THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT; IS lILISHE.D flrelt&DAYS, sr --* sJ, ca.erritscrxi. OFFICE ON proud -Aymara, THREE 1:0011S . ABOVE *MARLIN HOTEL. • TEnms.--41,00 per annum in ADVANcR; otherwise $2 will tte chorged - -andeentaperannturi added, to arrearages: at the option of the 'Publisher, to pay expense of conk-non, en. ADVANCE payment pretence A tritRTIARSIENTSII, be inserted at tne . . rate of $1 per sitiare:of ten lines Or le.m, for the first three. weeks, and cents for each additioual week-pay dawn. Merchants,and others, mini advertise b y the pear , ovill be harged at the %%Ting fates, viz.; For one square, or lea, one tr , with ohOet9est $ a • Each addititWal square, at retleV 6 =21115=1 173101.421 A ) O .IfY old soul lelYncle . Sani- 1 A Jolly old; Foul le be. With neyina wife but, etrangero - tell, -1 With detighters thirty-three? • His tKetudless form, And , etratur right arm, • And his daughter," so fair to foe, neve inede him the pride, Front for end wide. Of the fearleewend truly fire: • - ?las i ocle Sam has a Giant . .t giant frame has,• tits pockets are deep and hts purses *relined In a manner most fair to see? - . Be bounds his lands By the rockistrimds,. • - On the sheres of eitheraen--- . Br the surf that hre.aks I On the northern lakes, - ' And the gmitwayen minstrelsy. . • 1114 dringbters YO fair. Area royal ban 4— One grail democracy? 'Wimp know their Tree north, Nur lass the earth : To aristocrats. • • . . The huantrt Maine by eastern shore, Dwells with the Granite maid—. The staid yermont, with placid brow. Reigns among the everglades; - Fair little ithody'a busrlaand. With Massachusetts brain. Joins v.ith!Connettient to bless The roidry Em.tern tnaln.. ° • The giant Tork with regal mien, And "star or empir': crowned, . With reiwisylvania's fro 'arm* . • . (laving the . world around; . The merry maid of . Manland.s. And Jenvy's peacteitheebeek• With saucy little Delaware, Our grateful praises - talc. Virginia—Mother of the brave— The twin of Carolina' , fairs, Sweet Florida enwreathed withflower*. tienc4ii, with golden hair: Fait Alabama's heaving breast., - Distend with cotton balls, The sunny MiielsNinpl'e grace, • . lientuaff.4 cavern walk. - .• Louielana pree,ing hard ! The mouth .of While all the reel dellght tu take • The 1.111:111.4 from her lip: Weatwaril himeath a lone; lone star, Lied Team!' wealth untold. • - While California hinds them all- With chais of glletcning gold, Bold-4rhatmits--n itrapping maid. Missouri!!!!!tiony,itrace. With Tenner.see—a central Om— (Mari!, beaming cane: The prairie of fair With intlfana'it Tir with \V cousin a nodding pinnies, On fields , of waving-grain. Coy Itiehiumn lies willintey In northern lakes fond grasp. lowa gives n It filling hand For all the world to clasp: Fair Minnesota, yottnp, , ,ert Of the ' , peerless thirty-three. With Oregon mskis up the band Of the fesrle`f ind 11th free. - No loc6lier hllld or faker land 'the e:rr of Heaven: do ainerhood more pure and good, Earttirieyerlyet bath Oren:. • • For" the Zontrose bettuAr!vl: LETTER FROM S. W. T. Oct. Ist- 1 860. Nu. lituron Thursday 'evening of last week, about an hour :afterwe escaped from a crowded train, that bore•us from Wyoming . to Scranton,d9zen. 'or .more - us htpgry sight-seers might have-been • obstieved doingample justice to the roan fare set before us at aboteliin :Hyde Park Soon after we had been served with the "good thiu9s - ".by ',mine host, a . vacant chair nearly _opposite . me,l was ta ken by a man whose singularity of appear.: anet at once arrested my attention. He was. old, having • seen, as I jtuit...ed, 111 e" snows of more•than seventy winters ; Gut age had not dimmed the lustre ofdfis dark gray eyes ; which looked tout !proudly from their deeP sockets under a ; missive forehead. In stature, he was tall, erect, slim and muscular: He was plainly, but neatly clad—polite and unassuming. J no ticed he used his`ri9bt, arm with difficulty. During supper he eonveried but little— en ough. however, to assure us that he was tt 3ti4sourian on business at the EitA. By. the time we bad finished our repast, my . Yankee curiosity to know .something of the stranger's foist ory, adventures, &e., was fully aroused. I imagined that ayer-- son of his stars—one residing Its the far West, ;mist have :a fund' of • Interesting narrativeseto'relate. In- 'this I was not; '''ttnistaken for when I WaS• again enjoying,' the warmth of gloWing Anthracite, in the •; bar-room, the Strange "unknoWn'? drew his chair to my side, - and we entered into Conversation. Some of the incidents, 4c. he related I propose to record, thinking thev tuay edify your readers." • Sly venerable friend-40 so I will now . call hint—gave his name as Reuben. Mun dy. In his .youtlkhe had livedin Pennsyl vania. He was a soldier—=a mounted . man, under General Harrison ' during those.terrible stroigles our Western' frontiers.• HarrisOni, he said, was a brave, but cautious genetal,--never willing 1/7 ham-int - the lives oflis men, unless some oecided. advantage Was likely 'to be gain oby so doing. C9Lltit;liard T. John son—or Dick Johnson, , as lie familiarly called hint=-sin the Other hand, sr:Zs-rash— „lid! of impetw` - rat-like, uoul, ry teeth Vibe • their ranks, by, The, battle friend said he describAl Avith that con: as possible in . ” We were was on borsel the foe, we fin by trees fallen could not. get' narrow ridge vats a,swamp front ; Were the latter'whooph -Our-regiment was ordered get behind try their °fru wa got ty hard tOo, whizzing- by lil rvgi went lay I. like the rest m reilins as In /11(..1 t d^ e:illed -aced you taking aim at fell, and when . that tree yonder. and see if yon find a-red-skin there dead, With - al •ball 7 bo . l6' abOut au inch above his left eyed' did as requested, and surel enough, 'the Colo- . trot had- told the truth. 1 He watt a great iitarksittia." • Changing ,the subject, entertainer said ,t ;fat he had, in the ,course - of liis hfe, , been.. o ! vet - eeer of u great , inane negro' slave:-71'12 haring been underitis charge at oni=. time.. This *as on a large \stigar ! plantation. 'where - he- lost his - wifn and; daughter by cholera; S'lot he, "1 . never .1 IWE . ' . *R-THE':P4Vt.7 7 *.,THAT; CARRIES ‘-'"6-ii 'FLAG, AND KEEPS ' aTiEP '.., :io '' Tl:l - E . , 141 ' :Liii'C'',OFr.T'fig:uittiON..7 ---------, . VOL It I struck , alnegrii a blow.. I idanaged to gov eln them by kindness." Would. that such an exaniple might be more univermily im itated by parents, - guardians, and school-. teachers'. • ~ I The l4te Kansis-,troubleS ,being .men tioned; lie related a lost of occurrences. that-trmispired in that Territory, 'mane I of Which came under his, ,personal Omer- I.vation. I "I wa6. there," he wept on to saY, ." at I - one of the first, elections held in Lawrence City, Which, a{-that time contained but a I few log huts; .An old Blass-box was nail ed up toa tree ; and voters were deposit ing thelthalloti therein. And such times lat an election, I .Lever saw I- One man would step up, and• vote; another,- per haps, would knock .him down. So it.went on, from tnormng till night. Drinking; I -fighting, ballot-box stuffing, was the or ;der of-the day." — 7 " One day a Northerner came to Law. rem with a single:oX harnessed betlire a cart, on- *hid* he had two barrels of Obis. key:: Helbawled out something- against SoutheriArs, that offended them; and Ni crowd seized his freight, -knocked their heads and- with gourds and tin cups j helped themselves to liquor, while the frightened Yankee took his ox and -clear ed," • _L. • - I "One tughttafter I had lain Joni), np my Mattrss, a man came to the Aoorand asked to stay With one for the . night. I I told him hle. could. He cattle in, and after eating some bacon and corn bread, down on My cabin floor, and went to sleep. This was seon after theOssawatornie ders whickhelPed to make John Brown 'so 'notorions. In 'the morning I arose, and eyed the stranger closely. ITe was a I stoat built: individual, and- rather suspi cious looking,. I thought; He wanted to go, he'said f to a certain place, across the prairie. • Si showed him which read , . to I take, gave him sonic bread and bacon, and he went-hid way.' A few hours after l , be had gone, some lien rode up, - and wanted to laiOW if I had seen a - certain man,—giv ing me . a description of him: I told them I I had entertaitml such a person last night ; / and that he ;had gone across the prairie.-1 They then said to me, ' Von' have bad un der your foot old 'John Brown the murder er, and we arein pursuit of him!" Of course theirisearch fruitless. I UlasS not quite sure that my guest, wasthe ver itable John I.3roivn. lam satistied,ltoW- ; ever; on that' point, now. Being-in-Itieh mood at the time of Brown's execution, I I obtained-from Gov. Wise a permit to see the prisoner:hong; and behold ! therc.A the scaffold, with a rope about his neck,: I was forced to acknowledgethat my form er guest and the Culprit before me,- were one and the same.". • The depredations committed :by both Free and. Slave State. men, especially the act of destroying the -Printing Press, in Kansas. *ere most vehemently condemn ed. by my old friend. "Society," said he,. ."vtit - tiever be itajitri4 ht• the truth; and all paeties should enjo,y the privilege. 4 giving. "their principles-,and opinions to the*orld." , - . The subject of 'polities being introduced, among other questions, 'I asked hiu► if he knew John C: Breekinridge? "That i do! and he is the very - best fellow in the world,7--,he paused slightly, and then added—"curpt JaMes Bnclfuntn, AVitt) is a model man:" Alluding to the Mania for naming coon= ties, towns, horses, &e., after distinguish ed personages, he said there was a vehicle somewhere out West, 'called 'The Corwin wagon."' How it got that name was thus ielated, .as nearly as I remember; "Torn ("of wia held a political meeting at a pertain Once, and got glOrionslv drunk.' -While in this state Ins' friends conveyed him -to a neighboring town, in a carriage of t.ontewhat peculiar construe tion. Other Carriages. were made like this one, and fOolishly named after'eur fa, cetiotis Senati*"- • Speaking of great men, reminds me-of remark lie made 'concerning Lord Ly , • "I doit'tTknoW a man that I would 'rath er shake hand.!with than. this-nOhtetnan I had that hoUOr once; and he left two hold sovereign iin my. palm. I told Mtn, jestingly, I would like him to take -both hands, at that rate." • • Anot)ier, - oftbe veteran's reminiscences, and the VIZI I no‘r.inention, is this: 4 iDnring, the' last fimgress, I .visite(l -r, the fmrpose of oettin rival eyension 13111 passe4l fur my benefit. so nerr tbe...korth4s.rn - limits of the State, it is understood, they most - un,gtmerously reftised to contribute to the interest of the Philailelphia city. and county helinifair at .Pbtvelton that, begun on ' - 4 •that' e some . id our State tur,-7-- Coininent is nseles's,. Much hitterneA4 feeling, , ex . ists reiatrye:tO this Matter. Sonic. orate: journals are discusiitig the - O bject ; beforethe debate is' ended,. vulottnd§ . ttf4, be givien and 'Ticeived which ioj good whrie heaping: Tr* yours, . - Si w, T,. . TILE YOUNG WIDOW. LEAF moil A E}ETECTIVEIS _:Sitting in thefront °Stec one morning, engaged in perusing' the New York papers., theardthe chiet's bell tinkle rather excit edlY.2,The sergeant answered it. a i Siiibßrandon to' 'me " next - reached my !ears 'through the half open' door. • Before the sergeant could repeat the Or der; I had passed him, , and was standing— by the side of the chief. . "Sit down, Mr, Brandon," he said, as he continued making some notes in the register: • - I obeyed and anxiously awaited his corn mandS. ! • ""Lhavea singular ease before me this morning." he began ; " a n d I came -about to try Your ingenuity to unravel it." • My expectations were aroußed. • the loth - of 'last month the Hen. Mr. F—, gave a ball at his mansion in the Fifth .avenue, which'was attended . nearly all the dik the city." " I remember it.' I said. "Do you remember. what occurred there." " Almok every lady in the room lost some article nf jewelry," I replied. " Exactly, for which Ito one could count, as the party Was most select, and it would'have been an outrage to have suspected any one present 'with stealing in' such a wholesale,maner: I acknowledged the justice of his re; marks; the chief 'continued. • "On the I:ith of last month, a grangt promenade concert was given at the Acad4 emv. of Mnsic,•and the same thing ocettt r4r. This wouldnot seem-so singular asl there Was plenty of opportunity for -the professional •pickpockets ; bitt the remark-!, able feature-is that no gentlemen were robbed, but all who suffered were ladies." "This is indeed singular," I replied. "Perhaps," responded the Chief, in a. dubious tone. ".Now for the last event.' Yesterday - Morning, as you have broba bly heard; was wedded to the daug hter deo!. .Grace -Church. Theassembly Waslarge, and of course, composed entirely of the ton. The bride received congratulations of : rousfriends, - and left the church, but , had Trot reached the carriage when she stubten- IyAiscovered that one of her bracelets I Were - A search was'. immediately made in the church, but it was nowhere-I to be: found. Then came another and an other cry from Various parties—all ladies ---‘-who had -lost one or another article of jewelry, with - Jut occasional portmonie." • I was gettingwelted: j "What are Your conclusions-?" asked. • "I wouldfirst have heard yours," said the chief, looking at me closely, as though to test my penetratilm. I reflected a moment, and could form but one.opinion. • • " There must be some _jwrson," said . I "•figliring at present in fashionable. socie ty, who is a second Babbington in the lifiinq profession." " A rery.proper conclusion," Said the (Aid; smiling at my " But let us determine Somethimr. For instance, is it a man Ora -woman ?":- Most likely a - woman," I. remarked, "as none but women stiffer from the thief's most adroit - practice," "That would be. the first conclusion," said the chief; but on the other hand a man might .perform the deed, - confining his, practiCe to females, only to throul the blame .upon one oft6m." • I :eckuowledged the possibility of his stirruestion though it had. little effect •upon ce. • • 1 , " YOli have the particulars,"' continued .. . , thechief. '' I girt! you one week to solve the mystery, and to bring the adept to . justice. Vert. i s a l ist of the principle los -1 ers. You shall take your own course as to the plans-you - shall %non-. Good morn ing, . . I:I knew that this ease had. been placed -in my land as.a test of my skill, and re solved,rwithin the grasp of human itOnti ity, to compass it. It was a most singular -case, occurring, as itilid, in the veryleart lau'(l centre of first society. - It was impos sible to accuse any one ,911 suspicion, there I must be . - proof . positive before a word could be uttered.. How was, it to be ob. ' - tamed. • . - -• . I sat doti7n anti thought seriously, lay ing out my plans, as I grasped each point of the case: - Then I arose to. act, • • DieSsing pivsell in the very height of fashion, Iltired.a carriage and drove. to the house:of thtf !Honorable Mr. F ,I fowl himat home, aturfstating my voca tion anti purpose, u•as invited into the lib; fear' 'you have assumed a fruitiels task, Mr. Brandon," 'be said, •when we were seated. . -I expressed my conviction of success. • " How thi pon intend-t-o proceed?" he then-asked. -. . - I - . I remarked that I - shoilld be. governed by eircurinitances, but ilesired. a full list, or ac near at') tfossible; • of ail the guests on the evening of the ball: . Ile went oat "ii feie moments,. and when he return(' handed Me a criiiiplete list; whichlie bad obtained • from his indy: Virtu. my eye down' the colnurni with eargei. - interest; many of . the i persons I'knew, either perSonally ' or by I reputation : theYwere „principally triarrieil ;Men and their ?amities. • Onii name—a fa- I dy'S--- - -Seenied to-make' an• impression on 1 my - mind... I had never heard of her, and I though it il'is a hazardous l'iloYei-•-.1 yen !tared to-ask who he w; - .. 5. '-Oh,' said Mr. f' . . - --;--.-,,, ,' Madame De tlaney she is an old friend. :I knew her 14shand; M....Delanney, - :ivilEll I wa% Con -1 satat Paris. Ile Was: second . IntendMit f: kvgr of, Police, and died duringiny tern.. She ! ) • -'an . Ainericau.by birth, whom he fell' in I lo ..iit.it while on a visit to, Paris -with i he • r. hither,a Br,.istoli merchant.. She is very 1, ut.ifill and amiable. I. • -This_: lined itte; for I . knew .another. question.. aid• givo otlimcv,: and: his .re, port' was ge octly- Satisfactory. ;: I, next i asked the.nante ofa few Persons who had lost ieivelrY;.•7 Ile arked their; names on the paper, ,I. -then 'tot4r. tay : leave, :with ; many-expreresiOus of.*4 . vd , will ,anclhrtpee . o fitueoesa3'ioia , thogimgerithiman... -••••r, 1 : My next visit was to 40 re s idence of MONTROSE PA THIIRSDAY, obTol3i3R'2s 1860 , 9 • , 1 the ladies' who had ' been vietims_ to The 1 'mysterious pickpocket: _3lrs: lt:;*:---, with Whom I. was aequainted, received me kindly, Mid:eagerly-gave tne All the - infor- i mation in her. Tower; ' Her lois was --a I i large diamond-breastpin, of great value, .of.whiCh she gave me a loinitisu deserip.. 1 tion,; also of agoldlocket, taken, from her 1 11 a .. , Q , sst augpter,,containing the portrait lof her'deCeased husband:. 13y her kind tnesk, Il *its introduced to several_ others, who had lost.'variima articles, in thei'ivay of brooches, ear rings, necklaces„and : oth-,' er articles. Some of these had.. been. lost tit the Aeademy; others at' the wedding at at Grace Church: ' ' ' ' • : Having obtained all this inforination, - I' sat ,down to consider, and found myself about as wise as when I ' commeneed..— One .017 the ladies had lost a .bracelet at the first mimtioned ball, and had loaned me the fellow to it. This being the ,only chic, I resolied-• to Work on'it. Taking a list of all -the parinbrokers in the city, Liisited each one and made a thorough inventory of their recent jewelry receipts; but could find nothing to match my braeelet, nor iecord with Inv - descripr tion of the other articles lost. What was to he thine. • i , : • . 1 I asked myself- the,. question as I was seated in my office, after a long and .fruit= less search. In answer , tan came an , idea.' , In a moment I was in mr . carriage again, and off tollrs. It . • , " What, have you gained a eluealready?" she exclaimed, as- I entered hastily: . " Not yet," I replied. " But, all is nut_' lost that, is missing. Tell me," I added, " who gives the next grand .conrersationare in your circle ?" '"Mrs. Johnson." " Wiltar ?" , • "To-morrow evening." , • " Can you get, we a billet denim ?" - " Cert4iilly." . ‘f.Then 'procure it immediately for: Mr`. LeClair, a Louisiana_ planter of our :to: quaintance, If Miss Belle, your daughter; would play my chaperone, it would *be better for our scheme." '' - Miss Belle was a gay, rollicking girl of i!eighteen,' With black eves, and a merry, •-• tlaughin month, Was especially Swid .of 0 r.• ladventure, and being let into the secret, gave her ready assent to accept my pro tection for that evening only—as the play lAiills say. li The neXt morning. r received a special 'f:ard of invitation to attend Mrs. Johnson's isoiree in 18th street. II At the proper hotir'l handed Miss Belle )I—, from the cairiage in front of the •,house, and led her intelhe grand recep - i ion roonl. . i • I had get myself up in treniendons style. I was supposed to be determined to make it - hit—whether I did it or not will appear in tithe. lam afraid that .if asked; I could lint have told the use of the Jewelry I , wore. Certain it was. that Iliad plenty of i it—rings in "abundance—not exactly in , taste, but like My - .watch chain, belted across my Nest and a large sear dangling front My fob—all spurious=-they were my, baits, whi4 I had thrown out as an mi -1 ogler throws out a single line, with a dozen ' hooks on it: That was mil cash capital, -/ upon which I. would.•win my fortune. of t.sticcess. If there was a pickpocket thre ! It was determined he should have - a thir chance at it ;if he bit - at, the bait - , he Would find a hook in it for every. article was w fastened with a secret - steel chain. 1 :, The pleasure of the evening proceeded. I I'was introduced to several interesting la dies and gentlemen of congenial. tempera ~ Mews,. :Jl as I conversed, apparently un,- cOirscious of any purpose, I scanned care hilly each and every individual of the coin .. • 1 Pl ' 2 ‘ Y lielle!" in a whisper. --' _ '" What, Mr. LeClair.'-' . . • ,t‘ Who is that, singular looking hulk in the centre of the grOup by the window ?" 'Why - do you think her singular ;look ing?" Askeil 'Belle It --;--, in a tone ; ofeuriosity and,surprise... 1,,‘ Becinse l it is so," I replied. " Her taco is pale tilmost,to ghastliness, except 1 the one - little spot spot where she 'Aims, , while: her black eyes dance about like an l ebeny cogin relieving a dead face. She is I dressed. in Mourning, and yet she is the lutist gay-acid litscinating.person .in the O 1.r0m." . Belle almort held her breath :as I gave' this description ' and with her hind on, my st rtn, and a blank expression upon her face slte said : .. :4, Von don't thin}:,—" ~ . 1.. ii Who iS she ?" I repeated quickly. ‘i, Maclaine Delman y, of Paris." ",Marlame Pelannik!".• 'I inurmured to myself. "The friendof the Hon. Mr.—,-- ' the:widow ()tithe assistant Intendant of 1 • j the Preach Police. Unipb!" "Oo von think .her Very handsome?" : asked gene: .-- • . "hies, as vulcanized de Mcdicis.. Intro : duet: me." s , _. ti6inethingin my manner itinst have iin presSed . my fair chaperone With the idea of an adventure,,for the. introduction was made with evident embarrassment on her part' and she lingered close by, gazing in i lhe face of Madame Delanncy and myself With! an air of Puzzled curiosity . . s -. . 1 Ai my Myth lug glance met that of Mad- ante Tlelauney, ',thought I detected sonic thing-like a start---it was . ; net perceptible —a Mere shrinking of the, eye, . a double palpitation of the heart= as, she scented to read my vomtien-,at a: glillicC•ano felt a tluslik)f fear. This may, however, have been the result of my bwii . contictiOn. She *as dressed in what-was ,termed , se (tend tnourning i !consistingof ofhlack satin ; skirt With flonnues fringed and embroider-I ed with green leaflets, a pink bodice, "cut lowin , the•neek; . and:bordered with dark 1 velvet. : The ;sleevoi were exceedingly willec.!with loose White . undertileeves, s , A 1 bli t o ileart encirtied her waist.' She wore no ornaments, siive - a-plain breastpin, and a solitary diamond ring upon her middle 1 Itatritig made this serntiny.it a glance-- - , ! during which she seemed to have'done the 1 same with the- - .4 . suminoned. lali i my lc- sourceit lindat: ;Once began au attackin I French. She ii4med pleased at my ad, dressing her in that language, and Whether the' te4,t wereitmoraxn•of the: teegee,';er 1 frOW what caufle . I' kiiii.W not, wenai i feituid lotirSeli&l 'aloneV' '-Th 'k e iiiii lii4Oiv* . ~ .. .. seethed (mite lively, land' 'had it not been] - d ' St Ori for .. Xasioryero. -,, for her white, ghastly, expressionless facet' - It. is probable that 'every lawyer of au shewlould . have , been handsome indeed-{ note has-heard and read of the celebrated but added- to Wu!, there wag a . wild, fe- i Littlier:Martin, of :Maryland. - - 'llls great verisli, fire-ever bursting hi her .black, dilz- i effort.in 'the ease of Aaron Burr, as %Yell zliisk eyes,L Which ;- at .. every varving 4 as his displ a ys in the,Sen t it e of the United einntinn, seemed : to throw off sparks like ; States, will not be forgotten.- ITrifles . ,itt --that from hardened steel struck. - I the history of 'genius (are -important,' .as W4, - s9op beCanse quite intimate„ mid 4. I we hope te Show in the storm.' ,Z - - ! N was of the point of asking her to ome- I Mr: Martin was on -lI'S way •to AnntipO mule in. the gatalen,4iud lual just.turnedl 16, to attend ,thefinpreme :Court .of the my, .40 to look at Miss'4 7 ---, ~'; when I ; State, "A solitary pasaeager - Irak in •the. heard t slight Click, and felt - a• gentlepal Stagewitkhim, andaS :the weather was. about -the waist, .1 did not • start, for II extremely eold;' the'paSticingeri 'soon re almost suspects d it, , but looking around I sorted to eonversatiori• to '•divert- them.: eareleSsly,". I Met the, cold features and I sieves froin too much sensibility to the-in fiert eyes *of qiladan*. Delatiriey turned ! clement air, The young man knew Mar upon Me and I thought Lund(' perceive al tin by sight„-and as he Was also, a lawyer, pairpleiltue rippling beneath the surface i the threaddf ta t ters . on began to spinitself of her pale skin; like, the wives of a lake. i ou t o f legal matt e r s. 4 ..- • • - • I did not looki down; fortunately it was' l ."Mr. Martin;" said the young mass, "-1 not necessary,* i for Madame Delaiiney's i am just entering on Myeareee as - a:Lawyer : back . Was towards a large Mirror', and -as can you tell nre the secret of your, great I gjan e it iat,ol it.,, 11 beheld my watchl success?lf„sir, you Will give me t't'otu chain hanging from My-vest pocket! one ' your:experience the kei to distinction-at side of gaiLbCen cut;! „ - - • 1 the Bar, L will----" . I wag now cop , ; vinced.The mysterious - "Will what?" exchlimed Martin. ./- adept at pocket *king, who had thrown i .a Why,' sir, 1 will - pay yoUr . expenses the create di la eteme'orNew. York into a while we are at Annajnilis'.'' ; fit of regular.exCitement„ and made them "Done. Stand to-yourbargain / now, fear to nppearinomblid with their jewelry and I will furnish you. with the, great se --1---the beinu,whn had Caused each of the er a of my s u ccess as a la u .i. e ,; ; ” - " first circa" ti, niiStrnst the honesty of Th e youn g ma n asseinga, ,f .- . / -the othCr, stood before me. Yet - how was "Very itch," said Mr..:Martip. "The I to•prueecal ? It would not do to arrest ! whole secret of success is contaiudd In her ou the spot. Mrs;_,John son would I this one little maxim, which I early laid I never foligive rue ; for the scandal it would; down to guide me, jf you folloW. y.(you I create, and the co I mpany lose their enjoy- cannot fail to ~ It is4 i tltist--.21t-, ment. l was in a dilemma, and as one of I :ways be sure Qf your evidence;• V . r r • - the venlig widows friends approached, II- The listener was veryiattentive--Smiled made•my obeiSmice and turned away.- As 1 -•—threw himself back 'hi - a.,, ,, ilhilosophical* I walked towardS.Miis Belle, , her mother! posture, and gave hia,brain to the analysis - intercepted me, and' sked what prOspects . , with true lawyer patience, of ",,Itlways be I had; -": canild there - .be' any - taispieions • sure of your evidence:" ••. , • : , • persOn.now in the 'company ?"It was too ccdtlainght fur anything to I "Sevdra4 my dear Madam,"„ I replied . ; be made pecuidarilyamt:of • the ohl - niati'S 1 with mo l ek gravity. •- 1 - ' I WiStlom ',IA se the, prOmising adept in "Gracious mef who are they?" :• • I maximLareing gave ;himself to stage I "Mr.-LeClair, !whom -3,-1 - .ai introduced ," I dreanXin Which. he eras, km eking and •• , • I repliedi'langhing. 1 ' - ptishing his way through.: thy world by, ' "No jestiug,"l sale! 'shy. "Have. you I the all-powerful words, "Alw 'ys' be sure learned anything =i - ' *-- '* - ;of vont. eyulenee." I put My band down to show her altl,-- 'The morning came, and Mi . ,Martinivith ,- cut watch chain, but—it was gone! The (his practical student, took- rooms,, at the, 1 fish hid run aWay the bait, book aml'all ! I best betel in the city.- The ofilY thing pts•- • - The affair7:wal ,etting serious; and I I culiar to the hotelon,the eyes Oldie young becoming excited!'' : 1• X- I man, was that the - wine* :bottles and the I "My dear• - Mrs.lll.----- 7 i," -said I,* "give t i erhvas of fine living Seemed to recall ve- L yourself no ~ uneasiness; you will. lose no 1 r y vividly the maxim, aboiit the evidence. more - jewelry alter tti•mght. Permit me !, The young man - watched Mr.. Martin. to speak a word 'tP Belle " - . Wherever eating and ; drinking were colt ! • Thistettinu: tti thesidelofmy fairchaper- ' cerned, he was, indeed a man to be :, , ; I one, .1 - whispered :K • i watched, is pecialty hr the latter, as he was . I `(':lii you bediserete ?" illlllloderately fon d,of tlie. after-shutter, .af . ~. ;• " As- wisdom," She said, amilihg. ter•supper, after everything luxury of 1 , And 1 i - -4 9 ,, ' ! 1 ..‘ p.aj apa .. . - - wine. • Mew days were sufficient to show • "Like le grand iragediinne !" . , : 1 the incipient legalist that 1 he would have "Then tinvite Madaete Delauney.. to !t o paV ;.!early fir. his - knowledge, as - Mr. promenade on theirear piazza; the. night 1 Marcie seeined 'resolved to make the most beautiful-4, Ilan there stray into the gar- iof Ids. part of the contract.- ] - deft, and take up a position _near the -gate'' Lawyers, whether - young .or 01d,.• have 1 which opens into fbe l7ict street. Keep I mitt:tin IP , rid' thilitS.. =mai- %a: du' • 3 ,,,,, 4 1 ncr engagea and beast - mashed at nothing 1 'wan b n( tn to think of the .study of self ..”,,.“ ~began that occurs, ." - • - l. , . *... protection. _lt was -eertainly a soleimi du= Belle :welled her brows Understandingly ty. It nut throughall creation. Comma ! and noddcidas . sent I 'next strolled care -1 to animals and ;nea r it :Was a noble in ' fully intothe hall, ((petted the from - door stinct not to be disobeyed, particularly • and looked 'out. Raising my finger, the where the hotel bills of a lawyer! .:ire con• driver of fay Men' carriai*e. approached r i cerned. The subject daily. - greul .on - the ilt is almost needless testate that he was young man. It Was 'all-absorbieg to his ' a polieenuM.in disguise. . • *. ' . mi»d and pocket. • A wick elapsed,' and "What luck ?" 4 , asked. ' -- ( moreartin was ready to rciture to Bahl- . r ~G ood:l n rive dimv, the narrow street; So was the young Man, but not in * skirting the house, trod step at the garden the same stage, whit his illifStriousteicher. gate." . I * • Mr. Martin approaChed ;the connter in . , I The houSe was situated at the corner'of ? - the bar room.. The you% man was! an --a narrow street, with, a high . brick Wall . anxious spectator near him'. • 1 ' "Mr. 1 extendihg from the i rear to the next house. Clerk," said, Mrl Martin, "my 1 This wall stlreened the little tower garden, young friend, Mr.-----••, will mettle [my hill, I awl contained a gine for the. use of the i agtecale to the engagement." Thcl„ young ! • - , .• servants.(*man -said nothing but looked everything., When I returned Ito the drawing room ,•,, te, will attend tuft, Mk: Clerk,l as ye Belle anti Madame Delanney were ;lissom. I have already had, a - definite iinderstaudini; I titans them in the saran; .plnaing ron the subject... lle is pledgetl, protbss-, seine Aloweks, atula joined them making I ionally pledged to pay. my hill," he. tm some causual complituents. l. 4s soon 8 ''s I I riediv repeated. ::• • 1 had joined them Belle started off for the 1 ' here's yoUr evidence?". - asked, the house. 'Madame Delaimey! was , :q)utit, to young man, demurely. _„"Always be snre follow, - ..when I quickly arreSted her,; lof your evidence, ~Mr. Martin. Can you• •. ,‘ Madantei DelatinCV,vou are my prison- ! prove the bargain?" : ' .. ',' . ': • er," I quieto . said: 1 i a rawtin saw t . he snare,an d pulling out" What da-yon man, siron •1c gasped, phis pocket-book, Witlgratiood huMor,re " oling Prof tne. assured the young man— That I arrest ycht for 'theft. When "You will do, sir,- and get througk the n vonext steal a deteCtive'S 1, watch chain, World with your protession ! with*, : ad von should he more - expert. ' - • ' . ;As I spoke I opened the; gatc . and re vealed 'the carriage and the policemen. "Come," I said.. 1 ,• .; • The seetteleansed 'her. to .cower before tit. I then ) told her in - hurried words that her whole 'career' - was knolvrti to me; thatif she wind(' go peiceably she might. save much shame andidiSgrare. •; Wm. lreS itated for a thoment, and then. drawing herself up proudly, replied ; . ; 4 "I'will go with you! brit von lettl 'better I • •• beware, when i I shall :.have proved these Idisgraceful accusations untrue!" , • I assisted her info, the cairbige and tak- Ling a seat opOtsite, we we r e whirled rap !Mk away: towards thy office...! . ' • .. Xlihough the how. Was late, I found the ihdUstrions old chief in waiting, .he smiled graciously,: as 7 led in my beatniftil prison er, and narrated the .incidents connected with her arrest: '.the was of eiitirite search, ed, but nothing. was fotind until on turn-. ng np.the'widit Sleeves of Iterlbodic . e, 'We ; found s number of - secret pocketic'in 4one" or W;liielywas my Watch chain', .She deitlyiiad eopariteneedl her opera ! tions :Of. the leveniug', The;, next day' Madame Delaitney's residence was, search, ed, and .itearlv . 4all' . thel,mlSsing 'property 'recovered. Itotise Waitla titre' depost tow of jewelry of every kind and estimate: , Upon conviction sitegonfessed that she had first learned the. artl of thelt from her husband, Was accitstotned to. shoW I her each scheme "Of viliajnk tlia(rista re: veiled to. him in' his toPnectio l ti With the Paris polio. ‘Tfie rink hefore.notieed kid a spring 4imaion4 knife fur a setting, which I -would, easily strike . thringlt a4'goldea ligature; and sh 4 was thus easily ably, to scenic her prize 4 AO pkaded poverty n's I the cause of : her 'crirne,l' as. plot to the death-of her. hat:dna-she had %lived hob i early., She, softlired Adikitt On eau tion. : th at . si l o7Y o o4:it , ?Ye ithg Cet l ll 1 Pure lave the liensl ine. winah.,steats . slowly'and . eilently up 'tei the attire, and' stays) to bless aS with its pies all life'S weary way; ' ence Aron viii front inc. TOUCHING Presbyterian • The" " recently beard a remarkable and:tottehing story of a. • boy, a son of a gentleman; in 'an adjoining county. ' His ageiStwelve . or . , Hen is an interestingand promising One day during the. winter, - he failed to rise in tIM morning as usual. At length "his father went into the room where be I lay, and asked him why he did not get tip? Ile said it seemed dark yet, and; he was r l waiting for daylight,' . Ms= failtertir'edi but the boy did not make his appitaranee.l lb. ! some tune. • "31y: son, why don't you get - .lle replied,"rather, is it daylight ?I. yo, long. "'Diou f father," the little !rhos• sap, ma blind." • ' ' Ar it.Avas. liis sight was gone. In' a•short -time his Either .-tOok him-fa Nashville to get the benefit of - the medical profession there, but !toile of the physi clans, could do anything for him, and hap pily they made no ex perinienta on his Oyes: Some ladies in a tinnily - of his'lifther'fil qtpthitattee sought to .cheer bile ; in hitf- af fliction, and one night"proposed .to lake, him to tho.oper+ that: ho might hes4r music and singing:. llc went avid s;v . nal l i t i., lighted. ,In the course of - the,peformi*, all at once he leaped Afp,.l Ruff .threw hie I arms round his ththees..tkook, and screanul with ecatacy. "Oh ! father, car - see V.? His sight had initaritly,returnedland since tlica retained it full vigor, cept.thtit tinder' cicit cm 'there is son - te l . tunes:a transient dinificsif - of pinion: Thc ease.-is one ef a remarkable and- - singulat character -•- ' ' - zpr Talleyrand, the prime' minister of Napolion g sby • Madame :de Steel, • It 40 happened , Talleyrand was lime; • and neut.: ame.erosa-eyed. .3leeting .:one day, mad arue Bays ; hoviis 'that poor' leg ?" '.°Crooked as -you ace j quickly replied ' Tallevrand. - Jpß ; rp y. imAia . 21/ 4T4'. T. A I,I D .PSNOrsIii T AND- "LIVX AN LET LITE" , iffiacks. - , Vili.oftice of the / { o» nose . Delikerld haa reortnlyheen itippliedWlth a new and thehe'eartet, • of tw.ete.7 sled we are now prepared to petit paartddirtrz cirenhus f etc.:l44 the heat style, am abort no ti on ` .• , • • • • , Pksters 4 Progriuvrnes, and other kind* of work in , this.4e, done according to ceder, • Ilesineel, r , m 444 , Ticket*, Otc: fdetnentatim • Julticafstables bites, i; needs, and an other Blanks , dkkabd, , or prtsited to Order M - Jun 'work and Mii;dca, tono paid kw on deli vevy has rr , "7 7- 7 , 3 14, 1 ' 't I had Catilaill'i4 I,* gren stir'l4l6r7f. ..1 , eat• the other day... I did want to to lbint piece -of to miml so bad.- But Ili just Write it to him. „ - ' . You want caphal pose you what'You capita ? 'what, do' you? . And sup. would yon do with it? You want capital ! IfaVen't yoit got pandas; and feet, and hody, t!, mid muSele,. ,and hone, and brainq and don't YOU call them capital, *What more.. capital did God giyi) to , anybody.? Oh! but - they are not money, Aa y yon... But , they are more than Money. If yi* will/ lise their they will make Moilev,•and no. - body can tak - e - thent from you. hon'tyfou know how to• Use , . them ?. .If, , 3•o,u i don't it is time you were' learning? TAlce - bold, of the first plow, or h - 6,6 - , , orjack-plane, or broad-axe that you can pad, and go to work. Your capital ss'oll, Soon Yield a large interest. Ay, butAhere"ii the rub you don't wantuo work-; you want m oney - or creflit:t hat Youniafplay tho jientletn4n and litteentate,/ . nad" cud by playing 'the Vagabond . ; or , wane a - plantation - and* negroes, Oat / you maThire An oversee: to at tend - to/ t heft - 4 While you run. about'. over the. country- and 4lSsipatci Tantlfer - -. . in debf/ .- Or - Want io marry soine'rieliki,tl • • who may be' fool enoug'h•to take "von for yOnr'ne, clothing and s gOod looks, that: she may support you. ; - ~ _ S . . • • • ' hame. upoii,.yoo, young man! .Go to. work with tine - Capital you haye,and . youll; soon make interest enough upon Wan& with it, .to give you aantucli_ monmait, von Want, and make yOu feel like 'a • itraii: - If you can't niake • capital upon wlnit:you have,, you couldn't make it if ybu Lads; million million of dollars in money. Ifyou.dpa . A., know hinw to use bone, and musete,** brains, you Would not know Low to tact, ..014.1. If you let the capital you Iravviier idle, and waste,-and rust out, it, would . the ,same thing with you if you Lad gold., Yon would only know - how to waste. • Then don't stand about like a .great helpless waiting fur 'somebody to come in and • feed you, lint. go to work : 'Take the first work you can Sind--no mat-. - -ter what it is, - so out be sure.`to - 4o it like, Billy . (411y did hiSdrumming—well. Yes, whatev©r you - do undertake; do it Nielh. , always do your best. U p:in-manage-that • capital yon" already have, -you • will .soani hare plenty more to, manage ;' 'but if yon% can't or won't manage the capital God has gii•en you, ;tit will never have any otheri . to manage. you.bear, young man?, --.111.-411111! 7 My Wife is the., Cause . of Xt. It is now More than forty years or that Mr:L..ealled at the house of Dr. L oue very cold morning, on his Wily: to 1 / 4 " Sir," said the doctor, "the.'weathei is . very frosty—will SQU not -take something to drink before. you 'start?" In that early day ardent spirits - were( deemed hotispensible to warmth in winter. When.CA; tmeneinlv a jouraen•aud at eve ry ntace,t7Pauszth. rwtti, jLu trfie-' 'der .always useti (ntlvOcating drinks to keep him warm. . ' . said Mr. L., " ',hover touch any; thiner of that kind, :null will tell3:ott •tho rearin to.fc is flee - enure of it. "I had been in . the habit of meeting, some of our neighbors .every evening for the purpose of phiying - tards. We asittin ! , hied at each other's shops,',and lire sirs were introduced. After a while we met not so mueli ling, the purpose of playing, as drinking, awl I used to return borne late in 'the evening more or less intoxicated. Mr wife always Met me:at the door af fectionately, and when I chided her for sitting nip so late forme, she kindly replied: • "'I prefer doing so, tior I cannot sleep, when you .are out.! •Tbis always troubled me.. I wished in my heart she would only begin to icoldtwe,: for Weld could have retorte - 11,..and relieved my comiclehee. But die always met Ma with the same gentle and lo.yjng.spicit. " "'Things passed on thus for months, - when I at l:INt resolved that I Would, by returning much intoxicated, - 'provoke her diipleasnre so much its to cause her t.!>.' lecture me,- - when I meant to answer lier with serverity, andthus . ;by creating'anoth: er issue between--us, unburden :my bestial of its present trouble. 4 I 'returned ie such a plight alioht funi loek in the morning- •:..ihe metuie rt the door with her itSual teisleruess, and said: • _ - (*erne in litishatul ;: just teen -making a" warm fire for you, beeaniie klICAti- you. would Ile Crild. "I'like;off yotti boots and . Warm yourtZet, rnd hetv. • : cup a hot i:oirm.! 3. " DUetor, that _was:. too coda riot endure it any 'longer, and ;I resoli•'ett that ntotnetit that. I would never touch another tlroli . while I livei,..and newt. will." • • lle never -11 e li-ve4 and died pray , tising total abstinence from. intoxicating drinks, in a village :where. intemperaneu has raised a mneh as any other in this ,• - That mati.was my father, and that wo• . man my mother, The facts aboveiplated e•ere received from the doctor himself, on a visit to toy nath•e..villageut lotig since: l!CIIIIIE1 . . r-rer.'A,tallgirl, named. Short, loved a . certain big Mr, Little ; w bile tittle, hide thinking' vt!Short, loved. a little lady named Long.: . • To make a bug story short % Lkttle pruposFil to Long,. and Short • longutg4 to • be even with Little's short comings. , So Short, meeting Long, threatened to.marry Little'beforeLong, which caused Little h 2 a short - time to marry Lung. . ~• Why is a young holyjust returned fro ns boarding school like a builder', Because she is ready to receive proposals.. • ' the Great Eastera is simply a bark from the. British kon. - . • Aft impluient WeAtern print intirnatefi that -"true spirit of New England ",_ll* cheap ruin. - . . • • If, yap a / a ut.-to have :131an•for yak - Ilieritio-neVer:h4atc theill-willeehis wire. l'ublio opinion aver in a great mom, tire, an th average prejndiees:of wornatit. If you were, Obliged to swallow a Luau, wliout would you prefer to ? little London Oiter. - - .f*C".•
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