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SUNliUUY, NOllTllUMBKRLANi) COUNTY; 1 A. -SATURDAY, MAY 2 4, 1856.
KKW SKRTES, VOL. 9, NO. 9.
OLt) SERIES ArOL-
113. NO 35
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The Sunbury American,
' ' ' ruBtmncn nvgur Satvudat '
. BY It B. MASSES,
Market Square, Sunbury, Penna.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
tV) DOLLARS par annum toli paid half yearly In
lote'itics. No paper discniitii"ieU eutil ail arrearage are
paH .
' All ei-iinirmrlications. orlelier on linsinrM- reMing to
Ik o.Uca, u iniuia attention, nniat b ptb I" TAIL).
TO CI.L'US.
rhree copia it nns aditreee, tufl
Vvea Tio Pa tli (hi
Fifteen " l ' Po 41""
Fiee dollars In aitvanea will pay for.ttvrsa year' tub
r. liptton to the Ameririm.
Piaimuatra will pluaaa art as our Acettts, and frunlt
etters eontuinine; sutiecriptlon money, 'f hoy are fcmill
ti to du Ihia aiiiler th fust Office Law.
TKIIMK OP ADVERTISING.
tVi inuaie r fines, i tlina,
Kvefysiilieequniit insertion, -tine
ft-piate, 3 months,
Si a nioiHns,
.Cue year,
?i:iii9si Csr.ts of riva tines, par annum,
".ierlmiit ant others, oilvcrtniiia; ljr the
le-vr, with the privilore ef Insetting
A fferent advertisements weeltly.
r.'
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Sua
10 W
W iMTtot Advertisement! . tie per ogreemout.
J O B PR.1N TI N G.
Vv tin" connected with oar .eatalili.hifient a sre'i
selected JOII OKFICT. WhirS will cri.iNe as to exeeuie
in the neatest style, every v.irlety. f preei p.
ATTO li N E Y A T I. A W ,
. agrTBUinr, pa.
Huiinra attended to lit the Counties of Nc-r-
thuiniirirland, 1'uion, Lycoming Montour er.J
Columbia. .
Jisfcrcnces in l'iilndel-.i-i
Hon. Inh R. TtMl, f!ha.t'lliW.a, He-I-i'
foruert A Knntlfiane, Lu't, B-.ui.ii & Co.
LATEST APuliVAL,
I&rcft auJ Bost As30vtmnit
CHEAT, HANDSOME fc DUIIAULL!
'JHK auliecrit.fr U'kci plcniuro i:i in'ortni:!
-" ruelomora nnl the pnliiic rmic nill.v
La 1 now in rnociit of an uiiuautilly larpti ai. 1
Cpipadid Assortaient oZ Wow Gooqb.
To e.iJpavor to enurr.Pittlo tiio c::.t n::.Jrfili
art cf tiis n-titla noulJ !:0 ueeiita.:. t'-uC.'.cs it
o any, ihy have '.foil seU.-tfiil wil'i thr greai'tl
cnif, ni ..ty will lii Jiiitif ucJ of otar. U vi viriciti
n t!ie an o ipiuiity ee-.t fcj urcliEsjJ litc-.vlijrc.
My motia i
lie tkv CiU JtidlUf J tf pier.ttnT l-
l ubiie hie thViikfor t'.ia li't'C.-l pr.t.cnace fx!f:
tiyj t.i Mir., ar.J Vy aiiict hUen'.i-ri to liuainrup,
ha rre'iartfiiilv aiUcile a contiiitMiire of t!ie alv.f.
It wilt be ailvisaiiio for jmrrhaaera to c;Il si:J
fctamin h aortment before ptitci.aii!' c-t3'
wltoie. All Uindeor prmlufe taken 1" fxrl.anf..
F.DVARO Y. UniGiiV.
Sunbury, Peecmlxr I, 1855.
XJ. S. OP -A--
"GoJ and vur A".(r Lam!.''
QL'SQrCMANNA CAM?. No. 19. c.t lit 0.
3 of lli V. S. At holJe f alatwl araainiia evrt)
Woxniy eenitig intlieirNew Hall, fippoaita E.
Y. )ii,ltt atara. Sunbury, Pa. initita!i'n and
reaa'la, $3,00.
t). O. E MAIZE, V- C.
Eu'l Vilvit, R. S.
Sn.ibury Jan. 18. IMS. oct 20 '55
O. OF XJ. -A 2..
Sl Nlll-KY CtJUNCIl., No. 30, O. of V. A.
M. niPt every Ttf.iuv eveninc in the
Ameiiian Hall, oppoaite E. Y. Driijlit'a al.i'c.
Market atrrct. fnnbury, Pa. Memlwa of the
rjr are reaperlftilly requealeJ to attend.
r. M. SHINUEL, C.
A. Hunrtn. R. S.
A'a urv. Oct. 50, (S5.
J. S. OP .A..
fXrAS'UNUTO.N CAMP.No. 13 J. n. "f A
V holoa its ilatcd mec'.ii.i;.i evtry baluidiv
ercniog. ill the American It'iil, M irr.et Kluil,
Bunbury.
II. CLErliiNT, T.
Henry Y. Friiing. II.
Buii'Jury. January , lbS-'.. tf.
Cheap "NVntchcs 5 Jewel r;
V7H()I.EAI.E and Hrtail, at tho "!,l:;ln!.t-
phia Watr.b and Jewc'-y t5;ori-,M No. 16
Notth dccon.l rilroct, come.- i-f JJaa:ry,
OoW t.ca-er Wal'hes, fu.l iewe 1H '.'! e-.'f ce.
ti-.W Lepine tell. fr!t.l.::Fi!:! S.'Ver
fi-n-er Leo. fit! jewllwl, .:J lin-ce.i a.
H.WitC Lever, full jevi'd I'J ruon' O I iVr.j-'e.
ar.uiiur tlvameia, T.:S.:vr fuii ;:ooa, set,
: to
i n
I. to
a,-.a
tiuld SpeetiM-ies, "-'"I .. ,, .
tivM Pens, with Pencil :uM s.'.vcr Ili .ii', I .J
Guld Kinder fliiiga, 37J ccr,!i to 'en ; Vt.t:h
Glas, plain, 12ceuta; IV.cut, 1 ;
SS; o'.lter artic!a in ptspurti-iii. All KJ.a wt.r
ranted to be what thoy are at-ld f-ir.
KVAl'fFEU a i: VUT VY.
"OnbanJ, aoine G )!i and Silver Lcvrra and
1-apities, atill lower than the alore jricv.
8cpt. C, 55. ly.
The It't cflHectisi rf (Ilea ever Pi llhftt.
TIP-TOP OLl'E & CHORUS EOOIT.
A uew and choice e :llei-tion of Cop, rrishts uever ttf-re
harm' iiizvd, and niKiiy of '.be
t7e"na nf modern Ocrnmn f Itnlitxn Composeri
Arranged in a faiuilUratylo, and B.!apled to the
vaa of Glee Clulw, Mitiging Cluncti, and tho
I'uu-.ily Circle,
Ut C. JAUVIS and J. A. GHTZS.
Thia work eontaiiia a g'cat nuinU-r t f new and
favorite Song, barinoniiid in a rtylo adapted to
general purposes, while many if t:a (inn of
Hetidclsiiohn, AM. Kurhen, and otl.er ci iel-ratr.1
conipotara, are preeenleil iu.au Orij'uia! lorm.
The great variety of mtsiial cctmpoaitioin here
hitro uceJ. euiiiumtly adapts it la tho lane and
opacity ol the Sinfiiii,; School, tae Glee Club,
ai.d the Family Circle.
CiTI'HICE ONK DOLLAPv.ja
Ju.t publtahed by LEE & W A I. KEF., No.
188 Cheanut Street, and J. B. LIPI'INCOTT
sV CO.. No. HO North Fourth St., I'hiladWphia.
1? Snmpie copi.a will be acnl by mail, free
tf poatage, on receipt of $..
March fi, 1850. 4 in el
I'OIl .SALE 1
FTEAM ENGI.N T.H 8U Horsa pawer each.
jgg with boiiera. Would make excellent pump.
lot anginea, together with 2 largo blowing cyliu
tier, atiilable for a blaet furnace. Apply to
UENKY LO.NGE.NECKEU i CO.
Miamokin Iron Works,
bhataokin, Pa.
f bamakin, July 81, 1856,- '
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE.
ntf 100 buahela Flaieeed wanted immediately at
JL the Cheap Btore of E. Y. Blight, for which
IU lugheat utarkot puce will be paid.
Suiibure, October 0, 1855. tf
STOVES-
YOR gALE ao cieeUeiil'aeeond-hand Cook
rn( ttuwa), alao aeveral Cylindat Coal
rt-ae Willie m tnia oHla.
THE SALAMANDER SAFES,
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rtllL.DBI.rtlt AOAISST Tllfc wontD
EVANS WATSON. . f
Jo. 2G Sou'h Jhurtk St., Philadelphia.
iF'$n-sS)'w "It Wate'Snd iSe unrert rtemnnatrn.
3' 'il'ff fc t"111 brtlie following Curtifionlt l,
ti;IS?sf'i! lhHl '' rmmirfai line "t fnta.
,7 ; , ! iimuii I ruin nun ji. ivitfi.ii inn.
unrrnntetl the reprteiitrttint!!
'iif; have heen nimie of them
V.i-.pr as-iiiiil tbe triiSe element :
rnit.Anw.fmA, April izin ifji
Mrnre Kvent A Va'aon ; tienti It airorrl. na the
hii.heiit atifn;lion t.i nine to ynu. tlmt o ine m tl-.e very
prnttTtive qitnlitiea of tw of the Sulamanilr fufca ehlrh
we pnrchau'd nl yna iinne few n.onU'. n:ce, w e:ivtil a
lirje prrtii'H "f fiir Jmvelry, ltoli, lprrs. A (v, exio
eM tn theenlHitiitunua fire iri Raii8d Tlnce, on t1icm'rn
ltir of the llth hint
When we rcfl't thr.l these Pofea were lueated in the
f-inrta slnry of tho tiiiiniiig we orrnplwl, ami thnt thi-y
ft'li r-ihtitii,i!i!y iiit'-a heunof huming ruina, vinre the
rat: en!i?e:itr::ti'm of'l.ut eauKi-il I'-n l.iis -::ii s to mill,
we enii.i.--t hut refrfttrf i !.e jiresi-rr.-ii'iai of the v ihnihip cnn.
t?;:s ;s rn-ri cnnvin.ing iirtn-f of tae gtti.t st-cm jy tiX't
tin! hy your titfca. '
ye eha'.l tVe much pleat ure in reeorimenrling t'.iero ti
men of hueti.tjta us u uie lei.anre tip.ocnt h.'r.
C-OKJC W.S:MOKa ft Cno.
Tklito-tzu, jril . 19SC.
Misers. J.-ant A h.v. c t" f.T.r y. a r.iy fi r-
timony in t.ivoi i.t i!:i prnt ecnrltv a.Tor If.l :o ivy i-i lite
enrof jev. elry.-ta-. i'kj, pi-icrs 'i.iitif me rrctiii
I'ir-.Rir.i.. eolith'-,- r.iiti;; i-i r..intU!J pi n-e. lr 'tii tlx fact
t v :he run, -fri: u;t i;:;cil i:i two -f '. l.r ts.i.'.ii.i'ji.!t!r
Snf.-a t.i4iit'fsr;ureJ iv
tinvirg faileii lii.ai lira firth ;-iey ef the Artiesn RiitH
ii where thry wi.e r rern.u;)- j":ai'-iit anil et(.osril ta
v-itt J:nt for a I vr; tiir..-, the pru-rvn'. inn t'f I lie l;iiti:;!;'e
til pontic rrt. t-1 to every line w'l" vitnrasnl the opi-niiiR
i nd intcii 'i rxiirmt.t'.iioii, n rnaiter t f pruli-ujil as-.-niili.
To all who mnv ri-ili ' H pi-rct protirt'on from the
nvnp'ii.if f.r. I jifil hi-Bitiili; ti ri-cor..ini.-iul li'V use
i.f o.:r M-uVf. i s I cutis; !er tiny l.ave li " imlirg no the
rr.osit. yl. g uu. ti. K MM.
PU'iLMUCPtltA, At"il It, !P"3.
!.ferre. f'rni-i 1 VnU-n '.Itf.itlciiii ii No u ;nh: ; n
v.-'i he ilf rtply pmtiiinl t.i Ifir i the it nl c ti'i; n in which
I riirp.ivcr'nl inv li-i '. poh'-y of ; isu'.inrf , i rtiliintis if
stiM'h. ii'id other WilLifiMe uopir.iii!U, ivhen on Kri'lny last
1 oMMie-i ihe .-it'e ini:e by your lirm.
'iViih n:y Wii'iwr'i i f :ts cviit c apo.nrp, h 'th lo the
i.llv: Sltv r( t!. ht:r. fr Ti F h -t ? f l.s lint tl-hich rlf.
' yi-t the Ar:is.in I: ;ii';.-.e, ns !fl"i from tin- force of the
fi'll from it. f Tiner rlry.ited ;vi;ion ui the th:r;l srory I
Cti'il etitcr-iin Imt tii!-r v-oee pri"rto its ii terior in',
sprction, th.'il thocor.tciiis tvhie'i 1 on.-e e.i hif.hlv pr.z-.ii
w.iu ,1 rvv t'? r( unj cea'it cto pi-, ti-t ns tlir.r ferns
t-.-e ii 'W h.r, ;v!y ri'l'i Vri!. J fct'l it on'v line t'l f:iv to y it
t:,;:t I imi: h;n ef.-r;h rre-nnijieur! the ne t f your Pif'-s In
.vho rr.-iV wish ; .i feci n iinf..lrvi.'e iiv the perfect si'
c .'ri-y wl.icll such mesne fr-v:.ic, r.gninsl so I'righlf.i: nn
rlrtnet.t.
KtrtTAatt Gasrill, no-Vhinrler.
Cnns'snily on h-rnJ Patent Ponder and Thief Primf
I.o.-iis f-r Jtur.V. ett'-rre, Ac.
Afiril wfl, ly
FK1EM.S CE.NTKA'.. DUY GOi Ii JiTOKE,
6. E. Corm r KifiUlh tSt A:ch C-'.tccta,
riin.ALui.rfUA.
PiPI?E aubMiibcf liavic i.ia:'o eery io-triorlanl
ti ailili iop to hij rala.Hiabmctil. by connet'tiiia
t!: a first floor of hi Old H'.uio wiili t'.iat i:f t!u
bcai'lifiil l.iur story buiUlia Hrijnitiiiig known
r IIahmit (suriiiot iiteii with a hi,'!)
Citpois, inrilv l.ia CM Cualisitiera faij .t'riaiii'a
u an cstttiiiiitttim! of an Euiirciy New S ock of
FAKCY AND STAPLc V?,Y GOODS,
soli'clcd ciptcealy in reference t-J lie pteiciil
Oj.er.iof;.
The ttwrlmerit fnmpriaej:
r'fas.ira'.i'c Drcna Male.iala, cf new at:J e!e
rraiit Lir :lr,
I'i.J loilift & Tilhck Silka, .
t!)&v:lr, of ail liinJt.
lioaiury, GioT Ac-Mitt,
l'':tiliri'u!sTica &. Mnen Camiiri.-V Ilar.ulierc'fi,
Ftirniihine lioc.l-t Oi'uil kimia,
Irish I.inrna, Elannrla, Moreens. cVc.to which
are milled New C-mos Uiiv, of .rh.tu e discrip
Uwsg. CilAULES ADAMS.
P. S. Fern'ine wieiiina; a aplettuintl view of
the City and Vicinity, can aaceuj tile Cupola,
'-y a private Stairway which will la found well
wortli a .:t.
March 'S, lSiS. 5m r
.L ..... i 1. v... -.-J J. rfw
j'ti E a:! s:ril.er it slit! e:'f;.Ti;rd in the innnu-
orf.'S tf eureriif .' l.'.cliiofi Cirdi for
t.Vt.c:i ei..l i'-. l;f:i r.-:..r:ej. 'I'i.c '. est cu.t'itr
tt
i- utej in rrmki::jt tl e ubjve,
ier.ee of t.vn tv-t. e yes.-a, t
r.t !!ic;n eau ti tn sny made in
i .' i.r.ir r.
; j rvPurcJ
j i'...;; cuiulr
j I;.'a.!e, cer
i ttirtt eit:t
1 Sii'ttsr '
j I.ee:i.cr
T.rr.1
I tut slec- OciiinjC eitpeti.w Leather
n-.et.ted t".d cpir nvited, t!:c atretcli
t ly pctierfi.1 i.iuc'iiiery. Eleiutor
C'ial -M ills alao.
t 1Imi eif tispeHor rta!!fv, nude a
JyU.N H. HAVKE.'.L,
Nwi. S3 boii'.h IV.avr- f-! ic.
E dthn
20, 1:.3.- 2
i.r t
M,-.Tp'w
DILWCXITJi', ERATfSON & CO.
Hardware Hercliants,
Ilnving te.novrr. fto.-tt fi'j, 3 U lij. V3
Mu.!'.t Street, J'iiliu Jeiohi.i,
Are pr-pati-J,'vi;j greally incroaae-J frilita,
lo till ori!e.- :-.t ii A K U Vt'A HE of every vjrle.v
nrt best Icroi'., fro:n a Kill emorimrnt, inclu.'ir.
Uiiii.-.e.i tii.o.ili, I'icke. i t.
Cour.l-v pieivbant and other will and it to
their i ;t reft to cii! tt: 1 ;a.i.i;ie our stotk le-
jte cvr.v.5'!rc rlnew'.e.c.
Aptil '.I, !hC6. !y
T-" "1Tf t. VfT-v "iT7 . vTI rj
ti" AT fiCUUCED FlUCEa. J
13. J. VII.I.IA5iP,
No. 13 North bixih Hi., Philadelphia, '
Oriflismtoref nil new elytra of VENETIAN
E'dN L).S, lutid Eoruered an.l I'aititct! yhailen, nl
If nutifi.:! ilcsiiira. Unir. and all other whir of
'llsnd, uneu" for .Shades, Futures, 1 ni!ioii:.,;8,
STOKE SHADES TAINTED TO OK DEI!.
H. J. W. thatiktul for past patronage, re.pecl-
fully I'.i-ita the ritizei.a cf Nortiiumberlaiid
Couii'.t to v.i'.l and eia-v.ine l.ii lare aa.jituunt
before p up-hnsittu elsewhere.
Wlitil tUV 1U M.tiASL.
Ayrii 5, 1650. :iin c
BOOKS! BOOKS!!
Walk th3 vray for Bargaini-
EING lU'f irons ol ilit-poalnir uf 111 V entire
ctock of lloo.aatid Hutionrry, cnmprii.ing
soino O.liCil Voluiiica of l.uw. Medical, .leli
liioua tScieittilie, Uljuk, Musical, bchool and
Misi'elUneoua Uooks.
Also, luu Iieaina of letter paper and a lot of
wail paper, steel pen', waters. Sic.
I will dispone of the whole stock r.t public sale
fat at my i-tcie, opuoeite. the Court House,
ruwmriiciiig on Mon-'iy the 7th dny of April,
IE56 at ) o'cluck. P M., auJ continuing, every
aftrrnooti and evening until the whole stock is
sold.
VVM. McCAKTY.
Ter JOS. II. McCABTY.
Bunbury, March 15. 1658. tf
A LI. persons imlebtr J to the firm of Frilinar &
a a. Grant, oi. Nolo, Uk account or oihciwisa
are reactfull lequestad U com iorveard and
pay tip uelweeu this and lb flratef April as they
wish to eo to lb city to lay in their tfp.-ing sup.
pliea. FRILINO AGKANT.
eiinliorv.IsieH M, Hfnlt-tf
OJ1
FdOLS AND WISE MEIf.
Whpti at the festive lonr:l JOtt tit
Wht'ro flows thn epnrkling wine'
Rompmbor, tliougli to drink bo swt-ct,"
T hut tt nlislitili ' divinn j
Thnt imtiire's bpyernpi) sbtmld snffico
To clifi-f both prciit uml miiull ;
Thnt Itidlsi will drink tlm maddening enp',
' Hut vvite nii'ii not ut ull.
In t.ork or piny rempmbrr too
Tliie snctvil rnlo to minJ.
Yonr work 'thnnlri bo lor nnble ends,
Your plonptnvs purti in kind ;
Thou, though ymi huve a merry hcnH,
. 1'oifift nut, lvt jou lull,
Tliul funis will Kport in wickod ways,
Jll.t ttifO 11HMI i.ot, nt ill), i
And v.ln n in ynntli's ri.lvitncJng; Jiours
Yon fi'i'l yotireclf ulntip,
Ami si!ok soini) woman's trusting henrt,
TIii'ii pivn bcr all yon own;
ni-mt'inl'pr, if your ;nis?ionp ronm,
Tlinsp pli-nsnvi-8 poi'ii i.ittst mill.
Th.il r.iida will court tin1 wanton's s
smiles,
Lnl wisp men not ut all.
And if dpcpivrid by fair prpicr.oo
Of f:-ii tii!sh:n in yonr kind.
Li-urn thi'iicn to judgo yonr fellow men
With n tlifco ninir mil d ;
A faithful friend fOuil! bring ynu blinf,
A l'ni.- oiio only gu ;
Imh Is trust tlifir all to Ireaclierouti knave,
Hut wise men not at ull.
A::d f.i'.- yo'ir !i(-iol,l:or'. weal or woo
E'er I: ttve a kindly care ;
Rotr.iMiiher wh it i anfe for yon
Mtty ict'.ii li:ni to despair j
T'lon pans-e bitforo yon t.nkij it s!ep
Mnv ctttiso n brollier'.- fall.
For lot. Is live for themselves c!cut',
But wic-c men live for nil.
In nil yonr iiitrreonr?e with mon
He thia yo.ir rmistniit Kt t.
To help the piotl to walk tiright,
Tho WiHiilerii'.o; to reL-laini ;
Each lia-ur apiit lite t.-Mitck.
Left it ahoiild work yonr thrn ;
l or iVinU iiiilnlre i:i sordid lust,
L'ul wi.io moil not al ail.
Select Calc.
THE FIRST BRIDAL VISIT.
' PART FIRST.
CONTINITO.
Tta stooped and kixncd hi it little vifo nitllo
leiiiieriy
1 v.-as b!,i:-h!
at
pratSi-i'
v.bi'ii tho eervutt'.s throw open tliu d;.iv.ipo;. j
roon rjoor ijrtis. w hat n lirela 1 end all
e-yen t.tnied to n.e ! Then I was i'irii:.-;!!y in-
irocttreti to tv -rytiorty ; tn'jritiMiiig .t,i .Mr.
iUut:i.ster. iv.y two liitces, and three ne-ihevvs,
who (tared ut tr.u r.itiFt iii-.iiiero'.l'u'.''. In the
uiiilfl of the fray, I looked round tor Lanris- :
ton. lie was ut the LtLer eh ! of tho world. '
tiu'riiiir; a-.vt-.y to a hari:ltontp pei:ileniun i:i tlio
vt iiiiluw. 1 r.arcr knew the i'tstl r!:jj;;:t; su:d
relief of b.ti:if married till Mr. lianiiister. i
when dinner wss annnuticcd, led me in before !
.til those ct'lier tall liulles. Ol'tt'tt ai.d o'.!e:i
my niiters and I had vonnttd heads, tvor.i'.tr- ;
i:i(f if. in the scraii.Ue. we. sih.nid pet any body
to take ltd in, or u seat wliuii arried thos.u
days werm at an end. Thu hat'.Uiomu mart
fat opposite ne, next my eldest niece, who
looked wooden and uncor.eerned. ai.d cumin
ualiy flared nl r.ie. So del the gentleman ;
iitit I did not mind dim so mueh, (or, if I
looked lii, he t;tr:ied away Lis cyt . It was
very t.eMoHi I had dined ut rejitt'ar rtate ptir
t ioei. The wholtt evi lutioas of the t.tlde ini
presstid me wiili j; rout w. 1 did not liku
ilrinkiiifj wine wit it people at firt; a sudden
stiii'ness Seized just that joiiit in my neck
which iniKht to hnVu been Miple. Lutterly 1
j-rew Iiu.il. am! annuel felt inclined to make? it
orimaee ii:?lead of an uuuieaiiiiijr little to'.v.
llt.t thttre wua a fate ajMin.il ttiy uituitiii.g a
we.'1-lo-d eotutiosare. JiihtRS t'n y were ur
riiiln tiin secutid course. 1 Celt soiiieihin j
pulling tit ttiy litud. I turiiL-d end taw that
a tititxiin h..d caught lus btuton in my hair,
i apokc to Mm. auJ I pat my h.,;id to my
he.-.d. and iili'l !;e Irii-.l in bieaU uv.av, ipiito
iaiioi-i't.'. wli-.-re llm l.lteii lay. 'i'l.eii 1
scie.to'.t fl l'..r 1 f...;',d bear it no longer. Up
Himped Ur..riitnii from liio bui'o:ii of tl;n ta
ble. Every eve was on mo. Thot uukward
in in ha.l ivieiiched down ail my hair, and it
bainf i:i tmtsw over mo. '1'liu Inttideoiiin
s;.i:ile;tiaii find ncmvtu.n ulutit 'golden
tresses," to t.iy tiiece, load eiitmh for mu to
hear, and Mr. ll.inni.-ter caileii his ilaut;hler
to I've,', p.m the li.ir i::nie., tay'.a;' kindly, it
v a.-i nut every lady v.l.o ivoalii I.avo felt .!:e
1 -j of her hi-ad dre.ss. I!i went on to tell a
many story uoout lumseii, i.ir.vo:;ee, in a liio.ii
ttitnl, ho hut l.ls hat and wi . !,Vn'a.-lilie, in
the r-tratiil, uiid was o'ltied to walk liotuu
j..l'.i-hi..iili.d. "Cv.i muie a tiiveiiion. and t v.
ery ems t.il.iinieil. ut the natural tipje.-aranre
ol i..i wijj. imlied, no one couhl have t-nesM-d 1
it v.as lul.-tr hair," Arc.; and. meanwhile, my j
handsome vis u ii.' sent a servant to ask mu
to drink a yhivs of i'hamp:ii;i!ii wit It l.iin. . i
There waa no initialling the l-.ml; in Ids eve
as he dra:ik It ; it saitl, r.a pluiidy as uu eye
could speak, -Here's to our better actpiaiJl
auee," And He i!H improve it.
Nuboily knows what tlio jnr.n1 cnea er.
tlare of dult;e.-.a asi-.l ins piility iluriiijr tic
reij;u tf matn aj unit i!otva!eri uftcr tinnier,
f i.o cbaiilablo nod ; tho seam a otis keep
themselves awake by racy ane.ciJelcs ol friend
uml lieiyhooia ; young In ides talk Ci.nset;i:eti
tially ol si lvauUui.il l.oaetvil'ery. Aluek!
1 did not know Vial IiLiu mutton. 1 never
could "play pretty" in my life, lint 1 bet all
tlie- young ones u"g uliout a ftinious btictie.
tho palleiu of which 1 pnssc-si-d. 'I'heiv
never Was audi a sensation ! In the middle of
It, while tl.tnie und mite, (oh, I must except
my bisler-in-law, she o.ilv smiled iudiileuily,)
were tiptoe un.uic.i me, uml 1 naa lusiiimnui;
my iioekel-liaiiukerchiel' into tho shat.e oi tint
liuliu, ill cauit! thu jenlleinell. Tim ladies
looked U4 il cauuhl in the act. Ilu'.v was it I
1 urew nervous, lor I stood alone in the mid.
die of liio room, Uouri.-liin the liamlkerchiel'
1 was invpialilny prompted to reveul thu
mystery. Oil, company ol masons ! y never
looked move uhapl, wiicu jo discovoied tiiu
listener in tho clock case, limn did these wor
thy women, as the gentlemen roared uml lit
tered at my diM'losurv. I took courage when
1 saw i von niy hu-baud bitiiij; dowu a smile.
ISut i wauled chair, and di-mure feimtle fa
ce hedged ma in on ull sides. "To the res
cue 1" 'I Here stood the knight of the hand
some countenance motioning to me. I dar
ted into the empty chair, and was well High
buried in Us depths. My knight was mod
est man. J,wus by degree ocly that he
iDfimisled liicnrelf into Tight, sportive rertv,
I ara sure tin tor.it me (as I wasl for r rustic
lately snared, and put Tirritms lending ques
tions, which I pairiui't lnuxhi'd ni as the
Iitlnior took mu. At last I fairly asked
liim
"And prny who are you t lo tell uie your
llnnin?"
He looked so amused, tlmt I blushed and
hung my head for shiuno. However,' he said
ho was "one Ered Vernon, of the ." tin
I asked him a proat ileal about .Spain, lor I
had heard cnouirh of these matteis from my
liusbaiitl, which J told him, und lie said some
thinrr about Desdomonn. and gluni'-ing at
Major Lnuristuii said, in an under tone,
flflie loved me for the druia-crs I hnd passed
And I loved her that ehe did pity Ibem,'
Addinrrr, most sitfiiificnnt "Eli 1'' I did not
half understand him. Hut this strain of badi
n.ige eontintied, and lie by some menus found
out my nnmf). "Rose !"' Wdl, lie certaiiily
was skilful nt fUOtationS. I listoneil, amazed
nt till the fino poetry lif spoutr-d ; in d then
he wits so infinitely nmnned to find I had nev.
r rend Lalln Hnolh. nnd prnmisiMl to briiif;
it for ino the next day. He told me the
prettiest stoiits idioiit the rose nnd a bout the
Ilnlbul. only I was nsh.init'd to h obliped to
nskhimtvho thts I'tilliu! was? There was u
ffreat deal of nitisie, fur the Miss Bannisters
piny etl duets "con fj'irit.:." to al! our immense
flowed lifxhily on, und norm thu wiser for il
but ourselves.
I was quito sorrv whin the pnrlv broke tin
this still' pnviv of sii anrers which I hud t-o
n.nclt dreadt d. Captain Vwiirtn was full t.l'
plnr.s for pic-nice, n:-.d boed hard lo .c al
lowed to be my ktiipht o:i u'.l cccnsintts ; and
I told him be must hiltle matters himself. 1
called him -Sir Lnr.ctiot the I'lcure of Chi
valri ," nnd he su!:! I was a second Queer.
Cite never.
Alnsl mr Kiiur Arthur w.s somewhat
sterner nnd more viriotnt than the bold prii.ee i
of old. 1 w.ts fji.ito fi i'.'litenrd at his black,
inlleit visape. v.lieii only the family party re- i
mniiied. 1 sth'tlenly toil I had been foolish
apain to some purpose. What !ir.! 1 doiip to
malin him fo nn-riy? I looked round. My
sister-in-law was sur-h a (.'rave, proper sort of
person. The cirlti looked as cold as stoma.
The boys seemed my only r.'.lit s nnd I
thought they medituted future frolic! with
their skittish aunt. 1 v. us quite plad when
Mr. nani.isiir returned from htindinj; the fat
rid lady to her eurr::i(:t He always l.ioketl
jolly and compl icen'. I thimght they were
all still nnd frijiid to the lowest ilejrrce. 1
had not been used to stud) ways. 1 almost
burst out crying when Mrs. jiannister for
mally wislied me pood nii;li!. And then I
had to emlnre Lilis' cross iptestiotiin.cfs, and
her Sjdee!! about the areideut to my hair. I
ecrluimy have contrivi d to displease every
body ta.niht.- N'b I I pliuiiLcii my ff.tlicl,
tears nut everybody '. for I remembered me
of that deep blue eye. p.ml tho siiipularly ex
rptisilu month, tli.tt. tmi!;'d snhuwitchiuply on
tr.e. I am urrcid I wiflied Heaven had made
masuch :i man." Then iti cr.me. my lord uml
master, in his bluo dressiiig-jtown, which I
told him made iiii''! look ns if he had been
playir.tf at snap-ibapon : where.it. i'l a very
t': v rr. hn said, "por h'S i-.rt he had left off
cii'ildish foliies." That ctrtvitaMn Ellis looked
us if she e.Tperted a curtaiii lecture, bo 1,
jIad to have a sate subject for my iriilathm,
rrave her a tart notiiv to ipiit the room. Yet,
when I found loVM-if it'oiie with my tull, pr'un
liiisbnnd. wished her back ;m.ii!i. I shook in
my slippers as
ho 1,
gun, in ucoid, deliberate
tolit-
"Eosamond !" N ow he
never before had
culled mo aiiythiiijr but Uose, or his '
wile." "Itiisamond, I did Lope mv
nine j
v.'iie i
would know siifiieientlv how to conduct her.
self us not t inukia me inhumed of her in the I
l e r.f on. . ti f...iiilt' tie oi.i -. il v fill too firut !
;" " ". ''-' '0.01..T, .-V ......
occasion of her iiitrotl.tc!;;):i."
If ho had bei 'i the least kind, the small re
mains of my t.i.iiiui strength uml my spirits
(never valiant Would have given way, but ins
lini.-h words made i.. think of Olhi ilo. ntol I
told him sharply, "If ! wer- dis.ippoiiiled,
so was I ; 1 did expect my husbuml would
have shown soma consideration for h.s little
young wile, but as ho did not, mid us his
sifter and her family had evidently taken a
dislike to mo. and k -ft me quite in the lurch,
1 should cerV'in'y shift for myself as 1 best
could, i hail been used to kindness, and I
had no doubt I should still pet it some". here."
1 trembled at my own huriiihocd.
Conceive my astei'isliment when my hus
band, finding 1 was no mck (Iriscldu. sud
denly tamed down from the lion to the Iamb.
Ho assured me that he had no intention of
no-rU-rtiiig me, that it v-as not the thing at
u'l to pi ty the tpiwinuwiiratv in public ; thnt
I must know ho would ride r talk to n.v, and
have mo uil to himself, thin any ot.e else.
I'o. ild I say the saine ? 1 pouted and sput
tered a ":rrut deal u'.intit cxclo.-ivi-iiess l.lld
j jealousy, and unbearable reserve. lie read
mu p. lecture on discretion and matronly
' behavior. How funny we must have looked !
j 1 tearing out my long hair, ami perched on
i the stool : l.s liMi.iiig .li'ii O.iixote-like
utraiiirt tao
wall, the very iiin.ge
that
j "knight of Ine f oir.iw.ul eoiiiiienanee.
! Alas! I was yet in lh" l.mtl t f flowers, and
he had sleppi'd I'.tr into the barren wastes of
iil'e. Ki iiily. thot-i-'li, he spoke in such a kind
i iligiiiltcd way, and looked so sad, 1 longed to
I beg his pardon. Instead of lining it sub.
I missively, 1 jumped on my feet, und putting
' my mouih tip to be kissed, said, ball-crying
I und Inill'-laUL'hili'.'
"If 1 hud oiily some name to cull you by,
I Ibink 1 could "love ymi very much."
Thereupon ho took ma upon bis ku.-e and
pett.-tl me.
Can't irti eidl me .Tuiitis? Why not my
own Cbii.-tiua name li"
Christian ! 1 should think of that swarthy
lleniun who put away his wife! Julius! the
very name sins tip war! Nn. no, not Julius 1"
r-o our iirst ouai rel Mulshed in it very lover
like w iy indeed. E'lt, us 1 lay uwake,
thought seriously of the oeetin of troubles on
which I had embarked. This was to be mar
ried '. 1 n.i.st not speak, r look, or move,
without refening mentally to my husband,
l.who had never rcllected for noy two mm
utts consecutively In my life 1 lo bo sage,
staid, circumspect, j. ivo up lay buttcrtfy life 1
Ami he who set mw these rules? hut did 1
l;no.v i t mm r Ali i it Id upon me I. he a
crash, that 1 h id iie.i.de.ssly joined myself to
one 1 knew no: ioti tf. How could 1 know
him? Hh uud to shoot wtlb my father, ride
with mu ami my sisters, listen to our soirgs,
read to its a lillle, eiauce with me, und give
me jewels, und on this I married hint. We
had been engagod for three mouths, uml here
i.a.t 1 lied to hi. it (ir life. B it could 1 hive
known him better ofler ten years' actptuini.
unce T lit those days was be not bent on
pleasing me? but 'notv it was 1 who must
please him. I felt I knew no more of my
own husband's peculiarities uf temper and
taste than 1. kueiv of Julius Cm.ar 1 hud
just glanced on thu outside, 1 was liable to
ulfuiid Litis every moment, through sheer ig
norance and inexperience ; und I was so
wilful, I knew it. 1 had beeu chidden for
thoughtlessoesi from a child. Why didu'l
Sosso inarTj bim t Crave, geo4 ittf fiotrtn,
who always frol me out of scrapes, and never
was in one herself! 1 wept bitter tears over
myseir the tomb "of my youth. Youth,
pleasure, and fraiety vanished t and I be
tiioitfrht me of the old song, . . . i . ; .
"What can a young woman do with an old nan?"
Yet he was only in the prime of life r a hand
some mail, kind, and pood withal. Oh. 1 for
nly suko and his, wo must lore- each other j
we must bear nnd forbear. I grew philoso
phical us I became more and more drowsy,
and fell asleep drentninfr of the Eontunatu
Isles; of man ied lire that still blocmed for
the virtuous. Hy some spell' of ulamotirie,
dark eves melted into blue, blnck hair
clumped to clustering chestnut curls. I
thought he had thrown bimsejf ut my feet
before them nil, vowiil:"llt!;is'i If my f;nlj;ht
for lire, and clasping my hand in his.-' My
hrtsbund Blond with a slorinful brow opposite.
I nwoke. Tho drops stood on my brow, my
teeth chntieird. There lay my husband
asleep, holding my hand in hi?. '
I-A.XIT II.
"I dreamed a ilrmry ilrenin lent ni'J.
liml keep us a' lute sorrow.'
It wns Sundny morninir, nnd I had been
warned Inst night lo be in time for prayers ut
liuif-tiui-t eiitht. At my honie a viritor, on
her t'rst montin-T utter a b i. joui-iiey. would
vettaitily hare been excun-d coming 'down i:t
nil ! but Mrs. Bai.nisUr did hot look as if she
hud her breakfast in bed in her life : so I
stumbled .oat cf mine, though J fell as if I
had uot'Tet ti 'ns.lei p ut uil. I blundered
through the ireliiniiiaiies cl'th-J toilette, und
seated myself on liio ufu lo put on my slue
mi-Lstttikiiitr. , My eyes w:t as Jjnavy tu
lead. 1 seemed lo he.n Mrr.. Hannister's pro
t isL'Voreej that bust, prim hottsewi'e, with
stiueheil mob cap, m.d hatidkercliief pinned
across her chest. Whr.t hud 1 done itunr ?
Oh, what a laugh idiouting in try ears I I
sprang forward, my husband imd fotun i:i r.nd
found me fast asleep, "one Ktockit.g i n und
one stnekiner on." The bell had" run ; for
breakfast, what was to bo done? Hu'cnly
Liupiird, und said 1 looked ns snug ns kitten
coiled up in the sunshine ; but he lim it down
and gallantly ussi-Wil ut the rA,t!i.'.t.'i-e. 1
did not half like Lint for my maid, so rent
him nil', and rang for Ellis. ' That s.iteful El
lis ! this was la r way id' paying ciVa jirwdge,
us il she could not have c.ime up lo see why
1 did not ring my bell. came down looking
us peuitei.t us Jai.c Shore. Mrs. Bannister
will, somewhat roundly, she hoped 1 did not
l.iind Cidd tea and toi:g',i toast ; she punted
to tho teapot, bill me lock up the ttigar when
I hail done, said her pirLa had pone to the
school mi hour uiro, ami trolled away topath
er her liubaiid his .Sunday nosegay. 1 ttu
ready far church. Thctu I tt Vuiut ibui
Homing out the dread of my sister-in-law kept
me up. That wr.s a "u-is'ii" Sunday for me.
They were ull so well uml so brisk, and I so
good for nothing ; I could scarce choke down
the tears. In fact I was tired. My husband
said it way only my way, "Eose was ulwavs
either up or down." and I was ashamed rto
bay how ill I felt. That evening M rs. Ban
r.ister said a fireat oVu! ubout the duty of
serenity ami cheerfulness, ami how essential
these ttui.lilies ivero to the comfort of l.fe,
especially the married slate. My husband
asst iiU d. I knew she was lecturing me. I
don't like side-hits. I drew back sullenly
into the dark comer of the sofa, and cried in
silence, Mrs. HannUier prosed on about
spirits and tho r riety of tempers she had met
with. M;n talked well, but 1 wished that
night thut the old man's biack pudding in the
(ui.y ulu would stick to her litis, "she knew
sf.io.t to nlo " kIim .,;,! ollhi. ilia 1 -i .-I.- nl...
never would harmonise with the p.r-pect of
others; so vivid in their spriog-dnvs. as to
others
overpower their neighbors, ao conspicuous in
j their sadness us tn attract u'.l eyes to their
t excessive show c f grief. Extremes were
! bad." If I had liti-ncd to tho res! of that
j exordium, I should h ive hud St. Vitus' dance.
I 1 hastily wished ge; d itifcht, was in bed, and
! pretended to be asleep before Major Lauris
i ton came no stair". Was he, fors.ic.lh, to sit
by and hear me shnltit like thai? I wouldn't
endure it, and that heshouid know. 1 wouldn't
j stay in u laiuily v. lio despised me ; I would
j go home j there I was never treated with
j contempt. Cousin Ai.'ck, Susan, my own
; no. th.-r, taku back yonr little Rosy ! I rried
half the night, mv husband snored. 1 hud
Hint more tears s:iicu 1 married, tliitn ull
those thnt stained my sptdiing-bi.ok and dir
tied my woik in tLe days of stocks and back
boards. t-oap-biibbles ! to be sure I could Iilnw
soap-bubbles ; but whcio could wu pet the
soup?
"Ah." said my nephew Pick, 'i'ei-te's the
rub ! Mother has the key of ti e stern loom!"
"Won't tho give us a bit V
"Not u shaving; Han't yon know my
mother better than thai? She wouldn't give
old Mi lily Tucker a cut to wash her old Han-iii-ls
with; bat soap bubbles ? litllu uunt,
you're mi !.ou.-ewi:'e !''
Hut 1 was bi nt on blowing sop.p bubbles
with the boys, so 1 sent Eliis t the tilingo
shop t.i bay pipes und toap. Eliis tinned
down her lips and regarded me .ith gentle
coutenipl": never! l.-h ts, w n itiude ii -aullful
sr.a py v.
.lor, nn
k.d
o-.ilsoives li.to
school room, uml tilew ImbUc s ait the morn
ing. Mine worn thebeit. They wer-J the
largest ; they flouted like fairy balloons in tin)
air. The gi-ittleiueii were shooting ; my good
r.iects iieitructlng lliejjchisses ; si-.ti r-iu law,
of course was uctir.g I'Lii!::. Our wimio-iv
was dose to the. ponl.-. lleighho! some
body was ruling up the drive. We kept Ve
ry still. The gt iitleniatl rode leisurely up to
tht dm. r. He litt e knew how many eves
.-f.l
wi re u ou
hi:n. He
roue tt sujciu givy
llOllil'.
Why, il' Captain Vernon !" said Dick.
"So il was. i blew such u line bill. hie. It
lichted just upon tha horse's ear. Ho (the
captain) stal led and stared. 1 chipped my
hands ami the;:, jumping tT hii huie, he
si; oped his arm tliiotich ll.e Iniille, und came
under tho whitlow. Robert olVen d to lead
hi horse to the stable, if I.o would come in
und blow l.i.lil.les. Nctliiiig loth, he put his
hand ou thu sill utid vaulted into the room.
1 thoughi ho locked mole giaceiul und hand
some than ever, llesjeuie.l to 1 ku blotting
i- . i -1 ' i : I j 1 . 1 1 3 as Weil uu the bnyn, but I..' Used
up ail my soup, and kept taking my pipe
itistuad of his nun. Wu were a n erry qu.tr
trtte j but alter a while tho nt ur-couitr tired,
und proposed a stroll in the garden. I was
always i caily tor change, ao we tigrei-d to
sipnil the soupy water over tins geruniiinis iu
ti.u gi evil-house. Kubcrt puvo us the slip,
tie wanted to inspect Unit gallant grey.
Hick went to hum for the stpiirt. Cupiuiu
Vernon uskvd me if wo were going tn thu
bull at South wood? Oh, yet! Sir Edward
was Major Lauristou's old brother-officer.
Wu were going to spend tho woek at Suuth
wood "how charming !" so wus he j and
then bo engaged ine, 1 don't know how many
deep, for thu ball. T broke oil' a beau ill u I
rosebud by accident ; ho caught it, aud said,
wilb a look that ) could not meet, ihut there
was nu Sower like tho rose. Suddenly I re
numbered tnj btrsbwel's Bdmoiilllmis tftos
my tasl persillage ; I grow confusetW am
such a simpleton, to this day I cannot help
blushing at the merrst trifie. I Mid "I must
gn." ' Ho begged me tn stay a few nilnutes
only a few minutes. There was nobody at
hoiite; why should I huiry awny? Ho.t. did
he know that? 1 asked. "Why." sanJ he.
"you don't suppose I did not" find out so
much before I came?" However, 1 would not
be coaxed nor laughed into staying, though
he did onU. me about Petrnchio and Othello.
I ran oil, and bade him follow at his peril. I
was in a complete flutter all day. Expected
every moment that the boys would say some,
thing about Captain Vetnnn. I had nn tinea
sy fear about the mentioning of this morning's
frfak. At dinner, whenever conversation
paused. I grew red and pale, and thought,
"Now I'm in for it j hern it comes." I
watched Mrs. Eannister piling up each sep
arate crumb of cheese, on hor square piece of
bread In a nervous agony. Down fell a
morsel of cheese, and my eyes were riveted
on her till the little pyramid was leisurely
conveyed into her month. Then 1 thought
she never would have done scraping the plum
st.itr.es. 'IT.py v.rre to be cracked, she said.
I thankfully listened t n famous receipt for
tioyenti. and then Mr. Eannister said kindly.
"Ah. she'il do at last, so skittish as she looks !
'I iere's oiio v. ritiklo for you ; rc-.t msy pet
mat-y more from my w ife." I f. nt w she nnd
tho rost o them were wrinkling my brow be
fore i'.s time. Al last she made the sign to
depart, uml T bounded so joyfully out of the
room that Mr. 1!.. muster" said he hud uimost
a mind lo go to Southwond ufter nil. if it was
only to s.'ct me dance. Mr. Iiannister ut a
ball! I was divided between I his ludicrous
notion er.d the fenr r.f s. natural concatena
tion bo'veen Southwood and Captain Vi-r-r.nn.
To try irfinite relief. I found the Hun
nlsters were not going to Rrmthwood. The
evening passed away without mention of
soap-bnbbtes uml Captain Vernon. The boys
had tticir tears ns weil us myself, in tins
lienthumilo vimant such a prodicnl waste cf
soup would have been ns severely ecr.surrd
ns a flirtation. Joy, joy ! my nephews were
lo o buck to school' the next day. They
would be o!T early. I was safe. Dreams
sometimes go by contraries.
t.'.O.NCI.t.lJKD NKXT WKEK.)
U o 1 1 r i.
COffRTINO.
Rays, when you court,
You should deport
Yourselves willt circumspection.
1 1 Is u sin,
'To seek to win
And tritle wilb affection.
Nor wheu sincere
Tho men appear
In ptiUuulry und wooing.
Can woman jot
Without the guilt
Of similar misdoing.
Too many court
In thoughtless snort.
Nor think when they have parted
On what they've done
Tho loving ona
Left courted broken-hearted,
Tro many jilt
Willi equal guilt.
Nor think while thus they triflo.
That mks havu heurts
To fuel Love's darts,
Though they their feelings stifle"
In nil ws do
We should be true,
Nor raise an expectation,
Unless 'tis mettnt,
To full exlei'.t,
To meet tho obligation.
Dr.iTii or ri::'.civ.-ii., tub Pott. The Tel
errrnph brings v.i intelligence of the death of
.lames O, Percival, the poet ; he died ut
Hiizh-green, in th.e Stale of Illinois, on Fri
day lust. Mr. Percival was ooru in lb.ilin,
Connecticut, in the year 1T(I.". aud graua.iti d
at Yale Collece in 171"). He wrote verses
at a veiy early age, but his lirst appearand
as an author was in 1321, when he published
his Prmneihnts and other poems. He pub
lished another volume of poems the fi-ilov-iat
year, and nt that period be was the most
popular of American poets ; the tendemesa
and melunchory sweetness of his verses being
in accord with ll.e prevalent t.:ste of the
cl.'.y. Iti lSii he was appointed un assistant
surgeon in the L'nited States Army, und
stationed at Wi st point to lecture on chem
istry; but he r signed his commissi hi after
holding it it few nun. . l.s. He published a
third volume of poems in 1P27, and in 1841)
appeared his Jieini nf a Mry. Dr. Perci
val '.va a mat) of puiely scholirly testes nnd
eccentric hal i-. at 1 ) c unii. d u rea-aiki ble
love of teii-ntilic ptirsitits with his taste for
pot try. He possessed gri ut linguistic uc
litiirenieiits. and assisted N't ah Webster in
jihii compilation of his gte;it Hiclionary
I He 1 -ail m.id-j a gcoli'jjicul stHev cf the
State of Con;. eetii-tit, nnd at-t'.e time of hi.',
ileal'.i hu held tile ollice of Ht;ito Geologist of
Illinois. He was never married.
Tho ov.ner o" one t.T the princely palaces
on Blctcker street. New York, s.-mo lime
ao leafed it for Severn! years for two thou
sand dollars a yi nr. The tenant failed, and
his surety wished tho oiwrh) resume pos
session of the premises, which ha refused to
d.i whereupon the surety opened a fa hi fro
ble negro Loanling In .use ia thi pivmi-c ,
stuck un a sion of ('t.loi'i'd Peoj le's Hall,"
eslablisVied a rest uaraiit for thu rnlurc I pop
ulationend has balii li.lice a week for the
"upper ten'' of sjble.lo.n. l'roni these he is
iciiii.-iiig u thi'iisaiid dolhn"' a year, ubi ve rent
uml ofliet- txpertn-s, and hi his turn refusi s
the oii'.-r of I ho owner to lake the pieuiiscs off
his bauds. Ho won't pay lent until summon
ed before a Couit, when ho appears jusl u
warrant cf ejectment is ubout In tie issued
The owner h is tried to gt t the house itid ict
ed, but the neighbers Won't com, lain of it as
a disorderly house ; tney rather enjoy he
full, and many of them pay their tweuiy-tive
cents lo Bui- Ugh life umtjuj the colored ,jeil-
t-y-
iMPROTE-er.MT ix Soap. Tlie wife of an
Amoricuu agriculturist has been experiment
ing iu soups, und finds that the addition of
three-cpMui'teis of a pound of borax te it
pound uf soup, melted without boiling, makes
a saving of one-hull' in the cost of soap, and
of tbreo fourths the U'tior of washingim
proves thu whiteness cf thu fabrics, besides
the usual caustic slfect is thus removed, und
th hunds are left wiih a peculiar soft aud
silky feeling, leaving nothing more to be iv.
sired by the most einhilioua waslMrtwoinuii.
Why ought a fisherman tobcj very wealthy?
crcfaase bis U tl wi jrcflt.
ItEAVTIKS OP SIOR WONISM.
' Among party of nine hundred Mormons,'
who recently left comfortable liftroM In Kng
land, to surn-nder themselves to the sway of
Urighatn Young and his hopeful', associates,
came two girls, whose transfer to the UtaH
bind of abominations has very much thecbaf.
ucter of kidnapping. The stofy of Hteit
flight, as related in the Etiglish papers, Is as
fallows t Their father wns a men in middle
life, well to do and industrious. His labor
had placed his family, consisting of wife and
several children, in a state of decent compf
tence and happiness. Satan came auioiifr.
l hem in the guise of a Mormon emissary, and
beguiled tho eldest son, who made a pilgrim
nice to the land of rogues. Trite to their In
stinct the cruTty elders of halt 1.ke mado
Mormouism so delightful to the neophyte,
and ad vn need him so rapidly in their frater
nity, that he returned to Englund as a preach,
er of the delusion. The father, whoso env
ploymcnt took him away from his fafiiily fof
periods of a week at a time, retntfned to ihe
house one Saturday from a business excursion
to find it deserted. His whole family hni
disappeared, with whatever pnrtublcs tbeT
could lay hands upon j and his wife bad sto
len his money to no inconsiderable amount
ull that she could coliect ot pilfer. He Ire
cod the fugitives to Liverpool, and rencheJ"
that pluco to discover that they had ertibnrl:.
ed, under tho pet suasions of hs Mormori S'o,
in an emigrant ship, the Enoch Trail Tha
distracted father chartered a steam tug, nnfl
t.iking with him a police officer, overlook tho
vessel. A fter an iiifini te dml of pi-rsuuaiou
aided bv the master of the shin, and oppose-
by the Mormon leaders, he succeeded in in
ducing his w-if,) to go buck with him. He al
so, us a matter of great favor, cbta'ned tho
surrender of his infant children. But his two
eldest daughters refused to return with their
parents, ami the heart broken father went
without them. Their fate, going thus nn
protected to Utah, may well cause a shad.
iter.
A community tlirs replenished is maturing
measures to upply for udniissi'm asono of tho
States of this toiifedcrucv. We were never
amoi g those who "calculated the value 6?
tint Union." rr who dream d Tlmt tho possi
bility of its being tund jred was titnong con
tingencies to bo considered in any case. Hut
the possibility lhat our fathers may havo
fought to establish a shield for a community
of adulterers and bigamists, and their proge
ny, makes ns pause. That all which we bold
sscred tn religion, or virtuous in sociul and
family relations, may be t'.Bnpled under foct
by a Stiite represented on equal terms with
those founded by Penn and the Pilgrims, by
Oglethorgo and'lhe Cavaliers j that the Old
Dominion and tho land of the rurituns may
be allied with a lYutesnity of licentious an
debauched rogues these possibilities, should
they become facts, will leave no value to the
Union for any body to "calculate." If otliing
has cn-t so grout h doubt over tb futm-e of
this country as thn . Mormon plaeuo spot.
And if the State of Utah is to be admitted
inlo our er.tlstel lution. the sign will lose its
ptesent proud SignirVntice, understand--?
stars sometimes do ill an equivoque the rep
resentatives of something- too foul to be spo
ken or written
Mn. Joiiv A. Washi- an' SIwht'
Vkrno.v. The Charleston Mercury, speaking
of the result of recent attempts to pUrchuse
the burial placd of Washington, says :
"But there must be an irrepressible feeling
of indignation ut the conduct of Mr. Wash,
ingto.i in this wholo affair. With him it
seems to huve been u cold speculation from
the first.
"As s"nn as he found there were several
parties in the field for the purchase of the
birth-place nnd burial place of the most rev.
i-red man of North America, he seems to
have had but one idea of making the ftrea't-gi
posib e amount of money out of tho dust
ol liio man wuose Dame ne bears auu u.e
honors. "if he had refused absolutely to sell the
property, wo should have understood that
there was u motive before which all men
mvrst bow in respect. Hut thocircuiustunces
do not allow' us to attrihtrte to him anything
but mercenary motives, with a small mixture
of .amily anc State pride, to his proceedings.
The Ladies' Mount Vernon Association aid
compelled to denl with a huckster for the
privilege of consecrating the bui'ial-p'iaco of
Washington."
To Ci.CANsn tub lxsir-E or Jars. There
is frequently some trouble in cleacsing the
inside of jars that have hud sweat meats or
other articles put in them for keeping, and
l hut when empty were wur.ted for future use.
This can be done in a few minutes without
scraping or soaking, by filling up the jars
with hoi water, (it need not be scalding hot.)
and then stirring i.t a tenspoonl'ul or icoro cf
pearl a-h.
Eao a.ni M:t K. Take a fresh egg. Lreak
it in a saucer, and with a three- r uige.) fork
beat it until it is us lilck u hatter. Havo
ready half n plot of boiling milk, sweetenej
with white SJgir; stir the egg into the u.ilk.
! au l servo il wnlia piece of Fpongo ead:e or
s ice of tt a-t. It is cmisid red very light,
u.inrisi.iug io.ui lor un invahj. bomo preler
the yo'k uud white el' the egg boalio stvps-r-tcly.
; .
Wkhstkii IiociKits AMI ClIOATI!. The Neww
burytiorl (Muss.) Herald says truly Hint few
ton sons say mote good tilings than Rufus
l.'l.ojle. lie gave a lecture in Htmlon a lew
weeks ago. upon the hist days of Samuel Ro.
gcrs, for whom he expiesjed good aieul of
admiration, ami whose "Table Talk" bus been
recently published. Mr. Choate' greut per
sonul attachment lo Mr. Webster, und aulnii
rulinii of l.n'.i. are ulso well known. It is said
hu was recently asked how I.o thought trio
conversatioiiul powers of Mr. Rogers would
comare with those of Mr. Webster. He
replied, ".Is a. fiddle to lico hundred Organs.'
A Noui.kma in Sr. Lous . -The St. lbouis
H'-publicuii says : Count Beaufort, at) old
Ereuch nobleniun. who dieting'ti'i-lied himself
at Seva-topol. has concluded to resign ther
filigue nl military life fr a lime, and is now
in this city on his Way to thu Upper Mifi-.
sippl. He and hit suite consisting -j- sixT
young French- nobles, some of whom. 'ere ao"
compiMiiad by their wivci riYt4 iu this,
cirj ea Salnrday.''
An afflicted husband' was returni'.i? from
the funeral uf his vufa when friend asked
him how he was. "Well," said be, putheti
cally. -1 thiu'i I fail thu better far that lilUsv
Walk I"
Why, Jim, how pale you look t what's the,
matter Oh? got no sleep last nijijit,'
"Ilow wits "that ?." "Why, Jon sei eoMiKe-p
feller Uok my cellar door ai' so ) had t .
u.e "uoibar, toni tQ rrmjf rust
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