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Carlisle. Dec. 6, 1838.
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Carlisle, Feb. 14, 1539.
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To the heirs and legal representatives of
JOHN D. TVALTENSEJIGER, late of
the Borough of Newvillc, dec’d.
TAKE NOTICE
that I will hold an Inquisition,on a writ of Parti
tion and Valuation, on the premises late of John
1). W.dtonberger, dec’d., on Friday the Blh day
of March 1839, at 11 o’clock A. M., where all.
interested may attend.
JOHN MYERS, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office,' ?
Carlisle, Feb. 12. 1839. 5
7'o the heirs and legal representatives of
SAMUEL NEIDIO, late of FranlfajA,
township deceased. /
TAKE NOTICE *
that 1 will hold an Inquisition on a writ of Parti
tion and Valuation, on the premises late of Sam
iicl Neidig, dec*d., on Tuesday the 12th day ol
March 1839, at 10 o’clock A. M., where all in
terested may attend.
JOHN MYERS, Sheriff. .
Sheriffs Office, .”) . -
Carlisle, Feb. 12, 1839* j "
A VALUABLETAN YAM)
' FOB. B.BHT.
AT HARPER’S FERRY, FA.
THE subscribers willlease for one or more
years, their valualnfe Tan Yard, with all
its appendages. It is one of the best locations
in Virginia , for carrying on the business on an
extensive-scale, as there is abundant room and
the materials are ample. 1 A number of the Vats
are undercover, and all the buildings are of the
most suitable kind—besides-the grinding of. Bark
(which can be got convenient and at fair prices,)
is done by.water power. ;
Any quantity of Hides can be procured in the
neighborhood,.as there is no oth£r tannery with
in several miles of the place—and there is also
every facility'for getting hides from 1 the cities,
and sending,them-to market when tanned,: eith
er by rail road or.canah There is, likewise, a
demand : atithfs place for .a large quantity of
Leather annually hy the Government.
Possession \vill be given immediately, :
•Forfuither particulars enquire of
HUGH GILLEfcQE 8c CO.
Harper's Ferrft Feb, 7, 1839.' ‘ • 'eowtf
Estate qf John Sheaffer, deceased.
NOTICE.'
'BT EpTEßSofAcTmlmstration have been is-
B i sued tothesuhscriber on the estate#, John
Sheaffer, late of East Pcnniborough township?
deceased.: AIJ persons having, claimi against
said estate-will present them for,adjustment and
those who are indebted are requested to' make
immediate payment? ’ '
>--■ " JACOB SHEAFFEh i Adm’r.
.East Penqsbprough,township,?" 'i»
" February f, 1839; • 5 ■ 6t*
, EDBp SLE, ' J
a, FIRST RATH •IVIUIE TEAIWCS.
FOR forth# particular? ennire of. the sub?
scribers at Oak Grove Furnace 1 , Perry
county. ‘ ■" 11 -1
-• • PJ.EIS; POSHING & THGDIUM ;
January JO, 1839. . ' ; St. 1 "'
Fi It. 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;
? JACOB REHRARi-
Carlisle, Aprils, 1838. ; •
,Ni B ; .The cara run past the above .establish
ment; at fi and .11 o’clock, A. M. and-af 2 and- r
pjcjgpk, p. m. : j. r.
savings Institution,
if fit 66 Southirourthst.PiiUadolpUia.
CAPITAL 250.0001)0141, Alts.
’Often daily for ilie transaction of business from
■ 9A. M. to 3 J’.M.
DEI’OSITES of money reccivedHor which
diefplfOwingjrateof interest'willbealloyyed:
? I year 6:per cent, petlanhum,?
.- 6 mos, 6 f ■ “
,*4' ~ r « i ' «* ■ ./
Oil business depqsitesVtohe drawnat the pleh
sure of the depositor,' no interest will bfe allowed
solyent Banks? in every
part, of the'United States, will he received iis
special deposites,.on such terms as may .be a
greeion-iiijeaclupafticularcasei— .— — :
_ _?E-By OTderof thc'Boatd, ■’E . . .
ut-i j , J. DESSAA, Cflshkr.
Philadelphia, Dec*. 19,’ 1833; "• , : ly ; .
AND
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“ NOT BOUND jro SWEAR IN THE WOttDS OF ANY MASTER.” Horace.
CARLISLE, Pa. 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
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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<l F B(aicd'
;
raised on" an upland farm Ijy \Vm; ; Todd,;.of
Shetby county, whidi j3 : t!urtecii,('cetsix in r
ches in height, and yielded four liifndrcd
ballsl Two importantdiscoycriMliayc lately
been irmdodn Texas.- - One 1 is a remarkable ":
spring of silt’rratcratlho Mustang Pramc-;'’
Surrounded by.a dense-forest;; ; The; KtckhV;,-:
ppo Indians havecxcavatcd.pits-, from which -
they prOP. u !"C;;i a H‘aftcr.,lhe,ayater e.ynporiitds. ’
The other !s coal;
*
Uefor.oij N.\Yt liaSbecn iraiictcd: for.'n.iibnb
upon the character, of a highly
young lady of that city* " " ~ i "T r ’ -
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