9 .1 V I --- rKr , THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEH, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE HICH AND THE POOR. EBBWSBURG,: JAWXTARY. 28, 1857. .xYEW' SERIES. VOKV4..JTO. 14; THE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, is ptiblish axI every Wcelnesday morning, in Ebensburg, Cambria Co., Fa;, at .$1 50 pur annum, if paid is AiiViSi'E. if not $2 wiH be charge!. .I.) VE CTISEMBXT3 will bo conspicuously in serted at the following rates, viz: I square 3 insertions, Kvery subsequent insertion, 1 :j.uare 3 months, 1 o . " $1 00 3 00 i 00 i': oo CO 00 15 CO 5 00 year, year, P.usluess. Cards, (XJ-Tvoh' 'hies c-or stitnie n square. kew cocjtis, -skw oos; .IlE subscriber takes pleasure hi amu-incing " f to his numerous customer.-, and the public of the pom rally, that he is now opening one largest anW most desirable stocks cf FALL AND WINTER GOOD: rer iv.-esenU'd to 'this con.r..m.i! v. Ills stork consists cliicHv of the f .Rowing viz : . LADIES DRESS GOODS ! Mich as Talmas. Vizettos. Shawls. Silks, 11" ri nos, Cn-sluneres, Woo! en Fluids, De Laincs, De J lake's, Alapacas, Ginghams, Calico; BONNETS llibbous. Cellars, Trimmiups, Are. ' 'CENTLEIIEN'S CLOTHING ! --n-Vas Over Coats, Dress Coats, Vuts, Yo.-.ts, Shirts, Drawers; Also a hre stock of. DOMESTIC GOODS! such : n TJrown and Eieached Muslin, Drills, Deiniiu. Skirtings, Checks, Kihu-ly Jeans, Safi tift. C-Jusimcres, Flannels Liudseys, Ticking, l'.laiiktls, S,-c. Also Boots, Shoes. Hats, Caps. Trunks, Hardware, Qat.H-nsv.-are, Glassware, Tinware, and a Urire stock of GROCERIES! He v.-cudd solh it Farmers who arc in want of (iOOn CORN SIIELLERS STRAW fTTTEES to call ami examine his steck ; he would v.-ish ulso to inform them that lie has made arrange ments to supply them with all kinds of FER TILIZERS, such as Peruvian and Mexican Gu anos, !tc. lie invites one and all to come and examine his large and well selected Stock, before purchasing elsewhere, as he is determined to sell st smaller profits than ever boTne known in this viciuity. The ONE ITJCE SYSTEM will he .vmtioued as heretofore, so that parents may send tia-ir children to make purchases v. ith as much .advantage as if thev went themselves. DANIEL MLAUGELIX. rnnhel ITiil, October 8, lSCC. 3 BOLLASS MM ! ! ! : him rpllE fciiV'Ciiber J. coi-d citizens would respectfully inform the i" Ebonsl.ur and tin 11 n- in vicinity that he rhia. w irh the lar hs returned frim utt ;oid mo.-t vai .1. 1 ass .'iie &; rt 1 :CK I US i vt r oUbrcJ. fjn.-i.-ts as follows : CrOCO'. iCS: Molasses, f.u-ars. Teas. Rice, Candles. S '.".!. s, Fi.-h. Salt, Bacon & linn s, Kh ur. Oat -acai. orn iea . ioliueco, E Oi'CU. .Apples, vderatus, Lakm boda, Dried IK-mnp-Dorkec's r.akimrrowder'S.irdi.-es.Miisiard.Spi 1- - . ccs, llullownys'Wt rm Ci.feeti n. Vinegar. CosiSccJiuKarit-s : Cim.llcs. . Iuii-ins. Oranges, Lemons, .Citrous, l'nmes. Scca:r, Fruits, E:;. Nrfs of all kinds. Mqnoi H : Cherry lhandy, Elackberry Hran dy, Raspberry Erandy. French Err.i.dy, Fort Wine. Old live Whiskey. IrMM!ics,"&.r., &c: Horse .Sweeping. Dus- tinc, Snri-.h aliil Wlitf U'iu.li IJrn,.iCri. Bed C'Ol (?S '1 wine, Corn broenis, Rackets of all kinds. Tuba i.nd l'.iukets if :d! kir.i's, Wasli R-.-ards, I "utter 1 1 1. v..-'-- v a: , Lamp OIoKs, Curry Combs, Carpet 1 Tacks. Window Class of all kind ,. Arnold's Ink, Hover's Ink, Steel Fens, Staticn- j-.rv of all Kinds. 'oiicthtr with a lame assort n e:.t of ntr e? nrti- e.es not eniuuef if not ehcai'ir ted, which win 1 1 solu as cheap than any e.-tal lisbm i t in tne county. RKJIIAED TUDOR. Ebensbnr, July r.0, J?oG 4 0. IMi CHTAXT A'OTICi:. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Milton Rol crts. dee'd, for costs as Frothonotary and Clerk of the Quarter Sessicns are hereby notified to make payment without delay, us it will be ve ry unpleasant for me to have to resort to compul sory measures and thereby add costs, which will be imperative unless paid shortly.1 Howcrd J. Roberts, of this borough is duly au thorized by. me to leeeive said fees and reee pt for the same. He v. i.l attend for that pr.iT' se, a the Frothonotary's c-Cice, in Elcnsburg, at' the en tiling Court iu December iexf. JOHN WILLIAMS, Ex'r. Ebensburg. Oct.i25. 1SCC. -tf. ValuntZc Ileal Estate FOR SALE. I will sell at private sale that larc and com--modious HJiiCK HOUSE, situate on High street, in the lWoueh of EW nsburfr, l ein? the proj ertv voccupietl by Milton Roberts, dee'd., at the time of Ins death. Also, a valuable L OTf GRO UXJ) situate on the Clay Fike, about one half mile from said Loroush, containing; 2J acres enclosed and in a good state of cultivation. For terms apply to the subscriber residii " en ihe premises, or to John William-, in Fbcnbur" ..WHS. MALYINA RORERTS." Sept. 17, KEW ARRIVAL! &RfiESIES! GESCERIES! GECCIRIESI ! fAKT BR0., would respectfully inform ) their old customers as well as many new ores that they have received a large quantity cf Gro ceries, which for quality and cheapness cannot be excelled by any sin.flur establishment west of the Allegheny mountains. We are -determined to Jowtr than the . lowest, : We have also, on hand . . 20,000 CIGARS "which we will d!iosc of wholesale or retail. HART & RRO. J"ly 9, 1856. . ' .-i , SOSS OF TK3IPHAXCB, Highland Division, No. 8 J, Sons of Tem- "-s". 2aa,,'.'IaxVcs rnctt at tllr Hall every SATUR- 1 cung. j The Eribed Legislator. BY WM. B. COXVAT. Of all tLe crimes, with wLich the Tempter's j I nrt ' , : Has Llaeken'J and defiled the human heart ; TLe meanest meanness, and the vilest vile. The basest "baseness, and the deepest guile. That ever tinged the conscious cheek with shame. Destroyed a character, or damned a name, The crime of crimes is clearly that which . must Result, ?rr se, from violated trust! Though trusts are various, (as all agree,) In weight extent importance and degree, "Yeflstni tho principle involved in each, (We care not what Dishonesty may preach) The principle is recognized as just, Thai every fairly delegated trust, Which, as a trust is mutu'Ily believed, As such imparted, aud as such received, (Despite of all the arguments that wave, The scruples from tho conscience of a knave, However deep in subtla tactics skilled,) Should ee in tkuth axd uonksty fulfilled ! This is the doctrine, Equity proclaims, Sustained by learn'd and venerated names, And this the doctrine, to which Truth has given The broad, approving seal of righteous Hea ven, Destroy this sacred principle and then Can .Justice dwell among the sons of men? Could peace and order here consent to dwell, Or would not Earth, itself, become a Hell ? Of all the trusts, which can to men be given, (Not to include the Ministry of Heaven) Those trusts are clearly greatest,. which relate To man considered in his social State ; ' , Those rrnLic tkcsts, which always must cm brace. The weal, or woe, of thousands of his race, These trusts are truly sacred, and as such, Corruption's vile, contaminating touch Cannot pervert them, without spreading ill, Beyond the basest purpose of the will, Sad ills ab.s I which in their seope must urge Their dire effects to the remotest verge Of that society, through which they spread, Like bitter waters from a fountain head. The Legislator, who receives a uribk. Direct or indirect though all the tribe Of cnusui.-tic quil blers should unite Their deepest skill " to prove that black is white," That Legislator violates his trust, Eeeomes denied and ceases to be just ! 'Tis true, no man can deem it very strange, W hen mere ojjinivvs undergo a change; Put when opinions plainly manifest The facts and ruixcii les on which they rest, And Ti.csTs are this confided cleaily then. Opinions tpt the honesty of men ! ! ! 1 ; 'Tis true, the bribed apostate may proclaim, I A Lost of facts to palliate his sLumc, j Facts, well irrptrcd, to meet his wretched ease, And mitigate the horrors of disgrace. Vt:s he may prove or try, in vain, to prove, That scruples rose, reluctantly to move His artless mind which had alas! to strive. Against the fact, that two and two make fiief ' 'Jlius to "conclusions" he was " forcid'' to come, And darkly wrote his artful letters homo; To prove his consc-ier.ee is not made of flint. He drops a sly preliminary hint ;' Suggests his " doubts,' which finally prevail, matters of detail :" And then ho Lalts, in e lfl)recates tin; spirit cf the times, And sneaks of narl v" as he should of crimes t w 7 He modi So? his motions, day by day, As, for a total change he paves the way, Is anxiou3 still to Justify his views, And still dff ends himself, though none accuse; And when he hears the biting tauntirg jibes, This sensitive recipient of bribes Retorts and plunges deeper in the toils, And proudly tea: s his infamy and spoils! "lie tore high Leaven, he plays his frantic pranks, Abhors corruption ! and supports the Ranks btiil lor " democracy," he rants and raves, Vilest of hypocrites ! and worst of knaves ! Appeals to Lis "constituents " ah why? For they confirm his damning infamy J If that base man dctcstible appears. On whom the orphans cries and widows' tears Make no impression; from whose callous heart, No sigh of pity, or remorse, can start; Who basely cheats the mute confiding dead. And drives the orphans forth, to beg their bread, In sorrow and in wretchedness to roam. Expelled by Feacd, from happiness and home! If fraud like this, must ever be despised, van greater irauds though artfully disguised, jjo tess detested Less abhorcd t because The fraud in making cot in 'break in. 1 laws Has been committed? Then, if this be true Tl 1.1 l!1 1 1- . ' j. jiu tijiu uiay L'iu integrity aaieu : Is that base man the guiltiest cf men, Who fires some cottage, in the lonely glen, Is he not baser? Equity exclaims, Who wrnps a City in devouring flames? And if a watchman ? who his puilt can tell? -mac i-gtts the tordi aud utters " All is veil !" , - And so tho Legislator : If he would ' lake every ill, and countervailing good, hich man enjoys, or suffers, here below, And justly balance human weal and woe U o must proclaim that man to be the worfct, Ihe most dctcstible tho most accursed. Whose actiona tend directed bv Ida "MM 11 To have on States the greatest weight of'ill ; 'Ihe bribed apostate, who on States would - draw, ' - Tho greatest curses, in the forms cf law! Tho sad effects his villany imparts, 3Iay reach ten thousand times ten. thousand hearts, - - - - - - 1 - . Ah thick of this! in weighing public crime?. Lich ixvjure other men, in other times ! Ah think cf lhts ! with jealousy and fear, j Nor deem the writer wantonly severe ; Climes which to sorrow, slavery and scorn, Doom freemen's children's children, yut un . born . ; These are no trines " trifles light as air," . As bribing Dank Directors are aware: If these be trifles, wb.3' did Freedom's son, The great, the good, the Godlike Washington; Devote his life to vigilance r.nd toil. - ; To rear a Temple on Columbia's soil ; Dencath whose high, and bright, and hallowed dome. Freedom might find a shelter and a home, Where every lovely virtue might appear, Riight as their native heaven's unclouded sphere, Whenjce Peace and Order might protectrrnrT'ert'""5 " the son had completed his course of draw, study, and chosen tho legal profession. His From Truth and Justice Liberty and Law! If these be dreams, or trifles, if you will. Ah ! icJty did Warren bleed on Dunker's Hill? The Judge the -Magistrate wo dont des cribe; . Nor e'en the Editor who takc3 a bribe ; The difference in this brief view, The evil each icitJtin his sJtcre, may do, The principle's the fcanie 'tis understood, From Libel-suits to gallant CiUcifs blood ; Pure blood I by bribes and base corruption ; . epttr, - Whilst bribing Hauliers flaunt in pride and guilt! : In pride and guilt ; Whilst lo ! the widow's tear ! And hark ! the orphans' wailings strike the ear Ah! who but God, can estimate their pain? They cry to Heaven ! nor will they cry in Yam The man who takes a bribe would strip the : dead, -Or rob the orphan of his crust of bread ; So lost to justice equity and right " This i,ian would steal the aed " widow's mite Is well prepared for every 7iind of fraud, Would sell his country, or betray his God, Pillage the palace of the King of Kings, Or strip the gilding from an angel's wing3 ! On sad events now jisfting do reflect; Freemen ! be lirm, and stern, aud circum spect! Let none be trusted, who for office pants, To pamper vulgar artificial wants, Let cv'ry idle vain and vicious drone - Live if he cau but trust not such a one : Remember what Time's faithful record saith, That Cartha.ee fell and fell bv itxic faith : The man who is unfaithful to a trust, However small is vitally unjust, -And he w ho is unjust in little things, 'Would be a viiiaiu in he Courts of Kings, Present a Irilcl and down his virtue falls. v w In Courts or Camps or Legislative Halls ! The bribed ' ajtcjstatel Plot his hateful name From each and every scroll of honest fame. Let no man trust'him: Xono forbearto shed, Contempt and deep dishonor on his head : Let Scorn still point her linger aud her jibes, Aud say ,STDehold the consequence of Pribes ! Let guileless children as he passes by, Shriuk from his touch, and shudder at his eye; Let lovely woman loath him with disgust, And shun him like tho reptile in the dust ; And, whilst he lives, let Infamy alone, Claim the Bribed Legislator as her aim ; Pntll lie dies and sinks unto the grave, To poison worms, that feed upon the knave ; Ther 'midst the storms let hidious Furies, foul, Hold nightly revels and in concert howl ; Let hissing serpents make that spot their home, And be the watchful guardian- of his tomb; And when he goes to Hell, let Devils stare, And ask him who the Devil sent him there? And f?el the insult deep, severe aud keen, To Fee a fiend pre-eminently mean 'Midst better Devils rudely ushered in, Afoul appalling prodigy of siu ; And in Hell's fiercest hottest furnace cramm'd, - . Let him be damned! surperlativcly damned! And why not damned for such transcendent crimes ? -Yea damned eternally, ten thousand times ! t EbeDsburg, Pa. March 28, 1833. Fatal Resul of a Joice In the county of Derbyshire, England, on the 22d of Decem ber, two of the servants of a farmer, named Pcrcival and Hudson, regaled a youth only fif teen years of age, who had come ia the even ing for his milk with some ghost stories until he was thoroughly, frightened After he left one of them clothed himself in a tablecloth and met him in a field. He arrived at his homo in a terrified state, and although he went to work next day, was obliged to be put to bed where he was seized with violent vomiting and died raving wildly. The medical men were of the opinion that he died from the effects of the shock to the nervous system. Pcrcival, who put on the tablecloth, has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter. Marriage Certificates. You say Mrs. Smith, that you have lived with tho defendant for eight years. Dose the Court understand irom that that you are married to him ?" "In courso it dose. " , "Have you a marriage certificate ?" "Yes your honor, thiee on 'cm. two cahand a boy. " crdict for the plantiff call tho next case. jtS?"' Mr M. Whitmore of Augusta coun ty, Va. by his last will and testament, libera ted all his slaves, and provided for their trans portation to Liberia, or one of the free states at the expense of h is estate. To each of them he. left the suni of S150, and to those who had served him beyond the age of 25 years, 30 a year for the excess iof timel 3T Speaking of hoops, Punch savs that a TVIT1 ttrlin irf nnlc inf fin e 1 1 . r start very early in the morning THE DISHCNCILED SISTER. BY A HETIKED ATTORNEY. Chester Read was a youDg man of violent and excitable temper; but, as we often find in violent end excitable persons, he had a warm heart. He was a generous and whole souled to a fault, and 'notwithstanding tho vilonce of his temper, he had many warm . and sincere frionds among whom I was proud to count myself. His father wag a man in humble circum stances. He had contrived, by denying him- I self many or the luxuries ot life, to ca n his s&n a collegiate education , and by his own ex- talents were of the highest onder, and all who knetr him pictured; for him a brillifnt and useful career. lie was many years my junior, and had studied for a year in my office, which increased the esteem I had long cherished for him. Not often, did his violent temper dis turb the harmony of his relations with his friends, for he was a true man, and when, in his cooler moments, he saw that he had done wrong, he had the courage to acknowledge his fault lie was always forgiven ; and per haps his friends bad learned to humor his fail ing, for, as he became more intimate with them,' tho occasions which gave so much pain to him and them, grew less freejuent. lie continued to reside with his father at the South End, more, I think, be-cause he loved his home, than because his father lived in a stylo suited to tho taste of a young man of intelligence and refinement. . He was whol ly devoted to his father, of whom he often sccke in tho most enthusiastic terms. He was sensible that his father had made a great meny sacrifices for his advantage, in which his mother aud sister had cheerfully shared for his sake. Elinor Read, his sister, wa. a sweet girl, entirely unselfish in her relations with those about her- She would have considered no deprivation too great for her to bear for her brother's sake ; Mid Chester was as much de voted to her as if she had been the maiden of his choice, instead of a sLtcr. When he, had j .1 ii . 1 . any money to speuct . upj. u tne i.ieaire, or a ride into the country, Elinor was his compan ion. His evenings were spcut at home, for he prefercd the society of father, mother, and sister, to t;;e charms ot tucso wuo trequent the drawing-room in wnich he woud always fhave been a welcome guest. I had often called at the house ot Jir. Ucad and wa3 always impressed by the perfect un animity of feeling which pervaded the happy circle. I was always pleased to go there ; the atmosphere of iLc place seemed so pure and exalted. In some cf my latter visits, I generally found there a gentle man who was introduced to mc'as Captain Presl-y, f Philadelphia. It did not take 'me long to determine the effect of his visits I saw Elinor bluiu, and I al wavs saw him by her side. It was under stood that they were engaged, and. I wished them m my heart a prosperous voyage over theoften stormy seas ot matrimony. Captain Presby was a man of wealth, and boarded at the Exchange Coffee House, then the first hotel ia the city He was wealthy, and seemed to have no other object in remain ing in Roston than the prosecution of his suit with Eiiuor Read. Mr. Read and Chester seemed pleased with the proposed match, for certainly no man could have presented a fair er promise of the future. ' For about a year and a half he continued to wait upon Elinor, and the gossips had ceas ed to talk about it. One day Chester Read came into my cCice, as he frequently did it was the first day cf June, aud I shall never forgot it in this world. A single glance at his expressive face told mc that something unusual had occurred. A volcano was in eruption within his bosom. His eye was more truly the mirror of his soul thau "that of any man I ever saw It wis bright aud Cashing now. It seemed to be kit.uled with a preternatural fiame. I shall never forget how he looked as he walked into mv oflTeo with a slow and solemn step, and took a seat near the window. lie did not greet me with his usual cordial salutation ; neither did he take up the morning paper and rattle off a column of smart talk, as he was wont to do A change, had came over huu. lie was not in a passion, as wheu in his violence he raved and stormed.like a madman. It was not a mere abulition of anger that had come over him, to subside like a Fumracr shower, when the sun ccmes out to deluge all nature with light and the sky sccmesanhundrc l fold bluer from the contrast with tho black clouds that have enveloped it . It was nothing of this kind that stirred the-soul of Chester Read down in its deepest channels. It was not a r . 11 1 I " 1 - . ' 111 wuicu woum evaporate, teMiug niui pent tent and subdued. I was astonished at the change which had so suddenly come over hioi. . I had seen him the day before, ros' and blooming, the very picture of health. To-day he was wan, pale, and haggard, his flashing eye was sunk deep in his head, ana his Hps looKeu more line death than life. I felt sad and anxious as he sat there in terrible silence. He said nothing ; he did not even, glanco at me. Had I wounded him? No, an insult would have produced on him a battle os rage, and then blown over. Rusjing myself about my papers, I did not vcntuie to disturb, that tremendous silence It was a silence both terrible and tremen dous. He Lad not come to my office for nothing, and an event of nc? ordinary circum stance was about to occur. ' . - He sat, apparently sturred by the most ter rible emotion. The muscles of his face wore contracted and expanded, and his unusually expressive features were disfigured by contor tion; I waited patiently for the denounce ment of the tragedy, for his part was not a comedian en this occation. At last, with n. ii rid en and violent efTort. , .. - , he sprung to his feet and shouted, rather than said ' ' "Docket!" He was always paticular, notwithstanding our intimacy, to call me Mr. Docket ; but now he seemed to spurn the courtesies of civ ilized life, and to court the lawlessness of the savage. "Well Chester, what is the matter ?" I asked as camly as I could, for I was much excited by the peculiar circumstances of the occasion. "I am mad, Docket?" I almost believed him. "I hope not," I added, trying to smile. " Don't laugh at me !" said he sternly " Dy no moans, my friend. -I hopo noth ing unpleasant has occurred." ' Unpleasant !" The word seemed to hiss from his lips No tragedian ever made tuc-h a point. Forest was a tyro in acting, compared with the fear ful reality of his performance "Tell what has happened. Read. If I caa serve you, no one kno .v s better than you how much I desire to do so." . " Forgive rue, Mr. Docket," said he, in a gentler tone, as he grasped my hand, and a tear sprung from his sunken eye " I have felt like cursing all mankind ; but you are my friend." " J am ; be calm, Read." " Hell has let its miuions loose upon the earth !" he exclaimed with frightful enerrv. " One of them has been to my father's house, and stole the lamb from the flock." " Elinor ?" I asked, shocked at the disas ter, which his poetic expression had partially revealed. " Elinor," replied he, sinking into a chair and weeping like- a child. Is it possible ! Captain Presby " " Is a villain!" he shouted, springing to his feet again, with so much force that the floor shook beneath him. " Wrhere is he now ?" " Can it be that Presby was a villain?" Fled! Fled, like Cain, with the curse cf God resting upon him !" . I was not willing to believe it ; but with streaming eyes, Chester Read told me how his sister suffered : how her cheeks had rrrown wau and pale ; how tho angels of her heaven ly nature seemed to have lied from her.- Misery and shame were her portion. The villain hud done his work. His promises had been lies He Lad deceived her. He had never intended to make her hi3 wife, and when he had accomplished his hellish puipose, he had fled from the wreck he had made. 1 shared the iudignation cf my fi iend. I wondered not that he was moved all the world seeuied blank and dark, nnd that all mankind looked like demons to him. I knew how fondly he loved that sister ; .1 kuew the treas. urg of affection in his great heart, and I join ed with him in oxeprating the deed that the villain who had done if "Docket, there is a God above us, who will not permit such a deed to go unpunished, even in this world cf siu aud woe." taid he, vehemently I tried to reason with Lira, and endeavored to ret him to take a more C3;ristian view of the sad care. He laughed like a maniac in t . my fuc!J, and swore to wreak Lis vengeance upon the destroyer. In vain I tried to soothe hint. lie would bear nothing which inter fered w ith tho ten ible wreaking cf his ven geance which he proposed. " Rut, "Read, you should thiak of the fu ture in store for your tister. Your first pur pose should be to obtain justice further," " Justice; for her ? he asked, pausing in his wild ravings. "Certainly. -We will compel him to make her his wife." " Ha is a villain !" replied he, more mod erately ; but. the suggestion was not without j its force upon his mind. j " No matter ; make hira marry her. Save j her good name." j lie agreed witn me, anu ior an nour we discused the means of bl inking about this de sirable consummation. We agreed to pro ceed to Philadelphia, without losing a day's time. I Eucceeded, after this arrangement had becu concluded, io restoring him, at least to an appearance of self possession. That clay we started for Philadelphia ; but then it was not so easy a matter to go there as it is now ind the journey required three davs. On our arrival, 1 commenced a viuor- 1 ous search for the wretch who had made such havoc in the family of my friend. This was an easier task than I had antici pated, and I soon found that he belonged to a wealthy and aristocratic family was any thing but reputable ; indeed, his absence from home was caused by a discreditable affair in his native city, which compelled him to keep out of the reach cf certain outraged parties. He had been a lieutenant in army, from which he had been discharged for disgraceful cor., duct. - His title was entirely gratuitous. I found him aud left a cote for him to call at the hotel where we lodged. I gave no names, and had some doubt about his ecmc ing. lie came, however, and was shown to my room. I had sent Read away when he was announced, so as to allow me au opportunity to make terms with him. ... " Ah Docket," said he, taking my hand ; 1 " I am glad to see you. " It may be your gladness wul suher a shock when you learn tho object of my mis sion. " Not at all, my dear feilow. - " The outrage you have committed must be atoned for." "Outrage eh?" " Of course I refer to the matter of the Read family." ; " Of course you do. l ine folks oeauti- ful srirt ! I went there to amuse myself, pas sed myself off for a puritan, and came away when I cotready. I was astonished at the impudence cf the 1 fellow I never saw anything quite as old blpoded, and I was disposed to luru him over to the tender mercies of the outraged brother. " You are a villain, Mr. Presby." . "Suit 3ourself, my dear fellow," said he smiling. " Worda are but air, and if you feel any better for it, you can apply such epi thets to me as you please : ;; " Rut I demand satisfaction." ., ' " Exactly so. I dent like to be hard about these things. De reasonable, and I will meet you half way. Call it five hundred dollaia and I will do it " '. - I could have kicked the villain from my presence for Lis cool effrontery II ow little he valued female honor ! Five hundred dol lars, for a lost character ! Five hundred dol lars for the misery poor Elinor had endured, and was to endure in the future. " ' ! " That will not answer," I replied with coDtempt. Couldn't gire another dallor." " Money will not Eettle the affair." "Eh?" " Money will not stttlo it," I repeated. - What the devil will, I should like to in ouirc ?" he asked, with -a show of real su prise. " You must marry her." " Marry her ? ' Pon my soul, that ia coof. Marry the daughter of a small truder in the puritan city cf Doston ? That would read well ic tho newspapers! and the villain actu ally laughed in high glee, at what, to Liai, was a supremely rediculous proposition. "It will sound better at tho judgment '? ' " Never was there don't no anything n bout it." ?i " T You will know." . - . . i It was rather a queer mission for a lawyer to be on preaching to the vilest of sinners ; but I felt it then. " All right," replied Le, whistling a popu lar air. . .,-f "In cue word you must marry Elinor Read, or your life shall pay the forfeit." "I am a dead shot," he replied ; havo fought three duels, and killed my man every time. No no ; not to be scared with the smoke of gunpowder. Rut, my dear Docket. I have an engagement ; I can't stop any longer; will settle this business any time give you five hundred, or fight you, as you elect." - He sauntered towards the door tut at that, moment Chester Read bolted, into the room. He had been listening to the last part of our' eoloquy, and his fiery nature would not let 5 him keep his promise to wait my summoDs-j " You are a villain 1" gasped he, and I never heard such an emphasis of tone and ex-' 1 ression as his heated blood. imparted to thai word. - , - -t " Suit yourself." replied Presby, coolly. " Choose, on the instant! .' Will you mar- - j ry her or die !" thundered the outraged broth-r , IT. .' ... " I will choose, on the instant ; I will not " 1 i' " Then die. cursed of God and man" Lis- ' sad f-om the teeth of Read, and before I could v clearly comprehend Lis purpose, Le drew a ( pistol from his pocket and fired ! ' . '. ' '. The ball crashed through the brain of the -villain and he fell dead upon the lloor. : J - ; j I was appalled by his horrid crime crime? i' Lei Heaven judge it. Vengeau.ee had dona r it3 work r 1 Elinor was revemrod. I have only spaco L'f mc to say that mv friezd was arrested for the murder; that for 7 weeks I watched over Liar, till he came to big trial. The killing was clearly proved, so was " the terrible provocation. To my surprise the jury brought him iu " not guilty" -for tho , jurv had souls Perhaps the circumstances ! of his trial and acquittal are still remembered ' by some of my readers. ; The villain's work was done, surely. Eli- , nor Read died after a year of anguish, and the grave was a place of sweet rest and shel ter from the cold world's obloquy. - ' J Chester was a changed man after tat. -He practised law for a few yers, but his set- '. . ; tied gloom undermindjj his health, and ho followed his lost sister to the grave, in tho thirtieth year of Lis age. Mixi3TERiaL Wit. We ara indebted to an cschansre for the following good one: A renowned gentleman, not a thousand miles from this city, lately preached rather a long sermon from the text, "Thou art weighed aud found wantiug. After the congregation had listened about an hour, some began to get weary aud went cut; others soon followed, great ly to the annoyance ol the minister. Auothcr person started, whereupon the parson stopped in his sermon, and said: . That is right gen tlemen, as fast as you are weighed pass out!" ' He continued his sermon at e.omo length after that, but no one disturbed him by leaving. SlT" A windy orator once got up and said : " Sir, after much reflection, consideration and ' examination, I have calmly,, deliberately and carefully come to the determined conclusion thvt in cities where the population is very large, there are a greater number of men and children, than in cities where tho population is les3. And I firmly believe there is not a man woman or child in all this vabt assembly that has reached the age of fifty or upwards, but has felt this mighty truth rolling through his breast for centuries." JTJJ" A gcntlcmau Laving done somethinjr wrong ia a public gardcu io Paris, and bciu"' called to an account for it by oue of the guar dians, said to him : " If I were to put a dollar upon each of your eyes could you see ?' ' . 1. The auswer was : " No, and if I had ancihr cr upou my mouth I'eouli not speak." . : JZtT Judge Robertson,' of Raton Rtvruo, La., recently sentenced one Wise to the stato ' prison for fourteen ' years for nejrro stealin-'. Mrs. Susannah Mason admitted that she was the prisoner's mother, but said his name not Wise. She herself, she raid, wan bom in Kinderhook, next door to Martin Van Duren's.
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