NEW SERIES, VOL. 12, NO. 3.
SUNBUIIY, NOliTIIUMHEULANI) COUNTY, PA . S AT URD A Y, APRIL Ifi, 1859.
OLD SERIES, VOL ID. NO- 2.)
The Sunbury American.
FUBLISIIED EVERY SATUHPAY
BY H. B. MASSER.
Market Square, Sunbury, Ptnna.
TERMS OF 9 U US C It 1 I" T I O N .
TWO DOLLARS per annum to be pid lialf yenr
! Nu?r.R d..co,.t..,Ued until all arrearage.
'("" TO CLUBS,
Three Opiei l on nddiew III Ou
Steven h. ' . so o,,
Kllleell do. do. . .
Five dollar, in .dvsnc. will Py foi V"' " ,uU"
uerx-untamin- .ol..r,,,l1oii money 1 he rc petnnl
U to do tlii. under the Po.l Oflice Uw.
TERM OF il)VBIlU1
One Square of U Hue.' time.,
Keen iilequeiit in'eiliou,
ii Ajimrf , 3 niontln, " '
SiX m'lltllS, """...
tiif. vcr. - " "
n ,m.M Vnr.1. or Five line.. P .niimn,
.-ir!i:iul :..l ollirr-. a.lve: line. ly "' "'
with the privilege ol luseitin.-d.fb.reiit.dui-l.-lnint
weekly. .... .r....l
si Of)
25
3 (HI
g 00
8 00
1 00
10 OU
!? Larger Ailverliseniems, o. Pc. o5.
JOB HINTING.
V, Vive connected Willi ur establishment n well .e
, ' ,h ,"K-CK,whill will enable unto rjecule
M, ,hc nc.itc.1 .tyle, every valid) ol priming.
A T T O RNEY AT I. A W ,
PA.
Business-attended to in the Counties of Nor
humbcr'anJ. Union, Lycoming Montour mid
Jolumbia.
References in Philadelphia-'
H-m .M. R.Tvsnn, Clmi..(;.W.on.Kfq..
S.on.-r. A SnoduriiM, I.mn. Smith fc I.e.
D. KIRKPATltlCK & sons,
N , 21 m'll Tiiir-l St t. between MnrVft nnd Chcnn1
' ' sti.cl, l'llll.Mtr.l.l'lllA,
I 'nitrate Spnih lll.lrs, Pri-d mid Killed : l;y "mJ
' Salted .., K..;i.TANX-.Uf nil.. TAN-
M-.U-- AND i t'Kltll'.US' TlllM.S, m,,l emend t.-orl-
1. i .e.,ll,er. Finished mid in the It'.ivh.
Ai.so i;i:di"I.U l.r.ATm.it.
VI, ,f '.,n-i will he .old low lor fusli, or the Ufinl
'( . 1! hii l nf I. either in the Mooch wo. led. for
... ,,,'.1, , 1, ,,., m irket price will he given, m cam, or
1 e.eu I'l "V'i 'O':?" I'.r lli'h-s.
I..1.I1.T Si .red free of rharee.nud Sold on Urmnm-ion.
rnil...iillo.i.i. July 3, Ir-H ly j
H AM) W ARE ! HARD WAKE ! !
nrsT ieci-ivcil by A. W. FISHKR, at lii.i .
3 I'rut! Storf. Sunbury, I'a.,
frODI'S. r HOVELS, FOKKS. I.OC. j
CHAI.NM, Mil, I. HAWS, CK05S. ;
CUT SAWS. I
AM. .S'orrw.. BultK, Door Knob.. Thumb j
l uti lirs, and hardware iif-eary I'orbuililins. ,
A pli-inlii1 lt ot pocKrl ana tame cuutry, en.
iOi, licriiiun feilvrr fiooiin.
I.ocKImi; Glauses.
l.ir'p c.olU t,f Looking lilu.rti,, rcrrinl ntnl
.rsalo Vy A. W. t'lsHEK.
Sunbury, July 17, Ifi.'iS.
Ills (iiv:n:o S ri'cominru'lrd to the notice of '
f T iio rs, . ivory SiuWk keepers, Ac., as j
iir.-x Sii't.ntou to anything "film kitnl ever In- I
i.'J.-iil. Anil i!ois not um upon the mles
i-. ..im : moie durable, ami is n( alb ctej by
,, weather, remimiiim the .nine in simiiiior uf ,
1 winter, unit put up ill tin canister" J a.l
r, en's, formic by A. W. M.Hr.U. j
.ttiiv -1. 1 .'R.
N. IlKLLlN'tJS,
Aro. 12 .V.rA Vhan-cf, l'ldltul-lphia.
U.II.CMH) lb, llrieil Apples,
r..nmi Ijur-lnln l'ca Nulu,
l.ud I'irnU Urein Apple.,
Cioi ln e tlrauge.,
':t:ii b.ixe l.einni'K,
f'.UOi) bushels rotatoes,
1 .mill bushel Uaans,
I till doz. Yi kles,
Ai-o ..i-i-.K, Kifis, I'riiites, &c, in t"i aiul
,r a!e Hi tlii! lowest prices.
April 10, IS.V. ly
GILSsSt" BTJLSC1T,
t'licr.s'OH to
j o i .ti;i'lll-h St (', A4I L. IVES.
(rormerly No- 15 North Whorves.")
vi.t-k in i-iimn;c:u, kri'IT and vk-
li'l'AlM.ES, No. 4 North Wharves, 4th door
larket street, 1'hilaJelphia.
rsu reK, Apples, Dried Kruita Butter,
emoii-. Onions, Mercer Potatoes, ( hecse
u-i,,. Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Iieans,
ea Nuts, reaches, Craiiherric. hues, , Ac.
Orhcrs for Khippins put up with cure and dts-
iron. . . ,
(ii)ODS sold o commission for 1 armor.
i,l Itealers.
October 21. lf -r7-
SOLOMON if BOYER,
ATXOBNEY AT LAW,
T.ce in Market street, opposite W eaxer . Hotel,
sl'NH'HV, PA.
,,Mc"'ior attended to in Northumberland and
!,.iniiiu' Counties. U .oiuaittled U the
nr.. 11 liusuaje.
KEriRSscs :
If J. Wolvcrton, Esq., Sunbury, Pa.,
t.V,. K. Miller, Es'l , l.ewi.burg. Pa.
J. II. Ziegenfus, Philadelphia, I'a.
l',eiiiainiii"K4!iierer,
.Sunbury, Jug. It,
j:iacksiuitliiii?.
JAMES F . DEEN.
BTJNBUKY,
EbrrCTFl'l.LY inform, the public that
he. ha. commenced the above buainesi in
nbury, and is prepared to do all kmds of black,
iiuins to order, iucludinj horse-hoeing 111 the
Da will also put up iron railinj in th. most
proved style and palrern.
Country produce taken m cichauge.
Sunbkry! Oct. 16, lH58.-tf
rURNITURE POLISH.
R K'S Premium Patent Knaniel Furniture
-This pnh.h i. highly valuable for re.to
. the poliah on all kind, of Furniture, .la,
friag. HoJie.. Ht Cloth, kc. A Uo. for re.
.pots, hiding acratche., &c. c. W ar
ted to dry immediately and retain lU glow
eo 50 c.s.Pe, bottle, "'"jy FISHER.
uly 17, 185R.
HMXKS! nXAXKSt
LANK DeeJ., Mortgage., Bond., Warrant.
A llach.neuts, CooimttinenU, Burnmon., Su.
,s Eiecutior... Ju.tic. and Con.t.ble.
liilU, iic, 4c, can b. had by applying at
office. .
IICKI.E-S of various kind., Lolwler., Sar-
'dines. Ac. Ac, jut "lillE
DrugStura of A. W.rlSHEK
unhury.Augu.t, tif. Ijf
ANU WARKANT.-Tb htgW rric.
ill be given for Land WJj"" 'jjj "
"IT MIGHT IIAVE BEEN."
With heavy head bnot on her yielding band,
A ud lialf-fluahed cheek, bathed in a i'eror
ed light,
$ it b reatles. lips, nnd most unquiet eyea,
A maiden sits and looks oat on thu night,
The darkness presses close apaiD9t the pane,
Ami silence lieth on the elm -tree old,
Through whose wide branches steals the
white-faced moon
Id fitful gleams, as though 'twere over bold
She hears the wind upon the pavement fill'
A nu lilts tier Dead, as a to listen there ;
Then wearily she taps agaiust the paue,
Or folds more close, the ripples of her hair;
She sings nnto herself no idlu strain,
And throagh its music all her thoughts are
seen ;
For all the burden of the song she sing9
Is "Oh my Uod ! it might have been 1"
Alut! that words like these should have tht
power
To crush the roses of hnr early youth
That on her ultnr of remembrance sleeps
Some hope, dismantled of its love and
truth
That 'mid the shadows of hep memory lies,
Sums urnvo, moss covered, whore sho loves
to lean,
And Badly sings unto the form therein,
"it tnigut liavo been Oh, (jod I it might
have been!"
We all have in our hearts some hidden place,
Some secret chamber where a cold corpse
lies
The drapery or whose couch we dress anew,
Knch day. hennuth the pale glare of its eye ;
We go from its still presence to the sun,
To seek the pulhway where it once was
seen,
Ajid stiive to still the throbbing of our hearts
With this wild cry, "O Uoii ! it might have
been !"
We mnurn in secret o'er some buriud love
In the fur l'ast, whence love docs not re
turn. And ftrivo to find among its ashes gray
Some lingering tpnrL that may ;et live and
burn j
And when we see the vainness (if our task,
U"e flea away, fur from the hopeless scene,
And fold, hi; close our garments o'er our
hearts,
Cry to (lie winds, "V Uod I it might have
been !"
Where'er wo go, in sunlight or in shade,
We mourn some jewel which the heart bs
missed
Some brow we touched in days long since
gone by
Some lips whose freshness and first dew
we kissed ;
We shut out from our eyes the happy liht
Of sunbeams dancing on the hill-sido
green,
And like tho maiden, ope them on the night,
Aud cry, like her, "O (lod ! it might have
ben !'
Select (Talc.
A WOMAN OP NERVE.
now iiKi:oT orr ot- a si -haps.
A tall, slondur figure, with brown hair fall
ing over the bhoulilera, aud a pole, resolute
lace, clud in a lung flowing, dressing gown,
and holding a light high abeve its head, and
looking tUea-liiy dowun at me, as I asconded
the stairs thit, was what ! saw as I went up
to my room in the Spread F.aglo Inn, (Jrace
chuich street, on tho night of tho 1 tth of
Sopti'tnlier, lt-lf, us I aui a Chridtian !
1 slopped short and looked at the fignre,
as it was lonking at me. 1 had not been
drinking, 1 was not walking in my sleep, and,
more thiiti all, I knew the lace aud form
tint nhat, in the numo of common sense, was
11 young lady doing in the passage of nn old
inn at that hour, alone, iiinl in such a dress?
Shu blushed scarlet as 1 drew near, and wrap
ped her dressing-gown more closely around
tier ; but the next moment the was as pale as
before, and spoke to me eagerly and hurried
ly but iu a very low voice.
'Sir are you tho landlord of this inu ?"
'1 am not, madam."
"Do you know where he is?"
"Down stairs in the coffee room, ! think.
Hut what is the mutter? Areynuill? Has
anything gone wrong ?''
She stamped her foot slightly with impa
tience, and looked me full in the face. Fine
eyes she had blue and soft in general but
now they were blazing.
"Don't stop to ask questions, sir ! Uring
him here at once ; aud come buck with him
yourself. Dring pistols, if you have them;
do you hear ? And run for your life for
your life !" she added, leuniug over the
bannisters, and cpeaking io the same low,
hurried tone.
I was away in an instant, though I knew
no more of my errand than the man iu the
moon. D'lt 1 thoulJ like to see the man whs
would not have done the same. Apart from
thu fact that she was claiming my aid and
protection, there was something iu the ring
of the voice, low as it wns, aud the flash of
ti e eye, that warned me she was not to be
trilled with. Sho would have made a good
general, had she been a man, and, 1 wager
my head, not a soldier would have dared to
retreat, had she spoken as she did to me that
uight. But before 1 finish my story, 1 must
begiu it. 1 am but a blundering fellow. My
wife always says, if a mistako can be niado, I
arn sure to make it ; and I believe I was
going to tell you about tho landlord's coming
before, I said what he had come for. Now,
then, I will commence the thing rightly.
The Spread Eagle Inn, which is still stand
ing, and may be seen any day, by tho curious
traveller, is a clumsy, ill-lighted house, situat
ed in the heart of the city, yet keeping all its
oddities, which were just io the fashion gome
two or three hundred yeors ago. It is built
around a court yi rd, shut io by a gates, across
which galleries ari thrown, from one door to
the other, with the paved yard below. It has
balustrades and itaircasei containing suffi
cient oak to build half a modern house with ;
and deep window seats and big, q.oer shaped
gloomy rooms, and odj little closets, and
landing places and passages, carpets, chairs,
and pictures that Mrs. Noah might have kept
bouse with io the ark, say nothing of the
curious old china on the side boards, and the
wine glasses and decanters to match. To an
Englishman, it offers tht snuggest of homes,
and the roast beef and mutton there are en
exo ptiooable ; while the waiter it at civil
tod at tttady at if be had been breathing the
atmosphere of the old place for years. It
maket one feel "respectable," merely to live
there for a time ; and I, who bad been a wild
enough college lad, fennd myttlf toberiog
down d.j by day, at I pored over taj manu
scripts, of dined qnietlv, by myself undor the
eye of Charles, the waiter, off my slic-e of
mntton and backed potatoes, my pint of por
ter, and my apple or damson tart! Qnite
like a family man 1 felt, at times though my
wife and children were with my ship, that
was to come home some day, and bring mo
an immense fortune. I did not know how
long the voyage might take, not knowing
even from what port tho vessel was to start ;
and so 1 lived under the wings of the Spread
K.gle, nnd worked at my niuntifcript and
waited.
I was not, by any means, the ouly dweller
in the eyrie. People were coming and going
all the time, but I scarcely ever saw them, or
heard their names. Tho sitting room next
tniue. on the second floor, would be tenanted
one month by a couple with an indefiuito
number of children ; and the next, it may be,
by an old gentlemun, who made no noise, and
rarely spoke, except to tell his servant to
bring more wine ; thcu would come a travel
ling artist, with his sketch-books and his
great Newfoundland dog, ond they would
play at rotigh-aud-tumble together, after he
hud done work, till tho house shook, and the
nervous lady above nearly went to fits ; and
he would bo succeeded by a musician, who
would pluy all day and a part of the night,
till the fiune lndy declared she should be
ready for Bedlam ; but the never was ready,
and never went at least, to my klowledge.
For my part, I wos always satisfied. When
tho children were there, and playing so noi
sy that 1 could not think, I used to lay down
my pen aud wonder what their names were,
and how thev looked, and if they were play.
ing the same games 1 played in my boyhood
(so many year, ago !) with my brothers oud
my cousius. The creat dor; used cfleti to
meet me in the passage and give mo a friendly
wag of thu tail, if 1 pated bis head, and after
that his bark was music to ny eors ; for I defy
any one, who has a heart, to make the ac
quaintance of a dog a Newfoundland especi
ally and not love him. And the composer.
who played all day the sweet creations of bis j
soul God knows what loving tender fancies i
came to me now and then, as tho melody j
wove ilsell'in with what I was writing, almost j
before 1 knew it. 1 am a happy follow, tintu (
rally, and disposed to make the tien of eiery- !
thing ; hut setting this entirely aside, 1 am j
sure 1 was a lult'.T aud a kinder muu fur the ,
neighbors 1 had. :
One day the ooom was ta!;er., ufler it had
been standing empty for a week, and I heard i
the voices of au old man, l.ig wife, and the;
frei.li clear tones of a yonnir eirl. 1 often'
judge people by their voice before I see them j
and 1 pietured the lady to myself, quite cor- j
rec-tly. There was a ring in her words, a !
buoyant, lurk liko tone, that gave me the idea
of a happy spirit and perfect health. Now
and then the voice deepened and softened,
and deepened, and 1 knew that her face had
lost its smile, and thnt she was looking grave !
perhaps sud. to I know that the hau suf
fered, and as day after duy went on, and t!u?
voice grew familiar, I judged that the had
sufl'ered deeply. There was Fon.elhinf; be
hind that natural gaiety, knowm only to her- I
self and (jod, it may be, atid yet it threw a j
gloom over her whole life, and would ulwuys
do so. And 1 thought 1 should like to sue j
her, ond judge, if my surmise were correct. i
I asked thu landlord ubuutthe party. He
looked ot the book, end read tho names,
"Dev. Kdwurl Williams ond lady. Mrs.'
Arnold, New York city.
"They ore AmerR'ttiis, then ?" I exclaim-
ed. I
"So it seems. They came bore three weeks
ugo, by the packet, end are going to Paris 1
next iiiouth. Very nice people they seem, j
but then have queer way.. All Americans'
have, 1 am often told." I
"Yes t'hey seem odd to u, ro doubt," I :
said, musingly scarcely knuwiiig what 1 had ,
uuswered. And then 1 went up to my room ,
and wondered if Mis, Arnold was a widow, or ;
if her husband was St. 11 living. If so, I felt:
strongly inclined to strangle or shoot him,
without any delay. It is very ridiculous ,
yet also, quite sincere the feeling one mat
has towards another who (as hu thinks) has
robbed him of something which might have j
beautified his own lib. I uiu sure many a i
married woman would laugb hcurtily if sho j
but knew the fancies that pass through the '
brain (if one of her bachelor friends, who ad- j
mires her, as he sees her with a child in her
arms, or her sweet face looking over bor bus I
band's should, r (stupid man !) as he pores!
ovor a dry hewspnper, quite unconscious uf)
her presence. j
While I sat thinking thus of Mr. Arnold,
M rs. Arnold, iu the next room, begun to sing, i
There was a good piauii in No. 4'1, ond 1 hud
often heard her play before. But this eve- j
nmg she only seemed recalling snatches of
I sweet, sad songs, and I felt sure she was ahjiio.
j Her touch upon the keys was soft and dreamy
1 sometimed she was playing with one hand,
! and theu would come a long pause, though 1
! had not beard her leave her seat. 1 would
j have giveu worlds to have been beside her,
in that hour or twilight. But it Tadcd ;
and the cold wall of my room was etill be
tween us. 1 heard her singing, " I hen you II
remember mo," very softly, and then the mu
sic ceased. If 1 had sat by myself any more
1 am sure I thou'd have been mad enough to
go into the next room ; so, tuking up my
hat and gloves, 1 went out for a walk.
The door of No, 42 stood half-way open,
a.nd from uiy end of the passage I could see
into the room plainly, tor the boy had just
lit thu gas, and drawn the curtains. She was
standing over tho piano, dressed in deep
mourniug, though a wedding-ring and its
heavy guard shone on her left band. "Thank
hoavon I tho fellow it dead!" 1 thought;
and then the next moment I laughed at my
absurdity. She had the evening paper in bor
baud, yet though her head was bent, I could
see bar fare quite well. In only one thing
wat sho different from her counterpart in my
brain she was not boautiful, as 1 had fund
ed she must be. She wat tall and straight
and elegant in form ; and her face was oue
of those which chunge and vary with every
shade of feeling ; but ouly redeemed from
plaiuness by a pair of deep set and beauti
fully shaped eyes, whose color, I found,
when the threw the piper aside, was that
dark lovely blue, one scarcely ever sees', ex
cept in tho sky of a eummer night. Just
the eyet bad dreamed of all my life and
yet, there wag not the slightest chance that
t' would ever loek at ma, as they bad
dt tless looked at Mr. Arnold, deceased, a
thi nd times. She wag a girlith widow
yet .tere wat tometbiog in ber manner which
betrayed the married woman an ease and
aplomb, which rarely or never showt itself in
a young girl, especially if the hat been reared
carefully by a mother's band.
I might nave stood in the passage all night,
criticising her, bad the not entered it btrself,
suddenly, (for ber movements were all as
quick at flashes of light) and takiBg me to by
surprise, that I am sure the wonld have teen
me staring In at btr, had the not, luckily for
me, caught her foot in the mat at the crossed
the threshold. She stumbled, and wouUl
btve (alien, but I sprang to her assktaoce
and caught bti, ar,d felt ber heart beatiog
quickly against my arm. Sho panted with
the sudden start it had given her, but stood
up in a second, aud just glancing at me as 1
stood beside ber iu the dark passage, said
quietly, "Thank you, Charles. 1 might have
hurt myself very much, if you had not savod
mo. And by the way, I wish you would have
that stupid thing taken away. My uncle fell
over it last night, and Lntuppose it will be
t my aunt'g turn next."
She ran lightly up the stairs to her sleeping-room,
laughing to herself as she went.
She had mistaken me for the waiter ! But 1
did not care (though I fancied there was
some difference in our height and air) since
it had given mo the pleasure of bearing my
owu Dame, and spoken by her lips. 1 declare
solomuly, to this day, that when Mrs. ('nth
cart (my wife) calls me jCbarles, nn odd fuel
ing comes over roe, and 1 see the hall of the
Spread Kaglr, and Mrs. Arnold running up
the stairs, w hile 1 stand in a state of maudlin
admiration below. So much for the power
of association.
I went to tho Optra that evening. I usu
ally spent my Hvenings there, or at tho thea
Ire, because I had no acquaintances in the
city, and it was dull sitting in my room alone.
They played the "Bohemian Girl," I remem
ber, and the tenor 6ang Mrs. Arnold's song,
"Thon you'll remember me." And the lights,
and the music, and the crowd seemed to pass
away, and leave mo listening to her again,
touching the piano Soft ly, and half tinging,
half humming the words., hs if, had sho trust
ed herself to utter tbem aloud, they would
surely bring tears with them. 1 thought of
her constantly till tho opera was over, and
the house empty ; I thought of her over my
hot supper at Yery's ; and 1 thought of her
as 1 went home along the deserted streets.
I looked up at her window to see the light
thnra. as 1 entered the court yard. It was
burning brightly enough, and I entered the
house, ond sat down in tho coll'eo room a few
moments with the landlord, who was a great
friend of mine, in his way. I did nut talk to
him, nor he to me wo were neither of us
talking men, and seldom had any words U
gether. Dnt ho peered fiver the morning
paper steadily, intent upon political news ;
ond 1 held mine upide down before me, and
felt with a thrill of bashful satisfaction, that
1 was no longer indifferent to the ndviee of
Mr. Weller, senior "Samivel ! Samivel 1
lievaie of tho vidders !" No: a widow hail
changed me iu the twinkling of an eye, and
1 was in love, an brpole53ly, as unreasonably, :
and oh foolishly as any sotier mau of thirty
could well be ! j
1 must now prociod to sta(i that Mrs.
Arnold's room was on the second floor, just
above No. 41. and looking out upou itace-'
church street itself. To it she went quietly !
ou that eventful evening, at the hour of ten, !
just at the timo when I was sitting in my
box at the Opera thinking of her. Some- ;
thing made her wakeful. She pat down at
her toile tabla and talked awhile to the '
housekeeper, who Ifncf come np with clean ,
pillow cases, and asked many questions about i
the house and the family. How they broached i
tho topic, I do not know but after a lime.
tliny began to think, and to speak about that
strange phenomenon, uoliod "apirittiul rap
pings." The Cock Lano ghot was brought
upon tho carpet, and various other stories
told, till Mrs. A mold grpw nervous, and
laughingly declared Fhe would hear no moro.
Then the housekeeper bade her good night,
and she locked her door, and begau to prepare
for bed.
The room was large, rather daik, and full
of coiners and recesses. The light of the
two wu candles on the toilet-table only
served to moku these corners visible in their
shadowy gloom. Tho bed was hied, and
hung about with dark crimson curtains : the
furniture of the room was dark, too ; and tho
rushioug of tho chairs and the covers of the
tables red ulso. It is a color wbicn need
much light to set it off to advantage; it
looked dismal enough to her just thcu. At
one end of tho room a door led into a kind
of larse closet, wljich was unfurnished, and
looked out into the court yard ; but this door
opened out into Mrs. Arnold's, room, and
locked ou thai side. .Sometimes linen was
kept there; and the housekeeper bud evi
dently been thero that evening, for the key
was in the lock, and the door a little ajar.
Mrs. Arnold would have preferred it locked,
but sl.u was too timid to cross her room just
then.
Shu undressed slowly, singing in a low
voice, the song I had heard her ting that
evening." As she bent down to unlace her
boot, sho happened to cast ber eyes towards
the closet (she hud a vision like an eagle) and
to her surpriso and terror, she saw it move
distinctly only the lower part of the door,
for she had presence of miud enough not to
start, and the bed concealed the upper part,
as she was stooping. The legend of that
woman who saw the great boot of a man
under her bed, yet had courage to slay in the
room all the evening, going on with her ordi
nary household duties within roach of the
assassin's knife, till her husband came, and
she was safe, flashed across her mind, and
taught her how to act. She yawned luxuri
ously, interrupted her singing ono moment,
and then went on with a steady voice. After
she had preprtred for bed, she folded her
dressing gown around her, and brushed ber
hair before the glass. In that mirror the
could see the door move now nnd then, at if
her visitor was getting impatient; and once
it creaked. She started, naturally, and threw
her slipper against the wall, at ir to frighten
away the mice, aud resumed ber occupation.
nen mat was over, the went to ber jewel-
case, wuicli ttoud upon tho toilet-table, and
turued its bright contents out in a heap be
fore ber. She held a spray of diamonds
against her hair, as if to try its cfl'ect ; she
clasped and unclasped her bracelets, and
toyed with her rings. Meanwhile the door
creaked again, and letting, an nnsot diuuioud
full to the ground, and stoopiug to pick it
up, she saw with a rapid glance, that a burly,
ill-looking man wag peering at her from bo
bind the curtains of the bed, lie sturted
buck, thinking himself discovered ; sud iu that
moment of horrible auxiety that moment
which, for aught she knew, might be her last
what did she do? She could hear bis
breathing distinctly, sharpened at all her
tenses were, and almost felt the cold steel iu
her heart ; and to tho made herself a mock
ing curtsey in the glass, and held the diamond
gpray above ber forehead.
"Duchess of Nemours !" she gaid, softly.
"And why not? I should look well with a
coronet. I wish my husband wag dead !"
She leaned htr head npon her hand, and
toeuied to think. A subdued rustling told
her that the robber w.t retreating. The
door gwung goftly together the taw it iu
tht glass and her resolution wat taken.
"Two diamond rings and a diamond spray,"
the gaid, counting the gemg aleud, at the pot
them back in their case. "A, ruby and an
amethyst bracelet, a roby riog, and a garnet
. Bet where ie the garnet necklace,
by the way t How stupid ef me to mislay
it ! And toy busband't gift, loo I 1 woudtr
if I bawt put it in my trook."
The trunk ttood rrj near the door of tbt
closet! She went and unlocked it, and tum
bled its contemn out upon the floor, bending
over it with her light, while that man was
within two feet of her ! I wonder bow she hud
tho nerve to do it. Indeed, she said arter.
wards that she knew he was bending down
too, nnd looking over her shoulder ot the
trinkets as she turned them over with a stea
dy hand ; and that her greatest difficulty was
to keep from breakinz out into a hvsterical
laughter, and so betray iag that she knew of J
.11.-, 'l L-M'UVB.
The bracelet was not there. She pushed
the things asido impatiently, shutdown the
trunk, nnd placed the rnndie ou the lid.
Then she stood np, with her Dnger eu her lip, j
and her head bent down. j
"Where can tho necklace be?" ,
She turned, as if to go by tho closet to-
wardB a chest of diawer.s, that stood in the j
corner of the room ; made one step psst it ; :
whirled suddenly ; and, pushing both hands I
upon the door with all her might, locked nnd
doublo locked it in a second. She beard a 1
terriffic oath inside as tho robber threw him- ,
self against it, too late ; and, snatching up j
candle sped for help. She found me as I have j
described, while 1 was coming tip tho stair- :
case, and she stood nt tho head of it. I
1b threo moments alter slu had spoken to j
mo, 1 came back with the landlord, thu wai
t.er Charles, tho head hostler, and "boots."
They were all strong men; nnd the landlord !
had his pistols. . Boots, I remember, curried !
the poker, ond T Snatched up a great Curviug j
knire from the sideboard. What did that wo- ;
man do, when sho saw our procestiou, but '
burst out Intighir.u ! j
"You come as if you were going to join tho
army at Flanders," she said, alter sin; hud re- !
lilted her dan
j lorkod tho man up safely, and you v. iil fright-
eu uim io aoaui wita your savage locks. I
I colored up to the rods of my hnir. and
gave my carviug knife to diaries, and sneak
ed behind the rest. I believe, at that mo
ment, I hated her.
It was a great sight to ren hhr marching
before us, with her light in her hand. An
r.nglish woman would have fainted at beiim
seen in dishabille by five men ; but she. with
laimeu al dpiiiif
her frank, free bravery of an
American lassie
I let the circumstances explain the diess, and I
i marshalled us quietly into tlo room. There '
was her book upon the toilet table, and there
was the jewels (ilitlerina in their case the'
contents of her trunks us she had left them,'
: on tho floor, and the closet locked and all si- '
llrut. 1
She put the key in the landlord's baud.
"Help the gentleman out !" sho said, very
lazily.
I think ho was the bravest woman I have
ever seen, and I could not help looking at her
with admiration and rospect. She took a
great shawl from a chair and wrapped it
orouud her form, shivering slightly, and then
stood a little aside and waited,
We heard tho man breathing? heavilv. as
tho kes turned in the lock, and the moment
the door was open, he made ,, sudden rush
out, knocking the landlord aud Chariot,,.
as f they had been two boys. But, "boots"
f0.lu.5"r"fai fe"? I ? a h"S,1 ' :nB,'ed 1
eHJhIrL'tt.rf"",Mr?- ' ?"'J? ,rU"k ,,ni1
I:..:;:..,:"" . ' . . .
I .,, .V . , 1 ' "5 " , ,mu
been at a I, .iv ni wl..,n b-j nvu ,,..
she smiled.
"You see 1 was too much for yon," she 6aid
quietly.
He growled out, "You are a clever womifi,
by jingo! 1 didn't think ihore was a woman
a.i could bring B,!l Nevms to this."
"Thank yen, my f.ietid ; I never had a
greut.r compliment paid me."
Wa led hi in from the room, and the laud
lord turned to her and said i
"Of course you will -Mali io go to Mrs. Wil
li.m's room, or 1 can give you ono near the
housekeepers."
"No; I think I'll stay here," sho guid, i;i
her short, quiet, decided way.
"1 supposo you havo not left any of your
friends behind you. my man?'' tho added,
tuniiue to the prisoner.
ThS fellow grinned aud pulled at bis fore
lock, sayiug. "No, my lady ; I was alone."
"That will do, then. Good right, gentle
men ! Accept my thanks now, aud 1 will ofi'or
thorn more suitably wheu 1 am uot quite so
sleepy,"
She bowed us out of the room, and locked
tho door behind us. Every one was loud in
her praise, but mo ; and as fur the prisoner,
ho swore with a more emphatic oath than 1
should like to record, that si months or a
year wus milking after that ; aud if he thought
all American women were like her, ho would
cross tho ocean to find one in his own station,
the moment he was set freo. But 1 wos si
lent. And nhen the house-breuker had been
consigned to the tender mercies of the police,
and the hotel was silout, and 1 alone iu my
room, 1 scarcely knew what to think. Such
courage almost frichtened me ; aud yet 1 re
meuibered how pale sho looked, and that she
leaned against the mantel piece at first, us if
to support herself; so 1 forgave ber bravery,
and thought only of the beauty of ber eyes
and the sweetness of her voice, and sank away
to sleep at last, with the resolution that not
another day should pass over my hea l before
I had told her how i had learned to l ive her.
But the next day brought its own events,
aud what was worse, its own personages, wiili
it. A carriage stopped before the door as 1
entered from my morning walk ; a tall, beard
ed man, with an honest, bandguuie face, dart
ed into the houso, aud up the stairs, three at
a lime. There was a cry of surprise on iho
second lauding a murmur, and a sudden
mingling of voices, that roused my curiosity
to the luguust pitcn. l run up to my own
room, and passing the half-open door of No.
42, there was my divinity iu tho arms of tho
stranger (confound him !) culling him
' George," and kissing him in a way that mace
me long to poisou him. Down stairs I wuut,
three at a time, aud collared the landlord iu
the hall.
"Who isthatmun ?"
"Just come? In4'2?" he gasped, half cho
ked and quite surprised. "Yes !"
"Cuptaiu Arnold Mrs. Arnold's husband.
Just come from a voyage to India. 1 say,
sir, no more midnight adventures now, 1 up.
poso ? You never will have the chance to
play the part of a guardian angel again ch,
sir? think so, gir i"
My band dropped from hit collar, aud con
signing him aud Cuptaiu Arnold to perdition,
I walked out to the rooms of a friend, aud de
liberately got drunk 1 More than that, 1 man
ged to keep drunk for nearly a week ; aud
when I came to my sober senses once more,
Mrs. Arnold and lex putty had gone. I bear
she it io America now, in New York. And
1 have oo doubt she will read thig ttory, aud
laugh till ber lovely blue eyet till with tears,
over my folly. She will nbow it to her bus-
baud, too, ana lit will itugn. everuilnui
1 mutt take care that Mrs. Cuthcart thai!
ntverteeit; she at least must never know
what a tremendooi falsehood 1 told wheu 1
swore, on my bendej knees, that 1 bad never
loved aey woman bofort (she wosldu t marry
me on aov other conditions) aud thereby
alone can my peace cf miud be ensured.
0 C t X 1)
The Atlantic Monthly Tor April contains
these protty birthday lines, which are under
stood to havo been ad 1 rested by Dr. Holmes
to his, fellow poet and professor, James Bus
sl Lowell :
A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE.
BY THK'TKOI lio.SOU."
IVe will lift speak of years to night ;
For what have years to brine,
But larger floods of love and light
And sweeter songs to sieg ?
AYe nill not drown in wordy proisa
The kindly thoughts that rise ;
If friendship owns one tender phrase,
He reads it in our iyes.
Wo need not rap fe our schoolboy art
Fo gild this nolch of time;
Forgive me if my wayward heart
Has thtubbed iu aulcss rhyme.
F.noiiph fur him Die silent grasp
That knits us hand in hund,
And he the bracelet's radiant clasp
That lutks our circling bund.
Strength, to his hours of manly toil !
l'cuce to his starlit dreams !
W'ho loves alike tho furrowed soil,
The music haunted streams 1
Sweet smiles to keep forever bright
The sunshine on his lips.
And faith, that sees the ring of light
Bound Natnro's last eclipse!
limners' Sfaiuimcnt
Work for April-
COKS I'l.ANTINC.
Corn should not be planted until the enrth
, ;e ..r. i , ,
'vVi7h .' JT.. .
. ,ari!-- ret dl ..r .. ,.i
sarily, a great nVnl of luiilautio!; and an one
veil crop. In tins latitude we should uot plant
from choice before the JO'.h ot .May. There
wiil frequently, however, be circumstances
which mil compel a vn.iutioti from cy set
time. Tho large corn planter will think it
auvisaoie lor couventer.ee of cultivation to i
plaut a portion of his crop at the earliest pos-
eiblu timo ; and thu tobacco planter, if his I
plants are comine on carl v. must eet hi. com i
piuntinfT off bis hand, that it may not interfile
with the preparation of his tobacco laud.
Light, warm soils, too, may bo planted earlier
tb'in others.
Preparation of C'roinnl. At whatever
time ttie planting is to ba made, it is nocossa
ry now to press on rapidly with tho prepara
tion (.flue ground. Bear this in mind, that
i 0 L".TkP . " ' ''"P"110"
1' ? "'retlS l iV, J ,"lr
, lll9 im?erf ctly . perhaps, Vnd then
n'"rkit,g ,ind "ottinrS no preparation for
"rn .ilantin-r. Put the , -round iu thoroogh
' S dragging and rollmg. Make the !
arl 8 fl. u''t ld, Dt for tho young roots
i . ... ... J. . e, "
! to spreau ineinseivug in. It is objected to
1 this that it will bring the weeds and grass
j upon us too rapidly, und we promise ourselves
to plan first and theu put the ground in fin.)
; order by the time thu ci.rn t pi ings up. 1 his
j lliii last resolve is very well If tliero is an ab
solute necessity for it. When :!ie p! wi. j
I has been long lielayed, nnd ti e t'tne ol j l-nt-,
ii.g comes, rather than postpone it, the teeJ
! may be committed to the ground, ond this
I thorough surfaje culture follow iinineduwly.
j But such a cajo should be the exception, and
not the rule. You will always lind when
' corn plan intr is done thut ibere'is other work
demanding j our atteutioti, aud your corn will
! bo stiugghug for Ll'o among rugged sods be
j fine you return to il. As to weeds und jtrass
springing too quickly, there is oo objection
to thut. The quick growth of the weeds is
the best evidence tbul the gronud is lit for a
quick growth of corn, and the soouer they
come tha sooner you will kill them, of course.
There is a very impnrtunl consideration iu
connection with this early cuhii ation uf the
corn land. It enables us to "lay by" ihe corn
in proper condition at an early period of its
growth. If the cultivation has been proper
ly carried on till harvest, no implement should
touch it al'terwwrds. Begiu early, wo:k
quickly ond leave your ground wsil cicuued
at that time, any working afror will do more
harm than good. In "laying by" tho crop
thus early, you may put, with safety, many
"'"1 iu iuo acre, ano get a larger crop.
A very large crop of corn caiinflt be mude
without a large number of hills, and tho pre
judice against close planting has arisen fiom
j our practice of working curu until it has ear
ed, and tearing the roots iuto pieces tit the
j very time they are wanted to b.l the ear
Close planted corn iil gutter liiuil from such
treatment, but the fault ,s in the IreulmeLt,
aud not in iho cloe planting.
!itani-e uj'lU hills apart. Three and a
half feet each way gives room enough, il the
advice we give above is followed. 'Ihe dif
ference between lhreef.it six inches each
way, aud four f.eti.moirt than u lliousund
hiili: per acre, jou wili bear iu mind. Ma-
nure aud work well, and we will be r
biu for your losses.
i.ovi:r A.fi tunic tr:i:05.
These, if rot yet fown, should 1,
wiihoet delay, and on wheat laud Hie
Sf-'CUtl-
I nt ;u
harrow
und rulloi applied.
CATS AMI KAI;l.: x.
These should bo sowu without iKI .y.
While there is some dispos.ti.m hei to sow
barley instead of oats, we observe Dial iu
western New York they talk cf ub.indoning
it as a very uncertain crop.
n.ow i:.n.
Have til your sod laud plowed ilurif g this
month. The tobacco ground first should be
w. ll turued aud left till ulter coru pluming.
Len the coru land is plotted, it Miould be
put in immediate preparation tor planting.
rt.ASIT.K.
Sow plaster after the leaves of clover are
Soniiwtmt developed on soft, dewy inoion-gs,
while there is moisture oo the plants.
AITI.lCATloN CK MjlM I.KS.
Such mauureg as j on mean to apply to
gpritig cropg may be put on the gmuud at
you have opportunity, (in coru land fcpply
it after you have plowed. Spivid it liom
the cart, and abandon, by all loeui.i. those
miserable little heaps which serve no other
purpose but to waste the manure sud to spot
the field with unsightly pulches. Work the
maunre into the sui face soil iu making your
prepgrations for corn planting. It it suit
your convenience belter, it muy be hauled
aud spread after your corn ia planted.
l or potatoes, lue moat economics! method
is to put the manure iu the drill ; and on top
cf the get, after they are planted, ig the best
position for it, For Other route aiii with the
toil by plowing n,fi i i Parmer,
(V!
Hen Manure for Corn
line of the corespondents of the Country
Crcntieman gives the following account of an
experiment with hen manure us a fertilizer :
Ou cleaning out my heu-hof.se last sprit.g
1 had moro than a wugnn load of clean hen
manure. 1 drew this into my bura, intending
to drop it on the hills ol corti us soon as the
co.'n made itij oppcnrat.ee, J planted one
acre on the first ol May, but after that tho
weather became so unfavorable thut it war
tho end of May and beginning of Juno before
1 got through planting. Long before this thr
manure begun to heat at such a rate that I
Lod to unload it on The bo-n Poor, nnd on
lioiug into the barn in a Tew di)g alter ll.o
f flluvia from the escaping ammonia was so
powerful Ihut 1 whs glad toesraj.o from tha
barn. Having some plaster en hand. I mixed
it thoroughly with the tnunuic, spreading the
laUer thinly over the floor and bruisirm nud
I chopping it very fine. It wax then thrown
j into a heap and remained on tho floor oat:l
j the corn was ready for it. and there was oo
i f irlhor porcDfitible ejeupe oraoimonia. With
I this I t( p-dress all my corn, eleveo aero?,
nnd had n barrel left over for other purposes.
! So well satisfied am 1 with tho result that
I for the future I intend to prepare my hou ma
i mire in the same way and apply it to the enmn
(crop. I taixid enough plaster with it to
' make it dry and (jtiitii inollnusivo to handle.
' 1 can speiik of this i'r m c xpurienre, as I drop-
pod it over four acres myseif. Now, hre is
j a manure eqiml in value, 1 doubt not, to the
average uf imported guano, which every far
mer c m ninnufuuturu for himself, for every
fanner keeps fcls. But l.e must have a
suitable building fcr them, utid not allow them
to roost all about his premises and even in
trees, wasting that vulnable manure, as is to
ol ten the case. So highly do I esteem this
manure that I make it tny only every uight
t'J see that all rov fowls arn uilhin tl.eir nrnn.
i er housu
To Bi:vove Hi'kase Fuom Toons. Lay Ori
on tho spot a little nuignosia or powdered
chalk, aud under it the sair.e : set on it a warm
.v....,
i !lut
iron, and us soon as the p.rt-ase is melted
ill bo all abfoibed aud leaio the csptr
' .
clean.
To Takk Okkask (Ht. ltuH the plana
with hic.ubinato of soda, and a little water.
Tho soda will combine with the gronitj and
form soap suds.
u nt o r o u s
c
V
How to Swektsn Tim Oai.s. To hear
lleorgo tell the "Drugger" story is worth a
quai tur nt any time. The story is capital, but
it tuhr! a mau to tell it. This hrj does n; such
words as these :
"Be you the drngger?"
'Well l .spoee so; i eell drugs."
"Wall, have you got any this hero tccutin
stuff aB the gals put on their hnnke'ehors ?"
"Oh, yes," replied the druggist.
"Wall, cir Saf's rwin to gut married, and
sh gin me ninopsnce ui d tuid me to invest
tho whole 'mount in ecenti.. stuit', so a to
make her sweet, if I could find some o Bait ,
so, if you have a mind. I'll just smell round."
The Yankee stiielled round vrithout lining
stilted, rutil thu "drogger got tired of him,
and tsl-'ng do.vn r bottle of fcnrtnlioro. Slid ;
' I've got tt s.rntin' stull that will suit you.
A single drop of it cn u bsndkerchief will
?;ay for weeks, uDd you e,-.n't wash it out ; but
.o g.-t the strength i f it you must teltc a good
big sineil."
"Is that so, ml?ter ? Wall. juM 1 old on a
minute till I get breath, nnd when 1 say urine
you put it under my smeller
The hari.-honi of course knocked the Yan
kee di.w n, ns l.qv.or has n.uiiy a man. Da
you suppose he got up und smelt again, as
I tlio drunkard docs? Not he, t.oit rodi.i.g np
his sleeves and dun'ji.PT t'' In1- list. ji, said :
"You made mo smell that eilastii.' stuff,
mister, and now 1 II make you sine'l fire aud
blimstotie."
. -4 -
Win. i, Mati iik'.). "John," quoth the gen
tle Julia to lur sleepy lord, one warm morn
ing at a late hen r, "I wi.h yuu'd take pattern
by the theuioineter."
"'As how V" muttered her worse ha!', open
ing his optics.
'Why, l.y riil:g."
"11 til ; 1 wish you would i'ni'.nle that other
fizamagig tha'. huiigs up hv it .he barome
ter." "Why so '
"Cause", then, you'd let uio know wheu a
sterol is coming."
Well matched, that.
A Neighbor of n.ini, was fairly or ol rcr
wise, accused of stealing shetp, ar,J tb day
was set when he nut to M swer the chuigo
before u court of justice. But, as it happen
ed, before tl.edayof 1 1 iu) hu sickened unJ
j died. His old mother was overwhelmed with
' crief, and sat lore by ti e corpse, lilli.ig the
house with wailn,,: nnd laint iitalion. At last
a tbouclit seemed In strike her; she bright
ened lip. and, throwing up !u r hands she pi
ously ej-ct I .ted : "Wei'., thank (jod, he s out
of the shc. p aurupe anyhow.
"Jam 1 1-:," say" oue Irishmau t ut other tho
fir.-t tluie ho saw a loroinotivo ; wh it i0 that
siioi ting ba'te J" "S'lio," replied Jamie, "I
don't kuow at ul! ui.hu it's a stenmbuat
splurging uloiig to et to tho waller."
An editor sryt tha! when he wos in prison
for libeling a justice i f the peace, he wus re
quested by the jailor "to givo tho prison a
pull."
I f yeu want an ignoramus to rrtppcl you
"lie.-s to ileal 5," und wear wutch sc.. Is uuout
the sie of a brickbat.
Siimehody advert! ies for agents to a. II a
work entllid. "Hy lo.'inal Insiruuor." A
cotenipor try adds. "The tt hymoniul in
structor we know ef is a young widow.
What she don't know, ihno ig no use lni
nig." V axuiie Ykat. wirticiT ltors or Milk..
'1'i.ke one quart of tuni water, stir in '!i.ur
enough to ma'.:e a thii k batter, and set iu a
warm place to rise, It 'ami excellent tub'
siituie for sour milk in warei.
We I tve tome doctor! iu our midst whose
Inlenls they .h.-.lrl use by piacCcy g the
healing art heel.nj boots and shoes.
The man who undertook to blast bis neigh'
bnr'g prospects used to ghcrt a luse, aud got
blown upuimself.
Thot'g pgrt of the s'ukiug fuoj," as a chap
said wheu a box of money wtnt to the bottom
of the rivrr.
CoriiNt. The Gloucester (MOst) Tele
graph gayt that at a wedding which took
place in that town, on tauday evening week.
Dure were tilly-tao cousin, pit.tnl.