Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              - - - —~ -**r- t*i|- :! THE PITTSTON GAZETTE, in wraaaJM MimAora mksal -* •\. ' IMP KH ■D •-* "* ' • * ;' - • • 'JCff . D • '■C i m 7 annum. A number 80.- regretful. Pefhajf Nr Sat vortex ol artificial C!tg«r to plunge myxwition to my hasty necessity of a ving; but that noment left hia a victim than a Moess. From different direcfeelings with When an es. commences, that in a degree at stood be. iy us to the ice. Ther* transient regreti, a haughty coaptation, I sunk to 4nd swept proudly churoh end away from, er in which C1 had ng of awkwardness or linga when I. entered bem|orih,|to«oDi: •ide, not my raninaalfiMtatioas o( step, ofttu If it did ■C 'fos which fr princelv t Hlttkltj jfeBiKiKiptr- (frantfH to Ems. ittttaturt, Hlmanti(e, Hlnrittg, anil Sgrinlml Mmstis rf Ijit Cnntrtrt), gugfrnrting; gmngtiretiit, kt. )-«tm BoIIto for VOLUME! 2.--NUMBER 28; PltTSTON; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1852; WHOLE $rltrt (Salt. , ful. beauty, and felt almost jealous of the geDtla.attrftctiona pi my sweet parent. v" The fjiaapprovipg look with which young Vpt/iham bed regarded me, haunted rrt'y «1urnf)ef*.;, It was the first token of disapprobation that litd reached my heart, and 1 waa filled with strange hesitation and self-distrust.. 1 ooald not bring myself to wish our new lijptat? away, and yet I felt underrestraipt in my father's house. " The history of the next two years would be one of tljp heart alpae—a narra. tive of unib(ding genius and refining feelipgs. N ft was iinpcNsible that two persons, dissimilar in taste apd disposition, shpuld be long aoinesticated, In the same dwelling without gradually assimilating in spme degree. Perhaps two beings more decidedly unlike.istver met than Varnham and myself, but, after the first restraint which followed pttf introduction wore off*, he became to ma a preceptor and a most valuable, friend. Hitherto my reading had been desultory, ana my qtuCJies Interrupted. I had become accomplished almost without effort, deeply read without method, and conversant even wi|h many of the obstruae sciences by constant intercourse with my father. 1 had littye application, and yet accomplished mucn'by rriere force of character. My whole energies were flung into the occupation of the moment, and al. most inslifl.lively 1 had accumulated a rich store of mental wealth ; but my mind lacked method. I had extensive general, but little minute Except in the commbn run.pf feminine accomplishments, 1 had submitted to but imperfect discipline. Among these, painting and music were my peculiar delight; a travelling artist had givfn me lessons in the first, and my own sWeet mother taught m« the last—to her gehtle heart, music we« almost (is neqeasary as the afr she breathed. I inherited all her ,love and all hei talent for it; but With her it was a sweel necessity ; with me a passion. I revelled in the luxury of sound ; she only delighted in it. Not even Varnharr]—and his powei with me was great—could induce me tc undertake a course of regular study; bui after his residence with us my mind graCJ gaily y*iel(led to the influence of hfs teach i*ig—became stronger, more methodical and far more capable of reasoning. But, as 1 more ijearly approached the stnndarc of his intellect, my re.ereticc for him de creased. The awe in which he first helc me gradually died away, and that feeling which had heen almost love, settled dowr to strong sisterly afTcction—deeper anc moie laating, perhaps, than a more pas sionate attachment might have been, could no longer look up to him as a beinf of superior strength and energy to myselT but next to my parents he was the deares object to me in existence. ■ — . -r i i— , she wai truly and for ever departed. The fountains of my heart were still looked, and as one in a dream I turned away and stepped out upon the balcony. The passion-flower was In bloom, and hung in festdons of starry blossoms from thebal,- ustrades. That solitary white-rose tree was standing by the steps as it .had two years before ; but its branches had spread and shot upwards over the.frontyof tl)e, balcony in profuse leartness. A host , of pearly blossoms intermingled with , Jhe passion flowers, and hung in clustejipg beauty around the rude stone work. The stejjs were white with a shower of leaves whiph the breeze had shaken from the over-npe roses, and thejr breath was shed aroupd wfth a soft ,steady sweetness.,.1'Tne iioly moonlight was around me, bathi'r.fj tbe flower beds at my feet and trembling pvfer, the dewy thickets—beyond, lay the grave yard,half Veiled jDy the  dow of the little churcn, i the light fell Upon (jf,'4 few marbleplabs gleamed up from the rpnk grass, and the yew  swayed gently in the wind with a dirge-like imWy. ,,TMe agopjzing oonviction of my loss , struck upon my heart tike the tqllofa, be?l—1 feltit,,»lll.. My father was dead—ouried—that humble shut him out from my sight for ever! My mother was tkire—I did not weep nor moan ; my heart seemed silently breaking. While the pang was keenest, 1 gathered a handful of roses from the tree wlich my mother had planted ; carpfully selecting the half-blown and most dclicale flowers, such as she had most loved, and scattered them, heavy with dew as they were, over the pillow and the velvet of my mother's coffin. There was one bud but half unfolded, and with a soft blush slumbering within its core—f,uch as she had, always vorn jn her bosom on my father's birth-day. That germ brought the date of the month to my mind. , That should have .been »n annual day of rejoicing, and they were both gone forth to keep it in another world ; I was alone—alone! 1 took the bud', carefully that the dew might not fall away from its heart, and removing tlje grave-clothes, laid it on the marblc bosom of my mplher. 1 was about to draw the shroud over it, that it might go down to the grave with the sweet memori. al Mooming within her bosom, when the leaves trembled beneath my gaze as if stirred by the pulsation of the heart beneath. A cry, hnlf of joy, half of fear, burst from my lips; I pressed my shivering hand clown upon her heart—it was still—oh, how still! The night winds had mocked me. Then, the passions of grief burst over me. I fell to the flpor, and my very life seemed ebbing away in tears and lamentations. Hour after hour passed by, and 1 remained as I had fallen in an agony of sorrow. 1 know not how it was, but towards morning I sunk into a heavy slumber.humble companion to my fashionable and superciliptys cousin—the heiiess of Lord Gordon's title and wealth—subject to, her surveillance, and submissive to her caprices, was a life whioh my heart revolted, at; It.spurned the splendid slavery wfiiph was to compromise its independence and humble its pride. Had, Varnham counselled aotion instead of patience and submission, had hy.ttfde mp \o gn„ferjh in the worty, to depend w\ my, own energies, and ,win for myself a station highest among women, my own spirit ftould have his council, $j»e pflbjtfon,, vqhich.rrom my ohildhood,hisd, slubbered ,|yi inherent bu,t undeveloped prinqiplflin ffii ..heart, might have sprung up from the ssftss.of my aflections, ana the wild dreams..struggle arnj distinction, which Haunted jjny.earjiest years, migiit lured me from the sweet home 1 had so loved, and from the resting, place 9jr,tjM)se who had so joved, me. But I was tjpjif called upon to give up *11 for a distinction which had nothing in it to satisfy a free heart lik$ mine; 1 had no desire for,in^e^potorie^y-r7nothing oftjie weak contemptibly wish as a beauty or a belt*-esprH apappg a crowd of superficial heartless of fashion, „ Ambition was,wDth me.,then but the aspirations of a proud s^d,loving nature—a .dream, of po. wer indistinct, and as yety never: brought into action, but closely linked with the affections. In intellect I was, peihaps, too inde|Dendent—in feeling, the .roost fervent and ojingiqg pi human beings—a desire to beloved predominated over,every other wish of my mind j, and vet my best friend counselled me to yield up all, and to content myself with cold, hollow grandeur.— I strove to obey him, but I looked, forward withnohope. ... ... , "It was deep jp the morning—my uncle's coronated chariot was drawn up before my quiet home. „ The flashed brightly over the ricnly studded harness of tour superb horses which tossed their heads and ppwed the earth impatient for the road.— A footman, in splendid livery, lounged upon the door steps, and the supercilious coachmap sjood beside his horses, dangling his silken reins, and now and then casting an expectant look into the hall door. It was natural that he should be impatient, for they had been kept waiting mpre than an hour. 1 thought that I had nerved myself to depart; but when I descended from my chamber, and saw that gorgeous carriage with its silken cushions.and gilded panels, ready to convey me to the old hospitality of one who was to,me almost a stranger, ,my heart died within me, and turning into the little room in which I had spent that night of sorrow, by my mother's corpse, I flung myself on the sofa, and burying my face iii the pillows, sobbed aloud in the wretchedness of a heart about to be sundered from all it had ever loved. Varnham was standing over me, pale and agitated. f{e strove to comfort me—was prodigal in words of soothing and endearment, and at length of passionate supplication. I was led to the carriage his affianced wife., , became restrained and wit)?, bis better, kaC tremblcf) for me in life into which I was selfv He made, no oppu plans—nay,, admitted tht change in, ottr , mode of 1 sad expression never for a eyes. He seemed rathei partaker, in my, promised grp that time our pursuits took tions. I bad thoughts ana which he hpd .no sympathy trangptfleptof the mind «f the heart soon follows— least. "Again that splendid cfrriagt fore pij; home, ready to oonw. pillared halls of my inheritance. were few, and those few in irjy heart when, wit). sofousness of power and the oushioned seat, 9 round that atone the sweet leafy bower . known so much of heppiaes* "There was qothin«- constraint in my fee. the domain which wat me its raistrMs. My 41 was gratified by. the respect which met us at everv passing its broad boundaries. feel all tlie stern responsibil had heaped upon me with tht Cy tune I was abput to possess myse' there was nothing of levity mingled the stronger, sensations of my heart predominating feeling was a dee' most masculine ■ consciousness of power, e spnse of personal dominion. Whilst ijq the possession of I had viewed the ap-, pondages of greatness, the pomp and statefj affected by the, aristocrat, with careless, if QOt .contemptuous indifference. I had reverence for them only when connected with high intellect or pure virtue; but when 1 found myself possessed pf .these hitherto despised attributes—when i saw them centered around my own person, and found that there was dominion in them— how proudly my heart exulted beneath its burden of external greatness ! There is e secret love of power in every heart. In iqine that lo.ve had become a passiop, from, the day such abundant means had been opened for its gratification. , " The house in whioh 1 had spent  years of mourning, though belonging to the Gordon property, was located in a distant county, and I had never seen Ashton till a quick turn in the road brought us in full vieft of it With a sudden impulse of ad miration I checked the carriage. Befoit me ,was the seat of my ancestors, an arppnd on either hand, as far as the ey could .jrere mV domains. „ The village, lay in the undulating distance, amid, fields of waving grain, and. rich pasture, lands that swelled greenly up tP the horizon. The groves of heavy timber through which we passed, the venerably residence of npy forefathers,,which had neper, for an hour, been out of the direc t line of my race—all lay within my gaze, and all were mine—nqine !. How proudly the consciousness of possession.throttled qt my heart! " An ancient and imposing pjle was the house qf rqy anceslois! In its construction, the architecture qf two djstjnpt ages was blended* without in any way destroying the harmony and grandeur of the whole. The lofty and turreted building which, formed t|ie central frpnt, towered upward in dusky and gothic magnificence. The impress of by-gone centuries wasgraven upon it,, like ,furrow;s on the brow of an aged man. ..[The.iWings whioh spread out on either side .behind the tall old trees, that filing a cheerful drapery around them, yvere of more repent creation by three penturies, ye| they wqrt built of the same dark, ponderous ,ptone, ant} the heavy and massive strength was in excellent keeping with the original building. The breeze which, swept by us wps heavy with fragrance, and,the gjqw qr.an extensive flow, ergarden broke up from the shadow of the, building, and could.,,be seen at intervals through, the intervening shrubbery, even from toe distance at which we halted. ( A lawn of the richest sward fell with a long, gradual slope from the mansion, till it was Tost in the deep, leafy shadow pf u park, which was almost,,a forest jo Mtenl and denseness of foliage. Some of the oaks in the kingdom grew thick and untrimmed within it, overshadowing a hundred winding paths, and by a bright stream, which wound capriciously through the knotted roots, now flashing across a vtys, and again leaping off* in a foaming cascade—sending out a clear belllike mnsic from the green depths, and then starting! away again, scarcely freaking the. hush of the wood in its soft and pleasant progress. Our road lay through the "outskirts of the park, and the half tamed deer leaped through, Jhe trees and ga?ed on us as we passed by, with their.jlark intelligent eyes, and then bounded away through the firm otd paks, as Jf they, too, would hold some share in the general rejoicing. 1 shall never forget the strong and thrilling dolight of that hour. "Thij p rsV. njgtit .spent beneath the roqf ; of my pne ef, restlessness and inqiile*ude.\ My hiaiii was thronged 1 with shifting and brilliant visions, and I lay with sleepless eyes, and aching temples, extended my sjlken, exhaus. ted andwepTy with pleasurable excitement. ( shall never forget the delight with whioh I half rose i,n the morning and looked about my sumptuous apartment, while Varnham was quietly sleeping, unmoved bv tl e * change which had made me most forgetful of him. The. sun was stealing through the rose-colored, curtains of the richest silk, wnich fell heavily oyer the windows, and i shed a mellow attf blooming light thj»ijgt», the room. Crimson drapery, lined wfth, the aatqe soft rose-tint, looped ®n fringed wi th gold, fell from th#.,p,aaopy above rav couch, and swept the Pprsisn carpet whioh spread in » iucoesaion of brilliant and yet subdued colors over the floor.-— miwitowAMfti, FBINTID AND PUBLISHED WMIIT BT OOAZi OFFICE or . , Fdller, Crawford 4*  la thair New Brick Store, Main St. Pittaton, January, SO, 1898. a' 3!ARY DERWENT. «. A. Ricbart * H. 8. Phillip*, A TALE OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OjUt Wat tide ot Mai* Stmt, ttcoiU Story of IA» " Long Store " of Winter Cfr Wood. JAMES L; SELFRIDGE 8 CO, F I 8 Hi PRODUCE, AND pESKRAL COMMISSlCJr* AiE^CHANTS, Mo. 67 North Wharves, BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. *h« "dikirty' ii published every Friday, at Two Doluu per irtnunt. Two DoluM *W» Fim CENTS will lDn charged if not paid within the Ha paper wffl be JUbodtMiked until «D arrearage. Advertisements ate IwerU cC)MptoUpu.ly at One Doll.b par aoaare of fodWen linee fat three inaertiona; and oiiNta additional for every auMeCtUeJlt a uderal deduction to those who adverttee Tor tlx . months or the whole year. „jtL iV»0b Work.—We have connecUj. Wkh our «tabliahment a well aelected awofinient of Job  which will enable us in the neateat .tyle, every variety of prtnUng.  printer* oureelvea, we can atord to do Work on " Gasunable terms aa any ather office in the county. All letter* and communication* addreaeed to the Gazette mu*t be rosT Paid, and endowed by a responsible name, to receive attention. , t [continued J . . "•* When I was fifteen, an old college associate died and left my father guardian to his son and heir, joung gentjeman'a arrival at the parsonage was an .epoch in my life. A timid and feminine anxiety to please took possession of"my heart. I gave up my own little sitting room, openjng upon a wilderness of roses and tangled .honeysuckles which had once been a garden, but whioh I had delighted to see run wild in unchecked luxuriance, till it had beqome as fragant and rife with blossoms as an East India jungle. It was the first act ofaelf-denial I had ever submitted to, and 1 found a pleasure in it which more :han compensated fpr (he pain 2 felt in removing my musio and books, with the easel whioh I had taken such pains to pluco in its proper light, to a small chamber above. It was not in my nature to, dp things by halves. With my favorite room, I resigned, to our expected guest, all the.ofnameii'a that had become most endeared me.— The drawings, over which I had lingered day after day, were left upon the wall.— My pet canary was allowed to remain among the passion-flowers which draped the balcony. The most treasured of my Italian poets still cncumbered the little iose.wood table; and I ransacked lhe garden and little green-house again and again for choice flowers to fill the vases af antique china, which had been handed down an heir-joorp jn rrjy .mother's family. My f«thet went to meet his ward at the last stage,, silid I shall never forget the girlish impatience with which i waited bis return; but it was not till after the canaries had nestled down on their perches iu the evening twilight,' hnd the little room, which 1 had prefiared for his guest, was misty with the perfunie shed from the numerous vases and wafted in (froip the floweriiig.lihickpts beneath the window's, that wo saw them slowly picking their way throiigh the tangled luxuriance of my garden. Heedless of my mother's entreaty, that f wotild remain quiet and receive onr guest in due form, I sprang out upon the balcony, and winding my arm around one of its rude pillars, pushed back the clustering passion-flowers, and bent eagerly over to obtain a perfect view of our visitor Heed, less that my arm was crushing the delicate flowers which clung around the pillar, and that my canaries were fluttering in affright from my sudden approach, I fixed my eyes with a deeper feeling than that of mere curiosity on my father and his companion. The latter was a slight, aristocratic youth, with an air of fashion and man'iriess beyond his years, not the manliness to be acquired in society alone ; but a dignity originating in deep and correct habita of thought, seemed natural to him. He was very handsome, almost too much so for a man. The symmetry and calm repose of lib features were not sufficiently marked, for obsngeful expression ; yet their usual tone was singularly blended with sweetness and dignity. I have never seen a face so strongly characterized by intellect and benevolence. He was speaking as he advanced up the tepentine walk which led to the balcony, and seemed to be making some observation on the wild beauty of the garden. Once he stooped to put back a tuft of carnations which fell over the .path, and1 again he paused to admire k large tree, which half concealed the flight of steps leading to the balcony on which I stood.' There was something in the tonps of his rich voiqe, a quiet dignity in hjs manner that awed me. I shrunk back into the room where aiy mother was sitting, and placed myself by her side. My cheek burned and my heart beat rapidly when he entered. But my confusion passed unnoticed, or if remarked, wa» attributed to the bashfulness of extreme youth. Varnhamwas my senior by four years, and he, evidently considered me as a child, for after a courtly bow on my introduction, he turned to my mother and began to speak of the village and its remarkable quietude. He even seemed surprised when I joined familiarly in conversation during the ovening; and more looked, in my face with an air of concern and disapproval when 1 answered of my in the careless and abrupt manner whicb their excessive indulgence had made habitunl to me. I returned to my room out of humor With myself, and somewhat in awe of our guest. I had evidently rendered myself an object of dislike to hind whom I had baen most anxious to please. The consciousness originated a feeling of selt-distrust, and I hurt and offended that he did not look on me with the lJlirid partiality of my parents. For the first time in my life I went',to the mirror atjixioivi about my personal appearance. I had been taught to believe myself beautiful; but it rather displeased; me ,thap otjierwike. There was something in my heart of contempt for mere personal loveliness, whiph rendered its possession a matter of slight importance. I had an 'innate longing to be loved for something morie lofty than more symmetry of person or features—an ambition to be riiktingulStied' for thf# qualities an,d accomplishments which I could myself acquire, rather than by those bestowed hy nature. But this evening I loosened the blue ribbon which bound my hair, and shook the mass of lon£ ?ilken ringlets over my shoulders with a feeling of anxiety w hich I had never before experienced. I contrasted the ricti bloorri on my cheek with the pale and graceful loveliness of my mother, and 1 felt how infinitely I fell beneath her io that exquisite refinement of look and manner which characterized her above all women I had ever seen. I was disgusted with the richness and cxuberan6e of my own he_a!(h. "LOW Tl" ""ftlLADELPHIA. CONSTANTLY ON BAND SB AMOBTB1NT OF DRIED fc PICKLED FISH,  Mackerel, CodfUh, Huma, rr Hernng, Larf, Chee», *e. Philadelphia, Majr *, 1851-Sm*  Bnt.T.TWftaw AP, WHITE* A Co. AND DEALER! IM Wines and Liquors, No 77 North Water street, and 38 North WharrM, Philadelphia. PfcTKR BIDES, JAB. M. UOLLIKflaljs^D, wm. c. White. Business Cards, etc. Feb. 7, 1851 DR. J. B. CRAWFORB Respectfully lutoi hi. pru«B«rto»l *Dtt Ices to the people of Wyoming mid vlotnitjr. „ p Offlce In Temperance Houte, Wyoming Pa. Aarat I,1«M-U •.  PEROT, liof'FMA]* * Co., EORWARDINO * COMMISION MERCHANTS No. 41, North W(unr«,»«i 83 North, Water Street, below Raoe St. PHILADELPHIA. EVERTS A OURTIS8, wholesale dealers in fish, FRUIT, OILS 8 PROVISIONS, and Produce and Commission Merchants, No. 248, Fulton Street, near Washington Market, New York. O. A B. would eall the attention of merchants of Northern Pennsylvania to their extensive atock of Fish, Fruit, Oila and ProTiaiona, which they will aell upon aa favorable terms aa any houaa in New York city. Referencoi. Wtkopp 4c Co., Pittslon, Fisher 8 Bogardus, Wilkesbnrre., t Franklin Plait 8 Co., Philadelphia Jan. 31. 1851.—ly*  Johnson, Welj» A » MANUFAtrfTJRfiRfc AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN samL. r. nvr.BTa, i chas. o. ccBTiaa. { March 28,1851-ly. B OOTS' mot®®. No. 3S Oourtlandt Street, (firtl door abort the Merchants' Hotel.) JAMF.B W. JOHNSON, | J *• BENNETT, J*. a. k. well*, J .v. YORK. \ c. T. piebson. January 24, 1851. 'T- OBO. W. BRAINBRD A Oo. 103 Murray, near Wert Street, New York- Geo. W. Brainkrd, david bclmn. [Aug. 8, 1850.—ly*.  FAIRBANK'S PREMIUM SCALES, L. tV. cftAwl ORD, Aoent, Pittston Hardware Store. N. B.—Sold at manufacturer* prices and warranted to be correct. [ Aug- 3, 1850 —tl. JOHN GILBERT A OO. Wholesale Druggists, No 177 North Third Street, A few doors above Vine Street, East side, ©§®iraA53B PHILADELPHIA OHN dlLfeBRT. .SILAS U. WETNZ AT WHOLESALE. D . FROTHINOHAM, NEWELL A 00. COnlTinTI.Y ON HAND, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP Drugs, Mcdicine/?, Chemicals, Fullers' and Dyera' Articles. PaipU, OU». .Window Glue. and Painters' Articles,. Apothecanea Gluaaware, Patent Medicines, if-c., Cf-c. August 30, 1850.—ly. £Late M. Newell A Co.) HAVE ta/.en the Cajmeioua Store No.VI Bnaifr van where they will keep an extensive stoci of BOOTS and SBOBS of the best style and quality, which they offer on favorable terms. Merchants of the Wyoming Valley are paiticularly invited to call and examine pur sloe*. Ne# York, Ja'huary i, 1851.—tf. OOOFBR.A VANZANErf, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Foretell Wiqes and Liquors, No. 21 New Street, NAw Tork. (. RUDOLPHUS COOPER, CHA». A. VANZARDT, JR. August 30, i8!$b.—ly.' ■'Two years brought Varnhnm to his majority. His fortune, though limited, was equal to his wants; and he to travel, aocj then maffe choice of a piofession. It t|vas a sorrowful day .to us when he left (he pareonage. The loneliness which followed his departure, never gave place to cheerfulness again. In four weeks from th it day, my father was laid in the vault of his own loved church. My gentle mother rteithef wept nor moaned when she saw the beloved of her youth laid beside the gorgeons coffins of hi? lordly anccstors. But in three days afyer, I was »lone in the wide world;, for she was dead xlso. Two lone,' sad nights, I sat beside that beautiful corpse, still and tearless as one in a waking dream. I remember that kind voices were around me, and that more than once pitying faces bent otfer me, and strove to parsuude me from iny melancholy vigils. Bnt I neither answered nor moved C they sighed as they spoke, and passed in and out, like the aotors of a tragedy in which I had no part. I, was stupified by the first great trouble of my life ! The third night, came strange men into the room, bearing a coffin covered with crimson velvet and glittering with silver. My heart had been very cold, but it lay withiu me like marble when those large men reverently Iftted the body of my beautiful mother, and laid it upon the pillow which had b«en placed for her last rest. Had they spoken a word I think my heart would have broken ; but they passed out withfi slow,,solemn tread, bearing the coffin between them', f arose and fallowed to the little room in which 1 had first seen Varnham. A thrill of pain, like the quick rush of an arrow, shot through my heart as 1 entered. It was the first keen angauh I had telt since the burial of my father.. The men qetdowp t|ie coffin, and again 1 was alone with my dead—alone in the dear sanctuary of our domestic afleotiona., ,i EAGLE HOTEL; GEORGE "LAZARtS, rt , , " VVhen 1 awoke, the dawn was trembling through the heavy foliage of the balcony, and I observed, without thinking how it had happened, that in my deathlike slumber I had been lifted from the carpet and laid upon a , Jhead was dizzy, and acute pftin shot through my temples ; but 1 arose and staggered to Mie coffin, it was closed, but the roses which 1 had scattered over it, lay still fresh and dewy upon the flowing velvet. I made, a feeble attempt to unclose the lid, ,;bu,t my head reelec|, and 1 fell to the floor. A step was on the balcony, the sash-door was carefully opened, and some onq raised me tenderly in h» arms and bore me Aug. 3, 1850. P1TTSTON, PA. ' 17 H. A. OOETCJD A CO.* WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, "My year of mourning was indeed one of sorrow and loneliness of heart; I,was a stranger in home of my ancestors, and I looked forward to the period of my marriage with an impatience which would have satisfied most exacting love. It was a cheap mode of obliging his orphan niece, and Lord Gordon consented to retain the; cura'tp who officiated in my father's e|i)d offered me the* parsonagehouse as a, residence. Had he lavished his whole fortune on me, I,should not have been grateful! My capapitics for enjbyiiienl ,were chimed by the cold formal dullness of his dwelling. I panted for the dear, holy solitude of my old haunts, as the prisoped„bird for his sweet home in the green leaves. VVp parried before the altar over which my father had presided, and where I had the sacrament.of , Thfl register which had recorded my birth, bore witness to my union with Vprnham, the only true friend my destiny had 1«A to me. The love which 1 felt for him was of a tranquil and trustful nature; a commingling of gn}liti)d« And ,9#potion. I CJid not qUestioq if my heart were capable of a deeper,more passionate and fervent attachment—if it might not concentrate its whole being on one.obj$qtp for ,my own nature was q sealed book to me J hful not, learned that it could be,tpatip a study, and that I might trainee in the reading. O. R. GORMAN, Respectfully tender* his Profewional services to the citizeni of Pitttfon and vicinity. Office nearly opposite Ihe Post Officii Pitlvpn. Aug. 2, 1850:  No. 321 Corner of itEW YORK H. i. ocruiD, I B. OOULD. | . () ( , *#» We invite the aUention of Country ehanta and other* to our ftiU wnl desirable »tgck of Ready-made Clothing, which we offer at very, Ipw rates. Merchanu viiiling the city for the purpose of Gooija if) {me, would do well to fi»e u« a e.atr before purchasing elsewhere. September 6, 1850.—tf.  O. P. BOWMAN, ATTOBWEir AT LAW. ai d Real Folate Agent. Office on Main Street, i potite the Foundry, Phuton, Pa. Aug. 3, 1850.—ty. J. BOWKLBT A BBYBA, Coal Merchants, D. L. P E OK HAM, »w«ys . g •  " When I again returned to consciousness, Varnham was sitting beside my bed; physicians and attendants were gliding softly about the thing fas hush as death around me. ., f.,was very Taint and weak; but I remembered that my mother was dead, and that I had, fainted ; 1 whispered a her opce more—she had been buried three weeks. bfici Corner of Main and Rail Road Strtth, Pitts TON, Luzerke County, Pa. Artgust 16, 1850. —tf.  ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofct on Main Strut, Hyit Park, Ft. Jolt It, 18S1- * MUB®[8S®51 FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER, Bailment bttrf »/ Ut Lung Start, PttUtn, July 4,1651. • "• INDEMNITY Tlrt Franklin Fire Insurance Co PHILADELPHIA. Krsaaa 5®®s( Fashionable Barber and Hair Dresser, 8d door North of Haas * Cutler's Cabiast Rooms, Office fib', CHerrtiit street, near Fifth st ..  Charles N. BsSitBw; Richard*, Thomas Hart, Moruecai D. Lewis, Tfbias Wagner, Adolphe.E. Robie, Samuel,Grant,, DaylJA- ®fow'n, Jacob R. Smith, Morns Patterson. " Varnham bad heard of my father's in Pit pis, and fastened home tp find me ao orphan doubly bereaved,' to become my nurse and my counsellor—my all.— Most tenderly did he watch over me during my hours pf $opi»qfesCence. And I returned His tovo with a gratitude as fervent as ever warmed the heart of woman. 1 knew nothing of business, scarcely that money was necessary to secure the elegancies I enjoyed. 1 hntj npt  ed of a ohange of residence, and w hen information reached us that a curate had been engaged to supply my place; that a rector was soon to be appointed, and that Lorck portion, the elder and brother oi my lamented parent, had conqetyed.fo receive me as an inmate of bis own house, I sunk beneath the blow if a second and terrible, iriisfprtime Had The thought of being dragged from Hqme '—from the sweet haunts whioh contained Main Street, Pittston, Pa., W6teL6 respectfully announce to | his old Mends ana customers that ba will b« happy to wait upon them at all times. Pittston, Oct. 34, 1861. Continue to make insurance, perpetual artlimited, on every description of property in town and iottatry, at ritfesis low as are consistent with s8- The Company have reserved' a l'args 6ontirig?nt Fund which with their Cppital safely invested, affords ample protection of the insured. LIFE ail FIRE INSURANCE THE KitStfONE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. of Harrisbur* sod the CASH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE go MP AN K of Harrlnburg, hsvu established Square. * _v la the Cash Mutual no Premium Note* are taken, the Insured la not liable beyond the amount paid—sml is a sharer DAT, Aafust J3,1851. Aos**. The oueU of the Company on January 1,1848, ipd published agreeably to an Act of Aaaambly, were aa follows, viz Mortgage*, Real Estate, - par"?"' CSa»h, Cf-c.D "Our united fortunes wef? sufficient fur want*, and Varnham relinquished all thoughts of a profession. We determined to live a quiet If fa of seclusion and study, such as had the happipess of my pa. rents, and I agpii), took, possesion of my old,home, a, cQ(Uented,wife. We saw but little company, but my household duties, my music, painting and needlework gave me constant arid cheerful occupation, anjl |wo years pf almost thor. ough conte.nfpi.ent passed by without bringing a wish |beypnu mj ojwn home. "The third year after my marriage, an. other coffin was placed in the family vault beside my parents; that of Lord Viscount Gordon., , My cousin, Georgian, scarcely outlived the period of Jierjtnflurning; and at the age of ,t,we#ly-one I, who hqd never dreamed of worldly aggrandizeipent, suddenly found myself* a peeress in my own right and possessor one pf the finest estataa in Kngfpud. At , I was almost bewildered by tt?e suddenness of my exaltation ; then, as if this, burst of sunshine was op|y jipoessary to ripen the dormant ambition of ipjr hearty a change qame over my whole being. A new: and brilliant career was opened to me ; visions of power, and greatness, and excitement floated thro' my imagination. The pleasant contentment of my life was .broken up for ever.— Vpruham took no share in my restless delight—his nature was quiet and contemplative—his taste refjped and essentially domestic. What happiness could he look for in the brilliant destiny prepared for us? From that time there waa a shadow as of evil forboding, in his eye, and his manner »955,058 63 90,077 78 . 63,290 77 50,899 00 Ho! for the "iotopr Store." . 50,038 93 iiMeoFw Sine* their incorporation, a period of 20, years, tWy have paid upward* of one mxllumf.vt1iMiit4.Tti tXouiand dollan lost by fire, thereby affording,evidence 6Tt-W advantage of insurance as well aj.tbe And dUpb«Uum to mC!et Willi' ptdlHjitnes*, ill' W1SNER 8 WOOD TTATB Jort rewired from the dues of New Tork end XX. Philadelphia mother large lot of Goods, which they offer for ukj at price* that cannot fall to tult the purchaser DBT GOODS in every variety; Bleached and Unbleached Muslins, plain, Griped and plaid tS*lss,Jacow* and numrr": CC°4 strip**, and Check Shirting', Bed Ticking; Cotton and Unen Table Diaper : Scotch, Rodk and American Linen Tow- Ginghams, Bewick, French and American Cotton do.; MojullndeLalna; variety ; Ladlea, Gwtlemon'a and Child's How ; Bilk and Lisle Thread Gloves; Broad Clotha, Casaimere8, Satinetta, Kentucky Jeana, 8c. Also a large lot of GROCERIES. Sugar and Molasses by the Hogshead or Bairtl ; Im»erl«l, Voung Hyson. Hyson Bkle, and other Teaeby thecbest or pound; ioap, Candles, Kaisins, Cnrranla, Mu»- laid. Pepper, Spice, Coffee, Tobacco, fcc., «c. together with a general assortment of hardware, lion, Naila;—Floiir, Fish anC "As 1 looked around the apartment, gentle associations crowded on my heart, and partially aroused it to a sense of its bereavement. The scent of withered flowers was shedf froni . the neglected vases, and a soft night wind came through the sash doors, wafting in a cloud of perfume from the garden. The balmy air came refreshingly to my temples, and aroused my heart from* the torpid' lethargy which had bound it down ki tfte gloomy and suffocating chamber above; but even yet, I could, not /ully comprehend the extent of my desolation. Around me wer* a thou-, sand dear and cherished thing*, connected with my mother; and before me lay the gorgeous coffin in whiob she was sleeping her last, long death sleep. There was something" horrible in a sense of the stilling closeness of that silken lined coffin.— I raised the lid, and it was a relief to me when the cool air stole over the beautiful face beneath ; it seemed as if my mother must bless me that I had released her once more from the terrible oloscneea ol the grave—that I had given her back to life and the , pure air of heaven. A* silver lamp stood on. thq. mantle-piece, shedding a sad, funeral light through the room and revealing the sweet, pale face of the dead with the shadowy indistinctness of moonlight. But though she lay there so still aud cold, I could not) even ye', feel that the previous remembranQes'pf ,myD parents and of being conveyed to the cold, lordly halls of my aristocratic uncle, nearly flung me back to a state of delirium.— There was but one being on earth to whom I could turn for protection, and to him my hearf appealed with the truat .and confidence of a sister's love. 1 pleaded with him to intercede with,my 1 rplgjit'bji permitted still , to resid«at,fhe parsonage—that L might riot be taken from all my love could ever cling to. Varnham spoke kindly and gently to me; he explained the impropriety, if not the impossibility of Lord Gordon's granting tpy desire, and besought me to be resigned to a fate, whioh many in my forlorn orphanage might justly covet. Ho spoke of the gaities and distinction which my residence with Lord Gordon would open to one, and used every argument to reconcile me to my destiiiy. But my heart clung tenaciously to its old idols, and rpfuseq to comforted. Had 1 been flung on the world to earn my bread by daily toil, their* was enough of energy in my nature to have met difficulties and to have struggled successfully with them; but to become a hangpr-on in the halls ot my anoestors—a CHAS. N. BANCKER, Prei't. C5. C. BXNOKEa, Sec'y. , Tenons dfcsirbvs of insuring their property in LuierHk M wilfreeeiVe attention on application to , V. L. MAXWELL, Agent, Wilkesbarre. Pa. Also, on Mr. George Daman, PiU*ton,whd'»rttf' Aceive application*. [March28, 1851—1£ Port Blanchard Hotel. SAMURL HODGDON would respectfully return* hi* thank* to the public for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon hi* establishment, and hopes by strict attention to the accommodation of all, to merit a'coritintianCe of the same. His Bar will always be famished' with the choicest' Liquors, and hi* Table abundantly su{i(yHed with all , the luxuries of the season. The beat of care will bft givfen to burses, and every accommodation a (6?rdtd which carl tout ribiltc to the'eumfort' of travellers; . . ftitkj, on haUd'. BOOTS Ct SHOES In erery variety arid atjrle of BhUl Warranted well made sod to gWo ilfMm  Ame piece. .STO^and EAgTH EN WARE, U tutor and rWrVtD Jam, CrorJ«,.»ltleh Pain try produce, end In all caaee Ik* money refunded whet] article* do not pMaae. Pllleton, October, 1851.  Port Blanckartl, Jan. 17, 1861—ljv Dr. C3. tJWDBRWOOD, Odfce in CA« Building of L. W. Crawford'* Hard:- Ware Store, Fittiton, Pa. Aug. 3, 1850.' . TO BUILDERS. SA!"H, CIm , Puttv, Null", lie., can b« frmixl «l lh« . Aa* EXriKB UTORl. TOBACCO! JUST reeeiwd 10 box«D« mperior Vlrjfinia Tobteeo, warranted lob* * "o, 1 utlcta, «nd for »»!« low b» )um II. «• C»., »t th» C*n«l rtor».