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EBENSBURG, NOVEMBER 9, 1854.
VOL. 2. NO.' 7.
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BY SYLVAXL'S.
t . Coinel behold a maniac lying
-On his couch of woe and pain.
With most fearful phantoms flying
,. Through Lis poison-madden'd brain,
lie's a victim to that power
,. Wh'sch its tena of thousands kills
- - "Which slays manhood in' its Mower,
And the lan 1 with sorrow fills. .
, Heard you Lini with terror moaning -'
v t At the awful sights lie sees ?
- And.with dreadful anguish groaniug,
. Rack'd with pains which r.ouyht will ease.
Now Ids mouth is filled with curses
. ' At the fiends around Lis bed,
And anon the pray'r rehearses,
i ''Lord allay my torments dread."
' ' On the walls his chamber bounding, . ,
Fancy portrays -horrid scenes
Panorama, soul confounding,
" ,- . Past Lis rolling eyes careens
.And lie Luigl s at bights unlawful
. Or impure, that's pit tur'd thcTe ;
)r he utters howls most awful,
' ', At some frightful demon's gl ire.
Now he fancic, devils spite-fc!
, . . 5 Size, to drag Urn down to hell,
. And with shrieks of terror frightful,
I'ounds, to flee thir purple fell.
' All the strength of lhce around him
'"'' :l" To restrain, will scarce "suflice,
: He, with struggles most astounding,
.-'"" Striving from Lis couch to rise.
" Dread nixl pain lj ond our knowing,
Arc depicted on his face
1 - 'And distortions horrors showing,
Which death's luind may not crate.
.v To snatch, a weapon ho la trying,
, To get from those around
And cscr-pe his woe, by dying
Of a suicidal wound.
'Mid dire conflicts past conceiving, .
Death conies to the stiff rcrs aid 1
Stops Lis Lib'ring bosom's Leaving,
And his spirit, sore dismay 'd,
' ; ltrrs the eternal portal,
- 1 Ti e realities to try .' '
Of the world, where souls immortal
: '. ' Suffer may, but cannot die. .
,r' IKs wife and children in sad anguish.
Sit around Lis l-ed of death
- Tcrrifi'd, they weep an 1 languish,
Looking fir his latest breath.
Though of late Le sbow'd them malice,
Yet it was not always so '
Ere he wed the drunkard's chalice,
, Love and care hp did Wstow.
Tc who dealt out tl e potation,
Which this tvree'k and ruin rua.e
O'Uie and take a (onUniiplatiun
Of .a victim tf your trade.
Once his form was strong and county,
Such as might hare length of days
Iovc and hope smiled sweetly on him,
' ' Aad ho walk'J in virttis's ways.
Hut your tempting cup he tasted,
x ''' T.uit'ning to sj-reu's lavs
' ": Now his strength and life are wasted,
r " Ere he's lived out half his days.
?- 'if 'You did till tl'.e cup of ruin,
, i ; "Vluch your neigldxr drank and fe'L
...f AVas this nought to Lis undoing?
. . Judgiueat Day will surely tell. ,'
f 1 PiBuic Wastj ' Immediate and decisive
answers are wanted to the following ques
tions;,. t w . :, f -
. How to gain a reputation for talent in your
native town. 1
1 How to give : advice to. or arguo witb a
fool. --' . r - ;
r How . to borrow money ta the plea of ex
treme poverty
How to get long credit of tradesmen, if they
generally see you ia shabby clothes
. How to wake your children .tell lies for
you, and not teach to tell lies for themselves.
How to get a reputation for judgment un
less you are a hater of jokes.
3 - How to niaka evasive answers without incur
ring the guilt of lying. . : . ;
, .lIow to screw down a mechanic below the
fair living price of a job and not at the end
"cheat yourself. . "
" - How to amass wealth without selling your
selt to the devil. .
- ; How ia substitute a word in a newspaper
communication as " moon" for " lunar orb,"
without provoking a philological controversy
(W volumnious as the diversions of Parley.
' How to edit a paper to the satisfaction of
both magpies and owls.
5i How to write solid editorials " when your
Lead snaps with the headache as if it wcrc'fiK
led with Fourth of July crackers, popping off
alitirnl.
Speech of Gov. Eigler in Washington.
We publish below the speech of Gov. lig
ler, delivered in Washington on the 23d ult.,
at a serenade given Lira by the gallant young
Democracy of that city. It is full of thought
and true manliness, and presents with candor
the issues involved in the recent State can
vass. It will be -read with interest by all
classes of our people :
(lev. Bigler said 'that, unprepared as hot
was for the occasion, he should leel hiinselt
unworthy; Cf -the..-pcrsoual -, respect. . le
friends were hi to. fail to acknowledge, as
best he could, a compliment so flattering and
gratifying. It speaks (said Le) a language
more eloquent than words can express, and
had excited the strongest emotions of his
heart. OiTerings of this kind to successful
contestants for power and place are not un
common ; but such , greetings to those about
retiring from public life- to defeat-.id candi
dates and pro.strflts principles are less usual;
for, even in cur days of disijjtercsted friend
ship, the rising sun is more attractive to some
than the setting. But Mr. B said Le pre
ferred to believe that the demonstration be
fore him was more than a personal compli
ment to himself. He regarded it as intended
to evince the attachment of the people pre
sent to the great principles which he had the
honor to represent in the late gubernatorial
canvass in Pennsylvania as manifesting
their confidence in the motto inscribed on the
Democratic flag now prostrate in the Old
Keystone fc'uch sentiment and sympathy he
could reciprocate most heartily. It is, said
Mr. B.. matter of congratulation, that whilst
the candidates of our party in that contest
have fallen, not one word has lieen erased
from the motto on the Hag under which thay
contended not cue sentiment of Democratic
truth had been abandoned not one conces
sion mado to the enemy in the fight, uor the
slightest forbearance asked at their hands.
Mr. B. described the contest in this state
as one of an extraordinary character one
that in many of its phases stood without a
parallel in the partisan struggles of the
country. For the first time in our history,
secret and oath bound societies, organised for
the avowed purpose of controlling the politi
cal affairs had entered the political arena.
For the first time, too, we have witnessed the
potent p.nd mischievous workings of an insti
tution against which the wise and sagacious
"Washington had warned the American peo
ple, lie alluded to the mysterious operations
of this organization, uiid i-aid that, enveloped
in mystery and dignified with the solemnity
of oaths, its arproat-hc8 were most insidious
and seductive. He regarded it as well cal
culated to mislead, for tlve moment, the un
wary and the weak. But he had an abiding
confidence that mature rcfiL-ction on the part
of its members would work its dissolution
An institution whose tenets of faith are mim
ical to the laws of the land, and" in deroga
tiou of the rights and dignity of a large class
of American citizens, cannot long endure the
scrutiny of an in elligout and just people.
Against this, and all similar organizations,
said Mr. B., the Dcmccraey of Pennsylvania
have taken most positive ground. They are
against all secret &x?ieties to accomplish polit
ical end.-;, no matter by whom formed. The
evil tendencies of such organizations are too
manifest, said he, to long command the con
fidence of the people. They arc moral as
well as political. For an apt and .eloquci,t
description of the la'.ter, he would refer his
hearers to Washington's. Farewell Address
lie looked upon this organic tioa " as a truly
great machine, through the operations of
which a few desiring and skillful men tould
rule the niasss wirti a rod of-iron. Amongst
the moral evils may be counted the opportun
ity, if not the necessity, which it presents
for the practice of duplicity its tendency to
destroy that mutual confidence which should
ever exist between members of the same com
munity to corrupt and make bitter' the chan
nels of social intercourse-" to stultify that free
declaration of opinion and purpose so essen
tial to the promotion of intelligence, mutual
confidence, and manly bearing its restraints
upon the free and independent exercise of the
tketive franchise. Governor B. declared
himself opposed to all societies of this kind ;
that he depreeated them as prejudicial to the
dignity and welfare of the people, to the ad
vancement of Christianity and Ilepublicanism
- as inconsistent with tho genius of our insti
tutions and the American character. In a
country where the people enjoy to. such an ;
eminent degree the freedom of speech and
the -liberty of discussion, there can exist no
necessity for secret societies. If there be,
said he, moral . or political evils amongst us
which demand correction, let the work be an
open and a daylight business. Let it be ap
plied in a manner consistent with the laws of
the land and the people. Lot every man de
clare his opinions and intentions frankly and
freely, and endeavor, by fact and reason, to
constrain his neighbor to the right. But let
thcia shun' an institution that teaches its
members to say one thing and do another.
Mr. B. said it was a painful reflection that
the Democracy of Pennsylvania, going: into
the contest the advocates of the doctrine of
self-government of the people of cur Territo
ries, with" an avowal of their determination
to sustain tho constitutional rights of all
classes and denominations of American citiz
ens and each member of our national con
federacy, and to see equal and exact justice
meted out to all, should have been defeated
But that glorious party tho party of pro
gress and the party of the constitution said
he, are not vanquished or disbanded. There
is stiB: a solid phalanx of some 105,000 who
have not yielded to the power of the new
party, besides many thousand of good men
who were misled by the wily schemes of the
enemy, and who will swell our ranks, joined
by many high-minded and . indepent Whigs,
who will prefer the Democratic "to the new
party ; these united can redeem the Old Key
stone from the rule of an unseen power. He
made no pretensions to prophecy, nor did he
assume o penetrate further into the miseries
of the future than other men, but he would
ventura to predict that the ' day was not re
mote when the principles which have just been
prostrated in Pennsylvania will be vindicated
and endorsed by the people when the Demo
cratic party will be again in the ascendancy ;
and also that tho policy of the Democracy in
the contest of 1854' will constitute one of the
brightest pages in' the history af our party.
It was not the firct timft that the Democracy
havo-ben- defeated -whilt -twiteadiuc .tt;
principles and a wise public policy. 1 his
late contest, said Gov B, will be recorded as
another instance in which that party , have
contended for the right, regardless of the
consequence have preferred principles to
unworthy success. .
Since the election Mr. B. said he had no
ticed with much interest, and in some ir stan
ces with astonishment, the efforts of certain
of the opposition press to save their party
from the consecpucnees of this fusion triumph..
Conscious that some of the ialse issues winch
they had raised are likely to cost thorn dearly
in future, they are attempting to attribute
the origin of these to the action of the Demo
cracy. Dreading the ultimate effects of the
intolerant doctrines that have just triumphed
in Pennsylvania, and the frightful error of
arraying one class of American citizens and
one denomination of professing Christians
against another, they are vainly attempting to
escape a just responsibility. By w hat facts
or process or reasoning this work is to be ac
complished, 3Ir. B. said he was at a loss to
imagine. As yet he had seen no argument
on this subject that could mislead the most
dull of comprehensian. The Democracy did
not in the lata contest, nor in any other,-j nor
will they in the future, attempt to mingle
matters of religion with polities They have
distincly denounced all such attempts. As a
member of that party, he had done so, and
should continue to do so on all proper occa
sions; nor had he ever sought to conciliate
any sect or class of people by 'tampering
with their feeliug or yielding, to their preju
dices. How these new questions arose in Pennsyl
vania can be readily discovered. The Whig
Mayor of Philadelphia, in hi3 inaugural ad
dress, had distinctly avowed the doctrine that
a citizen lorn out of the country should not
be trusted with civil office, and that he should
make his principle a rule of action in the dis
tribution of the patronage of his office. The
Democratic' party; .deny the justice Of ibis
doctrine, and insist that the guarantees of the
Constitution must be scrupulously observed ;
that no administrative officer should lay down
rules inconsistent with a just administration
of the' laws; that each American citizen,
wherever born, should be permitted to enjoy
all his rights and opportunities under the
Constitution. Our opponents, who had thus
commenced an aggression upon adopted citi
zens, immediately raising the cry of "foreign
influence,", and charge that the Democracy
are the special friends and apologists of our
foreign population, and address themselves to
the national prejudices of our people. We
deny this allegation that we are the special I
guardians of any class of citizens. The Dem- !
oeratic party seek only to defend the Consti- !
tution. and to maintain that each citizen sliall
le permitted to enjoy the rights, privileges
and opportunities which it guarantees to him.
Were the e ncroachment made upon any ether
class of people the position of the Democratic j
party would not be changed. They would !
still insist upon a just administration of the
Constitution. They would then be called the
partizans cf the native born citizens.
Secret and oath-bound societies have been
formed for the known purpose of abridging
the constitutional rights of American citizens
because of the place of their birth, and the
rights of a certain religious denomination of
people, whether born in America or else
where. Tho T)emocratic party again insist
that the constitutional guarantees must be ob
served ; that no citizen shall be proscribed
from civil place because of his religious be
lief ; and, again, a false charge is raised, to
the effect that we are the apologists of the
Catholic religion. "We deny this allegation,
Raid Mr. J. 1 he Jemocratic party are the
guardians of no religions denomination, but
simply defend the constitution against the in
novations that would render ils guaraatee a
dead letter. . Were similar combinations made
against the Presbyterian, or Methodist, or
any other denomination, the Democracy would
resist such encroachment. Then, with equal
justice, they might be called the special
friends of these denominations, iue demo
cratic party is not the guardian of any parti
cular religious denomination ; it seeks to se
cure the especial favor of none, but maintains
the constitutional rights of all. It has not.
and he trusted it never would recognize the
demands of any sect or class of people, as
such for oSlce or honor. It will maintain the
legal and moral rights of all ; anel leave each
citizen to depend upon his own ; merits and
qualifications for office and honor. - . . c
The doctrine, Eaid Mr. Bi, that the acci
dent of birth is to determine the rights and
opportunities of an American citizen to at
tain to and to hold civil office, is inconsistent
with justice and right. Citizens, agreeably
to the Constitution, are entitled to like bene
fits, rights, privileges, anj immunities ; and,
for one, he denied the justice of all attempts,
either by power of secret combinations or by
laws, to restrict or withdraw these blessings
and liberties a3 to particular citizens. The
proposition, said Mr. B , is unjust, illegiti
mate, and revolutionary,, and ho was at a
loss to understand how any one making pre
tensions to Christianity could countenance so
great a wrong. , The acceptanoo of our con
ditions by the people of other countries made
a covenant which we have no moral or politi
cal right to break, and which the govern
ment is bound to maintain. The savage rule,
that might makes right, and that only, can
be made to reach' the "object of this new or
ganization. But ccrtainiy such doctrines are
not to bo countenanced in our enlightened
ago Wo native-born citizens have no more
rihfc to combine,to?ether to take away the
civil rights of adopted citizeus than wo have
to take away their goods and chattels.
The obligations mads by our forefathers
shouht be faithfully observed; the faith ef the
nation as plighted ia the constitution should
never, and he trusted aud believed, never
yoyld be violated. The only legitimate in
ijairy on thi3 subject, said Mr. B., must have
I' .WoWwo -he future. A proposition ' to
change the conditions on which the people of
other countries shall hereafter become Ameri
can citizens is a fair subject for discussion and
inquiry However much . we may differ in
opinion as to the necessity for a change in
our naturnlizatieui laws, no complaint can be
justly made that the epiestion Las been pre
sented. Such a proposition' could work no
wrong to cither the native or foreign born
citizen. Those who aect.to believe that our
country is being harmed and onr institutions
endangered by the influx of foreign born
population should direct their efforts to this
poiut, and to this only. They should seek to
accomplish their purpose by taking rather
than breaking law.
Those who would proscribe men from -civil
ofhee because of their religions belief, should
also take "notice that the direct tendency of
their doctrines is to a unity of Church and
State. In no other way can their doctrines
have a practical operation. The Democratic
party are opposed to any such unity, as they
are against any and all attempts to Lring the
power of the civil government to bear upon
matters of religious belief and church organi
zation. Nothing, said Mr. B., could be more
prejudicial to our civil government, or so well
calculated to retard the advance of Christiani
ty. If this doctrine is to xnake an' isue j
against the Democracy, let it come. We shall
stand by the Constitution, and by the great- j
est of all the distinguishing e-haraeteristle-s of
our government religious liberty, lie had j
no fear as to the result ; the people will main
tain our republican institutions as they are
Mr. B said he fondly hoped the recent
election in Pennsylvania had not created the J
impression that she had permanently fallen j
from her ancient faith. . He felt assured that !
she had not that she will hereafter stand by
the rights of the individual citizen as well as
by the constitutional rights of the Several
States of the confederacy that she will dis
countenance all attempts to organize - gra
phical parties, and extend under all circum
stances, a patriotic support to the Union.
The reccut. election furnishes no evidence that
ht-r Democracy Lave changed any of their
former views ou great national rpuestions.
The defeat of the Democratic party, said Mr.
B , must be attributed to the power of the
secret societies to which he had already re
ferred ; all -other agencies and influences
would. i his opinion, have failed to accom
plish the cud we have seen. -
- Mr. B. alluded briefly to the course of the
opposition press toward President Pierce. It
is teeming with decuueiations, and yet that
press has utterly failed to controvert ,the doc
trines and principles of his 'public documents.
Time and experience will vindicate the policy
aud principles he has advocated ; and the op
position, as iu times gone by, will be again
compelled to confess the utter futility of their
assaults upon Democratic policy, measures
aud men. The most violent of these, how
ever, said-Mr B.. have not as.aiied the mo
tives of the President all admit the purify
of theman, and the justice of Lis intentions.
' An Attempt to Smuggle.
Yesterday morning at an early hour In
spector Brown, of the llevenue department,
seized some 4,500 worth of watches and
jewelry, found on the persons of two of the
seeoad-class passengers of the steamer Wash
ington, from Bremen. The circumstances of
the case were these: Mr. Surveyor Cochrane
Lad received what he deemed reliable infor
mation that an " atten:pt would be made to
smuggle a large quantity of jewelry, watches,
rf-c, by passengers of the Wa.singlon, without
designating the parties suspected. Previous
to the arrival ' of the Washington, Officers
Brown and Dusenberry were detailed to take
charge of hei ,
On the day of her arrival they could discov
er no indication of an attempt at smuggling ;
but yesterday morning, as officer Brown came
on deck to reliev e the night officers, he obser
ved that two gentlemen who were promena
ding tho deck had something arouud their
body that made them appear greatly out of
proportion. He accosted theui and asked
what was in their money-belt. They replied
nothing but Fpte-ii He then caused them
to be searched, and found on their persons a
large number of watches ana considerable
jewelry, which he tock possession of and de
livered to the Surveyor of the port.' The es
timated value of the seizure was between four
and five . thousand doIla?s.
'20th.
JV. V. Tritune,
Cost of Pcblic Worship i Boston. It
is estimated that the current expenses of the
churches in Boston will amount to $240,000
a year The value of the church estates is
about four million dollars The expenses of
the different . societies vary from 1,500 to
5,500 a year. The cost of public worship
in the churches occupied by the wealthier
portion of the citizens will average about a
hundred dollars a Sunday . The clergyman
has a salary of 3000, the music costs about
1000, arid the miscellaneous expenses will
be from 1,000 to 1,500 a ycar. The tax
es on the pews vary from 6 to 70 a year,
according to their value.
. X3T The Crystal Palace, at New York,
closed on last Thursday, 31sfc October.
HfcffllaiifDas.
THE ECBBLTt CF HALSTEAD WCGD.
Our scene opens upon a highway, nearly
three, leagues from London. The- shades of
evening were fast setting, when a horseman,
bestriding a noble fcteeci, who seemed ouite
exhausted by his da's journey entered the
avenue leading through llalstcad V ood ; and
the young man for he seemed scarcely twenty-two
years of age as he entered the forest,
now made gloomy by the darkness of the fal
ling night, drew from his "head the richly em
broidered cap of velvet, and as he wiped from
his brow the perspiration, he murmured:
But a' short distance now niy good steed,'
and our journey is ended. 'Tis a long time
since I left the city of my birth, and ir.y pa
rents and sweet sis'tor God forbid that aught
should have befallen them during my absence
will scarcely know me. But I will give
them a surprise ah ! that will Le delightful;"
and he again pi need the e:; upon Lis heal,
and started onward at a brisker pace.
But scarcely had he proceeded ten rods
when, from a thicket on the right, a man,
whose face was covered with a mak, rushed
from his concealment, and ere the traveller
was aware of his presence, se ized the horse
by the bridle, and with a powerful jerk, near
ly threw him upon his haunches; then level
ing directly at tho stranger's breast a heavy
pistol, he exclaimed :
" Instantly deliver up the money in vonr
possession, or your life will pay the forfeit."
ihe young man s eyes cashed with pas.Mon
for a moment, then tpurring Lis Li rse which
gayea spring forward, he leaped with a bound
trom his saddle; and . ere the robber, whose
attention Lad been for an instant directed to
the horse, could prevent it, or before Lis arm
could be raised", one hand of the traveller was
fairly gripped upon his throat,, and the Other
pinioning the arm which Leld the pistol
i lcreeiy did tue robber struggle in Lis cm-
dravors to free -himsolf from the young man's
hold, but 'twas all in vain ; he might as well
have attempted to. move a rock. Soon his
face turned to a purple hue, and 33 he vainly
endeavored to utter a sentence, Le opened Lis
Land, the pLsttd dropped upon the ground and
he turned his eyes with an imploring look
upon his captor. Nor was it unheeded, for
the young man unloosed his hold upon the
robber's throat, and drawing from his pocket
a handkerchief, he firmly bound the hands of
his captive; and then taking the loaded pistol
from the ground, he placed it within his own
bosom.
The robber, as his captor stepped from him.
sack upon the turf, and to the astonishment
of the young man, buried Lis face in Lis bound
hands and burst into a Cool of tears.
"Alas! poor Marian," he sobbed, "you
will now starve, audi, oh, heavens! shall not
be near you !"
btarvc Marian, repeated the young
man, whose astonishment was great, by all
that's good, I have a sister by that name, and
she of whom you?peak shail net starve. Tell
hk1, my geod man, why did you attempt to
rob me '! You seem not like a common vil
lain "
"Neither ami," said the roLbor, lifting
his head at the words of the young man.
"Then why, I again ask, did you attempt
my robbery
" I will tell yoa as vou desire it, and God
knows it is all truth. Two years ago I was a
elerk in the employ of a wealthy, influential
nrni in Loudon. At the mansion of the junior
partner, I one evening made tho ucquaiutaucc
of a beautiful voung lady, daughter of a rich
merchant..
Our intimacy ripened into love,
and we became pledged to one anot" cr. Thus
our affairs steod, when the father of Marian
became aeiuaiuted with the fact, aud forbid
uie his house. I was but an humble clerk,
he said, and not a match for her whose afii-e-tions
I hud gained But the sternness of the
lather altered ' not the feelings of the daugh
ter, for in a few weeks wc affected an elope
ment, and then Marian became my wife
"Her father from that moment would never
sec her face; and he declared that not a pound
of his wealth, should ever be bestowed upon
his ungrateful girl. By his machinations,
also. I lost my situation aDd six months since
I lc-tt the employ of my hitherto kind bene
factor. Oh, God ! the agony of miud I have
since endured would Lave mad Jcued my brain.
Lad not my gentle Marian been uppermost in
my thoughts.' For many weeks I have sought
employment but could not gain it. Since
yesterday, myself and ' wife have not tasted
food.; and to-day Heaven forgive me-the act
I started from the city determined to rob.
You can sec how I have succeeded ; and yet,
thank God, you overpowered mo Had it not
been for my wife I would never attempted
this ; but I could not see her starve I could
not!" and as he concluded, he again sobbed
like a chill.
" Nor shall she," cried the young man.
"I know not but you arc playing me false,
but I scarcely believe it. Forgive me, how
ever, if I take proper precaution against
treachery'" .
As he spoke, ho again mounted his horse,
and bidding his prisoner go on before, they
started on their way to London.
"Lead me to your owu dwelling, and if I
find you have told me the truth, you shall not
suffer ." . - '
"Thanh you thauk you!" was all the
ovenpowcred man could reply, and they pro
ceeded on iu silence.
The bells of the city were striking the hour
of ten when the two men arrived at the out
skirts of London.- Dismounting from his tired
horse, which he left in the hands of tho host
ler at an humble iun, the young man follow
ed the footsteps of the robber keeping a cau
tious eye on him, lest he should attempt to
escape by darting down one of the many lanes
in the vicinity. But such a thought never
entered the breast of the prisoner, for he led
his captor on through several streets, till stop-
ping before a miserable, tenement, whose an
cient wall seemed as if about to fall to tho
ground, and he turned and ea'ul :
" This is the place where, for three weeks
myself nd wife Lave been ;bligcd to remain
: deprived of every comfort and even thencceB
1 skies of life But do not let me go into tho
I presence of Marian w ith my Lands so bound ;
; forhc-aven's eake. kind sir, unbind them, for
should she see them thus, the would Lnow
! that I was a criminal.
: A tear stood in the young man's eyes as he
: proceeded to do a3 requested, for he felt that
j such words could never eeuie frcm a guilty
, and depraved Leing Pushing aside the rick
j ety door as soon as his hands were free, the
j poor man entered the wretched abode, follow
ed ly tiic stranger. A'assuig enrougu a ewr
of a hall they' came to kuothcr door, which
was opened, and they stood in a small low
room, which was lighted but di'dy by a flick
ering rush light. A woman, who at their en
trance, was sitting with her face buried in her
Lands, started up uu sprang to the embrace
of her husband. She notice-d not ihe strong
er; but as she welcomed her husbaud, she ask
ed in a-tremuleus voice
" Have you succeeded, dear Alvin in find
ing employment Y '
" I have pot, dear Marian," was the reply,
"but I have brought a friend with nic who
promises relief."
The woman started at these words, and
turned to tLank her unknown deliverer. But
scarcely had the young man's eyes fallen up
on her face, than he rprang forward exclaim
ing " Gracious heaven! do my eyes deceive me?
Tell me w hat was your name before your mar
riage "
" Marian Ilansley !" exclaimed the bewil
dered w('ii:an.
. ' "I knew it; I. could not mistake those fea
tures ycu are my m'te r .'" and the young
mau pressed her to his heart.
No, it cannot be !" exclaimed she starting
back; " I never had but one brother Le
slee j'S in an ocean grave."
' Ah, .you are mistaken there; the vessel
in which I sailed for the Indies, was wrecked,,
and all but myself perished. For two years
I have wandered iu a foreign land and Lave
just arrived upon my native shores I am
your brother, William llansley !"
"Then it must be so it is, indeed, for I
can now recognize your coui.toBar.ce, although
you are much altered ;" and with a glad cry
she flew to his arms.
It was a happy meeting for all that uight,
aud it may be well believed that the husband
was astonished at the scene.
That very uight they removed toconiSurta
ble quarters cud the next day at the interfe
rence of the long lost sou, were restored to tho
favor of their wealthy parents. Marian nev
er learned the true story of her husband's
meeting with her brother, uor was the inci
dent ever calk-d in memory of the truly re
pentant husband
Business. If you wautbuslncss, says our
sensible friend of the Lancasterian, advertise.
If you are a hatter, make your name so famil
iar to the public that, when a mm looks at
his old hat, he says to himself, "I mist have
a new hat," he will think of you. If you are
a tailor, make yourself so conspicuous that a
man will think of you every tiuu- he brushes
his coat When a man looks at his old boots,
this muddy weather, and says to himself, " I
must go and buy a pair of water-proofs," have
vour name so familiar to Lim that he will think
of you and your place of busim ss, as he does
of his boarding Louse, when Le is hungry It
is the same way with everything and every
body who avertii-e extensively. Their names
become familiar with the people, and are ar
sociatcd in their minds so much with goods
and articles of merchandise, that all w ho want
what they sell arc drawn, as by instinct, to
their shops and stores There is nothing like
advertising If you do not believe in it, try
it, and be conviue-ed
Cvt Tiox ix F. vTixa Oystkus. We see in
the notices of the sudden deaths c.f Individuals'
that it is stated they died tificr eating oysters,
of a disease resembling cholera. 'Ihe follow
ing statement concerning au alleged disease
among the oysters may explain the cause of
these sudden attacks :
" A Baltimore correspondent cf the Nation
al Intelligencer, writes that it is a singular
fact, and one important to be generally know n,
that the oysters of those waters, thus far thi j
season, have proved markedly deleterious to
health Persons have been taken violently ill
after eating th. ni. (raw especially,) . with
cramp, colic, cholera morbus, ce., and in fuino
instances death Las ensued Crabs, too, have
produced similar results. An old and expe
rienced fishermen states that, in his judgment
oysters and crabs this season are impure, un
healthy, possessed of some poisonous substance
and unsafe to bo eaten."
T'm' Springfield Post says a lame man
would have been drowned iu the town brook,
had hi? not been so full of liquor that the water
could not get into him.
JCiDecs not the echo in the sea shell tell
of'th-s worm which one-e inhabited it ? and
shall not man's good deeds live after h.m and
sing LJs praise? -
jTVo not sit dun:b iu cemjany. That
looks cither like pride, cunning, or stupidity.
Give your opinion modestly, but freely ; bear
that of others with candor, and ever endeavor
to find out and to communicate truth. .
jT He that is cheated twice by the sanio
man, is an accomplice with the cheater.
J2T II c that listens after what people suy of
him shall never have any leace.
3T He that makes himself an a,-s, n.ut
not take it ill if men ride hiiu.
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