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KNAPP, s irgeon pent! si andSvianufacturer ofthe Kill Metallic or Mineral Incorruptible Teeth, N, W.cqrnerof pharles'and F ayettc slreets.,Bai timore. , May;3l, IS3B. jkmMmmm ■) V • L CABINET MANUFACTORY. „ THE subscriber respcctlully informs the in habitants of Carlisle, and the public gener ally, that he still resides at his Old Slaud,'m North Hanover street, opposite Mr. E. Bullock’s where he continues to carry on tlie Cabinet 'Making Business , in all its various branches. He lias lately fur nished himsblf witlr.a new and SPLENDID HEAJRSE, ■U 7 &c. to accommodate all those-who may favor him with a call. He returns his sincere thanks to*his friends and customers? tor. the liberal'en couragement bestowed oil him,. 6c solicits a con tinuance of their patronage. He flatter*’ himself that by strict attention to business and a disposi tion to please, to merit "and receive a share of l>ublic*patronagc. N, B. One dr Two Journeymen Cabinet Ma kers wanted,to whom liberal wages will be given. An apprentice will be taken to learn the above business, if well recommended. GOHFUPTD HAAG. Carlisle, DccqpvbeFfc, 1858.—tf. THRASHING- MACHINES CALL AND EXAMINE FOR TOU US E L.JIE SI The subscribers, thankful for pastTnvors.take this method of informing the public that they still continue the building of Thrashing Machines and Horse Power-, at their old stand,Louthcr street, Carlisle, Where Farmers and others can at all times be supplied. They haye made a considerable improvement on the power and machine, and have also attached a CLOVER, THRASHER. ■ which for durability and simpleness of construc tion is surpassed by none. _ . Having all manner of conficfehce in the supe riority of the.above mentioned machine, &.c. they arc willing that Parmers sll'nll test them before making the purchase." V ' Persons wishing to purchase or examine the machine will please make application at the shop, or to I. Lawshc, Agent, at Mucf.ulane’s hotel, ncar.the Court House, Carlisle. May 3,1838. • . A VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE. THE subscriber will dispose of, at private sale, the property?which he at present occu pies, sltuatejn/East Mouther street, Carlisle, viz: ,A LoCtiftiround, with n two story ■ ■Jtesfc, "' STONJE : HOUSE, by SSfectranda two story stone Sjlißpback building 38 by 20 feet, with an excellent cellar, vmder the whole building—also a small log house and log stable, .with the right of a well of excellent water near the premises. The above property is well situated for public business of any kind, and will be sold low; as 1 am determined on rcmovhrgto the west, ‘The payments will be made easy to suit purchasers, and an indisputable title given. Possession can be had on the first of April next. For further narticu/a'rs app/y to - fuancis memanus.- Carlisle, Sept. 27,-1838. FAR HI E RSL HOTEL. In High BtrccS*tCs4xv doors east of the Court Ifotise } The subscriber Having leased the above named establishment from Mr. Simon J 1 underlie/! , and having provided himself with every thing neces sary, is now enabled to accommodate travellers and others in a style that willnot f:dl to please hose who may favor him with a call. THE BAH AND CELLARS will receive hisspecial attention. These willbe kegtconstantly provided with thc best of LIQ- TIIE LARDER will at all.times be abundantly supplied with dll the delicacies whiclrtheseason ami market can afford, and no exertions will.be wanting to please the palate of the most fastidious. THE STABLES. arc commodious and secure, and a careful and attentive hostler: will be always in-attendance. 1 - {CPBOAIIDEHS will be taken by the week, month , dr year,' on the most reasonable tends. A strict attention to business and, an anxious desirc-toplease,will, he trusts; ferisure him a rea sonable share of publicpatronagc; ? 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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, T 839. Tho XTovcl Reader. She slumbered inthe rocking chair She occupied all day, And in her lap, half opened there. The last-new novel lay. Upon the hearth the dying brands Their latest radiance shed'* A flaring candle near her stands. With a crown about its head. Her hair which long uncrimpt had been. Was hanging loosely round; A single Curl by a crooked pin, Oo the side of her head was hound. Her gown, it had been white, I ween, But white it was not them Her ruffles too, had once been clean, And miglp be so again. One slipshod foot the fender prtst,' The other sought the floor,_ And folded o’erdier heaving breast ■ A dull red Shawl she wore. •oA flickering light is fading fast, - Yet cares she not for mortal things, For in her busy brain/ The novelist’s imaginings Are acted o’er again. < But tyhile in this delicious nap Her willing sense is bound, . . The book escaping from her lap, Falls lGinbcring.’to the ground. She wakes, but ’tis, alas, to see The candle’s quivering beam—, Nor in the blackened coals Can she Heyive one friendly gleam. Then groping through the passage far, She steals with noiseless tread, And leaving every door ajar, Creeps shivering to bed. MISSELLAITBOTTg. Tho Convict’s Bride, rt was a dark, dreary morning in flic De cember of 1T8 —. The ground was covered with, snow, and the bleak wind was-howling in terrific gusts through the streets.. Yet, despite the : inclemency of the weather, crowds or persons, of all. classes, and, a mong them, many of the weaker sex, might ! be seen hurrying towards the Place dc | Grove. , It was the morning appointed for the execution of Victor d’Aubigny. h ' The circumstances which- ha'd called for this expiation of life at the altar of justice, arebriefly as follows—and, blended witli the strong love of excitement, so .universal among the French, account, in-some degree, for the eager curiosity discernible in the multitude, now hastening to the awful spec tacle of a fellow-creature, in the full flash of youth and health, being plunged into the gulf of an unknown, eternity. The crime for which Victor d’Aubigny \jas doomed to sutler was forgery, Remonstrance, peti tions, interest, all had- been tried to avprt the fatal penally. The offence was one of frequent occurrence, and must be checked, even at the costly sacrifice pf a human life. Fortunately, in pur days, thc law is satisfied with less than the blood of- its victim. In every country‘apologists are to'lie found in guilt, and sympathy is more readily excited when the perpetrator is endowed with great personal or mental advantages, or fills a po sition above the ordinary level in Society.— All these Victor d’Aubigny possessedphe had also the higher distinction of having, up to the period of his crime, borne a blameless character. From their e’arliest youth aelose intimacy had subsisted between himself and Auguste de'Biron. of age 1 and pursuit, both being intended for the army, united them more than congeniality of dis position; for the warm generosity of Victor bore little resemblance to the cold, suspi cious, vindictive nature of Auguste. They Svcre alike-onlyin their pursuit of pleasure; thougli even in the prosecution of this the taste of each-took a different bias. The strong and feverish exciteinent of the gam bling table too-well-suited the eager temper- I ament of Victor.. He, who, in the midst of the most profligate capitafof the world, had strength to resist all other allurements-, fell a ready prey do that vice,, whose fatal indul gence has often paved tire way for the com - mission of almost every .crime. , Auguste, on the other hand, scouting the dazzling salons of play, was a nightly visi tant of the metropolitan theatres—n'dt to en joy the wit of Moliere, on the geniuLof Ra cine, but to watch the, airy movements of some figurante in the ballet. As ad yanccdtojnanhood, thesuccess of D’Aujjig-- ny in society caned.'per^e^atJlj' the evil passions; of his Companion, whose feelings- gradually changed from friendship to dislike, and’deepened into hatred impla cable arid bitter. On the fefusal'bf Iris-hand by a lady, Who assigned, as the cause, a mad,' though.'unrcturried passion, for his friend,—" Auguste controlled lus'resentment outward ly, and left Paris. ... Victor atthis,period,wasbctrothcd tp-.a, lovely but’ the nuptials'’ was' fixed.' ~A,few. evenings previous, be entered one bf-the jumbling esj tablislimcnts 'with, which Paris. abounds.— Enoughj : he : was jteriijrted to play, ahd’in'a .short time found himself a loser to ’double miiiiKi. the’amount of all, the ready money he could command. ; He rushed from the house in a state of phrensy. The money must be paid oh the following day. To whom could he apply?,. Auguste, who might have assisted him, was.vin England, whither he had gone to~ be present at t)iede6qt of a celebrated danscuse. Hcjjuddenly recollected that his jTrjend had leffa large sura at his banker’s. Forgetful,the desperation of the moment, of every thing but escape from present em barrassment, lie forged a check for. the sum required. It was duly honored—but his doom was sealed. He instantly wrote to apprise Dc Birbn of what he had done; plea ding in mitigation that they had often shared the same purse, and binding himself to re turn the money at the earliest possible pe riod. No reply .was given to his letter. The time flew onward—the day for his marriage arrived. The bridal solemnity was over, when, as; the party were leaving the church, D’Aubigny was arrested on a charge of for gery! * The trial'and condemnation rapidly suc ceeded, and the day of execution dawned too. soon. Victor met his death calmly and resignedly. But it is not with him our talc , has to do—it is with her, the beautiful, the bereaved one—with Isabelle D’Aubigny, the convict’s bride.' From the period when the promulgation of his sentence rung in her cars, to that moment in .which the fatal axe .fell on flic throat of its victim, nor sigh, nor tear, nor word, had escaped lief. Every fa culty seemed suspended by misery. The last, lorig embrace of her husband—the wild choking sob which burst from him, as she left his cell the night prior to his execution —the thousand frantic passionate kisses which ho showered on her marble face, at the foot of the scaffold, all failed to dissolve the trance of grief into which she had fallen. But the moment of awakening agony came at last! When the guillotine had done its office, and the body ot her beloved Victor lay bleeding and dead before her—sorrow asserting its omnipotent sway over humani ty; shivered the feeble barriers of temporary unconsciousness,and let the imprisoned mind free to contemplate the. ruin of its only earth ly hope, the extinction of all youth’s sweet eat-visions.-Then came the.groan-of.anguish, (he shriek of despair—the straining of the eye balls, to assure itself of that which stretched every fibre of her heart with a gony, till it almost burst with the tension. Then came that piercing look into future years, which so often accompanies calamity in its freshness; when all that'would have sustained us beneath the heavy 'Toad, has' been wrenched from us,//for ever and ever! Vainly the friends who surrounded Isa belle strove to tear her from the body, of Victor. There was fascination in the gaze, though horror was blended with it.- Her own, her beautiful, lay, a mutilated corpse before her—he whom she had loved with an absorbing, intensity, which would have de fied time to lessen, circumstance to change; with whom she had hoped to journey through existence, partner pf his pleasures, soother of his griefs! And now slyCwas alone and desolate! Then indeed did she feel, that fate had levelled its deadliest weapon, and henceforth every hour was stamped with stern, unchanging, dreary despair. Great misfortunes either strengthen or enfeeble the mind. When the. grave had closed .ov er the body of Victor, Isabelle—the weak, the gentle,' the timid Isabelle, returned to her lonely hearth, a calm, stern, determined woman. All the elite of Milan were gathered to gether in the magnificent theatre of La Scala. ■ Beauty lent its attraction, rank its patronage, and fashion its influence, to grace the farewell benefit of “La Florinda,” the unrivalled danacusc, the boast of Italy, the idol of the Milanese! . It is hot an easy task to rouse an English audience into'a furor of ecstasy:..an Italian one is composed of materiel of a more in flammable nature: and demonstrations which would seem to us, extravagant and absurd, only appear to them a'meet homage to gen ius. To-uight_their wonted enthusiasm re ceiveddouble impetus, from the'conscious nessVtliat.it was the last public testimony, they could afford, of llicir appreciation of the consummate skill and loveliness of "the fair creature before them. The ensuing week would see her united t(ra 'wealthynp -1 hie, and this night witness her parting obei sance to the audience, of whom all the men were her worshippers, and even the. women her partizans -and admirers. The curtain rose, and certainly the appearance : of the heroine of the evening was warranty enough, for the burst of rapturous applause which followed. Hfer form, itself of the most fault less symmetry, acquired additional captiya tion from the display of costlmess permittcd, by theatrical. costume. " Her face,- too, was one of surpassing beauty. Large, deep blue eyes, waves qf the glossiest hair, and a skin of that clcar tranSparent'whitGneSST 'which shows "with such dazzling .effect at’night— all these attractions were in-themselves e nough to fascinator the’sight: But there was that about “La Florinda” wliich interested tha feelings fully as. much; The dreamy melancholy oPher profound ajid passionate eyes—the qnfire repose of all her leatwksrr tliecxtraordinaryexpresSioii about thesiiiall cherub mouth, which seeiped formed for love and dimples, yct which rione had seen relax - irito a smile—this it was lent such witchery to her-beauty, and threw around hcr a kind of mysterious charm, even amid the glare and frivolity with.whiclvsKC was surriund;-; ed. ■ . Though assailed by temptation in dvery shape, so rigid and.unblemishcd’had been her. conduct, that the noble family, to which' she was about to he allied, vainly sought’ in it a pretext, to dissolve the engagement be tween herself and their relative; Yet she lived in utter uhprbfectedness, with only the companionship of a young girl who .officiat ed asjier attendant.,. ..With-society she nev er mixed, nor left her home, except to at tend to her professional duties. On this, her last evening of public exist ence, all was done that could fender her exit Triumphant. The stage was literally filled with bouquets flung at her feet, ac companied by many a valuable and less perishing testimony to her worth and talcnt. When she made her farewell acknowledge merits, each felt a pang of regret at parting with one so and gifted,, and many a bright eye .was filled with tears—yet she, the cause, alone remained unmoved. There was gratitude in the graceful bowing of the head, and the meek folding of her hands on her hosom—but the face was calm and im passive as ever. The curtain fell amid’an outbreak of such feeling, as slioOk the walls of La Scala to their foundation, mid Florin da was seen there ho morCi "Now pray, signora, on this, your wed ding-day, do look as if you were happy— Hcigho! if I was .so beautiful, beloved too by the marchese, I should be smiling all day long.” ‘ My good Itosalia, I have long forgotten to smile'orw’eepr" In truth, poor child! you have had but,a wearisome life, in attending, on one in whose bosom the pulse of joy hath for ever stopped.” “Oh say not so. Signora; all the girls in Milan will be glad to wait on so kind, so gracious, so gentle a mistress—ay, and so pretty g one too. for when lam braiding those long tresses, or fastening the sandals on your tiny feet, X feel quitc'proud in be ing permitted to serve La Florinda, who, all Milan says, has borrowed the face and form of theTamous Venus at. Florence;” ■ - “Ficon the child! I would chide thee for this flattery, but that ah' unkind word ever sends foolish tears into thine eyes.—- But hasten Rosalia;.the time wears on,.— Give’me’my veil, and leave me.” The attendant did as she was bidden, and Florinda was alone. For a while she sat in deep meditation, her small white hands clasped upon her brow, as if to.stilj the tu mult of feelings rushing through hcr< brain. The day at length had come for which she had patiently waited for years; for which she had devoted herself to a profession which she abhorred, and toiled in it laboriously and ceaselessly—and nourished-a life, she would otherwise have allowed the mildew of grief to corrode and destroy. The hour was at hand, when the one purpose of her existence was to be realised——the long recorded vow fulfilled. The near accomplishment of her wishes gave to the check of Florinda a flush of crimson, deep as the sunset of summer, and lit up her lustrous eyeswith almost un earthly brightness. As she contemplated herself in the mirror, arrayed in all the'eost ly magnificence of bridal attire, vanity for a moment preponderated; butit was a transient weakness, " An instant more—the brow re sumed its look of calm, stern determination •—the beautiful mouth, its compressed rigidi ty. Having adjusted the orajjge wreath on. her temples, and arranged the drapery of a long delicate veil, whose snowy folds envel oped her form from head to foot, she enter ed the conservatory adjoining, her.chamber, and taking; from it a bouquet of choicest flowers, awaited the arrival of hcr.bride’s maids and friends. In a: few'.minutes the expected guests assembled, and leaning on the arm of the brother of her betrothed, she entered one of the carriages, and the party proceeded to the church of St. Ambroses— The nuptial rites were performed—and Flo rinda was greeted as La Marcliesa di Vival da. The marchese, gently passing ids arid a round her waist, would fain have folded her to his bosom. A quick shudder, which seemed to convulse every limb,’ passed over her. . ■ , ' r . “My beautiful love looks pale!” “Tis nothing—a sudden faintness. ; I culled these flowers for you, your favorite heliotrope is thebe; take them—you will, not surely refuse your bride’s first gift?” ■ The marchese took the' bouquet^ presents ed, pressed thent passionateljrtffher lips; inhaled their fragrance,'and fell, at the feet of-Florinda a lifeless corpie. - A Wild, unnatural burst of laughter frojii the marchesapealcd : through the church!— “It is well—it is; Well! Vic tor; my beloved, thou art avebged. Now I will joih'thdc.”’ ' Uttering these Wofds; fehc toqk from be-' neatlvthoXolds of her dress a Small, poniard, ; and. burled it to the idit in her breast. ■ , The.bride.and the bridegroom lay dead together!; ! ~ Oh soarcHirig hcr dcsKv.a paper ;was found; explanatory of the catastrophe. It is scarce ly necessary to say,’tliat*‘La Florinda,” was the name assuined; by Isabelle d’Aubigny. In tlie/record jeft'of hermQfives'and aptipnsp she statcil'-tijat, after, the execution of Victor, sfie-madd aseiepin. vow. to’ hecoihchis ayen : gepi^-bnt’.with' a.fcfihc'd reVcnge, when his destroyer, Pe : Birpn, was at tlie height bf, earthly, bliss.- purpose her‘first aim, Uie-lV^ido’^j. of Victqr she might fnilfo this. ShewasW. dancing; pf,.tl|iat£ap-, complishmc,nt, .superadded, to her beauty,,of pcrson.shehoped to ensnare Mis affections,l [AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NEW SBR2EG—VOL. 3, NO. 38 Her first step was' to ■ become the, pupil of tlie most celebrated master of the ilay, and by dint of unremitting toil, she soon quali fied herself for public exhibition. She re solved to’ appear in Italy,- to which country Auguste De Biron had retired, to escape the strong manifestations of dislike, which, after the execution of Victor d’Aubigny, .followed him whenever he entered society at Paris.— He was also the heir to a title and consider able estate in the Abruzzi. The death of his relative,' soon pul hiih in possession of these, and ho became the Marchese de Vi valdi... At this pCriod, Florinda* whe was cognizant of all that .befcl him,, made her debut at Naples. All Italy soon rung with her. fame—and she was offered an engage ment at “La Seals.” She accepted it—ap peared—became the idol of the public—and soon the object of her revenge-bowed at her ftfet a suppliant for her love—a suitor for her hand. She accepted him. During the life of Victor, he had never seen herj .nnd who, that looked on hfcr fair onrufllcd brow, or listened lo the music of her low sweet voice, could' imagine that in her breast every particle 1 of womanly softness-was extirpated : —that her thoughts were phly revefige and death. It was at the altar’s foot, that her adored Victor had been torn from.her arm;; it should be at the altar’s foot the expia torv Sacrifice should bo made—his murderer de stroyed* She procured from the East a deadly .poison, tlie simple inhalation ol which produces abrupt and certain death.— Every flower in the bouquet was steeped in .the deadly .essence! its effects have been net rated—and thus,, by one of those frightful transitions, which circumstances accomplish in human destiny, where,the restraining in fluence,of fixed religious principle is absent. Isabella, once loving and irresolute, become a murderess.and a suicide! ■■ jOf all the evils'that make desolate the fa cial hearth stone; perhaps there is or.: more deadly if we cxceptintemperanco, than -that-of-gaming.-/ Young man hwhpse- u lifr- ! s young cream,” tells of happy'days yet t-> come—you who, gazing upon.the ocean < f future life, "see pleasure glittering in beam jif.hope,. and jdaucLng_u pon-tlie.wi.vtt... of expectation,” whose glowing’_iinaginati.cn • points out to you golden hours of hliss.'which arc already yours by anticipation-—beware-- beware, I do beseech ye, of this tremendous whirlpool, Beware lest in the voyage of hu man life, reason should qUit the helm, c. ■ you should be lost, irrecoverably lost amoet the quicksands of iniquity. . Look at the pale victim of this insatiable destroyer of human happiness; Ids haggard cheek and beamless eye; what language do' ■they speak? With mute and awful eloquence ■ they tell of blighted fame and fortune; ot hopes withered and crushed; that fame, for tune and honor, is all a fearful wreck i— . Hear his hollow laugh, which tells you he h, ruined and undone. His brain is all on fire his glaring eyeballs, seems ready to burs' from (heir sockets, as the awful reality burs' 1 / upon Ids allrig'.ited souk The deep pangs < mental agony, give a fearful lustre to his roi. ing eye; his desperate mreth; his wild convuK siye joy, tells of black despair wrung from a withered heart. , • - Lnokwc back fora moment upon bis early, youth. The morning of his days was brig’, t and glorioUs. The gayest of the gay, and the happiest of- the,happy, he set out upon the pathway of life, rejoicing in purity and hope loving.und being beloved. Butalas! although- Ids morning sun rose without clouds, yet/enn it reaches its meridian, it Is eclipsed. In an hour, a pander, a demon, must drag him’ into a labyrinth from whence there is no cacajfc. He must drown.his love of virtue in the in toxicating bowl. Soon the wreaths of vice, which has been, treacherously thrown arottnu him, hardened to adamant. _ Now what is his situation. Cairi-like up.pu his brow is stamped the burning mark of shame, ami theicold liand of scorn is pointing a withered finger athisblighfcd reputation— “ Could he but speak, he woulddclkyou that ho has reached the lowest point qfdcgradatipir and wo. And could he; anticipate his end, ho would tell you that self murder y.ould shortly cbbwn his Work ofguilt; and despair’s last work be done. ■ The’father who hutig _ovoj*, : his cradle, weaving. bngbt-vitidttM-tirthi ture greatness of his boy,-woUld shortly feel a-drcadful satisfaction’as he gazes on Ids cot-; fin; that: the mother, even the mother, ;iinniu* table ajid everlasting ns is her love for: her" backsliding children;; she who lias sp often 1 ulled hfm to repose; and enjpycd to watch his Waking, even she will not murmur that 1 .sleep'lias come upon him out of which lie will wake no more on earth; even the moth er, will, not;repine,'that the grave is made ready, tprfeceivo him; fqr "the wicked cease, from troubling, and the yrcitry are at rest’l . Youhgnian,againyesay.bcwaro; touch hot - the tmelean thing, lest ye perish. oTlic.'<^Au^tftmc[Tcxa^3'Hcri3