,•• . • - ~ •
1 # .
~.J - • ;•• •
DI)
• .
•,. , •
•. , ,
min. \ \•••.
AMIS. 4101)
BY D. A. & C. H. BUEHLER.
VOLUME XXIV. 1
GENEVIEVE.
BY IL T. COLERIDOB
All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whstevor stirs this mortal frame,
MI are hut ministers of Lose,
And feed his sacred flame.
Ort in my waking dreams do I
Live o'er again that happy hour,
When midway on the mount 1 !ay,
Beside the ruined tower.
The moonshine stealing o'er the scene,
lied blended ielth the lights of eve;
And she was there, my hope, my joy.
My own dear Genevieve !
2:zhe leant against the armed men,
The statue of the armed knight;
AL a stood and listened to my lay,
Amid the tingering light.
Few rorrowe bath she other own.
My hope I my joy I my Genevieve I
:Ate loves me boat avhens'er I sing
The songs that make her grieve.
I played a soft and doleful air,
I sang an old and moving story—
An old rude song that suited well
That min wild and hoary.
SO'. listened with a flitting blush,
With downcast eyes and limiest grace ;
For well she knew I could not choose '
But gaze upon bar face
toll her dills knight that wore
Upon hie shield a burning brand;
And that for ten long years lie wooed
The lady of [behind.
I told her how he pined ; and ah !
The deep, the low, the pleading tune
ith which I sang another'4 love,
Interpreted my own.
:he li.tened with a flitting blugh,
With downcast eyes and annalist grace,
And she forgave me that I gated
Too fondly on.ber face.
Hut when I told the cruel worn -
Thal enittnil that bold and lovely knight,
And that he crowed the mountain woods,
Nor reared day nor night; •
That sometimes from the serene dun,
And sometimes from the darksome
And sometime; starting up at once
In green and gunny glade—
There came and looliml-laim-in Mb face
An angel beautiful and bright;
Aral that he knew it was a Maui,
l'his miserable knight!
And that, unknowing what he did,
jile leaped amid a murderous band,
And caved from outrage worse than death
The lady of the land !
And how ahe swept and claapeti his kneel',
A‘rd boa the Landed him in will.
And ever strove to expiate
The Wore that crazed his brain.
And tii , d she nursed him in a cave;
And how hi, liminess went away,
When on the yellow (meat leaves
A uying 111111/1 he lay.
His dying words--but when I reached
That tenderest strain of all the ditty,
My faltering voice and pausing harp
Druerbed her soul with pity.
All impulses of soul and sense
lied thrilled my guileless Genevieve;
The 111111111 C and the dolciul tale,
The licit-and balms cam
And hoped, ■nil feare that kw.) le h..,
tirldi.i4iii:uistia I.lu
oid gentle WlAlell 10114 K 111.114.1,
Not.l tied and clicii.hed
Nit, meld with pity end delight.
She Weaned with lime and virgin 'haws;
And like the murmur of a dream,
I beeril her breathe my mime,
flier bosom hewed—she stepped aside,
As conscious of my look she stepped—
Then suddenly with timorous eye,
she Bed to me and wept.
She hell rumbaed me with her araw,
kthe pressed ma with a meek embrace;
And bending back her hem], louked up,
And !razed upon my face.
'Twee pertly lose. end partly fear,
And partly twee a bashful art,
That I might rather feel than see
The swelling of her heart.
I calmed boffin" gad she wee calm,
And told her lose iiith virgin pride;
And so I won toy 001.1141.111%.
My bright sad beauteous bride."
"NO GOD."
slayayear," said Frank Ailey, "I
'ball be a happy man."
As the wind lifted his brown curls from
a brow of perfect moulding, I thought 1
never looked upon a prouder, blighter,
more beaming face.
have seen Paris and my future wife,"
he added, laughingly ; •two eras from
educh ono may fairly date his existence.—
ii../ne year from to-night, I promise to show
you tut Ilea a house and as beautiful a bride,
is any other man in this fair Autry."
"God willing l" \
Panic A.tley turned with a toes of his
Lad, and bent his flashing eye on this pale
speaker.
• , Alysdf willing!" he exclaimed, with
angry einphasis,-04/knoto no Hod!"
There look of almoet mortal an
guish in that white fatless the young broth
er tuned from the little group. He heard
not Frank's impious wager with hie gay
friend, that if he failed to appear on the
very night designated, in high bealth,end
with his young Parisian wife, he was to
fortitittiffy thousand dollars
401 poor Atli*, the model a tivery
-thing Inman riotous, heroic and prince
ly. had returned from his European tour..-
AU atheist.
• "1 boOto no God 1"
•
,kfight after night I woke up with that
ItrisiftfaE amateur ringing in my ears.--
llaa miter that 'darkened A,tley'e handsome
lade with the stormy hats of a fiend, rem
ed toiltmt palpably hefore me in'the dirk
mega:
*.• • • *
4c4 nob' of iivitation to Fronk Atloy'•
htitha I . lOW go 1"
,ionekolored liable bitted along the IT.
onu booting the princely utension, end
thireogh the old trees whose branches the
sou* wind Mitred not;, ions Arsine of ha
spirit% melody.
The Wade ids ..ore byway ibis 'Fmk
had painted her. Her robes were almost
royal in tlogir shining and costly beauty.
A rich veil fell half way from her tresses
of gold. the orange wreath, braided with
jewels, gave a beautiful lustre to her white
happy broi. But when she looked up
with such childish confidence into those
deep loving eyes—trusting so wholly in
the man who "knew no God," horror thrill
ed all my veins.
“Won my wager,” exclaimed Frank, ex
ultingly, when the guests were departing.
"You might as well transfix lightning, as
tie my mind down to those old orthodox
notions. Here yousee lam in my own
house—yonder iseny wife. My will Would
here it str;lrnd Plea you there is no God
but will. Come over and help me drink
my first bottle in a social way. Bring
Mary, and we'll compare brides. English
and French beauties are quite dissimilar,
you know." Bidding his friend good bye,
Frank vanished.
I.heard his merry laugh, as I left, ming
ling with tho thrilling strains of Von We
bees last waltz. * * *
I was about retiring, when the startling
cry of 'fire P' broke the stillness of the
night.
I sprang to the window. The whole
heavens were kindled into a flame. On,
on rolled the red, light, till every object
seemed dyed in blood. For a while it
hung with a quivering glow, as if its heat
ed wings were tired—then faded and sunk
with fitful flashes into gloom again.
In the morning, almost before daylight,
I received the sad intelligence that Frank.
Atley's new mansion was a heap of burn
ing cinders—and, more horrible than all,
his wife' had perished in the flames, and
he himself was a raving maniac.
Ne consolation for the bereaved hush-
and—no penitence for his awful boast—no
altar had he ; no star of mercy to lead him
out of the cloud.
Oh ! it is a fearful thing to "know no
God."
Dying—Dead—and Burled.
Dying ! where the rustle of brocade
breaks the solemn silence. Where pend
ants of flushing crystals wave their warm
lustre over the ghastly face. Where couch
es of satiu line ilia wall, and the amber
sunlight plays upon gold and purple and
flue linen.
Dead ! And the funeral light falls o
ver the shining rose-wood and satin li.
ruing of the costly coffin. In all the splen
,lor of sable drapery. the rich man sleeps
--robed iu the latest fashion from Death's
royal court. Awl pride—wealth—fame—
beauty—lay their garlands of cypress on
the silver plating. And the solewu crowd
keeps swaying Prow the door to the coffin,
from the coffin to the door. Friends look
at his costly furniture and sigh, "poor man,
this made death hard." And there is no
lack of mourners.
Buried 1 Through the solemn aisles,
and vaulted roof, the funeral anthem dies
in wailing whispers. The aurplicod priest,
—the chief mourners in their stately car
riages—the long procession of titles and
honors—the pompous pall-bearere--the
haughty plumes—and proud folds of wa.
wing velvet.—all have passed to the place
,(of monuments. The new tomb receives
its silent tenant—the widow returns to
her wealthy home where sighing condo
lence measures its grief, and steps softly
through the shaded rooms,
Buried 1 And the solemn moon reads
on his white tomb-atone, how good and
great he was...what charities be gave—
what churches he founded—what temples
reared. But no widow, no orphaned child
drops on that golden epitaph the warm
tear of gratitude.
Dyi6gl Where every inhabstion drinks
poison. —*Where horrid pestilence clutches
the Mouldy straw. Where little children
herd with brutes—and the mother cannot
moiiton the lips of her starving child.—
Even as we write, the miserable outcast
dies. 1r
Demlo,—.with arms ont•6ung, and head
lying' °tithe filthy floor.
They !rap the poor carcase in a sheet,
and hods hint into a box of, pine. The
•starving baby moina the death requiem--
the haggard children sob a little and tam
away to hunt offal with the Witte. And
nobody moans, though he time sleeps is
a man and a brother.
Buried l—by careless hands in a Pot.
tee's fleid. A art jolts cruelly over the
stones. The woman with ,her babe,
meagre coupleof want's own rearing—they
are the. only followers: Moveless they
gaze at the blank space of sky above, and
the rank growth of weeds that struggle out
of the crusted earth. A broken scene
faltering( a keep of rotten leaves—a
melted tree with wormaat its roots--fonl
es &Awe here and there—these mark
the last resting-place of the poor beggar
for whom nobody cares.
Lo I the veil is rent—and yonder the
full glory of hearen. Stie lin that light
passing the light of the sun, stands the
outcsat. Born to poverty. baptized in
crime, bred to infamy--nobody cared for
his stool. Ile never knelt is robes of inno
cence, folding his dimpled- bands at a as
-GETTYSBURG, PA,FRIDAYOUENING, JULY 8, 1853.
ther's knee. He never knelt in robes of
innocence, folding his dimpled hands at a
mother's knee. He never heard the lan
guage of the stars, or 'looked through na
ture up to Na'ture's God." Shall then his
soul be lost ?
No! for the drops of salvation fall even
upon the highway—the flowers of God's
mercy bloom along the hedges where the
Christ-child planted the seeds with his own
sinless hand. He is up there—ye who
scorned him, so that ye deemed him unfit
for meroy. Whom ye could not Pity, an
infinite God so loved that he has taken him
into his fold. And you, earth's finer dust,
if you van ever wade through your riches,
your learning, your honors, your worldly
wisdom, your Pharisee-alms-giving, and
your self-righteousness, to heaven, you will
see there him whom you despised, wash
ed him of his impurity in the blood of that
Holy One who came "not to call•the righ
teous, but sinners to repentance."—Bos
lon Olive Branch.
Ak Singular Race adEdMunan Be
ings.
There are now in London two very
singular human beings, of a race which
has hithertolisan-vezy-little known to the
civilized world. They came from South
Africa, where they are called Earihmtn.
They are totally distinct from all other
known African races— as much so as if
they had dropped upon this earth from
another planet.• They are diminutive in
size—mere pigmies—and unacquainted
even in the art of building huts. They
shelter themselves in caves and crevices
of the earth ; when these are wanting
they make artificial scoopings on the sur
face, which they line with- leaves, and
cover with branches. The llottentotaand
Bushmen are the avowed enemies of the
Earthmen, and when they meet them wil!
tread them down like vermin. The poor
little defenceless Earthmen have no re.
fuge but in holes, trees, or thickets, and
the tribe is fast verging to extinction.—
They are a poor, weak people—one of
Nature's freaks—and destined not to per
petuate their race. Few •colonists have
seen them; and although it is known that
a few still linger in the mountains, they
are rapidly dying away, and will soon be
come a tradition of an elfish afrite-race of
old.
The two individuals above mentioned
were carried to England from the Cape of
Good Hope two or three years ago, and
have now become domesticated in an
English family. The Morning Chronicle,
from which we takr these particular*, 'de
scribes these little Earthmen as a boy and
girl, the former fourteen and the latter six
teen years of age. and "complete fairies" in
appearance. The boy is three feet three
and a half inches in height, the girl a,
trifle taller. Their ►kin is of the brightest
and most transparent bronze, and as
smooth as polished marble. In form the
little creatures are perfect—their delicate
limbs standing out in the most graceful
symmetry. and every motiorutuitinct with
the untaught ease of nature. The faces,
although decidedly African in features,
are full of sweetness and good humor, with
an expression of archness and intelligence.
They are named Martinis and Flora.
In their savage state they fed on locusts,
ant•eggs, and such small game as they
could take. Until they were carried to
England they had no idea of God or any
Supreme power. At present they have
been taught some of the customs of civi
hzed life, and are able to speak little Eng•
lists words, to sing little popular airs, and
—the first of Earthmen—to play little sirs
on a piano.
Few eights are more interesting to a
thinking person than that of the last of a
race of human beings, un the point of
being blotted out from the face of the
earth. The individuals in question seem
to constitute one of the most anomalous
forms of our species that have ever yet
been brought to the notice of naturalist or
geologist. It is to be hoped that further
light will 'be thrown on their history by
scientific researches,
THE Bemrrties or FLooorno.—About
Abe, best comment on the custom of Biog.
'ging children for slight offences that wo
have heard of lately, was a remark made
by a little girl, who was told by her moth
er to retire to bed. She was usually °has
titled each day, about sundown, regularly,
but on this occasion her mischievous pranks
had been unacoountably overlooked, and
ehe could not understand it, Aocordingly,
when her mother told her to go to bed,
she lingered.
"Why don't you go to your'obamber,
Laura ?" asked the parent,
"Why, mother," said the child, look.
log up with an arch expression, "you have
n't whipped nee yet !'
The mother gave her a kiwi Wattled of a
blow that night,
In an English breach of promise case,
the following evidence was pot in by the
arlust the defendant t -
Elisa Crocker, mg dear,
I love you, dear. luta, and *WOMB I
I cannot express my wind.
But my heart is truly thine.
I tell you as plainly u man can speak,
I loss you as true se ray life ;
And I shall naver'lle easy, my dear,
Until you become m wifi..
If you object to me. I'll peva nit woillan gait.
Tot one year two or so.
The fellow bad to pay sl,soo—partly
I for breaking his promise, and partly for
perpetrating the poetry.
Passing through the quiet little village
of Saline, in Indiana, a short time since; a
fellow passenger pointed out a weather.
beaten house of worship, as the place
where he onoe heard, on a rainy occasion,
the following prayer Isom the staid
preacher:
" We thank Thee, 0 Lord, for the
goodly number hare in-night. and that
Thou also art herd, notwithstanding the
inclemency of the weather r
I TEARLESS ASO' FREE."
TUE WAY I !MARE* FORTUNE,
• ----,'
Three of us were gild «in a small room,
T
and complaining of theam
ishys of our
destiny.
' , Without mon( -, nothing,"
Bald George ; .‘wo
elation that woult
Rothottild, comim
self, DO One WOUlt
to."
"I," said Albert
ed a ivork, wfiidb
utation as an and
bookseller to buy
"I have petinot
increase of salary
to contribute to dm
"and he told trio
year be could v
wanted."
..It would not
Gem, thoughtfr
poll'', we did not'
of us only be thou;
..What is the us
the substance t"
"Of every tine,
with Olorge-41
makes the substam
to capital is credi
"Especially,"
credit of having
110110 of us a rich
" A cousin of u
Martinique, l fog
contly, "and he nevero44e back."
"Capital! That is All one requires,"
exclaimed George ; . r.4li , will conjure up
this cousin of yourmy—ioolld we not kill
him? Yes ; ,lamed Mitaan,of Martinique,
51
deceased, learing a ' al. plantation, a
hundred pegroes, and a ' ertune of a hun
dred thousand lonia, to. hilt well beloved
cousin, Louis Mersin.",
We laughed at the joke, and I thought
no more of it; but George and Albert—
slightly exalted by tiffithes of a bowl of
punch which I had sort fur to do honor to
the testator— lost no ; time. in concocting
and afterwards publishOig a full recount in
a local newspaper ) uf : tke — furtune that had
been lelt mi.
The next
. day, stinky friends dropped
in to compliment me. ' . 1.)1 conrse, I en
deavored to undecelie' them, but they
would not take denial: t In vain I assured
t he m it was a hoax; it:was of no use.—
Several people rein bared my cousin
James very well. at had seen him at
Nantes before be embarked in 1789.
A mong others came tay tailor, to whom I
owed a small sum which it was not quite
convenient for me to iv at that moment.
No doubt the runior“lf my cousin's de
cease had sharpened:fiis memory. I
wished my two friendir* a place which
shall be nemelees. '4s
Good morning, Mr. Mayer ; I sup
pose you are come for those fifty francs
" I hope, sir, you don't think I came
fur such a trifle as that. No, sir; I came
to take your order* fur a suit of mourn, .
ing."
•• A suit of mourning !"
Yea, .air ; COlllllll . B mourning. Dark
brown frock, fur morning wear, black
trousers and waistcoat."
At the present moment, Mr. Mayer,
6' I hope, air, I have done nothing to
forfeit your patronage."
66 But, I repeat, I have received no mo
ney at all."
" 1 hope, sir, you won't mention such a
thing ; there is no sort of hurry," ex•
claimed the tailor ; who busily employed
himself in taking 'my measure with slips
of paper.
After all, my wardrobe did want some
additions, and I-said nothing more.
66 My dear sir," said the next visitor,
"I have a very, great favor to request of
you. Buy any house. You are very
rich; you mow be on the look out for
safe and lucrative investments. Sixty
thousand franca are nothing for you.—a
mere fraction of your income. With me
the case is different. I thoUght Mr. Felix
had made up his Mind to purchase the
premises, and now I
,hear he has changed
his intention. What% to become of me 1
I have heavy demands to meet, and I don't
ii,nciw where the money is to come from."
, 6 I buy your. Muse ? Why it would
be madness to think of such a tiling."
" Madness leo tech thing; you could
not fitaktt biotic investment anywhere.--
In two yeara;. %rid' trifling repairs, it will
be worth double the present value; you
will never see such a good opportunity
again. Say • dose,' and I'm off."
And he was off, without leaving me
time to put in a word.
Two hours anti, in "biked Mr. Felix,
evidently not in tint beat of tempers.
" Really, sir," the began, you have
taken me quite b surprise. That house
is indispensable t me ; I reckoned on it
as if it were min and only offered fifty
thousand iranes, •eause the Wittier is em•
barsassej, and I it sure that be would be
obliged to - take t. al. With jou, sir, the
pass is different; so I come to ask if you
will let me has- it for seventy-live - thou.
sand trance."
Fifteen thoosi
ono! into the lap
to work hard tol
in 4 quirt I
d trance, dropping all at
• poor fellow who iltad
lain eight handfed fretted
Dahl hardly believe - my
cannot, gi
sir," I said "
trouble to call
You an antiwar just now,
ut ifyou will take the
ame at 'five, I'll see what I
can do."
!. five Mr. Felix mado his
poke to Lim witlfcsodor ;
II you, sir, that I had no
yang the hods., tilt the
ott me to do so. You'
he house; any other will
u well, so I accede to
At a quarte
appearance. I
" I.should
thoughts of
owner prevail
soy you waul
suit hie equi
your terms."
You shall hare a draft on Paris, for
the amount, i a fortnight," replied Mr.
Felix, who towed and withdgew, app..
randy enehtuied with my way of doing
business.
A draft updi Pads ! The circumstance
appeared so mutual to me this 1 thought
1 ought to Pao! it to Puis to go it eashad.
w:ote auntdingly to M FianlP o
Pagera4 the only Arm 1 knew Oars.,
was in the habit of receiving through
them, the interest of a alma sum, that had
beet; left me by an Uncle. I informed
hem th at having funds at my disposal, I
wished for information as to the best
mode of investing them.. The signifi
cance of the
,word •' funds" varies very
much according to the name and position
in life of the speaker. The rumor of my
legacy had reached Paris, so that when
spoke of .. funds," it was evident I meant
a considerable ,um, This was provid by
the following letter ;
SIR—WO AM in receipt of your es- I
teemed favor of . tbe 17th CANNA which
reached us just after the conaltiiitm of the
last loan negotiated by the Cortes. in
which our firm has an interest.. Desirous
that our friends should have an. worm.,
wihtyc h i n
wp cons id er profitable ,.
ro in fi ta a b n l e, i . n v w e e tm ae
taken the liberty of placing twenty thou.
sand piastres to your credit. Should
that amount appear too considorableohe
rise 01-these secprities admit you °fulling
out at a premium.
in a spec
°nor to a
like my
attending
L y finish•
di my Tep
id find • a
er for an
, anxious
entation
louis a
than he
ter," said
lea being
Could one
ir without
• We remain, Sir, yours to command.
• Ptsuoti do Co."
To this was added a posuierlpt writhe
by the head of the arm
We have heard w'th pleasure of the
recent good fortune that has fallen to the
lot of our old friend and correspondent;
and beg_to.effer him our serVices; u mos
shin may rettuire."
Twenty thousand piastres l I let the
letter fall in sheer almotoment. Whst.
would have been my astonishment, if.
more conversant with the terms Of com
merce, and more attentive to the enclosed
account current, :I had seen that what I
took for the principal, was only the yearly
interest T I lost no time in writing to my
correspondents to inform them that the
sum was ton large. * 4 I received no mo
ney," I said. •' from Martinique. end it
would be impossible for me to meet . my
engagements, "4
An answer-mini!, by return.of post.
"I ■gree
nmetimes
best thing
, ge, stile
Have
imaica or
aid inno-
•! We learn, with regret, that you have
miegitingi with regard to thellpanish.--.
According to your orders, we bnve.sold
outrooe•nalf of the stock aesignetrto - You.
which brings yon in already a net profit of
eighty thousand franc..
With regard to your property at Mara
unique, we are ton well acquainted with
the delays which bequests at such a die.
lance must necessarily involve, to think
fur a moment that you can be immediately
out in posseision of your inheriumce;
but your aim* signature will suffice to
procure all the money you may ,require,in
the tneanfinie: We take the liberty of
reminding you of the advantage of making
timely investments ; lest, when the legal
arrangements are entletle.you. ahrn►ld. Bad
large a capital. With the hogs you may
entertain a better opinion of German se
curities than you do of .Spanish, we hand
you a prospectus for establishing a hank
at Gruningen. You will please observe,
sir, that no deposit is required, and that, as
calls are only made at long intervals, It
will be easy for you to sell your 'Mares
should you change your mind, without
having occasion to make any payment.—
We have placed fifty to your credit, and
have the honor to remain"' dm,
Eighty thousand francs ! The amount
was a perfect mystery to met no doubt
the clerk had nude some mistake •in the
figures. My position was becoming em•
barrassing. Congratulations poured in
from all quarters : especially when I made
my appearance in black from hued to foot,
The Journal de Goubmonges thought it
right to publish a biographical sketch of
my cousin. and the editor wrote me ask
ing for furl fier particulars. ladies con
nected with all sorts of societies. hogged
that my name 'might be added to ..their
list of subscribers, and the money I had
to pay for postage was something alarming.
To escape from this avalanche of inqui.
ries 1 hastily departed for Paris. Directly
I got there,•l Galled on my bankers, by
whom I was received as heirs to a large
property generally are.
"Sorry that you have rook a poor opin•
ion of the Spaniel' stock," said Mansieur .
Dergeret, "there has been a great rise,. how
ever—we only sold out half your , parcel"
"Would you have , the riodness to let
me know what the present value of the re.
meinder might be 1" 1 replied.
"Certainly, sir t ten thousand piastre,
stock ai•aeventy, (the piastres being five
francs, 35 canaig►es) the sum already paid
being—.... If you sell to-day, you will,
with the proceeds of dart sale, have front
two hundred and ten thousand to twohue
dred and twenty thousand francs."
"Very well. You said something a
bout a German bank, I think."
"Yes, the government made some diffi
culty about granting a charter ; but it is
All settled now, and the promised shares
have risen considerably."
"Can I aell out 1"
"Certainly; you have fifty at four hun
dred and filty florins profit; that will bring
you in about sixty thousand franca."
"Without any call to pay 1"
"None whatever."
"That seems strap ; 'but you are no
doubt wall hiformed. I should like to
find a secure investment for those sums ;
would, you have the goodness to tell me
what would be beet V '
"You cannot have anything better than
our own five percents. I know of nothing
more secure,; at the. present priori of that
stock, you get six per cent. fur your mon
ey. I can easily understand that you
should be worried by such trifling details
as these;' you will soon have more con-
siderable sums to look atter."
"Then ill invest the combined pro
duce of the German and Spanish stocks in
the 6.s per cents.. What should I get s
year 1"
"Let me see. Thise hundred .thous
sand franca—fund at eighty—eighteen--.
twenty—yes twenty thousand francs a
sear."
"Ah twenty thoasand francs a year!—
And whet; can the bowmen( be wide
"To-morrow morning; that is, you
will allow our Arm to coaduot the mates•
Oen." Ct
"Certainly ; in whom could my eon&
denre be better planed?"
The hanker made a polite hove,
"And now," I confirmed, "I should kel
obliged if you would have the gOodnews
advance me ■ few lonic, as I am rather
short of change," , .
"My deer air, all I posses* he et yogu
service. flow much• 110 yop
hundred— four hundred r
wthink 'oil,' fifty' will to 'quite suffi
glint."
"May I hope." midell the banker, when
I rose to take leave. !'that our firm may
be fatiorotl' 'with the continuance of your
patronage'?"
oCortainly,"
' There are few moments of my life on
which I look back with in..re satisfaction
than on those occupied in my interview
'with M. .Itergeret, t doubt if 1 should
have believed ii, the • twenty. thousand
franeit a year, if it bail nut-been fur the fif
ty Napoleons. • ,
In the , meantime, my two friends were
shocked at the mves, of their story, and
tivere•not a little alarmed at my sudden
lourney to Paris I which was attributed
by Others to legal business. George and
Albert then began to fear that 1 reply be
lieved in the- authenticity of the invention
Aliettliad concocted.
Three days alter my return, they came
to Bpi me With long feces,
j e er Louis." NM George, "you
know your cousin`is not dead 1"
cannot be sure of that," I replied,
f.for 1 ani by no means' convinced of his
existenie."
oWell, but you know that his iatteri
tense is onty a hoax:"
oTo tell the truth, I think we ere
the only peopie *lto are uf tkat opinion."
"We have-beipit,viiiy letting to originate
such a 'foolish • ieventittn, fur which we
are sincerely sorry." .
"On the 'contrary, 'I am very much
obliged tiryou." • - _ •
•'•But it la our ditty to contradict it, end
to confess hone we have been."
Truth cannot remain - long concealed.--
People began 'to wonder that no news
came from filailitAye ; the whirl end pro
dein (Monk their Wade ominously when
My 'nanny was mentioned.
';The most ludicrous feature in the case
is," said one, •"that he has ended by be
lieving in the troth of his own invention.
For my , part. I must say that I was always
rather sceptical about that inheritance."
.•knd I, ' said Mr. Felix, .ohOught it
cart me fifteen thousand francs."
On geeing a dozen letters an my table
one morning, I gtiffsaed that the bubble
had buret. ' Their contents were very
much alike—for Maumee :
"Mr, Meyeer rtipacts' to Mr. Meran ;
and having 'heavy payments 'to meet, will
914101„19ileer tuntouttj or 00 attain-
My replies disarmed all doubteof nay
perfect lif.fremiy., ' •
"Mr. Moran thants Mr. Meyer for
having at last sent 10' his account, and en
closes tieback for the innotnit."
My - cool and unconcerned demeanor
kept curiosity alive a feW days longer.
"What a lucky fellow'!" laid one.
"Luck has n o thing to du with it," re•
joined another; "he Ws played his cards
well and has won."
Once or twice, I confess, I felt com
punctions of eoneience; but a moment's re
flection convinced sue That my own exer
tions had - no share hi my_ good fortune,
and that I owed it all to a universal pub
lic worship of the Golden Calf, and to the
truth of Albert's axing . . "the next best
Thing to capital is credit.".
Swift Red his tiervant
Dean thrift, while on a journey. and
stopping at a tavern, desired his servant,
John. (who by way. wee as ecreentrio as
his master,) to bring him his bouts,—
John brought up the the ',Akita in the seine
state as they were•takun off the evening
oresions. • •
••why didn't yen poli.h my boutr'
nitt the Dean.
"There's nowt. in pnlishingthem," re
plied the men, ..for they would WWI be
dirty noise' ,
"Very true," amid the Dean. and he put
on the boots.' -inonediaielyAfter he, want
down to the landlady, and eild her on no
account to give his servant any breakfast.
'rhe Dean breakfasted - mid thin, ordered
the, howl out.• As be Ow ready to awn,
John ran to him in a limn burry and
said--
Dean, 1 didn't sat my breakfast
vet." ' ••
,6 011," .replied the witty divine, othere's
no usain your breakfasting; tor you would
soon toklintigry natio,"
,John'illiding his )henry thrown back
upon t ltiuteell. eubinitted so the privation
with the.eiue mi did hi* waster
with his home. .• On the% rode. the Dean
in front reading /lie prayer hook, and the
man behind aLa reepeowhiediviance. when
Ahoy ware niecby *gentlemen, who, idler
eyeing the vary clearly, accosted
the aerwant Oust, •. -
asY; guy Man. you :owl your master
seetn.to be i sober pelt ; may I ask who
you ars and where you are going!"
'• We. are going to liesven." replied
John. "My tower is. praying and I'in
lesting.".
The gentleman looked *teal') in won
derment at the master mid man and Bale
061
There is no happiness en extensile to
a graceful mind as the pleasure of requi
ting the benefits it his !Meet vetl*of provi
ding that. the • seeds of kindness have nut
been sown in a barren suil—of pouring
balrp on the bruised, heart—rnf recalling
the !ring-banished smile to the pale lips of
those who have befriended us in the ardu.
oils struggles of life.
4..E10 you sue anything ridiculous in this
wig V' said a brother judge to Curreu,—.
6 i.liothing but the lips ." he replied.
Greatness usay prociife • MID t tomb, het
goodness *lone can descry. an an epitaph,
The 'lupine, *, Wiles mind th 0 0 Mr"
if terms ire his prejudiff •
Memory is tbs sh*dOlii-lsod of $ll. WS,
,
A
-4,6::"041
-:"A
TWO DOLLARS PER AD ti
INUMBER 15.
singular Vida( Party.
A correspondent ado Nicer Herold is re.
'Tensible for the *Mowing
hA marriage took place lately at the Nevada,
lady not unknown to the Ottlifbrnia
public, to a gmtkoon time Kentucky, now a
eitioni of this &stn, be being the Xtb upon ,
wham die had conferred Ilymenial halm.
the third wino, heads are yet above the soil-
STa strange tonoatenition of einiumetandes.
her two last husbands, between wbutlintild hi"
self all marital duties had owed to nisi by
the operation of the divorce law, had pin up at
the Nevada House on the game even*, lic t i
rant of the fact that their homer care spas
rested under the same roof with themselves,
and also that they had both, in format years,
been wedded to the same lady.
Next morning they occupied seats at Nte
hreakikst-table opposite the bridal party.— •
Their eyes met with mute but exptesalve as
tonishment. The lady-bride did not faint but
bravely informed her newly acquired lard of
her singular situation, and whit doir peon
were. Influenced by the noblemen elide attire '
and the happy impulse of his heart, hit sow •
moiled his predeoesaors to his bridal-chandler.
And the warmest greetings and congratulations
were interchanged between the four in the moils
unreserved and friendly manner. The two ex-
I lords frankly declared that they ever !bead in
the lady an excellent and efaithfid companion.
and that they were the authors of theMut
ties which produced their seParatteni abstain*
being traceable to a too frequent indulgenee in
the use of intoxicating drinks. „ ,
i•The legal lord and master declared that his 1,
affection for his bride was strenghteued he , the
coincidence, and that his happiness tItIY - In' 'k
creased, it possible, by what had econverd.
After a few presents of specimens time their,
well-filled purses, the parties separated—the
two ex-husbands fur the Atlantic States, With
the kindest regards , of the lady for the fitters
welhire of her former husbands.
...Not. the least singular circumstance attypd•
ing the above is, that the three were all martial
on the same day of the month."
Sitio/or Occurrence,-,—On Momtey of last
Week, while a young woman, residing at thu
United States Arsenal, was pouring throne;
the woods of James . D. Pratt, the was Meg
with a tit and dropped her child, about *Kw
mobilts old, which she was oIIITYI O II. -- An"
wandering about two or three hours she wait
taken home, and the proper remedies tubninis- '
tered to restore her to conseiorumess. She
could give no account of the child, bat supposed
she had dropped it somewhere. A short time.
after the mother dropped the child, it wits ixT4
by a gentleman passing through the woods, ly7,
ing on the ground close to some cattle. lie
brought it to Franklbrd, where it was woe
placed in the arms of its almost frootk mother.
The only injury the child received was ahw '
slight britises.—Gerausnteum 7'ekgrap6k
Endorsing an Over Due Note. •
The Supreme Court of this State, has lately'
decided that the holder of an over-due note can
demand paymeneof it whenever he choses, and
that the endorsement of such a note is to boom'.
sidered as if made upon a pew note psystle on
demand, the legal operation of which is precises
ly the same as if the endorser had drawn set
inland bill of exchange upon the maker, para.
ble at sight. Consequently the endorser u 4a•
ble, only npon proof of demand upon the wwker
ble ties., and imiriediatetnotien,
of the default given to the endorser.
The Gold Mines of Tema..--Tho latest newt
from Texas represents the gold as very scarce
in the new diggings. Only from tUteen to My
cents were averaged in a day,says the Fkor.anil
the Ledger (San Antoni,) ()enticing all *lit
have any business, from leaving it for thopunr
prospects of the mines.
Discovery of the Tekgrap4.—The discory
of the nuilnetie telegraph la claimed by a tii•
POLZON tiaxliT, doctor, at Arnaville, in the
department of La Meurthe, France, who, kap:
mini, has, since 18311, established *
denco, by the use of wires, with (7te r l i a
friends, milled M. L4PORTALLi. But previa**
to that discovery, in 1794, the magnetic tale,
graph was also USCti.
Alortalit y Landem.—The late bills &mar
tality indicate 1,100 deaths &week in London,
That is 157 • day. or 6i an hour. London ill It
great place to live in, Mid it wow to own Vei
die in also.
11:7 - The Falkland Islands are saki to contain
but 27 men, women end children, ill told. anj
yet the British Parliament annually appropriate
for their government $14,000.
o:7l'he largest plate of glass in Amnia,
by 9 feet, was broken a few days ago, ea
workmen were setting it in a win do w of n
Broadway restaurant, New York. it coat
111.030. Several others of the same ewe were'
broken on the voyage.
O:7DIL Cora Lott) says the sap or of
nuts put in the ear on cotton, relieves she worst
cases of eavaohe. lie also recommends a de
coction of walnut leaves to wadi bal4 places ea
the bead to restore the hair.
UPELIIIKT TowNs&No, • director of the New
Haven Railroad, died in New York, tut Sunday,
The recent terrible accident and been of life oq
the road made a deep impression upon his nand.
from the effects of which, it is said, he never
:ovrerol.
r7Thirty-four persons have died of choler%
iu Alexandria, Va.. since May.
STARCHING LiNvi.—To those wha tle• ,
sire to impart to shirt bosoms, collars, and
other fabrics that fine and beautiful gloss
observable on new linens, the folkwing
recipe for making gum arable starch rill
he most acceptable, and should be put in
the dementia scrapbook of mil woman
who prides herself upon her capacity as w
house wife, and the neatness of her awn,
her husband's and family's dress ; sad If
she does not take pride in these things
her husband is an unfortunate men :
"Take two ounces of tine white gum
arable powder, put it into a pitcher , s awl
pout on it a pint or more of hoiliug water,
t according to the degree of otrengili yoi
desire.) end then, having covered it, let it
set all night. In the morning prior ik ,
carefully from the dreg. into a clean b o ttle s
cork it, and keep it for use. A tables
apoouful of gum water stirred into a Ott
of starch that has been :nide in thinner
manner will give the lawns (eitherwlAlet ti
Weak, or printed) a look of 'lemmas,
, wifess
nothing else can restorb them after wraith'
big. it :a also good, numb' tiiimml•albe
thin white muslin and bobbittet,—.4llgruate ,
I:break/4'.
Thiess snot gnintoSTlVlWOPlßalkapp...
A colored lean died in Ne• tl4 1 100 ,t
week from siting ilttewberties• 4 wirP •
had hen IsW dull he amid Ali 4104.11:4
baskete As& Hs eeneetplidied 11* Ilette
MOO an Mato sad died• shwa ktitifir 4
1104 . 1
I P =ft 1
•
140 dew 10101
k, 4 4,
• '• 3
•
.~. , f - re. j..+,.x
A A,47ti,