.. - . to :receive him in the right spirit. -- $m soon as his eves cased to he dazzled .... - hythe stronger light, he , was enabled to see - that which was,fat more interesting and at , . . tractive 'nt gentle, amiable and arc.m7 Xished Mar , "`taot. Art ~t tgection rleeper t I ....oter, "'hf ' - iiTA lii more ratans} took positeesiory of his mind yarn affection that 1 &lied Creme - nits the gentleiliosom of Mary %, '4li . Alter, ITleak M irlie, tfr r. Erskine, - affo i ..,tradln4 opened a retail dry amid store, be- Came acquainted with Josephine, and forth with mails aboldissaultupon,the.eitailel of her heart. he :was a merchant and of course, 011' was right , ill_ that ~respect:, 114 -man :tiers were free andlimposing, and these, of ; - eatiAre, were taken as the true exponents pi - 1 4 1 feneretts spirit. . ' •--, -, • - --; - JoStiPhiee's father had seen a . little of Ihe sintld; and was, therefere,..not so ou ch dis pitied tojudge altogetber by : first:appear - ance. But he was overruled by-Mrs. Alli ' erkn, who wanted, to belnutherrin-lavir to '- At, merchant,' as much as . Josephine-wish ed to be the %IQ c! ilike.disttngutshed indi. , ti don't know Any thing about they Mr. - VOtige 'he said when he found that mat. . . .. tOrkand,things were approaching a`orist.. • .f ,, ,Wtiy. ho'F.etrattge . you talk!' Mrs. Alli . sen,rcplied, in tones ',if sin-prise... '.I. am aare,,if ,you don't know .any thing about • hite,, , avery-bodv, else does/ ' Isn't '.he a , , , iperpliant po4----stret . t?' i- Thal—lsa't he A merehatal' *as a iiirong argument, and Mi. Allison felt himself al. , . Post towerleas to oppose, it especially as ihemerd r*merchant' conveyed , komethiag: . -trily 'respectable,,stibstantial and imposing - , to .bis ear. .. ,-.-• -:- - i 'Do you really think that he's ,a suitable! , peison for our Josephine? he `asked - ' • 'Certainly I-t h '. les the' best o'ffeeihe ttrany of the gic Is have yet had. Airre, „.,,,efrilid-of is, that-she •wi I .get, ai* awhile, ;. 14. , holditigire4 hest ah;tve us all.? -.. - e * 'O, as tothat, site. may. hol.l her head as ' high a:4. she pleaSes, if she hatie pleittSF.. to supptnt her dignity,' was the paternal 614- ration. . In due time, Mr. Erskine Made his ofKer' for the hand of.Ji:sephine Allison, and was _accepted without -any unnecessary delay. ' Two' months more passed; andthen they .>were•ma'rried. •., . , .. "So-Josephitie's martied,' said one of .. - M 13.. Alligori's friends, meeting her in the street, , a few days aftet the announcement , cif the wedding. . • • 10 yes,' replied Mrs. Allison, with a 'broad smile of Satisfaction'. • , • - 'To a Mr. , Erskine, I beiit.vo the 'name . 'Yes.' 'Well, who is he, Mrs. Allison'{' • 'Why, don't you know. He's a mer chant On -... —Street.' 'indeed! Really, lam glad to hear that'shehas done well. Have they gone tcitobse-iteeping ye tr "0 yes. Re had every thing ready, so that they could go home at once. He;has taken one Of those beautiful'houses on--- street, and furnished it - superbly.' •1 do really feel rejoic.ed, Mts..-Alison, ai-lhee'phine's good , fortune,' the friend said . ; with sincerity. 'lt is'trot •every gill, now4-dsys, that does-so well:' '''indeed it limit,' was the respOnse, and the 'iOod morttitra.;' were repeated, satire ftiends separated .' As .I'd rs. Allison had intimated, Mr. grs kine had furniEhe.. - his house, for whim he had engaged to pay a high rent, in ele gant style, fOr one who was not a tich man. And, certainly, he was not even if he were 'merchant.' in commencing . business, he had-not a single dollar or red _capital. Sev *nil jobbing hauses had:united in furnish' ing him a fair stock of goods, because, as .a -clerk, he had been _active anshrewd, and tit YAM thought'. that he could' not fail to do well, if prurient. Sat the idea of 'being a merthattf. 'crrripletely turned his head.— Ha felt himself of doable consequence, and assumed airs and habits accordingly. In the course of a few months, he began to 'feel `d ssatisfied with the slow process of a - c eriiring wealth by retailing - d ' i'p good% and milked freely of opening a A liillsale 'store ..sitrthe -end , of tte year, tAs one of the moan trfiThireud. he determined to fOrm -Iv-connection - ' with the daughter of some ; hod, substantial citizen, whose note would atlways.pass current- at the-tank board. . - In Mr. Allisonovhe thought' that he had *foetid his man; tied it, Yosephine; a girl wstrtb, would make quite a showy wife.— . Under these' views and feelings he had married. And with a tiew to mislead as -to his' reel ttmdition, he had furni-ied his thouse'at -twice the dxpence required to lhive 'Made a very genteeVappearance. , • - -Alba how could he do thisr one would ask, 'when he had resITY nothing to (11) it Withr .. . Ift bought on six months ' Cedit. He was 'a merchant, and had a well filled . Atitie-on- —street. Every one was ready ttt siet him freely.' ~ t %/Opting now went 'On 'fiwimmirigilr.' ee they 'say, Josephine _ nevsr , gut tired .or tooki oir : IA and admiring her beautiful Ibrussekirdfurniture; nor of reflecting upon ''.her itwit . alesiated position, Sha visited, Aatf * lkteesived Visit Ant; went. to Parties and gave,,partleiiivith an untiring r e lish,, ..Viligehifilltie k q own' w4l. it y4,3s to pnjoy life bet-rte. • Every Where she was . recei ved ' With attention, for was she 'not tile vrik o r hit. Erksine, merchant in -- 7 - Alise — el: "Tim,iiwittsedon, and sundry square lit- Ailito- or FlROer i handed in. by a quiet, I onftilie'dt*t TOOkin individual, begun, to - 4 1 W '-'' ' late Yo -de a re RIM-just over 'Mr 'i .. ill' 'Oa,- alariag - him in the -fates' ~,,„- t „:*te 1 ; 4 0 4 T bi.,er nteelegatti , - 'lllimk-Itora,,,imOvniPLlM4,l#44os,llay AUX di t'', .i glierl inorntq i xitti,- *mild taka &Sr '7340 little,lnuttK4 l ,, 1 foiver,qand trat 31eilnrantimi . .s0*4 0 10 11 indicted , ,; . '", tt, *'iik. . ii ,. .., 411,Itheir gtoily t4 ii */$ 4 14 2. Ant...h004 - ne . l' . . -.1 , - - ,;1,-417,44- :.'...5.-_,- 4 , - - . • - t...--:,...: : 0,,,',.,-, ~~7®6 ; -y~~~~ , 9. - lot et- re Si weer .c.. 4 ... 4 it, ~„.,.,„, A 11i. .,,,M il *.a n- , . .. 4 Pre ee; se .'''iw t0!..2i r t. 17 , 1 ' .-- Ces would, ,--:ltalciikilrein' - I . • .jeveri.olrn Itag. . o - -ArecV•aileZ tiO4i - ,9ver ing'.a- Mou mounts theycalled_ for, and _despatched., fiithe bank; But; for eveiy one that was disposed of, two would come in its place. This continued, until the entire balance in that hank'was drawn, out. - , : 'Whet must liedone,nOwl' the or rehaot asked of himself, `.Why; ; I must h ,accommodation.' ecommodation.' ' was the mental ciorclusion. 'But who'willen on my paper'? Thai's the important question.' he, went on to say it's only three months since I was married and I don't like to come , down on - the old gentleman ap noon.- Let me see. There are Wilson and 'Jones, and Ratrittleton. Can't I..vetiturk, to ask one. of them'? i think• so, There ts * llambleton, He has always sold m. 9 es free as the - air. No 'donht he bas perfect confidence, and now that I have -old'ar. Allison at my , back, w ill- go on my papei at a vvord, I . yvill try him,,first,. anyhow,'" , _ • - . And ao'saying; Erskine Sought the store of. Kr. liatrilieton. - ' . • - 'G:ood"morning, .Erskiner said that indi viduel, smiling, and extending his hand in -a, frank, encouraging ma: flier. 'What can I. sell you. this morning.'- - - - 'I dent 'know ' What have you that is new' l' ' , •. - 'Come up stare and see,, Mr•gamble ten replied. And t'frt.lAirn went up, and aid spent half •an -hour in turning over vari ouskieds and' styles of goods. After boy• n'g, Several packages, whichhe aid want, and as many that he did not want, Erskine SIM or thonght thieire saw a gooe4por tiiniq for mentionintiris request. ; •IN ~..,, II shrill want a little husiness favor, - .164- lieve, Mr. Hambleton,' he- asid, Witil'El 'eficaness that did etedit to r•hiaself-controt, 'and believe that I "sliall.namermy,iVant to you, as one of my first and,. I have, always flattered • Myself, one of my 'warmest friends, ; -'Say on,' replied Mr. Hambleton, with . ... an encouraging, Smile, ,any th ing :that we can do for , you, shall. be most c e beirfully done.' 'ln a Word, then= Mr 7flambleton I want a .good name on a note. Most of my first payments are-falling due, and you know thatit is impossible for a new begin ner , to Meet everythina Without a little help.' . - "Of course it is. But, lam sorry to tell you, that it' is entirely out of my power to aid you in this way. Although doing bus iness in my own , name, 'I :have a partner, and our contract is positive that, neither shall endorse or give his note without the consent of the other.' 'Would he not let you do it for a small amount,'in my case'' 'No. I have tried him several times; but be will not consent. And I aim very sorry for it in: this case, for it would give tee pleasure to accommodate you. Why don t yeu _call ou Mr. Allisoer 'lneedihardly tell you why, Mr. Hatii• - bleton. You know that I have onlybeen married for a few months to his daughter, and 1• w . ould do almost anything, rattier than to ask him to assist me, in a busieess way.'. 'I certainly appreciate your feelings,' was the reply; 'and Wish thatric were.in my power to _save them-by at once meeting your Nano,' ' . '1)o you think Wilson •would object' Or &jog me the ,favor"?. ask-of-yeur ' Ersk ine inquired, musingly; '1 ivatly 'eannotiell. 1 should think it doubtful, hoviever.' Men in 'business are . vetrea titian - . ltrregaid- - itoifitias .matters ~• .So many.persons- have been ruined'by en dorsing, that noone lik,es to : put his name to - paper. lt is for this reason, that in nearly all partnership contracts, there,is a provision that neither party . shalt indorse 'without the consent of the •other.'- . • 'orrre,other.way will open, then,' Ersk ine replied, in • a tone of cheerfulness. • _ls there,. anything else.that I. ,e,an sell your resumed the•merchane 'No, , I ,'believe not.' 'We shall receive a . fresh lot of goods ., tomorrow -or next day ft om New York. Yeti must come over and look at them.' L. will,' 'was the brief answer, aud-then Erskine retired. , • :,;L must have an. endorser., - he 'said , : to himself, as be watked. to his store. "'But whp shall I geti 'There is Crirriertin —I could get-him, I. supp Ise' But if -he en dorses for or; T. Must dOthe same for him, and. I don't . ..want :toy have my name too common - in the - orraiket. Besides,,his is l net the : Most fetbStantial concern iin•Athe Another "examipation of his =cash se , counts, and estimate of .hirr pay mints and probable receipts -for the next two months, - 49 ting which time hia heaviest obligations fell due, made him feel - . more than ever, the necesslty of, doing some.: thing. Two or three efforts jrnorb were made to get an endorsement by. a.soStan tie' house, but failingin. this, ha at brat called upon tomeron. 'I want youi-rtiame on theses two notes; Cameron,' he - said.;- firesenting _two bills drawn by.hiriaself in favor of camer c on for one thousand dollars_each. - - ( Conclusion on Monday:) vermont. . 1. LegislatureThe .l.ronT hunß d o a r y &la week. tl, T te h p e et - 11 cont 1134 * ([ 1 :70 1 :Aunting they 7 l o e r ti t T , (i i i i r e 6 f 7 l : : ernot at the date -ele ction, laWin.e. --- yek — rca r * t ." 4 . , ~ .. •-• , 27461', tea ptine; ' - ` ......,'' - ip lig ", I *-- ~ ~..-.....: .„i - • • - . ' , „...„.„-- - 4- .... - ;. - -.- ,ta,..1-. iii i i f ie„.": - - , 0 4 0.0., m0A f#,A41544014,1-' t t' , 7.,?*7., 'F:+l4 . -, .., ~,,...,-.61er,,,,v,z,,- ` , A ,; yV:7 7 f4 l 'i ,-- *- -, *4 - s . f' 11k11 711010 1 motiPtiO* 744 **"""! ' ~F`'4('~OSjit22. 18.. iy stm rtrgt Page. - COONtY CONVENTION,. Pcrrsaosalt. October 22, 1842. _ lootriumn.ce OA the:Democratic Commateeeif- COrrespondence - of 4he State, • - putilhthed at Harrisburg. - sonto tline.sinCe, suggeating the proprit ty,of each County elect Ind dole:M. l es equal to their number of representathies 'in the ;State 'Legislature, to, meet in their-respe.ctitie cogni. .ikm.lp,conventioo, and elect...delegates to meet at Harris— 'Art': on' the Rth of Jinuory, 1843.. (Or the purpose of itismingting a candidate for • the. Presideney. subject to the deesion fr a Democratic,. Nat ionalConvention. - .7 11 1 1 riVoteCtals or itettiletny county are, therefOr re. (rested. to meet, in the different w a rds,bormighs and rOlvn: Raturday,titeAtildoii , r fiPsemiier se.l4 nutlet! . ogual„places of holding their elections, and , each distriet elect -two dele , iatis to meet in ,Couaty Convention at the Conit Haase., in-the city .of . pittshurgh. on Wediteeda.V. 1 1 Ili 901 of NoFellibet, at,. o'Llo.ck, A. M. for the our, nose.,,,,ofelec.ting.Rve delegates to represent Allegheny county the i State Convention, to be held at Oa ryieh on the glor,louo pia or Jonuary., JA Ed CR Ai/Vie/RD, Chaim:m(og- the Democratic Committee -of. Correspond? , , . ence.fiir Allegheny county. • . • P. Tho Oka of Pittshiergh and. Regheny, Birtning hterrejAterrearetritle and Pitt township, are .requested meet at half past 7 o'clock, and' the' -Townships bet weeto 3 and 6. o'clocki P. M.* - . ,Oct 22,-tn9. . l'he 'This BaYStateDcaloarairsp'soi k, Irishmen call a man a Paddy- has t heretofore been, considered an insult, but this' Cognorrieti fait coming to be looked:upon in the same Night - as that , of • Yankee given us by the English. The_trish part of our .cona muni tyttre fast assuming gradein the'l public estimation. They should be looked upon to be what they really are, ,a worthy and industrious class 'of 'people, They have - sought our: shores - thysitundreds to es• c ape the tyranny • and oppression Of their two, and titian We treat theni with con. ttimelyi No; rather let us lend every as. s istance to disseminate, among them, just and upright principles, and learn diem to *love this, theie adopted country. -Heave.n grant that their deeply oppressed, and in • . inred- countrymen at 'home, may ere long realize the blessings of liberty,and be freed fromthe galling yoke they have so long worn." With charazteristic tinfairne3s, the Gazette - pre tends that our article, yesterday contained an ad mission that we printed and published the anti- NltiC,hell handbill. In' reasoning on the subjeet ue said that 'Tor arkamcnt's sake" we ;night a d. mit that we printed and published those hand bills—and this the Gazette; Mail is mean enough to say is a positiie admissinn that we issued the bills. In the firetylarte, wedeny in the most em phatic manner, idol WaJuittanything to do with circulating thoine,ltVEhitlis , • Anst-in the secon I &ri place•we put thtieitrftri hi Mr:: lute, v hether he thinks it fair, and 'just, and `honorable t take such adv infages ai n. he has darte" i the present case. To be sure, he may_ be anxious to remove the odium ef ; faith breaking frnin his spicial friends. -But he &meld not resort such a con.. temptible lie Is; east it upon others. We again say that Mitchell suffered from Antimastinic treachery, and we ate assured that Deacon White, if not privy. au it, was at least an accessory after he fact. We charge him with knowing who had those handbills printed, and ,Who circulated them, • —in short ,with being fully, acquainted with the "diddling of poet Hugh Mitchell." KrThe Chronicle' provet., by quotations its city contempqraries, that, like all mercenaries, it has been "every thing by tu• ns." It makes out our_charga that it is a Hessian sheet, in the fullest manner. It proVes, by the American,. thait 'it was, for a while,•a "loce-fo.co concern,"—by the :Gazette, thatilt "seem Tyler's interest—and the Herald . thought it 'was opposed ' , to Clay. It is likely to Stick to Tyler forawhileas he has thrown 'a few crumbs that way. He ought to know, how ever, that no dependence is to be pet in .it, for tho' conducters, collectively, take much pains to show they have no principles at all, yet, it is notorious, that the proprietor is a decided Clay o:7The Gazette cannot mystify nor explain away John Quincy Adams' vote upon the Tariff Bill. 'We say_ he 4,oted against the Tariff Bil. And that simple, naked fact the Gazette cannot nor dare'not deny. The stuff about the Distribu tion Act, l and the quibble that he did not vote againt the ,Tariff B.11"as a Tariff Bill," arc un worthy of it serinns notice. We once more re. mind the people that John Quincy Adains,the 01.- zette's eandidi'e ferYiesidenti voted iirrinitihe Five days later from England, by the Picket Ship - ,Nothing or inrportatice from Europe. The English papers are discussing the Ashburn ton treaty. , They nearly , all denninnes,it. The Queen* is giving la rga parties. Who put that Spike in the.ch amber of the:Vigilant! Lord 'Ashbertott is to be 'made- an Earl.. • The failure of the West India steamers excites r gteat attention among the mercantile classelt. The grant 0f,X240,0004er year is reduced one half. A 'Very - destructive fire occurred ut Liverpool on the 4t.hi.vvlrich destroyed property , 'to the a mount of 500,000 pounds I!: It has been as certained 'by, the .. biokers' returns that 37;474 bsles of eottou have been consumed by the conflagra. The.most painfolTift-nr this calamity, is 'the loss'of of lives. 'lt is - believed that 18 or 20 wevellorted in the ruins. 'That • • . netwinus blielaguati, Webb, bee.been aes •quitted. We said to. Who put that spike, Tivit letter in the.P. 0. at Burlington, Vt, las never treetaliailell for. Who pat tiat /pike, &e. iiirport.of ©:d During the month or Sep tehberilhere tt . frivefk l jtt various torte to the Unites:l'B6).o3'l:a A 4) 1 4 6 tinirciessi 6 W 40 ,, e4Ke an aa stiere t enswd hrthiNihide trad e At'. ea_ t '' .ttPitAtK sPerniolt, idaltg; ? r t w„EA-. which is :" ,• _ 4 ,,Stf -WeilittriritAnut khe preachei'a reittperaprils song was sung, and the,ltr. gentlpfnan,Orsii,ifiver a few appropriate re plarini;lihriOimed 'the solemn ceremony and ottereitup # prayer; after whic-litthe.l briJegroom made a shaft speech, in which he espiessed a hope that . Ir:ntijght - keep theyledge of conjtigal loynos faithfully as, he - hand that of total abstinence from all in toxicating. drinks. The President of the Society then presented; to the bride and bridegrooms glass of pure cold water, de sitinitliat they would broil partake of it, as; ItOnceforth, they were to drink of the cup ofjoy and sorrow together. Senti menmwere than offered and dra,nk in burn fists of cold watersongs were sung—and thesillappy pair, accompanied by a few rifest& :rsitired amid the cheers of tbe A rite of Blood.-Supposed Murder by the Freebooters of the Aississippt. • A trading boat elan Italian named Bastien Bel anger, on the 29th ult., at New Orleans, drew up to the left shore of the Mississippi, in the parish ofJberville, opposite the house of J..11.-Bieh : x . rds & Brother. He had with him . a Genoese named lean.. Some of Richards' family were - on board the pirogue as late as sundown. Fver) . _ thing on boardtippeared as'muel. Bastien informed them that he would not leave till ten the next morning. On getting up the next morning the family found thelsoat gone; but aeon afterwarda discovered it on the other aide of the river, a little further down the stream. On• going to the place where it had been tied on the "premiding evening, they found the Print of a man's fingers in blood, and other ;marks of violence having been committed. They thee crossed the _river - to the place where the boat lay, and fou‘d her sunk, with the deck a little above water. Marks ,or blood were discovered,. particularly near the cabin door, together with brains, hair and a pleee of a skull bone.- On the pirogue, being raised, two or three augur holes were found in.the stein; but all of Bastien's goods we - e found aldisturbed. The suspicion of ,the neighborhOod at first was that the assistant Jean, had murdered Bastian for the sake of his money, a considerable sum he is believed to have had with- him. Bot on the 3d inst. the bodies.of botbjean 'and his „master were discovered floating on the river: The back part, of their skulls were beaten off. _ The probability is that they were murdered , by some of the MissiSsippi free-booters,a class which may before long make it necessary to employ an armed police on that river. • Santa Anna cJnte.mptat es changing the seat of government from Mexico to Vera Cruz. Preparations for the expedition against Texas were still in prograotoind the naval fiwc as soon :as it returned from'Corripeatity,'Wedld,ii was al. lodged; proceed irarasdiately against Galveiton.-- The attack by lan4 and sea - . it - is elid,wtil be made simultaneously, Gen. Reis comnianding the land • roes, and the Dictator the storming iegiments. A lady in this city, who had just-returned from a visit across the river; found all her things in confusion,and was obliged to use an onion instead of a pin cu.hion to stick her needles in. The next day when she went to sew she found they -all had tears in their eyes ! Or Who put that spike in the chamber of the Vigilant Kr The - Chronicle insinuates that we promised to "reciprocate" fivors in the matter of election returns. The, cditoia of the Chronicle know , that all insinuations of the sur tare. ground less and false. They '(or their master) have been,poinlclly told by the-person who, they say, we 6%4 with the over ture, that he had rtol'lmen authorized by us to prof fer the returns of the Post in exchange for theirs. . Why should we have made such a proposition _ ? They lad no returns but what we hid ourselves, and it would have been preposterous in us to have made a bargain by which we . would have lost much and gained nothing. - ..IC : wie had done •an, h...wever, the Cnroniele w.ould doubtless have had a triumphant crow over its lazy coternporaries. Them Sgesengers.—The New York