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J. S. & J. J. BRISBIN,
VOLUME 27,
\t Centre gemoqmt.
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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.
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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
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