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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY dimes W. Chapman. Advane, parnent in Cash per year, Sl 50 If paid wohtn the year, 2 00. If not at the end of ,the year, 2 50 For the Susquehanna Register The Last Wish. DT ALTARA TUE SOLITAIRE. Life is a wilderin' g dream ; F its reality we wake not, nor . Pause for once as threititiddy circles, - onward We pass, to the sleep that knows No waking,. I saw a youth upon whose Brow, the sun of Welted brightly risen, Whose heart beat joyously as hopes of future Happiness her blithesome bosom filled. A maiden! the world was ideal, and Her imagination oft would stray, and Gather up some fancied pletsure, till In her snowy breast the artless phantoin Lingered, a bright reality. Her spirit Knew no sadness, for the golden sun looked Gently down on sinning; fields, on laughing Rills and singing birds, that warbled forth r An orison of praise, to the Ruler Omnipotent of heaven and earth. And thus she mused nor heede• once, that Time in rapid fltight was hurrying on His 'custorned round.--Her, to the bourn Of all things mortal , Her maiden days were past ; She stood, before the altar a gentle Bride, and spake the cows of 'constancy In accents bland with .youthful love. . Years flew by in fast careering course, nor Ls 9 nne trace behind, save the care-furrow On her ratable brow, to mark the life-wave Gently flowing on, till - lost in the wide ocean of wild forgetfulness; her spirit Pure should hasten to its God. .. * * * On the lone couch she lay,- and Thoughts of other days came o'er her hallowed Soul—in recollection deep and dreamy, Her mind ran back thro' spice long since traversed By rolling years, and for amoment, lingered There a blissful iunile.upor4 her pallid Check, as tho a wandering thought, was ' . Playing round some pleasing reminiscence Of halcyon days. 'Twas past ; the tear drop Glistened in her sunken eve, her voice In feeble accents murmured low, a lone, Lazt wish of earth, When 'neath its cold, cold breast She'd lay—Arose of beauty rare to blossom On my-tomb, and lend a fragrance to the Zephyr's breath, as ° sighing past it. chants a Morining requiem o'er my dust. lien day by day the hectic mantled her Pale cheek with crimson hue, there fading, like Leaf in autumn air she puled, each pulse ' Throb fainter 'greW ; like pearly dew-drop On lily white as drives snow, the cold, Death sweat stood on her calm brow, till Seraph From the sky descending on angel pinions Bore her hence to God above: I stood beside her lone sepulchral home. Leo maidens fair, in sorrow came. 'perdu-trice To drop a pensive tear—One ..pirit Mother I hither. now I come, thine dent Wish is granted—o'er thee blooms y favorite gpa t Flower ; my mother, spirit mother, sleep, Steep gently on! , i Montrose, Sept.„-1849. The Gamester's Revenge. EECOLLECTICSS OF A POLICE OFFICER. A little more than a year after the period when adverse circumstances--chiefly the result of my own reckless follies--compelled me to enter the ranks of the metropolitan police, ni the sole means lett me of procuring food and rainient, the atten tion of One of the principal ehiefi' of the force was attracted towards me by the ingenuity and bold ness which I was suppoied to have manifested in hitting upon and unravels rig a clue which ultimate ly led to the convsction and punishment ,of the per petrators of an artistically -contrived fraud upon an eminent tradesman of the West End of Loudon.— The chief sent for me ; and after a scanewhatlcagth ened conversation, not only expressed approbation ofuly conduct in the particular matter under dis cussion, but hinted that he might shortly need inv services i n other Afrners requiring intelligence and resolution. - " I think I have met you before," he remarked with a meaning smile on disiiiissing me, "when you occupied a different Position from yourpre:ent one I Do not alarm yourself; I have no wish to pry unikecessanly into other men's secrets. Wa ters is a e common enough in all ranks of snci• ety, and I ... , you know'—here the cold smile deepened in in , . ical expression—P be mistaken,— At all events, .e testimony of the gentleman whose recommends "on obtained you admission toto the force.--. 1 have lo? • . into the matter since I heard of your behavior the late business—is a sufficient guarantee that n _ more seriouslthan imprudence and folly can be •'d to your dirge. I have neither right or inclinati. 'to inquire further. To-morrow, in all probability, I send thr 3-nn. I mime to theriOndusien, as I walk • . homewards, that the chief's intimation of having 'milk met me in another spliereof life was a random apd =- founded one, as bad seldom visited Ind m; prosperou s days,•and -still more rarely min g l e d in its society. My wife, however; to whom I ofcmirse related the-substimerief the conversation, remind. ed me that he had once been at Doncaster during the races; and suggested that hi might possibly have seen'and noticed me there. 'Phis was a suffi ciently probable explanation of the hiat; bat who._ er the correct one or not, I cannot d ecide , -118,- " v never afterwards alluded toile aubjacklitid hid not the slightest wish to renew t- Three 'days elapsed - before 1 , - received tbelix peettli summons. On , • waiting on . him; - f - ',lalts agreeably startled to fuid that I was . to be , at employed on sindatitin which the mast.' and experienCed Aletecill!e officers - felt honored to undertake- " " Here is iwr itteti:dracriPtallefthe persons of this gall . of blarldirga,.swindleresadiorfereas-' chided th e eommieteeier 4 =tuning wigs *deo : tions. "it will be yout-A reviissir -object.: to private haunte, anchsecure 3egit Imitkace-ufAheir iiefarions practices. We have-been hitherto baf fled, principally, I think, through the too hasty zeal Of the officers employed ; you must especially avoid that error. They are practiced scoundrels; and it Fill require considerable patience, as Well as acu pen, to unkennel and bring them to ;justice. One Fif their more recent victims is young Mr. Merton, ton, by a former marriage. of the Dowager Lady pvertOn.* Her ladyship has applied to us for as sistance inextriciting him from the toils in which The is meshed. Yon will tall on E'er at five o' clock this afternoon—in plain clothes of course—and ob tr;ilwhitetentv:mr beinfrototination communicate em a 3 direct l y be a b l e withm i 1 f e : and any assistance you may require shall be promptly 1-endered.. With • these and a few o ther dinor directions, needless to recapitulate, I was ismissed to a task which, diffienit and possibly perilous as it might . prove, I hailed at a delightful relief from the wearing monotony and dull routine of'ordintuy duty. i I hastened home; and after dressing with great *arc—the best part of my wardrobe had been for funately saved by Emily from the wreck of my ortunes--I proceeded to Lady Eyerton's mansion. I was immediately marshalled to the drawing-room, where I fosand her ladyship and her idauglifer--a beautiful, fairy-looking girl—awaiting my arrival. Lady Everton appeared greatly surprised at my appearance, differing, as I dare say it altogether did, from her abstract idea of ii policeman, howev er attired or disguised ; and it was not till she had erased the note of which I was the bearer, that crhaughty and incredulous stare became midge t, dto a glapce of lofty condoseendent civility. „... Be seated, Mr. Waters," said her ladyship, wa- Nling me to a chair. " This not informs me that yea hive been selected for the duty of endeavoring tp extricate my son from the perilous entangle meats in which he has unhappily involved him delf." I was about to reply—for I was silly enough to rid somewhat nettled at the noble lady's haughti ess of-manner—that I was engaged in the public qiervice of extirpating a gang of swindlers with Whom her son had involved himself, end was there tri . procure from her ladyship any information she Might be pressed of, likely to f;trward so de,ira tle a result: but fortunately the remembrance of My actual position, spite of - my gentleman's attire, itlnshed vividly upon my mind ; and instead of per- Mitting my glib tongue to wag irreverently in the presence of a right honorable, I bowed with defer "ntial acquiescence. Her lady'ship proceeded. and in substance lob. Wiled the following information:- 1 - 4 Mr. Charles Merton,during the few months which d elapsed since the attainment of his majority, " d very literally " fallen amongst thieves." A pas itop for °ambling seemed to have taken entire pas lOsion o f' his haggard and feverish life which was 1 ..v.d at play. A run of ill leek, accerding to his Fyn belief—gut in very truth a ran of downright 4bbery—had set in against hint, and he had not - ly dissipated all the ready money winch lie had t i il ilg ieri en te ce d, o a t ti l d is r ia be dz lar tn g o e ti sii ze n t is im wpi u c t li v t l l i l e e d tio ti o n i t i- w h it i l n :, pt had involved himself in bonds, bills, and other t ligations to a frightful amount. The principal dent in affecting this rain was one Sanford—a man' fashionable and Ensiling exterior, and the presi 'ng, spirit of the knot of desperadoes whom I was minissioned to hunt nut. • Strange' to my, Mr. ,rton had the blindest reliance upon this man's ie 1, nor; been by now— , t hl.s ri g ck an e g d, _ rhod n des e roiled upn asile bv htm and -his c ;tinsel and - assistance for escape from the despe 'te position in which lie was involved. The Ey e n estates had passed. in default of male issue, t a distant relative of the late lord ; so that ruin, a : lute and irremediable; stared both the wretch t e , d s u j p ot. e nt a u n re d l w as as re n la 6 ti t relative lia ty the iar, fac e e. otte L : ad an y dErheret s. Blahscnd had d which h') been b e e. permiweretted xt. nowt' ' pr s e lt uan o e :tl d ti t er e an dl. l i c l y m harg s ap Nl e ll in ic o s. h t f h la listened with the deepest interest to Lady Ev 1 efton's narrative. Repeatedly, during the course I of it, as she incidentally alludJd to the manners and c4Il Ilegrance of Sanford, who had been introduced b Mr. Merton to his mother and sister, a" suispi n, which the police papers had first awakened, t the gentleman in question was an old acquaint ' cof my own, and one, moreover, whose favors I extremely desirous to return in kind, flashed incre.aseti conviction across my mind. This ise Pot course kept to m3-self; and s after ern- I n Idp tieally cautioning the ladies to keep our pro dings a profdnnd secret item Mr. Merton,l took leave amply provided with the resources re q s ite for carrying into effect the scheme which I resolved upon. I also arranged that; instead ofivaitin e , ,, pemafally on her Ladyship, which might e4Cite observation and suspicion, I should report piogress by letter through the post. llf it should be !" thought I, as. I emerged bib the street. The bare suspicion had sent the Vaal through my veins with furioes violence. "If th Sanford be, its I suspect, that villain Canton, ss will indeed be a triumph—victory ! Lady Et a need not in that case seek to animate my z by promises of money recompense. A• blight -team., a yowl* , and gentle wife - by his means down front opulence to sordid penury, would - i'vulate the dullest craven that ever crawled the " to energy and action. Pray Heaven my sus- L i . we r rt v o e yo w ur n. self, ect ; fo an r d the th a en v ' en ali ger sui is ne a e t n your , he s!' anford, I had been instructed, was usually . nt at the Italian opera during the ballot: the he generally, occupied was designated in the m . da of the police ; and us I saw by the bills I L , a very successful _piece was'to be perffinned thdt evening, I determined on being present I entered the house .a few minutes past ten o'- cli k, just after the commencement; of the hallet, . looked eagerly round. The box in which I was ' . i cted to seek my man was empty. The mo rn •- • disappointment was soon repaid. Five .. '• , , had not elapsed when Carded, looking In. insolently triumphant than ever, entered arm in ~ with a pale anstocratiepung man, whom I '.' .1 no &Entity,. from his striking resembloniv• to a ...` rtrait in Indy Everton's draaev-nxim, in de em .iii . to be Mr. Merton. My course of action was at niece determined on. .' , Pausing oily 'to master thei lion which the sight of the glittering reptile in hose poisonou.s folds 1 ba,d,been:iniolved and c liso ed inspired, I- passed to the optasite side cif thOeuse, and badly' entered . the box Cardon's ha& was towards me, and I tapped lim lightly do tbO i shoulder. lie ttunedluickly round; and if a isell isk had ,cceftonted him, be couldacareely have eaddsited gnpater terror and surpriroe. My aspect, netierthelesa was studintialibland nr4d eme il i at in g aratimy out ached hand seemed - to invite a re! its of our old ftienchhip.- ' - I ~ IW : titers i!! be at last tigstammerer,: lfeeblJleaePt•- , Proffered. gnkall—" wlii, would have thought yogi her r 0 t ,.. i ,...._ , certainly. since yotii . :staie it ta. , old as xr acbprere wow frightfalioldi , sbont 'to Icrarlon. F itiesny"—_, 1 14,114 spi .taklogether le a s e Abby - 7 ---- naglN*lllied ill this thiiiattive, itie-ki masons, ittitioui. ' i . ..-.4 4 , ~ 7... r ' - pit - - ..- " 't - -'" - ,-,:l i - l- -:- -•;,-,...• Atho l obt,-= , , An old, friend," be added insanswer to Mr. l!ilerton's surprised stare.,l " return in an instant." " Why, what Is all this, Waters I" said Cordon, recovering his wonted sang friend the instant we were alone,." I understood you had retired from amongst pug; were in fact—what shall I say I" " Ruined—done up •l Nobody should know that better than vow" "My u„o d fellow, you do not imagine." " I imagine nOthium my dear Cordon. I was very thoroughly ; don—done brorn, as it is written in the vulgar tone. But fortunately my kind old uncle"— i " Passgrove is dead!" replied my old acquaint ance,-eagerly jumping to a conclusion, "and you are his heiri I congratulate you my dear fellow. This is indeed a charming' reverse of circumstan ces.? " • "Fes, but rabid, I have given up..the old game. No more dice devilry for me. I have promised Emily never even to touch a card again." • The cold; hard eye of an incarnate fiend—he um.: little else—gleamed mockingly as these "good in tentions," of-a practised gamester fell upon his ear ; but he only replied, " Very rod ; quite right, my dear boy. But conic let me introduce you to Mr. Merton, a highly,connected personage, I assure you. By the by, Waters," he added in a caressing, con fiilential tone, "my name, for family and other rea sons, which I will hereafter explain to you, is fur the present Sanford." " Sanford I" " Yes : do not !forget. .But allons or the ballet will be over." I was introduced in due form to Mr. Merton ti; an old and esteemed friend, whom he--Sanford— had not seen for many months, At the conclusion of the ballet, Sanford proposed that we should ad journ to the EurOpean Coffee house, nearly oppo site. This was agreed to, and out we sallied. At the top of the staircase, we jostled against the commissioner, who, like us, was leaving the hou , e. He bowed slightly to Mr.. Merton's apology, and his eye wandered briefly and silently - over his per son ; but not the faintest sin of interest or recog nition escaped him. I thought it possible he did not know me in my changed apparrel ; but looking back after descending a few steps, I was quickly undeceived. A sharp, swift glance, expressive both of encouragement and surprise, shot out from under Ids penthouse 'brows, and as 6WirtiV rani-sh ed. He did not know bow little I neededspurring to the goal Iwo Lad b i 6 to .riow 'We discussed two or three bottles of wine with much salty and *dish. Sanford eapeeially was in exhuberant spirits •, brimming over with brilliant anecdote; and sparkling badinage. He saw in me a fresh, rich prey,and his eager spirit- revelled 6y° anticipation in til victory which be nothing doubt ed to obtain over my " excellent intentions and wife pledged virtue." About half past twelve o'clock be proposed to adjourn. This was eagerly assented to by Mr. Merton, who had f 4 some time exhibited unmistakable syrOptoms of impatience and unrest • • '" You will accompany us, Waters r said San ford, as we rose to depart. , "There is, I suprilkse, no vow- registerbd in the, matrimonial archives against looking oh at a game played by others ?" "Oh no; but deaf ask me to - . "Certainly' not;" and a devlish sneer curled his lip. " Your virtnershall suffer no _temptation, be assured." We soon arrivo - d before the door of a quiet, re spectable lookin g ; house, in one of the streets lead ing from the stii A : a low, peculiar knock, given by Sanford, was promptly answered ; then a pass word. which I did not catch, was whispered by him through the key-hole; and we passed in. We proceeded up stairs to the first floor, the shutters of which "were carefully closed, so that no intimation of what was going on could possibly _reach the street.. ' The apartment was brilliantly lighted: a roulette table and dice and cards -were in full activity ; wine and liquors of all varieties were profusely paraded. There were about half a dozen persons present, I soot) discovered, besides the gang, and that comprised elevencir twelve well dressed desperadoes, whose sinister aspects induc ed a momentary qualm lest one or more of the pleasant party might suspect or recognize my vo cation. This, however, I reflected, was scarcely possible. My beat during. the short period I had been in the force, was Ea distant from the usual haunts of such genfty, and I was o r herwise un known in London... Still, questioningglances were eagerly directed towards my introducier ; and one big burly fellow, a foreigner—the rasetals s were the scum of various countries—was 'very impleacuitly inquisitoriaL "Jiff reponds," I heard Sanford say in answer *to his iterated queries; and he added sotnethingin a whisper which brought a sardonic smile to the fellow's lips, and induced a total change in his demeanor towards myself ' This was reas suring; for though provided with pistols, I should. I felt, have little chance with such utterly reckless rut Ems as those by whom I was surrounded.— Play was proposed; and though at first stoutly refused, I feigned to be gradually overcome by ir resistable temptation, and sat down to blind,haz, -ard with my foreign friend for tuodertae stakes. I was graciously allowed to win ; and in the end fOund myself richer in devil's intiney by about ten pounds. Mr. Merton was soon absorbed in the chances of the dice. and lost large sums, which, when the money he had brought with him was ex hausted, he gave written acknowledgments. The cheating practiced rupon him Was really audacious; and any one but a trio must have repeatedly de tected it. Re, hoWever, appeared not to entertain j the slightest suspicion of the " fair-play" of 'his op ponents, guiding hitnielf entirely by the advice of his friend and counsellor, Sanford, who did not himself play * Thy amiable assemblage broke np about six in the !miming, each person retiring sing ly by the back way, receiving, as he departed, a new password for the next evening. A few hours aftervards,,l waited on the com missioner to report. the state 'Oil, affairs. Ho was delighted with the, fortiinate deka, I had Made, but still strictly enjoined patience and caution. It would have been easy, as II was in possession of the pass word, to have - surprised the confedemcy in the act of gaming that ve4 evening; bat this would only have amomplisliedia part of the object aimed at. Several/Of the fratepeity--Santord among the num ber—were suspected of uttering-forged foreign bank notes, and it was essential to, watch narrowly -for legal evidenceAisure their onviction. It was also dcliirabla4 Witore, if psSibte, the Pr°Pc'rtY an'aged d securities 4**ich Mr. glngn had been piL . • i • - , ,- ! i . ~ - ..Nothing of especlal importance. occurred for sev en or.eight devil. ~.:,4taing,wentlop as usual every evening, medlar.- Merton. laiemine of course ,more and more involved :I even his sitider's jewels, Which he had surreptitiously obtained to auch a depth of degradation will do, frightful we plunge men nth, erwise honorible-4uid been st4ed and :lose, and . , he. was, by the advice of Sanfiedi about to conclude a heat/ mortgage,bn his estate, m. order not only to_cleim off his enormous "debt). Of honor," .but F 3 . acqu=sups of “ wino*, hick," l —thafignio fatfoca f 0! galir.l], , i,B Ml4nanne ksscal 4 or. ._ ". "! st ~- wail. 1 . observed, /10w hront,ht., into; , aiWorri , Ilr• Met*, esteemed himself I' InloArkag band at'; rge;. 4141! .1 4.0ice 4 4 . mid ; be Much to , Win eY€TY_Pwler'* -1 / 6 MVO, much te the appsnlnt annonuanni MA disnwnfiturs - ' --- --- ; ci the li'-',"• — .' ~n As this - was7'`'` ~ -..i y: e share into Inch . '" n '.inys If fallen, "ii!if course the. more reedit ". '' ' til i and felt .quite satisfied that a gran coy ;was tlitated. In the meantime I had not beet ' i':,! nford was con d igentially infotinitct that I - :. `unty" ! 0 icing in London to receive be twehn: fair arid.fiNte thousand pounds- 7 -part of Un utile. ele PaSSI,7I3VO3 legacy—and then intended imme- , , diately to kitten bail( to canny YOrkshire. To have seen the villain's eye as 1 incidentally, as. it were, anntitgaiisd ray errand and intention ! - They fairly flailiOdAith infernal glee; Ah, Sanford, SanfordnAficene, with all your cunning, but a sand-Wind idiot tot belie re the man -you had wrong ed and -ruined could so easily -forget the debt he owed* you I !.. . The trisiscameiswiftfy on, Mr. Merton's mort gage money was O. be paid on the Morrow ; and on that day, too, 'announced the fabulous then sands receivable Yme were to be handed over.; Mr. Merton, elates vv his repeated : triumphs • at, O. ecarte. and pronioea by his friend Sanford, resol ved. instead of ca uce.llitiq., the I s ind„, an d nugAti ona : held by the th conspimtors to redeem his hisses by tanking on` hat aloe his ready motley against those; hr.bilities. Thi., was at tirstdenturrcil to Withinuch apparent earne. 4 .tni-ss by the winners ; but: Mr. Ater' ton, warmly seconded 1:15 - "Sancltord, insistirrg, upon ! the concession as I lie deemed it, it : Was finally agreed that ecarte; should be the game .ty which, Ise might hope to tiepin the fortune and the peace of mind lie had sti rashly Squandered ; the last! Wee, should he lie successful—and was he not sure' of success 1 :he Asureil Sandford, that he would' I never again handle cards or dice. lie should have, heard the Moaking merriment with which the gang heard:Sandford repeat this resolution to amend his, way'S--idien he Id recovered back liis wealth!, the day so cog Hy longed film by Merton and' the confederates-- , by the spoilers aril their prey— arrived ; and I awaited with fever4h anxiety the, coming on of night. Only fill: chieftbrispirators---: eight in cumber were to be prent ;. and no. in stranger except i , self—a prlyilege !I owed to the moonshine legacy I had just received—was to be admitted to this crowning triumph of successful, fraud. One only hint I had ventured to give Mr. -Merton, and that tinder a prituise, "on his honor as a gentleman," of inviolable secrecy. It was,this: " Be sure, befOrecOmmencing, play to-morrow night, that the bonds and obligations you have signed. the jewels you have hist, with a sum in notes or gold to make op u.O ogool*iiiiunt to that which you mean to risk, is „rictually deposited on the table." He promised. to insist on this condition. It involve 4 mach more than lift dreampt. of. ! . My arningements were at length thoroughly, complete ; and a fhw minuets past:twelve o'clock-. the -whispered pcisswoni admitted'.me into .the house. An angry altercation was going on. Mr. Mertonwes insisting, as I had advised, upon the' exhibition of a sort equal to that which_ he bad brough with hint---for, confident of winning, he was determined tp recover his losws to. the last Eirthing; and altliciugh his bonds, bill, obligations, his sister's jewels, #.dd. a large amount in gold and genuine notes, were produced, there' was still a heavy sum deficient. ‘Ah, by the by," exclaimed Sandford as I entered, " Waters can lend you_ the sum for an hour or - two—for a consideration," he added in a whisper. "It will - soon be returned." "No. thank you" I answered coldly: "I never Tait with my money till I have lostit." A malignant scowl passed over the scoundrel's'' features ; but he grade no reply. - trltim elv it was decided that 'ne of the fraternity should' be despatched in sear li of the required amount. He was gone. about half an hour, and returned with a bundle of notes. They were, as I hoped and ex pected, forgeries on foreign banks, ...Merton looked at and counted theni; and play commenced. As it went on, s4i vividly dicl the Scene recall the :: evening that had- reeled my own ruin, that I grew' dizzy Keith excitenent. anal drained. tumbler after tumbler of water allay the fevered throbbing' of my veins The ganiblers were forninately too notch absorbed to Reed my agitation. Merton lost din tinuously—withou4 pause or 'intermission. The stakes were doubled—trebled—quadrupled ! His brain was on fire: !and he played, or rathgr lost, with'the recklessness of a madman. " Hark ! what's that !" suddenly exclaimed Sand ford, from whose satanic features the mask he had so long worn befove Merton had been gradually slipping. " Did pia not hear a noise below I" ~Ify ear had enfrilit the spend ; and I could better 1 interpret it than ha It ceased. "louch the signal-bell, ..Adolphe,'! addcid Sand ford.l - , Not only the plair, but the very breathing of the ' villains was suspended as they listened-for the re - L ply. I it came. The a - Avering tinkle sounded once -1 4 twice—thrice. q,l Ai 1 rie:hi'." shouted Sandford.— Proceed .. The farce i. nearly played out." ' I had instructed the officer* that two of them in plain clothes shouln present themselves at the front door, obtain admiw. on by means of the password I had given them, an immediately seize and gag the doorkeeper. I had; also acquainted them with the proper answer to ie signal-ring -r- - three 'distinct pulls at the bell-handle communicating with the first door. Their cemrades were then to be admit ted; and. they were iall to silently ascend the stairs, and wait on the lad' ing till summoned by me= to enter and seize the kntraesters. The back entrance to the home was also sectirely but unobtrusively watched.• . One only fear disturbed me ; it ; was, lest the scoundrels should - take alarm in sufficient time to extinguish the ligliks, destroy -the forged papers, and possibly esc. ape by some private passage which might, unknown to Me, exist. Rousing myself, as soon as the play was resu med.. fr.orn the tranre of memory by which' I had been in some tort. absorbed, and first ascertaining that the lumdles -omy pistols were within easy • reach=for I knew was playing a desperate game . with desperate men—l rose, stepped carelessly to 1 the door, partially pened it, and bent forward, as if listening -for are tition of the sound which had. so alardied the cow any. To imy great delight the landing up stairs iv re tilled With police officers-- silent-and stem as oath. I drew nac.k, and walk ed towards the tab - at which Merton was seated. ' The last stale • enormous , one--4=was being played for. Merton last He sprang upon his feet, death-pale, despaitiag,"overwhelmecl, and a- hoarse execration surged Through his clenched teeth.— Sandford and his a. • tes coolly raked-Abe plun der together, their natures lighted up with fiendish glee. - " Villain!—traitor 1.--iniscreatit4" • shrieked , Mer ton. self smitten With sudden frenzy. amt.-darting atSanford's throat•l 'you; detil that you are, have undone and. destroyed me ft ' " '.- : , - ' .1 '. Z " No doubt of it, " { calmly !replied - Satioifiird i sha king off his victim's grasp; " and I think it has been very artistleallsraricreifeetnally.done too. Pnirel ling, my tine fllotv,i will scarcely help you ; Muck" 1 Merton glared nyinn the tabuting villain inspeech' less agony and rag* ' - 1 ' ' - " Not quite so Tax Cardon; if you plt3ater'rezi claimed, at the mine tines - taking- tip itCbit Odle of l ie forged notes . "1 idoes ,not appear to nielliat Mertim liatiplive 'against equal 8 takezr: nil" quesfirinsilay:thk ris not genuine." -.. "Mg !"-* roared . andford, "do you hol 4 1, Jyour life tio-theaprlladp rwhedl:torirtfit Ins; - • if to seize the..t forged net ...• ' •'•'.. --, -- - '. -, : ..- I I was aS quick as heiandl the levelled tube -, 01 . M pistol sly. Arre'teo -his 'eager onslaught: . The !en~dregan gathc d near Ls, flaming with ,bici,t. : , „ !Meat. ' Me?to looked bewilderedly from 'One! Egan Ito anothe4 appare . Ili 'satreely conscious of Whiit . was passing aroun . Inin... ' i 1 I , " Wrenah the pa ra dam bii : ford, reantering . his' energy. ':'strangle til r ~ ti,e "Look t yourrilf, scoundrel :equal reh 'rnence. I" Xour hour enter and o'your dtityr - ' ' In ani', ' t flip room was and surpriSed, pant /I-stricken, . denne:sa -ofithe,cataatroplie, the 1 , • ed without the slightest . reststa' them were armed, and marched • Tlree--"Sandfbrd or. Canton ; dozed aliases, one -,iof itheirii-4 life ; the rest were sentenced t imprisonment-My lash was WI 'ed. My superiors Were pleai :warm coninbndatuist of the, mai ' acquitted'inyself; and the fn-st !tht which ultimatdly led to m !another bi-mch of t;., . public sex wards conferred nie.l M bonds, obligations,en-els, and l i i ; him ; and kught isdonk by h , never ligai entere a gaming. V !nor his Lac - -mothe t l e was ungratc I had bee fortuna enough' to 1. , ' FrnEury.—Nev • forsake a friend. When ene 'mies gather annul, --when. sickness falls on the ' heart—when the world is dark, and cheerless—ii the time to try tru friendship. I The heart thathai been toothed With rue gold Will redouble its,of-' I forts, when thelri dis sad and ;in trouble. Ad; 1 rersity tries real f ndship. They who turn from I the scene Of distres: betray thir hypvrstcy. and I prove that interest nly mores them. If you have a friend who loves - f3u—who has studied your in; terest and happitu.: 'be sure tb :sustain him: tfad-- versity. __Let him 3el that his former kindness is appreciated -and it hifi love Was not thrown away. Real fi deli ' inav he rare, 'but it exists in` the heart. 'Who h 'n ot seen nod felt its poWert They only deny i .wortit cnd power, who have linever loyid a frien Or labored to make a friend l' happy. - The good and thetind::--the affectionate ;and the virtuous, sere and feel dig" heavenly piinci: ple. They would (sacrifice wealth and honor to li. ' promote the happi4ess of lottionyAma ift . return- I tlaey,roceiVe the reirtirds.of their love by synapa• thizing hiert* - and - Conittlibis" fair - ors', When they have been %relight lots by distreSs et - adversity. --- "' j 9 " . A scorn' Di CO O T.:A—Thfi•CIEICiIMati -COMMereial c cells a good story a scene in a eourt of that city. We give the story 's that paper tells it: - Not n bad timed to* is told of . 7.1. Wick Roll: 'A limeof assault andba ttery Caine. before him some, lime since. , and die. an vaitsnination of severallv-it -11, nesses. one of them 'whom the Squire had question, ed rather sharply, ' , came highly incensed. and.un corking the vials of,his- wrath, said he could "Whip any man that doubted his word under oath?' The 'Squire pulled off Ins spectacles, made .a leap over the rail and cried," the to stands adjourned . till the fight's over,"nnd then,irra trice, " harnessed'', the witness and whipped.hiiiin about as quick time as might be supposed, tO' be:Agreeable. The , 61- ligerent witness ingt disposed of, the 'Squire very gravely continued the , caie, and gave in, his deck-ion according t 4 the evidence. ', WHAT IS VANE t -01 s string,--the edit Death. it is said', !lo,:ies it to envy. Al our midst—whets hi applause and adiniq Ins virtues and motif The death of the' a sweet symphony cl dh•eordaut string of opposition has be. ale together in song bospmks a Common dead: 'Tis the vibration from the from the distant hill. opens the door to fame, and plea a rerson is removed from ear is ttia longer ally° to the • tion of, man, then all admire n aorund his tomb. ate ex-President - has"produced in the harp of the nation—the chanolal its lone—the voice In healed—anti all now ruin rf This is right, and . 'espeet for the ashes of the I tow vain aad tine Ile that is President' -the dust to-morrow. there all human list Irtaitl is all earthly greatness I 'lto-day may be corroding . la: I Ile irave is a republic, aid. action shall cease forever. WOMAN'S VOICE.. Oppressed by heavy • able woman! Like! soul a feeling of cele: zephyr, refreshes the and melifltious tones, the hour-of affliction alleviate for a time, angel voice of a won' lasting effect on the Cation of delicious Co, never before experie ' its highest felicity. :, 'H l ow consoling . to the mind Borrow; is the-voice of an ami (sacred music, it imparts to the 'toil serenity, apd, as a gentle' e : o arearieil senses - with its soft Riches ma-' avail much in the friendship of man may . ie bitternisi of woe ; but the an is capable Of producing a' cart, and commummtes a setP , posurO, which! the mind- lad ced, evim in the moments of I How Taue.--rin th ter, man courts hap and the faster 6.4)1 fore him. •Abnost e at a short distance; z tone, or maid' for a to it, we either f:$11 • our expectations, and these is the greater are usually, hi tpi evil log' language of an eminent wri-r mess in -a thousand shapes, !ws it tie swifter it flies be efy. thidd g prOmises happiness chi pitch of estate, snch.a.for- - hild, but .vlen.*e come near i tart of Kr lt ;falls short .of `t hardt to lay - which7O, f 11Stiptsahitment. Our hopes can testifrfand lay never come; uthlebme." than is many times the-evil Risen" sy - srr., , yrnt: and heartless,plidgel elut Tor'eOur feel ont so) Bland and apr fP.SI3TOW, hue a ad , lesser affliction! Mr7 . 4..irestelp„edi ,spv. t r appdanince of .a ißtuinp: fiiiiod . n . P cineirf'sWtrb . hitoreiltes'ittAti. , ram prefer • I ~•• , • ecting ny the:. isII uzbt , ;dun vesult ! I f'? pralcri) I ' virk lecal V' sereamedSand4 -we hiin —.stab; I" .slioute4,.Nrith iscome I Oflliars 1 7 y ed zed w b i y tl th l police ; a. .ate were all multi though most ' 'off in eukocly, likit he had"half fro transported for varioui Omits of ,1 tually accomplish -3 to exprei:s very ner in which I hnll, ep in •the promo present potion in, 'ce was soon after- Merlon had 'lds .nev restored. to rri s ble experience; quse. Neitherhe ful for the service nder them. ;SLtiglop --A correspondent-w has been ye impartially . ilividedA, Pathy and ?_pathy, ,sends, the Pro '' 01 - the folio epamdv 'op the . ..•hitive r lately-gone th iounds or the papara tioa*Angthift tWO-schools-o medic*: . • :--i - - - ill .r.i --',• I '-'0 Take B oreen s i - 0-•':1 1 . - The ,you tab, the bah:xi:C. • : -, Polio* natives laws. : 4l • • ' Tote very lettetr. i- - - ! • 1 Let th doctors go t . - °9e_ . To the Pay of Bis cay, a , Letalniie the 'Gin,' . -' • -•:'-'• ' l '' -- .• • ' The pr‘ndy and the Whisitep' , - Freelyexercise, ). - - ' I Kee nyour spirits chteifut 1 T ' Let no itread of sickness '' • : -f- I ' - Itlakd you over fearful:. . - :-- ', ' Eat th 4 simplest food, ' ••'' • Drinli the pure cold Water,' t Therty. u will be well,- - Or al le ast - yon ought:t4',.; - I ... • . - - .. I. LOVED . Ants. -; , :flapprthought ing'r e zon ms as e look upon' the ta ; itees, 6o4 - ~ ,lain ,in other ys. - those we . vt l _, _ • frimi for yearstd-witio. return ;gala - arii.„ 'adages of thne, d thought upoq their lairi6l. joyous feelings 'that arise on meethaf With- 7 niilliar faces, dial shaking ofhiutds, and 1 •ty congrutulati ins that - follow-:•-•iihO - 1148 member thein - 1 But when thosewe kol: ise " isk leave us for ver, whew theirspaita ' s ; frina earth to ven, who wad - not .give earth for api e, even a faint tesenW a ; their -features, ever so - animated ' and ' How many bri eyes grow dirri t het -- grow. pale, h many lovely . forms Sane I. -the tomb, lea.vi g not a shadow of theirjh behind I - ' ' .- 1 1" If UcirzE Vat •x.—l eannot praise alngitivt elitistered - virturmexereised - and- =breaths& never sallies oui Reif sees her sidversary,ihoo out of the race, here that immortal ho rim for, not . - thoilit Ifild and :hat - thil reason why, •urgage andaeriot describing true temperance -under ...t GUion; bnnin . 11 in \ with his-oda:ter' I caFe Orlfatit u anti the bower of o that lie inight e Midi:now and yet . . Apra s Dtriwar.rcr.,--IGentrit Taylor When at.Cluunbburg, Pa., Nlately, thaklik !while passed thtingh there. When i..yoxiiiir la the anny,ond on his way, ffoat ••burg, the whole if which distance Jai r::4 1 ,,. foqt. Now lie es - as the lanitiled PraWeat. 174141 nation. . !•;. ,• rom the Chilling it.so.often mils-. sY4 l Pathizing: ?.ninl souls that joys, can ander 'htch actant4 us lessed -voicesof it lightens. our hway kefoie us: itu hcarti, gull One of our ba4k-woods poets &smiler* 'scrape, which no , doubt. f ee l_ • Eris brawny. Sit,:intit*l, ' With k batiitfr ram his warm ittis WittV -.. And Ahleh4.,tistlft isetr_ki pt i .IPray. ' children' st. 'any, -thehi'Mlighi in . Osy'riterAl wolidgeT: thcrn oloarg king of, the k renera- : j • ratot, - said fiat'. he -- his , bald head and - -.--.. sivA. ang of f eat,lle: a, quit *Ain't' snitea to bis . Jci ' mktierl replied, 7.-' l 9!,q '3° nrktmgi tdy t4!Cniiir 0 1 0.000 •- : The last ticef ii?thitAwiettil Oniiu thhii.,“ Take two - ' - 'ithitticlq ll4 ' hooboto, mid 2)lOW* oltit6' divide , theAl.4ko: to 11 1 0 tfirmY Add atilong 04i :' iiilidliwanPlr ' -,• , -;,„1-. , : --- - --' - IN — ' ~ i ld , A;r4:yo!wir. .rii- *go lo *alb kw - hre h.e a 3 90 4 .4 P ., : z- , 377- -, t'll-kti:oi4 bier. I T-Palt. , ltf ft: , kktep , iiorTz7 si ,•- iu_os~'~"liiie ,~-.. aot.-~s '.z-.. 7 - 7 17 7 ::'" I The lollownig - though. not new, ihir ' ' least once eVe7seiren;yosni;„ _ , • , i 1 13 One da as ZaCharWi r HodgonLin - 614: •. daily ' s tiOn after breach*-1W '"'„).:- • - • ce large codfish, and he sent it lakite, ' -1 . 113 to cook it for dimmr. -, Milo . .. i ' cooking wiPS PrWlibed, the good : .: • - II ew whethetsho broiledifoihtithrit '• '-- , 1 II- T her husband woUldnictdd ber . bi ' .... 1 . me. 'llut she molted:to pleits.bhit. • 1 'if '1 - 6 1 e- and tlietar9vg,eboloki portions slit,* t'waYs: She alseirithiOtrialittle'. , " -1. d an amphibious 1111116d' frail' . ii . e house, and tduniikta AT Into ithat: : ' 'ha , , ° entitling, thi husband none horn*. ', ~ ry ..f. , "Venor..litY.. ol . l _6#4 - Akki ..' ~ril ',‘ Yes,.aiy- ear_ . . - `,. ~- --, : - 1 71. , . 1,3: . I shonld ke to ktiosilio*'Yiri'for-t-:' I will bet ' ' ingiteibareepteed P -1 ▪ (taking , , ,the coyeri)ktbatiektee: 4 tun ~- ,-,-• . you to . fry it, ~—I * I •,iaWI ed f .g 8 . . ,l , Witt- ibyllear I k tboegtaye, bred,... , .11 I,' You ' didn't thin any snub *thaw, I : ter—l *et* loved fried. - firbriwhy. ,. 1.11 it" . ' ,I J y'' -: I'' Sky der 'e last time we ~ h ad'. Ai o i l 'ins' I boil it yeti said yOu ilid ' i , 'ed.` But I 've boiled SIMIIe As& L' So saving, iihe lifted* corer:and - 1G . a 1, 5 4 a nic e lj,. boiled, were", 416.4. 4.11 t of whi itiottlifhaits =Mean,' '''''t which o af ' added to the illy 1 "A' tretty h this . t 1 3 lips and poividge r If irialun, f ost stupid o woman kindoits into zhowd ~. . r / li f ills wire wi' h a smile im .'in a tbrreen ' ..titinitig tut I"My dear„r.nid she, " I ii.e. Therei your faro& ,Favvrite .. . ndeedi'griarol .-bsintr, I . sty. it is s . 3' mess I wild POEtt the whOl of i : , This was a tMm ootf-i . en anticipatid by his wife; u.uprm-bed uncovered is ;A, and the e i wzisithull. i.ensions, an ugnadic lliengthl, - ~„,, ' h ight Of the Ti ezpeeleti - iiiiiNtier," gala - big . . re 'hr .ne," I hoperon will at ler.. - .nut dinner." •Zachariah of as cn-ercom I II e acknotTlet as wrong. a r Ca - Slo2l_ to givr I uld not Mandl and he lanai ,9:e41 that his wi 'd declared she L. I him another law ,acod„M7o4 - atiir;thi; tataziowilubsilivMl it ak4; l ll o thing Wareirr Mil t ' ,r m...i4F - ~..~ t tong pit) ittldlaw Taille47
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