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E. P. MIDDLETON & 'BRO.,
COGNAC & ROCHELLE. BRANDIES,
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Scotch and Irish Whiskies,
pi 'HT lIERRY. M%PERI.I ANIP
CIIAMIPAPiNE WINES
Choice Old Monongahehl,
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WHOLESALE GROCERS
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I We walked t I the isUitlo4, and found our
FAIRBANg'S SCALES !p.,t waiting r the Boston train. The
' Doctor introdu ed me, with much affec
6Y4te &cert. t uonate effusion and many perticular4 con
)* I earning my f ily and early history. to
the man ot 'lily lingoes. He was a
DE FOREST, ARMISTRONO, & CO. tall, lean, tlat- bested, cadaverous being,
DRY GOODS MERCHANTS,' ot about forty, is sandy hair nicely sleek
s° B. 82 Chambers slt.. N. Y. ed, thin yellowi whiskers spattered on his
WOULD notify the Trade that they are I hollow cheeks, his none short and snub,
.P•ninf W 04 47. isnnn and tmultlikti Pattnnnk tb. his fate small, wilted, and so freckled that
WAIMUTTA PRINTS! '
7. lien. !' Mork
rwv ,et ■. I1f•Y
+t could hardly be said to have complexion.
• •LWI , inn . 'I n -.hort, by its littleness, by its yellowness,
A. M 0 s im. -, A . (3.:1 by the ap'pearance of its dusty dryness. this
telo, singular physiognomy reminded me so
A N.., Print, whic Reels everT Vital in lb. Country (or
u.riettinn .4rseent iwi dq p ri In Wit Mn‘ititpc4,llTstrpn .1• of a pinch of snuff. that. I almost
Our Priorr.** ste r ftla Pr WSW% aft_ at sight of i 4. .lial diminutive
with entesairs hair " „„
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rr Ordory prraui.thr attendloil to 1 . 44 _ f ru. eyes were fringed with ragged flax
-- -- --- • - - l en lashes, an seemed tetbe very loose in
FIAFATiatiG Mt 013 .! , 1 their reiddened lids, *a If Ihe could '
cry Th em
4 ettgbalisaims4o 0, didt at' the shortest *slice. I observed
G i'..PitG 1 W. SMITtI.) . that he never lc his interlocutors , in
lid ' lleektre. bu , 'My 4 - as
Ale., that - cannot be eceelled by any establish
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4.r he had not lost a his!
; in training for his spiritual battles. .is
For tI4 •c".11/mndotiogi St 00. r clriplocarni In %lib see- instituters were quiet, buttfor an air of Jall
ilou.. r t 1121,.. al 14 thtorti )11..1r0. Caughev k Clark, Wbolt.- / eccifortcus , stilt s iiclewhity. which draped
lalv arnerr. .•f 1 1,, OUT ...Ir acrnir for this v wintry
Cobl4 -1v37 FISIIING Filt4l•S . him from head to foot Like a rcibe of moral
_ _ ----__ nth-loth, and might almost ne said to rustle
B , el) K . ' an. 1)141y. Whether he was a practical jok
: - ... - •
fr, A r inttl et, a Wattle, or a madman, my
•
Magazines, Paper, Stationery, i iritual baton was not keen enough to
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/scorer at firlt sight- Beside him and
4 ustrs4ves ;the Tarty consisted of a butcher,
WALLPAPER, &C., / a tlltter, tind a - candlestick maker, allinem
tiers of dn. Doctoei4;eburch and indefati
gable woi k er, of mit aelel.—plain men and
tools-b. but respectable in standing and
silo-ere in their folly. Mr. Riley was so
, comraottplaee as to addre-s me in EngliNli,
proh.thly bectse he wanted an an
)43U acwnpisny us. risr, on title bless
ed erussale 14441111. L crime and unbelief ?"
11, asked.
Dlr friend, 14:. Potter, hrs grauteil me
site-tim .ble privilege," responded I
I hope-- in fart. 1 firtul Folieve—that
Prot idenee will aid us," he continued
•• I hope inn. •• Sala 1. "But would
n't it I.e aJV1.461.- to hate a policeman,
PARK hOW BOOK STORE
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GROCERIES! GR( ►r'H:Rl}ti
TH E -uLerribers it- now un kontl thi
varied 4 ! t I
GROCERIES
eller In thi. eitt 5 4.. b raft rI.
WHOLESALE OR . RETAIL.
tlor Crab or Klital I redlt" a• any Hnß.r a t
(Ay 1.1 , r is. a e• 11 and risatarl•
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Se, 2 IN r sest • itteek,,
Give Ear ye Deaf!
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fular•t, rtr ,••t• tLat tb4-e Pitly lat• Rot only ..1
loqr, 10 the dia.-der. for a !Itch *he
tank thorn, but they hare a 1... altnt,at ratlrrly cursd her
HOld.lll f fisitro•e with whirl. Ole Lad been
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I us preparrd to turn.,l, 4.lalsy kind lor
•it.• at 'nue!. I.waprl..-aa than r I nu tits. city.
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PAPER HANGINGS` •
For the Spring Traded
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GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
hanesist and Flom Jellies.
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r t %• ny tam.l Pelting cheap. et
Ar 'PI .11.111%. B 1" ARM..M. tawaret
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THE
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AMERICAN BOY
FINE ('UT
('hewing Tohacc•o !
J. C. RU,RGESS& CO.,
ERIE, PA.
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Brrr E ! BUTTER "—We wig i
cosh for Batter lo riricio , or low quaotrtr,ilarirm
ttur c .roirtg mason
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Dreoptag nn soma clastaat .Lore
tea hear 11 1n the midnight,
Hear at io ILe bush day,
neer its choir aal tNaaored oulatioal
t be,esoe er I thanee to etre%
.1u that sty•tie little dial
There are clear and tailing linen
u.er which the sunlight glitters
And the passing hour &tine.
quieter, quicker is its beating.
• ifter 11W1.11 ti•eare uj .Uc haniiill
ith the.' lean and {p*Ctrlll nUgenl
I',.lotuy to the obad.yry Itn3e
Hut 16.• day .1 Ii( ts wasktai,
• • •••oa its shalows will decline.
Aud within my opitit's dweillor
i'rssy th• little mymse Mums.
lo“s1 n'yr an its motions
t;sthers draper day by day,
Voices,
from lbw ?Awn aallltrx
zeeio to beckon IRS ark,
Itailling tales this chick is telling
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ourig every tbouglit nod aetbost,
Vrt ere pre It lade heed
' , rioting through the eoul'• ilrep rhetoh,
Toner or Jeep mestrrinoi power
et we told 011 r &IMO stol Ifsten
T., ► heluasucl
b the dl 0w...v.1.-d
Yl,ll it► ttro!eong, solemn n.uwl►
ihoict Tittraturr.
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My Neighbor, the Prophet
black,
1k no l'ertainly het !" he re
with considerable excitement --
• All•we want is a hand of saiXts, of Justi
fied souls. of men fitted for the martyr's
vnwati.'•
•1)h. that's all. is it. Sir Well shall we
get ihto the c•tr*! There the) are "
The train was full. and our party had to
scatter. hut Mr Riley and I gat seats togeth
er
e.uvt /seen )uu :ti vta
Nr," he continued tue to a4t.
1111 a belie% et' in Digpettgationi-mr
• Not 1.41 strong as I might he. flow
ever, I have been:Absent trmn Troubleton
for ilnee month-. and only t eturned yeg
tertlay
- 11) ' tou ha% e lu,t id -eel -11g opigortuni
heg Volt tntrgt hose no nior Life i
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. - And uncertain," I added. -Eapeci.lllN
in nulroliii traveling."
•••Itly dear sir, I hope this road is prudent
conilueted," he sant with a look of some
anxiety.
• Not many accidents," I answered“--
••A lid then, you know, we are alwaym in
the bawls of Providence. No fear of slip
pine through the lingers unnoticed."
•• No, sir. certainly not," he remarkt.s.l,
wr.qiping his moral oilcloth about him
nein. "Have you felt any extraordinary
spiritual impressions since you returned'.'''
- Nothing lasting, I think. Nothing that
a night's sleep wouldn't take off the edge
of "
No desire to lay Lands on some sin
sir,cken wretch and cure him of the evil
that is in him ?"
Now 1 did feel a strong demad to lay
liamls on this veio , Riley and Nal out he ,
nose fur him : but I fort re to say
I simpl) shook my head ci,L,-ipontient-
- I know, that, if
.t ou would come to our
141.petigaries and join an our exerereee, you
%took! b -ensible of a softening." be ob.
ED
, t r % eqi
t--, in the brain," tho't I ; hut I stilt
retirtined intent.
• Vt.o should motlitato upon the value of
umnif...4uitions, unknown tongues, the lay-
ig nn of hands, v wons, ecstasies, and such
e matters." he continued
I have." said I.
'And with no reiwit
"Nothing that particularly utonishea
ne. I think that I hate humbug more
hail I "
••That', a good -ign," he replied, after a
&let. -.harp glance orintiuuT at rue. "This
taut world is a humbug. as you phrase it.
esti Orthodoxy is a humbug. Hunt=
reason is a humbug. Site are all humbugs.
wale* , we are made true by Dispensation.
This age will be a humbug. unless it can be
wrought into an age of miracles., If you
could be brought tobateearneetry all these
things. it woad be a hopeful sign."
I was on the point of disputing the hy
pothesis, but prudently checked myself.—
zsudde.nly he removed my hat and put his
broad. hard palm upon my organs with an
impudent dexterity which made me doubt
whetter he had not been a pickpocket or
a phrenological lecturer.
lay my hand upon your head and de
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X'ottical.
LIFE CLOCK
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bin within tor bring
Mill
wood of fairy foorlialla
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4irt- you to note the effect," same. "Can
no life come into these dry boor? Shall
they not live? Yea, they shaa t s bre ! Do
you feel no irrepressible emotioi;'Elir.—no
shaking?"
"Not a shake," replied l,—"ll4.less it be
from the bad grding." ,•,
•• Evil If mighty, hut the good t event
ually prevail," he observed, i 'nently
Cocking his snub nose toward
••I believe you are quite riglit in both
propositions," I ad mated. Card
. 1 41 i nal
points of mule. But excuse ma, Sir, if you
could spare nir hit. I should Mato put it
on my head "
I had loot patience with the men, partly
because it irks me to have qtrs. / pars take
lthertie, with toy person. and alb because
I had reached the conclusion he was
simply a shallow dissembler a . In
a minute more I had cause to der
my charge of hypocrisy, and question
whether he might not lay claim to the no
bler distinction of lunacy. Thittonductor
came down the car. picking op' Trouble
tornans with his undeceivabliajaeye, and
leaned toward us with outstretind fingers.
Mr Riley rose to his whole gsout height
at aierk, and laid hishand on the official's
arm with a fierce, bony gripe, *Web seem
ed to startle him as if it were I clutch of
a skeleton.
-There 1, my ticket," man/ c k 'Where
)ot-4! Have you one f the Holy
City e pr.
Non! Th you ere 4 t 10641
loot I"
The 14.4 word- ro.e to a higt
which pierced the heavy ru
train and rang throughout the
conductor, in lac of the
beectinei tweond nature to mi
feast...a), turned slightly pale
Lack before this wild apost
thrill of spiritual horror at
meaning of the words, (1 0
not because he considered 0
isc The fanaticism of Trot
ready flown far and cast a
dread over a large communty,
Turning abruptly from tilt
my companion Bung out hi ,
ward the staring passengers,
ed in his strident. startlin t
warned him. I call you
that 1 hove warned this
peril. Ilia blood boon Ins
blood of your souls will be
unless you turn to Dispensai
said it. Amen !"
Before be had sat dowt►
the ally on my way to
anxious to become known
of this extraordinary •ppoosate
empty seat by the Doctor,
and told my story.
"My time Irienti, give
'concludf•d. • Ile'l mad
be. t!
:ad F'e•tu+ thought
my poor eomrscie, with
"Festun he !"
temper, mid swearir
I gradmaed.
••1 f( - he was
J many hours,
"To-morrow you will. ier."
"That makes no d ifferenos with me now."
said I. "I air juAt as sikept ical to if A /tidal
a chanty of conversion. Why, Doctor,—
well, come now,--I'll argue the ease with
you. In the firit place. all Church hiatory
is against you. There isn't a resmectadile
author who upholds thedoctrine of unxlern
miracles " _ _
"Me&take '"' he c.xelmined wi,di 1
had you in my library. I oould teee you
with writer on writer. fact on fact. all sup
porting niv view- I cantioye that mir
acle. have not ceased for eighteen ceutu
ries : that they appeared rhuucluutly 1111.116
days of the venerable( :At le, f a der s; that
a ttreatil „1 prokliecies and liealings ain't
tongues 1.,n dear through the lwark Ages
down Refort.iatlon , that the super
111113U111 ItlttUrnce dames! in the dreusins of
Huss, the ee-tssies of !Cat ier. and the mar
vels of Fox and l'-'her. 1,..0k at the French.
Prophets. or ['ramblers of the Cevennes.
who had prophesying's and healing, and
discovering. , of spirit. and tongues and in
terpretations. Look at the ecstatic Jasen
ists, or Convulsionists of tit. liedard. who
were blessed with the same holy gifts.—
Look at the Quakers, from Fox downward.
who hare held it us a constant principle to
expect powers. revelations, di.cernings of
spirits, and instantrineou. healiturs of dis
eases. Why. here we are in our own dal's:
here we are with our own `chain of miracles
still unbroken : here we are in the midst of
this geological and unbelieving nineteenth
century "
hem we are." Asia 1 • "and we
rnu,t make the be,t of it It'+ had *flair.
of etwur , e. to live in -eientific tarnea : anti
it'' a great into that lAr were not horn in
the Dark Age. hut it too late to try to
help it."
Ah ' vou an.wer with x sneer • you lire
iu.iteriali.tk and infidel .'
- Stop. lkletor Let we make a Largiun
with You If %on won't call me names, I
won't call you nan.es You are not in the
pulpit now, and yoU time no right to doin
%neer over me
-But a hat do v. t/ to all these eigns
and wonders irhich I hare mentumedr
-What lo you .ay to the Roche,iter
tincx.k mg. and the Stratford mygterteg and
the Mormon miracle,'"
All (leeept 01 works of the Devil,"
stlirme.l the Isoctoi, without s moment's
me toi :smiling," I replied "It
plea.-ant to otewerve ghat a quick Ttrit
you have for . di.cerning the true vron.ler4
from the false,"
'•You will we. you will see," he answer
ed, and relapsed into is grave silence.
We reached New Haven and took rooms
at the New Haven Hotel. I had anticipat
ed a little nap hcfore going out on our ex
pedition but I had not made allowance
lot the pn.selytiii¢ zeal of Dispensabronists.
My pool bewildered fnend Potter titl o gred
something which hesincerely meant t o be
a ' {gayer,hitt which sounded to me pain
fully like blasphemy. Next they sang a
queer hymn of theirs in discordant chorus.
After that, Mr. Riley rolled up his Weaves
and his eyes. thing his arms atx.mt• wept and
shrieked utnknown,tongueefor twenty. min
ter. Then the butcher. the baker, and
..andlestickmaker had a combined convul
sion on the floor, rolling over each other
aad upsetting furniture By this time the
hotel was roused and the landlord made us
a call.
"What the lid Harr, are you about ?"
he demanded angrily. "Don't yoti know et'•
after midnight'"
"We are holding a Dispensary." said Mr.
Riley, solemnly.
`Well, I'll despen•e with your company.
if you don't stop it," returned mine ha•t.
"There's a nervous lady intim next room.
and you've worried her into fits. -
f l •'Let me see her," cried the Docaor, ea
gerly. "It may be that the power of our
faith is upon her. Which is her door :"
"You're drunk, Sir," returned the land
lord severely. -Seep quiet now, or I'll
have you put to bed by the Porters."
So saying. he:shut the door and went
muttering down stems. This untowardan
cident put an end to our exercises. A
whispered palaver on Dispensatkoniam fol
lowed. during which I tilted my chair back
against the wall and stole a pleasant little
11=1
OBSERVER.
ER 8, 1840.
nap.
It was about h elf peek one when the boc•
for shook me urr and said, "It is time."
We slipped down stairs In out stockinged
feet, got theirent door open without awak
ening the porter, shut it carefully after us,
and put on our boots outside. Mr. Riley
immediately started up College Street,
which, all the world is aware, rang norther
ly to the Canal Railroad, where it changes
to Prospect Street and goes off in a half
wild state up country. At the end of Col
lege Street we left the city behind us, struck
the rail track, forsook that presently for a
desert sort of a road known asCanal Street,
and kept on in a northwesterly direction
for half s utile Lsrther. It was a dark, cool,
and blustering night, such as the New
Englanders are very apt to have on the sec
cmd of April The wind blew violently
down the open country, shaking the scat
tered treesAS if itpisieet to wake them in
stantly 4t of their winters slumber, and
.ereechisig in the murkey distances like a
tomcat on the housetops. or rather like a
oontinent of tomcats. The Doctor lost his
hat, ChtiSed It a few rods, and then give it
up. lest he should miss bis burglars. Once
I halted and watched, thinking that I saw
two or three dark shapes dogglngusnot far
behind, but concluded that 1 bad been de
ceived by the blackest of
,ilegical Night,
and hastened on after my Gravy commas,.
Presently Riley stopped, pointed to a dark
arises on our right which seemed about
large enough to be a story and a half cot
tage, and whispered. "Here we me breth
ern,"
ihriek •
of the
The
which
lilt pro
shrank
with a
solemn
,) and
a man
had al
of
'•\o doubt about that," said 1.
what the mischief is to come of it ?"
• 'Oh ! lees go back and mill the polide,"
urged the baker, in a tremulous gurgle.
"Too late 1" returned Riley.. "It is given
to me to see the burglars. They are in
side. They 'are taking the silver out of the
closet. ?here will be murder in five min
utes."
-If there must be murder, why, of course
we ought to have a hand in it," suggest
ed. "aut. - motives at least will be goW.'l
"Right !" said Riley. "Come on, brigh
tenl We must prove our faith by our
work s . "
Aduct or,
artrti
can Liu a-
I kayo
witnesa
tearful
' The
But the baker hung buck in a most
dangh faced fashion, while the butcher and
candiwitick maker encouraged him in his
cowardice. At last ft was agreed that this
unheroic trio should wait is the yard as a
roomers, while Riley o the Doctor, and I
wean, in to levy the burglars, Leaving
theweaker bieethern in a clump of ever
green shrubbery, • *O, , the • (wimp hope,
stole around the home to get sk i s bitch
dtsor which Prophet Riley bad Ogaty seen
, in his dream, and which he foretold is we
ellouldrind unlocked. ' I was not much
amazed to'discover a baekdoor, imismuch
as Most hams bane, but I really was eur
prised hi learn that it wmi t nim .
netunist i ment at this '
Miry* "overbafaticedloy ;
Mg, that the Netter Mill persisted in, its
iptentites-ef interiayori had hopec4t
at th 4 last tempest faith would Am
away, and letjakm pr e dOwn froth the
ration of fidGchlout Mid realess par
pose
have
I waa in
enr ► not
intimate
found an
Ito it,
up." . 1
posaitily
returned
fatuity.
tap
saw*
%**.'
Stop. brekt:i. .eseasis I
You'll gut into a .acrape. Ileepectable
frootl graeums, what a pack of
fools
While I was rapidly 'twittering these ob
aervationa. helms palling way from- toet
and stealing into the house lifter hie PrOftb
et. Finding that there was no stopping
him, I followed, in obedience, perhaps, to.
that great and no doubt beneficent, but as
yet uaexpleined, inseinee which muses
sheep to leap after their beliweather. We
were in a Mimi-merit, or semi-subterranean
steiry. I felt the walls of a narrow passage
tin either side of tine, and can swear to a
kitchea near by, for I smelt its cooking
range. I walked on the foremost end of
my toes, and would have paid five Oilers
fur a pair of list slippers. Ftathet thee take
another such little promenade as 1 read in
that passage, I would submit to beflaced
On the middle sleeper of a railroad bridge,
with an express train coming at me with
out a cowcatcher. Presently I overtook
the Doctor's coat tails again, and found
that they were ascending a staircase. At
the top of the stairs was a door, and on the
other side of the door was a room, the uses'
of whirls I won't undertake to swear to,
for I never saw it. although I was in it
longer than I wanted to be. Ail I know
is that it seemed to be as full of chairs, and
tables, and sofas, and sideboards, and stoves,
and.trickets, as if it had been a shop for
secrietthand furniture. 1 was just rubbing
my shins after an encounter with a es
markably solid object, nature uncertain,
when somebody near me fell over some
thing aid) a crash and a groan. I nimecli
ately somebody else sized me by the cra
vat and began to throttle me. Whoever
it vat., I floored him with a right-harder,
and sent him across the other person, as I
judged t.e the couibined grunt, and the
desperate, though dumb struggle which
followed Now there were two of them
down, and how many standing 1 could not
gues- An instant afterward, a muffled
voice, like that of a man only half awake,
shouted from a room behind me, "Who's
there r Get out' I'm a-coming!" This
I seemed to encourage the individuals who
I were having a rough-and-tumble on the
! carpet. for they commenced roaring simul-
I taneously.••llelp' murder! thieves , . firer!
! without, however, relaxing hostilities for a
moment.
The next pleasant incident was a pistol
shot. the ball of which whizzed so near my
head that it made me dodge, although I
had not the least notion who fired it or
whom it was aimed at Female sereams
and masculine shouts now sounded from
various directions. Thinking that I had
done all the good in my power, I conclud
ed to get out of this confusion ; but either
the doorway by which we entered had sud
denly walled itself up, or else I had lost
my reckoning; for, stumble where I would,
feel about as I would. I could not find it.
I did, indeed, come to an opening in the
wall, but there was uu staircase the other
side of it, and it simply introduced me to
another invisible apartment. I had no
chance to reflect upon the matter and de
cide of my own free will whether I would
go in or not. A sudden - rush of fighting,
howling persons swept me along, Jammed
me against a pillar, pushed me over a ta
ble, and forced me toin • furious
struggle. exceedingly l a rt a w itle ard by reason
of the darkness and the extraordinary
amount of furniture. A tremendous punch
in the side of the head upset me and made
me lose my temper. Rasing in • rage, I
grappled some man, tripped up his heels,
got on his chest, and never left off belabor
ing him until I felt pretty sure that he
would keep quiet during, the rest of the
.o.irer. I hope sincerely that this suffering
individual was Mr. Johni ac ffile7 ; but,
from the rotundity of h which 1
bestrode, I very much feat that it was the
Doctor.
All this time the house resounded with
outcries of. **Who's there I" "What's the
matter?" "father I" "Henry !" "Jenny!"
"Maria!"- "Thieves!" "Murder!" "Police!"
and so forth. Of course I did not feel (Lil
=l t° tell who wse we and in actual
O could wilt have explained what was
the matter. *pxmlingly I left all these
inquisitive peqple unsatisfied, and busied
myself solely With my fallen autagonist.—
"But
in.?" I
poi.e . .iny
$1.50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 14
t l luttuig him at last in a state of quiescence,
I knocked over a person who had been at
tacking the in the rear, and then blunder
ed into a passage, which I suppose to have
been thefront hall, just as a light glimmer
ed up in the rooms behind me. It gives
one a very odd sensation to tread on a
rc r
pros to te body, not knowing whether it is
dead alive, whether it is a man or a wo
man_ I - had that sensation in ascending a
stairway which seemed to be the only
egress from the aforesaid passage. The in
dividual made no movement, and I did not
stai:o count his or her pulses. Without
g disposed to take my oath on the
matter, I rather suspect that a negro serv
ant girl had fainted away there in the act
of trying to run off in her night gown. Up
stairs I tumbled, resolved to get upon the
roof and slide down the lightning-rod, or
else jump from a window Pushing open
a door, which I fell against, I found myself
in a pretty little bedroom lighted by a
single candle, articles of female costume
imagitag across chairs and scattered over
drewing-tables, while on the floor, just as
she had swooned in her terror, lay a blonde
girl of nineteen or twenty, pale as marble.
but beautiful. Right through my alarm
jarred a throb of aungled self-reproach and
pity and admiration. I tossed a pile of
bedclothes over her, kissed the long, light
brown hair which rippled on the straw
matting.darenwotyped the face on my
memory wit a glance, blew out the light,
opened a window, and slipped out of it. It
is unpleasant to drop through darkness,
not knowing how far you will fall, nor
whether you will not alight on iron pick
ets. Fortunately, I came down in a fresh
flower bed, with no unpleasant result, ex
cept a sensation of having nearly bitten my
tongue off. - I had scarcely steadiedimyself
on my feet, when a tall figure made a rush
from 901116 near ambuscade and seized
me by the collar. Supposing hips to be
one of our reserve force, I quietly suffered
him to lead me forward, and was on the
point of whispering my name, when my
eye caught a glimmer of metal, and I
knew th‘t I was in the hands of a police
man.
"Come in and help," said 1. "The house ,
is full of reemla."
'Phinking me one of the family. he locos-
ed his hold on my broadcloth and burried..l
away to the be t a door. - Whoever reado,
this story has already taken it for granted
that I did not follow him, but that I did,
on the contrary, make for the city and
never cease traveling until I had reached
the hotel. Let no man reproach me with
forsaking my friend, the Doctor, in his ex- •
Eternity. I was brought up to reverence
the law and to entertain a virtuous terror
of policemen; and, besides, what could I
have effected in that horrible labyrinth of
dark rooms and multitudinous furniture?
I rang ep the porter, went t. bed, and lay
unlike all the rest of the night, listening
for the return of my companions. to one
Mae: no Doctor, no Riley, no butcher, no
baker, no candlestick-maker. I was ap
. • • titly Abe sole survivor ofour little army.
n the, Morning I walked to the police sir
Alow, peeped cautiously through the grated
door 431 a long room wbere the n'ight's
gatherings are lodged, and discovered my
live friends, tattered and bruised, but halal
lively Dispensary in one corner. From
- 4 —r--.-A•tAbe Doctor and
mania. _ was sail peeping when two of
the police and a sly-looking man in citi
zen's dress came up and stared boldly at
she prisoners.
"Weil, Old Gock, do you wee your gamer"
asked oue of the "force."
"That's him" returned the Old Cock,
spftking with the soft drawl of the New
York cockney. "Tall fellah thah with that
black eye. thant'a e-goin' it now. Thut♦-
dab, what a roarah
"Weil, what is be t" imp -tired the second,
of the New Haveners.
**Joseph Hull, 1 14Pous lunatic," said she
Oki Cock. "Was m shah Bloomingdale
Asylum. Cut off one, night about foah
months ago and stole a suit o' clothes that
belonged to John M. Riley, with a lot o'
money and papabs and lettahs in shah
pockets'. How'd you get hold of him
"Broke into a house Bout here last night,"
related the first New - Havener. "He and
them other fellers, and one more that we
ha'n't found. I was on my beat 'bout one
o'clock, and see 'em pottro' up College
Street full chisel. I thought, they-looked
kinder dangerous. So stalled Doolittle
here, and Jervis, and Jacobs, and we after
'em. Chased 'em 'bout a mile and treed
'em at Square Russell's way up Canal. eout
in the country. 'Three was in the yard
and gin right up without doublie a list.
though they had their ,pockets chuck full
o' little pistols. We kicked 'em into the
cellar, and then went up stairs. where there
wasa devil of a Yellin' and fightin'. Hanged
if I know what they come there for. They'd
been pitchin' into one another and knock -
in' one another's beads otE besides -11/a..11-
in' furnichy and chimbly crockery. but
bade t stole. thing The fat one and the
long osie—theru te,, with the white 1..h0k -
era — was lyuf ou the floor pooty much u-e,l
up. There was another that got up stairs
and jumped out ft 'Winder Jarvis Was Out
side end eolLired foie but thought he w
s in -LOA ho. ho'—anal let
him off,—ho, ho, ho' Tell ye, Jarvis feels
thunderin' -mall 'bout it Hien't been
round this mortiiii'." '
"Well, I'll leave my wiiirrwm with %rim
big-wigs, and come atter my man when
they've got through with him." 4aiil the
New York detective, turning away
Fearing the return of the enlightened
Jarvis, I now left, and, taking the first train
to Troubletown, informed some of the lead
ing Dispensationists concerning their pas
tor's calamity. By dint of heavy bail and
strong representations .they saved hint,
together with the butcher and baker and
candlestick-maker, from the disgrace of
prison and the lunatic asylum. But the
adventure was the ruin ofbispensationism.
Mr. Joseph Hull had to give up Mr .I‘ihn
M. Riley a valuables, andl return to hi, sr
elution at - Bloomingdale. Deprived of the
apostle who had set them on fire, and
overwhelmed by 'public ridicule, the In,-
peusationista lost their faith, got ashamed
of their tuinister and turned hint adrift
He disappeared in the whirl of men and
other circumstances which fills this won
derful country. From time to time, dur
ing five years. I had made incomes con
cerning him of mineralogists. botanists, and
other vagrant characters , without getting
the smallest hint as to his whereata,uts
At last he had turned up as the-private
prophet of three middle-aged widows.
"Jenny," said I to my wife, "do you r
member the night I frightened you so awl
kissed you as you lay in a fainting-6t'"
"You always say you kissed me, but I
don't believe it," returned that dear woman
whom I lore, honor, and cherish. "Ye,
remember the night well enough "
"Well, that poor Doctor Potter, who was
my Ilabonsst on that occasion,
me to victory in y; ; e
indirect means of my getting my houri,—
I have heard from him He is our next
neV e lx m or."
on us, Frederic! I hope not
What mischief wbn't he do to people who
are so handy ?"
"Don't be worried, my dear," said I. "I
atia'n't go over to his religion again. —o nless,
indeed, you should insist upon it. But bete
he is, and still a supernaturalist. I shall
call op bun in a day or two."
So I did. One of the three widows met
me with a tearful countenance and told
me that Doctor Potter had disappeered.—
so lie had. I iiialL.l4lo.lawiamidaiwowd
to meet me gssiad • - • away.
The widow.; thonfit i ii • •
the cutielueiOn, that, Ii Y. .11
before him, he had he n translated.
cried for him a good deal more than he
was worth, quarrelled scandal
themselves, sold their house t4 , =
dispersed. I know nothinAmore of than.
Neither do I know anything Itirthereitmy
neighbor, the prophet.
, .
A Roesece or Bstrieoes.---Tbe Balti
more correspondent of the Charleston
tbsirie . T. - relates the Adinerlin suggestive!, ow
pretty romance, the peen of which is Ted
in that city
A little incident charaeteristpof
. fortune, flowing from econcifez, pru
and perseverance, came within range of my
notice during the recent year, which, if
properly portrayed, may serve to emulate
others. The story is yet unwritten. I will
endeavor to present it. briefly Less than a
semi-decade ago, there might have beers
seen in our city, seated at some public corn
er of a crowded street, a young, poorly clad
Italian woman, with a small, rosy-fseed.
black-eyed child in her arms. Beneath
dishelved hair and a sun-burnt face, could
be discerned lineaments of beauty, height
ened into sympathetic attraction by the
sweet smile of innocence. Tho' the gar
ments of both mother and infant were owns*
and tattered, yet cleanliness and an air of
neatness alvilos told that a careful hand
adjusted them. Day after day, vagina far
into evening shades, passed. giving place to
new morrows, and stall this apparently for
saken pilgrim of the Italian clime, sat at her
post amid the moving, busy throng, mod
estly begging a sustenance for herself and
tender offspring.
A year had made its resolution, and still
she was there, constant, unchanging, ex
cept to a browner hue The baby grew ?
is full eyes brightened into sweeter ex
pression, whilst waves of sunlit ha p piness
now and then dimmed the mother'sbosom .
Another annual round, and she. with her
tender charge, disappeared. The lonely
place that knew them once found other
occupants Time passed, and the were
forgotten. The sequel, however, has re
cently come to my knowledge. &wieder,
ago there appeared in our metropolis an
opulent Southern merchant. He came to
purchase goods and pay cash for a bill of
several thousand dollars. "Who is my
strange though fortunate customer 1" in- .
quired the gentleman with whom he dealt.
"I will tell you," replied the stranger. "I
know you, but you have not the same ad
ventage with me, excepting my name. I
am the husband of that poor beggar wo
man, who sat in your streets with an infant
in her arms, and to whom your Often-:--very
often—as'she has since told me, gaveidms.
We carne to Ameriea young but paw, and
I think honest. I sought for employment,
and could find nothing to do. From the
litths my good Signora had mitred, I pur
chased a hand organ, and set out on mu
sical expedition. I made a tour, pasemg
through several Suttee, going far West and
ion t It ---,vie, gone 11111112 y mont ha, andgeound
Inc br t au all the time, whilsi Signora still
maintained herself upon charit able dona
tions. I finally returned to Baltimore With
three hundred dollars, found my wife and
little one, and departed fir the "dosith—,lo
.cating in Virginia, commencing, business in
a small way, fortune smiled th us, And we
are now the owners and occupants of dcom
fortable home. possessing •yeeslsh,ebond.
juice and isappinete,"-
Such is in substance the':story of thee*
parties, founded upon 'facts still cognizant'
to many who still recollect them It is a
commentary upon the unfailing virtue of
persee , ,,nce, and shows what may he 00-
conaplisuod even under the most adverse
circumstances Only a few days ago this
now eie. iable merchant was in our city,
purchased goods to the amount of essonsi
thousand dollars. and paid for them in
rub.
A LOST HUSBA V 7, ANL A LOST W 112.-A
scene occured on the seven A. M. train
from New Yoik youth on Tuesday mem
mg. Which. for a Woe, created quite an
excitement among the passengers. Alma%
those on the train was a lady about thirty
years of age. She was good looking and
attracted much attention front her air of
melancholy At Princeton, a sun-burst Out
very handsome gentleman entered the ear
in which the lady in question was seated.
No sooner had the parties glanced at each
other than the lady swooned. On near
ifiritK herself it appeared that the gentle.
limn in question was her husband, whom
`,she had not seen for ten years. Be had
started for California when find the gold
'lever broke out. The parties at that tinsi
iresided in Princeton. .New Jersey. The
!husband was taken sick and dad not recev
cer for a long, tune. Prior to his conralee
r: eenee the lady had gone South in the ca
l; parity of a governess. and wrote that fact
to her husband, who, unfortunatelf, did
, not receive her letter. No answers to his
letter:. reached him, the husband imagined
that his wife was careless of his welfare. A
feeling of home came over him, and he re
uirned to the States a tew days ago.—
, Meantime the lady had fallen heir to
large Southern ettute, left Ix. her .by
member of the family in which she hat
been teaching The explanations being
made, the onee more united i•ouple litartot
on a Sc , titii.•ln t.,111 I.wetli.Y
A titt - o te ' tlitANio ---lfon't hurt an)
thxl) Wh \ I )onder b
is now is h rlt alge :nen of mart
lv beiutv t w, tiv •ix termer He has the
hearing ot sprin e, for he is one of our mer
chant prtie r • Ili,. Lice weary the hue o
health. ;u,•I to.w „tt age ot tiny - odd, hi
has the . l u,, I. , I -top of ~um youn i
men of tvi eta, fi‘e tit I none more full o,
mirth and wit than he, mind I know be nev
er dine- w 11.1.411 LirAtioly .Llll.l water, ant,
never'etw, t,. Led w,t Lout a terrapin or oys
ter supper with plent \ cha tu p a ip t . and
more than that he was never know to 1w
drunk. So here t 3 a :living example and
disproot of the temperance twaddle about
the .1.110 gerral• nature id atiovekustarial glass,
and the demo :active effect of a temperate
use of good li•,uors
Now it .41 happened that this apt-amen
•ate brandy drinking was a relation ot
our.: He died in a year or two after that,
of chr Ante diarrhea, a con - noon end of those
who are never drunk nor even out of li
quor He left his six children end he had
ships on every sea, and credit at every
counter, which he never had tic-Laudon to
use.
For months:before he died—he was a
year dying —he eould eat or drink nothing
without distress, and at his death the whole
alimentary canal was a masa of disease • to
the n».lst of the millions. he died of men
tion I'M, t, not h a d, tai lie lie had
Leen a steady drinker, wily drink
er, tor twenty eight years He left a tetra;
ev to his children which he did not. men
tion •a•r,,t al,' had eaten upnne daughter
for title.- n le try ; another le 10 the mad
hou thir,l mi.l fourth of unearthly
tis,rt of grandeur in
that keaut, but they blighted, and paled
and faded into heaven, we trust, in their
et- te-4 teens : another is totterillig On the
vet de of thr grit% e, and only one of them is
lett with all the and each of then
as weak water Why, we (lime from
the disseeting room and made a note of it,
,t was so, horrible —ll4 a Journu Ante-
A dotter down of doings JD Saratoga says
.11 . sorand
wealthy. visited the Springs last week with hts
nephew -Charley —a bright hand*ome youth,
who attracted the envy of the men, and the at
tention of the ladies. Charley rode, smoked.
drank. and did many other fashionable things.
and we. what !hay be called 'last." One day
he drank too touc'h, and in consequence talked
too Lunch. •tv.ut among many funny things
that he ws• a slie--and that -Charley - was a
iumign Tht+ proved to be a fact and on the
devehipement the married New Yorker. dad
the female, Charley, left for elsewhere.