6trritsol, Vubtister. CUCIIMGYRATION.S. BT DAN. BO'OI4BRANO. VOL°I PHILAMPIIIA,-41:10 1 lib, .1858: DEDICATION. know all men by these presents Mit uON. 31.0NTROSE'DEMOCUAT Is the favored personage. to whop this fre t pienclous efort is dedicated.. kse . ven-by-nine list of Ns great qualities with a yard of adjectives pinned on, was in tended for this place, butts omitted fur two reasors: _ " F Ist. He knows those qualities as well as No. 2d. Such laudations bein l gkgenerally hot:t hugs, my list woultiadil nothing to his repu tation,—might perhaps‘do something in tlie way of subtraction. But this I will say: Whoever denies that he is the greatest institution on the face 'of the earth and a foot beyOnd it,iies in my estima tion as flat asit_pusillanimous saw-log._ I hope he feels highly flattered by this dis tingetshed mark of the fuVoi-of the Arrnon. - • INTRODUCTION'. 'Coming'Ovents cult, their shadows berore • - CANNIBAL. by Miself in solitary conclave nertrtiled, the fullowing wera propcsed and unanimously 'carried : Wheieas it. is admite.(Lthat no -One hereafter can enter Varadise without.showing at the gate a book by "self" as a passport; and Whereas it matters not whether the hook be large or small, contain sense, or tionseme; and Whereas self-elevation is a lavi _of nteure vs-ordintete•with Pelf preservation; Be it illetefore. enacted :. Ist. That I write a passport book. . 2& That i•a4l story be printed, newspaper 'i-,outinued=or-otherwise-stury fashion, to at tract notice; and afterwards when the author is hard up, le-printed and bound, to attract the shiners. • That said work when bookified make at least one vol'arne 'as large as the time hon ored Oography of old. Mrs. Liubbard's bone #ess.(lo*, °vibe doleful History of the Low arrowed Rooster Robin. . And furthermore; .wherea, whoever, now jlttlitys,-can tell aspeit from a poker, or die „Ictter.x from a figure 4 rat-trip, is able to E write a book of travels; xnd Wher`bas, whoeyell, having this kdowledge, goes as far as the gable-en d of the next pota vo-pitch, writes book of travels, and., Whereas, hthink myself" some pumpkins,". having. exactly the above-mentioned knowl edge, besides. the extra accomplishment of baring ssome Yeaticaltitten -half n line of coarse hand in a copy bock; and,.Wbefeas, NO. 7, I have gone a flogleap - or two beyond the prescribed potato-patidt; therefore, lie it eipplvaticallv enarited that I, write a , book of travels, said book to be measured Of into volame4; and chapteis with poetic head ingv, according to fashion, and to contain, of course, the inevitable : _ PREFACg. -• "Wilk in, walk in, walk:in t say," Mr. Pt lice 13y your lease 111 now venture, shoes in hand, within your awfurprecinu!s. If you have no oljection I should like to stay fh dill go nut or get kicked out. Come, take my lux*. Be it friendship's pledge? "(-111 are surely pleased with my long in troduction, 'hitt it should be longir.. Had. I trade the volume two-thirds Aitroduction and Vie real metaplsysital Choctaw, I would have attained the ideal of hooklmaking,. As it is, whit I want in intrOduction I shall strive to make np in appersdi.• .To any good work a bik title is essential: Here my choice must please You. A second grand Ishg,hfalutiti name with theindispensahleorbefore it.,was annibilw ted yesterday by'an .unhappy su rn merset of a ricke y inkstand. Ishalt say nothing of the wee of intense meutat labor and historical resea eh employed in bringing that Dime to perfection, as this'. would , give the yKorld-too vivid an idea of its loss and cause unnecessary affliction. . - My book now goes forth, It is a book. - - A book's a book although there's .nothing says Byron.. A book's a book though peeping through a hewspaper, says BoomanaNn. THE BOOK ITSELF. . CHAPTER I. MIiNVAiE " Now I feels the want of change." Once uoon a time the atmosphere of "the City of Wm. Penn, Esquire, was hot, aa-at p‘lent, the moiive power employed in driv ing the -phlttronjc machinery of your truly country Air, - pure country air, untainted by. mephitic gases andtmewer effluvia worked• the kital mechanism of ~my infancy. I had Almiist added laiyhood, forgetting, that this old fogyish phase of existence is totally ig -trore-Al in the revised'edition of the conitito tion and bye-laws-of Young American 2.40- on-a-plank-ism. Pleasant times:those were in-that infantile period—so I learn frotogood ,authority. For my own part I -have fors► teo all ebbut thoie early days eipeciall tae earliest. As nothing is- immtritible under' the sun. save the voracity-of a'uppetless flea, it is no wander that Ls hould experience somikthanges. And in he course of buman.events mtitations did come.. T can truly say with the Lapland poet, "A changi came o'er the - pirits of the stream." The immortal bard does not fully explain his meaning-1391'ff not mire whether, by "spirits of the stream" he worild have us understand bull-frogs -or diluted whiskey, but I guess he knew. Simie say be wrote "spirit of the driani?! but'-of course those' chaps ,are dreaming. Anyhow the verse suits me exactly. Horace, an - ancient Ro man and joint author of that great Cyclo pedia, "" The Die:Sonar's , of , ctiteitaticros or The Universe in Sharing4 ff sityls in an article for sa:d Work, "Tempcira -matanttir et nos inutaniurin -This means.according to it literal translation by : a committee of the a Ls4.ter Day lini veisi ty" grad antes," We dodge about to suit' the timet" My own. move ments prove the trytkof this- , -prove also as plain as .a pug nose, Ask Mr. Horace', unlike some later Clycopsktiew kidney-bestas,from buck-shot. - ,IaNDANZ - DII7O, .(CONTINVIGIO • "Go, it whileyou're young.".- Clearly as aspectiieled sereaels-owl beholds her tee-nails' in, 'the solemn - hour" or. ghost- racing, I saw onekofgy.morning that . years o the stage, doesn't look scared or bashful Wete effecting a revolution on a largeicale in ehongh,'doesn't bow low enough, or seem my physical . proportions. Very naturally , obie4nionsly grateful •enough when favored therefore, the ideal struck me, as fair aslorse- ith . ItAda - st of genuine - republican applause. kicking, that said , proportions required ascot.- owCver, Musard is the rage. Musard styles responding change of position; in other words, 4e said to be starting thick as Ethiopian wanted room to 'spread myself. Then after *Col. Tlie,Orit of Musard , hats, dog collar; a feW philosophical reflectiods on that golden vilmel-barrows,earthquakes, and fire-shovels, principle of the uhterrified Aristotle, "Look i evidently , at hand. 'Musard is a well. oat for No. t," nus measures were taken. s arched, bristle-faced, food looking fellow ; CHAPTER - • li -ely, deserves all he gets; does deserve it - 1 jwe may take Paris,Londo'n and New York DITTO AGAIN', tCONCLVDED.) ges of musical talent. He is about forty "Yankee Dandle went to town" - y ars of age. Not being, posted ap on his GEORGE 111 ALTAR LOO NEY GEORGE. histbry, I cannot give anythnig pre- When measures are taken, , a very important else on that• point. Some say, if Pm not point is, to servettliem as the great Jack niistaken, that like the Emperor Napoleon,ho Ketch on iitrionsOccasions served his London is his uncle's nephew, and also a near relation customers—go ahead and execute them. to }lie brother Billy by the mother's side This idea just , Suggested. by the merciless Perhaps this is so. I'm not certain execution of an alligator backed-pine.apple; la TIIC by two sable, ragged-backed juveniles across the street, is given , fur what it is worth; how ever, with the modest con'fide'nce that it wilt povervein t y .natne from everlasting oblivion, and 45sti me to the rank of Alderman. Di gression is fashiofiable or I would here say: '"Gentle 'Reader !! pat don the digression - ill"' Well, to return.. Having taken measures, 'likes thorough-bred shoemaker, I set about to execute them - like a patriotic neck stretcher. -Having in my Teener days set it down as a maxim, that the destiniet o a f nations-depend on eating, and twins, aware that: I was not quite a nation, I sat down one Monday morn ing to a frugal breakfast, and deliberately . dispatched a miseelianeous quantify o'f bread, butter, eggs, and hog mutton, besides doing justice to my share of a pan of apple-sauce, two cakes of tallow, a quart and a half of • turpentine, a peck of •oats, - some buckiwheat job ny -cake, burnt bonescylind ri ca u sages, shoe-nails and sole-hiather, and a few other vegetables found only_ in a viFiage yankee Lions store or a New York junk shop. To this gastrici performance succeeded' an _ exhibition of in the shape of good hand-shaking, eye-rubbing and other little et ceteras . meediess to dwell upon. A few moments after, I might be seen depositing my best and: newest suit of wearing gear with the legitimate contents of said suit neat ly enveloped therein, on the cushioned seat of a blood thirsty, savage•looking rail road eau .Amid an awful,rusli and crowd like the pacling of fifty thuusand good-1111111Mo sheep I into a common sized hen-coop at. washing dine, a spry little ,genius with a bright piece I-of pewter on his cap squeaked out "all abort'o!" and i reckon this child was there. The fiery- oil Murder Boy began to pant like - a distracted oanny-goat fleeing -front 'political justice out of a cabbage garden; and ere that ani;ient mowing divinity Father Time•could get intich_ more than tinie to bomb. his hoary. foretop or g,rind his scytheand sliiike himself for his.dity's achievement, my - organic frame- *ork was propelling along a certain street ketween the Schuylkill and the Delaware, conscious of the important fact that it formed a fraction c7filiat , great integer so dear to our city sdotncrns just before election ocrt-esoett.. diAPTER, DRAKE DOWN I , *tette your time Miss Lucy." DYING WORDS OF HANNIBAL • Sotheloodv wants to knob What is my opinion of the Quaker Capital. Now, I say to friend somebody, just• you keep cool. Don't be so foolish as to suppose I'm going to tell vou every thing in a minute. In the jar and bustle ofa phice like this; I must like a fox that 'girds on his armor for a fowling foray make up my mind to pint my way. carefully. I don't think it is a good plan, to form at once,too general opinions or jump at hasty conclusions. A fellow Anay find himself' slightly mistaken like the maternal hen that squats on hickory nespeggs. My first`vte* of Philadelphia is an epoch in my history and all the world knows an ,epoch is a hal lowed blowing phice for exhausted writers. Adhering then to establiMied usage, I shall say; Enough for the present. The rest of this thrilling narrative, in mere or less volurites, Containing the reflections and sub sequent peregrinations of the rhittlity atttbor, may he found next week, hereafter, or never,. crawling leisurly out of the clarified mozzle of a smooth-bore, single-barreled goose quill, at the author's shanty, corner of Bosh and Gammon Sta., or among-the standard litera ture of respectable Jew-dealers in general, over the left, or in any other decent spot in creation where it is, above or, below the sur face within the range of the great monster, double concave, seven-balky-horse-power, 'telescope with ivory eyelflass and patent leather speculum: N EGG ER ,3.1 ELODY - SEEDY LOATHER APPENDIX After dinner this . llth day of June. Beat awful. Effect trenienddus du acbount of the rapid transition from that drew) , diluvian, Spriorri. Thermometer 80. Afraid the sad• den alit • will raise mercurial steam too tast y burst tile. bolter; and do' something dreadful: Hate to-write. Rather lounge, go to sleep, or do . same other pious work. Must -write .oe%ier. Book too small. Wouldn't sell well without an appendix. The usual amount of flowers 'have been growinr , D , in ilia garden of ras c ality here this week. Some hate flourished .finely; a feW hare btert nipped in the bud' by the fingers of wide-awake officers. • Several'eases of accidental drowning have occurred Within a few - days the Delaware and Schuylkill. On Sunday afternoon - a -steam . boat on the - Delaware 'ran into and capsized a boat - containing four men.. The poor struggling fell - 04 were refused ilstistsiice by the Brutal captain and ',all would have ' perished. had'not a little craft at a distance come to the rescue. As it was; one of the number was unhappily drowned. The deep est indignation FrreirtiNd art* the th ()limey gem againstllie inikreant captain. Strange, -that laws should not mete -out stern • justieb 'to such inhuman barbarians 3- 'On Monday a colored girl. was -arrested fos9 setting fire to a house on Third St. She confessed the act. Motive for •getting up . the fireworks-- - - . " She want& to leave,aad enotrgbt that would bb i good way to get off? Sue• needed admirabry. The renowned Musard has;;.been roc a week at the Academy , of Music with hia 1 enrapturing the good-peoplesf this citf-iffbi hie grand' -concerts. With nisi' by Carl "Formes. ' el. the great* bienteminger of thadry.l Mussed is . a.-Frenchman; every inch of hi, Critics - say Huard hats no' Arai; 40101 beings star of second miznitude. - • complain that award looks too indepernforti • WE A off EE ALL EQUAL BEFORE.6OI) AND TUE CONSTiTUTioN.”:.;4airioot _ _ Alrost,,Sitsquetainta- Cumin, Venit'a,' sorniq, "4F1.85$ • ROW JANE GREW JEALOUS. • 1 One morning,-some time since, as I was in ,t 1 e kitchen' mixing a custard, I.heard a low t p at the basement door, and before I could open it, sister•in-law, of all persons in the World, entered hastily, and seating herself on die nearest chair; drew out 116 r handkerchief aild -burst into a flood,ef tears. , . II was niu'cli alarmed. I" What is the inatter - , s Jane I" I inquired. ao tell me at once what has happened r' aOh, Emmal Pen the -most wretched wo man on this earth !" sobbed sister:in-law— ", the most wretched, miserable, forsaken crea tclra_that breathes !" and she wept afresh.— have come to you," sbe continued, " be , c , use you iire• his sister. I - must speak to a me one or my heart will b:e4k—sod ma's E.no out; and • thougb it's all over between forever, still I wouldn't tell a stranger of s wickedness for worlds !" " NV-toy, lane," I exclaimed, have you bad ,olitrrel with Toth 1" "-No, hintna;" said sister—" No, Mat wo'd hp= easily remedied. No •,, it's not that;, but —Loh, dear me ! give :me a ,7, 1 a , s of water ! T, m--is--un—faith- 7 -ful —to—me! I'm s•i re be is 1" . I" I dan't,believeit Jane!" I answered,-in dignantly. 4 Tom! why, be is a model - hus band !" - - I" Ali, Emma, an angel couldn't have con vinced me of it," groaned Jane ; " but I can't do - übt the evidence of my -own senses, you .-L4ow. I have eyes and eats--I wish I hadn't, ahnost—and I only found it out to-day by Lie merest chance. - Oh, Eintuai I mean to tt'- three- cent's worth of laudanum at the arthecary's,-and take it down—there now 1" "But what are your Jane ?" I in-. quirei. "J"Mbably it's all a mistake." " A mistake: I never make mi s takes, Em rria,'.! replied sitter-in-law. "Just listen. and I' I telt you all about it. Torn has been out lately very often, and keever could discover wlliere he went to. Of cdurse he gave me sme kind of an answer when I asked him . , bthat it was 'merely- an excuse to e. U t i de me just as well . as I know I'm sitting hre. Well, this morning I was down town. sOopping, and as usual I stopped at Tom'4 tlialca on my way home. Tom had gone out fir n few morn.nts; but the door was open, a,d I went in. The moment I t crossed the thresholl 4 felt a shudder run all through ‘r e—a sort of premonition, I believe; and 1 ere - on the table lays little note, addressed ta delicate feminine hand, to 'Thomas trey, E;q., pretent.' Oh, dear me bow' 1 embled as I opened it, and read as follows : " DEAIL Tom—l - have waited some time hopes of seeing you, but being in haste, ito delay no longer. Meet me according to twititment at No. 550 irooklyn, at nine o'clock. Inquire for Mrs. 411r.5. Don't fail; there's a good boy. !" Well, Emma, as sobn as I had finished, slipped the note in my pocket and ran out. stay there I couldn't. ,Ida, as I told you, has _one to spend the clay with some old friends, nd I mugt havfrisome ono with me ;, fur I in -I.nd to follow them, and confront the brazen restore and that guilty man this very night'" 1 " Why - hot ask him to explain it I" I in- Iluired. 3o von suppose such a man Would tell tube truth £' sneered sister-in law. ' Oh, Em ma, do come with the, or I won't answer, for te consequences,--and I should remember t i it children, poor things! in spite of his de ravity." "Well; Jane; ' I assented ,after some consid -1 Tarim], " I will go witli'you ; buLliow_ do fou intend to'arrange matters I" •*‘ * 1 " You know," said sister-in-law, " there is 4 large dressmaking estahlishrnent within light Of 'Tom's office. -Just before dark we will go Were, and I *ill have my dress fated, Cr order a mantilla or something ; and we Fan easily manage to detain ourselves until bom starts, when-we can follow about a block ehind. ' We must wear heavy veils and long erloaks, and no one will recognize us. I will acme for you before dark.. Now I must go tome to my poor, miserable, unhappy; wretch ed, ill-used babes;" and sister-in-law kissed me hysterically, and departed.' - _ bMy heart almcst misgave me. I haven't ue particle of a French woman's character in Irry,sihole composition, and abominate in .trigues, plots, and everything of, the sort— Coquetry lied flirtation included---and my Yankee spirit revolted at the idea of this ad venture: Soil I reflected that- if *iister.in , law was to commit suic'de it would be ter, Ude ;1 snd Torn ought to be found oat if he really was guilty; or cleared if be was innocent. [- Jane came for me at five o'clOck, and in Iless 'than half an hotir we .started.' We g r . rived at the dressmaker's, and - Jane so con-, trived it-that our orders., explanations, - and so. , on, occupied the time until seven ; detect, when I; standing at the window, saw Torn emerge from his office and walk rapidly down the street. I gave the preconcerted signal to sister An-lays, and We,fullowed at. ones. 4 was fast growing dusk. Torn turned !hie steps toward the Brooklyn ferry; walking so: rapidly 'that we could scarcely keep- him in sight. Nevertheless, we mane ged.tereaph .the boat. just after be-did, and with our veils down,.slipped into the ladies' cabin. Torn stood outside f ,and vihe'n We had erossel, it - had groWn' so dark that we.could. gust dis tinguish. his .fonn as he stepped upon the dock. Be turned to the right, and after sev eral blocks ,Crossed over and-entered a btoad 'handsome street: '. • . ' . . ".I.Yo Yon- -koosir.- - vehere - we Ater I whis pered.. . :µ Net 1," . iii4iiitiect4iiio'an I.l4.aiinie tone. 4 To' Otte* Of , ibe ii01 : 51. streets' of the citY; of ea*: Stith t liettiOn . O. 01d; 114 inettere alt e.'' - . -_ , I trembled and-took be? arm. , " You cqn go back if you choose, Ethm . a, 4l said sister-in-law; disdainfully." 'But I will never turn 'twirl have convicted that base man of kis perfidy:" As turnieg back was utterly impossible, unless Tom did so, as neither of us had any idea of our whereabouts, 1" did not avail my self of this permission. - . 13t and bye our uu con,cious guide began so grpwtewildeied.-- He crossed and recrossed, ascending steps, came down again, and at lastorned into a. dim, unlighted street. As we followed, look • ing anxiously in the direCtion where Tom's Gat was dimly visible, we forgot to pick our way with that care which the state of the sidewalk rendered , becissary, and just iu the darkest part, down we came plump into a bed of inertar left by some workmen in front of an unfinished house. We scrambled out as quickly as we could, and followed in the direction Tom had taken. Tom apparently began to feel sure of bis locality. '\Ve were now apparently in a well lighted street; and in a few MOMents:stood in -the full blitze of light which fell, from a brilliantly lighted apothecary's store. What sights . we were mud and mortar to our very knees. The few people we passed stared at us as ttiough we were Tuiks; and, if poor Tom, walking uneouseiofisly before us, could. have seen us. I believe ho would have fainted. I made a solemn league and eovepant with myself that night, that if I ever got on of the_serape, no power on earth-should inveigle . me it.to such another. ' At length Tom_pauied before a viiiPIRAY cottage-like house, with green shrubbery in the garden, and a pleasant. light falling soft. ly_threugh the.curtained-aindows ; and after a moment's investigation he ascended the steps. The sound of tnusio and merry voices floated out upon tl.e. air as the door was opened. A woman's form bowed graceful welcome at the vine•wreathed, threshold, and TOm vanished from cur eyes. " Oh, Emma!"_ sobbed poor sister•in•law, " How awful i That bold ereatare! Did you see the roses in her hair, and those jevr eled.bracvlets I No doubt Tom gave them to her. My`Tom I. Oh dear I:who ever wo'd - have believed it? . _No matter, it's all over, and I'll show him what an injured woman can do and say." We stood d urin gu this colloquy in. the shad ow of a drill: stone church, nearly opposite the house which Tom .had entered. The .shutters were open, and the gay scene within was onlFAli4den.friosn:lor , .. l 4 l3bt b 7 the-gtossy folds of lace which draped the windows.— The clouds which hid been lowered all day long were gathering it thick mas.es above our heads, and presently a crash of thunder was heard, and darn poured the rain in ab solute torrents,aenching -- ni - to the - skin. Oh ! how miserable' we tvere,7 startling there in the rain that dark,..dreaoful night ! The storm passed over before long ; and just as the last drop bad fel:en, the d.)or of the house opposite opened, and Tom, with a lady: on his atm, emerged therefrom. s As soon as the door had closedrand the couple were sufficiently in advance,• we followed.— Tom's ..voice began the conversation. I had . forgotten the number,". he said; "and had some difficulty in finding ..the i house." - \Vhy," answered the woman, " didn't you get the note I left you I" `• No," replied Turn, Dote to day." ." Why, where can it have gone tor ex claimed the 'nay. " I put it on your office table with inv'own bands." ." Emma, I know that woman's voice !" whispered sister-in-law. "1 atn sure I have heard it before. I can't think vkbo it is, but I know her." , . Just as she spoke, a. party of young men, very much the worse fur liquni, came stum bling. ar6und the corner, singing "tonny Annie Laurie," in that peculiar style most, in vogue by those who " make night hideous," after oyster suppers or other genial assemble ges where ibe-cosy wine bai been freely cir culated—the first gentleman howling the first •t•erse 4 while the se6onil .gentleman shrieked the chorus, and the third contented himself by-repeating " Annie Laurie" in melancholy tones. - _ " There she is !" hiccupped one of the ttit) "Thete's Bonny Annie Laurie I That's her. I'm goirig to kiss her." " Look,here! are you Bonny Annie Laurie or not I Tell the truth.," said the second' specimen of young America, "'cause I want to know." "Oh!oh! oh !" shrieked sister-in law.- 7 -• " Tom 1 help ! —ndurderi--come quick ! Tom, sayi• it's your ill used, ill-treated, de- , • ceiyed, deluded wife!" - - Tom turned in great ristonishr;lent, ,and came towards us. The two gentlemen went very hastily around the nearest corner, and the third fell down an open tja, where his cornpaniOns left him. • "Jane—Emma! Why, how on earth did You come here l" cried Tom. u.Dqn't speak to me!" said sister7in-law— " Wretch ! villain ! don't ,date to speak to inn ! As for you, woman, know that your abominable 'eider is id possession-of_ an in jured wife ! You ate..in my power, base, vile scorpion that you.are ! "But this much I will .kcow : bow long has this infamous pro ceeding been'. carried. on I now long is it since you won my husband's affection* from thy tiustino p heart I .1 have followed you . all night to find out this • and alSo who you are, for I am sure I have heard -that voice before. Speak, 1-command you r _ "Laws 'it massy.!" replied the lady, dimly discernable in the darkness—" Laws a Massy !, I can't speak folitstooislitnend. \ I don't like -to think such a thing of M 'Owy n daughter, but really ydu tetra have been taking some-, thing that's got into your bead, done, or else you're going iirazyl.s' , Gorki gracious !" screamed sister-1134w,, "if it isn't mother !" • "Why, who else shoUld . it bel" said thel old lady. " Didn't yoti hear the tell. Toth to confe after me to-night, as I wasn't sure I could god my Way borne myself I And jtist as 1 was starting; I was afraid:he'd forget the number so I Wrote ,hire a little note , telling whereto , ec;the." • "Yes,'" I put in—teduldn't help it—" Y . es, ' and . that very note, has,caused, this ridicukins; Shardeful escrip,ade. On the Strength of that little .clip of piper - we have:been feltewing Tom aro u nd the evening , and exposing otirsitiVei:rio detibt, to' all manner' of 'notice and remark. Jine magnified the note into a Icrialettei; , --her own - Mother into a young and besitiful rival—OA 'nice' little tesidenee of your - friend into a most terrihle BOA . of place, twin. Toni dutifally iion'veying his nioth er=in-law bame,into a deciitfo,'gallant,,abOut to wrong-his wife berin4 reparation' by'con3- mating an eloiieinent." - 'There,":4lon'tatti any more,Emmit," plead , Jane. " sufficiently ashamed of my= golf, I asiute:lott."' • should 'think you would' be," said 'her Mother.' Wo went ,home.. Tordis very good tiattir ed,•and verily believe never, agentioned thg subject again. But BrOther'Jokti - theught thu whole affair such a joke that to %hitt day be will burst out into the most ainaiong fits of laughter at an uninitable moment, and always apologizes by saying —I was thinking of the time Jane, when you .followed poor Tom to Brooklyn." And Psalter says= ":Tom ought to give Jane some real. cause for jealousy, after that causeless paroxysm." I this that it would be wrong, though, for Jealousy, absurd as it sometimes it, is a proof of love. Dea'con Bancroft, though a very good man in the main, and looked up to with respect by all the inhabitants oT the village of Centre vitle, was rumored to have, in Yankee par lance, "a pretty sharp eye in the main chance" a peculiarity (rota, which deacons are not always exempt. ;, - In worldly matters he was decidedly well to do, having inherited a fine farm from •fairi father, which was growing yearly More VIA able. It might be supposed that under those circumstances, the deacon, who was fully able to do so, would have ound a bellp meet. to share his house and name. But the deacon was wary. Matrimony was to him some measure a matter- o'nioney, and it was his firm resolve' not 'io marry unless be could thereby enhance his worldly prosperity. Un happily the Mile village of Centreville and the town in the immediate vicinity contained few - who were qualified in this important particular, and of those there were probably none with whom the deacon's suit would have prospered. So it happited that_year after year passed away, until Deacon Bancroft was in the prime of life - forty five or thereabouts—and still unmarried, and in all iiiiimaixprobability hkely to remain so. Desenni.Bancroft's nearest. neighbor sena. The Widow Wells,who had passed through one matrimonial experience; was some three or four years younger than Deacon 'Bancroft. She was still quite a comely woman. Uu. fortunately the late Mr, Wells had not been able to leave her sufficient to make her jade- • pendent of the world. All that she possessed eas the small, old fashioned house, in which she lived, and a small amount of money, which W'as insufficient to support hal and a little son of. seven, though hardlto be classed as 'productive' of anything but mis chief. The widow was therefore obliged to take'three or four boarders, to eke out her scanty income, which of course imposed upon her, ,considerable labor and anxiety. Is it surprising then that trade). these cir cumstances she should now and then heist Lethought herself of a secocd marriage, as a method of bettering her 'condition ? Or, again, need we esteem it a special wonder, if, in her reflections upon this point, she should have cast her eyes upon her neighbor i Deacon Bancroft. The deacon, as we , have already said, was iu flourishing circumstances. He would be able to maintain a wife in great comfort,and tieing one'of the chief personages in the village, could accord her a prominent social position: He was not. especiallydrandiome, or calcu lated to make a profound impression upon the female heart—this was true—but he was ~of good ;disposition, kind hearted, and would no doubt make a very good sort °fa husband. A desirable match. " I have received no Some sagacious person, however, has ph serveethatit takes two to make a matc - *-rt fact to be seriously considered; for in ) -the present case it was exceedingly doubtful whether the worthy &icon, even if he had known the favorite opinion of his next neigh bor, would have beensinclined to propose changing her name to Bancroft, miless, -in deed, a suitable motive was brought into bear upon him. Hero was a chance for finessing. • . One evening, after a day of fatiguing-labor, the widow .Wells sat at the fire iu her sit ting room, with her feet resting upon-the fender. ;tie but of Got% --:o:--- 'lfl ever am so situated as not to have to wolk so hard;she ruminated, 'I shall be hap-. py. It's a hard life keekng boarders. If I was only as well off as Deacon Bancroft.' Still the widow kept/ up tier 'thinking, and by and by her.face brightened dp. She had aft idea 'which she resolved to put into exe cution at the very earliest practical . moment. What it was the reader will discover in the segue%' . • - Henry, said shiS tti her son,tho neit irinr ning,'l want you to stop at Deacon Bancroft's as you go along to school, and ask him if, he will call and .tee me in the Courso.of the mor ning or afternoon, just as he finds it most convenient.' - - Deacon Bancroft was a little surprised at the summons. Ilowever,about o'clock he balled in. the vvidew bad got on the dinner, and had leisitre to sit doivo. She appeared a little .etnitairas.vetl. 'Henry told me that you would like td see me,' thejleacon commenced. 'Yes, .Deacon Bancroft, I-de, but lam much afraid you will think strange of it—at least of wh,at, I tnean to say to yea. The deacen - very politel§ promised 'not to be surprised, though at the same time his; cu. rioSity Was :visible excited, - ‘Suppose,'said the widow,casting do in her eyes—'muid lam only supposing -a case— suppose a person should find a pot of gold, pieces in his cellar, would the law have a riglit t& touch it, or' would it belong to them - • - The deacon pricked up his ears. •. 'A pot of ',gold pieces, widow 1 Why, .. questionably, - the law Would baT'e no)bing to do with' it' • Utid"the one Who had:formerly owned .the bousioouldn'i tome foiward rad claim .iii could deepen V inquired ;the wjdow, further witk apparent Anxiety... = 'No madam , unquestionsblk iii 3(.; Whentk hotve wits disused tiatip_tbineiitint with it.' _ „ ain glad to bear it, deacon: • You'wOnt Bancroft, 'atid she indulged in a eostly•bon. thinkistrange of the.question, bath happened' nel, not because she supposed be would - by • to occur •in_my mind, and I' thought I Would caught with 'finery, but because this wot4d like•to• have it satisfied. , • strengthen , )I;6lB4i:rind the idea that she btld. 'Certainly, widow, certainly,' said the dea- stumbled-Pon bidden Wealth'. - coo; abstiftetedly.! • - • • The widow had calculated shrewdly, sad desiOon;sts_you are here, : I hope you the display bad , the effect she anticipated., a will stay to dinner with me'. It will be ready - ,Idenday,aftornoon, Deticonjtateroft.foniel Epunetuallyattweins: „ ap errand thatcalled him over to the widow's. 'Well, no,' aaidthe : deacon, rising ; 'Tin It %Winced to, be about tea time. He was Much oblecged to ye,bat be expectiog importuned to stay,to tea, and; somewhat to me home. • , his surprise, actually did. • , any rate, deacon,' Said the Widow, tfiki., The, politic widow, who knew the deacon's • in - g 'a steaming mince pie from the oven, 'you weak point, brought on one of her best mince must know that I pride myself on my , pairiee pies,a Slice of which her - guest partook of with pies? ' zest. The warm pie sent forth such a delicious' 'tool! take another\piece, flnow,'said she odor, that the deacon was sorely tempted, pekeesrvely. and after saying, 'Well,' With the intention 'of 'Really, I fun ashamed,' said the deacon, refusiti be finished . by saying, 'On the and he passed his plate. 'The fact is,''said be whole, I guess I will, as it looks so nice,' , apologetically, 'your pies are ao nice I 'don't ' The widow. was really, a g•ood cook, and know when tostop.' the deacon ate with much guato the generous 'Doyen call these nice,' said the widow slice which the. widow cut for him, and after modestly. - `I• only call them common. I a - little more chatting . upon unimportant can make mince p ies when I-set'ont to, but subjects, be withdrew to some mental per-, this Tillie I didn - t - have as good look as - plexity.ui . • 'Was it possible,' thought be,,, 'that the shouldn't Want any better,' said the 'dna widoW could really have fOund a pot of gold cOdernphatiCally: • in her cellar S h e did_ nut say eb-much - to 'Then I hope if von like them, you'll drop be sure, but why s'ho'uld she show so much" in to teOoften, We . ought to be more neigh anxiety 'to know as to the proprietorship of boily, Deacon B ancroft: treasure thus found, if she had not happened Deacon Bancroft assented; and he meant• upon ionieT what be said. The feet is that deacon be- To be sure, so fin- As his knowledge ex : gait to think that the widow was a very tended, there Was no one who had occupied charming woman. She wits, very comely. the houseWbo would be in the least likely to and then she was such an excellent cook! lay up such an airotint of gold; but then the Besides he had 'no doubt in s ide own mind that house was one hundred antilfty years 01(1,at she was worth a considerable sum of inoney. the very least, and; undoubtedly, had many , What objecti - osewonld there be to becoming occupants of whom he knew nothing. It Mrs. Bancroft I . lffe• brought' this question might be, after all. Tbe s widaw's earnest de- before her eneevehings . The widow blUshed sire to. have him think it. was only curiosity, —professed to, be greatly Surprised—in fact likewise gaiie. additional probability to the she had 'never thought of the thing in her supposition. , , s life—but on the whole,she had alwaYs thought will wait and -watch, thought the dea- highly of the deacon, and tti• cut the Matter - con. accepted'hirn. . . It so happened that Deacon Bancroft was . A month afterwards she was installed as - one. of the Directors of the Savings Instiiu- mistress of the defteon's large house,snrneWhat tution. situated in the ,neat town, and ac- to the surpriSe .Pf the village pect'le; 0 ?? cordiugly used to , ride over there once or, could not conceive bow shehad brought tam ' twice a month to attend the meetings of the' •over.. beard. , - . Berne weeks after the ceremony, the dea- - On the next occasion of this -kind ‘ the wid- con yentured - to inquire about the pot gold. ow Wells sent over to know if he would catty which she had found in the cellar. her over with him, as.she had a little business 'Pot of gold !' she exclaimed iii surprise, to attend to there. . know of node.' ThQ.ra.qu.sm....as mainly accorded. Arrived 'But,' said the deacon, disconcerted, 'you • in the villaire, Idys. Wells requested to ho set know you 'asked me whether *the law Could down at the bank. , ` claim it. I' thought the deacon, 'that means ' 'o,' lor&Con, I only asked from curi • something' - osity; He said nothing, however, but determined 'And was that the reason you made in to come beck, and find out as he could, read- quiries at the bank r ' • Litv from the cashier ; what business she had "Why, certainly. WEet could it Eava with the bank. • been The widow tripped into the office, pretend- The deacon went out into the barn and ing to look indi ff erent. 1 for about half an hat' sat in silent medita 'Can you give me small bilis fora fire dot- Lion. At the end of 'that time ho ejaculated lar geld piece r she asked. •,•" as a-considerdtien, 'after , ,all she makes good - 'With pleasure,' was the reply. mince pies I' 'By the way,' said she, 'are bank is in a i * 4 , flourishing condition, is it not r 'None in the State is on better footing:was the, prompt response. `You receive deposits, do you not 'Yes, madam, we ale receiving them every day.' -D • - - o you , receive as high as—five thousand dollars 1' • •No,";aid the cashier, with sours surprise, `rather we do not allow interest. on so large a sum . . One thousand dollars is our limit. Did -you know of any-me 'who— 'lt is of no consequence,' said the Widoiv, hurriedly; only asked for cuiiosity. , By the way did you say flow Much interest you allowed on such deposits as mile within your limit ,r, 'Five per, cent, madani' • 'Thank you, I only asked fur cariosity. What a beautiful mining it is I .' The widow 'trippled lightly out. Shortly itfterwards tho deacon entered. a 'How is business' Mr• Cashier r he in • 4":. 'About as usual.' • .'Had any new deposits lately r *None of any magnitude. 'I brought o+er a lady this inorning,swho seemed to have business with you' 'The Widow Wells 'Yes.' • 'Do you know s whether ghe had any money left her lately l' 'None that I knew of,' said the deacon, pricking up his ears: 'Why ? Did she de posit any' I' 'No,' replied the cashier, 'but she asked me whether we receive depaits as high as five thousand dollars.' `lndeed t' ejaculated the deacon. 'Was that all she came for I' he inquired a moment afier ards. • iN•S'she exChanged a gold piece for some 'Ha pondered the deacon, reflectively, `did she give you any particular reason for inquiries r 'No, the said she only asked from curio sity: The deacon left the bank in deep thought. He crane td the conclusion' that this 'cu . ritri,ty' only.feiled a deeper. motive. He no longer entertained a doubt that the widow had actu ally found a-pot of Sold in her cellar., and appearances seemed to indicate that its prob . - - able iatue was equal to five thouand dol lars. The - gcld piece which she bad ex changed at the hank appeared to confirm this story:, • 'I, rather think,' snit the deacon, corn• placently, can see into the millstone about as far as most people'--4 statement the trtithof which I defy any one to quer tion, though, as to the prime fact of people's being .able to, see into a millstone at all, doubtss - have now and then intruded them sores upon My - Mind- Nezt Stinday. the Widow Wells appeared at church bra new and stylish bonnet,Whitth led to somi:suCh- remarks as these— ' 'How much vanity, aortae people bave,to be sure r ; 'HowAt 'woman thtithas to keep boarders for a living can afford to dash out alrith such a bonnet, its more than I can tell I._ I should think that she Wits °id enough to know bet ter.' - 'I supPese 4 ' continued- he same lady, , she's trying -to catch a husband with her finery. Alefore I would cuindeacend to such weans I'd - . -1 1 4 drown niyaelf.' :-In this frost arniable speech the yooog lady had utiviittingirhit . tipon the true moils": The widow wee intent upon cat Ching• Doictin iitititios, .gitintri ia.. It gives me pleasure to state that the union between the deacon and_ the widen' , proved a very happy Otie, although to amend of his, life he never could quite make up his Mind 'botit "That Pot of Gold." AN' OFFICER I"SOLD "—The Chambers- , burg "Valley Spit" relates the fulkiwing in stance :—One day near the close of last week, a portly old gentleman, drest.ed in a suit of black (Broadeloth walked quietly -into the office of the Clerk- And Prothoriotary,atid ap proachinr, the' dek where Barney.. was wait ing,up a sli of paper and wrote there on, tool: l i ci, "I want to se the judgments entered . 0 against--" Owe need not give the name.) Barney took the slip of paper, and • walking aciess to Hi, pudic in his hands with the re‘ mark, "There is a gentleman who wants some information froth ~ you;--I suppose he can't talk." Hi read' with due solemnity, what had been written by the man _who 'couldn't talk,' and witho•ult a - note .or comment, arose and got out the book required and opened it at the proper pa e, aid then drew the pa tiently waiting tdiutti' to his side by an up ward curve and several inward puffs of hid arm. The old gentleman responded to tin; sign by leisurelyl gliding rip alongside of Hi _ and looking oven e. the opened book._ After examining . the rcord to his - satisfaction, he raised his silver4d head and in. a- low btit,.. ; .. i addible voice asked for a el . i:ee! of paper. 1 34! tall friend the Prothonotar y wilted down tcr l 7,-,] about htilf his tidtial height, and the:Wishing .' face of-the modest clerk: wailfberely visible -- above his boots. i The quiet . old gentlemrin_.-. proved to I.* Hon. David R. Porter, Ex- Governor of Peensylania, and . Isis reason foe writing instead Of speaking What be wanted,- was that be supposed Hamslier, who waV standing at a desk, was the officer, and Key- - ser, who was sated - in a chair, merely a visitor, and he did not want ,to expose his j business to any ut -the proper person." We can imagine tb i funny twinkle of the (foliar- nor's sparkling eves at thdenouement. . - ..• 4N, 4. ~ . Pot' GOES 'h ire WEASEL.—air. C---ward his little son, Crarley, were sitting by the fire ' I n listening -to the tisic of a piano, upon which the child's mot ter was playing. After she concluded; it ib'eing, the- child's I - becbtitnia; Charley was told to say his. prayers and go to bed. As wal his custom, be kneeled down beside his motber, and, with folded hands and • his head full ofithe milsic-he had heaid, re peated'the !sal-known child's hymn:— Now I ay mu down to-sleep, '. I pray he Lord frig soul to keep ; •Itl atr4uld die before I wake— ' kites the weasel.! , , -, your fool, what mal - es yoia rabbit, when Your gun ia not /air 'Pattie steal after loaded?' - 'flush, my know that' darlint, the rabbit" 'does' not _ - BALDNESS. The •BDStdfl Post istiyi that brandy applic tiona;'are recommended. ,for baldness, eonti nod - externally Rail Alie hair is well Saturn ed, .asiid_afteris,aris - taken in Generous quan ities_-internally; elen'eh the roots. (i 1 p' A Ju Ju dg e -on one occasion having, to Pass sentence :o death mi a man. who had been legally. convicted, be concluded as 'tau t al with Abe w rds, " that you' be han'ed- by the ne•unti you are dead;" to this helm : . fortimately• a ded, " I am sorry for it, ay. friend; it 48 hat we must all come toN--and tite'soletonity of the sceriewiiiinterrupted by -a burst•of la ghter, at'wbich the JI - ttlgevas the only , onf rrriyed'. - • c, • Emß:i
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