Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XXXVL
I^PCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1862.
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IHE LADT-PRESIDEHI'B BAII..     '
" Tho liijhta in tbo President's mansion,
Tho gas-lights cheerj and red, I aeo them glowing and glancing
As I ton ou my wearisome bed; 1 sec them llooding tho windows,
And, star-lilic, gemming tho hall, Where tho tide of fashion flows inward
To tho Lady-President's Ball I •' My tomplcs are throbbing with lever,
My limbs aro palsied with pain. And tho crash of that festal music
Bums into my aching brain; Till 1 ravo with delirious fancies,
And colTiD, and bier, and pall Mix up with tho flowers and laces
Ofmy Lady-Prcsidont's Ball!
" What matter that I, poor private,
Lio hero on my narrow bed. With the foTcr griping my vitals.
And dazing my hapless head! What matters that nurses are callous
And rations meagre and small. So long ns the beaxt monda revel
At tho Ludy-President's BaU!
" Who pities my poor old mother—
Who comforts my sweot young wife—• Alune in the distant city.
With sorrow sapping their life! I have no money to send them,
They cannot come ut my cull; Ko money ? yet hundreds aro wasting
At my Lady-President's Ball I
" Hundreds, ay I hundreds of thousands
In satins, jewels, aod wine, French dishes for dainty stomachs
(While tbe black broth sickens mine I) And jellies, and fruits, and cold ices.
And fuuntaiuE that flash as they fall, 0 God! for a cup of cold water
Prom the Lady-President's BaU !
" Nurse! bring me my nniform ragged—
Hal «by did you blow out the light? Help mo up—tbuugh I'm aching and gidjy,
I must go to my dear ones to-night I Wife! mother! grown weary waiting,
I'm comiug I I'll comfort yo all I" Aud tbe private sank dead while they reveled
At my Lady-President's Ball!
TOO GOOD CREDIT.
" Let me sUow yon one of tUo fineat of oloths I have seen in Bix months," eaid a smiling storekeeper lo a yonog married man, wbose inoome from a eldrksUip waa in the neighbor¬ hood of aoven hnndred dollars.
"Don't tronble yourself, Mr. Kdwarda,"re¬ plied the onstomer, " The silk and bnttons ara »U I want."
*' Ob, no tronble at all, Mr. Jaoobs—no tronble at all. It is a pleasure for me to shotv mj goods," said the atorekeeper, drawing from a shelf the piece of oloth he had men¬ tioned, aud throwing it npon the counter. " There," he added, as he unfolded the gloasy broad cloth and clapped hia handa npon it aelf-complacently; " there ia sometMng worth looking at, and It's cheap aa dirt. Only fonr dollars ayard, nnd worlh aix every cent of it. I bonght It at anotion, yeslerday, at a bar¬ gain."     .
"It's oheap enough, oertainly," remarked Jacobs, half indiflerently, as he bent dovm to inspect the cloth; "bnt I've no money to spare Jnst now."
" Don't want any money," replied Edwards, "at least, none from suoh a man aa yon."
Jacobs looked np into the man's face in some donbt aa to its meaning.
"Yonr credit ia good'," aaid Edwarda, smiling.
" Credit 1 I've no oredit. I never aaked a man lo trust mo in my life," retnmed the cna- tomer.
"I'll trnst yon to half that is in my atore," was answered.
"Thank yon," said Jacobs, feeling alittle flattered by a compliment like this, " bnt I've no want of dry goods to that extent. A akein of Bilk, a dozen bnttons (or mj wife, are aU I reijnire at present."
" Yott want a new ooat," replied the perse¬ vering storekeeper, and he laid hia hand npon the sleeve of Jacobs' and examined it oloaeiy. " Thia ona ia getting rusty and thread bare. A man like yon should have some respeot as to his appearanoe. Let me aee, two yards of this beantifnl cloth|will oost bnt eight dollars, and I won't eend in your bill in six months. Eight dollars for a fiue broadoloth ooat. Think of that 1 Bargains of thiskind don't grow on overy tree."
While Edwards talked thns he was dis¬ playing the gooda he wished to sail in a good way to lot the rioh glossy surface oatch the best point of light, and his quick eye told him that the customer waa beginning to be tempted.
"I'll oat yon off a ooat pattem," said he, taking up a yardatiok, '' I kuow yon wan't it. Don't hesitate about the matler."
Jaoobs did not aay " No," although the word was on his tongae. While he yet hesitated, the ooat pattern was measured off and severed fromthe piece.
"There it is," came in a aalisfied, half-tri-
nmphant lono from tho storekeeper's lips.	
" And the greatest bargain you ever had. You want trimminga of course."
As ha spoka he lamed lo the shelf for pad¬ ding, ailk,&c., and while Jacobs, half bewil¬ dered, stood looking on, cnt from one piece to another nntil the coat trimmings wete aU nicely loid cat. This done, Mr. Edwards faoed his customer again, rnbblng his hands from an internal feeling of delight and said,
" Yoa mnst have a handaome veat to go with this, of conrse."
" My veat is a little ahabby,"repUed Jacoba, as he gianoed downward at a garment whioh had aeeu pretty fair aervice.
"Ifthat's the beat one yon have, it will nover do to go witha uew cost," said Edwards In a deoided tone.   " Lat me show you a boau-
" We want eheets and piUowoasea
aaid she. badly."
"Yoa oan getkplape," replied Jacobs.— '•We won't bars to pay for it sow. Edwards will send in the bill at the «id of six months, and it will beeasy enongh to pay for it then." " Oh, fee eaay enoagh," responded his wife oonfidently.
So a pieoe ot mnaUn waa proonied on the oredit aocoant. Biit things did not stop here. A oredit aoooant Is so often like a breach in a canal; the stream is small at first, bat soon Increases to a rainons ourrent. Now that want had found a gapply souroe, want became more olamorons than before. Scaroely a day passed bnt Mr. or Mrs.' Jaoobs did notorder something from the store, not dreaming, sim¬ ple aouls, that an alarming, heavy debt was accumnlating against them.
Asto the inoome of Mr. Jacobs, it was not large. Ee was, as has been intimated, a olerk in a wholesale Btore, and reoeived a saUry of seven hniidred dollars a year. Bis family consisted ofa wife and three children, and he found it necessary to be prudent, In all his expenditnres, in order "to make ends meet," somewhat independent in his feelings he had never asked for oredit of any one with whom he dealt, and no one offering it, previous to the temptation or indncement held ont by Edwards, he had regalated his ont-goes by his inoome. By this means he managed to keep even with the world; though not to gain any advantage on the side of fortnne. Let as see if his good oredit has been of any real service to him.
It was very pleasant to have thiugs oom¬ fortable for a little display, withont feeling that the indnlgenoies drained the purse too heavily. And a weak vanity on the part of Jaoobs waa gratifled by the flattering opinion ofhis honesty entertained by Edwards, the storekeeper. His credit was good, and he was prond of the faot. But the day of reck¬ oning drew near and at last it came.
Notwithstanding the credit at the dty goods store, these was no more money in the yonng man's purse at the end of six months than at the baginning. The caah that wonld have gone for olothing when necessity oaUed for additions to the family wardrobe, had been spent for things the purohase ot which wonld have been omitted but for the faot that the dollars were in the purae inatead of in the storekeeper's hand's and tempted needless ex¬ penditures.
The end ot the Blx month's credit approaob¬ ed, and the mind of Jacobs began to reat upon the dry gooda dealer's bill, and to be diaturbed by a feeling of anxiety. As to the amonnt of thia bill, he was in some uncertainty, bnt he thonght it oould not be less than forty dollars. That waa a large anm for him to owe, particn¬ larly as he had nothing ahead, and cnrrent ex¬ penses were folly np to his inoome. Zt was now, (or the fitst time in his life that Jacobs felt the nightmare pressure of debt, and It seemed at timea as If it would almost suffocate him.
Ooe eveuing he came homa faellog mora aober than usual, lie had thought of little elaa all day except hia bill at lha store. On meeting hia wife, he aaw tbat aomething was wrong.
"What alls yon, Jane?" he said kindly. " Ara you sick f"
" No," was the simple reply. Bather eyes dropped as ahe aaid it, and har husband saw that her lips quivered.
" Something is wrong, Jane," aaid her hns¬ band.
Tears stole to the wife's cheeks frombeneath the half cloaad lids—her boaom labored with the weight of some presanre.
" Tell me Jane," tuged Jacobs, " if anything ia wtong. Your manner alarms me. Are any of the children sick f"
"Oh, no, no, no. Nothing of that," was the quick reply," but—bnt—Mr. Edwards has aant in hia bill."
" That was to be expeoted, ot course," said Jacobs with forced calmneaa. "The credit was for only aix months. Bnt how muoh is IhebUlf"
His voioe was unsteady as he asked the question.
" A handred and twenty dollara 1" and poor Mra. Jacobs burst into tears.
"Impossible I" exclaimed the startled has¬ band. " Impossible 1 thero is some mistake 1 A handred and twenty dollars!   Never 1"
"There is the bUl," and Mrs. Jaoobs drew it from her bosom.
Jacobs gianoed eagerly at the footing ap of the long colamn offignres. There were numer¬ als lo the value of one htudred and twenty.
"Itoan'tbe,"hesaid in a troubled voioe, " Edwards must have made a mistake."
" So I thonght when I flrst looked at the bill," replied Mrs. Jacobs, recovering herself, yet speaking in a sad voice. " Bnt I'm sorry to say that it's all right. I have been over it and over it again, and cannot find an error. Oh dear, how foolish I have been. It was so easy to get gooda when no money was to bo pidd down. Bat I never thought ofa bill like this.   Never I"
Jacobs sat for some moments with his eyes npon the fioor.   He was thinking rapidly.
"So muoh for good oredit," he said at lengthi taking a long breath. " What a fool I have been. That fellow, Edwards, has gone to windward of me completely; he knew that If he got me on his book, he would secure three doUars to one ot my money, beyond what he would gat by oash down system. One hnn¬ dred and twenty dollars in six months. Ah, are we happier now for the extra dry gooda we have procnred ? Not a whit. Our bodies have beon a little better olothed, and our love of display gratified to aome extent. Bnt haa all that wroaght a oompensation for the pain of this day of reckoning ?"
Poor Mrs. Jacobs was ailent. Sadly waa ahe repenting of her part in the folly they had committed.
Tea time oame but neither hnsband nor wife could do mnoh more than taste food. That bill of a hundred and-twenty dollars had taken away their appetites. The night that followed brought to neither of them a very refreshing slamber; and in the morning they awoke sober minded and little inolined for conversa¬ tion. Bot one tboaght was in the mind of Mr. Jaoobs—tho biU of Mr. Edwards; and one feallng in the mind of his wife—aelf-raproach tor her part in the work ot embarrassment.
" What will yoa do f" said Mra. Jacobs, in a voice that was unsteady, looking into her huaband'a faoe with gUatening eyes, as she laid her hand npon his arm, canaing him to panse as he waa about leaving the honse.
" I'm sure I don't know,"replied theyoung man, gloomily. " I suppose I shall have to ask him to wait. Bnt I'm surs I'd rather take a horsewhipping. Qood credit I He'U sing a different song now." For a moment or two longer the husband tifnl piece of black salin." and wife stood looking at eaoh other.   Then
And so the storekeeper went  on tempting   as eaoh sighed  heavily, the former turned
resamed'the employer, "and find that it is drawn np oloae.   Hare yon nothing ahead r"
" Not a doUar, I am sorry to say," retnmed Jacobs. " Living is vsry eipenBive and I have six moaths to feed.-'
" That being the oase," said the employer, "as yon haye been faithinl to ns, and yonr cervices are valaable, we most add somethlng^j to your salary. No.w yoa receive seven han-1 dred dollars!"
"Yes ah:."
" We win oall it eight hnndred and flfty."
A sndden light flashed in the face of the nn¬ happy olerk; seeing which the employer, al¬ ready blessed in biesaing another added—
" And it ahall be for the UtU as well for the coming year. I wiU flU yon out a cheok for a handred and fifty dollars, as balance dne yoa np to this day.''
The feelings of Jacobs were too much agi¬ tated to trast himself to oral thanks, a) he re¬ oeived the check, wbioh the employer imme¬ diately filled np; but his coantenance fnlly expressed his grateful emotion.
A Uttle while afterwards the yonng man en¬ tered the stors ot Edwards, who met him with a smiling face.
"Ihave come to settle yoor bill," eald Jacobs.
"Yon needn't have troabled yoarself about that," replied the storekeeper," thoagh money is always aooeptable."
The money was paid and the biU receipted, when Edwards rubbing his hands, an action peculiar to him wfaen in a happy frame of mind, said—
" And now what shall I ahow you»"
"Nolhing," was the yonng roan's grave reply.
"Nothing? Don't say that," repUed Ed¬ wards.
" I've no monay to spare," answered Jaoobs.
" That's of no consequence. Yonr credit is good for any amonnt."
" A world too good I find," said Jacobs, be¬ ginning to bntton np his ooat with the air of a man who has loat hia pocket book, and feels disposed to look well that his parse doesn't follow in the same unprofitable direotion.
"How sof What do you mean!" aaked the storekeeper.
" My good credit haa taken a handred and twenty dollara ont of my pocket," repUed Jacobs.
" I don't understand yon," said Edwards, looking serions.
" It's a very plain oase," answered Jacoba.
" This oredit acconnt at your store hss in¬ dnced myself and wife to parohase twice as many goods as we wonld otherwise have bought. That has taken twenty dollars ont of my pooket: aixty doUars more have been spant imder temptations, because it was inthe purse instead ot being paid ont fpr gooda cred¬ ited to ns on yonr books. Now you imder¬ stand me J"
The storekeeper was silent.
" Good morning, Mr. Edwards," said Jaoobs. "Wben I have cash to spare, I shall be happy lo spend il with you, bnt no more book ao¬ counts for me."
Wiser wiU they be who profit by the expe¬ rience ot Mr. Jacoba. Theae oredit acoounta are a curae to people with a moderate in¬ come, and Bhonid never nnder any pretenoe be opened.
bis castomer, until he Bold him a vest and pantaloons iu addition to his coat. After that he found no difficulty In seUing him a ailk dreaa for his wife. Having indulged himaelf with an entire naw anit, he could not, npon refiection, think of paasing hy hia wife, who had been wishing for a new silk dress for mors than six months.
" Can't yon think of anything else ?" in- qtured Edwarda. " I-shsU be happy to supply whatever yon may want in oar line."
" Nolhing more, I beUeve," answered Jacobs whose biU was aheady thirty-five dollars ; and he had yet to pay for making his coat, panta¬ loons and vest.
" Bnt you want various artioles of dry goods. In a family there ia aomelhlog caUed for every day. TeU Mrs. Jacoba to send down for what¬ ever she may need. Never mind abont the mouey. Your credit ia good with me for any amount."
Wheu Mr. Jacobs went faome and told his wife what he had done, the unreflecting woman vas deUghted. »I wish yoa had takeii a pleoe of mnilin."
away and left the house. His road to bnsi¬ ness was past the store of Mr. Edwards, but now he avoided the Btreet in whioh fae lived, and went a whole blook out ofhis way to do so.^
" Howam I to pay this bUl!" murmured tho nnhappy Jaoobs, paushig in fais work for the twentieth time, as he sat at his desk, and giving his mind np to troubled thoughts.
Jnst at that moment the senior partner in the esUblisbment oame np and stood beside him.
" WeU, my yonng friend," said he, Hndly, " how are you getting along !¦' Jacobs tried to smile and look cbeerfnl, as fae repUed—
"Pretty well, sir." Bat fals voice had in it a touoh of despondency.
" Let me see," remarked the employer, after a panse," yonr regnlar year is np to-day Is it not?"
" Yes sir," repUed Jaoobs, hia heart ainking more heavily in his bosom, for the qnestion suggested »ai»oh«ge torn his place, bnainess having beeii doll for some time. [    "I waa looking at your aooonat yesterday,"
LIFE'S anEsiidN.
Drifting away,
Like moto oo the Btream, To-day's disappointment
Yesterday's dream; Ever resolving—
Nover to mend; Sach is our progress:
Where is the end?
Whirling nway
Like loaf in the wind, Poiots of attachment
Laft daily behind. Fixed to no principlo.
Fast to no friond; Bnch our fidelity;
Where is the end ?
Floating away
Liko clond on the hiU, Pendulous, tremulous.
Migrating atUl: Where to repose oursolves ?
Whither to tend ? Soch our consistency;
Whero is the end?
Crystal the pavement,
Saon throngh the stroam; Firm tho reality
Under tho dream; We may not feel it,
Still wo may mend; How wo have conqaere'd.
Not known, tiU the end.
Bright leaves may scatter.
Sports of the wind, But stands to the wioler.
The great tree behind:
Frost shall not wither it. Storms canaot bend:
Kools firmly clasping
The rock, at the ond.
Calm is the firmament
Orer tho cloud; Clear shine the stara, throngh
Tho rifts of the shroud; There our repose ahall be.
Thither wo tend: Spite of our waverings
Approved at tho End.
THE BEAUIIFIIL LAITO.
There isa land immortal.
The beautiful of lands; Beside its ancient portal
A sentry grimly standa. He only can undo it.
And open wide the door; .^nd mortals who pass .through it
Are mortal nevermore.
That glorious land is heaven,
Aod death the sentry grim ; The Lord theroof has giren.
The opening koys to him. And ransomed spirits, sighing
And sorrowing for sio. Do pass the gale in dyiog,
And freely enter in.
Though dark and drear the passage
That leadeth to the gale. Yet grace oomes witb the message.
To SDuls that wateh and wait; And at the time appointed
A messenger comea down. And leads tho Lord's anointed
From crosa to glory's crown.
The aigbs are loat in singing.
They're blessed in their teara; Their joumey heavenward winging.
They leavo on earth their fears. Death liko an angel seemeth;
" Wo welcome thee," we cry; Their face with glory beameth—
'lis lifo for them to die.
 leee,
It petticoat govemment is not more oppres¬ sive now than formerly, it is certainly double in extent.
Spooner has reoently enriohed his mnsenm with a lock of hair from the'head of steamboat navigation; also a blush from the faoe of the earth, and ten yards of equinoctial line.
The Jeff. Davis Confederacy is said to be getting ao hard np for troops that it has com¬ menced the seizure of tobaoco ohewers in order to Becnre their "old soldieis."
Soft soap, in some shape pleases all; and generally speaking, the more lie yon pnt into it the better.
We are never satisfied that a Udy under¬ stands a>ia3, anless we faave it from her own month. The beUet that guardian spirits hover aroand ths paths of men, covers a migfaty trath; (or every heantilnl, pnre, and good thonght whioh the faeart holds Is an angel of meny pnrii^g and guarding the sonl.
The first of aU virtnes is innocence; the sec¬ ond is modesty; and neither departs irithoat i being quiokly foUowed by tbe otber.
TEE  SEAC|{>H AHI) TBE COBLEB. j
These tblng| faappened before the Maine Law waa writt«n; but yet the time is not so distant bnt thiji the actors are stiU living, and henoe I have ciiosen to give my charactera the beneflt of assuiiisd names.
Ezekiel Lapsjone waa the oobbler, and he had the name • t being an honest, hard-work¬ ing man. He f wned a Uttle oot in the village; and he owned \ few aores of land whioh ena¬ bled him to keijp a oow, and to raise vegeta¬ bles for the najl of his lamily. Eaekiel'a ham¬ mer was to be jieard early and late, for the ChUdren of thai neighborhood woreaway the soles ot their ishoes rapidly npon the fiharp gravel, and th^ire was need of constant tap¬ ping-
And yet, notwithstanding all his hard work Ezekiel Lapstoite was very poor. His wife- obliged to foieijo many of the little oomforts of social life, aild bis ohildren were not dreased so well as the {jhildren onght to be dressed.- Some people said, "No wonder;" and they said so in view:of the cobbler's large famUy ; for he had six istrong, healthy children: and as the eldest waa only thirteen, they oonld do little towards ijielplng their father to eam a Uvelihood. Ai)d some other people said, "No wonder; and ibey said bo with another view. Close by Ezekv^l's sfaop was the store of Adam Nichols, wbeis, as was the oastom in those days, a :Uttle faar was kept. In one oor¬ ner; at which; were dispenaed glasses of rum and gin and brimdy. These latter people aaid " No wonder," beoanae they saw Ezekiel very frequently at ijlelghbarNlchol's bar.
And I think theae latter people were right; and, better stuj, Ezekiel himself came at length to think the SI fne. It seemed kind of cnrions not to see the ipbhler's merry taoe at the little bar in the corner of the store; aud for a while his hearty andifanmoronsjest were sadly miss¬ ed by the drin^iers; but Uke aU sooial ohangesi the people sooj, beoame nsed to it, and finaUy ceased to oomcaent upon it.
One spring ItteklelLapstone's cow died. It was a sad losa j but the cobbler bore up, and set about flndilfg another oow; for a oow he must faave, or fais famUy would bo without milk and bnttiii. At length fae fonnd one tfaat suited him, atid he was assnred that he oonld have it npon tijie moat favorable terms. A far¬ mer, Uving nej^r tfae Tillage, named Salomon Sfante, faad a C;>w to spare, and he offered to trade.
" I haven't got the money," said Ezekiel; " bat I WlU p^y you in boota and shoes."
Now Solomiln Shnte faad several children, and as he had> to purchase qnite a namber of shoes in tbe coarse of a year, he considered tfais offer goojl enongh; and he told the cob¬ bler he would {trade in that way.
"But,"said;fae,"as we don't know what may happen, jj: is best to make our bargain a safe one foralll pariios. 'I wiU give yoa tfae cow, and youi sfaall give me a note tor the amoimt payable on deinand. Whenever I get apair ot shoes I will indorse the price ofthem on tbe baok ofthe note as ao mnch money re¬ ceived, and thua we ahali both be sate; and wnen the note is all paid all wUl be right."
The cobbler could aee nothing objectionable in this; ao fae took tho cow, and gave his note, payable to Solomon Shnte, or order, on de¬ mand, (or twelve dollara; and he oaloulated th^t in two yeara, at least, Solomon's _famUy would take u]] boots and ahoea enough to can¬ cel It.
And now cames anolher charaoter—Deacon Seth Tobiaa. < The Deacon was a shoe-maker; buthe faadalKgershop than had Ezekiel, and he did bnaineia on a grander acale. Ee em¬ ployed many!; workmen, and aent off many boxea of aboeii to the oity market. Bnt the Deaoon did not work mnoh with fais own hands. He laid out tlie work for his men, and did the bnying and pelUng. People sapposed that Deacon Toblaii was very wealthy, and faence they put up with the proad aira whioh hia wife and ohUifren aaanmed.
But there ipas one individual who ahook his head wheii the people talked ot tbe Dea¬ con's wealth; and that individual was Ezakiel Lapstone.
"Idon'tkjfow," the cobbler said. "I'm afraid the Deiicon's In a bad way. It he don't stick to his ibnslness a little snugger, and leave off going quite so mnch to neighbor Nichols' bar, jjie'li be going donn hill atore long." "
And anre wongh, in a little wfaile Deacon Tobiaa iaUed--made a very bad faUnrer-and many woiknien, lost much money whioh ho owed tfaem. JBat wfaen he came to settle np, the law proqpanced his transaotions to have been legitimaite; so be cams forth from the crash witfa "^honor"' and the poor men who had lost tfaeirpay, were asaured that tbey had better keep quiet.
One thing t^ubled Deacon Tobiaa more tban all the rest. ; He knew tfaat Ezekiel Lapstone had predicted; his downfall, and that said pre. diction had been baaed npon theaaaertlon that he—the Deaoon—went too often to the little bar in the comer of neigfabor Nichols' store.
Kow it so liappened that Ezttkiel Lapstone was a meml^sr of the church of which, Seth Tobias was deaoon; and a very worthy mem¬ ber waa he, too—so worthy that the idea had been whispered abont in oertain circlea of making him deacon. Tfaeae thinga were known to Mr. Tobias, and so wroth waa he that he waa bent npon rei;enge. He deoiared that he would " bring the oobbler to the stool of repentance;" and to that end he set his wils at work to dia¬ oover how hv oonld best accomplisfa bis pnr¬ pose. He leamed tfaat Solomon Sfanle held Lapstone's ijiote for twelve doUara, and at a convenient opportnnity fae approached Shiitai and offeied tp bny tfae note. It ohanced that the farmer ^as very mnoh in want of money at the time, and, wlthoat stopping to consider what the ctmseqaences might be he let the note go. He had thonght of saing the note, and getting »n exeontion against Ezekiel, for fae did not bqlieve thst the cobbler woald raiae the money to pay it. Bnt ere he had entered npon the execution of tbis plan, a better op. portunlty foi^ revenge preaented itaelf.
Ot oourae, betore suing the note, it beoame neceasary that payment should demanded; so tbe deaoon called npon the cobbler for that purpoae. Lapstone was astonished wfaen fae fonnd that Tobias held that note; but he did not wish to have many words with the deaoon, for he saw a{| onoe what it all meant.
"I agreec(lopay that note in ahoea," fae said, " and I wiU do so."
"Idon't want any sfaoes," repUed Tobias. " I want the money."
"Bat I ican't pay the money. I never agreed to do so."
" Certamly yon agreed to pay the money, Mr. Lapstone." " No, Bir.r"
" But heiie it is, in blaok and white—' For valna received I promise to paySolomon Shnte, or order, twjilve doUars on demand.'' Tfaere is notfaing aaid abont shoes."
" You kntiw what I mean, that snch was the express agreement I made wilh Mr. Shnte.' " Ah—I lion't know anytfaing about thst. I have oom^ into poasesaion of the note, and I mnst have ^e money." " Bnt I fakven't got the money." " Yon can raise it." "No—lofin'tdoit." " Then iat me hsve part of it." " I haven.'t got a oent, air—not a oent.   The last penny X owned I paid for meat this mom¬ lng." " Perhaps you oan pay it in this week ?" "No."    !
"Intwojireeks,then?" " No, sir.;: I shan't have any money in tfast time—not raore'n enongh to keep my family hi food."  j'
"Very weU," said Deaoon Tobiaa;:"we'll seewhat is ithe next thing to be done. V   And
as he spolc^ he tnned and left tfae shop	
Several peilple were present to hear the con- vereatlon; |and though their sympathies were aU with u4 oobbler, yet they feared that fae wbnld hare to ani&T. Thla waij on Monday.   On ths foUowing
Thursday, Ezakiel tapslbne bonght a very nice dress fOr fais wife, and new clothes for each of his ohUdien. He bonght the goods at the large new store, and paid for them in oaah, nearly fl(^ doUars. When Deaoon Tobias heard of this he was " on his Ups " in a mo¬ ment. Here was an opportnnity to oome down on the oobbler with a vengeauoe..
"How that man did lie to me," he eald, in reiatlngtheoironmstance to his friends. "He swore he did not faave a oent of money in the world; and he deoiared that fae shonid not have any for two weeks; and yst, 'jnst see what he has bsen doing! A man that wUl cheat mustbe looked after."
Deacon Tobias resolved to present the mat¬ ter to the church. Ee knew that the oobbler had many friends wfao faad been nrging him forward as a candidate for deacon, and he thonght fae wonld now crush the aspirant, and nonplns his firiends. Ee feU that fae faad good canso. An action for falsefaood and dis¬ honesty wonld certahjly faold against tfae oob¬ bler.
And so Deacon Seth Tobias made tbe com¬ plaint, and Ezekiel Lapstone was summoned before the chnrch to answer it. The meetbig was held on Satarday evening, in the large vestry, and the place was bo crowded that many wero obliged to stand. It was plain to be seen that the moat sympathy was with the poor cobbler; bat then, if fae had been gnilty of things charged against him, he must faU.
The meeting was finally caUed to order, and afler some ordinary buBlneaa had been trana- aoted. Brother Ezekiel Lapatone was oaUed np to answer tfae charge preferred agamst him by Deacon Tobias. The oharge was read, and it sonnded very hard and aevere. It was drawn np with legal preciaion, and the otime waa aet forth in startling phraseology. What had Brother Lapatone to aay ? " Brathering and aistera," aatd tfae oobler rising in faia place, " I oan't make out the whole drift of that ere docnment, but I ken tell yon what I reckon it means. It meana 'at Deacon Tobias came to me to git me to pay a note, an"at I told him I hadn't got any money, an' 'at I shouldn't faave sny for two weeks."
" Tfaat's is not aU, Brotfaer Lapstone," mUd¬ ly eaggealed the president. "The cfaarge fiuthermore sets forth tfaat only tfaree days thereafter yon paid nearly fitty dollara in cash tor dry goods and finery for your wife and danghters."
'¦Sartin," responded Ezekiel, "I anderstand all thst. Bat iu the fust place, thsr'a some- thin' about that ere note aint exactly the thing. I gin that note to Brother Shnte, and was to pay it in work."
The preaident reminded Brother Lapstone that that faad notfamg to do with the question; tfae only qneation properly before them was, faow came ths accuaed brother to make false state¬ menta in order to avoid paying tbe note ?
" Then," aaid the oobbler, «I shaU ahow 'at that ere monay wasn't mine—not a penny on't." Brother Lapstone faad the fioor. Ezekiel worked fais way ont into tfae open space before the president's chair, and spoke aa tollows:
" Mister President—Brathering and siaters —I think I kan show 'at I ain't qnile snoh a rascal aa them are oharges aays I am. In course I admit all that's been said about the note, so aU I need to tell is where thst money oome from."
The preaident nodded bia head in token ot aaaent.
"WaU," resumed Brother Lapstone, in a very calm and eaay manner, eonaldering he waa notnaed to pnblic speaking, "I'U tell jest 'dxBCtly where tbst ere money oome from.— Jeat two years ago—two years ago laat Thura. day—I said to my wife,'Betay,' aays I, I'm doin' wrong. I'm paying away my money for atrong drink when my family need it. I'm makin' a brule o' myself, an' my wife an' babies have to suffer.' And,' says 1. 'thar's Deacon Tobias—he's goin' the same way, an' I'm goin' to take a waming before it's too late.' Says I, 'the Deaoon'U get into trouble ef fae don't quit it."
At this poiut Deaoon Tobias arose to call the brother to order; and brother Lapstone waa cantloned not to be personal.
" As I was sayin'," pnrsned the cobbler, " I told my wife I was goin' to tum over a new leaf, and this was the plan: 'I meant to stop drinkin' entirely, and save the money tor my family thst I'd been in the hsbit of apendin' for ram. I'll put the money inlo a box, and it ahan't be opened for two yeara; and when it ia opened, it ahali be aU yonm and tbe children's. Yon sfaall have it to bay good warm olothea with I' She kindo' trembled, for sbo didn't b'liave I'd do it; bnt I told her I would just as true as I Uved. Says I, 'Betsy, I'll fix it ao: Every time I sae Deacon To¬ biaa go arter his dram, I'll pnt three cents into the box—I wUl, sartin.' And, Brotfaering and Siatera, I did it. I knowed jeat when the deacon took hia drama, and when he paid his money over for the dram, I put mine in the box for my babies. But mind ye, I spent more money so than I'd ever Spent for mm. Lord bless ye, when I was in the habit o' drinkin' I didn't have so much mouey—then I couldn't a'begun to keep np wilh the deacon ; bnt, ye sae, when I kept sober, and worked all the time, I waa able to pal by tbese little snms of grog-money withoat mnch trouble.
" Wall, sa I wae aayin', I stuck to my pro¬ miso, an' Thursday the aecond year waa np, and we opened the box. An' how mnoh do yon s'poao we had; I'U teU ye: we faad over aeventy-five dollars!"
"Imposaible," uttered Deacon Tobias- " that figure Is entirely beyond reason."
" Let'a jeat look at it a moment," said the cobbler, in a baaineaa like way, " I wonldn't a' b'lieveditatfirst, bnt its aU jeat ao. Nowaee: For the fnst year Deaoon Tobias drinked four times a day at neighbor Nlchol's store, and I pat into my box three cents for eaoh dram. That, leaving ont Sandays, wonld make over thirty-seven doUars. The seoond year he drinked a great deal more—ao much 'at I couldn't keep up with him, so I only pnt by the old Bum. Ye see my shop is right side o' neighbor Niohol's store, and as I set on mj bench at work, I can look right over into his bar; so I oan't help a seein' what'a goin' on there."
"And now, Brathering and Sistera, I've told you the whole atory, jest as it is; and I want to ask ye—I want to ask the president^I want to ask every one of ye—Whose money waa in tfaat ere box? Whose money faai I been wasting for years ? Whose baoks had to go bare—^wfane (aoee had to bum wilh shame-^ whoae beds wete oold and cheerless in tfae long winter nighta—and who went hungry for want 0' the money I squandered in drink 7 And now —arter aU this, and now arter the promise I'd made—with the cold winter oloae npon ns, and my wife and chUdren sufferm' for clothes —whose money waa it in that box f Waa it mine ? Had I a right, nnder the eye of God, to touoh a penny of that money to pay the deacon's note ? Decide it aa yoa wUl—pass any judgment yon pleaae—I can look np to Heaven, and feel hi my sonl 'at I've done righti"
Need we tell what the deoision of the coun¬ cil was in the case ?
No- We need only teU this: Betore the oold winter faad oame Seth Tobias faad moved away frbm the town, and Ezekiel Lapstone waa Deacon in his plaoe.
A SIOSY FOK THE UTTLE FOLKS. The Old Slate anarry.
"HoNoa thy father and thy mother, that thy daya bo long in tho land which the Lord thy. God giveth thee."—Exonoa 20:12.
There are great men enongh to inalte ns to aim at trae greatness, bnt not enoagh to make ns fanoy that God oonld not exeonte his' pur¬ poses withoat tfaem.
Why are two yonng ladies kisshig eaofa otfaer an emblem of Cfaristlanity ? Ans ^Be¬ canse they are doing nnto each otfaer as tfaey wonld men sfaonld do nnto them.
The Biughampton Journal is oonstraoting a new dictionary. It defines "Man—a generic term, «7i6raciny woinan." If this iaa sample, the new dlotionaiy.wUl be oompiehenaive enongh at leaat.
I trnet tfaere are not mmy Uttle boys or gh-ls who wiU read this, to whom I need explahi the meaning of this sentenoe. No donbt they know it well, and keep that commandment ot God entirely; for whoever wonld behave badly to their parents must be a bad ohUd indeed I— Tblnk how mnoh they have done for na; how tfaey faave Ungfat ns, and watched over na, when we were qnito yonng, and nnable to do anytfaing for ourselves; faow, when we were sick, ther soothed onr pain, prayed for ns, and took more tiue of ns than any ons else oonld. Oh I we can never be sufficiently grate¬ fnl to tfaose kind parenU I And no donbt, my dear little friends, yon all love yonr father and mother dearly, and woald not, onany aocoant, behave redely or unkindly to tfaem, but do every thingin yonr power to m&e them faappy, and to show how yon love tfaem.
StiU, faave yoa always remembered tfaat to " honor" yonrpaibnts, yoa mnst obey theu In i everything, and never let any reason tempt] yon to forget wfaat they have said ? Tfaey are older and wiser tfaan ybu, and must know best wfaat Is good and proper for you.
I remember a Uie aboat a Uttle girl whom I knew when I waa aohUd. I wiU tell it yon; perhaps it wUl make yoa stUl more careful to remember thia.
It was in a very beantiful viUage hi the country, a long way from here. The prettiest bonae in the plaoe was that belonging to the mamma of Ultle Boae Banks. It was such a sweet place, quite hid among trees andfiower- ing shrabs. A little stream flawed through the grounda, and tfaere was an aviary Ctbat is, a place in wfaioh birds are kept) full of foreign birds—parrots and cockatoos, and humming¬ birds, and those beautiful little creatures caUed loTe-birds. We were so fond of going to visit Uttle Rose Banka, and look at her pretty pets, snd watoh the tiny flah in tfae stream, along tfae border of which grew Bweet bine and wfalte bells, banging over and kiasing tfae water as it flowed smootfaly along. Then there was a awing on the lawn at the baok of the faouae, and a little ofaaiae drawn by two whtte goats, a Uttle black pony in a nice stable, aU to bim¬ Belf, and Ume peacocks, wfaich wonld eat out of onr haods. Oh I it was sach a pleasant place, and our happiest time waa wfaen we were permitted to spend a day witfa Eosy, at Spring Bower—BO tfae honae waa oalled.— Eoas's papa had been an officer in the army; he waa killed In India, and Boae wsa aUinthe world to her mamma, who had no one to love on eartfa bnt faer Uttle girl. She was snoh a merry, happy ofaild, so gentle and kind, no one oonldfaelp loving faer, alwaya laughing and Ught-hearted; we nsed to call her Sunny Bose Banks, for play, you know. Often ahe wonld come to my mamma's house, npon her Uttle black pony, and I always knew her merry voioe the minute I heard it, and ran down to meet her. l^en ahe would beg a holiday tor me, and off we wonld go, oue riding and tbe other walking by the aide, tum by tnro, tUl we got to her house, and tfaen wfaat a merry day! ranning, swinging, danoing, singing, gathering trait and flowers, riding in the little chaise, and feeding the birds.
The gardens sloped off at the back ot tbe faonse, and joined a little wood, whore in the season the nuls grew plentifally ; and the gronnd was covered witfa suoh a beantifnl soft moas, just like a carpet, and the birds sang so sweetly, for their nests were never disturbed. We loved the little wood. After yoa psssed throagh the wood, you oame into a kitohen garden, and from there, across an open hUly pieoe ot common, was a short way into the ViUage, close by our school, where we went twice a week, only to learn mnsio and sing¬ ing. On this oommon grew the sweetest fiowers, that were to be found anywhere; they olimbed over the huge looae atonea which lay abont, and hnng down into the great blsck holes, as if they were in haste tb cover tbe bare ngly place. It had been a state qaarry, (that is, a plaoe where slate is dug out of tbe earth,J but it had nofbeen worked for a long time. We often longed to gather the brigbt fiowers whioh grew bo plentifully all over that common, but we faad been forbidden to crosa it, for there were a great nnmber ot wide, deep pita in many placea, almoat covered by the brambles and flowers, ao that yon could not see tbem, and might easily have fallen down to the bottom.
When we had speut a merry day out ot doors, we would go into the faouse, and after tea Rose's kind mamma would play tfae harp for as, while we danced or sang; then she used to tall ns amusing talea ot all she had seen wfaen abroad, tUl onr servant came to fetch ns home.   Oh I those were very happy days.
Eoss could not remember ner papa; he died when ahe waa qnlte a baby; and it oflen made her aad whon afae aaw the love ot otfaer ohll¬ dren for a khid father, to thmk that she had naver known hers. Bnt suoh Badness soon passed away, for faer good mamma wss so kind snd lovhig, and often when Roae aaw the teara fall from faer mother's eyea, aa she looked at the pioture of tfaat dear papa, she would spring into her lap, and kissing them away, promised to be very good, to make dear mamma glad.
Sfae was a faappy little girl, and so sweet- tempered and geutle, everybody loved to oblige faer: sfae was so carefal not to give trouble, and so witling to Berve any person; sfae woald part with tfae prettiest toy or book she had, if a playmate admired it, and she thought it would give them pleasure. And to the poor she was so kind; I faave often though^ she was very like the little girl in the story¬ book who took off her ahoea and.gave them to the poor ohild who had none: Roae wonld certainly have done so.
It was a pity tfaat, witfa so many good qaali¬ tiea, Roae often forgot the wishes aud com manda of her dearest friend npon earth, faer good mamma. If sfae was forbidden to take aometfaing, she very often would do exactly what she had been forbidden to do, o: leave what she had been desired to do; and had al¬ ways some reason ot her otvn, whioh sfae was snre, sfae said, mamma would aay was rigfat tfaongfa sfae always tonnd tfaat she was wrong, I and often got into tronble iu oonaequence.
She had been often told not to open the door of the aviary; her mamma had given her per¬ mission to feed the birds, and to watch them, bnt forbade faer at any time to open the door. One summer momlng very early, Bose went to tbe aviary, anxiona to see a very beautifai foreign bird whioh a gentleman, just letumed from abroad, had bronght for her mamma.— She was viaituig at onr honae tfae day before, when he oame, and she had not yet Been the new beaaty. There he sat all alone, in great state, in his new faome, looking so prond and faandsome, his gay plnmage glistening in the snn. Rose notioed that the little pan, wfalofa held the water for the bird's drhik, had been taken out and stood on the outside of the oage; the man wfap attended to the bhds bar¬ ing forgotten to replaoe it. Bhe aaw the strange bird looked eagerly toward it. Sorry for hiu, faer mamma's commands were for gotten ; sfae faastil.r opened tfae door, eager to give him the water—a loud wfalrring noise rasfaed paat her ear—the cage was empty l-a bright streak of gold and blue seemed to flaah high np in the air—and was gone. Rose's scream bronght tfae gardener to the spot, wfao, seehig what faad faappened, and afraid his mistress wonld be angry, not wishing his Ut¬ tle lady to get into tronble, offered to take aU tfae blame npon himself.
" I ougfat to faave put the pan in, Miss; it was my fault," satd he.
Bat Rose was too gopd and brave tn wlah to hide ber (anlt.
"It wasvery wrong of me, Robert," said
she.   " Mamma told me not to open ths oage
bntlwUIteUher. Ohl dear.faowspnylamt"
Bhe waited alpwly away, feeUng TBij;ilf-
feiently from whan lhe eoteied th* gsidta that
morning.;^ She met hjsr niamma and tfae gen¬ tleman who had brought the bird, upon the tertace; th'ey were Just going to lookat the new pet. Oh I what a sad tale for Rose to teU.
')Yon know," said faer inamma, "I bade yon never open that dtwr. Yon thonght that there waa an excuse for yon when you wished to give the bhd drink; but yoa know yoa onght to faave oalled Eobert to do so. Hsd tfae bird not flown away, yon would have atili done the same wrong in disobeying me. 0 Rose I yoa WiU be sorry aome day, if yon do not keep my requests more in yonr mind. Go to yonr room now, and stay there."
Eose cried bitterly, as she went; not for the pnnlshment, bnt becanse she knew she faad done wrong, and had offended her dear mother. She went to her room, and remained tfaere the whole day. She missed all the pleasant tales which the strange gentleman told of for¬ eign oonntries, and tfae many thiogs he faad seen tfaere; she was not aUowed to dine witfa her mamma; or to walk ont with her, iu tfae evening; and worse than all, she knew by the sad faoe of her dear mamma, when she oame to kias faer and bid her good-night, that she was grieved and sad.
" Do you know, Roae," aaid her kind moiher, " wfalofa commandmeut ot God yon have this day neglected to observe ?—' Honor thy father and mother.' You, my poor ohild, hava no earthly father; but yon havea mother, who BO dearly loves yon, tfaat sfae is sadly grieved to find you so often oarelesa of ber wiahea."
Rose oried herself to sleep, and made many resolations never to offend more. But such resolves were too often forgotten.
She had a very ohoioe and rare Uttle rose- tree, whioh tfarongfa tfae long winter sfae faad oarefntlv nnrsed, and reared as fondly as it it were eome Uviog tfaing, wfaiofa could retnm faer love. Iddeed the Uttle plant seemed to do BO, for it put forth ita tiny bnds, and grew thick and strong. The Uttle girl watched its growth wilh great delight; and anxioualy awaited the opening oftfae aweet bada, which she totended to give faer mamma on her birth¬ day, now near at hand.
One moming m Maroh, abont a week betore the day for which Rose hsd destined faer treasure; the ann shone warm and bright, the aky looked clear and bine; " almost like sam¬ mer," said Rose, " and I am sure it will do rosey good to go ont ot doors a little, after being shut np ao long." Ker mamma bad repeatedly warned her, that If she placed her rose-tree in the open sir, at tfais time of the year, it would oertainly die, after being so long accustomed to the warm air of the room. But RoiJe was sure, and faer mamma was from home tfaat morning; so, without staying to oonsider that sfae had no right to decide against the expreascd opinion ot her parent, ahe placed the tiny roae in the aunahine on the terrace, and went to take her muslc-leasonv
Abont mid-day the aky became clouded, a tew fiakea ot anow drifted in the air, and the shrill wind howled throagh the traas. Rose's mamma oaUed for faer in tfae oarriage, on her way back from town, and bronght her home. The moment tbey arrived, Roae harried npthe ateps, and ran round the terraoe, haadleaa of tho anow, which now teU faet; ahe reaohed her little roae aud anxiously raised it. Alaa I poor roae I All its liny buda were nipped, ita pretty green leavea; tbe tender plant, droop, ing and faded, seemed to say : " Ab I dear lit¬ tle mlstreaa, why have yon thus left me to die ?" Yes, it was dying, the poor rose-tree, and Its tiny buds could never open now, to please the little girl. Roae burst into tears, thongh she did not often ory; and when her mamma, faarlng sfae was faurt, ran inlo tbe room, she found the poor child with the dead roae tree In faer hand, weeping sadly. Eer mamma did not say how much she waa grieved at her dia- obedience, for abe knew Rose Buffered for it. Everybody who had oome to aee Mra. Banks had admired the roae-baah, and now they in¬ quired tor It; so Eose was obliged, many times, to oontosa ber fault, and her jnst puniahment. Would yon not think theae asd eventa wonld have made her more obedient ? Bnt yon know, nnlesa we are qnite reaolved to be as good aa we can be, and ask from onr heart the' Heavenly Fatfaer to assist us, we shall never bo right.
One beantifalaammermorning, some montha after the loss o( the rose-tree, Roae oame al¬ moat danoing with delight, to the hoase ot tbe lady who taught us music. She was an infirm old lady, though an excetlent teacher; so, as ahe could not, withoat great fatigue, attend all the little giria whom ahe tanght, we went twice a week to faer faouae in the village, lo learn ot her, music and ainging. Well, Roae Banks oame, fnll of joy, just ss we were going to begin. She brought a note ftom her mamma, aaking the lady to be kind enonf;h to excuse faer, wben she had played her last lesaon over, as the little girl was going to have some young trienda to viait her inthe aftemoon, and wish¬ ed to be home early. She aaked me, snd the three Uttle girls who were slao there, to oome; tfaere was to be quite a large party ; we were to faave a dance on the lawn, and colored lamps were faang in the trees of the litUe wood, to be Ughted when evening came. All the fruits and nice thinga wfaicfa oonld be found in tbe village were ready for our feast; Cook bad baked ancfa a fine cake, and Sally was to make a ayllabab under the cow. We were to make hay in the meadow, and ride in the chaise, and feed the birds; and in the evening we were to have some new music from the piano. All this Rose told, almost in a breatb; and the little girls dancod for joy as they listened. She ran home, as soon as her leaaon was played; teUing ns ahe wsa going to help to cut tbe fiowers for the vaaea, snd charging ua all to oome as early aa ever we could. " We shall be so faappy when we meet," aaid ahe, aa she ran ofl', with auoh a aweat amile and annny face. I faave never forgolten lhat look, thoagh ao many yeara have passed since I aaw it.
I am afraid that our praotlalng that morning wss aoaroely bo weU attended to aa naaal. We were thinking pf the pleaaure to oome, and at two o'oiook we were glad to be free,and baaten home to Innob, and then to dress. I was tfae first to arrive at Mrs. Banka'a; for my mother's faouae was tfae nearest to faers, and as I was a particnlar favorite ot Roae'a, afae waa anre to want me tfaere a little before the reat, to show me aU her little plans and arrangements. I was very maoh surprised, wheu I went np the steps and reacfaed the terrace, not to see my dear little friend; she was always so anx¬ ious to ran and meet me. However, I thonght she might be atill in her room, draaalDg, and I meant to go up and aurpriae faer; when Mra. Banks's maid came hastily into the faall.
"0 Miss I" said she, "is Miaa Rose with
yon f   She onght to ba dressed by this lime I"
"Eose ia [not with me," exolaimed I; "I
have not seen her since sfae left the olass this
moming I"
" Why, where can sfae be. Miss ?" said the girl; " her mamma lias been askmg for her this long time, and wo thought snrely she was witfa yon."
Tfaen Mrs. Banks came in, and wfaen she faeard that Rose had not retnmed, she did not know what to think. She asked me at what time Rose had left the scfaool; I told faer she bad remained bnt half sn faour, and it was now four hoars ago. The Uttle visitors began to arrive; soon all faad come, bnt Bose was witfa none of them, neither had they seen her since tfae moming. Tfaen her niamma and the ser¬ vants began to be alarmed, lest some harm had come to tfae Uttle girL Some ot the ser¬ vants went one way, and some anothar, tosee if they could leara any tidings of her, bnt no one had seen faer sinoe she had left the mnaic- olaas in tfae moming. They aU oame back, and it was growing qnlte daak; the other lit¬ tle girls returned home,sadand alarmed; bat I did not like to go away, I wanted to faear if my dear Uttle merry Bose wers not yet fonnd, So I sat npon tfae terraoe, under the sweet flowera which Roae'a Uttle hand had helped to
olematia and roaes, thinking of her and of what she had eaid: " WoshaUbe ao happy when wa meet J" I tried to tfaink where she oonld be. Bometimes I fancied gypsies had taken her away/aa I had read of ofaUdren be¬ ing taken ty them; bnt there were no gyp¬ sies in the Tillage; no wUd besata to eat her np—where ehe was I oould nol, think. The men had aU gone ont again to seek throngh the neigfaborhpod, and many pthers had jplned them in the search. I oonld hear the sobs of tfae poor old faonsekeeper, wfao had nursed Rpse when a baby, and the weeping pf tfae maids, wfao aU dearly loved iheir yonng mis¬ tress. Throagh the faalf-closedwindowslaaw aMpaot mamma on her kneea, praymg for l^flhild to be giren baok to her. I could not go faome tiu I had seen Rose, I could not have slept; and, as I thonght ot all the happiness she had planned, and how it had ended, the teara teU fast among tfae blossoms aroand me. Just then, 1 faeard a step near me, a faeavy step, yet aotmding aa if tfae peraon were trying to w^lk Bottly. I looked up, and saw comiug np tfae steps, a great conntry Iwy, whom the people in tho village osUedaiUy Harry. Ido not believe the poor teUow waa ao silly as they tfaongfat him; at least ho waa very grateful snd respeottal to anybody who was kind to faim; bnt fae nerer wonld stay in any house— alwaya roaming abont in search ot herbs and fiowera, which he picked in the fielda snd hedgea to aeU in tfae riUsge. He faad been rery kindly treated hy Uttle Roae, and would mn a mite or two to fetch or oarry for her. He came now treading softly yet hurriedly, and as he saw me he placed fais finger on fais Up, to bid me to mske no noiae. I atsrted np, snd aaw thst he held in his hsnd tfae Utile blue silk scarf wfaicfa Roae Banks wore in her mom¬ ing walks about the viilage; ahe had had il on that very day. I ahonld faave oried out, but a look at Harry sUenced me. I saw he waa pale and dtatteaaed, and by his pointing toward the window I knew fae feared to alarm poor Mra. Banka.
Child as I waa, I underatood. He had fotmd aome traces of Roae; afae waa in danger, and needed help. I knew weU there was none at home able to be ot service—the men were a" oat, the women terrified and waeping. I beokoned Uarry to follow me, and running down the steps and acroas tbe lawn we were aoon at my father'a houae. There my two elder brothera, quite yonng men, ware aitting at tea with my aiater, father, and mother. I ran awiftly into the room, followed oloaeiy by Harry; and ao terrified had I now become by hia aad, wild looka, tbat I threw myaelf on my kneea, and, hiding my faoe in my mamma's lap, I buret into tears. They were all alarmed, for they had not before heard of tbe atrange loss.
Harry soon told all he knew. He was cross¬ ing the common Just in the dnsk of the even¬ ing, for he knew his way .so well abont the placa that he naver feared going thete, eveu among the dangerous pita. ' He hsd been gathering water-creases at a little brook which ran between the meadowa some dialauce off. He aaw, a Uttte way off, aomething lightly fluttering, and thinking it might be a bird, hurt and nnable lo fiy, he ran forward and canght hold of it. Then he fonnd it to bs a blue scarf, whioh he well knew belonged to the little lady at Spring Bower; it had caaght in tne twining branches of a creeping plant which grew thickly across, and almoat covered the month ot a deep blaok state qnarry. " I very nearly fell in," said Harry, telling my faiher ; " for I did not see the pit at flrst: I thonght yonng Misa had perhapa loat her scarf, and it had blown there, for I know none ot the ladiea ever walk there ; so I was coming to the honae wilh it when I heard in the vUlage that Miaa had not bean aeen aince morning, and then I began to be afraid " Poor Harry stopped apeak¬ ing, an 1 the big teara roUed down his rough face. He had run all the way hare, bnt waa afraid of alarming Mrs. Banka, and had slopp¬ ed to speak to me firat.
My father and brothers, with two of our men, instantly started off, Ilarry going before lo ahow the way. They took a ladder and lanterns with them, for it was quite dark; and blankela and a bottle of hot milk were aent after them by dear mother. Oh! how my heart ached, and how I prayed that dear Uttle Roaa might be broughi back safe! No one had spoken; but I knew by the pale facea ot the men, and tbe tears ot my slater and mothar, whst they thought.
It aeemed s long whUe—oh I ao long I—till tbey oame back. We heard them coming slowly acroaa the tawn and up the terrace, into the honae; for no oue had yet told poor Mra. Banka what they feared, so they came to na first. My mother went to meet them. I could not move, but atood claaping my alat.>r's hand, and listening. Then we heard a great noise of crying, and some one aaid: "OhI wbo witl tell the poor mothar 1" Mamma came Intothe room; ahe waa weeping bitterly, and she took me in her arma, and, kiasing me, she aaid' " My child, my dear child 1—your little friend 1 —desr Uttte Rose 1—whst wltl beoome of hur poor mother I"
Yea, it wsa aU over; desr little Roae was dead I They fonnd her at tha bottom of the quarry; her aweet faoe covered by the long trailing fiowera whioh had, moat probably, ted to her diaobedienoe and death ; har liltle white frook tom and aoiied; her slraw-hat broken ; and her tiny shoes aticking in the brambles, mingled witfa the wild fiowera. The smite which waa on her face when she turned to aay, "We ahall be happy when we meot," atiU lingered there; and har bright curia Isy 80 softly ronnd her head and neck, you would have thought sbe slept. Bnt her poor little arma were terribly bruiaed, and faer back waa broken. Roae Banka waa dead I Sweet annny Rose baolEs wonld never more play on the lawn, and dance to ber own aonga among the fiowera I
Oh I it was a terrible night. Mamma and vaj siateiB went to poor Mra. Bank's ; and it waa fearful, they afterward aaid, to see her grief and agony ot mind. There, in the midst of so mnoh tliat was happy and beantifnl, lay tho poor child for whom alt hsd been prepared —who might have been so gay, fnll of Ufe and joy—cold and lifeleaa; her poor mamma heart-broaken, and aU in aadneaa and sorrow. Throngh ono act ot disobedience atl this had come- The gay fiowera bad attracted the little girl's fancy; (or ahe had been plucking them, they oould see, as her toot slipped throngh, and sbe fell. Eagar to reach home, ahe had most probably crossed the common, whare she was forbidden ever to pass, and bad met her death. Had ahe remembered her dnty to her mother, had ahe gone by tbe village, oh I bow mncb misery wonld have baan saved! The way ot dnty ia ever tbe eaaieat and the most pleasant, my dear children.
Poor Mra. Banks died eoon after her Uttte giri.   Grief kilted her.
The aweet Spring Bower waa abut np, dark and lonely, and weeda grow where flowers had been. Soon afterwaid we lett that ptace, aud I was very glad, for I could not bear to be re¬ minded of the sad late ot my little friend.— Papa took poor Harry with ns ; he became a good, faithful aervant, and waa notat aU altly, laaanreyon.
Dear littte girls and boya who read tfais, wiU yon remember the tate of Rose Banks, and obey that commandment which she forgot, and BO bronght a aad fate nppn heraelf? " Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy daya may be long in the laud which the Lord thy God giveth thee."
JSrOTICB.
SEALED PROPOSALS for colletsting the StaU and Couaty Tax, la the 5orth Weat and Soath Weat Wards In the City of Laneaatv, will be re¬ eelTed at tbe Commlssloaera' Offlce at Laaeaater, oa MOHDAT, tbe IOth last.. ontU 2o'elock, P. M. By order of tbe Conunloaloners.
P.a.BBKEHAa, mar 6 tM5                                                     Clerk-  [ Dally Bxpregg ooly copy.]	
A BAKE  CHAKCE.      "
HANING determined to engage  in other bnalneoi, 1 now oQ«r my whole buck oC DBlf GOODS, aK0i;EEIE3 AND QBEEKiWABB.
at a great bargain. t^To peraons deairoou ot anteriog iato tbe Mercan¬ tile oualne,,, an opportnaity Is now ottered. enitt)liog tbem to gel a good etock ot (iUODi parcbu.<ed at iow prieas, a cheap real, aad an old stand eajoylag a targe trade for tbe labl 12 years. febS8-3t.l4 HDQB S. OAEA.
POB EENT.
ATWO-STOKY l^KAME D'WEL- . LISO HOUSB, altnated in th* Alley be¬ tween North Qaeeo. Prince, Jameii aad Lemoa Btreeta.   Beot Low, laqulra of
A. DELLbi, mar O-tf-lS Tnu oiace.
FOB BEHT.
FROM the lat day of APRIL next, the large aad commodtuas poblle boase, known as
tue HATIOHAL   UOUSE   UurEL,  located  In	
Nortb Qaeea Street, near tbe centre of the city.
Tblo property bas eveiy radllty for doing aUrge.	
boalaeas. To it le altacbed exteoaive aubliog, ...a a large well-paved yard. Apply to DH. J. AUG. JitlLEH, Nortb_Dake Street. febI2-tf-12
NOTICE.
THE BOOKS of E. (J, DARLING- TON, for Acconats dae the ExAifixESii & Hbbald, prwrto OCTOBEB 20,1853, have been placed la the bandA of Wu. B. WiLzr, Aldermu, Nc. 16>^ Dales ut.. for coUecLioD. All psrsoos lodebled willpUiisa call and aetUe wtth Mm.      ___    fob ia-tf-t2
•   DISSOLUTION.
IHE Partnership heretofore existing betweea SAML. B. ^iOX & CO., ia tbo CarrUgB ofactaring BoalnsM, bu thiH daj be«a dliwolTed by mulnal coa»eDt. All perBoos Iadebted to ihs uid firm are reqaeeted to call aad xaake »attlemeBC, aad aU pur- sooa having claims agalouC theitama will preseot tbem for Belllemeot to eliber of tba partiea.
SAUUEL B. COX, J. G. HKSS. LA^CiaTEB, Feb. 7, J862.
NOTICE.—The underaigned will con¬ tiaae the maQofaetarlog of Carriages, &c., at the old btaad coroer of Bake aad Viae atretiu, wbera he truata the pairoav or (be old flrm will ^ve bim that eocoar- atcemeat be bas alwaya eadeavored to deserve, feb Ii^t-12 BAMUKL B. COX.
MANOE TUHNPIKB EOAD COM¬ PAHY. T^HE annual meeting of the Stockhol-
1. ders, wUl be held attbe poblic boose of 0. Horn- barker, Mlllerttvllle, oa WEUtiBSDAT, MABCH fitb. 1862, at 2 o'clock, P. M., wbea and wbere an election will ba held for a Prealdeat, six Managers uid h Treaeaior, to serve ths flaealog year.
OhO. y. BBKflKMAH. Lascaster, Feb. 19tb, 1862.                   Secretary. _feb^l9  2fI3
ESTATE of ABRAHAM WITMEK, late of Moaat Joy towaahlp, deceased.—Lettera Tuotameotary oa aald eatate having beeo granted to the nDderttigoed, all peraoaa ladeblad tbereto are requested to make immediate paymeot, aod thoas baviog elalme or deiQiiodti agaluiit the same will preeeot tbem wl:h> ont delaj for aettlemeat to tbe undeialgoed, isaldiog lu said lwp.
WILLIAM McDAKKEL, mar&-6L*15 Kxecmor.
ESTATE OJ? LEVI BKUBAKER, late of Coooy lowoehtp. deceased.—Latlern of ad- miuiBtrfttloa oa eald estate having beea granted to the aoderslQged, all persona iadebted thereto are raqnested to make Immediate payment, aad tbasa baviag demands agaiast tbe eame will present them witboat delay, for aettlemeat to the tuderstghaud, re-«ldiag ia auid twp. LYMaM W. UUFF, feb 28 6|.U Admlnletrator.
ESTATE OF ELIZABETH HOFF- MAN, late of Strasbarg boroagh, deceased.—Lat- leca of adminielratton oo said opiate bavlug beea granted to tba aademlg-jed.all peraons Jodebled iherelo nra roqnealed to make immedtate payment, and tboao haviugclalmaor demaadsagainstthesaiaB wtll preeeat them witbuut dela; loi teitlemeat tu thq anderBigaed, residiog io Weut Lampeter towaahlp. feb 26 6 *» DAVID LANDIS, (ililler.)
ESTATE of MISS REBECCA JOR- DAN, lalo of tha City of Lancaster, decewsd — LuLibra of admlnbtratioa uo said eatattt having beeo graoted to the nod^ritlzned, all pt>r&oos lodebud thera- to are rcqaeiited to make immediate paymsut. aod tboss baving claims or demaods against tbe same will preaent them for Eettlemeot to the uoder^iga6d. residiog m Eiidt Earl lownship. WM. BOYD JACOBS,
or his Attoioey Wm. Aog. Atlee, E»q. feb 19 61-13
ASSIGNED ESTATE OF VETER WEIDMAN aad WIPE, of Weat Karl towoablp, Lancaster cocnty. iiaving by dafld of^volaotary as Eignmen', dialed ths S4th day of JANUaRi , li&2, assign* «d and transferred all their estate and elfecis to the andurslgoed, for the bendBt of tbe eredltora uf said Peter Weldman, he iherefore, bereby gives aoilce to all pemoDB knowing ihemKelveu Indebled to nald Ataigoor, to make payment to ibe aud^rstgned wltbont dalay, and those having claims agilnbt hl<n to preat<at them toihe UDdersigned. JOHN OKaVKK,
fab 5.6l«-ll Ephrata towubblp.
ASSIGNED ESTATE of JACOB H. HERSHEY and WIFE, of E&st HempBeld towa- Hhip, Lancastar cooQiy. Jacob B. Hershwy and Wife, hnvlBg by deed of voluntary ataignmeat of the Ifilh day of JANUARY, IStji. at-aigned ail their ealaie to the ntnleraigaed, io trnst fur tbe beneflt of credilora : tho anderblgned Aatlgaee hereby f;ivea notica toall pereons haviog any claims or dtimands agaioat aaid e<>taia to preaeat them to tho nnderaigned, duly anthenllcatad, aod those knowing tbemiielva lodbbted ard reqaested to make pavmeot lo the aodorbigned, wltboot delay. BENJAMIN BUUT, febl6t*II] rexiding io West Hempfield twp.
^STATe1)F JAMES H. McCAUS-
JTj LAND, late of Elizabeth township, decsased— Lellera of administration oo said e»iAie havingbeen graated to ths andersigued, all peruons indebted thereto arereqaested to make Imuiedia-e paymeat, and tbose h&vlug claims or dumaotis agaioat tbe same will preeeot them wllboat delay for aeltlemeut to the naderaigaed, residing In said towosblp. feb 4 6M1 JOSEPH 3. KGENEB.
"TESTATE OK MERCER "WHITSON,
l'^ lat6 of Bart township, deceased.—Lellera of ad- miuiatratlan oo eald eatate having been graoted to tha nnderatgood, all persons Indebted Ihereto are rcqat^aUd tomake Immediate payment,and those havingclaims or demanda again"t tha uame will presenl lhem wlthoat delay for settlement to the nndorsigoed, reaidiog In Sadsbary lownahip.
GEOEGE WHITSON, Jao S9.Ct-lu AdminlBtrator.
Qaills wants to know whether a drunken woman can be an entirelj bad onaf^ln other words, how la it posaible that one who is de¬ cidedly "tight" should be a "loose oharaoter?"
As the shadow follows the body in the splendor of the fairest aunlight, so wiU the wrong done to another pursue the eoul in the hour Of prosperity.
Tears at a wedding are only the oommenoe-
ment of tbe plokle that the yoosg folks are trftlo, and I Isaned my oheek sftdly amoog tho ^ Setting lato.
Accounts of Trust and Assigned
Estates.
rf^HE accouuts of the following named
Ji estates have be'>n exhibited and filed in the Offlce 01 the Protbonotary of the Coortof Commoo Plaiu of Lancaster conaty, to wit:
Lancaater Baok, Aaslgned Estate, Horace Baibvon, Aeslgaee.
Sotomoa Mobr, Jkssigoad Eatate, John Lynch, Asalg. nea.
Joaeph Rloeer aod wife. Assigned Eatato, Thomaa C. Collioa, Aaslgaee.
Peter Smoker, Aaaigned Enlate. Joo, L. Ligbtoer. Aa- signee.
A&J. Schock, Astiigaed Eatae, Joho Kline and Ban¬ jamla F. Hiesland, Asalgnees.
A. H. & J. Schock, AsGlgnod Ebtate. John KUne aad Beojamin F. Hiestand, Assignees.
Abm. Schock, Assigned Ealate, Joha KHae and Bea¬ jamin F. Hiealand, Assignees.
Juhn Schock, Assigued Estate, Benjamin F. Hiestand, Assignee.
Notice la hereby given to all persons Interested in any of eaid ealatea, that the Cunrt have appointed MONDAY, tha 17th day of MARCH, 1S62, for tbs eoa- firmation aad allowance of said accoaots, unless ercap- tiona bo filed or caobe shown wby said accoooUabonid not be allowed. PETEK MARTIN. Proth'y.
PaOTHO.voTAKT'a Office, Lancaster, Feb. 17tb, lStJ2.
feb 19 31-13
JAUES L. PATTERSON,
Alias Sobpmna for Dl- vs. vorce to Jan. Ttixm,
ABBE AMELIA PATTERSON. S lS6i, No. 2i.
"[^OTICE to ABBE AMELIA PAT-
J_^ TEESON.—Yon are hereby commaoded to bs and appear In yoor proper persou befurt: oor Jadgea atLan- caaier. at tha Conaiy Coart of Commua Pleaa, there to be held oo thv THUD MONDAY, la APRIL. ISfiJ. to show caube, Ifany yuo have, why JAMES L. PATTER¬ SON, shall not be divorced from the hoods of matrlmoay cooiructed wllh yoa. S. W. P. BUYD, sheriff. _feb 12  13.U
PHILIP KIRCHOFF.    ) .Ulas Snbpmna for Divorce
V8. >        to Jaa. Term, IS62.
MARY KIRCHOFF.     ) No. 16.
"VTOTICE to MARY KUICHOFF.—
1 ^ Tea ara bereby eommaaded to be aad appear lu yuor proper pereoa Ijefore nar Jadgee at Laacaater. at the Cuaaty Coart of (;oinmoa I'leai, tber. to be beld oa tbe TBIRD MONDAY, iu AI'KIL. Ib62. lo ehow caose, it aoy yoa baTO, why r-UlLll" KlKCUOFr, .hall oot be divorced (rom the boade of laatrimooy coatracted irlth yon. b. W. P. BOYD, Sheriir.
tob 12 IMt
BLIZABETH BDSE,   T
v'm .N°nvr"i'.vi°s°yt   U"»» Snbpa.aaforDivopce to EMAHDEL^UES.\Zt,   j-    j^^.Tero., 1S62. So.37.
UOSEb iJDSE. J
¦^OTICi;  to iWOSKS BUSE.—i'ou
1 ^ are bereby commaoded to be aad appear fo yoar proper pereoo before oor Jodgee at Laoeaeter. at tha Coaoty Coort of Commua Pleai*, tbere to be beld oa tbe THIKD MOKDaV, la APKIL, IfS:, to sbow caaee If aoy yoo bave. why ELIZABKTU BUiE, aball oot be dlrorced from tha booda of matritoooy coatracted wlitl yoa. b. W. v. BOYD, Sherifl; fab 12 12-K
CONSUMERS     OF COAL,
ELIiMAKEE'S
COAL    YARD.
Still at  the  Old Place,
Cor. of Frinoe  and Lemon ats., one squ &
North of the Railroad. rriHE most convenient yard in the city
I,   for Coontry Tirade, being oat of sight ot tha care, aod frontingon twu streets,
CJ-Havlng procared tha sarvlcea of
JACOB EEIHHOLD,
for 16 years weU aud favorably known to lb* people of this eonoty lo coa jection with tba coal bnal- oses, aod by giving hid eotlrs attention to the bneiness, tho BObBcriber hopes to merit nnd receive a liberal •hare of thepnbUe patronage.
t3'CleanCoai andfuU weight guarantees to aU.
aprl7-ly-31 LBVI BLLMAKER.
TO   COITlfTBY MEKCHAITTS. T^HE undersigned has Just Received a
I    large a^dortmeat of
SALT MSH.
was. EABLSB, PEA KOTS. OBAHOKS. LEAMONS. BBOOMS, BDCKBTS.' COIL OIL by tba bbl., H bbU, or <aUoa, COAL OIL
LAMPS, WICKsTac, 40.
Wblob be la preparad to aeUat Fhlladelpbla prlcea.
Ef*CaU asi uaioliu my Stoclc before parcbaeUu.
JOHH D, SKILSS,
So, IS XaalElw etreet.
fcllW IMI