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irDIUDME 72° I=i UOV7'&I7IID.LB WEDNESDAY, APRIL I, 1846. LoTr, Emir, and illrth. A fig for. Philosophy's rules, Our stay is too brief °recant', To spare any time in the school, Save tbose.of Love, Music, and Mirth. Yea! theirs is the exquisite lore We =learn in life's summer by been, While the winter of gloomy fourscore Levee us fools in Philosophy's art. Oh ! surely if life's but a day, "Tit vain o'er dull volumes to pine ; Let the sage choose what studies he may, Bat Mirth, Love, and Music be mine, What afoot was the Chaldean seer, Who studied the planets afar— While the bright eye of woman is near— „lfy book be that beautiful star ! The lore of the planets 'who seeks, Is years in acquiring the art, While the language dear woman's eye speaks, Is learned in a moment by heart, Theo, surely, if life's but a day, "Tis vain o'er dull volumes to pine : Let the stars be his book, e they may, Bat the bright eye of woman'be mine ! Thee.hemist may learnedly tell Of the treasures his heart can unmask But the grape juice has in it a spell. Which ii all'of his lore that I ask. In gating on woman's bright eves, I feel the astionomer's bliss ; dnd chemiltry's happiest prize, I find in a goblet like this, Then 61111 p—if life's but.a day, What fool o'er dull volumes would pine ? tow and Mirth we can tram on the way. And to praise them in Music be mine? TUE TIIFLN SISTERS. A LEAF FROM THE JOURNAL OF AN ANTI QUARIAN. The old manor house of FA:atone has link t attract the notice, of the passing tray-farer. for its fine park is now converted into a sheep pasture. its tower garden is planted with tar• sips. and ns noble woods have long since been (tiled to enable its owner to enrich and embel lish some fairer domain. The house has suf- feted eomparatirely little from time, hut a f.er- rer enemy has been at work within its walls. Radio its finest apartments are still tho tram of that derourinq fire which has reduc ed it almost to ruin. 'Strange rumors are atltrad concerning the ortein of that tire Tbe present owner, 2, wild and dissolute youth, e.me down to Visit it, with a party of tray rev elers. soon after it fell into his possession.— Foe more stately. and better appointed mansions were alreadt: fus, for he was one of the weal thlnt of En : lland's peers, a-M when„, he beheld the womi-ea:en tapestries 31111 m4fiderin? far m:are, be was heard to exclaim, with a land oath— '.l would that my mad cou4n of Fora a tone Eid set fire,to the old nest; it will cost more in laves than-the lands will yield in revenue." His steward, a keen -eyed. iron-faced man.':, men, and makes the bond of kindred only a heard his master's words, and on the very , fetter n hich is gladly broken—may be traced sight after • the young lord's departure. the to the petty hickeringa and still renewed htulding was dlscovered to be in dames.— quarrels which disturbed the days of infancy. Some said it was a j - ad.vinent from !leaven— ! the misfortunes which befel the beautiful sic others shook their head., and whir; erect that ter, if traced to their first cause. will be found the nency of man was visible an a tire which ' to have arisen in that disunion of 'feeling, and bail broke out from four different points at the f seldsimess, which characterized their child same moment. and certain it is that no money hood, while the wonderful similarity which ;'as ever spent upon the repair of the once no-' distinguished their moral as well as their phy- Vs stru t ter,. I had been told that the stair- sisal nature, and which should have bound cue was still decorated with some remains of them by the closest ties, becadie only an naiad the magniEcent oaken carvings which had once `, tug source of discord and dislike, a:or:led ninny of the rooms, and I was there- ! A s no t hing is more unlovely than childhood fore induced to visit the alino.t. ro ofless mansion I without its innocent attributes, its frankness. *inch certainly promised little to reward mY I its overflowing affections, its utter unselfish tench. I had wandered for some time through , ness, its purity of feeling—we will pass over the empty apartments, which were nearly : the events which, though of trifling Import in snipped of every vestige of furniture. when. themselves, were of no little consequence to tpon, opening the door of a small chamber the formation of character. At sixteen, the t l tat seemed originally designed for an oratory-. ; ladies Rosamond and biltas. were knorro,to all I faced myself suddenly in the presence of a ; the country around as the Beauties of Folk p ware. nits were so unfaded and life- ; stone ; and the rare spectacle of two young l 'iv , that, for menu started as if the ac- • females so exquisitely loved and so wonder tal bein ad suddenly risen before me. fully sinatLar that a portrait of the one would Doi picture represented two children. apps- I have served as a most accurate likeness of the el:4y about twelve years of age, and 'the pain- other, drew around them a crowd of admirers. .aS had seated them upon 3 turfy bank, with . It required an intimate acquaintancs with both team of one resting on the r.eck of the other. to discover the points of difference which ex- Pi . rF• 2 7l. hid I seen the picture elsewhere, it . tsted between theta. and ye: these d:fferences t 1 4.7..tt not have offered such powerful aurae- . were of the most decided and definite ktrid although it was exqutstie in its execution Possessed of equally violent passions. equatiy 013 its design. Hot the faces of those beauti- ' self-willed and resolute of purpose. they yet gev., gleaming out from the dark oalea were most unlike in talent and in their power pancel to sehteli the picture was deeply insert- lof self-poseession. Rosamond. with far more 14. ' 41 113 painted semblance of life—active and real strength of mind than her sister. had far Pyttecis life in the midst of utter desolation— • less control over her wayward impulses. 11-r ea solitary vestige of a race now passed for- acuteness of perception and brilliant wit gave 'Mr hom the earth—this single record of the' point and poignancy to her conversation which Plus which bad escaped the destruction to too frequently degenerated into severity and 11 _ ~.l a th stranget lord had doomed the home ; Sarcasm. while the least irritation of temper intent family, awakened a feeling of i produced invective against the offender, that sae for which I could scarcely =aunt even few were found willing to brave her anger al6 Pelf: Ipied upon those blight faces I more than once. But with all these defects. imagination began to weare many a she yet possessed a degree of generous frank. innim of the fortunes of those lovely - children. ness. Wad, magnanimity in acknowledging her 'Pict:old them the idol of their stately parents.: errors, which gave promise of many noble 13 2 . Prida of their family. the darlings of their ! qualities hidden beneath the waywardness of I kad been struck with their 1 . her temper: Lilies. on the contrary. was one ndalol similarity of feature. and I fancied of those sensitive, morbid creatures, who de ,. fair sisters had been as lunch assimilated in light in cherishing every sentiment into a pas 14nleter. while I - endeavored to sketch some i sion: romance was the atmosphere in which •Irie view of their course through , she sought to dwell. and failing to find its sob sun. which. beaming through the tie essence periading the grosser elements of - -Ca window, su dd en ly li g h te d u p t h e lonely every -d a y abs was ever fretful. repining ?'"are with a bright halo of departing glory.* and discontented. But Lilies w•as. also. a pro- Ralted me to myself, and as I turned my bank • found and skilful dissembler. Though gull t?oa the little chamber. I felt the folly - of my ed ever by the Impulses of a headstrong will. Wings. awn should I See k . to pen- she yet managed to appear one of the most re tome " " II of Years! They had lived, and t fined And delicate and gentle of women.— ?n=ba-ly loved. and certainly suffered. and Thoulh resolute of purpose. and defying all , their ashes were now mingling with hindrances when her passions were excited. * ow tin their fore 'athets in the family vault of ; she seemed only one of those frail. dependent chapel. They had butshared 1 timed creatures who attach themselves to the bas ftztarm Int of all mankind, and why hearts 'of men by their very helplessneaa.— THE...* - - BRADFORD ..• REPORTER. should I be so strangely interested, in two fair faces on which the worm had long since feast ed in the;silent tomb? Yet those beautiful children seemed to me like a bright vision seen amid the blackness of darkness, long af ter I had returned to my solitary room. and I determined to make some inquiries respecting them ere I left the neighborhocid. There are always some old retainers of a noble house, or at least some descendents of such, who haunt the scenes of ancient splendor; and from an aged crone, whose mother had been the nurse of the beautiful twins whose portraits I had seen, I learned the tale which proved how false had been my own imaginings. The ladies, Rosamond and Lilias, were the only children of the proud old marquis whose ancestors had lot centuries ruled,over the do main of Folkstone. Born after a childless marriage of many years. perhaps both parents would hare been better pleased if one fair son had been given to them instead of the two fragile daughters, who were now destin ed to inherit the estates, and extinguish the name of their ancient family. But parental ef fection silenced, if it could not subdue. their regrets, and ere long the tiring were the idols of both father and mother. The singular per sonal resemblance, which so generally charac terizes those whom nature has so myster• iously connected, was in this case very strongly marked. As infants they could with difficulty be distinguished from each other, and only the unerring eye of 'a mother could detect the shade of difference between the deep gray eye of Rosamond. and the slight hazel tint which was diffused through the same color in the eves of Lilias ; while only a mother's heart could remember that when the two little heads were laid upon the same pillow the curls which cluitered round Rosamond's brow were' darker than the chesnut locks of Lilias. The similitude seemed rather to increase with the progress of time, and in the sportiveness of their innocent mirth the fair children would often puzzle their parents by changing the or naments which formed the only distinction-be tween them in the eyes of the family servants. Nor were they less alike in character than in person, and happier had it been for both if more diversity between them had really ex isted. Entitled by their birth to rank and affluence. gifted by nature with exceeding beauty. and almost worshipped by parents who had long despaired of beholding the renewal ot their youth in their off-spring, they early learn-d their own importance in the eyes the whole household. Their will became - a law to all from the proud old lord w his humblest ser vant. and it is not surprising that they should soon have acquired a full portion of the way wardness which is ever the result of unlimit. ed indulgence. The similarity of taste and feeling produced disunion between them even in the nursery, for each was sure to desire the same gratification at precisely the same mo ment, as it was scarcely possible always to fulfil the desires of both. their wilfulness occa- sioned continual discord between them. Many a thiipnte which has separated those whom God himself had united—many a family fend tr hich has left its inheritance of hatred in the second and third generations—many a bitter jealousy—many an ell( passion which curdles the milk of human kindness in the hearts of PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. P, GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." While the dark eyes of Rosamond flashed with the fires of intellect. those of bliss were full of light, as if a tear were ever ready to sof ten their rich lustre. While the chiselled lips of thefranker sister were sometimes wreath. ed with merry smiles,sometintescurved in bitter scorn, the rose-bud mouth of the gentle Lilias never expressed a ruder emotion than quiet pleasure or placid pensiveness. While the little figure of one was seen in all the unstu died grace . of attitude, which might beseem a woodnymph. the drooping form and equally picturesque, but more artificial posture of the other, would have afforded a model to the sculptor who vainly sought to image the stat ue of modesty. At first view, the observer was ready to exclaim, as lie gazed upon both sisters, How marvellous a likeness !" But a second look would probably excite his won der still more, by showing how utterly differ ent expression might be worn by features Moulded to the most perfect exactitude of form. Scarcely had the beautiful sisters attained the age of womanhood. when death deprived them of their mother, whose weak indulgence had fostered the growth of those errors in her children. of which she was keenly sensible ere she was removed from them forever. They felt little respect for the parent who had early submitted her better judgment to their infan tine caprices, and, like all spoiled children, they made a moat ungrateiy return for the un limited affection. She was allowed to minis ter to their pleasures. but when, excited by their wilfulness, she attempted to act the men. tor. or to assert her long dormant authority, she was met by utter contempt for her coun sels, and disregard of her commands. Iler last days were embittered by their disobedi ience, and the children who had been bestow. ed as blessings, were. by her own excess of affection, made her most bitter. scourges.— Their father, a weak silly. proud old man, who fancied mat every thing which appertained to him wa• beyond censure or criticism. and who allowed his daughters to act precisely as they plstased, so long as they did not controvert his peculiar prejudices, was little calculated to be their guide during the perilous period of life which they had just entered. Thus left to fol low the dictates of their own will, they could scarcely fail of laying op a store of future suf fering. Among their numerous admirrers, was one who mingled timidly with the throng of the noble and the gifted that surrounded the love. lc heiresses of Folkstone, as if conscious of his ' feeble claims upon their notice or regard.— . Herbert Beilendeu was a younger son, who, trout his boyhood; had been destined to the church, because a valuable living was in the gift of his family. His rectory was but a short distance to Folkstone, and the large estates of his elder brother lay contiguous to those which were the future inheritance of the lovely sis ters. Shy and retiring in his manner, a stu dent in the fullest sense of the word, he avoid: ed scciety with an almost morbid feeling of self-distrust and false pride while his keen sense of the be-ennui. and his ardent admira tion of feminine loveliness. led him to find his chief delight in the continuanee of his boyish Intimacy with the ladies of Folkstone. He had mastered much of the lore of books, and had not altogether neglected the study of human na ture, tholigh his reserved manners gave him inde facility in this pursuit—but of that stran gest of ad strange volumes—the heart of wo man—he was pro(pundly and hopelessly ig norant. Considering the sex as vastly infe rior to men in intellectual strength, he looked upon them as fair and gentle bein g s. sent, to . soften man's roomed nature, an d embellish life's dreary scenes but the idea that they had character's which might be studied, and facilities which might be developed, never once occurred to him. To a man of secluded habits and timid nature the bold, frank, fearless bearing of Rosamond. teas far more attractive than the sensitive and relying temper of Wiwi. 'He had not the de cision of character and firmness of purpose which is sufficient for itself. and can, therefore. afford to offer its support to the feeble nature of woman. Rosanaond's self-reliance, though generaily . the leastattractive ofatl feminine. traits. seemed peeuharly calculated to please one • who was conscious of his own weakness; and Herbert Beilenden was not long in discover ing that his affections -were no longer in his own keeping. That his tine talents. his poet ic temperament, his enthusiasm, and his ro mance of feeling should have given him so in terest in the heart of the morbid sensitive Lilies was by no means extraordinary ; but that the high-spirited and joyous-hearted Rosanionll. she who shared her father's pride, and looked with scorn upon ad who trod a lowlier path through life than that which she pursued—she who mocked at the name of love, and 'despis ' ed the thought of being bumbled to the conch !inn of a loving and submissive woman—she ' who had heretofore .fancied that a paladin of the olden time, a knight ready to do his devoir to the death, or at least a noble gentleman, skilled in all leanly and daring exercise. could alone fix her Wandering fancy—that she should bare loved the shy and vascillatin. , v6tudent,w3s one of thosemarvels for which philosophy has no explanation. Alas were** human love the, growth of human will." how much of the sof feting which belongs to its full and perfect de ; velopement would the hearts of men, and more especially of women. be spared. Herbert lov ed the high-soled Rosamond, and the lofty Rosamond, as well as the romantic 'Ails. bad yielded up their hearts to him. Both, turning from the advantages which were offered theta by wealth and rank. had bestowed their affee -1 dons on the youthful rector- But mobile Rows ', mond proudly end sternly straggled against the love which was daily gaining new vigor in her heart, LiTias, ever attracted by those in. congruities of life which gave*. tincture of ro -11111112 to the dull realities of this winking-day world, cherished the feeble sentiment of pref. erence into a deep and absorbing passim. It would be useless to attempt describing the progress of those eTtriltS which gradually tended to compass the scheme of the romantic but self-willed LiHas.- She had early Jimmy ed Herbert Belleoden's preference for Rosa mond=she had almost as soon detected her proud sister's mental struggles against recipro cal affection, and yet in despite of these things she resolved to win the object of her love, even if her path to the altar led over her sister's crushed and bleeding heart. All the power ful machinery of a woman's willingness was put in motion to secure the prize. All that she could devise of boldness or of stratagem was exercised upon the unsuspecting lovers.— By cunningly constructed tales of Herbert's presumption. Rosamond was instigated to treat hint with a degree of proud coldness almost amounting to contempt, while the downcast eye of Liltas, her quivering lip, hertrembling voice. her agitated manner, when in his pres ence, were all made to bear palpable witness to the depth of her own fervent tenderness. —A woman's cunning is almost snrelof suc cess. because men rarely suspect the sex until they hare had some experience of their falsehood, and even if once deceived, per sonal vanity is osnally a most powerful aux iliary on the side of the weaker. hut more subtle adversary. - Herbert Bellenden was entirely deceived by theLdevices of Lilias.— He fancied that the sensitive girl was cherish ing a hopeless passion which she vainly strug gled to hide. and when he compared her ill concealed agitation of manner with the stern, cold indifference of her sister, he could not wonder at his waywardness in thus humbling himself before the contemner, while he turned from the worshipper. - One evening—it was the dusk hour of twi light, and the shadow'of the broad and gnarled oaks threw a deeper gloom over the pathway. as Herbert encountered the lady of his love.— She was treading with quick steps narrow walk which traversed the lawn, and lost itself in the darkest woodlagd. A closed bonnet partly hid her features; but the proud curve of those smiling hp, the stately tread of that tall form was not to he mistaken. He little knew what thoughts of coining triumph had lent that haughty look and that proud step to the maiden who now stood beside him. Day after day had he brooded over his preference for the cold beauty. and pondered on the belief that he was the object of her sister's love. Sometimes he was tempted to banish himself from the pref.- eine of both—sometimes he was upon the i point of devoting himself to the gentle and lov ing Lihas--yet his vascillating temper led hint still to defer the moment ofexplananon. Now. however, he was nerved by a courage hereto fore unknown to him. They were afore—no witnesses but the silent stars could behold his agitation—his voice would reach no ears save hers—and yielding to an impulse - which he i could not nriderstand nor control, be poured forth the long repressed tide of deep affection.'l Silently did the lady listen to tie burning words I of passion—silently did she suffer him to draw her toward him—silently did she hide her fare, upon his bosom. as he prayed her to forget rank i and fortune, and parental anger. for the strong and abiding love of a husband's heart. Did no misgiving seize" him when he found the haughty and frank Rosamond listening calmly to such si proposition ? Did he believe that passion had so subdued her proud temper, that she would not only wed the untitled younger son. but , even degrade herself by a clandestine marriage. On the night following this uncooked-for inter- I view, a veiled and mulled figure stole silently from a postern gate. wnich opend upon a by. path through Folkstone park. Theclock was striking midnight as the disguised lady ap. 1 preached the trysting-place. Herber Bellen den was already there—the carriage was in ' waiting, and, oruh a silent embrace, the- lovers hurried to enter it. Ere the next day's sun had set, the whole neighborhood knew that Herbert Bellenden bad robbed Folkstone of one of its (wrest ornaments. The story was widely diffused, but, strange to say, half the world made Rosamond the partuer of his flight. while others said that Lit= was the bride. The gossips were only satisfied when Rosamond. ooking pale and sorrowful, but still .as protid and queenly as ever. was seen accompanying her father in hts daily ride. It was strange, passing strange. Tune passed on. and wrought his n•oat changes as he winged his silent way. Free yeari had elapsed since the eventful niiht which had thus far decided the fate of the sister. The old lord of Folkatone was gathered to his fathers—the stately and beautiful Rosamond dwelt alone in the ancient hall. for. excepting her sister, there were none of her near kindred left upon earth. Herbert Bellenden had in herited the title which had once belonged to his elder brother, who had recently died child. less. and the beautiful Lilies. who, to the eyes of the we:id had sacrificed ambition to love when she wedded, now reaped her reward in her newly acquired rank and fortune. At the death bed of their aged father, a reconciliation had taken place between the estranged family. The old man. who could not forgive his daugh ter's clandestine marnarre with a younger son. was induted to bestow his blessing on the richly dowered countess. and Rosamond.erhose cold, proud demeanor had now become habit ual. did not retiise.to accede to the proffered peace. But though there might be peace' be tween them, there could be no affection. Ro samond** bean had received a wound which was yet unhealed. and Lihas was biding with in her bosom a secret which she dreaded lest her very thoughts *tmid reveal. Jealous of every look and word which her husband be stowed upon another. pining for the kindness and affection which Herbert ceither•wonld nor could bestow, and continually trembling lest something 'hoard occur to break the frail hoeds which seemed to hold her husband to her side. she had indeed reaped her rep-sod in Utter dis appointment and misery. But her panisharent was no: yet come. Li has was preparing for her first winter in Loudon. where she Itlegresoleed toappezr in all the spleo. don of her beauty and her &tame. when a fiar ful accident overthrew all her hopes. White in the act of stepping oat of het amine. the hones tot* fiiiht, and the fair moues* was :broom sioler.dy to the ground. While her dress becoming entangled in the steps. she was drag- or listened to the wild howling. of her insanity- Red some distance over the tugged road before The child, a helpless. crippled idiot, ouilivr.d its assistancecould be affoarded. She was taken up miserable parents, and by Its death In 17—, the appearently lifeless, and so friglithillv.disfigured line of two of England's noblest families became that she was scarcely 'to be recognized. Meth- eztinci i while the ebtates fell to distant collateral cal skill wasimmediately procured: but for many heirs. hours she lay between life and death, and i t was , Such was the real history of those fair children. not unt il the se co nd day Th a t the doctoi pro- ; whose pictured semblance had so fascinated toy flounced the crisis to be past. : gaze in that lonely chamber —such were the Every thing -depends upon care now." said fortunes of those for whome I had fancied a the man of wisdom ;•• the slightest change may destiny of innocent happiness. prove fatal to her, the most trivial neglect is death " Then leaving a draught. to be taken at tegu lar intervals. the doctor sought the reprise which. during her most imminent clanger. he had dent ed himself. That very night, as Rosamond watched be side the bed of her unconscious sister, in the very presence of the helpless sneerer. who knew pot of what was passing around her—that Very night, from the lips tif him whom the still loved better than aught else on earth, did Rosamond listen to 3 tale which almost maddened her. It was her love that Herbert . Bellehtlen had sought —it was her hand he had tried to win—it was her whom he fancied he was bearing to a clan destine marriage, and nut until the hurried and confused ceremony was over—not until the veil Was removed front the face of her whom he claim ed as his wife. did he learn that Lilias, and nut Rosamond. was his companion. • From that hour. Rosamond." said he," I have loathed the very air she breathed, and the very eawth she trod. She hiss been as a serpent in my path, and yet her tears, her agony, her blandishments, have won me to treat her some times with a tenderness that hasseemed almost like love. Yes." he added bitterly, •• she hat been as a serpent in my path.as a deadly adder. whose stings I feel in my very heart of hearts and now she lies like a crushed worm befote me—thus to drag out perhaps years of misery —a fearful and bumble sight to all—a heavy and wretched burden to my existence." What were the feelings cf Rosamond when she listened to this strange tale' The flood gates of passion were thrown down—the bar riers of pride and principle gave way, and in that fearful hour the secret of her long hoarded pas sion was revealed to the weak and vacillating husband of another. From that moment Rosa mond never re-entered her sister's apartment, and never again met Herbert Bellenden save in the presence of others of the household. But it was observed, and mentioned lone afterwards. when circumstances awakened fearful suspi cions, that the charge of the helpless sufferer now devolved entirely on a superannuated old woman, who had long been regarded with an evil eve for her malice and ill-omened power of isehlef. Though crushed nearly out of all semblance to humanity. Lilian seemed In cling to life with' wonderful tenacity. and, the physician rei tinted his opinion that care alone was neces sary to restore her to comparative health. "She will never walk again. poor thing." said he. gravely," and she will scamely be able to recover the use of her hands ; her features, too, must always be terribly distorted. and I doubt whether her eye-sight will be fully restored-- but no vital function is seriously injured. and she may yet live many years." That very niAt, or rather at dawn of the fol lowing day. Lilias was Gum , ' stark and stiff in death, while the old woman. whose business it was to watch the sufferer. lay in a deep sleep on the floor beside her. The physician seemed thunderstruck when he beheld the lifeless body of her whom he had left but a few hours before in comparative safety : bet he could not take it upon himself to assert thit some sudden change had not crewed, some rapid and violent attack of disease c hose symptoms were unmarked. t i and the general disorganization of her whole frame. In consequence of her disfigured ap pearance. her body was not allowed to he t o state. *hough a pompous funeral graced the obsequies of the once beautitnl Countess of More land. The Earl wore the semblance of decent somaw—the lady Rosamond assumed the dusky i habiliments of wo.-and yet, it was observed. that the old watcher. whose calmness has in all probability shortened the days of the unhap py countess. was taken into the household, and honored with the cantidenee of the lady of Folk stone. Three months bad scarcely elapsed, after the frightful events just narrated. when a marriage was solemnized. secretly and by torth-light. in the chapel at Folkstnne. The bride the beauti ful Rosamond, and her voice rang out through the dark aisles of the lonely church with almost unnatural clearnem, as she uttered the solemn responses. But the tones of the bridegroom 'were hoilow and :ow. and his frame quiver.. .11 with strong emotion. for its weak and timid r 1. 2- tare shrunk from the thought of that which he had done, and that which he was now doins He had yei'ded to the bolder wickedness of the woman at his side, but he was appalled by the shadows which conscience called up before his bewildered sigh:. Rosamond was revenged, alike upon the sister who had wronged. and th e dastard lover who had watered when derision would have afforded happiness to both. Lilias was laid in au unhonored grave. Herbert Belles = dee masher wedded husband, and the tong ch e r. ished bitterness of her impend Imart had at last poured out ha neow. and as relieved. Did she not fear the anger cf an :Tenzin?. Providence Did she not hen that retributive Justiee, sooner or later. ©cam overtake the isuilte She was allowed jog time enough to leant that the hush-cad for whose she had penited her tool. was rendered utterly conternpulex by his rata liting diameter, and his low trees--and then the hour of reckoning Caine. A chili! was born to the earldom of Mania:id—a son to inheritthe mane and honors of an ancient race-Sur a en of inexpressible honor from all wholaokedupo - n Tnt 11E1311 AND viz- Sozensert.----In the hin t , was his only w e l come to a Ira:Ll of su f.- the time of the seven yeas war between the fering. The await of a mother's evil pe.ssiocor; ativri2tis sad Prussians, a shaPhara. who was was upon the innocent box—his =nal and madly; his steer on the. sh o re of the ph% Tan cr ippl e d limbs, his fis t ful tied f o ie,. t in sel accosted by a P russian =Mr with the Mow. the swfr.l sembiznee of the unhappy dee. It lag Sa"Joical Here, "catrYzaaa•Vabich de was the faced the buried Labs. 1 you tore best. the Austrians of Prussians ri For twenty yeses Rosamond was manacled E n , Z 3 wt creak lay honest mind." said a s 21211 board Eke a wad beast, chained tothe walls shoPherd• wish 'b r e Aus'aiarla ad,* be of bet own eprinatenr. rie objeet of terms ze d drowned in the Elbe. and that the PWW2i323 pity to el s .h o t eo k e d opon hot raring madness, C. might laugh thin:se:Tea to death at the trahi." TAKING • Loral AT His Wouti.—Marryinr, the 31aut uutead ofthe Mistress.—A late lec turer on the life of Oliver Cromwell, declares, in spite of the sternness or hischaracter, that he had an inherent lope of fern ; which he wairprtme Mischievously to indulge at the expense of those around him. 'llls was a peculiarity of his dis position, and one which exhibited itself everae,- cording to the impulse of the moment. An an ecdote to the point is , related, which runs to the effect. that Cromwell had a beautiful daughter. at the time he became Protector, to whom one of his attendants took a great liking. One day he went into his daughter's apartments, and was not a little surprised to see his page very humbly prostrated upon the knee. before his daughter, and extending his hand toward her in the most supplicating manner possible. -What means this!" sternly exclaimed Cram , well. "May it please your worship." refelhe af- frighted page, . I am in lore with yonder wait ing maid."—pointing to her as he spoke—"and 1 hare been beseeching your daughter to exert •her influence in my behalf." "Are yim willing," said Cromwell to the waiting maid," to have this fellow for your hus band T" "Yes." replied she. • • ••Welt then," says Cromwell, "de'll have a priest ealle•I in forthwith : and you tn.* t shall be one flesh," which was not much some! said than done. INTREPID Jews.—On a late occasion the Em= peror of Ru-sia was reviewing his , fleet. whet, two sailors parlit uLirly exciting his ait•otiotl t both by the precision with which they perforined several ditlkuit manreuvres, and by the agility and daring which they displayed. The Emper or was so much plAsed that he immediately promoted one to he a captain : the other he ap pointed lieutenant on th;.! spot. The met*. how• ever, were Jews, and there is an ukas forbidding Jews to wear an epaulette. The Admiral°, the fleet. who stood by. knowing that they were Jews, stated the' difficulty to his imperial Majes ty. Pshaw cried the Emperor... they does not signify in the least--they embrace the Greek religion, of course.'' When :his determination was communicated to the young men. knowing that remonsuance or refu sal would be in Cain. they , requested the Empet or's permission to exhioit still more of their man cenvers, as he had not seen all they could do. This being granted, they ascended the topmast. embraced. and locked in each other's arms. threw themselves into the sea and disappeared forever.—English paper. RiscanNrrio!i2--- How dy'e do. 311...J0nea dy'e !" said a young swell yester day. with more beard than brains, to an old glossy-faeed gentleman. who stood behind a pair of gold-mounted spectacle*, and whoselo camellia:l was azsi3ted by a gold headed bam boo cane. —Exem , e me. my good sir--etense said the o!d man in a Manta bat you hare an adranome of me." " My name is Kid. sit—Kid." said whisker acdo. you remember Thomas Kid—Tommy, you used to earl him—don't you V Bless my soul. yes. and so 1 do," said the old man-- 1 remember little Tommy Kid sure enough, and how do Too do now, Mr. Goat•id. sir, kid—not Goa:!" said Thomasa peestshly. true. yon were a kid then. Tomos:v. l ' said the old gentleman. "but 11 reteeive by the (pandit- of hair on your chin, that yOu slues have bieocne a goat!" Tommy stroied hie beard with his &wets. and Went off without bidding Mr. Junes ** good by." Tits Tarr Duermicr..—.4 friend thus slot ijuently speaks: The true doctrine is I if any can has ten cents in his pocket, and owes no man anything, he is rich, yes, =cm! far above-those whit. with all the cliental" of iwealth and pomp and hollow-hearted fashion i i are in reality poor in purse. poor in pleasure. . Jetta s a man increase< in dollars he decreases in the capability cl enjoying this life. And hold it true that the world was made to be en joyed. any that daily'. handy. every minute. I would tint rive a 6g for such pleasure as , springs atone from wealth. A man west hare it is him. There is no blood . ins turnip.--bat there is life in the dry pebble to the man that ' mutt see it. There is fire in a flinta and pow- . der in a drop of water, if you will only take the pains to bring it out. It is the internals that make the. man. not the a tertalit." Qrsiitas Scetrostos Ito,* Kns.a—The lase Mr. Mr. Bash used to tell this story of a banister,. As the coach was startin: after breakfast the modest limb of the Ilia approached .this , landlady. a pretty qtakeress. who was salad near the fire. and said be rocld trot think cor gong I:alibi:int giving her a kiss. " Peered.' said she. " thee most not do fit." "• Oh. by hi-stets. I sill:* replied the bttrrister. &Van ! friend. as thou halt sawn. etre mar do it g but thee must not make ;wadi= of IL." IE Noqxl+l4oliyll