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PETITIONS for PisChOrge and •Corti
ficate•under the Bankrupt Law, have been ill
ett by •
•
CONRAD HAD, Farmer, Cumberland co
JOHN ...McCORMICK, Trader, • do. •
JOIIN M.. WOODBURN, hite Merchant - 8i —
Iron Master of the firm of John M. Wood
burn. gt Co., Joseph Laughlin and Co. and
• Jamei Wilson, Agent, . • • . do.
JOSEPH W. PATTON, late Iron - Master, do.
JOSEPH A. EGE,? Individually and as
MICIINEL P. EGE,S Partners of the firm
of M. P. & J. A. Ege r -4,...
late lion Alasters,
JAMES COLE, . do-
FREDERIC:Ii A. KENNEDY, late Coach •
Maker,
and FRIDAY the 31st day 'of MARCH next, at
II o'clock, A,M. is appointed for fire hearing there 7
of,hefore the said Court,skting in Bankruptcy,at the
District Courtroom in the City_ of Philadelphia,m lien
and - whdre the:Cceditiirs df the said Petitioners, who
have pruned their Debts, and'all other persons ill in
terest, rutty appear ani show canse, if any they hove l
why such Discharge a nd Certificate should not be
granted. .• FBAS.' HOPKINSON, •
Clerk of the District Court.
Phila:Jan. 4; tsp.
stoexer..
PETITION for Discharge and Cero
- under . the 13:inkrii 1.41W.,bas been fded hy.
WILLIA II DEAN., Saddler, 011116(14m! Co.
.1,111.:LINM 13. :1111.1..EGAN . ; Gaud l't•laker, dti. '
-and FIODAY the 244 h day otiFEBRUAILY next,nt
I o'clock, A. At. is appointed for the hearing there, 7
of, 'kiln . ..a the. s:riAl Gotta, sitting in Ihnikruptcy, at
the District Co' It Wont ' in - the Phil:idyl
phia„w,lien and Awre the Creditors of tlw said PtS.
tittoners, who, hare moved their Debts, and all.otheP
persons in. interest, nun , appear and show.cause, if
:kity they have, such Discharge :tin' Certificate
fiffouhl notlw granted
FRAS. HOPKINSON,
Clerk of the Distrm Court.
Ph iLi7I.7.FeT I 4, tai
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•A PE:crrtoN for Discharge and certificate
„ Iniclor•tho Ilankruiit haw, has been'filed by
E ROLLING ER, (of the firm' of -
flulli»ger•and Davis,) late Contractor,
'Cumberland co.
and FRIDAY the 27th day„ of JANUARY
'next, at 11 o'eluelt, A. M. is appointed fer the
hearing thereof ; hefore the said Court, sitting in.
Haiikruptcy, at the District Court Itoorn''in thri
when . ynd where the C 4 edi.
tors ihe said Pctitioncrs,who have proved their
Debts, and all other persons in interest, may ap.
pear and show cause, Wilily they have, why such
Discharge and Cortiliente shotihrnot be granted.'
. FRAS. HOPKINSON,
Cleric of the DistrietXourt.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3, 181. 10.5 G
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• , 4 cor Dischar g e
Law,tro,acco filed by
11 . 0 \t AS FLOWERS, Innkeeper, Ctitulteidand co.
:rid FRIDAY The 27th (lay of .lANU A lt , ,t 'next, at
I I o'clock, A. M. is appointed l'or the Iteuritig there
of; hcfyre the said Court, sitting in Bankruptcy, at
the DistrietCourt Room. in the City of Philadelphia,
let and lAlteIT lire creators or the said Petitioner,
who hare Proved their Delos, and all persons in iw
tertst, mar' appear and :,lum cause, if any they. hat
'why such 'Discharge and (7.1.611r:de gonad not lie,
granted. FitAS. I It /PKIN SON,
Clerk of the Diitriet Court.
10-54
Phila. Nov. 9, 1912
417 . 2 i
PETITIONS tor Discharge and Certi
ficate under the Bankrupt La w, lace been filed
.111.C011 A. RAUM, Innkeeper, Cumberland co.
AVILLIAM NOA Kat, Saddler & Distiller, do.
'JOHN DAVIDSON, Millwright and late
Batelwr in Company with Samuel DavidMn, do.
and FRIDAY, the 10th day or MAUCH nest, at 11
o'clock ; A. M. is appointed for the hearing thereof,
before the said Court, sitting in Bankruptcy; at the.
District Court room, in the City or Philadelphia,
when and where the Creditors of ihe said Petitioners,
who have proved their Debts, and 3111 other persons
in interest,,may appear and show cause, if.aos they
have, why Such Dischar ' ge and Certificate should not
be granted. FICA-ad.IIOPKINSON, •
Clerk of the District Court. .
Phila. Dee. 29,1842. - • 10 9
car eh er's .
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MVP.RS . Bt - 11A - VERSTICE.Thave just received
from the Manufactory at Philadelphia' a large
assortment or 1.41 . 1.11.L.L11P5, consistmg• of
Pa rlo r,C laen b C S t utd y Lam pati,
with or withaut.shades ; which they will sell ivltule
sale or retail at the manufacturer's prices.
ALSO,
Astral, Side Reflectors arid Glass Lamps' f vari
ous patterns.
CD Za, U:a
The very .beat Wilder strained,_ bleached gporin
Oil, warranted to burn clear, for
$1 3 .44. per gallon:
Best Sperm Candles, fin cents per lb.
Carlisle, Dec, 4.1,
FAT V Fall V Farg.
JUST received, Blue Black and fashion
4l' able colored Silk Velvets, et, the store of
Dee. 21,1842. CHAS. OGILBY.
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• BROAD °LOTH% 6,"0. •
A• FURTHER siippik of bow priced
BROAD CLOTHS, suitable for 'overcoats.
AhoCASSINIERES & SATTINETS, just receiv
ed at the Store 'of GEO. W. HITHER.
November 2;1E42.
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11Liki.T%•64 CAAPS.,
ANEW - stipply of fine Russia H4 . Ts„ jtist re
eeived. A large lot of - Fur, Clot elette nod
Bair Seal CAPS now opening And flit; sale; very
low, at the stureur. , CHAS.. OCILBY.
septi 28 1842, - tf-4g
nimbi and - Shoes: '
'rFIE subscriber will Bell a cheaper' And beltdr
Bourse! HOOT than can be found ui Carlisle. '
ALSO=4,ady's double . aided :Morocco and Kid
Shoes; Ties ondfluskins,ra superior nrtiole,tcigether
with koya'; Icip.,kruguos, womans , low, priced Shoes,
ebildrinitsdke. .` S. 4 nARRis.:
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Through night to light f--And though to mortal eyes
Creation's face a Halt of sorrow wear,
toad cheer, good cheer,! the gloom of midnight flies;
Then shall- a sunrise follow, mild arid fair.
Through storm to calm !And tho' his thunder-car
The rumbling tempest.drireS thro' earth and sky,
Good cheer, good cheer! The elemental war
Tells that blessed iteal ing hour is nigh.
Thro' frost to spring , !•And though the biting blast
Of Eurus stiffen nature's juicy veins, • . .
Good cheer, good cheeri when winter's wrathis past
• Soli znurm'ring Spring. breathes sweetly 'o'er the
phiins.
ThrO'strife to peace , !---Andtho',with briitling front,
'A thousand frightful deaths encoMpaes thee,:
Goodcheer, good cheer! lirave thou the bitttlet brunt
- For the peace march and song of victory.
Thro' sweat to sleep !--And-tho' the sultry noon
. With heavy drooping wing-opptess thee now,
Goad cheer, good cheer! the cool of evening, soon
Shall lull to sweet repose, thy weary brow.'
Through cross to crown !—And though thy:spirit's
i or" •
Trials untold assail with giant strength,
Goodplicer! good cheer! Scion ends the bitter strife,
Aud thou shalt reign in mace with Christat length.
Through woe to joy. : !,:-And though lit morn thou_
• weep, • . • • •
And tboirgh the inidnight find thee weeping still,
Good - via:et. good eliver! The 51111/flea luves lint
sheep;
Resign. thee to the watchful Father's will.
Through death to life !•L'And through this vale of
tears, .
And through this thistle field of life, ascend
To the great suppei• in that world whose years .
Of bliss mai:ding, cloudless, knqw no end.
The most touching ~song of " poor,ltour line,"
that ivc have lately tiiet,.ig the follniring:
And mast-WC pail I—well let it be; .
, Tis better llms, oh yes, believe me.;
For though I still was trueto thee,
Thou, fait kil.tbs maideo,s . ould'st dectit:e tue.
Take bitek this wrijteu pledge of love,
No more td my'bosoin fold it;
The ring you gave y'ou• faith to ;tract, •
I eatt't retu•u—hecause I've sold it !
Fr was evening—the evening of a sum
mer Sabbath. The sweet hush of nature,
unbroken by a single smolt) of busy life,
harmonized-hut tun-painfully with the op
pressive sollnes's which pervaded the cham
ber whither my foot Steps were bent. It .
was on the groan!) floor of a pretty rsi
&nee. in the outskirts the ',village of
C Its open windows overlooited a_
gariic•n where taste :lid beauty reigned .su
pretne—a second Eden, winch extended
with a scarce.perceinible declination to the
very moon of a stream, where - . it was
bound by 'a white. picket f and a hedge of
low trimmed siubbery, over which the
eye caught the flashing waters as they
swept on, glowing in .the crimson radiance
of the sunset.
I entered the bouse, ed lightly
along a • carpeted message, talipud softly at
the door of the. chamber of sichnesa=aye
of •
Death.
Welcome, Doctor,' said' the silvery
?voice of a lady, who sat by a low couch,
partially hung with white drapery. 'Wel
come ! thy dear. sufferer is now in a - quie.t
slumber—but must-presently. awake, and
one of her first inquiries will be for you.'
`How is our sweet Lucy now ?'
She has been quiet and apparently com
fortable all day. It is her Sabbath, doctor,'
well as the worshippers who go up to
the earthly courts of our loved Zion,' 'Oh,'
she added, while the sunlight of joy irradi
ated her features, 'pale with lone vigils - at
the bedside of. her sweet Lecy—. 7 'Oh how
full of consolation is this.seene of mortal.
suffering; of earthly bitterhiss, of expir•
' Ires, , fly,jeSe frtemt,. I
replied, your
\ i,
euit'or ißtion is.indeed sweetened from
ori'lqgfr.: .1 Jutve-seen,Deuth-to-day-el4d
in his robes, of terroi:;'. Ito took . ..lrmo by'
impt;luss_ettrea. vivant aft unprepared,even ,
Stier long and fee rid wurning ;: and die re
't,c;iltt"tioa.,of the'sad struggle', the iertibit;
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EIOLS%& I 4I . :S.
VIA CRUCIS, VIA LUCKS.
FROM 'HOSEGiatTEIV; A GERMAVLIIIie POET
LOVE'S TOKENS.
I will not ask thee to ri7htere - -
Each gage_trainour, lover's token,
11iall given thee' before •
The links between us.had been broken.
They were not much, but oh ! that broach,
If for my to save
For that, at. least, I must enet•oach—
It was'at tnine—althongh 1 gave it !
rhe geot tlsott in toy breast 1 wore,
'flea (MCC be1011;;CliItO your 11110tilgr,
Whell yon gave to mc, I swore,
For lilt I'd 101 T you and no other.
Can you furget ilintscheerfUl morn,
\When iii my liretist thou first stick it
?
I eitii't restore it—it's in pawn,
But, Lase:deceiver, times the ticket!
0, take hack • all, l cannot.liear:_ .
'1 hese proofs of love—they scent to mock it ;
Therc, false one, take j•out• lock of hair—
Nay, do not ask me for the locket.
girl•! that wily tear
Is useless now, that all is rioted t
•
There is thy curl—nay, do not sneer•,
Tina locket's —someschere 7 bcing, mended!
The dressing-ease you lately gave
'Was fit, 1 knnw,
fused it only once to shave,
When it was tak o liy fire
Tlsttt thou did'st give, 1 briny; back less,
But bear the tenth without pore .dodging—
'file landlord's been with 0 distress, •
And I)ositively cleared my 101101% !
-' SL svaLns3nuem.:s.
Tfl ANGEL BRIDE.
MI
LEJ`CO35l.l.Lar—..O_O2D .71."
anguish
,of the vanquished ; the =fierce •tri
:umph _the.emiqUerior, and the - piercing,
Wail of exhausted nature,haunt.my memory
still ; and evene..in this, earthly paradise I
.
:cannot foret-them
And is' poor Edwards gone , at last to his
dread account-? 61.1 •how fearful,' and
the gentle lady covered her face and wept.
Some time elapsed. • I lingered at the
couch of Lucy td: she should awake, and .
taking frnin the stand a small though ele
gant. copy of the Bible, L opened its silver
clasp, and my eye caught the simple . in
scriMicirton the_fly-leaf;._' To my Litey.,-,r
a parting girt from Clarence.' • J
signed to read a poriion of the. Word,• but
thought was for the time eligroSsed.
"I had knoWn Limp May from . lier. in
fancy,and she was scarcely less dear to me
than my own daughter. Indeed,, they, had
grUtin up like twin blossoms, and were
together almost every hour of the day. -7-.
Seventeen Summer's .they had each iium.
bored, though Lucy wis•some months the
elder. NO brother, nor sister had either of
them, and hence the intensity of mutual
love. Their thoughts,
.t.heir affections,
their tastes, their desires, their pursuits,'.
were in common. They-called each other
`sister,' and their intercourse' •honored the
•
Ondearing_name.
And Clarence—the giver of the little
volume=L-wfio was lte ? Clarence Haniii
ton'was the soMof -my best earthly friend,
and a nobler youth--4n -all the lofty fAcul
ties and endowmentsof the heart and in
tellect—never rejoiced,in•thd vigor of early
manhood. To him had Lucy been be :
trothedfor more than a year, and the •was
now absent faith the :village, though we
trusted 'when 'each sun rose, that its setiing
would 'bring Ilia back in answer to our
cautious stithinona: :EspeCially had hope
and expectation grown within our hearts On
that evening; yet : _not . a word:— had been
spOken on the subject by the widowed
mother of the lovely Lucy. At length,
bowever, : she raised her head, and observ
ing The open volumeln my handsho-sai-d
-in an 'assumed tone of cheerfulness: -
`I trust Clarence will come this . even
ing: It is now—'
Claiencel' said the sweet patient,open-
lug her dark eyes and looking - eagerly a
round. ILir eye rested only on her moth
er and myself, and with a slight quiver on
her lips, :and sad smile, she said :
Ile is not come h''
No my larling, be has not .Yet come ;
but there is more than an bout te the close
pf day, and . then. r -----' •
God grant he may come, said the mai
dem. no she added. with energy—'if, it be
His holy will. Oh, doctor, ny hind, dear
friend, your Lucy is wearing away fast, is
she not?' and then observing the emotion
which I attempted to conceal, she said :
But I am better to-day, ant I not ?—,
Wherels Ellenz—why does she not come?'
Her
,mother turned an inquiring glance up
on me as I took the thin white hand of the
girl in mine, and marked the regular but
feeble beating of the pulse. •"'
Shall I send for your daughter,doctor?'
site •asked..
I acquiesced, and in a few minutes Ellen
was sobbing violently, with , her face' hid
den on the bosom of her 'Siser.'. •
' Ellen, my sweet sister,' 'said
,Lucy,
' your father has told me that I must leave
you '—and here her voice faltered—' my
own dear mother—and—' but she di:d
not-utter the-name of her lover, for at that
instant the voice of a domestic was distinct
ly heard.
lle is come, Mr. Clarence is come !
Now God bless my dear young lady.'
Luc • uttered ascreani—of—to);and—cla -
ink Ellen around the' neck, murmured,
' Father in Heaven I thank thee,' and then
fainted, with excess of happiness. Her
swoon was brief. She.. recovered ,almost
immediately, and her face was radiant with
happiness.
Clarence Hamilton was pursuing his
studies at a distant Collage,and the letter,
which suintnoned him to C 7 : 7 —, had scarce
ly intimated danger in the 'illness of his be
trothed.
it .hail been delayed on the, way,
and but half the . time, of its journey bad
sufficed to bring the eager, anxious student!
to the spot where his heart had siored its
affections, and centered its hopes next to
heaven, for Clarence was more than a no.:
ble-hearted, high. souled Man.; .he was a
disciple of
,Jesus Christ, and he was fitting
himself to be an Apostle of his holyßeli
gion. He had nearly Completed.his course
of -studies,. and .wais then • to be united to ,
the
.heautiful 'Lucy
: Three, months before the
.Sabbath oven
ing in which -we write,',Luey was in health,
and 'With her companioni,,Ellen, perform
inglmr delightful duties as a SabbathichoOl
teacher._ - Returning home. she..was expos;
e 4 sudden storm of rain, and took cold.
Her.;,c,ormt4u pion : tally
..,foohla, ,was
808.9dilY r consumption -Altai :
terrible re,„...o".yOut h ,''and heanty,' Seized on
her as another victim &rho 'Mighty. bido
:Ctuts9o deatl,,f. , -,: , AtHlfiret
,the '..type„, of ber
ensoTwalrolil4.bmitwithin -- 11)roi,7cvfieks,
'164: ortionOil l o',.Aiorfoi,oloiro4l.,, and now
(144;
;;Foe;r4ltis inteflli4onti",
lviio.lotiprop.#ed;
realia3SlLlZa WariMMair ZsOo nata
• more, and though . his - Knit Was heavy,
Hope kindled a•bright Smile on'his manly
face as he.entered the little - parlor,. where
he had..spent'so many'hourt(of exquisite
happiness: He had alighted from the stage
just before it entered, the villiage, and pio'•.; -
ceeded at. once to. the residence of Lucy.
As 'Mrs. May entered• the room, the
smile on his lips faded, for her 'pale - face
told a tale to his heart.
.‘ Clarence; my tsar Clarence, you have
the welcome of fond heartEi.' . •
How is Lucy?- Why is , your face so,
deadly-pale ? oh ! say is she so dangerous
ly ill; tell. me'--and• a•thought'of keener'
misery entered his heart; she la—oh my
God-'--my Father in, heaven, strengthen
tine—she i s. dykig, even now dying.. '
' Nay; nai, 'Clarence;!.' said the mother,
soothingly.' LOcy lives, and we muit_hop_e
for the best t . but be not alarmed if yoil lee
her face even paler than own: Are
you. able to bear the sight.now ?
There }vas but little consolation to his
fears in the reply of Mrs. May. Lucy
ivas living; but there was but anguish in
the expression--' hope' for the best ;', and
he said hurriedly :
Oh take me to her at once—now.,' and
lie pressed his hand, upon his throbbing
brow, and then sinking on his'knees, while
Mrs. May knelt beside him, he entreated
God, in a voice • cholied with emotion, for
strength to bear his trial, to kiss the rod of
chastisement, to receive the bitter with the
sweet, and lie preyed that the cup might.
ppis from him, even . as did his Master in
the days of his transfiguration and anguiA.
be arose, and with a calmer—voice said :
I can see her,now.' • -
. At this moment ijethed thins with Lu
ey'S earnest' request that Clarence should
come to her at-once. We: entered. the
chaMber just as Ellen 'opened a
blind, and the last trays oCsunlight stream
ed•faintly through into the room, and fell
moment on the white cheek offliticy
renderingits_hue •atill more snowy. Alas
for-Clarenee; l As_ hiS earnest eyes Met
those of his betrothed—her whom he. had
left in the very ,flush amid "perfection of
youthful loveliness—now - how changed !
His heart sank within "him, and -with a
%vat! sob of anguish 41e'clasped her pale thin
I fingers, and kissed 11e4 cOlorless lips, kneel
ing the while at the side of her couch.
• Clarence, my own Clarence,' 'said' the .
sweet girl, with an effort to: rise, which she
did, supported by 'his arm. He spoke
not—he could not—dared not speak.
•a Clarence, cheer up my beloved,' but
her fortitude failed, and all she could do
was to bury her face in her lover's bosom,
and weep. We did not attempt to - check
their grief; nay, we wept with them, °kid
sorrow for a while . had -its luxury of tears•
unrestraineth•
Lucy, my , own loved Lucy. 'God for ;
give me for my selfish grief ; and he added,
fervently, lifting his tearful eyes. to heaven
Pother give us grace to bear this trial
aright,' and turning to me he added, 'Pay
for us, Doctor--oh ! pray that we may
have strength to meet this hour like Chris
tians.'
When the voice of prayer ceased, all
feelings were calmed!, but I deemed it ad
visable to leave the dear patient to brief
repose :-and Ellen alone remaining, we
retired to the parlor where Clarence learn
ed from'us more of her .true condition for
I - dered 'not delude him with false, hopes. •
Doctor,' said he, with visible anguish,
'
is there any hopes ?'
• Not of recovery, I fear, though she
may linger some time with us, and be bet-
ter than slre is ta=cla}.'
•
• Then God's will be done,' said the
yoiing man, while a holy'cOnfidence light
ed up his face, now scarcely less pale
than that of his Lucy. t
♦
Day after- day the girl lingered, and
many sweet hours of converse did Clar
ence and Lucy pass together ;, once even
She was permitted to spend a few mo
ments in the portico of. the house, and as
Clarence rupported her, and saw. a tint of
health overspicad her cheek, hope grew
strong in his heart. But Lucy doubted'
not that she should die speedily, and hap
,
pity this conviction had reached her heart
ere Clarence came ; so - that the 'agony of
her grief in prospects of seperation from_
hint had yielded to the blissful anticipa
tion of Heaven, that glorious clime where
she should, ere long, meet those from
vvhomltwas. more- than - death to part. -
‘Dearestlaucy; said , Clarence,. as they
stood, gazing on' the•summer flowers, .`you
are better, loire. 'May l not our Heavenly
father yet spare. you- .,., t0 me-kn . '. yo'pr
Mother-140 cousin, :to happi
ness.' , , : •
Ali-Clarence, do ' , not „speak of
,1,1; will only
. end in. 'deeper bitterness..
• ElWift; who reinione • upon the - o y, f
must go—and - .Clarence, " . y6W must • - not
fearing.death, '
sortie up thus It is -
mourn when,l exchinige :even this :.brighti- • , •• • •-• • -
possihle•that - arry thing so• natural, •,sq• ne-
TAO& for the :paradise of :IMmortality.'•„.:: ' •l lcessary So'tiniVereal as• - dettili;`iiihrinkileVer
Clarence , 'could , not,•enswer. , ' press have :. ' • '. • ~• • - . ,
• , • • • • • beenAlnlgn t 1 ! ,by.,,Prevtdence asn
ed her han d , :: ' • • •'' • • .
trouhled hi art and sire" reautrted , Pintinti
~ . •
briiiitt - dustet of ninarantli.itsee
itlarence; is, tho'..,stel4M.:::of . `the , .-..1110,..and ili(v i stys ratit#o..trelm,lkut . itather;
- the•iiiie toWhfah.l ,''.; :4 4 08 ciftleoVtiri&illitt.itul,'W,
: :) • • " " •
Clarence at length broke the silenCe
• * -° Three weeks had passed.--;
It was again the_ evening of 'the Sabbath.—
I stood by the couch of Lucy May. Her
mother and Ellen sat.on either side, and .
Clarence Hamilton supporied on a pillovi
in Ids arms, the head of the fair girl. Dis-7'
ease had taken the citadel, .and we irattt
its surrender.to Death.
The man orGod, her pastor from:child,
hood; now entered the • room, 'and Lacy
greeted him affectionately, and when he
said, Is it well with thy 'soul?' she an
swered in 'a clear and sweetly confiding
tone of voice—; • • I
,',lt is well ! Elessed Redoerher; thou
art. my only trnst' . •
,Clarence now bent his head' close to the
'face of Lucy; and whispeted in her . ca'r,
but so distinctly. .that' wo could all bear:
- . Lucy, since you may not be mine, in
life,. oh 1-dearest, be mine in death, let. me
follow you.to the grave as my Wedded.wife,
and I shall have the bliisful consolation of
anticipating are-union in Heaven.'
The eye of the dying girl lighted up
with a qUick and sudden joy, as she smi.
.
lingly answered. • „ • ' Then you acknowledge, by this con
;lt is well Clarencel would fain bear cession;that they have a: great deal of con:
thy name before 1 die?' We were startled I ,
cern inthe. subject. Do you not think
at this strange request and answer, but! - , . . .
1 that the evils consequent upon uns, vte,,,m
-' no heart Or lip ventured to:opposn it. ' ( - feet the happiness of women just avexten-
Lticy then said— •, .
sively as they do that of men ?'
.• '
,Mother, dear - mother, deny me not my i
, -' Indeed I am quite sensible of that,'
I last request; will you and Ellen dress me i
returned Irer.„friend ;-' big I should think
1 - iii my bridle robe ? Twill wear it to my
all-they could 40, is to mourn over it in•se
itomb.' Clarence also besought Mrs. May I
eret.' .
.
to grant this-wish, andiet hii n wina, bride' , , • v •'in a certain sense, their efforts must
landmother—antrshe antwered—. ' . .
-be mado_comparatively in 'secret,' replied
A
`s 3on and Lucy will—bunt will be'— • ~. ,
i i
l Mrs. C. t s not aide prdvince to hold
and her heart spoke—tit will be a ineurn--., .., . ,J public , . .
i Jona in me lecture-room, or to go
ful bridal', . 1 about canvassing for names as-did the fair
: 1 . .
Lucy now. motioned us from room, o—
uctiess of. Devonshire for • her political
and we retired.. Clarence was: tlw..first to 'favorite
, favOrite Fox; .but
there many ways per : ,
[speak. . . . ;reedy in keep' inNl4th, the delicacy of their
IYod will not blame me that I seek,even
.sex, open to them, even in their limited
lin the armsofdea - thoo make her my wire. ' .sphere, of doing good. Do-you 'eoneider
Oli ! how much of blies has beencrowded it inconsistent with that del i cacy, for them
into-this one anticipation, and though it ' to . attach their names to the records of a
will be indeed a ' sad bridal,' it will sweet-• Tomper - ance Society ? -
.en the. cup of bitterness. -- which is now • ' Win;,' said Miss F. 'it seetnerto rue
! pressed to my lips. ( Just like making an admission that we are
--Ina few minutes we re-entered that hal7:._liable to fall inio this vice, and 'need some,
loved chamber. ' The light of day had safeguard to preserve us from so doing.'___-_,
faded, and a - single lamp:- was burning op I
_.. , Forgetting, for the present, the moth
.the qtand. Lucy was - arrayed in a rims-
.tying and monstrous fact,' said Mrs. C.
lin robe, which' scarce ontrivalled her
' that Owe have . been instances of even
cheek in whiteness, save where the deep
respectable females falling into it, (for I
hectic, now limghtened by excitement,
would not wish to make this dreadful truth
flushed it. Clarence • seated himself by
the main ground of my argument,] you
her, and she was raised to a .sitting pus
recollect- that many gentlemen have the
tore, and supported in, lii . arms. • She
temperance pledge; whose established
i placed her wasted hand in his, and said,
principles-and habits would render it al
half playfully, half sadly.
'Tis a worth- most as unlikely for them, to be in danger
less offeting, Clarenee.' ~ from this soiirce, as we may suppose the
He pressed it to his fevered lips, his face
refinements of society would make it for
pale and flushed by turns. The minister
1 a lady to be.' i
arose and stood before them; and in a few :
'
Oh
and simple words, milted those two lovely '' - yes ! but then there are always
- - more temptations to it in - their way than in
beings in 4 tie which all felt must be bro- - oues, ,. r 6 oined Miss F.
I ken ere another sun shouldrise. Yet was
'Certainly there are : and as I said be-,
i that tie registered and acknowedged in • - .•
fore , I would-not argue for ladies joining I
i
1 Heaven. , •
1 • • the society on the ground of shielding
As the holy man pronounced them 'one .
. them from danger, though even thai mo-j
-flesh' and lifted up.his hands and his voice ;
tw .
o ought not to be wholly despised: . but
in benediction, Lucy 'put her feeble arms, on the plea of their extending its influence;
around• Clarence, ankin a low voice mur
.
inured— • and aiding fathers, brothers, sons, or bus- ' ,
. "ci ,,, i
1 .
'My husband.' c ' bands. Were you once convinced they I
_
'My wife !' responded Clarence, and
J could dathis, would you any longer disap
their lips met in a long and sweet embrace. 1 ; prove the course of those ladies who thus
We gave them congratulations through I act?' - • .
d Miss should not,'returned I believe
' I
quick tears, exchanged the sweet kiss of" . i
not
holy love and friendship, and left the wed-i F. ' but the idea. of maling a promise ;
ded pair to a brief realization of bliss, of to use ardent spirits, seems rather ridieu-1
.
which We cannot tell the reader aught.. lons tome; why no body expects that I
The night hefore the last hour, the an- ( I
drink'brandy or rum,' added she, laughing.
gel Azriel came as a messenger of peace I 'lf that is all your objet ion,_yen_miglit
-- tliiilliTfdai - Et ' - tat • ,he total ab.
Th, hainber, and though new j
fountains of earthly bliss had been opened )
in the heart of Lucy Hamilton', 'she repirt-)
ed not at the summons, but while-heaven
ly joy sat on her ,features, and her Lips
murmured -- peace-,—.fareivell husband—)
mother—sister—all—her pure • spirit took
its flight, and her lifeless body by in the
ardent embrace of the woe stricken, but
humble Clarence, ivl;6'siill 'lingers in this
weary world, doing his Master's work,and
waiting his Master's will to be re•uiiited
to his angel bride in Heaven.
Man, that is born _of a Woman, is of few
days and full of trouble. He eometh forth
liken flower and is cut down ; he fleeth
also as a shadow, and continuedi not.—
Ma ,
dieth and wasted away ;- yea,, man
givedt up the ghost, and where is he? He
lieth down'and riseth not: till the heavens
be no more they 'shalknot awake
,norshe
raised Out•of their sleep. •
The Mysteries - of Religion. --Ask aria
not for their solution. 1 only know the
fact. I see two
r ends of the chain, but, the
w
middle is under ator ; yet the connexi& i .
is as - • real as. it is invisible. By and by it
will be drawn up.' •
Prom the Tompertincq Advocale.
FEMALE INFLUENCE. •
DT A.- W. AtAltrart
0. Well,' - said.ltlisis :F., I really .
be
lieve. Temperance Societies are do.;
ing a great deal of good ; they' say a num-
Exit of drunkards have heen reforMed
. by
them ; it is certainly. an excellent
especially for the lower class - ; but I aln
told - a number of ladies at•e" joining.: now ,
what have ladies to do with it?'
'Dp you Mean,' asked Mrs. what
have ladies to do with feeling an interest
in the aubjeet,,er in making public the' el - -
pression of that interest?'
Really Ido not einctly._know which,
hitt it never appeared,to me that ladies had
any .concern with
. it, farther than to be
glad that temperance . is increasing.?
' Why shoufalliey be glad' Thai tempo- .
ranee is increasing ?'
• ' Why ?' replied Miss F. ' why,. be
cause there are so many , ladies that have
iptemperate brothers, sons, or husbanda,
tvhase reformation they .have need to
wish?
at once obviate it, by Ring t.
stinenco ground, and giving • up your : glass
iof` wine ;' replied Nig. C. 'That you
should :sometimes drink wine or cider
ivoulil not, you•know, l said she pleasantly, •
'be so much • out of the list of probabili
lies,but that you might very properly make
this relinquishment.'
But perhaps I like'my glass of wine
rather too well to do that.; tho' by the by.
this dues to say to you it would not do
L 6 say before all the world, in these tem
perance days,' said Miss F. smiling.
oif that be the case, we need inquire
no farther into your plea but to be seri,
ous,my dear Elila; you would not like to
offer"this apology, or be salisfied with its
weightiwere you only persuaded you could
promote the cause of temnperance•by lend
leg it theinfluenee of your example.' •
'I should not, certainly,' said 'Miss F.
'but what , good canny example do V
Drops make up an ocean,'- returned her
friend ; and the combined interest of the
whole female community would heir upon
the'subject with no insensible [Cower. 'Tie
Bornethigesail the world is ruled by fe 7 .
male infhience; now without analyzing this
perhari,ilyperbolical compliment; may've
not •suppose that• its decided exertion -le
any "causewould at least operate to .soine
extent ? lf,_in addition to a manifestation
Of-haterest, they , voluilterilyenter such"
engage meMS as Wall ef44tual ; '0"o ;far as
they' noOcernea, reem . Ore,6) ;sgai oat
(;tiiiringtiithii r.: train fual'iiuu'ur;tio3;;ituli►y
•tio,a,utted any ilolucement . tolhoso who
419:14tikpol, WAttyintii Sigin - straight
Oatli . te**liity, '6'4u we Jiut lee that 4tey, .are:
•,
Till'%l22l3lZa ECZEZa
placing one barrier, even if a. feeble one o
against the tiaiint V
said. AdisS F. 'those inclined to
the love of strong drink would find enough
opportunities "of indulging it, •let us do as
.we' may. It is not often in the presence
of ladied that a man indulges-in convivi....
ality.' • . •
It is in theirpresenee, howeirer, at the
evening patty, that a young man takes .
glass after glass of a beverage, which they
themselves, are at. the same time sipping in
smaller portion" - and sit - sudling
. ott, Whlle•=
he, unchecked by those, restraints. tchielt ,: .
the.delicacies of .society knee prntrided for•!
quaffs draught • nhnn 4taught,'tilf
What is falSly . called gaiety. takes the place
of sober reason. It 'is in their piesened
that many an amiable youth thus forms ti
taste which otherwise he would not , have .
formed, and which perhaps is . neyer eradii•
sated. "Do you thiiik then; Elite, that the
silent yet explicit lesson •cif a lady's exam
ple, in declining to offei the fashionabln
-glass of wine, or even" to sip it when offer;
ed to her, would hai4 No influence .wlia.4
ever, especially when . her refusal to do to
is" kntnin to be .. grounded on principle 1' •
• You *alarm rite,' said Mrs. F.,' what !
Would yo - u make.our sex - responsible for 56"
many of the others?'
No,' returned Mrs. C. ' we have long
r sinned unconsciously; Tor until recently
the subject in relation-to 'ourselves bainev
eer been analyzed—but surely now that it .
has been forced upou.our. attention:l3o re-,
peatedly by the new *energy' with which
the world has wakened up to its claims,.a
reflecting, much - less a religious woman,
can no longer plead innocence or ignorance,
if she is indifferent to what maybe theef- .
foci of her indit/dual example - . I . llothers,.
who faithfully ° adhere to 'the promises
total ebilinence, are closing one avenue
through which a loire . of alcoholic stiniultie
gradually insinuates
„itself into the habit
of their sons. That child who is never
offered a gla.ss•ef. wine . orpunch, - or any of
those luxuries in whichits,flavor is infused,
will at least - one safeguard against,
danger, which, by. the present eustrns of
the table, is•too often. broken down at: an
early age - - "That safeguard willbe the dig- .
like of its taste; for it is wholly an acquir
ed taste. Is it not something upon which '
a mother may reflect- with pleasure, that
she has never, by little and little, insensi-:
bly initiated her child into the Arming of
such an inclination V • •
' I never thought of these things before,'
returned•MiSs P. 'But after all,-my dear'
Mrs. C. is not this arguing against the use
of a thing, from the abuse of-it •
'Where the use, so-termed' as in the .
present case,' replied Mrs. C. 'is of no
real use and the abuse is so fatally: and
lamentably common, I think we may with
propriety take that 'course which evidently
is that of the most entire safety, and in'
turning into which there can be no possible
danger... Even if what we relinquish. be
indeed worthy to be ranked among the
good things of life, is it not yielding up at
' best but a very trifling•good, to secure one
unspeakably greater ? Therefore; though
the use of wino May be barely 'lawful' for'
me, is it, in the language of the, Apostle,.
'expedient ?'
Miss F. was not by any means a heart
less character; she reflected Upon: the er
guments.used by her friends and upon the
line of duty pointed out to - herself by the
application of them, and the result • was,'
she resolved to' take a step, which, ho'w-'
ever she might anticipate its exciting a
tie mirth among her fashionable friends;
she
she f:ltassured wonldneveehereaftermakt •
work for her own repentance. Nor did
She feel at all shaken in her purpose, when,:
on the next occasion of calling around her
in her father's parlor a little social' eircle,..
site observed, as the unpolluted refresh.:
meats of an unsullied temperance were of-'
fered, a slight smile exchanged between''
two young ladies ; while she involuntarily
heard the suppressedwhisper in.which One'
gentleman observed, rather sarCastically,.
to his fair neighbor, 'a temperance enter
tainment •
I cannot believe that the earth man's'
abiding place. It cannot' be that our life
is cast up by the ocean of eternity to. float ,
a moment upon its ,tvaves and sink- , intd:
nothingness ! Else why is ..it...thrtf;t4f. , ,
glorious aspirations, which leap like: sp.%
gels from the temple tif o urour heattsp, , :,arei
forever wandering', ahou,t-i.utisiti i iftedt7'.4
Why is it that the raiuhnui„rtinloo - .404 , ' ,
come over us with a bitantitltatr'ielp4',Of
earth, then pais on: and !trefoil:
upon their faded' lovelitlC.o!,'
that; the stars who holdthehlhellyal4!*o44
the , midnight ,throne
grail) of _
faC4ltie-S,ifOrcatir
i nocki„g'Ur
ry ? And, iinallY•iihr ;:
forms of human beauty are
„.presenletVicr
our view, and then taken fri*ne,leettintr'
the 'thousand :strefnie
flow back . in _Alpine' tbrreilikk", op
Hearts • We are !Min' 1 . 6 t 4'414
tan th or‘curth ;, there -is':e , ii4liir. 7 Whel#
never fad
no out before-tisAike
tho ecti ! iii!;;noiltvolwre situ
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