Amman «l Molnutccr.
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M: JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 38.
Docticnl.
TH. EjntV DKJD.
-at rmU now. aodsta, kohtok.
' Why,weep fdr thee 7—tAo« h cedent not
. Tbq tears that o'er tliy tumb.was shed,
' Tbod’rt happy, arid'thou nfcedest not
< .Our .sighs for. thee the early dead ! ’
' Why Weep for ihee7-<Ay cares are o'er,
Forgotten now In you bright skies, .
Tkf bark hath .reached its destined shore,
'• And lies, save moored, lu Paradise.
Why weep for thee?—ilirm'st only slmrsd ■
f/Phesinllet of youth’s most summer clime!
,j it.short, thy .-course, thou hast been spared
'" The lengthened risks and storms of time ;
/And ifa cloud e'er tried to throw ' *
A shadow o'er thy sunny day,
*Twas like the tear of inlailt woe,
Scarce seen ero charmed by imitos away.
Then lei ii« notshed tear* for thtt, «, ■
_JJUt check .the vain and selflsjiilow,
Thou should*! a cause of eney be ■
To struggling mortals here below }
Then hethy tomb with roses twined.
Ami be thy grave with lillies spread,
Let’s weep for those who aro left behind,
fiat slot for Ihee, the hdpp)/ dendl
Fron the Dublin University MAgatino.
MEMORY.
Soft as rays of sunlight stealing
-On the dyingdayr .
.Sweat bs chimes of low bells pealing
When eve ftides away;
Sad as winds at night that moan
1 Through the heath o’er mountains lone,
Come (he thoughts oftlays now gone
On manhood's memory.
... As the sunbeam* from (ha heaven
Hide ni eye their light;
; As the bolls when hides the evdn
Peal not on the night I
As the night-winds cease toslgh
When the rain falls from tbo sky.
, -, Pass the. thoughts ofdays gone by
. From age's memory...
Yet (he sunlight in the morning
Forth again shall break.
And (he bells give sweet.voiced warning
‘To thd world to wake.
Soon the winds shall freshly breaths
O’er the mountain's purple heath;
But the Past is lost in Death—'
.1. Us bath no memory.
Sfßisccnantom
, From Hungarian Military Sketches."
A THRILLING TALE
TUB EXPECTANT BRIDE.
otf Love Duty and Patriotism.
ta ft small Gallictan (own was quartered ft dhrl- .
sioo of hussars—Splendid fellows, for whom (ho
heart of many ■ Polish maiden boat quicker than
its wonl. The moat beautiful woman in all the
neighborhood loved the best blade amongst the hut*
sari—(he Captain.
Countess Anna K osky, the lovely Polish wi.
dew, had been for six months betrothed to the bold
huiaar officer, and the wedding day was near at
hand. A' single night . Intervened. On the of
the happy day,the bridegroom wentlo visit his bride.
He was a tall, slender man, with the bloom of youth
still upon his facet, but his hlgh-fureheed was alroa
dy bald—'Sun add moon together, ’ as the Hungarian
proverb says.
The bride was a fair and delicate lady, with
abundant bUok looks, a pale nervous countenance,
and blue eyes,of that unusual lustre which one finds
only in Polish bluo eyes. At tho sight of her hivor*
her alabaster cheek was overspread with tho roves
of love's spring lime, and her eyes beamed like the
rising tun.
The bridegroom would lain have appeared cheer*
ful; but it is hard to deceive the gaze of love which
roads the beloved one's trouble tq enoh fold of the
brow, in each glance of the eye. Tenderly she ap*
preached him, smoothed his forehead's wrinkles
with her hand, and impriclcd a kiss in lh«ir pUco.
But again they returned.
*Whal nils thee, dearest? How.is tills? v Sad on
the eve of our wedding day V
*1 T Nothing ails mo 7 But lam annoyed at an
incident— a, casoalUy—which I oannot postpone. —
Tho , court martial lias condemned o man to death.
1 have just now signed (he sentence. Tho man is
to' be shot lb morrow, just on our bridal duy I I
would it *ei e bljiorwiae I*
»Tho mm U doubtlow a criminal V
•According to military law. Ho has boon do
bauohing aoldieis from their duty, exciting thorn (o
desert, and return homo to fight tho Serbs. Duolh
ia the penally attached to his crime.*
♦And you have signed the sentence 7 Are you not
a Magyar 7 Love you not your native land V
'lam a soldier before everything. 1 respocl the
laws.* '
'lmpossible. You, who loves so well, can not bo
devoid of that moat enabling'kind of love—patriot
lam I*
*1 can love, but Icm not dream. Of the maxims
and principles df revolutionists’ I understand not a
word; but thus much 1 know, lovolulions novor end
well. Much blood, little honor, eternal remorse.*
•Sty not eternal remorse, but eternal hope. Hope
that a tlme must oomoi.whleh will compensate all
sufferings end sacrifices.* • • ,
Tho fair enlhusinsl quitted her bridegroom s side,
tested herself at the piano, and played with feverish
energy the well known song- ,
•■Nocli Ist Polon nlchf verlordn r
tier eyoi (lulling lliroujtb lior (car.. Her lover op
pronebed bor, removed her .lined, which Ireinhlrd
with emotion, from Iho key. of the ln.truai.nl, end
kissed It. . .
•Poor Poland 7 Well may thy daughters weep
over 'thy fate—but alas lln vain. T was lately in
Peath. Passing along a street where a large house
was building I noticed among iho laborers a woman
csrryjngislones to end fro upon |>er head lor tho use
of the masons. Twice, thrice I passed before her.
The sweat streamed from her face; her limbs could
scarcely support her. She was'no• longer young,
tn d the toll was severe. This woman once poasested
■ palace In Warsaw, far, far ntoro magnificent than
the honae ehe was then helping to build. Its pur.
tale were surmounted by a prince’s cornel; end many
are the joyous hours 1 have spent beneath its Uosph
table roof. When, at the sound of the noon day
bell, she seated hcraolfal her wretched meal, I ao>
costed her.
For along lime she would not rocognuo me; then
ehe lurned-uway horhosd’and - wept. The other wo.
man onlv laughed at her. 1 offered her'money; she
thanked mo, and look very little. She, the mistress
Of millions, besought me to send the remainder to
her little daughter, whom she had left dependent on
a rich family, In a distant town. When I hsd lost
•sen her, shows* a lovely child, el* years of ago,—
flight'yeata 'had' elspafed, bringing her to the verge
of womanhood.
I reached the honae. In answer to my Inquiries
I g|rl appeared—not that fair end delicate being
whose sweetoountenanoe stilt dwelt in my memory,
bol a rude crokture, with hard and coarse features
•qd wild eyes. She did nbt recognise me, often
though she hkd seen rrie. I snokk to her in Polish;
•he understood nut a word. I asked mfterher mo
ther. She stared vacantly in my face.
Truly the falo of Poland is a terriblo example or
whit e nation may expect from its neighbors when
It engages in a struggle with one more powerful
than itself— and woe to tho Magyar, if ho does'nbt
profit by the warning!
•Ah Ml‘ls no Magyar who can talk thus. 1
•Anna, thy first husband foil in the battle on tho
morrow of thy* wedding day. Would'sl thou lose
thy second bridegroom on Its very evo 7*
‘X? With contrition I avow my culpable weak
mu—l lev. you more Ikon ray oounlry, mure than
liberty, Until la day, no nun ever heard tbeae
word, from a Pollah woman, I wlah you to aaori.
fioo yeut.elfl Did yon teak to do as, I ahould'aure.
lyihold you back—whlob no Pollah wife ever did yet
le.ker buibtnd. Alt I otavooCyoa I. to leave that
man hi. life tthi»o p.lriollim waa atrangar lhan Thu aaplalogaied hard allham.aach inilonji bul
your awn. On our bridal aaa, I aak fall far a man’a ho 'rail'd nal hla aabro la alriUa. Bohind him bla
life as a wedding gift.* , forsaken bride} before him the mountain frontier or j
‘And a soldier's honor.* hi* native land. On Iho 000 hand, a bosven of love >
‘Punish him otherwise.’ and happiness, on the .other, glory and hie country s
‘There is blit one alternative* tha man hae In. oauao. Two mighty pnealona atrivmg against each
aligaled mutiny ond dcaortion—the law has doomed other with a giant’s force. The fierce conflict went
1 him to death. 1 mast execute the sentence, or fly nigh to overpower him;: his bead sank upon his
with him to Hungary. And thence, I well know,' breast. Suddenly blazed the trumpets in rear ol the
I should, never return. . In a case like this, the judge squadron; at the martial sound, hta eager war horse
punishes, or is *n accomplice of the criminal. In bounded beneath him. . With awakening enthusiasm
one handlhavo the sword of justice. In tha other the rider raised his head and waved his subro.
the banner of insurrection. Choose, which shall I ’Forward, then!’ he cried,/In God 11 name. [
raise?* • And forward he sprang into Iho fiver, the two
• • » • '• ■ • • . hussars by his side, aild the cloven’ wafers splashing
. .The sky was scarcely reddened by Hi* dawn when In pearls around their heads. Forward, forward to
the prisoner was led forth to execution. Silently, the blue mountains I
Without Other sounds lhan that of their horses* Hoofs I'- lengthening column, the hussars fo lowed across
marehdd the square of hussars. In the centre, in the stream—the borsch bravely breasting the Hood,
an open cart. wHs the'Chaplain, a crucifix in Me the bold riders singing their wild Magyar duty.—,
hand—and beside him, In a white shirt, bareheaded, But dark and gloomy was their loader s brow, for
and with fettered hands Iho oulprit-Oeorgo of St. each step led him farther fiom Ins happiness and bis
Thonlari; ■. bride. . - I
The sun rose as they reached the eppointed place. ' In iho midst ofthe troops rode Georgs of Si. Tha-1
The plumes ofthe huseare and the grey locks ofthe mas, In his hand the banner of Hungary. His cheek ;
condemned rifan fluttered in the morning breeze.— glowed, his eye Ostfbed; each step brought him nea. j
They took him from the cart-six hussars dismount. »r to revenge. The troubled stream is once •tilled. |
ed and unslung their oarbince-ihe remainder form; & wood receives the fugitives, and their horses ,
ed no. The adjutant unfolded and road,ln astern tramp die* away In the darkness. Hero and there,)
and merciless voice, the sentence of death passed from the distant mountains, the herdsman • horn re.
upbrt.Georgo of St. Thomas. According to custom, their flanks, and the shepherd a firo gleams
ary form,* soldier stepped op to the adjutant, pre« like a blood rod star.
senlCd him with a wand, and ihrlce Implored mercy Forward, forward! # # % ■
for the condemned men. The third lime the officer .'
broke the wand In two, throw It at the criminal’s , ®«ck to thy lair, blood thirsty monster, back and
feet, and said, in solemn tones, ‘God hf merciful!’ the forest grass grow over the enssn*
At (heee words the doomed man raised his head— pWn. How much is destroyed, how much
his attitude grew more erect, hie feature# glowed. P aM « d How * ood men, who. were
Ho gazed around him in th°o faces of the assembled here.arebere no longer; and how many who remain,
soldiers,' then upwards at the purple clouds, and would grieve but little If they, 100. ware numbered
spoke in enthnaiaslio tones— . dead '., ... . •
■I thank Ih.a, O Gad! and thunk, al.o In yon, my , Tha boro of b.lllo. it one. moro . robber and a
eomr.de., far my death. Life baa lane boon a bar- &!!>«>"• Tha iron hand of tha law drive, him from
then to me—death is. we’enme. I hale lost all— land s end to land s end. , .
wife and aliild, hauaa and Kama; my aoanlry .lona »= ll '° ">•<• » c.p »in o r hu. | |.r.,.ad
remained la ma. and bar, I could not free. I r. evor rope.U-VViiil barf. nromeol/ Nona tbaracan
juice to die. You, comrades,bios* Gnd, that yonder, guess the moaning of Ins words,
beyond the moontalns, you have* mother, a beloved f Only George of Si. Thomas is happy. He sleeps
bride, a faithful-wife, an infant child awaiting your ‘j 1 • weleum® grav*. dr.am.ng of sweet renown and
return. Yonder, beyond, the mountains, you have deep revenge.
1 your homes, your colleges, your families. Prny to
1 God that, at.your last hour yon jnay welcome, death
e* joyfully es I, who have nothing led upon earth.*
| lie paused, and sank upon his knees, ss if power
1 had departed from his limbs.
The soldiers stood motionless as statues. The
adjutant waved (he paper in his hand. Gloomily
1 the six hussars then raised their carbines.
Once more the adjutant raised the folded paper,
when behold! a noncommissioned dashed out ofthe
1 ranks, snatched the falsi document’ from hla hand,
tore It, and threw the fragments at the feet of the
firing party. . ' ■ • ...
Two hundred sabres flashed from (heir so->bbsrds,
and amidst ■ cloud of dust, two hundred chargers
scoured across the plain.
•t«* i • . •
The wedding guests were wailing. The bride.
I groom was there, in full uniform, glittering with
gold, and the beauteous bride, in her graceful robe
of while lace. Yet a moment, and she would be hie
I wedded wife.
The moment was very Ion?. The bridegroom
awaited hie adjutant’s return from (be execution. —
Unlij then hoyvould not approach the altar, What
if, at the very instant the solemn Yeel passed his
lips, (here reached his cars (he rattld of (he life do*
etroying volley, which he, the thrice happy lotef;
had commanded. What if. whilst God’s servant Im
plored Heaven’s blessings on their union; (he angry
spirit of (ho criminal, invoking vengeance on his
judge’s head, appeared at the footstool of the A!-
I mighty! ‘ , .
1 Still no adjutant came. The bridegroom was un
easy. Yet uneasier grew the bride.
| ‘Perhaps,* she *U were belter to post- f
pone the ceremony.* •
‘Or,* ho replied, Mo hasten it.*
I A foreboding uf evil oppressed them both.
And still the adjutant came not. Two of three
hours now elapsed beyond the appointed (line.—
Nunn approached—each minute seemed an eternity.
At lasi hoofs olattdred in the court. Hasty slops;
and jingling spurs wore hoard on the stairs, Alii
eyes were fixed upon iho door. It opened—the ad
jutant appeared, pale, dusty, exhausted, with the
sweat streaming over his face.
‘Remain without,’ cried the bridegroom. ’You
bring amoasoge of not here. 1
‘No message of death do I bring/ replied the
officer hoarsely, ‘but a hundred times worse. The
condemned man has liken the hussars away with
him—all—towards the Hungarian frontier. A cou
pie. of leagues OS’ they released mo to'make my re*
port.* ,
•My horse!’ shouted (ho bridegroom, hurrying
rn.adty tu (ho door. Out he paused at .(ho sight of
his bride, paler than ever, and with terror la bor
glance.
1 iVdit hut a moment, dearest love !* ho said, clasped
her to his breast, kissed' her, and' threw himself on
I his horse. ~ ...
The animal reared bonestb him, and would not
leave llm .court. The rider struck his spurs sharply
into his flanks. Once morn ho looked back. There
■ho stood, the beloved ono, in her bridal dress, upon
the balcony, and waved her'kerchief. 'You wi r
soon bo bjok,’ she said.
Bite never saw him again.
• < • «
• a
Forward raced (he hussars upon (heir rapid course,
forward, to tho blue mountains—over forward.—
Through forest wilderness, over pathless heaths, up
hi)l and down—over forward to Iho distant raoun»
tains. Right and loft slocpiod ollioe appeared and
vanished —iho vesper belle greeted them •• the}
p used—loudly neighing, their horses swept along
swift and evor swifter. Amongst them rode the
grey heeded man, guiding them by untrodden palhe
over 'swamp and mour, through ailenl groves of nine,
forwards to Iho mountains. In the evening twilight
they reached the banka of a handsome stream. Here
and there on the distant hills glimmer the shepherds’
Hres; boyond'llioso hills lie* the Magyars’ home,end
In their valleys this stream lakee lie rise, hero for
the first lime they dismount, to water their hotees in
the wove whose source la in their native land.—
Whilst the horsoe sup the cool stream, there their
riders strike op that gay and genial song, whose
every nolo brings memories of home—
••Ho) | ancli Icli bln dori aohoren,
Wo rior Stem doit ■troblt. ,> *
But tho videUes nuke euddon signs that eomo one
comes.
In the distance a horseman is seen; hie steed flics
in swiftness with the wind; his long plume and laoed
pelisse stream behind;. Iho gold upon'bissohako glit
ters In red sun rays.
•The Captain I’ is murmured around.
The hussars mount, draw their eebres, from a line,
and when their Captain appears In their front, they
offer him the oustomory salute. Breathless with
Airy and speed, at first he eartnotepeak. Motionless
in front of Cho line, hie sabre quivering in head, he
is at a loss for words to express hie Indignation.—
Before heoan find them, four hussars quit the ranks,
the youngest—the earns who tore up the sentence—
raises Ms hand to his eoheko.and addresses hie chief:
‘Welcome Captain 1 You come ol the right mo.
menl to oecompany us to Hungary. Short time le
there for deliberation. Decide aulokty. Wo will
seize ynur horeo'e bridle, and lake you with us by
force. Well do wo know that you oume willingly;
but so will you avoid dlsgraoe, should defeat bo oar
lot. You must go with 1 tin by foroo. If wo eueceed,
yonre ike glory; if wo fail, the guilt Is our*, since
compel you. Ploy your part. Defend yourself I—]
Cut one or two of us from our saddles, tho first who
lays hands on your reins, see, I grasp it t Strike,
Captain, end with a will.* ... , ,
lie did' ai he said, and seised tho Horae's bridle,
whilst on the other side, en old sergeant laid'hand
|on its mine. The hone stirred not*
** OUR COONTRT““MAY IT ALWAYS BE RlOfff““ByT RIOUT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY. *
CARLISLE, VK., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1852.
‘••Hal 1 too was yonder bora, where brightly beams the
ir." - -
Influence of Aeioltetei*
ll hue bean quaintly bul wisely eaid, remarks the
Hartford Courunt, tbit roaoklnd ia divided into but
two ofaeaea, thoae that lead, aud those that are led.
The first are few in number, but they give a (one to
society, a character to tho world around them, and j
are frequently accountable for tho follies, tbs vices, '
and the crimes of a whole commupily. Tho same
fact takes place among the young. Human society
is the same in all ages, and among those just enter*
I ing. life, there may be found the leader and the fol*
lower; fur either good or evil. To the leaders we
can only. say, at present, beware of the example you
sol. Tho destinies of human souls forever depend
upon you, for youhavo more influence in-the forms,
lion of the character of your Companions than oven
tho parents themselves. The lime ia coming when
all the evils of a wrong influence, all the consequen
ces ofa corrupting example, every unholy or impure
precept, every character contaminated 'and every
proepeclof usefulness blasted through your agency
will cry out, Iroropet-loogued, for your condemns*
tioa, lo those who are led, whose destiny and char* ,
acter depend upon the luflueneo ot others, wo can ;
say, "beware of your associates.** Your minds are
pliant, your opinions unformed—you arc reedy lo
pursue any road pointed out lo you by tho smusing
companions tround you. Beware then of whom you
choose for companions. If they are vicious, your
own docile dispositions will be esslly led into the
same dangeioua course they pursue. If the moral
principle! of honesty and purity are wanting in them,
the contract with their stronger powere of decision
will sooo undermine those ptineiples In your heart.
This caution la more particularly needed by young
and inexperienced ladi from the country, who go to
the city as clerks or apprentices. Their whole ohar»
acter, not only during youth, but forever, may depend
upon the choice of the first companion. Their whole
success Id their employment; tho acquisition of those
: habits that will make them useful end respectable
hereafter, will depend upon tho Influence of the as
sociates they select. They may- conduct him by
steps unuppsronl tn himself, to the downward course !
i nf dissipation, dishonesty and degradation, or they
may lead him insensibly to the higher walks of so.
i brloty, honesty, industry and good order, until habile
i are fixed, chancier ia steadied, and success in bust,
i ness reached. Much, may wo not esy eoery lAing to
them in life, depends upon the influence of atsoci
. alee.
Yankee Wit.
Boon after the revolutionary war, abrave Yanke*
officer, a former captain In the eerrifte, happened to
be at Petersburg, In Russia, and while there, was
Invited to dine at tho table of a distinguished Mon
chant. There waa a large number of guests at the
table, and amongst the rest an English lady, who
waa anxious to appear as one of tho ‘knowing ones.*
On understanding that an American was siting
near her, alto expreaaed o’determination to quit hint.
She fastened upon him like a tigress, making nu*
mernus Inquiries touching our habits, customs, dreas,
manneis, modes of life, education, smusomenti, &a-
Tu all those queries tho captain gave courteous an*
swora which seemed*to satisfy all the company with
the exception of the lady herself. Bho was deter*
idined nut to be tatlsfled; and went ofit ‘Have tho
rich people in your country any carriages? fori
suppose there are some who call themselves rich.'
•My residence,* replied tho captain, ‘is in a small
town upon an island,' where there are but few ear*
riagea kept; but in the larger town* and cities on
the main land there are quite a number maintained
auiled to our republican manners.* .
•Indeed 7* replied his fair questioner,in a (one that
was both Interrogative and exclamatory; ‘I can’t
fancy whore you Hnd coachmen. I ahould'nt think
the Americans knew how to drive 4 coach.*
•Wo find no difficulty on that account, madam,
camly replied the captain; <we can have plenty of
drivers by sending to England for them. I
•To England 7‘ exclaimed the Udy, epeiklng jery
quickly; ‘I think the American* ought to drive the
English, Instead of tho English driving the A#erl*
*‘Wo did, madam, in the Uto war.* replied the of.
fleer; ‘but ilnce the peace, wo have permitted the
, English to drive ul.* . . - .1
•There wa* no more ‘qultilng* of our American
i during the dinner. Up walled in vain, like ‘Sam
1 Weller ts Piokwlek,* for tho next question. 1
' AaKiNo TOO Much.—A younir couple wer«i sil
ling Icsollier, undnnbtmlljr In .cm. romantic .pot,
wlih' birds end (lower. eround, el least Ibo reader
le'led 10 Infer that they bed nil these “appllaecee
end moan, to bool," when the followiog convene
doer, if iho saorifioo of my IlCo would pleaie
ihoc, most gladly would ! ley it down at thy feet."
4. 0 h, sir, you aro too kind f Both JusPromltida
mb that I wish you ■would gratify me by ’dleointln.
uing the hee of tobacco," '
“Can't think of it. ; It's a habit to which lam
wedded. 11
«4Very well air} this It the way In which you
sacrifice your life for roe, end as you are already
wedded to tobacco, VII take care that you are nev
or wedded to me also* as It would be bigamy. 111
Why* are ladies 1 dressee, about the wpist, like
a general meeting ? Because there Is a gathering
there. Yes, and oftentimes a great deal of bustle.
I Why did Adam bite the apple 1 said a school*
:master to a country lad. Because he had no knife,
said the urchin*
JDOIRO XT HANDSOME.
A few evenings since, says the Boston Posit the!
passenger train on the ■■■ ■■ Railroad arrived at
a smalt village and stopping atihe depot, a loving
couple got out and inquired the “way to the min
ister's.” On reaching the house John made known
his errand, which was.no other than to have the
rite of holy wedlock performed. The' reverend ,
gentleman was just leaving to perform a service
of another kind, and suggested that the parlies
j should wait his return. But John was in a hurry,
[and the minister thinking ho could inake a short
case of It, consented to tarry; but the.bridegroom
was not quite ready. Hit trunk was out on the
platform, and said he, addressing the minister—
“Spose you just help me in with it.”
On getting it into the house he added—
“ Just help, me up stairs with it; Elizabeth wants
'to dress;” 'This done; “And now,” said he to a
'young lady present as he descended, “Spose you
go up.stairs and help Elizabeth dress.”
■ Surely such a request could not bedenied* :Tbe
lady was dressed, and her toilet'duly made; as
she was about to descend she bethought herself
that John’s wedding “rig” was in the trunk, and
khe Would thank the young lady, if dhe would take
It into John’s room, and call him to get ready. ■
The rig was accordingly taken into an adjoining
chamber, and the bridegroom showed “where he
might make ready.” This occupied time. But
st length the parties descended, and taking their
(Rations, the service was about to commence. At
this Instant John filed off to a-dlstant pqrt of the
room, where the young lady was sitting, and Said
to her—
“Come now, spose yoo just go and stand up
Side of Elizabeth, it will make her feel belter.”
The lady acceded. The two were soon made
“one flesh,” and the clergyman left, it was ex
pected, of course, that the happy couple would
take the latter train and proceed on their way that
night.. But all hurry was now over. The parties
seated themselves and seemed alhome. At length
John spying a piano, said to the young lady, still
in the room—
“Come now ’spose you give os a tune on thal^
'
The lady complied; it was a sentimental song,
and the bridegroom was In rapture.
“Never heard such a right down good thing In
mil. my life; and now ’spose you go right through
jt again.” -
it was repeated; about this time the car whistle
announced the approach of. the train. They were
informed; but John said ho “had no thought of go
ing from such a confounded good place that nlglit.”
They stayed; in thontorning they tpok the early
train, and just as they were leaving, the generous
and grateful bridegroom slipped aailver dollar into
the hand of the clergyman, his eyes opening and
glistening like the rising sun.
“There,” said he, “take that, I’m going up to
——, I’ve a brother there; he’s going to be mar
ried; I’ll send him right down here, for yoo do the
thing eo handsome.
The Negro Monarch.
A French officer writing from Haytl, gives a por.
trait of the Negro king, that is worth preserving for
comparison with white ones—rwhile klnga'lsst:
“We have seen his imperial majesty* the Emperor 1
Faustin 1. In the visit which we officers paid to
h\m no received us with ail the etiquette of European
monarchies. At our arrival.in (he principal court
of the palace, (formerly (he residence of the French
Governors,) we found ranged, in tolerably good or
der, platoons of the footguarde and of cavalry, also
on foot, who presented anna aa our staff advanced.
I AAer having wailed for tome time id the first saloon,
'wo were introduced in the Saliie dee Mareobaux,
i where the Guard Marahal advanced toward ue. He
wore en elegant Lieutenant General's uniform
Shortly after, one of the Urge doors was opened, an
uaber cried, “The Emperor, gentlemen I" - Fausliri
I. then entered, surrounded by' a alaff wearing bril
liant uniforms, but awkwardly, and without taste'.
The Emperor seated himself upon a raised arm
chair, and begged of us, through hie Guard Marshal,
to alt down. As to the courtand aids do camp, they
remained standing, but were covered. AAer an in
significant conversation of four or five, minutes, our
commmdor rose, and wo took leave of the Emperor.
We were accompanied to the donre of the palace by
q veritable escort of generals. The Emperor is of a
Very fine black, and la , well made; his features are
l)ard, but intelligent. He wore a simple dark-green I
coat, with the star of his order (Faustin I.) and the 1
grand cordon ot the Legion of Honor, white trousers,
on admirably beautiful sword, a* magnificent oeno,
and a mair of epaulette* ornamented with seven large
start fn diamonde. He wear* hla costume with a
good-deaf of grace. • Snulouquo has made himself
Binperor.but he had not boeif crowned; and, as he im
itates Napoleon In utl things, he Is very anxious for
the ceremony. He haisent to Romo en ambassador
to demand that a bishop shall come to crown him.
: end make him en Emperor 'by the grace of God and
of (ho Holy Soo.' It appears (hat Ilia, Holiness, who
I reproaches Faustin I. with having somewhat uncer
emoniously declared himself chief of tho IlsytUn
ChUrch, tho orthodoxy of which is very contestable,
and which has scarcely anything Catholic except
I the name, has flatly refused. However, Faustin.].
has not yet lost all hope; and ho has recently spent
I 750,000 francee In purchasing a throne, a prie»Dieu,
I crosses, flags, velvet and silks; and he hac caused a
I throne room to ho built, which is really admirable in
decoration! and ric l * flangings. Out there it no
| bishop. ,Hia majesty, wishing to sea all hie people,
haa gone on a visit to different places, followed by
hia guard and by five vr six* regiments, a very nu
meroue cortege for such en occasion. The part of
the island which was Spunlsli, and which now forms
the Dominican republic, is much alarmed, as it fears
hie majesty intends an invasion. The great powers,
however, have declared that, In case of aggression,
they will establish a blockade. Such Is (he position
In which we are with Faustin I. until we shall block*
ade him in concert with the English; but perhaps
lhal ia hardly probable.*' ,
A Mistake.
A young gentleman who had been paying—un
der protest from her rich father—hie addresses to
a young lady, and had almost given it up as a
hopeless onse, obtained an ellgabie situation In a
foreign mercantile house. Meeting a lady of hia
acquaintance, soon after be', bad arranged to go
abroad, he said lo her—
“lf you will promise never to tell any one, I’ll
confide to you a secret. 11
1 “Oh, nol of course I'll never mention It, 11 —said
the'lady.
Ho whispered In her ear—
“My fortune Is made—l am going to Havre .”
“You don’t say ao 1 WhenV*
“Next week. 11 ,
They separated, end the next day the father of
the young lady appeared before our hero flourish
ing a big oane in his right hind, demanding to
i know by what authority he had proclaimed that
> he was about to marry his daughter V 1
*Tbo young man denied the “soft Impeachment. 11
.(•You did!’ 1 roared his wouidn ( t be father In
law; "you told Mrs. TUrse-era-dash that you were
i going to have her, heal week 111I 11
1 * “And eb I am—to sail for the’ port of Havre—in
* the Humboldt. 11
The old gent eloped.
ST Thera Is nothing purer than honefty—nothing'
•weoter than oharity—nothing warmer, than love
nothing richer than wisdom—nothing brighter than
virtne—and nothing more steadfast than faith,—
jThcßo untied in one mind, form the purest .thesweet,
eel. (he richest, the brightest, end tbe most steadfast
I In happiness.
Napoleon in 1914 U *
The Empirs had mads him old before his lime.—
Gratified ambition, satisfied pride, the delights of a
palace, a delicious table, a voluptuous couch, youth,
fill wives, complacent mistresses, long/ vigils, sleep,
less nights, divided between labor end festive plea
sures, (he habit of constant riding, which made him
corpulent, all tended to deaden his limbs and eher
vale his faculties. An early obesity overloaded him
with flesb. His cheeks, formerly streaked with
muscles, and hollowed with the workings of genius,
were broad, full and over hanging, like those ol Olho,
in the Roman modal* of the empire. An excess of
bile mingling with the blood,'gave a yellow Uni to
the skin which at a distance looked like a varnish of
pale gold on bis countenance. His lips still preaery.
ed their Grecian outline and steady grace, passing
easily from a amtie to a menace. His solid bony
ohln Ibimed an appropriate base for his features.—
; His nose was bnl a line, thin ond transpirent. The
paleness of his cheeks gavo greater brilliancy to the
blue of hi* eyes. His look was searching, unsteady,
yet a Wavering flame—art emblem of inquietude.—
Ilia forehead seemed to have widened, from the
scantiness of his thin black hair, was falling, from
the moisture of continual thought. It might be said
that his head, naturally small, but greatly Increased
irt else to give ample scope between his temples’ for
the machinery .sod dbmblnatioo of a mind, every
thought.of which was sn empire. The map of the
world seemed to have been entrusted to the orb of
that reflectiro head. But it was beginning to yield;
and he inclined it often on his breast, while crossing
his arms like Frdoriok 11., so attitude and gesture
Which seemed to affect, Unable any longer to ee
dues his courtiers and his soldiers by tho oharm of
youths, it was evident he wished to faclnste them by
(he rough pensive and disdainful character of him.
■elf—of his model in his latter days. He moulded
himself as U were into the stelae of reflection before
his troops, who gave him tho nickname of “Father
Thoughtful.” He assumed the pose of destiny.—
Something rough, rude and savage in his movements;
revealed his southern and insular origin. The man
of (he Mediterranean broke mil constantly through
the Frenchman. Ills nature,loo groat and too pow.
erful for (he part he hod to play, ouerflowed on all
occasions. Ho boro no resemblance to any men
around him. Superior and altogether different, lie
!.»■ sun, Ul ltlb DOS, miu Ul ITTB
battle field—out of his element oven in his own pal
ace, and a stranger oven in his own empire. Such
was at this period tho prbfilio, the hast, and the ex.
lerlal physiognomy of Napoleon.—Lenwrtln’f Hi#-
lory of tho Rootoration,
The Grumbler.
Plague lake him I In our opinion he la the greatest
of all bores. Wo have no patience with him. t What
good comes from grumbling] Does it make business
better—heal sickness—does it do any sort of good 7
Then why not ho cheerful and smiling and pleasant]
If you. are a merchant,. remember that business
cannot always be brisk. Now and then a dull day
or a dal) week will come. And.are you sure that a
wise Providence dost not order an occasions! dull
season, that the mind may find relief from the wear
and (ear of busy life? Why not take such occasions
fur harmless recreation, Which will recruit your
strength andfltyno for the dirties of life. Then keep
your tamper. Be good.natursd to yourself and to all
about you. If business is dull, open your books and
■entet into a careful examination of your affairs.—
Don’t be afraid to know exactly how yoo stand,’" 1 ' Bo
(ruo to yourself, and you will bo true to all man.
kind. But, no mallet whether you hate gone ahead
or bshind ) don't gtumbU,
To one and all we say, don’t grumble. Wo must
have wind and rairt, and drought. Cold and heal, and
frost and snow, good eropi and bad crops, good timet
and bad times. What we lose one year is gained
the next. In (ho end everything will oome out right.
So don’t grumble, but “ laugh and grow fat”— ltem,
Betray not Confidence,
For once that secrecy is formally upon,you, it
is implied a hundred times by the concurrent cir
cumstances. All that your friend says to you as
a friend, is intrusted to you only. Much of what
a man tells you in the hour of affliction, in sudden
anger, or in any outpouring of his heart, should
be sacred. In his craving for sympathy be has
spoken to you as to his own soul.
To repeal what you have heard in social Inter*
course, Is sometimes a sad treachery; and when it
is not treacherous, It Is often foolish. For you
commonly relate but a part of what has happened,
and oven If you are able to relate that part with
fairness, it is still likely to be misconstrued as a
word of many meanings, la a foreign tongue with
out the.context.
There are few conversations which do not imply
somo degree of mutual confidence, however slight.
And io addition to that which is said in confidence,
there is generally something which is peculiar,
thought not.confidential—which is addressed to
ihe present company' alone, though not confided
to their ssoresy,. It,ls meant for (hem* and they
are expected to understand it righily*
The Ungrateful Son.
•‘The eye that moeketh at his father, the raven*
of the valley shall plok it out.* 1 Pro. 30} 19. Till*
is a terrible denunciation ogninsl ingratitude to pa
rents, end oven in tho present day ti sometimes vir*
tually fulfilled.
Some year* ago on Irish gentleman, who was an
eztsnslve contractor on our public works, wss rs*
duoed to poverty by the profligacy and dishonesty of
an ungrateful son. Ths old man lost hit wife, and,
to add to hit calamity, his health failed; and; to fill
the cop of bit sorrow, he lust hla sight. Thus poor,
friendless, blind, snd forsaken, hs found an sqylum
In the Franklin county alms house, Pennsylvania.
While an Inmate of this refuge for the afflicted,
hie wieked.and ungrateful son travelled that way;
he was Informed ol his father's situation, snd that
his parent wished to sea him; and although he baas*
ed within two hundred yardsof the aline house, he
refused to stop and see the kind father he had ruin
ed.. Now maik the result. The very day he passed
the elms house on hla way to Gettysburg, In an open
carriage, he was overtaken by e elonn, and look a
severe cold that resulted In the destruction of his
eyes. He lay. In Gettysburg in a critical situation
until hla funds were exhausted, aod those who had
dm In charge took blm to the Frsnklin county alms
house.
Ths very day he was brought In, his father, Itav*
ing died the day before, was carried out. He was
pul In tbeaame room, and ‘occupied (he same bed,
and in a short time followed his neglected end heart
broken father to the Judgment aetl of Christ. It is
Asrful thing to fall into tbe hands of an angry God.
•• Attention thq Whole.**
A 'major of militia, in Pennsylvania, who had
recently been elected, and who was not overbur
thened with brains, took it Into his head on the
morning of parade, to go out and exercise a little
by himself. The 'field 1 selected for this purpose
was his own stoop. Placing himself In a milita
ry attitude, with nis sword drawn, he exclaimed,
•Attention the'wholei 1 Rear rank, three paces,
march I 1 and ha tumbled down the cellar.
His wife, hearing the noise occasioned lor fall*
ing, came running out and asked—
•My dear have you killed youraelfV
<Go into the house, woman, 1 said (he major,
•what do you know about war?'
‘Ephraim/ said Simon, ‘what does a young
fallow look like, whan gallanting his sweet heart
through a eKowerV ‘Why, 1 sifd Ephraim, look
ing at hla boot, *he has very much tbe appearance
of a rain beau*' .
03" The maiden wept, and 1 said,‘why weepest
thou, maiden 7* Bho answered not ; neither did she
ppotk, but anbbfd exceedingly, and 1 again uakod,
» why weepest thou 7” when she said, “ Whit’s that
to you 7 mind your own boiinsil. 11
AT 12 00 PEB ANNDI
Thoughts worth PoudSHng«
*1 can speak it from experience,” lays |ljV falfc*
orated Eraamua', ‘that there ia Utile benefit li bk
rived from the Scriptures, if they be read cursorily
or carelessly: but if & man exercise himself tbfcVeiri
constantly and conscientiously, he will find Audi ef-|
Ready in them as la not to bd found id any 1 . Mbit
book whatsoever.* •' ’■ •* 1
‘The genuine philosophy of Christ;* says thi tJnfef
author, ‘cannot be derivodTrota thy source sbtuh*
oessfully, as from the books of the CovpelA'add
Aposllio Epistle*:' in which, if a mad phiMo|)hild
with a pious spirit, praying rather Ilian arguing, h«l
will find that there i* nothing conductive td-lbrhab.
plnesa of man, and the performaned of any’duty of
human life, which is not, in some of thesd writing
laid down, discussed and determined, in a bdrbplels
and satisfactory manner. '
‘That which stamps npon the Scriptures the high*
est value,* eaye Bishop Porteus, ‘that which renders
them,strictly speaking, inestimable; and distlnguiah
at them from all other In this world, id lbU,>UUi<i
they, and only they, contain the words of £leraa| •
life. In this respect, every other, book, eviir/tht
noblest compositions of man, must fail: they cannot
f ive ns that which we moat want, and what la ol
nfinilely more importance than all other thing? Put
together— Etxrnai. Lira.* ..
0* Kind to Old* , . ; , i*.jf - .
Be kind (o those who tre in (ho autumn qf-Jlflir')
for thou knoweal not what sufferings (he/ may bava
endured, or how inuqh it may alill bo their portioiMSj
bear. Are they queruidiia or unreasonable?.. AlfpW
not thine anger to kindei against them; rebuke ibspt .
not. for doubtless many and severs have boon, the .
eroasea and trials ofearlier year; and perchance their 1 J
diipotUipns, while in tho spring time of. Uff|<werf>
more gentlo and flexible than thine owq, Do l{iey ,
robuire aid of thee 7 Then redder it cheerfully, and
forget not that the time rosy cohib when then mayebt '
deaira the tame laaielance from others, tbatoosr f
thou rendereal unto thorn. Dball that ia needful fur -
(he old, and do it with sladrily, end think itnolbaid
If MUCH is required at thine hand, leaf whdriagbfiia '
ael ita aeal oh tht brow, and filled thy limbs
trembling, others may' waii upon thee unwillingly.,
and feel relieved when thy coffin-lid ha'a cbVerralby v
face fereveg. - r .'-
The tlApphit Uan'i
Lot a man have all the world oan give ia
alill miserable, if ho lias a grovelling," uftmtlerfd, 1 '
undevout mind. Let him have hie garden, h la'field# ,•
and hia lawn*, for grandeur, plenty, orqamenlaidl •?
gratification, wlillo at tlia same time God ia. not aft .
oil in hia thought!. And lei another have fields or
garden; lei him only look at nature with an enljght*
ened mind; a mind which oan aee and adore the.
Creator in hie works, oan consider Ihim aa dimea*
■trationa of bis power, hia wisdom bit good n dak add
troth—this man is greater aa well as htppfdi l
poverty than the other in his riches—the ope ia. HVi ..
tie higher than lha beset, the other a little loWer ,
than an angel.— Jonei.
Abont llomllaesiV iMi v, . ,
Whet it too ate aa homely as a log but 7 Don’t
cry ebool [t.. Lei goodness of heart make op Cel
untoward looks. A lady with eyse dial resemh/e -
peeled onioos,and •> crooked as a politician's credd«~ w
a nose like a hoe, and a mouth that attaches from Tsk^ ?l
to ear, and opens like a jack-knife, will be mombev i !
loVed end respected by those whose good trill, fal
worth one’s pains to secure, If the a. gped
heart, end a kind disposllon—than if she waVtafttL V.
tiful as Milton's Ev«- wirha corkscrew
and heart of load. The wise never Judge from lha
complexion oflhe skin or the symmetry o'fthe form*
but by tfae virtues of lire heart.
Tin Aurora Borealis and the MiQNtno Txus
OEifn.—Tlio Aurora Dorsalis, visible on Wednesday
and Thursday nights last, the ntosl bVlliiant add IWI
markable exhibition of the kiod oolioSd here /qr'. -
years, was attended with soma very singular pbeoo* ...
mens. On Wednesday mptotny an unueua| «ppe|fi
aoce of atmospheric electricity was manifest'oh at}
the telegraphic lines radiating from this, oily,'Ekßl*’ '
West, and South, which continued mete or leak till -
Thursday evening. Al times there wet a powerful t
current upon the wires, sustained for „t
U would diminish to nothing, and the phrrent fifom
the batteries cease to have any elTeet on theaagiibt
It eamenoi Id flits and flaahes,aa in the ease during* ”
thunder storms, but would emit a steady sparor
seconds, and even minutes. During this t.lfne ; jtfeft i
weather wse cold and remarkably clears , Thoeame
effect wse noticed In other cities. In Doitoo,ll.lk
•aid, there Was sufficient electricity 10 supply th® }
telegraph wires wilhaul employing the bacteria'*—*
Dy noticing and recording these remarkable a '
a eluo may yet be obtained which will UortyeTthls
mystery of the ikies. , _ ’7. i .
The phenomena of the auroral lights hss long Veeh
1 attributed to electricity, and various theories Hkve
1 been offered to account for them; all, however,‘tin- ‘
1 aatiafsetory. It has been noticed that the/. pref|i(, j
moat fncofd weather, and in clear fro» ty yygeljifs
the air ie most electrical. Cold will changes cop.
ducting substances Into electrics, and inereise~th¥‘' l '
power of substances already eleotrio. The air at*.
certain height Is found to be exceedingly cold. Jl^e^
, inferior points of the atmosphere belweeh the tropica
are violently healed during the day by (he refleptiojl
of the tun’s rays upon the earth, and would llierprort. ..
bee conductor dlsohargingeleolricily upontheeArih
in thunder storms, end being recruited frond-th# }
| tipper and colder regions, producing electric enrrehti ? i
j- from each pole towards the equator, as observed'da*, .
ring thd prevalence of the Northern Lights.
| is one of the theories, but it is not without its dlffiv _
cnlties; noleselly explained. Perhaps Ibemagnetic
' telegraph may help to a better solution.. , k . ,;• -•
1 PhiUi Ltdgtr,
Gku»u«9.-~Sharp Lawyers.—A law wag entele^ r {
by the Leglslalure’of New York, against
bridling with penvliles. Thb following pargsrepfi'
from the National Democrat, shows how itle'usedf la
the city of New York:
••We understand that some of the email lawyeyeVo 1
doing a prosperous business by having personatoyle*
it a gambling shop, and if he loses a few dollars, with
whom he is in collusion, writes a very IhreatoblDV'
note to the proprietors of the gambling- edablish; '
moot, and then settles the businsse for tweDty*fl«a''
or fitly dollars, aod divides vyilh the informer* Truly
there ere more weya than one to gel a. living*. . .
The otherday a young lady stepped Into t Well'
known establishment in town, a&d Inquired’off*
handaofno elerk. “Sir. have you any raouaeuolpr*;'
od ladles 1 gloveal”
“Yea—a aort ofgray—Juatthe color of yourdr^w- 1
era, there;” meaning the store-drawers, which weVaf '
painted gray. “My drawers, miaal” ejiculated' l
the young man, glancing downwards al‘h’irdtMlr>
to ace if everything was light and light. “My;,i
drawers, mlsel why I don’t wear any/” The
young lady waa carried homo on ! a shutter* ' *
What la called liberality la moat ofiep
vanity of the thing, which wo like beiier jbap ibq *
thing wa give.* . -
Never purchase love or friendship by giflfe; whan«
thus obtained, they are lost ar aoon aa you.ttpjL
payment*.' , r ...
i« the bellows th&tblomdp vtbhi ,v
Pereuade,a girl that the la an angle, and yeu oanykev.
auado her to become anything you wiab afl*r tb^v
Tua State Fata;—The time'for holding |h»
second ahnoml Stale Fair in Pennsylvania 1 ia fltbd
for the 30th, 3Ui and S9d of Ootobe'r o'ail.'.Tba
place for holding U has not yel been selected* • , . l _ t .
Ladim SraAsiMa.— A petition for the M&ibe fisi*'
wo# proMolud lu the Legislature, an tlie ihM/’ah,/
signed by 15,560 Udivs of Philadelphia* dUH fof,
the womens
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