Ii ^ I . m \ ? ? ? ?' ' S ,v,* .\ two poll aus per annum. j IM? ,*?t>l h> V** (Irl 1 ,-.< I i? GOD ?ND OUR pOUNTRY. ?1 . always in advance. VOLUME 3. 1/.- . SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1869. NUMBER 14. a > mit &, '-.e?rf /? \ i ?' ..i ' BT K. JJJCIBN RICHIE. -c? ] >*??*#Han 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 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.