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BEATRICE
B 1 NIHIM F. HAMILTON
CHAPTER I
is was late in the afternoon A long r.w of
.a SJA stood in a regular line before their
,nee, in a little red school house, reciting their
az lesson. while the remainder of the pupils
;.tied in their k‘ats, piled and re piled their
IN on their desk', uud cat eager glan-
vt si th e uputt dour, and tiled the tenekter' , i
1,1 ,t wn, boar:y time fur dt•imt++lal, laud
9t a lung afterpouu's ._.notinernent, the
ireo could hardly wait t .r the tinkle of the
—the a igual of their relea , e At last the
Ang t.witt their seat., the bell A ,, tincled,
itorttint/y there was a bee e of oonfumon—
h rushed out of the door, and gave vent to
qr rut up spirits in whoops, yells, and sum.
~ t s; and girls, more quietly, but less gaily,
'at into the open air Soon their merry
:es died away in the distance, and the teacher
,st't alone in that just now crowded school
E:• was a young and striking looking girl. Her
x was erect, bar step stately, and trer features,
ifregular, were pleasing; her abundant
.0 hair was wound in ,a sort of corona) around
head, in a singular but not unbecoming &Jib
her complexion was a eiear olive, and her
ith firm in its expression, almost unpleas
'y so when closed, but when she smi:ed she
positively beautiful`: then her whole counte
- changed; her large, fiery eyes gr. w soft
tender, and the pride sod hauteur that spike
ler every lineament, marring her otherwise
. perfect beauty, disappeared
Jot now one of those beaming smiles lighted
her countenance., Abe stood, by her d,
usual erect position, holding a note, yet un
ad, in her hand It had been brought to
•Alschool room during the session, and now that
re was alone she was prepared to read it She
ward in elaborate to break the teal She look
a'l:. the bold, firm handwriting, and pressed it
)er lips; then slowly unfolding it she read:
Tor some tune pint, Beatrice, I h a ve been
ippy; you have observed it, and to your in
les as to its cause I have 0 ., n f a l se an d eea.
replies, but 1 cau detv,v,:'alym:lf and you no
iger I sought you ast night with the deter
lation to tell you all, but 1 e , uld u t Y , m
.re so kind, so coofidiug, I ul , l not utter the
rtis that would, I felt, give y.. 0 .o much pain.
it I must do it. What my cookie refused to
. I must trust to my pen. It is useleas to
Late, the sooner all it" ku,rwn the better for us
Beatrice, I fiud that I laive miz.takeri the
.of my feelings toward:. you As God is
witness, when we were b..trothed I though,
,vecl you, I still appr , _•ciate your rare loveliuesst
better still, p.ur many excellencies of miud
,heart, but our affection! are beyond our con
and, inuai as there is admirable about you,
ao longer love you. At first I determined ne
to acquaint you with the change of my sen•
Ants, but I shrunk from a lifetime of deceit.
could not at the altar perjure myself by taking
solemn vows; and I knew, ton, that you
id spurn the uttered hand withuut the hi art
)panted it 1 have dune very wrung In has-
entering upon our engag. ait.u,t without a
iper knowledge of r y trot. foelitig• toward you
was charmed by your beauty, th.zziet.l by your
r•:, and attracted by your virtueb, I mistook the
vtorl of emotion!. 1 toll for love But it is bet•
e t for rue toacknowittige my fault than to corn.
It a mu in leadiug you to the altar while my
is auuther. Farewell, and you find some
4e more worthy ot your iv% e than your friend,
!you will gull Aiwa- me to e!aitn that that ti
'st, Mt.REMTH "
Every particle of coliir birso is tie atrioes'eheeks
the read—her hps were white, her hands Item
'.td so violently she could scarcely hold the let-
A: a death like faintness stole aver her, and she
a 1 into a chair and buried her fAce in her
tuds
lot a tear, nut a moan escaped lit r, she sat
•nlenee, motionlessas 'statue, but in her heart I
tat a whirlwind of emotions was raging. Him
-tig she sat there she hardly knew; when at last
looked"p, the twilight was deepening, and
I:, e rose with a start from her seat Her euun
"ltance bore the traces of her suffering---she
4olted haggard and wan; the agony of those few
ars had changed her fearfully, but her eyes
'issued with all their usual fire, and her lips were
bitty oompress.ed together She drew herself
i P prAmily, as It she despised herself for her
aeaknem, crushed the letter whieh had fallen
sswi her trembling fingers, contemptuously un
ter foot, and then picked it np with a look of
441112ctt as if it had been some loathsome thing,
usi putting on her hat and shawl, .he walked
firmly out of the
She went rapidly on till she 'reached a low,
*kilts cottage; she entered it, and passed quick
ly through the little sitting room to her own
apartment Here she took from an inlaid box a
Package of letters, and, adding that she nad last
Tatietved to the number, she hastily collected
eery memento, however trifling, 'hush bad been
the gift of Lome Meredith, and placed them ',g
yety together in readiness to return to hue
het carefully arranging her toilet, she returned
to tie sitting room. An old lady, dzessed with
acrapitio t a s nicety, was its only oecupanti site
kaitAiss. Tim table was apnel kr
ERIE WEEKLI7I - :• 1:7: . ftlitil
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the evening's meal, and she had evidently been
waniug for her daughter's return.
"You are late to-night, Beatrice," *be said;
"but I suppose Louis owe for you to go to walk.
It is so foolish of him to take such unreasonable
hours fur his walks, Tea has been waiting this
half hour "
"I am earry to have kept you waiting, mother,"
returned her daughter's silvery voice; "be' aloft
long walks will trouble you no longer L
Meredith and I are parted forever."
The old lady dropped her knitting work in her
lap, and looked at her daughter in aatonishment:
at Jut ehe spoke:—
"Oh, I see; a lover's quarrel. But you will
make it up in a day or two, and be all the hap
pier for it Well, well—better disagree before
than after marriage.',
"Mother," said Beatrice, "listen to me. I
shall never marry Lome Meredith. Nothing on
earth could induce me to do au. Ai I said, we are
parted forever; and now let me beg you never
again to mention his name to me; let the but,
jeet never again be alluded to between us; let all
be am if we had not known bins." Her voice
softened "You will not be sorry, mother dear,
to have your Beatrice again all your own' Aul
,be took her parent's shriveled band Ludly Le
tween her own.
Mrs Lancaster was touched by this expression
of tend. mess; for Beatrice, though a must de
voted daughter, in fact the only support of her
pour and widowed mother, rarely mad,• any de
monstration of her attachment, and this eartss,
slight as it was, filled the mother's heart with
jo ) She drew her child to her side, and kissed
her tenderly, but Beatrice escaped from her etc
brace, sad saying cheerfully, "Are we never to
have supper?" led the way to the table. She
talked gaily during the meal, and, though she
!tee little. succeeded in withdrawing her mother's
at:ention from her want of appetite
Not the most watchful eye eoutd have detect
ed a shade of-sadness in her face or manner, that
evening; indeed, she was gayer than usual No
wonder that her mother—good, unobservant soul
—believed that she was happier in our rel.-t.e
from the tie that had bound her
A few evening had passed. and Beatrice -tiod
in a little room, dressed for a party Never End
she looked more beautiful than now. in her -irn
plc white dress, with its crimson ribbons. and a
red rose bud in her dark hair Mrs Lancaster
,oked at her with admiration: nor was she alone
in her appreciation of her child's loveliness.
She was the bel.e of the evening at Mie Mer
cer',, and nut even the youthful heiress in honor
of wh,on the party htd been made, au.l t whom
Louis Meredith was said to be mitt uir, 1, c, , uld
divide the honors of the belle-ship with her.
It had been well known throughout the villar
that Beatrice and Louis had
. been engaged, and
the fact if their separation was equally well un
deNtood; but though she was narrisrly watched,
n o l oo k o r gesture betrayed that she had been
moved by the sundering of the tie.
She watt surrounded by admirers; she had a
smile for this one, a command fur a second, and
merry words for others; and, as if attracted by
some irresisaible charm, Louis Meredith bovereu
near her—even when talking with his affianced
bride, Therese Benedict, he heard every word
that fell from Beatrice's lips, and saw her every
motion.
His eyes flatbed angrily as he sew her smiling
ly receiving the attentions offered her, and con
trasted her manner towards all with the careless
"Good evening" with which she had met him;
her cheek had not flushed at hi* greeting. her
hand had not trembled in his grasp, and he wds
piqued by her evident indifference, he was jeal.
ous, too, and almost gnashed his teeth with rage
when he saw her apparently listening with the
deepest attention to the half whispered words •it
Ralph Mercer, the only son of their
wealthiest man to the village
Louis looked at Beatrice, aud then at Thoi ce
—the one a poor village school teacher, and Ow
other the wealthy daughter of a distiuguiahe.l
lawyer—and be could but acknowledge bow far
superior, in beauty, grace and talent, was the
humble teacher be had discarded to hie affianced
bride.
His eyes were opened. He knew that he still
loved Beatrice, and that without 11.1 money The•
rese would have been utterly indifrereut to him
He could bear it no longer 11, stele. as ..Ppal
as possible, to Beatrice's side, and gelds few cut
ting words on her coquetry and heartle,su,s3,
bee turned her large, flashing eye.) full upon
him with a look of contempt
"Mr Meredith forgets himself," she repliPd,
coldly; "his opinion a Uttk rly iudlffereut t.) me
What right has he to criticise my conduct?"
She waved her hand in tolrPti of dismissal and
he left her, with ► strange mixture of love and
anger in his heart as be saw he•r again—the cep
tre of a circle of admirers—full of life nod ant.
mation. The hours flew rapidly, and when at
last the gay company departed, tows Saw, with
bitter )calousy, that Ralph Nereer way the de
voted attendant of his discarded Beatrice; and he
soughthts _Alene, angry wt th himself and with
the world.
The excitement of the evening wa. over, atei
alone in her chamber, Beatrice thought of afl
that had passed. Sbe had triumphed, but, ales,
what a h , )ilow mockery had been hidden un
der that gay exterior:
She had laved Louis Meredith with all the ar
dor ut her passionate, but reserved nature, and
not so easily could she thrust him from her heart
The struggle to appear happy, to deceive all
about her. She longed to be away, and right
gladly she aroepted a lucrative offer to rah.•
charge of a school in the large town of )1 Int
where he might escape the siriht , if L'ui+•
the reports of his approaching marring. , , an 1 tio-
Argus eyes of the whole village.
Mrs. Lancaster made no objection.; to the pro.
posed removal, ad ere long Beatroe AV her
mother left Lang• on forever.
CHAPTSB II
Mr Irving in?" sated a young man, evi•
dently a stranger, entering the large establieb
ment of Meagre. Irving Ar. Co., the most auceeds
ful of the many sueoesefull merchants id Moot
ford
"He is, sir, 4 was the reply of the clerk addres
sed. "Step this way and t will show you to the
counting•room."
Threading his way through boxes and bales of
goods; the gentleman followed his guide, aod was
ushered into the room
Mr Irving Ina seated at his desk, busily en
gaged in writing. He looked up as the boy ap
proacbing him, and, seeing the stranger, ex
claimed: •
"Ali, Meredith, how are you? Take a seat,
and I will be at your service for a few moments."
He turned again to his desk, and rapidly sealed
the letter he had been writing, gave that, with
several others, to a boy in waiting, and then
turned to the new comer. He looked at him
searchingly, then, bursting linos& of laughter,
"What's the matter now . Have you lust your
last friend, or have yon got a heavy note falling
due, and nothing to meet it, hey?"
Meredith shook his bead. "Only my old ooni•
plaint," be said; a touch of the blue-devils and so
I dropped in here to see if you couldn't exercise
them as usual. Yon are always so happy, not
withstanding you are so busy."
..Nuttoidisteedingt" interrupted Irving. "Be.
cause I'm 59 bash you migti my, 44 cow l
avert the wok. Tike Iv vi* p M wick
Iyourself, and you'll be no more troubled with the
blue* than I am "
"The remedy is worse than the disease," said
Meredith "Why should I oars to sake wag!
Y'JLI know very well that my poor Therese left
me more than I know whit to do with. I WO
much obliged for your prescription, bat I must
decline following it."
"Well, I won't get offended, like most friends
iflyou won't take my advice, but I'll prescribe
quo This is Mrs Bigelow's reception evening;
go with me there, and I'll promise you a release
from your blue tormentors for one evening at
least "
"A plrty!" exclaimed Louis, shrugling his
ahonldt•ra. "Worse and none!"
"It isn't like an ordivary party," persisted his
friend, "where you go to be stifled in a crowd,
and cram yourself with delicacies. ItJI an nu -
cerem.bnlOUS 11.4tE1l blage of agreeable people,
drawil together by a desire to meet each other in
port, but I must confess the most powerful magnet
is old Bigclow's niece,—tbe loveliest creature
you ever beheld."
"A bellel"soeered Meredith; "I detest the whole
tribe of empty-headed eminetts."
"It's plain you haven't seen the belle of Mont
ford," ' rejoined Irving. "You've read Bianca,
haven't you?"
"Yes, and it was a glorious work."
Well, our belie wrote that."
"Indeed!" said Meredith, with itiara, sad a
look of animation that made his be but izapeu.
sive features doubly beautiful; then relapsing in
to his old manner, he said, "It blue! Frown all
ink-bedaubed dames, good Lord, deliver nal"
"I see you are determined not w be pleased
with anything," said bis oompanion. "But I'll
defy y ,u to resist our belle and blue, if you but
see ber Will you go to the party, or not! Say
yes or no, Louis, for I must dismiss you rather
unceremoniously, as I have a business engage
ment at four, and it leeks only a quarter to that
hour."
"Yes, then," yawled Louis he slowly sauntered
off
Nlrs Bigolow's splendid parlors were a blase
..f light as the two gentlemen entered that even•
mg, and paid their respects to their hostess. At
dist,noe from her stood a young and
que,uly-looking girl, talking gaily with a knot of
vailvinen; she was richli attired, and her robe
of r silk contrasted well with her clear
complexion She did not observe the new
co nem till they had joined the group around her,
th.n, with easy deganee, she weloomed Mr. Ir
ving, and bowed with much grace to Mr Mere
dith ou his introduction to Miss Lancaster.
For once Lluis Meredith was startled out of
ltis usual apathy -Beatrice," trembled on his
lips; for it was she. more lovely, if possible, than
when he had seen her five years before. Could
it be that sue was the author of that wonderful
b, , ‘lt that had thrilled the hearts of aeation?—
Ile e Auld hardly believe the evidence of his own
senses, and bewildered by his emotions, he stood
sp•!echiess for a few moments. Then recover
lug himself, he was again the polished man of the
world.
Beatrice neither by word nor look betrayed her
recollection of him, and did not venture to allude
io the past She treated him with politeness,
and he, half vexed at the power she had over him,
yet unaole to resist her fascination, mu as con
stant an attendant upon her is her shadow dur.
iag the whole evening.
His friend rallied him on bis surrender to the
and the blue, and Louis said but little in
reply, but from that time he was &constant
.‘t Mrs Bigelow's, where Beatrice, since the
~f her mother, had resided. With Mrs.
1394e1,A, he soon became a favorite, but, Beatrice,
h.iugh studiously polite, was equally cold; yet,
tiot i tha ending all her coldness, Louis was more
ro•illy in love with her than ever.
Week after week he lingered in Montford, and
it every opp,rtunity he was at her side She ap
p, sir , ql utterly unconscious of his devotion, and
1 % . her manner effectually prevented his uttering
toy expre-sions of affection. He longed to, and
jci lie dared tilt, learn his fate, and in &item
oat lUDs of hope and fear passed his time.
At las.t, he could bear it no longer; he resolved
ti know the worst, and went one afternoon to see
her, wan the determination to offer her his heart
and hand Fortune favored him; she was alone
❑ ; he iihrary, and he was shown there at once
Sue was , itting with her head a little turned aside,
a, he entered, but he saw the blood rush to her
cheek aria her eyes sparkle, and as she half start:
el f irward ti meet him; then resuming her olden
•t,itely wanner, she received him with dignity,
and sank .uto her scat He had seen and hoped
.ouch from her emotion.
“13 , ,iatrieer' be cried, unable to restrain him
..thAnk God I see you once more alone. How
I ',Ave longed for this opportunity Nsy,l3eatrioe,”
b.• said, as she waa about to speak,you must bear
11,.. I ;ore you with my whole heart and val
—with a love such as no other oast offer yon.—
Will you be mine?"
She at him coldly.
")1r Meredith has doubtless been misinform•
arid; "my uncle is wealthy but I am
❑ot his heiress "
Stung to the quick by tide insinuation, Louis
ihirted, Ilia eyes dashed, but he controlled him
so. f
"Cruel as your words are, I deserve them,"
be said, "for my dastardly conduct long ago.—
Hut bear me: 1 was young, proud, and poor,
daily stung by poverty `cramped by it, strug
gling vainly to overcome the obstacles it placed
in my way. Just then my evil genius threw
Therese in my way. Her evident partiality for
me fluttered me, her wealth denied me, and, in
.0 unlucky moment, I yielded to temptation, and
..ocured her but lost you. No sooner was it done
two I regretted it. Even then, had you treated
iu less proudly, less contemptuously, I would
Lave resigned her and claimed you; but I felt that
would have none of me, and blindly I was
d , in to a marriage without love. I never loved
r, and I never ceased to love you, Beatrice;
. when my wife's arm were twined round me,
t,t.r s uice whispering tender words in in; ear,
t in would glide between us, and I cursed
, ti.,“ had (Alt , n you from me. But yet I
kiLd btobaod to Theresa—so she tad all
tlt, w•trid said I paid her all the atteutiou due
I gate her all but my heart and that
ours.
t , Li r
At lazt site died and left me all her wealth.—
I wits free and instantly my heart turned so yoa.
I sought yuu everywisure, and at teat I found
God be praised that you are poor, that so I
may prove my dosintereeted- attachment to you.
I (der my heart, my hand, and formate. I offer
you a hive that has 10011S118041 is tetra every
year. He mina, my Beatrice—my wife."
He took her hand as he spoke; ahe withdrew
11 itihtanuy
"Louis Meredith," she said, "I gin you (trait
for rare candor. Few would °oaten they bad sold
themselves for motley—but how dare you offer
me the waged of your shame?" Her eyes flashed
fire!. "Never, ea, would I becoats the wife of
dastard, such as you have (isolated yourself; you
have your answer."
She turned to leave the room but he prevented
her.
"Beatrice," he said, "I know you well! I for
give your cruel words, for it is your pride whioh
diotaiot,thoui. You loved ins when your pride
forowle yuu w show any regrets!. our separation.
Io 7.4 q. tiet% of heartsyou love 13141 seem atm,
whoa with bitter wordsla year pride pie seed
$1 50 A YEA IN ADVANCE.
ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, SECEMBER 1,1851
met from you. Your eyes sparkled at my coming
Beatrice; your heart plead for me when your re
solute will stilled its voice. Oh! do not, m y
Beatrice, for seeks • hollow triumph, prepare a
lifetime of misery for yourself sad ma"
She drew up her figure to its full height.
"Yes, Louis Meredith, I did love you once,"
she said, "though I blush to own it; I loved you
for what I thought you were—u noble and true
men. It was the ideal, not the real maa that. I
loved. Thanks to you, you °rued my eyes—
long since I ceased to loveyou. And you could
fatter yourself that you bad power to move me'.
NI; iir, your coming could neither bring the
blood to my cheek, quiekea • y pulses, or make
my heart beat. I did start at your eutrasee, but
it was because I expected mosaatuarily the en
tragic° of him whom I do love with all my heart
—my affianced husband—whose step I hear even
now approaching. Remain, if you chose, and I
will show you a *tsar, each as you mum become
ere you win the heartof a tree woman. Forgive me,
if I have been too harsh, but learn this lesson,
that he who sells himself for money, sinks below
the ford of a man, and forfeits all claims to be
treated as mob."
Without • word L3lll Meredith bowed and
withdrew, s sadder if not a wiser mien, as the be
trothed of Beatrice entered the apartment.
A few weeks later, in those spacious parlors,
surrounded by her friend., Beatrice gave her
hand where she had long eines given her heart.
Never had she looked as lovely as now, when, with
a holy confidence, she entrusted her happiness
to the keeping of the man of her choice, and never
Cuing a long life of mingled prosperity and ad
versity did she have occasion to regret it.
Their love was founded on a rook, and-though
"the rains descended, and the floods name, and
the winds blew, it fell not," for it rested on
the sure foundation of trust in each other and in
God
Al.usions has already been made in our oct
illions to the discovery by Commodore Rogers of
a warlike race of Indiana at Senivane Bay, a port
on the eastern coast of Asia We find in the
San Franoisco Herald a full account of their
character and habits. Theta Indians yield nil
no allegiance to any foreign power, having never
been conquered by the Russians, although loca..
ted in Russian territory, and their manners and
customs are peculiarly their own. Unlike say , -
ages in other parts of the world, they are ohs.
ractenstically prudent and anxious to accumu
late property. Having no knowledge of the ex
istence of a Supreme Being, and acknowledging
no attribute superior to aniline' instinct, they are
without superstition, and lead a life of happy ig
noranef. t all things unconnected with the
present. It is equally remarkable of this untutored
eta — that in their social relations they are
governed to a certain extent by correct principles
of morality in regard to the female sex. The
inhabitants of Senivane village were very tract
able, and seemed inclined to be on good terms
with the crew of the Vincennes; and Commodore
Rogers therefore determined to leave a party to
make observations while he continued his explo
rations in the Arctic seas.
He accordingly left twelve men under corn
mend of Lieut. J. M. Brooke, and from the ob
servations of this party it is asoerwirted that they
depend entirely open the obese for ssbeistanoe,
seemingly having but little taste or desire for
supplies that might be obtained from the Rue
mans for valuable tom. Their principal diet
is whales' flesh, which they preserve for months
by simply burying it in the frozen earth. They
live in communities, usually consisting of four
men and their families, and haying no means of
warming their habitation; they sleep in hammocks
of sufficient capacity to accommodate • whole
family. Their government consists of two chief
tains—a military soda civic chief, and when the
weather does not permit of the chase, the war
chief exercises the men in various martial exer
cises, which are said to closely resemble the out
door performances of the San Francisco Turn
Verein Society. The exercise is deemed neces
sary to health, and keeps the men in condition
for the chase.
Some remarkable instances of pedestrian per
formances are related of these Indians. On one
occasion a party, after a day of hard exercises,
accomplished the distance of one ands half miles
over rough ground, in eight minutes. The dress
of the men is made to fit close, -and they display
a good degree of taste in the fashion of their ap
parel. The war dress is composed of strips of
whalebone and layers of well dressed skins, which
are fastened with the sinews ofillemall animals,
forming a coat of mail quite impenetrable to an
arrow, their only aggressive and defensive wea
pon, either in warfare or hunting. They have a
regularly dedicated oetnetery for the dead but
place the bodies of she dead on the surface of
the ground and cover them with stones The
vegitation of this northern region is exceedingly
sparse.
Mr. Whight, the botanist, has discovered a
dwarf species of willow, growing at an average
height of one and a half inches. A considera
ble quantity of these "trees" was gathered and
eaten as salad. Some other species of "timber"
were found, none of which, when fall grown, ez
oeed two or three inches in height. The scarci
ty of fuel is perhaps the only reason why the na
tives eat their food raw, u they seem to prefer
that which has been cooked, and will expend
much time and exertion to procure a few dry
shrubs with which to build a fire. Their favor
ite distils a stew of green herbs and whale's flesh
but as previously stated, their principal diet con
sists of raw whales' flesh.
Lieutenant Brooke endeavored to enlighten
these Indians in regard to spiritual matters, and
tried by many devices to awaken in the mind of
the old chief some ideas regarding the existence
of a Supreme Being—the erector of the universe
—and finally succeeded, although not without
baying to overcome many serious obstacles pre
sented by the benighted state of the Indian's
mind He evidently became interested in the
eonwersstion of Lieutenant Brooke, and one day
when they - had been sitting a loos time in argument
upon this subject, the wage exclaimed in a tone
of voice which sufficiently indicated the birth of
a new though scarcely deflnd thought, "Good:
man cannot make whales." Lieutenant Brooke,
carefully followed up is method of instruetion
by simple illwieratioos, ihni before he left Seal
vane be had Lite satisfaction of knowing that his
labors on the limn of the old chief had not been
thrown away. These people are said to be every
way worthy of being made the subjeets of mission
ary effort.—.Bestoes Jou:IMA
Nipotsos. —Napier, in his History of the
Peuinattler War, makes the fellowiag excellent
and just remark on Napoleon:—"Self hod no
platie in his poliey save u his personal glory was
identified with Frutee and her prosperity. Never
before did the world see a man soaring so high,
and deltoid of all selfish ambition. Let those
who are honestly seeking tnith, doubt this, study
Napoleon carefully; let them read the record of
his second abdication, published * his brother
Lucien, that lawn republican who refused
kingdoms satin pnoe of his primaries, and they
will dottot uo kinger." This is a British writer
who studied the affairs of the times in which Na
pole= Squrished with more thin ordinary fideli
ty and intefigence, sad who, withal, is se regular
a trees. of John bill MI ass put put at per
plie•-•4lteigai Timm
The Tehneeis Indiana.
A Short Potittiokle Sharmint.
The wag of the Boston Post is responsible for
the following. The hints are decidedly good,
and will came a laugh even from those agaiuq
whom they are aimed:
MY Bazirranntwo: I will take for my text the
same which wee preached unto by my brother,
at Brandon, Mississippi, of which you all have
doubtless beer& "And he played on a harp of
a thousand strings--operits of just men made
pestle "
My brsethrea, there isas many strings to poli.
tax as there le to a lyre—and a good many lip
to eeny most every string: then there ain't hur
one of them all that rings out the music of the
Union to which every true patriot man ourht
to keep step—fur "be played on a harp of a
thousand smogs--sperits of just_mon made per
Put, that's the lErtow morgue! His name
expresses the amount of his information, but it
don't convey the idea of his retources. He's the
most extraordinary animal in the show—he is fur
and against a variety of topics—he is temperance
and be drinks—he's fur the Maine Law so pro
vided be can violate it—he's fur and against fu
sion—he's an abolitionist and Inin't an abnlitioe
ist--he's here and he's thar—and he will be no
where in November—fur "be played on a harp
of a thousand strings—sperits of just men made
perfic."
Then that's the polittieklo cobbler, goin' round
like a roaring green bay jackass seekin' where
he may humbug somebody He's all the colors
of the rain bowl, end more changeable than the
Camelia Japonniky. He is a Whig and anti.
whig,—and know•nothin' and an ii•know-nothin'
—fur furriness and agin furriners—fur
dy, but principally a long-herded, wooly•heeded,
rantin', ravin' niggerist and abolitionist—fur "he
played on a barp of a thousand strings--sperrits
of just men made perfic."
"Then there's the straight out wbig--a re
spectable sort of character in contrast with the
preceding who represents the fusionists He
don't want to see the Union destroyed, but be
knows he can't help it if he rands on his own
Look, and that he'd better run wid der inasheen
that's bound to be ahead and wash the other tubs.
He played on a harp of a tingle string, but his
elocution is imperfee
"Tben there's the liberal and the genuine old.
fashioced democrat. He don't go whirling mutli
to circumscribedoess—they aint afeered to speak
right out in meetin'—they ain't afeered of no
body nor nothin."l"hey carry their Union lie
afloat—the bunting all kirered over with stare
and stripes—glori. u• and victorkets because it is
the banner of the Union They go for personal
freedom—for popular rights—for justice to all
men and all parts of the country—for light in
stead of darkness—for open discussion instead of
midnight cabal—for self g 'vernment and not for
oligarchy; and they go in to win, for their iasiru
went is turned with poplar feelin' and they play
on a harp of a thousand strings and every string
an honest principle
AMUSINO METANfoRPHOsii.--lhe St. Johna• Fearing, to s eommunicatiun to sue Nantucket
bury Vt. Caledonian relates an amusing inci-
' e s&auirer g,:rt.s leconiit of a rcivarkable surgi
dent which recently occurred at the Island Pond o-at,ou winch I. pe i foraied lie say-: ,
passenger depot Among the passengers frost. "i n e k r: v part of last July I was called to
Montreal wall an ancient specimen of the genii% visit .inne J ime.. lived 41 years 1 found Ler
homo, of gigantic proportions apparently of the v , ry ill with pea uliar symptoms, involving, au
feminine gender, who might Lave been taken fore o'.e,iirity at. 10 t to. nature of toe disea,e. :_ 4 oon
Walter Scott's Meg Merrilles, or one of the witch- Itfitr Liut,• ILI I.: tot •..re a needle or pin was
es in Macbeth. Her head and shoulders w' re di...•or,r. t n it th , pit of the storuaQh. lying (.14.ep
corered with a large old•fashioned shawl, fasten- d r . 'l! .inl% an I removed a
ed under the chin, while from underneath the ei Ale Sloe,. that ton to toe precut 1
shawl a tinge mass of uncombed black hair ,•rag ti ive Bolin , t~ ht toe
glad in elfin locks down her cheeks, and tom- u . , si r our uttea.er
pletely covered the upper part of her counten Ain-u:,• Tr' ` , X • '•;" .i! . an.l a poi.
ante On her left arm swuno a kemewhar dr oi-r.os !t, br- ist yen, with tile htetct warat•
lapidated satchel, while with her right hand she S,, driabt olio, a netuber remain to be re.
vainly endeavored to keep the wandering fold( naie iouud in a scattered
of a faded sabot dress of maoninceut climensioni con ii..ou in to , reg.ou tto: ,:oulach. at, loint..o
from trailing upon the platform Thus appar• i; nel • A. lien r• mot , d
elled, our traveler stepped forth amid the crowd. h. r •, h 1 •••1 1 , ia.l .0
ogled by the giggling boys, and shunned by the b.... .1 f tru!h sri she has not the
hotel runners To the astonishment of the by- . 4 1 ,„..e010„ of s eer i, 334142 swallowed a
standelrs, she boldly stepped forward and demand totetlie ut t.t.• Ilußeier lin
ed if stie was in the United States. Upon o , 'lng it in a 'riot
answered in the affinaative, she coolly remarked c, sl,e sw i;io —.lt tie u,.. prob 1 , 1 eAp.
that she did not wish to shock the modesty of abtit ',e vosr, wh..ti in a state of in
any one, but she should take the liberty of 3aoiry
"shuffling off" not "this mortal coil," but a for
tion of her unique garmPnts No !c-bon”r ttni
than done Off came the verietabie end
the antiquated dress, when 11 anti b•la , li! the
weird looking old woman WAR metamorphosed
into a bouncing young man of twenty five, who,
two days before, as he Paid, had deserted from
the service of good Queen Victoria, and had as-
suaaed this cli:gutse t(t stti him m his escape
MORMON STATISTICS—An official statement
has been published at Salt Lake City, in the
Deseret Netox, by George A. Smith, the Church
historian, ~howing tue latest facts of interest con
nected with th 'progress of Mormonism. Accord
ing to it the church has about ninety-five mis
sionaries in Europe, and an, equal number in
A.frioa and the Pacific Isles, besides largo numbers
of native elders in the
- various fields of laisr,and
a various number scattered throughout the United
States and British North America. Of news
papers and periodicals the church has, of the
tormer, one in Salt Lake City, issuing 4000 co
pies weekly; one in Liverpool, ts-uing 22,000
weekly; one in Swansea, south Wales; one In
Copenhagen in the Danish language; one in
Australia; one in India, and ono in Switzerland,
in the French language The Book of Mormon
bas been translated and published in the Welsh,
Danish, French, German and Italian languaps,
and has made considerable progress in Sweden
and Norway, notwithstanding the efforts of the
governmental authorities to prevent it. The lat
ter cause has operated more successtuily against
it inFrance, Germany and Italy, but in Switzer
land'
and Denmark the process has been much
greater According to this statement, 50,000
persons have received Mormon baptism in the
Sandwich Islands, but this must 4 a grand er
ror, and so, aLso, most probably, is the statement
that there are over 431),0(10 members of the church
scattered on the globe Still the success of the
Mormon missionaries in obtaining proselytes is
remarkable. From Denmark a t one, one thou.
sand Mormon converts have emigrated to the
Salt Lake. In the Society Istauds the mis
sionaries met with mach success, until the French
authorities put a stop to it by force. Many
branches have been established in Australia,
South Africa, Gibraltar, Malta, the Crimea and
I India.
A GOOD ElLimnri.—English justice, when
appiied to big rogues, we must think far superi
or to our own. 'The ease of Sir John Paul, Stra
ban, and Bates, the defaulting bankers of I. in
don, is known to our readers The disclosures
on their late failure showed that they had dis
posed of securities placed on deposit in their
hands, and appinid the money to their own wants.
They were arrested, tried, and have been .4en
teuced to fourteen years' transportation. The
head of the houv.., Sir John Paul, was a baronet,
a magistrate, arid member of the church, &0.,
and yet Eaglii.h justice *warded them no res
pect because of their position end relations
Shall we ever see this righteous example imitated
on our side of the Atlantic:— V. Mirror.
sir Oue of the pewee killed by the Paofiic
toed widest, named Mullen, was found with a
bowie koifs whiob hs had on, thrust to thst hii
u hie body.
A WINTER LANDSCAPE IN Rrsate.—Nothing
interesting presenting itself, we travelled on
wards, through towns and villages, sad over a
dreary e."untry, rendered many unaes more so
11 the season All around was a vast wintry
flit; and frequently not a vestige of DUD or of
cultivation was seen, not even a solitary tree, to
break the bonntilits expanse of snow Indeed,
uu pl. a can be formed of the immens' plains we
traversed, unless you imagine youself at sea, far,
far from the sight of laud The Arabian deserts
einnot be tzi ,, rc awful to the eye than the ap
pearanco of this scene. Such is the general as
pect of the country during the rigors of winter,
with now and then an exception of a large for
est skirting the horizon fur a constierable length
of way At intervals .t- you shoot along, you
among its lofty tress, front which
,•inerge picturesque groups of natives sod their
one-horse sledges, whereon are paced the differ
ent 'articles of commerce, going to various parts
this empire They trivet to vast numbers,
31,c1 from all quarters, seldom fewer than one
hundred awl fluty in a string, having a driver to
every seventh horse The effect ot this caul
! cade as a distance is very curious; and in a
ar:rnitig, as they advance towards you, the scene
i• :as beautiful as s'rilting Tli- -un, then rising,
throws tics acros+ the sivw, transforming it
sighl into a surface of diamond, From the
coH f the night every won soil horse is incrust
-0.1 with th-se frosty partic.es, cud the hoams
, falling on teem, too. - , cm to cover their rude
fac-s and rugged habits s tb a tissue of the most
dazzling brilliants Tite manes of the horses,
and ti.- long beards or the men, from the quan
t,ty of congealed breath. have a particularly
,;11:tering etre, K Porter
IMI
THE PO , DR BA'S OF FRANCE —An American
womli, Peril writes to the New York Trtinuif
~ fullow4
'Ou the Pace du Trope we paQisod a regiment
of Jiditra coining Ili from Vincennes Many
of them were b..ardle•s, oft.cbeeked boa, learn
iug their first steps to Sebasopol It is said to
q e e those peasant youth, wearing still the ruddy
brown brought from their quiet homes, fitted
into soidii.r a gear, with alinoat a certain doom
to the present war. Th'c conscription is well
call, d the peasants' nightmare. The rich may
'illy off their sons, but the poor have no hope
Lot in the Vlrgia. But. ad this merits treat
ment from a more graphic pen than teat I hold
otrvii ine,t n.SV recruds iu Part.. coming
frm "tati )us—So greon and awkward
.a their unit' oft , .n walking tender-footed in
Ito &hoes, sonCle looking up grand to
their 11,tie dignity of gun and knap,ack, willie
• cu to I Illug • t I,fl. behind
00, f im)• r t little whil,t
t .
hid hi. r. of the servant., adien
1-1.. off I,r the war, all flushed with pride.
N Victormie is in mourning 1.,r Dim. I shall
w ter : t..r:off 11:r cap an I held
.11 tier Lan la wii,a she heard the sad
EMI
A SIS,,CLAR JURGICAL CASE.-Dr. E. P
:".11:AIDER OF A ICOU w,F..t.t.: —The Plas
butgrl../ournai ilte phr[l.ll.irS of
a !.1.0,1t;t1 . 4 wltr 1-r e 4nat..;e , l -0 the 4;11 liaiarr
Goll's lln the 1 n. r'f the Pitts
burgh sni C , nu-1;-atile raitr“aci:
`. fne ruurilereil girl wa. J 1 u t M a :Jen, the
murd. ter a young Wan Lik:ll,l 1,ka..:1311 Mr
31.ad1en, the fat'ii_r i , flJo.; ke. i a grO-
Cry sliantee On Suu Ily afti•ru,Jou Linenan
Madrlon'a acct a.ked for liquor,
whieb , wa. refus,d hint lie tweallle enraged, awl
;,Duty womb paieleai frutn wheu Line
han left, but returned , itue t to ali,TWArdi KEPI
entered Madden', suauti with a loaded
p,st it in hit. baud, determina•
t to shoot Madden if he dt i hot give bitn wins.
key 311,a Madden, seem; Litieudo raising ills
haukla to shoot, her father, rut.u«t to betweeu them,
imp,oring him not to shoot tl,r tat r Linehan
tired, the girl received the 64.1 t, ute i f the piste!,
the ball pa—ina through b hand and thence
thrflugh tier abdomen The unfortunate girl
survived bui a few hours. The murderer Lacaped.—
FAITIIELL LOVE- —.ln English pper an.
noun,—; the approaching marriaz,2 of Sr Thomas
Trowbr:Age. and M 1.53 Lou ,a gurney, of Nor
%glob Sir Thomas was in the bitties of Alma
and Ihkermann, and greatly distinguished him
s.:ll by his gallantry At the battle of Joker
tulan he commanded a battery which contributed
essentially to the &fiat of the -Rus , iaus Rut
during that terrible fi,zht a cannon-hall carried
away both of his feet Expecting to bleed to
death, he refused to be carried to the rear, and di
rected his man to raise him upon a gun-carriage
and take him to the front, that he might see the
issue of the battle, and in that po.iuou he eon•
tiuu I coolly to direct the fire of his battery un
til preni , tted to share in the •houts of final vic
tory Contrary to all ex pectati9us. the wounded
tuVCI'S kit's! h ti been spared, and he w is about !.0
be rewar.i...l by the happy, con,ummation of a
long ch amid:input with the beautiful and
amiabl' I idy who is to share his titles and honors,
while -he consoles and repays his sufferings.
A "SPlarrval." PLACE —ThP Northwestern
°neat, 4 patuphlet, '•couducted by a cocurnltb‘e
-toritualt,ta," and published •inaultaneon.ly
at Chicago and Waukegan, irlYs: Wankecin "has
a population of four thousand • More than one
half of our adult population are secretly or
openly Spirituabstai and in the country Burs
rounding us, the population is vastly increased
The free itault population of our town is two
thousand; of these, there are Spiritualists one
thotoand "
A fnentl - at our elbow, who haa frequently
been at Waukegan, tuisures ue that they keep the
worst liquor there which can , be found on the
oonttneut of America.
The Pcrrtlalvt Aryou Rays the followioß dia.
ioiue occurred between a conductor on the Port
land Railroad, and a pa.ssenger, a few days
since:
Passenyer.—Well, Mr Cooductoroshat is the
political news?
Conductor.—Don't know, dr, for I haven't
bees to church for th• last two Sways.
B. F. SLOAN,
NU
hem the St Louie , Sept
The Future of the XeYetooe
and Pennsylianie,
New York is and long has
State of our confederacy; but tt.
at work which are likely to rednos
present proud eminence, and eh
State to the imperial position and
bas heretofore enjoyed. Peunsyl.
towering rival, whose portentious crest
lug up out of the shadow oast by her _
and rinichineforth to snatch the tempt"
that neighbor thought would always be
New Yorkers are a demonstrative
Pennsylvanians are the reverse. The
are always in commotion—bolding
passing resolves, writing, speaking, ialking, tra
ding and working noisily, and thereby impressing
on their neighbors and the world a bewildering
sense of their superior activity; energy and es--
terprise The Pennsylvanians seem slow sad
steady•going; yet they are generally earnestly
and perseveringly at work for the
aeeusaplisi
ment of some great work, none the lees impart.
ant for being less talked of._ Now York bee
greater population, and more votes in Congress
than Pennsylvania; but this order of things will
be reversed in a few years. Pennsylvania will
be the first, and New York the seocoutt star is
the political firmament; Pennsylvania will rise,
and New York descend one step, thereby ra ters.
log their present relative positions. any
one ask how this will be, and is being brought
about! The answer is easy.
New York bas been building railroads frost
one oeotre—her chief city--towards the Went.
Instead of having to •ut through, or go over
mountains as Pennsylvania did, she could
round them. Her huge canal and gigantic those
of nil, converging at Manhattan Island, radiated
towards the fakes on the north, and the opening
between the lakes and the mountains on the
west. The enormous trailo_of nearly the !hob
west rolled along the Erie and Central Railroads,
or coated along the Erie Canal, to be deposited
for distribution in the warehouses and an the
quays of her chief city.
But. while these railroads and this canal ear
tied this foreign wealth through the State, tam
also bore home wealth out of it. The high
ces paid within the last few years for the very
western produce which sought a market at New
York city, together with the facility which the
railroads of the State offered to emigrants going
west, has induced a heavy emigration from the
Empire State to the cheap farming hada of the
northwest. The rons(quenee is, that while tie
stream of trade from the west bu swollen the
dimensions of New York city, the stream of trade.
the west is depleting New Yorqtate. The
former has been built up to its present imposing
proportions, at such a fabulous rapidity, at the
expense of the latter In s h ort, the internal
improvements New York State were built
with an eye to commerce alone, and not with a
view to the development of her hidden elements
of wealth. The business they do is enormous;
but it is a through business, whose benefits are
not scattered by the wayside, but deposited Ina
lump in the coffers of the merchant prime sad
ship owners of glorious Gotham.
Pennsylvania, with all the old fogyism chat.
ged on her, has pursued a wiser and more discreet
policy. The Alleghenies long lay as an almost
insurmountable barrier between her and the
West. The building of tunnels through, and
roads over them was the work of years. She
could not run over the Alleghenies to the West
as nimbly and quip ly as her rival could around
thrfm She had, therefore, to give up the west,
measurably to New York, and look to a lass re
mote source for wealth She turned her eyes
homeward, and saw coal veins and ,ton beds in
vitiug labor, and promising riches to those who
whoil turn them up She built mills, factories,
and furnaces, Lnd tilled them with the workers
wh an New York sent abroad. She built far
ming towns in her valleys, and manufactuing
towns among her coal hills, and connected the
two by railoads, that the farms might supply
the mills with food, while the mills supplied the
farmers with manufactures. In short, Peaasyl
vania built roads to serve as channels for the Is.
c procal trade of her own citizens, as well as for
toe transportation of foreign through trade. Hair
industry was tilarefore diversified, enlarged and
enhanced 'she kept her citizens at home by
gonag them work. No one can fail to remark
toe paucity of Penneylvaniaus to be found liv
ing out of thei r State, as compared with the sun ,
her of New Yorkers to be found scattered through
,.ut the Welt The results of these causes are
what we might naturally suppose they would be.
At the last census, Now York losttwo Repro
st:l4tatives in Cuogre , s, while Pennsylvanargaii
ed iwO —The cause which led to this dii,larity
are still at work, and sill produce more palpable
lati re changes in the future Pennsylvania is
tic now equal in population or importances to her
sister State; hut she is marching to physical pow
er and political importance with surerand stead
lor strides than her neighbor. She is increasing
more rapidly in proportion, and even the next
census may show that she has achieved the same
1. , v. , i with New York, from whence her elevation
to a superiority is inevitable.
lu lt4th.), the Keystone State^will be alas the
Empire State of the Union, first in the develop.
ed elements of physical wealth, first in commie
. cial and political importance, and first in capaci
ty to influence the destiny of the nation. We
have no regrets to express at the prospect. PUS
451VaDia is eminent tor the conservatism of her
political tendencies, the soundneas of her eon
and the sagacity of her statesmen. Her
elevation to the post of the Empire Butts' would
insure stability and consistency to the nation.
•A MAN FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.—Lloyd's
forthcoming Steamboat Directory gives a gap
lar account of a t13.11:1 being frightened to death
on board the steamer Ja.4 Robb, during ber:i l t
up the Mississippi river in 1852 The boat t
fire in the night ; and the - cry of fire, Ire, Ire,
boon aroused all the pas‘Pneers, and the wildest
excitement prevailed. Women were running to
and fro in their night dresses, screaming at the
top of their voices for asAstance. One man, Mr.
J C. Dent, of New York, in his excitement,
rushed to his state room, snatched up his trunk,
which contained 812,000, carried it a few steps,
and then fell dead in the cabin from examen*
fright. The fire Wei subdued.
INFALLIBLE RECIPE TO CABBY THZ Kano.
TlON.—Circulate, two or three weeks Ware the
election, that order must be preserved at the
cost of blood. Refuse to permit 30Y natunlisna
citizen to vote by setting the law at, open del
ance—by which two or three thousand will be
deterred from going to the polls. Shoot dots
two or three naturalized climate 1 11110 home the
courage to come after the threats. If gm' dame
not succeed, wait until the 'votes are counted,
and if the election ].l not made certain, break up
any of the ballot-boxes where the majority is
not on the right side —.V. 0. Courier.,
A QutRY —4ehtle WILMs to know whatatakee
women cut up so over as wedding cake• He
save that the rubbing and pirring of pussy me
a handful of catnip is only equalled by a Wiry,.
man with a slice of wedding cake.— agesaboa
Fact.
We suppose thi s t o be the reanot— , that
asks is "the substance of the thing hopti
the ovidsnos of thinp not assa."—A#J, JIB