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Lyn'. 91,E trtlti OP .PUBLIOATION The 'n aidate Ilen,te iP puolished.wvekle on a large , sheet cent:doing twenty eidlit columns. arid furnished to PU Ixertlyors at iITSO paid strictly In atIVPUCP $1.70 if paid within the year; or in all PPP. when •pAyntent tP delayed untlinfter the explratin 1 of the year., No aubserlpttnis resolved fir n less period than el, months. and lull discontinued until ail arrearages are paid. amass ut 1110 option of the publisher. Papers .sent to subs,ribera living out of Cumberland county must he paid for in advance of, the payment ,lIPMUIIIOII by 0 , 4100 reap tuxibin person living in Cumberland court-. ty. Those tonna will ho rigidly adhered to In all, A DVERTIS EMENTS, • , Alvertisernimtd'will be charged $l.OO per square of twelve Units' for ihree insertions. and 21, cents for wish subsequent inserrion. All.Overtlsoinents olliess than twelve juice Entasitlere.l 118 x Roam Ailvertisiontoos Ineertedliefere Marrbigos and deaths $ Omit, por Iliielordtratrittsertion: ond - 4 - rentsi - per - line • fur subsequent inses•ti Inc Comin . unfontlons on sub jects of limited or •Indlvititial Interest will be elinrged 5 contx per lion. The ve..pelecee,will not he responsl ble lit ilautebres for errors In advertisements, Obituary notices or Morriaxes not exceeding five linen, will be Inserted wiihoutebecire • , I= ' The Carlisle Herald ,14111 PitINTINg OFFICI Is the - largest and mist cimtplete establishment Id the county Three good Presses. and a general variety of material toultod for plain and Valley work of every kind enabhs us in alu..lob erilitlAg at the shortest WIWI) and Opl the most reasonable terms. Persons in teiMt . 4l Bills. Wanks or anything in the Jobbing Mil). will Mid It to .„_..422L-their.rlateeest - totlneriams eall, .livery Variety orlllxtlk t eintstatitlY on hand.. •- .4eiteriff ant, Coca( 311formotion U. S. GOVIMNNIEN.T Prepident.—.l%MF.ll BUCIIO AM. Vice l'reridont —.IMMO. IntreltEnnlDoll, , .. Seenttary or :Iwo =Goo. !Awls Nod. • socrot.ey or In torld r—.l troll TIIO3IPBON. . Seeret.lrY Of.Tro.l.lrl-11. 1 Wd. 1 . COWL . Sorretlry of War—don n It. /Idyl): . . ,seeretnrr of Nnoy —bow! Toutn:r. • Port. Ninntnriinneral-A: - V; Ilnowx. •., Attorney ilndoral—.7rAnut tit it: 111.1:rx. ChlufJustireThi tho -United Stnten 7 7lif-11, TANEY. ST OiitERNNIENT OnVerotor—WlLl.l•M PACKEh. Sorrotary ofStAtro—WlLLiol 1. Ilkutrrek. tittcyoyor , A irlitt2r .iivierni—.l WWI FRY. • . Tromomrer-11.mity S Nlapttiv. Judie. of the Supreme 4 '..urt )1• Ant• writusu, W. B. LUN•ILIC 11. W •\t•UUpITARU. t 9. A. Pt/RUA. COUNTY_ oP.FIcERS . . - . p m mi ee t id.] 40 -11414„;,,m,K,11.11rwharn. ,. Ane.ei Ito Judges-tile°, Michael Coeklin, annual -'---. Nondhure. • , Dixtriet tttorney—Wm. .1. Shunrer. - Proth tnotAry—Phitha Itulgley. . _ - . R&..rwl.:r Alt.—Daniel 8.-Croft. . - - • Ite,zintor_—S. N. r,imningur lli,d, , nerld—.lnrol, Bowman: Deputy, John Jneobn. . County freieurer—goses (tricker. • • ...., Caroler—Mild...ll 31,i'lellen. • - • ' County Com.ulted Iner,--11111Inm 11. Henderson, A n•, drew Kerr. Nunurl 31ep.w.-._Cia — lii Cominisidontire. . • • . Jd•nen Ariuntnenr. . • - " Nrectorn of the Poor—fie. , rgo Brindle, John C. Drown. Samuel 'N UL Bupuyintendent of Pour 111111111 , :funoph_LuLn..h. ... . . . . . BORAX .II OFFICERS - Ch Cart. Assistant Burgesii-r ranch+ Lash,. Towle COUllell—.l. H. Parser (President) John Out; shall, /lama 'lntro, .111111VN M. Allem William Cameroe, *John D. Alm gas,' 311th ell ilulcoptb," Niches! ,Jlioloh, l'l3 -Mink) ley. Clerk to 'Art' WM.—Thos. D. Million. comitel.l,,,, —Jacob Bretz, lllib - Constable: Hobert ICard Constable. . • Julmees of the l'once—A. I. Sponslor, David Emlth. Ml:haul' Holcomb, etephen Keepers. • U CIIURCIIES • . First Prcalt3terititt I hurdt, &erthwest angle of Om re 6.111.11 . 0. llne. Con Nay I'. It • Parton—services ever suadaY 31oruIng at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock Second Presbitetlati - ChureGcoiner Of Won th - i. inover and Ponuret st eats. 11ev. Mr Eel's, Pastor. ttervices ; ,eontteeitce at II ti chick. A. 31.,abd 7 . o'clork I'. 31. ' St. John's h arch. (Prot. Episcopal) non heastanglii bf „ • , Leittro -.in MI. ster. Jdenl, J. (lures, hector. Services • at I 1 o'clock A. 31., Hued o'clock. P. 31. English Lutheran Ihurch, Bedford between Main and bouthel sirens. Rev. Jacob.. Fry, Pester. Services at II o'clock A. M., and S. o'clock P. M. ger 11.111 tel church, Louther, between Han• o-er cod Pitt !greets. Hey. A. 11. Kreuter, Pasttr.— harmee nt t l tielock A. M. and t is o'ctack,P. it. Nlettesilst Cheryl,. OW charge, corner ol oain,and Pitt Streets. lee. It. 11. (Annabel, Pusher.:Seri ken at 11 tit:l,k A. M. at d t.% tioloiek P. 31. ' Methodist E. t hurett ,second charge.) 11ev. A. A. Reese. vaster' Ser‘ ices Iti College Chapel, at 11 o'clock A. 31 and 4 o'clock. P .M 'lonian Catholic Church, Pomfret near East street. Nev. -- Linden. Pastor. Services on tie and Sun day pimh month: taertatin I.lnlieran Chung, col n-r of Pomfret and Helloed streets, Ituv• Unice at A. M. • . • . lieu changes in the above tire Wm...l.:girl the proper persons are requested to 11 , Lily us. DICKINSON COLLEGE • 11Mi , Charles Collins, D. 11., Presidunt and Professor of Moral &twice. floe. I.Jruton M. Johnson. D. U, Professor of Philoiice .phy and imalmh Literature. Juntesit — MarshalirAlProfessor-of-A-+lelent-11.1m-, Images. flee. Wm. 11.. Doswell. A. M.. Professor of Mathematics. I n,. N noon, A. M. Professor of Manual Si:Junco ' 1 o and Cantor vi tee 31usetnu. ' Alexander-r , chem, A. 3t., Professor of Hebrew and Modern Languages. Samuel D litilumn, A. M., Principal of the °minimal. &Mond. - .11. F. Purcell, A 11.. Assistant _in tho Grammar School. U BOARD OF billOOL DIRECTORS • Addrew Blair. Pregident. 11. Paxton, P. Quigley, 11. fermium. C. V. Ilumeriela..l. 1111111111 mi, tueretery,Jai.iii, taly, 'ErenSiirer. Jobe riohrir, Mei.souger. Meet in. the Ist, Monday ei c o uch At S'o'efock A. 31. tit .I.EI illAtiOD lint!. CORIVILATONS 001.1.1.9.0 DT.TOSIT 11100.—'1 . 1.0.1.1.01t, Richard parker. c`ashlcr. )lusselman; Clerks, J. i'. Hasler.' lames "Roney. C. W. hoed: Directors. Richard Darker. Tlu mar.' 1.0.0101), li, icl,er. Abraham la,aler Jacob Leib). It. C. Wnodmard, Nw. It, )lulliii..l 4 .ainuel AI hurry and John Zug. krin VALLI T HAIL 1/01.1. ComPArir.—President. VrelerickNatty: c.ecretary and 'rreinurer, Eduard 111 Biddle; Superiniendelit. U. N. Lull.. I assenger twice a day.. rnst nuid leavinii Carlisle at 10.101 Web el A, M. and 1511 o'clock I', )l. 'rue trails every ila3 Viestnard. leaving t_arllslo at U.5(1 o'cluck A, 31., am, 2.41, C. )1. CSIIUSLI (10H AND WATEII Co, T.ToT.—Prooldent, frit& stick Watts; Secretary, Lemuel Todd; Treininer. Mnn Madam; Directors, F. Watts. Licbaril Varker. Loom el Todd. iim. M. Beetem. llei.ry Saxton, J. It, 4.13 John D. o.,rgas. R. C. Woodward and E. 11. !Addle C11)110.10..1141. V 11.1.1:T Bong -,Frsident. John r, Fri r rett; Cashier. it. A. StUrg 64l ; Toder! - Jos• C. Ileffer.— Directora John rterreit. ttni. her. )lelelloie 'lrene teas. hlchard %Weds. John C. Dunlap. Lett. C. eterret t. U. A. 1111.Urg.0.01, 011.1 Captain John Dunlap.' SOCIETIES (lumberkw' star Lodge ..No. M. A. M. meets 40 ?Orion 11 . 401 on the. 2nd and 4th "'numbs:. a or et.e'r: aboo.h.. Bt..llhoe 1011 to No 21a) A. V. M. Meets 'id Thula day of each mouth,. at Marlon Hull: Carlisle Lodge No 01 1. 0..0f U. F. Meets Alondtq crentug, at Trouts building. FIRE cOMPANIEB The -Union Fire, Company Was organized Ire :81r. . Preside rt. 10 Cornman; V.lce Presfdent..Willlath Porter; Secretary, A. li,hilslun; Treason, Peter 311ao yr. Co nets mpauy mt's the brag Saturday MarclLJ Septeurby. and December. - Th. 4:u.nikqrhimi Fire1:411111111y won Instituted Febru. ary 18, 18110. &mil& at Hobert 81reartneyi K rimtar) - ' Philip Quigley; 'treasurer 11. 8. Itllter. '1 onpi,, ) meets on the third, Saturday of .lailuari, Apr , July. and October. , (In-4 irtlSl 4 Colllpllglialtillaitlliedln.Blllreh 1888. Prosldent. 11.. 1 1. - S;hrirecint - VPS - Pri , sldunt Jain. Meeartney; Fecretaiv. Samuel 11. flionldt. Treasurer. • Joscpu D. Italilyt. 'I& company meote the ,aucorl Saturday of January, Aprll. July. and October. ~ RATES OF POSTAGE Pnettuti; on all letterset' onwhilf mince weight or un der. 3 Nieto pre paid except to California or-in. -titian 'bleb Is to nen P prop , d4. r0.t."4, no the -.llerold the County. free. Within the Suite 13 vent,' per year. io et of the Unit.' Ant.OAP. cents ‘.l'osnige on all tranelat papers under 3 IPIIIICYP hl VIVIAIt• two Tonto unpaid. Advert 'Fed I•dtere. In be. barged with the cent of n iepethlna, . , DER 1:1).,108 & LOOK I t: < PRINTING OFFICE, s. Cor. of the Square,' 1114111 S$ POETICAL. THE END 'DF DT 16111 R. R, H. ,NICIIOI.M3. " /ivod ht We ',igen, '.o4lthly: were three ecereend inn.l; -." An old men sat lho window. For the tpiing . ...at'drnwlng near; And tto corpie of the - anti 41 winter , Illd roto . to.the tomb of tho year!' Tho nunll,tht noft nod unclyuded, Eitroglood In I l'er lho oaken floor, - Awl trotted with gold the do* pannele, • 129aIntly carved In tho ancient door. • • Thu hands of the old man trembled, ills board wits lensTe'itand thin, And hill its the honer of Deeenaler. ' Wits the benrt. that erns tolling within 1 ' Like embers, half quenehed and dyit.g, bearth - 10 - nlnht: l Burned theashes.Of life in his boan t ''''• Au ha ant In the spring:. clear_ light. • • •• He looked on theyoung buds swelling, And n ttiv• o'er ills Wrinkles Firn);ed.; lie thou Id of the wife of hie I.lsom. Who slept in ttni valley',l4 green ehedo; _ He thought bow ills stops bid taltired,. Manny 011.thejountey of life; -And how on 'death's began ho iested, ' IV bon #716 , nud worn with strife. The forms of hialunocent children She nightly hid folded In prayer, And bid m: the weft lap Velnlnher, , `With tinder and motherly care, Bone up in the old man's vision— • • Ile anw tha4 one tired and elept, . Like!, limb try the side Of itainother. _ . ll here 6 willow leaned over and wept . , . 'One inin.hed Wandered from vlrtite, The father In spirtilied yeArned Tp grent.hini fornieenens and Llen idg t Bur the jimitligal never returned; Annther hed wedded with Mammon; And worshipped the Prince of this world, And one 'tiettli the Crone hod unlisted, And fou,;bt why re Ito twiner unfurled. • A daughter the.falrest and dearent,. In lovelinexa walked by hie side. -- Nor envied thr lot of her elite., Who dp.rled In beauty and pride; Ifer vole° wNP lIIP Ineirt's se/enfant inuple, rilllll from the Meet volume vhe read, That tni.ilitens the caller of eltadow, And sinuothAdown the Fatlito the dead-. • • For all Mit minted - on and sorrow,' - For all' his MIN . :MIKIS end greif— For the nitht at Itin'ilouli , ing and darkness, Ito found In Its pikes roller, life had been checkered with madness, And as It drdw near to it; clime. • Ile longed o.r that hotme of the Weary, reposel .The old limn sot by the window, As the sun dropped low in the sky; : ,,Upt spirit 'with 111etst . Went up to Ito mensiotoinn With. • Another green 'hillock In summer, ' I:errived the lieption, Of dew: And d a wn in the duet of the valley, 'Ue ratite he the tender and traa• The Blue• Bells of New England =I The meet , Are It regal imp, Aud hutublu f0:1..s the dotsrex; But. 111 ue.ltellx of Near ' To you I IfiV1111V,11.111141.A: To ytiu. lair phantoms In the snn, Irilolll merry Spring iiirrterris t With la ue-blids for your laureates, And honephees for lovers. The south wind breathes. End lot yo throng This ruaged land of ours: 'Methlnk.. the pale I.IWe clouds of May Drop &mt., and turn to flowers! By cottage dom.., along the, 'toads, , You dhow your winsome faces, • And. like the Proem re lady, haunt The lonely woodlt.nd places! • . • All nlelit your eyes nre closed in skill, II nt ..pen et the dawning; .• Such elniple Mitt as yours ran see and a coining in the morning. Tn pleasant anon of duty: You gel my thoughts to melody, You flit me with your beauty. nd you ore like the eyev , l love, So noulept Audio tnder. Just touched with anorning's glorious light, And evening's gentle splendor. Long may tire 'leaven's eiveyou rain, • The sunshine its caresses. Long may the little gild I love Entwine you in her tresses! 411trtlr. THE PLAGUE OF GIBRALTAR.. ----The spots that-are canopied by the serenest skies ' where the atria the purest to the vision, and t he most gegial to the feelings. where na ture tool has been moat lavish of her charms, and those where the visitation of pestilence Are the most frequent and the, most debit He— Live; coating, mockery of the judg ment of man. to show hint, that spots which ..eem to him the Edens of ilie world. ale, like the Eden of old, gardens-where death lies in mobush. This observation my well be up plied to atmosphere; where, ti spot of math upon which has so outpoured her rich es, decorating the gigantic tt cks with a thou: sand odoriterous flowers; thus strangely mingling beauty no sublimity, and viewing every acclivity 'with the In oad-leavcd and vane. ablelg . trt e the yerew 'lipid and tugrant. 11411011, the golden speckled mange and the bright blossomed geranium, that in its infinite varieties trail over the giound,•and hangs in • -every tissute. Yei plague and pestilt nee. in , itchr moat hOrl 1 . 11 i(111118, have been visit,ma : acre; and the elements of dieter end den Mire been. bitroe on the same lo eeze that waf- AA : We odors or' it thousand flowers The * digest lOUS story that 'I ant about to Minute. is connected wilt the memorable visitation of 18— and its' dellxiks_wilYnot. I think, possess • less interest. tacauSe they belong not.to the , ominiun of fictien. I received a conaufarion on the medical staff of_Gibrnhnr_- the winter bele. e the 410 1 ,0 e broke mit, and im the month of March I arriv ed at, that celebrated station: l'he 2- regi -1111 of' intantry itecOmpanied me .from Eng- . land, and the otticei a were toy. messtmitca in the het is frigate, during the voyage. Among their number-was Luward Coortently, with whom - singufit);•y enough— I had been on habits-ot the closest intimacy-ever since child f and -WOO, indeed to. me, as a, younger brother. lie was a tine noble-minded fellow ; his like I hate never seen before or since,nnd Mien as we not on deck during the glorious • s evenings that set over uti as we railed ' watd, we talked of the pfinks of our youth, and imagined scenes ot manilold enjoyment, during the four years that it was ruppo•red we might he stationed at G. braltni: -'1 he bright.: est of my nutieipations " - said obout tunny, _is i.enewfal of tur titquaintnnee • of .Caroline Lorn " NOW•tilird' was the only anticipation t lutl . gaye me itneasineto; I k II eVt .0f he o:etli-- leetiblvot my young striebtl:Jor this fasanating: 'girl, before her father obtaine•Maeivitippoint-,. meld in Gibraltar And:well avvarmot bin t thusiastic - tuin: of n ind, 1. could: not :bill,' atilt '&'A2Ta itOM Vig).,LEE&T GERCILI2I m - 7 - 77 - CARITSLY, - P:., ...-IVgIi.NESD,": , ..ATiGIIST . AS; v- 1 5. ,the influence which ,1 forevim &voile pas sion inightex at over lkis,iptcllect nod his ac • sous. Wo.avereAtoon domekicated in bibralear,and began to realize the pleasant fanbies we had .pictured on mir voyage ; and the bright ati ticiPatioti,ef. Courtenay was fully . answered. :qr. - Lout' we found inhabiting one of - the Sycjoetesd - of those little villas that dot the neoghborhood of the town ; it stood upon one of the south[-western slopes tv , hicli are termi : -tinted by the mole, -and wits ,eMbowdred. in a thicketof sweet-smelling and floweringltihrubs. This -was the daily resort of my friend. and truly the household god less was well worthy to receive his adorations Let me say a few words of C aroline Loin, -She Was four years - -yoonger than-Courtenartc-he-was-twesty . ,twy Caroline , Was enly;eigliteeta but her figure, as well as her mind. had somewhat outstripped her age the former. cast In 'the too 4 perfect moul I, added to an almost infantino lightness those gracious contours which belong tb ma turer years. and with the artlessness of.child itood;_herinitud_wauldrmidy_ Kdoldp_titose its describ Ode and nameless eleganoes . and per ceptioas. which ore rarelydlte,accompanimeitti of even a riper age. I wish I 'could descaihe her countenance but this is can only sty tit if it w Ls radiant with beauty. youth and gladnekand that the expression of; conte•nplative thought tlt it Sometimes shadew- I ed it. but increased its, - charin, as - the , thin cloud- veiling. but not obscuring the sun beams throw+ upon the earth, a softer and tn-re ' lowed light: - I often stw Courtenay :and C tre lice Lo-n togeth-r, it w as evident that they . were bons 1 hy_tl9 es amen at inch:nem, and if:. front present promises.' lan it tn. reasoit ever dare predict future felicity it might there have indulged its 'tugtry...far la ippittess has already unthlided her fairest blossoms and they had outlived the hour wits frost ;sight have blighted them. there not - ,a season.in love, when - J.lmb • tangs of the- heart-.are but the chroniclers of happines? There aresotne.w . to m ty perhaps say con temptuncly, • This is a love t tle !• Re t ler I wish it were; I with I htd only to rlte,;;rd t he triumphs or the ddfieulties of love, hat he is a Ploy philosopher: an I hut. indifferently skill ed in the history, of Om:du:um into I -which in the histwi of the w teld t : -.W'lO speaks cos tempteas yof :I love tale. Usual' be d tficient in interest the fault, mu ty lay witlathe n tra: ter, hlt surely, not. With the ptssioa, w tick has led to wilier, aye .an Ito greater WI I no bler deeds. and which ,oroa g lit with it mare-It tpp;ti !48, Rill Mire unitary, ant has' been the 'hinge of . gre tter, events than has ever risen from all the other 'passions of - min kin I F in mart ptsse I on' Ly, four months I rwty sty of p rtltct felicity. It wts now the ht ;in tin; or .Idly: 'nal it w ti - ett led that : the Tot ow lig ninth Vourten ly rind rarolino w :re to h.: iinitzti Iwto eq t illy the friend awl c•nl'i dint orb Ali I wto to d tpoiitory of all tlyie little pldit, i s, uvely w Li, their con tittri interitiapie I by iny presence: and. when in ttu inil d it of thit'il n otic circle, I my ey.ei' 1110 mcit33 itkef of the tn inly yoatli an 1 rho lov.tly girl who s•it net to eAch ot!or, ant 3 use the be uttilud blending of pr.tsond-d top q.t . It ippiiksti with the ~ 1111-. tkip Limon of still fuller joy, I wondered tit my own foelith feditg, th it a isdnri such as theirs could over be prolftic in ought urea but hdppi- , 1104,1. Tite m vita-able. 17th of .fitly ar . ri veil, oc that. aty the plagu first in tie its.appe trance in• the to sir of Gibe intr. I p tiled that evening Cl the cottage an I notwithstanding the fear ful foreb.idin 4kt th.tt were ahronii. we contrived to be g.ty, for y o uth is slow to believe in the. prediction of evil : and. although my knowl edge of the facts 'knight have enable' in: to - throw a chill over'tito anticipations — of" my frienis I forb are for •;ktifi;icut, u Ito the day is the evil thereof " Next in train.; doubt conlittio longer rest,. up to the 'kiln Is or lit tl ofi:e:s, la it the plague was amongst kr. , ; and 'the ARUM day ""iitniut noon, or.lers were issued from headquar tlirB, that the regiment stationed in Gib roller, shout' be in re,tdiness in three hours to evac u.kte the place, and form an encampment upon• the n.tutral groktml the staff (will' he eicept ion of the governor) having resolved to acco upiny the military. the order of course comprehended nie Courten ty was with me when the order was coin oink:mod ; and as [- expected lie immediately proposed to go to the cottage. ••This is indeed a blow," said he, as we cros. , eil the Aleineda. '• F , out ioL, said -{ "! frtisl we shall nll reeover : there is every reason for hope, Cure line lives in one of the healthiest spots, in Gibralter, and it is illy:ugh: that on the neutrill ground, the'tnilitary, and therefore you, will „ke safe Ala!" said he. "you have never known lint-it-is-tof a suffi cient evil." Caroline met us at the entrance of the gar den. and in place of leading the wityitual into the cottage. she conducted us to the sum mer hotuie.' She already i.new of the order that had be•n issued; ••I trust. Edward,' said she. •, I may live 'to see k `• May liVe !" said t'om•tenity. "Caroline do'. nod speak doubtingly to me." "How else should I speak, dear Edward ?" returned she, ' , are not our lives, •y. ors and mine, and all our Ii e- in the hands of God; and how can-I say-better i •thandhat I trust In him !" But the tone in which Caroline spoke, and the strange, though strangely sweet shale with which she turned to Courtenay, rallied some su-picion in -hik and sudden -1 taking both her hands and looking into her face, ••Caroline," he said. “you nerer:de ecivell the t somethiligis amiss—tell me for God s sake, tell me " and beft,9 she could re• ply he had re inquished her hands and rush,. ed toward- Ale house. Ile will Gnaw all. he will said she. "'twits for his sake I would haveconceal• ed from him—' .. What' is it that you Conceal •Caroline ? May I follow him.? .Is it any evil that I can prevent or alleviate r .. You cannot cure the PLAGUE." saitt'siie . . . . . . .• This was indeed. a thundorholt ; this was thq,evil she would base concealed. 'Courtenny returned; for with woman's npprellent•iou and the instinct that told .her she could con coal nothing from her betrothed. site hail lock- . .ed the &Om+. that. • coa•coulment any longer was impossible. The syinptomtrof disease had manifested themselves in a servant of the fami.' ly When ihe disclosure had been made. we re mined fot• many momenta silent Courtenny hid his face in his hands ; but his agitation was extreme. Coraline, f ' said be, nt. length, in a corn- POseil andeatimei manner; "there-is one_reme 7 dy for this evil, the evil—the danger I mega: that threatens you ; you have oonsented,with• in one little month, to be my wife.; anticipab the time, accompany me now to the altiir your balm+ I know will consent, and in dire( hours we nesylteth be safe from pestilenre.' - -efdwaYth niy - dearEdward;'vealti Caroline will be ingenuous. even at the risk of be ing thought bold. It is true I have eonsenfed to he your wile, and I not only do not • recall that consent. but I even 'trim that I wish i bad been . already-ratified at the altar; but I would he wiwortliFor you if I. could ,timidly meanly prefer the chance of my own'Bllfety to that of thousands: No Edward, my: hear pleads for what you desire, because b. is nrbery to he empty:tied from: you t. But 1.. dare no Xport with Outlives of others, .I dart_, not 1.0 ,he remorse dist -woultipursuo me if I Oarrioi: into your etimpthr,, seeds of dispose, that per laps now lurk' itt myself," . • Cotirteny, tirgwed with her, implored . d, ever. kneelo4 to her, but .oerolintrthough. 809.141, moved, was_riteoltite., ,•Po "4y =I . . not try to make me univorthyt'of you ; take with yotimy love, •A laut leave .ity Rib in the keeping or God." • ••A • . _Caroline's father entered thet-•gardeit, end Co'urtenay flew to' him to plemp his wishes It is impossible.". said he, myrild is right; I dare not advise her otherwise.• 0; my young. friend, assured other affection,ajul my esteem we will tote every possible prfeaution, and let us hope that all will go - Courtert•ty bad exhausted ,eittry argument and entreaty ,ho st aul gazing upon Qtr.) ine. the image of misery anti degrde.' 'At - length . • ' • be barst•into tears• - .Geader, forgive hiim the lion ow 'may be moved to tears. . Remember o w he loved —remeinber his - enthus antic flat re," he.l,new t hat • lat - waimbaut-• - to rbe'r•sepa-rtteil-,front-her whom perhaps pedileuee hnd alqady'inarked. a., his prey, he saw her before 101, younk find . . beautiful, and •sorrowful - , for title large drops silently rap down her. cheeks fiAnd perhaps he fancied her on her sleath-bco. - I do not. know what were his thoughts, bid ahoy. must have tears.' .bittet: an 1 sitd„; drarjiuty, ho burst. into tears. . s• , Caroline cou , •l withstim I his elintience, his prayers even his kneelingi' but *sterols tho wort in *he ever yet resisted thi 'dears of the i man she loves? Caroline -threw emir upon t his neck untnin Hui of wittiessete,!Of her ten r derness ~ I am your s," said{she, .' lam 1-your's fttlleadana witeim you-wild 4 ;--But-C-suets env felt that his triump'd was Wig merotts. , , • " Ni," edit . he.." tit it which jitlgraent and -firth° reli gi on and attest-ion list o withheld, ought not to be yield,' I t w o tears.: l `,' 1n I they parted in sleep so: row ialeed, but. with 80113= what more c Gutless tit in fro. the form, wt part of the intery.ew might ports #ps have been , ex tooted , . . An hour Wier, the troo?s TO:sterol sit the ditferetat barracks,' an I intrclual 'out .Of idtb rdltar: and, •b"fore suuset. theAtuesimpunt wati -forsook-upon: the alumna - rosin I. ; Tile neutral grout I or Gibraltar is a, strip of about half i mile wed", acrossrthe neelctof bin I that cons - mem Gibraltar with the tn "inland, lying, of course ,between the British rind Spanish lines. Upon -every occasion,' visjien disease his visited Hilwattar, it-has beensllte custom ffir the notate& do:rattertinp' upon' the-neutral grousid, Tylo,.siipsititratie tory *lstelute has, 1 evidently procrieligitOlOhe oukto . sitionditat. prague is coatagifiu