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LO three week,. 1 00 enell4ulk 4 equeniiniertiOn. 25 .Larger dvertiSCRICIIRIII proportion A Itlirrtil Ilbe made to ourtrterly.lialt. sally tilverttser.,who are btricti3eonfinetl 0111 Cir 1111.111E1ns. DR. HOFFER, DENTIST. --OFFICE, Front Strut 4th door Iron: Loeust. over Saylor & McDonald's Book store Colombo" l'a LU — Entrance, ,ante a- Jolley', I'llo - Gallery. [August 21, 1853. TIIOIIIAS WELSH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Columbia, Pa. ,°MICE, in Whippers New I:Witting, below 13Inek's Ilalel, From street. irrPrompt attention given to all business entrusted o his eare. November t 2,?, 3857. H. N. NORTH, A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW -._ Cnlnmllin.l'a. Cullecuoue l.romptly made La nca,te and Vori 90 males. Colombia May. CHEM J. W. FISHER, Attorney . and Counsellor at Law, 40calumco-7c01.ca., M'ck. coiumbm, :•_;ept.riber li, 1,,31, It S. Atlee B ckius, D. D. S. I)IIACTICES the Operative, Su ical and Meehan ieal Cepartno•ntn at llcmi~trp; 01 FRT. .Icen..l..treel, lictweem he Franklin I.lou=e mid 1.0.4 Office, Columbia, Pa. }lay 7. 1.59. Harrison's Conmbian i.m=uperior article, permanently black. TV :tad not corroding the pen, call be laud 111 oat .aatity.lit the Vacuity pledu•rrre lore, and blacker jet i. 11111.1 Ling Boni /nun 9.1,19 We Have J u st Received R . CUTTER'S Improved Chest Expanding So-pe alder and shoulder Ilrite, for I,emlenten. and l'alein Sllilll.llLer intuit lime,: for Ladle-, 111-1 the at uric that t.wanted it Usti. nine. Connie and pee Mein an Family M calcine Snore. Odd l'e:lows , [April 0, 1n59 Prof. Gardner's Soap AIN: liner the New 1 , ,0e land Soap for tlioce wire 1101 0611161 II (11111161 e Alan; It I, 111011,1111 111 the -kw. and wit! take grenze .pot. (rein 'Woolen Gond., it IN therefore no 6umbu,. for you get the 11,01111 of your gooney lit ilte Fatuity Medicine Store. Columbia. June ri_,Riumm, or, Bond's Boston Crackers, for mill Arrow Hoot Craeher-, vutid- nod eliddieti—new ;article-, in Cuininida, al 11, Mundy Medicine Stoic, April Ili. 1039. SIALDING'S PREPARED GLUE...The want of -uch tin untele telt 111 every fatuity, and stow can tic nupphed; (or mending hut:mire, china wure.ornatnental work, toys. e., there IN nothing i•upertur. We have found it u-eful to repat ring 111.15 urneles been u,eleb., (or mouth,. You Jaust-in u at the to.o.utA; EVILY 1I EIIICINR STORE. IRON AND STEEL! IE lIISub-erdper. have received a New toed Large _took et ill ktdd.,,,,d <t en 01 BAH. IRON AND STEEL! They are con-tartly •Itprtlied ith -Loeb mthi. braneb ei fitc.ntep, and It to cu,lonter, iu large ar butall quttntattot, at the lots ect rate. J. RU:11 I'I.E & SON, Lorna cited below Second, Columbia, April,-,boll. 1? ITTLII'S Compound Syrup of lar and wad Cherry, for C 0,30., Cold, &c. he Golden Alortue Dra,g6tore., rrout nt. 1u132 YEWS Compound Conventrated Extract Sartmparilla ibr the core of Serotala emoroin. alreettooN a fre.,h an _lulu-t received and for I.y R. WILLIAMS, Front St Columbia, ,rpt. 21, 1059. FOR SALE. 2 00 CROSS rrictu...natche., very low for call, 100 : IL W 11.1.1 A M.Z Dutch Herring! ANY one fond of u good Herrin!: can Is. supplied at S. F. EttERLEIN'S Grocery Stoic, N 0.71 Locust et.. Nov. 19, 1559 T YON'S PURR 01110 CATAWBA BRANDY and PUHE WINES. especially for Medicines lid Sacramental purpn..c., :It the II .:2J. 1' AIEDICI;s:g STORE. NICE RAISINS for S els. per pound, are to be had only at Ii IIIdI: LEIN'S Grocery Score, No. 71 1.0eu.1 .trret. NI arch 10, IF G 0 C4IIIDEN SEEK—Fresh Garden Seeds, war \Jl ranted pute, of all orceivecl ut EBEICLEIN'S I.rocery Store, No. 71 Lobu-t :tweet March 10, IE-00 POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES. AI.ARt.I tot of Pine and Common Porket Boolor and Mr...tn., ot front 15 cent. to two dollar- each. 11t. ntquarterb and New. Depot Columbia, April 14.1 nIU. EEIV more of those beautiful Prints lA_ Jell, which will he sold cheap, lit SAYLOR ar...51“1/g.)NALIYS C0111111b1:1. 021111 Just Received and For Sale. 1500 SACKS Ground Alum Salt, in lam or emu 6 tiuonn tie at __ _ - GO. EMMEN Cup CREAM OF GLYCERINE.--For the cure aunt prevention 01 elm pped 'meal, he. For fade at ilia GOLIM:sI MORTAR DRUG STORE, Dee 3,1559. Front "'rect. Columbia. Turkish Prunes! FOR a that rate at tiele of Pruner you mug $o to Sc. V. GLIGICLIAN'S Grocery Store, No 71 Locus .t 100 v.:9,15:4 GOLD PENS, GOLD PENS ATIST received n large and Rug n•aortmant of Gold AI Pens. of Newton and 4; rouxold's tumuli - arum., ut lA YLOR do McDONALU'S Hook store.. _Agtil 14 front :.trect.ubove Locust. - FRESH GROCERIES. eontinue to sell the k est" Levy" Syrup. W . ltite PP I and Brown Sugar., good Coffees and choice CU, to be.nod no Columbia at the New Corner Stow. op- Polne OJ k and in the old etnotd 'l:limn ing the Ink. It C. PONDERS:MIT/1. Segers, Tobacco, &o. A LOT of firs‘-rate Sc,torn. Tobacco and SMUT will be found at lisp store of ;he .übscriber. lie iccps only a fiat-rate *Article Call it. S. N . L'lfl•:ltl_7:l\' s Grocery Store. Locu.i at., Columbia, Pa. Oet G,V 1 CRANBERRIES, Al ELV Prune,CroPrune, New Cpron.nt Oct. :Ht. It,GO. A. M. RA7III3O'S, SARDINES, rrreter•bi re Sauce, Iterille.l Cocoa. S r . just re served and for &Ale by 5. Elt1;111.1:1:i. 4 Jet. 2u, let3J. No 71 st C LANDER RIES. UST received a lotto!. lot of Cranberries and New l:orrantf. . at No. Locitt4 Sitrec OCt !a s ieGu.S. F. EDERLEIN MEI Er WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Oh comm.), marvel of the earth! Oh realm to sudden grimness grown! The ego that glorled in thy birth, Sintll it behold thee overthrown? Shall traitors lay that greatness low' No, Land of Hope and B:cz.iag, No' And w•e who m ear thr &man; name, F~ ;quill we, like craven=, stand apart. When whom thou ha-t tru4ed uim The death-blow• at thy generous heart? Forth goee the battle e ry, and lo! noels ri,e in hunters shouting, No! And they who founded, in our land, The power that t front sea to sea. Bled they in vain, or vainly planned To leave Oak country gmat and fret.? Their sleepmg ashen, frOin helow•, Send up the thrtlling murmur, No: Knit they the gentle tieF which long These sis..er States were proud to wear And forged the kindly links so strong For id 4 lutaids i.t sport to tear— Car "earffEll hands a-ide to throw! No, by our fathers ineutury, No! Our humming, um! I-, our iron ways. Our woul.to—,ml WOO& on mountain crest, The hoar-c Allanue, with las livq, The calm, Mood Occult of the , Xe,t, And Alt--i<-fpra'i !arrant flow, And loud Niu;:lea, tunnxt, r No! Nor yet thtr Lour 14 !ILA, when they \Vito deep Hi Eltrs dun ttvtlight Minh's nutrient I, mg., and "Proud country. welcosne to the pit! So soon art thou like as, I.cought low" No, i-ulleu group of oltudows, No: Coy now. behold the arm that gave 'Jim victory in our fathers' day, Strong a- of of 1. to guard mid save— Thal mighty arm which none can stay— On cloud.; above, mal fields below, Write., in incies sight, the au-wer, We are fare to fare, and between ti 4 here lb the love we thought could never the Why 11,14 it only lived a yeai! Who hus murdered it—you or I? No matter who—the mired was done Ily one or both. and there it lie.; The =nide from the hp forever gone, And darkne-s over the beautiful eye., Our love it: dead. and oar hope i. So WOJI doe- it moloto tall: and rave, NVheiher it pert.hed by my neglect, Or whether you cruelly dug it. grave! IVlty slimed con ‘ity that I lan to blame. Or Wily •hoald I charge the 011 Oar Nana: t. before us till the ',line, And the guilt a! t, betwoeu U 4 tWO NVe have prai.tettl our love for it. beauty and grace, Nave see •rood here. and hardly dare To tun; the facer loth back flout the fa-e, And mac tie thing that is bidder there. Yet Tool.: alt, that 1, art ha: beat its last, And the beautiful life of our life ie. o'er, And when see lia ce berwd and left the pa‘t, We two, together, cue walk no more. You might stretch youraelf on the dead, aid Weep, And pray 04 the Prophet prayed, m 1.111; But sun lake hair could you break the ~Icem And Ming the soul to the clay uguin. Its head in ley bosom I can lay. And shower my woe there, his; on loss, But. there never was resurrection day In the world for a 'eve so dead as thi.! Ahd flare we cannot le-ren the sin By mourning over the deed tee Let us draw the wind ing,-.lteet up to the &In, A), up till the death Itlaid eyes are Ind: "Pray, Sir, Are you a Gentleman?" On the 23rd of March, Ha I went to London fur a couple of days on business. Turning the corner of Chancery Lane, I unexpectedly encountered my friend Frank Stonhouse. I call him my friend, though there was a disparity in our ages,—he being forty-live, I thirty years old. lie, moreover, was a married man with a family; I an itinerant animal, without encumbrances, called a bachelor. Still we were very much attached to each other. After on exclama tion of surprise and pleasure, Frank rapid ly said, "I am very busy now, but you must come and dine with me at 7 o'clock. "Very well," replied I, and we parted. As my tale will, I fear, be a long one, I must not be prolix at starting, especially as this is but a kind of preface. Su fancy, good reader, dinner over—ladies gone to the drawing-room—a most luxurious dessert on on the table, and some Madeira. "Charles," said my friend Frank to me. "I have nut opened fresh port for you, be cause I fancy I recollect your partiality fur Madeira; but I will do so in a moment if you wish it." "Oh no, thank you," replied I, "this is perfection in the shape of wine, end I as sure you that owing to it I shall soon feel happier; indeed, as happy as &prince, were it not for one thing which I cannot shake off." "And what is that, Charles," asked Frank "Why, the fact is, that about a month ago I was foolish enough to bind myself by promise to write six tales. They must be finished by the 31st. 1 have only written three, and what on earth I am to say in the other three is more than I can ima,gine:,now do help me, there's a guol fellow, and then I shall have a load off my mind." "Help you! Not I. Why, you can get out of your predicament easily enough.— Remember Truth is stranger than fiction, and you who lived three years in London, and have been a fair average rover so far through life, can be at uu loss for adventures in which you have borne a considerable share, and which, therefore, you can readily describe. Write about your London expe rience." A PPOLD'S Custui ••lYell, 1 would do so if I were writing fur a periodical. but I um writing fur friends who have often heard me repeat whatever was amusing in my London life that would bear narration. Now, do help me, Frank." The Madeira was beginning to soften Frank's heart; I let it work. "Charles,'.' sail Le, after a time, "I will tell you a true tale concerning myself. No one has ever - yet heard a word of it. Pro- Lainttij. Not Yet Dead Love. - E=IE grintiono. "NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, mise me faithfully not only that you will never reveal my name in connection with it, but that you will so disguise it as to render detection impossible; and moreover, that you will never again, in conversation with me, allude to the subject." 1 promised, wondering what was coming. Two or three times Frank stopped in the course of his story. With difficulty lin duced him to continue. In fact, if I had not pretended to wish fur another bottle of 'Madeira (of which I took care lie should drink the greater part), 1 never should have elicited what I wanted. I knew full well that I should have a headache nest mern ing, but I also knew that one headache and a good story from another person were to ho preferred to the three headaches 1 should probably get in composing a story myself. I was astonished at the following: of course parts of it came out in the shape of question and answer, parts easily, parts on the con trary, in broken sentences. To avoid all that, I shall make my friend Frank Stoll , house appear to write the tale connectedly throughout. Ile, :as chief actor, speaks in the first person. I vanish, good reader, en tirely from the scene, and beg you to listen to Frank. 'Tray, sir, are you a gentleman?" What a strange question to be asked. It never but once before in my life was put to me, and then at school by a bigger boy than myself, whom I immediately knocked down —but coming front a young lady's lips what could it mean? What was Ito answer? lie it known, then, that in the year is—, 1, a young man just called to the bar, had, in spite or the remonstrance of an angry porter, jumped into the first-class carriage of an express train starting from Reigate to Lon don, when it was actually in motion. Seated alone in the carriage was a young lady, about nineteen years old; very pretty, light hair, blue eyes, &a. She was evidently in distress, and 1 fawied wished me elsewhere. After the lapse of a few moments the ques tion was repeated by my fair interrogator— " Pray, sir, are you a gentlemen?" I was about to answer in a bantering tone and manner, when it struck me that her voice had almost faltered as she spoke, and that whatever her motive was sire was at any rate in earnest. "Madam," I replied, "your question is a strange one, but I believe 1 may say I am a gentleman; still, if you will tell me what you mehn by a gentleman, I will answer you with greater certainty than at present 1 ant able to do." "Sir, my idea of a gentleman is that of one who nut only will nut take advantage of a lady in distress, but wilL assist her to the utmost of his plwer." "Then, madam, I can assure you I ant a gentleman." "Then, sir, will you be kind enough to put your head out of the opposite window, and not look hock till I call you." I race to obey, wonderi ig what it could mean, and almost glancing at her to see if she were a robber in disguise. All that she had with her in the carriage was a large bundle. "Stop, sir," sbc said, "it is perhaps but right that I should tell you this much. I am running away from my home near Itoi gate. It is a matter of worse than life and death with toe. The train does not stop be• tweet] Ileigate and Landon, but I shall mo.t infallibly be pursued by time electric tele graph, and i.eteeted at the terminus, unless I can contrive by disguising myself to de ceive those who will search for me. I give you time word of a lady, that in doing what I am driven to do I am not acting in any way wrongly—more I cannot tell you." She burst into tears, and after a. hysteri cal soh or two, she said pointing to the win dow, "And now, sir, will you be kind enough to prove yourself a gentleman, and accede to my request-1 am going to change my dress." I at once arose, and I can safely aver that the longest ten minutes r ever spent in my life were occupied in gazing with het, I and shoulders out of the railway carriage on the surrounding scenery. So little, however, did my eyes or my brain take in what was passing before me that I could not on my oath have stated whether we passed through a wilderness, green fields, towns, or the sea. At length I was told to, ook round. I did. Where could the lady have gone? Before me sat a. tearfully-laughing very juvenile middy—costume quite correct—hair short —cap jauntily set on the head. A mass of curls lay in the fair boy's lap. "Thank you, sir," she said. "You will never fully know what a kindness you have rendered me, and probably we shall never meet again. For your name I will not ask, but if you will give me anything belonging to you to remind me of this hour, I shall be obliged." I pulled out n small shilling likeness of myself destined for a young nephew of mine, amid a lock of my hair, which was wrapped up with it. Without opening the parcel, I said "Madam, that may serve to remind you hereafter of what certainly has been the strangest chapter in my hitherto not un varied lite." She put the parcel in her waistcoat pock et, took a pearl ring off her finger and gave it to me, with a lock of her hair, saying, ••Keep that, then, to recall to-day. In ten minutes Ace shall part forever." Fur a time Loth of us were silent. At last I said, "Madam, if think that, alone as you are, and probably unaccustomed to London. you can escape the detectives at the station, you aro mistaken. I could tell at a glance (to borrow a phase from your profession,) that you were sailing under false colors." . - - "Indeed," said she somewhat startled; "well, if you will extend your kindness to seeing me clear of the station, I shall still be more than ever your debtor fur life." "Then there is no time to be lost, the train is slackening speed. Pat both your delicate hands at once deep into the pockets of your monkey-jacket—they aro not like those of a sailor. Lean back in a careless way; and wait, let me dirty your boots by treading on them. Now put cne foot on the seat oppo site to you; never mind the clean cushion; throw the other leg negligently over the arm by your side. Don't dream of speaking; I will talk, if necessary. Whistle, if you can, when we stop. Give me your ticket." It was marked from Asver to London.— Capital, thought I; wonder how she got it. Mine was a season ticket. "Tickets, sir, please." I handed both. The middy whistled.— The guard and policemen actually looked under the carriage seats. A long time the train was delayed before it moved into the station. At length it did. "Now, follow me," I said, "roll in your walk, if you can, mind you keep your hands in your pockets." "Cab, sir." 'ENNSYLYANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEP TEMBE "Yes, novr then, in with you, Jack." "Where to, sir?" "Ilyde Park Corner." I thought I would name a distant place to give my friend breathing time. We moved forward a few paces, and then stopped. ' Now then, Cabby," said I. "What is the matter?" "Why, sir, Wowed if there ain't them per lice at the station gate, hesatnining of every cab, and the parties inside on 'em, and they be doing the saint to those be walking." 31y companion turned deadly pale. I pulled out a flask of neat brandy. "Drink two mouthfulk—down with it, gulp it down,— anything to give you color." At the same time I too out two cigars, lighted them, pushed one into my friend's mouth." —Sinolie," so:a I, "as hard as you can, your safety depends on it." Two detectives looked in at the windon "Where from, hit?" I blew a volatile of smoke into the man's face, which caused lihn to rub his eyes and cough. (The middy was pulling literally like blazes.) "Where from?" replied I. "Why from Dever; what on earth do you want?" Another discharge of smoke settled the matter. "All right, sir, beg pardon." 1 ga%e hint a parting collet'_ of smoke. "Dri ye on cabman with the gentleman." In another minute, after continuing from sheer habit to produce a hazy atino.There, I looked round. The Middy had fainted.— No time yet for thinking, but acting. I used my flask again, then a vigorous pinch. By-and-bye the young genticmah came round. "Well, nrw can are. safe, at least from de tection and purNair, at any rate, for the pros• ent: where hind' I tell the man to drive to?" `•I don't know; I wish ynn would tell me where I can go fur 'vu or three days, till 1 am able to mature my plans." "Indeed I cannot." "Can you not recommend me to •mne safe, respectable women who wid wit betray me, even though a large reward he offered!" 1 shook my head. "Then, surely, you hare some lady rela tions. or lady nequaintances in London, %rho will take pity on me, or had told her Wasa barrister), you could conceal me till the end of the n eck in your elbunbere, in the Temple." "With regard to the last, you know not what you ask," I said. "Even were 1 to give you the key to toy chambers, and go into the country, not returning till you had left London, it certainly would come out some day, and then in the eyes of a consori ouv, wicked world, wlm judge others by themselves, your character would I.e irre• [I-lovably blasted and rained, and mine not much improved, though that is of little con sequence as I am a man, and society, thank goodness, judges us very leniently, and yet it might be awkward, as I run engaged to be married. With regard to my lady acquain tances, 1 kn o w many who would take pity on you, as you wish, it' you would disclose all the facts of the case, but—" "Oh! I cannot, will not, do that; I would die sootier. Da, do help me in my destress." Indeed I do not see what is to he done." I looked out the little back window of the cab, stealthily. Wait a bit," I said, “Lerc is a fresh difficulty, listen to me speaking to the driver and be prepared to act accord ingly." We bath loaned foward. "Don't look round, cabman, put your hand back, there are two pounds for you as your fare. Take no notice elute whatever, but listen mid obey my directions. We are followed, as I have ascertained by looking back several timeq, by a hansom. Your number, I ex pect, is :marked plain on the back of your cab." "Yes, sir" "1 thought as mach. Well in the Hansom sits a gentleman I wish to avoid. (I knew him to be a detective. but 1 did not wish to enliAten Ciibby) I in ust avoid him." "All right, sir. Come up old bons."— (Lash, Lash.) •'\To, no, that won't du, his horse is better, his cub is lighter than yours. Now, attend. Just beyond that large van of Pickford's, which is standing still in the distance, there is a turn to the tell which cabman sometimes take when driving to Hyde Park Corner. It is moreover an unfrequented street. If I mistake nut, there is just room for you to get round inside the von. At any rate, you must try it. I will pay for any damage done. Tao Hansom being broader will be obliged to sweep round nut<ide, and may be stopped a little by the stream of carriages:. "1' here is no rt - son for ine, sir, there:" - - "There is, you Janet try it. The moment von are roomd the corner, slacken your pace to a slow walk, and the instant you hear the door slant drive on to Hyde Park Corner at your usual Pace. Tell lily fulluwiflA friend what you like when yon get there-- Now, there is another it,wini for you. Ca at it hard—neck or nothing," Cabby obeyed. A bump, a scrape, nn oath, a "Now then. stoopid, where aro you a driving to?" and we were in the smooth water of a quiet street. The pace slacken ed—we jumped sit—l sit r ivied the duur— C.rhby drove on. We vanished into a shop, and had the inexpressible pleasure of seeing the Hansom roll by, bt c i 1 y trotting after its fast receding, supposed prey. All this took place in less tbne than one would occu py in reading the lust few lines. I pnrchnsed something in the store, made the middy light a fresh cigar, and hailed the first cab man I met, telling him to drive to Nutting Hill. Not a ward bad the middy spoken till now, when I beard— "And so you cannot assist me, sir?" "Not a bit more then I have done, and am now doing. I feel I am a match for any detectives, and can give them the slip as you halt seen; but what to do at night in Lon don with an unprotected young lady in gen tleman's attire, passes thy comprehension." "Sir," she said, with animation, "did you, do you, for a moment doubt that I was speaking the truth, when I said that I was not acting wrongly?" "On my word," replied 1, "1 did not, do no doubt you; at any rate. 1 am convinced that you honestly conceive that circum stances justify your taking the stepyou 'have taken." "And you would agree with me," she said, "if you knew them. Now we part. oblige me by giving me the names, of three or four of the first chemists in town, and of three or four respectable married doctors," "1 will, if you assure me that suicide is nut what what you are meditating." "I give you my word that this is not the case. Circumstances may warrant my doing what I am doing; h•tt cannot, in my opinion, justify any sane creature in precipitating himself uncalled fur before his Almighty Father." . I gave her what she requested, and offered her money. "No, thank you, I have plenty of that; and now, good-bye, sir. God bliss you fur your kindness to a persecuted, helpless, suf fering, but not wicked girl." She histerically pressed my band for a moment, then recovering herself, said— " Stop the cab, please sir—g et out—tell the man to drive on. Illay Gl bless you for your kindness!' I raised her not unwilling band to my lips, and did as she directed. In another moment I stood alone in Oxford street.-- Well, thought I, is it a dream? Am I a f.,01? No, it is no dream: you are no fool. You bare to the best of your intention acted kindly. It is a mystery: you will never read it. 1 will though, said I to my mind, and forthwith commenced walking to my chambers in the Temple. - Tnnct: 111:NDOF.0 IZE‘vnno —Wheren ,. . on Ow 17111 'if mnmb, a 3 nunp lady. age.d 19. Irll 11.21 hump, Rout IL•l_nlc :utJ pto1eededin1:1101111,01010 oI Lonoulg—tlti- 1n to give iiia.tee that the iiiieee-iheirion• -um %Val be pith! uric Who gill give -ucli 11110f01.0100 Or. SlOlll 10111.1 10 lior 01 , 00Vk ry. 1• good-looking. h.l. 4;11 hair, tile e)e• :mil Cl cam ILo-e. .o.tout 51:.41n. .Addl L . ., A. 11. &e, Such was' the advertisement which two days after• the last me:abated occurrence runt my eye in the :ecund column of the Twica. Poor thought 1. in the course of the same week I was again obliged to travel by the railroad which started from London 13ralg,e. I missed my train, and hating two hours to wait, I resolved to pay. a 11,4 to an old feta tt'e servant of our family who had married a detective policeman, and lived near the, Lau don Bridge terminus. I found her at home. Nut long after her hus band came in. The subject uppermost in air mind was brought forward. "Curious circumstance that, sir, which oc curred on the line the other• day, whe:l a young lady managed to c-rape from us all. Of c 'arse, ba% you lia.ve been the adverti,e tnent in the Time.y. Wi,ll I could discover the runaway; Nvlty C:100 would be a small fortune to Sarah and myself." ' Have you any elue?" I asked. "Ott, yes, sir! we nll but had them. You see, sir, not only was the train examined, but till the foot-passengers and carriages as they let t the station. The telegraphic mes sage had been most pJsitive, and .Cl.loo re wasd, which it offered, put us all un the look out. Unfortunately, 1 examined the foot passengers; had I taken the cabs, theyoung lady, though so well disguised, would nut hate escaped." “Thank Goodness!" muttered T, inwardly. "you did not examine the cabs. Well, but how did she manage to g et away?" I asked. "Why, sir, yuu wil l hardly believe it— but dressed as ti midshipman, in a cab, with a gentleman—him, I suppose, as was a run ning away with her?" "But how can you tell it was her?" "Well, you shall hear it, sir. As soon as all the passengers had left the station we de teclives pet our heads together. The cab containing the middy was mentioned. By a kind of instinct, 1 felt the t must have been her. But, as it won't do to act on instinct only, I at once, having ordered a fast Ran som to be in readiness, telegraphed down to Dover—from which place the middy's tick et bad been taken—to know if a naval offi cer had taken es ticket and paid half•fare by such a train. The answer was "Nu." Now a middy is nut often very wise, but he is sel dom so foolish as to pay full price for his ticket when he knows that, ns he is travel ing in uniform, he can go at a cheaper rate. I then telegraphed to all the stations be tween this and Reigate to know if anything unusual had been picked up, nnywhere on the line. The answer came back "Yes."— In ono place a bundle containing ladies' ap parel; in another some light colored hair wrapped up in paper. Without lusing a moment I sent off in a Ilassmn one of my subordinates, with orders to drive fast to wards Hyde Park Corner till he came up with a feur-wheel cab. No 106, drawn by a grey horse—to keep it in sight till its fare was deposited. If the people in the cab stopped at a private 'muse, to watch the door, and not allow them to leave till I came up; if they were dropped in the road, to ar rest them both at once, and bring them hack here. A bold measure, sir, but remember 0300 reward, and perfect immunity guar anteed for any illegal arrest tnade under mistake. Well, will you believe it, that though my man overtook time cab in Fleet street, and followed it to Ifyde Park Corner, yet when both the vehicles stopped it was found the birds had flown! how they got away is more than I can imagine; but they had escaped, and that, too, without any con nivance of cabby, for my man brought Mtn back here, and, on strict examination, I found not only that he did not know his pas sengers had escaped, but had actually been bilked by them of his fare. Ile swore round ly lie would summons them on his own ac count, if he could catch them." I laughed inwardly. "Well," said I, •any success yet?" "No, sir; but we shall be sure to have the lady soon, if she is above ground." And why not the gentleman else?" "The fact is, sir, that not only have we a most accurate de•cription of the lady, but the policeman who looked in her side of the cab could tell me how she looked as a middy, and said—which first raised my suspicious —that she smoked like one who had never tried to do so ',store: the policeman, how ever the other side of the cab cannot give much account of the gentleman because he smoked so desperately in his face. All he can say is that he was gentlemanly-looking, dark•baired, and about thirty—at any rate. he spoke as if quite as old as that. The policeman is nut clever, and yet he thinks he might know the gentleman again, if he saw him." I at once resolved to postpone my journey from London Bridge, and then said: "Can you tell me why the young lady ran away, or who she is?" "I believe I could answer both your ques tions, sir, but I am not at liberty to do so— I must keep secrets." "Very well. It was only curiosity made me ask. Now„ I must be going. Good morning, Sarah. Good morning, Mr. Sharp. Mind, if you catch these people, or hear anything of them which you are at liberty to communicate, pray toil me, for you have quite interested me in the matter, and you detectives are so very clever, I quite delight in hearing your stories." "Yes, sir, we are n little clever. we flatter ourselves. I shall be able to give you in• formation in a week, I think. Good morn• ing, sir." "TO CA wagx.—.C.r.olo .61 be given toil, rah. loan who, on she 17M of tlrt• month, look up at cms man wind and a msd.haposan in or Dear Flees S rvet..l he wsll come forward and •lace to what hou-c he drove thew. promdml wets informaion leads tonic autovery of Uto midshipman. Apply to A. 13. $1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN AIWA CE 'EEO Such was the nest advertisement on the subject that I saw in the Times. Well, thought I, she must bo detected now. Walking down Holborn, a month later, I hailed a Hansom that was passing, and or dered the driver to proceed to a house a lit tle distance from London. No sooner did we get clear of the crowded stfeets, and into a road where a man did not requite two pair of hands and four eyes to keep clear of other vehicles, than Jarvey, opening the trap-door in the roof, over my head, touched his bat, with a "Good morning, sir." "Shut that door at once," I said; "are you drunk, man, and anxious that I should give you into charge?" "No, sir; but I hope you are very well." What could the man mean? There was a curious look in his eyes that plainly said he could Callum me, while, touching him, I was utterly at sea. "I drove a four-wheel," he continued, "a short time ago, sir. I hope you and the young gentleman—the middy, I mean, sir— are quite well. Nice little bog that as cver I seed. You may remember I picked you up, sir, in the Strand, about a month ago, and after n bit you got out and left me drive the middy on." 1 like your memory, thought I, and then said: "Well I fancy I do recollect your face." "Thought you would, sir, when I recalled the suckamstunces to your mind." "Now, then, ntop, my man. lam getting near the bonne to which I want togo. Let sue get out. will walk the rent of the way —I don't see the fun of talking to you through a hole." NV hen I stood On the footpath I steadily gazed at cabby, he ditto at MO, With com pound interest and it leer," "Well, now," I said, '•what do you want?" "Oh, nethinic, sir—you're a gentleman." "Do you read the paperf:, cabby?" "In course I does, sir, 'specially the sec ond eol tunn of the riate.q." "Well, where ("id you drive the middy after 1 left you?" "Eveleston Square, and then the young lady—beg pardon, sir, the young gentleman —gave toe two sovereigns. and told toe to drive away, and not look back " you pretended to drive away?" "I di 1, sir." "You looked buck?" "I did, sir." "You are not rich?" "1 am not, sir." "Now jest tell me why you have not in formed the police?" "Oh! for several reasons, sir. First place, though I am a poor cabby, I have my fuulins and wouldn't go for to betray a poor gentle man who gave toe two sovereigns." "Nonsense," interrupted I. "Next place, sir, you see, 1 never likes to press hard upon ladies." "Cabby, do you take me for a fool?" "Third place, you see, sir, I have been in trouble more than once, and I don't like them perlice, and don't care to show toy face before them for any reason." "Well, I can understand that," I said.— "Now there's a sovereign for you—you don't mind telling me, I suppose, where the mid dy went?" "No, sir, not a bit; but you didn't hear my forth and ebiefest reason fur not going to the ponies. Fact is I don't know where the dickens the middy did go to. I did not look back soon enough. I twigged her going towards No. 1 Bucleston Square, and when I looked back she warn't in sight, so then I drives back to No. 1. A flunky comes to the door, so says I, 'John, your master has left summat in my cab "Go to the dogs!' said he. 'Oh, yes,' said I, 'by all means; but, now, here is a half-a-crown, John Thomas, you tell me who your young master is.' Ile pocketed my half-crown, and then told me the middy had nothing to do with the house; that he had only asked if Sir Jas per Blares lived there, and on being told •No,' had bolted round the corner. So then I axed the flunkey to give ma back my half crown, or, at any rate, to come and hire it out in drink. The mean fellow told me, if I was not off directly, he would give me in charge at once. Su, as I soed a Bobby a coming up the square. I drove off. Now, sir, I know as little about the middy ns you do. If I knew more, do you think I wouldn't go to the perlice, and get five hundred pounds instead of this here sovereign—much obliged to you for it, all the same. Guud morning, He drove off. ''Done by a cabman!" was my exchma tion. Well, I had dune the detectives; that was one consolation. Six months elapsed, and again I found myself in the detective's house. Meanwhile the reward fur the lady fugitive had been in creased to the extraordinary sum of 41,000, while that fur the gentleman had Leen with drawn. "Well, Mr. Sharp, any news yet of the runaway?" "Not a bit, sir; not a bit. It is extraordi nary. I did not think we detectives could be so deceived; and let me tell you. sir, that thtoigh the reward in the public papers bas been increased to £l,OOO, yet to us actually £3,000, is o:feral, only it is not considered i.rodent to adverti,c so large a reward.— You would be surprised if you knew ghat means had been taken to secure the young lady, and without success. A detective at every Siim] nut of London —Ono nt each principal port in England; all the lodging houses, boarding houses. and public 1 laces of assembly in town, have been narrowly watched; a detective has been sent to every county in England to pry about—go to inns, farm-houses, schools, and every place ho cam legally or illegally put his no s e into; false entrapping advertisements inserted in the prpers, and actually all to no purpose.— However, we will have her yet. The re ward will not be paid unless she is discovered within a year from this date." "Ycu will find her. I expect," said I. "We shall see, sir," replied be. [To BE CONTINUED.] The French• Spy System Among the many families which rose into notice under the empire of the first Napo leon, few held a more distinguished position in the Parisian society of the day than that of the Countess B—. Her house, at the period of which we speak, was the rendez vous of all the celebrities of the time—mar shals of France, statesmen, artists, men of letters; alike crowded to her saloons. Tito Baron 31— was one of her most fre• quisrit gllest+, :ind had the reputation of being as witty and amusing a person age as could be met with; io consequenee; his company was very generally sought, even by the highest circles, in which, though but little was known of his family or con- [WHOLE NUMBER 1,622. nection, he had found means to obtain an excellent footing. One evening, in the winter of 1803, a bril liant party was assembled in the gay sa loans of the Countess B , when a gen tleman, well known to all, arrived in breath less haste, and apparently much excited. Ile made his way as quickly as possible to the countess, and all crowded rcu - id to hear what great piece of intelligence he had to communicate. "We are all I think," ha said, "well ac quainted with Baron M , who is so constant a NiAtor herr. I regret to say that I have just learned, in the most positive manner, that he is undoubtedly a spy; he has in fact been seen to enter and to leave the cabinet of Monsieur Poncho." The assembled guests were thunderstruok at this unexpected announcement, each one endeavoring to recollect what indiscreet ez pressiun might have passed his lips in the presence of the treacherous baron: and all, naturally enough, feeling extremely uneasy at the possibility of being called upon to answer for some long-torgotten (.1 , , spoken, as they thought, in the security of private society. The hostess of course was most indignant at the insult which had Keen put upon her, and could hardly believe in the truth of the accusation. However, something must be done; the baron was momentarily expected; nod un less he were able to clear himself from this serious imputation, he roust be at once ex pelled from the society. After some dis cussion, therehtre, it was decided that, upon the arrii al of Baron M , the countess should request a few minutes' private con versation with him; that she should take him, into another room, and having told him of what he was accused, should ask if lie had any explanation to offer, as other wise she should be obliged to signify to him that he must discontinue his visits. In the midst of the invectives whieli were poured forth on the head of the unfortunate baron, that worthy made his appearance. Immediately all was silent; and though ho had advanced to greet his fiiends with his customary easy assurance, he evidently saw that all was not right, as his most intimate ussociates of yesterday avoided speaking t• him, or at mos', gove.Lim the slightest pos sible salutation. Not being, however, vet y easily abashed, Bat on M proceeded, as usual, to make his bow to the hostes4, who at once, as has been agreed, said to him: "?I tiviour le Baron. may I request the favor of a fen• words with you in private?" “Certainly, madame," replied the baron, offering his arm, which she declined to take, and led the way to nn ante-chamber. The countess, feeling naturally very ner vous at the part she had to perform, at length said with some hesitation: "I know not whether you are aware, Monsieur to Baron, of the serious accusation which hangs over you: and which, unless yon can remove or explain satisfactorily, must forever close toy doors against you." The baron was all attention, as the countess continued: "I hove been informed, upon what appears to he undoubted authority, that you are in the pay of Monsieur Touche—that you are, in short, a spy." "Oh," replied the baron, "is that all? I will not attempt to deny it; nothing can be more true; I am a spy. "And how," exclaimed the lady, "have you dared to insult me and my guests by presuming to present yourself night after night at my hous3 in such an unworthy manner?" "I repeat," said the baron with all possi ble coolness, "thit I am the pay of Douche; that I am a spy; and in this capacity, upon some subjects, I am tolerably well informed, of which, Madame la. Cumtesse, I will give you a proof. On the last pay-day, nt Mon: sicur Touches, you received your pay, for the information you had broughi him, im mediately after I hod received mine." "What cried the countess; "dare you in sinuate anything so infamous? I will have you turned out of the house instantly." "Softly madame." answered tho baron; "that I am a spy, I have not attempted to deny; that you are likowd=e a spy, I have long known, end can readily prove. We are in the same boat—we swim together; if you proceed to denounce me, I shall also de nounce you; and there is an end of both of us. If you uphold me, I will uphold you, and we shall go on as before." "Well," said the lady, considerably em barrassed at finding that her secret was known. "what is to be done? 1 aux in a most difficult position." "Not at all, madame," replied the baron. "I will tell you what to do: take my nrm and we will return together to the drawing room, where yon will announce that my explanation has been satisfactory." The countess, seeing there was nothing else to be done, determined to make the beat of it, and es she advanced into the room said. with one of her sweetest smiles. "I am de lighted to tell you that Monsieur le.Baron has been able to give me an explanation. which. though I cannot divulge it, is in all respects perfectly satisfactory to Inc, end therefore, 1 am sure. will bo so to you:: The gne , ts were :it once relieved from weight of anxiety. the evening passed ar with the greatest hilarity, and the barren regained the good opinions ho had lost. It way not until long nfterwards that the-ronl facts of this singular history beCalllC known. trAt the Brewton House, New York. ono evening, there n-as a dispute about the reality of Spiritualism, when a wag came forward and said lie had no doubt there was something in it, ns he himself was a sort of "medium." "How a medium?" inquired the landlord. "Why." replied the wag; "I can do a good many mysterious things; for instance, I can make a hell ring without touching it." The landlord offered to bet he could not. The wag persisted, and - said that he would lay no that he conld make at least a dozen of the bells in that room ring, within two minutes. without moving front where he sat. "Done:" exclaimed the landlord, and the money was put up. The wag turned round in his sent, and turned off the gess from the upper part of the build ing. In less than one minute half the bells in the office began to ring viol en fly. The lodgers above had lost their lights. The $2O were fairly won. Kiterne moat extraordinary instancief patience on record in modern time', is that of an Illinois Judge, scho listened silently for two days while II couple of worthy attor neys contended about the construction of in Act of the Legislature. and then entleirtrie controversy by remarking: "Gentlemen, that law is repcalea."
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