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FAsi,FirE softly fell - the lengthuing shadows, Over, hill and tree and plain l ; And no sound save the law murmur' Of the waters godly came. •itid the starry host above us 4Yer our pathway gently shed Light to guide us with our loved one Ta her last cold narrow bed: Dreamed we not when morning o'er us Shed its bright and gladscime - ra:y, That 17:scene so sad and feallul4 Thus fur us would close the day— Dreamed we not that he woo bore her Frum her home a happy bride,. Homeward then her form was bearing, Cola and by his side. Yet around ber grave we gatheraa Mid the deep still hush of night— Pitting time . to hide our treasures Ever from oor eatehly sigitt • There we laid her, by her loved one, - Where she wished that she might relit ; Though :Tar hearts wore stricied4eeply, Yet we. know that she was bleit. Then we heard the low dull rattli4g Of the damp and heavy earth, . A n.l we saw them phwc.nbo`•e her, (me by one the fresh green turf— Then we felt that we should listen For that mite we loyed, in vain -1 hat we ne'eishorild took upon het In her r,:latkornariess ngnin 'Mid the deepning gloom around 4 11 .4 Left we our loved one to'ileep--- ;-leep, which knows no bitter waking, Blissful, long. and strangely cieep-. 7 l'iwre we left her 'mid the shadows 'Neath the gentle star-light sky, "Arhile unseen, unheard by ntortais, Angel watchers hovered nigh. Cu.. by one the lights are Attiing From our pattiway'and our hearth ; One by ova the links are lo.;iug That hart bound us down ty, earth. One by one the loved are gatiiering : ', tne Ltesr-vti sprit.land— There we hope at last to meet Cheat— One unbroken hour,ah_old_ band. ' , Ye-, dear Jane, while hearts are weeping t)'er that narrow Name of thine, - 1.%,,Nv we. thr.: ;•ptrit."., roaming In a bri„ . 4l.oer. better clime. Ar.d. n i ft,Pl that thou art rotmil us, un-eau by mortal eye. softest whi=ffs r flowing tears be dry. • • •.r flowers in beauty linger . thy culd and lifeless clay, P .",pirit roams nt 'plea ore the tiphis of endless . epr, are dimming T 14.1,11 we of illy happy home, Where no blighting charge can erer Itound air Tiri=_ dwelling come-. Aug. Wrong riot the laboringloor. - el rur...slzer. ELLTOT, OF s;11:111F.ID, ESA:L.4NO. l':' ::,‘ not the laboring; poor . by whent,Le live! , `A nog not your Munblefellow-worms,ye,ptond, ,: i ~,d will not the poor man's wrongs forgive, :iu hoar his plea,and have his plea elli . ),We r d... obe not like the vapors, splendorrolrd i 1 ; That sprung from earth's green breait Mint the sky, ie , , -- , ..• k.,-- -...- ,, ,ti. - ..1 ,- ?..“:,-, Thor.Thor.Tread around eohtogion black Orli* d, Till all Who mourn the dead inep4i!ii ' l l ' . , . ~,,ill t.i.;i . ). ' imitate the bount& cl tus orids.ha.rie.l re:ghted witl., bliss, front liver, vale and lain, L thankful clouds, dial heantifY.;*.fkieii ' — ir Then fill the, lap of !i:rth %rah. Un44.1314 all,. e, . emulate the Tresuntaih sad the flood;-'1 -- :'' Tiaa trade in blessingswith the mighty 4eep,l'.'-; • . : .. , .3ti.._.d to peace and satisfied with good; 1 '- 1 eeian t , eeart be happy as a thitd s asl p. , 1° The Maidens SolllilOy:".:° - : i filluden alone Milton in :kiez hand, Sbe pens at die pa,,age," Hail, wedded level nkyste— e..)l2a law," ete. She soliloquizes:] • r i. 41 he eu' Milton thou reasoinek'sieeil = whence Ahis plew•ing hope, this final 431 re, ius longing after tristritniwy 1 ' 1•3 f. 7. A rhence this t.ecret. dreg. a this insrarti bon* lying =espoused i Why shnaks the heart. on itself, and startles at celibacy. ,'1 reason, faithful reason, that stirs within .10 ; natures self that points out an alliance, .. , I.mtimates a husband to the sex. LI.-nage ! thou pleating, and yet anxious thought! two* ulna new, rariouschauges must we pass; marriage state in prospect lies before me i , ut t•hadows, clouds, cod darkness, rest uporkit, • ere will I bold. If nature proMpts_ 4110 wish • -1 , •tid that she does is plain from allber:wer6i ur duty, interest, pleasure bids indulge it, I', or the great end of natures law is bliss. .; : , at yet--in wedlock—the tromluir•;Mist obey weary of these doubts ;tke priest r1&1J end lenr ; ...or rashly do I venture loss andigstint. '- • '-• lose re and bandag% meet my thoughts at ic4 • wed, my liberty is gone lorerei; • ' happiness itself Irem this secured t - r' vs first shall iieeeiriliense my losl4. -! ' wiletrztY chameAtall have faded. • eyesgroti"dirti,4ind.stature bend iriitt, pork , *tun, yrieudimpolhall inneeed ie, Pleased rl/ worn infsmity.44.4eath,. • wed suceessively*Anotheifene& LI it its • ••I,' Allr. Ban lately. snarri44,loC4ss-,GoLe, We 'obi if the LegislatureNW li'ut'4Own __t an, or prevent it from issuing SMALL BLIALI. "lieti.4ll.l, OF :TAB 1 1 ) . E0Y'LE, IS 3 1 11 F,, I.,EGErTE SOURCE, D TEE ii_APPINES:S OF THE .PEOPLE THE TRITE ENO OF _OOi'EROENT:' =MIMMI z..:1 .7"' .7. r..• •- ~•, 'Seth Wilt6i Elk County Witness. , • „In the.spring of 1846, after the, close of a 4611 tiresome session of tike ' Pennsylvania legiSlature, the *writer Was'itriitect by 'Colonel the clerk of the Iroise of Repro ilentatives;io aecompany hiurtohia home in the backwoods of new •county that I had been, partitioned off frourjefferson, Clear field, and M'lcean, at the sesSion. The object of this visit was two _fia ; ,first„ to enjoy the - 4n,e, trout .fishing of: that prolific region, (I have taken ' here three hundred : that would -Tiveray,e relibt inClies, in sib inputs, with a worm.) and secondly, to_aisisf•the- Colonel in getting the Sent of Stitice' where fib wanted 'The thing war so well worked that I !Mist telf it before' coming to thetrWsnit story. - The Colonel owned 'a Mill .and.store-atCal ! edonia, on one edge iof . the eounty,land a I very fine mill at Riclgeway,the principal . town , :in the county. He wanted the.courthouse at. Ridgeway, but was *tot inclined to pay anything 'for it, as Mr. John Ridgeway, a millionare of Philadelphia ; . owned nearly all 1 the land-abont it„-autithe•county seat would , greatly increaseits,value. plan wa.i to pat in.strong,4for .Caledonia,' and he did. lle offered to build the courthouse and• jail, and givo .boncls thereof if Caledonia sltonld be chosen. Ridgkay becit t mt. ri 6s i •,• •• - ened;,and offered sintifiit - preposition, fur lit own town, which was, of course accepted by the commissioners, who were all perional i friends of the Colonel. One day the Colonel and myself went over te,Coledonia, to see how things flourished i-e:r there, and eat some of Aunt Sally War eer:A_ pumpkin pies and venisonsteaks; _and uu arriving at the door, found. a justice's court iu (ull blast. The suit grew out of s, lumber speculation, but as near us I could tell by the ' teStimony of the witnesses generally, the stood about six for one and baif-a do zeillfor the other. One of the parties Was a malt of* Con4iilerable,'re - ady cash, While the ir,erth ..noutinemat,dime.. [Lulls, the, man of Me.-Ms, bud no& l'eeu tong in those parts, and little was ItWown of him exci.pt- what had droked from Seth Willet, One night at. Warner'a „store. Ile ,wasin: for it at, thc-tanc, but ettongh was understood to ii K alic the settlers of Elk - form a.bad opinion of . .14arris. As the time of trial drew nigh,-some who were in the store whim Seth was "'blowing " about Harris, began to try xi) recollect ‘viiat 11,! safl, .ap (1 the other party in the case was it/foaled that' he had a first-rate Wit'nes4 (51. Ireo, , . Seth was forthwith waited upon and _purged - by a young man named Winslow, who acted as attorney for the prosecutor.— All the information he possessed of Harris -was freely' and unswipeeting,ly given, and WiasloN noted iti down at correctly as he The day previous to the trial, the proNecu tor and Itarris met at the store. " Well, you're going on with the law-suit, I s'pose r asked 11...trns. 'f u' be bare I am, and Pll make you smelt cotton., to." Bahl" said Harris, "you can't touch bot tom.", Tech bottom .Ca-an't hey I -Just Tau wait till I git Seth Willits on the-stand, an' swore en the bible, tut . see if I-ea-will Per haps L hain't becr'd nothin' about sheep over to Tioga county. and robbin' of ',lent:init.:: store down to Fainted Post, heyi" What the devil are you talking about ?" asked Barris, apparently perfectly in a fog at ) the purport of the language he bad beard. " I Liow o cue that.'.s 'mai," said the plain : i tiff';_ " but.let's..liqupr r ,any how." lost•It0, LiMA: Ilid you ..4yerlivo in- .Tioga county, • " Arlthing..about aheep- 7 -3," , Painted Nor, 0 7 -1 14,ena. P ost. ", - r• 40th.Jenititises'` store," said Seth , with nt 1 grA*4)7,, !ISO: 1W rca wouldn't be 0 bad. pile, . ! . ‘,Not4'l t, Itwinildn' that's fact... Got Bart, amount to lend on a stow note I" WO); I iriight ieiape it tip'—'-leould• give • :11'011k,4ndred down, , and the rest after:the court's 'adjourned." . ' Harris counted out the hundred and rolled it up, and heldlt terifrtingly in his hand. Seth's eyes • pealedr..iiiiiirrs; mid ' .*)u - th fairly _dr:lnked t9ngnO Ovii:4l: at thy • display. ; It was more money than he ever had owned in his life:4- laltive von ev=er heard that - 1 st4le sheep *IVO P • • i“..Yoere sure li4ttiudilon'll• have , to swear, ih d'cittrt * ' "; ..,`;'8 , 641'1#4 , 400* '*isl :Ciftd . Auli thebi is 4Su.' re .- T ,-par4ntly.,surZ t : • •.,-, Itoranythlditratiout-myibeing implicated in . Ibe . robtketir orikeitititeS . tord" still lie! ding giefigt,Wiiilr itituilletti . .er the ends, ande.iliThitingth l en "and 17s..snOit ttuitalicingly. " N l p . ;111 sweirlfrfeteeLtrard nobody tiny 3 .0 n !i'=f." gtYiiir are an bece's hunfirl4 4 lk 4494at , ,, 11 . 142 • °filer hundred yiakeheil CcnirtY Tr: .;;Tbe court had been: 4idmion 'some time when ihts 4 Marlai'Wulintigelf arrived. \-Seth itaialiOr,bo:ol4tdriv - ; 'Aie was to destroy the dibMoe ortraras s ' by testiftin'rrin `orgordSte Sat sip taralliA;bery at l'iritftek rod.t-tik. Wittoktiv-rocoaded. to . rail4PAilbc4qaPYtlting ati pat: the arly lAtory of Mr. iratris MONTROSE": PENNIA:, THURSDAY, AUGUST-22, 1850. '. I re - a4ti about the itijins a!tetnpt ing to burn . . John Harris itt H4trrisburgh, in the year seVeacettilmadred anU—" "Stop, stop Yost, misapprehend me. Have you.anything agaiitst the prisoner at the bar ?" " %Fall, I guess I ha-fat. I had, I'd take it away, instanter." " Do you,.ot- do you not knox* that he was charged with sheep- Ftealing in -coun ty ?" " Ca-saersay't I. du." " Do you, or. do you not know'. that he, wn implicsated in tho‘robbery of Mr. Jenkin's store, at Painted Post ?" " llan`rno knowledv. on the pint." "Iltive.:you never 14:std. while li~in at Painted Post; that lie was suspected of being engaged in the robbery .1" 4 1 do-no. I never take no notice abeout what people say' susTiceously about their neighbors." •. "Really; you are a very singular witness. Let me jo? Your memory a little. remember having said anything about I:fai risi- connection with the Tioga. sheep st,'alinv. and. the Jenkins' 'Aare rubbery, while you were at Gillis' store one night litst, At'ril "As fer's my recollection serves. I ha-ant." "•. \Vera you qt Gillis' store on the night !of thii• 17th of Aprill" . ".‘ I do-no for sartin." " Were youitiliidgeway at all on the I 7th of April i" . . 1 - e-eas, I was." I . flow do you fix the time ? Proceed and tell the Justice. (We ; shall get the truth of this story..yet—aside to the plaintiff) Come sir, proceed." i • , 4 W a ll on th e ir,,,rnin' of the 17th. Dick son ses he twine, ses he, Seth gu down to Mr. Dill's and ~ait the nails clinched in the brown mare's off hind foot. Su I Ynqt . put a Laer au' cantered down -to Ridge Way, an' stopped to-Gilliso store an' 'bort dome thread'an; l needleslor 'AMA 1'04 , 11.5'1i; an' GilliSes ''Clark ost.pe ef..i ‘Ncild'nt like to, taste Awn new i rum he hail hist got from Bellefonte,' an' I rstud yes,''and - he• poured 'out. p.hebut hiAlf a table spotinfnl an' I driukt it right: deoun. " Well sir, goon.' • ` - " Wall, then I led the brown mare orcr to Dili's.ild ast Miss Dill—" "'ton mean Mrs. Dill, his wife." "Yeas—Mrs. Dill. - 1 tst Miss Dill of Mr. Dill was to hum, an' :the Saki 110 ; 11V'3 deoun to the lick b'low AndreAN.sesnw,Nta -•— bans clenched to the mares off hind slim, ses I. Wal, ses slle, can't you du it youkself Wal, says I, I guess I can. So she she wed me whey the horse nails was, an' give tie banner, an' I put en Dill's hither apron, an' at it I went. I got in three nails, fig?l!t snug, -and clenched 'eui i‘ns driiin' dexAta the •rhird -when the mare shied at suthen anal sli-v.cd a oin:si.le, au' the hy-rner cum deoun caslap I - right on this there thuail, nail.- lou see (holding it up) its u)tgroWed eo . ut yet. 1, " - lint what has that to do with the talk at store Int guilt' on to WI you. Lord!-.how I did yell I You'a a thort thar was fifty pain ters abeout. Nl!ss Dill she coin a runnin' eout ast what Wai the matter Look here, ses „iv thumb, which was, hl,t , tlin' like Jr:hu. , \V hat shall I do, ses I. teit yyu what, ses-Miss ; and she run an' gr;t a leaf of flve-for, ever, ses she, peel off this skin att' pnt,tiiipoth dn. Pell it off yourself. ses 1, a ervin' with the exhuhnant pain. Sy she peeled it off an' tied it on, an' in tWO klays tharwant a bit of soreness in it, but the nail cunt off. " But t..) come :u Gillis' sore. What did .you about Harris that eight ?" Wal, all I recollect is that Thompson an' la of fellers was thar, Thouipsoa a u - I not at a marli fur wlusict'v, an' Thompson he win; au' W - e dint ,it my expen,e. " Then Bill Gagager and Dm, they shot, an' Dill beat Bill, and we dranlit, at, his es pen se, au' thou Charley Gillis lie shot ag , n ,liank outher, an' we drinkt at. U'narley's ex pease : an" th;:is Bank lie , sung s a song, and then, Thompson he sung a song, and the next recollect was—" "," NVe4 sir, was what • . Why, I waked up the aext.morniu' under Gillis counter, the, sickest critter you ever seed. I didiet get over spree for two that, , "'sir, What else, ?" V "That - all' T recollect 'at present. Ef I think,of, any, tuoTe,. yir come in an' teHle." ",•Voit. may gp..sir."' • ..-,fttavrikwou When boos firet came in fashion, a pair was pre egnted to a. worthy Mayor jn wine partof ,Eugland. He es:mined them attentively, and concluded they were a -netvzkind of , ba4kets:: Ace`ording,l7; when he . went tticlittielitiast. tiaday,be'sittng one round ltl!,,r:teck. and put,. hi.s . ,prayer bools. into it. 4is -wife used-the other.to bring bonieberinarketing A bIFF/CUirielr 50t.ven . . 7 .1 merchant, eiriniining allgshead harti,werp, l op comparing it with the iirv0N.e.,,61y32t1•141 right_tateept one hammer. "Oh, tloolle.troubled,iny honer,"'Eahl the Irish poker, 0-Ore" , ,,thi;Nnitfr tookit out to open the hogshead p w ,fiAlOw‘pg !Iniqur ,to'a4t 44.-;11:A atqt .4th of July celebnitimriu Suut4 Carqina t b '" Peaciaig, putt': 6 4 igsp ,xnpneY 01, th e poeko . 4, ' juAlur.lcraflic, tiod..p.O.V . wit"4: to to& Coffee' o the Closet' aria sugar id MI6 bariel, silenca*und the fireside,fulks that flavor rioari.d. An Army of Monkies. A NOVEL M-IDGE. In Capt. Adienture in South Nlexi co, We find the following curious account of the way monlcies cross streams of water too wide for them to jump over. It is exceed ingly curious, att.doubtless true : " They are corning, and will most likely cross by the rocks yonder," observed Raoul. "how—swim it r I asked. ,It is a tor re:nt there." ."011,no," ansivered the Frenchman, `mon kills would rather go into the tire than' water. I: they cannot leap the stream, they will bridge it.' liridze il, ! and how 1' Strip a moment, Captain, and yon shall The bite' humantiow AAounded Dear er and near e r, ;Lod ‘ve.could pereieve that. the aitnala were approaehin . g the spot where we lay. Presently they appeared upon the op posite bank, headed by ran old grey thhiftaiti, and offiePred like so tnany soldiers. They w; , Te, as Kaoui stated, of tht.s comarirrja, or r - ,n_r-tailed tribe. aid-.4e-camp, or chief pidneer, 'erhaps—ran out upon a projecting :rock, a'td after looking across the strcani. cal culating the clistaiice, scampered back and. aPpeared to communicate with the leader. This produced a movement in the troop. Commands were issued, and fatigue parties were detailed, and marched to The front. iNleanwhiie, several of the cmsradrejas—en,' neem, no doubt—ran along the bank, exai - Ming the trees on both side of the arroyo. At length they all collected around a tali cotton-rrocrci, that grra over the narrowest part of the stream, and twenty or thirty of them scampered up its trunk. On reaching a high point, the furemoit, x strong fellow, l an out Upon a limb, and taking several turns of his tail around it, slipped down and hung headdownWardv Thoif64 °tithe limb, also a stout oue,etimed down the body of the first, and whipping his tail around the neck and fore arin, of the igt,,er, dropped olio 14sturn, and the fourth upon the third, aiiirso on„un til the but one upon the faring rested his fore paws upon the ground: The living chain now commenced s'iving ing, backward and foreword, like the peadu - - ui a clock. The Motion was slight at tirst, but graduadliy increased, the lowermost ;monkey Striking; his bads violently on the 4 04.11 . „ atl{l(4 ea t 4 l 6 ti, ent of the aided the muvetnent. .This continued until the monkey at the end of the chain w thrown among the brunches of a tree on the opposite bank. Ref% after tivo or three vibrations, lie clutched a limb, and held fast. This 11:1