- A. r, ntritaair a co., Proprietors., VOLUME 23. Cot 11101thi Ob6trurr. p. m RUN &CO PROPRIETORS D. r. SLOAN. lid it or. ( !TICE, CORN SQ F•R U • STATE ARE. ERIE. ST. AND PUBLIC • • • TERNat tiF THE PAYER r the , Carr .rir: at 112.(ti r u ilir Aire. in rinvanee, i.aii ; adi ance. or within three niOnt/di (roil ihr, 111 LP ;. 11% t lan. wilt be charged. 'init.:it:nil...east be punt. paid. . it .14 Es (it' ADVEitTISING.' eirmiing 1 lute*. one year. $3.00 ats months,GAO t It rer.jrnontld, anti . ..14:1C111.4 . 111C1110.3y cents persqubte. of fifte nliue, ut • , • • .1. , rrt1411 '23 eetits for with suloseintent insertion. 'uni bat the privilegeot ,chanitingat tileasure, „ E t OCCI4 py mote than two squanes, sad to , • totthattlistfill basilows. IrtVillif other direettous. will be Jimmied tilt ;,.,rted accordingly. BUSINESS DiEtECTORY. VINCENT JIIMROo & CO ,r • .sower, Hollow Ware. Enginer. ,?platittery. F.•, to , State . Fate l's. r TIi()SIAS AI AU S TIN, the f irm of 0 i.oesia dr co.) , „ %% JesAlll, Salvtrr Mil.i al f, Hu:„ Gla. 4 ees. lakul pa Sea lea ue y Goeus. whole- 12119 10fiN GOALMN(L .•R, and -Flatnt Ahlter—Shop oa the east aide of .ir , z. /,‘ u dixity north ur Etafil, ;via a.qpitignig J. H. gib 't Ware-Room, Inc. l'eotp. • • • JOHN K EENAN. tt• Fie:ooboat Ageat, Ace ‘4 R. J. Roger's Hot store l'a. - CLARK do METCALF., - I. and r. till de.alen in Dry Goods, t:nrnt is., and Dry rr • . Nu. t Heed House. • 11' ILLIIVAIS W RIGHT. . cum ciornand DeatOtt nI (Ltd tilvr, coin. uneur %,t.r.% Land Wart,anit cnd Ctirtttic.itt -, t Attu •t • t on the wills tpol caged or the L'ilio(l. and all (1:411 4 14 444 . • 4 :ld Cuutitr fuestde. t /trice' Wilitatit? Moen. corner of :in 1 Pou:ic ;square. II LIA watotrr. - di:* I. Mar: I ' as And Wholesale Dealers in-ilrucerrs, Wine.. Liquors, - ei Foreigq Fru.i. Vim.. Pickles arid Pickled 4 ) .)s. r•, PrefAerWre, and nertnetiically sealed arty-let a/ - alua . )• on baud. No 3, Willi•itti's Block. •1 rwititireYiruwies Nevr Eutel, Erie. Pa ` 1 : 9 . New York. - W. I. Maxis. ?unto. lor in their amnion. eyvtera in shell. from J. IF, 11111 s It -I Whitt' Will 6e *Old Wh;lestale at lair prices A r -I.rgetygg, Atent. Erie. Pa. „ uU rch,al and Nliwellaneous Books, Blnnk d' '''"). 31 , 1,1 Printer'• Cards, No. O. Brown's new t. • P ~ .. P. 114.017%. V. poTNTELL JOHNSTON AI I). •1 , e.idence on 6th Street, two (loon West of the cLurcti. T.-• W. MOORE. . • ,:••• Provision.. Wines.l./quoreses *dies. Fruit. • , telow I oomis & co'. State street. Enc. JOHN R C OOK. & ratio , Dry and the Greaten variety ••• City. rite.,l, Stew. I:rie..Ps. & Oft At. .1, • cer. and retail Dealer.so and Dry Groceries • •. l'oreren and Dons:roc Fruit. {Vriodeii, •••u, , ... Ware. Floor. Frh. Salt. Glass. Nails; Pow . ,feti arc.. Freucli Street. oppo ,, ' „,1; Boats. Vereiels, Hotels. sad Private any or the atosg articies with PCULUPt ,,,, tl IV NI. S. LANE Attcrney and Ciatuasollor at Law.- rJ..yrk•oll - r• Nurth-East Corner of the rub- JO I t )It S Jr. S ART. • t nitd Surgeons . Udiee and ßelidtinees•-- 4.•••• 01,4* P• 16 1 .1111, , •i„1". A. NI; 1 t 0.% ant: 6 to T. P . J. L. OTLIV•ll' JOHN lIE.IftS, & CO ~,! Merchants, dealer in ).•! til tor a daily line of upper lake Steamers, I'l. ra 1.11). ,ELL & • NI r, tf..ct,trer. of Iron Fence. Ssealtihmt . , •••;,%.•,-I, 7 It Anil re tt. s.trfwtll. Erie. .IV} RICAN ENPILLSS COMPANY. .1 to Nu 5 Need Block. Slate `street., . lu.e• at 111 O'clock. A. sl. tichwk.P I) sP•rtoill., Agent • G , ()ROI: J MORTON. a, firm of J. fear,, b Co.) Pubitr. L ck, Erie. Pe. atl.l Plitoter • . ‘`, .II,K TIIIIIALB. • c• ~..it'oilinismaon Met ehaciUt. erreowl Ware • •r r J ir ra. . ••!I.llplrr,Ftticeo. Ft-h. Lime and Lime tfaqing,,. Arr.. &e.. urtob unwripare fether by etcadulwate. Propellers. had Road 11 11. KNOW LTON. ! 14 , 1 4:1 ter. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. • 1.001..tig Wasses and other Fancy 1:43013. • At the Revd 17 ARBUCKLE K LITER. . • •C r, Penn , 11.irilit are, Crockery. Ice. No of ra. A. M I'l -..trter wit Park Row, between proarnene • ' • • l' , •• I 11,4-e, it;. ”tairs. 1141 , C. FS 1.) • • o•-•-1 , rf1 , -e at his ri•silence on Eight • • I Holland, Erie, Pa. r()Ri) & ('6.77 • 't t , Noim I, raftn. Cern-Aerates d e ze on the pruicipal cotistaut Bluek, Public Square. hate . T. ill% RON STITRT. • corner . of French and Fifth • • • i;orlt's store. iter.vtence ou founts street, • , c.eokt A.potttee.try 11 UFUS REED. I ' t. , nt.ati and Atnerteati Illordwore mod ealerY I,:t I".. % Ices. Iron and Steel No. 3 Reed House 11)w ~"•, .0 Helm% Itealen m Dry G 00. 1 .94 4;roCeriego • • ••••• rt . I . 41rPet Hardin are, Iron, Steel. wa il s, 1 ;, Score■ elmte eueet., kna doom, below ; Axle Arms, Springs. and a gene4.l at•d I 'arriact Trinnffings. • S. NIERVIN S 3 11T11,' Jui.tioe of the Peaee.aud Agent fut Mminal Life Insurance Cottipauy-4.nnec 3 doors .tore, Erie, Pa. GEORGE H. CUTLER. Girard. Eric County, 'Pa. Collections and attrntle , l to with promptness and dlAuatch.. TOSIAII KI.GUG-G. h. Cot utuumuuu Merchant, on the Pahtic Dock. east of P ,•irr and Whits Fieh,tonwtantti for tale 1. ROSENZWEIG Jr. Co. I ReTA/L Daateas in Foreign and Domestic Dry :5 tztaae Clothing. Boma and rider, t • L •n, Slate street, Erie. • )MARSHALL & VINCENT. .:s—Uffierup stairs is Tanuaany Hall building. rvinaautary'S office. Er*. RRA Y WkiALLON. ~; ♦ert.toc At Liw-01See over C. B. %VA/We ' 3 vue door west of elate meet. on the Lhariond. 1113ISALS. .Ir.. 'HAYES. Dr. Ury ruceneo. Crocker". Hardware. 41r.c. • e S H • J 1 4 f ;mem.", Hardware. queens Wane. Lime. •• R . 1.1. Erie. Pa. • ILLIIM ItIBLET, .1.1101*u•r, and Undertaker. corner of State aid • Pr+l,. CA RTER & BROTHER; :or ''l3ll deniers in Drum Medielre Male. Ons ate No. 6, Reed House. Erie. JAMES LYTLK. •• "t` re hoo Tafior. on th e public thire„ a flew doors • • r(.4 . JOHN BURTON & r dwalersin Drug*, Medic-min, Dye thugs. Art , \ o . .5. Reed Hoarse. Erin- UR. 0. EL1.;1011r. "rinck•nt Dentist: Office and &relief; on the south role of the Public Square. 14 4 0011. East " to , Erie Bank Itutldtra. Teeth insersedon 1 ; , x1 , 1 mats. trout one to an entire sett. Cari, . 1 11 ed Ith pure Gold; and restored w health ands's. trrti, 0.,11,1 instruments and (!entice so an 10 •11 " work -"mulled. % 1 CNA PEN; RESEDLNT DEPITISIT—Ogneeon • (h e Koch mi de of the thatnond .4ve doors exist of th. , Erie Bank. !kites reasonable. and all Work "t tinted Erie June If less. Jf . . . . /4 . . . . ;- so . • . i it i , • 4 0! f - r , 1 -_. - . - -i--- - -•- i .;.- - -.:._:- . , ~,,,.,‘ ~,,.-_, R ., ...„..-.,%.,.,.. 7 . ! ---. ~-.------. --7 , -..- '• .. - 7 - ''''' ' ' r- ' 4 '-- .: -,'' , 'Vet? 'lrf •*-•• • V ;' , .7 •- ,- - - ; <:M' o. ' -r . ,. - - .: i;,.....; H 1t . ~, ~...,..,,. . 4 'i t, ..:' 4 . '.. ~ ' i • : '-'.. :. !Li , - 71: : '''',.. 4, - :: . .i...i . . #. 1 '.• T ..i. , • ir • , 1 i , . _ . v •,: tb ,R . . . . . . , I f I. . , -B-.5...E. ! • . _ ..., , , TL _.....; F *lt .:, 4 - , , I I , j . . , . . CI 10.00 13=! IN Vnetni unit THE HOMES O • I 14f MANTIC The )111014f the rich hive' &set since Blotter, tan , Feig . n.ug, to i r laces only Muer end virtue. coot But Illb gl .d tidings from ut Mill wealth to Jewels of punk*, patieuce . . Biest auuve Qald to the Yes. the well•favor'd iu J• Wise/v o ill elver ouch While the good•Rtver they Fur the Wools of boner Wisely such je4els of pr Cherishing good es the And from the diligent. nt , to be ricti in the ; Yrt Lro tfinsr homes overt. ,Pnverty's sisters are Car And the ward wrestler in Fa!II:9 in 'lir bottle. and I 'Then, let luta tseigitliur idol Like the S ,ritnit:swll Comfort and I),iltit for big `I POuriag ur pe%ce ,fa Clenalinrat, .lteut'wahns traiqa. an 'Nark and fair nagvn.(li L clt ' ribUs 101 US 'alp the good Druppmga tresaitUre at Glad th God'a favor to hit Th. I.llftleii• uI Il7v in 1 Ohl there is much to be di elsti.eli ire amidlog aeon Haslet). Benevolence. wtt Fa-lling runabine on , lia•tau good etewarde of • Greatly to inmate him Binding together. in blen, The halls: of the rich sr Frain the (nivel KATIE'S NEW ' Si MSS. 11.. • "Run lu the d;ior Katie, thing for me, I icitew." "Aboquet miss. and ola! girl, tripping buclr.tu•the par • ••(four rare! what perfume. , you cmihi have such things places it careinl y in the'tase some of them in my hair. T for you u hen 1 want you." gre,at Living lo ,kiog noble forehead;" rUuse.l lilt about the kitchea, Intent ups "Such soft eyes, and such a —AI how very dearly Alio.. If I only—but what mullions I into a light, ni.ear laugh. •• in kitcht!us :nuauft exia2ct Ja i husband-." Katie stood that evening b her little red bands ba curls that she only had the re The daintie.4 imelimento of t in profusion up , n) the marble framed exquisitely in browse beautiful• face of the heiress i of exprealion; !declare, Katie,' she soil, are almost handsome. I hs.v dresloto up and see whet ki make: How 'old are your', .1 4 Fifteen," answered the t:Gush mewled the 1.4,A ghee 'Fifteen," vn►,ed the helve thing. more in the htt- r d., ti lAA are dec. coar-e! who ;is 11140 q at, hive come yet!" "A wite. J•i!ia." The to , itufy rear/ it eageriy, abgiy tos4 up " tared; "Fraiik ha, been tak headache. Just uuw, .4' all tied tor . iiuthitig"—a witin r laid in a recesi=--and this t sou." There Katie, put the ear d tmy. heir 1- it not fl r a slight headache , to dietti claimed, her cheek, r• lie iin soots; "I am downright angr posed, !declare l'J go," "Siit if be is sick, dalighte "Sick! nonsense—he is a lievelie is tryii,g fityrit than Frank t•houlti rue it; o sitect for his fortune to affr , supposs,Lsnost stay at horn very ridiculous! disappoiott ousylor s .tue foolish notimi. Katie uttbauJeJ, sod unto gera. It watt t.ew lesso bt:ntlitig to circum,tences. It wa4 a hear leaema to lit jec:ion'uf the bean," this tu periuti; she cuutd not unde bog while she Sat Inuemst u in the pleasant tidy kvehen. Katie was an dtphan. S above the dying forms of b say she had held bath dyin, and e!osel their eyes with ti She was a, girl of rare oat developed. Her brain was marrners.parpolt of the ion.. hood. She bad been menu We parents, who had taught word, duty. Sweetly oaraas a natural pride that wouW so arable. Katie was almost a was - . 11 servant. Hid her lot have been rightly appreeiat taken to the heart am a debit* ,bility of character, and gentl Ole she wHI notponie ; often—oh it is cruel 11 istellang. THE POOR. urpciL beetkaas4as is song. ed uooa wealth; lou: of sod bett:th; to O■Nb 1:1 .01 1 it.,.; oftloo poor. Irook ,' t _ = 'tali uwjji and = I=l sae l ,ei Y lb Id; eau ed - wt ii al oh -II eft od 1:=I ergo ' leek. model, wit 112121 •od' DI. -; • Alght vrea: I streagth, ft ... npinll dies y di d fortis in 1 W preen %fruggles II homes of ;eolith. he poor XlOl and I ht. 1 ht.) cbtoirts— roodt. or. Impend., sway ity nthee !sod i brisihet in udaset4 'go itro indeed C bungee O the poor and th der, aloof; t soon; I the Ire, Issory's ro booutifil Oral. ,1 J d accord, h the how eel the peer Branch. A A A' GIFT. XXXISON. uu quick; it's sow*. bewail* I." oiid the or. * Katie dtf •t yuu what ent to .y tit Th.•re! 'tu-night will wear , at will al; I'll ring bias eyes,lerld ouch a Katie Ili she her cueihing srork. rioue; tmOdsomo face ills must love him.- 1 1 , — and she burst nil irtie Katiep 'that live ystre or ri' men fur nind MSS Julia's chair led in: the rich dark /114ite'titate to adjust. he toilt laid scattered table, ll ',and the mirror, mod Riot, refhaqted the ail its l varying woods -n1 v eta l lai nod, 'you a mind acme time to d of a ilady you would Id voicie,' while a deep s. s; "a proutise of some • ;light cud graceful—. de.lly too tarns-alai ,K*tie. HI esn't MN thou) threw it with as ' rooting!" she taut , n ill with a toitokhir two: My dour bar richly embroidered, ,first ball of the sea- ,p. doweled juottui :cul,ole, motherl just poet me /Pi," ably ex.. witiNtwo.insea4e red 1 . If he bad only pro- cheater, ind I do be- Manner: Any 'Other t I her, too much re- Aim now. Well, I I .—but the idea is all Ine either fort jeal- I'm angry with him.' led anti trembling du i . It in life, this- arrogant , this fashionable' af• fir► the pore/knot the land it. For a Jong, wit Ireton the ire, e had wept bitteriear , th father and noitter• r I beide upon bar beam, !r 'oWn - haado. • ral taleate as yet as. that of a Woman ; her at aliaplieity of child ' d iapotierty, yet by so r the eleasieg of Opp mina, hatable, yet with with aoaothiug &boo companion whiii she alien *herb she aoold ai aroehl have bees by tine right:Oho , flees of staters, HEM 'URDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25,1852, through I erred to a. twilight e "Dear lady, will " You,—ehild !" "I know I am afraid ; and if be do " li, ie bet ; so bel joss much of the ti my good child, rem ' and one in which !h i tie hope ;"she cri guish.. am su).. nurse h;r i leist a , and heahbfukto tie 6 e Oh! sag ; _gotlii Katie, "do let we it tful I hare seen sort my fitber—my nt.n faltered, and ovireo sank weeping upon The tidy aro4o, a self u.i the poor, the frai : Wt, said, " stayrif my lee are •Ireadilecompe roolui r wth..e apleaador *as darld ,you iet me stay with h:aa r oung, but I sin strong and um a nut ace, be may—;hiak—" imayati lie might ; he is &lir" e; the room is dirk, too ; but other it is a caategioue fever, • ptaysic , nn Jilted vevy, very lit= 4, clait.:;ifiz her hands with an / Vita toval.3 ; we cenuot get a .eett--atid to take you, so young Icou down to a sickroom—" g, plea-4 madam," exclaimed v. I know 1 am may a 'child, w and suffering before now... r—both died in try arms;" she a by some sudden reeolleenea, seat. I A with tremlins,r filzers her. I eat u.r.aot, a lid sinoqthing buck yi)u, my chit 1- , yuu shall n reipiy your clivo t iiuu yoi zed. "where did yuu said Julia, languid lounge. - "Over - nei " mother, 7. 1 house again," enery from ber.iie says ill's* are six i !say Kati& had gone, mother 11 y tier bead from 10 I libor's to inquire after Frank." I will not let her come near the med the beauty. springing with t., - dist dreadful fever! Papa in` dead 'with it down town." I . went she must stay ; but she , go, and even a birted at taking low they cannot get a nurse."" 'our fellow ! 1 pity . Fralik ; he we.; isn't it well we were not i wolild;ha‘o been. so awkward ! lie has sent for me. you say; ves me, dues not wish to expose rhaps is is only-fa hi . . 4.44381, npe he'll get well, poor fellow ; t its him if he were to die.. nut r Katie ! What in the world 'there fur?"" and sinking back :sat cu.hioinishe placed ow I. her temple, and as unconcern- "Finld her if shl • seemed possessed to core of him ; ynn kn "Can't they thought so much oil engaged, mom in case of 41 . '1 death he certainly. if he k me an frightfully ; p he calls fin; I am sure I shotild it is so strange shoo did she went to go gracefully upon the delicate hand limiest' edly as though they continued the tbrillii cnirks - or team shed Far different with was—a ministering hands 'decidedly tl bliss Julia had comp ed gorily over !be few', Ever at his side wag loving heart, but huM And when the faint I closed eyelids, and o wasted form, she wp fire beaten that I were no sotrow in the world, g navel eon whose psis went ler imaginary woe: 1.. stip, Oh, how tireless she pirit in Char sick room. ' Her large and c sarse," though 4si.ottre f ter , ne 1 the n, mov 'red forehead of the•-ick luau. ;P he, with no thought she might ease Ili. sofferis g. ght in the room full upon bis er that pale- high brow, 44 ; Id kueel, e might bereaved— . the - fever was high. *he bent s a Child when he would ca*l nil affection, no "Ions" dis rt ; she was Join' a 'rood deed Igoodness—tint once did thin 1 think of her3elf as an evil of LEM Hour by hour whe 'ore:. him ; delighted her Julia. No roma, tared her geniis he fibs' the pure love of humble. beautiful gi either Julia, or'the I Day - after day, tloi she continue devote, Ling with the feeble' &Pius ditties. 'The 113121 ligh her strength grew less, did iv by the sick couch, sitt•rna. lother in discharging her se- risis came—passf.d. ibestoctor ; ~ but only by the e, linfivr God," he continued, miration at poor Katie, isho, katchinff ant joy, fell weeping : arms of the grateful mother. '•He is savety'sli molt unremitting ca casting a glance of °Tercets° both with like an Wear into th e is Hew delieirms th very feeble tot*s pushing slightly awe may su.ely see Julia "She is not here, , Is testes," murmured Frank i• but mother," be continued, the pltte and he orange, "I ow." y a f ro,'' said the lady softly." here," and with a nervous se carttnns, ti4ore Kate could .6 - gin •nmebndy movement he ported t mieope. ive,! elm* is," he ssid, ten lerly talcing to pale. little Kate; your ro yoo beets t•ich, too? Sit down me All Julia--•is she was to nurse. me during all a‘WhY,' Katie, a 4 I are Inokieir pale, K% her hen 1, ' , ra are qt see are all gone; hay. here and tell tel well? Hnw kind ah 'toy siektlpa. ' Katie's cheeks w ,were white helve. .cast s timid look tilw 'eyearctirs were it4ijir the vaunt mates of "Portfiesireu's sal Julia *kit? did she ti re es crimson-now. so they tier lio q•iivered i ton, an I she nts his_ too' her. .Iht he•r triett rin_, aid th,7 did not eseipe itomOrration. tell mil." he ezeiaimet g•is ke the feyerr nor I:ss she been," Kaid his Neither sick no , 1 1 gr%lflY • '1 up you were ill, s for you—patteslad t' the balm)." is best - lot:tell you at tame 'bat e fiatnetiraes formal ly jogai red o balls l awl nevereanie altar Id nnt deffutifea m'; 'meaty 1 aikhere by my aide-•-hir hand "Mother! youllio saw-bon sanely As 'en iniate." " Prank, I scarcely sent bevel Itart been year goditi He fittnsed once wilh tears, best him I :curtsies silently toil .the wall. peat it; she has not called—. Inee your first mech. Katie I dr, fur five long weeks." t the sweet girl; his eyes filled p was grieved. Ile drew the ther, and turned his face, to After that du/ h : would lay watching and very, very ofies titilaziettesion as w New Yeses But within t :brioht sunlight at ;froithforeitS into - litt t.t1.1 window pane. in )Frank, paleeend 'dow. Now and th. .a tea-rose, or glanci . 1 ning paper, he see-1 wandered frequently ' Presently, in cam 'to wish hint a Rapp 46 lbw young man's . sl thick you lit *and and dewing h ihis• you nO Near Y ' Satin 'tuned, 'said little about Julia. He Katie as she Sat by his mother, wbeo theyaloolted op, tM grietr n his lip. ing mime, clear, beautiful, end chamser of luxury only the med, and the frost changed e brooks. and wandered about laver circled. 'ritual:looking, sat by the win e tanching the white petals of g over the auhtuto of the mor d rather restless, and his 010 reward, the door. e Katie," he saidoakieg itta' r to his vide; ,'but my ; child, r's present ter me!' LWONWAID.-a.l Katie; and as etre draw epar New Year, a clear light came UM eatbarraasod, looked down... girl--why Aloof d . he expect a Now Year's pre.sest from ber—aud ails -ao poor, without paFeri t o without a bowe. . "Dear Sri," a .0 murmured after a " I ter I haJ; but 1..4 eau uely sir pm my beet artrttesi." "Katie, if 1 dared a*,42tu..-1 !maw von have that •whrch tf yoe would tire ow; tw mutd toike we the happiest of men—but—l dire nut." 'HOW ask it, air; if I hart. au 11.)ot gift"—sud t : ,she:marted—uaubeil. hew rerelattoh.gash ed upon her soul—hie luck, hie inanuee did theyt meat' that? !iistie" be saisi again,lowl and tremtilunsly,4iraw ing her utiresting forrn• yetielurer to his side; "is Tour heart free, my little Katie, Gesn you give me peleeless a thing for ma i New Year's present? You.bave eared for me, Kotie, when all bat my mo ther forsook me. In this fever:] room, with death threatening you passed the weary hours, you pray el for me—fursuok rest for me—..hi I have lsear4 111—sod such devotion unsnarls me. Net that I think you did it fur any selfish purpose, hear 00 , 1." he e•uninued, da.hing away the tears:i . "I know yon would have gone ;like to the pour man's hovel;—. God hi dm, you, nutee Katie" 4 •My child, my dangliier," murmured Mrs. N—, straining the weeping girl in her breaa, "you have a weitherti blessing; dear Frank, she in won ny of yen:, "And now, my when you - have learned all •thesit things" Fraiik fondly said p - the same crusting, "you thall be my oa n ,dear wedJeJ wife; but Kellett before'we Say good night: assure me aitaid that the pricelesagift is mine. Not many have received so sweet a New 'Year's present, I 'fanny." Of ill whe heard tile news, none were so much surprisekxiodigottit as Julia, the proud and cold hearted, but ambitious girf,"when it was to ilto her that little Katie hid given to Frank the rich and courted Frank w)icise fortuneahe once loved - M woo f i f s/swiss., ass;:lissortaliteit. • The Chameleon. AnAtlllicor in Africa thus writes of the habits of this shimal ; ilorsiase of the habits of die chameleon may not be- geniersily known, I will take the 1 berry of men tionitil a few of Ibem which - came under my own obserration. One morning, on my return froth ili rade; tem close to my own tent, a very large Cha- Sete% banging on a bash. I insasediate4y secured hit% 4d provided a box for him to repose in. In the co's* of a sew days he neesine quite faliiiliar. audl4ag *lmo them before, I knew how to gain his sifeetws—which, in the first place; was done by feedinithri well, end in the next place, by scratch ing histback with aleather I I used to put hint on my table at breakfak, and in the of a few Wistel i I baste seen him devour at least - fifty. dies , cavobs tins in the most dAFteyous manner with 111 i l Ling and slimy tongue ; nor dons be ever move from his-position ; but so sure as en unfoyttuna)e fly conies within reach, so sure is he caught; raid with the rapidity of thought. In the forenoon{ always gave him a halve , alice of whter-tnelon, the tihote of :which he devoured, and he _generally supped on a.- - . many files as he could manage to entrap, settings defiatice the "noble . Hamlet's" theory of the Ch.tui elecaiSdish. Prinntses wouli not have suited litin at all, being, at the end of each day, considerable mows ilk, a cramm..-d capon than au air-fed Chaim-, leitik • . ' 1,5 is uot'true that the animal wiShange-color ac cording to what he is put on; bit he will change shade according as be is pleased er displeased.— His general - hue is a bright green, with small go,d spots overbill body; he remains at this shade when he is highly pleased, by :bistpg in the sun, or beirg led, or scratched, which tie delights in. When tin gry—and he is very easily made so—his hug chang es to a dusky greenosisnostMack, and tne gold spots are nut to be seen; but I Could never perceive any other color on his body but griieo, in a variety of elisdes. !'die spits enlarge very mieit when his is in a good humor—so much, indeed, as to give a yel low tinge to the upper part of the an: inel; but in worieral tteeratre merely little yelf,aw spots here awl there on the back andside.. I carried him to Sicily, where he Mee, much regretted. Franck Women We (Inflict the following from Parisian Life . ei nd French Principles, a very readible wvrt teceuti'y publisbed by the Harpers: A •'female rights - orotor,".bas asserted that if wa ffle° had more of the occtipations of suns they woutd ' lie more vittwins. Bythetbruletbeivornen of Preheat ought to far, excel jo that respect their sisters of America. I will 'say nothing of their laboring in the field, their tinting huge carts througo the streets of Pans, and other rudevisaork which soon rue out cif them all,finnsle softness, and ctrsine mysel► to the more "gram* Juice winch they save miurpert from •team roltied, a• man is but a secoadary Wog io the scale of French civ.illystion; The "dames a 4omj►tuir" are as essential to the. success of a Par tition cafe as the cook himsetf. , More hats are doff ed at their shnnei than Wore the gayest belles of the metropolis. My boot maker, for the head of the establishment, is a woman; 'lay hatter, also; my. landlord is a sl:gnified specimen of •fat, fair and forty:" my porter is of the same sex, older in years end worse is lonia; my butcher, milkman. and the. cild-clothes wooer'. newsboy and Foie-gatherer be neath my window, ditto. They are waiters et the halls, doorkeepers at the. theatres, ticket-seleem,. fiddlers, chair hitters at theithureismie They sgure in every revolution, and bare a tongue and -arms in sentry fight; is sheet, they are at the top had butte& of everything is France. They have so pushed aside the lords of creation that for some time my lympothica were really slice to know what men bad - left to do, until I finally discosoned that they had the resource of beitiming chambenweids. But there is otwilistto wiry the reformist of the esti, "an make in Pady to whisk •1. her paniciffarly to calf your atteeden ; and-that' is, how to preserve the f l reedorn of their limbs and their petticdats Bloomeriara has no chance of success. A French lady, by digit sif: hand in liking her sitreso,tes cress the dirtiest streets, promenade - • through mud Sad Mire, and Wing hoes unsollitil the whitest stock in sod purest sklrt. does . it too with a nstu- race and modesty which is perfectly charming. In a certsio town in New Hampshirill a certain ;1 in shitant thereof rtqnired for his comfortable eft ,43 meet at least a pint'or " white- faced New Enr- . I laid," daily. Be had bea.lne reduced in his pock -etio, so that it. became I:cease" far him, like-the Is raelites of-old, to procure somehow *double portion enit.he day before the Sabbath, that he might ipiet ly tt . itiy his chuich, of L Melt he was a constant at {evident. -On one Satorday_ he-had been very onfitr tnests; for the shades of evening began to fall, and yet he had not gathered his "spiritual " daY Of rest. A. neighbor, at thitt, moment, requested him to threw some wood into his shad; and after the , sun ill•joharas sornideted, goo , him a few oettlo--.- Ile MI that the ore felltrw Tooted rsdind unsatis fied, sndoaid to flit% "Isq't that : ssough Tur t he world i ca Vity you alp get half-n4int with (hat money; sad, . 't you keep Sunday on Aar .'Why, I sup -1 cool, 4 0.quirs, but then," ( looking tip wit lia Q' ',Eleven Par•Pgis;.o l4 4 l4 Al* PoUNW4llll:posolats visage.i'ibut than, 'Squire; Ws would Ake and gallery at Washingtowiuting the useeth .it kept," Thi4 al,ee,l"..tP, by a clever oirrosom- Or Nevelainat, '') dent, retuiu4s us of another, which IFIF will venture ---- - - - - - WIMiIIigACKS E a ROI &X =news TABLE. ST 041,ILOAD CLARK. - Whett We say that this volume embodies the test thilats that have appeared in the ost li tor's Table" !of the' kniclerrborker .Itrgo:ine. we simply inform !.lioeacquainted . wi;h- that table, that Mr. Clerk inns given tie line of the funniest bunks ev. r pub.. 14110 in America. It is., to.), the amplest reposito• ry of truly American fun that we know of in print. We feel truly gratorul fur this compilation, wkeh 14 no less cretiiii.b . .e fur American journalism than to 4.pierican wit, and we have no doubt it is &min. Mitt) have more repute in the literary world than its editor seems to anticipate. Our readers bare had ample opportunities of teat, kg the quality of Clark's fun, in the extracts which hase from time to time appeared in our colUmno, but we venture to !STY that in their new costume they' will have all the free-beers el novelty: "IN'e will sobmit s e few specimen. is a test ; and then if the leAder id elitist:it'd with tbe qn +lily, -let 'him bey the b eolt--it can be had at No, 9, Brown's tel, Erie Pa. ANECDoTa or otroxo. " Yon murky clued is fonl with rain" that fairest Piermoni we see rolling slowly firer the hills. that envip.n the'other side of the riv er. Even while we watch it, it begins to.shake its skirts. andito sift down upon the fading landscape its "su ierfloir of shower." Looking at this, we cannot chose but think of a. ineinerable eseursion which the 'writer !welt!' once made with Ueuffrey k:raYois through the wizzard region of Sleepy-1101- neighborhood tt hich his .own pen had tbede wor'd:wide famous. The morning had been thun derous and showery.,; nor did it entirely brighten Vita the romoval of tile first chantpaizne cork at the hositable table of "Sunny-side`;" always wpre pump., as the toot remarked, of "pleasant 'weather about this time." After linter. preceded by the le i dies of the household and another guest in the fam ily eirri:rge, Mr. Creyon, •12 erft• o tooled" the " OIJ hills that enclose the:belie darlived and flourished old hiibinorning daughter Katr between the pearl-culoied o began to sing"in the treed; and sinking on along than ing fielJ ; and ev,erything i smiting. Now it came to in sr, h.mbeit, that when, beguiling the way with itch retnemberahle con verse, we Caine to the Isiow a the Jest hill that over looks the turn of the/road into the valley, one of the aforesaid opaque clintds, at first rib _higger thin a man's hand,. butAshich had been gradually "gather-• ing fatness . ,"/ suddenly •darkened, and ,presently .• op med-ttpon tui;"alao there were thundering,. and lightning 4; the trees, bingly and in ranks, tossed their plAinca of green, and battled with the storm. .ioreover, the rash now descended amain; insomuch. that Mr. Crayon whe , o,ed•wittidenly into an angle of -a rail fence that 4kirtel an umbrageous grove, dim-, mounted, Cambered over, and tlok shelter undec an; adjacoot.tree, hot tag over his head meativrhile the, custiloneitwat m•seai, ado* n which, as from a su,o': . t the rain poured from h.: , h.ek. " %Ally' don'ryou count-cinder here and be . comfortably b-used, as I am ?", lurked the Sleepy-11;110w historian, with mu. slug mock gravity .: " Whereto thus :hell." "OLD [KICK.." i "Darest;t do it, dear sir ; Tfraid of the lighting stow playing about us; had a near relation once ttuck, with ih .• • electric fluid'! (tbe kind al 1, ways mentioned.by country newspapers as the moat fatal,larhiiestandink widt;r a tree; en me near dying .—bqt didn't." "Oh:" answered Mr. Crayult,"that alters the aciac-t it runs irt:thefetmily, 4, r Tilt 1.101. T IltA:t "The west' is a great co intry, f. lend writer a c:ever correspondent. '"Tall things bop• pen there now and then. Here is is specimen:— Having occasion to pais• through the upper takes lest June, I was happy enough to find myself a *pas senger on hoard that palace of a'boat the "Empire," pmperor Howe commanding. My traveling corn. lianion for the time happened to be a theratet-bred H - foOsier, - a prince of a !slow; one- who feared Gud and toyed fun nod the ladies, but .who wait %yobs il a Mist Pultsidable stammerer. We hadn't been long aboard, when tht. captain celled our attention In a nos: 'retuarkstilelooking intl,o,lual seated. at:the end of the cabin. lam not myselt particidarly , ! ) isnd.re. and have seer? some ill looking men in ; fl y dm.; but so ugly a man as this-had never cross ed ilte tc.ip e t eal v ftioatt. hum em ehottcully "the ugite4 man that ever lived;" upon -toy friend Turn offered to wager a half dorm that he had Been a worse one in the steerage.. The bet wa:‘et: once accepted, and Tom staked for hi* toga, %qui was to be brought up fur compaiison. lle found the fellow a bit of a wag, as en intolera. : bly homely manis ant to be, and, after the proteilte of a "nip,'" mithineloth to exhibit himself. As_they, entered ,the cabin door, my friend, with an air ot• , eensoinua triumph, turned to direct our ettentioistw his champion, when he discoveredsthe felfcev trying insure success by making up faces. ".51--al -411—atepr said he; .f l / 4 4 7 .'no—none of that!—You y jive* as God eitaigitiy mode you! You 6...Co— , •eomit'be beat!" An:l he treen't!- ' A BAD EXCOSR EIIiTTER IMAM NONFI Sl5O A TES.2I., to relstwin this c.wnectiou l though it must'Uttede suffer by the inxtapositioo; Mr. G—; ) who bad by ci:•grees become so attached to his cups that be could not ciimf irtably go by -eleven o'clock without his "nip" of brandy, self wilco was , yet !umbras to avoid the suspicion of tieing au habitual ririallier4 was in the habit daily of inventing same excuse to the bar- keeper and those within hearing: He had used up all the stereotyped reasons, such as "a, slight pain," "a land of stinking,' not orsoliet ri4ht," &c. Oa &today, at the usual boo 4 he called fur his brandy - and= water , saying', 4 4 eel extremely dry; I nns going to knee saltjisk for net!" "A bad•excuse was better than nooei7. -1 probably (bought. .15,EARCII TUB tOUPTURp. . / , . • The lite !created henry Inman used to relate, within inimi table effect, a stery of an iiliterate Big ti.ih gathodist minister at the west, who, one night at • clams meeting, mentioned the following 'Mut ing circuinstance:—"lt is but a little while•elt since I was a-traveling aleig one of yotirereat,riv. ers ah, surrounded by the deep forest; I slapped at a rude shanty by the low river side-ah, and there I found a poor family' in gre-a-t afti.ctism-ah. 'hey were all sick; their 'children were • shivering sad starving; their heails frowzy and dirty; and I tree isifoinged by , the mother that they had lest theirillise toothed eostS•ah! They were igniirant of ! t hey go— o4pel, and did'ut seem to care about if, 'ithirg o fps when I reasoned with 'em-ah; the woman was all the time lamenting tee lose of her dne-tocithedcoeilp-alti •liae vim the Bible in your cabin?' - said I to her. rat's I.aft; says she, "Yes, theer it is, up thaw on the catch-all-all,' plating to the narrow shelf over the smoky fir place, 'but we don't often read tato it ah; han't ead any on't but once!, When our little Bill died ith'the a r t, for as much nalew month,- / ahr / g lof onto a the-tub, my friends, the steed ie the titer, and reached np aid took down the bless. / • i , ioit, all covered with dust-att; arid what do you r ink it was Wet 'l opened to-ah? What do yeti think it was that I found there-ah, to satisfy the longings of that poor woman-ah? lt was the Jong lots,, the long-wanted, fine-tbckth , 1 -on m-b-ahl 0, my, hearers.' s'-e a -r-e Ii 10 sk pler-ak! • If site had only searched the sliriptetrs, how her mind would a been eased-ah!' ' . . CAN'T ArtaD rr.: That was a somewhat cool reply Which wasgives by a hoarier to a landlerd in San Francisco, when he ebbed him for the "amount of hia little bill." "Yuu have, my dear sir, been boardie with ow for a month, and I have nut-troublid yOu; ; ltut I am now serinqsly in want of /he money lthrerything I pur chase fur the house is at a bile Atiure; and I really can't alllud to lie otit of your; bill any longer.?'—'• 'Can't afford RP' exclsiined the delinquent; ";bog' why the d—l /forth pin selloht td somebody that can atind it? That's yont bas way!" • IgaltOit "Ilf NATURAL 111111 Vat coaaacTio. • .It is amusing enough to remark the ignorance of tow n:-It red - children of the ccimmonest matters of country'-lice. A friend tells us thlit, a little. girl from the metropolis, who had visited a country, 'town not a (*solid miles from New York, was filial with surprise at the sight of a girl milking a aow, "I didn't know tht.t you did: it that way!" . retie exclaimed with "round eyed wonder:n"l thought I they took hold id the cow's tail atid pumped the milk out of her! What has•she got so long a tail ; for?" Little Wary's Story. " Mary i" 'mid the younger of laic, little girls, as they nestled under a coarse covierleV, one cold night in December, 4 , tell me about Thanksgiving dsy be fore papa went to heaves. lam cold avid hungry, en 4 I can't go to sleep. I wait something nice• to think about." “Ifiish !” said the elder child, "don't let'dearma mi hear you. Come.nearer to •Ime . i 4 and they, lal4 I • • their cheeks together. "I 'fancy papa was rich. WI lived in a very nice house. I know there wet* pretty Piettpres en the wall, and there were nice velvet chairs, and the cnr pet was thick and soft, like theigreett moss-patches in the wood ; and we had pretty gold-fish on the t%. ble, and Tony, my black nurse, used to feed thent.- And papa !—(ynu can't remember pew, Letty).-he was till and grand, like a prince, tad when he 'ed, be made mo think of angel.. He hougbt ass tors and sweetmeats, and carried me" , out to the sta. hie. and put me on Mimeo's baik, and laughed because I was afraid ! And f used to watch bin wheti he came op the street, , and thin ,run to .the to jump in his arms. 'lie was a dear, kin{ pap.;" said the child in a faltering voice. "Don't cry," said the tittle •Ose; tilease • WI pit same mute." "Well, Thanksgiving day we were so happyi. We sat around suet' a table, with so many people••. 'aunts, uncles, end cousins—(l can't think why they never come to mei us now, Letty)— an d Betty made such sweet pies, and we lied a big turkey; and paps would 'hive line sit tiext to him; and gave me the wish-hone, end all the' plume out of the pudding;-.. and after dinner, he would take me in his lap, semi tell me 'Red Riding Hoed,' and call me 'pet,' at *WV and 'fairy.' Oh, Petty! / ean't teller, morn I believe I'M goihg In cry." "I'm very culd," said Letty. "Doerr papa Itpow up is heaven. that WO /NI poor end hungry nine' "Yes—no—l can't tell," answered May, wiping away_ her tears, nuable to reconcile her ideas of heaven with such it thought. "Hush! mamas Win tear:" Mamma had heard. The eittrao gareartat upon which rho had . worked since dnriar, dropped front her hands, and teas were furclig themselves, thick and fast, through her closed o brows. The .111111. pie recital found but toosad an the in that widower! heart. • Dear reader! spiv sit at you icturlous. Thanks, giving table, anirseeno eaea chair, and number s o c oning one from your flock. As you lean on the dear arm to whioh you trust, remembe=r thaw who, with chilled limbs and . bleeding hearts, km" pf no treasure on earth, sea fa tiro @bacillar& F#Nor: nag, • 0711 appears by, the eenpus, that the eetutotept. yon of spirituous sod welt licittaa reaehes the caw. woes quantity . of - 88.00%001) et canon* teouanya equal to six gallons for every adult person. • ES NUMBER 33. From the Musical irortd.