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KITTY’S CHOICE,
; A wealthy old farmer was Absalom Lee,
, .. He had but one daughter, the mischievous Kitty ;
V'So fair And so good and so gentle was she, . ;
: ” That lovers came wooing from country and city.
The first and the boldest to ask for her hond,
Was a trimly dressed dandy who worshipped her
“tin
She replied with a smile he eould well understand,
f‘That she’d marry no Ape for the sake of his
skin!”
The next was a merchant from business retired,
Rich, gouty and gruff, a presuming old sinner;
Young Kitty’s fair form and sweet faoe he admired,
And thought to himself, “I can easily win her.”
So he showed her his palace, and made a bluff bow,
And said she might live there, but wickedly then,
Kitty told him she long ago made a vow,
“Not to marry a bear for the sake of his den! ”
A miser came next; he was fearless and bold
In claiming his right to Kitty’s affeotion;
He said she’d not want for a home while his gold
Gould pay for a cabin to give her protection !
Half vexed at his boldness, but calm in a trice,
She curtseyed, and thanked him, and blushingly
then
Demurely repeated her sage aunt’s advice,
“Not to marry a hog for the sake of his pen !”
The next was a farmer, young, bashful and shy,
He bold wooers who came from the city;
But the flush on his cheek, and the light in his eye,
Soon kindled a flame in the bosom of Kitty.
“Aly life will be one of hard labor,” he said;
“But, darling, come share it with me if you can.”
.. “I suppose,” she replied, gaily tossing her head,
“I must marry the farm for the sake of the man J ”
ODE TO GIDEON,
BY JOHN G. SAXE.
0 Gideon ! Gideon ! hear the nation’s prayers ;
Observe how rebels sneer and patriots grieve
To see the way you’re managing affairs;
0 Gideon, take the hint—and take your leave!
Your friends declare that, ere the war began,
(I oan’t deny, and therefore I admit it)
In private life you were au honored man ;
Then why, 0 Gideon, did you ever quit it?
I don’t despise the smallest Christian grace;
I reverenoe modest merit, I confess;
Long may you live—but in your proper place;
And may your mighty beard be never less! •
But if of water you are weakly fond,
Why, Gideon, suffer from the sea’s commotion ?
Go sail a pleasure-boat upon a pond;
And let old seamen dare the angry oceaD!
Retire, 0 Gideon, to an onion-farm;
Ply any trade that’s innocent and slow;
Do anything—wliere you can do no harm;
Go anywhere you fanoy—only go I
’Tis plain salt-water and sea-air do not
At all agree with one in your condition!
And when you next disgorge—l won’t say what— ■
For God’s sake, Gideon, throw up your commis
sion !
GRANDMOTHERLY DRESSING: AN EPIGRAM.
A rigorous spinster, whose ringlets of snow
Declared she was youthful—a good while ago,
Was scolding her niece for dressing so gay—
That is, in the modern, indelicate way
By which, without blushing, the damsels expose
Something lower, no doubt, than the tip of the nose :
“Pray, why can’t you hide what ought to be hid,
And dress modest and plain as your grandmother
did?”
“Dear aunt! so I do —as you may perceive—
I dress in the fashion of grandmother—Eve !”
From the Springfield Republican.
THE VICTORY.
Moat lovely of all American seaboard
oities ia Newport, in Rhode Island. Na
ture has bestowed upon it a delicious
: olimate, enchanting scenery, and a bay and
- harbor uniting the best anchorage with the
. orystalline azure of the Mediterranean.
Wealth and refinement have adorned it
with princely mansions, and cottages that
a poet might covet, while its society is be
yond all question the most cultivated and
elegant in the United States. But fifty
years, ago, the date of our story, the place
was only a half-forgotten seaport, living in
the memories ofi those earlier days when
its commerce far exceeded- that of New
York; wlfcn hundreds of wealthy Hebrews
made it the Venioe of the new world, and
sent their teeming .argosies to South Ameri
ca and into the Indian seas. The British
oeoupation during the Revolutionary War,
struok a death blow at the prosperity of
Newport. The rich merchant Jews gath
ered together their gold brilliants, closed
their warehouses and sailed with their ships
to other shores. Their costly synagogue
was shut up, not to this day re-opened for
worship, although kept in constant and
perfect repair by the bequest of old Abra
ham Touro. Other families were impover
ished ; trade deserted the place for its"
younger rivals; the lonely wharves decayed
piece-meal and dropped into the brine, and
so complete was the stagnant calm which
brooded over the scene that it seemed
wrapped in the sleep of a hundred years,
like that of the princess in Tennyson’s
• 'Day Dream.’ But at last, under the
t guise of fashion, came the awakener:
( A touch, a kisc, the charm was snapped, ’
and the sleeping beauty arose to a lovelier
life than she had ever shone in before.
‘ What do you mean, sir ?’ said Miss
Martha Hayes, 'sweet and twenty,’ empha
sizing the do with a slight stamp and a
toss of her pretty head ; ‘ what do you
meau, Mr. Bright, by daring to insinuate
that I am not mistress of my own fancy,
and that because it happens to be a time of
war, 1 am not still to cherish a kind regard
for old friends ? That one of them is a
British officer is surely his misfortune and
not his faul. My friendships are not in
your keeping.’
1 ‘ I mean, Miss Hayes, (emphasizing the
Miss) precisely what I say, that if you
prefer a British officer, an enemy to your
country, because of his wealth and high
rank, to one who has loved you so long as
I have, you can bestow your hand upon
him; but if so, we may as well come to an
understanding at once.’
‘Miss Hayes, sir?’ replied the irate
beauty, tearing her fan open with desperate
vigor, and proceeding to use the instrument
violently, ‘ yon are growing formal indeed.
• It always used to be Martha.’
‘ Yes, and it always used to be Charles.’
‘Well, sir, if you oannot carry on a
conversation without assuming, airs and
styling me Miss Hayes, you may consider
such a miss as good as a mile, according
to the adage.’
‘I shall be more than a mile from you
to-morrow, Martha, and shall miss you,
following suit in your play of words, but
not in the formal sense which affronts you.
Come, let’s be friends again. You know
- that with to-morrow’s light I leave New
port for Lake Erie, under Capt. Perry’s
' command.’
- ‘ I should think, .indeed, that you were
" Capt. Perry himself, and that I were one
of your crew you order people about so,’
: . said the persistent coquette, determining
to have a slight brush with a loser for the
very pleasure of reconciliation; an art of
"quarreling in which most ‘young beauties
' are adepts.,:.' .. : • •':
‘ I did hot -order you.' I said it ‘■WaS
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highly improper for you,.betrothed as yon
are to me, : to permit any attention , in, my
absenoefrom Lieut. Percy.'' While he was
a prisoner on parole waiting for exchange,
I understand that, he paid open court to.
you,,and'that,so far from retiring, as yon
ought to have done, yon talked to him,
walked with him, rode with him, danced
with him, and aotnally took him to, yodr
own pew in Trinity Chureh.’
■ ‘ And why notysir, pray ? do yon sup
pose that even if I were married to you,
which • fortunately I am not yet, that I
should always shut myself Out of agreeable
society.? Would you in your absence have
me sit alone in a dark chamber, with dis
ordered hair,' sighing woefully, and con
stantly contemplating the portrait of the
faithful Charles, after the fashion of the
love-lorn heroines of romance ? No, in
deed ; I might prefer a life of single
blessedness, perhaps, but never to immure
myself in a nunnery and Martha laughed
heartily at her lover’s vexation.
‘lam glad to see this, and yet sorry,
too. I now perceive that you were never
made to make me happy. I come home
from sea to find my place usurped by
another, and when I complain you only
laugh at me. Do you wish our engage
meet broken at onco V
‘ By all means, sir, if you desire it.’
‘ And you have no shame for your con
duct in encouraging Lieut. Percy V
‘ Not in the least; I consider that you
take an unwarrantable liberty in arraign
ing my motives,iwithout condescending to
ask for an explanation.’
‘•Well, then, I demand your explana
tion.’
‘ Oh, no, sir, you are quite too late now;
not upon compulsion, I assure you, any
more than Palstaff would give a reason.’
‘Before I sailed,on my last voyage to
the West Indies, did you not tell me you
loved me dearly and loved me only 1 Did
yon not repeat your vows when the war
broke out, and I embarked in the privateer
which has taken so many British vessels ?
‘ You need not remind me, I remember
well.’
‘ Then why have you changed ? What
do you find in Lieut. Percy that is attrac
tive?’
‘ Oh, the epaulettes of course ; he is of
a noble family and will doubtless be an
admiral;’ and Martha smiled most wiokedly
upon the exasperated sailor.
‘ Listen to me, Martha Hayes. I give
you up. You are undeserving of my love;
but know that whether I fall for my
country under Perry or whether I return,
your conduct has ruined my happiness for
life. Oh, that I should hear you say you no
longer love me !’
‘ And have you heard it, sir ?’
‘Not by word of mouth, but your actions
are far more expressive. Give me back
that ring you wear. I will return your
locket the moment I reach home. Give it
to me, I say.’
‘ Do you really mean so V
‘ Why not ? You wish to be free and
you shall be. Give me the ring.’
‘ Take it, then,’ and Martha drew it
from her finger. ‘On whom will you be
stow it, hereafter, Mr. Bright ?’
‘ On no one, heartless' woman, unless
convinced that she truly loves me j and
such I never expect to find.’
‘ You may the world is wide, and you
will see many to choose from. 1
‘ Never, but when I return you may— ’
‘May be Mrs. Admiral Percy, at your
service, sir,’ said Miss Hayes, courtesying
profoundly, and smiling behind her fan.
‘ Good bye, forever, heartless flirt.’
‘Good bye, my sweet-tempered Mr.
Bright,’ and the door closed upon him.
Soaroely was she alone than she burst
into tears. ‘ There, I’ve done it now, but
he’ll como baok to see me once more. Silly
fellow, not to gness that I was only joking
about that odious Peroy. I’ll send Phillis
for him; no, I’ll wait until to-morrow
morning ; he will come baok, I know. Oh,
if he hadn’t taken the ring I shouldn’t be
lieve he was really angry. What a fool I
was to give it to him ; and Miss Martha,
in a rage with herself, tore her fan to tat
ters and tossed the bits on the floor. Half
an hour afterward the door-bell rang. It
was answered promptly, and Phillis, the
little negross, came with a small package
containing the looket.
‘Who brought this?’ asked Martha.
‘ Massa Bright hisself.’
‘ And what did he say ?’
‘ Deed, missis, he didn’t say nuthiu ; he
just chucked the bundle at me, and runned
away.
‘Well, if he doesn’t oome here again
this evening, you go to his house the first
thing after breakfast to-morrow morning,
and say that I wish to see him.’
- ‘ Yes, missis.’
Martha waited in vain a long, lonely
evening, and passed a wretohed night
without a wink of sleep. The faithful
Phillis was dispatohed at -an early hour;
but, true to his word, Charles had sailed
in the sohooner for Providence at the dawn
of day, and left no last message for • the
erring Martha. Then did she indeed shut
herself up in her dim chamber, and wept
over her lover’s picture, until her pretty
blue eyes were as red as a ferret’s.
When the angry lover had sent back the
looket, and had time for a little cool re
flection, he half repented of his haste, and
wished that indeed he had sought an ex
planation in a gentle manner. He even
made a move to see Martha onoe more,
but checked himself. ' ‘ No, I won’t go
-near her,’ said he. ‘ Sho knows-that lam
going in the morning, aDd if she cares to
see me, let her send for me.’ He went
for his final instructions to his commander,
and received them.
‘ What is the matter with you, my boy ?’
says Perry, on parting with him, ‘ you look
as black as a squall to windward. I hope
you have not quarrelled with that pretty
sweetheart of yours.’
‘ Yes, sir, I have. She is a jilt, a flirt;
our engagement is broken, and I’ll never
see her more.’ .
‘Nonsense, boy,’ returned Perry.—
‘ Chuok her under the chin, and give her
a kiss. She’ll meet you half way at that;
I know. What should you.care if Martha
Hayes is a bit of a coquette? . I’ve known
her longer than you have, and I tell you
that a warmer heart never blessed a. sailor;
and * I believe she loves you '‘dearly,■
too.’
I thought so onoe, sir,, but now—im
possible.’
‘ Well, Charles, I can’t stop to reason
with an, angry'man. Be ready .with to
morrow,’ssup, but don’t let it rise on your
wrath. ' Gbod;night.’
Youngji. r brayo, -ardent, imbued with a
iaagnedospirit whibhfasoinated everybody
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LANCASTER CITY, PA„ \
who same into bis presence, never mad one
more fitted to lead in a daring and difficult
enterprise than Oliver Hazard Percy. .He
Was in tbio very, prime of manhood, a'mod
el of chivalrous beauty,, and he had - just
been married to a lovely girl, when the
pressing need of his country called all his
powers into active play. A series of de
feats and. blunders had disgraced the
American arms, and it was felt necessary
by the government that some strong and
sadden success should re-animate-the Nat
tional courage. An expedition : on ’ the
frontier was proposed to Perry; he:en
tered at once into the spirit of the enter
prise, and while others at best but-doubt
fnlly hoped, his prophetic vision beheld a
splendid triumph on the bosom of Lake
Erie.
Most'of his command he gathered in
Newport and its lovely, sea-girt isle.—
Such was his influenoe over his men, not
merely by thorough discipline, but by in
fusing into even the rudest of them his
own burning spirit, that long before they
reached the scene of effort, they would
willingly have laid down their lives for
him. In toil, in‘-privation, in a weary
struggle through the dense wilderness
that then covered the shores of the lake,
he ever led, animated and consoled them.
‘ Take good care. of my boy, Captain
Perry,’ said Charles Bright’s aged father,
as he shook the commander by/the hand.
‘ Aye, that I will, my life-long friend,
and we’ll send you suoh cheering news
that Newport shall, for very joy, shake
the merriest peal of bells that ever rang
from old Trinity steeple.’
The prayers and blessings of the whole
community followed the young commander,
who only wanted opportunity to prove him
self a glorious hero.
With fearful impatienoe did Martha
Hayes wait for news from her lover ; the
‘ Mercury,’ the only newspaper in New
port, was published but onoe a week, a
Meroury whose winged cap and heels had
been laid aside ; but happily for Martha
she had no inkling of the magnetic tele
graph. She gleaned what she could from
every acquaintance, and kept little blaok
Phillis busy in making inquiries, sub roSa,
of Mr. Bright’s servant. One afternoon
she heard rumors of a British mau-of-war
tender having come into the harbor, bear
ing a flag of truoe. She looked from the
window upon the bay, and saw the little
vessel, and as she did so, beheld a boat
put off from her and pull toward the shore.
An officer was in the stern sheets, and
though at too great a distance to recognize
his features, she thought he resembled the
lieutenant who had caused the separation
and anger of her lover. She was not long
in doubt; ho bore a dispatch from his ad
miral to the authorities of Newport, ?e
-garding an exchange of seamen, and pend
ing the deliberations of the worthy fathers,
he hastened to Martha’s door. He was at
once admitted to the presence of the beau
ty, who received him with stately compo
sure.
‘ You are foitunate, Lieut. Peroy, in
visiting Newport again this season. I
hardly thought to see you; September
has almost gone. You must have sailed
last to[run by our forts ; or are our batter
ies only of spiked cannon V
‘ They are doubtless serviceable, but I
came with dispatches and under a flag of
truoe.’
‘ Ah, how much more powerful you
British officers find flags of truce than
your own ensign.’
‘ Spare your sarcasm my fair friend.—
Beside, although your oause has been at
times successful at sea, ours has had great
ly the advantage by land.’
‘ Yes, your gallant Admiral Cookburn
has very lately, indeed for a long time
past, been untiring in firing barns and rob
bing all the henroosts on the shores of the
Chesapeake.’
‘He may, perhaps, in his zeal, have far
exceeded orders, but his daring oannot be
impugned,’ said Percy, who, while he en
deavored to sustain his national valor, felt
his cheek tingle with shame at the ruffian
acts of the blaokguard Cockburn.’
Percy continued, turning the subject of
conversation, ‘ We shall soon now have a
triumph in another quarter, we shall be
victorious on tbe water, though not on the
sea. We shall have glorious news from
Lake Erie.’
‘ Indeed we shall, Mr. Percy, but such
news as you would not wish repeated.’
‘For the sake of my country I wish
success to the English flotilla, but for your
sweet sake, .’
‘ Stop, Mr. Percy ; you cannot wish ill
to the British fleet under any circumstan
ces and keep your loyalty, while your com
pliments to me are thrown away. Have
you any news from Erie whioh you can im
part to me ? It will be held sacred under
your flag of truce.’
‘ Only that the British commander was
well prepared to meet the American.’
‘ He will need to be indeed when he en
counters Perry.’
‘ You have a former friend in thalr ex
pedition, I believe, Miss Hayes.’
‘ You quite surprise me, sir, by your
knowledge, but I will not disguise the
truth—an old friend and a friend still.’
‘ Not a friend still, if report says true.’
‘Report often belies fact.’
‘ Not in this instance. Pardon me if I
speak too boldly, but I have heard how
that boy parted from you. Surely one
who could thus treat you, is not worthy of
your hand. Was not this engagement
lightly made and lightly broken ?’
‘ Lightly broken indeed, but greatly by
my own fault.’
‘Ob, I cannot believe it; let me, my
dearest Miss Hayes, cnohanting Martha,
again urge my suit, and offer you as true
and honorable love as ever man bestowed.’
‘Never, Mr. Peroy. I thank you, for
l always liked you as a friend, but I oan
not accept more from you than a friend
may proffer.’
‘ But I oan wait, hope.’
‘ ’Tis vain ; my hand is free now, bnt it
can never be yours ; and to be frank with
you, I blame myself greatly that while it
was not, I suffered you to become as inti
mate with me as you were. Your grace
and culture pleased me, for suoh are rare
in this deserted town ; but you, know how
utterly astonished I was when you confes
sed your real sentiments. Until that in
stant I had supposed you, like myself, be
trothed, and to tho one you so often men
tioned, the Lady Adela Haroourt.’
‘ Never ; the Lady Adela.is . not one,
though lovely, to win my, heart j. but do
youstill tellmethafc yourapparenfr inter
est wasonlyin those- outward < ‘graces,
which’ olothe tbA English gentleman !*A- '■,
‘ Jftre thSi thatfMr. : Per6ys dh ; much
■orsiJLGSf. S'Vr
WHMWLABO* OOWAHDB THS OUATKBT MWAJtD.”-
TUESDAY MORNING,
more. I'very soon appreciated your kind
heart and noble character.’ -
‘ And yet, peerless woman, whose sweet’
sincerity iso Jffisoinates me, youcannot love
me I Let me hot despair P ' //:
- ‘ Qf nje indeed you need not hope, but
no man of ; strong sense despairs- heeanse
he cannot win the first woman he loves.—
Won showed me onoe the miniature of
Lady Adela, which, in sport, she lent you.
A more enchanting picture I never beheld,
and I read in her countenance those very
traits which would be sure to harmonize
with your own. You are of noble :blood,
too, and-must seek alliance with the-high
born.’
.‘Yovt_ birth, sweet Martha, is. illustri
ous enough for me. Be mine. lam heir
to an earldom,; and broad domains and
stately mansions are yours; and how: proud
should I be to display you, this island’s
gem, and to see you of right sparkle at the
court of St. James.’- '
‘.No, Mr. Peroy, it cannot, be. Were
you the very head of that illustrious fami
ly to which you belong, Northumberland
himself, I would not be a.duke’s bride.’
‘ Then indeed I may abandon hope, but
stay ; this unhappy war produoes hatred
between two nations which should be
friends. It cannot last very long, and
when peaoe is deolared, the natural feeling
which you now have toward an Englishman
will die away.’
‘ That feeling of enmity never entered
into my thoughts as far as you are con
cerned. My will is unalterable, and it is
useless to urge me further.’
‘ Onoe more, dearest Martha, listen.—
While the strife lasts, I oannot with honor
abandon the service of my king, but when
it is ended I promise to resign 1 my com
mission, and even to leave England, if you
will share a home with me here.’
‘ You oannot, you must not do so,’ said
Martha, wiping away the tears that rained
down her cheeks. ‘ This prolonged inter
view oan only be painful to you ; spare my
feelings, and leave me.’
‘ Adorable woman,’ said Percy, seizing
her hand fervently. ‘ I go, but oan never
forget you.’
‘ I would not wish you to forget me en
tirely. I will not be silly enough to say,
do so end be happy. It would pain, me if
you did not believe that I shall-kindly re
member you.’
‘ I will bid you a long farewell, then,
sweet Martha,’, said Peroy, with faltering
voioe; ‘ but will you not give some little
token to name you by, and to cherish - for
my lifetime V
‘ Yes, my dear friend. I give you this,
on one condition,’ and Martha drew from
her arm an antique bracelet of heavy gold,
and of rare yenitian workmanship. «This
bracelet,’ she continued, ‘ formerly be
longed to one of the Hebrews who lived in
Newport. He always said that it had been
au heir-loom in the illustrious family of
Contrarini. The tradition is that it has
never been sold, that it must be freely be
stowed, that if an attempt is made to sell
it, it will disappear ; but, as a recompense,
it«onfers happiness on the giver. See the
motto within it, ‘ Chi la dura la vine’ —he
who endures, conquers. That motto is
worthy of the Percies, and I am happy to
give the amulet to you.’
‘ And the condition, dear Martha V
‘ That you will bestow it on the Lady
Adela.’
‘ But I shall never marry her.’
‘ I will trust to time, which works
wonders, and now, farewell.’
Percy again clasped her hand and kissed
it passionately. In silent anguish he
passed from her presence and she saw him
no more.
‘ Charley,’ said Capt. Perry to Bright
one morning, ‘ Charley, what news do you
receive from Newport ? You can speak to
me as your friend, and not as your com
mander.’
‘ None, sir, except that my father is
well.’
‘ And your pretty sweetheart ?’
‘ I hear and know nothing of her.’
‘ Listen to this, then, and write at onoe,
asking her to pardon your silly haste,’ and
the commodore read aloud to him a para
graph from one of his home letters—
‘ Martha Hayes goes nowhere, and shuns
society. It is a pity her match was broken
off; she doubtless loves Charles Bright,
and there is every reason to believe«that
she has again refused the hand of Lieut.
Percy, who oame in yesterday with a flag
oftruoe.’ ‘ Now, boy, do your duty, ad
ded Perry ; ‘ write to her at once. We
shall meet the enemy within a day or two,
and then it may be too late.’
Joyfully indeed did Charley oomply with
Perry’s advioe, and then was ready, as was
every other man in that little squadron.—
So intense had been their labors that only
six weeks had elapsed since they had hewn
down the forest trees to build their vessels,
and now they were prepared for action. —
The fierce and bloody fight of the 10th of
September, 1813, is perhaps the most tri
umphant in American annals. Bravely
did the young sailor serve his gun through
the long and awful oarnage of that day ; he
saw his beloved commander’s vessel rid
dled with balls and rendered useless, and
then beheld thft godlike hero, bearing in
his hands her ensign, steer in his boat
through the fleet, standing erect, while
cannon shot flew round him like hail. He
watohed him ascend the vessel in which he
fought; with his comrades he cheered his
coming, and hailed his flag again floating
to the breeze as the harbinger, of victory.
What bulletin of Napoleon’s ever stirred
triumphant joy in millions, as did Perry’s
nine brief words: ‘We have met the
enemy and they are ours !’ Prom breast
to breast the brave news flew, the magnetic
battery of a nation’s heart.
‘ Viotory !’ shouted the messenger in
Newport, and tho church bells indeed
rang out a peal of triumph. With the
first details of the fight, oame a letter to
Martha from her lover, assuring her of his
safety and of his return with the commo
dore. She had only therefore to wait his
coming and be happy, while tho town pre
pared to give the hero a fitting reception.
Prom "Providenoe he .was to sail in a
paoket, and it was arranged that signal
guns should herald his arrival. It was
Sunday afternoon, and the boom of cannons
broke the sleepy silence of the town.—
Almost its entire population hurried to the
wharves, whence they beheld the sohooner
whioh bore tbeir_idol coming rapidly down
tbe bay. The landing of Perry oreated
, the witdost enthusiasm; be was borne aloft
npon the head* of the people. to hjji. door,
.and ; was. so.oVeroome hyemotioii
dtnflds tohiy wave tor- his* ‘-worshippers Jhis 1
speeehless thnhks. ieveusgi/m;
SITBSU j
IOTKOrS SB'
- Martha,‘weeping with jcy, beheld him
pass, and then hurried .to her home. She
heard’* familiar step, threw open the door,
and clasped herhappy lover. .« Have-you
forgiven, mp, dearest ?’ he asked.
‘ Oh, long sinoe ; it was all my fault,’
and then came, the silent confirmation,
sweeter than words..' /.
‘So, Charley, it seems that you, too,-
have met the enemy,’ said the hero, with
a roguish smtie when he saw the two lovers
a few days afterward. .• ■ i ’ :
‘ Yes,’ said Bright, drawing Martha’s
arm close within his own, e and she is
oursJ. .
One word. more. The lovers were, uni
ted some:tiqae afterwards, when peace had.
been deolared. Commodore Percy gave
the bride away. : ; ; ‘ Ha, what have, we .here;
Charley?’ he said, and he examined the
wedding present, and admired a magnifi
cent piece of silver plate. It bore as an
inscription, ‘Gratitude and memory—To
Martha Hayes Bright, the gift-.of Captain
Grenville and Lady Adela Peroy.’
A Shrewd Irishman.— An Irish priest
was seen standing at the corner of one of
the squares-in London,-about the hour of
dinner. One of his oonntrymen observing
the worthy father in perplexity, addressed
him—
‘ Oh! Father O’Leary, how is your
rivirenoe V
‘ Mightily put out,’ was the reply.
‘ Put out! who’d put out your rivirenoe ?’
* Ah! you don’t understand ; thiS is just
it: lam invited to dine at one of the houses
in this square, and I have forgotten the
name, and I never 1 looked at the number,
and now it’s seven o’olook.’
‘ Oh, is that all ?’ was the ory ; ‘ just
now be aisy, your rivirence, I’ll settle that
for you.’
So saying, away flew the good-natured
Irishman round the square, glancing at
the kitohens, and when he, discovered a
fire that denoted.hospitality, he thundered
at the door and inquired, ‘ls Father
O'Leary here?’ As might be expected,
again and again he was repulsed. At
length an angry footman exolaimed—
‘No, bother on-Father O’LeaTy, he is
not here, but ho was to dine here to-day
and the_„cook. is. in a rage, and,says the
dinner will be spoilt. All is waiting for
Father O’Leary. ’
Paddy, leaping from the door as if the
steps were on fire, rushed up to the aston
ished priest—
‘ All right, yonr honor’s rivirince, you
dine at 43, and a mighty good dinner you’ll
get.’
. ‘ Ob, Pat,’ said the grateful pastor,
‘ the blessings of a hungry man.be upon
you.’
‘ Long life and happiness to your river
iuce ; I have got your malady, i only wish
1 had your remedy.’
A Short Clergyman.—A few miles
below Poughkeepsie,N. Y., there lives, and
has lived for several years past, a worthy
clergyman, a man, however, very short in
stature. Upon a certain Sunday about
eight yeas ago, this clergyman was invit
ed by the pastor of a church in that village
to fill his pulpit for the day. The invita
tion was acoepted, the Sunday morning saw
Mr. in the pulpit. Now it happened
that the pulpit was a very high one, and
accordingly nearly hid the poor little cler
gyman frcm view. However, the congre
gation, out of respect, to keep
their countenances, and with over pious
faces, seem religiously anxious for the text.
They were not obliged to wait long, for
a nose and two little eyes suddenly appear
ed over the top of tho pulpit, and a squeak
ing, tremulous voice proclaimed in nasal
tones the text: ‘Be of good cheer ;it is
I, be not afraid.’
A goneral roar of laughter followed the
announcement —the clergyman became
confused and turned all sorts of colors.
Many, in the general uproar, left the
church ; and it was a long time before the
minister was enabled to proceed with the
sermon, so abruptly broken off.
Afternoon came, and the little man’
standing on a footstool, had a fair view
of the audience. The text was announceed
in due form : ‘ A little while ye shall see
me, and a little while and ye skalhnot see
me.’
In the course of his sermon he repeated
his text with great earnestness, and step
ping back, lost his elevated footing, and
disappeard from his hearers ! The effect
may be more readily imagined than
described.
TF” Old Deacon M was the only
store-keeper in the village ‘ up country,’
and used to take great pleasure in cate
chising the youth who' might visit the
store. One rainy day—business dull—
the deacon was quietly smoking by the
side of a cheerful fire when a ragged ur
chin entered, who seemed a fit subjeot on
which the deacon might exercise his ques
tioning powers. The deacon called the
lad to him, and patting him on the shoul
der asked him: ‘My son, what is the
strongest thing you know ef?’
The lad thought a moment,; then
scratching his bump of communicativeness
through a hole in his hat, Baid :
.‘Why, I reckon marm knows, she’s
tarnal strong herself; she can lick dad at
any time, and she said that the butter I
got the other day was the strongest she
ever seed yet—for that was so strong she
couldn’t hold it after she got it down.’
Better • t.ian a Man.—lt is well
known that all ladies have an intense ad
miration for sewing machine, and' that their
delight in the possession oalls out enthusi
astic terms.of praise. A lady called at a
sewing machine agency to purchase, and
inquiring for some one who had a machine
of whom she could learn its merits, was,
among others, referred to a lady then pres
ent, a' quiet, demure looking maiden lady.
Upon being questioned,-this individual at
first replied with modest reserve, but
finally the all-absorbing delight every sew
ing machine proprietress inevitably feels,
got the better of her diffidence, and she
warmly eUlogizedJhe object of the inquiry;
and finally her eyes brightened, her cheek
grew rosy, anti she sprang to her feet, and
with; an energetic voice said; ‘Like my
sewing maohme;’? to be.sure:l do‘j' Why,
I wouldn’t begin to exchange it far a
man!'
, A-gentleman having a horse that ran
wu tbldby"
’ a nagfihnt thtt4istlrished-tb purbbs& it for
vnfo-tos-riie 1 Noq?.: said ,tkb
1 wretch,‘l intend to marry again myself.’
JLNM 3/ 1862.
J.-V
/Aa Old-Time i
There are many persons’;upur residing in
the city of Philadelphia, who remembering
baoksomo thirty years, can’recall the hoii*
' est face of asturdy pedagogue' from the
north of Ireland, by the name of W——,
a stem dioiplinariahbfthe-Old school) Who
believed ihat learnlng as often went with a
‘‘thwack* as With an inclination. Among
the pupils of the honest old' W— was
one who has sinoeTisen to some distinc
tion,ebutwhoduring his sohoolboy.; days,
was generally, regarded as a thick-headed,
lazyjfollow, and as sura to. get old W——r-’s
attention, in - -.the ‘warming .way,’ very
semi-ocoasiohally.
One day, when Johnny had forgotten to
study his lesson as usual) the old dominie
blandly requested him to take his;place on
the floor.as he 'had a few words whiph he
wished to say to him. Johnny of course,
stepped out with fear and trembling, and
was greatly astonished to find his stern
teaoher address him in a very, kind and
gentle tone.
‘ Johnny, my son,’ said-‘ ye’re
of a good family, so you are.’
Johnny; who was expecting a pretty se
vere punishment,. and had already begun
to whine and dig his knuokles into his eyes
looked up in the greatest imaginable sur
prise. ...... .
. ‘ I say, Johnny,’ pursued the dominie,
‘ ye’re of a good family—d’ye understand ?’
‘ Ah, thank you, sir replied the lad,
with an air of soihe confidence. '
‘Yes, Johnny, I repeat, ye’re of a good
family, as good as my own. I knew your
fother, Johnny,- in the old country, and
this as a lad and a man—-and a better and
honester lad and man, Johnny, I never
knew, ayther side of the big deep.’
■ ‘ Thank you, sir,’ said Johnny, with a
pleasant*; smile and a fugitive glance of
triumph at some of his playmates.
‘ Aud:l knew your mother too, Johnny,
and a dear, sweet little girl she was afore
she grew up and married your father,
Johnny, and after that she was a blissid
bride, and as kind hearted and lovely a
mother and mistress of a family, Johnny,
as iver left the shore of ould Ireland.’
‘ YeS, sir,—oh, thank you, sir,’respond
ded the delighted Johnny.
‘ Ah, Johnny, your father and mother
and meself have seen some happy days
aoross the great seas!’ sighed the senti
mental schoolmaster; ‘days that I’m
knowing now will never return to me
again. And then your sisters, Johnny,—
you’ve got fine sisters, too, that I have
known since they were toddlings, and
which same now are ornaments to inny
society, Johnny.’
‘ Oh, sir, I am much obliged to you !’
responded the happy pupil, scarce knowing
how to express the joy he felt at finding
himself such a great favorite with his here
tofore stern master. . '
4 And then there’s yourself, Johnny,
that I’ve known since your birth'—the son
of me old friend and companion of my
youth. 5 ■ *
4 Oh, thank you, sir. 5
4 Ah, yes, Johnny, 5 went on the dominie,
with something between a groan and a
sigh, and some slight indication of tears ;
< it’s thewhole blissid family that 1 have
known so long, so well, and so favorably,
Johnny; and now that I look back with
pride on these by-gone reminiscences, I
think 1 would not be doing justice to your
noble father, your kind mother, and your
lovely sisters, nor to meself and the rest
of mankind, if I were to let such a lazy,
good-for-nothing rascal go without a good
thwacking. Hould out yer hand, ye young
rascal ! 5 c
And before poor Johnny had time to re
cover from his astonishment, he found
himsolf in the process of a ‘ thwacking ’
that he never forgot to his dying day.
Old Egyptian Jewels —The jewels
of the Egyptian Queen Aah Kotep, who
died eighteen hundred years before Christ,
and whose tomb was discovered by. a
French archaeologist in 1850, are exhibited
at the International Exhibition in Loudon.
When found at Grounah, the body of the
Queen was covered with objects in gold
and silver, such as a diadem of massive
gold, encrusted with precious stones, ela
borately chased with the heads of sphynxes,
and* bound together with-a cord of gold
wrought like a tress ; a collar of gold hav
ing depending from it three .flies of solid
gold, supposed to be the decoration of the
Egyptian Honorary Order of the Fiy ; two
heads of lions and a boat of Death mounted
on wheels, and with little rowers in silver.
The sitter is supposed to represent the de
ceased Queen, and the chanter in the boat
is of gold.. His finger is placed upon his
lip, as if enjoining silence.
Sleeping in Church.—A certain mili
tary chaplain did all he could to prevent
his soldiers from falling asleep at ohurch.
Even when reading the text he used to
break off in the middle of an unfinished
sentence, to call attention to some red
coat. enjoying his somnolent nods and
winks in a distant corner. On one occasion
he so mingled Scripture with the intima
tion that, the . ludicrous association gave
rise tp an irrepressible titter through
the congregation. And no wonder, for
thus impressively read the chaplain :
‘ And Abraham said unto Lot’ (a pause,
during which the parson pointed to a slum
berer in a retired seat,) ‘ sergeant, that
man’s asleep!’ ‘
ILP” Mr. Stark was elected, or appoint
ed, justice of the peace when De Kalb
oounty was first: organized in Illinois.—
He lived in a log honse,; and always held
his court at homehis wife kept his dock
et, and attended all bis courts to keep
his minutes. Sbo was a help-mate for
him, and he courted: to some purpose when
he got suoh a wife as’ Mrs. Stark proved
to bo. One day when the room was
orowded and a trial going; on, Mrs Stark
dropped her pencil on'the floor, and being
unable to find it for the pressure, the jus
tice roared out.
‘ Stand back—stand back, I say ! the
Court has lost her pencil!’
OjT” A physician .told his patient that ho
could cure his toothaohe by. simply hold
a certain root in the right, hand. ‘What
root?’ asked , tbo sufferer. ‘ The root of
the aching tooth.’ ... ’ /
Esta hi. is h kh' is • it to, .
RASrcr DTBISQ XSTABIISBWJS’r.
J. A W. JONES,. No.. 432 NORTH. FRONT ST., »bOT«
Woolen and Vnncy
Goods of «ieis description. ,!£helr superior style.of Dyeing
Ladies* and Gentlemen's Gartnebta is "widely known. '
Dyed the most brilUaptor plain colony Grape and Merino
ahawls cfeaned
'lbcMga*”'
TH&LJUVdAitSB ISTEItLIfiiVOXft
A;
No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
The is* thoroughly ftralahad with
new and dugra type of every description, and la nndar
the charge Of; apractidal and experienced Job Printers
The Proprletoaaie{kCMulred to
PRINT CHBQKE&
NOTVSrXBGAL BLANKS,
v" CARDS AND CIRCULARS,
BILL HEADS ANDHANBBILtB,r.
PROGRAMBteS AND POBTIRB,
PAPER BOOKSANDPAMPHLETB, . •
BALL TICKOT: Atn> INPITATIONfI,
PRINTING m cOIGRS PRINTING,
withneatnewu accuracy anadispatek,tm thf-most raaaona]
Uo terms, ana Ida manner not excelled byanyhltfabliih
mentinthedty. • £*
Orders ftoot adlitanae, by jssQopriHlMnriae,
promptlyatteaded to.
No. 8 Nprth Daks
1802. . APRIL. •’
ARRIVaL OP
S.PtKNDID NEW BP&IHS GOODS
L; ' ■ - it ' ■
' 11 iiv'rz a a o s .
1 Cot or FOULARD SILKS, only conti.
1 I«ot Spring Cballle DRLAINE:VI2 *nrfth 20c.
1 Lot Brocba YALENOIAB, Boqna, 2$ Bl,3?}£c.
1 “Lot Super Boqoa'OHALLTES, only BW.=• ;
SHEPHERDS' PLAIDB, beautiful and g00d,25c.
AU our best CALICOES, selling at ....
1 Lot Extra Good OAIJCOE&.p&]y 10c*....
1 Lot excellent Bonnet and Aptbn Glnfel^aidB,l2^o.
SHAWL AND ROOM; 1 •
■' Now Stock'of ; ' r ' 1 ‘
PIUNQ BHAWLB AND CLOAKS. u
Bkadtitul Stella Shawls. ■ ...
Kverjj.day brings something new.” V
CHOICE BARGAINS OF THE BAT,r
Opened daily at i- r
WENTZ BROS;, '.
■. No. 6 SaatEing SCreet.
TV/raiE. L>EMORKST*S ‘
lvl UAEIERLTMTREOR OP FASHIOINB,
T . GREAT * r : i
THX eUMMIB HtJHBBR'WILL OOSTAIS.
FOUR LARGE AND SPLENDID FASHION-PLATES,
THREE FULL-SIZED PATTERNS/ V
Comprising the'New French Waist.anElegirht Sleevt?, and
a Misses Sack, together with nearly 10d-KngrawtogS:Qf all
the novelties for Summer Bonnets, Trimmings,
Cblldron’e Dresses, etc,, and valuable iatorniaticm.to MiUi*
nets,' Dreßg Makers, Mothers* And Ladies 1 generally, pre
senting tbe largest and beat Fashion Magazine laths World
pnbllßhod473 Broadway, New York, and sold everywhere at
25 ct8.,.0r sent by mail post free, on receipt of the amount.
Yearly $l with the following valuable premium:* ■
Each yearly subscriber will .be entitled to the selfttion
of 50 cents worth of plain patterns, from the designs In
the book, or fi orn the show-room, or they may be. ordered
and sent by mall any time dnringtheyear, by paying the
postage.
•49- Splendid Inducements to Canvassers. ...
SUMMER NUMBER WILL BE READY ON OR ABOUT
THE FIRST OP MAY.' ■•••'»
• apr 22" ... i3t 15
Dues sl er*j
HAIR JK H JELRF STORE*
No. 206 Nobth Bts Siezst asovb Racz,
. PHILADELPHIA. .
On band and for ealfy & choice assortment ot superior
patterns, and will plait to order
BRACELETS,
EARRINGS,
FINGER RINGST
BREAST PINS,
OEOSSEB,
NECKLACES,
GUARD AND
VEST CHAINS.
49* Orders enclosing, the hair lobe plalteiL-inay be sent
by- mail. Give a drawing as near aa.you canotf paper, and
enclose such amount as you may choose to pay.-;
Costs as foliosvat Ear Kings $2 to s6—Breast Pins $3 to
s7—Finger Kings 75 cents to Chainss6 to $7 —
Necklaces $2 to $lO.
KtT Ilair nut in to Mcdallons, Box BreastFips, Rings, Ac.
OLD GOLD- AND SILVER BOUGHT. AT FAIR.BATES.
apr 16 ly 14
NK W -SPRING : S T Y la E S ,
The undersigned calls special attention to anew and
well solected stock of
MILLINERY Q.O 0 D 8 * .
of tho latest styles, consisting of colored and white, ft raw
Goods of all kinds and prices, bonnet frames to JRevery
body, French and American Flowers jo great -variety, rib*
boos, quillings, laces, edgings, jolnbl&nd,. gimp and hair
lace, and a great variety of Bonnet Trimmiogß,
crape and different kinds of bonnet materials; •
TRIMMED, STRAW* FANC£ BONNETS; S\
mo) a large assortment, to suit every taste,-
ffvw nolt, crown-lining, wire, aoda great many
arucles unnecessary to mention, all of which-: I-.will sell
cheaper than the cheapest, cither wholesale or retail.
Also, a One assortment of JEWELRY and DRYGOODS,
on hand, and v&rions Notions, all of which will be sold
very-cheap.
Call and examine my stock bdforo purcbasing elsewhere.
Thankful tor past favors, tho subscriber hopes to have the
patronage of his old customers, and many new ones.
, . L. BAUM,
"No. 31 North Queen St
apr l 3m 12]
1862. 1862. • ■ J J 862.
QPEMNG OP NEW SPRING GOODB.
JUST RECEIVED, direct from New York and Philadel
phia, a choice lot of
NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS.
Shepherd’s Plaids of every variety. Also, a largo lot of
NEW CHINTZES,
Purchased at low prices lor cash, which we guarantee to
sell at prices that will
DEFY COMPETITION.
BUST ENGLISH CHINTZES...
BHSTMERRIMAOCHINTZES.
Best American chintzes.
BEST OOCUHCO CUINT/E9
BEST PACIFIC CHINTZES
BEST SPRAGUE CHINTZES ...
BEST MOURNING CHINTZES.
ALSO,
Large lot of good, heavy Domestic GINGIIAMB, .12j£ eta.;
Good Apron Ginghams and Checks, 1 coots; Good
Bleached and Unbleached MUSLINS, one yard- wide,
cents; Cotton Flannels. 1214 cents. .
NOW 13 THE TIME TO BUY.
A full line of BLACK SILKS, cheap. New Styles of
SPRING DRESS GOODS ‘ ' 1
Of every variety and qnallty, - •
OPENING DAILY.
WENTZ BROS.,
No. 5 Bast King street.
piNEWATCUESt ItICU JKWELRI I
niar 18 tf 10)
SILVER WARE! 3 IL.VER W.A RE 11
I’lE, CAKE AND BUTTER KNIVES
fcUOAK, CREAM AND OYSTER SPOONS.
. SOUP AND OYSTER LADLES,
SPOONS, FORKS; *O, 4c.
Latest Stiles and Best Wo&kkamsuip.’
SILVER-PLATED WARE ! BILVER-PLATED WARE 11
BASKETS; CASTORS, PITCHERS, MUGS,
SPOONS, FORKS, Ac, ftp*
JffST PE O M T H E F A CT 0 S-k ; : :
WATOUES! WATOHESIt WATOUESI!!
warrant™ time-keepers. • • •
CHBAIM CHEAP I I CHEAP!!
CLOCKS! CLOCKS!! CLOCK SI!!
OILT, COLUMN AND PLAIN PROMTS.
JEWELRY!!
J E WELRYJ
LATEST STYLES AND BEST QUALITY.
KHOADB ft GILLESPIE,
2 2 West K i w a Ste-e 1 t ,
Between Cooper's Hotel and J. 0, Getz’sDry Goods Store;
dec 17 tf 49
Lancaster home mutual fire
INSURANCE. COMPANY.'
OFFICE, NO. 68 EAST KING STEEEZ'.
This Company having .received-application# for insur
ance of Real Estate ({160,COO) to tbe amount required by
its Cha> ter, commenced issuing policKs on the Ist day of
April, 1862, and is near prepared to insure Heal'and Per
sonal Property in the City and County of Lancaster It is
strictly on the mutual principle, no profit? being, contem
plated, but ao immense saving. Stock InsaranceiCompa
nies being principally designed for the benefit of the stock
holders, this company has been organized for th© special
benefit of the iosured parties, and they will control It, aa
there are no stockholders to do so. Every person favoring
property, in this company thereby -becomes a ; jnember
thereof, and will be represented therein to the extent of
bis insurance.' • ■ ‘ =- ■ • vl
Direct .BB—Rer. Wm. T. Gerhard, President,; D. G.
Swartz and J. B. Bwortzwe!der. Vice Presidents; Christian
11. Lefever, Secretary ; Jubn Sheaffer. Treasurer; John D.
Skilofi, 'Christian Gast, Barton B. Martin and LAwrence
Knapp. [apy-l£BmU
Hair dressing and shaving
S A h O 0. N . ;• .r -
SAMUEL J. WILLIAMS takes pleasure in notifying his
nomerous Mends and customers, that hehas removed his
Saloon from Cooper’s Hotel to the basement under Peter
M’Conomy’s Shoe Store, in, West King street, near the
M rket Ilouse, and has fitted it up Innew'andelegant style
cr the accommodation of customers. : ■ • >
IIAIIt DRESSING, SIUVINO AND BHAMPOONING
done io the m st scientific and fashionable gtyfe,>*nd bis
tonsorial operations are performed with ;the greatest ease
; and comfort to all concerned. >
He will also color the hair and whiskers, eh# guarantee
the colors to bo applied without Injury t©either, l
Glto the Professor a cali, and he -flatters himself that be
will be able to rendergeneral satisfaction. ■ -
49* Don’t make a mistake and get into Hie wrong shop.
Recollect, it is Immediately under Store.
.. apr 15 tf 14] 8. J l . WILLIAMS#
D r. j. t. baker * V' liL.
, HOMffiOPATUIO. PHYSICIAN,
O r L a w o a ■ t 0 i rrtii •
maybe consulted professionally, at hia OQtee, at Henry
Bear’s Hotel, In the Borotigh of Straeburg, ob Thursdaj of t
each week, froml&'o’clockin the morning to three in the
, An opportunity U thus afforded <o iWJentabfStraaburg
and vicinity to avail themselvesof Hcnweopathlc.treatment,
and females suffering from chronic diseases may _e»Joy *ho i
advice or one vrho Sa» mid e Atoum ,r
speciality. ... ... HomoeopatklePbjnldan,
• oct 22 tf 41J East King street, aboTeLlme.Lancaater
pHO T ® ® rH ALBUMS.
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...1214 rents.
...1214 cents.
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...1214 cents.
...1214 cents.
..:1214 eenta.
...12}£ cents.
JE.WELRYM