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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,
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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
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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
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Dealer in Law. Medical, senora Miscellaneous Books stationary.
Ink. 4.e. titate st., font loots below the Public. square.
DR. O. L. ELLIOTT,
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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.
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G E NI, E.N E S Et .
If thou bast er shed a flower,
Theroot inn - not be,bllghted
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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
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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
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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.
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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 °
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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
.