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v•an intaa.o,llrea V.% liatilyotram Bork **, calla I . loorx,
haw( 'baker., and a/i ti & laStinery and Fltw % Cud
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4113144V1T 1/10. 14 the American meek.
•tr•-t awl the ?alone Swum,
fruitialit.,a2.l ail ...Hi warnurtril
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J. MORTON,
voKw•itoixo and Um:Limo/don M.Trba u t, Erie, dralrr
in sat, pl.h, }lour awl Plaster
C. R. Vlit/UHT ilk
lt..ttca, , , Con «eters and Dealer* in Gold and Silver Coin. uncut
..vot Money. land Warman and Certlacatea or Dadirett. Also,
Sight 'ltalia on OW principal Mlles In the I Moe, sod all "'mufti'
the 1)1 , 1 Country for sale. ()Mee, Wdluuna . Block, corner o( state
.tr.et and Puhlle agnate
, B . Wautnt , F P. BA I LIT, Craaistor
tl T. IC 1it.. 1 1.1L1i?..
, tACT I'ltYa and Wholesale and Menai bealapr u, F'or.ure and
Domestic ` 4 travr Goods, Artificial Flovre•ra, Rldtems, Lats.,
nd F avhionable Milliners, No.*. Reed's Block, State hotel, !Jae,
Pa PArtieular attention paid to Ordera.
in,iothl, 1../ .&i •
W' CAMP,
ATV.KTRY •r 1, 111,0r0r J B. Gunattoot.'n Itook.torr, Park
Nvw, Erie, I. 1.1
'IAY LUX KING,
841 V S AND 1: 1i.11.4 161101 C JCRS,
Arlio.f., to James kCo 'few York Waterford. Pa.
r k,301.1. Onala , 1 AT-I.MR
N IIuLt.N.ALP MAXI
Pierce's Supefr Percussion Matches,
10 3:1 1r)1,8 k 11.16 E ?TREET •
N RICH.% 1:1 , N1.N.
f r Pf , Ofif , D16714R4 ,rr, 34 fell.
r April 12, 14CA
100 PIANO FORTES,
TE:N OF Vl l / 1 1CH AKE T 111124 Dt 1 ItECHIVED!
ErTeit mina Wes 4, sad es way as,e3.
inius's Piano Forte Agency and Depot, sign of
tWTHE 11110 FIDDLE,EII
4VINCI which are BOARDMAN, GRAY k Co't celebrated
CAA/PAN PIANON, with the wear Pa TEAT CORRUO4-
D.sOUND/NO 6104R6i, u hick took the yiesr PRLMILW
when I bickering+ Mario+ only reeeired the 77111117 premium
1111" The pad and Increasing demand for theme instranawoU nt.n
der 11 sittio+t itupo+eible for the nianallacturera to 011 their omen,
note Mut/iodine the immense yoaatitios they torratab, seas wilitja•
,lover le redoes 'Asir prices/rant 10 to 60 per otos I. elect • bale
Or ' , trim • "how which way the wind blowa At Mson'a Ware.
!ascot, nniv be founds LA RCP' STOCK lir N . AR/OCS NAII6. P 'S,
tad
as waortai.o of tea, and selected to the beet Judger in the city
r t - flat an t s jest roucludied • contract for hie PIANU EURirg.l
at o , +traonlituys rat++,,l ant prepared to fornitth them ~o terms mot
aurposoHl In env env esti ana March 20
PARICED, GRAY at. DAVIS,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS; LAND, INSUR•
S A. lIATILItYoNT
Vtittikit 1)01 - 1.1i,; PARKER 6: ilatAl
H%fliki.rs t in ; !And Agvnt., atpl Heal F. ntt•
AVl ) l.A‘ftlt;F - %'N. H ft 1. K E .
-- lowa. I Limon, ..
I..'t n , t •ni•-, 1 lentil 1-Intio in Vrestprn .5,16 IV.ltter n L.
•A. :".F ., ka•• t Woro, atid Pre - elllO/010 in No-bruks
f, rrs, ledt• and runi - reartb•ats, Pal 'flow..
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RBI , ER To Hon Johli tialbMittt, 4n41 W B Los rs, Eaq lEne
D. lOvmiLwo awl 11 I. Hichtindid, Idoddi Ole, Hon B
Tr.24,rnn, %ad firutikertoo, Wai,rford, Pa , C
Plasumed and Per•ht and connarliv, Roek bland, 111 1 r 47
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MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY.
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Authorized Capital, $400,000. Amount Se
curely Invested, 8200,000.
111.. , epk.m.1,11 the Lectuhttottv of hnlaw‘i. •nm, undo" •
petetitl Charter
•-••- - •
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Woluin V. Pettit., John lielhroll. n j I Woohtton
John C Montemn , ro, Ir Witmer, John Ilmorttall.
MEI=
./..11/1 11 Pawn", 1..611 a, 11/kle, N Wooloola
11 J UrCimu. 111 J -owl ha,
%Sul H. Anvil. Aaron N. naY.
F. ‘%11114.1t, 1 few Prrat. WH 1. PETTIT, ('rent
1)ANIKI. Y !INK, Sernetary
19. lOLIA —ly-49 C. 1. HESNETT, Agent Fri.., Pa
J. J. LINTS, INSURANCE AGENT.
i t y.rmaltENTlNG follownag rd.mble I ..mtamior, %k
,61 Y 4 l'/Rl' I VAC RAINCE (VMP.,4
tK Hartfoni, t non - lapiW.CAO,uxi
(Y 1 VVO'VWCALTII i'IRE 4Y7) MARIE lISURANCI r.t .
HarrislAtirir. - - Capital MOM°.
4N14 FIRE. IN") MARIA): ostrie,sc - L. (
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ajahLT•ex I' u kLVY
w /3. 21,
Hari font. IL ulna, - • Canyitytt $1 Cl.O
liltes is 1.111(11 11, 14. r a p6e,q111% t•. the Ite.hrell rill peruht.
rt Pohl Offset. Building.
f -,, «, April IN, 1.46
00-Pertnerehip Notice.
T.,.,t: - Newts' e: 'fen bare tlds dal ~ - vartawr
.i.e.• the porp.oe of trkUesetine tb.
W H 11 I. E 1. 1
GROCERY & COMMISSION BUSINESS
at T. .% nn.l.• 11, 11 rm I.(
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IS, toi• arranrrneent th• pkubocriberiezr•ct p, &nun{ 11114116Jaljr.
1.. lbw 1 roAle ~r T NIA /ITV ANLi OHIO setierall a /At non .1 ,
G. Roy other WENTER:n LOCALITY
The I I ELAND coostiuitl, kerp•ahlpir
of o .t artkde, 1..141.1 thr. NEW' (MIL nut sg, Stu addition to
11.0. r •I•krk,, elasb4 buyerr lo rho.", tier* "bee 01
w1rr.11.1114. (bp, ..r I",ort, ritbout gniUg 4.2141.
ILI.IA Id .1. GOKININ.
IiKUHAaj A FELLOWS.
Clelelsod, Hard! I, 1.5441 3m 42
N R -Mr YELLOWS hoe been tor sown,. piing • partner to the
obi Hour of Yelevet.° k Fellow% New York, 1•1/ach war Sileolewd
t hk.lay by z own linittattow.
T. R. EL.AICE,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL MILLINER,
AA 6 WWI SLact, KATI rifntr, ERIS,
ripti a soiarritser has past sotartmod how New-York
itb the largest 11.0.1 best stock of MP ilosry foods tbst ttu
er brought to Ow rity, roasistimig to part se katows
BOSS TM.
I lorolce, Frrocb, wins, Coburg, Nespolitan, Map, Lary.
Vrench, Prazi, Rut Load. Übe, Pearl. and Ease; Hloomen—
now 'asp..
A few Franck Pattern Bonnets
jowl ea they tree imported
F ilk , Lode, Crape, Blond, Timor and Limit Bonnets In vest vartetr
indlhene. insesern Saks, Lessor, Owes. LowNei Draw =l i t
hart Hos/ Draws, Blom& Leers, 10•OkroMmisa, •
Stook Gm" RwrAn, Itbaair Scala, Semq Saks, :teaks,
Poe; sad hasty other „ea, -,.„,„„m. too lorkorms to moootwoo,
IN) BE SOLD WWILISAL AiL FOR I . t:411 ONLY
Hai ing been thirty -one day• is the canteen att., and at the Lar
gest inarnatactmies, receiving the first nelectiona et their goods, cad
twin seemed the serviiiM of some of the beet Bolton milliners,
I flatter m mill that
Every t made to please my numertnu lidrons
sill M crowlip.l *lib Mo. utmost saessie.
no. proprietor, tiaanitful for paet them., hopes that • 111.1 the ALS
-0.1.11t 142it4•41 he bita sod by Foie* seontior, to bassint.t, to
merit a oostintord abate patreaar.
T. R. BLAKE, Proprietor.
Milliner* (men an quarter. wilt b. Mappaeli with Imrry Mad ,o
Milliners Goods. Pattern., sad Patters Hits, at wholes& priers
Th.. Bleaching and P department will be ander the row
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THE LADY-MED AND THE ANT
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" 'Visitors!" exclaimed Kate Bennet impa
tiently, as uhe laid aside the book she had been
reading, and is which she bad been deeply in•
tereated, and took the cants which the servant
presented.
" Dear me, how provoking! Just as lam io
the most exciting part of the story—and that
pert, disagreeable Emily Archer, too," she ad•
ded, reading one of the cards; " whn else I wno
der?"
Was there magic in that simple bit of pate
board, inscribed only with two words, Richard
Warren!" It would almost seem an, an instan
taneous did her countenance change/ The frnwn
that disfigured herkittiegi4deurnditer critruggrt
her eyes .Pmeir gerr t . herself by n
of the teXiar,'vliat her toilet was c
ceptionable, and left the room
AR she entered the drawing room, and gm t.ll
her pest with all that grace and elegance uf
manner for which she was distingnighea, ErnilN
Archer surveyed her with one rapid, eritio-11
glance; but dregs, as well s. manner f ait h.
14,4111
" It must be confessed that Kate Bennett en
ter •1 room like a Queen," she thought, with a
pang of envy and jealousy, as in Richard War
ren's face she read undisguised admiration of the
I•.vely girl before theln
What catotal observer, who had markcMl the
9ete . !tsl f A. 10.0,1,0
meeting of these two ladies, would have ,lresnt
ed
that, under alltheirontward friendlinee., club
hate•l the other with her whole heart? Vet ao
it wag K ate and Emily were rival
their violate to admiration were so ei i ii Illy Wl
anctl that it required no litte exert mu on either
wide MR.wo a.* ...reon.latboy sal be ackeowleellz
e•l the victor.
If Kale, with her classical reater,e, queeLly
dieuity, elegant figure and exquiii.t taste, at
Bra vight threw ber rival in the shade, g tui ly' m
piquant 4tyle, and sprightly con%ersation were
by to toy preferred to Kate's statuesque beauty
tmpirasiblo to decide which was the love
Hest, each had her adherents and admirers, but
as they were equally numerous, it seemed pro
bahle that the season would draw to 3 elose with
out the all important decisional the quemti on wh i eh
hsd been, par expellent', belle
Just at this time Richard Warren returue,l
from Europe. The arrival of so undeniably de
pint, handsome, and wealthy a gentleman, was
an event—all the fashionable world' was in a flut
ter, and the rivals saw at wine that the intro.
taut epoch had arrived She whose claim he
advocated, whom be favored with his admiration
would at once stand upon the precarious pinnicle
of bethiship, though their tactics were entirely
different.
Emily brought to bearitpon him the batteries
of her sprightly wit, while Kate adroitly laid the
mine of apparent queenly indifference. As yet,
though it was evident that Richard admired both,
his preference was not known—perhaps be hard
ly knew himself which one he thought the most
charming.
But during this exposition of claims of the fi
rsts, a lively conversation had been going on
Tbe last new novel and the opera bad been dis
cussed, as well as some of their mutual friends,
and in the midst of some wickedly witty remarks
of Emily on a would be fashionable lady, a loud
voice was heard in the ball. It came *carer the
door, and the words could be distinctly under.
stood.
" You no-brained, impudent jaeknapes, I'll
teach you manners; I'll make you laugh on
Collar side of your month!"
The door was hug open, and in walked a tall,
athletic young man, whose really fine form was
disguised in an ill-fitting snit of evidently domes
tic manufacture, and who stood for a moment
awkwardly looking around him; then, hastily
approaching Kate be flung his arms aronud her,
and gave her a loud smack on the cheek.
She withdrew herself quickly and haughtily,
from his embrace.
" sir:" ahe mid with treating dir"y.
" Law l don't ye know who I be f" exclaimed
the new comer, is no wise disconcerted. Wall,
now, I do actu ally believeyou've forgot me.—
Don't yer know yer cousin Ben? Ye see, I don't.
like farmin' BO how you can fix it, so I quit that
and come to the city. Jim Simpson oas down
to our place, sod he's dole fact rate hero. tie
said 'twas eredfai hard to get a start is the
city; bat gins. , I ain't a Coin to slump through,
where he gets ahead. ill Nek it any how." -
At the eommeseessest of this speech Catha
rine had alterestelly /asked sad piaci], for abe
was deeply nottille4 tit Richard Warren and
N
es
Emily Archer should
.., the witor.s of
such a swmte...,„. - •
Blie flopu,juitua glum from Emily.
It rutoiiiiiiiithie., •
With ail the sties of Whisk olio was mistress,
she turned to the sew coiner--
" You must swiss me, Cousin Ken," she said,
"that I had forgotten yam. A few years stake
a change, and I can hardly rallans in your noun.
Mamma s feature that rewinds *of tbalad who
weal setting frith me in thi dsstreld woods of
Hampton. Allow me, Miss Avatar," cite added
turning to bee, " topresent you to my cousin,
Mr. Adams---Mr.' Warren, Mr. Adams," and
with perfect compommo she saw his awkward bow
tad swipe.
Stn ily Archer at once commenced a cony**.
dot with Mr. Maws and was proceeding to draw
idat oat most ladicrously, when Kate mac to
;be rastma joste
- Ten Arcisr„" said she, "that
7 cousin just arrived in town, sod hair
DM rat= 'opportsaity to see the !icon- tie
we be. ibis to gine his °pinkie of them in
BY MEW. L. H. 8100CBSEY
The Lady -bird mat In the roan heart,
kat nailed with pride and scot',
aba saw a phdtHhweeed Ant gf, be.
With a brag Mil anent.
So DM drew the canalise of dnenaak round,
And adjusted her silken rest,
Making her Om of a drop of dew
That Isy in the rose', breast
rhen she laugh'd yo loud that the Aut bu,b d d t .
1 .0
And mein her hatch fare.
Took no more notice, b trarell •I .o.
Al the mane Indust:Pio pare
tint a sudden Waal a A tam rano
And rudely swept the %tad,
Aol down the rose wlth he iady turd tow
And antlered lie lease. around
Then the housetops. lady was much •11111,-.4
Par she knew not where to co,
And hoar,* Noessiber's earl, bls..t
And brought wttb it rain sad aeon
Lien wings wens ihSlisd,andkwr pet were col.t
And she Tided dur the Aare sum ePti—
and what she did in the wintry storm
I am sure I east
But the earetal Ast was in her hest,
With the Itttie ones by her side,
,be taught them all like tierself to NO
Vor mind the sneer of pride:
A ad I though, as I set at the Mom of dar,
Eating my bread and milk,
it wee wiser to welt .ad improve my wee
Then to be Id* and them in ■llk
COUSIN BEN
SI 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 17,1866.
a few days, when I shall have the plessare of
acting as his cicerone "
Mr Warren like A well-bred gontleniaw as he
was, whireszed some remarks to lir. Adams on
subjects with which be waik familiar, and shortly
after he, with Miss Archer, took leave. Kite
could have cried with vexation, as she thought
of the sarcastic and ludicrous description of the
seencorbich Emily would delight in giving, but
she controlled herself. She was a !tied hearted
girl, and could not forget the visits she bad paid
her dear uncle and aunt Adams, or Ben's untir
ing efforts to make her happy when at his fath
er's house She resolved to repay him now, and
her graciousness of mariner ate *ciliated poor
Beo, as she made all aorta of inquiries about the
old farm.
No sooner had Richard 'Millen, with Was
Archer, left the souse, than'slie began, with all
her powers of sarcasm, as Kate bad foresees, to
ridicule the scene they witnessed, Mr. :Warren
smiled bat seemed absent.
"I had no idea that the Beanett's had such
vulgar relations, continued well kneswiag
that the fastidious Richard Warren would con
sider this a serious objectiao to the woman of his
choice.
" Notwithstanding all Kate Bennett:eel/gum
there is a oertain something= about the family
that betrays low blood."
" Yes," returned Warren, hardly knowing
what he said, and feeling that she bad gained one
point, Emily walked on,iu the best possible spit..
its, internally triumphing over the discomfiture
of her rival.
That evening at the opera, who 'odd be at
Kate's side but cousin Ben,- dressed in elegant
taste, and evidently much interested in the per
formance, while Miss Bennett listened with polite
attention to his frank and sensible criticisms.
At parties, too, he was her attendant; and this
open acknowledgement of her relation quite
blunted the point of Emily's satires. Mr. Ben
nett assiso-d the youth to a situation, and very
speedily his rusticity wore off He had both
good looks and good sense, under his cousin's
judicious training he very soon did her no dis
credit, even among the crowd of flue gentlemen
that surrounded her
Emily Archer yaw all, sod bit her lip in vex.
tattoo She could but acknowledge the superior•
ity of Kate'r strategy, and the bad triumphed in
the evont which she had hoped would bumilate
her
From that time Richard Warren was her eon
stain attendant, and ere lon • be bad openly ao
"?Iv dear Kate,'• he said, shortly after Weft
h: tm+thal, " I shall never cease to thank Muslim
Ben for airing me my bride I admired you as
1..•11e, but his e ,, ming and your reception of him
pr .v, d t ii:if yon were something better than a
mere fine lady'—that you were a true woman,
61. .t with that greatest oral! attractions, a heari.
l' wless „ dorm at, that you owe him ei,glet of
gratitude alnu—that you ate as happy as am."
Kate rmtied otiev)f her moat bewitching 'willies.
"let .1,1 n t look npnn his mu/ ttpeo•
as ini.fortune at the present," tube said,
" whatever I may do in the future , '•
11.1. ghtnee of !forint!, contidenee contradicted
h. r last misehierinets words and she listened with
downemit e y es and - blanking cheeks to the Amur•
anee her lover that enforeciltioa of his elenebi
the ivent Me. to keep her front regretting the event
which h id git , ii him a 7 f.tumpse into her heart..
annyear !tad passed In the sober tastronl
Mrs. Warren, one would hardly have r. v o i reieed
the duksfitna belle. Kate Bennett
'wit k. wealth, a ehrerfal h,,uie, x fond
hii.triwi„inil lovely hildren, she had led a hap
py life, :mil tint, hail but inoreased the, attach
inr•nt of the pair that cloudless as her
life had he u, a storm wasgathering. ller Itns•
band, always eii, erful, grew moody, restless and
unhappy She inc.! to rain to discover the
~f his gloom, but be only made evasive
re 'lip s I,i h. r inquiries, aid she , could °Dl:epees
at hi. ; that the) were connected with
husitics.i, she imagined. Her surmises were
correct
He entered the room where site was sitting,
one day, and exclaimed, flinging himself on a
sofa :
" Kate, we are ruined. In vsio I have strag
gled for weeks past ; /t is aweless t, attempt is
longer Today I shall beknowo u bankrupt—
penniless, and worse than posoile.sa. Is trying
to double toy fortune I bare lost all. Yon and
toy children are beggars."
" Why should loss of wtalth trouble you, dear
Richard ?" said his wife}ndesly, approaching
and taking his baud "' bat is, after all, but a
t
trifling wisfortune. Whi we are spared to each
other, blest with health a d good children, wlaj
sb:uld we repine at the n re loss of fortune?"
The husband groaned.
Al,, to be dishonored
to look men in the face,l
—onside to pay my debt
of this drives roe nearly
what have I nut doge 1 I
nights anti anxious days,
With food caresses PM
wife tried to molten hi
little heed to her ilforts
Just then a servant eat
tleman wished to see NV
"Tell him that I eann
‘• I will see nobody."
" But you will," repli
a gentleman who clwel
entered
" How is this, my des
are in trouble and did no
not right." \
" And of what use w4ld it have been 7"
sire
turned Warren. "I i weary of borrowing of
one friend to repay tb other, day after day.
Even that has failed me t last, and I have come
to bide myself from the ying gase of those who.
will soon be talking of disgrace."
" I have beard rumor .1' this, Dick, and went
to your ' ffice to see yen 5 you were not there,
I followed you hero. T bare two hours yet
before bank hours are vet. Ems is a blank
cheek ; fill it up yourati , and II shall be duly
honored. %Tay at your ,iwn convenience. No
thanks , it i. only a lost. I know your busi
ness well, and that in a little time, with perhaps
a little arsistsece, all all bo right again.
Totally overenine, Hither(' could only grey
his friend's band, lOW his eyes Mied with an
unwonted moisture.
64 Minoan we ever tlfank you though, demist
cousin Bel Y" cried Kate " How can we ever
repay you r
• "Tat, tut, Kate it lam only di' a
part of a debt. I owe yea, my dent girl.. owe
all I possess—all I sm—to you. When I first
same hare, a raw, ignorset, awkward, annoy
booby, you were lot askaused of me. Iron took
me cordially by the heed, iodasnoed your &tem ,
to assist me, and more than all, by unvarying
kindness, offering me a benne and innocent ales
eementi in your society, kept me out of the many
temptations that bes,t a lonely issexperieneed
led, s u c h as without you T should have been. I
thanked you for it then, even 'rhea laid sot imh 1
preeiate the varrilleal it watt ka Age lidttolists
a bumpkin like myself abotitlme; and viten I
knew more of the world.. and.understood %borer
ity of sueh tanduct. I loved Oa Ate 'hatter Tee
it, and felt the more gnialidat..' t Wu* '
tuoity to nhow it before, inutifie .
But sew you see you are under so obligedems•
t
namely getting rbi of a little 44 the berry load
Kate," he said; "fear
arise I aas a bankrupt
Kate, the very idea
ad. To avoid this,
have passed sleepless
' , at IN la nin."
soothing wards, his
; but, alas, be paid
ed, saying that a goo
' asses.
," replied his muter;
a cheerful voice, and
followed the servant
Dick'."' he said "yew
pply to me. That Ina
you placed me under long ago. Be off with you
Dick, and hereafter rely on MO in al/ eases like
the present. Don't get discouraged too easily—
batistes& men of all others, should have elastic
temperaments. Good bye, aow,". be added as
Warren peared, kissiag the tears from Kate's
cheek, " and be assured that Ben Adam, the mil
lionaire, has never forgotten and will try to re.
pay your kindness to your poor and awkward
cousin "
"I am richly repaid," she muttered. " How
little I dreamed, long ago, thwriiiice in my life'
I should owe my highest happiness to the trif
ling acts of kindness towards my good cousin
Ben "
A Port Laighsble Incident
A most laughable story is told by an English
correspondent of the New York Times, of what
occurred a short time since on one of the rail.
ways running out of London. We thought we
were ones witnesses and participants of a droll
adsenture on one of the New York railroads,
when a lot of hungry and blood-thirfty Rungari.
an leeches getting from a jar in which they were
confined, spread themselves promiseuously over
the lower limbs of the pessenicera, and comments..
ed feeding to the great surprise and consterna
tion of all ; but the English story is far more
ludicrous, and we intend spinning it out a little
in our own way.
It seems that in a four passenger ear on the
Loudon railroad there were two travellers on the
occasion in question One was a civil, quiet,
modest, well behaved gentleman, the other who
eat opposite to him, was a lady, °fair, fat, and
forty," who was also of modest mien and con
duct.. The train had hardly commenced moving
when the lady suddenly jumped up, and with a
crimson fifth on her countenance, exclaimed •
" Row dare you ?"
" Dare what ?" said the gentleman in smog.
ishment.
`Juanlt me in that maaner," *continued the
lady, still swelling with indignation.
" I am not aware that I have insulted you in
any way, form or altalDer, " retorted the rot:lo
wan, inuocence , and inquiry depicted in every
lineament of his countenance.
" Well, don't touch me again," continnll the
lady ; " if you'do, 111 call the guard."
The gentleman sat marvelous, but silent, won.
doing what strange conceit bad got into his fel
low traveller's head, when suddenly she sprang
up a second time, and in a fresh burst of indigna,
.ke out with :
anarried woman, and your Vittaki n re' rui g i :
111 11fillsbie.' ) _
" But my dear 11111aster7,-- _
got into your head? What do you mean?'
" I mean I will not be insulted. You mistake
my character, sir, if you think I'll put up with
such impudence. Yon are an impudent, good
for nothing puppy, that's what you. are," and
with fishing eyes she resumed her seat.
The gentleman was still wondering at the
st range conduct of the lady, totally unconscious
that he had given her the least eaune of offence,
when suddenly she started up a third time with
the ejaculation—
' Keep your hands to yourself. if my hus
band were bete, be would pitch you out of the
window. I'll have you arrested the moment the ,
ear* stop. Keep raw bands off, I say r
"What hands" what do you mean ? you talk
like a erary woman, and I believe you are in•
wine," was the response of the bewildered gen
tleman.
"Let g.. my legs" broke from the lady,jump.
ing up aguin, ate tl.l time in a perfect frenzy of
passion.
" I don't know snytbieg about your legs,
never touched these WI my life ; never want to
touch them You're crazy as Bedlam ; you're
a candidate fur the first lunatic asylum. on the
road, and I'll hare you arrested the moment the
ears stop," put in the gentleman with honest in•
dignati.
" I'll have you arrested fur taking impudent
liberties with me," responded the lady, an equal
amount of virtuous excitement manifest in her
countenance.
In five minutes more the train stopped, there
was a violent letting down of windows in the
car occupied by the two enraged passengers,
and a loud duet of cries or shouts of " eondue
tor," "guard," " anybody! this way," followed
from the twain.
What' s the matter?' inquired the anxious
conductor, as he poiked his bead into tho ear in
haste
" This woman is as crazy aa s loon—mad sq
a March hare—take her out :" said the gentle.
man.
"And thia min has been pinching my legs all
the way from Loudon, the impudent scamp,"
retorted the lady, glaring furiously in his face.
A quiet smile came over the face of the con
ductor, u ho remarked that be thought he could
explain the matter at issue. And reaching his
band under the lady's seat, be drew out a live
goose which he had placed there a few momenta
before the train started, not Supposing tat the
oar would be occupied. The lags of the aquatic
animal had bees tied all the while, but he had
been musing himself by pecking away at the
lower limbs of the lady. We think that this may
be well tolled a new phase, if not a settler, of the
vexed ,‘‘ goose question."
Tun Drina BOY AND THN Vioutra.--A
little sufferer larin a high, dreary garret; sad
the beams above his head and on every side
were black and foul. His cheeks were scarlet
with the flush of fever, and the unnatural light
of his eye Sashed in the dimness of the taming
evening like a diamond on its gloomy bed of an
thracite. Something told the child that death
was busy with its heart. It might have been an
angel, for angels gather in bands around the des
pieestooneh of poverty.
iiother," he whispered, and a pale bent wo
man knelt beside him, " is there one blown now?
Look'. 109 V"
Per the twentieth time the sickly woman lift
ed the tiny box of violets, and the blood rushed
to her face as she beheld one little bud drooping,
but just begineing - io unfold. She carried• it to
the phild, aliatist an infant, and a sweet smile
lighted up his iiinooent features.
" Put it down, mother, where I can look at it
until I die."
With ilkmild sob the poor widow placed it up.
on his pillow, and . watched his glassy eyes eager
es they warebed the dower. Hours pissed—the
brow grow whiter, the lagers that she clasped
were now clammy, the 'round lips that had so
- often ealled her mother ware purple, fading into
bluish white, and tremolo:ins as though the fail
ing voice struggled for otioranoo. Ilbe place&
her ear closer to his little fact, and heard him
utter olistinetly:
"Good bye, mother—take good earn of my
violem."
Aber the rough piss cello was tarried away
and covered with the ommildowhile her wore fla
gon were nervously litilolaing on the 1/1-ptid for
garment, that mother could see I ',kilts of her
early buried child in the pare white 'robes of
heaven, bending over the box of TWO::
411
4Sh. switleasek of Weressuw, smell Sled.
Os* Os prated,* pserreopinebine tai teak
mesa muse. le eau be beard at s airtenow
Ire miles, and ad the popular tunes ari prods.-
, ad. Therms of the performer are screwed up
to tie highest pitch by this powerful melody.
Fria St Ilturliy nom
TIM DZINIZADOI .LAIIPT LAME
BY CHARLZB 8113111[ZRIP111.8
ilero-worship is an instinctof the hums* heart
In all agesand all nations, and with every close
of the apectes, bravery commands the key which
opens the door to the temple of fame, and with
its fierce hand,-writes the passport to universal
popularity Prowess is the niaster.word of all
history, and has the force of a magical incantation
to move the wind or inflame the feelings of both
old and young. It is the envy of the one sex
and the admiration of the other It inspires
poetry, eloquence and art, and forms the life
breath and being of the political work!
Some philosophers endeavor to degrade this
glorious attribute by the contemptuous epithet
of " mere brute bravery," as if the unreflecting
ferocity of the wild beast could be compared with
the conscious cottage of intelligent man. The
lion and the tiger, in their most bloody battles
have at most but a dim perception of the fatal
consequences to result from their encounters, and
therefore their fury 'tows from animal impulse,
without fear only because without the sense of
individual peril. But what we admire in the
rational hero is the bravery of a soul acquainted
with all the danger, and yet defiant of death,
tho' marshalled face to face with that almighty
foe; felt in this case the prowess must be in a
great degree mental and voluntary, rather than
physical—a pure manifestation of the will ft
more than than the effect of organisation.
Nevertheless, there are strange mysteries,
caprices connected with the subject,
the val di ffi culties which at other times
furnis e 3rr chief amusement and delight.—
Some ineii are heroes only when intoxicated.—
Others borrow all their bravery from the passions
love and revenge Many fight well in the
ranks of an army, yet fly in terror from an inch
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The most remarkable peculiarity and inconsi*
tency of desperation may be found among the
Mexican bravos of the Rio Grande, who evince
the utmost fear at the eight of pistols, especially
revolvers, but shrink not front the most terrible
combat with Bowie knives; indeed, they never
refuse the challenge of even 'an Americas ' pro.
vided they can have the choice of these titwh. fa
vorite weapons. As it may naturally be suppos
ed, they become wonderfully expert in the nes le
their deadly implements. I have frequentlj,
seen them stand, and, without a treater or token
of affright, Lew each other in pieces, until one
or both of the adversaries rusk down' dead or
exhausted.
But woe to the unfortunate enemy Who did
not possess their marvelous dexterity with the
naked dagger : The first blow, one mortal M e z.
ican stab, always, in such oases, tenni/anted the
struggle by piercing the faineant's heart .
Among the most notorious duellists in this
savage species of eonfliet, Pedro Palacio*, pf
Brownsville, was altogether pre-eminent. We
boasted, and doubtless with entire truth, of hav
ing slain a score of men on the ltio Grande, be
sides unknown numbers in other parts of Mexi
co He followed the profesAvn of a gambler,
and therefore wandered from thPinaueh of the
river to La:redo; and in every neighborhood
might be seen the graves of his victims, until his
name beemse's terror to the whole frontier. ,
It may seem strange to persons unfamiliar
with the country, that he was not doomed to le
gal punishment for his deeds ; but the singular
fact admits of easy explanation. Fur two or
three years after the war, the courts were not
organised; and, besides, be perpetrated all his
various homicides in fair fight, and according to
the fortes recognized by the code of honor ; and,
moreover, when prosecutions at last assailed him
he obtained security in the character of the ju
rors called to try the issues.
It must not be imagined, however, that his
countless quarrels originated at the gaming-table
or grew out of the questions relating to his fair
ness in dealing cards : the cause w a s b o th more
romantic and revolting His wife Juana, one of
the must fascinating women ever born in Mexico,
accompanied him as a partner, and bewildered
the adverse players as much by her extraordinary
beauty as tho husband did by his skill ; while
on every occasion, and wherever she went, her
charms inspired the beineks with a sort of
phredsied passion that, in spite of reason, pru.
donee, and peril, brought adventurous levers to
her feet.
But Pedro Palacio. was *Potts oven to mad
ness, and the slightest attentions to his bewitch
ing siren aroused his murderous wrath and
vengeance; and he never' failed to throw the
onus of the challenge Oa his enemy, when one
Mosier his Bowie knife usually settled the ern
motility and siteuced the wswiug of his rival for.
ever!
In the month of September, the Dis
trict Court was inaugurated in the town of Lare
do, anti a grand few go was given to the fleet
night in honor of the new judge, and to the,
boundless delight of the lawyers in attendaace.
The multitude assembled in the publics square,
and the felt moon, in cloudless splendor, render
ed the air en - luminous as to require no lamps
or torches. The satire Mir:lean population
turned out, besides the numbers of the bar,
and all the young officers of the army from the
neighboring, fort.
A scene of greater gaiety or animation amid
net well be pictured, as the merry dancers floated
like fairies, in the moonlight, and every face
seemed radiant with smiles of love and happi
nes+. Bat all did not enjoy themselves thus
innocently. Near one center of the old stone
c h u rch, which occupied the mars of the square,
gathered
• large circle-of both sous around that
altar of litaziosa worehip—tbo Monte table.
Juana Nada wan dealer of the etuds," 4 l l o
her kunhand raked down the m,ouey c - or 1 04 4
the los) bete. And never did a aselfuger nontrut
present itself think that whit Mood rerlded in
the soaplainst meatimed. He we. ash of
g alcu l co , scald, with desk, frowning, ferocious
femur& mesrly teasaslod by cusses masses et
black litai NAa lciaibitsby *fa ; walk *l4
o f hit trikk. costa 1* Wit save a pair Of sinister
floating sad a nose resembling the beak of
a hawk. elothiog web mostly, and adorned
with Niro* while Unilever kandhirof.
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his knife elms osonogiosonsly above
the sacs of hiseltirt. boom, , •
The wen *Air slender woman of 17q*.
its shepit--ever li m b and %dare, Wag able
Wet ' *EkingulamaUfid Mick an din
ravens line, a fess homy 4s 4 li
star, sad eyes no %rip, dark, drossy sad over
flowing inth *e l that they semwed every. ow
moat melting with the 11111111111 Si antotiomool oast-
terable love * Anilllth Lot
eonstirctted the magic of her pow 7 f ar
; finable and resistless charm which awls&
1 visor's hart, sod fettered every" thought to •
footstool of the mighty etreitastma. --
Several °Sem weaning. the sniform of the
rnited States,,and a young attorney, esteemed
the most handsq.me man in Texas, MK Rang
Wallace, approached the Meanie tads, saelost-
Scrod simultaneously exelsmatioss of surptise
when they beheld the lovoly vision presiding as
dealer at the game.
" How beautiful :" cried Captain Brewton.
"13bo is an angel "' added i:ieutitiant Treskist.
Tgi l black whiskers of the jealous intabsod
curled with ire, like those of au infuriate tigari
and sneh a terrible glean' shot from bis dart, 48-
ebolical eyes, that a dozen of the ftpeetatcaa greet
pale with fright, and ieveral retreated trout tine
edible in anticipation of an immediate exploits.
But the young lawkr, Elbert Wallace, Ain
was himself of a mostlrerce and irascible distort
siton, and who felt insulted by the among
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g ia,..,e,-hr oi: g% m 6 r, p&eipitals , l the instlistnio-
Ole by an set of Nis au/Int:Ay. Tabl.g two
steps forward, he t net hitt/ringers playfolipiolo
the shover d'iniven ringlet.s, god, addrseelig,4ll
beautifel, Juana iu Leader tones he etticl—"P ,
one, come, leave that ugly I - --
ed powerless is an infant iu the Herculean
of Palacios. The foes were &anti separated, yet
far from being satisfied. The lawyer considered
himself forever disgraced by the humiliation of
his defeat, and shouted in accents of thunder--
4' Dog of a Mexican, I defy ru to tnqrtal com
bat' one of us two shnl! never quit thh ground
alive
9 means co avoid
" th you challenge me ?" inquired the gem-
bier, in a tone of savage triumph. -
" Yes, yes !- replied Wallace, in a wild frenzy
of,ungoverpable pa?tlen
"I accept, - anpvrerc I tll-- ,t-her, with a p
rimp j o y "1 e hoos., Bowie knives, sof
settle the affair as f.tvm amjoulitor - " - - :
" Let it b , - miw;lise--.-tliefe MAMA
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Brewton ' 4 . i r jr n " A r „ ~u : Z l i e W n ' . .-
can gambler eat 41 1 "rr ,1 . that, on equal
terms." ~. ,
4 , W c-14, ~:113 Id .. ,i .in /tided the htwyer ,
fiereeky - N., gi,r/a•turt .3 - -old advise me te
enclurie such Aline :''
"'take a pistol, an,1,1, , .r thi.• rascal down like
a wan!' said Lieutenant Tur.ker
~ l es; that is the wnv r . Qer v e bins!" echoed i c
.tongues tor•th, 1
se , esier:" rxelaialcd ih•• bigZi.soulod au* •
" BOVer trill I - , !ay -, human being, whet
toe rti.• provocation, wjthettt'givitig
bi lk ellesn,-0 for his life I would die my
self
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times rather than murder the
meanest Wet* in "t.... 4- r.
le vale the judge mod in* • 0 hers of the
bar es , vayed to shake the y .
.''.."'4• iron rests.
lethal The preli mi a arioitisie 111 ,- ,,, • , 0 .,..
ed, and the tw.) moral antagonists' ' il!
stations at the distance of ten feet . 4 - ;
fur are won! to riabh iiii, - .in each, 4 •-rvtir....41,,,,, .
lifted knives, or advative rdqwly, us p : .•
beat Iti
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The emintenenee oi cacti presented a vet,
s 'erent appearance The fair features end slid
Hue eyee of %Vallee. evinced calm, tatilweited .. ,
chivalrous braver,)—the '&2l of honor aid lofty
heroism, without a touch of malice or token of
revenge But the bearded visage of Palatka,
with those fiendish sinister eyes, so cruel and so
gleaming, and those thin sneering lips =
in a murderous smile, looked absoltaely
in its lurid rage and unutterable hatred; while
the . naked knife of each glittered in the clear.,
moonbeams like a blade of burnished silver, u
a thousand spectators stood around in a great
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circle to witness the hosTiblo Mail -
At last Captain Brewton, :l3 t itir ofWal.
lace, gave the signal; and the yo tig,. .4awyeg
leaped like a lion towards hi' foe, and turned an
awful blow at his bosom, which the other as rap
idly parried, and returned with a thrust like
lightning It was the true Mexican stab—osus,
only one, that needed not repetition—for it. pas
etrated the heat t of the attorney, who fell upon
the earth, and expired.without a groan !
Then Palacins held up the reeking knife in
the moonliirht, and'uttored a loud laugh, se wild
fearful sad unearthly ; that it seuvided more like
the battle try of a devil than any iatowations of
mere humal k organs : But it proved to be his
last 'laugh ; for at the moment the pistol of a
Texan ranger roared en the night air, end the
Mexican dropped down on the corpse of his ene
my, pith a bine bullet hole through the seater of
of forehead And such nearly always is the end
of the desperado !
A CURRYING ANZCDOTE —The sermon in out
Yebrttsry number, says the Knickerbocker, has
recalled to an Alton (Ill.) correspondent one
which was preached in Tcanceee by a Baptist
minister. When drawing near Ow close, be said;
" Brethren, I am a hoetter, and I emit q
these horses before I leave.—Here is the rji t
blooded Episcopalian horse : see what a high
bead be tarries, and ;sow bleak his coat is, ant •
soft as silk : but its% kiek if you coach his at
his Litany or Prayers : Whoa, air, whosr—
Here is an old sober Methodist Jiorse Whoa!
old fellows! /net slip away ills loveteesta end
class-meet i ngs, and he'll kick till he hilt--
Whoa Yola old timatitl whoal Ala here hi the
horse that is ready to kick at all times:, &et'
Icu#o near his confessional or pes,npiv: Whoa
Mr. Pope! how beautiful his trapping" are! his
surplice and mitre I "Whoa,and 'so
he west on through the raijoushatksti•
When be was nearly 0w.004u At Methodist
gentleman, well in the pleeeveltavediais
services to whiph was readily, roped,
R e Friends, I learned this morning hole
re' Tess down horses, and as the brother hasps*:
(A two of them, I w6l take it upon isyseltlollo
isbethe work : Base is an missal that is asidier
one thing nor the other. Ho is treaohspaosomaill
uncertain : you paßitot trust him : kick list
best friend for a controversy. Whoa l mho * .
whoa! See, brethren bow he ILieks, wheal yops
old Oempbetrite !—whoa ! Rem, Mende, lilt
animal that se-scostwbbeen he will nos he sae issi
his stall to eat from his trough,; he it soksidisb,
born that be would not go where a prop Vglikd
ed him : he is so hard-monthedthat
used his jaw as e weapon of war .
Philistines. Whoa, yea 01
fist : who r' "Do yoweallsoe wrosortsilois ,
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Mat friends !...iwtos ea .
sou weld Wit the-gdwilik'
until he got Doi of taki g l ips :biewegreipdos
lid Demises es
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