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BY DAVID OVER.
For the fnq&t'rer Hnd Chronic.
THE LOVERS REVENGE.
4 l-cecnd of the Sulphur Springy.
V W. I. XUUK.
[ VonctudtJ )
C H.APIEK 111.
■ Ah hi* f 'for r.uphf tliat I could over read
Could ever bear, l-y tale or history,
i tie course ot t rttclo ve Lur*r'(lid run smooth."
Uut hero, ifter his seei tul interview and
parting with the maideu, repaired to his
cabin, situated some ten miles off, uear the
htreau: then and still known by the name
of rtfid:" btf% any
the next day, as the taken the
day previous was ample lor Lis wants for
several days. The day to him was long aud
lonely. Time dragged heavily along.
•The-night came and passr,]. 'flie next
day tossed p,s bad douu the day previous; '
it anything the hours 'seemed to pass more
tardily Xjpe huutrr wis impatient for the
evening. At length it approached, and he
:-et out fur the Spring. 11-Jt 1.0 !.a 1 dis
cordant fedingß m ' liis heart! Feelings
which were cm .Si etfiig, with each otlicr. —
At times tie was elevated with the
tLcuglte of tjc pleasure |L>t awaited bin."
on hrs orritni at riwßpriii*, in tle sooiety
of her who 1.1 wfi ;.-upicd LB whole heart.
That being who bad become tho seloMiub
joct of )ds thoughts and ( imtitenjslaH6ju-.—
That boivg who lit u'p in Lis bosom a
flame whrik n itbiog it; 'Le
session af her who had inspired if, In re
turn, could . satisfy. 'l'Liat being whoui
he idolized—adored, eb?s
But those pleasant reneCtious would
scarcely gain the akefinfltfncjr in his muni,
until they were repwriUip by atlwrs of a
more gmroding character
He thought at Lor item father. Of
their* being discovered, iyhidih Would per- ]
haps, lepurate thtjiu forever, aud this would
be to him more horrible flntn death itself in
any furia it might present,;
He knew tfie revengeful heart of the sav
age, ami could conseqqetiees
that would in the IJPtWvefy'"Sf TBi '
interviews with the maiden. But he cared
not T.ot—!-Kate must decide the
he succeeded iu yj.-Uiug Ler, lie might, "per
haps, escape to mc civilized spot where
tliey could*speild their days In liapj-iuess
together. i
But if'not—fJh ! terrible thought I If
her father discovers his daughter's intima
cy with a white, man, and separates them
or, as is generally the case when such dis
coveries are made by Indian fathers or
mother*, he murders Iter, ho (our hero) al
ready meditated a terrible revefigO. Anfl
more especially as his own father aud broth
er had fallen by the hands of the tribe to
which the Indian maiden's father belonged,
and he had sworn to avenge their deaths.— ]
But suc(:eis in attaining his wishes—iu get
ting ibc maiden, would, m a great mou-mr.-,
coucfliatfl the itflVy. His love for her
would prevent him front peeking the re
venge he had sw >rn oti her tribe.
But lef us sce wficW 6tlr hero Is. He
has arrived at tie Spring. The maideu
this rime has preceded him. Before he
was aware, he Leata d the voice of Toomah j
exclaiming—
"lla! White Brother, thpu hast not j
come first this time. Tooaiah hath beoteu i
her brother."
"And ait thou here, angel!" exclaimed ,
the hunter, springing for'wdrd and clasping
her in his arms. |
"Tly, brptlipr has _ passed sojue gloomy |
hours .since he iaust parted witii his swost
'•Why brother beca gloetoy ?
llasiaytting happefied'^tff'^'! { •*. ' y
"Nay, sweot duwoi iwt as- yet. bat poi'-
tentious feelings hofitg o'br rnv niind , ifltftri 1
teem Zo Aiiat ail, wiii ofc stiil.ai'vil," - ,
"W/fithcr, i-hHf tWrcst' tfioH when tl.ffir
Las the love of,'fopuvih ? ,W ( hgufi§
forebodings?!' • • -A
"Thy rigid fatiier W : JI yet'"disfedtef 1 ar.fl (
separate us." r • (
"l'Var hini not. Tootnoh will be with
her white brother ac-verc
•aim
with ,ihj and a few houra plae
us f .)tH reatfli bf his displeasurfe.
Oo:ue, tLaf**'<*.*'•. m flee . qujeklyytts tRc
roe bouudetlt o*c* tdj* tnodntwiae/' ■
' ft 't, i • I
"Nsy, but to-morrow evcomg and Too
wait will flee. No other course is left.—
Intercession with my father for hie daugh
ter's hand, tori.WW o irse
than
might follow a fiiscfovur* of tho rnattor to?
him, oven oow sus
pects his daughter!" '
"And wilt thou not flee this night?"
"Nay; tut to-morroW night, and I will
S O -"
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and to-morrow night we will wing our way ,
to some retreat thy father's hand can never
reach."
"Good night, brother!"
"Good uight, sister!"
CHAP. iv.
'•O, vengeance ! tako me all—fin wholly
thine t"
Toomah hastened home to her father. A
fierce scowl was on his couutenance when
she entered, Lut he uttered not a word.—
(In the morrow he started on the hunt, with
a party of chiefs, and told his daughter he
would not return until the next day. This
he did to deceive her. Ao had now begun
:44 discover what led his 'daughter to the
Spring, and kept her thereto late in the
evening. lie therefore tol.l her lie would
not return home that cvouibg, but lie did
rettrn.
When he Came, he discovered that Ins
daughter was net tWft. A fl&ußniac look '
—daft as riidrfight, trtsttititly tOok'posies
sion of 'fits couVitcnatreft. The tritfh had'
iiasht'd ieross his AmM, and ' grasping his"'
bow and tomahawk, with fhc 1 WiriWMttb'
a dper lie Wok tlc'cOii^sc''of 'the SpTing.— 1
Suddenly, tnr nearitig the he rflaek
eueri his pace, and gctliug down opoii his
hands find knees, crept 'fctntrotisly alcrigfor
some distance. Presently he Sco.r the lev- ;
ers sfttihg at the base of the free where it
was their wont fo sit, atid his daughter en-
I twiiied'in tlfc arms of a white man. He
; Irfid jlfst arrived iu time— : one minutemore,
! and tiicy would have been gone. Madden
ed with rage, the eliierTTrcvy two arrows
from -Lis bnuiile, and to maf them more
deadly, dipped tlveir points in poison of the
rattlesnake, which ho had prepared for the
puijiose. lie drew his l-ow— a tush was
heard—a faint shriek, and the Indian mai
den fell back dead tu the arms of lei
k.
i iover.
1 Insta'trtancoufily ar.otfeer rush was heard,
and a second arrow had pierced the coat! of
the huuter. He sprang from his scat and
escaped to the thick woods, A fieudish.
whoop of savage triumph tld him who had
done the Woody deed. Two more afrbws
"passed him. lie \wts still unharmed, arid
with the swiftuess, almost, of an Srrow itself
the made for the white settlements. He
I rcochpd thorn iu safety, and now that Lis ;
1 time iff revenge had couic, it must be ac
j cooipleshed. The voi' tes ui' his father's and
I hrdther's blood, which . otlierwi.se would
! have been unheeded, was upw crying iu bis
! ears, iu thunder tones, to be avenged.
But it was not their blc*)d alone which
i now compelled our hero to lift the aveughig
| hand.
Blood wore precious to Kim had L-cct
shed—blood more precious tkn.n his owii-
Tbe brood nf Toouiah, for whom to die
would have been to hiui a pleasure. Top-
Utah, the only ch-mo of his existence, — !
who h*d fallen by the hand of her uanafu-',
ral father. Yes, rdood was calling aloud j
for the band of the avenger, airiiit now ;
aroused iu our hero's breast ail of . (
.
"GfcitAr's spirit, raging for roveage,
U'iib Ate by bid side come Lot titan Iroii,"
He at twice raised a band, ten in number,
of spirits like unto his owa, and at their
head set out on his ui-ion of revenge.
We hear no more thetn until presently
the crack of ten rifles is heard tu the neigh
borhood of the Spring. Ten Indians shot'
directly through the right eye, fall dead.—
The rest with a savage yeTl rush to the spot
frotp when the fire proceeded. Nothing
is to be seqn—po't (he trace of an enemy to
be Tbej hunt arijuii'l until
anpiher point.arririjcl atj the crack cf the'
rifles is,Sgain" ten niore of. their
mjiiib- r faji dca3 to the ground. Onward
tJic savages rusn like a parcel of Lea !-, fee
terrfey thunder of the rmgs Wncc '■ again roi.
founds in their ears, aud ten more "bite the
dnkt. Til-, j-Uanfg;zc 6p n their dtjaJ 1
Jial horrof stricken thfioiT tlnt in eaen
tiie ball has •our. j i ,:c right cje. ']'• rror
il.cnj-inry i d.-.-vei; to bq the Work
of i^ H? hmM
rection. tJP^j
aim of tlie s thCj l H i
at everv torn, until hojTprie remains alive
Ao Thq_stra^ge,ahp'stiug
is heard tfl another direction. Aaothyp par^
ty,-.( is V"' Tiiilfip niifi i'l.
tl.pse previously desjtHtfctyd, an d in the
twtfie uysd<U'ious mauuci. l'arty■ rat;-
qf them aye,thus Jatr-'iyipi. The Indi
ans are frantic with terror. .r* ;t,
They know not What to make of if. The'
strange, singular and mysterious uiauner
in which their men fall, is to them a souVcc
of 4 overwhelming dijuiav. But tlte
wqrk of the riflemen sontmn-s ttritil the
death knell of two hunnred an 1 fifty In'di
and has Bat Ac "triirk of
those mysterious ministers of death is not
yet ended. Ouo thing more yet remains to
bi accomplished. 'Tis the capture of the'
old chief Bloody-Axe. But where is this
f chief ? lie has as jet escaped the vigitau.ee
of the ujarksuieu. But the tiuie has coipe
for him to remaiu no Iwrger undiscovered.
A smoke is* seciT asceuding yonder moun
tain facing on the Spring. : A part y of In
diaos, sixteen in number, arc encamped tip'
on the spot. They ore (talking of the >"*-
terious enemy. Rear and dread tuc de
| jiictcd upon their countenances. But wh 0
j p that old- chief leaning against thp treo
| yonder, bewailing the iosa of so many "f
his tribe aud kinsfolk ? 1 said the Indians
were full of apprehensions. Their worst
fears were soon realized. , j . <j. ,
'jSparo the old chief leaning agaiust thy.
tree, hut of tire rest, pick yuuc men,,''
tin; couiuiand of the leader cf the. cifltmen.
The order was ne eeoner grvdn th in cbat
plied with; crack' went the rifles, and ten
ui the uuuihcr fell dead, Tlic test, would
hjVe iled, hut terror riveted them to the
snot.! "Ijfiad again !" was the whispered i
oominand, *but yet spare the old chief.
,'T was dbtje—- once more fee rifles pealed
for ft, and the remaining svo lad met thei;
.490111. Thus over two hundred ami lifty
of the MVagwhitt fallen, aud all, strange
.to. ay, sliot uynVdjfitely 'lirough the right
.eye. la an instant after the last flic, >.'U r
hero stood oonfA'O'Aiitg Ute chief, t why, ike
.his men had been, was standing petrified to
the spot
"Art thou the chief Bloody A tick' (Out
fiaro had recognized him from a gthhpseob"
tailed when Toomah ftfll.)
"l aui!" growled the eftk-f with a fear
ful scowl upon his brow.
"Knowcst thou, then, who stands before
thee ?"
"Nay, nor do I caTe to know."'
"But 1 will tell thee in despite. Know,
then, that 1 am thy mysterious foe;' 7 said
cur hero. *Twis I, with these my tnett,-
who have been wibaking VeWgenuco upon
thee aud thy tribe, and well nifft extermi
nated it. Know that the uffeclions ot the
whrtfei mao Wili not be trfSed with. I was
lat whom you aimed.an ww when sitting
with her whom a wore fatal arrow caused to
firil thxtd in my crass, liana! unnatural
father, I spare thee for the sake of the gen
tle being to wifeiu thou gavest existence
only-to deprive her of the same ! Bo '. hut
over hear in mind the awful vengeance of
the wiiUo wi I'lk; i
Trius saying, Isc turned from tlie savage,
and badfi hie tadn. to follow. He led them
to the Spring, .find, after thanking them fur
their services, be told theat to return home
find make gia 1 the heart" of their friends,
fte info: iud|tlUft(| .|bat:he;potv wished to Be
ft*** v if W-1 .w<Wi 1
• ifepnUud. l: ±h'i thy Wfire gooe, he thus
?oli! oqwiac d : ,'VMI work is dime :
rev<utgf,aad I have aceutiif fished it! 1
have visited, with, a fearful venjpyanee the
! injiiftM flous ..me.! I am g.uttei with re
j yenge, and new feel that fgl] asqcjuet
1 ieeurtuade Hot die wrongs uiflrted! What
| harw Jlo do ftjrthgt.l 'Xhcf, is uofhing
i remSTM to m worth for—the charm
af uiy eMstehce Is ho i fetter
land'" ' !; ' *"* ! : Vi 1 J
lie notv fcpaiVcJ to tfri' tree when? Ton
niah ft!T ! tTpidrt if/ ifc dpoh j
his knVp'snJ <ny ll |
partcd f'don fo'HWW* ' Thus sy- 1
ing, h ; dr w a siiia!!*pt.^ffibte%fco^}yel:etP,t|
and shtVO Iflhiseff throdgli'fbc'fcend: " rfcfWi
forward on the vfefV spot tMirfre'.
the idol of kU lieart bad breatfced he Hast
a short time before.
.. .71,,Vvlritri lief,dried tneSfaPt# hlc? ;
•, WtkrVa irtufHittrifia *it etwt so!t iCad.tiw,
As It ww.aiitfs hnllywvd jffup,
Still .;:i-> a result m fop tfio unmrg ,t.
A LtsCKl' —Wfi of ohr exo'uaages i
announces thai Uritig in Voßtefc, j
Pa-yvbai- recetiUy murderml in bis own bedi
! by souk; ' eric who* wished to get his tn'mov- ;
! The editor adtto that "luskity Mr. Whim |
dCpfyskcif his money te the bank fecford,' j
BArf White IMI Hfo I •
The BtMidan 3a®ei thinks that ourQeyj- j
f eimdmt mm jferhapnesstse in giving tfip
Slonnons The *sLouisville diluruaf j
wittifly rtiklsln'lt. was oortsiuK' -.fuolrih ia t
not koepiopthold of one!cud '•{' it.'
An exchange paper aaya that a wreath of
idatik walntiit icsvos,tsuapeuded iua souqt
wili drive out dim , and iths* they wiiltoftt
cfiter iHc rooth sgatnfiil tlw Ivrfinth is withr j
jtrodi o til x 1 .ibt * -i.'-p izu-- tz>n\ il I
Jamas 11. Su iupr y 'ant - of Mat- j
I scUloijiKyv, Iws failed and absututdad with
SIItKUAM) in bis Wiug.uiuby
viotilns fwgQd ; ,|per. .1 , > !
i t ,i. -.A fiffinr f.rf ."uijjvi i a
4. xjjg v ;hat pome ( persons re
sort fo _?pfc, are likg tjje
•fiat ciiildrpu iu bed .ppU arour.d theui tu
keep out The dark- ..<■
'. ♦ "Titou art"gone from'uiy gaze," as the cat
tf aid to a mouse when it rau iu a hole.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. JULY 3!. 1857.
'! LETTER No. 8.
ITOtV A SALE WOULD AFFECT
TUE FINANCES OF THE STATE
—noli' R&WDLY THE DW
COULD BE REDUCED—
AMOUNT OF DEBT
si title inf.
Having demonstrated tbe fact that the
Main Line is on annual charge upon the
Treasury, and requires for its support llirge
portion's of the taxation wruhg from tlie
people, and having, at the same time,shown
ihe wisdom of sailing that Line, I proceed
to consider what effect a sain wobld hive
npoirdlie financial condition of the -State.
I assUmb thai the facts stated above havq
Leon (Jc77undinteJ; fyr the figures, the aa- j
Ueiri(ativc, oifieial figures fumisbod by the
Auditor General") Department, are so clear
ns tMcaVe Snot ft doubt, or the shadow of a
dohßt, W hong a dental upqn, Nothing
can be move certain than Uiat the Mala
Line of our Public Works annually sinks a
large amount of money, despite the contra
ry assaranoes of the Canal Board.
It is geiicrdily conceded that tbe annu
al loss is the result of utisujaaagcuient—
.such tiiisunuagemeat as is inseparable frctn
the Common wealth's oaoc-rainp. Practical
men agree that with sagacious principals
aud reliable suborbmntes, with prudent ex
penditure of funds -tid thorough accounta
bility in tbo disbursing officers, aud with
such attention to minutiae as can oolyb e
given by experienced nion who have cota
pletcly grasped the true principles upon
which alo&c it can be conduct
ed, this Ltue, eligibly situated as it is, <e< u
nrcUvtg the Dataware With the Ohio, and
traversing a vast at} l fiernle and populous
rtgion, can be made to yield a profit. Ts
pcriencc, an expensive and increasingly
costiy experjeuec, has taught the State tint
she is iuoampateot to the tusk; aud that her
interest will be best subserved by a sain.
And as the qaostihu is tna'iDly one of policy
—there being nothing - of principle invoked
in it—it should ha decided with rcfcotmec ,
to her peonuiary interest. We have seat; i
bow unprofitable the Jsr.c is and has been, j
If we cart sbciW tii'at lb set! it will bo the I
: first step towards the relief of her citizens, j
j and the advancement of their individual ait" j
i colloct ive prosperity, further argument wiii |
| Jbc unnecessary; and all impartial citizens J
j will admit that the 'July the State Govern- j
j.u.ent ovyes the people, demands the sale*, for j
i the State i-> boun i to protect, guaid anil ;
I improv t tiic condition of the people
That btiC may clearly see how the sale !
Will affect tbc finances of the State, a brief i
refqrenfo to,the past is necessary, Most of
the adults jot' tbc Goinmntiweuitb are painful
ly aware that the revenues are not solely
uion the pubEc improvements. It is also
trub that tH.fr oXptjditarc* are not solely
bpoo the public improvements. Lot us.then,
sac Low fue case stands hot ween the Mui u
f.imiaud the twul revenue and expeudituros
tdf the State. For; ibis purpose, the iasr I
I five years wrM be a sufficient criterion. Tbo !
j fallowing table Contain? an analysis of the '
1 'revenue and ctp'codFurcs for 1552, '53, J
•54| T>s, ami ' sb, and bungs uut the fact j
i'federtveil la : . : •.) • •• - i! ,ih> :ooj
r'' ittjLh* ruveno*. °" J to
Fitosi Main I.rvi;.
(1851 51.51117 4s'!
i 1853, ],4cs,Sir; 23
i ißsi, 1,219,01b aj
11853, 1,114,221 do
,ißsa,, uii.vTi s%,
' , ftiws? OViiL.4 SOUR pes.
h852, o;
HMS. 5,277,;T5 ST
, 1854, !,7T;.751 65
, 1855; 4,2 in,240 78
■ 4,134,178 47
lixt 5 feiSi l xrr tn r.
f<-' ON MAIN Link.
! - 52. C1.48A;540 20
i Is.v., 2,124,205 80
n&MSN 6 * ' 1 ! M " > i
\bbb, L,688,404 30
| 1856. f,U02,429
i o?v iNTraßsr.
418*2, 9-2,152,734 4 4
>185.5, < 2,135,883
JBW, r • 2.070,288 13'
1855, 5L077',039 -G-i
1856, 2,047
in two of these five year? the total ex.
pettiuafca from the Treasnry exceed tlie
reuoiptft qver Oue dlillioQ; aud in the other
three, the receipts exceed tint expenditures
a little over Half a Million. Regarding
the' revenue, it will be observed that the in
crease is all Jroui other objects than the
Main Line, on which there has been a oon
siderable decrease; and regarding the ex
peoditures on the Line,(including Constrne
i tio i aco .'uutji th y have iactoasel and thou
gradually diminished though in 18>5 still
larger than in 1852, whilst (exoluding Oon
struetion account) they have also increased,
as will be seen by reference to Letttr Ho.
G. On the contrary, the expenditures of,
the Common wealth upon iniscel 1 aneous ma t
ters havo not been materially increase. In
they amounted (exclusive of iaterest
paid) tq
interest paid, the expenditures were §3,-
348,570 85. Suppose the Main Line had
been sold last year, bow would tbe Trea
sury have stood in December last 1 Pla
cing the price at Nine Millions, tbe,reduc
tion of interest on debt would be §450,000
leaving the ariionnt to be paid 91,507,055-
BU. The result of the year, exclusive of the
Lain Line, wophl then have beefi i i
Revenue from ordjnary sour
ces 8 4,13 LltiS -47
Interest pay4-le $1,507,955 80
Ordinary expenses 1,300,015 05
'p | L'l/.LHTUI r>fiU 85
/ ) /111 > i
Applicable to payniTit pf
principal debt, in uddiiiw
to purchase inaney .§14285,597 6*2
Add purohaso money 9,500,000 vO
Total ppyment which could ,
havebeeu tuadu §1,0,235.597 C-
Instead of such a payment, the Qoyernor
reports the redaction t53G6,158 97. The
reoeipts at the Treasury the last year will
probably not vary much. :rom iho?(t in tbe'
eoming year; and if the Line be now solM, |
it is sufe to pradiet thut, pith the eonstafit
ly interest, * the rcduetiou of
debt which may be annually made, will soon
reach §2,000 ; 000. With n5 sources of ex-'
pendi'.ure, except the Branches of the Pub
lie V\ oiks and ordinary purposes of govern
ment, it is readily perceived, by reference;
to the fable above, that the fixed revenue
of the Commonwealth will, at au early day (
"reduce the debt at the rate named. Bui
with the Main line to receive, in its capa
cious maw, large sums of money, no mate
rial reduction of indebteness can be expect
ed.
TLe piitiiio, I know, are periodically as
sured of the diminution of the State Debt;
but it is nevertheless true, that the Debt is
now, within a frnrfion, as lan?' us it v>m
trn years ago. Hero are the figures taken
ftom the Auditor Gcucrai'ts Report :
1847 4 n ,023,943 51
13 IS 40,474.736 03 ,
1840
I 135U 40,7 (5,4p0 42
! 1851 4<J,114/23G 33
1352 41,524.875 87
! 1353 *40,506/279 54
11854 " *40,013,160 07
; 1355 *40,196,994 22
! 1356 *FJ,177,835 25
This shoWS the debt in December last as
I but §451,111 20 lfss than ten years ago,
| ami if the amount, ot unpaid temporary loans
j —§sß4,ooo —be added to tbe present debt,
j as stated by the Anditar Heuortl the sum
i now swells to §130,000 greater than was
j due iu 1847! Yet since 1847 the tax on
real and personal estate alone has yielded
to the Treasury §14,469,503 11. Where
has this immense sum bcea expended, ex
cept in helping to pay the claims caused by
the working of tho Main Line ! White the
present condition of things is maintained,
there cao be no material reduction of debt,
and no abatement of taxation. Heavy tax
j es came with the public works—they will
j only disappear when tho State sells these
I woiksi Tlat iu the face of the irrefutable
j and overwhelming testimony brought to
! prove the urorthlessness of the Line as a
j source of profit, there should bo any oppo
j fition to a sale, is uno of those remarkable
| facts which oau only be accounted for by
i-Supposing that uwu havq a private interest
; "to promote iu disregard of tbe public w eal
j' ADA*S.
J *!n those sums balahees due on tempo
rary IHans lire not mcludod.
A SOFT PLAGE.
*'l was dowu to see the widow, yester
day,'! sai i Titu's uncle, "and slie gave me
bftck;f,ODes for dinner. I went down rather
eatfy In the uiorning} we talked, and laugh
ed iind chatted- and ruu ou, she going oul
and in occasionally to see to things till din
ner was ready, when she helped mo gra
ciously to baek-boncs. Now T thought tint,
Tiin,rather favorable. I took it as a symp
tom of personal approbation, bocau.se every
" body knows I lova back-bones, and I flat
tered ltiyfrelf she bed cooked ilietn od pur
p)Se for me. So I grew particularly cheer,
fnl, and 4 thought 1 could see it in her
• 4j>o.
i §oon after dinner, while setting close be
side the widow, I fancied we both felt sort
er OQtufort iblo like—l know I did. 1 felt
that 1 had fallen over Lead and ears and
- heart in lowc with her. ...bbe appeared just
- for all the world like she thought it wss a
- coming, that I was coming to court her.
t I'reseatly, I couldn't help it, 1 laid my hand
softly on her beautiffil 'sHohldyr, and 1 re
mat ked, when I had placed il there; in my
blujrlest force*. Tim, for T tried to throw
my whole soul into tho expression, I re
marked then, wiiß ti£ ey<pi pvurjug love,
truth, and fidelity right into her—
"Wdojr, tjtis is tlic nicest* yufteit plasc,
I wer had my hand in all iny life,"
t liooking bc-BsrenivkiGy at u*?*hl at the
satjie time flushing up a little,*the said in
melting and winning times—
"Doctor, give me yonr
it on a much softer place."
"In a momout, iu rapture, I consented,
and taking my lnd,shc gently,very gently*
Tiin,*quirtiy brulhwo E|yiiaadr-audßurs*
into a laugh Dial's ifi aiy efirviygb
"Now, Tim. I haven't told UiL> to a iiv
iag soul tut you, and,by j hyou <up u'rf ;
but mind it gb dy furikoc.*'—Jiiw
York S-rfirit of fht Times.
THE FASWRIJUE mVIV#
The world is crazy. The call is for
shoiw—show—and still i&ow. There is no l
one pier.-on in a tbrtufcasfl;! mala kk fomale (
who dates fall back on nothing but his real
i siniple self for a power by: wJiolatafii <lo get
thrbugh the world, and extract eujoymeut
as goes along. There is too laueu liv
ing in the eyes of other people. There is
no end to the aping, the mimicry, the false
airs ano the superficial arts. And until
pedpic take a new view of things entirely,
and resolve to turn a very short corner in
order to live obndiently to such a view; the
world will goon as it has been going on for
this ever so long, aud all of us will coniion
to chase bubbles, ou'y to see them burst
■ '
mere water drops in our hands. J
It requires rare courage, we must con
fess, to live up to one's enlightened con
victions, even in these things. Uuless you
consent to join in the general cheat, you are
hooted at aud jostled out of reach. There
is no room for you among the great ui&b of
pretenders. If a man dares to live vviillin
his means, ar.d is resolute in bis purpose
not to appear to be more than he really is>
let him be applauded. There is something
fresh in such an example. It deserves to
be set down as one of the oddities and cn
riositics of the ygc. The lew who devote
themselves to such fine resolutions, can, wc
fear, he counted upon the fingers. But
still, they are tLe little leaven in the huge
lump. The mass will yet be stirred by the
truth and simplicity of their examples.—
When they shall succeed in restoring the
old times again, then we may begin to talk
about the reconstruction of society upon a
new basis, and net much before.
AN ArT HLPLY.—A clergyman wa,
once travelling oa board of a Western
steamer, when among the passengers was a
Rino who took great pains to make known
that he wa* opposed to reiigit n, denounc
ing Christ us an iUJposter, and all forms of
religion as delusion. He was a man of
ability and education, and a great wit, and
his remarks seemed to have quite an infiu
euce on his hearers. The clergyman re
frained front suying anything for a time,
but finally decided to silence biui. Asking
the skeptic if be believed iu the immortali
ty of the soul, he teemed as an aDswer,
'No, I have uone.'
i 'Do you believe in ihe existence of God?'
'Then, sir,' replied the clergyman' 'I
have heard of you before.'
'Llcard of me? Where?'
'Yes—L have read of you.'
'Head about me! I was not awaro that I
was published. Pray, where?'
'ln the Psalms of David, sir; where it
roads: 'The fool hath said in his heart there
is no God.'
At this un'ooked for turn in the argu
ment, there w is one general burst of laugb
rer and hurra, at th" cxpeuse of the at be
nd, who, confounded, aud being uuable to
rally at boiug tLus unexpectedly called a
foal, moved away ho auother part of the
boat. During the remainder of the voy
age, the wiseacre was silent ou religious
subjects, but oceasiotially some of the pas
sengers would tease him by slyly observing,
'I Lave beard of you belora.'
COUNTRY SCHOOLS.—"First class m phil
osophy—stand out—close your books.
John Jones bow many kingdoms in nature?"
"Four—the animal, vegetable, mineral
and king lorn come ?"
"Good—go tip head."
'"llobbs— what is meant by the animal
kiugd'KU V
"Lions, tigers, elephants, rhincceroees,
bipopotamouses, aligatora, monkeys, j.ukas
sos, hack-drivers an J school-masters."
"Very well—but yod'fl take a Jickiu* for
your last remark."
"Giles—what is the mineral kingdom '**
"The hull of O.iltfoniy."
"Walk straight up head ?"
"Johnson— what is the vegetable kiag
> dent V*
VOL. -30, NO. 31.
"Garden sarse, potatoes, carrots, ingyona
and all kinds of greens thai'a for cooking."
"And what are pines,and hemlocks, and
elms? ain't they vegetables ?'
"No siroe—yon can't cook 'em—thciis'S
saw-logs and franuin' timber"
I "Boys, give me a piece of apple, andjoo
can haVe an hour's
nobhs."
The laid Philadelphia Cleeiioit
. Frauds Proved,
The latd Presidential Election was Vir
tually. decided, and the election of Baeba
nan secured, by the result of the State
Election in Pennsylvania on the second
Tuesday in October last. That rewlr was
pr&djiced by money eontribqted ID this City
and expended in Pennsylvania just before
that electron. Had the yotc been token
two weeks earlier, Buchanan would havo
lost the Srate by frebi frvc to ten thousand
majority His importers knew it
waf the® wfeeq cause here and
pressed oflry Pr-Siavey hankers, brokers
and office-holders into giving tbeut the re
quisite rsvncy wherewith to it verse th->
;.ur Verdict. And they know now that
Mr. Buchanan was made President by that
levy, "y < ...'J tw fc ,;
At tiat clcctioit, Philadelphia was made
to give a Butfhatian majority of 5,435—-the
vote for Caual Corpuussieuer 6tandingd3cou,
(Bueh.) 36,035t Cochrane, (Union Opp.}
02,603. And this Buchanan majority in
the City was more than the ticket obtained
in the btatc. the total vote standing—Scott
21_,8Sb; Cochrane 510,111: Scottla majo
rity, 2,775- 1 bus outside of Philadelphia,
in spite of the rmittersality of the frauds
whereof that city was the focus, Cocbtano
had a clear majority of 660 votes.
The frauds in Philadelphia were so gross
that William B. Mann, the Opposition can
didate fur District Attorney, who was beat
en iu the vote by Lewis C. Cassidy, the
Buchatiuau candidate, resolved to contest
the return before the higher Courts of that
eity. The case has at length bcon brought
to issue, aud on Saturday Judge Thompson
delivered the unanimous opinion of tho
Court, ousting Mr. Cassidy and affirming
the election of Mr. Mann.
Tie investigation on which the decision
was based was cxtunded to bat eight of tho
hundred or more polls hold throughout the
City, these suflieiug to prove Mr. Mann's
election, but the defense were at perfect
liberty to extend the serutiuy to any ur all
other polls. These polls returned 2,620
for Cassidy to 505 for Mann, while tho
whole number of taxabies (synonymous with
legal voters) in tho districts in which those
polls were held was but 1,717, or 903 less
than Cassidy's vote alone! Of the illegal
vote, it was proved on the Irial that at least
1,168 must have been cast for Cassidy, re
ducing his returned vote from 31,475 to
33,307, and electing Mr. Maun by 518
majority. This being practically as good
as ten thousand, Mr. Mann had no motive
for increasing the expense of the contest by
guiug farther, or he might doubtless have
proved thousands more of his opponent's
votes as bad as these 1,168.
Here are a few samples of the facts pro
ved beyond contradiction by the contestant,
and embodied in the judgment of foe Court
"It is in direct testimony, that at the polls
of some of the said divisions, the election
offi ers absolutely refused to discharge their
sworn duties, aud admitted every offered
vote, in spite of remonstrance or challenge.
"Iu the 6th division of the 4th Ward,73
votes are proved to have been received, in
cases where cither the right to vote tras ob
jected to by a qualified citizen, or the Dame
of the voter was not upon the Iktqffetaxa
bles, without oath or proof being required..
The wituer-s adds that 'MeQiaid put all the
votes in the box without waiting for the In- !
spcctors to decide,' and that the Judge kept
the list of taxublesj which was very seldom
looked at. In tjjorfe than one instance,
dronkefl men were allowed to vote, and'one
mail,' says the witness, 'Was so drunk they
had 'to hold Mm up.' Fifty-eight names
were added to the list of taxable®, but for
what retson is not staled.
"la the Seventh Division of the Fourth
Ward, the law was opebly violated by the
election officers. They refused to take no
tice of objections made to voters. Four
uncontradicted witnesses, Levy, SSiginati,
Neff and llieler, testify to the. fact that
numerous challenges were made without
effect. The Inspectors required no on© to
be sworn, or to pr tduce proof, and that in
to tue challenges made, one of the
Inspectors wtniul reply, 'General Challenge
don't live here.' One witness, Levy, says:
'No person Was sworn that day in support
of the voters challenged, but some few on
their tuxes.' Neff also testifies that no
vouchers w, reproduced to prove residence,
„that four persons duly were sworn to provq|
tax receipts, tfnd that challenges were en
tirely disregarded. He further states tnat
be uiade challenges in consequence of the
manner the votferd were shrmd vp fc nofe;
some were shoved up and other persons
would call cut their names for them Ii is
in clear proof, that a vote, though challen
ged, was received iu tbe uain* ot YV iiliaut