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.)eito the most horrible phase of my ex
r fur weeks we had to ii n in the
-a, .t.,(ltitied and i-hut up together,—
klexis, and I; meeting eontintrdlr,
attuo-ph.reof cnirteous c alm,
10 paint —never alJnc
rart ,, u• accidents( cireumstaneos, I knew
I.ty, M. Anastasius was bending
w , ..r:ot his coormou• intenect, his won
f .c• e, t.• r.,mras- his cherished cud
:d I Alexis S &ram
drrzot took of
, Y:1?.. 4.1 to think of iny4ell at all—my
pro.opects, c.r joyb—over which this
hadiong hung like an ,coursed
i san turned into dark to 5.,--the more
resuse it had once b.•••. 11 I ,eeni.
)1 Anastasius only %all relation to
man, over whom I knew be one , bad
,wer Would it return --and in what
-nit' Not men, ly in the breaking off
to-me I searcely trembled fur Sight darkoned, and our w.ik et,- d We
.all it be so broken, It was not worth h a d ,aid n rthii);4,—Do:hlDV. , 'Sh pt that on part
,r. No! I trembled f o r Aiexii soul jag, with akin I uf' desp , r•+• lon, A. xis buried
t,il, I had eralually leurtini"re ) inv li end •:ghtly in his bus.im, and whispered,
7ii,ips iu this voyazi., WiJich every "ru morrow? -
1 b r ,..f iifi ~, Infl ~ f telopt,ot.n, That ini ioight, a sudden hurricane came on
4.—. A. 4 .ul pure a‘ 4; ..i .. "Wit tieaVi'll, In half-au-hour all that was left of the good ship
aer up. hour by hour in iis st, id) tro• A rg o was a little boat, filled almost to sinking
: , ,p .14 !iii , e 3• tla Lt roi.el 31 , 0111.; U. with half-drowned passengers, and a few sailors
tirritig with the Lightest br•atti, ot. c „, g , ag to o.pars and fragments of the wreck
5 . ~ ,, . , . .ii. li:0)1,' !.. 6111:01.... winds and Alexis was lashed to a must, holding me partly
T,: ke, plug far, tar iwlow the •tirface fastened to U. and partly sustains .1 iu his ,irins.
ariqui::“ ---11% up r cii in auy mere stag- 11„„, he hod found and reseutd me I know no.;
‘41•1 011 , ..111 full of all rich impu;- but love is very strong. It has been sweet af
t)... p.“1"11 4— li -'iii willeh, because it terwartls to me to think that I owed my life to
LZ.N -vmaiLi-.• with, might be able to him—and him alone. I wa , the only woman
, ,!• kill i. )1 An tsta-iu" wanted to saved
1C e je.4ll:to p ro'uo re rua•
a rd tlo• he, the 11,4.1 ulautline elt.»se!
whr the tho relit suldculy :.truck
,:untlizt he had t , ,,1 eavh of Ver.-
lw ;;e., ft, cau .• st- were young,
%e—w,. might marry: wag no
rert;a:v t.. pr, vent u. And thou what
',to. '•f his p•chenie 7
wa. b , .rn in Inc--whale the mo , t.
,•. awfdl. 1 wiz rule—a faculty of
'^•• .It, to all unlawtql, unjust pow,..r,
.4g tho f‘quale wild beast, wi( it,
• t itne and in her solitary
II .1 a. I.) an) .iuriLlg hUnter; Where'
• :11 -- ; f , lit• hare any love in
, ttt cubs or mate—her wtn.le
Ir .m terror LAJ c;aring, from cowar-
t• we , neared th, tr,ve.. I saw Alexis'
L.: dads p!er, and his eye more
% co 13 ...IMO 4, l . ret truiq!v, lIJ
''.. 1
,r),,tii..111, 11,•%• r it•tt him fur aday,
t became not unlike ttatt p
mother It bad vue ill with the re-
Jter of souls if he had come near then
lid not For the la. , t week of our
Anastaatus kept alt,gethur unt of the
nanny nver —we were in sight of the
:ispiniola. Then we should land
lay in this island Mr Saltram's bo
lus aware, called him to Barbadoes;
beyond the seas. Once part
kniw that if the power and will
Ilan could compass anything—and it
ale that they were able to competes
lit in the whole wide earth—Alexis
never meet again
tt struggle after life—after the fresh,
natural life which contact with this
s spirit had given me—l determined
k nal tropic twilight. We were all
It•)ust thi«e ordinary persons might
!"nlitig peacefully to their voyage
did not seem at peace. A
g euil pallor dwelt on his face—a rest
, troubled his mien.
` 44 taPitts, said, noticing the glowing tro
which already dimly appeared in our
'ttY mod; but Europe is more Baited
Noitiierti.i. You will think so Alex
NI ;ire ("nee agaie there."
loa rrturniegr I asked of Mr. Sid-
5 ` 431 4 &mirrored for him, "Yes,
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deni eaned over tit* poop in
witima al.
ERIE -, WEEKLY OBSEREVR
I felt profoundly sad My interest in Alexis
,I &thrum tviv at this time—and but for the coin
' pulaion of opposing power, might have ever biien
—entirely apart from love. We might have gone
on me as tender friends for years and years, at
least ight Therefore no maidenly conscious
-1 ness rned me from doing what my sense of
k i,
rigbt impelled towards one who held the same
faith, and whose life seemed strangled in the
same mesh of circumstances which had nearly
paralysed . tny vwu
"Alexis, this is our last eveuing; you will sail
for Europe—and we shall be friends no wore
Will you take.one twilight stroll with me?" and
I extended my baud ,
If he had hesitated, or shrunk back, one so.
cond, I would have thing h:m to .he winds, and
fought my own warfare alone; I was strong
enough now But be sprang to me, clung to my
hand, hiked wildly in my face, as if they were
the sole light of truth and trust left in the world;
and as if, even here, he had begun to doubt. He
did not, now
' "lsbel tell Me: 'You still hold our faith, ycu
are not going to become a your
"Sever! I will offer myself to Heaven as Hea
ven gave me to myself—free, bound by nu creed,
subservient to no priest What is he, but a man
aim shall die, whom the worriis shall cover"
I said the words out loud. I meant M Atlas
resins to hear. But he looked as if he heard not;
only when we turned up the deck, he slowly fol
lowed.
I stood at bay. "'Cousin leave me. Cannot
I have any friend but you?"
"None, whom I believe you would harm and
receive harm from "
"Ihre you"—
"I dare nothing; there is nothing which my
shurch does not dare Converse, toy children
PI hinder you not The deck is free for all "
lie bowed, and let us pass, then follow e d
Every sound of that slow, smooth step seemed to
strike on my heart like the melding tread of
doom
TLe sergeaut if'
Alexis and I spoke little or nothing A lea
den despair seemed to bind us closely round, al
lowlog only I , tie consciousness, that for a little,
little time, it hound tAgetht 1: He field my arm
so fast that I fel; every throbbiug of his heart.
My sole thought was now No say some word that
might be fixed eternally ther.--. that uo lure,
no player might make him swerve from his faith,
the faith which was toy chief warrant of meeting
him—u ver, oh, nevr iu thts world! but in the
wt•rld e‘rilaring
Once or twi.!e in tucn'ng tufrented full )
\I Ana-t,,-!o- He vitae wailing, in his nsnal
-low pare, his hands loos , Ii t•iaspod behind him,
hts head brut, a s!etly rep ,se, even pensiveness,
which was his natural look, sett ed io ins grave
eyes He was a wan in intellect ton great to des
pise; in char icier too ap Ales, to Italie. The our
sole feeling he inspired was that of unconquera
ble fear. Because you saw at once that he fear
ed nothing either in earth or Heaven, that he
owned but one influence, and was amenable but
to one law, which he called "the Church," but
which was, himself.
Men like M. Anastasius, ttuedtioa'd, al: en
grossed men, are according to slight variations
to temperament, the salvation, the laughing stock,
or the terror of world
Lie appe.tretl in the latter form to Alexis and
me Slowly, surely Cattle to the con%iction that
there was no peace for us on Gd's earth while
he stood nu it; so strong, so powerful, that at
times I almost suecumed to a vagti.• belief in his
itntuortality On this night, speetally, I was
stricken with ti horrible--4 uri ooty, I tit,uk it
was—a a ish to see whother he c ui l le, wheth
er the grave eould -wallow hirn. and death have
power upon his flesh, like that tt; or ter men
More than onee, as he pt--ed uu tor a huge
beritn, I thought—i.bouhl it fat,: ad he Irani
agaiti,t tiii give way
But only, I declare before Hese •n, in a fn lived
speculative curiosity, wha - th I would nit f
worlds have br,athed rn hum La soul; especially
to Alexis ::altiatn, who was tits sist,r's sou, and
whom he had been kind to a- a t•b.ll
It seemed uncourteous to retire for the night;
so I merely threw a dressing-gown over my even
ing toilette, and lay down outside the bed,
dreamily watching the shadows which the lamp
threw. This lamp was inwy chamber, but its
light extended faintly into the boudoir, showing
the tall mirror there, and a sofa which was placed
opposite. Otherwise, the little room was dusky,
save for a narrow glint streaming through the not
closed door of the salon.
I lay broad awake, but very quiet, contented,
and serene I was thinking of Alexis. In
the midst of my revery, I heard, as I thought,
my maid trying the handle of the door behind
me.
"It is locked," I said; "another time."
The sound ceased; yet I almost thought she
bed opened the door, for there came a rift of
wind, which made the lamp sway in its socket.
But when I looked, the door was closely shut,
and that bolt still fast.
I lay, it might be, half an twit longer.—
Then, with a certain oompunotion at my dis
courtesy, I saw the salon door open, and Mrs
Hart appear.
She looked in, drew back hurriedly, and closed
the door after her.
Of course I immediately rose to follow her.—
"0r.." yelled the sailor, striking at h'ou with • Ere doing so, I remember particularly standing
an oar "One man's life's a.s god as another's I with the lamp in my hand, arranging my dress
Off:" before the mirror in the boudoir, and seeing re-
The drowning face rose abo%r• tlio WU% rh, , fleeted in the glass, with my cashmere lying over
eyes fixed direct on me, without Any utres iy to ,in its cushions, the sofa unoccupied.
them, or wrath, or terror—tlio long familiar, pis- hiss was standing thoughtfully by the
sionless, relentless eyes stove
I see them now; I shell sse them till 1 "I ought to ask pardon of you, my dear bus-
Oh, would I had died! band?"
iFor one brie f second I thought GI tearing off "Oh. no—but lof you I did not know
the lashings and giving him my place; fur I had j \h. Seltram bad returned. Where is my lins
loved him. But youth and life were strong ell ' band?"
in me, and my head was pressed to Alexis' "With mine, no doubt! We need not expect
breast them for an hour: yet, the renn
A full minute, or it seemed so, was that face "You are Jesting," said e tt s Hart, half
above the water; then I watched it hi Lik slowly, ' offended. "I know they are come home. I saw
down, down. Mr. &Want in your boudoir not two minutes
We and several others, were picked up from I since."
the wreck of the Argo by a homeward bound "How?"
ship. As soon as we reached London I became , "In your boudoir, I repeat. He was lying on
Alexis' wife. ; the sofa."
That which happened at the theatre was ex- "Impossible!" and I bunt out laughing. "Un
lady twelve months after—u we believed—Ants- less he has suddenly turned into a cashmere shawl.
tutus died. Come and look."
Ido not pretend to explain; I doubt f any I flung the folding doors open, and poured a
reasoning can explain a circumstance so singular, blue of light into the little room.
so impossible to be attributed to either imagine. ! "It is very odd," ideated Mrs. Hart; "very
tion or illusion. For, as I must again distinctly I odd, indeed. I am sure I saw a gentleman
state, we saw nothing. The apportion, or what- here. His face -was turned 111140,—bas of souse
ever it was, was visible only toother persons, all
1 1 concluded 0 was Mrs . Beltran. Very odd, in
total strangers. I deed."
I bad a few. Whoa I arm from it, and I I still Washed at bor t *4;40 as mew Wing
He WAP at the extreme end of the mast; we
rested, face to face, my head against his shoul-
der All along, to its slood, r point, the sailors
were clinging to the spar, like flies, but we two
did not see anything in the world, save one
another.
Life was dim, death was near, yet I thdak we
were not unhappy. Our Heac,n was clone, for
between us and Him to whom we were going came
no threatening , hallow, ti ddiug in its remorse
less hand life, faith, love. It. at h itself was less
terrible than M Anastasius
We had seen hiw among the sieved passen
gers swaying in the boat; then we thought of
him no more. We clung together, with cloned
qt.., satisfied to die.
"So room—off th.re: No room!" I heard
shouted, loud and savage, by the lashed be,
hind me
I opened my eyes. Alexis was gazing me
or,ly I guard, tranAxed, over hip bliJuldtr, tn•
CP the breakers beyond
There, in the trough of a wave, I saw, clear as
I see roy own right hand now. the up-turned
face of Anastasius, and his two white, stretched
out hands, one of which had the wIl kn , :wu
diamond rivg—for it flashed that titmice in the
moon
things took their natural forms and relations,
this strange occurrence became mingled with the
rest of my delirium, of which my husband per
suaded me it was a part. He took me abroad, to
Italy, Germany. He loved me dearly! He
was, and made tee, entirely happy.
In our happiness we strove to live not merely
for one another, but for all the world; all who
suffered and had need. We did—nor shrunk
from the doing—many charities which had first
been planned with Anartasiutt—with what mo
tives we never knew. While carrying them out,
we learned to utter his name without trembling,
remembering only that which was beautiful in
and which we had both so worshipped once.
In the furtherance of these scheme, of good,
it became advisable that we should go to Paris,
to my former house, which still remained empty
there
"But not, dear wife, if any uneasiness, or lin
gering pain, rests in your mind in seeing the old
spot. For me, I love Mace shone loved Is
bel, before Libel knew it, long."
So I smiled; and went to Paris.
My husband proposed, and I was not sorry,
that Colonel Hart and his newly married wife
should join us there, and remain as our guests.
I shrunk a little from re-habiting the familiar
rooms, long shut up from the light of day; and
It Vl' :IS with comfort I heard my husband arrang
ing that a portion of the hotel should me made
ready for us, namnly, two salons en snits, and
leading out of the farther one of whioh were a
chamber and dressing room for our use, opposite
two similar apartments for the Colonel and his
lady
I am thus minute for reasons that will ap-
Pear
Mrs dart had been traveling with us some
weeks. She was a mild sweet faced English
girl, who did not much like the Continent, and
was half shocked at some of my reckless foreign
ways, on board steamboats and on railways. She
said I was a little—just a little too free. I might
have seemed so to her; for my southern blood
rushed bright and warm, and my manner of life in
France had completely obliterated early impres
sions Faithful and tender woman, and true
wife, as I was, I believe I was unlike an English
wowau or an English wife, and that Mrs Hart
thought so.
Ouce—for being weak of nature and fast of
tongue, she often said things she should not—
there was even some hint of the kind dropped
bef .re my husband. He flashed up—but laugh.
d the next minute, for I was his, and he loved
we:
Nevertheless, that quick glow of anger pained
bringing back the recollection of many things
his uncle had said to me of him, which I heard
as one that beareth not The sole saying which
remained was one which, in a measure, I had
er-dited—that his conscience was in his hand,
-but not his passions."
I knew always—and rather rejoiced in the
kuowledge--Oiat Alexis Saltram could not boast
the frozen calm of M. Anastasius.
But I warned tame Elisa Hart, half jestingly,
to take heed, and not lightly blame me before
my husband again.
Reaching Paris, we were all very gay and so-_
vial together. Colonel Hart was a grave honor
able man; my husband and I both loved him.
We dined together, a lively partie quartetette.
I shut my eyes to the familiar things about us,
and tried to believe the rooms had echoed no
footsteps save those of Mrs. Hart and the Coln
tiers soldiery tread. Once, or so, while silence
fell over us, I would start, and feel my heart
beating; but Alexis was near me, and, altogether
mine Therefore, I feared not, even here
After coffee, the gentlemen went out to some
evening amusement We, the weary wives, con
tented ourselves with lounging about discussing
toilettcA, and Viris sights, and the fair Empress
Euz,‘ nie—the wifely crown which my old aver
sion Louis Bonaparte had chosen to bind about
his ugly brows Mrs Hart was anxious to see
all, and then fly back to her beloved London.
"How long is it since you left London, Mrs.
Saltram"
"A year, I think. What is to-day?"
"The twenty fifth—no, the twenty-sixth- day
of May "
I dropped my head on the cushion. Then,
that date—the first she mentioned—had passed
ovur unthought of by us. That night—the night
of mortal horror when the Argo went down—lay
thus far buried in the past, parted from us by two
blessed years.
But I found it impossible to oonverse longer
with Mrs. Hart; so about ten o'clock I left her
reading, and went to take half an hour's rest in
my chamber, which, as I have explained, was
ilividtd from the salon by a small boudoir or
dressing room. The only other entrance was
from a door near the head of my bed, which I
went and locked.
MI=ZI
it 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 23,1855.
was creeping over me. To &soils it, I showed her
how the door was hastened, and how it was im
possible my husband maid have entered.
"No; for I distinctly heard you my, , It is loot•
ed— another tame.' What did you mean by an
other time?"
"I thought it was Fanelum."
To change the subject I began showing her
some parures my husband had just bought me.
Eiiza Hart was very fond of jewels. We remained
looking at them some time longer, and then she
bade me good night.
"No light, thank you. I can find my way The
boudoir is not dark. Good night. Do not look
so pale to-morrow, my dear.'
She kissed me in the friendly English fashion,
and we parted.
She went through rapidly, shutting my bed.
room door. A minute afterwards she re-appeared,
breathless, covered with angry blushes.
"Mrs. Saltram you have deceived toe! You are
a wicked French woman."
"Madam!"
"You know it,—you knew it all along. I will
go and seek my husband. He will not let me
stay another night in your house!"
"As you will,"—for I was sick of her follies.
"But explain yourself "
"Have you no shame? Have you foreign wo
man never any shame? But I have found you out
at last."
"Indeed!"
"There is—l have Pews him twioe with my
own eyes—there is a man lying this minute in
your boudoir,—and he is—not Mr. Salta m!"
Theo, iodeed, I siokeued i —s deadly horror
came over me. No wonder the young thing,
convinced of my guilt, fled from me, appalled.
For I knew now whom she had seen
* *
•
Hour after hoar I mast have lain where I fell.
There was some confusion in the house—no one
came near me. It was early daylight when I
woke and saw Fanchon leaning over me, and try
ing to lift me from the floor.
"Fanehon,—is it morning?"
"Yea, Madame."
"What day is it?"
"The twenty-sizth of May."
It had been he, then. He followed us still.
Shudder after shudder convulsed me. I think
Fanobou thought I was dying.
"Oh, Madame! oh, poor Madame: And Mon
sieur not yet come home. "
I uttered a horrible cry--formy soul foreboded
what either had been, or would be.
Alexis never came home again.
An hour after, I was sent for to the little wood
cutter's hut, where he lay dying.
My noble husband bad in him but one thing
lacking—his passions were "not in his hand.
When Colonel Hart, on the clear testimony oU
Eliza, ir"pugnued his wife's honour, Alexis fought:l
and fell
It all happened in one night, when their blood
war fiery hot. By daylight, the Colonel stood, cold
as death, pale as a shadow, by Alexis' bedside.
He had killed him, and he loved him!
No one thought of me. They let me weep near
him—uneouseious as he waa--doubtleaa believing
them the last oontrite tears of an—adulteress! I
did not heed or try to dens.tbst horrible name—
Alexis was dying
Towards evening he became stronger, aad his
senses returned. He opened hie eyes and saw,
me, but they closed with a shudder.
"Alexis—Alexis!"
"Isabel, I am dying Yon know why. In the
name of God—are you"—
"In the name of God, I am your pure wife,
who never loved, even ia thought, auy man but
you."
"I am satisfied."
He looked at Colonel Hart, faintly amain& then
opened his arms and took me into them, as if to
protect me with his last breath.
"Now," he said, still holding me, "my
friends, we must make all clear. Nothing must
harm her when I am gone. Hart, fetch your wife
here."
Mn. Hart came, trepubling violently. Woman
like, seeing my misert, even she caught my hand
and wept. My husband addreseed her.
"Who did you see? Answer, u to a dying
man who to-morrow will know all ',orate.—
Who was the man you saw in wife's clam
ber?"
"He was a stranger.. I never met him before,
anywhere. He lay on the sofa, wrapped in a fur
cloak."
"Did you see his face?"
"Not the first time. The second time I
did."
"What was he like? Be sommte, for the sake
of more than life—honour."
My hasband's voice sank. There was terror
in his eyes, but not that terror—he held me to
his bosom still.
"What was he like, Eliza?" repeated Colonel
Hart.
"He was middle-aged; of a pale, grave counts•
wince, with keen, large eyes, high forehead, and
a pointed beard."
"Heaven save na! I have seen him too," cried
the Colonel, horror-struck. "It was no living man
you. saw, Eliza."
"It was M. AllUtillitle."
My husband died that night. He died, his lips
on mine, murmuring how he loved me, and how
happy he had been.
For many months after then I wad quity hap
py, too; for my wits wandered, and I thought I
was again a little West Indian girl, picking go
wane in the meadows about Dumfries.
The Colonel and Mrs. Hart were, I believe,
very kind to me. I always took her for a little
playfellow I had, who was called Itlin. It is
only lately, as the year has circled round again
to the spring, that my head has become clear
and I have found out who she is, and--ah, me!—
who I am.
This oomiog to my right senses does not give
me so much pain as they thought it would; be
cause great weakness of body bad balanced and
soothed my mind.
I had but one desire: to r to my own Alexis;
and before the twenty-fifth of May.
Now I have been able to oompletenearly oar
story. Reader, judge between us and kiss.—
Farewell. Is s= SALTSAY.
Poet-Seriptum.—l think, it will be well that
I, Eliza Hsrt, should relate, as simply as vera
ciously, the circumstances of iirs. Sal tram's death,
which happened on the night of the twenty-fifth
of May.
She was living with us at our house, some
miles out of Loudon. She had been very ill
and weak during May, but towards the end of
the month she revived. We thought if she could
live till Jane she might eves recover. My bus.
band desired than on no account might she be
told the day of the mouth—she was indeed par
politely deceived on the subject. When the twen
ty-fifth came she thought it was only the twenty
second.
Fur some weeks she had kept her bed, and ,
Feedlot Dever left her. Fate:lam, who knew
the whole historj, and was strictly charged,
whatever delusions might wear, to take no
notice whatever of the subject to her iniatresa.
Fur my husband and herald/ were pia perm
aded that it mast be some delusion. 8o was
the physician, who ueverthslees detenniaed to vi
sit us himself ea the Bight of the toseepAftit
IL happened that the Colomei was unwell, sod
I could mot mod& opestastly ia Mrs. fieltosses
ream It was e Woe bee egg simple searipes
hedeluunher, with white taulains!and modern
furniture, all of which I myself arranged, in such
a manner that there should be no dark corners,
no shadows thrown by hanging draperies, or
anything of the kind.
About ten o'clock Panchou accidentally quit
ted the room, mondial( in her plies a nursemaid
who had lately oonie into our family.
The girl tells me that she entered the room
quickly, but stopped, seeing, as she believed,
the physician sitting by the bed, on the fur
ther side, at Mrs. Saltram's right hand. She
thought Mrs.. &kraus did not see him, for
she turned and asked iter—"Susan, what o'clock
i. itr'
The gentleman, she says, appeared sitting With
his elbows resting on his knees, and his face
partly concealed in his hands. He wore a long
ooat or cloak--she oonld not distinguish which,
for the room was rather dark, but she could
plainly see on his little finger the sparkle of a
diamond ring.
She is quite certain that Mrs. SaWant diinot
see the gentleman at all, which rather surplCsed
her, for the poor lady moved from time to time,
and spoke, complainingly, of ita being "very cold."
At leogth she called &man to sit by her side,
and chafe her hands.
Susan aminiesoed.—"But did Dot Mn. Sal
tram see the geatlemaa?"
"What gentleman?"
"He nu sitting beside you not a minute
since. I thought he was the doctor! or the clergy-
111111111.
And the girl, winch terrified, saw that now,
there was no one there.
She says, Mrs. Saltratn-did not seem terrified
at all. She only pressed her hands on her fore
head, her lips slightly moving—then whispered:
"Go, call Fanchon and then all, tell them what
you saw."
"But I must leave you. Are you not
afraid?"
"No. Not now—not now."
She covered her eyes and again her lips began
moving
FanOhon entered, and I too, immediately.
Ido not expect to be credited. I can on
ly state on my honour, what WP both then be
held.
Mrs. Saltram lay, her eyes open, her face quite
calm, as that of a dying person; her hands spread
out on the counterpane. Beside her sat erect,
the same figure I had seen lying on the sofa in
Paris, exactly ayear ago. It appeared more life
like than she. Neither looked at each other
When we brought a bright lamp into the room,
the appearance vanished.
Isabel said to me, "Eliza, he is come."
Ampossibir! You have net seen him?"
"No, but you haver She looked we steadi
ly in the face. "I knew it Take the light
away, and you will see hiui again He is here,
I want to speak to hint Quick, take the light
away."
TerrifiCd as I was, I could not refuse, for
I OM by her features that her last hour was at
band.
As surely as I write this, I, Elise Hart, saw,
when the candles were removed, that figure
grow again, as out of air, sitting by bar bed
side.
She turned heimelf with difficulty and faced it.
"Eliza, is he there? I see nothing but the empty
chair. Is he there?"
oyes."
"Does he look angry or terrible"
"No."
"Anastasius." She estended her head towards
the vacant chair. "Cousin Anastasius:"
Her voice was sweet, though the cold drops
stood on her brow.
"Cousin Anastasins, I do not see you, but
you can see and bear me. I am not afraid of
you now. You know, once, I loved you very
much.
Here--overoome with terror, I stole bock to
wards the lighted door. Thence I still heard
Isabel speaking.
"We erred, both of us, Cousin. You were too
hard upon me—l had too great love first, ton
great terror afterwards, ofyou. Why should I
be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son
of man, whose breath is in his nostrils? I should
have worshipped, have feared, not yon, but only
God."
"She fkaused--cirawiag twice of thrice heavily,
the breath that could not last.
"I forgive you—forgive me also. I loved
you. Have you anything to say to me Aim.
Maius?"
Silence.
"Shall we ever meet in the boundless wide
spheres?"
Silenoe—s long 'ileum. We brought in can
dles, for she was evidently dying.
"Eliza—thank you for all'. Your hand. It is
so dark—and"--shivering—"l am afraid of going
in the dark. I might meet Anastasia' there. I
wish my husband would come."
She was wandering in her mind, I saw
eyes turned to the vacant chair."
"Is there any one sitting by me?"
"Dear Isabel; can you see any one?"
"No one—yes"--and with preternatural
strength she started right up in bed, extending
her arms. "Yes! There—dose behind you—l
see—my husband. lam quite safe—now!"
So, with a smile upon her face, she died.
THZ LIQUOR lALW.--The people seem to be
moving in every quarter for the repeal of the ini
quitous Jug Law, pained by the last K. N. Le
gislature and approved by a K. N. Governor.—
That it will be swept out of existence by the
popular voice of next October, no man in his
senses can doubt. We have no hesitation in
proclaiming ourselves in favor of its speedy re
peal. We have always considered Political
Temperance a humbug, and we are now fully
satisfksl on this point. Whilst King, of Cambria
county, was the avowed candidate of the Tem
perance men, he dodged the vote on this ques
tion, fearing that it might interfere with his
political prospects in future, and many of
the men who supported the measure throughout,
drank probably a pint of brandy or whiskey
every day they were in Harrisburg! To suppose
that such a code of morale' can result in reform
is perfectly ridiculous. Whilst corrupt politici
ans are using the Temperance question as a mere
bobby the cause itself is perishing for want of
moral ' aid. Dealers in liquor, beer, and ale, are
now selling in open violation of the law; and,
if Temperance laws are not enforced, what is the
use of passing thens?—Bedford Gazette.
WHAT NUL Dow SAID 0/ THAT LIQUOR.—
In the reetimouy of Alderman Slug, given on
the examination of the Portletul Liquor oue, oc
ears the following:
"At a ometisitf the Board, of which I am
one, on the evening of 21st May, Mr. Dow said,
"We're deliberating about an ageney." I said,
"Mr. Mayor how came these liquors here?" The
reason I asked that question was because I was
absent one evening, and did not know but there
might be a emasiittee to procure theta. Mr. Dow
said, "1 ordered them here," or "I got them here."
I asked by what authority he got them. He said
be had not aay authority as he know of; said
there was. then an agent here from New York,
who recommended to him that he bad pare
liquors implied, mid be (Mr. Dow,) told him to
send them. I said, "You get them on par own
book, thee, did
s yoar' We replied, "I
`so. I asked if he thought he would=
good specalatioa too at it. Re said he should,
or iii see low bat be &ma"
THZ WI OONCHWIC
1111llaas or Ulu ray /tops
Are falliag all .tread;
They' r• flaming oat t►. lbesse-tapt,
Then Iddlag fa dm grout.
Tbity sr. assateisas,
With saytluag for keys,
HowWg oasis apes lbswWaws,
Capplac dam apes do trees.
A liglit and airy troblo
?boy play upon ttio arose.
And tie melody onakanta %
Like tk. wasio of • dream.
• deeper bass is sounding
Wiser* tiloy'ro dropping into envoi.
with a tenor front the sopkyr.
And an alto front it. waves.
Oh 'tis a shower of mask,
And Robia don't intrade
A when the rata is weary,
He drops as tatertade.
It mesas as if the waddle.
Of the birds is all the bowers
Had bees gathered into rsia-drops.
♦nd was amnia( down ht 'bowers.
The blossoms are all bathing
La the liquid malady,
Briathiag Masks In sweetest edam
Looking ap into the sky.
Changes of Climate.
The following from the Scientific Ameriecin,
contains some interesting facts and treats of s ye
-7 feeling subject, worthy of careful investiga
tion:—
History informs us that many of the countries
of Europe which now possess very mild winters,
at one time experienced severe cold daring
this season of the year. The Tiber, at Rome,
was often frozen over, and the snow at one time
lay for forty days in that city. The Euzine Sea
was frozen over every winter during the time of
rid, and the rivers Rhine and Rhone used to
be frozen so deep that ice sustained loaded wa
gons. The waters of the Tiber, Rhine and
Rhone, now flow flreely every winter, ice is un
known in Rome, and the waves of the Euzine
dash their wintry foam uncrystalized upon the
rocks. Some has ascribed these climate chan
ges to agriculture; the cutting down of deuce
forests, the exposure of the upturned soil to the
summer's sun, and the draining of great marsh
es. We do not believe that such great changes
could have been produced on the climate of any
country by agriculture, and we are certain that
tio such theory can account for the contrary change
of climate—from warm to cold winters—which
history tells us has takco place in o'her coun
tries than those named Cmenland received its
name from the tnnerald herbage which once cloth
ed its valleys and mountains; and its east coast,
which is now inaccessible, un account of perpet
ual ice heaped upon its shores, was, in the elev
enth century, the seat of flourishing Soandinavin
colonies, all trace of which is now lcst. Cold
Labrador was named Vinland by the Northmen,
who visited it A. D. 1000, and were charmed
with its then mild climate.
The cause of •here changes is an important
enquiry. A pamphlet, by John Murray, civil
engineer, has recently been publishedin London,
in which he endeavors to attribute these changes
of climate to the changeable position of the mag
netic poles. The magnetic variation or decli
nation of the needle is well known. At the pre
sent time it amounts in London to twenty-three
degrees west north, while in 1658, the line of
variation passed through England, and then
moved gradually west until 1816. In that year
a great removal of ice took place on the coast of
Greenland; hence it is inferred, that the cold
meridian, which now passes through Canada and
Siberia, may at one time hive passed through
Italy, and if the magnetic meridian returns, as it
is now doing, to its old lines in Europe, Remo
may once more see her Tiber frosen over, and
the merry Rhinelander drive his team on the ice
of his classic river. Whether the changes of cli
mate mentioned have been caused by the change
of the magnetic meridian or not, we have but a
few facts before:us at present to decide conclusive
ly; but the idea, once spread abroad, wilL.soon
lead to such investigations as will remove every
obscurity, and settle the question.
tor- The Providence Journal, opption, is
pleased with the appointment of Buckingham
Smith u secretary of legation to Spain, and
says--
"He is every way fitted for this important
post, by his thorough knowledge of the Spanish
language, his familiarity with the Spanish char
acter, his experience and tact as a diplomatist,
and for his extensive and critical knowledge of
Spanish American history. Mr. Smith is a na
tive of Florida, and learned the Spanish language
in his childhood. He wu secretary of legation
in Mexico under Mr. Letcher, and for a year
performed the duties of the minister to the entire
satisfaction of his g]vernment. The departure
of no foreign diplomatist whoever lived in Mexico
was so much regretted as that of Mr. Smith, so
universal wu the respect entertained for him.—
Among the treasures of the Escurial, Mr. Smith
will find enough to gratify his literary tastes, and
we have no doubt that in the field of literary re
search, he will do as much for the cause of letter
as in diplomatic matters for the great interests of
our country."
.Mer
OM &MR COTIVAGIL—The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Courier says:
The Treasury is now burthened with the ens
stody of over five millions of dollars in small
silver change, from half dollars to three cent
pieces. Two or three years ago there was a
universal complaint of the. scarcity of small
coins, either American or !mtge. Mr. Hun
ter's coinage bill was passed slightly reducing
the actual value of our silver coin, and pro
viding for its more rapid manufacture. The
expected results have followed. The wants of
circulation have been fully supplied; but another
lees desirable consequence has ensued, to-wit:
this small change has become a drug. People
will not take it, and the law makes it a legal
tender in sums of not over five dollars. Though
the inconvenience of an inadequate supply of
small change was a serious one, prudent financiers
expressed doubts of the soundness of the remedy
adopted at the time it was proposed. Order have
been issued to suspend the coinage of quarters
and halves, and the operations of the mint are
much reduced.
agi„ "Hs, Puttytop, bow do you do?—Haven't
seen you for some time. What are you at?"
"Tbankee, I'm well. I'm a contractor now."
"Indeed? (iicide—l shouldn't have thought his
means sufficient.) Ah, of course you have con
tracted." "Oh yes! I bare contracted a law
amount of debts, bat I think shall brea
the contract and relieve myself **wiling to
law."
sgs.Tbe six degrees of crime are thus delinesd:
He who steals a milho' a is only a fiaaneiew.—
Who steals a half million is *sly a defaulter.
Who steals a quarter of i(willioa ie a mohar.
Who steels a hundred thousand is a
Who steels steels litty thousand is a knave. But he
who *salt • pair of boots or i loaf at head is s
seseadrel of the deepest dye ) gad tissurees to its
- r • sr.
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B. F. SOO, DHOW
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. ~„. co`ii
A Parieveting ikuitic. it ,t 7 • it"-:
A young nut who left this eity abolitullilir
years to savage is the pastoral vandaie anir
teal*, was, like thiniatuels more, onimallitmeeNsile ,
denly attracted by the gold foyer, and
to the diggings, where be was Sher
and be soon afterwards forwarded' die "
three of his brothers is joie him tie IN . a
gold. Halting effected this* Ifrateraid purtimea ,
ship, he opened a store. And began to We l k 41 s r ,
former "tame" that had warmed hie hesie li a,„,,
Old England, but which had never been
.. -
by him or attended to doing ledg :,.
He selected his choicest autmege r ned ilemeenteltr
a beg worth .f. 50 to England, to tits youiriaiNr
and her brother to come *join him isiWile
fields. The tempting treasure reached hue 1
A/E itir
but her heart was engaged to another, *
gone out to America on a voyage of illible=
and had not written to her for Nod, is
mouths. In this dilemma of doubt el le
ed, and her bcotber pLeeded. ALI- =l.
ther selected a sweetheart to accompany Y.
the
..
the party of three persona - engaged t... .- • 1 4
paid their fare, and forwarded-their . .' .: ifre
the seaport, from which they were so ' fib"
the southern hemisphere, but before the bride t
stepped on board her American lamer
au4
appeared and detained her, till the vunk A
tt:
sailed without her—her fare: pail, luggage gteie •
. ~ I ,
and friends too!
Bat "the coarse of tree lave .never did etio ei
smooth," and so she at length conasulai, to,luo t.
married to the present lover, on the ground, pia -~1
bably that "a bird in the hand is worth tiro *
the bushi" but the absent one, taring ihe inie" '
not invoiced to Lim with dustiest of st oi =•-
instantly took ship and started for E ~1
After a pleasant voyage of three month", 4 0• 7 a
reached the abode of his fickle fair one. A, Am,
hours of powerful pleading subdued the bait or
the inconstant one, and the gold digger iit 00Cle ' l3
proceeded to buy the license and the ring, end
the marriage ceremony was pigormed be(anie the '
other co 'Wing suitor could be made **plaints& e
with the fact. Tac happy pair are now waiting
,„,
for a vessel to c o n vey them to their far-off /teak
the bridegroom intending to purehum, jet boner '
as a wedding present to his wife, a herdsman
volver, for the safety of herself and home, we i
store in tent. This enterprising young man we
trust will fns all right on his arrival at boom—
Orford rhroniele e.
A Youthful Adyonturar.
On Saturday afternoon last, a son df &heard .
Grossman, of this city, a child scarce three aniiii °l44
half years old, left he* home and wandered doom
to the steamboat landing a short time before Ow
departere of the evening boats for New Yoh.: '
Seeing persons going on and off the host, stud,,
being, like "Young America" generally of as
itiquuntive turn of mind, be too went cie for she
purpoie of seeing the sights. He wandeeed disto .
the boat until his curiosity had become sada*
bat when ready to leave, he found,khat the hest,
was not only in niotion; but was several IWO" •
down the river. But it was nut till tight 11111311
on that he became homesick, and was eassedier.
ly desirous of being restored to his parents. The.
officers of the boat, upon learning his nano
residence, succeeded after a time in quieting the .1
lad and getting him to sleep' Daring all thik ,
time his parents were wandering about the City ,
in search of him, and it was net until s istatiodi
that they relaxed their efforts and gays up tha
chase for the night. Tilorniag came without
bringing to them any tidings of the chini,asid ! ,J:
renewed efforts were made to find the lost one;
but it was ten o'clock ere information of his
whereabouts reached his distracted parents. At
that boor, Mr. Stevens, agent of die People's
Line, telegraphed to Mr. Croatian that hissers
was on the steamer Knickerbocker, safely maw
ed in the harbor of New York, and that he would
return that evening in charge of the captain.—
He reached his parentis this morning, alit
pears to have enjoyed his trip. He is a
looking and intelligent lad. This is the third
time he has wandered away from home, and has"
twice being taken to the station houses in this
city —.Albany Journal
Natural History of the Lona
The following information concerning the ha.
bits of the fourteen year locust, given by a
,wri
ter in the Boston Advertiser, will be found huer.
eating at the present time. In calling ateentkit
to it, we would suggest to students of satoar
history, the propriety of making accurate obmr-„•,.
vations of these curious insects, during glair pee.
sent appearance:
The locust's favorite resort is that of a dopes
of young and rather thin oak wood, where th
soil is rather soft and light. They are first dna
covered in the ground near the surface, in the.
form of a large white grub or worm, and s Cipia m
ter of an inch in cliamet , r Where or in iithip7
mode they peso through the cryealis state
become fully invested withwinge ad other meow • -I*
here, I do not know; but they are soon fund
vast numbers, and in a full chorus of *Anomie
voices, among the branches of the email trews" L i
They have a distinctly marked W found on the
back In this stages of the lives they do not
seem to feed. On opening one, the body wfti‘W .
to be a mere hollow shell , without any feniak
digesfing organs. They oontinue in this
believe, about six weeks or two menthe,
Shortly before their dlsappeararice,lmany o
r
the small twigs of the young oaks appeat to be"' '
girdled and partially cut off,tnd hang enspended
from the extremity of the branches. The leaves •
turn red as when touched by frost in autamm
On examination these twigs appear to be sawed
1 about two-thirds off and girdled, so that the
culation of sap being cut off, it soon dies, a
probably falls to the ground during the ensuing
winter by the action of wind, rain, and snow n
The general belief is, that by a curious po t
remarkable instinct, the insect is led to :Mad
its eggs in some secure mode upon these seibb 7*o
twigs, and then thus partially to haver dies fienc?,
the parent s t oc k, so t h a t b y t h e i r hat t h e
shall be borne gently end safely
into whose bosom they are in some -form .
and cherished, to reappear is the form effulti
grown locusts, after the lapeof seventeen years. •
atn not aware that this feet of the iisposit
upou the falling twig has bt hjf
',actual obssrvation; it is one of the points whisk . a ,
I require careful examination.
DIDN'T KNOW lassie's's since Gas. '
Winston in pawing through ow town, vaitsdkit
oar Court House while the Circuit Court was is
session, and :nesting with seine friends ..ia,
into conversation with them; sad becoming t„lf ►
getful, perhaps, of where he wa., made so townijk,
noise Is to attract the attention of thelst,.• it
who ordered( the clerk to enter a fine Waft 2.
sheriff, kw tem keeping succor. Thin, .tee ties, .'"
in these hard woo, rather excited shollhaill, 0 44
who on seeing that the Gov. (not t k nqyampihsa i ire
that he pee Gov. Winston though) and these in
consersitiot with hint, on account of .thski ban
' behavior, marched up to him, collergiAd ao , sod -
eyd 0y.,:0h h ere , Mister, has,'Lltss got rmq it
ter seem than to be keeping nt. all this fine 4 .
WWII you sec the Judge has just fined' me fbr ft. ~_
Thin scene produced now losightee, hot *basil-3 . 4 m
fund looks of the &wig wh en eonsc.hpinsaire.ms
inforined him who the "Minter" wee r isereered
it to quite a ems- The petite and 4111110411610101
hu, we have heel told, remitted theAV l ßesse
eiders** of the hearty Iso#
lieff. Wit • tr
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