VOL, V, No. 50.]
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OF THE
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AGENTS,
The Huntingdon Journal.
Dmiel Teague, Orbisonia; David Blair,
q. Shade Gap; Bmij.unin L,ase, Shirleys
hurg; Eliel Smith. Esq. Chikottetown; Jas.
ointriken, jr. Ceffee Run; Hugh Madden,
Esq. SprinVield; Dr. S. S. Dewey, Bir
mingham; James Morrow, Union Furnace;
loha Sisley, Warrior Mark; James Davis,
E..q. West township ;. D. H. Moore, El‘q,
Yrankstown; Eph. Galbreath, Esq. Holli
l‘tythur-r.; Henry Neff, Alexandria; Aao.i.
Lams, Williamsburg; A. J. Stewart, Water
reet; Win. Reed, Esq. Morris township;
1011 m in Hamer. Arra Mill; James Dysart,
,nth Spruce Creek; Wm. Murray, Esq.
Graysville; John Crum, Manor Hill; Jas.
E Art, Sinking Valley; L. C. Kessler,
Will Creek.
TREATAIEN 7'.
The principal objects to be kept In view
are Ist, to free the stomach and intestines
Lora offending materials. 2d, to improve
Cite tone of the digestive organs and energy
of the system in removing noxious matters
r , ,:n the•stomach, and obviating costiveness.
lent drastic purgatives should be avoided
noose aperients should be used which
a c geatly, and rather by soliciting the per
..lic motions of the intestines to their regu
a why of than by irritating them to a
t.o)orious excitement. )(here is no medicine
::otter adapted to the completion of this than
)tr. 0. P. HARLICIIN GERMAN APERIENT
tu.s. • To improve the functhms of the de
rfilitated organs and invigorate the system
generally, no medicine has ever been so
prominently efficacious as DR. Harlich's
Compound Tonic Strengthening Pills, whose
salutary influence in restoring the digestive
organs to a healthy action, and re-establish-.
ing be,dth and vigor in enfeebled and dys
paic constitutions; have gained the implicit'
confidence of the most eminent physicians,
and unprecidented public testimony.
Re
taember Dr. Harlich's Compound Tonic
t;trengthening Pills, thay are put up in small'
pAckets with full directions.
P 1 incipal office for the United Stntes, is
No. 19 North Eighth street Philadelphia
where all communications must be addres,
sed.
Also for sale at the store of Jacob Miller
who is agent for Huntingdon County.
LIVER COMPL lEV T
Cured by the use of Dr Herlich's Compound
Strengthening and German Aperient Pills
Mr. Win. Richard, Pittsburg, Pa. entirely
cured of the above distressing disease: His
somptoms were, pain and weight in the left
side, loss of appetite, vomiting, acrid cructa
tions, a distention of the stomach, sick
headache, furred tongue, countenance cluing
ed to a citron color, difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with a cough, great
debility, with other sy mtoms indicating great
derangement of the functiens of the liver.
Mr. Richard I:ad the advice of several phy
sicians, but received no relict*, until using Dr
FL Articles medicine, which terminated in ef
fecting a pertect cure.
Prin - cip7ll °aka, 19 North Eight scree
Philadelphia. [don Pa
For sale at Jacob Miller's store Huai!)
BRANDRETH'S PILLS.—This medicine
is acknowledged to be one of the most va
luable ever discovered, as a purifier of the
blood and fluids. It is superior to Sarsa•
parilla whether as a sudorifir or altera
tive, and stands infinitely before all the
preparations and combinations of Mercury
Its purgative properties are alone of in
calculable Italia, (or these pills may be
taken daily for any peritel, and instead of
weakening by the cathartic effect, they add
strength by taking away the cause of
weakness. They have none of the miser.
able effects of that deadly specific Mercu
ry. The teeth are not injured—the bones
and limbs are not paralysed—no; but
instead of these tlistreesing symptoms,
new life and consequent animation is evi.
dent in every movement of the body.
Brantlreth's Pills age indeed a universal
remedy; because they cleanse and purify
the blood. Five years this medicine has
been before the public in the United States
wherever it has been introduced, it has
superseded all other remedies.
Dr. B. Brandreth, No. 8 North Bth St
Philadelphia, Pa.
Purchase them in lIUN TI.I G DOS,
of MIL STE If ART, and only in the
county, of agents published In another
part of this paper. Remember every
agent has a certificate of agency, dated
within the last twelve months. If of an,
ifirt* data the not put ettase.
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HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1840
DYSPEPSIA! DYSPEPSIA I I
More proofs of the Ticacy of Dr. Harlich'
01edicines,
Mr Jonas Hartman, of Sumneytown, Pa.
entirely cured of the above disease, which
he was of with for six sears, His
spmptoms were a sense of distension and op
pression after eating, distressing pain in the
pit of the stomach, nausea, los. of appetite,
giddiness and dimness of sight, extreme de
bt F y, flatulency, acid,' eructations, seine
times vomiting, and pain in the rig ht side,
depression of spirits. disturbed rest, faint
ness, and not able to pursue his business
withoutcausing immediate exhaustion and
weariness.
Mr. Hartman is happy to state to the pub
in and is willing to give any information to
,he afflicted, respecting the wonderful hen
,fit he received from the use of Dr. Harhch
Compound Strengthening and German ape
rient pills. Principal office No. 19 North
Eighth street Philadelphia. Also for sale
ut the store olJacob Miller, Huntingdon.
LIVER COMPLAINT.
This disease is discovered by a fixed ob
tuse pain and weight in the right side under
the short ribs; attended with heat, uneasi
ness about the pit of the stomach;—there is
in the right si.le also a distension—the patient
loses his appetite and becomes sick and trou•
hie with vomiting. The tongue becomes
rough and black, coumtnance chang:.s to a
pale or citron color or yellow, like those , af-
Hicted with jaudice—difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with dry caugh, dif
ficulty of laying on the left side—the oody
becoines weak, ..nd filially the disease termi
nates into another of a more serious nature,
which in :ill probability is far beyond the
power of human skill. Dr H irlich's tom.
',timid tonic strengthening and German ape
tient pills, is taken at the commencement of
this disease, will check it, and by continu
ing the use of the medicine a few weeks, a
perfect cure cure will be performed. Thou
sands can testify to this fact.
Certificatesof many persons may daily be
seen of the efficacy of this invaluable medi
cine, by applying at the Medical Office, No
19 North Eight street, Philadelphia.
Also, at the F tore of Jacob Miller, who
agent for Huntingdon county.
PAIN OR 'WEAKNESS
In all cases of pain and weakness,
whether it be chronic or recent—whether
it be deafness or pain in the side—wheth
er it arise irunt constitutional. or from
some immediate cause—whether it be
fro in internal or external injury, it will
be cured by perservering in the use of
B randralrs Vegetable Universal Pills—
be cause, purging with these Pills those
hu mots front the body, is the true cure
for all these complaints and every other
form of disease. This is no mere asser
tion, it is a demonstrable truth, and each
day it is extending itself far and wide—
it is becoming known and more and more
appreciated.
*hen constant exercise cannot be u
sed, from any cause, the occasional use
of opening medicines, such an one as
B randreth's Vegetable Universal Pills,
is absolutely required. Thus the con
dui is of the BLLOD, the fountain of life.
are kept free from those impurities which
would prevent its steady current minis
tering to health. Thus morbid humors
are prevented from becoming mixed with
it. It is nature which is thus assisted
through the means and outlets which she
has provided for herself.
I?fIEUMATISM.
Entirely cured by the use of Dr. 0. P.
Harlich's Comp,und Strengthening and Ger
man Aperient Pills.
Mr. Solomon Wilson, of Chester co. Pa.,
afflicted for two yea' s with the above dis
tressing diseaso, of which he had to use his
crutches for 18 months, his symptoms were
excruciating pain in all his Joints, especially
is his hip, Shoulders and :odes, pa iti lucreas
ng al ways towards eve log attended with
heat. Mr. Wilson, was at o, e time not able
to move his limbs on account of the pain be
ing so great; he being advised by a friend of
his to procure Dr. Harlich's pill of which he
sent to the agent in West Chester and pro
cored sum; on using the medicine the third
day the pain disappeared sod his strength
increasing fast, and in three weeks was able
to attend to his business, which lie had not
done fur 18 months; for the benefit of others
afflicted, he wishes those lines published
that they may be relieved, and again en
joy the pleasures of a healthy life.
Principle office, 19th North Bth Street,
Philadelphia.
ALSO—Fu: sale at the Store of Jacob Mil
ler, Huntingdon, Pa.
CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA
This disease often originates from a hab,,
of overloading or distendiug the stomach by
excessive eating or drinking, or very protrac
ted periods of fasting, an indolent or seden
tary life, in which no exercise is afforded to
the muscular fibres or mental faculties, fear
grief, and deep anxiety, taken too frequent
ly str ng purgingmedicines, dysentery,
iages, intermittent and syasmodic affec
tions of the stomach and bowels; the mo
common of the latter causes are late hour
and the too frequent use of spirituoa liquor
I. Fisher & A. K. Comm
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
J,—, l lk ILL carefully attend to all business
• committed to their care in the Courts
of Huntingdon & Mifflin counties. Mr. Cor
nyn may be found at his office, in Market
St., opposite the Store of Mr. Horris, in the
borough of Huntingdon.
!Cm, sup, t, 1140.
"ONE COUNTRY, ORE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
•
POETRY.
From the New York American
BEAU SLEEPING,
BY LIEUT. G. W. PATTEN, U. S. ARMY,
She slept! Along her arm of snow
Her cheek of rose serenely laid,
While wavy curls heav'd to and fro,
At every sigh her breathings made,
And every breeze which pass'd along,
Went o'er her couch with gentle air,
As loth to wake, with pinion strong,
The thing of joy that slumber'd there.
She slept! The thin transparent lid,
Curv'd calmly o'er her eye of blue,
But tho' the earthly orb was hid,
The spirit light still struggled thro';
While o'er her lip unconscious wrought
A quiv'ring pulse, which went and came,
As if some dream renew'd the thought,
The waking hour hurceased to name.
She slept! And as the wandering rays
Of moonlight kiss'd her forehead pale—
Bright truants! nothing Loth to gaze
On charms wnich night forgets to veil!—
He marvell'd not why shapes of air, [shone,
Blest works, which to in Heave:. had
Enraptur'd with a form so fair,
For woman's home had left their own.
THE LAMENT OF THE HUSH
EMIGRANT.
I'm sitting on the stile, Mary,
Where we sat side by side,
On a bright May morning long ago,
When first you were my bride;
The corn was springing fresh and green,
And the Lark sang loud and high,
And the red was on thy lip, Mary,
And the love light in your eye.
The place is little changed, Mary,
The day as bright as then;
The Lark's loud song is in my ear, •
And the corn is green again!
But I miss the soft clasp of your hand,
And your breath, warm on my cheek,
And I still keep list'ning for the words
You never more may speak.
'Tis but a step down yonder lane,
And the little church stands near—
The church where we were wed, Mary—
I see the spire from here;
But the grave-yard Ices between, Mary,
And my step might break your rest,
For I've laid you, darling, down to sleep,
With your baby on your breast.
I'm very lonely now, Mary,
For the poor make no new friends,
But, oh! they love the better far,
The few our father sends!
And you were all I had Mary—
My blessing and my pride;
There's nothing left to care for now,
Since my poor Mary died!
♦ • * • • * * •
I'm bidding you a long farewell,
My Mary—kind and true!
But I'll not forget you, darling,
In the land I'm going to;
They say there's bread and work for all,
And the sun shines always there;
But I'll not forget old Ireland,
Were it fifty times as fair!
And often in those grand old woods
I'll sit, and shut my eyes,
And my heart will travel back again
To the place where Mary lies;
And I'll think I see the little stile
Where we sat side by side,
The springing corn, the bright May morn
When first you were my bride!
From Alexandu's Weekly Messenger,
LOVE.
A lovely rose-bud blushing grew
Beside a murmuring stream,
Wheft sportive zephyr's geutly woo,
And sunbeams kiss the sparkling dew,
'Mid rosy leaves that gleam.
But soon the chill Autumnal blast,
Sighed softly Ulm' the trees—
The summer dream of love has past,
And fairy flowers, too bright to last,
Lie scatter'd in the breeze.
And ah! how like that flower is love—
The sunshine of a day—
A cherished thought, which hope has wove,
13right as the star-lit arch above;
M soon to fade away.
w. N. P.
right;" and seeing that the merchant look
ed incredously at him, he could contain
himself no longer, but said imploringly.
"Oh sir, do not refuse," and the tears
trinckled,down his cheeks.
The merchant touched by his grief, and
convinced by the openness of his manner,
hesitated a moment, and finally took him
to his house. A few days proved the
truth of the youth's story, and he was
employed at once by his new benefactor.
"I must leave this place to night; I can In the course of time he rose by degrees
bear their marked neglect, and open until he became head clerk in the estab
taunts no longer," said Charles Elliston, liniment ot Mr. Thompson. He also by
and he left the richly furni s hed parlor, his amiableness became the favorite of the
where, with some fashouable guests, sat wea lth y
family of the employer, with
Mrs. Merton and her two eldest (laugh- whom he still resided. All loved him,
tors, and went forth into the garden. and he loved them in return, as father,
"Yes, I must go," he continued, "no one mother and sister. For although Charles
cares for me; and why should they for the (for it was Charles Elliston,) thought
pennyless being, whose very origin is un- that Emma Thompson was almost as beau
known Alas, how hard it is to be thus
cast upon the world friendless, and belov
tifid as his own Helen, yet he remained
fadliful to the !titer, and could but think
ed by none—none—none:" and he bu- of the former as a sister
ried his face in his hands, overcome with Five years had rolled by, and lie had
the intensity of his feelings. now become proprietor of the large es
" None, Charles?" said a clear, silvery tablishment which lie had entered as an
voice behind him, and a hand was gently errand boy, Mr. Thompson having reti
laid on his shoulder. He started, and tur red from business. One evening he was
nisi round. said, sitting in familiar conversation with the
"Yes, yes, Helen, pardon me, I spoke family, when Mrs. Thompson after look
unthinkingly. You still love me?" he ad ing steadfastly at Charles for some time,
tied remarked how much Emma and he re-
"I do, Charles, and my father— " sembled each other.
"Yes, your father, my noble benefactor "Yes," said her husband, "I have of-
Helen. He still loves me." ten observed it; they look as much as
"Then why leave us, Charles?" she thi.ugh they were brother and sister. Oar
said in it tender tone. lost Charles—poor little fellow!—could
"Because, Helen, you know I have not have been more like Emma."
Ihten already the cause of much 'listen- "Your Charles? I never knew you ev
sem in your family —God forbid that I er hail any child beside Emma," said he,
&meld be so any longer! And besides, when did he die?"
Helen, you know what treatment I have "Would to God he had died!" exclaim
received from your m , ther and sisters. Mrs. Thompson, "then would I have
I. have borne it long out of respect to known he was in heaven; but now per
your father and love to you, but I can haps, if he is still alive, he may be buffet-.
bear it no more. I will go forth into the ed about by strangers, whose hard hearts
world in hopes of building up a fortune, can seldom feel like parent's," and then
and say, Helen, if I should be successful, she gave vent to her feelings in tears.
and 'men, will you--" "He was lost, then?" asked Charles.
"I will love you still," she said inter- "Yes," said Mr. Thompson, "above
ruptmg him. "Oh I will always love you seventeen years ago, I anti Mary, jour-
Charles." neyiNg north for the benefit of our heal ths
"Farewell!" said he. and imprinting a and to visit sonic friends in New York
kiss upon her rosy lips, he tore himself a- city, we took with us our little Charles,
way. In another hour he had quitted who was scarcely four years Lld, and
that house where he had spent so many then our only child. We arrived there
happy days with Helen. in safety, and after staying with our
Charles Elliston was a dependant on friends some time, set out on our return
the bounty of Mr. Merton. He had thund ' home. Anxious to prosecute our jour
him one day, when about four years old,' ney, we immediately on our arrival in
wandering about the streets of the city as Philadelphia, took the steamboat to pro
a lost child, Ile kindly took him home, j teed immediately on. I went to see to
and 'Used every endeavor to discover his . the safety of the baggage, thinking that
parents: but all to no purpose. At last my Mary and Charles were in the cabin;
finding his inquiries useless, he raised but what was my surprise, when going in
and educated him as his own. Unlike to the cabin, some time after the boat had
her husband, Mrs. Merton was of a proud left the wharf to find Mary there alone.
aristocratic spirit, and could not bear one She thought I had Charles with me, and
whose birth was so uncertain as that of 'she swooned away when I informed her
young Elliston, She had diffused some I had nut. We searched the boat over,
of spirit into her eldest daughters, but no Charles could be found, and then
but Helen, the youngest, like her father, it struck us, that he might have wander•
possessed a noble and kind heart, and ed on shore, before the boat left the wharf
looked only with compassion and love and consequently was left behind. How
upon the poor, thought noble youth. the harrowing were our thoughts! to think
was now about seventeen years of age; that every minute the distance was increa
and the insults that were heaped upon sing between us and our clearly beloved
him were felt severely. It is true when child. But there was a thought still more
Mr. Merton was present none dare show distressing—perhaps he hail fallen over
the least disrespect toward him but this board unseen, and been drowned. flow
only served to make him feel it more a- ever, I determined on arriving at New
cutely in his absence. It was on this Orleans, and leaving Mary with her
very men:aoned evening, that a new in- friends and relations, to return again to
suit had been offered to him, and lie timer- Philadelphia and spare no pains nor ex•
MISCELLANY
From the Philadelphia Casket.
CHARLES ELLISTON.
'The touch of kindred ties, and love feels."
Thompson.
mined not to live another day where he was
exposed to them. Nor would it have
caused him one feeling, of regret, had it
not been for Mr. Merton and [Filen; but
however dear they were to him, he resol
ved to leave them. He left, too, without
informing Mr. Merton, for he well knew
he would insist on his staying, and he
' would not be the author of discord in
that faintly, where dwelt the only two on
earth that he could call his friends.
It was near the close of a summer day
that a steamboat touched the wharf of one
of our Southern cities, and from its crow
ded decks poured a stream of weary tray
ellers, eager once again to set foot upon
the land. Among the last who stepped on
shore was a tall youth, with a valise in
his hand, who waked slow from the lan
ding, bent his way toward the shipping
warehouses along the wharves. He was
in search of employment; but alas he was
a stranger and had no recommendations.
With a dejected mein, and sorrowful step
he was about giving up all hopes when lie
came to a larg — e warehiwse wliich he had
not before entered. He walked into the
counting-house, where sat a gentle Man
apparettily about forty years of age. To
the youth's inquiry whether he was the
head ~r the establishment, he replied in
the affirmative.
"What do you wish, my lad?" he
"Do you want a lad to aesist in your
store? I have no recommendation to of
fer you, ,ir," he continued modestly. "I
have just arrived in the steamboat from
the north, and have neither friends or mu
ney. I cannot even buy a lodging for to
ipense in trying to discover his tate; but
the great mental excitement and bodily
fatigue I had undergone, threw me into
fever on the way, and it was several
months before I recovered. When I did
and arrived in Philadelphia, no trace
could be discovered of our child, & never
since have we heard anything concer
ning him; but God be praised, Charles,
he has given us a son in you!"
"But was there no mark by which he
could have teen known if he had been
left behind as you first supposed?" asked
Charles eagerly.
"Yes, there were scars of a dog's teeth
on his left wrist, and beside he wore a
locket—a birth-day present from his fa
ther—around his neck, with 'Charles'
engraved on it," said Mrs. Tompson,
with tears in her eyes.
"Then. father, mother, said Charles,
bearing his arm, and drawing from his
bosom a locket which he threw into Mrs'
Thompson's lap "behold your long lost
son!"
For an instant they stood amazed--the
next they were locked in each other's
arms: then turning to Emma, he for the
first time pressed to his bosom a siatsr.
flow different was his situation now,
from the da , on which he first set toot in
the city of 'New Orleans. Then he was
poor, friendless, with scarce a place to
rest his head; now he was wealth), sur
rounded by friends, and blessed with a
lather's, mother's and sister's love. II+•
could claim now, what her noble father
would not have refused, even to the poor
youth. had he asked it—Halen's hand,,
land even her proud mother would eat eb
[Wnozz No. 258.
ject receiving for her son.in-l.tw, the heir
of the richest merchant in New Orleans.
Mirth and music resounded throu,,ohout
and joy and gladness reigned predomi
nant in the splendid mansion of Mr. Mer
ton. It was the birth-nig it bell of his lev
ely and accomplished daughter, Helen.
given on her nineteenth birth day, and
the magnificent saloons 'Were thronged
by they uth, beauty, and to of the me
tropolis. All paid willin mage to her
fascinating charms. N neath their
fervent congratulations d here lurk
ought of malice or envy; the sweet
disposition and gentle manner 111 Helea
Merton had won the good will of all whu
knew her. And now, as she replied to
their warm hearted wishes, she looked
more beautiful than ever. She was atti
red in a plain white dress, !coped with
roses, and fitting exquisitely to her finely
moulded form; her shining chestnut curls
were confined by a costly diamond head
band, that sparkled on her forehead, ri
valling the transparent beauty and clear
ness of complexion. At times when she
would mingle in the giddy whirl of the
dance, a smile would play upon her love
ly features; but when over, a melancholy
expression would steal into her laughing
eye, telling of something yet wanted as
complete her happiness. She was thin
king, perhaps, how he who many years a
go, had won her maiden love, might.
whilst she was surrounded by wealth ant/
luxury, be dragging out the prime of his
life in poverty and distress. Yea, she
still remembered the companion of her
childhood. Such is woman's constancy
• and love.--Alas, that it should 110 often he
abused! _
The evening was somewhat advanced
when Mr. Merton approached Helen, lock
ed arm in arm with a young man, whose
dark countenance, raven hair, and eyes,
and tall, straight form, indicated a native
01 the South.
r. Thompson, of New Orleans, my
dear," said Mr. Merton. introducing hula
to Helen, and then, after conversing *
few moments, sauntering to the oppo:its
sideof the saloon.
" ho is that handsome young man
you just now introduced to Helen?" as.
ked blw. Merton of her husband.
"That is Mr. Thonipson of New Or.
leans, the richest merchant in that city.
and his father was before him. He arri
ved here bc.t the day before yesterday. I
was introduced to him yesterday, and be
vited him here to-night. and it the impres
sions of his features is not left on Helen's
little heart, which has hitherto been so
callous, none ever will be."
"And if they are, 1 suppose you will re
Bret the disappearance of Sour protege,
Charles Elliston," said his wife carcasti
cal ly.
Mr. Merton did not answer her; he off
ly turned away.
At first, when the stranger was intro.
duced to Helen, there appeared an air of
embarrassment, but it gradually wore oft,
and he entered into conversation with his
usual vivacity. In the course of it she as
ked him if he had ever been in the city be
fore. Ile replied that lie had been when
he was about seventeen years of age, and
that he had then become acquainted with
several of his own age, whose acquain
tance he highly prized. Among those he
mentionel, was that of Charles Ellistun,
in particular. As he pronounced the
name, he bent his dark eye full upon her.
and perceived that she stilled, while for
l a moment, agitation was visibly depicted
in her countenance. After a minutes.
1 pause, he continued, "but 1 have made.
inquiries, since my arrival, respecting.
him, and hear that lie has returned the
kindness of his benefactor, your father,
with ingratitude, by leaving his house ;
and going no one knew whither."
"Oh, no, sir, do not bolieve that, it is,
an idle report. He had reason for leav
ing my lather's house," and her voice
trembled and a tear stood in her eye.
Just then a gentleman advanced to
claim her hand for the tam cotillion, and.
the conversation was abruptly terminated..
Charles resigned her silently, but his.
heart was full:
It is strange how the lapse of a few
, years beneath youth and manhood will
change the race, and disguise the form:
the slight stripling that a littte while ago
clamberer on one knee, whc can scarcely
recognize in the full stately form, and
staid - demeanor of the man. Su it was
with Charles 'Thompson, and no wonder
Helen and her father could not see, in
the rich merchant of the South, the poor
lad, who sixyears before, had left theta
with scarce a dollar in his pockent.
it was the morning following the ball
.and Mr. and Mrs. Merton and Helen w ere
sitting in the parlor—the former two en
gaged in discussing some private at lira ;
he latter with her head reeling spun her
hand, apparently in deep thought. The
servant entered and handed Mr. Merton
a letter. He opened it, and having pore.
sett it fur a few moments, uttered au ex
clamation of joy. Both his companions
looked up.. Seermails °venom, '*