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YEARLY Advertisements are entitled to eau terly chanz.g. T .kNSrE NT advertisements 'must be paid for IiVANc E. ALL Resolutions of Associations, Communica ions of limited or individual interest, and notices MarTinollAnd I).'aths. exceeding tivo lines, are tlnreril TF.N . CENTS PER LINE. -.101; PHINTIIC6, of every kind. tit plain and :fancy colors, done with neatness and dispaich. 'Handbills. Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, Itillheads. Statements, Sm., of every variety and Ktyle, printed at the shortest ftl/E ItEronygn eince tcelt supplied•-with pouter presses, a good assort f ment of new type. and everything in the Printing line can be executed in the most artistic manner a:11 at the lowest rakes. TERMS INVARIABLY CASK Pr6fessional an! Business Cants. JAMES WOOD. • • , ATTORNEY-AT . ..LAW. inrln+-76 Towntin.ftfr,‘PA. r _ & MONTANYE; ATTOR -1,1 .%"iE AT LAW.—ntflee. -corner re. Main and Pine St.. optw,Att:. Dr. Porter's Drily; Store. JOHN F. SANDERSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW", OFFICF..-51eans Ituilding (orerPowell's Store), trich9-76 Trff Atm..., PA. .. . P . P. S.3l,lTri, DENTIST, . , Towanda. Po. .)ilire on Park strt,tt, north hide Public Sqlnre t.,:% , .• tt. Fin ell IL - are. rincli7-7.; MMMN AT TUR NE TS-A T-L A IV, To WANDA, V aRA Oirlee in Patte Irti Mock. cor. Main and Bridge-Sts Toivanlla.. Pa., April IS. '7d. GEORGE D. STROUT), -1T TO I: NE Y D rNS E TZ A Tr 011ieo = Maln-M, four doors Nurth of Ward r. 1 ,11 , , Supn•trie rnit...; TOIVANDA. UT STREETEII. LAW OFFICE, a.::20, TOWANDA, TA, - fIVERTON & MERCUR, . -. AT.TouNI- - ,y,; AT LAW, • N,...f TowANDA T.A. ' Office over Montanyes Store. tmay67s D - A. ONTETt)N. RODN'Er A. MERCTIR AVM, „MAIN.WELL, . _ V .V . A,7'71 , /: NE 1"-.4. Air OFFICE hyuti DAYTO.N . SSTOIIt., TOWANDA, PA April 12. S: FOYLE, 41 T , ) RN E TS-AT-LA Towanda. Pa. jiyl7-73, (1.11, In Merrurs j: A Ng LE,' ITD , R.VE Y- A T-L_l. it I tint:o With Davie, Sr l'arni - rhun, TolvauLla, Pa MIEBE F.. MASON I= ToWA N DA PA. ... • frlve flr.t ,livor south of C. E. Pat r‘ec c:, :1“or. - Nov. Is. '75. - L. lIMLIS, - • • ATTOII:sZEY-AT-LAW ToWA N DA. PA. -- 4 Iffice With SiUit:l S 7114ditanyr.. rnovll4s ANDREW WLLT, iTT ,, RNEr AND effrNSELoR-AT-7,Alr, Stor.. two north 01 T•twan•l;l, Pa. May 1, cou: , ulted it ht April L!. CPI' Elt i . _ol\l. CY; KIN ET, - - - - TTORNE SS-A T-L, , N DA, Pl.' • oflice in Trey v Soltte's Block 'r-wan.ta. In. 117 - TI10:N1 t . IN - y,k Li.,“ Nil, P.A. Will offish!l t"!.!:1 clitr!i••tiol to hi, care In Coutities. i.)lE.ce with • nor 19-79. Eli ELSBEEE. &TTOI:N EY-AT-LAW% TI iW A \ - 11A. PA L.-1;_ .111% " 4 ,„ • EMEINSIMEI IVILxr. , -11.+61:r:E, PA pr -nll 'p att.-7,1,d to, EIITON EISBIZEE, ATTori.. f \ -- 4 AT LAW, ToWANPA, P.A. ' 'laving rn- • • , 1 nl - ••r thVir pr0ft , ..1.11111 attention gisn.n to Io • •in tito.t !than , . ter'. ctoirts.- . • .1 it. (apt N,cz I 1,1, C LI F. ATIOIINLYS A1,4.4AW, T 4 .w i s t , t, (": li r.t floor smith of Iho First ti /ILL. 1111)I.E . Y k 'PAYNE, =I Tc 6. Y K., 31 AIN .STI:EET, ToWA'NDA. PA 11111 ELI MOEN ATTORNEY AT LAW, I ' . S. CI o[l%llE:sit - INF:R.. - TOWANDA. PA 4 4 :' , 4"—Norin Slde P11 4 0.4c Sptan: 1).1 VI ES & - CARNOCIIA,N, TTor.• AT LAW. c 11. BLOCK MWANDA. PEET, TT() tiNEY-AT-LAw. 1 p:, 11 - 44.7 he% of his BEEEEI Er. , "l - .11 BLOCK. (entrance onsouth et: ) ‘Nt. A. 1' ‘. IVY.. S. M. Physi elnr: atcl e.nrge..n.! /tip. °Ver . U. A. jr.ack's F. May 1. 1 , 7*..`1y,. 1 1). - 1 . _1) - NI„ M. c:in he eon- A L -4 ./...,:).•61 3: 1)r. 11. r. s. v.. :MI 1 . . Slo,jat .71‘,. 14. Of the F.:4 , and Ear. 19. -76-tr. T, NEWTON. a , 141 cker Dr I )r11": T", - ;inAa. T. 1)..)))111., 4 t)N-M. 1). P. N. NEWTON, M. P BEM it 1). - L. POISON, DENTIST. _LTA_ * mit arpl S ?nay nn tti tt ht t h e et.. t .: tat t”.w f(K.I11 , er of ilr. Pratt's %VW r.:. , AT 1;. KELLY, DENTNT.—Otfice oier lt,,ttnfa-ltrs. T,.wantla, Pa. I.toni. Rubber.. and- Al an-I:tiara Teeth extraeled without rain. 0 •t. lienn & K.-I.E'a - IVatnnlN' of (le 1.11 ork ?i.•`tci , a:-.0 11t is :1 tieW gas apt:Mt:b. - • 1375. 'TA E l'Arr 0 Agents for .I'.7CECTIcI7T :41 - Tr q. LIFE INSI-I:A!4'E N... 3 .;r:Mth a-rat. ton*,-I:lc..ek. lir;dge Sts. ( . 1 S.. II I:SS E I.1)5 • GENERAL IISU'R4 NCI; AGENCY, gram • 1876 To WANDA INSURANCE AGENCY, th, r,urt 11 , 5u'..te NOBLE & VINCENT, M tN.II:EnS _ . 0. ..)100D1 - , BLAcKsmrmi. • 11,, a:: klt : d 'tt kin hi• •E-S,II I )F.ING A !...I•E(AALTY. fi!,•-a , e4 fe,rt treated. 31anufactures thn nein CALIP 6 I:NIA PICK ==IIIIM T•A%.c. , 14 . Jan. c. j~tiI:BANCE_iGENCI. ' The I , ..lltAdhg 11 111 ABLE , ANi) FIRE TRIED CCl'lll.ll , les relresloteil 11(.E.N1 ' , 11031 F.. - _ Pi :kJ 1 :' - ' 2 ) IMO S. W. ALVORD, Publisher. VOLUME XXX'YII. VARM AT PRIVATE SALE.— a: - A Farm of 100 acres within miles of To wanda Borough, on a good level road leading from Towanda to Monroeton, with plenty of good Fruit —apples. pears. peaches, plumps, cherries , grapes, &c.-- . apple and I peach orchard. A good frame dwelling house, with II rooms and 4 cellars, with water in the house brought from a valuable spring. through pump logs, also running water in the barn yard the year round supplied front the sante spring. One good underground stone basentent stable. for horses or cattle, also 2 horse barns—one good corn honse—poultry yard and underground chickery and other out buildings. 75 acres int rr,ved the balance in woods. The land is well wa tered, and lies to the east, and under a good slate or ellitivation, and wit minutes tido of the village. It is owned by, a gentleman residing in Towanda, who on account of advanced years, de sires to go nut of the farming business.. It can be houghs any time between thiS and April next for 1. 15 0 per acre. Pos,:ession given April Ist 1577, Ad dres .I. Andrew Wilt, Attorney - at-Law, Towanda, Pa, jantl. FOR SALE.—A Farm of 34 acres, on halloo Bill. in Monroe twp_ all Improved. A grs.tl House and Barn • and nice young orchard tle•reon. Well fenced with stone anti stumps. F.T partleillari, enquiry of Peter Vangortler, on the premises. t, • Jatel-tf. FARM FOR SALE.—The Farm lately owned by Matilda Vangorder. of Asy lum Mp f . is offered at private The farm con tain. 35 ocres, all Improved, well watered and fenc ed 1 liar_ miles from Towanda, and convenient to , clopol 00,1 church. For term , . ke., Inquire of PE : . TElt V. , ..NA;t WIWI!. Liberty ('ornery. E. ff. DE, Lust;. n'•^r tlzr prends, or G. L. BULL. Mon t, . ~ Oft. '2. 7&-tf. FOR SALE.—A farin bf 100 acres, intprove.l. south-west 'part of Smithfield tow!:-.1dp. Vrad ford I'a. Two orchards, mostly grafted fruit. hutmoms, arranged for nne, or two fan, 11,.., tw o harm. For particulars, en. Olin'. On Nod prendses,.o Gf atig-2„H , FRANCIS FRENCH .. ,*- . .. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. 2+ goo , ' farm. containing ; hr acres, tn. ortv,ll t..w1'! , 1.p. .F 7 xceilent fruit. a goml iI. , USe. Sr. Well a.l.ipti•li to citlinr grain or dairy purpows. Terms to s.ult purchasers. Enquire of in.', th't. U. ISTO. I hare also a large farm, on which I now live. which.l o ill sell cheap. JOHN BLACK. JPOW(' 1 1 ;1NDERY.—The public is Respectfully Informed that the nook Bindery has 'been rethoved to the IltronTE,?t Building third btory, where will be (lone in all itk various brauones, on terms s reasonaiile as the — hard times” will allow. Thelfiludery will Le uOUer the charge of H. C. 11' 11 T A:K R , An experienced Binder, and all, work will be 'promptly done In 3 Atyle and maittorr which cannot i.e 'excelled. 31u.1e, Magazines, NOrspapers, Old bound. in,el cry style. Particular atten lion' will be paid to the Itullikg and Dimling of. BLANK BOOKS, • to any desired pattern, which lu quality and dun, biticy will be warranted. Sir All work will .be ready for delivery when promised. The patronage of the public Is sot:ell - A, and per fect satlsfactlon guaranteed. lIE CHEAPEST • HARDWARE ::STORE IN TOWANDA SCYTHE yo - 4Ks, FIXTURES, ROPES, Chegper Than at Any Other Place:. I have niway, on hand literairs for the YOUNG WA iution and Cliamilos Mowing Machines. PEREIGOS SIDE lIILL PLOWS, All kinds of TINWARE on hand, Tin work of all kind:. dotie at lowest prices. DEEM Tow:I:Ida. June 2R, 1 , .741. WALLICK, r 729 NORTH SE(I.ND STREET, MIL'A, Manufacturer and dealer In ; FRENCH PLATE :MIRRORS AND LOOKING GLASSES l!MIMMOI et' even - (I,:erlption. - NDQW 61II.NICES, SQUARE AND OVAL FILOIES FOR PoRTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHS AND OIL PAINTINGS ; FLOWER FRAMES, Etc., Etc. • ME 12EN=111 V ENNSYLVANIA Jan. 1, 1,77, Ti , vn Stqfe 1.171 P R R fA1:1.1.,,V LE) 1,57 CIIAELE , If. VF:.l1:11.1.. .k. PLINCIPAI .10/SEI'II T, I 1 IA NE, A , Liter , ri urt. FII A N( - I , M. SNITII. M. .11 , 11 b, mat irx. 1 . E.% NITS E. A. M.. Put.. AVAI , .1)1:Krt, Prar'g KATE W. 11A1.1i1V1 N. IL E _Vogel 501..1. 4'. lIA 1".0 run, Orr( Mmvir. • TF:l:;\i 111 week , penc UvO. 4. 1,76. Term Wctlk,) Oitt•l{S 313;01'27. 1.477, Ew DEPARTURE-EXPENSE: , RE.DUCED It"arditig rept, furl, f•6l per term. Tuition s‘ttlteitt 1.,:trt111•4. •;!', per term. All •tuttettt. he tak: rect Ire ol•Atietion per tertaA morph:tie: receive 1 delhlt•11011 per terpt. At grml ilatimi reeelve Tuition and I,,,aniing School. ;111 per term. Ft,: t.lialogile, or other ioformatioo, add reS” the Pritletral. COW EN & co IITTDIN .1!.C1) ioNIMIS:••ION .TORE TII rooms rev:11;1y Lc M. Lr'vi- as Clothloz '.ore. lillglr Ns J.: Hu ; TiPS1:11141:1. 11:m Hill be lOUnd r. tali line of the very he.t CROCK ERY. GLASSWARE. FANCY G.l4lD's, n:ENI 11. CIIINA.S;C_IIVIN STUN and QUEENsWARE, FRENCH and BELGIAN CUT S PREPARED LAssW ARE. On NG GLA , SIS. and a Em' a..!..ormi:dit of L A M I'S. %ill!' tie Ivry bc•t of trimming., KNIVES and F 1 )IIK- 1 , TEA and 1 ABLE SP4 ) S POCKET KNIVES, &I. A full lino or tho finc3t PLATED WARE. TOWANDA. PA YANKEE NOTIONS OF ALL Slatfonery. Blank Rook,, Pass Books. Ladles and llo•tery. liandktrrtitets, table and ' Tontd Towels and Nap ' kink, StuTendrrs, Collars, And A ttv usand other art fele, too numerous to mention. AUCTION' SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND A I I goods not,t give satisfaction or the ttionPy re funded. Gooth tkilt ored i❑ the corporation free. the saio, at ,kurtlen, of Real Estate, I Stock, Farm Utensils, II ott.eliolti Goods, Or any thing to iro 5o:(I at Auction In town or country, at prices to suit flu times. PIIONPT,AND Atrt'l{ATE: RETUUNS 111:1DE On all goals lcft on commission Tit MOM Nit:elliztems ddverti:ement.t. .1014:5 BLACK. BOOK-BINDING[ IS IN MERCUIt BLOCK! raruicru can buy their GRINDSTONES, &e., Best in -Use H. T. JUNE STATE NORMAL liCII001; MAN!.1:1E1.1), TP , GA COI."NTI EF:COWNIZED 14E2 1 Al ULTI II ace reumved their = 10.1 V a, FORKS. 1 4 1'00N S, KINDS BIM COWEN ft elialLE), =IIMMMA Sfleckd °M x. LETTING THE OLD OAT DIE. Not long ago I Wandered near • A pla.y.grourid In at° wood, And Ihere heard words from a youngster's.llps That rye never quite understood. Now let the, old eat dle," he laughed; I vaw him give a push,. Theu gayly arampei away as he spied My fare peep over thernisb. Bat what be pushed, or where he Went, , I toubl not Well niakelout, 6n account of the thicket of bending boughs That bordered the Vaeciabout. "The little:villain:has atoned a cat, (Jr hung It upon a • Aud let It We all alone,'; I:sahl, But play the zulAlliet with Wm."— I forced my way between thebongh% The poor.ohl eat to seek, Awl what did 1 that hut a - swinging child, With her bright hair brushing her cheek Her bright hair floated to and fro, - Tier little red d ress flashed by, But the tovellest thing of all, I thoOght, Was the gleam of her laughing eye. Swinging and swaying back and forth,_ IVlth the rtise-Higlit in her face, ..;he seemed like a lAN; and a flower in one, And the forest herilativa place. "steady I'll send you up, my child," ...But she slopped :no with a cry : "Go 'way 1 go'uay Dosi't touch Inc, please— lettlog the old cat tile "Yon letttni him die I" I cried, aghast— •• Why, where's the cat, my dear ?" And lo the laughter that filled the woods Was a thlt.r, fur the !Ards to hear. pun knew," sad the little maid, The flitting beautiful elf; `That we call It • letting the-old cat dle, 7 When the swing stops all of itself?" • Then swinging and . swinging, and lookidg back With the merriest look In her the bade me good dap,•' and I left her alone, A-letting the old - rat die. alirelkorratt,s'. A GIRL'S PERILOUS-ADVENTURE I was a very - bold and' fearless child, and my brothers and sisters often dared me to go into lonely, pla ces in the dark, or do perilous feats of various kinds; which , challenge - I never refused. Very ,possibly the consciousness that they were. about to. - dupe me gave me More courage than I would otherwise have had, ;fur any unusual notes or appearance! would be attri buted to one or another coming to frighten me. But, night and day, I - used to go straight up to and touch whatever seemed fearful, and, finding the ob- ject of doubt resoli•ed itself into very simple elements, I acquired an ease which stood me instead in times of real (laver. We lived in a large cld:fashioned country house. ' It opened to the south, and the two large_ parlors looked- to the east and west. SNATIIS, ,The dining hall and spacious kitch en- formed the square of the house, while at the west anal hack was anoth er large room, sometimes called the great porch. and at the cast and back Was the dairy and another porch. There were three stairways leading to the upper rooms, and a garret,' whose - ample space was broken only by the great chimney in the centre. - We had a gay and lively house, for my parents were greatly given to the old-fashioned virtue of hospitality. The humblest wayfarer coming in at the porch was entertained kindly and bade God-Speed, as well as the guest whose - elegant carriage and span drove round to the - frout door on the southern side. I am not goirg now to tell you Of my handsome, indulgent parents, or rri - brothers and sisters—only about Myself. There were a great many of us when we were all at home, especially in the winter holidays, but at limes we were nearly all. away. - Boarding, schools, academies, trav eling—they all claimed 'us at various times. Yet it was rare indeed that one was ever at home alone. It sn happened, however, and to me It was a summer day, and warm, bright and beautiful. 7 The morning promised a lovely day. :lust, after our early breakfast, a merry pady came riding down the lane, in car riages and on horselpek; and calling joyously for my father and mother to accompany them 'on a pleasure trip. .They were accustomed to this mode of impromptu festivity, and gayly answered that they would soon be ready. It was only the, day before that•my father had returned from California and had - broUght with him a bag-of gold. I knew he had this, for Lhad seen ihim the night before,connting sonic of- it. and putting it into anoth er bag, and I badly wanted to ask him to give life one of the pretty coins. but was too well taught to in terrupt or tease him. Thomas brought the carriage to the door. Father's favorite black horse, whose coat looked like lustrous velvet, and who stepped so proudly, was pawing the ground impatiently as be appeared. lie handedlin my beautiful mother, and 1 stood looking on in childish pleasure at her beauty and rich dress that so became her. My father sud denly turned to me and said, taking his key to his iron-bound box: - “Ilun, Ann, and get me the little bag you saw me put away last night." I was proud to be so trusted ; but when I quickly returned with it, he was already in the carriage, and part way to the gate. Ile looked out and said CASTORS, C. "No Matter now, Ann; -you may put it back again, for we are going another road', and I will pay Harris to-morrow. Take care of the key, my dear, and good-bye." - "Good-by, and a good-bye to you," I laughingly replied, and ran back to put the treasure in safety. I hastened in doors again to-see them winding down the private way that led .through our, extensive grounds, and half wishil'l were old enough to go with - them. Hearing a slight noise, I turned and saw a stranger, a figure not unusual, a man with a bundle hung on a stick. 1/141 - OMPF OD the e0.1;9 witlll- EMIiISEMM gurazo :cord of flee Year ....„.....„.............,.....„...,.......„...,„..., Left on Guard, NMMI TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY; PA., THURSDAY MORNING, 'JANUARY 25. 1877. apparently looking 'after the earri, ages. He came forward in a moment, and asked if he might sit down and rest,.and if I would kindly give - him a drink of beer. Bcer was as free as water with us. ! Of course I said yes and with ligh steps soon had him a substantial lim - 211 of bread, cheese and beer, which he came into the kitchen to eat. Betsey and Hannah were busy, hur rying to finish their work, for they were going out to ten, and to spend the - evening. They talked gayly about their visit, paying little atten tion tO the stroller,' who was quietly eating. He had laid his straw bat-on the floor, and I saw that Ms head was n 'bald on the top, and the thinnish hair 'brushed tqi fi m behind over it. He had promine bars, low fow fore head, and large mouth, with t a re treating chin, where grew a stubby beard of grizzly black, like ids hair. I did not know why ..I observed all this, or his eyes,„XmalLatui hid under grayish brows,ihat seemed to glance furtively about him when no one ap peared to be looking.. . His voice was harsh and croaking, and had startled me when he first ad dressed me. • . We were used to strollers of .all kinds, as-I lave said. Perhaps I Was mentally contrasting his repulsive ness with my father's noble and dig nified features. He seemed to me very ugly. i was glad when he . finished his meal and rose to go. Ile asked permission to light his pipe, which was readily granted. Ile went out directly, passing accidental ly trirough the dining-room and out of the great hall, where he lingered fora moment or two. He had thanked me civilly enough for his breakfast,but the girls laughed and nodded, as he went out, and said they should think I had picked up a raven. AIL that long, bright day I was busy and happy in the flower-garden, or sewinfr, or reading; and when the girls left, looking ver}• checrful at their half-holiday, I wished them a merry time, and told them not to hasten home, for 'Thomas should come for them. I expected my father and mother soon after eight; &clock, and I toll Thomas he might go about that tine, as they would soon be.h'ome, and it looked a little like rain' heavy clouds were gathering in the west, and 'the -thunder rumbled lie ',took the. covered wagon and old gray, and, before lie stepped in, said respectfully : -31lis Alin, I think you had letter fitsten the 'doors. as you may be all alone for a . short dine_ if I go so soon. Wobld not you rather I should wait till your father comes Y" "Oh, no, Thomas ; I don't; mind being alone in the least, and you ought to go, lest it should rain hard, for it is more than two miles to ride. and they may not wish to leave in a minute. I expect father and mother every moment. I►on't wait." Mop:l4 left, and the wagon - rattlell merrily up the lane. I bolted the doors because he had told me to, for otherwise I should not have thought of it. It greW dark Fapidly", - and the thun der began to peal heavily, while the wind rose, and . the tbishes of light ning grew more vivid and frequent. I 'went into the east parlor, and looked out to the south, but the sud den lighting up of the sky, and the following darkness, did not interest me low , . I could not see out very Well, either, as the honeysuckles cov ered the windows. The la i rge mirror reflected me as I turned 'away to er.lss the room, and I stopped a moment with 11, natural vanity, for I was young and fair enough to look upon. I let all my hair fall• loose, and wound it in long, shining, brown curls over my fingers. It certainly did look handsome. for it was very thiek, and fell below my waist; and curled tdmost of itself alit tell. There came a , great flash of light. and I saw distinctly reflected in the glas, a face looking in at the win- flow. It was an instant of terror, but I-neither screamed nor moved. The face could not see my face. and I kept my body still, and rolled the long, shining-rings over my cold, white fingers. It was an ugly face, and I recognized it. I had seen it that morning, and .I knew what lay before me. I prayed inwardly a brief prayer f:r help. Turning from the glass. I went steadily toward a table that. stood pear that window, and on which I had lent my candle. I moved steadi ly, as usual, and took up the water pitcher and looked in, then took my candle and went toward the kitchen. The lightning kept flashing, but the face did not come again. I dropped my candle on the kitchen hearth, and put my foot on the wisp. I set down the pitcher on the dresSer; and with soft, light footfall, hastened through the west room, up the front stairs, into my father's chamber, and softly closed and kilted the door at the head of the stairs. I unlocked the 'box, took out both the bags of gold, relocked it, and niade my way into the great chamber. . I heard voices; Uheard the doors tried below.- I knew it was 'not my father. I dared not tremble nor grow faint. I went through that room and tip others to the garret stairs. I _ 'ltardly breathed. I heard -a window push up; more than one person came in at it. I Mt about in the dark. There *as a sliding panel in the in side of the stairway. I pushed it, and it rolled back. I entered into a long closet under the "stairs, and slid the panel carefully into its place. I felt cautiously to see . if all was safe. I pulled my dress close about me, .lest it might. be caught, and the door cot closed tight. Then I waited. .1 heard steps coming up the stairs: I heard a search through all the rooms bClow. My heart beat till I thought that each bound must be audible. heard voices—one voice the Raven's. I knew that harsh croak. It told me nothing. The face had revealed all to me. The man had seen the bag of gold• as be leaned over the wallin the morning, unnoticed by the gay group. It was all plain to me. • Ite bag et!lati tom tho •REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. I might be alone.. He had returned and watched. He had brought accom pl ices. Very soon the steps and voices came my way. I! could distinguish the words that were spoken: "Drat her I she must have seen you." • oNo 'matter ; we'll split the boi Open with this axe." • I knew the axe was in the little porch. Thomas had set it in when, he had done chopping the brush, as looker; like rain. ' I heard the steps and voices move away, a dull, crashing sound, and then stifled, angry tones, I knew they hdd opened the box, and found nothing but the papers. I knew they would now search for me. I heard them as they looked into every room and closet, and came up the stairs 'separately. They all 'net at the.foot of the garret stairs. A thick board was between us. I thanked God that the •pannel was close shut. I knew it, tor no rah• of light came through. - • "She must be up here," said the Raven. "and we'll soon have her." "I'll warrant. - she is here,. and I'll ring her neck she makes a !mist about it." . • But the. thorough search was end.; ed, and the voices grew very angry, and full of frightful oaths and threat- 1111E1 They sat clown on the garret stairs to hold a parley. A spider ran across my face. A wider puts.me in mor tal fear. It was with great effort that I kept from screaming. '" Come," croaked the Riven, "let us go and get the silver ; that sill be something—that will be some thing." "Curse • the silver. It's the gold rye come for, and I'll Lulu the house f I don't Ilnd the girl ! So let her ook out !" *; L A cold sweat came on my forehead Would they perform the threat. Good ! Then won't the rats *qsueal. Down drop the money W i gs" and we'll chocked the girl to make her dumb." ' " Hold your noise. The old man will be coming home,— We'll be caught here.. Be quick." " Who cares ,for him! lle's only one. A ,bludOon will - give him a hatuly little headache as he comes "And his wile.?" ,_They spoke low, hideous words that made my flesh creep.: I was al nmst ready to call aloud, to open the panel, to give them the gold, and bid them go. They got uri, and the steps and voices went down. It was horrible there in the dark. I was stifling. , I moved" the panel lightly. No light entered. I slid it softly back. 3ly resolution was taken. I would get out of the house, run down the road, and, meet my father. I would sa.,:te him. ;%-, I left ,the gold in the closet, shut ting it in close. I stole down two steps, into the chamber below. I knew there was a window Open-there. I crept across the room, listening' keenly 'I lifted myself cautiously on the window-ledge,,and caught a branch of the cherry-tree which , 'grew close to the house. • Swinging myself hastily out I de scended the trunk of the tree, and found myself on the ground safe. No. The lightning betrayed me. The haven's voice shrieked, hoarse ly, " There she goes VtCatcb her! Quick! This way !" Out at the front (loor came the pursuers, hardly ten steps 'from me: 1 dashed toward the thick .shrub liery to put them off the track. Fortunately I knew 'the way, ev ery. step of it. They were guided solely by the sound and flashing light. "Shoot her by the next flash ?" cried one. My flying; feet struck lbose.boards. I was passing directly over an old unused 'Well, very deep, and it gave back a hollow, resonant sound. Almost the next moment I . heard a crash, the report of a pistol, a heavy fall, oaths, and a deep groan: Shuddering, I sped on through the garden, up towards the eider press, over the stone wall, down the hollow, up the hill side, over the fields. 1. • No steps followed; no voices shoat-` ed after me. I ran down the second bars; and let them down. It began to rain a few drops, then fast, then poured. Iwas wet to the., shin. I ran on, for I heard advancing wheels coming rapidly. I stood in : the. road and cried, " Father ! father!" The carriage stopped. Anotherf, carriage behind stopped also. It was, our next neighbor's who lived a ,quarter of a mile farther on. " Anil,,ny child. Good heavens! What is the - matter? What has hap pened ?" 1 told the whole in a few words, amid eager exclamations of joy at my safety, of surprise, even of anger because Thomas had left me alone. "Don't blame him, father, 1 in q sisted on his going.'' A hurried consultation took glace. My father was very brave. Our neigobor was very timid. He pro posed going on to his house and re turning with weapons. In the meantime I had got into the carriage and crouched doWn at my mother's feet, who was half el.: jug. and whooly thankful to feet me there. We rode on and came to our gale under the willows. There were lights in - the house - , hut all seemed still. Nothing movedi. - My father put the reins in my Mother's hands, and opened the other gate that led up the lane. " Will you go home with Nathan?" said lie. ' " And leave you hoe? No." " Take your wife home, Nathan, if •ou will. and come back." 4L, "We will stay - by yod." " Let us reconnoitre then a-little." They got out, leaving us sitting AM. .The rain fell less heavily They - •got Something that would do for weapons from the tool-house They went all round the fiouse—all was quiet.- They went in. We- sat still, speaking few words, my hand elaspcd in my mother's. 'Thomas is coming27l. ' eicialipod i .4 1 1 19 1! i 6 I 4 1* 101 P !.'': .• - •'...;•.,r...%':.' ~.., ,. .'', K 1,.,..' ,4:rt ',1.-4;1.',;:.50:;it'-...'14,51:i-;''''•- ✓ •fA • 4 ":A.ft447.. We calledtO him as he came to the gate, for he . could not see us. lie drove through ;and called out: What is the matter ?" We told him sufficient, and he left Hetsey and Hannah, and went in' at. once, with only a heavy ' • We did not sit long. Nathan came out directly. "What }Ave you found? Who is there ?" "Nothing. NObodY." . ►t Are'they gone,?" Yes, with some of the sliver; and A few other things. We don't knoW What yet." The horses were put under tim shed, and we - all went in. My Vier said, calmly: " We will take a lantern, Thomas, and look round out of doors a little." I..knewlheyk would go to the old welL • I stood and looked out of the ,window, and saw the gleam of the lantern as it moved. In a few minutes they came back •" One of them is dead," said my faith it ; "and the other lies at_ the bottom of the Wel4and groans. The third has escaped." They laid boards across some bar rels in the shed, and brought up.the dead man and laid him on them. His ,comrade who fell iu the' well, had Shot him in the head as he plung ed through the boards. His ugly face was still 'uglier: It was the liaven. That .night my father's prayers were very solemn, and his embrace was close as he gave •me my g.9od night kiss:' The robber in the well -was bfuis cd; but not seriously hurt. TEe law took him to punishment. The third escaped.' I was never • left at home again' THE MEN WHO FASCINATE WOMEN Who are the real favorites with woeful], as a - rule? The men of at tractive or plain exterior; those who shine aml revel in .photolrraphs, or thOse who are, averse to them ?- In your own circle, are the .splendid looking- fellows the dangerous ones? Have you any fair friends who have suffered sentimentally from regular fliatures, flowing whiskers,' or coact proportions? Are the emotional tragedies evoked from animated fast'. ion•plates and walking tailors'-blOeks? Give a man of fine person and pre , .- enee fervor, sensibility, and charac ter to match, and you have equipped him with undue odds in the soft war of the sexes. But, then, you have been more bottutclous than Nature, who usually bestows with half-open ed hands . . Site rarely confers at the same time on her Sonsenerous as she may be to her daughters—the charm of body and the charm of mind. When she (foes-, she often re venges herself - for her profusion by implanting a w‘nkness that turns her gifts away. 'How many handsome fellows who have had possibilities of merit, have been spoiled by , their handsomeness! How many more have been without such possibilities, and never missed them, because -ab r sorbed in the eJntemplation and r mintt ion of their physical perfections! No healthful mind can or does de spise beauty in .any shape; but be tween bcanty and brains there is only one ch6icel. And it does seem gen- erally. in spite Of mangy- - exceptions, that the two are at variance in our sex, so much does one encroach up on the other—not. necessarily, but commonly. Beauty, of course, is here understood conventionally. as it is applied to women—including deli cacy of feature, softness of complex= ion, harmony of color, exactness uf proportion. There are hundreds of line-lookim„ actually-,kandsome men. who offend' .esthetic canons—who, judged by the ordinary standard, are plain,, perhaps ugly, and who never acquire the reputation, popularly at least, of being handsome. A man may be admirable in ph y. , ique ; he may have a face artists would love to paint, a figure sculptors would de light to model, and yet lie as strong, broad, and eiticien o t, as if he turned mirrors to disfavor. Beauty cannot be harmful to a man by whom it is rerrarded as an accident. Constder ed as an essential, it enervates and- undermincs him. Numbers of the world's 4ieroes have been ,phygically magnificent; but they have determin ed to be magnificent in• performance as well. But he who is ever conscious of personal attractions, and ,shows his consciousness, tacitly admits that they are the best of him, and becomes emasculated. his shallow vanity makes him womanish, and no wo manish man can awake a . grand pas sion in the breast of a womanly . wo man. Self-delight with the body and all that belongs to it. a certain self stimulation Af sensuousness, a soyer eign- satisfaction with form and fea- ture. set off to the best advantage, are ditijletly feminine traits, and the man who shares these cannot ex pect to share anything else wonian She naturally looks to =ME him for, what she has not and cannot get frOm herself; and, finding her pleasant and piquant vanities refrac ted as weaknesses and follies in him, she turns from them and from him in contempt. When a woman has Once been charmed by a man-Hfor this seems to be the elleet Often produced upon her—she loses her power to judge of him rationally. She remethhers but vagnely how he appeared to her be-_ fore her heart had taken fire. Since lien he has been transformed; he has taken on the huestof her fancy; he is woven' into the woof of •her life. However plain he may be, she does not think him plain, and he is not so to her, since the glamour of passion is on her eyes..'„ If he were handsome as Hy:what - 111S, he would show to her no better than were he commonly endowed;• so - that his looks. would avail hini nothing. But resembling Hyacinthus, oth things being equal, he would be less. aptL to charm her than if of ordinary mould. In the Greek fable, it will be remembered, the beautiful Spartan youth was be- loved of Apollo and Zephyrus, and that the latter caused his death through jealousy,. by blowing against head the discus of the god ; so that the attachment was unnatural even in tho spologue. In reality, such Affinity of. mi. 11.1194. would be likely to be unaccompanied by the masculine qualities ,that ap peal ito and master women. • ' Pietro Aretino, celebrated as a writer in the sixteenth century, who was as devoid of comeliness as of de cency, was a wholesale heart-breaker. An illegitimate child, all his pleas ures and Most of his pursuits were il legitimate. Corrupt even for Italy and his epoch; be was so clever with his pen, * ready with his tongue,, that lie won princes and princesses to his support and his arms. nis bi ograbhies, produced by Berni, jardin, and -Maziuebelliareextraor dinary - comnients on the manners and- custom's of Southern Europe three hundred years-ago. lie seem- Cr' to : have nothing to recommend him but talent, and that; lie prostitu- ted, whenever and .Wherever occasion uttered. Compelled to leave his na tive city, Arezzo, by reason of-his writing a sonnet against indulgen cies, he went to Perugia, and sup ported himself by selling books-L-al most the only honest calling he' is known to have had.' Such ,plaiu bus- thess irked him; he Walked to Itome, :Ind got employment in the service of Leo X., and ofhis successor. Cle ment VII.' Certain licentious writ ingAeompelled him to. retire.; and, set once more to 'wandering, be ar rived in Florence, and attached him self to Giovanni de Medici, who, two years after, died in his arms froth a wound received in battle. The -au thor himself had been stabbed, mean while, by a rival in an ardent attach ment to a bewitching cook,- and , be came so incensed at the pope for his unwillingness to punish the would-be assassin, that he swore he would nev er . forgiveiiiim. • Aretino was hulls carni,nate h his gallantries until the frolic of his blOod was somewhat tamed—saucepans being as alluring to him as coronets and pedigrees. - After'the death of his patron, he fixed On 'Venice as his home, where he resolved to be independent—boast ing that, with a bottle of ink . and supply •of paper, he,.could make a thousand gold scudi a year, equiva- lent to seventeen thousand dollars in our money. He made his boast good, too; for he had an extraordinary fa cility and versatility, composing son tiMental, satirical, historic, sacred, prOfanc, - poetie, and licentious workS, which had an immediate and abun dant sale. The doge, Andrea Gritti, ,became his friend; the pope was re-, 'coneiled to him, and promised him his sister in marriage. Charles V. honored him, and he had high hopes of a cardinal's hat. All went well with. him. Ile painted and carved with skill ; lie fared sumptuously ; the noblest beauties of Venice melt ed it his glance. Still, he was a eoarse.scoundrel. lie was a glutton, a sensualist, a blackguard, and not .unfrequently he wa waylaid and beaten, and severaO f times nearly murdered, for his transgrssions, lit erary and moral. lie was designated as the scourge of princes. Why some of them did not have him put out of the.Avay in that era of easy poisOn and poniards passe's comprehension. Having been told one day of sonic shameful conduct by his sisters—the members of the A rtenio famil3 Were very much alike—he was so greatly amused that he threw himself back into his chair with immoderate laugh ter, fell over, and broke his precious neck. Ile left many mistresses, who wept over his death, but dried their tears betimes, to smiles and s'lln again. A retino's charm for women must have been his immitigable viiAous ness.—Applefoits' Journal. [F, ,t• the REPoitTErt.) GERMAN-A'ERICAN WEDDING. [A lady friend sojon,ning in Stuttgart, sends the following interestngdekTiption of the mai riage of an accomplished, wealthy and beautiful young New-York lady t. I,;crman nobleman.—En.] The marriage of Count Eberhard von Linden, with Miss Isabel Andrews; of New York, has recently taken place. As might be inferred frOm what has been said in _the papers, the Linden fami ly ranks,anuliig the best in Gel-many; and, naturally enough, au alliance of this kind with one of our own accomplished new world daughters, has been, for?,many weeks, the topic of universal interest and conversation. During the week preceding the mar- ringe, 'Miss Andrews was presented to her Majesty, tko, queen, and• to different members of the court circle, where her reception was most agreeable, cordial awl friendly. Her interview with the QukcM, illusta:at'ng as it does, the lovely charac ter of one noted for " good deeds,"—as well as for her royal birth and grace of manner, is reported to have been a nota ble one. . . Thursday, Nov. :WO, (our American Nat hitial Thanksgiving day,) was also oh 7 served in Stuttgart, as a Church Festival, St. Andrews day, se, most ap pitopriately, the :first. of the • three wed dings, took-place at this time. Very fc , people can boast of being married three times in one week, yet such was the fact in this instance. This civil, or state cere6lony, is viewed in Germain-, as quite an innovation of an cient customs, and liatronly•lyitliitt a short time, and not without much remonstrance in sonic quarters, become the law. The. same custom prevails in France; it is call ed, " The code Napoleon," as Napoleon 1. introduced it, when warring with the Pope; and Ilisnuirk has done the same, since the beginning of the anti-Catholic struggle hero. i lt takes place, however, only in the presence of a few witnesses, and in the mcst business-like manner, the ceremony being performed by the Stand eibeamte. The bride remains with her oWn until the churchly seal; has also been added. Let us hope that the good Et. Andrew took no °from° at the fair bride for re:- riouncing his name for another, on this particular day. The act was certainly a grit, one, and if she has thereby forfeited the proteetiotrof the Saint, she can at least, cl tim that of a time honored fami ly, the branches of whose - genealal tree spread, like those of its favorite (er man nainesake, the Linden, far and wide, anti draw their nurture from ancient roots exiending all Over Holland'and the Gen., man Empire, On Saturday, December 2nd, this rath= . er c.auplicated knot was effectually tied, fq - Or tiAltniti9mqf 1111109DITtie. ' z - „ , $2 per Annum In: Advance. wanting, by services in two Churches,- 7 one, in the Old Catholic Church, to which ,the 9hunt belongs, the other, in the En glish Chapel, where I, with a number of others, was an interested spectator. The Chapel ' Which is small, is very pretty, and was, on this occasion, beuntifully decorated with flowers, about the Chan- ",eel and r Altar. Onedialf the main body of the Chapel was reserved forthe relatives and invited guests, who began to assemble a half hour before the service.. The first who enter ed were the Count's mother, and Mrs. An drews, who formed, as they walked arm in arm up the aisle, a striliir g, but agree able contrast to each other. The Count- .ess is a daughter of the renowned. Baron von Hugel. Her face bears every mark of high birth and reibiement, and was to me, a niost interesting study. Mrs. An drews' appearance, was tribly queenly. Her tine figure r was set off to the greatest advantage by a magnificenta black velvet dress with long train. No 'woman's eye, while admiring her,beautiftil white . hair, M ould fail to notice the size and brilliancy of the solitaires in the ear. The Countess' dress, of rich ernbroiderei silk, was in keeping with her whole bearing. Shortly after, two brothers appeared on the scene. One', Franz A. ;"aula V. Lin den, father of the groom, and mem ber of the knighthood. His dark blue , coat was covered with ;