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VOL, LVIH.
EDITED 4ND PUBLISHED ,
F(Sit THE PRQPRIETDIt
BY WILLIAM M. PORTER
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U. S. GOVERNMENT. *.
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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 _ ."
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Register—Mill:tin - - Lytle.
high eherilf—Jacob Bowman i Deputy, J.ltotatuing
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County TreasureV—A.dam Seßrelliell. ' •
Coroner—Mitehell IlleClellan. - .
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— County Commissioners—tleorge M. Graham, 'William
M. Henderson, Andrew Kerr... Clerk to Commissioners,.
Michael Wire. ... .. .•,
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Direetont of the l'obr—fieorgo Brlndlc, . John C.
Drown ' Smuital Tritt. Suporiutoodoli!, of lour nous')
—Joseph Lobach. - •
Bol{olloll . OFFICERS,
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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.
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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
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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
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priming, at Trouts building. •
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' FIRE - COMPANIES. '
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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.. •
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RATER OF POSTAGt.
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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. , , . .
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~ 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
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: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.
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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,
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{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
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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•
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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'
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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- ,
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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 -
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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
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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
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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 !
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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.
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