. II II Si SLOAN, PUBLISHERS. ' lOLITME BUSINESS DIRECTORY T. D EDWARDS. , col Nct.L.Lort al Law. Wzirreu P.,. Pr.. and follerti..n , will rreei% e iir6mpt • - - 11 p WALKER x _1,'0., and Comatiasion Mereiumt.. Nemeth Overt Public Beithre, Etta Pa. Goal. Salt, Plaster. theteett, Lune Lyt ne Natio, Sterres.*Ckeefitge , ke . :. with ine:for ehippiag eirkot bi ereetrobeitte. hr Rairreatt. re - , 1• • ( ARSON CIAHAM. FNLY .0: CV:. 'csELLXII •T Lair, l ollllft• - r„• ;urr 4 , ithe Pa r k, E l i,. T W - )100 4 t rz 1.o• Yrorinons. W Liveux.. Ctuadie tiea helves Boot h & Stewart's Suite u MBE INCENT, HIMBOD Co: • :I • f S 1.11!:. Hollow Ware, blew, Ma id Car - , etc.. State St, Erie P. t tiOMAz, A.USTLIS. rat E ELM or c: .Latoaus a co. ~,k tratehet, Jewelry, Silver Spam,. MU3I- ZI•, Looking ftlaes.t. t„ Amp , t „d r mie , • •11.• and retail. Li. .1 ARECKI. "-t :Itie of State Street. Pa - L TIBBALS IRE 1 IRV vr WALKER anti Shipping Merchant?, and deal. , Fill. Salt, Water Lime, Plancr. Ste., .. Packacc.. intended fnr our 4 , , ir0 • m: rk...1. • -- -- .1 B. t.(*NNISON. t atiouan. ..lionthl Magic:Jur-. Chem, -fleet Mu-ie,New•psper.. oom Pen:, Poch • Flnt door west of the Rood flow•e. Erie. BOOTH &STEW..kRT, • Retail Dealer? in Fancy and staple Dry )I:::r.ery.!Cel 6, Poor Poople'- Row. opposi,te • H.al • LIDDELL, KEPLER & :CO Iron Fence, Railing, Steam Rourr.:. Fire Proof Shutter:, and all ninth of Na.h. t'EP . Casting!. done io ;spier GOALDLNG, . and Jlabit L.' ttreo. two dc;ora north of Eight, and adjoin kt d Cr. ,, Cabinet Ware,Room. Erie. Pa 'LARK & 3IETCALF, retail ka:ers in . Dry Nr. 1 Reed Anu•e. •• 11 - ILLLI.3IS :lector , and'Llealer , in onid and 1314.. r ram, Money. Land Warrant., ;and eerrificateq of Dr, Draft, on the principal eitii , snf the part- of the Vld Country for, aaic. °Sec. Bl•wk. :ornei id State and rahlic ;Naar... JOHN B. COOK, ,„; b l'anet Dn Iloed.. and the I.l' , In the Pitt, Cheap -We. Erie. Pa„ • STI:IIRETT 6: GRAY, •r Dealer. in Wei And dry toro • Prot Pr” , teee, i'Greign and Lame-tie WA. Wint , W It./k1 r t W are. Fapur, Fish. ti . IPo. - der. Shy. inp. • , •afety rit=a, el, , ~. F{:+.1 - I , `h , the teen and Carel BOtit=, Ve , PPlo. HOlet•. I'6 I.,Lailteg .uppiteti with any of th, v aniet, , and very cheap, W A M. LANE._ •--; • at LAD.--I ile7 I e oVer J.11104,64 - 6Wq \ • •r?)i-E.Att , u r g er Of the Publie±are _ - _ KEPLKR, Uoodt, Liroceries, Hardwar% trpek4.l.., Av. -r P.l.rk.:••tnte street, Erie, Pall I!. BRAND--,- ; • 1. , )N —WEN. at Lk re.idtcpeepn Eighth 1 , •• h and Rolland. Erie. P 3. SAN PORD - S:. C 0 , •Id. er, Frank Notes, Draft-. Certilicale4 :•iieht Exchange on the principal - Office in bent'', Block. rithfie \--ftc,idenee on Fourth .freer. out, • . kl, ,, thecary Hall. and _ln:veriest" lUardwarc .sntl • A 1 • 7••• Iron 110.\ ELL & . Retail Dealer,'in Dry 1.,1a•-ware. Carpeting, Hardware. Ir o n. ~.•,Et u ptre St o re; 5 t ,,,,• a. Broon•.; Hotel. Eric. Pa. 8011,,,,r5, Axle Anna. art.i a 1 —:•,erit of Saddle and Carriage Trunmingc . SMITH, )lERI' IN t L.v. and Justice of the Peace. awl Agent • Mutual LIP 1w -unlace C 013111.11111 • of Wright'. .tun. E rie,Pa . EORG E H. CUTLER. Lo• Erie County, N. # ollections .n.. attended to with vl-flaunt—. and JOSIALI . KELLOGG, lirrehata., on the I'loklie • 4 111 c curet. r onno-kuil) f 0 Nth.: 9 ,- .7(.74:S BEEBE dc STI:WART: in. and iturgeons. Office and Ite.iden r.to - :afra , titreete • t, A. M; 1 to 2, and 6 ro ;, P. M. JOHN HEARN & CO. C•i:nrnin~:on Merchants. dealer in in Coal, ,car for a daily 'Hsde of rpper Lake 1) , ) , k Erie, Pa.. a EYPTifaiCOMPVN , Hoed Black. State Street. 11; p'elr•ek, A. II • 3 o'clock. Y. 1 , 1 u. D. 3rAFFORD. AErut =I = J. .MORTON, - -T! TUC FIRM OF J. RLARS•i• C.0.,' • . tr.it , ion Merchant, Public Licci: , Erse. Flour and Plaster. I ROZENSWEIG & Co - -P. t rAn. DEALKRI in Foreign and Exam-- , made clothing, BOIVIP Ana block. •, - i• sate street, EA.. _ 116 A VLNCEN . T, L.. —Office np stair , in. Tammany Bali Prothnnotery's ettire. Erie. • I. - Pt RAY WHALLON r L.L.or Ar Law—Office over :/.s An. 1. 1410 ./6.01 . we.l of Stab.: tre.t, -, i I- r i If lIA Dry Grorerie-A, er,,,ekt!ry. )hard 1. krown'. New Hotol. • - -•----- IT If JA CKSON, ...t 4; r , weriev, har4war.. ttuo.‘o. I% .I.e : 121. trio, PA. t. w..r.-3,--irtia I Add Ik.alers In t r e ri.‘ q. rniit, Nut, 11-.lcle< and Pre?el and Hoi tnetrioally : • • , I.!rriptiou baud. r . 1*It• a.. oppn 80,14 - It . ' N , l: Fin w. •• :I. c»-on. Oyelors in shelf. ir..in .1. , r.-1.. New York. Inich wilt 1 w ,01,1 JACKSOX, Atet.Rii.. \ IMER X BROTHER, P. t:;.I iloah.rr in Drug., Medirior. Pa 8,-Neert !inure. Erie. _ .1 \SI ES LYTLF. - Nl• r•liaiti Tailor, 1,11 the mahli , al uarr. a I,•Vi `1,1•• ..iroot. Erie. 'if ) 11N' ii. Bt'it i TON & * O. in .thug, Medicuse..,lfty.: • No. 5, Reed H0n..... Erb.. 1 1 fiLIN & 141,0 AN, • Soho*: and Mirrollai,..l.- Looks, • -r.,ti , :aery, and Printres No. I, Erie Pa. • EVTII4I--00.V. ..:• Ltd NYC Blnek. enrneror S l / 1 306D11 Fifth • • up Prieto , reasonable. and _ . WC u. L. F.1,14101'T, Taking a lamp that stood upon the hall-table, f:„.., t ,„, D ... iii , t , O g re pod ,i we ili na on i she paused- through the parlors into the little bou -th e ~,u,, ~i,e, of t h e Puldie SquMo. I door 1 doir , •of wbich we. have before spokes. ' From L.S.t of o...F:rie Bank Building. Teeth la- i th ence th ere wan ano th er en t ra n c e to the library rto., 6,.tu s.ne to an entire set. radon, 1 _ and it usual -. _i vy to S___ • ...on: I hold. and reetoired I. health and n...e. : y *moot open. .7001", her sup ' 'z , ~ ..N.nort with inetrument. and DentiAce to 1 prise, that ate "WU not only shut, but locked— ,,, ot twlluri deleeznee.. Al! work warranted. I and an undefined fear began to - creep 'into her _ .._ _ Attention — Fanners! . been. She listened intent ),y_, imt could not ..,, -ri 6n, , , 1 the best kind of haver Reeerwilde. ; ca t c h the sligh te st Canna . What if her bestowed ,rb I'd/gruff", Call Sall see them. • CLARK e MeCARTER. , were very illi--and as that thought rushed over I. i . f. YE ti - l'it , A sL;itt — b;iii - i - h — ; — pee - - - 1 - id. ; Iter, she 'shook the door violently. , "",... ~r tiolomon Noriltap. for 1.1 years ay a Slave ' ai l iViitt . 9 . Willis :--aite pia kia.. -?" • _ P,rer, ion pnbliabad and fee Wit by' i"Do net disturb tae--I wish to be elate." DIIIILL't &SLOAN. .4 , Adelaide weld baldly be li eve she bard bee - le J th 23. 18.53. ERIE WEEKLY-::...:- -113SERyEll BIND BIZ A S. slug me a hang ait I fall sleep,' Said a little one with a muttons eye, -Or tell me a tale of the lateen that peep It; the bright greenwoods that reach the lky Mat peep in the spring when Medley aim,. pad the heavens are blue at, nur ry.,% Air tell of the child with the angel Wing Who walks in the garden nt paradise '• ECIIIIZ! mug bias a Fong—l told hint a tale, tad winched by hi. econeb, till we theaght Ss .loM, l'orhk cheek wa... white 15 the moonbeams pale. • That ttealtly and bright near his pillew crept.: 'Then my words grew Cant sad iny vok• sang low. And r said. in my dream..iet the setaphs 'Pit be whispered Ipfte7 I Tyne to 1012- ' tell of that i••11i1o1 of 'bp angel wing iikn f 3.1134 . Airain+bui he restles. grew. And tossed hit ;toting arms a he wildly ;poky. tad &burning red 'on hi , &Meru! Hew: , • 'As the moon Ft opt down and the morning broke but be spoke no, more of the bright 'spring/lowers. Awl hr thought no more of his sister- eves! iin.• name alone in hi: feverish hour - . Was breathed in a whisper that pierced skis thr s Wy mother." he said, rnsi hie. grew dim. For the 'sups wit h her watittilnatre led. • htiever knew•that sheknelt by bins • Win MP went dawn !at hi/dying bed tie has.ghne Where the Seraphs sweetly slug iris story wis brief as the entnset dyer— Ife treks with the child of the aagelwing, In the flowery garden: of Paradise , =!!! q!lflcr i rellan~. THE RA , • eitikr= rot. - , lice lips t. mina how ,often bath 'he j.aned, • Between each kiss her oaths of tree-lore - sweartng: lion many tales to plasm use bath she coined, - • Drending my love—the loss thereof A tlii rearitue. ‘ • • in the midst of all her pure protesting'', ffer faith. hear oath.. tier soars, and all were jostiugt,t .it • &Ai. ' •• Well, if George Tilden is in town, it must toe , 111111 whom I saw in the drawing-room a few moments since. I directed my wife's attention toward him, and it is strange they did not recog nize (eich other—for he is a very old friend of hers, and, indeed, waefor some years, under her ( father's guardianship." , " A few years sometimes make great changes (in personal appearance, Mr. Fletcher: feud young Tilden is much altered since he . was last at the I North. - He looks at least ten years older, and etil first T hardly knew him myself" "He is marr ied , f believe. fe his wife witlii him?" • e (Oh, no—he is still A baelielor, and likely to I remain such. Some early disappointment, it is ' said, has so embittered his feelings toward the whole sex, that the ladies all agree in regarding him as a woniankater.'r- - Nevertheless, I 'dila:Tie ;iv - tin - Tire i, 77;e Adelaide. I will go tell her lie is here, and then, if she wishes, see if I - (.0n tied him. - • • In pursuance of this plan. Mr. Fletcher passel through the whole suit of rooms in search of Ada; hut she was no wheiv visiblei and stepping out upon thi. veranda :hat, ran entirely around the house..he scowl leaning against a pillar, enjoying the cool, sweet air and quiet moonlight: Suddenly he heard low "voieee just round the corner. the speakers were hidden fron t hi s view, hut he thought he recognized that of his , wife; and' drawing neart4,-he was about to address 'her. when lie stept bn..and stood silent and mo tionless beneath the - i ne- leaves . that drooped over him. C V ould it I . . ,r,ye, 1.;: lila. in II whose ear those earnest words were be-athed--,- did you ',Tatty lots nu, Ado,'" He thought it could uorbe; analte !Nimbi have turned from the,spot, lest he should intrude upon the privacy of liOme Pair of young lovers, who , had sought the quiet of the veranda, when the I low res e inte reached hitte r -- / did lore you, Gtoryc!' Was he dreaming? -Itwas hi., wife's., voice-,-he could not be mistaken now; he heard the fervent words of blessing that burst from the ' lips of, the first epee-kir, and without waiting for , more—for he felt that his pelf-controNvould fail him. if he did—he retraced his steps, and 'wan again (in the midetpf festivity and mirth.' How strange i f el (seemed: It was the same scene-on which' he had looked a few moments before. The same rich carpets were beneath his feet—the same lofty windows, curtained with crimson and gold, were before him—the same ex quisite paintings were upon the :walla; the Bow en had not faded, nor the garlands withemed; and from the crystal chandeliers the light stream ed forth as brilliantly as ever Bright eyes were beaming just as dearly—jewele were flash ing—plumes were waving—but where was the glow, the•radianci that made the scene one of ,en chantment from his own heart—and from that 1 the sunlight had departed. ^Re could not linger there. The gayety ated. tleilendor seemed mocking - him--and with a hur ried step he strode through those, stately hells, -gained the Street, and;.he scarcely knew how, reached his own hot*. He ran up the long flight of steps and rang the bell. The servant who admitted hint stared wonderingly at his mat' ter, returned on foot alone 4 when the earriagif.- wte in waiting, not lees than at the haggard cheek and glittery eye, of which he .aught but a glimpse as Mr: iFleteher swept past him, mbf fled in the thick folds of his ?Instr, entered the liter re. and turned the k(iy. - Where is your mister. James ' ~ -Led Mrs. I Fletcher. as, not ter} long after, do% rang the Idoer-bell. - e •• In the library, inteltist, Inc returned half an i hour ado." ' Aderaide hast il y tteeended the stairs—laid a.irle her hood and shawl—paid a short visit to tht unraery—imprinted a soft kiss. upon- diiale Kate's forehead. and then went down to the li brari. She .topped lightly at th.- door, hut no 'one (pelted it; -he knocked 41till more loudly, at the same time calling her husband by name, hut . si ill there wa: no reply, and then she .tried .te open it herself. It was Inked and . she turned alr3V. - 4 " - James, are you .ore your smarter the li brary?" "Yes, madam—l saw, him go in with my own kVO6: " • . Stitt t ottru . lIT rkssT PCBS MARRIAGE ----•--- BY Van JIMA C. R DORM (coslrarcn) husband's voice—it was so changed—se hea N • worlds tem , were they yours, if you could undo —and the simple words seemed to be spoken(this deed, and liewhere free to place your hand with such an effort ; but after standing irreso- your heart is." Intely for a moment, she went up stairs to the "Oh no, not that—not that : Have mercy nazsery again. • upon me Willis, and do not et that," was the Far a long time she sat there in her gala- agonized reply—for Adelaide tin 'the Mifi robe*, watching the quiet breathings of her child cry of this last thought the first Charge that her and harkening for Willis's step upon the stairs husband had brought against her. -I would (--bat,he'did not come ; and at last she stole . not he his wife if we were both free; I gave him quietly to her own mom. The gray Awn was the love of a light and earelese girl—l give you beginning to struggle with the darkness, and; that which is far stronger Lind deeper, that of a ,' hurriedly throwing off the rich dress and dazzling full grown --a woman's heart. 1.,k, no t d ou bt me jewels that looked so strangely nut of place in , Willls--do -not '." she whispered, and in her that faint uncertain light, she wrapt herself in a abandonment, her long, rich tresses escaping low dressing gown, and threw herself upon the from the fillet that confined them, MI heavily bed, though with but little hope of sleep. • ~the floor. She trembled violently, and She was anxious and troubled—she scarcely 711 1 .1 k is raised her and placed her up on the sofa. knew why, for she attributed her husband's wish As he did so she threw her arms about him, hat to be alone to some unexpected and important he quickly removed them, saying iioniedy as, 'business. She never thought of charging it ,to he did so : I the occurrences of the evening; and in fact, as "You are an excellent actress, Aslelaide—Yan she lay there, longing for her huslants pref 4 might make your fortune oa the stage.- As I ence and thinking what could keep him from her look at eon, weeping and trembling and clinging nisks . her exciting interview with George Tilden' to me,l qould almost 'mica in earnest.' 1 searoely flitted athwart:her memory. 1 - ~ "I am, X axe : Oh, ,IT you mould only At length she heard a movement in the libea- I read my heart !", - ry- 7 the door opened softly, and Mr. Fletcher "I have been trying for years au d r a il e d en stepped cautiously across the hall and went into tirely; I shall not be fool enough to make the ' the street. Adelaide sprang to the window and attempt, spin — you can deceive me w n n iongb eset longer." ea , looked out. Her husband was pacing bank and , It was too much—Adelaide': forth in front of-the house with his arms folded, I could endure no more, and, her husband sprang 1 and his hat-drawn over his face. . J I forwa r d jitst in time to prevent her from falling "I must know what is the matter," she mu}- senseless en the carpet. - , ' toured. "I will go down to the library and he Mr. Fletcher bore her up stairs, laid her upon , will be in presently. - • her bed, end rani for the - maid. He remai ne d She did so and before she had waited long by her side until he saw she was reeoVering, and her husban d entered the room. He started then left the chamber, telling the girl that her when he law her, but did not speak She sprang mistress needed rest; and bidding her take rare I forward and grasped his arm. that-shit was not disinrbed. "Oh, Willis, Willis. what has happened ? you I Did he have no relentings as he gazed upon look so strangely- !" that pale, death-like face ? No, not • one 'He With a :mile of •.:, - :rn he ;hook of the light thought it was all a part of the play—one scene burden - . • • in the tragedy ; or, if her sorrow :111L4 real, Chat "Do 1 . -.._.? i t •is %,•ry siugularir it was sorrow for her detection- - shame and mop, She gazed earnestly in his- face.- It wore 4 . tification that her treachery was discovered I look that she had never seen before; and though - Willis Fletcher had given to hi-, wife a - love he smiled; she felt that he was battling with some, nesrly amounting to idolatry . Left an orphan terrible sorroi- t:. which be would not yield the I at a very early age, and with neither brother nor mastery. I sister to cling to, he had lavished upon her the orou have heard some bad news, dear Willis whole wealth °Ea heart that had nothing else to --;-let axe slum , it with you;" and twining her love. Perhaps if hie own affections had not been , arms about hint, she laid her head tenderly on so exclusively confined to ' one channel—that his shoulder. which flowed toward her and their child—be Forcibly he extricated himself from ' her em r might havejud,ged her less harshly now ; per brace. , hips he' might have seen how possible it was "Let me alone, Adelaide, unless you would that her confiding, womanly heart should cling drive hue mad : Is it not enough for me to know to him even the, more closely because it had been , that for five long years' you have acted a lie, rudely torn from its first resting-place—how his [-without being mocked in this way now'" 1 deep and abiding tenderness should be even 1 ' Adelaide, sunk upon a chair, with a cheek More highly prized when contrasted with the white as ashes. The hour which she had se jealousy and injustice of- another. . long. instinctively dreaded, hed come—she was But as it was, there MIA nothing to soften the sine of it—which way should she turn ; she at. ' bitterness of the thought that he had been de tempted to speak, but, though her lips moved, I %rived • "Why did she marry me? why did she no audible sound came forth: • ' marry rue ?” had he asked himself over and elver I"I would rather have died, Adelaide , I her I, again. while. ietening to Adelaide's confession. 1 husband continued more calmly , " I wouki•ratb- ! "She could hot • have loved ' hie—wh% then did ler have died. than to have heard what i did rust I she become iu rife'". 1, night—the admission of your love for another.: His eye glaneed around thelsrge and elegant I I have never outs; dreamed, during those year.. room—upon the eestiv books—the rare paint that you have slept so quietly by my side, that i ingg..--the statuary— , all the luxury and s lender Ado=beert-ebtre wesseitect•isoetessetrvit mrowawwwwtywowriustonwterttna, Wltti Imre, „ - s all the while filled with another'.. image. Oh. I Mr. Lindsleys comparatively humble home arose Adelaide, why have you deceived me thitsf - • before hint ;, was it strange that he. thought he Adelaide threw herself at his feet end buried . had found the solution of the e.nigtua ? her face in her hands. A.t wan the stinsimion 4..3.Aaat..l44kiest- vy fiettrd--of is Inv(' that eras ,lend and 'buried long ago.' Oh. my husband, 'toy 11Obb.titil : d.) not turn from 111140 : hour my rttir before you eon demi. I ha% thine tern, %,:ty stets e ; hut -1 stn not the lake and guilty thing s ou deem me," slu::exelaiuseil. twining her anus about his knees to detain him. •`lndeed, indeed, lam not.. Sit down here, and let tee explain this :Muter t c , you. I will, stay ken at-your feet—l will not touch you if you .lo not like—hut. oh '.' listen it, me this once " "Explain it if you esti. Oh, Adelaide : I have believed you ao good---so pure and true With faltering tongue—for - before she had proceeded far with her tale slit., felt- that every word she uttered was doing her cause more harm than good. Adelaide told her husband the whole t-tory of her engagement with George Tilden—of ! their quarrel and their separation. Mr. Fletete . er's brow grew dark as he listened.. . "And when did thi4 happen—this -difficulty between you ?" -le-September, "And we were'married the - nest January." -We were 01, Willis do not look so sternly at me—my heart tls breaking"—and she clasped her hands tightly, over it; while her eyes %ought his imploringly .- "There is no danger —mine would have broken last night, if hearts were not made of 'sterner I stuff' than we think them," replied her husband ' as he turned upon her a glance in which eon tempt, anger, ind tenderness -were blended— ! "butgo on—your story is not • half jold vet ; why did you marry me . ?" Adelaide's eyes fell beneath the stern, ktetrch '= tug gaze that seemed to pierce her very soul-- I%e tried to speak, but she could not. ' "Speak, woman—why did you marry me 1! Why did you bring me a worn, and wasted, and unloving heart, in ex for one that had never thrilled at the so und any other voice than yours 1? Ton do pretend that yon loved me—why did you become my wife?" She eould not answer. What could she say that- would in any . - way soften -her hnsband's heart She could not tell him—while he' was ! gazing so steadily and earnestly upon her; and i while his cold, stern voice was benumbing every i faculty of her soul—of the moll motives that had led her to the altar—of the pride and resent ment that had hurried her on. She could not toll him how earnestly she had tried to atone for 1 ! the wrong she had done him—how - resolutely she had striates with every vestige of her stelier . love—how faithful she had been to him, - even in thought, ever since-die had been his wife, and i how deeply and fervently she now loved him.— ' She knew he would think it was ill mockery---a part , of the farce she was playing—and. ao she i kept silent while the tears rained through her fingers. Mr. Fletcher's keen, steady! gaze wa ' %Treat for a montent—and aftor' waiting vainly fig a 'reply, he approached still nearer to his Itrembling wife, and bent - hit head until it near ly *embed her own. you why. you married me, Ade laide Fletcher—tie who so trusted you—you married me because I was rich—you sold your self for my cursed gold ! Fool that I was to think that yon loved me ! I forgot that_ I was rich, and,that you were not—l . forgot that a woman's eye wealth is of more worth than her own truth and purity ; and I really thought when you promised to become my wife it was beeanee I. was dear to you. You were 'not as good an actress when we were first married as you have since become—you had not learned your lesson aa perfectly, and I sometimes Thought cold and distant,. but latterly—oh, you have played your part well! You are weeping wildly. Do you pity me, Adelaide Fletcher Do you indeed think it is a terrible thing for a man to learn that his wife—his own wife—she who has adept in his bosom, and. whom he has 1111Sted so entirely, has been all the while mocking him with a pretended love ? You may well do it for it is a bitter thing; but I tell you, woman, at that moment I pity you more than I do my self. Aram have sold pond( for a mens.of pot tage, sad I know you repast it—you would give 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ERIK SATURDAY. AUGUST 6, 1853, • ff. Lrenllo.4 Hip ,, nrnrtr ib Nov itaitan «nr. • ll.tt 141 a 4.lutru4r.l in ht. Item t. to breed Ito•re. NOM. 11,11.Pirr. trmtril, The lanw• ..at 1'4,11411th lowly wail . EDIT)) Al %I - Death rottsia Pirssott4• hensa o that gilt Mal • And flaxii.,l It 'mt. Um% tlooorultr v. The varied and - extreme excitement of that Right and morning had been more than Alb ; laide's -frame could endure. Her faint ing fit was Nit the precursor of a long and though not very violent illness. It was many week, heron- she WAS able to leave her room, and nothing but the thought of her child kept her from wishing that slid might never lea* it until shewas carried out &passive, sense lims "thing, ineapable'of feeling grief or pain. • Her husband visited her daily—many times ; each day, and was always kind and gentle in his demeanor toward her. An indifferent observer ' might have thought there was nothing wanting, but Adelaide had been ill before, and she felt ' the difference. Often • she longed to retain the I hand he extended to her, to draw him down to her bedside, that she might. place and arms about I his neck — press her lips to his, and read in. his , deep, earnest eyes, as she had SP often done al , the assurance of his love But something ways ' restrained her—she knew that he meant her to understand that the relations existing between them were not what they had once been, and I that knowledge (lid much to retard her recovery. , One morning, about a week after she first left I her room, Mr. Fletcher sent a servant to request Iher presence in the library, her heart leaped. to her throat. She had not seen her husband alone I once during her illness, audit was fsome mintues before the could gather strength to obey_ the slam 'quoin. When she did so, she found Mr. FlettS er walking up and down the room, with his hands clasped behind him. His face los very pale. and there wens-lines about the month and . eyea that spoke of internal suffering; yet he looked ealin and resolute,. like one who had a fearful struggle with his own heart, but had gained the victat. He drew' forth an easy-chair for her as she e tered—aid it was that-he did—for the turned dark, and it seemed to her that she co d never have reached it heAelf—but he did tot speak for several minutes. .. "It is quite time' that we understand fnlly" he said at last—"the terms upon which we are henceforth to live. Of course the future eanaot he to us as the past haa been." He paused, as if for a reply, but none came. Adelaide neither spoke nor moved. . Her heat was overflowing with tenderness toward her has= band, awl for his evident suffering she grieved eissi more than for 'her own. Why then aid she not pour forth the whole story of her love and sorrow; beg him : to have mercy upon her as well as himself, and take her to his heart 'again? Be cause she knew that she had deceived him once intentionally—what right lhad shell( suppose that I 1 he would believe her now?—and she felt that a seeond-repulse.would kill her. "I presume you would not desire a public sep aratinn(--* divorce?" Mr. Fletcher asked the question hesitatingly, and as if he dreaded the answer. Adelaide started—she had never thought of the thing, and she shook her head to pay so, but her words were almost inaudible. • 'For the sake of our child," he continued, in a voice that trembled in spite of evey effort to ren der it firm—"for the sake of our child, and also to avoid the gossip and scandal whieh'would other wise be occasioned, I should wish that our outer life—that which the world must sec and know— might be the same as 'heretofore. I should wish that whin we meet our friends in the social dr cle, and even when we are in the presence of the servants, our demeanor might -be such as not to PredlMoll remark, and. that only in private might . we be strangers." - Strangers : had it come to that? After another long pause, during which he evidently expected Adelaide to speak, Mr. Fletcher went ee— -1 "The terml have used sounds perhaps mine oessaril harse-but with my clews of the mar riage ' views that you have beard me ex p/am a hundred times, I can adopt no other that will egress my muting. Thee can be no sanctity in marriage save where it is hallowed by a mutual love. We cannot meet merely as friends—we must be more or nothing. It is bet. ter therefore that there should be no intercourse between• us save in the presence of_ others Still Adelaide replied not., "I would like, Mrs. Fletcher tit have you deal frankly with me. It is now very necessary that we should understand - each other fully." • Adelaide grasped for breath, snd her lips moved for a minute or two before any sound is sued from them— "It shall be AS you my." Her husband bowed. his head. En his heart of hearts be hadfor a different answer.— It was not a strong he t e c t o l pe, and ho was hardly cm scions_ that he cherished it, hut it was just enough to make him fool dimppointed that she yielded without u murmur I.> his 'wishes, and ha regarded this ac an - additional. pinot that she had .cer loved him • Yo will oblige eby drawing. upon Barrett' pito. Yo u, me you need 'money, and sth freely ae ever.. They willireceive orders front lUP to (tarnish you frith What Over ,funds you %nay re quire He ceased, and fur a halt' hour they at in si lence, seareelymnseious of the lapse of time. At length Adelaide felt that she. could endure it no longer, and she rose feebly from her chair-- . "Have you any thing further to at to me, Mr. Fletcher;"" • • . " "Nothing more," was the auswei.. A cold bow was exchanged between them, and thus the husband and. wife parted "It in all over—oh, my i;o1.1.. why bs,t thou forsaken me ?" cried Adelaide, as she reached her own chamber and fell almost fainting upon the bed "Kate, Kate, you warned and coun seled me, but I would 'not heed lon In my lieadetrcmg folly I would not listen to your en treaties, and now it too late, and you are not here to comfort me ! Would I were at rest be side you, Kate—that nay pour heart would break at once. and forever !" . -"Oh, mamma, mamma.' warbled ,nest, chilaith voice, "see pity folver , , Katy find in the garden!" and the little creature, climbed up on chair, and thence to the bed, and strose to te mot e -the hands that covered her mother' face Adelaide drew the little one to her heart, and wept more calmly than befor e . SEE. had ~ et something to live for Months rolled :lowly by Mr Fletcher and Adelaide neldoin met save iu cif,k tm d at the table, and there they et rAt. never alone.-- Day by day their alienation bee.ina: /nor,• is t —das by (lay their he ills grew .fordt'er.antl fue•-• ther apart. and the Blond that loin, I r them more dent' and dark. They wort. ‘ery trretelitit etuth ; btu neater part;, rtlitl aright the ft-eling, 4,1' the eth er. H r . eip• i •,./(41 Jilt; I" , :lli2udlGlV it - wa.:for thake th.. Avail, toward a reerttleilintiret. while 'he vr:t. titai.no wools shi. rtinld flat' Autlirient to ontweigh the evident. , ••:' the thine ytart that her htt-ba .linti O ir kt•pocris-.Liutl "You married me ficcati , e It. • rh-h--N -Did yourself for my cursed goal ! -- tho-e we w cunatiffirty"riiiiiiig in Nit She ',new that they had DM been 5p01,,,m •nu- mea just) —t hey hail b••_u in, itbed in that expreeeed the gleepest ceni ir thin. and she could not wonder that the eleirei.- had been t.senebt against her; but what could .In ;r.. he, who had' surrounded her with o witch tux itrY. reptile& ii now only as the par,— 'of her truth Sh,-ceould 'not exonerate her-olt.: -1.10 eot im nothing in her own defence. :Then. gradually. as day after day her liesiutel coptinued; a:, at first, cold, formal, and distantly polite, the conviction forced itself upon her wind that be had lest all hwe' for her—that their en stmngement had ceased to be a matter of the l ea st concern to him. And so she avoided him more studiously than ever. She held - herself still more coldly aloof, thinking that he loathed her very presence. Her home iras desolate! In the. long evenings, - after little Katy we , fast asleep., it • was such torture to sit alone in her room ; -to hear her husband's step in the library; to.know that he wasaio near her in loneliness and bitterness, of spirit, and yet feel that '.hey were. as - effectually separated tt.`l if the waters of an ocean rolled between/ them. So she fled from the solitude and dreariness of her own chamber; and mingled more freely than before in the circles of gayetyand fashion. She tried to forget her misery , by plunging into a whirlpool of excitement. There, too, she WO , flimsily met ,her husband.; and sometimes 'he could steal away into some quiet corner, and gaze upon him unobserved—with . none to mark the starting tears It had been Mr. Fletcher's. Wish that their unhappy difficulties might not become matter for goad)), and speculation with the world about them, and he accordingly never neglected any at= tendon that the wages of society prescribed 'But he thought her frivolous and hearties:: — 1 He did not know that the smiles he raw were worn only because he had desired that their en: strangement m* ht not be made 'public, and be cause, to conceal her grief, she was forced to as sume the mask of gayety He did not know that often, in the darkness and silence of night, she had stolen to the door of his room , listening intently if happily she might catch the faintest echo of a sigh ; and then, shivering and tremb ling, crept *lt to her couch again, to weep and moan:until the morning He did not know that Once she had found the door ajar, and knowing by his quiet and regular breathing that he was asleep, had. glided softly into the room, and watched him through her blinding tears. He did not know that she had bent 'over him until ',her raven hair mingled with hie own ; that, car ried away by, an irresistible impulse , she had stooped until her ips touched his, and that then, frightened and abashed, she had lown away-like a startled bird He dreamed. of her that night. I.He tffought that she was. in his Arms, showering soft kisses upon his lips and brow. Alt ! had he but known that "it was not all a dream !" There was now but one connecting , link be tween them, and:that was their child. Her they both worshipped; The happiest moments Mr. ,ffetcher knew were tame in which he sent. for little Katy, and snatching her up in his arms bore her to • the library. sad kept her- for 'hours to gether. listening to her artless prattling.-and re ceiving and returning her fond caresses.' One, day,. while he was playing With her, idle burst into tears for some trilling cause, and her father reproved her, telling her it *as "naughty 1n cry." •4.:Sto, not naughty, =mina Cr.y Mamas not naughty:* said the child. shaking her bright curls very decidedly. 4 *Natty's& cri '. What does mamma cry for?" asked Mr. Flot er, while his heart heat quickly. "Katy' not ow. Mamma kiss. Katy, and mamma cry , very had !" she replied, clasp ing her smell ds together. "Poor mamma! Kate sorry—papa sorry, too. ' Mr, Fletcher clasped the little tell-talc to his fleart,,but he could . raw nothing more front her. Perhaps if she hid looked closely.in her father's face, site might have thought "papa, cried," too. The little fairy was the only connecting link between theta, and at length that was also broken. They were at a large party bne evening, when k messenger earnto them. 'Their child was very M. With blanched' cheeks and trembling burls they harried homeward. Scarlet firm, is its meet malignant form, had laid its wham hand upon their darling,l, and in less than tort four hoProrthey knew'thllt there was no hoj their sweet little Haq sust die , There were four days and nights of agony] i then Adelaide, in the midit of that mother-son , for the expression of which earth has no lan blessed God that it-was Over--that the Ii vering limbs were still, l and that the tiny that had clasped her fingers so closely all th 1 the death-struggle word no longer he toed ly in fierce paroxysms o pain. They stood by the tin coffin; hut not tugeil Their tears fell like rat upon the little pabil le that lap within it;-but hey did notusuigh Each one alone wept ovi'r their dead, and shi from intria • ti the grief of the other. Oh, it WAS ery; very terrible!--a dead c in the house, and the &Otter and the mother nu ductaio -ning each in separate toast; each yearning the sympathy and companionship of the oth and refusing t seek it; 1 each feeling that th, estrangement as wormed thin death, and yet I ing no effort t prevent the grief that laybetwe them from wing broader and deeper: gr l Katy vas buried! The single sunbeam tl illumined their life-path faded away. and.all a darknes. i i L CLLAFTER r4ou not knor I loved thee .rt it Thou (arta not! ) , 1 an 6ne. In bittern•= of =onl' Com.. hack ; - Et but one hour to The secrets of the f , The{ legated to th. About two months of of importance called 31 end he left home with sent four or five weeks He bade Adelaide athe4, in the presence o. a transient guest, in s .741. m.. quiet voice.,and , e respcadfKl just 25i - 01,e - tic But as br 'rat. closing i the door, he turned - sf dilenl and met her eye, fixed upon him with a expression that thrilled his heart It was but; for a moment, and even as he gazed it panela''rayi but he could not for et it ' That glance haunted him day and night —in s ,, litude, and in tile crowded mart; walktrig I l e or sleeping, it was befo-e him ever; and brought to the heart that 'had ' gun to griAv cold, -teen, anti proud, all the glo and warmth of .hs early day .. He began to ondeF if he hhd ;lot Wen too harsh—too tuiforg ving., , to ask himielf if it wer. - .e• not possible th i Adelaide had iodised 'learned I.) love bin/ -i thf.i. alu• Ink! ind,42,1 =be hail coulinitted: tb: , -h. beer, hib wife; Inr the iltor if they ; had .ura inure than enough? He - ba l .saiti of her 3lother's he thought of it) that r thint4r and pater than re,olved that if her tote -uEe•te.t enough' tt., ;tiled n•hat little Kw lellr;-11e .51.11'e hi, wife•n dreek %v:x ii übetl4.:. be; and he Os not hi:, already] It all effort ti, Niu it. I 'rge.l lie ‘‘u hi, buil :111;1 wa, ,n his earli.•c c\ env.' hope lent hiw.•w hardli 4n hottei , rest own lion, • ~, I IIKt• trier.e. e- Kith unexatupleil.ra li.nnewar,l jourue) iaueh ' tii, nitril4 - oncl hefaio his Iv tans [lv% hell .N . O; a lig ' 11,. upaard at I 11:4, to iik• seat. 9n 1l -Im f ip w$ not isurningl ark here. James' I-I:c.l, a tho ‘.trvant watalarmlAllat the hal •• Why 211 . 4. V U '4) . vour mi~trNsS;" hr MA =IIIII=I w 1:-: H. 461, h e did .• —let'lue 1 lihr3ry iuituedintelv, 11.1..---T a m At. 1.1 I nd ..• Well.' s..titl e1ft5....0 ft , ask any lain light -, Nutt a fire i ifa rh "Ilititel* ..h .fl :t• ! y . Flutchcr w whilt wen lll uc kindled. Ade4illi "0.4111 tihie, and 91 . her stn Jau►ch hurrie•l al% in►paticutly iu thr ,ha hr.,ught. :mill tl►e tioiu lium.• au crib. the winter; anti, allr t'uo).-4•111 re- le, t y departure. The likary utlortlet, ,ir, Auppor be ready in a rert few 1 ninitte,. - Intukediately, spot t epteriug the r•otit.l Jr. Fletcher went to him t , . 416p44! 4 . f come paper: It. had eitrried about his- person.'atul the first thing that tact hi, eye, when he rai.-ed the lid, wa-:a letter 'iddresed to hiutself, ini his wife's handwriting. Hi, first emotion wa, 7 iine of zitrprise, until h, r4-eolleeted that she had a key which titted l 9l, lock; the next ‘N oud of half fear. liasta f t;!. ;,r,,l:re the , eal„ irel dead as follows: • • "I can endure the II f.• tt.• a 1..• ii...w_leadinel no longer---and I lutist lent.. s o t , 315' Aseit..e Will be a relitif io you+-Caili -illio it will; and, :1 , . fo e me. I cannot stay' licit.. .11.1 , .- iti ) our pr=ance each day. where I cilia heft- ) our N 'live :mil greet your eye, and yer feel that your um: 4. indifferent acquaintance is as ui Ili it — nay moi.• to .;nil than I am. .. - "While our chit tl ht,.l, 1 ip.t.e) , -.1. ..g'susl those feeling.?: I could not teay, - . her With out a mother's care, and I had no right 'T:.. , lake her with me—no right to cause 3 - our heart 4noth er. sorrow; or to.bear her from a hour.. of Usury like this, : to one of tOil and privation Bat now, ,I she needs, me no longer—no one needs. a t : a r i a I must go. . "Ton desired that our dificulties might made public; and, on that account, also, I hesitated long before concluding to take /hi But, if you could know N w -I have suffer.. ring the last year, I. um sure you would f this apparent disregard of your wish. - I tile, Willis, to siveyou a single pang; be torture is far worse than death—and T „antic it. another i ."There is yet another ream why 1 leave )oti 1 —I cannot be a dependant on your bounty ' cannot stay here, in the midst of affluence alt splendor, and fel t t you believe that for spell baubles I bartered y truth and purity of bear". "Willis, Wil • you wronged me there! ' I wasa young-and tho htless T imagined myself acqrned and slight ; and when you offored me vont hand, I acre p it—scarce knowing what I. did. But God k ows I never thought of your wealth—l had not alien as low so flint: "I have secured situation as opvarrhy,s, with: a salary that will sufficient for' my moderate wants, and by the time you are at home again I shall be far away. I I tell 3-ou this,. IkliAtise I know, that little a. you bare, for nk. now,' vim would not like to ti.el that T..tras destitute of tin; comforts of life. i ~.„ I intended to !lave written a long letter`— a te have laid my . whclle heart bare before ynu, that you might see ho lt entirely it is, and has long been your own. Put I cannot do it: my peril is palsied (as my tiligue has lung been) by feeling that you will belhire nothing I may say, The secrecy that I maintained with regard to. my past history was worse/than folly; but surely the-Ag tiny of this one thought ought to- be enough to atone for it. '"And now farehrell,"Wfilis, my buelbanii! May the blessing of the Most High be upon ybo. ever more! Would tit, I could hear your +ice but once spin—then, could I go forth upon toy lone ly way with a strpnger heart. But it rimy net be: unloved, and 1 unforgiveu--I must bild you farewell forever?' "Not unloved nor wiforgiven! Oh, Adelaide, wwife, come back to sae apiad—l cannot live hout your etelaimad Mr. Insfeleer, se the letter fell from hie nerveless hand " have Efil , . ni , Iced bear, 1 itr3t4 , lll- iitLAN Katy's death, brain • Fletcher to the 50U he intention of being would iunk.-‘ on'e EI:EGI :qi.• 'pa- nrru :!.4sllt st b • hare a au rgire could t this t hear B. F. SLOAN, KDITOIL NUMBER 12. driven you to this ; my beloved, by my harshness and cruelty, and nnw my punishment is vomit than I can bear!" Ae took up the letter again, and re-read it cam fully. It gave him no clue to her destinathaa; but be had found in it the key to the heart he had harped to believe so destitute of feeling--aaeolid and worldly. "31y pen is palsied, umy Mlle has long been, by feeling you will believe noth ing I may say." He read the sentence over and over.,again: it seemed so strange that he had nev er thought of it before. He recalled their hat interview, previous to Adelaidej.endlie remembered how taintingly—how scornfully be had told her that she wad deceive him no lon ger, and how sternly he had bidden her moo to Mock him with her pretendeClove. And pep Jafter all that, he had. wondered \ why as boil herself so coldly aloof, and made ,no effort time. • en heart. He marveled Ante at his blindne , %. and springing up, he rang the boil vi c.lently. 1 Jame , aaa'wereti the summons.' ' .:DiiaMak Fletcher leave word .how Loot die intended to be gene"- "No, sir." . • • i Did ehe take the cars' 4 the boatf” - . . 4 -- ~.._ - "She Went with the carriage ' • :-Send Robert to me." In a few moments the coachman apmeand o bst is hind ere did you leave your mist'ress; lbsbert?'' "At L----, sir." ° "When did she tell You to come tiher het'" She did uat tell me to come et 4 air . So was going on farther -with sante Mese, nine were to meet her ibere." .0 , ''When did she apect these 'She thought they would be there befoat aim waz, but they were not She would adk 10 Is } wait; for she said they would. COIN Wire alibi. and I had better return bannediately " , Had she much baggage . ' ' .:Only one trunk, au.' . . -Very well, you may go ', Willis Fletcher was alone—wife awl eildd , • were gene One was at rest, but as for disdain, oh'. where was she? All' night he walked the - floor impatiently, for not until the.morniag done ed could he pursue his inquiries. It wore away at last, and a few faint" Tugs in the east foretold the coming . He Vr went forth *hit a strong heart. He w find her. Ni, power on earth should keep heritage Lim. now that he knew she loved him; he matalti bring her back to.her happy home ageim be would tell her hoW . fondly his heart had clung to her even wheu he believed her false; he amid bid her forget those long mouths of sorrow, rod while he held her in hi 3 arms and bleed away . . the temrsithat had dimmed •her eyes so imp, he, t :In. would plead for forgiveness-•--he would\ tell -, her that ( he, too, had erred. Ono-month fterward Willis Fletcher via sat in tote m alone—but bow he had attend! The tire d faded from his eye—his limits were wan d haggard, and his whole bear* hopeless d desponding. You would have o thought th t many peer/had flung their kirk ening sliadoW. upon his pathway. similes bet looked up a h . He could nrfind Adelaide—he had " used ev ery'endeavor. to he could trace her no farther thin. The landlord of the hotel there • h f d s 'ti k sem _ that on such a day a lady stopped at and dismissed her carriage haw diatel ; t t shortly after a party of travelers ar- - FiAti st ad 111,1ela dv.":4nt _onzith . theta= their games. Whether they went north or south • he was slue he could not tell; the place wee e complete thoroughfare—and he had never CQII - it hie business to inquire into the move-, inents or hi.igueso.; if they paid their Wish was • :Ili he 3.k0l iti them.l. - - , ; .itimion., and clisappoiute t i, Mr. Fletcher meet uext to Barrett & Co. To his Feat trarpriae,lle found that Lis wife ha d not received a single dol lar, from diem dUring the whole year. . He 1, turned to hht Om house and leptired to hi, gift's room. After some search he sweated -441 in finding the ke3t. , :4 .her wardrobe and ion reaus.. Her Jeweliease s there; and he opened it. Not a - single gem was missing;—not,. au or-. 'violent tliak lie hail given her .had she takes,' ,tw,./ . . ,-.Keoptirti a miniature. which had been on, of hi- wedding-gift•. . Adelaide bad a very valuable Walt* that had belonged I.; het- mothers and sow...A*oms of plate. that lied ter a longtime been cherished as heirlooms in her family, These she bad so!d. aud - her husband found some minutes of the trans action, in a porket-bOok she-liad left behind It had evidently been by miqtake, for it contained also n h)ek t' hair that be recogbiied as that of , Katy's—a lettter . or two in her father's hand-writ ing. and vlgn the few that lie:had himself writ ten lo her previous to the4..utarriage . These lasi wen , arctic tr..ru out ind were blistered with How hiii"oun fell over their Her richest articles of clothing were all in their ...r;ective She had taken with her only Cue pL4nest and iL;ast valuable—only such u she would absolutely 'need in the new statics sip about to fill , Et Was soon rumored in the melt of their ac .4na o f . cane that Mn. Fletcher left Fiona! on alone vit . cluing her husband's absence. People w demi at that, but they wondered still lam when weeks lengthened into months, and she did not return. Willis Fletchei. his splendid establish went, and took l?dgiugs at a boarding-house. He could not remain where every thing spoke so him ; of biz lo3t wifel--whire every room sad ve ers aniele-offarniture told him some tale of tax He took.lodgittisk as we have sai bat la the rain hope of ileei4from himself, as d, aa wlith a vague idea that he might by this taams Aisle writ tidings,of Adelaide,- he became a wasileser Prom city to city, from state to state, he wawa like an unquiet spirit, seeking rest but lima% 1.. u no LCONcLOD*D NIAT w as. Tui: Cusialma JVROILS.—The fob:wits' g is clipped from an exchange paper; hat we do not know to whom or to what locality it is to be - credited: One of the cutest tricks which we have heard of fora . lon,g time, was played of by star, - id the Supreme Court, which was sitting in this town lait week. The jury - had a ease under cos iideratoin, and of mime were on the ''lock up'' and as it -was getting late in the evening,, - the prospect of.ipending the night in conftesement - was anything but agreeable. The jilt* had been applied' to for - release, and inforissil of their situation, but thinking that a night spent in de bate would tend-te produce unanimity of opinion. gave orders . to keep them tegether until they made up a verdict. ' Under these curetunstaness they adopted a suggestion made by one of their number, Made up a verdict, which they dub signed and sealed, and no doubt enjoyed their nights. rest ill the better for its threatened de privation. The next morning when the Court met, the verdict was handed tip, the clients in the case were present and with swims. facto • awaited the jury's award. The clerk ertih due solemnity, broka-the seals, and in an audible voice, read the terdiet—" }Ft: egret- to elisigros. The effect of this we leave to the inutiebloalk et our readers. Something was Said - abom ' of court, but the goodness of the joke nehol as a palliative of the drew& Its rspetibbli, er, would not, we presume be safe.' 111
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