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W. B. KNOX •
ATTORNEY AT L3W,
'•• CAELISLE, PE:CNA:
• Office a fey dogis West of the
Post-Office. • . •
May 19, 1841.---tf.
Cheaper , &,Cheaper
ANOTHER LARGE . :AND TREED SUPPLY • OF.'
SOMMER 'GOODS -
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just received. from Philadelphia at greatly
,reduced.
prices from those purchased early in the season; per
sons wishing t supply themselves with
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E AP _ C L OTHS,_ •.
Sin= r-Uasnmeres,,Cashmarettg,_ ,
Linen Drillingi, Beaverteens, Cords, Vestings,Mus—
, lins Checks:Pickings, Calicoes, Lawns, Mousline
do Lairs, ltilibaltda Worked collars, Stocking's,
Gloves,,(l!)igharns, awl Cotton Handkerchief's,
Stocks, M mslin de Anglettnes, Fillet Scarfs, Veils
. arid Hatfakerchiefs, Parasols; Thierell - Worstethrfor
cliple'ens' wear, Nankeens, Cnttonades, .Fittsburg
Cords, &c. &c. &c., will do well to call on The sub:
scriber and secure great bargains. •
Also . , a' ood stock a fresh 2
'eV VIVC " ir ti/r
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Teas, and COiree,
and a very large stock of
.11a,ts, ROOIS & • ShOrs
• Recollect Ale .stand, opposite Simon Wunder
lich's Hotel, where cheap goods ma y always e had.
. .• - b •' OGILBY. • -
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io inform tho dilizenq of Carlikle and
'llO,--it.s-vie . Tl 'e d ' ty- c fltot-14e-Itat-e-Momeneell-nutittifit
Luring Hats, of the latest .flishions; and of the - very
• hest: materials—comprising
.Russia, Brush, Beuver,;;Nittria, and all
titts - o 1 FUR 1 - LaTS;
of. which a general 'pssortment will always be kept
on hand, or made to snifttecording to order; which
he will sell on . the most accommodating terms lot-
Cotudry -
liis
shop w ill. be. found in Lonther street, in the
house' formerly ' , kept by- L_indsev: SpotswOuti ns
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flatters' Shop.
Carlisle, sLty 26, 't
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— NE W— STOREn
The Subserilay hag r jast opened a new and hand
soine a s sortment oT - •
• SPRING GOODS
suited to the season, in. North I lanover street, be
tiseen tlie 'flank and, Corn man's 110101, consisting in
part of Cloths. Cas . simeres, Sattineit.i, estings,-
cords, Stripes, Skirtings, Sheetia s,, Catubrie;s...la
conets, Edgings, Lawns, Mouse de Laities, &c. &c.
ALSO,•
Queeits/vare «►eta Groceries,
-SPICES, CHEESE, Fec.&lc. e. Also,
B ON:VETS, L IG 110 71. V AND PALM LEAF'
'Lars, together with a grcat_Y•ariety of other goods
which he will sell low upon accommodating term's.
Please give him a call
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May 19, 1841.-71 y
LOOK AT THIS!
aitT7O,W Di u idore,
• Rcspcctfolly informs the citizens of Carlisfe and
itsvinnuty i that he has' commenced the
gadd levy and g
• Business 5 .
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in all its varitius branches:, in. Main street, one door
east ofthe store of Messrs. Angtey E.d Andirrson, and
a few doors west of Mr. Wunderlich's tavern, where
he will keep constantly on hand, and manufacture to
order at the shortest notice and ou the most reasonar
Isle terms,
Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
• ness, Trunks, &c. &c.
ifeltopes by strict attention to business, and an flux
ion§ desire to please, to merit and,receive a liberal
share of public patrogage. Haring the best of work
men employed, his enstomers may ekpeet their work
td be done in the neatest and most substantial man
ner.
Cat•lisle, May 19,18 . 41. . •
• Hats! Hats!! Hats!!
WINE FUR Sz: RUSSIA HAT
ju most fashionable shapes anal best q uality, i totr
received from Philadelphia. Alsto ; low priced Lcg.
'horn and Chip Hats, :a the, s tore oc
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June 2,, 18.11. • -- - •
llNtt lt ouble and
:store of
Jpne 2, 1844
v 'To Alillers and Millwrights :
ttIEAP . BOLTING CLOTHS.
The subscriber has just received a fine and com
plete assortment, of the very best duality, of •
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Anchor Bolting Cloths.
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.'which will be warranted and sold cheaprchas
ere will find it to their., interest-to call and examine
ihr themselves.
• WILLIAM LEONA lin
Carlisle, June 2, 184.1..-Bw.
NOTICE.
state, of -Jonathan Reese, Alec!d.
ILETTERS 0 'ADMINI•STRATION
on the estate of• onuthan Reese, lute of.the bee=
ankh of:Mechanic urg, in the county of Cumber
land; deceased are this day been issued by ..the
Register• in "and for . said ;county, to the aubscriher,
who resides in the said borough of MechanicSberg.
'All persons having claims or demands against-the
•estate of the said deceased, are requested ,to' , make
known the same without delay, and those indebted;
o make payment to '
,- WILLIAM lIINNCY, .
Adm'r. of Jonathan Reese.
• 26th May, 1841.- , -.6t. • - • -
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• C ar'Killings & fflatlingti.
Imported Ingrain Carpets, Hemp and . Cotfcm do.;
:also White and Colored i)latting.q . all widths, Just
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.reeeived and for saecheap; by - • •,
CHAS—OGILBY.
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' June 2, ISO, -,• -; , - , •,•
14 1F 1 .,(1 s .3)jeig9ILEACIED 111 IT
, just received ot the! New • Store S
liens urg,ttiid' for -sale lay. • • )"}-
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A FAMILY NEWSPAPER:=DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE, THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, AMUSEMENT, &C7'AtC.
Ephraim Steel's JS'ew Shop
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MY be found on the
east.side of Hanover
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a street, it few doors. South of
• 9 3 Market Houk., where
8 4 , 3 ha will attend to the menu
-7 . fiteturing and repairing of
of every- dacription in the best manner, on
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may. he conferred -upon him in the above bronchia
of his profession! He would also inform his friends
and cmiteniers and the public in general, that' he has
received from the best manufactory in the - country,
an , assortirient of handsome first - rate , •
• Brass and Wooden Clocks,
_which_will be warranted from one to five years, ad
iotdoremrhe-wifi also have for sale, WATCHES of
diffeM — kils and 'priees;kritleaseTthe - .fancy - and
suit the. pockets of purchasers, which he will ex
change for cash,'good - paper, or - country produce, at
fair prices. lie would respectfully invite pet•sons
wanting Clocks, Watches br Jewelry, to call at his
shop_.before they. purchase elsewhere, where. din'
'Cali see a variety of useful end fancy, articles, with
which they may 'supply themselies on the above
terms; among which arc
Gold Breast • Pins, _Lockets, Ear. :Rings;
Finger Rings, Silver Tkintbki, Ever
' "',pointe4 Pencils; • Watch GuardS,'
Boxes,
Table, Tea, Salt and mustard Spoons, of German
atirl Spanish Silver. SPECTALLES.•e GLAS
SES 'of the best quality,to suit uktrges and all kin&
of frames.. •
All orders earefully.and promptly attended to,•by
• • STEEL,
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UNION HOTEL'
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-CARLISLE, PA. ..
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rilllESubscrit)er, thankful foi just favors,
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respectfully- informs the cnizens of.this county,.
that he has removed to the well-known Tavern Stand,
on the. North-West C9I.IICV of South flano l ver and
Pomfret streets,recently occupied by George Becton,
Esq.; - where he is prepaed - to "accommodate . ,ln first
rate style, all those who may favor hint with their
custom. , ' -
• The HOUSE is large and commodious, and i 9
fitted np and furnished M.. 11 style of elegance and
comfort unsurpassed by any house in the horough.—
As it is situated in a central and pleasant part of the
town, it is very convenient for ,business men and
ti avelleriti
Ilk TABLE will constantly be supplied with the
best the market can afford— l and his
BAR with the very best of liquors.
DROVERS will find it their interest to stop•with
him, as hts STAIRM is ample, and a Careful and
experienced Osil t er will - always' be found - in
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oc:7-BOARDERS will 'he taken iby_ the week,
month, or year. .
WM. S. ALLEN. •
Carlisle. April 7,1841.--tf..
S. M. NARRIS
••• Spring Goods.
The subscribers lulv *ust recerd tre!li supply
of seireoutible
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Org vaaVo4,
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which they sell. it moderate prices for cash,
among which will he found super Moose de Laittes,
- Challeys - , -- Lawnsi Chintzes, Bonnetinitr - DreSS kcy
Summer Bombazines, Striped and Plain MiMlins..
Also, Black Mohair Shawls and Veils; Mohair
and Twisted. Silk Gloves;super Vice Gloves; a good
assortment of Tortoise Shell Twilit and Side Combs;
Bunloe.Twist :Mil Dressing Combs; within - variety
of other articles not enumerated. .
u rrNER & MULVANY..
May 19, 1841
SATIN SHAWLS.
• A new style of Figured Damask Satin Shawls, just
received at the new store and for sale by .•
• A.R.NOLD & ABRAMS.
March 31,1341. '
Bar Iron, Glitss,.•&c.
.I,ust received at the New Store of the Subscribers.
4 TOSS BAR IRO of first rate qualityoual
for sale - very - low for -cosh, per, consignment, 90 half
Boxes 8 by,lo and 10 half Boxes 10 by
Wepiteria Glasm,
in' good order,for sale to Merchants 'at Pittsburg
prices, and Duncruinon best
NAILS, BRADS AND SPIKES,
at . Nlanufhtturers . prices, also, on hand Witlierow's
Celebrated patent- PLOUGIIS, FLAX-SEED - OM;
by die gailfmr, or Barrel, OIL MEAL, WAhcrill
Sz, s. Pure WHITE LEAD,, MAHOGANY
VANEERB, &Ye. &c.
BOSS:ERMAN St -.BUTTON.
Carlisle, :May 5., 1841.
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CHAS. OGILBY
FILET SATIIV SHA NITLS.:II 4 t .
received mit of eyed for eae et the New Store in
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Shippensburg, by - •
ARNOLD St' ABRAMS.
May 1, 184:1. ' , • ,
xi OU§LIN DEI LAINS of new , style from '25 to
IN i 87i cents per yard , jest received and for sale
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ARNOLD & ADRA.M.. • .
Mareli 31,1841. . .... L •
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• Eat . tie Elizabeth' Ferguson, deed,
of
LE TTERs,pF ADMINISTRATION
on the estate, of Elizabeth Ferguson, late of
\Vest Pennshorough township; Cumberland conuty,
dee'd., have this-day been graiiattro the subscriber,
residing in said township; 'Noma is 4 hereby given
to all persolis htiving claims. a ga inst the estate of
said deceased, to, present theM for' settleMent; and
those indebted to make immediate payment.
AtArrmiw DAVIDSON, Adm'r:
May 24, 1841.--61:*
DISSOLUTION.
: The pfirtnershin heretofore existing under the firm . '
of Anderson Be . Boyer, was disiol ire' On this day by
Amutual consent.
_The books are .in '
~the
Richard Andersen, who is duly antharized to collect
the same- •
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• RICHARD ANDERSON
PETER BOYER. •
' Carlisle, June 9,11.24.1-3 t . •• • • -
' The undersiKnell . still ecintinues the . !dank and
coaeli-smi ih business, at the old standsjand solicits
a Shure of publie . ,pntronage".' •,. •
RICHARD-ANDERSON-.
orence, Braid, Striw, and Rutland BONNETS,
a new supply of the newest shape, ust received and
for sale cheap htthe store of • -,.•
June'
CLOCES, WATCHES EO.I.E:WELLRY,
Chains, , Seals and Keys; filasical
NOTICE.
lioniièts :' floiuwtN!.'
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Edited and , Published for the ProprietotS'f,it'Carliete,'Cumberlapad COutiti,'
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THE FALL OF THE OAK.
A DI GEO. :
A glorious tree is the old grey oak; • • ,1
• • He has stoodfor a thousand years,' ,
- lie has stood and frowned " '
• . On the woods around, •
Like 'a king among his peers I .
As round their king they -stand, so now
• • When the floWers' their pale leaven fold,
• The tall trees round him stand,:arrayed
In_theierobes_of purple_and-gold— .
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Ire has stood like a tower
Through sun and shower, . •• •
. And'dfired the winds"to battle;
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Has heard - the hail, . •
• :As from piles of mail,
From. his own limbs shaken, rattle: '
Has tossed about, and shorn the tops . •
(When the storm has roused his might) •
. - Of the forest-trees asit,strong man (loth 2
—The.heads of his foes in fight.
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,The Autumn-sun looks kindly down,
. - But the frost ls on the lea,
And sparkles the horn '
• . Of the owl, llt morn,
As-he-hies to the old mikrtree. .
- 'Not a leaf is stirr'd
Not a sound is heard •
. But the thump of the thresher's flail,
The low wind's sigh,
• Or the'duitant dry ••
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• Of the hound on the fox's trail;
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The forester, he has whistlingplung'd;
• With Ids axe,in the deep wood's gloom, •
That shrouds the•hill, •
' 'Where fewatal chill
, The - snabeams straggling come; • ..
His braWpy GlIG,11i: has bared, and laid, •
His axe at Me-root of the tree, • ' •
The gray old oak, "
- • ' -•. And, with lusty -stroke - , - -
He ields it merrily: . " •
:rieir4 , 74lliktiliNi4i9MT -4 e11 , '0 401441 4i tt *
_::-___Through.the•roias o 1 his gorgeous vest, - -,'
You may. see him shake, : , .; • „- --,--
Anil tilt night owl break - .
' 'From her perch in his lolly crest, .- .-, • ~
--- : - She-Will-comeltut_tolnd him gain tom wher:
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lie stood nt . the Inealn — diY' — ', -------
.. Like a cloud that peals as it melts to air;
Ile has pass( d, with tverashlotwny, , _ .
Tho' the spring in bloom and thp frost in gold,
~ • No more his limbs attire, -
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..- On the stcirmy_Wave ._. .
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. - Ile shall float; and brave • ' - • -
The blast and the bank:lire ! . . . . .
: Shall spread their whiniwings to, the; wind, '
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And thunder on the: deep - , . , i
As lie thundi - rett when . '
. Ills bough was green, - - -
On the high and strrmy steep! ' .
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The First and Last Dinner.
MIMMIUM3
• The following capital story appeared in
Blackwood's Magazina . _roveral -yearn ago.
Unlike many old 'stories:it will be re-read
with great interest :
Twelize, friends, Much about the. same'
age, and Levied, by their pursuits, their•fa
mily connexions, and other local inter Cats,
as peririnfieht inhabitanis of the metropolis,
agreed, one day when they Were drinking
their who at.the Star and - Giitter at lila-.
mond, to institute an annual h dinner among
themselves, under the folloWing regula
tions : That they should dine alternately
at-each others houses on the first and last
day of the year; that "the fitsrbottle of wine
uncorked at the,first dirioer should b.e-re,
corked and put away, to be drank by him
who should be the last of their number,
-that-they-.should- never-admit - a new mem
ber ; that when
. one died, eleven. were to
meet, and so on; and that when, only one
remained, he should, on those days, dine
by hiMself,•and sit - the 'usual hour' at his
solitary table; but the first time he so dined
alone, lest it should' be' the. only. one,,he
should then uncork the first bottle. and _hi
the 'first glass, drink to - the memory of all
who were gone.
There wa'S something original and whim
sicalwin the idea, and it was eagerly - em
'brXced. They were all in the prime of
life, closely attached by reciprocal' friend
ship, fond of social enjoyments, and !poked
forward to their' future meetings with sun
allOyed anticipations of pleasure. The only
.thought,:indeed, that • could have darkened
those anticipations, was not .one likely to
intrude itself at this moment, that of the
hapless wight who was destined to uncork
-the first.bottle at his lonely repast.
, It Was high summer ; when the frolic
compact was • 'entered - nito"; \ and as their
pleasure yacht floated along the Thamcs.
on their return toj,ondon, they talked )of
nothing but the first and last - feasts of en-.
suing years. The imaninations ran out
with a thousand gay predictions of festive
Merriment. They wan - toiled in conjecture
of what changes time would create.
• ,‘‘As for you, George, "
exclaimed•one of
the twelve, addressing his brother-in-law,
"I expect I shall see you as dry, withered
and shrunken as an old eel skin; you mere
outside of a man!" and he accompanied the
words with a hearty slap on, the shoulder.
George Forteseue . was loaning' careless,
ly over the side of the yacht, laughing the
loudest of any at the - conversation. which
had been
-carried The sudden inamial
salutation of his - brother-in-law threw him
off his balance, e and in a moment he was
overboard, 'Riley heard the heavy splash
of,his fall, befoie thOy could besaid to have
spen him fall. The, yacht was.proceeding
gwatlyilong;,.but it was instantly stepped.
The utmost consternation now prevailed:
It was nearly'
_dark, but Fortescue . was .
known to be an - f,3xcellent• swimmer, and
startling me , the accident;was, they-felt eer- -
lain he Would , regain the. vessel: ' They
could not see him.. They listened.. They'
heard the sound of his handstand feet. - An'
answer' was rettoped, bht . in, • faint gurg
ling voice,•amithe exclamation'...94 God!"
struck_upon theit.esrs..An_orimiiterit,qwo_
or three; u 416 were expert swimmers,
plunged into the river, and swam toward
the Skit whence the exelarnathio. had .pro,
eeeded: 'One. of them.-virne arm's
length ref Forteeeue •:,he 44111 i, heenre
heenulit,bt ieaehel he 'went -
Cli)-0 1 .:113.10M41):C multam:se 'arm .Lz a<6 aacac.
his distractSd friend bSbeld the • e,tldy.ing
circles of the waves just:over the spot where
ho had sunk. lie dived after • him, and
touched thebound - 151A the tide must have
drifted the body onward, for it could not
be found !
They proceeded to one of the 'nearest
stations where drags . were kept, and havii'lg
piocured the - necessarr - epparetus,' they pro—
ceeded toillefatal spot. fier the lapse
otathive an hour r they succeeded in raising
the lifeless body of.:their lost friend. All,
the usual remedies were employed for' re
storing suspended animation, but in vain ;•
thernow pursued. the remainder of their .
course to London, in mournful silence ; with
the corpse: of him who had commenced the •
day of pleasure ; with them in the fulness of
health; of spirit's and.of life ! And to their,
severe grief they could not btlt reflect how
soon..one_ of
,the joyous .twelve had slipped,
out of the little festive
The months, rolled on, andold Decem
ber. •caine with cheering round of
kindly greetings- aoil merry' hospitalities
and„with ii came a.softened. recollection of
they fate of poor Fortescue; eleven of the
twelve - assembled - oh tfte last. day of the
year,
.and iewas impossible not.to feel their
IoSS as Alley sat_down _lli:dinner; The very
irregtilarity 'of the table; five on, ono side
and six on the other, forced the method)*
evein"upolVtlietr memory.
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• natio tot' o i -a;lowybecilm'ing,
made :up the
- surn of tengerr'postlitimons "offering;" to'
the manes of poor, George Fortesctie, as
they proceeded to discharge the more im- ,
portant duties for,Which they had met.- By
11W - time-the--third_ lassof champaign ',bud
gonce : round.in addition-fo—rptatimi-r-of-fme
phi hock, - arid .capital niadeiri, they had
ceased *Ad 'discover any ;thing. so-very pa- 1
thetic in the incipialitygthe two sides. of I
the. wide, or So s irtelanclA , in then' crippled I
tiernber of eleven. - •
• Several years had elapsed, and our eleven
friends kelit up their
. double anniversaries;
as they might aptly enough he called, with
scarcely any perceptible change.' But alas!
there came one 'dinner at last, winch was
darkened by a calamity they never cxpect
ed to witness ; for on that day, the'friend,
companion, brother almost, was
. hanged !•
„Yes, ptephen., - Rowland, the wit, the oracle,
the life of their circle, had, on the morning
of that day, forfeited'him lire upon a putdie
"seafrold'ilfor having made one single stroke
of his pen in a wrong place: In other
words, a bill of exchange which paised into
his hand for £7OO passed outi)f it £1,700.
It- would be injustice tot the ten-..t0 say,
that-even wthe, friendsbip and a merry sea
son, could dispel the
. glnom. which perVad
ed this dinner. It was agreed before hand.
that they should not allude to the distres- .
sing and melancholy theme ; and Ravin
, thus interdieted the only thing which really
oecupied_all their thoughts, the naturalCon
sequetice was, that — silent .contemplation
took the plae,.(if dismal discourse; and they
separated, befgre Midnight.'
- Some fifteen years had now glided away
since. the- fate of ItoWlaPd, and the tep
mined; but the stealing hand of Time had
written sundry changes in most legible
characters. Raven locks haul become grit- .
zled, two or three heads had not 413 ninny
locks altogether as may be recorded in a
,walk of half a 'mile along - the Regent's Ca
nal—one was actually covered with a brown
wig, the crow's feet were viSible• in , the
corder of the eye-good old port and Warm
madcira carried it,against hock, cla . rei and
redbfirgundy,and ehainpaign; stews,hashes
and ragouts, grew into favor—erusta were
rarely--called for to relish the cheese after
dithier—consersation grew less boisterous,
and it turned chiefly on polities and the state.
of the funds, or the value of land property
--apologies were made for coming blithe!:
shoes an The door andd
. warm stockings—The hour
indows . Were moat carefully provided with
list and sand bags—the fire more in re
quest—and a . quiet game cf whist filled-up
the hours that were wont to be devided to
drinking.; 'singing and riotous merriment.
The rubbers, a cup of coffee, and at home
by 11 o'clock was the usutery, when the
fifth or sixth, glass had gonerpund after the
removal the cloth. At parting, too. there
was, a longeeremony in the hall, buttoning
up great , coatstlYing 00 weoled i comforters,
fixing silk hamikerehiefs - ever the mouth
ann tip to the ears, graspingsturdy walking
antics to support unsteady feet. ••'.
The fiftieth anniversary came, and death
had indeed been busy.
'Four little ohl 'men of withered appea- -
ranee and decrepit, walk, With erivked
yojees;thid dito,.raylesseyes,sat•do*li hX
the Mercy of fleaven,(as lhey themselves
tillmulously•deelared)-to . celebrate, for the
Fiftieth time, the first day Of the year; to
observe the frolic 'compact which,-half a .
century before, they had mitered into aithe
Star and Garter at Richmond. EiglitAiere
in their graves-1 The,four that remained
stood upon-its confines. Yet they chirped
cheerily over their glass, tholigh they. could
scarcely tarrtrit to their lips if more than
half full; and. Cracked their,jokes.__though
they, articulated them With diffiedlty, and '
heard each 'other. with still greater difficulty:- .
'They munibled, they chatted; they' laugh-
tilt if. a -sort 'of Strangled . wheezing Might .
be, called a laugh; and when. the wines sent
_theirleY blood in Warmer pulses thrOugh"
their,Vsiasi, they, touted .
of the post .
ivere:but_Yesterday. that _thid_slippetiliy
..tfieMaiid of the future as if it were, a busy.
century that lay befere them'.
, They were just the. nurrther "for a, quiet ; •
rUhber,nf whist, anti for , three sudcusaiye
years they-sat down to Ckne, :The fourth
came,. and 4hett
.thelt. rubber :was
with an open dummy ;_n-fifth; and whist
Was no longer .practicable;_ two could only
play ,at . , cribbage, and. cribbage was the
game. But it was 'little., more than the
mockery of 'Play. 'Their palsied , hands
could hardly hold, or their faded .sight dis
tinguish The cads; while their torpid facul
-ties made theni doze between each deal. •
At length,e,Sme the last dinner; and the
survivor of tho twelv - 1, - iiikin whose head
four -score and ten winters :had showered.
their 'snow, cat his solitary meal. It so
'chanced that it was in his own house arid
table, they hail celebrated the first.
In his cellar, - too, had remained, for eight
-fifty years, the bottle they had micorlt,
• ed, re-e&ied; and which he was that day
to 'uncork again.. It .6tood beside. him;
with feeble aid reructant -grasp, he took the
frail memorial of a yoothful vow, and for a
moment Memory. was' faithful to.lieroffi'oe..
She threw .open her_ ong vista-of buried
years, and hiS heart travelled through them
'Their histy and blitheSorne spring,
their bright and ferved isummer—their ripe
and temperate autumn—their chill, but not
too frozen' winter` Ile saw, as in-a mirror,
how one by Mite, the latighing - companions
of the merry Your; at Richmond, had drop
eternityi.., He 'felt all the 'midi=
ness of dais condition, (for he hadesche-wed
marriage, and in the "veins - of •no living
creature ran a drop of blood whose source
Who were gone," the tears:oolly trickled.
down the'd,eep forams. ofhis,aged face:
• He
_hi l.thus fulfilleitond pang his vow,
.and he prepared himself to discharge the
other, by sittin,r, the usual number of:hours
At his desolam:Oble,.,' With - a heay.y.licart,.
he resigned-himself-ha the' gloom or his
ithoughtS—a lethargic sleep stole over him
I —his head fell upon. his biisiiiriconfosed
images -Crowded, intoliis babbled
'to iiimself—was :iilent—ifitii.when his ser
vant entered-the room, alarmed by a Oise
which he heard; he fOnnil his master stretch
! ed upiin the carpet 'at the foot of the easy
chair,,and out of Which he had - slipped in
an apoplectic fit. _lle never spoke again,
nor once opened Its eyes;Though the 37i01 ,
spark was not extinct tili s the following
-And this was the-raisT DINNER !-
From the New-York 3ThT`in
The Soldier's Son-in-law.
A RECENT FACT
A young Englishman, from gaMitig., love
affairs, and other •.such gold , scattering en
joyments, had so nearly reacheil.the drtigs
of his great-grandfather's hereditary . por,
tion, that he could calculate the departing
hour of his la"Si guinea. As- _one evening
he was returning homefrouri one of those
haunts of dissipation which he hahittially
frequented, feeble-in body as in mind, and
or the first time life casting a firm
'look .upon thernin of his fortuhe, he could
not well• determine w hetherhe should ,end
His troubles by . draWini , a trigger, or by
throWinghimsulf into ttrie Thames.
-
While he was thus wavering- between
fire And- wa-t-eriAltia._very profou nil_ idea -tie
curred to him not tti.lay violent hands upon
himsof, but to allow himself to he conduct
ed out of this labyrinth - of poverty by the
fair hand of some wealthy bride. , With
this consoling thought, he went to bed, and
already in his nocturnal visions the rapid
racers._ fiew,*. the fair _girls _frisked around
him, both of which, he Was'huppy in think
ing,. be might• MaintMu, in future in the
dowry of his wife...
On the following ;morning, he reflected
anew upon this plan,.andfoundAunexcep;
tionable in every point excepting the very
slight circumstance•of not knowing when
or where he was to find the rich heiress he
wanted: In London, where all.the world
regarded him as spendthrift, it was not
once to he thought•of—lie saw that for the
future he must •throw his nets out -else
where. •
After much cogitation
: Bed searchhig, he
at last hit upon an old rich colonel,
upon his own estate, about twenty miles
from the. capital, who fOrtunately had a
friend in London, and was the father of an
only daughter. r
Into the house of this gentleman, by .
means of a friend, to Whom he promised
half the booty,' he got himself intradneed
and received. The daughter of the colonel
Was an awkward country girl, with ronyd
chubby cheeks, like Ruben's cherubims,
and looked 'particularly Odd in the hand-me
down attire.. of her 'sainted •mother, which
did not at all lit hey, and was of Course not
the most fashionable cut. Her mind, too,.
.was-.as otractive r -,as. her- attire; -she :could
only talk of hens and geese: and when any
other - topic came above-board, her conver
sation was limited tole 'byes, Yes;"; or
" no, no;'".. all beyond this. Seemed . to 'her
sinful: This wooden puppet was indeed
a mighty contrastto,tlfe sprightly; gay. and
lively nymphs with whom the young beau
had been toyingbot he carefully confin-,
E t d;t o On, solitude . of his own bosom'--the
disogreeble feeling•of this-heaven-and-earth
diStant (laments . . his flattering tongtie
called the girl's silliness celestial innocence;
:Mid' red; "6\vollelf lieettg: he - 1 il;Oue - t1
bemity . .of the full-blown damisk
end of the ON was, he turned to' thela
th-eY, and, tined : witinly for his daughter's
hand.. . •
The MAMA, during.hie sixty years Ca-
reerlbrough the—worldifhad -- citllecidd.this
much knOwiledge mankindes that howev. •
,er young man had- Maiked him
• Self, he 'could, tntiverthelett disciwer-the.
ftirtuneihunter• peeping. through the ills=
guise.- IA therefore; - he. -thought ;of
peremptm:ily refusing hint ,pljrittierainn' to •
.
woollis daughter; but, on the other
,hand,! What ,shetild• we bo. but for die gentle
he thought, "the youth is fashionable, and: teachings' of this green summer-time?
perhaps I may be doing him injustice;. he feel that Lain at God's school, when I sit,
as yet betrays no anxiety about the portion,; on the grass, under those elms, and look
and why should the girl, who is marriage.; about me, and think upon Nature's imper
able, remain longer at, home ? , His request' sonality. • Man has not broken" into the
shall be granted—.but his apparent disin.' chinned circle in any way. Least.of all,
terestedness shall_stand,a trial.'-'--- :: -does imture-imitatelhe obtrusiveness of our.
. .
' The euitor.wati then informed that the 1 Moral codes. 'Ste reads, her mysterious
father had no objections to the match.*Pro-, fables, but We are not pestered by the word
vided: his &tighterwould giye'her censent;:" :Tidier' . thin" :it - the bottont of the picture.'
and she, poor thing, replied, as in duty I What' lessen. before another, shall she•:
bound-" My-father'sy-father's will is .mine." . In-' point is to; who is thus infinitely wealthyt
deed, could any thing else' be expected?. - i Generously she lets, the soul feed its own.
In . the course of a• few weeks, the -mar- - instincts, grazing wherelt will in her green
iiage• ceremony was.performed at the ebun-: pastures--knowing that if we love. her -
try house" of the• colonel, and he r instantly Wisely, u e cannot be.. poisoned or starve]
made his son-in-law acquainted; with his in her company. Thus She feeds us is: .
Wife's pOrtion, amounting to thirty thou- she does theliee and butterfly, with mat*, '.
sand' dollars.. The dissembler acted' as iNioweri and odors, trusting that like theirs,
he 'wished to know nothing about the mat-
ri op. appropriate instincts:will:be - unfolded,
ter, 'and stileinnly -vowed that he had not - loirmeninusly. and- ihst we shall come'ever• - •
as yet thought onsuchilltings, but had re-; more toher law by coming to ourselves. • :...
r garded• only the noble qualities of. his I And there come the bee and the butterfly
charming Wife; whoSspureiTelf.yas dearer';' 'themselves. to. tell
.us _about 'it.. But, se I
to him-than. all the treasurers of the. world, I said,'they obtrude not their precepts upon
Upon this they sat down to dinner; and I us. Nay, they seem. rather shy than -not.'
the father-in.law-urged arid-begged that they And yet theselitni insects have been, un--, '
would-make-as inech haste as possible, as consciously 'to themselves and to man,
it was his intention that the yo . ung married preachers & parable bringers since Thought
people, 'should set ofF' that.: very afternoon began... .
: . . .
tlLondon, andi that he
, should'accompany So twins. here, thou,. little Citizen tittfiiiti
t 4 .m. ' -.-. . . - green` republic, and tell us more than . .the;
de
II The son-hi-law was, confotuided, and be- dull book,s - Whicli prate its if they knew all
ki 0 1 - 1
4- :- , -A4 - nffla#4.Wkalit4. o4l -tiii . - 4 4 0 ...... f?, !-T 1 4E";4__.104 0
0',...---41g,T
-.Ww. •
.on -the-first - day - of-his- - h a ppthess;lmt-- lie anticlioence,-..pow.- thou----a-A.Tome,-..i:-
.soldier.maintained that .these were futile,
,leave_: that clover, - blossom awhile; where -
assuring him that he had vartieular'reasons thou'art.rolling thyself about anti packing --
for - proceeding forthwith:to. the capital, away- thy-neetar ;-• cease-that- monotonous
that .his Matrimonial joys would betas-well_ talking to thyself, 7 4.llat hurried, merchant:
realized^ in.Londrin .r as in ,_the country.,- like'air;_leaveAlumiing-dieponrvilroopinr,7:
'Wliat was tii be 'done? Why, the journey indolent field . flqwers, for they will. pay
was immediately undertake,n. • • The old thee one day;-come - out of.the-sunshine.'
man secured in a casket,' before the eyes Of thou* !Mt, petuleet, systematic little worker.,
the bridegroom, the portic) of the bride, and tell. us why - thou haat alwayeLbeen - a -
- partly inn - goiii and partly in bank-notes,- -stirrer of deep thoughts and resol d 7s to the
took it under his arm, and' PlaCed_hithself earnest soul! And thou,- my la butter.
by tlte - side: of_the
.young people: in- the fly,,--gay dancer in the breeze,Aiving Airs.
carriage.'.7'. - ' • ' flower,—silent ever, but not from thought
. .
The - road ran through- a- forest; and -‘- - -making thy detnurernoining calls on the
scarcely had they fairly entered it, when very flowers at whose doo6lte_disrippointl___
-two horsemens_darted_out_ from.ltlre-hrush,:_ed . bee has been ..grumbling;—who made-
wood, "with 'masks - upon their faces, and thee a' proverb aed.'a perpetual heartily in ..
stopped' the carriage. ' One of the persons the courts of kings,—or saw theeJlirting
watched the postilioh with a presented along in thy relations ofthe - street or_ the_
pistol,. while the other approached the win- ball-room? . Did some poet' invent these
dory, and said—"We are adventurers, and correspondences, or stand they not, as they
request you to give us up instantly the hay°. ever - stood, written in the- &lOW- •
porlion'of the bride." . leaved hook of the Most High ? -
• The colonel and his 'son-in-law swore
and threatened, but tlib robber cooly insist-
&Li upon his demand. After some parley- .
ing, however; the horseman bent towards.
the young man, and whispered in . , his car
---“That - you may see we are most .rea
sonable, we leave you the choke of the
two .things—give us either the bride or the
portion—for eertain reasons it is quite lur-
material .to us. and moreover" no one-shall
ever know your decision,'
bridegroom did out think long fa
bout the matter, for he
.whispered; "Take
the . .britle !" 'Btkithei," cried the rikber:
to. his accomplice, we shall take the
bride !"
- In - the twinkling of-- - an , eye; the-soldier
seized his gentle son-in-law by the neck,
shook him violently, and exclaimed with a
thundering - voice—" lla, villain ! so my
conjecture . was 'not unfounded,lhat you
eared trot for my daughter, byt merely_. for
her fortune !liven be praised that. my
child and - my mohe.y arernot yet irrevocably "
in your clutches ! Know, then, - knavel
the man who married you was no clergy
man,-he was a brother soldier in priest's
attire, and these gentlemen are no high-
WayMem hut friends who have done me
the service of proving you . . Since * then,
.you have laid open your whole vilenes.
we shall have no more connection. I sha
return home with my daughter and any mo - 7
ney i lintryou s mny go to bondon--or to the
Alcvil,-if you like." ••• -- • •
With these wads he transplanted the
astonished ,bridegroom with a kick from
the
.earriage'to - the road, and ordered the
postillion to turn . about. The ohtlaw
trudged back to, London, and had, while
upon the road, the fairest and hest oppor
tunity of_tleterinining
.whether he should
now use a-pistol'or throw hitnselfiluoThe
MEM
From the Dial
LI 0;
GLIMMERINGS.
What is there in the. full ,moon, that it
the ital:With these thousand
.old dim recolfectioris ? VV4 should her
'tong shadoWs point ever to the •past? Why
should they waken. melancholy ? Child
'hood and youth, romance and love, sad and
merry hours,--ye and all out. there in the
moonlight! Ye • have gone out from my
soul, and hang all around m&-irr-this silver
ed darkness. Mysterious power of asso
ciation ! How strangely Nature diirrors
the soul How her phases reflect back
and gife us again our long loit - dreanis.
Hie., who has never Ming with fond sadndss
on the woifdreus moon, has never loved.: .
Ali human knowledge is hut approxima
tion.. ~ Man 'can never compass the Infinite,
any more than' he can inhale the whole at
mosphere. Yet What he. doesTknow, mir
torslhe Infinite. Erery.drep of night:dew
reflects'' ' the whole star-fittnament ; every
pure night-thought hath r. glirnmeri:of the
All Trite within its, howl). All is pro
phesied in each.i. t,very part is an evangel.
inspired • by the .Whole. Bach . opening
flower is u Messiah of:the uneontainail die
peiisation of Beauty; ;eaehiiaitatititi of high
thought a ; herald, :Who,:prO . Olaime com 2
ing of the' kingdom-each
virtuous - deed` viiica . ,ottne. in: the }wilder=
noes.- Mike ifraiiht the pathWay:Of our
zamw atutaamoo vO-uo a s -rio. ea.
"-• A DEFI N ITION. - -f' /Gentility . eonsitte
i
neither n%irth, manuer, or fashion; but in
mind. Aiighsense of honor; a•-determi
nation ney . er to talce - a mean*advantage' of
.nnother, atradherenre to trutl) i and polite
ness towards, those with whom you have
dealings, ere the distinguishing character
istics of a gentleman."
A mother was kneeling in_ the soft light
. of the (lying clay, by,:the - side_or4er stiffep
ing• babe; the deep ap.d. low breathed ac
cents of the father went up in supplication..
as_if to the very ear of.the Eternal. "
- Thou who - (141st-weer-at -the : gr,ave-of- La—
zarus, and dolt note ever pulsation of the
human.heart, Viol: down in thy compassion
on our helpless child. 0 ! save him for •
thy mercy's sake ! . Whatever else thoit
withholdest, give us the of our sweet,.
babe."
"Anten," 7 res - Ponded the•trembling voice
of the heart;strickep mother, as she wiped
away the eold 'Sweat • from his. pale ford
head. " Cl v “Wiltiam, I cannot give
up," she added,`!litt'is.so lovely, and then
he i 4 our only one ;- surely your. petition
will be granted."
•
The unconscious infant lay motionless
in its cradle ; its little bosom heaved with "
- tli - e• - faint breath of life; its tiny ffneertwere
half hid beneath - its . go`l•den - while- the
sweet.smlle that. playeirai'ouwCirs - fevered
lips, seemed to respond to 'the - whispering
of angels, as if they were already ,welcom
log freed Spirit, to the land of
father'and mother gazed upon it with
an intensity that none. but a .parent 4 s heart
can feel. Gradually„ the amjle relaxed—
the hand 'fell down upon -its.: biisorn—the
thrObbing of the heart
. becaine 'more .tran-j
quit--a moisture 'diffused itself" over
skin, and a sweet sleep fell upon 'it, cloth-,
ing It as with a mantle.
Lona and quietly it slumbered; and when
rho...eye, : mobed.,its
cherub face seemed irradiated with.urreirth
intelligence and pdrity. Day. after. day,
and night•aft'er night, the father and mother
watcheci their boy, as. he , was, slowly re.,
stored to ,health and activity. God spared
him, and he crew up• in loveliness, the
pride of his pa'rents.. Pestilence : stalked
abroad. Death.laid low the young and the
beautiful.: Still their-child, as: if by some
,thlismanic spell, was preserved; and the'
aud - mother•thanked God in her heart, that
ho had lived. to comfort tier.,
Time passed on. Agilinjho mother bent
over him; p blighted, blasted .being.
cherub smile of infantiiii. inneeene," bed
given place to the intensity. eirieinorseercd..
the sternues6 of despair. . The fahrhoy
grown '1,6 manhood. He .had,-, gotte4cirtit.:.
into the, world. He hini,mingled,Willutho
„,
giddy Oirong that pursue
sure, till they in -too latifitei.l%o
Joy is but a name, and ~.fliipe,fe,, p haniow
(Wt. leattS'td:aiDri and todeadiT, -
contaminating and xi' itheringinflitenee °YAP.
masteietf him, - and he went on wardji)jtbs,
poisonous •MildeW of :.his ..guilt.
hia Soul,' and-wasted Ids
'" T,et me curse God'aid die; '
wretched 81 1 cretC
HTlnr WILL BE DONE."