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millS INSTITUTION, which was established in
I 1844, and is now consequently in the lHth year
of its existence, numbers aniens; its graduate, hun
dreds of the most successful Merchants and Business
Wen of our country.
The object of tho Institution Is solely to afford
tounf men fkcilitits tur tlKHvugU preparation fcr
luHMllsS. ,.
Tho branches taught arc, Book-Keepinjf, as appli
cable to the various departments of trade ; Penman
ship, both plain and ornamental ; Commercial Law,
Mathematics, Navigation, Civil Kngineering, Draw
ing. Phonography, and Modern Languages.
Tho svatem of instruction is peculiar ; no classes or
pet lessons are made use of, but each student is taught
individually, so that he may commence at any time,
and attend whatever hours arc most convenient.
Catalogues are issned annually after the 10th of
April, containing names of the students for the year,
and full particulars of terms, Ac, and may be ob
tained at any time by addroasing the Principal.
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tion, and the lengthy experience of the Principal,
this Institution oOors facilities superior to any other
in the countrv, for young men wishing to prepare for
business, and to obtain at the same timo a diploma,
which will prove a recommendation for them to any
.Mercantile House.
Crittenden's Series of Treatises on Hook
Keeping, now moro widely circulated than any other
wtrk on the subject, are for sale at the College
S. HOPtlES CRITTKSDEN, Attorney at Law.
February 8, 1802. ly
JOHNS & CR0SLEY,
H iLU MANCKAl'Tl'KERS OF THE IMPROVED
OUTTA PKECHA
V i: M K - T It O O ' 1 ,
fpHK cheapest and most durable Hoofing in use. It
.1 is l ire and Water Proof.
It can be applied to new and old Knofsof all kind,
and to Shingle Hoofs without removing the shingles.
The Cost is Only About Osr-Tnmu that or Tin,
and it is Twice as Durable.
lauttu Perrha Cement,
for preserving and repairing Tin and other Metal
Idol's of every description, from its great elasticity,
is not injured by the contraction and expansion of
rrn tuls, and will not crack in cold, or run in warm
wHtlnr.
Tin -e materials have be.m thoroughly teted in
Mi w York and all parts of the Southern and Western
i-'tatrs. and wo can give abundant proof of all we
claim in their favor.
They arc readily applied by ordinary laborers, at
trilling expense.
NO HEAT IH REQUIRED."
The?e materials arc put up ready for use, and for
hipping to all parts of the country, with full printed
directions for application.
Full descriptive circulars will be furnished en ap
plication by mail or in person, at our Principal Office
j.nd Warehouse, 78 Vt ii.i.iam tiieet, (Corner of
l.ib?rly btrvct.) New York.
JOHNS A CKO.-LEY.
A.i:nts Wami d ! Terms Cash ! !
Juno 1, 1SC1. ly
THE LATEST STYLE OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
GARMENTS,
ARE CONSTANTLY MADH
AT tub
Fashionable Tailoring Establishment
op
JACOB O. BECK,
Market rfrt, Stinlniry, Pis.
MMIE sulcriber has just received and opened a
I large assortment of tfPUINU AND tl'MMLK
(001tf, such ad
CLOTHS,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND QVALITY.
Tlain and Fancy Cassimcres, Vcstings, &c.
. ' the latest style. ' In addition to his stock he is
""!i-:niitly receiving new supplies from tho city,
heofin a full assortment of the most substantial and
lai' M iylcs of tiisslr in the city markets.
He is prepared to make to order all kinds of
' ntkuKu's and Roy'ewcar, mch us
I'ULsS COATS, FROCK COATS, ISl'SINE.-S
COATS, VESTS, PANTALOONS, Ac, Ac,
of tie very latest style, and in tho most substantial
u-tirnor, at short notice
Any Hoods not on hand, will be furnished from
Philadelphia, by giving two days' notice
V Call and examine my stork. No charges
cade tor .Lowing. JACOB O. BECK.
i-uubury, March 29, 1SC2.
MArsMlK'M PA'I'KVr I'lVi: JIIV
iiti:r..i.it :
As Improved for ISM aud 1800,
py F. KEK HAM A CO., 289 Pearl St., New York
fpiIK only Freejer constructed on scientific prin-
c.pluj, wiili a revolving can and spring blade
scraper. The one hastens Ihe freeingot the oream
the other removes it as i'aet as froien.
The most rapid in freeing, with the least quantity
of iee.
The most economical in cost, as it is the most simplo
!.nd durutilc in ructure.
ror sale in all the principal cities and towns in the
I'nion
Ea-h Freeier accompanied with a book of recipes
& full directions.
TRICES.
3 quarts, 00
I quarts, 4 00
6 quarts, 5 00
quarts, 6 Oil
11 quarts, 8 00
20 quarts, 12 00
Apply to II. B. MASSER, Eunbury, Pa.
March 29, 1802.
ico Ki:n:i.i.i:u &. nvi:it.
Attorneys at Law, Sunbury, Pa.
JORDAN ROCKEFELLER and SOLOMON
. B. BOYEIl, respectfully announce that they
have entered into copartnership in tho practice of
their profession, and will continue to atteud to all
business entrusted to thoir ehargo, in the counties
ol Northumberland, Union, Snyder and Montour,
promptly, faithfully and carefully. Special atten
lion will bo givon to the COLLECTIONS OF
i "LAIMS. Consultations can ba bad in the GER
MAN language.
Ofliee Market street, opposite Weaver's. Hotel.
Sunbury, February 4, lBOO.
llrandtcH, M'ineti, Ciliss, Ac.
rpUE subsoribor, having opened In Thompson's
I Brick Building, Mill elrtut, Danville, a large
aud complete stock of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
rompri.'ing tho beat brew's of Brandies, Gin, Old
Bye, Scotch and Irish Whiskey, Port, eherry, Ma
deira, Champaiine and other Wiues, of all grades, all
ot which will be sold Wholesale at the lowest eity
prices. Tavern-keepers, by buying of us, can rave
at leaat the freight.
Pcrsund duirous of purchasing liquors for
FAMILY I S K ,
may rely upon being furnished with pure and
unadulterated article.
I j- Being determined to establish a reputation for
selling cheap, he resiectfully solicit the patronage
of the public All ordors promptly attended to.
1 JEREMIAH 6. II ALL.
Danville, June lo, 1860.
Xave jenr I'ruil,
BY using Mason V Patent fchcol Metal Screw Top
Preserve Jar.
MASON'S PATENT SHEET METAL
All that hi necessary beinc to (crew the Cap down
upon the Rubber Gasket, which ia placed oufeide
upon the shoulder of the Jar, i of an inch distant
from Ihe top ; prevent the possibility of Ihe flavor of
the fruit being injured by coming in oontaot with the
iiuhber.
Persons desiring these Jars eaa be supplied by
leaving tbeu- ordors wit a II. D. MAacx.n, Ageal
Sunbury, June 2, 1860.
I'ranbiist Uowase.
l.EBCILT AND REFURNISHED, Cor. Howard
J V aud Franklin SUeal, a ft fcquares Wt of the
Vor'h.rn Central tiailroa4 vtfoi, wtli.'nm
rv- Xtai, fl its Day
n ILItLMUNG, rrfrinoi
J'jiy IS, Vij'i 'J
HIOIIL.V I.UPORTA3IX INEM81
M C. OEARHAllT
Bai Kitcrnid wite a New Etock or
CoBic(tonarIei, Fruit and 't'ojrsj.
IT teems as if a new age, m new life was opening
upon us, animating every heart to nobler deeds
and higher aims ! Art, Literature and Science will
glow anew, and seek to develops iublimer beauties
and grsader conception
The business wvrlii, , tnuit frel the new influence
and every part be quickened and strengthened by an
increased vitality, which shall urgo us on with elec
tric speed to the consummation of greater things thnn
was ever dreamed of in the Philosophy of the past.
Animated by the enthusiasm which pervades all
classes, and desirous of doing his share towards "The
great events of the Age," the subscriber would ro
spectfully inform the good people of SCNBL'RY and
the public generally, that he has just returned from
the city of Philadslphia with the largest and choicost
stock of Confectioneries, Fruit and Toys, that has
ever been brought to this section of country. He is
also manufacturing all kinds of Confectioneries, Ac,
to fill up orders, wholesalo or retail, at short notice.
Among bis stock of CONFECTION ARIES muy bo
found :
French Keerets, Gum Drops, all kindsscent,
Rurned Almonds, Lo Drojs,
Cream White, Mint Drops, redandwhitc,
" Lemon, Jelly Cakes, ,
" Rose. Fruit Drops,
" Vanilla, KtickCandies,ofall3CeuU,
Common Secrets, Rock Candy.
Liquorice, Almond Candy.
FRVIT.
Rananas, Prunes,
Dates. Fies.
Currants, dried, Raisens, Nuts of all kinds,
i LEMON r?YRVP
of a superior qualitv, by the single or dozen. A
superior quality of Tobacco and Segnrs, and a variety
of Cont'ectionafies. Fruit, Toys, Ac, allot' which is
offered cheap at wholesale and retail.
I Itr" Remember tho name and place ..ATI
I M. C. UKAKIIAltT.
Market street, 3 doors west of E. Y. Bright A Son's
store.
Sunbury, April II, 18B1. ly
fii.Miinv sn:.in 11.01 iciac:
tlHE subscribers having tnken powession of this
JL first claw FWUKIXG MTi.l.,ne prepared
to receive grain of all kinds, and to do custom work
at the shortest notice. Customers will have their
gri.-H ground immediately upon their being left at
the Mill. As it is tho intention of the firm to stock
tho Mill, a largo supply of grain will be constantly
kept on hand, and flour by the quantity can always
be obtained. The grcatet care will be takeu to turn
out a superior quality of flour, for w hich the mill is
admirably adapted. Strict attention will be paid to
the wants of customers, and tho patronage of the
public generally is rcbpectfully requested.
Sunbury, June 2.1, I860. MOROAN A CO.
Lurjrc AttMurlnifiit 1"
f MM HI w-t t v-o . it T'tv -a
SALAMANDER SAFES.
GREAT IT RE AT READING, PA.
February 12, 1802.
GrsTt.rxrN It gives mo much satisfaction to
inform you that in tho severe fire which, on tho
morning of the 4th inst , entirely destroyed all my
stock and materials, I had cneof your Salumunder
Firo Proof Safes. After induriug an inteuso red
heat for seven hours, the Sato was opened, and the
Books and Papers wero preserved in an umblemished
condition. I shall need another Safe as soon as I get
in order. Yours, most respectfully,
W V. DICKINSON, Reading, Ta.
FIRE AT GREEN CASTLE.
Cuamveksuuiio. Franklin county, Pa., )
August .'list, lt-til. )
Mcafrs. Evans A Watson, Philadelphia Gentle
men: On the morning of the 21'd of August, 1S01,
our Storehoueo at Greencustlo wa destroyed by fire.
The Salamander Safe we purchased from you some
few years since was in the above mentihncd store
house, aud contained all our books, papers, cash, Ac.,
which were preserved in a perfect condition, after
being exposed to a most intense heat for several hours.
Please inform us upon what terms you will sell us
another larger Safe.
Yours truly, OAKS A AUSTIN.
Salamander Safes, for Banks, Stores, Private
Families, Ac, Ac. Also, Evans A Watson's Patent
Alphabetical Bank Locks and Bank Vault Doors,
equal to any made in the country, and sold on as
good terms." E A W. would respectfully refer to
the following Banks and other parties, having their
Safes and Locks now in use, to their entire aati.i'i.:
tion. aud many others given at their Store.
VNirrn States Mint, Branch Bank, Shelbyvillc,
Philadelphia. Tennessee.
Unit lp Status Ahsenal, City liunk of Philadelphia.
California. Consolidation B'k of Phila.
Pottstown Bank, Ta. Com'th Bank of Phila.
Coatesville Bank, Pa. Chatauooga Bank, Tenn.
Stroudsbnrg Bank, Pa. Pre'ru Loan Aw'on, 4th st.
Jersey Shore Batik, Pa. Bank of Northumberland.
lAK'k Haven Bank, Pa. Bank of Norih'n Libertits,
I'nion Bank, Baltimore. Philadelphia.
Southwestern Bank ol Va Paul and Swift, Bankers,
Fulton Bank, Atlanta, Ga Alabama.
Newark Rank, Del. W. G. Sterling.Wilktsb'e.
Bank ol'N. C, Raleigh. LewisLurg Bank, Pa.
Other references given upon culling at our Store,
No. IftS Fourth Street, Philadelphia.
March 29, 162. ly
inilxi' S I.umlx r 1
PHILIP FHAY, Muncy, Lycoming county, Pa.,
INFORMS his tiiendsaud the public in general,
that bo constantly keeps en hand Board'. Shingles,
Lath. Joi.-te. and all kiuds of Lumbir and buildin
materials, which be will sell at tho loweet prices.
.viarcn M, iboi.
lViir ! Wur I W ar I
COME FROM THE NORTH,
COME FROM THE SOITH,
COME FROM THE EAST,
COME FROM THE WEST
Save the cenntry and build yourselves homes, for
now is tne time to get your mniucr cneap. es,
LUMBER ! . LUMBER ! .' LUMBER
can be purchased at low rates at the STEAM SAW-
MIL Li of
IRA T. CLEMENT, SUNBURY, TA.,
Such as Panel Lumber, Frame Lumber, Boards, Hi
ding, Shingles from $J to $8 per thousaud, Plastering
ijaiii, i aung, iioouug luiu, so., 90.
All lulls ordered, for any kind ot Lumber, will be
furnished at the shortcbt uotice.
IRA T. CLEMENT.
Sunbury, March 9, 1861.
s
PALDING'8 Prepared Glue and Shelley's Mu
cilage, price per bottle and tirusn, 2 cents.
Cordial Elixir of Calisava Bark aud Beuiine, for
removiug grease, for sale at the ofliee of the Sunbury
American.
Important to Eiovem of Jood Ten.
BRIGHT SON invite attention to their Stock of
Prime Green and Black Tea.
Sunbury, June la, leol.
"Till! l'IO,"
UPTON S. NEWCOMLR, Proprietor.
riMIIS HOTEL is central, convenient byPasMnger
X Cars to all purl of the eity, and in every par
ticular adapted to lue eoniluru ana want of the
business publio.
I V Terms, $1 50 per day
September 21, 1B61 ly
NATRONA COAL OIL!
WarrMBted ."Von-fciploaixs
and equal to any KtKOSENE.
Wky buy upluMvs Od, when a few cents mnia per
fatloa Will (uruisb o with a parfact Oil f
Made only by
rA. BALI" MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
No. U7 Walnut Street. Philadelphia.
February It, IPetl.-ly
8AF0NIFIER I 8AP0NIFIER ! 1
THE FAMILY bOA MAKE si
All KilckcaGrtaH oaa be made into food Scan, auiic
tapomher!
Duet tioui Accompany leg Each Bos !
SOAP is as easily suds wilk it, as soaking a cap of cof
fee Manufactured only by Ihe Palentnva.
PA SALT MANl'FACTCKINU COMPANY.
No. U7 M alotu aireet, Philadelphia.
February It, Ibett ly 7
drrttlmcd Carpet,
Tl f ANTFACTl'RED and for sale ly M. Teirer A
it A Co , Leibrandt and McDowell s Building, North
Zul eorcer t eeecd aad Race street, Philadelphia,
r.rs 6 CAR AN J LED
OcKlei 21, IV.
SELECT POETRY.
The following poem of Thomas Buchanan Read,
was written for the Americans of Rome, and was first
read lo them in the ruins of Titus' Baths, as they
were gathered to eolobmto lost Fourth of July.
Our flag on the land, and ottr flng on tho ocean,
An Angel of Peace wherosoover it goes,
Nobly sustained by Columbia's devotion,
Tho Angel of Death it shall bo to our foes.
True to our native sky,
Still shall our eagle fly,
Casting hie sentinel glances nt'ur
Though hearing the olive branch,
Still in bis talons stanch,
Orasping tho bolts of the thunders of War !
Hark to the sound, there's 0 foe on our border,
A f'e striding on to tho gulf of his doom ;
Freemen are rising aud marching in order,
Leaving the plow and tho anvil and loom !
Rust dims the harvest sheen
Of scythe and of sickle keen.
Tho axo sleeps in peace by tho tree it would mar,
Veteran and youth are out,
Swelling the battle shout.
Grasping tho bolts of tho thunders of War !
Our bravo mountain eagles swoop from their eyrio,
Our lithe panthers leap from forert and plain,
Out of tho West fl.-wh tho flumes of tho prairie.
Out of the East rool the waves of the main !
Down from tho Northern shores,
Loud as N iagara pours,
They march and their tread wakes tho earth with its
jar,
t'nder the Stripes and Stars,
Each with tho soul of Mars,
Grasping the bolts of tho thunders of War !
Ppito of the sword or assassin's stiletto,
While thnips a heart in tho breast of tho bravo,
The oak of tho North or tho Southern palmetto
Shall shelter no too except in his gravo !
While tho Gulf billow breaks,
Echoing the Northern Lakes,
And ocean replies unto ocean afar,
Y'ield wo no inch of bind,
While there's a patriot band
Grasping the bolls of tho thunders of Wsr !
aps. tin o i' 1 .1 ie.
Tell me not, in mornful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream !
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not whut they seem.
Life is real ! Life is earnest !
And the grave is not its goal ;
Dust thou art. to dust returnest,
Was not sicken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way ;
But to act. that each to-inorrow
Find isV further than to-day.
Art is long, and time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like inutllid drums, arc beating
Funeral marches to the gravo.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Bo a hero in the strife !
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let tho deiul past bury its dead !
Act. act in tho living Present !
Heart within, untlUod o'erbcad !
Lives of great men all remind ns
We can make our lives sublime,
And. departing, leave behind us
Footprints 011 the sand; of time ;
Footprints, that perhap another.
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A fo, lorn and shipwreck 'd brother,
Seeing, shall tukc heart uguiu.
Let us. then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate ;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
TALES & SKETCHES.
I From Tomplo Bar . J
MY LOUISA.
Viewed by the litjlit of i'v rrCsf'fit expo-
rient'e, I hui hound to say that the. w;ulc
Ltwincss in connection with my rnrly en
gagement to mttrry Louise Lippesley seems
to me to have been exceedingly imprudent.
Of course now I urn entitled to ask myself
and marvel over the inquiry, us every ono
else did then, us to whut 1 could possibly
have Been in her, or whiit the could ever
have seen in me, to induce either of us to
entertain the opinion that our marriage was
in any way desirable. I may say this now,
because, ks nil the world knows, the whole
athiir has been broken off years and veins
back ; because there is not now the slightest
suspicion of a (;- between Louisa and
mjself, the mention of bitch a thing even
sounds ludicrously ; because she long ago
married somebody else (I need not tlrag hit
name into the matter.) and has been, for all
I know to the contrary (may I say, without
being deemed a monster, tare to the con
trary ) a good w ife to Homebody else, and a
good mother to somebody else's great army
of children; because all gloss of sentiment
lias been completely rubbed oil our engage
ment and the old thrcadbaic thing is tnti
tled now to no sort of reverence or regard,
and may just as w ell be hung up as a scare
crow, like other worn-out and contemptible
matters, to frighten and caution other peo
ple from following in our footsteps. I hope
and believe that I have ft faculty for venera
tion quite as great as anybody else can have.
I am sure that if in that old broken-olf affair
there lingered yet the smallest trifle of real
feeling, it should receive recognition from
me. I would regard it as sanctifying the
whole, and not rake with my pen in senti
mental ashes while they were still warm, but
pass on quickly to other and more indiffer
ent matters. Hut the truth must be told
reticence on the subject avails not. I never
loved Louisa Lipmult y : although, rah
creature of nineteen that I was, I did atk her
to marry me, and she bless her! never
cared a button about me, notwithstanding
all she said to the contrary.
How, then, came to pass our engagement i
Why did I gae into the calm, light-blue,
perhaps rather cold-looking eyes of Louisa,
and express, haltingly, a devotion I did not
.i ,i: t f ... .-i
nti i it uy uki iuuisu iucv ui my nuiuum
face (may I add, expressionless facet I
think I may, contrasting it with its present
looks ot powerful intelligence aud vivid
sagacity ; if the reader has any curiosity on
this subject he has only, to know precisely
the sort of man 1 am now, to call to mind
the picture Mo. 1943 in the Cat&lqgue, "Por
trait of Gentlemen," by V. Green, in the lust
Exhibition of the Koynl Academy, hung
near the ceiling, in the north-east room ;)
why, 1 gay, did Louisa thus glance at me,
whispering reciprocity she did not possess,
lor a passion ihut had only a suppositious
existence I if seems very unaccouutable all
this, coolly considered bo long afterwards.
But it Is best to say at once, thut it was all
a mistake. We did not quite understand
what was the matter with us. We were
young practitioners, and had got hold of an
incorrect diagnosis of our disease. People
before now have fancied themselves threat
ened with gout, when they have been simply
suffering from chilbluint. We took a serious
affection of the heart what was really but a
slight and evanescent irritation; and the
luck of the thiuj; was, that uo ens was a
whit tbe worss for out j miaconceptioo. It
so error mithout ccn.cutnce ; I with
every error was the mme. We were mere
children, and wo played at being in love.
We played so respectably, that for a time
everybody, including ourselves, thought the
play was earnest. They and we were the
more deceived.
Yet she was decidedly pwtijvwas Louisa
Lippesley; a man might hiive baeu very
fairly and creditably in loTst with her, sup
posing,' of course, that personal attractive
ness in any way justifies love. Certain la
dies, I know, who justly, perhaps, pride
themselves rather on the prepossessingncss
of their minds than nf their bodies, denounce
steadily the possibility of love being founded
upon so frail a foundation ns a mere pretty
face nnd figure. Still, treating it as a man's
question, which it really is, after all, I repeat
that a man might have lecn very fairly in
love with pretty Louisa Lippesley. The
only difficulty in my case was that, jierhtips,
at the time I was hardly to be called a man;
I was lather a boy. Yes, Louisa my Lou
isa, I had a sort of right to call her then ;
just as people say mi; house, although they
arc only temporarily in possession, tinder an
agreement lor three years, probably my
Louisa was unquestionably pretty. The
next time you pass through St. Paul's
Churchyard, look into the basket of the
man who stands by the offices of the Reli
gious Tract Society, and sells the most
lovely wax-dolls that ever were seen,
Knglish wax-dolls, they are only surpassed
in beauty by Knglish fiesh-and-blood wo
men, look carefully for rather a small-sized
doll ; no, not that darling with the jet-black
eyes and the profusion of jet-black ringlets ;
not the brunette doll, but the blonde, with
the Mowing ambery tresses, the open blue
eyes, and the little red button-hole of a
mouth that's she ; you sec there the very
image of my Louisa Lippesley the Louisa
to whom I was engaged to be married, ami
whom, at an early period of my history, I
thought I loved devotedly only that "she
had murh pvctti-'f skrip-Hj ttct, vMJ sot turn
them in so persistently, wius not st tided with
sawdust, and never, that I ant aware of,
adopted silver paper as an article of attire.
She w as the youngest and prettiest of four
sisters, June-Ann, Charlotte and Amelia.
With every desire to regard favorably young
ladies who were likely to become by my
marriage closely allied to me, I must say
that I did not like very much either Jane
Ann, or Charlotte, or Amelia Lipneslev.
Perhaps, as it seemed to me that I had given j
all my affection to Louisa, I did not appear i
to have any ready balance for distribution (
among her siMers. Very likely they iutend-1
rd to be kind to both of us, and I am sure !
they were very fund of Louia, even to spoil
ing her, if that had been possible. They ;
always culled her "Pet," "Darling," and !
'Haby," nnd were always making much of
her, and kissing her dotingly, smoothing
her splendid amber hair, rolling herglorious
ringlets round their lingers, fondling her,
putting their arms round her waist and
lifting her off the ground for she was very
little and light was Louisa, and she was
always regarded as quite helpless, and unable
to do anything for herself. "J'om can't do
it, Haby dear; let me." said sturdy Jane
Ann. ''It's no tide A'tf trying, IVt, yoi;
k-iow," Charlotte would exclaim. "() you
sil'y Darling, how could you think of doing
it by yourself" Amelia cried out, w hen my
Louisa made any exertion for her own be
hoof. So, weighed down by these expostiu
lations, Louisa, who perhaps had a natural
talent for indolence, was quite willing to
abandon all effort to help herself, and to j
allow her sistus to mend her clothes, or j
make her dresses, or trim her bonnets, or
finish her drawings, or complete her daily
hour's practice on the piano, or accomplish j
her singing lesson, or do anything else for
her, their fancy or desire to aid her could
suggest. One result of this was, that my i
Louisa appeared to be wholly unoccupied
from day's end to day's end doing nothing
but lounge about listlessly, and yawn occa
sionally in a distressing manner. She looked
ornamental enough, it must be ow ned ; yet
it uever occurred to me, even in the wildest
moments of my imaginary affection for her,
that my Louisa" was particularly useful.
The Lippesleys resided at Highbury. I
occupied apartments at Pimlieo. How did
we become acquainted? Who introduced
me to the family ? I femeuilier now, that I
was taken there by little Flukewood, who
was Sir. Lippeslev s nepnew, I tieiicve, aiul
at that time was in the same office with me
at Blot kins nnd Blogbury's, Bedford How.
At an evening party at the Lipptslrys' I
first saw my Louisa, in a white lace dres,
with a sky-blue sash (sashes were fastened
then at the back, and streamed from a bow
of large size I remember thinking even on
my first introduction, that the sash matched
well in color with mv Louisa's eves. Of
course, seeing my Louisa, I fell straightway
in love with tier, or thought 1 uui, ana went
home to Pimlieo and dreamt of her; and
the very next Sunday found myself at High
bury church, shamefully uninterested in the
sermon, and outraging seriously the feelings
of the beadle who had shown me into a
pew, by my ceaseless movements and wild
endeavors to look around a comer, and
catch a glimpse of m Louisa's fair face in a
W llltC Cllip uonnci iriuiiueu wiih iwrgtv uie
nots, her amber ringlets bursting out in
front in a wonderful decorative miinner.
(For every woman then, I may say, wore
profuse curls in front, and no one would
Lave thought of permitting all her hair to
tumble out at the back of her bonnet -like
a sort of cushion covered with chenille, in
the present fashion, which I admit is pretty,
and would be more so if one could honestly
believe that much horse-hair, in the lorni ol
"frizzes." did not help to swell thechcnillcd
cushion.) "How I've leen deceived in that
young teller 1" I'm Bure the beadle must
have meditated. "I gave him a good teat,
right under the pulpit, where he can 'car no
eiul and only sou how he a behaving
bobbing about like anything 1" In truth, I
thought the sermon would never finish ; aud
I was contemplating the propriety of an
Act of Parliament to limit the duration of
sermons, making It a penal offence .for any
clergyman to be longer than ten minutes in
the pulpit. But of course I was relieved ut
last; and wailing at the church dour?, and
removing a very shiny hut, in a beries of my
best bows to Mrs. Lippesley and the 'four
Miss Lipiesloys. "How very wnguhir!"
they all said j and soon I lound myself
walking towards their house, and carrying
all their church services for them, and btill
more desperately in love, w I thought, with
pretty Louisa Lippesley.
I must do Louisa's sisters the justice of
saying, that from the very first moment they
quibu understood that iny addresw were
paid to her, and not to any of thcni.
Perhaps my fotlings, while they did sot
admit of much concealment, were not, on
the other hand, liable to much rubappre
benion. Tbe waters at once inado way for
me, at once permitted me to walk by the
aide ol my Lcuia, ud were lend tuu oi
obtrudiug opportunities for my conversing
with her. Probably, as the recognised
beauty of the family she must, they lelt, in
the first instance, attract far more attention
and admiration than they could ever hope
for. I think her superiority was so thor
oughly acknowledged, that thry put away
from themselves all notion of jealousy or
annoyance that she., a younger sister, should
be preferred to them. They conldn't resist
teasing her, however, a little now and then
on the subject. I remember noticing that
occasionally a good deal of nudging and
whispering and giggling would go on
among the young ladies; and sometime my
Louisa, hurt by too much of this conduct,
would look rather as though she were going
to cry, and would exclaim, in a pained
voice, perhaps a peevish voice, "Don't, Jane
Ann 1 wish you wouldn't ;" or, "Be quiet,
Charlotte how can you .'"' or, "Have done,
Amelio, do, or I'll tell ma. I won't be
teased, I won't." Then, if any of these re
monstrances came to the ear of Mrs. Lippes
ley, she would cry out, in rather a loud,
glowing, I may even say a gurgling, con
tralto voice, accompanied by much exube
rance of gesticulation, "What are they doing
to you, my pet, my treasure, my own sweet
lamb? Come to me, then, Loney darling.
Did they tense it bless it a sweet child;
conic to its poor fond mother," and ho on.
In this way it soon became evident to me
thnt my Louisa was her mamma's favorite
child, aud that the mamma was not n lady
of any extraordinary strength of intellect.
Mrs. Lippesley was a widow, nnd had
been in that forlorn condition, I believe, for
a considerable number of years. She had
long ago given over weeds, it seemed,
though ; indeed, at the time 1 had the plea
sure of her acquaintance, it might bo said
that she had decidedly taken to flowers
instead. She affected a very decorated style
of head-dress, and looked sometimes .as
though she had been in a sort vt floral
shower-bath and while some of the plants
in their descent had lodged upon iu:i head,
others were dangling down her back or
streaming about all parts of her dress.
Frequently she would mix straw with her
flowers, and Hfck for all the world like a
very mature Ophelia, rather over made up
for her mad scene ; while now and then she
would abandon flowers in favor of feathers.
I have known her also to have made diver
sions at times in the direct iou of velvet,
spangles, steel beads, and gold tassels. She
was partial to color, nnd did not care for
insinuations or hints or I should say, per
haps, tints so much as solid downright
assertions of it in the most positive way.
She thought Vermillion very far above pink ;
and would not hear of pule priiwose while
there existed a possibility of procuring
brilliant oi.i.'.p
Concerning the late Mr. l ippesley, I was
able to arrive at no certain information.
From the young ladies I could only obtain
the vague statement, that their Papa had
been "something in the City w hich did
not afford me any very definite idea as to his
occupation. To Mrs. Lippesley I did not
dare to put any question or oiler any sug
gestion on the subject. She always pro
diiivd her handkerchief, and betrayed symp
toms of extreme emotion whenever allusion
to her late husband had been made; nnd as
1 was quite sure that she was capable of
having a faintingfit, or even of surrendering
herself to an attack of hysterics, I shrunk
from all attempt at dwelling upon a matter
likely to produce such terrible consequences.
She was a woman rather proud of her weak
nerves and her sensibilities, nnd of her
liability to agitation upon slight provoca
tion. She abandoned herself to her feelings,
and seemed happiest when gasping and
ehokinst, waving her white laced handker
chief, tears in her eyes, and thoroughly sur
rendered to nervous excitement. "Bless
you, my darling boy," she cried to me once,
very shortly after my first introduction, "I
feel towards you as ou were my own
own son." Aud she kissed me on the fore
head, almost violently, and shook hands
with nie with exaggerated cordiality. Her
hands wero very fat, and felt rather like
pincushions. In my most friendly moments
I always had the idea in connection with
Mrs. Lippesley 's hands. A u re.ite, I may say,
that she was fond of reading lime volume
novels, of reclining on the sofa, and of
wearing carpet slippers. Of course, I soon
informed Flukewood of the footing upon
which I stooil with reference to the Lipics
lcy family. He exhibited some surprise,
followed, as it seemed to me, by a certain
feeling of gratification. He simply said,
however,
"You've got into a good thing, old fel
low. I congratulate you, and wish you well
out of it. You'll save me some trouble, that's
oiie thing."
I afterwards ascertained the value of the
last part of his remark.
Certainly the course of the untrue love
subsisting between mc and my Louisa ap
peared to run very smooth. No obstacle
were interposed. From the first, the object
of my introducing himself to tho family
seemed to be appreciated. I was a well-received
guest and a family friend, and almost
an accepted suitor before I had ventured to
reveal to my Louisa how deeply I imagined
that my passion for her was plow ing up in
my heart. Somehow it seemed to be all
thoroughly taken for granted by everybody
concerned with very liitlo effort oil my
part.
"She's a treasure !" Mrs. Lippesley would
sometimes exclaim with a burst of emotion.
"She's my own darling child. Don't think;
to take her from mcdou't dream ol parting
us don't, you wicked, cruel, hard hearted
man. I should hate you ; I should indeed
oh !" and then, happily, teurs would tome
to her relief. Perhaps it was only natural
that after this I should look out for an
opportunity of stating to my Louisa how
fond of her I supposed myscl! to lie. It did
not occur to me then, though I am fully
awake to the mutter now, that perhaps, upon
tho whole, Mrs. Lippesley w as not precisely
the sort of woniiin one would have desired
fur a mother-in-law, supposing one to have
had any power of selection. 1 diemed her
to bo simply a good, kind, fond mother, of
rather a poetic ttinjieramcnt, and extremely
affectionate towards me personally. "What
ever you do," she would cry, as I left the
house "whatever you do, always wrap up.
Mind end wrap up there's nothing like it.
My poor II " end then aguin emotion
interposed. The impression left upon my
mint! was of course that the late Mr. Lippes
ley had met with death from his neglecting
to wrap up in a secure manner, and the con
clusion 1 lound subsequently to lie literally
correct. I learnt one day, from Flukcw ood,
that his uncle died of Udirium twiuiu; and
I was aware that it was often a part vt that
malady for the sufferer w ulaudon and
destroy his clothes, and wander about with
out them in a truly alarming way.
It was not difficult to obtain an opportu
nity for making dibclcuxe ol my uiU.
mrnts to Louisa Lippesley. I had great
donbt, however, about finding her in a state
of mind appropriate to tho purpose. I
remember making a first attempt at a decla
ration, and uttering about a quarter, say of
a proposal, one Sunday evening in tho sum
ttu time. Louisa was engaged in eating a
green apple in the garden ; too much enga
ged for she. appeared to take no notice
whatever of my remark. Perhaps it vai
rather feebly put nnd not very intelligible;
aud so I was compelled to bam Ion the ef
fort until a more favorable occasion. When
I commenced again, my Louisa looked
so much as though I was teasing her, and so
strong an inclination to cry was expressed
in her face, that I Hgain broke down, leaving
my feelings only fragmctarily expressed.
On the next opportunity I declared myself
as suddenly and thoroughly as I could.
Louisa said simply, "I'll tell nia '.' and hur
ried away. I could hardly decide whether
the observation was to be interpreted as an
acceptance or a rebuke ; whether she was
about to invoke a mother's blessing or a
mother's vengeance. I was soon relieved
how ever, if it could be called relief, by Mrs.
Lippesley's falling heavily upon me, and
fainting in my arms, with the word mur
muring on her lips, "Take her. Bless you--you
cruel creature. Oh, how could you?
Be happy. O my own sweet darling pet
my treasure my dear, dear Louey," Ac,
&c.
Of course, after that event, my Louisa and
myself were formally considered ns engaged
and people seemed to me to do all they could
to force this fact continually upon our at
tention, to thoroughly impress and imbue us
not to say bully us with it, and make
our lives a burden to us in conscqeucc. I
know I always feltsomehow as though I were
branded like a felon, nnd the word "en
gaged" stamped upon my forehead ; and I
did not feel near so comfortable as I had
expected. Certainly I had a good deal of
my Louisa's society perhap?. indeed, rather
too much of it. The family made quite a
business of bringing us together. The back
drawing room was especially devoted to the
tenancy of the "engaged couple," as every
body seemed determined to call us. There
we were expected to sit and talk and make
ourselves agreeable to each other for hours
together. Vith every desire to be charmed
with my Louisa, 1 began to discover eventu
ally that her strong point was decidedly not
conversation. In fact, after one had got
through, anil knew by heart, and exhausted
thoroughly the witcheries of her blue eyes,
her amber tresses, her delicate complexion
and her red button hole mouth, there was
not much else of my Louisa that was worth
dwelling upon. These advantages were
quite unexceptional ; but I felt after a time
that perhaps there was something more
required. I had all the sensations of having
dined off a suiijffit, very pretty and delicate
and nice, but dreadfully dctietiit in substan
tiality. It would have been as well undoubt
edly, if I had discovered all this before 1
thought of avowing my love for Louisa ;
and of course I could not breathe a syllable
of iny ideas on the subject to any one, and
meanwhile the family seemed to be doing all
they could to persecute the unhappy young
creatures who had made a drcadlul mistake
about their feelings. "There's nothing like
people knowing each other thoroughly before
they marry," Mrs. Lippesley would say; "it
saves ever so much trouble afterwards.
Bless you, Louey, darling ! Bless you, my
dear son !" uud so sho drove us together to
sit for hours in the back drawing-room,
wondering what wc ought to tay to each
other, and what we might to do to pass the
time. How my Louisa yawned during those
interview s ; anil I'm sure I was very often
on the verge of sleep. I had alwavs to sit
next to her at dinner, nt tea, at church. If
1 accompanied the Lippesleys to an evening
party, I was chained to mv Louisa's side all
the evening. "Of course you must not think
of dancing with anybody else !"' so Jar.e-
Ann, Charlotte, and Amelia Lippesley m
turn exclaimed tome. "You must not think
of such a thing, or Louey will be so angry !"
ana l Lielicvc poor Louey was threatened ly
them with my displeasure if she ventured to
solace herself w ith the society of others. So
we were together all the evening, dumb aud
sulky and wretched ; pointed at by every
body as an "engaged couple," and giguled
at by young people accordingly, and jested
at freely by elderly folks who had too thor
oughly enjoyed their tuppcrs , and in an
entirely false position, and ashamed. The
love wc had imagined lasting as nn edifice
of stone seemed to be melting away like a
snow image, and my Louisa and myself grew
to be very sick indeed of each other.
Of course this is looking at the thing in
its worst possible light. I here were times
when wc were rather less bent upon being
so mutually disagreeable. There must now
and then be a sort of pleasure in being in
the company of a young and pretty creature
such as my Louisa, even though she had
mental deficiencies and an inclination to be
peevish. I did, I confess, often enjoy the
fact of walking about Highbury with my
Louisa ou my arm, the white (hip lonnet,
with its lining of amber ringlets, close to my
shoulder, ami the buiton-hole mouth cooing
pleasant nothing, merely "Noes" and
tcses' as a rule, trying to believe thut I
adored passionately, and was so fortunate as
to be about to marry eventually, the woman
of my choice. Still this was quite in what I
may call the honeymoon of my engagement.
There were after-moons very much less
luciotis in quality.
In time too I began to understand better
Flukcwood's observation, to the effect that
I should save him some trouble. He did
not pay near so many visits at his aunt's
house after as he had paid before my engage
ment to Louisa. "Hie l.ict is, he sanl,
laughing, "my aunt wants rather lo much
attention." I knew in the end too well
what this meant. "You're quite one of the
family now, you know, my blessed boy,"
Mrs. Lipptsley said to me once; "we ekoU
not treat you us a stranger, we shall not
indeed." At first I felt rather t'.atund ly
such a cordial aboudonmentof all formality ;
but I soon found it was not quite so agreea
ble a thing to I regarded wholly as a male
memlicr of Mrs. Lipix sley's family as 1 had
been anticipating. I don't know how the
lalo Mr, Lippesley might have been viewed,
but I found myself considered in the light
of a superior "servant to the family, out of
U very, and unreeompenscd by wage. 1 was
perpetually required to be in attendance on
Mrs. Lippesley. Wherever -she desired t )
EO, my presenile was invaricbly insisted upon,
y way of escort ; J was always loaded with
shawls, wrapjicrs, muffs, parcels and urn
brUkui. I wiu shivering outside tbcatre
doors struggling to get cabs for Mrs. and
Misses Lippesley; I was compelled at all
hours in the morning to see thcl.ippcsbis
home to Highbury from evning parties in
all quarters of the town bt forc I could be
pi r nut ted Ut jourm y home to t l ut my
lodgings t FitiiKo, 1 fiu once, I unuiu
ber, running all night about Islingfou in tho
vain hope of obtaining change for a sove
reign iu order to pay the cabman who hod
driven Mrs. Lippesley home from an enter
tainment at the house of a dear friend of
hers residing in Pecklmin. For one serious
drawback, (in the pleasure of accompanying
the Lippesleys in their pursuit of pleasure
was, that I had invariably to pay the cab
fares j snd it was this 1 found that made my
friend Flukewood so much less solicitous
for the society of his aunt, than had formerly
been the case. "She's let mc in awful, she
has, taking her to evening parties ; it's your
turn now, old boy I" so' lie addre.wed "me.
"Take her to Turnhttm Green next week ;
all right ; go in, and win !" But the fact
w as, it was going in, and losing ; and that
was what I complained of. For my allow
ance, in the way of pocket money, was not
very liberal, and ol course I was bound to
make my Louha a trilling oft'ering now and
then a silver thimble, a work-box, Moore's
Melodies bound in whole calf, a Scotch
pebble brooch, bog-wood and Irish-diamond
bracelets. A. : and really I could not afford
to maintain this ruinous expenditure in
respect of cab hire without leaving myself
positively penniless. It was all very well
for my friends in the country to say that
thry could not understand my expenses
being so i-norniout, aud to decline sending
any farther remittances until the next
quarter-day, Michaelmas day. AVhat w as 1
to do in the meanwhile How was Mrs.
Lippesley's cab hire to be paid ( and here
she was proposing that we should all go to
Kaiusgate for a month, and would doubtless
leave mc to pay the steamboat fare lor the
w hole party there and back, (o say nothing
of disbursements for donkeys on the sands,
hackney -conches, bathing-machines, Ac.
How was all this lo cud i I am afraid I
must confess that my visit to Mrs. Lippe..
ley's house became at la.st lcs frequent ; per
haps I was haunted by the fear of liabilities
for cab hire I should unable to meet ; per
hups also it must be said bv a strengthening
conviction that my love uViur had been a
mistake. A sham sentiment had been pass
ing current for real ; it was time to delict
and nail it to the counter. Like one of those
puppies w hich look so pretty and thorough
bred in their extreme infuiicy,andeveiitual'y
grow up into verv decidedly ugly mongrel
curs, the loves ot my Louisa and myself,
deemed to be so genuine in the beginning,
were found in the end to be simply most un
real and mistaken. The charm of our pas
sion was in itsyouthfulness ; that gone, only
absurdity remained.
My Louisa went out of town ; the was f
spend a mouth with some relations at Torls
mouth. AVc made some show of keeping up
a correspondence. Poor creatures ! Wo
deemed that we were bound to interchange
hollow, flackcid, feeble letters; but these
dwindled and dawdled. A month passed
two months, three months, and for a long
time I had heard nothing of Louisa, and 1
had not even been to call upon Mrs. Lippes
ley : ccrta'nly my passion had very much
evaporated. Suddenly I met Mrs. "Lippes
ley, with Amelia ; they had been at u morn
ing conceit at the Hanover Square Rooms.
"It's not been my doing indeed it h:u
not." Mrs. Lippesley declaimed vioh utiy.
"What is the matter f" I a ked.
"You've not heard, then ! Ah, I must
break it to you. My poor Louisa sin 's en
gaged to be married Major , of the
Bombay Artillery a dreadful man ! promise
mc you will not seek to injure him."
Fervently I gave my word I would at
tempt nothing of the kind.
"Slit's a coquette 1 say it though I am lit r
mother. My poor boy, 1 pity you from my
heart Indeed I do. I can imagine your
feelings; but time will clleviatc them. Ah,
the teal's will come, my blessed boy !"
I besought Jicr not to distress herself.
"You forgive her thin? generous heart, I
see y on do. Blest you ! (then after a pause)
"Will you sec r.;e. into a cab ? Thank you '.
Have you any silver " &.
1 patted with Loui-n's mother: my en
gagement was broken off. 1 don't think
Louisa ever regretted it ; I am sure I never
did.
Is it necessary to say thut 1 did not chal
lenge the Major i
It was all an imprudent business and it
was very fortunate that we discovered iu
good time how much we had changed our
minds.
Murdor of a Union Man.
The following is i:n extract from a letter
addressed to a gentleman of Reading, Pa.,
by a relative living in Virginia, w ho-.e father
has been inhumanly butchered by the rebel
for no other offence than biing a Union
man :
l)nr Ci'Vxiti: I it down broken Leaned
to let you know of my poor, dear fatlu r's
death. He was away from home sixteen
months, all on account of being a I'nion
man. When (!en. Banks came to Wood
stock, father thought ho could come home.
He came and was home four days; and when
lien. Shields' Division moved down this
Valley, father thought he would leave with
them ; but thought he would stay till morn
ing, as it was raining all day and he t!id n-
feel well, and all of Shields foree had ret
got to Front Roval before eighteen of the
rebels rode up here, arrested father, an 1
guarded him all night. Tin y would not let
any of us go out of the house. Next mom
ing they took him to Luray and kc pt him ia
prison for eight days, by which time the
rebels came through this valley, and by
older of Col. Asliby, three of his men took
lather and another man out in the night aud
shot them, never burying them until Shit Ids
Division came up again, when the I'nion
men buried them. General ShVlds told me
ho would have revingc on the cowardly
assassins. My poor mother is lying very
low. It has almost killed her. She was
insensible for more than an hour and a half
the other day. General Shields has been
very kind to" us. He sent a doctt r fifteen
miles to sec mother. The doctor thought
she was somen hat better. All the soldieis
have been very kind to us. It was very
hard for me to give up my dear lathi r ; and
1 hope (.'ml will support us in thia great
affliction, and enable me to bear up uudi r
it, for the sake of mother; and that God
will parc her to get well again, as slit is my
only hope. From vour ci iisiu
IlAhHtlT.
Milford, Va., June?. IW'J.
A Mr. Severance rtccutly sioke. as loilows
in the Minnesota House ol Representatives,
in support of a bill f r the pmi.vtion of the
American Kagle : "J have oniy to say that
any man who will in auy way iujure or take
the life of our national bird, is mean enough
to curry rotten tunlineaa in the same po. act
with musty tine cut tobacio, and pass tho
humc an iiiul on (he ace of spades, at the
communion table ; r would en pty ihr v n
lien of ttiUI pri-omr and sil upi-n it. -trd
whMic, a Confederate air llirotljjh ths ir.,
hole el Wa-hinrtcu tomb.