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Mat: lILNIEL7r sr,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGLION , -o,ifice
X,in erect, nthr the Poet o.lfice. „Duct. IL
will give his par: Millar attention to Surgical
- 11i.sc,n3d3, and diseases of women and children.
Its will also give his attention every Saturday
inoruing, in his olliec,"gratis, front 11 to
clock, to surgical cams among 'he poor.
January 22. 185,1.
DR. I. C. LOOMIS,
WILL perform all
operations upon the
Teeth that are requi
.
rod for theirpreservation, such as Scaling, Filing,
Plugging, &c, or will .restore the loss it them,
by ins.erting Artificial Teeth, frottile toot It
to a toll oott. Vrollico, on Pitt 'sire t., a few
ours south of the Railroad lictel. Dr. L. is ab
eat the last ten days of evevr month. s,
a o~'Y'«
DR: F. XVIITILLIay
IrrOM.CEOP.ATIIIC PHYSIGIA SUP,
LIGEON, AND ACCOW;LIEUR, having
succeeded Dr. Lippe, formerly practising phy•
aician-or-this place, _solicits,the patronage 01 :he
Triends'of his pre•decessorvmd shall 66 happy
to wait
; upon all who may favor him
t` l a call.
novl3:lm F. MILLER, M.D.
73.0217.03802A 1111-11 . 0
Practice of Medicine, Salver!' and Obstetrics
-• .
Drs. A. hi. S J. BTAY;tIAN, respeolully
announce to the citizens ul Carlisle and vicanty
— that:they havelaken-the--olliee_reeently_occur_
pied by Dr. Smith, in Sauderass'a Row, and
will he happy to attend to all who may - favor
them with a call in the venous hranelie.3 of
' their prOfessien. - We are prep,.red to visit pa
tients inthCCOnittry at any distance, Charges
moderate. [ap9ll
A CARD.
.I• W. 11ENDEL, Sargeon Dentist
Intbrms Ids former- patrons that lie has re
anted to Carlisle, and will be glad to attend to
nil calls in the line of his profession. leet:3l
AL CARD.
DR: J. DAUDIIIVIA.N, informs his friends
and the public, that lie 4111 continuo to attend
to all professional calls, ns heretofore, (nokvi!h
standing reports to the contrary. OFFICE—
On East Met linars-3m
urn's. PE. PENROSE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, *ill practice In
the several Courts of Cumberland county.
OEFICE. in Main Street, in the rosin Conner
y occupied byL. G. Brandobury. seq.
3AIVZES R SIVIVI/I, -
A, TTORNEY AT LAW. Has RE-A
MOVED his oflico to Beetoin's Row, two
`oars from Rorltholdor's notel. fup r
-- GEORGE EGt,
lusTicE OP THE PEACE. Or
non aihis residence, corner of Main street
and the Public Square, opposite I3urkholder's
'Hotel; In addition to the duties of Justice of
the Peace, will attend to all kinds of writing,
such as deeds, bands, mortgages, indentures,
articles al - agreement, notes, &c.
Carlisle, ap 8'49. •
Fgesli Drugs, Medicines, &c.
rf*.l litt;io just received from Philadel•
phia and New York;very extensive
additions to my former stock, timbre
cing nearly every article of Medicine
• --- now in use, together with Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soaps,
Stationery, Fine Cutlery, Fishing' Tackle,—
liruhea of almost every description, with an
endless variety of other articles, which I act de
termined to sell at the csr.v Li/ ivusr
hysicians, Con ntry .;\ Lerclants,_Tedlars.
and others, are respectfully requested not to pass
the ,OLD STAND, as they may rest assured
that-every article will be sold of a good quality,
and upon reasonable terms,
S.
Alain stri.nii.
PT ay 30
Plainfield Glaqsibal licadei6r,
FpUlt. miles WEST OF CARLISLE.
' Pent/ commence o;‘, .110:\
.11.11" sth, 1 351.
rn'illtiS Institution has been ostabbshed near
ly years, during wh,..11 tint, such ad
damns and improvements hav,2 been made as
to render it one of_ the most cpinitiotious and
convenient in the State.
In regard to hoalthlulne , s it may bo taco -
tiomul that no case of serious sickness has ,te
eurrod in the institution-since it was founded.
ks moral purity is attested by the fan that
depraved ass'Ocrafes, scenes of vice, and resorts
fm dissipation have no existenea in the neigh
borhood.
rhe course of instruction comprises all Ile
branches required by the met-Mtat, prolessiOn.
al man or collegian. Also, modern languages,
vocaLand. instrumental MUSIC, &C.
• tho detern Ms ion of the Pro irietor that
the institution shall sustain the reputation It Ins
already acquired tor. imparting thorough 'in
struction, and inculcating and establish.ng vir
tuous principles in the minds of the youth sub
mitted to his charge.
''liras (per Session Fivejlrodillis) $5O 00.
For catalogues containing,rofercuces, •&c-,
address It IC BURNS,
Principal and Proprietor,
Plainfield P. 0., Cumberland County, Pu
1831.
II)HITIE: HALL ACADavrir.
mites IVest of IlarrOnag, Po. •
THIS. Institution will lie opon for_ tbe Jaren
tion of Students, on MONDAY, the sth' of
May, next.. The course of Instruction will
embrace vatious branches of a thorough
English Education., together \Vial the Lutist,
Greek, French—and German Languages, and
'Vocal' and Instrtimental Music.
• TERMS:
Boarding, Washing and tuition
in the English -brunettes per ses
sion (5 months) . $5O 00
Latin oy Greek 5 00
Fri:Melt or GOrMan • • 500
Instrumental Music 10 00
For [Mille; information address
• , '
D. DENLINGER,
_ _lntirchs,ly Ilarrisbuly, Pa.
xixa.sTrzwe 4CBDIWIT.
in6i.itutiin will be open for the recep—
tion of students, on MONDAY, the sth of
,Moy; - .All the branches of a sound English and
tClasdieal Education willjbe taught,and students
tiller:Highly qualified for entering any. eines in
College. or fitted for business life. There will
ibo two sessions a year, the first commencing
.on the First Monday in May, and the summit
:session on the first Monday, to November, of
.every year. Circulars will be furnished on op.
,plieation in person or by letters addressed m the
:subscriber at Newville. P. 0., Chniberland co.
Pa. [931,1Y] W IkjANN.
.NOTICE.
-THE Commissioners of Cumberland 'county
,ikeinit,properto inform-the public, that the all
•ed meetings of the Board of CommisSieners
he held an the second and fourth • Mondays. of
.0.141 month, at Which time any persons having
tbutiness wiitit said Board, will meet ,then[ ut
tnar oifiee.in
.AttOst , • ••
AVE: "SrOIM PROPEIVI v ir
FOR.-
porrioturniehing to rOEcue • their proper
1, ty tfromfiro withnut lho aid orinatuanee
.comprinies, Imo their rotnanovared.witit
: . /flake.'n Aiwa Inulaiion Slale, or 'Eire and
;Water Progf-i'aint. A rota well cpvered with
tibia article will last mach' longer has the roof
unpainted; and will rander.ii natirely Fire and
'Water, Proof. Tido article can •bo had cheap tit
the flarliwaro Store of -." • ,
• marlfr JOIIN Pi LYNE.
•vg TIM( lAL OIL—A Iwnyn fregh;•cotietalli•
ly Icein lhand at. HUBBARD'S Drug
' " ' [rnui2o
c h m it tj 3frlitiiirairtr,----,Rtitit torittritturt, a ration, "latifiro, Agrittillutt, .93ttoitimo
THERE ARE TWO THINGS, SAriII LORD BACON, IVIIICH MAKE A NATION GREAT AND BROSPEROLUS",--A'BERTI,L.E "SOIL -AND,,BUSY WORKSHOPS,—TO WHICH LET ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND FREEROM.—Bishop • Hall,
I heard the dying strain of Music fall
Upon the car of Time.
All sowids melodious ceased ; and voices all
Accordant ceased to chime.
The harp of nature broke; and not'a sound
Save discord wild was heard tie earth around
Streamlet and brook in sullen silence rolled—
Their mumn'ring cadence gone;
And cataract and river left untold
Their mighty anthem song.
While old and hoary ocean hushed its waves,
And crushed 'the echoes in their sea-green
•
caves. •
The winds no longer sang their pensive lay
O'er chimacy-top or tree.;
Nor zephyr sprites in hetlze or hawthorn gay,
Chimed forth in wail'or glee. • ,
The•storm rushed silentmn its cloudy car,
Nor rolled its boomiiigthunder from afar.
The lark no more rang forth his stirring note,
Breasting the 'threading blue; •
No more the thrtiVe!o mimic echoes float,
With cadence ever new.
And all the thousand songsters of the wood
Scream'il wild, or kbpt their fence in gloomy
mood.
On stormy passion's ear no longer .fell
The soothing, melting strain;
Nor love to love the rhyming tale could tell,
That wove the golden chain.
No more o'er melancholy's sad face stole
The lay that drove the demon from his soul.
No more around the hearth the sacred song,
At morn or silent night, •
Bade childhood's wond'ring thoughts, or man
hood's strong,
Upward direct their flight.
No more the swelling notes of praise which
Please
The car of God, freighted the Sabbath breeze.
The world' grew worse; man's hear,k, with
naught to woo
To gentler, holier things,
'Mid nature's discord, cold, insensate grew—
Love ceased to tune its strings.
Beauty and joy and worship found a tomb,
The death of music Was creation's doom.
May 21th, 181. * * ' *
- POPPING - TIM -QUESTION:-
Here is a spirited sketch by an amateur ar
tist, which is so irresistibly comic it would
win a smile froni the gloomiest misanthrope.—
The Beene is the interior of a country mansion-,
in the .111tin,y400in—that paradise between the
parlor And the kitchen—tho locality always
suggested to our minds at the mention of
home. Opposite to the open fire -place is wool
tee, a name given_in country parlance, to a
seat about the length of * a
sofa, which has the
intense rigidity of half a dozen kitchen
chairs grown together laterally—covered in
this case with a comfortable upholstery of fur
niture calico. Upon this sent in a half,recli
ning posture, is a young mitts with every ap
pearance of robust health, save in the pallid
law of his leaturt, : ii.9 which the current of
blSodseems just returning.' Thom his fore
head there is trickling down one cheek a dark
unetous liquid, while his eyes pre fastened
with an inquiring gaze, upon a young lady,
who seems just recovering front the net of
. bending over hint. .la open bottle in her
lintel elucidates the nu stery of the fluid, but
the eaFression of'her countenance is indescri
bable, nod can only be explained by it narra
tion of the circumstauces which led to the
ME
Julia 'Watson, the Imroino of this Scam, was
not only a beautiful girl, with dark hyown
hair that would curl in spite of comb and
brush, bright a:1,11111g eyes that had concealed
in their depths a worldof mischief, and plump
cherry lips that seemed mado for. teMptation
—but she was the only child of a wealthy.fur
mer—st 'combination of .charnis 'which is sel-
dom found, even in this country. She was the
toast of the gallants, far and near, many of
whomdmil mode despetate effdits to secure the
priial, hut, so far, in vain. Strange to say of
one in her situation—it is so different from
our usual observation—she was neither haugh
ty nor coquettish; she worn no shield of, cold
disdain, to repel approach, nor did she invite
the attention of suitors, only 'to triumph in
their rejection. She was fond of frolic, fun,
and such iikocent mischiefs, as aro merely
provocative of 'geed' humbrect gaiety,- but she
never trifled with honest affection. Her 'un
successful admirers, with. a singth exception;
were ever wordiest in her praise; a tribute to
her characier }north volumes of panegyric. =
Tho exception was a.dandyish fortune-hunter,
Who was willing to take the charming girl as
an incumbranee Upon her father's broad acres,
and who fanCiod that the wordy cloud of in
cense ho poured forth at her feet, would hide
Lie selfish design; his discomfiture, wheis he
saw the thin disguise was penetrated, vented
itself in a Volley of abuse which sorted only
to mahe its author more ridiculous.
Julia was two years beyond her teens, and,
still blooined—'an unplucked_ flower—Tinfor
father's dwelling lb answer to all raillery up
on this sul2jeot, she declared her intention of
clinging to Oa respectable sisterhood, yolopt
old Maids; and•this assertion was, of course,
always received with a smile of incredulity.
Thero lived in the. neighborhood; a young
farmer; vhose parents wet'2, both dead, and
who kept open the paternal mansion, through
the assistance of an antiquated colored denies
tie, an heir loon in,the family. After.
big in his boyhood all tho polish which could
be hestowed °arising genius at a village school,-
ho had gone to study Mauro in , the Jailds; in
other words his youth had been poised in the
cultivation of, the soil,' and ho attained a stur:
dy manhood, a noble -specimen of what indus
try, self,rellance,honesty towards men, revo
limo° towards God, eau produce out of our
fallen humanity. ills face . was ontbrowned by
many it harvest sun, but it still wore that,gsnial
smile, 'so attraotivo,4lohildreu, whicimM hyp
ocrisy can imitate. His hand was hard, but it
was everopeii to , tho,poor; and the desolate
stronger, oridllicted, neighbor - who sought its
grasp, loved Its.v . y toughness, it was.auele
strong hand.te Ogg to. , ' -
. 1 William rarrin,ston liad reached Lin tymity
fifth piar, and IYiIS atilt unmail4e4l, -Iklany an
~~~nl~~~z~.
For the "Herald,"
THE DEATII OF MUSIC.
- 1 ir t riiir~
OR, • -
A Remedy for Faintness
CARLISLE,PA . WEDNESp." - JUNE -4q 1 S 51;
aspiring damsel had set "her cap," for him,
but he refused to he caught, and at last by
'common consent of all the place, he had been
elected a suitable bridegroom for our heroine.
Had his hind friends who thus voted him a
bride, know how ardently he loved the object
of their choice:they would have wondered
hill hinger at his prolonged bathelorship:—
The truth was, William could notsummoU'huf
flcient courage to declare his love. Although
he had no shill in the polished small-talk of,
modern, draiving..roums, he,eould. still appear-.
in soaletYlO very:goottadvantageisave when
in company, with the,girl'he loved. Then his'
preSeriee 'of mind 'always forsook him; his
striking handsemo'figuie,became, by its car
riage, rude' and clUm.sy hiS two lands Seem
ed ono too many, and his tongue lost the pow
er of utterance.
Julia was not insensible to the attnohment
'she had inspired, nor
.to the diffidence which
stood in the way of its declaration. Through
all the graMte, she had the good sense to dis
cover the heart of gold; but a certain maid
enly modesty prevented hcrfrom making any
advances to rellfieve the difficulty. Besides,
there was plenty of-time,. and sho bad full
faith in her father's old quoted maxim—
Whereever there's a way."
William, - on his part, made many deSperiite
resolves but they all failed upon trial. He had
essaped writing, but he never could get tho
secret of his heart even to paper, and never
got beyond 'a feiv broken sentences. Often,
after the labors of the day worn over, had ho
gene to the dwelling to seek au Interview,
but his courage always failed him at the last
moment, and ho would -hastily retrace his
steps, 'or if discovered by the family, feign
some other errand. At length he resolved to
test his courage by daylight, and ateordinglS ,
towards the closb of a fine afternoon he found
himself before the door. • He lifted the knock
er, (his heart meanwhileyounding a series •o'f!
double knocks against hiy waist-coat,) and let
it fall lightly upon tliehrazen ball. 4.litti
modest appeal for admission, but to him see
med louder than the-church bell, sindlie would
have run away, had he not heard approach
ing footsteps. Julia herself came to admit
him, and the slight-flush-upon -her—cheeks-as
she encountered the unexpected visitor, ren
llerod'her doubly charming in his eyes.
— ..a - ortr - artornocnr, -- mr: - Ftivam - L tbii; ,, -hata
she, in the - usualaityle - of : Now England greotz
lug fur this hour of tho day, "will you walk
in?"
"Very well, I thank you ) " he replied in an
swer to an imaginary question, (for in .Ithai
confusion he had not understood a word' she
uttered,) and followed her into the !tense.
:Ho took hie seat upon the settee, of which
we have spoken, and attempted sonic prelimi
nary conversation, but the words clung to his
heart like a hook in the fish, and he delivered
them . gaspingly.
" Miss Jul—lacm—Miss Watson—may I—a
—a—is your father at home?"
Ho knew this was an inglorious conclusion
fur such a spasmodic effort, but ho seized up
on it as a drowniqg:mari wo 1 1111 l catch .at
straw. •
"Yes, fa'ther is about home, shall I _cull
him?" she replied half rising from her seat.
"Nu 1" he said, with startling energy; then,
frightened at his impetuosity, added, "that is
would—hipe he is well!"
It was evident he was not "getting on," end
here he cause to a dead halt. She saw that he
had some communication of importance to
make, and her heart whispered the secret In
advance; instead, therefore, of coming, to his
relief by turning the conversation into is
smoother channel, she left him to flounder on
among the breakers. no tried to think of ono
of the many speeches he had conned fur the
occasion, but they; ivere all . mixed in his mem
ory, a mans of entangled words, and he could
not catch the end of the skein. His color
came and went, varying almost with each
breath, and the moment of .silence which en
'sued seemed to hint an age orsuffering.77,
'lfoulng
" Miss Watson-1-1- 7 11ns° called—to soy
—to ask-6'4 de—de—declare-4n shoyt—lu
tell you helf - nittell 1 love your
The effort was too much, and the strong
man who would have sat under the surgeon's
knife , without ffinolling, fainted out right and
sank down upon the cushions!
Julia watched this varying hue, but had not
autieioled t,his'Esudden catastrophe. With ad- .
miiiade presence of mind she ran to the man
tel, whore, upon a narrow shelf had stood
from time immemorial, a bottle of camphor
-spirits, the universal roniarly for syncope.
Now it happened that farmer 'Watson, like
many an other hard working man, whose si
news had been over-strained, was troubled
with a rheumatic shoulder; and had procured'
a bottlo of liniment to be used as a mollifying
embrocation. This bottle had for the moment,
usurped the place of the aromatic solution,;,
and was mistaken for it on this occasion.
With her eyes fixed on the pallid face of her
lover, the frightened girl hastily drew the cork
from the bottle, and pouring some of the liquid
into her Nand, spread it upon his forehead.
Whether it who the odor of -the fragrant
compound, or the thrilling touch of the trem
uloue hand, which brought thO young man a
gain to consciousness; I cannot telb, — but he
immediately Tovived. glimpse of the soon°
at this moment must have boon queer enough,
and would - naturally suggest our title, "Pop
ping the Question, or, A new Remcdy:for Faint
ness."' ' •
The world may laugh as-it wiliat such liru
idity,.and rail nt my. hero as a country clown,
initi am sure , the sensible girl, now many
years a happy wife, would not have cm:banged
the purity end' - fresbnees heart thus
struggling to lay itsolf at her fe'et,for all tho
case of 'a, haeltneYed lover, who can discourse
- eloquently of -passion, with the fluency of one
who has nothing nt stake. ,
..DO tell rne,!!_vaid a city visitor on one 00- .
casien, if the rop'ort'was truo that your hue
hand fainted away,when making his decline- .
don?" ' . :
aim ;replied, with a quiot a I
holiovo.l must confirm the story, and I have;
failoy," , she added; thoughtfully, a that tim
idity iti.a lover in, general, is a aigu , of
inuo
conoo'; and 1 cannot liolp thinking that:•whoti
a pt
fluent in: love-Making,'either his heart
fAmpt it,',ot he hes had too mush experiittee ili
the art!'
THE STEEL STING.
Webstch Ilurfler'ealro Eurcfp'e
We find in one of our exchanges an account
of an atrocious murder committed some time
since in Switiorland, by a college professor,
upon the person of his own noPhow, for the
purpose of obtaining a manuscript. copy of a
treatise on the subject of Electrioity, : which,
afterwards elected him to the Presidency of
the Institute of Mutt:burg on the Mayne,- in
consideration.of the power_ displayed therein.,
Tho gentleman front whose accounts wo gather
the foots, was' vieitiog M. Varienn, and found
M. Pentorn, uncle of, the former, also there : on
a visit.
_lt was duridg his stay . there that M.
Irarienn read to said writer his Treatise on E
lectricity, which astonished him by the great
ness of mind displayed: We giVe the remain
* of the account iJhis own words:
` t l had been home, only a month after this.-.=
was sitting,:at noon; absorbed: copying a
Magdalene from . Coriggio, wheal was roused_
by hasty tap at the'door of my studio.
period it, and therdtauod:pale and tilembliug,
a servant that I knoito belong to my friend
Varienn. Ile placed a note in my hand, which,
told me of' the sudden death. of my friend: I
was inexpressibly sheokodat this, and tried to
get some inforceatioaTioin'the messenger, but
I soon found that froniids terror -this would
be impossible. I.rdselved to go out to hissciit
on the lake that afternoon, I shall never far-'
got that - visit. The oircoin ancet - aro - tInISIZ
Varionn had gone inth his study in, the
morning, and remained there in quiet until a
very late hour : _A servant was sent about five
o'clooklo see if he would not partake of some
cake and wino. . lie - soon returned, pale and
breathless, whore his , sister and tho house
keeper-were sitting ; he informed them as soon
as ho could speak, that hie , master wouldn't.
speak to him, and had a -strange look. They
flew to the room: Varienn.,wris dedd. lle
was sitting in his chair; an extraordinary and
painful expression on his face; and hit
poei
ion indicated that ho had-started forward
if to grasp
.tomething. A volume .of Plate's
Crite - was iu his hand, but not hold as if ho
had just left off reading at_the time of his
death—:TA servant was_devatchod,that_miglit_
for a physician, and ono at daylight to me, as
.1 was nearly the sole acquaintance of the fairt
ilrinifxrveredo; Pcnterhis-uncler-had—left-- ,
the day before. I was present with the .doe
tor when ho first examined the body. It was
inflamed as if, rubbed. with nettles, on the back
ofl-the neck, (half way roufid,) down
-hid ba . ck,
and.at several - por * thr of the body. At one
point betweon the shoulders the inflannnatibn
seemed to_hp,,,r;
on being, opened, e:ihibited - a - ['Ara ojcin and
mucous sub Stance beneath. Tho physician
said he was .entiroly at fault in ascribing or
in attempting to ascribe., the singular death to
any cause Milner,* of; that ho had never mot
with, or read of, any st'..ldea; demise with each
symptoms.. We attOnthcl to the burial of M.
Varienials body.
About ono monill'afOrwards I Wn:l Sitting
in my:-roora,-thinking- of-this-bearl-retoling
tragedy, which still haainted my brain witli c ts
ghostly features and suggestions. 'My servant
interrupted my roverieby bringing me my file
of German periodicals. The very first review
I opened to was headed M. "Penterli's.
ThoUghts on the Electric Agent." Pentern!
surely that was M. Varier:Ws uncle, of Mentz.
Plaid it aside for the night's reading, and pas
sed on to some of the newspapers. The -very
first editorial paragraph that met my eye in
she Zoitung was a statement that Pent - ern hail
bpon elected to tho Pce;dlency of thedristitute
of Wurtzburg en the Mayne, in consequence
of the poweralisplayed by his new Treatise on
Electricity,, , joined with coinplimonts to his
work. Ihere,seemed to he some vague and
agitating haent association in lily mind with
these announcements. -I picked up the review
and read on until I had finished two pages.—
Mr. Penteru's work was the same that Vati
can had read to mu in his study! With really
spa hug effect the truth ilashod upon mo intu
itively; I .was oouvinoed that Mr Pentern
had boon in some. sort connected with my
friend's death. I determined to prosecute the
investigation; and for this intent, wrpte on to
the publishers for the treatise itself, in order
to see the truth nf my first discovery from ex
tracts in the Review conamed thereby, I im
meidatoly set to thinking over tho ! matter, and.
very early on the following day set off .for my
late friend's Cottage. I 'first settled in my
that 111.1Tarionn had.died somehowi by, his
uncle's hand; and the 'motive - of the latter
was to secure the essay lw , electricity for. his
own, which had probably...been read to him in
confidence.' Ile was known to have secret ill
fooling : towards his nephew when they were to
gether at Mentz ; there was motive enough,
surely. Mit it was a fiAt -that Mr. Pentern
had gone off the day before Varienn died;
and that, too, 'according to his sister's account,
in the morning. It was true, alai), as I learn
ed of the same source, that M. Verienn had
been away to a friend's hotiso, 'seven miles
distant, for two days before his Miele loft, and ,
had only returned the morning he left, (about
two hours Wire.) I asked . his sister how
Poutern Was occupied dining his nenhew's ab
sence, informing"her as to my,stutPioions as to
my friond'Ertleath. She replied' hat he rtiroly
left the study. naked her whore III: Writ*
ras on the rtSnaUt of the day of M:
tern's doparture—and:whother ho had beeia iu
his study. :She said 'that hating' been'absent
so long ho had remained with her until dinner
time; that in the afternoon he had gone with
fishing party on the lake, and had not returned
till bed-tittle—he had 0u1,9 gone in his . studia ,
moment for his tackle, Wore the next fatal,
The body of . ll. tarivp bore no marks of
violence; : if M, Vontorn hid been instrunion
tal in his death it must havelmen. by - means
of .poison. But ho Patt4AliMr.,havo . achllini B -
tered this, by, bribing a serVent, , et., by some
direct metlkodbave,giyon i 1 himself 7 this part
of 'the iiabi.of Ookkolusio'noVa's yery barren.—
asked:Elpimn tltey,lita taken c glass. 9C
trine together on' the di?3 , ,f4, , l i .entertk'sletkVing.
No. If M.; . 'irarienn bad-oaten tint.ing the day
rand ivLn6. On k.olleotion'she said she really
believed ho had not tasted a mouthful in the
house for five days bf3ibrechie,ileathi' - Ito lipid
eaten no . dhiner oit 1,114 41Ei,titio16 loft; 'ex:
taming himself by sayb hellkach taken a lunch
at tie I ote es -l oyageurs, t roe miles above;
he had coma from the lalco at bed-timo and
had gone to bed ; on the next morning ho had
gone to his !Andy bCfore taking coffee and had
not seine out again. To support my theory,
then; it must lye found that M. I'entern had
arranged. poison of. some description in the
study, 11101.'6 ho knew it would hays effect in
the regular course of Varienn's customs. Tho
scroll on whieb.the Treatise on Electricity was
written was in a• secret' drawer, so that it
should have effect only' when the paper :was
sought. I asked noir to be shown into the
study, which they ti precisely as it
was the morning of mrial ; and so
I fsund it. Inonni ig about. Tho
eleritoir, if it rem: died, had not
been .menod by Va approached it;
touched the spring i m, and found
it enipty'L I, was cm my suspicion.—
My thoughts slow ra. the room to
discover the medium of death; I racked my
brain vainly, and as twilight was casting a
thick - shadowed the dial of tho western win
dow. I was alniojt in despair. To *loot my
thoughts fora final effort, I threw myself in
iii. Varionn's chair.
God!" oiied Eloann, at that moment
entering the door, and supporting herself by
it; "what ails you? Ilow like him you
lookl"
I had thrown myself in Varibrin's chair ;
but no sooner had I done so than I sprang for
ward in pain, and Mann, entering at the
time, was shocked at the resemblance between
myself, at the time, and her brother, when she
found him dead. •The remark struck me; in
an instant the entire secret was revealed!
rose up, although ih pain. !rho chair in which
I sat was one of velvet cushioning, of curious
oaken carving.on the lugs, arms, and'. back;
the velvet thickly wadded up As far as the
back to tho head. I have said that the secret
Was revealed to my, senses, &Moll my under-
Standing was at fault in inventing. I called
-];_lean, who was still standing pale at the
door.
"Soo!" i3ahl I, "this was tho villain's
work l"
• I pressed, my - hands on either side of the
velvet back as hlgh up as I had experienced
the pain; ihen started-forth one of those
weapons, which were invented by a celebrated
gang of assassins in Lyons, and used by them
- fdr'ilteir — de.9l - totsTliefore — titeil'7Sttppressiely, -
tweitty years ago. It was then known by the
title of the "steel sting." It it made to per- ,
forato the flesh, anti, beiug.;charged with sub
tle poison, forces it through a perforated tis
sue of thin metal in many different' directions
in the body. It was good for me th4the en-,
tit...charge :was expelled at oac‘,eid.rance.—;
This, then, was undoubtedly the way in
My lamented friend had been murdered. Tlie
appearance of the body ; the circumstances of
his and Pentern's movements, joined with the
physician's opinion'of the body >in confirming
my hypcjthesis. My course was instantly de
termined/cm: of it and its results you can
probably best judge from the subjoined let-
,rO4ll
Prttrci—lTAT,T;;' Wirrtzburgi.July 2°;-18.54.
M RESPECTED Sin:—The Presi
dent, M. Pentern, died this morning at 8 o'-
clock. Yourletter, containing certain allege
tions,"was read thin monung Y to — him, Cora was
- known that he could not live 106g, j uid it was
deemed prner thayte should be told of them,
even though sick. The aihienied 'to be under
great,6notiodduring its perusal. SO soon as
krws,s,finishcd, be exclaimed in the hearing of
the faculty—"-It is true, every letter; he was
a devil; a damned witch to find it out." Ile
then died. Allow tis, sir, to condole with you
on the loss of
,your friend by this singular and
revolting sot. We submit, however, that there
'would he scarcely anything gained by expo
sure,, although some disgrace might result to
the institution. They are both of the same
family, both dead. We thing ft sufficient that
the most excellent work on Electricity' should
be immediately published under M. Varienn's
name,'with a certified confession of M. Peii
torn, to the extent that it was not his.
"By order of the Faculty, .
H. R.II3BTAN L."
I acknowledge the rightfulness of the sug
g,esiions contained in this.
THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
; The editor of the Boston Bee, is a wag and
gallant as well. Ha puts forth queer essays,
and his last, on "The Freedom - of the Press,"
is not a little peculiar. We take an extract
from'itliy way of a specimen:
Aroud her waist L put my arms—
It felt soft as a cake; •,‘ .
"Oh dear!" says she " what liberty "
, You printer men do take!"
"Why yes, my Sal, my oharming - galp
(I squeezed her some I gess,)
"Can you say Omy chick against
The Freedom of the Press."
I kissed tier Some—l did by gin—
She oolorell like a botstf
Uponing living Soul, she looked
Almoaktos-good to oat. '
:I gave her another buss, and then_
Says tsho, "I do.confess,
I rather sorter kinder like
The Preedom of the Press,"
• EXCESSIVE MODESTY.-A young, lady noted
for tier affected niannerS, recentlyentered.' the
Show-room of a fashionable milliner, with
whom, her family wore acquainted, for the
purpose of making. some trifling purchases.—.
1::in being asked how her mother's health was,
she replied—
• i,,ShO is not very well?'
' Ah 1 what is tho matter with her?'
She fall down stairs-and hurt her courtesy
bender.' , •
, Iler what?' -
'Her courtesy-bender.' •'"
.• Cdurtqay bender! ivhat, is that V
.inqukred
the plaided
• Wi . .1.1,- 7 —ber;--4-tt-e-o 1' •
A SIGH - AS Is A Stoy.,-Wo think• bad spel
, lore will'havedif4oulty in understanding,-the
following sign, %chic& wad taken front a' store
door in'aeommerelid town in CilifOrnin4 Phof,
Snil licar o Beets . , & Shooz lileltuihes
garb .
,lerk 4.llwine, candles, pipes, tin kitties,
orsfurs,• lams, .bear 'skins, sider ; : brandy,
wood,tobakliei*,:kats;:aappS,'
. ntitrriegs; ports
,ters, Si other tin Wear';lbOsides lOt of other
things witch aint utonshined heir. Aced plio?.
.Tail'heilr; in enny givontfty
Praia Courier.
the most ginnerous arePnoble body of ffien. on
the sticface of this intangerblo spear; and they
deserve to be cellerbrated, without a fee, by
the most illustrus poicks and. horaters of this
groat country. YcS sirs! I wish the whole
array of them could be present at this time,
here in this same old Gallyhill street, market,
to-hohr 'Jouster Higginbotom magnerfy their
wirtuos and peruounce their pannygerie; but
it comforts me to think if they can't hear me,
wivy woey, they den see the well-exercuted
picture of their true friend, and read a werha-
Um report of .his wery words in that magnifer
cent publication; the Philadelphia Sunday Her;
•
curt'.
• This are, feller-citerzenp,,that I likes,.
Tho praise that'is offered to deserving ..objicks'
doesn't fly bank„ .into your face, lik6 , llirty dish
water which you pitch against a hot coal-stove.
When I tried to white-wash the lawyers, it
were a hard bit of work, mind I tell you; and
and it would have been a sin to do it, if I
hadn't been paid for it pretty handsome, which .
of Course - in:di:es a big difference in the crim-,
ernality of the thing; cos when a man's paid
for doing summat, he's sorter forced to do it
and can't help himself. But, - in this case, I
come forward with a woluntary aulojum, and
kt rises spantarius from my heart, and
there's no bamboozle about it.
Feller citizens and Sinners promiscUsly;hare
you ever hid the good luck to witness and be
hold one of them oriddewents and terrifercal,
tragercal and tremenjus nateralphenomernons
called conflergrations ? Ilave . ,„you ever been
startled tip from- your midnight couch, (or
mattress, 'or whatever you do your snoozin
on,) by the hejus ringing of -the State House
boll? Have you seen the onairthly glare of
the crimson elm-meat shining into yer
dors: and, in'the herry-skerry and constyna-,
- tion of the 'easion, have yer been ready to
rush into the street - with nothing to perfect
you from the chilly nooternal air of the night,
but a -bit of musliug ? S'poSe the. flames is so
nigh, that you've been all but' roasted where
- yetr-was;likeirpossunrirt-tv-holler---gum-tree,
wheethe nigger set fire to scorch" bibs out.—
Well, sir,- or madam, as the case may be, if
you happen to
,have presence of mind you
know, maybe you stops jest - to slip on your
pants, twists a blanket around your sholders
and.out you goes, like old Scratch was arter
you. But;-be - es rapid as you like, before you
git out doors, the firemen, equipped in
all their, splendor, with their, caps, and their
capes, and their horns, and their bells, and
their injines, and their hoses, and all the rest
of their apparatuses, is out before ye. Yes,
sirs and madams, befcro you could oven slip
on your pants and rush into the street:, they is
in complete fix and ready to do their juty
8e what ndmerable Wigerleuce! S'poso you
JueLto.depend....en...waking_up amy.,other
of eiterzens; s'pose, for instance, your fires
couldn't be extinguished till tho lawyers got
up to put 'cm out! Why; sirs,. in the first
-placerthey-would'utstir hand 3-en
gin 'exit a fee ; and then, maybe, they'd want;
the owners of the property to agree to On 'ens
a lcetle more than half on it, -for promising to
save the t'other half ! That' the way they'd do
it.
So it are with most aid kuman crams; they
wont begin to budge till you let 'em map some
advantage. The firemen is .the only kinder
folks 1 knoW, that ever shows any inolernation
to work for nothing; and what they does for
nothing, SCUM° on your precious philauterfists'
could'nt be persuaded to do at any price. It's
a trying thing to a feller's temper .(so it arc)
to as. him' to stir himself out of a snooze and go
to work at another feller's buSiness...llOt the
firemen, Indies and gents, what does he do
Why he hops out o' bed liken roasted chest:
nut, .Itit the first tap of the bell, doesn't take
time to kiss his wife, if he happens, to have
such an artorkal, puts on his breeches like
magic, and there lie is squirting away at the
conflergration, in a little loss than no time !
Dons ha pause to take a pattornal glance at his
tender offspring that is snorting in their little
truckle beds? No, ho doesn't. lie secs no-
thing-at all, ho thinks -of-nothing at all, but
the calame'rty, and rhin, and wretchedness
which is impendin over the habortations of Map
feller oiterzeus. lie rushes lily the wild war
loos, spring-bang right into the midst of all dui
huh-hub and hullaballo! Ito dives head-fore,
most amongst the smoke and ashes, and
•
•
einqcra, and red-hot briolc-bats, and half-burnt
ruffs, and floors, and jistcscs; he doesen't atop
to as what moat bo corning dovin on, his coos-
Tint the chirabloys and walls aro rollin, and
tumblia, and staggerin about, liko they was
intossearnted i but the firemen knows there is
a chorrybim aloft which is bound to tale care
of him who is ready to sacrerfico hisself for
the good of- the public. - '-`
Don't come to tell me about 'your blood
stained and feroshus ging:wets. Were is the
hero that takes a hold of my heart—Me
men! No widdors and orfin babiei is calling
out to hetwon for unpile() against him I Ho
doe'nt az his feller craters to . worship
bocos he's mode millions of 'one miserable
110 docs'nt ax for high officos, or any other
kinder reward, for his services. No sirs, ho
do not ax form, but—ifTeyer- any- man- could
deacruc •sich things—it's the firemen, : When
ho roscoos a milin. infants froni the eitumblin
ruin, ho does e nobler job of work than the
oenkrer whoso vict'ry has cost-. ton. thouland
lives. - When ho saves ono , cottage from de
struction he has done a moro glorious thing
than aessorlatin five hundred cities. . „
,Yetender virgin bads -of . wornanhoed, to
pat; lot No addrese my eoncladin romavlrs. 7 ,4
Lot a firemen bo the ohjielc . of your choice, and
yodara aura. of •glttin a man; ' my
.
}Mend, Iforater Brown onoo:"reinark; in ono . of
hia'prigortuti,gbee9hes—"l4on . elm:i the bro:ve .
'dotiorres the fair.ltyfhat Meer in hard to boat,
'and i4justas trueaS if are b,eauterfni.; (rat
always ready to dive another horater credit,
Iyhen i ho do say' a gobil thing b, foot—
and this 'eridgernel hohnerwation of itortibn.
Brown in a Idatnedzpizqrt hobsorvntion, I do
notrfulis.) Well my loroly virgin blossoms, the
freemen is the right sort of bi:ave, and he do
air Omni ~.iiionitation.
. •
From the Philadelphia " Sunday Mercury."
THE FIREMEN.
lIY lIIICAM P. 11IGOINBO*911; THE MARKET-HOUSE
LECTURER.
- Pm - Am Carrtns,—This looter are free
gratis,. because it are addressed to
THE FIREMEN;
VOLUME Li. NO. 40
deserve the fair, for sartain. I only wish that
the faSt-ehop loveliness amongst yea all may ,
have no higher ambition on yearth than to be
a fireman's sweet-hedrt and a fireman's wife.
ML CIIANICS--THE WAY TO RISE.
We stated last week that fere of our me
chanics rose direct from the workshop to im•
portant places of fillet in•the Republic, and
we also stated thtit bdt a few of the great ma
ny were qualified 'to fill important' situationti
even in connection with the trade they learn
ed. Why is this? Is it not possible for men
to be as well educated .in the- workshop -as
anywhere else? -Do mechanics not possess
the same abilities as those who follow the pfe
fessions? Yes. Well then, why •is it they
are not in general fit to march out from the
workshopyto fill the highest and most honora
ble offices in our country?
The answer is, they. do not itkgetteril try to
qualify themselves ib fulfill their proper du.
ties, as citizens of this great Republic. We
Supposs - that - Sur - msohanictitlismsolves — would
be planot-struck, if it was proposed to run
one of their number for President; but it is
not our object, except in an angular direction,
to point to political situations—we hope the
point however, will not bo loSt; '
Wo have alliitled to the absence of's taste
-for- sound-and-solid-reading-ameng-our_mo , ____
chanics, and we have now to complain , of the
absence of a puro and lofty conversation. The -
majority of our youninien belong. to, fire _or
military companies, -and during their spare
moments, their conversation consists more in
what this and that engine can do, &e., and
not about how it can bo done. Idle, vain and
frivolous' conversation has a very injurious
tendency, like reading bad books. . A pure
conversation and gentlemanly discussion of
useful questions, has a very elevating tendon
cy. toung mechanics, we speak to yeu in
all earnestness; if you wish to rise, you must.
be enthusiastic aliout your be:sinus, and in
the pursuit of knowledge connected with it.—
In your spare moments, endeavor to seek en-
Piyment in talking about the principles of__
your trades, seek to know the why and the
wherefore of overything,connected with them,
and whatever : your hand fuUreth to do; do it
wolf and witliall - yourTnight. Do not - be eye .
servants, do not. use profane language, and
givurourself the best education you
_possibly_
'eam. -- Every machinist - ,should learn - to - draw, -
so should every carpenter, and do not be con
tent until you fully understand, and caecon•
strict every machine,' apparatus, or whatever
it may be, and can take charge of and elver
intend every branch- of—business connected
with your, trades. 111empossoming such qual
ifications are sure to rite. , And what is to
hinder you from possessing such quantio,?, a
long with a diameter for honesty, fidelity, and
ability? Lot every one put this question ; to
his own heart.—SCielltifie A,nericen.
I SAW HIM DO IT.
r fif's9 a laborer weary from his work. I
saw him stoop and tako a stone, that layin
_the Jath-way:of_passinz, wyeels . ,_und cast it
out of the road. This sight did me good.—
This stono might be struck by a passing wheel
to the discomfort perhaps of the traveller,
Injury- of --the-veliiole,--It- was
kind in the man to remove it.
What a trifle for a newspaper paragraph!'
says a captious one. Not so, my friend. The
Act was small, but the motive noble—that act
was small, but the principle on which it is ba
sed, is of_unspeakable value to the human
I=
I love to trace things, especially mote things
to theib fountain. That man had emotion in
his soul when - ho stopped to pfck up the stone.
Ile felt. right. It was kind in him. I have a
right to think that act was but ono of the link%
of a chain—and never NUS a chain made of
better material—love for the welfare of others.
Such a chain is all gold. The man had done
just such things before, I could not doubt.—
lie Would do such things again.. It cost him . •
- sorrrething - tolicrthis; - for - tlierc-wns-a--peltin--
etorm of sleet, and ho carried an umbras,
and he-must pause in hie rapid walk to do , ; it.
done„ my humble :friend, if every other
man would stop and' pick out of the path of
his fellow traveller througiklitlhethings that
veimid annoy them,. how - many sunny faces
there would be in place of scowling ones I—.
Dropsmake a showor; give enough of . _
Such acts as this us monk of •
them:. -and how great a shower of blep , singsf -
How much misery would be proroatod !
I shall not stop here. The man.thatwill do
such things, will do greaterthingm . That will
show.what the fountain. is: .Hts; has• a And
heart. will removi larger stonts-thadthatt
from the path of human life. Give• me- that
man for my adversity.. Ho who has honored
the small draft will honor the, greater. His
good will not all be exhausted that effora.•
It was a trifle; was 10 . Please ,then think
My friend, it can be but a trifle•for.you to do
sach a thing.. Do every such sort of thing—
any thing that wilt reninvir °balm:diens: out of
the path of human happinossi 7 Give- yontv
neighbor a jog to do so too Perb.aps• lie. will.
- pass the jog uldng, and we shall joggle some
of tho selfilmessl out of the human .heart.
A RUSTIC COMMENTATOR.--Jim was employ-
Oct to cut weod.by the day. The boss, came a
long and found Jim lifting the axe as leisurely'
as flat belts go up the Missii`sippirande.eamn
panying dlrsiy blow with: a grunb
" Stow work, Jim,- slow work." •
Boss; the Bible says-we meet usiiinadera
tion in all things."
The boss was• nonplussed. .At dinner Jim
plied his knife and fork with 'remarkable' in
dustry. The boss reminded - Musa hill - morn- •
ing teit, ready, ' • '•
boom reading the seriptures sinee; ; .
boss; that whatever the hands find ablelo . do,
that doWith all thy might."
Moss told Jitnho was entirely too learned to -
shop wood and therefore verYpolitely'reques
tett !din to tate ap his• list - and walk.
A Gnounta '"Bnarnn."—An "oolitot
in Cosigin, who has roceatly-4btistod
ho tOrms it, ordws'intartlY..oyer ' the
foot that ha cicd it with . Go hdn'ors:
Althou'ghlto aclinitithat'hO retired &ant . tha
field, ho says that hollid it with oofors flying
li,4zitEs flag . ifiattering from two teintlows
and the front door of his offiect