A. P. viral:air ace.. Pro riotors. VOLUME 22. (Frit ititeltil (lip +--- A: P. DURLI•N & CO. PROPRIE D. P. IL *AN, Editor OFffICE. CORNER STATE ST: AND SQUARE. ERIE. TER MS OP THE PAPER City suttee ribers by the earr•er. at - by mail. or at the °Mee, in advance, ritit not paid la advance. or within three months of olbscribing. two dollars will be charged. QAlleoaaati strudhc post paid: ° RATEB OF 44)VERTISING) Cards not exceeding 4 b OW year. dace tine SqlllLte • •• •• 10.00 do. do. six months. 6.00 40. do. three mouths, 3.00 Tgansient advertiscatente. SO tents personate. of fifteen lined or less. Its the Snit insertion; 25 cents for each aulorquent insertion. 73Yearly advertisers have the privilege of chaaguig at pleasure. bit at no time ire allowed to occupy more than twu squares, aid to Maid Os ant lawiteMbe Imianeas. Advertisement!' not having other directions, n ill be iusetied till urbid and charged accordingly. 11 . 112 D-4,111 i) _ • W. R. KNOWLTON. Watchmaker and Repairer. Dealer in Watches. Clocks. ienetry Musical Insuuniegus, Looking GiaSeellaud other Fancy Gwen Stone one door west of the Reed nousr. 17 ARRUCKLE & KEPLER. Ds•cta in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, dr.. No Perry !Mock. State sweet. Erie. Pa. A. M. JUDSON, . ATTOVIXT AT LAw• —Office on Park Row, between Drown's' new Hotel and the Reed House, up otatr■. COMPTON & HAVERSTICK. Putgu In pry Goods. Groceries. Liquors ofalitm Ceie kery Vats. one door south of :rural) Jacksop's st re,Preucb Street. Erie. Pa. .1 Costner.• , Et. HetertAt • Agent of .1.. A.t,IX Offenbach—Depot 01 Fore ten :111"Seanimu wical Nierchandize. wholesale and retail, No. ilk . Ali St. ab. Chestnut .heel , ThiladelPhla• ,So , I r i D,R. C. BRANDEIS. , . PIITIOCIVI and Scaadma--011tee corner Of elate and Set "'nth streets; Residence me Eighth Street, be veri Preneat and Holland. Erie,. Pa. I . • T. W. MOORE, 1 ' UtAIJIII in Groeeiles. Provi.ions. Wines.,Liq Caid ice, Luit. te.. One Igor below Loomi.ic Co`. State reet, F4ie. Q •NFORD & CO, 41. SANFORD & CO, Dealers in nold. Rank Notci, Prong, point.tc. eight Esehangeou the ftreaetr for sale. Office in Bently'• Block. Public T. TIERON sru ARI . Branton vs!) Pitysietti—ntfie e, corner of Fi greets. over Moses Koen's sto . actildenen one door east oft.ie old-A poth . ary Hall. R. T:4 I 6IERR .."I'T & SO: iltneomnantly on Nunn full sii ly of Groner's. , Chandlery. Provisions, Produ c, , SLc. . ire.; and t „ss'W us.. or Retail as cheap as the e hen t. No. Itu . Cheap., de Eric. _ WM'. S. LANE.. , • Attorney and Counsellor sit Yeavir Berdutrocary, army and %icy Pensions. Bounty 11.11,14 and e faun. fur ettra-pay. and all ether buil ties entrusted in, nit. shall reeeive prompt anti faithful attention. 1 ghee in %Viiirtirs Block uu State suetl, over J. 11. function's ti, M. Eel', net. 19. LAIRD & Rt'S't Wani.naLi•nd Retail Dealer. in Dr Goo.l4.Grozenct4llardo. are. Liquor', Flour. Fi•h., Salt &c.. No. I. 114 ck Cur -1.,r of FILO and Stale Street... MIL.O! , LAIRD. LET AN OLIVER STAFFORD. &wkk•ller and Stationer, and Manufacturer •.f Biatiklitoo%. Wrin g Ink.corner of die Diamond and Si‘tti J. 11:NCCICI,IN. graca•t. nod general Agency and Couumssion In, Pa. Rt. Frs REED. i Diana in Eng! oh. German and American Hardware:and CMleiv. Al" balls, Ain sls, Vices, lam and Steel No. 3 /Ikea Bowie; Erie. Pa. i W. 3. F. LIDDLE Sr. C.,. ' . 1 B 1 ACKPIIIIITIN; Carriage and *aro Builder,. State 'street, he meta seventh & Eighth, Erie. i L. STRONG, - M. 1). • Ornew. one Door west of C. ft. ‘Vrigh . t's star : nr , DOLT. J. L. S'ITWAR:Ite - ^". Omen with Duet. A. Ram, Seventh tient . Sassafras stret.i. Res sidenee, on Sassafras, one door north of Sereitth pt. C. SIEGEL. • , Wnet.raaca and Retail dealer in Groeeiie,„ Provi.intis„ Wine+, Liguori. Fr Ult. &c., 41,e , Corner of French and riith t 4 uveta, opposite the Farmer!' Hotel, ate. J6II3ISIcCANN, %Vann aLi and Retail Dealer in Family Croemini, Cmektty Glassware. trap, Nails. krt., Cheap Side. Erie Pa. n'The h 'attempt ace paid for Country P roduce, GOALDING Mear•trii ter Tattoo. and Holt Maker—Rbop. Igo. 1 Poor Novae's Row. autenas rw. over A. ic J. S. %Vetere Grocery Store ) State Street. Erie, Pa. J. W:• WETMORE, ATTORNAY 47' LAW, - , In Walker'/ (glee. on Seventh Street. Pt. HENRYCADWELL, larmersa,Jobber. and RetaAVlMaler in Dry Goal, Groeerie. :rockery. Glassware, Carpeting. Hardware. Spikes, kr. Empire Stores State Street. four doors, below Brarra's Hotel, Erse. Pa. . . Also--AnyVices, Sellers', All, Arm., Springs, and a seawall aanatirient of Saddle and Carriage Trimmings.* S. hIERVIN SMITH, Aratourrif ste Law and Justice of tae Peaee, and Agent for the Key Stone %wool Life Insurance Conipany--4.:111)ee 3 doors we of Wrighls skim Eric. Pa. • GEORGE H. CUTLER. • ATTORNEY AT Law, Girard, Erie County.' Pi. Collectious and other busintia attended to with promputeaa and dispatch. JOSIAH KELLOGG, - Forwarding &Commission Merchant, on the Puldo Dock, cant of • State street. Coat, Salt, Piaster and White Flub. conotiuuly for 131 el, 1. ROSEN 'EIG 4. Co. ------;-- wmoursAue AND Rirzau. LigALzas hi Foreign and Dane-4k Dry Good:. reedy ow* Clothing. Bow and settler. ie.. Su. 11 %moles Block. &we iuee4 Erie. WILIAAMS & WRIGHT. --'-- Ranker and Exchange Broker. Dealer in Bills of Excha age t halts , eertificatesof DepOsite. Gold and silver ram. dit-•• - fte Ohre. Williams' Ricci'. corner of Staw-st.. and Public el uare _ kL n :LL & VINCENT. A remixes a? ta c up stairs in Tammany Hall build ng north oftne P 's Mike. Erie. littrft Y WHACCON, rrnagrr •lID COMISCLLOIL as Law—Odice over C. U. lVright's Nora, entrance one door west of Susie street. on the Diamond. Eric- C. M. T - IBBALS, • DIA cra In Dry Goods. Pry Groceries, Crock - err, Hardware. ke.. No. ill. t;beatrAtde. Erle. . SMITH JACKSON. Dr• MCI In Dr} Goods. Dreeerk•a„ Hardware, Queens Ware, Lime I roe. Millis., h.e., rheapoide, Erie. Pa. . WILLIAM! RIBLET,. " th Cutrcr MAKIVIt frolsm. lad _Undertake/. comer of state awl seven streets. 'rie. • . _ % EDWItiJ. KELSO & CO. f; CNC ILA L Forinurdiag.Produce and COMO men Merin nIA Acalein i ti cuanfe and fine salt. Coal. Plaster. Shingles, 4c. Public dock. Went 'idea the linden. Erie. WALKER Sz 'COOK. Claaaira. Forwarding. Coonn.aon and Produce MeralianesiSc: ow! Ware-houlee east of she Public Baia.. Eric. G. LOOMIS & ('o Br aunts In liVatrtienilevretry. Silver, German /Silver, Mainland Britaanta Ware Cutlery, Mil nary and Fancy Goods, Suite virer.t. nearly opposite the Rafe Hetet, Erre. G, Looms. CARTER & BROTHER - . • tritot.ami and Retail dealeri in Medicine .1 1 a191a, Dye-studle. Class. ice.. Pia 6. Reed Norse. Erie. JAMES LYTLE, P.smeimasue Merchant TIR 110 r. 00 the Pubi l e Sew wires of Oraie'street. Erie. D. B. CLARK. rGIiaISALIi AND IMTAIL Dealer in Groceries; krollsioris. Ship ndierbetose-wane.4te. &e.. No. 3. &moll Blot*. Erie. 0. D. SPAT FORD. pester la Law, Medical, 'envoi Miscellaneous boots stationary Ink, Ise. Male st., air doors below the Public square. 'S. DICKERTGN. pm.IC IA II ♦ ■n Senosov—cnbee 41 bin nenitteuee on Seventh *Vert. op,okie the liethintun Church, Erie. JOHNH. BURTON k. Co. WHOL7/ Ur • 11:1 LRAM &Weill In Drug., Welkin**, pre AM& ,j; rarer &c. Wu. S„ Seed H. Erse. DR.O. lELLIOTT. ' Resident fll'iltlett Oder and dwelling in the 4r- Beebe Block, on the East aide of Oh! Paddy IjgaY~•Noose. Erie. Teeth Insert.' 46411 w from utte to an new. wall pure tiold. and restored In health ac e leaned w ith a naullanimmandt. Wire au oelluelikehennoroo.. Mi Rork !warranted. I K i received avid toe aide ►ylWe beg or kw Efici hay SI. IL T. 500 RAGS miry WI. as /roil 4•411 Nuv. W. I' 1 1 • / ....T. , 466110 , 440 ~.,-, . • I . " . I. k f ... .0 , . .... ta 111 .... - I . 1 r .• I • , • • 1 • , . . : •S .: F . . . , . , , .' . . i '- ' • f ' • • 1-. . - r . , , : r ' fl Ir . . .E . . I.. • i .. . . . . , 1111 ORS. , PUILIC = tbe t cuat. p .7ettille*tre Of De ewes roasimetUy ua re, Krie. T. M. At STIN 311.itirt i THE VOYAGE OF LIFE, - i IT Ital. Y. IT. LEON 14)CD, Monad tknriogon, bright river: I v ;In &dome to the sea; , ; And ;Wanner ounbeaues qliver .' On thy -eaters joyouriy: ' ' • - The ;medial willotirs beadle/ .1'; !; Web these shadedrearer thee thereon. :, iii 011111111fS sweet we bletultag ! i, Their, voices with their own. . L Ors beigh44 are they Cawing. i • Green. /many baoko between; ; And many n VI itd Anwar glint lug I • L mirrored to thy sheen; I , And barks are pity gliding i - 1 11,...0 Vpral thy reseethl breast. .. , , Which skillful heads are guliag t To th e Liven et thy re.or. ' i Bi 4 ever thou umerirt the ocean, There are rocks apd tetticksands 41cep, Aid s Inds to wild commotion. PAH Weirdly bosom sweep; AO the barite tbeit pile (mettles' ito the wepttyre gentle play, LSet se iby water. . . _ 'Thou wilt hear as wrecks area •.- Like thee, the Wharf bcgiuneth 1 i 141 e. when all thing, are fair; i Alas !it seldom %tit; th • The gar', untouc e hy care' i Hope's fishy Maumee ifeighred , . • ; li . WWII dreaineor Amur° joy. , //asses to the guickaaisals Cued i . 1 Ira pronaim to destroy. i to Wreekioof the drinitua cherished: Arc *wing darkly by, i •'l, - , lake thi gallant ship Mai perished. ,i When winds and waves were,blsll, • The Bowers that bloomed aroun It. The Oboes now Idly choke, i Audible euw-brigit hover that - bonsai it Afe like pencil ulnas broke.. i f nut moon. u Cawing river .. i Though nila thy course way be. Thou% merge thy waters forever , Into the deep unOrruroled let; And to the beart it riven. A earl'. repose at taut: Tam& rarely IL rut str:ves ‘citti the 'allot, andtire Walt THE LOST CHILT). I • ♦ TALE Cr tAcrs , le the beat of Om last French war. nano forty years I ago, says a writer in ”Hogire lestrueter." we were ub- -I der the necessity of restoring gr im the north to make our, 1 residence is Leaden. We took our Passage in ohs of the 1 old Schtcheutacks from Leith. and oohing to stile dowa ; immediately on our &nivel in 'ta great steno' ohs. ere i took our furniture along with a . Contrary Inds de• I mined us :wig on our passage. itii.ukren , a re child 1 lii i at ilia time, I. well remember ono eventfutinorni g whiiii, I .1) our horior cud aiar:u, French mint-of-war leas 'teen I i Joining on Ow distant horizon , and evident! bearing down on tiv. A cilia hid settled ol i o, the anti and We I made but lit:le way, nutlet last we saw two boatlowered from the -Frenchman's deck . I smledily near eg us!:•-• 1 This occurred shortly after the lemons and her le resis tance made successfully ty the wete a( one of: the ves sels in the same trade to a French . pdissfeer. I.Vidi this glorious preccdent before our minds, i l liotb pat , cligers and I ere* were disposed to make no tit a satanic'. dor i guns were loaded to the muzzle s ' id every sitilor *as 1 barer' fur action. Old cutlasses a d rusty gun.. Wrte , handed round about. and piledpen he deck: I Truly we 1 were v motley. crew, more I ke asavage arniament of i lawlen byeceneers. than bloc less enizous of peace:— ; i lu But, happily. these warlike! preparations were!ueeilleas, I , for a breeze sprung sp , and though we were tutait'y i chased, the favoring tale soots Sore as groin dakiger, led eventually wafted as in safety to oar destined tiort. 54m:tether wusomewbet struck dur ug thfil period of our short, alarm. by the 411111.1e111 atd hi roic beating of our servant Jane. A deeper feeling seemed to minds her mind than common antipathy' to the comet:in rod.— 1 lu fact, at various times during her revisal! service. , when any events connected with the French war- foil»- , ed, as they did, the all-engrossing nibjeat of dinuutee, Jane evinced an interest in tt e thedm equalled only by the intense hatred towards t sit Didion which she now • displayed. On the present's:S-01mile , the appearance of I the foe awakened In her bes 4 a onsand slismbefing, I bat bitter recollections-of II 0(10 tic tragedy connee ted with herself: and so fa r t from s owing theitimidity of 1 bar sex, she even endeaveriid to st In the arrange ment of oar murderous preparati e. Errn a that', of I regret appeared on her face, as e bounded ever the sparkling wave., when our tardy seemed lint a speck upon the distant sea. During the maindeilof our voy age she sank into a dreamy metal? oly. With her head ' shunt coatinbally resting upon th bulwarks of the ship. I she gazed upon the clear blue dept below: Ind. had we I watched heCelosely.we might, perb ps,have sees some of Ithe round tear drops which gathe -. on her eyelids.. and I fell. silently. to mingle with the w res. But we heeded not. She was a singular girl, dud Ike • ed evidently superior to her present 'nation; yet she toil d on with: the drudg ery of the house. hitless and iudiffirent. but itlways use fully engaged. My mother wu dot altogethersatisfied with her work. but still found adi culty iu blaming her. She seemed to dream through he whole duty. i as if her whole mind was wraps in some str age fancies. while her hands naechanceirlly did her task. At last. lifter longso licitation, she explained the my ery by telling to her story. - We most throui our Min. bay Her family, at that time. accupl. a weelthy position is our ninths iher was engaged is a loccluive • tied shoat six years, and was the His Youngest daughter had been previous to this period of our tale ly lovely child. A sister of his wealthy marriage with an offte was at this time on a short visit 1. Madame delloarblane was child yearning for those blessings sf ..na l idence; denied her. She irks n for her home in sunny Frince w A little while soon putted a her sister were seated at thu"par bar sight—the one esaternilatia seised. the otitis' brooding em . chaldrse. prattled merrily beside for their father's evening kisa, hood's innocent sleep. But the usual time had long sines passed some symptoms of nesailoase at At law they heard a berried tared the apartment. There war grief upon his countenance, ho causer, hie wife tether& inipalri slater. But Mr. Wilson ' WM eves bush, and when. birl wife the aaeonseioas infant 'alined its evening kiss, he paehe4 the • j semathing sadibly.aheat the tba issamtesisam mad wow I and leaguing family. Tba Labs eras smut to bed. and the mother spoke not, though a bitter tear might be peen' rolling down her chailt . s. She wee deeply hurt. and justly so. But Mr. Wilson had met with some heavy losses during the coarse of the day. These had soured his heart and cm- i bittered his wards. Parhaps 133 meant not what he said: it might have been but the passing bitterness of sr:map- I poioted man. flowerer :he case may be, the words be,; uttered. remained in the bosom of his wife, rooted and; festering there; and many a bitter thought had she iu of ter-life, that the desulsaious and the sorrows which dia . - i persed her family, some Co their graves, others far asun der. could be ascribed to that total night._ A week had scarcely elapsed since the occurreaces o that'ualaappy evening. when en event took place vatic wrought a fearful revolution in that happy family,. Sure . ly the "evil-eye" loOked upon that house. lam %Vases and bar-Sister went to make a call upo a friend. As they expecte4 to return almost irutriediatei ly,ithey left the Want slumbering in its cradle, and sent ? , the se•vaut on some trilling errand. Circumstances re-,' tarded their return. Tito anxious mother hastened to the nursery to tetid upon her babe. She looked iota th • r?,sh. but all was still. Surelv the child was slumbering. She moat not rouse it from its peaceful dreams. But all continued still. There was a dead-like silence in the room, She could not even boor i tho idaritbreatire.— She sat a while by the flickering hglit of the expiring fire, for the shades of evening bad gathered over the darkened horizon. At length she rose; she went to look upon her child—she lifted up the cover:id.. No child was there: An indescribable dread took porsessioni of her soul. She milted from room to room. At last she heard a noise. She flew to the spot. Yes, three of her chil dren were there, but the other, the newest born..the flower of t i er heart, was gone. "My child! my child!" . she screamed, and fell upon the floor. Her sister heard the fall, and rushed up stairs. She kuelt beside the stricken , woman, bathed her temple With cold_ water, and with-a start. Mrs. Wilson awoke from her swoon. "My child s My child!" ,he sobbed. "What of the child?" her sister cried: "Gout—?oat—stolen from Its mothre." screamed the wretched woman. 7 04, impossible: Be calm: the child will aeon be fouuti." her slater skid. "Some ueighbor. perhaps—" "Perhaps—perhaps," hurriedly replied the mother and she rushed from house to house. The people thoit her med. No child wu there. Hex sister left her ham. She followed he calmly. unresistingly. Was her spirit broken? She wu placed upon a chair—she sat as one bereft 'of reuois—her face was' pale—and perspiration. the deep dews of agony. gathered upon her brow. Not oven a feather air' ould have stirred befor her breath. It looked like death. At last she started from her seat.' er brows were knit, and her whete face convulsed with the fearfdl work ings of It;: soul. •*.l i ohn: John!" she cried. "Where is my husband? Send him to me." And they wain to seek hint, but he was not to be found. They told her so, and she was silent. There were evi dently some frightful thoughts hiborinz within her breast +-some terrible sa.picions, Which her spirit 111111S0 dared to entertain. For.about an hour she sat, bat never open ed her lips. It was a fearful silence. At-last his knock Was heard—the stair creaked beneath . his well-known tread—he entered. Thelnothet sprang upon heiTeet. Q./situ!" shs screalusd, "givs . me my Child! Where have you put hart Where is my child 7" Iler husband started. ":Vanilla. are ydu Mad?" he cried. "fscill not Ito calm. My child! Yon spoke harshly to toe the - otter night for nothing. John. She was e burden to you. won ,'le? But why hid yotrtake her from me? I would lire worked (or her—drudged, to win her brew:. Va. l % hy did you Li ll ivy child?" - The man litoked swpally upon his wife, said sank into a chair. The room was filled with neighbor,. They ,cooked at hint, and then to one atwitter. and whispered. "Give me my ch4J!" the mother scremed. He eat in thought. and covering hi t s fie* with both his bands. • "Take hint away!" she cried, and the people laid their bands upon him. He started to Ilia feet, and dashed thejorenteist to the ground. There was cloak about the man that. terrified, and they notated befoie . hirit. Ile strode before hie wife. "Women," 'aid shell "your lips' accused me. Bitterly , ire, bitterly shell you rae this night?, work. Come. neighbors, I am ready." - And they took him to • magis trate. **My child!" the wreWhed Woman swooned away.— Berm a few hoors had passel. she was writhing in the agonies of a burning' fever.' • - And where was t‘r hnshand then? Walking to and fre Orin the cold flig-stenee of a felna's cell. open a charge of muraeritig his child, his own child, doomed thither by his own wife.' A close iuvestigation of every muse connected with this inysterwas affair was set ou foot. No proof of -Mr. Wilson's guilt could be obtained. Its was arraigned before his eouuuy'e laws. and after a patieut trial. as Ins judgiremphatically preuentsced,with• out a stain upon his character. Discharged, forsooth. to whet? To meet the frowns and suspicions of a 100 cred ulous world; to see the people turn and stars behind him as he passed along the streets; to see the children shrink from !situ and Gee. as front some monster; and to dwell in a desolate home, 14 own offerings trembling as Ito toothed them. and his wife—that wife that bad accused ham—looking with cold, auspicious untioptjy . eye upon the being she had sworn to love and eliedsit with her Such wits hit fate! Vilto had wrought it? Ilia wife recovered from her illness; acid her sister Went her way truck to her home in France. same twenty years.... i • • respect/Ole. if not metropetis. Mar (a imless. had been mar her of roar children. rut about three months She wee a singa:sr ifesi who had made a in the French army. the land of her birth, and her heart was ercallova which Pros. No wonder-- dew:date. Seldom did the poor man ever sp,.•iiki there was gloom about that. desolate hooso. ills trade fell off. and .his credit declined, and vi hyl Because his heart wu bro ken. Day after day he sat in his counting-house; there was no bustle tbeie. lii. books were covered with.* thick coat of dust: and as one of his cmitemers droppetrofi. so poverty stepped ie. until at fuss he found himself almost a bear. Ho shot his office deers, shut them for the last time. thee wiped away 's tear, the Pint he had shed fur 'noisy a day. , He went home, but not to the home he used to have. His fnruiture had been sold to sappl) the common necessaries of -life. and poor indeed was their now humble abode. There was silence in that little house—scarcely a whisper. l• the secret fountains of his wife's heart there wu still • depth of love for him; but always when shn would have breathe.] it forth;:the &triage horrid sttspicion wonid fit scrams her braiu—her child was nut. He often looked at her. a long'. earnest gaze, bat he seldom spoke. srsuiag he was more thou usually/ad. ire kis sed his children fondly. lie took his wife's cold hand. and pressed it iu his mei,. "Jessie.' said ke, •ass You have sown. so aballye reap; bat l forgive roe. •Ood Wass you. wifet" His lay dolma on his hard minim, sod whoa they *veld bare roused bits. f• the meriting, be was dead. Fray. Mrs . Wjleun aid Fr fire ore cold If sea `• the bleisinee pee r far different I - The them. nod waned only they west to child i hither cure soli fps 1 sad his wife-betrayed he unwonted delay.— . and Mr: Witsen sil re Faces of inxiety and ' di he apoie not of the. / the preienee at her I, x el). unsocial—nay 11l ti Id oat her babe. sad litn pet tip Hittite lips ter •• 14 aside. *ld Moiler" ell kneeled life L esid ' of ighaitilli 1 0 **V Tints rolled se with mild sweep, alas! briogieg death sod km etteedeet evils le his trait. TWO of the wideves shildrobslied: end Jane was now Meet elghteee years oracle: Osolevr. rather than are,. had & wady wasseed the widow's hair. They were is greet poverty std eked site Matt livtlibood *di *hair D• 0411. only esitlia dePasilattea lay 14 ea mail wheats' whig SATURDA ••Give my o.lVife. be c.lm.” Cr ONTV A D MORNING, DECEMBER 27 1851. --- Nladame de Bourblani rent Gom France. Porlimis , had that sister known the straits of her poor relatives. bar pal try pittance might have been tottomed..They wells, per itor:s too proud to make tt known; as It was, sheituew tlotJ or, &elle did, she heeded not. it *out this time a letter reachPd the widow froas her sister. Besides' containin: the usual remittance, the let ter was unusually loni. She rainested. Sine to teed it to her, whits she sat and sewed. What ailed thO girl, her mother thought. e* Jane used upon the page with iudestrible emotions depicted on her face. ••1114her." she cried. "m.r sister lives! your child is found Win!" The widow tore the letter from her daughter's hand, and read it eagerly, white her foe rear pal y She gasped for attempts; sodtha mystery weismilleed at last. • • Xes, reader, at last wias the mystery unravelled. sued the criminal was har i nister—ohe wits had stood caltnly by. and seen the agony of the bereaved mother—she who had beheld the injured fialmr dragged as a felon to prison. when a word from her would have cleared it 4—sbe e l l was that VI re tc h. Madame de Banrblanc. was ikiless. and her heart yearnad for sums one she could lo. l —She saw the little cherub of bar sister. and she envied AS. She knew that. if she bad asked the child. the mother'. heart trould have spurned the offer. roil she laid her plUns to steelche infant.—She employed a woman frail Fpance. who, as she.prowled about the house, had seized the fa vorable Moment, and snatched Mei infant from its cradle. and the child was safely housed iu France alinost t befora the tardy law began its investigations—Madame dal Ifonr blstic remained beside her dialer for a nine; then harried off to France, to lavish all her love upon the stolen child. It is true, she loved the child; but was itnot a iselfish love to see the bereaved mother mourn its loss, yet never soothe her troubled heart? And was it not a crutl love. to seera household broker up. affections desolated, end all to gratify a selfish whim of hers? It was wedge than creel—it was deeply erizninal / ' - I She bre `ity the info is he shy ...mad ~onght.ejii the infant :dr own: she named it Amalie, and a pretty child shit was. Did a pang never strike into the heart of that cruel woman, as tliti child would lift its little eyes to hem; Sod lisp "My mcither?" She moat have thought of the true mother, broken hearted, in another land. Yes, a pang did pierce her 'heart. but Mat! it came too late; 'the misery was already 'wrought. She wrote to her injured trister, begging her IGirgiveness, and at the same time offering a eonviderabie nom if she would permit the child to remain with her, 'still ignorant of het real parentage. Bat she wesrnis- Itaken is her hope, 'for net only did the dother indignant. "•ly demand the restoration of 'rarebit& but she 'Lk more —she published the sister's totter, and triemphairtly re moved the stain that .lingered on her dead 'heribiuld's amnion.. • ' , A few weeks after this, the widow went to pnyta visit in the green grave of bet broken-hearted husband. - She knelt upon the verdant mound, end watered itomith her tributary tears. Ail her unjust sespiciine erowcted on her mind; conscience repeiniehed her bitterly She I knelt. sod supplicated for forgiveness, seeming to toMmone with Ms spirit on the spot where his poor frail NAY repos ed in its nalrow bed. 1 She felt'a gentle touch !Port her :hen!der; it was her daughter Jane. One inrint•at af ter. and An was ilupeil in the embrace of a etfanger. Nature whispered te the inothee's heart her child was there, her long lost child.! She too had come to look up itowtrgrar erir conniver - - - t —.---- After the first t imports of : meeting were over, the widow found lease e to "bemire her child. But ,what a poor young delica Bower was she, to brave ,the rade blasts of poverty. She was a lovely girl; like a lily, fra gile and pale, thektorms of life it °laid wither bee; Iler !Maher took her hinter but trie contrast was to great. from affluence to poverty. Anielie wept. Poor Jane strove t o comfort her; but she might Dilly use the language of the eyes, for her foreign sisterecarcely undeictood two words of English. Amebae straggled hardito !eve her t new mother , and to reeencile 'her yowl , ' y een' to this sudden change. but the effort gas too gree and she gra dually sank. Early tad late her, inother . ind sister to.led, to chisels for hey; in her delicate otate,„,:‘oloo of those lux, uries to which she had been accustotited; but their efforts were vain—she was hot long for, earth. The widow had indignantly refined all 'frees cillyersistance front hi l tr cruel sister. thong!) she felt that. slalom Providence eiligiuld in terse. her strength most satin fail under its additional ..-- exactions. , A letter arrived front Frantic; it was sealed sith block. They opened it hastily and fearfully; and they had, cause. Madame de Heralded° was dead; she was suddeoly cut otE to render in account beton; inir Creator. The shock was too great for AMalie. pig by day she• langisished, pining in heart for sunny France. Three mastitis after she had reached England Amalie died., Iler last words were...:ily mother." . i - Soon after, her old mother followed her. Jane is the sole survivor of this dotnestic tragedy. Even she may hat; departed to a heaven of eternal rest, forehe left my mother shortly after we were settled in Leiden. and 4e have never seen her sine.u_ ~.„.______------ i • Fashion at ilie North Pole. The way the ladies indulge fancy among the lE.squi maul. may be worth uomparieg with mar weir he more temperate latitudes: i I • "The dress of s married lady is composed of • Ipair of I short seal-skin pants, fur *abide. extendieg rear* to the knee joint. where it meets the legs of the reads of the same material. or of el -.kin. The laPperipart of the person is covered with allernper." or • kind of sack. with a hood for the head, asid sleeves made while, with the exception of a place for the, face and arms. This al, co is mutt of seat-skill or deer-skin. and In thewarmer weather is covered with a fancy-colored eottoio cloth sack. lathe coldest and Wet weather the cloth Sack is remove& and a seal -skin miffing. without fur, placed in its steed. This composes their whole dress. The dress of an unmarried Indy Is dijitinguished by a brosid band made of fancy bge;ed webbing. about two and a half in ches Wide, sewed on eaehaddief the front of their pants. ) ! extending nearly the whole %Seth of them. A iriarried I woman can be distinguished frost au unmarried hue by I, the hair. which, in both cases; is tied upon the top of the j head, and the ends of, that of the, married are Colored ' blue. awl of the unmarried red. This enables a ; gallant • to act the amiable withoit danger of making advances to soma one already married,' and getting a stray abet from au injured husband. Thii „ boots are made very ineatly. slender aud well properaioued l The upper leather is col , ored. They tau dter-skine with arias,' end their seal ! skins are dressed in a hostagel manner. simply by dry ' ing and rubbing them with amoptb mese. A pair of slippers completes the wardrobe of a lady in the EisaLui. mime couutry; Jhese ere made f deer-skin. and neatly fringed round the tope with' white rabbits' for, The clo . ; thing which was shown as Was made in a Tory tasty and strong startler. every thin* seed being wades( thesis ! • ewe of the deer. and. of Nurse. verf diratkl.: 111 s drosses oftbo enaloa are me, walk, la do smarmio4 dirk with the exception that they are Magee and ember he es hie. , Tki 'lases ag matteredelsiut among the Es quisaiies. and fairaish them with what foreign articles they may soot. Islut:a aro limited to meal furtbeir spears. and 31110 few ornaments for their dresses mad eiskariag for their heir and ladies' beets." A Nowt* Passers.-.-Tbe wirdi.of M. Within MitedrU, a Fahnunta, prorated her larirear on- Tbankrßiring doh with, ibrae etbiltlntst•-dra our and otte derOtat. The atotaat apd del leg well.—Pirttaof NI *pleasing Rariditil. RI:MAL POETRY. I ton. Vt.. Fru preSs. situates [ fro T tn he ob e riv ie'‘ isurthe nde fo u : l lo o w nh in l g n a: l l2 of Rural Poetry.n!deb shows "tit for tut." In more ways than 'oily : r i 143 cums. wnvu ♦ DOTI. I Accept. sweet lurid. truisirdrt della:dial bird - That ever Venice to her eharriut bound; 1 By love adopted and by_iteaee preferred. 1 For meekness valued Skull 43r faith renownied. A bird hi which iamb tare perfeetioar meet. Alone is worthy to be Counted thine: Obi beauty, fur one. 14 like you*, couilildie4- A 41034E4 rotenei:a 21.17.1 Jutacs. , TO JVLICI. VINTO ♦ noose. - Accept, sweat twain. thb ihost deliyintal dovle. With rapture listen to its plaintive moan; I And vow w:th constancy the, b Ira to love, • »'Chose beauty thus rim ip ds inc of tray s owb." cannot show my gratitude too soon. For s•.tch a mark of tenderness conkrred. I ' So. song for song be think, add boon for bowl. kindness for kindnest. (swain) and bird. Lot the best bird Um' Lincoln ran pregame, Sty choice had singled irons a tuneful grout.; Accept from ine, sweet bard. as great a gook,. As leer was L.tteneil to a poiditer's I I Fear voice the meriO of the dove displays—l The compliments I p4y my bird are kw; keL'tis. me thinks; no Maud share of praise, To say kaw strongly 4 res./oaks rot'. • Cuss. Reverend Lancelot Langley Ling. I was in the office of a legal friend some time since, when a dilapidated specimen of humanity, bearing full traces of the wear and tear 4-life, came in. lie addres sed-himself at oncost° the proprietor of the office: "Your servant. Sly . . 1 see before Fie, 1 presume. that diatiu guished lawyer. my friend. "I my self. Sir. am ice affinity to Ilia legal profession. lam the can, Sir. of a distinguished advocate in the Old Domin ion: my name Lattrelot Langley Ling—the Reverend Lancelot Gingley Ling. 1 lire in the Simi of ----. I teach a little, I preach a little: and I plough a great deal. These coivibiuird op-ratione)mye told upon me; they tel upon me new. Sir. As the poet says. 'These tatter'd robes my, poverty beepealo The people of my region. Sir. are poor, and can afford me bat little help. I said '1 will seek the wealthy of another State; they shall minis ter to nay wants.' 'I came hither• to find them: but do you know, Sir. that external Appearance lute its effect up on men? Yes. Sir, it has; end therefore, before (sought the wealthy, I cause to the wise, who regarded not exte riors. but leek to the mind: 'Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; iihe rest is all but leather;' and indeed. Sir, there is very little 'leather' @bout me. its you may easily perceive by looking at the tattered condition of my boots. No;r. S;r. I tint be grateful for your contii &dims. My wants are ainpls. ray desires few. I barn • small plantation, 01$ the top of • high hill; the planta tion is very email. but the bill is very. high. A log house graces its brow; a bemniftil well , of splendid aster is there. Sir; an orchard of benevolent fruit trees is there, also, (1 call them benevolent. because they give both sustenance cud shade to me, and 'Ti. sweet to'sit Denehth the suds, • , 'taut.! own ifidustry has mule. Something or the poertii,7l3lr, ei pin me.) and T am there when I am titere: but at present the school-master (inyneif. Sir,) is abroad.- ind my miasion is three-fold: First. I want clothes; my journeying and my labors byre brought bat? habits upon me.. CE.scuse the pito. Sir, it is a college failing. 'You may break. you may ruin duo vase if you will, but the scent of the rose will linger there still,) Second. I rant meney to buy a small negro boy; one that' can call on my ',return from my' various tray"- els, and say to him; Bob, Sans, Torn, or whatever his narrie . may be, ',.AI) my horse and - carry him to the sta ble.' Then wilgl.t I real beneath toy leafy bower, And his tae soirtt tf gaiwific boor: °Last. and not lout. want window 'ashes for our church. which we call *Mount Zion.' I want putty and glans, or money to buy them. These are my want4.:all st.n pie, and but few. My Ira» is toll-1 lesfr•e the rrt to you.. . •And my taste is easily OM Mr. L.11.' said my friend" 'and my duty will be qulefsly performed. here is fire dollars; if that sum is of, any' .1133 to you, you are tr..l - to it.' • 15tiII Gre dollars be of aay 50r7;C0 to ate: Will a smart shower be of any sotviee to a droughty land? W.ll a large slice of the *tall el lire be of any service toe hun gry trave!erl Yee, sir, fOe dolient will bo of nee to me Do you know what 1 wilridJ frith thisaim. which I air] proud to call any own? :its. Sir, yoainust know ought to knaw- T so hat to ;ute- I will purchus'a boots tor tuystsl4 wtia par:, the balance shall be, in putty end glass fur Cite iaforestiitl church ferewell: tho•macul bles4inzi. saitsaby liar . • A {WWI:Ma pyi LA) A uo aorrowr tuarr'4. A dc.ub from ahgaixh rr&./ 'lf ever you come to Sur, come to me. Yen will be welcome to the howl; to.(he heal; to the hospi • talky of Lancelot Langton Ling. OJCO 'Mere. Mac r And stray be went. s,tSr him the next day in the streets. He had on a fints/pair of boots, "and I trembled for the putty investineart! Once more ere met, and he no longer looked like the !man all tatterud end torn, that kissed the maiden 1 forlorn,' for lie was dressod in a full suit of broadelo s ; •sup+rfine,' and as Fagin said. With the ••heavy.sw 11 cut." liVhelher he has ever succeeded realiziag f als fur all the 'kyle and few arauLs and lu pines of hi heart, know - uot.—KnickerGooker. , 'Ail Argument against Rails ads. A friend of ours, sekiutuinz during the past ,sutritner its one of the fax of "shut* towns" of Massachusetts Bay was pot a hale aroused one day at the querulous coin plainings of ems of the ••nklest inhabitants" against rail roads; his experience in Which via:hued in haajng seen the end (done laid out, and at length the cats running upon It. Taking out his old pipe; on a pleasant sulnitirr afternoon, and looking of upon the ocean, and the slaps afar offend nut at sea with the sain upon their radii, he said: '4 dors% think much o' railroads; they 11.111% no kind o' justice Into Nemo what kind 0' justice Is it whoa railroads takes omit man's tioland and carts it ever in wheel-barters emit pnOthermao nia'sh. What kind ?"coniintodation be thee/ Yee can't go when you want to get you gat to ire what+ the bell rings, or the blasted noisy whistle blows. 1, tell reek it's papist' taw much for the whistle. Ef you live a little ways off' the dee pot, yeas got to pay to get to the raiirSad; and at yen want to go any where. elms 'eept to the eeud on it, 3 eon got to pay to go arler yeast get•there. What kind o' 'comma dation is that? Chin' rotund the country tow, morderin' Mks, mama' over Cattle, sheep and hogs . , and Seta's' Ijiro to bridges, and every sow sad the, boruin3up the woods. Ws*. Robbins. dews to Codliat. says. and alio osght - to knew. he she's a pious woman. mid belongs to the 109. r ehareh, dm said to use; no 'eager ago Asa dapirahms yesterday, that she'd be enes'd if she didn't know that" they satustintse ran over .muses a purpose-ONT did. • likely glad twis'n. and soiree paid th ey was a *Nteriporeheur they said. Whet bed a' somoso- Adds thid? - Reddest now l'ee thud hem. else di the despot, ovitt elms the reed "nett' tare res. mad seen 'eat sh tett ifire cam int bat f areet6.llM ese that they erect tie ti—id fad ritibst :" ESE ;150 A TZIA.II, inAd, a IMI =I The Adventures of a TewL We find in the New Haven Daily Regime t iny account of two brothers. Charles end Ge citizen* of Connecticut, one of whom g ß ras the Mexicans some months ego. and till oth died at Cansaise in Mexico. The fernrr yen fire years Ago for Texas, the latter in I' Orleans.!lHHis history is cue of deep Inter with incidents of the moat tliritEng chprect been established in Corpus Christi. in ''ex : t own was taken by the I,,leileane in p 42. wits sacked and burned. and rdl hu fortim6 I self *wiping witli great difficulty. llef,aftei with two Appeche Indians. who had ben Nlexico; whom he took to President Holston ed him_ witb authority to enter into zing Rea tribe. He proceeded on this mission W,ith t. ans. Their first haltidg plate was thd ca. pans. a friendly . tribe, where they eiCre'r pr. horse,. guides. spies. &c. While . theru the the Mexicans had entered Texas and 'ms thirty of Downs' friends. This intelligence purpose and his mislion. Ile started Witti era to Jr? astnall force of Texans, (lion the borders, his sole object being to re4onge of his ftjands. They joined the Texariferces. ed toWard the, Rio Grande. Aftor somf few o lt t rmiehes. General S. determined to Total' hundreirof the men volunteered to try further the for• . tunes of war under the command of IL Fisher. They marched along the river until they came oppoiite the town of Mier, which they deternainedko attack. 'They demanded from the Alcado r ts contribution of eight days' provision. otherwise they threatened lo lay the town is ruins. They werothree hundred attimg, the garrison three thousand. They were refused end proceeded to the assault. On Christmas day. 184 this memorable assault commenced. The besiegeri sfug their way un der and through the houses until they':eame . within rifle range of the plaza- They reached thi point at daylight. after having dug and forced :heir vyay (rum eight o'clock tho previous ovouing. Then commenced the work of death. From corner and crevice. and'brokalts wall sad house top, sped the fiery Messengers i!f eau lasted from daylight unto three o'clocitP. M ding to Downs' account, though the one steam of fire, Downs and his rittee r had c hundred men, with nearly as many mor at three o'clock thefire of the Me4eatis sent a white Bag. Ilite besiegers thought] nation of a desire to surrender.. but is fact maw! that they should surrender.' After so sultatiou, and finding that they had cithanste stock of munition. they acceptrd the Offer a their arms, the blood ur tire Mexicitos ru time in streams from the house tops. Fi as many more wounded was the enlire lo s,iegors. They were seut pKsousts tp Mex they had gone halt way. being trent4d so determined to hazard their lives in nti:nttem Their guard were two to ono. Yet R hor fa and with bricks and slones, and euc etcher they could snatch, completely reute l lye heroes. anaunition and atOres. TI dead were about twenty. Qu the first dayfafter t made a forced march of eighty miles, Otx t Reding themselves beset, they were lefoed to salves loth° mountain*, but these bUing j horses, they acre (arced to abandon pieta. the fattesrfor food, and each mail 15136 tying tee days rations of hurso flesh. Si days Wit'oont • drink followed: at the end of w' the men being utterly disabled. with (heir Leg out, their lips b:ack as jot, their eye ed. they determined to come into tit sorterider at discretion. They did so C r - fa be shot. The citizens and e , against this cruel decision. ult . .' Anna that he reduced these , tet,coc to deciuti IDsverre'ten beans put intri,a t, nine ail. s who drew the bloc one was slim' d,i‘ contradcsleyes. Dom a escaped the!black 1 and the - other sum on were sent to Meal stones ou the pub* relicts, whence efter nett( wore sent to th - Castle of l'erute, and there' I ors till 1844. fr A Good Story,'; IA hu .orous disciple of Therms cornmeal lowan story to the New York '.s.:piritof lie on ho knows Judge Nye. can imagine ho th 3 incident allailed to. ‘Vlicri hi mice inevitably commence laughing; son :fore ho i comes tot'm laughing po.nt : Tho LlloxsT Sevdral years ago, when ono of our presc. the superior court was District attorney of a county, rather a laughable inctdont loccurre -by I • self: Court weeks he used to occu at Col. Lewis's.. who kept the• principal h ,c ty seat. He had his hooks and fip . or/ift here be drew his inlictineute—and'n im he used to direct Vie Sher.fl" te bring up the nesse, fur prelisnuary examieatiMil It happened at one court th 2 st he had : murder case coming on. The celebrate I Judge) Nye, was counsol for' the i t4fendati hued the witnesses as usual, and Milk carer what they would state on the 'stand, Ile • lady was the most important wita4 fit the he also discovered Mat she was rather exci I . and a fast talker.. Apprelipusive o thtgfit lie would caullou her a Halo. So I wh irshe came on the stand not toka!k; slyis the District Attorney, "to quail • steer them—but don't talk.. Audj whou I examine you, you must-be very ctful and ' ted; for he's a great blackguard„ pod will Mad. Just pay attention-. to his I lluestitins them—no matter how often repeated, or ho silly; but dOn't allow him to get ion ofiyo I Vlte District Attorney and wait sa parted Tae next day the case Cunt on.' I Tha Die called his witness. and she weatlthrongh donee, on the parte( the people, tl his per 13 and 1 , handed her over to Ny e • I De west along awhile very um .' began to crowd her. and she be an to i• .11 crowded her the more, and she resented t • ver soon they had up a reedit. breeze. '1 all s If-coat:oh she broke out on him as fu .* won't answer any more of ypar cents thous; con are a blackguard, and lb* Dia told roe so!” "What! the District Attorney lOU you so where did he tell you so?" IBM rayeste. ad aow ••He told me ma lee: a ighs;aP ia cn. Lctc The scene which followed tine 1 ; 2 imagined. la the midst *of the afloat- Ny toenails might "pass." • Star vs. Pave.—The Clevet nil Hera sible for the g up t niag, we saw a man fall upo the ■id said to him as he rose, "81, tbe ie ways stand on slipery places."?'. •Sir." mistake, I am the son or pit) ,poreqts ously inclined, but as I am, ‘4 . eoufou bu a pew in a fasbloos • ch.gh I I AO, ola litsin-strestr' Wu IMt. -: ' =:~ ~~ NUMBER an intone., rce Desna, urdered by ' r of - whom ' t New Ha • 39 for New et, Weaning r. He had when that i• His house t; he him ard foil in ;ri.oners in whoisvest- with their to two iodi of Li tire touter. hii . ard that red soul, hinged his me follow . storing on he Murder nd march nimporte.ot but three• Met. Tbia and =cor ns kept up t down fir. wounded. eased. and ast was a -de w !hod eon their whole missiles as took their a both side+, 's fight they third day -take tits •• iamb for IThor Med 1. .elf with 1• aro.- Jurseittir Jcb most of znea hang and glaa oaalry •nd coadernneil eo on opd wer ,osjrnor sa far lull • monstrated ened Santa Lou. Tberp ono black. ; before hie 11. aine of Bite au, .an, and be o to break ttimelhey apt prison ! Ala% li. fo!. =Kra iy he saajoy• tells a , • a lima EMU MIMEI 'iu, related a bed rode t the coue- MIEZ=I 'nazi% cues. eopio'a wit- ! important Geo. (now HO OZIIIII. miuuteo of ound that a I. ople, sad le and high uouble. he 0 told tter title titian. ' ' .i. and an- e cowls to at get exci f ta get yea tied answer appereittli balauce." r the bight. t Attereey th bar eyi- adatiratior. etty soon h• p art op;" ha e more. and i"IS, losing • • tibia ques. ,l let Attiorney _When and / • bed rac i r/ , ybe re kly told tb(e r is respoo o last eve wig* Aod do set tl. !d bei"You sod fele , fOUPIP „. *ighdr4l try M