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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JANUARY 14, 1858.
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ilewhere.
THE BKSDE OF AN ElEXIKG.
BV EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTII,
CHAPTEll I.
THE ASTROLOGER 6 PREDICTION.
ttewing, a-iw B,UfcV;,Ml
Quincey's VV"
Murders.' recalled to ray mind t.le
. e r ntnt i
l,.;rir . few weokfl fciocc, one o! Lie ,
' e nn. nf tUn mn-it.
-Jr-masibat ever tax- :
cd the ingenuity of men, or required the
lAi vav vw
u.gu.. u uu c ,v .r. . , ..
The locality ot our Mory lies amiu one .
, , ... J - ,iMnri..nn w
of the wilue and cjor-t plctureque re-
.i Au r : e-t...r0 tlio
lfions of the Old Dominion, where the
head waters of the ltnpp.b.nuock wah
the base of the Blue R,d,e. j
The preeirc P0"" !
bhme aud beautiful fccue, wht-re two for-
est-crowned ranges of mountains cros-s
t .a 1
each otner at ounque engic-s.
At the intcicctin2 point o
ti , . j P. Ftuny',Arr !
At tbe intcicctin2 point of these ndg-
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!s nestles a little hamlet, rented, from
its elevated po-ition, Altmont.
the four cJftw, in (be four .gl. of the
irregular mounuiu cross, were oned as
At the period at which our story opens 1
follow: lUMiurcu ,u..or-.
The casern farm, called Piedmont, I "Thc other turce CTents ,f tbcJ follon
Was the life propeity of Madame Audcr- as Pdictep, rat happen within the next
,)y, a Virviuiau lady of the old school. ! two )'CRrs. or befcre 1 rcaob mJ twenty
The -weeru and most valuable estate Bfth anniversary. The first of these is to
as the inheritance of Honora Pftule, an bc unerpected inheritance of tast wealth."
orphan heiress, grand-daughter and ward ! "UP hearing this, a bright smile
of Madame Auderlv. played around the lips of Honora, and
The northern and smallest one, called, ted the clouds from her brow. She
from being the deepet-t vale of the four waitcd a few for him to proceed,
Tlawe'e Hole was the property of old
Hugh Hawe.a widower of gloo;.iy temper
parsimonious habits, end almost fabulous
wealth.
The southern farm nsmed, from the
rtravngaut cost of the eVgaut tuausion
house, elaborate out-buildings und high
ly ornamented grounds, nhicb had ab
horbed the means of the late owner, "Fr
quier's Folly" was the heavily mortgag
ed patrimony of Godfrey Fnquier Du
lanie, the grandson of Hugh Ha we, aud
bow a voung epirant for legal honors at
the University of Virginia.
But little benefit to the heir was to be
hoped from the inheritance of his father's
burthened property. In the Sr.-t place,
old Hugh Hawe had bought up in his own
name all the claims against the estate of
Farquire's Folly doubtlrns to prevent a
foreclosure, snd to save the property for
his grand ?on.
But, unhappily, Godfrey had mortally
ofiended the despotic old man by declin-
ins an agricultural life, aud persiHtini! in
the study of a profession a course that
bad resulted in his own disinheritance.
T make this punishment more bitter
to bis grandson, the old man had taken
into favor his nephew. Dr. Henry Hawe,
whom he had c:tabliahcd near himself at
Furquire'6 Folly. '
At this time, the disinherited heir, hav-
iug finished a term at the University, had 1
come dowu to spend a part of his vaca- '
tion in his native place.
It was upon the Saturday evening of 1
lii arrival that he found the little hotel. '
.j ;nrfn..rl tu irLlo villa of Alt a- ',
inont, iu a great state of excitement, from
tho fact Mint fhe celebrated he ress. Miss
Honora Paule, bad just stopped thcre
and passed through on hor way home. ,
Those who had been so happy as to j
catcb a Plimnse of her face, vied with
.each other in praise of her many charms,
while those who had not, listened with
eagerness, and looked forward to tndem
nifying themselves by seeing her at church 'I"
the next morning.
The
next day Godfrey Dulanie attend-1
rcb where he -saw and fell in love
c most bdautiful and intellectual- '
cd church,
looking girl he had ever beheld. Fom
the 'cheapness aud simplicity of her attire
" " --J I nl
lic'suppascd bcr to be some poor depend-
'pCUQ-
eni'Sf Madame Audcrly's, in whole pew ;
-n.j o i-iAi--or,5.
enc fai. youu y y j . r
yatcd. rihd he resolved at once to vroo,
and".
mtf; if possible, win this lovely being for
iisrifc, pop girl though she was. He .
..Vl J CL WA r.nnr Wauso she could
hisrwifc
oosLlnJ elm wo'a r.nnr VliftnilSn s!lf enllld
for fflat-re5oaK more owity won. But
orfcyrng jr,. .Wi.lof h.by. the;
ciorgytuao, nnu ins Drotner-in-jaw,
est Heinehome after ehuxeb, what was
bis astonishment and dismay, at boiugin-1
troduccd to the supposed "poor girl,"
wj10Q1 j,c f0Und to be DO other than the
celebrated Miss Honora Paule, the groat-
l,n:rp.s an(J hc na we as the best
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V"UIW luu V3 u.w"
eel in converts ion. The tonic or "caoita
pUnisUmeut" having been started, God-
froy turned to Honora, and said: .
i ,i.,, HI1 , nnrsnna interest in
having capital punishment abolished
Miss Paule, do you believe in astrology!'
Ilooora started, fixed her eyes int.nly
upo tbe questioner, rud then withdraw-
itfg them answered-
bir, why did you ask me it 1 believe iu
, .ir!7' .
j "Beeiusc, Miss Paule, I was about to
j relate for your amusement a prediction
jthtt was made concerning myself, by a
professor of thut black art." !
"A prediction, ' exclaimed Mrs. VVil-
loughby, drawing near, with eager inter
est.
"Yes, Madam," replied Mr. Dulanie,
smilinjj, ''a prediction which, if I believ
smiling "a prediction which, if I belie v
ed, would certainly dispose me to favor
the abolishment of the d.-uth penalty. !
g sin wMe T wag p -ournin
, fn. - t. nf ri'uutnnA
on my' way to the Uni verity, T chtneed
to hear of the Egyptian Dervin, Achbad,
. who was at thattieiC creating quite a sen
sation in the city. His wonderful repu
: tatiou was the theme of every tongue,
j "Idleness and curionty combined to
lead ojc to his roome. He required a night
lie deaiandcd,
ad Ipe him, the day and hour of my
birth, fnd then I took leave, itb the
.
promise to return m the morntnir. ihe
. r J . . . r
iProsihe
nt day I went
"Well!" questioned Honora, earnestly
"Mv boroeo!.e was a
lIORttoa-coe
inrWd! Tt r.rpdiod for nlfa short and
a
- - i - t .
ttormv life, and a sliarp and sudden death."
J
Good Heaven! lut the detail.-! '
. ,
,4It prophesied four rearkable events,
tbe of whlcb haa alread? CoruC to
P"' And that was-!"
x tt
"Sincular coincidence!" interrupted
M r . 1 1 1 o u hby , ashearosc aud joined
j-v ,t i i
his Mie and brother-in-law at the other
end of the room.
"I thought so when the prophecy was
j fulfiSW." wpled Godfrey,
j. Tbe otb th-cc .vent.! softly
cuu,g l0S ue conimuea sucne, sue
said
"Well, Mr. Dulanie, go onl what was
the third predicted event!"
"Do you command me to inform you!"
"No, sir; I beg you, of your courtesy,
to do t-o."'
"Very well," ho said, dropping his
voice to a low undertone, "It was to be
my ma'riago with the woman I should
worship."
A deep vivid bluh supplanted the
bright f-mile that quivered over Honora's
variable face. There was a pause, bro
ken at length by her voice, as the gently
inquired
"Aud the fourth!"
Tbe snwer came reluctantly, and in
tones o low as to meet only her ear
"The fourth and la?t prediction was,
that before mtj twenty fifth bitlh-day I
should -perish on tlie scjfold."
A Tow cry broke from the lips of Ho-
noro as her bauds fiew up aud covered
her face. After a minute or to she
dropped them, aud looking hi'n steadily
in the face, said with quiet fijmness
"You doubtless wonder at my emotion,
Now hear me. On the autumn following
the suremer in which that prediction was
made to you, I was in Baltimore with my
graudmother, and with Mrs. Willoughby,
who was then Miss Heme. Curiosity took
u tp lhe rooms of the Egyptian, who was
then practising in that city. And after
some such preparations as ho had used in
your case, he C8st my horoscope and read
"V future. It was this, that before my
twentieth birthday, I should be a bride,
t uever a ife i"&Mfrrmof
uie scuuoiu.arosc ueiween uie mqmai ucue
diction and the bridal cliamber. Such
were the words of the prophecy." She
-Tt!F,-,lu a BM,BU,U,IJ -
vcrshadow every other reeling.
CHAPTER II.
THE SYBIL S CIRCLE.
The next day, Honoro informed her
'grauduiothcr, Madame Auderly, of God-
frey's presence in thc neighborhood, aud
the" old lady sent her only brother, Colo-
nel Shannon, to fetch him to Piedmont,
Godfrey accepted thc invitation. On his
arrival, he found that General Sterne, the
UOVemOr eieet Ol VUglUlu, auv mo
bad just .taken up their quarters, for se.v-
or dArK with Madame Auderly; and
j unnf. nfF
tUe old lady, in his nouor, ai ou BsUua
cards of invitation to some of the neigh-
bors to visit her that evening..
When tea was over the company ad,r
jourocd to tl.o drying room where, soon
',JH -
r '-" .. , , . ti.n
Pamc lather 0 Liberty, the
parish priest of St. Andrew's Church, at
Crossland.
The next arrivals were Mr. and Mrs
Willoughby, and Sir. Heine.
Immediately after them came Dr. and j
I'u ." " 7'
sad. moon teht lace, oeammc bomj ouii
'between her fleecy looks of jet.
I And, last of all, to the astonishment of
nvnrshnd v. came od liuell liawc. wno
had been invited as a matter of courtesy,
and was not in the least degree expected
to make his appearance.
He came not alone. On his arm he
brought a young girl.uninvited.but whom,
with grave courtesy, be presented to uts
a -nl- tl. J,tpr of
a deceased friend, and now his ward,
who had arrived only that morning, and,
whom, presuming on Madame Audcrly's
well-known kindness he had ventured to
present to her.
Mudame Auderly, a reader of faces,
ws certainly attracted towards her; and
after a little talk, that oonfirmcd her first
' .
favorable impressions, she took the hand!
of the orphan girl, and conducted her to
the croup formed by tho Mis.es Auder-
j Mr St Mr Heiu Mr Du,anie,
-j u t.
Under the anniens of Miss Rose A u
1av1 i. flintr iitct aKt.f frt m wlmf ctin i
called a Sybil's Circle, for which purpose
Messrs. Heine aud Sterne were dispatch
ed to bring forward a rouud table. Miss
Rose went to a cabinet to seek the "Sy
bil's Leaves," which she presently pro
duced. All then seated themselves a
round the table.
A dead sileucc reigned. Roae shuffled
the cardi, turned them with their faces
dowu, and then, addressing her right
hand neighbor, Mr. Sterue, in a low voice,
she demanded
"What would you with the Sybil!"
"I would know tbe future partner of
tcy life," was the formal answer.
i'Drawl"
The young man hesitated for a while,
smiled, and, rejecting all those cards that
were nearest himself, put his hand under
the pack, and withdrew the lowest one.
"ltead!" he said, extending the card to
the Sbil.
"Hear!" she exclaimed':
"'A widow, beautiful as light,
'Twill be vour lot. to wed
With a rich jointure, which shall pour
Its blessings on jour head.' "
There was a general clapping of hands,
and shouts of laughter. -
It was now Miss Jessie's turn to test
her fate. Bring a young lady, she would
not put tbe question in the usual form,
but merely iuquired what should be her
future fate. The answer drawn was
44 'To dandle fools and chronicle small beer.' '
a reply that nearly extinguished Miss
Jessie for the evening.
"I declare, if hero ia not Mr. Hugh
Hawe!" exclaimed the lively Lily, as the
old miser sauntered deliberately to the
table, and stood looking with indolent cu
riosity upon the game of the young peo-1
pie. "Come, Mr. Hugh Hawe!" I de
clare, you thai! have your fortune told!" j
"Well, well the couimai7dsvof young j
ladies are not to be disobeyed,5' replied
the old tu an, gallantly, as he extended his
hand and drew a card, which be passed
to tbe Sybil. j
Amid a profound silence, and in & sol
emn voice she read
"'Thy fate looms full of horror! From false'
friends, J
Near at hand, perdition threatens thee!
A fearful sign stands in thy house of life!
An enemy a fiend lurks close behind
The radiance of thy planet-Ob, be warned!'"
'Pshaw ! what serious mockery !" ex
claimed the old man, scornfully, as he
turntu away, and uave place to bis nepb-
J 7
fr ffhn hfl nil tun vrhilo ioni rrtnn i
behind him peeping over his shoulder.
"Willyoupcrmitmctotest my fortune!"
inquired the "fascinating" Dr Hawe.
"And what would you with the Sybil!"
wa0 thc scsponae.
"I would know the future."
"Draw !,' said the Sybil, in a tone of
assumed stcrncss.
Smiling his graceful but most sinister
f Dlile the doctor drew a card, and passed
j 11 t0 tne reader.
' "Hear!" said the latter, lifting the tab-
let of fate, and reading
' " 'Iknow theet-llum fea rest the solemn night!
With her piercing stars, and her deepvinds
, jcr
..
shuiit jODtatuea a lew shillings, put uy the a-
For it asks what the secret soul has done ! ' mount of the rent and with the rest pur
And thou! there's a weight on thinelaway-' chased a little bread and milk for her
Back to thy home and pray!'" children, and then set out, with them to
"Look ! I declare how pale the doctor visit the old confidential clerk of her fatb
has grown I" exclaimed tho flippant Jos- or, Peter MangleB, who had ever been
sie. "One would really think, to look at kind to. her, to consult him about sending
: him that a deep remorse for some unac-
i i
ted crime' preyed on him
"Nbuscuse ! Jugglery !" said the lat -
tcr, turning away to couceal his agitation,
The eyes of Honora Paule followed him
with the deepest interest there was that
upon his brow that sho had never seen
before.
uw .... u huo uuuj. xuiuiug iu
her Rose said :
"Whatscekyou m the
magiccircle,lady!"
"Afo dnstin v.'jitwprnH t holiwninno nnnj
'J -.-..-j,
( "luvo.
I Ancs
usual, to
Invoke the knowledge 1"
drew a tablet, and passed it, as
tbe Sybil, who read
Oh. .ik .o
me not to speak thy fate!
me' not toitell
fliall make thee desolate,
The wrong thou'inaygt not iell !
Aioay ! Away ! for death would be
Even as a mercy unto thccV "
Agnea shuddered, and covered her face
with her Lands.
'Put up the tablets ! They arc grow-
fatal I" said Hose.
'Not for the world ! cow that each
ia fate ! There is a counle vet to be
; AiunnBnA r , M;HO P1 .1 n., !
- r, - - u i-u.v, .
said Mr. Heine.
Tho cheek of Honora Paule changed;
yet striving with a feeling that hhe felt to
" be unworthy, she smiled, reached forth
her hand, drew a tablet, and passed it to
the Sybil, who, in an effective voice, read-
" 'But how is this A dream is on my soul !
I see a bride-all crowded with flowers and
j "'."" "p.' ... , , . ,
1 111 uewguieu visions, on me unnK
Of a dread chusm and thou art she!'"
Honora heard in silence, remembering
the strange correspondence of thcc Hues
with the prediction of the astrologer,
made long ago, endeavoring to convince
herself that it was mere coincidence, and
vaiuly trying to subdue the foreboding of
her heart.
f 'ur; VUMMQ I said liose, spuming
He drew a card, and returned it to ho
perused.
The Sybil took it, and a thrill of su
perstitious terror shook her frame as she
TCad
" 'Disgrace and ill.
And shameful death are near !' "
An irrepres.-ible low cry broke from
the pallid lips of Honora. "Throw up
the cards I" she said: "It is wicked, this
tampering with the mysteries of the fu
ture!" The above ia the commencement of
Mrs. Southworth's ureat story, .which is
now being published in tbe New York from the place.
Ledger. We give this as a sample; but ', The keeu, frosty air partially restored
it is only thc beginning of this most in- ucr strength, and Rachel proceeded with
tereMinjr, fascinating, and beautiful tale . her children till she reached the thorough
the bclauce, or continuation of it, can fa leading through St. Margaret'
only be found in the New York Ledger, church-yard towards the Almonry, when
tbe great family paper, for which the a faiot moan from Mary, whom she i 1 1
most popular writers in the country con- carried in her arms, arrested her steps,
tribute, and which can be found at all the SnG p!accd l,er hand under the thin fa
stores throughout the city and country, de1 shawl which covered her; the child
where papers arc sold. Remember and ask a3 co'd 9 ar,a fhivering, as if seix
for the New York Ledger of January 16, an ague fit.
and in it you will get thc coutiuuaiion of "S&e s dying S" groaned the terror
the story from where it leaves off here. stricken parent "dying for want of food!"
If you cannot get a copy from any news ' The heart of her boy could endure no
office, the publsher of the Ledger will more it was breaking. The cup of mis
uikil you a copy on receipt of five cents. erJ and endurance had been filled to o
The Ledger Is mailed, to subecribers, veifiowing His brain was on fire tears
at 82 a year, or two conies for S3. Ad- could not quench it.
dress vour letters to Robert Bonner, pub
"
lisher, 44 Ann street New York. It is
the handsomest and best family paper in
the country, elegantly illustrated, and
characterized by a high moral tone. ner
Thcstory1s,ofitself alone, worth theprice ' "Kichard ! Richard 1 do not leave me!"
of the Ledger. To peruse the history of shrieked the agonized parent. "Let me
the lovely heroine, Miss Paule how she DOt loose both of my children ! if you love
came to be a bride lor only an evening, Jour pother, return for pity's sake re
and all the strange and absorbing par- turu I '
ticulars connected therewith, will be a; The appeal came too late. Her ton,
treat for all who take the trouble to ret
"
the Ledger.
Her smile so soft, her heart so kind,
Her voic' for pity's tones so "fit,
All sjeak her woninn; but her mind
Lifts her where bards and sages sit.
Richard Hoffman.
A TALE OF LOVE AND RETRIBUTION.
Rachel Bcntly, the lovely daughter of
one of Ihe richest merchants of London, j
having married ueorge liotiman, one. or
her father's clerks, during the old man's
absence in India, he on his return disin
herited her and discharged George. The
latter being overwhelmed by disappoiut
meut, took to drink, and in a few years
became a habitual drunkard; his wife
supporting herself and two children
li.klt nftil tin rr o linn tiAtr i ni.i f sr9 Vi
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selling, one after another, the remnants of
her once costly wardrobe aud jewelry.
Un the last day of December ot the
year iu which our story opens, Rachel
was without food, light or fire, and that
very dcy the rent mut be paid.
Little Mary was moaning for bread,
and crying with cold.
Tlie drunken father was at the dram
shop. The agonircd mother had but one moro
article of value left a lopket containing
a lock of her father s hair. She had
hoped to be able to save this, thc last
memento of her once happy home. But
rvrtnrlnfl K tt 1 ? t f 1 r AT nr ii'l nrlio frsf fr rl
."ULIUIj UV XM U V n ill ItO 1 U 1 IUUU 3 II I
flci tl lock t , d to ;i pawnbrpWS
1 J .a .
Richard away from the contaminuting in-
a !. I. 1 . .1
flueuces with which he was surrounded.
j On returning home late on New-Year's
eve from her fruitless visit for tho old
clerk was not at home, Rachel discovered
that hor husband had been home snd sto-
len the sum she had put by for the rent
' from the place where she had concealed
i mhu uuv uii j;iu vv . ..
; iungpie1' tavern to waste u in urunuen-
ness. Little Mary, chilled and hungry,
bonati in p.vv for food, and tho su fieri it it
-f. j , c
mother, in hopes of regaining a portion
of thc money taken by her husband, set
out with ncr children to thr haunt oi vice
whither George rioffmon had gone.
Ther'o was a crent crow'd at thc bar of
"Tbe Crown and Magpie." Thc landla
dy a stout, vulgar-looking. woman,.with
red ribbons in her cap, a profusion of!
false curls, a heavy gold chain rouud her
ueck, and numerous rings on her fat fin J
gers was busily eugaged in pouring out!
gin for her customer..; the regular one.-;
she was treating for it must not be ioT pRESBNTED TO THE LEG1SLA
gotten that it was Isevv lear s eve. vT? ta at nf. iuo
bucn was the scene of vice aud dn-ipa-tion
which met tho eye and sickened the To the Honorable the Senators awl Mem-,
heart of Rachel when, with little Mary in! bcrs f thc liome f It qircsn, tatties of
her arms, and protected by the presence j tlie General Assembly.
of her son, she ventured into thc house. ( Gentlemen: By the suffrases of your
"Is Mr. Hoffman here!" she inquired j fellow .citizens, you have been charged
faintly. with the duty of representing them", and
The question had to be repeated sever tthe.intere.-ts of the Commonwealth, in the
al tncca before she could get an 'answer. ; legislative branch of the Government. '
'Can't teil the names of any of my j The responsibilities you have assumed,
customers," replied the mistress of "The anu the duties to be performed, should
Crown aud Magpie," snappishly. Cver be regarded as paramount to every
luu"Fa Juu oul,g "j ascer-
taining."
"Too busy, ma'am ! Hot watnr Sally!
Three and eight-pence, air. Half-and
half directly I
"You can't go in there !" shouted the
landlady, as Rachel was making her way
towards the parlor. "Mine is a respec-
tanie house; l allow no lemales beyond
tue oar."
"But I am Mr. Hoffman's wife."
"So they all say," answered the woman
with a succr.
m a
I here was a coarse, mook-ing laugh
trom tuc crowd ol half drunken wretches
standins near
i he eye
of Richard
flashed angrily; but the voice, and still
more, thc imploring look of his mother
restrained him.
"Let us return home," she said, in a
despairing tone. "I feel faint and sick
at heart."
And leaning on the arm of eer son, the
uuhappy wife tottered rather than walked
iMI tit . 1 t 1
"lutzc, ncr uome mother i" ne cried
"take her ho)e S nover fear but I will
bring you food 1 Mary shan't die 1 1 11
beg boii" he added; "anything to save
stUDt' maddened beyound endurance by
.1 rr ' e .1 1 .1? i i
i the sufferings of those so dear to him, had
( broken from her feeble grasp, darted down
j the thoroughfare, aud was already beyond
the reach of her voice.
Rachel clung to tho railings of the
churchyard for support, till a second moan
still fainter than tho first sent a pang
through her maternal breast.
"She must not die in the street!" raur-
mured Rachel. "Home
bome ! if I have
strength to rc.nch it.'4
Oh, God !" sho cried with a sudden
burst of anguish, "protect my boy ! j pletion of the Portage Railroad, $19,001.
shield him from crime; guard him against j 92; to the North Branch extension, 81 33,-
vices and tho hideous snares which in a
thousand forms assail unfriended youth;
, or take him," sho added solemnly, "take
him in Thy mercy."
It was a Christian's prayer wrung from
a mother's heart, uttered, in faith, in sg
onv. aud tears: and anijels bore it to the
mercy-seat on high,
Clasping her perishing child yet closer
to her aching boaom, the druukard s wife
hastened to her home.
As Richard Hoffman rushed along tbe
strset.scarce knowing wither he went,and
only intent on the one idea of getting by
some moans, food for bis famished mother
and sister, be was hailed by Jock Man-
dors, an impish acquaintance who lived
near Richard's home, and to whom he;
told the dosporute state in v mcu nc for the Resumption of Specie payments by
left those so dear to hitu. Jack listened t,je j.inSf and- for ,i,e Relief of Debtors."
with much interest, aud at once proposed (hc g,ut0 TrcJisurcr w;n be enobled to'
to Richard to help him pick tho pocket tbe jntCrct due in Fobruajy, in -pe-of
an old gentlemun, who was staring iu- cio or jts equivalent. The credit of the
to a window on tho opposite feide of the ; QoumionweiiUh has been fully and bon'
street. Richard rcfustd with. horror, 1-; orably sustained. Thc promptness with'
though Jack ured the necessity of at wi,;ci, cvery legitimate demand upon the
once getting something to save thc lite of Trea5ury ha3 been met has inspired pullio
his mother and little Mary. Jack then congtlenCe in our securities; and although
undertook the business alone, aud just as iecel,t and financial revul-iou may em-'
be hud relieved the old gentleman of bis l)arraS3 tjj0 operations of the Trc'aury,-pocket-book,
a policeman sprang from a amj rc,a00 to SOmc extent the revenue,
doorway tp arrest him; but Jack made t lbc tilitj of the State to meet her
good his escape. ..Not eo Rjchard, who engagenjent3 and maintaiu her credit, un
was at puce seized by the policeman bb jgj. ali honest aud economical administra
an accomplice of the escaped pickpocket. t5on 0f ier gnances, is undoubted. . The
'I am no. thief, sir," cried Richard )l0nor and credit of the State must ahd"
breaking from tho strougrasp that held call te preserved intact,
him, aud throwiug himself at thc feci of 'jho Commissioners of thc Sinking
the old gcntlemanf who-had just, come to 7umi rCport.the sum of $414,L20.2D a-s
the spot, '"though poverty and hunger nQW jQ tjJfi 'j;luasury to the credit of thbXt
tempted tojtde become one. My nioth4 xuiicl. This amount will be applied to
cr and frister arc, starving. ' .
. J ho future history anu
poor boy will be given in' the New Yolk
Ledger of Jaiiuary iu, which is lor saie
at all thcarbookstores ami news offices.
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"BLANK DfiEDS
For s'nlo -ii tins Qfii(Mv
THIRD ANNUAL MESSAGE
OP
JAMES POLLOCK,
Governor of Pennsylvania;
..elfash or partisan consideration. The
pro.-penty of the State and the general
welfare of the people should receive your(
earnest attention, and be tho aim and end
of your legislative action. To promote
these objects I will cheerfully, in rivcry
legal and conttitutional manner, during-
the continuance of mv official term, co-
; operate with you.
The past year, with the exception of
recent financial embarrassment, has been
one of general prosperity. No foreign
wars, no fraternal strife has disturbed the
j peaceful quiet of our homes. Unwonted
: health, with its hlessinns. hashcen voneh-
safed to us. Seed time and harve.it have
not failed the earth hath yielded her in
crease, and richly rewarded the labor of
the husbandman. The art- and sciences
havo been advanced, and the great inter
ests of education, morality, and religion'
liberally encouraged and sustained. Our
nation in it unity our free institutions
in their integrity, with our rights and
privileges, civil and religious, have been
preserved. Recognising in these bless
ings the goodness of Almighty God, we
should render to Him thc homage of
grateful hearts, and the devotion of sin
cere praise; and whilst humbly acknowl
edging his mercies to us as a people, let
us still further express our gratitude to
Him by acts of individual charity and
kindncks to the poor and helpless in our
midst. Sorrow now filK the heart i, a ad
adversity darkens the homes, jf many of
our citizens. Our liberality should be
gencronr; our benefactions munificeut; and
thus, whilst tho wants of the noor and
suffering are relieved, thc generous giver
will find a rich reward iu the pleasuro
that results from communicated good.
The finances of the Commonwealth are
in a varv satisfactory condition. Durinjr
the past year every demand upon the
j Treasury has becu promptly paid from
j the refeuues derived from the ordinary
sources. lhe operations ot this depart
ment will be prcseutt d to you, in detail,
n the report of the State Treasurer.
For the fiscal year ending November
HOtli, 1857, the receipts at the Treasury,
including balance in the Treasury on the
first day of December, lS5fi, of 51.244,
705,42, were 55,935,333.26. The ag
gregate expenditures for tbe Mine period
were 5,407.270 79. Balance in the
Treasury December 1 , 1?57, $H2.l Otf.4 7.
Excluding the balance in the Treasury on
the firsj day of December. 1850, the re
ceipts from all sources were 4,G90.5S7.
84. The ordinary expenditures for tbe
same period were S 3.992.37 0.29, exhibi
ting an excess of receipt- over expendi
tures of Sfi9s,217.55. The extraordina
ry payment for the year were l,414f
900.50. as follows, to wit: To the com-
ri t n . m t
798.H5; to relay the south track of the
Columbia R. R . SSI, 405.46; to enlarge
the Delaware Division, $-40,203; for mo
tive power in 150, 831, 004.24; for re
pairs in 1S55 and 1P50, 49.50 1. 19; for
tbe redemption of loans, 8820.097.03;
damages on the Public Works. S40,552.
05; old claims on thc Main Line adjust
ed under the several acts of Assembly
S40,548.57; and for the new Stat.- Arse
nal and Farmers' High School, 845,000'.
Thc interest on the funded debt, due'
in February and August last, was then
promptly paid, and that falling due ir'
February next will be paid out of availa
ble means now in the Treasury. By vir
tue of the provisions of the act of the 13th
of October, 1857,-eutitled "Act providing"
the dedemption of relief notes yet in cir-
culntion, and to tho payment
(j. dcblof thc Commonwealth
of'th'efundj;
The Commissioners of this fund.onthe
7lh day ofptember last reported to moj
lhat the sum of 1:442,857.04 of the debt
of tho Commonwealth w"as held by- tlftfm,.
as follows vis: