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B A RBARA.
B? ALBXAUPFR SMITH.
Yet, love, I am unblest;
With many doubt opprost,
Tiaacto likea desert wind without a place of
rest.
Crt'4 I but win you for an hour from oil that
starry shore,
f; hunsfr of my soul wero stilled, for Death
hath told you mere
Th-n the melancholy world doth know; things
deeper than all lore
You could teach me, Barbara.
In vain, in vain, m vain.
You will uever como aaiu.
Tr.rs droops upon the droary hills a mournful
fringo of rain;
T.e "UxmiTiir closes bIowIt round, loud wiraJs j events received
The belief in visions, wraiths, and super
natural warnings not to speak of well-defined
chosts is a foible or weakness confined
to no age or country no period of civilza-
tion. In short, the problem of a mysterious
connection between the denizens of this and
another world is one that never can be solved,
except by a stout denial, similar to that which
materialists venture as to tie existence of a
never-dying soul. 1ms belief, moreover, is
not confined to the ignorant, Dr, Johnson,
the lexicographer, was a firm believer in the
possibility of such events; Colonel Gardiner
and Lord Lyttieton are other witnesses;
Goetho in Eeveral passages gives evidence of
a similar conviction; Schiller and the Grimms,
to mention cone else, indulged in like notions.
Hence, then, if the case be not quite clear,
and the evidence not wholly infallible, room
is bull tor lurtner illustration; and the narra
tive about to be related ig decidedly one in
point, and, a3 being more thau usually well
authenticated, deserves an attentive perusal.
It is extracted from an old German manu
ncript, included among a number of other
! documents left by Count Horn, a celebrated
owedisn minister towards tr.o close or tne last
century, to the University of Gottcnburg, in
the archives of which it has been found by
the Chevalier Engstrom, who a few years ago
was Uritih consul there. The paper in
question is written in choice Latin, and is
evidently the production of no commonly ac
complished person. The results with only a
few of the reflections, are given in the strasge
narrative that ensues, which certainly is one
of the most startling that has ever been met
with in modern times; for to the formal doc
ument, on which it is founded, tho names of
fcix witnesses of high family and character
were annexed. It may be added, also, that
i the trie was curreut for a century in Sweden,
I and cited as ominous, long, long before the
thvir aocoiuplishnieat. lut
are in the tree;
TaaV w'&fo. shores f..-revcr moons the hr.rt aud
wounded sea;
Tttre ii m rice up.-n tho earth, peicq is ''ith
Death and thee,
Barbara!
as enouAM. nr mesaos.
Nature, regardful uf the babbling rac,
Hinted no beard upon a womau'a face:
Kot Tackwood'a razors, though the very beFt,
Odd shave- a chin that never is at rest.
A FAJIRWEIX. BT S.INGSLBY.
My faircat child, I have no song to give yon,
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray
Tct, ere wo part, one lesH'in I cau leave you
For every day.
fte rood, swee-l maid, and lei who will tw clever;
Do noblo thing', not drean them, all day
long:
InJ eo make life, death, and that vast forever,
One grand, sweet song.
BEACTV. PT G A FTnU.
Ey and hcark I mut surrender.
Drowned 83 in a radiant sea;
That high creature with her splendor,
BHadiug all, bath bUnded me.
T0MAS.
Woman's soft band my infant cradle spread.
Her gentlo cares ledecked my br dal bed;
By woman let my dying hours be uurst
ller love the lat fond solace as the first.
Fairest aud foremost of the train that wait
On man's most dignified and happiest state,
Whether we name thee Charity or Love,
Chief grace below and all in-all abovc.-Coirper.
fnoc art tiik Max." A letter was
received in New Orleans directed to the
biggest fool in Xew Orleans."
The poatmaster being absent, one. of the
oung clerks. Dot baviug any ide of who
the biggest fool io New Orleans" was, took
pon himself the liberty of opening tbj letter.
On the return of the postmaster, he was
immediately informed of the receipt of the
etrangely directed letter.
" Directed to the biggest fool in New Or
leans" eh? "And what has become of it?"
inquired the postmaster. '
Why," replied the clerk, ''I did not
iuow who the biggest fool in New Orleans
was, so I opened it myself."
' And what did you find in it ?" inquired
tie postmaster.
" Why," replied the clerk, " nothing but
he words" " Thou art the man."
to the point.
Charles the Eleventh, of Sweden, who
as all the world knows wan the father of tho
I a successful lival to Peter the Great, was a
i downright despot, aud yet as wily and as sage
t . 1 ... '3.3 'il. j. r
& sovereign as ever prcsiuea over ine cuun ui
Stockholm. Oligarchical before, tho country,
hitherto ruled by nobles ani wealthy bur- j
ghers, yildod at once to its sovereigu, who
forced the states-general to confide the entire
power to himself, who, though enlightened
beyond his age, noble-fpiritei, and sincerely
attached to the Lutheran religion, was, on
the other hand, cold, dogged, inflexible, and
simply a man of facts, without judgment or
imagination.
At tlie time of which we speak he had just
lost bis unhappy consort, JJleanor-Uulrica;
and although report said that his own harsh
ness and cruelty towards that lady bad has
tened her end, he showed his esteem for he
memory by a grief more touching than could
at all Lave been expected from a nature mads
of stuff 60 stern as his. lie eviuced it, tx,
iu his peculiar way that moht accordant with
the nature of a stern ar.d positive man; he
became, in short, nioro stern and taciturn
than ever; and. as his nature led him to state
fireplace: "How striking the likeness the
expression, too, uniting so much gentleness
with true queenly dignity.
Charles heard his mumbled words, ana
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supposing tnem intended as a siueiong re
proach, such as he was wont to hear from ma-
ny otners, tor ms coia unieeiing conauci. w
wards his queen, just raised his neaa irom
his elbow and said, "Pshaw ! man, thou art
a fool !" and sneering, as he rose from his
chair, and pointed to the picture, "Fool I
fool! thou know st yon portrait is but flat
tery; she was ugly as : " And then in a
paroxysm of excitement and passion, he
stamped his foot and walked about the room,
us if to hide an agitation for which he might
well have blushed, had it been his nature.
He stopped, however, before a window look
ing out upon the court, anl gazed on the
moonlit sceno around.
The palace now occupied by the kings of
Sweden, was not yet completed; and Charles
the Eleventh, who planned and began it, was
still residing in the old palace, situated just
at the angle of Kitterholm, that looks upon
the Lake Mocler. It was a large prison-like
edifice. The king's private cabinet was in
one of its win?: aud nearlv facing it was the
great saloon, where the States assemble!
when summoned to receive any message from
the crown. On this chamber it was that the
king more particularly gazed; and, strange
to sav, its windows appeared to be brilliautly
illuminated. lie at first thought that this
unusual light might proceed from the torches
of some passing servants; but then what co'd
thoy want at such an hour in a chamber that
had not been opened for so long a time ? De
sides, the light was too bright, far too bright
to proceed from a few passing torches, Nei
ther could it be a fire; for there was no smoke,
no appearance of destruction from the fiery
element, no noise of alarm or crashing raft
ers; it could be nothing, then, but an illumi
nation. The king gazed upon tho windows
fnr ome minutes in silent astonishmeut; and
nt. T?rahv who saw the
strange phenomenon as well as himself, was
about to ring a bell upon the table for a page
who might be sent to enquire the cause of so
singular a lirrht. The kins, however, stop- !
red him, "No," said be, "I care for nether
man nor spirit; I will go mjself " At the
same time, however, the count noticed that
the monarch turned pale, as if from a sort of
religious awe. Nevertheless, his mind was
fully bent to its purpose; aud he went forth
firmly, followed by his chamberlain and phy
sician, who each bore a lighted candle, as
they ushered him across the court.
The porter, who had the keys, bad been
long in bed; but liaumgarten awoke him, and
bade him in the king's name to open forth
with the doors of the Chamber of the btates.
Tbtr poor man, only half awake, was aston
;e.i.l nt r linnTncctiid a reouesu but he in
stantly dressed himself, and joined the king
with his bunch of keys They first opened a
door leading to a gallery which served as a
sort of antechamber to the grand saloon; and
when the moody king entered it, great was
his surprise to find, that all the walls were
hung with black! "Who has dared," eaid
he, looking round iu aDgor, "to order this
chamber to bo hung like this !" The porter
tr ami-fed beneath his angry gaze, and was
unablo to answer: for all he knew was, that
chamber on either Eide sat an immense as
sembly nobles, clergy, citizens, farmers; in
short, the representatives of tho four great
orders of the State ; and they were all clad in
the deepest black. Their countenances, too,
shone so brightly amil the sombre hues by
which they were surrounded, that tho eyes
of the king and bis four attendants were fair
ly dazzled as they looked, though nono were
able to recognise one single individual in the
whole assembly ; for all appeared like that
undistinguished mass of human faces that an
actor sees before him on the stage.
At tho further end was the throne, from
which the king was used to address the
States; and on it they beheld a bleeding
pnmse attired in the insignia of rovaltv. To
king. The crowned corpse" upon the throne J ihe United States : iclc
t n itt - tl, Kov on his 1 Bel. Some of his
was, iuereiur, uusibjuj i" , -right
was his son and successor; and, lastly,
the old man on his left must have been the
Duke of Sudermama. the undo of tbe last,
who was first regent of the kingdom, and then
its sovereign, alter hi3 nephew's deposition.
We believe there is no instance in the his
tory of any country of so extraordinary and
so well-authenticated a case of second-sight;
for it is seldom, indeed, that any second wit
ness, much less four, can be found to guar
anteo the truth of so strange a phenomenon
as that just recorded.
From the Easton Sentinel.
WILLIAM A. PORTER.
Some curiosity is usually felt to know the
the right stood a boy with the crown on his rf tohUtory ot mcn who are proposed for
uead, ana noiamg a sceptre in ms nauu , . ffi - j
-while on the other side was an aged man, or
rather a spectre, who leaned against the
throne, and was clothed in the ceremonial
dress worn by the state minister of the court
of Sweden before Vasa erected tho republb
into a kingdom. Fronting the throne, again
were several grave austere-looking persons, I
clad in long black robes, who seemed to be
the iudicial officers; for they were seated at
a table, whereon there were numerous ancient
looking folios and parchment documents. In
front of the table on the floor between the
benches was an execution-block covered With
crape, and on it rested a headsman's axe.
Tho spectacle was awfully strange; and.
what was stranger still, no one in this ghostly
assemblage appeared to recognise the pres
ence of cither Charles or his attendants. The
only audible sound, indeed, which reached
the cars of tbe latter was a confused murmur,
but not an arttculate word ever reached the
ears of the astonished spectators. Preseutly,
public office. Jedze Porter spent a consid
erable portion of his life in this town. On
his appointment to tho Supreme Bench we
published a short sketch of hiji, which was
copied by some of our exchanges. e add
a few more facts, well known to bis friends
here, which may prove interesting io vwi,.
born in Huntingdon couniy.ruu
selected him as their couTi-
pponentp, we seo abui4
hm aa the Solicitor of the Bank. This was
not so. lie was counsel of the Trustee?, who
were hostile to the former managers of tbo
Bank, and were engaged suits egaintt
many of them. This appointment, which
brought him in contact with lawyers in near
ly every county in the United States aDd
many of the cities of Europe, added to Lis
practice Several hundred thousand dollars
were thus collected and in tbe end , the notes
and deDOaitcs of the bank were raid in full
principal and interest, (a result at first wholly
unexpected) and the remainder of the assets
were distributed emcng the other claimants.
In 1856, when the finances of Philadelphia
had been greatly reduced, aud a vigorous eff
ort to overthrow the dominant party, bad been
determined on, Mr. Porter was selected as
the Democratic candidate fcr city Solicitor,
and the ticket was elected by a large majority.
His skillful, energetic and independent
course in that office, is well known. His let
ter to Councils, composed of a majority of Lia
own party, in which he refused to interfero.
at their request, in a case penaing id v.oursf
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lie was pviu iu wuuuuu-vM r j,- . , - . ,
svlvania in 1S21, and is now about thirty- as generruy reau uu uN v
When Judge ivncx
1IA olirt
Hon, David It. Porter, whose name has long
been' familiar to our people. His mother was
the daughter of Mr. McDermott, who emi
grated from Scotland during tho last centu
ry, for the purpose of' engaging in manufac
turing iron, in western Pennsylvania. Bmg
rr;l, nn one side and Scotch on the other,
Judge Porter has a good right .o the title of
Scotch -Irish, so much eulogized in his life of.
Judge Gibson. m
His early lite was passed in liunuuguun,
resigned from the
Bench of the Supreme Court, Governor Pack
er in accordance with the wishes of the party
throughout the btatc, appointed iir. I'orter
to his present position; and the convention
which assembled at Uarrisburg on th fourth
of March last, confirmed this selection by au
almost unanimous vote;
Such has been his political and professional
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f niir. ills me nas uui, uumeu-r, ucru
whollv deoted to professional occupations
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lw I.ova nn information rescectiDg it. At college ue exmiMieu uiucu miii w.u.
uuk " - w i . . , . y. -
ITp oame to Easton more than twenty years U is address pciorc our nierarj kcwun iu
however, the oldest and grovest of the black- f gcveral years at the college in 1843, was highly instructive
MiAerpa wbrt SPerned tO act aS DreSldeiit I . .' . ... . I. a 1 1 !j .1,iw rintr ET1 nrM.OF
t wvu a
of the assembly, solemnly rose and struck
with his hand three times upon the folio before
him. Instantly all was silence. Then seve
ral handsome youths in rich attire, but with
their hands confined by ropes behind their
backs, entered from the door opposite to that
by which the king had just entered, They
walked pi oudly, aud with a bold, couaageous
step. But who was the strange being that
followed them? He was a stalwart, muscular
person; ciae in a urowu le-uwici ji-iaiu
rlosely fitted his person, and in his hand he
held the end of the ropes by which the youths
who walked before him were secured. When
the prisoner who entered first, and seemed to
be the chief, had reached the middle of the
hall, he suddenly stopped before the block, on
which he looked with infinite disdain. Mean
while, the corpse upon the throne appeared
to palpitate and tremble with a convulsive
movement, and fresh red blood flowed from a
wound in its side. The youth tnen, mid.-n
hv the headsman, kneeled before the block,
anil rlnP d bis head thereon. The axe
denly rose, glittering in its course, and fell
with a noise that echoed through the building,
A stream of blood flowed upon the floor, and
reached even the corpse upon the throne,
while tho bead, rplUng along the centre of
tb- ball reached even the Let of fuarirs,
and bathed them with gore The stern king
had, until now, been silent with surprise, but
the horror of the spectacle he had just wit
nosspd rnvo utterance to his tongue. Advan-
Wercmcmbcr
also Li dcliv-ring En ac'd.css befjre the 1 aw
,i.; iA.n Hi toaphws pneat oi mm as a
boy of quick and active mind; a persevering Academy of Philadelphia, of which he waa
t,lonr nd oxceedinclv truthful and honor- one of the Prevosts, but tbe subject has es-
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able in his thoughts and feelings, curing
bis college course he maintained a position at
the head of his class. He early showed a
talent for debate and represented the literary
societies of the College, on several occasions.
Iff. became rroficient also, in moral and in
tellectual philosophy. In the ancient langua-
i tt- T!irtirnlnrlv distinguished ; so
Leo i." r j -
caped us. 11 is most successlul publication is
his work on tne cnaracter ox juage uiDson,
who, it seems from the prclace, fchowed Lru
much kindness in early life. This work was
extensively notice 1 by tbo reviews through
out the country, ana had a rapid sale.
He has been e itag;d m other labors some
what peculiar for a lawyer. He was for sev-
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, .i t . i..,: l, H..livrpd an 1 n,-l vmm rrc of the Managers of the Amcri-
muen so tuav uu giauu4uufc - - . .
original speech in Greek and Latin. can Sunday School Union and a member of
In lSo'J.Mr. Porter commenced sthe study l the committee oi publication, in una capa
i,TO in thP. officii of Hon J. M. Porter.who citv he seUct-jd. supervised cr assisted in tic
nirnml cint more lawvers than s?me of publication of some of the important treatise
n Ur, mntain. Several vears were here published by that Inttituticn, which have
j ! v nf tbfi law. Durins this j A-xerted so much influence on tbe ruinda of
ti.n i bocame a eeueral favorite of our cit- the young, throughout the country.
;nc and thev will vote for bim with a unt- IQ rrivtte life the character of Judge Per
r.in-itv which few public men could command. ter is without a blot. In his deportment and
the last time he swept the apartmonts they cing, therefore, up the hall, he addressed the ,
were lined witn oaKen panels, as usuai, ana pnucipai oi lucmiai Uimiaw.ic v. .
Tn 1S4-2. he was appointed by Attorney
District Attorney fer Phil-
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7 adelphia, which brought him in contact witu
sua- . ii.. ... , nr 1- Wo
some oi tue aiiiest mciuucn ' "" -have
always understood that he discharged
the duties of the ability. The Sheriff of
Philadelphia having died, a violent contest
for the remainder of his term ensued. Una
ble to please either faction, J uige Porter's
father, tuuu Governor, appointed bim to the
office. This was an uncomfortable position-,
for the uproar on all sides was great. Besides
lmcal discontents, proceedings were
commenced to tent his illegibility, on the
nund of ace. But the character of the of-
e, --
S3Ti a dinner of the Foreign Ministers,
'the British Minister ga7e :
Eneland The Sun, whose bright beams
enlighten aad fructify the remotest corner of
tne earth.
The French Ambassador followed with:
France The Moon, whose mild, steady
4nd cheering ravs are the delight of all na
tions, controlling in the darkness, and making
their dreariness beautiful.
Dr. Franklin then rose and, with his usual
diguty and simplicity, said:
George Waahin2tonTbe Joshua who com
m&aded the Sun aud Moon to stand ptill and
mey obeyed him.
"Father." sud a little fellow.
aan t send you any of
.Hen I get married."
the inquiry. "Because,"
felloe, "rou didn't
my wedding cake
"Why so?" was
answered tbe lit
nersi me any of
and military occupations, these were only the
more increased, in order to distract his atten
tion from the domestic calamities that bad
befallen him.
The early jrloauiing of a late autumn, when
wind and sleet cave drcarv presace of a
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I quick approaching winter, found this gloomy
monarch innis cabinet at atocknoim, seatea
in his dressing-robe and slippers before a huge
fire, 6uch as (before the days of artificial
warning) was iudispensable in so cold a cli
mate. Seated in his huge arm-chair, and
thoughtfully leaning his head upon his up
raised arm, he scarce perceived the presence
of his chamberlain the celebrated astrono
mer, Tycho Brahe, who was tho depositary
of all bis secrets and he paid even less at
tention to his physician, Dr. Baumgarten,
who, though he doubted of everything else,
had the most implicit faith in medicine, and
had so well succeeded in convincing the" king
of hi3 aVility, that on that very evening he
had been summoned to give him advice ad
provide a cure tor some real or imaginary
disease.
As courtiers should do. they patiently wai
ted the royal pleasure; but though the nigh
drew on apace, the king, contrary to bis cus
tom, failed to wave his hand as a signal ior
their departure, for he was vacautly gazing i
on the tire, and though weary of his attend
ants, yet feared, from some cause that he
could not explain, to be left alone. The
count saw that bis presence wa3 far from
agreeable, and had more than once hinted his
fears that bis Majesty required repose; but a
silent gesture kept him in his place beside
the monarch's ehair. So likewise with Baum
garten; his profession seemed to give him the
liberty of saying how injurious late hours
might be to the king's health, but his only
answer was scarcely audibls through the
teeth: "The king will mind hims- stay
there, man I am not sleepy yet."
Such words from so absolute a monarch
were conclusive; and the courtiers were com
pelled to try different subjects of conversation
successively to keep their master's spirits up:
but they all failed, Tho king, in short, was
iu one of his darkest and most revolting tem
pers; and this made the courtiers' position
r,r.f i;h!a gainful. An for BaumfTarten. he
remained silent; but the Count Brahe, be
lieving that the king's sadness proceeded
from grief at the loss of his queen, gazed for
. -v.;u vn a Ttfirtmit nf Wpt hum? near the
he was not aware of any materials in his Ma
jesty's wardrobe that could have been used to
produce such a change.
Charles went forward with nervous rapidi
ty, crossing more than two-thirds of the long
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f.n J V .1 L.U.Uin otkI nnr. nnf cr.ilt wbiln HlOU art klOlT bUt UVe
tianery, lununcu u mciuauiutu""'"'-!- i vj... , ,
r , , ,,-i i : : r. vno hpt.nii the
rvigvn unci
of Vasa!"
from Heaven, oh
damned, -depart in
1" The spectre, lifting his hands, soi-
i 1 -r.T.A. "Tlimi np (Thai-lps
IC'llVUt " -
tl, V.l.vnth. Now mark: tins biooa snau
while t
rpins atterwards. iui woe ucuuc mc uiwu
"If thou be spirit sent
A .
Epeak to roe; if goblin
peace
emuly and slowly replied
chan?ed. Order was brought
ts:r: tor the doctor hung behind, having no
rolicli fnr- tht Tinihl fnnswmfinces of an ad-
venture fo unquestionably strange, and which From that instant tbo shapes of the numer
..,;ht bo disastrous, too. The rortcr was ous neraonazes in the ghastly assembly began
the first to speak, and his accents were those to be less vivid and distinct disappearing
f iw. . iAJ,nnn fnrtlmr Riro ; Ar- oHrvfrottior in a frw brief minutCS. The SU-
pend on it, there's witches here. ' This is the pernatural lights, too, around the chamber
hour at which, ever since the death of her burned dim, and soon became extinguished;
Maiestv whose mcmorv Heaven bless I -ra and when the chamber was lighted omy oy
trhost. her spectre, walks this ffallerv." The
count, too, heard a noise, as if coming from
the state-saloon beyond; whilo Baumgarten,
whose candle a puff of wind had extinguish
ed, proposed to fetch a body of the palace
guard. "Cowards!"' said the king, iudig
nantly, "what fear ye 1 I will enter ; open
! ' anri t.horftwirn
the flambeaus borne by the king s attendants,
they only dimly showed the ancient tapestry
with which the hall was bung. Still there
was a murmuring sound, as'cf wind moaning
through the leaves cf a forest, or of an .Eoli
an harp; and the king looked round with awe,
when he found the spectral scene uu ciu&c-u.
There was no doubt, however, that the ap-
no ten Kiion chansreu.
uv.w w . ...
rmt nf confusion and all illegal fees abolisuea
Money was promptly paid over and tbe busi-
was conducted with an exactness and
precision which are said to be memorable to
this day. The notable riots of that period
nnnimr ncpd about this time. One of the most
excitin" occurred at Kecs'ngton. Depart
.1 . - . f 1.;-. nrrxlAAcaiire Sshfr.
in,T irom iue cusium ui
iffl'nrter rlaced himself at the head of a pos
cn of several hundred citizens and against all
wtunnsfrapce Drocceded to the scene of dis
turbance. The newspaper accounts are stil
frch in our minds. At the first discharge of
fire-arms, the posse lefttlw Sheriff with but a
handful of supperters. Ihe totimony alter
wards irivcn in Couit, brought the eubse
nnpnt tacts prominently to view. One of the
testified that after a long search he
f.-mnd the sheriff in the midst of the fight
surrounded by several hundred of tbe rioters
and severely miured. un neing urged to re
tire he replied, not until the riot is quelled.
In the presence of the witness he was again
. i . , j nM.
disposition be is frank, and cordial. In rri
vate chaiity be is liberal to a fauk. As u
advocate be was exceedingly clear arid forci
ble. The bocks arc full of his argumc-Lta
Of his fidelity to clients, the citizers of ibi
county, of whese business in Pbikdtjb'R bo
had the almost exclusive charge, rquiri
nothing to be said; and besides a safe adviser.
they have always found him a courtecus s.nd
hospitable gctt'eaian As a Judge we aro
tjld he leans much towards iue common liiw
and thil his views are very conservative In
religion he is a Presbyterian, in politics bo
was when be was here and always Las been a
Democrat. As a Judge be may and prols-
bly does suppose- it iu,jroptT to take any part
in the political questions now unctr dl.-cassu-.Ti,
. i it .a i
but those who know him pest are sure mat u-j
will bo found at all times on tbe lde of tha
right.
j5T A romantic young lady fell the other
day into the river and came very near drown
ing, but succor being furtunateby at baud,
sho was drawn out senseless and carried
borne. On coming to, she declared to her
family that she must marry bim who had
saved her.
"Impossible!" said ber papa .
"What, is ho already married?'
"Wasn't it that interesting young Mai
who lives here in tho neighborhood.
"Dear me, to it was the Newfoundland
dog!"
n.li.llt O thUCA llrtAP 1 CIV
, i i .i ai uia fi- ona:n I t ii ripmatural : lor. when the i
uc titiitu agamsi lUL-iii mm i-jyji., wur.uS jicaiauvs, --t ' - . . I tnoeked down and very mucu irampieu. iue
a eouud which echoed like thunder through count and Baumgarten lifted on high their wa9 a long illness. We have frequent
the emotv apartments. The unhappy porter flambeaux, to examine the chamber, the sa- - vorter sav. that on recovering
now trembled to such an'extent that the keys
rattled, and all hb strength could not miie
the key enter the lock. 'Pshaw I" said the
kinff. "an old veteran tremble as a uhild
shame on you !" and then turning
count, he bade him open the door.
said the chamberlain, retiring a step,
to the
'Sire
"were
... .. .
r.l lancinits. the block, the axe. ine oissev-
w r- c ' - . . i .i
ered head, and the streams ot uiooa tnai
seemed to have deluged the floor, had all dis
appeared with the rcsf; and tho only proor oi
the reality of the scene was a deep stain of
blood that stained the slipper of the king,
who never forgot the events of that awful
your Majesty to bid me face a fire of Danish night. cnj
or Russian cannon. I would obey your orders 'On r c-cntering bis cabinet Charles caused
instantly; but I cannot, dare not, face the a statement of the facts to be formally drawn
powers of heaven or hell." Charles, thus up, and it was signed by himself and the three
hanlked in bis purpose, rudely snatched the attendants who had witnessed them. No lit-
Ip from the norter. "Dastards!" said he, tie care was taken
j - 4
to
with a tone of contempt, "what fear you .'
Tlits must, I see, ba my affair alone;" and
before his attendants could advanco to aid
him, he had opened the thick oaken door o'f
the saloon and entered it, invoking Heaven,
with reverence, to aid him ia his work., Cu
rinsit v was now stronccr than fear with his
attendants,- aud all three followed him, as if
ashamed of tho terror they had shown.
How great was the surprise of all! The
chamber of state appeared to be illuminated
by a countless number of waxen lights ; and
the walls, which hitherto had been lined with
antique tapestry, representing events of Swe
dish history, were now hung with black.
Along the walls, too, wcro hung in order nu
merous flags that had been taken as trophies
by the soldiers oi Gustavus Adolphus from
the Germans, Danes, and Russians; but,
wa Tet mora etrance. several Swedish
banners might be perceived covered with fu-
ncral crape.
hide the matter from
the knowledge of the puqiic; but mc
had become generally known, even before the
death of Charles the Eleventh; and the words
fatP.l at the close of the docu
ment are very remarkable: "If the narra
tive just given is not the real and unvarnish
ed truth, I give up every hope of enjoying
,hat better life which some of my deed may
have deserved, and especially my zeal for the
public good and my solicitude for the inter
ests of that religion which has so long been
professed by my ancestors."
It only remains for us to add that this
strange and supernatural prophecy received
its fulfilment when Gustavus the III., towards
the close of the last century, nvereg usauc -wards,
received his death at a masked ball,
from thes pistol of the assassin Ankastrom.
He was tried and condemned; and the youth
who was beheaded before tho spectral btates-
i : a:. -;,r1r vision, was no other
general, in mis em,---. -
, be perceived covered wun iu- gnu.. . -- annointed
On the benches that line4 the than tfe murdem of ?wcdeo ? apnointe i
from his illness a new werld seemed to open
upon him, for all opposition to Lis adminis
tration as Sheriff was gone, The frowns with
which he was formerly met were chauged for
congratulations. Those whom bis amiable
temper and integrity had failed to influence
were won by bis disposition to do his duty.
At the close of his term as Sheriff, the
membnrs of the bar, without distinction of
party, presented to bim an address which was
republished iu this paper. Among other
things, they say, "we cheerfully bear our
testimony to the faithfulness and purity with
which vou have discharged your responsible
t..nrio .- thrt l((nrnu5 stvlo in which the af-
fairs of your office have been managed, and
to the promptness and correctness wun wmcn
all its business has been conducted." On
turning to the list of signatures, we see the
namesof Meredith, Randall. Iugraham, Mal
lery, Dallas. Gilpin, Brown, Price, Reed,
Tvson, Campbell, Tilgman, Wharton. Cad
walader, Ingersoll, Scott, Ilubbcll, Perkins.
Bayard, and several hundred equally distin
guished and of all political opinions,
On retiring f.om the Sheriff's office, Mr.
Porter resumed the practice of the law in
Philadelphia and continued it with success for
fifteen or sixteen years, and until hi appoint
ment to to the bench. Ilia success which
was almost unprecedented, might have been
expected from his ability, industry and legal
Tn l!5lath Trustees of ibo late Bank Of
Sheridea was once taken ill in conse quence
of a fortnight's continued dining out
and dissipation, lie sent tor ir. iJCDeracn
who prescribed rigid nbstinance, and, calling
again soon atterwards, assea ms patient 11 uj
was atteending to that advice.
The answer being affirmative.
"Right," says the doctor; "tis the ouly
way to secure you length of days."
"I do not doubt it," s&id Shcridcu, "for
these three last days since I began have b;en
tbe longest to mo in my life."
A gentleman having built a large bcus
was at a loss what to do with tho rubbish.
His steward advised bim to have a pit dug
large enough to contain itr "And what,"
said the gentleman, smiling, "shall I do with
the earth that I dig up from it?" To which
the steward, with great gravity, replied:
"Have ihe pit made large enough to hdti
all."
A nobleman having given a grand par-
.. .i i
tv his tailor was among tne company uu
was thus addressea oy ms lorasuip: --jt
dear sir. 1 remember your iace, but iorget
vour name." The tailor whispered: "I mada
your breeches. i ne nopieman, ismuf u"u
J . . . t . iH - t T
by the band, cxcia:mea, uajcr jumuit,
I am happy to see you!"
OOP '
jC5?Some one commending Thilip of Ma
cedon for drinking frocly: "That," said
Demosthenes, "is a good quality in a
sponge, but not in a king."
sT A movemen is on foot in England fr-r
sending out a thousand missionaries to China.
Money is like the air wo breathe: if w
bnvn't got it wo die.
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