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The EXAJIINEi'fiDBM6C!BAT!ieJEiEEAl,I), I, puHlehidw«»Ujri«t«6 D0iil»i »y«ir.'. - i, - ADfKM^gEjrtaiTs.iiot.e'xoetJtlibg.onewiniire wmbo)ii«ttt«d't&e«tlmMJdi'oln5<loll»r;»ndt»<!iity-'J Ure cmita.WIViB-SliiotJedJtiieifch »aalUlm»llnBjttton A Ittet.l««i9mit »Uow«4,tlitthi>a!.AdTert!ilDg bylie
. Letthbcarliiii Wdriwiiaao.-Jfq wonaor yoa of the ''flress circlo" eitsb Bilently anti almost- tarVor-aiiitten! -It is d" otiedrles? Bcenoi indeeil—thatV'omlin'ainoaiis aro onongi to frigbten ono abonstomed only to aonnds or| joy, and voioe's ct glad'ncaa! How Uiin and scanty ia' the coTOring gathered over her otntf-;]
ciated form—a misprable placo in
which to:-liS
down, sick oven tinto death! Not a pwtieliyof: fire on tho broken hoarth; and how duli.;<liia. black, and dusty Hie chimnoy-baijk looks, as though no fire hoi) been kindled,there of litto, yetanrcly itis a night whena chceifal blaze iif the fire-place would Bcom pot amiss.
How fast the cold wiuter.Tain is falUng; ind hark! drop, drop, drop, thcro is aplace in tho roof whero shingle,and rafier are missing, the rain comes in nnresisted there, andoh! hoif dismal its unwelcome 'presence makes tho .dis¬ mal piace!
Seo in the ohimney-corncr, crouching, slhalf- starYed oat. She is quite stupid w ith tho cold —and how-green and hungry her eyes look; you might count almost overy bone in her body —BtiU sho clings to that desolate place, cold and hungry as she is; perhaps in grateful remem¬ brance 01 betier doys she has known thcro, and in the hopo that thoy may return to her again' poor deluded thing !
Tho flaming candle-light is a luxury that looks strangely out of placo, does it not'. One would think, who bad an eye to the "proprie¬ ties," thot total natural darkness wonld best befit a place so Tcry,'very wretched—it looka too mnch like a remaining spark of comfort to SCO so don-like a home illuminated!
The sick woman's moans aro hushed. Is she dead, then? No? her face is liid in the bod. clothes, she breathes, but it is with difficulty —shcis sleeping.
Now. from a dork corner, whoso rccasscs you have tried in vain to penetrate, a girl, twelve or thirteen years of age, emerges, ond ap¬ proaches the sick woman.
She moves rapidly but how cautiously over the rough floor, remembering, to avoid the chasm which decay has made in one part, and the loose boarda beyond there. If you watch carefully, yon will catch a glimpse of the girl's countenance, os she passes whero the light of the candle falls most strongly. There, yon see, it would be hard to detect much beauty in her face now. She has boen indulging in a Tiolent fit cf weeping. Noiselessly she is bend¬ ing over the bed, assuring herself that the sick woman is asleep, and with wliat a heavy sigh she turns away, and takes, from a shelf near by, a faded tbin shawl nnd a summer bonnet. She is going out. Ah, those garments are a poor protection, dear audience, from the cold- hut the ohiid does not think of lhat now. Tho ^ear of death-the dread of the apparently swift-coming trial—of the time when she shall be left alone, haunts her; and her own personal privations and distress are quite forgotten.— She hears nou; the voice of but one of tliose her dread, constant companions, Wnnt and Sorrow. Softly she opens the door, how silently, al¬ most stealthily! but her carefulness can¬ not keep out the bitter cold air which rushes past her, like a fiend, into tlie room—and be; foro she hns quite closed the door it has extin¬ guished the bit of candle. She does not see this, iiowever, and therefore hastens on.
Going out into the cold, cheerless night, to beg for a dying woman! To crave, in tho name of charify, a morsel that shall, may be, lessen the horrible distress of her only friend. Do you not pray, you who havo never known a single privation, tiiat this may not prove Iruit- less e.\-pedition;
HoU up the curtain again. Ha i—liero is Bomething that looks like living. You breathe more freely now—you aay. Heaven dcfenil ua from theae pictnres of want and misery, with . which tre have nothing to do. ^ Nothing to do ? Beware, tnou who thus declarest faith in a creed so monstrous ; for Heaven will demand of wherefore, with euch phases of lifo, thou has had nought to do !
'* Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honor, and keop her, in sickness nnd in health ; and,for¬ saking all others, keep theo only mto her, ao long as yo both shall live i-
1 f the fervent response of the bridegroom can ensure the life-long happiness oftho fair young bride, there will bo little need to cherish fear for her futuro.
The raindashes against theahuttera, and the cold wiud raves in fury without, but not a breath of discomfort can penetrate into this cheery place; yet, if it is possiblo to read a heart by tho countenance, I would not hesitate to declare that the bride had rather thia mo¬ ment tako the place of that child'we.have seen go forth into tho night's cold and darkness, than stand there, tbe centre of loving and ad¬ miring eyes, to pronounce the marriage vows. Ay, if fancy leads me not widely astray, it were more merciful to lay that young creature on the altar, and at once destroy her with the sacrificial knife, than doom her to a lifo that ij little better than a living death. It seems Btrange, though, to call her a victim, for the youth by her side is a noble-looking fellow, and hia heart does not give the lio to the binding "VOWS he speaks.
Ail the particulars of this scene botokon that it is a mansion of the rich before you. Tho " floods of light," deluging the grand apart¬ ments, rival the sun-light—and there ia a pro¬ fuse, and atill not a vulgar display in the ccst liness of the adornments. Those mirrors o enormous size, the ornamental vases, are thinga you will not often find in the mansions cf the " vulgar herd." The downy carpo' (very unlike, by tho way, that unsafe board and tho decayed floor we hove just looked upon,) splendid pictures, but more than all, the ap¬ pearance of the mistress of the mansion prove that itis no scene of common life you- gaze upon.
This lady is standing near the biide—the one dressed in plain, grey silk. See with what deep, motherly affection, ahe ia contem¬ plating tho daughter of her heart, whom she has •' given awoy." She -knows well how great a gift this night haa beon bestowed upon the young husbaml, for since her childhood tho maiden has been the consoliiion'of th'e widow's henrt. But in giving the girl ni she believes m all sinoerity to happinessi the lady does not dream that the shadow of a shade has fallen on tho heart of the bride.
Let thc curtain fall whilo she still believes and rejoices in the thought thot" all ia well."
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^" The workn»^,ir|OTay>Mj hiiTB?^ this P»y'''^'f'4;;ft'^^»; jfeittded .creature iio, roc8ivoa.:fe;iJittri3ly ttoo mucli (^^ soiil wMcK-Ji^Iittijgx^njti:' exc^ into the;| h'aud,s ;.9.£S^5ji^a f This,'pay,.he, isi contont enqugh-.^tlijfti .^It is dearer to^Iiim, uha|-eaka-. biy,^fiireif,:;tfifta-BO wife, or child-^^it is
in^iMd/M'^'jKlM of his.bono, and flesh ofhia fcSif^lll'Ss'Jiia best(Ufiii,;beI,ovod,'glittering goM..';flH'^o'U.' two .dearer Worda,liOi aen8r| iSijevr—two -more , compreheiisivB he .nevnc ,'hcaiii'!: "For they are io him life, ondloye, and lieaveti,'&ntl-hell, and frfentis^ and'healthV and meat, and drink, and raiment; indeed you may welldoiibt ifiie,eTer had any clear and defined notion of anything elso on earth than -his dear blessed gold I,'   -     'J . ''..'-¦¦ -,,,
The greed of gain^Iitiw.indissbltthly haait stamped its 'loathsome mark upon him!,Yob seo it in the small, bright, grnsjiing eye, in tho' ill-clothed', iiinbs, in the,' sharp featarcs' in tho motions, -in -„the man; ' and 'in that heap of prcoions stuff , glitteiing amid such aurrouiiding evidenoes.of ¦want- Yon see it all, how he has Ihrown bimself up¬ on his face that ho'-might veil from hia eyes the heaven spreading' above him—which a!- ntost senfa thrill of awe oven through his de¬ luded nature. ' Yoti see how ho has bent down^ and suffered his whole moral and intelleOlua'
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foi:VTrift'^itfrtiiiy;tllat'ah'o';riiaB"ft words out; bit.'aB tfieirln"oi(niag'liffref-»t.Taat itilly npon Bbr, tte" teara 'siiB-liaii'"8tiii;^;-B<i?: haiaUo^icdS-'bscki ,fe,U,',^t? 'ii«;iDa||itfent: iowbf-aiiii, lb*or;npWn'_iior bpSom^ffio ,si)i)bed-' titniAl':'¦'-.¦'..-  ' ', '"/";  ¦   ,°'i''"-.'l -
'IVhatla'it/Miiginr-'; 'asked Elien, ixiytXsiloT.
Bho'feltthot^dinotlingtiwfttlhadiappcncd. ;
-.'fee's gono/Nelly!'   '  '.'f, "X-'   ' i""-":
''Ycai iiiithe'igdes evefy-'day.*,''; - '
",*He-s gdi^e fdr gotid now—he8ajshp1l„n6ver
.coroe'back. - Wo "mnat'stai-vei or go.to work,
Nelly,., and we.don't know, how'to work, and
j.wh'b'll teach 'us> ' Oh, how I wisli we were both
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ilutthen wo should becoldpr tlian waare
now. Moggy, and woBhould never, have any
breiid-to oat at alL'   -,-    ..-,- ,- '       .•-
'•" 'WEBhoiildn'tn5od,any, Nell. : I read it'at!
in- a book,. If we ppuld pniy go td heaven iow,,
we shonldn't want for anything ever again."'
, -Dobooks tellthe.tnilhalwa-ys?   Whalif it
snowsin heaven, Mag?': ^ ,' ¦   -
; 'No, it can't; ior Qod is there, and people,
who'gotoheaveiiiievqr know anything about
cold and.hungcr; they're happy:' ,
-.- -Let's die, -then, I'm so tired of liviog; we
ne'ver knew anything but misery, here, Mag.'
'Yes, once, but that was i> great while ago:
I can only just remember- it seems a long
time.'
¦'What made us so happy then ?'
-Wo had a mother, and father loved us, ond
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naturo to bo crushed, and deadened, before!''"'koare of ua all—wo hod plenty to oat, nnd
that Juggernaut, tho idol, gold! He has not heaped np hia treasure to secure himself from the dread of want, that he might gatlier in his home all that could malce lifo comfortable. „ He has starved himself, he has degraded himself a hundred times below tho brutishnessof the animals that periah—he is shivering with cold now—^his mind through neglect, and by its sordid and wholesouled worship, is in a state of idiocy: Ood and tho mi icr alone, know for what ho had upent his whole life in gathering this dust together. I cannot solve ,the. mys¬ tery. I cannot gness how the worm" first crawled into his breast, the hideous frightful worm, that has eaten away and destroyed eve¬ ry noble principio and feeling, and hope in the man's breast, leaving its loathsome slime over every seed that might have sprung up in his bosom, bringing forth the most precious fruits. . * •        -  • «
Thero is a continuation of that 'first scene We have looked npon to-night, on which I would fain have you for a moment dwell.
The pale light of tho winter's sun is, you see, streaming throngh the room revealed now, Thcro is no sign or, sound of life. Ah, yes ! do you not hoar that smothered sob, do you not see that sharp outline pf a form upon the bed ? do you not see a child standing beside it, uncovering often the faco ofthe dead,'andi weeping over it as though her heart would break ?
It is the only friend thnt girl hns kuown for years, who is dead. She weeps such tears as only such mourners eon ,weep, aa she stands beside tho body of her only councillor, guide and support in the world. It makes no differ- ercnce to her thnt the departed was housed in a hovel, aud fed on the coarsest and most mea¬ gre food— it is a slight thing if the dear form was clad in rags—did it not enshrine the kind and loving heart, that was always to the lone¬ ly and desolate Uttle one, so oompassionntcly tender ? Had not this woman been to her moth¬ er, guardian, friend T All that her young, love- craving nature most required—and is that mother not dead, and cold, and insensible for¬ ever to her.' Is ahe not now young, and help¬ less, and a?one in the wide world.
Once moro draw the obscnring veil aside.
How fearfully the wind rushes through the casement, threatening every inoment to be the death of the "nntrimmetl lamp burning on the floor of the garret.'' Yon shudder, and Uiink, thongh too graqiOTls to. tell mo your thoughts _ "ShaU we never-haw done with such dark scenes.'" , Ah! yes, I ,C0n answer, -when tho world rusta on ita axis, and .tho present order of things ifi.d.one-away.
There isBOmothing more awful and repelling in the deadly.--8tillness of this room,'than,in that whioh reigned wliere the dying irbinui
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An old man ia (he tenant of this chamber,-^, Ue is alono." How Wrtnl- see'ros' the' S>Ie?oe, and gloom, wheii we r&ember ,the'i)rigiit anti cheerfulsocnowoiiiT0Jcl|t.idPke4upon., .-, ^^
This is the liome of the'vt^eij, p$y-h,^edi Mioa ; a pleosaut one, is it'nbt-j ,,:'y'oii.;C(Ui Beo the bounteous snpply ho 'Ini^^lilBtisil'.Jn for his winter's oo'hsttming at' a'-'-glfflfel'V-ftiir^Ui,' not take you very- long to casf^ittf-o^e 'Syftif: that mouldy chaff- in tho comer', aaS^'^'M broken jug which'once was captiWo'tiotdiDe
thn" Adum'ii nil. " .»;il. ~l.:.v .v-    ..—-"-r»
One winter morning, mauy yeara previous to the timo whon these threo scenes wero in the samo hour represented, two children awa¬ kened in their comfortable home, to find them¬ selves deaerted and nlono.
Their'mother died when tho younger of the twain was an infant, and from that time they had lived alone with their fiither.   A cheer¬ less home it was, with two such inefficient ones left to provide for their own wants chiefly, du¬ ring long days, when thoir parent was gone from them.    He was a strange, silent man, with little or no nifoction iu his aelfish heart for the lonely young children—no, not even so much as tho brutes have for their offspriiig; for their,cries for food often fell with an un¬ meaning sound upon his ear; and the thought of providing for, and supporting, them, nntil the time should como when they would be strong and able to labor themselves, was one he eould not endure.   It ia a thought on which ho haa pondered long ; let us see tho result of his cogitations.   This winter morning he had risen long before daylight.   He may have dia- trustcd the strength of hia own will, bnt I think not.   StiU he never once turned a glance at the orib in the cornor of the dismal room where the children slept, their arms' twined lovingly about each other ; perhapa if he had looked, he might have faltered in his purpose. Noiselessly as a cat, ho crept around tho room, gathering all that was easily transferable, that waa possessed of the least value, even to~the littlo pointed tumbler, tho prized property of the youngest girl—the gift of one of her play, mates—then carefully gazing around, lest he might he watched, ond to assure himaelf that the children were sleeping, he raised a board in tho old decayed floor, ond groping with his hand far along in the chasm, he drew' forlh a coarse cloth bog, and then quickly replaced the board again.   There was a sound ns of jingling together when he moved the bog, it made his eyes sparkle, and a grim nnd greedy smile for a momeut beamed in his ugly face; then taking a coal from the fire-place, on the rough table he wrote in largo, rude letters: " Children, I hove gone,: not to come back again.   Y'ou ore old enough to look out for yourselves.   Go to work—save your money, and you may get fich,- money is worth more than anything else in the world."
Having loft the sleeping innocents this pre* cious bit of fatherly advico, the man went from tho house, having taken tho precaution to conceal the precious bag within his old cloak hefore he went.
When the children awoke and fonnd their fiither gone, they were not disturbed by the thought of being left olond. It was hia cus¬ tom to go out oarly in tho day, leaving them to tnako shift for Ihemselves as best they might, with the meagre supply of comforta which he hadprovided.
'; -When they had arisen and pnt on their mis. oraijlb'girinobfs, Margaret, the eldest, tried to light'afirO'i'biit it'was no easy task with barely qii8;_'cp.ai.jrhich ,hod managed to keep alive daring'Jth'ft "aight, and the one stick of wot gr'een wo'od'^,a8 not an astonishing auxil¬ iary. Despite''th,«i,j)opr children's united ex¬ ertions, the wopd,"aiid-the,coalnttprly rofdsed to burn, and atlnst tj^y gaV* ,np,thp Toin.idea
warm fires too.
Oh, I'm BO hungry now, and almost frozen; if he had only left us a littlo brcad^ust a hit.'
Thoro -was no moaning on ,the part of the children, bccauao their father had deserted them. It was'not hia lovo and affectionate care they missed, whose loss thoy-mourned, when, they found ho was gone from them forever, foi', ho was - always associated with dreary thiypghts in their minds. ¦
Ilieir chief reflecfion, -when they found them¬ selves alone, waa that they should inevitably dio of hunger, and death was far from being an idea f^ll of tertOr to them—indeed, aa we may gathei from their words,-a pleasant antt tO' be-wiBtfcd-for event was it, being associated with thoughts and hopes cf plenty thehk.
The ikther and hiB children were novr comers and strangers in tho portion of the city where they liv^ at the time ofhia shameless deser¬ tion; theWeoplo by whom thoy were siirround- ed wero ipparently as poor as therdselve; there was, therefore, littlo prospect of thc children's receiving hid or assistance from those in whose neigbborh^d they lived.
Tho motoing passed; it was afternoon, and still nofirl; and, alas! there was not even a poor raven to bring them food, though the place they aihahited wag far worse than a wil¬ derness; anl the pangs of hunger might hardly have viaitedElijah as they did these tender children. I^ wns impossible that they should long endure inch bitter cold ond hunger, and tho want of ajprotector during tfaenight hours was a horribU thought to Margaret. She re¬ solved to go iito the streets to beg—perhaps some kind heart might takc.;pity on them, and give thom a mlro safe, and comfortable place of shelter.      I
With some'dSfliculty she persuaded IlUeu td lie down in tte bed, and thua keep herself warm until shb should return—for Margaret knew that it irtiuld be impossible for her poor little half-froz«n aister, to walk the distance which spread jietwcen them nnd the quarters ofthc city where tho rich people lived.
The enow was foiling fa:st when Margaret went, out alono into tbe atreeta, so miserably clad, and, ah me, on such a chilling, comfort¬ less mission! It woa a new thing for her to beg, and it was a hard thing, child,though she was, and suffering, for her to ask a stranger for bread. Many a stately mansion did ehe pas: before she had gained courage to stop; and with this increasing dread sho would have gon* on and on, had not the lateness of tbe hourremindedher of EUen, hungry, and cold, and alone.
Ohtdoubt itnot, it was providenco who di¬ rected her feet to thc door where her tremb¬ ling, stiffened hands at last sought admittance. It was a happy thing for Margaret, that a Christian woman who feared God, nnd loved her neighbor, lited there—that a human heart beat in that plenteous home!
The child was ntlt repulsed from the door hy careless, tired seri^nts, for the mistress,of the manaion made it o point always to' hear and judge for herself of the, merits of thoao who
A littlo heop of burning. *cbkl,;aftw,- bitsef pine, ond an .armful pf dry'-ITOoa^r^tho enu¬ meration may seem a trifling, sferj^iipl 'ball a smile -to -your lip, bot thesehad iein a more, aoceptoble,-moro valuable'giiti''iiirb<iiS[jhST8 ooUednp.happier thoughts- anrinbro!'eairjibst thankB/ than the- splendid:^omenibrintes ^iiiy fkvored roaderfl' Me 'rejoicingin--3uit iiiif.—-, :Te't tiieyiad it not; hiimblo asvtho'gifl; wonid'l seebl.-  Ah; theftastiiJg; m&hful rich! Ihey fbrget that Lazsms Btill is lying at tlieir gate.' -,¦ "Thini'th'.ey ttirtM'a^TOy tfmnito -np-fi^'> to, the Bhelf whereon .fKo'soMity Bibre i,f;^(maeioot4bte:-;prbviB!tiiis w 'ti£m-igianMeUtde'.m^jyrtim-^om :8I)5pihtinetit;'ifor;!M&i?ear!6V.^Yi?fiW,otood,on- Ui*ite-bpny!K;iSeJamne''i4t<r^B-tolJb^^^
tho " Adam's ole," with •Biu'ot'rhrordS^tl'.^^^^^^'P"^^*^''^'^^^^^^^
gales himself, and keepslhis.thin old bo"jy wi« '1^''^''^f^^-'^^0''--'''^''-'''-''"'"¦ '' ~- - .''^'' ¦'"
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which tho mice have-Bhared wiiji-iii eince the day, long Bgp,-*rien to bought the amotl loaf! nt the baker'B.Uear-by. -'¦'-;, •:.''' ' : '; ¦"'. But I see ydo:;a^e glancing'irt'^Bometliing-be. Bides the chaff, and the-frbzei brisad-at jbihoi thmg which amates yourjiiiaiimies-^bo-^BJ&'rt and wonder as if ybita^o ipl.'^^ei^&'l'^^*!* I assure you ther* ami VasisiHiaBg "mH
applied to her for alsistanco, and it was not to a cold and suspiciols soul that Margaret told thc story of destitni on and sorrow.
It was not a long tory, and viaa Boon made known; but it inlerited the lady mora deeply than any tale of want she had ever listened to before. When the ch Id had partaken ofa com¬ fortable meal, and w[s provided with warmer garments, Mrs. BruoS accompanied her to her poor home.
It reaUy seemed tothe poor forlorn child as though she had snddlnly found access to thnt heaven to which in tlfi morning ahe had so de sired to go. And cquklly wiis Mrs. Bruce dO' lighted with the quietlhonest-heartcd girl by hor side, and when she looked on the bright youthful face, which!bo well reflected,the thoughts suddenly ligh(ened,oftbehard weight pressing hut now npou'ihcm, she thought she had never seen so beautlfnla child before; and tho good woman's heart' warmed towards the ORPKAN with genuino niotherly kindness.
Swiftly were they born^ over the frozen snow through-the streela, na Mhrgaret directed, ahd at last, and the way to thl eager chUd seemed interminable, they entereu a narrow, lane, and the,,proud steeds wero diawn up before the wretched houso, which shoTiointed out as her home. "   ¦
Before tho carriage was .quite stopped, the happy girl had leaped out, 'nnd wos bounding over Ihe sidewalk, and np thpbroken door-step^ But the smile of joy had givea way to fear, for the door of the hovel stood op^a wide, the snow had drifted into the apartment, and indeed a more comfortless, dreary-loo|ung place, one could not easily imagine.
In an instant the frightened girl had search¬ ed quite through the house, but no aiiswer.'was returned to her lond cry of 'Nelly ! Nelly save the moaning of the wind without, which seemed sharing her distress. Quick as thought when she saw that search there longer -fvas fruitless, Margaret rushed from the house, and Bped away to the neigiibors, hoping and be lieving that EUen had gone to ono ofthem for food. She had forgotten Jlrs. Bruce, and al thc joy and thonkfulnesa which had for a mo¬ ment mode her ligbt of heart. EUen was gone, her little sister, hec all on earth—gone even at the moment when she had come book with such-'glad .tidings of great joy/-.
Aloa, equH^ vain was the search she nia'db among the pebple of thotneighbcirhpod': To the most of them.'tbe children'were altogether un¬ known.' ¦ One woman, in reply tp Margaiet's almoat frantapdemondy thotigiit Bhe'liad.seenua ohUdof abolut five years of-bgoigbing dowii'thp-| Streel with a wbman, half aii Honr before.'" T :ii'-'Who'WOB the woman"!' waa the next .eager -ijinestiott.-'' '        -' ¦ '•    •'- ' ¦
;,,-'Idon't know,/was the reply; 'I never Been It'ecbefijrc,' ,: '    -,, , ;:,
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' Atnight,Iongafterthetidyinaid.BervanthBd placed Margaretin the warm aoftbed; which had been prepared for her, thp mistress of the house sat alono in her parlor, ond thought upon the elrange incident of tho day.
This lady wps a willow of middle nge, tafi wealthy. Among alarge community of poor and needy people, how .well known sho was for her kind andjudicious benofaOlions. Any who had right on their side, though-poor, as those' turkeys .which, from being as.ooiated with tbe namo of Job, have become bo famous, knew- well that thoy oould not appeal to Mrs. Bruce in vain. In fact,,'this, lady, bo jblessed with worWIy wealth.folt herself to bo responsible to a power greater thanany on earth, for,tho use she made of the'riches,Ho had placed at her disposal. She tvob vory fiir from being what, is called awoman of fashion ; the aristocracy' in'which she might bo ranked was not that of wealh." She belonged toa circle, whoao num¬ bers are Btill moro Umited, though the paths they tread aro open unto all. Few of tho " world's people" alas, wero to bd found of it; though had they-so willed, they might havo been shining star's of the aristocracy of good¬ ness !
Mrs. Bruce had a oonsoibnce—and what is somowhat wonderful, taking all things into consideration, so vile a miat has not hccn suff¬ ered to envelope it as would hide tlio beams of; the aun of truth and righteousness. And for¬ tunately she made it apoint of doty toobey the dictates of this aame conscience.
When, therefore, Margaret Wooti came be¬ fore her in such a woeful plight, half-frozen and half-starved, it seemed almost liko an ac¬ cusation to the excellent'woman; as though she bad no right to be recipient of so many blessings, while othera in such multitudes wore suffiirini; from bitter want.
So, when ahe had thought ovor and oveE ogain the child's pitiful atory, and in imagina¬ tion, followed her till aho had reached woman's esiate—when sho thought,ofherfutnrofortune; as it must almost of necessity prove, poor, well nigh hopeless, broken down by hard labor, with mind uncultivated, and hor heart's affec¬ tions and pure and lofty impulses all crushed and withered; when sho thought upon her thus, and remembered how differe'nt si fate it was in ker power to give unto that child, she rosolved to prove to the desolato litUe one o true and loving friend.
She thought of her own childhood—the only daughter of devoted parents—bronght up in, a home whore never wont has been - nngratified Careless on<"'aPfy as in the childhooi of tho rich. She thotight upon the numberless, but then unappreciated blessings whioh had at¬ tended her early youlh—of tbo lovo which, af¬ ter that time, had mado for her lifo auoh glori¬ ous sunshine.., She thought of all hor long, happy, wedded life, upon him who,, though doad, Waa held in constant memory, and loved, and honored, and mourned. She looked for ward to the future. How lonely would it he¬ aa yeara crept on ; and then her thoughta tiirn, ed again to thp child Margaret, so singularly beautiful, so unmistakably innocent, eameat, honest, and affectionate. And do not wonder at it, she felt aa though heaven had sent that girl to her, not merely aa a beggar, whoso wants must be supplied and then forgotten.— She felt the necessity of being Bomething to that child besides. She must ronko hor her own, muat educate her, and fit hei: for a differ¬ ent and a bettei: Btation than that in which she was born.   ,
Sottrongwas this conviction, so earnestly did it'impress Mrs. Bruce's mind, that she could not hesitate aboul: -acting upon it; and before hor eyes were closed in sleep that night she besought God's blessing on—her child!
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" Are you going for EUen.—may wo go now.'" asked Margaret; eagerly, when she was led into the breakfast room the following morning.
a," answered Mrs. Bruce, kissing the child "the carriage will,be '.brought round in a few moments, then we will go for your sis¬ ter."
A grateful heart was that beating in Mar¬ garet Wood's breast, when the woman spoke so kindljr. " I love yon very inuch,' sho said, clasping-her protector's'hands, and timidly kissing them ; '' you are like a mother."  '
"Would you liko me to be your mother, Margaret; Will you live with me.arid go to sohool, and do as I bid you, alwaya ? Will yon be my little girl ?
" I love yon better than anybody in. the world imt Ellon," answoreii the child; "bnt father Baid we must work.   I will work for you, and do everything you tell me." •'        ¦¦«"''• «   '        .
Many times the mother and her adopted child returned to the narrow lane, and the old hat, in search of EUen; but never oould they gain any tidings of the missing little one. The neighb'prs wero Btill nnable to furnish any in¬ formation xespeoting bor. She acomed -lost tp them for-ever. '-      "
One day, in the atill continuing hope thiat Ellen migW coine back to thb old place, Margo. ret wrote on thb tabid where tho ornol father had ,trii(!ed.bia. farewell, for her siatef' to wait tiiere,, should-she come- again,;'prbilaing,to meet heir the.a, ,and that'she'would,lead,h,er to, o^uw and happy,,home.'-'Bat the following morning,: -when :5gaiii,'aCP0inpanied-by Mrb'. Bruce,. she ¦8et,,fortli-etige.riy,for the'dismai place, thinkiiig'and-litiping'againsti^ho'po,! that Ellen migif-hiwe been there, they ibtiadndfh. fnl; ;;remaining; of''the, apoiyeii old',':.liaUd"inijs', sivb spme^Btill-b'u'rmn'g .teapB\o,f'timbbf.^wiiipii yoihted out whera'tho dwelUng iadonbeBlood. ,';Nev'er-iM Mfb; B|ii'(i sBeiy ^^ wretoh'odijess.-Bncli-'abBOlntp.baniatep'ii^^^ ho^b ipi-any-Iiiimiui opgntenando; aajwaa dopiot-'- eiI,iu',Siarg'art't'Wbbd'aV'iStbtt:Bfie t^ aftor that laot froitlessbefticiij feoUng that 'tie last'hold oa a'.reaBonablp belief ibat she Bfiptitil ever meet little Ellon agaiii'waa gone. :      ;;
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I have revealed to you. already Ihatwedding acene. You know wheth'er, tiie *ear< of the bride respoiidcd to the worda when shevowad lo love,' honor, and obey.'" Gratitude for the kiudnefss of tbo past—thc knowledge of the fact thot in wedding Kiohard Lee, she.waB bat act¬ ing in a'ccordance with hot- best friend's, her more than mother's wishes—wore thocatises, and sufficient causcs'llargarofc thought them, for the part ah'e took upon heraelf to aot in that transaction. Bnt there waa^alio another reiison, which tiie young girl scarcely daired to breathe, even to herself, why she shoald wed this man, and thatat pnco. .,    ,
Thbre waa ono who had iibver sought her af¬ fections, or her hand in marriage; on whpm, hevertheieas, she had lavished all the affection ofher heart Within the'"holy of .holie3,'-rin, her breast—sho had enshrined him an idol; bat no human mind had guessed the worship ahe devoted to him.. Sho had kopt,her aecret well. Immeasurable was, the dhtancp between her¬ self and ilim. And well *1 ahe know.it, ^ Hb was woddod to aiiother, bud never even dream¬ ed the honiago that young heart,rendered tb his lightest woi-d. And he was one of thbso'niighty Bons of genius to whom the aniveraal world bows down in reverence. Tho inteileotual giants honored and flattored him—his words were wisdom even to th? wisest—and how should he know or care if the girl's heart beat wildly with devotion and love for him ? And Margaret, even while she adored, knew that auch worship was sinful. ...
Thore woa nothing repollant, absolutely, lo hor, in the youth who spoke with her the mar¬ riage vows. She kuew him talented, and am¬ bitious, aud truthful, bnt her heart-worship waa given wholly to another.
You Itnow now why, in that scene on whioh you looked, she atood so. cold, and pale, and passionless. He was among the, crowd that pressed around hsr, to offer their glad congrat¬ ulations, and tbc rich tones othis voice mingled with the rest like a strange and powerful chord of music. - But ahe had ear for his only, and ho named her the bride of another, while on his own arm leaned tho proud and lovely woman ho called his wife.
. Never did good Mra. Bruce look with more of just pride on hor protega; but ahe had read thc untold story of that youug heart!
My story, doubtless, las thua far proved itself a piece of transparency to the reader » and ho knows who waa the child watching alone beside tlie dying woman, leaving her for a mo¬ ment, while aho, slept, to beg in the streets, nnd nursing her with little aid from neighbor or friend: bestowing on the pennyless woman all the devotion and caro she ifould have lavished on her had sho been the richest lady in the land. You know that it was aho who -wept with tbat fair bride one ttintry morning, long ngo, in a fircless room, wfa'eli they were desti¬ tute ofall life's comforts and deserted by their father.
It romaineth'for mo'to cx'piniu how this wo¬ man came to ho her guardian.
When Ma'rgaret waa gone out in search o*" food, and a moro comfortable shelter, wbicb expedition turned out so well for herself, Ellon, exhausted by hunger, sunk into a sound sleep. For a long time she slept on undisturbed,— dreaming, poor child, bf every imaginable com¬ fort she had not, and enjoying her plenty in tho bright land of fnncy.
But full soon must she be awakened to the dull reaUty, for a human hand was laid heavily upon her, and a loud voire roused her, saying, •Why do you sleep with your doora open here ? Yoti'll freeze to doath.'
The chUd started np, thoroughly awakened at once, and frightened, nnd wondering, cried ' Margaret, Margaret.'
The woman,pointed to a drift of snow, which had,gathered in the middle of tho room, and said, by woy of cxplonation, that sho might calm the child's fears:
' Your door was bpen, and I saw there was no fire on the hearth, and I thought I'd look in and see if anybody lived here. Why, child, you'd a-frozo if I hadn't woko ye.'
• I'm very cold,' replied Ellenj her voico raised abovo a whisper, and lying down agaiu, 'Let me sleep till Margaret cornea ; -she went to got aomo bread.' ' Where is your ma, child .'' ' Dead,' replied EUon, mechanioally. ' Where is your pa, then ? Is he dead, too." ' No : he wont away and left us this morn¬ ing.'
' When is ho coming back! What are you going to do ?   You'U freeze to death here.'
' No, I shan't freo-ze; Margaret wiU come ho isn't coming at all,' said the ehUd, impa¬ tiently, her eye-lids growing heavier every moment.
'She'll die here, that's plain,' thought the woman.   'She shall go homo with me."
No sooner was this determination formed, than she proceeded to carry it into effect. Wrapping the unresisting child in her own shawl, sho shook her soundly, so as fully to awaken her, and said, or rather acreamed in hof ear: 'Come I'm going to take you home with me," where there's a gooil firo and plenty to eat,—come on, for it's getting dark, and I havo work yet to do to-night' .
'But, whore'U Maggy go,' asked EUen, now quite awako, 'who'll feed and warm her?'
'Ifshe comes back^ and finds yoa not here, shelll go to one of theneighbors,and stay over night,' replied tho woman, harrying away; 'now see how fast you can walk. I'll bring you back to-morrow.'
¦ With thia assurance she walked away with Nelly very rapidly, farther into thb Buburbs of the city.,
Andihb next morning, why did ahe not ro- deeni hor,:promise.' 'Wiy, for days and days incpnacquencp.of a dreadful cold' taken that night from her exppa'are to the storm, (for siio walked the long,distance .without shawl pr ploak, iiBving-'wrapped her thin' blanket obver- ing ab'diit;Ellbil,5 "ahb -was cdiifined.to thp hpuse aiid td.lier jed with.aickiiess! .TKe.cluld at first cried a'great deal .when she fpniiil the.-jrpinkn'cpulil'iibt'gp with' her back ;tp J Keif; home; imtiwhen Sh'a'saw how sick tho pbpr:;^or;eotnr6 -was,,-an!i .Epard bet,cough 'bo dreadful!^,-ishe.oeased urging her overy mo- -me6l>»vtakbhCT boot again-. ¦- -ffyfiei,.M^ii':ib.9.j><i!>t:m^ "OTe.ep'.„,mi,fcjtotq 'iOib'strfee'ti "the* first place to wliibjirBhb.direclel'Jierfteps, was to the hpasd -^Hlbe 'shS;:ii»a fbiiha/Uie little 'girl.'and—it yiaa bdrn'ed jo'the'^bM!';-^ : - 'V, !^i^his'wba'sin ,wB.s'i> ofigbbd.and tjn^btiieflrK Ijniiere the bimilap- ity~:l>ettemlibr"iBcd Margaret's protectjesB, ended..-.It is needless'-tb'sayi'Bho., n^^^ 'rfo]r'.«v,e^¦,ib^ei^,:¦pf,:i^^ iaiJiSp'eS' which-.w^ere ittbiijlSl'ire^eptin'g'-^^^^ fbilen tp-i&er'iiarb'..'-' Destiny ,9i^'cd^to'.e3cert.a ¦piiVat^B^iai'ii^t&i^.i^^pi'if'Xs^
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".jlt was .s'um'iner'timp,^ -b.ufc, Uie dtiy .was yery gtopm;^.;"Tto'bky'was'darkwith plojids;nota bird'ssbn'g .wos tb b'o hcared, aiid the low deep tones bf ¦tiib,-,wind- Boaaded" liko i;heavy sigh breathedover'tliaoarth.' ¦"','      '
EUen weiit home frbiiithe b'liriai -with ono oj the pobrwoinch',-who ¦woiiid not hbair.'pf Her go-, in'e baokagain the lonely plbbb whereoho-iad lived..-,- For aevbrarweeka she-remained there,' siok-with grief and long-watShing,'  During that timo, in compjionop; with her wish, Mrs. Grant was Bpeking to obtain for bbr^a pldoP in thehbaso.of one of the viomen who .employbd A'ar,occasionally.   *, •,"•.-¦,•,And Nollyiia thirteen.yenra old now; ahe may- look upon herself ns her own mistress, for there is no one who has any natural'claims.upon',her.   To yOuth tho - thoiightof independence is a dar Uug, troaoberously- cherished one, but it is difficult fo^ any one who haa not been circum- fltanced,a3 woa littlo Nelly, to concei-ve what wretchedness thero was in the knowledge that thore-,was nono .to guides none, to, connsel, none to aid,hor,as she stood about to embark on the stormy waters of untried Ufe. , She raust itwri henoeforth—Ah, reader, do you know what fAoi meaneth ? Not aa shp had ofteu-timbs toiled before, to help herprotebtor, to aid her in her labors.' It must be in a far .different manner.   She must go to a place in a family of which she  ,know'nothing, truly speakingr^intiat serve as a seirvant there^   She was very ybung,-a stranger to the ways with Whom she ¦would live—her employers wonld, think it was their lot to have to bear much be- oauao of her ignorance and anskillfulneas; bul site, poor, young thing, would she not also have tp iiear munh! Would   they care to think if «/ic w'aa ever pleased or gratified: wbuld the tastes of tho little servant girl be ever held in consideration,; wonld they think of her as huinan ? She must bear and suffer, and a dan¬ gerous experiment it would prove to speak out in her own behalf, oven when wrongfully abu¬ sed ; eke muat alwaya be faithful aud enduring, and the hope of the reward of a kind word from her dear old friend who could never again amilo on hor and encourngo her, nnd tell her if she was doing well, oven that was deni¬ ed her.
Nelly had quito recovered- from hor illness, and -was beginning to cherish moro cheerful thoughts of the future, for Mra. Grant was sure of finding her a situation in the house of one of her employers. One night when she camo home, her day's work weU accomplished, thero was a broader smUe on her. face than usual, and warmer emphasis in the kiss sho gave the little girl. " I've good news for you, child," sho whispered, and then went bustling about tho house, preparing aupper for her good man and tho boys.
When their wants were supplied, and they lind gone out again into the street, some of thom to tlicir labor, and Mrs. , Grant was just seated, and making preparations for a fine smoke, Nelly could restrain her curiosity no longer.
Drawing a little bench close beside the old woman, she sat resting her head on her knee, and saying:
You've got a good placo for me, mammy, I know you have, and I'm to go to some lady'a house to Hve ?"
" Yes, child, it's just so ; but I wiah I was to keep you for my own! A girl is more of a I comfort to a hard-working woman liko me, when I sit down of a night to rest, than a pack of romping, boys is. Voii've mado the. old placo look quite cheerful like, sinco you've been hero, Nelly, by your handy ways."
" But you have been so kind to tne .' You have got me o pliioe where I con do for myself, and not be a burden to anybody. You are all the friend I have -oh, I shall think of you very, very often, and I'll come to see you when thoy let me out, and you'll go to the gravo-yard where site is, sometimes, won't you, mammy ?"
" Yes, child ! aittiays, when you wnnt me.— And I tell you it wUl be a pleasure to see your pretty face hero often—you'U bo more merry though w'hen yon go up to the fine houso whore I've got a placo for you."
" I hopo it isn't very great," murmured tho child; " what '11 I havo lo do there, do you think ;"
I'spect what they'll want of you most ia, to tend door,- nnd wait on 'cm. They'er a nice kind of people, and not stingy—a kiud o'live- ond-let-livo sort ol folks. Y'ou'll suit, I know, if you try.   And you ti-t'//fry ?"
" Y'es, mammy, it shan't bo my fault if they're npt pleased. But I know they'U never care for mo, as you havo cared, and as s^c did."
" Well, ohUd, I'll toU you what—'taint their naturo to." was Mrs. Grant's comforting assu¬ rance; " rich folks oiu't Uke poor folks ony how ; it tokea the poor to teel. 1 don't know OS it ia their fault either. If they could only obango places with us kind of folks for once, they'd know more'n they do now. But it's a kind of comfort to know that every house haa ita cnbboard of bones!"      •      *      *
With thia- family, in whose employ Mr?. Grant secured a place for NeUy, slie remained more than a year. Kind, good hearted people, OS the old womanhadforetold,they were; and tbe comforts of lifo became more fomUiarly known to ths liitlo waiting-maid thero, than they had ever been before. The dutiea impo¬ sed on'hor wero feiv and light, and they wore always weU performed, and Nelly Wood gave goneral satisfaction in tbe large household in whioh aho was employed.  ¦
But soon after the twelvemonth of her resi¬ dence there had expired, the body of servants were at once dismissed, the houso shut up, and without any explanation, its owners de parted for porta unknown. , " Nevermind, dear,"said the friendly Mrs. Grant, when Ellen turn'ed to her counsel; " I waa thinkihg sometime ago, of a place better than tho one you've had, and I've spoko to Ihe lady, cause I heard the folks up in the big house you loved in was going to quit"
And Ellen's guide was successful in thia ef¬ fort to serve the friendless girl also ; for in a few days she was accompanying her to the new. place bf service.
The heart of Nelly failed aseho thought of the kind people with, whom oho had Uved, and of, tho strangers to whom aho was now going; and olosoiy did Bhpolaap-.thB. hand of tho aged laboring woman, as though she/"eared parting with her,.assuring her more than a dozen times, tbat sb.p would come often back to visit her and her children;
, Mrs. Grant seemed to knpw what, was going on in thb mind of. thb girl; jror.as they passed tiirough tiie neatly graveUed walki which was bordered.;with many flowers, to the kitchen doors, she, whispered to. Nc.Uy, "never mind —dbi't be ^raid..,"fu",'atay; tUlybu get ac- qiainted a little ; you'U like these folks." '
.;.^ Tiia Ja tip girl your mistress engaged,'' ehe B^d, in explanation tp one of the servants, ¦when Uipy.enteredthe basement.,-:- " How ia yonr lady this moming ,1' ''^Poorly," aaswored: the   other;"I fear 'BfiBV'n'etbng''fo'r'^this,wptld."','   ,-   . - ¦'¦ •¦ rm"sbi*y',pbbr"preb.tni.','Bhb'B, 'bo young, and'good, aniUaiidadme."  .      ;',-7;-.   ..   , '.vyes,"it.i5,tcp'bad.. .The .dpcjiprB' iayashp has'nt ,.np.. disbasa-7i.t's.:a.-.d6blin0::likef:gnat 'kind a sinking a.way aa one sinks to slbep."-,; • -« May litj She ¦jrooldn'tcarp'to sed Nelly Just nbir':?' aaked"Mrs;'a-riiiit, looking toward,the a'o.bJ:iand btill standing. ''      ;¦'¦'.',-"'
¦"Kii'thinlcnbt;";replied. tip bervant-kindJiy; '¦"'Jlkatyba'pan leiivb'tor ikbroi-iind tp^ardH' i^%'*i& tiib-iW liie».'i'lf'^n^lf vi'tiMt I ' .^'S''S}fiVjbS'ii»aiaib88iitfa-^diyTa'i-Tirorfci Ttaiting." • ^. ¦^¦-¦---*-?='5-) ¦ .---' "EUeitttiniedqnlcUy tbwaid herfrieiij),M,:
iipt^b'Ae;WPaldltn^loTb liar.to atoyiimt she
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;^:,'' Wijatis' it,deari*,' poll,! .fltay J" asked
^ho-'relaaonBhip^Mrfli'.QraiV.-i    ..  : v,;;..-,':'''':     ¦'-... . .¦••¦- .1.'-;.- • -'^l\.'.'.N,.ap,.>answered..EIlea ;;'.•,go. novf.bo;
pause'^bti must—J)uj.do,ooinp i.U' fot-il m'inlito ,td-iight, ji'.'Uiifl "plaw if in--ybt^r. ' 'yosy;I'U;;obmb^-^';if it'8;niilea.'.oat of iny wiy^'dariing 'j-,it;ii,Wonly,,a -few' itpurs afore | I'll be tore ;to niglit," Having, said this, sho haBteaed'away tp'.tor labors.,,.,. !.,'EUeri.'B,at,in,,'jhekitoheii.tiie groitor-port of .tiib'mp'riiin^, assisting,the servants, and win- niig'thp beat',;ppinidns by her. itin.d.and obU-: 'ging' mnn'er^l-- At-.iaat tha.nieaaaga oiime aayibg-.that'the miatross desired, the .new wait- ing-maidla appeoranoe ;,nnd notwithstanding tlie.eiperienob aho lia'd'tdredy, had, it-was -with .81 fearful .heart'tiiateibe tod obeyed the oaU. ¦'ABato'.ciitored'.the.flhamber o{;tiifi, iavolid, her step waaslowandhoreyos downcast j but, when-EUen-iiear^ ,tho lady's voice speaking kin'iily'and 'eii'coiirag'mgly, she raised'her'eyoa, and it^seemed, to her tliiat atostood-in the presencbof some good genii, who tod at a word and atroke, crested tho boautiful plaoe in whichTahb was.', -   ,
-. The large windbws-of the apartment wore thrown open, bat the, blaia of simlight was abut out from thp room.by outer and inner bUnbs. Many vaaes of freshly gathered flow¬ ers, filled the pleaBantplsco with .their BWeel perfume; and the white fornitare thb snow like drapoiy of the beadj'tlie^delio'ately tinted carpet, and conspirbd to mbkd tho sick lady'a prisonhouao a delightful one, the very shrino of purity and beauty."
Tho iady was reclining on a sofa, ¦when El¬ len entered the room ; near her was a cradle, and an idfant^^tho young girl thought the most beautiful in the world—was sleeping in it ,' •
-' Come and ait down by me," said the sick woman, Itindiy, when tho servant had left her wilh tho mistress; ond with a slow step and timid manner, EUen approached to the cash ioned bench pointed out to hor.
"You are youug/' said the lady, " younger than I had thought; do you think you will be able to aid me much in taking care of my lit¬ tlo Ono ?"
'Oh, yes, I'm sure-I'll try, ihn'am/'an¬ swered Ellen, concluding her reply in a bash¬ ful tone, far iinliko. tho eager, happy manner with which ahe had commenced it. " How old are you, pray .'" " Almost—no, a litile more'n thirteen." " And have you been hired out before, my child?" '
" Yes, ma'am, a liule over a twelve-month ; but tbere wa'n't any children nt Mrs. Sray's."
" Do you think you will liko it hero, then, if
you know nothing about taking care of chiidron?"
" Oh, bat I'll learn very soon.   Mrs. Gray
thought me quick at learning the ways of her
houso—and I love your little bnby."
Beiween a mistress so kind as this ncw one, and a eorvant so tractable and good as Ellen, there was no prospect of disaatisfnction or injus lice on tho one hand, or neglect or ingrolilude on thc oth or- " TUo baby" wae tlie pet with bolh, and the relations tbey bore to each other precluded all possibility of jealousy on eilher side, in the attention and love they each lavish¬ ed on her.
Every week an evening was spent by Ellon wilh her old friend, Mrs. Grant, when the excel¬ lence oflhe infant, the beauly, and paiience, and kindness of the miatreas, and lho pleaaantneasof her new situation, were never failing lopics, to all which, as the young girl discoursed so elo¬ quently npon them, hor hostess lent a willing ear. Every day, Ellen waa growing in grac e and beauty, and her mind wna improving, also, undor tho inatructions of hor invalid mistress ; and ber poor friend, with a aigh, was forced to surrender one liope sho had cherished, tbat her son William might somo day win Nelly for hia wife—for he, poor fellow, was proving but a aor ry clown, and she (to Mrs. Grant's eyes,) seem cd almost as much a lady as the daughler of the great folliB who lived in tbe fine houaes.
In the burial ground, which lay in tho neigh¬ borliood of thia old woman's house, thero was one grave, which, wben tbo weather permitted, waa visited one day in every seven by Nelly Wood and hur friend. And among a iiundrod neglected graves that were marked by no hetid- stone, and no care of surviving relalivcs, there was onc wiiich was made xery conspicuous hy the green and well-kept sod, and tho flowers whidii, during the spring and sumraer, and au¬ tumn montlis, were found blooming there. It was 0 sacred Place to both those hearts which visited it so often, and thoy never lurned from the otherwi.flc ao disrnal grave ynrd, wiihout an inward assurance that they had been mado bet¬ ter, more palient, moro charitably disposed to, ward the world, by their momentary real in the soimn place. Gratciully, moat irratefully, waa tho memory ofthe dead friend choriahcd by the orphan girl, nnd it was onc of tho proudest liopes that some day she might erect a tombstone there to thc memory ofthe beloved dead.
Tiio summer monihs passed away, and thc dreary autumn rains set in : and lho choerful- ncss which had during ihc warm, aunshiny weather, marked the invalid disappeared. She seemed loat in gloomy ihought, which the pres¬ ence ofher husband, wbo was devoled inhis attentions, failed loheighlon or remove.
During ihc day, tho little nutso was usually her sole companion; and lho gentle manners of Nolly, her affection for lho ehildso much en¬ trusted to her care—her beauty, and craving for knowledge, made her an object of more than common inlerest to the sick Ir.dy. One dark day, when the booka wero laid aside, tlie baby sleeping, and the alillness to the iuvalid was in tolerable, with a sort of vagae listless curiosity ahe turned lo Ellen, asking abruptly :
'- 'When you first came here, I think Ihey told me you were an orphan—tholjyou havo uo father or moiher living ? How sad it must be to be an orphan!"
" It is loo true. Mother died long, long ago. I do not remember her at all. Father I can just remember, and that ig all."
" Whero did ho live 7 Do you romomber his last sickness V
."Ho was not ill—ho did not dio then—^he loft ua a great, great while ogo, and I havo never seen him since." " Was ho poor?" " Yes, ma'am, oerji poor." "But you aaid us—he left us; were there ma¬ ny of you?"
'• Only my sister and I. Somotimos I have hought ho was'not oiir father, or he would not iiavc deserted us, leaving us without a morsel to oal, and wp bad oo money "to gel food.'
" I should have thought you had forgotten all this, lor you must have been vory young. But your Slater hos told you'oflen, I suppoae ?"
" I have no sister now," anawered Ellen, sad If; " she, loo, is dead, or woa lost long ago. I om alone in tho world.'-'
Dear? lost!" repeated the invalid, and rais¬ ing on the sofa, she examined moro closely than before the features of the young girl. "Pray, then, what became of yoa when you lost her!
" A poor womon took mc—ahe found me half dead wilh cold and hunger—she gave  mo a hoine." " Tho one who brought you here J" " No," answered Elien, and the remembrance ofall lhat iriend had boen for her, brought tears into her eyes—" sho died beforo I ever wonl aai to service/'   • , " Wa^ sho kind to you, child t" '" She was my molhei—I lost my ull when ahe
died/'        ,	
" dh, no !" oxclairaeii tho lady, ond her head waa buried in the*piliowii of tho lounge, and for many momo'nis' there,-waa dead silence in the room', Tton oho roused herself; aitiing up again, shp beckoned to Ellon, ond eaid in a Irembling whisper:
•" Corao close np to me—put your arms about my nock, and teU me your bleased namo! Itis not Jnrvis;- it is something olao! Come, come quick, if yoa ore Ellon, Nelly 'Wood, come J" -And she Blrbtched out her arms as ihough aho would clasp JBUen tohef breast.
VVith a glad cry, "It is thal-^,NeUy Wood— yea.it is that—Oh! I have tried,so many, many times tb think wiiat that nainowas. And^ yoo, you ore Margaret—my Margaret!'' siclaime'd lhe liltle waiiing-maid, iift sHofluiig herself bb; Bide' tho lounge and Bobbed aloud j But Mirga- rot did not answer, did iibt hear augh't saVe the fi^tqiiick reply, "It ia,()4al>"'Bhb;to,difaintod ¦a,wa]r.''' "   ;
;; Wheii;^tii!ter4to gla4,clilI4|a repsateCw?'^ tibha to'af buseiier sister^ Marga^t^ by08'--at la»t. 'bpbned;' ahJ-toHeia' thd'sliiht fOTm of JI.eUy
prayed and iibped' so many limeB'thoi I might sep you and' bo with ybaj:Nbllif,.for but one mo- mie^t hoKrb I dib; ,'.Aii.ii iiatbly'„i't: haa been the btif tiiought I have ciprisicd, that wp might
meetbncbmoro/'   ''¦'¦',   , ',      !"¦'.-        .:., 'And wo BhaUho.tpvec again be "parted ,shall
wo, Margaret ? "XTou loi'H Ipvp mo as when wp iived iri that poor pliico^we shall to always -Iot goUier now ! ShaU wo 7-Shall we ?" ;'
- '' Yee, always,'-*, repealed Margaret, os again and iigain she presepd hor thin lips to the brow of tiioTiappy Ellon.
"Aid jroa wiU bo well now, I will bo your docto'f; and' give you medicines, and nurso you and-——
'Yes ! yes! you will bo my own dear Nelly. Wo havo boih Bomothing to Uvo for now. God bless you! God bless you!'
Away with all doctors, and iheir now useless
^flatrelpMa; ^5bertisrmntts'.
•¦: .'-¦¦¦¦THE CHEAPEST TRIMMING & VAKIETY STOltK.
THE Bubsoribep begs leave to an- nounoo to conntry Storekeepers, UilUnir.-i an.l Othera In need of Merchandize, that he haa n"-<-ivc.l hUfeUandwinterStockorMminerj Gooda, cucb .-is. RibhODf, littCOB, Embroidered Silks. Sfttin.t an-l Vt-- TetB, &c.,*h feh no I3 readj to aell at tho lowc.-t ca-ih pricea.
Alao, OIOTQS, Hosier? snd alt other cicrchnnOIzo in mj- line -ffholeaale and retail. .      ¦ JULIUS STKILX.
'171 N. 2nd at., oppoaite the Camel hotel, l.ftwucn R&oe and-Vino sta, _. ^.^T I--ni-l'i
CARPETINGS & OIIi CLOTHS.
EAILY & BROTHER, Inipoi- tera and manufactnrers of CATll'KTIN(lS. tind FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Cinton nndCocon .Mri'tiiifis, fcc., coroer of Twelfth aDd Market fitrettc, l'iii,..\.vr.i.- rtuk, ioTite alteition to their tstcDsivo aaaortnipu' ¦> f superior newstylOfiofEDgUshnnd Venitian Ciirpi'tiiiK', ofthclr own importation.   Also to thoir large .-t.ickcf
stufTs!   Margaroi Lee did notn-eed them after Sgf^r'd/'"" °'""°""' ""'""'^"'"'''¦"""'¦¦"
that happy, mbrning: ahe had discovered a ao~\ vareign panacea, auch as they had not, such aa .theyconld not £nd;.had been aroused from the dream of iraagmation whioh had well aigh prov-1 ed fatal; and now she haa quite learned to love the noble youog huaband, who bore so long and j patiently with hor—and he has forever taken' the place of tbat unholy worshipped idol, that was once throned on a !ohy pedestal in her young heart.
That white-robed bed chamber bears no re- Bomblance now to the chamber of dealh. Thore are rosea blooming brightly on tho face of the beautiful wife, aa on your own, my gcnile read¬ er, and I doubt it there aro many happier homes on oarlh, than lho homo of Richard Lee.
Oar Bto^ilyi LOJy PUICED LVGRAT.V C.'ir.PET.^ ol ontownmannfaclurf, enibracPR thi: V.^t T;tri.:l>' ¦ f woEiiaad* gooda ever put in the market - all vf wliii-li will bo offurtd on the moet favorablo terms.
Beptemlierl.ie52 Cni:M
HOVVEJ^r,& BROTHERS,
MAJTUFACTURERS oi" Paper HANGINGS, No. U'i Chesnut Ptr.-t, I'n.i ^. BKLPHi*, Oflk the attention of cmitomer" aud lh-; Tmd.- tothtireSteOBiTe etoct of Pjit.r Ii.\>.ii>.-;H. i.f lln'ir own mannfuBtmo and fmportntlon. emliratiiiij every variety of goods in their line, which the> will 3oll;it low I at ea.
Their manufactory being thfl mo.ft (ixlcn-ivi; in th.- country, tbey arc enabled to offer uneriu:illi<I iinUice- menta to purch.-tferH. [fi^pt I 'jJ-":!!
T3[
^HE XATB Disastrous Fire gives
iiEbh evidence of thu rolianco tobe pbiceil m -ul,-
IVEll EVANS' FIRti PROOF SAFES," So, 01 zi'^utb
2d stroet, Philadelphia.
•• We take pleasure in fitating tbat wi; had cm'- 01
, _ 'Oliver Evana'Fire Proof Safes' In our .etor-. dtirtti;;
. • theGreat FIroutHart.8Bull.lin(!:s. wl.icli. wUeu t'lki-a
Let   the   curiam   be drawn  asido   onco   more   from the ruina and opened, waa found to li;ivf frc-:"
edour Dooltfl, Papers, &c., entirely «tii»jurf(.
Another scene before we pari. |
What, another exhibiiion of miseryT Yes, look on the miser's death>bcd!
You see him lying on that heap of slraw, tho gray-haired oid man, whoso life haa been dc-' voted to that ono unhallowed object, the gather¬ ing of gold. Ho ia dying. There is but one to stand beside his death-bed, and watch as the spark of life flickers away. Thero is but one to close hia eyes, when his cold heart shall have atiUed its beatings. But, alas, there is not even ONE to weep when he ia gone! There are none to miss him by the fire-side—none to whom lho world will seem leas beautiful when ho is laid aside—none to whom Iiis bent form is an object of love or reverence—none to whom he has in¬ spired other than ono feoliog, that of disgust and fear?
He who elands by him, and watches tho de¬ parting, does BO with no sympathising, loving eyea. His wholo soul revolts from tho duty which devolvea upon him.
"Now mind," said the old man, speaking alowly, and striving to rise in Uis bed; *'mind what I've said. Juat as quick as ever I'm dead^ do what I've told ye. You're the only being I ever trusted—-mind Ton don't deceive mei H you do, I'll haunt you allyourlife, and make you pay more for the cursed gold ihan it's all worlh."
They are his last words. You sec ho haa talien back; he ia quite dead.
The gentleman who has watched the miser's laat moments ia bending over him. He feds his hand—it ia cold. Ho listens—the heart baa stopped its beating—no breath comea from the noatrils—yea, ho ia dead! Let the curiaiudrop —it has descended on him for evermore.
Tho watcher descended from the chamber of death—his face bore witneas to the terrible scene he had beheld—ho waa eager to be away from thc houso that contained even thc mortal remains ofancha epirit. Giving eome money to the man and woman whom he met at thu fcot ot the alaira, he aaid to them calmly, "Prepare him for burial to-morrow at two o'clock. I will he in attendance at lhat hour." And ho paesed out. ¦ In a few days  every leading paper in ihe ciiy
of contained an announcement that thc two
children of the late Joshua Wood, named Mar¬ garet and Ellen Wood, oftho respective ages of
  and   years,   would  hear   eome thing
greatly to their advantage by applying at tho office of Benjamin Hayea, 80, Chesnut sireet.
The old miser had starved himself, and left to the children he deserted in their helplesanees, a fortune, amounting to halfa milliont—andapor- tion of money, that which the old man loved so well, has built a homo for the orphaned, lbe de¬ serted, the poor, and the destitute, wheie a mul- titudc of weak and helpless ones have learned to bicaa the names of ilie miser's noblo children.
And ihc days ol Mrs. Grant's labor and care on eanh are over now, ior Ellen Wood never forgot who, under Providence, had befriended her, and led her to the home of hersister, Mar¬ garet. But not alone in the homes of ihc living has her presence been seen and feit. A certain, well-kept, well-remembered grave, perpciuoles in the world the name of one whose docd el charity, albeit sho was poor and despised oi this earlh, haa doubtless, ere thia, been rewarded in
Gets
jr Buck.'
S^-'MS store waa entered by Unrglurs, and f:i:liD:; to pick tho Lock of my Iron Safe, tbcy tried to hin-v iu open with powder,but no loss or injury wrs .'uttain'-d- It WOB purchaaed of OUver Evuunj (U l^wuth .Srrt.n-i street, Philadolphia. j. C. Follk^.
Bord.;ntowQ, N.-l.-'
For aalo, of all aizM. by OLIVKR KVANS.
61 South Svcond stteet, btlow Cbvinr.t. Oj^SoIo Agent for tho
Day k Newell'a World'g Fair Prumiiim Uank, \'.-"ult. and Storo Locka—Thief and Powder proof.
AlaOj in btoro,
Seal and Letter Copying Presses.
Trucks for moving boxes, balea or crates.
Portable Shower Hatha, of superior cocfltruciL 11
Water Filtora, for purifying bad water.
Kerrigeratord,and loc Lhcsts.
Water,Coolera of all kinda, for TIoteLi, Slorfi. <-1r.
aeptember 1,135^ ¦'.¦.¦.i.   ii;
New Wholcsa'o aud Retail Bedding* &-Fcatbcr Warcliou.sc,
JVo. GO AT. Id St., belnw Arch, PhUad'dphin.
READY-MADE FcathCP Buds, Bol¬ ster and Pillow.'i; Curled llnir, Mr>5.«. fnt.oii nud oiUer .Mittraaees; Bedsteads, Cols. CDiJifortabic". '"iun- tcrpmes, Blanketa, Sheets. Pillow Cxux-.a, Tirkii;;:, Bindings, and Feathers of every description: Curity; Hair. Cattails and Hu3fc.5 in every vari(-ty. which will be disponed of on tho roost favorable rates, lifiui-fc.'- keepera. Hotel Proprietora, and other.-i are r».''lUeitt;dro call and czamino hi.s goods befure viirclitiriug. Par¬ ticular attention will bu given to ordered workr and tbu ffooda warranted 'o give 8utififacti0D,:Aud diual to what tbey are repreaentrd. ¦;'.1*-'
SriRAi.SpKi:«a .MATTn.A.a3f.B, of anfarijjr'oved pattTn, on band or mivde 10 order. ;VT-/
sept 1—3m1  W.M. nnOVES 1: L'l 1
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CHEAP
WATCHES, JEWELRY AND SILVEU WARK,
WHOLESALE and Relail, ai. No. 72 N. Second Street, oppo«ito tbu ilouiiL Vernon Ilouso, Gold Lever Watrhi.'.'? fnll juw- fc eled, ISk. cases, $28 00; Silrer LcpineH. ji'i^t-lr-d, ^: $12 00; SilTcr Lcpioes.jeweled; ia 00;—nil w.-ir- ranted to keep good time, (lold Pen.-* andSilv<tC.-i-- $1 00. Gold Pencils, $1 00; Oold P.'Qcil and l'<:n Cii-"- with good Gold Pena as low as ^3 25, kc.
Also, alwaya on hand a gooda-jcortmrnt of r.m' V.r-i' Jowtlry, Gold Curb, Guard and Vob Chain-: lioIdV--^ Chiuns, Ladies' Gold Fob i;haiii3 aad Belt \'\v,^.
Silver Tablo Spoons, frora $14 to $18.  D'.-.-vrt  $3  1
$11. and Tea. $4 72 to S6 50 per eet. wnrranti.-d vi^m-A I
coin.   All gooda warranted tobe what tliey nr.; ffi
for. -M. AVlSK.-Ap-iit.
Ko. 72 N. 2d Bt.. opposite tlieMount Vernon Ih-ii.^-
N-U.-Watches aud Jewelry repalrnd and warr.iril-'
J^ All orders aent by mail or othcrwiBe. will  1
punctually attendedto. IMarrh ;; -1 v^l
MR S. E. W.   SMITH,
(WIDOW OF WALTKK S.MITH.) 23 North Fifth,  hcitoeen Alarket  and  Arch, Philadelphia,    ¦
Merino, De Laine, Alpaca, and Silk Dresses and Shawl.a dyed all color-, ami in auperior Btyle. Crape nnd .Vleriou SbawU dyi-d Serir let. Silk Dresses watered in the bert raaiiiii-r. I.m- dies' Crape and Merino Shawla. and TjiM.- rr,v<-rti cleaned and pressed without fading Lbe colm-. (-0:11^ PantH and Vests cleanetl or dyed, and wurraut-.l in.; to rub off. Moreen, Damask and kilk eurti-.iii:- .Ivd .¦;¦ cleaned. July I-J- ir.xi-v.'.
DrUK
Paints, Varulshand UyL*-"?tuii^
PURE WIHTK LliAD,
PUUE  GroL-XD   P.\INT3—au, COLOIl'.
loao Boxea WINDOW GLASS-tdl sii.'s and .tu:iiUi.
GLCiiSAND Pafkh, BKorfKtg, Gor.u hr..%y.kc ..'c;-.. with a general as.sortmcnt  of Fresh Drui-t aii'l   \\'-. cinefi for eale low at   ALFRED WtLTBl-.r.GKliS Drug nnd I'aint Store, No. 101) X. 2dflt.. Pkil.u: :i!i;
Aug. £5,1852. .M.iy 2<'-\-:--lu
<^>. UMBRELLAS and PAUA-
--KLftZ^SOLS-WboIeHale and lto(ail,:it U.-'.l.t- --^^a^, tublishcd Ptaud. No. 2, NOUiT ("il.iu STREET, PHILADF.LrniA.A lan;.> aud ;:.ii.: .i ,.- sortnieatol Umliic Ia.">nnd Parasols ul :i.-; Lm-nn--:. . at any other estnbliahmtnt iu the rjfy. y.-.l^n¦.¦. :¦-1, lured expre.«ply for the fall trade.of tli-'b..-t lu:!;- ri.ui nnd by the beut and most careful workuu-u.
jj5?~Country .Merchants and otbcr.i will find i' i!i ¦: advantage to call upon tho subscriber for tb'Mi--ui;: ¦ LUOAS GILLL\iai.\ ^i. At the old Btand, No. 2. North I'otirth ft,. i'i:il.L.r
August 18,1852. ' --1 ;'-^
Kew Fall and Winter Goods.
AGNEW & CO,, 186 Chesnut st., Pbila., havo opened thtir now arock of Ladiea' KaU and Winter Dreds Goods. They have been select¬ ed wilh great caio in Pari.''. New Vork, and tbis oity, exprewly for theirown establiahment and customers. ,A.mongst their fitock,which is Tcry eitensivo, will bo fonnd—
4 Casea Rich Brocado and flgured Silks-best FaU eolors.
2ca3B3 8inc Byaderes and Tolants, in drp»5 patterns. 2 cases Plain Glacia Silks. Beantiful new shades.
2 cesoB poult de Solo, for Walking and Kvening Dresaea.
3 cases Black Gro de Ryana. and Black figured Silks.
5 cwefl Parta printed iMousIio do Laines and Byad»rc3 Dresfioa.
0 cases Lupins French .Merinoesaud Cashmeres, with aU the now abadea.
• 2 Caeca 6-4 Rock Spun PJald SUks, Beautiful bigh colora.
6 Cases Paris Ribbons, tho best choico good^ Import¬ ed. .Also. Ladies' and Gentlemim's befit Kid Glovce. Silk and ll^otton Stockings, best quality; Embroidered Collars, ChlmUetta, Cuffs, Sleeves. &c.
SHAWtS AXD LADIGV CliOAKS, Onr Shaw', room is filled with a splendid stock of new Fall Shawls, Brocha, Long and Square. White. Blue, Scarlet, Green. -Mode aud Black, rery Rich Km¬ broidered and Plain Canio-^ Crapo Shawls, LonfC Pl-^'^^ andSqnarof.hawJs. Clotb Velvet Cloaks'. Paris miJe Sllk VclTct Cloaka, Embroidered and Plain, from $30 Ln $60, In every color. French Cloth Cloaks in everyahade and beaulifnlly mado. Embroidered and Plain tnmuu'd, Ladica visiting our city are rwpectrully invited to rail at our (tore, where they will rtud a lart:*- stock of New Ooods. at the lowest caah prices. We al-'O givo notieo that through the Fall scasou we will daily receiro new additions to our stook, from Auction Sales in this city and New York, and also frosh utx^ goods by tho arrival of the European atcamera. ^,,^j,,^ ^ CO..
ISO Cheatnut .-t.. uboro Seveuth. Pbilft. Ocl 2747.2mo.
NEWB  FOR  THE HEADS   OFTHE PEOPLE.
HATS,  CAPS, and Ladies
VL'RSof every variety,  compiislng one of
¦t^,       *'"¦ largest and cheopwt Stocka, can bo had
of JOn^TKABEIltA, at the well known Hat. Cap and l.*nr Warebouse, No 234 Market Streot, between Eigtb ond Ninth, Sonth aide Philadelphia.
The Proprietor olTera his claims forpublie patronage, being a practical workman, and having had personal experience both m manufacturing and selling, lie 'n. Mtif fled that his buaineaa facilities cannot bosurpapsed by any dealer in tha city.
ilia stoct of Gentlemen's Hata for the Fall is very 1 argB, and of superior quality. His assortment of Chil¬ dren'a IlatB 13 also very large, vailing in prico from $1 to $5. lie alao calls the attention of the Ladten to his fino assortment of FURS, puch aa Mulf, Boas. Tippets, Armleta, ic, mado up expressly for tbepreaontaeason. AUtho Furaata of hlfl own importation, and mado by tho best workmen under his own per-ional inspection. Wholesalo dealers from tho country will find it to their advantage to eall and examine hta Stock beforo pur¬ chasing elsewhere, Oct 27-473moai
NO CURE, NO PAY;
THE greatest Medical Remedy of the Ago.
HoUoway'a Amlca Plaster.
Fhyaiclans daily prescibo thcmwlth more succees thau any other Remedy, and all -who havu used them ac- bnowledgo their great AU Healing Virtues, and B.iy of HoUoway'a Arnica Plaatersj what caunot bo said of any other medical remedy, bfefore the'-world, that inan extenaivo salo for tbo last five yoara no casts haa been reported of ,tholr lalliog to cure paln3.weaknra?, Rhcu- matiam.Lumhtgo, Gout. Sec. .Prepared oniy by
JOHNSTON fcHOLLOWAV, WholeaataDmggi3ta,378 Market at., Phlla. oct 28 fiai-47
¦¦'GiJHr  STORE.    ,
A NDREW WURFFLEm, Im-
jnL_ porter-and MRnnfacttirtr of GUNS, PISTOLS ±H>1.£S, tCvNo. 133 North Second street, abov' RacB. Philadelphia, whero he keepa confltantly on hand A general uaotttneot of Doublo nnd Single Shot Guns, Iitrgo DuoKGnnSf RiQca and Plstola, of-all kinda. Al- jo'the celebrated Caat Stoel RiHo, with^ Jocrcaso twist toah^ttha pointed. ball'.of.iay Own make.',- . Shot and-lJWfle Barrels, Powder, 9npB,Shot:Balhi, FlaakB,'R6rilr,Gamefli^a, Shot Dags 'Pohcho3,&c; ' -I Jmlto ¦•persona .w(ahipg. td.-iavohaaS goodtln my Una, to call and examine my Btook.-before purchasing elMWlicreirot 1 am dotenQldodtb seUon thoinoat rea- ;iO»»Wa terms.,. Dop^t to^ot No,.,123_Morth.S«o6nd
Particular attention paid to repairing in all
benaipgoiwber,Bh«;whi0pei'»Qi;ioViiigly,''^^ "   '   a«p"i-3ni.40
COTTON   T, A 1' S of all Eires and ijualitie.". 1V'0uK*n Stoekin ' V-'ni. 1." potFi)lin-,i:c.,.'illof which! will Ml .Id  low  <-  m other etore in tbe city. K.. T. Wlin\'-:.
No. KS North Third streot, Pbiladi li-liin
AllgU3t4 ^2,\^-¦¦-.•^^
To Country Storekeepers and \Vc:»v* r^.
'T'HE subscriber respectfully c;iH:
. ,   tho attention of Slorekoepera and W.-avrr ¦ i-' ',:'i tini! ajjsottmentot Cotton aud Linen f.Altl'KTiIi M "¦
heaven.    For .ho voice ^vhuse  decree no maj,  X™;;^gJ^;^mj^^n^.^^^-UM.W^ .,;.:. can revorao, has surely aa-id unlo her, "rnend,  Yam. como up higher."
Ah, Ictus render thanks unto the once de- apised, tho glorious Son oi Mary, at thia season of all Olhera, forihe bicasedassurance, lhat with God there is no respect for persons! Let us thank and praise Him that the same spirit of charily and lovo ihat waa in Him has found ac¬ ceptance and perpetuation ii. many human hoarts, [ who recognise with joy their high and holy mis¬ sion—that ef aiding in thc work of purification and charily which himself begun! Let U3 bless Him lhat in tlie darkest fottuuo the uioonlight and the starlight arc permiited—that the sun- boam and the shade have heen interspersed in [ our pathway through the field of timo!
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liOO do   Patj.gonian do., in store, and for aale in lots to puit purcja'" ;'
Th«  abovo Guano is a very  sup'Tior i-rtii-l-     ';
Peruvian is received direct from the n^"ul:i'l th-- l
ruvian iiovernmeut, wbich i,-« apo.-itiTL' xiu:'t-\,\>. ¦¦
its being a puro article   ULADING A: i:iii;i>r! \\
Flour and Gr-iiit i'-.f-t-..   .
aus; 25-3iU-.10 -IS .V. Whnrv.-. l:;.iv
1 ARMBK.S T.OOIC AT Tlli-i
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at J8 cts. per bu.^heL Be.n PKllU VI.AN <.L ¦2i ctf, p'-T pound. Bcft PATA':OMANT,i;.v.N lowrntC3 POUDRETTE at 40 cls.per bu.'Jivl.. per blirrcl-
SAVE VOL'R MONEY.—Thfl Guano ofl-'tol n but little above the cost of iraport:itloii. l'OUDRETTE~WB olfer yon at tho mauuf:i.;li pricti. and of quality unsurpa-ssed.
LAM) PLASTER.—In this wo be.it th'? wcrld bave lacilitie.3 for grindiug one thouaand buyb'-h ¦ and our prico defies competition.    Com-' farme- ¦
C. FRENCH .^ 00 . New St«a.m Plaster Mill.at Junction ol OM  V-r: Road.Oown and CallowblU atrcets, I'iulai;; ¦ -.-, AuB:U!t-i5.1SJ-2. .-...I
GUAxVO! GUAi\o::
I HAVE now in store and ibr y.tU^ .It low prices.'200TonsGovi-TUK-nl r.niw.uu.nn. HjU Tons Hry P.itagonia.wliidi I fully r-'oinm.-i-l :. be of liio firet quality aud ^trra-^lh. Tu tli-,-' nii.- : 1 TorwawithacallcviTy a-'>i'<t:uiLM. will bo ^iv.ii j. leadincc and EatisfacLinii gu;ir.intic.I
JOHN \V. ItKRK-^, (Cni-cr . S- Vf. Corner of 2nd and CilloirbilUtrpel.-. ¦.; -J.'. r-
alwro Uergcr'a llhiek Horje Tuvern rii'l • August 4 'da : ;
Liberty Stove "Worka
AND
I10S.I.OWARE   roUiVOKV,
PHILADELPHI.A..
W'E invite the attention of Stovo Dealers to our splendid a.'^porimeiit <-f .Nl-.'.'-" PATTERNS of COOK STOVES. AUl-TKiHT I'M' LOL'R STOVES, 4 c., consisting of Libi:iitv A,-.-u..,:, Cook, fiy*) sirvs for wood ot ooal, CfMri.in ' ¦ >> . Stak AiR-riCHT Parlour,SrAR F^*sKl,l^. Csn-. Basls. b>«ci;ru.NDERs, Bab Roo.m... I'ol.I«l.l.t: Hl^ .. < Ket Stocks, Tk.\ Kkttlf:.!, HoLLn-.vuif-. iix-.K,:.
CompriflinK a complete ami viiricd a:.,-urtin.n' of StoTcs to auit every section of the ctmntrv. n:) 'T whtch RTO ontlrely ncw. and KHt up at Krf.inx)i'i'- combining beauty of design, with durability an-l >'.-i i! omy.
IVrsona wishing to order by letter, can hav.- a li-- ,.x priceneent to th^m, embraciug thw diawiiigsuu.l i x,iil de:?cription of each Stove.
All articlofl purchased from us,will ho Jvliv.r-i..'. tho TraDPp or tation offlcea free of charge.
ABBOT SLAWHENCr.. Drown Bt,, above 4th, Phlii
aog4 itnw-^--;-;
. 54. A''orth 2d St., above Jlrch,'^^^ PHlLAJUBLPHLa.
IF you want a good Hat op C'ujj, goto tho manufactory, where you r.-iTi luiil it.-
largost luoortment at the lowest eity i-rics Moledkin Hats, from    - - <l'00 (n-^ ; ¦ >
Silk Hata from   -       . - i.g-t   --'::•
Clotb, Glased,riufih r.nd F:.ncy CdjM <.r^-v,-rv -;
and prlco, in the greatest ririety.   Cliildrni':;   1;,^
Hata, over '20 different size.-i. from $1.7Jj t.> $1.0U. Just received from lb*- Fur t'ompauy. a bin:"' o-t,;
ment t'f BUFFALO ROUErf. which we «riil ^t-ll I.v ;
bale or singlo Robe.    LAUU^S' Fl/HS, all ti.r fasiu
abio atyles of Mulfrt, Boiv.'i.   Vlctoriue.';. Tipi*.:.. fi.
just mada up from good 61;iii«, and as low uc t!i-y .¦
be sold. Country-Merhoanta and tbc public counr-ilK'. .-
invited to examine our stock. a.i  they will fiii.l it w
selected, .-xnd at the lowest casli prices. Peptemberl5.135:i .-li,, j.
GREAT PRIZE MEDAL ARKIVEU
W^m   HICKEY&TULL,^o.
^^^U^V\l43 Chesout btreet. ab'-Vt- :ii:(.tli. ir-i:- ^¦•¦¦***^of Jonei>'Hotcl,rpcolvedth»I'rJzf M, I -1 awarded to them for the beat TR-WELINil TKi >;..s oxhibltedat tho World's Fair, in London. Ks,.l —[..in¬ the only exhibitors to whom auy award WH.s iii.ulf Their competition was with all tho \wr\d :i:id ll;' » have taken'THE prize;
They offer to Merchantit aud tho Trar.Iin - Cuinnii- nity thc largftst, best and tb.-.i.re.'Jt ;i-.-rtiiu :,i •¦¦ TRUNKS, VALISES, liAUS. .yr. to lv tmxx.d :u :;., city, andatvtry low prices • CaII aud .'-¦.¦.¦.
RICKEY t TULL. TrnDkllannfacturcrB, us Cliesnut sit., Piiir.tu. irim
September 1.^,1852.,  ;::ii ;j
GASf^ FIXTURES AND LA.Iil'S. npHE subscribers are Mauufacdi-
i rers of GAS FIXTURES, the Imvrovtd lm- l*il Lamp, tiaa and Lamp UhandilUrs. l\Mid:iiU;. S.,i:> BracketB-for Halls, Churches.^-c. UiriimJ-ile^. Uti-jn-^ Holdera, Hall Lanterns. Parlor Lamp.-*,aigiial Laiit.i:i.-. ke. Dealers will find it totheir n.lvaiiuii;.; i<> bnv .-1 tho manufacturers. Abo, on baud, i.aujf;;. i.ihi.-'-.s. Globes, Shades, aud "Wickif Best quality ..f I'inu oil, Caninhiu« and Burning Floid.
HEtOHiCK H0BNINO&lJR0...Manufa<lur.r<. Store Jio. 2il North Second struct, abcvc Vjui—Fao. tory 8l{ NoblcBtrcct, PiiiLAiiKi-FiiiA. \ N. B.-Ail* WORK WAflRANXEU.     J«p IS-Sin