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John Williamson, '
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A.T..oaNcv AT LAW,—aimer.:-,-invtlio
/IL house of Miss McGinnis, near did store of
A & W Bentz, §`iiutli Hanover street, Carlisle,
Penn'a. saki) 50
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Met H. Hinkley,
grIFFICE on Main Street, neur lie Post Di—
ll! lice; Dr. IL Is prepared to uso•Gatrahisrn
as a remedial agent in the treatment of Paraly
sis, Neuralgia and Rheumatic affection:, out
dons not guarantee succes fronOts application to
all or even any of these7 s discuses. If-chef has
been given and , cures effected in a number of
instances, and may be in wham.
•
March 27, 1850, ly.
el Card.
lit It. JAS . . ine.CULLOUGH. will give his
- attendance in the various branches of his
prolession, in town or country, to all that may
filmy bun with a call. OFFICE opposite the
2d Presbyterian Church and Wert's Hotel
lately occupied by Dr. Foulke.
sept
Doctor 'Ad. Lippe,
HOMOEOPATHIC Physician Office
• in dlaiu street, in the house 'bribery 'occu
-Frall-tiy-P7137-ED,"dhler.
Dr, I, 0, Loomis,
• Teeth that , .are. requi
red for their preservation, such as Sealing:, Filing,
Plugging, '&e, or will restore , the loss of them,
by inserting Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth
o n 101 l sou. -Kr t,lfrice on Pitt street, a few
onto south of the Itailraad Hotel. Dr. L. is ab•
eat the last ten dtlys of every . month.
.4 Curd.
•J • W. 11E'N I) EL, Stxrgeon :Dentist
31_, informs his former patrons that he has re.
tir.ted 1., Garlisle, and will be glad to attend tt
111; in the Eno of hie profession. 10et.3
Carson C. Moore,
A UTORNEY AT LAW. Office in
211 • the room lately _occupied by br. rosier,
deceased'. ' mar 31 '47
Wm. Dl. Penrose,
A : :1."1 . () jtN Y Al LA NV, uif l_praCtice- -it
__the_oeveral Gourts - otCiaii - erland county
OFFICE. in Main Streci, in the room former
-yr-occupied byti. - 0: - Braudetury - , •
I
Jame's R. Smith,
TTO RN EY AT LAN. Has RE
MO VED his office to Beetem's Row, two
oors from Burkholder's Hotel. rnpr
GEOBNIVEI MGM
ILISTICE OF THE PEACE. 01 , -
' rics at his iesidence, corner of Main street
nod the Foblic Square. opposite ' l3lltkhOhler ' S
Iltdi. In addition to the duffles of itistim of
the Peace, will attend to all - hinds of writing,
such as deeds, bands, mortgages, indenwres,
articles of agreement, notes, &c..
np 8'49.
Plainh •
eld Classical Academy,
POLE JI ILES WEST UP _ CA:l3lp G.
The Eighth Session will commence do .310.74
• DAY:, .4Jiy GM, 1850.
W.N con:Ayone° of increasing patronage a
1 large and •comtnodious brick edifice has
been erected, rendering this one of the most
desirable institutions in the state. The various
departments are under the care of competent
and faithful instructors, and ever) endeavor will
be made to promote the moraT anti hifellectit al
itnprovetnent of, students. The surrounding
country is beautiful and healthful, nail the
ti
ntitution sultidiently distant .front town ur village
to prevent evil associations.
erms—sso per Session (Fire Months.)
For circulars with full infurtnatiun adtheS9
It li BURNS, Principal
Plailyield'P, 0., Cnnzberland Coniail, J'a.
Rp It' 50
.7'retv .Ilicadenty.
SELECT CLASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SCIIOOI,-NEw
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, lA.
ICis Coliliantlirlielieved that few Institutions
offer greater inducements to students than
the shove. 'Located in the midst of a commu
nity proverbial -for their intelligence, morality
and regard for the interests of reAgion, this,
Academy. can effectually guard its members
twin evil and immoral influences. Advantages
are also offered to those desiring to pursue the
study of the physical sciences, surpassing those
of most similar institutions. -
Those having sorts or wards mid wishing-to
send them to a seminary el burping, ore re
spectfully solicited to visit Nowville,.aml judge
of the advantages for themselves, or, at Mast,
procure a circular, containing full particulars,
by addressing ' JAMES husToN,
N ewvilld,-tiv , . 22 ly Principal,
Extensive Furniture Rooms
TA AI N 7 Ell would respectfully
rel 41 the attention of Muse Keepers and the
public to his extensive stiiek. of BLEGAN'F
including Sofas, Wardrobes,
Contr* and oilier Tatilbs, Dressing and plain
Bureaus and every othviarticle in his branch of
busittess.• Also, now on hand the hugest us:
twin-tont of CI-Li.MS in Carlisle, at the lowest
„.pyr,c,ollitp made at the shortest notice
and a hoarse provided 'funerals. He Belie,
- its a.call at his cstahlisluneni on North Hano•
ver strecx-Twear.Glass's_lloTELi, N. B.—Fur
niture hired out by the MOkltil or-4ear,--
Carlisle, 111nrelr'20, 1850.—ty
John P. Lyne
WI -101:,E 5 SALE and Retail Dealer in
Foreignand Domestic Hardware, Vella,
Oil, Glass, Varnisli,'&4, at the old stand in N
Itaxibver street, arlisle, has:lust received from
Nanr York and Philadelphia a large addition to
his runner 'stock, to which the attcntion.of buy
ers is requested; Ss he is desertained to sell
lower than any other house in town. -- aprl9
Lumber-Yard.
THE• hubseriber would respectfully inform
his friends and the public generally that he hus
just opened a new LUMBER AND GOAL
YARD in West 'High street, a few doors cant-
Of Messrs J,& D Rhoads's Warehouse, where
he 'now has - ard „will keep constantly on
---,:nand-a:lirst-rate assortment .of all hinds at sea
ironed pine boardand plank and all other kinds
of atuff all of . which he will sail low for cash
April 3, 1853. JOHN N. ARMSTRONG
Wotice. ,
ustiE Contmiasioners of Cumberland county
damn it proper to , inform the ptiblic, that the sta.
'eitinietings OF Comniissioners will
be hold on the second and fourth Mondays of
each month, at which . time any persons having
business with said Board, - will meet them at
tnoir Wilco in'Carlisle.
Atten, tIVM. WILEY,'Cl'it.
NOTICE,
UNIORLELLAS, Parasols and Sunshades
made, covered and repaired, by the subscriber
at hie ,Tio Shop, in' East ',outlier ' , street' Gar
lisle.. ' , Forms cull, but prices
5 1V . 111. FRIDLEY.
Cairlisle January . , 29,' 0
~• • .
,l . Iron Iron. • . ,
10 'ons Hammered and Rolled Iron, just ;13-
/et:dyed at the cheap Hardware store of- the__Sub
-1 scriber in East High Street. For. sale law by
- 'Fob. 13,,1850.• HENRY SAXTON.
• Dyeing : and Scouing. •
wILLI AM BLAIR, in Louther Street;
naps tho Gollogp, dyes Ladies' and Gornto
mon's upward, all cam, and warrants all work
obo sattsladtory.- Orders in his Imo iospoctiully
ooited. ' ' • Ben 2.'4a
- .
.13himiugr. Bpard , Paperp.
ust ouned g variety . oi: Paper fer7eover
, ing!eliimne4boards. Alca for Winilovr
nitride. An entirely new ~ heelbarrow fo
' W Lapt7,l .
.
IMS
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07 Fatuity alete.4paper„-.lsoevotell to Literature griculture,
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THERE ARE TWO, THINGS, SA ITH LORD BACON, WHICH MAKE A NATION GREAT AND PROSPEROUS,-7A FERTILE SOIL AND 1311SY WORKSHOPS,-TO MaADD,.KNowLgDGE AND nEE D Om . h H
DRUGS! DRUGS : Y DRUGS!
IHAVE just received a Fresh stock of Med
icines, Paints, Class, Oil, &c., which
'Awing been purchased with great care_at the
best city houses Fenn confidently recommend
to Families, P hysicians, Coun:ry Merchants
end Dealers, nu bate fresh and pure.
_ . .
Patew
Fine beini- eals,
Instruments,
Pure-Essen': Oils
Cod Liver Oil
DYE
Indigoes,
Madders,
Sumac
Alum,
Wetherill & Brother's Pure - Lead, Chrome
Green and Yellow, Paint and Varnish Brushes,
Jersey Window Glass, Lihseed Oil, Turpen
tine, Copal and coach Varnish, and Red Lend.
All of which
_will he sold _aLthe-very -lowest
tuarlcat - p - riee, — Ais - o,a hen and splendid ns
sortpnent or •
FANCY GOODS, FRUITS,
Confectionary, and innumerable other articles
cilculaied for use and orninnent, all of wl.ich
.nru: offcred:dt_ the_loweat_cash--prices, -at- the
cheap Drng Book and Fancy Store of the sub
scriber en North Hanover street.
S. W. IfAVERSTICK.
May 22. 1550.
WILL perform al
operation . B upon the
A NEW ASSORTNLENT OF
FRESH GROCERIES
US RECEIVED by the subscriber, a
mong, NVtlieh is a selection of .
4,10 COFFEES, -
from strictly prime to common, at 10, It and
12 emits cents per pound. Also
'BROWN SUGARS,
at 5,6, 7 and 8 cents per pound. Also, a gen
eral assortment
FRESH TEAS,
Greens snd.blacks, selected at the Tea house
of the well known firm of Jenkins & Co, Phil
adelphia, which together with n large assort
ment of the other articles usually kept by ps.
is offered to the public in the 'obidideht
that for (motility and prices on examination will
prove equaLaud prOhably.superioy to-any other
assortment in this place. J. W. EBY. •
Carlisle; May 22. 650.
AT
"BEE
4 LL persons desirous of seeing the newest
and best Goods of the season, let , them
call It the Belt Hive in North Hanover street.
The subscriber has just returned from the
city and has now opened a very hirgejand hand
seine stork of
SPRING & SLIMMER GOODS,
of every style and variety. Such as Baragen.
and Tissues, Lawns front 10 cents to any price
you want, Linen'Lustres, from 12 to 31, Linen
Lustre Bareffes, a, new article, Foulard Silks,
Corn, Blue, l'ink and Fig'd Delaines, Calicoes
from 3 to Ti cents Per yard, Bonnets, Ribbons,
Hosiery. Gloves, and many more articles for
Ladies which 1 hive not room insert
-- _
have.niso for Gentlemen all kinds of goods,'
'such as CLOTHS, CASSIMERES & ,rES•
'PINGS, end all kinds of Goods for Gentle
men's use, and I will take this opportunity, of
saying to my friends that I keep' constantly on
hand all kinds of READY-MADE CLOTH-
!NG. Mr. Reighter having his shop in my
store, enables me to have made to order, on
the shortest notice, any garment that may he
wanted. I also keep COFFEE & StIGAI2.
01 all kinds, together with every other article
necesshry, hoc Family use. Please call and ex
amine soon where all attention will he given to
please.
m 1 S A COYL,E.
EXTRAORDINARY RED UCTION IN THE
rrice of Hardware.
I HAVE just received the largest and Cheap
est, stock of HARD WA,RE, Glass, Paints, Oils
Varnishes, Saddlery, Chrpenter's and Cabinet
Maker's Tools, Mahogany, Venders and all kinds
eh-Building-Materials ever,,brought to Carlisle
consisting of Locks; Hinges, Sefews, Nails
nod Spikes. Pelsons about to build will find i ,
greatly to their , advantage to Molt at my stock
before, purchasing elsewhere. Come and see
the Goods and hear the :price and you will be
convinced that this is reallk the Cheap hard
ware Sthra. Also, in store anvils, vices, files
and rasps, and a complete assortment of Watts'
Best Bar Irotr, alseltolled and Hoop Iron of all
sizes. I have also the Thermometer Churn
made by Mr, George Spangler, the best article
now ill Use.
SCYTHES.—I have 'just received my Spring
stock of Grait and Grass Scythes, manufactured
expressly for my own sales, and 'warranted to
be a superior article. Cradle makers and
others will find these Scythes to be the best ar
tide ip the market and at the lowest ;price
wholesale and retail at the old stand in North
:anover inreet, JOHN P LYNE.
Nlay •29„1850.
The People's ibin'e,
THE undersigned, by the particular request
of thousands of their friends, hereby announce
to a11,..wh0 seek and love pleasure, that it Grand
Excursion, will take place this and every day
throughotit the season in the beautiful safety
cm' "Clictimide, propelled' by the low pressitre
engine "1 it-sure,' and in which all, both old
and young, are invited to participate. The ex•
cursion will bo conducted upon a plan entirely
different from any before got up in this neigh
borhood, both for cheapness and dispatch ; and
the pleat use it will afford -those who join in it
can scarcely, be emir - mica. Tickets will• be
furnished aC.half the atonal price, and the public
can start from any point they ' , tense, stopping
o nly itt the CHEAP AND IMPROVED ,
Clothing Emporium,
•
next door to Burkhohler's Hotel on West Main
street, where the cheapest and most fashionable
assortment or C„0TIIIN can be found—all
our own manufa cture—and which we can tell
ns cheap'as the; out be bought at any of the
large city establishments, and 20. per cent. lower
than at any other house in this Borough. We
respectfully invite tile public to take this pleas.c,,, -
ant trip to our store, and examine our as
sortment of •
CLOTH, DRESS, FROCK AND SACK COATS
of various colors and'Styles, Pante Veste and
Roundabome, Pen Jackets, HATS and CAPS.,
,phints and .9toel6ings, Suspenders, Cravats, and
all the clifForent alleles necessary to constitute
qentloman's Wardrobe. Don't forget the
.plitee—next — iloOr - to Burkholder's notel,. to
where we have just removed. Having a large
assortment' of Cloths, Caseimeres and Vestings
on hmd, we aro prepared 'to make
_pp to order
all kinds of Clothing nt.thd shortagt,nolice and
on the most reagonable , Jernia. . •-' •
ePle M & L STEINER.
• Great: Bargains!
‘l4'.N be expected froM the subscriber, as ho
lJ has just received 1. now and splendid ns
sorimon.t. of WINTER. GOODS, Which ho
offers to his customers' and otliera -whn May
favor him with a call at great Bargains! .
. CLOTHS AND -CASSIMERES, •
satinets,„yolvet cords. Ky. jeans, gcntlot,
low, white and Canton Flannels, Unhinge, 1111118
lins f talico:, cashmeres, de lance, alpacas, Co
burg cloths,•glov,os; hosiery, Irish linen, coin
&c, • , '
SHAWLS: SHAWLS !I •
• •
A largo and splendid aSsortment of Long
and Square, Shawls, at , all prices to .suit tl
limos.• . • . •
BOOTS AND SHOES.
- - - - -
Also, Boots and Shoos, which ho is &norm
inod to sell low, at his , stand, in North Hano
first: worn' below Havorstick's Drug Store.
vor stpet, Carlislo.—. .3. G. CARMONY.
EGARB.---A finb lotjuLt riceived lor
S
Bale, by box or retail nt HUBBARD'
feb.l3-,5e - - -Drug & Vara! v Store
tor es Sz, ,ei)ops,
Fresh Spring Supply I
R LI Gl3.
Herbs and Extracts, •
Spices, ground and whole
Essences,
Perfumery, &c.
Wai'ennted Gelatine.,
•ST Li H.S.
Log aml Cam Woods,
Oil Vitriol
Copperas,
Lac Dye
PAINTS.
w - gr 0 OD S
r if •
*rte.'
TIIE
Clear the Track!
lEEE
lEEE
BY 'MISS JANE ROSCOE
now oft henenth Ilia bleat and healing wings
Ile would have gathered me,— slid I would not
-Like a wenk - bird, all heedless of my lot, -
Perverse and idle in my wanderings.
N,ow would my soul return, and trembling bring
The wearied pinion to its wonted rent :
And feint with Its short flights and flutterings
Wcrtild seek a refuge in its phrenenest.
Oh Father 1 in Thy mercy shelter me,
For I am worn with mortal miseries:
My dark and earth-entangled spirit, free,
And plume it, to ascend its native skies t ,
With loosened wing, to Thy high rest to soar.
And never In desert its mansion more
From the Dublin University Magazine.
ADVENTURE WITIf A GHOST.
112=
About four-end-thirty Years ago I Vas tray
citing through Denbighshire upon a mission
which aic;etied despatch. I had, in fact, in my
ch_jorgossorimpapers_whick._were-required--for
legal preliminaries to a marriage, which, was
about to take place in a family of consideration ,
upon the bordeis of that county.
The season was winter, but' the weather de
ligbtfulthat is to say, clear and freely; and,
even without foliage, the country through
which 1 posted was beautiful. Thu subject of
my journey was a pleasum. one. , I anticipated
an agreeable
,visit, and a cordial welcome ; and
the weather and scenery were precisely of the
sort to second the cheerful associations with
which my excursion bad been undertaken
Let no one, therefbre, suggest that I wad pre
disposed ter the reception of gloomy,or horrible
impressione.. When the sun set, we lied a
splendid moon, at once soft 'and brilliant ; and 1
,pleand mys - elf wills-watching the altered, and,,
if possible, more beautiful effects of the scenery
through - svhielrwe were smoothly - rolling, I
was to put up for the night at the little town
--; and - on teaching ,the hill;;-over
I which the approach to it is conducted, about 'a
short mile from its quaint little street—l dis
mounted, and directing the postillion to Walk
his jaded horses leisurely up the
_3vinding rad,
I trod on before bins in the pleasant moonlight,
and sharp, bracing air. A little by-path led di
rectly up the steep acclivity, while the carriage
road more gradually ascended by a wide sweep
- j f - Nis little path, leading through fields and
hedgerows, I followed, intending to anticipate
the arrival of my conveyance at the summit of
the 'hill.
HIVE"
' 1 had not proceeded very far when I found
myself close to a pretty old church, whose ivied
tower, and 'conntlend vrtsmitm
wero - glittering in The moonbeams—a high, ir
regular hedge, overtopped by tall and ancient
trees enclosed it:; and rows of funereal yews.
showed hluok and mournful among-the wen or
raynT:headstenes that kept watch over the vil
lage dead. I was so 60 Unit With the glimpse I
had cahght of the old churchyard, that I could
not forbear mounting the little stile that corn.
mended it—nn scoine could be imagined more
still and solitary. Not a human habitation was
ricer—every sign and sound of life was rever
ently remote; and this old church, with its si
lent congregation of the dead marshaled under
lie' walls, seemed to have spread round it a cif ,
•elelof stillness and desertion that plerMed, while
it thrilled me.
__No.suund ryas-hero-.audible-but-the-softened
rush of watemand that sweet note of hoine and
safety, the distant baying of the watch dog,
now and then broken by the sharper,,raitle of
the carriago.whocis upon the dry road. But
while 1 looked upon the sad and solemn scone
before me, these ,sounds were interrupted by
ono which WNW, and, indeed, for a inoMent,
froze ino with horror. The sound was a cry,
or rather a hotel of despairing terror, such as I
have never heard heferc or since uttered by
human voice, It broke from the • stillness of
the eh urch yard ; .but 1 saw no figure front
which it proceeded—though this circumstance,
indeed, was scarcely wonderful, ¢s the broken
ground, the trees, tall weeds, and tomb stones
alTorded abundant coior for • any person who
:night have b
sought concealment. Tho. cry , of
,
unspeakable age)) , was succeeded by a silence:.
and, I confess, my heart throbbed strangely,
when the same voice articulated, in the same
tone of agony :
`Why. will you trouble the dead ? Who con
tonneaus hefore tho time 7 L Will Mali to
you'in my fl csh, though after
,my skin worms
destroy this body—and you shall speak to 'mo
face tofaco,'
Thikettringe addrceswas followed by anal
er cry.of dospotr, which died away an tuiddonly
as it was raised.
I never could toll why it was 1 was not moro
horror-stricken than I really was by this mys
terious, and, all things considered, even terrible
inlorpellation. It was not until Ike silence had
again returned, and the faint rustling ,'of the
frosty breeze among the wisp weeds crept tow
ard ern; like the stealthy approach of some un-
frilly influence, that felt a auporatitioos tor
rtts, gradually inagiro ino, which_hurried me at
'an accelerated Paco from the place. A fe4
minutes, and I heard the friendly voice of my
uriotcet hallooing to me from this summit of
the hill.
RSassurod, as I approached 'him : , I abated my
ME
.1 saw you standing on • the otile, sir, by the
church-yard,' he said, as drew hear, ,''and I
ask your pardon fur not giving you the hint be
fore, but they say it is not luckyl end I called
to you loud . and lusty to come away, sir; but'l
see you are nothing Ilio worao of it.' .
'Why; what is thoro.to be afraid of there, my
good follow 1' I diked, affecting as much in
difference as
,I nos able.
'Why; said, the man, Or owing an unoa-'
sy look in the dit cetion,..they do say. there's a
bad:Spirit haunts it; :and nobody in these, parts
.you'd 'go near it atter dark for love or monety.l.
.11auntOn' I repeated . ; , 'and how duos the
spirit shoW *Ralf 'asked. ' -
'Oh' ;hawk, all /Moo of stepeti 7 somo•
times like an old 'woman sinost doubled in two
with.you,rs,' ho answored; sometimes like tt
lit
tie child'agolagr along a full foot high abovo the
grass of the gravoe; and somellines liko a big
black rem,strutting on his hind legs, and with
pair of eyes like live coals; and some have
scan him!) in the shop of a Lusa, with his arm
raise up toward the sky, and his 11010.1ning.1
iiiiliii
Vratno
SONNET..
1
CARLISLE, -JULY 24, 1850.•
frig dpwn,lis If his nook wus broke. I can't
thiuk of half the ehapcs ho has took at different
times; but thoy'ro all bad: the,i , ory child, they
say, when he comae in that shape, has the face
of Satan—God bleep tie! over the
same that sees hint once.'
By this limo I was agein.imatcd in mj vc-
hiclo, and some six or eight .minutes' quick
driving whirled us into the old fashioned street,
and brought the chaise. to a fdil atop before
the, open , door and well lighted hall of the
Bell Inn. To me them has alivays been an air
of-indescribable cheer and comfort about a
substantial country hostelry, especially when
one arrives,' es I did, upon a keen winter's
night, with an appetite assharp, and something
of thatconse of adventure and'excitement which
before the dais of down'trains and tickets, al
ways in a' reater or.jefs degree, gave a zest to
traveling. Greeted with that warmest of wel-•
comes for which inns, alas I aro celebrated, I
had soon satisfied the importunities of c keen
appetite ; and having . for some hours taken mine
ease in a comfortable parlor befrip a blazing
fire, Negan to feel sleepy, and betoc ilLTyself
to mymy no less comfortable bed-chamber.
Jr is not to be suppcised that the adventure of
the church-yard had been obliterated from my
recollection by the suppressed hustle and good ,
_cheer of One On the contrary, it had oc
cupied mo.almost incessantly during any solita
ry ruminations ; and as the night advanced, and
the stillness of repose anti desertion stole over
the old mansion, the sensations with which thia
train of remembrance and speculation was aa
companied become anything but purely rilcas-
ant.
.1 felt, I confess, fidgety and rior=rseareli
cd the corners and recesses of the oddly-shaped •
and roomy old'apariment-14urned the face of'
the looting glass to the wall—l poked the fire
ri to a rearing blaze-1 looked bebindtheyrip,
dow curtains, with a vague `anxiety, to assure
myself that could be lurking there.—
The shutter was a littlp oaten, and the ivied
lower ofille little church, and the_. tufted tops
of the trees that surrounded it, Were visible o
ver the elope of the intervening hill. hastily
shut obt the unwelco - me object, and in a mood
of mind, finest confess, favorable enough tO•
any freak my nerves might please to play . me,
I hurried through my dispositions.for.the night,
humming a gay air all the time, to re-assure
myself, and plunged into bed, extinguishing
the candle, and :-shall I acknowledge the weak
ness 7 nearly burying My head under the blank.
I lay awake some time, as men will do un
der such circumstances, but at length fatigue
ovretime me, and I fell intom.prefound sleep.-
Prrw fl i i.,. - Mpoarre — 'wrny t - rwrrevcrrafilllFlCO Iti
the manner lem about to describe. A very
considerable interval must have inter
There was a cold air in the room very unlike
the comfortable atmosphere i'n which I had
composed myself ,to sleep. The fire, though
much lower than when I had gone to bed, wan
still omitting flame enough to throW , a Bicker
ing light over the chamber. My curtains, were,
however, closely drawn, and I could not eco
beyond the narrow tent In which I lay.
.There had been as I itsvakcd, a clanking a-.
mong the fire-irons, us if a mask hand -was
striving to arrange tho fire, and tl a rather un
accountable noise continued for ome seconds
after I had become completely u ake.
Under the impression that I was eitbjt cted to
an.accidental intrusion, I called out, first in a
gentle and - afterward i n a sharper tone : -
,'Who's there 7'
At the second sumtnons the sound ceasod,and •
I hoard instead the tread of naked . ' feet, as it.
scorned to me, upon the floor, Facing to and fro,
between the hearth and the bed in which Hay.
A superititieus terror, which could nut cum'
bat, stole over me; with an effort I repeated my
munition, and drawing myself upright in the
bed, expected the answer with a 'strange sort of
trepidation. It came in terms and Imo° wattled,'
withaccossaries which I shall not soon forgot.
The very ranurtenee which had so startled
mein _the church:yard ilia 'evening before, the
very sounds which I had hoard' then and•th . ere;
were now filling my' ears, and spoken in the
chamber where I lay.
'Why will-you trouble the dead? Who can
torment us before the time 7 I will come to you
in my flash, 'though aftermiy 'skin worms 'de
stroy .this bady; and you shall speak with me
face to face.""
As swear thatthe words and 1... v.
voice were the very Bailie I had heard on the oc
casion I had mentioned, but (and Mark this) re
peated to no one.' With' feelings which I shall
-not attempt to describe, heard the Speaker ap.
pond) the bed —a hand parted the iood.our
tainaapd drew-them -upon, reySalied a - form
mere horrible than my fancy had ever seen-‘an
almost gigantic figure—naked, except, for/what
might well have beet; the rotted remnant
shroud-stoacluso beside my bcd—livid and
cadaverous—grimed as it seemed with the dust
of tho grave, and staring on me with a gaze of
despair, malignity, and fury, tot intense almost
for human endurance. • • -‘
'1 cannot soy whether I spoke or not, but
this infernal spectre answered me nail I had.
dead • and,yet Olive,' It Said, 'tha 'child
of perdition Lin the grave I am murderer, brit
litre lam Arou.vox. Fall down and worship
me.' • •
flaying thus spoken, it stood Or timoment at
the bedkidn,and then turned away with a spud•
dering moan, and I boat sight or it, hut, after a
few seconds itcathetigain to the bedside as be
fore.
When I died they put me under Mervyn's,
tombstone, and they did not bury me. 'My foot
lie towards the sinsl-L-turn theni towards the
epel and 1 will rest.-:..maybe I will rest—l will
rest—restretft.' . -
Again ilte.figure . was gone,,and once again it
retnrned‘ and said, .
• .1 am your master-1 am , your resurrection
and your life, and therefore, fall down and wor
ship inn:.
. „
made a motion to. mount upon the bed, but.
what further passed I know, notfor fainted..
1 must hare lainin thisstatefor a long limo,
for whon I imcarae , conscious the, tire ,Was
at
moel' ,seoraod almoA
interminable I lay, sburcely daring tO !goalie,
andafraiif,to got up lost I should encounter the
•Iddeens apparition, for aught t knew, lurking
close. , beside me. .1 lay, therefore, In an agony
of expectation such as I will not aibimpi to, de
scribe, atyalting
,lhu appearance el ,tho day
light.
insiness and General
Gradually it came, and wiih it the cheerful
and reassuring sounds of life and occupation,'
At length I mustered courage to reach the bell
rope, and hay rung lustlly, I plunged again
into bed.. •
--- iDr - artho - witidow curtains—.open--the shut
tere,' I exclaimed us the man entered, and,
these of dors executed, 'look about the mord,' I
added, 'and see whether a cat or any otherani-
al has got in.'
There was nothing of the sort; and satisfied
that my visitant was no longer in the chamber,
I.dismissed the man and hurrieil through my
toilet with breathless precipitation,.
Ilasteipng'from,the hated scene of lily ter
rors, I escaped to the parlor, whither I instant
ly summoned the:. proprietor of 'the Bell' in
propria persona. I suppose 1 belied scared and
haggard enough, for my hcist looked upon ma
with an ppression of surprise and inquiry
'Shut the - door,' said G.
It
It was done.
'I have had an uneasy night in the room you
assigned me, sir ; I may soy indeed, &miserable
nigh I said.
—Prey;' - resumediJiiterrupirnOis apologetic.
expression of surpise, 'has any, person but my ,
self ever complained of- - --of being disturbed in
lhat•room
'Never,' be assured me.
I had suspected the ghostly old practical
joke, to often played off by landlords in story
books, and fancied f might have 'been deliber
ately exposed to the chances of a 'haunted
chamber.' But there was no acting in the
•auk look and honest denial of mine host
'lt is a very strange thing,' said I hesitating;
and I do not see why I Mould not tell you what
has oceyrred. 4nd asl - could swear, if neces
sary
the perfect reality of the entire scene,
it behooves you, I think, to sift the matter care
fully. For-myself, I cannot entertain a doubt
as-to the nature of-thedruly terrible visitation
to which I have been subjected; and, were 1 in
your position, I should transfer .my establish
ment at once to some other house as well sui
ted. to- the purpose, and free from the-dreadful
liabilities.of this.'
I proceeded to detail the particulars of the
occurrence of the past night, to which he lis
tened with nearly'as much horror as 1 recited
them.
'Mervyn's tomb repeated after me; why
that's down there in 1 1 —r: the church yard
you cut see from the window of the room you
dept in.'
'Let us go there instalitly,' I exclaimed with
an almost feverish anxiety to ascertain whether
we shotild discover in the niece indicated any
thing corrobointivo of the authenticity of my
vision. •
shan't say no,' said he .+t vinnatc
-
braeing , himself fur an of 'courage g 'but
we'll take Faukcs, and James the helper, with
us; and please, sir, :you'd 'not mention the
circumstance as has occurred to either on
MEI
gave bini the a i ssuranee he asked for,
and in a few minutes our little party were in
full march upon the point of intelest.
There had been an intense black frost, and
the ground, reverberating to our trend wish the
hollow sound of a vault, emitted the only, noise
that accompanied .our rapid.. advance. • i and
my host were' too 1111101 preoccupied for eon•
vctiation, and our attendants maintained a res.
pectful silence. A few minutes brought us,,to
the low, gray walls and bleak hedgerows that
Surrounded the pretty old, church, nod all its
melancholy and its picturesge memorials.'
'Mervin's tomb lies the r m, I think, sir,' he
said pointing to a corner of the Church yard,
in which piles of rubbiSl), withered weeds, and
brambles were thickly accumulated under 010
solemn, though imperfect shelter of the wintry
He exchanged some senteimes with our at
endants in Welsh.
'Yes, air, that's UM place,Oin added, turning
0 ma
. .
And as we all approached it I. bethoughi• me
dint the direction in which, as 1 stood upon the
stile, 1 had heard the voice on the night prece
ding, corresponded accurately with that indi
cated by my. guides. The tomb in. question
was a huge slab Mf bliglinarblo, supported, as
was made apparent when the surrounding ,
brambles were rumored; upon six pillars, little
more than two feet high each. There was
ample room-for tibumait body tulle insult: this
funeral poet-house ; and, on stopping to look
beneath, 1 was unspeakably &hocked to sea that,
something like 'a Uttennw lige re was actually
extended there.- • ,
it wi3s indeed, a corpse; and +AO is more,
corresponded in everi trait'with the internel
phantom whibbi be. the preceding night, had
visited and appalled - me: -7."
rhebogy, though miserably
. omacia led, was
that of a large•boned athletic man, Of fully six
feet four in hnight3 and it was, therefore, no
easy task. to withdraw it 'from the receptacle
where it had been deposited, and lay it, as our
assistants did, uLfili • the toinbstonp which had
covered it. SNioge to say, moreover, the feet
of the body, as -- We found it, had been planed
toward the west.
.
As I looked upon this corpse, and recegui-
ad but too surely, initaproportiona and lima
uferde, every trait of the apparition that had
btoo i.k ......
al. my heMsida, with a ocientenatice aiii
mate 4
11Y Ilia deiMair and malignity of the dank
nal; !Mart fluttered and sank withinma
and I re collect from the effigy oCthe diiiiicit
with l ' 6rtor - ,- - iiecond - only to that' whiCh hat
thrilled me on 'the night-preceding. ..
Now; render—honest render—l:appeal to
your Own 'appreciation! of - testimony, and ask
you, having those facts in evidcnco,
the deposition Or titicya Mid car witness; whole
viirneiti, through a long life,'ltaS once
been compromised or questioned, have, you; or
have you, not, in the foregoing story, a well
authenticated Mary.
Before you answer the abort) spostion, how
ever:Of niay be convenient to let you know car-'
tain , other facts'wleli u.ere clearly established
upon the irquest that was .vory prOperly held
ypon the body /Odell in io,:strange. a inanner
we had diseevere& • • •
i purposely. avoid (Wails,' and witlio • ut
as
'eigning thddepoiitions.rospectively . to the wit
nesses who inadethcinGshall restrict myself to
a naked outline of the' evidence an it appeared:
'The body 1 have de'seribed, watt Identified as
that of Abrahant ‘ Sanilb, an unfortunate'
tic s who had; like the day{ but one 'preceding;
made lie escape from the neighbbring• potlatt
workhouse, where ho had been for many years
confined. His hallucination tvlaitrstrantge, but
not by any means an unprecedented one. Ho
fancied that-he had died, and was condemned ;
and, as peso ideas alternately predoMinated,
sometimes spoke of himself as an 'evil spirit,'
and sometimes Importuned his keepei to 'bury
him-;' using habitually certain phrases, which
.1 had no difficulty in recognizing as among
those which he had addressed to inc. He had
teen traced LO the neighborhood where'„his
body was fountl,,and had been se,farid retie• ..
'red scarcely half a mile from it,
hours before my visit to the clii,rch-yard
There were, further unmistakeable' evidences
. ol some person's having eljnbed up the trellis
work to my window on the previous night, the
shutter of which had been left unbarred, and
as the window might have: been easily opened
with a push, the cold which I had esperienced,
as an accompanimenl. of Elie nocturnal visit,
was casilyAgeounted fur, 'llter_o was kmark
of blood upon the window-stool, arid a scrape
upon the knee of the body corr wooded with it.
A. multiplicity of other slight circumstances,
and the positive assertion of the chambermaid
that the window had been opened, and %lie but s
imperfectly — Clindd again, came in support a-,
the conclusion, which was,to my mind satisfac-'
torily settled by the concurrent eviderteis — g - ii;
medical men, to the effect that the unhappy
man could not. have been many hours dead
when the body was found, '
Taken in the inass, the evidence convinced
and; and though 1 might still have clung to the
preternatural theory, which, in the opinion of
some persons, Lhd facts of the case: might. still
have sustained, I candidly decided with the
weight of evidence, 'gave up the ghost,' and
accepted the natural, but still somewhat horri
ble explanation of the occurrence. For his
candor I take credit to myself. I might have
stopped'short al the discovery of the corpse,
but I am nu -friend to 'spurious gospels L' let
our-faith, whatever it - banes(
fact.', For my part, 1 steadfastly - believe — in --
ghosts, and have dozens of stories to support
that belief; but this is not among them. 7--
§hould - 1 - evereoine;therefore,„to tell you one,
Kay relnoniber that you have to deal with L.
candid...narrator. •
METH SET ON roD,Og.—All acid foods, drinks,
medicines, and. tooth ivaelies and powders, are
very injurious to the teeth: If a tooth is put
in cider, vinegar, lemon juice, or tartaric acid*
In a few hours the enamel will be completely
destroyed, so that it eon be removed with the
finger nail as easily att if it were chalk. Most
have experienced what is called' Betting the
teeth on edge.. The explanation of it is, the
acid of the fruit that has been eaten has so fur
softened the - enamel of-the tooth that the least
cmlum - vuo -- 1•••vo••••••••6 0••• , ••• - ••••• -,
which pervade the thin membrane which con
nects the enamel and the bony part of the tooth.
Such an effect cannot he produced without in
juring the enamel.,. True, it will .becorn e hard
again when the acid has been removed by the
fluids Of the mouth, just as an egg shell that
been softened in this; way becomes hardened
by being put in water.. When the effect_ of
sour fruit upon the leitli - Anis
_subsided, they
feel as well as over ; Mit they aro not.as well.—
And the oftener it is repeated, the.souner will
the disastrous consequences be manifested.—
Family V6it-or.
illiams, a 'Welshman, employed in
straigh mg rails at the iron Works on the
Co .toga y Lancaster - county, - uses for the - liu - c:
pose a sledge weighing 'ninety pounds.' 'Every
rail made, requirOs 'at !chat 'seven' blown w ith
this humour; hammer to straighten it, and ' as
all the rails arc straightened, by him,. he is Com
pelled to give nearly 'one thousand blows with
it every day.' It would seem as though the
bunion frame was not capable of such . tronion- •
dons exertion, yet Mr. William's enjoin' '
lent health, and apparently grows stronger with
every day's exorcise. [This John • William s
must be 'O. decided 'bloWer,' as every seven
blows' ho 'a trikes,' he raises 630 lbs; and if ho
'compelled! to strike 'ono thousand blows l
per day, he raises 90,000 lbs. a day, or 559,000
pounds a week—Sampson was. a strong man,
but Mr. Williams must be a-stronger.]
ECuicATIoN , AO' CRinis.- , 14r J. J; Randall,
of New York, states that an stxtt motion of the
officialreturns made to thO SOMMary of State
by the Shpiifrs of the several counties,. -of the
convictions had in thoaeveralbourts of Record
throughout the State,and in tho Year 1840 to
1848, both inclusive, 'comir - isini period of
nine years, giving the following result:—The•
whole number of persons returned, as having
lieen convicted:of:crimes in the several coun
ties and cities ofsthofitute,- during_ _the...period.
referred to, was 27, 940 ; of these, 18 2 . wero
returned as having received a "common educa
tion," 414 as having a "Coldrahly good educa
tion," and 128 only as "well educated." Of
the remaining 26, 225, alkut half Were able
Merely to road and write. 'The residue were
destitute of any education whatevor.
A pious African at imitievllle .atainbled
while . Walking, ono very dark night, ,a\ wae
pitched head fortmont, down a cellar, 4hiclt
afforded him an , "open enhance,' Springing
to hle,fect, ha nitelaimed,.."Brese de Lord' dat 1
lit on my head If die, nigerlied scraped hho
shine no hard, I epee he broke hie leg," •
opinion,
of the utility of periodical publication. ,• I con
aiderench easy ohic.kles of krionlo'clgo more
happily euleeleted thin any 'other to preeerVd_
the liberty, stimulate •the unlearn , and melio
,rate the morale tif an enlightened and, free pea
plc.—Washington,
.From Oregart,,weloato that the Indi
iinstnive giveil'np to' day. Lane the murder
ers of the missionary, Dr. Whitman, and hie
'family., Among them, aro two Catholic pricits.
A now Indian war is runiored
.In:the territory.
oonoequanco of the *war of some emi
ts. •. • . •
I Tim, rivalry .out wog. among , noivapa-
Poo le.qo great (list oae journal aae pimulaod
tylivoiblisli accounts of "teFriblo,imaitiorita7
flyolva hpura in itilianoo of, their oomi,roo,Ml.
:trZek {Nakuru paper aaya , , • j*T9yordia
guilty, to'povorty . So' far de thi s' woril t
earned, iou hotter admitthat ,„
, ,!Afarnal'rasall. • • •
Ma
VOLUME L.-NO
Correspondence or -the Lowell Courier
I . VOPIAN'S RIGHTS.
Mn. alma—Hero I am In the midst of Mayi
cleaning (deferred on account of the.wealher)
and with the baby.. almost sick and Very-01°8s
- with the "teeth Milling," and yet I feel obliged
bl the urgency of the matter, to steal a few
moments from all other cares, to c'ali`jour at.
tendon to, and solicit you aid In averting,
a great.evil that seems to threaten us Ladies of
Creation.
Last Wednesday evening, I was preSent at a
meeting of the "Senate,l' to hear what the gun-
Omen could have to say about the rights of
woman, and . ' must confess, while listening to
the very eloquent remarks of the 'gentleman
who opened the discussion, and portrayed with
so much earnestness the wrongeof woman—l
felt very much like a rogue who was defended
in a suit at law by. talented counsel ; Inever
realized until then what an injured innocent I
was„ His closing inquiry, "Why should, riot
women vote i" has been ringing in my ears
ever since, and I feel_ condemned_, because_
- liSVe never iiven the subject a thought before.
however, I hav&now looked at it all over
all its bearings, and as we pro not invited to de ,
fend our "rights" the "Senate,"' will you
please grant me permission to answer his ques
tion through the columned' your valuable pa-
PerP
My answer is simply this—" They hava•enough
else to do.' That woman is, or can be, well
qualified to voto.or fill with -g , iacti and•wisdom
any office, no matter how high , be 'it that of
minister to the Court of St. limes, member of
the Presidelit's qdrinet, or even that of Presi
dont itself—there can be no doubt. But can
man, with any amount of teaching, over be- -
come quakfied to preside with equal grace and
ivigdmiroverthe morn - important affairs of "the
nursery, kitchen and drawirit room? For
would-not-be-so-barbarous - sis - tcrbur- ------
den us with new duties, witholit aiiniining our
old ones. Suppose for instance, these, our
friends (T) - should obtain,for us therigii9o-iiir
frage and the
. piivila',
t t thereunto belonging',
end we should feel • duty
"For our dear country's sake .
To travel round and speeches make"—
—to incite our sisters to avail themselves of
their privileges and -elevate the condition of
. of the country—what assurances can we have
that a cheerful home, with . all its dear delights,
would be awaiting ourreturn7 We, as wives
mothers and home•keepers, occupy very impor
tant posts in the great battle of life, and 1, for
one, feel unwilling jo . tube pjesEin the matter
of resigning or eitehanging. Our•motto
that which is worth doing at all is worth doing
well, until would suggest to the gentlemen who'
political arena, that they commence with ear
nestness and apply themselves with assiduity tir
acquire khnotviedge of, and ability to perform
the te'd thousand and Ono honorable and usefu I
acts that
,make up our daily routine, There,
possibly, we may commence the study of the
government driteSoil and give our time to the
preparation necessary to make intelligent vo
ters.
While wo are the dispensers of so many of
c necessaries, comforts mrei Ituriei for man,
seems the. veriest nonsense to say that Na do
not possess. our full half of influence in the
world, and really, sir, this acorns the .only rea
sonable view of the subjectthat Lean find. I
certainly think if women will only exorcise, to .
the best of their knowledge,lhe power they
- now possess, particularly. in the training of Ins- - -
bands and sons, ihe country cannot get very far
obi of the way or women be slighted with
And while teaching our boy's, we will
remember that, as .theri is a possibility that
they may becomeProsidents, it is still higher
honor to be PRESIDENT liitikiftS, Yours for -
Women' i s Righu. • • ' P:
P. S. Two lonves'of bread, Indian pudding,
and pork and beans, for -to-morrow, have alt
scorched In the oven *tile I have been 'Crib ,
tiling this. Therefore I have learned, that.
scribbling about woman's rights and Conking
Sunday dinners, are incompatible.
Small Sweet Courtesies of Life:
"1 want to tell you a secret. The clay for
make yourself pleasing to 'others, is to. shim
that'you care Tor them. The whole world is
like tholmiller at Pdannsfield, 'who cared for
nobody—no not he—became nobody L eared for
' And the whole world will ierve yoal3De
ifYou' - glve — them the same caur..,LAALeyery
One, therefore, see that you do care for them,
by showing them what Sterne no happily calls,
'the small• sweet courtesies of
courtesies in which there it no parade; whose'
voice to still, not teiteaso,.and..svhich..-manifest
themselv9,l by tender and, affectionate• leeks,
and little 160 acts of attention—giving others
preference in every little enjqyment at the
ble, in the field , walking, sitting or standing.—
This is the spirit that gives to your time dr life;
and to' your see, its sweetest 'charm. ltconsti.;
Jules the suin total of the witchcraft of "woman.
Let (he world see that your first' care • is for
yourself, and you will spriairthe solitude of
the Upus tree around you; in the 'sarne - way, by
the emanation of a . poison which kilki • all the'
joices atruction• irilVittiltighborhoOd . . 'Buch.a.
'girt may bo adMired for her Undorotandini and'
accomplishments, but she will. never be' halo
,ved. '
_ Tho Beetle of• love can never grow but under
the warm and genial kind feciinge
and . offectionate moaners. Vivacity
. goes
great way in .young, persons:-, It calls attention
to her
,iytio displays it ; and if it then be'.found
Visoelated with a generous sensibility, its exe
cution is irresistible.
, On the contrary,•if it be found in alliance
with a cold, haughty, selfish heart, it produces
no further effect, but itemisers° one: Attend
to this, my daughter. It flows-from 'a `bearr s
that feels for you all the anxiety a parent can
feel, and not 'Without the hope whicti'conati
tutee theTurentie htgluset happiness.' May God
bites and. protect you..•, Your:affectionate. fath• -
or.—. Extract from ei,Litter y the late Win. t
Ii it daughter. , , •
Loma Pies.—itmaykle; dealtablo to know ,
that a good.plo aan,be . tondo simply of lemon
and molneoes. riser, ont tlnejutoe:of o'; lemon
. intotwo ten enpafull,of tooleinee. grateitt tho
dried poet ofenother, ,corer 'a plata with, &day
r plArupt, epread another layer of ilia miituro.
and oreethat lay a topernat ;lake, thoroughly.
and you will . hare AO eanolont Ono lemon
"in Tikl ilO. pi i
Ist;
En
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