The agitator. (Wellsborough, Tioga County, Pa.) 1854-1865, November 13, 1861, Image 1

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i 6» f r“ miUanee be red# Ur -BytM. «-
» fir nfman can-be debt, to the
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• „‘.,ob is the Official Papei' lhe County,
■* GIT «feadUy,lDcreasing c * wilirticm reach
‘ neighborhood in the Co f|y:.Tt is sent
, to any subscriber wiKtt the countj
most, convenient.Jto;office may be
(xocedlog 5 inefc-.
, .1 ..1
Business piKEdlpuY.
r S Tii FCtS'TAIH; IhOTEL.
DAVID HART, PEOPBIft sjn. ■ • .
,„ r .wned begs leave to'apn ' [See to , Ms old
; °”„d to dbc public generally, tSUS-be has-taken
ls - the old stand- and fitteSSt np in good
Z&^VSXSRStSA
n'oUNEYS & eoUMBIfOBt
” u ,n4lhe'ConrWfT.o^.PoH
m f,c!. [Whllsboro , Feb. 1,1853.Jj
c . k. DAUTT, DEJt.fIST,
OFFICE at his rest'.>Snce neat the
Aeadeinv.. £ll pertaining to
is line of business c(o ; ||promptiy and
-EW 22 » 185 S-3
DICKINSON- 'H<|trSE
cousin a’, x- *1 .
A Field t , s|[ Proprietor.
taken to aVd'ftom'he Depof |cc of charge.
"XcThIHTTAHIB,
Urnlromtihic PhjmrAan n V d §i-geon. -
ELKLAKD, TIOGA CO., fENNA.
g,H visit patients in all parts of tßfcCqunty, or re
tire them for treatment at bis bouse, J)[Jnne ll,]
" T ~ 3. EMERY,'?
Attorney and.cocnseli.|» at*law
\ Weil-born, Tioga Co., Pa. ,-®U devote las
A erclusivelv to the practice of Hsfr. - Collections
IS. i" »y »f K " thcrn CoV flVoJ^r
tioia* * , 1 •—j -I -
: pHWSIXVA X IA ■'tin'S E..
Cirmrw Muia'Eticet and the Aueiin; SWcllAjorp, Pa.
J, BIUOSY, PXtOPRI fOB. '
Thi- popular Hotel, having been ' ; *Bttfd and ro
moiled throughout, is now open tj Sie public as a
jKt-clas! house. iit+'l -
1Z.4 VK WAIT©* iotfSE, ■ ■■
s:c. VEliint YEA, pr<xsrietor.
Gaines, Tioga Pa.
ntHiS is anew botgl located access o
I the best iishing and hunting grands in Northern
>1 So pains will be-spired.for tbi.gicooniinodation
(I pleasure seekers and the trat'elißjjtgtblic.
April 12, iB6O. ' \m '■ -
" «. C. C. CAMPB®LEj
BERBER AND UAIR-dMeSSER. _ '
O HOP in-the rear of the PostOffieif Everything in
n liis'lind will, bo dons ns well ajspromptly as it
i u.bo done in thecity saloons. Pt ffiirations for re
-1 wing .dandruff, and beautifyingjli hair, for .sale
heap. Hair and Voaskera dyed an.v ,|oIOT. ’ Call and
a,. K'dlsboro, Sept 22, 1869-
SPHE CORNING JToiI|SNAE.
George W. Pratt, Editor it: S . roprietor.
TSpnWishcdnjt Corning,-Steuben i a., N.-Y;,-a( One
I Pollsr and Fifty Cents per year jfiadvance. The
Joarnai is Republican. in polities,r M& baa * cupuln
liu mdiiag'JnM; every part of §;.*bon. County.-:
loose dcsirojta of extending their A iimeSs into that
«i the adjoining counties .will bnd.San excellent ad
rutising medium.' Addrpss as ano af
E, 7
WELIiSBOUO I
WELLSBOROUGH/fila.. ,
~I, S. FARR, ’ PJI'OPRIETOE.
(Formerly of the United Hotel.)
farin' leased <this well known rislpopular Hnuse<
'.iliciu the patronage of the pubU i'i With altentiveij
lid obliging waiters, together wilt ;,|ho, I roprtetor el"
■knowledge of the business, he Uope.gfo make the stay
if those who stop with him pleasant and
•loteeahle. ■' ‘.f'Sii* 1 ’ ::.
,ifellsboro, Hay 3lj 1800. .. _ .
picreßß ffnij#*®- •;
Toilet portraits, Pitres, Certificates
Engcav mgs, Needle, Work, &»“■«<* ,n
‘lie neaest manner. in pliUn and'?«namented Gilt.
Bene Wood, Black Walnut, Oak, 3?Pf>gany, ic. 1 er
icas leaving airy- urticlolor framlia race.vie uiem
tut Jay /rained in anystyle.thcy , _Jo ana hung tor
Aem. Specimens at , ■ . '’iiJt, -,™r>Tr
- ; SBgTH:s;;ip.QK STORE.
E. B. ■
VOCLD.lo.form the public thajjie is permanently,
located in Elkland Boro, tf|sa Cfo. Pa., and
is prepared by thirty yoara’ expcn«S|e to, treat all ms
era of the eyes and their .gpper(l||ges °° E “
principles, and that he can 'c'dre.jSithout tad, that
dreadful disease, called’ St. yitiliffiDance, (Chorea
.Muc/i and will attend to djnsmess in
theJine of Physic and Surgery. • • “
Elkland Boro, August 8> IB6o*
rlour axd d store
Jjl WXX.LSB^|jO.
, ' t**;- !
The jnbsersfcer ■would the people
onWllsboro and vicinity that be xiis opened a
flour, &' UEEiil store
one floor above Wright's , Flouf on .Slain St.,
'here he will keep constantly on'find ns good an tvs.
sorlment of FLOUR.-aud s<an bo found in
the market, which ho will cell
assortment of ‘ fUJ'
Choice Wines an4l> , ? II *’ ~i
«I itcpcrior quality, and free from ndnl
loatwn, ehichJu: will sel.l to LusPermen and otheja
.it wholeso’lo, than.any ot2Sgr establishment in
lionhern ?emisyivunia, AJ■ d* EATOH.
ifelhboro, I)eo. 19, 1860.
pIURLE'STON.' TTI.OUTU
weight's Blfi
Hariog secured the best mitts in 1
f repared to do
Custom Woi k-, Mer^'
in fact everything that can 1
■"ills, so as W give perfect •satisfy
FLOUR, MEAL M
AT WHOLESALE ,osi
i»Uor store in Wcllsboro, or al ..‘he mill. Cash or
exchanged for groin at thf Market "price. (
All goods cW/t erccJ free of cbfl Je*within thecorpo
tation. WKl.liT & •B’AIIiE'X.
IVellsboro, Feb. 13, 1861.; j '!§' . ' '
-Fashionable will’ve W? 'Shop,
MAIN ST../W J ELl||?om
\TISS ‘PAULINE SMITH VCSt juatpurchased liei
AU. FALL ANU WINXE|| GOODS, _
'CoosigUng ot Straws' -of Pattern Hats,
bloomer Hats, Flowers,' WalwetjlplSs of all kinds,
“i in fact ' . if.; '
ALL KINDS .-OF T|IM MINGS. ..
solicits a call from the lidVaf «f Wellsboro an 4
feeling confident that ' ‘
BER.GO6DS WILL EEifINSPECTIONV
rompafe favorably with thfja* of'any establish
in the .conaty in regard' ta'Srice. ' "•
AND rpSSING done in •
”P®nor manner, 1 k j _
, S|^T*^ at, the residence *T C. Williams, oppo*
nw-o 8 ' Holei >ap-sUirs. .
2.1661.
N
EW WHEAT FLOUB, tlpljp and cheap, at
! I*S ' WEIGHT’S,
voi.. via
[The’f!j!lo?|iDg beautiful posm by, yfbittier.wßs.BBst
to .ps'-by; a taember of tbe Inyin’qibloS' from.
CampKorpopt, Va,y request, to, publish it,—
Ed.A.u] .I . . , / .
jT H (Y.;'(WIIiL ,BIE DpW^V,
■ * •’Wekfei not, ksbw not;'all bar way u
la night Xfceealoue is day.. ■
a , troubled drift,.
, Abov«| the storm our praypf we lift, '
* ’ Tby!willlbe done! * • :
. T)?e flesh pay'fail, the heart may faint,
Bat Ttyjo are we to make complaint.
Or dale in times like tbese
The neakneae of opr love, of ease? <
1 i Ihy will be doao! . [
TVe tdke With solemn thankfulness )
Onr warden up, nor ask it less, i
And (fount it Joy that even we !
May suffer, serve, or wait for Thee, * <
| Whose will be done !
Tbourh.djra as yet in tint and lino,
We tilice Tby picture’s wise design,
And feaWk Thee that our age supplies ’’
The dark relief of sacrifice*
;. | Thy will ,bo done i , . j
And if, in our mxworthiness, .
, Thy'|acrificial win© we press, j •
If mini Thy ordeal’s heated bar.a !
bur flet are seamed with crimson eebrs,
’ I Thy will be . I *
If, for the age to come, this hour . J
Of fdbll bath vicarious power, I
AndJblest by Thee, our present pain j .
.. ' Ba liberty's eternal gain, ]
| jCliy will be done! t
Thop, the Master, we Thy.l^ys,
The jinibem. of cbo destinies!
Thp |trinbr of Thy loftier strain
Our jaearts .shall breathe,the.old refrain,
i Thy will bo dune!
L.SOIV
LAW, will
vd McKean
sibyl:
One evening in December, in (he memorable'
jear of 1' 72, in a cafe, in the Rue Montholon,
seateS a mixed party discussing tlpe events
of the present time, and..speculating on those
of tho fiitfire. The greater part were, citizens,.
while the lesser, from their costumes, appeared ■
to belong to the profession. The laugh',
and gibe occasionally broke forth, hut their
conversation was more that of seriousness \
than mir.h. Apart from the company, in a
corner of the room, stood a young soldier, with
his back against the wall and his arms folded
upon hiS breast. He appeared to be com
pletely bLried in thought, and regardless of I
every object around him. His features were i
beautifully modelled, inclining almost to femi
nine' delicacy, and his hair of a rich glossy
brown, fall in flowing ringlets down his back.
His stature w(is that.of the middle size, with a
person correctly formed altogether presenting,
in form gnd feature, a study for' the artist or
So silent, was hje that he had been
completely fnrgotteh by His associates,, and it
was onlyf whilst one of them in tossing off his
glass of tin erdibaire, in prefacing it with the
toast of t‘ Destruction to, ine Bourbons,” that
be quickly raised hie held and casting his
flash ingfevestowards the drinker, ejaculated in
a short [quick tone —" Monsieur!”
that his presence was remembered, and hailed
with shouts of welcome. I
“ Ah, Li 1 Monsieur Bonaparte; are you still
there?” jeried'one of them;; “we thought you
had gouts to keep the mice company in the
garret.'’| ,
“ Or tq&he Oileon to take lessons from Talma
when ido you appear, lieutenant? we bear
that voulare. about to change the sword for the
buskin. ’l • | .
’ The ybung man surveyed the speaker with a
frown upon bis brow, arid a contemptuous cnrl
of the lib. ! - ,
“ Ko Iffencc,” continued the speaker, seeing
that tbelypung sojdier did . not receive his rib
aldry injthe best" of tempers', “ But you and
Talma he so constantly together, we thought
you had some serious designs of becoming a
■fblloweriuf Melpomene.”*'
“BatfL you are a child, Captain Benyer,.
waste vour words upon fools, they are only fit
for sucli society," said Bonaparte.
“ilal ha!” shouted Berryer, "the little
gentleinkn is angry.”
“ An| most complimei
anotherjof the party, “i
be wasted upon fools, you(
ous assemblage around
rver."
' A loi|d laugh followed ;Tiis remark, and Bo
aapartd rising took his suit at the table. A
.deep gtoom was settled on his countenance,
and beseemed, in no way disposed to join in
the merriment, but politely uncovering, he
begged) his companions n it to imagine that his
re»ark(alluded at all to tiiem. 11 But, i added
he, “lirctract not one word I have japplied to
Bcrryel.” - jj i '
In a X anstant Berryer jwas on his feet, and
the others followed his example—but Bona
parte remained coolly seated, and filling out a
glass ,01 wibe, as he look’.d a vole me of scorn
at Berriyer, quaffed off tlje liquor and quietly
replace*! the glass upon the table.
“Yop shall answer this, Lieutenant,” cried
BerryeK , ,
“ Wien, where, and how you please,” firmly
and coolly answered Bonaparte. “ Here, at
this vely moment, and on this very spot,” and
drawing his sword, be stood waiting the assault
of his Epemy.
“ N<|t here! not herij!” shouted ft doren
voicesi " This is "no p! ice to settle such an
affair.’; i - -
All places,” cried Bonaparte, are proper,
“ TGe ichurch shotild afford no safer shelter
•than tie field where jot r honor is to he vindi
cated.! ■> • . I
” EionghU answercc Berryer. |“ Enough!
pray do not prevent' me,” and
break pig from them be drew his swbrd.
! A circle was in a moment formed, and the
two cqmbatants stood face to face, cool and de
termined. A profound (silence reigned in the
room.jwhioh was only broken hy the sound of
their as the comjjatants each sought for
an advantage of assault; ' .
®lt is well known, that (Talma was 'the intimate
friend M Bonaparte, on hisfirstcomingto Baris, and
so poo A then was the young •soldier,' that he, refused not
'to accept of the kindness of the tragedian in procuring'
for hit*, free,admission to the theatre, jThis was not
forgot San by Bonaparte when he had 'aacendodlhe
lodderlof fortune.
MILLS.—
ETSC. '
County, ore now
isuit Work,
|<lod« m Country
ion:
D FEED,
RETAIL,
j 23thottir totbe of the area of iFmhomimiJ tfjc ef Reform.
| WHILE-THEBE SHALL BE , AWEONG UNEIGHTBD, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY jTO - MAJC’-SHALL CEASE, AGITATION-MUST pONXINUE.
E SCENES IN THE LIES OE
NAPOLEON.
! Br ROBERT HAMLIOX.
itary withal,” added
iff your words are to
have had a n.umer
you sometime, Ber-
vveusboro. Tioga County, pa., wedxjnday morning, November is, i?«i.
, .»vui ’ ; j - :-,".l'i; .'1; ;
; At last, Berryerp thinking he perceived an'
Opening-in the guard„of„ fcU adversary', thrust'
home, when jßnnaparte, quick as lightning dis
armed him. , Th? Sword flew, whirling Inio the'
nip, and descending, was caught by a female,
whq unseen and unhsarq,.gfidcd like .a. spectre
jntp, the circle.j , .
“ Hold!” she “ Stain" Act' 1 your,
name by a .drunken frolic. The future Em
peror, of France must war with nobler ene
mies.” i ~ , , ■
As she said this she looked like a sibyl in
the .moment, of inspiration. She might have
been about twenty-five years of age, tall and
commanding.in person—browned with the suns,
of .foreign climes. Her, eye was dark as the
raven’s and of unspeakable brightness—her
hair, which.descended in thick black ringlets
over her shoulders, was braided in front, and
her brow.encircled by a. brilliant scarlet ker
chief., ■ Her garment was a loose flowing robe,
of green, fastened at the waist by a blue scarf,
which descended nearly to the ankle ; and her
feet were encased in richly ornamented slippers
of red morocco.
The party were surprised at her appearance,
and it was some moments ere the silence was
broken. ,At last Bonaparte said—
“ Who'are you and what want you here?”
“ I .am the genius of your, fate, Napoleon.
In my hand I hold the rudder of your soul—to
good or to evil I can direct it. Forbear—seek
not to imbrue your handr in the blond of your
friend, and. saying this she dropped upon her
knee, and placing the sword of Eerryer at his
feet, cried—“ Hail, Emperor of France !”
A loud laugh burst from all around save Na
polebn,, who impressed by her sudden and sin
gular appearance as well as by her'words, stood
transfixed to the spot, gazing upon Ke*.
“Mock me not,” she replied to their de
rision. “ I speak the truth—there is not one
■of you but shall yet behold kirn the conqueror
of, the world —the Emperor of France! ' Look !
look, behind that star, how, brightly it gleams,”
:she continued, pointing to, the window through
which, in a‘ dark December sky, one bright
and Jmly star was «glo®’ng in unspeakable
brilliancy; “it is the star his glory. Lodi,
Marengo, Austerlitz—bloody will be‘your fields
to the imperial dia
dem. BeMR waxes, tt glows in ac
cordance to my words, and yet dark clftuds
seem to threaten to bedim its glory.' Ha! they
prevail. Rout, carnage and confusion, _are on
his'traclL' The sceptre falls frnin his hand— :
he bendsThaub mission., What now passes
o’er its disc ? Intenpinablo' sens— a honren
rock iiis home and a ijraveTi'rd^rcytons of his
enemy,”, and uttering a loud scream,,
from the apartment.
Her mysterious speech,'had created a strange
feeling In the bosom of every one presebt,' but
more especially In that of Bonaparte, who stood
like a statue, gazing , a pan the star. At that
moment'a loud roll of drums was heard, tind
Birras, one of the directors of the p'onvention,
entered, and. addressed Bonaparte, told him
he was appointed to'the compiling of the Con
ventional troops, with full, power to act as he
deemed proper for the restoration of peace to
Paris.
“Hal bn ! ha! said I not rightly f” shouted
a female voice aft the window. All eyes were
iq an instant turned towards it, where, for’a
moment, the face of the sibyl was seen, flushed
with joy and waving her hand above her head.
“ 'Tis strange,” half aloud muttered Napo
leon. .
“ What is strange?” inquired Barras, amazed
at the apathy evinced by Napoleon on receipt
of bis good intelligence."
“Nothing, nothing Monsieur,” He. replied;
“ a strSnge femiie has been among ns, who pre
tending to the art of divination, Has'covered
me with glory and shame in the same-breath.
Behold!” “ ’ '' ~ '
At this moment a brilliant light arose from
without, illuminating the whole apartment;
but in place of the sibyl was seen a beautiful
female with an imperial diadem .encircling her
brow. In her left hand she held another, while
with her right she pointed to Bonaparte.
“Do my eyes df-eire me!” exclaimed Bar
ras. “Is this the effect of a fevered imagina
tion—or do others see as I do ?”
“It is no deception 1” shouted some dozen
voices.
“It is indeed there—approach her, Napo
leon, ’tis on you that she smiles so graciously."
He did so, but the next moment she bad dis
appeared, and nought hot darkness supplied
the place of brightness. : Loud shouts now
arose without,, and the rolling of the drum,
the report of fire-arms, told that tumult and
bloodshed were again at work in the streets of
Paris.
“ Lose not a; moment, Bonaparte,” said Bar
ras, “we shall talk of this again—may the
vision prove time. Take this sword—let it
-carve out your path to its fulfilment.”
- Bonaparte received the weapon, and bowing
assent, departed to assume his appointment,
while the others followed, wondering at and
speculating upon what they,had witnessed.
We shall now change the scene to the battle
of Lodi, that memorable event which won far
the Corsican high fame and'honor. Luring a
greater part of the day be had assisted in the
duties of the'common; soldier, with his own.
hands charging and dischargings piecoof ord
nance, when on the v«iiy eve of victory he was
.struck with a musket bnlL-tho blood flowed
freelr, sight almost forsook him,, and he was
nearly faliing to the earth,, when a voice whis
pered in hi* ear—
“ Arouse thee—thy wound is heeled. This
is thy first passage to to the imperial crown !”
He looked, and the sibyl who- two years be
fore had confronted hiriiin the cafe, intho rue
de MdtMohn, stood there in the midst of death
ar.d carnage. ; - •- ■ ■
Hal” cried Bonaparte, “ yon here 1”
• “ Why not?” she coolly replied. “I am tby
genius. Hearken—'tia accomplished,! the day
is-Won —the .wreath of viotory is. thine !”
At the same time the bugle of the Austrians
was beard sounding'A'retreat, and the wild
should pf triumph from .the French, mingling
With the roar of' cannon' and martini music,
proclaimed Napoleon | thr victor ’of that ever,
liicmorable and bloody-fieldi He had but for
a moment averted bis'eyes friimher, towards
brdS were yet i a hit eaw.when'
c Again,-.but she was nottobe ! !
jd bis hand'Open’his'breast; bis •
jbpist with' bleed, But no poin
:; and'When - h popsosaion of':
coveted his Bo tom, there ‘ only •
mßlanceof a wound'but not the
‘ its recent infliction. - • -• ‘
yeafoafter this occtfwenod, du-'.'
successhad ev;r attended Bins, i
ded to his name'the Conqueror
retnrne'd to France—liad boldly
rectorial government, bad been
Consul, had criosscd the.‘Alps,
c camped on the field of Marengo.
night preceed ng that battle,'
j with albng anc arduons march,
tfd his cloak- ptronnid him and
if upon his can p couch, before
"Ibis font, so that tlie,-TeCrosliing
ilalian'summer night might play'
acted and fevered frame. Thei
ij ith unclouded brilliance upon
If plains and the opposing armies '
jthe Slumber of silence and fa-1
ly a sound was tlo be heard, sarej
of hatnmers dosnic rivets up, j
dful note of preparation." . -
tfie sca'rii, her wir
he tiilhed to Ticij
fceefd' 'He’placij
dress Whs jet i
was hyliimfel
tbefieldV he uh
appeared the »e
sllghtcsfr'idgn'd'l
• In 1800, fire
ring which tiint
when he had at
of Egypt-i-had
dissolved the D
declared 1 First'
and’washow ec
It was on .the.
worn and wean
he had wrappf
thrown himsoll
the openingof
breezes of an I
upon'his diatra
modh shone tj
the marshalled)
were bound inj
tigiie. Scarce)
’ ’ ■“ The clink
■ Giving drenl
ling ofi Jhe tent paced two senti-J
dors, nt the perjl. of their lives, I
no one ’till thej morning bogle!
But look, whnt form is that;
At the open
nele,- whose or
were to admit
had sounded.
in tha dimness! of the tent, so!
?n thi breath df the midnight ji
mote the-stillness of the hour.—J
i—she approaches the couch of |i
i > looks keenly I upon him—she jj
i upwards and for some moments I
oring aid front o spiritual power)
uses on him—a! smile irradiates j
-it now gives place to sorrow—!
i hep eyes on the [face of the hero, i
:ver him—Napoleon starts fromj
-he TS'about tcf speak, but shoi!
>er upon hen -lipi to command si-li
spectre or reality that meets hist
r antle falls from her shoulders,! 1
(gain stands before hiim
s but listen,” sliie said, in a voices
• tenderness. ‘‘The star of thyj
£ morp in the aspendant. To-day
■W9 r '’
which moves
softly that cv
zephyr ruffles
’Tis'a female
Napoleon—sh
casts her eyes
seems as rmpl
—again she gi
her'features—
tears fall from
ns she bends c
his slumber—
places her fin®
lenco. IS it a
gaze? Her n
and the sibyl -t
'* Speak not
of melancholy!
fortune is one*
stall victory nwardithco the laurel.” > t
1 ‘‘Mysterious being, \t ho arc you and front!
whence come ; On ?’ asked Napoleon. ,
Bhe spoke n<t, bet taking from her bosom ai
small, talisina i of the formjof an eagle, Vaifj
from an emerald and richly sdt in gold, placed)
ft in his-"hand eayiog — : .
ittJlVhen froih tb«e .this tb.en’.ndllj
depart the star of' thy gloiy. | Up, up; and be.
doing—.already is thy foe preparing.'. Go—-be
and victory is thine.” ,
' lt 'ahe was lostl in the gloom of
*art!ng up sought to;
bugle
*■ 'ln ’kb mslm
the tent, and Napoleo
pursue her. jit.thrtt mumenM!
sdunded to arihs, and. the sentinel enten u
tent w aS'snrptjised to find-hlai standing lost ini
abstraction. '[The noise of liis footstep, hows
hint to r'cmeftibt'anoo—he .rushed
[-the field was i moving mass’of
eVer, recalled
from the tent
warlike life iHI
morning—-he l'i
for battle was;;
the voiee-of i(ii
and v\hon the .1
taht moantnitl
upon-the band
bmir.ed'’ \vith tlie first streaks of
ijenpeJ into hislaaddle —the word
Igivert—deep and deadly roared
iestrucuon throughout the day,!
sun was sinking beliind; the dis
is, another garland was hung
ter of Napoleon, . ,
glorious, brilliant, yet bloody
d swollen NaipolcoftV-heart on
r the' 1 sun rose in darkling snlen-i
'’ASsterlitr'l
Aiisterlitz—hn<
that day,*wrh'*fi
lost, and the Austrian and Rue
y scattered o’er the held, thiek afS
leaves of'the ! forest—when the
he bogle thrilled to each heartj
e work of battie had *begun, and
in tlumdenrig conflict met —
dot o’er his h
sian powers la
thk autumnal
first blast of tl
telling-That th(
trian and borsi
whilonn the cast of that day depended thnsumi
mitt of his ambition, the stability of his regal
swiay—and whsn at last, theievening fell upon
the vanquished; and ho stood there, lie the terl
rrtile and triumphnftit conqueror, say, were, his
feilings to he.cnvied dr his f.lme to he desired?
•It'was as he thus stood, surrhonded-byhis bril
lialnt staff ou that bloody field, flushed with
viiitory and dei ising plans for the morrow, timt
Murat approacied and infortned him that a fo
mMe in the thickest of the fight, had arrested
arm and placed within ijis hand a packet,
with these words—“ This is ■(the brightest day
in! tfih cycle of Napoleon.” \ 1
lie took it, it was addressed to him : ho
bloke the seal, and within itHay the fragments
d£l a ring, but no writing. A gloom .overshad
owed his countenance, and hastily'folding it op
hi thrust it into his bosom, jiud gave orders for
the disposal of his troops foi the night.
Having retired to his tent, and seated him
self by his waich-fire,-which burned brightly
in the clear dim air of a December night, his
busy soul wan soon filled, with a thousand
tl oughts of the future. Tnjthe ever changing
embers he cou J almost depot, m “his mind’s
eve,” crowns and scepters fumbling into his
grasp, and monarchs bending captives at his
footstool. Then .would the spectres of misfor
tune.throng b[ fore him’till ha beheld himself
a vanquished i.nd humbled,'being at the mercy
of those, whom like a second Attiia, he bald
scourged without feeling, and destroyed with
out cause. i
( Lost in these reveries, the remembrance Of
the packet flashed uponi him. He took it
from his boson and unfolding it, again I)ehe;d
t ta.broken fragments of thq ring.
; “What am [ to diviqo frjom this’” said h>.
‘j What symbol, does this betoken !” r
“That the circle of thy glory is. shattered J”
qxclaimed a voice behind him. .
: He stancdr--his hand was on his sword, and
he was on the eve of Calling to the sentinyl,
the speaker arrested bis arm and com- ,
mended bim.lio be silent. j
’ Know you me not?” raid the speaker.j—
,l’Tis five years since, we met, on the plains
■Of Marengo— lithen placed in your grasp the
■ talisman of fortune,' but to-day it bath . depar
ted from thee I’.V ,| „ c j ,
f “Not so,” exclaimed Napoleon, thrusting
h‘» hand -into) his bosom, .“j’tisheteJ” Butjiis
. pale countenance grew, criinspncd, end q.strohg
.trembling , seized upon , bis , frame—he stood j
aghast, gazing with vacant hoirur; upon the
face of the speaker, whom he now recognized
ns the, sibyl. '
■" Speafe ; f ; not truth V’ cried she;. “ 'tis gone,
vanished,- n&verto return. .; Thy.star may wax
brilliant, and the .sun of fortune may seem to
smile upon thee as brightly as ever, but a'storm
is gathering in'the distance that shall burst up
on and destroy’thee for feter?” ' '. , ■ ■ ■ .
“ Whither has. it;gone 2” asked Napoleon,,
faintly;
y 1 To,the spirit hand that formed it—to the
mansions of destiny,” she replied. '‘ Farewell!
we shall meet again, hat theti tby snn shall be
set anil the tempest shall be d’er' thee !’*
She roshed from, his presence, and escaping
from, the lent, was, challenged, by the sentinel,
but on .perceiving it was a woman, and thatshe
rea,dily gave the countersign, ho permitted her
to pass safe and unmolested.! Napoleon could
nntSjioak, he stood statue-like and speechless,
and at length sunk beside the embers of bis
watch lire in a.: t ite of oblivion, fropa which ha
was only.aroused by the cnlrai.ee of the officer
of the morning. j
Nineiyears had passed away, and Josephine,
Ids wjfei the promoter of hUifortun?.-, had been
discarded, and another, a regal, bat not a bet
ter. being,-talfen to his.arjpa., Battle after bat
tle had. been fought, .kingdom after .kingdom
had been conquered, and in the intoxication of
success, the sibyl's prophecy diad totally es
caped his memory. But reverse of fortune now
fell upon his arms, and alone in the old and,
princely palace,of Fnntainh(eau, in a solitary
chamber, on the eveniug of the 11th of April,
ISI4, we now beheld him, dVivcn to the very
verge'of despair—at the mercy of those, a cap
turcd.conquerer, to whom he had shown none,
and with whom he had violated every principle,
of honor,- . j
lie, is seated at a small table, where before
him lie’rations documents, one,Jot which he
scans; with a keen and ..anxious eye; —ever and
anon .ho. rises and walks.about ths apartment,
muttering to himself, and striking his hand
upuaHiis brow—hosuddenly p ruses—seizes the
pen and isahout to apply' it to the document—'
now fie casts it from him, and assumes an air
of terrible determination—his hand now falls'
unwittingly upon a pistol—he starts—be.grasps
it—a, wild light flashes fiom his eye—he raises
it—what, shall the hero of “ a hundred fields,"-
how tiencath the reverses of'fortune? No? be
dashes it from his grasp—he draws, his hand j
across his eyes—tv.tear drops fiem beneath it,j
and flinging himself into his chair,’his head’;
falls upon his breast, and a deep smothered'-
sigh hursts, from him.- ‘ ; :
Slowly on its hinges hioves the door, amt
with a step noiseless as death, enters a figure,
in full white .flowing garments. A-thick veil
conceals her features. She advances to the ta
ble, and stands motionless before him. He'per
eeives her 'n'ot‘’lil! she'd'c(?(dy and sidemnly pro
nomVces the name of— 1 " Napoleon I”
lie starts from his revery.'. Who dares thus
■eak.-in upon his lasi night of royalty ? The
ami the fa.ee of the intruder,'and’j
stands before him— ’fie'j
veil
the spirit of fid
the hbj/lh_ i
“ Sold I not we should meet again,
sun should he set and the tempest should be
o'er thee
“ iVh 1 AusteiTrtz —I remr-mber the—the—”
ITo would hare added more, hut surprise At her
strange and sudden appe itance had appaled
him,' and he looked-upon her'unable to speak.'
“ Behold—the talisman of thy fate !” said
she, as.she exhibited td bis sight the eagle Tshe
hadjpv'osented to him on "the memorable visit at
Marengo. -V
' “;Ah‘! giro it me!” be exclaimed, and he
rose eagei'ly tj clutch 'it—but itwas but a Shad
ow in lus grasp, vihiie the net was folloered by
ji derisive laugh from the Sibyl. 1 “Fiend!
tempter I 1 ’- be ejaculated ; “why come you here
Cu mock nic‘?- Dost 'bob 100 rejoice with mine
enemies at my downfall? -- ‘
“.Thv downfall is a fitting retribution for thy
bloddy and boundless ambition. Think of the
HiilEidhs ihou hast murdered-—of the hearts
thou liast broken. The ourses of the childless,
widliwless, and fatherless, are upon thee.- Think
of thy and tremble 1 Oncffbinore I
shall be with thet— but oirce mere ! remember”
and she glided s«sjftly and noiselessly from his
presence. , ' ’ ' '
Change we the scene. In the sea-girt cita
del'in an apartment in Lnngwrod, dimly light
ed, land surrounded hr his weeping household,
Jayithe dying exile. His last moment was fast !
approaching, and reason had departed from her •
seat. His breathing was low and heavy, and
indistinct and incoherent words occasionally
broke from his lips. A furious storm was ra
ging without—vivid gleams of lightning, fol
lowed by terrific chips' of thunder, shook tjie
island to its foundation. It was a fitting hour
for the departure of him, who with his engines !
of destruction and insatiate ambition, had sha- I
ten the world to its basis. Painter and fainter I
became his breathing: the death-rattle rung l
frightfully iri his throat, and his sunken and '
glassy eyes wandered vacantly around. In-a
moment, as if‘inspired by superhuman power,"
he suddenly raised himself from bis pillow, his
eyas wandered vacantly around. In h moment, ;
as if inspired by .superhuman power, he sud-1
deni 7 raised himself from bis pillow, his eyes,
we'ye kindled with-unnatural 1 brilliancy,-and
with his thin and emaciated hand pointing to
the window of the apartment on which the
beams of lightning w?re playing, exclaimed—
“ There!”
All eyes were turned toward it, and-the form
of Uoaephine, well known to (he attendants,
was beheld smiling upon the scene.
(‘Come, .my Cid.”* it exclaimed; “’tis the . , . T
Sihvl of thy life awaits thee.” - / James my son, take this letter to the post
The os'le fell hark- upon his pillow hiseyes o gj ce an ,j paythepoStagfc on it. : ’ The boy re
artuined again their glassy hue—a faint sigh t6rned highly elated and' said ; '.'‘'Father, I
escaped from him, followed by Tt.convul- of,men putting letter in a little place,
sice shudder of the frame, and the nest mo-. and w hen no one was looking, ialipped yours
ment his spirit had departed. The prophecy' j n and bought a giugercake, with
was fulfilled— “A barren rock his " <w,e ~ ro : money ” ' ‘ ‘ <■ ■■
pranc inthe regions bf his enemy!” >i .
, name that Josephine delighted to apply to him.
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hid.a letter,from hiito? v ' ' ; ; j asfricka”' ‘ \ ; ‘'
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The owner of a saw-mill in the country, hav
ing a, bitter enmity against a neighboring far*
marl laid ho less a plan of revenge than to get
him arraigned as a thief, convicted,'hnd “sent
;to the penitentiary.- But .as the honesty of his
neighbor afforded, him no fair grounds-of nccu,
satjon, be resorted to the foul expedient of se
cretly conveying some of his own property,up
on the other's premises ; so that, it being found
there, it might he priiof of his guilt.’ For thm
purpose he took a thousand of hoards, having
his own mark on, and at dead of night dumped
tbetp intpitbe fieid near his neighbor’s house.
But, the former did not happen to be .as fast
asleep as his enrmy supposed. He heard a
noise, or thought he heard one; and getting up
pretty soon after to satisfy himself on the sub
ject, 1 by the help t>f a lantern he found a load
of boards, with his neigtthor's.mark thereon.—
How they came there, flashed upon him at once.
His course was promptly t; kerb Allow big his
enemy just time to get' fairly home and- it to
hid, so that the light of the In ruing pile might
not be detected;-he set fire to the boards which
heirg.wcll seasoned, were in a few minaha en
tirely consumed.-
Early in the morning, as the farmer In d an
ticipated, the sawyer came whh a constable
and search war ant, to look for his properly.
'‘You are suspected,” said the officer, “of
having taken a thousand of boards .from this
man, and by virtue of this warrant I hold in
my hand, I must search your premises.”
“Very well/' 1 said the farmer, “you aro nt
liberty to search as much as. you please. • But
if you find the boards,-Z’iJ.engage to cat them
for my breakfast." -
1 “'You’ll have something harder to digest thha
that, I fancy," said the sawyer with a'sneer,
' lie then triumphantly led the- way to; where'
he had dumped the boards, and where. he,oon- •
fidently expected to find them, and Ip 1 there
was outbKH; Irut a heap of ashes!. ,His disapr
pointment, chagrin and mortification qiay be
judged o'f. He sneaked away borne ; and'the
secret of his foul plot getting wind in the neigh
borhood,' the ghost fno«n the.ashes,of tho toad
of boards never ceased to annoy him,;, until, ta
king advantage" of the darkness of another,
night, he packed and left the coun
try, ; .... : j
A PniptcH Story.—ln 1769, a gentleman was
passing into at night over "Point Nouf, (Parts,)’
With lantern,- A'man caine up to btm -and
sario 'joiv. ■ . •' •, • ev
this .paper 1?. . a;;, tier-.
Ho. hdld.up his lan torn’and reada^fullows-*,
-Speak not a word when this vna’ve read, .
Or in an inttahtyou'lVlie dead !■'
; Own apyujur money,-watch and Tinge),-. v -
Wilq other valuable things— - --
’’ 'T!fenV7arek, in silence 'ymidrpnrt, 1 - 1 -
. Or 11, with knife, will,cleave your heart! ■
‘ ifatbeing.a.nian of -much pjfcjo.tbe
ted geptlemangaye watph.apd money
and Ue.soon git's the alarm, and the
highway-man was arrested.
' "“’What have you to any for in
quired the magistrate before whom the robber
'waajjrthignedi .
took tbovwatob unxi li
“Whv not guilty V asked the roagretrala.
• * ' ./: K i ■ * • ' • ' — -■
"Simply because I cap neiilrey .read nor
write.’ I picked up that just -tit the moninnt I
met thi? gentleman with the lantern.' I'hjnk
iog.it might ha something valuable, I politely
a?ked him to read it for me. He complied with
mj request, and presently handed me.his watch
and purse, andranoff. T supposed the 'paper
to be of great vnbie to him,’ and 1 that 'he bad
thus liberally rewarded me Tor .finding dt,. Ha
■gave roe no time to return thanks, which act
of politeness I was ready to perform.”
~ The gentleman accepted the plraof the rob
ber and withdrew his complaint.” .
The - following smart but .shameful “ sell"’
was pot long,ego got off-through the paper? em
anating from the "Huh of the FTiiiverse
“ A great bargain.—To all who may .eqcloee
$l, I will send, by mail,' post poid.a finely "cos
engraved portrait of George Wushington, .the
Father of his Country,.together with an elegant
portrait, of Benjamin Franklin—either sepa
rately a,t four shillings. Address H. C., Boston.’’
A gentleman noticing tp’e above advert's
ment in a city paper, sent his dollar, am! ui •
tain’ed in return a -three-Cent nnd'fl oncment.
postage stamp, ornamented with “finely cut
engraved!’ heads 1 - -
A Reasoning Madman. —A gentleman named
Gould, in the Utica Lunatic Asylum, talks '"Sty
sensibly sometimes. One day an intelligent Eng
lishman visited the Asylum and got into a co i
versatiun with Gould.
“ Pray,'what are you detained :here fur? - '
asked the Englishman. ...
“ Merely fur a difference of opinion,” replied
the lunatic. “ft was my opinion that every
body was mad— in' tie contrary, everybody
thought I was'mad; and ho they, brought mo
here; the mpjo;ity must rul-, you know!'’
Powder and Balls.—Lcttancientor modern
history be produced nndthey will not find a mors
heroicdisiphiy th in the reply of Yankey Sh
uington to the Br 11 -h commanders. The people
were piling the balls which the enemy had
when the foe applied to thpm;
•• We,wact balls; will you selpthem?" •
Yankee Storiingtori i replied’!-' / ’
■ We'Wnnt powder; send hs powder,and we’ll
return yonr bulls.’ : : . ■ .
MALICE ' OUTVMTTEPV
;uilty of rohtiery, though I
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