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Thy lowly place of rest, Baugh the drooping willow boughs', When foliage shades thrbreast, Rat rushing thoughts of other times Across my spirit sweep! • ltnd thrill my bosom's inmost chords With anguish keen and deep! /think of childhood's halcyon days, to sabny bows of , glee, Who It was bappineew to Pay AroMid a mother's knee. 11'i:filthy consoling voice could all dy trarTicot griefs beguile, And it vas bliss supreme to meet Thy kind, approving smile. tthi ak' of youth'i enchanting spring, Its scene of feverish joy, When passion swayed, with restleas power; Thine ardent, wayward boy,— And thy still watchful - tenderness, The Ain s care, - - With precious rouccel warned my steps From tons 's latent snare. • t think of manhood's simmer prime, In aspirations high, -Its cherished hopes—its glorious dreams— ' 'lts-food idolatry— dud then perchance, its sky eereast, Its proTect veiled in shade, Its warm and genemna feelings chilled Insulted—crushed—betrayed: And then I think, (0, how the thought las sooth my pensive mind : If ell the world beside were cold, 31y mother; root wen kind— bad thy...undying love, through time And change still fondly true, by selfish lealing unalloyed,' • Sow:Leering ever knew. Tins Ips are silent nOw—tvith death's • NysteMons seals imprest— 'Those fond emotions ail are still'd • In deep and dreamless rest : No wintry storm can everbreak „ • The ilieSlCe at thy tomb,— s, Nor summer's glorious suishine pierce Thy grave's unlighted 0, no! I would Dot call thee back • To earth's ungeniel-soil, Again to bear life's weary doom— Its anguish and its toil— Fergire, blest shade thy solnah How Can I dare repine, When the same blow that crushed xw heart, V , ltTtl Ileaven's Dunpeace to Items of Gov. Johnston's Sinking What cause of rejoicing would the peo ple A' Pennsylvania have if the money Wm. E.,Joliliston,has aided in' squander ing could now he applied to that modest gentlethan's sinking hind. Let every tax_ payer inlhaeommonwealth examine them, and see What estimate he can , place on' the Communlealth nithont any regard to the übj et. Read, Read: Gatjlbuig railroad, $405,000 Slue:an/inning extension, •.133,000 &die and Yottevile railroad, 150,000 laugdiatnn &Pittsburg railioad,l4o,ooo Usius canal, • 400.000 Nur:Moan railroad, • 120;000 Kittanning feeder, .75;000 1,423,000 $1,423,0001 What a beautiful founds tine for a sinking fuh.lll. b,es such-;a em deserve the cuutideuce of the people Will the people again elevate such a prodi gal tt? the highest ()flee in their gift ? W e ere satisfied they will utit.-Investiga ,. Bit by a Rattlesnake. son of Mr. Edward Hulpe, of Ding— township, while ploughing in ';a" field his tether's house, was bitten by a rat,- snake, jest below the knee. The boy deavored.to capture the animal for the pose of applyin g its flesh to draw the icon from the woutd ; but rains in this, went directly to the well, made a hole the end), deep enough to , admii, the I part of hie leg. He then drew up t Tater, poured it in the bole , .and /eat quantity of the soil with it. After had Arranged matters tei his outire had he laid himself down on the ground, d his Wounded leg in the bole, atittre ' ed io this - situation Akita nine oekat night, when his parents,-wilo had ab t, returned home and - conveyed la thiene house. They however . continued Mine treatesent, and, strange en it may' the nett day he was ageue'nfand \ ne7ll. /tnturt Goy. Penney'vim Gar 6l mhfortun e to be ruled by another u t al a %tuner ae Masten, who spends 4 , iar ge Panics of hie time rambliag 01 ' 4 14 State in electioneering toure,-• Cs -the: 't leet of the.publieinterests,..the' 4 .. will be obliged to pass a Fugitive "mot Law to bring himblick big a 'Piga duties. Such a 'Ow would be ns table.to such trampere JobtiOteu. 14 Fugitive Slays Law is. ,Zmullartav., , . _ 'shop, an' diatlier sticks -hi their ragge d' aprons on their;return hom '' T•he wind increased in violence, and --then Storm overtook thins, while - they Were 'yet nearly it 'mile from home. Frightened and yembling, they hurried over the wet ground, now, oinking:in the. ;boggy turf,, now wading' through [the fast rushing water, and arrived at' the old tenement with dripping . garments and hearth sinking with fear, for. they well - knew what to expect in consequence - of staying bo. fond the time allotted. , ' . - o . They were startletdas they entered , bi heavy ~. _....... 5nim2t , ~ ~. , :;. . i groans, and the sight of their old atm ; lying . - 'Routlonely - mid - satin dtin her e , y o u ; n i n 1 b 1 helpless and exhausted upon the Poor. She you..afeared?'.; and the hehd of a, young. girt beckoned them to assisCher, and with their 'over :hick the matted black hair streamed in. help crawlollot° the - tooth where - sho slept 'wild disorder, Was raised Sietrly fCom her fold. and managed to lift herself upon -the , bed.. red arms, and a pair, of .gypsy-like 'black- eymi All that infternoon, while the storm raged glanced timidly around the rend. ' " !, hoarsely, they watched with quick beating ; • Mewed, tto ; 1 mnr inure d her A ste r , who hearts bender her, ~in. vain - they insplore sat with her pale ".free - resting limn a ` ' dingy hank' what hive me to 'be- afeared4f, now her to let - themcall in the kind widow lAe ; she threatened theiCwith Mises if they left more than any o th er t i me r she continued, her ' 's h e house; and 'nit they:sat in the awful gloom i•wlauces, Pil ling dreamily upon the, struggling of that room of death - till the last minnent,-list , es.that were forcing themselves, through ening with , horror ta her Tearful' words, for, 1 et chips and straw; 'we hav'ntseen aeything accustomed ' , as they were to. such language; it but sorrow Winer lives; and maybe' We shall _seemed fraught with:unusual meaning to them ever know anything else. '-']:guese we' were; now. A. few moments before she died, and ere - the last tot-disk fit .came an, she; turned tl4ive!Y towards them, and with a hasty t ora for trouble, Hetty ,r: and her :soft; voice.' grew touchingly mournful.. ' I rather guess) Conv ulsively:, - you and 'I were born foi trouble; you know I voice , exclaimed, 'Ye little wretches, I cannot id Nat; thefortune-teller, says sortie folks are die till I tell . ye ye are no kin of mine. - But - I boric under unlucky stars d knoW aunty was I gave ye n - home, and somethin g beside ye shall eider to us, often; hut, it. seems hard.like ,to have when I am gone. Your father was a 'f poor crazy gentleman- = a poor crazy gentle eel she's dend—and we all alene ats4-md such al dill storm,' and the young creature - began man that • died'—a• horrible rattling in the ireephig sod sobbing afresh., - ..t . . . throat choked farther utterance. In a. few 'How the house' rocks ;" moaned-ifet moments she rallied again, but reason evident - t, - as the youngest; "and the windeves ty, open who ly wandered: she pointed hertiongskinny fore w - a little shell box that had • always in the other room, and the rain pouring right t fi nger to ‘ en her bed, maybe:. Dhrrit she look awful, I stood on the mantel, and muttered hoarsely; whensire gasped so for breath ?' and the child `Take it, take it-keep it-forever—but open it; open it, and'l Will haunt you, remember Crept closer to - hersister--'lr seems' cruel that that r The poor superstitious creatures shed. the rain should-heat .uptin her, 'deed-it does.— Lets go mid try . to . shot _ the window fl own; dered anew as her hollow eyes, like red coals, burnt into their very brains: As the;fit return. anything will , be better thansittieg here, he.ark; ening to the st s nis; this great storm that - mny ed with redo' bled violence, they shrank from ~ b.uw the old hodse down. Come' I Will 'alai if her bedsideinto the dark -of the other apart ' you will'; and 'lighting a s ti c k of pitch p i ne. went. 'Night came on, all was - silent the chit.; I —long reserved by the. m ust f i rer, it a e. move d (trek crouched in the little low entry way, as cautiously towards, the little itone : paved ent7 the gathering • nd though they called again and again, and darkness settled about them ; , a- 1 that led into an adjoining apartment, Nell fo - hiwi ng.. ... ', - ••• • "i listened intently, • not a sound, not a breath t Bred bed got to . the middle Ofthe roistn..reached their ears ;and they crept back to the -L The black mud and water baled up betweeh fitful fire, feeling that'she who had been their tire broketend bricks, of which, the' uneven tyrant, yet in slime measure their protector, . 'l floor was 'composed. For a moment, the little was dead. ' 1 flame in [Jetty'sLind flared high; 'revealing h All had p assed so suddenly that they hardly tail, black bedstead, uPon . the nigh andiattid kneW how to , ast. '. Without the sleet' drove cOunterpine of which laid a gaunt,' bony ~e hard against the crazy windows. the half hing.l edmonotonou ttr ere; in the embrace of death.. Her : bluish white shutters, keeping up a $ ramg; filatf and the blast,l likes giant spending his passion ures .shone with fearful distinctness; het baret arms were thrown high , above he r h ea d ; for naught, beat against the tottering,' rickety the cloied'fingers, even now, held in their con:. walls, howling like a Teri demon in its strug vUlsive clutch fmgittents of the cldthes s h e b a d gles,to wind ' _around the e dreary 'common, (Over ".corners , which and dashing torn in the death struggle. The rain had beat off across th here and : there - a faint light flickeringout from its; drenching tile bed and streaming along the some ruinousl house,) only to,return with re-. floor—for she bad prayed - fur air.--and - at the. laSt wild seream, the children had `rushed f ro m doubled fury. , It was an awful night, and they did not dare to go for help"; they had not suffi tht room, forgettimr,in their fright.; to close the cient strength to Wtle with such fearfully eon. op ned window, Hetty stood biiek, holding' the precarious • light, shielding it from 4b e tending elements. They had no candle, the wind with her _fingers, wide e ' Nell perform- old nnet was miserly, and always retired . when the tWilight faded into 'evening. So the two ed y panes 'the task with difficulty, the era Mt.' ; then I forlorn children sat by i the few faggots which tinig, as the easement came slowly don , they had that day lathered, (now nearly con. stealing one hurried glance at the corpse, they sumed,) watching the blaieand'each other fill crept, hand in hand, to the desolate"kitchen the-little light] which came from the dying em end sat down in the only dry place, near the ' fire. There was no fdrniture in the ap a rtment,, bens entirely stink ;Sway , and thepak fl ame i n the huge c hi mne y p i neei 'I don't like this darkness and stillness,' seemed like a funeral pile, lighting :up its said Hetty, shivering, as She felt for her sts gloitny sides. l • . i tern hand,' and whcr will take care of us now?' The house in which these poet ebildmn ii,.- she asked solemnly. - `=: " ' . • ed, was one of a few - scattered buildings, sit- ' I don't know, but I guess God will ;' said uated on slow, marshy track ' orgmund; that, Ned;, in a languid tone, for she was almost multi overcome with weariness.- ' You' remembemultiof the time;was partially inundated with' Hetty, what dear Mrs. Lee told us abilut HMO water. It was perhaps emile from', the city of Montreal, in Lower Canada. and was called, in ' Yes ; but hew do we know who God is l'- , `derision, ' Milady Commons.' - The dilapida. 'We don't know; dear exactly, but lie must tedibuildings here were all OCitipied by very, be a good be ing , or; Mrs. Lee wouldn't love poor people, the greater proportion squalid and I Him- Perbaehlle sees us noiv, left alone as vicious, but some few, of respectable appear.l we are, this chilly, dark night; so let's go to sleep, I am tired.' . • once and clam:tem.. - Old witch 'Alloway, .as .. .., 4 0 nri ; no ;llcan't, it a so dark' hero; FM the :last new. comer was tailed; on .aecount of her 'frightful appearance,,Ead arrived there in are.reir --, • July, and it was now the last of September.-- `The dark won't , hurt you, child, so mind me, and go to sleep, I tellyou,' said Nell,s;naii. Thu children whom she brought with:her, were °hinds of great interest among the neighbors, dren be very tender towards each other. PlablY—far' he* - could', such 'neglected chit-! • " ,partly, from their intelligent,-and, in some les- I Hetty began to sob and beg Nell to - keep peels, beautittil Lees, and partly because they 1 _ over I .; were often treated almost inhumanly by the , awake , but her sister would net -answer her; woman they called aunt. ..They were always; s ° in a few moments, stretching her arms I scantily clothed, and even in , the most severe . her sister's lap, she laid her face . upon them to weather; bare-footed and bonnet less. They shut out the phantoms that her excited insagi. wer'e constantly employed in picking up fag. nation.ebnjured op in the still blackness, and, in a few moments, she had fallen asleep. gotsl; or bending over a rndellind of mat work. In the 'morning, When illeY awoke,and with J which the•old to, - .woman-took: fite city. every , ; week to ,di spo i e . of. _ , • 1 i bewildered minds gated 'around them, the sun Yet, they were healthy, brown; rugged look-1 was streaming: into the room, an hour high.— i Slowly and sorrowfully they ecanpreh ended the ing thildren, alwayaWith thebloorn spot. upon their dark:cheeks, .as they laiund 'along the 1 events - Of the previous day; and, , rising from common, their tangled.luzurianee of gleaming'. their hard couches, with nehingltrobs and sad hearte, they hurried into' the mein of death.-- I curls, floatinlover their bare shoulders.l They I " The wide, open s e es of the corpse glared fear. l throve well, notwithstanding the scant fare and so that they lifted their hands' to shut ernO•leatings of old witch Alloway ;-for not a • fully l out horrid sight. After conSulting togeth day passed in- which . some neighbor did not proffer. hem food more substantial:than . the 'er, for a few moments, nett) , proceeded to the widow's house, while _Nell wandered around poor children ever saw at home.:. A little old house, in the range . of witch 'Allem/fa,. An d the common picking up the drifted . sticke, and someso , ten yards_ away , , was; occupied by. at rubbing her blue hands,'While the bitter wind `poor Widow , with her - only_ min; :She -.was al Pierced through her thin garments. In a little while, thewitlew and her son returned with 1 pioue, - intelligent: woman, one who had beenl • yetty,'britVni with . .thens some coarse linen, , bitterly unfortunate,: but in whose - bumble:, Then she took poor children. - to her own comfortable 'heart the wish tUdo : good .: te . others found it m w hich to array the Corpse; i d it al e, l3.! pf pl a at t e. aim §l an e d sti wrus ci li pa rei s y t ~,c ot hu se t em n ae rn i de i tte in a no a f i ii, th o e me, itria.gave ;thew iisith food; mime; Con = energy' ad tali nor; the br ight; handsome youth; Proceeded to her__ elan, __a. b_ ay_ .. . - of , . . uncommonu,te a rs of ' ago. • This , the authorities -and, completed_. arrangements ‘v l l 7 o f:,;:r itid li o u l T e i n u. , l ll l 7 l . e epee rd . e i r ount, l for thdfuneral.i.The:woman Was buried that day by the city undertaker, in an ' mit of the called the little outcasts into her. neat'room,l and so won thein by her gentle conversation I way corner Of the gravelard,n 'spot selected and affectionate demeanctrOhat they loved her fell* the pauper.drill. .. -,. 1 , - - with .a -reverentiali• WI almost bolyeffeetion;l 'I will keep these girls a few days or weeks,' and, nften were they - consoled , for thennkinds thought the peer widow, - perhaps : l tin get treatment they daily received; by the thought-some' one in Montreal to assist me., in proVul. that i, one, human being o rsprdee :than with. ing them with places ; meanwhile; Glad belPs feeli gh, which,;•they , :fancied;dWeltin thegen-1 in instructing the poor ignorant creatures; for tie -b east an mother. The old aunt shunned lif they , Continue thus, knowing nothing of all 1 l e ' 'course with , her neighbors; rshe never 1 their Maker:and:the future; they will - go to spok—She never was spoken to: -Apparently! ruin, perhapi; they will be - prettygirle, light. she had'oo cue for the children, far th er= :hard ly taken tare of and,that. is „what . makes -my to make,them of service to-her; and; while her-, heart ache, to think Of 1' . igothe geed Woinan I house, herself and clothing Were kept tolers.:l drepeser - of Ales ' seant'tinsittlre - 'aineteg :the bly clean eminent, the' girls, though grown s'o ., neighbor,t,_ who were able to IV - a taina for tall, surlond to idle ' in- unwmited; filthY. It, reserving milk,: for '; fife ArPhane; a° small, Oats and bediuhed fates: 4 Bet,innee they rough trutth," filled 'With ' , OrdinarY - clothing,l had - resided In the old house on - the commons, which the oil:I:Welton bid boarded uP;and the I there ' had-been a change for the Bette rin their little- - boa - wich she :bad bequeathed to :She* depO7Unent'and appearanee, governed as 'they, She the :(permission; of the laudietd, to were almost constantly, by' the liivectinflu.... anew them to 'occupy - a small empty room,i enc4of the - WidOW.- • , ' 1 ." - , •• . -: --.... over her own, where ' they - Could sleep,' and i ' the day,of the old woman's death, :the_ With her assistance make pp As-gauss "ladme.,, iity - kvas overcast_.and letvering-,the , & l b= spun that, she bad ,bouglit willi - the proceeds I thick clouds , threatening!' heavy siormaram,of the furnitnre,leta fiomeli' but warm dresses.' Witijh AllOwaY hat appeared the same astute- •."- • have ' yen forgot, Nell,..said flett,tiMadaYs I al; worked dilligently father tatting until near when the:sun afloat brightly c and theYetat ter' dinner'dine, when- she sent the girls over the! POO en ;,the ' bed that , had ',lseen:-matie fur common, to buy , a little Wear at the seared them bri the fink busied With - their iieedlerl :Four Artb,uesßome,Gazette.--, kurx-Tx AND NELio. OU C T 011. Y • : :liY \ ffis3 C. W.vizmilsos; • Entered according to. aet vtOongrestr, in the year IWO. by - T. S. Arthur Co., in "the ()dice Or the el-Thor the 'District Contiof the United titatez,in and for the Rest .'ensDistriit oreenneybrenia,:liablbdtedhsthe'Ventontitts b7petrainden. lesh4o Itftw aM . iractir s , sTnalli acavairt:atnr,lMeTaiStlD.' .;: - . .;:g.. 0:00:5,..g:f'..,',:;',6;i04-B:PAY:;:.QPTOBER';,.2-3',15'.1.."..:',,...,...: have_yoß. forgot' what ~aunt said about ,the black gowns, how if shiiilied Ave must rip 'em tip, find Mike decent ; mnurnin?' • 'Ol Yes; and how= many times she u sed:to saY:it,e tdo f.exclaimed' Well, as . if 'suddenly ransed to recollection ; - . .„ - -t - ,atid I. know ,where "them gowns lei too ; little. black trunk there, and our - good mother has get:the key; , she is like a Mother, ainifithe, fletty3, - 1 Only .think host : she hits helped us about these dress: es .weare making, and. What fine, warm.duits ttiey will be, to be sure., , ,'T : fAnd: • Hetty,she tells me as she is . ping to c ket tii, places to work in; some lady a house, Plate sat where we 11 bare enough to 'eat, and'Where ‘1 , 61 betatiglit to, be neat and Clean, ands all'. that; but we'll have these duds' one to-morrow; and then no more picking chips on tlitommons: • Well; in the morning rip up the black gowns, and hoot it'll please_ her, to see us work? I Can't he lazy as poor aunt,- (Pm sure I can't Call hetnnything but aunt for my life) used to caffme, can, you Hetty she is se good; and talketo use so sweetly; ' - The next , day, Nell . akied for'the key of the black trunk; and in a few moments, the con tents,.bembazinegowne, imd. worn and ragged linen. of no value, were emptied upon the floor. Seated in their accustomed plates, and abalone to -begin work, :one:held the rotten fahrie,. while the other applied the scissors. Scariely had the words careful, .careful,. Hetty, you know she told us to.be very careful,' escaped . - from Nelfs.lips, when Hefty tittered an excle. mationvf surprise'; and'puttingtiside her scis, sots, she, took carefully from the lining, a fol ded paper, and:held it up to the light: , • • ~ See, see; Nell, what :a-pretty picture : What is it r . • • 'I don't know, am Sure said Nell, scan: Ining it curiously; I never saw anything like it before; it's real pretty though,• flint it?— Now try again; let's see if there aro any more of 'em: • • ' As they proceeded; paper after paper came to light, and the girls, wondering,' laid them by their side, and-let. them accuinulate; till both dresses werecompletely dissected: again. ' They are very pretty,' said Nell, stooping to _cream° them once more, 'and now we will take the old pieces down, and get Hrs. Lee to'cut 'em for us.' • So she gathered up-the gowns, and descent ded to the cheerful roam,where the widow was busily sewing. earning - the scanty wages that the rich too , often award the poor. 4 And only think, said Nell, shaking back her heavy hair,' while we were ripping it, we found ever so, many pictures tacked in the lin ings ; ever so many.' - • - 'Pictures, child!' echoed the widow,looking Perplexed- Yes. Oh!" there- are sights of 'em lang papers, so long; and-she held her handi: a spqn apart. What do they put Mem in mourn ing gowns for, Mrs. Leer The widow did not , reply, but thrdwing her work aside, hurried up stairs, •Nell following after, where Hetty was smoothing and folding the papers' upon-her knee. Stop, let mesee, child!' sbe exclaimed, in an agitated voice, snatching one from her hand, her cheek grew pale. Merciful heaven !it's a twenty pound note. It's money, child; she continued,taking up one after another, while tears of gratitude coursed . I down her cheeks, 'a hundred pounds, twenty pounds, fifteen pounds, ten pounds. Itly dear children, this is a,licap of money ! You are rich--rich; how strange, how wonderful ! "but Emir came by it V she murmured in an un dertone, can it be the price of blood P We are rich, did.you say!'.enquired Nell; with a look of wonder, clasping, her hands, 'does that mean we are like folks' that live in "big houses, and buy everythiog they want 1'- 'Yes child, you could,buy,two, houses with all this money: ' We must give half to I!lrs.,..Lee,E said Het. ty, quietly. - '• - • 'No, no,-my children, God-forbid I , should rob you of -a cent,' said the hohest woman,' gazing affectionately at both. ' " No, no, the money is all yours, every bit - ofj it, and.much goad mai' , it do you. Thit what is the matter Neill' she continued anxiously, observing the child turn to the Window, and wipe the. tears away with her grey apron. -.• •• 4 0, Mrs. Lee, I was thinking , she faltered out, that here am I, a big girl, so foolish, and I don't kiwi anything, neither. I dont't even know my letters, .Ican't spell, and read, like Conner can. -I shall never knoW nothing now, lam sure; I had rather be poor a great deal rather.' - The child's first thought astonished, and pleased the widow. , • . - .‘ lion'tsrleve any mom' then, Nell,' sheiMid anothingly, yen shall not :be - ignorant !Mpg, now you have money; in a few , years,,Yeit in know much more than _Conner. • •: -4-Yesiand Ave can wear such - fine dresses: said:Betty winding a - long ,glossy, curl, : that, had .but lately scraped acquaintance -with_ the comb, around - her finger,, .and . glancing! con. temiltnously, at her coarse clothes. !-- ly,,tbink,-Nell i : how dingyWe'be; but,:now; suppose we needn't ,go- picking - chips in We sun any more!, ; . !Thus a . Were the 'Mein points of ehar: , ;lair developed in these tivdchildren, by Me magic;' all potent;power of wealth:, Nowmay the Almighty guide mc,' mur mured the widow . , folding up the notes, fully;' here is , more money than I ever„ saw tog,ether, before,in my . life; there moat be gooa many,thougand pounds. Oh! my deal. children, lam so thankful - for ypti, and ,she pressed them to- her hpart, and:wiped the tears from Nell's streaming eyes. !, J . shall not speak of this to any one but Conner, and I may safe. 'ly council -with - him;,for thank God, he limis much beyond his- yeaie.' _ • _ , All that day, Hetty kept-very still and tho't more, and more conneetedly;than she had done before in.her She knew nothing of wealth, bat she had a dim idea that it Confer. red a tryst deal of happiness: She' bed= seen children in the city'streets, fair, and WhitS,with their rainbOw silks - tottering •in the air, rind their daintY feet.covered with the moat, eate slippers, lightly. trippirtg ,l'upon the hard pavement. ,Then, "She itiought little or nab: in of these things.' She had 'atood,• nonder: ing, and ad miring , heedless if the' glan c e • that 'roetber own, - (waa one, of scorn, or: the light. mocking !laugh called forth by her,pehir er d and, dirty self, 'Bit ticni = she began alowtite comprehend why it was se, why the pretty and rich girl smiled eontempttmtisly upon bet: end'she immediately drew an inference that to be very; poor, WU t 4-, betIVY. contemptible . ; and,tbat filth. and ugliness; w ere the necessary concomitants.' of poverty, She ' eow,having heard alady may, ss - 54' , Ft5,44 ' her, what a bear it is . ; arl 4 Purtiler; her COM -448Weriflift .tYesi give. her-One clothes, nm ll l l e-Onallite I.‘Puld, . I tandsOn 3 e4 Heretofore, ItAtasl, l 4 44 - of Ikti• . , self; fice„ :hair,' and handsorere ,alike Value r lesi to-her ; 'hitt-now, ihe began to •exatnine them all, closely," and• wonder if they mere not as-gdod as a' gran bunny shelled eeen decked off with the appendages' of riches. Tliebit of looking glass, over the' 'widow's ranntel,'Was en object Of deer ;Ind newinterest to' her . ; she never tired of gazingat herself; and when the• good widow left home, to gather in the re sults of her labor, she took it, dOwn frOM its aceriteined - place k and begetiminutely iikrunto leg every nun-burned feature. ' She beheld a broad; well developed brow; wherein laid the germs of thought, covered,- with .the „dual of, ignorance, _ patiently waiting for some takifig hand to shape them into beauty. She. gazed into the depths of two ark eyes, fringed heavily with the-sweeping lash es, symmetrical features, and a finely rounded. face, rich with the . dark ; tints, .of hounding health. She did not know that such a eombi- • nation - of features'Were termed beentiful ; but it'pleaSed her, and . etarylittlewhile 'the con seionaness that now she was:rich, (for.thelit tle 'f,ortune %diet; ,the widow 'held seemed beandless),dow she might array herself.like a princess, and he no more the little-good-for nothing wretch;-which her Mint bad often call- flashed across her - mind, - creating in her heart, on exulting happiness..; Nell, on the contrary, thought not once of the'sb things; although =she was • rihnoSt as comely as her sister, though her style- of beau ty was totally , , different., Sho was ipeculating on probabilities that might, grow out of pos.,' session of this new,found treasure, more dura ble than any called forth' by the existence" of beauty alone. She was as one awakened out of a dream; it was difficult to realize her new situation, for, with it more: gifted mind,- she ,had suffered with greater intensity from -her aunt's cruelty and her'. ignominious situation, How' many times had she - doubted whether that hideous old woman wini 'any kin to her ; and, how oftedhad the word punt seemed like profanation ,upon her lips!. ,Wherr. she went into the laity, it was not the gew-saws of Wealth' that attracted her attention"; she would stand at the shop windows with 'eyes riveted upon the picturw; wondering- and, - longing to know. what the tong. lines of- words said neath them. - She seldom , gazed at the fash iods or beauty of other children; but a 'hand organ,ar a ballad singer, would 'engross -her whole, undivided attention—would rivet her spirit, with a kind of painful yet delicious Sympathy,-with the words- sr the music.— %Vithin were the elements .of, -a great mind they Only ricededto 'he brought' out, and Skil fully Arranged; in Order to produce n karmorii oasAnd delightfuleharacter., CULPTBA t the evenieg Conner and his mother con feaed.to,gether, for a long time, before they sought their rest. Conner counted the - bank notes carefiilly, and made the exact' amount four thousand pounds sterling. .. The '.widow,-for a while, was mute with -as tonishment ; • at last She munnured,--, , • hope - it's not, the Wages of sin—l , hope there is no blood upon it: but, then, tfiere's,no use speculating:, my son, .hoW the widow got the money; the girls • told. me.that she spoke of their lather,,upon ner death .bed, and-that they were not kin to_ her ;•may be the mon ey was left - Somehow, by him, and the old wO: man's avarice got the better of her, so she has been boarding it ever since., • We must fix up on soine.plan now for its.•,safe :keeping.- I've thought Considerable of putting it in the bank, but it wen% do for me to carry it there, _nor; as for the matter of that, you either; for every ; body knows our situation, and it might ere ;ate suspicion that would,harm us both; now 'what shall we do r • . t s ea. you;.mother,” said Conner, his 'bright_eyes glistening with a happy thought, ru there isn't an honestertann in the world than Master Laplace.- Now, •I've •been..thinking, that as he does such, a large business,, and. has one of the kindest of hearts, may bo we'd better put the money In Ma possession ' and he'll-depoSit it . safely, I'd trust himlifarthei than a lawyer any a • day;for hill want to; .be. One so' - much." " True,i for- you,, Conner, „that's 'a good thought Yea, a large heart he,has, bliss him for, when; your, poor father' died, how n lciridly' he took.you, younker as you-Was, hardly-able to ',do him" any. good, and gave .yon ,wages; the same as his larger boys. never forget him; ankif my poor prayers.do any good,;, surely the Almighty' blesses hire." 'l'll bring him,hote with me; if I con,' to- Morrow ' Said Maybe• he' wen't ob. ject to ;eking a homely meal with us,lf he is so,rich ; and we can afford to get a little green tea, and' a ; little'pliimb'cate, and you'll 'have bit,of cream,,mother:'lt's a`good objectmothv er;tind.Werth spendlit, a -little mitre-Money , for providing for, the future ofAWQ motherless girls, and no knowing what good'll come of it. Pm sure if Nell andifetty 'grow Up,-and ain't Hetty a - pletere, Mother—and! get rich bus: bends, as maybe they will, * With their fine por end I should bo taken .fromyou, you'll never want:. •• • • • - • . Tears skated tithe Widew's'eyes. Don't make my heartache, ConxieKbyliat; ing at such n thingt you'll be my blessing, till lam laid in the grave, please God; Now, :where will we put this? ,It's sort,of uneasy, feelingte_have money, after all; ',for,' saye I to myself, 'as I waked up in:the night;' nOw, if anybobylshould'have•got wind'of this; :and "some villain were to break in, one might easily'„do and maybe_ kill us all for: sak e ,cif. the me ey -.And then, Ithoeght, whtn I was away, ,yesterday, and leftthe girls, new, suppose the houiti should Catch tre ;'it made mu hurry tO'get home, that:l . was nearly sick, when I came in sight of the house. I wonder if very rich people feel, so aisvays Not if'they have .-always'been used to - --it, perhaps, yit every sweet has its bitter, you "know;mnd I suppose, if there's a great deal of pleasurdin tieing' rich, there maybe Suffering with it!tiio,' Neither:of these. honest creatures: .thought. , of appropriating o cent to theMielves laid,the money on the widow's lap,,but it Was - not coveted" her.!The orphans kneW 0 . 311 1 : Mg of its' vAtie the abstraction' of a arinsider: 'able num 'Would 'have-been - no , great kiiia to .them, yet;thmigh. .Conner end: his mether were : very poor, a n d one of the sinalk, : st notes would have Pprchased Puv.sy :neeetaeries, the temptation - did net.nt;eni to - theM, I . believe lonestylhriieil o ottpt amidst:Virtuous poverty' than in hil4 places ; • Itir oue,fienling, the dizzy: height:Of a mountain; is. in: continual -danger rot n, and ,therelky, losing; is iirevlshjle the' traveler In .the, lt7l.l''''l4lPY,. 'walks! With More security:: -•, • • • (To bh' Continued.) . , W 7 decree. has bg_en hoed at Wallow foibiding the /eitth 10010 Wcat"Ofthtiritaii. Address -, of the'Deinoeratie State central Conunittee. , -- ' The. Duty of Democrats to all their Regular Nominations:.: :.-.' - . P:4 . ; ~ ", , '"7_ We:have already ,called'tho attention, of the' people of 'the :State of-Peensylvania "to the I State and Nationallasuet involved in;the con- 1 test to be decided On - the:l4th of Oeieber. , --: Happily they are:so plain to the popular nn-, derstanding, that all whet rtin.may rend. The same in the east,and in the,west,'the ,Satne in the north and in, the south, they challenge in ., vestigation and deny_contradiction. Hundreds and thousands of voters in•Pennsylvania,here- 1 tofore classed among our opponents,.are con vinced by the position" of Pennsylvania democ racy occupy before the Union, and attest their admiration of it by openly esponsieg thee4tis, es of BIGLER. and CLOVER..:; Indeed, irr ev ery part of the country ritioottl.men of all parties hail" us as brethren, and watch, with in - - teoao anxiety the resulfof a c.anVaes in which i . One side is so. broadly committed to the Con stitution of the'United . States, and all ts guar antees while the, other is'iiledged tomnite with the atiitatora and the abolitionists, who con -template, a-peaceful _and- prosperous future as the certain destruction:of all their own hopes of personal advancement tin . the one : hand, and OF political ruin on the other. , , -.Such, indeed, is - the - distinct rind plain Attitude of -the Penn sylvania democracy.' It is a' spectiele Well caiculated to inspire the:loftiest emotions of pleasure and of pride; -•' ' ' Clur.victork,'however; Shea:F.llot bnly'lie . 4 decisive, but a glorious one. It' - should riot only purge the departtuenta of state, of those who now mismanage and this-represent all our, great interests,lut it should do so by ina jorittes that wilt be :hailed Trom Wert to "sea and from the mountains of thi3 furthest east to the wilderness of the: retnoteSt:We.st, as the proud pledge of the - central State of the' republic,'l of vonerated devotion to the Constitution. Our 1 triumph should , not be marred , by, animosities, that only . helpthe enemy and,. hurt ourselves. Tho democrat who, in such a Contest; so full of the most cnnobling'ithiPices of,success, so full of all inducements to patriotic duty, so identified•with our best hoPes of uniotVand of country—the democrat who, in such a contest, by his hostility or indifference to any part of the,ticket, sobs pilfer the lustre 'ofthe tri umph that awaits us, wilt regret , it for, the re mamder of his life.% 1 -Look, to it .welkfellow.eitizens:, Your sur renders'upposei you are partially dislitisfied,' and what is cotnparatively little to the: great good which your- aconiesence and ardor—for all the pommations,will lielp lb achieve: This whole government is one of concession.' If it were. not. so, it ceald-not exist a day, or it could only exist as a riteckeiv'nud an admoni tion. It is the greet:glory of-the democratic party, that, peat to the Constitution itself, it - is probabll the most effective organization in fa,: vor. of popular liberty;that the, world has ever' Seen. - The 'Enembers'Of that patty . have:made ' it so; bY their devotion to the majority, and by their - enthusiastic attachment to its principles. And now, when hundreds and thousands of our former political ladversaries attest, by,the. acknowledgement Grits patriotism, its incom parable'valne to the country, - why should any, "democrat hesitate a moment to strive with all his might for the entire democratic ticket. , . Surely.. the cry. of incempetency, ;raised again's; a portion ofthe state ticket nominated . at Harrisburg; cannot mislead you from the performance of your plain and honest •duty.- . -- Let - us' remember than these, who. make, this charge were among the very first te.concedo ability.they nowblindry deny.We ao not de, sire to drawinyidious comparison's in Swill. a, pollee, between demoeratic and wide, `candi datesrbut tile democrat who hesitates ;when this ulthrge, is Made shoald reflect that the very partisans whofe i lminate it, haverepeated i ly solicited'ibtei for the highest Offiees in the I country, for those whit were confeisedlY' in 'competent. • •'. ,'. -• ,:- • = • Again,l a . charge is made that a portion of the same ticket is corrupt. ~. _And even when this is made; lie same presses ' and" liolitroins that resort' to Winveire - yorir votes fru judicial candidates tainted' with the bad odor Of explo ded _banks and wanton - dereliction of , officiai duty, ,To erase one namefrom the democrat, : le eta:laza, is to, aid the very party _whose re leadere a' now opposing' an, Imperilled Union and'e threatened:•Constitutitin. - ".In.A rodent. address we enforced, at scum the -ne-; . ,cessity : of a- democratic judiciary. in A, demo *tic country,; but, in no aspect is that lieges ,sity:mere imposing than in:the relation of the judiciary' of the states to !hi: rights i 4 states, and to, enforcement of the ohlign:. tious; upon, each member of the confederacy to• observe the rights of all,. This is democratic ; 'drictrine;and it,filionld be 'written upon :the hearts' and Memories - dial 'oar countrymen as the . first-political lesson • that a republican should teach" his childrett...',', .- ::. .: .. .•; Let the :democrat, when appealed to, -'!. tizuje , off" his vote, byilecuiations agaidst certain of the democratic' judiCial - eandidatee, •ii.e'all the'. fate of all fah - ricatihns that Ingenious maliee has invented-agattist the repreiehtatiVeis • of" democratic,nineiplea. - . The alleged ‘inciim;•.' potency' of J ACKSON, Who, believes it nnw,l Th'e'' obscurity' 'cif ',4131ES K.: POLE,' 'tilidely nod - t'elietnently asserted; heti ititervedtii Make his" glorious administration less:worthy of - the veneration Jinderatitude Of posterity? How gladthe aufhors_of, the attacks. Upon PAN , CIS:IL SIIUNK 'Ora' iii bory thli.recollectiens of thpiiie' nit:felts Iti'tliel deep' hotiont Of. the' ocean ! - Tried by time, tested by the oraesi of impartial experiencettlie PUrOlnehtlisrender.; eil.telt t_iiiicis PYe,erlYheu auhicetcd to theetWen 'times heated formica tit Perse'aution; tindeal, unntYi-ifielf Wonders at the; 'it.ter Poverty'. of lite'. resources When iti c,..,m on tl oos n i ccexpme d: !The future will estatilish.thei truth lu "the' hit', tory,. of...the siemematio :judicial .ticket;..aud [wheu the titize;talt) other days observes with, ''admiration n':id ride how nobly and hoi,right,.. eoliily-:-/V)iii fearlessly Mid' hotie-calinly.l-fith biglidlitin'of tre high'eat . jUdielarf are 'as': charged; 44116:gentlemen now before us,• as oencbdatep.fq. t i wi t ribuP 4l, .bPrifili wonder.at. :the nialiiAty,' wlliek ought ;lo bapugn- the ability, capheity,lntegrity. - and experienee - ipf 'BIACK,'CAiIfRBEI.4 011301s1" - afiti LOW..ItIE:t - -•'', ~.' - •L': , • ' -- , - , - ..6;%::1- Z -,'• ':‘ - ',..'! '-- I . ~ C all_ itrorlytt otw,onioneute may,: then, fbi. Jaw, depioerats,aclberaamtoiciorTealiaatima . , is adherence to - ,yilur . country , tO.LoPt state, , and titylitir_OWn beet.intaiesta;;, ', , MrilOare;, your; bbXeritanci'ettfrits:ltllii, ;so , - just, - arall,4o safe. in: ll , itittispeuts, • btu,. conferred Amnon)* bei9d benOtlMPon:Y9uir oP in4 4 % Mit!"; l 4 ll ,noii, hot,:prily wilt. its viallant: - Oiervance . Aid Plitinilltbals; hut *emitributd, ici dr:prison:L.:" voliumg tion of um_morel gtorioulickYii.PFl9f4edl'ia, lay . Etitia Oice. woilabaquai IVbf:'Dbtit „ ROSS, , - • MrM-ljtAt..- • . Tk.10.5.1 .I.,ELLIS . .I3ONHAAF, ' ';JAMES., ' 414. 8 :441.EYN0P5, _ • -TV.ASi.*WI-47. cept4 0, 1 1851 c. • The Tariff.,-- This law/of:Abe- country. Intl's.' Periodiesl I spasms, not utdike, .31r., Webster's 1 hityr..fereri The" iMPOrtunee of its itiOditleitlrt ,l .-eft e ht.'. troduction into it of the - Protective principle.... comes end goes, like the'Old :•woinan's eosin. it is, , perhaps,* singular lenintideitee, in. the '• history.of the tariff; that alwaysfpreceding an election in Pennsybiania,' the country is seized •- withaNielent tit of flepressiore..4the manta*. turessuddmOrget the,hlues,' thShorrors, - and' all sorts of inauspicious devils, *Lich •distart, their equanimity: considerably more „than !no • would expect! The Oonntry, :'thern in tbs. most: terrible diniger—ruin.to ifs peat inter. est is impending over them-....nioneyisbecom. big scarce—the tariff mustle increased, tr hems market ; must be created Ivozcluding foreign:, products, and :above all, a little excited publics opiuionifnust he • •mannfacture f ,l, .1 - or - done , of these things eambe done. ; , *; , • f. The hcime market' is one of the prettiest-1 little eevicesni rnataithctures:Which '..has: yet •• come to hand, and it.ought te.he 'patented- by "the man that. Invented it." .So 'great ..s:discov- • cry as that which will erminel a peopleto eat up their own surplus produce Ought not to go unrewarded. Besides • unless yon enlist tins ' cuPieltY of 80100 comPany, , iu the • extension of such an;invention, , the people of the• 'United - States never will see oftwdendandlt r and con. sequently• never-reap the,:fruite of the great discovery. • The London: Exhibition had . givehl it s medal, and Mr. , Cobden might:: ere - this , : have recanted 'over it all hiefree. trade-hobbies,'" and Adam Smith and'-a whole host Of:writers on political 'ecobomy, stontly-maintaining • that ••• there are limits to mAn's 'constraint* cleats. • bles, and that, the greater bia 'freedom, inLex. ehanging, floductswithilie neighbors, the bet. ter his health and !le . :greater :his prosperity, might have, been turned out of our sebOolsand 'colleges, and the new? lights,- (gds lights, of Course,) .shining- brightly itr7.their" , places:.-' was a vulgar. error of oursi: the sopposition - that,there existed some limit to the ,cotiuminp.- tive.capacity Of man, but (ifthe-ne*Theory is correct) we hive been all-salong laundering:- in ignorance; • • : : • ; • ,According, to the, dietetic. philoionhy of she- • 'home market', inventors,•tliere isnot the sligb.• " test difficulty in: the 'United Statesrainsmuing. all the food-lit tan ,•rabie, :much :at Whether' this singular capacity for , consump • lion is to - bmcoefined , tri thia .countty., net, Lath not:been An eastern , locoffieo --pa- - per.. s pgge sts • that • - the • inventors maybe .• , boring-under that Mental, deitisien, when ime'S ; visionaloron„ ns are-shid.tci be More , 'capacious , than-:his fault With children; and :absent k: minded, 'people:; :have no idea of ridictiling the lonthe market in thus speaking, and.yet , tire ;toy equally:deter. • added; situated.is we are, not to mann} , more - than we want,under any • -pomibbik stimuhatt.••••• If we must "express our opinion • concerning the 'patent home ' , market! pffifooophy,„ we . will say, that in our Way of thinking' ran :excellent glasa:of ellnloPaigne, followed by* liVety. sally • of humor, isfor better than any•• emigres:dim.; al expedieit for increasing ; the- ceneumptioe of-the $3910$ produce. of the country. Tho..- %Olga being, in pewer . than ~we .respeetfelly e9ggelt,that inastnuch 'as . an impinge; eke..., tion is coming ofilin theoonntrAnnti c they - ' anxious for an,increased- eonsurnntion , of the .fartner's prodnee,", that ' th e y. feed 'the:demi:l.:l crittetill after the eleetiotorth,say„rod Held. • sick cbariptigne-rfrommvorth's Cincutatibrand' • will do. As for eating by virtue of an-act of- Cemgress,withont'Congress pay, it is ;postive„ , • 1 3 7 absurd, besides being indefinite, as no - . bill'.; of fare is presented.., The. chattnaigne • being- • furnished, ive willifily•,,upon such. ridiculetta theories as fife-'hunfe, market; .to keep , us iii sufficiently good IMMerte ensure the ; um vote of consuniption. • If our PLIIEIs deMetl:impraCilanble iii r0i1. % having the sanction" ofthe books,t.. which; are neeessary,te make eating, reepectibleti•se 'declare Apo j ln regard to.the whigtheerv.that-,_ it is equaliv • absunf t te think rmen Wilt Ica cordinglawl- .;A nd then km, no matoate 1 arrangemetti• hriying, be:oi made for , the extra • etwar,,egge and *flume; for desert, .w,hich ought,. to he on a correspeedingscale,int appropriate magnitude . to the :other proportions; of the great Home-Market•Dinnent.--rolledYthinki aten,we-get fairly finder , 44, - ivbat a,grand 'country:Piffle "Will be the s tarving ' tiillli"na :' on the: oiherelds r of ;the , traters: , =:=Det: Tina` ' :Ittorbaas Abroad :l , , .. , been yam r.a.r.sazooDi4...We haAre • : n' pain posse4sion of the ' fact, eaye the,.,, Harrisburg Inrestigator; - of 'the itiel, .that' the- whige •-ott tbuTislifire - are - contoetrog 'thei', , most outrageOee - schimes. ,of 'deception ever' Prifetitied.. upon' 'any 'peOpte.—kcpert ''of the - 1 , plari iirto - procure the'l publication' or iitaM h th:. ,' lettanuportinglo-hate htimiliinted in P ht. ' • delphia to hive 'been itritfen and ataiii byi, 'De utOcribr; filled With falieltateutents and tg. • wee, repreBented that the `-State debt wit' itiL". ' Orcand 'llevarill lailliatle'v of 'donate uhdei", wank'!( aitiMinti46llo I' Obi that. jailifil()Dl/2711: - : intiaap6ed Sila' a Wise'polie`yi as hail' pakVetr'", ' neatly 'ci ottionq - 6rzitio A9Lt . created by:. ' tihun .1(' :, •-• --.,`' ' -,'„" '• . ' WThestipioniltiots sre to be Phial icy' every ;Muse in the CoruniCei*Otti.„o4, -' - ' • The Whig prirty ere' becoming' desperate,. , They'; resort ta'forke'rir tO 110eum=Heitioeratie -. natfiesie l their'epuneve, statenierite,Acetitro: :- 'thetu r firidelieo:atid, we have no'dordit,,,,thare Pait'of the genie ielti'FORGE the!natneel, it , '' tho'Hiimeerstiii Andithr 4 General and -Moue ',- ranr,..ta , aiiino Of the:llll34es thoy - . ‘orii ' ti , ttig'afioat. - 'D016.00419; 'Ywk . ;ant ; for, tctn.' -' ,'' -- -‘ ''' ' --' --'' - 3 - N' ' t • Since, thy nhovp written we En* forui s li t ql wiiti 'viiVlT (heti iiir4nipreti; first'ortho tie*3. 44 - ive'stzkt d: Detutierittio Anx.tiriyer of tber"JefFrosi, trhcioV s Ohd 0'611144i keolgathireoYttie , 41* co u ld rroui the Go emote` _ De fictibt; the vi.9*-tirew.44oooienhicesaluk, deikezin ft/4 stint) , akoirtinetit; We *id k.-4utioir, our,ittfxfdixriatoitgv-10i! end such frauds. 'Demervios'neier 'report:, fasuch Whenh* pee—itiOhneots ,i4Ohist thar Demotio* pfttindide - to;.:. initiadty;yoU 'paw depend` upon-it it is d . is'•l I ::; ; lUMBER . 4O" - -
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