T II E E L K A D V 0 C A T E
Bhu." It iaita onr mm times so well,
and car own grand ldiors, that I must
transcribe it .
"Come froip deep glen, find
From the inoiinlain so rock :
The war-pipe and pennon
Are at Iovcrloshy !
Come every hill.dlaitl, and
True heart that wears one
Come, every steel blade, and
Strong hand that bear ono.
.'Lo'Sve uiitonded the herd,
Tho flock without shelter
Leave the corpse uninterred,
Leave the bride at tho alta' ;
Leave the dour, leave the slecr,
Leave nets and ha rues;
Come with your fighting-gear,
Broadswords and targes ;"
Helen sang it with spirit, and listen
iof to tho stirring word-, the blood
thrilled iu Hugh's nerves.
"These are thrilling word, Helen
just what I neodea."
""Ah! pood evening, Hugh. You
come aosottly, I did not hear you. " e,
they te glorious woids. I love to sing
them over, to a tunc of my own impro
vibin". They suit thee stirring times.
Change the words a little, and they will
just exprcw tho way in which our bravo
l.ovs have lett their homos, and donned
the Gghtinar-gcar."
Then Hugh told her all hi liwt. how
duty was urging hiiu battlewav.l. .iiid
linw his love for Nettio was standing be
tween him and his country ho low
cd.
Tt was
hard for Helen to listen while ;
P..-, W. (V YoNm. 1.1V -in '
lip fold of his love for Nettie, lovin
him as she did, but these things hanpeu
every day ; they are only a part of life's
discipline.
'Help me to decide, Helen '."
You had but to look at the girl to
kuow what her answer would be. The
Boul that looked out of lho?o large giay
eyes upon the world was no common
soul, but earnest, questioning, strong.
Lite was a serious thing to her.
'1 do not think any one is justified in
hitting at homo, Hugh, when our coun.
try needs them, and certainly uot when
their own soul bears witness to that uced
aud their duty."
"Helen, you have decided mo. I
will see Colonel Daua this very night."
Soou after, there was a tearlul parting
at Nettie's home ; and tho girl seeming
ly i neon sol iuM- , lay all day long on the
M.ta. fece downward, much to the worry
f her mother. In a weeks time, she
as happy and care-lrce as ever; con
doling herself for Hugh's departure by
flirting with the numerous young oft
cers that made famous the latter part of
winter and snrintr.
Time crept on, bringing the usual
change.). Hugh Leicester, lying in tho '
hospital with an ugly flesh wound in hi.s
shoulder, thought tenderly of his fair,
haired Nettie.
'I a:n going homo, Leicester. What
news shall I carry for you to Nettie
Lawrence"
"Tell her, Colonel, that if my right
arm were uot a piisouer not to the
Rebels, but to pain 1 would write ; but
I can only scud my love, and this ring
by my Colonel.
"Keep up n bravo heart, Leicester,'
said ; for I had loved him from a boy j
I said
and it bothered me to see him sad. "In !
just five days I will return to cam-,, .'
when I hope to bo able to meet you in j
the field again."
In just live days I returned, aud tho ,
first mail I saW was hugh. I made him
believe I did not see him, aud moved to
another part of the field. At night, as
I sat iu my tent, chewing the end of
sweet and bitter fancies, a voice outside
sturtled me.
"l'omp," I whispered, "if Lieutenant
Leicester inquires fur mo to-night, say 1
am engaged with papers of importance." j
But. ere tho order was fairly understood, :
Hugh stood belore me.
"Ah, Leicester I am very busy, you
Uiust excuse me to night. I "
"Ouly give me Nettie' letter, Colonel
and I wili make myself scarce."
Mp face flushed, then paled, I felt it,
then determined to have it over, I jerk
ed out, "I have uu letter, Hugh, T-1-"
"Not write to me Nettio, I do not
juite understand the ring, Col mid,
why have you still the ring upon your
finger r"
"Leicester, my poor fellow ? I have
had news for you, but you must bear it
like a man,"
He staggered back against the table,
and said hoarsely.
"Nettie is dead."
"Worse thau that, Hugh she is mar.
tied !"
"To whom ?"
The voice was fearfully calm, but the
face was as the face of the dead.
"To Captuiu Svdcuham Travis, of the
th."
I regretteJ to toll hiui, for Travis was
a man without a practice of honor, fond
ol fast horses and wine.
'Perhaps Nettie might redeem him,"
lie said, through pale lips ; but I knew
better ; a host of angels could uot redeem
Sydenham Travis.
"What can cnudblo fools, or sots, or
cowards ?
Nut all the blood of all the Howards!"
Hugh rung my hand "til it" pained
tuo aud lett the tent.
Though not a profane man, I hurled
mental anathemas at womeu in general,
and then laid my head ou my camp.table
and cried like a girl.
"Dar'n a womau outside as wauta to
see you, Colonel, aud "
4The womcube hanged. If you bring
a petticoat iu hero to night, l'omp, I'll
thrash you."
-card him a. liiom.oit liter ul-
eao't gc you to.oight, Missc.
you poo ns how do Colonel' drcfful sick,
kind a flighty like.''
I heard the woman go off muttering ;
donblleps, somo of tho boys had been
"foraging."
At midnight there was an order ti
march, and hundreds of eager, determiu
cd souls turned their faces southward.
In the giay dawn I met Lciocstvr.
Hi handsome face was full of heroism
and courage, and an ineffable Kidncs.
Then camo tho battles of tho Wilder,
tiers, wherein wo all suffered more or
les.j.
"After the battle", with a broken arm
and shattered body, I found myself un
der a friend's auspice- at Alexandria. I
kuew Hugh was wounded and in the
hospital "dangerously", tho papers
eaid. I found him with both legs bro
ken, and a bullet in his shoulder. He
was calm and peaceful, spoke of the bat
tles, and of his own wounds and mine;
but uot of tho false woman who had hurt
him worse than tho enemy's bullets. I
left him, promising to return at fix. As
I entered, a surgeon said.
"Who is that interestinz youni fel
low that is lying so patiently while nil
around him are moaning or tossing to
and fro? He is looked fr tho hotter
country ; cannot posih!y last three d ivs.
Ho seems ail unconscious of his tale,
bio ; my heart aclie3 for these poor fel
lows." I glanced at a cot in the oflioetV
quarters, on which their eves wore fix; I
My God! It waa Huah! I waylaid
tho surgeon and learned that no human
" 'l '""
,l!3 bcJ- 1 MW
As I drew neur
sleeping. One
arm was flu a
boyish fashion, over" his
head, the other was pressed upon his
heart. He opened his beautiful eyes ao
suddenly, was startled.
"I was dreaming of home, Colonel."
'Call mo Reginald, Hugh," I said,
with a shake in :uy throat.
"We will go home together, Reginald,
you and I. You to see your dear old
mother, and I ah ! I had forgotten. I
long with au unutteiable loni'in to un
home ; to snuff the clover-blooms and the
fragrant grass. Colonel, would your
mother be my mother for a few days ?
Would she play mother to a hoiiicsieU
boy ? I am not much more than a boy,
Colonel, only two and twenty.'
"A hero, Hugh who has given his
life for his country."
"Only his llood, Colonel, but his life
belongs to his country."
He closed his eyes wearily, and a dead
ly paleness overspread his face. I had
promised tho surgeon to tell him of his
danger, and the task was painful; I must
perform it. I told him as tenderly as I
could. There was a little natural shrink
ing from the dread moustcr, theu all was
Pec?
"Just as flod wills' he said, but his
lip quivered.
Hugh, is there any one you would
hko to see, any one you would lik to have
with you, when when I could not
finish, but ho did it far me.
"When the Kkg of Terroas comes,
there is only one lace I care to see on
caith, HelcniWns ; but I cinnot expect
it. I am triad I have- neither father.
mother, sister nor brother to mourn for
n)e-,
.V0'1 """ us SUI'?C0I entered, and
tuiiri.se 1 lound tho Hums family at
b.'eakfast. I made few words auswer
for time was precious.
'Helen, you know Nettie's perfidy,
(high Jjcieuster is lyiug in the hospital
at Alexandria with only a few days to
live. The ouly person ho expressed a
wish to seo was Helen Burns, his boy
hood's friend. He is an orphan you
know, Helen, brotherless and sisterless. .
I came here without his knowledge, '
ki owing what a pleasure it would give
him to see you."
Her face was white ar.d cold, as if her
heait was turned to stone.
"Father, may I go."
"Just as you feel about it, mv child.
1 1 feel soiry for poor Hugh."
"I will accompany you, Colonel Dana
j T can stay at Cousin Mary's father, ex
) eept when I am with Hugh."
j Wc left within the hour, and reach
ed Alexandria at nine o'clock, p. m r
sent Helen in alone. When I j .
them she sat by tho cot with Hughs
j hand in hers.
! "God bless you, Reginald, I owe this
,to ycu. How long can you stay.
ueien :
"As long as you neod me, dear
Hugh."
"i'ou know that I am going, Helen !"
''Yes. going to tho new life, where
there is freedom forevcrmore, where on.
ly Christ rules."
"Love is no false mirage there, Helen.
His love alone cau satisfy the soul ; there
is no love like (J od's love; there is no
peace like his peace."
He grew more feverish as the night
woreou, und his mind wandered some
what. He talked constantly of Nettie,
and the old times "before the war." I
was studying Jlelen's pale, beautilul
face, and reading the secret I had bo.
fore suspected, (hat she loved (he dying
u an. Iq the early, lonesome dawn, the
messenger came. Helen hud been kneel
ing beside him for hours, with a faeo on
ly a shade less pale than his. The doe.
tor came in at four o'clock, looked sor
rowfully at his patient and the kneeling
womau by his tide, and went soltly
away.
The hue of death crept over tho face,
aud tho beautilul eyes were fast filmiug
over.
" A re you there, Helen ?"
"Yes, dear Hugh." And, forgettiug
my prestsuee, she laid htr head ou the
pillow beside his.
"What 13 it he says, Helen !
"'Peace I leave with you.'"
" 'Pcaoj I leave with you, my peace
I give uuto you; not as thj world giveth,
give I unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid."
"Iam not afraid, Helen, I know in
whom I trust. Siug to me."
She sang a verso of a hymn, her voice
scarcely trembling. He raised himself
slightly and bent his head as though lis
tening. "f. hear them, Helen, Rciginald, (he
'vietois wealing crowns and bearing
palm'."
But even as he spoke, the-"'eih'i-r cord
was loosed", and Hugh Leicester's esn li
ly career was ended.
Wo look him homo (Hollen and I)
and buried him by the Hide of hi.s pa
rents an.t sister. Two hearts are so1
niuoh poorer by tho battles t f tho Wil. j
denies. Helen Bums and mine. Would :
that only we two were tho sufferers 1 i
"october. I
With dyed garments of crimson and!
I sandals of gold tho prophet walks one'?
! more upon the hills, and proclaims the
j feast of the year to the inhabitants of
I the earth. The orchards are mighty ,
tahl'.'s bending under the weight of the
great Iruiqucc which Octobei has piled
upon them. The air is delicious nectar, .
which wo can quaff without measure or i
price. Then there is tho wonderful j
architecture and paintings of tho sun- I
sets; the white c-mborideries of mists
seamed with gold upou tho hills, the
stately splendors of the trees as the frot
flushes them into their lost glory; and
the tender, sereno, solemn light that
has a parting in its smile, not exactly
sad, but yearning and tender as the last
emtio of one who goes homo to heaven.
'October!" Tt is tho farewell of the
year its "Finis" ol beauty. Beyond it
lie decay and death, but the face of Oc
tober is not one that mourns, it is j
fieo which jays, sereno and victorious,
"I have Gnished the work which Thou
gavest me to do!" Ob, reader, if our
lines fall into autumn, may the;r last j
days be calm, serene, reioicincr like Oe. '
tobcr's!
now TO GO IT.
Go it strong in your praise of tho
absent. Some of it will be euro to get
around.
Go it strong when you make love to
a prelty widow. Jlorc people have
erred by too little than too much iu
this particular.
Go it strong when taking up contri
butiona for a charitable purpose It
will pay.
Go it strong when you make a public
speech. Niue people out of t -n never
take any allusion unless it outs like a
short handled whip or a rhinoceros
cowhide.
Gi U strong when you advertise,
ju-iiness is like architecture its be.-t
supporter are full ooIumim.
Go it strong and pay 'tho printer.
Never grudge him his price. Recollect
it is he who brings customers to your
very door, who otherwise would never
discover your whereabouts.
tf.9uWhy aro hoops like church fow.
crs'f They surround the bells (belles.)
BKSuThe young gentleman who flew
into a passion has had his wiugs dip
ped. C'-rju.V boarding-house keeper adver
tises "Jsoarl lor two
gas."
gentleman with
R5XWhy do hens always lay in day
time '( Because at night they become
roost-ers.
Jfeai-The end of a spotted dog's tail is
always white; and that of a spotted
cat, bleck.
fy What word is that which, if you
take away the first letter, all will still
remain ? Ball.
fi"DWhv is an auctioneer's advertise
went like a stiff breeze at sea? Bo.
cause it blows about the sales.
R'iT Whilst ordei ing tho arrangements
in front nf your limine, don't forget that
a man is often judged by his gait.
n;I am surprised, my dear, that I
have never seen you blush." "The fact
is. husbaud, I was born to blush un.
seen."
fiL?An eminent teetotaller would on'y
consent to sit for his portruit on condi
tion that he should bo taken in water
colors.
e& A Dutchman boiug asked how of.
ten ho shaved, replied, "Dree dimes a
week, effery tay but Sooutay, deu I
shaves eff-ry tay."
ft 'What do you think of my music,
father?" "Why, Polly, I've listened
to your musio, as you call it, till I'm
mew-sick myself."
ntuThcre is a womau in Iowa so
homely that they wou't allow her to
navel on tho railroad for fear she will
frighten the lochmotives.
8!u"I say, John, where did you get
that rogue'shat 1" " Please yer honor,"
said John, "it's an old ono of yours that
missis gave me jestcrday."
Cay-A dashing and fashionable widow
says obe thinks of sueing some gentle,
man for breach of promise, to that the
world may know she is iu the market.
&ra,Why U tho fact of you having
same weighty matter in tho bauds of a
lawyer like traveling iu the backwoods?
Because you arc a loug tiuio cooiiuj b)
a Eetticuiout.
LET IT PASS.
"Let former grudges paw." SHAK3-
TEARR..
Bo not swift to take offence
Let it pa.!
Anger b a foe to sense ;
Lft it. -an I
Biood not darkly o'er a wrmig
Which will disappear crc Ymtr;
Rather sing this cherry aong
Irft it plv3 1
Lt,t it pass !
Strife corind-i.s the purest mind ;
Let it pa."i !
As the unregarded wind,
Letit ps33 !
Any vulgar souls that live
May condemn without reprieve .
'Tis the noble who forgive,
Let it pas !
Let it pass !
Echo not an angry word ;
Let it pi ss !
Think how oficn yon have erred ;
Let it pass !
Since our joys must paas away,
Like the dewdrops on the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay ?
Let it pass !
Let it pass I
If for good you've taken iil ;
Let it pass !
Time at last makes all things straight;
Let us not resent but wait, "
And our triumph shall be gr;at ;
Let it pass 1
Let it pafs !
Bid your auger fodepiit,
Let it pass !
Lay these homely words to heart,
Let it pass I
Follow uot the giddy wrong;
Better to be wronged than wrong ;
Therefore sing tho cheery song
Let it pass !
Let it pass !
Election Proclamation-
WHEREAS, in and by an act of the
General Assembly of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, entitled an act
to regulate the general Elections within
this Commonwealth, it is enjoined on
mo to give public notico of such Elec
tions, and. to enumerate in said notice
what officers are to bo elected. And
whereas, by a supplement to said Act,
passed April 11th, 1848.it isenactcd:
Tho election for Electors for President
and Vice President of tho United States,
shall, in tho year of our Lord, 1843,
and every fourth year thereafter, be
held on the Tuesday next after tho first
Monday in November.
In pur.-innce whereof, I, V. W.
HAYS, Sheriff of tho county of Elk do
hereby make known aud give notice to
the Electors of the county of Elk, that
a General Election will be held iu said
county, on
Tuesday the 8th day of Nov-
next, at which time they will vote by
ballot for Twenty-Six Persons' FOR
ELECTORS of a President and Vice
President of the United States, at tho
several Election IU- riots, as follows :
And the qualified electors ot tho coun.
ty of Elk, will hold their elections in the
several Districts as follows :
In Highland township at tho house of
Levi Elithoi'pe.
Jones township at (he house of R. W.
Drown.
Spring Creek township at tho house
of S'ockdalo, Downer & Co.
Ridgway township at the Court
House.
Fox township at tho Grave Yard
School House.
Benzinger township at the School
house on Michal Street, near Elk crock
bridge.
St. Mary's borough at the Louse of
Tgnatus Garner.
Jay township at tho house of Alfred
i Pearsol.
Benozett township at the house of
i Thomas Overt u if.
i And I also give notice, that every
person, excepting tho Ju-tiees of the
Peace, who shall hold any (Cico or up.
pointiiieiit of profit or dust under the
. Government ot tho United States, or
.t t'o Sta'e or of any city or iucorpora.
'I district, whether a conimiisioned
' officer or otnerwiie, subordinate officer
or Hgeiit, who is or shall be emplojed
under the Legislative, Enceutivo or Ju.
diciary department of this State or of
the Uuited States, of any incorporated
district ; aud also, that every member of
I Congress, ol the State Legislature uud
of tho select aud commou Couucil of
, any city, or Commissioner of any iucor-
i porated district, is by law incapable of
j exercising at, me same nine trie otnee ct
Judge, Iuspector or Clerk of an election
in this Commonwealth and that no In
spector, Judge or office of any such clcc.
tiou, shall bo cligiblo to any office then
to be vo(ed for.
I And in and by the 4th sectiou of au
! Act, approved the loth day of April,
lSUt, itisenactel, that the I Kth sectiou
of an Act passed July 2d, ISoi, entitled
, an Act relating t the elections in this
' Commouweath, shall uot bo construed as
. to prevent any military or borough offi
cer from serving as Judge, Iuspector or
Clerk at any general or special election
; of this Commonwealth,
i And tho Return Judges of the res
spaetive districts aforesaid, are required
I to meet iu Ridgway, the county, seat of
j uid county, ou Friday after the see.
ond Tuesday of October next, then and
jby
iitW.
P. W. HAYS, Sheriff.
Shei-tiTs, Office, . )
iKMgw-y, Oct. 22d, lc61. ;
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St. friary's
I take pleasure in calling atten
tion of the public to my
C'othing
ForXadics. eni!ctnen and ehil-dren.
of!be? Sugar,
n ? Et
ay
A large stock of Gonfectioiinrv,
such as candy raisins, nuts of (lif
erent kinds figs and all other
goods of the kind usualy kept.
A small assortment in tho
aud sold at low flguoin
stock
Call
Post up before buying.
$t. Mary's, Jmw II, 18(M.
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Elk County Pu,
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OF
Boots and Shoes,
Tea, like &t
above lino, will bo kept on 1ml
is full and cheap.
and