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VOLUME 3.
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SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1869.
NUMBER 14.
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BT K. JJJCIBN RICHIE.
-c? ] >*??*#Ha<rTER. I.
"Robert Arnold was on the sunny side
thirty?dashing, wealthy, aud fash
ionable. He had no bruins, but, the in
tellectual deficiency was more thau cqunl
tizod by the vnstucss ot* his reputed pus- |
sessions. Royal blood coursed through
this veins, his father ut one tituo having
^boCn the, gardener of a king, and his
jnoilnji an intimate friend, by permission.
XLVobcrt was handsome withal, aud
^therefore a ''diamond of the first wator,
?and a prire of unlimited magnitude."
Toothers were extravagant in their eulo
gies; daughters were wild with excite
ment at the very thought of captivat'mn.
Qn the menu time, the said Robert flour
riahed like thistles ob a barren isle ; he
bad it all his own wny. and that, way a
smooth one. He had no duels to 3?;hl
.or rivals to meet, the "track" being
?cleared co-instnnti Jwhenever aud wher
?ever the said Arnold mude au appear
ance. "
Thcro was a single exception to the
rale, however, iu the person of William
Hurt well. He aspired to the same emi
nence end worshipped at the same altar.
Alas for William ! Shame unto l'.obert!
0ff^PJ^x '[ .''chatter it.
Mary Bnrtol was ou the s-hndy Bide ot
twent}*, accomplished, gay, witty, and
feeautiful to fascination. She hnd no
BMtart. but what of that ? Ilm* faco and
f'tn-in W?uld carry ltcr through any con
flict triumphantly; hence no defect was
-MI .brtm&ihlijr ' i I ? . ,
registered against the lair and pretty
Mary. She was loved, teo, as all pretty
ladies arc and must and ought to be, aud
? aijart??iM than one "suitor. Said appli
cants for an abidirig-plntic in Heartland
being numerous, the modest Mary had-no
limitation it: ct-'li mating her own value
flfl j^iai (if hor coiiipetitors
She- made w?" selections, however,
when making up her list oi visitors,
wealth ranking first, last and always : ap
pearance second and seldom ; character
and real worth as a cipher and without
quntation.
William llartwell loved the valuable
Mary; loved extravagantly, not wisely,
hnWever, as the sequel will show. His
inoncy was easily counted, but his genius
and polished mind and manners won him
a boat of friends. He was an artist ;
heavenly tints und colorings, warm, glow
ing and lifelike, he created at will; fluent
and graceful in conversation, majestic
and handsome iu form und featufC) with
ravenrfluwing locks, he gniucd the affec
tions ?f many a f:.ir one, and the adiui
vt&L>n of Mary Burlo).
Iu -dreams be was happy. The sky
?was cerulean, the flowers bright and
beautiful, the spring-time pleasant. So
fcft. he?so thought he. But a change
canoe M'ar the spirit of his dream, and a
LJsxfc cloud suddenly unrolled, scroll-like
<eu*'*b~>ping iu shadows aud death a hith
erto sun lighted landscape and heart. Fie
upon Mary!
cii.wTKn hi.
Robert Arnold visited the Bartols. Pa
and ma were delighted, Mary iu ecsta
sies, and poor William in trouble and
anwpenso. They twain, that is, the said
Robert and the a oresaid William, were
rivals in their own estimation nnd suit
ors for the hand of the Queen Mary.
Oue wua ueeept? d the other rejected. |
The accepted OUC Was not the said Wil
Jiatn, aud the rejected one was not tbu
said Robert.
William Hartwoll pleaded earnestly.
He 'divulged the secret of the inner
chamber jf his soul. Fervently, clo
Yjuently m d practically he appealed to
the idol of his 'tic, the object of his so
licitude and the aim of his ambition, but
in vain?in vain ! Congealed, adaman
tine, and inflexible as an iceberg, he ac
complished nothing, and departed, hu
miliated and chargri..cd.
A march for the heartless Mary and a
Vnrge for the sorrowful William. To
him how a propot the touching lines.
"Woman's lovo nnd woman's trust.
Write, in chnracters of dust,
1'rint them on the pnle moonbenm,
fcngrnve them on tlie running stream,"
.???*' ?? CHAPTER IV.
Hob ort ami Mary were soon united iu
the bond of Wedlock. The surround
ings .and paraphernalia were those of
?pinup, opulence, and goldcu splendor.
The Barlo!*, at JoiibI, were happy. The
Wine flowed freely ; toasts were druoR 5
prophecies indulged in ; comments un
sparingly made; dress suits were forth
coUM"^; d-izzliug trails uusliutcdj ba
rouchos ut" every description on hand for
the occasion ; a retinue of servants at
command; in a word, they lived in
princely style, attiring in royal purple,
and eating tho first fruits of tho season :
sleeping on couches of down, aud roll
ing in wculth and luxury generally.
But alas for human pride and vain de
lusion! In less than three months of
time, the vast possessions suddenly be
came4'small and beautifully less." Cred
itors clamored in vuin fur payment ot
bills; their visits wero irksome, annoy
ing, and exceedingly utipleass&t. He
bert became desperate ; be turned upon
the object of bis heart, accused hor of
extravagance and being the cause of all
Iiis troubles, vexations, and downfall.
The affectionate.. Mary became fren
zied, sobbed, wept and hurled back tho
libel indignantly ; spoke of d ception,
absence oi judgment, ditto brains, plus
cash, and various other convenient and
ueedful things in the hour of trouble.
Love got ularmcd because of the im
broglio; aud abruptly winged its flight to
a sunnier and more congenial clime.
A divorce was obtained in just six
mouths from the day of marriage, and
two souls once more wero happy in tho
thought eueh had triumphed over tho
other. One had rid herself of e. monster
aud a fool; the other got rid of a spit
fire and heartless extravaganza.
MORAL.?All are not diamonds that
sparkle, neither all gold that glitters.
"Young ladies, value character and real
worth ; spurn uot the poor young man,
and receive with distrust the attentions
of the rich and favored. A good heart,
a pure .soul, and a noble nature are worth
untold n; ill ions.
Young gontlcmen, frown not upon ob
souriiy , the mo: t precious gems are al
ways found in uufrequentod places. No
amouut of luxury or splendor, no face or
form howover beautiful or faultless, can
possibly supply the want of purity, amia
bility, simplicity and domestic accoui
idishtitenta, blessing and! making happy
the longing soul and loving heart. As
you sow, in the order of nature, you will
reap.? Warrrly Magazine.
TjT&nnieal Men.
I Think most of my readers will
admit that there is found occasionally
BUOh a creature as a tyrannical man?one
who is such in his family circle, at all
events.
I have known men who were patterns
of gentleness aud suavity in their
business relations, who wore any
thing but gentle in their domestic rela
tions. They were not boru to rule their
peers; so they ruled over thoso who were
weaker and moro helpless than them
selves?such as wives, and children, aud
hired mcu?with a rod of iron. I will
not deal in vague generalities, but relate
some instances of petty tyranny of ac
tual occurrence
There was a man who had a little,
tueck-faced wife, soven girls, one boy,
and a large farm. lie used to bo obliged
to hire help upon his farm, and of course
he could not get men who would do
work just as he did it himself. In the
planting of corn or potatoes, if the rows
were not just so straight, aud the hills
just so fur opart, be would ruvo like a
mad man, actually foaming at the mouth.
If there was a rake or fork misplaced in
Ilia barn, or a bit of litter upon the floor,
hl? anger wt uld. break forth in curses.
His rule iu the house was absolute. His
wife expressed, in every look and atti
tued, deprecation and apology, and the
children skulked in corners like quails,
when they heard his footstep upon tho
door-stone, lie built a large bouse, in
tho planning of which hia wife had no
voice; consequently it was the most in
convenient arrangement you can imagine.
There was a flight of six stairs from the
kitchen to the dining-room, but nun';
leading to the chamber, except those
in the front ball. The girls were anx
ious to have a door-step at the Irout door.
He drew a large stone, dumped it mid
way between tho house aud street, and
there it lay for years. They wanted a
good door yard feuce and a gate; ho
built one of coarse, crooked rails, and
had a pair of bars. They wanted to
keep hens, and have plenty of eggs and
chickens ; bo would not permit a hen to
' set foot upon his farm. They wanted
' curtains ut the windows, uud carpets
upon the floor ; he tore the curtains into
ribbons, und kicked the basket of carpet
j Vugs out of doors. ''O lather! do keep
a horse '." was the cry of the girls, and
ho, kept the very "pokiest" pair of oxen
he could tiud. At last he got '"converted,"
and tor souie years did much better ;
but u few seeds of the "original siu"
reiuaioed iu Iii? bosom j the "old Adam"
got the upper bund of him, and ho
became a backslider.
I knew another man?he was called
a man?whose wife never dared to go
out for nu aft or noon visit without bis
most gracious permission, aud whose
children never went to play for an hour
with a neighbor's children, without osk
iug him if they might go, and bow long
they might stay. lie knew to an ounce
how much butter and cheese was made
in the house, sold it himself, took the
mouey, put it iu his pocket, from which
receptacle it never came forth without a
strngglo and a groan, uuloss it came out
to buy more land, lie kept a pair of
horses, one of which was gentlo enough
for his wife to drive I've seen that
wife stand before him with downcast
eyes, trembling lips, and nervous bunds,
begging of him to let her have the horse
to drive to tho village.
"What do you want to go to tho vil
lago for ?"
"I want to go to the store first, and
then to seo Lizzie Ford."
"Go to the store, hoy ! What on
airth are yon going to the store for now?
It's run, run to the store all the time;
it's 'hough to keep n man poor as pover
ty tho hull time."
"Maria wants a new dress, and Nettie
a new shaker."
"Maria wants a new gownd, does she?
Well, she can go out to work and aim
it ; then she'll kuow how she came by
it."
"I can not spare her to go out."
HO HCl ,
j:j _v
v.... yea WJ .
you could see the work my mother
doue?you're allers draggiu round half
dead."
1 did not hear the poor mother's re
sponse, but he did.
"What's that?you wish you were
dead ? Well now, that's u purty wish
[Tor aCltrist^iau?a u "niber of the church,
too! You've got u wicked, rebellious
heart?that's what you've got. Aud it
dou't do you any particular good to see
Lizzie Ford neither, you can't have the
horse; I dttnno but you might if you
Wasn't a going to see Lizzie."
I know another, who concealed his
iron elaw in a velvet paw. lie was the
meokest and gentlest of human beings
when there was company at his houso;
and, when he was visiting ut a friend's
house, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
In his own houso there were not dishes
enough of a kind to ret the table decent
ly. There were broken plates, two-tined
forks, knives minus a handle, and ger
innt! silver spoons. When the guests
were at table, he would say :
"Wife, why don't you mslCe me th'i. !.
to get a sot of dishes ? these arc really
too shabby,"
Wife blushes a little, but is silcut.
"Look there, wife, you've given Mr.
Boots u broken knife. Get another."
Boots says, "It's of no consequence."
So the wife shuts her mouth tightly, but
her lip twitches nervously.
"Why, Mrs. Pinoher, you are the most
lorgetful woman; there's no spoou in the
gravy. Bring one, Sophia."
Sophia fumbles among a lot of broken
ones, snd brings a short-handled, pewter
spoon.
"Can't you find a better ono, sis?
Tint never mind, thi* ono will do for this
time."
The miserable stingy man ! His w!;'c
bad begged him to get a decent table
outfit more than a dozen tunes?begged
with tearful eyes and choking words.
His reply was, ??They're good enough
for me, and if other folks don't like my
style, they can keep away."
Again I've seen him and wife at a dry
goods shop. Ho would tell her to buy
this, that, und the other, for herself or
the children, at the same time giving
bora look which she understood to moan
?"If you do buy it, I'll give you a lec
j ture when wc got homo." So the poor,
crushed, humble creature makes some
flimsy excuse, or a faint pretense of not
being suited.
These arc true pictures, every ono of
them, und I could draw us many more*
- Wettern j'unil.
"Mr. Sitnpkin bns an abominable gait
?don't you think so?"
"No, indeed ; I think it quite hand
some, especially sinco it was painted."
'?Excuse mo, but you don't understand
me?1 allude to his carriage."
"Why, la me ! ho has no carriage."
"Oh ! yes, he has; but it it is seen
only when he walks."
Interesting Murder Trial in Mary
land, j*
Some weeks ago, it will he remembered,
a Miss Martha Jane Cairncs snot and
killed Mr. Nicholas McCotuas, at Jar
' fl li.iO frill . '
rcttsvillc, Maryland, fur the offence of
having seduced her under promise of
marriage, aud failing to- keep the prom
isc. The greater part of last week was
occupied iu her triul, aud an extraordi
nary interest was mauii'-stcd in the case,
the families of both parties being highly
respectable. The oloefug scene Satur
day is thus described by a correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun: *
This morning the iutcrcst w;is greater
than ever, and a larger "crowd than any
time during the trial was present. Tue
c.'urt room back to the wall was densely
packed with human beings. Some wore
standing iu the windows, aud mauy even
pushed iuside the bar and monopolized j
the space appropriated to the members of
the bar and the witnesses, even invading
the spot where the jury sat, and from
which no admonition or*the court could
induce them to budge
At the hour of opening, after the
judges were on the bench, the accused
eutcrcd the room as usual on the arm of
the sheriff, closely veiled, and "was placed |
in the dock trembling and SeemiugJy I
more affected than usual, knowing tHut
beforo the suu of this day set her fate
would be decided. Many of her friends
had scut her previous words of sympathy
aud encouragement. A magnificent
; bouquet had beeu presented to her early
iu the morning by a youug member of
the bar, which was prepared by the fair
j hands of Mrs. Stevenson Archer. When
I she took her scat in rue dock several
female friends who had followed her in,
placed themselves ou Cither sido of her.
remaining until all w?s over.
TTrirrgu^Sff^vTrs^o^iuuc(.r .V.TTw -in
cluded.
The excitement now became intense.
Necks were Stretched and the eyes peered
from all directions, first at the prisoner
and then at the jury. .Many thought
that the jury would render their verdict
without leaving the box, but the) gave
no indication that thoy had arrived at a
couolusion.
Judge (Iiason then directed the bailiff
to take them in chaigc, when they re
tired. Some considerable disuppuiut
incut as manifested by the crowd at
this, and anxious inquiries went around,
'?What is the matter ?" "l>o you think
the jury is all right'/" &c. Tbc jury
were out just ten minutes, and it i> un
derstood that the hitch was caused by
?U?ysiau being uuablc to agree with
i-he other eleven that it was a case of
justifiable homicide, but was willing to
acquit if ho eould be suti.sfied ui the
previous insanity and ten minutes were
occupied by hi.s associates in convincing
him of the fact.
The Jury were thus out ten minutes.
When the jury re-entered, the crowd
iu attendance was cautioned by the court
not to make any demonstration wheu the
verdict was rendered, on pain of arrest,
and there is no doubt that the caution
was necessary to repress the enthusiasm
of the brawny yeomanry clustered all
around. The clerk polled the jury, and
after the other formalities, the focmun
give the verdict of aXot guilty," when
u few furtive yells weut up from small
boys in the rear of the orowd who were
not to be deterred by the threatening
toriors of the court.
The accused, whose composure during
the trial had been so generally noticed,
could no longer hear the strain upon her
and gave way entirely; she wept and
gasped for breath, ami seemed in immi
nent danger nl' fainting. W ith the us
sistanco of the sheriff and others she was
taken into an adjoining room, the door
locked tu keep out the crowd that was
pressing upon her, and after inhaling a
little frosb air she recovered sufficiently
to be taken over the street to her hotel.
where for a long time parties wen.
Btantly coming to inquire n.ter her.
Later in the ovanii g, with her mother
and others o her family and friends, she
left for her home near Jurrattsville, the
scene of the tragedy with which her
name is so closely conueoted.
The court adjourned immediately alter
the prisoner was discharged.
Why is a hungry boy looking at a
pudding, like a wild horse ? Because
ho would be all the better if he had a
bit in bis mouth.
Let's Have a Drink.
Tho ridiculous, absurd American cus
tom of "asking" is responsible for seven
eighths?mind, we say seven-eighths,
and mean it, too?of all the liquor con
sumed in this country. Abolish that
custom to-day, and where there are eight
barrels of liquor drank now, there would
he but one. Wc believe this, and be
lieve it can't bo gainsaid. We appeal to
any number of driukcrs for their opin
ion in the matter. To this custom we
owo one "''drinking betwecu drinks,"
which some wag, with more truth than
poetry iu his soul, said was the only
thing that hurt, or Words to that effect. '
What a ridiculous piece of foil}' it is
to go into a place, if iu the mood tbr
liquor, and to ask five or six acquain
tances up to drink wilh jon ; yet it is
done all the tibic, add by parties who
perhaps waut the money for stockings.
But not to do it wheu your aoqaintanccs
arc abyiU ;? to be looked upon as "small
potatoes" aud a few iu the hill. Take
the following as an illustration of a de
lightful "fix," liable to arise from this
ubsuvd custom.
You feel iu a mood for a glrfss. YoU
go for it. Meet a friend just as you are
about to enter a gin mill, and yon "ask
him." Enter, and he comes upon a
group of four or five of his friends who
have just entered, and arc conversing for
a moment. Y'ou are introduced all round
by yobr friend. Where are you now,
with a dollar in your pocket and five or
six fellows on your hands, only one of
whom you ever saw before*, and' morally
bound by custom and impelled fcy false
pride to ask them to join you in a social
glass ?
You can't got out of it; they know
you come in for liquor, and as your
friend introduced you aud didn't invite,
why you must do the honors, and you say
you arc glad to sec them (an infernal li?,
by the way) and -isk them up. If you
are kViiowu at the* bar all'riglfc ; if auf.
you have to borrow of your friend.
How's that '( Perhaps some of the party
might a.-k you some other time, but the
chances arc they wouldn't kudw you front
.1 baked apple. A most absurd, dead fraud
this ??asking" in connection with liquor.
Do wc ask, coax, prevail on acquain
tances tu go in and have neckties, gloves
or bouts with us ?" ''Come in and take
a bottle of wine with me?" men will
say , .Ttul t .ke you by the arm, and iu you
go. Do they ever say. "Cowc in and
have a hat with me?" Are you e utiu
ually urged to eat things ? Do they ask
to take p icket knives, lead pencils, hair
dye, tt?<.th powder, paper cedars, or um
brellas with them ? No, this "asking"
business is confined to liquor, It i.
!!?iUor liberality, or a oust tu. rather, ih.'il
extends itself to no other article, if we
except oysters and cigars, but iu these, it
j is limited.
' 'fake a party of six Germans, who gu
in for their lager. They sit down, and
each oi?C drinks what he wants, and p ly
lor what he drinks. He isn't forced aud
bantered because he don't drink more,
'lie; same with Englishmen, French men,
and all other people ou the face of the
glebe, except Americans. You know
how it would be with six of the latter,
did they go iu fur lager. There would
be thirty-six glasses drank or paid for, if
not all drank, because each must "a.-k"
the others. Humbug ! l-'olly !
lm.igiue. a ease like this, did the "ask
ing" business extend beyond the confines
of liquor. Two gentlemen walking up
Broadway. One is tit traded by a fine
display of bottles?or, boots, shoes, &c,,
in a window. "Bob, let's go in and have
SOlliC bouts." In they go. "Takt' hold.
Bob. What's your fancy ?" "Thank
you, Tom, but I'm nut taking boots just
now," "Oh, get in 'Take hold. One
pair won't hurl you." "No, excuse, me,
Tom." "Take something. Bob. Take
homo a pair of boots f?.r y utr wife.
Don't see nie do this thing alone." Bob
comes down and takes a pair of boots
It's no use. Who could withstand Tom s
appeal:? Temperance Advocate.
The theory of velocipede riding is
straddle, paddle, and then skedaddle."
A man in Australia has lost 1 1,000
out of 18,000 sheep, for want of water.
tiough talked to sonio purpose lust
year, and returns uii income, of $l4,5U0,
A new ministry is wanted iu Spain by
the majority of the delegates iu the
Cortes.
Christian resignation, in tho old age of
n life of trial, is the rose oil of many crush*
j ed days and nights.
Endless matches?Husbandsand ?ivoa.
Testing the S?lrite.
spiritualism first made its'a p
pearance iu the village of-?? j old Dea
con Isaacs, a rich maa who has stood by
the ehnrob for rly ?ihwtesooro years,
was exceedingly bitter I against all be
lievers in the "devil's work," as ho call
ed it, and denounced apirit?alistB aud
spiritualism in no very gentle. language.
Imagine the deaeou's auger, then, when
six months afterwards ho found it had
worked its way into his family, and not
only were his wife and daughtors be
lievers, but one Of them was a medium,
and possessed fall power to converse with
the spirits of those who had departed to
that "bourne from which no traveler re
turns.*'
rVeae^n ' Isaacs Wni 'taad, dreadfalf/ 1
mad; but he had wit enough not to
show it. and he bore the taunts of the
uogodly with a meek spirit. He knew
it would be useless to deolara open war ;
for Mrs. Isaacs alouc had proved more
than a match for him, aud he was surd
to be defeated. ? He must "circumvent
the critter," as he expressed it. and to
this cud he set himself to work. He
was a man of.sound judgment, and bis
worldly experience of fifty years was not
thrown away. From the day it first
came to his knowledge that his wife and
daughters were spiritualists he never
spoke a word against nor did he ever
allude to it. except in general terms in
his morning prayers; but any one could
see that it troubled him; for he was ub
scut-minded, his eves (wandered restless
ly, aud ho looked care-worn. *
The (Teaenn^wffnessod1" one "or two
"sittings" at bis own house, and was
satisfied that if ho possessed a little more
kuowledge he could get nd of them. .Sp. \
one morning he started for the city, de
termined to thoroughly investigate the
subject, before he returned. Af
ter visiting two of the most popular
mediums and paying his inouey, he rc
tui-nedl Jhotn^satis?qd that he could see
th rough iti^^^^^
There was a "sitting" at tho deacon's
house on the night he returned: and
his daughter Mary?the medium?in
vited the deacon to take a seat at the
table, which, to her gratification, was ac
cepted. The spirits were in good tune,
and so exceedingly communicative that
the deacon was induced to ask a few
questions, which were readily answered,
and the wife and daughters were in ec
stasies at the thought that father would
yet be a believer, and urged the deacon
on in his inquiries.
TIas my wife always been true to her
marriage vows?" asked the deaeou.
To this question there were, no raps in
r turn, while Mrs. Isaacs sat transfixed
with' holy horror that such a thought
should, outer her husband's mind;
"How many years have passed since
she was untma?"
i Answer by single raps. Then came
j slowly and solemnly, one, two, three, tour,
und so on, until they reached twenty.
I "IL>w many who claim to be are not
l my children V*
Again the spirits rapped?one, two.
Mrs. Isaacs looked dumbfounded.
"Mercy !" said Mary.
"Which are they!''" asked the dt'acon,
who now seemed so intent on his subject
that be paid no attention to his compa
nions.
"Mary, Sarah," rapped the spirits,
the names of the two daughters, the
okier of which was under twenty.
Mrs. Isaacs could stand it no longer.
"It's ft Ho ! I didn't ! it's a lie !" she
shrieked, rising from the table. "They
are your children, Deacon Isaacs; aud
Qod knows it."
"But the spirits affirm differently,"
said the deacon in a solemn voice.
"Then they lie !" said the wife. \
"But, if you believe them in every
thing else, why not in this?"
"But I don't believe in thctu at n|ll;
it is all foolery." (
"Nor 1!" shouted Mary. \
Nor I !" added Sarah.
"Then," said the deacon, while, a smi !r
illuminated his countenance, "we will
bid thom good-by, nnd leave those things
which God has wisely hie1 from ns to lie
revealed i'n his time."
The deacon's evening devotions wer^c
characterized with more earnestness thaii
usual, and the family retired fully satisl
fied that the spirits and mediums diu
not always reveal tho truth.
Mrs. Isaacs was so glad that none of
the neighbors were present; but some-1
how the story got wind, and so fearful
were the spirit dames of N-that they
might be caught in the same trap which
the deacon hud set that spiritualism was
driven entirely from the Village.
Don't Stay LoNtf.-*"Doa't
long, husband r" said e- young bride te?? ,
derlv in my presence ono evening, p*^
her husband was preparing. to go out, .
selves were insignificant,
The words thems
but the look of mating fondness with
which they were' accompanied spoke
volamos. It told the whale vast
of Wonjan's love; of her gr^ef when*,
light of his smile thp 'source of afi. apt'
joy, beamed not brightly upon her.
"Don't stay loug, husband!" and I
fancied I saw the loving, gentle wife sit
ting alone, anxiously counting the ma- .
incuts of her husband's absence, every ,
few minutes runnii.g to the door to see
if hp was not iu sight, and finding that
he was not, I thought I could heat*'her
exclaiming, in disappointed tones, "???
yleftPm ^iiiiiul !.ty.it-d) i f: ? ih icol Uite
"Don't slay lonrf, hselLukft If? a?*Vl t
again thought I could see the young wile. ,
rocking nervously in her great arm chair
and weeping as though her heart would '
break, as W ifioughtfeas ^WtlSk'WF*
ter" pVy!orsg"d his s-tar to M wea'rfejislN
length of^inrtc fcai i!? ?m
Oh, you that havcwSVoato say
stay loug," when you go forth, think af
them kindly when you are mingling in
the busy hive of lifo, and try just a S?e'1
to make their homes aud hearts hajJe^^
for they are gems t~o seldom replaced.
You cannot find amid the pleasures of
tho world the peace and joy that a quiet ,
home, blessed with such a weruau's qjpjS-^
scnec, will afford. ? ? j r ^
'?Don't stay long, tiuisbaud!" and Am
y<)ung,Wift^Lloo*u s&fried1 to :a*y-W?K
here iu your own sweet home Is a lovfqg [
heart whose music is hushed when you
are absent?here is a soft breast to lay
your weary head upon, and here pure
ljps uusoiled by sin, that will pay you
kisses -fBr-ef?iift? Us** so soon. : *M
-. ??? t0n
A Noni.fc Act-Tiirh.i.i.nu Scene.?
On Monday last a young boy, son of
Mrs. Forest, living on Riddle's banks,
near this city, had occasion to take bis
"""l?^*" '-h^-danj of -Tesi;ut) & Mooro!^^
paper-mills to the east side of the Brandy-^TI
wine creek. On returning, owing to the
strong wind aud high freshet, the boat
became unmanageable, and was carried
over the dam breast. Providentially,
tho boat, a? ;t was rushing down the
rapid water below the dam, struck upon
the ouly roek in the crock whose top
was above the water, and here young
Forest scran:bled, aud thereby was saved
from immediate drowning. The people
soon gathered for the rescue, but tile
questiou arose as to how tho boy was to
bo Raved from his perilous condition. A't
that moment a lame boy with a crutch ,
came forward and said "I can fetch him .
oft !" Ono of the by-Btandors objected,
until his father, Patrick Mulrien, who
was present, said "Lot him go; you eau't
drown that boy." A rope was proeueed,
and young Mulrien, with rope and
crutch, went to the rescue. After feeling
the water a little, he threw the crutch
ashore, and manfully plunged into the
rapid, l ushing flood of waters, headed
for the roek iu the middle ef ?h? ?oaky
I w here sat the half-drowned, chilled, aud.
frightened boy. Mulrien swam round
and round till he got through the eddy
ing water on the lec side of the rock,
where he scrambled up, tietl Mf rope
around young Forest, aud with hia feet
hud to push him off the rock into the
seething, boiling current, as the bey
stubbornly refused' to leave Hue only
place of safety, being benumbed with
cold and afraid to face the dangers of
tho rapid flood again. The men sovr>
pulled him ashore, where kiud, hands,
ministered to his wants. Tho trouble
then was how Mulrien was to get back
again, as he still sat upon tho rock, and
looked quietly at the people, then at the
rushing flood, lie prepared himself for
the plunge, and after circling round the
partly covered, dangerous rocks, directed
his course dowu the ceek, made head
way with the current, and Very soon
gained the shoro, ?ouie distance below
the 800U0 of the disaster.? Wilmington
(M7.) Commercial.
A Lawyer Convicted of Fbai;i>.
In the common picas court, before Judge
Daly, yesterday, Frances Way had re
covered a verdict of $1,860, with interest,
against John Livingston (well known to
the profession throughout the country )
and his surities. Livingston is a law
yer, and was administrator of the estate
of the deceased husband of the plaintiff,
in the settlement of which he was ge?^jtf
of frauds of such flagrant character as
to call lor severe robuke by the court,
who pronounced Livingston a disgrace to
\| his race, country, and profession.?Act*1
York Jit raid.