carN & SLOAN, PUBLISHERS. OLUME 24. SINES 8 DIRECTORY Paz C. Biii)WggL „,,, wuth side of the Poblir Square, be• It - Street% Erie, Pa. E'! "'E LIKETVEW'ES POEI DOLLAR. E H. BELL. • ulgt Rooms over the Erie Book, rooth F:no. Ps. krh th ihr best style of the art. and waresu- D. EDWARDS. ~ co , caLLOR at Law. Warren' Pa. Pro c4,lr.e" awl collections will receive preempt 4- D- WALKER k CO., I ..fuer in i Commuakm Ilsorebams, f our th or .t of the Public Bridge. Brie Pa. Coa!, Sall, Plaster, Sitwell...Fish, Lima v„or,Swrea. Cistinga, te.; with for : , 111pptrig , either by stessaheate, or by Railroad, - CARSON •GRAHAM, tSP Cut SSE,ss.r.a AT Low, °eke on French St. ...aster ottno Pia, Erie. T. W. MOOR -- E, p rov i,ks s , Wines Liquors, Candies, One door I'ow Booth itewart's St.te-qt. bek:NT. HEMROD & Co., 71elig of Storm Hollow Ware, Engines, Ma itskoad Can, etc... State St..Erio Pa. THOMAS M. 4USTLN, CT 111 lIRX or u. Looms t co., Watebes. Jewelry, Silver Spoonvi,Thisi vrj, Looking Glasse., Lamps and .Pkiney ieUl Ind Tetail. , H. AilUitKl. stde of Suite Street, Eris, Pa CO. .7 `BC ran or WALKER v vr.onon and Shipping Merehanta,•and Flour. Fi4.l, Salt, Water Lime, Napier. de_ S. Ene, Pa. Pokeltaitaa intended for err rare mark,! B. GUNNIISON. Suitionary, Monthly ktatritainer. Cheap ....S&L, I Mush., Newspapers, Gold Pena, Pock : door west of the Reed Rue. Erie. BOOTH & STEWAT, srd Retail Dealers in Fancy and tapir Dry G. Poor People's Row, "PP"ilx ,All. JELL, KEPLER & CO. 4 of Linn Fence, Railing. Steam !Were, Fire Proof Shutters. and all kinds oi Maehi. Casting's, de., done to order. CLARK S. METCALF, NI retail dealers in Dry (had.. i'srpels. and Nu. 1 Reed Howe. JOHN B. COOS. led Piney Dry Good., awl the Greatest en 'enro in the Clty, Cheep site. Ene, Pa. STEARETT & GRAY, - - and retail Dealers in net sind dry the- Pruduee, Foreignand bome4tie Fruit, ' Ar and Stone Ware, }'lsar, Fish, Salt, tiles., :..hot. Caps. Safety Fuse. le.. ke., Firrich :e the Reed 110/1413. Brie. Pa. And Canal Boats, Vessels, Hotels, and Pri •cpplial with any of the above articles .e" and very cheap.- There is one great fault in most of the novels and romances of my.aequaintanee, and that is, that all' the interesting adventures are limited to 11.ICKLE eC KEPLER; • - personq of extrordinary personal attractions:— both. OrooeriPll, liardware, Crockery, ie. Can't .in ugly fellow meet with surprlsing acei -10-1, Stare F meet. Erie, Pe. DH. C. RRANDF.9r - dents by flood or field? Mast all the pttop:e 'ho 'acres—Aee at his rosidetice on Eighth run nr 13 dders when a house is endirr and a•e W3I. S. LA—NE, or., rum at Law.—Ocoee over Jackron'3 .Elet corner of the Public Haire. -••,• F-each and Holland, Erie, Pa. , 7 beautiful young ladies from being burned te ildath A SANFORD & CO., .. • ; —must all the herecs of this sart be six feet Li t igh, tv,•.... se. Bank Notes. Drafts, Certifister I, 4. - ••••:- trehange on the prlneival title- ' five•atel.twenty yearryOr age, and end with albar- .'.l - Ili tiUin. , e at ufwe in Beaty'e MA.- Pal.lie on ~_,_ and 1 t it•l• twelve thousand a year. It is a melt Belem iookLa , a tile direction of the course I IfERON STUART, ' inalhir distribution of the gift. Of fiction. ..,o pe r . 'tact now to k ll'arig the II•rel , Aliment of the I dose', au'l I's t, ;•,,s,i Oil k..• gcutlerueu engaged in In! N—Residenee on Fourth street, one I hair. Truth may be more, j•ast: air' tiKrefOrn o" - Apothecary lialL .wr.itt• lows what, happened, sowe iiiirq years ago , CILMVITT,iI.-11 JtOIC :+il:,.:: ,)1' 1 elltetou, :,eni a Lich RUFUS REED, '--' r • ..-1 12 .• 1 to Illy anew.. Jo hn sesestUß. of lite itOti , J•Pjonet:. ii V. '' ' "'leo'. the) ligki ;1 44 ' '-iglit 4 ~ . ..i, German and AIDOTICILU Hardware and 't nor .il tII.3LCLI: sen/Uli time forward mid shook .. SC.% Anvils. Vices, Iron and Steel No..:', Belton and Jones., . Ene, Ps- • . h al , i, r, .; a •,,. ...n ee ..1 the currielc, and looked John Belton even then w•ts not IlLn-ls .m, ; o a f . - ADWELL /t BENNETT, . inqUirin,,, a ; _q r . r, e i ton _ 'hem sail Retail Dealers in Dry i . i,nni+. tiro- ht• wits big. Everythlogaimut him w allig--lii , • "'lee .- .. ery, 01 ..... r ., Can i efin g , Rini , , r,, . 1 ,,,,„ sy,c. his nose his giouth _ liut his twtiiutr wii, t u . l.mal haa deeei‘ed ire ac the last too . Spiker. Le. Emp,re Stores State Sire.;. , ' • • • our Lt ,.' an 0.1 the, yeung 111311 111 an explanatory view nrt,eic., Rotel, Erie, Pa. • biggest of all. Ile was :oen,•tliti - l,ke 11. mis d here has kindly consented :lees, Bellows,Axle Army,Sl , rinr , . awl n • L . meat of Saddle and Carriage Triniminizr ,the rourtecoth,'enly bigger, awl wtth -, e,, ns 'id. 1 t i. 7 ; " rail mV fri:l2, MERVIN SMITH. •7 4 erable quantity of John Bullism in addition to take in ' P l ' ee , • . . and Justice of the Pear.., and Agent for i the French dignity 'of the Oran' Monarquo , Tl . i . is seemed huite satisfactory; and one of the s Mutual Life Insurahoe P.,tn.eur....inr,,•,. • ' orentienieu takiuo Belton asiiv s , said: of Wright's store. Erie, Pa. , When big John Belton was sheliff .if his native 9' `lt is useless, I oppose to change the'resoln lEOßGE H. CUTLER. / city, ' he expanded more than ever. rt . 1"115 sup- ! ter, titian': Erie County. Pa. Colite ti..us j posed there`w nld: have been no room for him in , lion of your principal!" . •,..•••• se.tated to iota enema,. 4.4 too - ' - °. "This gentle Man knows one," thought Belton, ewe ' , i the narrower streets-of his jurisdiction if be had ' - lied oat any more, so they did'at !hake him a' and is aware what a pig-headed blockhead my 1 - principal,old -.hates is. "Change his resolutibn!" knight. The consequence might bane been aw- I be said aloud. 1-When he has once made up ful. Big men, yir may have remiirkod, are of- ;, . . • , his mind, von night ' as soirq ask a millstone to ten addicted to very small pursuit-. -Ttelton was ; ,, 4 .tp .„.. 1 very fond of fishing. We used ..) laugh to see it g row ' llt° ' n f ini " . ' "Then we m i r n proceed to business at once," him affix a small bait to a small hook, and brine , i *1 said the gentle ,„drawing himself up and =- out at last a very small front mit he was es , . . . s,. es ._ ! sinning a haughty look. much gratified as if it 'o •.• o ~... ~, ~.died ~14 ! , "With all coy heart," said Belton. - ' cry year when his prinetp..., :•‘_Vill you stop , or shall 11" - Jones, had gene- for his holiday, and his ships , were fairly off on their long velars, and the ! .-./.°ti,, if you please." homeward-bound ones not expected for a month, i • "sir, " u it drop P ur handkerehite" very much obliged to. yon," maid he used to pack up his trunk and arrange his t , ' . , tt'lton,i placing his handkerchief in the fishing-rods, and away he, went te his favorite i 'Mr ' anti we i breast-pocket tic hie coat, and considering that stream in the hallo' r . ' : Intl- of Hanes, was warning hisu against the dep. beard no =woof i.... .1. ao . I ..• from Lloyd's I Ilia g elatieu ", .. . . summoned him back again to o lesk in Richest e- - a " (if . rri°tie tilieves '. • . i In the spiv. of two tnumtes from the time ' - • . i they arrived on the ground, Mr. Belton, with Out' autumn le hail buried himself as u s ua l in 1 the half eenseionenesiof a person in an opium the solitude of the Downs. He had carried his ',. hut, New meow curio*, evolutions performed conotiering roil from brook to brook, a nd waded ; w;thout having the slightest idea of what they rap to his chin, and toiled beneath his basket, and i meant. His companion took hie stand opposite full of this happy "Inge, i n tlgtte" , -he bad slept 1 t the third gentleman of the other party, with had soundly every night for a fortnight in the little i kept some little way retired. The active indi cottage about nine miles from Winchester; which 1 i .id na i wlio had entered into meth a strange con out of compliment to that classical seminary. I versation with him, took long steps, loading pis though without any pedanic mar(' rostriet leen- I solo, whisperiug to the two gentlennu, and ma ngey, he called his Res in t t rbe. Belt, on it c.v. Is:_ g himself eX.e4WelVely useful in a way he had tain morning, the even tenor of his way - was in -1 never observeal before. The tall and powerful terrupted in a very disagreeuble manner. He i figure of his friend might have been a study for / p.duter or sculpture. His lips firmly eontriseted; had risen early; hewn' walking .at a rorid Tiace towards the scene of his werniug's work,--.t riv- i hi s c h ee k pale. There was one peculiarity of er at some distance from his rift it r•,•6.•—when, I his_ attic Lele 'which it was impossible not tfi ob on crossing the high road to get on the gentle ! serve; with his left elbow supported on his down which led to the valley be %lisle search of, ;,. right hanil,, the left hand was continually used he heard the noise of wheels.- Animal Iglagn°'' iin smoothing the long moustaches which adorned tient was not invented at that time., or sr least 1 h i s l i ps. Whil e a ll the preparations were going Mr. Belton had never heard of it; but h.• bas of- 1 on he never moved from that one position, till on ten said that, afeeling came over biin.oia healing a pistol being placed in his hand, he turned rap. that very common-place round, that alt was not idly round. wntohed the fall of a handkerchief, tight. s A sort of alleoveriehness came upon / di n I which was dropped by the active asVietatit, and and heiwirdied he had staid in bed, instead of ' two s harp cracks went off at the same moment.— wandering over Hampshire hilliat Na o'clock in 1 When Mr. Belton looked again, he saw his com the...morning. The vehicle came oar him and ; pardon stretched en the ground, his face covered mid the diseharged weapon lying stopped---r strong deterthined dead atop it made; with blood, jvist rat his side--and. on turning his eyes towards / e ast , t„ his nerveless hand. The third member it, he stir a young man of seven or eight-Sad- t o f the or i g i na l p ar t y came quickly up from the phaeton where_ he bad ...food; gnispeal the wrist x. cnAPIN. Ryot --- _ _, 2 . 1 twenty years 1 r age, descending five', the curd. l i lULXT bL,MIIT'. - 0211e . ' addressing ' of the recumbent figure, and shook his head on t,! . •• twat. e•Lei. cgruer ~1" Stateand FA ele, evidently With the intention of t ;',, i " . '• ° P "air.. Prigs TeSPOW/Abif, sae I him. He was surpriaed bat not displeaSed. Bed- ! discevering no pulse. With a cloth which he -- - - tos, was A d Fa y s fond of high society and he felt I bud, rattidly unrolled he tied up the chin ofthe I t i ll. •0. E. Elli OW - . ." that this was i Lord. • 1 Resident bestial; oe.• and dw Mite . - iinfbrtunate. combatant giving him the g the South <ide of tee Pobb e . - " gi • ' East of the EH, Rink .S 4 empro, 1 door ' Will you excuse -me, sir," paid the - stranger, . appearance of a corpse; and exelehige g , "QM -15 Plate. *or coo to ' '". Tien "' lifting his hat in a sfately but' grimeft4' lutuNte4 *melt, thia lain ludottualie *thaw' The MOO th_ Gild, 2 , . •11.111dinp WI. Cildripag I ... s '''' ; liir t ablig= b. " l '" 18.- .. II i take the liberty lid Alirsktift - ; ,t,. itatpcsaia. vir • show provide for eir tienrsate*"" W Naus s " se ; • IPlenlia lanams•Niue* vamps& 4 pet /Maar _ lik. . . • - ihe siiiiil-eili lieneeietria pertiletilliklirthii . JOSIAH kELLOG( -- C"almiloq.ll Merthant.,.n tth irate street. Ind White Fish, constantly_ forle JG.& W. t:MILtS. ,1 Vriwietale Dealer' .10 Genterieti, Wine& tots,' Foreign Frail. Nuts, Pickles anti 1...h.t0rp, Preserves. and Ifermetriesily .r,ry description always on hand. No. P. , 1, Zr.ite-i.t., opposite BrOWlef New Ho- V. y rk. W.' I. Macs, Barak. foor res.Sn, oymeti in "hell, from J. •mrt., New York, which will he sold nee!. A. C. JAcuro t Agl. Erie. PA. AUER & BROTHER; itfta, , ,ealere in Druge...lledleito, hunts, be.. No. 6, Reed Ifonee, Erie. J.i3IES 'LYTLE, - 11 ""ant Tailor, on the public square, a few street. Erie. , iaN in Dnie . , Medicines. Dye Nn. .5. Reed HMV,. Erie. and.' Mianeasotoal Books. s'atiot c ry. tivi Printer's Cards, No. 9. Pa. 'IRS BEEBE atai Surxenpa Offiee and Itesidpe - wu Samaral. Stroeta. 7to b . A. XI to 2,41. ind ti to P. X ''OHN HEARI4 ett. -- Merchants, dealer in in Coa l. for • daily Mae nr Upper Lake Erie. Ps. .f:AN EfPRESS to N... , Reed Black, Statr : 4 gpeet. eiose,s at eelock...k. 31. 31 ciel.xek. P. M. 'A . :URGE J. MORTON. .: , :21111i111110T1 Merchant. Publk bark. Erie. `alt. Fah, Mew and Plaster. ROZENSWEIG Ai Co. n. arum DEALZIII in Fitrillipl and Destae rftriy made clothing, Bass and Shoes, Ae. •tfrt. Erie. ''.-. . 11 g11-111i VINCENT; w_iuh.e up,fairs in Tammany //all „ the Prothenotary'a after. Erie. • ' 9 I V , ALLOIL AT It 4M--Otine over entninca oho tkwr wow of State amt.', • 1.71 e. - • TiaR.ILS. HATES. 1 Dry Groritritw . Croeekry. Hard - • Brown'a Sow Hotel. SMITH JACKSON, G., Groceries, hardware, Queens Ware, i )ocia te.. 121. Cheagadds. Eris. Pa. W. THORNTON. *OTANI! PUBLIC. - .zents. Buhli ai d MisttpgPs. Leasyst earernll3 rirawri. Owes, Weight's m.d. , - •... ••••::4.7; F J. .- • • . a it 111 .„ „ • •TI _k• 4 Js• IL. . , . „ of the corner of t pine* wal be paid IZEZEI ST CiSOSTIS Lryr. The earth i► white with gleaming new, The lake one sheet of edger !Mg Beneath the mornings ruddy glow. The trusty rapers Nun* us rise. Sweet is the caul and springing air, That waves the pine -tree on the But voieelese ae a whispered prayer, Breathes 4usrn - the ralley,lelear and Come, it's as boar to stir the blood To glowing life is every •eia! i'p, for the sport is keen and good, Across the Woad and icy plain. On each impatient foot, to-day, The ringing ' , teal again well hind, Awl leer thererystal sea away— - WI Vane the yea itioi oqa ►s►iati MEESE L. DOI! .tllyi. . . . Atul oh, what joy is ours, to play • • In napid round and swift career, And-ptiatedt, between the wintry ray, . Oti&tooment's rest and losety cheer! Then, when the brief, sweet day is done, And Aare above begin to blink. Down the broad lake that hears ua on We meet our awrethearta un the brink We heard their cheerful laughter ring, Oar kneading beam save truck reply. With rapid, sweep monad we spring, Like haidlimg:whads away we We greet them well,,,howkright the glee Of cheeks; that kiu the,frosty air! T M's! homeward, o'er the moon-clad snow, Kick proud boy leads his willing fair. Thee whetting routed the cheerful Lime, While winds without went:blowing Wide laugh, and jest. mid Reny lays We pate the joessed:evening Around the board nor feasta all told, Couto* nature's welcome bon? , dfC 6 / 1 And slumbers never bought with gold, Sit light on each untroubled bract. ' =SI No Ikgging pnlae impedes our sloop, No standing dreams oar emelt annoy, Hot health and,peace, in quiet deep. Butile himerbrig round Om eoantry hoe. Tben, when the morning, ebarp and elriir !Swinge gaily o'er the klist'ntng hill With 'lardy sports we bail it near. Our hardy labors blera it stilL . ',lyfrict DOWN JUICING THE DEAD MEN cittirct #actrir. THE SKATER. From Ilowsioid Word. Belton bowed an a.'very stately and paean' manner, tt o °Certainly, sir; whatever lies in my power." ••It is what I expected from your appearance. Ont• gentlemen is rarely disappointed when he throws himself on the generosity of another." it,t thought John Belton. "Here is a gentleman in distress. I won't give hint a farthing." But a look at the earriele and the beinnifal buy hums restored him td buttes; thoughts.' "He's out of mosey, perhaps. lead ltiar•twenty pounds." • "The obligation you will confer upon me, sir," continued the stranger, "iti - the greatest which one nem not Saslow upon another I imow • I iive-orr riiht to ask it, except of the sincerest of my friendsi-but with me the appearance of anon denial' is a sufficient guarantee that my request, thougit•not acceded to, will at all eventif he ex. cusol," . . - Iteltcre's Weakness we all knew, from his esrli cA 4p...warier in the City. was a passion for the genteel. ' ..Say no more, sir, by way of apology," he said. "VII ilo what you, want, ril lie bound—unless" —he, added with a playfulness _which never left it'be to rob a church." The stranger stalled , "It is not on quite so dreadful a bretiOss. It h' merely to accompany tneTor a few mile% along thi% raad and be witness to a deed—" The stranger paused and looked at Belton, who by this time had taken- his seat - in the - carriage, and wa , c sitting in an easy attitue (as if he had been usetil to vurricles every day of his life,) with his rod and his titling basket between his knees. I shall witness it with the greatest 'pleasure," lie said. "Some important document," lie thought; "bit. ‘llll, perfl4l 4 , or perhaps his marriage settle ment."l rut here was a coldness and firmntiis in the expression of . the handsome features of his companion, winch did not aecord with the idea of a wedding. • Th.. fiery -topped out iu noble style.— fieltou- wa- gre•tt On horselle.sh, as on all other branches of life and art; and guessed the prioes of the animals; end told anecdotes of the horrid bargains his friends had made at Tattersall's; and was just•in the middle of his famous anecdote of the Lord Mayor's - horse which bad been in the dragoons, and which bores carried his lordship almost into collision with George the Third, oa the trumpet's soundings charge, when the stran ger turned hia htirses sharp round up a narrow 'aloe, and put than into a hard gallop with an ex clauettion that hd feared they were too likte. ••It must lxl the will of some rich old 'dation 4$ tilt• 1.114 gii;rp," thought the ilicumtittediltory CEIM ther auk tiatigtie ui iiputediate death?" he illijUlh d 'C ool4 '4' l '4Ubd MdkowlPoitY, itgidarj• whi pr."r+7,7- I; cog giiki4. 'bit bream lug the :;car 4 ,:a: iic -Iry are ERIE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1864. summit of that hire moor, looking. , up into the noonday aim and midnight titan with that awful visage, with the white cloth round the chin?— le determined that his late companion, if beyond the reach .of human aid, should at least: have lie nook right ticros-; the lying on his beck--only to refriath himself of coarse. Hell%) him in; the earrilllke you Will sal he an excellent !aeo.uti i s pitat,;sia , :tit to elk near, and drive to the Dwelt; surgeon's; he has! him out. so. at the ,rel ~ f tw. , m at: met, ‘ with a Alight accident. In fact," he added . ar d er ,„i a bow suit of with a faint laugh; "ho has bad a lint.' mu wf hia i n wa i gvont; ;rith a dituond tl?. drag and rectii.i . r..= 1 ploster,i'• hic shirt, sihicli wc.lllll Intro "1 be lioator Whitiawier.a ILIAD," said Lite nin ,,, een if i t 64 b een re,a; u p ,u r „,. b,, b , w i t h vat 'he ouVIA ~I#4 llll1 ~Ao . s my lttba• brag erbi nil the tiefiLt - Am! w.t .re, with -10-that Pro 7 t'4 l-14 "tb" . 4 ° 4 * - th* . 'lnnwP" with 'no- enticulting anvig.l7, 11 , . Ana tmentm i.r..lcon Maude). in the Re, 144 lf -Thai's %% Ty tut 1;:y. - said Bettie,. "I'll hut-y The plea of a sudden call to town sa,o L;;plat ii on ~ . he t,-:: the isete.r ti, is: rents- is receive ,his t ell to his housekeeper the cause of his li-3ppyir pUto.lo.... : ance; and he lost no time in - making all the in- R „,) me, he tartest away iw the %, t. °epee quiries he (timid venture on without exciting sod . site directiuu; and was rushing efi as last as Isft pkiaa. With.this view. he resumed his, pi.,e a t,... could, when the man celled him back. The I v i a l pursuits, and as he discovered that near the muumons shook him like a bent; he felt his knees ; scene of- the dreadful transaction there was a bend tinder him; but theetati had only -'tapped ' house of entertainment called the "Isaac's him to point out the nearest way to Deider I, Arms," in honor of old Isaac Walton, he betook .Wtiimbier's; and Iktiton, saying he bad to call I himself to his rod, and strolled, iu a very enemi es a friend en the read, continued his walk at a ', mime d. manner, from' brook to brook, till. at the pace that would have done honer to 34 Mu/-glll_ ' close of a sharp October day, ho (baud himself gine. II , • But where to go? Be hateno notion in what ed-for-hotel. direetiou his.Rts.. Li write; lay. ger if he had, 1 If there appears a little frivolity in the ease what was the lot of going there? The hue ; with which Mr. Tlelton reconciled himself to the and cry would be up in ;t very short time; thel s ad event, you must beer in mirelttirat he con- Mlle who bad teen hintaittingae stately in the i *Welted himself free front any moral guilt attend curriele would be sure to reeugulee him; and — 1 ing the affair. Re could not justly be charged here a dreadful thought overwhelmed Win, a s if ; with any intentional wrong, and as he had only he were already looking= the judge's black capla very few minutest' intercourse with the unhap '--his rod and basket! he had left them in the I py victim ef'the laws of society. he had no feel carriage; Was the name on the handle? Was 1 legs of regret for tbeloss of a personal friend.— there a card with his address on the lid? Re He had, therefore, got entirely over the first could not retinal*, and therefore took -it for abock of the scene; and it the truth must be granted that they Were. "John *Pen. Riches told, I fear some little portion of pride and grat. Court , " Whitt was the - use of further eutulleal- ification mingled with hie remembrance of the went? He wrild inquire for a msgistrate—for . dead. It is not every ship-broker she takes a policeman—fora turnkey; be would give him- I part in a duel with a Sir Charles. "A meeting" 1 self up to justice. He has often told me that 'is an heir-looin' of feudal times, and a very this resolution calmed him like a charm. He 1 knightly method of Bailie; a dispute. No du , was now going to be. hanged, and knew the I dist has Yet been hanged; and, till 'that tremen s worst. He even became jocular. He saw a dons event takes place, the pistol will be the ottl considerable amount of humor in the rapidity of 1 ly argument rozerted to by the people who have • the change that hid taken place in his position. ! perhaps no : t;ther way of showing their patrician i Half as hour had altered it for life. He merely blood. Them isinsiderations had some weight aceepted a polite stranger's offer of lit +t in his with Mr Belton; and, though he would have 'carriage, and had became enveloped WO affair 1 titer 0.! to joit) 3housbrestker le - forcing his way in which be had no cu'ilitid concern, end must l into a !, r•!::, Ile considered it- rather a feather make hie appearance : ha-a scaffold for the ider- I in his e-s,p that he hail :misted at lat affair of ; ' der of a man he bad lever men before. in these I honor. Murder is sit much mere aristocratic than I i theditationti sway miles were passed over, inavy i• theft.• . . bye-ways sought out, many tarring s and twist- The bar of the "Issatt . s Arms" was left in sol ' hip scientifically performed to put his pursuers itary possession to Belton all night. The land off the meet ; but at test be felt faint and bun- I lord had been bottling off his wint•tr's ale, and ' gry, and was under the necessity of seeking the ! felt the effects of the opera t inn so powerfully that haunts of men. Some *make at a little el:snore i beeould not speak. In answer to goat questions I directed him towards a village at the foot. of a I about MMs Florimond at the Hall, he hiccupped gentle eminence. He looked out for a public l '- a good deal sheet the odds being live to one, and : house, ands little way WOW a fi eld he perceived I then remembered that the name was Miss lima ; a mansion which he feebly began to recognize as i mond:and that she was a chestnut filly rising one he bad seen before. It was not, however, I four. The candles beint themselves nearly ent:.... , a house, of entertainment; it was a red brielybe gaga of a rising wind were heaniotgainst the i house; it stood in a field of turnips; it bad bre- I outside walle—e pale wafery moon attired ghost ! ken chimney pmts. • I like in the sky. like th'e -wreck of the flying ' - "1 say,. my man," he said to a lad of ten or I Dutchman floating noiselessly over the waves— ; twelve who passed him while giving ou the ob- the waiter, who enacted the parts also of a pr . jeot of his surprise, -"there's a penny for you.— I deter and stablemen, came in with "the gentle i Whose house is that?" i man's slippers," and Belton, who was new very 81 50 A YEAR, LN ADVANCE. crime into the pluetcm, In owl" the box= "d drove off at full gallop scrum thc• down. This was too serious a matter to ho misunder stood ,a tuore. Belton was terrified :tad shocked—terrified at the proaptet of his own fate. and shocked at the drundful of the unfortunate y u n ug wan . lie ; overran° the in stinctive horror which all me'o have of death, and placed his hand um the victim's breast.— There was vital wanukit dill there; but he could detect no beating of the pub*. The cloth ruuud the jaw because saturated with blood; and sick- erred with the sight, bewildered with surprise, and utterly unknowing what to do, he was wa kenod at last from the torpor of his despair by hearing, at a great distance, the voices of some of the shepherds noisily guiding their flocks. He rushed away, scarcely oaring in what di rection. In spite of his eminent skill•in home- gosh, his practical witivatinain dug. department had been negected; and he hat not du leant hop) of beingible to drive the fiery eoursera in the eurriele, Oren if he had known iii what di- realm to mice the attempt vague recollection of a law by which the person found in presence of a murdered man was instant ly executed, - or at all events imprisoned for trial. But who was to give notice of the terrible event? Was the corpse to lie there, unhouselled, on the These thoughts passed.tiirough him with the_ra pidityrof lightning—perhaps Choy did not ot•en py half a minute •all togethtilr. "%at the good prevailed - Orer the timid in lielton's nature; sod combo or ravine by which they had 3t:ended,— and, on the upland levels of the opposite down, he encountered a man watchine a great number of sheep. "Can you drive a pair at luirsek inquired Belton, 'assuming as easy a =niter us,he could. "Bea; I droives five," said the man; -and wain hard work it be when they be all on end." Belton thought probably it was tremendous work to drive five rearing horses; which was his inte . rpretetion a their being all on end; but felt sure noir tint the curriele would be a very easy matter in the hands of such a charioteer., "Then here's half-a-crown fut.yott," he said. "g-o to that hill, andyou will see a gentL•man— "That be Doctor IVhimbler's,sir—thaok'ee." Doctor Whimbler'l4--the very place in all tl►e world it was hi„ object to avitidl The love of life grew .strong es the danger of death drew near. Ile slunk like a guilty wretch from the hedgerow, and finally g o t Mato a wuyeidc inn. Three or four labering, men were refreshitig.; ligent hostler, the Christian name of the young t li emselves. .Belton ordered some bread atul. i lady labored under the ulnae disadvantage. He e ease and a gla.v of beer. , ; had never heard him called anything but "Sir "lie was dead, I tell ye, jere JeuoStokes got Charies"— : eud bad never heard her called nor up to the Dawn," said one. 1 j i thing at 'all. But the marriage was to be on ,"Well, I hoard said that he groaned four in. ! Wedbeedey, and both &awe cadre :adored f u r Ih 4 / 4 8eTtitter he to Mittiblei's," said en-' eleven' o'clock. Thii was ample - fixiOnir niong Wore "but whoever Sid * it will be hanged; and 1 seriesotaiditetkolt. Mies Floritectras pin times a grestfolifoit" " : . .2 . •:.' t itletarry the surviver- 7 corgettizig . . Isiglant. "Tap k is, (01 all the pmte, =opt 011:::rolibi hikes who bad died for her rake. Me , . . Mr. Belton did not d and cheese so much as usual "It Wns a duel," continued the first orator. "about Mit;Oriftload at the Elall. The,Cap. Lain said he would time her, though her father had promised her to Sir Charles. Su Sir Char• shot the Captain, and if he's banged she on't have neeer a husband at all." This seemed to be considered a good joke, and the men laughed accordingly. Belton did not laugh, but joined in the conversation. ' "‘liss Florimond will be much to be pitied," he said. "Who was the Captain?" . "He's the dead man sp at the old Whisabler's: awl there goes the beadle for the emwner's ju ry," maid the man: "they'll send nut a warrant for the second,, and I 'spate, bey'll all be , hung in a fortnight." Bohm left unfinished his bred and'eheeser, paid his reckoning -without 'Saying a . wottl, and walked at his utmost speed away from the fatal neighborhood. A mach overtook him when he was nearly worn out. It was bound for' Loud. m. He got inside, pulled down the blinds, anti deter mined to keep his own counsel, and let events take their course. He had saute From thut day he was more attentive to busi ness than ever. A weight was ou him. But it was like the weight of a king's crown; it had dignity as lacll as can. _Fie was the depository of's tremendous secret, and he svolled with the consciousness of the superiiwity, Which ihit:,gave him over everybody he met. A week passed on and he was unsuspected. Be ventured to look at the newspapers. Only once he caught a glimpse of the Awful subject: It we srlallu sion to the late fatal duel in Hampshire, and though the reporter was olnvmg in his date, there could be no doubt it alluded to the same event. "The seconds have abseeniled, and have hitherto elltd4A discovery. One of them is tuiknown; and the medical man, it is supposed. gune to America." Time had its usual soothing eff . ect. lie had Visions of the murdered ninn for soup• days, but after the lapse of. a few weeks thu strange, long ing mate upon him which has impelled so many evil doers to visit the , carne He would fzr. ta -Rug in rtrbe once mere, sv lnd make inquiries fir hituself. IT would the! out who Miss Floriniond at the flail was. Fiori mond waaa bettutifid name. Helton was roman tic, in spite of wsizhine: thirr.-eu some. What an ending it write:a k• if he•—line then there was -that Sir Charley, tit, aeital - It would sleepy, t. 44114.1 only gather front the rather bulls tinet replies of the inuhilari4u4 funetuury, ;. that though they were very dull just now, there would bo rare doings next week, u Sir Charles was go ing to marry a young lady at the Hall. The sur name of Sir Charles was unknown to the intel- '- ri,'t IEII whole "picture of that awful hour presented itself afresh. He saw the frightful wound; the pre ternatural ealm—the rigid features—and the girl was about to lay her hand, before the altar, in the hand of the ma'n who had pulled the trig .ger--who had taken the aim! Re tried to ban ish the thought, but couldn't. It haunted him and oppressed his spirits beyond the power of brandy to raise them. Great were his'efforts in that way; and perhaps his unnatural excitement Was produced by the unusual quantity he drank to ciplain the extraordinary incident which oc curred that night. 1. am not superstitious; but it, is useless to deny that persons under strong agitation of the nervous system have their senses so sharpened that they see strange, unearthly ap pearances which it is impossible to account for by the ordinary laws of nature; and, however difficult it may be to bring ourselves to a belief in these startling departures from the usual course of human affairs, I think that the evidence that; "such things be," is irresistible and conclusive. The "Isaac Arms" was a long, rambling, old fashioned inn, with a narrow passage running - through it from end to end. The bedrooms lay to the south•of this passage, while a window or two looked northward over some quiet fields, by the side of which lay the parish road. With the candle in his band, Belton paused a long tittle on his Fay to bed, and looked out of the window.— The nighthad grown wilder than before—the wind was louder—the obstructions of the moon darker and more frequent. t In'one of the sudden Flewrings of tle sky he thought he saw someting iu motion on the narrow road, but the light of his own candle confused him, and he laid it on the floor of the passage and looked out again.— The quick tramp of a horse now met his ear, and wondering who maid be in such rapid motion at that time of 'light, and in retired situation, he slipped down stairs.shd went oat by the north ern door, which consmanded the road by which the-traveler mast pass. The traveler pulled up and trismounted within a yard of where he stood. The moon was tinder a cloud—he could see very iudistiuctly. .14 the shake ready? They are close at hand," said a ti ice he did ant ; recognise: #4 really dOn't know," said &Wall The. speaker started—and by a rapid maims pulled the cloak closer round.! "Are you a gentleman?" resumed the voice hurricdly. 1 -houltl think I was," replied Belton. ."11t(41 I ant ,:ttie. ,Y,41 gill lte seeret--pees The elomis dispers.ed for a moment. The -temp.,- was a lady of tall and graceful presence, muilled, but revealing enough Of shape an.. in the riding habit in which she was cire4.t.11,, , • complete the conquest which her mu : i.s ,1 voice had . begun. But Belton had no time . tho di-play of his admiration. The stranger iprs-ar• d. and the horse, when left to itself, celebrat."l ht' revered liberty by 'some well di re d in the immediate proximity of Mr. Belton's eyes. which made him beat a rapid re tre u t ,wards the hciuse. The clatter, of the c.. Ancipated animal's gallop was shortly lost in distant -4 and Belton, after ten minutes ineffectu al searcli fir the mysterious lady, gave up the attempt to discover her retreat; and, wearied more than ever, chilled with the night air, and puzz , eti at the strange event, he went once more tip-strAits and entered on the long narrow passage which e,udueted to his roimu. Ills candle wag still ..n the floor; and, ongoing forward to lift it up, he maw as distiuctly as if it bad been in open day a figure standing silent and erect at the other . en d. It was not fancy hat conjured up the terrible appearauee. It was the form of a tall and handsome man—resting the left elbow in the right hand, and sin othing the moustache—there was the same firm expression of the eyes and , mouth, and round the jaw was rolled a white cloth concealing rite cheek, and stietaining the chin exattly as he had seen it applied by the surgeon on the morning of the death. - Belton galled, horror-struck, for some time. The figure made no movement. 'fliere.it stood, fixed and rigid, still playing with the moustache, and looking with those unearthly eyes, as if ex pecting tit be addressed by the witness of his fate. Belton could stand the sight no, longer, but made *forward rush to seize his gamine. In his terror and agitati,on he overturned the light, and. the (*list and his second were left in total darkness. Ever through the long hours of that awful night, Belton, who groped his way to hie bed; saw nothing but the features of the murder eltitan; near him they seemed to come. If sleep for a moment closed his eyes, clearer and clearer the phantom rose to view; and feverish, ill, and with coneience awakened - with all its strings, he rose early in the morning, and, without any al lusion to the adventures of. the night, betook him midi* to town. There was something too painful in this inci dent to be kept.entirely to himself. He told it to his friends. I heard it very soon after it oc curred; and though we all good-naturedly labored to dispel his illusion, it bias in vain. lle be came, as the saying is, an altered uharaeter. He subscribed to charities, and became governor of hospitals, and grew immensely rich, and had a charming family, and gave dinners to loras, and put Charles Belton, his eldest son, into the erack regiment of the service. The memory of the night at the "Isaac's Arms" by these means was beginning to die out, or at least it was not so much talked aim before. But, about two years ago. he asked me to go.with him to' Gravesend in a magnificent new ship he had just launched, which was going to awry out the recently appoin ted Governor to one of our noblest dependencies. The great man was to embark Gravesend, and Belton resolved to get everything ready for his reception. The cabins designed for his Excel leney and suite were, fitted up as if for an Indian King, and very difficult to please must his Ex cellency have been, if he felt dieconteeted with the attention bestowed on his comfort. The small vessel which brought, him en Ward it `Gram send was to take us on shore. The thew of pupped 'deck,. and was received by Behos irith all the respect due to his reek, Me was man gout fifty yearkiltair, sad.mipportml . at 111111111!)1 : lady ',P/A..711 1 . . 111 sat meting the reimaiiie eaviiaite beeety. With i .., ...r -«w~ ~ ~~:~ 441 loUt IEI B, - F; 5L6A.147-BDITOR: NUMBEX 38. Immehew haughty numnera he had ar held sly appearance, which attracted notice, antfittmtitti" ) . " ) smile which won our liking- He stood neirlhe helm, and looked with admiration at the proper tions of the noble ship. Belton shook Winds with him, and wished him a prosperous - voyage. We then got into the vessel at the side, and, en looking ma* more to the quarterAtek we. had left—" See there:—see therd" whisixued ft. Iton to me. "Look how he stands!" . • The Governor had rested hie letassibowle band, and was smoothing Lis mousteehe• Tberfle* was a visible sear on his left ehech, haPtstractipaz•ad concealed by his whisker "that's the wan I. saw die on the; &impair° .3 , 14 Downs, whose ghost I saw at the "Liao pit I can't be mistaken!" "Perhaps you are, - I said. "Pserhapahe only wounded—perhaps be ran away with ttmo.azis intended bride 44 his rival--perbaps Son bud ta ken too much brandy and water..l' But Belton was overcome with astonishment: On arriving in town we looked at one of the bie , °graphical compilations of the day; we found be ' had served in all quarters of the globe, and "hat • - he had married Miss Floritnend, daughter of Al. - fred Hope, Esquire of the Hall. Belton was disappointed and displeased to find '• 1 that his ghostly Visitation had faded in the light of common day. But there are some people who turn everything to profit. Charles Belton 'woo shortly afterwards ordered on foreign- seenkte. within the limits of kb. Excellency's eomumma. • A letter from Belton. 'with an • account of his •-•'' share in certain transactions long ago, produced ";;•• a friendship which it is probable will never de.. crease. Charlie is sidde.eanip to the Governor, s • and has outstripped aA his contemporaries in the rapidity of his rise. And Belton himself thinks " that duels are sometimes excellent things, and it 1 " no belierar of ghosts. Practical Isperiews. • A New York paper gives the foliating experi. — ence of ; a now wealthy merchant of that city: "I dune to this city years ago, determined to '• have mercantile employ, And in firesneb bred: • nag as salted me: I• had not money enough af ter being here two weeks, to take a letter out of the poet ogee from my family and friends. I looked into eery newspaper, read every adterti- ' sing oolninn—went to every part of the city;- nobody wanted me, after some conversation. I could not find any particular place, or particular •••- • alder} that suited nio. I thought I could not' ' 4 1► work, I had not been brought up to that. And again, work; was it not disgraceful? Nerirdie. less, there was something within that whieliired me, if I could once make a lodgement in any ' 4l body's business. I could make myself so useful and so indispensable, that ity employer_ could not do without me. tinder three atleetionn; picked out my particular branch of beefiness, aid' determined on beirig employed in it. I entered'" the store, and asked if a clerk was not wanted: r• "Nor, in a rough tone, was the reply. - - ., =a1l being too busy to be bothered with me—when I rellee- - toed that if they did not want a clerk, they might ' want a laborer, but I was dressed to fine for that..'`' • I went to my lodgings, pat on a roagloce garb,: and the next day went into the sane store, wrid - '•:' demanded if they did not want A porta,- again "No" was the response—when in despair almost, "not a' laborer?-:-Sir, • - work at any wages. Wages is not- my object .. 41 '• I must have employ, and I want tole eared isi the business." • • - - _ ••• These last remarks attracted their . sitestioa. and in the end I was employed ass laborer it the baseinentiand sub cellar, at very lowiptry,seureitto -,"- ly enough to keep body and soul terrine. Lisemi.-+ that baaement and sub-cellar, I soon 3 thracoteli the attention of the wolfing-room, and of the higer clerk. I saved enough for my ecuployers in little things wasted, to pay my wages ten' 'times ,over, .Ind they soon found it oat I did: `"' not let anybody about commit any pretty hues-.. vies without remonstrance or threats of exposing, . c and real exposure if remonstrance would not du., I did not ask for my tell hoar law. If I was wanted at :i A. I was. there, and now cheer fully there; or if I was kept till :2 A. - .M., I nev er growled. but told everybody, "go house, and I will see everything right." I loaded off.at day-break packages for the morning boats, of, carried them myself. In short I soon beams '- indispensable to my employers, and I rose----aatt' rose—till J became the ham/ of the house, with..., money enough as you see, to give any luxury, sr - any position a mercantile man may desire for himself or his children, in this great city.' THE SCIENTIFIC Doti.—The editor a thwr-p:r Leortsmoutli Journal recently made a vis 4 to .E. - - Merriam, at Brooklyn- Ifeights: Mr. M. is a, . metecirogical observer, and has made records from three instruments, every hour; day 'med . "'' night, for eight years, many of which have Wee- -ra f published in the "Scientific Amerieau." The: .< .i ;editor inquired:—"Bui, sir, how do Journalise!, . ~ 1 to keep your_ record throtigli the night; hours— i you would seem to want some time to glee% lad Ido you manage?" The reply was, "One meuu 7 1 ber of the family keeps the record from soirenlh 1 the morning to seven in the evening. Anothir -.="-' keeps it from -seven to eleven in the teasing ; ..-4 and I and my dog keep it the other eight boom* H. I retire regularly, my dog is stationed in glikeliv, ( l, , try by the clock, and at ifs striking i .. ... scratches at the door. I rise, make the sad in a few minntes am regularly aaleerithiit; 4 .1 until the dog Ores aotice of 'the expiration at% --; another hour. - "We saw," be says, the into& ,- gent animal which has been so faithful inahlifsig : .- , his tua,'er in his scientific residuches--sad alp" 1 the evi , lenee of labor - performed on the door of ' the sleeping room of his master: i 1 regular - - 1 service for three years ho has deeply-recardedis , 2 the panel of the door by au hourly *watch." ••:. ~ "Wno lUDs You?" --One of the ladies cop_ , , „ neeted with the "Methodist Five Points rus 7 slop," who has under her Marge some thirtfc:',/ little boys, called them together on the wormier; of Christmais, ,to perfect them in their analtopKtfif to questions she - intended to put to them hetrs , • the visitors during the afternoon. After ranging them properly, the first boy on 'the' in answer to the question, "irhe 'wade you?" wee to say, "Golf the next, "of what were you wader" to reply, "the dust of * earth," and as on through the tatentliatiL - 7 ,• all-important moment having arrived, the little "shavers" were told to stand , up. The head boy, it seems, was raissingbut the !het lie l• lag suotiosti by_ the *char, she prapeediettas with the died the questio?, "who 'pa your" trbitikedid folknnng da anstres . „l wt, nude ont of de dirt of Fe e t , but the - K 14 ae • hr what God wade he* gotihe gOin ihrree. IMMO ' :1 8 ~~ .~{ lIINCEIZI '4 af ,- ' AO MMM E r;sl 1131
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