( ' 1' IrpLUAID 21. Vivrithr. 13. F. SLC)AN, EDITOR. OFFICE, CORNER " STA F..TE ST. AND PUBLIC SQUA It i TER ItiS ( IF l'lta PAVER. City iinti.eriber , by tb,• carrier. nt 6.2.1 it By wail, or al %lie oilio:r, in , ii i% alive, 1.:i0 _ j_f 11 rim paid in nil, n iict•, or %%lath% three months from the l hoe cif .tuti•cribilig, Ettip dollar. %,, ' II b e chnrgo, , li.klicuiniiitinif•iiiiolis nitiq I.r. put.111:11,1. ' Itl'ITS OF ADVEItTiIiI:CG. em-d..truf , lCCOiltrg } iilh,, oite year. 83,00 Ouemittart. 4S . . 10.00 4.10. d..›. sit month., 6,00 do. fro. three montlol, 3,00 Thatiment ;Mt erti., mum, 50 (Tilts per square, of fifttiM lines or les., Im the tit 4 imettictit .25 cent., fpc Inch snbsrgt.ettt itt.‘rtimt. 3_l'l early ad, erti , crn hate the privilrgeni changing at plemmie. I. to al no time are allots 11 to neent, tore brat tn o "}nitre t, mull'. 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Cll.ll W11M.F4 , 0.1. and Retail Witil , 4; Liquor,. t'igar+. N.,ll%.lktroti .11v, Isu reeve, Cmckerh., &c. Cern'. I.le, Erie% Po. T. %V. Al()0/0., .IDHALIZR in Gro , eric, , , , rroit No 0, l'oqr Itow, : 4 1 to• JOs{_ltl' 61:LLUCY: Vorwnrtlittry & f..:1 the 11ock, ea4t of Slat& ',lice!. , COOl, Salt, pla,ier and Whit , . r.%!),,a , i-tanv., 10T ink.. J. 11. 11'11-J,IA)1::, Thinker and Exchange 11111, of Drafot, certilic;l.-nf 14,-.1i,.(:(11 and ^i! offn. Otfice,4 doors Leto" I ; rown's In. IiENJANLIN I)I.NNISON,. 1k- Arrortsrir ier I.ti s. CiiiVeklitil;onto—Oifice on Superior weer, Atnaterei Block. ,Refer to Ch n •t i I lire l'arker,raitilitidee I.aw School., lion. Richard Fletcher. 1117:tate 01., iio•tott; Samuel 11. Pork in.+. IValiiiir bt.,l'hiludelpinu; Melon! 11. Kinibull.r...ll.;:i3 Wall meet, New York. For te,tutionialri, re ft•r to (ht. orrice. I.IIAItSIIAI.I. & VINCENT, ATMENIYA a t.A%%--( are up eta IN Tainniany north of nje Prcilioncdnr's oainu, I;rir•. • ItitA A LIMN. Arrormy vspent N,IFI,Ltat 1,%V. —Otlice over C. 11. IVri;tht'` ,Store, entrance one door xt ctt o 1 Mato Sfrect, on the Ihainund. Cue. 1. ItOSENZ%VEIG rI.ALIP ItlTAit 111 , AI 6;' in Forel:4l Im' Domestic Dry Coodiy ready ttiaile Clotlitnii, Boots null Silueb, &c., Nu. 1, iug Block, State bac.% Ern.. 5. (7. - IL TIBISALS, Uud.r.lt in 'Dry e;ccdt..-Do Craccrie.,, Crockery, ❑udwnre. &c., No. 111. Cheap-We, En, JOHN ZIMMERtY, MAIM inGroa•ries and Novi-ions of kfitds, State street, three doors north of the Diamond, Ern., SMITH JACKSON, OZALYR in Dry Goats ' Groceriell. iiardware.rguerms D'are, Lime, Iron. NMle, dre., 121, Clicup-ide, Erre, wtt,LiAm CAIIIMET MAKVIt drldt(dsWr, and l'ndertat,er. corner of State and gerentli werts, tric. K S. GIMERAT. Forwarding. Produce and Conuntsiii ‘lereloint,.; dcalerri in cunrsn and line eait, Coil. Fla.,ter, Shingles, dc. Public dock. %sera tilde Of The bridge, Eric Entity J . 61u0, WA IS E .1&. COOK, aIENEAAL Forwarding, Corinne...ion rind Produce 3ferehants;See ond Rare-hou•c east of the Bridge, Luc, G. LOONIIS & Co. in Jen elry, Silver, German Siher, Plated and Britannia Ware Critter), Military and fancy Goods, State btreet, nearly opposite the Eagle Iluid, Erre. 0, Looms. CARTER & nitoTnEn. tur and Retail dealers in 1)ru;;•4. Nled i nes, I'4,lms:oils, ple-stmlo, Claw, &c , No, i. need Mute, Enc. JOET. JOIINSON, -- im.LER in Thrological,f SundnY and Clins , denl erhool llookP, Stationary, &e. Park Row, Crio. JAMES LYTLE, FAantoNABLE Merchant Tallor.on the publte square, a few doors nest or :Rate street, Erie. b: --- .CLA itk, WISCILF.4hI.I.: wn arraiL Dealer la Croci•fiCS. Pro% Isicro, ship Cloinillerv, Slone -Wire, &e., No. 5. Sonnet' Sloe p, Erie. 0. 1). SVAFFOIIp. Dealer in Law, Medical, senool :Miscellaneous 'hints stationary. Ink, &e. st.. four iloars het° x the Piddle square. DR. O. L. ELLIOTT, Resident Dentist: °lnce:ma dwelling in the Itreln. Illtck, on the Hart side of the Public Square. Ltie. Teeth InSnd) d On Gold Plale, from one to an entire sett. Carious teeth tillld o ith pure Cold. and restored to lteaVlt rind usefulness. Teeth cleaned with instruments and Detainees() as to teat e them ut a pellucid clearness. Alt work tt attained. "pl.l DICKERSON. • rIiIrIICIAN ARO SETA xoN-,0:11ec at hit 3 residence on Seventh street, eppngte the 11fellnalist Church, Erie. BUItION, wilocesm.i •MD 1( LT4II. dealer in Driigm, Medic i tico, c Siu(T, 440 ecrico, &c. :so. 5, 144,,1 !Wine, Erie. sort t'l' s. LINTER, NALIR in Hate. Cape and FUT./ of ail ticeoriptione: No. 10, Calk Now •Eric. Pa. I)UITER WANIIII).—SIN) M ins rood Dairy jcuttt.r nante . Ir, exchange for Path or G00d... J. FULLERTON. I /AMU. lot ut Uonnevr,lutt received per La press by 1.4 Jung 3. H FULLERTON. • . • ... _ I . . . .. ~ . . f 4 .' 4 7 " 1 1 • •.. 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A thousand miles of rugged Otore, - And not a light hoube,cen'i • Alas.. the tliounhil tears of porn That ouch a .lame had been! , Mo r e! that Afric's darkling race; The savages and .laves, Never 11111 . 1, khott n a gle:an of grFo- r ' On their duuthl-%\eutern waves: Never, 'till Now? 0 glorious light— The beacon is n !adze And half the terrors of the night Are scattered by its rays? Forth from the starry -lieaveted West Was lit this glorious torch,— For, dear Columbia's bOllB hate- blest Liberia tt lilt —a Church: Yes—young Columbia leads the wa y, ' And shows our hard old world lI How e.la%ezy in the sight of Jay Can wtbest be downhuri'd: Not by the td. ody hand of power t That mangles n bile it frees, - Hut by 'Religion's calmer hour, • And Freedom of the seas! Yes, brothers! Patience is the word— Prudence, in your zeal; Where the,e sweet angels well are heard They work the coinnianweali The North iiiwt wait; the South be wise; And both unite in love kelp the slate beneath Eta skies • That is no slurs above? *Written upon being inrirale.t that an Piiiscopal church had been erect •d at Itasca Cove. in Liberia. FLTHERAND SON. A THRILLING STORY. Prom Ituusvhord (Cord! One evening in the month of March, 1798—that dark time-in-Ireland's annals 'whose memory (over 7 luuking all minor subsequent emu:re) is still. preser ' ved amo ng lie, as 'ithe year of the. rebel! on"--a lady and gentleinaii were seated near a blazinr , fire in the old-fashioned dining morn pf a large 10-n ly mansion. They had just dined; .vine and fruit w re nn the table i both initimclied, while Mr. Hews on and his wife sat,silently gazing at tire fire, %etching its flickering light becoming gradually mi re vivid as short spring tit it fided into derkne: At length the lit - baud poured out a :, drank it otr, and then broke .silettee, by laying— " Well, well, Charlotte, these tire a ful times; ti there were test (nen taken lip today for fatting Cot ter's tirim,e at Knock:Me; and Tom Dvjer says that every intwiiitrate in the country is a marked man.'' Mr liewsim cast a frightened glace towards the windows, which iinewd nearly to the ground, and gate a view oft aide,, tree-bespritikle ,i d :awn, through whose center alimg, -tonight at emie dln the nigh wayroad. There way al-o a,tliot milli at e ther sides of the house, brl: - ic:llitig riff thro close thick:As of trees and reaening the rim I by a circuitous ( c anto. "hi-te'r, Juries!" File sai I, after a pause; what note is that?" "N"thing but the sigleing of the wind among the treos. Come wife, you twist nut give %%ay to hung- 'nary fear:,," "13ot really, I hear.i_tioptething like footmeps on the grax.el, rooloi the gab'e-cud.--1, A- knock at the parlor than interrupted her. ig:nnie in.'• The door opened, and Tim arithatr, Mr, Hew:eon's confidential steward and- right •hand man, entered, folloWeti by a fair-haired delicate looking buy of six years yid, dressed in deep niourng. "Well, Gallen, what du you want?" "I a..Ai your I.loM,r's pardorr disturbingyou and the mistress; b.t thinight tght to Come and tell you the bad news I heard." "Sumet i ning about the rebels, I suppose?' "Yes, sir; I gut whisper just now that there's going to be a. rising ifilirely, to-morrow; thousands ere to gathe c before day break at Kifairean bog, where I'm am told they&e a power of pikes hiding; and then they've to march on and melt every house in the he country. I'll engage, when I heard it, I ditrut let grass grow 'tinder my feet, I.)M. Came ar straight to, your Honor, thinking maybe you'd like to walk over tti Mr. Warren's and, settle with him what's best to be done." "Oh,-Jumes I beseech you, (lA% thing of going." "Make your mind easy, CharlOtte; I don't intend it; not that I suppose; there would be Much risk; but, I all things considered, I think I'm just a comfortable at borne."o The steward's brow darkened, as he g anted ner vously towards the end window, which jotting out in the gable, formed , a deep angle in the outer wall. "Of course 'tie just as your Honor (pleases, but I'll warrant you, there would bo no harln in going. Come; Billy," he added addressing the child, t,t,ho by this time was standing close to Mrs. Howson, "make your bow, rind bid good night to,thats er and tn - tress. ), Tho boy did not stir, and Alm ilow ,l on t u bing hie little band jailers, said—a, "You need. not-go home for .half an 'boor t Oa- han; stay and have a chat with the eervants in the kitchen and leave Billy with . , me—andzwith applesti and notp,—she added amilltnoots she filled the child 'ii hand with fruit. "Thank you, ma'am," said the i steward hastily, "I can't stop— , l'm in a hurry home, whe're.jyanted to leave thisibrat tonight; but he td.9llcl follow nte. Come, Billy; come this minute, you young rogue," .Still flto,child looked reluctant, and Mr. Ifoiveon said peremptorily— "Don't go yet, Gahan; I wont to ?peak to yon by and by; and you know the mittirees always likes to pet little Billy." with o ut f replying,lle steward left the room; and il the nest moment his hasty footsteps rosounde through the lung flagged passagethat led to the o flees. ' "There's something strange about Githan since his wife died,", remarked Mrs. Hewson. at suppose e ra 7.- A t kee him look so darkly, and us when any, one speake : _to his ' Billy? your mother was tt sore, 'tis grief forjlor seem almost feel' child. Poor littl loss to you." A Ie eyes filled wi th ‘ tears, and press ladre side, as he said: The child's bl od closer to ill A (went wash and dress me so nicely t er is good to your' a'am, but be is out all day busy, and talk to ins as mamma used;. for Peg- "Old Peggy as mamma use "But your fa "Oh, yew, en , I've no ope tq t gy is quite deaf, and besides she is always busy with the pigs and chickens." t : "1 Wish I had you, Billy, to take care of and to teach, for your poor inother l s sake:' "And so yop may, Charlotte," said her husband. "I'm sure Gvhan, with all hi's odd ways, is too sen sible a fellow l oot to know how muck it would be fur his child's benefit to be brought up andeduCated by us-the boy would be an amusement to us In this lonely house. I'll speak to him about it bkge he gees home. Billy, my finp fellow, come here," be continued, "jump upon my knee, and tell me if you'd like to live here ale. nye and learn to read and write."l "I would, sir, if I could be with father too." - "So you shall;—and what about old Peggyr The child I,aussill? • . - 1 " I'd like to give a pen'worth of snuff and a piece of tobacco every week, for she said the other 31riy that would make her guile happy." ' . Mr. flewson laughed, and Billy prattled o , seated on his knee; when a noise of footsteps on th ground mingled with lo ti,r suppresed talking, was 4ard out side. , i "'James, listen! there's noise riga 1." It was now nearly dark, but M - Jlewson still holdin,g.the boy in his arm'e, v i lallted towards tho %y in duty and leaked out. "1 can reo. nothing,". he said, "stay—there are figures moving oframong the trees, and a man run ning round to the back of the house—very like Ga han tie is too!" Seizing the bell-rope, he rang it loudly, and said to the servant who miswered his summons— " Fasten the shutters and put up .the bars, Con nell, and then tell Callan I want to see him." The man obeyed; candles were bronght, and Gai an entered the room. Mr. liewson remarked that though his Cheeks were flushed, his lips wore very white, and his bold dark eyes Were cast on the ground. “What took you round the house just now, Tim?" asked the master in a careless manner. "What took me round the house, - 13 it? Why, then. nitthing in life, sir, but that just as I e t out side the kitchen door to taken smoke, 1 saw the pigs that Shaneen forgot' to put up in their stye, making right for thistress flower garden; so I just put my dud:teen lightning as ituus, into my phcket, and ran after them. I caught: them on the grand walk un der the end window, and, indeed, ma'um, I bad - my own share of work turtling them Itak to their pro per spear." us of %vine -Gahan spoke with unusual volnb;lity, but with out raising his eyes from the ground. ""Who were thr people,' asked his master, "whoip T saw turwfog through the tvesterdgrove" "Pimple! your liunor—not a sign of any people moving there, be bound, barring the pigs." "Then," paid I.few.Tn, sinilling, tokis wife, the miracle of Circe mo,t hilve- been reversed, and swine turned Mtn men; for, undoubetly, the dark fig ures i saw there were human beings." "Came anxi oil§ to turn the con versation, "31'111 you come home with me now. I urn 'Bute it Was very good of the mistress to give you all them floc apples." Mrs. Ilewson was going.to propose Billy's remain ing:, but her hi-band whispered: "Wait till to-mor rim." SO Gahan and his child were allowed to de- part Next Mornings the magistrates of the districts were on the alert, and several suspicious looking men found lurking about were taken up. A hat which fitted one of them was picked up in Mr. Hew son's grove; the gravel under the end window bore many signs of trampling feet; and there were markt. on the wall as if guns had rested adt!tinst it. Ga han'a information touching the intended meeting at Ki!man bog proved to be totally Without founda tion; and after a Careful search not a single pike or weapon of any description could be found there. All these circumstances combined certainly 'looked suspicious; but after a pndonged investigation, as 4) guilt Could actually be brought home to Githan, he was dismissed. One of his examiners, however ) said privately, "I advise you to take care of that fel low, Hewson.. Jill were in your place, I'd jest trust , him as far as I could throw him, and not an inch be yond." ' An indolent, hospitable Irish country gentleman, each as' Mr. Hewson, is never witlfotirrmalways shrewd and often roguish prime mini:4er who saves his master the trouble of 'looking after his own af fairs, and manages everything that is to be done in both the home and foreign departments—from put ting a new door on the big-stye to letting a farm of an hundred acres tm lease. Now in this, or"rather these eapacitics,4"tilian, had long served Mr. Hew.- son; and some seven years previous tO:theevening on which our story commences; he. had strengthen ed the tie and-increased his influence considerab'y by marrying Mra. Hewson's favorite and faith(' I it maid. , One child was the result of this union; _a d Mre. Ilewson, who had no family of her own, to 4( much,interest in little Billy,—more especially after' the death of his mother, who, poor thing? the neigh= hors said was not very happy, and W•ould gladly, if "she dared, have changed her lonely cottage for the early service of tier former mistress. Thus, though for a time Mr. and Mrs. Rawson regarded Gatsatt with some doubt, the feeling grad ually wore am ay, and the steward regained his for mer influence. After the lapse of a few stormy months the rebel lion was quelled: all the prisoners taken up were severally (lisp ised of by hanging, transportation or acquitted, according to the nature and amount of the evidence brought against them; and the country became as peaceful ha it is in the volcanic nature of our Irish soil ever to be. - The Howson's kindness towards Halm 3 9 child was steady and unchanged. They took him into their house and gave . him a plain but solid education; so that William, while yet a boy, was enabled to be of some use tolhis patron, and daily enjoyed more and more of his confidence. Atiothr evening, thttWeritieth anniversary Of that with which this' narative commented, tame round. Mr. and Mrs. Hewson were; mill title and active, dwelling in their hospitable home. About eight o'- clock j at night, Tim Gahan, now a stooping grey haired man, entered Mr. Howson's kitchen and took his!seat on the corner of the Bette next to the fire. The cook directing a silent and significant glance of compassion towards hand 'fellow-servants said: "Would you likfl a drink of older, Tito or will MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1850. SATURDAY you wait, and take a pip of tay with myself and Kittyl" 'rho old man's eyeiniete fined on the fire, and - a wrinkled hand was planted firmly on each knee, as if to check their inifoluntary trembling. "11l not drink anything this night thank yoo' kindly, Nally," he said, in a low, musing.munner, dwelling long on each word. I • "Where's nillyt" he asked, after a pause, in a quick hurried tone, fooking up suddenly to the cook, with an expression in hie; eyes, which as she after wards said, 4 4001 t away her breath." "Oh, never heed Billy! I suppose he's busy With the master." • I "Where's the use, said tlui coachman, "in biding it from him! Sure SOCHICi or later he must know it. Tim," he continued. ~G od knows 'tis sor row to my heart this blessed night to make yours sore- , • , •but the truth is that William has done what he oughtn't to do to the man that was all one as a father to him. "What has he done? What will yo l u dare say again my bov?" "Taken money then," replied the coachman, "that the master had marked and put in his desk; fur ho suspected this some time past that gbld wastnissingb This morning 'twas gene; a search was made, and the niWied guineas were found witli your son Wil liam." The old man covered his face with his hands, and rocked himself to and fro. "Where is he newri nt length ho asked, in a hearse voice. "Locked up safe in the inner storeroom, the mas ter. intends sending him to goal early to-morrow morning." "Ile will not," said Gahan slowly. "Kill thebily that saved his life!—no, rlt)." • "Poor fellow! the grief is setting his mind astray —and sure no wonder!" said the cook compassion etely. "I'm not astray!" cried the did man, fiercely. "Where's the tnastert—take me to him." . "Come with me," said the butler, "and ask hint to see you." With faltering steps the father complied; and when they reached the parlor, he trembled caused ingly, and leaned against the wall fur supprt, while -die butler opened the door, and said: ' "Ga here, sir, and wants to know whether You will let him speak to you for a minuted" -"Tell him to come in," said Mr. diewsun in a sol emn tone of sorrow, very difFerent front his ordinary cheerful voice. "Sir;" said the steward, advancing, "they tell me you are going to send my boy to It truer „ Too true, indeed, Gahan.' 'Phe Ind wit) WAS reared in my hnuie, whom my wife watched over ih health, and nursed in sickness—whom we loved a 1 .7 most as if he were oni own, has robbed its, and that not once, or twice, but many times. lie is silent undtullen too, and refuses to tell why he stole the moniy, which was never withhold from hint whin be wanted it. I can make nothing of him, and must only give him up to justice in the morning. "No, sir, no. The boy saved your life; you can't take his:” "You're raving, Galin." "L;steu to toe, sir, and you won't say so. You remember this night minty -years? I came here with toy motherless child, and yourself and the mis tress pitied us, and si ke loving words' to him.— Wi.;ll for us all you did 1 . That night—little you,' thought it!—l :was bawled with them that were sworn to take your life. They were watching you outside the window, and I•was sent to inveigle you out, that they might shoot you. A faint heart I had fur the bloody business; for you we're ever and al ways a good master to me; but I was under an oath, to them that I darn't break, supposing the 4. ordered me t o shoot my owri mother. Well! the hand of God was over you, and you wouldn't mime with me. ran out to them, and I said— ' . "Boys, if you want to shoot him, you must do it through tho window," thinking they'd be afraid of that; but they weren't -= they were daring fellows, and one of them sheltered by the angle of the win low, took deadly elm at you. That very moment you took Billy en.yOur knee, and I saw his fair head in a line with the musket. I tion't know exactly then. what I said or did, but I remember I caught the man's hand, threW it up and pointed to the child.— 'Knowing I was a determined man, I believe they didn't wish to provoke me; so they' watched you for a while, and when you didn't p6t him down they go daunted, hearing the sound of soldiers riding by the road and they stole away throUgh the grove. Must of that gang swung . on the gallows, but the last of them died this morning 'quietly in his bed. Up to 'Yesterday he used to make Me give him money— sums of-money to buy hie silence—and it was fur that I made my boy a thief. it was wearing out his very life. Often he went down on his knees to me, and said; Father I'd die myself sooner than rob my master, but I can't see you disgraced. Oh, let us fly the country! Now, air} I have told you' all—do what you like with tuesend me to the jail, I deserve it--but spare my poor deluded-innocent boy!" It would be difficult to describe Mr. IlleWson's feelings, but his wife's first impulse was to hasten to liberate the prisoner. -With a few incoherent wards of explanation, she -led him into the presenee of his master, who lookihg at hint sorrowfully, but kindly, thid: "William, yen have erred deeply, but hot so deep ly as I supposed. Your father has told me every thing. I forgive him freely and yOu also " The young man coveredhis face with his hands, and wept tears , more bitter and abundant than he had ever shed sinc e the day when he followed his moth er to the grave. He could say little ) but he knelt on the ground, and clasping the kind hand of her who had supplied to him that mother's place, he mur mured/ you told him I would rather die thin sin, again " Old Claim died two years afterwards, truly peni tent, invoking blessings on his son and on his bene factors; and the young man's conduct, now no lon ger under evil influence, was so steady and nor up right, that his adopted parents felt that their pious work was rewarded, and that in William Gahan they had indeed a son. 07- “What are the chief ends of marlin asked a Sonday'School teacher of one of hie pupils. "head end feet," was the prompt reply. The teacher fain tea. raw A f'roso Poem. There is an old yew tree which stands by the wall in a dazk quiet corner of the church-yard, And a child was at play beneath its wide-spread ing branches, one tine day in the early spring. Ile had his lap full of flowers, Which the fields and lanes had supplied him with, and he was i binnming a tune tolimself ad he wove them ititu garlands. 'And a little girl at play - fi'mong the tomb-lib:lnes crept near to listen; hint the boy was so intent up . on his defiant), that he did not hear the gentle foot step'♦, as they trod, softly over the fresh green grass. When his work was finished, and all the flowers that were in hie lap were woven together in one long' wreath, he started up to measure its length upon the ground, and then he saw the little girl, as she stood with her eyes fixed upon him. Ile did not move or speak, but thought to himself that she lucked very beautiful as She stood there with her 115+0 ringlets hanging down upon her neck. The little girl was so startled by his sudden movement, that she let fall! all the flowers she had collected in her apron, and ran away as fast as she could. But the boy was older and taller than she, and soon caught her, and coaxed her to come back and- play with him, and help him to make more garlands; and from that time they saw each other nearly every day, and became great friends. Twenty year's passed away. Again, he was ant ed beneatb the old yew !ma in .the churchyard. nllt was summer now; bright, beautiful summer, ith the birds singing, and the flowers covering the • ground, and scenting the air with their perfume. But he was not alone now, nor did the little girl stbal near on tiptoe, fearful of being heard. She was seated by his side, and St is arm was round her, and she looked`up into his fuse, and smiled as she whis pereth,"The first evening of our lives we were ev er together was passed here; , we will spend the; first evening of our wedded life in the same quiet, happy place." And he drew her closer to him as .he spoke. The summer is °toner and the autumn; and twen ty more summers and autumns have passed awl!, 'since that evenin., in the old xhurch-yard. A young man, on a bright moonlight night, comes reeling through t in little, white gate, and stumbling over the graves. t ife shouts and ho sings, and is presently follot‘ed by others like unto himself, flt woise. Se, they all.latigh at the dark solemn head of the yew tree, end throw stones up at the place Where the moon has silvered the binighs. Those same boughs -are again silvered by the moon. and they droop over his mother's 'grave.— T.iere is a little stone which bears this inscription: 6 htna. ity,Att - r fIItORIS IS samNcg." But the silence of the church-pad k now broken By-tt voice—not uNte yeuth—,our a voice of laugh ter and ribaldry. "My eon! duet thou see thk grave' and duet thou read the record in anguish, %hereof may come re pemencer . "Of what shoUld I , repent?" answers the son; "and why Should my young ambitiioi for fame relax in Its strength because my mother W 44 old and weak?" this indeed our Simi" says the father, bending in agony over the grave of his beloved. "I can well believe I am not," exclaimeth the youth. "It is well that you have bromght m here to say so. air natures are unlike; our courses must be opposite. Your way lieth here—mine yonder!" So the son left the father kneeling by the grave. Again a few yers are passed. It is winter, with a roaring wind and a thick gray f' The graves in the church-yard are covered with snow, and there are great icicles in the church poach. The wind now Carries a swathe of snow along the tops of tb's graves, as though the "sliegted dead" were at song• melancliolfnlay; and hark! the icicles fall with a crash and a jingle, like a solemn trijekery of the echo of, the unseemly mirth of one who is now corning to his final rest. . There are two graves near the old yew tree, and the grass has overgrown them. 'A third is close by, and the dark earth at each side has just been thrown up. The bearers come; with a heavy pace they move along; the coffin heaved] 'tip and dot 4, as they,step over the intervening graves. ,Grief and old age had seized upon the father, and worn out his life; and premature decay soon seized upon the sun, and gnawed away his vain ambition, and his useless strength, till he prayed to ba borne, not the way yonder that was most opposite to his , mother, but even the same way they had gone—the way which leads to the Old Church-yard Tree. ThA - The bosten Post is reqousible for the follow- WM Is there any character in life so interesting es a young and beautiful widow? Nut a flirty, cdquettish one, who, even, amid her sorrows lids an - eye to future wedded happiness with another, but one with a genuine heart, wedded to her husband's urn, pen sive, but not sad, her grief softened to a placid ness: " ----devout and pure. Sober, steadfast and demure." I met one of this fashion la8t" week. Her sorrows had seived to soften her charms, as age mellows a picture. Her brilliant: eyes; %%hid I hove oft imo seen dance for joy; had lost none of their pow er;,but they were more subdued—they seemed to be looking beyomi, the grave; longing to join her leigo lord in one eternal bliss of ttedded love! - "When your good husband died," said 1, "earth lost a bright ornament, but heaven gained a saint." A tear of sorrow stood in the widow's eye, but a gleam of religious hope and resignation melted' it away. "I need not tell you," continued 1, "that search the wide world, you cannot find hib fellow-- you already hoot, that full well." The fair bereaved one clut'ehed my hand convul sively; I had tutMlied the right cord—nature burnt forth--ai:veq torrent of tears gushed froin her eyes --like unto enearthqnake heaved her breast—even the "counterfeit preseittme r m" of Niebe, upon her came and seemed to r. the "sat infection," and rain alabaster tearsi and in sweet and broken ac cents the beautiful mourner thus subbed out— , "l'll bet I de!" 07- The following liner from a source anktiOwn. (the more to be regretted) ere sublimely powerful: My) ilearept wife, fait Martha Ann, I fondly trth•lea— • 811 e Iled tny roof watt) another man, And may lone heart boaidi 1 Or Fainting has beeomo unfashionable. Any young lady who is guilty of it hereafter, win be set down se a"horrid bore." -,~.~~=; Enrployal th 3 virms• Man. There may ho still living a few among the "oldest inhabitants" of a country village in the aoutherri of thil State, who will remember 'the following rather humorous story. Some twenty 'years ago, among the residentsof-the village a11ud.:..1 to, were two men who ro.iembleil each other lontewhat in their gen erai appearn•tce--each tvcigliini about two hundred, and both of them as capable of enjoying agood juke as such portly tild gentleman generally are. But while it we, the buisneas of oue to preach against tho pin of indulging a propensiii of "tripping the Ii!..Y;EI fantastic toe," the other was-celebrated for his skill in furniNhilig the tim:cessory music occasions. w hen un tliat,p;trt,c•tlar sin—su considered by some --wai to be eimcimi. While the Dominic was eve day leisurely walk ing along the streets, a couple of darkies approached hij,n, one of them remarking to the other. "That's him, now; I know - him, for I've seen him often." "Well, spealt . to him, then," says the other. "No, Pete, you speak to him." Notinim that they %visiced to hold some inter cour.e with him', the Domini:3 turned round and "lliti you wish to speak to me?" "Yea sare; pi e wanted to know if you be . panic= ularly engaged ne.it Monday evening?" - t 1 believe out," replied Mr. N. (the idea of a wedding fee iiniii,dlately presenting itself, and :dna!' was not to 1.0. sll4ltted on account of the co lor of the parties.) '.What is it you want!" "WU Wanted yu:T, if you were 'cu , atemed to offici ate for colorei put,ier,s, who are willing to pay, to come next Monday evening to the ref house next do toll 4ate." 4 9:1, yes, its net my practice to refuse any one ott such' occasions. At what hour du you %vial), me tO comer "tally candle-light, Lassa, if you pleasc—weso not had anytlitnj i t dat Lind in a good while." "Very well; ni l c there," replied the Dominic * us he turned on his heel, thinking the remark that they had nothing of that firmd inn good while, meant that no wedding hal tranzpired among them in a _ long time True to his appointment, II iminie N. was at . th 9 house de-ivurted, hi time. The door opened in o the principle room of the house; around which e t some twenty or thirty of Africa's sable childr a dressed in their very best. According to the i - structions they- had received from one of thcir number, they ullarose en his entrance. He took a prolnred seat, which was behind a little desk at ono end of the ripm, for a int:meat, and then remarked, if thc,p,irtier. were mt.!), they had better in:Medi ate:yr take their places. . . In a moment all teas issue cad confusion.= While :Lona re:noted the chairs from the room, eight couple; funnel as if (Jr a quadrille. The Darilitlial stared around in utter amazement, when he who had been spoke-man iu engazing him at the village a few days , kiefm'o, coming no to him, his month griming from ear to ear, i‘aid,'!MistaFuse, habbent you brought your ti.1 . 1.11e tvillt yo . ul We habbent got ono hero." "Fit , e! ft Lie! what do you mean?" exclaimed the Dotniiiie—the bcgiinting, to dawn on his tilixoy.r. quick tili . rid—"is this hut to be a wed difigr "t2olt, no, :tile .=:1 Ft' ehrmid hab the pantini/ here tir4t, if we ha I a tt.elting!", The Donunie suty atia glance that Ito was fairly sad, an , 1.0 t.itnrly git ng the ... fellow his niiiiaie auf occupation. vvnieli had nbaut the same effect among the tllrltic.s. nr; if a homb-shell halm" drbpped am.mg them, he rtlrhed from the house. Pnt j Wrte. ;Oa a one to remain a FA. cret, and the Iluninie !rid to tot' it to some of his fun loving c‘mgrcga• ion— r tv Ito will laugh till this (ley ;.hunt their Inkj , ter's going, to fiddle at a darkio ball.—.lll , ,trey legue. Womva'a Pr3rogative WeArecril a story the other daY - which may bd worth repeating. -, It was of a very amiable and very voluble married lady. She tonic her seat in the railroad car, be-ble,hler husband, and departed from nor city for the 31iQknt town of Bladensburg. 80- f9re the cars were Well under way, sho discovered on the seat befme her an old female acquaintance, and as suoa as the Cordialities of delighted tecogni tiJn were over; they,beg,an a conversation, if that can be deemed e2iii ( wherein one party is sole talk er and the other solo listener! Suddenly the 'Cars mopped. "yVe are at ll'adenslitirg my dear," said the band of the voluble lady! - - "Oh, my," said she, and on she went in cantinu-: ation of her attenuated narrative. " , Step out my dear," said the husband. "just Wait;" said the lady paranthcticaily; and on spun the thread of her story. . "The care are starting, my dear," said the indul• gent havo-Loup!. 4 ‘.A,k theta to stop one initiute," said the eloquent lady, 'Chew-chew chew?" began the enginery. "You'll be carried to Baltimore," bhouted the be wililered husband, as ho appeared to recede in the distance "Oh, oh!" screamed the Indy. r. 1 "Oh, oh, oh! the lady's hobband's`lefti"›ants ed ; aorne of the pagsengers. p 1 don't think the lady herself's right," replied a gintleman r.llO had a note to take up that day at the Union Barak, in Baltimore. r. i4Oh my! let me out!' screamed the distressed lolly. "By all manner or means," said the gentleman who was staring at the apparition of a *teat. "01%e 'me your hand, ma'am, quick," said the conduetiir, as he Jamped the lady to the side of the road, and in an instant regained the platform. "Yeti ‘e got a long mile to foot it backwards, you have," shouted a yoting gentleman from the car win- I dow. Ent ju4t as the noise of the engincry began to grow quick again, with its "chew-chew-chew chew,' the lady ran up to the bide of the car, oppo site where she had bee n sitting, and shouted to her acquaintance in.ide— tAnd sure enough, Mrs. Twaddle, they went off' Without waiting for ten. and the Simpkinses have never darkened the Rog,erses' blessed doors sinett that day! and 1.4 e sh- fell down and fainted, where, in due time, her distreabed husband feud her,' Republic. II I NUMBER ,3.