VOL. VII. No. 38.] • PUBLISHED BT T-NEODORE H, CREMER, The "Jouttlem." will be published every Wednesday morning ; at two dollars a year, if paid IN ADVANCE, and if not paid ',within six months, two dollars and a half. Mi. No subscription received for a shorter pe rind than six months, nor any paper discon tinued till all arrearages are paid. Advertisements not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and for every subsequent insertion twenty five cents. If no definite orders are given as to the time an advertisement is to be continu ed, it will be kept in till ordered out, and charged accordingly. POMTRT. Mother's Grief. To mark The sufferings of the babe That cannot speak its woe ; I To see the infant tears gush forth, Yet know not why they flew, -.. To meet the meek uplifted eye; ?. That fain would ask relief. Yet can but tell of agorly,— This is a mother's grief. Through dreary days and darker nights To trace the mark of death ; To bear the faint and frequent sigh, The qtuck and shortened breath ; To watch the last dread strife draw near, And pray that struggle brief, Though all is ended with its close,— ' This is a mother's grief. To see In one short hour decay 'd The hope of future years ; To feel how vain a father's prayers, How vain a mother's tears ; To think the cold grave must now close O'er what was once the chief ,Of all the treasured joys on earth,— This Is a mother's grief. Yet, when the first wild throb is past, Of anguish and despair ; To lift the eye of faith to heaven, And think t. my child is there :" This best can dry the gushing tears,— This yield the heart relief ; Until the Christian's pious hope O'ercomes a mother's grief. IttIEMMLL.A.NEOZTI. \ From the Lady's World of Fashion. lizzE altiDaL LPL. ET HARRIET BOWLES, CHAPTER I k " What a magnificent nuptial present!" exclaimed Mrs. Benton to her daughter, .40 on entering the chamber of the latter, at Saratoga they discovered a costly dia mond necklace, with a perfumed note ac, companying it. " Mr. Wallingford is in deed all that is generous and noble!" The daughter's cheek became tinged with crimson, though a smile rose to her lip as she contemplated her lover's costly gift. At that moment her heart was torn by contending emotions ; but alas! she knew that she could find no sympathy in tier distress from her parent. 4f. Mrs. Benton was a widow, with no Child but her beautiful daughter. Aspir ing, vain, and mercenary, she resolved that Isabel should make a brilliant match, and for this purpose the mother had brought her daughter to the Springs, where her loveliness soon tendered Miss Benton the belle of the season. Her charms had ihspered among others, the millionaire ibe year, a middle aged, retired mer• chant: and, in obedience to her mother's explisit command, was, on the ensuing day, to become the bride of Mr. Wal lingford. But Isabel, though feeling it to be her duty to obey hee parent, could not submit to this doom without many and painful struggles. A year before she had met and loved a young painter, when on a visit to &friend in the country ; and though they had not met for many months, his mem. ory was still fresh in her heart, and she ..felt that though she might wed the weal -5)1 Mr. Wallingford, she could never give him the affection she had already bestow ed on the poor artist. As the day ap pointed for her union approached, her feelings became more and more acute, until now she could have flung herself at her mother's feet, and begged to be re `eased from her engagement, onl y that lie knew her parent would prove tnex °table. " Alas !" thought Isabel, as her mother left the apartment, " there is no escape for ins from this hateful alliance. And yet Mr. Wallingford is all that is noble and generous--yet•—yet I cannot love ..p.; •to • Afe,? i.ftr 4f • . ; - it, • t'• -4- HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1842. him. Oh! Henry," she exclaimed, apos- trophizing her absent lover " would that you were here. But what do I say ? For months he has nut written to me, and alas! I cannot conceal from myself that I am forgotten. No, it is sinful in me thus to think of one who has deserted me.-- Oh! that ever he could forget those dear, dear moments when we walked together under the old avenue, while the moon simmered down through the leaves, and our hearts beat in unison with the music of all nature around us. Oh I Henry, dear Henry," and she clasped her hands, " that ever you should forget those hours." " Nor have I forgotten them, dear Isa• bell" exclaimed a voice beside her, that thrilled every nerve with ecstacy; and, looking around, she perceived her lover, who had entered the little parlor unper ceived. We will not describe the thousand things that were said at this meeting.— Suffice it to say, they were like all lovers' protestations. But the explanation of Henry must be laid before our readers, though in a more succinct, and less bro ken manner than he gave it. His tale, however, even as told by himself, was short. He had v,rittell, twcording, to promise, to Isabel, but received no answer. Again and again he had written, but al ways with the like success, until at length his pride forbade him to write again.— But his love had survived, notwithstand ing the apparent coldness of Isabel, and having incidentally neard that she was at the Springs, he had resolved to see her, and learn the worst. "Then it was your mother that inter. ctpted your letters," said Henry, when Isabel had, in turn, narrated her story ; and this marriage—oh ! Isabel, dear Isabel, can you sacrifice yourself ?" What need to tell the result ? Love ever triumphs, and it was arranged that, that night, Isabel should elope with her lover. CHAPTER IL It was between the hours of two and three o'clock on the same night, that Isa bel, who could not think ,O sleeping, stole into the little private parlor, that was adjoining to the chamber of her mother, and not far from the apartment occupied by Mr. Wallingford. The po. sition of this parlor rendered it one from which a nocturnal flight was not only pos sible, but easy, for in this parlor there was a window out of which you could with ease step into the garden, and at the end of that garden was one of the leading streets of the town. Isabel was seated at a table on which there was a small lamp and a tiny watch. fhe hands of this tiny watch seemed to her to be almost fixed, or to move as if nothing could induce them to go on to the hour of appointment. &t first Isabel awaited the hour of resdazvous without hesitation, and without trembling; but when ►t was approaching to the hour for the given signal with her lover, her duty to her parent recurred to her, and she hesitated. Affection for her mother—for Mrs. Renton was still her mother—strug gled long with her promise to her lover. At length she said : _ NO', I cannot fly. My mother! harsh though you may be, I cannot cost you a tear. I will write a note for Henry, tel ling him I cannot keep my promise with him, and tomorrow I will throw myself at ins , mother's feet, and confess all. She will, she must re!ent." Accordingly sl.e took up a pen, and hastily wrote a few lines to her lover, at every word blotting the paper with her tears. At length exhausted by her emo tions she leant back on the sofa to indulge in a fit of weeping. Lon?. she wept, but finally nature attained the mastery; and like a child, worn out by grief, she sank insensibly to sleep. The dawn was just beginning to break when Mr. Wallingford, who chanced to be an early riser, pasting down the corridor, perceived the door of Mrs. Benton's par lor ajar, with Isabel apparently uncon scious on the sofa. Alarmed at the sight, he entered ; but finding that Miss Benton was only asleep, he would have with. drawn, when his eye was attracted by his own name in the unfinished note on the table, and led by an ungovernable curi osity he read as hollows: '• It is the will of my unhappy destiny, combined with the desire of my mother. I must never see you ag r ,nor' listen to you; never—hat why ti,er tite word 7 To-morrow I become the svile of Mr. Wallingford; fly, then, from my sight —it is a sacrifice that I appeal to your honor to make—" His words were cut short by a footfall. It was Henry leaping into the window, and Wallingford looked around. The rivals gazed at each other an instant, nor will we attempt to describe their feelings when they found that they were father and son. Their exclamations of astonishment awoke Isabel, who fainted, while at the same instant, her mother appeared on the scene. The insensible girl was borne "ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, .0:;E DESTINY." from the room, and then the young man, flinging himself at his father's feet, ex claimed: "My father—my father! I am inno• cent; pardon me." "4e, sir," said Mr. Wallingford, " I am no longer your father. lam your ac cuser, and your judge. Why have you come to Saratoga?" " It was absolutely necessary for me to do so. Ilor.or compelled me to come and see one who—is very clear to me." " Very well; but then you choose to pay your visits to this very dear person let moments that are very equivocal—at three o'clock in the morning for in stance." "Father, since you know all, why do you thus question me 1 Why thus interro gate me t" " "Because it is my desire to know the most minute details of your love for Miss Isabel Benton." " And wherefore?" " Because she ought to be my wife, and not "ours." ....Then, sir, you mast knew,tt it about six 1110iiii1M ago, in a Willi through the Susquehanna country, whither I went as an artist, and under an assumed name, I met this young lady. Why tell the re sult? We loved. I did not reveal my real name, for I wished to be loved fur miself, and not as the son of the rich Mr. Wallingford. She promised to be mine ere parting; and we were to write to each other. But our letters were intercepted, and deeming she had proved false to me, I resolved to forget her, until last week, when hearing incidentally from a friend here, that she was to be married—though he did not say to whom—my agony drove me hither, to see Isabel; reproach her for her perfidity, and bid her an eternal fare well. Ohl my father, had I known all, I would have suffered anything. rather than have come hither." " Henry!" said the father, wiping away a tear, " you have conquered. The love of one like me cannot be such as that which a young man feels. The sacrifice will be less to me than you. Take her, and God bless you." The son fell on his father's shoulder, and weeping, would have refused the boon, but Kr. Wallingford wasinerrorable, nor would he suffer the ceremony to be delayed more than a day—the ample settlement he made on his son fully re conciled Mrs. Benton to the match, Prom the Chattanooga (Tenn) Gazette An Adventure. A young acquaintance of ours in Geor gia met with an adventure a few weeks since, at which we enjoyed a hearty laugh. He had formed an acquaintance with a lovely girl who was in the up country on a visit to some relations, and after two or three weeks lost his wits and fell in love. From the respectful treatment he receiv ed, he was induced to believe that his passion was reciprocated. In every thing else but courtship Major E. was proficient. We can bear testimony that he was a most inveterate wag. One beautiful eve ning after devoting unusual time to his toilOte he sallied forth to meet the fair one, with heart almost leaping out of its resting place. When in a few hundred yards of the house, in the beautiful grove skirting Esq---'s farm, he alighted from his steed, and after tethering him secure ly, braced himself up against a sturdy oak to compose his mind. This being his first essay in carnal courting, he thought it Iwould be servicablo to try his powers alone lbefore he ventured in the presence of the lady. Thinking himself alone, he was quite bold and fluent in speech. Stepping a few paces forward, he made a graceful bow—then with one of his sweetest smiles addressing his lady love," and her fair cousin, lie enquired after their healths.— Then answering the question as effemin ately as he could, he launched out quite gracefully into conversation on general topics—speaking for himself and for the ladies too. Feeling quite at home he be came pretty familiar—laughed heartily— complimented and flattered the ladies, and in true courtier stlle advanced from step to step, until in imagination he had the hand of his beloved bestowing upon it rapturous kisses! Just then he was star tled by a suppressed titering, and almost instantly a loud laugh followed, in a few i st , ps of hut. The 'rut upon his ntin t , His first i'sm'ctt was t,i , •aunt ti ;s horse and fly from the s p ot. But his resolution was 'changed by the sudden appearance from behind a tree of the very two young la dies about whom he had been soliloquiz• ing. Somewhat confused, but with the fa• miliarity which characterizes southern ladies, they rallied the Major for having 'his " green room" recitals in so public a place. Acknowledged that they were strolling about in the grove, and were all !the while in hearing distance. The Ma jor was badly plagued, and the ladies for a few moments had all the la ugh on their own side. But with a degree of presence of mind which few gentlemen could sum mon, under surf, circumstances, he de dared that he saw them hide, and feeling ! just then in the humor lie determined to! make a declaration of love to Miss—,! believing that she would not venture to' leave her covert before he got through. That all the pretty things he had said, were merely to prepare her mind fur the avowal; and that if she had have remain ed concealed five minutes longer, she would have heard the denouement. Now came the ladies' time to no serious. 'fa king advantage of the excitement, and the start he had made, he clasped those jew elled fingers, which he had so recently kissed in imagination, and pressing them! to his lips, soon brought those sweet tears' of delight, which they say most young la dies do permit to flow, as a favorable re sponse to the dt•clarations of love. The i scene was soot- over—the vows passed,' and in a few weeks Major E. led to the! altar the accomplished Miss Up to the time we last saw the Major, he and his wife were mare than happy, but he had never hinted tn.-her or any one else the ruse he played upon her and her fair cous in. We broke a bottle of sherry over the recital of the joke, and promised never to mention it. Neither shall we ever give names, and we hope our female friends in Chattanooga will not be too anxious or in quisitive about it. %ME'S Ti,g. MAN THAT FIXF.D =AT BURTLE 7—On the highest point of the belfry of the state-house, which stands in the centre of -Ar city, is conspicuously placed a remelt' figure, 12 feet in height, : holding in her hand the scales of justice. Some wags took it into their heads, on Saturday night last, that this lady was not in the fashion, inasmuch as she was minus that all important appendage, a bustle.— Accordingly one of these articles was pre pared, about tl , , - size, we should judge, of a bag of bran, containing three or four bushels, made in shape to conform to the most fashionable bustle. This was placed —and the adventure must have been a darir ' , one—across the back of the "state house lady." w Pre it still remains, a can spicuous gra , : , f a very high fashion.— The ladies,i.---Nej , thr;r:-31. the streets on Sunday, cast many sly g lances at the droll figure, and had the high gratification of witnessing a conspicuous display of the' beauty which a bustle is calculated to im% part to the female form.—llartford Times. Tin Wire.—How sweet to the soul of a man, says Ificrocle, is the society of a beloved wife. When wearied and borken, down by the labors of the day, her endear-', ments soothe, her solicitude restores him. •The anxieties and misfortunes of life are hardly to be borne by him who has the weight of business and domestic cares at the same time to contend with ; but much lighter do they seem when, after his ne• cessary avocations arc over he returns to his home and finds there a partner for all his griefs and troubles, who takes for his sake her share of domestic labors upon her, and soothes the anguish of his antici pations. With a wife, who thus shares his burdens and alleviates his sorrows, there is no difficulty so heavy and insup portable that man may not overcome. What has Congress Done I The National Intelliget,cer of the 7th inst., presents us, in brief space, the ag gregate labors of Congress at the late ses sion, which is the most effectual answer to the oft repeated charge, that Cungress was doing nothing. "The present session of Congress," say the editors, " is the longest ever held un der the government, extending through a period of 269 days. The session of Con gress next to the present in duration was the second long session under slr. Van Buren, which lasted 229 days. "If the business done by the House at these two sessions be contrasted, it will stand thus: Reports made— 716. Bills reported-524. Bills passed the II R.-211. At the present session there were— Reports made-1088. Bills reported-610. Bills passed the H. R.-290. I o a;dditiou to the bills passed, it may also be stated that there are about 100 pri vate bills of the House which have bees en gro,sed, and are now ready for their final passage, and most of which would have passed if the Senate would have acted up on them, and which were purposely re tained in the House because these bills will be in a better position at the next session for early action than if they had passed the House and been laid aside in the Senate for s , ant of time to act on them. In addition to those, numerous joint reso lutions have also been passed ; and the general result of comparison is, that this Congress has made more reports, passed more public laws, and done more import ant business than any Congress which e'•- er convened since the formation of the government." The Editors draw a comparason be.! tween the time required to mature bills,' &c. in the British Parliament and Con gress, which shows that the average is twice as much in the former, as in the latter body. The Editors notice the fact that during the present session, two very important bills have been passed, which ! always require a great deal of time ; viz: The Apportionment Bill, and the Tariff Bill. They might also have added two others of great importance, and which re quired much time to mature, to wit: the Remedial Justice Bill, and the Election Bill. They-state the fact that the Appor tionment bills of 1801, 1811, 182 P., and 1832, occupied the House an average of just thirty days each. The fact is de monstrable, from the data given, that more business has been performed at the late session of Congress in proportion to the time occupied, than at any session since the Government was established. The Locos and the Tarifa. The Huntingdon " Watchman," the " Democratic Standard," and a few other locotoco papers, are trying to gull the people into the belief that the locutocos are radii men. Now if they are really the friends of a Tariff, they show their friendship in a very queer way, every body must admit, when they find that in the House on the SOth ult.— Every locofoco from Maine, Every locofoco from New Hampshire, Every locofoco from Maryland, Every locofoco from Vil•ginia, Every locofoco from North Carolina, Every locofoco from South Carolina, Every locofoco from Georgia, Every locofoco from Alabama, The only locofoco from Louisiana, Every locofoco from Tennesee, Both the locofocos from Kentucky , The only locofoco from Illinois, Both the locofocos from Missouri, Every locofoco from Ohio, The only locofoco from Indiana, Both locofocos from Mississippi, and nearly one half of the locos from New York, _ VOTED AGAINST IT. The Whig vote for the hill was :35 Locofocos for the bill, 20 ‘Vhigs against the bill, SS Locofocos 'against the bill, 65 Absentees, 34 --More than three times as many I' - hies as there were Locos, for the Bill, and nearly twice as many Locos as Whigs a gainst it. In the Senate the Bill received TWEN TY Whig votes, and only FOUR Loco foco votes. Now aint this pretty conclusive evi dence that the Locotoco party is the real, true blue Tariffor No l'ariff party? Which is it ?—Noll. Register. Gerry-mandering. The Reporter has an article giving the origin of this significant political term.-- As usual with all such terms signifying a gross abuse and the disregard of the rights of the people, it had its rise in an outrage of the locofoco party. It will be seen that the party called is democratic" by the Re porter held the same destructive and anti. democratic principles at the time they per petrated this wrong that they do now, when the highest aim is to perpetuate their own power.--Har. Chronicle. Just priiir to the late war, Elbridge Ger ry, a strict' democrat, and who, but fer one unfortunate political error, would have been considered the very " soul of honor," was very unexpectedly elected Governor of Massachusetts, and more unexpectedly still both branches of the Legislature were of the same political complexion. " The whole affair was so out of the wsy of things" in that State diat many unheard of political experiments were ventured upon by our friends. Unfortunately a dishonest scheme took possession of their leaders, when the question of apportioning the State came up. They " fixed up" a bill, passed it, and the Governor signed it whereby they supposed their political pow. er perpetuated in a State dead against them. The bill was so outrageous, that the federalists immediately exclaimed— the State has been " Gerry-mundered."— The term took—the ridicule was effective, and notwithstanding all the arguments in its favor, urged as they were by no mean show of ability—at the next election the State went back to the federal ranks, by a smashing majority—the poor democrats being left in a position from which they have never vet completely recovered. 11110DR-IbLAND. The Convention to frame a Constitution for this State (mein bled on Monday in Newport. A liberal and satisfactory Constitution will be form. ed. (grit is re;iorteil that the Treasurer of one of the Catholic churches in New York city, is a d efaulter to the amount of $23,- 000. [WIioLE No. 350. The Battle of Baltimore. The twenty-eighth anniversary of this event was appropriately celebrated at Baltimore on the 12th inst., by the survi ving defenders of that city and some of its volunteer military companions. The day was ushered in by the firing of cannon, and during its continuance the national flag was displayed from the masts of the ship ping as well as from the various public buildings and other places. At an early hour in the morning the survivors of tho=se who participated in the battle of 181 , !, numbering upwards of two hundred, n, sembled iu Monument Square, bearing El, time-honored standards under which they rallied more than a quarter of a century ago to repel an invading enemy. Having formed in procession, they were escorted by the military through some of the prin cipal streets of the city to the steamboats prepared to convey the company to North Point, (the old battle-ground.) Calling at Fort McHenry on their way down the river, they were handsomely received un der a heavy salute of artillery by Captain RINGGOLD, and were addressed in some patriotic remarks by ROOT. NEILAON. Eaq. beneath the waving of the identical star spangled banner" through which a shell passed et the time of the bombardment. rhese ceremonies being over, the party again embarked on board the steamboats and proceeded to the battle-ground.-- There, being joined by other military com panies, they spent in social enjoyment the remainder of the day, which passed off without accident or an untoward occur rence calculated to mar its pleasures.— Of the visiters -present on the occasion whose names are enrolled among the De fenders of Baltimore we observe that of Mr. Jon ALLRN, of this city, and a depu tation from the York (Pa.) Volunteers, consisting of Nlessrs. Lieut. Jolts McCult- DT, GEORGE !JOLTER, lIpNIIT SLEEGER, GEORGE REISINGER, JACOB Itersrsourt, and JOHN FISIIER.—.A'at. Intalegencer. A Prize Fight—Death in the Ring. Another of those revolting exhibitions yclept a prize-fight," got up in New York between two persons bearing the names of LILLY and MrCoe, came aft as cording to appointment on Tuesday last, on a spot of ground selected for the par pose, lying:in Westchester county, on the Hudson river, about twenty miles above New York, whither the contending par ties and a number of spectators were con veyed from the city in steamboats. The particulars of this fight s though we infer it to have been conducted with fairness and in accordance with the rules which govern sports of the kind, are shocking be yond description, and such as are every way calculated to increase the abhorrence 'with which such brutal and inhuman scenes have ever been regarded by the great mass of the people of this country. From the account published in the New York Her ald it would appear that the contestants were by no means matched. Besides mere expertness, LILLY seems to have possessed much greater/physical strength than his opponent, which gave him a deci ded advantage from the start. McCoy, however, through bleeding from the first round, continued the fight with indomita ble obstinacy for two hours and forty-one minutes, during which time he met his an tagonist in one hundred and nineteen rounds, fur the last twenty of which he seemed only to rise up that he might be knocked down again; and, finally, when he could no longer come up to time," the palm of victory was awarded to LILLY, and poor McCoy passed into eternity. On the return of the party to New York a number of arrests were made, and the Mayor and police were on the alert to secure the principals, seconds, backers, disc. A CHILD Loss..--A child three or four years of age, at Milton, in North Carolina, wandered into the woods after its mother, but going wrong wandered about until it was lost. Search was made and continu ed fur several days, and then given up in despair. The child was found eight miles from home by a hunter of deer. A hound puppy that followed at his heels was ob. served to start suddenly and run down to n branch and growl ; at this moment a fee ble voice was heard to echo from a cluster of bushes, Please sir, don't let your dog bite me!" Mr. Morris repaired to the spot, and found the child in the midst ofa group of bushes, where lie had evidently hid. It haul been subsisting for tour days 011 grapes and berries. Vramorr ELECTION.—The Albany Dai ly Advertiser gives the result of the else tion as reported tram 191 of the 259 towns in Vermont. Whig, 25,509 ; Democratic, 20,805. Whig majority, 2,704. The Legislature elect is 11P follows: Senate- Whiga 17, Democrats 13 ; Reprentatives Whigs 124, Democrats 85. Whig ma jority in joint ballot, 43. A United IStates Senator is to he elected by this Le gislature.
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