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Vico Prosi.lont--louN o:lllLogENamop 4, :• Soreetttry of State—(Fun. hoc's' (Lux: Socretary 'of Intorior—.lAcou 17110M1•81):4. • Secretary of Tronsury.--FlowEt.i. CORI% . • .• _ .Socrotary War--duns U. FLoro. . Becretary_of Novp—IsAAo.TOUCEY. lionoral—A. BILOWN. JEIIEMI ChtofJust,lco of (ho Unifod StAtos—lt. TiliET, • G_OV ERN k!.EN T ObvirnOrliair.s Pouour. ~ - . Secretary ,If Bta te—Asbn F• 6 O:CURTIN. 8111,:10r 00iterni—JAC0 11 Fit?, JR. , • - Auditorlaeneral—JoiiN ItowE. . ... • . Tre.urer—lir.mti 8. MEaruw. • -----...,_3ll.lget.ntt4t_Buptclo..9Sourt"—E. Lrmis, J. M• ARM .. rritoxo,. W IL LowAtm (J. W:VtiiiiiiilitiZ - 370:1tNox; - , *_. COUNTY, OFFICERS President Judge—lion. James It. Graham. • . Associate Judges—lion. Michael C,ocklin, Samuel Woodburn. District:Attorney—Win. J. Shearer. Prothenaary—Datilei K. tipellit—'i --144 corder Am.—John. M. ,tiregg. • . , ItegistsirWilititut .Ly tie. High Eherillueol., lion:inan: Deputy, J. Hemming. • • County Treasurer—AdnuNensemata. - Coroner—Mitchell _McClellan. County Commissioners—lin'ofge 31. - Graham; Ihiderson, Aintrew Kerr. Clerk to Commissioners, Midlinol Wise. • " , • •• • • •-- • Directors .r. the Poor-11 eorge Itrin die, Jolni ,C. Drou'ii,•Sainuel Tritt. Superintendent of Pour Heusi " -Joseph Lobach. lIOROUGII OFFICERS Chi f Burgess— Robert Irtine.jr. ' APsists nI. It urgess--tieorgu Ilendel. Town Conneil—J. 11. l'ariter (President) aidin out , ,shallr.hollevVelllo, sr., Franklin Martinet., Sasnuul Mar. tln, Peter Motayor, Samuel Wetzeh r J. IL Halbert, Jecoh Duey. Cjerk to Connell..-Wm. 11. Wetzel: • ' Co n stables—John - Spiker, High Constitble; Robert 11(.0'111m, Word Constable.',' Justices or the l'etsco-I;eoPre Ego, David SinitL, • • e,bsel Holcomb, Stephen Keepers. ' 0 CHURCHES. First Presbyterian Church, Northwest anglo of Con tre Square. Rev. Conway P. - Wing c antor.—Sere Ices ever,- Sunday Horning at 11 o'clock; A. 31.; and 7 o'clock P. M. Second Presbyterian Church, corner of Son th 1 anover and Pomfret at, cots. lieu. Mr Ealls, Pastor, Services cortuttence at 11 o'clock, A. 31., cued 7 o'clock li. M. St. John's Church, (Prot. Episcopal) northeast anglo of Centro Square. ltov. Jacob li. Morss ' hector. Services at n o'clock A. 31., and 3 o'clock, P. M. English Lutheran Church, liedibrd between Main and Loather Streets. Iler..lacob Fry, Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock I'. M. ' Gorman Iletbrined Church, Louthor. between Ilan o er Land Pitt streets. 11ev. A. 11. liroinor, Pastor,— li vices at IL o'clock A. 31, and iilAo`olock-P. 31. .... . othodist E. Church, (first chargo) corner of Maio and Pit Streets. Rev. It. D. Choo,lorrs, Pastor. Services at 11 o' lock A. 31. and'6, l 4 o'olook P. 31. 31e luellsCE. Churer(second charge.) Rev. Thomas Daugherty, Pastor. Services in Collugo Chapel, at 11 o'clock A. 31. and 4 o'clock, I'. 31. - • Roma Catholic Church, Pomfret. near East street Itev..lauins Barrett. Pastor. Services oil the 2ud Sun day °touch mouth. tiertnan Lutheran Church cord, of Pomfret .11cllord streets. lieu. 1. P. Nasehold, Pastor.. Ser wu 10% , A. M. zierWlion changes in the above are necesvary the proper persons are requested to notify us. DICKINSON COLLEGE Bev. Charles Collins, D. 1)., Presidont and Professor of Moral &donee: itur. E moan A. Johnson, D. D., Professor of Phlloso idly quid English Liternture..... James W 31., Proi .,, fossor of Ant,loot Lati guages. Hoy. Wm. L. Boswell, A. M., Professor of,lathemailes. William C. Wils.m, A. 31., Professor of Natural Science and Curator of the Museum. Alexander Sellout, A. M., Professor of Hebrew and Idodurn Laivunges. Samuel P. Hillman; A. id : , Principal of the Grammar School. B. F. Purcell, A. 8.. Assistant In the Grammar-School, BOARD OF SCIWOL DIRECTORS rAndrinrlllale. - Paateldent, - 11: -. Saltriity-P,-QnlBley;:E 'Comm:m..l. 0. Williams,.J. Hamilton, Serretary,lnson W. Eby, Treasurer, John Sphar, Met.sengar. Meet on the let Monday of cork Month at 8 o'clock A. M. at Ed. szcat.lou lIoIL. . CORPORATIONS Canine Dream TlANE.—Presidont, Richard Parker, Cashier. Wen. 31—Rectum; Clorks,.l. P. Hasler, N. C. Mils. Selman, C. W. Reed; Dlrectrs, Richard Parker. Win, Ihigh•Stuart, Thomas Paxton, It. C. Woodward, • John Sanderson, Mosea,Brichur, Abram Resler, 1 - Incob Lathy. • CtomemltNn VOILE! RAIL 11051N,COMPANT.—i'realtIont, .Frederick Watts: Secretary and Treasurer, Edward '5l. Biddle;Anperlutondent, 0. N. Lull. Passenger trains twice a day. Eastward leaving Carlisle at 0,30 o'clock A. 51. and 5,30 o'clock,' P. M. Two trains ovary day iYestward, leaving Carlini° at - 10,00 o'clock A, M., - and 3.00 I'. M. , CARLISLE Goo Aso WanaConrasr:—Prosldent, Fred. " irlck Watts; Secrotary, Leutuol Todd; Troasurer, N tn. Id. Heetont; Diroctors, P. Watts, Richard Darker, Loom 1 Todd, Win. M. Beetom, Henry Saxton, J. W. Eby, John D. (largos, IL 11. Woodward, and 31.111,1d1e CIIMURILLAIID BANC—N . 4II , 3k, John 8. Story rett ; Cashier, It. A. SturgOon; Toiler, Jos. C. Molter.— Directors, John S. Sturtnit, tier, Meleboir Drone. hum, Ittchard Woods, John C. Dunlap, Rat. Sturrot t, 11. A. Sturgeon, and Capt t ain John Dunlap. SOCIETIES Cumberland Star Ledge N0.,197, A. T. M. meets at Marlon; Doll on the 2nd and4th Tuesdays Of every Month.. . . St. Johns ',lap No 260 A. Oir. M. Bleats 30. l Thum dny of rorh month, at Marion Mill. Carlisle Lodge No 91 M. 0. of.o. N. 3leets Mondo evening, at Trouts building. . . . FIRE: CO;kll'Aki lES: The Union Fire Company,traao organised in 1780. PresldAst, tt. Cornman; Vice President.' William Porter; Secretary, A. 11. Ewing; Treasurer, Petor Mon yer..Compauymeete the first Saturday In March, June. September, and December. • , The Cumberland Fire Company was Instituted Fan'. 'cry 18, 1801. President,. Robert McCartney; Seciqary. Philip Quid's); Treasurer, If. S. Ritter, The compahy meats on the third Saturday of January, April, July. and October. .•. • . , The Oond Will !rose Company was instituted in March. 1855. President, 11. A, Slurgeom Vice Presideht, Jain*. B. McCartney; Secretary, Samuel Ir, liould; 't'reasurer. Joseph D. Halbert. The' company meats the flaturday ot•January, April, July, and October.; RATES OF POSTAGE ..Postes• on all letterprif one•balf ounce weight or on. der, 3 rents pre paid, except to .California or Oregon. which is 10 come prepaid. • Postage on tho:Jlereld"—wlthin the County, free. Within the 81414 13 centsper year. Toney part- of the United Steten'2o cents. Postage on: ell traneletikpaperi under 3'cuitidea in'weight, 1 eget pro-paid or tiro. cout. hsttere, hecbers„ , •ed with the net rlatttdttlelay:, 16ortr-ti. The storm wee nt its height.. Upon the brow Of a lone hill, that seemed a murk at which , ' Fierce 'lcemen hurt'd its lightnings and Its thunder, A eiiver•bnired old man, conipantonless, Wm; seen. Ho seamed to, Court tho tempest,. And the hail as it dill bent ngalnst bin brow, , •Olintouingllko gems amid his loOg grey locks, Appeared unfelt. Erect and motionless ' AwftiliTlFFSTOOdTtifid - gltiEd upon tlinratvene, • • Seeming tadiffl crnigenini symprt . thy With the cirtentions struggle of the ' • Itlf cyd, lit up with melancholy pleasure, ". • ,' tha - wild'scene whore met the elements In conflict terrible, and its fierce With maddon'd hound, leaped o'er that barren bill, Sad Joy won in his glance; as if ho thought . To fright away his sorrow, In tho flood And turmoil of that dreadful storm. ' . 1 . The storm Erns hushed, Arid as Its distant rnniblings died sway, The old man thushroke forth. a . " I would not die, " When flowers unfold to welcome in the Spring,' • From ererilMugh, sweet fOnther'd warblets sing." " When lice'renj“ (ale, And clothed In icarlngw . erdure, nature smiles, And the !rest, sir Flom pallid'eliceks, each sickly hue beguiles." "Nor yet when on. With furtive stop :Ova:lets soft and still, dd. Sol token leave Of earth, to sink behind yon western h 111.7 . When regal night Slnn'sterlng o'er the earth, assumes hor reign; And lo ',noon bright, And iotnily . aalia'nowt-tho starry main." . • lint let nao 4110 When nature of nor verdant green le shorn, , Andlho 44.4, sky • No longer steenke of Lino nod gold adorn." - '' "Wlten.ornetedehow • . . .With gloom) tineture etieete t.arlt sprendlng . delt, .. , And wild 'A : 1,1.13.107 • . . A shrtll-toned requiem fog ,ny hinerel knelt." ' • • "Or when the ntnrm ..—.. • Wlth - tildnontrbellmr-h-mln About my oar, • And Ohm.n bin form " Shrouded In food-fllod cloudn and-derhuee's • • • "Then let my hrenth _ When earth and‘honven, dud light enddarkfiess wet, lie hushed In de:4lt, • ma seenuOfint gladden non'', my Ellinth•hydgraet.!' • =I " And o'er my bier There`a no loved fihm with tenderr wail to bend, And lout a tele,. T 6 their sad home, my toben to attend." - i't inn pimp "Iserattntk•VirklTlS munnur!round-niy,..l. l llnny 'And Lethedenp °carp my Imml,le nninu 119mn ,I am dnnd." WHITEHALL, Sildomber grfut cute. SHADOIVS AM) SINSHINEz " A letter for you, air!" • I broke tke seal. and read with astonish I= " Mr. Edward, Worthington,. Sirt—Pardon thesis intrusive linos, and rest slimmed that they are from one who shall ever he proud .to t csill ,himself-.your- sincere , friend.' Lucy Amen is' not faithful to you! I do not write thin Co you for any base, purpose; for since Fittiow. so 'well your generbtes. and noble naturd, I cannot hesitate when I see that stature becomes the innocent dupe of vile -dissimulation.—Norrhave-Lbeen-too hasty-in communicating taxon this knowledge; . I only fear it is too late, but rest assured that 'all I Lave acid in true, ntl.'enn be attested by ono who has `an undoubted personal knowledge of all the fads: Arthur-Wesley; our village rffooltnaster, is your too fortunate rival. Yours, " A Fess:nn." This was not the first intimation I had Of 'Lucy's inconstiincy. I bad seen things with my own eyes that 'made me doubt her sinceri ty. For a long time the unwelcome sinqiicion had keen preying upon me, end this fatal let ter had come to bring o-nvictiou—stern, irre vocable; hopeliTs.conviclion.„ I did,not doubt the truth of it; and yet bow it writhed my soul with torture to think of it, to admit it. lt did not, it could not brush mo—l' braved it . to the last-I had Leen less than man to do otherwise. I re-perused the letter calmly-4m,' not calmly—nutindifferenti° ly, but sternly, as though it' were decreed of 4ate7that=l-should-only-Arpist--the--bitter- Cup, but.should swallow the very dregs. Anti yet I loved the way - ward girl, and gladly, oh, bow gladly, wenka have' forgiven her imprudence; To her first of all I went to. seek an interview. Limy was pseud, too proud to be just to herself; yet she was gener ous and noble, in spite of all her fickleness. Dbist t ientely convinced that she had-prefer red another.to me a l did nt.t ask nor expect any eifilunations from her; I allowed her without besitatig . the letter I lead just re ceived, and requested her to return me such letters as I had, previously wi Dien to ber, ant! any other little keepsake which ,might in fts• Lure only 'prove annoying to her.-- She be stowed on mo a look I shall never forget.' tt Do you believe this, ?" " I do!" I replied without heititation. " What impeachable elide; o :" she„retort ed, wit the first impulse of pears.. "'I do not. rely on the infortnntion contained in' this letter. - I have, seen enough myself, without asking any person's advice or 'pin' ion." She immediately left be room : and Teturn• ed 'a few moments with n package of letters and a etnql boa ofjeweltc toy fernier-preeents i. `saying gaily, as t he placed thbin in my hands— " By*these tokens, then, eines it is• your, will, 1 absolve you l" In epite of the smile that played,, upon het: mouth, I thought I could detect traces Of re• cent tears, hastily brushed away from her cheeks. In a moment the 'thought flashed upon my mind that SIM might, after all, be true. Im pulsively I was about to speak to her, to oak ouir if it was not so; Wit what should I say? I had gone too far, and it was too late to re treat.' But as the thought haifeotne upon me like a.tith, it vanished as it had-oonse,. ing no alterntitivAuttoiursue the mania I had adopted. , • • ,:" Farewell then 1" I eald,, d. 2) wom um% gamswe GEMO,I% For Lho Harold THE,LAMENT. , DT KATE GORDON CMS CHAPTER I "help! help! help!"_ I cried, end each time I shouted the word, leeamed imdeapair, nerved up to to greater phwer of speech, 'and nulling louder and. louder' each time: Did he heart 'There was no answer—ajl was - still Ob,'merciful !leaven, is this lust chance Of life denied me? r. r- • The voice woe distant, but oh, how my blood leaped with joy at theoound !• Again I called wish all the strength of my lungs, and again I was answered. In a little while a figure appeared•advaneing toward me, but it was growing already so dark,' I could not reaognize him; nor did I to, but when he came close to me, one glance showed tnett,, was Arthur Wettjey I should I let him pass nor ask him to assist me! Would- he di) so -As ho npproaehed,he asked. ' • yOu, Mr. Worthington! "Bless me, aro yoti hurt! -- , . . '"Nothtink you,'l ant not much hurt, but aro so nicely trapped here; that I could not free myself at all, alone.'and I think It le 'Maly time for the dorm train to he . diffrepee. " May ,your life' be ever lighted by the iiunbbinri of buppineee. ' "Thank you! I trust - no notion , ;of my own maptvorbring•mieery uPon roe." Conscience, AliesAtnes—cortecienapr " Will never reproach mo l" " God grant it. The step that you have ta ken'tnay,,in your opinion , he just, but let me nsoure you that others do not think so.- We. do not always see ouriolves no others !tee us," .." I have done nothing, Mr. Worthington, to merit thisyoU are'not,oply, deceived,' but impertinent, ; and cautiously ovoid any uostitinelliitti2itt—leatL.,toLun_espittriation "I ask no exPlanatiotf,". I:hurriedly-replied; and immediately look my departure in no very amialde mood, nor did I wisp to humble sal deafly to ask: her any ghestions that might, as. she had suggested, lead to a satisfactory explanation. IVhat a victory. pride had won ! How perfect and complete had been its ulti mate success on both sides u CHAPTER II I Intr,cied from the door, as I -tutned my - . steps homeward again. Instinctively I took the usual course in returning to 'the village (for Lucy lived nearly a mile out of town,)' and walked down the railway track, op busy . with my thoughts no to be utterly unconscious of anything and, everything else .; :_T4pi Tee a high bridge' that: lay between me and the village, just.wine .enough for the track, the middle of which woo planicen, , gver for the con venience of pedestriiins.. Outside the track it was impossikle.te.wnik. One of the planks,. which, was very-thick 'and heavy, had been .partly raised for some !mimetic, and left in that position. In'endenv.: ouring to pass it, I struck my foot ngninat'it, isturnbledi -anti; in- recovering - inyself,--forced . — tine leg-ihrough the aperture; thin striking my. other,foot with all: the force required "to re- gain my equilibrium, .replaced the , plank' in such n tnnuner tni.nOt. only. left my foot pro truding through the narrew crank, but.froni-. 'iced to premint a 'difficulty in removing- tfie: - plank. I !Toiled to think how curiously I had' been entrapped, end stooped ,down to remove the plank; and free Inieelf:'from . s so dongeron's task _was not so easily perform; ed as I had hanginell. Theplanli, was wedged . such a untimer - tlint. no -effort of mine could restore it. I strove with more* •ihnir mortal parrot., but it:was in latiii - I - nor could I .. e?:tricitte in foot,-Whiclii_wanAucniaitireritil= smarting with thu pain in its clo cohfino- CM At - first I did not consider the eitent of my peril, but I soon begun to perceive the danger ' of my situation; and I shuddered with horror • to think that I should ho obliged to remain there, and be crushed to death by .the train! It was u cold day in Decemter, and yet' tyo beaded drops burst from every pore. A nab ment of Ithrenzied delirium „succeeded, and when-Irallied again, I found iny,mlf sitting between the rails, my foot still a prisoner, and no prospect of delivery:_, 'I looked at my watch; it was . half-past three. At five the dawn train would pass,-or ,iTthattrhou4 be late, 'the express would go - up at five; and at half-past four it would be dark. It Was impossible, nay prolmble, that some one weuld:pnes by before Walloond he too late. This tray was nosier to •the - village than road; MAO always regarded a moro'danger oti'account of the narrowness of the bridge, from which there would be no possibility of eacope, in case a train should come in eight while passing over it. Already one had . been killed by endeavoring to cross at P time when the train was due; and should I : tio the second to perish there? Ilow.tho thought tortured me; and once again I tugged at the resisting plank. Wiilt all .my strength I tried to with draw my foot,,and lento the boot; but impos- EEO It was four o'clock —inhalf an hoer it would bo darltanother half hour and death would be certain I I shouted (or aid, but 'no habita tion was within half a mile, and no • answer Was returned to my crioc. Again and again I shrieked, while the despairing echoes reverber.- ated in the distance,_ as though tit& would mock me hi misery. And ilten, with all the occumulated simegth.of.madneits, I wrenched. the plunk, but could 'not move it from Ifs place It could not be pistailile that I should „be when human aid was ;3o near. 11,111 I been in some isolated forest, soma depth of country, distant from-town andeottage, my doom might - Veva been more certain. ' Once again I shriek• ed with agonized fury ; wildly, -desperately, the sounds of , my voice rung out : on the chill dng air; while nothing but the mocking Celt. oes s made rcply. • The eun bad sot, and the darkness. was gathering' fast over the valley below. Already the last reddening glow of sunshine was gleam itig'on the tops of the trees: My irrevocable. destiny became every moment more and- more afpnrent. Iferk ! My God.' the train! No, no! I stretched forward and listened with breathless ng erness. There ies not n sound In break the silence; I meat have been de-, seived. But list! A video! a voice! Thank Gott! PA„ WIDNES! CAItLISL It was growing dark very fast; so dark;ln deed, was it that I found it impossible to die• cover. *hat time it was by my watch. Ate never hesitated a moment; but seized the dep. teeled - Plank - with both bands:A - tad at the same instant I, also, imitated _ his movements.:' The accursed thing misled all oureficils, and rek antined obstinately immoveable. What _hould be done? In half an hour the train would be due—Lwould there be time to go for aseistanco —to 'bring an azo and liberatd my , foot ?. would try., " Fur Glod's peke, Mr. Wesley," , usid I, as lie started to. go, expeditiot6. It is too”lio.r. * Bird - I unwillingly !' ': _._ . ..-:„.., , •, ... rwas alone tignin. , Thn wind Sighed mourn fully ;about mei bul felt relief. : I even for got my danger * and urncd my attention once more to the thought ivitlt.whicli I hid .been occupied When lutt iltintlyntumbled into my presentunpldssent ilernma.: , i i Nevertheless, I rte apprehensive thtit Ito Might be delnyed until the train should - pass. In fact, I had no assurance that ho had •time to go to Mr. Ames' and return before it•should ho too Ate., Another : tho'ught rushed upon . my 'frantic, brain: !lad , he, 'deceived me? - Would he not only be.toohappy in being thus easily rid of my unwelcome pi ; csunce I I knew' he never would cone to me again—he would leave me to the mercy of such a cruel . death. I4envens I There is no mistaking that sound— the-whistle atllte P--Statlon only fivept Hes distant. ' ~ • • • How well do I remember the thoughte•that pailiitl thin - ugh — my mind, as • rpatiently await ed the return .of Arthur ( Wesley ; for although I.bad every moon to beliefe — be - Wetild net com4 2 -43:1111,iiistinatly awitited hint, and hoped, oh, how I Itoped.e would return. .lloUrbfter "Lour hail I icat there ell day,; , rind now I Iv still waiting-and . --iibrirting- between . the liope of delivery and the • almost dertnin conviction of deetruetion. , The fearful Chill 'despair was' oreeping •over nie; my trembling limbs already announced that my nerves were sink ing into exhaustion. 4t every moment I kept a Watch for hie returning footsteps, but' no welcome soundlell on my ear: • - Hark it is rite * . train'! . The low distant tblindeeettmnot deceive me new.. It *ill be bore in a few minutes.lt~ip • • • •" I• help • The.vrailing cry fifdedavvny,and`there was no answer. Louder end louder came the -thunder; nearer Had nearer..emne the,.train, The rising moon (Ill;e10804 to me the white col hill beyond the curve ; and now the regularly beating puff and cough of the, ingine struck my. ear, likeibc,glontingnltuckle of some ter- rible monster regnrding its victim. flow like a phrenzy the thought came on me that it was ;now ton late for assistance b No bunion being would venture On the t-ridge when . ibe train was 64341.0;144h it was too daik to distinguish objects in time to stop the impetuous firt:hurse; and yet, furkiuso and frantic at the thought. of such a Sleuth, I stretelted , iny trembling limbs to their utmost, and shrieked again and again until I grew honree, pnd the thundering train drowited the feeble effort of my voiCh. Anil now delirium seized me. I lunch d some giant fiend hold down the plank ts bleb I vainly tried to wrench from its firm position—l could hear the chuckle of eatiSfnction that it gave to think it had me there so safely in its power. - The loud tour thins now reached my ear an nounced that 4 the train had-struck the bridge —there came amend to hope—oli, Goil, no power could avert the death that stared me in the face! For An instant I caw countless do-. mons hovering. through the air. Fire end smoke enveloped fue 7 there was a crushing blow, a convulsion, n diin_recollection of keen pains shooting throng!! - cay impriaoned limb and all was darkness. I knew no flora. time I returned ogoin to conseiouinens, I was lying on an easy co4ll, in a room dimly lighted, but neatly end tidily 'furnished.—' While I lay wondering where I was, and try ing to.recall whadind passed, the door watj, slowly opened, and Lucy Ames mitered' the room.. In a mdmerit she washy my bedside, watching the motions and theealwessions of my countenance, doubtless irnagiaing_jbat I was still deliriUns. ....Lacy—Miss Ames:" ' She etartutl back its I uttereil .the name, as -thougb..tinaciiling..tlust—l—sboula—iljecover—her real thiughte ; but, in a moment, recovering all eiThmunses,ion,' 11110 looketi camly townrire me, erMliskedovitli A tone of affented ence— ' Do you not feel easier, how ?" "Indeed I scarce know how I do feel," I replied, "but there is II pain and sonnet]) in my head, and, in fact, in all' my' limbs. I must be been badly hurt " , 'I badlt"drm reccollection of the occurrence narrated in the,prev,ous chapter; mid I surely felt surprised that' I should have awakened to life. The pain which I felt, on regaining my reason, increased now momentarinly, A phy elehtit was at hand, and every effort . : was • 'made by him, as well apthe members of My. , - , Amos' family (in whosi:Aouse I was then,,ky . 4 lug), in which, also Lucy and Mr. ifeaey - ' joined to alleviate my sufferings. In spite of all. their attentions, my-pains were rapidly Augmented, and in a short able I•was again lost in the unconscious delirium. of fever. In my vague dna:n*B, I was again an the narrow bridge, beading; every effort, and - striining every:nerve, to remove the piece of wood that bound .me 'there. Again I was . chained to a huge rook, in vrbielruncopeoious , laborers were da•illtng beteg, which they filled with powder, to blast the, unseemly mass to, atoms. Fiends ehaPeloss and hideous, flew' about me chattering in glee—demons 'danced 'on the sharp edges of therock,ohuckling again like the measured Ptiff of the. engine ; and at pient.le, they stooped to bind the chains o•uver,unill the links , festered into the very flesh, and turned tity 'blood - to: gall. with :the poisJa in which . tbey had been dipped. da:Ti erns yawned on, sVery'iide to receive me. . All ikt once.wao heal :he long shrill Whistle of the engine, and - t oices that seemed the very 'sway of despair.? eoreeteed, en every side of me,.!' : l 9 The train the train I" '''- But tit. this ie passed. I. was: well again, and eould'yialli bout the ligiase with the aid! OCTOBIER 14, 1857, of a crotch,. for I had loft one feet' suepended 'in the bridge. where I bad miraculously 'es caped death. Lucy had re-assured me of her love; not indeed:by words,'! . but by her!actione Long and patiently had she ! watched by. my aide . ; and to her more than any other do I owe the of my life. No words had paseed - hetween us in relation to the eubject which had 04 nearly separated us,. yet there !seemed to bontacit acknowledgement -of--the . !error on my part, and cheerful forgiveness on hers. - :liut'One tiny, when wo chanced to be alone, I recured io.itie folly of which Iliad been &illy, and more fermally asked heeler.; ace — death - I &venom,. CIIAPTER 111 '! Freely 'forgive yolt, if indeed you hero boo; guilty of any net which would mom' to•require 'You doubtless actedaccording to your'eurneet ine,lination, which I Would not , wish to oppose. raupposo your only" object was to secure the hind-of - another trilgivving me, and - _ „ "Lucy, Lucy! It was 'not 'so—r woe mad; I was a fool I I believed too. rashly, -but now I will believe nothing, 'I will net even credit .what Lace; but toll me, Lucy, horrichappe . ned that on•one'or two occasions, aftee. excusing yourself from accompanying me- to an even ing's visit, or partY, I should afterwards meet you returning home, at almost midnight, 'in company..with Mr Wesley V". - "Still jeqons.Lfee.". "No, no ! but—" • :• • "'Listen, then, aptULwiltexplain all, which I might luiie done sooner bad you 'retina - ad I•was la:tons to learn ,French ; and pa this was probably the only. OpportUnity should ever have, 1104 engaged .to -take Pri vate lesioars of 'Mr. Wesley, 'Aid' not think it•neceisary _to .tell ovary—ono. why I was; aol• often.sean in the company. of that genttemnit, who, must nsein:6 y0u,19- hot: only a - very amiable 'yOutili: man, &it is . eneged-- o ,to • toy. coda' with„w it homo inducement could causb lkitit to b . reak : the Compact," Maltby did ho.dslay so loisg to,come to my assistance, Rhort.l. woe about lb bacrushed . 1 . ) . y tb tri n " - • ' , " lib did , indeed,• make all haste in his.Pow et: but, in'company, with my brother; arrived a Moment tip late; whemit would have been matinees to have gone on the .tuldge. In the ifilil.they env you fail into ihe 'wafer, : Which waslortunately deep and Tapia,' and deltic: quently., free froin ice. They 'hastened to the bank of the' etreatmaxill in n-few moments stio oeeded in rescuing yomfrom this ' - e'cond Liam. ger, and _bore you to the house." ! thaVtk 418(1101 friends !"-I could not help butrater, after listening tit Diu's explanation of all thatittil - transpired. I Was happy again though maimed ftir life, a fact which Lucy generoitely seemed to quite over look, as eke did not hesitate to become Mrs. Worthington in lees ihiin a mouth after my povfect . convaltrcence, -- -B. 8. - illistdiancons. A Mt of Roman Ten years ago a young Englishman ran away - from - Eontlo'n; - where - ho - was - highly - con, nected, tame down to Liverpool, took: ti? ship that tins up for New cirletdis, tuft] in dun course of time landeclitOltis city with a light heart' in.his Breast, and between one and two hundred pounds in Bank of • England notes in his pocket. lie had been it- muuvais sujel nt home, arid, what between .wino and Y/011,1C11, had - ntatinged - to - squantler a largo fo - rtune, be sides involving liiint;'elf Eerionely ha debt. Ile had 'taken the precaution to provide himself With letters of introduction to respects bin parties in this city, .and by thia means ho eaten formed the acquointa co of p young lady, who by the death of her f titer, had just been loft sole heiress to a lar • estate. A warm at,. Ittolunent soon opron up between the two, and our young Engli tmen, one 1111 Q day, made tho•young lady a fm t I tender of his hand and heart. 'The answer be received was the folio wing: "I love you, and will marry yoti; but only on flips(' conditi9s, mid these only I. You muot,stop drinking. 2. You must phy debts. - d. You hove squoridered ono for4of you must net to work and mol ie • The lover entreated, but the lady was inept Drable. Just then the gold fever.•' broke out, vud onr . bere determined without lose of time. :o try his fortune On-the shores of the Paoif ogee .... In ~ dy, in,whichhemnnounced. his determination, assured her of hie unalterable affeution, an begged her to'ho faithfuLto him; and, will 'nut further adieu, started for New York, at. 'book the ship for San Francisco, ,via the Cape, In California he led for some time a wander ing, dierdlute life, and finally joined the un fortunate expedition which Raousset do Bon!' boti fitted out fucthe conquest of Sondra. was known that he 'Urns among the 'few wl escaped to tell the fate of their heroic leader . hut nothing'-further was heard of Itim or• Ir whereabouts until last Satudny, witeti,efrien of his in this city received a 'telegraphic der patch from him, stating that he was amot the fifty portions saved from the " Central A merles," and -brou#ht into Norfolk by tl tint : que:"'Elfdn." The'llespatelt further stab that the writer had loot $150,000 in gob , which wns in the hands of the purser, but tin i. it was Incitily . inshred for its full ' value' in London office. ,We Itarn that, the lady to whi: ho was engaged is still unmarried, and - 7, would not be strange if.. in the course of hi - man events; we should be called upon to it; dile a paragraph whit that fashionable head . .. lug, `, Marriage in - High Life...! -- ---•c. • Dar The Sursdrik Atlas. tells a good story of a one-legged pnlitianl orator named ,Jone who was pretty auccossful bantering when tbe.. latter naked him "be the devil Le: bed come to Mao his log. "Well," snieJones, " on examining my poi. give; and looking up my descent, 1 foul !!- there was some Icish blood in me, and hecon, idg oonvinbed tluit it lied all settled in th , t • loft leg, l_bad it out off at once'." !' Be •t! ii gode, - " said Pat, ." it- 'ud . ev been a down. •: • good thing of it bad only settled in yer heed, r 1 A Inuiiioal organ giinaer refused . dienionnt notes,- last evening, ,until be reoeiv..,l a glass of bier as "oollatoral.'! . -WREN THAT NOTE WAS DUE -A man in Boston- (of. course) Was sorely persecuted by an avaricious business acquaint (Moe, to pacify whom -ho woe obliged to." see. dot" and not wishing to pay over a row hun dred in cash ; he drew-up a-note obligating himself to • discluirge the account after a ape-. °Med date of time. The creditor, - who was noted for his " stinking principitf," was not, in justice, really entitled to tho money ; but when thirty days' after qate,expired, he anxi ously •presented the note fon payment. = The &bloc, instead of meeting it, replied; - „ , t'lle_ne_tejenoty_et dite,fiir4 • ' Btit it is, thougii. It reads t days after date, I promise to pay so and se; and thirty-one dare ilfiYo elapsed 011100 the. dote, thereof and ao"—_ , " I don't care if thirty-one years hive claps since the date of thinote, I shall contend for its inimaturity,'? ansWered he debtor, hi terrupting the - not. very good•bumored dote holder, who soon made big exit, slamming the'street door afterhim, muttering limiter-, ently about law, judgment, executions, .&o. - In a - few .daya both parties wore before a magistrate, who., on concluditig the inrestiga tion, proclaimed that he Must certainly award "judgment" against the .debtor, for the full amount of the note, and the cost of tho prose 4 cation besides." ' 4, And what then V' inquired the detendan 'of the judge _.,‘!jstill issue nu • execution,' if thophtin iffdetiiieS," returned his honor. . "To be sure—l want 011 Q. _imolediateiy; , - bnwleil . the plitihtiff, whdso countenance re vonled his determination to .allow no. mel .us hourgollihs urn,y,•as near. the judge - as . po;s: Bible. .-. . . ".You tiro reoolvid upon judgmetitiind exe outitn V demanded the defendant. . . . .. "I am:" replied the judge, taking up . lilt penio record. the /Janie. ' .. • •- : : '" To•bo euro wo . arei" coincided tho. 'Ault' , tiff, withm chuckle. presume your honor min 8/n4/Correctly . '1:" said the- defendant, na ditr piCiced up his het and sent it further upon this table Ind'ore '' Insolent I" exclthiled:,the' judge, oholtini with rage. „t. Will you oblige me by earefulirspelling and reading t h e first linciln thot voidable flneta• meta," urged llio'defendant, disregarding the anger of the utogiqrate, and direoting his at; tention to the note that lay before Wm. The judge looked al tha n noteaktid then at the de . probably _thinking,it,waS best-to tal;:e it coolly, proceeded' to do as requested,. and read aloud, in tyvnrylueid style: t. Thirty days after distal protn—" • " Stop!" eltoutail,tite defendant, "you don't .read it right," I do ,"wtie . the judge'e 6 y‘esponse. "You don't!" returned he defpndant ; "I thought you coultl'utepell." ~ • The judge was now boiling over with rage, and emote the desk before hint so viglegjJy with his clenched hand as to CRUSO those who stood about him, including the expected plain tiff, to retreat a few paces in double-quick time. . "Keep your temper, judge, or we shall be obliged to have the case transferred to fined:- t.r count, where the magistrate. understands the nrt and mystery of spelling words of one. unable, aid dori't make a fool of himself by kicking up a row and smashing ollien furni• ture...There'you may keep your seat, and tejtthos'e present what the first j 4. - of that note-sayst,anid the'defentlautTwitha'coolnoss that surprised ) the audience and puzzled the judge. ••• . Having again glanced at the doeuMent, and appearing to detect something that hail, until that moment, ' escaped his perception, the judge proceeded to read: Thirty days after deathq promised to pay " Right!". eselainted rho defendant; "you car. nell.l see." " This note is not duo, gentlemen, until thirty days after death," proolninteu the magis trate; "the moo is ohecordingly dismissed, and the court adjourned until to:morrow morn• " What!" exclaimed thS plaintiff, P. ani I thus fueled? Villain!" The unexpected and ludicrous conclusion of the suit .threw the whole assembly, eave the unlucky plaintiff, into an uproariens fit of merriment, whioh•having subsided, they sepa rated and dispersed. The note is not due,yet. _ - TIIII PULPIT.-,A coreiipoPent of thatlifbtiau Reflector is holdingiip ,a fow piciures; (rue tc life, for the notice of such of hie clerical friends, as may lieveimed of them, hoping th° 1.e./Zealot& will dot no harm. Ho says: I notice in some cases a I;(indkerchief habit in the pulpit, which has led rue • to inquire if the use of that very necessary article is a part of theological training. 1 notice some .minis tors take a . out of their pockets ; as they do their sermon, and lay it on the pulpit. Some spread it out lengthwise through the middle of the Bible ; some roll it up, and tuck it Under the Bible; some shake it every few moments over their heals; some clench it in their hand as if they were going to throw it et the audi ence; and sonic keep crowding . it into their pockets, and pulling it out again, veldt it nee vous movement, us if ilifyditl not know what other use to make of their bands, 1 went once 19 hear a popular young preacher, sad as much as half of his sermon was made up of pocket lintlkerchief; and the mostof the oth• ee - half was gold. watch add scrape of poetry. xie&, Mint julips areanitl to be invented by a Virginia editor, who, having kissed a pretty girl after she had eaten some anintv•was so in• toxicated With pleasure that he devoted sev. eral months in attempting, to procure an arti obi which would recall the origluaL es vividly as possible. ' ' D LO! whistle, daughter, whistle, and you shall have, a oow ; Increr whistled in my, life, and I cannot' 0!' whistle, daughter,.'irliititle,• and you shall haven man ; I, never whistled in my life, but I ' ll whistle if I can.. • : , •ipar A wieked.oopteroperitry ear no Wiles visit Lim, beejouiie 'they' dannot . pit . thrii!aBh the tloor:witheut undrossfr.g. - - • • glt o,printrut. FEMALE ACCOMPLISIIMENTs Every school for young ladies rejoices' In its •teneher of draningpnieting,&c., sad iteterich- • er * of music; and under the Londe of these lyid individuals' the whole school, as a, general thing, is desired to pass by teachers an 4. pa rents. French is studied an nacemplikb..: meta.: 'Dancing in some sOhools is taiighens an accomplishment. '. The result usually : is, that when a - yOung lady is finished off, she can _play_eix_iunei.op.n_Piono;-has:uneenuted- three piece's of drawing or painting, which papa buyes frames for, and hangs up . in the pail - kr for exhibition to visitors; has" done " u little• portfolio in water, Point's, in ithroh the. leech... Pee hand is•freguently visible„hrtslgarned to. dance, and has - achieve:l.th° free run of 'Dino deen'Frencff phrases which she could not.m 7 ' nohnce correctly to save her life. • o - far there is nothing but show. Principles have not been comprehended, and, she her - hands nothing,' not even. the insti.uments . for • , winning the accomplishments which she, and her friends' imagine she posaessei, • , We hove seen such finished-off- young' ,men by hundreds. They .are picked, up by - huultreds by infatuatlid young men, - and•mado into wives and • housekeepers. Our •readeis call upon such - Wives every fair day. They . will see the schoolgirl elfinrein drawingtrauS-', planted from the old bouts where first:pieced to bloom upon Oh walls of her husband—an evidence UAL She was once. 0 - aceomplished," there stands the piano: • Yett.ask'her to play.; Sire sits down reit:Menai; and gives ynul - ono; of the itnniorffilnii:thnt she: made'You 'era of.. :When she first returned froth sehool. .She4as I not learned atonh:since. :•11.0r.hueband says .with a sigh, that She - has'neeplayed any ti)Acti Bho Vas' She , Oannot--- evert-play piece of simple sacred:music pt sight, 'to a 8; .gpmtnodate a company, of einging.friends Who ;happen in upon n Sabbath evening.. You ilia? .her a•Frgneh bon raot,i•and 8110 statee ;'l* you ask her - to fender o•Freneh.quotation• against Whigh you stumble in a Review,' but 'she his '0 forgotten her. French." You Meet' at: an assembly, and she walks. a quadrille like: nO nutomaton,.orSitimbleenee;Tay-chniiga-al the dance. So you_conte,_lo:,the ,cnneluslon _ that site was just accomplished :enough to an; complish ber - marringe,.,,nrid that, hclug, Out-of - the market, hor neconlpliblimentenduld - hoer no further use. ' • . • .. _ What wo theit need in - our syatem of feninlo oducutioo , ie 11 . ;eniOking of the ac'-‘ complielipiente r as they aro •ealled, praotjcala Music, drawing, nod langunge are sciences. , . . Therefore, thorough induction into the prinei• plea of these should be the first olject, and not, the dimple manual or lingual practice that may be necessary td show results that have been arrived at without n. passage tlrrttigh the iegimato channel. Jyany — .Misses can sketch front nature ...110W..tnany, are (might to sketch Ode How many, when they rettirn home "accomplished,? eau. ekyrch even the , old domicil in whijh they ticto. reared?: Bow 'many can paint the tigtir-lily . l.lit oceuplan the corner of the'door yard? * pew many, cam. take a simple piece of music and play or sing lent eight? How many go on from 11)0 font.. held they have achievMl, and beektnre Mistreiits es °Nile delightful art,•ilootliing . : Tier.husband: : when Weary and alone, or entertaining friends when they esti! upon him? now many' read it French book after leavingechool We suppiitie not one in fifty. Their rieaornplish: j !news are a gilded cheat. The money epont: 0 obtain them 'le a dend lese*and ttie time. ‘yhich they have uocupied should luivo beUt. devoted to Moro solid studies, in., which three fourthe aro deficient, from the'eimple fact that their time has been so unprofitably 'occupled• We can think of nothing more .011ln - fling in a 'married woman, (after a pleasant' temper and aztruo heart,) than the -, ability to mdse, lierso!fand cultivate her own taste and powers in pWrsuit'of ornamental art' and charin . ber friends liy• the productions of her pencil, or .the tuusio of her voi - Co. Yes—wo 'tnietuhe•— there is one thing better than tide—the abili ty to write a sensible letter, aroesing bur ee, ilbtting her and obeying the rules of eyn tax: But then vo Can't expect everything, particularly if a woman ha accomplished • • A, RECEIPT wont ONE.TITOUSAND DOLLARS. , —Take one.pound of sal-soda; ant a. half fr. . _ ..P.i...._mlii...9t.tinelaskedi Una.= pu LI n _a _gallon-of, water and boil twenty minutes. Let-it stand till cool,.then drain off, and put in 0 atone jug t..tr jar. Sunk you Clothes over night, or until they are well wet' through—then ring- them .. out, and rub on plenty of soap; and in one boiler of clothes well covered with water, add • ' olio teaspoonful, of the washing fluid. 801 l half an hourhriskly—then wash theta • titer- ' oughly through 5110 suds, find rinse with wa ter, and your cloths will Itiok better than the - old way of washing twice before boiling.-- This is nn invaluable receipt, and I want every poor tired woman to try it. „I think witya patent Wanking ' , tub, to do, the little rubbing, flue washer-Woman might take the last novel and . compose herself on the lounge, and let the watiltigg do itself. The woman who can keep . '4 , . a scorel, halt known this a year or two, but her husbaq told it while on an eleetloneerlt% . tour. So says the Ohio Cultivator. ' .. AMINO CALICOEp,-TllO following method . . of washing dresses of printed nidelin, so ae to* preserie rho colors, is recommended by a corn- went authority : The dress should be washed,?', in lather and not iu the usual way by Apply- • ing the neap direct apen 'the inuelin. Make lather by boiling acme soap and water togeth er; let it stand until it is emir:Menai cold for use: Previously to putting the dress. into it throw in A handful'of sate. 'Rinse the, dreier,- without:ringing it, in clear cold water; into • ' which the salt has been thrown.. 'Remover it,: and lingo It again„in a uupply of. clear cold r•-. water and salt. Then ring the dress in a cloth and bang it to.dry Immediately, spreading it tit .out au open i ng possible, so as to prevent ,any gok lying over-another , Should there be white'in the pattern', mix a little blue in tlto CEIM M. A yrottinn !Too nred $16919 tltotirook lyn City Court, on '1 tidily Ins(' • an rdrugen • from a man for spittimt 7 iaface. . ' si 6 NO. :6.