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ARTHUR G. OL'I3•: 2 D
ttornen StQ.*:ctimiclor cti VAID,
Coudersport, Pa., will aittalil to all I.uNities
entrtitud to his care. Aril) promptness and
UffiCe--in the Tetn:)erauce Mock, up stairs;
ilsiu-stseet.
ISAAC BENSON
Attornri) at ?Lail],
CorDF.RSPURT, P
Cr7ee corner of %Veit and Third .streetb
L. P, WILLI:37:ON%
:::IttOrnrn
'fioga Co„ Pa., will attend etc
Courts tu Pon:trot:oil .Wlioart Couaties.
A. P. CONE,
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Nib:omble Tailor. All work entra.ted to
his ere will be done N. ith neatnesQ, noniron
arid durability. rihop over Lewis Meens
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SAMUEL M. MILLS, Pr..prietor.
Ou the WellevilleroA, seega thilos North
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As the It, t yes gea,n,
Br ;tie
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l'o ri?j,:h+ of
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The sipfi;;;l: !'.o veil;
7'h , birds music cham.ed ;
A li d the word: of the tree; on my sec-c; fell,
spiri: of :p.:111.7 blunted
:it! each :o } , ach. ;71 111 y .771 c speech
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i 9! 04t. as It pours in and ebbs away
With: titan object. But this may
be fiaid 1) too dearly, Unite is to be
crowded Ento a close:, misnamed room,
he eibnWed, watched, and gossipod
over, or starved to death at endless
tables, where thin- chickens muck at
hunzry lips. A -weasel might march
front end to cad in the moment -11'
greatest luta yet dit3 in
starvution, 3el ram,: lush witli
frantic haste with horncoratnic pot-
tiorls, dieting the 'tua!:lere.
One would : •refer their gliiet home
to this, evei, :';ioulti the 1-..)ine, be ir. the
heated ci'
slime ih,v,
cie.;:ige. anu. :4 :r
ed, they have rette-ItsseJ.ure all ti: ug3
home-like and good.
one of these, the blazing lights
I dazzled the eyes—fair fac_•s retlectei
i the chaotic liers in srr...i—and voices,
mtric:,l and lia*sh, made au uncut:-
1 scions Mrs. G., one of the
Newport ma , nate , =, met her fiends,
and the huge brov.-n cottage was dense
,iv crowded. D.-nwing.-roorn, naus;e
-r all were thrangeri
:vind(lNs and doors were
on,•11 wide, and the cool ,ea-air
upon the - " assembled Wit a.ld
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nEyoTcD Tri TilE 22EN.7EPI.E. DE‘fui:DiAcy, AND TH•e, DfsSEftNATION OF MORALITi 7 ,I.TTERATUrtE, AND; Ne.W.s••
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Part VII
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POT'PEE. COUNTY, PA., Nov. ci, 1856.
.eauty,":‘-:u:e LienzLi';!•2o,lle3l)oll(l:3nt
alierwards tiyied iw tilt assemb]; I wit
MEER
and 'oe.auty.v.-eie un - Cninfor:abiy warm
o:te aline of the great cromiseem
ed to i>e in i.c:ss.s,ion
bass.
,Cml, calm, aNd seg . -pulsed, in
I iris p..telit French, Mr. ni athurn . ,tood
with hia polished beaver under his arm,
Ihis head testing easy in hi:- l imrnaculate'
I linen, while his parchment-like fixes
Iwas as devoid of expression a 3
lemonlike disposition could need it!
To an admiringcroWd, somewhat close
MEI
ly pressed upon. Ile di,euursed some-
rivet iu Lhi,: irises
:cry lame :l.at more
Stud: i not given toe philosopliy
of ': . resß.- The wants of our nature are
not m•derstood, tae demands of sucie- :
ty properly considered. it lady
;Mo.:: ± propoit. , s the number of invi
tatiuns to the size of is r rooms, and :.
e Mvited should p“%pol tion their
,coasion. for ex
pie, at a' L .•;:titi tboniatly
sh,uld v. - eat-44 . ..f: skit t a.:do:trrowhoop=;
s: a le-a4,t%vo or Imo c and wider hoops
sad su, until for your very ittforrn II
reitnioos, the be:le may appear ;Pith
5,u3
ME
to the
her .oonialy wear 0' venty sKirt,_:, un
aops, and ti , unce, to ttracli."
Till4t at a ement would el:lke our
very utagra,•cllll."
! " Thri;e Graces, my dour child,
' hay!. can drapers. But look at me—l
i,
notiii• auoitt cne it.pt3ltlllillA in
ti , o nay of apparel—am I not tile pink
1 of ele:;ail:o and grace 1 - .and.thearigu-
:ar p!gi , indulged is a "grim
rile.
.• I .hick
. you are the pi lk of cool ilia-
pudence."
! wliat a delicate compliment—
yOU p-ak; sweet six. n taen ; ur; if I Nr re
yuttr Here cornes the
beauty. 1.,!; 'wed by
her suite. Thu utthappy ii.•rs Wert
thr iv:
pl,r-:.te! ant t I, ~Cner
(Fite gmd t . ••• 1 urn a....5ur.:.1."
Ell
LLU CI - , MI. F iut ,rn. '•
•. 411411 .115.1 i
lilt 'Kt/41X the Ci.:;141
BIM
i, the •if Partn'b crea-
601.. "
~:~ „ ~,
a sensible woman." -
!‘ I) , roil ine, Flitithara, who is
haTl:orae, gei,ileniei with. Miss
r'
W; st !,e, i=, know beat ;'what.
.lil :;e, I can an3wer."
fnatiirt.
" Picas .?,,."
!Y.
" 1•.c.•`....nd
well ! ri
'fat ii
g , es N.l r
Zil/ir
ted
iffel
Tile • b.aws arts nii above. ;3}lt
(ild a•spocirn, , , , l
at hi, 1 - ,111.9. YUU koow
they have a w,,y of iinm , ,rtalizing
wealth out \Vest, by naming eating
houses alter their rich men. Fogg,
with his accumulated (Mars, built a
tavern— itwas:the house Fojg built—
and he named-it for himself, Tile Foca
liousE. More remark ible for its size
than substance. The wall,; cracked,
the ceilings crumbled, the floors sai~'s,
and, a':•.gethe.r, -. 2ogg House R's
a to- ,fui circum,•:tnce, colrer:ng forty
the shiuuken doors'
bang, the it mr, creak,. the walls shake,
i a, if the ghir, , s of indigested dinners
were 'pursued by departed bills.
al all -write ti.Ltre,,u a 'romance entitled
to i ouRl Beefsteak of the Fogg
flent4e ; r , . the Frirsaken Tarcrn.".
M r. yon do run on."
" Because, my dear Miss Jon,s; I
cannot run .off—the press is considern
ble• Wardour and O'Halloran look
melancholy as tailor's bill. There's a
d story out al.,,,utftheir going to
aech other, because a deaf En
glishman an..understood something 0'
Hullorar mold . him—,—a good story—
very good, but. I cannot. get at the
cream of iT. Nor hit.; any one. 3ifinc
thing has surely happened, for I bare
not h e[ ; r il O'Hallotau shout for five
minutes. Ali, me 1 . what a matter this
love is,"
EEO
i a state cipl ni z (1 ?.
..oai, I>:; do
.... , ict!s. s \V,
7•):lticr c.nopotizit,w,
2:o* you talking . about
MI
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cr:er-
ME
vt:ted—'7llv : .vertcd 1"
" 1,7
ere you eye:. in lore, Mr, Flint-
I burn
"Yes, whon..a ve.ry young
Tory ye - ?upg.: fell a :vic
tim ribanii.. .1 was ix, a trail-
sientst-,te, not a caterpillar, nol yet a
butterfly . —mure than a poll-woggle,
less than a frog--a State not :-.tif.:-.n•ieet
ly studied, my dear Miss Jones. ;. vol
umes might be filled with characteris
tics, and houses. might be_ opened fot
the me and culture of youth . in Co..
transition state. ',Fire delicate speci
mens should nut he. e:tdc,sed to night
air, bright dyes, sentiare:ltal mu,ic, or
be t.ulject to the deluterions iuen es
ofl3} werics, In9t ,
119 w wound pia cu;:e love, Mr.
Flinthuru ?''
" Eating, bright-tonbearn-peaetrat
ing-darknes3, le::, the patient eat. Fre
quently and marl' 860111 d they eat.
Your roast turkrw. is good—mutton
chops en.cellent---oyster pti:e cannot be
too 11i!.ly rec.)mmended ; but of all
thing t elear cobwebs from :he brain
and heal the wounded hearts, give me
a dehmlte will, duck, I:mothered is ott-
" 0:11 Flits:Lam !"
" t madam ; and tids reminds: strength and - recognise thu dignity of
r rin that mi "";'Per 110 ur '-'l ) Pruac • -le'`; man. Their ii..niesty, and simplicity,
there: - b: I delta t. Would that
se , .,r,
reance, and real power, com
al time, than 7 - 111 ; mend it respect before' which ail the
lovely, or that o.lim kuowa as tliel fictions of society fade into nothing.'
lapse betweel. brealifiost and dinner, "I have never been taught to think
might he Suppressed—J - Mibil . .:ed, and ! 3„ , " i es p u od e d "and can only
with smiles and s'Aip3, delicate dkhes „, i„ e„ uneducated" man a very un
and faire,:t of faces, -et r lives bueternal." t a rm th animal. Of backwoodsmen, I
So s--tying, the bloodless pl.ilosopher rigYer countered but otb.; and he
stalked majestically away. hie bald secreted filled with violent pr-judioes
head over his high lookthg against eaceedingly innocent things."
a.stin setting in a fog. "Where did you meet him ?"
"On the slis.issippi, when I was
quite a child, fresh from the readiuz
of L.):::her-qr eking, and I thought I
had :net with the original ; hut he
I carend mix 'little gal,' and made me
cry by criticizing my . druss "
Too true r ai intimated, . a new
suitor appeared the carpet. Al
bert Pinclt , ley add our Juliet were
t.:achtogetb .r. . Mrs. C dburn was in
despair; she would bac." prefe. - eci any
know: , admirer to Cli,‘ unknowu, aboat
wh.loi such .tr ,go - storiei we.,se whis
pered. Lie IVI3 ualashi.) , )ahle, to say
the least. He ass ,cialed with . odd,
que•tionaldecharacter,-11.311 who pro
l'es.el to he at Newport fir their
health, who wore uncouth. garments,
bathed very regn larly, abused the table,
and snaelied hurt ibly of ci,;ars. The,
were lawyers, and 60 rnetirnes phys: -
elm's, and pretended to 1.,0k upon the
fashionables with great 'contempt._
tsk of
That such a man klud.l prefer a
claim to the hand t of Ler
precious charge, with any It 1 1 . e.... of suc
ces. tilled Mrs. Culburn wita dismay.
,aid despdir ;. M. a. Cli i lhurn did
not di3 , ,pair. She new well the nature
of a young heat:, tt A , quite. wilting
"Well!
TI,It e
to p!•lcoreliatice ) - 1 !:ie many c;mtigas
J•r:.:•,.z. But tr.te wa-
nt.assary. wns aware t! I._ to Cie
lodge tlieer...2uy, the apps - Cs aft:ft
and i m.)ti:e. Any sudden op
pusitHi woulci.mly trcuzlhf3il the foe;
As \le. -Flinthurn said pithily to her,
with the air of a profound Ji?lomat,
one morning, while conversing upon
the subj, ct—'• uy dear Madame', af
fections of •the heart are like affections
of, the spine, and both are cured by
weights 'upon the head." Mrs. Col
burn findly hopes to open the eyes of
her ward—to clear her Main of the
perilousstuffevidently gathering there ;
but she lia . l tr, co so by gentle and
almost imprc:ceptible means. Wit::
great care Elle watched for bppertuni
ti es.
In the mixed crowd at Newport
was- a set composed of profeS•sinn al.
gEmblers.—nnen of gentleMwt:: exte
rior and polisi-ed address, whose his
tory if known, would not have exhib
ited evide:ices of either kind 'feeling
or correct principles.. One of these
claimed to have known Albert Pinck
ney under other circumstances, and,_
from soros cause, was by no: means
comp.!imentary - ‘sllen alluding t: - )
These speeches had, as is usual in
such cases. never come to the ear of
the ahu., , A, or perhaps they Would
t..te beim terminated sonless-bat Sharp
ly. The . auti.or.of Clese insinuations
Was on the verge nuly of respected
soci:tty, and a , peared this (netting et
the -reunion I describe. One 'would
mat recognise it Lie appearanee any
thingobjectiona'ole. Habited in p'ain
black. "with. a wit . ite neckcloth, locr ,
hair tiled and railinn evealv on both
f.itii:3olE+ had r tither the- appe.,iance of
cer4yrr,sti than a /potting charac
tei. Tha :nitiated saw the difier&nca
in the hat d and woildly look of his
cold, caln; eves. ". Mre. Colbarn se
lected this man as a means by which
to obtain her ends,
Juliet and Albeit were much to!
getber.. He told in a very giarAic
way of wild adventilieS in almost un
known lands. Ho commented
society, as it fin:lied by, with so much
ozigiilal humor, that Juliet wart charm-
Therawas socitazhit.g fresh,
without !Atm, iii,his a , nr . ersation,
something wi which to rely, in full
faith and confidence, in the high-ton
ed elraract.ef one felt. assured he pos
sessed.
Juliet was standing w4in the re•
ces.: , of a. witlow, almoq kid by ilte
beery drap?y of the curtain that fell
abut her, and conversing with Mr.
! I'iuck nee•.
..It is 7 he said "among the slmrla
haekw,)oasmn, or Ipintere, 44f the far
West, that &tie learils to realize the
...He was out Of his element, and
i felt so. In his rode . e,shin, you would
i have found him kind, considerate, and
'hospitable: He feels at home ; and
it is astonishing how one's respect for
anatlier aug oelti, when one's safety
•
de•bnds on his exerti:>ns. I have
f:•
6topprd abruptly, and then
&,::tinutid -in a lowcr tune. An ex
preesicn coming from another group
t had caught his ear, so very pointed,
thst it seemed as if intended. This
g-utip cunsi=ted of Mrs. C.,lburn, Mr.
P‘mne , s, and Cie Mr. Deu
ceace- 1 have just described.:
Culfrarn had seen Juliet and tier szl-
miler within the zecess, convereitoY
earnestly. She a! , o observed that
they were s p:a.ced as no: t,) be seen
'by prcH , ally, a.)O, tho ral:nont
min were ht ha - id. She :I*.t.
thtt old tz:iralder 1,-; her fa-
rn;lidr (.1.1-acquzi:itatice way of speak-
ink.. Nothing, she thought, so afreat3
the feelings and conduct .of a .yourg
person ai the -lipinions of the • wurld,
and she i)roposed.giving Juliet a Tea
/
irnen. It was quite vary. Miss.
Pinckney waadancing, iu ber exquis
itely graceful
.ma•iner, near their.
Having exhausted Augustus Pounce
and the weather, she said :
"flow very beautifully Mies Pinck
ney darx%;s! It is sel.loat era .see , t;tlt •
Qrsthan prvfessioaal peuple 5 o accum-
plished."
LAre we sure," responded the gam
bler, "that this is an exception 7"
"0, that cannot be pos..illl.e. -But,
"Mr. Deaucace, you are, 1 believe, the
rinly one of us has had the saran -
tags of a former acquaintance."
"Not much—but quite sufficient to.
satisfy a reasonable man. She was
educated by the brother- - that is, if
she has bad a brother ; some hard ones
like us men" of the world wi'l have our
iloubt.i—and the 'fact of such an edu-
o atinn is enough.'
Every. word of, this had caught the
quick ear a Alhert, without reaching
tile ears"of the intended victim. Look
ing iu his fare, no ono could have per
ceived that arty other than pleasant
ordinary . 'thuughts were pasing with
in. No chauge of muscle showed
that the "Poisoned missive had. taken
{ ED I i'01: S PCBLIS:HER,
effect. llis subsrlqa ent croduct pro!.
` how deoWv he Ind been .wounded.
Conductii; Juliet to a chair, and ;ear
ing her with Mra.Cl6lburn, he quietly
wutrif f ,l the vile. slauderer of himself
and :inter. Srme half houi after, he
asw him with "a group of gentlemen
olly.a.;il joining them, he quietly eu 7
teTed :fa eonversatiLM upon ordinary
topiCs. He was of course spoken to
by the M.r. lleaticeace,.aud in resyonse
said, in a calm, yet earnest manner:
"Let rue pay. to you, sir, that I - pet--
ma noiie'bot 'gentlemen %o address me
as an acquaintance."
, 'The man's eyes flathad,
ly el.oking with rage, he exclaimed—
"‘Wlist do you meta 1"
"Precitely what I say,' was the re
ply ; 'and if Tour, intellectual peicep
tinns are - as dull as your mbral. I will
explain. Tou are Ilk a gentleman.
Is it necessary that-I should any or (Li
mare l'
'No—no—l •utudaketand—l .under
stlnd ; ' and %rid) thi's they patted :
To the fi•yr who he-ard, tittle geeined
a very imentoti 'ituit, and they looked
epee the perpetrator 'ln mate. aston
iihment. Albert did nat choose to
mix his sister's name in the aTaLr, and
turning to thorn, he said— -
I tract, gentlemen, you Win de me
the kindness to believe that I 'have
sufficient cause for ray conduct.- and
that I may rely upon your jisst appre
ciation of the affair, to leave ill further
discasairtn to the.parties. immediately
concerned.'. .
"He returned to - the assembly,- and
remained until it dispersed, the same
in mariner as
. before this unhappy oc
currenee. " ...the effect teas; to discoun
tenance if not to. arrest a. rumor then
in circulation'. that a.difficuty had hap
pened. And se the aisembly broke
up,. each one• weeding - their tray
homeward, (if thi little room or nar- -
row be:!i could so be called,) filled
with cal es, 1111 s t -only for the moment
have berm partially lightened or for
gotten, But not Ou.e of the hundreds,
!tyre the psrties immediately intei-es
ted, for a moment 'dreamed that a
deadly challenge had bee.i given or
accepted. nud before another day
should pass. a Mortal soul might in vi
olence be called : to its last account.
Instances of the kind just narrated
are not so rare iu our dear land as to
make it a violent impropriety to intro
duce one ii:cre. Perhaps no •betece
could be found to illustrate the char
acter of Albert, cud pertqaps that of
the society in which ire lived. Quick
"to anger, .and his strait( pasirSio late
nature .indicated yet oontrolling ap
pearances, and steadily and calmly
por.:ninz the purpose of his reason,
so influenced, indicated as worthy,
%v . :lila the art itself would, Inlay.- isr a
moment ruffle the surince ..tsuctety,
which after would . flow on in its old
channel.
No. VIII. I: 411 wecA.l
A G-OOD STORY
We aro kimlly permitted to copy the
.Ilowing. good anecdote from a private
letter just received by a gentleman of
this city, froM a brother now in N• -
bra.;ka. - The Yankee referred to is the
right kind of a unto to deal with the
' b a-der ruffians' in Kansas. We d.•
not remember to have seen this story
in print.
.Here it is :
You know the test the Missourians
subject all travellers to who make their
appearance at any of their ferries, and
ask to be crossed into Kansas.
sorne days since a slab-sided Yan
kee arrived at 'one of the Northern
Mk sont -i 141Aing 3 , with a long train (..f .
plunder of vat ious sorts. By way of
testing him, the ferrynian asked hint
whet stock be had.
• Waal,' says tiie 'Yankee, ',l've vt
trvr hoisea, a yrik - e of oxen, and awl
'That's enouAh.' roplied the ferry
eiar:.•' you can't cross here.'
' Why not.r roldied the Yankee.
The ferryman tied tarn, that his in
stittetions were not to or anybody
that couldn't pions unee the word erne.
'; Bat I said keow,' persisted the Vau-
0211
Well, yon can't cross hero,' whew
gruffly replied Charon.
Bat I have got tickets (tinkling rue
to cross,' urged the Yuukee.
The ferrymen replied that did
not know'of any body who had is tight
to sell him rickets.
But I•ve got theFn, any trays:'
The ferryman demanded a sight of
the tickets, urbeteupon Plr. Yankee
etepped.bnok a little, hauled out a re-.
rolver in each hand, crying, ' Them'•
the tickets, and I'm bound to cross the
ferry, keato or no keowl" And he cross
ed!'
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