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BLOOM S B tJ R G. COLUMBIA: COUNTY, PA.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1865.
NUMBER 15.
GET
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Court Proclamation.
W
,rHEREAS the Honorable William El
- we!l, President Judge of Ihe Court of
Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Deliv
ery, Court of Quarter Session ol the Peace,
md Court of Common Pleas and Orphans'
Cnorl. in the 26th Jiw'irial nillri.l fnmr.na-
d of lb counties of Columhia' S.llivn
"Wyoming, and the Hon?. Stephen Balrty and
John Alt-Reynolds, Associate Judges, of Co
lumbia cfi., have issued their precept, bear-
lrg tlBte one thousand eight hundred and
, eixiy foor, and to ire directed fcr holding a
. Coon of Oyer and Terminer, arid General
- Jitil Delivery, Quarter Sessions ol the Peace,
Com. Pleas and Orphans' Coon, in Blooms
r borg, in the cpunty of Colombia, on the first
Monday, bein-? the 6th day of Februarv nex t
and io continue one week.
Notice is hereby given, to the Coroner, the
Justices of the Peace and Constables o tlie
said County of Columbia, that they be then
and there in their proper persons at 10 o
clmclc in the forenoon of said day, with their
' records, inquisition and other remem bran
res to do those tninga which to their offices
, appertain, to be done. And those that are
hound by recognize, to prosecute against
, the prisoners Jhat are or may be in the Jail
. of said county ol Columbia, to be then and
there to prosecufe then a? shall be just. Ju
rors are requested to be ponciual in their
attendance, agreeably to their notice, dated
t Bloomsbnrg, the 31st day of Dec, in the
year of onr Lord one thoasar.d eight hundred
and sixty-fourth and in ihe eighty-ninth year
of the Independence of the United Slates of I
America. (God sae the CromnnweHlth.)
SAMUEL SNYDER
SherifJ's Office, " )
Bloomsburz. Jan. 4, 1864. J
Sheriff.
List of Causes for Feb. Tern, 1 885.
1 Elijah McMnrtrie Endorsee
of Aaron
Wolf vs Christian Wolf.
2 Jacob Harris vs Peter Jacoby.
3 Rusel P Stacker vs. Win. Ikelef,
4 David Achonbach vs John Wurdin.
5 G Longenberger, Geo. Miller et al vs
Joshua Robbinon and Wm, Boyles
6 John Alle&ar and Sarah A. Allt-gar vs.
.' John Y. Allegar.
7 Sarnuel Williams v Charles H: Diet
. rich and Geo. A. Herr'mji.
' 8 Wilson Aner v Joseph F. Lonj.
9 Hnh All-Reynold et al vs Peter Oii
phant. 10 A W Creamer vs Enoch Howell.
11 A W Creamer Enoch Howell
12 Johr Beisel et al vs S F H lly et a. I
- 13 Geo VV Garr';on vs Camper I Thomas
14 Richard Morgan vs Samuel HuagUnd.
15 John Ruckle vs Henry T Riley et al
.16 Henry Gilmer v Moore. Creveling.
17 Enos L Adams vs Sam'l B Seibert with
Sei. a. to Pe;er M Trauyh fa Josiah
Thomas. Garnishee
18 Johr. Keiflr a-Jm'r of Joseph G
deceased vs Moses Alver
arhart
19 Rebecca Vamletslice vs Richard B
Metiitih
20 George Carr, eruloree of James Carr
vs Sylvester J Faux fa Thomas Crev
elingjr. - Trarerse Jurors Feb. Tern, ISG5.
Bor. Berwick J. P. Sibbet, FreJerick
Nicely.
Bloom Samuel Ma'Iick, Stephen K lorr,
Jos. L Shannon
Catawissa Joeph Brei?ch, Jacob Gen si!,
Danil Helwiz.
. Centre Theo. McD. Price 'Henry C. Bar
ton.
- ,Fishingcree!c D-iniel Taoma, Silas Mc
Henry, Reuben Savage.
Tranklin Michael Mensch, Jesse Cleaver,
Ufjnlock Abraham Van Horu.
Jarkson Abraham Mannins.
locost John Snvder, Henry Fahriner,
Washinclon Yea:er.
Alt. Pleasant John Ruckel, John Mordan.
AlifSin Henry C. Hess. Lewis Eclrtoth.
i ' AIadiion Jacob Girton.
Alame Michael Groover.
Oane A C. Beidleman.
, pine Thomas McBiide, John W. Hooter,
Luther A. Garman. 1
Roaringcreek William Rhoadc.
JScott John Eqt, Wm. H. Creasy, Thomas
Dollman, Henry VV. Creasy.
- .Suaarloai George Dills.
December 26, 1864
Grand Jnrors for Feb. Term, I8G5.
Bor. Berwiek Jeremiah. Seesholtz.
Briarcreek Wm. Hippenneel, John H
Smith, Samuel Kelchner. . .
Bloom Vastine Boon.
Benton Jesse Oh I. "
Catawissa Solomon Hewi. -Centre
Henry D. Knorr, Hiram Schwep-
petiheier.
STishingcreek Abraham Kline, Esq.
.Hemlock John Hartman, William Fry,
Jackson Leiby.
. Xrf)cost M.ichael Hower Jona Fahrin;er,
Isaae Rhodes, Wm. Barninger.
AlifSin Charles Grover.
.Madison Frederick Derr, Jacob Eyer.
Alaine Jacob Susar.
Orange William Bellas.
Scott Harmon Crevelinj, H. D Alellick.
w v Jan. 4, 1865. . '
- . . . ,,.
TVTOTICE i hereby given that the follow.
- in persona have filed in the office of
the Clerk ol the Quarter Sessions, apph
' rations to keep Hotel, or sell liquor by the
'jDart, wilb or without other merchandize,
at the places named, and that Ihe applica
tions wilr be presented to the Court 'of
Quarter Session of Colombia county, on
Alonday. the 6th day of February, 1865,
.at 2 o'clock, P. M
Berwick, Hotel, Hiram Smothers
-.!reenwool, John Lecgot,
,CntervilIe, Liqaorstora Chas. P. Smith,
, " ' ' B. McBrerty.
7&jCOLEMAN, Cleik, 0. C.
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, THEMountain Lodge, No. 264 I. O of
0. F. desire to rent the public house
known as the Tut Uwio House in Orange
itle Col. Co. Pa. Possession to be given
-on the 1st day of April 1865. For terms
. Jtc. inquire of Sanmel. Everett Orangerille
Pa. .
' ; SAMUEL EVERETT , 1
O- A. MEGARGELL, Hall ComUee
g:v-. rittenh"ouse. .
'Oranseville, Jan. 4th 1865. 3i.
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Rev. Arthur B. Fuller Rev. Gurdon Rob
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AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Sarnh Stephenson, decerned.
THE undersgned, appointed by the Orphans-Court
oi Columbia county, to make
distribution ol the balance in the hands of
Richard Denntt, administrator of Saran
Stephenson, late of Madison t wp., in said
county, to and among the heirs and Jegal
representatives of the said deceased, in Ihe
order established by law. will meet the
parties interested, at the Recorder's Office,
in Bioomsburg, on SATURDAY 2STH OF
JANUARY, A. D 1865. All person- ha v.
iug claims or demands againt Ihe Estate
of the deceased, are requested to present
them to the Auditor, or be debarred from
coming ia tor a share of the assets.
JOHN G. FREEZE, Audi'.or.
B'oomsborg. Jan. 4, 186552.50
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Alexander Mears, deceased.
THE nnlerpgnd, appointed by the Or
phan' Court ol Columbia cooiny. to make
distribution of the .balance in the hanJs of
Peter R. Herbein and John Yeager jr.,
Executor of Alexander Mears late of" Lo
cust Iwp , in said county, lo and among
Ihe creditors of the saiddeceased, in the
order establ ished by law, will meet the
creditors of Ihe deceased, at Ihe Recorders
Office, in Bloomsburg, on SATURDAY
THE28TH OF JANUARY. A D. 1865.
All persons having claimf or demands
against te Estate of the deceased, are re
queued (o present them to thf A editor , or
be debarred frou coming in for a share of
the assets.
JOHN G. FREEZE, Auditor.
Bloombnrg, Jan. 4. 1855 S2 50
CHARLES G. BARKLtY,
Attorney at Law, -
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA CO., PA.
WILL practice in the sever! Courts of
Colombia county. Alt legal business
intruded to his care shall receive prompt
attention
O F F I C E, On Main Stree', Exchange
Buildings, over Miller's St; je.
Afril 13. 1WU
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-' change Block, (entrance above the'
Book Store,) Bioomaburg, Colombia conn- ( or'l
ty, Va.
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PETROLEUM.
B? A PUPU. OF PACKER INSTITUTE.
The shades of night were failing fat,
As through the Western village passed
A man whose tutore golden fame
Hong trembling on the magic name.
Petroleum.
His brow was sad, but his eye was bright,
With the bannting vision day and night,
And in his ear this word was rung
Lke niosic from a fairy tongue,
Petroleum.
In cabin homes he saw a light,
Which flickered through the starless uiht;
His heart was growing sad and lone,
And from his lips escaped a groan,
Petroleum
Yet on he pressed with weary tread, .
Dark rose the tempest overheard,
The mountain wind went whistling by,
And mocked his sad, despairing rry,
Petroleum.
"Beware the branch of the withered tree !
Beware ol swamps anJmud to the knee !''
These were the wordsof the cautions sire,
Lost in that word, which echoed higher,
Petroleum
"Try not the pass the peasant cried,
'The rocks are raed, the chas in wide,
The oily river is rushing by ;"
Bui the purpose leapM IroTn his flashing eye
Pe roieum.
At break of day, when su:luht spread
Its halo of glory over his head,
A scene in the distance canght hi eye,
His heart onsprung w;ith the joyful cry,
Petroleum.
The poal as reached, and pntient toil
Drew from the earth its wealth oi oil,
And now repaid lor his anxious care ;
His clarion voice rings through the uir,
Petroleum.
re-roltum Review. A. M. M.
- Fromtk? Richmond Senfi'ef Jin 20th.
S0CTUEUX SEWS.
!
No wilder hallucination coald take pos
sesion ol the human mind than the belief
tha we conlo ever again live with the
Yankees on terms of equality, or come un
der the same government with them, ex
cept as cpnqoe red peopled Differences of
habit, sentiment, and feeling, and diversity
of interest, which wie legislation and con
serva'.ive statesmanship might have recon
ciled, have, under the councils of madmen,
fit to disturb peace of all the world, har
dened into an enduring an'agonisTi. Vio
lent and exclusive opinions at the North
have borne their legitimate fruits. Force
has been substituted for reaVnn and all the
healing arts of statesmanship. War has
torn two peoples asonder, and placed be
iween them an ocean of blood that will re
main forever ; (or never can true recon
cilement grow where wounds of mortal hate
have pierced so deep. Let us not deceive
ourselves in Ibis matter. Lei no weak
dreamer drug himself, with, the iodine of
reconstruction, nor ley to bis soul the flat-
lering hope that would be tolerable without
our indipendence. Mr. Lincoln has indeed
vouchsafed to tell ns that we will cease'
when we lay down our arms. So Ihe war
cesed after the batile of . Hastings, but the;
Universal spoliation of property, depriva- !
tion of all personal privileges, and the loll- j
ing of curfew bells illustrated the object for,
which the war was undertaken, and kepi j
long in memory the bitterness of the peace j
by which it was followed. But worse than
all this worse than anything to be found : ing to ihe North Ihe otter hoplessnes uf re
on the darkest and saddest page of human J storing their sacramental Union, except bv
history woold be that peace that we sho'd ,
gain by abandoning our struggle for inde- j
pendence, and bowing the neck to our ene-1
roies. Then Mr. Lincoln in his own ele- j
ganl phrase would run his courts, and thro'
their instrumentality complete the 'work of
robbery arid spoliation and rain. Not only
will all our property be swept from us into j
he public coffer- of the Yankees, or be di
vided not in portions and rewards to a hire,
ling to'diery. bot judicial murders will be
the order ol the day. All the dark and ma
lignant passions ol a vindictive people,
drunk with. bloo4 and vomiting crime, will
be unleashed upon us like bl'.odhoundi
npon their prey. Between reconstruction J
and subjogation there i no reason why we I
should draw distinction without a difference I
Lincoln has taken anxious pains to assure j
as of this The only reconstruction of j
peace he will allow as is submission, Thi j
is subjuga:ion. The reconstruction of south- j
arn dreamers is not cotceived of at the
Norih. But even could we aobmit npon
terms which would not be allowed ns, such
reconstruction would enly be subjugation ia
form, scarcely respectable enough to be
cheat. Both mean slavery to the
lite without honor, and a futore
withoai hope. There would be no practi-
submission. How vain the effort, how
foolish the wish, to reconstruct, ' upon any
terms, the Union which was perished thro'
the bad faith of those whom we should
have to trust again. I. et ns pledge our
selves, if need be, afresh to this resolve.
Let us swear by the memory of oar immor
' t al dead ; by the sofferinss of the past, and
! hopes of the foture ; by our ravaged fields
j and desolated homes ; by the tears and
1 sorrows of widowhood, and cries of help
j less orphanage; by the blood of the slain
that calls io us from the ground, 'hat we J
w in never, never have part oj lot in any
government which, in its every department
executive, legislative, and judicial, is under
the bole and exclusive control of those who
can oflsr as ns guarantee fo the" futore, but
the broken faith of the past. This is what
manhood and liberty reqnire. This was
the spirit that fired the hearts of those who
fell so nobly at Thermopfae, and of those
who conquered so glorioasly at Marathon ;
and such, too, the spirit which dictated the
ever-memorable reply of heroic William of
Orange, when, poising himself upon the
center of his own great sonl, he solemnly
declared before God that he would nsvtr
abandon bis country, hawever desperate
her cause, bat wonld defend her to the last
estremity, and die in the last ditch. We
have bnt to catch this spirit to consecrate I
ourselves to oor liberty, and to pass from
heart to heart the sacred fire of devotion to
our country's cause, and we will we mnst
be free. Let it be remembered that the
boon of liberty is never . denied to those
who are worthy of ih ; and they atone are
worthy of it, who, in her sacred caose, are
determined to do or die It is written in
the book of late; it so revealed in the provi
dences of God, and proclaimed in moral
agencies, which sway the destinies of the
world.
Mr Lincoln xffill tterer vego'iite with the
South till he i ready tn acknowledge their
independence.
From the Richmond Whig. Jan 21.
It would be absurd to suppose that im
mediately after those successes which Yan-
keedom professes to believe are crowing '
vistories of the war and finishing stroke to
the rebellion, Lincoln would offeror accept !
Knv nthpr iprma ihuri atinh a n-ntd.4 invnlr. !
... tr i ' .t - i
our unconditional return to Yankee Union.
nd a tniM or mi I r tint ronmra norrrtliaf irtn
not require negoliation.
but, on the contrary, would be an utter ab
diction on onr pari of even the right to ne
gotiate, it is just as absnrd to suppose that j
he intend to enter into any diplomaC dis- i
cussions with our government. We ven-i
tore to state, and to place the statement on i
. ... . . . i
recorj as a prediction on winch we are
wi ling to hazard our sagacity that Lincoln
will never nego'iate with ihe government of
the ConletWitie Sta-es til! he is ready lo ac
knowledge their independence. Neither
en we attach mnch importance to the re-
iterated expression of an intense deire on
the part of our Yankee brothers to find out
what we mean and what we want. The
pursuit ol this kind of knowledge is not at
tended-by so many difficulties as to make
its attainment at all problematical. We
know that the moral seuse of .the Yankees
is prat'y effectually blanied, and that they
have lot the little capacity they ever pos
sessed to discriminate between right, and
wrong, but even a Yankee would know
what a man meant who should try to expel
a thief from his kitchen, or a burgler from
bis bed chamber. Then why d es Lincoln
send his emissaries here ! Simply because
he knows that it the Con(d-racy he'd ont
for another crmpaign, her triumph is assur
ed and our independence won ; because he
knows that his available physical resource
are absolutely exhausted ; that neither the
cheap enthusiasm of the populace over
magnified victories, nd inconsquential
euccessess ; nor the frantic appeals of all
the newspapers in the land ; nor the subtle
persusions of Seward and other priests and
and prophets of Black Republicanisms; nor
kjb own supernumerous calls a-id procla-
mations, can aid him in anything in getting
together another army even half as great as
that which he launched upon the Soalh in
the first days of May last. He must, there
fore, either indece the Confederate Govern
ment to surrender, or by some means break
up the league of these State; or, by prov-
fihtingior it, so resuscitate the war spirit,
as io enable him lo raise the three hundred
thousand men contemplated by t.is last call,
eUe he'will be broken down before the next
summer begins, and all the magnificent pow
er and pompous military parade. ol the uni
versal Yankee nation will lade away, and
leave not a rack behind.
A New York Administration paper bav
ing stated that Gen. Dix, aided by the de
tective, has found every incendiary engag
ed in the attempt to set fire trrthe hotels in
that city, but that "for purpose ot public
welfare no revelations of the facts in the
case will be made until after the war,'' the
Boston Courier ratter mildly observes :
"This is certainly an amazing disclosure, and
it the statement be true, nothing can be
more clear than that the fires were no:
kindled bv Southern eraisaries Oar readers
caa draw their own conclusions as to the
class of persons engaged in this atrociously
criminal act, an3 perhaps .carr readily inter
the reason why, after, so mnch apparent
preparation for a general conflagration, so
compajatively little in mischief took place."
Jlos. Edward Everett died suddenly, of
apoplexy, al Boston Mass., on Sunday the ;
THE COQUETTE.'S FATE.
Oh ! Nellie, Nellie ! Oh Nellie !"
A tiny pair of white hands were raised
deprecatingly, and a pair of large, violet
ej es sought her face, bearing ii their depths
an expression of entreaty beautiful to be
hold ; but the proud face of Nellie Ray
mond turned away, perhaps to shut out that
beautiful vision, and a low, trilling laugh
ran over her red lips.
"Oh Nellie, how can you be so heartless ?
How can you lead a man on to believe you
love him, and then, when his heart i
yours, with all its great fount ot manly love
and tenderness, laugh in his face, and bid
him go from your presence hopeless and
despairing. 1 tell you Nellie Raymond
you will tome day have to account ior.he
misery you have wrought."
"Do yon think so V said Nellie, lightly
j "Ah ! well."
"Bat it will not be well," said Alice May.
''You will see it in a different light some
j day. I coold not cloe my eyes one boor
in peaceful slumber were my life so weigh
ed do-vn with such evil deeds as yours."
"Evil deeds! Really, Alice, yon are
harsh," exclaimed Nellie a flush o! mo.
mentary mortification and anger overspread
ing her whiie forehead.
' Dear Nellie," said her friend, "what is
! the use of calling things by other than their
right names I? I seem severe, I only tell
you the truth, and yon know that I have
been your best friend candid and frank."
"Well Millie, you might have a little more
regard for one's feelings," said Nellie.
"Have you any regard for the feelings of
j others, Nellie ?" asked Alice. 'There is a
gooJ book in which a sublime teacher said,
'Do unto others as you would have them
do unto you.' Now, how far do you carry
out this rule V
"Oh ! Allie spare me far pity's sake
don't preach to me now," said Nellie. ' I'm
not in a mood for it."
Bot Alice May was relent!es.
"You did not spare poor George Morton,
whom you so cruelly deceived," she con
tinued, and then drove hirn from )ou with
despair in his heart, and the burden of a
hopeless life. The green sod of an Italian
vale covers the heart of onewho loved you
but too wildly, and whose reward, after
. " , . . t , i
3 i
pining lite, wn:cn soon sans oeneatn us
hie. which soon sanK oeneatn
weight of sorrow, is an exile's grave. Then
i thorn is another, a widow's onlv son. who
fret his life away in a mad-house; jes a
mad-honse, Nellie, to which your cruelty
consigned him Oh ! Nellie Raymond,
better a thousand times depoil your lace of
its dangerous beauty than bear the load of
sin it brings upon yo'i, far it is tearful."
A slight quiver in the erect'frame of the
beautif'il girl wa the sole response.
"Poor Walter Maj field !'' continued Al
ice sadly ; "sometimes I pass the window
of the cell in which he is confined, arid
catch a glimpse of his haggard face and he
always smiles like a pleased child when he
sees me. Then I contrast him now with i
i
what he once was, and weep in spite of
myself over the wreck of a strong noble :
life. He used to be pleasant and gay al-
ways, bot strong aid sell-reliant when any
thing occurred to call forth energy or action.
Oh ! he was a noble, handsome man ; but
now he is a feeble helpless maniac. Poor
fellow !"'
Nellie's face wore an expression of min
gled grief, defiance and mortification ; but
she remained silent for a few moments,
watching the tears as they rolled
over Alice May's cheeks.
'And rny own der, only brother will be
your next victim," said Alice, after a pause,
looking op sadly and mournfully.
"Oh ! Nellie, he is all I have I am alone
in the world with him or.ly lo love me !
Spare him to rne for the love of mercy !"
Nellie roe with a hotly flushed cheek
and flashing eye.
"Allie, how can you talk thus she
claimed. "But I tell you Allie May, if art;
and r.ea'ity can Dnng your proud coui
brother to the leet ot a
woman, he
shall
come to mine. He shall love rne."
"Andil he does, and yon torn him from
you, you will kill him," said Alice. 'JOnce
unbend his proud nature, and unlock the
founts of tenderness in his heart, and then
cast him from you, and see the conse-
quence9
Oh ! Nellie Raymond, there is
sufficient on your soul already. Spare
yourself, if you spare no other."
The last words were unheeded,' for Nel
lie had swept irom the room, and little Al
ice May bowed her head upon the sofa
cushion and sobbed piteously. She had
warned her brother repeatedly, but he
seemed heedless, and with an aching heart
the gentle little sister looked forth to a home
less, desolate life for him who Lad ever
been her all on earth.
Several weeks passed away, and lillle
Alice May stood before the altar. The man
she had chosen was noble, true and good,
and for her feet a bright path lay before
her; but there was another to whom her
eyes wandered uneasily, and who hovered
incessantly ronnd ihe gay botterfly form of
the proud syren, Nellie Raymond, whose
dark eyes flashed with triumph as the proud
man bent .his handsome, stalely head with
such devotion.
Alice's sweet lips quivered when she
saw her brother bend down and whisper in
Nellie's ear and heard the request that she
woald walk with him oc the lawn ; and the
two wandered off.
The moon shone brightly, and Edward
Mjr, drawing Nellie Raymond's arm,with-
gravel walk, his face upturned towards the
stars and a smile of inexpressibla happi
ness wreathing his sweet month.
"Nellie." said Edward, and he spoke
very low and softly ; "Nellie, I am very
happy :o . night happier than I had ever
hoped to le, and I want some one to sym
pathize with me in it. Allie has another
now to occupy l.er attention. May I tell it
to you ?"
"Yes," she whispered softly. "None can
share your happiness and sympathize with
you more freely than I. Tell me all."
For a moment he was silent, stretching
out his hand to draw her down npon a seat
beside him. After a while he spoke, half
dreamingly and very gently
"I once believed," said he, "that I conld
never find a woman whom I could .love
fully and truly with such a love as I most
cherish for the woman whom I woold call
my wife ; bu: I have found her Nellie (why
do yon tremble so?) a sweet, pure-faced
little thi ng, fresh and fragrant as a budding
rose, gentle as the summer breezes and gay
and glad as the lark whose song she trills
the who'eday long. Tell me that yon re
joice in my happiness. Nellie lell me that
you will love my little wife that ia to be
sweet Lilly Walton."
Nellie's lips were rigid and ashen, and
she rose up qoivering like an aspen.
"O ! I am ill she gasped. "Take me in
to the house.'
EJward M ay rose hastily, and snppor
ed her with his arm, but she nearly repuls
ed h ira as she planted her loot firmly on (he
gravel. IShe had learned to love the man
with all the hidden passion and fire of her
strong nature: and now he told her he had
won another, and that other was only a
poor but beantiful governess in a rich man's
family. Oh ! it was too much! He knew
Nellie Raymond's weakness, and had pun
ched her most fearlully, though he believ.
ed in his heart that the was incapable of
deep feeling.
Alice went to Neilie in answer to her
brother's summons ; and, when every one
was gone from the room, she held out her
arms to Alice ai,d stricken with an anguish
ed moan
' Oh ! Alice, I gave him my whole heart
and he loves another!" 1
Then she sank down pale and lifeles,
and it was many weeks ere-Nellie Ray
mond woke to the life and consciousness.
Then shs was a changed, repentant wo
man ; but it was hard to feel the Soft torjeh
of a h'tle hand, and see the light form of
Edward's wife bending so pityingly. Oh !
the punishment of her evil deeds had came,
and if was heavy and bitter.
Nellie Raymond is Nellie Raymond still
but she has grown into a calm, dignifieJ
but lovely woman.
She can sympathize with the offerin;
because she has sofTered, and strives, by
tenderness and love lo others, to atone for
the misery she wrought while yet in the
heyday of her pride and selfish love lor ad
miration. Fcsbion and Women.
The laws of fashion are inexorable as the
laws ot Mose. An exchange gives the
following views of the matter :
Fashion kills more women than toil and
sorrow. Obedience to Fashion is a trans
gregeion lothe laws of woman nature, and
grea-er injury to her physical and mental
constitution than the hardships of poverty
and neglect. The slave woman will live
t-lowly and grow old, and see two or three genera
I lions of her mistress fade and pass away.
The washerwoman, with scarcely a ray of
nope io cneer ner in uer toils, will live io
see her fashionable sisters all die aronnd
her. The kitchen maid is hearty and
strong.'when her lady has to be nursed like
ask-kbaby. It is a melancholy truth that
fashion pampered women are almost worth
less for ail tf e great ends of human life.
They have but little force of human char-
acter ; they have still less of moral will,
and quite as little physical energy. They
live lor no 'great purpose through
purpose through life;
they accomplsih no worthy ones. They
dress nobody ; they feed nobody j they in
struct nobody ; they bless nobody, and they
save nobody. They write no books ; they
set r.o rich example of virtoe and jvoman
life. If they rear children, servants and
nures do all save io conceive and give
them birth ; and when reared, what are
they ? What do they ever amount to, but
weaker scions ot the stock? Who ever
Jieard of a fashionable woman's child ex
hibiting any virtue or power of mind fo
which it became eminent? Read the bi
ographies of our great and-good men and
women. Not one of them had a lashiona
ble mother. They nearly all sprnng from
strong minded women, who had about as
much to do with fashion as the changing
clouds.
"He is onlv a printer," was the sneering
remark of a leader in the circle of aristoc
racy of the codfiish quality. Well, who
was the Earl of Stanhope ? "He was only
a printer." What is Prince Frederick- WiU
liam, married lo ihe Princess Royal of Eng
land ? "He, loo, was only a printer." Who
was William Caxton, one of the fathers of
literature? "He was only a printer.', Who
are Horace Greely, George D. Prentice,
Charles Dickens, M. Theirs, Doogtass Jer
rold, Bayard Taylor, George P. Morris, J.
Gales, C. Richardson, N. P. Willis, and
Senators Dix, Cameron and Niles ? They,
too, were all printers. What was Benjamin
Franklin ! A printer. Every one cannot
Ktatsns For Kot Enlisting.
' Signa," of the Boston Irontcript, says :
The following reasons for not going to .
the war are believed to be authentic :
1. 1 was broght op by my kind parents to
do nothing, and cannot think of changing
my vocation. 1 therefore pray.ihee .have
me excused. .. . "
II. I have a hereditary horror of strife.
My grandfather ran away at the battle of,
Brandywine. If he had thep and there
been killed my father woold iiot have hid
in the cypress swamp al the batile of New
Orleans. My mother always cautioned me
to be careful how 1 meddled with edge
tools. ) cannot go.
III. I am rather delicate ; mast have a
fire in my chamber; couldn't live in a lent;
must have my mulled wine at ten ; besides,
what shoold 1 do far lobster salad and
broiled oyters ? . Pray have me excused.
IV. When I was poor I could not restrain
ray patriotism ; somehow or. other it has
not troubled me much of late. This war '
has lasted long enough. 1 have married a
tich wife. 1 cannot go.
V. Talk not to me about yoor didce et de
em urn est pro pitria mori I 've no notion of
it. I want none of your dukes and decorums.
My maxim is, dun vivimus. I bought a
couple of trotters last week cost me 82,00.
Gues ! shan't go to war while sleighing
lasts.
VI. I cannot deny It, the smell of burnt
gunpowder acts like a catharic on my
stomach and bowels Have me excuse im
mediately, .f
VII. My heart is with oor gallant troops.
No tor.goe can tell how I long to j in tbe
army. But, when I refer to the subject, my
poor wile goes into hysterics. "Dearest
Fleezor," she cries, "have yoo the heirt to
leave your own, yoor devoted Jerusha Ma
tilda Anne !'' and over she goes, tossing op
her arms, and kicking oot her legs, like al!
possessed. It is irresistible. I give it op.
1 canoot oppose the wishes of this interest,
ing creature. I cannot go.
VIII I have no time for it. The very
few hours I can spare from eat ing.drinking
smoking, and sleeping, I give to the fine
arts. War is not one of these. 1 would be
excused. ,
IX. I should go, were it not for my re
ligious scruples on the subject of war.. Of
ten, as 1 bave been silting, all alone, ir, my
distillery, something within has told me that
war was wrong probably ihe workings of
the spirit I cannot go. - .
X. 1 have consulted the spirit of old Mrs.
Pitcher, of Lynn, and am. asured that, if 1
went, I should certainly ron away, and be
shot in my back settlements. Oh ! horrors,
I cannot go.
XI. My mind is in a very unsettled state.
Upon every confederate success I am all
for secesion; and upon every Union victory
I am for enrushing the rebellion at once.
If the war was over I iLink I might be
tempted to volvnteer ; but I cannot 'aa mat
ters are at present. When 1 read the little
telegrams as they are broogt in at the insur
ance office, if tbe tidings are in favor ot
Jeff. 1 find myself aljnosl onconscioosly , .
nodding and winking significantly at Major
Piddler, who goes for secession, and il ihn
news is unfavorable to the rebellion, my
hand seems of its own accord to grasp ibi
of Deacon Blunt, and "the Lord be thank
ed" slips out of my mouth, before I knew
what I am saying. I must bo excused.
It is a mistake to suppose every roan
yon see with a brick in his hat to be a
mason.
A selfish man is like a pump with the
handle pad-locked.
A i honest man is the noblest work of
God ; bat a woman is the prettiest.
A Young poet, out Wet describing hea
ven, says ; "It is a world of bliss, fenced
in with girls."
A Wise man will speak well of his neigh
bor, love his wife and take tbe Star of the
North, and pay for it in advance.
A Yonng spark, suffering from a too
strong sensation of ihe more tender feeling,
defines his complaint as an attack of Sam
tude. A poet who was engaged in examining
the varioos "wale' falls" that adorns the
heads of the ladies has perpetrated the fol
lowing : .
"Such curls as thoie yonr sister wears,
How many maids have prayed for;
Now candidly are they her own ?"
"Oh, "yes, they're hers and paid for."
IroRMiioN Wanted: An inquisitive
youth aked us lor information in regard to
the process of healing :he back-bone of the
Confedaracy, used by the rebels.' We of
course declined answering and referred
him to some practical sorgeon. 1
"How's dal, Sambo ? Yon says you was
at de battle oi Boll Run! when I see yoo
at New York on de same night !' "Yes,
Julius, you did for sar'.ia. Yer see, oor Co!,
says he, 'boys, strike lor yer country and
jour homes !' Well, some struck for dar
country, bnt dis chile be strockbr home.
Dat splains de, matter, yer see.
If yon would have yonr cattle come oat
well in the spring see that they are well
hooeed in the winter. r.
utucu in me woman wdoss) ncsoana
has a wooden leg, as she will have bal oty
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