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VIE DEAD.
AN ABSTRACT FROM AN UNPUBLISHED POEM
The spirits of
th- loved and the departed,.
Are with us, and they tell us of the sky!
A rest for the bereaved and broken-hearted,
A house not made with hands—a home on high !
Iloly monitions—a mysterious breath—
A whisper from the marble halls of death.
They hare gone from us, and the grate is strong
Yet night's silent watches they are near,
Their voices linger round uc, as the song
-Of the sweet sky-lark lingers un the ear,
When hunting upward in the flush of even,
Ifs furm is lost from earth, and swallowed up in heaven
FORGIVENESS:
How beautifully falls
From human, lips that blessed word - forgive !
Forgiveness—it is the attribute of I foci—
The sound which openeth Hear en—renews again
On earth, lost Eden's bloom, and flings.
Hope's halcyon o'er the waste of life.
Thrice happy he, whose heart has been so schoord
In the meek lesson' of humanity,
That he can give it utterance; it imparts
•
Celestial grandeur to the human soul,
And niaketh man an angel.
Zelect
From Home Life, or a. Peep mero-w. the Threshold.
THE HAUNTED HEARTH STONE.
gi All houses IA-herein men have lived and died
Are haunted lieuhes."
"Do I believe in haunted houses?" said the
aged woman, speaking rather to herself than to
the fair sweet grand-child, who nestled at her
feet and looked up so earnestly into the wrin
kled face. - "Yes. indeed I do. There's not a
hodse in this whole village, nor 'for miles
around, but that to me is haunted,—none,
though, so much as thiS.'' "HauntedsP- con
tinued she, speaking so slowly that a solemn
emphasis seemed to rest on each letter, "yes,
yes, there are such things as haunted spots."
And then she drooped her knitting, took off
her glasses, wipe i her eyes, and leaning back
in her arm chair, seemed lost in a sad yet holy
communion with the earlier passage of life.
It was a dark, stormy, winter's night. The
wind howled fiercely around the . old farm
house, drifting the snow high on the window
sills, fastening it to the rough panels of the
doors, sifting it through the crevices of the
mossy roof, and heaping it up like giants'
graves all along the pathways throughout the
garden. But inn-doors all was bright, and of
a slimmer warmth. The huge back-log had
been dragged in ere twilight, _rind was now
slowly dropping into coals ; while the flames
from the lighter wood, which every few min
utes was cast on with so free a hand, blazed
high and ruddy, and cast a genial light and
glare in the darkest corner, and scintillated on
the time-darkened ceiling like polar flashes on
the midnight sky.
It was one of those bitter nights that make
the hearth-stone the bonniest spot on all the
earth,—a night when the sheltered lift up their
hearts in thanksgiving, when the homeless
bow in supplication ; a night when the chil
dren kneel before the fire and read bright
prophecies in the living coals: when the aged
draw their chairs yet nearer to the blaze and
warm their shivering memories :a night when
all turn their backs to the darkness, their faces
to tha light.
It w•as a night to make ghost stories relish
well,--do. grandmother, tt•11 one."
The head of the young girl rested on the
knees of the old lady, and. as the latter lost
the thread of her dream and looked down, she
could see an enthusiastic eagerness pictured - in
the bright blue eyes, a longing for some tale of
romance, that dropping into her heart, should
vivify its dormant passions. She hesitated a
few moments, and then tenderly caressing the
lone pet of her bosom, she said : will tell
you - a story about a haunted hearth-stone;
and, Lizzie. it will be no tale of fiction. The
'ot is drawn fisim living memories, the scene
is laid—here, here." But her tremulous voice
now quivered with added notes. and after a
moment's stern, but useless effort at sel f.con
troi, it burst into sobs so loud and wild that
they rivalled the cries of the winter wind.
The young girl seemed not much frightened.
and spoke no soothing words, hut only clasped
the hand she had taken As she asked the story,
with a tighter grasp. The paroxysm did not
continue long : but, as it passed . away, she
rose, and turning her trembling steps toward
the dark, cold bedroom, and going in, closed
the door, and was absent'a long while. The
tears streamed down Lizzie's cheeks when left
alone, and it was evident that the aged relative
had some secret sorrow, over which she
mourned intensely. When she returned and
again seated herself in her usual chair, only
drawing it a . tittle closer to the fire, there was
such a calm, beautiful, spiritual look expressed
upon her countenance that you could not but
fancy she had conversed with the angels.
Without any allusion to the past. without any
preface, she began, after a silence of peril:4ls
half an hour, the promised story. Handed
down to me, it reads like this :
It was-a-night-mucli-li ke-t
Lure passed since its minds blew and its snow
drifted, since its cold palsied and its darkness
frightened.- Beside the same hearthstone,
the same only that it was not worn so smooth,
for the house then had tested but thirty in
stead of as now seventy and odd winters.—an
aged man and his wife sat before the blazing
fire striving to while away the long evening
mails coming into our little %.illage. freighted
with news in every shape. the press did Not
teem, as-now, with magazines and hooks: it
was rare to Fee a ne%Nsvper in this old kitch
en, and rarer any volume, save THE ONE. The
')ld Ulan lid .I,LAUIt(I 11131 SIAM tiwe, alid Care'
silinitii linuspapr----11runtrh to gr, rul turr, /iirrnturr, ,3rts nub Irirurrs, . `(r4r 311firkrts, Otntrfil Ibuirstit iiiili juittligturr, .:zOurrtisiug,- 2uumnurl t, str.
fully replaced it,—the Bible did not then as
now, / grow dusty while other books were
thumbed to . pieces. lie had eaten his apples,
drank his cider and cracked .some walnuts for
his wife. whose teeth were sounder than his
own ; and now sat close as he could draw him
self to the flames wi,thout scorching his home
spun gartnents. nodding good bye to sky-hound
sparks. ,The old lady had rolled up her knit
ting ; and. with her broken fork.—in those
days they bad not heard of ntit picks--with
her two-tinned fork which bad lost one of its
members. sat digging out .with a patience
worthy of the.gold mines 'of these tunes, the
rich sweet kernds.
Suddenly she.dropped both fork and nut, and
In.:mother instant started to her feet. her pan
falling from her lap and threatening many a
grease spot on the well scoured floor. hasten
ing to her husband, she shook his shoulders,
saying, "Wake up, quick. and listen." Half
frightened, he jumped, and came near setting
his stockened feet upon living coals - ; but. his
watchful wife. thawing him off the health.
whispered. a little wildly. 'Listen now don't
you hear it ?" "Hear what ?" said he. still
half asleep. "Why. the sound like a child
crying. There, there now it goes again. ho
go to the door." The old man. now
. folly
roused, stood with his, hand to his ear, the
right one,—the left one had been deaf for many
a year. -TVs the wind, wife ; don't you know
it. ? It is a fashion it has when it is cold."
'•lt wasn't the wind," said she, solemnly,
with a* little nervous agitation yet visible in
her face. "I know the cry, of the wind; it
never makes a sound like that. Mete:" and
she clung to him quivering -like a dead leaf,
"don't you - hear it ?" Ile certainly did hear
something that sounded like the cry of a child ;
and now it did not die away, as it had when
his wife had noticed it, with a single sob, but
lengthened into screams; But how it could
sound so near, or whence come, was a myste
ry '; for the house stood then far away from
any other house ; but it was a child's cry,
that was certain.
"I'll go and see," said he, summoning cour
age to his somewhat faint heart, and he turned
to the door. His wife followed close and fast
on his steps. As he withdrew the little slip
of wood that fastened the latch--:-there wasn't.
a bolt or lock in the town,—and opened the
door, a bundle, so it seemed. though of what
it was hard to guess, fell into the room with a
heavy, lifeless sound. The wind blew a white
sheet over it ere they could again fasten the
latch. Half horror, half wonderstruck, they
dragged the course blanket to the hearth*, and,
unrolling it. discovered a woman and child ;
the latter struggling to free itself from its many
wrappers, and screaming with all its might :
the former motionless as a corpse, with lips
as ashy and cheeks as sunken. A half hour's
charity to the babe, who seemed to have seen a
twelve month, completely revived it ; and it
lay on its pillow with its little white feet
stretcher) to the. fire, as happy as love could
have made it, cooing as s w ee tly -as though
nestling on a mother's 'warm bosom. But ii
took longer' to bring back a pulse to its pale
protector ; and many times . did the good Sa
maritans turn from her, leaving the sheet
drawn over her as we cover a corpse. But a
sigh, so faint that it seemed a dying breath,
at length encouraged them, and they applied
restoratives until satisfied she would yet, live.
But it was many a weary day ere she could
leave her bed ; when at last she stole
,from it.
and sat up in the old lady's rocker . , and lulled
her baby with old songs, she seemed to her
watchers more like a spirit than a sick. sad,
stranger. But'gradually, through their tender
nursing, she recovered strength. and not only
tended her child, but assisted the old lady ii'
many of her domestic duties. But she said
very little—less_than they could have wished ;
fly in their hearts they longed to know her
story. They knew she was - a sinner,— knew
it by the meek penitent way in which she
hung her head when they read the Bible, at
morn and night ; knew it by the stained face
she raised to them after each prayer. But
they loved' her ail the more, or rattier were
all the kinder to her. And though she revived
memories it was agony to bear. they folded
her to' their affections as they would their own
lost lamb. had she not gone ere they could
reach her. The winter passed and still the
stranger lingered, Wling with her little one a
small place in the house, but a large one in
each heart. One bright golden spring morn,
after assisting in the inorniti e , ,, as had become
her habit, she went into the bedroom with her
babe, and soon reappeared wrapped in the same
coarse garments they had worn on that frosty
night of their arrival.
"Give her one kiss, grandma, and you,
grandpa," said she. holding the child first to
one, and then to the other's wrinkled fitce ;
"and now, father, mother.-do let me call you
this once ! give the unwedded mother one, and
we will go, and wherever I go I will pray for
you, and she shall be - taught too ;" and she
rushed wildly to the door. They stopped her.
caught her ehild. and pleaded with her to stay.
-Be to us Atilt what. you have been so long.
our daughter, and do not take from - us our
darling baby ; we should die without her."
GleatAir.ops gathered on.the still pale prow,'
while tears rushed down her cheeks, and her
lips quivered with a fearful agony. She wrung
her hands, she heat her heart, she la'-hed her
limbs- she seemed like one who is half mad.
'•Give me the child one moment," she el:-
claimed, and clasping it wildly to her bosom,
she bathed its smiling face, with drops wrung
from its keenest woe, then kissed it _passion
ately, and held it. out to them. Both stretched
their hands, and the little one, wiiii an equal
love, gave to the one its right, and the other
its left hand, and. upheld between them.
crowed and screamed in baby glee.
-She is the child of sin,'' said the mother,
with a solemnity that awed, for a moment. the
carol of her baby ; ••the child of sin`---Ant-hmr"
`self pure and holy as the offspring of a wedded
tie.. Will you keen her so if I leave her here
If she -goes Ivith me, she will not long he an
angel_utiless. indeed, -God takes her-; would
he had taken her mother when she was as
young ! If she stars with von she may ever
be one. \Vicl von keep her f" and she streamed
the words into their ears, as though she would
have made their IntIllISL nerves awaken.
IVe= will, we w ill :" said they; eand more:
we will keep you U.M. Stay with us-stay !
you shall be to us as a daughter—r, place the
Tric — vie — firt - c - 17,scrf --- vi `wirr . oe your parent's.
It shall be home to us tour.'' "I cannot," saiil
she, "Yottr da , :ghter was a stainless
I am dp.ci in siu: - and she-shook with
agony.
And so did those she spoke to, and tears as
huk.4 -had ecaldLd ber face, tit.w
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MAY 28, 1555.
flooded theirs. A while they wept„ as though
their hearts would break ; then gathered calm
ness,
and. while the old lady clasped the two
hands of the Magdalen. the old man placed his
hand upon her head and spike:
"Our daughter Bed from us while in the
beauty of her ghlhood—fled with a stranger,
who wooed her by false wordS to a fetafol
The child of our old age. far away from the
haunts of early years,-to spetid the remainder
of our dayS in a struggle to forget. We cannot
forget, hut we long since forgave ; aye. beftire
we heard she was dead.- We have learned to
be happy. even with the memory of trial ever
before us. But we miss the hopes that were
hot n with her, and we wnuld cherish you and
your babe as we should her and bets, hadshe
come back ere she repented, as they told us.
and died."
The old man's voice was hushed. There
was no sound but that of sobs, save when the
babe cooed its little love-sung. A cry of ago
ny burst from the white lips of the stranger,
as loosening the hands that held her, .she fell
, c the feet of those who had been so true.—a
cry. and then words. .
Father ! mother !. she did not , die,—she
lives ! 1 nun she—your Lizzie—your lost,
found child4l,2,
Let the curtain drop. it is a scene too holy
for any, but the sight of God and angels:
•-ies." said the old grandmother, "it was
their long-lost, and as they thonvlit, dead Liz.,
zie.=—She herself had forged the - story - of her
death, to :Active hets - ell in the sin she had
learned to love. But when, after years of
wretchedness aid crime., she became herself.—
when she felt upon her breast the touch of pure
and holy lips—then she became herself again,
and ft lt how much. how deeply she had sinned.
and she longed to have her babe nurtured as
she had been. It was long ere she could es•
cape lion) her sinful associates,: ,but she at
length succeeded and reached, as I have told
you, her father's house. She meant to conceal
herself till they were asleep. and then leave
the babe' and go away ; for she had no hope
they would chetish her again— thr. 0, she was
very vile. - But, the cold was so intense she
dared not leave the child, lint was forced to
-keep it to her breast ; at.d worn and wearied
with her long and tedious struggle with the
drifts, at length became henumbed, and could
no longer still the cries of her little one ; and.
thus. was brought back to love, to home, to
Cluist, by the voice of the nril. , ,el on her heart "
The old lady ceased her .ston•y, and there
was HI) word spoken for a long while. Then
the ynting, maiden broke it, saying,•'And what
bectnne of them all'?"
"The two aged parents lived nenra score of
years, happy in the love of their restored child,
and in the caresses and tender care of her lit
tle one. They lie, buried in the old church
yard. The grandchild lived to be a blessing
to her mother for five-and-twenty years: then
passed away, leaving a little one to make good
her place.. 11lotherless ere it had seen the face
of her who gave it birth, it was fatherless ere
the rear was out. Another lung pause.
"Yes, it is a haunted hearthstone, this.
Those aged Christians, that beautiful young
mother, that. noble Father--they haunted it :
not as did ghosts .of olden limes. tnalOng it a
weird spot for the heart, tint with such holy
memories that the hour spent. in communion
with them seems-like . a visit in the beau!
land:"
"llearthstones are ever haunted. but few,
like this, have angels for their guests."
The annivosary ofthat bleak winter's night
came round. The' fire burned as brightly as
Lefore. the room was as warm and rosy ; but
the young girl kneeled now before the tire.—
There was no lap fur her to rest her head upon
—the old arm 'chaii was empty. The hearth - -
none was haunted by another spirit—.a spirit
that had sinned. Auffer(:d and been fargi vele.
about a youngster's dress, is he
nmre proud of than his pockets ? Dues his
mother fhrget to insert a pocket in his apron.
she is quickly reminded of it, and obtains no
peace until the omission is. supplied. %V hat
mother ever finished her boy's first pantaloons
without a pocket on either side ? 4d with
his legs encased in the little cloth tubes, as he
struts off. whine are his hands ? lins his
mother lost her thimble, where can she find
it ? Is anything ever suffered to lie lOose on
the floor. small enough to go in his pocket?
And at a later stage of-life. when the wwld's
goods begin to attract his attention, and that
decidedly human nature commences stealing
over him. and his pockets are larger, and he
has more or t hem, are they less used ? Let the
following exposition an,wer: A mother in a
neighboring village says she emptied her
hopeful son's pockets the other day., and the
following, articles were brought to light : Six
teen marbles, one top, nn oyster shell, two
pieces of brick; one doughnut, a piece of cur
rycomb, one paint brush, three waxends,"
handful of corks, a chisel, two broken knives.
a skate strap, three buckles, one ball, two
prhners; five hen's eggs, and a bird's nest..
editress of the Ladies' Rolm:diary,
talking about kissing, says
-Kisses. like faces of Philosophers, vary.
f. - 44nrie are as lint coal tile, some sweet as
houcy, some mild nS ii. ilk.s(l2e t ast (-less as long
drawn svia. Stolen kisses are said to 114%e
more nuttner* c' and ci earn than other sorts. A:-
to prop6-ed kisses, they are not liked at all.
A stolen kiss is the most agreeable. We have
been kissed a few times, and as we are not
very old, we hope to receive many more."
177--An exchange says —"Did you ever know
a young Man to hold a skein of silk kir his fa
vorite to wind, without getting it strangely
tangled." We do. We held one sk6n for a
pair of ied lips, with dimple and dark eyed ac
,
s,onipaninsents. not long since. The conse
-i/nence was. we got intermingled instcad of the
silk, and somehow or whet felt. as though to
keep entangled wouldn't hurt ,ouch. Moral
—When volt hold silk for young , 411 Lit,
rotr ci e,, or you way get wound up instead of
the sill:.
in•eresting sight to see, is that
or a young. lady With —lips like rubies," and
widi -teeth of pearly whiteness." anel with
cheeks that have stolen the — deep earnattoo of
the cleatfiless rose." with her mouth full of
gi !Teri), end !
have appeared - iir7tw lezr• - • num-
F , ers in Lexingto: - , dlstoct, South Carolina. and
t is; stated iii:LL hogs and puultt v are Iva:,ung
boun'..ll(,!:v en th, in.
Supreme Court at has de
cidt,d the nion.cutous questiou, that ••a Lug pen
tD 1,6 t buildin6."
"TRI1:11 MIGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
Again we say, wake up—get up in the
morning,—turn round at least tv:tce b e c'ete
breakf'am,--help the old inan—give him now
and then a generous lift in business—learn
how to take The lead. and not depend forever
on being 101; and von have no idetqaiw the
discipline will henelit you. Do this, and our
word fur it, VOU will Stern tO breathe a new at
turwpbere, po , :si.-:s a neW frame, tread a new
earth, wake to a new destiny—and - !;ott only ,
then begin to aspire to manhood. Take off.
then, that ring from yolir lily finger,
.break
your cane. shave your upper lip, wipe your
nose. hold up your head, and. by all means,
never again eat- the bread of idleness, Nun. DE
PEND ON FATHER
I;mtNl M ANI) Bt.ACK IT - Ars:Es —Mr.
now. it. g.reaLlv to the hor
ror of W YO: k It ChliTlC,u ctO 1)11111R
1)1.11k Ll , i eslo pn:•ticlplite:n "Nritioonl Ba
by -Show" to take place irtj,te .N.tueuni in
Juue.
ir:7lVe found the followttv., the other day,
in one Of onr exchanges uneve ri dited. -Whoever
the author is, be speaks the -words of truth
and soberness in u plain, candid, common
sense way,: .
Don't Depend. on "Father."
Stand up here, young man, and let us talk
to you—you have trusted alone to the contents
of "father's purse" or his fair fame for your
influence, or successin business.. Think you
that ~ father" has attained to eminence in - his
profession.. but by unwearied industry ? or
that be-has amassed a •fortune honestly. with•
out energy and activity 2 'You should know
that the faculty requisite for the acquiring of
fame or fortune, is essential to, nay insepara
ble from the retaining of either of these ! Sup
pose -.father"' has the "rocks'in abundance :
if you never earned anything for him; you have
no more business with those ~r ocks' than tr
gosling has with-a tortoise ! and if he allows
you to meadle with theta till you have leatned
their value by your own industry, he perpe
trates untold Inisenief. And if the old gentle
man is lavish of his cash towards you, while
I he allows you to idle away your time, you'd
better leave him ; yes, run away, sooner than
be made an imbecile or something worse
through so corrupting -an influence. Sooner
or later you lutist leis n to rely on your own
resources, or you will not be - you
have never helped yonrsell at all, if you have
tkcome idle, if you have eaten father's bread
land butter. and smoked-fat bet 's cigars, cut a
swell in father's buggy, awl tried to pot on
father's influence and repntation, von might
fir better have been' poor canal boy. the son
of a 'chimney sweep. or a hem black—and in
deed we would not, swap with yon the sittm
lion or a poor. half-starved motherless call!—
Miserable objects yotiare. that depend entirely
on your patents. plityini; gentlemen, (dandy'
loafers.). - What in 'the name of common sense
are you thinking of? Wake tip therel tiro
to work with either yonr ha ute or your brains,
or both, and he something! Don't merely
have it to boast of that you have grown
-father's" house—that von have vegetated as
other green horns ! hut let folks know that
-you count one! Come, oil with your ',coat,
clinch the saw, the plow handles, the scythe,
the axe,-the 'pieli•a.n, the spade—anything
that will enable you to stir your blood! Fly
round and tear your jacket, rather thin be the
passive recipient of the old gentleman's boun
ty !—Saone m than play the dandy at datl's ex
pense, hire yourself mit to som e rotato patch,
let yourself to stop hog holes,orwalch th.. , bats,
and when you think yourself entitled to a rest
ing. spell, •do it on pint' own hook. if you
have no other means of having fun of ytnir own
buy with your earnings in empty barrel. and
put your head into it and holler, or get into. it
and roil down bill : foi pity's sake, don't
make the old, gentleman furnish everything,
and yon live a L. your ease.
Look about-you. you well•dressed, smooth
laced, du-nothing drones Who are they that
have worth and influence in society ? Ate
they those that have depended alone on the
old gentleman's purse ? or are they those that
have climbed, their way to their position by
their own industry and energy'! '['rite, the
old gentleman's funds, or Iteisonal inThietire,
'nay secure you the fotttis •of respect, but let
Inin lose his ittilwrty, or die. and what tire
3•ou ? A miserable fleOrditor—a hunch of flesh
-c•
and bones that needs to be taken care of!
A Tough One.
D.ave Constable says there is one advantage
about old fashioneri frigates. They drag so
much dead water behind that. if a man lall.s
overboattl on Moml.ty, you need not stop till
Friday to pick hint up again. Ile never get:-
beyond a few cards of the stern post. In con.
finnatinn of this opinion he refers us tO a well
known anecdote connected with Capt. Pinnpoos
of the frigate .Wash Tub." One evening
whife running tip the .Mediterranean tinder a
one hot se breeze, Pompons came on deck just
before sun-down, and entered into the follow
ing conversation with Mr. Smile, the first lieu
tenant.
'•I heard a little noise on deck just now, Mr.
Smile. what was the cange of it C' •
"A man fell from the tore yaid. h
Without saying another word. Capt. Pom
pous enured the cabin and was not seen again
until nest morning at breakfast, when he once
more refreshed the deck with his presence, and
nr.in entered into conversation with the first
lieutenant.
"1 think von told me: Mr. Smile, that a non
fell overhoard from the fore y ard. last evening."
-I did sir.''
"'lave you picked him up yet ?"
4 ‘No. Sir."
"Well, you had better do it some time (Hir
ing the morning, or the poor devil will begin
to starve.''
The lieutenant obeyed order lowered a
boat nbout noon. and found the gentleman
who had disappeared from the fore yard, hut IS
inches farther astern than he was 14 hours be
fore. lle was lying on his back-fast asleep.
We get this from "an eye witness."
- r;•Sorne - one tells a good story of a broad
hacked Kentuckian who went down to New
Otleans for the first time. Whiskey, brandy,
and plain drink , he knew, but as to the cunt.
potny'ed and flavoi eif liquors, 1w was a Know_
Nothing. Repie-ing on the stags at the court
of St,. ( •haries. he observed a score of fashiona
ble!, drink mint. juleps.
"Boy,'' said he. —firing me a glass of that
beverage." When he had-conshttied the cool
ing draught, he called the hoy. —Boy. what
was lily last temark "Why you °seared a
••That's tight, don't forget it—keep
i
From a California putter of March ;43
Sketch of a California Millionaire.
Never was ominiunity su convulsed in our
yoneg State as it has been during the past
n owl'. A true record of events throughout
the State would put the bursting of the South
Sea Bubble, and the (tonal:: of old Newgate to
-the blush. and tlenton's -Thirty Years in the .
-United States,,Senate Would be but a primer
C.lmptitison of size:
B inks failing, crushing. sivindling. mer
,ehants Lsuspending—some from failure of the
hnuks.others from rash speculations . , a few
from the absorption of their whole profit in the
payment of high rates (tf interest, but scarcely
one front a fair, legitnnate cause: New sys
tems of fraud and.vrtlainy,are almost daily ex
posed. and.alwass dots the expostne - conte just
too late to ultord just:min orreNt of the perpe
trators. Meiggs—honest Harry Meiggs—stritek
out in a somewhat new line, although that ele
gant Wall street financier, Schuyler, gave him
a cue but these, two pale beibre the brilliant
accomplishment of the latest operator —(r}.
Hubert Saunders:
This gentlivinan came to our city some three
years ago, poor and meek. Ile hired a small
otlice, engaged with a partner equally poor,
and the two hung' out a modest yellow-painted
sign, Which told that they were "Attorneys and
Counsellers-at-Law.". Saunders is a French
man. l believe, hence he soon got. a very tine
practice from his countrymen. Ile had mar
ried an American lady in one of the eastern
cities, a widow. the 'mother of two girls—one
of dazzling beauty.-Ahe fawil.y moved to this
„
city. The wonderful beauty of the daughter
thew to their house-crow ds of admirers—the
'wealth anti mrwocrocy_of our city. A smile
hum the - lovely fair one Vas a bliss to ponder
on. With increased practice in his profession,
Saunders plunged out in truly fashionable
style. Ills handsome daughter, in Whining
suitors to herself,-firought brinfs to her Whet:
ashler admirers eagerly rivalled _each other. in
gaining his confidence and friendship, the bet
ter to succced in their suit for the' daughter.
:=OOll the filthily beCaniti' noted in high circles!.
and sonic even assigned to them the front rank
among the'om.—They rode in the .finest car
riage in town, had the Last horses, nnd plunged,
into all the extravagance essential tu'supptirt
their newly assumed position. The beauty'
mat Heil a lawyer of some wealth, a Mr. Alfred
Wheeler. The party given on the occasion
etliPl•vd anything of the sort ever known in
the country. Vi its the accuthulation-of busi
u nders felt it nccessay to put chase the
appointment of notary plblic; merely to fled--
irate MO practice; forlie was now a -Con
vtryancer," and loaned' other people's. money
on "the best secured 'real' estate," and by' hay
ing the authority to tithe the acknowledge
ments of the borrowing and loaning parties in
his own office, he was saved the trouble and
annoyance of running here nod there to affix
the notaiial seal. . Ile did the largest business
of the kind in town. Frenchmen especially
cu hided in him. They were not going to put
their money in banks, ,for stiii'ditimes
; they were determined to invest safely;
putt their money in mortgages' upon thci best
improved. ..well secured real estate in the city
—so they' went to Saunders, and he did the bus
imss for them all.
Iltiliert Saunders was now one of our
wealthiest citizens, certainly the most ext ray
agtmt. Ile drove a span of sorrels before a'
light litiggy in the morning, a span of blacks
la a hand,onie Rockaway in the afternoon. and
in the evening he sported a carriage and a'
spanking pair of hays. his office hours were
shortened -nom 8 till 5" down to "from 10
till 2." hut between' these hours he was al
ways in the office, save at lunch hours, when.
if any. oil his distillrekhod family were "down
hhoppulg. " lie would escort them to the ice
cream saloon, :mil the skill of the catering ar
o'sr,..l WaS taxed to their utmost in providing
dainties for them.
On One oct•usion last year, when strawber
ries first appear( d in the market. it is said
himself and Mrs. Wheeler ate the moderate 0-
Wwarice of $lOO worth each at a single sitting.
The stories now told of his lavish entity:Twice
would fill a fair sized octavo. About two weeks
ago t he eldest, daughter was married to a gen
tleman of Sacramento. Another magnificent
and costly enter•taintnent was given on the oc•
easion. Young wife hunters mourned that
there were no more daughters in the family, so
that they too might form a matrimonial al
liance with so distinguished a set. 'Their soi•
ries on tshone those of all others. To be invited
at Sannder's was the zenith of a bliss all
codlislidom. But time works wonders. The
mutations of human life are beyond the power
or the prediction of man.— Last weck•C. Huh
ert Saunders• was arrested on a charge of for.
gery, and was released upon giving botids in
the sum of 410.000 for his appearance at Court
to answer the charge. His son•in-Inw and his
partner were his sureties. That °evening he
fled, and has not yet been found nor heard ot.
f;Alowing day forged mortgages and d e ed:
were discovered in his office. upon which he
had raised over three hundred thousand dol
lars.
In one instance he actually mortgaged a
man's own property to him for F:i4,01. 1 0
Ntrange to tell, the poor fellow never discovered
it un ti l the news of the forgeries was two days
old. To some he gave mortgages upon the
highway, the boundaries and description being
given in the usual style. lie also drew mort
gages upon the property of Bolton P. Ba non,
•John Parrott, .Sao► Brannan, and others of our
wealthy men, who never hail a dollar upon their•
estate. All the , e he conveyed to his victims,
who paid him their money, gave him his coin
mission, and went away confident in the secur
ity that held their funds. One great cause why
he was enabled to continue his frauds so long
undiscovered, is the fact that nearly all of his
sufferers are French, who do not understand
our language, and who were ignorant. of the le-•
gal procedure in such cases. Every day. so
liar, has brought to light sonic new act of his
In all our splendid rascals, Saunders has
proved the chief. his new sS•stein Of
robbery is entitled to the first rank in the Pat
ent ()dice of rascality, and old style forgers,
such as Munroe Edwards was, must not hope
fur the distinguished reputation that i. So r ich.
ty merited by Saunders, 31e4:gs and Schuyler.
seedy individual, on making a hearty
meat',..' ..the wing" of a chiel,en. at a rtstan
c-
ra ht. nesti.d the harlsceper to elia , *' e it. To
hlch the tmrhxyper replied. that he had often
hi•wil of line LtAng "on the wing" but that
a as th&-dirst ins aive he had ever new d ofget
ng a wing 'pi /bite!
Ilypoeritical piety is double iniquity.
TWO DWA,ARS A-XEAR.
Common Schools.
The State Superintendent of Common School*
has occasion frequently to - make decisions'. and
give' explanations 'and_ instrnetions in rtgard
to -the'School , Lave. .These-decisions and ex--
planations are from time to time collected and
published in The Pe!Tsylvptiin sch uo ij o ui no t,'
pit LinwaSier. to' *hi - eh:magazine . we are in-'
'debted for these sdhjoined
StIIOLARS TO BE SENT TO THE NEAREST
SCHOOL.—Schools are established and houses'
for the aecoMintalation of the neighher..
hood in' whieb they are 'located 3mil. pupils
should, of right, he sent ;to, the near, o 4. and,
most convenient school, unless.they,can be ao- .
commodated to better 'advantage - elsewhere
with 'difference in distance sO - slight,-sta "to be
practically .
Party Politics, have nothing to, do with the
Common School System',,and should not for s'
moment he suffered toinfltierice the 'admitits
tratibti of its affairs. :Every officer connected
with the system, from the*highest to'thc
est., should diseliarge hik duties' With reference
solely ;to the best interests of Common Scheele,
and the cause of POpulaVEducation.., ,
Bank Stocks, in, the . State of Maryland are
beyond the jnrisdiction of Penesjlienut,Scheol
Directors, and are not taxable - in this:State kir
school purposes. . •-
INTERIKILiiNCK IN TOD . DISCI1141q;p1/:
Settool.S.—it is, the, duty. of .oitectorii 114
Teachers to mnintain'thediseipiineiiiiinuthoi-'
its of their 'schoolb, against the inifiropelr-in-'
terference of parents and all others ; And
interference develope itself ,in.overt.,ucts of,
ticspass and violence, the, offinder should, be
handed over, at once, to the cuSiOdyef the .
Div isms - OF SCROOL MONEY IN A Insrulet.. ,
—There are no .sub ! diitricts under Ate new_
school law, and there can' be no di'visi'on' Of the
cliool Money, :in any 'district,' by the taxable , '
'oe the scholar. 'Tt is'the tlittat of. theTiredtors
_to keep all the schools of the district,-open 0 1 .9
'same length at the expense-oral - ten:. •
tire clistt.ict, and , pay all-the:eipengeir_ef ARC -;
schools for tuition, fuel, &c., ont,oP the T dittttic
treasury, without 'reference to; sub diy Won ,
lines, but so as todo as nearly n i iieesible'eqtier
justice to ei , ery part. 'it!
ExiTNSE OF BUILDING. till. SCIIOOI.UOUSES: t
—School houses are , to be rebuilt, atidirepait I 4,
at the common experwe of the entire disfrieti.
and not solely of the citizens in the intinedi-' - `
ate vicinity : nor can Directors shorten 41104
term of school in a particnlar house on that.,
account. - or reduce it to an inferior grade, in_ ,
f
order to reimburse their huildiftex endittireS.
The fifty` cent tax on trades:l% essiona Ala
occupations, prescribed by the it Dtion3o of
the school lati. Is separate &Cut; and iedepv4.,
dent of, all other taxes, and is
„io,,additiort,
~
thereto. , &
TAX ON SINGLE FDEEMEN.— Th ere = is , nti le:`
gal way of &coping the poll tax - urir single:,
freetiten,.except to have the law repealed, t0r.,, , ..
get lil9ll'icti.
ORDINARY SCROOL TAX NOT TO IIi'AOMED
TO BUILDINO.--The telt levied I under, the, n th
se m i nn / 4 . the Spt i aOl LA w should Ile l I PP r 9PC I .I,
ated solely to ilipport and alainten'abee ,Ox
the Bthook, at to defray their ordinity ef 4 ' t
pensea, includiog repairs ; and Directomean4-
not legally tube sty portion of it as a‘buildisig ,
fund.
fluir,ntml Titx LIMITED AND TO DE Kitii
SIo.PARATR—The ' special tax for buildinglitir.
poses. under the 33(1 section of the Law,•.can*
not-exc.( ed the "amount of the regular annual,,
tax". 1;ot' the current school year. levied under
the 30th section. A careful account' should „
be I:ept of each fund separately. • j: ' . ;
NUMDEII, OF DAys IN . A TEACIIEIeS Morrit.--,
.1 . ,) ascertain the exact number of davd,in e
Teacher's month. first deduct nil the Sa - thaths`
flow each calendar month taught; dien deduct , '
every alternate Saturday, - or , the latter. halter,
every Saturday. and the remaining time. but
no more, should be exacted - of the Freachei . :
The better policy woulcl be to have, no schoot,
a t all on Saturday ; and, whenever this,is done,
the days thus vacated should not be charged' "
to the 'Teacher.
TaAcrisßs' CERTIFICATES, NOT IN FORCE ACT
01 , Ins COVNTY.—County Superintendents'
certificates to teachers are Qin* aullwrify out °
of the county for which they were Willed., , /1„
change of location to another county, would re
quire a re-examination by the Superintendent
of the proper county, and a fresh certificate.
Iri - Mr. J. W. Corsey,' of 'lndiana, is about
taking out a patent for a very valuable agri,
cultural implement, which is thus described.hy ;
a writer in the National ,lntellivitcer: The
implement is modelled semething tin
nary shovel plough, and is neither heavier nor` '
more tinwieldly - rwhile its coaL will be but, lit
tle greater. Its value can be better appreCiated
by a statement of what it will do: One 'man
can do 'the %yolk, commonly-done by atm or
four in planting corn, he can furrow, drop,
cover and roll. Nor is this all. By removing
slide box atid reversing the covei•ing•shares '
he lots a cultivator, light ant! beautiful as any
ploughman ever touched. Contrast core-plaut-,
ing after the old style With the mode this in
vention will imitate. Recall the great field; •
end hot sun. and interminable ftirrnw ,the
dozen "hands." some furrowing, others drop•
.
ping. and a third part swinging their hoes.
Think of the time it takes, the labor, and the
cost. Then fancy all this obviated bye single-'
machine—one man- furrowing, dropping. and
coeerimz, and that, too, fast as a - horse can.
traverse the ground. Can it fail to work a
revolution Indeed, the simple invention can
only be fully estimated by those, who, like
myself, have planted corn under a burning
sun, in a -big field," in "auld lang sync." •
rt . What is saleratus I Wood is burned
to ashes, ashes are lixivated —ley lathe result.
Ley is evaporated by boiling- 7 black salts le
the residutn. The salts undergo purification
by fire, and the potash of commerce is obtain.; •
ed. By another process we change potash in.,
to pearlash. Now put these in sacks and place
theta over a distillery wash tub, Where the
fermentation evolves corbonic acid gas, and the
pearlash absorbs it, and is rendered solid ; the
product being heavier, drier and whiter than
the pearlash. It is how salerains. Bow much
say is of ley and carbonic acid a human stomach
can bear and remain healthy, is a question for
a saleratus eater. Some people say saleratus
will not harm the stomach. It, is a ley.
Nlethodist minister, .the other ay.
while reading the discipline to the congrega
tion, paused to suggest that if any of the con
giegatiun will coutin,ne to wear jewelry, the
nunibei of rings on the finger be nut wore than
five, nur the breast-pin larger than a gout]
sized turnip.
NO. 35.