J E AKLEY. 1
J. M. WALLAOE. I
CARDS.
1. A. ATWOOD. ISAAC R. RAMS.
-V ATWOOD, 'RANCK & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Whotown° deniers In nll kin& of
PICKLED AND SALT FISH,
No. 210 North Wharves,
Alm) Itnco tared,
1000 PHILADELPHIA.
COYLE BROTHERS
NO TIO N 3, WI7OI, ESA LE
AT CITY PRICES.
constantly on bond, Bud, RH
h osi ry, glovet., suspenders, "neck ties and bows,
Odd front., cambrie and linen handkerchiefs, linen
and paper sellers, and cuffs, trimmings, braids,
spool cotton, wallets, combs, stationary, wrapping
limper and paper bags. dregs, soaps and punt:eery,
shoo black end 'dove polish, indigo, cigars, itc.
COYLE BROTILERS,
No, 24 South Ilenove'r street, Carlisle, Pa.
30m1171tf
JOSEPH V. CULVER. CHAS. P. CULVER.
LAW' LOAN :AND COLLECTION
OFFICE OP JOSEPH P. CULVER k 11110.
PONTIAC. ILLINOIS. We have the. best of facili
ties for placing capital on lirst.chis Improved farms
Titles investigated, and Abs , racto furnished from
our own ogle°. Ten per cent interest MO prompt
payment gmiranteed. We kayo COrrebrOlidelltB . 4l
every part of the West, which furnishes us every
facility for tpeedy collectleni.
REFERENCES: Hot,. .Mmes lI Ornlism, Wm.
SI. Penrose,.esq , Wm. .1. Shearer, esg., C. It 111a
glaughlin. °sq., Carlisle. Hamilton Alricks, esg ,
Harrisburg. lion. C. P. Oliver, and Mon. Horatio
Ring, Washington. D. C Oeurgo 11. Stuart, Phila
delphia. Chambers & Pommy, New York city.
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DENTISTRY !
DR J. B. ZINN,
riming recently removed to
No. 61 North Hanover street,
In the house lately occupied by pr. Dale.)
Penn'a
Will put la teeth from $lO to $2.0 rer set, op the
eaae may require. All work warranted. • /
10feb70
D R. Jcp. BENDER,
103KH.PATIIIC PHYSICIAN. ,-
0111 co In diu room — formerly occupied by Col. John
Loo. 108039
LI E. BELTZITOOVER,
• ArraßN E Y AT LAW.
Mee is Soo h Hanover street, opposite lirels's dry
61,08 store. 1(1,010
OLT., KIRK PATRICK A. WIIITEM A'l
holeonjo Dente. in •
MANUFACTURED TOBACCO,
N. S [br. Third and Marlod strecix,
Philadelphia
11-P. MOLL,
0. ISIRKPO7RIOR
A. L. VV/lITIpIAZI
ESE
C. P. WM. R. PARKER.
H UMRICH S 5 PARKER,
ATTORNEYS AT 1., ANY,
Office on MAI street, I n Marlon Rol!, Ca rII/Ro. lOne7o
J AMS 11. GRAHAM, JR.,
ATTORNEY Al' LAW,
No. 14 South ,Hanover 4rect,
CARLISLE, I'A.
Moo adJuiulng Judge lir linure's
Mahal
JOHN CORNMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAZY.
Olio $0.7, Rhecni'm 11n11, In roar of Court
tom"
JOSEPH RITNER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SURTEYOIL
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 01Heti .on Railroad etrout, tiro
doors north of the Rank.
Business promptly attended to.
t ir OSE P G. VALE,
ATTORNEY-AT:LA W.
Practiees - -in—Cumberland--and--Dau phin
Counties.
once—Brlda 'pert, Pa. Platt ullicv nd 'reels—ramp
11111,_Curabor:aud county, Pa. 12.1/m7l 1y
IVr C. HERMAN,
us.A.• ATTORNEY AT LAW
Catgut% Pr. No. 9 Rhoom'n
A. K. At'CLUI3.E. J. TI• DOKEETIAN
M'CLURE &
ATToIiNEYS AT LAW
114 South Sixth utreet, Philadelphia
ECM
P.H.
SHAMBARGERP,
JU, , TICE OF TIIE PEACE
Westponntiboro' town hip.
Cumberland County, Pen u'a,
All bodiless, untrunted to him will receive prompt
uttontion. 2Doet7U
J M. IYEAICLEY. W. F. SADLER.
WEAKLEY & SADLER, .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
- Office ' 22 South 111OzoTer slosO, next. the (;110(1 NVOI
11Asia House. 10bc60
WILLIAM KENNEDY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Wino in Volnuteer building, Cornea,
W. J. SpENRER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
/111ral lu northeast corner of the Court !louse. InoetiO
WES. B. IHRONS,
ATTORIIET AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
728 Walnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
EXCURSION TRAINS
CUMBERLAND VALLEY R. R
EXCURSLONI EXCURSION!
Thu third !inmst Cutup llleetlng for [he Curlie!
Instllct Methodist Epincopul Church, will ho held
NEAR OAKVILLE STATION
on the line of the Cumberland Valle) Roll Road,
Commencing ...Wednesday, August 2, and.
closing Friday, August 11, 1871.
The Cumbs:Cand Valley RAil Jtoml Company will
./ine
ROUND TRIP,TICKETS
dos ilk the continuance of the meeting, which will
1111 good for rattan passage 'on all trains moving
Oakville Station until lust train of Saturday, A u pot
12, and positively no longer.
Rtyular Trains, leave Oakville Daily, as
,f6llotux:
- EASTWARD. 'WEST WA RD. •
Amon. . 5.43 n. 111. ISecom. 9.57 n. m
Mull," , 19. Si " Mall, 342 p. m
Exprex.., 1.52 p. in. Expropt, 0.20 "
'TItA TRAINS'
Um u; tho continuation of thu Ca oft iron:lw
Extra Tru'un will run anliillown
FROM CIIAMIOMMIURO,
On Saturday, August 5.
FIIiFT
Leave Chnieberelierg,
•.
Art . lvo at Oakville
RETURN ING.
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SECOND TRAIN
Louvo Clemberxburg,
Shipponsburg
Arrive U ()a.m.
lII=
lwavo Oakville
FROM . MIA )1111:RSBURO k NEWVILLE
On Tuesiicty, August 8,
FIRST TRAIN
I.vtive Ulna erbtlerg.
" 811Ippensburg,
" Oakville '
Arrive At Now vine.
IMEGEBEI
I.euvo
" Oakvlllo
Arrive at Shlppowiluirg
BECOND TRAIN
Leant Cliomboratourg
8111ppensburg
Arrive at. Oakville
RLTURNINCI
Live Oakville
THIRD TRAIN
j.eavo Chatnbereburg
A Shlpponeburg
Arrivo nt Uukvflo
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Leave Wits'lio,
FROM CLIAMBERSRURO AND CARLISLE,
Wadinaday, Augint 9.
, • .4a-ONE EX}RA TRAIN .ONLY.
Leave Chamberaburg.
Bbipponaburg.
'Oakville—,
New
Arrive at Carnal()
N NT UN NY NO
Leave Carlido_
Nowvillo
°any]lla. _
O
hippondburg...,
Arrive 'at Chain/Joniburg
Two Extra Trains to Harrisburg,
. 'Ono on Saturday, Aug. G.. 1
Leaving Oakville and Intermediate eintluns at 9 p. m
Another on Tuesday, Aug. 8.. .
Loay.ing Oakrill° far liarrhiburg and interinedidtir
stations at 0 p; in,
At Whito 11111,.bliddlesox, Good "Slope, gaufml n's
and "Morgantown, tickete coo ho procured from
'Conductors of Train..
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LEGAL NOTICES.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICZ—Let ,
tors of administration on the estate of Jacob
Stmtton, deceased, Into of tho borou g h of Carlisle,
hate boon issued by tho Register of Cumberland
county to the subscriber, resiOng In the borough
of Carlisle. All pennons indebted to said estate will
please 'leak° payment, and those having claims to
present them, duly authenticated, to thn under
signed, for sottlement.
MARI ANN STRATTON,
uT! /3 '• Adminintratrlx.
ADMINISTRA.TOR'S NOTICE.—
Letters of administration on the estate of
David Maxtor. deceased, late of gist Polnshoro' town•
ship have been issued by the liegister of Cumberland
county tb the subscriber, resltlin.: In said townititip
All peramot indebted to said...state will please make
Immediate payment, and those having 'claims to
present theta, dale out honticated, to the underalgned
for rieltlein,lt.
20ju71 D
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.-
Letters of odminis unbolt on the estate of
Ulrich Strickler, deceased, late of South Middleton
tetrnship, hove been issued by tlio Register of
Cumberland comity to the au' scribers, residing in
said township. All persons Isdeloed Li said estate
will please make pn smut, and thus having Chlllllll
topresent flints. dolly authenticated, to the under
signed, for settlement.
ABRAHAM STRICKLER,
JOHN JI. STRICKLER,
Adniinisfraturit.
24Jail°
ADMINISTRATO R.'S NOTIC E.
Letters of administration on the estate of
Ao on fit. Zeigler, deceased, late of Plainfield,
have been Issued by the Register of Cumberland
county to Leek Shambough. 'All persons Indebted
to sold o,tete o it plot., tasks Immediate payment,
and those having claims to present them duly an.
‘thenticated, to the undersigned for settlement.
IMMO
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENN.
SYLVANIS, SS:—The underrigned hereby
gives notion of his appointment as ardrigneo of JIICOI,
Miler, of IVestponnalinrough township, in the
°aunty of Cumberland nod State of Pennsylvania,
within said district, who has boon adjudgod in laink•
rapt, on creditors' petition, by the Militia Court of
slid District. Carlisle, Penn'. .
lEEE
I.egal tuttli{ -r,Tt—i•imn-rrl4Tortn—imTer
E=EM=l
E X CUTORS'
Letters lestaineo tary on tho eg,lnte of
William Moser. deceased, Into of Fran k (oh! town
ship. hare been Issued, by the Register of Cuni herland
county to the subseribers, residing In North Middle
ton township All persons Indebted to odd estate.
rill pie ole inske pa, merit, and thorn ls•lng claims
u present them, duly sullies° tic ited, to the under
igned, for settlement •
WltiLt It I'. 11LO3F it
SOLOMON INNER,
Exeent rr,
EMI
VXECUTORS' NOTICE. Lottery
tentamentary on the estate of Abraham Young,
late of West pee ashore' ton nship, deceased, have to ell
reenter] by the tighter of Cumin Hand enunly to the
undersigned executors rr siding In said township.
All persons intlehted to odd estate will make lur
ditto payment, and th.,•l' havitig clef ins to present
ron, properly authenticated, for settlement to
ANDREW YOUNti,
JOHN NOUND
EN:eentora.
JOIN 0. scram
IT. w )11.RITAIIE,
IMBEI
EXECUTORS' NOTICE. Letters
hal:ln...btu no the entail, of John Noble,
Lite oft ha bolough of Carlisle, 110C1181,d, hare hosn
gr,otral by the Register of Cumberland county, to
the undersigned pooch tors residing in said borough.
All persons indebted to said notate will make Immo.
dime payment, nod these haring claims, to p•ocent
theio, duly nuthoutscated, to. the undersignsd for
Battlement
tri
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NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given
that application will be outdo to the nuot Lett:
cloture for the incorporation of a flank of Deposit
and Inininnt, to he located at Carlialii, Cunthuclooid
county,.Pennaylvaula, to be called the Peoples' Sav
ings Hank, with a capital of tweuti•fivn thounand
dot hare, with thoprfyilege of ineren.ing to one bun
dred thounand dollard.
29.161
NOTICE TO THE HOLDERS OF
THE BORDER CLAIMS.—The undersigned
commissioners appointed by the lion. J. 11. Ilra.
hum, President Judge of Fifteenth Judicial Pl.:-
Wirt, In put... et int Act of AnstmOtly, approved
the twentj -second day of Nay, A. D. 1871, unfilled
An Act to authorize the liquidation of damages
susined by citizens of Pentili hunts during the
late rebellion," to examine and re adjildicate all of
the said clanns for the county of Franklin, hereby
notify all parties in-Interest that they will com
mence the adjudication of the HAM, at the Court
House, la the borough of Carlislo, on Tuesilay, the
eighth day of August, atOM` o'clock p. nf., of said
day, when all parties interestsd may appear.
' W. Y. SADLER,
JOIN R. MILLER,
27ju71P1 ' Commlssisners.
CM
I=il3
REGtSi'ER'S NOTlCE.—Notice is
hereby given, to all persons Intervale:l, that
the following accounts hove been filed in this °Rice,
by the accountants therein nan4ed, for exonlinal ion
and confirmation. will be presented to the Orphans'
Court of Cumberland county, for confirmation and
allowance, nn Tuesday, August 22, A. D. 1071:
I. First and final account ofJanies S. Lind, odml
ist rotor of Robert hind, late of Neon township, de
ceased, filed by Noah Cock ley, agent for maid James
8. 1,1:01.
2. di: admit:it: r ill:Go:l account of C. U. Hoffer, ad
ministrator de bonis nen, An., of Dr, Joint Zolllnger; -
delootsed, late of the borough of Carlisle.
3. The tire! and final account of Semuel Goodyear,
guardian of Virginia C Martin.
4. First and final account of Jacob Barber, ndinlnia
trator of George C. harbor, of Lower Al lau township,
deceneed.
b. First and thud account of Henry Strickler, gone
titan of Eleanora Sadler, minor child of Joseph Sad.
ler, late of South Middleton township, deceased.
Hrut and final arconnt of Andrew 1, lianchinan
and Abraham iilarquart, executors of Henry Miller
late of Newton township, 111,0.1.11.
10.60
7. First and final account of Joel Shen(Ter, adminis
trotor of tho estate-of Fuotnunh Siutfer, deceased.
8. The first and flual net:pont of Willis, Satror, en
ecutur or the' non cop:dive Dill of Samuel Sadler
Int• of nonunion township. clarraLoci.
U First snit food neeJeut of Ecu er,nillninistra
tria of Julio Boyer, teen end,
10. 'rho first nod food account of David Shook ad.
odoistrator of Safooel :honk, Into of SO nor spring
township, docoaned,
11. First suit fiord rieerrunt of Drool, lueselnurn. Do
suit t'. Itiot,/dr snit Nilelsnot Gleirn, exerutors of Jo
cob Ironselnurn, dr censer!.
12. The guardianship nee not of Samuel Eberly,
go.rildin of the poison and estate of Emma C. Smith.
row Emma C. Haber, min. r rhild of Jeremiah
South, lota of Lower Allen township deceased.
13. Flrat end thud occonot of John Orris sad Atom
Orris, excentors or the last will unit tehniment of
David Orrhf, !ate of Silver Spring to w uxh in, (forested
14 First and final account of Geo. It. Iloßmnu, nil-
Mistrx lor of Loitis It ilummull, tote if the lown•
ship of Silver Spring, deciawail.
1.1. 'l'b«mi.., c. Black, executor of the
lost will and testament of Malatya Forbes, We of
towi.nhip, deceased
111 Iho flint and Ilnnl ncc.wint of M. Williams. ad
ministrator of Ditoll, Wog toner, dote of Newton
township, deceased. "
17. Account of John filataltor, itiftninistiator of
11101.7,01nabeth Crozier, lath 01 .11111il1Dees township,
decent"cl.
14. Arenont of knife Wlttrfinr, executor of :intone]
Rhonda,
10, 'rho Graz mud final account of George W. Crhe
well, executor of the conte of Inane Miller, late of
'Goo p t.ll nnborough tow onlalh decononl.
20.41rnt.uccount of William A. Brown, t•x•cm for of
John Brown, hoc of Peon tool - 18111p being 0 flied
account of the pelnond property.
21. Acvouut of A .1. Itelmlnger, guamdlnu of Innoc
W flyer odour 011111 of Go ego 11 Buyer, deceased.
22 Sarah 1.1.11011. devenned, first nod 11. 01 MA, • Ict
•f des.; 11 Ifumer,. xel,Or of nahl deveamed.
22. Bind. mud Auld lo:chuht of David P. I(er.-ndnilO
lotrater of 0 ethos (1,21100dx, Into of Wo4peoont,Oo,'
toolohlp. dui er,qol.
21. Socond and Ono! Account 111 tV. 1.. eralgullod, S.
W. Stet nett ttud J T. Starrett; extiCut 413 of Mc )1)4
dill cud textuniont of J S. Sr crrutt • deaue•d
23. Account of Jct.) ilellloll-gur, oxerutor of the
lost will and teslitount of florid Hoover, lulu of the
hu•rou:h f Newburg, Cuu.horl.•ud county, )14...50d,
26. The account of Abraham Ilaitottor, oxeoith•r of
Ephraim Moll, Into of Shipp•uxburg, dece)tred.
27. The Sort omit filial account of .14)1111 Shoop, jr.,
ittliniuhdratot of 1'111111) Slump, lot • of Shlppou.Surg
townchl p, d. catmit.
rail p in
035
0
. 0.45 p.m
7 Oil p in
7.30
7 r, ~
26 Thu account of Ja oh Smith, J. Ito Stahl, and
Moses 913 ors, executors of Boller Smith, deceased,
tutu of Southampton township
29. Thu ttcount of John 11 Gre,bler.stith
Growler,, testamentary trustees of Elizali.th A
Wolf, under thu will of Adam Cressler, lulu of tit.,
borough, of Shlptonsburg, deceased.
39. Tho account of John 11. Growler, and Mb:hag!
Growler, testamentary trustees of Sophia ,tutubougli,
under the will of Allan, Cressler,lato of the borough
of Shippensbmg, deem:ed.
al. Thu account of John 11. Growler and 511.1utel
Crawler, testantrutary trm hum of Margafet A Lou,
under tint wlll'of Adam Growler, tutu of
,81.1ppons
burg, doorased.
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7.1. n. n
810 ••
1..30 • 1
846 ••
D.ls'•'
0.30 "
D. 50 "
82. The lira and nail ace milt of J. A 0. )lilCuon,
administrator of Barall . 3. Itonliette, Into of the bor
ough of Shipponallinv ' deceased.
83. The account of 11illista 11. Moser and Pranois
Oilier, executers.of the canto of Blnatinall Kaman,
late of F. ankford township, deceased.
84. The first and final account of Catharine Landis
and Benjamin F. Landis, administrators of Christian
Landis, lato of Bliipponsburg township. decunsed.
86 Tho administration account of John Watson, ad
ministrator of Harlot, Witts.n, late .of Wostputins
boro. township, Cumberland county. dot:ailed.
80. Tho guardianship account of Louts o,odhart,
gudrdlan of Jabs Parah Patterson.
37. Account of S. l'Alorgas, oxeentor of the last will
and testament of Mrs-Barbara Jones, deceased. •
Administration account of J. _ W. Eby, executor
of Rachel ()retail, deceased.
89. The account of Ilenjamig rib, guardian of tlto
estate Of Dania Reply, minor child of Levi Ruply, of
East Palsboro' township, as settled by Toseeh Erb
and Benjamin Erb, oxocutore of Benjarnin.Erb, de
awed
5.50 p m
0 '.3 ,
000 "
9.95 p. ni
700 p in
73) .
GEM
ME
.5.60 p. m
.0 35 4 .
0.50 "
.7.06 "
7.06 "
- 40. Account of Vol. B. Mullin, gardlan of D. N.
Banter, nottburbyWin. A. Illn.
41. The account of Win Ilootharaon Ma
and Richard
Parker, executors of the estate of Andrew Forbes,
Into of Westpannsborough township. &comma, ea
Rattled by Win. Id llenderson, surely ng executor.
42. The tirot nod ilnab—account of Willitun D. Mc-
Xune, ndiulniatrator of Duniamin. blcettno, Into of
Nouthempton township, deceased.
43. Tho account of POI'. W. Qulgtoy, executor of
John L. Waggoner, Into of Nerthßlldilreton town
ship, deceased. ,
.7 45p m
8.15 1 .
1135 . 1
.8 55
D3O "
- -
94. Thu account of Deujamin McKeehan, executor of
John Q Zion , Into of Westponnaborough townaldp,
deceaeod.
96, Thu adinhilatratlon account of Win, W. Dale, ono
or tho eXecutora of E. P. InholT, Into of Partials, de
ceased. •
40. Tim account of LIM Zoiglor, guarollen of Wm.
Alton, minor child of Goqrgo lido. of Noah I
Middleton township, doeFased.
EMEI
AIIHAMI CORLE,
,Admlnlstrator
LEVI SIIAMDAUOIL
A cluilnkirator.
IV. A. LINDSEY,
4cslgiiei,
R EDR. WATTS,
R. M. ❑ENDERSON,
Executors
ently he rose. ,
"Metz holds out well," he said, "but
the seige cannot hold out much longer.
When did Miriam say she was coming?"
—and ho took up the 'atm'.
" To-morrow--no, to-day," I answered,
as we glanced down the page together.
"This is the thirteenth. She will be
here on the evening express."
"That suit of Englesby's comes on at
one o'clock," ho said taking up his
hat, "and I fear we shall not be through
at five. But, never mind. I will manage
to meet her at the depot, somehow. I
am glad she is coining, Barbara. You
are so lonely sometimes, and she is a very
superior woman. I am sure you will
like her."
He kissed me,hfistily and huriiedaway
to the office.
Heaven save the mark 1 If there was
anything on earth that I did not like, it
was a " superior" woman
Put there was little time for thinking
or regretting. A wail from the nursery
summoned me up stairs to the relief - of
my good, faithful Hannah, who was
trying to; quiet the baby, while ltei
thoughts were, in the kitchen.
" I'm glad you've come, Miss Barbara,"
she said. I shall be only Miss Barbara
to her—the child she had hived and
tended—as long as we both live. ' This
boy's a-teethin', just as true as preachin'.
He'd never worry so if he wa'ut. But
take him, Child, for the bread is riz, and
it's time it was in the oven.'"
It was a hot, breathless morning.
Sitting down by the window -with little
Arne on my lap, I re-toad Miss Delama
ter's letter, lingering longest ov.er,this
passage :
"Do give my love to your wife. I
remember hearing the young men rave
about Barbara Wilson's grace and beauty
years' ago. Now that you have crowned
`her queen of hearts, I am doubly anxious
to know hen"-
I doubted whether the fair writer had
olden so much as heard of me until the
..day when, standing - lioneath the shadow
'of St. Peters, with the Blue skies of
Rome above her head, and, its storied
hills around her, news had„,come to her
that her old friend and companion bad
taken unto himself a wife.. As for the
raving about my "glace and- beauty,''
in the-quiet country home hero Walter
had found me, that mode of procedure
'Was hot the fashion. Pothaps I did my
coming gue - st great injustice, but I felt
as if the pretty speech was made simply
for effect; and I fear it hardened my,
heart against her.
Itried to feel that there was a lack of
true, womanly feeling indicated by. the
approaching visit. Bow could, She theta
thrust her unWelcome
,presence—un
welcome at least to me—into our home?
But a moment of reflection showed me
the absurdity of that idea. Walter's
father had-been her .guardian. As boy
and-girl they ) had played together, sung
together, studied together. Whether or
no any warmer feeling had over found
'lodging in her heart,there could bo little
doubt that sho, cherished
a for him some
thing akin to sisterly affection. It was
right that, after her live years-of travel,
she should, if sho- wished, come to his
home ac' a brother's, and' find welcome
there. •
And as for inygo . od, no,hlaitruc-hcarted
husband, could I not trust him? '
flo I thruat.tho demon of Jealousy into
my •heart's darliontr cigar, and turned
JOBEP4 NRELliltl4er
-iI.NTONY: AND OLE" OPATR2I.
I am dying, Egypt, dying; • /
Ebbs the crimson life tide fast; '
And the dark Plutonlan shadows
• Oather on tee evening blast.
Let thine arms, 0 queo'n, enfold me! ;
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear; , -
Listen to tho great heart secrete, '
Thou, and thou alone must hoar
Though my scarred tarots.= legions
Dear their eagles high no morn,
And my wrocked and ecattorod knlleya
qitrew,larlt-Acilutu's fatal shore,
Though no glittering guards surround mo,
Prompt to do tho master's will,
I intuit perish likti a Iluindu—
D.o the great Triumvir gill
Lot not Cm:nen servilo nalolone
Mock tho lion thus bald low ;
'Twos no footman's nrm that felled hlm,
'Twos his own that struck tho blow—
MB, who plllowed en thy bosom,
Turned osido from glory's ray—
Ills, who drunk with thy coronas
Madly threw a world away.
Shunid the loose plebeian rabble
bare assail my nattiest Rome,"
Where tho noble *owe, Octavio,
Weeps within her widowed home:
Seek her ; soy the gods boor withtss—
Altars, augurs, circling sings— •
lintt her blood, with mice commingled,
Yet shall mount tho adouo of kings
And for thee, star-eyed Egyptian I
Glorious sorcerese"of the Nile 1
Light the path to Atiglan horrors
With the splendors - Of the Impel
Giva to Closer crowns and arches, •
„Round his brow the laurel twine,
I can t.eorn the Senate's triumphs,
Trtiqyphing In love like Hanel
Doubtless I did twice as much as I
should Pdve done that day ; twice as
much as was in any way needful. Dul.
I was a young wife, a .young hoUse
keeper ; And could , not bear that
Miriam Delamator's critical, fastidious
eyes should find any lack in my home or
syy - rirkss,s— it -IntmeT
.foretuougut or
I am dying, Egypt, dying—
Clark I the insulting foemeten crY
inry - nre - coming ; yutatntiy Gig
Let Inn front them ore I die!
Alt, tto mote amid the battle
Shall my heart exulting, enroll,
let, and Untie guard thee;
Cleopatra, Rome, farewell!
MY HUSBAND'S FIRST LOVE.
She was coming to make us a visit ; so
said the letter that my husband, Walter
Etheridge, of the 'law firm of Masons &
Etheridge, tossed carelessly into my lap,
after a rapid glance at the daintly written
pages.
Sheiwas Miriam Delamator.
Auff Miriam Dolapater was my
husbaniPs first love.
Now Walter and I had never talked
about the matter. How could I talk
about it? I would not. More than once,
when we were first married, he had
spoken to me of his 'father's ward, with
whom he had grown up. froin boyhood,
and who had been almost as aer
, sister t
him. But my lip, even during our
blissful honeymoon, had curled incredu
lously mite said this, and I had speedily
tuniikd the conversation into a different
channel.
But I knew all about it, nevertheless.
I had learned that long before ho had.
known me his love bad bowed at the
shrine of this stately maiden, this peer
less, blonde beauty. I knew that I had
not been his first love, and that this girl,
this Miriam Delamater had been.
'And now she was coming to see us
I wonder if Walter did not perceive
that I was troubled, and if-ho did not
share in some degree, as a man's nature
might, my °A' unrest? But, no. He
Alt sipping his coffee and running his
eye over the latest despatches from ,the
seat of war, as placidly as ever. Pres-
CARLISLE PENN'A ' THURSDAY, AUGUST 3,'-1871•
the key upon ' him. No ray •of light
should visit him ; no breath of air should
strengthen and vivify him; no voice
should -break the silence to which I
committed him: Ho should die there,
unshrined and unanoled.
Allio betook himself to,his nap at last,
and then "on hospitable thoughts in
tent," I went in pursuit of Hannah.
The dark mood of the early morning
, had
passed, and I flew about my small house
only intent upon making it fair and
presentable to eyes that had 'seen so
much, and a pleasant resting-place for
feet that had wandered so far. The
guest chamber was swept and garnished,
the parlor was made fresh with the soft,
wandering airs of _summer, and thp
breath of roses and heliotropes. The
baby was tied into his high chair, and
pounded away upon the kitchen table,
while Hantiah and - I tossed - together
light, golden drifts of sponge cake, and
mdulded- jellies-clean-as -amber. We
roasted a chicken—and ourselves as well
—that it might be ready to slice for
supper ; and' through mach tribulation
and stress of„body and mind, I prepared
a salad after an approved French recipe
that I had never tried before.
is apgoic . .cuts, that lora,
labor of mine could supply.
"Look your prettiest to-night, Ba
bette," Walter had said, when he went
out after dinner ; I'll have Miriam here
by a quarter past.five at the latest."
I meant that evening, of all evenings
of the year, to leave myself ample time
to make such a toilette as my husband
best liked.. But the moments flew apace,
and when at last I took Allie and went
up to my chamber it was long after fotir.
The child was uncomfortably warm.
and tired from his long confinement in
the high chair, and his little frock was
creased and soiled, for Hannah had
given him all sorts of things to play
with. Hastily stripping him I gave him
a bath, arrayed him in fresh garments,
and brushed the 71den brown hair that
coiled about my 11 gers in a host of - tiny
curls. Then I placed him on the bed to
keep him out of farm's way, and began
my own preparations.
But - master Allie iscd his voice in
loud lamentation and 'refused to be
comforted, although I gave him my best
bfacelets and my watch chain. He had
been left to his own devices long enough,
he thought, and no coaxing or cajolery
sufficed to restore his good humor.
Icalled Hannah.
" pear me, Miss Barbara ! I'd come
if I -could, goodness knows. But the
biscuits'll burn to cinders if I leave 'em,
and besides, I'm picking over the rasp
berries for tea."
"Then you must cry, Allie," I said
desperately, as I turned to my dressing
tAle, and tried to arrange my hair with/
hands that trembled so that I could not
perform my task. Braids would not
stay in place, and curls wore incorrigible.
It was just ton minutes past five, and
I was still to my dressing-sack, with my
hair upon my shoulders, after a_tbird
attempt to pit up the heavy mass, when
I heard the sound of wheels. A moment
more, and there were footsteps in the
hall below, and my husband's voice
called,
"Barbara 1 Barbara"
Allie screamed louder than over, and
I answered as well as I could from out
the din,
" I will come presently—as soon as
can."
I heard the two walk into the parlor,
and in another. minute Walter came
bounding up stairs_ two steps at a time.
llis checks were flushod„Mid his eyes
bright with some bidden joy.
"Why, what's the matter ?" he asked
as his eyes took in the - state of the case ;
"anybody sick? Is Hannah dead? or
what's up?"
"I am tired to death,". I answered
and Allie is cross as the mischief, and
Hannah's busy, and—l am not dressed,"
"So 1 see," lie said, curtly. "You
ought to have begun earlier, instead of
fusslug so long in that confounded
kitchen."
Now I:knew this as.,:well as he did ;
hut I did not care to he told of It just
weep
a
So, woman-like, I began to "
a little weep."
"There, there 1" exclaimed Walter,
"don't go to cry now, and spoil. your
eyes. I wanted you to look your very
best to-night, and I am so disappointed,
Barbara go down town to-morrow
morning and get another ship if things
go on at this rate."
This was Waiter's standing threat;
while at the game timo ho know, and I
knew, that ono . sorvant was all we could
afford. And ono 'would have boon
enough, eyOu in this emergency, if I had
not been toolinibitious. His words Stung'
mo to the quick.
"Go back to Miss Delamater,'! I said,
" =flay° Hannah show her to her room,
Supper will he ready by the time she is
drossed—and so will I. I am sorry I
was not ready to receive your friend,
Walter ; but by the time oho has boon
married two or three years,. and has 'a
frotful baby on her hands, she will have
learned to make allowances." ."
Diverted by hie , 'father's entrance,
Allio stoppdd crying. Pride and a little
spicing of anger gave inc strength and
calmness, and I. was soon dressed.' -
Miss Dolamator accepted 7 f ny apologies
,sweetness,with. gracious ,sweetness, praised the
house and the baby, and the beauty of
the little village nestling among thp,hills..
Sho congratulated Walter .fipou his•
Otriarchal dignity, and told him that he
wore his now dignity as if to the - "manner
born:" Then wo went olit to , supper ;
and while she did full , justice . to the
biscuits and cold chicken, she remarked,
to him that she percelVed ho had done
wisely in choosing a wife from the coun
try. CoutitrTgirls devoted themselves
so much more exclusively to, domestic'
affairs that it could not'be doubted that
they made. better housekeepers than
those who had been taught to regard
literary and social cultuie the ono thing
needful.",
Mei thorolatont' aaroasm underlying
her soft *orde? I could not toll. Alta I
felt r alty and ill at one'o, and I was glad
when I could rise, from the tablo and lead
the *ay back ;to . the , parlor. ~My good
linunalt oamo for Allio presently, and I
=I
was at liberty to devote myself to
guest. .
had often heard that Miriam Dela.
mater was beautiful—that thew -was
some rare, subtle charm about her by
which mon's hearts wore lured from out
their bosoms almost without their kiniw
ledge or consent. But I was not4re
pared for all that was ;evealed•"to me
that night. It was no'the beauty of
girlhood, but that'Of complete; superb
womanhood, shO was full five yeai,iSolder
than myself, nearly as old as Walter, in.
fact. I seemed to myself a Mons child
beside her—a child physically, Intellect'
ually and spiritually.
The shaded lamp was turned low until
the room was filled with a soft radiance
almost like moonlight. The windoWs
wore open, and the , muslin curtains
fluttered gently to and fro in the scented
air that stole .up from my lllieS and.
heliotropes and violets in the garden be
low. --Miriam -haltsat,. hulf a
high-banked Crimson chair, against
which her magnificent hair of "paly
gold" gleamed in the tender light. Ido
not know what she wore—some .'diapha
nous tissue woven of mist and sunbeams,
I think ; but it-was worn with a careless
ease and grace that made it seem a part
of herself.
Walter sot in a corner of the sofa near
her, and their talk wandered back to his
father's beim and the- days when they
were children together. Her words vivi
fied and glorified whatever the .tim hed_•
and their past, warmed into life' by her
breath, seemed as beautiful as a dream.
The present paled before it. lit,
I withdrew to a table in a far corner
of the room, and seemed to busy Myself
with the last Scribner Do not think that
they purposely overlooked me, or ignored
my presence. But they talked of per
sons and things of which I knew noth
ing, and so, foolishly, perhaps,- I- glided
away from them.
But I could not read. Gradually the
currant of talk drifted to Mirlam 4 s life
abroad. How she glowed and sparkled
then 1 How like a leaf torn from some
old romance seemed the story of her
sojournings in Venice, in Florence, in
Rome, in 'Dresden, in Paris, in Berlin I
Iler great violet eyes kindled and their
light deepened and darkened as she spoke
of the old cathedrals, the storied castles,
the art and architecture which it had
been the dream of my life-to see, but
which I probably never should son until
this mortal had put an immortality, and
my disembodied spirit should bo free to
wander at will, '-
Walter hung on her words, her looks
as one encitintettdid mot wonder at
it ; I could, not blaxnehjm. -But ah ! hew
it hurt me.
I stole softly out ef the room and `up
stairs to my chamber, while they wore
wrapped in some dream of Michael
Angello or Raphael. ,Taking a lamp I
walked straight to the largo mirror that
overhung my dressing table. Waiter had
been wont to call - me his gipsy queen
—his brown-eyed fairy and the like. I
'had been praised, sometimes, for '1 cer
tain dark, oriental style of beau! and I
had been glad, for his sake. Th. ~) : "1-s.
little and brown, with small, it ,far
features. I needed the cosmetic, of joy ;
and to-night there was no color in my
cheeks, no lustre in my oyes. I looked
old - and*Worn and faded ; and that wo
man down stairs, with her eloquent
words, her witching glances, her peerless
beauty, was weaving her old spells about
my husband, and luring his heart away
from me.
If I looked old then, I must have been
a perfect Methuselah—or whatever the
feminine of that venerable name 'may be
—before the first of September. Miriam
Delamater's presence chafed and bar-
I
rased me beyond measure. There was
nothing in her sayings or doings-that I
could deliberately, and in the broad,
clear light of common sense, - quarrel
with. She and my husband. met upon
the frank, free footing of old friends.
Surely I had no right to find fault with
that I And it was not her fault that she
was faire•, calmer, stronger and more
self-poised than I. 'She was not to blame
that the wondrous charm ,of hot voice,
her face and her manner was so potent ;
or that her grace, her quiet self-posses
sion, her rare conversational powers op
pressed me with a' vague, yet painful
sense of inferiority, and made me silent
and constrained in her presence;', It was
only that I was weak and foolish, inca
pable of sustainiqg myself, and of com
manding my husband's admiration.
Thus I reasoned with myself in, the
night-watches, and strove.to be generous
if not content.
But my heart rebelled. This guest of
ours, whether_ wilfully or do, did come
in betwoon niy husband, and myself.
There worn no more long, confidential
talks for us in the still twilights; them
were no sweet, familiar words at noon
day ; there were no brisk rides or walks
in the breezy Mol'hiugs. ---Ear4yhorm±er
we were, there was Miss Dolamator ; and
she was born a diplomat and belloved in
monopolies, -
Them•too, I Was physically worn and
vrotcheo. The addition of this one
member to my household added wonder
fully to" my „domestic 'care and labors.
Miriam pelareater had the art of appear
ing exceedingly 'helpful—even officiously
so. lt do not doubt in the least that
Walter thought her a great assistaiMe to
me, and blessed her for her, sisterly aid
and counsel. -But the truth was,, she
was utterly helpless and inefficient when
it came to the practical, daily recurring
needs of life. To make a bad matter
worse, she' did not know tide, and was
always volunteering (in Walter's pre ,
Bence, mind you) to do some stupendous
deed in the housekeeping or culinary
lino, which, when once begun, Hannah or
I teas forced
,to finish. For zny lady
was sure to become exhansted before
she had made an end of her beginnings,
while She Claimed credit for having done
whatever blio had undertaken. -
baring all these dreary weeks, Walter
was never, unkind or impatient with me.
Bttt hecould not understand matters.•
He could not comprehOnd my- "whims
and hUmers,".,as ho, called them ; and I
kept MYPNyn .Mouth closely , scaled., I
doubt if 1 made myself very, charming.
in those' days.; and I suspect, now, that,
he NM , as thoroughly puzzled , as a man
ever was by, 410 .wife's demeanor. Me
would come ; pi fresh, and ylgorptis from
his earnest, , eager work,, to, find • flee
'Dolamater in the parlor ready- to talk to
him—Or..WWl him—of' books, of art, of
noted mon whorn shelled mot,,of famous
places she had seen
intellectual being b
and by, a little p:
would come steal
in tho shade.
Sometimes it wt io woman's
own fault that she was not brighter and
fresher. Sometimes a spirit of dumb
submission, that was yet far from being
patience, took possession of her, and she
would not strive to make herself as
'charming'as she could, and as she had
through all her wedded life till now.
Sonietimes she was silent when she might
have talked well and wisely—as well,
perhaps, as the more brilliant woman
whom she allowed to .eclipso her. Some
times she willfully threw her husband
in the way of temptation by being still,
and cold, and passive herself, when this
old friend of his was most attractive,
most winning.
I see all this now, but I did -not see it
then, only felt that I Was wretched, and
I believed that Miriam Dolamater was
the cause.
Ono morning, at the breakfast table,
allusion was mado to Bryant's pearl to
the Fringed . Gentian ; and Miss Dela-
Mater remarked- that she-did not know
the slower.
"What) not know the Fringed
Tient - iiM?" said Walter turning round
quickly. " Well, I advise you to make
its acquaintance before you go 'flower
hunting again 'on .the Alps and the
A Lwill_bring_you_a.blosaom_
to-night,- if I can find one. It must be
in bloom by this time."
"No, thank you," she answered,.
carelessly. "If I see the flower at, all I
want to see it in its native haunts. No
single blossom for me, it you please."
"Then what say you Barbara? Let
us go tip to the head of the lake this
afternoon, toward suuset, and we can
reap a harvest of gentians. Moldon's
woods must be filled with them."
I did 'not particularly care to go ; but
I had still enough common sense remain-
Tug to know that the walk, and the sweet,
fresh evening air would do me good. So
we wont, all three of us.
I am not going to describe our walk
on the Fthores of that lovely lac, the
glorious sunset sky, the opaline gleams,
the tints of purple and rose, amethyst
and amber, that glorified cloud and
wavelet and mountain. Even my pel'-
turbed spirit felt that "it was good to
be there." We lingered so long that
when we entered the woods the sun was
slowly sinking—a globe of fire behind
the crest of Mount Victory.
The first frost had come, and the
leaves were beginning' to_fall. But bright
with "heaven's-own blue," the gentian
"looked' through, its fringes to the sky"
frbm every damp and shaded nook. We
found them on every side of us ; and
wandered on, lured by seemingly richer
specimens just beyond, until we were
checked by the gathering darkness. I
looked up, and a_single star shone down
upon me through a parting in the trees.
But even as I looked a dense cloud swept
over it.
Walter and &Ibis Delamater were at a
little distance. Ho was showing her a
spot where the Mafflowers were largest
and sweetest in the spring. I called to'
them.
" Wolfer 1 Miriam I" I said. "It is
getting late, and I believe His going to
rain. Wo must hurry home."
They came back to mo hastily. But
before we had taken a dozen stops the
wind swayed the tops of the pine trees,
a sullen, angry roar came from the deeper
woods into which we had not penetrated t
and it became evident that ono of the
sudden, violent tempests of autumn was
upon us.
Wo hurried , on, while it grew darker
and darker every moment, and the sough
ing and shrieking of the wind and the
'creaking of itelossing bondlis itised
bewildering tumult about us. Taking a
hand of each, Walter tried to urge us
forward. But our feet became entangled
in the breaks and underbrush, and we,
made slow progress.
'" Hark ! is that thunder?" said Miriam,
under her breath.
"It is too cold fora thunder storm,"
Walter answered. "It is only the wind."
Even as fib spoke a fearful gust Oro
our hands apart.. Denser darkness—
darkness that could be folt—foil about
us; we could not see au inch before our
faces—wc could not see each other.
Suddenly the air was filled with flying
particles, and crash after crash resounded
from the forest. We wore iu the very
path of the tornado. Great _trees fell
prostr4to to the right arid to the loft of
us, and' huge branches wore borne like
straws on the wings of the tempest. •
Stricken to the ground, crouching there
in dim extremity, we waited for what
might come. ,
But high-above the roar of the ele
ments, the fierce beating of the . storm, I
heard my husband's voice.' • —• •
"Barbara 1 Barbara I Barbara I"
hoard it through-the atirknoss, and could
not anrer
Barbara—not Miriam—min in that
supreme moment when soul spoke to
soul, and wo stood :upon the confines bf
the other world.
*•* * *
When I returned to consciousness I
was in a darkened room, ,111(i there wore
two or three strange women about mo.
lAried to move my loft arm. but could
not.. It was bandaged froth the shoulder
down. Walter knelt at the foot of th
bed..
, •
The woman wont out.
I cannot tall you about it Some things
aro too sacred to be mado common
speech. - But I lcuowthat night by . my
husband's tema and . oaresseS, by, the-si
lent kisses that his trembling lips pressed
upon my cold ones, by his fowicarce ar
ticulate words of thanksgiving, by his
whispered.imayers, how grievously I kad
wronged him- by myjealous doubts.
. I learned more; by and by; after Mir
lam had gone, and my bruised arm had
got well. Ono day I told hiin all I had
thmight and felt and suffered. For a
long time ho sat silentlY, with his hand
clasping Wine. Then ho said,
"I want to show you-something, Bar
bara," and left the room,
. Ho came back presently with a little
blue velvet ease in hisland. There was
something in his face, that I had never
seen ,there , before ; semothing• that
showed thilt his whOlo being was stirred
to its inmost depths. _
"I want to show yoti something," he
repeated. • "You aro wholly Mistaken
about my feelings for Miriam., Rumor
:pt his whole
action. By
less woman
' sit silently
occupied our names, as was but:natural.
'But I nevi?. loved her, oven when we
were boy and girl together, with any
any other than a quiet, brotherly affec
tion. If I had I should have told you
.beforci Tasked you to be my,wife. But
Lwant to show you this pieta.° of the
young girl who Was my first love. There
must never bo any more concealments
between us, Barbara. You must road
my heart to the very last page.
My hand trembled so that it was with
difficulty I unfastened the clasp.
It was my own likeness—a little, mis
erable, worn, faded vignette, taken in
myrearlY girlhood ; and under the glass
was a withered flower or two—the first
I had given him. I looked up. There
wore tears in his eyes.
"That is a relic of my callow•days,"
he satdii half laughing. "I stole that
picture long before you dreamed that I
loved you ; and I have bOen ashamed to
show you the poor old thing, so magnifi
cently encased in bluo and gold. But
it tells tho whole story, my Barbara.
You shall keep it henceforward, and
study it at your leisure, Whenever you
are inclined to be jealous of your hus
band's first love."
I believed every word he said. But
yet—l hope we shall never have another
visit from Miriam.—Scribnor's Monthly.
A DAY IN EABLY HAY-TIME.
Small watery clUude begin to rho, before thu mid
dayho
And lieadod drops on water-jars folet..ll an 'early
shower.
The house dog seeks his favorite grass while corn
lug down tho lane,
And treeetoads In the boughs ore prophe
eying rain.
The quail since early morning hours has piped his
song " More w•ot I"
And cuckoos in • the maple grove ato singing
"cuckoo" yet.
TllO mower drops Ills scythe, and wipes thu sweat
from off his brow ; -
Two loads of choked clover hay are ready for -tho
vane.
Lto gulch and got the ox-team, John I—Prank,
harness up Old Grey I
And James may kayo off sproadlng swaths, and
tumble yp tho hay."
A dark cloud with Its watery folds now meets the
farmer's eye,
And mutterings Indistinct are hoard along the
western sky.
Boon John comes hurrying to the field, • ith Get
up, Star! geo, Drhrht I"
The etalwart form.of hu - nfer Day le almost lost to
sight. ---
Tho hay goes on tho rlek tio fast that John cries,
"Father, atop.
And let n, ley tho corners out and bind thorn at
tho tor I"
':l3 gnick , thou, for the ahower Is nlgb
never do to let
Tbla clover hay,. eweat and dry, be spellt by 'ga
ting wet."
And,standing In the grateful 'shade boneath the
apple bough,
Tho farmer' wipes tho gloat again from off his
" heated brew.
Ono load la rarely In the horn, and one upon the
wain,
While Jug across Alto moadow•lot cornea on tho
drifting rain. \,
A largo drop fall up the hat, another'on the
• hand,
And now tie tot:ripest wildly brooks upon- the
thirsty land.
Tho other load la In, hurrah I and, ranged along
the bay,
Tho mon and boys Ito strotchstl at ease, upon the
now-mown hay.
The Bun in splendor brouka again upon the waiting
eye, -- -
And 10l a painted bow appears and spans the
Eastern sky.
And Parmor Day In evening prayer thanks God
ii;lth hearty praise
For vernal one, and Summer rale, and plenteous
harvest Lys.
[From Frazar's Maga.too.]
THOMAS HOOD.
TWO ONPODLIOUTD BONUS DO MY
There la dow for the flow'rot,
And honey for the bee;
And bower. for the wild LW,
And love for you and me I
Thera aro Mare for the many,
And pleasure for the fow ;
But let the world, pass on, dear,
There'll bure for me and you I
'Piton, le Care that will not hate,' In;,
Anti Pain that will not Beal
But on our heart unaltered
Szte Love 'Pama you and mu I
Our love, It oe'er was n-oltoued,
Yet good It ',and truo;
It's half the world to me, door,
It's all the world to you!
THOSE EYES TLIAT,W EDE SO BRIGHT, LOVE."
hoeo eyes that were on bright, love,
Have now a Wainer Shlim ;
But what thoy've 1014 in light,luve,
iVae what they gave to 'mine..
And 01111 those calm reflect, lovo,
'iho beam of Rumor Junks ;
That ripened all toy iolw, toy toy°.
And tinted all my tiowore
Thoso locks ware brown to coo, love,
That now are t wood to gray;
Dut tho years wore spent with too, love,
That etolo their hue away.
Thy locket so longer xhare, lovu,
The ip.lded glow of noon;
But I'vo soon tho world look fir, my love,
housilvorod by the moon.
That brow was fair to sos, loco,
That looks." boded now ;
nut for me it Lora the care, love,
That spoilt a bonny brow..
And though no longer there, love,
The dam It had olyoro, ,
Still memory looks and debts, my love,
Where hope admired before.
LEAF FROM THE PRIVATE LIFE
OF MRS. WHARTON.
THE MODERN BORGIA.
We do not purpose to re-write for tho
reade , s of tho Telegraph tho circum
stances of the crime, on the charge of the
commission of which Mr Wharton
stands arraigned. They are uow then
known, and the of tho
story would be but a tedious longthoning
of our article. But our solo purpose is
to lay before tho public some facts that
aro not known, facts culled by laborious
search in private avenues of informa
tion, and which, combined, contain to a
'certain oxtont the privato - lifo of Mrs.
Wharton, and throw a groat light upon
what will most necessarily bo' her only
'ground of dofouso.
Ellen G. Nugent was Wm, in this city
about forty years ago. Her father,
George Nagent, was a most prominent
and successful merchant of the day, do.
ing a large importing business of fine
goods; silks, etc. In character ho was'
strictly - upright and honorable, living as
it were, by a sot rule of firmness and
Justice to all. His daughter, Ellen, was.
by, hie second wife, ho having been pre
viously married to a Chtban woman, by
whom ho had two children, both boys,
ono of whom is now a iospeotablo and
prosporous member of our community.
There were six other children :by tho
doeond.wife, four sons and two daugh.
tors. Both of . tho daughters are mar
rlod and living in tho city. ' -
It is somewhat difficult to ascertain
who Ellen's mother was, speaking in a
family sense. She appehrs to have been
a very beautiful, and at the same time a
very obscure girl, living here in Phila
delphia. But as' it is not particularly
With Mrs: Nugent or the other children
that we have to do, it does not matter
much ; but we will remark, 07b passant,
that Mrs. Nugent has only been dead
few years, having outlived her husband,
who died about the time of the great
California gold excitement.
And now having cleared the loom of
our story' of efoss-threadi, we will pro
ceed to weave the narrative of Mrs.
Wharton's' life, whose most exciting
Seem has just taken place in Eutaw
street, Baltimore.
Mr. Nugent did not remain long in
philadelphia after the birth of his daugh
ter Ellen, or Nellie. Ho had been very
successful in businesg, - and finally con
cluded to retire, which he did, purchas.:
ing a lovely place about a mile this side
of Conshohocken, at a spot called Gulf
Mills, wheie, with his family growing
up around him, ho settled down to pass
the closing hours of his life, amid the
sylvan scenery of our beautiful Schuyl
kill's banks. -
Of all the.children his daughter Nellie
was his idol. • He lavished every atten
tion upon her that money could com
mand.' Especial pains were taken with
her education, and she spent a considera
ble-limn= Bishop Doane's beminary, in
ithrlitigtop, New Jersey. And now the
real interest of - . our story commences.
Nellie has grown up under our pencil
into beautiful womanhood, and her ma
ture character is beginning to determine
itself. Tho scene is the Gulf Nills
House, and the time is about twenty-five
'years ago.
By the universal voice of those who
knew her at this time, she was certainly
a most lovely girl. About twenty years
of age, of slender and graceful, yet
queenly bearing, with magnificent jet
black lair of unusual length, dark eyes,
and fairy complexion—such was her
phySical beauty. But those who knew
her well say that that was the least of
her attractions. It was rather her en
gaging manner, her winning ways, her
dashing, inspiring disposition that bound
captive at the chariot wheel of Cupid so
many of her'male acquaintances.
It was about this time that she began
to develop a passion that has ever since
been inordinate with her, and that'was
the desire to dress magnificently. Her
father spared no expense to gratify her
slightest whim, and ga% o )ler money
enough to clothe a duchess. As a con
sequence, there was no more regular at
tendant at the thou fashionable bazaars
of our city than Miss Nugent, whose
carriage got to be familiarly known, no
doubt, to the salesmen within.
As we have said, her father allowed
her to carry the purge of a duchess, and
consequently the reader can judge of his
surprise when outside bills that had
. been contracted by his daughter to the
amount of thousands of dollars were sent
into him for . settlement, and all this
heavy running r intofdebt had taken place
in a comparatively short time, and with
out the slightest premonitory intelli
gence.
Where had the money, gone ? Hardly
upon herself, since, although always
elegantly attired in obedience to Fash
ion's latest mandate, this debt excess
'was too absurdly largo to be answered
for on the ground of personal expendi
ture. But a little investigation showed.
It wailound that this - money had been
expended for laces, silks, jewelry, etc.,
eto., which v;re lavished with an im
perial hand as presents upon her young
friends.
, This was certainly a little eccentric,
and quite enough to cause the eye-brow
to 'raise. Beautiful young ladies do not
generally run their fathers into debt
simply to give away, indiscriminately,
costly gifts: But something more strange
was yet to come. The debts were paid
by the father, and the current of events
drifted along toward.; the most remarka
ble feature of this remarkable woman's
life. ~, ,
As we have intimated, and as may
naturally be supposed, Miss Nellie was
the• brilliant centre of a large circle of
people of the ligit class in that vicinity.
So that when, shortly after, each and all
of then' received an invitation to the
marriage of that young lady, you thay be
sure it created some little stir Of excite
ment. In the first place, it was so en
tirely unexpected that it almost _took
away the people's breath ; and secondly,
what caused the most surprise was, that
the happy man. had not been selected
from the large number of country gal
lants of wealth, and pdsitlon who con
stantly surrounded !ter, but was a Mr.
Williamson, of the city, who-was but a
casual visitor, and whosit matrimonial
attentions had not be . en suspected in the
least. It appears,talso, that be had been
so indiscreet and impolite as not even to,
have spoken to Mr. Nugent...about it,'
and knowing the character of that old
time gentleman, we aro somewhat sur
prised that the' marriage was allowed to
go on, did we not also know that what
ever his daughter Nellie had set her
heart upon accomplishing she Could
most certainly do, especially where the
•
father's consent was only to be
'Well, nt length the. auspiqous liour
rolled round, and all the invited guests
assembled at the Nugent mansion to
witness the marriage of the beauty.
Great preparations had boon made for
the event. Mr. Nugent was determined
that the daughter who was queen of his
heart, should be mated. in a regal man
ner. NeVer had the young girl
,looked
I 50 lovely, nsAhl the bride, seated in her
satin and lace, 'with, her attendant maids
about her, and waiting, with the love
light in her eyes, for the happy groom.
It Was now nearly the hour for the cere
mony; and-.still, ho had not come.
" Whore is Mr.' Williamson?" and
" Why don't lie oomo t' wore now fro
quently,asked by those who were pros- ,
ent. The hour at which the nuptial
knot was to have boon tied struck-with
a dismal clang, and yet no bridegroom.
The minister was there with book and
gown, the guests were there, the beauti
ful bride wail there, and everything was
waiting for the appearance of thestardy
gentleman from the city. 'The father's
lirow began to darken, and the bride's
cheeks to pale.notlier Alumni hour
were' - away, anal ll: '. its death-knell was
tolled by the Obeli, and still 41ho
ES
=I
TEnTlBi $2.00 n year. IN AIVANCY
$2.50 It not paid rrllhin the year
Another hour, and' still no groom.
Possibly ho may have mot with an ac
cident; let messengers be sent." • And
messengers were sent in haste, while the
guests sat in silence; and the bride, now
thoroughly convinced that her lover Was
false, raved and sobbed like ono mad.
The minutes flew away on wings of lead
until the messengers returned, who,
instead of bringing with them - Mr. Will
iamson, or announcing at once some
reasonable cause for his non-appearance,
beckoned the father mysteriously apart,
and whispered in . his ear. The news
could notAie kept secret, and in a mo
ment it was known. hfr. Williamson.
hod not contracted the 2hartiagq,„oo
'knew-Whiny about it. Slowly and sadly,
as if from a funeral, the guests departed,
glancing askantly-at the bride, who sat
weeping before them, and shaking their
heads significantly.
This was, certainly, the maddest fretik
that it is possible for a young .„lady to
commit, and the accident roads like a
chapter from Mrs. Southworth. Sub
sequent investigation showed, conclu
sively that the marriage had -not the
slightest foundation; so far as any inten
tion 9f Mr. Williamson was coneenied,
and taking this factliito consideration,
it isnot strange that *pie now began
to speak mysteriously - about 'the young
lady, and to intimate forcibly that
something was wrong in her head. This
bitter suspicion began now to sha e
selfriit7i the solemnity of a fact in the
mind of Mr. Nugent, and after careful
pondering of the matter, lt was resolved
to have Nellie removed to an'asylum for
the insane. '
As a key to subsequent events, it Mil)
be presumed that she knew the 'Men
tioms of her family at the time. It
wanted but a day ortwo of the execution
of the asylhm prgject; when one Morn
ing it was found that the beautiful bird(
had flown in the night from the paternal
nest. But in a very little while the
father received intelligence that his
daughter had eloped with young Lieu
tenant Harry W. Wharton, had pro
ceeded,witff him to Philadelphia, had
been there married, and that now, as
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Wharton, they
were living at Jones' Hotel, in Chestnut
street, above Sixth, just where the office
of the. German Democrat now stands.
This was almost as strange and unac
countable a movement as the burlesque
marriage, and caused a great deal of
comment. Although of acquaintance
there had been considerable between the
parties, of courtship there has been little
or none, and, furthermore, at the time of
the elopement and marriage the —young
lieutenant knew full well that his lovely
bride was intended by her friends for a
temporary seclusion in a mad-house.
But the runaway condo had not been
long from home until they received as
suiances of forgiyeness, and.returned to
the house at Gulf Mills. 'They also fora
time lived at Norristown, and in Phila
delphia again. It wasn't long after mar
riage until Mrs. Wharten was in finan
cial difficulties again, which were again
settled by her indulgent father.
After this, her husband, who was cap.
tain now, was stationed at Fort Kearney
for some five or seven years. Mrs Whar
ton accompanied him, as indeed she did
n all his wanderings, even going down
into Texas with him on one occasion.
But while out upon the Plains the eye..
sight of the Captain had become dotec-
tivo, and ho and his wife returned again.
They put up at Glass & Co's Hotel, on
Chestnut street, during such time as the
Captain was under the hands of an oeu
list.
At the breaking ont of the war the
Captain got a commission in a Delhwaro
regiment, and eventually *as appointed
general disbursing agent, having his
headquarters in Eutaw strpot, Ealti-
more, right near his house in ," Hamil
ton Place." With the exeeption.pf
short time they lived in , Washington,
this was his homo up to his mysterious
death in 1867.
Such are - sonic- of—the salient points
and bold outlines in the career of this
most remarkable woman. Notwith
standing the growing suspicion that she
poisoned her husband and son, it is the
universal testimony that never was there
a more loving wife. She was most pas
sionately devoted to him, and follovied
him everywhere. We have also BCOII
that money_ was her great wcaknessf
Sho was nearly always in difficulties 0..
this kind, and would borrow from any
one. This is, of coal-se; to be accounted
for in a groat measutq by her inordinate
passion for dress. Wherever she' went
she was bound to move tu the most'
fashionable circles, which she invariably
adorned by her beauty and engaging do
portment.-
We do . pot purpose, 't.s We said at tho
start, to touch *Upon the particulars of
this most remit' kable case. Mrs. Wlihr•
ton now stands before the bar of justice,
charged with murder and attempted
murder, and it seems to be the general
opinion that three or four more iteins
will be added to the crimson list, two, of
them tho murder of husband and son.
The facts nib public are already familiar
with ; the ,theory that will embrace
every case can never be arrive'd at. The
'whole story only goes to show that keen
'as has been the scrutiny. of human.
character these—thousands of years, it
still has pusounded depths and uhtlis
:,cbVered latitudes. And this Monument a l
City tragedy, whose central figure is .an
elegant lady of the first circles of sociutyi•
only adds another enigma to the lengthy
list that our poets, •philosopliers, and
scientists are'ealled upon to solve.
Plifludelphia Telegraph.
QUEEN VI CTORSA.—Quettn Victoria is
short and stout—so stout, • halm], that:
fat wonld perhaps be a more 'correct
term. Her face is : full, round, very
large and heady ; mouth large and lips
thin ; but neither impressing' you dis
agreeably; nose rather prOminent,
symmetricalin shape, - and terminating
sharply ; head mediuni .. size, but looking
somewhatdisPePerilonate to her largo
face, more noticeable for breadth 'at the
'base than height, and flat or level on the
top ; forehead straight and finely do
!eloped oyes,' I think, blue ; expression....
unassuming, kind, and Motherly; ller
hair is unite gray—therefore, h infer, all
her own: She lookbd to me from ' .
live to sixty, though. her actual ago is -
fifty, , -Iler complexiouhas tho brightest
scarlet hue, indicative of much dinner
wino drinking, which is said 6" be very -
regular with her,: and smile malicious
people say she don't restrict herself tb
the edictal , stimulants.
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