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Wu..l and \ ads tn•! Glaek, _ A n Sl.t'. EC= 1 /INNiG. ',lf Pr.4141411..a5, • 't,...•. I.•tsr, lull*, Sala, Glum, 4. 111. • .10 11, and Shaw V., .4 WeliffirliEs 4 • Pse • The Pno .1171.7, Fria.. Fa I I:* A 111 , !...\ KTT, • • . Krr•ll kealerala hand ry S",•• II awl IY t•te En*, P. eaValeal 100, VETT,. 111=1 Th u % NI . III: I =ME IMMIIIIM=II , M U . •••••• I r• On lel fl • 1. • • 4.. Y.. ,t, In A. •al i • ,;.,b 11 MEM . X Watt - to., hoe /.V- I ,t..• 1.. • I ~Jong thit (.0. , ••. 1 . 1r•cols P. attains, lil=ll -INI I IIIK • op.d.r site,. 4 %.•tian,) s • ;r1 111 ! It] ••1 twr Stat• sad • -lut• 9940., , :lsa4,('somybea• .•1140• L 4 4,‘ • TrI)1011 - 1" A ♦IEEE)! ♦1 LA• • la.o..avetem alock, • -••• • • the I'utth• 11.1 V. Elle. pa. .0" J. , • •121 c, .1. lia•all) 'S i 00000 • I. ../ Put.. Qqaarr, turrosriy atm • All wort warrants& 1 IL (111 B. F. SLOAN, EDITOR & PROPRIET •1 . "••• .....u,. t tkl VOLUME 30 NIV K. A. Art,.... •T LAW - her. on ~t.ll n r.. uearir opposite the Court pour, Kn.., Pa ILILT E. NU GILL, •••• V • OMIT lb? Ofilce It. Ruaet. -" 0 ...... autelfa Block, korai' aislha of the Part. Erie, i 11.1.1 AM THORNTOPI • J OW Till PItACII Ai ; meat Bond' sod lloalpiras, Laura, kr, accurately nod earelully draara. Olga oft Primal, stn.at, la. Terrell, Grueery Store Krt.. Pa. J. C. BURGESS l& C( )•, GROCIERTE.9, FLOUR, PORK, a 60., AT VVIIOI,ESA No. 7 Bonnell tit s•. t Oct r . 11149 E. P.. MIDDLETON & BRO., COON AC & ROCHELLE BRANDIES, .11ECCOLIAALIVX) Cfrxiv Scotch and Irish Whiskies, PuRT. SHERRY, MADERIA A N I. CHAIIIPA4;NE OM Choice Old Monongahela, 1073121.11114112 r, N I) ItYh: W111:NE I 1.-- E. X. .1a... ..n band the Laeseat sad Ihnot tforlar44 Fine Old Whiskey au, .I.alvra lu th.J nil,ul States; all .4 h whbe I. h 1 , trupf,,,o ..•r I. I'. wpm-nos k . H.,. 5 North Fretit at J. N. KLINE & CO., Wines, Brandies, Gins, &c \„ llt, ‘N alum Street. *la'' Ii I • k I 1.1111 .A t /larch 3, 1484/ J. 0. BURGESS & CO , WHOLESALE GROCERS Ih..4Norstia for PAIRBANK'S SCALES ! Block lcrie, a•t A, 1644, L. A. ItiORRISON, Flour, Pork, Beef, Salt, Grain, chol'En. TIM9TifY SEED, ,i No. 1, Commercial Buildings, Nom /1 SIDE SRK PARK 11411.44 n 'eta. 4.141 PrAtA •t• irl•lS DE FOREST, ARMSTRONG, tic CO I , lt titit)l):. MERCRXN I SO a 84 Chambers St. N.Y. wnotify tlit. Trade that they ii opening uew ot,,d banitell pahomp. t W A MSIITTA PRINTS! au* mg ISLE S I A 1.. hint, h everts every Print la the Couutr, perfection of executton •a 4 desteu to Mall Illaddier ..or Prlnts are ...I.eapar than .at in martet, Co.) t. Ith ettensite pair Cr Orden prompt', atteloted lo (;P:()RGE W. SAUTII.) Brewers, lalsters and Hop Dealers - LT A VIM; purellas...etl tlectitin intri,- of I; LONG th. OW awl wail %I. lIZEN1=1!1!I Point Brewery, Pittsburg, r are 1•40. I..ret,r , .1 U. Narahal t•. then.• ..• pro ..1 the rrki 11r Fr, • MI brtlelr tt., and lltller A 1.., that • COMM 10 t . c iGlsi r 011.1.11. , 11 I/I I• 1 .1.1.,1 1 11.,1a, we. Wirt a... 1 Intr.. Ile s•• • • sue Procars, .4 lir • ....tot , &NIB —lyr. 11 rdl \l, - I: Ilt. H. T. HAVENS HA V INI; L C No. 3. REED HOUSE, th. M 1.4.44 i.ay•mr N....... brioche*, sad 1. gq. li1M)) [AQUI kT Li)W 11110.1.- 1 b•re i Stock an./ well. " , taignue RENT '031,1f0 11'111.s 1• VINE DOUBLE NEcTIVIEI. n MART% OLD RYE BOURBON • VONoNDARELA IRDAH AND SCOTCH BRANDIES, JAMAICA AND NRW ENGLAND Kl% • Tho best brawl. of C7iXALME.IIPBQ.N3IO. WIZICES—CORDIAL AND tATAWRA BYTTEX , , Warrantroi Purr for Medical lborpurt, Arrat fur ibberies Af Vonre, "Skoog die 1.11. a can t Gm late* string Is always out. (41: • _ _ Magazines, Paper, Stationery, PARK ROW BOOK STORE D. Y. EV..II(iN. ?rope . lctet. kru., Feb 111, 1669. M a 3L II 3EI wIL LUCE, thankful for the • patronage five* kin, announces that haring procured the utast/meg of O. J. LITE. be ti prepared Li do all kis& of Dental work promptly end in the leteet sad most lotproeed sty lea, and the eitenttin of ti.. p ot.I• stain relied to the CONTINUOUS GUM IAI Witt. baa bra engaged in making to, IL. poet %. to the entire eatidairtion ni hie patrrine, to pat op Tewta 00 YULCANIZLL whia has the mine advantage, poseepenl by it.,. t 4,111111 . 0000 GOll Work, leaving no reams Or osol4olll fare 0,0 ...eels mutation al foal, ao.l giving fo liar face a pert" fly natend expmsioa, and for amps It I. preferabi. 1,, 4 ,„, atrial aa.l,„as it will not ...az the teetb Teeth pot ON gold or silver for Uwe. who prefer it- Partienlar atteibtion paid to lilting sewi preaeit iiatil ral teeth, aad also to the riirrertion of llregal...lqm. Melee in Reatty's Block, York New aloe, her 240069 , -6mlll h Il LI if lI EDGE SHEAIt.:. Pruning Knivt—, Itad.une Eattee. at J C Ellll Q F' •14 TOMATIII.I II ERNI ETN retaining the 011 4 (10111 def., lo rOO.l lOr leanly YON 00 gale at kite. June 11, ink —1 _ _ gieoo. ONE DOLLAR. $l,OO. A(i. POD WARRANTEE) AXE (Ito 1.0 boaght for $1 at I I ".1.1.110,.." =I •L. ora.Zril o r 0 - -- ---- -- - , . SCALEs: SCALES" 1,,,,i, t,...11 .11 .1:IK11.1 , 111 111111'... 11111 •111'1 . : 11n , 3111 , 111.: U. N\ :tit hi, ,inn amt• 1 had I am prepared le famish Saar. et ant kind nr aliat at Malik lee. prime. tkaa 'Tor burkmt said in tht. ed.. , Orli t i t:ti sill''' . 211Y - 4.1t1 , i titg. int Itillin of an Aft- st. J C. :4111-LIKN. tit . .'Ol -01110110 11.nit.t , 111 lire` garden. Anil lic r ORSE BLANKETS,-4440 Hor.e Mint- hoed it up n, i ll, eufi,hitmeil .esi. and tiny iteta, smarted qualities. damp b. I ltd., tor her expie-- delight . an , l here. •is. 7. ) t' 41.1.14:N. . „ n hot, mid -unmet. .Ittv., iMe tared to Teal SPICES of all KINDS, owl sew, and Nonlettrne , would fall it,leel. at Ns. 2. Wil=telk . i among the em.h inn., ettrtained by the Ham- April 11. Ma. . KR:rpm/We , - - 1 ing vine lira meshes PARIS FANS, COMBS & HAIR PINS. iln after/them I had ..... li. , inn-, and 111X . tA 1 •st Ittlitik—putt °wood at Ow West Park Jewelry 1' 11 ACSTTII rune to fifth bN Ow water I.le, nn - mother rob 24. 111111. being away upon .1 vis.i. There It;t4 t o SPALDINO'S LIQUID - di.t7E.- B} the $ one in the liou=e hut a stupid blaek ser dom" or sioi t itbottlo, by 1111 C I'2R 4MO t 1 o alit ; and partly that i:Lii- niight net be dis -._ _.... _ turbed. I h+ eked the .levn' • ,' •t h. -ninmer LEIO.II BELLS.—Another lot of thus. cheap Sleigh Bells ban. O.ra rn.iwni by i hou. e e. and plaed the Is.-. ,i, 111\ 14nlit.t. .Faa. 7. J c 9ELIJE.N. 1 1 before 1 .tarted. 1 hail not idled awat . -.11. . . , • 4 .. . . . THF , ERIE .. ........,......, ..., 4,,.... , _ OBSERVER =IMMO =1 auoinaoret• AI I%F q 1-'4Rk“I IMPuRTEW: Fahl 1 radical:a:l'li%. =I PUMNG 880'8., ( SUCCESsoas To WALLPAPER, &c., MI Going Up and Coming Down 14, •ori,• .1.. 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II 1 • is I 1.1 1 1.4 •• 111.1 `... 1 M.N 11. 111 Illli I h.-It- 1 ,, tg.lll, • -•N 1:1-t I .1.1 t .p.ll :kir I tk,l.kkg tor tiko it t,k%.cr.: • .. th. ul our 1 IV1;1 1.11 1..1. . 111.• -1 i• tier an , l lk I! 14(.1 •,.10;41..f 11.1. I 1%. ..1111.t I 11..11, ti,. I %%kail4 iat.t. hi% I 11 .•1111, 1 / 1 . I. Slll 11.111. 1..-.‘llll %1 EWE. PA., SATURDAY M Voctical ih. tea. IMII=MiI = BUM IME @MEM =EI =NM= = ME IMIIMII ruu th. MESE Off n. Li lIE El ~!, i i .~ =BEM =MEM • I =I • • I •``i 0. 1 1 1•• t -,IILI !.. ! 11E11 i , I= I,ii..(•‘ IRE 1,-•• a'! I;.•• p, II 11141 . ,h, =MEE 1• ..I•I u. Itt-n 11 1/i“.11 111 :if 1,41 ••! • • !M93 ZEE N ME = • ••• I. 1••••111'• 2,101 • ,1 Litt v. i. 11,1 S% 4~'M1~~~•~- p. 3 0111 MEIER! vi . t•,1,10 El =TEE .‘ i I. §, .11 =lllllll ' •m u. t!::-• , :11L10 - 114 :111.1 i ‘N 01 , 111 t.. , I• IP.: 01.'111 ..11 Ii• .1 .10..101 jtj‘ :14 I 11111P•It'd for lir, 1111;.1*••••1% ,. .1 11 -itil 1.)% •tttd I.:1 11111 0 .1 in •. i"•1`. i•s ;!.4• ; ti. tt ktirttt , 1 - 1, • U- orph 1!1 —lir rev. r 1,341 • .• ‘1•• 11.1,•• Than .11. i. ni t,, -4 ti, I p! I i t 1 '.7 \ 4.11 t .0111 lie I I, .11 tunny n long 0.11 , 1 horn k lislf an hour, when resting my eyes in the • litection of our house. I new a faint blue ‘N refill' of smoke ending up into the air.- 1 , I watched it, it grew denser, and I felt issured that it came from some burning I ittilding 'Trembling with apprehension, I thing away my rod„and made with all the ...peed I could muster toward the spot, dreading I scarcely know what. How it ever 'tapered, no one knew ; but ••t•.• I re f itcthed the garden, the truth was h.., eVident : the slimmer-house was in thitin-4, awl iiliir wait fastened within the doming wall,. I sought in my poi:bete lot the ket i ainly. I had lost it. Oh, Heaven ' what a Wiling of despair came upon me as I realised the fact. The black a omen ,tood near, Mtinging her hands and • , seaming helplessly, The nearest house ,Ca , 24 mile or more May. There was no mortal aid at my rotrenand, so I prayed to i ;,-.,1 for help, awl inietresigthened me.— f li , • building was of alining, well-seasoned ~,, 4 . Last I -trove with all my strength • sin •t the door —hi* long I know not ; o. -vented to inc an W--Wt, at last, just ... the Ham% 4corchall free, and threat ,-1 i,-, i to ••••11 i.• elope MO* their red embrace, ii. • door guave wa), and s staggering in, 1 •w m) darling lying gym the - rudebeinch, 11,1 Isvre her forth unkintlid, unhurt, from out the fiery furnace.- lent, In coming out, rt I hail to force my ' a sheet of lurid flame,. Ire audit searched illy forehead and da my eyes; but I hoe:lnto unronscinus, - biad w I TINCOINV ..,I. I iound myself I,7b)g. with bandages ishout my head and yea, upon a soft, cool 1 4 h., . :in,' hoard though the darkness, 'chi, h -eemoil deeper 'than any I had ever kn•,,, 11 • Iwo one weeping softly. close be hind iiii- Enough :li bere is no need of i•iinhal ,1..i.'11. It 'MI : been night to me • , "-I -inc. , hot I tisasaved my darling— ,, -, in, 'l.irling. Front that moment, even .i v,,)inan love, the babe for whose birth -he -utters, so I loved Elsie Russell, for olio,e -.weer sake I had lost the greatest I,lei,ing !trot possemer ; and from t h at mo 1, wii t , Le Laid repaid gay sacrifice by care in] k indite--; the mostdevceted. The only 1 1 ., • I or. , of my life has been in her presence. -n, • • I lie hour o lien 1 knew the sun would .: i 11,. again to use, her little baud bad ~..1 111,• I.• llt fic•l'l l and cheerfully as though It had 1,...-n 2 . . -io ter'.. I • • , • xna nose now ", I murmured aloud, :eh for the scorched relic of the to•It tittw :I stranger's step must come 1 ••• t ••••ii n "Ile sound of my town voice, t 1.,• onnt a i r , the quiet. brought beck my r.• 4rn 1 weighed my own sotiotte in tie of my conscience. "Paul Blair I" lid to you have not dared to tti.n th,• soiing years of one so fair as , 1,1•• 1tii....11 ‘..111,1 be wasted for your -.1:.• that fin -t range eye would spy out ‘‘,.l ,t lurk nu. blind and helpless as ••••..t•1 never hope to claim; that 1 , •••• niii••h ••••nte- Aoolter or later to every would never come to bars? Paul Itkir have not dared to think I I. \ .‘Vell cal bowed insinuate at of my own heart, I abnoet " vrt cwt--not yet • let bar be Oen t html, i• I,,nger ! and I laid down upon the nol.• hench and wept 111 r bad not wept • tor trom the inosa, core of wry - t.l 11.-at I u orshipped trembling roionitindlindionna. ;•itil'" it Band: " . fitoiii! -fa% in this .ad - • • ii•• my my-. • • . -101 :n ‘1.4 MEE lAA lier hand within my arm. and ;iii back into the house. I had n. 1%. l nil .It 10 beer the Sound of the tolliLF,. lOW t. p 11PrOle I reached the tar- I•bt, I w ritzlit when I thought that it ,%ettl.l ..trot tween tt • Elsie was as kind 1.•1 lii .4 , 111010%. whenever she was ,e.r.t, • I. he t.r tendon! to me, or when .,,•r,• a alkoly tu the garden, or tho t.. 11 , I would hear the upon the path. and it tt t,‘, t ter t 1,. .i..% in; and by. I al- IMMI Ii IMEIM=I h.• 1...1 gone to walk it, Hteti ,11.1 of late, Da!, t cheerful click of her 1.. • Wt--. pleasnutly. to) tlear, tt [)r. .ti-i‘ ~ .frnir., t i our Elsie. I fr.! h.•,- 3 fine nruto--is he not, =I E th,• affirmatoe, mind she, I API 111111 li%ing here in this . 1nt).•1% Louti.. F.l -1e would lead a dull life gre.o tilaer It is not as though! (.41i.i p)s) lier those little attentions -. I ou know, and really 1) 1 . t ui -What is the mat- Paul ••• MIS Lain the pt.-ople will give un t 1.01 ' It was a pang at my heart, :it in ) head, although I told my moth . ,•1 tli:it it a IC II iel/ made me start and •thrtipth 010 , e her aittweh. Only for the 11,,wwter. I was doomed to hear of I , r 1:1 more'. attention and Elsie's beau t... the little signs by which my moth ' .•1- auoired that the happy climax was ap• • l t,ru hing, until I could have prayed to be .I.:a IN 141 3'. blind. I t-1 vt AII 1111. wearlllg out my soul and 1... t. ;ii.l my brain seemed to he on Bre, 1 e,“11.1 u u think, eulleeteilly, yet I grew ...lent and sail; althouiqh my mother tl% tl. it .utuething wah amnia, she never ,1,- ...I Ow truth. der greatest pleasure v iii.tke in. lie upon the sofa, with a underneath my. head and talk to :t —ti t Elsie and lir. Claymore. She " sin it did me good." I l ~~l =I OM n MEMO Int. d.iv I awoke with 1 strange giddi - .in.l level upon me. It was late, and the sir-t tae‘s , I heard was that Elsie had 1., ride with Dr Claymore. •• nd I shouldn't wonder, my dear, if going to propos*, to her. He 100k ...1 rat her agitated, and certainly had some thing on mind, - said my mother.— " 1.-t me get you it pillow on the sofa, I II t,.11 you what he said to her, so flint hale her interest almost as much at heart as I have, my dear, and it will li,•••r %. , ta to talk it over." I ~ , ,111 I 11,4 bear it;asly looser. 1 said lug about headache and the air, and tii.inag, I to ....Ape out into the garden.— There I wandered wearily up and down, b•eling ilelerium rapidly clouding my mind Ind mriirgling wildly against it, until, as th. rhos k -truck twelve, I groped my way, fault and trembling.. to the wreck of the .itritt -iluirner house, and sat down once ,ro upon tit.. little bench where Elsie had le-en , lippine alien I rescued her from the ilium... I struggled no longer ,vith un reaQou. hut muttered wildly with in% -.•li • leer.. lsere—ves, here, where she , litt 1 . 1% .lie, and she shall never know that I t1i..l tor her love. Ha! ha! ha! how t would laugh nt the idea—a blind man to '• •• Sla,•tet Paul. curve to luncheon ! I lon't it her. looking so Cid-like." said oLi Dinah. who nag close beside me. l knew the voice—l heard what she saki; I,ut I went on talking. • Wit) don't you laugh, Dinah?" • What at. young mama 7" asked the wo man. • • A t me. at mr--at a blind man in love^ 111, Massa Paul, what alb Mr' B C 4). bed Dinah, What bas happened yet?" " Hugh !" 1 vrhispered. " You hare heard tlo. step coming, night a n d day— that ha+ killed me ; but do not tell her, for he will be her husband then, and she would grieve. -Tell her how I loved her, thouch, aad ho‘l 1 would have cared for her, If I had been like other men. She will not laugh then. for 1 shall be under the sod, and we RNING, MAY 12, 1860. never rot ] , at the dead ! nark 1 the step is coming ' Firmly i came along the path ; and as I, stretchin out my . arms,seetne.ct to spring from a b precipice into a gulf of deep est, p dest datknesa, where bearing and mo were buried in oblivion. I heard her Gelling out: "Oh ! Massa Doctor! Mania Doctor ! here's young Massa Paul gone dead all along o'you as I knowed he would !" The first of my after memories that is re silty, is in the sound of that rmm footstep which Iso hated. It was very kn. now, and it came and went constantly, unwei riedly. With it there came cooling draughts., soothing change of heated pillows, refresh ing moistanings of parcd lip and brow, and tenderness equal to any I have ever known ; but I hated it, and drove it away still. I knew my mother was there, and Elsie ; but that step destroyed my pleasure in their presence. Not, until nay so weak that an infant could have prevented me from making the slightest move, but nev erthelem safe on the road to health again, did that step cease to haunt me. But that hour mane at last, and for three weeks I never heard its echo ; and Elsie never left me. As I grew stronger she sat beside me and read to me, as in the old times, until that day came when propped with pillows, I sat in my old chair in the parlor, close by the open window. My mother had kissed me, and was singing over her house hold duties for very pleasure. There was no one in the room but Mae Russell and myself. My heart was very so ft and warm that day. I longed to thank them for all their care and kindness—even the remem brews,' of the step I hated was no longer terrible to me. Something of my first thoughts I tried to my, but Elsie placed' be hand upon as, arm as I spoke. "Paul," she caul, "I have not spoken of it yet, but you owe your life, so far as a man is concerned, to Doctor Claymore.— We could have done nothing. He did everything. He never left you for a mi. ment, Paul, until you were out of danger. We can never forget any of us his kindness' and devotion ; but for that we must have lost you." "Paul ! Paul '," she said, reproachffilly, with her hula hand upon my arm again ; "0, Paid !" "And why should you you r.' I contin ued. "A, blind mole. useless to you and himself-4 sightless thing to be led and leaded and used for, where he would Wive his life to guard and cherish instead ! Why should you grieve for it, Elsie ? You would not long." "Paul, Paul, you break my heart It is 1 who am the cause, the innocent cause of your blindness. It is I who have made you so wretched. Why did you snatch me from the flames, Paul? My death would not have beep as terrible as this." Mae spoke with a suppressed agony in, her voice whieh I had never before heard flows human beim& and I involuntari ky wtretahed out my *remand wound them about her waist. paavo use, my more than sister," "It is worth al to feel your sweet pity, to have you thus Dear use. Let me hasp you thus awhile, Mae, as though I asulkiz.reweiseashar+-sa , Lhalaeva. • any ion! t shall forever bless you and any one who makes your life happy, be he who he may. I have seen it all along, Elsie ; and if at first bitter thoughts would come when I remembered that as he would gain, so we must lose you, believe me, dear Elsie, they are over now, and 1 have no thought that is not kindness, uo feeling that tr not a brother's for him or you." As I spoke I heard once more that ring tug step upon the path, and she started from me. - The new step, go and tneet it," I said. She turned and paused. "Pau& " she sail, "do you think that any new step could be as dear to me as the Old ones have loved so long? Oh, Paul!" "It is-right, it kg natural, k.isie ; do not blush to own it," I said, for 1 had resolved to look my hard fate full in the face, and be unselfish at least for the future. 1 could say np more for she was gone, and he had come in her stead—he, the owner of that step which I had heard first coaling up the garden path a year before. "You are looking better," he said. "I thank you, Doctor Claymore ; I find 1 owe it to your kind attention that I am thus far recovered." I answered. "I fear I have proved a very troublesome and very ungrateful patient. Accept my thanks and apoloiciee; they are all the amends that remain for me to make." He laughed frankly. "To tell you the truth Mr. Blair," he said, "only your fever and delerinm saves you from half a dozen challenges, and as manor duels. You ap peared to have considerable animosity towards me, for some unexplained reason." I felt myself color so he spoke, but cou ld make no answer. He went Ott : "I did not come to speak of this," he said. "Are you strong enough to bear . s. little setatiour "I believe I am." I replied. • The Minor ame, and leaning over me prelims, his fingers upon my eyelids very softly. "Pardon me," he said. 'lran must have been blind a long time ?" "Ten weary years," I answered. "And you have never thought of regain ing your sight ?—bare you never hoped to do sot" he asked in a gentle tone, still keepingdose beside me. ought of it? often, often ! hoped for it., never! It ts a blessing denied to me for ever. I shall never sae again." "I think you may ; I Sin almost certain of it," interrupted the Doctor rapidly.— ..While you were iU, I examined your eyes carefully. .11y dear boy, I think I may promise you that you shall see again, and --well, never mind ; the rest will follow of itself." - • "It would have been a loss to deplore," 1 said. with something of the old bitter ness. "Would you have grieved much Elsie?" Whet that last inexplicable senthnce meant I did not dare to think ; the prom ise of the firm wee too glorious to realise at acme. We talked it over calmly, however, and it was arranged that I was to keep the whole a secret, and to seedmpany him to the city, when I was strong enough, that he might have it in his power to - perform an operation in 460111 he religiously believ ed. For my part I could not believe ; I could only hope and prfy. I left home us a fortrught with Dr. Clay more; during that time I had been think ing sad reasoning much with myself, and had grown very calm. If I had ever Lad any hope that, Elsie could have been my own, it would have been harder ; but I had always felt that I must some day lose her, and now at least, I knew that the one she had chosen wee worthy of her. I be lieved that when I beard that step on the morning ofAtgrjommy_ I listened to it as the step of nas's betrothed husband, with out any thought to my helpless self, and thanked god that it was so Arm and light —so it a step to walk beside her through the toilsome tom& of life. A meth had passed ; I was in town sail. bet was pies home an the morrow. When I weal. i should see the old mother's hoe I should laok, h irlast — Ta Shim Rummell's eyes sad thank her for her Misdeals to the died man, who almost sassed like some one else, w difillrowe did lifizoor to see now that sight was re stored "And, far all this, I must thank you, Doctor Claymore," I said . gimping his hand and lookingthamMully into his handsome face "but for yam I Amid still $1,50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE NUMBER 4 grope my miserable a►y through life. -- You hare given me the power to he a man. I can be my mother's protector now, in stead of the burden I have kern so long " “And. Paul Blair, )4u can tell Elsie lin.- sell that you love her," -mil . the voun i g doctor quietly. I started and Inked st Inn) in .p.n.ns.ti went. "I understand, - he -.aid, •'1 know whet you have thought, but than pur,• heart is free, Paul-Blair, and at 10%., you." Still I stood motionless and pondering. "Yon were right," he continued. ••1 did love Elsie Russell ; as a brothel. I love her still ; but you, Paul Blair, I have read your heart from the first— I know all that you have borne for something of its -orrow I have felt myself. When I tir'-t to your borne," he went on, "I saw that you loved Elsie, and knew that.l came there a. a rival; but what man duct eonsideted another when he was himself in love. I wooed Elsie Russell, and hoped to u in het, feeling all the while that I was breaking your noble heart. You remember tile •i l y whenyou were fi rst taken ill f" "Indeed I do," I answered. •• ,hall eier forget it ' "That day," continued the doctor, bad ridden out with her upon the , f uiet river bank ; 1 told her of my heart's love, and found that it was hopeless. The knowl edge was very hard to hear, Paul . but when, in her ninoeent pity of any grief, she told me that she esteemed and liked me that she had no friend she valued more, but that there was one whom shee had al ways loved, who neemled her inure than I did, for whose sake she would remain sin gle forever, if needs must lie, then, Patti Nair, I felt that coining there, I had come between a pure and holy lore -seldom seen or telt on earth—and -1 prayed to thral for pardon. When, riding homeward by her side, I found you lying prostrate on the ground, and learnt from your raving" and the words of the old servant, that my sur mises were only too correct. I leaven knows that all the anger in my heart was for my self ; for you I felt nothing but compassion. For that strength which made me -trine to bring my rival back to heatlli :net hap piness, which put at to nay heart to pray for your restoration to sight. it. though it had bean my own. I thank the mother who taught me to pray, and trod who gbiv.• her to me. Paul Blair if I did not know you had a noble heart, I would Ile% er tell you this ; but knowing that I would make d nu yet happier by giving you the knowbslei• that my stepcan never come between you, save to your ears—that you have not to win a heart., but only to clans it. i bye!. Uod bless you' tin home to F-1-te, make her joyful." I listened to his tep a, it faded :ova) in the distanne, and could have wept - how good and great Ito was. At home they knew nothing, ot %%hat had happened. As the carriage din up at the gate. I looked out and aw light form. that I knew must he Elsie's tripping do*n the path, I stepped out anti tvaited until she came up. As ,he ilrew elo,e to me 1 shut my eyeA. "Dear Paul, you are At hoint• again - Your mother has goneAlliiwn t,, t he llag to meet you—yon must have rt-sed she said, taking my hanil in hers "Then you are alone. El.ie 1 sal "Yes, Paul." "i will Act if you. will liatsl we, El•ste,. - S'he astinierfiirme by drawing h Ind through my arm and wslkow on We -.it down together in the little p.11.1, , r, .111.1 I ventured to steal a glance at he' altered very little since her Her solemn eyes and golden hair were.iu,t the same. She was looking at me sadly . I arose and crossing to the soft sat 4lown be side her. "Elsie Russell." I said. "I have something to say to you no titter oppor tunity clua come than thi- Will you listen to, and answer me!" "Surely, Paul,' II) And there and then I told her of not love, of my adoration - and 'ware J for hers in return. How 1 told u. what words I uttered !,,never knew Liut ere I ha , l end ed ahe was weeping on my ho-oni. "And you rememlM•t that I aiii I dins. Elsie ; that you must lead me ahout, and care for me as l should for )ou that the world will call this a sacrifice. and hlacue a blind man for winning such a treit.sun .- - You remember all this, darling, and will not repent—you are sure of that v" "Paul, your misfortune makes you , lou 1,- iy dear to me," she said "do not speak of It again. You know it i.s no sacrifice to love and be loved—it is the logite , t nets man can know—tile eri. it e-t earl hl) . blessing." 'But, ,Easle, It I could ould love me still--you would b.• glad “Oh' frau:. it' that could '- fiqr ling Paul :" - "Come to the window and look at me. Dale, - I said. - Look iuto my dar ling; what ou 'f She gazed. tremlileil, ga 7 eil an d reading there the truth, elalied li.•r hand topetber linii faulted in my arm. Oh! how happy we mere that tie2iit in the same eheerful parlor where a year slid More before, the strange -tep broke my ear l How happy {ler.. we nt thn! glad hour when I chortled ht•r for nn• wife in the little eliurch hear 1. Anil the -t.•p that I had hated hail lirought it all IME::31 liar MORF I HA:. 7 LIEY W rile i , .1- l ow i ng is attributed t., the cr.i..iir.tl .•• I liAm - land Hill : Two strangers passing s he waa preaching. entered, walk-Al up the aisle, and finding no 4eat..tood for and listened to the sermon. they turned to walk out. Before they lia.l reached the door the preacher -1111. "Hut I will tell you a Itory." This arre--1,..1 the attention of the stranger-, and they pau-4.1. turtle(' again, and It-stew-41 • t met- there was a man, - -aid the tprakt•t. • who - that if hp had all the axes in the uei made into one greet iixe, and all t h e tr....- in the world were male into one pre.! tree, and he could wield the 10:.• 311 , i rut .torn II the tree, he would take it alto .ttir gr..it whip to thrash ungo4ll) men be torn away from the grope' and ".top te Iota! :t story." The stranger, thought the! Inel heard enough to swterfy their curi.e.it att.! resumed their walk in the :street. Rot.t.rnc,"—Tin•re is a capital an ecdote of James tltitliiie's tint contest tor seat in the Sienitte. the opi.laition coarli date being Frank Johit,on. a ti lend ol Henry (lay, and t le9det in tit.• WII:: t WILI the practice w dint *his. It is now, in Kentucky. tor rival candidate- to meet each other in tilsite at differen pl•t• ces in their district. It happened that Johnson and tiuthrie had an appointment at a place about ten miles trout Louis% ilk. At a mile or so from this place a settler was at the time engaged in raising a ham, and, aecording to The usage of the country. his neighbors had collected to help him.— The day was warm, and the men, getting hold of-an unusually heavy log, failing to lift it readily into its place. came to stat.d still. They began to consider whether they should not give up theljoh for the day, and try the log when they were fresh next morning, when one of the party proposed that, as the rival candidates would soon be paring along home, the whole party should Tote at the coming election for whichsoev er of them who gave assistance, be he Whig or Democrat. It was agreed to. Mr. Johnson was the first candidate who ar rived on the ground. He stopped his horse spoke kindly to the teen, enquired - into their difficulty, advised them to rest satis fied for the present and come fresh towork in Ihn mewl' WET, and, temintling them that • rleLu,n, took phi/re mew* a day, 'when he expected to la • all 'his Mends,' passed on. Alter a while Mr. Gti= along. Ile enrired into the and heard; the propcsition to adjourn until morning. 'My friends,' said he, 'my rule is, never pig off till to-morrow what can be done to-; and if one good strong back can do any good, here it is.' Thereupon he tied his horse ; they all went to work and got the log in its place. This is, per• haps, the first and only attempt of Guth rie at log rolling. It need scarcely be added that the whole crowd voted for him and many other. who heard the story." Tar. Muslim Max.—He has been found! The man who hired his little boy to go to bed without his supper, and stole the money from his pocket after he was asleep with whist} to repeat the operation the next day. was rather close; the country customer who brought an egg to the store to exchange for a needle, and then insisted upon the merchant's treating him with a glass of wine with than identicle egg in it, in how* of his custom, (the egg proving to have a double yolk, he ought to have anaker needle.) had terrible little souls, but u, doubt whether a more legitimate illustration of downright meanness war ever known than one that transpired yes terday in the shop of John Brown, the Barber, whom everybody knows. 1 certain gentleman, well known here abouts. who makes Cleveland his general abiding place. and who prides himself greatly upon his good looks, his reputation a., a ladies' man and his unimpeached re rpeetability, entered John's establishment, and was put through tonsorial course of sprouts by the proprietor. He was shaved. oiled and brushed, and put in com plete presentable order. Turning to go, he handed Brown on: cent. Six gents, sah, if you please " gently in•inu:►ted our loquacious friend. -Look here. my friend, isn't that a cent' • Ye,'. sah." • Well, don't that come within five eent4 of %our regular price !" ertainly, sah." Well. you wouldn't be mean enough to stand out about 1.41 f a date, would you ?" The sable philo..opher allowed that that man could perambulate "am suddenly as he wished. Ile never would ask him fni that other Its ,• eertts.—C , nelentd Leader. 111 I , NI A 1 I s WAN Ts To Sis Tnza.—A young man, a nephew, had been to sea. and on id, r.-turn. he was narrating to his uncle an tigkenture which be had met on board a ,lalp •• I w out' night leaning over the tan'- , atl, looking down into the mighty ocean," -41.1 the tiepli , vr, whom we will call • o hen in) gold watch fell from my t..h sold sunk out of sight.-- '1'1..• I WA.. going ten knots an hour , 1411 /1..1h11):: dannted. I sprung over the tl., it tittwn. and. after a long search, I .1, .. 0 t.. u!. close under the stern, ',it .• I to the deck, without any • k !lowing I had been absent." • • William." said his uncle, slightly elf % Ming his broad brim, and opening his eyes to their widest capacity, - how fast did the', -a) the vessel was going'!" Ten knot , , uncle." And then thee dove down into theses. and ca►ue up with the watch, and climbed up by the rudder chains ?" Yes, uncle." And thee expects me to believe thy story ?" -4 - kf course' You couldn't dream of ailing me a liar, would you uncle?" •• Williani," replied the uncle, gravely. thee knows I never calls anybody names; hut William, if the Mayor of the city were to eome to me; and say, ' Josiah, I want thee to find the biggest liar in all Phila delphia.' I would comp straight to thee, aml put my _hand on thy shoulder, and say try hei;, 'W7r,•m, ritr TRyor iierals to see Mee F" POT's. o' THE (iFST LEK EX-11rrear Coes it.it -.—Zell Foot. a charming little corres pondent dui, hts.n ironing her husband's -hirts, and thilb relieves her mind on the übjeet in her journal. She don't like it •• I have been thinking, this evening, in a calmer mood, that starched shirt bosoms are a great trial to women who have to .1.) up " Ilm% much men talk about the ab-urilitie. of our dress—our full and trail :ng .thirt. our dipping sleeves, our cabbage bonnets, our lamp-mat head-dresses, ke. But arc not the stiff shirt bosoms they .near rt... %%4 , 11 a other articles of their ap _ parel which 1 might mention if I cared to) also opelii to eensnre and ridicule? One lady venter protest. against them, belie's that tb4l were invented to deprive woman', head of her mos., comfortable resting place she means married women eour.e "T hese =tiff dickeys cannot be comfortable or convenient, and they cer tainly are not beautiful. I like the snowy linen. but the starch—away with it ! Let the linen lie in soft, graceful folds, not in till, unnatural ones, pasted together with -tarch. So one knows bow many women grow iterrow, and acquire a habit of fret tulne-, in the • doing-up' process which t lie.o things demand." g i ts l . A yottruz man attempted to poison turn-elf at the Revere House, in Decatur, Illinois, on 11 ednesday night of last week. Ile had I , e.ti drinking immoderately for soveral .lay. .krtil hail got pretty well sober whon h.. gh , l the act The porter of the h..trl i.,t , • the alarm. and the young a n soon filled with.a crowd. lie caught op a ilirk knife, and (trove the erowd down •lairs in a rapid Manner.— were summoned quickly, and reinathed with him most of the:night.— II e was rav in s crazy for several hones after tAking the poi -Ai, anil the only, way his .trength ,- , uh•l mastered was by tying hi- hint , . with stout ropes. The letters which ht• laid upon the table wheftlie first etit.•rwl the room, were directed to his rel- Ativc., infornung them that he ;was de t.•ruuned to kill himself. He 'kook an dune a of Arsenic' -enough to kill !lye hurl dr.4l penons—and the overdose acted as an emetic. thus saving hi► life. tut. t)u,lts•tt. !roasts PILL.—A of the Cotton Planet says • „ i , gall you an infallible method of „ imp A pull up a hill or anywhere ,•I-•• that I. mu,,es are able to wry him. F tko rope la plow line for ex ample., it. Make a loop of the double end. and araw it qnt:,C l 7 around the im.ler taw of the animal, just behind his leeth. witli the loop underneath. ThrOW th.. over your i.houlder, and walk in the WUV be should go, holding fast, and and firmly. Don't be tro u bled si,out him, be will follow without tail, after lie has discovered how you have got him Ili" will also compel an animal to stand .till to receive the bridleor collar." EttAt. I.ltr..—The following nei.lent in the life of the grandfather of the Lite tam ornor Caleb Strong, of Massa quite romantic:—" He had 1.31.1 some attention to Maryldaughter of t 'apt. inhn Sheldon, of Dee ld, Mass.,) and there wan love, but no engagement be tween them. thi the fatal 'D. th of Febru art . 1704. .the wa.4 taken prisoner by the French and Indians, and carried to Canada. where she remained two or three years.— It is stated that the first question she asked of those who came to redeem her was. whether Jonathan Strong was married.— lie was married—her return being consid ered very uncertain. After her return, she also married. But, 1761, her husband and Mr Strong's wife both died ; and these aged persons—he in his 80th year, and she in her 76th—renewed their attachment. after a laps of 58 years, and were married in 1762." Sylvester Judd, Esq.. of North ampton. says that a third of a century av, people were living in Northampton who had seen the venerable couple ride through the streetA of that town : rho *este." on :a pillion behind her husband.
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