VOLUME XXX.
E. B. HAWLEY & Co., Proprietors.
Business Cards.
J. 11. & A. IL MeCOLLITIL
Arronstrs sr Law Othre over the Rant, Montrose
Pa. Moutteso, May 10, 1611. 11
I). W. SEARLE,
ArTor.NET AT LAW. omen over the Store of M.
D e .. 40,,, In the Brick Block„Montrose,Pa. EattlCO
w: W 5.117 - 171,
7.ABINST 0113 CHAIR MANIIP:ACTORKIIS.—Iroot
of Man street. Montrose, rat. lan:. 1. ISO.
.C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent;
sta Ott Prlendaville. Pa.
C. S. GILBEnT,
Q. Si. 41.1.11.0tica3CL4301 . .
sari ,mtf Great Rend, Pa
Amy Av . , "'" •
17. ES. ..11.1s.oltickri.oar.
Ase.l, ltV9. Address, Brooklyn, Ps.
AWN GROVES,
Y ASIIIONABISTAILIEt, llontroeo, Pa. Shop over
Chandler's Store. AD orders 1111cd In Itrat-nttestyl4.:
vatting done on altort notice. and warranted to at.
J. F. .5110EILIKER,
attorney at Law, Montrose. Pa: '00104., next door to .1
It. DeWitt's store, opposite the batik.
Montrose, Jan. 17, ible.—no—ly-
A. 0. IVA RIZEN;
ATTORNEY A. LAW. Bonney, Back Pay. Pension
and Rata on Claims attended to. Otace Pr-.
_oor below Boyd's Store,niontrose.Pa. [An. 1,!GO
W. A. CROSSMON,
yittorny M Law, (Mee at the Court 11,m5., in the
Commirtrtonert OMCe. W. A. ertemsoN.
llontreor, SOUL 6th. IS7l.—tf.
Co.
Dotler, In Dry Goode, Clothing, Ladles and Miss**
fine Shoes. oleo, agents for the great Anteriesn
Tea and Coffee Company. [ldontroae. July 17. 'Z I]
DR. W. W. SMITH,
DC`4lll7. Room• at his dwell' or. nest door east of the
Itennhlican prhailutt °Mee. °lnce hoots Iron, eA. X.
XI 4 r. a. Montrose. May 3,141-41
LAW OFFICE.
TITCTI WAT , ION., Attorneys nt. Lan, at the old onler
or 114utley S. Poet, Montrose, Ps.
r. ft - Wu. Patt.ll, 'Mt V. a. crArson.
J. .5.1 UTTER,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR. Shop ever J. IL DeWitt's
%tong.
Ilenttoec Feb. lUth 1871.
ABEL TURRELL,
De.ilsr in Drugs, Magnetites. Chi mica!, Paints. Oils,
tire MIA Sittrmt, Paz.ey Gs..ls, Jewelry. Per
dc., Brick Mack. Monts Po.
Isis [Fob. I, Jsitl.
Mt w. 1 RICHARDsoN,
pll TSICI-1X , ./t VIMBON. Waders hi. profesolooo
•orrtco• to the citizens et Montrove and victnity.—
Ottice at hiorloshlenco, on tho corner est.tSoyre .
tire.. Poo odrI• I.koz I.
CIWILENN sTORDA RD
kalerla Booty and Slams. lint+ and Cana. Leather son
Finding*, Slain Street. lot done belays Boyd's Fiore.
Work made to order, and m.o.:icing dune neatly.
111. grow. J., I.l':n.
LEWIS A' _N . 0 LI,.
STIAVVCG AND IlAIlt DRESSING.
Shop In the new Pootaffire huildinu. where he will
he round ready to attend all who may want +mythic;
in his line. Alouirose Pe. Oct. DI, ltiGti.
DR s. 3-TO
FIiTSTCIAN L under. hf • OCrVirCIP to
the chisel. of Great Bowl nod VI. Icily. Oftioc at hi.
tesitiviacc. oppoonc &truant Llouse, G i t ikad tillage.
Sept. tat,
DR 1). A. LATHROP,
A dninlo ert Etat:ran Tonna.. U 11414. at the Piot of
Chest/It .truer. Call and coo/milt to all Chronic
lo tease,
)10ntrose. Jan. It, '7l.—tto)—tf.
CIIARLEI' MORRIS,
71111 Ft ATTI II ItltltEll, has mooed his shop to tho
►sildisq oetnn,od by . J. 11. DeWitt, whore he Is pro
, pared to d, s I kinds or work in 111.11 no, sock Or um
kiss( strltchr.. etc. All work done on short
notice and prices km, ritllSe Cali and or me.
Jr. BURRITT.
Dealer at Staple and Fancy Drs aivoda, Cracker'', !lard.
wale. trua, Scores. Drat Ts. 01Is. nail NitAO. Matt.
and Shoe.. Hats and Cape, Fars. Buffalo Babes. Gro
cerlea. Provision*. Sc.
New-Millard, I a., lam . , fi,
EXCHANG I: 110 TEL
D. A. McCRACEEN. wisher to Inform thepublic that
having rented the Excitant., Hotel In Montrose,
ho
to now prepared to accommodate the traveling public
in gretelaosoryle
Montrose. dug. 2i. 182.
BILLINGS STE° UD
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT. All
boatneva attended to promptly. on lalr tort.. Mee
dna door coat of the hank o , Wm. 11. Cooper 3 Co.
Pohlle Arelltle, Montrose, Pa- (Ana. 1 .186 9.
` l lltoly 17.1811.] BILLINGS STROUD.
J. D. T-AIL
Ilestsorarrne Perste - tax sun Sunoco:v. nes permanently
bleated himself to Montrose, Pa., where he will prompt
ly attend to all calls In hle proreoslon with which he may
be faveord_ 011 ice and residence west of the Court
Etwse, near Fitch Jh Wateon'a
Montrose.Februarye 8,1811,
F CHURCHILL
Justice or the Peace: office over L. S. Lotheireie stone.
greet bend horoueih. Susquehanna County. Penti'm.
lira: the set lement of the dockets of the bite Isaac
Reektmer. deceased. Office hours from it to 12 &cluck
.
• m and from Ito 4 o'clock p. m.
tree, Send, Oct. MI, 1672.
BUMS cf NICIIOLS,
DELA t. eIUS In Dram lied{eines, Chemical., Dye
r . ann. Paiuta.olle.Varrileb, Liquors. Splces.Fancy
•r. elee. Patent Medicines. Perfumeryand Toilet Ar
liebla. IllF—Preserlptione carefully compounded.—
Fele: Meet. llctetrose,Pa.
A. B. Bunn&
Feb.2l,lM.
p'.5T ALL 1f1371S OF
JOB PRINTING, Fife.,
FOOrTrED AT TUN
DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
Won essz or MUG Min%
Zits Oct'No. orncr.
INVOCATION.
-o
BY MIS. HELEN HAMLET.
Spirit! the day is dying, come to me
In the faint tin: things of that sapphire sea;
Come from that land oh hu es,
And tell me, it, in that fair, fairer clime,
Spirits communed at holy eventime,
As mortals do in this?
:fthit the day Is done, one meteor,
Tremt m athwart the ether realms afar,
Veiling its voiceless rays,
Long and most lovingly 1 watch its flight
No message floats down its starry height
111 answer to my gaze!
bay has returned. sweet sprint Las come and
gone,
Autumn and winter, until years hoye Elam n,
Sinco last on earth w•e parted.
In nil that weary time thou host returned
Ifo more, to those who wept for thee, and
mourned,
. Fond and o'er faithful hearted.
As lillim twain, as roses intertwined,
The same sweet sympathy, one mutual mind,
Were we in youth's glad morn
Until death came and severed front my side,
Ny brave companion, counsellor and guide,
Leaving me all forlorn.
Oh, if blest spirits on that other shore,
Hearing our walling, could return ones more,
Surety I should have known !
Only in dreams no mortal hunt thou spoke,
And smiled, until in rupture I awoke
- To find the vision Sown.
loved a bahe, a. matchless boy, one whom
The angels loved an well, anal lured him home
Alas, caws for me !
lie would press kisses on my lips as sweet,
An pure as lore and innocence 'Twere meet
That such should serepl. he.
wonlil give worlds, nyc worlds, for just one
kiss,
chic clasp of those soft arms, one mute caress!
I muse at close at day.
And whisper to the winds, the silent skies, -
11l tell me If be bends those azure eyes
And smiles with love on me,
:Co : vidce: no answer! Nothin4 save the gloom!
LT.atil I saw beside the &axiom s, tomb,
. One who could point the way !
'rimy cannot come to me, my last beloved !
But 1, I lironli pal knee, toil by...1 . 1,w proved,
Shalt spend with them, ull doubt aud pain re
moved,
A whole eternity.
[Porn. Demorrat.
c ,` , toril
HIS FOLKS
• - „-
"I can't stand it and, what's more 1
won't," said little MN. Itiokk, clutching
the bats of her locking-cnair.
Mr. Hinkle plite.dly went out to sow
pea 3. Ile could stand almost anything
and yet r Iteal;1 as serene as a cabbage
head—which, indeed, his wife often saul
he resembled. Laviny's tantrums troubled
him about as much as a mosquito's tam
ting would trouble an elephant : but he
thought they were kind of wearing to
her, and that she "come to" quicker alone
At the gate ne met Mrs. Nidtlins
3 , ‘And how's yonr poor watt!'" said she.
i'Able to he stirring," replied Mr. Hin
kk, as he went tot.
"I.3‘iny's punctually enough without
bring set tm,'• said he to "It in
only a way she has and conies of her
enjoying such very p,ior health. She'll
cool down, but that uld nut:d hain't an v
call to ride her."
"And here I've stock, like a dab of
putty. front the day I married a ith Neu
Ilea," she was saying to Miss Niddins.—
"I've had to walk oil eggs, or his folks be
in my hair. They've had their remarks
to milky about all my doings ; and, you
may depend upon it, it grinds."
"Poor tiling!" groaned Miss Niddins.
"See how I put upon this morn•
ing by his sister Phebe," said Mrs. llin
kle• "That woman had the itnputlence
to twit cue of neglecting Reuben, I ecanse
I leave him to get his ono supper on
sewing-circle nights!"
"Don't tell me so!" sniffed Miss Nid
dins. "Did Mr. Hinkle complain to
her ?"
"Catch him complaining!" cried Mrs. '
Hinkle; "he hasn't gotspunk enough.—
"Why, he's gut nu mere, grit than a hay
stack, and he's as sot. 1 wish 1 was sin
gle. Now here you are free to go where
you please!" •
Miss Niddins sighed an affirmative.
"If you was to separate.l. anppose you've
got enough to live on," suggested she
cautiously.
Mrs. Hinkle's rocker jerked itself into
a full stop; and the like to have a third
person hint at a separation startled her.
"Well—yes," said she hesitatingly.—
"I've g t die property I brought with me
when I was married. I won't deny but
what Reuben has done the fair thing
there; bnt then, if he'd been some men,
he might have doubled it by this time.
The lung and short of it. is, lie's half
asleep. I have to keep stirring . him uP ;
and, after all, be don't appreciate me.
"I believe it would wake hint pretty
thoroughly if yon should leave him," re
turned Miss Niddins. He'd begin to real
ize what a smart wife he'd lost."
"He'd clutter the kitchen with his
greasy harnesses, and camp down on the
lounge in his boots—that's what he'd do
minute I was off!" snapped Mrs.
ilinkle.
"He couldn't manage without you
to save his life." declared Miss Niddins,
--mfidently. "He'd go down on his knees
t o pa t Ton back. •
Cus. fl kle eZTllled flattered by the
"His folks have tried la 7 soul out cf
me," cried Mrs. Hinkle; hast:lv resuming
berwrath; "and what's Meade:led me
Meat Ins be.u . to see Reuben' take it so
cool; That man hasn't any more nerves
than a tub of lard."
4 Pcior woman r said 3liss hitddins.
Amos Nrcuota
Bat as Mien Niddins spent the week,
she and Mrs. Ilinkle bed ample oppor
tunities for screwing' the discussion of
the latter's grievanees, till BIM lii ,kle,
by the time hor guest departed, came to
feel: as she expressed it, "all in a -mud,
die."
"X wonder whether or no snge ten
woildn't be kind of quieting to Laviny."
IfinkJe reflected one morning. "1
liain't seen Pier sof/actions since she lnal
the neurology in her Nee.l If she wasn't
a poor sick crecture, I don't know but I
shonid get put out with her—l really
"TRUTH AND RIGHT :
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1873.
don't;' and Mr. Hinkle lowered his voice
to an awe struck whisper as he gave ut
terance to his treasonous thought.
'tot any sage' to spare?" cried Mr.
Hinkle to his sister Pliehe as be came to
her house.
"Lamy's in a terrible nervous wav,and
I think maybe she needs something sooth
ing. What's good for her nerves?"
"I don't know, without its a sot:nd
scolding," replied Miss Pilch°.
"New, sister, yOu're hard on Laviny."
said Mr. Hinkle in an injured tone;" she
ain't tough like Oat you be."
"Her temper it tough ; hut I'm suited
if you are, poor tout!" and Miss Pliebe
hunted for both S'age and valerian,though
inwardly persnadeu that all the poppies
in the world couldn't sooth Laviny when
she once got "see out."
Meanwhile, Mrs Hinkle had been doing
a furious forenoon's work, and, ready to
drop front exhumation, was just hanging
up the mop after scrubbing the kitchen
floor, when dear, blundering old Reuben
scuffed across the:threshold with his torn
paperbags, scattering, dried leaves like an
autumn wind, and leaving a muddy moc
casin truck at every st 4 p. Before those
clumsy footprints Mrs. ll'nkle's feeble
forbearance fled. The herbs her husband
had trusted might prove a narcotic, acted
upon her as a powerful irritant.
"Reuben Hinkle!" said she, bracing
her aching back against the pump "how
much longer do you think I'm going to
wash floors for you to litter?"
"There, there! now don't fret," pleaded
Reuben ; saveeep it up. You do
putter round inoien you're able that's a
fact. You know I'm ready
,and milling
to hire a girl any day:'
"A girl smouching my paot l" cried
Mrs. Hinkle, m a wrath. "Pnt down
the broom. Retthen ; you're made tracks
enough. Your folks shall never have
that handle. thael spent your money on
hired help."
-You're rather bard on 'em, 4aviny,"
said 3lr. Hinkle; "they mean well by
you. Here's Phebe now been and
you something stilling. I told her what
a fizz your neries had bees in late
ly."
"So you've been running me down to
your folks !" cried Mrs. pickle. glaring
at her hus!mnil. ; "After all Vie stood
from you, Reuben it's too much."
"I've always made excuses for you,
Laving, and tried my heat to live peace
able," said he ; but I tellers 'taint
in the pow, r of mortal man to get along
with you."
Then in a state of great amazement at
himself, lie went out. Listening in vain
for the dinner horn he returned to find
the fire out, his mitucky mud prints dried
upon the flour, stud his wile absent.
..Hone off iu huff to Igor octet. Tript:e,
I guess. I'd have hitched up if I'd Mice
knowvil she wanted to go. She wouldn't
Teak to me, I s'p.ise b, cause Ed riled
her. I hadn't orter done it—that's a
fact."
II wing relieved his mind by this list
confession, Mr. Hinkle ate his dinner
with an excelleni appetite, and in due I
time his slipper also, his ails not havind
appeared.
-1 expect she caleulAtes for me to go'
fir her, and I'd better lie. why, if
the re ain't Ezra Tripp, now !" and as Le
spoke la; at the door came his wife's brAtter
in law.
"Laving ain't sick, I hope ?"
"N.. tisn't that," replied Tripp.
" he's getting most out of patience
waiting for me. I supdose," suggested the
unexpeeting Rh ithen.
"Well, Ed aught ter gone More, only the
off' ox broke through the fence anti—"
"Lavina says she won't coins back," in
terrupted, Mr. Tripp.. desperately; "fur
she's lived with you as long as she can
stand it !"
Mr. Hinkle flopped down like a starch-
less dickey.
"I might 'hay.. knowed she couldn't
bear -*but I do," he groaned. "Tho
morning when she Wad blowing of me,
I spoke ha'sh to her ; I don't see how I
come to. But Ezra, you don't think,
now, that she won't never conic round?"
Mr Tripp muttered some,hing abont
his sister-iti-law being 'pretty resolute,"
and turned away.
"1 wish you'd carry over Laviny's cough
medicine," said Mr. Hinkle, rousing him
self. "Lore! to think of her hacking iu
the night, and me not hearing her! And
Ezra. I'd take it kindly if you'd stop in
the morning and tell me how she rest
ed.
• * * * s s •
"A dreadful poor hand I should be to
sit alone. Laviuy is a master woman for
making thins lively. Some how I can't
bear to lock her out; and it is a fact
worthy of note that the faithful Reuben,
fur the first time in his life, went to bed
leaving the porch door unbolted.
If he had cherished a vague hope that
his wife might steal home in the early
morning, he certainly saw no traces of
her ruling spirit on rising. By dint of
burning three fingers he succeeded in
making a breakfast. As he was sitting
at this frugal repast his sister Phebe
Bounced in.
"Has Ltviny left you, Reuben? It
can't ber
Mr. Hinkle ncdded his head solemn-
t•The worst is her own," stormed Phe
be. "I guess we shan't die on her ac
count."
"You never felt right towards Laviny,"
said ho sorrowfully. "I dou't lay this up
again her, clearirig out; I blame it onto
Miss Niddins." - .
"I wish you bad some of my spirit,
Reriben flinkle, if you had, you wouldn't
go nigh Laviny for one while. She's con
1.-vs', and depend upon it, she'll be a
great deal more apt to come back if you
don't tease her.
'Certainly in her husband's presence
Mrs. BMW bad been a very patient
Griselda Compared to What she was now.
freed from home restraints. She fretted
and fumed in an"explosire manner, rais
ing an unwonted fermentation in the
Tripp hontehold. She hated his folks.
she hated Ilenben for not hating them,
site bated herself for baying. borne their
interference so long, and declared she
Ihail not bad "the temper of a fly"—
which, indeed, was quite true. But as
the week wore ori WiltrevAxahnteg the
GOD AND OUR COUNTRY."
coveted vision of her husband at her
feet, the eiforveseenee of her mood was
Gast subsiding, when the rumor that Miss
Plieba was widdiug her domestic sceptre
agitated it anew. Pretty work it was to
be crowded out offer own house by his
folks! She knew why Rmbec did not
come. They had been setting him against
her. What if he shou!d never come ?
Lavina, mortified, and then alarmed
by his non-appearance, worried herself
into a course of exasperating sick head
aches, and in every sense shut out the
sunlight from the house -of the Tripps.
In the midst of paint-scrtibbing Mrs.
Tripp found no leisure to devote to her
compLuning sister, but left nun of her
children to wait upon her. Mrs. Hinkle
felt abused. When had Reuben b:en too
busy to bathe her aching temples. Little
Joe made her nervous us a witA, and
one day she told hint so, and a moment
after had the satisfaction of heating him
say to his mother in the kitchen that he
"couldn't get along with Aunt Laviny no
how."
“'Taint in the power of mortal man to
get along with you, L tviuv.” The words
came hack with the startling force of a
proof text, and haunted her afterwards
con tin ually.
Ohs morning lithe Joe rushed in with
the terrible tidings that "Uncle lt,mben
had fallen kerchunk from a twain in the
barn."
Mrs. Hinkle tore the bandages from
her head and started up.
"Susan, I'm going home!"
'Where's my Wilmot?" and snatchingii
it by tkc string nrs. Hinkle sprang into
the wagon just vacated by her nephew,
and drove away at a doctor's. pace.
'Didn't Aunt Luiny streak it?" Joe
shouted; "and Uuele Reuben wasn't hurt
a mint."
By the fall Mr. Hinkle found himelt
considerably Silf kM, and he was actually
according to hid wife's prediction, "camp
ing down on the lounge in his hams,"
when, (Telling his eyes, they rested on
her frightened face in the doorway.
"Why, bless your heart cons; right in
Lad ay." said he. Ana she wimt right
in, and shut tlm door.
Five minutes afterward. as M:ss
lifted the latch, all,: heard her s.st‘tr-in-
IL.w sir:
"I Iciuw I h•tve heetorA von awfully,
lltlben, hut I do mean to live p..taceable
now. !Lad put up with your folks."
And It tuben answered heartily:
haven't blaine , l yol a bit, Ltviny. I
' , mowed .Nfiss Nalins . work. But
after we'd kited together s.) laug
m . o . ht have let us be till God divorced
tN'S CRIME.
BY DEN t'Gai:Jag.
Della Slmpsnn bad left the plaataton
tonic and ridden half way to the river
landing. A Florida ctrl was jest Sink
tag behind the trees, and a rich glow suf
fused the luxuriant vegetatiou that had
not yet been solL:red by the parchel heat
of the later spring. Miss Samson was an
only child, an heiress, mad ;13 pr nil and
s.ll-willed as the fret ltd. prancing brute
on which she rode. Her long, hhiak hair
hung in artful confusion upon llrsplend
td aeck. while the deli col it of her ele
gaudy cut Ewe returned the haughty
challenge of the m ignifictent tropical
blossomi that set forth their alhost over
powering odors on every side. Soon she
heard the sound of a horse's feet approach
ing at a gallop, and' rounding a curve in
the road, met a handsome man of about
twenty-six years of age. Ile was tall and
graceful, and altogether a fine represen•
tative of the true typo of Southern chiv
alry. lle was dresied in the ordinary.
style of the Southern gentlemen, but with
a precision and neatness which, together
with the white neck-tie that he wore,
plainly bespoke the clergyman. A 3 they
met, he turned its hors2s head, mil the
two rode on side by side.
-Yon may do as you like, Mr. Merlin,"
said the lady, with a calmness and .do
liberatiop utterly at variance with her us
ually impulsive tone of comm lad, "bnt if
von do not propose marriago to Miss
'Searle, you shall never win my hand.'
"taut, Bellti, she may accept me."
"0, she will accept you, never fear that; '
but I will undertake to find a good Cause
for brAkiny, off the match."
"You splendid tempter,why do you urge
me to this thing ? It may result in corn
promising me in position, and will cer
tninly be a wrong to the lady."
"I will not argue," she angrily return
ed, "Yon know my terms.". I have deter
mined to accomplish my purpose in this,
and if you love me and wish me to love
you in return. you must yield to me."
And the Reverend Ilampton Merlin
yielded. Ile yielded, as all men yield, to
imperious beauty—as the intellect always
yields to the senses. He knew that the
purpose she had in view was that of a
slighted woman. lie know the history of
the engagement with George Morely, flip
pantly broken by the gentleman on , the
plea of a residence in Italy, as a conso
quence of his appointment to a position
in the diplomatic service. lie knew that
before Morely had left for Atalv ho had
proposed to Miss Searle, but - had only
been able to obtain a promise that she
would reconsider the matter. Me knew
that the reason for this hesitation on the
part of Miss Searle, was her ill-concealed
affection for himself. Ire knew all this,
and yet he yielded like a man—weakly,
like a man.
Within a week all the gossips in and
about the small collection of houses
known as Morton's Landing. were bab
bling the new sensation—Helen Searle
had at last succeeded in catching the
minister. It was strange what tastes men
had, and how easily they could be en
snared by girls who were bold enough to
follow them up and make love to them.
As for the poor girl herself, who AVM
being made a victim to the revenge of a
rival and the guilty complicity of a man
whom she loved with a very blindness of
passion, she appearesi at church and in
the scanty society of the place, like a new
blown flower. Love requited fairly il
luminated her life. But there was one
drawback. Her lover seemed as•much as
possible to avoid her presence; and al-
though she ateributed this to a desire on
his part to avoid all appearance of love
sickness, yet hit gloomy expression and
absent mindedness painfully puzzled her.
She was a heal:rife girl, of elegant
manners and exceptional cultivation of
mind. She had mild blue eyes, and a
face which at every turn was suggestive
of some new womanly grace. Her gentle
life seemed that of a Nerthern waif in
the passionate-hearted South. Verily the
ways of women are past finding out. Here
was a young girl's life to be blighted, not
for anything she had done, not because
she 'was supposed to be a rival of Bella
Samsom to Mr. Merlin's love—for Miss
Samsom did not care fur the man whom
she had promised to marry—but because
George Merely had preferred her sweet
face to the proud beauty and impetuous
disposition of one who once called herself
her bosom friend. She had not even re
turned Merely's love. Nevertheless, she
was loved by Merely, and his heart must
be pierced, though the stroke should
make desolate her whole future life. The
scorned woman had grown to hate het
innocent and unsuspecting rival.
Two mouths had hardly clasped since
the engagement of Mr. Merlin and Miss.
Searle. when a most toothsome scandal
was whispered about in the first circles of
Morton's L sliding society. .A letter had
been received by the minister signed by
"A Friend," warning him not to keep
his engagement with Helen Searle. This
letter, gossip said, had been sent to Mr.
Searle, together with a note from Mr.
Merlin, to the effect that he disbelieved
the statements contained in the letter,but
that nevertheless he thought it due to his
position, as a minister of the gospel, and
to 1113 congregation,to avoid even the con
nection with so painful. etc. The note
was concluded with a positive demination
on the part of the writer to continne'the
engagement. 'rime father,npon the receipt
of the letter and accompanying note, rav
ed like a madman. lie swore that he
would limit down the slanderer, but ex
pressed himself as happy at the discovery
of the pusillanimous character of the
man who was to have been his son-in
law. In fact, however, he was able to do
nothing. The letter bore no trace by
which to detect the writer. It had been
mailed at Mobile. But his search for the
shiederer was stopped by a graver -and
more terrible misfortune.
When the news had broken to Helen,
she had received it in silence, and it seemed
to have but little effect upon her. She pass-.
ed the day in her room. The nest morn
ing she appeared very pale, and with a
worn expression of countenance. She
hail not slept a moment daring the night.
At breakfast she asked, with a faint smile,
if the story about tho letter was really
true.
oo 1,,,4ng told it waq she seemed shock
ed, mat blushed slightly,but said no rune.
She again passed the day in 'her room,
but the nett morning it was found empty
and the bed undisturbed. It was the
old story. In the peaceful black depths
of the eddying water, there seems ever to
be a fair spirit beckoning wretched women
to nndisturb rest.
Helen's body was found after a long
search, in the river, whence it was taken,
cold and pak, to the now desolate house-
It w.ll it:r" • parp ose at this
time to r..call the grief of the family, or
the simple rites which custom and effec
tion prescribed at her burial. The father
died with a broken heart two weeks after
his daughter's funeral,
The remainder of the story is soon
told. So horrified was the clergyman at
the consequences of his ~,guilty complience
with the i.prices of Bella Sampson, that
he broke the real engagement existing be
tweenlthem. lie reproached her in the
strongest terms with her_ critm, and ear
nestly conjured her to make what rep
aration she could by clunteractiog the
effects of the letter which she had writ
, ten, and which he had used with such a
fatal effect in freeing himself from. his
engagement with llelen Searle. To do
him jnstice, he had never contemplated
that Mr. Searle would be rah enough to
. _
make known to his family the true con
tents of the letter; nor did he ever know
that Miss Samson herself had contrived
to have the story affecting the Fdr fame
of the pure young girl communicated to
the gossips of the neighborhood. She
utterly refused to do anything to miti
gate the grief of the stricken family,
although she was evidently startled by
the fatal result of her scheme. She lived
for some years, a beautiful recluse, in
the handsome mansion she had inherited
Irom her father, but subsequently remov
to New Orleans, where she soon became
known as the gayest among the gay of
the fashionable society of the Southern
metropolis. Hampton Merlin, stricken
with remorse, came to the rather singular
resolution of abandoning the profession
of a clergyman, which he felt ha had
shown himself incapable of honoring.
He went to Texas and i specalated in
land for a few years, and loosing what
money he had, through his inexperience
in business affiirs, engaged in the Mexi
can border difficulties, • and finally was
shot in a skirmish on the Rio Grande.
A Good Joke.
——o—
A good joke is told of a little four
year old fellow who, having disobeyed his
father was about to incur the penalty of
a switching. The father deliberately
prepared a rod while his son stood a sad
and silent spectator. As the parent ap•
preached to the unpleasant duty, the boy
started at a brisk run towards a neighbor
ing bill. The father pursued, and for a
time the youngster increased the distance
between' them, but gradually his, strength
began to fail,-and when he reached the
hill and began to ascend he soon lost his-
vantage. Nearer and nearer the irate
father approached, and as he came with
in arm's length of the little fugitive, who
was ready to full from exhaustion, the
boy quickly faced about, dropped upon
the ground, and. with an indescribable
cast of countebance, exclaimed,—
."Papa. that—makes a fellow—blow—
don'tit?"
This "changing the subject!' was so
extremely ludicrous dot the father 'laugh
ed heartily over the strategy which his
hopeful sun exhibited, - and the rod was
not used,
Tennsi i iIiTy: T DO_NAII9I PER YEAR IN AIWA
PA /I IN ADVANCE* SO CIS. Egli.
God Knows It All.
—o—
In thodim recess of the spirit's chamber
Is there some hidden grief thou mayest not
ull!
La not the haul forsake thee, but remember
1.11.3 pitying eye-who sees end Its well—
. God knows it all! .
And art thou tossed on billows of temptation,
And wouldst do good, but evil still prevails?
Oh! think timid the waves of tribulation.
When earthly hope, when earthly refuge fails
God knows it all-1
tud lost thou stn t thy dead% of shame conceal
. ing
In some dark spot no human ere can see—
Then walk in pride, without one sign revealing
The deep remorse that should disquiet thee—
God knows It all?
Art thou opprmt, and poor, and heavyhearted,
The lie.avens above thee in black clouds ar
rayed. -
And well nigh crashed, no earthly strength Im
parted,
No friendly voice to sae, "Be not afraid ?"
God knows it all?
Art thou a mourner? Are thy tear-drops flow
ing
For one so early lost to earth and thee-,
The depth of grief no haraah spirit knowing,
Which moat in secret like the moaning sea—
• God knows it all
Dost thou look back upon a life of sinning?
Forward and tremble for thy future lots
There's One who sues the end front the begin
ping;
Thy tears of penitence is nnforgot—
God knows it all!
Then go to God! Pour out your heart before
him!
There is no grief your Father cannot feel;
Ind let your grateful song of praise adore him—
To save, forgive, and every wound to heal
-God knows it all?
A Great Enterprise.
_o_.
A bill was introduced on Friday in
the New York legislature (certainly
one huge enough in its scope and inten
tion), proposed by Senator Graham, pro
vidiug for a tunnel under the Hudson
river, between New York city and New
Jersey, for the piirpose of allowing the
transportation of freight and passengers.
The Hudson tunnel railroad company is
the destinction of the corporation au
thorized in this bill, under the supervision
and direct ion of three practical engineers,
who shall be appointed commissioners
for the purposi, two by the governor and
one by the mayor, to commence a rail
way from any point 3,000 feet easterly
of the North river, and between Cham
hers and Fourteenth street, an under
ground railway, to run under the bed of
the Hudson river and connect with a
similar railway on. the Jersey side.
The railway is to passers all the powers
granted under the general railroad law:
Notably excellent provisions of the bill
require-the approval by the mayor and
common council of all the acts of the
commissioners and the exetution of a
bond by the company before work is com-
MCCIOCti, holding the company responsi
ble fur any damage to corporation or
p roperty holders.—Neteark Adrerfiser.
Chief Justice Catue's Wives.
•
Cum Jusuen ()LUSE was three times.
.arried to young anti handetrma women.
Ills first wife, Kate Garness, was the
daughter of a wealthy Cincinnatian, who,
was the originator of the Ohio Life and
Trust Company—that concern whose
disastrous failure precipitated the panic
of 1357. This lady was truly beloved by
Mr. Chase, and it was the romantic pas
sion of his life. Ile preserved her let
ters, portraits, and souvenirs of affection
to the last, and they were the most prized
of his effects. This lady_ was a brunette;
she had two children, both deceased.—
The second Mrs. Chase was Lydia Smith
of Cincinnati, mother of Mrs. Sprague.
The third Mrs. Chase, mother of Mrs!
Nettie Hoyt, was Sarah Bell Ludlow, a
superb woman. She always addresSed
the Chief Justice for some quaint reason
as "my dear Percieval." The two chil
dren of the Chief-Justice have been sulk
jeets •of his pride, and perhaps of his
ambition in later years. It.xcepting Mar
tha Jefferson, we have' not had in emi
nent life any daughter who has made the
promotion of her father 83 much a mat
ter of heart as Mrs. Sprague. —Oath.
Walking.
—o—
There is no exercise more beneficjal
than the innocent and independent one of
waking, and ncthe so cheap. The woman
who can walk to church, to school,•to a
neighbor's two or- three mil .s away, is
every way better off than the one who
rides in her carriage, because the former
will receive ten-fold more strength and
pbysicial vigor froth the pedestrian ex
ercises, to say nothing of the' mental
stimulus, which iS no small item. To
more the greatest benefit from walking.
it should be practiced daily. A little stiff
ness of the limbs, a few drops of rain, or
a cloud in the sky, peed not deter one
from a walk. It might keep the carriage
and horses from venturing out, brit good
rubbers, a water-proof wrap, and a felt
hat on a woman are entirely becoming'
and will protect from an ordinary rain,
and the elation of spirit consequent upon
the Waving of a little inclement weather
is worth ri great deal. Queen Victors is
an excellent walker, and so arovery many
of the English ladies of high rank. Spend
ing a large share of their time in the
open air gives them the healthy com
lexions and robust health for which the
English woman are noted the world
over.
Cs.x.t us papers continuo to lament
the exodus of French Canadians, es
pecially young men, to the . United States
for permanent settlement. Ono paper
goes so far to affirm that in one day, from
the lower Mier du Lonp to L0;10,1,200
persona had departed for the United
States, and that they were joinettat the
ttilway station by 600 others who came
by the first schooner, and who took the
same direction.
Tns•present coal famine in En - gland
,bas led to.the discovery .that chalk can
be used for fuel., Chalk, and coal, is
lavers in an open grate give near
ly as much heat as pare - coal, at it little
more than half the expense. . •
•
Aillß LUCCs has had look enongb to
make 1,60,000 in the last six months.
NUMBER 24.
• Varieties: -
—o—
A DIIMiIiEN Toledo man wrote on the
wall of his cell, "Jug not, that ye be . not
j ogged :,
"PmzE packages" of every sort are to
be banished from the railroad cars of 111.,
by act of the legislature.
MIME car IQatia of lunatics were late'
ly taken from Madison, • Wil3, to Mil.
wan kee.
A .11.% !DEN all forlorn in Chicago re
cently tried to hang herself to a post in
tho back yard of her faithless lover.
A BuFF.ti.o miser died last week in tho
most abject - squalor, and has since been
fund to have left an estate worth $250,-
OW.
A VIEGIMA journal gives notice that,
if any of its patrons fail to get the paper, N .
they should. eall at tho office and. sub
scribe.
lys are getting back in fashions fur
ther than ever. Ruffs are now Nom so
large that they have to be stiffened with
wires.
TIIE largest oak in England is said- t 6"
be at Calthrop . e, in Yorkshire; it meas
ures seventy-mghtleet in circumference
. where it meets the ground.
A NEW kind 'of bird hitherto unknown
is Texas, resembling a sparrow, has ap
peared in that state, and is doing execu
tion among dm grasshoppers.
WOSIEN have found a fast and influen
tial friend in Ag-assiz, who desire to ad
mit, women, into all of the educational in
stitutions under his control. • .
Trig city council of Richmond havo
determined to give a site on Gamble's hill
in that city, for the monument to Gener
al Lee. •
Ax obituary notice in a New England
paper concludes with the information that
the deceased "leaves two infant daughters,
both girls.
. .
Ir is useless for physicians to argil°
against short sleeved dreSses. The Con
stitution of the United States says that
"the right to bear arms" shall not bo in
terfered with.
A warren divides men, with regard to
their laughter, into three classes,-the, he,
te. he, the ho, ho, ho, and. the ha, ha, ha,
men—tho shalloW, the gross and the re
fined.
CriiinLEs 8r2.511A1t aged eleven years
son of Dr. Burnham, of Lancaster, died
last week fronitbe effects of burns caused
by a stick of phosphorus, which he. had
found and put in his pocket. .
A Dtrunusr who gives great dinners
at Paris, it is said, always surrounds each
guest at the place where ho site at the ta
ble with flowers that belongs to the coma
trvof which he is a native:
ROYALTY at Vienna is kept Constantly
on the go, and fear is expressed that the
princess and p4entates will clear out and
home-uuless'illey. _are. afforded more
leisure. -
Ix is said to be an infallible sign that
when you see a ver.inda breaking out like ,
a spring. °ruction on an old 'country
Buse, the disease which has attacked
that house is "simmer boarders."
A NEW style of bracelet has lately conics
into great favor. It is mado cf a very fine
thread of gold which, by a sort of knit
ting machine ,
is knitted into a tube. This
is afterwards crushed flat, forming a .
band.
A amount girl in - Fort Edward,
Washington County, who. ongaged her
self to a young man "in fun," faulted on
learning that he had procured' the • pub
lication of the fact in the local news
paper.
A TIN wedding was lately observed
after a rather unusual manner. The
wife eloped with a young fellow, taking
with her all the "tin" she had saved in_
ten Years. The discovery of her absence
closed the festivities. ' .
3fanvx..t.Nnhas two million nine limp
dred and fourteen thousand and seven
acres of improved land and 'One Million
five hundred and ninety-eight thousand
five hundred and seventy-two acres 'un
improved.
Tae Empress of Russia is now on a:
visit to Italy. While strolling through
the streets of Sorrento recently,a - peasant'
woman, presented the Enviese with ttotrio
oranges, and was astonished to receive in
return a• 820 gold piece.
A RICHMOND lady advertises, "under
thelhead of "Strayed or Stolen," for a
"long, lanle, - lean husband, six feet' high,
broad shooldeit,thin beard,light hair and
complexion, blue eyes, and unout 45 yrs.,.
or age, being about twenty. years younger
than myself."'"
Lic;urNiso struck a school house filled
with children, in Irturcuceville, Ga, , ono '-
day last week, killing one little, girl and •
badly fnjnring ten others. On the arm
of one of the pupils an oak leaf was pie'. '
tared with, remarkable- minuteness.
Two editors in Platte city:3l34 ended
a newspaper war recently by attempting
to shoat each other. in the but room of u
hotel.. Three shots were fired by eantr,
and neither o,r them was injnrod; but an
unfortunate spectator, who never had any
thing to dowtth either of them, was Mor
tally wounded. •
Is nothing is 'Russia's great Military
strength more visible than in her number
of horses.. The Rusin' etapire has 18,
000,000 of horses, as compared. to 2,500 ( ,-
060 in dritught animals in Germany, 3,-
100,000' in Austria, and 4,450,000 in
France. Russia now employes 325,000
horses in her- army,' and the .Cossach -
.cavalry, is the finest in the world. '• ,
As the ocean has 'washed away some
fifteen feet of the bluff at Long Branch
in the lastsoveu or eight months, it is
estimated that. in the, next ten years it
will have destroyed the present site of the
hotels.. ThOeourse of the AtlantiCs threw.-
ens to -be - very' destructive to the sea
, fronts recently inrchased at extravagant
j
prices.