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VOL.' INIT.
EDITED 'AID
TOR TIIE PROPRIETOR
IIY WILbIAIII M. PORTER.
TERDIS OM- PUBVICATI
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Rho 0/wns iiP.ItALIIIII - Pit blishod woolly on wisige
sheet containing twenty eight col unips, and furnished
to subscribors at $1.50 If paid n irietly l
- inrase advancwhim
e :
•..,!•:$/ 35 If paid within the year; or SI: in als
i.;.payment is delay_eil • until after the expiration of
the
; ' - ybar. No.miliserinfieim.rvelved for a less periodlimn
1=v1.1,-c-iuMitils,miimono..glacentned until all errearogeli
' are riTird, killibi,% at the UPti in of Inc pul4ildier. :17.ipm-t
-soot to sul•s,ribers Ilving out. of-Cumerland county
- iltitiitilie paid - for ill. advance. or the pruililiaybniont• assum criandveuti ed
liy smne•responsll.l.• person living_lii' .-
ty. - These terms will be rigidly adhered to In all
cases. 0. . 0
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A DVERTISIEI
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Advertboinents mill be. charged $.1.00 per sinare *of
twelve lines for three Insertions. and 25 cents for each
i•obsequoit Insertion. All advertisements of less than
twelve 1110 considered as a square.
Advertiseuienis insm.tod %whore llarrlages and deaths
, k; emits per line ,for first• insertion, and 4 emits per
lu to
fur subse.tuent. IndividualCnlalos on. sub.
je..ts of limited or intereq Will be rharKed
cents per line. The Proprietor will not be responsi
ble in damaues for errors in advertisements!, Obituary
nothes or -lilarriag6s not-exeeediug limo lines, will b.
Inserted ivillient rharge.
JOB PRINTING.
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The Carllsle !Jerald JOB PItISTINII OFFICE Is the
largest and inestsompleteestablithinent In thecennty.
Three good Pri.,ses. and a general thrlety of material
suited for plain atolyancy.work of every ithid`enalil•H
' um to di, lilt Printing at the 'alftest notice and o't tho
in pit reasonable terms.. l'orents in want of Bills,
" Blanks or anything in the Jobhing line ill find it to
their Interest to give us a call, Bytr,y ;ifirluty of Blanks
constantly on h Mill • • - . I .!' 4 - .
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anterni Aith Com[ ]tiformatipit.
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U. S. GOV EIS S
l'resitimit.—. l natys
Prvsl,ll.lll,—.lnes C. Ihu'Cl:rsnunir~.
Secretory or_scatorwi.o.o: JAWIS
Fveretary of turlor—.l. , !: lll
'( lIIIMPsos.
t. , eeretary, of Treamtry—lfow , LlAliVio.
p
Sre eore iaary or 111.)..—InkAC TOUCC.i7
• Post Golloral—A. V. BROWN.
A ttoriley lionernl—.lEnt.mi II S. 111.0(0.
Chief Justica of the UniCed Slate4-It. B. TANEY,
.STATE GOVERNMENT
(I.lvornor—.l.o4cA .1 , m.t.0v5... 4
. UCrI IT•lTorlitatn,--A-Nlkitt:w-(4.-Clivrix • '•
- FRY,
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- A u,lll.4l•.(lonilval—Jns_l(oNs •
Trrxviror—lllsuV $S 311:.111.m.
Jkld.44lS . Of 0145.Slipa'd,IICCourt-1:. I,miß, J. 31•,.Anit
W. 11. I.uwitm, II - W. Woumr.tilD, J; C. Itsox.
, COtMY - 01,1716ER.5:
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Presldouo udgo--110n..1 w.f.. 11. lirallam..
ANK ielato Judges—Doi). :kllcll.l Corlcilb, Famnel
\l - m , lbut . ,!,
I)ll.triet fatornny IVin. .1. Sheal'l,l',..- .
I..l.(ithoutitary 11011101 K. Snell, I
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llocortler 5T,—.11 , 11 , 1 :kl. I.lregg,' ,
Iteglster—Willlaut Lytle. •
111 , n 11 eitorilf—Jaeol , 11.1 w Intl,: Itepaly, .1. llotunilng..
or.
COMnty Tremsure Adam. Simihonm Ti
CorOny Itvlte II •Mi•Clolla It,
County Cototolst,loner.—tioorgeGralotni. NVllltoot
M. Henderson, A ttrow,Kerr. Clerk' to' Colutolnblonet e,
)I.irlotel
,Dlrectors Al the Poor—fielrge Itrittdl .lobo C.
Ilruwit, Satituol TOLL Suporiotondeatt , of Poor llousJ
--.losoph_Lointelt. •
BOROIR; II 0 FlpliltB
Chit4llnrgesW- - - llollKrt it yin... Jr. •
Assistant Burgess— Uuorgr, Jlilfriul., -
Town Counc lI—J. 11, Parker (Pi•eblclent) :Wm Out.
Jatees.Callio, Sr. Franklin (Jetliner. roman 3lar.
in, l'eter 3lon,yer, Seuttpl 11etz,e1, J, 11, Ilalberl, Jacob
Puex•
Cte'r.t to CAlnell.—Win, 11. Wetzel.
• Cinst„bles—Jolin 61$11ar, 111,01 Constable; Hubert
lilcUartno;., Ward Clinstable
C HU RC HES
— First" Presbyterian Chu rch,,,liortlitegstfingle of Con.
(cc A toted. ILev. C-oa.e.ti P. -Wing 113coloor.—SerICog
over. Sunday 31orning at 11 o'clock, A: M., and 7 o'clock
I'. St.
Second Presbyterian Church, corner of Sonth 3 !mover
mod Pool yet at cots. nee. 31r Falls, Cantor.. ServiCes
commence at 1 !o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock P. 31.
• St..loinfiChurch,((root• Episcopal) 'northeast angle of
C 0 ucc .3 lid.' e.. 14: d..d.orss, It actor, Services
at 11 o'clock A. M.. and 3 o'clock, I'. 31.
English Minimal) thurelt, Bedford betwean Mum
and Louther v stomds.. Hes, Jacob Fry, Victor. Services
at 11. n'eleek A. M.. and 7 o'clock I'. SI. •
German Reformed Church, LoWlier, belmwen
over awl Vitt stenets. Itev,lA. 11. Kremer. Pastor.—
Strvlce at In!,i o'clock A. 31, and o.;•3lo'cluck 31.
Nletho od Et S. Vlllll,ll. (111 , chargej corium ofi t¢dn and
Pitt Atreetio. lice. It. D. Chambers, l'ondor. cervices at
11 o'clock A. 31. O'clock 31..
Methodist K. Chureit second charge.) liLe. TIIOIII.
Daugherty, Pastor, Servicrs In Coituge ( Imps), et 11
o'clock A. M. and :1 o'clock, P. SI.
Boman Cathodic Church, Pomfret todlirlEast street.
lies . . James Barrett,' Pastor. Sortie. on t: 2nd Sun
day of pal 1000(13.
(term. LIIIIIOI.II Church coo or, of Ponolr.d. mid
110,11 too (1 streets. 'Bee. 1. P. Naseloold, Pastor. Sem ice
at 1030 A. M.
/.1041' hem changes In the above are necessary the'
proper pm sons are requested to IV Lily us.
DICKINSON •COLLEGE
ifor. Charles Colliuv, .ProSident and l'rufobsor 'of
Moral prlrn e.l.
Rut'. Iloilo:in M. Johnson, Prolloisor of Pitilononliy
•
nod Literature.
l'roctissor of Aociunt languages.
!toe, Aim 11. Professor or Mathunsat
H iililllll 1111. on, Professor
c orlitittirul &Wilco and
Citrat. M °boon,
toxiii.det Pri.frAsor of ..11elirl!ly and ithicloi n
Lang unVes.
SMlluel I). Hillman. Principle of 111. AI rainninr
Jitino6 I' . ..3lltrethall. Assistant In thru iiralinnar .9011.0.
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRI.:CTOR\IIII
' rrefildent.. 11. Saxton, P., Quigley,
----001 . 1111531t1.*1. A 1,-1V liltatus,ll-11aullttuu,_Eureinry.Jitson
N. Eby, Treamurcr, JOl3 II Sl/11111., tdcFseogcr. Mret on
`-__lLa lat. Monday of each Month at 8 o'clock A.M. at La.'
ucation Ihlll
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CORPORATIONS
CARLISLE. DFPOSIT k AK.—l•roAklont Illrlutril
Cosliirr. IV ni. M.Breteisu Ciotti liasliir: 'N. C. lilus
C. W. lard''.lJli turx, Jilelioril Parker, John ',l'.ug
Si u.iiiri, liax lull; It, C..Wouttiviiiii. Ruh.' t,
sou, Brun. Logan,"
VALLIS HAIL LOAD l'uslllANY.—l'ree.ldeilL,
• Fred° let. %Vats rierrtitury r,
. • Itiddlo; S.uperintendunt, U. N, bull; , Varttengtr lndom
day. Eastavald leaving Carnal° Lara o'clock
t A. 31. stud i,IU o'clt.rk P. 31. Two tritium ever:, day
Westward, leaving Carlisle at 10,0U' o'clock. A, M. anu
2.20 I'. M.
Vanuatu tias•Aue M'Artat CdMPANY.-1 . 1 . C.S1d1111t; hurl
er dr Wrifir"; rSaTtririffiltl7l. - antiel - lodd - ; -I .freauurers--Mitt.
31. Ilyoteal; Direetorh, F. Watts, bleinird Parker, Levin.
el Todd, ti in. M.-Bentent, Dr. W. W. Dale, Franklin
toininer.llenry Wass and 11 M. kiddie.
CUMIEHLUID VALLEY HANE.—PreFitlulit, John S. Pier.
rett ; Cashier. 11. A. Sturgeon; Toiler, .ice. C. Hoffer.—
Directors John S. Sterrett, 11 in. her, Itleleholr Mena
nine, Richard Wooden, Jelin C. Dunlap, RoUt. C. Sterrett,
111t.A. Sturgeon. and Ceuta inJoh n bunter.
11001ETIES
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Cumberland Flaw Lodge No. Ha,' A. Y. M. tricots et
Marion Hon on the dinl and 4th Tnesdays of every
Month. .
Ht. Johns I, nl.ra No 249,A. Y. M. 'Moots 3d Thurs
day of ouch month, at Marlon Ihdh.
Carlisle ludgo NO Ul I. 0. of U. Ir. Moots Monday
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RATES 01? i'OSTAGE
rootage on all 'letters of ono-half ounce weight or tin
„. der, 3 rents - per ixild, except to California or Oregon,
'which' le 10 cons prepaid. ,
Postage 'AU the "lieraid"—wllhirf the Coutitj., free,
Within the Stide - 13:eents per year:, - 'l'o any part of the
United Statue 2a scats.. Postage on nil tnundent Pepurs
under 3 winces in weight,i cent'pec-pold - or two cents
unpaid,' Adceri hoed lettere to ha charged with the coot
• oftultertising. •
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XTEIV nOOKS.AND MAGAZINES
JUST RECLINED AT I'l
ittO.tuttniutty of tho lioche;by llugh 3.1111er,
• epurgeun'tg Forum:eke..• . • .
• Memohe of the Coonteue of Blessington. • -
'Alto hoglith'.lttyheue.
•N
,• 'Twoefuse Agy; iiitiXtloy. • _
• Mather n hhyiutog.hietiowier, • • '
Mogozieve,•l'eriudienlo, %yeehly and Daily Popore, kc.
at.. . . r PIVEIt'S rtattiz•••_
1110 . C.
"~l AIN itatt ratartaal. (rum thoi• Bnntern. chit.
h,1 . 60 1.14'4 111101, GI GlAllli!ts lA, I lit I U . , WO 4111 pro
partal to' attiltly at Ulu ttliortut t t tattluu and at 1,110 LOW.
our era uuktas Mat Ilia Auturluan
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, sttitdtt3tilulaiul Sltua..tlatalnytfula t ui mo o .
•111,atiattAXttilt.Cunutwa,
' • ' "'; & 8M1111:'
portrti:
Nor tho humid
The Signs of the Times.
=MIME
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There's a maxim of oldelf right l'nutold, ;
'That,'Ano nor Tido o'er wait' for a soul, . .
_',oLthis:civillzo,ilirValan,w 9 i l A l—
the riFulaawlsts andx.yrations of thrfe„ •
1 -(l.ihe the pealiH Or bells in Turkel chime.)
'',llrMt'b;:sperdily taken; ust In. their.prime,..- - ... ...,
~,,
'Or lIIVO they'll he'oll to rin incognit , clime,
And Ivo M oblivion be hurled. ' . , •
. .
A A coptatonkotho dinnu, and Onus ;natio the' dollars,
So the Pmall .ncraps of knowlodgo combino .to mho
s!thlars
Oral], irtLOpeetlve of t.tattorl. . ,•
And so sure. the cents unit scraps are neklected,
'lChe dollars nre ifvus, the student a blockhead. •
,And the woral pronounces the "'siert unate biped:,
, A wlelsed abunduatlon.
,
But
time uncousiousli• Hips from our grasp,
That bororo wo're :t war° hn,r wUalt ix our gro,p
Of the'xVitist orthis fiiippery urge.
-
'lto Is over the feneo, but, looks bark is he goes,
II'IUI ruri.on Ids ilp. and it thumb on his nose,
And by why ofn hint this maxim he allows, •
Fur the-use of dig prodigal age. •
ri k wa g Ical yoke i@ borne on tho wind,
"That we'd better Ito op, t dragging . behind,
Like the venerable hate ho the fable,
That 'tit: hett,Gtn keep with the World as it flows,
Than he jammed Into jely by other folks' toes, .
Anti forovervehdted down by wiserabh• scone,
Or hi e IliilS-40 be had on the table."
And in leaving lie gives; es a parting donation,
.IThia malr'rertm - Lo oar grant, VankeeNation;
11%;blell stretebes , from v netoln netonol •
"Of Patience, one pound, and of Teniperatire flip same,
Perseverance at e 7tTitriffild - Wer - tlarthime
Of a wonderful lamp—:rommon sense Is Its-mune— '
H hale mialydor appears. •Arlt kik quite puts .to -shame,
Any veritable' , nova NUT.IO,IS.'I.
Ohl rooms exelnitu ngo with n shrug,
As into of Etst Intsiness-411ishion - thumbugy
sigh I;lll.lvissse awry
• "•A COI° hoop.skirts and CALVES, •
I'in6.nt'Elixh•S add StiiVeA,
Fntinit and stik, .
Leather hams and chalk milk,
- Coals A l.c 511.1,1011%1,
Tili - A0 whiskers, - hairdye, - -„,
.
'Mermaids and monkeys,
' \Viso (logs and learned donkeys, '
IVronnan's and_lte . r.w-ong!'t _
IlOrumn halnles In throngs, '
• tilihnsteis•rind Quakers,
• - 'I ~reek and Shakers, •
. •
_ lancers nod sonnets,
I..ellpses and F0met3.,7,-_-,
4 • ,
And In find the age's so turprtFingly ftist
Ohl frogiei; are elasseemong the . thino of the post,
Their WiNI4 , IINVfi nod shruggings'nre destined to last,
As ?bug as the m a n . who preparing n.blast, •
Was bloult into fragments en high. ",
TAO wonder of wonders, the Pint of the day,
The priduor I,'lloye, Che Froneby h" Au •
" Young Antericn," now so precocions, ' T .--
At ten Ito can smoke, RE twelve he can chow,
Escort his - Duicluen to the opera, Um,
And when enraged, do as Congressmen do,
Swear in a counter tcroclous. ,
Carries six•i she Teveh Cr:;. a dlrk-knife sii-st bens,
Takes his slel•p is the Lush,'• ;um,. aid der 111M11111110,",
And tights with fury surprising,
Eats Sehtreitzer Rtne and mills laiger lienr,
•
J'etronhhody asks;_o vl want:nods mynheer."
Drinks levy whhhoy, nod lights for his dear,
And turns up his loon! 01111 contemptuous sneer,
A t A llio snob aristocracy risiit.
When fully e juipped lm proceeds to nuke love,
Talks of pale silver light In theliravene above,
Venus, Penelope and 1.;1 t.t. en,
enlin everything Cupid,: uith 'light 'golden wings,
'Of love In n cottage enchantingly Flogs,
Thinks the vast milky wny,'that to the firmament
lint a mixture of Lumen no L.ltscs.
Thu political world hos sadly ImrrnsNerl
11,y Lim ll•Arful conruni9ll thro' a hich .wo havo pused,,
Otti!atm exleting
nod harangues. disunion proclaimed,
Tile "RM . x and tile Strlpes"—Constittitlon defamed,
New projects proposed—New Reimldles been framed
O'er a baEliet of Fp:III:ling c.lottopagnei.
• '
Itut . htirl'al for the it ll,* thro' the realm
het freedom and jualirtf r.hnll atand at the helm,'
And long may we e•hent the couplet.of old,
Which liberty and-peace to every heart. told. -
,• And the Rae Fpangled 1111111:er, oh! long may it wave
Ver the land of the'free and the helm' of the brav-ZiP'•
Groat inmorentents Mao are a n rol, of tha ago, -
groin n ',Ming machine - ay a Miniature tango,
To dm wild lorcanotiv—halchisig fui lh staam,
At lerushos volley and,lmiinsla or or stream.
Thu vivid furi?d lightning is dsaw is from that shies,
Amd on wing*, to ill as thought, foil" shoiu to shore
But the telegraph—Um' the unrivalled ins canna,
is seriously threatened with slrltentod irentention,
For Ils'eald thit a Yankee—eager for fame,
IVillt a natural desire of extending hisnanta
f.Tltniuglient , the world a nil the rest of mankind,"
A simple reamtunicatlon designed. • •
A row of talkative spinsters to station •
Pio:fat depet,,t t depot. all over thi, Lethal,
To whisper a secret at 11m brad if the line
And in less than a winker the ..10 of old Tints,
•
'I he mnesage le beard all over the world, •
An'a' all will ni•er " — theynever,lital told • .
*Lit of Elie secret so safely confided,"
And buret Into tears, if their wortl,is durioltd.
The lllppanefes, fashions and follies of life,
Then at this very time were Miter more rife.
Hoop skirts, "uses sulaC..end " LOW NECKS" are ti;
torsiTffil,
We ask not tho'itsffrit but the PF.PIII of the fashion,
Aliahie the lIIMAUTII...'And so noon are the girls' .
With their
_aillts and their satins, false teeth and fulso
That averthy young men, in medium life,
Can't afford to indulge — such a love of a`wlfe."
A Word or two mord—to tlettlo the knowitdge .
01 Professors and Studonts ofOieltioson Congo—
Will bring to a Vials ntniingio of rhymes,
Of matters In genets', the signs of tinotintes.:
A youugstot of twelve—a wouthrful youth,
TIM' his logfcal rules werWrather uncouth,
A vorroillii - Miiild - ffittrtTbralOgicarreln,
That the clearest of days is dirliendadv,raln:
"For 'tie either wren:Amino or RAINING, that's plain,
franca if gin not Raining, it suraly . llllST RAIN." • .
Whethor'tho canons of "Wilson" consider - this right
PII leave-to the Juniort—rse no thus to night'
For logical figures ;
,my circuit of time
Is spent In concocting this doggerel-1.140m
SLICILITLY PERSONAL.—The following corretr..
pandemic between Governor•Oiles, of Virginia,
and Patrick Henry, a generation age, is rept.?
&teed by 00 Louisville Journal-1 7 ; • ;
Sin : I undoristand that you• have, called
ine a. • bobtail' politician.' I wish to know if it
be true, and, if true, your ntestring. •
••. WILLIAM IS. GIMLI."
ftSta : I flo not recollect having 'Called. you
a bobtail politiCian atany„thuo, but'. think it
probable t have; ',NotroeoHooting the time or
tho occasion I vat say whist-1 didutban; but
if you will tell ulo,wilat ion think. I incalit,
will Kay whether you uro coyrcct or not.
": 1 1 . 4ir.# ospisotAtlly;'•
~4 6 ,71.E.- 7,.- l c ~.: (3.`,1W-1--U.B,'
16 oefili.
iyroin tho Nov York hedger.]
LINKS
•• As dlstantolands beyond the sen, •
' When friends Co 'thence, draw nigh;
- ,
ho Heaven, when friends have thither gone,
. bra3vs nearer from the sky. • ,
_ And as those lands the dearer grow, ,
When friends are long away, ' . •
• So Heaven Itself, through loved ones dead,
dearnr. day by_ •
Ilinlvenis not farffoni ti;ese who scO ,
• With'the pure spirit's slAbt,
, Slut near, and in the very hearts
Of tlidse who see aright. • '
.lanuary,lBqi. C. 1). STUART.
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t o:___4') . a . •
THE ISLAND P.DINCESS,
A ROMANCE OF THE 0 LD AND NEW WORLD
. . ny InptA D. E. a. SOUTIMORTiI,
Author of." no Lest Ildryss," •' Tito D'OsertSd 1111,"
.` Thu lissing bride . ; ,
'• Itetrihutleu,''• etc.
cIIAPTER I, ' ,
is-rimicyrrED wrAmING
wns the first of May, the marriage ,day
of-the Niscount-I,lontresimr_of Montressur
Caale,-Dtirset,ahire, and Estelle, tad?' thiliglo
ter sad heiress of Sir Parke Alurelle, 1-lyde
llevous,bire„,t
A glorioacnioritipg r the cloudless, blue
sky smiled dowin upon the green_ hills and
dewy dales and deep woods of Devon g anti
-he ma , k—atxmad the HMI wa '• Ind
1111181 call; with the joyous songs of birds , and
.the merry laughter of young men" and .iinti•
dens , nattering AO
. e.elein'itie their Ality-day
festivrtl,•and to do jittue: to the marriage" of
their landlord's ddughter. •
. The elm shaded; Winding avenue -that led
_fioni_the_higliwayith.the_house„was_sarcheiL
nt each tormirius by-it mutat moth..wreath of .
Itowe'rB"latitl lrtarry- -wear-the --carriages that
passed tinder them, on their way to assist at
the wedding and the:in contained only the
bridcamaids„and the nearest friends and.re•
latives of the filiall,. whose relationship or
position , r 11. 1 ,0 them tilt: fight
. to attend the
britTe s to m
;—liar it still ore numereas"
pain had 'WWI i1 . 16i11 10 IlltUL her at the
. he. v.iilagers and tenants, .grouped
about ander the shhde of the great.old trees,
or witudering over the greensward on either
side the avenue, (Val cited these -equipages as
they rolled on, commenting at-rose:Ll uu sueli
-occasions.
' - 0 - Obr—deltr Mel the •weddingeis . won't'
past till 'Mindy twelve L'Auddiere we are to
•w:it twit Mortal hours 1 said'a young girl
,j, ..• ghiaililolUblinal;r .
ng
look,bere comes his ,
Lo dship's carriage; itself, just us sure' as
yonTreJlte_prettiest, lass.ja . thc stonnjyy.'2 • 7 .. „..
It Was Lord Montretisur's carriage:' . '
Early that morning a notettifoin • his afli
anCed bride had been put in•his bands stun;
molting. him to a private conferencelvithber
at the Hall before - they - should precut' to
the dwelt. Surprised and filliiil wiarili6ni"
ulteaingss, his lordship lost nu thus in ohey. i t
big' the behest. . . . -•. •
Within the most, secludeq,,,,pper suite o'l
rielyiy furoishedmpartments at illWild' Hall,
- half-buried in -the-depths- of-a,,Arlishionett
chair, reclined the bride expectant,lSin bridal
array. - - - •
She' was alone, her attendants, having, by
her . own desire, withdrawn.- -
Estelle Morelle—ur .' la belle Estelle,"
•‘•lleautiful Stella," "the Midaight Star". 2--
as, Mr her respletaleut,dark, beauty, she, was
poetically named-- j was at this time 'twenty
live. yturs
. of age, and, more -lovely than a po•
et's 'or an artist's ideal. ller, lona 'ate •of
ttn:dium height, and • very slender, though
well:rounded. .with •311 gracelbl• bend, over
tilt kit tell rich masses - 01 . jetbdack•
.silken
ringlets, shading a face or pure . pale olive
compleximi with large mournful dark - eyes,
habitually veiled by the lung, drooping lash
es, tun] (MThate, though hill. curved lips,.ev
yr patiently closed as 'in silent - resignation.
TheAprevailing expression of her dark, bril
liant countenance was a profound melanebo
.
The annontivinent of Miss Morelle4 ap
prilteldog t»arriagewith the Viscount Mon
tressor had created a pt•ulimnd sensation in
the fa:3ll.o4de and aristocratic' ctre'es; - A
peerlesS beauty, ;hro only child tint heiress of
the oldest, Weallhiest and hatigldiestintronet,
in the West of England, libr heart. had been
as much the objl • •ct or aspirntion to the
youthful and Ardent, as her hand and for
tune had been tive„.4ndtd-dusire to-Ow-mer
cenary and ambitious. . '..
• . .
At the early . age of seven years, ]Estelle •
had beet placed at one of the first-class "fe
male instituttons of learaing al, Paris,._then..
as now, considered among the very best of
their kind ia th&warld, Mid there had been
ItTlCTOWiiiiii thin till tie - sixteenth7yearr when
the sudden mudc'aisinitous breaking op of
the institution, and her own
,seyere ill toss,
had occasioned her removal • That illness
had been attended with marked changes in
the 'constitution and temperament .q . the
young 110: ----
Estelle, previously the most enrelessOighti
hearted no4.64priehms of children, left her
chandler •of convaleseet.ce a 4 subdued,', l
thoughtful, tnelatteholy wounin I .• The laugh
ing lips of girlhood closed inpatient saditess;
the:sparkling evils sheathed their beams'. ott•
- i tl'.Tung, shadowy Mires, now - seldutiaiftrtl s ---,
the silvery, elastic voice, sank' into•deep and.
thrilling tunes; the' frtic; glad motions. were.
measured nub controlled. • .
She never , entered another school, but
,emia pleted her education' under the best mas
ters* home. To dissipate what was con
sidered a transient inelnucholy;•'h‘er parents
traveled ivith her over Europe, pausing 11,C .
eat h capital and chief tow, to show. her all'
that was interesting. and instructive. Bet
though their, daughter repaid their attentions
-wita-the-sweetest-gratitude r and.obeyed them
.with the gentlest docility, she showed no in
terest in the passing stones.. And though
everywhere her eSctrente beauty •and sweet-
mess of disposition; not less than her fortune ;
and intsition, drew atoned her many, friends
and, adMirers, Estelle remained alone, in her
'isolated thotights and - feelings. Every imost
distinguialied physician iit-Europeitati been
consulted upon, her case, niid the result of
' - their wisdom was a ' ecision . • :this melan-•
daily was trot the effect of ill health-, still
less of secret sorrow,;.bUt that it wits a clop:
stitntional PhaSO that 'yould probably pass
away . with maturing years. ' • , •
they retained to England,presented
daughter aLcourt; - and 'introduced her into
Milne gidelieit of fashionable life. But with
no 'happy effect:upon the spirits of - Eritelle,
pridetindly unmoved null the
ec/d4 t hat greeted her debut., I ler picthresryne
beauty was the thetheitf atir tongue. hoe
umbrolul glance Wile' ting—bet.
tonesilirtllingher touchmagnetic all lett'
tier.power;'yet.sho who (Muhl move , all
ore, remained unimpressed. , ,, She Who sought,
no tionlitesis i lor that very, ietison 'perhaps,'"
CARLISLE, .. 1:.:',-..,'WEDNOADY.' TAY . - 27;
.18.57.;
'made 'many,- - - A peer and two . nothmoners,,
in succession,' laid their fortun6s.at,he' - feet,
and were in turn kindly and firnily*jected.
So passed her first season-in, LOadon, at
the close orwhich her parents toekker dolyn,
to their seat in' Devonshire. ' Herei : ,in her
thoughtful, quiet, unostentatious manner, she
engaged in.woiks.of benevolencenffiong the
.'villagers and the tenantry: - And h'er &thee,'
, hoping much from this employment, gave
her full liberty of action, and smiled -to see ,
'Of Calle seemed less pensive_than,befol : n. '
f! the: beginning of the 'parliamentary
1,1
ter ,the family went up to London.,"
—.And -it- watthere L itaer second' itenson In
' twin that Estelle formed the aegniffiniiiiarilf .
'laird Ido '
ntressor • a- young:AWL:lnuit but
-lately:mended to his titles and estates,' but
already' known, as a men, of the most high ,
totted moral, and intellectual excellence. as a
righteous, as, well as a rising Atatesman, and
. as' one, who in the event of a change of min
istry would: he likely to faa high official po-'
sition in his majesty's cabimt. Aside from,
the glare of rank 'and wealth and . power,
Charles MontressOr was a glorious Specimen
or the °renter's vierkrintashin. , Abode the
.. average standard- of he'ght among•his comp .
,trytnen,throad-shouldered and . deep-chested,
with a noble head, and a face full of wistkim
and goodness, his- -appearance- truly indica.,
ted the warm-bUnevolence, clear intelligenee,
and pure spirit of the man. 11i8, presence.
soon inspired Estelle with a faith that. she
had not been able to feel in any other that;
appraoached her. He drow nenrei; -to..her
than any other lid , been pe"rmille , i 'to come;
be, crossed the magic elide oy, lice .isolaticie
. and conversed.yith her_ammether:lnni
_been
. Idle - wed to do. The world lookekand said.
that the beautiful - Stella had at lust met her
.
- master and was compel-eV , . ,
• At thio stage of ittr.irs, the parliamentnry
term helm; over, Sir Parke Morellv, and his
family kift London fol - lyde Hall— • -
,ortl • Aluntr,,.sor asked - tied received er
mission to follosirthem,,an in ess l out a
month availed himself of the privileye to du
ko. Thus it was in the home of bar micas•
tors, after having obtained tho_cprdial sane
tion.of'her part3hts,- and believing himself ',
mire uf.the - alrections of their, diiugliter, Lord
Montry_s_rold hanittq the •
lovely _Estelle,'iind wnes to- bis -profound rits•
told:diluent instantly , and - firmly 'rejected
Ju thus.rejecting hiS suit she . wept long and
bitterly, prnying forgiveniks,.. that the
bapuitiess she had experieneed•and exhibit;
ed iii his Society should have — betrayed 'him
into Makin r g_ this declaration, and beseech
ing him nee s. to • renew -;his suit ; :but to
leave MO forget:ller. There was'tiotncthing
in the tone of 6m refusal' which :confirmed
and deepened his-, previous- cetohliow that
-- - even in rejecting 'liiin—she loi.ed him t
lint with. his high toned sentiments he would
not in the least degree presume upon - that
knowledge. Taking biir hued with .deferen
tint tepderness, he said—
, "Sfellal a matt njerer but one, in his
whole existence, loves a woman as I lore
you I , - I will.not inquire, the cause of the re.
Jectio'n,'. which yoif have certainly a right to
make without assigning any reason for the
nett' And after. haying received tkls repuls6, l
— 4'-fiffclifotitr - honer . distress you.by
al of my suit. But this, in part. 4, I Mita,
any to yoU—Aluit though I go heeds, I shall
Jiot gu out of the reach of your friends;. I
shall never address another winyan ; so-if-
Over in the course of future weeks, kr months,
or years. however long, you-may-think Niop•
er to reviewo, the decision of thin evening,
, Stella, I implore you to .let me know! Write,
but out word, 'Cume,'.hinLl will return to
lay an unchanged' heart at your 'feet
Estelle was weeping too bitterly to- reply.-
" Stellal will you promise to do thus'"
'• Lord Alontressor, best. nod . dearest
friend I - du nut seek to kind yourAelf' l bi one
w!ei can give you nothing in return ! Try
to think of the melancholy girl that you have
pitie,l and loved—only as a shadow that fell
for a moment across the-sunshine of your
path. mid then passing', itivay forever!—fwd
so forget lici'!"
"Stylln! I have pledged-my honor never
• to renew this suit, unless you revorse 'in my
, favor the sentence you have pronounced up"
ou it; but, inspired by.tlfe deep and death-,
less love I bear yott, and !hoping against
hope,' I feel, impelled to implore beffire lenv•
ing you, -that, in the event of u favorable
change of sentiment or purpose toward me,
you will not hesitate to give me lemle to re
•turn: Stella, will you4iromise-nicl lib- mutt!'
- as that?"
" Noldest friend that I have in the world
how_glatlly would I promise, but I 'mist not,
'Alontressor. Were I-to do so, you would
'feel bound to . wnit the changei of
s my anood,
- and so; for a musCuudesaving love, might
miss, in some nobler woman's affections, the
happiness iu store you!" •
"Stella, will yo'-1' raise noir sweet, mourn-
ful eyes to mine, one inotnent; - that you may
-"read my soul while'' apeak I'
Estelle lilted heti (lurk' orbs to meet the
ptire; blue eyes bent .with.'-so much
`love and candor upon hers,- and [laid die
unelianging truth.ef the_'corixtauey_..of
I his soul as he said—
'• Stella, in the preseneeT of the heart
__-aearchingAtud who sees andinstra me, 1. ns
sitre,cm that lishall net ( erTiriT'auTither
man IS I lovelorn and theretbre, of course,
can never wed another, So.that %%ether you .
give the this slightest of hopes. or opt, 1 nut
:equally and torever,beand Now - will you
- -- promise - , -- Stella - V - lleineinherriOs - only- to
let the know hi case of aehaugain your sen
timents;"
Fur an instant the Jight i ef an unutterable
love and jeythi''olte on her Want - alit dark
thee, and her, smiling lips parted to speak
when, as if a sudden _mellow) , and warning
—had-trippad_her very Wart—she uttered
low, sharp cry, turned paler than before, and
then said— •
• "Not iw I my Lord! Stella cannot even
give you that 1 She is poorer that' the poor
est, in gifts to you! . She moonily, pray, that
- 'you may- forget her and be . happy.!'
Ile looked profoundly. disappointed - and
' troubled., Illut soon mustering his despoil
. dency lie said hopefully— • ' . •
" Well; dearest Stella, although you reject
me without apparent reaseni ; and refuse to
_ g i viLA e_the_ d liglitest_proinise ()rig* most
distanti:hope, yet / 24aq - 7 —should ;you idthe
long future, change your purpose,; and write
to' me one Word—`Conte,' I' will *hasten. to
lay at your_ feet';in anehangedhekt Good:
• bye Cod e:with . you l" and 'f . saising 'her
hand, he bowed trier it, pressed tt to Ins lips,
--turned and left 'the remit. • .
Sconii , mOments after:LadY'Atekelle,, who.,
caine to 'seek'and congratulate her daugh:er,
open. what SIM-iinagined to he the'oely pits
• Siblo,resultAf the interviewlifund 'Estelle
lying in a awo9ii.tipoit wocaut
lowed by along and !errthre, tenni;
tuning In a •tadionsly . protracted; eetivales.
cent:a. The town "season' waaat bond hefpre
Lntcllo wits able to ttocitOr '
' They went - 4,m . Lontlttii ) 'lta4 Mice more
'the "star ot•hema(yr times upon w0di1..,1
though the *lid itpon,,..her, IW:settled
darker,'and.4Min4r,'''day .by :day,: _
di
niore.folloWed,- flattered' and courted than
before. ‘l•
• . l'bUs three year.ba4 :passed ,atiayi...*ben:
° l l l l4 i ltirt
r' : !i o " i g
iO, t ir
Witted at 'a . latit'bretiklitst,' and Siquille Wzra
engaged in.reading aloud from the lon ion
Times, n account of the saving of the Trench
Ship;—Le Doc D' :11qjott— ! wrecked." of the
'coast of AlgOsEstelle uttered a low erg
and sank fainting from her seat:
This attack was not, as the .other had •
Veen, followed by illnes ; on the contrary,
from that day, thu cloud, seemed lifted - from
her head, iiiiii:even - theice who had:Most7ad-:,
Mired her face in its
,shadow,, werekonchant
ed to see how
Her
Was her OM* in' its
8611311111'131 Her health and spiyits daily
preyed, yet in the - tnidst of this 'flowing.
tide of new life, Estelle. :astonished bet"
friends by suddenly, in the height ot the.Lon
-dini_Seitsetfiveetitialt to her: father's •'emmtry-,
sent, where she remained iti.strict. 'scansion
from the world for eighteen menthe, • :
• • Ab'the.end ,1:1,f this period, Lord Montres
sor, who had never left England, 'or lost
trace of his beloved Stella, and who Was now
staying at his castle in Dorsetslare, was one
day dented at breakfast when the morning
matbwas,.blidtight, hitn; Among a -score of
Atters the (irk that at tss t k e.24-titi- , !atteittion i •
was a 'dainty white envelope superscribed in
a delicate - handwriting. He:,,took that- up
first and opened it—it contailned but one
word—,!' COME." •
The liOr - of•a • n ineffable- joy broke: oyer
his face.! Oh I he had waited,dpatiently,
• hopefully,.years, for that - wora, and nt dast
he received it! - Thanks . to heaven in the
first instance! and then pushing all theoth-.
er letters unopened aside he sprung up;rang
for his.valet, and ordered.his valise packed' .
411 , 1 !lenses put to the carriswe..
In twenty more minutes fie had
_reached
the railway. station just ns!.. the ears were
about to start, and in three hours be was at
• ll'vde Hall and standing in. the presence 'of .
Estelle !—she looking so bmutiful and happy.
- With the- old chivalric enthusiasm' of de
votion,' he dropped at once, upon his knee,
and rhiseik•her•hand to hii. 7---
"Torfonr years 1 have hoped and.;/'
tr -- , rd from vro. —r—feloved.
tor one word from you, and at last,
you have written—'Come,'- antrl 'am at
yonr feet, n 6 I said, with an -unchanged
heart I"
" she said, deeply blushing, while
She h:•ld' both hands. to: raise him, " I my
rot an unehanged hearll for
onger tliTtiFfour ye:ll.s'lli
more than woinan's• toungae•may telland
never more, than .itt• the hour.in•whieh we
bade fan well, ns Ilhought forever I" • •
"I know it, beloved! knew it then " knew -
ityditfayit - 1 - .neverdoubted• it !--Conld-I'.-be—
deceivedja the dear heart of the:woman I '
loved I ••Nii I and that was, the secret of my'
patienCe he'Yeplied, taking hisseat on the •
sofa by her side. ' . .
" 'yet' ymi never inquired i and do . not
even. now enquire, why, without explanation
and without hope, I sent you from my pros,-.
_,
ence, and why, nOw,.wit.hout ,apparent ;rea
son, 1 summoned you back I" die said, atta '
shade of the old sadness fell upon Iwr,ubeatt
tiful face.
" Your motives, dearest, were, and are
your - own. Not until your spirit moves you •
to do so, shall yon give them to me I I have
full confidence in you, beautith
"Cmilidenrc !. .0 iii God !" she exclaimed
in-a-low, deep,•thrilling
'•Wby, what is the matter, dearest?"'
She lookedup 'suddenly, a smile 'of wbr
.
shirting love. breaking like sunlight over her
dark fitee.and said— •
"Nothing, nothing, my lord I but that all
your thoughts and feelings aro go elevated
beyond yotir poor Estelle's! And yet 'she
would almost choose it so! for could she be
uu angel,she would wish you to be soniething
far higher—a god I•'
- ‘lSweet , enthusipsti _moderate your nspi
'rations, or the world - and its people will dig
up point you I Be not an idol:dor ; worship
only OM me Steira." ... . .
Such was their meeting
Yet. otleasionally,: throughout the inter
view, a sudden shadow like-the recurrence
of a painful thought, would fall upon her
bright ace and then )71:SS as it ertMe-
'They were engaged, and within a few days
the marriage was announced to take platui
on the first, of. May.
But it wits observed by the nensest friends •
of the bride, that from the day of her betroth
al, her spirits had been. marked by -the
strangest fluctuations. Sometimes With her
beautiful dark 'lice illumined with a- deep,
still 'and almost religious joy, she moved
about, as it. were, on "winged feet," or at
brooding in a happy trance. At other times,
she fell into deep ,gloom -and anxiety, as im
explicable - as it wastilarming to her friends,
-who gYeatly feared her relapse into the deep
Inelancholy that had so long overshadowed
her, matt hat they had grown to dread as a seri• •
°us- colistitutional malady. • But they-hoped _
everything from her approaching marriage -
with the man she loved.. , Lord, Montressoy -
observed with.the deepest interest the tincer-
tain moods of his betrothed ; but witli,the
high•toned sentime its that distinguished --
him, refrained from inquiring; and awaited
her yoluntary revelations.
At last the first of May the marriage day,
.upon_which.l haye_.presented_the_parties_to_
the reader, arrived and all the leant ton, as I
said were gathered at the 'nail or at the. •
Church 'to do honor to the sidertinities.
---- Arturthe --- expeetant — brider - in---herridal--
robe and veil, - waited within her Boudoir the
arrival. of the bridegroom, whom she-ban
summoned to a private intervieWbeftwe'they
lionlil.proce4l to the church. She had not
long-to wait.-4-11e-who.:quicklyiresponded to •
her slightest :inclination, immediately obeyed,'
het call. ••• •
Yet when she heard his firm'elastie step
approaching. • . •
Now God have mercy on me l"
,shepray
.ed and.couered her fitee with her hands:
"My bthtutitul StellUl I aui'lle'ru you per
calve, y your comunitus .
"Sire dropped her hands, and revealing' a
face pale wch misery, spoke in a thrilling,
deep, impassioned tone— -
" You are - here by my supplication,' my
lorsl l I have* no right to command.".
We' will waive that I What is yburwill, •
! my dearest Stella ?" •
My prayeii my lord—is first, for your
forgiveness. • •
.I'ortiineness 94—my Stellar •
triy dear lord! you See before you a _
penitent andmay soorrtie—
something far more-wretched I" , ' .
. , "My:Ptilla I what mitirryou
52ome to the'. wintioiri Lord Montresscirl"
She'saidi rising uod:preeeding him. .`‘.Look
put," she 'colmned, - putting &fide 'the rose:,
colord hangings; and revealing ayienrof the .
pitrk with its restless iiinMiukk
W
" Mistime all these people 'waiting flit', ney s..
lord ?'t ! ' "
. . .
What are they waiting . for, my Stella?—
forAhati fur which ,1 also wuit, with how
much more impatiction l" he atiswered,ithile
a deertlu'sh of hive aiid joy, foe an instant,
nuOplantOd'the firee.•• '
• They, midi: .to aeo a bride pas's', where 'a
beide 'may never got" , said; in a solemn
Stella I gaga ;-.lnaven I, what, any you I"
exchihned, gazing bailey wit inefuend .
'fintonidltinent. , . • , -.•
" . , , •
tiui , bride duly expect is 'ilifurcirthy
t( ; st 'a n d berore.tiwyel'holy a!tui - I)64ide Lund
gtmOus101:11'!, • ~•; ,• r;
','.Uinvort)ly,'Siell4r :-,"
unwo,A •
q , lord'l'"•,;S4S,said
ME
dropping it - et-arms, and dropping bet' kead•
in' an attitude of the. deepest .misery. "
should have made this confession :long. a'go;
•Lord'Hontresstr butl 'attic 'deceived you
have•deceived you ' • '
"In what respect, Stella? My God!' It
cannot be I • No, it cannot bet that while'
betrothed to me, you.do. - not love me
you : ! , dear loystl . 7
ehe murmured, in a voice of thrilling tender
nesS - that carried conviction .of her truth. to
hie•deepest•heart.
" What mean you then, dearest one? if
indeed god return, my deep '
."..0h 1..d0,',L Montressor k..izhatever
baPPuns,-Klierever you 'go, ,takelthat assa
ranee with yi))..t 1 L I Sve you,. my lord! 'shall
ever love you, evcif though even after, what
I, shall have told ,
you, you repulse and hate
me, and go to Our friends and say,----"-That
wointin whom I was about to wed, id but a
Whited sepulchre, Whom I have proved, , and
whom I now reject'—and so leave me to the
scorn of men, still I say—Mier shall I' say-;--
.I,t,Cy . e,xou, Lord Hontressorl .I..toire you;
and the &lusciousness of being unworthy of
your' love is - the bitterest element in myrn
ishnient," she said. a voice of such pre
-found misery, that 'Lord Montressor-could
scarcely continue' to believe her. agitation *
unfound d•or exaggerated.
He &Lipped upon a seat, and sitting still
and white ada carved image of stone, gazed
upon her,
,waiting - her fa - ether couitaunical
tions. - . •.
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IMEMZI
'[Wrltten for the
THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY
' Many have been the sources of enjoyment
Tinted at man's disposal. From the humble .
peasant to the haughty lord, — rilf - We been
provided with means laid' if rightly used
will afford enjoyment.
'Every passing breeze, every rippling
stream T bettra no small-contribution-to unit's
happiness; while the entire creation has
been so designed as to lead" the creatures, to
the "SU7IIIIVIM bonitos" of happin csi‘ and plea.
sure. While one neglects the blessings, au•
other sees in them the evidences of a de
signer, nod so diverts his course as to reap
the -enjoyment_placed wilhin his reach.
But 'there is no gift more fraught Willi
plwarnrSi titan' 'memory. It lends hope
lo the despairing,Tives consolation to the
afflicted, and never fails to add pleaiure to
present happiness. Hardened must be. the
heart that cherishes no happy recollections,
'hat knows no joy in the remembrance of
bygone day . s.
For ibero'!: not n punt:however rude . , but 'ugh nomu,,
To brig" IVII up Its snlittititt unit scent t.bo °roping hour
Thorn's not at heart, Intwe.ver Cast by grin( runt sorr o w;
Bta. bath s unu Memory of the past, to loco and call Its
When in after fears some of us shall be
released for awhile from the cares of life—
Memory, Nit' memory, like a kind friend;
taking •us by . the hand, will lead us bank
through the 'llower•gardens of the past, and
phicking those fr.tgrant blossoms of other
days will lay them before us that we may :
again enjoy their blissful presence. Thun
shell we feel that Memory has pleasures ne
ver .known bethre:-- •
And tlnis ns on Memory's Ilark MU s 1 nli glide
•
To visit the muses of our shildionnl anew,
Though oft we shall sou, looking bark on the tido
Thu wreck of full funny • holes shining through.
Net still no in Miley we point to thu flowers,
Tint once made a garden of all the gay shore, .•
DucelVed for a moment will think them still over, -
And.hreitthe the fresh sir of life's morning once more."
Washingtori retired from the exciting
scenes ofa revolution, looked lmek with plea- .
:ur6-upott-the - -straggles-of-his..countrymen,
und rejoiced to know that he had-served the
'cause of Liberty so nobly. Napoleon, seat,
ed on some lofty rock in his island home,
Milked-out-4bn rolling_set,:eaw
.the ragings of the deep — the tumult of the
Battle Field, each hursting.wane brought Co
ear the boosting of the cannon, and he
lived - again
,amid those. scenes in which he
-had -passed -lint happiest,portion- of- hisji
Yes; happy to him, tor - then the cravings of
his ambition were being realized. , .
.
lie drank again, his-eup onhappiness with
out fearing its dregs, for Memory sheds glad ,
ness over the past. ..
- TIM 'retired _statesman, the honored, pa
triot, and the military hero, as Well as those
of by gone days outfits the Urb of Ariadne
to the gallant Theseus, ao inenfory leads,
them solely through the labyrinths of the
past, , and by i's aid slayimr the :Minotaer of
cure and anxiety which then threatened to
doyen! them, 'they "ft.el the youthful blood
again course, their-veins, the youthful 'ant-,
intim' fires their-breattri and they realize
the greatest. pleavirth-tri their present en
joyment.
And thita.as:we shall look back upon the
past, sad and mournfully
pleasantwill it be
to- collect . stray thoughts connected with
those who have gone, front Ilk and from.
,whom :we most be' separated forever. -
Memory,' 'like• a_ kind angel, will borer
I over 11A j wershall roam again over the green
.and by - .the still waters Ut7days
Ogone. We shathreadlieside some
' limpid
stream, Ihttt gushes - fOreveCo'er
Worn channel and' hear, the 'soft music of
harps the ever, hushed,' Along the coy-.
riders of Memory Will , cants, oh.veleety
fel, the Itormeny•-if snag echoing ..sweet
voteeS .We shall 'drop' the tear::
of kind rennontwaticd,oVer the 'sudden rat!):
tore of those joys at the'flountaild: of happi;.
and white we loan' the refreshing we..
'tem the . sweets of melancholy: will -our,
seals ;Atli:joys - nisi..,•
gerinag:ainid melan ,
memories, ,•
unf meories; and bold sweet coot
with the 'll;ar , tipfrilkerthedeparted. - ,
umy our besets witli such ineworles be filled:
-Llku.zbityuse fu *bleb Cum been distilled,
. Yet . ' Irttli Yog.uitiy plpater.thiliqoplt you
tweat, of thu coed will hung tumid It
=II
Repat:tment,
Ammo;
From•tho Ilucke Count,lntelligencer
Culture of Garrets.
PREPARATION OF THE: SOIL. . , .
.Messrs.:- - Ea ithrs:—Much. has_ been ,
..
written un the value of carrots. for feed, -
ing.stock, while many Attempts to "ea- . .,
plain the best method of, their nultiva - -
_„_.
Lion have faile - cP4O-giVe,-satisfaction: --„-
these attempti hoWever, - Italie been •in -
most cases, confined .to sonic th i noretical-, - -
garden cultivator, who has by the aid of • . -'
'an' experienced gardener. succeeded in
magnifying his veiws of rural life to the • :
extent of exciting his qinagination.•into • '
the belief .that ho is a practical' farmer,
_.
cultivating a 1(00) ;acre ‘f farm" It • , •
will be observed, ,then, that, statements
ethatiatating from such a source could be ' °
of but little benefit to . - the_ real, farmer,.
who-estimates every production accor- .
iling to the amount of profit in dollars
and cents he derives from
-the crop, un
less, perhaps, to excite hie attention to '
ehtaidsome more-reliable infOrMatinn in '
regard to their Cultivation. . •
•:
ANs'are that a desire to this effect, has- , •
bond' ex'clied 2 in the minds of many far- .
mers, lam induced.,to give my method ' .-.
of cultivation which I have- adopted du; .
ring a:period of eight 'years t .with much - -.•
•Aliccess='• -- In Order to do - this* it - ,will: lie ---
noces,lary to biiefly divide the •plan_ o _,
operations, that an • eXplidit statement, '
calculated to be easily understood, "may .
be confined ;tvithin.the limits of a, news- .
,!
paper article- .Hence, I..hayc chosen—
ix Prepares ion -of the Soil-, 'for the -='-•
p °per Cultivation of the Carrot, as the .
bjeci to be treated of,itt this nutiber..._ . .
....,
Andhere I will observe that the first .-
consideration•Of it»poftance is to select a : •
suitable - piece of ground, of.. whatever -_:--
•size. rdesired-it may be either a___lticee _ ' ,
of sod pr fallow ground an old potato , -
patch or a piece: of.-cOrnfield stubble;
cure being taken to remove all stubs or
weedy rubbish that_m4Jutve remained
from.last yeai i a-crep•---71-laving selected---
your ground, it will be necessary to pro- -
vide a" compost heap of good manure...". _.
hauletUout fur the'purpose, consisting of .
the shortest in - the 'barn . yard and hogT . •
-pen- - But-if you have a sufficient fjuan- -
tity of a rich short mannre on hand, the
the compost heap may be dispensed with, --
amid this Manure applied- directly to • the .
land . before - plowing,•Always bearing in •
mind that a good dressing- is requsitn, ,
Previous to ridging and sowing the seed.
s a few pounds of guano harrowed in (say
MMut. 150 to the acre,) is, attended with . '
very beneficial results, advancing the
growth of the young plants,, and theili
tatito yj the expansion of the roots until ~/
- - '' - s;'
they reaeli the manure beneath. -
..Presuntint. t' th n.
at a good dressin..of Ina- 4
a
tiure_li a been' applied, the soil should be •,a,,•••
plowed six to eight inches deep, and if
folloWed by the subs ill plow It, will be of
great advantage. It is not necessary, how. .
ever, to subsoil after the first year's plan- ..
Ong on the same ground; the reason of 6 .
this Ivill_be . explained in a proper place •
in a future 'number. A" -- thorough - - put: - -
, verzation of.the soil is, iudispensiltle, and
1 this can only be accomplished
.by the
frequent use of the harrow and the roller
An approximation to garden filth should
.be carefully he obServed, so,that the seed,
which is very fine and exceedingly del- '
ieate . when germinating, may meet-with .
as little resistance as possible from Alm ""-
earth. Much depot's- .on the proper ~,
preparation of the soil fur th ?7
is crop; hence . 1 1
a little extra attention is well bestowed, -•'-'"{
and will amply repay in the after culture.
Alfalfi, Or Chilian Clover.
The Alt . :de is not. a new article, but ,
the A/edit:ago swim' orimeerti off raime
•known in England as Purple dedick
grass, though often called by tls .French -
name Lueern. In Spain' it% cell. d Al
falfa. Thire are several varieties of Lu. •
cerne, but, -- th - elfa, or-Chilian clover,_
_-
is the common French and English
tx' bearing the same purple flowers. •
This Alfalfa, or. rather Lucerne, is one „.
of 04,4044 f forage crops. if grown „.
on a Wdep, warm, rich soil, it -will beer
five
. or six, times a year, find furnitih;.•at
each cutting, an amount . equal to kgood
oroli* red - clover, and is ,be.t.ter - relished ---- 7.
by all kind of stock. It is perfectly braidy
bearing equally well . the 'frosts of winter
or the
.heat end drought of summer; the
TotitsTuTifeTtiffeitne - deeply, -- -tcrbe-affeefed--f
by Mere surfs - Cc - Changes. •
• The Lucerne may be sown in May,
either brow:least, or in drills; and if the
sairis .&an mid go - TO; and deeply
the crop Will, Ph •fit to cut • for 'bay or •
green feed in Jane, and in every three
or four weeks afterwards 'through the •
summer and fell:—The plant is perennial,
mind Will steadily improve for a 'timber •
of years, especially if supplied with pials 7 _. •
et e, =
in common with other clovers. From 1 .
10 to I o pounds of seed is . necessary to
saw an acre. Tho price is ustially about
39 conks a pOuqd, or perhaps less by
. 0# •
}luatitt y —Oh : Firmer; lib. 28
• Clops in the West.
..Our Western exchanges are begining--",
to give bettor accounts of the_growing
n' the Spring-wei - had--dis- - --
mal forebodings of scarcity and famine;. ;
but•eince c t!te weather has improved, and .•.
the stiiirOce'aild . dreariness of Winter
-has disleared, the farmers and 'the '
press of 1 linois and other NV.sternStatei
are chee p ing 'their. lamentations. , bver --
probable shortorops into,-cheerful
dilations, of an abundant harvest.—,pats.
: We almostdaily hear of reports
iiativa , ;of thicl state , Of thingi4 - • Not
ens parts of our own and meighbourinw •
Status; eineci the season has fairly
The Winter wheat in most lecaUties leoka
' wOltand u liberal atent of soil is heiiig
'deveted to Spring sown wheat: '• The, ' l ';
(polity, of corn that will be planted- this'
se•oson almostincredihle; and.WrdrapYz",
thing like'fovorable,Weather,for pltintints„
and grovnig, hy,;furthe heaviest arcip . o
.•
corn will 'he' g•atherecilhis'ioar . :thair ."
`diver Wen ,itt.;;Oisveountry.. '
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