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ADVICE TO ['DUNG LADIES.
Dear girls. I like to hoar you talk
About your 'pleasures. wants and woos;
But wish. when out with me you walk.
You'd make less noiso about your beaux
In weaving k vas, wan traps and chains,
For Lust yid huntinr, all exeel;...
S ush upon war and desp'e,ate Pains
Must frl4l3ten more than I ,-an tell
You all admire my riAscrx,
And in Loa• I Omrin'd thevan
Whom all 'a vain had ,onglit to shay—
won 111111, girls. NViEht)l{t a plan
I dwolt oT•rot lower,
Allier° flips rome ;
It blhernis with iii:tny a lei ely flower.
lty honest people •Sweet, Ilome
I kept a yard Pride,
A ,lever lad a linvould diseever
A vain i•ret endur at un• side,
Or at a gl: u n•e n L•enuine lever
My lady's maid was Modesty—
I had ber feent n c , qtetry plaee;
She had 'hot lattAht to make. y nt see,
Itouttet that would sliade my thee.
3liss A-la-mode engaged her once—
A fleisle hareracedhelle of fanlian,
\Vim. after baviOtiled her dunn, is,
Discharged hoe In :t tit of passik,n.
Sho really nas an 11011(.4 girl.
A t i,t h paint tm feign a beauty;
Ttl smear ley 14, e Nish pearl
She doomed nn portion cr her duty.
ca.a..llinaii was Huff Ilarry h ;
If.• (11,‘o 1110 0.0! . 1"
1. 1 111 cruml , led It WWI I . 'll s ~f we:C.tl,
I NViSII . I r•aull.lt• after dart.
To midnight road 0. to plays and Nils,
Ile had a; ternl,lo .1;;0.tion ;
lle ' , aid, they Ilit.ttered nt; , ;;.lnt.:
And dint '4l my fitir Rita clear
7.11 y dear romp:Mon. neat :Ind god,
IndoN ed 1y all. nas I nduFtry
Th'' ll o l 1 1,101 * An' (vino of noble bloOd,
And chimed dencont from Piety.
With dusting hreeh al,nut the hOllFe
-10 this r , em, that rein, in anti out,
She frightened oNe , y and mouse,
Who wondeed what she was shout.
If she gleamed in zynirror. strait
Its js llshrd Ftirlhee be-tined with light;
'Tress just thu 1,11110 with pietines, plate—
Like Spring, w'hat'or she touell'illuok'ed bright
These were the only arts I used ;
So, ladles, if your like the p on,
J ust do the some—you look moused!
Yet each might win a nice young roan
grit' rt Tait.
THE PROMISSORY NOTE.
A German Baron, Von B , at present
residing at Paris, was some few years since
"wing in baronial ease at his castle of F—,
situated itt a somewhat secluded, hut romantic
district of his native land. On the score of
lvordly possessions, Fortune had smiled most
favbrably . on- the hero of our narrative: but,
by way of amends, Nature had been propor
•iunally inauspicious as regarded his personal
appeayanee, and the adornments of the out
ward man. In sober truth, the Baron Von
D was the ugliest man that Germany
had produced for, the last century and a half,.
at least; so ungainly, indeed, was his appear
ance, tLat, with a full consciousness of his in
feriority in this respect, he lived in a manner
sekladed from society,, to mix in which his
rank and station.otherwise fully entitled him.
Like his storied prototype, Prince Ricquet
with the' Tuft, however, our baron's rude ex
terior was but the husk . that covered a tender
heart, be ns itiv (51 y alive to the bewitching in
fluence of the. fairer sex. In plain English,
the Baron Von D— fell over head and
ears in love—a predicament from which even
the potentates of this, our nether world, to
say nothing of Teutonic barons, are occasion
ally not exempt. A young and beautiful girl,
a daughter of a goodly pedigree, but of slender
fortune, living in us immediate neighborhood,
was the object of)iis adoration—the cynosure
of his reveries. Thenceforth, his mind, his
every thought,'became fixed, absorbed-L—its it
were equallY divided between her sylph-like
image -and' his beloved 'meerschaum;' nor is
this;by the way, by any means, a disparaging
compliment to the. lady, when speaking ora
Gernittn lover. ; Haying, by a mighty effort of
resolution, suoh as only the tender passion
can inspire, surmounted the bashful diffidence
o which We have before alluded,
,the baron
made his proposals in form, which, on the
• part of the parents of the young lady. were
most favorably and gladly received. 'With the
lady herself, however, matters fell out far less
proSperously; a cold reception of prOpe
sale and a chilling deineanor afforded but too
contain au indication that his suit was dis
agreeable and his attention irksome. Still
haunted by the painful consciousness of his
pmenal defects, the baron was very naturally
lei to attribute his failure to that cause. A
fir different motive, however, lurked at the
bottom of the young lady's conduct. A colisin
(oh! these consins!) had long been, in secret,'
the suitor; but the nairownessia his prospects
in life had hitherto preclued all hope of his
wishes meeting With the parental sanction.
The Baron Von D was one evening
seated, as was his wont,•in his antique chair,
in the spacious hall of his ancestral dwelling, in
the wild recesses of the huge gothic chimney,
before the null embers of a wood fire, smoulder
ing, dike his own ill stlrred love, in a shape
less heap, in sole companionship with his
beloved and inseparable 'meerschaum,' his
second passion—musing in sad and melancho
ly revery on the unstable composition and
thoughtless vanity of the female heart; when
half•mentally he ejaculated his willingoess to
sacrifice the better• portion of his fortune in
exchange, if that were possible, for the boon
of persOnal attraction and exterior endowment.
Suddenly, in the dill twilight, and through
the: dense volumes of smoke, curling in rapid
succession from the volcano of his pipe bowl,
he perceived a tall and singularly accoutred
figure standing erect beside him, as though it
hod i gued from the huge gothic mouldings.—
Somewhat startled at the appearance of the
unexpected visitor, he was about to call for
Ills attendants, when the stranger, with a
polite bow, and in a voice which, although of
peculiar tone, yet betokened no hOstile pur
pose, thus tt.ldressed
'My visit. Herr Baron, - is perhaps somewhat
unceremonious; but I come with a friendly
intent. I am well aware of the , nlject of
your present thoughts; you are willing, to
abide by them?'
'l\ly present thoughts! who in the devil's
MEE
'Hush!' tail lly interripted the visitor; 'the
least said on that head perhaps the better.--
lint I have no time for evplanation. If you
are sincere in your purpose, I have the power
of gratifying your wistes. Uf that. you may
rest perfectly assured. Onl?'it is regni , ite
that you should sign this little document:
producing a slip of paper.
A document! what sort of a document?' cried
the bewildered baron.
'A mere trifle,' responded his interlocutor:
'merely a memorandum of our little transac
tion. lam a man of few words. So, if you
are in earnest, let us proceed to.busines.s.
every person but yourself, you will henceforth
appear a perfectly altered man. Tour suit
will be accepted, you know in what quarter.
Are you content? Answer on the instant, or
ihe opportunity will be lost to 'yon foreVer.'
The bkron, ns we may well imagine, felt
some little misgiving. But the tone, the man
ner, the whole demeanor of the sirnnger was
imposing. That he possessed the potver of
.livioing into the most, hidden thoughts of the
human mind was clear from the short colloquy
that had just taken place. IVlty should he
not possess the power lie mentioned? Beside
the opportunity might never occur again,—ln
a word, what between surprise and bow i'der
meta at the strange and a ridden occurrence,
the brightness of the prospect thus unexpect
edly opened before him, and list, though not
least, a no inconsiderable bins towards super
-stitious credulity, ho affixed his name to the
preferred document. Whereupon the stranger,
with another polite bow, disappeared ln one of
the dark recesses of the hall.
The Baron, recovering in some degree from
his dream, for such be at first imagined it to
albeit he, on the other hand, felt perfectly
satisfied on his being broad awake, after mus
ing for a few moments on his late adventure,
resolved to put the fact of his Metamorpho.4is
to an immediate test. • llV : rang for his atten
dents. The summons was obeyed, and the
servants made their appearance. In the evi
dent surprise depicted on their countenances,
he read an .assurance of some remarkable
change having really taken place in his out
ward form. He consulted his looking-class, but
to his own eye no alteration whatever seemed
to have supervened. This, he recollected, was
in strict aocoßlance with the stranger's under
taking. '• ,
The following day, the Baron lost no time
in still further assuring himself of the reality
of the auspicious change iu his appearance ;
otrsome trifling protest, ho summoned towh
ee his whole household -and presented him
self among them: This time there was no
room left for doubt on the matter. From
whisperings and other indications of surprise,
ono or two of the mere confidentially employ
ed among them, ventured on a respectful con
gratulation to their muster on the 'manifest
and surprising improvement that had so sud
denly taken place in hie person. Full of the
mast pleasing anticipations, and elate with
hope, he ordered his equipage; and puid a
morning visit to the house of his hitherto lA
, durato love. lore, too, as though by magic
he found that a most propituous change, had
taken_place. His reeeption•by the fair one
was as favorable as it had previously been
discouraging.` In short the happy day of
union was arranged, and nothing now seemed
wanting to his felicity. •
The evening preceding his wedding day
found the Baron Von D seated as, be-
fore in his antique ohair, in the self•samo oor-
- -
velitzb CSDAtSO3L V,
iler of the huge gothic chimney piece, and
whiffing the perfume of his faithful 'meor
sohaum.' But how different the tone of his
thoughts and.the subject of his meditations.
All was now alluring hope vid laud antici
pation. Imagine, however, his surprise, when
feeling a, hasty tap on the shoulder, he turned
round and beheld his quondam mysterious
visitor at his elbow.
'There Wits one little circhmstanee I forgot
to mention at our last int‘e - rview,' said the
stranger ; 'your wii-h as to a favorable change
in appearance has, you know, been gratified,
and your suit, has been successful. Should
you, however', persist in espousing The of
of your atterition, you will fall a lifeless corpse
on the very steps of the altar ! Be careful
therefore. The young lady is secretly espous
ed to her cousin E . Take my inlvice
renounce in public all claim to the hand of
the lady, and recommend her parents to sanc
tion her union with her cousin.. Mark me:l
it is the only course you have left
The poor Baron would fain have remon
strated-with Ins visitor; but he had disappear
ed ;is . before. At lb st he waS tempted to
hazard the izsue; but reflecting that if one part
of the drama had come to pass, the denoue
ment might possibly follow with equal cer
tainty, lie wisely resolved on following• the
stranger's advice, however unpalatable ; and
ttis resolve he carried into effect the next
day.
Disgusted with the scene of his' disrlP
roititment, the Baron Von D-, having
al ranged his affairs in tjernniiiy, shortly after
ward retired to Paris, and in the gaictios of
the capital had nearly lost sight of his adven
ture, when lately, to his surprise, he received
a leg summons to pay 100,000 francs and
tlu•ee years' interest on a promissory note.—
In vain the liarou protested that, in the whole
course of his life, lie had never affixed hi;
name to any security of the kind. The note
was produced with his genuine signature at
tached. It was then only that his former ad
venture recurred to his rtmo'lection, and that
the whole mystery began to unfold itself. '
A trick as the render may by this time well
imagine, had been dexterously pinyed off on
the Baron's credulity, by bribing the house-
Jiold, and by preconcerted arrangement with
the young Indy. The main incidents of the
plot were easily contrived ; credulity and a
predisposition fur the marvelous did the rest.
The foregoing narrative, however romantic
it may appear, is neverflfeles: but the 'sue
eint outline of an actual occurrence, the par
ticulars of which are shortly about to engage
(he attention of the legal tribunals of France.
The circumstances recall to 'Mud some of the
most picturesque legends of necromancy and
diablery of the Middle Ages.
A Man Dying end Reviving.
The North Itriti:ll Review, n publication of
respectable authority when it treats of things
probable., in a late number relates the follow
ing extraordinary case: .7LIle condition of
trance may be induced by suppressing the
respiration and fixing the mind ; and we can
not convey a better idea of it than by giving
after Dr. Dheyno, of Dublin, the following
account of the case of Colonel Townsend of '
Bath, a gentleinan of high aml Christian cbar•
acter. Colonel Townsend 'Could die or expire
when ho pleased, and yet by an effort or some
110n- he could come tolife again. Ile insisted
so much upon our seeing the trial made that
we were at last forced to comply. We all
three felt his pulse first; it was clear and
distinct, though small and thready ; and his
heart had its usual beating. He composed
himself on his back, and lay in a still position
for some time; while I held his right, Dr.
Baynar laid his hand on his heart, and Mr.
Shrine held a - clean looking glass to his mouth.
I found hie pulse sink gradually, until at last
I could not feel any by the most exact and
nice touch. Mr. Baynard could not feel the
least motion in the Heart, nor Mr. Shrine pre
ceive the least eort of breath on the mirror
he held to his mouth. Then each of us by
turns examined his arm, heart and breath.
but could'not by the nicest scrutiny discover
the least symptoms of life in him. rea
soned a long time about this odd appearacco
as veil as we could ;and finding he still con
tinued in that condition, we 'began to con.
elude thathe had indeed carried the experi
ment too far ; and at last we were :satisfied
that ho was actually dead, and were just rea
dy to leave him. -This , Continued for abotit,
half an hour. By nino:in the morning, in flyl
tumn, as we were going 'away, we observed
some motion about the.body, and upon exami
nation, found the pulse and 'the motion of his
heart gradually returning; ho began to breathe
heavily and to speak softly. We were all as
tonished to the last degree at this unexpected .
'change, and' after some further conversation
with him and among ourselves, went away
fully satisfied as to the particulars of this fact
- but confounded and puzzled, and not able to
form any rational scheme that might account
for it. In repeating this remarkable experi
ment on a subsequent occasion, Colonel Town
send•aotually expired.'
ii rrEa~tili~ sitettt,
CAPT. ALDEN and GEL PRESCOTT
11ORSEWIIIFP'ING A TYRANT
Gen. Prescott, the commander of the Brit
ish troops on Rhode Island, was one of those
mean spirited petty tyrants, who when in
power exercised their ingenuity to the utmost
in devising means of annoying and harassing
all who have the misfortune to be subject to
their authority, but when circumstances place
them in the power of others, are the most
contemptible sycophants and parasites. An
aristocrat by birth, he had been reared in the
lap of power and nurtured under the influence
of those peculiar institutions which, in eleva
ting the few by depressing and degrading the
mass, prepare that privileged few to become
the most vicious and arbitrary rulers, particu
larly of a people who aspire to freedom and
egiblity. Narrow-minded men in the extreme,
a heart that knew not the least touch of be
nevolence, and callouS to,every feeling of pity,
lie was far from being a tit person to be placed
in authority over 'he patriotic inhabitants of
Rhode Island, who could be more easily con
genred by lenient measures than by the use `-,5
constraining influence. From the first day of
his power, he pursued a system of the most
pitiful tyranny, with a view to crush the spirit
of those who had dared to resist the oppres
sion; heaped upon them by the mother country.
Writhing under a sense of wrong and-in
justice, and maddened to desperation by the
meanness and malignity of the tyrant, the
people of the Island determined to rid them
selves of the curse, no matter at what risk or
sacrifice. Various plans were suggested, and
even assassination was hinted at, but it was
reserved for Col. Barton, of Providence, ft bold
and entmgeotis man, 40 mature and carry out
a plan by Which they were relieved of their
burden fur a time, and their tyrant was taught
a severe but well merited lesson. It was a
bold and daring experiment, but its success
proved that the most hazardous enterprize,when
undertaken with zeal and carried out with
dOjsion hint energy may be accomplished. Its
very daring is a guarantee of success.
With a few chosen men, in fout:i'halo boats,
Barton cmbarked about nine o'clock in the
evening, at Warwick point s and with muffled
oars. carefully and steadily Celt his way cross
to the Rhode Island shore. passing the gritsh
ships and guard boats .lying at. anchor in the
bay, without attracting attention. Landicg in
a little cove not far from Prescott's head
gearters, he . divided his men into squads—'
each having its special duty assigned—and' ,
silently advanced towards the house. Passing
about midway between n British guard house
and the encampment of light-horse, the Colonel
and his party reached the gate where stood a
sentry on guard. 'Who goes there?' ho cried,
as he became aware of the party. 'Friends,'
replied Barton. 'Advance friends and give
the countersign.' 'We have no countersign to
give: have you seen any deserters to-night?—
This threw the soldier off his guard, thinking
•
them soldiers from the camp—and his musket
was seized, and himselt gagged and bound,
before he was aware that he lies in the hands
of enemies.
' Entering the bovise, Barton found ;gr . . Over
ton, the proprietor, reading iu the large open
hall, the rest of the family having retired, and
inquired of him for Prescott's room : lie
pointed upward, intimating' thni it was imme
diately above. lustily ascending the stairs,
the Colonel found the door locked. No time
was to be lost, and the door being burst open
by a blow from the head of a negro, who was
one of the party rushed in to find Prescott,
who took them to be robbers, on the floor, in
his night clothes, with his watch and purse in
his ba-ack. Stepping up to Lim, and laying
his hand quietly on his shoulder, Barton in
formed him that ho was his prisoner, and that
any noise or alarm would insure his immediate
death. Prescott begged time to dress, but it
being a hot July night this was refused, and
he was hurried on board the boat with his aid
de-camp, who was also secured, together wit,
the sentinel. With as little noise as they came,
they found a carriage in waiting to convey the
prisoner to Providence. 'You have 'made a
bold Push to night,' said Prescott to Barton,
as they drove hastily over the road, endeavor
ing to draw him into conversation. 'We have
been fortunate,' replied the Colonel laconically,
and thus the colloquy ended..
'Before morning' tho prisOneis and their
eaptors Were in 'Providence, there Prescott was
delivered into the 'castodY 'of Gen. Spencer,
who treattd him with
.consideration far above
his deserts.
After a few days' stay' in Providence, Pres
cott was sent undei au escort to the head=
quarters of Wasitington,'On ' , the Hudson. On
reaching Lebanon, the party stopped for din
ner at the tavern of a Capt. Ahlon,"Whe was
an ardent Whig, and hated tho very name of
Prescott. Nothing could afford_ Ittm _higher
gratification than an opportunity to inflict
condign punishment upon the detested tyrant,
and Prescott unwillingly afforded hi‘ that op
portunity. At the table Mrs. Aida; waited
upon thraeneral, and among the dishes pre-
sented for his acceptance was the 'succotash,'
or corn and beans, a favorite dish with New
England people, but which seemed to excite
Prescott's wrath and resentment.. Taking the
dish in his hand, and forgetting that his posi-
Om was that of a prisoner and nut of master,
he looked at it a moment and exch.imed indig
nantly. 'What is this! what is-this! are you
going to treat me to the food ofhogs?' As ho
said this, he dashed the dish upon the floor,
breaking it in pieces, and strewing the con
tents in all directions. Mrs. A. was a woman
of too much spirit to brook such an insult to
her cookery and 'table, , ,and she left the room
to inform her husband a the circumstance.--
In a few moments Cupt. Alden, bearing a huge
cart whip in his band, entered the room and
demanded of Prescott what he meant by such
conduct in his house. The General, seeing
vengeance on every lineament of to Captain's
' face, appealed to the officers of his escort for
protection.
'Protection said the Captain ; 'l'll show
you the protection you deserve ;" and seiziag,
him by the' collar ho dragged ~the cowering
wretch from his chair, and with all the force
of is vengeful arm rained down upon his devo_
tel head and shoulders a. shower of bloWs with
his whip, which made the victim' writhe with
aEony and cry for that mercy he had so fre
quently denied - to others. I'll teach you to in•
suit those ministering to your .wants, you ty
ranical minion of English oppressors'—and
at every word the long lash of the whip wound
its snake like folds around the quitrering b dj
of the wretched " victim, until with mere ex
haustion he released him. renvirking 4s ho
did so, 'There, if ever "you_ want another les
son in good manners, conie to me and I'll give
it to you with pleasure."
The officers present muffle no effort to relieve
the prison or from the well deserved punish
ment. They felt that he had richly merited
castigation, and the cr-st fallen general was
too well assured of their feeling tot\ ;ad him
to approach them ; but he took a terrible re
venge, when, atter a time, he was exchchang
and returned to his command at Newport, by
burning the towns and hamlets in his
,imme
diate neighborhood, and turning the inhabi
tants houseless upon. the world. lle never
forgot or forgave the infliction of punishment
upon his person, and when upon a subsequent
occasion, three of • the citizens of Nl:wpm t
waited upon him regarding the business of
the town, he stormed and raved in such a
manner at one of them that he was compelled
to withdraw. After the others had announc
ed their business and the a Ciene-al had bee :me
somewhat calm, ho inquired : .Was. not ,my
treatment of Folger rather uncivil ?"Yes.'
replied the ether. 'Then,' said Preicott,
I will tell the reason : He looked so Mu&
lilts the d—d Connecticut man that horse-,
whipped me, that I could not endure his pres
ence.'
A BEAUTIFUL Tnottur.--'When I gaze into
the stars, they look tlown upon me with pity
from their serene and silent spaces, like eyes
glistening with tears over the little lot of man.
Thousands of generations, all as noisy as our
own, have been swallowed by time, and there
remains no record of them any more, ;et
Arcturus and Orion, Sirius and Pleiades are
still shining in their courses, clear and young
as when the shepherd first, noted , them from
the plains, of Shinar! Whats*lows we are,
and what shadoris we pnrstie.4Car/yle.
&Fir A Belgian paper 'nfentiens that awo
man named Dupriez, the wife of a farmer re
siding at.Tourpes, while she was feeding her
poultry, took up a young chicken in her hand
to caress it. A cock flew up, picked her
violently in the arm, and thus inflicted • a
wound which was not considered serious, but
which afterwards became inflamed to such a
degree that the woman died from the effect
of it.
DEATH OF A MAN WHO VOTED ron PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON.—Mr. Benjamin Blackford died
at the residence of his son, Mr. Wm..M. Black
ford, in Lynchburg,Va,, op the 20th ultimo.
Ile was one of 'the fow mein livin : e who en.:
joyed the proud recollection of having voted.
for "The Father hitv Country"' for Preii
dent; and ho has also voted in every, succeed 7
log Presidential election..
Folt --
SALE.-An Interest or tale
wholo of the Wrightsville Foundry thrlo,r-sit.
uated in Wrightsvilo, York county, Pennsylvania, we'b
established, and doing a good business, ono of the .heo,
locations in the State for a Foundry. • Thu proprietoll;
not living in the place, cannot give, that attention to
the business that it ought to have—propose now to sot
an interest or the whole of the eetabltsh,ineit on easy
terms. Apply to, or address '.S W. Wolf, Blauebegte r ,
York county, Pa; or Edmund Wolf, 126 Pratt, Street,
Baltimore,
Ofd.
August 8 '55
•
CHEAP GOODS.,—.—Tho subscriber
now opentug n fresh lot of seasonable gockim,pt th*
new location,oppesito the Railroad Oflice,in 1114114 st; cet'i
Carlisle, which will by sold at the lowest price.
4ril 11, 4t. 31A1MARET Sis;OhMtAS.
„ - I - ONNETS BONNETS.;--
44--Tho subseritor 1s Just receiving another supply
of
Spring. and Summer Bonnets consisting. of English :Straw
dill), Braid, satin Strays, Neupolitain, and lien Braid.
also a new supply of very chOlge Colored and White
Bonnet Itithons varying In price front 1231, to LO cults
per yard.-
Also a largo assortment of sabildrons and 31Isaes Straw
and Braid Flats. ONO. W. 111T-NRlt..
May 16.'05
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