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THEODORE H. CREMER.
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W. n. Monnn, R. M. KniKiiniui'-.
WILLIAMH.MORRIS&CO.
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Contniission tflerehants,
HAVRE   DE   GRACE,    .MARYLAND
M.WINCi taken the large iintl ci-inmndi- ous Wharf aud Warehouse situuted di¬ rectly on the Caii.tl Ba.sin, ure now jirepared to receive consignments of goods lor iriin- ehlpment or sale.
A general assortment of Groceries, &c., eoRsisting of Loaf and Btotvti Sug.n-s, Cuff, e, Molasaes, Sperm Oil and Caudles. White, Vellow and Brown Soups, Fish, Sili, Plusk-r, &C., together witb all kinds nf Sjiiees and Vaults—and als.-> ready mude Cloihing will be kept constatitly on hand and dispost d uf on city terms or exchanged for cuuntry jiru- duce, Coal, 8cc.
April ly. 1G43 —3m.
THE GIRTRFLrFElMSyRANC E,
OFP BBS F.B FH:FP SBI.B.
Of^ce No. 159 Chesnut Strcel.
Make insurances of lives, grant inininuitit-s
^ondEndowments, aud receive ancl execute
Trusts.
Rates for insuring SIOO, nu a single life.
A ISoon Scene.
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•20
30
40
50
60
Fo'r 1 year.
(0 91
1 31
I 69
1 96
4.13
Fur 7 years.
anun  Ily.
$0 95
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1 i;3
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For life
ani.iiully
$1 77
2 36
3 20
4 60
7 00
Example :—A person aged 30 years, by Jiaying the company  ijl 31 would secure  tu tlis family or heirs ^jlOO, sboubl lu- diein o"- year—o.'l'm->ia..in.'..... .u.   i   year.s, ne se-
tures to them 81000 sluiuld lie die during the T years—or for *23 60 jiaid annually du¬ ring life be provides fur lli. m 1000 dullars whenever be dies- fnr $65 50 thty would re¬ ceive 3000 dollars, should be die iii ene year. - Furlher particuiars respecting Life Insur¬ ance, 'Trnsls, or management of Estates and property confided to tbem, may be bad at the office.
B W. RICHARDS. Piesidenl. JNO. F. JAMES. Actuarv.
Phil'a. April 19. 1843. —6in.
DAY, GEiRISH & CO.
CiE.\EKAL  l'ie«»UUCE,
Comtnission ttntl Fortcartling JfBerelittnts.
'  Cranits Stores, lower side of Race sireel, on the Delaware, Philadelphia. ^lal^SPEC'TFULLY inforni  their friend
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TlPlluict August noon is como,
A sluu-.l'iTOUii silt'ut'O fills fhe sky, Till; lii-'Us iire slill, Ihc woods uru tlumti; In ;jlas5y sicoj. tho tvuters lie.
And mark yoii soft while clouds, that rest Ahove our vale, a iiiovdcss throng;
'i'hc cattle on die iiiouiitaii.'s breiuit, Enjoy the grateful thadotv long.
Oh l.ow unlike lho.se merry hours
Insuniiy June, when earlh laughs out,
When ll.e fresl. winds ni'dke love to lloivers, .\nd woodlands sing und waters shout.
When ill the grass stvcct voices talk, .^nd strains of tiny music swell
From every moss cup of the rock, From every nameless blossom's bcll.
But now, a joy too deep for sound,
A jieaee no other season k.iotvs, JIuslies the heavens, and wraps the ground—
'The blessing of supreme repose.
.\wny ! I vvill not bo to-d.iy,
'The only slave of loil and care I Away from desk and dust away !
I'li bc as idle as die air.
Beneath the open sky abroad,
.-Vmong the jilanls and breathing things. The sinless, jieaceful works of God,
I'll share the calm thc season biings.
Come then, in whose soft eyes I sco The gentle meaning of the heart,'
One day amidst the woo.ls witli thee. From men and ull their cares apart.
And where upon die meadow's breast,
_ The shadotv of thc thicket lies. The blue wild Howers diou galhcrcst Shall glow yet deeper near lliino eyes.
Come—when amid the culm profound
I turn diose genllc eyes to seek, Tl.cy, like the lovely landscajie round,
Innocence and peace shall speak.
Rcst hero, benondi the unuioving iihade.
And on the silent valleys gnze, ¦Winding and widening till they fudo
In yon soft ring of summer gaie.
Tl.e village treed thfiir.svtii'"it° ¦''"'" .-....1. ii.-uiOae calm lields, nj)j>eur. As circled from the lifeless rock.
One tranquil mount the scene o'ertooks— There the hush'd winds their Sahbath keep,
While a near hum from lieesand brooks, Come faintly like the breatli of sleep.
Well might the gazer dream, that when. Worn with the struggle und the slrile,
And heart-sick ut the wrongs of men, 'I'hc good forsake the scenes of life.
Like this deep ijuict, that atvhile Lingers the lovely landscajic o'er.
Shall bc tl.e jieaco whose holy smile, Welcomes him to a hapjiicr shore.
Sekcted by a i.iDj, fur the >'HUNTINGDQN JOURNAL," and published ut hcr request.
BT    CHALKS    W.    » R O O S. i .
MliSSSLLANSCUS.
and tbe merchunls generally, ibat they have taken the large Whurf and Granite Vront Slores, known us Ridgeway's Stures, immediately belotv Race street, in iidditiou to tl.eir oltl wharf, where tbey will con¬ tinue the Jiroduce commission business, as ulso to rtceive and forward gnods to all points uu the Juniata, and Nurtli and West branches of. the Susqiieliauiia Riveis. via. the 'Tide \v!iter,-inil Pennsylvania, and Schuylkill and Uniun canals.
This tstublisliment has many advantages over any other in the city in jioint uf riuim and convenience fur ihe accummndution uf boiils and produce. Being one of the largest -wharves on the Delaware, and the stores extending from Wuter strtet lu Delaware Front. Five or six boats may at the s uue time beloading and disebarging. The u^u.ii fucililies will be giveii un ull cunsigiuueiiis entrusted totbeirchi.rge. which will be lluuk fully received and meet with jirumpt atten¬ tion. Salt. Fish and Plaster, cunstantly ou hand and for sale at the lowost mavket price
References, Piiiladelphia, J. Ridgway,Esfj.        J Brock, son & Co Jacob Lex 8c Sun Wulermuii & Osbourn
Mulford & .Mter Scnll &  Thompson
Wilson, Seiger ?c Bro E J Etting & Bru Wray, Barcrtdt 6c Co Morris,Pattersun Sc cu liower £i Barruw. Zcu)iis/( tell. J&j MiUiken A & G Blimver
pulterson 8c Horner   J McCoy, Eiq. ^^ Wtiteritrcet.
Stewart 8c Hotrell      I-'. W Wikc, Esq. February 8, 1843.—Gm.
mesmerism and Nig^erism.
Wo are rejoiced (says die N. O. Picayune) to be able to give at last tho true elucidation of Mcs- mcrisni.
'TIello, nigger!' suddenly exclaimed Sam Jon-i
PART I.
1'he interest recently exciled ujion tho suliject of mental afl'ection, and more especially in reference to a lamenliblc event, which has d.'jirived society of an active and valuable member, induced'the writer to search for some notes of a singular story which was related to him several years ago, and in which a peculiar jihaso of insanity vvas illustriitcd by its most painful results. He has cndoavorcd, in die following pages, to bring a tale licf.ire thc reader.— It is right that he should mention that nil who could possess any jicrsonal knowledge of its details (the original narrator included) having long since ' ceased from among us.'
You have lived under four English sovereigns, and the number of your fellow-subjects who can add anodicr king lo the list is small. I an. one of that small number, for I tvas born in thc year 17.57, and am notv eighty-three. You need not on that account hesitate at pusshig mo die hottle.
I'll tell you something which was brought to my mind by this struggling old inn, with its long gloo¬ my passage und terrible stairciisc. I am not at all sorry we decided on sleeping here, for it seems a n-anghly niglit to swim in, but tbere is a place near the top of the house which I wish I had .lot seen. Ilelji yourself, und slir the lire into a blaze; I don't liko even to Uiink of die story iu tho dark.
When I was sixteen, I believed myself intensely in love widi a very pretty cousin of mine, whose Chrislian name was Em'ly. She was exactly dial sort ofa cousin widi whom I suppose, all boys full in love—she was three yeara older lhan myself, und not only very pretly, but very merry and very kind- hearted, und, in spite of all my endeavors, her laugh¬ ing face, with a quantity of bhck cuds falling about it, was perpetually coming betwceii my eye and thc Delphi!! Juvenal, the fact of her being miles awoy from my school not at all interfering v.ilh her perti¬ nacious haunting!). I was exceedingly oulra¬ geous when I waa informed of her intended mar¬ riage to a counlry clergyman, about ten yeais hcr senior, and I thought Mrs. .\lgernon Parke, (that was d.e name she took, poor thing!) ^otc mo sc-.-- her ill her viarricd slalo hji,';, „. '-' .in.i „,.» bud become u mother and I bud bc'colric a vmit^gtct,,- diat I could make up u.y mind to visit ber. .l!y journey was then accidental, hut when I entered lie;- llousc she gave ine such a sunshiny welcome, ai\d, in spite of thc child crawling ahout upon the rug, she looked so like thc Kmily of other days. Hint I reproached myself for my delay, nnd deterinined to make up for it by spending as much of my time as possible al Rectory.
Her husbund, lhe Keverend .\lgemon Parke, was one of those men whom you cannot help liking, and yet wilh whom it is impossible to be very intimate. He was tall, handsome, and aristocratic in appear¬ ance ; he was on aceomplislicd scholar, and had travelled much, and Ids general information wns, or seemed to n youth of nineteen very extensive. But he was im axtraordinary jirond man, and though nod.ing could bo kinder or more bosjiitable dian bis manner, I was forced to feel diat he rail
You nay think I am ilealing lighly with a narra¬ tive which I have described as a painful one, but I am rather endeavoring lo give you on idea of the uugcessive etfecta which the scene and the incidents produced ujion myself. They have receded far enough from me lo allow me to detail them with much more clearness than I can bring to tho de»- criplion of events ofthe last ten yeara.
I returned to the Rectory as often as ray college life would permit, and it wos ujHin my third visit there that I perceived a strange chnnge in.\lgemon Parke.
His m..nner to mo was wnrm and cordial ns be¬ fore, but t'ae alleradon was in his conduct to Emily. Did I menlion to you that his behaviour to her hud previouslv been marked by die most sedulous atten¬ tion, but that dicre was on ubsence of fondness of alfection -vhich I had expected to see, ond which her youth Olid extreme benuty, coupled with her admi¬ ring devo'don to biin, might liave elicited from even a prouder and colder man thiin Parke 1 In short, I hardly knetv whcd.er to bo veied ot pleased at not finding Algernon adoring tl.e lovely girl whom I thought I crl't'clion. W'e aro curious creatures, and the feelings alternated in mv heart until I was almost 1 '""'s'-na"" or
" Why do you write to one in every respeet to i tened until I heord the door of Algernon's bed-room far beneuth you ?" ^^^^^ ^^^ „j^ j^^j^ ^^^^      Knowing that he bad
I waa much amused with this curious piece ofi then retired for the i.ight, I stole softly down to tbn didactic remoiiBtruncc, and was soon at the door of' apartment occupied by -Anderson. In reply to ray the Rectory. Algernon came out lo meet n.e, and j whisjier, l.e opened die door, nnd secu.cd relieved seemed anxious to speak to me before any of the I by finding that I wus his visitor, servonls should approach. He gave hasty orders ' .Vnderson,'suid 1 'get me those keys which yoa for tl.e care of my travelling boxes, and then, taking siud hung in your maator's atudv.' my arm, begged me to walk wilh him inlo the gar- i He looked startled ; but promised to do so, and den. I pleaded dial I ought first spcnk lo Emily, ; bring ihcui to n.y room. I returned oa softly as but he mnde some plausible excuse, ond led me pe>diL'Ie, and waited his otrival. hi a few minutss through u shrubbery.    Suddenly turning upon me, ; he cnme to the door.
he said in a strange, harsh voice—
' Tl.is is an odd all'air—is it not V
' Whnt is 1—what do you menn 1'
' Ah !—true,  true—you haven't heard!—Why, we've lost Miss Parke.'
' Sir, they arc not there now.'
My sensations now becume maddening; I j-aewl the roon. furiously, nnd ut length snt dowi. on the bed i.l 0 stale of jiositive fever. Tho house was slill as d.e tomb, and  tl.o only sound I  heard wus th»
' Good heavens 1   you don't  menn—you   can't ¦ deep tone of the church clock, which struck ul long mean Louisa 1' I suid. j bitervula.    .Mv I'.'onzicd  restL'saness linully   urged
' Ay, I  mean her 1' he  replied,  contorting his   me to go and seek for llie key.i myself, and taking moulh inlo a dreudful smile. | the candle, I stepjied stealthily fcrd'i for Ihat purpose.
' Weat '.—dead.'    I nm—why not have told me [ .\ c I reached the foot of the stui —why did you allow n.e to intrude on you 1' gasped out, hardly knowing whether to express i
ipathy, so—strange was hi- ""—- ¦ '
, and vvas peering
I j through Ihe darkness in ijuest of the sfjdy-door, on»
long ond frigl.lful scream rang through the uppsr
I lann- j part of the house.     I rushed up stairs like a guilty
ashamed '.f n.y exerUons lo define, and so to fix, my   ^"- i 'hing, ond at tho  Crst turning I suddenly encoun-
scntbnents upon the subject.    But now all was al-       ' ^° intrusion—no intrusion!' ho cried, in o high, j tered Ali;ernon.     Ho wus holf-dressed, and held a tered, and in the placo of the calm attentive regard \ *"" ''"''^J' >'oiee,—' no intrusion ot ull.   \o—ond ^ li-l.t.
endured Ihat (¦
ght
which Algernon had hitherto manifested towards his wifo, there had arisen a lover-like ardour of anxie¬ ty and tenderness, which kept hiin constantly at her side—a perjietual watch for every wortl she ultered, ovcr evet" inbvement she made—an untiring, un¬ ceasing lioniago, wbich, as it appeared lo me, would have better suited tho brief glowing courtship of some young Italian musician, insjiired by his love, his art, ond his skies, than the married stato of an English cVrgyman of mature nge and reserved hab¬ its. The ;ilienomenon puzzled me beyond measure. I .•ought r.ir ordinary rcusiuis for it, in vain. I had, of course, been fav tired, in my time, wilh exjilana- tioiis ot die curious influence over the husband with which the honors of maternity invested the wife.— Einily, it is true, had a second time added to ber family, iti'd two more benudful childreh, than die litde Loui la nnd Henry Puike I have never tccn; but die d.voUoii nC.Mgcrnon to his wifo was so uii- reosonabl; intense tbut even the mysterious agency in quesli'.' i, taxed to its fullest exten', wus insulfi- cient to ^fticTs'iio" was .hearing tot-.crda her. In ; (udbii-.j-r^nierl to seek ,'mchBIic;../. -iceptthot ho
I ha.! I     .        '^'* <-""Bii.-:rn 1.  i man ifi
i self, withunliable sclf-oiniilarency of youth, Inttri- ! bated this to my own enlarged nnd edifying habits of discussion. Ono d.uig I observed—ho spoke with far more rajiidity dian upon former visits.
The children were very lovely. Louisa, the el¬ der, whom I hud seen crotvling on the rug on my first visit to Uio Kectory, wns now o merry little sylph of four years old, an infandlo copy of her beautiful mother's features, but wilh a profusion of golden hair, and wiUi deep blue eyes. Her ringmg liiugh -.vaa alwuys ready to welcome me—I was her decided fuvorite, friend, and confident. She loved me, I beUeve very sincerely, but she worshipped the dogs which wero invariably my companions. There nireclionute ottenUoi. to her were her delight, and the figure ofthe wild litlle fairy, tugging laugh¬ ingly at Ihe ears or tail of die wistful but uncom- ilh inc.   Indeed ' P'f »""S 1'""'° °' Sancho, is fresh aa if sixty years
she's not dead cither—that's tho best of it, us il seems to mo.'
' Lost, nnd not dend, AL-. Pnrke ! For Iieaven's sake, tell me what all lhis msaiis 1'
'lie]]you.'—/.'' said he, very coldly, b-.it, in¬ stantly ultering his manner, said, ' I nm wrong— you nrc my guest. At dinner, then, if you plcosc, I shall have much pleasure in anstveringnny (juestion you may osk.' He turned upon his heel, and actu¬ ally ran from me. I was too piuch slupified to fol¬ low him for some moments, but whenl did I believe my pace was as rapid ns bis own.    A  domestic.
< In God's namo, tell mo ivhoie scream was that! I exclaimed.
• It tvns nothing,'be said ' H-^—, do you avar rend tho Bible !'
* Sometimes—sotnetimes; but that scream 1' 'Have you ever rend,' he p.sUed very sternly, ' Iho
fearful book with which it ends—the Bouk of tho IleveUitions 1'
' I have,' said I; but Mr. Pntko I insist oil know¬ ing .'
' Do you remember what is siud d.ere obout th* Bottomless Pit being opened for n liulu while I
however, appeared at tho end of thc shrubbery, ond   —d.e Bottomless Pit—ha 1 ha!'    And he rushed stojiped me. !
' Oh sir! wo suppose master has told you soma, thing.'
' leg, yea, .\nderaon; Miss Ljuisa—ho snys sha ia lost.    What is it oUI—quick 1'
from ine, and entered his own room, doublu locking the door.
I, too, relumed to my own npnrtment, ond watch¬ ed intendy. But there was no furtlier alarm, and at least lhe blessed   morning cumc ; never wns it sd
I have often thought that I may have attributed diis
had not divided us.
ncgicct on his part to wrong causes, for Uio talk of       Henry, tho boy, was a yeor younger than hia sis-
' It'a all true, sir-she is lost,  ond Uie grief h-ua   welcome.    As the light began to render objects hnlf ttlrned mnster's head.' visible, there came a low ^tap at my door.    It was
' Oricf?' I repented, in much perplexity. I pro- ] And.crson. ceeded to qucsUon the servnut, wl.o told me that, | • Sir,' said ho in faltering accents, I thought I a'uoui live days belore, and ui ll.e middle of die uf-' would go ugaii. ond seurct. fc- »'- •¦-.^ ^^ tw'i'ry''JlbK?Slf?i'lflfttl|''Sl°fifi?TOllsc \i'sftc9."*"rf tvas • I aualchcd tl.em I'l-om him, nnd motioned l.im to of course supposed that she had stmyed into some follow mc. Tl.e light wus now come upou us, nal of thc unused npnrtiiients, access to wliich, however^ unlocked the door leading to the unused npartmenu had been usually prevented since die cliildrcn had | „„ ti,e floor on which I stood. Need I weary you been old enough to tvundcr. On examination, it ] j.y saying, that jierhajis such n scorch, was never wis found that to one floor only could the child | made for concealed gold or escaped captive as that I have gained  admission, the  doors  leading  to the   mnde through those dreary rooma, nnd those above
oiher floors being uil locked, nnd the keys behig nctually hanging in Algernon's study. That floor had been searched until the searchera were weary; ahouting, calling, and even firing a jiistol, had been tried, on the chance of Louisa's having fallen as¬ leep in some mysterious corner. All tvaa in vain. The researches outside the house hnd been equally useless. Gntes, nciUier over nor u.idcr which a chUd could climb nor cr.iwl, cut olT all egress from
tlicm. There wns yet a third floor to scnrcli; nnd through ItiAl I searched in like innnner, and in vain I linrdly knew, ideed, whnt I wos expecUng to dis¬ cover.
We wero sfnnding inn large nnd low-roofed room, lighted by a single window, nnd entirely empty.^ It wns the last room, aa we believed on the upper fl.-. Jl. 1 have said the houso was o very lofty one -, and as I stood at the window I was struck by   ita
calling afler oiiolber dark gentleman who was I * I'^'i^son of my oge and character must hi allproba-   ter, and a contrast to her in everything bnt beauty. ! ]vtr. Parke had led die servants on their quest, and
the garden, ondil waaprovedUiat they had not been I distance  from the ground below.     I turned awoy, opened.    No gipsies or other suspicious jiersons had appioaclied tl.e house; and the agonizing con¬ clusion lo all  excrlions was, thiit Louisa was lusl. I found upon questioning  Anderson further, thnt
tuining n diatnnt comer.
'Hello you!' shouted Pete Gumbo in reply.
' 'W-j, l.ow 15 you. Sum V   said Pete, when the two met nnd shook hunds.
' I'so all right,' said  Sum.     ' Look lieah, Pete i vous heard ob dis Mesermerism 1'
' Well I has, Sam,'—and Pelc immediaiely look¬ ed wise three kinds in the neighborhood, nnd Uiough 1 de-
.-Wn—well, wat's it nil about 1' '''°"''' " K''™''''"' "'"'''"'''° '"X ™"^'"' ' "^^^i-ved
•Sam,' snid Pete, very seriouslv,   'wo must all   »'"""^'"'c proporlion for my dogs, nnd guns, nnd he cauUous in 'proicl.ing  de confused sciences.- i ""'""S *"*'"•    Altogether I found the Rectory a Mesermerism is n science ns yel in de infant stage j dehghlful place, of eonalvalescei.ee.    Now—l.ow—s'pose I putyou
to sleep an you IcU rae whar a box ob spice is lud , yo"d its size and its situution, for il in the ground 1'
'Wai.'
'Dat's Mesermerism!'
'Dot's it!'
bilily  have been rubbishing enough, especially iu ; Hia   grave-eyed  meekness suited hia  uppearance
those days, when young gentlemen wero not fur- I well; and his tranquillity, esjieciidly when taken nished with a smattering of every kind of knowl- ! under U.e patronage of thc high spirils of Louisa, edge. However, .Mr. Parke alwuys gave me a eor- I was very winning. He, too, was a great ally of U.e dial welconietohishou.se, and while I .eraained dogs; but whereas Miss Louisa's pleasure was in U.cre, we Siiw litde of ench other except nt socinl ! exciting Ihcm into frolics kindred wid. her own, her hours.    There waa  excellent
had been ns cncrgctie  in his pursuit us bccnn.e a futlier to be in so dreadful an emergency.    Hnd the
und the next moment one of n.y dogs cnme lenjiing into the room, manifesUng the utmo.st joy nt seeing me. It auddcnly occurred to me to put him in quest of a scent—ond wild as wus the idea, in the cicited stole of my feelings, I mnde him thc necessarv' sig- nol. -In an instant ho wns nt work, snifliing in nil the delighted energy of his race.    Twice he crossed
tiiclf had little to rccGnimcr.d il bc-
of those
ungainly structures which were reared wlicnevery-
diing requisite for building was cheap—nrchitcclu-   not could but bo churmed wilh the love monifestcd to-
ral skill excepted.    I told you Uiot tllis inn rcniin-   wards tlicin by Emily.    Algernoii'a conduct to thc
ded me of the the place.    The Rectory was n very - children was, hotvever, ineiplicnblc.     Ho would
' Dat'a .Mcsermeri.im !' ' '''" •"""' " "'^'^y spncious hiiuso, full of winding stair- I gtiuid gazing at them fur long jicriods, with looks of
'Wul, Pete,' aaid Sam,  'a'posa I seen nboi oh ' ™™^ ""d inlricuto j.assagcs, doors ojiening where j alU-cdon and  debgl.t; but he invariably recoiled
gold in dc ground on don't loll you a single word ' d.ey were least exjiected, nnd long galleries without | from their conlnct or ajijiroach, nnd in  n marked
'bout il V
domestics no conjectures of nny kind 1    Anderson i t|,g f„(j„,_ ^^^ ^^..-^^^ .crossed it, nnd returned to my said Uiey hnd none.    And .Mrs. Parke 1
I enlcred Uie hoii'.;t',  und in tl.c  drawing-room {
found Einily—but hotv changed I'lon. the sunshiny ]
iporling of two or ' brother loved to lie for hours with one animal for a , being I had left her a few weeks before !    fhe was I
pdlow, while the head of the olhcr rested in his laj).   pale us ashes, nnd her beautiful black  hnir hung
You nre at my merey here, nnd must bear with my   wildly about her face.     Sho waa  obviously under I
ininialure paintu.g—it is all part of the picture. the influence of exireme terror.     In her arms she
The fondness of ray cousin for her beautiful chil- held hcr son, of whoia sho oppeared resolved not to j dren was excessive, and rivalled Uiat of Algernon relinquish her hold for a moment. On my entrance,' for herself; but it wns so natural nnd graceful that I, | *e glanced nervously round, ond Inslead of rising |
who was at nn ago when to tho foolish eye of a boy | <>' speaking, sl.e cliusped the child convuLively to I   f ^ ^^^,^ ^. „p^„i„g. y^^ „i^,^i ,,.„,, ^^^._^^ ,„ „„ ,_ the eaniesmess of alfecUon is not always pleasing, , her breast, and looked in my face w.th such a pite-   j j^^j^.^j Anderson to fetch mc a chisel nnd bommer,
ous expression that I turned in pam from her gnze.     ,^.,,i,^ j ^„ f^, ^ crow-bar, which 1 had seen in ono
' I am «. glud that you have come! she murmur-   ^,. ^^^^ ,^,^,^^ opartincnta. ed'the tears roUms Irom hcr eyes. ,„ „  fe„.„,i„uu.,  j ro-enlcred Ui.  roem-but
.\ lerrible thought eamo ovcr nie at thitt nlomcht,     .     .,   .        . ..       ,   ,- ir .i      • .
° 1 ghastly tenants were there befoie inc.    li Uie sixlv
but I indignandy rejected it.      Algernon  entered j
I feet, as if wondering at die new task 1 had set him. I s-.w that he could discover noihing, and wn? about
1 to retire, when the dog uttered a cry, and clung to .' .n manifest terror.    Whal he satv or felt, I know
I not to this hour; but I believe there are secrets, dreudful secrets in nature, which shouhl muke the wisest and best if us tremble. I gnzcd in wonder, vhen  the good houtiil, disengaging himself from
! .mc, rushed with a furious yell towards the ojijiosito
I -.vnil.    it wns of boards, aiul I could trace no sign
' Wai.'
" Know wat dat ia 1'
' No.'
' Dat'a Niggcrism!'
an ojiening except at cnch end.    The rooms were j manner shunned Uio moming and evening kiss with ^ die child by die mother.     He spoke with hia usual chiefly lofty ond airy, yet there wns a sensation of j which they hud been neeustomed  to snlute him.— I cordiality, and invited mo  to reUre for the purpose
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BOOTS   A Mi  S II O K S,. Feghorn tmtl Strtttv ESonnels,
Palmleaf and Lkciiorn Hats. Mercbants nnd others from H.intiugdon and adjacent places, are respectbiUy retjues¬ ted to Cidl antl examine tbe stock ufthe ahnve kinds uf guods. which is full -aim] extensive. ntld which will be sold at prices that will eive satisfaction to purchasers, at ISo. 16S Market, s'.veet south-east corner uf 5tb street, Philadelphia.
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dulness, and even desolation, connected wilh them, wliich often bet-amo oppressive, especially on bleak nfteriioons. The inmntes of die house had of conrsei by prnctice, ncquired a tolenible ncquainlance with CiBnAtilsM. Caps.—'Old woninn'snidadrun-   "lo  ap.irtmcnts in use, which  eonslitut.J about a
ken fellow who had stoggercd lo the closet for a cold sujijier, 'where did you get Uiosc cubbeges. They are so tarnal stringy, 1 can't eat Uietii.'
'O, my gracious!' excUumed die lndy, if that Btujiid fellotv uint eating all my cops that I put in starch in tl.c cloi..t!'
Lovi.—"What IS love Clural" said Frank thc uUier night, ns be sat by tho side of his sweet-heart.
"Lovo! Frank, I hardly know what it is; but suppose it must be gelling mariied, and lussing lilUe babies."
Frank fainted.
A woman's heart is like a fiddle^it requires a *f(!l( to {.'Iny ui't'ii It. •   .
third of tbe mansiun,—a stranger gradually nscer- taiiicd the nearest way from hia bed-room to the diniiig-pnrlor nnd drawing-room,—but of the rela¬ tive situaUons of the unoeeiipicd chambera, I doubt if any person were aware. Two or threo servants hod their respccUve luid dill'erent tvnys of jiroceed¬ ing on tho rare occnsion of liaving to explore thoso regions, o'ld I inyself, who hud the pride of geomet¬ rical knotvledgc volunteered to map out tl.e various stories, wus finully bullied, nnd forced to relinquish the task, by the multiplicity of enormous closets whicb crossed the landing-places, and isolated rooms upon whieh one came by nceideiit, nnd failed to discover a second time. I revenged myself upon die edifice hy defining it is a iiehle »p«ciiii«i of Inttxicatej ArtkitMturs.
. years which hnve followed thnt hideous  moment hnsdly, and again I snw Hint convulsive clnsjiing of ,, ,     ¦   u     i    .   •.       i.      , r
.....     . . ..       .       ...  .. , I conld bo made SIX hundred, it eould not pasa from
my recolleclion. A large and gajii.ig ihasm np- peared in the widl, opening as it seemed, into a block nliyss which the eye rould nol fathom. But eyes luld fulliniucd it, and in that gczc their inlelliginco tvas lost for ever. Emily Parke hnd been dragged from hcr bod to the edge of U.ut hideous jiil, ond the fierce gritsj) of her husband was upon her wrist, while his Other hand jiointed dotvn the dreadful well, inlo which he hnd flung some blazing substance.— The mother's eye had followed ils fiery career down —down—down, until il resteJ. glaring brightly.
At the liotloin of that pit (until Uien nn untold mystery of diut strange house) lay two hide corpses. One Und lain Ihcre for days—the other had newly bcon hurled diiiher—bod. the children had gone down alive, as ll.eir father nfterwards exultingly de¬ clnred. There lay Louisa and lier brother, eighty feet below tho ehumber where an Idiot was staring at a Maniac!
Once, when Emily suddenly pressed the face ofher hoy lo Unit of its father, ho lurned deadly pale, 'and hastily left the room. She never repeated the ex¬ periment—its failure wus perhaps the only Uiing in which I'll awny monlhs Algernon had crossed her wishes i his devotion continued unabated.
PAR T II.
My fourlh ^isit—it waa my last—wa» prefaced by tt slight circumstance, to which I paid no atlen¬ lion until subsequent events caused me to reconsider every link in U.eir chain. I wrote from Oxford to announce my coming; and, as I had often done be¬ fore, I ad.lressed my letter to my little fiiend Louisa, tvho could not, of course, trnee even a syllable of its contents, but in whose name .her moUier bad some¬ times been accustomed to reply. I Uiought no more of the trifling playfulness, unUl U.c answer came, writlen by Algernon himself. His invitation I nale visitaUons of tlupifying hcwdderment ond bar- was warm a« usual, but, lo my 5urp««», tka follow-1 rowing eicitemenU Bul I will not trouble you with ing piislerif t wan «<W«d ;_ * ' rsm dlui « mpiil Htlti] of what followed.    I lii-
of dressing. I assented ; nnd ho conducted mc to ; my apartment,—apjinrcnlly resolved not to leave me for a momeni. This constant attendance he j pursued for the remainder of tho day, vigilantly pro- venting my holding conversaiion wilh Einily, who | indeed sat through Uie long hours in a slate of com- i paraUvc stupor, but never for one instant jmrting I 'Kith the child. As nigl.t dretv on that teriible j thought rcliirned: and at length its pressure becamu j unbearable. I jileaded indisposition, and begged 1 leave to go enrly to rest. Algernon fullowed me tti my room; nnd aa I went in, I observed that the key wos outside the door. I look it quieily from the lock, and into the room. Parke watched ray movement, but made no remark, and left me to tolitutle and Ihe.t thuught.
I had now leisure to weigh  the  occurrences of die day; and as 1 did so my mind underwent alter-
Why is a guide-board Uke a hypociitical pieach- rl Because ho points out the road for othar folki J g", t-u; nev«r lak»s In liiiil--cU.