cf Teiuting: COW SaIts:SMEMEI47 IMVING:9 ( 351 0ESEMPSPO Ncally and Promptly Esnutcd, at the ADVERTISER OFFICE, LEBANON, PENN'A Tam establishment is now supplied with an extensive assortment of JOB TYPE, which will be increased as the patronage demands. It can now turn out Pitotixe, of every description, in a neat and expeditious manner— and on very reasonable terms. Such as Pamphlets, Cheeks, Business Cards, Handbills, Circulars, Labels, Bin Headings, Blanks, Programmes, Bills of Pare, Invitations, Tickets, &0., sr- nceps of all kinds. Common inl .f tulginent BONDS. School. Justices', Constables' rind other in.s:iss, printed correctly and neatly on the best paper, constantly kept for sale at this Mice, at prices “to stilt he times." ***Subscription price of the LEBANON ADVERTISER Oae Dollar Rod a ihilf 11 Year. Address. %%M. M. lITLF.SLIN. Lebanon. Pa. REIIATE . 14 A tine limint Room. YOB RIM ABoo business Boom In B. J. Stine's new building., two doorti east of the Buok Hotel, near the Court Muse. Inquire of S. J. STIRS Lebanon. reb.2, 1869. Store Room, ice., for Rent. A LARGE STOBEIIDOM, BASEMENT, and TWO Thesiness or Office ROOMS on the second floor, in the new brick building lately erected by tie iubscriber, on Cumberland street, east .; of Walnut, ere offered for ]tent. The ebore will be rented separate or together, as may bo deeired. Apply on the premieee, to S. I', KENDALL, :Ldbatton, March 0,18t9. Fier Rent. riiin sukseither ciffOrel'clr ltant, tile fine new double. twrritory'briCk D'll/IfLL'llklel . 110118 E, Cumber land street, Fast Lebanon. Thal:Wilding lea large ati t'double one, with hell .obromylt 'the middle Nadu Icltoben flttnalell. 141011 bettlbted to ono orita , 4 fwhi hloa as may tardealrable. rOSHCPSlOClgiverathihoitiately. It'Or further Information apply to .1011:l1 V. ITMOTER, sr. 4.14, 1860. lta.ht Lebanon, .§.a Private Sale. pus euteleriber ones 8 AMP °nand, for sal; Ohm. tedin Long Lain, near Vio Borough lino, In Corn. well Towns/ 11 P. It ad/nine the land of Widow Fulmer an the North, William Atkins and John Braille on the Estet, There le a one story Loa noose, 'weather• a bearded, erected on the land, and a goad WELL In the garden. The land has fine stones for quarries. This tract will Make a nice home fora small family. Lebanon, Aug. 17,1859. A. PITCHER. Private Sale, _ Of How and Lao./ Ground in North Lebanon Borough . rMN subeoriber -ears at private sale a two story. IDemo weather•boardetl DWELLING HOUSE entire ly now, situated in the south•western section o o n f e N s o g r u th ar Le e r e n st on or bo t r h o e ug i b .ift o i n ik H ß arl i esso n n ea s r tre th et e , '. Lebanon borough Ilue. :laid house Is A etl•fla: 1111 lane In the best workmanlike meaner. A. well of wa• ter with Plump, cud outbuildings on the-premises. Pos. •eilitlinu will be given at anytime. For further infortuu- Om apply to DANIEL MILLER- V. Lebanon, No,. 0, UM. Private Sale. Subseriberoffers at private idle all that certain J. farm or tract of Lund, situate partly in. Plnegrove loWnship, Schnylkill county', and -portly; in Bethel town tattinoibeousty, ;bounded by 'midge( 'Eck. , rtt and 0101 ford, 'Benjamin Aycriggn, Dnotol `i ti, Illoubort end others, con tain ing 6011 b hit it d red and 14 , lorty.eight noses and qtunter, with the appur. ' tenant:ea, emulating of a two story log dwelling have, (weather boarded) a-1% story log dwelllng house, a now bank burn, otherout•buildings, and a new weir powor mom mill, For terms, 1c , which will be easy, Apply to 0. W. MATCILIN, Agent. l'incgrove,,Aprll 20, 1009.-tf. VALUABLE BOROUGH PROPERTY AT - PRIVATE SALE. MILE subsertitiers offers at Pidiate Sale, the following Rini Estate, situate on Mulberry street, in the <Borough•of Lebanon, Tie: iA PAST LOT 011 PIECE OF (MOUND, (Eon t log 2§' feet 8 inches a n raid Mulberry street, and running hock to an alley. on which Ls erected a mew BRIM HOUSE. . _ 21 by 49 feet Including a two-story back building. ulth :accessary out-bulldings. The house Is tinlihed In the 'beat style and the location Is A very pleasant one. IC :101 . 1* sold en easy terms. For particulars apply to . ;:I;elisinon, Aug. 18, 1859. D. S. II ASTMOND: MUM , lino now tite'd9r,v BRICK 'DWELLING lIOUS attrorfittije the rentdence of Jacob llruhile, Neg., In liiirt(nt stroot, Lebanon, is of- lit lerod for KIINT from thili Ist of April, 1860. There lee line 'Wetness Room on the Id floor. cur futthor Information apply at Nor, 2, 1880.—tf. Private Sale. TIME subscriber offers at. Private Sole his now tro j brick 0W10,1,1N0 11011 SE, situated In neg. beth street, Lebanon, The House in 17 by 2S feet, hoe 2 ro.das on the find floor and 3on the second. The other improve- ea a resole ore n good WASH-HOUSE, Doke clon, Claturn and U erden. The Lot is 511 1 . 4 by Unreel. The n'..ive property le all now and inn gond condition, and will be RIM on easy `terms. POSIIegNiOTI will be given on the Ist clay of April, 1/UHL -Apply to J. 11. HEIM, Photographor, Lebanon, Aug. 3, lsra—tf. VALUABLE BOROUGH PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE. MITE nubscribersoffer nt Private Sale, their , INEW DWELLING ROUSE, situated on i'',,i rnmberiiind Street, corner of Pinegrove Alley, I I East Lebanon, end at present occupied by them. 'The. MUSE and two story EITCILEN are substantially 'built of brick. conlein 11 Rooms most of them psperet sand lighted,by gas; n never falling Well with exceilern visetiqi Am, well as a Cistern in the yard. Summer Eitel. Vii, Bake Oven, end other out-buildings. The LOT Is 2! !bet front, - and rune buck to Jail Alley. ID9 feet. On the rear part of the Lot is erected a two story Frame SIIOP, Pig Sty, &c., &c. The Garden Is in a first rate state of cnitlyati( n. nhd gontaine a variety of Fruit TCUC9 and Vine "lir, itefrtl i. • 4 tito , ve Property la all in good condition, and .141. be sold ow. Title indisputable. and immersion to be given welt desired. ' 4... Any person, desirous of purchasing and securing a pleasant residence, will cell and learn the terms of RETZFINSTKIN & 11110., . Lebanon, Sept 7, '59.] opposite the Court Donee. .....____ NEW AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT, TO ALI, WANTINO FAKNIS, A RABB onPoitTUNITY IN A DELIGHTFUL. AND II EA LTIIY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTHEAST H pILADELPItIA ON THE CA 51DN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD, NEW JE E RSEY. An old estate correlating of eeveral Wonsan& of acre. 11Pproductive toil has been divided into Farms of vari ous' NINA to suit The purchaser. A population of some pifietti Hundred. from various parts or the middle States and New Englund have settled there the poet year - improved their places. and raised =adieu! crops. The priee of the lend le at the law sum of $l5 to $ . 11., per acre; the soil is of the Beet quality for the production of T rue, ce,,, ft r. own, reaches, Grapes and Voslables. IT Itri CONSIDERED THE BEST FltUlT SOIL IN THE UNION. The place is perfectly secure from froats---the destructive enemy of the farmer. Crops of grate ,erase and fruit are now growing and can be seen. By exam. Bolus the.plime itself, a correct Judgement can be farm ed of the•yroductivenese of the lend. The terms are made early to secure the rapid hnprovementor the land. which Ic only sold for actual improvement. The result hike been, that within the run year, sumo three hiendred houses have _been erected, two mina, ono steam, four stores, some forty vinynrola and Peach orchards, planted Wad* lee= number of other improvements .making Alloqdeetrable and Ratio place of buelneaa. TIIE MARKET, the reader may , perceive from its location, is the BEST IN TILE uNiort. Produce bringing double the price — thin in Im:strong away from the city, and more than double the price than in the West. Is is known that the earliest and beet fruits mid vegetables in this latitude come from New Jersey, and are annually exported to the extent of mlilloae In locating hero, the settler bee many advantage 9.—• He in within a few hours ride of the groat cities of New England and Middle States be le noir his old friends and saseolatione, he is in a settled country what every in . .10111Envent of cmolorg and civilization is at hand. He G an tiny every article he wants at the cheapest mite, and eell hie produce for the highest, (in the West this la reverted,) he has school' for his children, divine:erases, and will enjoy an open 'winter, and delightful climate, where fevers are utterly unknown. The result of the change upon theme from the north, bag generally been to refitore them to an excellent date of health. Jn;gliq:way of bulidlgg end.imprrovisut, lumber can be ' abtilbed at the mills - lit' the rate of $lO to' gl5 per thortaatpl.` Erldks front the brick yard opened' in the place, every article etwi be practiced is the place, good carpenters are at hand, and , there le no-place in the Tinton where buildings MO; Improvise:mute opt he made ch The reader will at once be struck with rte 'wimp ht.- hue here presented,- and ask himself 'why the property , as net been taken up &tore. The reason 11. it warh never thrown in the moirket ; and unless these atateC "anta were cerreet, 110 0110 would be invited to.,aanr hue the land befove purehaelng. This ell are expected :le.& They will see land under endtiVidlOrl,.MUdi le the I exteatt of the settlement that they will do dtwobt, melt ipanons, from their own neighborhood they will wits Meld the improvements and ran judge the Character of 'the populat ion, If they come with a view to settle, they should come prepared to stay a day or two and be ready ato purchuse, aa locations cannot be held on refuaal. There are two daily trains to Philadelphia, and to all .settlere who Improve, rill ittnatoLD COMPANY iltvES A F Rz y Ticyr I , oa BIZ MONTHS, 000 A HALI , PRIOE 1 . 20511 T ton 'flme YeAnso. TILE TOWN OF HAMMONTON. In connection with the agricultural settlement, a 110 W and thriving town has no turally arisen, which peer:elite inducenteni far any kind of business, particularly Stores and manta factories. 77is Shos business could ha carried in this piece and market to good advantage, also cotton bush:tem and manufactories of agricultural implements or Youndriofqr . (mating SinClU articles. The Improve ment hanbnen, so rapid t 4 ipauro a conatant and ber• antinentdreoftisikaor bullnesof Town lots or a geed size, wetdb !fat weillediall ael It 'would effect the lin• prevenient of ttle Om, can be bad at from Slee and up wards. • • ,••• - . •••• • The Hammentonltterher, a monthly literary and ng. ricultural sheet, containing•full information of Ham monton, tan ha:obtained at 25 cents per annum. Title Indisputanie—•warrantee deedegi yen, clear of all tncumboanre•whenanouoyis paid: Roam to the land: leave Ylne agree cwharf Phliaohdnida for Hammonton by Rantoul, 73.4 A. M.. or 4 P. 31. Mare 90 cents. When there inquire For 111r.Bynies. itoarding conveniences on baud. Parties Lind butter stop wltlrOlr. Byrne', a Prid i clpel, nolil ,hey have decided an to purchasing, as be will show them over the land in: his carriage. tine of ex panse, Letters find applications can be addressed to Lan die * Byrnes, Hammonton R. 0., Atlantic Co.. New Jer sey or S. B. Coughlin, 292 Smith Fifth Btriiet, Mixp . s and information cheerfully ftirniaked• . I ' ll 7 IS, 1989i-9m. • . VOL. 11---NO. 22. FOR REN'r. • A BracK HOUSE, with S A WOOhtS and HALF A LOT OF GROUND. on Ptahk Rotid • Street. Apply to Jecoti into Et. Lebanon, Muy 2571.859. For Rent. A N ELEGANT BUSINESS ROOM. corpora 61111130- 1 - 1. berland erect and Doe Alley. in thecontre ottnyib, in the new building of the undereiened. It le to fag deep and 14 feet wide. It will be rented on very teaeon• able terms. Apply to J. FUNCH. Lebanon, June, 22 '29, For 5.4a1e or Rent. 2NEW BRICK HOUSES and ONE FRA 91E. A Dou hie TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE on the corner of -i Centro and Chesnut Stmets. not quite Snicked. and a SINGLE TWO STORY BRICK. on Chest- ,rn nut Street now occupied by John Krick. and a frame 1 Story in North Lebanon. near John Arnold, are offered as Private Sale, and will be sold Cheap and upon easy terms, Possession give,, of the two !trick in August next, by SIMON J, STINE. Lebanon, June 29, MI FARM LANDS FOR SALE 25 MILES from I l ltiladelphis by Railroad in the State of New Jersey.— Soil among the best for Agricultural purposes. being a good loam eon, with a clay bottom. The land is a large tract, divided into small throw, and hundreds from all ports of the country ere now settlingand building. The climate is delightful, and secure from frosts. Terms from $l5 to $2O per acre, payable within four years by Instalments.. To visit the place—Leave Vine Street Wharf at. Philadelphia at 734 A. M. by Railroad for Hammonton, or address R, .J. Byrnes, by letter, Ram montan Post Office, Atlantic County, New Jersey. See full advertisement in another column. rims undersigned offers for Rent Lis large 3 STORY 1 BRICK BUILDING, with a flue Store Boom, back buildings. and a Pulp Basement Room, near the Court Reuse, In Cumberland Street, In the tau- g edam part of the Borough of Lebanon. For further information inquire by J. C. 'Wisner, who occupies the FILM. Aug. 17, 1859. WILLIAM ATILT. P. S.—Mr. Reisner offers his whole STOOKOf STORE GOODS, on very favorable terms for sale. rosseseion of the Storeroom, could then he given on the let of 01- to/oar next. Orphans' Court Sale. lIRSUANT to no order from the Orphans' Court of P Lebanon County. will be sold at Public Vaughn. on Thursday, November 24, 1859, at the Public' Douse of Samuel Rank. in Jonestown, County aforesaid, the fol lowing Real Estate, the pr operty late of JACOB B. WEIDMAN, clued.. Ida : A certain TRACT of GOOD CHESTNUT TIMBER LAND, situate in Union Township, Lebanon County aforesaid, abauttwo miles We of the Big Damon the North Fide of the Blue M un WU. adjoining land late ofJosoph Light, deed, and others, routaining about 55 ACRES. Sip. The TIMBER on the above Land is ER to nut fur Rails or POSTS. being from THIRTY to FORTY YEARS ORMVTII, and is equal to any thaVeun be bound along the Blue Mountain. Tke land will be sold In LOTS of FINE AND TEN ACRES, as will suit purchasers. Igt. The Late are marked end numbered on theKround, se that persona wishing to purelmuse can examine and se lect Lots without diffiCulty. $1- Persons wishing to view the aloge premise: will please call oa WILLIAA W. MURRAY, at the Union Forge. • Hale to cowthente at 1 ociock,.P. M., SAM day, When terms will be made Ica .wn by ISAAC HOFFER, Agent for ELIZABETH Q. WEIDMAN', • RODSUT W.'COLE3IAN, Adminisfrators of the Halite of Nov: 9,1659: .I.lcon B. Weinstur, &old. HOE BUSUNESS AND "PA&TORIES can ho carried on profitably at Hammonton. Seoadvortisoment of Hammonton hands. At j t, WANTING FARMS IN A DF:LIGTITFUL climate. rich soil, and Petttllft from frosts. Flee adver tisement or Hammonton Lands in another column: PERSONS WISHING TO CEIANGE TIMER business to a rapidly inereaving Country, a New Settle ment were hunnrede are goivig. Where the climate le mild&nddoiightfz.. See advertisement of the iiItMMCM• tong stlttlemett, :mother &damn. PERSONS WANTINWCHANfIE OF CM mate for health. Seemtsertisoment of Hammonton [AWN another rolnmn. VHS OFFICE GitAPE GROWERS CAN CARRY ON thei`.. business moat eurcesidully nt Vfnmenonton, freo 'Rom frotee. Some forty Vineyardaeat out the poet semon.— Sue adeertleemept of ilaittinonton Lands, another col umn. • attn. & Reading Railroad. Lebanon Vii Riley Branch. Ili/. • aWears Two. Daily Piiiienger Trains to Read• ing, and Harrisburg. I . )ASSO.BANON, going East to Reading,at 106 A. 34., 1 &WAS!. P. M. Pails - Lebanon. going West to 'Harrisburg, at 7.24 P. M. and 11.30 A. M. At Reading, both trains make close connexions for Philadelphia, Pottsville, Tamaqua, Danrillo, Williams port, At. Morning train only connects at Reading for Wilkes harm' ittston and Scranton. At Harrisburg, trains connect with "Pennsylvania." "Norther Cmrtral," and "Cumberland Valley" Railroads for Pittsburg, ha neaster, Baltimore, Sunbury, Chambers burg, Ac. .Through Tickets to Lancaster, in No. 1 Cars, $1 30, to Ilalthnore. $3 30. 30 lbs. baggage allowed to each pagsengee. • The Second Class Cars run with all the alnico trains. Through First Class Tickets at reduced rate to Niagara Fat is, , attilnio, Detroit, Chicago, and air the principal points In the West. North West, and Canatiast, and Null grant Tickots, at lower Faroe, to all above places, can be had on application to the Station Agent, at Lebanon. , AEA" Passengers are requested to purchase tickets be fore the Trains start. nigher Fares charged, if paid in the cars. G. A. NICOLL& April 20, 1850. Engineer and Superintendent. _ . Ty BUG, Betsy, where are you going that yon are dressed up so ? A tt s„—i am going to J.ll. KEIM in Adam Rise's Build ing to have my Lilt nese taken. Quen—Why do you go to Beim and not to one of the other rooms to have it taken ? j ot ....._peceuse B.Am's Pictures are sharper, clearer and more truthful than others and nearly everybody goes to him. Ques.—Can you tell me why his pictures are superior to othersi Ans.—Yes rho bad 9 years practice, and has superior Cameras, and all his other fixtures are of the most im proved kind. Qum—What kind of Pictures does he take ? A ns ,.__He takes Ambrotypee, and ?..telatnotypes, of all sizes and superior finish: and Photographs, from the smullest up to Life Size, Plain and Colored in Oil. Ife takes all sizes. Photographs from Daguerreotypes of de ceased persons and has them colored life like, by one of the best Artists. Ills charges are reasonable and hie rooms aro open every forget,cept Sunday) from 8 o'clock, A. rd. to gopen, u, Don'trg ROOMS is the pktee'you can get the Dent Pictures. James H. Kelley, SIGN.OF THE MAMMOTH WATCH, Eagle .11uatirtgs, Cumberland Street, LEBANON, Pa, irk EPEES to the Public an elegant and extensive assort kJ meat OF PARIS STILES OF FINE JEWELRY, consisting of Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Pearl, Stone, Cameo, Enameled Work, and Etruscan Coral Breast Ear Rigne and Finger Rings. dolh Criatss of every style and quality. English, French, Swiss and Ameri can Bold and Silver Watches of the must approved and celebrated maker* . Clocks of every description. A largo variety of Fancy Goods. Paintings. Yawl, tic. The .stock will beSound,amiong the largest in thissee- Non of I . 'enneylvania. and, has besn selected with 'great care from the most celebrated importing and manufac turing eetablishinents In New York and Philadelphia. REPAIRII'M done at the shoe test notice,' and in a most werkulanlike manner, . My friends, end the Pabliegenerally are Initted to an gamluation of my sappy), stock. JAMES 11. KELLY, Sign of the Big Watch, Uneven', Salk 21,1850: LiERAPION • Stove Tin and 6beet Iron Ware MANUFACTORY , In Alarket street, next door to the Lebanon Rank, WILBItEI can be had the, largo# and ffeakessortment of COOKING sToVSSIeer Ifered - td - the Comprising the following, varieties,:z-Boyal Cook, 4 sizes, Girard Air Tight, 4 six Ilerciil4 a llama nfaceured Stove, 3 sizes, Batendeded fire bpz for Wood and Coal, Royal Cook. 3 FloWer; Different dna, Fanny Forrester, 5 Abs. All the above Cooking Steel, are warranted to Bak*, Roast, Boil, or do anythiaigki kr. on them that may be desired; also, a Large assortment df Parloi7;.. Harz and Barroom Stoles, hich wall be Aghl cheap for Rash or approved. Credit. "Also Op assortment and best made TIN AND- IRON- *IRE ever offered to the p4blio which 1011 be sold Wholesale or Retail. ; • The largest assortment ond beet made and heaviest Trßukets, to be found in Lebanon, at the Stove and ie Wa alanuftietorr of a JAMES N. ROCiERS. ftw i a t o co otrtake l: : ri d E : , rtor. Spouting and . Jobbing of all kinds eV. tended to nt abort notire and on reasonable terms. Ail .1, N. It., being a practical Workman. in hisline of ha his work personally. Sept. 21,1569. IF YOU WA NT A PICTURVory.O r deceased friend., enlarged tine el4ored to oil, call at DAILY'S Oratory, 'next door to,tbeLeban.n papteit Bank. ID yon ens IT S INB "rt 8A9:3 HQ w Hoot srd.slw. C . b .. :.CiVO4:: i... - cE;I - TITIPE It* ENCS. -"! . I:',. : : ''...:-...- •• _ •f: --. ,'-,, 6 , .. ~... REAL ESTATE: For Rent. PHOTOGII4PHS. LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1859. `Chtilling twig. THE HANGING GUEST It is a grand discovery 'of our day, and one that haefaitishod the Mate- Nal for Many 'a distinguished author's renown, that nothing in the world is more interesting, admirable, dignified and edifying, than the life of a re spectable robber. The jail is your on ly rear palace of romance; blood is the lemonade of modern literature.— We, Russians, must not remain be hind the age; we must also have our tales of robbers, if we would not ap pear in the eyes of all civilized Eu rope as it people utterly devoid of all ctflture and taste. For the honor 'ot our country, therefore, I will for once constrain myself to conform to the fashion of the clay; but on conditions that it shall be for the first and last time in my life, and that no one shall a second time demand such a sacrifice of me. t will relate a simple anec dote, which I had from persons of un doubted veracity, and who, moreover, had an excellent knack of telling a story. It is one that made a deep impression upon me, as an instance of the marvelous ways of Divine justice. Two versts from— One condition more. You must al low me to promise that my robber is none of your virtuous sort. I tell my tale only for the amusement of my readers, perhaps, also for their instruc tions, but by no means for the purpose of acquiring for myself the reputa tion of a philosopher of the "young school" of literature; moreover, I rather pride myself on not being able to comprehend their philosophy. Two vents from W a , upon an eminence between a wood, a morass, and a river, at some 'distance from the high road, stands a wooden country house, with a green and antiquated roof. Here uturai4y throughout the suminer, and sometimes, :too, in au tamp, resides Gaurila lktichailowitch P.; .a retired captain, and at present district justice, a very worthy man, as arc all district justices in the W—a department. Early one Sunday morning in the month of August, , his worship Gaurila Michailowitch, with his hon ored lady Parekovya Yegorovan, set off for the city in a britschka, to trans act sundry argent matters of business, viz, to go to church, to drink with his reverence mid protopope, to eat and be conviviM with the District Attor ney, to hear the town news from the commandant's lady, to read the St. Petersburg papers at the District Treasurer's, and to ploy Boston at the Governor's, Scarcely had the master arid mistress driven from their door when all the servants followed their example, and quitted the house. The butler went to see his cousin in the village • the cook betook - himself to the publici house to drink brandy; the cook-maid to the river to catch crayfish ; Procher and Dania went nutting in the wood; Vaska and Na tasha strayed to the heath to gather cranberries, etc.; Duna alone remain ed in the house. Duna, the pearl of the whole W a department, fair as a lily, fresh as a rose, graceful as a cedar, a sprightly, virtuous damsel ; by her calling a housemaid ; by her natural good qualities the favorite of her mistress, the grand object of the frequent visits of the master of the house to the woman's apartment, the victim of an inordinate propensity of the District Clerks for kissing, the goddess for whose sake the Gover nor's valet—who, like herself, had been brought np in the great world in the NevskaPerspective—neglected the polishing of his master's boots, to the great scandal and indignation of the whole provincial administration; none but he could appreciate her feel ings; none hut she could duly estiL mate the grace of ,his deportment.— They mutually adored each other, as only hearts can adore that have taken fire by ,the Kasan bridge in St. Peters liurg,.and they were as happy as none can be but in the country. Girls shut-up in the house by them selVes are always afraid of thieves. Duna therefore carefully fastened the doors, and to avoid thinking of thieves she went to look at herself in the glass while she waited for the valet, whom she-had given to understand that her master and mistress wore to spend the whole day in the town. Ir. the pleasantest possible mood Duna arranged her, curls, stet her necker chief in order, tightened her girdle, and hummed a tune, when suddenly there was a gentle tap at the door.— "That is he and like an arrow she flew to let him in. "Oh lit is not ho I" "I am your man," replied - a deep husky voice, as there cautiously en tered through the open door a big, built fell n a tattered frieze cloak and fade cap, with a swarthy face, much in „want of the barber's office, terribly foxy moustaches, and a dusky red nose, and a' scarlet - forehead, blue lips, and blood-thirsty Oros; the very type of the chairman of a city pot house„ or one of those diabolical fig ures that are only to be 'seen in Sal vator Rosa's paintings. • The astonished Duna recoiled some steps, add repeated with a sigh from the bottom of her heart, "It is not ho!", Meanwhile the stranger had stepped in, and with the utmost cool ness closed the door again, lbelced it, 'and put the key in his pocket. "What do you want? Who are you ?" cried Duna. "Why do you put the key in your pocket?" "Don't be alarmed, my little dear," be said, smiling. '•1 am come to pay you a visit. The time must have hung heavy-ere your hands,- an alone liars..' "Not at all. But what do you mean by pocketing the key ?" • Instead of answering, he went up to her, Arvd patted her on the cheek. She sprung fibm him. "Why do yon lock the door? Give me the key, or I will cry out." "That will do you no good. I know very well there is no one in the house." "/ pretty thiug, !raked I Come iu, without "With your leave," or "By your leave," and lock the door as if you were in your own house." "I always lock the door when I have the luckio heldonewith sopret ty a girl as ytk lily angel 1" and once more he patteil her cheek with hiS coarse, dirty hand. The angry Dana retreated into a corner "But who are you? It is veiny un handsome, so it is, to make .ffiti of a girl, and taw hecttoovithont any au - quaintante,' "I never - visit acquaintances," he replied, with an altered look, and a tone that froze the poor girl's blood. In every ante-chamber and than cery office, Duna bore the reputation of a girl o spirit. She was no easy conquest. Many a presumptuous clerk had felt the print of her nails in his face to that degree that he was not likely to forget it, though he should live to be a master in chancery. Dana, in fact, did honor to the virtue of St. Petersburg. But a bashful, provincial chancery clerk, with his inky fingers, is a trifle to a girl who has been brought up in the : beat mil liner's shop in the Nevska Perspect ive; an unshaved, broad-shouldered, ugly vagabond, in a frieze cloak, with red moustaches and a violet nose, is quite a different sort of a thing, and enough, to frighten anybody. Duna began to cry. "Don't cry my little duck I won't do you any harm,!' he said. in a softer tone, as he drew near her. Now, this softer tone alarmed her even more, and she .involuntarily stretched out her arms to keep him off. "Who are you, I say ??.' she cried in despair, but with an alisumption of courage, with a fire that was gradual ly extinguished by hergushing tears. "You shall tell me on the spot who you are." "Who I am 7" "Yes, who you are? Your calling? Your name ?" • "I am a thief." 'Thief!" she echoed, falteringly, turning as white as snow. "I am a thief by name and a rob ber by station," he said, with a smile, and looking tenderly into her blue eyes; but. he . smile on his face resem bled the ghastlyglimmering of the moon upon the foul waters of the mo rass. This is the improved style in robber tales, so you see there was no joke in the matter; after such a phrase all sorts of horrors may be expected. Duna was terrified, (not at the phrase but at the smile,) and a cold tremor ran through her frame • but seeing that the visitor was making sport of her uneasiness; slie...rallied herself a little, and cried out harriedly,tut with a tremulous voice, 'aA. robber? Poll what a horrid life." "Every man to his callin g . I had another once; but now, I say, my pretty lass, give me something to eat. I have not put a bitin .my mouth these three clays. We will breakfast to gether, and then—, With a sudden gesture he threw his arms round her neck to kiss her. The sight of his bristly chin and, formida ble moustaches charging so fiercely upon her, the sight of. his .ugly red nose that nearly touched her cheek, put her in a downright passion, and with the strength that makes heroes of us in moments of extreme peril she pushed the audacious fellow back. "Hands off, if you please, Mr. Rob ber! I'd thank you not to frighten me for nothing. I know what you are come for." "Yott know, do you ? What is it, then." "0 ! f know very well ; but allow me to tell you it is a very great shame. I will have you up for it. Give me back the key this moment, and be off." "Some broattinst,7 growled the stran ger. "I have no breakfast for you • there is nothing to eat in the whole house. Go, breakfast in the public house, if you have a mind. By the same token you smell of brand,y enough to knock one•backwards; I dare say you have made a very good breakfast already." ' What I nothing to eat !" he mutter ed, knitting-his brow, and bending a. piercing glance on the girl as he put his right hand down towards his boot. "Do you see this," said be, showing her a broad-bladed knife with small black specifies,. traces of recently shed blood he had somewhere hastily wip ed off an the grass. "I have no time to joke with you." Poor Duna started with open eyes, and seemed petrified by his basilisk glances. "Breakfast!" he shouted. "Immedjately?" "Be quick I I have no time to lose." "Take whatever you please; there is some roast meat of yesterday in the cupboard, and some brandy!, "Show me into the parlor; put ev erything you have got on the . table, and stir yourself." Pale and bewildered,..ehe tottered to the cupboard in the ante-chamber. He struck the knife in his boot, and followed her step by step. Bread, brandy, salt, butter, cheese, and cold roast veal were placed on the same table where the proprietors of the house had recently - break-fasted, be fore setting off for the. town. .He seated himself, .seized Duna's - arm, and forced her down beside him.— 'Well, hay,' said ; ti.p;_611144,0e, fkt veal with ravenous voracity, and squinting Sideways at his coMpaciion, gave you a jolly start, didn't'l believe you did ! t Wonder who would not be frightened so ?' `. gyOU did wrong to stand out against me. if you had done what I wanted at once Your health. D rink a little drop to keep me company. n eir el' touch bran d y.' 'That's a pity; its capital brandy. What's your name ?' .Catliarino 'That's a lie,' ho said, with his month tnli, and Scowling on her; know your natitd is .A.Vdotya meye#na,' `Then why do you ask, if you know ?' To try your candor. Capital Bran dy, to be sure; is there any more of it ?' iThete's aiinther bottle in the cup boarth 'Have the goodness to bring it here.' 'There it is." 'Thank you.- By your leave I'll give you a kiss for it.! . Duna no longer dared to resist ; she submitted with the best grace she could to the rude kiss, contenting her self with wiping the place where his sharp beard had scratched her soft skin till it almost bled. 'To let you see that I am up to a thing or two,' he went on, after he bad gulphed his third glass of brandy, will tell you that a clerk brought your master 1500 roubles yesterday from the Ivanovitch F., whole case was brought last week before the district court. Is not that true ?' 'May be so: 'Well, whore doesyour master keep his money, ?' 'Really I do not know.' 'But I do; we will soon find it.-- Avdotya Yeremeyevna, my pet, my darling !' 'What is your pleasure ?' wish, my love, you would be 'so ciable. • Poor Duna was forced to inalce a show of being sociable. The guest was in the happiest humor; he laugh ed andjoked with her. Duna gradu ally forgot her terrors, grew bolder, - delendecV herself becomingly, nay, laughed aloud and endeavored to dis guise her intense anxiety under a show of cheerfulness, while in secret she prayed fervently to heaven that the red nosed guest might seen eat and drink his fill and take his leave and the incomparable Ivan might soon arrive to indemnify her sensi tive heart for this fearful torment. Alas ! Ivan, who get leave, from the governor, leftthe town, and sped with hasty steps, and with a heart brimful of tenderness and hope, to'meet her He walked hot, he flew. cupid, had fastened his own wings to his. ()Outs. He flew like an arrow. But on his way lay a brandy shop ; there is no road without them. He would have Hewn by it ;' but in the brandy shop were his acquaintances, his be loved friends. He made a halt with them fora moment, only a moment, 1 and got tipsy with them. It happen ed quite against his will; he was even in despair at it. Altogether, it was k one of the most memorable victories } ever achieved by friendship over love. Meanwhile, the ugly vagabond had emptied his sixth glass of brandy.— At the seventh be grew pensiVe,purs ed his brows, and bit his lips las if a pang shot thititinli his vitals;.'adark shadow passed like a cloud over his ! countenance; suddenly he sprang from his seat, • And without intending it, pushed so strongly againflt his com panion that she almost fall between his feet. He looked around uneasily, took the brandy bottle, the bread, and a piece of meat from the table, put them all into the fathomless pock i ets of his cloak, and said 'Thank Iu for . bread and salt—your 'hospi to lily. - Oraurila, ,Michailovitch keeps his money in his secretary, eh ? Why don't you speak ? You see lam not such a bad fellow as you thought at first, my pretty chick. I love you— !1. love you so much. Just tell me what sort of a death you would like 1 best to die. - Shall I cut off your'head, eh ? Or would you rather I should hang you—from that beam, for in 'Stance._ D,Qn't_ be afraid, only say What you would like best, charming Duna. 'What pleasure can you take in plagueing me so cruelly ?' said Duna, not crediting that the , ugly jes .- 'Or with the red nose could be in earn est. 'Why don't you answer?' he said examining the secretary and the lock. 1 should be glad to, know—whether you—would rather—be hanged, or -0 ho I Gaurila Michailovitch keeps his money under two locks,,does he ? Stay a bit; tis not the firat WO have coaxed open i . So saying, he took an iron instrument, out of his pocket, I and immediately began to use it upon the lock. Duna stood as if spell-bound in the ' middle of the room, trembling in all her frame. 'Well, what'is it then ?' Speak but, Avdotya Yeretneyevna. Can't you make up your raind Hang the lock I Avdotya Yeterneyevna, I wait your answer, my precious. This 'is the strongest lock I've seen this many, a ' day. Will you speak out or not r; -The secretary burst ()lien with a crash. 4 Wlioo Vwhat a lot of fine things' Bank notes 'and ducats, and watches! They don't go; spoiled most likely. A ring! I - don't, want it. Oh, Fit take these diamonds:- Are these all ' crumbs of - Office?. Chatting in this fashion with him self and with Duna, he crammed his pockets with Money, watches, and' , trinkets, and then turned abruptly to the half-dead 'W9II, my love, I WHOLE NO. 543. your chalet ? Waste no time; buttell me what death you die 'Welt :Pru - sure Ain't you isbam. ed, siry Itik‘a ife'ry ugly joke this.' not. joking at all, my sweet One.' -'• 'What have 1...d0ne to you? You have taken whate,ver3Tou pleased ; did not hindersou.' 'That's veri thie; blit do yeni tee. I can't-'srbide leaving eye witiiesses behind me; 1 wi!keti my hands of them by all' me/mark' With others 1, do. not stand on ceremony; but, as you, my love, are such ; 'a l nice, good-natured, amiable little dear; I, Will' give you your thoice of' death. - I love-polite ness; I too haVe been.brougbt up in St. Petersburg.' . Still.eite would not believe that he was earnest. - - • 7 '' . ll - ow,,theii'Oet's,have.,...it et once; I haVe - no :pot us put compliments aside,. lam extremely sorry, but you must die by' my hand. 1 am not goingAi be , such &fool as to lot you live to tell what.sott of.mous tactics, eyes, nose, clothes;&C.;_j.have got—what Idi oilier° And 1110' way I went. Now, Avdotya Yeremeyev na, answered mequicitly.':. Every word of,her cold blooded torturer was a dagger stroke to her; her whole blood, 'allsthe warm:current of her life, curdled back upon hot heart; her limbs grew icy cold, and floods of tears poured over her inani mate face. She tottered and fell to the floor. In her fall uhe caught, the robber's foot, and kissed 'it. 'Have mercy on me l' she shrieked.— 'Oh, spare my life, I implore you I-- I swear to you, before the Holy Vir gin, I will not say, a syllable to an y one. May I never see heaven if I dol For the sake of the blessed St. Nicholas, have compassion upon me ! I will pray all my life for you, as fee my own father, my brother—' The ineXorable miscreant shook off frtim his foot, kicking her in th abreast, In vain she - raised her imploring looks and arms towards him ; ; in vain she thought to, touch his stony heart with all that intense . despair, and the clinging love for a .youthful, joyous existence, could breathe into the words, the voice and the: tears• . of a helpless being. The villian;_harder than granite, grew every moment more savage. Raging with impati ence, he caught her by.the hair, forc ed back her head, drew his knife from his boot, and was about to plunge it in- her throat. 'Oh, oh, for the sake of heaven sobbed the untortnnate girl, beside herself at the sight of the terrible knife; 'hang 4ne F hang. No bloody death ? - .Mercy! mercy ? Hang me rather , Ay, ay, he said, with it hideous grin; now you tan speak At Why did you not say . so at. once ? I have lost a deal of time already, still I cannot refuse you the .favor, you are such a nice girl.. Do not be afraid, Duna. You shall die in the pleaSant est manner. It is an uglydeath that of, the knife. If I might choose myself, t would rather be hanged than ,knOuted, when my time comes. Ire will lOok for a coid.l The . wretched girl, powerless in Imind and body, through terror cold as ice, trembling and almost lifeless, aneMitted to all hiscommands. The rope was soon found, and theMurder i er returned with his victim to the room, where the remains of the break fast Still stood .Upon the table. Re I threatened to kill her instantly if she stirred from the spot where she stood I* - 7.0 4 0d a chair on the table and sprang nimbly upon it'. gaving fee-, tened the rope round the beam , be dre* the knife from his boot, cut off the projeeting part of therope, stuck the knife into the beam, and Set about making a double-running knot on the rope. Duna Stood motionieas in the middle of the room; heat and cold rushed alternatelythrough her frame; sparks of fire danced before her eyes; she saw nothing; she did nothing but pray, 'confess hersins, commend her self to all the saints, and mentally bid fare well te all that Was dear to her in life: 'Presently, presently, my precious!' said the murderer, going on with his work; 'you shall see how nicely I will hang you. lam not a new band; at the job. Do you see now, all i!4.ready; only We' must try whothe.r"therope is strong enough. I would not for the world you ehould fall to the ground and bitak your ribs. It is for your interest and 'my own that---15 . raw the .ehair away from Under 'My feet:'• Duna unconsciously went up to the table, and 'drew away the chair; whilst the robber held - the rope fast in both hands; having'slippcd it over one arm u 1 to the elbow, to - convince himself of his stren,,,ath- by swinging on it with the whole, weight of his body. 'Push the =table aside.' Duna did so. right it. is a. capital rope ; it will bear more ,than you--zyou and 'me together.' He now lot gil'the rope, intending to, ump to the ,grou.iid. , Apparently it wal his - purpose to :startle the poor girl by the bold And sudden leap ; but the noose intended- for her, gliding along his arm. caught hitd fast by the wrist. Duna's executioner had, in fact, hanged himself bYthe band. Though enerieneing the most acute he wished to conceal his criti cal position from the girl, that she slight not avail herself of-it to escape. no tired to reach the imprisoned hand with hisleft; but the weight of his - body pres;ented - bia, bringiug his shoulderspArallel. Suddenly -he • be gan to whirl and fli.pgshimself wildly through the Air, hopingihat the rope would snap, but v4itr! ~,,If he had iltitianon FAMILY PAPER FORTOWN AND COUNTRY, IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY 'Ay WK. N. BRESLIN, 24 Story of Fannin, New Building, Cumberland At One Dollar and Fifty Cents a Year. *j' ADITERTIBIiCE:NTS Inserted at the usual rates. 'Cs The friends of the edtablishment, and the public genur sEY are respectfully solicited to send In their orders. - 114ND.I.OLLF.. Printed at an hours notice. RATES OF POSTAGE. In Lebanon County, postage free. In Pennsylvania, out of Lebanon county, 34 wets par quarter, or 13 cents a year. Out of this State, 64 cts. per quarter, or 26 cts. a year If the postage is not paid iu advance, rates are doubled. ss, ut the knife in hie boot,. le mighi have seV6ed it, at'the,worst, have Cut of his hand and saved hirnaelf by flight:' But unluckily - for him, the knife was stickinA tho beam. How was be to get at it He thought of one moans—,a des perate one—the last. Be' 'collected all his strength, to shake 'the knife Out with a powerful spring: The eft fort.. failed. „ The weight of,, , hisi heavk, fraine dangling in the air - by one hand, ore, ly, his violent efforts, the pressure of the tight-drawn knot, occasioned' the villian intense torture • the joints of his arm crackled-and began to part; the blood oozed out under the rope I from the lacerated skin and trickled I into - the sleeve of his cloak, While that of the rest of his frame rushed ftoni the extremities to the .head. -very moment -it seethed' aa -if - the hand. would be, tcru off. He even wished that it might. His anxiety lest the house should return”; his dread of he:. ing faker' in that predicarediA,; patience, rage; the thought . of his punishment; all his guilty life; all this possessed his tumultuous imagi nation, and brought his dark, soul to despair. Cold sweat broke . from: his forehead. In spite of his tigerlike endurance, a cry of agony burst at last from his iron bosom.. Delia pertified, had hitherto looked on in idiotic indifferenee. Por - a long time she did not understand it. True; sho was still standing upright like a living thing; - hut living she was not. The involuntary cry (ninth Tendertr waked her, - holVet!ei, froth her trAce. She saw him bleeding, as it tvere'half a dream; she saw! blood on the 'floor ; a :hideous, gasping mouth with ails shaped teeth, red,filery,eyes starting from their socket; she read his an guish in his ghastly distorted features, and guessed at last What had-lappen ed. - Hope animated her; she began to think of her deliverance. €Avdotyal push the table nearer,' said the robber, in altered but still harsh and commanding accents, that terrified her again, and compelled her to blind obedience. Once more she lost her presence of mind, and push ed the corner of the table towards him. The villian reached it with toes of one foot; he raised himself up a few lines. It was for him a moment of heavenly enjoyment. Never had he in his whole life known one like it—not even after the most successful murder. His agony was less intoler able ho drew breath again; but his left handovhich he tried to use to free his right, was ,benumbed and power less, The knot, too, had grown too tight . ; the reprobate felt that he could do no more without aid. 9k.vdotya Yereineyevnail ki i —good girl ! do me a favor I jump up on the table; untie my arm—pray do 1 Iwill not kill you; I only meant to frighten you. Ohl how my head swims The miscreant's torture touched the kind-hearted girl's soul. The feel ! y nag of compassion not' unfrequently extinguishes in woman _the thought of their own danger. That woman thinks with her heart has been said thousands of times since the Inven tion of -printing. In Duna's bosom compassion prevailed over fear, and stifled. the voice of self preservation. She sprang upon the table, and la. bored long and hard at the knot.— ; She could not undo it. ! - 'DO me a favor, sweet, sweet Duna! Fetch a knife—cut the cursed rope— ' am dying with pain.' The girl jumped off the table, and ran to the pantry. Poor creature ! she little knew the return the red nosed guest was prepared to make for her kindness of heart. She found a knife; she hurried back; she was on the thresheld of the scene of torture, when the table on which the robber had rested his foot, turned over with a loud"noise. He had upset it in en deavoring to change his feet. Once more he was swingina. with all his weight in the air. A piercing yell told -the sudden renewal of his former tortures. Duna stooped short at the door. His hideously distorted face struck her with involuntary horror; she though it was Satan's own features she behe4l. The sight riveted her to the spot where she stood; she shud dered, and dared-not move a step for ward. She looked around and saw a win. dow'open - : The thought flashed upon her' that she might .avitil herself of the circumstance. But he suffers so terribly How frightfully lie screams. The rope must be cut. _Alma advanc ed 'a fear Steps; That horrid gaping_ mouthDuna tottered back, and me chanically, unconscious of what she did, she raised herself to the window ledge, and•' dropped from it into the court yard. When she was in the court yard, she knew not what she. had done, or what she had to (la-- She had escaped the sight of that fe rocious Satanic mouth, but not the in fluence of her tormentor. He had fascinated her. He was still lord of her life. 'Her knees trembled; she dared not withdraw from the window. "41a! you young jade !" howled the miscreant savagely; "you have done cleverly. I'd have alit your throat like ; a chicken's. Theset words, uttered in unspeaka ble agonYand despair, suddenly ralli ed the girl's energies. She ran to the gate. The monster's horrid jest had . proved , his horrid purOshment. Could be have supposed that be tied the Inet'for himself? Could behave sup posed that that awful moment, in whieh her foot hung over the grave, should ke : thOnoment of deliverance . to the intikieent, and of exemplary punishmeiitio.the guilty ; Here was this finger crProvidence. It is eve- (Ctiutclaitsd 'on 4tb page.)
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