Ito £cntre jHSB Democrat % Jfamilg Uefosptper —fa politics, temperance, fiferafure, Science, ®{re Utetjjanics, Agriculture, tjie Markets, ©mcation, Amusement, (Sineral intelligence, sl> J. S. & J. J. BRISBIN, VOLUME 27, \t Centre gemoqmt. IS]PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY J.S. & J- J- BRISBIN. Oj)l*e i* the Aroade Building, Second Floor. <p ßßl , s . $1,50 if paid in advance or within six months after subscribing,otherwise $2 will invari ably be charged. No sAscriptions received for % shorter period than six months and none dis sontinned, unless at the,option of the editor, until n.ll arrearages are paid. BUSINESS CARDS. Ofico on Allegheny Street. fomriy occupied by the Hon. James Burnside Jan. ly, ou.-u. W BROWN- ITTOMEY " AT ' . LAW BBLLKFONTK, PENNA. Will attend to all legal business entrusted to him, with prornpt aess. .¥?' 6 9 - TAil IF R4 NK IN. ATTORNEY-AT • I LAW, BELLEFONTE,;PA. will attend proud ly to all legal business entrusted to him. Office ext door to the Post Offloe. [Sapt. 20, 60, tf *LT TDRFLFK TVT A I* . SURVEYOR AND . CONVEYANCER, BELLEFONTE, PA., will attend to and correctly execute all busiriesi en trusted te him. [June 14,- 60, tf. BTFIO. I.- POTTER. M- D. OFFICE on High street, (oldoffice.) Bellefonte Pa. Will attend to professional calls as heretofore, and respectfully offers his professional services his friends and the public. Oct.2b A A. FAIRLAMB, M. D. JAS. A. DOBBINS, M. D FAIRLAMIH DOBBINS. DR. FAIRLA2B.II has associated with him DR J. H. DOBBIN 8. in the practice of medicine A See as heretofore on bishop street, opposite the Temperance Hotel. March 19,57. DR. JAS. F. GREGG, respectfully offer his professional services to tho people o Milesburg and vicinity. Residence, Daniel R Boileau's National Hotel. Refer to Dr. J. M. McCoy, Dr. Q.L.PoUerBr. J. B. Mitchell. [Nov. 3, IB6o.—tf. HFTRFIU. SURGEON AND NT having permanently located • ffeie his Professional pervicos to the citizens of Plme Grove Mills' and vicinity, and respectfully •elicits a liberal portion of the public patronage. [Feb. 16, 6fi. —ly. AT J. J. LINGLE. Operative t nd Mechanical Dentist, will prao tice all the various branches of his profession in the most approved mannor Office -d residence on Spring St-Bellefonte Pa? VTE V RIDDLE> ATTORNEY-AT J4AW,!;LLNFONT B PA. Will atttend to ail business entrusted to him with care and prompt acss. Refer to Gov. Pollock, Milton Fa. and Hon. A: G. Curtin, Bellefonte Pa. Office with John H. Stover" 5 ' °°' H ML'FFLI . AGENT FOR *H - W BS*T BRANCH INSURANCE COMPANY. Per •ens wishing to secure themselves from losses by fire will do well to call upon him at the store of J. E. Muflv & Co., N. E: corner of the Diamond, Airee doors above Allegheny street, Bellefonte, Qanire eo , Pa. Mar. 15, k>o. XS- W. WHITE. DENTIST, has por . mancntly located in Boalsburg, Centre County Pa. Office on main St., next door to the More of Johnston & Keller, where he purposes practising his profession in the most scientific manner and at moderate charges. mr. A" O FITRST. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, • BELLKFONTB, PA., will attend promptly to idl business entrusted to his caro. Office on Kortbwest corner of the Diamond. Will practice in the several Courts of Centre Mid Clinton counties. Jan. 24, '6l -tt. IRA C. MITOHBLL. CYRUS T. ALEXANDER MITCHELL ATTORNEY' S-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE PFNNA. Having associated themselves in the practice ef law, will attenl promptly to all business en •rnsted to their care Office in the Aroade. [Nov. 1, 60.—tf. CONVEYANCING. DEEDS BONDS, MORTGAGES, AND AR TICLES OF AGREEMENT neatly and cor tcetly executed. Also, attention will be given to the adjustment of Book Accounts, and accounts i Adminstratior s and Executors prepared for filing. •Eee next door to the Post Office. Oct., 19th, 'SB, WM. J. KEALSH. JOHN H. BTOVE3 R TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW A BELLEFPNTE, PA., will practice his pro fcssion in the several courts of Centre county. All business entrusted to him will be carefully at tended to. Collections made and all monies promptly remitted. Office, on High st. formerly •penped by Judge Burnside, and D. C. Boal, Esq. vherehe can be consulted both in the English and in the german language. May 6, '58 —22 ly. JM. MACUANUB. w. P. MACMANU J: & WM. P. MACMANUS. A TTORNEY'S-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA., J\ Office in the rooms formerly occupied by Linn & Wilson, Allegheny street. Jas. Macman ns has associated with W. P. Macmanus, Esq., in th* praotice of law. Professional business intrus tedt o their care will receive prompt attention, they will attebd the several Courts in the Coun ties of Centre, Clinton and Clearfield. Jane 21, '6O, tf. LTALET&"HBYI ATTORNEYS-AT XX LAW, will attend pro nptly to all business •ntru stedto their care. Office in the building feraerly occupied by Hon, Jas. T. Hale. A CARD. Messrs. Hale 3t Hoy will attend to my business during my absence in Congress, and will be as sisted bv me in the trial of all oauses entrustedto tb.m. J. T. HALE. jan 5'1860 CURTIN &. BLANCIIARD. A TTORNEY'S-AT-LAW,BELLEFONTE, PENNA The undersigned having associated them selves in the practise of Law, will faithfully at tend to all professional business entrusted to them ii Centre, Clintion and Clearfield counties. All collections placed in t(ieir hands, will receive their promt attention. Office in Blanchard's now building on Allegheny street. Nov. 30 '6B 'CURTIN & BLANC HARD. BANKING HOUSE OF I fa: F.. REYNOLDS & CO. BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PENN'A. Bills of Exchange and Notes discounted ; Collec tions made and funds promptly remitted. Inter est paid on Special Deposits, Exchange on the Bastsrn cities constantly ca hand and for sale. Deposits received. " ' April 7'68 WM. HARDING, FASHIONABLE BABBEB AJID HAIR DRESSER, BELLEFONTE, PA., Has •pened a Barber Shop one door above the Frank lin House, where he ran be found at all times. — Good Razors, keen and sharp, kept constantly on hand. Hair Dressing, .Yhampooning, &0., atten ded to in the most workman like manner. He hopes by strict attention to business to receive a liberal share of pubi.o patronage. • : ■ ST. LAWRENCE HOTEL, CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA. WM. B. CAMPBELL, Proprietor Apr sth'6o—tf. ~ J. THORP FLAHERTY^ Importer of Havana Segars, m. 837 CHESTNUT STREET, (Adjoining Girard House,) I * And Opposite CONTINENTAL HOTEL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. Ar d.26,-'6O, —ly. BO MGARDNEFt HOUSE CO RNER OF SIXTH AND R. R. STREETS OPPOSITE L.V. AND PENNA. R. R. DEPOTS, HARRISBURG, PA. J.W. STONE. PROPRIETOR Mar. 15th, 1860, ly. " CHARLES McBREDE, HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE AND SPLENDID STOCK OF 3>rv G-oods, | READY-MADE CLOTHING, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEEN SWA RE. ALL of which he is selling at very 'educed prices. Good* given in Exchange for Couutry Produce. The public are invited to call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. Bollefonte, Xov. 3, '59. -tf. ~UNITED STATES~HOTEL, BY L. TEJNTEYCK. OPPOSITF PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT HAFIRISBURG PA. B. HARTSHORN Superintendent. NO pains have been spare! to make the abvoe the first hotel in Harrisbnrg. The table i always spread with the best the market affords and the accommodations are suprior to any found elsewhere in the city. March Ist 18(50.a H UGH B. B ftIS REN, glruggist, MANUFACTURER OF EXTRA LIQUOR COLORING, 11. IV. Cor. Third <t Poplar t treete, Term Caeh.] Philadelphia. Oct. 3, IS6o,—ly. K. C. HUMES, J AS. T. HALE B. N. M'ALLISTER, A. <}. CURTLN. BANKING HOUSE. Interest paid on Special iteposit. HUMES, M'ALL IS TEll HALE J> CO., EELLEFQNTE, PA. DEPOSITS received, Bills of and Notes Discounted, Collection's muda and proceeds remitted promptly. Interest paid on special deposits for Kinety days, and under six taonths at the rate of four per cent, per unnnu). For. six mpptb s and upwards, at the rate (if f,ve per cent, per annum. Exchange on the East con stantly on hand. January, 3rd. 1861. BELLEFONTE DISPENSARY. Persons in want of PAINTS, OILS, VAR NISHES, or anything of the kind, will do well to purchase them at the Drug Store ot J. & J. HARRIS, Brockerhoff's Ify>w, Bellefonte. Also, DRUGS, MEDICINES, POCKET IJNIVES, FA.NCT ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, ' ToaAdcf), SEGARS, LIQUORS, and all the Patent Medicines made. Surgeon's and Physician's Instrument onnsta'tly on hand. Call and see them, nearly opposite the Conrad House. January, 3rd 1861. A. Guekenhoiaer. S. Wtrtheimer 15 Wertheime . A. G. & BRO'S., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Foreign and Domestic Liquors. DISTILLFRS OP MONONGAIIELA RYE WHISKEY, Also, Rectifiers of the IRON CITY WHISKEY, And Manufacturers of the Celebrated GERMAN STOMACH BITTERS No. 25 Market Street, Nov. ly] PITTSBURGH, PA. LOUIS GERBER, IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF FUHS. For Ladies', Gentlemen's and Children's IT ear, NQ. 334 AIiCH ST., PHIL'A. All kinds of Furs Dressed, Cleaned and Repaired. Furs made to order at the shortest notice. Full value paid for Shipping Furs. Furs taken care of during the Summer Oot. 4, '6o.—ly. w. A. ARNOLD. JOBS w. WILSON ARNOLD & WILSON WARMING & VENTILATING WAREHOUSE, No. 1010 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. CMILSON's Paten Cone and Ventilating FURNACES, Cooking Ranges, Balh !Boilers, ENAMELED STAT MINTi}L3 CommoKand Low DOWD arlor Grates, Warm Air Registers aD Ventilating, Ac. Ac. Particular attention g.ven tu warming and Ven tilating Buildings of every discription. BEN J. M. FELT WELL, Sup't. Apr. 26,-1860. ly. HAINES & DOCK. WHOLESALE GROCERS, No. 35 North "Water Street, PHILADELPHIA. GROCERIES, ' GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, Merchants of Central Pennsylvania LQOK TO YOUR INTERESTS ! ! If {yon wish to buy cheap go to Haines <fc Dock They keep on hand the best articles to bd iatf in the City, in their line of business. uali Call and examine their goods. * Remember their Firm is at No. 85 North Water Street, PHILADELPHIA - Apr. 2*, 'Bo.—ly. [■WE STAND UPON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE---NO EARTHLY POWER SHALL DRIVE US FROM OUR POSITION BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 14, 1861 For the Democrat. THE PAST. The reminisence of the past Is full of li'e's bright treasure, Tbo friendships formed in youth will last, A source of constant pleasure, No poison then was in the mini _No guile was in the heart, No Anteros then could find A subject for his art. No questions of propriety, No forms that seem'd to throw Restraint upon society, Or cheek the youthful glotf. What castles then in air we'd build, What high renown we'd claim, With gems we'd have our castles fill'd. With ships we' scour the main, Or in some "Pleasant Gap" enshrined 'Heath Nittaay's rooky towers, Contentment, peace and pleasure find By cultivating flowers. Thus should we forever be, £ Peaoeful, hoping, full of love Our souls would then be always Sreo, And gentle spirits round us move. Pleasant Gap, Mar. 9th. J. C. TO AN ABSENT BROTHER. BY ANNIE E. HCEBART. The day is nearly spent, brother, Low sinks the setting sun, And I am sadly thinking Of thee—the cherished one. Thou'rt far away, dear brother, And we are lonely now Without thy presence and thy epiile, And truthful, beaming brow. We parted long ago, brother, Thou in distant lands to roam ; Do memory's dreams e'er tell thee Of the friends you loft at home ? Oh I may the wiad of Heaven, As it lightly to thee comes, Bear unto thee this message : "We love thee still at home !" And if we meet no more In this world of woe and pain, Oh 1 may we meet in Heaven, Wever to part again ! MY BROTHER JACK, AND HIS RICH WIFE. BY MRS. E. G. LEWIS. " Ilarry," eaid my mother, "there must be always cne gentleman in a family. 1 have remarked it—some one to keep up its dignity and transmit their naqie to posterity. You, though my eldest son, are rough by nature; Peter is too plain ; but John, my pretty boy," said mother, patting his curly head, " you shall go to college, and be a gentleman." Now my good mother was the reliet of a grocer, who, dying, left her " well to do in the world and having worn for three long years "weeds of the deepest hue," she wiped the last tear from her cheek, and unpinning the crape collar from her neck, laid it by, feeling, in hor inmost heart, that she had ful filled her duty to the utmost—and bad been afflicted beyond most mortals. It was the morning of her emancipation from these sym" bole of woe, that we were called around her (as I have stated above) in order to portion out our several destinies. I, as the eldest of the family, ventured to say: And Susie, mother ; what will she be —a lady 1" " Nonsense, Harry," rejoined my mother. " She is a mere child yet; but what binders her from being the President's lady ? strang er things have happened." " Well,mother, make Jack what you please. I shall be a sailor; and when Susie's bus band is President, I'll come back and lire with her." To China I went, not as a 6aiior, but as captain's clerk. On my arrival there, I left the vessel, and was so luoky as to get a situ ation in a mercantile house. My boss took a fancy tb me, and, after a few yaars, I be came his principal clerk, and from that arose to be junior partner in the firm. I heard from home occasionally, but finally the cor respondence dropped off. Now and then a letter from my mother reached me ; and the last announced my brother .Jack's marriage to an heiress, and Susie's engagement to a Southern planter. Then years elapsed, and I heard no more. My letters remained unanswered ; and be coming vexed at the apparent indifferenoe of my family, I determined to write no more— I bad now F r massed au enormous fortune, but had paid the penalty of a life of luxury, with a diseased liver. Not having formed any lies to biod me here, a yearning for home created such a restlessness of mind and body, that it amountod almost to a mona-mania. So transmitting the bulk of my property to the United States, X took passage in the ship Dolphin, and a pleasant voyage of five months, (our vessel being a slew sailor,) arrived'at New York, and trod the streets of my native city, as a stranger. I left home a boy of sev enteen —I returned a man of fifty years.— How I longed to see sister Susie and my aged mother, and my brothers. While eating my solitary breakfast at the hotel, I indulged in a thousand fancies as to their appearanoe. In John, I was to see a man of polished man* ners; of fine, portly bearing, and pleasant countenance. Peter—good, plain Peter ; he, I was sare, could not alter ; and pretty Susie was to bs every thing lovely, with that fasci nating "Polce far henie," so faoinating in a Southern woman's manners. A sudden seised me to visit them under a ficti cious name. Acting on the spur of the mo ment, j cabled for a Directory and found my footer Jack was the resident of a modern palace, in what was formerly the suburbs of |he' city,' poor jihe nuelsus of all that was fashionable and wealthy. The name of my sister's husband 1 never knew, and Peter must have left New York, for I could not find his name in the Directory, nor my mothers. Satisfied that I should get all necessary in formation from Jack, I determined to go to his house immediately, and preparing my self with a letter of introduction— written ly myself— stating that Mr. Sampson, an agent for a mercantile house in Canton, was about visiting New York. I begged my brothar to pay him every attention. It is hardly Bec essary to say, that Mr. Sampson was my "nom de guerre." The latter finished I fol ded it in due form, and putting it in my pocket, Btarted for the upper part of theoity. I found Jack's house—over the stone work of the door was carved the "coat of arms" of the gentleman of the family. The creet —a dove fierced by a falcon—bad my good father been living, it would have been a cheese sup" ported by two r6d hearing, I coughed down a hearty laugh and rang the bell; a black fellow opened the deor. On asking if Mr. Chandler was at homs, an an swer was given in the affirmative, and I was ushered through a suite of rooms into a well furnished Library, where, reclining in a lux urian ; arm chair, I found Jack—handsome Jack no longer—but a lean, withered, and premature old man, with all the foppieh airs of boyhood cliDging to him. He arose at my entrance, and glanpiog over my letter, assured me of his desire to make my visit to New Yoik an agreeable one; asking many particulars as to his broth er Harry, health and prospects, &c, all of which I answered in the moot satisfactory manner. A 6mile of relief passed over his couute nanoe ; evidently be had dreaded the subject. I abruptly eaid, " I was requested to inquire of the welfare of Mr. Chandler's mother, sister, and brother Petor-V A cold, hard look lettled on his face. " Has Harry not heard uf my mother's death ten years ago ?" said he. Scarcely ablo to restrain uiy emotion, I stammered out, " No—no I" " Nor the widowhood of Mrs. Cleland ?" " My heavens! no, sir !" I exclaimed, hurt and angry at his hard, cold manner in speak ing of those so dear to me. lie looked sur prised, but I went on —" And Mr. Peter Chandler ?" " Oh, well—quite well! Really a worthy man—no incumbianco to Lis family. True, I seldom see him—tied to his Ledger—a capital book-keeper, and still a bachelor,— Your sister, I preeume, resides with you?" " No, eir," was the curt answer. " Mrs, Cleland's place of residenee in un known to me. I heard a rumer of her hav ing joined her husband's relations, South ; but, my dear Sampson, our walks in life were so different that my wife ceuld not tolerate their circle of acquaintances, particularly al ter her ungrateful behavior. Nor would it have done to hare drawn her end her family from their obsourity, making their poverty but the more glaring. Would you believe it, my wife proourred an extremely iligible situation for Mrs. Cleland's eldest daughter, as nursery governess to a family going abroad, and I offered her eighty dollars a year for the maintenance ef herseli and child, but both our offers were rejected with scorn. I washed my hands of her and her affairs But let us talk of pleasauter thiogs," con tinued he. I felt like kicking him out of his luxuriant arm-chair, and fearful that my temper sho'd get the better of me, with the best grace I could assume I left the room, aud did not breath freely until in the open air, when I vented uiy feelings in sundry ejaculations, vyhich drew the attention of the passers-by. Some one touched me on the arqt; it was the black fellow, who had opened the door for me. " Sir," he said, " Mrs. Cleland lives in Spring street, two doors from the Bowery— a tenement house." " Thank you, my good follow," said I, giving him some money, and I turned tow ard the Bowery, and eoon found the house where he said my sister dwelt. Tears started into my eyes as I thought over the past, and my poor mother's pride in her little Susan. I brushed them hastily away, and knocked at the door. A little girl, the image of my sister, opened it. " Does Mrs. Cleland live here ?" I asked. " Yes, sir," " Can I see her " "Yes, sir, please walk in." And she opened the door of a small room near the en trance. It was scrupously clean, but unoar peted, a pine table, a few chairs, a stove and small looking glass, comprised the furniture, with the exception of a few books on a shelf between the windows. My sudden entrance Btartled a female, who, with her bask turned to the door, was washing some fine laces. Her confusion was momentary. With the grace of a well-bred lady, she requested me to be seated, and looked to ber little daughter for information. "A gentleman, to see you, mother." "From your brother Ilarry, Madam," said I. • The blood started to her forehead, and as suddenly retreated, leayipg her deadly pale, as she gasped out— "Oh ! is he living f" "Living 1 yes, yes," said I, "but he is yery poor. II is coming on, but his reception will be rather cool from his rioh brother, I am thinking." "Oh ! why am I poor J" said she, bursting into tears. "But I can give him a home— and I will hp 60 happy. I can work, and we will live together." I jumped up and oaught her hand, and sob bed like a baby. "You have a kind heart, Sir, and I thank you for your sympathy." Just then her daughter came home, "It is Ellen,'.' said Susan, "my eldest child. She is working in a straw factory, and gets god wages." "But, I fear Ellen you are fatigued to day T" "Oh, no, mother 1" And she bowed cour teously to me. "Only a little hungry.' The little one, that opened the door for ma jumped up immediately and spread a clean cloth on the table. Susan requested me to stay and partake of their humble dinner, to which I assented- A plate of mealy potatoes, bread Bnd tea. was all; but to mo it was better than the most luxurious dinner, for I eat it in oompany witk those I loved. Ellen was a slight, dark eyed girl, not beautiful, but intelligent and pleasing, and I was delighted with my intended heiress. An hoar soon passed. Ellon had returned to the faotory, and drawing cjy chair oloser to irsy sister, I took both her bands in mine, and looking steadily in her face, eaid : "Su sie, why did you not marry the President?" ( For you see I could not keep thi oat iu the bag any longer.) Her first impulse bad been to rise up iu anger. She looked me steadily in the face, and grew deadly pale. I feared she would faint, tnd ciicd—"Oh 1 Susie, don't, it is your brother Harry." It was melee*, there she lay in my arms, helpless as a child, and little Mary crying. "Oh ! mother, mother 1 You've killed my mother." "No such thing," said I, as I dashed a cup of cold water in her face. By aud bye all was right egain. Susan was satisfied that I was her brother. I told of my whim of wishing to romain unknown to Jack and his wife, whom 1 bad not yet 6een ; and told Sue to get ready to move— asked where I should find Peter. She told sae he was a porter —managing to exist, and that was all —one of those unfirtunate stepsons of for tune with whom nothing prospers, but hon est aud respectable withal. Of course, John dropped him. His wife could scarcely tol erate her own husband, and would have died with mortification, if Peter, in bis coarse suit of clothes, had dared to accost her as sister. I was sick of these fol de rol airs—this apeing of aristooracy; and being more snx ijua than ever to put a damper on their con ceit, I wished Susan good bye for awhile, and went toward tba business part of the city. Who should brush against me but the identical man I was seeking. I recognized him at once—called out, "Ilalloo, Peter 1 Step, ean't you, old bay ?" I laughed until the the tears ran down my cheeks at bis look of astonishment. At last he slowly ejaculated, "Are you Ilarry, or are you not ?" "The veritable one," said I. Why it was pleasant this meeting. Es ter's heart was in the right place. We weut iuto a porter-house, and bad a good talk to gether—settled all our plans—then seperated Peter tu give warning te his employer, and I in search of a dwelling. This was soon found, and an upholsterer dispatched with unlimited orders to furnish it. My next step was to procure an equipagi and horses. A week sufficed to put my establishment in complete oider, and then sending for my sister and nieces, I installed Susan as the mistress of my mansion- It was time now to call on Jack, ne was not at home, but his wife was. She received me very ceremoniously, and motioned me to a ohair. Heiress was written on every mus cle of her oountenanoe. One look at those cold eyes and rigid mouth was enough for me to know what my poor sister must have suffered from her arrogance. §he grew quite affable, kowever, when I presented her with a fan made from the teeth of tho elephant, and inlaid (on the handle) with rubies and turquoise. WisbiDg to probe her heart a little, I ask ed if Mrs. Cleland was living in New York ? Drawing herself up, she said, ' I cannot inform you where the person you speak of, lives. In marrying Mr. Chandler, I did not marry his relations. These, I could not raise to my level." "But is she not very poor?" I persisted in saying. "Sir, I am not acquainted with tba state of her circumstances." "Ah, Madam," I playfully rejoined, "you will not confess your good aets. lam sure she is indebted to you for every comfort." "Oblige me Mr. Sampson, by dropping the conversation." J begged a thousand pardons, and then went on to say, that I had determined to set tle in New York—had already taken a bonse and would issue (under her patronage) oards on the fourteenth, for a large ball and sup per. She consented, very graoeouely, to in vite the elite. So ended my visit. The slave "of the "Magie Lamp" is money. ? The evening of the ball arrived—my sister wore a La'ma dres*, woven in vyi*h golden violets, a Bird ot plume, gracefully arrayed in her soft, fair hair. An aigrette of diamonds fastened it firmly—that, I at tached to the plume with my own band*. — Though over forty years of age, she was still a lovely weman. but Ellen was a perfect gem, so graceful and self possessed, in her simple white dress and oriental pearls. And little lairy Mary, dancing about with delight. I was a bappj man, not the less so, that I had the power to humble the pride of that bard woman. The room began to fill. Soon the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler was announced.— My sister and Ellen were standing at the upper end of the room. I advanced toward my brother and bis wife, eud leading them farward, said, "Allow me to introduoe you to my sister— Mrs. Cleland— and my adopted daughter Ellen, and at the same time to drop my false cognomen, and introduce myself ao your brother Harry." I leave you to imagine the result— my ink pales—my paper flutters—farewell. Sparkling Dewdrops. BY J. ALPORD. PEACE OF HIND. Sweet peace of mind must be to all a val ued treasure. It is like a magic charm to the soul. Saored then may we ever held it, as heaven's ohoicest, dearest gift of life. CONTRADICTION. It betrays exceeding bad taste, if not bad feeling, to use contradiction in society for the sake of being pervorse. If it be really ne aessary to use it in self defenue, it should LB done with gentle and becoming dignity. GOOD TASTE. Good actions embellish the human mind, as good paste adorns the person ; but many there are who destroy by artifioial means and bad judgment, the beauty whioh nature gave them. AVOID TEMPTATION. I would advise the youth whose heart is yet untainted with vice, to avoid by every possible means, temptation to the commis sion of crime or disobedience ; aud to know that moments of gratification beget hears, days, years of sorrow and deep remorse, TRULY HAPPY. He must be truly happy under all the cir cumstances pertainiDgto human nature, and may be deemed little less than a saint, whe can suit his temper to the various casualties of this checquered life. MEMORY. Memory oalls oar wandering thoughts to gether, as the shepherd's dog eollests the scattered flocks. A DANGEROUS SUBJECT. He who is lost to faith in his own discre tion, is a dangerous subject, aud should net be left alone in company with himself. A Leaf. " Tell I toll 1 tell! Ons more gone $o rest; ore more voice in the infant chorus.— 1 ears fall on the shrouded form, and sobs swell the heart with anguish. It was a fair child; an early blossom in earth's garden of bright flowers, The mother gazes loDg on the just opening bud, that so soon has been pluokcd from her borne bush, and through the healing thought of immortality comes to her, yet never again can another little one bloom on the severed branch. Rejoioe, rejoice and make merry with thanksgiving and song. Lot the toast go around, while you christen the babe ao help lessly laid in your arms. Already its tiny bands qlasp your heart strings, and closer winds the frail arms around your neck- Its life is your life, aad Ist health your oare.— Ah ! it is a preoioua bud, nourish it tender ly, oarefully. Toll 1 toll! toll 1 A maiden now. Soarpe ly twenty summers have scattered their sun light o'er her head. Surely there could hare been no winters with their cold, blight ting frosts, freezing the purest emotions of the soul. Fold the mantle softly, tsarfully, over the weary heart. oome away from the home of sighing, and think—'tis letter thus to sleep, than to die the lingering, tortured death, that earth sometimes portions out to her children, Hark 1 The bells are ringiug merrily, oheerily uow. A maiden has left her home, a bride. They have decked her form with jewels rare, and strewn the new pathway with flowers. She has looked her last on the scenes of her girlhood ; has been clasped as the girl wife for the last time, in a loving mother's arms, {lenceferth another's claims are her, and the bridal veil comes between her home and anethers. But alas, how sad, that: " For ths pale living, not the dead, Should mourning's bitterest tears be shed." Ye may ring out " wild belli, te the wild blue sky," on the bridal morn, yet surely ye will toll 1 toll I toll I—when cometh the bur ial ef the heart, all pulseless and cold. " M. L. DAEI. fl ii t \ ■ EDITORS & PROPRIETORS. NUMBER 1Q Statesmanship. IB politioal life, the United "States now present* a end want of areat Statesmen.— ! That calm depth of thought which embraoed the whole Union in its compass, that absenoe of all self-interests when the good of the Union was at issue, so remarkably iisplay d on many memorable ocoasiens, by those 1 great men of a past generation, ate BOW Tery ; rarely witnessed. Only a few years ago, and | eiid how many politicians, were there—lf | they can be ss called—wbo were aboye all j prejudices of party, and ties of political creeds, and met the great questions oi the | day with a foroe of argument, and brilliaaoy of illustration, a glow of eloquence, and as irresistible appeal to tho patriotic feelings of the whole nation, cooling the ezoited paesiea moderating public opinion, and hushing the tumult of civil strife ! They oovsrled so popular prejudice, and labored to interpret no politioal ism, to please opposing parties. From thoss higher regions of pure intelleetu ality, they oame down to wreetle with the is. suss thrown into the senate or the popular canvass, and oarried aonviotion to the minds of the million. Selfish ambition for the mo moot etood agbaat at the brilliant pietare of its own unwerthiness, and before the law men bowed with veneration. and in the glow of the sadden blaze of intelleotual light, they saw the harmonious workings no national and civil ordinances; thoy saw the depend dence of eocial institutions established by the Qod of nature between the human being, and the climate, soil, and preduots, of the region they inhabited. To contemplate that bright era in our political history, strikingly brings out the defieienoy of the present time, in that charaoter of statesmanship. Our what are now called great men, with few ezoeptions, see but one side of the questions at issno.— They dissect facts to suit their own thoories, and found these theories upon a partial state* ment of foots. They are constantly in a mist, and contemplate facts of tho gravest matter, blinded by paseione. Like ehildrea at plate, they shake their fiste at each ether, and threaten, instead of ealaly reasoning.— Rule or ruin, not every personal sacrifice for the good of all, has oorne to be their motto. — The present relations of the States are net produced by the arbitrary arrangements of written constitutions, for every constitution is the outgrowth of the neceieisieg of the peo* plo. Jf to-day the Union was to be dissolved, and oar Government that has showered blessings, with almost infinite liberality, over our land, was shattered to pieces, even while the wreok lay strewn around, tho peo pie would yearn for what bad been destroy ed. Yet our statesmen—at least, these who claim the leadership of opinion— enoourage and strive to popularize the idea of tho im< posibilities of present relations between the Nerth and the South, and cautiously use every means to eztend discontent, in the hepe that those unknown and untried, will be ae ospted. What a seene, we as a nation, pres ent—a chaos ef confused factions, struggling for mere abstractions, which serve for a lure ior honest, but too oonfidicg men, while by aotion North and South, the oountry is im perilled. What a oommotiou would on* note ef Ike olarion voioe of Clay excite 1 What a ehang, jn the arrangements of the masses weald be effected by oos appeal from the heart ef Webster! There are few wbe ean say, set Vassachusetls, or Virginia, or Louisiana, but the United States is my country. The oooasion exists for the men who shall fill the seats of those departed 1 Upon whoa shall fall their mantles of wisdom and patriotism ? g&~ How do you get along with your arithmetio V asked a father ef hie little bey. " I've ciphered through addition, parti tion, subscription, distraotien, abomination, deviation, justification, hallucination, de privation, amputation, oreation and adop tion." That boy will do for an engineer eu a short-line railroad. £9" He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest. It is your old, dissem bling bypoerite of whom you should beware. There's Ue deception in a bull dog. It is on ly the cur that sneaks up and bites yeu when ycur back is turned. I®" A Counsel being questioned by a judge te know " for whom he was concern ed," replied, " I em concerned, my lord, for the plaintiff, but I am employed by the de fendant." 0&" You may outlaw the friend of truth, bat truth remains ; you may bumble the po et, the artist, aud the Christian, but you can not debase poetry, or art, or dhristianity. |@*A minister at a camp meeting said i 'I If the lady with the blue bonnet, red hair and cross eyas, does not stop talking,, she will pointad out to the congregation." Bkj™ A soldier being asked if he met with much hospitality while he was in Ireland, replied, " That he was in the hospital nea'ly all the time he was tbsre." I®"4-t a printers' festival, recently, the follo wing toast was offered : " Woman—Jso ond only to the Press in the disseminating pf news." ' '• ' There are a great maay beams in the eyes of the Indies, but they are all son-beagt ' i J/ i■ \ t ,* : Hi i. -ni| V®"*.'' ' j'± . r A .
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