Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              % • ' ■ -i ■ U ' j - . ■ -xjri ; ... ' .Hag WMHWff-WUHimUBt fKtW Dii ; f •■■ ■i'- '!?• frfyS  dittqthm iliflPfir r 111M u i\ I "IP, nI Mil i AND ,'ii f.tfiti etfi 1 Dfei?€rD. ftir * io  ANX A A CITE J0 ITft J itnwiM . ww inn x,t'^v wi;-||imw e»W " Dt C|Ww';fwwHi^Cil(P:i^OTbiM' , * . --— : -D ~ 1 ■--■•: i:7- '- ■ v ■ , ■ 1111/ T unii fgrirtti Ititmste cf tjje €irantrtr, gtisfrtirtimt, Sltmnmntnt, fct. V-t'tno Mors $rr Stimtin. - J • „ • •■■•■:, , M . i | 4krtiC-;. - J, W WHOLE NUMBER 131. '.' .. J ssssassss^aastfranjter, frowning lill hi* brows f'i'iffhl ful ; and then stooping lot"vhii-pered wxiietfriftg in- Me lo liim alone. Cd the dueH Inn b ods m cw fiy« i ilttw mi iait to ,snAi f«t «ti 3tt«C 1 v, «  ... S Its « 5 Eh . (rtour twb i(ti - nl """ . * ural a Btaklt] Jltmnpnptr- C fffODtrt la ihm. litrrtfnrr, t!jf Jtfrrrmiiiit, JHiitin D(t? : nn* «hi mi sit) ! 1 1 ' v7-,-.~^—--- ; "T" nrrsTON-, pa., Friday, February is, i8b. ; jc,',,; •  VOLUME 3.--NUMBER 2t tif) I •tie wti - v - r1 T' , D—7*—~—r and ley if amid the strange sea of fates, wo cni) find one thai i8 familiar. There is a face of exquisite! beauty, lighted up by .smiles of ulmoat heavenly sweetness : and in the tsajrie i» one, pnle and fair, that in marking its contras1 to the glo,u ing radiance of the other, one i rermnded of u fair snowdrop beside a blush In '^e. 1 to aid in the prosecution, ana noi withstandfn|» the earnest indvice of liix well wishers In tfio comrary, appeared on the trial of the ta-e—one of the most exciting ever argued nt tlie bar ot Vickeburi;. On the lust evening of the cession, altar adjournment, Thomas rushed into the presence of his vil«\ with Ipol;s of such evident agitation, as to fill her with overpowrHnfi alarm. "My l«ve, tell me, in the name of hrav. en, what has happened ?" oried *hiD, pale as a corpse, and shaking like a leaf in the wind. THE PITTSTON GAZETl'E, The coarse hood which only half cover. ! should rtoi fori so badly, and you Know erl her head, exposed to ¥lo# a lt.ce of the Mr. Mamiord W*l*C*» roost peerless beauiv. Kverv feature was nie much, beowe he iurmnhaa my daucdelicate and classically beamlfu*. am! the ing-Mnam, *»1 i .four if large, dark, brilliant eves had in themthdt money U, p.ircliaae ratil*m« lor luile br» deep ihrillina expression which seems to then, he will—Oh ! mother, would it not speak the sweetest language ol an eloquent be d read fa 1, if Willi9 nhoti'd die ?" ggUj TIk) child struifukd 10 jepvo»s t(ie gush' Her hair was d#HC and slossr, and"es*j!inCr tears, Uutilwy would come, ,nnd once caplnDj from the hoott, fell nearly to the more was ihe rtm» buried in the ino waist in lonDf, clustering ringlets. There ther'a lap. wbs an expretsioti of anxietv resting Gport They sat for a few moments in «:lapoe the lovely features, which told that, yourtp «nd as Allia r*i»«l hej head, the molbfc which fcoumjcfi. «aff to her j IremWinj? lu-url, lie butie her enter. Ue ijfew a.cfcajr yheerfu\J5re, ;iml hs hiici mil waJiipM her Jitlle cold hands, he Piddlv inquired her mime ; in a sweet voice she answered, " Allm River*'," and then went on 10 relate her touching When she had concluded, lie told iier his name WPS L'llton, and he ivould find n more IbJ^O(U*liFio'iti, and white he lived, sutler more to told hi,' he or - had a Jiule a.sler Sosp namp «»•-- f\) bu! slic diep, am be HP ' ' K) plfcd i he looked | ward, he ear,—audi AND luiqnehaiia Anthracite Journal PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY «. M. RICH ART At II. S. PIlILLIPS. 0JU. tr»l mi »r •/ «*• UW p/ li utter 4* Jfwd. ««0*»«TTt k JoriCAL" If pHbllilu-J every FrMnjr. at Two por aimum. Two Dollar* Brill 1IHJ C«nti will be chirlcJ If not psld within th« year, lo n«t»r will be itlaeontliiusil until all nrreanfit r-pnid LO»««rtir.Mi:vTi urn liuertml cuitptaioujly alfl« I)"' . .n pet •uitw Of fourteen llnee fur llirre l»n rtlon« , J — ' * *wbeequto •'I Dm sulii-fird," sniw J»t, »load, and irrm8ling perceptibly. "C»l- Mortoo, \Vill you serve «• my frtend V The individual last addressed gav« hi* flssenf. ' Dm we have never mfct those fac#« (ovply though they be j so let u« lool Bgai'l. ' , . . No! there ore none pVesent whom we have met : hut there, near the orchestra, siis a (lenllenian « hose fhee we cannot pass' bv without a .second look. " What a plorious brow, and what dark, (lushlrt/i Cyetf! what glos«y htDir And snowy left})', for a tnnn of mfddle age. He scrms Uliiiiy nnconfcious that- there are o'hers aroii'iw hiin, and C vrn llie ftrvD performance id iiltiWfl to jio on nil unheedrd by him. His play bill i.i doubled so that a* we tlance iDvcr ft to pArtfeive whftt annotineemerit can j=o fix his whole attention, we can only ice the words : ALLTB RIVERS, ttffc tbtTNtt AirtitRfegm daxspurh; WILL ALHO AI't'KAR IN" A FAVOIUTB DANCE ! {Concluston iVtxl Wtehf\ " ftow lei tis adjourn to seme private room lo nfrarige ihe prfjiniinaiies," re. nmikpd the strangpr ; and the prir.ctfala and secofids teft the crowd, ilirn incteasinc eferj itiomcrit, and excited alireei to ira£ n ne#s by the thick crowding evtntaof ltC« I •• the «-.s, the 'life of the stve* child r«rrf«inm)th»0f ih.whou-TCj»r. M"»d not bfien alwova crowned with «un| shine. b4. litM.WBUWHU UD» mMet-nyh'.mrjr Daric-iD of j—mopppil not to admire the L'litterillf volutin* w— displayed so invitingly in tin Whop windows, nor to p*z* upon roe *Dplori «■!' ' *"* " 'vhich dallied srt nn»rrfly thro murrtiufidio aloDv, tad tone, ... " 'Tin just three yenrs to-.day, sines, your fntIter lett bin muw land, atidoli! little did he. tWnfcjvvllanilifit#ad«Ci»e I'wreHell, mid prBased n Itwl l,iMUpoir ywur \IIio, lliAl lift Would so fRou tdwp ill the CIueooefc n be.)o v ao ioiwity. While ir , HMftk • ..ow l.'ile i .lje »-.oul-, fee, hi* si» n.i.l »(.uld lovely » U'lJy, and watch over lier oh tuujMy us V did In* own AliOe. " "" »tour 1V: La in w.is to leave town 0,1 foil kgnve Ai m inrdiuine Wj: ilup, andloi(l nor hf "Nojhjiuj," answered llie husband, think"tng to concetti the mosi fearful paft f;f the •* Nothing, only that the murderer, Mike Johnson, after hi* acquitlul, insulted me in the court ami T knocked him down," "And Iip lins challenged you to fight him with pistols!" almost shriek'd the wife, anticipating the rest, wiili the .quickness o! woman's keen common ae'.ise. " It is even so," replied the lawyer, mournfully. "Oli! say that you will not meet him ! .Oil ! «ive»r that you will not turn duellist in this Sodom of the south !" implored the wife, throwing her arms around hi« peck, and sobbing like a child on his bosom. •' TIktc, do not weep now. 1 will nnt turn duellist, Kmmn, ahhough I much lt*r lhal tlte codhequence Mill be nay, hour. Tire mating look place ihe following nigfct, in a dark room, with »luD door locked, and the two i«-tonds on the outatde.— The principals w«re placrd in oppoait# corners CDf ihe opartinc'iif?" Wtilch was about twenty feel square ; and each was armed wiih a large bowfo-knife—-nothing moYi. It was midnight-— a night without moon or stars. Black pitchy dotuls. enveloped the sky, and a slight sitting mist rewdafed the shadow* of the earth more intense.— Hence,'the room in which the duel *ii about to begin watD wrapt in rayless dariu ncH«. The combatants could not even a#« the blades of .their own kfilves. At first; tliey both stooped and stealthily „ untied and took ofTiheir shoes, so as to make the least possible noise in walking over tbe floor. 'J he same thought had occurred to them at (be aame time—to manteuvrt lor the vantage ground. Thomas moved in • oircle, softly »a * cat, around the apartment, till he got within a few feet ol the corner where his enemy had first been placed, and then paused to listen. For four or five secends lv-could hear nothing in the grave like silence, but the quick beatings of his own busy heart; , Presently, however, there crept into hU ears a scarcity audible snuhd, a* of suppressed breathing, in the coMter which lie had just lelt ; and then he knew his toe ■ was trying the same ntfat/rgem. Therws was repeated tw ice, with a like result. At length Thomas determined to sfand perfectly stifl, and await Johnson's approach. Mo« tionlrss now himself, and alt cur, soon he could distinguish a soft rustling noise, like the dropping of flukes of woolj circling nround the floor, end gradually advancing towards him. - •», w lived, what a .proud fit if0"1'1 cpme ij;c nsxt morning and see hot Ciow happy fie was to sit by my side wil)t lie W44 tjfcjti^: n bank bill lror?l lib \ iiu upon hix kw». and relateiji#ny purse, /ie UdLjJm little girl to purclms# strange incidents ot his ooeuu tifo. ft|od far. ber- *»iotl|rt artd V A«d he Imd |ueni(*«l nut U» cfliss t)i» tliCj next CinythC;y tjiould be removed to n sra n.'.iin u Ii«h iie rutHfifrd.lrpni lliul futul cheerful home., . . voy»K-«.;«Wt-.«««• #ix moiUlMi ha'l flown. lite bright tears stole down the rosy tlteie cm.'ie the ne.,vs ol that dvead/ul ship- clifvks of the s clii.d, as she 1 -.1 jwafciijubprt lor bis kindness and w,th h that my own imbleMjjfonifne. was To™ lo "ii;J,morie\ etysped tl hp\ lit. n« r me forever, ondaHuMNl qhjMren father- feWttlw throngh llife crowdSfl less. And ihty ilrino 11s f.oiu our liopf*v sir,'els, storing only to purchase the foot home, ami ob ! w lial |»ov« we not. su(Iea:4 ' jmgs at home. since tins sad bftsc^vei.i.m J The blight Deiir rra.I.-r, v i.ic.i itiink vou was the (it povnty ,1IW restedDu»Mi mJEcT wereft oi{ tluff IneirV I bjIdiMprcjeT not for 1 be mere pit,v'yM »t-e.vml The n,an wte ctuJ.I l,p: J noi |yll' ui'fi 01 t'l'e l,,"Tr' luxury was our,, ,^u, iiougTit CCwO?Uyy"P'!" V»W aiouud U.WVe penury mid *ffljJB1 WfWgWW to look foiward to, save toil, cure and p»v. Hal lie had a.ldVd hw . un» to nssu.tgt C i tv. k m I 1 ie u C n of Tiumflii f •• Mv beijft sinks wRbui me when- 1 Many wore jw MeMiris think »-f the fmur*v f»*r if tfoil spares Wit. Mrs. River* Klioueud on the hrad of Mhr lie's'life, you shall Iiiye up dai.e,,ng, Alii.*, D Dg physician, w hen A'lie laid the fond aIM 1 will toil, for vow till these .bands'can and the jjiiidiciitfe Vlifrn Her but when labor no longer. ' , llio chihY toiCl her of the promised BC!si.»t " |!iii Kyw hi,all we procure medicine a,ice, she sair1. while a blusli ol pride manfor hi.0 ? and without it I fmr he ciumot tied her pale cheek. W1 survive ; an I oh ! Allie. if we shouhl lay "Ab- AI lie, I cannot live upon the bounC,111 s'.', eet darling in the told jjriive, ii-Dw ty ol others, wtii,e mv o« n bands enn earn could we ever be hajipy auain ?" and pres. ail liielihonil! MiiL' tbe.t;i«ii)ieii neiiitr in licr bosom, she The nit-de iee was- administered to the b, j r -1 i:.i .a II Zm? if, t,fvVcW,«l(d|M* c.m-li.lly with- Stt'lCJenjy A1!te'j Siprted from, her Jht, in fbe \VliHe Alfie sat by hfs and wrapplnu' her tjlialvl around bt-r side. IUveis prepared the food which form, ujiui !viirr ttje t)(Sof) upon' h» • the kind strair'pf l»Ad rmDvfated. It was al - lw a !, ; Ve vkV,,ed tl)«ToartVoRi'licr'cJieiks most dark when the wis oVtM*, end and s ,;d hn/ilv, ' n,other and themselves "lam koI4D{[ out.' 1)0 w.-' "1OJ^,fr' artrf 1 !!!"p Lnrf'C.r"Ii: jr . , j is it, . siiali noV rejiiru'iiuLil I have procured mtd- H - bad la,h o into n sltimher, at i ine for .willtl*.- , . , fif-sSt Arid C18 the anxious watchers bent over " Qui! bb s.V you, Allie," replied tiie mo. hhri, luD breathing became der|*r and tlier. " Vou a'e n ni.t.To tliiT-l, tuiifsonrc. deeper, and bis sleep more death like. thii'i-r ic 11 s iite. you will be successful " When lie awakes," said Mrs. Rivers, As the little girl closed the street door, "be will be either better or worse, and oh ! she st.-.fi.l a few moment.* upon tbe. steps, as my faille* that hrs dear life may be iT in deep thought, and then sayiin; hall' spared. aloud, fcrfnjf dftl they bend in silence over that '• 1 'wIM po to Dr. Rirton in Summer linle cradle, watching the crimson flush str«e|f lw was our neighbor wLen wo pa'ft nn-l rlr-opcn on tfre wan chocks, and lived in nnr earlv home, And as lie was pa. ifi'e heaving breast rise and fall, with the pa's liienil, be r'liino! refuse ine." feverish t.reatl. that crime one moment She sprang li-h'lv fnmthe steps, and .jniclt ami defp, and the next so and feeling sure f)r. Il'irijii would civc her slowly that one would almost think the litsome medudne for Willie, she hurried on ile sulleiw' toi# With'a light Step and hop. fill heart, forget Ob, ye who have watched over the sick, tins.' that tjie friends of iv.allh arc not the and pe hnp* dvin- couc.li of the loved and friend* of* poverty. ! ' ' cheriahed, markinp the aold sweat *rcep LTflte Allie stopped not Hhtil tche reach over the dear brow, and tbe Avion [Diil*e Cd a stately mansion in a lashimahle s-reet beat Winter and fainter, cau leel what upon whose silver do'ir plate' Mas enirraved tboCe sad hearts fell Wkle lliey bent -ovai; iho name (,f " llmton." She rant: tin- that sntTerinir ulnbl. bell, niifl the' door' (ViiSfo'jfeHM lDV a servant Darker and deeper Ml the wintry shades who to Allie's ti.pid irquirin'g, '• if Dr. of twitinfrt. Th« »iok boy still slumbered Barton wn* at home." replied in a pomp, on, unconscious of the anxious hearts beutous tone, " thai he was engaged and could '"D{ over him, and the anxious watchers not be disturbed loV a beggar," stirred not, till a neighboring clock struck Tbe crimson blood rushed to the child's the hour of *i*. a d«; finr cheek; but with fh» proud coniempt of "Allie, did D ou oromiae Mr. Montlord a high spirit, she defined no (tnswer, but that you would danoe to-night J" ssked said In a detferfnined tpnfe that she must see Mrs. River*, solily. Dr. Batiofi. " hioiher, I did, replied the little 'I'he servant was awed at the superior girl, whik; a tear started to her «y*. dignii v Of fier maVtAeV* and mmterrnL' " T-hei,. my you must tulfil your FOmetiiing about the impudenep of brjrgtfrs, promise; but, Allicj :it shall . bo tbe»lasi opened tbe drawing Mom door: arid thr tirao} he yw» lo-».oi.rew4 and that next moment o with will buy us feoiUiM VVUlje m b«lfe», and ,|,e highly polished air of iiir oristocrat, then I trust I shall Uud .-nean# to lubw lor stood before the trembling child, and inqui you." re 1 in a tone of h'an«litv cond-scension, 'I he warm tears rained over Allie s fair «• what was her bu-iness with Irfm T" cheeks as she murmured, She Vicflv stated her request, arid loW '»Oh! mother, Iww can I you to him in what'part of the city she resided, watch over VV illie alone ? to which he replied, " that be never visitW Mrs. Rivers are* the sweet child lo Iter p.ior families, and that it she wished n*lH bosom, and kissed her fondly assbosaid in ta-ce site had better apply to those near- a broken voice, er her own ctatinn. KJkxl will be with us, darling, and I can- his richly carved door. The not think be will desert w in this trying '• man left the child standing hour. Trust ii; IJ mi, my child, tin I hCDpe iipdh thV Granite sttnsWith an ttlmirtt bum- j lor better day* may :vi»awj •flfir W8Ytf V ' I «K«io whe« wx may be us. Ignored uud W|. Render, ddst' HRdu -tMnkWii* fctlon ?— i *|»eoted hf-»Wd WfijMVltf fjj,|st thou never know a man, « ho in his day i*rw } w-Jf.*in dw»rs. luxtrrrntis home could'cetmt his thousand ¥»■*, yee l hope !»oor^t»Of?j-|n« mpUjlmpli thnustin'ts. to turn coMly away from er l-dieer, HOt»tl.ii.a we»d-s tl.y child D a sthrvln" child, it the few pence ».,Ul of limelV whibh might pel- .Hi.p»hine. chrnce- have saved it* life W'fO J. ,T*tA j meet with its sweet „j.a9fat0 „a II vou have not'; iKrfn look abroad, and: wDAjf#,-a«t|.: bp n¥fl''' iW4,!m'orfyv till B too- many of the, :««Ai •tf|"Wl;(tf hiid, born ones who w.ar the i;tided halite OHM, W *llller or'arUtocVaeTv. Uie saHiedfWA.d, the wealth of a penile spun, which, thank' Hi»vCM,D tffc heart ol the foM8mim*** v .noftwtitt j vMofrmw-Mf am *ei! Pki9»"Af»l4ii Wa#Wlierlv diieppomtrtl, arid Allie's glossy,,cu,iis and aluu- reccuma a the hope which bad sprung up in ker little r kw» jm MAMm hear:, was crushed uisehte sWlv. tnnwd to and »al| hu,t; i#. pi ( W il)igr.crept retrace Ivor 8ie|«. • She was just Ua*fbDr • -ofilj, Uut (rm tl)e apartment, and h,r** street, whether ev'e fell ujiou n plWe ..Chn s)Mli^.tears, soon bearh." the inmt of "'D*. ■fiilbnji'. 'M* on'i.kf through D° stopped and it for a ;moment thei I; . , . D *. , v ■ ' t 4 murmured, «• 1 cannot return Wiibout ,tbe , . . Jie guijy medicine," and nswodiu* the«e(«iofDha1 echoed the music! witTun the m^stYP walls the ellie.. of a physician, she of tbe pU, fryrWo); 1 taifc in knoekwl timidly at the door. the very lu .ght «.t iw prosperity, ami this It W88 opened by aa extremely young was Chnstrpus Ni^hf,.and it was crowded md handsome muni Dnjjo gaaed for * .mo. |r?m "pit to dome, with th9 tcaul.v and nent upon the wonderous beauty of the aristocracy of our noble city. !hild, and then in a voice of kMonss I# usDofc ftfpupd among the audience 1 id sleighs whit ..■» m»rrnv ilio white streets on that bright Christmm morning. ' Many a proud lady turned trvgaze rii*c« more npnn that £fKDriou« face,- as the beau lifnt child hurrid (hro' the crowded streets: l td many on aristocratic mother inrned from the cintempl.i;ion of those radiant features to the pale, expressionless face of ler own petted child, ant wondered why Dne of lowly btrth should be so lovely, ,v hert not even the vaunted tinsel of wealth itid aristocracy coitld itat muke  jorn child as beautiful. But the little girl heeded not the admlr. ng glnnees bent upon her face, nnd hurri(ily (talked oil, though the chill breeze it'ted the cuHs from her slniilWers, ami jfMig'it a rosier clow to her velvet cheeks. It was a In rye room upon tlitt first floor f an old-fashioned knOttttft house. '1'lie thite pine floor was uiftullicd by fi 6inpi« pot, and the scanty fnrhiiure wo* srrawg. d with the most scrupulous r.catniss.— Seated before the poorly Wasting lire, was t middle-ogpd woman, whose intellectual .ice, although verypnle, still retained tra:e« of or.ee Lrtlliant beauty. She was dressed in' a rustic black- Silk :own, which, from the short waist and arge old-fashioned slcft'ves, must have been rtads when htr yws were fewer, aud her small liCind* even Itiiror than, now.. There was a certain air of dignity and :uperiority about her, which displayed itielf from thn anxious clar.oe CDf hCrf, dftik •yes to 111* slighiest movements of thn pule lands, and revealed even to a carele»s Dbservur, that she had seen betlqr l»JWfc'?-fvtr *« .Urn C*oCtn*un bind ts*f Bat whatever might have been h"r sta. iofi in years gone by, it was evident ilwit jriin, blighting poverty was now finjl  iig her flieek; and pqstdng its cold hand Dver her once »niooHv biow. , - ;j ■ She he'd in her lap, a brnuliful child of ibout tltreu years of age, whoso flushed iheeks and deep, irregular breathing, told li.it the blond in iho.se blue veins, was bur. ling wilii the « ild heat of fever. 11 ij» « D e» ■vure In inning hril'iiimly, and ho lay segtui ngly unconscious o; all . tfiy,t p/issed around lim, gazing vacantly iuto thc lire. The dark eyes "f.bjs pnie rrioLhijr—for iucIi th« striking resemblance bftwqen hem proclaimed lier—were bent upon Ida race, and every now and thep, the siji nt ear, and thtf half-stilled moan, would re,eal the unutterable. miefuhich .".Helled ler fond heart, as she thq. vacant, itare and the buvuing cU«.ck of her darling :h ild. S-iodenly the Outer door creaked upon is rusty hinges, and tlie, i]ext, moment ilie. title girl we have before introduced to the eader, bounded into the apurtuient. She tastily flnng aside her hood and shawl, inDl exclaimed as she knelt beside the sick diild and fondly ktsMtl-a, •' Don't you think Willie is a littU beter 10 day, mother V' 'I'he mother laid her hand upon her head nrt did not answer ; and as ihe little boy leard thejtweet voiae of his beautiful sis. er, lie p»'tially r«i s*kJ himself, and fl in ting his little nrtns around her neck., mitr. mired, «« darling Aillte," and satik quickly jack into his mother's anr,«. For a f«-w moment* (he little maidmi gar ted upon him inailence. and then raisisg rom |i«r kneeling, pasture, she drew n ehail o her inother'ti wde, and said hi: a lofw lone is she seated herself upon it. "Oil! mother,'we had aueh a long, Ireary rehearsal; and i told Mr, Mont ford tow sick dear little Willie is, andshw nuch I wanted to afay-al • home" with Ijim, ind he aiid that as to-tiijj|:t i« ChrirUnas, it should have a t'ety lurtseaudieoca, and ie could not do wiihout'nw ( and whfxi 1 oried and said 1 o4uld-jit}|idatlce jviien my little brother wan so vei*y sick, he was sp angry, and aaid if 1 did nbt ilanee  ind danue Well too. 1 should never enter his Theatre auttiu, and :fac would tMjvorjjiay me unvthinL'. But il I would cotno tnniglM, and d»vte well, he wuld pay me to morrow, and. so I said 1 would  VUh ! to.ni#fct, mother, L do, want to stay with you nnd .Willi#** ) know I cmi/iot dance to-niphi 1" And the luilo nyl uy.»- tled closer to her motherV aide and burst into tears. Tito palemo'tber threw her nrins over thealifht iorm.CDf her hea,ui.Uul a,ud said, while the hpl Ifcaii flowtd over her wan. cheeks, « lud '.iOh, Allift. do neuvrvp » Liitttly, it will break iny lieari ; and it almost seems bursting when 1 think that my All^e—my own sweet Allie. must'devote lier glorious beauty to the tiftssWed singe, and like a wandering gipsy,,beCA'"* a ptihliq dnijcer, to keep from actual starvation. But it shall not bef.fnv A life »ft«ll not'be. called a dancing gtrl! "nn, nri, since Oo't hiis sphred my life, 1 will devote ft tO'lflln and to •ny children, and when health is one* mote •estored to Willie, you shall leave the stage rtrever !" ti ,' , " No, mithef." replied the noble child, I vill be a dancing girl sooner than have r'ou labor' tf Willie wa» n6t »o #i«k, I i z.j'r,D ?»ift u MminvW Di U i*»mm i nmswffi®1 Pit* •Afa Iccident la the Annils of VIcksTmrg. ruin." i "Oh, I not--Cod will piotect rou from' the bold man," returned she, almost convulsively. The next morning it was known throughout .Vicksbuitf that the "Yankee orator" 'hud bfen,.challenged,,and lefused jo fight. Accordingly, he was denounced as a cow. urd—a word which at thVit day, and even now, might be considerrd as expressing far deeper scorn iliadfYon rob'tr or asset, | .*/«. As lie parsed through the streets, he was astonished to witness the, coldness manifested by his old acquaintances, and even professed fHenri*, while the great mass of tho people feemtd to regard him with ineligible contempt. "Yat.kcc whi'.o-liver," " boaster," " poltroon," were the sounds most frequently long in his ears, especially when near the groceries, 'and there w as 6no then on every terrace of the broken hilly- The tnattpr worse. About a week afterwards, Johnson met his victim {n Hie' public Dquare, presented a cockf d pistol at liis heart with orre- hattd, While he belabored■ liim qnrftercii'uily with a cowhide which he grasped in the o her. Resistance at the "moment was altogether out the qiifTstibn. for the slighter movement ! would have been the t'gnal for immediate Cu.'al|i., t)e lliQiDglit of Emma and her j sweat babe, and bore the castration in si- rMitnuaumut 9 *■' *WftrtW.t3 SUMMERFIELD. _ ..' i-..., _ I. V_ _ _ _ _ I ■ !j !n hi teWDfy litis descended the WMHHjWf'WjMW rf»« Inst five and tw«eiy \ etlrs 111uDt rt-member Vickisburp, t-oMitjjuiar in hs BiibatiotV tor a tdwti ; situated on Hie slielvin" itrclivily ot hi»li rollinji hill-, wftll itfe hi/uws xfikliererl in prou|m on the Anv ri twit r o) Aineiienn iiawb. pantos dUviujt onviirie uf life l»sl twenty. jeffhiSmuwt rt mcmWr ; *0 rich has been the tuiicl V)f material it bus (tupplied lor the cirCS luting libraries, ol "hornble niuiiierf," duels, atfrtey*, and exeou. lions by all sorts ot' "summary prnceM." The pfiblio will rt»* 1 ik»tv soon lorpet the hanging of the gamblers and steam doctors. In line, everybody knows that the place lias been rioted wincfl its earliest scltbmem, tor the belligerent ehartiotor ol ils inhabi. ttrtils, and tfie number ottd.BWDcMy ol' the violenfdeedi *vhiol»«ity'bb Aswehdb, with )it«rul 1i litli, Id htrve Maine*! its dvaty street1 \*\4h the blond of liurpon ileum. HUMBLE WOKTH. TeU m« not ti»uX he's u poor man, That b» diss* Ucoarac and bu») T*tt u»« hot hi» daily pittance lea w«rkman'e*cnnty lure. TeU me not hirbirth is bumble, That bin parentage is low; la be honest in his actions 7 That n all I want to know. Is Hi* word to bo relied oat Hw bis cbjrnrter no Mame 1 Then I eare not if h»'» tow-born— At last, when the sound appeared with, in about three feet of the lawyer'* position* he suddenly made a bounding plunge with his knife, aimed in i|»«» dark air, where lie Mipposed the bosom of his foe to !D•». HI* blade struck ngainst that of the otHeir, htid a few fpni ks of fire jolltd nl (he fierce collision, and fell pxpirio* on the floor. And then, lor an instant, the second* without the door heaftl a sharp ringing of m, steel, a groan, a fait, and all again was silent as the tomb ! The duel at midnight had j but htioT They were  led at the horrid question. Waiting some minutes, and hearing nothing more. Col. Morton and the Strang**., prepared.a light, uwlooteed the door, and eaten d. - The spC otocte was most affecting. There lay the bleed" Corpse el lite duel. l'iftt, Johnson, mangled dreadfully; and above it stood tftt ereet and imposing form of the lawyer, Thomaa,—unhurt,— not • scratch on bin skin, ee » rent in his cloth, ins?; but weeping at ii his heart was bKo ken. Then I aslr not whence bis name. Would h« from an unjust action, 'l'ntn a«Niy with «cornful 4y» 1 WituMhe, thnn defraud another, 'If lv l!Ot«ur present purpose, however, to sketch any ©f »ho*e mure brute bailies, thak prove nothing beyond iho wilful wick, (iincwit of the respective combatant*. But Wo wilt select, tor the sake of its moral ulone, a solilury iragBdy, ufiicU was brief* If chronicled bv the press of the day, and iheti laded from I he recollection of ell,save owe, from wfidm the writer reoeiD edthe story, in ali it* particularity. She, of course, could never forget. The u iln of the' murdered hero wept at the sad reinm* iscence twenty years tMt«r the dale ol the cnlUflroplw. S joncr on the ■scnffold dic l Would hi" spend his hard gained turning*. On a brother in distress 1 Would he aucror the afflicted, AnCl the wcnli one'* wrongs redress 1 Then he is a ninn deserving lence, After this, clients deserted his office, and gentlenipn refused lo recoyniso him or return Ins salute in tte thoroughfares of business, or dining his morning strolls over (he hills. Had hit touch wen contagion, or his breuik pestilence. he could not have been more carefully .shunned. Another Week passed, and the degraded lawyer was in a-state of'rtlind bordering on insanity ; and yet ill the while he Concealed the mental torture from his afl'ection• it", wile. One evening, in a more thun commonly bitter anil gloomy mood, as he walked the public square, he was again accosted by Mike Johnson, with his couiud pistol in one hand, and uplifted cowhide in the other. The assault was the more-HveravaiiRu, us the pluco was thronged Willi spfctatof*. "Coward and villuin !" exclaimed Johnson, ''didn't | tell you I would cowhide yovi every *eejt, until 1 whipped the courage of u map an'd a gentleman into ydvr Yankee "1 mn'not a com-fcrd!" rntorted Tfcennas, in hollow tone, so mworthly. fierce; and wiid that it caused every iiearer to start.—» At the instant, his lins were livid, and elehclied between hi* lips till ihfe blond ran. Hi4' fed-as tlnse of a mad dog, and the muscles of,hi* foce quivered ; but his limbs and budjf seemed lo have the rigidity of iriijrble. "H'e wilt fiijlit'tloxv," rang fn on eager wliUper through' the txcited crowd, as (bay saw ihe,terrible lok«ns of the. fiend amused—the fiend ili;U luiks, ut different depfhs, in all human natuieg. , ... ... "If you are not a coWnftl, why won't Virtu 1" isltetiilie duelttit, »Cwn«w hat struck, mspite of his thraurh desperation, hardened in tlje he* gore of. a dozen tj^ur. """ I will fight, if j'dn'tvish it," was the " ,* /M wt«Ml . V, I hen yon accept rny.CJhall*fDgt V' n«m "I do. Will any one present bo so good as to act is my second " inquired the lawyer, nddressiung ilie spectators. " Fbr a moment btf' h»o nb on* spokf, so «p«* Was the drood of the W(h-4«|1^. Johnson,, . » "/ M ..-/••C id-i! "WiJI no one, in such a mas* of gorierous mfe'n be "roj? second ?" repeated (W  yer. in a londor tone. "'I will.!"soid-io«h'JiilhftiU»rtp9t'l'ke voice on the outskirts ol the crowd ; and a tall, commanding form- with bruvery written on "ijiVbrp'w, ai\d the cpgte's eye beneath it, "rtiaflfc hiw Way to'ihe centra of the nom* of Contention, and stood* close Ironling Johhson, with a smiling gloncfl. before wbfch tiQwsr.foy.f.o. toi.wH ; f The uuesiiqn—"who is lie ? who is he ? circulated amonjj the lbolicrs on. But no one cottld answer ; no one had ever seen him' betode i and ye» everybody \v«ald «v«n tlien hrfve . «w«ra to .hfe Wfagc, so bold, yet traiKH.il, was his feraqng. " Who are you V inquired the duellist, recovering his 6f mind. "A stranger trom Texas." ♦'But whft will vou«h /oi your mpecta. bility !" . "I ctngivo you vouchers sufficient, re- Of my love and my csteam; - t nd I care not what his birth-plaea In the eye of man may «rm. Let it W a low thatrh'd lio*ct; Let it be a eby built cot; Let it be the parish workhouse— In my eye it matters not. Anil if others will disown hint As inferior to their Caste, Let them do it— I'll befriend him A* a brother to the last. In the year 1837, a young lawyer, whom we will call John Thumas, to avoid harrowing iImj memory of some relative or liii"i;d, who mialit chance to skim over lliese columns, emigrated from Worcester, Mnsiiiichusetts, to the stale ol Mississippi. H« wan poor, and had recently marritd a beautiful nnd accomplished woman, » Iw had renounced weultfiy parents for his sake ; hence he was anxious to belter his fortune in as little lime us possible. This consideration determined the legal adven- From the American L'nlou. The Father's Return; OR THE MTTiL3 * Ho started back as the flashine light dai. zled his eytfn, an# growing pale as the dead at his feet, exclaimed, in accents of. ire* measurable anguish-*'' turer to locuie «t Vicksburg, llien conDid ered throughout the West us tlw paradise of the bar. BY LOt'lSE J. CCTTEH. '■Oh, God! how (hull I fndure to meet my dear Bhwna, with this murderous jjore on my hands! Such stain* would d«fil# the very pftim of heaven, and Mueken the floor of hell itself P* . Dt j He did, however, afterward* meet Emma and her babe ; but we shall not attempt ta paifrf the fcene. It was Christmas morning. The sleigh, brlli were jingling merrily through the crowded thoroughfare* ot our own proud city, ati«l the snow.covered sidewalks were thronged with pedestrians of ali grades and nations. In a very short time the young lawyer | had ample reason to congratulate himsell oil lib et.oico of a position. His bland tiemeanor, studious habits, and more than all, his oleqtifltiae vin debate, won hiirt patronage ; and he rose; almost at a single bound, to the first pV.ce in his proles»nin. lie waseipplOyeU in almost all the lund suits, and the Btillmore num«r-ju* and equally lucrative cases of homicide; so that in '.he Uriel' periodjcl two years ullej, hit*.advent, he hud dee red the round sum of thirty iiiousand dollars. Lvl no sceptical desci- 111o of Lmd (Joke deem this incredible, a. d. Prentiss, now of New.Oileftps,  cash in hand, forty thousand dollars, lor his opening speech in Vicksburg. Uuring his career thus far, young, Thomfts .was reijiaikitble in one respect. He ilever went armed ; and although in tlie lieice uud fiery uiiuiealioris of the,forum, he .necessarily.,made some enemies, no atlavk had li i t lie rip, ken ventured on ins ni r,- •son. The uihlciicisin ol hi, torrti, find the look of invincible determination in fjfs keen blue e) t s, hud doubtless w umed the deepeiadoes Unit tjjo "Yankee ofjjlpr,' as Iiq was generally termed, could hit as hard blows ill the courtyard as lie did in the court However this be, two ji.'liis yetfrs too of eminent success, belure the peaceable attorney was even, insulted. Alas, tins Halcyon .period wlis doonrid to ft change alike sudden and there refilled at that time in llie town a noloiluus dm jfist named Johnson, whose i«4u. if vale and irregular encounters. All the mi tubers of t|*'-bloody Aintiy club spoke of MikpVfeat.1 will} raptjuiiUsenthusiasm. 15ot all good inen, all lovers of peace, whep the "braye wfetch" paisetl by, turned polo huH Veri%f»i(.: At the May ffnn rDf the District Court, 1820,'the grand' jurv, mustering extruordi. 'iuirV cofirnge, returned n true biH against 1 Symisoh, for tjW riKurJe? of William Lee, an ifiofBns'jvb youth, whom he had shot down in a drunken frolic, under oircUmstances 6f peculiar aggravation. Thomas was retained hy a frteftd of the deceased. One moment passed the aristocratic daughter of opulence, with her rjcb robs* Waving gracefully with each haughty slrp of the daititv feet, and the elegant garment* held scornfully hack in the delicntely-glo. ved hands, lest they should be contnminated by to-tching the latterid veatureof iK'BBe low-born "child ol poverty." The next, would pass a fair yoimg girl with languid stejw, and scanty clothing drawn closely around the slender form, that the winter's icy chill might tin beflfunib her aching limbs. A week subsequently, he was shot 1b pieces in his own office, while employed ia writing after The assassin was not known, liiit was supposed ta be a younger brother o) Johnson. •The stronger who acted hi the rambit as the second of Thomas, wis, as he saill, • stranger from Texas, then travelling through Mis.-isi-ippi ; and was the bravest man, perhaps, that ever drew the breath of ]jfC—'James Bowie, who ft II only with the fall of the Alnmp, when hie red knife drunki with the Wood of Mexicans. Poor creature! The sad expression »f suffering and sorrow upon that pale tace, tells how surely the iron j-raDp ot poverty is Wearing her young life to the tomb. Dav after day. doth shetrtad that same busy street, passing the stately abodes 61 Wealth ami luxury, and memtitsi many a proud maiden attired in the costly rubi s of ; affluence, who may not boast a fairer form j or purer heart than her own humble self, "ACl yM's petted and caressed Uy kind and loving friends who look upon her a«'llVe pride of their splendid lion.c-; while aim ritfst be content to pass her golden hours of youth in laboring unceasingly for the poor Crust of coarse brejtd Which forms her daily meal. \Vprl( on, work on, thou child of povcr ty f ' Soon shall ihe day coinc wliOn rich and poor shall sleep together in onp common earth. When the snine sod shall cover the high-born and Ihe lowly. But ah! when the last trump shall bid file dead arise, nut. alike .ihilt the high and the low be judged.! No, no, they who lmve humbly home the cross below, shall wear the crown above; and the proudest of earth may be the lnw!ie-t in Heaven. It was neatly tweVve o'clncl;, when a little girl descended the broad steps which led from thoside entrance of a fashionable theatre. She was coarsely and scantily dressed, and the thin, light slippers which enchased her small and exquisitely shaped feet, were illicitly saturated wlife the toft *»W, . • - ; L But, says the reader, the moral,—you promised a moral. Y*s, the same moral whlcji lies at the bottom ol all nue stories, it they be right, Iv rend. I give you this, and can give M more—that the eirc*nn*tancfB which niakn men make also the in actions, as the hj8lpcy(1oj„H)aft.vv«. in the S'lith, besides poor Thomas, can attest.— Therefore, neVaV strongly condemn the dcedbtri your, brethren ot the common hu. manity, until you have realized their roateritt) and spiritual in all its mathematical dimensions. This, lesson, studied w«ll, may render you wiser and happier men. TP 1 he elegant carriage already awmun. cpd as having been manufaclured at Phtt» field, Mas*.,"''* pi* "4a (tor J, Mass., tor lilts D seniors lihve now lidded a pair of boj *», which lhey procured tor #800. tu may live in ftorrm, ina coniforfaWt ier—so to spcuk, upon tf'n ceflw t People of exces-atve regard for »JDen. money, have found it very hard to He off.;ix hundred CMi«rs a y««r— way they could fix it! You may «v® omfort anv where else in the Christian Id, cheaper than in the United us queer too. 's lik* honeaty, much t*lfccd about, "' Y rp«n clay dlnf phC an, in co wr Set. I Lovb., — \ but little understood. Wfl r O-Jii 1