y' _ tom.: =1 pFRLIN & SLOAN, PtTBLISHERS. VOLUME 24. BuslN BROWNEL. ."'fdith side of the Pablie Square. be. ;',7, ; . ' ; : tat.. and Peach Streatai Erie, Pa. TYPE,LIKENESSES FOR 1 DOLLAR. E. H. ABELL. . 11 „ ; ROOM, °TIT .the Erie Bask, South' r 11 , Diamond, Erie, Pa. -... ?" . ,14;r. taken in the best styka of the an, sod warren- 1 - ,- T. 1). kDIVAII.DB. , a lorNett.loa at Law. W/11141111 Pa. Pro- f .0 , And colleotioas will reecirc prompt I) D. I f ;4l — Lß/lc CO., . and Comm a / 1 11km Ilittrehasta, fourth .• I the Public Bridge Erie Pa. r r< la Coal, Salt , Planter, S tucco,Fish, Line t'tquf , , Iron, Nails, Suave', Conthm' withwith f ka hlipa for shipping eithrt.r zterauboate. iz.rto .4 by ttailmod. •4L kLP I 0011111 NS. Cr.I7N..ELLFIt Oetet nn F 1 1 411141 St., „rill of the Park, Erie. - TNY. MOORE, _ prortsioor, Wises, Liquors, CalulioA, , u our door below Booth k Stewart's State,-st. • VINCENT, HI ROD & Co., -- - ,11%tcris- of Stover, Hollow Ware, Eagiaer, Ma fiarrad Cara, etc., State St., Erie Pa. TH I MAS 31 A , ul ..11 THE ruui or a. Lamm & co.) Watcher, JeR4.137, Silver ...-aoaeLt . Looking Glare.. Lamp= 'nil Fancy n h ii. end Mail. 11 JARECKI tr , -ide of State Street, Erie, Pa I. N fflig •.HI IP.It ur WALKER S. 1: , ~.11 and ~hipping Merchant% an1...11 ri.ur J' b. Fzsh. Water Lime, Player. .te. , Ln • P.l P irlcsirP. intended-11.rhiir ran B lat-NAgtlY, ~ , ~ a ti,,nary, Monthly Magazine ,• Cheat. .1 . .n . , h,..1 Mu- ie. Sewspa p en , hold Pen•, Pork tr., &wittiest of the Refit lion-c, Erie. HO( IT}{ s STEWAW4 - :, ,IP, Lill Dealer. in Fancy anil wtaplo Dry 4, -Poor People's Row, opporite LID - DELL, MAIER - .5: Co ;-r , r • ,f Iron Feoce, Railing, Steam Ittoikr, L. , . r. FITP Proof Shutter„ ands!! kind: of M•whi I Castings, &e., done to order. N GOALDING, • i taor. ;And Habit Maker—Hhop au the ea , t :":3tt ~tr.•et. two doors north or Eight, and adjoin !! !titd.•t .t Co's Cabiziet Ware-Room. Erie, Pa. 1: K & 'METCALF, r. ; , ,:l iu Dry thred,, Carpet., and Nu. 1 Reed Rouse, JOII — N ~ t pl. .t Fancy Dry (deeds, and the Ocean. •ny store in the city, Cheap side, Eric, Pa. STEttIiETT& UIIAT , . . and retail Dealer. in wet 1111.1 dry tiro ~1.1.12., Produce. Foreign and Doniesti, Fruit. and Stone Ware, Flour, Fish. Salt, Gla.• , . Shot. Caps, Safety Fut 4, ie.. French it, the Reed /louse, Erie, Pa. ILA tonal Boats, Vessels, Hotels, and Prl - • ....I.phed with any of the above articles .......and ery cheap.: \\'A!. S. LANE, Cort•ELLott at Ls.w..-0111oe over Jackson's • N ,, th-Ea.t corner of the Public Beare. XRBUCKLE & IC.EPL.ER, _ Era tiroceries, Hardware, cro c k er y, dc. 1:11..ck. state etreet, Erie, Pa. DB I'. &this reeidener on Eighth Freneh and Holland, Erie, Pa., VFint .ta vet — Exchange on the prmespal office In beany'„, Block. Public arsON Stt:UtT, “,•,„ Fourth -trret. • I.lp , threary 1; f'FI'S REED; , ;,rwem nod Amerimn Hard War.• :ma . Vi,ef. Iron and See.Pl N... 3 r..Pa iIIWELL & BENNETT, tn.l Retail Dealers in Liry tit., 3rf., Carpeting, 11111 , 11 VI. Iron, ke. Empire Sturem State Street. -' ttrtru'm H9tel. Erie, Pa. • -, Axle Army, Spring . and a Saddle and Carriage Trimming. • Ali kiVir)rgMffil , - v. and Justice of the Peace. and .%geut for lutusil Life Lumrence t`..supaikr--015ce Wright's store, Erie, Pa. EORGE H CUTLER., 0 wird, Erie eetuity, Pa. Colle‘lll. , W 'molded with l,mmtr,r=• and 41< li ISl.kil KELIA)Ges. - l.aurur-sinti Nlerrhoint, ..n th. 1.0.1 i, `talc .tcr..r. , t,.1 Whitt. Fi-It, con.laully 1.. e ...k. ' .1 1;.., W. I. MILLS, " - I% r,"1,31.• Dealer% in Grue...rir,. 11'jurA„ tI. •., I'..reign Frau. Nut., Pkklea and r 1...), ter, Pre-ernes., and llenuritirally ~.t , de•erilluu *lw .4 ..n Itrin.l. No. ',1 , - , T....1.1..-ite .ti t. '. %..% H.. w. 1. it.t - - ;1.1.111,..1,.. , a•..n, i.oyeter- - hell, Inetri J. \ew lurk, . h v.iti t.,. km.' MEE pm , <. A. C. JActios. AO. En... PA enflnyli to gratify their refindll taste , .; while you i 1 ARTEH & BROTHER, • w 311; id, 'he earth in your rags as if your step" ' , 1F. , t.;1 .1--sler , in prima, dimwit..., Paint ~ ' ''•ff- ol. , •. Sr., No. 6, Reed Hone, Erie. . was pollutiou, and with, your bead bowed,'as JAMES qTrE, q. v. •,.a.-...nt Tailor. On the rehlic ...mare. :I 6.w. ! io r a il an rm. How very beautiful!" eontinned -Ate .trea t. Erie. N .. H. LI _ URTON S, NO. - . lilt. woman, as the girl smoothed 'with her slen- JIIH .: Kr T 111. , If 31 , ra in limy, Metlicine•. 1 t:. e tier, white . lingers. the jet black curls over the - - .1,.. \n..,, Iteed 'Muer, Erie. ' broad, fair brow; "and Agnes! such beauty will Id'IILIN &..S"tilXN, not long be unknown; 1 shall soonlser rich - gems • , -..,. , e11 ,, 0l and Miacellancon- Rook,. : r• ~, - '''''m and Printer's. Card-. No. 9 , sparkling /in that little head . .." i I u.••.:. Erie Pa. The girl made no reply to -her words, but hay ' TORS BEEBE /Y.. STEWART, .. n $ 014 44 1111Cr.....4. 4., 1.11.1 111,1.1..11 - • log' vomploecl her scanty toilet, left the apart ....' :.- ,-,t.M4 Street, 'tint . .. ~ Ls : +.. . di: Ito 2, and 6 . - . _ to Y. M. The dwelling from which she emerged was sitl 101 IN 11 EARN & CO. ;, mme-toil 'Aeration., denier in in Coal, • tutted in a narmw lane, in an obscure part• of the . -. .4- ~,, u t for a daily li" "i • UPP''r Lilt.' ' city, where not a sound greeted the ear, nor an eol,. br,,k , Erie, Pa. , . I :ic 1N EXPRESS ('O3II,)*N; 'T.l4eet met the eye, but fillsd the soul With dis _-..,. 1 , .. N,..:. p ~,,, I ilitta, Sink Street. gust; but a few minutes walk brought her to. a tu o'elock. A. M. wide, handsome thoroughfare., bordered with el ' ai ...'clack. P. M. '. 1. : 11 1tl;E J. MORTON, egant and costly edifices, several of Which were i ..„,,n,,,ioti Merchant, Public Dock, E l i, surroutulod with small, bid beautiful gardens— -1 '.' ' ~ • ,i,, lA, Flour and Plaster. , really beautiful' now, fora shower • daring the 1 ROZE,NSWEIG it Co. ' lit had washed the dust from the deep gr NEM it, r.n DE WM , in Foreign Mnl Dom,-- nigl ..vl44,le,iothing.jitlS.an.l at,.. fl.linge* and in the light of the early sun.. : . " is; State Areet. TkIiSIPALL eV - INCE-NT, Few rich-hued, opening Sowers looked doubly. bright, • AI Llu:1-11jtee up al4rd is TllllllllWly .hiali seen through the pearly drops aroun d them. •,1 PrombsotaiT'ssitoe, Erie. more parterra in the couptry could, bate been MI . WIiA.LLON, • more fresh and fragrant than those Attie chimps 3t LAW--9111er• o%er Wil •'... rate.. one floor weAq hate street. ;of shrubbery, and the . patches of 4 bli•ssoming a. Erit. plants; and no more sweet, care-frye( . ni - iteS could I itBALS-, & A YE$ ' any where be heard, than were isinutig from the :,rst Dry Graeries. Crockery. Ilar4- t. lironti'p New note'. throats of the little pent-up songsters in the =I s3litlt .I.ICKSO\, - i mimic. ,forest of rose-treetcainl among the scent . 1 b., ~,,,,i.7, I,,,,•crii‘. hardware. QUO:1211 Warr , i ed rises clambering around the marble pillars of - :, Nail ,. . de., 121, ebeepaide, Effie, r"- I WILLI A MS & WRIGHT, 1 those lordly =Anions. , 1 t , :l,nr• and Dealers in Gold sad Silver cu jet. ' There was scarcely a carriage in the street at v .' '''' I' ' ' ' 'S ' "ad Warrant!. and certifinat " "Dt.- this earl • e boos t and very few promenaders Were `, ~.ight Drift, on the principal elite. of the l , :. , 1 ..P. parir of the' Ow Ctetatry fur aade. once. I s to be seen, except here and there an envied oyrn- I ''''''''' ''''"' 4 state-et- and Piiblic ziul".. ler of one of these costly dwellings, harrying NI t • IIAPIN, IiZPIPICNT nurruir—osee is !away to commence *day of such hard, , incessant ru,. E , ,,1..,.. block. corner or Stateand Fifth ' ~r eet. up .faire. Priers rearopehle, and wearing tot), as his meanest domestic.eould not , canted i lt. -4 C L. ELLiorr, I have been hired to pnform. . • The young girl walked &Ma the almost silent Resident Dentist: 0111 e• and dwelling on I .i,e, south ...te or the Pithier &pore, I deer I street. The light, playfid wind shook down up- Ex-t..,1 the Eric Baal ftwildlag. Teeth an- lon her as she pissed beneath the clustering Plato. I s r , dn , die to an entire MC Cation.' ', i v '''h Pot'. Gold. VIA restored to health sad amt. ` branebes of the tall trees bordering the street on esti' cleaned with instruments and Demnoll Pe 'them of peke! d e t wawt. Aniintruluod. I melt hand,* cool, beteg drops hidden antang . . • ,x„,,; ' ,-..; V e: ; 4-„;.4 .: --- ' •- „,.,.*.:-;'''.,•.• - ."..-,..."-. - 41 , ..? , --A •_ ,•,.....,.... ERIE .. E ;,, _.".11„ • BSERVER , , , l e leave"; the fragrant breath of the flowers, tbe songs of the pet birds, the play of the silvery fountains, and now and then the trill of some yehthful, ham voice,• mingling with the sweet, though unskilful tones of the piano or harp, sa inted her senses, but she could enjoy nothing around her. She moved almost stealthily along, lifting her eyes ottly at intervals from the pave j mat, and feeling; in her soul, the wretched out- 1 east which, in all her - appearance but that iad, suffering, innocent &et. ; she seemed to be. The '.! beauty and sweetness of everything about her, 1. only deepened the darkness and bitternettiof her thoughts.. . Why was she the child of poverty?---why bad • she not been one of the group of young, happy creatures, who; did in robes of the finest es biuidered muslin, danced over the marble steps . '-of the edifice befone her, wreathing white roses in their flowing ringlets, and carollingtheir mer ry 7 Ix hugititag so gleefully! Row fell of love for them, and of paternal pride, was that neblelati hi sir gentleman whom duty railed U.' then , . and with whet affection did the eye of that fair lady who stood at the- open window, follow their light footsteps! How full, of enjoyment was life for them; how brimied with bitterness was the cup of whi4 she mast drink! How easy for them to be good; -how nearly impossible for her hi remain so! She walked on more rapidly. And why should she make the , :sitenipt? thought eontinned In all the world then{ was none to encourage her with a look 'of appreval; there was no dear de parted one, a hose, spirit she could dream was hovering near heti—the only relative she had. everknown was that drunken, brutal father, now in his grave'; anti tie miserable woman who call ed herself her step , other,--and Heaven itself, RO the wretched girl a: that moment thought, _ .. was.rmilintr '' only on the happy • Meriting apin, and I still alive!" sadly mar . The tears dried u' pon the pale cheeks, and languidly on her. pillow, 'purred a young girl, ;1:1 she turned her head ' the anguished & et ' became very calm. .She and rai.ed her eye In was thinking td" returning 'home; but still she the tururtaimsl window of the apartment; "still _walked on, passing kwerill avenues which led to alive, and that pain that so maddened me is goiei it when, light and graceltlal as a young fawn, and uty heart has ceased fa' beatgo-wildly! She there same bounding down the ' sidewalk, a child '.rid ..sid Isl- Id die; lint alas! it is nor;the young of a dozen y ears . ' The gay , sp o rt i ve crea t ure whom grief will kill; to them it brings t-li•atli paused now and then to 11 to a caged mock- only to the soul!" ; ing-bird, whose loud, clear tones were filling the She started as till' thought passed through her air with; music; and the,n skipped' along to annoy mind. "Death tit, the soul, Will it end in th little clumsy relotile, who strove in vain to that?". and she clasped her hands, `apd murmur - keep pace-with his young misetress. The straw ad 'in tones of deep agony, "And aftel travelling , hat which had covered her head,fell on her shotd so long Ala dark and di ffi cult path, will my eyes tiers , and there was revealed th e - prettiest little at length close to the darigere of. the way, and ' face in the world, round, rosy and dimpled; the my feet stumble over the obstacles around me?" bri htest blue eyes , not the softest and most TIM bit of soiled and tagged tapestry which t Li., 1 ; brig htest loving ut i and'playful ; , and. short, shining separated the do . rner serving for a sleeping apart- , meat, frOm.thei rest•of the tontn, nil, ' eanth unq in aj ii:r g li= child eg va 741614-I.i. • held a la rg e and beautiful drawn aside; and a woman somewhat advanced h o „', iie n t • of t • • . choice roses, interspersed with u few in life, stepped to the side, of the couch, and bent . other i rich and rare exotics. She was evidently over the young girl, who, at the sound of her ; • , veutond of her burden a ,ol44eivi*gigi4l ) _ pnnee....014;.. 4r...b..... 1,...--1 —,l- 2- -•, - -•- .44 Tjf.,,Vlll,ll-"Ti.."-.16 1 she gazed on the sweet eountehant:e, so pale. stir- at trac.ted her attentitin. -.- - • , , rowful and hopeless, the hard, coarse featnte- of Ti„. wretc h e d, despairing Agnes had pausetl, that dark face wiire an e epre..sion of mingled pity a. h er eye, f e ll -un the light, grareful figure of and remorse; bet the. 1.. k 1 „,,,,„.4 aw ..,. %. sn d she: the .41041; and sb, loaned, half fainting ten her laid her hand on the arm .if the girl • 1..0e mall., again.' the tir-t 4 , uppfirt n !skit offered " 1 4‘gues• get up!" she exelain" ituit - iY 4 ".‘"" it-elf, lett unable to turn her-Ile-Mated gaze from •] arepinisleeping, SW.I you are no I"rifter ill: 'lre"'' the beautiful N iSiillt] hellie.. 11,1% . . o/lti • • seir quickly, and taken walk do w n the - , trect; -iI, pm not ailtoire my thmer , :: :Aid (lid von it a ill quite rester.. the strength whiell y mtr. , f...d - ~% 4. r see Snell a beautiful bouquet before?" . i liness has . eXll#llsleil. Rut ,h, not h e ale4ellt 1 . 1.11111 it lit' that sweet smile was intended for ,i I mg, fill-Jon will itavt. to ',mkt• up, in a week, i t ,. r _... 4 l,, t r any % 0i,4,4 could airldrese her in such ,the dee, days yon have-restetl in bed!" , genii* , tones? The child of wealth • and pride. The girl rase quietly from the vend', she did ', , ,,ta1l not have obarintsl who it was addressing— . 0 „i ~,,•n . raise her eyes'le the woman's Nee. het h er ~,pru o glanc e Would be one of eontempt; and Prepared , as speedily as her - feebleness won'd per- the girl was begii i ming to move from the spot, mit, to obey the diieetions given her. - w h e n the little erellure prevented her. There "It is very- hard for you to 10i1 a o, you i...0r ~'a , ~„„e th it to u that despairing face w hi ch had child," continhtsl the woman in a sifter tote, attracted the ehild'!t attention. - and slay but eagerly watching the eff..f of her' .41),6 you not love flowers?—stay, you shall words on the girl; "you, so young and beautiful hate the sweetest 1 have got," she said, running a nd tlelicate! you should he living in case'and h er mit e em z ,ers over the bouquet. "I know you i splendor. There is not a lady in the c ity, with : 1•,t.• them dearly, and yolk live down in the city all her rich clothing, her studied manners, and ! w h ere you never sr . : any thing green and bloom her great aecsuuplishntents, half as beant ;fel and , i n g, or the sight bit' these flowers would not make graceful as you age, and I have heard many peal i y o u weep: papa says .„ ry b o d y i s good w h o judge , say it. The earth is not go o d enough far I l oan „, thiwers, and"-.--the child -looked earnestly -nett to thread tin, Mir can it afford luxuries ' 'in her listener's fm t• -- "the gooll i•lionld alwaya .._ - - THE AFTER LIFE. er W. C. lIIITAAT. Row Alma I knowthee In the'sphere whit The embodied spirits of the deed, When all of thee that time meld tither. tleel," And periebes tufting the deet we treed? Fee I shall foal the Baas of eetteiders pain If there I meet thy gentle split not. Nor heir the role* I late,* read again. In thy serenest eye( the tender thoeithi, Wilt not thy own omit Woo dintarod nit tier.? That heart wheat torallaat throb& to an "tent given? My Same an earth Inn ever la thy prayer, t Audi it he banished from thy tongue in &smel! • • In meadows fanned by haarea'- life-breatbinr wind, , In the reephiagewe of that slaloms sphere,' And larger moromeats lore unaste.rod talMt, Wilt thou forget the that joined us hen":' 'ow love that lived through all the attorney peat, r i etndemeldy With, thy kasha sato* here. And peedeegrew o and tender to the Mat, Shall xpie with life. and he no more? A floppier lot tabu raja., and light. Await thee there; tor duis hut thy will In cheerful heautiO to the ruler • And Wei and tendert for - For ale the sordid care: in which 1 dwell Shrink and Ntnrunie the heart, as heart lb , ted wrath hath left let amr—that fire of hell flafleft are trirhtinl 'ear upon to Raul. - I'.•t, 111flugia thou weare , t the glory of the kky. Wilt thou not keep the same beloved mine, 'fhe .sate fair thoughtful brow. and gentle tve, I...‘elier in heareA*4 weet elimate, yet th. saw, than unt teach rue in that calmer home. The wisdom that I learned sii• m in tbi. - Th. wisdom which is lave —till I bee . Thy GI emnpaniiin iu that , IMEr.MI3 Oihnitt From Ow itostiou Oltct• Itratiti THE BOUQUET OF ROSES. BY MIIS ;'.451.13 . 1t0N1A CURRIVII Saul 'Poetry. cam= • Is• happy " • "How eau they be happy if there i. none to ' lore them?" asked Agnes, seareoiy emotions that she spoke aloud. • "The Father iri Heaven loves the good, and lie tenches the good tit love each Other," said • the child, and the beautiful face sobered for an instant. "Papa says the flowers are His smiled a nd see what sweet, loving smiles they are'." and she held up the bouquet to the gitsll. "Take them I all; they will he bright for a long time, if yon take good care of them." Agnes attempted tu !tank tko owea• ddld, hut i tears eame sofast, and such thoughts were crowd ing thlo►ugh her mind, that she only murmured, as she stooped and pressed her:lips to the little hand which bestotred that beautiful gift, "You have saved a anal"' I The child had been gazing with increased won ! der and interest on that disturbed countenanlxt, and when those lips touched her hand, she threw her arm - around the neck of Agnes, and kissed her pale cheek; and then she turned away, and iii _ . picking up Fido'S ribbons, walked down the street, but at a slower pace than she had passed over it before, for more serioiar, thoughts were occupying her mind than she had 'ever felt yet. Agnes looked after her till she had disappeared, and then she tinned down the avenue which led to her wretched abode. "And what did Miss' Gardner say to the bou quet, Emma? inquired a lady, as, at the en- trance of that fair child into her dressing-roots, she raised her eyes from the "fashion plate" she had been very intently studying,—"what did Miss Gasifier say?" "Not one won4111111a11114" mid the child, laugh. ing gaily; and then, with a more thoughtful face, she drew nearer her mother, and began to unwind from their curling . _papers, her long, jet black hair, and arrange, it in ringlets about her face. "Not a word! You did not see her, thee- 7 mid the lady. VElay, Emma, did you see Miss Gardner? And'what are you doing to my hair? I shall not receive- callers this amain& and I cannot have it hanging about my foie _for no. thing." ' 411 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ERIE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1853. But the lady endeavored in vain to extricate her hair from -the child's fingers; Emma contin ued her labor till it all hung in grateful curls, and then, retreating a few poem, she looked thoughtfully in her mother's face. "There, hmr perfectly alike," she said; "how perfe c tl y , on l y Apes is so much younger, and. she is so pale and sad, and one can look straight into her heart, while mamma is proud, and her cheek is rosy red, and—and---she never lets one look into her heart; do Pin; nuumnar "What do you mean by such nonsense? " vid the lady, in a displeased teme,Gogh, for some cause or Wier, her eyes e'oed before the ear sest gaze of the child "Who are you talking gout!" "The young girl to whom I. gave - the boviquet, mamma," mid Emma. "I did not carry it to Hits Gaidaer. fOr I do not k* her, and Hugh does not love her, either; I was going so the store to miry it to Ilia, but she— , lie • •rl I met ---look ed so sad and frieisdilirr Vis: I wish yen had seen her, mamma, she looks so perfectly like you, and her roieo is just ar soft and sweet as yours sometimes is, and her mile is as bright and beautiful as is yours when you are not thinking! And besides, her name is like yours—Agnes!" The lady's cheek grew deadly white. • "What is the child talking about?" she exelitimed.::!-- "Agnes! she is not here—she cannot know— How was the girl deemed, Emme•and bow old did she ist i tem to be? Vshaw, don't thy anything more about her, and remember, child, pin m us t never speak to any 'One in the street whiim you do not know. - Your father would be %cry angry, and so would Hugh, if they knew what you had done this mottling; but I shall not tell them, if you will promise never to speak to stranger again." "She Was very beautiful. mamma, and yen unhappy," mid Emma, apologetically.- "If you had seen that smile when f gave her the flowers, you would not be angry with me. lam &lad nude her happy for a moment," added the "Bo p mamma, what is the matter? Why do you look so pale and terrified?" "Because I am very muck displeased with you," returned the lady, struggling to nearer her corn roue; "the pleasure you have conferred hascoet me too much. Yesterday. I Alf, at Miss .Garth ner's, a boquet presented to her by little Susan Balcomb; and she was very much pleased with the Sowers, and said pkiisant things of tbe child; and the bciuquet I designed for he; was twice as beautiful as that:—K.e, I have almost spoiled my choicest plants in cutting it ;—and all her friends would have been shown it, and toll what a.lnve. •• _ • .tlrwi earn you how to color your dower," "And who cares what Miss Gardner ,tats?" 1 1. Very murk incensed with her ,tep-dauligter, said the child, toksing her head contemptuously; was Mrs, Clemens, for wasting so-touch dim "if I had carried her the Anus, I Should have 4 .r die was ofthst well • . watt mutptt+tetrlitaww - ww - . ..„, chills thoughts front the stranger in whom ..he had been so much interested. . . But the thoughts of Mr!. Darnley, herself, _could lot he .11 easily' iliormetp.l,• 'lll4- door tea , not closed nu the child before the 14atuiful bo titles was forgotten, though it :.l another time, ironldhave very much annoyed her; for a thought, an old, but ever-preseni one, was ab sorbing her whole soul, and the proud woman was burying her fare in the cushions -of her lounge to stinth4 the %ohs that slie:t-ottlel not re EIELD Agnes had returned homer She, wa+ wearied with, her long walk, and the pleasant, hopeful thoughts which bad entered her. heart as she was , retracing her steps, were startled, and strove to fly sway, as she approached that. wretched abode; but she tightly closed her heart around those strange, timid, light-winged fled g lings, and mur mured softly and caressingly: "The Father in Heaven loves the good, and teaches the good to love each other!" And they folded their wigs at length, dressed their disturbed plumage, and mile,' lovingly. ft was a hate; sultry June day. Through the dusty and smoky air, the mu poured hit red, burning beams into that uncertain, rile apart ment; and in at the windows, which Mrs. Clem ens persisted in keeping open, though the air was thus rendered doubly impure, by the nbii4om ef fluvia from crowded cellars and a contiguous dram shop, from which there came a rontinusa . volley of low , vulgar slang, cries of distresti, and loudly muttered (laths. But Agnes, thoigh the sight of that hognet more than once caused a remark from some rude gaser-in at the window. which brought an indignant flush to that pale cheek, And the smile with which her step-mother re garded the Sowers many times caused hot tears kelni her •r=.—Aloes Imd never passed a day so pleasantly. And mirk had her toil seemed so light, though it eras no easy task she had ta ken on herself on her return home. Since she had been old enough to know the use of a needle, Agnes had sewed for a livelihood. The first avails of her labor . were scarcely suffi cient to furnish her step-mother with tobacco; but her ingenuity taught her to use her needle so swiftly and dexterously, that while still a mere child, her earnings, when she, could obtain em ployment, would have been sulftelent to supply the family with eomfortible fried; had not the miserable father expended her little income at the neighboring dram-shop even before it was earned. While he lived, the child toiled uncom plainingly, for she loved the being, who, in his hours of soberness, clasped her so fondly to his heart, wept, and even prayed bver her,—*he could not help loving him, though that little del icate form had often been felled to the earth by the druikard's hand, and, calling her by a same not her mai he had, invoked Heaven's bitterest curses upon her; and beside. her love for him, there was always in her heart• a hope of his tee , nation. Dining the last year of his WO he had interested himself, more than he had ever before done, it his daughter. Many a day had her work been taken from her bandi sad a book or pea platted in it, and the father would sit dews a teacher beside her. The Wok would soon grow wanrinemat to him, bat he world rise from it with 'tie roma, ."The dote shall «we, Ague, ihtin ]ow will net be the - poor ignorant girl yea now ass! Ti. have boar lang ant pains* with your father, and 7 ou Ida be rewarded for an you have time: when this delirium has passed away." But the delirium did not pam sway he died as he had lived. It was lard, however, to labor for that step mother, to whom she awed neither love nor obe dience. For months the disappointment—it could not be called grief, his last days were so irretehed--which she felt at her father's death, kept her in an apathrtioni fin tich even the abso lute danger at starvati on to arouse her; and* then the vile, miserable stepmother, missing the avails of her labor, resorted to means to awaken her energies that more than once so wounded that heart, which, notwithstanding its wretched ness, she had kept pure and sensitive, that she was throsin info a delirium. Yet, again and again had the poisoned dagger been applied, till the throbbing of the heart, if as agonised as ev er, were Unseen; whether they might, at length, have become stilled or not, Agnes never after questioned herself, - tor she had become well nigh desperate Surely it was the smile of the Great Father, which looked from those beautiful creations of His, which banished that darkness from her mind: it was His spirit which whispered tk that fair young child the words she breathed in the ear of the friendless girl. The long, wearisome June day was nearly at amend, and Agnes' task - was completed. Mrs. Clemens, stupified with • the fumes of her pipe, bad for some timc been snooring on her pallet, and Agnes ; supplying her flowers! witlifresh wa ter. at down . to enjoy their beauty more fully than i.he hall before allowed lierself` time to Flo; Ansi while she sat beside them, but not too near,l lest her breath should mar the.beanty of the del icate petals'. a daring thought entered the mind of the girl. • She strove to bazdsh it, but it came again, it would not be driven away; and through the whole night, till the sun was lighting up the did it while away sleep from the eyes which, , for the first time •inee she mold remember, felt na weariness ". At the dam , of the second day, Agnes called on a French woman. a very reapeetable.teueher of drawing. fe.r whi she had 4ometimcs sewed, and preFented fur inspection. a :ketch un which she ha.l 1... en laboring with a zeal: he had never before felt in any undertaking. "Has my time been wholly wasted, Madam Dupont?" she'asked, . "No. ,na 1., very g...4—very Yon have done at onto. what 1• woul.l have ta ken ” , f; a long time to learn you... :slid the good: witiki 1 W ,trained the condttet of the woman. .% few weeks after the Morning on which -lie had bestowed the bnquet of roses on that friend. less looking girl. little Emma Darnley, aeeont ponied by a tall. hindsome young min, to whom she wa- carne,tly whispering, stepped into a shop where elrap paintings were ekposed for pietnrif at the window had attracted the child's attention, and at her earnest ‘ solicitation, the young man led her into the store to examine it. Now you may believe it, Hugh!" the little -girl ' whispered—“that is the botinet . mamma wished me to earry to. Miss Gardner; don't you see"—pointing to a particular blossom, "that is the rose flower whose slow unfolding we watched so long? And see how the roses are grouped' . no one but mamma arranges a bouquet•so. Does it not look natural?" - Natural, ass! Von knoW 1 cannot tell one flower from another; hot do you want me to buy it for yon?" ‘ - "'lf you wish to look at Pttintinis, sir!" said the shopkeeper, "Lean show you some very hand some. ones.' That is a miserable affair; I ought not to have suffered it to appear at the. window, hat the poor thing who brought it here pleaded so sarroestly that I - would do so. It W3`.. her first attempt at anything of the 50e, she saia, and she wished to know if any one could see in it the leant exhibition of talent. She was obliged to , toil, she told me, for her daily bread, and if not sure of success in 'this new undertaking, she. would not give it the time so valuable to her. shall return it to her when she comes in to-night, for though it has been here several days, I think no one has looked at it beside yourself. Little Emma whispered to her brother, and the yam; man made some enquiry as to the peison al appearance of the girl, and the deseription• of her convinied the child that the artist was that' Agnes tti wncmystremtaquet. ------- While the man was speaking, Hugh stood very intently comparing the painting with some which the merchant had called very choice; but though he was no connoisseur, he could not fail to per ceive that the latter fell far short, both in beau ty of design, and in execution, of the former, but to. Emma's great disapointment, he left the shop without purchasing the painting; and that evening, Agnes Clemens sat weeping.over her frnitless. labor, and trying to call back to her heart the faith and hope which had sustained her for the few weeks passed. There seemed nothing before her now but a life of drat incessant toil; no time for mental im provement, no opportunity 'of escaping, ever, from the sphere in which she was now moving. tt Yet one can be virtuous here as elsewhere," sCursnared the poor girl, "and I wilt not forget *at "the Father in Heaven smiles on the good!" .! As the thought Palled through her mind, there was s low rap at her door, and a young man, who inirodueed himself as Hugh Darnley, enter ed the apartment. He had tolled, so he briefly informed her, to regimes a copy of the painting be had seen at Keeler's shop window. He was hint tell, no judge of paintings, but his little sis ter had very much admired the picture, and bad doubt but the work was very warritorkroa— Miss Clemens might devote as amok ties to the ptintiag as she wished; kkanet's father would not take into eoseideratios the prised= article which suited the &say ot his daughter: Who. the meg men left the beim, be was determitted to labia* his mother, who was known to be one of the most benevolent ladies in the city, in the poor girl whom one less com petent to judge than himself, would have called endowed by nature with the most desirable qual ities of mind timid heat, and eapable, byseinestion. and intercoms with •society, of becoming one of ite most valstid ornaments. But though he had never folly he opeirations, Hugh never placed on high an " nide ea his mother's ben. evolence, as did some other people;,and he soon dismissed the idea of introducting the young ar tist to her notice. His father, whose charities the young man conklappreciate, he felt a repug nancy to mentioning her to; and finally, after be could think ei no way in which he could assist the girl, he laughed at himself for endeavoring to do no. But, samelMw, he eonld not forget the expia tion of that b4utifuLlingrni4os countentrace; the' glance of_ th one deep thoughtful eyes;r nor the tones of that law, awctt voice. - From Atat a We, iti little kindasea r properly shown, might save thal i t young and highly-gifted being! The ability to aid her was his, and had he tiot ingenuity enough to find a way in which he eonld befriend her. without wounding her feelings! Very ingenious, indeed, did Mr. Hugh Darn. ly ly show himself ' , to bc' for scarcely two weeks had passed away, tho ' h during that period he had called several tini to see how she was pro gressing in her painti gs----smee4- two weeks had passed, when, as i fie entered her apartment one evening, be found .Agnes alone, busied with her needle, he drew a tat near her, exelaini ed abruptly— • "Lay aside that ltatebil sewing, forever, Miss lic,.. Clemens, and employ , -ourself only in ,:ultivat ing your talent for pa . Ling. The best instrne .tron the city eau afford hall be within your reach, - both in . that accomp • ment, and in any other you niaY wish to 3C41 • ," and the unusual pal lor of that face, and 'the wearine”s of those beau tiful eyes made him forget all caution; and pity, mingled with emotiot4 which, almost unknown, to himsi , ll. had been syringing Kiln his breast, eate9sl him to :nld--lour life must nen longer be one of labor and ulivry, but full of beauty and enjoyment. Let Me help to make it so; let me I aid you itt.this de-lin- you al cherishing to ac (pint knowledge; :IS a: frie r , as a brother, or' rather," he added in a loweritone"as one who is hoping he may, scrap day,'su.stain a,nearer re lation to you than thar i l of consanguinity'!" . Very quickly wa; th littl4 hand he had taken in his, withdrawn, and; something like a yob es- e et . lei e, tt I el. e .he evi (lefitly wished it, would not leeve her. He had plunged himself too far into a difficulty to escape by light, sad therefore he ireithitieed,' taking go eloquently andeerseatlY. that at length, the Moak litiOrTintiglirgifrirtgiv _ Wflrll4 h, ntu•retii wts but for a moment however. that Agnes would intintge herself L M the emotions which the whispered words of him. whom. from his first visit to her. Rile had regarded as the embodiment of everything noble and good, had given rise to; but Hugh would i-et , none of thy' obstacles she threw in the way of far misties. She could not fail 1 . 41 ls. all he might!,lesire in wife, she was 'so already; it was only bhrgratitieation he thought • of, in ltiq a . tixiety thatl her education 4toold be improved: be had a luUttlsonie property indt7u deot of his father,—the'prond add haughty Mrs. Darnley was only his stepmother; hiq sister was the child who had made Agnes's acluaintance some weeks before: . and above everything cite, it was the,wish of his 'father to see his son hap py. If Agnes preferred it. :111.r. Dimley should know of his intentions toward her. H ug h was confident his father would not disapprove of his conduct, when he hall become a iquwinted w ith her. "06,114 him no I:ntinv, 10, no ngi• kn•nu that ,;: -on have ever thought ate! tuurtatire,l "If I . have the ability ylpti rid i 1 can. alone, and ninamiste.d, inp.elf worthy of a 'connection with a family :0 retied and inteiligeot Baia yours. I have a !monger incentive to labor now," and her voice sank to ih lowed whisper, "than I ever had before; and if you have not for gotten me when the tine hait come, if it ever cl.tes arrive, that I can ming l e with h.s intelligent and r efined, you may . seek Me again, hut not till then. Do not urge me to the toritr.try'.' and .-he relea4- ed herself from his arms, and opened the Aseel door to admit her miserable stepmother, who, in attempting to peas owes, the threshold, fell pros trate to the floor, as Agnes and Darn ley both i! thouuhtin a state of intoxication • and the ou - ne - num was netermmea, ae dwelling, that not another, night shofild she re- main under the roof of that wretched being. . I And that was, indeed, the last, for before mor ning had dawned, firs.' Clemens was dead. Her interment took place the same day, and Agnes, 'believing that the course she had decided on, -was the only one sho Might to ptirsue, the next evening removed her lOsiging to another pan of the city, where young Darnley would not be like ly to find her. The ytning man had little - time \ for attempting it, for by the management of his mother, be was immediately sent from the city, i to make preparations fir a voyage to Europe.— She had discovered, through her daughter, the interest Hugh wastakeng7 in the poor girl Emma I had described to her stmo few weeks before, and with an eagerness tie Occasion seemed not to call for, she had pleaded With his father to send his son from home. Her object was attained, but after his departure, Mrs. Darnley fell into a long and lingering illnessofrom which it was some times feared she might never recover; and when at length, strength did come again, her former pride did not return with it. With the tenderest care did her husband watch Over her during her illness, sitting alone by her bedside in her moments of insanity; and with the softest words soothing her disturbed feelings; and wimp reason and health came, with an ea einem and anziety she had never manifested before, did she seek to repay that tender care. Yet something was between them new which had never *wood to Wet before. The look of the MEE t Ea =I B. P. SLOAN, mom NUMBER 15. husband was distant and proud, sad ths are of the wife mak before his gaze; mid wham, Alt Ina sometimes the case, that pleading face asked *Sir JI sorrowing heart might unburden itself to him, the coldness of his regard prevented it. Wawa months had passed away, and the return of Hugh to his home was as hand. . "I hope he ham formed no -attachment doubt his absence," said Mrs. Darnley to her husked, "I have always felt extremely anxious be should marry Mary Gardner. She is a meet entinadale young lady, and on Emma's account partioular: ly, a connection with the family would be very desirable." "I dare "say, maims, that Hugh will be quite 35 4 1siudful of the future welfare ant happiness of your daughter, as her mother has shown herself :sobal" returned her hrisband, pointedly. A deep flush , evereprod the cotmtenassie Mrs. Darnley, as she rallied Imir eye to hM bail as she tremblingly rose from her chair ts preach him, be quietly 'passed out of the room; and during the week wh4ch interves eei Llostasse that time and the eveni of Hugh's return, she could find no opportunity to make to llim the confession which it seemed impossible low to delay The evening of his - return at length arrived: ' Mrs. Darnley bad not left her dressing-room.— It was yet too early to expect her - guest, though one carriage, unknown to her, 44 rolled up to the door, and the young lady whom it brought there was very tenderly lilted from it by, Mr. Darnley himself, and as soon as the cloak 'and hood Were . rernovedje Rai led by him to the chamber of his wife • • Mrs Darnley turned from her mirror, in which, with some of her feistier pride, she had . been sus ,vey ing her still elegant form, in its rick and cost ly attire. -and the yet bitiptiftil countenance, more animated tip it had been for many Mouths, the whiteness SIP fair brow, more*Jonee is oon traia with biome long, jet black mull which fell Oyer it, and the brilliant rubies - flashing tmoug lose ringlets, giving- to that tinted cheek a still deeper hue,—she turned, and before her stood a_ . lady, whom but for the difference of age, and the 0 style and color, , not the richness of costume, was the perfect image of herself.' Mrs. Darnley strove to speakbut not a sound escaped her lips, and ' her hus band's arm alone - prevented her from fal ling to the floor. "Agnes," he said, "calm yourself; I know all , —all whic for years you concealed from me, but which you have for some time past been anxious to reveal. I know all, but you were Tay young • when you deserted your first husband; and wheth- - er he was fairly dealt with An not, the law re leased you from him. You should have told me * this, Agnes!, and that you had a child still ; - butl can fm.Ove you. You have been a kind , mother to myloy, and a good wife to me; I for- - f e ve=freely. And Miss Clemens--Agalag" addressing• the young lady whom he • had led into the apartinent, "you will forgive your mother." f i a t twhe6rnTa Taave coat z ga that : . oNot for my sake,. Agnes? not for the'artfr Emma , —your sister?" inquired Mr. Dorsky; . The young girl preastpkier lips to the bead _ which would have joined -I'oo that of her moth er, but Mrs. Darnley interrupted the word's she attempted to utter. * - I have wronged you yefy, very deeply," she said. "but it was not al%,efrorn pride, believe me! When I would have cared for ton, I maid - not obtain . pos.seasion of you; and after that, my love for Emma, and my for of bringing dimmer on tho fiimily with which I had become connect- . ed. by holding any correspondence with your . father, prevented me from seeking you. But. . as Betiyen hears me. I never wronged your fath er, Agties'. though will bring no seensetion against the dead. Will you believe me, my child? and will you call me--" - Mother!" whisper ed Agnes, as she yielded t o the embrace of Mrs.lhienley. • While this seene was t mnapiring, gonna Darn ley was laughing and crying for joy, in ••hsitirtes of her brother. , • " Oh. Hugh! wh., do you think papa has just, (tarried op stairs? Come to the library and I W ill t e ll you. Ther e , see those paintings, Hngh! Look at thin one. Is it not your little Emma, ex aetlyr :rod that lquet,ot roses in her hand! is it not—the whole painting—the moat' natural thing in the world .• Ye , . as well as the most beautiful!" returned the young man; -hutrwhose work is it, and who • . is up stairs? Tell 3114 i quckly, ais!" . In yen have not kernels des to r d trask ta I knew you would not, sheso bea • led so good. This is all her work, and she is here! stay, Hugh. Agnes is mamma's daughter.— Now don't look so frightened," laughed the sweet girl, "she 14 no relation of yours, thes' .she iti m? .sister. She is the daughter 'of mam ma's lint bushaud. You know we always said - 4e,looked preciiiely like mamma!" ‘• And how long has .she been here? *aid what • does our father think?" asked Hugh. "Think of her! why he thinks twice. as north of her as he does of me. The day you west ,knew what you-was aentatear. that Agnes was her daughter—the day you went away, I told papa all I knew about her, for I was very angry; and I showed hint that beautiful painting of hers, and told how much she looked • - like mamma, and how strangely mamma a when I spoke of' her. do not think he e s I id • much attention to what I said then, but after mamma became sick he oought out Agnes, and for mere than 11' year past, he has board ed her at one of the best schools in the country, and - she has enjoyed every advantage which his mon ey could obtain her. She is here to-night for the first time; papa himself brought her here, and I know it was because you were coming." "My dear father," stammered the youngster', ae Mr. Demiy stepped into the library, "I have not merited so much kindness." "Alt, well, Agnes has!" said the gentleman milling; 'and he added, in a lower tone, "she is a moat-lovely girl, Hugh! I know of no one whom I would so willingly see your wife." The young man hilrnedly gasped his father's hand, and then hastened to find her whom *b orate had only made dearer to hii heart. "Emma, my child," said Mr. Darnlet e n his daughter on his knee, as the door c ter Hugh, "your sister Agnes has told me to night, that, the present of that bouquet of MN you made her on that fair June morning,' the smile with which you gazed on her, and the words of hope you uttered, saved her from a life which had been worse than death. You anted thoughtlessly, then, my-child, but remember this. ever, Emma--an act of kindness, however trivial it ma a cheering word to the sad and de , or a smile of hope and faith for the entfining and neglected, may soften the heart which lam grief Vied indurated; it may be tbe eszeitsm for despair., the spark to re-kindle die light of Heaven in the emir • 131 El .-, '3: El /~~ r- El le