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VOL. 2.
Mikan ktotti4 Mentatrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY„THURSDAY. MODNII,FG,
B. QVIATT,. •
SMETHPORT, •WREAN• COUNTY, PA
TERMS : ~ . $1 50 in Advance
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`Rates. of . Advertitung. .
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1 Column one yeni• .. ..... • •
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One swine of 121ines orleis i• 3 isinertio,ns; • • 150
Each subsequent • 25 -
'II'OBIMM Cards, with jiper, •• 6 00
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117 , These.Tersius will bo•Strictly adhered to...CU—
piisiitc.o . o... pii.c.opitt.
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urveyoi, Draftsman • Conveyancer f 'and .Iteal Estate
Smatbport,' bP.Hean county; Pa..
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l'rogi.lor.il Mocltonlo, Millwright;, Tirbilde-bUilder, - • Sr.o.,
, Port Allegheny, .111 , Kein county, F. , •
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J. L.. BROWN,
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61.111TEYOR', BRAPTSMA74,'CONTBTANCfininAIteaI
,' Estate Agent; Office, Will itscps—iameville, Elk qp., Penn'a:
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' Chapin A. Boyle, -Beg's. .....:.....::Ridgway, Pa...
Hod,' Thomas ' Strutheri , ..•.,-.. ..... -. Warred, ya . ..
w., B. Brownell, Esq.; ....„ ..........—.l3nielhoorti Pa,
• Hon. .A... 1. NVllcoa, ......,.;....... Buena:Nista. Pa,
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:• -..• • • a CARVER HOUSE, :.- - '•.
JOrra..ll. Rua. einnrietor, coiner of Water, and Hickory
Streets; Warren Pa. General Stage 0111Ce.' ,'• ": ,
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B. F. WitIGHT dr CO.;
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WhOlesale and Retail:Dealers in Family areearies. Pork.
Flour, Sait;'. Feed, :Zee., Ste,. Under E... S. •Maaon'i
, Stove Store, East aide of, the Public Square, Smethport,
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J. C. BACKUS &CO
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General Dealerser In Dry: Goods; Groceries, - Crockery,
9 aidy-ldide Clothing:, Boots and Shoes, Ilate arid CAps,
he.,,oiliosite.the Court House Smetbpo'n Pa.
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J. C. HOLMES,
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Wholesale and Retail Denlei:. in.TrOvisions and Family
Groceries{ Dry•GoodB, hoots, Shoes tlata, - enps, Nana,
Yankee Notions, &c.; &c. More One .door west of the
Astor.llouse. • Terms, Cash. . •.• • . -. l.
FOBES HOUSE;
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Fronting .. the:Public Rennie, Olean,'N. JANigi
' MILLER. Proprietor. , The Fobs Ilonge is entirely,new
built of bilek, and in tarnished in Modern style.
.The proprietor flatters himself that his aecomraoda
tione.are not surpassed by any hotel in Western New
York. Carriages run to and from the 'New York. and
. Erie Rail Road: ' • • • •..
BYRON b. HAMLIN',
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•Areonssie . at LAW; Bmethport ; " drlican. County: Pa.,
Agent for il,leskre.•Reatin:r k 00',4 Lands Attends
especially to the Collection of Claims; Examination of
• Land Titles; Payment of ..Taxes, and'all "nosiness rein."
• ting to Real Estate. Woe in Hamlin Block, .".
GREEN'S HOTEL
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D ' AT WaronT, Pi.ohrietor,--nt liiniva.• Warien county
Pa,. "His'Table will be supplied with the *best - the..
country affords, and he spare no pains in accornodwtirg'
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E. BOUGHTON ELDRED,
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Attorney and Counaellor at Law, Stnethport,
,M , Kean
County, • Pa., Uusineaff. . entrusted to Ms - care for-the
• ' coin:Mee of 51 , Kean,yotter and Elk Will be . promptly
- . attended to' Office in the Court Honse , second floor:
DR. L. R. WISNER,
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Physician, and Snegeon;lp.oits:Pa; . • will*attend to
:all piotennionatcalla with protoptnem. .01fice in dart.'
. • well Block, seco nd dloor. • . • .
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N.N:sirrpß & co.,
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.Wholesale and RetAl Realere .in Staple and: Fancy Dry
. Goode; Carpeting, Ready Made Clothing, and General
' . Ferule:ling Goode, Boots and Show:4, Wall and Windovc
Piper, Looking Glassegke. At Olean. N: Y. • :'. ; ,
BIKPINETT HOIXSE,
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Flinathport,,M , Kean Co:, Pa. •D: R : BigiNETT; Proprie
:tor—opposite the Court House. A nevi, large, coin
inodloUs and well:furnished house.
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JOHN C. BApECITS,
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,Attorney and Connuellor et a, Smetliport, 81 , 1 teen C o
Pi. Will attend to all bnalnenaln hia profession In the
counties or M , Kein, Potter and Elk. Office over O. K.
•Sartwell ..t.. Brother's'. Store. • .
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GIDEON IRON'S,
Dealer In Dry Goole, Groeiriea, - Pork, Flour, Salk,.Fleh
Ready-Made Clothing, Boots and Shoes . Store in Re- .
6rOn old stand, Smethport ea. General Patent Medi
, eine Agents.. `. ' • •
HACKNEY gousE,
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Corner of &sand arid 'Liberty streets; Wirren Pa..
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A• HARBOR, Proprietor. 'Travelers :wilt Ha good ac
cavomodations and reasonable 'charges. • .
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. . .. . . ...E.'S: ILASQL .• yr-,
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Dealer In Stoves, Tin Wirt, 7appaned Ware, ho., west
aide. or: the. Public. Spore, Eimethport,• Pa. Custom
' work done to order on the 'shortest notice; and in the
' Moat 'substantial slimmer. '- • :. ', ', . , .
• .• • Rr..O. BRO 'raLL, . •
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Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Hardware
Hoots, noel, Heti, Caps, Glass,'Nails, 01 &c., &c
East 'side 01 the Public Square, Smetlipori, ' Pa. •,
s. ono,
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Dealer in Provisione and _Family Groceries generally, at
Partnere. Valley; SpKean , 00,,' Pa.' Groin • Lumber,
' Shingles, ik,c: , , taken in exchange for, Goode:. Patent
Medicines for sale, . . -•-. • - • •
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LARAMIE' S HOTEL,
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R. LARAMIE. Proprietor,— , Alleghiuy .firidge, BrlCenn
' Co , Pa. Thle house to situated about nine mile,' from
. Smothport on the road to Oleaniand will be found .a
' couvettlent stopping-place
EMPORIUM HOUSE,
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Bhippen, WM:um Clo.,"Pa. tanner) Onoz; Prourie!or.
.A commodious and well-furnished house. Strakoin
. and taavelers will find good accommodations.
FARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL,
By T. floonwttr: This Ininse is situated ahont five miles
. from Smethport on the road to Olean. Pleasure parties .
~ and °theta can be accommodated on the shortest notice.
ELDILED HALE-WAY - HOUSE,
NATIIAN DENNIS ' Proprietor . This house is situated hal
•way between Smothport and 01,ean. If ypir want a good
dinner tulle is the.place to'stop. - . • .
GHORDIS CORWIN,
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Proprietor of the Grist at. Mechanicsburg, lqo
.Keao County Pa. Flour.' Meal, and 'Peed; constantly
on hand and for Bale; in large and small quantities.
RAILROAD HOUSE,
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0. -Osrtw , rotta, - Proprietor; Nortric . h, WlTaan CO.
Pa. ' Good; aocom,rnodatious can 'VI had' there at a
PORT ALVEGANY HOUSE,
ENOCII 11. Dou'r.ar, .Proprlefor; at Pori Adlegariy,'
' Kean County. Pa. Thin Rotel fealtuated at the june
Lion of the Bmethport and Allegany River tonds, nine
miles oast of Bmethport.. •
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.A . Tir,).1.1....::T10V5 . E i .
METIIPORT,:3II , KEAN Co., Pa
'WM. HASIIELL • t .Proprietoi.
The Proprietor hiving recently' Purchased and then
'ougbly refitted the. Astor-11one°, (lettere Memel( that be
can furnish an good accommodations es any hotel, in Weet
ern. Pennsylvania. . •
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THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN.
Or Nelson and the North,
.• • 'l3 . ini.the daj;'. :
'hen their powOr:0
.lie engaged tha baniel, decks,'„
And with twenty floating wreck!!
Crowned the • fray. °.
.411 bright in April's sun. .. •
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• Shone"the fity . , - - . . • -- ,
, When a Ilritish•fleet eamedown,
Through the Islands of.thecrown; '
Aridly (lopenhagen.town, • . • •• " " ""."
• . Took their stay. .• .. .
liveries the :Danish shore
!Fondly . .
Ey 9,,ch gun thO lighted' brand
Ir n bold deteiminod hand, .•
And the indoor thb lank
. , Led 'thant'on: . I
.For Denmark there had drawn
All her Might;" •
From her.hattle•ehips go vast •
She had hewn away the mast,
And at anehoitqthe. last
• ..I.ladethem flght.. • •
Another noble fleet . •
Of their line
Rode out; but thee° ' - were . naught
To, the liatteriee which they brought
Like Leviathine afloat .."
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In the 'brine. ' ''• , •
It Was ten on Thuredaimorn .
••• • 4:ty the chinie; •
As t ey. drifted on their peth
r. There I'vas silenea-deep nadeath,
And the boldest held his breath
%For a tiine•— , ,
,tire•d• first aud . fitalaeohd
81104 the flood; .‘
Econy Dane looaod oat that slay,.
I.4te the'red wolf on his • prey, ;
And he atrote hts Hag to sway
o , er Our hloOd. • ' '
Not such a Tahiti poFsess'd '
.I:ngland 7 k tar;
waelhe lore - of noble ganie .
Bct his oaken heart: on lime,
Foi him.? twari all the same
Sport and war.,
An hands and eyei on watch ; -
' As they keep; . •
Bp their . ,rnotion' light as wings,, •
I.ly each step that haughty springs; .
fou , ntight know Them fFOtn the kings
.Of the.deep
'Twas the Ihtgaf lira t.that 'smote,. '
• -. : Dentnark'a line; '. '
And'her.tlag the promo et soar'd ,
Murray. itantiPd hisloot on board,
And a hundred cannons roared •
• ,Atilte sign !
Thecheeis of all the fleet
Sung iluzTa!
Then tiomcentre,,rear and van,
Every captain, every roan, '
Nigh alionte.heart began'
To the tray. • .•. '
Oh dark grew soon th . e heaTens-:•' .
For each gun;
'From its !t.lantaritilke ,
Spreads death-shade round tho'Stdps,
Ltko the hnirleanti , a eclipse
or the ann. - • '
Three h . ourdtharaghig lire' • • •
• ' aot slack . ; '
'But the foarth, then signals dont;
diatreas end wreck appear s •
•AtidthaTane q feebler oheer• •
Sent uahack..
the rpice decay'd; their shah!" • '
. Slowly boom, . • .
The calmed snit all le Wall,.
As t hey strike the Shattered '• •
Or in conflairatiop • pale •• . • ;
.• Light, the
Oh, itaathjLit was a'steit
' Filled our eyce!
But we rescued reap) , a crew
From the waves of acirlet hue,
,Ere the cross of England flew
, • frer her irize !.
Why . elan not inire the attire,
Oh', ye loyave?
~• {Yhy:bleeda old Englend ' e'bnnd~
Ity the .0 re.of panieh land,
That eniltee• the Tory hand
. Btretch'd to care:
But the Britone sent*. warn .
Denmark's town,• -
ProUU roes, let.igegemiceeleeP!
lt,llyour,eary hi the deep ' •
• . Shall'go dowct:!.
Then . peace instead of death
' Lotus bring •-• •
If you'd yield yeti rconquer'd Hoot,
With the crews, 'nt England's feet,
And mike atibmissiotanret •
To our king. ,
The• Dane return , d, a.trnce
. to bring; . •
lle would yield h's coneuer'd fleet,
'With the crews at England's tert,
And make submianfonTnent -
To• our King
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Then death Withdiew hie poll
Frem *the dei; • •
- And the sun loolOd smiling bright
On n . wide 'end woeful eight, . ' •
.Where the . flees of funorld light
Yet ell anahhlt her wrecks,
Atid her gore, •
Eroud Diunark.blest our chief,
Vuit he gaao Lir waunde relief;
And the 'Tunis of joy and grief
MINI her ihere.
All'around outlandish orbits.' *.•"
• Loudly broke; .
Bait a nobler note wee 13111)g: '
WhOuthe British, ohl,atirl youngi
'To her batulsOliusie,sang •
, "ilearts of 0 . 41 0 '•
Cheer !'cheer ! from perk and tower,
; • London town, • ,
rlientlio Ring shall ride In etate
Friarn Et Janiets' royal gate,
And to all hia peers fel Up ..
Our renoivn: ' ' "
SMETHPORT, 11"Kr,i AN..C9UNTIC ,. ,P,A...TUITIIS.DAY.I',...TVIN 7.,,:.1.8.591
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. , The belle shall ring'!.oii'Afty
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Milt not closn, : . • •
ISut ablaze of citiek bright • • .•
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'.'hell'illuniinate the night, .
And the wine 'cup Chine In• light
An it tinwd '
Yet, yeti tonht . the joy
And uproar;
Let'ne think Of them that sleep
Full many.a tithomde Op
All heiide thy rocky:step,:
. • .lElsinore.!
Soft,aigb the ulnae of geaven
,r. your grave !. • ,
:171.1pe the billow mourefill
: the, mermaid 7 a notig eohdeee,
• , Siegiug glory te,the souls
OUtlie Brave !: . •
"I wish you wOS Withlour mother."
Such was the exclarnation of across, tire)
ldokin ., ; woman, tis'shesnatchetl a bit of choice
work from a little hand; and then rudely'pugh - -
ing the child from her aide, she left the
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It was "not a..beaut itnl' creature; that little
wan child, vi•ith golden ringlets' and soft deep
blue eye '
s.' Neither was her complexion daz,
sling; nor her cheeks round and..fluahed•with
'rich bloom.. - She .Was only a poor, plain.,•c . orn .
mon looking child,' whom nobody. ever called
•sweetnames and gave.loving kisses to, save'the•
sainted. mother,:.otrei.Whose ashes the mould
gatherednoi,v; - . • :
QUietlythe little one mcived,away—but great,
gasping sobs swelled her bosom;and she.hreath 7
ed hard as if it were a rriiserY and. weariness to
breathe at all'. •. . . • •
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"I wish I:Wai with my Mother—oil ?
wish I was with my mother!". she:said again
and . again, holding 'her, little
elench6d upon her Breast. was only • up
there," she sobbed pitifully, "!my head wouldn't
beat so,
,and •iny eyes. be *so, red• and: aehing - ,
Oh ! God, take me-,—taka me np - there with ` my'
.Never . I,S. utterecF.a more 'fervent pr4yer,
.and—it was answered.'
:. .g.Mother says if youire sick and can't do no
thing, you'd better . .go:- to .. bed. She says . you
musn"t eat noitupper, because sick folks ought
not to eat anything. She says it's light enough
to see without B.Mingle: . • .
Upon receiving this thessage, orphan Mary
groped her way through the:long darkliassagee,
and entering a small and poorroOrni•threw.hcr
self on the bed. '.. • .
Her , strength
,wai jexhausted ,by the • heavy
tasks itnposfil on her during the -day; and her
head ached's° ciolehtly, that it seemed to her it
shook with : pain.
She had almcist lobbed herself to sleep when
a little. figure.stole.in holding in one hand a slice
of nicely buttered bread, and:in the other a fee-
"Mary," it said, "Mary, Ann toltd , me that
you had , gonetc bed sick, without any copper.
Ain't you hungry l • Here's something for you
12=1
• Mary sprang wildly.up, hey eye 3 glittering
and a crimson circle on her chock. Fever was
'coursing through all her veins; she was for a
mtivossit heWildered, and gaz.ed around •her
strangely that the little figure 'shrank backs fur
titer in the gloom.. , - •
. ccOhl wish..my motherwao she . ex-
Claimed, sOlemnly...“Elly, you'don't • know how
I feel. J_Couldn'i Sat .it o 'i.she.''added, as the
child stretched ctiitdta Halo oflering,'“l feel. as
if I never shotild •eat ~anything..again—somet
hing is gOirig round and ',round inSide my heart .
as if I Was fly ini." •• •
"There! I feet better now," she said, after a
few heavy gasps., ".But oh, Ella, do you knovit
I think that lam going. to diet" , • •
“.Whaf• makes: you think 'so?" asked the
little girl, coming neater. and. laying bar hand
'upon • Mary's; shoW , queer, and white .Y•ou
. . . .
•i!Aunt told :the to-night;'.'. said the sick
child, cethat she wished : l:was with . my mother
—and thenlprayed to God that he would
me to heayen—and—l :thirnk he will;,:to,night
"Oh Maryr : exclOmed.Ella, bursting into
-tears, and sobliinftirs,if her heart.would. break;
sorry I struck you yesterday„ and we've
all been cross to you.' I heard . mother say it,
and I sawher push you, and it Made; me feel
bad•; ob! Mary don't:say .you're koing to; die,
tind all be god ta Kon;.don't die Mary.-- .
Deeat this piece Ofbfend." . . .•
The child shook' her head, :‘ , A . unt didn't
„ cr.
mean.to be cross;
. I gueks, or pay what, Made
Triefeeleo•badi'?)iald,Maiy, in a weak:voice;
“Idon'i feel 'a bit bad now,thoughl think riiy.
heart alrOost broke: . then.'
,And you, Was, so'
'kindite think. of me, t 00,.. dear.' of it.
be 'sere; in heaven,.. and GOA will
.blesS you, •I
know he will. 'And you're cop.:tn(' shiVering,
while'Pm, i—eldburnink uli. You •must.gb.
to the fire again, °nix. help me undresaybecause
maybe aunt - won't it if I sleep' in, these
ckithes. Good night-stop, kiss the,
be lid never kiss you again." .
lira . ve hearts . ; to I.lrlt4iten.i;ve#l
' Ortecr so true ! ' • •
Though - death hae - riueughe'd viui flame,
Yet Immortal be ydur name! •••
For'ye:dlett the icatli of taine:'. '•
QRPHAN NARY.
'EY.,Ants..g. - A. DENISON.
EllaitoopegdorM ertitirrrrittleivelyfluitg her
arnis nhout Maryis neck::` It felt . buritirtg
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-so (lid.,her lips:and her,Vreath but , Ixhen..the
child told in the warm; .kitchen that: Mary
thought she would die' that, night,: iaer Mother .
laughed derisively, saYing,•“that thechild must
be broken of such nervous"notions.," ,
come to her ;Bonner, ahe • would 'have' made
something of her--but her sister with refined
notions uttetiy,ruined her, "tidding', - “1 . rath
er think she'll be in to . ' her' brealcrast 'in
.the
g - ;_rning,; We.shan't save "anything', on her 'dying
. . . , .: ,
SloWly thpead hourierept along, 'a twelve.
had , I long, ag . o struck . from the old . ..eloc.li 'in the
.cornor, When little Mary Sprang again from her.
'troubled sleep.. The moon shoee in WI and
.white; it's light struck out.` all the little objects
`.l interest train tho dark Wall—her mother'a
furniture—a dingy .portrait; an. a'high-backed.
chair witlia white sheet thrown over
,:it.: She
nose ins raging fever; . and onmthe verge of
.Sfie threw aside .the-ceverlid - that
scorched -her, and the keen night,
seemed grateful to her; . .
• Shn.,had'*aked frorn'a glotious
dream of heaVon s .theangeisand her mothet:
She had h'eard sil%;eiy .- accents, , sirceib , singing
oat from .some beautiful dolden:areh,
little,Maryiconicirhere you!' mother-Is." •
“Nnd where*.i . srny . :m6theil" . .:she- thought
closing her eyes for a mornCnt . ;gishe called me
. .
I surely. heard. her, I saw her.. Where. shall .1
ioto'finifinnyrriotheil tell Me‘oleitrJestis?",
Another moment; she had flung her long black,
hair liack IroM her eyds—sought the 'door and'
WaSgOne...'iNone - saw.her in. her Aight,Hsave
the kindly moon that looked down. pityingly.=
The frost glittered'on the, hedges,the.hate'treeS
shook: their . lifelese branches above.her.head.-:-
Mq.ny a Watcher sat in the' pleasant. cottage-.-
'some of.joy,.some of , grief,. lint .they knew; - not
that the-mdtherleeech . ild fled :almost' on'the
.of 'the past: theirjey and
pait Ni;arm and, pleasant, children 'snugly, sleep
ing, with'their. arms twined round :each Others
.neckspast.loving,..young parents- 7 4115t poor
'rnotherleis child flying to the Cofd'hed in :the
churchyard: . . .
..Her feet left prints in' the frozon .dew, she
felt not the chill, bdt wildly bright
eyes measuredthe shining.stars . thaf glittered
betv‘'een her and the hehven she sought. The
church-yar&t all gained, she glided by, found
he little . crosa.bars.it the entrance, end passed
them e In her' night-robes gliding among the.
'gra} , hOadstones,afiolooked like a spactrp, wan
•
At length. she'fontid the, spot %There last she
hail seen the brow, of her gentle mother upturn-,
ed to the pale sunlight. •• "..
There she'sank down as sheshouted,tgl have
'con@ soother . ; Lhave come, mother;" and then •
she would gaze and listen, .while the crimson
fever'spots faded into white on her cheeks.—
Presently She . fanciecrthat she.was again in her
childhood'a 'borne, and sweetly and lovinglY she
talked with her mother, twining her 'arms as i
about her neck, imploring in plaintive accents
that she would not leave her.!'
The lightest •breeze made herframe treinble
now,.forthe fever of her delit Cum was'paSsing
away, thOugh:not : the•fancitat she mai in her
oWn.derti home. she babbled of- little-, of
childish things; and feeling, weary, murmured
.that she woultlgo to bed.::. • .
Oh!, it- would • baVP been touching .sight,
even to .the . ..heartless; 16. see that 'motherles s
Child put her - little limb's on the cold grave, to,
hear her :murmur as her parched lips; 'parted
faintly 'and slightly; g, , 000d night,: mother, I'm
goirig to sleep, now; and if I die before I . Wake . ,
- I Pray .the Lord my fiSid ;otake.", ".
All was confusidn in the' family. where Or.
phan.lifary hid suffered so much and •ao brave'•
ly:The children went about weeping- the
father had gone to .the crier's -but meanwhile
two men came to the cottage bearing the body
of the:dead child. ••" • . •', •
Horror-stricken.the cone ious woman who had
treated her tendercharge thus harshly,: moved
hurriedly: away from ihelittlebody,. muttering
vaguely,'.icfohnd--4ountlin the death
Foitrul with her little hahtls clasped—her:limbs
sfiff —her lips .bloodless-her 'heart ..still:—
Fountl,,ariticlnad;!' .
The children pressed about.. the ,little white
form with hitter: grief=—but the parents 'steed
nJo(if,.henCeforth to know no .peotce!
•
"I v‘;iSh you' was, with your mother!". Oh
how those: thrilling words rung through her .
Bruin. 'Dear lamb! she :Was •with her mother.
•-no, More to bear wrong and. insult. , Prom the.
ehurch:yant:her •patientspirit Went.up; and' it
ivas an angel warning, that 'pressed f font her :
•heart the preplietic wordi,-Ohl- Ella, ..do :you
•know.l think:l am geing •. ,
At alinost- every step
~ meet with•
yOunk rnen Whom We anticiPute wonder•
.ful Whotri,nfter careful inquiry,
We never her- nricither,Word; The efferve . s,
ence 'youth, and.passion,' end thelfre . sh.:gloss
of the intellect." and .imaginetiOn endoW them .
with a false 'which'. mekes fols of
themselves and 'other' Like certain
-chintzei, calicoes arr 2 glpiherns, they show
* finely:on their . first newness,:but cannot stand
the-sun and rain, and assume avetY, ;sober as
pect after waShing.day. •:* • . ;
You bad, better find -oia . ,One of yoUr- own :
than 'mot your nvi - gbboi's •
AJD:DRVSS,,
Deiivered at Smethport: .Taly 4th, 1859,
ItAI4LIS.
• Frit f r.ow•CitizeNsi-:—lt . iii not my Intention to
this diseouradtojive'You-alearned: treatise:on'
the cosmogony of the world or history of cren:-
tiori, it is too muclia..matter Of specUlativethe
ory for profitable investigatiOn':. Those-who are
Curious on 'this subject may,. if they.please con::
sultgoldstriitles Vicar of Wakefield 'Where:May
be foimd.'a..very leartled discourse, by a cetebra-.
ted Doctor Who cheated aid geed 'Vicar's. son
out of his lest:and only - . pony by 'stilling him .
peviter washed, iron-bowed spectacles for.ptire
.silver Or, theymay 'consult •A . still more
erudite - author; our eriiinent coun tryman,Wesii!
legion fririn;th celebrated-version
erbecker's history, of New lrerk who're he will
find this ilubject . treated'.in the most ,elegant
and ,classic manner; but astieitherof those . justk
ly distinguished authors cameto.any.eatisfacto
ry inneluSif shall adopt the theory- of - erect.'
`ticin stated , by-. the Prophet' -Moles,. by. *Whose
account'the.world is more .than .six- thousand
years The -Western Continent, our torrhi
ferret habitation, 'accordingly, ler 'more:than
four - thousand years. has stood, before . the . eivil;.
zed world-.have any - record of.the-history.of
the faMilies, of thehotions, and the peoples who :
had•liveit,.who hail acted theirparton the' stage
of human life and had passed away; generation
after generation :had - lived and. died amt. been
borne away as blihblei Oise and form nd-bui.t•
:oti-fte ocean's ever resliess surface and - are seen
no. repro:forever.' A ntitiumlan7esearches
ly prove this. earth to have been' inhabited by a
.civilized or sernieiyilized people in'Mexico,.
Central .Kmthice, arid probably. in the eout bern
•ports'of the United Sitaies,' forage's long hist to
us,' whose history is knowii . - only to Him who
litiovreth all things.' , ' "• • :
According to accounts verificil. by steplicol;
the distinguished American traveler, a mighty
people once inhabited, the futile filitins of MeXl;
coNt who they were; whence' they sprang,nr'
.what`their final destiny , no one knowetit, nor
will those questions , ever be solv'ed unless at
the judgment of that:Momentous day when the.
nations of the earth shall be' su m inotied. to. hear
'their final 'sentence, to..hear announced their
final doom'hy the great. King of the; universe.
It is not an agreeable reflection, ;that whole Oa.
lions have:lived and'passed from earth, like the.
passage of a Sumtner'S - ‘vind and left no history
'or trace behind them;' that millions of
. humen
beings, hilmanintellects freight ed with precious
'burthens.allhimortal spirits 'haVe lived and
tong since been• Swallowed tip by the rentorse
less ocean of time, that generation'aftcr gener
ation of 'the:human family have Jived atid pass
.
ed .tiVvity like 'the , waves of he., sea ;one,'passirig
after.another in quick and, multitittlinclus,(AO
,Cessien, and washed 'intothe relentless ocean
of tithe, that ivas,- . 6tti be • no. rhos, without.
.havinglefttesucceeding generationstheir writ
tcnitietory, yet seclt.seerna to
. have ; been •the
- fiat Of the Almighty, for' so it has been 'anti
mortals must submit. - But.at the' close of the
fifteenth .century of.the .Christian ere tho•va
of obscurity Which for so many itges.had shroud
. ed' thia Western.. continent was . raised; and . a
wonderful change came over the people of -the
nets continentin consequence of. its disCoVery.
by the world-praised Christopher 'Columbus
WhOse.name will be, henceforth associated with
its liistory,nntit the. Angel Shall announce that
the history. oftime shall be' rig' more,. '. • .
The inventions a,nddii§eavOrieo:of that : Oge
Will:ever be •held.mernorableas having
,i.vast
and controlling itifinence 'over , the destinies of
the:h.urnan rh . cel
,to:th4i age :we .owe :not' the
discovery ore' new.' World orily, but the , equally
morneritous•discovery of the art' of printing,
which 'has done:trot:a then .all else.
and fritternize theihurron family, the discovery'
of the' mariner's compass '.and the. use of gun .
powder are also' the fruits of . the geniu s of:the
people of the lath cen . tury...The one hes brought
the people of the whole earth into one connhon
brotherhood ha its" Ocnitmercial . and'business
lations, Whitelhe Otherhas entirely 'revolution
ized (Whether for good Or 'for, evil) the. system
of warfare imotig•nrien .. ....'Froni the period
discov.ery of the new world, as it was theneall-:
etl,nearly three centuries, or' great .cyclee in
the course of time hail paseed without any.great - ,
changeln the . political,horizon. . •
ThyOeep.eolpuies, now tates,.hitd'arating up
'in the Wilderneseof that .new,werld; they were
separate In their physical existence, btit-politl-
CallY . ;an' integral part, of the., government of
'Great - Britain' in the reign of George the', 111.
the then British' sovereign.' ',Since the World
began men have always liVed.under:siem . e kind
of political government; let us..glance'fort.mo.
ment 'ever the. then condition pf the government
of the different'nations of the' earth.
...
At the tiine.olthe :mernerable . .event of the
Ath of July,' 1770, the birth-day.olour national
republic whoie anniveisary:we have' met • this
day to commemorate, .nations of.
the earth were ruletl.by, monarchs . ,by men: who
governed by, what kingctalt was pleased to' call .
kings by , divine right; this theory I believe was
false. As .1 understand the .inspired
theoAltnighty did not 'desire . that tie Jewish
peoPle should have a king, .but
.if they would
have one, -t,h'en He by His prOphet appointed
Said tolbe ennointed,as the lst King of..israel..
Those who believeln the A.merican doctrine of
universal" liberty' and egitality- of . the Ituman
race, "scout the doctrine Of .Kin . gs,..by
right.'_ True it is that . experiments had been
made of g,overnMents . Withoitt a King;but these.
experiment's had-not proved soacei3sflil...*Ronne
tried . its 'commonwealth under- various . - forMs,
for the 11.ernans:lcivett liberty,
.but. individual
Ambition, turbidaneeand party ; faction sapped
thelountlation of their commonwealth,. and" the.
power, the splendour, the:divine incarnationof
'the spirit Of:liberty of-the" Romans Was hurled
to' ruin by' the factious -and 'instability 'of her
people,—"t-he glarieus 'old commonwealth fell; and
on. its ruins the Censers, o.caligula .anda,,Nero
erected theirekecrable despotisms.. .
..
So ancient and ,glerions.Greece tried the'vr:-1
periment- Of ti Republic, -and,..with . the largest,.
conceivable ainMint•of liberty 'allowed to ,the
peep] e, for , t they hiter . /0. made
_t heir o h la ws
by a popular vote.itta,great: assemblage, 0 1.0 1 a.
people, RS I,VC in this country Vote-by acerama-•
lion at a "great Politiol.tiiss. me eting;theYditid
'tou,tnreeh liberty, it made the people.drunwith
,power, it led tcranarehy. anti : Was followed by'
military despotistri, ,t he Repuldic fell -MM. the
-last and only !tope 'self-government boyar*.
extinguished, the Sun of liberty had, set, hat nee
,furceer, fur, it roue utgain in - glMiotts'and
,
.
, .
gent splendor on that day:when. thii ?-
tion of Independence, .that Int:pick eliti?ta
man': rights was:signed.hy ihelmniortal 'fiftYL.l.:
d. sun of liberty:never' again ,set .
until ib.shall be blended 'in` the greet
•. •",." •••
Bk. 'and whit: iria'Klng y! - heinditi then`
,mOrtali hue he strength., power; or : intellect:o- •
periorto his fellOw beings? for trueltis that
many a mechanic et hie:work bench oehie :
and miny.roetin 'bnrnt
bread by the sweat of .hie-hrov . .r, as, hie Maker :•.
commanded: that he • 'should '.de; his more
strength, iirtne, and • inbiirnintelligehie
the 'venal and Pampered monarch of 'manifest
destiny, , for When" God haVcreatidirrhilmii.i,•# ;
.vYinors' and' intelligent .. .man,. tie '.his",'nrole:
Man inore.worthy,to•be called "a King; thin any •
Man who vitae borMto'inherit.a 'royal diadetri;
And in,a King that claims :and exercis e s"' '
'th:e mighty sway over the deetiniee , of his fall.'
en mortal ,•this man that 'ef dresied• in a '
.
brief authority, plays snch'fatitaitic bet
1
tore high: heaven;" as. Mike's the'anieis weep"
kh is but the gilded butterfly that.. charrris the
glitter of hie power; the bauble' that rrieC'
greatness, the. spoiled ;child
changing fortane, •he has.a - inillice• raised for',
him,. whose Spires int, 'itornen vie with the,
nifirtipce bi'a great city--,courtiefs and people,'
bow 4nil I nuel. before hien as thinigh. he should '" .
be ,weribilipeii.. "He lives surrounded by . all "the'..
luxuries and splendor which art and:weelfh.can
gather , f r•the four corners of the earth; h . ?? is ••
supported by:toil' in the field Of.' labor,
iC his warri, by the. s%'veat• and the blood •
tit'gxolining. millions, he.revele:in in : the sunshine '
of plPaPprer, and • clinic rm . ( for 'the ,ileSolotion
'and the beart-oricken sorrows of ,the'pOor' and
the destitute: :•••• • . • •
. . . .
And . ‘vhat. do the :people get for. ali:pf,this
y
panep' of greatae s and efpowerivith which'
they 'have surtfiuudeii empto. -
nothieg,--the betterebesolation that, the deer".
pe- le . ere called loyal. ;What tivest gtilf•there
abefween the to theKingand thetru--
ly sovereignty :Of '.peopie,
the ju. ,•bodst of 'Amerienns under the free 'in
stitutions of onr:flepuidietin t.onstitiitiOn. •
Such was the' condition of the old werld'on
. . .
the morning of the' birth-day our ntitiOnel,
fedepondence, but on- hat eventruli
,dny. the:
same elm' dint
. shohe , on the king-ridden people,
of the old world. taw the risingdar of,thehew
ftendtlie4limm'ering itt:the
•Our fordethers. brought • witti.theni . when.
they :settled in thiy• wilderness tiro- germ-of a
new ptincipte . , a principles. thriugii
the•breast of man
• froin the:Ml(l;9r of.theirraep,
to the. 18th tfaiit'ury of time, had. never Been
put forth in' the dignity of ifs power; thie,waii,..
!he principle, of h ; i:ifil.libeity guayanteed by' the'.
power of self.golierprnent, lae prineiple the:
government a onuatini; from the'peoplerand.tiot
from the rulers, ~ • ,• '
Gorge the and his kipietart soeght
enforce op their dependences, the.-people of the ,
then Colonies, taxation Without repreientation,
in other, words to 'govern the People fuitiurat'
their consent. 'Tbe , PeoPle fell backon. their
reserved. rights, their.:rights "wlikch.Goti hpd
given theft', the.right,,of selflevernment,
'right, to 'decide for, thentselvls. .whether. •they
shOulti be. taxed . , the. solution of. thlvprineiple
_cost our. Mother. country the loss et' ho. Colo.
'Mas t the principle that.the consent:of the gov
erned was necessary, once statterfarrionga free,.
people, ran like' an electric current from breast'
to br ..st, until nearly the entire people on thisr
'side of the great Niters, , were . electrified:by
this grand and sublime The peciple rids
edin the mighty majesty of their,Mherent pow
er and by their loss of repfesentt?tiyeb annotim
ced . .the, old State Ilouse is. :Independ ence
Square, Philadelphia, on the first. day 'or the,'
anniversaries which. we .here .cominemormci
that all tn. .4.a re .. created and • with th e ik
alienable right of self-government.'
It. was to the.oh) world a new and startling. • .
principle. a theory Which, would unsettle dynes- ,
ties end dethrone monarchs, whiCh Would - cease
the institutionsof Europe to crumble; into, ruin,
and the Kings of the,aarth to go
arid mourning.. Bet in the • face of'Xingi and
Emperors,-or POtentates and 'Despots,",: the old •
Slate golfed bell tolled the knell to tyranny and
sounded the torsi;+ ' of liberty.. •
The bo o ming- of cannon
noel.,- in the' natal ' •
morn Of.lnderiendence and the people by accla
mation.shentettalotid that . a
new nation; to be
governed , by.. republican' principles, had • been.
born and that henceforth the
rose
peOple,
would he free.. The people rose in the 'majesty .
of their power and with:a giant 'eflort•broke
asueder the chains which hail : bound them to ,
their King and , the Mother - country: •• r • • •
To arrns,lo arm's, was ehhuted • from North . ,
to Sotith.froin 'gist to West; the 'struggle was .
long, a Severe, a desperate' one but [ their'''.
watch-word was patriotism arid 'their War-cry 1
was liberty or'death, the little 'patriotic . band .
of Steil deVoted
. herora passed through ;- Seven
years of suirering, - seven years of. bitter toil,
their homes were burned to the, ground, their
graneries robbed "and their preperty, taken nem
them 'by a heattlers'anW relentless 'foe,' their • ,
hearths were motto desolate by the - toiy mid- .
night incendiaries. '•' • ' •
They hallowed and:crimsoned the soil which'
we'riow inh '
eri't ;by their' bloinif white:fitndreds"•
and tlfousands fell , martyrs to the Cause
man liberty,::.
But 'though they , pissed through : 'ordeal
Of famine and. Pestilence; Of !lie nit sword, 'yet -
victory 'crowned and rewarded': the .''efibity of .
their unsubdued valor, and weilheirdeeendarite ; •
enjoy the richest•hoon that-ever fell , tcr the lot
of mortals—the boon of.:governmeht founded'on
the principles of civil anti religioos iihert
.•
happily the eages, the,i.?erriet,7„..the . herofi of
the A recrice,n Revolution yvete not Witheit their.
rewaid, they had the'jeyOeicirticiouiness. while':
iiving; that by their •briegryt. the .'Canatiy:. of
their adoption was secured in the erijnyiriont of •
i epubltean , inatitutions,' - fthat :it, was :the, first , •
suceetisfel , exkiiment founded' OP. .
• ples sillae . time was., Monuments kyle; been
erected. to corittnereerate.. their: IricterieS,. its it : •
'were broad-east .th reor ,t 7 e. antttel
r names
itie'emblazoneo
as familiar to after:geatraticttiiiCtheit - eOantilt.:
men as houseliehl gedslikiiti . ':io"lo,",.lir.,, t ,!_ ; l ' l)st,- •
the recotlectioriotrtheiroeW.AP( l ,:•T sll :"
is engraie.n theinieriierierter,4lieliety.Orh
reap the 'rich :reward ,
vices;ao(i c abe,ye 'ton - lye:1 itei*MeActAir
worth
, „„ ,
spoke, who 4aye:ras,seq.,lrvfixi!PiA4,6%..Pr;r l,
record AinerieAn,,herifalta4i'eA',
imperishabie'rectiiileT*hat'a WlfiCiloWO:tA7,;*?
and...what (10'AO thAt
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