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Personi, 'iu want of Ellis, Illaulitt or anything in the jobbing line, will find it tin their interest to give us a colt, Every variety of Blanks constantly on hand. ~kteneral anti time' attrorillatiou U. S. GOVERNMENT. *. •. PrOSItIOnt— , JAMEY BUCHANAN. lco Presid.nt—.leos C. BRECKENRIDOn., - Secretary of Stato—tien. LEWIS Cans. Secretary otiotoiiiie—JACOU .THOMPSON. Secretary of Treasury—llowEtT. Coon. Secretary of War.—Joss 11. FLOYD. Secretary of Stiiy,—.lBA TOUCEY. - Post Master Goner:ll , —A. V. knows. Attorney tioneral—JkatEmi n S. Iti.noc. 'ChierJusticu of the United. States—lt-B. TANEY STATE GOYSENMENT dOltOrllnr—JANE9 POLLOVIC Secretary of State—ASonrei G. Cuurs. Surveyor llenerul,loun Rows:. • - Auditor tleueral—Jecou Jrt. srensurer-11xNer S. Mrouelv. Judgee of the Supremo Court—E. Lewis, Anx lIIRONO. W. 11. Lemur G. W. Woubweno• J. U. iltriQx.. COUNTY' ornctats .iutlge-rliou. James 11. Gralmm. • 'Associate Judges—lien. Michael Cuchlin, Samuel Woodburn.' - District Atteiney—Wm. J. Shearer. - Prothollotary—Datilel . K.• • ' Recorder &c.—Jehn Gregg. 1 _ ." • Register—Mill:tin - - Lytle. high eherilf—Jacob Bowman i Deputy, J.ltotatuing - - . . County TreasureV—A.dam Seßrelliell. ' • Coroner—Mitehell IlleClellan. - . . — County Commissioners—tleorge M. Graham, 'William M. Henderson, Andrew Kerr... Clerk to Commissioners,. Michael Wire. ... .. .•, . - • - . Direetont of the l'obr—fieorgo Brlndlc, . John C. Drown ' Smuital Tritt. Suporiutoodoli!, of lour nous') —Joseph Lobach. - • Bol{olloll . OFFICERS, , .. .. Chief BurtTess— '-- genet. IrvinO,lr. • . . Assistant Burgess—George' 'feudal. ' ' - • Town Council—J: 11.. Parket' (President) John Out shall, Jautelt Halite, sr., Funtlttla A/ardour, Eatauel filar. flu, Peter Monyer, Samuel 11'etsel, J.ll. Ilalbett,Jasob Duey. • . . Clerk to Counclf.—Wm. IL. Wetsel. Constables-,lohn Sphar, "filch Constable; ..Robert McCartney, Ward Constable. ~ Justices or the, l'ence—tleeno Ego, David! tilmitL, :Mi chael Helmuth, Stephen Keepers. ... CjIURCIIES, -- First Presliy Wien Chursq, Northwest liMglo of Cen tre Spume. Rev. Coriway Wing Paslor.Services every Sunday . 31001111 g at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock I'. 31. Second Presbyterian Church, cornorof South 1, allover arid Priinfra ettects. Rev. 31r Ends, Pastor. Services conunence qt. 11 o'clock, A. M ~ and 7 o'clock I'. M. "' St. John's Church, (Prot. Episcopal) nor' beast tingle of Centro Square. Rev. Jacob It, Morss ' Rector. Services at 11 o'clock A, M., and 3 o'clock; P. 31. •• - English Lutheran Church, Bedford between Main and Loather streets,' 11m..lacub Fry, Pastor. Services at 11 O'clock- A. M.,,and 7 o'clock P. M. Germaniteformed Church, Louther, between lInn• over and I'itt streets. Rev. A. 11. Kremor, Pastor.— Services at 11 o'clock A. M, and 6%0 clock P. M. Methodist E. Church, (first charge) corner of Main and Pitt Streets. 11ev. lt. D. Chambers, Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock A. 31. and 6' o'clock P. M. Mothodist E. Church (second charge.) Rev. Thomas • Daugherty, Pastor. Services in Cullum, Chapel, at 11 • o'clock A. 31. and 4 o'clock, P. 31. Roman Catholic Church, Pomfret near East street. , Rev. James Barrett. Pastor. 'SurviceS ou thO.2lnl Sun day Meech mouth. (lemma Lutheran Church corner of Pomfret and 'Bedford stmts. Rev. I. P...Naschold, Pastor. Soryleo ut 10% A. 31. ' & - h - When changes In the above are neceaoarY the prelier persons are requested to 'edify us. DICKINSON COLLEGE Devi.. Charles Colllus, D. D., Pres'dont antrProfessor of Morall tirioueo. . Rev. !Inman Sl..loims'oti, D. D., Professor of Phnom,- " idly and Englisll Literature. . JamesA. M., Profossor of Ancient Len in:4pm. ° • Dor. Wm. le, Doswell, A. M.,Profossor of Matboumlirs. William D. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Naturfil.SelOuce and Curator of tboMusomm., Alexandur, Sebum, Professor of IlebFew ate Mollorn Larktunguo. " Sampel D. !Ullman, A.l.l.,Trinclpal of the Gramme Arhool. , F Purcell A.ll .Misistlint In tlie Grammar Schopl -. 0 -- - BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS Andrea . Blair, President, H. Saxton, P. Quigley, E. Common. J. O. IV Minns, .1. ihunilton, Serreiniy,JasM4 W. Eby, Treasurer, John Spina, Messenger. Meet olt the Ist Monday of each Mouth at tl o'clock A. M. at Ed. ucation Bali. CORPORAiIoNS CARLISLE. DEPOSIT BANK.—Prosidetit, ItlFhord Parker, Cashier, IVin.M.lleetein; Clerks. J. P. Master: N. C. Mus selnetn,C. W. Reed; Directors, Richard Parket) Wm. 11. Mullin, Hugh Stuart, Thomas Pax ton, R. C. W oedward, John Sanderson, Moses Bricker, Abram Rosier, Jacob CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAIL ROAD Comnssx.—Prcsldent, Frederick Watts: Secretary and Treasurer, Edward 31, Biddle; Superintendent, U. N. Lull. Passetuter trains twice a day. Eastward leaving Carlisle at OM o'clock A. M. and 5,30 o'clock P. M. Two tralos every day Westward, leaving Carlisle at 10,00 o'clock A, AI., anu 2.00 P. M. CARLISLE G.A9 AND WATtnComesNY.—Presldent, Fred erick IVatts t. Secretary, Lemuel Todd; Treasurer, Wut. M. Iluetem ; Directors, F. Watts, Iteehard Parker, I.OIIIU. el Todd, Wm. M. Heaton, Henry Saxton, J. W. Eby, John I). Gorges, It, C. Woodward, and 11. Al, Biddle CUMEARLAEID VALLEY Danti.—Prsldent, Jelin S. Sten rett ; .Ceshiur, 11. A. Sturgeon; Teller, Jun. C. Miter.— , ;Directors, John S. Sterrott, Win. her, Ale'choir Brent,. ter than, Ittehit - iil Woods, John C. Dutiien, Debt. C. Sterrett, R. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap. • BOct} 21E 3.', Cutiaberlaild Star Hodge Np. 191, A. Y. M. meets pt Marion lull on the\ 2nd and atb Tuesdays of every Mott& St. Johns Lodge Ni 200 A. Y. M. Meets 3d •Thurs day oloach roontb i at Marlon Hall. Carlisle Lodge No 01 1. 0. of U. F. Meets Monday • - priming, at Trouts building. • • • ' FIRE - COMPANIES. ' • The Union Fire Onpany was organized in 1769. Prnsldsat, E. Corn Man; Vice President, William M. Porter; Secretary, At Ewing; Treasurer, Peter Mon 13ar. Company meth the first Saturday in March, fuse, eptember, and Dect,Mberi • The Cumberland Fir Company was instituted Febru. ary 18, 1809, President, Robert McCartney; Secretary, Philip Quigley; Treasurer,ll. S. !titter. The company meets on the, third Satu rday orlanuary, April, July, And October. The Good Will nose Company was l n etltuted In March, 1853. President, 11. A. Ssurgeou; Vito President, James 11. McCartney; Secretary, Samuel. 11. Gould; Treasurer, Joseph 11. Halbert. The coulpitey meets the second flaturday of January, April, July, and Oct • bar.. • • • RATER OF POSTAGt. • Postage on all lattorsol s ontchalf ounce weight or un der, 3 cents pre paid, •except to California, or. Oregon, Which Is 10 cum's prepaid. , • Postage nn the Ileralo the County, free. Within the State 13 cents pePycar, Teeny part of the United States 20 cents. Postage un all transient papers unagr.3 enacts In weight, Itamt - prwpaid- or two cents unpaid. Ad vurtlsod letters; to he charged with thnolst of adverthLus. , , . . o , rtrt~ ~ SKINNING ~ ON THE STREET .The following lines;yerrvippropriate just now, or. from the New York Evening Post:" • Hushing 'round the corners, chasing ever) : friend, • Plunging into haiihs—nothing there to lend—, • Piteously begging of every mon yon theot , , Mess me I this in pleasant, Ohlnning" on the street. Merel • I . . :tiauta_very-sitortrrunolui-neek-and - nrell Went to keep n'aping,pray lag for a cheek; Dabblers In Mocks, blue as blue - can be, livklently mit:lA[lg they were !'..ailey froe.t!. All our splendid railroads got such dreadful knocks, Tw . enty thousandaulle Onoidol raise their stocks; kiduky of the Bears, in the trouble sharing, Now begin to feel they've been oreollenring. . . RIAy speculators tumbling Irith iho ehnek. Never mind stopping more than any clock ; Still they glee big dinners, smoke and drink and sup, Going all the bottor.foPs ivinditkup: Banking Institutions, companies "of trust," WltTibtlittePeeph,'s money go•olTim Mist llouses of long standing crumbling inn night- - With mummy "smashes," no wonder, money's TIGHT: entlemen,of trionns—bniAng lots to apoint— Savo wllttle'llympritti3 - , nothing have toientli thintletnott In want—willing to pity donblo-- Find they on borrow nothing now but.tAmble Ito'Cour men of business wanting an extension, Wt, 10 nearly all the others centemplato stepineloti; Many of them, though, don't appear to dread It;' Every cent they ()ye is so much to their credit. Broker's all are brwthing, credit all In cracked, • {Vernon all expanding as the banks contract. Panic still increasing --,where will the trouble end, While all hands want to borrow, and nobody to loud Running 'round the trying every source; Asking 'la the banks—nothhiglhore or eoimst:i • Money gel ting tighter, misery eomplety-- Bless 11101 this ix pleas:int, "shinning" on the street plut THE COFFIN MAKER. The first few weeks of my employntentintsl- .. ed pleasantly' enough; my master was satis fied with me, and en Sunday evenings I was able to. enjoy a walk in company with tny - hi;- , ter and flertry - Riehtivis, who,•ivits li2rentarltri‘ Itly free spirited mid:kind hearted youth, with Much of thnt gaiety fOr . which I was' myself distinguished. lye soon. became great friends ; discuised his'hopessf one day' being inde; pendent enough to' support:a wife, and. that wife my. sister Silly ;•nitil I told bin: the story of Viblet yens. But my spirits soon beenme_ less buoyant; ,and 'even myltenlth began to suffer:; I entirely lost the florid look •which. woe my poor mother's • admira i tion . ; my very step grew slower,- and there were Sundays _when I.;declined the evening :*Witlk which had 'been my only recreatioh,..meroly beetles.) the and-continued jests of ;Henry Richards- annoyed• hod distressed me, while contrasted with my own bearl, Evening af ter evening, "nometinles through a whole - dis.: null night, I worked at my. melancholy cm ployment; and an my master was poor, and employed no other journeymin, I worked most commonly alone. .Frequently as the heavy' haMmer deticended, - brenking at intervals the pendeful silence 'el the night, I . recalled some _scene of-sorrow and agony thnt Fluntwittiess ed in the day; end no the echo of some shriek Or stifled groan struck in fancy on my car, I wciuld‘pouse •te,wipe the dew frot* my. brow and curse,the trade of a map-maker. , flvery day some fresh cause appeared' to arise for loathing my occupation: whilst all were alike strangers to me in the iowu where my master lived , I worked cheerfully and wrote merrily home; but now that I begap to know every one, to •be acquainted with the number of . members which composed the different fend lies, to hear of their sicknesses and •misfer tunes; now that link after link bound me us it were to feel.for those around me and to 14 2 long to theta, my cheerfulness was over. The mother turned her eyes from me within shed-, dering sigh, and "gazed on the dear circle of little ones as if she thought to penetrate fu turity, and guess which of the young_ things, now.. posy' in health, was to follow her long lost and still, lamented ono The denting fa,' they - pressed the arm of his pa ennsumptive girl nearer' to his heart ;•friends ;who 'were yet 'sorrowing for their bereavement, gave up the attempt at cheerfulness, and relapsetbintO melauchely Silence at my amirotielic - Ifi tempted (ns I often did, at first) to converse gaily with such of the townspeople as were of my master's mink in life , I was checked by a bitter smile, or a sudden sigh ;which told me that while I was giving - way to levity, the thonghts of my heart had wandered back to the heavy hours when their housia. were last darkened by the shadow of • death. I carried about with me an unceasing curse ; nn imagin ary barrier eeparated between me and my fel low men. felt life an executioner from whose bloody touch taro shrink, not so much from loathing of the ;Han, who is but the instru ,ffilent of death, as` from horror at the image of Clint • death itself—death sudden, appalling, awl ineyitable. 'Like hini, I brouglit•the pres ence of death too vividly before them; like him, I was connected with the infliction of a dooui 1 had no power•to avert.. Men Withheld from tne their .affection, refused me their sympatty; us if I were L'ot‘like themselves.— My very mot tidily seemed less obvious to their imaginations when contrasted with the hundred fOr whom nay bands prepared ,the lust dwelling house, which was to shroud , for• . , ever their altered Aces from sorrowful eyed. Where I dente there came heaviness of mournfulness end weeping. Laughter was hushed nt my approach ;•convereation ceased darkness and b ileum fell around 'steps— the &whites's and the nil ' euce of death. Gra4u- ally I becafue awithe to my Ontario). • ttio, fonder attempted to hold free converse with my tellowmen. I suffered the ploom of their hearts to overshadow minor— My , step crept slowly and stealthily into dwellings; my voice lotvered itself td shdites's and mo. notony ; I pressCd no hand in token' of cum panionShip no Laud pressed mine, except tiier] wrung with agony. soane•Wretch, whose burden was more than AO' could bear, retained me fora few moments of maddened and con gripf,.tfictin- putting the•inst,finlshing stroke to my work, and held me !a back to gnse yet, Agsin, on features, which I:wait bout to cover from hie sight. that boa ini unietiro4tibl9 . iv4idpik;kaiti male' death' ESE _v. A on 2a_L-Y0 ?,0 loathsome ti!. It is well tluit an undefined and' instinctive slirteking within us, nialte's wltat we Imp loved for long years, in a few. hours .1 That lifeless thing. the living fear," , • It is well that the , soul limb ecareellanitted the body ero the Work of corruption is . begot): For if, even thus, mortality clings to the rent- , . noutll of mortality, with !' love stronger than death ;"•if, as I have teen it, warm mid !lying lips aropressed . to features where the gradu- Tilfy bran% eye And hollow cheeks - Piaher.' ribly of departed life i what would it be if.the winged soid left its tenement 'of clay; to.be" resolved oat:Onto - it marble death; to retook!' `mild, beautiful, and imperishable; ()Very day to greet our eyes ; every night to be wotersd with our tears ? .The hoods which held men together would be broken; the future would lose its interest . in our minds .; we should re :twin sinfully mourning the idols of the de yarted love,. whosepresence forbade oblivion of their_ loveliness\_and'Ablir and scattered''. population .Would wander - through the world - ti's through the valley of the shadow Of (lentil ! flow Wren have I been interrupted When' 'about to nail down a collie, : by OM' agonized ,rntreaties of some wretch to whom the dis. coloured clay bore yet the trace of beauty, • mid the ° darkened lid seemed' only closed in slumber! .- Ilow often .have I said,--•' Surely that heart'will brook with ifs•lioeP aud'yet,. in a little while, the bowed spirroso.ogain, the eye sparkled, unit the lip smiled becattie . the dead were covered from their iiyht ; and that which is present to a man's sallies is destined to affect him far more powerfully titan either the dreams of the itnagination-er memory.— !lois , Often too have I seen the reverse of the Picture I have just Alrawn ; when the pale • unconscious nor' - ISelms lain abandoned lit its loveliness, and grudging hands'haeo scarcely dealt out a portion of its superfluity, to ob tain the last rites for one who so lately mov ed, spolte, smiled, and walked umongvt them! And I [twig felt even then: that there were,. those to 1,4p01 - that neglected being had been far more precioui than beeps of gold, and I' have mourned for them Who-periehed ameng . I strangrrs: One horrible scene has- chased another from my . tniod thro u gh a succession of years ; and some of those, w 14114 .perhaps, ldeeply,:affected mo at the I or, are, by the - i mercy of heaven, forgotten. Sub enough're- ntaine,to enoble-mo to •giva a faint outline of the causes - which hive changed me from what I way, to the gloomy, joyiesS being I arn nt length become. ;There'is:pne•SeCtilit intlellhiy impressed upon my metnery:' I was summoned late at • night to the house of a respectable merchant, whip had' been reduced,ln a great measure, •by the wilful , e•xtravegairea'of his euly.som fronicomparative wealth:to ruin and distress:: I !as ; toot •by. drewittow;.lli,'Whoset • worn and win'' , face the calm Of despair had. settled. She evoka to me for. a few momenta' nini 'begged too to use despatch - nod caution in'the okercise of my calling:L—.• Fur indeed," said site, "..1 have watched my,,living eon witli a sorrow,, that has almest mild() 'tne forget glief for, the departed. Fur five days and five nights- I have watched, and .hisi blood. shot eye has not closed. no, not for, n moment, from its horrible task of gazing on the dead face Of thtlfsAteTtlint curieds . him. 'lle slCeps now, if - sleep-it can be called flint is rather the torpor .of 'exhaustion ; but his rest rs Cu that father:a death bed.. Oh ! young feel ! Do your task in such a manner, that my wretched boy may nor awake till it is over, and the bleisings of the widow be ou you forever!" To Ild.o ‘ strange prayer loould oply offer a Bolero!) 11:18t111111CC that I would do my utmost to obey her ; _nod with elow,,ortep lug stv . we ascended the narrow entire which led to the chamber of death. It was it dark, wretched leokitig, ilbruruiehed, room, and a • drifyling November ruin pnticred uneeimingly nt the . latticed window, which Wits Nbakell from time to time by the fitful gusts of n moan- lag wind. A damp chillness pervaded the at mosphere, and rotted the falling paper from the waNt and, as I looked toivords the hoard' (for there woe nu grate,) I felt painfully con vineed that the old' man had died without the common' comforts his' situation , imperiously •Icrosnded•. 'The whitewashed sides of the narrow - fire pliice weio encrusted with a green damp, and tho' chimney vent Was gtuffed with straw and fragments of old carpet, to prevent erturo. • The common, expression,_• He has seen better cloys," never so foroibly occurred Ito me us at that moinent. Ile Gad seen lktjer days: he had toiled cheerfully through the day, and out down to a comfortublo evening I=ll The wino cup bad gone round; and the voice of laughter had been heard at his table Wt. rahay a year; and yet here he had crept to die like a beggar! The &optic of a man opparently'about sixty, lity stretched upon it, and on hit] ' hollow and entachtted fenturea the hen!! of death Lad printed. the ravagei of many . . days. The veins had ceased to giVe even'the appearance of life to the discoloured skin ; the eyelids Were deer sunken and.the whole countenance 'wee (and 110110 but those aceuc. wined to gaze on the face of the dead can understand me) utterly expressionless. But if a sight like this was sickening nnithorrible, what shill' I Say of the miserable being to wboni a temporary oblivion was giving strength for a renew.m.Lngouy ? Ile bad apparently been sitting ntthe foot of'titit corpse, and, as the torpor of, heavy ®lumber able over him, had sun* fornat),ll, his hand still rotiiining the hued of tho dead man. Ilia fie° was hid ; but Ids finger end the thick earls of dark hair bestrode early youth. 1 judged him at most to be two and twenty. I began my Task of mensuriiig the body ; and few eau tell the. budder which thrilled my frame at the ear 'itenter'it rule intoned 'them) looked hands—the: vain effort of tho living null to ohain kindred with the dead! :It wad over, and I xtulq from the room onutiodely find silently us I entered Once, uud only ()Inc; I turned to Iwo at the melancholy group. There Icy the oor, o eta and uneanociuus; there Bat Ilia son in arrun- consci,,illitiesti yet more terrible, Biltee it could not lost. There, paletel`elto!rlese, stood . the wife .of •him, nho, in hie dying hotir, cursed her ehilil and liiea .40w little ehe:dreamed of sunk eeene'when., her meek lipo first replied to .hiti - voiva 'of affection I llow•-litilo"aGo dreamer] of suoh a soouo ethen elle fleet led thee tither the cradle of ills algeplat boy ! , . CARLISLE, PA.,:' WEDNESDAY, 'OCTOBER 21, 1857. t when they bent together with knifes of nifec ! tion, to watch his quiet plumber, and witch the gentle brentl'iinga of his parted lips: Iliad scarcely reached titelanding place before the wretched .Weman's land was -laid lightly on. my arm 'to arrest its .progrC'ss.. Per'noiseless step had followed me without my .ttilltig , nware of it. " How soon your work Ite:dottel" said shO, in a suffocated voice; "te-niotitow I 'could' be hero again," answered I. " To morrow !.and whit ant I to do ir . roy. boy. awoken before that tithe? and her, voice be- . came : louder and 1101111ic with fear. .." He will go Mad, I . arp .. Sure he will; hilthrain_ will not, hold against these. horrors, Oh! 'that' God would bear me ! that Gad' would' hear me! end let that slumber Sit ou his settees till 'the sight . of the father that cursed hiMis no lon ger present to us! Heaven -tie merciful •to Me I" and with her laet .WordS' alto' clasped her hands convulsively . and gazed.uptarle. had known opiates ii \ ilmittisteredM4ulferers. _rw liose,g,tief , -for—theit:-bereavemehlti,tilmost aMounted to madness. I mentioned llfie heel tatingly to the widow, alld mho eagtrrly.caxight 'at it. "Yes!that would ;hi," exclaimed she.; "'that would do it. I could get liiin4ast that , 1 horrible moment!. But stay; I darit not leave nloue,as lie is even 'fur 'little! while:—' what will become of me'!" I Weld to pro cure-the medicine for tier and soof`returned 'with it. I gave it into her bandiond her' vehement expressions of thankful:' o wrung my honk. I had attempted to move the pity 'of the ap.othecary at whose shop I had obtain ed the drug, by an account of the scone I had. witnessed, 411 order to induce him to 'pay a visit to the house of mourning--but in vain. To him who had not witnessed it, it was twat: ing bUt a tale of every d .ydistress.. All that long eight I worked at the Merchlifit's EUIIITi and -the dim gray light of thOvintry morning found 'me still Coiling on. Often during the hours passed thus heavily,, that •picture• 'of wretchedness rose. before* nee. Again I saw the Je'ailitigland' exhausted fo'rm of the young man huried.in slumber, on' his father's death bed: again my carpenter's rule anion touched the clasPcd bands of the dead and the living, and a cold shudder - .Mingled with fthcfsliillof the•dawning day and frozo my !flood. I - had just completed my • work and .thO : ofternoott (SrNae advanced, when the lout elear voice of Henry Richards struck mi eai,"its" ho'bopti.74 dell up stairs, and flinging open the door of th'e workroom, invited me to come and spend the rest of the" day at his father's . that Sarah would promise to come tee, if I Would' be thereto see her I turned away from him with a peevish Sigh, Midpoint; ing to-My • Work,- replied that was obliged to fitiiib and carry it hothe iD nn lour. flitationitl haim thought," said lie,' thrillthe MPle you . 'worked for'were lees fkkt vonixfu T ced by debty.'lhan nni I knoiV, beidg dealing for• themselves." 'At any' ether time on, in any other situation, I might perldtpl have' thought. leas of this. Speeelf: but iii the mood in which I then was, it struck tine as arising, not :from thenglitlesineps, bitt from the most brit tal and unfeeling levity. 0 Rich ards," said I, striking the cotliu with My ham mer, 4. God only cati.tell how notiMoneof us. may' Deed such a couch as this,. instead-!o) resting our heads on our pillowaLna we do nowt' " Piihnivranswereil the Young man, with adialf laugh, "yen are really , gri;wing' 'quite gloomy, Tem, It's three, weeks today slime you and I, and Sarah; Lure had n walk, or drunk ten together—aud now, just no she and I have agreed to make a holiday, of it,. you'inake a• soleMn speech and refuse to. be one of the party. Come, come, lay by your wdrk, and likteri for nn liouviii , tzutu her voice, which is as sweet as ad,klaUkb:ii'd'a.—• Why, the very sight of hert4ilo:iiill do you good—come," f resisted this fp r Osi l ing invi tation, however, and Ilenc•Y Iticharde ° left inc I to.mybwifretlecttons. As I pasSiql op one of the streets.which led to the merchant's lotlg- ings, toy head' bending under, the weighboi, the coffin I was carrying, I eaw my sister Sa rah and her young lover' a little way before Inc'. I could even hear the sountof her laugh 'which was cltar and pleasant, and. see her pretty faoe•shaded by her dark hair, When she turned to answer, her nornpanion: At every step I took, tile — air 'scented to .grow more thick around me, and at length 'overcome by . w curia es's, both uf ... boA l attl bittsppcd,_ . 1414 tfjo straps , wJticL,steadied tby. inelad 'eltely burden, 'and placing it'in tin upright position,i against the wall, wiped' the dew front niy, ft;rehead, and (shall I.confess it?) he tents from. my eyes. I was endeavering o combs!, the depression of my feelings by the reflection that 1 woe the support of my poor old mother's life, when My attention was , roused by the evident compassion of'a'youlig lady, who,.tifter. passing,nie.with a hesitating ntep, wilhilrOw her nfin fitiin flint of her Onto elderly companion, and pausing loran instant put a shilling iuM lily hand saying, ‘, You lopk very weary, my pobr Junn, pray got some: thing to drink witli that." It more lovely countenance, if by lovely be meant that which eiigages love, was never moulded by nature; the sweetness and compassion of her pale foce and soft innocent eyes, and the 'lt . iiitluess of her gentle voice, made an impassion on my memory too strong to bo effaced. I agto her once nyain. I reached the merchant's lodg, flogs and my knock Was answered as Os the former occasion, by the widhw herself. She eight 4ouvily as alto eaw nie: nntl. after ono or twq. ;qtempts to openk, informed ma _pint her sou was awake, but it'uns ithpossiOnfm; her to athilintster the opiate, as he refused to let the• smallest neurisbinent pass his lips— but that heivite gniet,-indeed had never spolc:' en since he woke, except to oak her how she felt—owl OW thought I might proceed with- out fear of interruption. I entered neeord ingl,,ti..qlowed' by a lad, eon to the landlody who kept the lodgiuge, and with hie assistance I proceeded to lift the wpm), and lay it in the o , .tfin. The widow's son remained mo and, as it were, sttipliied t during this oPeratiou 7 tmt the moment die.'eaw me pro pare the lid ,or the collie so us to be screwed down, ho started up with the energy and ges turearof a madman. Ms gland eyes seemed bursting from' their sockets', and his . upper lip, leafing Lie teeth bare, gave hilt mouth, {be "appedrinee,of a horrible and ootivulsiie smile. Ho seized my arm with' hie Whole Strongth—L Etitib he I felt hie grasp, and ea % him etrug-. sling for words; I Oxpootoct to' hoar 'Ourafia and execrations, or . the wild howl of an ink riated'inadman. I Was mistaken ; th wail of a sichlrchild who dreads its mo her's depart .ure, was the only sou'nd to Which I could com pare that wretched mutt's voice. l. fle held me with a force ••almbat • supernatural—but his tongue uttered supplications in- a feeble mo notonous tone, and with the mest , huinble and beseeching manner. 'teieave him," exclaimed lie, "leave him al...little - while longer. Ire will forgive-me—l know e'will, He spoke Gott horrible word to rouse any conscience. But I heard him and come back to hint. I Would have toiled end bled for .hitralio :knows that, well., hush! brill! I cannot hear his voice for myjnother'ii sobs—bet I know lie will kr give nie. filler;' do not refuse! I stn humble—l ate penitent. Father, I have sin 'seal against lkriven and 'before thee—father, I have .sinned! Oh,. mother, he is 'cursing. me again. Ile is liftitig his hand to curse me --his - right kind. .Look, mother, look I Save .me,_O_Clod! nay-father curectiMe on his dying bed ! Save ine,',ohl--" The unfinished Word. resolved itself _into.n, low, liollow . ..g,roan, and lie fell back insensible. I would have assietbd. him, but labs mother:. waved me hack.. '" Bet ter so, better so," she repeated hurriedly-- "it is the Mercy of God which lino caused this- 7 tlo you your duty and I will do' mine," and she continued to kneel and supprirt.the head of her son, while we fastened and scou red down the coffin. At lengtkall wris finish ed, and Alien, "and not till theii,iwel carried Biewretelied youth from Clio chamber-of death, to one dark, as gloomy and as scantily fur nish'cd, but having a wood fir burning - in the grate,,and a hod. with-ragged urtains.at one end of It. lad here in compora o.oomfort, the landlatly v allowed him to' he placed, even Though she-saw • little chance of her lodger's being able to- pay,fer the change:,-Gate the glass of waiter held to his, parclajd lips, as recoieredrhis,§enses, I poured' n spflkient quantity of the opiate to produce sluniber; rind - 'had the satishictiotCof hearing Mother' fervently thank God, as still, halftaneonsciouu,: : • _he swallowed , ncatloWed the draught. I thought . would net have sue4ved the shock he teceiv cd:-but.l was mistaken. The merchant was buried 'and forgotten--the-son lived, and we nict again itra far, farifferent scene. It was early in the summer the ensuing • bar that my-keart wits"gladdened by the in telligence of my' sister Sarah's approaching marriage. Henry Richards himself 11 , 11:1 the hearer of this welcome Ari uncle of his wlM.hatt been -.a master builder nod Stone Meseta, had, in dying, bequeathed to him near- ly all the little property he had ealined ; and this, With his own ..exertions, Richard assured me would support Sally iu comfort„,• " No more, drudgery, no more service for Her Auld ho, 4 /lush ofjoy.rising on hie tine coon: tenince ; "she is to !Cave her. plebe on Mon day week, and on the Sunday following we cro - to be married. "It shall not he my . fault Collins,", continued be, " if she is not happy." That evening was spent in the company or my sister and her loter, find never were pfans for the futuralaid with so eager •an anticipation of complete happiness as those discussed by Y9PPgicM.ll l6 - Monday corner and with inthal'Sidly;:blushiteand aslcif woultl - iVilik With het. to thollouso of Henry:B I! lIE tirhere-ehe wns-to-rerimirnittigreFike wedding. The old Ruin greeted ber . wifit pride cud fondnees, and my steps home Were .lig,ltter and 'quicker than' for ninny mouths past. Days rolled on ; there remained now but one to pass before they should be united forever. t was 'Working With cheerfulness and alacrity on the morning of that day, when a labouring noun pushed :open the shop door, stud calling nib by my name, , stdd, "you ore wanted up at Mr. Richards, sir." '"Very well," said I, care• lessly resuming my occupution. ' Beg par don, sir," added the malt. "you will be - wan: ted too, in the way of loniness." I caught the expressiolt of his eye as lie turned end left the threshold, and felt an unaccountable chill at my heUrt.. " The old man is dead," thought 1, and the hammer falling ,froin my band on the lid of the coffins , sent a hollow suutid to my ear, like a. dying groan. I reached the house —inquiretPof my sister—alto was shopping' with a female friend—l naked for Henry Hick ards they flung open the door -of the little parlor whore we had all spent that evening together—Ana shutter • aisliguredjleoding lifeless,—lay the. gay-hearted, high-spirited young man, whom auot'her sunrise As to have made my 'bratlibr! My :head swam-I stag prod and fell back •sensoloss. • To my enqu ries, when I reeoVared coneiousness, 'they gave short and bitter answers. He had,been inspecting an unfinished house, and had fal • len from the scaffolding on a heap of bricks and rubbish. No'bupil.-escaped his lips,; no Movemept wos•perceptiblo when the workmep reached the body, except that n convulsirC thrill agitated'his limbs. As he fell, so he re mained, till they lifted him and carried hint to his father." When I was admitted to the old man, : his calmness and reeiglitifi . OU appear ed wonderful: td my; broken ejaculation of sympathy, ho replied t Gotl'o will ho done he wan the last of five; the Lord pity tho gir who loved dam :" AS he spoke those words ho. wrung me Try the hand, awl I left him: "thapity her, in- deed!" I repentetduneoliciously, as I decended tlio stairs.: Before I could leave the liotiao I met„her, and us she stood iu the norrowdoor. way, she bent forward ii 73 if to kiss me; smiles played on her lips ; love lighted her, eyes. I "rusted poet her into the.eireet; I felt that I could not bear to, tell her veliat she must bear to here. My master's wife kindly volunteered to go to her,'ittiel bring her airily - , if possible. My master, himself, Was ill in bed had, therefore, toicroordwitb my own bande r the; bier of my ill-fatod friend. Oh . ! that night! How like a dream, and yet, how fear fully distin'et nro'its terrors, oven to this day! I had made ionic progress in my labors, when overcome with weariness,' I fell misleep. I was awakened , by acold pressure on my hand; and I heard the words repented,,,- 4 . It shall not be my fault if sho is not happy." an ituitatit 1 - started up, ns behold, sea tedoppesiie Henry Richards I Ho •was frightfully pale, and the unwasl4"wound - etr blemished temple seemed sail to hleed. lle etileii at me; and pointing , to the . unfluished coffin, said:' " shoji tie gleii to rest therel set.liow my ierisi is shattered I" I :lookel, . alokiiiincat the eight, i rose with the in ~~ Untie!' of rushing from' the room y The figure rose too, as if to prevent my departure, and, in a mortiftil voice, exclaimed :—.4 Am I al ready so loathsome to you?" As it spoke, it pressed onwards, and on , wards, till it touched merit sank into a seat by my side, end when I recovered conciouttness fhcrichlightof a 'summer morniiig beamed'' an the empty ,place it lied •occupied. 'The wealth of'Werlds would not have bribed the to touch that cent n.ain; it Was in . vain, I ro- posted to tiV56117:11,13 common' arguments a gainst itocturndl terrors ; in vain I condemned my r own.feelings as 'tire Tomtit of an .eicitea fancy ;..1-tefl- that_lte: had been there, and desire pos'sessed me to nee the corps, find convince trisselfef-the-truth of the vision by the circumstance of his arm •being broken or otherwise. The body had been washed and , laid out since my visit on the 'previous day, and the countenance was less disfigured. , I g . aietiVn it With silent agony for a few min uts and then slowly and with shuddering dread I lifted I r is arm ;it was swolen and discolored and.the hand hung itervelesaly -from vision was !rue! ' I was interupted in some indolierent excla mationby a wild shriek, and with' convwlsiire Bap, my sister Sarali.fluag herself on my bosom That evening, no we sat together, eho pres sed .Ms for'im explanation of the words I had spoken over thb botly%f Henry- Richards. I ituovrxtet how-it Was, and.l have always at tributed it to some strange infatuation, but as the hor;ors of the night retuned to my mind I forgot all besides tindi deteribed.my vision to the shuddering girl,ending,with these words Yes rbeheld . him.as in life, and he Pointed .to the zolliin I was wOrking - att----tho' cbtliin iti 'which he Was soon to lie." • - • , Ne'vcr shall I forget the 'expression of my sister Stilly's ftice, when.' had concluded. She parted her black hair with a bewildered logic as if she dittibted having •beheld - me aright, while. with her. other han - d, she grasped my • arm. llis P' gasped she, ." Oh ! Ibdiihad yen. the heart. to work st that!' • Slowly she re axed her hold, - and remained with her 't+yes riveted on toy hand; - I ;spoke to her but she did ont,answer ; I addressed her its the endearing 'terms fsmiliar to.her, ear 'in childhood, built produced no iinpresSion., At length her eye-lids slightly quivered; her, 'grained eyeS grew dim, and she sank i,ti s swoon nt toy feet Front that hour, even to her—illy sister— the pride of tvlieat't--my con elation In the city of strangers--whose had cheered MC in my gloomiesthour, the touch of whose lips on my,linggard forehead had soothed me into loving life, when nil was dark around me —even to oily presence . became fearful. Stiatige.as it may appear, the manner and suddenuess'of her lover's death, the fact of its having taken place so soon before the car emot;rwhith troy to Make them one—till this was nothing in comparison to. the horror she left that my ,Inind should have prepared his ;Coffin. She shrank from toy.tituch ; she aver- I - ted her eyes from-my gaze; she sliivered and wept,;when I spoke to her. I ceased to !cave -my toaster's house except wires forced by my calling - , - artil - ab - I mechanically pursu4..niy toil 3 . felt—how Pinny I - could die "Conte HOME!"--,There was a touching eweetne's in the tone of the child , sh voice by Which these words were uttered,which attrdc led the attention of our reporter, "Come home, come home I" A little girl of perhaps ten years, clothed, if we may canter clothed, in the habiliaments of the most abject poverty was urging, with all the artless eloquence of childhood, her besotted father to come' hinne. " Come home, and mother and sissy will be So gluddo come home." There was nit answer to the earnest pleading of the child, no kind word to soothe that young heart, already old in sorrow—no turning of 'the feet from the den to which they-11 . 1 : o fastening, and mourn fully the angel of that wretched household Bought her home alone. l'oor child ! whose . pathnc --- c - Foses bloom—born only . to grief, and suffering and shame. That look of utter deso- lotion and despair is painted indelibly upon our memory, and the sorrowful tones of . that `elliidish 'voice ringing constantly in our ear S.. Poor child—hoping, for nothing, dreaming of nothing 7 but:.want _and - rauffering—how—many. Ultra aro wifoso - destiny is no Moro promising than thine ! . . . ' FIRST Crass Prrun-Sbute waggish gob-. tlemeit the other day 'sent to ono of the Phila delphia. banks a promissory note for discount. The note promised to pay , the sum of five del. bars at thirty days. The entire ~b ack of the document was covered with dirst class eialorse ments, and to leave no means unemployed to get it through " a ten dollar bill was pinned to it. Whether the bank did the paper or not we are unable to say. re, The other day, Mrs. Sitiffkins being unwell, sent for a medical man, and declared her belief that she was poiaoued, and that Mr. Suiffkins did it. "I didn't coi it,." shouted Sniffkins. •' It's all gammon—she is not pois oned ; prove . tf, doctor—open her on' the spot ant willing:" XteV" A country merchant having procured a new,olerk, waked him up the morning after he who hired, at a Moat unreasonable,hour, by calling out (tat the faMily were sitting down to the table. " Thank you," said the boy,• os IM turned overduned to.adjuat, himeelf - .for now nap—! , thank you, but I never allow My self to eat anything during the night . :" . - ,gam' Widow Grizzlo'n . husband lately died of cholera.' In the midst of the most acute bodi ly pain, after the baud-. 01 death Lail touched Lim, and whilo writhing in agony, his gentle wife said to him, tt Well, hir. Ctrizale, you needn't kick round so, and wear all the sheets 'out, if you aro dying I" , )ter Mr. G—, it clergyman of a neigh boring town, being recently absent from home on business; Hie little son;.a lad•of four years, "' - c - tiliiili folderfilii liatil li," . 7iiidialiOa iiiii: Elias \ili ingyas utillally pronounced by their' fat er a their usoining2rneat. , At,neon, being ask . to prononnee the. blessing; ...be replied, wit p.' genTe4kee, !.no,l'don't like he Tooke of them, , ••tateis l" ' OE From the "Sehool.lleote . tedgeri' BEAUTY. AND' POWER OP WOMAN. Admiration .of the beautiful is' ever re• garde(' by the close obserVer as an lndication 0 4 .etincinent, It is the existence and cal tivaiN of OS' tastefor the beautiful:dint gives plplish Jo • society, and were the world -r-ti des itl - , 1e• - reurjent thus. preserved.and created it would- he a masstg depravity, a wilderness affording no prettletion -fiver the .blaze of vulgarity, an infinite desert. whose burning sands know no verdure on whieltthe weary traveller may feast the eye and test from the cheerless and disgusting monotony' of utter destitution. To admire the truly beautiful, to tech fat the truly grand, and to gaze with rapture on the truly sublime, is ennobling in the high cst'degrce, gives a polish to the mind; and smooths down the harsher' propensities of our fiat are, • • hi Aids 'admiratten, womani iu all her gentleness - and graee!'shares largely. "To err is htimah," is the only apology that can beidlbred for the weaktfess and blindness exhibited by poor man in his so frequently. mistaking what see ins fin' what is beauty in the fair Bei. The lighelind graceful form.. may attract, the elastic step may entiee • tho , waving tresses may allure, the sparldin eye may entrance, and the sWmet smilinif coun tenance may_enrapture, Litt the . nebleneSs of an . heroic lienit, and the light of a pure and Polished' mind, shining Ilirth in word , and deed, will make iinpresshais which shall— live :when these 'seeming beauties,, these transitory attiactions shall be buried beneath— the .wrecks .qf time and ne traeq reinains tel that they ever existed. ,If a lady pos sesses a reline - d and pell'shed mind, she has •the:greatest and most lastingpf all the beau ties which adorn her sex-,-that which will - endure and be admired "for length of days _ and multitude of }'cure , " and even wi,Gn she -may have passed-away it, will still live and be seen and felt in the influence of example: To a few only will truthlldness turd candor permit us , to aceora the possession and cut tiratiOn,of the beauties-of the-Mind, for.it,is a mournful fact that the mass ofllarfemales mf . the . :present day occupy their ti be and en• ergiesAn attention te - the'lighter j gmtes - and - in chasing thmlbllies of fickle Ihshion. extent of Power which is wielded by these 4w is-surprising to those who undbrstand tattle secret of it. If n noble deed is-per . •• formed, an Heroic act perpetrated, almost in- variably can its origin be tracedt•to'llie tings . rfinne, generous heart that beats beneath silks and laces or calico and muslin: The'mildness of Woman's nature, like the genial* sun of summer contrasted with the fierce blasts of winter, melts inte'subjeetion objactS Over which the storms of passion could have no control. The powtt . r of the woinan whose' Mind has. received proper, though , it maybe limited, training, is as in finite as her_smilcs _arc _wittning—and her .character admirable. It is by her influence, either ilireetly or indirectly that kings and emperors hold their sway, menarphies are .reareeand overthrown, republics built up mud perpetuated, and it is by (lid support of the linintle intiaedee that we enjoy easy of the great ble'ssings of Thet'e• are many spheres of usefulness . in which woman exerts' her power as she wends her wily with heavenly smile and holy heart -through thesudeness and viciousness of poor fallen humanity, which presents a field tin•. action at almost every step. From the depths of degradation she brings up the fallen im for tunate to a true sense of hiS• responsibility, and by kind, cheering words, flies into life the almost extinct ambition of brighter days. hoh sorrow enters the -abode, of happiness, a'nd when reverses mid ilisappointments dis tract rlud,spread gloom over the heart, like a. ministering angel she comes to console amt lighten our griufs. At the couch of affliction, her virtues shine out with-such a vividnesS On( once seen and experienced, their re membrance Will ever be fondly cherished by -the-grateful heart.. -Thersprightly-scheolhoy,- pattering along his little path, perchance' may stumble against one .of the minor objects -whieh.are but the emblems and forerunners• of the greater ones which he must one day' meet' but how readily his 'pains'are forgot ten when the tender hill o'f•a lovirfg mother or a meek sister soothingly brushes away the big tear drop: So when men, in the broader walks of life, stumble amid the vicissitudes in the 'wdy' which glory has led them, and heavy-of heart they stand on the.'ve•gu ..of • despair, and writhing under the weight of in creasing sorrows which a relentless world are ever ready to heap upon the falIN, they seem abdut to sink into the chasm of hopeless restitution, when hoble , womati,' with a heart • over2owing with natural sympathy, comes to the relief with her cheering smile and the "word in good season," rendering;the' desert ofxrid aud' • fallen hopes a paradise. of happiness. Woman's mission here is a great and a good -one,and if rightly understood and day performed will' crown her on earth with Inn rels 'which shouldmlone dali. the pure broW • of virtue, :and bear' her at last when the good wort: is, finished, to those bright regions where distress distracts ,not . the heart, runt • wbere the true and the truly beautiful shall "Mier flourish in immortal youth." Iti•conchision, we would urge every lady- 7 . and particularly every young lady—to 006... I vete a taste forAhobenutifulo nobleness of . disposition and refinement of thought and feeling,lwhich. will eicite admiration and • guarantee influence and power otherwise unattainable. -• le these attractions are•onc9 known and appreciated; the "fripperies of. fashion" will'ioora dwindle into insignifi--c • . cancra end' the fair daughters of modest •' ' .ivortrafedoracd-in-the-garb 7 whese•-luitre-4 7 -1. refinement, will eclipse all the "M'iora . MO , Flimsefi'in Madison ,Square." Endeavor, then, - to possess: , - • ;' • ' ,The beauty, Arn'elrofnmdp.,, The beauty Of - the 'mind • - WAsizaxapir, D. C., 1857: ,-Nitbitst ptparfinctit. EERIE a NO. 7. u '
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