VOLUME 111.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
.fs published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., every Thursday
hi( AUGUSTUS L. RUHE,
At $1 80 per annum, payable in advance, and
$2 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No
paper discontinued, until all arrearages arc paid,
except at the option of the proprietor.
ADVERTISEMENTS, making not more than one
square, will be inserted three times fur one dollar
and for every subsequent insertion twenty-five
cents. Larger advertisements 'charged in the
same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines,
will be charged seventy-five cents, and those mak
ing six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents.
L'E'A liberal deduction will be made to those
who advertise by the year.
reOnice in Hamilton Street; one door
,of German 'Wormed Church, and nearly
.opposite the "Friedensbothe (Vice."
Malin to. an ,Amendment of the Constitution.
Resolved by the Semite mid !louse of
Representatives of the ('aninzonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General .Issembly met,
That the Constitution of this Commonwealth
be amended in the second section of the fifth
article, so that it shall read as follows : The
JudgeS of the Supreme Court, of the several
Courts of Common Pleas. and of such other
Courts of Record as are or shall be establish
ed by law, shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the Commonwealth in the manner
following, to wit: The .1 edges of the Supreme
Court, by the qualified electors of the Com
monwealth at large. The President Judges
of the several Courts of Common Pleas and
of such other Courts of Record as are or
shall be established by law, and all other
Judges required to be learned in the law,
by the qualifaid electors of the respective
districts oreewhich they are to preside or
act as Judgely! And the Associate itakes
Oche CeurtSOf Common pleas by the
qual
'he comities respectively.
Supreme Court shall hold
term of fifteen years, if
-,*usequent to the first election :) The
President Judges of the several Courts of
Common Pleas, and of such other courts of
Record as are or shall be established by law,
and all other Judges required to be learned
in the law, shall 110111 their offices for the
term of ten years, if they shall so long be
have themselves well : The Associate fudg
es of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold
their offices for the term of five years, if they
shall so long behave themselves well : all of
whom shall be commissioned by the Gover
nor, but for any reasonable cause which
shall not be sufficient grounds of impeach
ment, the Governor shall remove any of
them on the address of two-thirds of each
branch of the Legislature. The first eke-
Oen. shall take place at the general election
of this Commonwealth next after the adop
eion of this amendment, and the ceininis
:sloes of all the judges who may be then in
,office shall expire on the first Monday of
December following, when the terms of the
:new judges.shall commence. The persons
Iwho shall then be elected Judges of the Su
vreme Court shall hold their offices as fel
qows : one of them for three years, one for
six years, one for nine years, one for twelve
years, and one for fifteen years ; the term of
each to be decided by lot by the said judges,
us soon after the ekction as convenient, and
the result certified by them to the Governor.
that the commissions may be issued in ac
cordance thereto.. The judge whose corn-'
mission will first expire shall be Chief Jus
flee during his term, and thereafter each ,
judge whose commission shall first expire
shall in turn be the Chief Justice, and if two
.or more commissions shall expire on the
same day, the judges holding them 5111111 de
cide by lot which shall be the Chiefhistice.
Any vacancies happening by death, resig
nation or otherwise, in any of the said courts,
tthull be filled by appointment by the Gov
.erner, .to continue till the first Monday of
:December succeeding the next general elec
ktion. The Judges of the Supreme Court
:and the Presidents of the several Courts of
(Common Pleas shall, at stated times, receive
for their services an adequate compensation,
to be fixed by law, which shall not be dimin
ished during their continuance in office, but
they shall receive no fees or perquisites of
office, nor hold any other office of profit un
der this Commonwealth. or under the gov
ernment of the United States, or any other
state of this Union. The Judges of the Su
premo Court during their continuance in
office shall reside within this Common Wealth.
And the other Judges during their continu r
once in office shall reside within the dis
trict or county for which they were respect
ively elected.
WILLIANI F. PACKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
GEORGE'DARSIE,
Splaker of the Senate'
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RESOLUTION
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4.46'
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 2, 184,
Resolved, That this resolution pass.—Yea•
,58, Nays 26.
Extract from the Riurnal.
WM. JACK, Clerk
Filed, April 5, 1819
A. L. RUSSEL, Dep. Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania,' ss
I DO or:fumy that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the Original
Resolution of the General Assembly, entit
led "Resolption relative to an Amendment
of the Constitution," as the same remains
on file in this office.
In 'testimony whereof I have
4, 5 41%- hereunto set my hand, and cans
4ed to be allixell the seal of the
: Secre tar eleve's Office at Harrisb*,
P i ' this y nth day of June, An urg no
Domini, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine.
T9WNSEND HAINES,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
".1 Ot RNAL 'OF SE NAT E
"Resolution, No. 188, entitled "Resolu
tion relative to an amendment of the Cunsti
union," was read a third time. On the ques
tion, will the Senate agree to the resolution
The Yeas and Nays were taken agreeably
to the Constitution, and were as follows,
vii :"
linas, Draw Crabb,
Cunningham, t•'orsvth t ,. Flugus, Johnson,
I.an•i•ence, Levis, Nlason, Matthias, Cas
lin, Rich, IZichards, Sadler, Sankey, Saver,Y,
Snlyser, Sterett and Stine-21."
"NAvs-Nlessrs. List, Drum, Prick, Ives,
Noni g:nacher, Potteiger and Darsie,
•S'peaker—ti."
"So the (iiistion was determined in the af
firmative."
Jourital qf the house of Ili presenfat ives,"
"Shall the resolution pass ? The yeas
and nays were taken agreeably to the pro
vision of the tenth article of the Constitution,
Eau, tiavni
.1. Bent, Craig 13iddle, Peter 1). Bloom,
David NI. Bole, Thomas K. Bull, Jacob Cort,
John 11. Diehl, Nathaniel A. Elliot, Joseph
Emerv, David C. Eshleman, %V &lam Evans,
John Eausold, Samuel Pegely, NV. Joseph
fisher. Henry Nl, Polk., Thomas ;rove,
Robert 1 lamson, (:eorge P. llenszey,Thoin
as .1. Herring, Joseph Charles
flortz, Joseph B. flower, Robert Klotz, I far
rison P. Laird, Abraham I•amberton, James
J. Lewis, James W. Long, Jacob APCart
ney, John F. M'Culloek, Ilugh M'Kee,
John NELaughlin, Adam Martin. Samuel
Marx, John C. Myers, Edward Nickleson,
Stewart Pearce, James 'Porter, Henry C.
Pratt, Alonzo Robb, Oeorge IZupley, Theo
dore Ryinan, Bernard S. Schoonover, Sam
uel Seibert, John Sharp, Christian Shively,
Thomas C. Steel. Jeremiah B. Stubbs, Jost
J. Sunman, Marshall Siva rtzweider, Sam
ud Taggart, Cleor,ge T. Thorn, Nicholas
Thorn, A ruriah %Vattles, Samuel \Veirich,
Alonzo I. Wilcox, Daniel Zerbey and Wil
liam F. Packer, Speaker.-5S.'
" NAVS—Messrs. Augustus IC. Cornyn,
David M. Courtney, David Evans, Henry
S. Evans, John Fenlon, John W. George,
Thomas Gillespie, John 13. Gordon, William
Hoiry, James J. kirk; Joseph Lauhach,
Robert R. Little, John S. ArCalimint, John
M'kee, William M'Sherry, Josiah Miller,
William T. Morrison, John A. Otto, Wil
liam V. Roberts, John W. Roselyrry., John
B. Rutherford, R. Rundle Smith, John
Smyth, John Sunder, George Walters and
David F. IVilliams.-26."
"So the question Was detrinined in the
affirmative.
,SECIIIZTA eti 01;PIVR,
itarriSbUrg, June 15, 1849.
Pennsylvania 83
1 co crm•rtyv that the above and
~.,!::VVe„,
of the "Yeas and "Noys, foregoing is a true and correct
copy "
•, - , , ,VitAr 4. 4,- taken on the "Resolution relative
to an amendment of the Consti
tution," as the same appears'on the Journals
of the two Houses of the General Assembly
of this Commonwealth, for the session of
1849. •
Witness my hand and tha seal of said of.
Tice, the fifteenth day ofJune, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine.
TOWNSEND HAINES,
SecrauT of the Cominonwealth.
June 21. • 11-3 tn
REMOVAL!
The •011 ice of the Lehigh Regis
ter has been removed to the build
ing formerly occupied by Mr, C.
Mohr, • tobacconist, 'on 'Hamilton
street, first door east of the Gcr,
man Refu'erned Church, where our
friends will always find us on hand,
to attend to their wishes. Job work
of every description will be neatly
executed rtest tiaot at the shoice.
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ALLE TOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, „PA., JULY 19, 1846.
WILLIAM S. WEIL, at his Wholesale and
Retail Dry Goods and Fancy Store, 3d door
below flagenbuch's Hotel, takes this meth
od of informing his friends and customers,
that he has just arrived from New York,
with a splendid assortment of Fancy Dry
Goods.
SEC RETA erl OFFICE
SEcuLTAnr's OFFICE
Although the Cholera is raging so fear
fully in New York, and the decease keeping
merchants from going there to buy, in con
sequence of which goods are very low ; yet
it has not detained him from going there
and therefore he has bought 20 per cent
cheaper than ever.
Ile is thankful for past favors, and hOpes
by moderate charges and strict attention, to
merit a continuance of their patronage.
- .
Just received 1000 bunches Steel beads,
at reduced prices: - W. S. WEIL.
June 28. f—tf
Sill: Twist.
Just received from N. York,. I() boxes
shadcd and plain Silk twist.
SiCei
Plain and Figured, Rings, Tassels and- - ;
Fringes, a large and splendid assortment. '
W. S. WEIL
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- -
IPilloet~ flat 6:efc, -
a large lot of French Willow Baskets,. of all
sizes, to which he calls the attention of the
citizens of Allentown.
ALSO.—Ladies dressing cases.
olccordeons,
8, 10, 121 and 14 keys of Sanderson's,
gaR r ibtIMISM PCl 3 lHi s
York. IV. S. WEIL.
June 29.
Received per Ship ..Wellington" from
Europe.
500 Violins of difFerent manufactures and
prices.
' 50 Dozen violin bows.
500 Rings of the best E. A. and D. Ital
- ian violin strings.
100 Doz. silver violin_strings.
200 Rings of the well - known Roman red
end violin strings.
FIXTES.—A lot of extra Flutes from
75 els. to 5,00.
TOY - S.—A large lot of French and Ger
man Toys.
June 2S
I have received a large lot of new style
Lawns, Silk and Mohair Lustres, and other
dress goods, also a splendid lut of Turtle,
Buffalo and imitation Buffalo combs, Polka
Twist, and side combs of sizes and prices.
W.. S. WEIL•
I.—tf
June 28
Jewelry.
A new assortment ul Gold and plated
Breast Pins, Ear liings;Finger Rings, Sil
ver pencil cases °With gold pens, German
silt'er pencils, a• variety of Vest, Fop and
Guard chains.
June 28
A large and elegant assortment of Bonnet
ribbons also plain and Figured cap ribbons,
plain Satin and Mantua ribbons, Sze. •
W. S. WEIL.
June 28.
To Storekeepers a tad,rd Millers.
• I have paid every attention to the selec
tion of my wholesale assortment, which con
sist among many other thing of the fol:
lowing articles, viz : .
Suspenders, German pins ' Spool thread,
Sewing silk of all kinds, Sh oe' and Corset
laces, all kinds of Buttons, the beat quality
needles, Pantaloon and Vest buckles, a laige
variety of Combs, Whalebone '
Corset bones
of extra finish , Cotton and Silk Eldkfs.,•Jew
elry of every description, Perfumery, Cotton
cord, a general assortment of Ribbons, im
ported Slates and • slate pencils, which .I
have bought considerable below market
prices.. •
His assortment is unequalled in Allen.
town, and will be kept complete the entire
year, and orders can be promptly supplied
at all times, to any estent.
June 28
1000,Pords of viod Wood, in exchange
fpy goods*
i tpc Now York Stoke.
KERN & SAMSON.
June 7.
•
GOOD .I*.s UPS
BY ME ARRIVAL OF THE
Steamshiv "C . "
Juno 28
Steel _Beads.
June `2B
June 28
June 24
TO 711 E 1,./11)1.E.S'
RIBBONS.
W. S. WEIL.
WANTED.
• 7 ,"
I'l7
N. S. LAWRENCE,
Sgent for t(ie sale of Sonthworth :11an
iffacturing Co's Writing Papers.
Watighouse 100..3 Minor St.
PHILADELPHIA.
100 cases of the above superior Papers
now in store, and for sale to the trade at the
lowest market prices, consisting in part of--
Fine thick Flat Caps, 12, 1-1, 15, and 10
lbs., blue and white. •
Superfine Medium and Demi Writings,
blue and white.
Extra super and superfine Folio Posts,
blue and white, plain and ruled.
Superfine Commercial Posts, blue and
white, plain and ruled. •
Extra super Linen Note Papers, plain
and gilt.
• Superfine and fine Bill Papers, long and
broad.
Supeifine and fine Counting-House Caps
and Posts, blue and white.
Extra super Congress Caps and Letters,
plain and ruled. blue and white.
Extra super Congress Cai-s and Letters,
W. S. \VEIL
t-tf
S.upettine ft Sermon Caps and Posts.
Superfine blue linen thin Letters.
Extra super Bath Posts, blue and white,
plain and ruled.
Embroidered Note Papers and Envelopes.
"Lawyer's" Brief Papers.
SuPertine and line Caps and Posts, ruled
and plain, bitte•and white, various qualiti•:s
and prices;
Also, 1000 reams white and assorted Shoe.
Papers, Bonnet Boards, ‘vliite and assorted
Tissue, Tea, Wrap ring. Envelope, assorted
and blue Mediums, Cap Wrappers, !lard
ware Papers, &e
July 5
'W. S. WEIL
Amos !Winger,
Tin and Copper 5123 ifh;
11 . . S. WEIL
.t.-tf
Takes this method to inform his old friends
and customets, thut he still continues the
above business at his "old stand," where he
.any on hand
11) tyvv . o.s2 I‘..kAtleb,
containing from two to thirty-seven gallons,
which in point of beauty and durability can
not be superceded, and which will be sold
at reduced• prices. He also keeps on hand
an assortment of
BR.ISS KETTLES 4- 77N 11 7 .1 RE,
from a whistle to a still, a new kind of
Pumps fur Cisterns or Wells, of different
ISBE
Tin Rot!' ;will be done in a ‘vorkman
like manner, and at such prices that no one
ivill have reason to complain, who calls on
him to execute this branch of business. He
has prepared himself in such a manner, that
he cats coatract to-day and finish to-morrow.
W. S.. WEIL
t-tf
1171/.l,keej-St ills are manufactured at 'the
shortest notict., and at the most reasonable
GRIM
In short, all kinds of jobs, either in Cop
per or in Tin, will be done in a most perfect
manner, and ‘vill stand good for its durabili
ty in every respect. 11
To convince yourself . of what is stated
above, it is only necessary to call at the first
of the three story brick buildings, on the
south side of Hamilton street, in the burnt .
district, nearly opposite Hagenbuch's Hotel,
two doors east of the !.old stand."
1.7..f1-le keeps on hand an assortment of,
Tin, which he will sell by the box or in
single sheets. He will also take in ex
change for Copper or Tinware, all kinds of
old Copper, Brass, Pewter, and Lead, or
pay in Cash for the same
May IT,
W. S. NEIL
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a l a vt (0 42 Tf - ( r) AT , a
Notice is hereby given to all persons who
are yet iudcbted in the books of the under
signed, for lumber or other building timber,
or in bonds, notes or otherwise, are politely
requested for the last time, to make payment
within four weeks from the present time,
if they wish to save costs.
June 21
HATS! HATS! HATS!
Lochntan . Brother,
Have just received a large and Fashion
able assortment of Moleskin, Silk and Bea.
ver Hats, also Leghorn, China Braid,_Palin
Leaf and Woolf-Ims of every variety, which
they wilt sell cheap for cash
June 7,
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" • 1614MTEitil
A Journeyman Blacksmith,
aits.The*undersigned, residing near
Kreidersville, Allen township,
Northampton• county, wishes to
engage a g ood Journeyman Blacksmith, to
do ,heavy Farm work. A younff e man of
§pber and industrious habits, can hear o f a
permanent situation, by making immediate
application to
June 21.
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IN ALLENTOWN
t--lw
SOLOMON GANGEWER
57-I%s
I-Cw
JOSEPH LERCH
NEUTRAL. IN POLITICS.
'We doubt if there is in the whole range
of romance, a more affecting incident, than
the following wl lIC h we trawdate from the.
last number of the Drs Etats Nis.
Ines Moretti is sixteen years. old ; her
slight and elegant figure, the azure of her
eyes, the ivory of her teeth, the tints of her
complexion, seem to have acquired a new
charm from the poverty, and even squalid
ness of her garments. As the poet has it,
"She is as lovely as the first smile of the
bridegroom."
This young girl. this child was born in
England of on Italian father and a Spanish
mother.' She seems to be destined to lose
successively all who are connected to her;
either by blood or by the - bonds of affix
lion
About a month ago sho was arrested
while begging al the door of •S'a,r(l/tbouCg,
and appears to-day before the correctiontil
police, as em. coil victed of beggary and vag
abondism.
The Preside:lL—Have you been a long
tune in France!
Ines. -01)! no, only siy weeks.
'The Pre , ,itlenl.—You have no parents'
Lies raising her ryes 10 lumen, they are
dead.
"Flow long have you been an orphan'."
"For five years.! „
"Tiow did you live in London ?"
"I was in a manufactory
• "Why did you come to France"'
"To go to Germany". l'here was down
there at London, flermann : 'a youn7 man
from Dresden. Beautiful and pleasant in his
Manners. he sang the songs of his country
Si charminolv and touchingly, that it thrill
ed me with pleasure and touched me with
sorroW r.t the same time to hear him. One
day ho did not come back to the manufac
tory—l have waited a long time, but I am
told that he will never more return ;. certain
wicked people pretend that he is dead, so I
have mourned a good while. The master
of the manulhetory a kind man; seeing me
in this state, told me that Hermann had re
turned to his owu country; I hesitated about
lie first ; U I wondered very
'mien. that he uld OL take um,.
But as he, one so lovely, so youthful, could
not be dead, I sooner believed in his forget
fulness of me, and without saying an yt hin fig
I set ; but on my arrivithr at Callas, I
had no more money for my journey. so
begged that I inialit pursue my route."
"But it is not lawful to beg!"
"I have no monev !"
1 : _ q i n
"You are a foreigner ; the court orders
you to he sent back to your country."
"My country. now, is Germany; why
should I :Tom Enoland ; my parents are dead
and Hermann is no longer there."
"You arc an Englishwoman ; the court
decides that you be taken back to your nn-
-titre country."
would rather no to prison ; I would
work there, I would earn money in order
to find Hermann again!"
.Morney of Me Republic.—We have n
"letter from Mr. Davidson the proprietor of
manufactory There the prisoner worked ;
he gives a Most excellent character to Ines
Moretti, wilt), be says, is of an angelic puri
ty. If the court desires to be net - minted
with the contents of this loiter, it will see
how useless the journey of this poor girl
would he; for her lover has died of cholera
in England.
On hearing these words. Ines uttered
most heart-renderinff cries: No! no!, "said
she weeping," "Hermann is in his own
country. I want to go there ; I will go, gen
tlemen," said she, turning round towards
the court ; "do not prevent me from going af
ter him."
It was only after nilich trouble. that the
gendarmes succeeded in making her leave
the court-chamber. This sari scene iaiTet•
ed the audience deeply, and the members of
the court appeared to be much moved. •
The Smuggler Or, the Last Resort.
I AMONG the mountains on the frontiers of
Germany,is situated a lonely
once inhabited by prior but industrious vir
: mous people; now, since it has been thrown
into the'corner of a kingdom ; a nest of smug
glers and thieves, with all their vices have ta
ken up their abode,. and here they are fos
tered by the lucrative though dangerous
profession that is there pursued. flore,
with all the pride of banditti boasting of their
_achievements, they related to me a circum
stance, the thought of which makes me
shudder. •
Come ialong," said a father one s evening
to his daughter, a girl of thirteen, who had
just returned from the' pastor of the village,
who was giving her instructions preparatory ,
to confirmation, "put on your thick coat, we
have something to get to-night. Bid your
mother good-by, and beg her to lay her hand ,
upon your head ; for we cannot tell whether
the Almighty will bring us safe through the
business or not."
• They set out. The wind blew intensely
cold over the hills, and howled among the
trees; while low clouds, heavily laden with
snow, sailed slowly over the gray heads of
the naked rocks. They proceeded in silence
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along an unfrequented mountain path, clamb
ered like chamois along a yawning abyss,
where' a foaming torrent was struggling
against the overpowerin g force of winter.
"Lay hold of my belt," whispered the fa
lther, as though apprehensive lest the very
air should overhear him; "and hold fast ; 'tis
not the most pleasant walking here,"
The girl trembled with cold and fear, and
silently - followed her rough conductor.
"Stop !" he cried, all at once, ."do you
hear nothing' Were not those men's vol. ,
ceS
"No. father, it is the wind blowing through
the pines."
"Stand still, then, and listen-that must be
footsteps. I hear them quite plain."
"No, father, it is the ice that is bursting in
the abvt , s, and the water dashing against the
rocks.h
The old man, wrapped in a gray surtout,
clapped his ear to the side of the rock to lis
ten, and presently cried—
" Come on." The path was more diffi
cult. and the rocks more abrubt.
"Should any misfortune befall me to-night
my dear girl," said he," "tell your mother
she must not give up the business ; I have
made a profitable concern of i:, and I should
not die content if I believed it would drop
with my life. You are now old enough to
lend a hand, and when you have once taken
sacrament you will be able, I should think
to carry on the thing well enough."
He then directed her to conceal herself
in n small cavern in the rock. "You may
,eat your supper there," he observed, "for
`we are now up on the frontier; and lig yon
der you would only be in my way. I will
whistle when I come back. When you
hear that sign, look about you and bestir
yourself."
With these words he continued his ascent
and the half-frozen girl crept sobbing into
the snowy retreat, to say a pater-noster.—
At a dizzy depth below her the torrent roar
ed monotonously; and before her, the wind
whirled the sooty in furious eddies from the
rocks. She was alone in this dreary spot.
After a while the appointed signal was
given, and she heard footstepS. Her father
came with-a pack which he dragged after
"CI V 1 e. Willi pl.Bll a :g 11 0 ,7- aIMIL USIA,
you will have no difficulty•" 'Tis worth a
good round sum, though."
The pack was deposited in the cavern.
and the smuggler went back again. The
girl, meanwhile cruched behind the pack.
and rubbed her frozen limbs to warm, and
keep herselfatvake. Sometime again elaps,
ed ; again a whistle was given as before, and
the father returned with another load: He
bade her take up the first, made her go on
before him.,
"Father, I hear dogs barking—don't
you ?"
"No no, child, it is only the wheezing of
my old lungs." •
"There again ! I fancy I hear something
behind us."
'(4o along, girl, and hold your tongue•'
There is something moving behind us,
ter, down yonder don't you see ?"
'Good God ! The Sharpshooters! We
are lost if we cannot reaoh the ravine!"
A dog came up and threatened to seize the
man, when, clinging without other hope of
safety to the rock, he hurled his packet the
animal, which tumbled, howling together
with a mass of snow, down the precipice.
"Give it me," he cried, taking the fighter
load from the girl, grasping her hand firmly
and drawing, her with accelerated steps down
the rocky path. Fright deprived herof the
use of her limbs, and he dragged her along
like a dead thing. Destruction pressed clos
er and closer upon their heels. Voices re
peatedly cried "Halt !" No answer, was re
turned, and the report of a piece was rever
berated a hundred fold by the echoes of the
mountains. The ball struck the rock end
dropped at their - feet.
fttli
j "Merciful God !" ejaculated the girl, at
con not go ally farther. Leave mefiere they
will not murder me !"
"But you will betray me, girl.° --
j "No, no, no ; leave mo here, mid make
your escape."
"You will betray me and bring.your father
to the gallows. tome, come along."
Filled with despair. he raised her from the
ground, anti wound with- his two-fold bur.
then around the. l&dge - 0f..:r0ak,,,,44.was to
no purpose. The sharp-shOotera appeared
above and below, and the anxiety of the
smuggler increased every instant. The girl
I had stink down as if inanimate, and all the .
efforts of the affrighted father to arouse her,
were unavailing. Again was heard the cry
of "halt ! again the bells whizzed past 'and
the ministers• of the law kept approaching
nearer and nearer. Life or death depended
on a single moment. He bent over his child
and caught her in his arms. .
"So help Me • God, in my utmost need'M
he ejaculated, and threw her down . theabyes: •;
The body dashed against the prOjectiniccregar
in her descent, and rolled into the torrent be.
nenth,
The pursuers stood aghast at the atrocious
deed, and overpowered with horror, dropped
their weapons. The smuggler escaped with.
his pack, and has often visited this same spot
on a similar trip& •
NUMBER 41.
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