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THE
One 'day, a good many ybars ago, a
young W om an knocked at the door of a
little cottage in the suburbs of the town
of Newciantle-upito-Tyne The knock was
itittnediatelv responded to by thenpeniutt
the door from within. An aged woman,
neatly dressed, and who had evidently
lint) Irons her wheel, was the sole inmate
of the tittle cot
"Bic. 4t4 your liCart, girl," said the dame,
is she entered with her visilor, and sat
down tp her wheel again ; "there must
-urely be something particular about you
to day, fur you did not use to knock "
was afraid some one might be with
you, mother," said the girl, who had taken
a seat opposite the spinner.
"And though , a neighbor had been
here," replied the dame, "this surely
wouldn't have frightened you away. But
the truth is, you have gut something to
say to rue, Catoarium" continued the
speaker; kindly; "out with it my dear,
and denend upon the best couusel that
,Id iiatinithcan give."
The young woman blushed, and did not
immediately speak,
••H as !yilliam Hutton asked you to be
his wife,' Cat haride ?"'said'the dame, who
easily and rightly, anticipated the, matter ~
that w 4 in the wind of her youthful
visitor.
"He has, mother," was the reply.
The Old woman began toitirr earmaly
at the Wheel.
"Well, my dear," said she after a short
pause, '}is not thii but what you have
long egketed—aye, • and wished ? He
has youti heart ; and so,I Suppose, it needs
nu witethe tell what will be theend on't."
This May all be very true, but there
was soinething upon Catitarine's tonal
which struggled to •be out, and out it
came 'Wear Hannah' said she, seating
herself clote by the dame and taking hold
of her hard, -you have been a kind friend
—a parent—to me, since - tuy own poor !
mother died, and II have no one else to,
look to ftir advice but yourself I. have
not given:), William! an answer, and would
not till 'I Iliad spoken to you, especially as,
something—as yon once - said.
"What); did I, say, Catharine ?" inter-
rupted thb old wotinat ; "nothing against'
the man you love, surely. He is, from all
that I haVe seen and heard, kind-hearted .
industrious and every way well-behaved.' . ''
"Yes. Hannah," replied the young wo-,
'imn ; "bat you once said, after I had
brought him once or twice to see you.
that you did' not like those—tuuse sort of
low! fits that sometimes fall upon him
even in company. ! I have often noticed ,
them since, Hannah," cutkirtued Gotha:
rine, with.b. sigh..!
"Plaettlon tuy old thoughtless tongue
for saying! buy such thing to vex you, my
dear child! • Heed nut_so careless a speech,
Cuiliaribel 1 ' He was a Soldier, you know,
a good many
,yeas ago---before, he was
twenty--attd. fought for his country. He
way have been sights then- that make him
grave to think upon, without ; the least
cause fur 'blaming himself. But, what
ever. it may. be, 4nteau not, Catharitfe,
that you should take such a passing word
to heart. if •he has smite liras, cares,
vcitt Will ea t itly soothe them anclAakehirit
happy ' ". I
ittrtlie-wigrthy dame spoke,her visitor's
brow: gratkally cleared, and; after some
further onnireriat ion; Catharine left the
cotkagelightened at heart - with the Ail
'diet• lier.alti frietidttppraired.of her follow votirae.tn-,whiek hrr: inclinations
led her. ' Catharitie!lStnith was indeed
well entitled to'par fesplet, •to 'the curio=
eels of Hannah. The latter had never
1 keboteo to iblirleiples of INe, Bch oeraey, via fig Qissehihmtiori of 3ffoillit, tietvs.
IMMI
MO MIER, WEEP
Mother, weep I thy bey is lying •
Wounded, moaning in his pain;
Weep! the death-shots, thickly flying
O'er the distant battle-plain,
Are, the answers to his sighing,
Weep, mother I weep!
Mother, weep! Does no foreboding
Shadow o'er thy . drenms, to-night?
Oh I my heart, in grief corroding,
Hides a fancied woe from sight! •
Hist! the gloomy night -owl's boding!
Weep, mother I Weep 1
,Open wide thy window-shutters,
See ! the sky is draped in gloom ;
Hark the dirge the night-wind utters,
Moaning o'er thy brave one's doom.
Hiso the Storm-Ring's angry mutters!
Weep, mother 1 weep I
Mother, weep 1 1 the tempest thickens
O'er his wounded form, to-night;
Sceties at which the faint heart sickens
Lightning flashes bring to light;
While thy anguished heart-beat quiCkens
, Weep, mother I weep I
Now ithe rain sweeps madly o'er him,
IV4..shing white the crimson stain;
.Now he. Coil! on her who bore him,
Wildly calls, and yet again:
"Mother I" Azrael stands befOre him
Weep mother; weep 1
Mother ) weep! thy ttoy is sleeping; f
• Neer shall Utile-thunders wak.;
Mil a funeral dirge arose eeping
O'erthe mounds our soldiers make.
Weep! there's comfort yet in weeping.
Deep, mothers ! weep ! •
NOT GUILTY.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY ; EB, 1864;
been married, and spent the greater part
of her life in the service of a wealthy fam:
ily of Norpeth. 'When she was there,
the. ; widowed mother of Catharine had
died Jo Newcastle, and, on learning of the
circumstance, Hannah, though a friend
merely, and no relation, bad sent for the
orphan girl, then about ten years of age,
and bad taken 'care_of her till she grew
tit to maintain herself - by service. On
finding herself unable to continue a work
ing life longer, Hannah bad retired to
Newcastle, her , native place, where she
lived in litimble comfort, on the earnings
of her long career of servitude. Catha
rine came back with her to Newcastle,
and immediately , entered into service
there. Hannah and Catharine had been
two years in their respedtive situations,
when the dialogue which has been re
corded took place
On the succeeding expiry of her term
of service, Catharine was married to the.
young man whose name has been stated
as being William Hutton. He was a join
er by trade, and bore, as Hannah had said,
au excellent character. The first visit
paid by the newly married paii . Was to the
cottage of the old woman, who:gazed on
them with a truly maternal pride, think
.
tug she had never seen so handsome a
'couple. The few years spent by Hutton
in the army had given to his naturally
amid figure an erect manliness, which
looked as well in one of his sex, as the
slight, graceful figure, and fair, ingenu
ous countenance of Catharine was calcu
lat 3d to adorn one of womankind. Some
thing of this kind, at least, was io the
thoughts of old Hannah when Catharine
and her husband visited the dame's little
cottage.
Many a future visit was paid by these
same parties to Hannah, and on each sue
cessive occasion the old woman looked
narrowly, though as unobreusively as pus
sible, into the state of the young wife's
feelings—with a motherly anxiety to
knew if she was happy. For, though
Hannah--- , s , t)
Hannah—"seeing Catharine's affections i
be deeply eugaged—had
,made light of
her own early remarks upuu - the strange
and most unpleasant gloom occasionally
it nut frequently observable in the look
and wanner of William Hutton, the old
woman had never been able to rid her
own wind alcom ° ether of misgivings upon
the stibjeq. For many month after
Catharine's marriage, however, Hannah
could discover nothing but open, unallor •
ad happiness in the_ air and conversation
of the youthful wife. But at length
Hannah's anxious eye did perceive some
thing like a change. Catharine seemed
sometimes to fall, when visiting the cot
tage, into fits of abstraction not unlike
those which had been obset;ved in her
husband. The aged dame felt greatly
distressed at the thought of her dear
Catharine being unhappy, but for a long
time. held, her peace upon the subject,
trusting that the cloud wight,be a tem•
porary one, and would disappear.
It was not so, unfortunately. Though
in their manner to each other when to
-6
t: her nothino. but the must cordial affee
lieu was observable. Catharine, when
she came alone to see Hannah, always
'seemed a play to some uneasiness which
all her efforts could not conceal fruit, her
old friend- Even when she became for
the gest time a mother, anti, with all the
beautiful pride of a young mother's love,
1 1 presented lux babe to Hannah, the latter
cculd see signs of a secret grief imprinted
on Catherine's brow. Hoping by her
.coutisehi to bring relief, Hannah a b
t last
to'or an opportunity to tell the-iouno.
wife what she had observed, mid besought
her confidence. At first, she stammered
Arch a flurried "ptisurauce she was
'perfectly happy, and in a few seconds,
!belied her words by bussting into tears
'food owning that sho was very unhappy.
: "But 1 cannot, Hannah," b fie exclaim.
ed "I cannot idiotic cause—not even to
you!" -. .
"Don't say so; 'my pour Catharine,: re
plied Hantiali— •pit is'. no curiosity that
bide we interfere." . '
"0, no, Hannah," replied the young
wife;Altuiir you speak frau love of um!"
•‘\%rell, l'theo,": continued the dame,
"open your heart to we. Age is a good
adviser." • •
"ls your husband harsh?" asked Elan
.,
nab:
"No, no,",eried the wife ; "man ecinicl
not be kinder io woman than he is to me."
"Perhap,e he indulges in drink—in
private—
"'Hannah, cu mistake altogether," was
Catharine's reply ; •ituy husband is as free
from all such fautts as ever until was."
"My 'dear child," said the old woman,
altuosr'smiling as the idea entered bet
head, .tyotrare not suspioious—not jeal•
ous---"
"Lhave never had a moment's cause,
Hannah "'answered Catharine. "No. my
griefs are - not of that nature. He is one
of the be'st and dearest of husbands."
Old Hannah .was Finizifd by_ am. re
,
pliesasAnneh as she was distressed by the
now open avowal of Catherieb'ir-haliing
some bidden cause of sorrow; but seeing
that her young friend could not ]make up
her mindfio a disclosure ;at the tame, the
aged dime gave up, her inquiries, and
told Catharine to.think ;seriously .of the
propriety of confiding all to her.
— Hannah conceived - that, on'ina.urectn
sideration, Catharine, would come to the
resolution of Seeking counsel atitlie 'Cot
tage. And she was not wrong. ! - I0 &few
days after their late conversation - the
young - wife' came to visit 'Hannah
and after alittle *absent add embarrassed,
talk enteredupon the subject which *as
uppermost in the minds of both.
, "Hannah," said Catharine, "I fear yo
can servs we nothing—l-fear tin living
being cam serve me. 0, Hannab ! good ,
as my husband appears to be--good as he
is—there is same dreadful weight press,
ing upon 'his mind, which destroys his
peace and mine too.' Alas! the gloomy
fits which you as well as (noticed in him
are not, I fear, without a cause."l .
Catharaine wept in silence for a min
ute, and continued
"All that I know of this. cause arises
from - his expressions—his dreadful exores
sinus—while he isi,sleepittaby my side-
Hannah I he speaks in b7nken language
of murder—of having t committed a mar.
der! He .mutters about the . 'Streaming
blood' that his band had drawn from the
innocent victim !' Alas ! I have heard
enough to tell me that he speaks of a
young woman. 0, Hannah ! perhaps a
woman deceived and killed by hitt' !"
As Catharine said this, she shuddered.
and buried her face iu that of the babe
which she carried iu her 'anus
Hannah was shock4d to hear of this,
but her r ood sense led her at - once' sty
, Best
s ,
gest for the comfort of the poor wife.that
it was perfectly ous-ible for her husband
to imagine himself a minderer in his sleep
and speak of it, without the slightest teal
ity in the, whole affair.
"Ali, Hannah," said Catharine'; Sadly,
"these dreadful sayings are riot the &esull
of one slitmber. They !mein often—lOU
often. Besides, when I first !maid him
mutter in his sleep these burrible thmgs,
I mentioned the matter to him tar our
breakfast, and laughed.at it ;- but 1,,6 grew
much agitated, and -telling me to pay no
attention to such things; -as he, some
times talked nonsense, he knew, leaviim
his meal unfinished—indeed, - saicel;,
touched. I ant sure he does nod Itionv
how often he speaks in his - sleep', for I
have never mentioned the subjeetl-rgain
—though my: rest is disturbed by it.—
And then his fits of sadness at onilinary
moments ! Hannah ! Hattnall 6ere
some mystery—sonic terrible mystei.y 111:1•
der it. •'Yes" continued the poor yming
wife, "he is so good, so kind, so dutiful
to God and to man. He has too!much
tenderness and feeling to harm a i fly ;
Hannah, what ant Ito think or do,Lfur C
am wretched at present r
It was -long ere the dame replied toj
This question. She mused deeply on
what had teen told to her, and in the end
said to her: •..
'.My poor child, I cannot believe that
William is guilty of what these circum
stances lay seemingly to his door. Out if,
the worst be true, it is better for yeu
know it than to be iii this killing slspense
forever. Go' and gain his confidence,
Catharine; tell 'him all that has cone to
your ear, and say that you do so by my
Advice."
. .
Hannah continued to use persuasions
- of the same kind for some time 14;:er,
and at length sent Catharine home, firmly
resolved to follow the couitsel givet her
On the; following day" Catharine Ponce
more presented herself at the abi.de i 4
Hannah, and-, as soon as she mitered', ex.
claimed : •
"Dear mother, I have told 111'10111i
He will be- itere soon to explain eVery
thing to es both." t:
The old woman did not exactly Com.;
prebend this. "Has he not,"' said [silo,'
"given an explanation, then, to you
• "No, Hannah," said Catharine;
oh !he is nut guilty. .When E , had s',Pok
en to him as you desired me, tie was srtlent
for a long time, and he then tuck Me in
his arms, Hannah,. and kissed me, saiing,
'My darling Catharine, I ought to have
confided in you long before. I have been
unfortunate, but not guilty. Go to friend
Hannah's and I will soon follow you;and
set your wind at ease, as far as it eari be
done. Had I known how much you have
been suffering. I would have done this
long before ' These wt re 'his words.
Hannah 0, he way be unfortunatelbut
not guilty ?" :1
Hannah and Catharine said hale more
to each °thei until tl•e husband Urlthe
latter caine to the Cottage. William sat
down -gravely s hy the side of his wife,iind
commenced to tell his elorv. I
”The reasons uf ale unhappy exejarna
Lions id nivep." sard he,•:.'whieil :have
woiglied so witch Upon your rand, toy
dear - Clithari6 - e. tcav be t'erli s'oon'
They arose frotb:,a Citemounstanee
has much' tubittered-,my otin peace. btu
‘tvlklub, hope. ja to be regarded' as it i3ed
calamity, rather than a :clime:".Whey I
entered the arinyi whluh I did at the, •ge
of nineteen, the recruitingpafty to Which
I attached myself was Seat to Sdotland,
where we remained .for -'few months,'
being ordered again to England, in order
to he transported. to the Continent.. One
unhappy morning, as we tide passing out
of town where we had rested on our march
southwards, my companion and I ehiiiieed
to, it:ee a girl, apparently about- fiftnen
years of age, washing clothes in a ttib.
Being then the most light-hearted among
thn lighthearted, I took - up it largeitOne
with the intention of aplaihing the Water,
against the girl. She steeped . hastily,
and, shocking to tell, when I thtew:tho
stone, it struck her on the head, and she
tel to the ground, with, I fear, her* skull
fraotured Stupified - with what I li!ad I
done, I stood gazing on the °Stream of
blood rushing from my poor victim's
head. whet, my companion, observing that
no one had seen us, (for it was Then
ear
ly in the morning,) hurried me t,ff • We
were not Oursuelf,and were in a few weeks
ou the Coptinent ; but the'intage of that
ple;eding girl followed me eVerywhere;
and, since I (faille home, I have never
dared to inquire into the result, lest sus
pinion should be excited, and I Should
suffer for murder: For I fear. from-the
dreadful nature of the blow, that the
death of that pour creature' lief: at ti 4
doer I"
. .
. .
While Hutton wit's telgtintr: thin stt.i'Y',
he had turned his eyes . to the Window ;
but what was his astoniskuent, as he Was
concludit.g,to'llear old Hannah - cry aloud,
"Thank God!" while his Wile burst int..
a hysterical passion cf tears and Swiled,
and threw herseif into his'aims.
"My dear husband !"*cried site, as noun
as her voice found utterance, ..that town
was Morpeth."
•
"It was," said he.
"Dear William," the wifeithen' cried,
"I am that girl."
"You, Catharine cried the amazed
and enraptured husband, as he presst4
'her to his breast. -‘
ivhdse
"Yes," said old Hannah, fromeyes tears of joy were feat ropping, "the
girl whom you unfortunately struck is
now the wife of your bosom; bat yonr
fears have magnified-the blow. Catharine'
was 'found' by myself soon after the ac
indent. andl though she lost a little blood,
arid was stunned for a time, she Swat got
rontal again. Praise be to Heaven,-for
bringing about this blessed esphination."
"Amen," cried Catharine and her hus
band.
Peace and happiness, as mu2h as tied
r.lly fall to the happiest mortals, were the
lots of Catharine and her husband from
this time forward, their great sontoe
imjuietude being thus taken away. The
wife even loved her husband the more
from the dikovery that the circunistari-
ces which had caused'her distress were
but a proof of hill e ettretne tenderness of
heart and conscience, and William wa's
attached the more strongly to Cana - rine
after, finding her to be the person whom
he had unwillingly injured. A new tie,
as It were, had been formed between
them. Strange as this,history may up.
pear,:lt is true.
A colored sentinel was recently
marchim , e' on his heat in the streets of
Norfolk,VU., when a white man, pass.
tng by, shouldered hi.o insolently unite
sidewalk, quite into the street. The
soldier, on recovering himself, called out:
-White man, halt!"
. .
The white man, Soothener•like, went
straight on. The sentinel brought his
musket to a present, cocked it, and hailed
=Eli
man, HALT, or I'll fire !"
The wi lre wan. heariat; shoot in The
tone halted, and faced about.
White man," continued the teotry,
prettiptorily, -come here 17
Ile did en
•\ hue wan," said the soldier again,
“aie ru care one cent 'bust partielar
Cuff.2e;• but white twin bound t.l re:speek
this uniforw, (,-triking
White town Lowy,: nn I"
=I
rier-Rerilembe- said Bubul,
iu fluter (me da), that 2,t.ti aro the
weaker
Slay be• ao-," said the lady, 'but
take care. you a.han't forget , that the
weaker vessel way have the stronger spirit
in it " •
. .
ifilierA few days since a toWn crier tik , l:
in charge a.(10,4 child, and .procieetied 'to
hunt up his parents. On being asked
what the matter wee, he
"flare's an orphan child, ma'am,. and .
I'm trying to pod its parents."
•11151-A little boy. while Writhinx under
the tnrtures of an ague, was 'told to HO
up and take'a poWder his tutvher Lad pre
pared for hip. •
-Powder! 'poirdOr !", pnid
,be, raising
Himself 'On.'otie An*, and potting on a
awilit;l'iiiitotifer I ain't a gun.".
'..ifirNo'body*ould-liko a awash in ttt
whit, bin thOniandi-like.tbe:liiiltit in -a'
"stutsit." -
TERMS.-=51.50 PER
True Pollltelietig
He who iniCa heart glowing witlittod•
ness - and good-will tower& kis' felloW
man, and vrho•is gaided in the-4006e
of these feelings knows goodneimiliiiii not
consist in wearing a white Silk glove; and io - gracefully liftiog your bat is you meet
an acquaintance; 'it doca not consist in
artificial sioilestiod flatteOngspeebh, but
iti silent and hdnest desire to promote the
happinets of those around you Fin the
readiness to sacrifices your own coo and
comfort to add to the ecjbywent of utter: ,
The poor negro': women who found Mink
go Park perishing under the palm trees
of Africa, and who led him io their hat
and supplied hint with feed and lulled
hint to sltep with tlieir Niinple -songs;
were really polite. They addressed-trim
io language of kindness and' Sympathy j
they ; led him tenderly to their hotaer,'Ond
did all in their power to revive hitidroop
ing spirits
A poor drover was driving, his beevei
to market on a winter's day ; The cattle
tret a lady in the path, and apparently
unconscious of !the itupoliteneeS, sots-
polled the lady t 4 turn one aide into the
suosy. -31adato,;' said the drover; aPol:
ogizing for the tiudenets of his herd,- "it
the 'cattle knew as Well as I
,do,'Yott
should not *elk in the snort." That
drover was, in the best smote of the word;
a gentleman, while many a youtig Man;
with glove and cane and. graceful step, ii
brute, ii
The .man Who lays aside all selfishliesi
irr regard to the happineas orothers, *ha
is ever ready to abofer favors, who Speaks .
the language ofi kindness concilliation;
and who studies to manifest those little
attentions which ratify the heart, is
polite man, tbkigh he may wear a home
spun coat. and make a very nogracefol
bow; and many a fashionable who dress.
es , genteelly, and enters the mesteroWded
apartments with assurance and ease ie
perfect 'compound :of radeness and iagivi
ility. True politeness is 'a virtue of
'Under - standing and of the heart; iris nul
like the whited sePolohre'br Sodoes fat
famed fruit.
"WHY, TS THIS; tau l""44, lady oft
entering a car not 'Prig sinus, teas struck
by the 'lumbar apriearanee - o't a lady neat
her
.;Concluding et was afrietid she had
riot met fur some years, she adraticed-eir
&Lilac and .prrifiered her hand.
Clow do you do_?"
"Why, is, this yea! I'M to glad 10
see you—l - Could kiss yott OiT`the epos."
"CettainlY, Bu: it seems to the you
are looking young; been married lately,
haven't yowl "
•
"Yes."
"Well, yob areltdprOved Won4e:rfallyi
Look tee years yoUdger." . •
"Where are youjiVing 'now'?" •
"In at the old 'plane,
course."
.
"In B-- ? Why is not your nee
Mrs. 1.1—?"
"No indeed•! . 13us yours Mrtr.
•
"No !"
And as the Iriehthanitiaid—":ll'prOtea
to be nather."
Wht n Nichols Biddle, familiarly
called Nick Biddle, was connected Ira
the U. S. Bank, there was an old Ildiltd
named Harry who, used 'to .be loafing
around the- premises.
One day, in social mood, Biddle said
to the darkey : _
"Well, that ie Your name, my, :ill4
friend•!"
"Harry. sir; ole Barry," said thei . Otyge
touching his sleepy fiat.
"Old Harr)," said Biddle, "why that
is the naine"iliely give the.devil, is ii
not ?"
~, Y essir," said the mimed gentleman..
“sometitilis old Harry, and aometinukolf)
Nick."
lEirA clergyman :was once Sent foi in
the middle of the night by, one of the la
dies of hi- coneregalion.
-Weil. toy good women," - said .11'€!,.1(,ifs$
you are very ill, iincrreqiaire Alia ednanitt.. '
lion:, of ieligi6u? What can I 'oB:fet ;
you r._
- No," _ teplied.the'pld ladn "i ism 'on;
iy nervous and can't aleep." ~
, •11.,w can 'I help; that?" . aaliad the -
parson. ' ;
m . . . ,
"0, sir, Yott always put eto eteetitci
nicely when I go •to church, that. ; I •
thought if you . vrottld only preach -1 lit*.
for ut,e'r .
The parson "made tracks," , .
4tel.fn a private letter - to "th'e - eilittli of
the • Washington ReptiYiean ' the
army, the writer tells 'a . ete*:of "Oulpep•
per, whose -. p . osK.ssidee li% to: district
where both armies have f oraged: The
chap one day, While biiiveying . reefully
the streak's in the boil where his - fe'tfeal
once stood. remarked! with, ,otieh.ferillq
hain't'took bd tides ih thisyvv,4s2-
lon, but be dog gutted if Isett—siife
hain't took me."
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