0S : 03LLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA: Tbarsday Morning, December 5, 1861. Skltdtl Portrn. THE COUNTERSIGN. Ala* I wear/ hours P 4SS Tlif mifht is very dark and still. And io the marshes tar belw 1 hear the bearded whij-por-will; Iscaree cn see a yard ahead. jlv ears are strained to catch each sound— I hear iLe leaves ab-.nt a;e shed, And the springs bubbliug tbre-ugh the ground. Almg the beaten path I pace. Where ahite rag--* mark my centry s track , In formless -hrubs 1 seeui t-> trace The fneiuanV form, with bending back ; I think I see him crouching tow I stop and list— 1 *:-*>p aud peer, Until the neighboring hillock* grow To groups of sukiers far and near. With reaJy piece I wait and watch, Until my eyes familiar grow. Detect each harm-ess esrthea n-Uh, And turn guerillas into stone . And then am.d the lonely gloom. Beneath the tail oUi chestnut trees, My silent marches i resume. And think of other times than these. •• /fs.'t.' Who goes there?" My challenge cry, It ring* si ng the watchful line ; •• He-iel!" I hear the voice reply— I Advance, aud give the countersign." With Is; net at the charge I wait — Tuc . -rp -ral gue the mystic word ; Wiiu arms apart 1 charge my mate. Then onward pass, and ail is well. r . fhe tent that night, awake, i a.-k. if iu the tiay 1 tall. I Can I the mystic answer make I When the angelic sentries ca" I ■ W . :r'er 1 go. ivtiut fate l>e mine, I I { -till may bate th< Coautersigrj. • >Vbite rags are frequently scattered along the senti nel's ;>o-t.oi a dark night to mark the 5111tle> Calt. Incident of Western Life. 3Y i w. mr;s. O i a (i -taut pra nc ut nightfall, ft way i worn ami wcarv traveler wis overtaken by a - a -form When Hie fir.-l few fl k--s oaiue ■ ■ ! > ilroppiuyrdown, be looked arouiid . tile hope of dtßOcn.in/ a piirce of-heitcr, toll . "n w id he see* —oi-iv '-e r-- k s *:i*tp W - *fi. r tie w i- ,' a r v-lT ti.af he ft .r- I-] ho it, vi-r -h >n'd reach thtra W- : i tlie-ie- I , irture of 1-irh* the -iuA I-t-jr-in t-dl.usr, the • ltd blew keener, the rua 1 over the prairie souu hul-leii from view, the traveler felt that he was lo*t ou a tra kie-* wa*te, without a star to gu.Je hiiu aero-* t;.e dangerous couri try TUis is terrible !" *.ti i lie alou l. " I fear m-i.-n I -hail never e-;iie to ray destination | If 1 had but a runi-s-s ami a l-j-l-r 1 sh. uid i.. l e.tr, for I cnuid re>it the eff-ctsof the iv. 1 l.Uj en.ui-rii to reaeh the hi I*, there 1 15 .1 hu'iiati habitations, or ut lets' the • • f•ro k N ->vr. 1 i:J>V go iu w liltir ! Ifr Z\ a:.l he t.O earer h.-'p. What a la- 1 vto ie ve t'i- r.ver -,-ie ami er<--l!te p't r - f-r the sake of a few tniies more or . ey. No tiialit-r ; 1 uust even bat he H , >: now, Heareu helping. A J b.ttie tt cut he did, most mnfu'ly 11 ■ a io.* ctp lio-vrt over i.i- "ar- and nroar, : ire ar up w-i his monflt ami thrust - -in .- deeper ill his pOc.els, pressed Ou ■'u:i tlie yi. Lliiitf slow The ghnvui in vi-r i, the *tud came sharper and thro iiih ■ heavy cloths the traveler began to ft-0 the I *et- ..f tin? Co.! 11* feet ifrew namh. his * Oil .rd. ami after au hour's raj d walking - • t let v j^iu-01. A' d-i t itia-w whether lam jsoioir V ex- ii-imd. " Perhaps 1 have already turn • *-Je iro:u the str _'hi line, ami uui au *; J - the verge of destruction O. that 1 -Lake off th.s drowsy feeling that is over uie ! I ko# what it ts--the f" ■ r ,-t a resl in this cold wrunjiug sheet * Great Heaven, I am freezing to rata!' shriek.d he, iMiundifir forward with rni euergy Action—action—act.ou is • ' a u afe iuo sweet to 10-e yet ! i" -d aiot.sf with a springing motion, ■"t si -eg iicorowsJy at ererv step, and S - aruis to keep 'he blood iu cuvu '-i ,jj f,, s effort*, he kuew that ■ * aa* fc.d tut L-s * -.tte g* t -u • iy around him. - j —i. •!~ he rned, " not while the I a wnry uI ay loTed wife aud dear children is ' t-e. i w:m -trugirle oa lor your s.ke?, ' 'Le -i iu Seiei to the l*st cxtremi y ' JM fle4veu i tor the sake of the innocent o- It -tay is my right arm, help ae I r>: " feip me to triumph !" A '■ i rt, -Bett he plunged into a hol ow, - ?;r,sie over k-r. and he beard me vo.ee * 1 - H-ring of Ife a*d aetioi beneath At the sunn- liuie the stcell of ■ •-'v.-c .. -a uied iMaaostnU I •t w -to rnig iesl ahove,* he'jacolat- I Tu.-e toaA Thc-u has heard tuy " lle.p is near jje " Gr r j heavily onward tkronglk tbe bGnd • ' * s ..I -a*, jaw hrtore htui a tow shed. - rewmggie and he feU against it, iu o-t he diviued iu character. Wtfh a u-ueate u-ueate . fori be fouud tbe dtw, threw . aid ra-hmg iu. fiui.g b-ra-ed at foil - k ape iihe fi ajv, knowing oulv that he * 4 ' *. ai!Uv>.phrr reeking with fumes of "" 15 *-' d warn; with tbe snke wh;?b rowe *■ * pat of suj;he:ai coa.s Ui the cvtL'f pf i-w-e. It was a sr.tier's rude smokebouie, ' w for itself during the log woiler's tr.v/?-r"* gratefa' hewrtsea* ftp THE BRADFORD REPORTER. a tribute to lle&ven for this place of refuge in the desert of snow. In the large log cabin in the valley of the I streamlet Milly Dean sat alone. Her husband trad gone to a distant town, and the young wife was left with her baby. Accustomed to ; the solitude, she felt safe, and sat in content ment before the blazing fire ; the flames leap ed righ joyfully up the chimney, and the green logs sizzled end cracked iu the heat like things or life. Out doors, the wind was how ling drear ily, and the snow falling heavily ; but Milly cared not, for it oulv made the file more cheer- I ful There came a rapping at the door. " How strange 1 Whocau that be at our door in this wild night ?" she said to herself, as she rose and went iuto the little entry. " Who is there ?" .-he a-ked I " For heaven's sake, let me in ;I am freez j ing to death !" was the reply. I " Who are y->u ? und how came you in this : lonelv place ou such an evening as this ?" " I am a traveler from below ; 1 lost my way, and I aui dying wth cold. For pity's sake let me in, or I shall peri.-h !" Miliy hesitated. She was alone, aud it was three tuiles to the nearest neighbor's. What should she do ? S'ue paused in perplexity. "O, save me—save me ! I am dying !" were the words that met her hearing. There was a heavy fall against the sill, and then low moans. Her woman's nature could stand no more ; true to the instinct of her being, she unhartvd the door and threw it open. A close ly mi-ffl d figure reeled by her into the room, and shutting the door .-he followed. Ou reach iug fire place, the stranger threw off his dis gui*e, and stood erect aud strong, without a ! igti of inconvenience froiu the t-ff et of the weather. Milly retreated from him in amaze ment ; but recovering herself, and nutting the t*si face on the matter, she tremulously ad- Jic-- <1 the man : k "I am sorry, sir, you are cold. It is a bit ter night to he abroad. Will you not sit by j the fire ?** and she j u-hed a chair forward The man made i o r> sj onse, hut storming ! over, ran his fingers through the b!az\ Then he turned and sta ed at her with a look which made her blood run cold. She would pretend ' there were others iu the house, for she already felt afraid of the uian, and bitterly regretted having admitted him. " Wo lid you like to see some of the men folks, sir ?" she inquired. "If s-o, I will call theiu from their I*MSS " Tiie man laughed hoarsely and replied : " Mtily Dean, for 'hat 1 believe is your name, you caunot deceive nie You are alone in this hon*e I took particular care to as certain that before 1 came. So you may make yoor-eif easy ou that score and do as I bid you " "Do a* you bid me !" exclaimed Milly, iu 'error ; " what do vou want of me ?" " I want the twt lve hundred dollars in gold your husnaud received for hi- produce two d.ij's ago. You probably know where it is' M ly -prang into the ent r y ml would have fled, b it the >trai ger caught her by the wr.-t and dragged lie roughly back " You cannot tsi-ajt-.- me, yon-.g woman," Ihe said. '* You wdi 2nd it most convenient to teak*, a el. ir breast o; ,t at ouce It will be : lietier for you " M.liy -trove to release her arm The rough treatment -he received aroused berleaipev ( aad in ligwatkm overcome all other fe-htig*. " L-1 me go. you scou-ulrel, let cue go, or I ; will call for help." -he cried. " Call, you fool." said the r-.iffi. in. "and much goo i may it li yon K-'pji y arselfstni and 'eli me wrare the money i- " '• 1 will uot !"' she exclaimed, her eye? (Fish ing fire " You will not," he tnen replied, " we shall Isee" He released her wr -t *o violently that -he r-i -d half aero** the room Trten he e'Zcd her -ieepitig infant from its craille. ai d held it at a'ni'* length a!mo*t in*o the blazing fire. *0 that th-* terr 5- 1 math-T expected to see its light garments catch the diro-\ " Now then wnerc's the money ? Speak out quick or hear your Irahy shriek with pain I w, I burn it to death before your eye? if you do not tell me wiiere tbe money is." ' Monster give me my child," shrieked M Hy, endeavoring to reach the bttie one " Let me have my be by." Bit evrry effort was frustrated, for egain ami agaiu tbe strong hand of the robber thrust her hack " See, it* clothe? wi Ibe on fire in a min ute," said the man, putting the helpless in nocent closer to the flame?. Tne mother look rd into hi? eye-. She saw there the look of hearrie-s tie'ermina'ioo r*he become aware that the cotton garments of tbe child wete smoking with the best •• How shall it be ask.d the ruffim " Hurry, or the child d.es. I baTe DO time to waste here " " Anything, anything, only give me my child I" -he cr.vd. The text instant tt waa banded to her, wr.d she sank the floor aud folded it to her l>osoixi. •* Come," exclaimed the man, touching her rudely with bts foot, Toa have not told me where tbe money ia. '■ Iu the t*ox on the upper shelf, she replied, pointing to the closet. Tbe man found tf e box. placed it oo I e U tie. and opened it saving : "So far so well. It is uearly all gold. I will pocket it With your leave or without your leave, juat a-J.m pLakse. He fined hu pock < ls wito the golden cotn.wrd threw me empty box in the sre. Then he came and be side her. ** Put tour baby in the cradle," he said, "if you wish to save its life. 1 have other bo-mess for von. * What do yoa mean V cried M lie. eje ing lite man with snspic oo " Let me have him," he said, trying to take it. " Xo, no, I will put the Fwby in the crmd.* myself. You shall not toaciu the poor Rule ! th'ng " Now. sir." she oeaupued. aiao?t cbok- PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA„ BY E. 0. GOODRICH. ing with excitement, " What is i: ?" After baring laid the pretty infant on it? downy place of test, she stood erect and waited the reply. " i am going to kill yon 1" said the man. " Kill tne 1" she exclaimed, her face grow ing pale with terror. " Kill me ! What hare 1 ever done to you that vou should kill me? " Nothing, nothing, rov dear, ouly you know yon have seen me, and vou will kuow me agaiu." And he advanced upon her. , "0, sir, let me lire. II ive you not done enough to lake my husband's money, without depriving hitn of his wife too ? 1 will never . say a word against you if you will spare me, ! OL.IV spare me !" As she spoke she clasped her hands and looked imploringly at him. " I'ui -ony that 1 cannot safely grant your I request,' he re-ponded. "There is no help for it, so come along out doors." He reached out his hand to grasp Milly.— But the iustiuct of self-preservation was strong upou her. She avsded him, flew to the chim ney piece snatched her husband's loaded rifle from the hooks on which it hung, cocked and presented it at tue breast of'he robber, ller motions were so rappid that bt fore he could prevtnt it, her Anger had pressed the trig ger and there was an explosion. But with equal readme-? the man had -tep;jed aside, the ball had passed over his head, and the next iustaat his gripe was on her throat " 1 wiil teach you how to handle arms," he said " Vou would have killed me, would yon ? 1 will show you a trick worth two of i that." '• Mercy, mercy," cried the terrified - wo man " There'? no mercy for you," lie ejiculated. lie dra ged her into the entry, a d flung op- u 1 the d or. " Out with you into the snow." " Hold, what is tb.s ?" exclaimed! deep toned voice. "Uuhaudthat woman, vouscoui : drel." A powerful man siool in the doorway, lie dealt the robber a blow between the eves which --truck hi u back into the entry. His gra-p of Milly Was relinquished, and she fell to the : floor. "O. sir," she cried to the comer, " save me. This man bus robhid us. and would mur der m* that 1 would not teli of it." " Fear not, ma-Jam, Le shall not barm yon," . resounded the stranger. " Fellow, surrender yourself " " Get out of my w iv," cried the robber, ma kit';: a rush for the door, and striking at the stranger with a buwie knife Giving back a few steps, the stranger seized the robber by the collar, wiiiried him around, and threw him on his face in the snow. robber struggled, but the stranger knelt heavily oa the small of j his l ack, and grasped his hair. " Lie still," sai l the stranger, " or I will send a hu let through your brain " T : robber felt t'.e CO -1 burr--! of a pi*iv>! at ins ear. and obeved Milly qu.ckly brought rojies. at her rescuer's r-qutst, a d the robber was bound hand and foil " It wra- a strange pro\ .uence, the new corn er said, that overtook me with a snow storm on the prairie, and fore d me au hour ago to take refug- iu your smoke Louse nearly dead with cold " M. y ackno*'edged the truth of t 5 e remark, and she knelt and thanked ncr FaiLier iu Ilea van fur her deliverance. Toe neit day Milly - husband came home and when he had bc-eu told ail. he runark .ed : " Ttiis fellow wa in the tavern at the viUge, the day Iso d ;wy produce It will Itrn ;.,f a iessjii—never to let stranger* kuow w.'teu money i- pl.-i.ty with me, lest tUey s'.ould in? tempted to c> . iue and htiug ruiu on me and tliine. ' That day ?<-.ne six'y or severity ntf-n gsth eftd at He bouse of Mr. Dmc. I'he robber w..s rcognized as a notorious horse thief who had lung ude-lt-d the neighborhood. Tuere was a summary trial, and then in dogged si lence. the wretch who would have burned a bariait ss iulatit and mßrdered a faithful and gentle woumn. submitted to h > inevitable fate. A ru-i-ly coostroelcd galiow-, aud a stout rope ended his existence. i*o on the thinly settled frontiers of the west do they meet out justice to offenders against property and life. About seventeen hundred dollars in fci !> were found on lite person of the robber, the god he had taken from Mrs. *Pcan As there were no claimants tor tbe b ;•!*, at the suggestion of tbe stranger, whose life bad been saved frotn the anger of tbe winter storm by the shelter he had four d in the smoke house, a thousand do iar* of the sevent-eu hundred were presented to Milly in considera tion of what she had passed toroogh, and the remainder wra* divided around. On that very spot 'here is now a thriving - towu. and one of the finest residences iu the place is that where dwells Miliy Deaa aud her husbai-d. A BEAUTIFUL IDEA. —In tbe mountains of Tyrol tt is the custom of tbe women and chil dren to come out wb nit is bedtime and si; g their national songs, until they hear their hus band*. fathers and brothers answer them ft oa the bids ou their retura home. On the shores of the Adriatic saeh a custom prevails Tiiere .the wives of the fish-rmea co ne down about sunset and -;rtg a me.-xly. After -ingirg the firM stanzas ibey listen awhile lor aa an swering no kxiy from off the water ; ar-1 coo tinue to sing and listen li-1 the wvil k.,own voice cones borae on the waters, te ling that :te loved ons is almost home. How sweet to the wrarv fisherman, as t.e a. '.a Jo*- gat .er I around him. most be the sor.g ot the loved on.* at home, that sitg to cheer him ; and how thrT must strengthen and tighten the link* that bitad together these humble dweliers hy the sea ! Truly it is among tbe lowly iu this i.e that we "find some of the moat beau tiful easterns in practice Tvisi't JtmrmaL py Jo all men the best fnecd is virtue— she best companions are high endeavors aud honorable sentiments. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER." The pretty eqnare farm house, standing at the co r ner near Kitics lane (for the first phrase, although giving by far the closest picture ot the place, does, it must be confessed, look rather Irish) and where the aforesaid brook winds away by another lane, until it spreads into river like dignity, as it inlanders through the sunny plain of llartly common, and fi rail) disappears amidst the green r cesses ot Perge wood—that pretty square farm house, half bidden by the tall elms in the fl >wer court be fore it, which with the spacious garden and orchard behind, and the extensive barn, yards and outbuildings, so completely occupies one of the angles formed by tbe crossing of the luue aud the stream —that pretty farm hoo-e contains one of the mo-t happiest fmd most p osjn i'oa* faniili**? iu Afierleigh—the large j aud thriving family i Firmer IN a's. Whether from -k-il or from good fortune— or, as is most probable. Lom a very lucky mix ture of both—every tiling goes right on his i great farm. His croj>s are the be-t in the parish ; his hay is never spoiled ; bis cattle never die ; his servants never thieve ; hi* child ren are never id. He buys c*Lea:> and sells dear ; money gathers upon him like a snow bail—and yet, iu -pite cf al l this provok ng and intolerable prosperity, every body loves Farmer Evans lit.- is so ho-pi table, so good uatured, so generous and so homely There, after all, lies the charm. Riches have not only not spoilt the man, but they have not altered him. He is ju-t the same iu look, and : word and way, that he was thirty years ago, when he and his wife, with their two sorry j horses, a cow aud three pigs, began the world - at Dean Gate, a little bargain of twenty miles off. Ay, and bis wife i* the same woman—the - iiae frugal, tidy, indu-irious, good iratured Mr-. Evaus—so noted for her activity ot tongas and iitah, tier good look- and plain dressing ; as frugal, a* good uatured, as active, a- plairi dre-sing is Mrs. Evans at forty five a* -he wa* j at nineteen, and iu a ti.ff-rent way, almost as good looking. The children six "boys," as Farmer Evan* promiscuously calls them.wbose ages vary trom eight to twenty, and three girls, two grown up, j atid one the \ounge-t of tte f-mily—are ju-t what we might exjiect front parent? who are so simple aud so good. Tue young men, in telligent and Weil conducted ; the boys, docile and promising ; and the little girl, as pretty a .ittie curly inaded, rosy cheeked poppet as ever ' was the pet and plaything of a large family.— It is, however, w.lh the clie-t daughters we i have to do. Jane and Tatty Evans were a- much alike as hath evi.r befallen any two -i->r- not born at one time ; for, iu the matter of twin child ren that has been a serie- of puzzles ever since the day* of the D'omois. Nearly of an age, I b.lieve at this iu imeut both are turm-d nine teen, and neither nas reached twenty.) exact ly of a -tatore, -o high that Frederick the Grrat wr,.aid have coveted them for bis tail regiment, w"h hze| eye*, large mou' ! , full .io-, while teeth, hrowu hair, clear, healthy : complexion, HIK! that sort ot nose which is neither Greek r-or Roman, nor aqoaline, n >r ctpttit rt! rousie, that so ne p rsous prefer to j them all, but a nn-e which, ra wieraTclj pro minent. aud sufficiently well -Lujed, i- yet *- t?r a* 1 know, anonymous, although it be |er hap? as coiuuiou and as well looking a feu'are as i- to be seen oa an English ta- e Altogeth er, they wete a {-air of tall and comely maid ens. and being constantly attired in garments >f the sstne color and fa-hion, lo>>k'd at ail tiuits so mu-h alike, that no stranger ever dreamed of knowing them apart, and eveu their acquaintances were rather accustom* d to -jeak and think of them generally a- the Eva: - ?." t! an a* t!.- -• par.tr v d;i:i - Jane and Patty. Even tho-e wi.o did pretend to distinguish the one frotn the o'her. were not exempt frcm Un-idk--, w'..c'i the -i-i,rs—Pat ty e-j.ecuiFv.who delighted iu the fun so o.l>-n produced by the unu-ual resemblance—were ajit to favor by changing plac>-s iu a walk, or -.ippmg froift on.- i-t th- 'n-r.-t' a country tea [cirty, or playing a hundred r • oc-nt trick* to occa-ion at ouce a grave ' 'under and a at. rry laugh. Old Lbnab Goo,lwin, for ins'atice—who, being ra her pur! , nd. wa* j*!oa? of tteiiig sn {*cttd of seeing K** clear.y 'ban her neigh i or?, aud bad difi-.I tv c n the Evan-es to pnz z'f h* r discernment —w* kuig in vain ou P '?y*- baud the cat fi: gt r w -h she L.: drum ;oa Janes a-.Tibed incretlib.e cure to her own in comparable salve ; and C '-j! 1 iir : v be und'- Ceived, even by the pu Fig off of Jane - g ove and the exhibition cf the lacerated digi'a! sewed rooi.d by her own bandjge. Young George Ke!iy. too, the greute-t btan in the parish, having bet at aCI rl-i .1 j .rty, that Le would dance with ev-rv pretty girl in the loom, 10-t iti.- wager, which Tatty bad over beard, by that aocy damsel's slipjwrg jto her si-ter - place, and persuading her to joru her own unconscious partner : so that George danced twice wuh Patty and not at ail with Jane. A bantering piece of malice which proved, a* the young gentleman, (a rustic ex quisite of the first water) was pleaded to as scrt, thai Miss Patty was not d>plet-ed with her partner. How little doe? a Tain man know of woman kind. If she bad 1 ked biro, she would not have play-d the trick for the mine of Gl<*ot>da lis short, from 'heir school days, when Jane was chidden for Patty's bad wo. k. and Patty slapped for Jane'- spinning, down to tbi- their {Time of w.mar.bood. there had been oo end to tbe coufusion produc 1 by tt - remarkable instance of tamiiv likeness And yet na?Qre--whoset? sora- m-ok f in diriduaitiy upou even ro-ane*, pr dut on*. making some unno'ed d ff-ren..-e Iwween tfi*- iambs drop{.>ed from ooe ewe, the robins br-d in one nest, the flowers growing on one stock, and the leaves banging ou one tree—bath not . left the maiden* without one great and per manent distinction—a La'nral and striking dia -imiiarity, of temper Equally inda-trloo*. , affectiooate, happy and kind ; each was kind, hajwiy, affrcuouate, and indu-tnoas, in a aif ferent way Jane was grave ; Patty vu gay llf you heard a laugh oca sons, be sore it was Don't Propose in the Dark. Patty ; she who jumped the stile, when l.er sister opened the gate, was Pattv ; she who chased the pigs from tbe gaiden, as merrily us if she was running a race, so tlrat tlie pig* did not mind b>-r, win* Patty. On the other Imud she that so carefully was ranking, with its own revelled threads, uu invisible (lam in in r mother's handkerchief, and ww? beam g In r sister read the while; she tbut so patiently was feeding, one by one, two brotds of young turkeys ; she. too, tlrat -o pensive!j was wi ier iug bed of delicate and son.ewhat rare flow ers—the pale hues of the Alpine pink, or the alabaster blossoms of tße white, evening prim ro-e, who-e modest flowers, dying, dying * of Aberleigh u-ed to as.-ert that Jam's sighing over the fl -WITS, as well as the early steadiness of her character, arose from an engagement to my Lid's head gardener, an intelligent, sedatt and sober young Js- oichsiaii Of this I know uotb ing. Certaiu it is thut the prcUnst and new e-t plants were always to be found in J*i,e little flower gardeu ; aud if Mr. Archibald Maclane did sometimes come to !■ << ltuen draper, in a great town ; bu : wiioe man ners, education, mind and clmracter might h.v done honor to far higiier siattou. He wa-, n a word, one of nature's gentlemen, a d o nothing (lid he more thorongh.y show hi- ow: tu.-te and good breeding, then hy entering en tirely into the homely ways aud old la-hum. • habits of his country cou-ius, he wa-*dehgl.te with tbe simplicity, frugality and indus'ry wlueh blended well with the -terling go-t E-.gli-l farm house 'be women esjeecialiy ph-a-eo him mii -h. They formed a stro-ig ronttasl wi'l any he had met with before. No firurv—n< cocquetry —no French—no pluno ! It i* im po>-:hlc to describe the sett-ation of relief and c<>ifi r ort with which Chart. * Foster, ?i k (•' mu*ical mi**e?, ascertained that the whole dwelling did not con'uin a single instrnuient excejit the bassoon, oti which George Evan was wont, every Sabbath, at ciiur-h, to excru ciate tiie ears of the whole congregation. IB liked both sister*. Jane'* sotmes? and con siderateues* engaged his full e*tecm ; Patty'- inßocettl playfulness suited best with hi* oat. h_h -p,r.t- and animated (Onvt-r-atioD IB* had known them apart from the first, and ir- d-ed d'-uie! - - giie i deeply ; and Patty tor th- two (arraq i ed the same room—inquired, " What ail d her ?" She burst into tear*, whi st Patty bn-g over her and soothed her At lei.g'h, st.e rou- d hets*!f by a -tr -ug >ff >*r. aud tu uing nw .y from her affectionate comft rter, -aid :u a low tone— "l have had a great vexation In nigl t. Pattv ; CharieS Foster bws a-ked me lo tuirrv htm " " Charles F iter ? did ton -ay C arie? F >s t r ? a-ked poor Pa'ty, trembling, unw.ing erm to turn her own • rs 3 agaiß-t the t-Vi deue> of her beat ;*' Charles F *ter ?"' " Yes ; ourconsin, Charles Fo-tr !" " Ami y >u have a cvpted hiui ?" ir-qu red Pa'ty iu a hour-e vuce " Oh, no—ro—no! Di 1 TOO thi k I bad forgotten poor Archibald? Be*ides, lan rot tbe jier-on whom be ought o hav -k-d to marry bra, fa -e and heartß as Ira i- ; I "Oul.i tot be hi- wife, cruel, uufeeling unman'v a- i>:- 4- -at' h4- ! N" ! not if he Wowid make me q .ren < f Eiigland !' " You rciG-ed . then ?" " No ; my father inrt u- sodd'Hy. jn?' n I wa- r--. .v. r r.g fr cu a Hon t:at at Sr>t struck me dumb. But 1 -La!, refuse him un>*t certainly—tLe faise, ceceit fal. Bngratefn' villain P •" Por fa*.ber, he w.ii be di-appointed S*> will mother." "Tfcej will be disappointed, andfotb angry; bat uot at GUT refusal. Ob, bow they wsii Ces pi*e In LI. added Jane Poor Pafy. melted bv her sister's and touched by an indignation ru >t c i-ual in that mild and gentle girl, couio no tomtnand her fetiing*, bu thre* hefi- f on the bed io that agony of pa-*ion and gne' which the fir-t great sorrow -c'dom fa i? t > *Xc.'e in the yojug heart A ''era wn.le s e agi.a r. - -umed the Cjover-a'-Rtu. "We IDS.-; uoi biauie B ra too aevefwly Perhaps my vanity made me th k I - a't* n to s meant more than they re* y r d, en i you had ail taken u{ the notiju. BJ' y.>a uiu-t Lot spt-ake of hi aso at.k :,dly. He r.a* doue nothing but wriat is iratnrai. Yoa a e so m ;ch l-etier an-i wi*er than I rn, my ti d*-ar Jane. He laughed and talked wll me —Lot be Bit your goudne s ; and he w right. I was orirf worthy of hioi. at d yoa are ; and, if it were not for Art-'ni aid,! -h. -id rejoice from the bottom of or heart,' continu ed Patty.aubbiLg, " if yoa woakl accrp* and unaUe lo -peak her generous wb, she bor-t into a fre-ti flow of rears; and the strr matsally and atronglv aff .-ted. wept la toch clhe-*- arm-, and were eomf'Wted. Teat * Ign: Patty cried her-If tOninp. but *2ch SLEEP is BO: Ct duratidu Qtfon VOL. XXII. — NO. £7. ■ dawn she whs up. and paring with resiles* ir i ri'nt'ili'v th* irrisH whllc of the garden i ui flu ftn rii Ift !•** 'lihli half no l.our,a light, I < lasu- step—' he kn-w the wui ri W- !!—ruu I rapidly In hind h-r ; a hand—oh, liuw often i In.d .-he thrilled hi Ihe touch of that hard—* ■ trifd 10 lra w hers under his own • whilst a aril fci < n voice a dressed br in the oltest i aid 'eodercM mc t>t* : " Patty, my own sweet Patty, have JOB th HI Ut of what I said t > von last u nhtf" '• bald to m< ?' replied Patty, with bitter ■ nets. •' Ay, to I* sure —to vnur own dar self,do f you not rente in tier t e question 1 asked you, when your good father—for the fiit time uu i welcoiut—jo'ned us so woddrnly 'hat you had not time to say ' ye#,' and will you ray ' jca ' now ?' " Mr. Foster " said Patty, with some spirit, "you are under n nds'rke. It was to Jane vou Qiade the proposal, la-t evenii it, at U yoU are taking roe lor lor ti.is very moment " " M Leake you for your wster ! Propos# to Jane ' Incredible 1 impossible ! \ou ar# je- f.nir !'' " Then bo mistook Jane for me last night, and be is no deceiver," tbouirnt P-.tty to her -elt, ms with sanies beaming; t-rightly through hr iears. slit turned around Ht hi* r iterated prayers, and yielded the Land Le sought to hi* pressure. "He mi-took her for me. lie that d-fitd IIS to pnzz'e LIIII. And so i wa.; an umnnscioos and uuoliserv ed change of p ace, us either si*ler re>umd icr sa'ioii b-iile !I * tie- lietty, who had Muin • a-red awv alt. r a glow tuMi. added to the <1 truer tig iwi ghl and tiie lov r's etnbutra-*- ne>>', llH'l produced 'he I'UiifuSl'W Which JfuVß ,mxh Pit y H ntgul of misery, to be tolloWed • V m huh* time d liupplls Jane Was aiiiiust i glad to 1 ss a lover. n her -is'fr was to re gain one. Charles fi.is gone l.oiue to In* (nth i'S, in miig p'ej araiio'is lor his bride \ri-n>bi!d b.s tak ii e great tuirsery gulden, inil if eie is -uine la kin A'erielgh, tiiat the naiiiMge of the t* • Sist i i- to tie celtd-iuted ou the same day— 3ll> • 3/i ford. A SiNcrur. Pki phkct We clip from th# New Urleaiis T< ut iMlta. of Hie 2U ii Ilit , the su jo ied pre'act? fad iei-ot jicttiou. Pefh af-B iLe d eeming rei.cier will dem 'he f<.ct that this " fcinguiar prophecy * is so couiplaom iy held up lo view ou the shores of the gulf a* little 'c " # ingu ar" lioin the " prophecy"' it self. A Jmncclar Pa racer—We tin i the fol lowing account of a most singular |4opJucy ia a id : e u-Ue of the M-dji.e T'lluue: Michael Nostradamus was piy-kian of Prorer.ee, France, known a- an astrologer, in the lime of (Jatl arine de M-hcw lie cotn jo-ed " Sci u Colour.eg of l*i apbecies," ia * iiigin.it.cal rhymes, some of which are admit ted to have te-ru most exactly fu'fi led. Among lii-rs. h.s priiph-cv (one hundred years bef<>r its urrsiH—) ~f itje ex-culion of Charles I, o L grind ; an l si;il more surprising, of t -\ . .f tie . f he Fiench R-pulJtc. to ITSI2. Iledi-d A I> li,G6 (Cyt iep. of l ograpl j > The following is tri s.alert frcui the Levi *r dri E' U L vit of the 2y Ii ult : •" Ait hough many of tne pred.ctiotß rnide by N'.isrraO iinus (esj.aa-'Hlly thor- iioeroing '••e death- Ot Henry 1\ and L 'Vis XVI. of p . I ,11- ll I'll completely V- f tied, tfiey are g ien lv iii-crditeri in our t me-. Put iu the I'll jtk'.'vt rl Vul ciwh Bi of ll'at gr-at ii. it,, i 2 n to', ot i a-- £rt the fol low g, W lih Ii Would se mt i ile-erve a'ti nMOli ; " A •• it in t 'Hie (Isiil) a geea? quarrel Hurt co iii-t wiiJ' sc u t i in a ci u try beyond t|,e.. u- An r i] Many poord-vl- dl be hnug, aid m n p- O wr.V'e- k I e-t ru'Ued. tii p •■.■!** w. i c u race eac-i Other lu great joy , ami loVc. r Th~ Pii: aging or Bkaitoht —A le'tsrf-om h-mil' l!, rt--cr.i i g Ifie p..age t biaVes ill rc, - .Vs every r cie w.i# can ted < 5. th** >d-a.jd lbatresKrS hiVO g ! eeli i Ut Up lb older to pro r: i- wrap, g tnatet lal tor the numerous pack ages, ami the fea i.ers thrown Iroin the win dows I*.ami firrtes stoud out on the -id"- h k-, gn * -s n i o-).r o s-rn ne' -s !,y in d:f fcre'.l - : g - v it. piiiitiw er garde-s aefe uu j ired, hut the iu'eiorß | were n a'i *fnl s'a'e, little tetter than w ch. s t-f Moke i lu-n t'i-r, t-Ara b-jijks and ea graving-, ol i letter*. Ac A mn-'er of an evening vu e'- ie.ivortiig *• -b' the al ihtbet iii f oth heud of one i- Ii s ho ! a-. ho* p.- fo-i d lh- ta-k almoß* < oje-'.-* The mister n.rt£-rt at tne tan's stnp di-T. *'-i iing hirn tne I- tier A, aik ed loot alielher le- k-e-w 'he IrtttT. j "Y , Xr," #* the reply. ~ W'.Ht is I*. he?, r* •" 1 d-n't know. rif r it-rend ?h* f'OT. •' II • i t*iv. - *rh ; y a said you knew it j -t i! *s •• • u'c T ' " Ar, z r. -o I ik* ; ! i oze on ''frv well 1y> i, out dr-ii tne it 1 can re. "iv f sir ' ported An tk fel 1- • a\V >rb l'al US.CV, Bp N 'k W ffi- War ; • L -t— r. t k- 11? bad a whit# ot Ol lofft is f.TfJ ii - WB-a she kit I at I £ire three rtobrs lo evrnbodl Wat will b vg him Lata." r t&r Whyaiihtseihe m -•. wretched of amnia!>Bee jnse h' rej v r- * ia " wo." It •- a tor - ore to eamies lo ret or# tiseir irjariew w;it k-t.dt.eae.