P • Dtrazaw & ao., rr•pri•tors.
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VOLUMI 23.
frit 11ht Ohstrurr.
tIMI
A. P. DI'RLIN & CO., PROPRIETORS•
. I'. $l. OAN. XI d 114 r.
OFFICE, CORNER STATE UARE, ST. AND PUBLIC
Sq ERIE.
TERNItt CIF Till& ?APES!
c, r e: , , er er% I I rbe cerner, at " IrMil
1 1 , ~,a ii , e r ilt the olli•e, in advance, ~t . 1.,11t
. 1.. .. i t ~., 1 1.:nri in ruiyant e,or vritnin three Mouths front the time
.; e.hwr,b4J g. tno dollars wilt be e b erny i .
I; A .1 ClailltlCll iration, e ,,,,,,,t bepo .7 l - , L id.
li-ITES OF ADVERTISING.
:,011lekliing I lines, one year. /Moll ,
1 ,.14 . eik - o/are itl,tKi
....). . ‘l ,- , gilt months, 13,00
,I• du. three months, 2,u0
1 , po4 , t ad% eiti..etnenis. decent,' persquare, of fifteen i mt, or
h „,,:, ~.xl,h4. !.r , • l ueert ion t 25 cents for each subsequent insertion.
1 ,1-, 3,1,, ,ideerin•ers have the privilege of at pleasure,
b ., ~, i ,cd 1,,, me are a Itotvett to occupy more than two wi‘itteef, mai.
~ ~„, ~:.., r 4e, r 4 acrachate baskets.
1:. rti-el,rl,la not !raving other directions, will he inserted till
r, , d 51a:char:ea accortling)y. . .
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BITSINESS 101E670 : 1%.
THOMAS M
Late of the trot of G.
%Vailties: Jewel,
1.v411 l;luo ! ,es, I,aim
r • lall.
T.zr on. and llRbit Maker—Sllop On the !nil &hie of
f , ‘ , lhorn 11.41.11 Of Eight, and atijoiniug J. U. Ktb.
k Lin et %Vare-Room, Ecte, Penna.
JOHN KEENAN. •
FlenniLoat Arm, office at R. S. Rogers Rai Slone
I . lll` r 3. I I -
C•LAR dr. frIETCALF.
,•• 1 4 } AC).: f , tall de.ilen. in Dry Goods, 12rpris, and Dry
%.. I R 1441 11+,14.e.,
1 1 - 11,LIASIS WRIGHT.
Fot. P.. rUiret,Of and De.ilerb in Goltl and Sliver coin. onenr
••• LOW ' tVuxraiii% Depomir. Alb°
I: I ,r.at- on _the principal cities ul the r all part*
)14e \Ad I ',l:Vkl fur *ale I Idke. 4 o:s4tlano.'•ll.voir.,Cofllet of
awl ?Wale thitia , e
J 117111.11.111011.4
- 3. G . &
I,4 , .intelits and Whoitivale 111,31ers in groceries. Liqiirrii.
Foreqii Pickles suit Piekir
l'resertie,f. arid . lieruietslealiy Se:Jeri .irti•!les ul
rlorii desert psioil rillsaile oil liarid. No 3. Williams Buick,
p,ztp pi , opposite Moe b's Ness 'flute% Erin, Va.
3 I. P. New rOrk. !' " ii. 1. 'Altus, Bufralo.
r . rcitiny 111 iliciflapipoit. Oistri'S !II thcll, Irma J. u_Stills
1' • r I,•w Yuri, wh.lch nin he palJ Wb;lepale al low p»ettri
A. e J Plait'''. Agent: girie„ Pn.
— DI:RLLN Sc SLOAN. • • . •
j 6% arc 11l eta:S'f3ll-cPtlatteous nooks., Dtink
••I r.r,.acrj,-and l'raiteez CarJs, Nu. 9, LYON f 1 5 IiCW
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. temdeuct: utt,iitts littect, two doom Weffit of the
k r . ctt..ttett.
T., W. NIOORE.
, r,r , Prot
one GWr 11 . :OWL001211 - .C- I Stale FC
JOHN B. ('LIOK. • .
, 1 ) 4 -ti,A; ie a, Fa/icy Pry G0t. , 11, and tl Greatest variety
. . 5t , ..t.• 1.. the City. ,Clieril. 81 , 14. Erie. a.
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Si Ettitt,"l7 ,t, GjtA. . ,
1-• r..; .1 'Wort'. and '4l Dealer:. lu )X'cl 11.1 Dry Groeettes
:.., l't.ehe.e. ,- Furelatt mei i thauest Fruit. Woo.tea.
WA 3,1 r , lun.• Ware. Fttear, Fiqh, Salt. Hass. Nails. P0w
50..,. , t ... •-.li.tv - n0....4 a..- ih
c., e. Fr rich street. appt.-
11.,4,... Era.. Pa. 1
~,, 1 .'aunt Boats. Vese, Is, -It rht, aril rtiravt.
~.1 s.'itti 4 - py oi the ar.ure arti J. wait proutpt-
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04 8, LANE.
Attorney anA.COttnsellor at Law.‘
cl • ,;.!..:k-un'eL stole , at N.,1-th-Past corner of the Pith
. U. (Jaz" 13 t.k.Mt & S v ART.
i'h• (ATM!. aesidelacm—
N. A & t , tryklg.
.• 7 , • ; 110 2, atie. 6 U.) 7, P. at.
J. 1.. s 16VAIIT. I. D.
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JOHN lIEARN, & CO.
11(6)•fitnt....;),,hellor it , 0,11
•^nl t•u a dolly fit:rot' n x•r Like 14 teatiter4
u< <c 1, .
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i , '. ,,, .1.1.5. Co.
• ; 'NT I ro n F v ue.. R riling, steantTaat
• ',at eft, 7 h and Stii, ' , inets. Erie.
AN)) III( AN EXPRESS COMPANY.
tj N 0.5 Recd Clack. St it l a treft•
• I closes pt )14 o'clock, A. Si.
• ai o'cloeka
n. D. srArioßn. Agent
(:),( NIORTON.
(h fif 'al of J. Beira 4. C 0...)
t. %ft:reliant. Public Dock, Erie, Pa.
• „ , Fish, rltYir an ! raster,
BEE!
%%, ALK F.it & 'l' 1118 A Lti
3114 eornes, Mereb;nts, eee:9nd Ware
I . F.rie Pa. • •
• ' 1.1 , ne
'•+" raoinco, &c., /cc:. wilt ? ! unsurpais
'..r -hti•pirrt r ttlir r I,p 'Plea eillsoatit, Propelled.
• • • . r ROO.
It. rrtiii
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w. ii.,KNowt•roN,;
r "• tt atrhe.{ irreclry.
• • • 1.0.3.tu;r111:u.54s Mitt other Jr.,ety (tooth.
. 01 the Aced flow*. • 1
& KEPLER"
u. Drt r, i I iI,N-Cr!( , , 11 VI are, ewei ery. scr• Nu
1 Erlr. £3. .
A. M. JUDSON;
•‘•F:1, i f.,ir —etlieo.on Park itovs, betsfeets Drowtsionew
ull
U. BRII IN - WE a
av CO ``. I r.: ,, i , v—tltlise at his residence sin Eighth
' , otue• Vr , 2 han I liclan i, T:rie. Pa.
Al . ISIA 1 FOR II At C 0,4
• It:auk Notes. Iltratut..Ccriificotro of Ile
};ye ot, the - twineipal etie,q constantly
• m IteDity's mock. Public Square. Erie.
T. -
lIEItON 911tA T.
corner or. French and Fifth
,%10,,, K„civis 4PPiliepele on Fourth weer.
1-1,)! o,e old A pat'iecar)' ,iri
Itt•FrS
I rf;1t‘...1,.(.7,,,,z,r, and American I
1:1% - dr. V leer, Iron and en,
„Si
• Retail dealer in 4.;roeericia; Provisions, Winn/.
' • ,••• I r,., t, die Corner of Froth and ftfttt Streets,
Farwert.' Hotel. rfie. • I
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CADWk:LLiSr. BEN ri ra"r.
Joblivre, and• Retail tkaters an, Dry G 0041.. Groceries,
are, I 'arpeling. I lardwnre. Iron. Steel. N its,
".'•• &c. - F:waire Rotes state Street, four doors. Vl9v,
14t, • ilt•it I. I.tir. Pa.
- -. , h‘,;•••. tees. Retinal/. Aile riwo. Speingg. and a general
Of Saddle and Carriage Trimmings 7 .
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S. MEIVIN SMl'll.4.
and Justice of the Peace. and Agent for
• st,l.s Mutual Life I notranee Cotnnany—tlffice 3 hoots
tv rights •lore. Pn.
G 11. (: U1'1.1.;11,
"T . i'" . • Girl"; 1. Erie County, ea. Collections and
atwwiep to With proiainaeas awl dianaleb.
JOS iAli KEI.LOGG.
' • Co:nnii.t, on Merchant, on the rithlic Dock, east of
• eite•der and Winne Flab, constantly for sale. •
1. RbSP:NZIVEIO do Co.
kks t ;.11, VEALEIO ( in Foreign and Dowegtie Dry
• !) ,a Cluttiii,o6 Boots and *hoes, &c., N0..1
• •
1: etal Areet4T.m.
LAIIL & VI NCENT. E
• tee up stalre its Tammany lion budding
'ry's (Ace. E.rie.
RAY'
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MLI
C4,c rsr6Lua I•T htsv—Uffice over C. U. Wright'.
VIA! ‘lOOl N fist of Statestreet, On the Diamond,
'III3I;ALS, & AY ES. •
Dry GAoceriez. Croczery, Ilardwar4 ace
- \ ,t !ICele
S JACKSON,
' lir. q:o., t: reeerie4. hardware, Queens Ware, Lime,
' (lieapeide, Erie. Pa.
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1% 11.1.1413 i R 1111. ET.
I ~at,liiter, and Undertaker, earner or.thate and
( .1 WI Iqt dr. BROTII
R" a I .lendlers Ihur, Medicine , Paints, (hi.,
ace , 'G 0 4 Reed Howe. Erie.
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JA MEIS LY'l'Lk4
'"" n "I Tall9r: , m the public ..are. a few *of*
pt. Erie..
' .1( 11l 11210.'ItTO:SI & CO.
' •• 4.. I:. 3/edieisies. stiirr 4
• E.-. 5. 1.t4,4,110ube. Erie.
1J It. U. I. ELL10 . 1"1 1 . '
.0 . .. f.-. . It 'dent lb.nii.t: 4 Mire 3.111) dwelling 00 the
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' 64 * ^ h .',.. • . ortlte Public ta.ittare. tat door East'
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• ' .' 1-,. KO c eartit.s4. .111 work warnuned.
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.; . ...„ " .o.llil Pith! Cir tile Ilifimond. five doors/ant of
m . , A tliv Cri( rank. Prwrg reasonable. Rad, all work
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aatl FillCyGia4)4l..lvWe-
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nrvlanrr nod rettery
1-No. 3 Reed House
ihrtrq unit
Tl#ll FIRS
How greeefull7fall;
Like H Iy easwere t
Like engels - deseeadittg b
To succor thi world
Ls the mete ere #0
That softest, the fealiogs.
It falls with • musical
The heart of tho poe
' The pare and fondle'
Like • brood of meek ant;
Coining tegarkor end toll!'
Oyer the bills and '
I think how the Seri
, Of the manna that drop
To etintkrt the tedious an
Of the wandering
It healeth my hopelwe
it seems to my bosom so I
od strengthens we more
'This first iucipisot,sa,
They say it is hitter
k , et it asoutoth not so to
Tis a friendly snow-1
re it novelty growl
bat I know of a w
Where the first eaoktr
Audi it froze a breast th
t 'Whe readeth will I
And a heart will a
Whelp the first:anew bile,
Fur its teal of told—aud
[eclipsed to a strii
- • Would Clod that tis
Oa the etrickea heart
Had fallen like One. irh ,
From et/fraud prop
ADVESTURES IN
sr UL. p. SOY
[The followipg is, we
stun•: b u t it is a capital o,
the liberty of laying it bef,
that those uhu have not
some hearty laugh?, anti ti
bucces,itin of enailes:)
I know nut ‘rflat extraor
stars took place on the firs
ner how my planet-in part
.so many antic=, in or out,
fore that day I had treverii
life: the current of my exis
Iv atulrjoielly as the stree
.cit'or skill of anth rr Craft
biography beyun I the comp
I was born, arid Aired fur t
al!: I lived i.r a villar,e, to
it now Iq,) James
toy history wort
except [lt'd, at the age 0
trading myself unencomb
rive - soot possessed of a m
for all toy reamnable wan
reatonable ones.) I begat
rather dull an I lonely exilti
some meina of relief.'"
Iwo great projnts, one of
rimony; both, indeed, in a
vvaii‘not in love with any
phice; when a letter fioni tr
correspondent, Harry Brow]
ed me in favor of the forme'
a family partly for a IA? 1.
he invited me to join in Ph,
peeled to artite at an early ,
bring along with him a to
of hitt, who might,
Ina in tryini the,utiler proy
tired of trateling, provided,
it (and it rivired great a
her; all of which regarded
on, the part of my old friend
I went accordingly to Phi
suggestion, took lodgings a
bowie at which he intende
:*.igned to awaithim. It
ternoon, that I arrived; and
self ins comfortable them!)
somewhat of the ci'v, and
for letter* from my friend.
one from Harry' of a somew
the other from a stranger, 'a
more hiexplicable; both of t
more. Harry inforined me
with his party, and4usped to
the follow:ng day; and he a
mysterious part of the let
handsome cousin was abo
from me by a psrticular fat
spilt, he said, o' my yet WI
should immediately find me
delphis; and find me with et
take a most formidable but
I"Confoand his handsome'
I never heard of before, glee
confoun4'his splendid whim
/ with the greatest eptettlittil
ory_ of both, to - wonder over
4. .4
my unknown correspondent
[ MT DEAR POT :—Simal be
eve - Oing, with t;
sqtaabble; according to mil
ed.; Shall -expect you—rtit,
hysterics. Always promise
I *mi. : .youre,resolotelyi,
This letter was"(orma
Smith, Esq., pule readatfl
11 Written in and old man'
could•gather any sense from
exprevsions, doubtless betw . 1
she?) on the one part and
the other. But who was 11 1
Not myseZJ certainty; who
marriage; except as a coati
made serious love or pr.
NO, it was apparent—and-di
allusion to the "aformeation
of course to the person writ
that there was some Aber J
myself, is the world, aid is
this litter was ,deelliad, an,
. •
SA
Avattilting.
T If 0 W
'maim
Mi
he suer!
earthly prayers;
••see• swim
. t chirsith
pewee distils.
d. that Mkt
with rhyme.
flakes.
iatmaeuh►b dovei.
g their finial
ea. • '
ores tell
in the wilderness
keen dietrese
• woe:
ilvtverly sweet.
hao the food I eat
121
partial 'yet
Id Irish to dio
'tb old.
.ping baud
acettcled but yesterdquight,
t wu glad aud light- 01
udatatand.
ter rut.
and the teach is chill--
U
-
idal
gees bieasiiii
avow 'which iira
iiLille!snuertg baud.
ch duty bteve ha lard.
lions skies!
E WRONG HOUSE.
C. :4F31 r Brow:
a snaiewhat • old
eof itsitied. We . take
re ourreaderr—Ornowia i r
(1 it before will have
oac liu hats, at 'gait i
inary conjiniction of flier
Friday of Jute_, 183-.: 1 ;
War; (lank., to perform
its properapliere. Be
d an adventure in my
tmce bad flawed as even•
1 of a mi!l-pond; and I .l u
mid bade spun tint my
as of a.single'paiagraph: 1
enty fie years—'h itis I
itri I my trim." wa-, 0-4
. There was ,not Ili l ig
ty of boing tnentione.l,
twenty- fiie . years ;114,
red by airy near iglu.
Jerate estate, sufficient
s, (anJ 1 h.. 1 it , t tin
t to be we iry of my
we •„and cast abilia for
eau balancing between'
travel, the other of mat,
VVery , general way, far I
aly, or any partin'llar ,
y phi college mate and
i, of Virginia, determin
lievinis jist forming
I Nl4lora; which party
ladelphia;. where „tie ex
lai and he 'promised to
f r brining unmarried
triii4, he Pale), assist
4 i s s'Hin ua 1 had got
only 'hat i bad the spir
irit.) to woo and• win
as a friendly pleasantry
and chum.
adelphis, andat Harry's
a fashionable boarding
stopping, and where I
Rat nn Friday in-the af
having established my
or, I sallied out to see
nquire at the post office
I received two letters,
'at mysterious quality;
td of a- character still,
len) vrritted from Balti- 1
1
that he teas on the way .
be in Philadelphia on
Jed (and this was the 1
er.) that his sforstsid '
t to be snatched away 1
ility; yet . he did not de-1
nning her, provided he 1
upon reaching Phila
ittle sufficient to under- I ,
splendid advent ore.—
min r said I," whom I
t in his last letter; and
utter' And with that,
-,' I banished the mem
the second letter from
ft waa as funnies:
,in Philadelphia Friday
sign, veil, kiss and
iict; place aformention.,
s, posies, blushes, end
d your dad I-wonld end
. T. B.
directed to lames J.
!diode,- was (manifest
hand. and as far as I
the old, add and broken
o E---, (who teas
r. James J. Smith on
~James .1. Smith?...
ad never dreamed of
nee, and bad Dever
Is to any human being.
i wee confirmed by the
d place," well known
'n to, but not to mee—
,e
mu J. Smith, bad&
i biladalpisits, fire whom
to wham 4, WIS alag-
fest froak'ths term
tremely islannienle
of it, the loss might prove ex-
Under these et
nothing to do but
it might reach my
Icy steps for that p
by a gentleman, bu •
anpleastng and 'hni.
up to me, "he-belie/
dressing Mi. Jame I
umstances, I perceived I had
torn it -1 to the post office, that
amesike, and I was . retracing
'Tait., when I was interrupted
I thought there was something
ter in his 1.4 s, who stepped
ed he had ►be flegsure of ad-
Smith?"
"That is Catiaial
my same," said ~katz — .."
°nor of my aegaiatasecor
“You hasn't the
I .,ternipted the sent ,
the pleasure of prod:
And with that,
my shoulder in a
played under niyet.,
but a note of hind,
hundred dollars, dra
body, I forget who,
enough,'.l4/stes I.
t'All this, my Erie
corn my . shoulder,
'enough. The diffi
Other Jaustl salth,
that nute; nor, indeel
a mistake:”
n.- "Exactly so, but I have
clog my note of introduction."
fellow, elappyk one hand on
y impudent iliar way, ais
, not a note of . introduction,
•r some seventeen eighteen
n in favor of Sienetui some
nd signeJ plainly and strongly
mill.
id," sail I. removing hia hand
"is, doubtless, good and fair
Ity is, that it r.onetrns some
a I mit at-; for I Never wrap,
• any other. YOU have made
"Very Mentions,
inforin you, sir, the
was under the nei-1
r," :raid the weren't. 14 1 should
poor Simeon being in diffidolty,
f•sity of parting with that little
ad I paid him a fair price fur it,
a debt of hinter/ •ir," here the
he wont to impress me with an
courage and determination "a
I never find auv difficulty iu col-
ate tty % nie, sir ;
sir, because it t%
rascal luoiced as j
awful sense of
debt of hoiturp sir
lectiair."
Hilt. demi. t .".
said r, wseinit int!
i
gentleman in rru!
"Nn MCA f an t .
intend to trot, 'it
ynu to town ?left*
he hen nut cone ft
with him. 'Lille
• you and your'slebt of honor.."
tient. "I tell you sir," but my
, ted me again.
swear, my 41earlellow. I don't
.n just now. I know what brings
7 know 01,1 Misty ts - cL,Ming, if
ready, and the rich young lady
i n
'ter, sir, that you just received,
14w burst intt a laugh at the lo ? t:t
it on, it Mid g him so fatuiliir
x epistle ; in , added, sonsrwhat
sir." . Here tie f
of stnaseteett
with the mye , rio
Mr. Jas. J. Smith large bowie now iu sight, Waf my boarding-house,
uLlie the benefit of t because 4t ltliked exactly like it, and was similarly
likor . ln . :the street ! situated:tear an Miry, which (or one of ilso perfect
lend to trouble Tnukfac *in* of it) I had taken notice of during the
iereafter. I shall rthlY
k•er. ; and then, sir,
i
r ; t il t w hen, your
I) command, cll.!"
I did pot thin •
to give the p I
over his shot
std, I don't in
ga mined
• ppy haiir is o
ew the note
contemptunu
ouch a 2 rpoon ea
reading - his latter
In short, air, as I
jest low, nor o b
wait, sir, till the
humbly claim it, '-
obedient servant,- t
W;th th at
, my g
stroking his whi
magnificence, wia'
any Mackier.
ntleman
,bcliw
MC Ulill In
I have nu
nt, beside m
nt_y
This tittle inci
crholrer,q•iite &tett ,
letter to the punt-o
It seemed now app.
tafically atlrentore
him wh•t b ire hip
therfere, im-pussib
et. and thereb
rent that mfaller ego was some
the-fellow, as well es prey, of
tnte•of hen I ; and it appeared,
a that such a fellow could pre-
ay, to the hand of the rich
rred to by the note-holder, cod
ternfiln any hone
if young lady," ref.
ritiUbtleLos, the faii
I should punish, if
and perht.ps protec
parent, by keeping
pocket, and into m .
At at: - events, the ,
produce, a delay ; a
purpose. •
of the letter. -1 felt that
in defeat the schemes of a rogue,
cdesPrving girl 'and a deceived
Mr. T. letter in my
poCket accordingly, I thrust it.
aterception of the letfer would
J delay might effeet the desired
nder 01 the afternoon rambling
my it, awl, as 1 thought till t he
ut furtliei adyenture. But inq
1 spent the rema
about the city. vie
list moment, with ,
Is I was horning
to toe, I VMS stop!!
4 ! okin i e young mu I
ardon, believed I
e that I owed a
Messrs. Snip k, S
ten to me two (Jr 11)
I way back Id my b isrding house
I d by a sharp, but rather timid
! a tailor's clerk, wbo.begged my
1 as. Mr. Jas. J. Smith, reminded
lery long bill to his employers,
ears, hinted that they - had writ
en times on thasubject, °biers
hart!, and concluded by inaino
wonld confer upon those gen
se so good as to walk with hits,
g their shop-7whiait was only
5 DX - :.
its' that timed we 0
tint the pleasure. I
mien, if I would
prthwith, down ti
Ten or eight mina
il I replied to th
fett t I owed - Mesas
pon his precumin
t denial, I threat
hich he became at
reed him foiluatin
gins ate all the wa3l
. i
Ater tea, hating
Went to nne of the t
passed it, in the mai
deed, at one time an
three well-dressed, I
nut box, who, from
tie gamblers and deti
who had red hair, I-t
appearance; but he
iiitcowseraation, an
d.hisompanions
n suspiciou that h
T worthy Mime-mit
a, that he hadmistaken his man;
Snip Er, Shears nothing ; and
I
to express_ same incredulity at
lined to break ysliones ; upon
rmed and retreated. But 1 ob
me in the distance, ami'dog
,.., to my. boarding house. .
fie itiequaintance in the. city, I
eatres to pass the evening, and
n very pleasahtly. I wai, to
, oyes! by the cooduct of two or
ut noisy young fellows in the
their l discourse, I scot v set down
riaed rogues. Oillkof them,
bserved was very genteel in his
twee an abandoned desperado in
1 from some remarks which he
et call, I was struek with a sud
-19113 no leas a personage than
, Mr. Its. J. Smith himself.—
their laughing and whisperiug.
fsaqion, "Old Rusty," "[he girl,"
dly handsome," "bard-headed
1, Mr. Red-head himself, swore
us, in the rnidst 0
overheard the eip
rich and confound
bunks," Sri; 'a
I ith an oath, oat.
,ut twu days. be
blood-suckers — would give him
uld bold op his bead with the
ed in `rain to catch the fellow's
r had uttered the words re-
ri t i of thew.' I t
e ; and so°, aft
Pitted, another Trion
man tame into the boa, and
• two hawks on the Wing;" up
!erased, his companions laugh
dieter,' left the theatre.
to the performance without in-
F 'd him- a there we
n which he looked
1, , and they all im
I could then mien
, been for some time aboJrbed
scene, when I was suddenly
thispering in my ear-01 say,
is ne place for a gentleman of
Are tre buzzards abroad, who'll
ad giving in marriage. • And if
Ire that chance, hing me, my fine
~ the first to arrest you r'
rriTtion : •od I
the interest of ti
evoused by a vniee
ones .1. Smith, thi ,
onr inches. Th.ei
itop all marrying et
On mean to give ui
Oldw, if I shan't be
I looked around, al
oote-bolder, who gat
taediately walked ai
J “to have thew v
aateeseks.
chl was eiwaged ,
to perceive the
Aa me a significant nod, and W
in,. "Row provoking," thought
igaboada take, me fer that meal,
that. Is solything,witarilloin
GrONWARD.4O
URDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18,1852,
d and stalked off;
it-of "unutterable
seen equalled by
ving sornewtr
pit 91.,,..„^e
arimi
=
his cougeel . 1 It would ant be agreeable to be ar
rested, even by mistake; since there is no one in the
city to whom f can appeal for character or identity.
To-morrow Brown will be here, and time I shall be
safe enough."' .
Them, thoughts determined me to leave the theatre,
and go home. But I had scarcely jut the distatice
of a square before 'I had the misfortune to be limped
on the'sbotilder by an officer, who told me he bad
a writ for ins on the suit of ifesers. Snip & Shears;
and requested me to favor him with my company to
the magistrate's. At the same thus I perceived the
tailor, clerk, who had evidently kept me in view,
and pointed me out to the weer, It was in vein
for use to protest that I was cut
-the man intended;
Mr. Clerk said " The gentleman wis very good at
that story." What, I askedmyself, if iyabeold not
happen to suit the conveaienie of Mosso. pinip Pt.
Shears, too attend at the magistrate'. I kit very
well assured that i should be liberated as soon as
they saw' ate; but they might have delegated the
whole illi t oineas to the clerk whet would not besitite
to sway I war James J. Smith, because I admitted
I- was; and then ball would be demanded, and, I . ;r
want of it, I must be immediately packed off to prig-
08. ! •
'Phi thought of this deinhiation filled me with
sudden fury, and, without reflecting the consequen
ces, I knocked the officer down, though he wee a
burly fellow, twice as large es Myself, kicked:Ake
little clerk into the gutter, and immediately ran'bfr,
hoping to make my way to the boarding house, there
to lie concealed until Brown shuukl arrive in the city.
This proved a m ►re _ difficult undertaking than I
expec , e4l; for . Alters was immediately a great Itne e
ani cry vaiseJ, and, the streets being pretty full Of
people, (for It was not eleven o'cltrk,) I was - head- .
ed, and assailed on both :sides, so that it was bttly by
taxing qty acthity to the utmost, and diving into
every alley and by way That °Prod, 111314 manned
to avoilber pursuers.' ' greatest Liar was of
loosing iny irty; Int , I itilew but little of the city,
and the uniformity of its streets, and the great Nen
ily reseinblaace between all its Muse: aro very per
plexing3o a stranger. Yet I thought i was keep
ing the run of the streets, not withistandink my va
rious Intb;ings; and bye aid bye I was sute that a
As I COMO near the house, I found myself cut off
from the dour by inme perantr t who' mere running
from the oppoeite direction to intercept me. I th •re-
fare phintod down the alley, which was badlylight-
ed, end sionn conducted me to •notber .till darker
onelwhiet l l perceived ran at the back of the hors.
juirionnthirg.the yarda of gardens, which Were mire
lyttincloaeld with .-walls and fenced, with a prism
gatelparibbtuar. The idea struck me that I
might, per taps, eater the boarding lionise through
the garden gate, which I knew i tuust be the Aecond
one, for the house Itself was the second beyond the
alley. I tried the latch—A did nut yield; 'hat I had
not withdrawn my baud when the gate itself was
thrown.open, and, upon any rushing pin, i 4 was im
mediately closed again, and belted behind me; and
this, I was certain, without' my having been seen
from without, for none of my pursuers had got i,rtu
the alley. Resides, the gate ass overhung by
greet tree, which thirkeneJ the alley ant the wit 'le
yard, 26 that( could see nothing of the person who.
had let me in, except that it wis a woman. Anti
this she made &till - Mare manifest, by tatting pm
mind the neck and giving me a hearty boys,. ex
claiming:
"IA it you, Jimmy, my dears Ant) how come yon
it) late? and what IS- it tokitt.a all this racket and
running?"
"Oh!" whispered J, in some confusion. "there-has
been a Eght. and the pollee are taking up every-
body."
4 •That's -just ?XI you, Juntny, yeti goo gel" said
utrunknowa darling, giving tne - tcaotherboso, stop
ping to see every tight, thougli you might use a
fortune by it. But, coins along; lion% say a single
word! I'll take you up stairs. I'll put out the
lights. .dayi you got your Sunday's best mil Yes,
I feel that you have. Don't say . ovie %surd or some
body will disc , iver us."
'Who wits'my inampatol That was more than !-
could tell. But it Ives evident•she took we for some
one else; her sweetheart, and that was a character
which, to avoid diicovery, I felt compelled to k ep
up, untill hti got into the house, whenl designed
giving her irel slip, andreireating to my own cham
ber. But this, 1 fOund, was an achievement not-be
easily erected; for, first she - held me very lovingly
round the nick in
. bonds: and next when we got in t _
to the house Orciugh the back dcior, it was so dark
that I-could recognize nothing I knew--evetything
WWI novelty'and mystery. But I could hear vari
ous pulitols of mirth and chatter, nod especially two
or }fuse pianos and oilier musical instruments,
echoing in different parts of the house.
In this confused state, the damsel led me to • lit
tie room at , '-the head of the stair, on the second slu
rp's here,'being. if possible, still darker than ever,
she pre me a busts, and said
" Now, Jim, my lad, ten you all aliyut it; and
what yon are to du exactly. You see, she is to run
sway," (ske, thought 1, what she?) "and 1 with her
-,-at least she thinks so. We are to go off in the
cars to Baltiutore 2 Alirio in a half hour, and she is
In a great hurry. I suppose she has a-lover down
there; but he can't be worth haring, if he won't
come after her. We are to go off in rim's clothes,
because we shall travel by night, end nobody will
,know u•, or follow us. 1 am to wear whiskers...
just such nice big , wtri-.kers as you have got, Jimmy,
so 'veto look old and fierce, and keep the people off;
and she's to be my little brother, n school-boy.-0-
Ain't it fine, Jim?" • .
"Oh, yes." ;aid 1, beginning to wonder end be in
-I.tereafe4 at this opening plot and
. conspiracy among
people I did not know, end marveling what share I
was expected to play WAG drama:
' “I've no doubt," quoth my new altiusintauttes
-" she would give m* a beep of motley, for etta'a
rich, and loves me; and I told her I was once rich,
too—or my father-was before ate—(which winv-Ito
more than the troth) for all run no I,more-- - tban a
chambermaid."
6 40b•nr thought I, hare youAboot. Iry
Hasimaiiiiktideihr obefirmlionod, with viva
city, "and Wes good ago.. If the young lady light
give me nfoch, how much in ire might this old rot
tleman give me-Lhe who has got ill the chink 41 his
own hands—whop he duds the youlng hid)? IS ;one,
lost sway, no it might be fureverf—hew labels world
heir'?" anwto restore her? Why, I reektirt a whole
fortune:se lam resnlc-tlupon it. And bere,s the way
wears to mitsitgp it: instead of my running. off with
her, you ere to do il, pretending to-be .11P; end she
won't know the difference, bedause of the darkriess,
(you are to talk only in whispers') and she. will
think the disguise otakes smith as, alteration! Then,
instead °flaking her to the curs, you take her right
home to our house; she knows' no more of the town
than the does of the moon; then you can rtretend to.
n i
be frightened, and run into the house for helte•,—
and thenit is too late for the cars, sod he must
wait till the next night, you know; a she can
sleep In my room, and there you lock bsir up safe
'till morning. Th in I come and Builds tin* business
and get the fortune; and then, .114, we'lllget mar
riedand set oplor oerselves." .
Here
,
the faithless Abigail gsve„ me another sth
brace, expreasive of delight and triumph, and then,
charging me to remain-quiet until she returned,
slipped from the roadie, and left me shut op. in dark
ness. I hesitated.whether or not to obey her. id f
first inclination was certainly to creep out, now that
the coast was clear, and and my way to 'my own
spa r4nent, and yet I had a fancy to follow the ad
venture to its end, sa far, at !test, as to see that the
eloping lady came to no usisehief. Rot when f be
gan t 9 question wlitt this adventuress c•tuld b., atid
to remember that althoagh I had seen i :pod many
young ladies at the tea-table in the evening. none
of them were particularly handsome,
,I coufe..s I
lost sn much interest in the matter as to resolve in
fitti.di my *hare of-it instapter, retire to bed, anti
leave the incognita- to her destipies. I begs.' to grope
fdi the door, not without making aordenctiseagaifist
apposing chairs andotsbles when tha door wasiaoi
denly npet t ed,an.l I was hlwrifteJ by
murmuring, in an eager whisper.
"I say, Suite, confound it, where
why don't you speak to me?"
My fears told me that da new c
no other than Jim:ny, the loiter):
and cl l nfederate of Abigail, nr glum
appeal-ad tnibe.. I kept still as amt
as ern ail he crept by Me, to slip on
But fate, or Jimmy had determine) it
"loay, Eltrkeyr he suurtnbred, Nv'
the gate! Why &hit you let me th
you speak? I . know you are here, f
And now, you jade, rye evight, you
had. But no sooner did his angers
_ -
-----
the svaier. I pitched into hil
medeut my witting bad
with a whiskered cheek alt.{ a velvet coat-collar, ll i ,
"Oh, Lord! tea a got so sli per % ith the slime of captuwd ershe, + tliat
,tban he uttered a dismal cry.
nom!" Ind toned to retreat.- eu ild nut h d him a second. There.*, Nit for
But I hea ,
the
advantage
of him.
and
we
, nearest i ' bout tea tea — up and'tkrwn, over and issues,
°
1
(the door. just is the scheming Susan. p rbsps alarm- 4 , 8111) 61 "P' tiii " fait I g ot mad ' I nd makin gi a dell
el at the bustle, came running into the room With , rate di " I ,`" thabol_d fellow; I VI his head, into
a tight. but at the sight of me she Was so terrifiit I ninth, a —bi l' l nt/ law& what a tastal loin"
telt crunche `h rough a'nd through his head data
that boils she and her light dropped tin the floor to-, l k
-gather, the latter going out in the rap; 0, that I had ' 4 ley ' et ' and , he Pik eel 1 4" 1) ,? ed i l l l iall, 4 ,.wvs
1 cog part' ili a Nu t -water, I bit, offsomewhere \'
jii.t time to notice that she was a besham wench of
neighieen or twenty, that the door was left %1 le o,rea , ahout the eyes trio mouth. I spit it out tracker,
,
arkl that the yosinosge to which it led was an coact ' an d al*lut all Y inoide "flames" with it.
eJuuterpart of that in the boarding house on which
ffiraen't Isi 11 Fu r about tvo.nity minutes j trt
my chamber lay; to which, that I could now make
ed to turn nays 'f wrooloside out like a stocking;—
my waywithiust any further trouble. It
was under I then willow-5a d thsefliid eel, waded ashore, and
mizzled fur horde, *tell: ?s if I hod swallowed a
a sudden imptil-e, and with the idea of punialling 1
t clo . ed l ik i vi I land crab, and been:ri n for months by a doable
the treacherous chambermaid, that, as
, and twisted attack if +nee fever.
lucked the door; for I felt the key was on the ' gut-
Next morning. before I turned out, I beard the lit
side, and so left her and Jimmv to settle their d ifri
'tle "wilder" singing ' the back entry, when
culties as they might.
I felt along the passage fur the third drinr, ostrich I'd slung my bag of
q
I had nu doubt Led into my chamber. I reached it, "0, Charley! come rick!"
and was in the act of scratching tiVoat with my I Well. I did; and, as I'm * lire sinner, there en
the floor, among the ells, and the biggest of therefingers fur the knob, when the door was opened, and}
to iny unriterabl confusion, was seized upon by a , all, was a thundering' great big water unake, with
c
in,his rose bit (Cleat about the eyes!
young female, who-, drawing me initneduttely
Thuile two pigs inehe back yard had an eel tweet-
and closing the door, said, with a 'oleo broken by
' p
merriment—
les/ce i s agai , fast that morning, and
n.—Craerel Bag. i
lines wore sa d, oath g, Marnet-
I
41
I , w q u ick y 0 I are ,.. All draai- ed. er to go wading , about in the nick after other pad.
What an immense big boy you malts! Where did
yn get such'utigntlicent whiskersl" . Tien Pa:Louse:Jr or Fus.—T ,
,It was now,tbat the ides , firet burst upon me, that t in fan than all the other."medic I
•!had•gOt lido the wrung house; (or I saw at a glarie / vented, Crorrk's inclue:ee.
that this •was none of toy chamber. It was a lady's 1 A community that seldom in i
boudoir, or ante-room tae sleeping apartment, trap arid laughter, soon brims mac
the open dour of which latter apartment, csine a care worn. In our :pluton, to t.
dim ray of light, by which it was obscurely illumi- "bad fur the blood, " morore e color, a
eny too muc,
s i
nated. There was just light , enough for me to Nothing
make out objects, to discover extraordiasary bid') , cui.st ion, l' re a Igeol sire)! in t
der, to see (or part at thir, perhaps. was fa i ncled) I compani chuck full of hanmle
that ay new friend who received me so warily and r When/you return time, you f I
familliarly. 'was a young lady irresistibly charming i with every body, an as for tip ,
and iseautiful, (oh ! what a voice she had, and the Into , anything, from nirding-hu
full
touch of her hand set me beside myself) while her hoas. In a word, t re's within
explssion made it apporeet that she was no less a and freshly laid ox gen, either
i
person than the fair incognita. Susan's employer, or smaller intoatines :and yet th
and that she had mistaken me fur Susan dressed in the Americans so se ioo indul in.
man's apparel. . This•acconuts for our sallow Ire, love of eel
r, Where did you get such magnificeet a hiskersr tide and lantern, jt aried babies; ilnatsad of recrea
she cried,*and she actually pulled them with her fin- tion we hardly afford ourselves opportunity tor eat
ge;rs, in pure admiration. " I never could have be- ing and peeping. "The altnighty dollae"ste hawk
lieved," she continued laughing, s , you cruel/ be so' u.r, thai we almost begrudge ourselves a decent
changed by clothes ; that you would make such a , s ized sno o z e, for f e ar w e ma y i o ' so ono an d n i ne .
beautiful young man. I dechee, I feel as if I want- pe ns . worth avow by the operation. The cane.
ed you to make love to me !" quince is, that by the time we are forty, ors are
There was no resisting such an appeal as that....
I• immediately chirped her in My arms and rariihed
a hiss from her line, be which phe was thrown zl
ainst into convulsions of Isozbter.`
..Out, Ta huzzy she cried, ," men aro not so
impudent. Bless me, don't he so ridiculous. There
now, that's enough. But I Wish might light'apon
sotne.hand.mme young fellow for,i sweetheart. I
wonder how I shall joint in my boy'o clothes, Rut
cannelloni anti help me. for I shall never get the
queer things on without assistance."
And here the beautiful &eatery made as if she
would have pulled me Wong into the chamber, at
which. in great terror, I dropmfon My kneel , ' sad
seizing her hand exclaiined—
"For e me, deer madam.. l'he re. dfceired you;
or ► er ytm Aare deceivedyourself. lam not Su
: o f I am—.,
A; the firs,t, sound of my cbice, for I had not spo
ken iteNreihe turned wildly loom me. We were
seater the door of the ehambekand the light shone
4ori my face eel knelt. I never saw such a *bongo
from radium mirthfulmmeto the eat reality of terror.
I saw she was going to shriek,'" spraog up and plac
ed toy bastd trot her mouth.
Fie hetatsWir sake, madam," I 0ri0d,.." do eat
to me, sad perhaps yourself. 1 will *RR Moult
you. I am • geralefles tbe victim of s loom es.
S/ 56 Ok_XMAR.Iin
- -
t raorch naryh ondrir, which pas caused this in:nuke d
and made we an uneapected confidant in your intim.;
ded eloysrment. Prey, madam, don't faint." Cer
tainly the looked so much like it, ,that 1 was Algot
to itupport'her. and she was compalird to sant tali.
“ I will malts every reparation; 1 will retire: -Nan
1 will even assist you to fly ; fur Susan is Milken
(she designed to betray you,) and you need a fakir
fill attendant."
• "Sir—sir—air," stammered the beauty, to whoa'
tbese allusions to the elopement gess life, while
they covered her with blushes, " f need nothing Est
your immediate departure. ' Fur heaven's sake, go!
Oh.what, what is to became of me r and she irrnni
her hands and burst into tears.
(eoNct.oono NU* WBRIC.) t
The Oswego river isn't net-liable fir ep; fof it in
cut nirlisy a bridge about half el mile front din: file,
and a utile further up it is slitfrby a dam. • - .
Between this. bridge and tit dim there Ms ri ft ,
which is a famous place for ca, hing Bids in belle
built out into the middle of the river, i Orin Nisi a
V. with the f irk up stream, at down to the lower •
end there is ccrib into the wal e and fish run, pitch:.
iug down a little fall of about t ree feet; and then as
the crib is built of *hits, the w er runs,out, leaving ,
the fi,h to be picked out by t ar proptielorif of the
'mfrs.
They used to catch lots of eels there, and a rous
ing felluw, big as a boy's leg, and as lonras a stick
of wood, was thought dear in Oswego at fouipers co.
But a , nie how, buying eels, even if we got them for
ndthing, didn't - suit me, and I determined to steal •
few of teens wears -up there.
I told Mrs. Wert!, the yopng widdw that I board..
ed wi:h, :gnat I (vas going at; am! I reckon she Wig
up.tu them games; fur she furnished me with a pil r
14 w -cm e to bag my tame, rtnd two pairs? Of woolen
riiiitens to aid ma i4abbing the slippery customers;
aril thus armed - atidtquippl I act out on my utid•
I •
• w r s ecowart night eeling espedit on. '
•
When I came abreast of the 'wear, I discovered
. , IV ,
; her namee -
th
ree intending,' --:at the skiff
f. I hadlevn there at sundown was gone;
. Itin _ fn i nn. ; but so;• I knew that the waled wasn't rnore'o up tool'.
, I didn't nkr s e'rnoch, and so I waded of to the
eiherWise. I arm
y did
yen-bolt i wear, where I found and bagged about twenty real
• Why didn't 1
,liiwit'gers.- t
r I heard ou.
My pillow-csza was ncarly,,,full, and I wet just
y '
'. In i i.. ctohe i bbout to getupJer weigh forl o g u e, when the greet
'me in
e.t . a ! irratulJally utlail ea!, came walloping down into i
; ti
a fat s Coieo,
are yo•i? an 1
:n m• c )t,!4 be.
"dune and buitlii" in looks, health and tempera
ment. Our stomachs, from inattention, strike far
higher wages, and refuse to work.bn anything bard =
er than - branbread and navy crackers.
, Our bowels, from irregularity become costive,
and, like Othello or a baulky !torsi
..Not easily moved.
in conserptence - of which, the wilt
and physical, treco:nes so totally
about-two years 11 fter, Iwo retire t
tubes," gerdewl . withinfanity, or
to stock a stone quarry. •
Again, we say, go it while yoi
remember that every clay spent
It _1 wily; is a month added to yimir
Kukker.
ar /rigor did ous hirefathers do to kill time end
e rt py themselves ? Without eoffee, how Aid they
nianago ,breakfast Without ioltscao. what did
d !), smoke t. Without staves & Ithisr dirt they keep
warm ? Without good toad.. how did they keepep
scciability t Without potatoes. bow did they get
up a stew ? - and without soda water, hoer di* they
contrite to work riff "last night's beak r Whet
did they do on rainy days for newipapers 1 mad tie
ring the long winter months for pansy atairageeet
Who4l antwer, and pay the valor I II werbeiro
tot him forward by return mail.
-
il
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4 itf-7 '. ..iz".„..,,- ....,•, _
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NUMBER at
/MIREOMI
A Knot of Eel-Gros.
at CRAIILLIES CIMMLINR‘
ere it more
rue skt u ma" ever la-
Ogee in. holidays
ted, dyspeptic and
much work is as
spreetog.
id ad is to the.cir
le country, with a
mischief.
it on good tonne
ite, you can •wal
- beef, to a mop
like amusement
or the mind, body,
it nothing that
le spawn, maul
deranged, that In
"en ny our for
; iss g neirs snot*
ire young, mod
mong clover and
longevity:—.l4/6.
=I
vaas•.