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THE 3LESSI1IGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS 0P HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED A T.TTTE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE EICH AND THE POOsJ i 1
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EBENSBURG, JANUARY., 7,' 1857.
VOL. 4. .NO... 11.
si m m - io
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ed every Wednesday morning, in Ebensburg,
Cambria Co., Pa;, at $1 50 per annum, ir paid
is advance, if not $2 will bo charged.
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Kvcry subsequent insertion, 25
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i v i i t . v1 c . .
THE subscriber takes pleasure in announcing
to his numerous customers. s.nJ the public
generally, that he is now tq ening one of the
largest and most des-irahle stocks of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS !
ever presented to this community. Lis stock
consists chiefly of the following viz:
LADIES DBESS GOODS!
snclTas Talmas, Vizettes. Shawls, Silks, Meri
nos, Cashmeres, Woolen Plaids, I)e Laincs, De
Bages, AUpacas, Ginghams, Calico; BONNKTS
Ribbons, Collars. Trimmings. &c.
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING!
sach'as Over Coats, Dress Cviats, Pants, Vests,
Shirts, Drawers, &c. Also a 1 irgo stock of
DOMESTIC GOODS!
Mich as Brown and Bleached Muslin, Drills,
Dtnims. Shirtings, Checks. Kentucky Jeans. Sati-j-ft,
Cassimeres, f lannels Lindseys, TicJcing,
Blanket. $. Also
Bots, Shoes, Hats, Caps. TriniK. Hardware,
iuecnsware, Glassware,--Tinware, and a large
Dtock of
GROCERIES !
He would solicit Farmers who arc in want of
GOOD CORN SIIF.LLKRS & STRAW CUTTERS
to call and examine his stock ; he would wish
also to inform them that he has made arrange
ments to supply them with all kinds of FER
TILIZERS, such as Peruvian and Mexican Gu
n, &c He invites one ami all to come and
examine his large and will selected Stock, before
purchasing elsewhere, as he is determined to sell
at smaller profits than ever b.-f-e known in this
vkinitv. The ONE TRICC SYSTEM will.be
continued as heretofore, so that parents may send
heir children to make purchases with as much
advantage as if thev went themselves.
p . DANIEL M'LAUGIILIN.
Tunnel Hill, October 8, ISoG.
GRCAT ECITE31EXT! t
UJiili mo umimiu : :
rtlllE Bubcriber would respectfully inform the
J. good citizens ol i,icnnurg ana me hojoui
ing Ticinity that he has returned from Philadel
phia with the largest and most varied assort
ment of fJHOCEttlES cverorTered. The Block
consists as follows :
JroceTie:M lasses. Sugars, icas, Rice,
C-tndleh,S up, Fish, Salt. Bacon ft Il.ims, Flour.
Oat Meat. Cm Meal. Tobacco, Peaches, Dried
Apples, S ik-ratns. Baking S.h, Dried Herrings,
Dnrkee's Baking Powder. Sardines. Mustard, Spi
ces, HoIIowavs Worm Confection. Vinegar.
Coiirecllcnarles :
Candle".
Raisins.
Orange.
I'mon.
Citrons.
Prunes.
Segars,
Fruits,
Figs.
Nuts of all kinds,
H.qnOJ S : Cherry Brandy, Blackberry Bran
dy, KasplK'rry Brandy, French Brandy, Port
"Wlno. Old Rye Whiskey.
Ilruslics, &C, &C : llorse.Sweeping, Dns
tiniT Scrub and White Wash Brushes. Bcl I Cords.
f- ----- - - - i
Twine, Corn brooms, Baskets of ll kinds. Tubs
and Rackets of all kinds. Wash Boards, Butter
Bowls, Nails, Lamp Globes, Curry Combs. Carjet
Hammers and Tacks, Window G'ass of all kinda,
AroohPs Ink, Hover's Ink, Steel Pens, Station
ary of all kinds.
Together with a large assortn.er.t of ntr.ei arti
cles not enumerated, which will b nob, as cheap
if not cheaper than aov establish inert ir. tne
county. "RICHARD TUDOR.
Khcnsburg, July CO, 1856 -10.
IJllrItT.4XTx6Tll;iir'
ALL perions indebted to the estate oi .m.iiou
Roberts, dee'd, for costs as Prothonotary and
Clerk of the Qaarter Sessions arc hereby nosified
to make payment without delaj'. as it will be ve
ry unpleasant for me to have to resort to coir.pu!
nory measures and thereby add costs, which will
be imperative unUss paid shortly.
Ilovvard J. Roberts, of thisWough is duly au
thorized by me to receive said fees and rece pt fi r
the same. He will attend for that purpose, a
the rrothonotary's office, in Ebensburg, at the en
suing Court in Deccmlxr next.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Ex V.
EUnsburg. Oct. 25. 18 50. -tf-
Valuable Real KHialo
FOR SALE.
I will sell at private sale that large and com
in.xlious DIIICK HOUSE, situate ou High street,
1a the Borough of Ebensburg, leing the property
occupied by Milton Roberts, dee'd., at the tin:e
of his death. Also, a valuable 1,0 Tof G HOUND
ltuto on the Clay Pike, about one half mile from
tiaid Borough, containing 2 acres enclosed and
In a good state of cultivation.
For terms apply to the subscriber residing cn
ibe premises, or to John William, in EWnsburg.
MRS. MALY1N A ROBERTS.
Sept. IT, ISoG.-tf.
HEW arrival!
ffiffil! GROCERIES! Mil!!
HABT & BK0., would respectfully inform
their old customers as well as many new ores
that they have received a large quantity of Gro
ceries, which for quality and cheapness cancot be
excelled by any similar establishment west of the
Allegheny-mountains. Wc are determined to
ecll lower than the lowest, We have also, on
hand
20',000 CIGARS
which wo will dispose of wholesale or retail.
' HART & BRO.
July 9, 18oC.
BOSS OP TEJIPnAXCE.
?C2 Highland Division, No. 84, Sons of Tem
gAperance rweet at their Hall every SATUR
''DAY evening, in the wpper story of R.
Davia' building. . .. . . . ,
(Earrirr's Sloans,
OF I UK DEMOCRAT & SESITIXEL,
January 1, 1857.
The Alleghany's fiercest blast,
Making our dreary homes more drear.
Has numbered with the silent past,
The now departed year.
Another year Las passed a year
Of bloodless battles, civic strife, -
A.nd headlong passion's fierce career
Pursued it thro' its life.-
When Congress met a year ago,
And Abolition ruled the ranks
They made, (what 'tis their wont to do,)
An awful run on BanJcs.
They bore him to the chair ! and why
Is he selected to preside ?
Decause, he joined the traitor's cry.
To "let the Union slide !"
And madly ou the downward path.
With frenzied steps they boldly trod.
Raising a mighty nations wrath,
The peoples' thundering rod.
And some disunion boldly vowed,
Made BlaclPltcpublicanism their trade ;
While other traitors meanly cowed,
In tiie'dark lantern's shade !
And, in the Quaker City met,
With sign, s nd grip, and password, too,
Their Fillmore at their head they set,
Decause he 2Cothir.g Knew.
And thus the children of the night,
Friends of the reign of 93 "
First gave their principles to light
And named their candidate.
The self same city soon again,
Affords another rich display
Of all the varying shades of men,-
Doth " black spirits and gray"
From California's golden soil
From Minesota's mountains gray
From where the Yankees sh for oil,
From Massachusetts Bay.
. rv..
Priests, patriotstolitieians, all
From prairie ground and tossing oceans
Of grave and gay, and great and small,
All sorts of ''Yankee Notions!"
The children of the men were her
Who Quakers hung on highest beeches ;
Who pilloried the papist3 car ;
And burnt the Salem witches.
The North and West in numbers grand ;
Mechanics, merchants, lawyers, teachers,
Dut most, those curses of the land,
The Abolition preachers. "
But where's the South ? Lord Baltimore 1
And Carroll, thy successors, where?
They arc not seen upon this floor,
They have no business here.
And where's the State of Washington,
The statesman's home ! Ah proud Virginian
Thy brilliant race. is well-nigh run
Thou gallant -'Old Dominion"
The Old North State no delegate.
Her Rip Van Winkle 'sleep to waken ;
Nor from the proud Palmetto StaV -
Their counsels arc forsaken !
No Statesman from the homo of Clay
To represent the mighty sage;
Nor Tenncssean to portray.
Ilitu of the Hermitage.
No Southron voice was there to tell.
That of our Uuion they were part,
That they had borne their share to swell
The mighty nation's heart.
And then they hoisted to the breeze
Their standard bearers, and their claims,
To power and place were only these,
That they were Northern names.
In the Queen City of the West,
A pure and patriotic band.
Determined to meet and breast
Disunions threatening brand.
All honor to that patriot host -
For glorious was the work they done ;
Their candidates, a nations boast ;
Their Stars were .THIRTY-ONE I
The good old Commonwealth of Fenn
The Union loving Keystone Slate
Honored the greatest of her men '
The Nation's candidate. '
And patriotism pure prevailed,
O'er factions rage, and treason's blight.
And freedom's sons with rapture hailed.
The triumph of the rigJtt ! '
But, truce to political too long
Your " Carrier Boy " detains you her,
ne fain would with a livelier song .. , ,
Awake the blight " New Year." ' V !
He fain would Bing of Love's first kiss.
Of Hymens pure and sacred rites.
And speculate on wedded bliss.
With all its chaste delights.
Of Fashion, too.he longs to sing -
But ah, too feeble is his strain
Too lofty for his muse's wing
Her flight would be in vain,
But, lady ! see that bonnet small,
Which bead's and bugles much bedeck,
Is like a hideous criminal.
Suspended by tlie necJc.
Thy dress which sweeps each arenuo " " ' '
- Thro which you pass, with fearful swoop,
Reminds us of the Indian, who.
Prides in his warlike whoop.
Alas ! that whalebone hoops and stays, .
And Cotton cords and crinoline
Should hide from the admiring gaze
The human form divine
But such a fashion cannot last,
Unsightly as it is, and strange,
Even now I feel 'twill soon be past.
And hope fo some small change.
Blisrrllnnfcms.
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
The following highly interesting account of
an exploration of this remarkable cave, is from
J.. P. K., a correspondent of tho National
Intelligencer:
Happening, in the courso of a summer
jaunt, to come within one hundred miles of the
Mammoth Cave, I determined to cross the
country to make a visit to an object of such
remarkable interest.
The Mammoth Cave Is situated in Edmon
son county, Kentucky, within half a ruilti cf
Green river, one hundred and sixty-five miles
above its confluence with the Ohio, nine miles
west of " Bell's Tavern," a poiat on the
Louisville and Nashville road, about ninety
miles from each place, among a range of high
hills, or knobs, as they are called, which
stand singly, the road from Bell's" passing
up and over each with that bold defiance of
.obstacles so characteristic of an unimproved
region, j. tieir summits, however, from a lev
el table land of several hundred acres ia ex
tent in each case.
Arriving at the Cave Hotel, wc find iC
etdnding upon a plain of similar character, in
the midst of a country of very ordiuary ap
pearance, with Dothing in its aspect that is at
all suggestive to the visiter of the subterrane
an wonders by whose fame he has been at
tracted. Commencing- our exploration, we
proceed for' a few hundred vards down the
hill along a wild ravine, when a cleft in the
hill side attracts our notice, which we are in
formed is the mouth of the cave. Upon com
ing opposit to it we remark a strong blast of
cold air rushing forth in so well defiued a cur
rent that a person can stand with one half his
body in the wirm external air while the other
halt is chilled by the cold current. The uni
form temperature is about 50 de.. and when
in the cave it is most comfortable and bracing,
precisely suited for-enabling one to endure the
fatigues of exploration ; and emerging upon a
warm day the sense ot oppressiou is almost
overcoming, the sensation being similar to
that of inhaling the vapor from a tea-kettle.
Of course, on a cold day the contrast is revers
ed.
Each of the party being furnished with a
lantern, and carefully shielding its flame from
the. draught, we entered, and passed for a
considerable distance along the gallery of an
old ealtpetre mine, by the extension of which
the cave was originally discovered, and which
tias been abandoued on account of the deniaud
being more cheaply supplied by importations
from a broad. As we proceed, we begiu to
be accustomed to the darkness, which is most
intense, and, like that which fell over Egypt,
can be felt ; noticing the remains of the old
works, which consist simply in large wooden
hoppers, in which the nitrou3 earth was pla
ced, and in a series of logs bored out to form
pipes through which to conduct water, that
performed the office of soaking through the
earth, extracting and holding in solution the
salpetre, in a jnanner similar to that ef ma
king ley from ashes. Coming into the main
cave we entar the ballroom, the grand-rotunda,
and the church, as they are called.
The guide tells us of the size of the rooms
150 feet long, GO broad, and CO high.
He points to the ceiling, consisting of a sin
gle one. unsupported by a single column, and
unbroken by either a seam or joint; the struc
ture of the sides, to the color of the stone; and
to what ever he considers may elicit our ad
miration or astonishment Nor, as we pass
from one gallery: to another, and their won
ders are successively pointed out to us, is our
admiration particularly excited.
-As . some one has said of the first view of
the ocean, ' Is this the mighty ocean? Is
this, all ?" So this does not strike us as be
ing very wonderful. After all, it does npt
seem to be so very grand. But as we see
more, . and not having previously had an ob
ject of comparison, what is prescuted to us be
gins to gr ow into our' minds, and the propor
tions to become more rccoguizable. It 13
vastness which grows, but grows to harmo
nize. '
Proceeding through mazs of galleries,
walks and avenues, with a variety of names,
few of which, however, are in any way sugges
tive, and a repetition of them would only tend
to confuse " without conveying the least idea,
we stop in the Star Chamber, where the ceil
ing presents the appearanco of the starry sky
upon a clear cloudless night, -the effect of
white incrustations upon the surface o
black limestone. ' Here the guide takes away
our lamps, and, going behind a projection,
leaves ua for a while in the daikness, which
produces a sensation of most profound awe ;
and it is with joy that we begin to perceive
jn the distance the faint glimmer of the retur
ning light, that as it advances dispels the
gloom and restores our composure. How can
any one enduro the agony of being lost in
such a place? .
Going along wide, high arching galleries,
through chambers where tho sense of Isolation
is supreme ; jdown rude . stairways ; thro i?:
narrow passages, where a cleft in the solid
rock barely - admits the body, in some places
compelling tiostures of . extreme humility;
WWpping occasionally in some wild hall while
the guide . produces an illumination with a
Bengal light, which, casting its brilliant blu
ish glare over broken masses of rock piled in
wild confusion away upwards to the lofty roof,
and into the distance along the extended gal
leries, and upon the face3 of the party as they
are upturned La mute admiration, produces a
scene the reality of which we have cause to
doubt, and that seems as though it could be
long only to our dreams or the improbable
visions of a diseased fancy. In fact, when
ever for a moment my consciousness caused
me to reflect, I could scarce believe my own
identity. .
Turning aside to visit Govan's Dome, we
find ourselves in a circular and very high
room, resembling the interior of a tower, with
sides of smooth perpendicular rock. Looking
through a loop-hole, as it were, in a wall of a
few inches in thickness, we see into an awful
chasm, the bottom of which is upwards of a
hundred feet . below our standing place, of a
circular form, twenty feet in diameter, the
sides perpendicular as a plummet string, and
the roof apparently out of the reach of vision
forming an object of wonder that can scarcely
have a paralled in Naturp.
The Bottomless Pit is of another character.
The path passes by a ledge along its very
brink, and by a bridge from a ledge which di
vides it, we cross to the cave beyond. It is
said to be extremely deep, and as to its being
bottomless, wlwn the guide throws over a
Bengal light it descends lower, lower, and
lower until it reaches the bottom, whers it
quietly consumes, and commences its repose
among the ashes of its brilliant predecessors.
Beyond the Pit we come to the first water,
called the Dead Sea, contained in a small ba
sin above, whose precipitous sides the path
winds. Thence coming upon the river Styx,
which we cross by what they call the Natural
Bridge, and being carefulin passing along the
ledges of the precipices, we descend to the
placid waters o f Lake Lethe, upon whose rocky
shores I could find not eveu a pebble as a mo
uieuto, where we are ferried for a few hua
dred feet.
Leaving the lake, which is situated in a
jprand-galiery of immense height, we proceed
for a littlt""dis?ance farther, where a boat waits
to convey us locg the Echo river, a distance
of three-quarters of a mito. il;;ering the
boa!, wc ttoop Tor a few moments as we go un
der a low browed arch, and looking around
find ourselves floating along the subterranean
river through a cavern arching to about twelve
feet above our heads, fifty or sixty in width,
the arch commencing at the surface ot the wa
ter. The sensations remind us of what we
have read of Charon's boat, and when forget
ting, as wc do, that instead of spectres it is
filled with substantial nieti and women who
will shortly return to the light of day, and
the ordinary round of what some consider this
humdsum world, which the spirits crnnot do,
however strong may be their desire, together
with the profound silence, as even the voices
of the party are hushed and the boatman rests
upon his oars ; the intensity of the darkness
beyond, which the partial illumination seems
only to render more visible, we cannot be
considered as drawing too much upon our im
agination when we-feel as though we were
about io drift out upon 'the great ocean of
time, aud that the feeling of the infinite is be
ginning to stir in our contemplations. And
then, coming back to ourselves and realizing
where wc are, the distance beneath the surface
and from our home, wt arc eveu yet fain to
believe that we are sported with by our own
fancy. Becoming alive to what is around us,
wc are amazed at the size of the arch and the
existence of the river. The conversation is re
peated in distant echoes, and the occasional
shout arouses them as though they were the
slumbering voices of the place. A pistol shot
creates an effect that is almost stunning. The
reverberatious arc reflected from side to side
of the arch, and seem to roll away to so great
a distance as to render their return inappreci
able to the ear, as though their repetition
proceeded even to infinity.
The rivers and the lakes exist in one con
n ixicn, belrgd flerently Tarred as they rc-ap-
pear in dmercnt places, as is proven py Boat
ing articles from one to another After
heavy rains they ride sometimes even to the
height of forty feet. I saw a boat lodged up
the cliff quite"tbat distance above the present
surfarce of the water, and the galleries lea
ding to the river show the effects of the floods.
The, rivers are the greatest wonders of the
cave. Their sources are mysterious and their
disappearance is sudden. Whence they come
and whither they go no man knowcth.
Leaving the river we proceed for one mile
and a half along Silliman's avenue, which, af
ter what we have seen, appears somewhat
monotonous ; thence into tho passage of El
Ghor, one mile aud a half futher.-which we
find to bo still more so,
, We next ascend into Martha's Vineyard, a
largo hall piled with rocks, which the illumi
nation shows to be covered wiih incrustations
resembling large clusters of grupes in bunches
of perfect form. This is the entrance into
Cleveland's Cabinet, which extends for up
wards 5 of two miles through a succcssiou of
beauties without a parallel in nature, tlwt no
art eau imitate, and which are of a merit that
makes theni worthy to form the realization of
a sculptor's dream of beauty. The of is
about twelve feet high, and the gallery is fif
ty feet bioid. The ceiling which is the subject
of our admiration, is covered with ic eructa
tions of gypsum, the result of crystallization
They exist in form of the most profuse vari
ety resembling snowballs, roses, tulips, lil
ies, daisies, even long stalks of celery, flow
ers, however predominate, and with a fideli
ty to nature that is truly astonishing.
In some places portions of rock have fallen
out, and in the crevices thus left these beau
tiful formations are re-produced. It has been
paid that they exist not only in living, but in
growing reality ; for new f jrmations are being
continually mad lK?neath, the old ones drop
ping off and lying in quantities under the feet
By searching among the collection, apparent
ly of rubbish thus formed, I was so tortunate
as to secure some beautiful specimens to bring
home as mementoes of the place, and which
I prize more highly than I would one of the
white eyeless fish, for containing which the
wators of the cave are so celebrated.
Leaving Cleveland's Cabinet and over the
Rocky Mountains, as they are called, for au
other mile, the termination of the cave is
reached. New passages have been explored
during the last year ; but being difficult of ac
cess, and containing nothing, as I was assur
ed, more wonderful than what I had seen ;
with my appetite, moreover, for the marvel
lous in this case thoroughly satisfied, I was
willing to return ; and as I retraced my steps
I strove to retain in mv mind the succession
of wonderful objects, and with regard to man v
of them to feel that my sense of appreciation
for their true merit had been increased.
Being unaccustomed to such things, and
not knowing their real magnitude, one fails at
first to discover their importance ; but upon
the return and the second visit they seem to
have been enlarged, or rather, our ideas hav
ing grown, were the more capable of compre
hending the real proportion of the different
objects. The first sense of disappoiutment
originates doubtless from a misapprehensiou
in the mind of the visitor as to the real char
acter of the cave.
Being ushered through darkness and gloom
into great, bare, deserced-looking places,
with his imagination filled with fairy grottoes,
etalag mites from the floor and stalactites
from the ceiling, and with other beauties of
which he has read or heard confusiug his
mind with most undefinable ideas, he receives
a shock from which it takes him some time to,
recover. Stalactite and stalagmite formations
exist but in one place, and are few in number;
and except beyond the river, where they are
most beautiful, the rocks are cf black, uue
dorned limestone, with none of the accesso
ries of fairv land. But when he begins to
understand where he is among the vast gal
leries, the wild, weird-like halls, the preci
pices, pits and chasms and gets his mind
wrought into the sublimity of the scene, he
becomes willing to forego the beauties of the
place, and is satisfied to be able to appreciate
the vastness, grandeur aud sublimity of the
wholo -
Upon reaching the entrance and emerging
to the light the eiTect is most surprising. Af
ter haviug been in darkness for several hours,
and our eyes, straining to discover objects in
the gloom, have accommodated themselves to
the necessity, the light seems to etream in at
tho opening, casting as strong and distinct a
shadow upon the pathway as a direct sunbeam
into a room The mouth of the cavern is
overarched with trees, and the light seems to
be tinned from them with a greeuiah hue,
which is cast like a veil over the rocks and
other objects in the path.
The access to the cave is bv stage to
"Bell's;" thence by accommodation line
across to the hotel. The quarters are most
excellent, the tables as well supplied as in the
City Hotel, and the servants are the best I
ever saw There are accommodations for about
two hundred guest, and will be greatly en
larged to meet tho increased facilities that
will be rendered to travellers in reaching this
place by the expected extension, during the
next summer, of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad to Bell's Tavern."
Humanity.
It is a confortable reflection that, as we
pass along the crowded streets of a great city,
with a visible distress stamped upon our fea
tures, some eye, less carolers than the many,
will read our wants and remember us after
we have passed out of sight. We observed a
toucbi&j case in point yesterday. j
A pale, emaciated, poverty stricken young
man was crawling along the street, looking as
if he was pretty well starved. The restless
money-seeking crowd pressed on past him
without pausing ho was alone, unnoticed.
Soon we saw a j'oung man looking intense
ly into the face of the wanderer ; he felt for
his misery, and at the same time, felt in his
pocket. He was a stranger in the ciiy him
self, and his last dollar lay lonely and discon
solate in his pocket. He paused anl hesita
tedmade two or three starts after the retreat
ing figure and stopped. It was hii last dol
lar. Finally, with a rich smile breaking over
his frank, open face, he walked with a deci
ded step after the now distant figure cauSht
up with him and made a loan to the Lord of
his entire cash capital.
The incident was beautiful. That gener
ous young man is still in the city of New Or
leans. His good deed, has had, already its
reward. Tho bread he cast upon the waters
has returned to him without waiting " many
jaysi JV. O. Picayune.
3T ' Boy, can I lodge here to-night,
say?"
Guess not."
"Why not?" t
Case mam's sick, dad 8 urunk, and Sal s
gone for rum and I dou't care a dern for any
body." - '
'Well, 111 go on" ; .
The Lost Lover A Swedish Tale-
1' 1RANSLATED FK0M THE GERMAN.
In Falun, a aii'nj town in Sweden, a hun
dred years and more ago, a youDg miner kiss
ed his fair bride and said to her :
" On St, Lucia's day our love will be bless
ed by the priest's hand. Then we shall te
husband and wife, and we will build us a lit
tle nest or our own."
' And peace and love shall dwell in it,"
said the beautiful bride, with a sweet smile,
' for thou art my all in all, and without the
I would choose io be in my grave."
But when the priest, in proclaiming their
bans in the church for the second time before
St Lucia's day, pronounced the words, If.
now, any one can bhow reason why these per
sons should not be united in the bonds of mat
rimony," Death was at hand. The young
man. as he passed her house next morning
in his black niiniDg garb already wore hi
shroud. He rapped upon her window, and
said, good morning but never returned to
bid her good evening He never came back"
from the mine, and all in vain she embroi
dered for him that very morning, a black cra
vat with a red border, for the wedding day.
This she laid carefully away, and never ceas
ed to mourn or weep for him.
Meanwhile, time passed on ; the Seven
Year's war was fought ; the partition of Pol
and took place ; America became free ; the
French Revolution and the long war began ;
Napoleon subdued Prussia, and the Euglish
bombarded Copenhagen. The Lusbadoian
sowed and reaped, the miller ground and the
smith hammered, aud the miners dug after
the veins of metal in their subterranean work
shops. As the miners of Falun, in the year
1800, a little before or after St. John's Day,
were excavating an openin between two shafts,
full two hundred ells below the ground, they
dug from the rubbish and vitriol water, the
Lody of a young man. entirely staturated with
iron-vitriol, but otherwise undecayed and un
altered so that one could distinguish his fea
tures and age as well as if he bad died only
an hour before, or had fallen asleep for a lit
tle while at his work.
But when they had brought him to the Kght
of day, father and mother, friends and ac
quaintances had been Ion dead ; no one
could iJentify the sleeping youth, or tell any
thing about his misfortune, till she came, who
was once the betrothed of the nJner who had
one day gone to the mine and never returned.
Gray and fchrlverel , she came to the place
hobbling upon a crutch, when more in joyful
ecstacy than pain, the sank down upon tho
beloved form. As soon as she had recovered
her exposure , she exclaimed, It is my be
trothed, whom I have mourned for fifty years,
and whom God now permits me to see onco
more before I die. A week before lhc wed
ding time, he went under the earth and nev
er returned." All the bystanders were moved
to tears as they beheld the former bride, a
wasted and feeble old woman, and the bride
groom still in the beauty of youth ; and how,
after the lapse of fifty years her youthful love
awoke again . But he never opened his mouth
to Einile, nor his cye3 to recognize ; and she.
finally, 'as the only one belonging to him and
having a right to him, had him carried to her
own little room, till a grave could be prepared
in the church-yard. The next day; when all
was ready, and the miners came to take him
away, she opened a little drawer, and taking
out the black silk cravat, tied it around his
neck, and then aceoinpaincd him in her Sun
day garb, as if it were their wdding-day and
not the day of his burial. As they laid biui
ia a grave in the churchyard, she said :
" Sleep well now, for a' few days in thy cold
bridal bed. and let not the time seem long to
thee I have now but little more to do, and
will come soon atd then it will be a day a
gain." As she was going away, she looked
back once more and said, " What the earth
has once restored, it will not a second time
withold."
A Dove Alighting on a Coffin In EJin
burg, a few days ago, a respectable family in
one of the quietest quarters of the city werc
thrown into mourning by the death or ono of
their number, an elderly lady. A night or two
after the event a strange noise was heard at the
window of the room where the coffin was lying
It seemed.liko the fluttering of the wings of a
bird against the window panes; and when tho
maid servant appeared at the window for the
purpose of raising it to examire into the
cau.se of the noise, a beautiful white dove flew
into the apartment and alighted upon the coffin
It offered no opposition when they attempted
to secure it. and is now in the posession of the
relatives of the deceased lady, who, from the
singularity of the circumstances have resolved
to preserve it carefuly. Had the event hap
pened in times past, when superstition held
sway it would undoubtedly have given rise to
some strange immaginations relative to the de
parted. Edinlurg Exjrress.
g3T " I say, Joe, where is the hoe T
" With the handle !"
' Where is the handle V
With the hoe !"
" Where is the handle and hoe ?'
" Both together ! Darn ye, I believe you
want to pick a fight you are asking so many
questions I"'
23T A boy named Burbank, only sixteen
years old, was fatally wounded in one of Walk
er's fights in Nicaragua. He was the son of
wealthy parents in Kentucky, and ran away
from the military pchool in that state, for he
had heard of battles, and longed, &c, like
young Norval. .
3T A sailor being asked how he liked hii
bride, is reported to have remarked -'Why.
d'ye see, I took her to be only half of me. a
the parson 6ays, but dash me if she is'nl
twice aa much as I. I'm only a tar she'a a
tar tar."
Frailty, belong to tl t ature of man. -