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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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...
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
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hr what God wade he* gotihe
gOin ihrree.
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