Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXVL
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EDWAKD C. DARLINGTON,
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 80, 1852.
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THE HEIRESS AND HER WOOERS.
•¦-As the Diamond excels every jewel we Iind.
So Truth is the one peerless gem of tbe miml. A new iragetiy was about to bc brought forili at lhe Hayniarkci Theaire. Repori spoke loud¬ ly ol" iu merits, and report touched closely on llic name oi its author. Either Tolhot or Sirai- lord must have written it: those refiulor ailen- Jaiusai rehearsal, who seemed e.itially niterest- ed in everv simatioii.ciualiyai home in every point, tUronghoiu rhe piece. Some said that ii was a Rcaumiini and l-'leichor concern, in which l,o(h panic.', were itnidicoiod; and ibis conjee- mre did 11.11 appear improhahle, for the young men ill ijiio^^iion wt'H' indeed united together in bonds of"more ihan ordinary friendship. They Iiad heen schuolU'lIows and brother-colIegians; each iv,is 111 the enjoyment of an easy indepcn- tfciire, luid thiiir lasiea, pursuiis, and ways 0|- living u.n; vory similar. So congenial, indeed, were liicv in ias:ie, that ihey hed both fixed their (ireference on thesame lady ! Adelaide Linley wiis an accomplished and pretty heiress, who Ibrinnaiely for them, was the ward of Mr. (Jray- .'¦on, an eintncnl solicitor, wiih whom ihey had lecenily rcnewedan earlyaciiuainiance. Rival¬ ry, however, iailed of lis usual effect in their rase, it created no dissension between them ; in¬ deed, the manner of Adelaide was very far re¬ moved from coquetry, and although it was evi¬ dent lhat she preferred lhe friands to the rest of her wooers, she showed lo neither of them evi¬ dence of any feeling beyond tliose of friendship and good-will.
The night of the tragedy arrived. Mr. and i\Ir8. Grayson, iheir ward, and two or three of her "wooers," werein attendance before the risinf; of ilie cunain ; ihey were just as ignorant as other people iouching the precise identity ol llie drama'.iii about lu encounter ilic awful fiat oflhe pubhc. Talboi and Siratlord were ahel- lercd in the deep reccsacss of a private box; had ihey been ir, a public one, nobody cuuld have doubu'd which u":i> lhe hi;ro of ihe evening.— Talbut's liriislied rheeU, eager eye, and nervous resile=fiif~s, piauiiy indicated thai the tragedy wae not wriiicn on ihe Eeaunioni and Fletcher plan, but thai it ov.ed its e.xisience entirely to himself.
Thc cunain roie ; ihe iragedy was admirably performed, and many of ihe speeches were beau- lilully written; bm ii lacked ihe indescribable charm ol stage eilcct, so necessary to stage buc- cc?s; the laat acl was heavy and uninteresting, great disapprobution was expressed, and finally :uioihcr piece was announced for lhe succeeding evening t
Adebide was much cunct-rned ; ii niaiiered tioihing to her whether ihr pfay wa? written by Talbui or Siraiiord ; she wished well lo each of ihein, and syiiipathi/.cd in the disappointment of the author, Talboi, who had anticipated step¬ ping forward u, the from of the box, and grace¬ fully bowinii his acknowlcdgment.s to the ap- ]ilaii(i:ny atidtciu-c, now lound himself under thc nrt-c!rsiiy t)l making an ahrupt c.\ii, muttering invectivc.-= un iheir stupidity ; aud Siraiford re¬ paired Io liis owu lodgings, aware thai Talbot, in the prt-^tni jjtate ofhis mind, was unfitted for liie society oven of Ins favorite friend. The iit-'.xi murninij. rjiratford had half finished break¬ fast when 'j'niboi eniered the room. Slrailord was abuui lo atco.si him with a lively remark, that '¦ he hoped tlie severity of the audience had not spoiled his night's rest;" hut a momentary glance at his friend iold him lhat .-iuch a remark ^vould be eriieliy sarcastic ; it was quite clear ihai bis nighi'.s- rest Am/ been spoiled; it was <iuiie I ,'i:ar iliat what had been ** sport " to the jmblie )j:id been '• dcaili " tothe dramatist; it was (jHite cleat llial the *'Russian Brolhers." aliliuiigli tliey had ceased to e.\isl on the stage of llie ifayinjirket 'J'heaire, wero still hovering :\buiit. like .'-hadowy apparitions, " lo plague the jjiveiilor!"
¦¦ [lead ihc^e papers," soid Talbot, placing luur ur five newspapers in ihe hands of Sirai- iurd, " and do not wonder thai 1 look and feel miserable ai having ihus exposed myself to the derision uf the world."
Stratford hastily finished a cup of cofl'ee, and pushed away a I'usi broken egg; it seemed quite unfeeling to iliitik of eating and drinking in the presence of so much wretchedness. lie lurned lo the drainatii: anicle of one newspaper after anoiher, e.\pceiiiig to find his friend victimized, t^landered, and laughed lo seorn ; but in reality, :is my readers may perhaps bo prepared ibhcar, llic eriiics were very fair, rtiaaonablc critics, in¬ deed ; and it wa.^-- only ihe sensitiveness of the au¬ thor which hail coiivericd ilieni ituo weapons ol oflence.
" I am Mire," said Sirailord, alicr the scruiiny wa? roni'liidcd. " the dramatie critic of the ' 'J'ijnes ' speaks very kindly of you ; does not he say tbat there is much beauty in many ol the epeeche.«only tbe (Irainii is uiwuiied for repro- t-rentaiion t"
"Exactly so,'' replied Talboi dryly; "the cnly defect he finds in it is, that ii is perfectly unsuiied lor ibc j'urpose for whirli it was writ¬ ten !"
"But" poisi-tcd Suailoid, " he sayd lhat he is certain you would succeed better in a seeond attempi."
".Asl bball mosi a.ssuiedly never make a second aiicinpi," replied Talbui, " his opinion, or thai of any one else on the subjeci, is of very little importance lo me."
"Surely, however," said Stratford, "it is better to receive the commendation of writers of judgment and ability, ihan the applouae ol the one shilling gallery. Arbuscuia was an ae¬ 'i rees on thc Roman singe, who laughed at the Iiitses of the poimlace, while she received the applause of the knights."
Talboi only replied lo this anecdote by a mul- lered exclamaiion of Impaiieucc.
And here lei me give a few words of advice 10 my readers. Whenever yon condole with liiosc in irouble, do il in ihc old-fasliioned cut- aiid-dried way; it is true ihal your stock-phrasea and tedious truisms may cause you to be called a bore, but thousands of highly respectable, con- tioling friends have been called bores before you, and iliousands will be called so afier you. Gut if you divt-tize ai all irom the beaien track, and aiifnijii to introduce a literary allusion, or ven¬ ture oil -J cla^^viral illustration, depend upon ii you V. lil be cited ever allerwards aa an extreme¬ ly ii;iri:.la:ini;(i person, intent alone on display- >uo yoar own wil ur wisdom, instead ot proper¬ ty eiiierin;- mio ibe sorrows oi your friend.
"1 be 'Muniiiiy Chronicle,' " resumed Sirat¬ lord, ".^iieaU. Irybiyathe ^cene beiween the brolhers ai-!,e end d .1^- se.-ond act."
roplie.n-aiboi, " utid lhe  'Morning '- by advising  me
' said hat   I
Chrunic!
liid.i up lUeriiii never to wjiu- anmlier drama.'
"Did you nui say jusl i.iiw ih„ y„„ „e^„ i„. iendcd lo do so ^   asked .Stratlurd.
" Iiow 1 ui.-li, Sirailurd," cx<:lainicd Talboi. .jiipeiuously, " thai I could make you enter m-' io my feeling.';. How very dill'eremly you would iliiiik and speak if i/h;c were the author of aeon- denined tragedy !"
" i do not consider," said Sirailord, " that If huch were the case, I ahould in any respeci ihiiik or apeak dificrcnily. I should feel far more jilcasure in knowing lhat I had written a work Avhich deserved to be successful, than mortifica¬ iion at the want of good taste in a mixed and jiiit^jiidglng audience, which had caused it to fail (if sucei;;.-:;."
."^traiturd, having been uufbrtunate in his prc- viou.4 aiiempis ai consolation, had taken some ji-jins ll) dcviiic a prettily turned speech ; but he lillle iliniighi how completely successful it would prove ; the i oimleiiance of Talhoi actually light¬ ed Willi pleasure.
" .\rc yon really sincere in whai you have -.-aid r be replied. " I have a panicular reason ior wishing uj know ; do not reply to me in a iiurry; lake a few minutes for consideration."
.Somcwliai surprised, !~iraiford began the course of memal examination prescribed by his friend; and tbc result of it wa.s thai, although he had only meant to speak civilly, he lound lhat lie had been speaking truly ; for Stratford had a {Treat admiration for literary talents, and a great ¦wish to possess them ; he also knew that Ade¬ laide Linley was a warm admirer of dramatic poetry ; he could not doubt iliat her judgment would lead her lo approve of the '* Rusfiian Brothers;" and, in regard to ita condemnatien, she, like every othor intelligent person, must be fully aware that the plays that read best in the closet arc often least adapted to the stegi.
I have considered the matter agm Stratford,aftera pause, "andl repeat previously said; I should be giad lo be the aulhor of the 'Russian Brothera,' even al¬ lhough it Ii.iH been condemned ; but after all, Talbot, how useless is this conversation! no good wishes on your part, or aspiring wishes on my own, can mako aie the aulhor of a drama to which I never contributed an idea or a line."
" Vcr," said Talbot, " I do not see why ihe business might not be arranged to our mutual saiisfaciion. You wish to be known as thc au- hor of this play ; I, perhapa foolishly and irri- ably. repeat that I ever wrote it; no oue but ourselves is aware whieh of us ia the author; why should you not own it ? I will most joyful¬ ly give up my claim lo you." * Stratford waa a lillle startled ai this proposi¬ tion.
" But should the deception be discovered," he aaid, "people will allege that, like the jay, I have been struttiuE in borrowed plumes."
Not at all," replied Talbot; " your plumes flre not borrowed, but arc willingly bestowed upon you hy the owner; besides, how should any discovery ensue, except from our own dis- trlosurcs / You, o( course, will not wiah to dis¬ own what you consider it a credii to gain; and, for myself, I give you my word lhat, should the ' Russian Brolhers ' be destined to aiiain high eelebrily at a fuiurc day, I shall never asseri my rights of paternity—liiey are the ciiildren ol your adoption ; bin, remember, you adopt ihem for life."
" Willingly," replied Stratford; "and now lei us pay a visit at Mr. Grayson's house. Doubt¬ less lhe fair Adelaide will be impatieni lo pour balm into the wounds suffered by one of Iier adorers ; pity is someiimea akin to love."
" Il is more frequently akin to contempt," murmured Talbot, in too low a voico to bc Iieard; but nevertheless the friends proceeded on their way, talking much less cheerfully, and looking much less contented than might be sup¬ posed, when it is considered lhat ihey had re¬ cenlly eniered into a compact so satisfactory tu boih of them. I wish I could say that conscience [)ore any share in their disquietude, and thai each felt grieved and humiliated at the idea that he was violating the sacred puriiy of truth ; bui such w.^3 not the cose. Eilher Talbot or Sirai- iord would have shrunk from the idea of telling a falsehood of malignity or dishonesty ; but tbe poliie uniruiha of convenience or ilaltcry were as *' household words " in their vocabulary. A dim foreboding of evil, however, now seemed 10 over-shadow them. Talbot had something ol lhe same sensation which a man may be suppos¬ ed to have who has cast off a troublesome child in a fit of irritation. Hia iragedy had been a source of great disappointment and mortificaiion 10 him ; but slill it uaa his own ; it had derived existence from him ; he had spent many ledious Jays nnd nighta watching over it before he could bring it to perfection ; he was not quiio happy in the idea that he had forever made over all right and tiilo in it to anoiher. Stratford also was somewhoi dispirited ; he could not help thinking about a paper in the " Spectator " con¬ cerning a " ^lounlain of Miseries," where Ju¬ piter allowed every one lo lay down iiis own misery, and take up ihai of anoiher person, each individual in the end being bhterly dissatisfied with the result of ihe experiment. Stratford had laid down his literary insignificance, and taken lip thc burden of unauccessful authorship; should he live to repent it? This in ilie course ol a liltle time will appear.
Adelaide Linley sal in the drawing room of her guardian, eagerly awaiting a visit from her two favoriie admirers. She was not alone, neither was one of her " wooers " with heV.— Her companion waa a ciuiet-Iooking young man, whose personal appearance had nothing in it to recommend him to noiice, although a physioc- nomist would have been siruck with the good expression of his countenance. His name was Alton, and he was the confidential clerk of her guardian. He had never presumed to address lho heiress, save with distant respeci; but she valued him for the excellent qualities which had made hini a high favorite with Mr. Grayson, and always treated hJni with kindness and con¬ sideration. On the presGnt occasion, however, ehe was evidently somewhat out of humor, and accepied the sheet of paper from him, on which Jie had been transcribing for her some passages from a new poem, with a cold expression of ihanks. AUon lingered a moment at the door ofthe room. "There is peculiar beauty, be said, " in the closing lines of tho last passage." " There is," replied the heiress, carelessly; " bui 1 should scarcely have ihought, Mr. Alion, that you would have taken much imerest in po¬ etry ; why did you not accompany us laat nighi, 10 seo the new iragedy, although so repeatedly pressed to do eo?"
" I had a re'ason for declining logo, Miss Lin¬ ley," said Allon.
" Probably you disapprove of dramatic repre¬ sentations," said Adelaide; "in which easel approve your consistency and conscientiousness in refusing lo frequent them."
.Mion would have liked lo be approved by .-\delaidc; hut he liked to speak the iruih slill bctier.
" That waH not my reason," he replied ; "1 do not disapprove ofthe drama, nor could I ex¬ pect anything that vns not perfectly excellent and unexceptionable from the reputed authors of the iragedy in question—1 had another reason," " May I beg lo know il ?" said Adelaide, hall ill jest and half in earnest.
Alton's cheek became flushed, but he replied, "I am not in the habii of withholding ihe Irnih, when expressly asked for it. I never go to public amusements, because I objeci to the ex¬ pense."
Alton could scarcely have made any speech lhat would more have loweicd him in Adelaide's estimalion. The young can make allowance , for " the good old gentlemanly vice " of ava¬ rice, in those who have lived so many yeara in the world that gathering gold appears to iheni as suitable a pastime for age as ihat of gathering flowers for childhood ; but avarice in youih, like a lock of white hair in the midai ol sunny curls, aeems sadly out of ita place. Adelaide knew thai Alton received a liberal stipend from her guardian, and thai he had also inherited somc property from a cousin ; he had not any near relations, he was doubtless hoarding entirely for his own profit; he was a gold worshipper in a small way, accumulating the precious metal by petty economies in London, instead of going out manfully to dig it up by lumps in California! She therefore merely replied, " You are verv prudent, Mr. Alton," wilh a marked and mean¬ ing intonation of the last word, wliich converted il into a severe epigram, and took up a book with an air of such unmistakable coldness, ihat the discomfited economist waa glad to beat a retreat. Adelaide's solitude was soon more agreeably enlivened by the arrival of Talboi and Str.iiford. Talboi quickly dispelled all em- barrasament as to the aubject of ihe tragedy, by playfully saying, " I bring with nie an ill-fated author, who I am sure you will agree with me d.eserved much heiter treatment than he has met with."
Hereupon Adelaide ollered words of consola, lion, and very sweet, kind, and winning words they were ; indeed, Stratford deemed them quite .sufficient to compensate for the failure of a tra¬ gedy; but then, we "must remember that Strat¬ ford was not really the author of the " Russian lirotliers ;" his wounds were only fictitious, and therefore it was no very difficult task to heal ihcin. Possibly Talbot might have fell a liltle imeasy at Adelaide's exceas of kindness, had he been present during the whole of Stratford's visit; but Talbot had soon made his escape to his club; he had several friends there, who suspected him of having written the Iragedy of the preceding niyhi; ^ few hours ago he had dreaded ihc idea ol meeting them ; but now he encountered them with fearless openness, ex¬ pressing his concern for the failure of Stratford's tragedy, and remarking that ",he poor fellow waa so terribly cut up about it, ,hni he had ad¬ vised him to keep quiet for a lew days, and let the affair blow over."
ofthe friends was very similar, and the blotted, interlined manuscript revealed no secrets as to ita eapecial inditer. "Remember," said Ade¬ laide, as she playfully received it, " that I con¬ sider this aa a gift, not as a loan ; it will proba- conclude bly be introduced into various circles." Talbo
much.   I rescind my proposal.   I will only re. 1 ing great friends; indeed Mr. Talbot was quite '    " However that might he," exclaimed Cap-
quire you to make known the truth under a atrict! confidential wilh Trebeck a yearago, when atay-.tain Nesbitt,   "he has proved himself not loo
promiiieofsBcrecy to one individual." ing with him in the country-liouse'of a mutual; dull lo devise and succeed in admirable matri-
A;id that individual ia Adelaide Linley, I 'friend, and actually was so kimi'aa lo read to " monial speculation: and, as for his aysiem of
said Stratford.     "It is,"  replied! him  the beautiful   tragedy of the "Russian  hoarding, perhapa the fair  Adelaide, although
let Adelaide but know me as I really ] Brolhers," to which he had just put the finish-  she objected to it in an indifferent person, may
Talbot was present at the timo, and felt a pang am, ard I do not heed—at least I will endeavor | ing stroke. Mr,Talbot did not lel any one not disapprove of it in a huaband. "Heiresses of inexpressible acuteness at the idea of the off- not tc heed—the opinion of the world; besides, | else know a word about it, and in fact extracted arc always terribly afraid of marrying men who spring of hia own brain being paraded in " va- Stratford, recollect that if you marry Adelaide,; a promiae of thc strictest secrecy from Trebeck, ¦ are likely to dissipate their money." rious circles " aa thc production of Stratford.- she mjst certainly find out the deception event- 'the reason was, that h3 meant to produce lhe! " When is the marriage to take place?" ask- He could not ofier any opposition to Adelaide's j ually ; she can never believe that the fount of \ iragedy on the slagc, nnd had a terrible nervous ed Slratford, with affected carelesanesa. intentions; but he revenged himsclfbyconstant I poetrj haa suddenly dried up witbin you ; no ;*e=r of failure, a fear which was unfortunately' " I believe in a fow weeks," aaid Captain taunting allusionn to the mortifications ot an un- I doubt, indeed, she has already begun to wonder ! realized by the event; I suppose bscause it waa , Nesbitt; J'that is, it nothing should happen to successful dramatist, shunned by the manager, ; that you have not given vent to ' a wo ful aon-] too good for the audience to understand. Tre-1 prevent. I think I could set it aside at once, if scorned by the perforiuers, and even a subject | net ra.ide to your mistress'eyebrow.'" [beck kept the secret'most admirably, never j I look interest enough in Adelaide to make it
of sarcastic pity to the scene shifters ! 1    Stn.tford reiurned no answer, but tho conver- ¦ breathing a word of it even to me, till the bril-  worth my while to do so. I could communicate
Theae speeches hurt and offended Stratford, laation left a deep impression on his mind ; and j liant success oflhe published play of course j to her something respecting Alton which would especially as they.were always made in the pres-lhe ieh lhat it would indeed be the most honest j took ofi the embargo of silence, and  now  we j decidedly lower him in her opinion," ence of Captain Nesbili, another ofthe'-wooers" ! and u^iright courae lhat he could pursue, to con-1 tell it to everybody;  and Trebeck,  I assure |    "Indeed!" exclaimed Stratford, eagerly.
thedeieclionbyonepanyof some .-light viola-'     ^il(IntICl|JiUn ^Tl)IPrttSnUrnt)3.
lionof truth on the part of the other.    Ofi on such ' —-.__-— .——: .^.-..	
a violation ia committed with no ill inieni; nay, j CHEAP
olten, indeed, is it done wiih the kind motive of;    WATCHES, JEWELRY  AXD  SILVER WARE,
spanngsomelinIeiroubleoran.xieiy lotliobc-nfTT-HOLESALE iUlU Kulail, at; loved one. A trifling trouiile i.i concealed, a ^> .v... 7-i n. Second Street. <.(,po^iie the .Mount I ,mall expen.'^e kept in ihc back-iiround, the visit   ^;;.^''':"''''"^''    <',?'<! Lever Wat.die^ i.iU j-^v-     y^
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ofthe heiress, who shared Talbot's ne'wly-born jealousy of Stratford, and consequently waa de¬ lighted both to prompt and keep up any line of conversation likely to humiliate him inthe prea- ence of his lady-love.    A shon time ago Talbot
fess the whole truth to Ac^claide, and thon sil¬ ently to withdraw himself Irom the literary so¬ ciety af which he was sO/Uttlo calculated to bo a member. Nor was this resolutions of Strat¬ ford's so great a sacrifice as might be imagined
(d Slratford had been generous and amicable | he hai for aome time felt himself very little ai
rivals ; hut ihcy had ceaaed to walk together in peace from the period when they entered the crooked paths of dissimulation. When Adelaide bad aiieniively read the manuscript tragedy,she, transcribed it in a lair hand ; she had already fixed on a destination for il. One of the oldesi friend's of Adelaide's lale faiher waa a fashion¬ able London publisher- Adelaide had kept up frequent intercourse with liim, and waited on bim wilh her manuscript, secure of being kind¬ ly received, even if he did not grant her request. Fonunaiely, however, for her, he had been present at the representation of the " Russian Uroiliers," und had been extremely struck with the beauty ofthe dialogue, and he readily agreed to pnni it. Whon the proofs were ready, Ade¬ laide, quite sure ihai ahe should be giving greai pleasure lo Stratford, announced to him what she had done.
Stratt'brd nervously started, and gave a hurri¬ ed, apprehensive glance at Talboi.
" It will be certain to be a iavoriie with the eading public, willii not7" said Adelaide, ad¬ dressing Talbot.
" 1 am sure it will," answered Talbot, wiih animation, forgetting for the moment everything iiiii ihal he waa the author of lhe"Ru38iafl IJrothers," and that the "Russian Brothera" was going to he printed. " How well the scene will read between the brothers at the end oflhe .second act !"
"It will, indeed," returned Adelaide, with an approving glance at Talboi, whom ahe had late¬ ly suspected of iieing somewhat enviona of the genius of his rival; " really, we must try and inspire our friend with a liule more confidence. 1 don't ihink he is at all aware of hia own tal-
ease t.mong his brilliant new associates ; he was aware that he was only " cloth of fiieze," al¬ though circurnstancea had for a time matched him -vilh " cloth of gold." He could not re¬ spond to the literary quotations and allusions consiunily made in his presence. He had heard some wonder expressed that he had no scraps in hia portfolio to show confidentially to admir¬ ing frienda ; and the edilor of a leading periodi¬ cal had kindly suggested lo him a subject for a lale i.i blank verse, which, if written at all in the 31 yle of the tragedy, ahould, he said, receive imnudiaieaiiettion from him. Then, in other circUs, young ladies had requested contribu¬ tions for their albums, and Adelaide had more than once expressed her wiah to have new words writtsn for sorae of her favorite old airs.
Stratford, the morning after hia conversation with Talboi, sought lho presence of Adelaide, rcsoli-ed that, if his courage did not fail him, he would make a confeaaion of hia misdeeda, and an offer ofhis hand and hean before he left the house. He found Adelaide, as he bad wished, alone ; she was reading a letter when he enter¬ ed, and it dropped on the ground as she rose to receive him; he lifted it up, and recognized the hand in which it was written; it was that of Captain Nesbitt, and lhe letter appeared to be of seme length.    Stratford  felt  disposed  to bo
you, 13 not a Httle proud of the confidence repo-! "Has Alton, then, been guilty of any deviation sed in htm by his literary friend." from the truth ?" '
Adelaide read this pan of the letter with in-j    Poor Stratford! " He that is giddy thinks the
credulous surprise, imagining that Emma was under some misapprehension; but when she came to refiect on past eveuts, she could not but sec that it waa very likely to be true; sho had several times been much atruck with lho inconsis¬ tency of Stratford's conversation^and his repu¬ ted literary talents, and had felt surprised that he should so invariably have resisted all persua¬ sion, even from herself, to give any furiher proof of hia poetical abiliiiea. Il might seem astoniahing that Talbot should ao freely have acquiesced in this usurpation ; but Emma's let¬ ter threw light on the subject, by alluding to Talbot's nervous horror of failure, and Ade¬ laide's quick apprehension soon enabled her to see the real siaie of ihefcfaae, and to become sorrowfully convinced thatJCaptain Wesbitt woe not the only ono of her'* wooers" who had shown himself regardless^^of the sacred taws of truth.
Reluctantly, but steadily, did the younE heir- eps prepare herself to act as she considered for lhe best under the circumstances. She wrote to Talbot and to Stratford, requesting ihat they would each wait upon her at the same time on the following day. Neithftrof them suspected the reason of this aummorfe; Talbot had indeed almosi forgoiten the existence of the silly, good- natured Trebeck ; he ha3 read the " Russian Broihera" to him, becauae, like most writers, he felt the wish, immediately after completing a work, to obtain a hearer  for it; and  because.
ralher jealous ; Captain Nesbiit was well con-   like some writers, ho had a great deal of vanity,
Talbot ond Stratford dined logciher; both were in good spirits; neither of them had yet begun to feel any of the evils of the deceptive course they were pursuing.   A week passed and the sky was no longer so fair and cloudless. Adelaide's pity for Stratford waa evidently far more akin to love than contempt; she was an admirer of genius, and was never wearied of talking about the tragedy, which had really made a deep impression upon her.   She reques¬ ted Strotford to let her have the rough copy of it; the request  was not so embarrassin, might  be  supposed, for  Stratford   had been obliged to ask Talbot lo give it to him, that he might be able td answer Adelaide's continual (questions as to the conduct of the story and de- velopmem of the characters i the handwriting
¦'Idon't ihink he is, indeed," said Talbot, with a distant approach to a sneer.
" But my favorite passage," pursued Ade¬ laide, " is the soliloquy of Orlofl", in the third act.   Will you repeal it, Mr. Stratford?"
Stratford began to repeat it as blunderingly and monotonously as he had been wont to re- [leai "My name i.4 Norval" in hia schoolboy days ; but Talbot quickly look possession of it. and reciied it with feeling and spirit.
" How .'¦trange it 1;-," said Adelaide, " thai author.^ rarely give efiect lo their own writings I But how beautitnl is ihe.veniimenl of that speech —more beautiful, J ihink, every limeonc hears it. How did you feel, Mr. Stratford when you wrote those lines f
Stratford declared, wiih sincerity, ihat he had not the slightest recollection how he felt; and Adelaide asked Talbot lo repeat anoiher speech, and praised his memory and feeling, in  return for which he praised her good taste.   Poor Tal¬ bot, he was somewhat in the position of the hero of a   German  lale ; a kind of  metempsychosis seemed to have taken  place In relation to him¬ self and friends, and he did not know whether to be delighted that his tragedy should be admired, or angry thai   it should  be admired as ihe com¬ position of Stratford.    All contradictory feelings, however,   merged  into  unmistakeable resent¬ ment and didconleiit when thc iragedy was pub¬ lished ;  it becnmo decidedly popular; iho   Re¬ views accorded wonderfully in their commenda- tion of ii, and the first edition was speedily sold off.    Stratford's name was not prefixed to it, at his own especial  request; he did not want to plunge deeper inio thc mazes of falsehood than he had already done.    Bui Talbot had proclaim¬ ed with such unwearied perseverance that Slrat¬ ford was the author of the condemned tragedy, that his name on the title page would have been quite an unnecessary ideniiltcation.    Poor Tal¬ bot ! he certainly had much to try his patience at present.   Stratford received abundance of in¬ viiaiions, in virtue of his successlul authorship ; he went to many parties in the cliaracter of a lion, where he was treated wiih much solemn rever¬ ence, and  his most  commonplace  remark was evidently treasured as   the  quintessence of wit and judgment.    These festivities Talbot did noi wish lo share.    But frequently Stratford waa in¬ viied  to   literary,  rrul  literary  parties,  where everybody in the room wns celebrated for doing something  better ilian it   is dune by peopic in general ; and were any half-dozen guests laken at random from the assemblage, they would have sufiiccd to stud an ordinary party with stars.— Here Slratford was introduced to brilliant novel¬ ists, exquisite poets, profound scholars, and men of searching science.    Here, also, he met with liierary women, as gentle and unassuming as they were gifted and celebrated, who wore iheir laurels wilh aa  much  simplicity aa if theyhad been wild flowers; and who, ko  far from  pos¬ sessing any ofthe old-fashioned pedantry which has  aptly been   defined as   "intellectual  lighi lacing," were ready to converse on the mosi trite and every day subjects—casiing, however, uver every subject on whichthey conversed, ihe pure and cheering sunshine of genius. •
All these new acquaintances of Stratford's were extremely kind and encouraging in their manner towards him, inquiring into his taatea and employments, praising him for what he hod already done, and encouraging him to do more in fulure. Such sociely nnd such conversaiion would have realized Talbot's earliest aspirations, and he could not willingly cede those privileges to a man who had never written half a dozen lines to deserve ihem. Yet Talboi was not a vain nor a selfish man; had Stratford been real¬ ly gifted by nature wiih superior abilities to his own, he would have been quile satisfied that he should have reaped ihe harvest of them. But that Slratford shouid be distinguiahed at once by tho notice ofthe gifted ones of eanh, ond by the smiles of Adelaide Linley, aad that he might himself have been occupying that doubly envi¬ able position, had he only kept in the simple path of truth-it was indeed a trial to the nerves andto the temper. At length, one day, when the rivals were alone, the smouldering fire burst forth.
"lain verynmch surprised, Stratford," said Talbot, ilaitering himself that he was speaking in a remarkably cool, self-posaeaaed lone, when in reality his cheekH were flushed with excite¬ ment, and his voice Irembled with irritation— " ] am very much surprised that you can con¬ tinue Iroju day to day to enjoy literary celebrity to which you must feci thai you have not the shadow ofa chilni."
Slratford did not return an angry answer to his friend ; he waa on the winning side, and suc¬ cessful people can always afford to be good-tem¬ pered. " I do not see," he replied, "howl can possibly escape alJ the marks of kindness and distinction thai arc shown to me."
" Have you any wish to escape thera ?" asked Talbot, snceringly.
"Before you reproach me," said Stratford, " I think you should remember at whose sug¬ gestion the deception was firat entered into."
" I did not foreacc tho consequences," said Talbot.
"Pardon me," said Stratford ; "the conse¬ quences were foreseen by both of us. I remark, ed that I was unwilling to strut, tike lhe jay, in borrowed plumes; and you replied that if the "Russian Brothers" altained the greatest celeb¬ rity, you would novcr asbert your rights of pa¬ ternity."
'• You certainly possess an excellent memory said Talbot, sarcastically, " whatever other nicnial attributes you may bc deficient in. I re¬ member the promiae of secrecy to which you al- mde, but no promise was made on your pan; therefore if you are inclined to descend from your usurped poaiiion, and give it up to the rightful owner, there is no cause why you ahould retrain from doing ao."
" ^""^ •^''" y°" really," asked Stratford, with surprise, - expect thai I should expose myself lo the censure and ridicule of society for the pur- ,po60 ofremslaling you in rights which you vol¬ untarily made over to me 1"
Talbot paused some tima before he replied.— " I feel," he said, " that I have expected too
necud, remarkably handsome, very lively, and had, like Captain Absolute, " an air of success aboul him which was mighty provoking."
" Do not let me interrupt your perusal of that leiter," he said, rather coldly and stiffly.
" You have doubtless," said Adelaide, with a smile, " seen the handwriting ; you do not prevent me from reading the leiter—I have jusi finished it ; and although your visit may cause my answer to il to be delayed a little while longer, the delay is of no manner of importance, since I shall only writes few lines of no very ugreijable purport."
"2 pity the poor fellow from my hearl," ex¬ claimed Slratford, and he spoke with sincerity ; he could atford to pity Captain Nesbitt when he knew lhat Adelaide was about to reject him.
" He does noldesen'e your pity," said Ade¬ laide-.
"Can lhe gentle and kind-hearted Adelaide express herself so harshly ?" asked Stratford, feeI^^g moro and more generously inclined to¬ wards his rival, when he saw how rauch he waa disdained. " I must explain rayself," said Adelaide ; Ibi I should be very sorry that you (and the delighted lover actually fancied that he detected asliijht emphasis on the word you) should bc lievE me to be hard-hearted and unkind. Captain Nesuitt has considerably fallen in my estima¬ tion during the last few daya, I have received abundant proofs that he does not always love and respect the truth."
Slratford began to feel raiher nervous ; he had a particular dislike lo conversation which turned on the subject of love and respect for the truth. " Captain Nesbitt," coniinued Adelaide, " wien he first became acquainted witii me, info:*nied me that, although hia present property was but limited, he expected to succeed to the estates of an old and infirm uncle reaiding in Wales. I was lately in company with a family who happened to live in the immediate neigh¬ borhood of this wealthy old uncle ; he has indeed large estates, but he has two sons in excellent heallh, lo inherit them."
Adelaide here paused, expecting to hear an exclamation of indignant surprise from Strai- lord ; but it waa not uttered. Stratford was by no means troubled with an over development of conscientiousneas, and it appeared to him that Captain Nesbitt had committed a very venial offence in keeping two Welsh cousins in the background, who raight have interfered so ma- lerJilly wuh his interests.
Doubtless," he at length remarked, "thia subcrfuge on Captain Nesbitt's part waa owing to tie excess of his affection for you."
" I doubi it very much," said Adelaide; "af¬ fection is always prone to overrate the good qualities of its objeci ; now Captain Nesbiii mu^it have greatly underrated mine, if he could deem It likely that, possessing as I do an ample sufficiency of the goods of fortune, it could make any difference to me whether the lover of my choice were wealthy or oiherwise."
" Could you not in any case deem an untruth e.YC:i3abIe?" aaked Stratford.
"In none," replied Adelaide; "but there are casea In which I deem it particularly innex- ctisible ; the falsehoods of pride or vanity, the assumption of being bet'ter, or richer, or wiser tha 1 we really are—these are, in my opinion, as contemptible as thay are reprehensible."
' Menof the T/orld," pursued Stratford, "are apt to think very little of an occasional devia- lion from truth."
'¦ Pardon rae," said Adelaide, "ifl entirely difisr from you. Should one man of ihe world lax anoiher with the violation of truth in home¬ ly, downright phrase, what is the consequence? the insult la considered so unbearable, that in maay casea the offender has even been called on to expiate his words with his life. Now, ifa defarture from truth be so mere a trifle, why should not the accusation of having deparied from truth be also considered as a trifle?"
£iraiford waa silent; his shallow sophistry could not contend wiih Adelaide's siraightfor- ward rightraindedness, and he was rejoiced when the entrance of visitors put an end to the conversaiion. A tele a tele with Adelaide had on that morning no charms for him ; he lacked nej ve for eilher a confession or a proposal I Per¬ haps, however, it would have been better for Slratford if he could havo summoned courage to have ouialaid the visitors, and revealed every¬ lhing to Adelaide ; for discovery waa impend¬ ing; over hia head from aquaner where he could no: possibly expect it, inasmuch aa he waa ig¬ norant of the very existence of the peraon about to give the information. Every one must have been repeatedly called on to remark, tliat in so¬ ciety there seems tobe a mysterious agency perpetually at work, bearing news from one quarter lo anoiher apparently quite unconnected withit. In every class or aet we meet with some person who makes us cognizant of the sayings and doings of another.class or set, from wdiich we have been hiiherto removed at an luimeasurable distance. Often the information thus gained is desultory and uninteresting, and It passes away from our mind almost as soon aa w: receive it; occasionally it strikes upon aome ccnnecling chord,and we eagerly listen and re¬ spond to it.
When Adelaide Linley left scliool, ahe had, like most young girls, a favorite iriend, wiih whom she kept up a regular correapondence, at tl:e rale of three sheets of rose-colored note-pa¬ per a week. Emma Penryn, however lived In Cornwall; and aa year after year paat by, and the friends never met, the correspondence deci¬ dedly slackened. Still, however, it was never wholly given up, and Adelaide had written to har friend shortly after the introduction of Tal- bjtand Stratford to her, mentioning their names, a;id speaking of them aa likely lo prove pleas- ait and desirable acquaintance. The day after ^.delalde's interview with Stratford, a letter ar- r ved for her from Emma Penryn. She apolo¬ gized for her long silence, and gave an excellent nason for it; sho had been receiving the ad dresses, of a very desirable admirer, who had at length proposed, an4 been accepted ; he waa a Cornish man, and his property lay within a fljw mites of that of her father. After entering iato numerous details regarding the carriage; trousseau, and the marriage settlement (young lidies in the nineteenth century are very opt to t ilk and write about the marriage settlement,) tie bride-elect continued—
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and had been flattered by the deferential admi¬ ration of a man much inferior to him, and frrm whom he need not fear any distasteful criticism. Talbot knew Trebeck lo be perfectly honora¬ ble, and if he had ever thought of him at all, he would have remembered the promise of se¬ crecy he had exacted from him, and would have fell quile at ,ease. It never entered his mind that circumstances might happen whicii would induce Trebeck to consider himself absolved from his promise, and thai,as the "Russian Brolhers" had been published without a name, it was perfectly natural and probable that th9 Cornish squire might be ignorant that the Lon¬ don world of letters imputed ihe authorship of it to Stratford, and not to Talbot. The rivals were punctual lo iheir appointment, anticipa¬ ting nothing more important than that they should be invited lo join a party lo a flower- show or the opera house, of Adelaide did not keep iheni in suapense, but snid that she wish ed to read to them par: of a letter which she had recently received. When ahe had finished, she told them that she had conaidered It right to make them acquainted with thla statement, and aaked ifthey had anything to say in refuta¬ tion of it. They looked confused, and were silent. Stralford was the first lo speak- " For¬ give me for my seeming assumption of lalents not my own," lie said ; and remember that my motive was to aave a friend from the mortifica. lion of acknowledging a deleai."
"I cannoi conceive that such was your only motive," replied Adelaide: "you evidently took pride and plea.<jure in your new character. Did you attempt (o suspend the publication of the drama I Did you shrink Irom the distinctions that followed it ? No ; you courted popularity, and enjoyed it, knowing ull the time that you had done nothing lo merit it, and that the whole of the applause thai you received wns in reality the right of your friend I"
Adelaide's words sounded a knell to the hopes 0. Stratford, but they seemed " merry as a marriage bell" to the eager ears of Talbot.— " Dearest Adelaide," he said, " how kindly, how gratifying do you speak of my talents ! They are enlirely dedicated to you ; and all lho laurels that they may hereafter gain for me shall be laid at your feet!"
" Do not irouble yourself to bc so very graie¬ ful, Mr. Talbot," replied Adelaide. " You wil' be litlie obliged lo me when you have listened 10 all that I have to say to you. Your talents arc imdonbiedly great, but I do not consider that vividness of imagination and elegance of composition conatiiute a man of really fine; mind, any more than a suit of regimentals and an acquaintance with military lartlcsconstituie a brave soldier. 1 may continue ihe parallel.— You entered the field of baiile by your own choice, knowing that it was possible you might meet with defeat. Your firsl defeat came, ond what was the course you pursued ? Did you re. solve to try again with added vigor ? No, you determined to conceal that you had tried at all; you deserted the noble ranks to rt-hich you be¬ longed, to aink into ihe mass of commonplace beings ; and ahould your Conduct never become generally known, rely upon it that all literary men who sit in judgmeni upon you will unani¬ mously sentence you to be cashiered for cowar¬ dice !"
Slravford breathed a little more freely during this speech ; It was a great relief to his feelinga 10 hear his friend so severely reproved.
" I will not," pursued Adelaide, " dwell up¬ on the offence that you have mutually commit¬ ted in departing from the straight, clear, and beauiiful path of truih ; you well know my opinion on me eubject. I could never feel hap¬ py in a near connection, or even in an intimate friendship, wiih any one who did not know and revere truth  aa I  have  always done.    I  shall
world turns round;" and he had no idea that a lover could offend in any other way than by de¬ viating irom the truth.
" I do not know that Alton has told any un¬ truth." said Captain Nesbitt; "but I have reason to think that he has kept back the truth." That they may do quite as well," ihought Sirailord, "when one has to deal with so scrup uloua a person aa Adelaide," and he requested Captain Nesbitt, "did not resemble the faiher in an old song of O'Keefe's— ' Who, dying, bequeathed to his son a. good name!' He was, like his son, a confidential clerk—not, however, to a solicitor, but to a Liverpool mer¬ chant. He repaid the confidence of his employ¬ er by embezzling aundry sums of money, which he hazarded at the gaming table. At length, the frequency of his losses occasioned film to commit a more daring act than a breach of trust; he forged the name of the merchani to a banking house check; discovery ensued, and ho only escaped the punishment of the lau- hy commilling suicide. This event happened five years ago, and is fresh in the remembrance of many persons in Liverpool."
"But do you not think it likely that Alton may have revealed iheae facts to Adelaide?" asked Stratford.
" I do not think It in the least likely ihat he should have proved hiraself auch a blockhead ?" replied Caption Nesbitt. "Adelaide would never marry the son of a man who only escaped hanging by suicide 1"
" They do not hang for forgery in these days," said Stratford.
" So much the worse," said Captain Nesbitt. It ia a crime that cannot be too severely punish¬ ed. I remember hearing ihat. many years ago, a man waa hung for forging the ace of spades : I wish those good old times would come back again."
Slratford waa silent; not all his pique, nor all hia jealousy, could induce him to think thai it would be desirable for the limea lo come back again, when a man was hanged for forging the ace of spades !
The ne.\t day, Stralford called at Mr. Gray- 3on'3,,and found Adelaide alono in the drawing room. She looked a Utile surprised at seein, him, but received him as she would have done a common acquaintance. Stratford congratulated her on her future prospects, and uttered some forced commendations onthe e.\cellence of Al¬ ton's character.
"He affords a convincing "proof," he aaid, with a little trepidation, "that the son of an un¬ worthy faiher need not necessarily tread in hia ateps.''
There are so many similar instances of that facl," aaid Adelaide, "that I think ihere is noth¬ ing asionishin^f in them. The good and bad qualities of a father are not, like land estates, entailed upon bia aon."
" Then you do know," said Stratford, "that Alton's father waa an unworthy man ?"
Adelaide looked at him withrave, earnesi sur¬ prise. " Yon have chosen a alrange subject of conversation,'' she said; "but I have no objec¬ tion to aaiisfy your curiosity. I heard of ihe circumbianco to wliich you allude from Allon himself."
"I conclude,''aaid Slratford, "lhat Mr. Gray- aon insisted on his being candid with you, pre¬ vious lb your engagement being concluded !*"
" You are quite in the wrong," returned Ade¬ laide. " Mr. Grayson la much altached to Al¬ ton—whom he is on the point of taking into partnership—and waa very desirous that he should propose to me. Ho enjoined him to keep secret the melancholy circumstances con¬ nected with hia faiher, as they could only tend togive me uneasiness; and It was quite certain that no one else would be so deficient In kind feeling as to menlion them lo me." Stratford fell rather embarrassed and uncomfortable as Adelaide uttered these words. "Alton's strict and honorable love of truth, however," pursued Adelaide, "led him to disregard this counsel; some weeks before ho proposed to mc he made known to me every particular of his faiher's transgression ; and I assured him, in reply, that I did not consider him in the sinalleat degree lowered in e,\'cellence by having become good, conscieniioua, and truthful, withoui the aid of parental precept or example.
Slratford was determined todischarge a parting arrow at the provoking heiress. "You have shown yourself extremely liberal in your opin ions," he said ; "and you have the very com foriing reflection that, from Mr. Alton's known and remarkable habits of frugality, he is never likely to fall into the same snares that proved fatal to his father, but will disiinguish himself rather by saving than by aquandering it.'
".As you appear," said Adelaide, "lo speak in ralher. an ironical tone concerning Alton's economy, I think it duo him to enter inio a abort explanation of motives. When Alton first pnid me thoso marked attentions which I knew must lead to a proposal, I sometimes rallied him on his strict frugaliiy, and somelimes gently re¬ proved hira for it: he was not only sparing to himself, but I felt grieved to remark ihai, al¬ lhough ever willing to devote time and thought to the poor, he rarely assiated them with money. He assured me he had a reason for his conduct.
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the distance, and the heircs.s constantly cong ulaies herself that she chose not the haijdsom- eat, the cleverest, or thc most fashionable, but the most truthful, of her " wooers."
Of these wooers I have but little to say. Cer¬ tain Nesbitt is on the point of marriage with a midele-aged widow of good fortune ; he wan sue- 'cesaful in impressing her wiih the belief ilnu he muat ultimately inherit his uncle's property : but she was raorc cautious iliaii ladies 'jf fewer years and less e.vpcriencc might have been, and made so many inquiries about thesintc of heallh ofthe ofd genlleman, thai his nephew wasobli^- ed to Improvise an apoplectic fit for him I This intelligence caused Ujc widov.- to fi:c the day ; but ahe is providing a very limiteJ trousseau, since she nmiclpates the "nieltmcholy pleasure" of giving large orders, in the course ofa few weeks, at one of the " Mansions of Grief" in Regent Street I
Talboi and Stratford seldom meet; indeed, it one becomes iniroduced imo a family, ihe other almrst invariable ceases lo visit there. Howev¬ er, ihere are two points in which ihey show great sympathy and eongeniality of mind. They par¬ ticularly dislike tn hear of the failure of a new piece at the theaire ; and there is no work for which they feel such unmiiigaied dete?iation, as one wliicli still engrosses much of the public no¬ iice—the tragedy of the " Russian Brothers '"
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Ilesoived. Thai, the iii^eut of l-'ranklin fullei;.:. hr in Jlructed to make a las: npplicuiioii to the Fiili-eriljer; of l-'ranklin and .Mar.-iliall Ui lh':.-.'. for pnyin-nt of ilwi .-iib-ieriptiouv ; an.i in e,,"... of i ji. failnr.' ot any ,-uel j-ulnerilMir-;, lo make payuK-nt Uiat he th'-ii he .lireet ed til IUU sueh .-^ul)?criptii;ii> iniu (hi- haml.-^ f'la.lutieia UtTicer. tor colleelicu—and thai ihi^- ^^•^ollltion ii.- puh li.^hcd iu the papers of tlii-< .-iiy.
KTtraet from the niiiintf:. hinei.-.-,t.-ji^ .i;  l'.()W.MAN,,>i.'e y.
IVcw ItooKN. TUST received  at  the  CIIEAP
tl    UOOK STOV,}-:. dir.-'-; Ir.r.t an cxten-ive ruldi-li-
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'I'he aliove ar.- very valnalde - e'lio.d Hoolt^ ami -.Torlliy lho attention ot I'uroiit.s ;:iid ^fcho'.-l director,-.
'I he hi=lory of liankinf.-. l.y l.a¦.^^(m.
llnujit "11 Hridjie con-ti-n'riion. euiit.-iiniu^: di-nion- ."Iritlioii- of Oo- priu'-ipler of (In- ;;rt. ,ntd iheij- "ppli- i-alion to praetiee. iviih L-al.-ulauon- and practieal ii- Iii>tralIoii-..
Dollav.s and Cenl.. a e,.nipani'in U> Wide Wide WoHJ.-.mUiii-.-i-hv,-Jv..!.,.l-Jm...
Thefiip.-ie.-i.hy .MV,.^  Urav.
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.Scolt'-; i'oinnn'nt»'.-y. on Tli:' nl 1 aU'l new T.-.-tarn eut —11 ni-w edilinu, lar;re tvpe nod liio- paper.
A Peep Kl   -No, iiive" l^y the anih.>r of ^^ullny J^ide
To;;itlii-r wiUi tl)oii.-.'i)id>: ol t.'ie laUil -'tnd I.e-l piil.- lif-.ilion.>;nf the doV. WIIOLKri \LK and lll-'TAll.. la price-i to  i,viinl,iin  Ilo-   r.-putation  .d   111-   rURAl'
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No. 29, Marfcet Sire^.t, PhUadelphi-i.
XT    B.—Manufaoturci- of all the
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Gen'l Lanci, Loan and Collection Ag'cy
STEAMBOAT, UiiLUUAU AMJ PACKET OFFICE,
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.Vorth-East rortter of Third antl IjocI,   .'j'/y.
opnnsite lhe Po-'^t Ofic; Phifidrhdno.
MUNFORD   & KILL  will I-.ec],ii l):.iiv ItefTi.-'li-r at thi-ir Ufii'--oi r.il S!.-:,u.- -;-:.leavii::.; lhe port or Vhiladeljdiia   and   Xl-.v   Vi-rk ¦ alto the dillLTent RailruC J roiu..^, v.-jth tiioe r.f il. ¦ iariur.-.=   and V.n\.-^ oi I'a ^-a^-e money    to anv pan o\ ; v.-orld.    I'-T-otH -.vii-Siin;^ to xcnr.-'T:ri;.'ii'io  'ali- niaor Kurope. or any plac". Iirin.- in the  counin city, can do sohy apply inir lliron-hih.-Phihid.-lphii. r-.,sl Uffic.'.or hy ealliny at our ofHi.-e. ('i-;v 1!l-ii-l-ivg. .\orlli Ka I corner of Third nnd Ijoel; ¦ire.-t-' ML'NFOIlb .t KILL- \^:.i.l-..
MIJ\L-or,lJ 6: KII.I,   Ai:(lit-; HEALTH, LIFE & FIRE Iig-SURANCE.
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foil SA I-K-.Several thon^anl .\,-/n- .1 Laml -ari.ii. Bnildin- Lot.-, and -^.^v.-i:!! l[im-i- \laUiiij ¦oil eel ions, and n:oney ^•¦ul to ai,v p;'-!. "f ilv- i\..iM ^_-r.-Oiit hroii-hl out from I'.iiL'land' in-l-md. li.iioaiiv -¦lanc-. Ili.llaiidand IhJ-iLim.
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July 30
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BOUNTY LAND AVARRANTS Wanted, for which ihehi^licRt ea.-=h'^prir,-will Ij. pa.d.
Also..'. (IIII) DolL-.r^ lo b-- fc-ured hy i:r-l .In ment Boud< ou Ileal Kjtule. in amounis Irom jIi:ii fllWD. A. W. UU^Sl:L i: -- 0..
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April l-l—3m-'Jl _ om--20
P A I N T I N G .
J O II N   S O M IVI E R ,
Sign, Coacli, and Ornamental Painter, East Chesnut Strett. Lancastir, Pa.
Shop in the Alley  rear ol  Va.ilannn'.-i Hotel.
N- B —Houso PnintingantI 0 ruining promptly executed, nt tbc lowest prices.
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Th.-y iiirii,^ j,;ircha=ers to e.-v.-m liieir e.-lahli,-hni'-nt before niiilun^- invite ailpnilnii to Ihe foliowin.: li:i
Fly-ueti from iiUeeiitF to ^2 .-.0.
Lin-ju Horre Covert from STj i;i;ul
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probably occasionally meet again with both o*  and  that he was certain that I   should
you, but we must  meet  hereafter  only   on ilie looting of common acquaintance."
The disconcerled "wooers," now no longer rivals, took a speedy depaiture : they exchang¬ ed a few sentences on their way, in which there was much more of recrimination than condo¬ lence, and then coldly separated. Their friend¬ ship had lone been at an end ; and, in the midst of all iheir receni mortifications, each felt con¬ soled at the thought that he was no", compelled to cede Adelaide to the other.
It wag easy for Adelaide to avoid fulure inti¬ macy with lier two rejected lovers, without causing any remark among her circle of ac¬ quaintance.
It was now nearly the end of June; Mr. Grayson was quite a man ofthe old school: he did not stay in London lill the'middle of August, and then repair to Kissengen or Inter- lachcn. He had a pretty country-house a few miles from London, and always removed to it at midsummer. jMrs. Grayson, wlio enjoyed nothing so rauch as her flower-garden, was de¬ lighted to escape from thc brown, dusty trees ofa  London aquare; and Adelaide,   althougli
blame him if I knew it. He added liiai the ne¬ cessity for economy would soon ceaso, nnd that ho should then have the pleasure of indulging his natural feelinga ot liberality. I was not sat. isfied wilh this reply : I required him to given direct answer to a direct queation, and to tell me what were bis motives for saving, and why they should exist at one time more than anoth¬ er. "It was very mercilesa of you," said Slrat¬
ford.
" Not in the leaat," replied Adelaide. "Al¬ ton had given me such proofs ofhis truthtul and honorable nature, ihai I knew, if he held back any communication from mc, he could only do so because it waa creditable to him, and because he wished to avoid the appearance of boasting of Jiis own good deeds : and so it, indeed, proved to be. Alton had for five years been denyinj himself every enjoyment suitable to his age and tasies, for the purpose of saving ihe sum of which his father had defrauded his employer.— When he first began this undertaking, it seem¬ ed likely to prove a very tedious one ; but, two years ago, ho happily received a legacy from a liked public amusements, liked them as I relation, wliich more than half rcaliiicd the 'soberly" aa Lady  Grace in the " Provoked ! amount that he required ; still, however, he did
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LONG Bli.ANCH, N. J.
STOKES & PETIT, respectfully inform iheii- friend:i ttud the putlie, lhat lh. i have iiurchaeed of S.Tmuel Cooper hb well kuown niK. popular AV.\TEIlINtUM,.\CF.. located as ab.>ve. am tiaving had the same ihorous'oly repaired aud uewlj fiirniaheil. it will be found one of ilieuioyt healihy auu li|e.-i,>ai)l placci on Ihe S-.-n Sloire.
N. U.—Will be open ou the -Jht of June.
Conveyance tvrice daily hy the I'amdiU und Amh,.r Railroad Line, tn HiKhstown or Jam.-:hurgli- ih.Hic by stage to  l.ou.' IJraneli,
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Spring and Sumraer   Arrangement FOR   1852.
ADAMS & CO.S EXPRESS
-t\. aro now running their own Car.i. accouipauied h; spi:i:i&L .-viES.iENfif^Hs. and Iron Safi-sare prepared to for¬ ward daily {.Sunday e.-treptid) with the fast m-iil trains Uoxe.". Rnudle? I'arcel?, Specie. »^-c,, S;e.. to all the pointfl on the Central Rail Iload, via Laiieavier. Lo- luinbiu. \'orl:. Mt. Joy. Middletown. Harrisburg. New¬ port. .MilUin. Lewistown. lluntin^don, t^pnice Creek. Tyrone. Uolliday,<hur(^.S^I«Hlil,John^tol^¦Il. Clair.-ville lirreii^hurg aud I'iltsbnrg ; vin I'nmbirlaud \'ullet Itail Uoad. I'arli^lo. Shipii.Mi.iliurp;  and  CIiainher<bnr^.
At Ull of the above nani.;d places are rei:olar ,\j;enlr, who will attend promptly lo the collectiim cf Nole.-^. Ornit'',ilill?.kc..!cc
Also, fonrar.l (Joods lo nio-t of the points on the west branch of lho Su'quehanna.
Por.-oii.-i re.'^idiii^ in th.- iuteri-jr lown-^ of llie :\Iaiu Route canhave Tackafje* forwarded from riiila-ielpliin and other puiuts by hav inn 'him direeteii to an vol tlu above named plaees. wilh d.-.'-paleh.
(jood,t declined tor auy of tile above plaee-; are for- war.Ied daily hy tin-11 o'eloek (rain.
Goods Inv I'itisbiiric. rin.-innali. I.oiii-viih-. Fr.iiik- ford aud Lexington. Kv.. ludian-ipoli^. Ind..Si, Loni,-, .Mn... hy thenif;hMriii"
(ioodslor the F.a.^iierii and S:.illh.-rii i ilie.= forward.jd dailv bv bolh morniuf; and eviuinc train-^.
igned will gi\e parlieiilar allemi. n t' filliiit; or.leiH forwarde,! to iln.'m by mail, (po'lagi pai.l) when ihcy nre lor ^jood? to hf sent by K\pre,-" no cotnmi-sioii cill be cliarced.
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L*MASTra—North Quoen .street.:; doorB below the Rail Uoad. J, <;. TII.VCIvAK.\. Agent,
mar-J-I tf-17
Husband,'* and always profeased herself ready to rusticate as aoon as the roses were in bloom. Three days after her interview with Talbot and Stratford, she removed from the bustle of Lon¬ don to a region of flowers, green trees, and singing-birds. The former friends—now, alas ! friends no longer—travelled abroail. They had each studiously contrived to depart oa a difTcront day, andto visit a difTerent point ofthe conti¬ nent ; but they happened accidentally to meet on a mountain in Switzerland, They passed each other merely with the remarks that " the scenery waa very grand," and that " the pano¬ rama of the Lake of Thun, at the  Colosseum,
Stratford returned to London in January: Cap¬ tain Nesbitt was the first peraon of his acquain¬ tance whom he encountered. Now Captain Nesbiit possessed an infallible characteristic of a narrow-minded, mean spirited man; he never forgave a woman who had refuaed him, and nev¬ er omitted an opportunity of speaking ill of her. After having analheraaiized Adelaide and her coquetries for some time, ho procecded-
"Her marriage, however, will shwtly take place, and it is, I think, a fitting conclusion to her airs and gracea. Perhaps, as you havo only just arrived, in England, you are not aware that she is engaged to her giiardian'a clerk ?"
"To Alton!" exclaimed Stratford. "To that quiet, dull young man ! Impossible I She uaed to ridicule bis uneocial habiis, and also was very severe on his propensity for hoarding money."
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Ladies'and (.leutlemen'-' Garmcul.= . of all deacrlp tioiis, .ire dyed Iho tr.o.'l la-hlonable and perrr.nueni i'olor.=. and tiuished in .i ."^lyli' cjual to any dono in the cit^¦^ ai;<i (ii; the most re.i^oniihh; terms
They al.-io eleniHC Merino, ^'ashmere and Cnipi Shawl-. 1 nbio ai:d I'iano Cov-^r*. Carpet,-. Hnjs. kc — I\m.:eeaii.I Siik Dre-M',.; re-J ve.l ail f der ^ an.rv.-.it.r,-. lo look lik,- n.-w. [April 7—om-l!'
AN ACT RELATIVE TO
Creditors of Tide-Water Canal.
T/o- fotl„ni/iL; Act ^. fort be relief of the Credi- itorr. of lb,: S,f.-i./>ic/i>innu ou'l Tide Il^''te* i'miol Coinp't'ti,--, p'in:r.d by the Legis-'atun:: of I'liuisiflciiiiti nud. Mifi/l't/id, arc pubb'.K- i-d in. conformity nfuh th--provi-iioiis thcrcr.f:
VA/^TU^KKAS,   the    Susquehanua
t V CaiiJil Company, hy reafii.d. ul ihu ..-x-i'-'ss of lhe actual over ihe esiima;cd co.-^t of iheir (J:in;!i, \verc obli!;ed to coninct dcbt,^ tu a I;irg'3 amount lor the coiuplyiion of thai work, v;hn;h iiid«6tc(J'i*'33 e.iiats now m ^-nrioua (yrnii. s*-cur- sd by difTerent niortsaees, in diiferent degrees uf priority, but the larger part of it being ua- [ireffrrcd and comprehended onW in a g.-nf-ral deed of trust for the benefit of Creditora, rxe.- i:uied liy the said Company on the 23rd day of December. 1841.
And whereus, a large amount oi arrear inif^r- nsi has accrued upon ihe paid unpreferred rieh;. wliich renders it impracticable ki give the sua 'I'bt.iii the hfindi of thu linlilfrs ilierenf tho ^'tirn; value and (Lvniialiility whii'h it ivoiild li';- "V'j iruiii the fonversioii of ilifl said arrear :r:- ii;re5i into cn|iii.il ;^tock, and ii reinoddhny o i!it: nllairs of %\\A Compnny, ^n ihai the holdei . uI satd debt sliull ret-civc new bonda for the [.rincipal of .'i.tid debt. hearing intereet payable scnii-aiinually.
And whc-rt.'a^, tbc enniiiiion ol prof=;ieriiy o! =aid Company id ik.w such that ,^uch :i meui;tiic iiKiy be proposed, wiiich it i^-, understood is v-ry generally dcdirtd by all parties lUiureatuJ tiioi.: Ill ;   diprclbrc,
.'-^('C. 1. Beit cnucttd by the Scmit. 'md Hous-' of liepre^uilutivcs of Ibu Conimoiii^-:ilt.'i of Buw- ' .--ylcu^iiii, und it t.-! he.rcbif enacted /"/ Mc au'.h'jt ' i'ij of Ibc ?iimc,
'¦ Tiial whenever iu-u-lliirdu in value oi il.-? ; i:rei].hjr.'J of said Compan/, upon who^e .¦io-js i arrear itiit;resi mny bc due, shall Iiave si;^niri-?ti their assent to tht arrangemeni proposed m hi madi: Iiy mean.-? of lliis net, it ahnll and mav be lawiul tor iht; said Conipany to issue nuw S:ock "t lhe said Cuinpiny to un amuunt equal lo ih-; iiulebicdnebs of lhe said Conipany foruirftP,r in icregi to liie firet day of January, 1634, or a.ny --nrlier period it thc Company should deem i=- t:xp';die:ii, and al^o fur the arrear iiiiere;-t ol iht .s.tid Conipany on the obJiuanons knawn a^ ;;)ose oi ihe Tidn Water Canal Company iu siiurea of Fifty dollara each, and ioijuv ilii; t'am',i ill piir in liiacliurge ol ilie said arrear inierea;.— .And wher;, in tf-e scniement with any creditor lor arrear intercar, a fraciiunal pan ot f ii^y d^l- ills ia lelt, to grant such creditor a ceriiijcate ol iiidubiednccs for such fraciional sum, any num- ber of which ccriijiiaitis amounting in ihewhuic I.) Filiy dollars or more may be again couxtiu- ole in siock as an original indebtedness fur ar¬ rear interest.
.Sec. 2.    The   snid Company sball ^.ve no- ice of ibe facl lo the Trustees named in  ii.i; deed of iru--^i of the 33rd December 1841, or liiti i-irvivors of ihem, and ehall furnish to tiie t!2id rruiit'e-i a iiEt ot the names of the credm-r^ of lie Cunipany who shall have ae^ejMcd at af^re- -nui v.'ith the amounts respectively bi-ld liy ihen: o: tlie claima upun the saitl Company,    Ai.d the ¦aid Truiitees Iiaving a&ceriaii.ed iliiii :licpruv:2- om,- of tliia act have been complied v.-.rii i,i V,:-l .neniines, Uicnit shall be their duty and g,t; are iiereby enjoined and required to reconvey i;:.,i i-e- liver o^er to ilie Prcbident and :Auu:ir,t:r^ oi if---. -;iid Company all and singular the pri.pi:r;j and^trs ii'.c ol lhe said (Company held by tj.-ii vi:>i^;d in iiem byvirlue of the sal(l deed of ir:iEl. :\.iid th;i -.li'.l Truf^tec? upun such lecuiiveymiec nnd de- ;vcry nnd accopi.-iiif by tin; Coni[,a:iy ;i- ..'.src. -¦..'id e-lmil be di^cU-jtii'^ri iruiii tb*- £a;d ur,i'. ji;d :; ,ji!i all liiibiliiy in virtue liicrt-Di. an-i u.uy i le^;-.! ilia ai:l and yivt: it in tjvidt;n..-t;  !:i .i:iy ¦•.•¦¦¦dC •-¦•- -ofurd, ill   di>cliargc ol   any .^iiit   ur ; r.Ju^-'-J.nrj :.¦M^;(,¦t^ttcd iip.in siicli claim at !-w .,:¦ i;. t.'i,-i!ii,,' 1,1 I .riiiL* id i?hid trust, ill bar ihen'dl,    A;;-.', 'l'"^ -:-id i'reriidciit :in(l ."\Iaiiagera oi :iic >-j:d Com- :jiiiy. ibr the time being afler dchvciy :••-: .-'lore -;iid' ^^!laM be iu-ld aitd taken lo bi; Tr,;-:.._L-.5 un :.T tbe eaid deed of ¦23rd Deceinii-.T 1 Sll, H:: t^ i:'jn-3S;-eiiiiiii;  ctfdiiorH, us  to  wiiurii  the sabi i.,-ed shall be ay operalive as it i\\e said property ¦nd.righis   siiil remained   in the haiid;i oi  iIk* i;u5if:ed  uiidLT  ili'j  tDid  dctd.    And thesaid i'le^itieiu  and   .Miinagera  sliaii adiuirarjier ti;--' -mv-', as re',iard:i j-uch  iion-aisei;!ing C;editor£, ijc'irdins iiJ ibe tuniir liiercui.
Sec. 3. And all pyrsoiiB holdingclu;mn ufzamL*" !.c said Company in any fid-^tii^iry i:!;pc'.'.:y -hall, uy all tlu; Courts nt llii= Cuminoi.wciF.:! ..: lully ju.-iibL'd, by this uci, in LOi.srr.iii'g ¦-' iie arraiioenient proposed by this aci, a oi ¦\ jiving up lhe prcseni evidences of iiidebiednc. ¦? md in Hcceptiiig certificaies uf sioci-.   '¦ r aTt-r
¦ iltfrest, and new bonds fur ttio priiieip.-ii' c^-l: ;
..id It th(-;r i:ij:itiiiquc trusts jlull a: any nma .-eei; xn hold xnch iru.-tee-i to any atCQiiiitii .'fry ,or so doiiiy, ?ncli perauiis may tic-e til'.c- hC in ¦-vi.ieiico nc a bar to such atu-nipt.
.•-'ci-. 4. And all ciaimanis to v.-li.jHi >i::f-t^r i.'i- :. iT,^t   t-biiil   bc   dde wiio (^iiali noi on or beior.-
¦ ,e lir^^t d:iy ol .Aiiyusi, lr"<J. eii'i-js;- invi riu:u iioir  iii.-'=cnt   iruni   '.it---   [irov,;i";n   . i liiiS ?-:;.
¦h.ill b'' ta'nen ami tuiisi(ien:d {.¦ iiavo ai-ftiir'^.i :;.'i..'i.'(13 iully a I il such a;t!-i;; iiau bfengi'^vn . '.vriili.i;; and ]\ luey tl) i„jl surrr-r.iifcr 'he r ¦.^ij.-inTCf^ "i iiiiiL-l.u'diie>4 by liie n;s: diiv ot ;.-;ober. i-zy2. ll fh^iii bc llie du-y ol ihi. c^Kl iitiuiitiiy lu p'.iTsuo tlic coursti prei-cnltd iti t.iu !i Section Ol ihiri uct, in reU'ion t" pt'rc n£ ho li:ii.c as?cnu'd but neglected io biiig "". n,'ir evidences of debt ; and tbe aati.o cui.s.;- icnccti ;iMi hdvuniageij ahall er.ju»! cb c;e loreii: proscrioed.
^.Lc. fl. Thai any erediior. of said Coxv-^-.'.y III) sbail ni.-:eni lo ibe provi=iona oi' ihi:. c:.\, ;ali a.-; HL'ain:?! tiio non-a5seiiiiny crcduoii. n -I. 1' ii«:iiiiri!nt^ llie surrender ot liioir tviden' -i't b", and llie ai:rc));ai;cc (¦! sine!-: h-r tiir:r -.. ar iii'Pr»>!-t, .-iiid new li.mdb lor :lic piiici]".! -.¦' II ir di.ld. i:onii:,iie to be etititb.il to all tlie i ¦--;, ii and advamnge; nnd Irgal ricli'b ;iif*. i.o^' i ¦*- ii;[ 10 iIriii, as lully ns il' tucii btoi.!. liai :,¦-.,• .1 11 K'ceivrd, and a.-i fitliy as ll.e nvs.-ze:-2i.: .¦.