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VOL. LXI,
Zusittess Eartis
J. W. FOULIC, Attorney at Law
ju. oMco ‘cith J. IL Smith, Esq., In Class' How, In
roar a ,FrAt Pr es byterian Church. All businusu en
trustoil to hint will ho promptly attended to.
May 0,.'60.-Iy.
AidAßD.—Dtt. JNO. K:SMItli, re
:Tactfully announces to Ibis Old frlinds and
former nitrous, that he hits returned from his south
western tour. with bin health greatly Implored, and
has resented his practice In Carlisle...
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•OPMP. iyon Main Street, onedoor west of the Railroad
1/T3E7 - whore he can he found at all hours, day and
night, when not out professionally.
Carlisle; Oct. 211, 1859-tf. °'--
T J: BENDER, D
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v (11031(V3PATIIISTO
PIIYSIGIAN, SUROKON & ACCOUCHEIt.
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Wilco oh South. Hanover Strout, formerly occupied
by hr, Smith. . ..
ilt. S. B. KlEfiTlat Office. in North
llandver street two - doors from Arnold et Son's
tore. (Mee hours, more inirtleolarly from 7 to 0 o'clock'
A. M.. and fro n 5 to 7 o'clock, r. M.
vt.. GEO. Z. BRETZ'; Dentist Of
Li flee Neal) l'itt Street Carlini°.
Au;. 3, 1560. 6t. ,
1 1 4 W GEORGE• • S. SE A
-4ilit,••••m•• ••.,.- • jiflarlllT. DENTIST, from the Bal.
tilm6 Collego '(lf Dental Surgery.
11 , 9_0111re at the resideure of his mother, ESst Lnuthol
street, three doors below Bedford.
Morel, 11, '
T\OGTOR Alt ISTRONG has rernov
”a hi. OM., til the Sou th west corner of 'Dowser k
Pomfret at whore be may he consulted at any hound the
day or night. Dr. A. has bail thlrtryVars experleuee
tho prick igloo, the last ton of which hare 'aeon des.
tedto•tho study and practice of Homoeopathic medl•
doe. May 20. '576m.
. Dlt. J. C..NIqT respect.;
is • It.ILAY&.". Nlly °form.; the hales And gollti.llll.l
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of Ortrlisle. and" vicinity. that he hes re.
F 111110 a the praetlae of Doulistry, and is petered to pei•
form all hperations nu the tooth and gums, hrinuglne
to WS profession. Ito Wir I ...Vl' 1111 sets of teeth on
gni,' or silver, with single gum teeth. or blocks. us they
snag prefer. Terms moderate, to suit the thous.
South Hanover 'Arcot, ..7 , "
next floor to tho l'o't
ME
GEO.• W. NEIDICII, n. S.—
Latlpentnngtrator oe•elpm alive Denliktry to the
P;! lti T7 1 ;; 11..g" oh
ainrA.. - 011 Ire at his re,illece,
orrosite Marlon 11411, Main atreot, Carlisle; Pauli
10441,1P57.
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I1S: W. HAVERSTICK, Druggist;
' North lianover Street, Carllslo. i.,
Physielan'w pragrrintlons carefully compounded
A full !iupidy , of fresh drugs and chemical,
R EM OT A • .
1. 11., Si S ON'SLER.
Uns removed his Wilco to his New llotwo. 0 1 , Prmito
Chuve hotel. , [Mat:eb•2S,lo;g-tf,
T W C Attll.-OIIAItLES E. MA
Lj I; LAUtill LIN, Attorney nt Law. 01hee In In
hop s j net opposite the Mnrkot House.
CACII3II' March 1.1;00-1y.
jOLIN HAYS, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mien ou Main Street, opposite Marlon Hall
C.:111 10s, Ps. ithlt.:2li, '59-Iy.
CP. HU 'ARLO i, Attbraey at Law.
e—Offlco on North honorer street, n few doors
south of Glass' Hotel. All business entrusted to
will be promptly attended to. [April lb.
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CAW NOTICE. - REMOirAL. - W
A M. 11r.N11081.1 Imo removed his °Mee In roar
the ilourt !louse, where be will promptly attend teal
business entrusted to btu, ' .
August 11, 1857.
AW OFFICIL-LEMUEL TODD
los maimed the Karam, of the Law. 01lce In
Centro' Square, west aide, near than FirNt. Presbyterian
Church.
ANDRNW J. WILCOX, Attorney at
Law. elllTee No. 11l Loxlngton St. Raltlmoro. Ilusl•
t 11.21 promptly at.tondod to.
REFERENCES.
Jacob Itheem,
A. S‘urgeou, ET AL.
Carlisle April 25, •
11. 31, Johnson,
FARE REDUCED. - tromp
STATES UNION HOTEL,
000 608 Matket St., above sixth,
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. J AMES W. rirtint, Proprietor
TERMS:—SI per clay. juBo'.sB.
'UNITED' STATES HOTEL.-
S. Cor. 11th .1 Market Sta.,
H. W. /tIINAGII.,
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• N. HANTCH, •
MERCHANT TAILOR.
WEST HAIN "STREET,
Opposite the Rail Road Office.
-Jill and Winter ,Myles Cloths
CllBB illlp'eS ' and frestinys 7)111(1610 order. '
'. - N ETV S II A DI ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office with Wlin. I.E. Miller', Esq., South Ilariover Street
opposite the Voluuteer Office.
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Sep. $ 1859.
4Ce)al! Cepa,l!
To, FARMERS AND LIMEBM
NERS AND OTHERS.
The undersigned bore Isom appointed sole agents foi
the sale of the:celebrated Trevorten Oath This Coal Is
recommended by Mr. Landis and abet* who hove tried
it, to he equally as strong, and burn 110, much per
ton as'Lyketta Valley or any other CDMI In ego.
Persons In went of Lime Coal will find it to their n•
terast to buy this Coal as it coats (rote twenty to twen
ty firs rents per ton less than Lykens Valley. IV°
have the prepared Tru•orton Coal for family use always
on hand. Also a large stock of coal of all kinds.
Our stork of LUllll6li Is largo and comptetruand will
ho POW at the lowest Prices.
Thankful for past favors we xospectfully ace a con
tinuance et , the.samo,
•Tuly.l3, 113f4)
ARMSTRONU & 1106VER,
QECOND SPRING ARRIVAL.-
L 3 LARGE SUPPLIES FOR TILE HEAD AND FEET.
At the stero of John Irvine, on the N. E. corner of
the public soiii - reritihe place to purchase Pools Rums
Hata &• Cups. nt prices that defy compaii j on .
lie has just returned from the bast with the largest
and most-cbmplete assortment Of Bents Sheen, lints &
Caps that he has over presented to th is community,
nud which he is determined to sell at the 100 not post.l.
ble prices. Ills stock embraces everything In his line
of business, such ns
MEN'S & BOYS' FINE CALF BOOTS;
Klp Boots, Calf and Patent Leather'Ox ford Ties, Cal
end Patent Leather Gaiters, Calf Nullifiers, Calf and
Kip Brogans, Eltpperx, &c.,
• LADIES' WEAR•
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Fine ,French mid English ' , Lusting Gaiters, Morocco,
Calf and Kid Boots, Finn Kid 'Klippen}, Faxy Slippers,
Morocco, and Kid Buskins, tic., A. • I ,
MISSKS AND CIIILDRIMB WEAR of all description/1
embracing tYna Lasting Gaiters, Morocco and Looting
Button Boots, Morocco Lace Boots of all kinds, fancy
shoos of various styles slippers, Ac.
KAU ek CAPS, Silk, Canglmere, Fur and Wool Hats
of all qualitlus and styles, also a largo assortment of
• ;S'2'RAIV
Boots and Shoos coda to ordor at the Aortae notice.
Repairing : Promptly, done. Confident of his ability to
please all ciaoseirof cuytrireere, ho respectfully invites
the public to give Mtn n call.
Remember the place, N. E. corner of the Public
Square. •
- May 30, '6O.
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11 I ENT.---1:1143 subscriber is prepared
k„, to sell to merchants :nut others, 01,15111 NT, Ly the
etuantity at manufacturers prices.
1860. BA XTON.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
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to subscribers at $1.50 1 paid strictly in advance
$1.75 If paid within the year; or $2 In all cases when,
payment is delayed until aftor the expiratio of the
year,. No subscriptions received for a lees period than
six months, and none discontinued until all arrearaues
lino paid, unless at tho option of Iho publisher. Papers
siint to subscribers living out of Cumberland county
must be paid Air in advance, or the payment assumed
by some responsibly person living in Cumberland coun
ty. These terms will be rigidly adhered to in nil
--Advertisements will ho charged $.1.00 per square of
twelve linos for three Insertions. nod 25 rents for eneh
subservient Insertion. , All ndvertlsements, of less than*
twelve lines considered no n square.
Advertisements Inserted before Marrlngpinnd'denths
fi rents per line frir first insertinp. and 4 cents per line.
for subsequent insertions. Cqininuillestitins on sub
iectsnf limited or indivlduni Interest will be charged
5 cents per line. The Priprletor will not Ito reseals!.
bin In damages fenerrors'ln advertisenionts, Oblthery
notices or Marriages not exceeding five lines, wit' be
Inserted without charge.
JOB PRINTING.
• The Car Halo JGB PRINTING OFFICE is tho
largest and most complete establishment In the county.
Four good Persons. and a general varlety.of material
suited for plain and Fdney work of every kind. enables
no to do Job Printing at tin shortest mitre and no iho
most reasonable terms. Version in want of Bills,
Menlo or anything In tho Jobbing lino, 1011111 W it to
ripe Interest to give nil a rail.
SELECTE_D PO EPRY•
'rivastm a moonlight Sunday ety,
In warm October time,
I sit alone and lil:teiled to
Thu c.Jllug church hells ChiJIM;
Andtharrehrhed my ear
IrPret.tranger bells to me,
For I was In the stranger's land,
Far o•er the distant sea.
I took my glass-from Uri . the wall,
And gazed into Its depths,
And wintered :oil, thought of Time,
steathlly lin . ereeinl, •
'rho wrinkles mark ,toy sunken cheek,
The :Alvin• tutu toy hair,
My eye has lost Ito Ink.
And sp•alts a world of rice.
LtEME
Ah, tile! I cannot help the thoughts
• The. chiming ,bellt. oil wink
-0000 when 1 was yoting
And happy as 11 king.
Thu sperms . 1101 V that swells my he'll..
1 I had not learped to kung,
every Sunday night that raise
Q. some wbere'Olen.to go.
I bards memory, toodglit
That fills my lonely room
A sunny Eire, a winhoino tonlin
That llghtims On tho 0111111 ;.
I bevy n memory. of nn rye
That mado my.own ty glow,
On Sunday nights, In Infica a hen I
Ilad Kanewhero I could go. •
On Sunday nights, withAptra care,
1 vteocl hurore my glass,'
And studied that .I should not lel
An impel 1,11,1.110.5.
I dressed for eyes that thought mu quite
A model of it beau,
Aunt merry were the Sunday nights
,That somewhere I did
I hays a memory of sonic curls
That ellen swept my cheek,
And heal that pressed my 1/080111 1111
I lost the power to speak.
I have a memory onto mm
As white ax drivvu 011010 •
That clasped thy nod< ou Sunday nights
somewhere I could go..
Fort wax young and sha wan pure,
And all our dream was loon—
Ithought my gentle Abigail
An ango: from ahoy, .
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The (Ulm e was a casket Inched,
It °polled aura and slow,
And•rlasrd upon the Sunday nights •
When romewhern I could go.
All! well, the time Iles passed sway,
And I Mil here HlOllO •
And baby Alibi,, whom 1 loved,
Has seven of her own.
Thu dArk brown rurLs that swept shy cheek
16ve lost their wildering now;
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'Tin thirty yearn of Si, volay nights
Since I could somewhere go.
Yes"lls u pleasant memory,
:lough 1 aria here alone,
To kwon• my gentle baby love
I tins seven of her HMI.
FM' 1 sin sure smut those Irons
biy own must slightly ghlw,
As she recalls the Sunday nights
When 1 . -enuld somewhere go.
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Then let the yearn roll swiftly by,
And leave tee hme Mune.
To Iktpn to the chiming t ulls
Of unfamllior tone.
I'll Urn upon the memories
That in my hosom grow,'
Though :Mutiny nights 1113 y COMO, and I
11,150 nowhere 11W to go.
Corroxpoißleoco of t h u lILRALD:
GRAVESEND COTTAGE, Nov. 12th, 1860.
Editor of the Carlisle Ilerald.—DEAß Sta.—
Your last number, a copy of which I havo
just • been reading, revives some sluntberirig
recollectiobs which demand expression ; and
if you have no objectiot I will make your
columns the medium of Weir utterance.
It seems that the lleraid isnow in its "Six
ty-SecOnd Volume;" a fact which indicates
that the 'paper was started in the year 1708,
My acquaintance with it dates back to a pe
riod considerably Inter than that. When I•
began to rend the Ilerald.,4 was published
and owned by GEORGE l'llluirs,•Esq , a man
who was better known to the at' that time, in
his military. than in his editorial capacity
For' Mr. l'utt.urs,- it. must 'he known, was A
eh tuber, and a prominent one too, of the re
doubtable "Carlisle guards." Not "'that ho
was a high officer; or even a very fobmidable
lacking private, but nevertheless• ' on " FOUPI II
of Jitly'sland "n r eview Days," he was always '
among the most conspicuous of his company.
Ills temper was choleric and spirit plucky,
and when a little excited, he was what 'might
be called a very ugly easterner to. handle
On those fesitive occasions referred to, ho was ,
emphatically a " high private."
Of Mr. Pnimais, as an Editor, my memory
is very indistinct; but the Ilrerald, I believe,
was in his hands, as it alivtlys has been. a
highly respectable and instructive paper: To
be sure for the last thirty years, I have seen
very little of it., rind am therefore hardly
qualified to judge of its late. character: but
from the occasional numbers that fall il.O my
binds, it is but just to express my belief that
It more than sustains its original reputation.
But dear met the old town of Carlisle, judg
ing from your columns, must have gre tily
changed Since I 'know it. I see you haveßas •
and hydrant Miler; and four or five Dentists
and as many Honicenpathic Physicians; . and
tlmt. you are actually taking stops to get up a
Ilfreciory. What a contras 'doss this present
to 'the old times when we learned our lessons
by the fervor of a "tallow-dip," and slaked .
our thirst at the Market House pump; when' •
the Doctors were the only Dentists, and the
sole remedy for'an offending tooth,• wits to
pluck , it out ayuj east it from us. . When '
r t
lloubmipatlty as . h. nameunknown,and horse
doses were thegeneral practice; when calomel /:
end jalap—s na and manna—epsom salts '
and Emetic-t vier, were the chief remedies of .
the PharmacePada, and Dr. Ansuvrnosa, Dr:
McCostinv, Dr. UtitiTlNE soul Dr. Fouracei the .
only persons dee'uted competent to au opinion .
iu dm occult science of inedieine. .
JOHN IRVINE
ADVERT3SEIIiE . NTS,
SOMIGATUIERE TO GO
1 ...
As for a Directory„ we bad a half 7 a-dozein
' living ones at every corner;' who by word of
mouth could tell you anybody's residence and
everybody's bUsiness. They Were to be found
supporting the Vests of the public square, or
propping up the walls orthe old Court House it
sitting under the- Locust trees at .Tozcav
' CA•nurnerts' door, or lollirfg on the benches
'in front Of MATHEW ARMOR'S.
Ahl toy dear sir, the old town Must have
undergone great (Menges'. I fancy, if I were
to go back, I should hardly recognize . it. I
used 'to know every flag-stone in the borough.
• (I shoUldn't wonder, if the town now, were
paved with brick.) I could walk: on the dark
est night, from the College to YAWS, tavern,
and from' METzona's- to the grave-yard, with
out oncedripping or " stumping".my toes. • I
knew all the people of the-town "like a book;"
hod some of them a good -deal better; for
while the Moral lessons of " Webster's't spel
ler and " PA's" directions for the Rule of
Three, are clean gone front my memory. 43E11.
Hunan and diNar ROVE.,-.I3ETSET OEORHE
and OLD HiI.DEBRAND, stand there with all
the vividness of objects seen but yesterday.
' Poor old IlAnus ! There he stands in all
the glory of his dirt and drunkenness; sway
ing to and fro--unwashed, unkempt, unshav- '
ed ; with his Blabbering mouth and idiotic
laugh; his reeking clothes, hanging unbuttoned
front his half covered person ; surrounded by
in circle of_b s just disgorged from Brecken
ridge's alley who insist that he shall "strike
up," and wh will not be satisfied till he com
mences his well known but. meaningless
.„
..(11itty , glo w —Glitty
.glow." . .
And i ben comes •' old Jinny," with her
tonn's lint and flaxen hair streaming front un
der it; her dingy white frock; and her insepa
rable bundle in one hand and club in the
other. See how furious she looks, with her
big teeth and rage-distorted features, as she
makes for a pile of stones, rind with'impotent
curses hurls theta .after a parcel of urchins,
who scamper before her with loud cries o
' , More rope! More rope to hang Jinny 1"
Then there Was old Hildebrand, who itsL '
to visit the borough every two or three montlis; •
no one (of us lio3s) knowing whence ho eddie
or whether he went,. Hew diskinelly I see his
deer-tail cockade -- . lti grizzly 'beard and
bandit-look,- as with foaming rage anal fearful
oaths, he lets fly- -the statics at the wanton
youngsters Min will keep hooting and Idaloo
ing alter him ! e. -
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,As for poor old Betseycleorge, none-of-111e
boys, reckless and running over nyjth mischief
ns they were, had the hardihood to plague her.
Iler melancholy face and vacant eyes; herdow
muttering voice as she recited passages ~ ,from
her Olt' conned Ilible,—and the quiet appeal
of her whole stunner to hue sympathies of by•
ettinders, repressed nll rudeness and-kept inn
cheek the TIMM( tendency to juvenile mischief.
Besides these notabilities, there were.others
of in different category, whose images are still
vivid on my memory's retina There was Ot,n
MATTHEw Mtm.au, who used to coin° riding
over the Main Bridge, causing us,to wonder
how a common sized Inoue could darry, with
appirent unconB . c . iousnc, such itn.uncommon
sized man. Not that he woo a person of such
extraordinary bulk either, but corpuleude on
horse-back is at anyditne a rare sight ; and
when Mr. Miller used to conic to town our at-,
tendon was naturally arrested. .
lint there was another whose proportions
were s ,much more DaniA Lambert-like than
tbdsci of Matthew Mind,: 1 -.nude 101:very
respectable gentleman, who was known in his
time as—iqn,o MelitAN, the big•bellied man."
I see the oil gentleman, (boys have a way,,
you know, of calling men "old," without re,.
fercuce to their years,) just as he used to look,
sitting at his door panting fur breath on a
summer's evening„or basking at mid-day in
the sunshine of spring. And 1 remethher how,
our admiration used to be equally divided be
wee'n lan,,in his shirt sleeves, fanning him
self with his hat—and a gay plumaged parrot
that swung over. his, head, gabbling its own
vaitipraises as "Pre - Ay Poll— Pretty•l'xill:"
Then there was it wonder of wonders !,--the
CAlibtsLE BAND.. How l wish I co uld lis
ten now with one tenth the delight to Dods
wort It's or Hassler's, that I then experispeed
in bearing the trains of t h at extraordinary
groupe!._ IVc Jrank it in with eyes and ears.
It was ithent Ro Melt pleasure to watch the
i nll al ed elieelt6 Of DAN l'lsilEit, G Kowa: !iMITII,
(dentlettion George ).tut: (hots, and JIM LIRE
TER, Os they played on their darionets, or the
still greater distension of those.. of LEvi'
Witt:Allis, as he' poured himself out into his
huge bass Serpent, or the white face, turned
roil, of SAM ALEXANItER, as be labored on his
lan( Bugle, no it was to listen to the diversi
fied sounds that proceeded t'rotn their various
. instruments. Then how giand old licack
looked, as he leaned beyond the'perpendicu
lar, end with his head in the air and his In as
drum on his belly, pounded s away with an ac•
curacy of dim , and n'grilee of flourish impps
Bible to be excelled I Then' there was Me-
GONIt:AL 'With ir , 6,..,„„„. and SWARTZ With
Ms ryntb///s., Red hey in "Guards" uniform,
who played the triangle. The pleasue deriv
ed from the two latter came alteget t o through
the medium of the eye; nuricii)oll t ley were
r i
like religion without faith,nothili 'At .sound
tug brass and tinkling cymbal."
Then, not to be forgotten, as alternating
with the band when on the march;*dre SAW•
NEY MITCUELL Mid SAM EAGII4:, With their
vett ling drum and cur• piercing file,. Who that
ever heard the inevitable SAwNwr or - the in-
SAM, can forget the shrill and eoul
stirring 'sounds with which they were wont to
wake up the old eelniesl As for the BAND, I
hear it now in the cells of my. memory just R 8
it used to sound, at a little distance, in my
boyish ears And' I sec Captain HALBERT,
with MS tall and "wanly fornerurning to give
the word of command, and Orderly Sergeant
Jolics, the indefatigable Drill Master, seeing
to its excution.
Then there Were the INFANTRY, ft company
I never fancied much—chiefly, per h aps, be
cause they bad no band. D\tt they were gener
ally held in high reunte,-and ISILL 1110ILUISON,
their;Dr111011101r, woo fully equal to SAWNCY.
Thou there were the HUSSARS, whose chief
attraction Way the red-coated bugler. ANDY
SCOTT, usually served in that capacity, though
the place wan sometimes tilled. by Jour;
Srorismtn—that Inany-infettted genius,
.who
could walk the Wire, stew oysters, blow rocks,
keep a swent•cloth, and do at least a hundred
other things in a style that admitted of no su
periority. Doctor FOULKE was the Captain
pi' that Cavalry company, and Dunceic Mass
was one of ALB members.' I hardly know, how
these two men, so little resembling each other,
should stand coupled in' my memory, UOIOSS it
ia, that I saw the Doctor once handle 'Richard
rather roughly, because he refused to obey on
order.
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Then !fibre was n new company, formed by
BILL Betexicartniticc— (excuse my irreverence
—that was the name he wee known bynmong
his cotetnporario.)—called the ARTILLERY
This company had n handsome brass cannon,
and its members-wore "shovel-plough" hats,
and, being something-of novelty, Wile very
popular with the boys. All l•theso were hal
cyon days!' (Though between ourselves, Mr.
Editor, if. I had them to live over again, I
think I could turn them,to bettor advantage.)
Then there was the Carlisle BAR of which
(Mr fathers were so peon(); whose members
'were objects of our juvenile- admiration:
blAnoN ,was its bright particular
star, young. graceful, eloquent, and with a
rury irresistible. Equal to= him in.general
ability:land superior, perhaps, in legal aCu•
men,
.wasTiis cotemporary and rival SAMUEL,
A i.exAimbin Esq. Then there was the vane.
rtqtle A NURIOV CAnomens, and young.,Precl
erick,Tlicitty, just admitted in time to reap the
adVanitiges of his father's reputation, and
,create tin enduring oni of his own, , And
Aletzgar, with his treble voice and
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CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY.NOVEMBER 23, 1860.
his hand on his amusing the court and
spectators with his not overly delicate face/icy.
And there was " Billy Ramley; with his
cue," amen of many clients and the sine qua
non of the Democratic party, and then tower•,
ing above them all was Crier Ihonzpson who
used to fetch us boys tip all standing', with
histfudden and stentorian, demilnd , for
levee l" -
..Then there was on the pavement at the
door,
Cranny Morrison,' with her long, yel•
low, flexible inciting " sticks". of molassei
candy, called not inaptly abdominal ,
intestines.
. .
Ah, Mr. Editor, Lmust_etop, its no use.
Time would fail me to attempt a description
of half that occurs to me', When my memo•
ry mice, gets a fillip on these shbjects, there
is no end to the images it is sure to call up.
Perhaps on some future ocension, if I should
have leisure, dud you should be willing 4
will trouble you•furlher with my,youthful re
miniscences. In the mean time please re•
Bard me, though anonymous and,unrecogniz
ed, as all old friend and acquaintance and
A GENUINE CARIASLEIL
From Ulu I.Burnly Comp/Atop
THE EIRAB DRESS.
lIY HARRIET N. HATHAWAY.
.
"Brother Fred, I've a favor to.ask of you';"
and Lita Ross lifted her pretty face with a
beseeching expression from a bcmilei of choice
'flowers she held Tin her small, jewelled
.hand.'
."A favor to ask of me, Sin 1: ' was-the young
man's reply. "Otto would think• front your
serious, puzzled countenance, it, was the first
One you had ever preferod, and you were about
trying an experiment."
4 Well, it is a' sort of oxperiment,_Fred ;
and before you give the au answer, I mint
Ito dank, and not say, "0, yes, yes," as you
always do, and then not give' it -a secopd
thought." • ' - .
4 Well, here goes thou," replied- the gay,
i handsome young man, drawing an ottoman to
l hie sister's feet, and seating himsblf up in it
with an elongated countenance,
.saying with
I mock gravity, , Your humble servau Blind
now proceed to business, madam.'" ' ' 7 •
The young girl's face assumed an earnest
expression es.she -clasped one of her brother's
hands in both of her own, and said, while the
color burned up in her cheeks:
4 .4 Fred,..it It 4 this—that you rill drink no
more wine. I tremble whenever I see yoti'
with a glass at your lips." •
44 Well, now, Lita, child, can you not trust
me, knowing my entire self-command, that I
have no natural tendency that way, and that
I only occasionlly take a social glass when in •
the society of my friends."
"I &tow it, Fred—l know All that; but
your ',O -nee is what. 1 fear: Thereds,Charli'e
Chester thinks you a perfect pattern of good
ness; and as he touched glasses with you last
. evening at. Mrs. Reardon's, ami you stood up
rind drank togetherl - edi heart allied, not so
much for you as for him, knowing that he had
not tho self-command tvhich you j . 1441v,^ and
that Ito lovei to look upou tht , ..,':; , 1-:.' When it
sparkles- in the cup." ..
~ . %, - r. ,,- ; ~. . .
,_
tt Well, well, Lita, pet hapso44regight I'
never looked at it in that istay,fikilr4f•replied
Fred, while his count ennatle WrOrktilliNl
expression. "But wlia`,ssirtag u
-mon benso, ptuu now eke . 411*.ar" ti l :),
would have expbeted that ,twilit c,•,talthionatile,
butterfly sister ever found a tainkfievt for shah ,
thought,t as them., with Mr AMA* roses s and
Nees? Seriously, Oa, •'' aid tif.:'e,i7rii 'yc-'•
credit for being so much et' + wilpen.• , '
"Thank you for the cm, ilinßio v. proti: hut
' now promise me; I shall ..144 7 ' 'ivy mild
you do. I have no fear,, ,
~ r • ibar . ztrt , nal
safety in. this matter—th,..gb - /AlOfi t
~our
N
moral right to indulge in a social . glasti. Mere
ly because lire. Grundy smiles upon the cus
-1 tont—but 1 have fears for Charlie Chester,
seeing with what a relish_he _drains his_glass
to the very dregs. Promise me, Fred . ; come,
do this ; if you hive me ;"gaud Lila It es laid
her bond beseechingly upon her rtither's
head
"Well, Lila, this is someth . g of a sacrifice
to ask of me. Why, I shall make myseltvery
conspictioussby refusing a social glass. But I
don't know but I'll do it, if you'll make a cor
responding sacrifice. I don't care to be im
pointed upon the altar alone."
"Name it, Fred, and if it is in my power
'l'll do it willingly, gladly ;" and Lila's soft,
brown eyes danced with delight: •
" Well:then, sin, I'll promise this thing
ityou will do what lam about to ask you. I
declare, I have scarcely ihebeart to, you look
so pretty in that blue silk dress, with its lace
trimktings, and your earrings, pin and brace
lets, of those tiny pearls ; but you mat give
them up if I comply with your request."
" I will, Fred—l will."
" And wear a ilrab dress without arms
meats?"
"Yes, Fred "
" Next Thursday night make your first.np
pearance, Mrs'.'Tlmrston's.- Remember,
you will be subjected to many remarks, and
besides willlook very plahr by the side of your.
showily-dressed companions."
"I promise, Fred. in return that you will
then and there comply with my request."
'• Your hand, sis. And now remember, as
ong no you wear. drab, and that, without croft-
moms, I will refuse a fashionable glass. But ,
mou do not know what a sacrifice you are
aking. I should not be surprised were you
to retract any day."
Well Fred, we shall see. And now a kiss,
.as a seal of our contract ;" and Lila threw her
arms about her brother's neck, and covered
Iris forehead, brow and lips with a shower of
kisses. and glided away through the hall, up
the long, polished oaken stairway to her - own
Chamber, and Rioting herself, she bowed her
head upon thelable, and ejaculated:
" Thank God. Charlie Chester may yet. be
saved I" And the tears rained down over it
fair face, and when she looked up there •as
a subdued, tender light in her eye neve there
....
Wore. I, .
• And a, was Lila Rosh, the pet. plaything
of the firth the sparkling. fashionable belle
Of the season —he coquette, so ncchunted.—
But there was in her heart a leaf ns yet un
read by any one save that of her Maker, and
on it was inscribed her love for her childhood's
playmate, Charlie Chester.
. Well, now, whdd have dreamed it!" Fred'
exclaimed, as soon as he found himself alone
"I thought. I had touched her dearest. idol,
and that she could no more deny herself titan
she could give rip her right hand. But she'll
do it.; I saw it in her eyo Faith, I never
was so 'Proud of her in my life! I've looked
upon her as a mere chit of _a girl; but all at,
once cite stands before me II noble, solfdatcri-•
king woman I 'And she's. iizlit about Charlie
'Chester, for, now I think about it, lie is in
danger of tieing dravin into the whirlpool of
dissipation ! :Strangtl, I've not thought of it
before. I used to faneY they had quite a tar
tiality for each othei; but they have oul4grown
dt.'l reckon." .r;
• How wo pride ourselves upon our disdern
mont, and yet how widely do our conclusions
often-times wander from. the truth I'
Thuradayovoning Mme, and Frederick Rosa
sat in the drawing room, waiting the appear
sue of Lila. There wnehlight, rustlingstep,
and she stood before liim,l ; *4ll hei.soll. brown
hair drawn smoothly froni, her brow, and con.
fined plainly at the heels do her pielly head,
and amid- its glossy abundance were a few.
sprays of heliotrope: her drills was of drab
silk, with a low corsage atidebort sleeves, re
lieved by a fall of,plain but rich white blonde,'
while hor tiny fuot.,, , with its.dnintysatie
per of the same shade of thearess, lajeCkmet
tlehly,balt hidden in the thick rich carpet..
"Come; Fred ; I nm rendy,"hheexclairucd•
Am 1 presentable 1"
"Why, Lila, love ?" Here Ito paused. Ad
ntiration was written on every feature of his
speaking face ; but ho adroitly changed the •
expression,, and concluded with -"Yes, Lila,
presentable perhaps ; but one would take you,
to be at least twenty-five, instead of nineteen.
'Faith, I'd no ideti le could alter you so much!
Come, there's an hour yet ; run and put on
thatrose-colored crape, and take the fasten-,
Inge from. you hair, and let it fall in curls
about yea l Shoulders. I halo to see you, my
little sit, looking so prim. There's an- Lour
yet, and Bell will assist you. ',Do it, now, to
please me; there's a good girl."' • .
,Lita's cheeks burned crimson, and her eyes .
fiiled , with tears.• To think that Fred, her
own'brother, should tell her 'she looked twen
ty-five,' and 'prim' at that What would
Charlie Chester think of her ? For a Moment
the temptation was strong upon her. Butahe
did not yield, for she saw in lier mind's eye
Charlie Chester, with the wine-cup at 'fig lips;
she heard his mother's voice saying, 'Charlie,
Cliarlie, enter not into temptation,P as plainly
as when she heard her whisper it in his ear
as lie turned from -his cottage home afew weeks
previous. It was these words and the look of
gentle sorrow that filled the mother's eyes
with tears, that first aroused Lito's fears in re
gard to Charlie, and ever since that time she
had,watched him closely; she had learned to
know that Ids feet bad taken hold on 'slippery
places,' and in her solitude Ale lied long been
devising souls way in which site might benefit
hint without her agency being suspected.. She -
did not care to betray'her interest in him, as
he hod avoided her stuthotthly for more titan a •
year; and besides, she feared to wound him -
by forcing uPon himi he thought that she int- •
agined hint incapable' of self-control. But
now she had devised a way in which either of
these contingencies could be avoided. .And
'having obtained her brother's consent, should
Hhe yielthit.upriinply to gratify her love of
dress and admiration ? No, no; she would not
—she, could not. More than. that she dared
not* it. Laying her hand, in its tiny kid \'
glove; upon her brother's shoulder . she said:
" Brother Fred, I shall go as I am, though
I -would gladly consult-your taste andmy,own
by exchanging this - sombre . dreSs for the rose ,
eolored crape, but it. would not be right; I
should desphomnyself. I ant sorry you are
going to be mortified at my appearance. - 11 did
not think before I came below, that I looked -
so
,
ofd, mid prim; but of course I do, as you
say so." •
'• Never mind, sis ;XIII proud of you, let
you look as you will. I should not have - loved
you half as well had you weakly yielded to -
my request. And-now run and get your lint •
and cl o ak, for the carriage waits st the tf001.."
Had my'readers looked closely- into the eye
of Frederick Ross; they Would have seen some
thing closely resemblinia fear glit ming upon ,
his dark lashes, which lie Iturriediy wiped
away upon his deliimely 'infante,' handker
-1 chief as Leta turned from hits. And Leta
thought he had sever looked so lovingly up ,
on her as he did when he - handed her SO ten
derly if% the carriage; nad she was quite
sure that Isis, bearing was more than usually
protid as he fed her to
. 1 he farther end of the
crowded reception-room, to present her ttiNlrs
Thurston, the lady of the house. •
‘• Lila Russ; ns I live !" cried an imperious
beauty, as she tossed her stately head." I
wonder what-new freak has taken possession
of her ?„.
-"liri; the iiires - ro realer - herself conspicu- --
ous," replied the lady. carressingly toying
with one of her long golden curls. 'See how
all eyes follow her. l should net care to ho
in het. place. She looks like a QuokeresS ma
tron of thirty 0? thirty-five,. You'll stand
quite a ammo of reigning belle to night, now
that she has hidden her filtisity under a cloud
of drab." •
Miss Milford, the' young lady., addressed,
'colored a little at the doubtful compliment,
and gathering up her pale blue satin dress,
sailed stately away.
Miss Ross," said Mrs, Thurston, bending
her gentle face tiger rb Lita's you give
me a key to the mystery that Co .sorely puz
zhis my guests, namely, the plainness of .your
dress to night r
" I cannot at present, Mrs Thurston," re
.
plied bits . ; but at,some future time I may.
1 hope you do not think I have done anything
improper? I have a motive which:you would
,approve of, if were at liberty to name it;'
and Lite stood blushing through her smiles at
the inquiring face of the lady.
"Oh, no, Miss so; n hingimproper; but
it seems so different it ,our own girlish self,
that it causes speculation in the minds of
many. But do not let it trouble yOu. I think
it very becoming to you, this drab dress with
its white blond — trimmings; in short ; I never
saw you looking so lovely no to . night, though
not quite so brilliant as is your wont.
Oh, Airs. Thurston, you do not really mean
.it! I am, sure lum looking , very plain. Bro-
Ortir,Fred said, before we left home, I looked
twenty-live,Vs° very prim, and! have felt
as though all the 'evening It'
'must be your pt:rtialitrfor me, my deur Mrs:
Thurston, indeed it mall"
"Not at all, Lite, I am quite sincere in my
opinion, and I have heard others say the
saute."
"Lila, Ross is Lita Ross, dress her as you
may," said a light, hearted girl, as alto stood
talking with her companion. "Just see her,
Harry, as she stands there with the light fall
ing around her , soft drab dress. ' I used to
think her a .bestuty in her brown curls and her
tasty dress, but she looks prettier tonight than
ever," continued the unselfish gill!. Do look,'
. -
Hurry !"
"Yes, Lizzie, thero are but few faces like
Li'a Ross's, prettier without adornments than
I know of but one other in this whole
CM
assembly," and the littlelauid-of Lizzie was
pressed tenderly by .tbo young man, Ivbilo a
soft blush, stole over the fair brow of sweet
tempered Lizzie Gray, as they mingled with
',pie crowd.
Thu supper saloon was thrown .open, and
the tables, laid with silver and cut glass, sup
porting all the choice luxuries of the Se°HUH,
presented a dazzling spectacle, under the mul
titude of gas jets from the rich burners, while
. ,
the long pobshed side boards were supplied
with the choicest of wines, relleming
. many a
prismatic color.
4 ` Miss no -s, what can I help you to I" q' 4, 11 ,
vied the gentleman who bad escorted Lita to
`the table.
But for a moment Lita was quite oblivious
She was thinking of her brother's promiu and
wondering what effect it would have upon
Charlie Chesser.
The ladies had withdrawn from the supper-
room; but still many of thogentlepon lingPred,
or returned after' having escorted ilt2ir fair
companions from tho saloon.
"Fred—Fred floss, here, Wee this scat by
ms;.iind ails we sip our wine, we. will have
~, Well, Frank, I've no objection to the chat,
but the wino 1 must refuse ''''s
‘'• Freda temperance man—signed the pledge!
Three Cheers for Fred Ross 2"
Charlie Chester held in hand his-second
glass.'and just as hp was about to drain its,
eontents• the words of Frank Leland fell upon
his ear. Its turned pale, placed 'his gloss
upon the table, and stood looking upon Fred'
crick Ross, who sat smiling composedly - lip*
his boisterous companions. I - , 11...)
"'Yes, - a temperance man if you like it.—
\*.
I've signed a pledge, too, and itsuselesat& ate
me more. for I'm bound to keep it.. . A .
Lila RoSs had stationed berselrnear the
folding door,- and not only had she seen all
that had, taken place at. the side board,- bet
not' a wor d •had passel but „had reached ber
opr.
With a heart filled with hitiipinees oho
wiled awn), and at that moment- would not
ave exohenged for the rielteet 'dress around
•
her, her own simple drab 'tfress.
Seve'ral weeks wore awayiAtud yet Lila wee
•
never in public in anything but drab.'
" It is ridiculous in a child of her years,"
said a lady, as Lila entered a large dry goods
est.‘blishment—'"perfectly ridiculous. I. sup
ppte she thinks it will pass for eccentricity.
Blitit is not, itis downright folly. If she was'
oey.girl,l'd skit her up in the bouse and .keep
her upon bread and water before I'd see her
make such a simpleton of herself. Only see
that drab bonnet, with its white ruches and
strings, and the drab silk dress ,and cape—
quite suitable.for her grandmother I"
t! I have heard leer called one of the finest
dressed ladies upon the street,: to-day, by a
gentleman, from Europe," replied the clerk,
''and he expressed a desire to obtain an intro
duction to her."
Ah indeed," said the yonng lady, tossing
her head. "Show me some lilac moires." .
Frederick Ross, said Charlie Chester, draw
ing Fred's arm withiu,his own, as they left
the crowd who thronged Mrs. Granville's mu.
sin! assentblic, "Willyou walk with one? I've
something to ary—a few questions to ask you,
if you will not deem it impertinent. in me,"
Frederick readily acceded to the request,
and no sooner were they alone, than Charlie'
said.: A
"Perhaps . you will think it strange, but I
am anxious to know why you so suddenly left
off your habit of taking a "fashionable glass."
It alarmed mo. I said whenever I Haw you
turn• from it, "Is it possible he fears to trust
himself? or what has wrought this change in
him ? And- now will you not give me the key
ihat will unlock this mystery?"
• Yes, Charlie, I will,",was the readyreply.
And then he proceeded to tell him the (drawn
stances that led to thiJ•change in his !titbits,
omit tt ing that his name was particularly men
tinned as the one over rlibm Lira especially
footed' the influence of her
.brother's example.
Your sister is an angel of goodnesS, Fred,
vou may well lie proud of, 'and worship her..
If more ladieS would take the eland she tans
i done, young men would have higher induce
'meals to break fl'om fashionable follies, but
instead of that. they smile upon slay custom
which dear, delightful Mrs. Grundy' sanclions,
and give the cold 'shoulder to ()no who has the
independence to kssert and carry out his own
honest: sentiments. Yutt, with your wealth
and position, tare on exception, but I should
find it. quite a different thing, Anil yet - .l'm
resolved to follow solar example, and whinlver
temptation is strong upon me. I will look 030
Lim, in her (lark drab dress, and call to jl4l
the sacrifice she has 1111111 C ; nit SO much from
fear that her - brother might fall /I prey to . the
wine-cup, but lest others who have. hot so
uuich self .control might take'
.encouragement
from your example."
I ' t.
After a few moments spent in discussing.
this subject, diet wo friends parted ; and when
Fred related it to her satisfaction she stole
away to her elt:unber, as was her wont, to give
full vent to Ilk gratitude of her hertri, and
earnest petitionascefiderl to !leaven that Char
lie:Chester might have - strength imparted to
remain true to his vow.
Well, Lila, so this rich, talented, hand
some European, who sued so earnestly for this
little white hand, has 'shared the same fate
with your many suitors. ••'You're an enigma,
sis, and I'm afraid in do not exert myauthari•
ty you'll never he married."
" I am sure I Hhall not, Fred, unless my
Heart goes with my hand ;" and Lila smiled a
qutetsmito lOM raptier sewing.
" Now don't leave mti with that sober Etter, for
I assure you I am very happy as I rim."
I doubt it, sis," was the laughing rejoinder
ns Fred•'elosr,'d'the door and went out through
the lung hull, huni , ng a snatch Of a senti
mental song,
Two years had flown by, , and . still Charlie
Chester had kept his vow inviolate. Lila had
watched him narrowly, and every day in her
heart she thanked God that this was so: and
yet to have seen. theta, no one would eVer have
imagined thatihey had the interest-in Cointogit.l
Lila 'sat alone in the back parlor of her home
thinking of the past, of the happy himrs she
had spent with Charlie Chester when she wos
a mere child,, wondering why he avoided her
so studiously of late, when she was aroused by
a low tap at the door, and before her stood
the object of her thoughts.—Wiihdleightened
color nod embarrassed air she welcomed him,
wondering at this uneeremonious call. A few
moments of silence followed his entrance, and
then Charlie Chester drew his seat near her,
and said :
ff Lita—Lila. my early playmate,
my "boy
hood's.love, now that I know, and can irun
myself, will yore entrust your life, your happi
nettc, to my keeping? Will you be my wife ?
I owo to von all that I have, all that I am.
It was through your influence I abandoned the
wino cup in time to save me from an inebriate'd
grave. "Oh . , Lila, what, what do I not owe
yon? And yet this very fact encourages me
to ask for more. Say, will you trust me and
become my wife?
The swell hand he held nestling more confi
de'nliy in his, the brown eyeEi uplifted to his
lace with so much of truthful love in them,
answered hint ; and, Tiitiftig there, she told of
all the long years his image had been hidden
in her heart—of her fears for his safety when
she saw hint v6ith theivine-cup pressedlo his
lips, and of her resolve tb save him, and the
consequent adoption of her drab dream.
"And it was for my sake, find mine'alone,
that led you to this sacrifice! And yet you
did not know half my danger. 1 roved wine;
my thirst fur it was daily becoming more In
tense and a .few knonthc longer would have
placed me beyond the roach of aid; but. you
were'llic "good angel" commissioned by God
to save me." .
Lila is now a happy wife and mother, but
she still maintains her plain style of dress.
She wore a drab dresk on her bridal day, and
as she passes along the street, she is pointed
out us "the Lady in drab;" but ninny there
are who know not the story connected with it,
nor that her husband will not hear to her
changing it for any other colr, for to hint no
drel-tris us beautiful as her drab dress.
A LEARNED WlTNl , :ss,..)yitneilses are often'
exceedingly stupid, but aVdon't know wheth
er del* witness ought to be called stupid or .
nut. He was before Baron Martin. It was
desired to get from him an exact account of
a certain conversation, with the "saysl" and
"says he ;''but the council could not [nuke
him comprehend the form in which he was
wanted to make his statement. So the court
_ .
took him in hand. .0-Now, my man, tell us
exactly what.passed."—" Yes, my lord, cert"
tainly. I said that 1 would not have the pig."
—" Well, what was his answer?"- " He said
that. he had been keeping the pig for me, and
that he—"—" No, no; he did not say. that
—he could not have said it.. He spoke in
the - first person."—" No I was the first per
son't hat spoke,mylord."-:-"I glean this—don't
bring in the third person—re Peat his exact
words."—" There was no third perkon, my
lord; only him.and inc.''—" Look here, my
gOod fellow! he 'did not say he had been keep
ing the pig; he said havo been keeping
it. A'—" I assure you, my lord,. there was rio
mention • of your lordship's nano at all.—
We amon two different stories, my lord : —
There was no third persoir ; -and if anything
. had been said about your lordship, I must
.haVe heard it." ^ So the 'court hail to give it
r4p,lhough the witness was wily too ready to
tell ail ho saar:
•
•
Romrmo,-)Nover find fault with girls,
very young girls in ;particular, if.they are do•
eldcd romps ; but be thankful they have the
health and spirit for romping. ' Better ho a
romp than have a narrow chest and a flushed
cheek. _ .
SONG.
Drenched by the ivhdrpreen,
Sullied and torn,
Dove or the distant trees,
Where west thou lawn
Who, when the autumn breeze ,
Rifted thy next,
Dive(' thee with sighrtlii(o . thoso,
Straight to nifbrintzt t•
Spread not thy wings for me,
White plumaged dove;
' . Wither should sorrow lieu, .
Cradled by love t
•Vet though thy pinions be,
Fair thine eyes shine;
. Tears, If they fell on thee,
• • Tremble from mine..
THE ALLEGILENIES. . .
The correspondent oftthe London' Timm,
Who accompanied the Prince of Wales, 'on•
his trip through this country, , in diiiCribing
the journey of the Prince, from. Pittsbtirg to
Harrisburg, gives, the . following beautiful
description of the mountain scenery I
This day's journey of 280 miles west by
the Pennsylvania Central Railway, not on•
ly through Pennsylvania, bet actually up and '
across the Allegheny mountains, probably
the most difficult route for a . railway- flint
ever was attempted, atid certainly one the
'scenery of which is not to be equalled front •
any railway in the whole world. .
-• For a few miles - the land through which
the lisar•passes is neither very rich looking,
nor very picturesque, being merely fields
slotted with autumn-foliaged trees, and here
and there a huge,blacje_satoky, mound nea4
the shafts of coalpits. After passing the
great Cambria Iron Works, however, it soon
changes, and the 'track_ lies for miles between
mountains ,and up a gorge, clothed from
base to summit with the densest foliage. At
any time of the year such a ravine' would be
;rand and beautiful t but now,- when the com•
.
mg winter has'roused the forest into' a quick •
warm life of color and robed the mountains
in celestial tints like ratio bows, there wet; a -
solemn gorgeousness about the pass that is
utterly indescribable. .
'lbis eye ranged over mountain mid valley, ,
HI the mind was saturated with their burn.
Mg richness, amt you tented as if for relief .
from the great scene of tints to look upon'
the soft unlatlininable blue of the distaut
ranges, or'-watched the stripes of fleecy mist
gads eri ngs•with the fall - of insight, draping the
.hills in silvery treaks, - like the haze over
Tender's gorgeous paintings. This was the
entrance which begins the, asceint ef The Albs
gheny mountains, tip 'which and amid — such
ecenes the - train began to wind. F . or mug,
long indent it pu ff ed, and toiled, and. ,
srug•
gled painfully upwardk, and always sh i
n in
between these Masses of celored l iiills, stretch
ing upwards oat each side Iffiettethery tapes •
try. -
At last the train emerged front the gor•
Aeon's defile near Kittanning mountain], half
way up the summit of the Alleghenies, rind
nearly 1800 feet above dip level of the line
at Pittsburg. Whet a -view wits got front •
here! It was like looking down through a •
prism upon a landscape from the summit of
the Rigt Kulm. Distancp had softened off
the warn;, deep, sell glow of the changing
trees into a rich maze of gentle color, so
varied and yet so equal in its variations; that
it seemed like one grand arabesque ot nature,
it vast pasture, which covered the very mouls• •
tains, and shone up through the soft blue
mist: that gathered in the valleys in gleams
of color like jewels. under water. The sun
had set, but its train of rainbow light was ••
still brilliant ie the west, shedding a farewell
fervor over the hills, mid gliding down the
valleys in silent yellow beasts, filling them
withstur shmosphere 'of gold:.-On one side,
in the distance, all was light and life, an I •
gorgeous rays; while up in the east, renuase•
, less night cause crowding on, stifling out the
brilliant woodland with n dull gray haze. and ~
making the mountains loom heav4through
the darkness ire* the heavens -like clouds of
a coining storm. Close and she'er above the
!train rose a precipice, worried and riven into
' stich fantastic ruins es only the decay Or
11101111taisin show—stained with raw blotches, -
whose watercourses trickled down into old '
gray pinnacles, draped with a" silent moss,
and here and finely/ long creepers drooping
softly,down front stone to stone in rills of
vegetatioe, rustlins , and waving gently unit
the wind. Above the rock, like sunseeclonds,
the forest rose in all its glory, with festoons
of glowing weeds, like old torn humeri, ,
hanging in melancholy grandeer fleet their
boughs, with clumps of underwood, and
sweet wild flowers still alive wish bloom, with
humble, timid, willows, bending in low obei
sance before these severe lords of the woods; •
the dark, tall, sombre, unchanging pine, ma•
pies and sumachs, swamp ash eud hemlocks, •
oaks, sycamores, larches, tffiestnuts, and as
pens, all croWded together in every form and •
hue of leaf; in every shape of branch, and
huddling their tinted leaves together lase a
hugepavillion, to screen in and crowd from .
vieiy 'the deep, long, silent vistas that wau•
dered into darkness between their sterns.—
There was such a life of color, such f .a . dearnh .
of sound upon the. scene, that even) the rush
of the river below came up hushed like a
fading breeze, and it seemed as if all nature, •
with the conning darkness, had sunk to
slumber. There were no stars itt the heavens,
but little dots Of light shore oSlike spangles
over the plaint below, marking where cottages
stood, with here ' and thete a little constella• .
lion, showing where a rising village straggled
loosely round in pkturesque confusion.
• The Prince saw the whole of this grail
panorama to the very best advantage, for at
the commencement of the ascent he left his
carriagVitind proceeded to thins engine, on
which he rode till the whole of the Alleghe-
tiles had been crossed. The descent frond
the summit is twelve miles in lengths, alms,' s
nt so steep an incline, that, even with (lie ,
braises on, the train Slides down at almost
full speed. Round Kittanning Point there is
hone incline with two awfully sudden curves,
wherein, little more than a mile 'the way
I descends 96 feet.,. This path, winding round
the edge - of a terrific precipice, is one of the '
most awful railway passages -I ever: saw or '
heard of. Some idea - may be forme of the
sharp nature of tinr curve, when twb trains
..".•:*
travel for miles in' the sante direction, though. .
one is going West ;,k;,k, and the other east !
At the pretty little„yillage of A Ilona, where.,
there is ono of the-best railway hotels in thb -r - -
kingdom, the party were to have stopped for
~.„.
dinner.. This intention, however, was aban•
doned, for it was nightfall, and Harrisburg
was, still some 150 miles distant, so, the train
was pushed 'on through the wild, fountain
road called "Jack's Narrows," and much the -
seine rich magnificence of scenery as on the '
Hudson, at • West Point. From this. it tea,
versed along trruliftttiviver, and thence .
by the broad, m"ll strew of the Stisqlte•, • ' .
henna, filled v its tfmniaads of little
t rtt
marshy islands. Al 11 the train reached • .
Harrisburg—the legislative capital or,Penn. (,/ ,
sylvania- , -and, like most legislative capitals . 1
in I hie country, small, quiet, and rather faded
Jooking. Only. as short stay, Merely to get a:': L . ',,''
night's rest, is to be made by the royal party, ', .:. '
and to mortow.the endless Joarneyings tom- • .
menet:, with the route to Vaahingtont,
A p o p tu , A r r , ERROR.' --It is a mistaken idea
that women talk tnoie than men, arising from
the fact that we_ pay more , atteption.
£IIICO
ance
NO. 4.