- ' ■ 3 *~ " 1 " —•I —rawi —■- —' ■•■■■ "■ — , ) .. — | —ar Bggggg — JJ .~ -?.- —! —.-•. , .:;~ y ".";r"..':- Vol W-W.-Wholc l\o ISJJS, Rates of Aiivertisin^. marry her. I begin to think late- , 1 ugiit to hack out, and I am not half lUi-ntive as I once was: for, the fact is - I met Sophy Greene I have fell that 'his Valliere is not the girl to suit ine as j ! wish something not to he asham- , - '/I in society of people of talent. I ■ ■ 1:; gods hud oivi'll Sophy a fortune , 1 r —confound it 1 am too poor, like most ' 2 physicians, to wed a portionless #' ' • ILrrv T*ert had frankly explained the , 1 v in which fie had involved him fit he had not told the whole truth : ; atb ntion to both girls had been as- J -i- .. i devoted, and of such .1 charac* : - in leave no doubt 011 their minds of "*! '■! nature of his intentions. Mov 'a different sects, 111 opposite sections j 1 city, each was ignorant of his at- j *bil• 1 11 val and thus for several 1 Asyis iPwwuM&mmm &iswzigi i i i?£.o ] months, had carried on his deception un detected. He had already wooed and won j Eveline Valliere, though he had never i told his love in words, before lie met So j [>hy Greene ; from that hour his heart had 1 been divided, and ilio conflict in iiis breast had raged with increasing force daily.— Interest, and perhaps some little remain ; ing conscience, urged him to marry Eve ; line : while, if lie had consulted only his feelings, he would have wedded Sophy. 1 4 But,' said his friend, after un embar : raising silence of some minutes, 4 do you . not think sometimes that you may have won tho affections of both ? * 4 I never proposed to either,' replied i Harry, staring at his companion. 4 But does a lady never place her affec- I lions on a gentleman until he proposes in form ? Is there no such a thing as winning ; a lady by looks and tone, which though not J explicit in one sense, are susceptible of j but a single definition ?' asked his friend I searchingly. ' Oil ! perhaps some girls do lose their hearts thus, but it's only when they know nothing of the world. Gentlemen will be attentive to tho ladies, and so and so—' 4 And so sometimes a heart will bo bro ken by the criminal coquetry of our sex,' indignantly interrupted the other. There was a pause, during which Ilarty regard ed his friend with surprise. At length he 1 spoke : • Why, really, you look at the subject too warmly ; but culm your fears ; neither Sophy nor .Miss Valliere will break their hearts for me, thank heaven! It cither is ' at all smitten,' and he complacently puffed ! the smoke slowly from his mouth ; 4 she would never be the worse of it, even if I ; shouldn't marry her—a mere preference, nothing more, believe mo !' 4 Well, 1 hope so,' said his companion, and here the conversation ceased Days and weeks passed, and still Harry was torn by conflicting emotions, 0110 while i inclining towards the heiress, and another i while yielding to the fascinations of her ri val. Often during this period his con ; science reproached hiin for his conduct to Eveline, and lie resolved to forget Sophy ; but again ho yielded to the temptation, and ' neglected his first love. Ho could no lon -1 ger conceal from himself that Miss \ ai | iiere loved him, since her every look and action when in his presence, and her de ; spondencv fit his abscencc and neglect, revealed it. His heart smote him, when | he thought this was his work ; but he ask ; ed himself, ought he to wed one whom he did not love. Should he sacrifice happi. ness with Sophy, who had nn intellect to sympathise with him, for indifferetico with Eveline ? He did not remember, when iic thus reasoned with himself, that lie Had, at one time, thought Miss Valliere better fit ted for a wife, by her gentleness and un- ! reserved devotion, than one of a more bril- i liant but less amiable character. He for- 1 got, too, that her affection had been yield- , ed slowly, and only in return for the most . ceaseless attention. But, like too many of j his sex, he tired of an object when w on. But the struggle ot length was terminc ted, and, with the fickleness which char acterized his conduct, terminated in favor of the newer object of his love. lie re solved to cease visiting Eveline, and devote himself wholly to Miss Greene. His; visits accordingly increased 111 frequency at her house ; and lie soon became satis fied that her attentions to him were more marked than those she bestowed on other young men. Thus encouraged he did not hesitate to declare himself one evening when a favorable opportunity presented. j Sophy listened to his ardent protestation with >1 burning check and a beating bosom, but when he ceased, she slowly raised lit i eyes from the ground, and said, 4 Before 1 can consent to become your j wife, will you answer me one question V and fixing her eyes scarcliingly on his face, though her cheek crimsoned deeper as she did it, 4 do you know Eveline \ ulliere V Had a spectre started up belor" him, Harry would not have looked more aghast. ; What could she mean ? Had she heard of his attentions to and his desertion >l M iss Valliere? Did she resent the lallei?—or had she merely learned the former, and wished to solve her doubts before answer ing ? This last idea was the most flatter ing, and therefore the one adopted, lie smiled as ho replied, 4 Yes! I once knew a lady of that name.' 4 Once knew hor,' said Sophy, with marked emphasis, 'and do you know her no longer ?' 4 I cati scarcely say 1 uo, saul Hurry, iiis embarrassment returning at the decided manner of his qucstiuuor, 'but she has long forgotten me, and 1 have ceased visiting Iter.' . , 4 There needed only this baseness, said Sophy, rising, with flashing eyes, the whole expression of her face changing to indignant scorn, to make you as contempt ible in ny eyes as you were before crim inal. Know false, and fickle man, that have heard the whole historoy of your ac nuaintaoce with Miss Valliere how, by slow and winning attention, you possessed yourself of her heart—how, when you met another, who for the time, pleased your selfish nature better, you became attentive tj tins new acquaintance—and how, not withstanding you knew the lovo Mus > al- 1 liere bore for you, you at length left her to pine in despondency, until her life is now | despaired of by her friends. And yet you j come here, and dare to insult ma with an offer of your love'—she spoke this word with ! bitter scorn — 4 you! the almost murderer ol j one woman, and the wronger thereby of ! our whole sex. Ay ! mere—you hesitated long, because, forsooth, I was too poor, | as if love, that holy sentiment, of which j such wretches as you can know nothing, was to be profaned by base thoughts of 1 lucre. 1 tell you, Harry Colbert, I have : known all this for weeks, and have waited j patiently for this hour, stooping to a de ception which I despise, that I might re venge my sex at last. You seek a wo man's love! why you know no more of that pure sentiment that the meanest hind that crouches at the master's whip. A true woman scorns the hand of a man like you, who, for the gratification of a petty vanity, or of his own selfishness, would de sert a heart that he had won. The time was when I might have loved you, but it was when I thought your heart noble. I I now see its basemss, duplicity and httle -1 ness, and bad as you are. I cannot hate you from very scorn. Go! and go knowing j this, that a woman can avenge her se.v even | at the cost of so pretty a lover as yourself.' The withering contempt with which these words were spoken was the last drop |in tho cup of the lover's shame. While Sophy continued speaking he had stood abashed before her, not daring to lift his eyes but once to her face and then the in dignant Hash of her eyes, and the bitter j mockery on her lip, were no temptation to ' renew the experiment. And when she 1 ceased, he rose and almost rushed from the room, too utterly confounded to reply though boiling with race and shame. He reached his Koom in a tempest of emotions indescribable. But his passion was too high to allow him to seo the justice of his fate. 4 Curse the girls !' was his first exclama tion, 4 slie raved like a Bylhoness—but J why did 1 not retort scorn for scorn ? To refuse me when she is not worth a cent, and all because of Eveline,' and he breathed a malediction on her as the cause of his discomfiture, and with bitter excla mations strode to and fro in his room. Gradually, however, his passion calmed itself, and a desire for revenge possessed his mind. But how should ho bo reveng ed ? Should he woo and win some other lady at once, or go back to Miss Valliere and secure her. After pondering long, he determined on the latter course. 4 Yes!' he siitl, 'it 1 marry Eveline, to whom it is known I have been attentive, this termagant will never dare to tell of my proposal, for we had no witnesses, and no one will believe her, if it should be announ ced soon, say to-morrow or next day at farthest, that I am engaged to the heiress. She loves me no doubt—there this vixen was right and will be glad to ac cept me. 1 will despatch a note at once.— A little dissimulation to conceal the cause of my neglect, a little penitence adroitly thrown in, and a little ardor, will win a favorable answer, or I know nothing of the trusting nature of Eveline Valliere.' The proposal was written and sent; but the next day, und the whole week, passed without an answer. Harry began to re pent of his precipitance, and wish that iie had never seen cither Eveline or Sophy.— But at length came the long looked for re ply. Ho opened it with renewed hope?, which, however, were crushed on its peru sal. The answer was short and cold, and contained a refus?.l couched in terms which (orbade a second attempt. 1 M is* \ alliere,' the note ended with saying, 'declined all further acquaintance with Mr. Colbert.' Stung to the quick, the rejected lover vented his rage cn both the women he had abused, and determined yet to avenge hint sell by a speedy marriage. But he soon fiiuiid that his conduct was known in so ciety, though not from any thing which j Eveline or Sophy sard, but from reports j originating probably with their relatives, , and gained strength from what had been j observed of Harry's conduct. At length! the tide of scorn and rebuke became so , strong that he left the city and removed 1 te another section of the country. Harry never knew the strugglo in Ev eline's heart, nor the noble firmness with which she conquered it. His letter reach ed her on a sick bed, where she had been i laid by his perfidy, but tho' her weak hcait pleaded for him, her convictions of what was right prevailed, and she rejected him, because she felt that she could never find happiness with one so base, fickle and selfish. Both she and Sophy Greene liv ed to love truly and worthily, and the friendship began by their mutual disap pointment, was cemented by intimacy, and endured through long and happy lives. As for Harry, lie carried with him his own punishment. I'rovideuce lurely in teiferos in the affairs of ordinary life, , except by enslaving us with oyr evil liab- j its, and thus making us work on ourselves our own retribution. A iiese habits Har ry carried with him, nor could lie shake J them off. His character soon became as well known in his new residence as in the city he had left. At length, however, , he married, but, as wedded without lovo, . he lived without happiness. Well were ( las victims avenged 011 the T RIFLEH. SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1819. CljoCcc Sjrttvms. THE CROSS OF CHRIST. nv Ml! 8. W. G. 9. I turn, my Goit, to theu in need, And never turn in vain ; I tlniik uftliy protecting love, And all is calm again. Tho' care and sorrow on me press, Thy love dispels the gloom ; Atid brighter jays and greater bliss My path of life illume. Tho' friendship's smile may he withdrawn lAnd love's bright hopes betray, Thy timiie, dear Lord, is still the same, Th>i love can ne'er decay. The raorn of life may be o'ercast, And clouds hang o'er at even' ; The cross of Christ still points above, Arid speaks of bliss in ileaven t How Brief is Life. The morning sun of life may gild a i horizon uncfeuded by a single care or un -1 rufllod by the prospect of reverses in our common journey ; Nature may bloom in all her heaveu-born beauty, and her glittering romanco and brightest realities add ze6t and loveliness to the new born life ; the be neficent hand of an all-wise Providence may seem to stiow the pathway With life's best off ring to tho sojourner ; but ajl mav . fade or vanish in an hour, and leave but a | lingering recollection with those who sur vive, that life's brightest hopes are often rested with those who fall the earliest be neath the fatal stroke of our common de stroyer. So is life. It blooms and with ers in a day—in a single hour its fondest anticipations aro frustrated by the hand of i llim who holds our destinies subject to ! his will. How brief is life ! is the involuntary | lamentation of doating parents as a lovely ! child, in whom is concentrated all that af fection can lavish or indulgence bestow, I yields its spotless spirit to the God that ' gave it. The hopes and labors of that brief life time are buried in the grave, and the clay tenement, in which moved that typo of Heaven, is consigned to the dust by the irrevocable mandate of its giver.— So is life; a work but half begun—a ten der fragile flower, watered by tears and ! nourished by incessant care, blooms but a day to wither in un hour. How brief is life ! is the exclamation of scarcely matured manhood, when all the high hopes of future euccessand usefulness or perndventure f3ino, are frustrated by the hand of death. Scarcely has childhood made way for the years of maturity ; scarcely has life began to yield what the i toil and study of earlier days promised, 1 until it s palsied by disease and hurried ; off by tiic last enemy of man. How hard to y.eld when tha hopes of youth seem ready to be lost in full fruition ; how hard to obey the summons when it bids the set ting sun of lifo ere it ha 9 reached its meri i dinn. So is life ;it blooms but a dav and withers in an hour. How brief is life ! almost unconsciously falls from the lips of one in the noonday of lile, ns he revolts from the icy grasp of death, lie scarce began to live, yet a score and ten have fleeted past him, and tune has already marked the ravages of care and disappointments on his brow. The ex travagant hopes of earlier days have never been realized; ihev had vanished beneath the realities of life as tho morning dew beneath tho rays of tho sun ; he lias long since learned that sorrows and unexpected mor tifications must find a place in each one's cuj) ; but heelings to the breaking thread to glance at the past. It breaks upon hiin like a fleeting vision. It see ma but the work of a day ; it withers in an hour. How brief is life ! is heard from him who lias braved his liiree score and ten. — Tho Bimkcn eye, the furrowed cheek, the palsied limbs, the racked ami feeble consti tution, all tell be has withstood tho storms of many winters, that ho lias seen life in its saddest hours, its brightest smiles, yet he shrinks from dissolution to pause a mo ment and contemplate the dreamy fiction presented by a retrospective glance. He has done his work ; lie has filled the time allotted to mortals ; yet it seems but tho j work of a day, and withers in an hour. — How brief is life! may ho heard from the quivering lips of him who has filled the measure of a century and shared more than the ordinury calamities of our journey.— ! That form once full of all the vigor nnd freshness of youth —once doating in infan cy, now doating in age—has stood like the sturdy oak in tho forest blast when destruc tion fell around it on every side, yet it sinks in death with the reluctance of a vig orous mind, and sees the past as but a , dream ; a chequered fancy. So is life.— | It socms still but the work of a day—it withers in an hour. — Kelly. If tho sun is going down, look up to the stars —if the cartii is dark, keep your eye on Ileaven! With God's pieaence and God's promises, a man or child may be cheerful. Sir Peter Lely made it o rule never to look ul a bad picture, having found by ex perience, that whenever ho did so, his pencil took a tint from it. Apply the same rule to bud books and bad company. Christianity commands us to pass by in juries ; policy to let them pass by us. Bo contented with what you have, and you will have all you wish for. J*UOCCIIUCOUO. Guide in Buying a Horse. A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer, contrary to old maxims,undertakes to judge the character of a horse by outward ap pearances, and offers the following sugges tions, as the result of close observation and long experience : If the color be light sorrel or chesnut, his feet, legs, and face white, these are marks of kindness. If ho is broad and full between the eyes, he may be depended on as a horse of good sense, and capable of being trained to any thing. As respects such horses, the more kind ly you treat them, the better you will be treated in return. Nor will a horse of that description stand the whip if well fed. | If you want a safe horse, avoid one '.hat ' is dish-faced ; ho may be so far gentlo as not to scare, but he will have too much go ahead in him to be safe for every body. If you want a fool, but a horse of a great bottom, get a bay, with not a white hair about him ; if iiis face is a little dished, so much the worse. Let no man ride such a horse who is not an adept in riding— j they aie always tricky and unsafe. If you w ant a horse that will never give out, never buy a large overgrown one. A black horse cannot stand the heat, nor a white one cold. If you want a gentle horse, get one with more or less white about him—the more the better.—A spotted one is preferable. | Many suppose that the parti colored hor ses belonging to the circuses, shows, &c., are selected for their oddity. But the se- I lection thus made is on account of their do t cility and gentleness. MARKING SHEEP.—A correspondent holds the following language : Until some thing of this kind is adopted, I wish to im press it upon every one who keeps a flock, ! if not more than half a dozen, that Vene- ! tian red is the best thing that I ever saw used to paintmark sheep. It is, as most all know, cheap red paint, only a few cents a pound, end one pound will mark a thou sand. Take a pinch of the drv powder, and draw the thumb and finger through the wool upon the particular spot you would mark, loosing the powder at the same time, j and it will combine with the oil of the wool, j and make a bright-red mark that rain will : never wash out, and which will endure i from one shearing to another, but does not injure the wool, it is readily cleansed out bv the manufacturer. A WHOLESALE PURCHASES. —A fellow from Kentucky, went a few weeks since into a store o[ a fashionable milliner in Ca nal street. 44 Have you any skirts ?" ask ed ho. 44 Plenty of all kinds.'' "What do you ask a cord," said the chap. 44 A cord," replied Madam W. 44 Yes I want about a cord. Up in our diggings the pet ticoats has gin out. I see you advertise 44 corded skirts," and I thought while my hand was in, I'd take what you had corded up." The Milliner faiuted. The 44 Down-East Debating Society," having dismissed the question, 44 where docs the firo go to when it goes out?" has got a new and more exciting one up : 4< When a house is destroyed by fire, does it burn tip or does it burn down !" There will probably be a warm debate on this ques lion. THE rage for writing poetry is univer sal. A modern pott says— -44 Oh, she was fair ; 13ut sorrow came and left its tracts there." What became of the balance of the liar ness he don't state. To what color does a flogging change a boy ? It makes him yell-O ! Ficw Hardware Store!! WE have always a large assortment of all kinds of Hardware low for cash. F. J. HOFFMAN. Lcwistown, June 23, 18-19. Leather, Morocco, and Shoe i Findings. V large assortment always on hand, and lor 1 sale by F- J. HOFFMAN. | Lcwistown, June 23, 1849. Paper. Paper. VLWAYS on hand n large assortment of Cap, Letter, Wrapping, Printing, Win dow and Wall Paper, wholesale or retail, Printing paper, 22 X 32, at per bundle. F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, June 23^1819. Do not Forget uTHAT at F. J. HOFFMAN'S Wejl will be found splendid assort ySßfcf ment of fashionable II A T S, TAKi £ CAPS, tf-r., at much lower prices than they can be bought elsewhere in this country. A good Fur Hat, ... $l.OO i Fine Nutria and Fine Silk, - 2.25 | Fine Beaver. - - 2.75 Finest Moleskin, ... 3.25 Lewistown, June 23, 1849. New Scries—Vol. 3—No. 3G. | 31. MONTGOMERY, i Boot & Shoe Manufacturer MARKET STUEET LEWISTOWN. CON riNUES to manufacture, to order, every description of BOOTS AND ! SHOES, on the most reasonable terms.— ! Having competent workmen in his employ and | using good stock, his customers, as well as all ! others, may rely upon getting a good article, j well made and neatly finished. January 22,1848 —tf. r/LAGISTRATE'S OFFZCE CHRISTIAN HOOVER, Justice of tlc Peace, C 1 AN be found at his oinee, in the room ro / cently occupied by Esquire Ku.p, where ; he will attend to all business entrusted to his • care with the greatest care and despatch, j Lewistown, July 1, 1846—tf. W. 8a £ixffi@SSa Attorney at Law, WILE attend promptly to business entrust ed to his care in tins and adjoining j counties. Office one door west of the Post i Office. June 1(j,'49-1 y w. 11. IRWIN, A TT()Ii A 7 E Y A T L A IV, H AS resumed the practice cf his profession _ in this and the adjoining counties. Office in Main street, Lewistown, opposite to the Town ilall. Jan. 20, 1848—tf. PENNSVEVAVIA RAILROAD COMPANY. , "jVJ OTICE is hereby given that the tenth .IVI and last Instalment of FJ VE DOLLARS j FEII SHAKE, on the Capital Stock of this j Company, is required to be paid on or before j the Jirst day of July next. i Instalments not paid punctually will be sub ject to the penalty of one per cent., as required by law. Subscribers residing in Mifflin and Juniata counties, can pay their instalments to YVM. j B. FOSTER, Jr., Associate Engineer, at his | office in Lewistown. OEORGE V. BACON, Trcas. June 10, 1810— id. Administrator*? Notice. . rpllE undersigned having been appointed JL Administrator of the estate of JAMES D. MORRISON, deceased, of McVeytown, Mifflin county, Pa., hereby notifies all persons having claims against the estate of said de ceased, to make known the same to the un dersigned without delay; also all persons in debted, to call on the undersigned and sottie the same. SAM'L .MORRISON. Newton Hamilton, June 9, 1849—6 l ST © ® 2 ® 21 o Estate of James Robisoti, deceased. lETTERS of Administration de bonis non j cum testamcnto annexo of said deceased hav ing been granted to mo, 1 hereby request all persons having claims or demands against the estate to make them known to me without de lay ; and solicit early payments from all who owe the estate. DAVID CANDOR, Administrator de bonis, S,c., as aforesaid. Lewistown, June 2, ISO—Ct. SOD? SO So i rjIAKE NOTICE, that the books of account, i X &ic. of CRAWFORD & SOURBECK, have been assigned to the subscriber, (who alone has authority to collect the same,) as se curity for claims, in his hands for collection against said firm, and all accounts not settled before the Ist .of July, will be left with a Jus tice of the Peace to be sued. SAMUEL S. WOODS. Lewistown, June 9, 1819—4t. IT OTI a2 . IN the Orphans' Court of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. —ln the case of the Real Estate of GEORGE SCHWARTZ, late of the bor ough of Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., dee'd, the Judges of the Orphans 1 Court aforesaid, made the following order, to wit: April Gth, 1849, on due proof of the service of the former Rule, and none of the Heirs appearing in Court to accept and take the Real Estate aforesaid at the appraisement and valuation. Rule on the Heirs of George Schwartz afore said, deceased, to appear at the next Orphans' Court, to be held ou tiie First Monday of August next, at LEWISTOWN, in and for the county of Mifflin, to show cause why the said Real Estate should not be sold, Sec. 1). McIvEAN CONTNEK, Sheriff. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ) Lewistown, June 23, 1 >5 49. ( 6t. Medicines, Ac. " OILS, PAINTS, &c. BLANK BOOKS CORDAGE, COTTON LAPS, &c. STEEL SPRINGS PURE WHITE LEAD, at £2 per Keg For salo bv F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, June 23, 1819. Iron ! iron ! VN extensive assortment of all sizes, f r . sale low for ensh, by June 23 T9. F. J HOFFMAN Candies and. Confectionary. VLWAYS on baud a govd stock at whole sale or retail, may 26, 1849. V. J. HOFFMAN. Salt! JUST received, a large stock of Ground Alum Stlt— l4 cents per bushel and 81 ?■'• perenck. CO~To dealers a liberal discount off these prices will be made. may 26, 1 10. F. J. IIOFF.M \. •