A 917.1.1. WRIGHT, Elitor and Proprietor VOLUME XXXII, NUMBER :PUBL D EVERY SATURDAY MORNING Office in Carpet Jill, Yorth-westCor22o* of ,Front and Locust streets. Terms of Subscription. Copy p e rani• urml f I,ol , ] , ,; , dvance. I •• 11 110111.11 d with," th roe mortillsirorn cOMMCIICCITIeII I of t he yea r. 4 . 42...7:Lt fat, 400p3r. 0: tth-CrIpTIOII.,CeIV,OO..I unie than .IX pow], wi I I lie di.enniinued aim: all ,atreatrage..tre puid.unle,Al the aptiono (the pult• is her. Lurylnnc3 naylle•einitledb vtnuil a Cr s rink Rates of Advertising bquari [5 i nes] one wee!, •• • till .1 1,2 ine, s o, o ,e ll u ,.l e l.. ,l. .•quenhaserlion, 10 50 three 00 ench‘ub-rquenthliertion. 05 d.argcrtdverti-eemcat'ru promotion A Inher.l I li:cou ittwillbe made to rtuarterly.hai6 earl}• or:e trip l vertticr.t,who arc strietileonfined °their DR. HOFFER, TWITiST.---OFFICE, Front Street 4th door ulroal Loravt. over S.:ylor & :11cDonald's Ronk store Colaml4.:. U'Llbtrunce. -aloe Pho tograph uguct Yl, ISSS. TIIO3IAS WELSH, JUSTICE ()V THE PEICE, Columbia, Pa. OFFIGE, :a %Vhipper'A New 13uilkhag, below iihtek". I hotel. Front...wet t. ID - I'rntupt attention given to all businens entrusted to t ic care. :Soveinner :IS, I Y 57. 11. N. NORTII, A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW' Colinnbia .Pa (.4011ertaaa- I. rnmptly made.i a Lanea,te,and 131111114.0. Columbia. May 4,1450. .1. W. FISHER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Colt] lob la , be r I I S, Atlee B ekius, D. D. S. DRAC'fICF. , . 'be Opoi aim\ Sur:y . o,l,l and 31ecluin Teal Voini rimenb. t:hr•ur lot u-I .ireoi, bet e, a Lc Fra Ilk lin llou-e end I.u.t °thee, Columbia, l'a :%1 y 7.1-:+9. Harrison's Coumbian Ink. 'CV i- a 4upellor aruelc, perataneallv bli n k TV and not cot ro,lieZ the pen, Oil lie had In nil% al:lntily, at the 1 . :11 6 . n and blacker ?et Ca 2.11-1, hoot Cotaal:”.l..laa, 9. 1,59 We Have Just Received DR. CUTTER'S improved Cucst Erpacding Su-nender and ',nonl/1, 12,une, for (mull. :11Id Patent Shut 5111.1,01 ter i 1114.1 Wane for Jill the nincle wlltnnt at ill, time Conte Lind .ett theta a F.111:11. Nedit.ine :101, Oad f.11.11!1. Prof. Garthwr's Soap UTE' have the New Elie land Snap Co. thoce who d i e ti not obi,ut it from the ro.m Aloe, it I- ttlt•a-tt in to the -ha,. nail teal loge grea-e 'pot , from Woe'ea Good-. a I. Oleleittie uo hueVattt. 1 - 01 eel tic ;:f roar money iit the Faintly Methettle Stole. Coluntlea, lu to I I , (.1.11AII:131, or, Bond's Boston Crarlirrs, for owl Arrow !toot Craeher, for.in vaiiii. article, 111 pl the etheille .tow. A 2,11116. It l 9 QPIILDING'S PREPARED OLUE.--The want of apt erdele I- le.. eel!. :And IiOW e:te be tippbed. .or tt 101 MR., (deb, vuri..outanu.wal , there 110,11111 g %l 1 e itaVe 101111 d It uteqtli /lilt p ui tug brae) artie.e. so blob 11.1Ve bre. uFelus• fur moullt, You Jan 12,111 it at the .uatt A .%! 1.1)1 , 3i NE sToRII. IRON AND ST.EZiL! rriot,F.:ll6.cl e Ntn, d Largf t•tucl: t,f 1,10 f3AR 11:()9 AND :•.;"11.: EL ! y or e , roppried -to 6 in hr of his b 00...-. alio t•,lo 11.1.11b4 It 10 cu..olllt r- to large or bili.dt gi.0011111,. at Ore lora e-rt air.. J Rir‘lPl.l: Sc. SON. Loco,' sir cut below cri cui,d, Columbie Pa. A prllii 11:011. RITTER'S Compound Syrup of' Vir and Wl'd Cheri y. for l4l. e. n.t 4 11 ,. he Gokicti Mortar Drow,tortt. Front st. ' A YEWS Compound Comentrulvn L Irart LA_ Sar.tmat i Ila tor t'oe vuro 01 Svr,riu!n • li..);;'Evtl.aud of I .crofolou- :11 - 6,11011 , .. 1 . , it. at, rie received cod for ...al, by R. N% I LA.1.1,315. roonl .ept. dI, FOR SALE. 200 (MOSS Matehe, very low for each .1.ou• Dutch Herring! ANy one fond ot good Ilex ring , opp'iod at F EflEftl.l.l Nor. 19. 1559. Goer Since. .'o 71 Loeu.l .t. YON'S PURE OHIO CATAWBI BRINDI awl l' UR K WINK , e•pvvial y ior Jul Savramental purpo-e4, nt ilr.• A11:1111:1 NI: Al 0 ItE. IVICE RAISINS for S etN. prr pound, arc to Lc bad only o EDERLEIN • B v No 71 1.0ci.1 •Irt•i•t March 10, LOGO GARDEN SEEDS.--Fresh Garden Stedi, Ivar ranied pure, of all kold, iu7i 1:151.1111.1.11N'S ~ roet•ry Sore, No 71 1.i.11-I,irrei 10,1%'0 POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES. A LA Rbl iot of floc and Common IMeket tII , LI Purses, a: trout IS cent- to two dollar. each. lie idquarter, and :Sews Depot. Columbia. April 14.1 +GM 4EN more of those beautiful Prints lett, which .it SAYLOR ar. :11cDoNALIYA' April It Just Received and For Sale 150 n SACKS Ground Alum Salt, in large t.., or ~,.,i; gaiullille.,:ii A PPOLD'S 1512y.2* %Va reli 1 U.C. Cana I 1:.1-111. COLD CRE A M OF GLYCERINE .-- For the cure Mild IneVerllloll In Cllllll,l 11•11111, &e. l o ur -tie at the GOLDEN ItIORTA It Dlt Ul; STOI2 I:. ' Dec. 3,1559. Prom ~rest. Columbia. Turkish Prunes! F ., rk flrat rude art.ele of Prunes yoo mu tr.o to S. ElillltLEl "C". 1 0, HO. Grocery Store, No 71 Locu+l st GOLD PETS,, GOLD PENS. risTrecrived .1 is nucl Our nc=ortmeol of Gold y of Newton i.nd tnaontaciure, nl ISA 1.011 McDON.AI,OI 4 Book ?lore. .Agril 14 From •irect. ,b,ve G11001 , ,' RIES. E continue to "" the b e=l.• Lev) Syrup. White A Br a , vaSuear4,eood Colfee , and choiee Tea-. to be had in Colunn.ta at the Piety Corner Slot, op posite Od 1 Feitots:W I Lill, nod at the old ,in sad a.!itint .ng the 'al:. II C. FONDER:43III'II. Segars, Tobacco, &c. A LOT of first-rate Seger., Tobe,,,,d f...•fled -11 be found at the store of ihe , uloteriber. Ile Leer. only n finst.Cate unicle. Call it. F.DERI.EI'S'S Grocery Store. Locum, st, Columbia, Pa. 0ct0 , 61 CRANBERRIES, NE«Crop New Ogtron,ut 0ct.:20. Peal. A. M RAIIIIO'S, SARDINES, WOre e 7terfthire Sauce. Refilled C 0.,.. Le. jest re , yed and for bale by P. ER Eat LuiN. Oct 2 0. teen, No :t Loen -I St. CRANBERRIES. rusr recelvca a froth lot of Crartbiattoo iva4 Xe 7 0 Camara.. at 1 , 10. - a Lotukt met. .oot 2ty INC S. F. r.BERLEIN liiittt is. BEI A flush ctgreca t= on the boughs, A wain breath panteth in the mr, And in the moth a heart•pal•c there Throb- underneath her brea=t of •non•.= Lint is a•lir among die wood., And by the moor, and Lv 111.2 stream, 'I he ear. an from a torpid dream. Wakes in time -411V...11110 on the buds; so 3, - Wakes up in music ns die song Of wood !Aid wild, and lonsen'tl rill More frequent from - the et Indy 101 l Comes greening fore,d tildes along; Wakes up ta beauty as the vheen Ot woodland pool the gleam, receives Through bright flatter ...over bratded leave+, Of broken , uttlight-, golden-green. She •ccs the outlaw'd winter stay A WIWI`, to gather after him Snow robat. fro , d-crystdird diadem, And then in soft showers pass away. She could ert love rouyb winter well. Vet etotnot choo-e but mot.rn him now; So vveart awhile on her young brow Hi- gict—agle.nning icicle. Th ea turn , ht.r loviog, to the .Ull. lipheaves her ho-oar'- .well to his, And, la the joy of fir-t rorget. for aye 'hot Ntertie: oaL: Old lodge from liar he rcavet— Tipal ) curd. t 1,,,11:,11 gliiewit.; -tar— And vont, 11 , r with it green eym Ir, And gt idle'. round liar blow with leave:; The p•imros, and scoot-,inlet Jle Longles el her shiniii; Alit teuelae. elfin bleeze, lair To.ing her home •weet Carl2ollet All piomi-mg long smuttier bon \\ 11,11 clue ill hnt embrace shall Ire, Under the broad dome of bright On mossy vouch,' ,tarr - ti with tiJtvert, Till t•lte track again to him, Tbc be,lllly Learning from 111. Lire, And, lobed it light, alcoa, with the glace Of F.Jen-pol,teed chct 01111 n. O ea: th, iLy ghrrving lovvlou , N Around our very All tunlonmoljo:,..once all it. °lvo, . 4 -nd Fuou'll u. o'er 11.41011 C., t rniversiry .2111tgazine Sunset After a Shower Over the 1101-lop, rom 1111011 fold. hiuod•Stalned Il 41111. r , uulun die , Ity, Ili aided Ranh craa..oll and fringed whit gold, lii (if LilithLr the ,prta clouds lie. Down in the vailey the slumio'roti: It eec Dina!, h anily jewel:e.! rnia; And a -pit y -vented, I_o'll/UlOll 4 b reen, In ripple• ern , -e- the bendae: grain. Luke; Ileei, LLe ctl ver plc to. Through dreamy Mai melt 81 (1 AIM Ike -ifithglit, failing in -Jamie.; hymns. : 4 trike% deep la lie Item! of Me forest'. 61111de On distant intlainli the lonely pine idi int,ple and hound with fire; The in th•e church , . a id fiance and And the wewhir-eane is a gilded wire. Tin” taperioq cedar, like n fir, -taunt- out of the em it. sera•m: .111,1111.• Lord appear LI% civolor a the held. Aid the tat:dr:l hanaelt of cimal are seta To fiercer buttaz shame; NVMM the vale below nod the hula bervi pea Are &award ;a a 5 el:ow mist of S tom. And a fariner' ,, Loy. all onlare light, Look; over Ilia eldr where the cede 1 , grow, And -I•ader with In:-Lund 1114. 1 .7.6,1 ...AP, And ran- to liu comrades: down Lek.... Theo the brazen tvorulthaLN echo and nog. And the vaith and been, to -110%11 WI do hen; A pearly arch i= the hawk% fleet o•tagp And the swelterlog :and - iv:ye , ectn- to sit inn. On 11111-• i Ica coin 4, , ltine , The witkdow HMI If.t.alV-- II 111,0V-111111d 114 -he•ltrt.nq %%nem Uf i",;I-1.1,11Iilg IV) li:he Ala! tlwre m 11, porch two lover. woo— llr •Icutler figure .rat. enfold; A•hile two clove- 1,1 the dove•cnre ki" rani coo, Alit ruffle their neck: of green and gold. ,6.tirttiono. Married for a Dinnor The down train from London had just en tered the great Cokehampton station, the, hour was 5.50 A. \L, the time a lord; June morning, a couple of years since. At Coke hampton, the railway traveler is allowed to leave his carriage for a few minutes, in or der to snatch a hasty cup of c,,ffee or a ba sin of soup: but it being, as every one knows the custom at Coltchampton to keep both these stimulants at a boiling point, the re past is usually performed under considerable difficulties. Among the rest of those whose steps were directed by appetite towards the refreshment saloon was a straight, long limbed, handsomeyoung, fellow, with a brown shooting-jacket, brawn moustache, and a wide-awake that had seen service. This was my friend Itlffaelle Smith, of Clipstono street, London, landscape painter, journey ing in search of back-grounds, fore-grounds, and other "bits" of nature, as he termed them, for his next year's pictures. As this may be a little too technical for the general reader, we may more clearly express what we mean by stating that, according to an nual custom, the young artist was going to the West country to sketch from nature. Now, it happened on this particular oc casion, that although Raffaelle Smith had been out of his bed since dawn, he had spent so much time in packing his easel, canvas -BCS, colors, and other baggage of his artistic campaign, that it came to be a question whether he should breakfast and lose the train, or catch the train and lose his break fast. Breakfast, as the least important, was sacrificed. Accordingly my frical found himself at Cokelsampton, some sixty miles from London, with a most acute sense of Spring "NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY . PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY HORNING‘ AUGUST 10, 1861. emptiness of stomach, just as the railway guard ails calling out, "Train starts in ten minutes, gents!" Tu a man in my friend's unbreakfasted condition, such an intimation could nut have the effect of checking the ardor with which a traveler usually seeks the Coke hampton refreshment saloon. A very sharp appetite, and the exigencies of the railway time table, gave promptness to Smith's movements, and caused that young luminary of art to be among tie first of those who s)ug , it refreshment at Coke hampton's refreshment counters. Accord ingly the pressing injunction of the guard had scarcely been utterei, when may friend found himself at the must plentifully gar nished portion of the table. The Coke hampton wn'tresses are no less neat handed than natty, and It 'Altaic Smith's appetite would, doubtless, have been quickly ap peased, had nut the following question in terrupted his prefatory order for "Soup!" "Is there a gen'l'man here called Smith?" The artist scrutinized the fates of his fellow travelers, iu order to ascertain wheth er the question were addressed to any of the ii; and as no one replied, ho himself went up to the servant. "It appears that I am the only Mr. Smith here; do you want me?" want •L .Nlr. Smith who has arrived by the train from London." "11:ta! but 111 WI tulSll to a Single in habitant in this.: tnwn." "I know that, sir," aoswered the groom, readily. "That is the reason why I run sent to you, sir." "The reason why you are sent to me!" repeated Smith, in great astonishment.— "By whom•?" "Perhaps you will be kind enough to fol low me," continued the mysterious "1 ant ordered to speak w Mr. Smith in private, - A su hien misgiving took possession cf Rafftelle Smith. "Come, gentlemen," he said, addressing his fellow travelers, "Is it a practical joke? 'lf any gentleman present is the author of this piece of mystification, I charge him, in the name of stomach, the most worthy object of compassion in the world, to avowt at once, and to allow me to utilize, without interruption, the few minutes that yet remain." In answer to this novel summons, every one protested complete ignorance of what was passing. Smith was resolved to pluck out the he.u•t of this mystery. Curiosity imposed on the st.fatach a delay of several minutes, tu.•l the artist followe I the groom out of the refreshment room. He, however, informed his trameling companions that he would return in n few seconds with the so lution of this enigma. The groom, who had he:u•d the latter remark, put on a broad grin and wltei they were in the street, sail— "Beg pardon, sir, but wasn't you having n laugh at them gent=! They'll be precious mistaken it' they think you are going back to lunch there." "I'll tell you what, young min," replied Smith, irritated by the manner of the groom "mark toe, if you don't explain ererything nt once—if you have hail the misfortune Id be charged with a practical joke at my ex pense—l bhall not leave you without a sound thrabhing" (the groom be wed res fully) "for cnu+tiig me to lose my lunch and miss my train. "Alt, sir, 1 see you're a gent as wishes to have his joke," replie I the impurturable gr oom. in.. sir, don't you sow very well that you will nit leave C kchtmpt m to-day? As for the Inn Ai, I don't think you will mind th.tt, when von see the magnificent spread getting re.t•ly fir you up at the villa." The last phrase, di to2;ii :tot to we com prehensible than the ether p trtion of the groom's cotiversation, somewhat calmed the artist's ire. "Then 1 out ex.peztel t) dine by your =aster." "You'll be good enou,gii to speak about dinner with my mistress," answered the giro om. a good dinner. and a mystery! Well," cried Ralf:tone, flickering MI the dust from his boots with his handkerchief, ''all that is nut very alarming. The adienture is taking a rather interesting turn. Once more," he added, speaking to the dome -tic, "are you quite certain that it is to me, Ralf acne. Smith, Chpstone street, L gad n, land scape painter, that your mistress has sent this cordial iuvitatiun?" "You are the very gent, sir," answered the groom, readily; "and here's the note she sent you." Italf.telle hastily snatehe 1 a little note which the groom held towards him. The address was plain enough, "Mr. Smith," although the writing was completely un known to the artist. Ho tore open the en velope, impatient to see what signature was at the end of the epistle, but to crown the mystery the note was anonymous and con tained only these words: "Mr. Smith is awaited with the greatest anxiety, and be is begged instantly to follow the bearer of this note. Every reliance is placed on his alacrity and discretion." Now, this was an adventure that com menced in too charming a fashion not to be followed up. naffaelle at once forgot the refreshment counter at Cokeharnpton, and the next train. lie boldly commanded the groom to "go on." "It is no: two minutes walk," answered the servant, leading the way. "All the better." thought the artier "fly I am literally dy,ag wttn hdagur ‘tud But, on suddenly turning a corner of the High street,Baffaelle saw an elegant broug ham, into which the groom invited bins to enter. The artist took his seat therein, and the driver instantly whipped his horses into a fast pace. Raffitelle had learned nothing from his interrogation of the groom. lie threw himself back on his seat, and resigned himself to await tho denouement of his trav eling adventure. 'Ah, ha!" he said to him self, and the brougham dashed along the road, "the whole thing resembles an inci dent in a play, and I am at this moment performing the part of a fashionable lover flying to a secret rendezvous with his lady love. At any rate, it will he a good story to tell my ft lends—that is provided the play does nut terminate in a lugubrious fashion. One thing is certain," he continued, "which is, that I don't know a single individual in Cokehatnpton. Can any of my friends have come down here without my knowledge?— No, that hypothesis will not stand, for I left London without telling a single soul where I was going. None of my churns know where I am, and I only intended to bid them good bye by letter, after I had put fifty miles of railroad between 113. " The horses still inaintainel their fast pace and Raffaelle threw himself back it the car riage giving, free reign to liiiginagination. have it!" he cried, suddenly slapping his knee, "I have found the key of the enigma. I'll wager that this is the wort; of Thomp son or Meadlp. 1 don't know which, bat have a dim recollection of one of them tel ling me he had an uncle living in the neigh borhood of Cokehampton. Thar.; it.— Either Thompson or M'giln is rusticating down here—has seen me get out at the rail way station—and (-oblitne idea) has sent me an improvised invitation. A clover and di,ereet groom—a ut}•sterious note art carried ill '—l alight at the avuncular door-- delightful surpri-e —tot, .doutiol iter—ca t .ital ittitLt EMI I=l 111 mu - 11 1.1.4'1' lih qua to t 11.4 • 1 t. • i ii i lati , lo, than he thrust lii+ head out ~f the window. 110 was resolved to putt his idea. :It once upon an anthenti: basis. exira:fing a few con firmatory replies from the gro , ml. "Ili, cottu.liin just lull iv) a moment. Yueng man," he ciatinueul, addre-sing the groom, "I want you t, answer me a cities lion." The coachman Trilled u p hi s horse s: the groom was at t; e in an in-taid. "Your ma•ter's name is Thompson?" in qu.rodtfacilc. "The groom t welled Lis hat. "No sir." "Then you arc iu the service (il 31r. 3le gilp?" "Don't know no person of that name, sir," replied the laconic wool)]. Daffaelie fell back in hie seat, thoroughly rowed. ..fn un instant the active groom had re•umed his place be-dle the driver, and the vehicle was whirling rapidly along the road Daineue pulled his hat over his eye , ,crossed his arms, and felt like a general whose elite corps, sent forward to tar n the tide of battle had just been repulsed—annihilate]. At the end of ten minutes the brougham st ppcl before a little green gate. which wits Mime diately opened. Tire artist descended, and mechanically followed a servant, who led him acros• a garden. Alter proceeding along a trimly-kept gravel wa.k, lie reached the hack entrance of a country mansion. "Beg parki , m, sir,"- said tho a,:nectie, "but mistiese thought you would not mind coming into the home through the kitchen, as you might not like to he seen by the com pany till you had changed your dress." ,"Don't mention it," replied Randle, casting a glance at the great fire, the spit and the b right stewpans. They crossed the kitchen, and the servant, opening the door, led the way up the narrow staircase. -flush: be :.ilent a 4 you can; sir; we are on the private stairs of the house. lending, to your apartment. Pray rake care, hold on by the rail—follow Inc:" Rafftelle ascended on tip-tie. This k your room, sir. Will you please take a seat while I go and inform my mistress." "Lanelle dropped into n chair, once more entangled in an inextricable maze of sup po,iti in. There is evidently- some mistake here. It 14 quite clear that I am mistaken far some one el-c. When the lady of the tense dis covers that I am a total stranger--well, I shall he politely shown to the door, amidst the laughter of the company, that's all! Come the affair is taking a tragic turn.— That splendid repast, on which my imagir.- ation dwelt, is being whisked from under my nose, like Sancho l'onza's dinner. tut if it turns out so," muttered the enraged artist between his ttialt--"if I am ejected from this house, nay unappe.tsed appetite will drive me to half kill that villainous flunkey who has brought me into this scrape. Hark! I hear footsteps! They npProach! The catastrophe is now at hand!" The servant entered, and vhispored to Rafaelle: "Here is my mistress!" At the same instant a lady entered the apartment. She appeared about fifty years of age. Grave, self-pussessed, and perfect ly lady-like, her deportment reassured the bewildered painter. The lady requested the servant to wait outside, advanced, and held out her hand with a smile, in which there was ja.t ella le won .l It—pm-AO to ii/As puutts .•cc,p.,uu u, several bows of an attempted aristocratic ohitracter. liElEll "What on earth is she going to say to mri?" thought the young painter. "The lady ap pears to look upon me in the light of a friend. I wonder what reason she will assign for my abduction?" "Ah, sir!" began the lady, "we have been awaiting your arrival with the greatest anx iety. It appears that Charles has not ac companied you, as we requested him to do. At any rate we have received you." (Another smile on the part of the lady—giving her, in Ranolle's eyes, the most Sphinx-like sttri• butes.) "I am sure you will agree with me when I say that is the essential point. How many thanks and apologies du we not owe you!" "Owe me, madam! ram sure—yes—ahl" replied tho young painter, judging that in such a reply there was nothing to compro mi.e "Yes, sir. But Charles has made you ac quainted with the imperious motiVOS which have caused us to act in this abrupt manner; and these strange and exceptional circutn , stances will, I trust, completely excuse us in your eyes. Only an intimate friend of my son--a friend whom he has krIOWII since bob hood; a gentleman in whom we could confide as in hint—such a person only could we admit to a complicity in our plot. The euloginin which Charles passed upon you, in his letter of yesterday, informing us of your immediate departure from London, has fully satisfied us. My dear sir, lam cer tain we shall never have to repent having reposed our •tire confidence in you—of lln villg COD lid Cd to you that which we hold dearest, in the world; and I beg of you to • rest assured that you will never have cause to regret having placed implicit reliance on the honor of Charles said ourselves." "I am certain of it, madam," answered Maim , lle, whose curiosity was now raised to the highest pitch. -Bat the time draws near. You are somewhat late," continued the lady; 'all the eonnpnny are aqseni bled in the d Ch tries wrote to inform us that he ha 1 arranged oval ything with you. I can ;Visure you we !lave neglected nothing. Ah! ! I sec you arc in your travelling dyes., and, in your haste, have forgotten your luggage et Coltehamplon. You will find in that wardrstbe some clothes of Charles'. Ile wrote to us that sou IA ere both of the sorts stature—l see that you are a little taller.— 'II never, that is nut matgao al. Pray attire yourself as quickly :IP you can. In a (War ier of an h on. my brother, the :\laj ,r, will come lie;•e for yau. Ile introduce you to the latnily and to or friend , . A Item, for the pre-ent. then, toy dear s;r—l may almost ray my dear Smith," said the lady, holding out hcr hand, with another of her elegaot but to. st inexplicable smile.. And site went leaving my friend in a condition bordering upon c ;roplete stupefaction. "Well, well," he said, niter lie had some what recovered himself, "if this is a farce, it is 113 l a bad one. I must admit that the matron of the piece plays her part in the most captivating Inanner. Bat I th:nl: may be allowed to call her a most puzzling old lady. Ah! if I only understood a single word of tin.; :unit! If I only knew her son who is calls I Charles, and her brother, the ! Major, who is to come to can duct me to the assembled company, to introduce me, and to offer me—something to eat, I hope! But ! I must ha.ten to put on the clothes of Charles —my most intimate, though unknown !! friend: The lady said they were in the wardrobe. Aid this is capital! Coat, waist coat, cravat, patent leathers, all here; and on the dressing-table oils, brushes, costnet-, ics. Charles is evidently a swell of thd most resplendant character!" In a very short time Raffaelle Smith was transformed into an elegant cavalier. While he was contemplating himself with some satisfaction in a glass, and taking in, by several holes, the bane. of that article of at tire which envelopes the neither extremities, with a view of silencing the murmurs of his stotnach, tin individual entered the apart ment, and Ratlaelle heard behind him, in a deep bass voice— " Well, my deur Mr. Smith, ore you now ready?" - . A Alance at that tall, meagre, military farm, that hooked nose, that white mous tache. told 010 painter that it was the Major. Winelle was by no means cent fartable iii spirit as he turned towards the old man.— The latter, however, seemed to review him from head to foot with an air of satisfaction. "I am glad to find that Charles has not deceived us. I must admit that you arc a smart young fellow, and pot ill-suited to the business we have befoi , , us. Your boa t !, llr. Smith. Wear. not strangers, although we now see each other for the first time. I hope you havn't forgotten the instructions given you by °harks:" "On that point; my dear, sir," replied Randle, you may be quite easy. I can ac sure you that 1 have not forgotten one word of what Charles has told me." "Verygood. Yon will recollect that my niece's name is Emily, uud that it is abso lutely essential, in order to save her in the eyes of the world, and particularly in the eyes of my old cousin Lucy's frieuds—it i. imperative, I repeat, in order that our pro ceedings may not appear strange, unbecom ing and abrupt, that you should pretend to hare made the acquaintance of my niece while she was staying with her mother in L sndon. a year ago. Do you understand?' - Perfewt ly. Major, perfectly." • "Teen let oa go down at once." R.atelle Smith .experienced considerable hesitation at thin critical moment; bot the $1,50 PER YEAR INADVACE; $2.00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE singularity of the adventure, the desire to see the conclusion, and, it must aloo be added, the devouring appetite which tor mooted hint, all united in compelling him to follow in the Major's footsteps. The let ter led the way down a %net and richly deco rated staircase, and opening a door, ushered him into a magnificent drawing -r00m,% here the bewildered painter found himself in the pre-once of a brilliant and numerous assem bly, The entrance of the Major and palater produced a general sensation. "I have the honor," said the Major, “to introduce to you Mr. Smith, the future hue band t f Emily Shuttlework, my niece." At this extraordinary announcement, Ref facile felt his knees giving way beneath hint —all the blood in his body scented to be rushing into his checks—he was a victim to vertigo—he was fairly stunned—and if the Major had not supported hint, he would cer tainly' have fallen backwards. "Ile cool," whispered the Major, "be self possessed, Smith! Master your emotion." To recover himself cost the young artist thegreatest effort he had ever made in his life. The Major conducted him towards the lady whom he had already seen, and who was introduced to him as the mother of Emily. In a very short time Raffaelle. found himself surrounded by the refati‘ es and friends pith(' young Indy, whom he had no more idea 01 marrying than of allying himself mntim nially with a squaw of the Choctaw Indian•. Raffaelle felt himself somewhat of a culprit, as he stood there receiving congratal ttions, and overloaded with 'narks of respect and friendship from the well-bred people conAt c f.,,ated in the house wherein he hod no Letter claim to be present than a briNlar. In an excess of embarrassment, R ifraelle turned in search of his military guide. lie was re solved to put an end to an nirair which Wag rapidly becoming too serious and too alarm ing for any man of del icaoy to prolong by ' his silence. The Maj or , taking him a silt. into a rece.s , of one of the ,ra,dou.; withiowp, Cut short the first effmts of the artist to car ry OW Itiy honorable intention. "Tut, tt.t!" said he with true military prompdtude; "not a word, lily dear Smith. I repeat, your arrival umkei me the happl e•t 111:111 But, my dear sir, your ideoe—" '•Sly niece thinks as I do, sir, and as her mother thinks. Mr. Smith, just imagine what we felt when we heard that it ttain hal been runt into only a low miles from Cokohampton—smeral cat riacs stua-hed, sit; and had you been in that train, my niece would Ink ye lost o. fortune of fifty thousand pounds." The perplexed Raffa elle could only repeat the ittime:ods in reply. "Yes, my dear Smith," continued the Majw; "fifty thousand, sill For tomorrow the date giten in my old cousin Lucy's will expires." "To-morrow the date _given in your old cousin Lucy's will apices!" was all that Rtnelle could repeat. "Tomorrow nt twelve, sir. But that stupid dog Charles should hare 'told you all this. Bat perhaps he has only very impel' feotly explained to you my cousin's extraor dinary will." "Very imperfectly," replied Raffaelle, "Well, I will furnish you with all the details. You must know that my cousin Lucy died a year since, leaN lug a sum of money amounting to fifty th.ioeon4 pound.. Now that sum was left to my niece Emily, on the express condition that slo should be a married woman a year and a ;lay after the ,I.tte of the testator's dea.h. Failing in %alai, all the property sines to charitb-5.4 We loved Emily to macli to force her into a hasty and dtstasteful union. Emily has ; not reache 1 her twenty-first year; and she; has never yet met one on whom she could bestow her loving heart. Time went on, and we were on the point of re , Ignlng the brilliant fortune which had been left to her on such c”,:trnordinary conditions, when, a few days since, her brother Charles ; suddenly wrote to 113—'Emily shall he mar ried before the app dated time.' We at ; first received this intimation as a piece of! idle, pleasantry; but Chat les spoke of you j with so much admiration—he drew fitICII a favorable picture o: your disposition, your principles—he spoke in such a touching.; manner of brotherly love which had united you and himself since your school days, that my sister and myself consented to render Emily rich and happy. You know I the rest, my dear Smith.—Charles sought ; you—he offered yuu the hand and heart, which you accepted—and in a few hours you come here to become my nephew, and the husband of our ricer Erni ty. Yourself, Emily, her Tallier, Charles, and myself, are all to whom tiro secret of this impromptu marriage is yet known. In order to keep up appearances, we have toll every one that you and Emily base kn two each other since the time of spending some months in London, a year since; awl that fur a length of time you have been soliciting her band. Hence you see why my sister and myself pretended to hail you as an old acquaintance from the first moment of your entering this house. That is my stray, my dear nephew." At the instant when the Major had con cluded his speech, and when the artist was about to avow, with exemplinary frankness and honesty, that he - was not the real and expected Smith, there arose a great commo tion in the dmwing room. "Hasten, my dear friend," , cried the Major, "hasten to glee your hand to your future wife.at the altar. The cartiagel are [WHOLE NUMBER 1,616. at the door." Ranolle reflected a moment. 1 speak out now," he said to himself, "I bring trJuLle, scandal, despair upon this excellent family. I must tell the truth to the Major when we enter the carriage—feign Illne:+s—any thing to save my honor." The Major, little suspecting what was passing through the mind of the young man whose arm was in his own, conducted him to a seat in an elegant brougham, which was dl awn up with se% eral other vehicles before the door of the villa. Raft Smith was an honest man, and Isis conscience revolted at the act he was about to perform. Lie leaned forward and clutched the hand of the Major, who sat opposite to him, with a cold and convulsive graQp. lie could barely stammer out, in a low voice: "I must spelk out before we proceed e. step further! The pallid features and trembling voice cf the young artist alarmed the old man. "What is matter?" he cried, "what can you have to say at such a moment as this?' "Sir," said the artist, "1 am not the man tr hour you expected!" no Major fell back on his seat as if struck by a cannon Clvt. "Yuu are. not Mr. Smith?" he cried; in n choking voice. llcrenpan the painter related, with loyal ft.:nil:tic-4, the inciilentg tt hich had con ducted him to ti c home of mother; th; , err which lia I kept hint there up to the 311iill1P11L of hi, introdmaion to the. guests iu the drawing•rown, and the real, though apparently tri , , Tai. motives which had pre y, (tom proclaiming the truth. "Alt, sir," cried the Major in de , pai-, "chat shall we do now?—what step can we take? My niece is ruined. And that is not the worst, her reputr.'i m envoi remitted—% last—,ts well as 'her mailer's and my own! Before more than to may persms wo have all three declared that: we knew you some time. If me can we retract these wards withant d:avt in tipm ourselves the most terrible ridicule and searidal; This will kill my nieco, eir." 'I am ready tddo anything,-" said Ran dle. "Ilmv eau I repair the misfortune of this fatal mistake?" "It is too late:" cried tho Major. "There is no way of eavirg ourselves." at this trilinent the each pulled up nt the church door. "What it; too be done?" inquired the ar tit, as lin alighted at the doer of the sacred ad iti cc "My dear sir," answered the Makr, whose military decision seemed to be restored, "this is to be done—yon most marry my niece. It is true you are a stranger to me, hut so is my nephew's friend. The manner in which you have justispolen the truth to me, tells me that you are a man of honor.— Hasten sir!—take Emily's band! but re member; not a word of this to any one; it is a secret betwees us both." With these words, the Major hastily peak ed Rafflelle into the church. In a few tinc , ments the artist shod before the altar, be ; side a young and charming girl of twenty, whose face wore nn expression as tender and pure Ile that of a Madonna painted by one of the old ni.t.sters of .. .ltaly. Sim was indeed, exquisitely beautiful. She raised her eyes at the approach of the artist; her glance, at tirht timid, her...ante more reassured as she saw what a handsome, and more than all, what an oven, honest free looked upon her own. As the M.ijor afterward declared, it might have been seen by any one that the emotion and blushes of both &atone nod Emily clearly betokened nn affdir of love tit first eight. The marriage was celebrated, and the ceremony was followed, to the great joy of rho bridegroom by a splendid repast. The Major tiok advautage of a favorable moment to slip oat, so as to intercept his nephew Charles, with his friend, the other and origi nal Mr Smith. Ile met them in a hotel irs the neighboring town to Cokehampton. Ile learnt that both lhol been passengers on the train which had been run into. Charles hal escaped nohurt; but his friend bad received a severe injury. The Major told all to his nephew. Poor Smith No. 1, after lying for some time in a dangerous condition, at length recovered. and was induced to go back to Lontlot. ithnut making any protect against the marriage, to aabich a common form of sur name and tho accident of steam had given rise. Charles at first wanted to lodge the contents of a five-barreled Colt's revolrOr in in the breast of his improgiced brother-in law; but after a fow months he shook hands warmly with the man whom he found to be dearly loved by his sister, and soon -becamo as devotedly attached to him 63 to the Smith of school daye. Raffeelle is an excellent losbancl.— Chance has made th.s pair I:lppy than thousands Rho have spent time acv thought in choosing. Emily LIST; Lor ha•bitnd; Rafaelle Smith adores L.:2 but he is very careful never to toll 1.. , r that he. was "married for; dinner." Conjugal Spies Paris abounds in lays:erica.. trade;.— Same years ago, M. Prirat d'Angloninat, a sort of French Edgar Poe, who lived the same life and died in the samo melancholy manner as his American prototype, published a series of interes:ing Papers• under the side of "Unknown Prof."dssints Among these sketches were some very singular types, which probably Eugene Sue. with all hie experience of low life in Paris, hs:l
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