Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              ..... I ''■I k ■; J**' 4D i 'A^JD^SUJQUEH ANTHRACITE JOURNAL a W;e!dij iifp$fr--( Dtuotrii tn %tm, lifrrnhirf, flit Jtlfrrnutilr, "Mining, JMrrlimtinil, nnii Slgrirultnnil 3ntfrtste nf ijrt Country 3ustrurtinu, Jlmiistmtut, fa.)--€uu T \Cnumber l Iflll *. T I I r lollara Tfitt C VOLUME PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, AUG LIST 26, 18513. HOLE NUMBER 157, THE PITTSTON 'Well the sndwjs tdo deep 'Idr you to er in swving—-llieir chief support ; but vnlk,'Sq.1 will oa rv you, she was the same shy, sweet Alice that arn heavy to be carried so Btn Bolt hud'carried through theshoiv. 'ur,' affd she tallied low and sweetly. ♦ Ben Bull had come back. How strange 'Heavy; no fou're just like u thistle- that five years should have passed so quick* lown, or a snow/lake, Ally, I could car- ly, and slratigci' still llifrt this mil handsome y you to and back again, with, sailor, whose voice wa* so full and richj Dut being at alb atigued, and he tossed the . should be Ben Bolt. Kate Ashley was not itllp girl in hiifirms. j thinking of Ihe stfeet Sabbath rest, as the 'No. no, let kf- go ; the boys will latfgh chime ol the church bell floated through it you Ben,' ail site struggled. the trllluge ; (here She stcod before the What do IIcare ? they may laugh ut mirror, airanging her shining curls, ana [Jen Boil mu(J as they like, and the brave j fastening her dainty bonnet, \yith its white joy drew hiiAlf up proudly, and pushed ' ribbons and drooping b!ue-be!ls, thinking he chosnut AU Irom his broad fair fore- if she could hot fascinate Bon with lie? lead. "But fid not mean to frighten you j sparkling eves,—it would be delightful to \• ice,,1 ho p) tinned, as he saw how the hove his chief attention during his stay, itlle girl i []e thoughr she did look very beautilhl, So she pti'n her bonnet and cloak, and , as ho sat, before service, looking on the Ben took hi* in liis urnis as if she had old* n fates—but thcie was a fairer one jten a binlf bile the little liny thing ties than hers, he fancied, as he saw the sweet led down a his shoulder, as he went 1 faco of Alico May, with the half closed .tumbling l* ugh the snow, saying jruy, j eyes, and the long golden lashes, shadow, ileusunt ilfcs, that made the shy little j ing the pale cheek. He carried in his bo-it! l«*«h f "d when at length,he opened soin a curl like the o:ia nestling" so softly ler mothcAeottage door, he stood tier on 1 by her temple, and it was a talisman, keephe floor ng—"There! Mrs. May, 1 ing him from the enchantment ot other nought AS" home, lest she should get eves. •» lurted in I now bank, sire's sttch a wee When the service was closed. Ben was i)' I ittle #!g ; and before Mrs. May (thronged about by old familiar faces—!hey :ould thaMhim, lie was out of sight. ! hud so much to say, so much to speak of, • a' M'0l'°us snow storm it so much joy to express at his safe return, .vas ihoujl! The boys built a great snow that it w ell "nigh bewild. red him. It was itDu--c, liAng the chunks of fiiow in the very pleasant to be so vVnrmly welcomed wutcr if iden them, so they might last ! by old friends, delightful to chat of by. longer, M they rolled large snow balls j gones ; and it was indeed a Sibbath of for n pyfiid, till it was higher than the jov to Ben Bolt. school M-e. They worked bravely, but Sweet Alice ! Ah, how long and weary j the briati t lace and the pleasontesl voice had the tthio been to her. Sometimes he!* among ill ii was Bi n Boll's. Such rides heart died n itliin her as she thought of llie I us ill y I I down hill! and tf»ouj{h the broad reean ; but when she looked so shv- ' ura« r|b » and girls said Alice May was j ly at Bfcrt that morning, and sdw how j mil' .lid com a idly to join ihem, be. i handsome ho had grown, a liert rtsickness fell fearful sometimes, yet Ben j came over her, and the sunshine fell but I her hi his arms, and away they j dimly on the grass ut her feel. She' knew 1 ilily as any of the rest. | she had hidden away iu the depths of-4ier \ o Winter began lowahe, and now i pilfe hbart a wild earthly love, find she a soft mild duy wouid come thai j strove to put it away, for w hat would he the (Dy t'umiil and unow house rim- ) think of lifr no if ? So it Wits lid wonder ,Sucli a pity, they said, und wish | iliat she should slip her slender hand into 1 ur vould last always ; but there j her mother's, and steal quietly from the i little M ien-like voice that prayed j jovoui throng. •is and blue buds. | It was Sabbath cvt—one of those balmy j lyrumid tumbled d own, tho snow moonlight evenings of the yctihg Summer; ■ rew thinner am.' thinner, »nd the Mrs. May had gone lo visit a sick neigh ! •sted alout its being in a decline; ' bor, and Alicre sat by tho window with (he ' day it disappeared — laded uuoy f Bible open, and her (-lender white fingers ' many of their childish hopes. j pointing to the words, falling so musical! v 1 i glud Spring tame with iis lurks i from her lira— laicsi und one delight.'ui day the • "And there shall be no night there j and _n went u Maying. K.ito Ashley they need no candle, neither light of the leen, und a brilliant queen she was sun, fur the Lord God givcth litem liglit, ;t Bjn Bolt gathered white violets, and they shall reign forever and ever." aided them in the soft curls of Alice ; She looked tremblingly upward in the I Id her she w as sweeter, than a thou- moonlight, fur close beside her knelt the ii'.1ay queens like Kute. Child u3 she manly form ol Ben Bolt. There M as told this words made the sunshine brighter a sweet stoiy of love and hope, no! llie less lent enchantment lo tas atmosphere sweet for being the language of every hu r existence. man heart; and tho tiny hands ot Alice ien tho long June days came, encir were folded in his as she said, very Iom1 . , Ig the gie. n t uitli with a coionul of ro- and sweetly, "If I live, Ben, when five .1 the whole ol trial long, warm, lov. making il redolent with perfume ; years more have past, und jbu return u iine holiday, weaving garlands and Mrin the warm noontide botir, the chit- second time"— ing to the cC.nC*r; 3f the birds in that m: strolled fo the loot of the hill, and She did ml finish it—it was never fin; mistletoe wreathed aatatm forest.— Sphering together, told over their child; ishrd. e was one in vim's ugone that prayed. l;i.ll0|)es ol the future. Some wire lured So they plighted their troth that calm, il, keep my miuinry green, and thCarb imbition , toino dreamed ofquiel coun- holy Sabbulh evening, and the buoyant ing tendrils ofour hearts go ever bucki*j jn'epose ; some of gay city lite; but i heart of Ben, in its rushing sunniness. nugly to this n'ajer. rf''e Cvas 000 vvhose eyo kindled and pictured raditinl hopes for the future. He it geeeu and le.-h as the poet's prayl! yng face flasbud with enthusiasm, as lie j mos young and so full ef vitality—every ad the heart oiBeu Bull been kept—skc of the sparkling blue waters, and j pulse of his heart was beating gladly, and i his eaily boyiou.i o; the hour he sajg t brave shi|Ds that bieasted them so gal- ' the coming five vears M'cre more precious 1 iis old friend; jid listened to the son j, lily. to him jhan all (he past. .'•gone days. |iNot '-through a glasn| Ben Boll Mas going to sea. Captain 'If we both live, Ben; God will have ly," did he raiew those scenes of irlev, a generous, whole soultd being us in bis holy keeping,' she said in ans- I i , but it was tbjgoing back of the ever trod Hi", deck, was to lake hiiri un- wer to iiis parting Molds / but as he i .■ rt lo other heals ol childhood. Z' r his protection the next five years. pressed her convulsively to his beating .'here wus the Itle old red school houa, There Mere exclamations ot surprise heart, ho replied— i-fli its dusty wiijjws, and desks that hadj.id sorrow from the ehildrcfl ; old haunts J 'God M ill be merciful to us who love so i0'ii nicked manja time, trying pen-nives, ere visiied and "revisited ; lliey sal down dearly, Alice, darling.' is tall, sicrti-lookjg leachef, wlfose heavy i the shade ol the old Sycamore, and lis- Sne knew it, but she knew also that ' ace caused the junger ones Io irenipla,; jned to the inusicial inuiinur of the brook God did not alwujrf fthSMer the prayer isrows of boys a| girls, with their heafbi nd the dreamy hum of Applotou's mill ; ' falling from her hopeful lips. Smcbi iflit attentively dviiMard to their boojks xebanged keepsake.*, and promised al- Alice! Adown the future she looked ufl slates. llie|-ild M'jnter wind sa/#g.vays to remember the merry, brave-heart- j tremblingly, and os Hie saw the  M M histlod M'itllit, and though some liw Dj bov, whose home would be the wide form and spiritual face, with white lilies iljldish hearts 1 Id to find words for ipbtue octnn. j braided in the soft brown hair, her eyes niurnful notes, toy wero loo jourig apd Alice May seldom joined them. She j grew dim with fears, tor she knew not if wppy to know tin it carried desulaijpinyas so delicate and timid, und the ttio't of j it was a bridal or a burial, for close beside ' md heart ache inis wail ; yet did tlipy Ben's departure filled her eyes with tears, . the altar was Hie grave yard. earn it in after dts. T so sho woulu steal away alone, fearful of They were not wan'ing who wondered Then there cal: a few light, roupC tho ridieule ol her hafdier companions. | al Ben Boll's choice, and thought il strange srfiw balls, so tinthat it must have baei But one night Ben came to Mr. May's' lie should take Alice May in preference to sport of the si in spirits in their cottage, to bid them good-by. A lice stood to the wealthiest. Some (here w ere whd l icli revels—chjbiug by and by to feiif", by the w indow watching the stars—won- . held their heads loftily when they passed flakts, thaklanced about tvefe deling What made them so dim—never her, but fiei* heart wits nway on-the blue 'lily- How tl|i children's eyes git j thinking of the tears thai dimmed her eyes ! waters, end she heeded it no!. jijgllt us threy lijjed at one another, |i :a8 Ben told over his Iwpis so joyfully. I How alio watched the days in their Itcaght ol llie aft-y rides down hill, it She could not part with him there, so slio I passing. She noted how the summer he snow.bulling|n would make the Hi walked the little door.yard, and, j waned — how the fields of waving grain ▼ rpuiitl ring agai) The lasl lessons \*poi btood beside the gate, looking like a golden aolden in the sunlight—siie heard (he ufad ;a)d, books and tites put asid ■, airf i crowned angel iu the yellow moonlight ; I voices of the reapers; and when llie ilfct' of (lie sileii , reigned gay gludjb. UIlti when he told her over again how large j leaves were lulling, llie merry children ;cs. Kale Aslll ihook her jetty ring 1, s|ie Would be on his return, that he would went nut gathering in the woods ; then md laughed ihu h her sparkling t M, noi dare to cull her his little Alice then ; the uoitcleos snow fell, and lay on the liillu she gave Jaini Marvin that bil of u ir! | as he looked hack lingeringly, she laid a i si lo as in olden days, until the genial k; had teased lor long because she I l.v solt brown curl in his baud, saying—" I spring tide sun moiled il awav, and llie liruie hud the f iliest sled in the w ie j have kept it, for you this long, long lime, | violets und harebells dotted the fields—so »hool. Ah, a I ol a coquette was lut Ben ; ever since the day you brought me passed a year. sine gleeful, ro ing Kate ; and wa o- home through tho snow—do you reineiii- , She was gi"OMtng lairer onrf rtiore beau ||iie Pale, lookii us demure as a k en ber ?' ' brilliant for anything earthly.— j jalking from a ii of milk, and as y. He did remember, and with one pas- Once she knell at the altar -in 'the little ] W as a kitten tc M as she, in spite c ler sfonate burst of grief, he pressed the little ! Church, and listened to the wOrds uniting looks ; am le stately Klizab ,— girl to hiC bosom, and the bravo hearted her wilh the Saviour's redeemed on earth, Jieen Bess they lied her, and I qui ion boy sobbed ihe farewell he could find no but it w as only an outward form, for her England's qi|iD had a hauahtiei ar- words for. heart had long been in the keeping of an iage ; bul apuiliom those who wei ea- But five yea-rs are not always a rifetime gels. Attain she watched thu waning of July looking fblicnds trtake rtieiu iVi'e D True, il was such to (he quiet, thought- the Summer d/ivs, and when the soft j food Alice W—sweet Alice, fry ful Charlie Allen, whose large dark eyes winds swept over ihe silvery rye fields, tiautiful »ud hlabfe was she/ witk ler hud stolen brilliancy from his boOks ; und she.thoifijht of the ocran alar, with its tiiuome, child J face, blue eves, und Ift rhc laughing little 'Bel Archer—both were broad waves. AH through ihe Winier town curls, mi was bo delicate fid laid to sleep in (he old church-yard, where days she grew more spiritual in her beau tagile, you mill almost f«ncy her alit- the night stars shone on their graves.— iv, arid the slender while hands were of'b snow child,! a fa.i", babe. I Others went oui lo seek a future in the lei? folded on her breast, and she prayed Nejii iy all y children hud deputed gay world, and somo grew into miniature /"or those wDho would-soon be left desolate; ZE'JLTE, lonoliuoss. it was only a very little way to the laud of rest, and her feet had never grown weary ; yet she longed to look once more upon the flowera, and have them braided in her hair ; and so she lingered till the voice of Spring was heard bh the hill-lops. One morning viewlesd hands tvere gathing back the misty curtains of the night, and the stars grew dim in the glory of early motn, sweet Alice stood on the threshold, of Paradise, and the golden gates wero openedtto tlife fair meek girl. There trembled on Iver lips a prayer and blessing for Hen Bolt, and her mother, giving radiance !oDthe fair, dead face; and ihey braided Spring flowers in her wavy brown hair. The Mind of Man the Oracle of Ood. BY HBNRY WILLIAM HERBERT. The Eastern tribfes that sttornved around the gate Of Horned Jove, darR afblter op fate, Shrank from the path of Cato. Ilim Ills friend*— At the dim shrine renowned to Attic's ends— ttosought tho oracular llaminoud to Wlohtj And prove tho flilth believed 011 etery shore. In council first, as first In war's red tide, Lnbienus spako—44 T is hoavenly chance" he  44 And singular fortune of our darkling road, That leads us to the mighty one's abode, Ulfcst that a voice so clear, a guido so high, HhouUl point our steps tho path of dcHtluy. To a)14 to all, must the great gods deny, If Cato heur theln not, the secrot9 of the sky ! Thou, whose whole life hath marked the boundless love, Thy blind submission to tho overruling Jore— Lo! the blest hour to prove tby wisdom's choice, And face to face, cansult the eternal voice! Inquire tyrannic Qjesmi's doom, and hear Homo's onward course through many a stormy year. If froc he* sons shall rule, and dimply creat; Or civil carnage blot Mr palmy state * At least to learn—stern virtue's lover 0MM— What v I Hue's cssenre la—What honof's purest vow I" PUIed with the god—the god with whom In his breast He bore, a present, inmate, unconfessed, The herofp:iko—self-taught Aeaven'M speech to show— "What should I fioek from powers divine to know T If sweeter *t were on Freedom's crimson plain To die a patriot—or a king to roign ? Ifllfo be aught—Or power.—or length of days ? if force can hnrui tho strong In honor's ways t If qnonched by virtu's deep, majestic eye, Tho threats pf fortune pass not idly by V If pure intents need aught their cause to bios?, Or virtue wux moro Vlrtttous from success ? This—this we know !—nof Haminon's voice can bind The truth more firmly, than in the conscious mind ! Ood dwells In ooch—and though tho shrines are dumb; From him oil thoughts, from him all actions comut He at our natal hour, to each one's breast. Told all he tella, and left to man the rest. To Hcattered tribes tin some sequesterod strand j He speaks not—nor elects a desert land To bury Truth in wastes of burning sand ! Earth; sea, and nky, aro the Eternal's home— His temple, virtue—heaven's blue vault Ids dome t What seek we more ? Where'er we breathe or move His throne is there. Whatever is, is Jote I Let doubters pray for omens darkly given I Lot tremblers seek for word* and slgnsjfrnn beaten ! Fixed an yiy being Is my hoftom's faith, Not by aura oracles, but certain death ? Death striken the dHrftriftj.aa ho l"«»« » o|.uhc enoitfftl when lie decreed—the gfuve.' • A NIGHT'S ADVENTUflE. with an agreement to return i« tii« neruD ioit, and complete their search. But iny troll bleu Ivere dot over. I bad hung so bng suspended at arms length by the hand*), that op attempting to swing up again to the lop of the stub, 1 found it was 'no go and alter several attempt#, my cramped hands gave way, and down I wtfut Upon the head and shoulders of my depfcr'j led friend and fellow prisoner. The jWfti tioo was disngreeuble, but I was ever a plucky fellow, and felt no wise disboklr8trtia until, after resting a while, I tried to clam* ber up oUt of my long chimney of a firavSj and found the sides so smooih and slippery with damp as to serve nn effectual '»e exeat' upon me. Verily, thought Jj tHe way 4 ! of tho transgressor is hard. i consoled myself for a while with the hope of a speedy return C5f my party, but hour after hour passed oh, and they did not come. Day broke, and as the sun roae in I Ho heavens, the light crept down and il; - the ghastly countenance of tiiy fellow captive. His'eyes were half. open, ed : and at last my nerves growing wettk from hunger and long confinement In bile position, 1 fancied that 1 saw upon his upturned face a strange and cunning leer : a, triumphant expresnion, as If |ta wera chuckling over the horrHile scrape into . * which my attempt to disturb his rest had i brought me. I shifted my position so that \ I could only see the back of his head and  his bare shouldtrs, but the latter had a kind ot French shrug in ihem; Mich left iho same impression on my excil«d lancy. I I . AND Sn4Ciiieiiaiii Antlfti t .(oiiriiul From.the Papers ot the 'Traveling Dentist.' I'I'UUISHED WERl G. M. R1CI1.\I4T Cfc II. bjlcD KV«( iHrofiMni" strut, •«'« SMC" C'/ Winter V 'ill "(!»r.rTTK fcdCDVnv»i.TMa pil al.Two lDon.in«|"Dr milium.. T| CttnUVrtllliu cktreil If Dot p"i;l »o iminT will be diwiUittuou until ( i f'"( iiwi»ri«il oorH i,iK jur C1 i'uariwii Hjh-4 DndTwKMV-Klm;KNTs ad.aitu.fi * IHppl - y III' In' whole jour. ,vo eonuoCtud wj orlmeitlof Jon1 ii lh« uvulcHlj f BV I/H1LLWS In looking back upon the past, and re. | viewing the scenes of An adventurous ca! reer, iny memory most often recals the scenes of student life. Mine has btien no flowery path. In that hal-d struggle begotten within me by »ho conflicting eleinents of ambition, recklessness and poverty, I havft been tossed about I know not whiffter uhd iiow, in the quiet and i-esl of this nioro peaceful lime, I while awuj many hours of loneliness, in recalling the Strang# chances that have befallen me.  Of all these, none have -left so deep an impression as the grave adventures into which an ardent and enthusiastic pursuit of anatomical scienco has heguiled me. Sometimes the. clangor of battle comes to me on the southern breeze, from the far distant plains of Mexico; and 1 hear again the buglo call, the rolling of the driiin, the sharp crack of the rifle, the heavy firing hy platoons, the deep booming of the cannon; and more than all, that wild, infuriate yell with which our volunteers changed upon the enerr.y.— (jod f what a sound was that! That cry once heurd, and tlioy were no longer men. They were inOarnate devils, and they rush ed upon death with a slioiit, ,try of the "l*ng id. jfcifxl every Friday, [HiilNft *n«l Hfl$ in tjD* year, rciiragrjt art'pftlcl. Du*ly ai lD*te Y)m - f tbruo Ml- r liuM.-; rev« rv ;.ao who atfv«rtfiH) A lib 'or «ix if out Iih W b \V«mw---UV f A W«Ml H»MMCt -a j l»l«J U5 totxocul iutinjj. I I 13 THE Ipur establishment which will «n* [c, uvery variety of )ETI \r The church bell chimed softly to the few years cartlrhtd claimed the stainless Soul of Alien May, as they brought the fci'fliu in the little old church. How beautiful alio looked in her white robe; too fair and sweet for death; loo holy, had there not been a resurrection beyond. — Close beside her, mood the friends of her girlhood, gassing oh that young face, as if they wotild luin call her back to life, and its sweet lov'c. S#ith»'y laid sweet Alice to sleep i:i fho old church yard, ahd those who hfld looked coldly on her, took to thoir sorrowing hearts a sweet memory ol the curly dead. HIG PAR' DEAD lutli !■D forsaken Tit mil Pit rl A nd Rcasm.ro XV lien thcsuli.l When u»;Une*» Dead ? IVhenl bun Jed, rcliryi rotn her throne , luiiciali'ma ol lull Khilk I'oifii losts in ilisniv i re disbanded, iijlcJ bannedno mure be uiitui lijill Dveeji jor the iilp of stale tuo arc shaken; (in triumph alone, When LilMty Ami (lie  When Kit'ilu" strmdcil ist hope s!i,Ji bo banUhcd the And Fro*"" When a l» rob/ w#IJ — ire sliuli reign through the There was agony too deeu for utterance when the strong, ardent hearted mon, whose guiding star had been the lovo oi' that sweet gill, came back to find the cottage honic desolate, and Alice sleeping beneath a gray stone in the etui roll yard. Hut God and Time are merciful, ond as years passed awny, lie eamo to think of her as garlanded in tlie golden fruitage of the Eden-laud. "A* if the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had pealed the banner cry of hell! " There was something terribly sublHe in the solemn Bilenco in which our iregulai's went to the charge. The quick niar- I'ul step; tiie firm; unbroken discipline; 1 the steady fortitude—in till this there was I that which left me awe-struck and trembling. But in the i tfsh of the volunteers— ; the, fierce impetuosity of their advance, ' when, as they rieafed the enemy, they ' broke their ranks, and hurled themselves on tlie foe, each striving to be first,—each lighting ns it were his own personal quarrel, mid t)i6 pent up vefige8nee of years were "bursting forth ; more than all, that high, pleruiuu cry wliiuh shoojt the suli pliury clouds above ihui'n, woke in nie a fierce feeling of madness and delight, and | made inc scorn the useful occupation which left ine a non-combatant, and 1 longed to be the humblest private in the tanks. Memories like these ure often with me ; but still farther back among the receding shadows of the past, Joom up those evenbi before rrieutioncd, and a deeper and more solemn chord of memory vibrateft at the sight. Believe me, reader, there is no spot on earth where one's courage is wound up to the same painful pitch of intensity as in a graveyard at midnight, while engaged in the jackul trade of (lie resurrectionist. The deep silence of the scene ; tbu darkriess ; the whispered word of consultation ; the fear of interruption; the white ubout you ; the open grafe at your feet, and the shrouded corpse wiiliin it, all combine to send a chill to the stoniest heart. Aijd now, sitting safely in my office, how deep a clrill pervades crift as 1 think ol the events of that night and day, and night again, which 1 am about to relate for your benefit. NM'in, And darijew iall licver o'er Freedom's' ta«t And Tyinn/i Then ihaU'l.iJ uiijili in wild exultation— rty. with Krctdvui Xinrca It grew cloudy and cold, and sl?et and. * roin began to full. My enemies of the night before returnod, and completed iheic unsuccessful search. 1 felt a strange temp. taiion to cry out and reveal my hiding place; and had they corre later in the day I believe I should have done so. Nooii came. Hitherto my position had tDeen one of great .discomfort,.but not of actual suf; terfhg; not a§ me aay-wore how slowly !—I began to feel the effect* of fatigue, hunger, cold and wet. I grew terribly nervous. I wepr, prayed and cur4 sed by turns. T\fy companion, too—how I grew to hate him, and at last to look upori him as a sentient and intelligent demon; i who by some horrible diablerie had drawn me into a living grave with him— andtherf I thought of how, when the old treeshoiild have crumbled down with time, two skele." tons would be found there, and only onfc suit ol clothes ; and how people wonder—and "what they would say of nDet should the truth become known j and wfietlier they would piiy mo or not. Perhaps they woijld burn the field and we should be burned up, 'burned up with fire;' and 1 repeated it over and over again, 'burned up with fire.' Then I thought how cold and hungry I was, and what my mother would say, could she know my situation ; and I grew childish, and wept with the same passionate grief as when * 6l»i)d. ECft I AND fiWEUT ALICE. Celling Narrative B; it 5i.i Hoi WCI c#uDe 'I'llis was the memory that his friend sang of; aS they sal in the Summer uvj. light, years iiflenvard, ond talked of the faces that had glimmered mid faded in their eurly nuilm ay ; bow) of till the clad hearts childhood had clustered together, only they two were left. Some slept in the tremulous ocean ; some in the jungle depths; others in the forest shade, and beneath the waving prairie grass. Some there were who .slept peacefully in the green old church-yard, and among these the fairest and best was 'sweet Alice.'— DA Ml NX IK DOfGt.ASS 'O, don'vou r rtemUer **cel Alice, lien Hull 1 hili* f--n JiroWn— th ociight when j'CDn,gave tier a \\ Ilo-Dll) iSwwl An J" ulilcil, with fear at vour frown ' In IlieJ ■ yj-ffa -""-1"* valley Ben Bolt, In * rn«r *cciuded and lone, They I'l titled u ►lat) of granite «o gray, Aiulwect Alice lies under the »lon«.' Tnos. Dunn Iv.vci.hm. A SINGULAR TURKISH WEDDING RELATED BY MAJOR NOAM, When we lived among the Turks, a dapper little follow, son of our broker, cnlled one morning upon us, with a message which he delivered in good substantial Hebrew : Djr. you remember ? Are those three ma^i»»ofd#—n krv wherewith «e may unhxihe Hood gules of tlx: heart, ar.d scndie sweet wateis oltUe mist over H«» plain md down the hills of that fiur iutid luiort in our heart.experience, as by. gone Even so. There rise* belore us ♦isio oflti»i tline when the bright deep eyeil ilm young Spring gnzftd shyly at us tin boutatii the eruiiAed mantel oi Wifrf—w heii the Llue. yiolelS stole their fiistut Irogj the hide *ky above ; when (he iwsiip* of sunny May, and ihe golden birtei! lirst jewelled the blci|:r blades ol g(|B4 ami tile hawthorn firC Ah, lie could never Imve foVgotten that, lie had heatd 1'iorri the lips ot that desolate mother, ere she went lo sleep beside hur durlinii, how patient and holy Alice had grown ; how she had passed calmly away in her saint like beauty ; leaving ineisnj{e« that a lond yearning heart or.ly could dictate. Down in his heart, deeper than unv other earthly thing, had he lain them; cherishing their beauty and green- "My lord ant] father makes his submissive obedience to your lordship (whom God protect!} and desires to know if lie shall have the honor to kiss your htind at the wedding to day 1" "VVIial frfedding, Muchaca ?" "Mine, sir." "Your's? Why, you liitio viilaih, liovv old are you ?" lie ruised liis hand thrice, being superstitious about repeating numbers. 11 ess. Many a time had the spirit form of sweet Alice fisen before his eyes, in all the beauty of that far-off land he saw but so diml v, and he know when the tiling wb cull life had merged into immoflalhy, lie should meet her uguin. "Fifteen ! thai is to be?" And how old is your wife white with us blossoms ; when we Year* afterward, lliey laid Ben Holt to sleep by the side of sweet Alice. Me counted eleven with his fingers. "Whj', Chico, what can you possibly do with a wife '! Is she pretty 1" "Don't know, excellcnza. 1 never saw When night came, I was so cold and benumbed (hat 1 no longef felt the gna#- ing of hunger, and from sheer exhaustion my nerves had grown quiet. For thefirrt time 1 wished to sleep. I fixed myself as easily as possible, and repeating to mfieli the old nursery lines, '•Now I lay me down to ■leci, I dropped ofT into a qutet slumber. I had slept some hours when I woke sudenly at the sound ot a footl'al. In a moment the whole truth flashed over me. The boys had returned fn search of me, and without wailing to ascertain the fact, f at ones culled ont— New»GK, N. J., 1653 3 A Valid Defence'. her." We were 'bound to have that subject.' A3 Seth said, it was 'gone up and it was ridiculous, nay, more, it was uh'genferotls and mean, in the citizens of C— keep- ' ing watch rf'id .ward over tho grave of one whom they knew not, save as a stranger, passing throiigh and dying in their town.— So," with an experienced party of four, be.side our trusty old driver, (most trusty when most drunk,) we set out at an early hour, our object being to do our work and get away before the guard reached the spot,' at about nine o'clock. In this we succeeded. The grave was loft as we found it ; and, so artlully had everything been replaced, that had we tei'i five minutes sooner, no suspicion would ever have been excited. Hut alas ! wo had gone but a little distance on our way home, wlipn wo heard the tramp of horses in pursuit. Old II , tho driver, laid on the whip most vigorously, but (f) fii) purfos*: With muddy roads, live persons in the wagon, and a 'caput inortuum' to boot, we we-re no match in speed for our pursuers, all on horseback, and as we hA'd reason (o believe, all well armed. Thero was no alterna tive ; wo must be overtaken.. {low to s8v6 the body wu« the Question.' A quarter of a mile ahead we were to turn a corner of tn6 road. Lying in that corner was a recently cleared field, with many stumps o( tries remaining, which offered some clan ccs for concealment. Accordingly, some of us left the wagon, taking the 'subject' with us, while H drove more slowly around' ?fte corner. Before 1 kne,w how it happened, or by what process of discovery we had hit upon so lucky a hiding place," we had mounted upon a high stump, and willi some effort I hud succeeded in (dropping the 'dead head' Into the cavity of an adjoining stub, which had been broken off at about twelve feet from the ground. Roaring li.alph Siackpole was one day arraigned, be fore "A country court in Ken lucky, on a uhargc of horse stealing, and matters went liaid against him, Ms many offences in that line having steeled Ihe hearts of all aguitist hifn and the proofs of guilt, in this particular one instance, being and n aniibld. Many un on. gry and unpityintr eye was turned rip'on the poor (ellovv, when his counsel rose to utteinpt a defence ; which he did ill the following terms : Here's a vile country for you ! Boys and girls who should be in sctioof learning their lessons, getting married without seeing each oilier—without love, sentiment, vows, protestations, el cetera ! "Oil, yes, sir. The presents went last nijjlit. We Imd a camel load, your loidship—a banc? of music, n 'trunk flill 6f fine silk dressed, embroidered slippers, gold etfrrings, two silver waiters, plenty ot oil and sweet cakes, and a disli ofkuihisue t" "Did you make her any presents?" "Here I am ! here I am F come and pull me out J" 'Gentlemen ol tire Jury,' said the map tD(law~'here is a man, old Captain SlacKpole, indicted before you on the charge of stealin' a liorse, and the affair is purty welf proved on him.' Here there was a murmur heard throughout the court,' evincing much approbation ot the counsel's frankness. Shall we go lo this oriental wedding, thought we. Yes, we will go, if it is only to see the bride and groonr. h was noon. We ordered the mules lo he attached to the chaise, and rode to the comfortuble mansion of'Signor Solomon Renbiinon.— The long suite was thronged1 with men wearing title turbans and heavy blac8 hoards. The little bridegroom, with a pair of wide cotteftf tfewaert, and embroidered jacket, and a crimson yelvet skull cap, was seated on an ottoman, gazing attentively around, as if he *Vai frbf a parly to the frtiportant ceremony abotdgp take place —After prayers, a canopy was produced under which the little lellow was placed ; a curtain in front of art afcove svas withdrawn, and a bevy ol lat women entered, followed by the little bride,' tffi'o Iiad a white lace veil thrown over her head, no stockings oW,- with heavy anklets or cincture? oi gold, and her tiffy feet encased in red morocco slippers embroidered with gold. The bride stood opposite the groom. He eyed her closely, nnJ she peeped at hinVfhrough her veil. He iried to look grave, but ever and anon would tiller and laugh. When they gave hi'm' tiie ri'ng to" put it on her finger, he put it on his own, rubbed it, looked pleased, as il unwilling ly give it to her. After the ceremony, they were both seated on an ottoman and received the congratulations, of ali present. Pauvre Cilo ! they looked like children ready for any sport—blind. nYan's buff, or front the slipper—anything in abort, but being married. Such are customs. The married parties did not have the least agency in the niaTter. They were strangers to cach other ; and after the wedding, the girl went back to. her/other's1 house, and the boy played" marbles—for we saw rtim next day selling ottor of rosea and prerierVed figs, and sporting with a ganp of little loafers not larger than himself.— Whert' he was big enough to be able to maintain his wife, we presume he claimod her. A moment more, and after a word of explanation, a strong arm grasped me, and 1 was quickly drawn out to' (he living woi again Few words were spoken then, but half an tiour later, seated once more in the wagon beside old fl , well wrapped up in u buffalo robe, my pleasant companion of that long, weary day beneath our feet, my hunger satisfied by sundry doughnuts and cold sausages, and my nerves set right bjr a pull at the brandy boitlo, so long and uninterrupted that Seth asked' mo if I had evur been a pearl diver, I listened to their Explanations of the impossibility of any earlier relieffor me, and of the Anxiety tliry had suffered during the day, lest I had been captured. 'Gentlemen ot the Jury,' continued the orator elevating his voice, 'What I have to say in reply is first thai the man, that old Cuptain Ralph Statkpole' did, in the year seventeen seventy-nine, when this Old Slate cf Kentucky, and particularly those parts adjacent to Bear's Grass, and to the rriouth thereof, tt'har now stands the town of Louisville, wur overrun will) yelpiu' Injun savages—did, I say, gentlemen, meet two Injun savages hr the woods on Bear's Grass and tuk thar scalp.-, single handed—a feat, gentlemen of the juiy, thm etrri to he performed every day in Kentucky !' Here, there were considerable tuinuli in tho court, and several persons began to swear. J slept soundly that night, but for many nights thereafter, horrid of ghoula "and vampires—of going down and down through Simms' Mole, with a dead man'* arm locked around" my neck, haunted mjr pillow and destroyed my rest. Reader, do you wonder that an advenV ture like this should be graven with ft deeper pen6ll on my memory than any or all the scenes of battle, tempest and ureck ' I have since encountered 7—Knickerbocker. - 'Secondly, gentlemen of the jury,' exclaimed the aitomey at law, wMi a stilt louder voicf, 'what I have to say secondly, geritteMen of the jury, is that this same, identical prisoner a-t the imr, did, in the year seventeen eighty-two, meet anQther Injun savage in tho woods—a savage, armed ifiih rifle, knife and tomahawk — and meet him with—what do you stVppoSe, gentlemen—with gun, axe and' scalper, in like manner? No, gentlemendl the jury! —with his fists, and (with a v6ice of thunder) 'licked him to death in the natural way ! Gentlemen of the jury, upon the prisoner—guilty or not guiTVy ?" OiT Everything has its dravtty. press has doubtless injured jve p* *r type was invented intui , n quills to spouting, /W*' De"'°!l ■ blesseid with a "jQ-fnXProbttbll"J haT® nes' orations »vD' ik/ shape of a well wrlU seen the lir' could make as good ten edit np-' as «J»ey ever could. All we upeec' -Ing out thai talent is to go baclp w- "Sis and hieroglyphic?. ui K • - ' But we were lute about it. Our pursi ers were already in the field. I was percli ed upon tlio top of the stub and so nen were they that a spiiYrg to the grounc would betray our 'cachf,' and mo-t probably lead to if)} capture. THb boys were making for the wagon at a Very praiseworthy rale of speed. So I genllj lowered «iyself down into the cavils where wc had just 'buried our dead,' hang. , irtg on to . the top WitlV my han'dk; In a,1' . moment our followers were about me ~\ 0iT The great law of nature is They hud noticed our pause at j aRd be eaten." The swawn eauD and supposing wie had abandonoCMfJ8r it. | lows thcv worm, tho shark sw j'ect, commenced a careful seaffeervc as spawn 'D th" hawk po' Of course 1 maintained a.ftjefcy cough or eagje on to' to its whereabout*. Afl betray us ; and sportsman on the *ar sneeze on my for an ' imprtu- -honest men, petti.op' in that case Ofa'ihan two, nor mors than, devil on patulogir onment of tg(\ 0[ whiflfo I though of du- tbis, but who • five ye^"(CtlftDu3 stay. At l8s*4h*y t»ft» l»st ! y The attorney resumed his seat, his ar. gument was irresistable. The jurors started up in (heir box, and Soared out to i) man,' 'Not Guilty.' OCT Mamma," Haiti a little fellow whose mother had forbid him drawiilg horses and ships on the mahogany sideboard with a sharp nail, "this here ain't a nioe house. At Sam Rackett's we oan out the sofa, an J pull out the hair, and ride shovels and tongs over the carpet, but h»re we can't get any fun at all!" w i lid the jow tii ■ bhouls and jinglin men and women by their own sweet lire- ■or she knew she wus dying, Is, but yet i liorie, until u r by saying, |i do they ? ItVo 1 guess ■|H Jikc :opcsi L sweat li'lle child slood III, bonil voice stailed loonqgoes your way,, A I. / l D(,' she replied in her fioo sides ; but A lice May seemed still a child —Yet she was taller, 8nd her slight formmore gracefully developed ;• but there was the same angel looking through her eye* as had watched there in the olden days.—■ She Maid at home now to assist her moth* It startle lier; she had felt lone ago, that the fair green earth would hold her pulseless heart, era it had left the. oloister of girlhood. Life was sweet and beautiful, yet in her oinlessness, death had no agony, save her sorrow for those left in | fflft The race between a nightmare tind a (Slothes-horae came of! last week. The timo made will be given in an extra. ' I I I W. |