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U. S. GOVERNMENT
ProsItIonf.—AIIRAIIAM
,\'leo President—lll.N.llll IL HAMLIN.
'Secretary of StAte—WM. H. SEWARD.
Secretary of I n terlon—C t LED SMITH.
Set:rotary of Treasury—Sttmom P. Cities.
Secretary of War—Stm ON Coo rant..
Secretary of Navy,-I.linEct WEtAte.
Post 31aFtter °choraI—MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
Attorney iteneral—KnwAttn BetcH.
Chief Justice of the United Staten—lt. B. TANSY
8T ATE CiOVERNMENT
dovernor—ANnnEw 0. CURTIN. •
Soorotary Stato=l , 4l SEWER.
Survnyor fleneral—Ws. It. KEIJI.
A u.111.0r thinoral—Titos. Cocunnx
,Treauurnr—llENitir D. Moc
J wipe of the Supreme Court —B,Anwis, J."M• Attu.
MONO. W. B. LowiciE' U. W. WooftwARD.JoBN M. READ
COUNTY OFFICERS
President .Tudge—llon..7antes ll.Oraham.
Associate '3 udgos—llon. Michael Cueltlin, Damn
Wherry.
District Atternoy—.7. W. D. allicien.
Vrothenutiery—flenjont In Duke,
ilvarder
Register—L. A. Brady,- ,
High tiherllT—ltobt. MeChilii - OTT; Deputy, S. Keepers
County Trenkurer—Alfred L. :vomiter.
Coroner—John . Dunlop. •
_ County Cot ssitmers—Nstbenlel 11. Kelvin ...Mules
'll7 - Witran' r, Miller. Clerk to - Connlbtlonert.,
James Armstrong. -
Direetors of the Poor--. Too. Trimble, Abrnhom nos
ier, John Miller. Superintendent of Pour Hods,
Henry Snyder.
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BOROUG II OFFICERS
Chief Burgess—Jos. it. Blair.
Assistant Burgess—J. it, Alexander.
Town Council—John Cutahall, J. Worthington, J.
Thounpton, Wm. Bentz, TlOlllOl.B Conlyn, John Camp
hell, A. Monentalth, 11. S. Ititter,,J. Yloodyear.
Clerk to Council.—.ins. U. Mattnnheinter.
High Constables—lice. Betttly, Wm. Parks, Ward
Con atables—Jacob Bretz, Andrew. Martin.
Juaneea of the tenet—A. L. Sponstor,, David Smith,
Miehael Holcomb, Abut. Debuff.
CHURCHES
„First Presbytorian Church, Northwest angle of Cen
tre Square. Rev. Conway P. Wing Pastor.—Services
every Sunday Morning at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock
P. M
Second Pfesbyterian Church, corner of South Hanover
and Pomfret streets. Rev. Mr ]sells, Pastor, Services
commence at 11 o'clock, A. 71., and 7 o'clock P. 1 ;111.
St. John's Church, (Prot. Episcopal) northeast aniile of
Centre Square. Rev. Francis J. Choc, Rector., Services
at 11 o'clock A. 31., and 7 o'clock, I'. M.
” English Lutheran Church, Bedford between Dialn
autt !..outher streets. 11ev. Jacob Fry, Pastor. Services
at 11 o'clock A. 71., and 6, 1 ,1 o'clock E. 71.
Gorman Re:brined Church, Louthor, between Han
over and Pitt streets. , Rev. A. 11. Kremer, Pastor.—
Services at 11 o'clock A. 71, and 6 o'clock P. M
:Methodist E. Chnirch, (brat charge) corner of Main and
's Pitt Streets. 11ev. G co. D. Chettow ith, Pastor. Ser aces at
11 o'clock A. 71. and 7 o'clock 1 , .
Methodist E. Church (second charge.) Rov. Alex. D
Gibson Pastor. Services In Emery 11. Church at 11
o l cloelt-A.-71.and.:134:1L.M1
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, l'omfiel near EVA st.
Rev. James Kelley, Pastor. Services every other
Sabbath at to o'clock. Vespers at 1.
German Lutheran Church corn, of Pomfret and
Redford street, Rev. G. A. Struntz Pastor. Services at
11 o'clock, A. M., and 6311 o'clock, P. 51-
4Z-When changes in the above are necosaary the
proper persons are requested to notify us.
DICKINSON COLLEGE
'COY. If. M. Johnson, D. D., Prenident nod Professor oi
Moral nelonce.
' Jame); W :Marshall. A. M., Professor of Latin Lan
guages and Literature. ,
itev. , Win. L. Boswell, A. - M., Professor of Creek Lan
guage and Literature.
William C. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Natural Selene°
and Curator bf the Museum.
Samuel D. Billinatt,-A. M., Professor of Mathematics.
A. F. Mullin, A. 8., Principal bf the Crammer
School.
John, B. Storm, Assistant. In the Graumnir School
BOARD OF .S'CIIOOL DIRECTORS/
Androw Blair, President; H. Saxton, P. Quigley, E
C,orninau, C. P. Itumerich,.l. Hamilton, Secretary,Jason
W. Eby, Treasumr, John Sphar, Messenger. Mont un
the let Monday of each Mouth at 8 o'clock A. 31. at Ed
ucation Ilan.
CORPORATIONS
CARLISLe DEPosiT BANB.—Preeldent, S.M. Henderson,
Cashier, W. 31. Booboo; Asst. Cashier, J. P. Hasler;
Teller, Jas. honey,; Clerk, C. B Plahler;
John Undurietsid; Directors, It. DI. Henderson, John
Zug, Samuel Sherry, J. D. Dorgan+, Skilos Woodburn,
It. 0. Woodward, Col. Hoary Logan, Hugh Stuart, and
Jaunts Anderson.
CUMBEULAND VALLEY RAIL 110 AD COMPANY.—PreElitent,
Frederick Watts: Socrotary and Treasurer, Edward 31.
Biddle; Superinteudont, 0. N. Lull. Passenger trains
twice a day. Eastward leaving Carlisle at 10.10 o'clock
A. M. and 2.44 o'clock P. M. Two trains every day
Westward, leaving - Catilslcarlb27ek A, 31., and
3.30 P. B.
CARLINLE GAN AND Warta Comm.—President, Lem.
nal Todd; Treasurer„A. 1.. Sponoler; Superhttendent,
Goarse 11156; Directors, F. Mott!, Pi tn. M. lleutem.
E. 3P:tibial., Henry Saxton, it. C. Woodward, John IS
Oration, F. Gardner, and John Campbell.
CluingeLAMD VALLeit BANK.--Preident, 201111 S. Pier•
rott ; Cashier, IL A. Sturgeon; Teller, Jos. C. Holler.—
Directors; John S. Sterrett, Wm. liar, Melchulr Stone
man, Iticliard Woods. John C. Dunlap, Robt. 0. Sterrett,
H. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap.
SOCIETIES
Cumberlsyll Star Lodgo No. 107, A. Y. M. meets at
Marlon hall ou tlis 24t1 and 4th Tuesdays of every
Mouth.
St. Johns Lodgo No 260 A. Y. M. Meets Id Thurs.
day of each ruonth, - at Marion Mall.
Carlisle Lodge No 91 1. 0. of 0. F. Meets Monday
evening, it Trouts building.
FIRE COI;IPANIER
• The 'Union Pro Company was organized iii 1160.
Prosien.it, It, Comment Vice Preeldent. Samuel
Wetzel; Secretary, 3. D. Hampton; Treasurer, P. Mon
yer. Company insets the first Saturday in March, June,
September,l,oa - DOrember..
The Cumberland Fire Company was instituted Febru
ary 19, lieu. Prestdent, Thee, Thorn eon ; Secretary
Philip Qulgley; , Treaeurer, II: D. Quigley Tho company
moots on the third Saturday or January, April, July,
and October.
The Coed Will' lose Company wee Instituted in March;
1855: President, 11. A. Sturgeon; Vice Proeldent.C.
lluturich ; Secretary, William D. Halbert; Treasurer,
Joseph IV. /Denby. The Company meets the secbnd
Thursday of January, Aprll, July, and October.
The Empire Crook and Gadder Company was
ed in ISI9. • President, Wm. M. Porter; Vice President,
John 0. Amos; Treaeurir, John Campbell; Secretary,
John W. Paris. The company meals on the first Fri
day In January, April, July and October.
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Y. M. C. A
ROOM—MARION HAM
Regular monthly meeting—Third Tuesday Evening.
Prayer meeting—Sunday Afternoon et 4 o'clock.
Reading Room and Library—Adraission &ea, open
every evening (Sundays excepted) 'fram 6 to 10 o'clock.
Strangers espeolally welcome.
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lIIILEAGUERED CITY.
DS 110001 . F. LoNOFEITOW.
I hlt;'S'reltdpin some old marvellous tole,
Some logend,strange and vague,
Vint n midnight host of spectres pale
• Beleaguered tho untie of Prague.
Beside the Ifloldatea gushing street:
Wi h the wan moon overhead,
There stood, as In nn awful dream,
The army of the dead.
White as a sea.fog, landward bound,
The spectral camp W. 1114 COOl . l, ,
And, with a sorrowful, deep gonad,
The river (levied between,
No othor voice or sound woo thorn,
No drum, nor sontry's puco;
The mletdlko bannors clasped the air,
As clouds witi clouds embrace.
But when tho old cathedral bell
Proclaimed tho morning prayer,
The white pavilions rose And foil
Ou the alarmed air.
Down the broad 'valley fast and far
The troubled army Iled;
Up rusu thu glorious morning star;
The ghastly host was dead.
, .
I have read, In the marvellous heart of man,
..„.
That strange and mystleseroll, ii .
That an itrmy of phantt me, vast and Wan,
, Beleaguered the human soul.
hincemped,besidn Liftes rushing stream,
InTancy 7 dinlsty light,
Gigantic chapel and shadows gloam
Portentous through thu night.
Upon Its midnight battle ground
The spectral camp Is seen,
And with n sorrowful, deep sound,
blows the river of Life between.
No other voice or sound Is there,
In the army of the grove;
No other challenge breaks th i rl airy
llat the rushing of Life's wave.
And when the solemn and dconchurch•bell
Entreats the soul to pray,
The midnight phantoms feel the
The shadows sweep array.
• - Dawn the broad Vale of Tears afar
The spectral erannls fled;
Yalth shlneth lure mot sing star,
Our ghastly fears are dead. •
BILLY THE BOWL
MEM=
" You aro laying us flirty, Kathleen," said
the youth. "Why' wouldn't ye stay to the
dance at Dame Rya's? Sure myself would
see ye safe home, and-if - Pi are away there'll
be no call for me there—smell - beirt• would I
put to the dance without ye." . , .6 ;
" My mother Will be looking for Me these
two hours, Niel, add I promised not to stay to
the donee "
4.011, the mother is it ?" enid Neil, imps
tiently, "no friend of mine is the, mother ; but
for her wouldn't ye this minute MI. my wife,
insteld of slaving it, as ye do,,night and day.
Thin I could a most wish yogi mother—"
" Wish no ill to my mother, Niel, if yoti love
me," said Kathleen, tears filling her eyes ;
"put all evil thoughts away from your heart,
dear Niel, and wait patiently till I can be your
own wife; sure, foryour oWn sake, you should
rattier have mo a dutiful child, for how can I
be a good wife otherwaYs ?" A blush crim
soned her cheek, and She smiled through her
tears as she spoke.
The words, or the blush, or the smile, or
. .
Perhaps all three, were irresistible—the lover
felt them so—and, "You'ro'nn angel, Kath
leen," he exclaimed with ardor, "and I love
you better t ‘ en thousand times thatrever, and
ilimyour-safta-not-a-wordmore_will.ktiy_agin
your mother, though she is crabbed, and not.
alit my friend. Thin it's Mister O'Brien I'
'Oily thank for that same. Him I may hate,
and wish him ill. too—and Small blame to me
—yourself wouldn't deny me that' comfort—
for if lie hadn't set„his two ugly eyes on you,
and jingled his money-bags in your mother's
hearing, she wouldn't turn the deaf ear tome."
" Mister O'Brien is no friend to us indeed,"
said Kathleen, With a sigh ; "but do not hate
even him, Niel, for curses, they tell, may fall
on the head that asks them. May the saints
guard you, dear Niel, and Weep you from evil."
"Thin it's asking too much of me, Kath
leen. Troth, whin-I see that sour Pucked-up
face of his, doing its best to look Sweet on you,
and see him as le did the day. take this very
little hand into one of his griping elaW's—my
blood's up. and it's great credit I take to my.
self that I don't slid him away before his
time. 'Oh thin if you had taken the bend col-'
lar he proffered you:, the villian. I must , have
doneit ; 'twos you saved hinrthin, with your,
grove looks, and your 'No, -Mister O'Brien,
thank ye;' but didn't I laugh to see hint go
off, looking so mane, and'small, and so
spiteful, and tho'beads clutched in Lis Mind.
He that minds a shilling as much as another
a gould guinea, torte at the expinse, and all
for no use in life: and that minds me 'l've a
riband fol. you, Kathleen, croon; 'tie just. the
blue color of your eyes, and for that rash I
chose it of all others."
"Olt Niel! Niel!" said Kathleen, half re
proviugly, yet receiving with a bright smile
his gift, "tklat.-will I soy to you to keep you
airy ? ,Blire.you knxs , that not all Mister O'-
Brien's wealth,norittfttios.3, would change my
heart. . B hat. of hint at all ?"
"One way there is, - Kathleen, to keep me
asy;" answered Niel, Lis eyes sparkling at
the thought, "one way, would ye but try it:
step over with me to the priest yonder and be
my wife this minute; thin I'd snap my fingers
at Mister anti - Wish Lim no worse luck .
the weasel."
"Niel Dolan, is it nylons you. ore I" said
Kathleen, shrinking from him, and looking
fearfully in his face—his expecting counte
;num, half hoping, half fearing the answer to
his bold suggestion, gave her little comfort.
The blush of indignation rose to her cheek and
she continued, "thin you've not the boy I took
you for, Neil. Is it love my ould mother,
wake and sick us she is, to work out the .rint
by herself? Is it fly in her very face you'd
have me do ? Oh Niel ! Niel I I did not ei.-peot this of you ; I thought you loved me bet
ter nor that.".
"And I do love you, Kathleen," cried the
impetuous Niel, "and it's beenee I do love you,
that I can't be aisy longer in this way. 'lf it
was for good that .your mother stopped us ;
bUt whin I know, and you know it, too, Kath-,
Ito, though you won't.say lit, it's toeing your
art out she is all the while, to make you
marry that ou'ld griping villain; why thin,
myself thinks, 'twould be no sino, but the coo
irair, to love her all outthe 'Priest himself
couldn't blame ye." , )
'Tisn't good for m's to talk with you, Niel
Dolan," said Kathleen, walking quickly on,
and endeavoring to check the tears which, in
spite of her efforts, were streaming down her
cheeks, "tian't good for me to listen to you . ;
best lave me to myself, now,Niell" she added,
with an imploring look, " 'tislitird enough to
wrestle with my own heart, without your urg
ings to back it: and a weary life ,pu'd lade
if I did consint.' A poor oralbur of it. wife I'd
he ,with mioh a ein:on my ehoulthers. Niel
Dolan, 'lien% you aught to misguide me."
." Thin, Kathleen dear," said her lover, now
quite repentant, "you're the beet girl in life;
sure I must pWri it, though it's agin me, and
I'm sorry to grievq or fret ye. Every drop of
my. blood would . ltive •to spare your tears.
s)apiga 402 MEM agansLT CIERGRAII.
LoOk up thin, Kathleen darling, and smile like
your. o*uself, and I'll never vex ye more."
• Kathleen did look up,''and his pardon was
sealed. They walked on elteerfuliy,• till near
the stile that separated liar mother's
: cottage
from the road—and there, with mutual vows
of love and truth; they parted.
fsiiel bent, his way back towards the town.
from which the sound, of uproarious rnerri•
moat, mingled : with the tumult of battle, was
heard every moment inoreasing Accustomed
to the national usages, Niel scarce noticed the
warlike sounds, but want quietly on, enjoying
his own reflections, which were all of a pleas
ing nature; for although Kathleen had re
fused his wild proposal, the, steady principle
she had shown, united with her gentleness and
affection, gave him the hest assurance of her
truth, and he felt her a thousand times more
dear to his heart, than had she yielded to his
temptation. lie paid little attention to the
different groups that, passed hint. on their way
front the fair; but within,. ti,oho4 distance of
the town, the cheerful-vetea,of Billy tiv, Bowl
aroused
-
"Ye find yorcself mighty agreeable, Niel
Dol'en. looking ( so pleasant. anti no company
;but your ownself ; thin if it's sport you like,
it's yonder at the town: the M'Carthys and
Callahans ere hard nt
Ah, Billy !" answered Niel ; "is it your
self laving the fair, and the sun scarce down
yet ?—troth, it's not like you.'"
" 'Tis'along.way home, Niel, and the moun
tain road, (no so asy in the daylight itself,)
in the night is the divil's own carriage way.
A good evetii'ng to you, Niel ; my service to
the mother of you,' it's a kind one she is. and
myself has rason fo know it.;" and, giving a
shrill whistle, his pony started on a round pace
that carried the Bowl briskly off."
" Is he so rich as they toll of ?" said a by
stander to Niel.
Ile looked at the speaker, a tall, strong-built
Man, with a countenance marked by dissipa
tion and unbridled passions ; but not recogni •
zing a friend, nor too well pleased with Ole re
sult of his scrutiny, answered shortly--" And
if he is, there's none desarves it betther, for
there's the heart of a'prince within 'biro." .
" Rich, 'did You say ?" rejoined a third,
"troth ho could buy us out, ell three. They
soy he has lieaps buried in his corner; thin
I'd think myself well off wid what he's got in
his waistcoat pocket." •
Of the last speaker Niel had some slight
knowledge. lie was commonly called Tim the
tailor, and universally disliked; avaricious
and envious, he had but little of the Irishman
shout:hint, except the love of pleasure and
frolicking, which he indulged in whenever ato_d
wherever they could be procured tit anothelli
expense.
" Does, iyo-carry so much about with him ?"
asked the other,' in reply to Tim's last obseiva-
Lion.
Not at all times sure," said the tailor;
"hut he's just returned frotn" Ida rounds -the
day, and myself saw the big 'purse in his own
fist, when-he took out. au awtrious for ould
blind Nelly Thin isn't it a quay thing to see
u beggar give 11V/111011S like a gintleinn
" goitre enough. faith," replied the stra ger,
"but it's ill talking with dry tipi; wouldn't
ye now step wid me to Pat Phelan beyant us,
and drink•to our better acquaintance.'
" Much obleeged to ye," said the tailor,
colic delighted with the proposal ; I'm your
man for that satne,,and pinged will I be to
make your friendehip any day in the year.".
The two shook hand's in token of companion
ship, and walked briskly off toWarde the shee
been house, leaving Niel to pursue his way
alone. lie sauntered on. trying, but in vain,
to regain the pleasant train of thought he had
beenawakeued from, for constant interruptions
occurred, and it length, meeting a gayl party
of friends, he was easily induced to stop with
them nt Pat Phelan's..where a juggler allowed
the wondersmf his nrt,to an admiring crowd.
'Surprising re re the magic feats lie displayed,
and Niel was giving himself up, heart and soul,
to the enjoyment of the moment, when' the
gruff tones of the stranger, in eartiest conver
sation with Tim the tailor, again arrested his
attention. The Bowl was still their theme,
Jand_aslark surtnifte flashed across his mind,
as be listened-to the queries respecting
route and mode of travelling. They wcrejust
behind him, and conversed in n low tone, but
Neil had the presence of mind not to turn
round. Looking st.adily at the juggler,, and
to all appearance deeply interested in the per
formance, be lostmot a word of tbeirdiscourse,
and heard, with confirmed suspicion, the tai•
for engage to conduct bin comrade by a short
cut to the lonely mountain pass through which
lay Billy's-hotnegard way. The tailor by his
voice and language, was evidently intoxicated,
coppatilion, either less easily affected,
or havifig been more prudent in his libations.
seemed perfectly self possessed, and his cold
and almost savage tones thrilled to Niel's heart
as he thought of the helpless and unprotected
state of the kind•hearted Bide cripple.
" We must bo off thin, 'this minute, for'he
has a full (portlier of nu hour's start of us,"
was the last, observation .distinotly audible to
Niel. P.
The taile'r muttered something in reply. and
e.,two moved off together, making their way
through the crowd to,the door.
Niefil resolution was inatantly taken ; there
•was no time, even had he thought of it, to en
gage an assistant, or mention his suspicions,
so, grasping his shilelagh more tightly, he
followed at a distance the rapid steps of the
tailor and his comrade. '
Sure," thought lie, "if I'm wrong, thero
can bo no harm in walking the mune way with
them ; and if I'm right, Billy shan't want; for
a friend in his need." '
The pass towards which they were hasten
ing was part of a lonely and but little travel
led road, that turned oaf. from the highway
about six miles from the town of Kilross.
wound by the siele!of it rugged mountain, and
at the pass I have mentioned was shadowed
by trees, clothed in all the luxuriance of the
spring..and overhanging rocks whose huge
masses threatened to crush the venturous tra
veller. The short cut taken by the halm:, led
direct. from the town across the fields into the
wooded country which ekirtod the mountain,
through which foot-patliejiad been formed by
the peasantry for the easiest hording of their
cattle; one of these opened near the pass, mn-'
king the distance at least.. two miles shorier
than the carriage-way. Niel walked at a good
, round pace, keeping the two in sight,, but not
ipproaching so near as to make his proximity
!mown to them. They speedily crossed the
'fields and plunged into the wood ; hero Niel
pickened his footsteps and drew closer to
hem, the increasing darkness added to the
• hick shade of the trees, rendering it both
easy and necessary. In this manner ho fol
'owed them, treading with stealth and mini..
aess, and edema rustling the bows which over
aung his path.
Meanwhile, Billy.the Bowl was Cheerfully
pursuing his way, dreading no other danger
•-hen the ruggedness of the' mountain pass
4414, subject him to. He was later on the
toad than he bad intended, for after parting
with Niel, he bed met with several detentions
from the' kindly meant greetings of hie many
friends, all Winking to have a word with Billy
then there were one or two cabins by the way
side, whose chubby little inmates Billy had
promised to gladden by the 'fairings he would
bring them, dud his word was certain as a
bond. Wishing's-gay good-night to the happy
group collected in front of the lust of these,
! Billy buttoned hie frieze coat more carefully
round him, and gathering up' the reins ' ,urged
the, little pony to its, utmost speed, for the
night had' fallen, and many miles lay before
him. The gloom' had, -however, small power
over the mercurial temperament of the Bowl,
judging by the snatches of merry songs with
which he whiled. away the moments, and if
there Was d shadow on'hts mind, it was dis
pelted at once by the moon, tieing bright and ,
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH. 29, 1861.
clear from the dark, clouds that had belted the
horizon, and hitherto impeded its ligh i t.
." Ooh, long, life to you for a bright-faced
cratur I" said Billy, aloud, aloud ; "I'm need
ing your light this blessed minute, if Ivor I
did in my life ;" and he, turned off on the .
mountain road.
Here, in compassion to his pony, he drove
more slowly, still continuing at intervals his
cheerful-song. At every step the road grew
wilder, and though a lover of the picturesque
would have delighted in its frowning rooks,
their dark outlines presenting a thousand fan
tootle shapes, and the tender light of.the moon
sparkling through the yOung green loaves, it
must be owned that Billy was quite insensible
to the romance of the scene, and would glad
ly have exchanged it for a good matter-of-foot
turnpike. Nevertheless, the worst part was
nearly accomplished in safely, end another
quarter of a mile woad bring him to a more
open and level tohil. He had reached the pass
and was in. the net of urging Isis "pony to a
greater speed, when Isis course was. suddenly
checked man. rushed from the ednecalment
of the trees, and seized the horse by the bit,
at the same time that a whizzing sound at his
car caused him to turn his head. By hie.side
stood an athletic figure, wills a huge onkeu
club brandished over him The moon shining
full on the, face of thestranger, showed a fierce
determined countenance that forbade all hope.
"God help me!" ejaculated the poor little
cripple, comprehending at a glance the whole
of his danger.
A shout arose from one side, a rustling of
leaves, and Niel Dolan sprang from the shel
ter of a projecting reek, and his well -aimed
'crabstick descended heavily and truly on the
head of the stranger. The uplifted club Iva - -
veretl for an instant, and then fell harmlessly
at the side of its owner. who, its if stricken by
a cannon ball, had sunk motionless. on the
earth. Niel's next impulse woe to secure the
tailor; he, hoviever, on - seeing his comrade's
fate, dashed into the wood, and w as coon con
cealelt from pursuit. Relinquishing so fruit
letse an attempt. Niel turned to Billy, who
was pouring out with all the vehemence of his
nature his warm expressions of gratitude.
Grasping his hand kindly, lie wished • him joy
of his good luck, and proceeded to tell hint in
-what manner his suspicions had been excited,
Their attention was then directed to the fallen
man, who, still without sense or motion, My
extended on the ground. Niel raised him par
tially, and turned his face to the moonlight.
" Did yo ever see him afore, Billy, and do
you mind ofeny grudge agin you?'
Billy looked long and °weedy ratite ghast
ly countenance ere he answered—
.' have seen that face afore, Niel Dolan,
though at first 1 could not mind where it was;
but now it's as dare as the day to me.• Whin
I was last in the north it's a year agone mune
next, Michaelmas, at the tittle of tha great
burnings ye heard tell of, this 8111t10 man was
taken Witt a groat ninny more, and !Idled for
being contotrned in 'em. 'Twos an awful' time,
foe an mild bedridden woman end two young
olsilder died in the blaze, and the people wore
mad wid.grief and anger, and sure I seedlltia
man myself going to the thrial, and the soilgers
all round him. But somehow it couldn't be
proved agin him, er he made his escape, troth
I don't rieollect which, it's all one 'now. As
to having a grudge. agin,rne, I.dot pm. it entire
ly, far 1 dever seed him from thathour to this;
it muse hove been foe- the purtie ne'er-do
wed of a tailor Could him of"
.t' Thin; safe Niel ; ;ettitii ' rhea J Yp .drnp,
"my mind's asy 'altogether, even if it's dead he
is ; sure the man that for dirty lucre would
do the thing lie intended, desecves no bother.
So come, Billy, it's best be going forward, I'll
stop the night-with you if ye've no objection."
"Objection is it ?" said Billy, "thin what
do ye take me for? .an ungrateful baste of R
Chrisidian man? Sure, wouldn't I boa hathen,
if tneand mine wasn't every inch atyoursurvice.
" Now don't be talking in that way, Billy,
but take your reins here, and keep Paddy
Whack on a slow trot, •the rogue! so that I
may walk by your, sit.ke• without running."
Niel handed him the reins as he spoke, and
dragged the body to thel side of the road, out
of the way of vehicles, adding, "litt'd just give
the vlllinn a chance if the Hie was in him."
Then rejoining Billy, they pursued their jour
ney in safety, and reached his iminble but
comfortable cabin without further interruption.
Next morning Nici, accompanied by several
neighbors of the Bowl's, returned to the scene
of the last night's rencounter,.but to their as
tonishment the body, had disappeared, and no
other trace woe at first observable,, than here
and there a clot of blood, and the Heavy load
Od club which hind so nearly ended Billy's
mortal ccireer; but upon examining more
closely, impressions of footsteps of different
I sizes in the.damp earth beneath the trees, and
broken blenelsee and lacerated leaves, as ifs
litter had beets hastily formed, made it clearly
evident that either comrades or chance friends
had borne the wretched' being from the spot.
Billy's indignant friends would have proceeded
to search for Tim the tailor (at his earnest re
quest, however, the matter was dropped with
out further ievestigation ; "the orature being,"
RS lie said, "crazed wills dhrink and umnouess
whin he consinted to the thing." -
V Billy's' gratitude .was not of the. kind to
evaporate in words. ; He drew from Sic -
lan, almost without his knowing it, the dearest
wish of his heart-111S love fur Kathleen, and
the bar that fortnuO opposed to their union ;
and not many days from the eventful one we
have described, on a bright May morning, the
I Bowl's little wagon was seen stopping before
Widow Itloragli's door. Two or three little
urchins stood by Paddy Whack, ostensibly to
keep hint quiet, but in reality patting his sleek
sides,.examining„liis teeth, -and encouraging
him by all possible means to bite and,skick.
The 13t1w1 maid nn unusual time, but when he
appeared, the smiling .countenances of those
who accompanied bins to his wagon bore testi
mony that his presence had, as usual, confer.
red happiness . Tho old widow, wills her•pale
sickly face lighted by unwonted emiles.and
behind her Kathleen, her cheeks
. glowing and
dimpled with joy, while the downcast lids for
bade her eyes from beaming forth' too fu ly.
But else did raise them once, as Billy, settl ug
himself in his wagon, called out—
. " Good day, Kathleen, mavourneen ; ' 's
'another guess visitor ye'll have ere the isu
sets, I'm a false prophet else.
Site did raise them, and the bright tear the
glistened in those blue and smiling eyes spoke
snore forcibly than word§ could do, her grati
tude and happiness.
Some magic surely Billy must have used, td
soften the inflexible ‘Vidow Moragh. A few
well informed gossips affirmed that a marriage
portion was settled on Kathleen, with condi
lions thereto. Others contended that Billy
had chosen an heir, and confided his choice to
the widow. Whatever the cause, certain it is
that Niel Dolan was been the same day to
knock boldly at the door, and was admitted
with a kindly welcome, by tho widow herself,
Stranger still, ere a week bad elapsed, tho
neighbors were bidden to a merry wedding
and a prettier bride than Kathleen Moragh, or
a happier bridegroom than Niel' Dolan, never
stood before the good, old priests.. Billy the
Bowl was theta. thegayest of them, singing
and joking and telling his merriest stories
One tale he told. with lose of mirth, but with a
deep and contagious feeling. It wasthe story
of hiereseue from a fearful death in the lonely
mountain pose ; anti, filling ukbumper for him
self, he milled on all present to drink health
and long life to his preserver mid i& bride.
"Sure." said Niel, in reply, "don't I owe
you more, Billy, than Icou 4 l t ttiver_repay should
[e
live a thousand years ?" n'Of looked fond ,
ly at Knthleen, new.his n wife. "But 'his
Kathleen ye must, thank, if any one: .If site
had been guided by me that. same night
.it's
little I-should have km:iv/P.of your danger.
She was Be:alter nor I wished her• thin—God
blnad het' for it nOw I"
DUELS 'AND DEADDY DINHTS
I 3 1r A sounninimm.
Whatever the moralists may say, or popu
lar opinion may be, there is no class of "sen•
Elation" reading more eagerly' perused than
such as detail scenes of violence and blood
shed. The "duello" has prevailed among
all races, civilized and barbarian, frbm the
remotest antiquity, and is not likely to be
eradicated while men are urged by hot pas.
sion, or ideas of punctillious honor prevail
in professions and communities. I read, re
cently in a newspaper, a chronological sketch
of the: aamerous duels which have been
fought'upon the renowned fighting ground at
Bladensburg ; and I propose to throw together
a brief account of several duels and affrays
that have taken place in our' country at
various times—giving facts as I heard them",
without pretending to minute accuracy.
I have not the newspaper item alluded to
before me—but I believe there is some error
in the account of the duel between Mason
and McCarty (in 1829, I think,) and there
are some facts omitted, which I will add.
Masofrand McCarty were brothers in law
—Mason a man of hot and irascible temper
—McCarty of a resolute but better controlled
disposition. For some offense Mason chat
: lenged McCarty, who objected to a delidly
combat. with -one so closely related to him,
and offered to apologize. An apology wa•
refused, and McCarty notified that he would
be for' , ed to fight, unless he proceeded with
the challenge. McCarty then named his
terms 7 that both parties should sit upon a
keg, of powder and then fire it. This was
rejected 'by the seconds as barbarous. Mc-
Carty then proposed that both should go
upon the cupula of the Capitol at Washing
foil, and leap from it, hand in hand—but
this was also pronounced inadmissible. He
then named muskets, loaded with two balls
each, antLeight paces, saying that he would.
kill'ldasen—he did,. being unharmed him
self. The newspaper account states that
McCarty's hair became white 80 - 011 after,
which I supposejs a.mistake. I knew him
ten yeats after the duel, and his hair was
then brown, with no signs of being gray, and
was so long as to fall upon his shoulders.
An incident in the subsequent life: of Mc ; ,,
Carty exhibits the determined character of
the man. Somewhere about twenty-five or
thirfy years age, and before the preemption
system had modified the rude and --high
handed ways which prevailed in the disposal
of public lands, Colonel McCarty, with three
or fizur friends, went from Virginia to attend
a public land sale. iOn the-day before the
sale, the squatters in that region, according
to the energetic system. of dial energetic and'
very useful class of our I'oll , mcitizens, noti
fied allstrangers present of what lands' they
should bid upon, and that any atteznpt to bid
for any others would be .summarily settled
at the peril of the intrudilig bidder, and they
were not men 'lltttrided, or often failed; in -
this kind' of patriotic duty.
At the moment the auctioneer• was about
to cointnence the sale, Colonel McCarty
stepped forward and requested, a moments
delay.- He then stated to the crowd—and
there was no lack of fierce, or Moto pleasing
arguments, rites, pistols, and knives around
—that he had been warned not to bid for
certain lands 'now ,about to be 'offered for
sale; that jle recognized no euthorityliut the
law of the laud ; that he should allow no
man to-, control his rights by threats and
then announcing himself and friends by name
, and as from Virginia, he added that they in
tended to-bid fur whatever lands 'they Saw
fit, among those - about to be offered, and any
man attemptingNiolence would do so at'his
peril. He then drew a brace of pistols; his
friends did the same and the bidding com
menced. The Virginians bid as they pleated
• for the f rbidden lands, but no fight resulted.
An instance resembliffg, in its, circum
-stanees,-the-duel-between_ MaSon_and_,Mc-
Carty, occurred near one of the 'Virginia
court houses, and while the court was in ses
sion, some years ago, between Dr. Branch
T. Archer r a distinguished actor in the early
struggles of Texas, and of an eminent Vir
ginia family, and a young relative: The
young man, for sonic rather slight cause,
challenged Dr. Archer, who endeavored to
avoid a duel for the same'reason that made
McCarty fight Mason. The young man in
this case, peremptorily, and with threats de
manded a Meeting, which was filially con
ceded. They. fought in a grove at five paces,
the sound of the pistols interruptidg the pro
ceedings of the court. The young man was
shot dead at thefirst fire. Archer afterwardt
fought a. knife duel in Texas, with a Span
iard—their left hands tied together—and
killed his antagonist. He was one of Gen.
• Houston's most bitter and unsparing .foes,
but never could bring Hld Simi Jacipto„ to
fight. •
1 , It is stated Of the celebrated Boiyie, that
to settled an amicable controversA wid t h a
Spaniard about the relative merits of his
terribly faMous knife, and the Spanish long
knife, by a knife duel - with their left arms
tied together. At the word; Bowie, by a'
powerful jerk, turned the Spaniard around,
passed his knife into his body, and turned it
—the Spaniard sinking down a dead man.
B iwie cooly severed the cord and let the dead
body fall, with as much indifference as
though - it had been it log. This, of course s
was the most satisfactory and -convincing
proof that he had the best,',of the controversy.
One •of the most melancholy fights that
ever took place in Virginia. occurred about
thirteen years ago, in Manchester, across the
James river from Richmond. It was be.•
tween John Ham o v n Pleasants, longs very -
able and popular editor of the Richmond
Whi g „ and Thomas titchie, jr., son of the
on
I celebrated Thomas Ritchie, for twenty years
• the contestant editor of the Richmond En
! quirer s iiilhe 'political newspaper field, with
Pleasants., It was the fatal close of a bad
feeling, which had been smothering for
years, although there can be littlq doubt that
outside friends were more active than the
principals, in • stimulating the matter into a
death .struggle.
Pleasants had been challenged, a few years
before the encounter at Manchester, by Wil-
IMm F. Ritchie, hiisband of Mrs. Mowatt,
and eldest son of Thomas Ritchie, senior.—
The challenge was accepted-=the terms being
at Clark's Springs, about two miles from
Richmond—shot guns,loaded with twelve
buck shot—twelve paces—the guns to ,be
placed, uncooked, upon the ground, at the
feet of the Principals, to be raised at the word
and fired at will. , The duel was- to have
taken place at five or six, o'clock in the morn
ing, but by the exertions of two distinguished”
citizens was fortunately put in 'shape for ad
justment about two hours before the affair
was to come off.
The settlement was just end honorable to
both pante% Init there wne a ,lingering bit•
tintless that filially led the younger Ritchie
(Thomas) to chargePleasants with cowardice,
editorially. This )ed to the light, for it was
not a formal duel; although the terms were
settled, and'seconds were upon the ground.
The parties were to stand sixty yards apart,
armed us they saw fit. Pleasents had a
revolVor in his pocket, two pietols in hisholt,
and% Roman sword. At the Word, Pleasents
commenced the advance, and .was
fired upon by Ritchie, Who'stood in his place'
and fired deliberately,-using a stick or ovle,
held horizontally, as n rest." While advanc
ing under fire, Pleasants discharged 0110
pistol, but otherwise ho made, no use of his
arms.until he came in front of Ritchie, when
he exclaimed, " Now you know I am no
coward I" then fired his other pistol, made a
pass or'two with his cane sword, and fell.—
Five shots had struck him, wounding him
mortally. He died in about three days.
Twenty years ago, and still later the pleas•
ant town of Vicksburg used to have regular
"sensations" from fights between the editors
of the Whig and Sentinel. The editor of the
Sentinel was an Irishman •by birth and from
Philadelphia. His writings wore viruhnt in
the extreme, and his relish for a fight was
seasoned even above that degree of zeal which
has so celebrated the vivacity of "Donnybrook
Fair." Ho was finally removed to a more se
rene existence, in a street fight with a gentle.
man named Jackson, who went all tltrLway
from NeW Orleans for the purpose of allitcrig
him, which ho did. The. tone of the Sentinel
was not'abated by this little incident.•—but al
ways had ire "fighting editor," who chival
rously encountered all corners, occasionally
wiping out ono of them orlmaiming an adver
sary; but three or fo4. of them "went under"
in succession, while engaged in this pleasing
pastime.
.
A duel which Came off about twenty years
ago, between Gholson mid Prentiss, in Minis •
sippi, created considerable excitement in the
region where it oecured. The origin was a
' political difficulty, Olioison being an ardent
Democrat, and Prentiss a stout Whig. Ghat
son was a noted duellist, had killed his man .
more than once, and was a "dead shot."
Prentiss had no laurels of that kind, but he
was known as a man of great nerve and reso
lution. _The affair, as is usual in that region,
wa attended by a large number of enlightened
and highly interested critics, and this was a
ca'se of_ superior excellence , and attraction.
Among the betting fraternity, Cliolson "had
the call;" but some bets were made that both
men would fall; and this showed the sounder'
judgement, for at the first fire Gholson leitped.
three feet from the ground, with a ball through
,his heart, and Prentiss, wheeling round, fell
also, but only from a smart flesh wound. A
gentleman who had seen many duels, and wit
nessed this,told me that Prentiss who the only
man he ever saw gp into a duel without any
sign of discomposure i ,rd. with entire calm•
ness.
STEPPED "tie PO TUE CAPTAIN'S
Among other anecdotes of the Ust exper
itnents of Robert Fulton, the following is
from the pen :OR. N. Haskens, of Buffalo :
Some twenty years since, more or less—,
for I cannot fix the date with more certainty
formed.a.travelling acquaintance upon
a steamboat on 'the Hudson river with a
gentleman, who on that oecitsion, related to
me some incidents- of the first voyage of
Fulton 'to Albany, in his steamboat, the
Clermont, which I had never met with else
where..
"I chanced," said my narrato, - " to be at
Albany, on business, when . Fulton• arrived
there in his unheard craft, which every
body felt so much interest in seting. Being
ready to leave, And hearingt his m-alt
was to return to New York. I repaired on
board AO inquired for Mr, Fulton, I was
referred to the cabin, and I there found a
plain, gentlemanly man, wholly alone, and
engaged in writing:
ilfr Fulton, I presume.'
'Yes jr.'n
'Do you return to New York in this boat?'
'We shall try o get buck sir.'
'Can I ha,te ;Ir.passage down ?'
'You min takttyour chance with sir."
"I inquired the =Mint to be paid, and
.titer a moment's hesitation, a sum,l
.think
six dollars was named. The amount. in
coin, I laid in his open hand, and with eye
fixed upon it he remaine d so long motionless
mi
that I supposed there ght be a .miscount,
and said to Lim, is that ri ht , sit: V This
. - roused.him as from a reverie, and as he
looked up to me the big tear was brimming
in his eye, and his voice tithered`as he said,
excusesme sir, but memory was busy as I
contemplated this, the first pecuniary reward
I have ever received' for all my exertions in
adapting steam to navigation. I would glad
ly. commemorate, the event over a bottle of
wino with you, but really I 'am too poor, e'en'
for Butt, just now ; yet I trust we may meet
again when this will not be so."
The voyage to New York was successful,
as all know, and terminated without acci•
dent.
The Author of "ikon'', Sweet Home."
How many eyes have been ilitnthed with
tears—how many hearts have been stirred
with delicious pain—over theexquisite pathos
of" Home, Sweet Hamel" But how few of
the thousands who have murmured the sweet
words and drank its divine melody know
that its author was a sad and weary exile, to
whom the joys of home and kindred were on•
known and the tender influence of Love
denied I How few know that the -last years
of his life were passed in poverty and exile in
strange lands and among alien people; that
his last hours were soothed by no loving
hand, and no weeping friends followed hint
•to his gravel
• A lbw miles from Tunis, within sight of
the ruins of ancient Carthage, overlooking
the blue sea, the pbet sleeps his last sleep.—
A monument was erected by the United
States Government, — with the following iu•
scription, which marks his grave:
Iu Memory
of
Colotiel John Howard Payne,
Twice Consul of
Th(l'l:flitted Slates of America,
for.
The city and Kingdom of Tun [x;
This stone Is here placed
By a grateful Country.
• • Ilediedat the American Consulate,
In this city, after a tedious Illness,
April Ist, 1852.
Ito was born in the citiof Boston,
State of Massachusetts. •
•
Ills fame as a Poet and a Dramatist
Is well know_np:herwrer the English Language
Is Understood, through his celebrated
• Ballad of "Home Sweet Home," '
And his popular tragedy of "Brutus," and
other similar productions.
As the stranger stands before that modest
column and reads the, brief story ill the life
of the sleeper, us he thinks of his sorrowing
pilgrimage. and traces the record of his last
sours—As he looks forth on the savage waste
around him, and contrasts it with glory that
Awe flashed from this classic spot, he half
envies the fate of him 'whose ashes are eu
lbrined in a soil hallowed by such mcmora
ble associations as the despair of Dido and
ihe heroism of Hannibal. '
CAN'T afford to marry, is 'a common dun
plaint, but the following marriage in England
lately, seems to filo an exception : At the
marriage of tho young Earl of Lincoln with
Miss Elope, of Deoptlenil, the jewelry, worn by
the bride cost. upWards of . .£12,000,.aud con
sisted of a handsome head Ornatnont of dia
monds, and a diamond., necklace, so. Mr.
llope/it is said, gives the Countess of Lincoln
,R,SUOON year pin-money, and the use of an
Irish estate.' "'„.- "
AN Irish:4.llldg° said, addreesing pri4oner.
"You aro to be banged mull hope it will prove
a warning to you."
ISt 50 per annum In advance
$2 00 If not paid In advance
THE WAY OF THE WIDOWS.
A Bereaved Woman Open to Induce.
ments.
A relative of Daniel Webster, whom We will
call Colonel Webster, bad the misfortune to
lose_ his wife, to whom ho was tenderly at-
Leaked. le was a man, characterized by much
of the coolness, wit, and shrewdness, of the
family. Time gradually soothed down his
grief, and filially he felt sufficiently lonely.to.
desire the companionship of a wife once more.
In the course of a conversation on the subject,
Daniel suggested that the widow of a near
friend of the Colonel would suit his case very
satisfactorily, and advised him to make a move
in that direction.
The Colonel pondered over the matter, and
owe to a favorable conclusion. Ile was not
acquainted with the lady, and indeed bad
never seen her; but the choice of so excellent
man as WS friend, he felt persuaded, must
be a worthy one for him. Accordingly, urged
by Daniel, he made an early start to visit the
widow,.nnd propose his suit. ' Arriving at her
house, which was in a New Hampshire village,
he apologized fur any seeming freedom on hie
part in calling, and pleaded, in excuse, his in
timacy with her deceased lord..
Ile was graciously received, and invited to
remain. A view of the dame and an evening
spent with her did not prove as propitious as
his hopes hail led, him to expect. The good
lady was full of her. admiration and tender
memories of her deceased husband, in whom
her heart seemed still wrapped up. In her
praises of the dead the Colonel cordially'
but he felt an awkward disinclination to
take to his bosom a wife whose love was so
very ardently devoted to the memory of a pre
decessor.
However, the Colonel was a mattermtfact
man; and having.come upon special Inisiness,
he concluded to accomplish it, atfiktalua the
hazards. Accordingly, about the time for re:
tiring, lie opened his subject, and stated the .
purpose of his visit, and his belief that they
could increase their mutual happiness by fill
ing for each other the places of their deceased'
partners.
Ilereupon the widow burst into violent
weeping—was surprised he dared do such a
thing—could never love another man - would
'never wed again, never—would consecrate all
her life to the dear, dear loved one, so cruelly
torn from her arms, and now in the cold, cold
grave—and so on, in true widow fashion.
The poor Colonel, grieved and astounded,
though not altogether dissatisfied, apologized
earnestly. He was lonely, and felt the need
of a companion—had cherished the friendship
of her hueliandorho was his intimate friend—
had thought that their union might be mutu
ally desirable and beneficial—and made quite
a lengthy speech, in self•vindication and to
soothe the disturbed feelings of the unhappy
lady—and finally she dried her tears ,and
ceased her lamentations, and thaseene was
closed by the Colonel's retiring to bed.
In the morning the widow had recovered her
peace of mind, and was attention, gracious
ness, and smiles; to the...good Colonel.
.11e
bore himself with the amenity of a courtly
gentleman. and as soon as_breakfast was end
ed, prepared to start. The widow seemed in
a mighty flurry, and urged a stay to dinner,
but the Colonel felt obliged to be on the move
homeward. At best he was at the door, and
offered his hand for a parting pressure. The
widow clasped it, held it for a moment, trem•
bled, blushed, turned aside her head, and gent
ly murmured:
"W - ell, Colonel, I have been thinking of—
of—of what you said, and I—l—l think I
might be induced."
The Colonel gave her a half quizzical, half
serious look, and, replying with "Good morn
ing. madam," entered dile chaise, and left for
home, an instructed man.
MODERN CHOIR SINGING. —A correspondent
of a religious paper, who urges the necessity
of a reform in church music, says that our
amateur choir singers are too fond of "exe
cuting" difficult pieces, and confounding com
mon people with reverberating resonances.
The-Rector-of- St. I.l.lrdelph's. takes off this
style mostlatighably, .in describing the sing• .
ing of the following stanzas:—
"True love Is like that precious MI,
Which, poured ou Aaron's head,
Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes,
It's costly moisture shed."
In the prodigious effort of this performance,
the earsplitting combination Of the several
voices hardly bore a resemblance to that oily
current poured on Aaron's head, and which
"Ran down his beard, and o'er his head,
Ban down Ills beard—
hbi robes
And o'er his robna—
Han down his beard—ran down hi■
---o'er big robes—
Ills robes, Ids robes, ran down his beard—
Ban down Las—
o'er hityrobes,
Ilan down bin beard—
TZ!M
It's cosily moist—
man down his beard
-urc—board—bls—beard—his—shed—
Rau down his beard—his—down
Ills robca—its costly moist—his beard
—ure shed—his—cost—his robes—ure abed)
c-o-s-t-l-be moisture—shed!'
The late Bishop Scabury, being naked his
opinion of this perfoKiititnoe, replied that he
had paid no attention to the music, but thitt
his sympathies were so much excited for poor
Aaron that he was afraid lie would not have - a
hair left. .
Anecdote of Edmund • w.q,
Mr.• Howard Paulovho London...con
respondent of the New York Illustra4d News
relates in a recent letter, the following anec
dote:—" Mr. Lewis, who has been connected
with Drury Lane for many years, told : me a
characteristic anecdote of Edmund Kean,
which has never appeared in print, and which
you shall have. It seems that the great tra-
gedian and Charles Incledon, the popular
singer, were one day walking in Bond street'
when they were met by Lord Essex, who
bowed distantly to Kean, albeit they were on.
terms of intimate friendship.
.The next day;
Kean found a note at the theatre from my.
lord, desiiing him to call at his house. He
went, and contrary to the usual custom, was
ushered into the library, where Lord Essex
received him.—The minuet formalities over,
the nobleman said to the tragedian. • " My
dear Kean, you will pardon me. Yon know
how greatly I admire your genius, but lives
startled yesterday at seeing you on promenade .
arm in arm, with that singing man .Incle
don."—" My Lord,' said Kean, with dashing
eye- , —" Pray don't excite yourself—now thin%
my dear Kean, pursued my lord; but the res.;
pect—l may. say reverence—l bear for•your.
wghdertul genius prompts me to this .explal
nation." "Lord Essex!" cried Kean, rising,,
drawing himself .up, and casting a-withering
glance et his noble patron, "twelve years lege
my; family were in want of bread; Charles'
Incledon, my - friend, supplied the - means to'
procure it; and when Edmond Kean. tetras .
his friends, may God forget him I" . And froM
that.hour the iv men neverexchanged doer- ,
tesies.—When one 'remembers the magniW
cent voice and irrepassioned pow 4 of' eve of
the great-Edmund, this little episode' meet
long have; lived in the memory,of the lordly-
Essex—Kean, by the way,,,allerward#
vied en heiress—Miss Stephens, if I repla::
her aright." •
."
NO.. 18.