasure hack when needed. If thou hest bruired a vine, The Summer's breath is healing, And itselusters yet may grow Thr the leaves their bloom revealing; nut If thou hart a cup overthrown. With a bright draught 61ied-0, never Shall the earth give Lack that lavish wealth ,To cool thy parch'd lips' fever. • The beanie like that cup, • thou waste the love It bore thee, And like the Jewel gone— Which the derT will not restorethet A aid like that string of harp and lute • Whence the slice& sound is ecattered Gently, 0 gently touch thecords F.O soon forever 'tattered! • A NIGHT IN THE BELL INN. 'rumen few men aro themselves on visiting terms with their ancestors, most are furnished with ono or two decently-authenticated gheststories. I myself am a firm believer' in spectral phenomena, for retisons which I may, perhaps, bo tempted to give the publi.: whenever the custom - in printing in folio shall have been happily reviv ed; meanwhile, as they will uotbear compression, I keep them by mo, and : content myseltwith now and then sta ting a fact, leaving the theory t suggest itself. Now it has always appeared to me that the apostles of spectres 6f the phrase will be alleived hie) have, like other men with a mission, been, perhaps, a little precip itate in assuming their facts, and sometimes find "true ghosts" upon evidence 'tunclttoo slender to satisfy the! hard-hearted and unbelieving generation we live in. They have thus brought scandal not only upon the use 7 l ful• class to which they belong, but upon the' world of d spirits itself—causing ghosts to ho generally so discredited, that fifty visits made in,their usual private adl confiden tial way, will now hardly Make a singlo.convert beyond the individual favored with the interview; and in order to•reinstato themselves in their fernier position, they will be obliged henceforward to appear at noou-day, and in places oT public resort. I TI id. u - lr> - he reader will perceive, then, timid 1 'stn convinced of the equal impolicy and impropriety of resting time claims of mi. clients (ghosts in general) 'mit fatis Which Will not stand limo test of an impartial. and even a skeptical And, perhaps. I cannot give a happier -illus tration of the temper of my philosophy, ut once candid and cautions, than is afforded by the following relation, for every tittle of %illicit I solemnly pledge my character at once as a gentleman and at a metaphysician. There is a very agreeable book by Mrs. Crowe, en titled "Time Night Side of Nature," and which o arnonz a duka canes of authentic tales of terror . contaids‘se-4ral which go to dhow the very trivial causes wl.ielt have frcim time to time caused the reappearance of departed spirits in this grosser world.. A certain German profes sor, who, for instance, actually persocufril an old college friend with preternatural visitations for no other purpose, 1 1 \ as it• turned . out, than to procure a settlenie t- of some small sis-and-eightpetiny accounts, winel e owed among his trades-people at the time of his death. could It multiply, from my own otes, cases still odder, in which sensible and rather indo ent men, too, have been at the trouble to re-cross thenm ful interval between us and the invisible, for purposes al parent!). still less important=so trivial. indeed, that for the present 1 had rather not men tion them, lest 1 should eipuse their memories to the rid iculeA the uureflecting. I shall now proceed to my narrative, with the repeated assurance, that - the reader will nowhere find in it a single syllable that is not 11,1Ust accurately and positively trdot, I= About four-and-thirty years ago was ttereling thro' beubigshire upon a mission which needed dispatch. I had,. in fact, in my charge, some papers which were re quired fot the legal preliminaries to a Marriage, which was about to take place in a family of consideration, up- on the borders of that County, The season was winter, but thb Weather delightful— that Is to say, clear and frosty; and, oven ivithout foliage. the country through which I posted was beautiful. The subject of.my journey was a pleasant one. I anticipated an agreeable visit, an a cordial welcome; and the weather and scenery w ro precisely of the sort to sec. i and the cheerful associ lions with which my excursion had been undertaken. Let no one, therefore, suggest hat I was predisposed kr the reception of gloomy or horrible impressions. - When the sun set we had a splen did moon, at once soft and brilliant; and I, pleased my• self with watching the altered, and, if possible, more beautiful effects of the scenery through which wO were smoothly rolling. I 4as to put nefor the night at the little town of —,; and on reaching the hill—over which the approach to it is conducted. about a short mile from its quaint little street-1 dismounted, and directing the postillion to walk his jaded horses leisurely up the wind. ing road, I trod on before him in the pleasant moonlight, and sharp, bracing air. A little by-path led directly op the steep acclivity, while the carriage-road more gradu ally ascended by a wide sweep—this little path, leading through fields and hedgerows, I followed, intending to anticipate the arrival of my conveyance at tho summit of the hill. - . . I had net proceedel very far when I found myaelf close to a pretty old church, whose ivied tower, and countless diamond window panes, were glittering In the moon beams—a high, irregular hedge, overtopped by tall and ancient trees inclosed it; and rows of funereal yews show ed black and mournful among the wan array Of head stones that kept watch over the village deed. liias so s t r u c k with the glimpse I had caught of old church yard; that I could not forbear mounti g the• little stile that commanded it—no l l scene could be imagined more still and solitary. Not a human habitation was near—: every sign' and sound of life was reverently remote; and this old church, with its silent congregation of the dead marshaled under its walls. seemed to have spread mud t a circle o(stillness and 'desertion that pleased, while it hrilled tee. ' ' No sound war here audible but 11,0 votteued rush 'of waters, and that sweet note of home and safety, the dis tant baying of the watch-dog. now and then broken by the sharper rattle Or the carriage wheels upcin the.dry road.. Bel while I looked upon the lad and solemn scene •fore me. these sounds- were interrupted by one• which startled, , and. indeed, for a moment, froze me with bor. The sound was a cry, or rather a howl of despair._ leg terror, such as I have: never ‘heard bef9re or sines uttered by human voice. It broke from the stillacsi of the church•ysrd; but I saw no figure from which it pro-, ceeded—though this circumstance, indeed, was scarcely SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1850. . . , . : . wondeiful, es tho'brolr.en ground. the tree's, tall Wneds, and totob-etones, itturded ablindant cover for any per son -who might have - sought ConCialment. This cry of unspeakable agony 'was Succeeded by a silence; and I confess, my heart throbbed 'strangely, when the same voice articulated are tone of agony. I "Why will you tlO pe dead? Who can torment its before the time? I *rill coma ,to you in my flesh. I though after m • skin-works deatr4 this . body—add you shall epeak to to face to ram" • • . This strange address was followed by another cry of despair, which died away no suddenly as it was failed.. I never could tell why: it was I was not more horror stricken thati,l really wait by this mysterious, and, all things considered, even terrible interpellation. was not until the Ocoee had again retutned, and the faint rustling'of the frosty trees° among the crisp weeds crept towards mo , like the stealthy approach of some unearth ly influence, that I felt alstiperstitious terror gradually inspire me, ivhich hurried mint au accelerated pace from the place. A few minutes, - and I heard the friendly voice of my charioteer It Hoeing to me, from the summit of the hill. Reassured, as I approa lied him. I abated my speed. "I saw you standing o the stile, sir, by tho church yard," he said, as I drew near, "and I ask your pardon for not giving you the hittt before, but they say it is not lucky; and 1 called to you loud and lusty to come Sway, sir; but I see you aro nothing the worse for •.‘,Vhy, what is there to lbe afraid of there, my good fol low?" I asked, affecting as much indifference as I was able. "Why, sir," said the man, throwing an uneasy look in the direction, "they do say there's a had spirit haunts it; and ncbody in those parts would go ;par it after dark for love or money." "Minuted!" I repeated; "and how does the spirit show himself?" I asked. "Oh! lawk, sir, in all sorts of shapes—sometimes like an old woman almost doubled in two with years," he an swered, "sometimeallike a little child going along a full foot high above the grass of the graves: 'and sometimes like a big black rain. strutting on his hind legs, and with a pair of eyes like livo coals; and some have aeon him in the shape of a man, with his arips raised up towafds the sky, and hir head Irinhing down, as if his neck was broke. I can't think of half the shapes he has took at difforeut times; but they're all bad: the tory child, they say, when ho comes in that shape, l,s the face of Satan —God bless us! and nobody's ever the ); Lute again that sees him once." By this time I was again seated in my vehicle, and some six or eight minutes' quick driving whirled us into the old-fashiened street, and brought tbe chaise to a full step before the open door and well-lighted ball of - tho Belli Inn. To ma there has always been an air of inde• scribablo cheer and comfort about a substantial country hostelrie, especially at hen one arrives, as I did, upon a, keen winter's night, with an appetite as sharp, and some-' thing of that sense of adventure m i d excitement which, before the days of down-trains end tickets, always in a greater or less degree, gave a zest to traveling. Greeted with the wormestil of welcomes for M ich inns . al al aro celebrated, 1 had soon satisfied th e /l mportunitle df a . keen appetite; and having for oibona taken nine ! case in a comfortable parlour befog a blazing fire,-I bo gen to feel sleepy, and betook myself to my no less com fortable bed-chamber. I ' It is not to-be supposed that the 'adventure of the church-yard had been ebliterated from my recollection by the suppressed' bustle and good cheer of the "Boll." On the contrary, it tad occspied . inc almost incessantly daring my solitary ruminations; and as the night fidinitic ed, and tho stillness of repose and desertion stole over the old mansion, the sensations with which th is train of ro membranee and speculation was acconipauied became any thing but purely pleasant. t I felt, I confess, Ihigety and queer—l searched the cor ners and recesses oi l the oddly-shaped and roomy old apartment:—l turned l'ie face of the looking glass to the wall—l-poked the fire into a roaring blaie-1 looked be hind the window-curt ins, with a vagtto anxiety, to as sure myself 'that nothing could be lurking there. Tile 'shutter was a little ope n , and the ivied tower of the little charch t and i dle tufted tops df the tress that surrounded it, wore visible over Ibis slope, of the intervening hill; I hastily shut out the unwelcome object. and in a mood of mind, I most confess, favourable , enough to any freak My nerves might please to play me, I hurried through my dispositions for the night, hum Ming a gay air all the limo, to re-assuro myself, nod plunged bite bed, extin guishing the candle, and—s all I ecknowledge the weak ness? nearly burying,rity be d under the blankets. I lay awake some !brie , men will do under such cir• cumstauces, but at tenth fatigue overcame me. and I fell into a profound sleep. rein this repose I was, i how ever. aroused in the tnanne lam aboutto describe. A very considerable interval must bate intervened. There , was a cold air in the room very unlike the comfortable at.' mosphere iu which I had compost:d myself to sleep.— The fire, though much lower titan when I went to bed, was still emitting flame e tough to throw a flickering light over the chamber. My urtaini worth however, closely drawn, and I could not ea beyond the narrow tent in which I lny. ' There had been tie I fiiii•ifilas, as if a palsido fire, amt.-Ails rather unacco, waked a clanking among the El was striving to arrange tho Intable noido continued for ome completely awake. I was subjocted to an acci , first iu a gantlo and after- some seconds after I had be Under the impression the dental intrusion, I called on %verde in a sharper tone s "Who's there?" At the second summons the sound ceased, end I heard instead the treed +naked foot, and itseemed to me, upon the floor, pacing to and fro, between the hearth. and the bed in which I lay. A superstitious terror, which I could not combat. stole over me; with an effort I repeated my question. and drawing myself upright in the bed, expect ed the answer with a strago sort of trepidation. It came in terms and accompanied with accessories which I shall not soon forget. The very same tones which had soatartled me in the church-yard thnCvettingbefure, the very sounds which I had heard then' and Moro, were now filling my loaf's. and spoken in the &millibar ashore I lay. "Why will . you trouble the dead? Who can torment ns before the time? 1 will come to you in my flesh, 'though after my skin worms destroy _ this body,' and you shell speak with mo face to face." As I live I can swear the words and the' voice wore the same I had heard on the occasion I have mentioned but (and marlt this) repeated to no mio. With feelings which I shall not attempt to deseribe,l heard the speaker approach the bill—a hand parted the bed•curtaina end drew them open; revealing a 'form more horrible than my fancy had aver seen—an rilmost'gigentie .figure—naked. except for what might well have been the rattan remnant of a shroud—stood close beside my bed—lived and cad averous—grimed as it seemed with the dust of the grave and starting 0111 me with a gaze of despair, malignity, and fury. too intense almost for hnman endurance.' cannot say Whither I spolre,:pr not'. but this: infernal spectre answered me awl!' ha d: ' ' "I am dead and yet.ailve." it said. fighe ch ild ren of perdition-4n the gra r ire lam a murderer. bat here.' am Areicyou. n 1 1 .46441 and cronhip me." " jlavjpg.itnio spoken. it 600, for ; s niontout at the bed side. And then.tereedsovey. with .esbeddderill • ulc", and I loasaight of it, after a few, seconds it came again to the bedside ea before,' 0 N W D ;_m 't*Whon I died they put me under Mervyn'a tombstone and they did ttot bury ‘ me. My feet lid teWards the west 'turn the m to the east and I will rest—may be I will rest —1 ' Again the dgitte was . gone. and once again it'roturnod end said. . "I am your master--I atWyour resurrection and. Your life. and therefore, fall down land worship me." It made a motion to mount upon bed, but what further Vassed I know nut, for 1 fainted. I must Imo lain in this state fora long limo, for when I became Conscious the fire was almost extiuct. For hours that seemed interminable I lay. scarcely daring to breathe and afraid to get up lest I should encounter tho • hideous opparatiOn, for aught I knew, lurking 'close beside me.— I lay, therefore, in an agony of expectation such as I will not attempt to describe. awaiting the appearance of day- Jigtht Gradually it came, and with it the cheerful and reas suring sounds of life and occupation. At length I thus le!od courage to reach the bellropo, nod , having rung lus tily. I plunged again into bed. "Draw the window-curtains—open [ the shutters," I exclaimed as the man entered, and, these orders execu ted, "look about the room." I added, "and see whether cat•or any other animehhas got in." Thom was nothing ail'', seat , and satisfied that my visitant was no longer in the chatnber, l 1 dismissed the man, and hurried through with my toilet with breathlesi precipitation. !listening from the hated scene of my terrors, I elms- - ped. to the parlciur, ivltither I instantly summoned the pro-. prietor of !•the plaqria ,prisons. I suppose I looked seared and haggard enough, for mine host looked upon me with an expression of surprise and inquiry. "Mint the door i ," said I, It was dono. "I 11:ave liad an uneasy night in the room you assigned me. air; I may say. indeed, a miserable, night," I said. "Pray," resumed I, interrupting his apologetic expres sions of surprise, "has any person but myself elicir com plained of—of being disturbed in that room?" "Never," he assurodme. I had suspected the ghastly old practical juke so often played oft by landlordsin storyttooke, and fancied I might have been deliberately exposed to the chances ore "haunt ed chamber." But there ivas no acting in thu blank look and honest denial of mine host. "It is very strange." said I, hesitating: "and I do not see why I should not tell you what has occurred.— And as I could swear. if necessary, to the perfect reality of the entire scene, it behoves you, I think, to sift the mat ter carefully. For myself, I cannot enterhin a doubt as to the"nature of the truly terrible visitation to which I have been subOcted; and, Were I in your position, I should trasfer myestablishincnt at once to some ether bailee as well suited to the purpose, tied free from tho dreadful liabilities of this." I proceeded to detail the particulars of the occurrences of the night, to which ho listened with nearly as much horror as I recited tl.4m -with. tonth!" l , - he repeated after me; "why that's down there in the church-yard you can see from the whitlow of tho room you slept in." "Let:US go iustantly." I exclaimed. with an almost feverish atixietyto ascertain whothst we should discover in the place indicated, anything corroborative of the au thenticity of my vision. "Well t shan't say no," -said ho, obviously bracing himself for an eff i o . rt of courage; "hitt we'll take Fankes, and James, the helper, with us; and please, sir, you'll not mention the circumstance, as has occurred, to either on 'oh." . I gave him the assurance he asked for, and in tk few minutes our hale party were in full march upon the point offitteteeL There had been an intense black frost, and the ground, reverberating to our tread with the hollow sound of a (vault, emitted the only noise that accompanied our rapid advance. 1 and my host were too much • preocc i pied 1 : 1 for conversation. and our attendants maintained re spectful silence. A few minutes brought us to thb low. gray wnlla and bleak hedgerows that surrounded •tho pretty old church, and all its melancholy and pictures quo memorials. "Mervyn's tomb lies theta, I think, sir," ho Said, peituitiglo a confer of the churCh-yerd, in which piles of rubbieht i letthered words, and brambles wore thickly accumulated under tho solemn, though imperfect shel ter of the wintry trees. Ile es.Change4 some sentences with oar eittern dente in Welsh. "Yes, sir, that's place.", he add... turning to And as We all approached it, I bothough me that the c l t direction in which, as I stood upon the .tilo . I had heard the voice on the night proceeding, corresp nded, accurately with that inditated by my guides. The comb in question was a huge slab of black marble, .suppoited, as was made apparent when the surrounding brambles were removed, spot c . atx pillars, little more than two feet high each. T ora l was ample room for a human body to lie inside this funeral pent-house; and,n stoop ing to look beneath, I was unspeakably shocke, to see that something liko a human figure was actually extend ed there. ' It was, indeed, a taps°, and, what is more, corres pandit] in every trait with the infernal phantom which, on the preccoding night, had visited and appalled'ine. • Tho body, though miserably emancipated, was that of a large-boned. athletic man, of fully six feet fonr In height; and it, was therefore, no easy task to 'withdraw it from the receptacle whore it had been deposited, and lay it,.ns our assistants did, upon the tombstone which had covered it. Strange to say. moreover. the feet of the body. as we found it. had been placed towards tie west, As I looOd upon this corpse, and recognited, but too surely.'in its proportions and lineaments, every trait of the apparation that had stood at ink bed-side, with a countenance animated by the despair end malignity of the damned, my heart fluttered and sank 'within me. and ['recoiled from the effigy of the demon with tetror, second only tithe! which had thrilled me on the night proceeding. Now, readar —honest reader--I appeal to your own op-, preciatien of testimony. and ask you. having thesel facts, in evidence, and upon the deposition of an eye mid ear witness, who's() veracity. thriough a long life, has i never once been 'compromise& or questioned, have you, or have you not, in the foregoing story, a sVell-authentiented I ghost story? Before yen answer the above question. howeier. it may be,convinient to let yen know certain other , facts' which were clearly established upon the inquest . , that was very- propeily hold - upon the body which in , so Strange" a manner welted discovered. I purposely avoid details, and without assigning the depositions respectively to:the witnesses who made them, shall restrict myself to a naked btttline of the evidence as it appeared. " ' The body I bade d,eieribed was identified es that of Abraham Smith; an unfortunate I nettle, who had, upon tho day but one proceeding, mad his escape from the neighbotiog pariah work = house, w tens he hid been for - , • • many-yearis confine:it. , Pialudliteination was a, strange, but not by any n,rato an iinvinc4nutad ono. -pa fancied that he had died, and Was condemned; and.- a, those Ideas alternately predomlnittedi letnnatlmes spoke of birn-. . . I self as no "ay I spirit," and sometimes importuned his keepers to "bury him;" using certain phrases which had no difficulty in recognizing as atrioug those which he had addressed to me. Ile had, been traced to the neighborhood whore his body was found, and had been seen and recognied scarcely half a mile:from it, abouttwo hours before my visit to the church-yaid! There were.' farther, unmistakable evidences of seine person's hav ing climed •up the trolls-work to my window on ithe previous night, the sluitterof which had been left un barred, and, as the window might have been easily opened with a push, the cold wide!' I experienced, as on accompaniment of the nocturnal visit. was easily ac counted for. Thera was a mark of blood upon the win dow-stool, and a scrape the knee of the body correipon - ded with it. A multiplicity of other circumstances, and the positive assertion of tho chamber-maid that the win-. deli had been opened. and w as but imperfectly closed again, cause in support of ti se conclusion, which was to my mined satiafactorly settled. by the coucurreut evi dence of the incdical man, to the effect that tho unhap py man could not have been,' many hours dead when the body was found. Taken in the mass, the evllince convinced me; rind though I might still have clung to the preternatural the ory, which, in the opinion o f i some persons, the facts of the case might still have sustained, I candidly decided with the weight of evidonce "gavirup the ghost," and accepted the natural. but still somewhat horrible ex planation of the occurrence. For this candour I take credit to myself. i might have stooped short at the dis covery of the corpse, but I' am no friend to "opinions gospells;" let our faith, whatever it is, be founded in honest fact. For-my part, I steadfastly believe in ghosts, and have dozens of stories to support that belief; but, this is not amcingthem. Should I ever coon, therefore k : to-tell you one, pray remember that you have to Baal with a candid narrator. INHUNTING DEER BEWARE OF TAMERS. The following story from the 'Petrel' is founded on fact. j A hunt in Africa, similar to the one recorded below, ac tually come off—only the original ono was attended with a broken limb, in 'plance of—; but read the exciting story. It was in Northern Africa, on a high hill, in a ra• 1 vine, where a ship's crew accidentally found pure water, after being for weeks without it. During ono jaunt, they found it tho resort of fine, fat deer.l Now to the tale,— Inge!Mg Argai. The party arrived'upon tho ground an hour before sun itet—Choushow, and two trustworthy mon, with Herbert Danvers. and Mr. Tandy, the latter somewhat disgusted that he was not permitted to early` a Musket. Their gun.; stores and ammunition were soon secured in convenient situations, amply afforded by a very large tree. Herbert took his place in the centre of the tree, tytili a large arm in front of him, which, when the folliago end small boughs had boon leipped away, offered a commodious rest for the heavy guns. Everything in a direct lino below it was carefully cutaway. that they might be able to direct their fire close to the very foot of the tree, if necessary, fur it was there that the track or path lay. Chouchow was placed behind flerbeirt, in charge of the heavy artil lery; Danvers with his friend, who likewise had a rifle. On the fdrther t side of each of the officers was a ntsu with a musket; and Tandy wait perched considerably higher up in the tree; to watch for and give notice of arrivals. . 1 •Now mark what I say," began Ilerbort. "No person is to fire, under any circumstalmet whatever, till I give the word and then one only at a time. I shall probably let a considerable numberraf the animelllpass before we attack them, not only becanile the,leaders will be 'tough old bucks, who trill take a deal of killing and be good fur, nothing when/died,. but Limnos's our fire, when many of them shall have gone by, will throw the whole heard Into confusion in attempting to retreat by this narrow' path, so that they cannot eadape ns. One Word more. whoever is called 7:ion to fire 'must select a good sized beast, sod fire at his head if possible, between the eyes ; for as they will be quite close to us, every shot ought lot bring down its bird: and now we must remain quiet.— Mr. Tandy: a geed look out aloft.; the slightest noise may undo all:" About two hours after stinset. Tandy rave notice of some moving 'ohj,ct well up the pass. It was a flue star light night. the tun leaders of a heard I were soon after. advancing slowlyerid cautiously. They hesitat i ed us they approached the tree, tossing their heads and snuffing the air audibly. it was quite clear that they had taken alarm and for a moment It was doubtful w 1 tether they woultdnot retreat altogether. To secure two or three of the headince;t, was even then possible, and the tempta tion was great; but Herbert exerted ell hi self columned his self disciplod to restrain the rest of the arty. Even-a i l Whisper; or the-slightest rustling in the treo which had evidently become au object of alarm to the timid and ary rt, leaders, so accustomed to the suddeu attacks of ferocious beasts. would - spoil all; but whilst the foremost on the narrow path hesitated, masses from behind them, where the ground was wore open, pushed steadily on, and the loaders almost of - necessity again advanced. About fifty were allowed to pass, when Herbert, having selected his vietitri, Oa the word, and lire 4 his rifle; Danvers and the others 'followed - in slo.v and orderly succession, as di• reeled, so that each man might-take delis aim, and bo reloaded by the' time it came to his t urn to fire again. A fearful scene of confusion ensued amonget so largo a number of animals erovrtled into so narrow a pathaway the ground was soon cumbered with tho slain, and as no more slaughter hail boon contemplated than would sup ply their necessities, the fire of theirarty ceased, and they trembling fugitives were permitted to retreat, as beet they might. A few Winds of congratulation on their success were interrupted by a terrific roar within -a few yards Of them which, in tho calm, still night, vibrated upon evori . • nerve. Even the boldest felt for one moment. when thus surprised. as if alreoy in the roach of the jaws of the fo ,rocieus monster. whoso roar is so wildly expressive • of strength and ferocity. i The excitement of the deer hunt was lost. forgotten, for at the very foot attire tree which concealed the party, and within twenty feet of Herbert, the majestic lion, of whom they had once before had a distant view, lay crouched with a huge animal beneath hisl murderous grasp. Whilst his terrible claws pierced its flanks, hie ploody jaws crunched audibly tho bones of the neck of his prostrate victim; his back being turned to the tree, as ho lay perfectly quiet, apparently quartile: the life•blood of his prey, with a deep purring growl of satisfection. There Was neither alarm nor* confusion among the little party: all proper measures of security hdd been ta ken. HerlSort rested his heavy gun iu the crotch of the branch. but ho was anxious to strike' o vital part, and the animal's front was altogether covered; as ho lay at his full length so close hereto his hidden foe. with hie tail almost touching the 'free. . After a moment's con sideration, Herbert resolved to aim et tho spine, the whole length of which Was exposed to him in a direct line, so that a little more or lose elevation would not baulk him, if he could keep! the line of fire. accurately. There was no need for haste. for whilst growling in low deep tones, the brute seemed to enjoy his occupation in tensely. and never moved. except that his tail lashed gently. us it were with enjoyment. Tho mum! of Erin.- bert's gun was within a . few feel Of tho animal's body. and the aim wat;tolten with a pulse as calm as if llrelog at a snipe. - s. 'lt won* moment of deep interest to the lookers.on , all of whom , tho foliagO.below them haring been cut away. could see distinctly every thing that Paned, **opt poor Il ° •1 00 A TE4U, in Advance. NUMBER 18, Tandy, who, blinded by the thick foliage beneath his lel% tier station, and possessing quite as much curiosity, as all the rest OA together, had Crept Amber and further out upon his branch with cat-like silent and.ctexterity, till he, lei, had obtained a partial glimpse of matters below. At length Herbert fired. the huge be at sent forth a yell: more hideous far than any thing they had ever heard. giving full expression to its rage and agony. Httrbert had sprung back to ilia fosr station, the la stank. he had fired, and seized his se e d gun . expecting that the wounded lion would facoand and spring at him, and thus expose his front fora death waned. / Nor was .he much out in his conjecture; for. dritpping his 'Mingled prey. the (Orions beast made a desperate effort 'to turn and attack his assailants; bat his object was only very imperfectly eccomplished, and that obviously with extreme agony, the yells produced by which were fright ful. ' . "You'vo broken the spine, Herbert." said Danvers. "ho cannot spring. You may finish him at your leisure for he is unable to rise, having no poU.er to turn his IMy." "I see," said Herbert, "he has only, by those despe;• rate efforts drawn himself half around; but ho faeca l me and I will put him out of misery. , Is that gun re-loaded, Chou? Very well then; reserve your fire, all of you.-- 1 Those itort id cries will bring the lioness to the rescue... She will be Intreh the most aciiiT and formidable of tho two; and we nui:it:bo well prepared, as, in her fury, eh, may storm the life." He then once more desc'ended a few feet, sod his gun at the lion's forehead, between the eyes (far his ball were not made of mero l+d;) he took a calm, deli cate aim, whilst the lion glared at him with firey blood shot oyes, his huge distended !month dripping with gore, fle fired, and sprang up again into the centre of the tree with the agility of a young and active seaman. Meanwhile, Tandy, Whose curiosity had overcome the very slender stock of prudence which Dame,Nature had bestowed upon him, wondering } what Herbert could hes itate so long about, allef,d - his first shot, and still more that the lion did not riseJ though evidently still alive, had continued creeping further and further out. maddened by an imperfect view of the great event, till, at the very in stant in which the grizzly monster sank under the last shot, Whit a fearful groan, Mr. Tandy's branch gave way with h l im, and down ho canto upon the hind quarters of the dying lyoe. In an instant Chouchow was sown at his side, snatch ed him up and sprang into the tree with him, with au effort of strength and agility which excited the wonder and admiration of the whole party. At this, very moment the lioness rushed upon the scene, and made a spring at Chouchow and'his bi t trden. Otto moment sooner on her part, orjone particle less of exertion on the part of Chou chow, both Ito and Tandy would hive fallen victims to her vengeance. Sho reached a largo bow just beneath them, faaming with rage, they would fain have spared her, but - it was iMpossible. She made no effort to re• treat,' received several shots without appearing to feet them; and never for a moment relaxing het grasp, or her throateni l ttg attitude, till pierced to the brain by one of Ilerbort's fatal bans; she fell lifeless by the Bide of her shaggy lord—faithful unto death, eanott in the Act, We ba I W a fanny spectacle the other day. A dron of omnibuses, with a live freight wore about starting on a pie i nie, when a young woman ran hastily up and said to a gentloman of ilia party. who had Just seated him-' self cosily by tho side of a pretty girls "Hare sir, I want to know eihdt right you have to be going on pie-nies, and your wife and child at home?" "flush Mary," whispered tho gentleman, hastily get• tiug out of the omnibus, "hush the people will hear vou." *.Who cares if they do? Why didn't,,you think of this people, or of me or your child, instead of running of to pie-Bien with tither wemoni" "Well—there—now—don't—" • %But I will though! And for you; Mits, if you over daft to look id my husband again "I don't look at him, ma'am," tremblingly replied the ;t:or girl; "I thought hi was a single. man,whou he asked _ etogo on a pic-nie ith him." L .. "So you have begu your didoes, have you my lark?" exelpitned tho wife; "you have begun your didoes, have you! So, so. I'll give you a lesson you will remember —( taking hiin by the ear)--now walk home with me!" The poor follow writhed knd implored, but his better half kept her hold and walked him off home, the laugh ter and jeers of the whole party riugiug iu hle OM at ev ery atop. We vrenici•nt have &toiled in that poor fellow's boots thitt day. not for the privilege of listening bathe boat act mien over preached —Phil. City Item.. Contempt. Contempt is commonly taken bytho young for an eVi deuce of understanding; but no habit of mind can afford this evideneo,which is neither illfilcult to acquire, nor mer itorious when acquired; and it is scertainly very easy to be contemptuous, so it is very useless, if not very perni cious. To discover the imperfections ofothers'isponetry lion, to hate them for these faults is contempt. We may be clear-sihtoti without being malovolont, and mike use , of the erro swe discevor, to Yearn caution, not to gratify satire, that partof contempt which consists of acuteness. we may prosnric; its dangerous ingredient is Censure. ICS' "Why have you volunteored?"sald rather a care worn looking towly enrolled volunteer to a boo looking y'oung country soldier. "Why 1 volunteered because I had no wifo and go in for war," was the nuquivocal re ply; and now why have you volunteoredl" he added.-- "Ali!" said the care-worn countenanced little mari - for ho was a little man—with a significant smile, "1 Talon• Leered because I have a wife, and go in fur peace!" raTurric.—Sorno poor fUllow is in fur it by running niter th• calicoes. Just hear him: I'vcseen her out a walking. In her haSit ds la rue, And it Slut no use, a talking. She's "pumpkins" and "a lbw She glides along In beauty, I Like a duckupon a lake. , ti Olt! I'd be love and duty. - If I only Was a drake. New Yost ash to volt.—The population of London M estimated at four times that of New York, or about 2,060,090 souls, and yet the English metropolis is nearly 50 per cent healthier than New York. The number of intermentsin i London for the week ending July 13. was 78L NeW York the number the same week was 333. RUNNING OFF SLIVES.OIIII the night of Old Sth jest a Mr: Chaplin, of Albany. with others. attempted to aid five or six slaves 'in escaping from their Masters. in Washington. They were pursued by officors,lwho worn fired' upon. and the fire was returned, killing ono *lave and wounding two others; but they were finally captured' and Chaplin was dent !orison. It occasioned much ex citement in Washington. _Roamer •i WARATOOA.—The safe of the U. S. liotol wits robbed of $2,000 on Tuesday night. 6th inst. The key having been abstracted front tho pocket of tho Clerk's, pantaloons. IIT Mrs. Portingtoo says, nothing despises her so much so to seo people whq profess to expect salvation, go to church without their purses when s ecollectionl'is to be .
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