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'•TO MY DAUGHTER LILY."
The following stanzas by the late P. P.
Cook, of Winchester, Va., author of Flor
ence Vane, the Froissart Ballads, etc., wo
take from the Southern Literary Messenger.
They strike us as having a peculiar beauty.—
Exchange.
Six changeful years arc gone, Lilly,
Since you were born to be
A darling to your mother good,
A happiness to me;*
A little shivering, feeble thing
You were to touch and view,
But we could see a promise in
Your baby eyes of blue.
You fastened on our harts, Lily,
As clay by day wo e by,
And beauty grew upon yourcheoks
And deepened in your eye;
A year made dimples in your hands,
Aud plumped your little feet,
And you bait learned some meny ways
Which we thought very sweet.
And when t.'ie first sweet word, Lily,
Your wee l.nouth learned to say,
Your mother k.'ssed it fifty times,
And marked Jho famous day.
J know not even now, my dear,
Jf it was quite a word,
But your proud mor hcV surely knew,
For shetlie sound h.vl heard.
When you were four > ears old, Lily,
You were iny little ir end,
And we had walks and n igbly plays,
And talks without an en d.
Yon little ones are aometin ies wise
For you are undefiled,
A grave grown man will sta.-t to hear
The strange words of a ch ihl.
When care pressed on our hou ->e, Lily,
Pressed on with an iron banc I—
-1 hated mankind for the wrong
Which festered in the land—
But when 1 read your young frank face
Its meanings, sweet and good,
My charitDs grew elear again,
1 ftrH my brotherhood.
And sometimes it would be, Lily,
My faith in God grew cold,
For I saw virtue go in rags,
And vice in cloth of gold;
But in your innocence, my child,
And in your mother s love,
I learned those lessons of the heart
Which fasten it above.
At last our cares are gone, Lily,
And peace is br.ck again,
As you have seen the sun shine out
After the gloomy rain ;
In the good land where we were bni
We may be happy still,
A life of love will bless our home—
The house upon the hill.
Thanks to your gentle face, Lily,
lis inocence was strong
Bo keep mo constant to the right,
When tempted by the wrong.
The little ones were dear to Him
Who died upon the Rood—
I ask His gentle care for you
And for your mother good."
REVELATIONS IN HIGH LIFE.
The Middleton Divorce Case.
Something new in the morals of Philadel
phia is daily coming to light. The last do
velopement, which has thrown the Quaker
City into a state of excitement, is a divorce
case now before tho Legislature of Pennsyl
vania, at Harrisburg. Edward Middleton, a j
Lieutenanr in the I'nited States Navy, and a j
gentleman of distinguished family, boarded, j
some time since, in Philadelphia, with his
beautiful and accomplished wife, Edda Mid
dleton. He married her, us we understand, |
in Europe, and not long after he brought her i
to Philadelphia, he had reason to believe
that sho was holding criminal Intercourse
with a resident of that city. Mr. Middleion
has therefore applied for a divorce, and we
lay before our readcts the following most im
portant part of tho testimony. It will be ob
served that the name of the person with
whom she is said to have had this improper
"infiinacy, is suppressed in the report. It is
understood however, to be a Mr. Henry Mc
£all, who, it is further said, makes no secret
ol hi* intrigues with the lady, but rather
speaks of them in a tone of boasting.
evidence commences with the depo
rsilions.of C ora De'ghton, Mary Hannah Fan
ny, servant wdiS? Bn > whose evi(Jenco CBlab '
dishes the guilt m" .M rs ' Middleton. Then
follows the deposition o' •' o9b " a Fisher,
who is married te (he sister oi i-dward Mid
dleton. Tlte following is an extract' •'
After Edward Middleton's departuiC
the Mediterranean, in July, 1847, wherever
we observed Mrs Middleton's conduct, we
found a good deal to object to ; by the word
we I mean my wife and myself ; we noticed
her disposition to attract the attention of gen
tlemen to a greater degree than became a
married woman. I have in a few instances
noticed that she was disposed to single out
one gentleman at a party, more than anoth
er ; Mrs. Fisher and myself both spoke to
her frequently on this snbject; we said to her
tfcot her conduct was nnbecoming, and to
her husband would probably be very disa
greeable. awl that it excited a great deal of
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1850.
observation ; we always noticed this conduct
but did not go a great deal ourselves into so
ciety—but generally noticed this propensity
• for flirtation ; I knew of her acquaintance
with Mr. ****** during the winter of 1847-
8 ; 1 had not noticed in society any thing
. more than her disposition to seaparate her
self from all but one gentleman, until the
beginning of 1849; this conduct of Mrs. M.
made a very strong impression on my wife,
in consequence of which she wrote a letter
to her brother Wm. Middle!on, in S. Caroli
na; and in consequence of this conduct of
Mrs. Edward Middleton's, my wife formed
an opinion adverse to her spending another
winter in Philadelphia ; wife was desirous
I that her brother Ilenry should come here to
reside with Mrs. Edward, and go into society
with her if she rjmained in Philadelphia;—
Henry then resided in New York ; or my
wife wished that Edward's wife should go to
Carolina and reside with the family there ;
Mrs. Middleton was afterwards informed of
what my wife had done ; my wife and I had
a knowledge that she returned from parties
frequently after midnight, and one as late as
two o'clock in the morning; we spoke to
her on this subject; we knew that she re
! turned with gentlemen ; one of them was
| Mr. ****** ; on the occasion when she re
j turned at two o'clock in the morning, she got
into the house by Mr. *****'s pass key;—
my wife and 1 spoke to hnr very seriously a
bout reluming late, and of her obtaining en
trance by his key; I heard my wife say to
her that it was exceedingly imprudent, and
might give rise to the worst interpretations if
known; 1 may observe that we obtained'this
knowledge of hoi getting in in that way, ac
cidentally—but w hen we spoke to her about
it she did not deny it; I lia/e heard my wife
speak to her about Mr. **#***'s attentions to
her, but jocosely, generally; she usually
treated these statements and remonstrances
very lightly, assuring us there was no foun
dation for them, and that there was nothing
wrong; she said he was attentive to her, but
she put in on the ground of cousinship, or
other frivolous pretences ; there was a very
distant relationship between Middleton and
M r , ###### ■ the grandfather of one and the
grandmother of the other were cousins ; I
knew from her during the whole of the win
ter of 1848—9, that Mr. ****** was in the
habit of making her presents; these pres
ents were, with one exception, of a trifling
character, such as boquets for every party
she went to, and bonbon boxes, and things
of that kind; boquets are expensive aticlcs
here in the winter timo—usually costing $2
or $3, and sometimes more ; these she re
ceived at every party, and she went very of
ten to parties ; I have a very accurate know- j
ledge of Mrs. Middleton's expenses at this 1
time; she was exceedingly extravagant: I
can speak of her dress , at Madam Payot's
shop, her bills, in about three months, a
mounted to $693; the first date of these bills
is January 24, 1849, and the last date April,
1849; these bills were for dresses and arti
cles of dress; Madam Payot kept a fashion
able dress store and haberdashery; the grea
ter part of this bill was left unpaid—nearly
S4OO of it; I also have another bill of hers,
at one shop in Newport, amounting to $289,-
57, for dresses, in the autumn of 1848; this
bill was left unpaid; the dates of this bill are
from September, 1848, to January, 1849; the
whole amount of her bills left unpaid when
she left here was $761, as far as they have
como to our knowledge ; I know that my
wife spoke to hei frequently on this subject;
and I did also, but not so frequently ; * *
* * * * Mr. Middleton allowed his wife
to receive all his income from his father's
estate, which was thought to be about S2OOO
a year ; and Mr. Middleton remitted to her
considerable sums out of his pay as an offi
cer in the navy ; his pay was SISOO a year;
he remitted to her the first year SBOO, and
the next year $300; the latter sum not arriv
ing, however, until she left the oountry; she
also sold in the spring of 1849, a carriage of
his, against his wishes, for $250 ; she repre
sented to us that he desired her to sell it as a
present for her birth-day ; she also received
! from the elder Mrs. Middleton s26o—and al
so SSOO which I furnished at the time she
left Philadelphia; this I placed in H. Mid
dleton's hands, to make use of for her as
might be necessary"; since she left thiscoutl
try 1 transmitted to her, previous to sth Octo
ber last, through the American Consul at Na
ples, the sum of S3OO for her, pending this
application for divorce; I know from bank
ers at Naples that she obtained money from
drafts drawn on Izard Middleton, in Paris,
tho uncle of Edward ; which drafts have not
bijon honored, but which Edward means to
pay, but on account of straightened circum
stances he is now unable to do so ; this a
mounted to about $200; Edward has now
given notice through the Consul the he will
pay no more drafts of any kind on him ;
she informed I/.ard Middleton, in Paris, that
she had $700; that information was com
municated by letter to Henry, of New York ;
Izard is now dead. After Edward tailed
from here in May, 1847, his wife lived at
(?;e boarding house of Mrs. McMurtrie the
firsi winter, and at the Morris House the se
cond whiter; on Saturday, 14th April, 1849,
Mr. Arthur A'iddleton informed my wife and
myself of the facts that had been communi
cated to him by Dora Deighton arid M. Han
nah Fanny; Arthur was then living' At the
Morris House, and his wife was with itltTt 5
he had not been here during the winter, after
this communication was made to us by Ar
thur, we summoned Henry from New York
to meet us, as the only one of the family near
us; this we did at once, by telegraph; the
next day after his arrival, we determined to
have an interview with Mrs. Edward Mid
dleton ; I summoned her, and called her to
my house on the 17th April, 1849; I sent for
her under pretence of seeing my wife; —
Henry spoke to her first, and asked her if
she was not conscious of having committed
a great fault or great crime; at first she deni
ed having done anything wrong; but when
1 we told her we had evidence of her frequent
nocturnal interviews with Mr. ******, she at
first admitted that he had come up frequent
ly after coming home with her from parties;
but when we told her that we knew more
than that, she at last admitted distinctly that
ho had come by appointment after midnight,
or after all the household were in bed; she
admitted he had been there three times in
that way by appointment, and she admitted
he had been there the previous night also ;
she said that on the evening previous, Miss
Fanny Smith had brought Mr. home
with her, and that Fanny was present at the
interview.
After a time, when she was pressed for a
more ample statement, sho was much agita
ted, cried, and put her hand to her side; and
fearing she might have hysterics, we sent for
my wife, who had not previously been in
the room ; she called Arthur to her, and said
she had taken poison ; had taken arsenic ;
we first thought of sending for a physician
and a stomach pump, but, on reflection, wc
were satisfied she could not have taken arse
nic, as sho had not been out of the house
since she eame there, and had already been
there somo time ; she remained there all the
rest of the day, and lett my house in the e
vening perfectly well—no signs of poison ;
the members of Mr. Middleton's family and
myself determined that it was best for her to
leave Philadelphia, as it would not be proper
for her to remain with old Mrs. Middleton ;
but we wished her to go lo some retired
place in America—some village in New Eng
land, or New York, to remain until her hus
band's return, which was shortly expected;
two days after this interview, Mrs Middleton
left Philadelphia with Mr Henry Middleton,
for New York; I have a knoweldge of Mrs
Middleton having in her possession books of
an improper character; she had some of the
works of George Sand—among them, one
called "Indiana," perhaps one of the most
immoral works in the French language—
which I havo since partly read; it is a most
eloquent apology for adultery—the^mostelo
quent ever written; it is in form of a novel;
sho also had another work of Mr , of
a very improper character; it was in French
and was called "The Loves of the Gods and
Goddesses;" I forget exactly the title of it;
I saw the book and his name in it; I had
never read the book "Indiana," until I heard
of it being in Mrs Middleton's possession ; a
friend gave me its character, and as she had
read it, 1 was curious to know what it was.
We then have a letter from Izard Middle
ton, the uncle of Edward, which gives some
statements of interest :
"Paris, Ist August, 1849.
Dear Harry : I am at a loss to account for
the discrepancy between your letters & those
of your brother on the subject of Edda—a
subject of paramount family interest at this
moment—you say she has been guilty of
'great iraprudencies.' Now, if that is the
extent of her guilt, I have been very harsh
to her. I welcomed her here, iJhd sped her
on her way as one of us. My knowledge of
the ways of woman kind, led me to disco
ver that all was not right; but the height of
her offending then, I suspected, was that she
had made a bold stroke for a residence of
some time in Europe by crossing her hus
band, knowingly, on the Atlantic. Soon af
ter her departure, I received letters from Ar
thur and John, saying that she had been
guilty of Adultery! with the aggravating cir
cumstance of its being promiscuous, and un
der the roof inhabitod by your mother. My
mind was made up accordingly, and I left
the letter in which she announced her arri
val at Naples, unanswered Not taking the
hint, she has written twice since, drawing
upon me the first time for l,ooof. and the se
cond time for 2,0001'., and requesting me to
reimburse myself 011 the estate! These
drafts I have refused to honor, and without
tho slightest hesitation or compunction ; for
if she is to run about Europe spending the
money of the husband she has dishonored,
it shall not be ihrouah my instrumentality.
With her passage paid, I presume she hau
S7OO in gold, provided by you ; it would ap
pear that she touched about S6OO additional,
from the two unfortunate houses in Naples,
so that in three months she will have absorb
ed three-fourths of her husband's annuity.
Edward, poor fellow, lias already been
called to this painful duty ! It is perhaps
r'gh , however, that he should be aware of
what is going on in Naples in order that he
may provide for or against a continuance of
it, as he may hn-e judged proper to con
demn or absolve her. In this do us you may
think proper, but, at all events, assure him of
my sincere participation in this great afflic
tion.
Arthur is still in London, but does not
mention in bis last whether he had taken any
steps in this affair. I hope not. We are go
ing on prosperously here since tlte last prank
of the Republicans in June, and which cal
led forth the "Slate of Seige;" as long, in
deed as we have a real despotism under a
nominal Republic' wo can get on—but I
doubt whether the House can stand, as the
foundation is faulty.
I address my letter to Tom Middleton, as
you directed, but it strikes me to be a round
about way f9 you, who are never in the
South.
I am, my deaf .Harry, with the best wishes
to inquiring friends and relatives,
Your affectionate uncle,
J. I. MIDDLETON.
Some testimony follows, which it is not
important to publish, and wo then have the
following deposition of Mrs Paulino B. Mid
dleton, sister-in-law of the petitioner, taken
in Paris.—lt is as follows:
I, Pauline B. Middleton, being duly sworn,
do depose and say—l am the wife of Arthur
Middleton, who is the brother of Edward
Middleton; I was on intimate terms and in
habits of constant intercourse with Edda, the
wife of Edward Middleton, from the time of
her arrival in America which happened soon
after her. marriage, until 1 left it in the month
of May last; I was with her at Newport in
the summer of 1848, and also in Fhiladel
w *
phia part of tho previous winter.
I I went to Philadelphia and lived with her &
Mrs. Midcfleton, my m.olher-in law, at the
Morris House, in Chestnut street, in 1849 ;
the first that gave me reason to suspect her
of any serious impropriety of conduct was a
miniature, shown to me in great secrecy on
the 1 2th day of April, 1849, by Dora, her
maid servant; this miniature was a likeness
of E h'a, and intended for Mr. ****** • on
seeing this, which alarmed me very much,
I addressed many questions to Dora, who,
having much confidence in my discretion,
revealed to me the horrible secret, assuring,
me that she had threatened Edda very often
to leave her or to tell, if she did not change
this way of living, as Edda told her that she
met Mr. ****** very often; Dosa told ma
that 1 could always know when ho came,
oS I would see Edda sitting up very late in
the evening, combing her hair very careful
ly, and putting on clean night clothes, &c.;
one evening I observed all this—another, on
my retutn from a concert, Dora gave me no
tice he was coming that night; I told my
husband of it, who remained very uncertain
what step to take to prevent a scandal ; the
last night Mr ****** came; I being informed
as above, remained at the window to see
him come, but the evening being very cold,
and not feeling well in consequence of this
occurrence, 1 went to bed, but resolved to
listen if 1 could hear anything; between
two and three o'clock, the night being very
quiet, and my bed placed exactly above the
sofa on which they used to sit together, I
heard a sort of whisper, which I remarked
also to my husband; after this I heard a
hurried walking of several feet; it appeared
to me certainly they were Edda's footsteps:
1 immediately hastened ttf look 'through a
small window above the bed, and opening
it, it being dark, I could see no one; then I
heare other footsteps an J then saw a light
which was explained to me in the morning
—that some one had heard the noise and
had gone to see what it was, and that Edda
and her friend had run up stairs to avoid be- j
ing met; sometime after I heard a light j
walking, ana then Edda's door shut; the I
day after our brothers confronted her, I went j
into her room, and speaking together of all \
that happened, she said that it was redicu- j
lous to accuse Mr ****** more than others; I
that it was true she loved him as if he wore
her brother; that he .had been very atten-1
five to her, and that he sent her a boquet of j
flowers for every ball she went to, and it was
true he escorted her home ; she said, be
sides, "it is true I have done very wrong—l
have been very iinprudqu!, but I am alone
to blame ; it is I who have made all imag
inable advances, and I see that I have done
very, very wrong; I do not love Mr******;"
last year she spoke to me often of the sin
gular manners which Mr ****** had with
her; he gave her, one evening, at Mrs.
Rush's in her own hands, a valentine, which
could not be wore in the expression of his
hopes, &c.; I asked her who had brought it
to her; she answered, that on returning
home she found it on the chair in the entry
of the house, upon the candlestick placed
for her, and that if she could discover who
had sent it to her she would never speak to
him again; she kept Wail night in bed with
her, made Dora get candles, and read it for a
a long time, and in the morning as soon as
awoke she reet it agnin ; she took it to break
fust ; I begged her not to allow it to bo seen
by those in the house, but she appeared to be
proud of such a prize, and showed it to Mrs.
McMurtrie and others, saying what she had
said to me, promising not to look in the face
of the person who had sent it, if she should
discover him ; I kuew how she had, had it,
but said nothing, ane a short time after, Ed- j
da, forgetting what she had told me of it, re- ;
lated to me how it was ; I immediaiely re- 1
minded her of having told me another story;
then she acused herself, saying that she j
would not tell; at Newport 1 told her that 1 j
feared her returning to Philadelphia, because
Mr ****** would renew his attention—and
she promised me, over and over again, that
she would not see him; she told me, also,
another thing contrary to the truth ; she tcld
me that James the fireman at the Morris
House, came, one evening, into the room
whilst she was with Alexander Wilcocks ;
she did not tell me that it was Mr ——,
and that he threatened to kill the fireman if
he should repeat what he had seer., but that
if he did not repeat it he would give him so
much a year, and go to his house the next
day to get the money ; about this time, she
also assured me that she knew no more than
my children, Benti and Angelina, if what
she did was wrong, she said that she had
permitted Mr ———, over and over gain, to
kiss and embrace her; she told me that Han
nah had said that she had seen them kiss
and embrace eaoh other, and heard hei say,
" ,my angel, my sweet," &c., &c. ;
eh said that a member of the family (she
would not tell me who) told her ono morn
ing, "be upon your guard, because the fam
ily suspects you ;" aud that immediately she
wrote to Mr— to como that night,
which he did, and when he went away he
said, "adieu, my dear Edda," and kissing
her, added, "this will be the last time we
shall see each other;" and that Hannah was
a liar; but I very promptly said it was not
the last time that Hannah heard you speak
so, and she remained much stupefied, and
said nothing more; lust winter, hearing that
the servants and others in the house joked a
bout the attention she paid to Mr Jeffries, 1
gently begged her to take care, because peo
ple laughed at her and this boy; she said
nothing to me, hut she told Dora that to an
noy me she would redouble her attentions lo
him; I know (hatin Naples a married man
begged her to elope with him ; I know that
in Mahon one kissed her, another told her
that he loved her passionately, and another
told her, "Edda, only tell me that you love
me, and I will follow you aMver the world,
wherever you go;" I know tho names of
these persons, I know them, and she told
me this in confidence, the first year that she
arrived.
FAUI.INE B. MIDDLETON.
Paris, Ist December, 1849.
Consulate of the United States of America, Par
is France.
' Subscribed and sworn to by tho above
named Paulin B. Middleton, before me, Rob
ert Walsh, Consul of the United Slates of
America, for the city of Paris.
[L. s.] In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at
Paris, aforesaid, this Ist December, A. D.
1849.'
ROBERT WALSH, U. S., Consul.
These are the most imporrant portions of
the testimony. The letter of Mrs Middleton
to her husband the day before she
sailed from New York for Europe, follows.
Here it is:
Edward, my dear Edward, I beseech you
on my kness, for the love you have had for
me, for the love you bear your poor child,
to listen to what I have to say before you
condemn me. Igo to Europe to meet you,
not to avoid you, as you no doubt will be
told by the family. Henry has advised me
to try and join you—God bless him ! He
has been an angel to me !
Once more I implore you, dear, dear Ed
ward, not to be guided by your family—do
uothing, for God's sake, before you hear
from me, OT see me.
'Twas I who have been imprudent in all
this—wild, headstrong. I have been impru
dent, I confess—but nothing else.
I sail to-moriow—alas! with a broken
heart. Edward, we perhaps may never meet
again.—Let me beg and entreat of you not to
condemn me—wait until we meet.
Our boy, Edward, lies beside me asleep,
and is witness of his poor mother's prayers
for forgiveness for her imprudence, which j
was not intended S3 such. • The witness !
against me have belied me. I know not j
whether willingly or not.
1 know not what they have said against I
me. They have never been confronted with i
me.—Edward ! Edward! again, again listen
to me, I implore you to forgive iny impru- i
deuce.
I invited many persons to come up stairs I
after balls. I invited them too, to come at!
eleven and twelve o'clock.
I have had no affection for the gentleman
you will have named to you.
I never dreamed of loving him' neither j
did he me. I received boquets from him.
I received notes from him, (from all his !
family). I allowed him to kiss my hands j
and arms. He loves me as a brother, and I
do the same I said upon one occasion, that
he was an angel to me. I did so.
Edward! Edward! my dear husband, lis-j
ten to me. I beseech you do nothing, for I
am in fault—'twas I, in my wildness, in
sisted upon his coming with others too, after
the club. They never wished it to be so, and
lin fun insisted upon its being done. Good
God ! I havo already been punished for my j
folly.
Listen Edward, my beloved, dear husband
listen to me : forgive me for all is my fault.
The last night this gentleman came 'twas 1
sent for him to ask him what I should do,
for the Middletons were going to take me to
task. He came reluctantly told me that it
was imprudent, in a note; but I insisted up
on his coming. He came, and I saw him.
1 spoke to him for a long time ;he gave me
a great deal of good advice; and I thought
I heard persons coming, and told him I insis
ted upon his coming up the stairs with me,
where persous would not see him, not drea
ming, so help me Heaven, there was any
thing really wrong id what I was doing. He
chid and scolded me, and told me that he :
never would again pay me such late visits.
1 never went to bed until two o'clock in
the morning; and therefore, used to make
person's sit with me until late. You will be
told that I used to sit in the dark. When
matches were to be found in the room tho
gas was lighted; when not, the strong
gas lights from the opposite side of tho slreot
and the fire in the room gave sufficient light.
You will be told that this gentleman had a
night key to the house. One night I was
out late at Mis. Williams, and on coming to
the house it was shut up ; this gentleman
told me, with another gentleman that was
with us: "You had better go back to Mrs
William's, for the peeple will not wake up."
I replied that I would not, and asked them
whether they had night keys; whereupon
both their keys opened the door.
Now, Edward, you will be lold that I poi
soned myself the morning I went to Mr.
Fisher's to bo found guilty without even
having the witnesses confronted with me. 1
did take poison for I was afiaid of them; not
that I had done anything, but been impru
dent.
'Tis now nearly a fortnight that all this
misery has been heaped upon me. God!
protect me from all that may happen. Ed
ward, my dear husband, Ido love you, in
deed I do.
I do not blame tho Middletons in any way
at all; but that they insisted upon my being
guilty, and I despised answering them fur
ther.
Igo to-morrow with my poor boy, with
(U a friend on the other side of the water,
bat my poor, poor mottiftr! Edward, for
God's sake, listen to me,.do nothing, it would
be murder to fight a duel. Oh! my God!
protect me! my boy !my husband ! I leave
you to make my peace with the Middletous,
for I shall never return to America.
My friends In America will take my part;
all Philadelphia is in my favor.
Que reason why I told persons to como to
me so late, was that my mother shut her
drawing room door at nine o'clock, and I sev
eral times remonstrated about it, but Eliza
said nothing to mamma, to make her lcavo
it open ; so I invited persons to come and
see me after the vulgar people in the public
room had gone away. They were all, with
the exception of two persons most vulgar
people.
Edward ! Edward! you know all. • I have
written three copies 1 this letter. One fo r
Boston, one for Norfolk, and one for Phila
delphia, which my friends have promised to
deliver to you immediately upon your arri
val here, before your mind has been pois
oned by the Fishers.
Tell me wliat business hat! your brothers,
Fisher too, to ask me whether I was guilty ?
I made no secret of Mr coming, as
well as others—the servants knew it; Han
nah knew it; Miss Payard knew it, and of
course Mr. Fletcher knew it. You will be
j told that M —gave me a little set of
charms; he did so. I returned them after
having shown them to Eliza and asked hor
whether it was proper I' should keep them,
and told her that he had given them to me
in return for the many boquets of flowers I
had sent his wife, Charlotte, during her con
finement, and for a little tumpet I had given
him, as I accused him of being deaf at a
ball, and I promised him an ear trumpet, and
sent him one.
All the world, I know have been talking
about me and my flirtations, and particular
ly with him. I did not flirt, I had friends—
and alas!
lam almost dead. I know I shall not
live to see you again. I have suffered too
much—too much—no mercy has been shown
me.
Edward, my dear husband—forgive me,
do forgive me. lam indeed to blame in
all this—indeed I am. Therefore, seek all
from me. I am alone to blame—forgive me ! i
—pity me!
m Your poor wife,
EUDA MIDDI.KTOX.
'Tis nearly three o'clock in the morning,
and lam very ill, and must rest, for to-mor
row I sail.
God be with us! EDDA.
I shall remain in Marseilles. My poor
Dora! she has been made to stay here, I sup- 1
pose to give evidence against me. lam all
alone! i
Harry has been an angel.
Mr. Fisher has given Harry SSOO to send;
me away. Understand, Edward, I am not
sent away. I go.
Williams and Fisher sent on to day to Har- !
ry a telegraphic despatch, to say, Williams J
and he protested against my going. Igo to- i
morrow, Ist May. FAREWELL. 1
The above tells the whole storv. We j
shall probably have more to say in reference
to this case next week.
GRATUITOUS PRINTING-— The Salem Gazette !
has the following paragraph on the subject !
which wo commend to the notice of all who !
are in the habit of asking for gratuitous prin- !
ting.
There is no such thing as doing anythipg
'gratuitously' in a printing office. Somebody !
must pay for every thing that is done. Not j
a line can bo set that does not cost mo - • !
ey for setting. Either the printer must pay I
the whole, or tlio advertiser must pay his '
sh.re. The only questions to be asked by
publisher are: Who is to pay the money for
the labour? What ground has this party or
individual to require me to pay for the pro
motion of its or his object?
SCENE IN A RAILROAD OFFICE —Dutchman .
—"I vant to get pay for a pig vot der Rail-)
road is runned over."
Secretary—"How came the engine to run
over your pig?"
Dutchman—"Vy mine pig was csmir.'
along and der Railroad was comin' along,
and der pig did not see der Railroad did not
see dor pig c >rain' along, and der pig went
to run under der Railroad ven it was com
in' along, and der railroad rnnned over der
pig ven he was oomin' along "
Secretary—"My frienn, ? don't think this
is a case in which the road ought to pay."
Dutchmau—" Ten afterwards, 1 keeps my
pigs from comin' along, vender Railroad is
comin' along."
"Digby, will you have some of the but
ter?"
"Thank you marm, I can't tako any thingi
strong, 1 belong to the Temperance Society .'
NUMBER 6~
Moral Character.
j There is nothing which adds BO much to.
tho beauty anil power of a man as a good
moral character. It is his wealth—his life.
It dignifies him in every condition, and glori
fies him in even p riod of life Such a char
acter is more to be desired thaii any tlr'ng
else on earth. It makes a man free and in
dependent. No servile tool, no crouching
sycophant, no treacherous honor-seeker ever
bore such a character. The pure joys of
truth and righteousness never spring in such
a person. If young men but knew how
much a good character would dignify and
exalt them—how glorious it would mako
their prospects, even in this life; never
should we find them yielding to tho grovel
ing and bnsp hnrn ,nnr/toj#* vf human no*
ture.
A Good Resolution,
There was once a hoy who made a resolu
tion, that wherever he went, or with whom
ever he conversed, he would try to mako
| them wiser and better. It was a noble rule,
| and be faithfully observed it. lie began ,
j with the domestics of the family; noxt 'ho
| tried his companions. If he met the rgne
j rant and vicious, he sought out some pFeas
j cut precept or kind advice to which they bo
likely to listen. And lie was soon respected
I and fcclovc'l
: This excellent habit grew up with him,
i and was strengthened from above. Througn
| out the whole of life he was diitiuguished !v
j his conversations, his writing, and his char
ties, and the blessings of many hearts, and
the favor of heaven was his reward.— Mrs.
Sigovrney.
Dishonesty.
Iniquities, whose end is dark as midnight,
are permiled to open as bright as the morn
ing; the most poisonous bud unfolds with
brilliant colors. So the threshold of perdi
lion is burnished till it glows like the gate of
paradise. "There is a way which seernellt
j right unto man, but the ends thereof are the
J ways of death " This is dishonestly descib
jed to the life At first you look down upon
a smooth, and verdant path, covered with
j flowers, perfumed with odors, overhung with
; fruits of grateful shade. Its long perspective
is illusive, for it ends quickly in a precipice
over which yon pijch into inevitable ruin.—
Rev 11. IK. Rcethey.
Counterfeit Relief .SIGICS.
We understand a counterfeit of the I'e om
ination of $2, purporting to be of the re-issue
of the Relief Notes of the Farmers Bank of
Lancaster, which is calculted to deceide
those th at are not good judges of money.
The engraving of the counterfeit note i mad®
much courser than that of the gem i r, In
the vignette of the genuine bill, a column of
smoke can be seen distinctly curling over
the roofs of the farm buildings. This is not
the case of the counterfeits. Look out for
them.
CLEAN HANDS.
A gentleman playing whist with an inti
mate friend, who seemed as far as hands
were concerned, to hold the Mahomedan
doctrine of ablution in supreme contempt,
said to bim with a countenance "more in
sorrow than in anger," "My good fellow, if
! dirt were trumps, what a hand you would
have!"
Old mother Partington says that when sho
was a gal, she used to go to parties, and al
ways had a beau to extort her home.
"But now-a-days, :, says she, "the gals Un
dergo all such declivities; the tax of extort
ing them home now develops on their own
dear selves.'' The old lady drew down her
s ecs and thanked her stars that she had hv
ed in other days, when men were more pal
pablo in deprecating the worth of the fair
sex.
ALABAMA WILLING TO ABIDE BY A DECISION
or THE PEOPLE.— Gov. Collier in his Inaugu
ral Address to the Legislature of Alibaba,
referring to California says;
"Iftne people of the state whifeh may be
formed from territory shall elect to EXCLUDE
slavery, we shall most cheerfully quiesce,
and extend to them the right hand of fellow
ship.,'
The ultras of the Sotuh will fndthat they
are not sustained byjhe public sentiment tf
that part of the Union.
tF* -See here, how long will those lo
cust rails last? ' inquired a traveller of a
western urchin, while riding past a long
string of fence made of this material.
"They'll last forever!" responded the boy,
in a confident tone.
"Forever!" exclaimed the stranger—"how
do you know that V
"Why, my father's tried it twico, and I
guess I ought to know by this tirfte," said
the lad, very gravely.
Ty Judge Jeffries, of notorious memory,
pointing with his cane to a man who was
about to be tried, said "there is a rogue at
the end of my cane."
The man to whom ho pointed, looking at
him, said—
"At wjpcli end, my lord !"
ty An Iron Jail was shipped from Louis
ville, lately, for some place in Arkansas, it
is manufactured of bar iron, and when put
together it will have the appearance of an a
nonnous cage.