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41 TTORNRI At Lk t art , irieTter 07 7113
• A ....one in the •• t•rall I.tirtßof ne County,
re&&&& amt fnltloln' attention all 1,0164100 s an•
• ! .• , .r• eitl4er a• an Atlnent, or Ilatiatrate.
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Fee. )9, 1161L—$7.1y.
B. F. SIA/AN, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR
VOLUME 30
MOUT! aunt len It it. re 4,
ATIVINXT AT LAW.—OfficT 07. r Illurphy'lin
Shop, between Brown', Hotel andßand Holm*, krte, a
QCOTT .11; RANKIN.
k,75 nna Lana In all kinds of Coal, Salt, Plaster? Flour,
i ish, ke, ke- Pultdie Dock. Erie, Pa. fil
A. aCOTT, 1 II ILAAKII
I e. sni.DEN,
el • MKOLACIIALX and RsdaJl deskr in all kind.
of Esielah, Gennan and Asnionean Handwans. Anvils, 1 lees,
Iron, Nails, Steel, he. Saddlery and Carriaae Tnniminics,
Machine Belting and Parking Initial 'treat, opposite Link.
Rent !limas, L o w. I'..
Wll ER Letter , of .4.dpi/1)i/4.3 - at 1/ qi
harm/ tweil granted to the outnumber, on
the estate of John Eltoorat ileed, labs of Oho,, hem..
ore all persons indebted to nald estate will make Immo
tate payment, and tboee hating claims 411111111 i the mama
prveent them properly authentic...fed- for orttlement
MICHAICL BOWES.
:rot. 10, 18101.-3t14. - kik Creek tp., Aden',
NtrricE IS HEREBY I/IVEN, to nil
friend. to the !Coded Pr..lyte
rota Bury in ground, fun the corner of Eh, hth stet French
?kir, ta, in Fro, to remove or MUM. the removal of their
remainr, 1.111 or before the 16th day of ifetohe r b en t.—
Thor.• remaining In the grounds after that tin* sill be
is the Truett...a of the C01,10,0,11..0, aire..shi,
t o the pr. loony .if the Art Of A vv. mLly , pissed at the
tart smuilon of the Legislature, authorizing NA rem" al.
tie, July 2 1659 —{td Ky order ofibeTrustreO
. .
71)
Physician, Surgeon and Dentist.
1172%7202V 3ILIXAL•II3.
ERIE CO, PIKT•S' %.
D R. L. baying permanently Ineate4 at
hills, *Walton., all rallo to hla proteoanas
%lib promptness. All useful o,orat,una no the Teeth
rerforttmi and •areanted. Artificial teeth if sorted frew
nno to an ontirraott. lab 9 —4
ii K ..t • r
REED I - 1017SE;
FIioNTING THE PUBLIC SQMIE.
ERIE, PA.
P. ELLIOTT, Proprietor.
•hug 4.1 I and
ill. %la.< ..t Mt.
LAltuE NI) ANT 11()TE1.
Harm been tloroughly repaired and refurnleh
,i, an.l to nclior open for the reroptton Of guests
ky, the Iraq, Week or Month ow rea
sonable terms. the P. ni , ro toe pledytog hmuelf
IIU effort shail be warthog to yere etihre
rarPrivate Portoro, flintier Parties, or liapaitorn of
Public liollf rill find the areonuno.lattoom .t
superior to any other In the city and the rhargee rea
sonable.
NM:IMM E
larbliind Stabling 'atingle(' where gavots from the
eon airy will al aay find 'atrial, e lanottltri 1.1 Law charge
..r their twatnog, May 0, IM9 tf4+l
s id ar ai t For Chicago Jo:4og
And Intermediate Ports !
ONE (IF Til E PEI IPLE's LINE l IF
PrnpPlirra 1.4•••• 114 i• Pttri. for Cilleatet and
Intermetilato POMP on ‘I . I3I)NESI)A V and SATIAK
I), `1 pf each week, wind and nrathnr pertnittinK
n r For frri g ht or i ya-•apt apply to
utoIRT , )N.
Krie, .ILne 4, 1449.-52 tf Ihnk
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!!
FRENCH .AND .IAIERD'AN MILLINERY
M I:,. M. A. pf ( - )116 A N
Mkt jnat roturned from N.,. York
tor ialitvat and moat complete asoortno.nt of
Fltl-INC 'I I
4
%ND
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• AMERICAN
k... MILLINEItY
„ • • •
4:4•00s.
Ar.
inte,d sty lee of ittraw Anode,
soN'NETS. RIBBONS. FLOWERS, &c., &c.
In rinirtrevery thing , in the Millinery line, which will be
.01.1 r but...de or retail at priors that. NM
ouotry Sil_pplted with,
rtreva, •44.11 Pg • /Man COMilaaaMt.
roirirnootitit to receive Owed. !My lass
{./Misr induerniesta to those btipbui to
yoke their purchases at establishment
Ilse.. 11. &aim to the paddle Os* she is prepar
ed, by a sew and beset! to-resevete sad Color
Slienete
style.
'Mr Order. and sattafartion s 'emoted
tore Corner of State and install Street/, Kyle Pa.
April 18 , 1849.-45tf.
C=1:1
NEW MILLINERY GOODS.
mits.s. 11. HALL,
Peach St., ahme the nepot Eno, i•.
111/ ju•t •.pened a new and spieudni Ser.ea or
MILLINER
AND
STRAW ((s)Ds
AB XX.aI3CIB.
VIA-EIVEIO4,
Ar e kc Alpo, R(IV VET?, T kl;3g,
and honrs.t m••• and r. n
1) It I:SS 84 INN DRESS N LIE \I
=IR. EEO IS "MSS
th. labrt nt•
I art...l>r talon 14/411•, 11 Z.
):1411/Z Hat. On r• the
...at fnahloaabli ..t% l• _Ai
if Also, £ sup, 0. 1. t
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SII INi LEN sil IN( ;LES
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GrEEN,
AND INIPEItI 11, TE.V
01' mitieltEsT citAllEr+ :
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AND
)FF};R
-1 HI \ WOLAS.ES, OF AI.I.6RAMS .
RICE, Su k STARCH. CANDLES. RAISIN:3;
I; KING 1.1 1) Eli S, PRUNES.
FRUIT. NUTS. &(- ,
WIIITE. Yl4lll.
El!9MI!II!!!!1
1:=1
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N 1111.14 AND Ai ll.Ae.s.
l e•I tier • ilb L buy.. auortuwat .4 au 4,i01. 131•4.114 4
kept ill • Ornee.n. Atom, Which offer to roll
10••••ot usarkrt pner ('At t. AND SEE I'l7
BEI KV AN.
Aprl) No 2, Irrlirbl.
tn. l
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Av \V ANTS A 5.% I: E.
mabarriber b.. an. lazy. los.
19:KRING'. 4 SAFE. whit+ Ito will rbrsr tnr
Caob or appre.r.d p&p.. 11, I. SCUTT
isle, April SI. IWW.-44 U.
M I. Imw
MA N I'ERSONK 4VFFFB intpm•ely
With Nitt - WA1.4211. PAM to the F tt'R Tarn
and Jar Actin, that "tight be mitered slm..t fronststely
bt the Appliesuon of the Extrset of Swint red It I.
h..th m..rr pleasant and %sir than any of the raln - Killen.
+kw! Ilot-ltrops In cue Just try It
Aug . 20. CARTER t (slat
LETT F. RS of .‘dministration on the
tale of James I.litdoll. tale of Sumlt toirilohlroloo d.
hosing
been granted to the ontrierihoni, satire to tupe.by
gitesi to all poronsto 1044.14.1 to 'laid total* to make im
moillotr l,a, no•nt, owl thooo t.as iug rlainy arainst it a ill
pleat., ptrornt them duly tutbeuticatod tor
Linn eePttlomrut
111 kl.l,
I'
0ct.1.11‘59--17 of Erio.
pllx . r4: PAINTS!! PAINTS!! !
White Lend, dry and in ell. American ..4 Vrearb
Zinc, liner mad Retied Wowed 011, retretian Ited.
Prvneh ibehre, Chrome and French Green, and in whorl
every thing in the linen( FA 1 rirm, Mess
A ies SlNrlt the t o
Maw It T. AIR.
FARM LANI*; FAIRSALE Si MILES
from Phila.:l4phi. by Railroad in the State of New
Jersey. emit amobg the best for Aorticlifters' porpfalieb
Mdrig s good Immo salt, with a clay bottom. The labd Ia
o lorge tract divided into small farms, Mid hundreds from
oil parts of live imuotry are sow settling sort bulktiag
TI.. riops produced are large sod con be men growing
The climate Is delightful, and wren, from frosts Trrus.
from jib to 1W per acre, payable withid four year he in
stalowsto. To visit the Owe—Leave VON. Stave% Wharf
l'bilsdelphis at l'fa A ld by Railroad for lianstoonton,
of address
New
Jana ,. er Hamintooton Pool Offliw,
A alinile C ounty , New Sao fall 11:1•411diallnarni
esotbor solama. OWL
THE ERIE
Adaiinistrator's Notice.
Ever brouvaNt to dos
city, inducting all tM
GROCERIES, &c.,
oRt)UND
111311
CODKP.II
ao• it teKKHE
PORK.
itAns
IL O
nt'TTKR,
NG GPI,
1/KINI► APPI. KS.
WOOD And
W 11.1.014' W %S:,
Administrator's Notice.
fun aild Mita fixtucto.
Deir A RILQUENT
Woochnan. spare them poles.
I Touch not a single wan,
Last fall they cheered our wales
Just let 'out stand for phun.
It was our Phreemont Club
That Ist did pbtee them there :
Oh ' please. sur, let 'em stand,
Or else yew'll hear ue aware.
•
let- If General Tom Thumb finds a flit
ting wife, the public will enjoy the pomp
logi, a I exhibition ot a new variety of "Dwarf
NM. !Zuni is like death—it levels all dis
tinctions. An alderman with "a brick in
hi- hat, - would just as scxm fraternize with
ehimnev sweep as with a foreign envoy.
' par Timothy lot) i the first time he wont
a e"urting. he felt as Jr a pink angel lu►d
hauled hint down a rainbow with a pieta. of
chain lightning smack in to a pile of down.
What's a pistil
=I
DM— Person+ in a crowd, says Prentice,
bliould keep their elbows out of each others'
yet a man's stomach is oftener
the ,Trwttott of his own ell.ov,
t Bull t 11() of his neighbia-s.
WA. In Weaverville, California, a tax
eollt•etor called upon a l'hinaman for hts
!axe-. Not having the "speller" about him
the c..lt. , :tial was shot (lead by the collet , .
tor, wh,, said he "eould'nt be bothered
running after them 'Johns' so all the time."
"1 can't.hear children," said Mi..
Prim, disdain fully. Mrs. Partington looked
4)14.r lwr ,pectscles mildly before she re
lied : ••Perhaps if you could, you would
like them better "
gar The highest eulogium of Mr. WO).
-ter'. ability in the nweut - vaddrivtis of Ed
ward FA (Tett, IA Micro lit• sago of the form
ior t hilt -1114.11. few who would not
they agreed with him. th a t
he hail th, Fr opiripms better than Yb. y
(Ar nixdres.
isz),.. A little girl said: "Ilotber, is Toni
zig.,od cot '" "Yes. - "Well. he'll go to
'll,•:lveit, won't he''" suppost, • so, but if
;tout are not s better girl you will never get
..oh," said the little girl. "I'll
•1i.,1d on to Tout's tail."
ti•lloviing slanderous paragraph
tinrelmke.ci A wag has invented a
n. w ! Ile proposes_ to places, a
I ite• of a,Jaiken 4teim apart. and to com
:oot th.• now- , to kite Brat or them as a 4e-
giolf- A writer in the Texas Teleyrupl, says
he has been hunting three months in vain
fur x situation. and almost wishes himself
au uyster.
'•lf he were," re►narks our devil. "he
would find, right under every man's pro
boeis, fine opening for himself'?"
Me: The ether night * landlord dinoov
ering one of his, customers drunk, "Ai:Nth
lug about" in the mire, went to his assist
:ince, and ttin hitn u ..n h•. fee in •
ESII
-No." replied the boozy (Inatome', "I *tint
iiek. nor I aint drunk—but I'm almighty
ili,-couraged !"
Se- An (sla' of a paper lately inform
ea his readers that the ladies always pull
441 the left stocking last. This, as may be
t , ll 1101 , 411. created some stir among his fair
j•ezulers,ind while in positive terms they Ile
-tateffient,they it - Dilated that he had
no business to know it even if such were the
Eirt. Ile prove- it. however, by a short ar
gument •• When one stocking is pulled off
there is .inother left on : off this is
tnl ilig tile left stocking nil last.-
DM,. A i 1er;2 , 2 man from a neighboring
12,‘‘ii and one of hi- elderly pal 122.1,1A,nr2r.
%%el.• walking home from chin-,h 2211 e j 22
‘viiitel. Nv I •• n the gentleto.iti
and fell flit on hr h it , k. Th e
niitir,ter looking at him a nuutient, and be
ing 2,1 he %%iv, not much hurt, 'aid to
;1,122
F//iii
Ipi •.1111c1- •talta pht-
Flu• old gPntleman looked up, a. if to
Lint-.•lt ol• the Gait, an•l 'ui•l : _
••I -..e tirey do, but I
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AN I Itl-11 VALE, TINE.4-oh Paddy watt
1'a.1.1% I %%a. ye•le daddy. I'd kill ye
with entirely if ye*re bruther
an' I:kewke ye're mother, I'd , ee that ye
„yew to early To feel core 4wate
ath I %%.1 old ..tarve me to death, and
i. ~0 in .) hoop, altogether . tojoo-t hint
a za-le e arm on my wa , te. I'4 laugh
3 , thi• incanc-d. t,f tte.dher. 14 .ir Paehly,
tonw, my own ell find nut
~ t •ntlii and c n 11% our Ho 1%4- will
iligent end, ant (ale
(lance with t devil.
AN Al. -Srai t.: lit R1.9...111. —Lam :night, at
aholit 12 o'clock. a burglar entered a house in
Ileurs street. by a rear window, anti ransacked
the lower rooms. after which he proceeded to
The •eeonil story. In a ebarnber lay the remains
of a e bil l dressed for the grave, and in an
latlee loofa Vrat• the mother; the door connecting
th, to.‘ room being sufficiently ajar to enable
her b. her child without being seen her
self The thief entered the chamber, his
handy tine.' with boty. and continued his
search till he discovered the dead, when, titter
ing an audible sigh, lie quietly laid down hie
ill paten burden and ratire4 from the room
and the ilitte•te as empty handed as when he
entered -t he mother, in the midst of her grief,
wit• too iiinch agitated to raise an alarm
I bin Nt,ar
v.)._ Th 4., have the tallest kind of a Wo
inan's high ta female in New 4 )fleans. The
► ',west of the 14th has the suluoined item:
Adelaide Balfour. the fighting giantess
of krs adesstreet, went on imotherspreeon
Monday night. Se, oral weeks since we
related /pm -he lought the police, and how
it took thiee or four men and a furniture
t% a eonto get her to the lock.up. This last
•41.. wit , in a different humor. The
officer who-went to arrest her was a small
sized man : and fettling dubious as to un
dertaking the task alone, rapped for help.
second officer came, and he also was a
small man. Adelaide, after looking down
upon the twain contemptuously a moment
or kn. said : Well. bop, I'll go with you ; but
if you were moo, I'm d—d if you and all the
police in town could take me!"
air I Pl4l Prof. S. was one of the instruct
or,. it Dartmouth College, years aim, and
was, withal, about as blunt and straight
forward a specimen of humanity as ever
a alk,ed, being considered a iwl.' crabbed by
inti4*es. One day, in the early summer,
he wa4 taking his usual stroll around the
v i I beget keeping his "eye out" for any "fast"
.tieloit who might be off duty, when he
cliancl4l to meet Mr. Page, a sturdy farmer
from
past Hanover. with a load of wood,
trud • g song the dusty street barefooted,
and t tlaks : but he was a fine represen
-41.
tativ of "nature's noblemen."
••li lln ! Mr. Page," growled the Pro
fesso "I should like to know if all the
peopl at East Hanover go barefoot ?"
• art on 'em do, and the rest on 'em
min their own business," was the rather
setts g reply,
--)--
ERIE, PA., SATURD
It was seam Ike minutes since I had left
my friends. Itellad been a pleasant party,
and I was in easant mood as I came
down one of th ' venues on my way home.
The time was a r inidnight,and the night
was warm and Kant I wa4 not hurry
ing. Rather gaunter. 1 rutty say, suf
ficiently slow low a fi gure to start up
from a stoop wh it had been crouching.
and" bar my p
"Gentleman, ' 1 yuu please give me
enough to buy ething to eat!"
I could look ' the figure now as it stood
full In the gas-1 . It was a woman, cov
ered with mailed squalor, bloated and
h onne tle ga „ bn l e xki see, as far as the swol
. •
j
len and pearance of her face
would allow onsi t she was still young.
not over thirty- If 'cot, and had once been
handsome. I ' -
"You do nal
thing to eat I' '
--
rr I give you money you will spend it m
liquor."
She turned partially away. ►w though
about leaving me. and then. porhitp4 geeing
my hand go toward my pocket. elle came
back.
"You are only like all the rest. Why
must I tell you that I am hungry. and re
peat it, when lam really starving? I f you
doubt me, why tint go where you can give
nie food, anti Mach that 1 ea►t Will on
see me .tsrve here in the streets, and led
content to-morrow with our
answer thin tnu are atraiii will -peinl it
in
There was .4a:wilting in tu.• woman'•
sipeet-11 that told Me directly that she hail
unCts 11,141 ¢o“.1 I....atut). Before I could
sio. said again.
am hungry Ilni mazi mot.• tu ne •
I say it to "mums y o u. A w l ye•t.
perhaps, if )ou were to ;Me ionney.
hOll .1 spend aut l•luor. I have no power
to resi,t that which a ill IA torgetfulnc-s.
Give me •ntuetlting to eat. awl keel. your
mone."
I had the vont in my hand, but I could
not give it utter such a confeksiOn. What
could I do? 1 could not leave the woman
to starve in the Street. It %vas not no lute
but a light aas shining from a distant cel
lar. where I knew there wa.- it 1 , •-•ta ra t
I think she -aw the dire( tivn of e% vs.
for she said.
•• You'll never nobs a Atillutg or
:Tow in that l,l.tc•t•. 1 aui very htitiptr.tr. -
The!, a.e. -unit:dung terrtitle in tho ro
del atiou ut thew wort +, 411 , 1 I wall All
1011 ., ail °nee t heir
ing het that -h,• -11,,t11.1 haN •• ‘111...1 -he ,t-k
ed for.
Ilow voraeiraidv she ate! She si olse
truly nh.•n she +h.• was hungry I
stood looking at the woman from a speett
latm,,: curiosity. and ivonderi el and %S.tn.
derVa hack through iter .411.1 t I Haight
from any conceivahle sts i ttetiee et e al ise.:,
hring her to her present degr•nlatie•n. It
is a hard road ul•on which to build fie•tton.
The• .te•rn ittets of a career ending as her•
had ended n here altniii.the‘iind inVenttott.
She ICILA eating rapidly, and crying, nil,
lug het eyes 1% Itil the buyl. of the hand
which \eyed the food t, her mouth
There WAS no doubto had ~ n ..• 1.1.1
handsome. Though the e•ye•M were
and blruxlsbot, they %till .liovred that y
had been full and blue. I could al l.yt•t
allow my imagination this rein ; that she
who now seemed to utterly lost to the at
tributes of a woru•tn tear one.' rieeoln phi...b
oil and beautiful.
"Were you ever jealous ?•' Thee words
came tOrth anti a great burst of tear.. and
tiers the first she hail spoken since she
cotnmenced to eat : and then, without
waiting an amw. r, :die Went on : "To be
j e alous if, to be possessed l.y a devil Nol
volt have never been
. jealous, or von would
not, sit so calmly by and look at me while
I speak the name of this fiend. You
would spit and curse at bia name tt vnu
had ever felt his power."
I said something comtnonplace in admis
sion of the truth of what she was saving.
"Why ha• this terrible cum. been sent
upon earth r bhe questioned, looking at
me with a glare in which . wretehedt.;ss
and despair were mingled.
•'Are you loved ? Know it, feel it, do
not trifle with so great a treasure, give no
cause for this curse to come to her you
love, and give it no enteraainwent for your
self.-
She leaned her hands upon the table,
and pressed her head upon them, sobbing
aloud. I arose to go. speaking, as I did
so , a few of those stereotyped words we so
freely administer Loth for comfort and ad
vice. She started up as I had finished and
said, hoarsely,
'•You must not go. Ido not find sym
pathy and aid so often that I can allow it
to go unthatiked. I can do you no service
in return, but I ran warn you by my ex
ample. Sit down that I may tell you how
the wretched woman you see bet Ore you
came here."
I had little wish to stay for the tale. I
felt that the woman before me was too far
gone to rescue. Tier story, whatever it
might be, I was sure would turn out only
MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1859
etical.
TH*10,7077,-TELLER.
?
,A4DIAPORT DITTY
Hark, my.** n, and I tell you
By the of mat,
.411 the.thiusilikat e'er oefel you,
And the iieeie,t of your heart
Row that,pore some one—dolt t you
Lore hiairteder than you sa,
Won't yon hear, my maiden, iron t you
Wiit.'s to be your wedding 43)
Ah, yon Ahsist, With words of honey,
You terliiitul.e. that )oit know '
Where'sregi bilaibszvl, for in) footle )
g i b
Tiiiit I gave ' 4 ii lung Itgu '
Neither .ilcer, hi nor copper,
L4htill /de i* time from mite ,
Where's thiiilitkibeinil, tall and proper
That you tali-tine I tthotthl gee "
COlaing sl4lllkllrtidCll. Coln 11,14.
With tw /1.8 Mae k no. N 1...,
Marching ly, and humming
Unllnnt love ng aa he goer..
lint aIORK. ywn 0110 , 1 rip-r '
I hrivetoor harrack
Sit titling op to itir half tip.
Salley—with hit , chili op-
C4,lile, I'll tell you lu•si !Purr
of your haw:biome mune
I know every one, that s hotel,
Tiutuk you, tipsy. all thy rani
Hu, my maiden, runs your text
Now I see the die is cast .
And the day ia:-Monday next No,
(Am, it was--Nionatty hist '
Chain Xittraturt.
A COMMON CASE'
ILZE:3
i
FROM riTR • 14 CFI; I.F
t mousy to buy some-
OBSERVER.
one of the thouganth we hear et or )
And yet I !wited tnyo,,lf to r e ,te n .
•=ee," hP vontinue.l hc•ie grit - 11,41
handl, They were once fair. w,ll
and unused to labor. fan a tun, nit ..m
-hasr
ii , tent . tl to tile t•tit'olnititil that -ail.'
lasi-11 on then vdietif—
awl gor.l form Ah ! that -eeni- -t•ati L ce
now. locking at them to-night I remetn
her Low tat.ll 1 ht.,111. %% lien I w,4 a girl.
that I vt.t... is. of atig.,l heant, golden
haired. fair and }teat 1;:flft-l•lie•ep...
and I 'ma...11 harpy the h!.• of .dl lit
little !lamer. ljoinefl. I Inca frothing el
f.orrow., but f , ueli 11.” WI le Litt-h...1 atta \ In
mornentart t
Ifrighter alterN%:ll , l uI lather w.e. ten
nfl' 1 itfi an only ehtH
ruothet I had het,r knottn she he.i at
lily buil!. You rt.attlily •tipiN.-1• t h at .
for illy all diet, tt.i. ,ot!,
aitted For fa‘-.•11. there wa
thing to a f-. 11 far that 4.01 11.1;:lle
me. In t how flays I ll\ efl atsil.l. reckle4..
and happy hoe. I aa. ),•1 a. 111111. %%1,1111 I
ILA 1 '1 ,. ..,0..11 Wlllll in. 1t4.1111 . 1. I 1;:0 1
Iron the.. womanhood ''l •
;in' Atelton iva• touch tin el.). r but u /ale
to the worldof 'nen na the eold.
calculating man of not -ell fe
wa- a ~ielding. light ilearteil
to
women the ;zallatit 1.. Ii 111.111 get the
It - u roc Shch..tc, if , i•IvI• htit
parently careless manner tir-t n•t
ed me toward him. Mel hl , fierfictU.ll geed
Ili/Heir that ine I
an- re ill% lot ' I knit th it I
%%
.1^
toted
roall% loved
"MN Whet ....n.ented tdl
(111.11.40 i I...gged that we lnutld w lit ..
! tt th too path.: lie -aid --
When 1..• t %toil ail% it • that
d e l iva ..,•t e o n at:.! th e n
thought, a- capable ot milginent .ts I would
ever he Slieltoll Wit• nearlt
-tnior. We Write married, and I. a lew
nictitle- I thought lite had ”pl'il..l to the
ail hoi concealed of pl. a,lire. I
wi t .h t .,l t o belong all to him, I %%,..•
when I owned myself his •Lave. I .ought
ourourtution , to -Atoll - Ilow gladly I wore
lit'- lived atlC in the thought of
hint. I could »nt hen,: him from nn sight.
I det a ined him from on every pre
text. I wept on his departure. and ..Ittok
ered cure-se- on hun at hi, return. I wa,
wild in tile isr....w.sion. and had non orb!
but in him.
"And then came the reward ! tih ! there
can he such things as f.untsliments for too
great a love for an earthly tie—a remor-e
for an excess of love, a s well as for its al,
sence. Only a felt months had pa-=•••I by
when I first thought I saw a change to toy
husband--it weariness under my embrae.-.
a repulcuon to the exuberance of
—and the thought sent a pang through ine
worse, tar wor.c, than the fear nt oleath --
1 could not dismiss it : sleeping awl walk
ing the distrust was ever with rue and
partially front the trembling fear of its re
ality, and partially to tc-4 it, I redoubled
my entreaties, my caresse, and in) efforts
to be ever with him. It was true. I had.
not imagined falsely. At first it was only
a distrust—a light shadow rising, which a
gleam of sunshine might have dispelled.—
Soon it was a certainty —a cloud of dark
tura+ forever, from Whose blackness no shim
mer of light would ever come out.
"Alter this how I watched for every
word, for every look not direct to myself!
flow I cwwettevery fair word that fell for
1 flnr, , Wlr 1
he the very charm of !pet-eh that
h so won me! Every woman's face upon
which he looked tOr a moment t o no 1,._
mine a thing of terror. I hail no lamer of
teninning — no siense of compari , on. I (lid
not know, and could not tell, that they
were in all thing,. nl3, inferior,, and that
lte' uut , t ht•C It. I COUIII I) reg.:ll.l all
Wnlll oll ItlV 1•11 , 111 . 1e .-4 , 3 , 11 l lon
thtt I.OVi• tvluch 1 , 1 1114 . 111411 i. (11.111
I }iled thew all. ,tml avni.ited O wn) till _
it Ord troin blot 1„I lint
nun ly-,,ii(•.ire,or unintiet a,lulli l . l I, ti. , l
Ito terror 1101114 lino gre.it to
hate kept nie from their flirt .1/ I. k it
the terror of hint. throin2li all
this I did not allow it to hurt) a 'thin lII\
1' , 111.1111/131V. tut at. inn
w.oil "bon. I ca-4 it thin lion. With
teeth and 11%11.1- elenched I
!Mil, and tied[ , .-I hint.
01 Will,•11 I Ma 11 , 11 1 , ,C•1101e hnn
path) I cured him out' -ceing
odic' flee% 01311 111V , '.t o, 10r 10.atIllg1101-0•
ill other 100 . 0 , 011111 010 0111 . 11 hi,
now bocorni. only a repention i f liphr
trutlul complanung., ors ii.eislonitie
vituperation-. .It, olle Inioni lit I
}lOlll , 111,011 hi. , h, ad Ili ,
time. or the 1110-1 1'110;0 . 111 dotilai, I.'ooll- .
ill the next I would fill .it feet lint
for forgivetnii,.., anil. receiving It. with ti,
ntogt asimi‘ erat III)
tilt,•l to 0110m1 Mol 111111.11 die
11011 r. 011 OW too-1 ,111,.11
tilt prottii.t-1 to then attitnrel , eli , ii
of the i.atne Philalithrop
and
yiw hat. built ti, 411.1
cOr tin in , l.k ,at,', still ‘.,ii
tinc- of the hood of II
as Mall) all 0111,9 it.-ane
aro the% not
. lo , t a , it'll I it
re-:mint '
- 131 r, 16.1w,i•e .
Ih.• nwrreiry the ,•ttrt. li. nu, ir ii
thr tie-t ot Inv r weer ot to 1 •11, ,It
11 , .1e-te14.11011, .li--atitie
1r. , 111 nit halhicatot ton
till:, • I them OS .1% 4,1110 I illl , \
hr- enlhr:e e• 1111. 441 111 , tlfll/ 4 , 44 .1
Inte 11h, 1.111141 1 . 04i1 111:11 1 111 Whc
could I no. -h u t it :ill ukto Tot .1111 he
llrttlit.lit:hr,. ~ .1 1, 1 I keol• nith
in
~or li,•. tile
tern , — and love
M without t.r.'u•l. without re
alm . I a. (mod him hel,we tie
laitue , l !ilk ow u , 11:4111e. r.lth, r than ItiV
wriont.:-.. to he bandied about L t hp, that
sneered thee repeated my tale 1 rrteih
eii out every tinge of shame, until I teitrod
to tell the world 1 Ito 111.111 110 , e
love I had driven limn me. Ye-. 1 had
driven his love from ma- , he could ilenv rt
no longer now There was no doubt of his
seeking other lace, titan mine—he would
not dens iL. I had in,ulted and driven oft
all soviet) ; he could not liv.• .done, he
would therefore seek tho,e who would not
seek him, and I—whr, I mnst bear it as
best I might. And the time came that I
was a mother. And he so kindly loved the
child! I thought afterwards that he saw
in it the eotnpensation for the love he had
sought with me and had found unreal._
But the coming of the babe wrought no
change with me. I would love it at any
hour neglected. unattended, that 1 might
go with him, when my failure to make our
home happy drove him forth. To go with
him, or stealthily to follow and watch --
All the woman's nature, all the mother's
'love was dead within me, burned and a , hen
with this one fire.
"And my babe sickened and died—died
through my neglect ! And kneeling at his
feet I confe s sed my sin, and besought him
not to turn away coldly from me on its ad
mission. Over the corse of my child I
prayed for forgiveness at his heart, and by
all things sacred—by the sorrows I had
borne—by the punishment I had brought
upon mysel f -1 promised never again to do
aught that should wound or drive him from
me. lie believed and forgave, as he al
ways did, and on the sad night of the day
that we laid our little one in the grave he
told me how its death had torn out of his
heart all the hope of the future ; how he
had wound all that future about his.child,
and built such fabrics upon it ; and yet if
$1.5 4 ) PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
its death Ken - ed kit to bring one.• more
together—to iestore 111 0 low.. we once de
elated. //i ) a I ll m arresigned it to
ne was tine to his potle-sion, and once
more opened lit it I.ll.eding and sore
) n. 111 , 1' , I Leciime
his tutu eontidatite. lit- milt ompanion,
and the tat - roiled sadk and ...alit' away.
Time Is a 1 , 1(Ittl•I of 11/ell/. , 1), 4111(1 time
tr,• of to ws 4,,
deeply_ gr..% en he-141.• 1,4
1141Z311 :iti l gatherpl as it grew, awl
once noire 1 Wit"owe.-.•. l 0.1 OW stone
ti, 1 ,1 !tot ii.n k I heeomintr.
tie llt .11:.( Hot ,cll -.I openly.
I Litt , t. 1.. ai Ile. lit .v..- upon 1110.
and inn nit teeth anti tear my hair in tig
orQ. I 11.411 d //1111g111.• and p.nel. rto no
-ell, and think upon, tett lige- Ye-. I
would I,w, one tet %.•tig.. that
Antultl m a ke lou t lino, i nt pon.
rrnne.rin:rn:'l• , iili t..•' 'I 011- I 411,-.111,-
, 1)1V /111 , 1 3.11 , 1 ...,.?0,11 oti,
pi/111111U ~ tire h.el
er'es. th.tt L 1.1.• i.l/1 11111. — tte•re .
flange to h thiiig. in the %%odd
In lull -me. rut I had i i.itholeot l
my ottai fen ate -ettled on me at
the th.• .1, itlt of t u t Juliet. to at ert the a.
11 a-topite. hit 111.A.11•141 - li pro% 1 - -1.ql•
1410 , rIl111;2 111. - 1 ,, 1111 , 1 , 11.111 , 1t11 I! 11 ,. ‘1 , 'UN
Cll 111.'11 lit, ,; .1 h. hmil.l him-. It tin
al•htt.•-trucFl.•:hl , an_h -tithetot it
1 .01.1111,Z
S‘.l 1 i n n-.it,.! the fiend that
meet, it 1111 i ., 1 , •11 , •‘‘ Illg
lilt In4i;:111;110-11 - Of tie- p t- , retr icing tin
Jur:es, ttilitia,titions or red. that were dim
in in 3 inenim 'Dr iisN I had br o od e d
'11;4 Ott t o 111 .• nett -hound atne, and my
heart wa tilled with I.:tt. me-- lie came.
anti a -11111.- 01 unusual tenclerne— was up
on his hie , /It. told hone at' last he
had weathettal the , t()I DI that threatened
n. Ingull him. how dearly he loved Inc tar
the anf llt e I hffertal Lim. but a het there
would I.e nn °erasion lot him to use. How
in orie week he vtoul.l lie upon a ground of
wine siahnity than t'it-r, and •%uuld feel.
hi , ql tql(", the ease, like a darer
ent mul .In4l then he kongratulated
Inmself upon the fact that his po.ition was
unknown to his eretlitors, and that dos
alone had sake.] hill'. hat night to his
jux.....u5n..-- I flied a . perhaps, I
.argued to in 3 stilt. the tat. s and trials of
businet•s, 411-traetion., may hare had
wulU erleet in winning away his mind from
love, anal front t , ne alt ,- e , I judge , l must
f boo.— ity be it- mode ot -bowing. And
with sonic -pit it of forgivene— thr the pant
toward bun, through all my prejudices, I
sought Inv pillow
"rhe next morningas he left um he drew.
nit toward hint and pressed his lip. against
my forehead ; att lie dal -tit a bundle of pa
pers in the breast pocket of his coat carne
hefween us, he pulled them forth. and
Minded them to one. with the reti l ue-st that
a ould throw tlit in into lit, de-k flit.
parwrs lan cartil.w-lt nn tilf• table thy an
hour or two after - his departure, IN 11 ,- 41 I
took thorn up to fulttll has injunctions. I
a.s about consigning them to the desk
when one, a letter, dropped upon the floor
As I picked it up I saw in a momenta %eta
man's hand to the superscription With
my brain burning with sudden fire I tort
open the letter and read. It Wll.-5 -teareely
six lines. "tilling upon Mtn to be faithful to
his lir:anise, and to meet lit it the hest lay
at l l o'clock. Oh the horror of that Trifl
went I At kist. I had evidence of his falsit).
Itibugiaromise hag
lie ma. 4. An. where he to ape tier .
At eleven o'clock. It ‘ta.-• that hour lint%
Frf`llLiellatth. ;hough! I 4 rushed the let
ter in my hand, and .earthly nailing to
attire myself titla for the street, I ha-tenet!
1., his play.- of 1 , 1/ , 11) . ..., He M.A . + gone, anti
the clerk- - , flight. tied at the %%Mines- , .41
tot appearance, told toe that he had left
half tin hour before to g.) up 311.1
mild, nttt return tOr a l'ibliph• of 11.1111 , I
+.11(A% , ' , 1 1111 . 11'4(44% I'l4 all% of them know
the hawk ruing No! it it J. , 11111,11 , M 11,
and n..% !111 - 11 . 01/11111 Unknown.
and I hail nn power to reach her. I ) 11! at
that MOlll. - 11 1 . 4 , 0 f It the dam. -n, how
Ltile woo id I 1,,, e ,„• ea, ,•4I tar the .pillinasot
Hood' I iollid r.t%• better
their h I--i.- 1.-.
and lit-li tit.., the ounting nati o . I
Ittitat. to- hit-lies. I kr - I,W V% 11 ,
it. 11. kV- \Vali 111—.... t
eng.....n. 4. I tied t.7tkaid t h e 1111).,ol
(Alit Or I .1. • noo n, -I L u,rU.,(lt I It
tot lith.l,llllll, Wi.A..4 Ito 111111 lain, d
--that lie -boil n o w oh the terse 1,1 ilatch•
).11.11/i 4 l . I u•A 11111Ig a thou!
net NA CI , :l , ',.1)1111 , 11 II d .tei
men ot I ,4-.14• t nt.• .11
tut %cold ~tl, l 1,, r , I!• tt thenotli. eI It
-)..;oedto• 1,1 1,11
all 1. • !WI I:, V
It, k • - elo-e
ih,•, i .1111 111:11 II 111 .11 Altil• 1,1 , 1 r% •
.11%.1;,. .1 , 1 I
th. tr It. ill teen ti 'alit It a. , ttld
e i'lts• I
•• 4, et t ; et. tt ~ to tin hone. tle.t
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• Ittit OP lo,tir (-true ilia pa --001 at Illiioh
it w.i- hi, ,mtotii to r,tut II 111 , dinner
awaited him, awl -till he came not. 4 . “taa
ht• to. aNx.titin:l Ow 1.;•1.1,n;.: of hi, guilty
liivOl' Again My 111 alit Wa% on fire I stro,lp
through the apartinents groaning aloud In
my agony The night fell, awl vet he tail
ed to retui n. This eould not be . lie woulil
not yielvt - rii any teniptatation that should
desert inc through the hours of ilarlsne.-,-.
Whatever his faults had been this was n o t
one. I strained inv gate cut Into the dark
ness of the streets I pressed my hot head
against the cool window-pane, and listened
'for each step upon the pavement • but his
was not of tip - mt. ILO lie deserted me for
she who hale hint remember his promises?
Oh no! What mere those promises! If h e
were but to come now I would forgive law.
I had ruined liiiii : but there was my owli
Wealth, he should have it all.,
"Anti yet the hours went Oil. After
midnight, and hitter cold, I stood with the
window raised: sobbing out his name into
the street, and asking forgiveneqs, oh
that one night of a life, that one concen
trated bitterness of first remorse ! At last
there came sunlight, a chocking, oppressive
sensation of another day. I had hope now
that he would come with it. 'Only let him
come, even though he brought curses and
blows with him, any thing, no matter how
dreadful, so that I could but see him. I
would cast myself at his feet, and . liiil him
I I spurn me.
"I knew how useless would be my search,
that until nine o'clock the counting room
would not be open, and earlier than tha
hour it would be useless for me to seek h .
there. It was scarcely yet eight, when t ere
came a powerful :ring at the door- . ell.—
Without thinking of_ apperances ' sprang
iohrough. the hall before the sere , Is could
et up stairs, and - opened the .00r myself.
metalling told me that th . - was my bust
and, or intelligence of i• o. I was not
mistaken though upon opening the door
1 stood paralysed at the sight of three men,
whose harsh and eager looks in a moment
iigg..ted some unknoen 'error. What
they said I did not he.... 1 only remem
ber that they followed we into the parlor,
and there announced the arrest ofmy hus
band the day before, and hi* committal to
prison, i n default of obtaining larse amoun
of bail.
•• Arrested imprisoned I'
•• Y es,arrested and imprisoned on a charge
of forgery ; and these men hod Come with
search-warrants to make themselves mas
ters of any evidence that might be conceal
e• 1 of his gnat.
NUMBER 18
"And Iwaa the cause. I dill not have
to wait long for this knowledge. I had
betrayed him to his creditors ; stud within
an hour all that which would have been
forever concealed came to light, It wits
known that he had contracted illegitimate
obligations to a vast amount, keeping them
afloat by most extraordinary exertion, and
that but for in hetrayal there would have
he,.11 no elianoe of discovery, and all would
hart 4. been paid.
-Anil then they searched the house, amt
the certain evidences of his guilt wera
found—so told me; and was eon .
%weed that he did riot trust me because In*
feared tni•. llAd I but known an I could
Aaved could have deatroye. l
the proof-, IWII3 why aid be net
inaku lilt a partner in hist:rune!: And then
I er ha% ladrayed him. I would
hat given him up to beggary, and when
11.• was pe less taken him to my heart
and ; nye,' Inn, all
•Itut le. teas in prison. I had wealth
release him Wealth was omnip
otent : tt •lieuld inake the only reparation
I could make; it ••liotilil all he his. With
this I flew to the pia. 1., What' he will
Kee tue! Ile must. 1 sin his wife. Ile
will not sV4. Mt'. I net be admitted
to ,•,•11 Ile k n ew all -he knew of my
betra.il Ile would lit see me. Ile would
hear no messages. and %%out(' send none. -
Ile e °LIM recent ut aid from me. Oh. d
tis. terrible' All others he would .%
nntl ,peak with lan myself I sought h‘
all means to reach him without effect. t
that terrible day ! It was closing fast into
night when a summons tame again to the
door-bell. and a lady wtas shown into the
p,trlor. At her entrance my blood sprang
again to my brain What could a woman
want here at such a time, asking for Mr
Shelton, us she had, at the door? She was
epee entering. She ad-
VuletNi IV 10 where I stood, holding
out her hand and throwing back her nail.
She al% smiling. Who could smile at such
a time
'I am \lr. "lu•lton'.s slaver. You are
hi% I pie.ttme, whom 1 have novo!
=II
“Ilow l Sprang toward her, and then
how , I ttictsl I ',pulsed her!—the first.
wh.n 1 thought that I had found a medi
ator with him whom I had betrayed ; the
Last, when I remembered that she was his
sister, and perliap,s knew not of what had
passed, or agency ut it. how she, too,
aoohl hate me a hen ,he knew all ! But
,a it And then I told het
of her torother's situation. She had heard
nothing. She only that afternoon had ar
tired in town, and hastened directly to his
house. Again to her ears I poured out all
my story. I cursed myself ) and plead to
her upon my knees for forgiveness for her
self and mediation with her brother. She
listened to it all, and then asked for the
note that had first aroused my passion.—
There was a horrible chill in her voice, but
I placed the note in her hands. She had
scarcely touched it when she said,
” It is my own note, in which I bade him
Inert me yesterday at the depot. I was too
late , and did not meet him according to
my appointment.'
“One more 1,1,m and I brmed my head
till I( wer.
'•I could not ask or expect that Miss Shel
ton should treat me otherwise; but there
N as something in this quiet, stately woman's
manner that made me doubly feel my
(TI IC — UM. II /Ls st.r. "JIMA& WWI
than all the harsh words and passionate
reproaches that could have found vent in
ivoril-.
••ti'hat more 7 Another ring, and a tall,
uwbt c man in black Y• as ushered into the
room. I had no l.na•er to speak. I knew
that .ornet hi ng tern hie was coming, though
what could come worse than that already
pat.net ? I telt a cold iciness creeping; about
iny heart. and I prayed that it might he
death coming to nie No, there was no
-itch mercy for me. I heard the man say.
a= I sat there frozen and snilid, •Compom ,
yourself, madam.' and his voice seemed to
cultic• troth some far distance. and to sound
(114,1101 uttered by some horrible mecli
aniqn..l% it went on:
•• • Mr. this Shelton is dead. He died by
111 4 own hand, about an hour ainee. I have
cal 1..1 with reterenee to the disposal of the
boil) ‘N licit the newest is concluded.'
I not faint or I.eeonte on.ensable. I
‘‘..til.l that I had. trout that moment
ravint.t tnaniar. I wa. irnietl ••v,•11 thk
11,1. .k• iitiralatte for three year..
Iron' that alas I nap , earrieil front lily heti
to a t hair. I ....111 anal heatal all that laast.etl
.11 , ont • hint I ra , 111.1 Illakt• to .ign. soul
•pe.tk no wool. I I:new that the body at
in law:Land %%a , lartatight to the house. I
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toNs.l N% t.. iii fillacral
,alli , as 114 a , Itajapa.ll tal gale fig
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e,,i11 , 1 hear the re rihirks at the hireling
this 1% hole
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lonl.l Its,. I r tthl know all ahem th,
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11 ha: honor:I/do gentle
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'wink. Ile- - tine.. Hale, seize. I lit,tetleal
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Now t. - ,1 , 1 lII\ ton You tam
.h.) m.• My hung• , r sat ottiefl
I trill ottit thitt ) : It -..lnc poo l
tvik t. h 41,1,41- t., you fur a mouthifil
f.,0(1, give it It i- a terrthl.• thing to stall,
t. death. Give it, rveu though it tw .1
Star The N,.4‘N BriL.,to, relatea th,
p a rticular s of the horrible death of Ilk•tseN
launders, a }ming lady fifteen 'eats old.
daughter of John launders, of Peru, llu•
ron county. Wednesday last. h hile en
gaged in Jruning clothes, her garment
caught fire in tome marine! ; tt is suppose 4
from the stove. her step-another, hi•lo
first saw it, apprised her of the fact. he
immediately seemed to have lost alrpres
once of wind, andstatted for thedOor ; up
OD hying told not to go 00 tlw' open air
the changed her course and rtAhed
past her mother and out at/an open door,
running down a lane and,but into a high
way. When about fiftieth rods from the
house Ale changed her,eourscand returned
to the house, her en thi? person all the while
enveloped in fiamot —sometimes reaching
six feet above her head. Her garment,
were all vottoyx. Including a thickly pad
ded skirt. a),Y of which burned fu.riousl
until the whole were consumed. Se great
was the )(eat that before her clothing pay
entire consumed, the skin and 11e.411 up
on *r limbs, arms and portions of het
body cleaved off and helped the flames that
• veloped her.
All necessary assistant•e I%a, inunediatel)
procured, and every attention that could
allevuite her great suffering promptly ad
ministered But it was evident to ever)
beholder that her first remark to her moth
er when die returned to her, was too true
.an Guest,/ to death !•' She lingered
about fifteen hours, though only a part of
the time in extreme agony.