Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXXVL
LMGASTER, PAa^^i^
, MAY, 7 1862.
NO. 24.
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UHDES THE SNOW.
The spring bad tripped and lost her flowers. The snmmer sauntered tbroufirh tbe glade.",
The wounded feet oi" autumu hoars Left ruddy footprintB on the blades.
And all the gloriea oftbe woods Had flung their shadowy ailence down,—
When, wilder than thts storm it broodt*. Sbe iJod before thc winter's frown.
Forher flweet dpring had lost its Howeri.
.She foil, and passion's tonguo3 of flauJB Kau reddening through tbe blushing b^wurs.
Now baggard as her naked aliaiue.
One secret tbougbt b«r foul bad screened.
AVhen prying matron? bought her wrouj^. And Bliiuie stalked on, a mouthing iieud,
Antl mocked her as eho fled along.
And now sho bore ii3 weight .iloof, To hide it whero one ghastly bin-b
Udd up the r-iftcrd of tho r>H)f.
And grim old piiie-trees formed u ohurcb,
T waa tbere her apring-time vowa were sworn,
Aud there ujum its fro7.cn sod, AVhile wintry midnight reigned forlorn. Sbe kuclt, and bcKl ber hands to t'l oil.
Tho cuutiuus creatures of tbe air
Looked oul from many a tiecret place.
To see the ember:^ uf de.tiiair
Flush tho gray ashes of ber faee.
And whero the last wcek'-n suow bad caugbt The gray bjard uf a cypress limb,
She board the music of a thought
More sweet tbau her own cbildhoud'a hymn.
For rising iu that cadcuce low, Wilh " Now I lay me down lo aleep,"
Her motber rucked her to and fro,
And prayed tbe Lord her aoul to keep.
And still her prayer was humbly raised, Ucld up in lwu cold hands to tioil,
That, wbite as somo old pine-trca blazed, Gleamed (ar o'er that dark frozen sod.
The storm sole out beyond the wood,
Sbe grew the vision ¦..( a cloud. Uer dark bair was a misty hood.
Her stark faoe ebone us from u shraud.
Still sped tho wild storm's rustling feet
To martial music ofthe pines. And to ber cold heart's muffled beat
M'hceled grandly into solemn lines. And still, as if her secret's woo
No mortal words !iad ever found. Thia dying sinner draped in snow
Held up her prayer without a aound.
But when the holy angel bauds
Saw this lone vigil, lowly kept, Tbey gathered from her frozen hands
Tho prayer thus folded/ and thoy wepl^ Some Enow-fiakes—wiser than the rest—
Soon faltered o'er a thing of clay, First read this secret of hor breast,
Thon gently robed ber wbere ahe loy. The dead dark hair, made whito with snow,
A BtiU Elark-facB, two folded palms, And (mothers, breathe her eecrel low I)
Aq unborn infant—asking alms.
Qod kept her counsel; cold and mute His steadfast mourners closed her eyes.
Her head-8tone wap an old tree'a root, Be mine to utter,—•' Here sbo lies."
TH£ BOLEBDO MTTBBEB.
We had diaed, and were aitting comfortably about tinder the half-rained shanty on tbe top of tbe monntain.
" Come, Bradley," said Colonel Throop, the atory loving, "iell ns some moral, entertain¬ ing, atid InBtrnctive story, before we return to Sachem's Head."
"I will," aaid tbe yonng lawyer, absently, and staring away to seaward, as if espeoting to find his story in the summer ba2e tbat veiled all the farther balf of tbe Sonnd, and obscur¬ ed eren the nearer angular outlines of Falk- oer'a Island, •* There's a singularly com¬ manding view," at last be added, " from this apot, in olear weather.'*
" Go on with yonr story," said Throop. " That's what 1 was considering," said Brad¬ ley; "in fact, my observation iu part led me to it."    And be proceeded -.
" You all remember the * horrid mnrder* here in North Guilford some yeara ago ? No ? It was of two singular old English people, Mr. and Mrs. Boldero : I remember the name, be¬ oauae I fanoied be migbt ba the senior partner of tbe firm of Boldero, Merry weatber, Boaau quet, and Lauy, whom Cbarles Lamb thanks in ' The Saperannnated Man." Tbey lived alone with a niece, on a small, solitary farm in the woods, just over here ou the east side of Quinehangh Pond; keeping bouse in a strange, melancholy way, being fcnown to bave and use a oonaider&ble quantity of heavy, old fashioned, Bnglish silver plate, bnt dressing and eating otberwise on a scale parsimonious almost to misery. Their silver, their reserved and almost sour demeanor, and even the alightly greater expense of the dress of their handsome niece, as well as the lady-like man¬ nera of tbat yoang person, made the neigh¬ bors all believe tbat tbey had been people of importance at bome, and, in spite ofall their fmgality here, were immensely rich still, having boards in tbe cellar or under tbe hearth- atone perbaps.
"There was also an indistinct ramor of a son or nephew of the old man, whom nobody had seen, and indeed nobody knew where tbe rumor came from,' wbo was said to be a des¬ perate bmtal aort of fellow.**
•'He's the murderer," said Throop. " Well, all that' was known attbe time of the murder waa that tbe poor old coaple had dis. appeared. Tbe bouse was found uninbabited, one pleasant aummer morning, by a neighbor, who came on some amall oountry errand of barter or borrowing. Not finding the old lady at any of ber usual avocations under the * baok stoop,* or in tbe kitohen, be knocked, tben walked in, aearohed all the rooma, enter¬ ing their bedroom, on the ground floor, last. Here he fonnd tho bed-olothes turned down, and tne only, but sufficient, signa of the crime —namely, the bed-clotbes and bed all satu¬ rated with blood. The nieoe, Saiaa Selden, was known to have departed on a viait.— Searohing all over thebouae and premises,be found elsewhere not so muoh ta a drop of blood nor any traces of the dead, and nothing whaterer to notice, except that all the ailver waa gone.
" Thia waa all, also, that tbe anlboritiea ooald ascertain ; and - notwithstanding the rigid and perserering searoh kept up by the peopleof tbe neighborhood for some daya, these facta remained the sum total of infor¬ mation in the matter.
"It waa about two years after this, while I ¦was praotiolng iu New Haven, that the State's Attomey for New Haven Connty,a leading law¬ yer there, aent forme to asBist him in trying lbe oase of the State m- Yenaen; selecting me aimply beoauae he knew I needed even the small fees whtoh would be forthcoming, and beosuBd he knew my father and myaelf. Hte brief baslneas note saidnothlng of the details; and I waa surprised and Intereated, upon en¬ tering bis offlce, to hear tbat he flhiiposed th*
murderer of Mr. and Mm. Boldero was this Yensen, aahe oalled himself, and that he had bean seised ou the premises in North Guilford in the aot of dlg^ng lip' the. loat bU- rer; haring beui. eaptnnd^y a. North .GuU- ford oonslable and^to my great sarpriser-by a oertala Charley Elog. Now King was a- otassmate of ii^a at ooUege; had beoouce a Ileutehantin the nary; and had, as Iknew, just retamed from a long voyage fn a United Statea steamer to the Pacifio, having been or¬ dered to faer ^m the Coast Sarrey on aoooant of his skill in hydrography and drawing.
"Yenaen had been boand orer before a oountry jtistioe, one of &Ir. Boldero^s nearest neighbors, on the strength of tbe presumption from the occupation in whioh he was seized. I inquired of the attomey how the two men oame to find hlin there.
"*Yoa knew that Eing was engaged to Miaa Selden, didn't yoa ?"
" ' No, indeed, I never heard of it.* -" He waa, howerer, the lawyer said, and had been, as it would appear, lingering about the hoaae, probably ia hopes of seeing her; for old Boldero was ao queer that he might hare heen displeased if he had oome in. The old gentleman, howerer, exonsed hlmaeU from giving any details, being full of buaiuesa; and remarking that be should let me manage tne oaae, and that Eing would undoubtedly com¬ mnnioate with me upon It, he seized aome pa¬ pers and harried off, telling me that Eing was at the Tontine, and Yenaen iit 'the'ottiar jrab- lio honsa jnat above;* namely, the Jal^wtifeb is a few doors north of the old tarem, and al¬ so on Church Street, fronting tbe green.
" Upon* inquiring at the Tontine offipe I fotmd that King had gone to New Vork, and had left a note for me. Tbis contained a cor¬ dial reference to our old friendahip, and in¬ formed me that he ahould be in Court on the day appointed for the trial, whioh would be in ample season. An offioial order occasioned hia departure.
"This was rather puzzling treatment, j thongbt, for the managing attorney of an im¬ portant criminal oaae. How waa I to prepare my teatimony and to make up my brief P Far¬ ther oonsuUation with the Slate's Attorny did not olear np matters; for the old gentleman, j thought, rather put me off, avoiding to give me any information on tbe plea of urgent em¬ ploymeut, and telling me tbat King was right; for that ao far as he (the attorney^ nnder¬ stood, the argnment could be made extempore, and immediately upon the rendering of the teatimony, as well as at aix months' notice.— Witb thia I was perforce oontent, and waited as well aa I could, though little oonfident In my powera of extemporization.
" The morning of tbe trial oame, howerer, and I entered the court-room, baring been pnt in oommnnioation with the justice who bonnd orer tbe prisoner, and the conatable who help¬ ed seize him; haring received from my senior the proper formal papers from tbe juatice'a court, and being aupplied with certain otber documenta and witneaaea to collateral facta ; bnt, to my further surprise. King was not ris¬ ible. On my aaying so to the State's Attor¬ ney, he remarked that he auppoaed nbt, the morning New York train not arriving quite yet. At ten o'olock the Court entered, and tbe session was opened with the usnal absnrd shout by Mr. Sheriff'.
" The oase was oalled on and the priaoner ar- rainged. He looked safficieatly likely to be guilty. A stout-built, bullet-headed, hard- featured, sailorly person, with light hair aud eyes, an evil risage, sbowing signs of mnch dissipation, and a down look. Upon being put to plead he was arraigned by the name of John Jagger, at whioh he atarted perceptibly, and hesitated a moment, but recorering him¬ aelf, plead 'Not Guilty' stoutly enough, and in a strong, ooarse roloe. I was prepared to show, had he diaputed it, by witneaaea and authenticated copiea, tbat he had, aome time before, prored himself, to the satisfaotiou of the Probate Court of Guilford district, to be John Jagger, thu nephew of Johu Boldero, the deceased; tbat by that name he had taken out lettera of adminiatration with will annex¬ ed, over Boldero's eatate, alleging that aaid will (whioh he presented, all in due form) had been plaoed by Boldero in the custody of him¬ aelf as intended heir Cwhioh was, no doubt, trae;) and had in coarse of law received poa¬ aeasion of all the property of Boldero,' which he had aold, and bad with the proceeds boaght a amsll aea-aide farm near Kew London, where he had sinoe lived; bnt had there passed him¬ self off aa Hana Yenaen, a German by birth, who bad earned his money in whaling.
" X now introdnced the constable, who proved merely the facts of tbe arrest—viz., that Eing had come to his house and adrised him tbat he had good oause to stiapeot a ceriain man of having murdered Mt. and Mra. Boldero, and that be would be about the place that night to dig up some of his booty, and could be taken. As a good reward waa offered the of¬ Qcer readily undertook tbe job; they lay in wait in one coraer of the wood-yard at a place seleoted by Eing, an.l seized the priaoner after be had oome, aa they wera expeoting, bad dng a deep hole oloae to one of tbe fence posts, and had taken from it a large quanlity of sil¬ ver, whicb waa present In Court, as tbe jna¬ tioe had sealed it up. Upon their seizing him he was at firat frightened, then fonght fartonsly, and only aubmitted at tbe aight of a revolver whicb King presented to him. lie bad not either tben or afterward made any statement whatever, relative to bimself or the silver, so far as tbe ofiioer knew.
" Upon opening tbe trunk of plate, a large quantity of pieces, of old-fashioned pattem and beavy make, were shown to tbe Conrt and jury ; very black with tbeir exposure, but baving on each piece tbe name of •Tohn Boldero and a coat of arms.
"While tbe silver waa under inspeotion, I rose, and, with some embarrasament of feel¬ inga if not iu appearance, requested of tbe Court a sbort stay of proceedings, on the ground tbat an ic^ortant witnesa was abaent. •'' Wbat witness, Mr. Bradley ? blandly in¬ quired the gray-baired Jndge.
'"Lieutenant Cbarlea King,' I answered, 'who assisted iu apprehending the prisoner.' " ' Wbat do yoa expeot to prove, Mr. Brad¬ ley,* rejoined the Judge,' by Mr. Eing, further tban the testimony of the arresting officer V " I really could not tell, and was somewhat puzzled; wbioh fact was observed by tbe at¬ tomey for the defenae—a sharp, unactnpu- loas eld fellow, renowned for defending 'horae cases' and criminal proseoutlons, for jokes and vulgar stories to the jury, quirks and quibbles, and any tbing else exuept convino ing logic, fair practice, or moral power—and he at once oommenoed an impassioned appeal to the Conrt against thu slightest delay; stat¬ ing that tbe defense wera ready and anxious to go on, and that not a moment's delay ahould be granted fora fellow who, it oonld be probably abown, waa seeking the blood of an innocent fellow-being for the sake of gain.
" InoensBd at tbis dirty aaperaion npon King, I waa, not very wiaeiy, about threaten¬ ing Counaelor Yapman- snoh waa hia name— with a little alander auit, when my aenior in. terrapted me with, 'Hold up, William; here's your maul*
" He came, duaty with his ride, and with a large paroel or two under his arm, baving driven straight from the cara to the court¬ room. I beokoned to him, and nodded to tbe aheriff; the officer vociferated, 'Cliarles EingT and the tardy witneas, a well-made, strong- built, straight young man, with a oloae, dark aubura-beard and muatsohe which he had onitivated since I hsd seen him, (ook his plaoe on the atand, one aide of the spaoe be- fore the Judge's obair, aud not rery far from either lhat dignitary, the juiy, or the dock where the sullen prisoner sat ironed, for be bad heen o1»tinately and dangerously violent, olose nnder thei wing of the hurley aheriflT. "'Now.Mr.Hng,' I said, *will yon be good enongh to tell the Court what you know of the prlacmer, and'Of the traoaaotlon in which heiiimpUoited r
"What he said, in answer, waa very nearly asfollows: '      - -" -
"' I returned from a. long omise aboo^t six weeks ago, ,har|ng heard imtMo&^o™ home fora loag time. ~ Upon myj«tnml went at onoe to Mr. Boldero's house, and then for the firat time heard of the murder of himself and wife, and of Jaggar's saooesslon to the pro¬ perty and tranafer of it- The occupants could tell me nothing of Mlaa Selden ; and I there¬ fore made inqniries of a Mr. Bnlpln, an old juatice of the peao9, Mr. Boldero's neareat neighbor, and perhapa his moat intimate ao. quaintance. Justice Bulpln informed me of Miss Selden's whereabouts ; and alao placed in my hands a will, of which the proseoution have an authenticated oopy, and whioh is of later date nnder whioh Jagger olaimed* Thie will revoked atl former wills, and left all the real and peraonal property, subjeot to Mrs. Boldero's life interest, to Miss Sstden, I was ahortly afterward married to her, havingbeen engaged to her for some time; and at once broagbt suit against Jagger for the ralne of the property which is still ponding. I had oo¬ oasion to meet him in New London on bual- nesa conneoted with thia auit, and on that oc¬ caaion it was that a olroumstanoe occurred wbioh cauaed me to reoognlze the prisoner aa guilty of the muider—'
"'What was that ohrcumatanoe ?'sharply asked Mr. Yapman, aa Eing paused and looked keenly at the prisoner. Jagger ledlced up snl- lently and defiantly, yet. witfa a oertain.. ^r preBBJM af- oarioeity, at him for a moment, and then down again, In alienee.
'* 'The witneas will be in year handa imme¬ diately, brother  Yapman,', interrapted   the State's Attorney, 'let him tell hia own atory.' " Yapman would bave insiated, but the Judge silenced him, and King resumed:
"' We oame to no agreement about the suit; hut my Buapicions were much exoited by Jag- ger'a behavior, and I employed an offioer to watoh him, who aoou bronght me woid that he had overheard Jagger makiag oertain ar¬ rangementa with a oompanion, and upon a giren night waa intending to dig up oertain ailver to aell it, and to leave the ooantry, for the reason thatihe believed he ahoald loae the suit against him. A oertain other oironm- atance, whicb I will mention immediately, cauaed me to believe that I knew where thia ailver would be dug, and by lying iu wait at tbe place aooordingly I secured him with it in bia possession.
"' I now proceed,' continued King, ' to nar¬ rate the circumstances of which I was an eye¬ witness, which will explain the references whioh I have twice made thus far to oiroum¬ stanoea which oaused me to recognize the prisoner.'
"Aa he aaid thia, the witneaa, who had hitherto been addressing himself to the Judge, turned himself ao as to look directly toward the prisoner; and his voioe changed, and he apoke with a deliberate solemnity and a tone of pity and aorrow which showed that he felt himaelf to be breathing away the life of a man. I unoonscioaaly turned in like manner from the speaker to the prisoner, and so, I think, did every peraon in tbe oourt-room.
" ' On this SOth of June,' aaid King, '* in the year 184—, between tbe hours of half-paat four and fire, John Jagger—'
"Eing stopped a moment, siruck by the fearfal saddao look toward bim of the pris¬ oner; and tba pale, sickened terror of bis faoe, as his jaw dropped and he atared at the wit¬ ness, appalled at this quiet fixing almoat of the very moment of hia crime, did not, I think leave either jaryman or spectator a shadow of doubt that the murderer was before him: and a smothered sound that waa almost a groan arose from all of ns. The gray-haired Judge, his kindly voice trembling with emotion, said, " Mr. King, the Court is not in donbt of your sense of your responsibility; yet it thinks it its duty to admonish you thst you are uow to aay what may dispose of the preaent and the fature of a human aoul.'
" I am not sure that those vorda should have been said: yet so profoundlr awake were we all to tbe anconsolous silent oonfesaion, x might almost oall it, of the criminal, as if it had made the very air of the quiet old court¬ room anddenly heavy with rerelationa of guilt and deatb, that no sense of impropriety oo¬ onrred to us; and Eing, merely bowing silent¬ ly, but tuming again to the prisoner, proceed¬ ed ; and Jagger, at the bar, atill gazed witb tbat horrible fear upon his faoe, as if within the sphere of a fatal magnetism.
" * Between the houra of half past foor and fire, John Jagger came from tbe back door of Mr. Boldero's house, went a dozen of steps into the baok yard, tumed about, and shook his right hand at the house with a peculiar and obaraoteristio geature of angry pasaion. After a moment or two he deliberately took two sacks from a repository under tbe sbed, and entered the houae with them. He shortly came out again, having upon hia shoulder the body of Mr. Boldero in one of tbe sacks, and tbia he oarried throagh the yard, through the woods between tbe house and the pond, and plaoed it In Mr. Boldero's skiff, whioh was made fast to a tree. Then he returned, and in like manner disposed ofthe body of Mrs. Boldero. Tben he cast off the boat, took one oftbe oars, and, standing up, sonlled out into the pond tb appoint about a third of the way across, whera he sank the bodiea, and tben retumed. Aa he stood up in the boat to re¬ tam, he made use of the same gesture of an¬ ger or excited passion. He made the boat fast at the tree,returned to the honse, entered it, shortly came ont with the silver in bia hand proceeded (o a comer of the wood yard, dug a deep hole close to and nnder one of the poata, and thera concealed the silver, smooth¬ ing the ground orer, and leaving it covered with rubbish, as it was before. And tben he passed round tbe houae, and went away down the road.
"'Mr. Boldero had two prominent front teeth, fellows, and with a gold filling on the inaide of each, correaponding with that in the other. He had onoe fractured his oollarbone, and, having been unskillfally set, the portions had grown togetber ao aa to leare a large pro¬ jection at the point of juncture. And he had lost all bnt half of the lowest joint of his right middle fiager.'
" Hastily breaking the string from a parcel, King took from it a human akull, a radius and ulna with tbe bones ofthe iiand attaohed, and a collar bone, and held them up. Then hand¬ ing them from the witness box to the foreman of tbe jury, he continued:
" * These*are the bones of Mr. Boldero. I recovered them myself from Qainebaug Fond, still in the strong linen sacks, whioh were of Snglish make, auoh as he always used. The rest of hia remains, and thoae of his wife, are decently buried.'
" This strange and audden diaplay of the mortal remains of his relative and viotim bad an effeot upon the ooarse, materialized mind of the murderer whioh, perhaps,, no oircum- atantiality of parole testimony oould have produoed. He atared upon the wora aud fleahleas bonea for & moment, atill with the aame horrible, white, terror strioken face. All at onoe he caught for brefth, and groaned aloud; and then, dropping his head upon the rail before him, he oried out, 'Lord have meroy apon mel' And so he remalnad, bent down, trembling, aud silent, until the adjournment of tbe oonrt.
" When the jaryman had eaoh iuapected the relics of mortality which Eing had glren them, he handed them up to the Judge, and continned:
" ' Itwas the gesture which Ihad twice seen Jagger make use of on the moming of the murder weich^oansed me to recognize bim aa the eriminal. When I saw him at New L->ndon he flew into a paa8lon,and at our parting made nae of the same. Tbfs, in oonneetfen with tha general strangeness of hia manner, oaused me to bare him watohed,-and taking him with the aflrer completed my conriotlon. '
" *I ali^ nordesbiibo tfaa maani by WUoh
liwiaineaneye witneM of the faots I have mentioned: At the time of tfae mnrder I had beens freqnent visitor at tlie hotise of Hr Boldero, wLere.my,preaent wife waia.living. :A day or two befora that Ume I had' reoelved ordei^ to jointhe ateamer with wfaioh Ihad Utelyretnme^/ind'had left Hiss widen, who was alao on tlie point of leavinK' home for a visit of some length to some ftlends to the eaatward. Being nnoertain whether ahe was yet gone, and being too mnoh employed ba oontemplating some oompntationa and draw¬ ings conneoted with the United States Coast Surrey togo to the house again,I was that moming watohing it, to see her again,.knowr ing her departure would be at a very early honr.
" ' One of the main points in the triangnla- tion of the coast of Conneotiout was opon the summit of the steep and bold mountain oalled Toket, and sometimes Blnff Head, wliioh rises immediately from the western edge of Qulne- bang Pond. I had been encamped there for sometime, and—as I had often done before— I was looking aoross the pond witha toleacope at Mr. Boldero's hoose. It was by meana of this Inatrument that I obaerved all the more¬ mente of Jagger. At the time I took him to bellr. Boldero himself, for hia figure ia mnoh the same, aUhongh he wore a red shirt, which I had nerer seen Mr. Boldero do. Fbr this reason my sasploiona were not thenexeited; and.thoagh I'thonght his proceedings a Uttle ^tMOimon, my mind was mnoh preooonpled With mr work, the orvise.npon which; Z was ordered, and the lady whom I was wishing to aee—and I knew him to be a aingular mau. I therefore auppoaed that he waa merely ad- juating tfae fence in the comer; and as I knew that Mr. Boldero was In the habit of carrying cora in hia akiff to the mill at the outlet of the pond, I at first supposed that to be hia errand, and afterward took it for granted that he had ohosen to dispose of some waate ma¬ terial or otber by sinking it in the pond.;
" Saoh was the testimony of Eing ; and here the prosecution rested. Mr. Yapman cross- examined him with no effeot; and after a mere btief sammary of the proof on my part, and a singularly feeble answer from him, the oaae went to the jury, who, afler fifteen minutes' deliberation, brought in their Terdlct,aa every one expeoted, of-' Guilty of murder in the firat degree.'
" I onght to gire you a collateral item or twof to fill out some details. The old jnatioe, Bnl- pin, had retained Boldero's will, withont eren mentioning its existenoe, during all Jagger'a proceedinga underthe previous one, in accord¬ ance with a strict oonstrnction of the old gen¬ tleman's iustructions to him at plaoing it in hia oharge.
"Tbe neighbors, in their aearoh for the bodies of Mr. and Mra. Boldero, weuld have found them had they dragged the pond. But thie does not aeem to hare ooonrred to tbem, aa there is an anoient and reoeived tradition in the rioinlty that a oertain large area of it, lying opposite the mountain, is unfathomable —an acoount, by the way, which is almost in - variably ourrent, and religiously believed, near any rustic lakelet. They say the aame of the Black Fond, in Middlefield; of tbe lit¬ tle lake onthe summit of Taloott Mountain, weat of Hartford.
" It appeared afterward that quite an elabo¬ rate scheme of defence had been oonoocted by Jagger or hfs oounsel, which, however, was rendered uselesa by the unexpected and over¬ whelming direotneaa of King'a testimony, and by the effeot of it and of the bonea ao sndden ly exhibited upou tbe prisoner. This defense was to have conaisted mainly in the testimony of a fellow who waa to have sworn to having been informed of the plaoe where the silver was buried,-while at sea, by a sailor, who died and who was to hare beeu made out the mur- deUrer' '
Thus ended the lawyer's atory. "Now," said he, rising, "come this way, and aee bow plainly we oan see the farm." We followed him to a point at the eastern brow of the mountain, where it falls, in one ateep slope, down to the rery water's edge of the deep pond, and looked wbere he pointed. The faim lay apparently within a stone'a-throw—a lonely, square olearing ; a faint amoke rising from one chimney; and all aroaud it tbe tbick woods, dark green with the latter aammer, apread silently out for miles, ^fot another houae waa in sight all along that side of the long, ailent aheet of deep, blaok water.
"The place is rery lonely," he added. " On any ordinary oompatation of chanoes it was perfectly aafe to go and murdertwo old people there early in the morning. Jagger had come in from aea, and only waited about until he found that the old couple were alone. He knew notbing of the Coaat Sarrey operations there. He was justified, mathematioally speaking. In beliering himself quite nnaeen. This aide ofthe pond is atill more lonely than that. No human being could hare reckoned npon tbe preaenoe of adeteotire hidden at this distanoe, and npon tbia lofty, solitary apot and armeil with auoh an effectual auxiliary."
BTJHBHlX^'     .    .
Opon wide the window.
Lift tbe onrtain hig^, ^atoh an the gldriboa sailAi&>?'
Let nota ray paaLby. '        . Oh 1 who ifuald live in darltnesa,
Wfaen all aroand is day ? Weloome, bright gift to dreary earth.
And drire all ihade away.
The flower of odor sweetest.
And bloom of richest dye, Is painted by the niQ^eam,
GKid's artist of the sky. The ocean wares have rainbow hues
When danoing in the sun. And wben old Sol staks ia the west,
The bird's glad song is done.
Without the goldon BunthiDa,
Earth would be dark and dreary ; Withoat tts light to oheer his way,
Man'a pilgrimage ho weary. Then oatoh the blessed stmbeams.
Treasures to life and home, From clearest sky, throagh rifted clouds.
With health and joy tbey come.
And there's another sunlight
The saddened spirit needs, The light that aomes from loving smiles, . And kind aod gentle deeds. Withont it, dark is brightest day,
Black clouds are all around,    . If oruel words or unkind acts.
Within our homea are found.- .
• Then open wide the window, -
WelcoGOo the Ean of-dngc,^:^ Give and receive the love-light.
To help as on our vay. But Heavanly Father, grant us
Tbine own Btemal Ligbt, To gild our upward path to realms,
That are forever hrighL
THE   THREE   SISTERS,
AND  THEIR  THREE  GRAVES.
THE TEETH.
Everybody admirea a full, wellformed and olean set of teeth. Many a fair one owes nota Httle of her power over the otber sax to the coy exposure of a " masked battery'' of pearly testh tbat lie behind a breastwork of rnby lips. A handsome set of teeth is a passport to favor. To eat without sound aet of teeth is next to impossible. They are essential alike to good looks and good living. Yet few people fnlly really their Eestbetlo and practical value till they are partially destroyed and the faarfui gapa and aerious inconvenience occasioned by the extraction ofa few teeth arouse the loser to a sense of his great misfortune. Their use- fullness and beanty are then appreoiated, but it is often too late to arrest the proceas of de¬ cay which has been carelessly allowed to be¬ gin its unwelcome inroads. The preservation •f the teeth ia a matter which ahonld be oare¬ fnlly urged npon children and young people, becanse the oanaea of decay may generally be traced to a neglect of the teeth in the early period of life.
The teeth may eaaily be kept clean and sound if a person enjoys fair health. They ehonld be oleauaed after erery meal in order to re¬ move the partioles of food that would other wiae be converted into acid and act injurious¬ ly upon the enamel. No dentifrice la required. Pure water, neither hot nor cold, bnt tepid ratber, should be used, and the bmsh should be applied to the edges and inner side of the teeth, as well as to the outside.— A wooden or qnlll tooth-pick (metallic ones are injurious) may be nsed to remove any par- tiolea of food clinging between the teeth. By this method they may be kept perfeotly olean, and their sonndneas iosnred fer a muoh longer period than is naoally the oase, wbile un¬ necessary pain and expense occasioned by dental treatment may be avoided. Nothing either very cold or vety hot ahould be allowed to oome In contact with the teeth.
A dark eolored man onoe went to Portlaud,
Me., and attended church.   He went Into a
good pew; when a neighbor tothe man who
owned it, said: " What do you put a nigger
into   your   pew    fort"   "Nigger I he's   no
nigger—he'a a Haytien."   " Can't help tbat;
he's black as the aoe of spades.'"    " Why,
sir,be's a correapondent of mine."   "Can't
help that; I tell yon, he's black."   "But
he'a   worth a million  of dollar."   " Is   he
» though ?—introduce me t"
A patriotio landlady, in her desire to emu¬ late the generoaity of our eity governments and other corporationa, in oontinnlng tbe wages of absent soldiers, bas given notice that if any of her boarders wish to enlist, she will allow their board to run right on all the time they ara gone, the same as if they remained. G^n the spirit of generous devotion to the intereat ofthe ooantry go_ farther than tliia.f
By forgetting injuries, rre show onrselves floperiocto tham; be who broods over them is
When the laat brief prayer was uttered— and oh, how solemn it always sounds, ont in the fieldsin the open air I—we all tnrned away, and In very heavineaa of heart direoted our steps homeward. The gate was olosed and locked, and now there were none in the little village cemetery but the dead. It was the third time we had been there In four weeks and eaoh time we had come to hide away from mortal aight a loved one from tbe aame honae~ hold. There were three graves side by aide— new graves—and in them three aiaters. The footprinta of weeping friends were still freah aronnd the first when thoae aame frienda came back to look into the dark, cold depths of another—and then another.
Mattie, as she had been the first of tbe three to coma Into the world, was the first to go out of it. How could we be willing to give ber up, whose life bad been so beautiful f Was sbe not more needed on earth than in hearen ° So we thougfat. The world ia so dark; the widowed mother's home would ba so dark.— Still we oonld aay, " Thy will be done I" But it waa bard to say it, very bard. Did it not cost even the bleaaed Onea atruggle? And yet, because be had said it, and becauae Martba herself had said it, and said it eo lov¬ ingly, we too could repeat tbe holy, faith-in¬ spiring words in faltering accents, looking heavenword throngh onr tears, Thy will be done I
I am sure now tbat the Cbriatian's dying is beantiful—mournful, it is true, In some aense, and yet it is beautiful—
" With rapture crowns tho death-scene, when the soul Does but return in glory lo its God I" It was so in tbis instance. We could see that Mattie, wben her breathing grow faint¬ er, and her pnlse felt like a thread drawn un¬ der the fingers, and her brow was so oold and clammy, had caught sight of some bine Hue of shore in the hearenly distance, and that ahe heard the sweet, enchanting straina of angel musio, and that ber rery sonl, fiuttering in im- patientjoyfullneaa, was atraining its utmost powers to get free and go out into tbe pare air and bright sunshine of the immortal day. We could see that these things were so, and see¬ ing, we felt that earth and hearen were not so far apart as lbey seemed to be at otber times. That waa a pfirtof the good that her dying bronght us. And there was another good, as' every follower of the blesaed Jesua knows well enough—other good that the poor words of human language oan never describe; insomuch that when we gave her bauk to God in all her yonth and beanty and loveliness and brightness and promise, wa could say, Tby will be done!
We all know bow it is when a stricken fam¬ ily return from the burial; that there is a painful sense of lonelinesa, of vaoanoy, of aometbing or aomebody wanting; that the parlor, tbe dining-room, the family sitting- rorm—all the apartmenta about the dear old home—appear ailent and cheerless, and that this stata of things will contiuue for weeks or avan months. Yes, even lor months, wben tbe aurviriug members of tbe family gather aronnd the erening flre, the memory of the dead is almoat the first exaroiaa of thought.— And eacb, too, understands the otbers. Kach one knows well enough what tbe otbers ara thinking about. And though there may ba talking, and smiling, and evan laughing, yet each oue knows that it is only au effort to make the others forget,- for tbe time being, wbat the talker himself cannoi forget—tbat tbe family cirole is broken 1
I knew it wonld be so in this honse, eren thongh there should be no further beraare- menta. The brothers and aisters would gather aronnd the obeerfal hearth-atone, andin noble forgetfuluess of theirown aorrow, strlre to di. rart tbeir mother's thoughts from tbe painful subjeot that they themselrea oould not help thinking abont. And here is the difficulty, after all—Martha is gonb I We may talk hope¬ fully, and bave bright plans and purposes and promiaea, but Martha Is oqkb, and not evea tbe oonaolations of religion can make us feel that it is otherwise.
And yet there were two sisters remaining— two beantifnl, joyona girls, wboae fair cheeks had felt tbe aoft breathings of thirteen and fifteen springe. Woald tbey not, in aome measure, fill tbe place that death had made vacant ? They could employ their young handa in preserving tbe airy neatnesa of ho me '* in feeding the birds, and tending the fiowers, and helping tbeir motber, and doing for their brothers the thousand little aola of kindness that Martba bad done; and thus, in aome measure, remove the pain of her absence, and restore tbe wonted joyfnlneas of home. And tben, too, they could atart up the old aonga again. Trne, at firat there would be a broken tremulonaneas of voice at tbe thonght tbat the chief soprano waa gone, buttheir song would be all tbe more gentle for that, and' the olear notes of the piano, mingling iu sweet under¬ tone, wonld fill all the rooms with glad, aooth¬ ing melody, as in daya of other yeara. This was now the mother's hope ; and devontly she bad said," Snrely the Lord will spare me tbeae two, that I may bare comfort in my old age." But ft was not to be ao. It was onlya few days, a very few daya after the firat coffin had gone from the houae nntil it waa an¬ nonnced -to the mother in her siok-room> " Ellie ia gone 1" That is tbe way it waa told her-not '*dead," but "gotie." I need not Bay tbat tbe motber'a heart waa atricken— that the wound ao reoently opened was made wider and deeper. None oan ever know her sufferings save those who have had a like ex¬ perience, and suoh do not need to be told. I will only say that, as she lay tfaere npon her bed witb her hands clasped tightly over her bosom; she looked np toward heaven and prayed, and tfaat the burden of her prayer waa, Tby will be done!
Aud Elite I beantiftil ElUe I so young aud joyous and bappy, whoae very preaence was aunahine itself and gladness—Edfe, too, was Indeed gone I Not deaifl, but gone; and never did child in its mbther'a arms fall aaleep more softly jindnu)ze.aweatl^:tiia& did ¦iia.~ ^er Bbe knair that il-niift b* to, aba had
bnt just ^^^^aa^f.^" Imm not afraid to dte," and in a few moments sheliad done with dy¬ ing. There was comfort in the thonght, tbat she Iiad crossed the river where it was narrow. And we knew, moreorer, tfaat tho smite that lingered about her oountenanoe—beantlful aveu in death—was bat th«. rafliotton .of her glorified, epbrlt shining baok apon lhe poor clay from which Ithad Just escaped.
Btill there was one sister left—she now the only daughter, and the yonngeat of all tbe family. There are those who know how much meaning there is in that w'ord, "only danghter;'' as for me, Ido not. But thia I know, that In this only daogbter all the earthly hopes of her now broken-hearted mother were centered. Nor waa nnworthy of suoh love.— A nobler ohild I have never know. It is easy to write that Addle was beautifnl, bnt ahe waa nevertheless a womau. A child in gentteneaa, in simple eamestnesa and goodness of heait, bnt in fortitude, in strength of purpose, in force of oharacter—a woman and a Christian. And now, in thia honr of trial, while her own young heart was ready to burst with grief, ahe would yet conoeal her tears that ehe might comfort her mother! It would aeem that such a one ahonld hare been spared; that a meroifal God woold interpoae and say, " It is enough." The hardest human heart oould soaroeiy prompt a lower degree of sym¬ pathy than ttiat. Bat E am more and more conrineed tliat itis wrong and sin fni to" judge tfae-Lord by feeble sense." I believe that the Jadge nf allthe earth will do right; that he witl do right to every Individual of the human race; and that be will do right always and for erer. And ao, when Addia, tha dear only danghter, waa laid upon a bed of aickness, t ceuld go in theoonfidence of faith to ber moth¬ er, and say to her in all sinoerity and truth- fnlneea, "If Addie recorera,it ia well; if she dies, itia well; he doeth all things welt."
And she did die. A third time within a double fortnight theoryatal bars of Eden were mored to welcome from the same household on earth a new-born angel. A tbird time came the abrond and the coffin and the hearae. A third time there escaped a faint—a mnrmnr from the lips of tfat^ poor, atricken mother—a murmur so low uow that it was soaroeiy heard aare by him who hears the ravens wheu they cry unto him. It was still the same humble, confiding, help-beseeching prayer—Thy will ba done!
Thns passed away the three sistera. Side by aide they slaep in the lonely grare-yard; arm in arm they walk together on the ahining ahore. It mnat be so, for it is written, "Blessed are the dead tbat die in tbe Lord," and it waa thna they dead. And yet we can but mouro, for if their gain ia great, so ie onr loaa. We miaa them iu tbe home oirole, in the Sabbath- , acbool, in the aanotnary. Yes, in tha beauti¬ fnl rillage ohapel where they loved to worahip God, thair pastor, aa well aa others who were nearer to tbem on earth, will miss tham- Tha ohuroh-ball will send forth Its sweet chimes as in days of other years, and the stilly air of Sabbath moraing will bear tbe glad, solemn mnaio along meadowa aud over tha hills, but Martha, Ellie, Addle, though they sleep uear by, will not hear it, and wheu the gathering throngs meet in the houae of God, they will not be among them.
A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Elsie's Choice.
BREVITIES. Wise and Otherwise.
Many who would not for the world utter a falsehood, are yet eternally scheming to make false impresslona on the minds of others re¬ apecting faots, charactera and opinions.
In Califomia, the negro aerrant of an army offioer punished another wooly.. Being aaked why he did so, he aaid, "De faol ia, masaa, dat ar nigger was one of dem New York free nig- gera. He 'salted me, an I had to take higb Sndron ground wid bim."
In all tbe wedding cake, hope is the sweet¬ est of tbe pluma.
Self-defense ia tbe clearest of all laws ; and for this reaaon—the lawyers didn't make it.
Il ia aaid lhat the " peu is mightier tbau tbe aword." Neither ia of much use without the holder.
We make sad mistakes, but there ia good¬ nesa hived, like wild honey, in strang-e docks and corners of the world.
Howell Cobb haa publiahed a latter in whicb he thrioe aays "Iwaen." He is old enough to do so, ona would tbink.
It is no misfortune for a nice yonug lady to lose her good name, if a nioe young mau gives her a better.
It cau't be the dnty of an editor to stand np like the iron man iu a piatol gallery, sbot at by everybody and shooting back al nobody.
Envy ia the mosl inexousableof all passions Every other siu has soma pleasure annexed to it,* or will admit of an excuse ; envy aloue wants botb. Other sins but for a white ; tba appetite may be aatiafied ; anciar remite ; ha¬ tred has an end ; but euvy nevar ceases.
Marriaga may be defined aa love parsonijitil.
Tell me, angelic host, ye massengars of. love, shall swindled printers hera balow, bavu no redress above ? Tbe shining angle band replied: "Toua ia knowledge given ; deliu- quants on the piiutera' books oan never enter heaven I"
Tbe Emperor of the French bas presented four picked rams, from tbe Royal flook at Ham. boullet, to the King of the Sandwich Islanda. Mrs. Partington ia very anxioua to know wby they wera picked, wbeu aheaiing would have been a graat deal baatter.
A Dootor want to bleed a ilaudy who lan. gnidlf exolaimed, " Oh, Doctor, you're a good batcher! towhich the Dootor replied, "Yes, I'm used to sticking calves."
A sailor dropped ont of tbe riggiug of a ship of-war, some fifteen or twenty feat, aud fall plump on tbe firat lieutenant.
" Wretch, where did yon come from ?" said the officer, as he gathered himself up-
" I oame from the North of Ireland your honor."
" Mamma," said a liltle fellow whoaa moth¬ er bad forbade him to draw horses and ships on the mahogany sideboard with a sharp nail, " mamma, this ain't a nice houae. .\t Sam Rackett's we oan cnt tbe aofa and pull out tbe hair, ride the abovel and tonguea on lhe car¬ pet ; but here we oan't do notbing."
A sailor of great dimenaions wbo was in one oftbe boata at the aiege of Fort Donelsoo, kept down bis head when-tbe sbot were fiying thick over the boat. " For shame bold up yoor head 1" thundered an officer in the stern." "I will, air, wben tbere ia room for it," was the sharp reply.
Old Ira Teamster was a dreadful mean man. He was awful mean. One day, the old fellow was at work upon tbe high beams ofbis bam when he loat bia balance and fell bearlly on the fioor, twenty feet below. He was taken up for dead, with a fraotured skull, and carried nto the house. Tbe Dootor was called, but all attempts to bring him to conscionsuess were nn vailing. Finally, tbe dootor, haring trepanned him, turned and asked Mrs. Team ¦ ster to gire bim a silver dollar, to put i, wbere a peice nt the akull was waatlng. At thia remark, Ira, who had been breathing heavily, tnroed in bed aud groaned :— " Wouldn't a cent do as well ?" Mr. Team, ster, it is needleaa to aay, reoovered.
A good story la told of a matic yrntfa and a conntry gal, who sat facing each other at a husking party. The yonth, smitten with the , charms of the beantifnl maiden, only rentured bis aly took, and.now and then touching Fatty's foot under the table. The girl determined to make the yonth expreas what he appeared so warmly to feel, bore with-these advances a little whUe in silence, when she cried oat " Look hue 1 if yon love me, why. don't yon ¦ay po r but don't dlr^ my atooUogs."
Elsie Grant and her grandmother Hred in a lfttle_old house, all brown jtnd dilapidated, near the outskirts of acouutry village. No¬ body oonld tell whether tbe house had ever been painted or not, it- wasso shabby and dingy all over, with its olumsy old wooden shutters, its creaky door, and the broken shingles on the roof. Inaide, thinga looked a little better, for the widow Grant waa tidy, al¬ though ahe was poor; and she managed to keep her walls decently whitewashed, and everything olean about her, though ererything she had was old, and worn and poor.
Nothing on the floor but a rag-carpel, and tbat faded and patched In erery direction ; no furniture but two old red pine tables, four Windsor chairs, a oriokat for Elsie, and a rook¬ ing-ohair for her grandmother; and nothing at all in the way of ornament, nnless the blue delf plates and pewter apoona on the dreaaer, and the old olook orer tbe mantelpiece may be oonaidered in that light.
You see Elsie's home was not a very pretty one, and you may imagine tbat tbe life she led in it, day after day, waa not a very brigbt or pleasant one. Not that people are obliged to be unhappy beoause tbey are poor, by any means; for love and contentment oan make happiness in the pooreat of homea, while riches alone never yet gave auybody a oheer¬ ful life. But lore'and obntentment ware just the things that ware lacking in the widow Granfa cottage. She bad nol always been so poor, and she nevar ceaaad to grumble and complain, because, in her old age, sbe bad been brought so low. Elsie would not have mindad her coarse food, her shabby olothes, or her hard work, if her grandmotber wonld only harebeen kind and affeotionate, as ber own mother naed to be. Bat it waa very hard lo be soolded from morning till night when she was doing tbe very best ahe could ; and many a night tbe child cried herself to sleep, almost wiahing that sbe migbt never wake up again. I do not snppoae tbal her grandmother really meant to be so cross and unkind; for after all, sbe loved Elsie just as muob aa ber aonred and diacontented spirit would let her lore anybody. Bat she bad got into the babit of scolding and grambling at everything, and as Elsie was always athand, she had to baar the worat of her ill-temper.
Somelimea it seemed more than sbe could bear; and the hot color woold roab to har cheeks, and iadignan' tears fill her eyes, while an angry answer was bnrning upon her tongue. Bat something in her heart always cheokad it in time, and gare ber strength to be meek and patient still; ao that her grandmother never had a pasaionate or nndutifnl word from her, no matter how sorely her temper was tried.
What the aecret of her patience was, you might nnderstand ifyou could bare seeu her kneeling nigbt and morning, and beard ber simple bnt earnest prayers for strength to re¬ sist hHr daily temptation. Child as sha was, she bad learned tha help and oomfort of prayer, and she knew rary well tbat God would gire wisdom aud atrength to every ona who tried earnestly and faitbfally to do whal was right. So her first impulse—wben sbe felt tbe augry feeling ooming over ber—was to pray silently that it migbt be driveu away ; and sbe foaud that her pra; er was naver in rain. Her trials were lightened, ber loneli¬ ness cheered and comforted by tbe sweet con¬ sciousness tbal her Heavenly Father would never forget or forsake her; and sober life waa happy, after all, in spite of its poverty and hardship.
It waa a very lonely life, though ; for har grand mother allowed her no companions.— She coald not go to acbool, for her work could not be apared at bome; and tbe few books which ber mother bad aaved for ber bad been read over and over again till Elsie kuew tbam all by heart. Sbe longed for books more tban auylhing else, especially in the long winter evenings when ber grandmother dosed in her rocking-ohir, never speaking a word, and Elsie would get so tired of the silenoe, and the dreary knitting-work, that she waa obliged to do lo keep heraelf awake. Books were an impoasible luxury, and EUia wished for them in rain, until oue day when a strange tbing happened to her tbat mada her whole life a different thing.
A lady had sent soma work for Mrs. Grant, and wban it waa done, Elaie was told tu uarry it home. She had nerer bean to tbis lady's houae bafore, but her grandmother bad told har how rich she was, and how every room in the house waa full of beautiful tbinga. So tbe child was very glad to go, although the walk was long; and abe was still batter pleased wbeu tbe servant told ber tbat ^Ira. Lealie was uot at home, and ahe might wf.it in the Ubrary until ber retum.
Elsie bad bot a vague idea of wbat a library was; a book-oaae, filled with booka,being to bar imagination tbe raaliaatioo of every poaai¬ ble desire. Her delight and astonishmeut al¬ moat took away ber breath wben sbe fouud heraelf suddely seated in a room, every wuU of which waa lined with booka from floor to ceiling. Many other beautiful things were in tbe room, aa well, but Elsie took liltle uotice of thum, iu her raptnrona admiration of tba bocks. Never bad sha imagined anything so wonderful—oh I if abe only might dara lo read a little iu one!
The temptation grew too stroug to ba resist¬ ed, by-and-by. No one was near to look at her, aud she kuew that tbere waa nothiug really wrong in it: so, al laat to take up a book that lay ou a table just beside ber. It was bound in brilliaut colors, and had leva ly picturea iu it; bat tbe story was mora faa- einatingtban either, aud Euia was soou so deeply abaorbed in it tbat sbe forgot every¬ ihing else in the world. Tbe time alipped by, and the winter afternoon grew dark, as tha day waa olosing in; but Elaie waa iu a|won~ darful dream land from whiob aba never ra- tarued, nntil, all at once, a sbadow fall across her bouk, and there stood Mra. Lealla before her I
Sbe started to her faet, tben, ashamed and frightened, almoat latliog the book fall, Iuher nervons embarrasament; but ahe need not have been afraid; for tba lady was far more pleased than angry. Sbe bad oome into the library aome time before, and aeeing that tbe child was unconaoioas of her presence, had watched her quietly aa ahe read, noticing every change that pasaed overthe bright,expres¬ sive features, aud growing more and more iu¬ teresled as she looked. She knew at last that it waa time to aend her home, and so poor Elsie was atartled by hersuddeu appearance ; bnt ber confusion was soon relieved }>Ua. Leslie's sweet smile and gentle words. And the end of it waa, tbat she went home carry¬ ing the precious book with ber to finish it at her leisure, and having the still mor3 delight' fni asauranoe that Mra. Leslie would lend ber as many more aa ahe wanted, whenever she could come to get them.
From this time Elsie's life was ohanged In deed ; tbere were no more long, dreary even ings, no more lonely, unoccupied hours. Her only anxiety now was to get tbrongb ber work in order to make time for readiug ; butshe was Yery oarefal not to negleot aoy of ber duties in doing so, and even ber grandmotber foond no opportunity to complain. It was tbe hap¬ piest winter that Elaie had known ainoe her mother died; for, in addition to the books, Mrs. Lealie found many other ways of showing kindness to the child. In wbom ahe grew more and more intereated aa abe aaw her more fre¬ quently. She had no children of her own, and waa as lonely often in ber elegant home as Elsie ever had been in her poor oottaga. Many a time the wiah waa in faer heart that sha had a dangbter like this poor child, ao earnest and inteUigent, ao grateful and affeotionate, ao pnre-bearted and oonaotentloua; and at lost the wiah grew so strong'tfaat she determined to oflSar to adopt Elsie, if she wonld come and live with her alwaya.
Yoo oan imagine Elsie's astonishment when this offer was made ber, and can think how great the temptation must hare been. Apart from the coutraat between the two homes— the beauty and loxnry of the one, the poverty and hardship of the other-'it'was a hard Uiing to ohoose between duty and'affection. She loved Mrs. Leslie with all her gratefol child- heart, as she had never been able to lore hei grandmotber In apite. of their relationship; and wheu ahe thonght of Iiring with ber as her own dangbter, haring a rigbt to all the lovA and care and tenderness for which her heart had yarned ao hopelessly, it aeemed Im poasible to reaiat the atrong temptation. But then oame the thought of her grandmotber, so old, and feeble, and poor, with no one in tbe world exoept heraelf; and she knew well lhat she had no right to foUow her own desirea in the matter. Aa long as her grandmother lived, it was her duty to lire with her, work for her, and comfort her in her age and weakness.— And, once believing thia,Elsie "olosed heart, and ear, and eye" to all the sweet temptations that Mra. Leslie held forth to her.
It waa no eaay thing to refuse the offer ao generously made, and to run the risk of of¬ fending one whom ahe loved better than all the world beaide. Bat she did it bravely, re¬ stated all the arguments and eren persuasions that Mrs. Leslie in her eagerness, had reooarae to, aod bore fn patience, thoogh with a heary heart, the reproaches that in ber disappoint¬ ment Mrs. Leslie could not refrain from. It waa a aad walk home for poor Elaie that nigbt; but she knew she had done right, and so sbe tried to beliere that all waa for tbe beat, and thanked God for haring giren bar courage to do bar duty.
Bafore morning came,she thanked bim more fervently; for tbat same night the widow Grant waa stricken with palay. Elaie waked up from her first aleep to find ber grandmother fallen upun tbe floor, balplesa, speechless, audas tbe child in her flrat wild fear believed, entirely lifaless. But sba was not dead, uor did sbe die for many long weeks afterward. She never left ber bed again, nor was she abla to belp , heraelf in any way ; bnt speech aud conscions¬ uess came baok to her gradually, and Elsie bad the comfort of knowing tbat her grandmother appreoiated her faitbful, unwearied care, and did ber justice at the last. Othara came to help har in the charge lhat waa too mucb for her childish strength, patient and conragauus as sba was ; Mrs. Lealie aent annrse, aud more tbau ona kind neighbor came in to relieve Elsie from time to time; bnl Mra. Grant aeem¬ ed nerer ao well aatisfied as when Elsin was waiting upon ber. Her eyea fol'owed her from place to place, aud tba few trembling worda lhat ber poor palsied lips ever uttered again ware worda of love for her grandchild, and re¬ proach for bar own harshness in time past.
How gratefully Elsie listened to them, I need not say, nor ho w oonstantly in the folness of her heart aba thanked God tbat she had not been tempted to forsake her grnadmother for ber own pleasore. Her weary honra of watch¬ iug and uursing were haunted uow by no re¬ morse, no aelf reproach ; aud wben dealb came at laat, and ahe was alone in tbe world, abe was StiU thankful that she had chosen aa she did, although she knew not where to look for bome or friands. £be had not seen Mrs. Leslie since the day wbeu sbe bad incurred ber displeasure. Many comforts for ber grandmother's use had been sent, bot tbe Udy herself had never come ; and Elsie would not hava dared to go to ber again unbidden.
So sbe aat aluue, sorrowful ani desolate, in tbe empty cottage the day after the funeral. Some poor women had bean in to see her, bot they could do nothing for her, and they were all gone now ; Elsie sal aloue, shedding ber silent tears where only God could see.
But all at OQca a ahadow fell beforo her, and loving arma were twined about ber ueck.— " Will you go home with me, uow, Elsie ? WiU you ba my child now?" said Mra. Leslie's aweet voice. And thia time you may be sure Elaie did not answer no !
Sha naver agaiu knew poverty or unkind* nesa, for all hbr Ufa afterward was brigbt with love and happluess. Her "patient continu¬ ance in well-doing" had won its reward at last, and alt who follow ber good example may be aure of aa rich a reward—In heaveu at leaat, if not on earth.
ASSIGITEE'S NOTICE.
AM06. S. BOWERS of West Hemp- flsld towaahlp. h»yinj by Dead o( roltmtary a8Higan)«nt, dated April 16th. IBS2, •isigoad and trank- Terrud all bin estate snd flffseta, to ths ntidqnt^td, for the baneflt of th* cr«<litors ol tb* said A. 8. Bowara. b» thsrefxiro glvea aotice to all p«tbob« ladabted to satd AiKlgaor, to make ^paymsot to tba asdarsiKaed,aad thoBS barlagclalma topreaent them without dalaT. ^ , _ OESRX fl. KAUWMAH.Asalgaea, ap S0-4t-a8 LandUrUle, P. O.
ESTATE OF DANIEL KREIDER, lata of Caraarvoo twp., diciasad-—The nnder- Hlgned baviog beeu appoioted, by tba Court, Aadltoi to dU:ri)}ate tbe balanca In tha haoda of David Styer and Joha Krelder. admisfjatraton of the estate at Oarfd Kreiddr, lata ofCfenarvoa twp.,dscaabad. to aad amoag ihuse loyally eatlttsd thareto, hereby glreti ootico that he will attead for tba porpona of blH appolotmaat, at the Library Room, la tba Coart Hoaae, la tbe City of Laacaster, 00 IDGSDaT, tha 20tb day of MAY, A. D.. 18(12, at 2 o'clocic, P.M.,wbeo aad where all periooi Interested muy attend, if tbay thick propar.
JAUBS AfcCAA, ap 30.aui3 Andltor.
WM. ATTQ. ATLEE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 45 Eaat King itreet, opposlta Sureohar'a Hotal.Laacaatar, Jolyl-Iy-sa
FEBDIWAiro E. HAYES.
ATTORNEY ATLAW, No. 402,Lr- BRASy STBEET, ETans* Bolldlos, FHILADEL¬ PHIA- , aprll 13-t/.20
TUKNPIKE DIVIDBITD. fT^HE   Lancaster and  Litiz  Turnpike
1 Compaay, bare declared a Dividend of One Dollar- and Fifty Ceots par aharo, eqaal to alx per cent, for tbo laft Btx montha; payabla oo damaad at lha Treaaarar'a Offica, at LlUz, oo and after MO^fDAY, MAY tbe 6th,at tba Farmerit* ijaok of Laaeastar.      J. B. T^JtllTDY,
Litiz, Aprll 23. Treasorar.
ap 23 3t-22
LtrliBEBrWANTBD:
A QUANITY of BEECH and AP¬ PLE WOOD, io Boarda or Plank, for which tb* Uigtieat Price wLl] ba paid. Applj at Cbriitt'aCablaat- oiaker Shop, Weat King street, aear Water.
ap 33-'lt*22 KIBFFER k AUXER.
FOB BENT.
TIIE subscriber, Assignee of Elias BEBM3:(TDEa k I.1AAC FBT.otfers for Raat.a Larg« TURBB :}TaKY MACHINE SHOP, Blacksmith jM^a^ Shop, attached, sitoate iu Earlvilla, Waat Earl wTT^ townnhl]). Laac&uter cooaty. The ttald Shop MflMI conlalau ao S H0K6E FOWEB ENQIHE, Work KI"L Beoctie^, and other Macbinery, neceHaary to ony ou alnisnt any kind of bablneiM. wltb great coaTeaieaca.
I'uH^Q'trtiua will be glvea Immedmiely, aad tbe laaaa to cuQllaos to April 1,1SG:I. Pur fartber partlcnlura, addraan or apply lo the oohacrlber. West Barl P.mt UlUca. U. B. OKEYBILL.
ap 23-3t-'J'i Aasiguaa.
T
SOLDIEES' CLAIMS!
HW undersigned, huving spent cousi-
    derablttUme in making htmiief ac(|aaiatad wilb
the " Furu* " aud '* Froceediuga " reiiiired In obtaining cuimii of all deHcriptiona agulnnt tbe Qovarnment of the United bitateH, wilb apecial reference to lbs CLAIMS OF SOLUIGKS for Peanionu. Bjudty Laud, Arreara of Pay, Boaattad, ^c, kc, and hnving aUo in hlu poasea- aion a cutuplete lUt vt tbe namea uf atl tba Vo'uatdarTt wbo aalt&ted ia Ihia coanty, with tLe Kegioieuta and. Companiea to which they nre attached; bia facllllie« for prubecaitng theaa claluia wltb prouiplaeaaandaatla- fdction to alt concerned, cann Jt be aotpaaaed. Hu tberd- fora BolicUa tbe patronage ol thepablic aod reapectfally reaueatJi tboM inleraiitad to call on him for. farther iu¬ formation. THEO. W. HEHlt. Surveyor  aod  Scrlveuur.
OFFICE—At the Coort Boodo. Laocadter, I'u.
ap^ ^_______  tf-19
APBIL SESSIONS, 1862. APPLICATION FOB LIQUOE STOBE LICENSE
Joseph KnotweU, West Hempfield townabip.
93*'^'! LIceudsB aot Ufiad within flfteen daya after being giaatad by tbe Court, will be forfeited accordtat; to law. Atteat:
HENKV MDSSEU, 2:i'3t 22 Clerk Uuarier SaMion '
HAZABD'S
RAILROAD AND MILITARY MAP
OP   TBE
SOUTHERN STATES.
ADOPTED by the War Department, as tbe Offlciai MAP for Oovernrnent nse.   Price u.N'E DoLi.^tt.   ForSale at
BAER'S SON'S , Boos Store. ^'o. 12 Nottb Qaaan Street, Lancaaler, Fa. ap 30 tf-23
TO MY CBEDITOES.
TAKE Notice, that 1 have applied to tbe Coort of Commoa Pleaa of Lanca4'.er county, for the benefit of tha InHolvant laws of thU Commou- wealtb.and ihal the qaid Conrt. baa appolotad lOo'clock in the foreuoou, oil MOSDAY, JDNE Ititb, iSU^.at tbd Coatt Houaa, in tha t;ity of Lancaster, for tba bearing of me aud my credilor.i, wben and vf here all pereoua iti- leraated uiay atteud if tbey tbluu propKr. ap.W-St M CHRISTIAN PLDM.
FOB SALE.
A MORTGAGE for S1900 on land in the Coonty, wortb abont dooble tbat amunnt; iutereat payable t>emi-aunoally at thd rata of oix par Root, per annou.
Alao, Six Acrea of WOODLAND, iu Kaat
Lampater towoahip.   Aldo, UWELLINOS and BUILD¬ ING ' OTS In tbis City, on eaay Tarma. Apply lo
C. II. LKFEVUE. mar 12 Sm*16 Office, 58 East King Street.
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JOHN K. WATKINS, Proprietor of the FoLTu.T HouifR, Nortfaweet coraer ofthe Panun. Kail Uoid, Laoeaatar City. ba.-4 recaotly reaovated aod flxad ap tbe interior patt of tba bolidiug in moat mod¬ ern and. Improved eiyle, where ba will ba bappy to accommodate bla frienda and the poblle, both nigbt and day; the Uot3l belog k^pt opea atall hoam of the oigbt, for tbe accommodatloa uf passeogera of olght trains. Uis tablea aod llqaora are not eorpaHaed.aa tu qualfty, anywhore.and tue beda and chambers ara al¬ waya ueut uud cleau, X^ A few permanent boarders can ba aecommodated.
N. B —LcvcK dally at 10 o*clock, A. s.   AUo. Coffae and Meals at all honra. ap 16-St 21
CAUTION TO TBESPASSEBS.
THE undersigned citizena of East Dooegal towaahip, Laucaater coanty. Pa., hereby caution all peraoaa agiiiuHt Iraapaaaing oo their prem¬ lseii, by ganning, flxhlng or olbanvesa, uoder penalty of tha law:
bamoal Kedtiscker. Daniel Nlaatey,
Jobn M. Whitehill, Christian Herah,
Geoige S. Millar, Cbribtlan Qerber,
Aadrew Armstrong, Mlcbael Hnber.
Ell Uolfffl&o, Joba 0. Hoeroer,
Joho Oroaa, Jatoaa B. Claik,
Johu W. Clark, J. E. KraybilL
Eant Donegal twp.  oct 2-Iy-4.t
ANOTHER Lot of those  Celebrated GREEN AND BLACE TEAS. Just Recaivad by fab l9-tr.\3 JOHN D. SKILBS.
OLD  GOVERNMENT,  JAVA, LAGUAYRA. AFKICAN aud RIO COFFEES. Jnat Received and for Sale by feb19tM3 JOHN D. SEILES.
BUILDIwa SLATE.
PRICES   REDDCEU   TO  SUIT THK TIMES !
THE undersigned, having made ar- arnegmanta with Mr. B. JONE-l, forall bis heat qaalliy of f EACH BOTTOM SLATE, for Ihla market; aud a similar arrangamant with the proprietora ol six ofthe principal aod beat quarries in York county, ha haa jOHt recelveda large lot of tbe^e saperior qnalitiea of Bonding Slate.whicb will be pat oa by thet-qaare.or aald by the ton. on tba moat reaaouable t^rma. AL'^O, con.stautly ou band, ao Extra. Ligbt FEAOH BOTTOM SLATB, inteoded fur Slating oo tjblngle Roofa.
Having io uy employ tbe best Siatera in the matket. all work will ba warranted to ba txecated lu the bont m&naer.
Ar thai>e qaalltiea of Slate ara THE BEST IN THE MARKET, Buitdara and othars wlll find it lo tbair lu- tere&t tu call and examine aamplea, at my offica lo WM. D, SFRECliEK'S, New Agrlcultaral aud :lead Wuro- rooma. GEO. D. SPRECHgR.
Nu. 2S Eaat Kiag alrflat. i! doora Westof the Court Hoose.
j^TTbia ia to certify tbat I do not sell my
beat quality uf Peach Bottom Oaaged Slate to aoy othur
peraou  ia Lancaaler. thuu Qao. D. Sprecher. au above
elated. R. JONES,
Mflnotactuter of Peaeb Bottom Kooflng Slate.
Jan 15 ly-S
QOLDEN HOBSE HOTEL.
NO. 65   EAST  KING  STREET, L.4.\CASTER. PA.
'I'^HE subscriber id prepared to aeomuio-
M    da*e tbe Public, Straogera aod Travellera, iu ILe beat mauuer on the most re:iBaaable leruin. mar 19 Riu'-IC ISAAC B. MILLER Prnprielor.
NOTICE.
TO thc Membera of the NORTHERN MUTOAL INSDRANCE COMPANY, of LancAi>tor coonty, that uo Electiou willbe heldon MONDAY, MAY 19,1S62. betweeo the honra of 10 Had s o'clock uf aaid day, at tbe public bonaa of Samuel G. Hacker, iu New Ephratu, (uow Llncoln.J Lancaster coaoty, for the porpoae of electing Thtee Directora acd Ona Aadltor, to serve for tbree years. SAMDEL Nl5!::LY,
sp 30>2t--.'3 Secretary.
COAL OILI   COAL OIL!I
rilHE subscriber  U now prepared  to
I farniah the BEST GOAL OIL to Storekaaoen at Piilladfltphia Prices, thereby aavlog the freight thai loo, and warranted the beat article In lha market—at 60 to 60 cents per galloa, by tbe bbl. or K bbL
J. B. MABKLEY nov 20 tf 62 Apothecary, No.4t North Qaaea.
NEW DRIED APPLES AND PEACHES.
Iq Store aad for ^a)a by
feb I9.tf-1»
JOUN D. SKILES.
WHKREAl WIPE, ot I
NOTICE, \S, ELISHA BARD and
, f Paradiae townabip, Laucaater eo., have by deed of volantary aaaignmaBt, dated tho 16tb day ol APRIL, A. D., 1S62. trjoaferred all their pro¬ perty, real peraoual and mixed, (except whatis tbarala exci-pted} unto Amoa L. Witmer, fur [ha beoeflt of tha creditors of aafd Ellalia Bard. All peraonfi Indebted will plaase make immedlata payment to tbe aoderalga¬ ed aKsignee, and all peraooa having claima will present them lagally atteated fursaltlflmeal.
AMOS L. WITMER, AsaUttee. residlug in Paradise. Laocaater caunty. ap'-2:i tit-2'i
ESTATE of JOSICPH GLAUNER, lata of ?»!i8borf towuahip, deceaaed.—Letter* of aominifltratlon uu s.iid palate baviog bean granted tu the aaderal){ned. alt rersona lodebted thereto are re- qugRted to muke iminadiatrt paymeut, and tbuse baviog claliaa or demuudH agitlasl the aama will preaaut them witbuut delay lorfAttlameot lo tbo noderaigned, resid¬ iog iu said townahip. CURISTIAN D. WAKFEL. ap-23 6L*22 AdmlQlatrator.
Soldiers' Pensions and Bounties.
THE undersigned, members of the Bar of Laocaater Couaty. will provide and make oat tbe proper forma aad forward Ibem to tbu proper officera ut tba Ooverament, and collect all Clalma, Bounties, Arrearage^ ot PaV, and Panaiona, for all widowa and orphsnauf soldlem from Lancaater Coooty, who may be killed i>r may die in tbe aervica of the Govemmtjut of tha Doited tstatt^a, and for all noldierf Irom eame coanty. tbat maybe wonnded.or become eick and dlt<)4bled—wJthoat aoy cbaiga or compeniHtiun. K. W   SHENK. JAS. K. ALEXaKOEK,
ANDREW J. >TEIHMAN,  ROLAND KIvNZER. BENJ. F. BEAR. ABI'.\HAM UHANK,
THADDEUS STEVENS.jr., J. B. SYPHER. ap 30 tr.23
Conestogo and Big Spring Valley
Turnpike Boad Company. ''PUK Commissioners to open books and
,1 receive Fab>>crtptloaa lo the capital ftock oftbe " O-inatlDgo and Big Spring Valley Ttmplke Road Com- ptny." will meat for lhat purpose at tba {ublic bonne of Jacob Hober. lu tbe City of Lancaster, on MONDAY, TDESDAY. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, tbe26tb,27tb,2Stb,39th and SOtb dayaof MAY next
EnbiforiptloQ hooka will be kept open from 10 o'clock, AJJ.. to 4 o'ctock, P. M.
HENRY CIRPENTER, GEORGE.K. KEED. IIARRK BOADMEN, JOHN ESHLEMAN. JOHN B. KREIDER, ftp:iO-lt-23 HENRY K. STONER.
AUDITOB'S NOTICE.
ASSIGNED ESTATE of iMARTIN W, WEAVER k WIFE—The andarsigoed Andi¬ lor, appointed by Iba Coart of Common I'leaa of Lun¬ caster coanty. todialribote tha balanca remaining In tba baoda of Joaaa Ralff and Danlal Mayer, aaslgaees of •aid Uartlo W. Wearer and Wife.of Ephrata towoablp, to and among the credttora and tboae leeally entitled to recalva tbe same, will maat the parties Intereeted, for laid pnrpose. On SATURDAY, the 21tb of HAY, 1662. at 10 o'clock A. M., io tbe Library Boom of the Court Hooae, in the city of Laneaatar, and on TUES¬ DAY, MAY 27th, 1862, at 1 o'clock P. M.. at the public Hoasa of Gbambera Yandt, in Hinkletovo, Bphrata twp., when and wbere all persoas intatested are re qaastad to altend. If tbey ses proper.
S. BOBEHOLDEB, ap30-4t-23 Aoditor.
EDWABD BEILLY,
4TTOBNEY AT L.A.W.—OFFICE, DUKB fiTRttr, 3 doora North of tha Coort Hotu«, irt«r.?Mn*a. BoTWf-4»
/^. REEMSNYDER k ISAAC FRY, of Earlville, Weal i^ATi towauhlp. Laucatjter coanty, having by rotontary deed of asxigomeat, dated April 3,1802, aaaigned and IranEfarred all ibeir eatate, to tba undersigued, for the beaeflt of their creditors; noiice U hereby given, to all persouK indebted to the t<aid EUaa Keeusayder li laaao Fry. to make immediate paymeot to the anderaigned Aasigaae, and thoae liaviog claims to preaeot tbem to H. B. GREYBILL. Aaalgoee. ap 23-6:-22 P. O. Addreaa, West Ea^l.
AUDITOB'S NOTICE.
ASSIGNED ESTATE OF JOSEPH KINEER and WIFE.—Tba aodersigcad Auditor appointed by the Coort uf Commoo Ple-is of Lancaster County, tu distribute tha balance remaining lo tba hauds of Tbomas C. C-)Illna, Aitaigaae of Joaepb Rineer, aad Wife, of Edeu twp., to and among the creditors and tbosa legally eulltled therelo, hereby gtves uotice tbat be will attead for the pcrpoaaof bia appointment, at bla residence in QoatryvHIe, Lancaater county, on THURSDAY. APBIL 2tib, 15ti2. at 2 o'cioek. P. M.. when and where all peraoaa tateraatad are r<fqaaatedu> attond If lbey see proper. GEO. W. HENSEL,
ap 2 6;>ig Auditor.
ESTATE OF DAVID ROLAND, late of Mount Joy twp., deceased.—Letters Testa¬ mentary on naid estate having been gr.<nted lu tba aodaralicaad, alt p-raooH Indebted tberato ara rpqnaated to make imtnadlate paymaat aod thore havlngclaima egaloat aald ealate to preaeot tbem daly aalhanticated for aattlemeot to the aadersigaed, reeidlng iu Moant Joy twp. ABM. HOKST,
ap 2*6C-19 Execotor.
ESTATE OF JACOB SCHOPP, late of Weat Earl twp., deceased.—Leltera of adminia¬ tralion 00 aaid estata baving baen grantod to the nnder- Rigned, all peraons iadebted thereto are reqnasted to inake immediate payment, and tboae baving demandB aga nat tbo aame will preaant ttem for settlement to tbe aodorelgued, reEiding la said twp.
ISAAC K. BROWN. realdlng la Weat Earl twp. HENRY SCHOPP, ap 2-6f]9 realdlng in Manheim twp.
"TESTATE of ANDREW S. MILLER,
Pj late of Eaat Hempfield townaolp, deceasedi—Let¬ tera of adminiatration on aald estate having bean granted tu the underblgnad, all paraouvlndabled theteto are requerted to make immediate payment, aod tbose baviag claimn or demau ih agalnht tbe eame will present them wilbout delay for aettlem«nt to the noderalgnid, residing in said townabip. S&MDEL BESS. Jk.
ap 16 6t"21 Adcilulotrator.
ESTATE OF JOHN 15. BRACK- BILL, deceasod.—Tbe ODderRlgoed baviag beea .ppoiated Aoditor by tbe Orpbeoe' Coart of LaDCMter Coaaty. to dlntrlbate tbe ORHetR rematalo? la tha haitda of BflDjaoila Brackbill. Admlalntralor of tbe eBtai. of Hlid deceassd. to aod aoiOQg tha creditors of aaid Jolilt B. Braekhllt. will meet for tha parpoiia of hla appolat. meat la tba Library Koom of tha Coart Haabe, iQ the City of Lancanter. on TUESDAY, the 13lh day af MAY, A. D. ¦8S2.—wbere all pereona interested wlil please attend. JOHN QDIOLKY. April 16, lf62. ap 13:-iy_l_
HOTICE. ^  ,
THE untJersigned, haviop: been duly appointed AsaigneeofBeoJ.mlaMecltley.ofConor towneblf. lancaeter coanlT. ander a dead of TolaatMy assianmeit for tb. beoeOt of hi. creditors, hereliy noimer.ll ^™oa. lodebted to the .aid M.Igaor. to make Immediate payment.aad tboie haying claims to present ,h. «.». for ,.llt..a.al.to^^^ MECKLEY.
AP 16.61-21
Asalgnsa,
PEQTJEA LIMB I
THE Original Feqaea Lime coustantly onhaiidattbakUaa of tha aahearlber.   AU or¬ den latt at Coopar'a Hotel, LaneasUr, tfUl baprompUj
«pr- *4Mt ^•'"••'