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BRANDER Panatelas and Staacor—nlbee corner or State and Eleventh Poems; Residence on Eighth Street, beincen •French and Holland, Eric, Pa. T. W. ,MOORS. Outs, in CrtxTrie.. Novisaotio, Wines, Liquors, Candies, Fruit, ite.. tone Dogr below Loomis& Co's State street, Erie. M. SANFORD & CO.. Desk,* in 13o1.1; Rulvcr, Batik Notes, Prafte, Certificates of De nosit.Sr.c. Sieht Exchange on the principal cities constantly tot vile. Office in Beau)fs Block. Public Square. F.rie. ToaIERON STUART. Sr linens ASD Pnelartv—Oifice, corner of French ■nd Fifth streets. over 7.61105 es koch's stare. Residence on Fourth aucet. one door east of Vie old Apothecary. Hall. R. 'l'. S1'1:111RE'17 & SUNS. • HA, constantly* on hand'a fall supply of Groceries, Lignore, ship Chandlery. Prot isions,Petiute. lac .Lc and sells Wholesale or Retail at cheap as the cheope,t... No. Ils,Cheapside Erie. WM. S. LANE. • Attorney and Counsellor at taw. nevollitionary. army and Navy Pem , ionr. Bounty' ,Lands and 'claims for eltra-pa v. and all Later buaines entruated,kalane shall 'reCelVe prompt and lattlthe MIPII6OII. JOffiee ID ‘Vrtahri, Block on state street, over J. H. Hemmen ka re. Erie et. W. • _________ _ ...__________ LAIRD & RUST, • Mints's* Ls ..nd Rea a a Dealer., in Dr) Goud,,Grocertes,llar, ware, I.ttpex. , , Flour. Fi.h." Salt &e., No. I, Wright's Block cor ner of Fith and Slate Streets. ' , II 11-WIN LAIRD.LUCIAN R I -14 SPAFFORD. Ek;okeeller and Stationer. and Mannfactufer of Blank Books ai %Vritnitt I tik.eartier of the Diamond and Stull wort. _ J. B. NICKLIN. BPD - tat and general Agency and Couuniasion bilainete, Frank lin. l'a. iiutußEEb. DZATIR in F.nalisli, German and American Hardware and Cutlery Alan, Saila. Amite, Vienwlron and Steel N 0.3 Reed House Erie. Pa. W. J. F. ULMJLE & Cu trensurens, Carriage and Wagon Builders. Stile Street. Le tts eeu seventh ir. Eighth. Erie. ' L. STRONG. M. D. Orrtrn. erne Door w•ei ore. B. Wright's store. up 'lst:tire. . .. . , Doc J. L. STEWART. • 'Orrilir. with Duet. N. 111 stmt. Seventh neiir rtapsaqmg meet. Rep shtetiee, on Oalwafrab. one door both of Seventh rt. C. SIEGEL. ttinnt.Esste and Retail dealer in Groceries; Provisions. Winer 4 Liquors. Friuli. kc.. to Corner of French and Fifth Streets. . opposite the Fanners' Hotel. Erie. JOHN NIcCANN. Wiu s..re and Retail Dealer in Family Groeeries,Croekery Lliarpware. Iron. Natil., &c., Cheap fug. Ezig, r,„ The highest„ price paid For Couauy Proilnee• .ct J: GiDALDING. ' ' Usit,n,.. - r T 1 I Lot , and Habit 311akerbop.1.40 ; 1! Poor People'a Row.(up-,airs. pre! A. kJ.$ . Ws ter? Uri* yelaore ) State Street. Enc. Pa. ___ J. W. WET,S4 RE, ATTORIY.Eni , L4M. 1 In Walker's 011Iee..ou t 4eitntti threat. Erie. Pa • HENRY CA,I)WELL, ‘ber, and Retail Dealer in Dry Haab. Croeerie., :lan ware, Carpeting. Hardware. Iron. Steel. Nails. . Empire Stores dune Street. bur doom, below tel. Erse. Pa. lees. Bellow a. Axle Arm., Springs. and a general I Saddle and Carriage.Triinniunp. S. MERVIN SMITH. • Law end Justice of the -Peace. an Agent for tie Mutual I.ife Insurpnce Company e 3 doors ) 1 ights store. Erie. Pa. , GEORGE H. CUTLER, ATToRwr, AT Law. Girard. Erie County. Pa. Collections and otb4 business attended w with promptness and disomeh. KELLOGG. Forwarding is Commission Iderehant, wa the Public Dock, easing :hate street. Coal. Salt. Plaster and White Fish. constantly kr sale. L ROSENZWEIG &M. Wnot.rhata *no RRTAU. DsAttu In Foreign and Domestic. Dry ready woe Clothing. Boom and IShoest air-. No. 4 %Prtght•s Block. State {MK. Erse. & WRIGHT Banker and Eiehanre Broker. Dealer IA Bills of Ezebance Brans. certificate" of l&vonite. Gold and silver coin. &e.. nre UQre.iWtlliaaw• Block, corner of Stitte-rn.. and Public Snare MARSHALL & VINCENT, Armasirrs Lsw—Otrice up stairs In Tammuz) , Hall building uorthoruse Prothonotary's office, Erie. - • MURRAY WHALLON, ATTORACT Mt° COCRAILLIA/11 AT Law--0A toover C. B. Wriirbes store. euunnee one door west of stale street, on the Diamond. Erie. C. M. TIBBALS. likrAuut in Thy Goods, Dry Groceries, Crockery, Hardware. ave.. Me. 111. Ctiespside, Erie. SMITH JACKSON.' e Disraxa in Dry Goods, Groarries.Dardware. ns Wtrg Lime. Nails, ice.. 121, Cheapride. Erie. Pa. ~ WILLIAM 'RI BLET, Csatwr Mann Upholster, and Undertaker, COM( Of Mate and Srventh streets. Enc. EDWIN 3. KELSO & CV CENRAL Forwarding. Produce and Commison illerehantastealers in coarse and fine salt, Coal, plaster, Shingle', ke. Public dock, west side of the bridge, Erie. WALKER & COOK. Porwanties. Comm aatots and Produce MereYanb;Bee• nod Ware-house east of the Public Bridge., Ede. G. LOOMIS & Elestats in Watches, Jewelry. Germaa Ilihrer..Plaied and Britannia Ware entlery, 'Military and Fancy Goodjt. Mate wee% nearly opposite the Eagle Howl. Erie. C. Leonia. T. M. Aram CARTER di BROTHER. Wrimassta and Retail dealers in DrupOdedielle t raints,Ods, i 1 &emirs, Glass; Re ,No. 6. Reed House. Erse. J AblE§ L YTLE. FAIIIIONADILX Merchant Taikii. on ale pubic paste, a few door, went of State street. &Ir. _L_ CLARK. Waous•u •an Inman, Dealer in Greece**. PfoYUbn. Chandlery. Stone-ware, be. dee., No. 3, Barash Block. Erie. ' 0.. D. spArkiittb, Dealer in low, Medical. scowl Miscellaneous Books stationary Ink. dr.e. Owe st. four doors below the Public square. S. LilatitSON. PisynctAN AND !cc aasow—Oaßce at his residence oa Eleiresith street. opposite the Methodist Church, Erie. JOHN H. BURTON -it CO. Wilot.t••t3 •ND RILT•//. dealers ILI DifUrl. Medic HMI. Die ell/S. 11 ;roterirs. kc. No. S. Reed House. Erie. DR. 0. L. ELLIOTT, Resident Dentist; °likened dwelling is the Beebe Block. on the Rem side of the Ifeblic Square. Erie. Teeth iniewed on Geld nate, "'" • from one to an entire sett. Wiens teeth Med "Rh Pure Gold. and *stored to health aid madam Teeth ciearied with instruments and Deptifiet PO go 10 leave 1 4 111 " penile id cleanser. AU work "rumen& p oWDY.R.—iimi keys Dille. Deer and Stuetiely Powder. Jos t received and fin rale by the Leg at kw *walla,. Erse, July 111. - IL T. Ihrwairr 1101111. • - 5 011 BAGS Pair) Balt, on Mod and lb, nit al ?co - ^ W. F. PINDERNECHT potful twit 311i5tclipng. 'Ti. said that a poet most soar to Meson :I - On • fiery-winged horse that is christened Pcgaahn. Drink draugbu long and deep from the famed :Helicall. ' And climb up • mountain—l think 'us Parnassus. All this may he true, I'm sure 1 can't te11... i If it is, 1 'do wish 11l the world could but know If it did. there are people, 1 wait of. right well,: Would cease to be dubbed by the queer name of I've been called a poet—l am not, I know, 7 For the nearest I get to the skies o'er olat head' ..*, Is when, everzmornlng , I soberly go :, Vp a long light of maim to be Maki*/ the beds. •:, • As to clunbipg Parnassus. the nearest I come iI F - To that, Is in pining the steeps of Mount A#Y. ; My own lofty breeze shaken. BowerskrelMd hire. fic l i A Spot that might suit either poet or pug. ' The fount that 1 drink ihxo springs op thlt earth. Not Ileitcoa waters yet pure fresh and (rm.{ l, - An:lama they add to both vousfixt and m rtii.i; As we whirl up that "iron bound bucket" ilk glee, IThe boom that I ride trudges kindly alon • i Wherever 1 bid him, upon Mk own feet , : He has never a wing; but his muscles are mtg. And instead of Pegasus, we call.him "old "Fis said there's nine Muses—not one do ltivir. Though laometitnes have read alt their na lir a bOott. (I wisp to the kitchen with me they'd all . I'll rich them for nothing to wash and to! .),' But 1 am not a poet, of that there's no ' Though l liVe in the world full of haiku' and beauty; And it lieveris fairer within or without. Than when here below I've been doing my tey. . - • • No; I ant not a poet—yet I have my nine r That Inspire the each day, as still earthward I ream; A husband; eight children, and the holies shrine That ever was knelt at—the alike ofllome. H. B. H•VrirfACX It is a well-kuown fact that, like Hareem .Mraschid, of oriental memory. Joseph 11., of Austria. wail addicted to midnight and incognito wanderings threu2ii the capital; which, though they occasionally led to -res Its not only disagreeable, but even dangerous, at otherlimes amply repaid his risk an d fatigue by their originality, and thb insight Which they afforded him into popular feeling. and that species of national under-current Of thought and motive from which kings and kaisers are' necessarily shot out in their gilded saloons and crowded'brite-rooms. JO seph, however, unlike his eastern protoiype, eachewed all companionship in these nocturnal pilgrimages; suf fered no grandvesir to follow upon his footsteps, or to share his perils; but conveniently, disguised and fitly armed, sallied forth alone, and trostbd to the ittfiliellee - of his star, or that of his name, should the declaration be- come necessary, to liberate him from any untoward sit nation in which he might chance to involve himself. Many were the unpalatable, if not useless faets with , hich he was thus-made acquainted; and more than \ce. during his strolls through-the suburbs. 'he found self compelled to-ransom hii person by the saminder - purse. his watch , his mantle, and even his arms. \light-fingertid gentry whom he encountered upon bat these little adventure,, perilous as they were "meat, so far from abating his passion for this pastime; only inveated it with an additional ontrasted most invitingly With the duly mo- of restraint and etiquette. !plainer', we will relate at least one of his fns told to ourselves. and stormy night when, at the close for it was the eve of a grand festi a heavy cloak which had enfficed; ivy of the remote corner in which If during the ceremony, to can: `to pious crowd about him, the , therital Church of St. Ste m space heroin, beanitig of the building against I, be suffered all the attempted to pursue ‘taken , themselves to each in his own might from the 'Tree gnats that uwal corners of hat deeper Might grasp, tc 1 I It was on a da of a midnight mass i val.) closely folded in coupled with the obecu I, ‘ he bad ensconced. hi... I dal his identity from t Emperor lisued from the' 6 I phen, into the gloom of the o within the stilt deeper shadow the stone work of the sacred edi congregation to disperse before hirway; but they had no sooner r their 'separate habitatioks. hurryin direction. to escape as quickly as the heavy rain which was falling. and Olt swept howling and hissing round the se b. the streets, than be dresq his brohd•Aappe upon his brow, and accurlng his mantle by a set forth in hi* tom. • On the occasion in question. he bent his ste • to the 'Leopoldstadt, whjeli„ although at that period a v- y im portant adjunct of the city. had not attained to the i • per tance which it ifterwardi aeqeireei, The houses re more thinly tethered. and the open iipaus more lone . dark, and dangerous. More than once, however. tft . imperial wanderer had secceeded in exploring its mum see without molestation..and the violence of the weather on this particnbil night gave him additional coofidemee. Nevertheless, he wu not fated to end that coalideni:e well placed: for when about midway between the fortifications and the suburb. he was attlcked by four rattiest. to ahem, after a brief resistance. he,was compelled to deli ver over, not only all thei valiiablee in his possession, and the cloak which bad hitherto sheltered him from the storm, bat even the vest;of black velvet that be wore be neath it. • of hit. to the hotint for the . mysterioot zest. ;which uotoos ors This much . adventures as it to this nnregal plight.shivering under the cold blase i of wind, and becoming rapidly wet to the skin, be pum as his way more hurriedly in order to steers a shelter, h wever bumble. But all was pitch - darkness as he reached the straggling *eat: every doer was inhospita bly barred; while not a Wound broke upon his ear, ex; cept the doll moan of the river as it sowed between its invisible banks. The descendant of the Orsini begin to wish hinutelrisafely housed in his palace; but he had wandered fir. and regrets were sling. For an in tent he stood still. delibi.rating in his owa mind "how be should act, and that Wlllsiteet sufficed to decide him. H e had, at lertigth. detected the bright glum of a lamp. through tholepins,* of a shutter. which had apparently been defectitrely closed. and he uo hexer bar ,aced u to the next sup to be taken: The hoses from raence the friendly light bad massed was large. gleomi, ancient in its structure for the woighbqrhood in which it steed. and was moreover, totally isolated, being eurreneded on insides by a high wall. Only broken is one direetion by a pair of tall. wrought-iron gates, through Which tbe Em peror bad been trashed io detect de wholesome gleam. By another chance. emrany forestal.. the gates had been carelessly fastened as the winds,, and a very slight de gree of exertion sufficed to fling one of them back upon its binges, and to afford isir•La to the imperial intruder into a vastpeved specs; as oilOst and gloomy as the street from which he had just; escaped. Nothisl daunted. hotrovori by the sepulchral ammo of ibis place of mammary mkt*, the' Emperor hastily mounted balf:a-dozen Amu, steps. which led le a cover ed door -rub - Wien he otiad hints& is a alight degree sheltered front "the poking of the Pita's.' storot.' and his nest discovery beimi a large iron knocker. be applied it oil vigorously to the aid oak of which the deer was composed. that be beard the tendon mane reverberate for several 'mods along. thi interior pampa of the AN JOT A POETAi". .11Ir ramie= s. asps A`STORY OF VIENNA. My MISR ?ARMS SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13,1851. dwelling. Nevertheless.: not a mind bespoke the exis tence of any one within; and again and again did the firmly hammer rend upon the oaken panels with Cie same want of success. Jeseph 11. began'to lose at Dace his patience end his temper; *ado. if to irritate him still farther. the wind soddenly treereirround. and drove the rain Into the deepest recesses of the partialshelter he had gained. Unfortunately. kaisers become wet thrWagh as soon as the meanest of their subject.; and when the exas perated Emperor seized the knocker fur the last time; he presented a pitiable spectacle. Oa this occasion he was. however. spared the necessity of putting forth his strength. for he bad scarcely Clutched it ere the4oor opened. smoothly and noiselessly. as though It fell back upon vel vet. and a young man of apparently six or seven-sod twenty years pt age. holding in has it lamp which burnt with extraordinary steadiness and brilliincy, stood before bins. "Who are you? and what do you seek at airuntimely an hoar?" he asked firmly; but courteously. .- "I am one of the Einperor's officers. and I have been robbed. I seek 'hither." "Ills imperial and Loyal majesty would scarcely care to own you is each a rim. my friend." said the young RI (Ile MS. as his eyes wan red with a smite of doubt over the dripping stranger. "Flow can you convince sue that yea are not yourself a iobbirrli, ••if look so little like one of Juseph's puede." was the retort. ••sorely I bear no more resemblance to 'knight of the road: a coat and cloak many mien well make you auspicioui, but. as yew see. I am without either." As he spoke. the Emperor looked toll into the oyes of the young man; and haviog advanced a pace ktwolo wird him.. the glare of the lamp fell upon his features. , 4o an imetant the door flew back. and Lb:. head of his ~new host was reverently bent. "I recognize your msjetty," he said, humbly, bet out servilely; ••outer without lesn yoO pusses lot through out your empire subjects more devoted thou me sod mine." And snatching up& msetle of dark velvet which was Hang down upon a carved chest is the spaeioas ball. be adjusted it respectfully upon the shoelders of the shiver ing Emperor. He then rapidly closed the door, and with a gesture which might have made the most finished courtier turn pale with env/, prepared to lead the way for his imperial guest. Wet add weary as be was, however. Joseph IL used about hies with astonishment. The walls of the magni ficent ball in which be stood were of white` marble, psueled with_ black; the first deCorated - with the meet Cooly pictures, aad the last throwing into broader relief the most esqnisite prodectiene of the sculptor's shiest; the floor was overlaid with rieb Persian carpets. and the domed roof was studded with silver, stars. Bewildered by aq unexpected a display of splendor. he 'mowed slowly. but when he reached the threshold of the first apartment. he began to, believe himself the sport of, dream. Velvet hangiozs: With their rich crimson folds held back by band* and fringes of gold; sofas and divans embroidered with flowers so vividly so to appear strews' bet surly from the choicest parterres of Eden; mirfors which sup ported the ceiling and rillectedthe feet; wettish of geld and silver inlaid with jewels; toys from foreign lands. alike without names or use, bat all either graceful err gorgeous. a bright fire et cedar,aad sandal-weed bluing spoil a hearth of red-Egyptian ntlihje, bulls which sru placed elms Sr maripioteirie. severed wisrenM oiled wine. and gullets of IBehetnia• glasst — iiid a chair of in laid ivory and ebony, with cushions of satin-damask as white as the breast of the aigret-berou--eseh was the spectacle which presented itself in one of the suburbs of his capital, to the astaSsished and benighted Emperor. In his first surprise. thle imperill visitor bad not re. marked the disappearance of his host; but ere long he discovered that he was alone, and throwing himself upon the snowy chair (decidedly little suited to bear le drip ping a burden.) he stretched his aching legs closer to the genial aid perfumed heat of the vast chimney; and pour ing into one of the Bahamian goblets, which resembled a large ruby. veined with gold; a stream of amber-color ed tokeyer, bright aid rich as though it had bees just crushed from the prim:ions grape that yields it. he emp tied it at a draught. When he aria raised his head to look around him. he found his host at his side; nor did the costly gamiest, with which hi was sow lades, cad which he respectful ly assisted hie royal guest. astonish the monarch lees than all the ether wonders by which he was surrounded. His .acknowledgiaeats for this well-timed attention were brief, bat sincere; and when he had possesaioa of a seen. I chair, which WAS wheeled firw ird for his secom. mudation. he prepared to inquire into the mysteries about him. • • "Your im»riel maj•tty std b s exhuittA." said the firm but sweet voice of his 'entertainer. as he was about to speak: "permit me to offer to yea a few.drope of • pre cious elixir which will at'oace restore your rtrenvh." and taking from the table a coriosely.twisted phial. cov ered all over with strange mystical characters, ha drop. pod into atoll-stalked Venice glass a email quantity\ of Its contents. which he himself swallowed: and tiles. nosing the ghtse with !slayer. which he fispg into the Vase of the fire. whence it streamed upward tike a pm ` of liqu:d topaz. be soca mere let felt a similar gess (ln° the goblet. sad reverently bending kis knee, pre. it to the Emperor upon ■ small salver of dialed lily .1, smite gold. 4 ,8 Y :-Stephen, our patios! my good friend." smiled Joseph I . as he returned the glass. r your elixir is as agreeable your welcome. Like the man 'in the Thee sand-and-0 Nights. I feel inclined to pinch arfeelf. is order to Om nails whether I be rainy awake. Who aro you, and wh t is the meaning of ail thief" ••Toier imperi majesty shell, Cr. long. know all." was the reply: "be sines I may never again have the honor to receive yon eneath my lamp!' roof. I would crave permission I. p .at to you rine who is very dear to me; aid who, altheog she may be Tor the moment unconscious of so higlra p 'vilege, will nevertheless dior amas the memory of it. to the ad of her hr.." "And she is—" COMM the Emperor. "Here. sour majesty." anti t e roan moo drew to ward him a trick rope of gold. hick. 'whoa forcibly pulled. !wane bock • hanging ry that veiled the tip per cud of the mean. sad revealed the space beyead it. As the heavy curtain rolled aside. 'Joao* 11.. forgot hie imperial dignity. sod started from hseat. He saw before him a miniature forest, with train Fissile link lag th e trees together. and garhutdiog the very sem \ mite with gorgeous bleersuri. while birds of ght plum ice were Bitting from bough to bough, or pleat g them selves upon the. breaches. Bat that which me sips shiny riveted the attention of the Emperor. wee - 6g. ara i o f a yssug girl. apparready buried to a iba sleep. and lying with ono head beneath Mr head. the other grasping it garland of wild Swam upon green bask. over-easepierl by a Islip-tree. Nothiergesa be mere faultlessly hostilel than both her fens and face; bee long and glossy hair. of that rich par* black, which takes • Odes gleam is the light. was aealisied mad her brew by a circlet of half-blewn locus blossoms, sad then fell over her sock sad shoulders is weaderful pro fusion. The long lashes of her closed eyes mud epee i cheek so hit so Nisi sarbla, moll as white; whi' her pasted lips were of the richest tint that ever of a sea shell. '••Oow men." exclaimed the Emperor. batik is his ash.. whom hie eatettaleer ha his h.l Odle gelds. Fere. the lark oat this fairy vision; •'aoa more, who crosw•as.4o fear to confide in me. Pave I not shown that I bars trust in yourself?, Tell me all at ones. You noel& not do so at a mono favorable moment. lam your flirt. and will not repay your hospitality by hantioness.— Speak." Arai. the young man 'ben( his knee. "Sire. I have faith in year imperial word." 1 Isol \ "And you 11111111 right. W are yes?" "I am the greed nephew' Faust." "How:" cried the Emporer, see more starting riven his seat. and gulag mkte him. half le serer std hair ill smazomeni; "you are Gotta, taut! and yen den m to owe this Mme?" • . "FeirltMly. sire." Wild the young am, Grisly: "for you will not falsify yoir pledte." "Gottlieb nest!" repeated Joseph 11.. teabko to eon quit his surprise. "Can yes be Gottlieb amt. the ini tiated, the Roitiereeian, the atheist, the ere r? Are yen aware that I have leen a theemed times itakieitimi to arrest you. aid M. put yes apse your trial?" 1 , ' "I sin not ignorant of the feet." "That I have been entreated to take your hoedl",l "I know both wherefore. and by whom." "You know this. end yet you venture to denier your self thus fan my hands?" ' •Why should I hesitate?" asked the young Men with a proud smile; "your imperial majesty is net to be dep. eA by the idle sad empty superstitiosis of the ighorant.—. Yen bays veneer pot faith in these vulgar fallacies." "No.- assuredly." said the Emperor. whh' di/flit/1 "and yet the eatery is loud against you. You !Istria' re gal *pleader; you dispense annually 'a fortune In chari ty." "For which men call ins an atheist." interposed Gott lieb. with another of his beaming smile.. ”You are known to peeerrextraordinory talente. wkieh you dieJeln to see," pursued Joseph LI. with Out heied ing the interruption; "aad aiamlose secrete. which 'you will net divelke;" "By St. Stephen: I scarcely unreel at their belief." excleitned the Emperor. "altbouth I do not fibers fi— Bat you ewe me asi explanation of all this mystery. were it only for my faith in your inoocesee: lad. first. who is that magalficeet beauty, who does not scorn to be of thisiworld, or even eosecious of her stew exist ence?" ' • • "Simply my sister. sire; who ; too timid to have ems lased your gaze. - would still have ehidden me had I' not enabled her to feel that she had once had the honer of being for on instant in the presence of her Emperor. A aright nerooliks onfficed to-roommile my foam with! my indulgence. For I love her. sire." said ihe young man esermstically; her u those only can love Who have but one sole object atm. which to pour out the fall tide of their.afficflon. We are alone I. the world. Mve that we make Mir house the boat of the poor; for +rem to the very gates of the palaie of the Cesar% which nothing should aliproach save what is joyful! sad glorious. poverty will creep, and it is a happy privilege to be loer twitted to beckon it away.". myaheer, rime." said the Emperor: "give' me truth. and feer_nothiug, 1 value truth more than kiss*. worship." And now. this aftleettee. this splendor." persisted ]swab IL: "Ads_ leak& statiaiicima. wltsa us Muir my w•althteet astir. bet even I 'Myself. am timspdver. Imbed by • teat sad ozposmive war—bow eau yea see l eent fir this?" .) • f r 4. .1 A , I I II Wee. i . i I r e • . ir .i - \ ih i P r y l : e , ' ii IV lin WW l's" 70i• split slie t ) yout Do sot • "And tb•e we• esteems ma • aniesner:" He wu obeyed "Simply and satisfactorily. sire. I have told your majesty that I Din the grand nephew of Faust; but t few are swore that before his death be had discoverod that mystery Deaneries. the art of proditeing gold; a secret which he only disabled. and Then under the most sol emn oaths of inidolablosilenee. to his nest of kin. my fa ther. rho was neither to profit by hit knowledge until be bad aitaised the age of sixty years, nor to rontrouncato it. except upon his death-bed, sad still under ;the Mime restrictions. to his irsimmhats descendant. You seithim before you. vire. kly father. thanks to a constant ads of Out elixir of which year imperial majesty has . parloken. lived to the age of seventy. not only bale, bat ave. vigo rous as in his first manhood; aid during the ten ears whicn were granted to him after he had mortified die mysterious scroll which eight him how to transmute the bisect metals into 'tiding ore. he spent every' day and alumni every hoer, in enriching me. his only son, and the child of his old age." I "And shosl.l you die before the allotted titne.i* 'liked the Emperor, eagerly,' "who would inherit the secret?" "No one on this earth." said the - young man almost despondingly: "for the scroll is written in hieroglyphics so difficult to decipher. that it requires years to compre hend them. learnt. as they most be. without the aid of wr.ites ebarseters; and the task is rendered doubly Oner ous by the fact that the lowa dine regitired is complica ted by the hit:redaction of rt host of figures. signs.) and sounds. which ultimately prove. supererogatory. and ars only invented to check the impious curiosity of these, tined:ra succeed to the mysterious inheritance." fl "And can you reconcile yourself to thes,sselessly mys tifying yes, soo is your turn?" asked Joseph 11.. gloomi ly. • t : "Sire." was the steady, but sad reply. "I have already told your imperial majesty: that I live only in, and (or my sister. I shill never press a child of any own against my heart. 1 will infi et no such bitter misery epos anitther human being as 1 have myself borne." "Misery?" echoed the Emperor. ineredolosely—"inis cry! Are you not surrounded by every'. luxury, by every spteador, and sesered by their poosession. whatever may be the fate of cities and of empires?" "Your majesty has been importuned to take my life?" "True; but I have protected it." LAnd your successor might be Is.. lenient. Balievs sire. the gold is hardly *armed which mastitis bopight by popular execration. load-voiced suspicion. avid the mt. slant perspective of • scaffold.•' "Yet to lose such a secret! Do you not feel that you owe something to the world?" "Atheist though I am deemed, airs. I feel that I owe, more to my own soul. .What can I have in cor with a world which hates and mitiedre me?" "I, at legit. have dere you justice." ales," said the Tung MIL as he her til his•lipe was in contact with the imp yea I owe mere than life. for yeall4lVV , my kind; sad. if I dared—" "Data anything." said the Ear to faseinatioa by this et:sagas& "And I shall be forgiven?" "Then, sire." and Gr ty masts! a piece of yy core sew. withered' 1411 rust lifting frail they lot: Ay Bakal which bad served toss. iessouta that bad boss spread oat ts dry beiteath i "your imperil majesty spoke a whits .f bei impoverished by l b . war. It is as no mg. but it la blamably made." . Stephen! I accept it as (middy as it is leader id Sampti it . with dashing eyes. "It wilt le pie It \ my irsuary bravely; and shall be wollapplied." ea rising and drawing back the cattalo from an ■a shuttered window. e•Wo Mast part aow," bo said, the day is dawititig; bat you shall sill farther make me your debtor—give Ms a man& and a ewe d. I melt rotate to dm palace nicsoognisad. And remember. not a word of this interview; as yea van* year life. Yoe sii Winos bear from me agallt- n The yeu■g alebtablot obeyed spat the lase al. Th. Emperor girt; ba the weapon; ensiled himself ha the cloak. extended hi* band. eihich Gottlieb reverently pree' la te sad to his lips. and Ii Ideates the siesi s of his re treating footsteps was longer audible. Them. and not till thee. Gottlieb re withdrew from the gets with • heavy sigh. closed the kna deers behind him. and re tired to his own chombsr. ' , Oa the followink da)i all !was commotion in the impe rial palace; seethe steM ame-ehember, like the Eil-de. /kW. at Versailles. smilari!..otris XIV.. was crowded by • thistle( idle courtieri; aifew lounging listlesely against the wide casements opetsing upon the Joriph-Plata; ap porosity watching for mime anticipated event; tithing shedding around them an envenomed shower of that alertly small talk-which is generally as wicked as It is witty,—that ilea of brilliant epigrams and rounded peri ods which engulf • reputation in a repartee. or sacrifices the feelings of a friend to • rhetorical Sourish. Others agaie.imere ambitious sad he. vain. reentered sear the door of the Emperor's reception-room, keeping their eyes steadfastly spot the usher on duty, and ealculatmg the amouit of their present favor by the length of the period which steeped before they were admitted to the presence. Never. perhaps. sines deb corgi:leas bat frivohmt court to which we have already alluded filled the gardens and !mitoses of Versailles with d galaxy of spleadar, has the palace of any European stmenrign 4:ado& se brilliant • spectacle as that of the Cuero. The bleeding oleo ma ny natioesl costumes. all ••like costly and picturesque. ameogwhich that of the male Hungarian guard. alike in form, batt varying in color !and ornsment,i is eminently eilbspicoass, readers the select circle of tin Emperors of Austria ainoman kaleidoscope. of which every successive move only Mode to cabana the attraction; and thus it was en the miring of which we write. • "Can it be hme. my deir Marquis," asked • tardy currier. as he ' de his wei from the gallery toward a member of the go MONA, **that oar gracious Emperor hia at lougth comma to Invest that rascally alchemist. 1 Gottlieb Faust?" , 1 . "Nothing eau be moil certain. Count; and. moreover. he is heady io the p awaiting the pleasure of his imperial majost3i." • "What is his crime?" atibrad a tall superbly-mustach ioed-Bohemian sable. joining the group; "it must be something fearful to wiu him the honor of so much ex citement." "His crimes, you should' say. Baran. for they are le gion. Hem are we. the faithful and behest - servants of Joseph IL. with all our gold spool our doublets. while be is flinging Pantalean showin about him Ws-aeons ex haustion. No weeder that the• invents pusses has giveaway at last." 1 "If riches be a crime. Wig certain that a re right eous wart than this of Viegnia does not exist at e pees oat monism." laughed the ilight-hpaited young • henti an., "As for me. I have oily the memory of my i • eri once and twit mortgaged Potato to exist span." "Asti the 'miles of an Arch-Docliess." murmured t younger of his two °pinpointing. "No scandal within the walls of the palliest." was the merry replay. "Yoe kooir that it is as contraband u Turkish tobacco." "And. constqweady. as s way to enjoy. But as regards this Fared; they say that he has sot only the Midas touch. that wow all epee which .Ite lays his band. into gold. but that he also deals is spells. setae of which are wet mia ow lordelly - - "I eau believe 1 . ." otisereed a reagoilicent ilesgsrise. 'carelessly adjidting the *Soled belt which sos . taioed his sword; •loch practices are amenable is the anat. mid 1 seeld give yes ittstances—;--" "Net : 4We. Erdodi. set stow." said• the first speaker; "remember that walla hire ears, and that Frost is not far off." The Hungarian was silenced. Ifs would not hare tamed his bock spun a .hostitt a fair field. bat he waits perwr to the superstiti•s ig his age and - country. Soddenly a murmur was heard in the state gallery, and an instant afterward ■ strSoger was seen to •enter the waiting room, between twe•lficers of the imperial guard. la a moment every meat iwas hushed. and, every eye turned apes the now-erenter. Hs was a tall and stately man. in the full vigor of life; his eyes were large. dark; and singularly Alla.; hie black hair was pitted along the centre of his finely -moulded head. and fell in heavy mas ses ■bout hie blow. aimi over his shoulders. His nose was; perhaps. s 1 Wee toe prominent. but its outline was perfect; while the firm and graceful carve of his month wee roistered eionspicoooe by the j.tty blkcknese of h:s b •srd and mastaehie, which. contrary to the fashion then preva'ant In Germany. h+ worsfoll and smooth. He was eehly habits'd in a poorpoiet of black velvet. embroi dered with limbs:moos 'in and in his hand he care. ea a cap of the same material, to which a short red feath er was attached by a clam;of large emeralds; and as he moved forward with a dignified unreistraint, 'which it had taken years to enable some of those now "bout him to cc- I er quirt. the astonishment was n averse!. His lip" never quivered, his eye never sank; and when. as be was sum mooed onward by' the sonorous voice of the usher, traversed the vast apartment on his way toward the, eote-chamber. his step was as free and as firm no peril awai • l hint at the termination of his • I d; , r As the tapestried hanging• of the imperi behind him, every tongue was untamed. Gottlieb Feast? Can that, be the son the Loepoldmadt? Aod admitted Emperor. while we have homes. “Pehaw!" exclaimed anethe , Foos to got rid of him. H palace." ••Thy will surely accord to him the honor of de. capitation." remar a third; •'be is of plebeian birth, and should die b he cord;" ' “Petleneo. .ntlemon." said the old minister; ••we shall soon ow all." , Mean de. the object of allil:ese oommenra and spec. alatio . had bent his knee,ilion the threshold of the int. pe ' I apartment. in whjch Joseph 11. was seated belie*. , 1 table covered with papers • and entirely unattended. "Come forwer4litiae host. come forward:" said the Emperor. good.bumoredly. ••I owe, you a courteous welcome for that which you bestowed upon myself lust eight. Ay; and for mere than that. Do you see these multiplied columns of filaiies which make the eye dance that madeavors I. rest on these? .Well..my emayer has geese nee fell enearance that, through year maser. a spears may be passed ever them an; and this is no tri lls; °Wraps. I hive faith is all that you have - told me. I believe yea to be alhonest ananted a pettiness; but tw o aebaowiaidipment is insufficieot to satisfy the pride etas Asetrian monarch. You have laid me under &Ater, debt. Can't Yan k Faestembarg. Nay. do not m f bomb year beam 'tie will serve so tickle the ears of the canters. se that may be ageless in its way. ant here , sir." he cooties with sudden dignity, as be took fr.7ni the table a cross • the order of Maria Theresa; "here is se tastier less ,mpg, fled to which I am convinced you will net be insensible. I bestow it frosty, for I knew that the jewel will rest epee an honest heart." ••Tear Imperial majesty begirare me." stammered the yeast moo. overcoats for the first time by his feehop. • "Aid now." said the Emperor waving his bud, as if to deposals all farther atkuowledgment on di, part Of A. aew-made noble; "sod now. Count. what are year Mars latest/ens? Yee sorely canoed purpose to waste Year lib is a solitary home. Which. however splendid it say be. is slip only a gilded prison. You ere too young to yield to so ignoble an indolence. What! silent!" uErEs boadt'''tik s• with tor. iiten;kated inn ropes'. saloon f. I '"Cap that be the alchemist or the instant to the goog waiting!" "oor good master is sol o dangerous Tomato for • Si 50 A MAR, ia•dvAit NUMBER '"1 tias . thlukin , of my orphsn sister, sire! -"Nor have I for often her," eagerly rep " P i "she shall be rare for. We will attach he' of one of the Arch. Duchesises " I "Not SO, sire, if your imperial majesty will said the young man, gloomily; . "she is a . only for the free wood; She would pine an• ded cage." - 1 I mi t. "No fear of th .my friend.'? permiste. "we shall not Imp her long - Young. rich fel. she will soon come noble in her turn "Tbe palms forlirld!" was the Omphatie mast p to her grays as she came from b commies@ of the penalty which s attach • she bears:" • 0.00 what do you decide, thett?" dem peror. somewhat impstietitli. "I will serve In your armies, sire, should me worthy of such an honor: and during from the capital my sister shall:seek refuge "By St. Stephen! it Is poor alternative monarch:. "but be it as you will; although that you must. by such a measure, mar her should others outy feel as I do. she were a br the noblest in the empire might not scorn to know it," said the young man, with a "but hers is not a * nature to contend aphis ers or insolent livers, who might presume al ser birth; and 'thus the blossom whi9h 1 tenderly would be withered iu• its &MI • red her heart; ay, like an ape`u volume; • • that, once our separation over, shii"will ell. refuge of a cloister. S, let it be, sire; jr deed bin i me to you forever—so let it be. for the contact of i world—for the contact • let it be; and the doomed name % of Faust w span earth—perish and be forgotten." "You are a pot. courtier. my filead." • "l shall make the better soldier. sire. me. and I shall net fail." "1 believe you. Count: and now 1 will a few of my private circle." ( i As the Emperor ceased speaking. he ra • bt..side him, which was no sooner answer.. idly ran over a number of the noblest to ,•, and desired that those who bore them mai cad. Anxious and excited. the courtiers meet in obeying ithe imperial summons; their surprise when. upon mitering the saw the descendant of she Cesare standiu or. two of the suppoted criminal. whom themselves to have bees called upon Co j. whose breast each detected at a glance cross of Maria Theresa. "You aro welccime, gentJetnen," Laid he slightly bent his head in acknowledgrn mations; ••1 hive requested your prose. make known to jou your pow comrade Faustetnburg. upon whom„111.1170 jest emu mud of a compact in the Lichenetein re ommend him to, tour friendship." An t gesture he dismissed the circle. J. • t one solitary token of wonder escape timid • urtiers,; nor could the grand-nephe himeel suspected; by the courtesies and with wh h he irdi overwhelmed on his the 'ante- admit', that it contained deemed h to wile for the headman's H o d he 'kit, w i t it , however. the bee mad was too fa employed with his ow his approaching ikparation from his aisle ad even a Smile ofr,ity to their duplicity turning their comiiliments with os lofty etch hoinge were lentiliar to hiin. h through :he brilliantcrcvd, and leftthe rb another wee* hie hose watdesola . the-inmate of a N i enedictinel_lonvent at GI sulfate over. hardy° himself op to th • it., his new . duties . oustitutionailv acute. 0 are he comprehlded till that 'kt rum' ,•• then his only anxiety w as to be placed pon vice. The opportunity:Wl!! not long 'n nisei the corps to whici he'belonged was • amt field—no matter Where Cr against what •nly a r not writink the history of a uaton , b t at ail—aud among ,he firit who 'fell rave y. breast with the foe. waWGoal,e anat. , l , , As he same to the eart h a voice oas hasty °Men thatihis he'd • should be is .7 1 and it was uo s I. er ' ended upon a eh) tent. than one of th favorite ' generals of Ottoped up.and ringing om humid is knelt down b ee' the dead an , and xi his hand u hi heart.. It had cease . • to icy collo was !ready spreading ova tl - ' as as calm and coat F teilauce Vila is gonel"imormared the officer i a and then tearing 'open the lomat of the nil faced with blood. he cautiously passed cheat of the cortale, and drew forth a is to which was suspended the fortrait whose luxuriant cark heir was crowned wi sad a small distlared scroll of parch span the first far , brief fastest with • then carefully sectoring both that and his owu stock. he ones more 11101111 MI his pastas rapid) as he bad abaudoal • • * **** *I t is then useless to persist longer? about two moot subsequently. es he smell scrap of date worn parchment: • ed. nynbeer. of th e insinistibilitf of d i sm cursed scroll?" ••Thoroughly. - r imperial 'neje . of a tall. lean, as low-visaged Jill:yid . • pullets; "I have i spared neither lime cowshed the stays-1 have made van. M=2!MMM failed. If sour'juges!. majesty could . lustriomi Tullius,ithogreat Faust. and Plamel, then, iudped, there might be from unerring that none of mo eau raid these nitstic characters." "There might 4till have beeu;Ochart. Emperor. despoodiugly, "had the nevi- survived bar bretiler's•leas. She di 1 ralkiesly." "Like a bird '` smitten on the wi heard." wu the reply. "llu year Linker nom encir?" "Nous. myoluten, you may ruler* i • • si . . , . • That even. liegagees am its men h a d carefully preservjed among tits &rasa of palace. but it be tobable that during the rei its Vseuea. it hut been lost or stole* olioart ADJ. niere important o Dent interpreter? ET Health is getting to be vulg a principally to servant girls. No "I pled Mk,' to • • leg well." without • just now in t he ,-; 'good society" who sl col:aphasia being considered stroogth to raise samoothieg 10a. IT Iluckwhe zeuith o( popular cakes and molasses 7—oct furgetting Fl CU Joseph II.; tik the mite pardon me." 1 ill bird. Pt I di. is a gil• Joseph IL; and Wawa- ply. **She *ldle. ■a to the eagle ded the Em - yes consider sty ebeeeee ' 4 convent." f i ' mailed the I ir certain donee; for i for whom stead.'' ' k ( dUngcye; ptomi moth- :II her mea- 'a reared .6 I hare I feet sure o the calm would in • is too pure court. So I en perish =I tat you to silser bell les he sep ia Austria iutrodu not • EDO- great was nee. they wi is a pace they believed gel but upon th4-ghtteriag JosSph 11 , as at of their sai