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THE JOUR1VAL-. ; "ONE COtJRTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE ' DESTlNV. Vol. Vll, No. 23.] ^NTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNK 15,1842. [Whole No. 335. PUDLIS«ED BY THEODORE H. CREMER. TEP.MS. The "Jouunal" will be published every Wednesday morning\ at twodollars a year. If paid IN ADVANCE, and if not paid within six months, two dollars and a half. No subscription received for a shorter pe¬ riod than six months, nor any paper discon¬ tinued till all arrearages are paid. Advertisements not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and for every subsequent insertion twenty five cents. If no definite orders arc given as to tbetimean advertisementis to be continu¬ ed, it will be kept in till ordered out, and charged accordingly 1IZSCSLLA27EOI7S. From the Phil'a, Saturday Courier. TUE TWO REFUSJiES, nv .K LADY ot' MAUYHND. POETB-Y. Blow I nm a Ulnn. The days are gone when I could roll My hoop along the street And with a laughing jest or wor Each idle passer greet Where'er I go. I now move slow, In early years 1 ran : Oh! I was then a happy child. But now 1 am a man. I used to whistle as I went. Play marbles in the square. And fly my kite and play my top, My coat and trowsers tear ; I " whistle" for my whistle now, «' Pen" marbles is the plan : The only vent on which I'm bent Is money—I'm a man. m I was passing the Christmas liollidays wilh a lavorite cousin, at the house of a maiden lady, who resided a few miles from our village, and whose kind and cheerful manners rendered her much be¬ loved by the young people of her acquain¬ lance. "'Phere had been a good deal of company at the house, but they had depar¬ ted, jnd my cousin and myself were lett alvine in the parlor one evening, when after an unusual long silence tho latter said to ine: " Suppose, Ellen, some benevolent fairy should offer to grant you one wish; only one—what would it be?" It did not cost me a moment's hesitation to determine. " Wealth, boundless wealth," said I, " is the object ot my desire," " It is undoubtedly the source of many comlorts," said the old lady, (who, unper¬ ceived by us had entered the apartment and overheard our conversation,) "but wealth cannot confer happiness, as my own experience h'ds abuiiilantly proved. There arc perhaps, few single women in the country as rich as myself, yet which of you would change situations with mel" Neither of us replied, tor in truth we were somewhat embarrassed by the ques¬ tion, but without noticing our confusion. tay haA completed his study of law, to which profession he had devoled himself. With this arrangement I was well satisfi¬ ed, lor I was in no hurry to leave my present happy home, and the conscious¬ ness of being beloved, was all that my heart required. Murray was not so pa¬ tient, but he did not express his ilissatis- ^ction openly. Perhaps he dared not, for Mrs. Burney, as I should have befure in¬ furmed you, wos a widow, and her large fortune was entirely at her own disposal. At that time, the idea that mercenary mo¬ tives could inlluence my lover, never crossed my mind, and when it was arran¬ ged that he should, after paying a short visit lo his friends, return to F , and them vent, tur I knew that I should see [sion (for so I may call it) 1 paused, and | •• It docs not mention a candle—and I Murray the next morning, and I would my lover pressing my hand, said softly— i contend Monsieur, 1 have not inlringed tha I did hope.'Nny Cordelia, that I had > the law," prcsisted the quibbler. "Tho pursue his studies under a celebrated latv- yer there, I thought myself the happiest of all human beings. " Soon after' Murray left me, I was summoned to thc-dealh bed of my father. I found him dying of a violent lever ; and my beloved brother, whose constitution had been impaired by the close confine¬ ment of a college life, contracted the di¬ sease, and after a ie\'j days' illness, he too expired in my arms. 'Phese accumulated not that, he should read in my lace the misery he had iiillicted. He came at the usual huur, and I received him alone —and after cunversiiig for a few moments on indilK-rent topics, I tuld him (without ad¬ verting to the repurts that were in circula¬ tion, or any thing I had seen or heard,) that I had grown weary ul uur enijagement, and dl sired to be released from it. I had nerved myself lor the task, and spoke I calmly. Murray ga-^ed at me as if he wouli] read my very heart, but my wo¬ man's pr'de was roused, and I bore his scrutiny without betraying one sign the liiiterness which was eating away my heait. My love I'or him had been su your heart's first aft'ection, but your noble Irankncss only increases my esteem, and renders you infinitely more dear to me.'' " Now came the most dilBcult part of my taski In a hurried manner I described the effect produced no my mind by Mur- ray'.s conduct, and the means I had resort cd to prove the sincerity of his all'ection After I had spoke, Herbert dropped my har.d, and when I had finished, he started from his seat, and with a countenance from which every trace of tenderness had vanished, he exelaimcd— " And you doubted my sincerity! and while my whule suul was devnted to you. undisguised, that he cuuld not believe I you were thinking of your gold, and deyi was sincere in desiring a dissolution of our engagement, and even made some faint efforts to induce mo to recede from my determination. From all that passed at that interview, I am convinced he never loved me. He was an ambitious man, and my iiifiuential connexions, and the large fortuuc I was to inherit, induced him tu make the fulse piofessions which I misfortunes bowed nie to the dust, and it had paid with the lervcnt devotion of a was many weeks before I was able to re- youni^ and guileless heart. I may as well turn home. 'Phis time Was passed at the house of my sister, vvho had married and settled in our native village. She had a young family, and it seemed lo me that her character was lar more gentle and attractive than it had formerly been.— Perhaps our misfortunes had endeared us to each other; fur when wo parted, it «vas with mutual tears, and with mure aft'ec- tionate feelings than either of us had ever before manifested. " On my return to F , I found The ladies used to pet me once. And praise my luVir and eyes ; And kissing went by favor then ; 1 was a " little prize ;"' When e'er I come, they now are grum. Each look and word they scan, /t;jj4j:-»H me" Sir," when I demur. And tell me~-l'm a man. i Oh! happy, cavlier years, when Iovc Was on the lip Rnd eye. And lily bands waved after me, ^^ And glances said " good bye ; When there was music in my heart, And life had yet no plan ; Oh! I was then a happy chdd— But now I am a man. tlVcddcd Love. Addressed by a young Wife to a desponding Husband. Comei rouse thee, dearest!-'lis not well To let thy spirit brood Thus darkly o'er the cares that swell Life's current to a flood! As brooks, and torrents, rivevs, all Increase the gulf, in which tbey fall. Such thoughts by gathering up ibe rdls Of lesser grief, spread real lUs ; And with their gloomy shades conceal The landmarks hope would else reveal. Come, rouse the-: now !-I know thy mind. And would its strength awaken ; Proud, gifted, noble, ardent, kind— Strange thou should'st be thus shaken! But rouse afresh each energy, _ , And be what heaven intended thee ; And prove thy spirit firmly great; I would uot see thee bend below The angry storms of earthly wo. Full well I know the generous soul Which charms thee into lite. Each spring which can its power control. Familiar to thy wife ; Fordeem'st thou she could stoop to bind Her fate unto a common mind? The eagle like ambition, nursed From childhood in her heart, had first With its Promethean flame The shrine that shrunk hev so to shame. Then rouse thee, dearest, from the dream That fetters now thy powers; Shake off this ^^--^-^Xxo^el To gild each cloud tl-t lo««"- . , ., „!, ,. r,rr nt sccms SO far I. fond,feS^,^'C^w,^!f^^'.. ^}:!,-'ding st^r.^ A mother's ^or'Oi ever r,,,„^, Miss Stanhope resumed. .A s we are not likely to have any com panv this evening, suppuse I relate some ul the incidents of my life. They may I Murray already established there, and his not be without inierest, and will at any Uympalhy was the most precious balm my rate serve to moderate your anxiety for wounded heart could rcccivo. Of course the possession ol riches." This proposal ol our kind Iriend was easily .acceded to, and when she was com¬ fortably established in her arm chair, we seated ourselves near hor, and listened with prufuund attention to THE STORY OF MISS STANHOPE, " My lather was a physician i>i tho litilo village of Ashton. His family wns re¬ spectable, and he was a man of some .„.„; ,.i.iovvh,.rp I he~^arii'ol 11 arning. but his income was very limited were always F"''-¦l'^;;!^^^^^^^^^^ '^^^^J^/. and barely sufficed to supply the wants ol him constantly as *'f^^'™ """.^^ his family, though he had but three chil- namcnt ol the social ciicle. and it setmtd tell you here, that a few months after the dissolution of our eng.igenient, he married AUy^Fleetwuod (who was an heiress. ihOT^ her lortune wns not so large as mine.) and went to the South to take pus¬ sessiun of his estates. 'Phus ended my dreani of luve. Its efl'ects on my charac¬ ter were not su transient. Frnm the most trusting of human beings. I had becoine one ol the most sus-piciulis. 1 repelled all advances even from my female friends, for I feared they convered some mercenary motive. My wealth had become a curse to me, and my gloomy, unsocial temper rendered my home solitary, and marred the happiness uf my tuo indulgent protec¬ tress. I had ceased to love IVfurray j tor I could not long regret one whose meanness I dill not enter into the gaieties of the city, and tur a little while my lover devoted himself entirely to the task of soothing and consoling me. But gradually he re- had excited my contempt: but I felt as if turned to the socieiy in which he was formed to shine, and my evenings were spent in gloomy solitude, cheered only by tiip i<;„.i..^oo ....J uympalhy of my venera¬ ble friend. .Murray visited us every doy ; bul his visits wera short, and i.i«_pvenin; .lien, of'whom'I was the youngest. My sister was my scniur by several years, and my brother two or three years older than myself, was boarded at a respectable school, a short distance from the village, he came home every Saturday, and was o-cnerally accompanied by a schoolm.itc, a vouth ofhis own age, named Henry Mur- J .... . .11 ; .!._ tU,. l...'..*l.(_ ray strange to me that he who had been the chosen friend ol my beluved bruther, cuuld so soon cease to mourn his untimely death. Fnr the first time, a duubt of my lover I could never aguin kiioiv the happiness of loving and believing myselt beloved. " -; be contii.iu.,1 -•- ' -.' ¦-'"' ai last affected my health, and I wos ordered lo travel. I ""* fe'"*'' '" '""^'e » P'acc ,,,,1..., nan been the scene of so much misery, and accompanied by my kind friend, I visited the principal cities of uur country. Travelling'had a beneficial effect on my health ana -ririi,, f,„j gradually I sing means and miserable statagcms to en¬ trap the lortune hunter as you deemed me." " I know not what I ani'.vered, but my temper was roused, and I would not brook reprout. We parted in anger, and I ne¬ ver saw him again. The next day we left Philadelphia, and returned to Rich¬ mond. I " This second disappointment, though it destroyed my happiness, did nut pro¬ duce the baleful eft'ects uf my lormer one. 1 had esteemed, as well as loved Frank Herbert, and it was long befure I ceased to reinember him with regret. But my intercuurse with him had restored my confidence in human nature, and left my heart open to the consolations of friend¬ ship. I had done with lovu : henceforth my life was devoted to soothing the de¬ clining years uf her whose only fault in reterence to me was that of excessive in¬ dulgence. Fur her sake, I struggled and succeeded in regaining a iinrtiun of my furmer cheerful spirit, and by her pre¬ cepts and example, I was induced to seek the consolations of religiun. Here at last I found that peace which the world cannot give ; and when in a few years I was compelled tu lay in the Just the furm of my revered friend, our parting waa sweetened by a hope of meeting again in mat lileSMta Kl ..licic pa; ling shall be no more." Miss Stanhupe here paused a moment, and then resumed : " Alter the death of Mrs. Burney, I re¬ sided fur snme time tvith my sister; but our characters were not congenial, and I preferred the independence of my own home. I had frequently travelled in this ornllbwihood, and adiniied the situation words are ' without a lantern,' and here it is." ",Hem!" cried the olficer, endeavoring to conceal the confusion occasioned by his defeat, by poring over the cupy ol the proclamation. " I must confess there is an omission, and I am happy to give you the benefit ot it. The case is dismissed." 'Phe intoriner Was not only deleated, but rather alarmed, when the prisoner called to mind a certain act which render-* ed him, the aforesaid informant, liable to heavy damages for false imprisonment, (Sec, and the poor fellow was tain to avert the infliction ot an action of the law by disbursing a certain sum in hard cash to the accused. But lol on the next evening he again encountered his " dear acquaintance." and to his infinite delightj he beheld the game illuminated lantern in his hand ; tor an amended preclamation had been issued that morning, with the words, "that no inhabitant should stir abroad wihout a lan- Itern and a candle therein." The informer chuckled at ignorance of Ithe man who had so cooUy victimised llim un the proceeding night, aud wilh a heart beating with the desire of revenge, and a ccrt.iin prospect of the restitution ufthe mulct which he had suft'ered, he with a sneering pnliteness requested the honor ofhis company to the juslice room. " Really, it is impossible to resist the amiable opportunity of a gentleman who pays such delicate compliments— such good coinl" replied the man ; nnd away he walked chatting good-humorcdly, nniV joking with his delighted captor. " What, aKainV cried the officer. " I hupe Monsieur will do me the honor toiemeniber that my former appearance here was not only against my inclinaliollj but against the law," said the prisoner. " Ueally these proceedings are very vexatious und Have you read the procIamatioDi" interrupted the officer. Monoi(>ur Ild me the favot to read it reco»'cicd something of my -. ,..,„,„„ We remained sometime m l^i"r,. in whicii beautiful city Mrs , , in wniui uca ¦'Amung '¦'*'yo" •"i"w,resiir«fh^Ki''iAt'..ap'| have. fulness. ...J -^ .- - adelphia. ' -' '' Herbert. reused is not easily lulled. A number of little incidents, which I had never belore These weeklV'visits were the-bright-1 remarked, crowded upon >"/ '^o^;;^;^"- . ..•'.¦.- .- :.__"._.ll ^"", and increased my wieitneuni-ss. y) prevented my ...» „-- . ,, of her. But my brother was fondly at- lundly luved tachcil to me, and when he was at home, " " ' WP were seldom assundtf. " I was a little nwjfclhan fourteen, when a distant connexlpof my lather, being on a visit to the family, became much attached to, and oll'ered to adopt me. My father gladlj^accopted her proposals, for she was verjlh||ealthy, and his own means as I have before stated, were limi¬ ted in the extreme. Behold me, then transplanted frum an humble household, in partner in one of <•= "! to c„„.,i|,ute ,o the comfort of mv poor ighest to promote the /lappiness of my fellow creatures, I have found peace." Miss Stanhope here concluded her nar lluiugh not re He was a llUU! kablv handsome pearance and manners were m t,,, ^ degree prepossessing. I »% uf \i^ jJ, day, and belore I was a,"e,.ested. li'l feelings became deeplY,chmcnt for mc had lurmed a sincere ueen happy; bui and now I might bn h:id been infused quiet village, to a large and elegant delerr insiun in the gay and bustling town of which gay I shed some tears at leaving During my absence trom foj^ 'J widow lady and her daughter had a^ed there, and taken up their rcsidtsnce at tliiJ hotel in which Murray resided. I heard much uf the beauty ol the younKV 1"' >¦» and more than once iiUiinalions of-the de¬ voted attention which Murray paid her, had reached my oar. Wthcrto 1 had dis-,^, ^j^j usei. tlie poi.^oii ol sii.ls cllects were fatal fo iiitoiuy mind,-' not certain that the love uiy pe.ice. 'pMiles-ed was disintereg rative, and I confessed that she had proved the insufliciericy of wealth alone to confer only last night, and '' I will read it again for your edifica¬ tion." replied the officer ; and he looked furt'.vely at the informer, who could scarcely canlain himself lor yery jcy. 'Phe amended proclamation wag read. The accused stood placidly smiling at thtt rigmarole verbiage ; But when the officer read the concluding words " that no in¬ habitant should 3tir abroad without a Un-^ »er,p and a candle," he started. ?^rt^:^U^^^Z'''''^'^' " How very ver, furtu?,»u." cried the the delinquent, and quickly opening hi« lantern, continued, " Lo! here isa caudle. How fortunate I" inr,'.,.!!,"''''' .r' "S''''-''''" "Claimed the infmmer tyith an uncontrollable aeiUs ft IS not lighted, nor has it been, wiiich lle'-'ulved, Urlore 1 acc-.-ploil |„, ted. am"" "'« --mcniy „r his regard hand;,'":**"* "'ariiily upposed by my j^j.udiciuu. Inen.i, and II was only be- liad not ¦ that ¦Arne.l tu refuse ine he lit last consented tu regarded these repurts, considering >"rassi9t ni merely as idle gossip ; but now llieyer .. i |..ceiv...l in„ i . ^d i^ore im^rtaiL in n.j; eyenap. |„„, h:X::^i.Z:r^:^t:iTr^:^ gifts will, which, at partinn she presented us. "= Vnceiiainty ol Ihe Eaw; In .¦! town in Nurmandy, the author,'. lies (tor divers good reifsons thereunto >"<'vms) thought proper to issue a pi ucla° .nat..mt,,the elfect iLt nune of thi wm thy inhabitants, under a ma V- , the home of my childhood, but Ihey were soon dried, lor my new protectress was kind and indulgent, and I soon loveil her far more than I had ever done my sisler. In my occasional visits to my father, she accompanied me, but my brother and his friend Nfurray had left the neighborhood. Ilo complete their education at one ot the I Northern Colleges, and I had few induc^val _ menls to visit my austere sister, wliooccurren vied my good lortune, and regardy with even less all'ection than shwas merly shown. •• some " Two years passed rap=«pon the brother; returned froiiy request, an invited by Mrs. ^ '"s Inend.— weeks with us ^w weeks were the study ofa prr^''''^- ^^'¦^'^' though invitation •", "^nry Murray Irum I'hey r f" "°"' ^*''"=" ''« agai" haa- '^J'P"<y "f ''is person, the ¦provp'Wl' ''¦''^'*, "'^-'''! '"anners. and hishiol; O! in our sternest manhood, when no ru. .?!:.. ,'k.,':"'"''.' completed my fasii Of earlier sunshine glitters on our way. When girt with sin and sorrow, and the toil Of cafes, which tear the bosom that they soil; OI if there be in retrospective chain [again. One link that knits us with young dreams g — One tho't so sweet, we scarcely dare to muse 'r'''^ On all the hoarded rapturesit reviews, [range ' *..'\Yhich seems each instant, in its backward .-•.The heart to solten, and its ties to change, tfljAnd every spring untouch'd for years to move, Mt is—Mr memory of a Moiher's love! Hon. I believed that he was daz',^led by my position in societv and the creal wealth to which I was" heiress, lor be or by confirming them, destroy my every hope of happiness. I was nut kept lona ii, suspense. My lover was among the first to enter the room, and on his arm there hung a creature of such surpassing kiveli- ness. that as 1 ga'/,,.d on her. I almost ceased to blame hiu, for not resisting charms which, even to my prejudiced eyes appeared resistless. Murray led his coil ' ¦ I imnaniun to a seat near my window, and he d my breath that I might catch the Olds which in a low thrilling whisper he addressed to her, I could not hear dis- tnictly, but 1 heard and saw ciiou-h to convince me that he loved her, anil that omitted no means of inc'reasi^ig mV r'e^ard"" ^0^^^^ Imllnw ''%''''.l '""^'"^ '" "'- and ere hs visit terminated, ^his^liprhadi m-fLl: thi. i°'''"'¦ " ""' "^'"'^ confirmed the tale that his eyes had al¬ ready told, and my lond heart too e.tsily believed. We parted alfancied lovers, for my adopted mother would not refuse to sanction my choice; though in considera¬ tion of my youth, she insisted that our marriage should not take place till Mur-, Ul lamt: the very intensity of my feelincs save me strength. I U ,he |/uuse un' perceived by any one, and regained my own apartment, before my absence from home had been discuvered. I will not ?h ?? ? ^f'-",' "'" ''Sor.iPS in whicii that dreadful night was passed. I strug¬ gled with my leelings, and refused togiv'e warmly than ever. His own furtune. he said, was amply suflicient to secure all the comforts utl,f« bulh to myself and mv Hibiped mother, .ind he u.ged me tu tor'- "iinate he suspense under which he suf- lered. I was charmed with the result uf mv (|xperi,ncnt, but was not yet cunvinced. He h.id b.en taken by surprise, and I ivoii . not take advantage uf'a generosity ment ul the mument had passed away. I prumised to giye him a definite answir on the ensuing moi;nin.s and he departed ev.ngm.happiei-than I thought it pus '^ible I could ever be a.rain in^'nnl";1 "'^^'•'''"¦'.'•"'""'¦ned next morn- red to.? "" "' 'V' co'jntenance suffi¬ ced to show mc Ihat in suspectin- his >*m.e,ity, had done him loul injustice. '0 lunger hesitated to uwn my afl'.ction >"t I was cumpelled to interrupt his 2 turos by cxphnning the deception I had practiced, an.l the causes which led ti^i man, cuully. ¦' Have vuu read it?" " Certainly." replied the captured party - but many h.ive unfurtunately niisu.i^ derstood It. Will Monsieur oblige "ne Ipl';^''''''''''^^^''^^^-^^''^^^'^^^ The officer graciously compl.nd-and after glibingly running iver the verbose' SraS;irn!'^;KeSSi^:' -',-.-n».'.ed,iS;::Mc:t'£^;:^;!£ man in custody, who was twirling his rangers impatient to receive his moiety of tnc line. •' "1 have a lantern, Monsieur," firmlv contended the mau, holding it up to view. Yes, but there is no candle in it." re¬ plied Ihe officer, wilh a sinil Ihe pruclamation does not mention a and 0, I believe. Monsieur," replied th- I gave Inm a brief a"c;ou;t"of'm'v!.'n " "• '""T^ ^' '?' --^'Pectfully. ' .nent with Murray .dcLnnero^f It" .1 *-'\'''"'"«?-l'"t "f course-" began ^'i-.utio„. A^L par'f^f-'^n^^^ol:^ t:^'^^^^^:^ '"= ^"^'^ antera^and a , "lappiei^fto „ , „ , , "nsieur that there tv4s not such a word as lighted candle ia any part ul that respected document." ' This was a clcnchcr! 'Phe baftica <vei'e completely outwitted, while, to abate thel^everol the informer's extraotdinarr th.". ?l"" • *'» "f^ '^'""ritably repeated the bleeding" which he had so effecta. a^ly peifurnied on the former oecasidn.l Of cuurse the lawyers lust no time in i^^utj f' Proclamation, and inse " ted lighted before the word " candle," isj"'"*^ Yankee.—'Phe editor of the Norwich News says that the Other day f." f'^ \f^y l^a'ked inlo his office, and "Ict out" as follows: I ",y°"'*'-^„ S"' «" sorts o'books here nan t you :' " No, tna'am--soltte kinds o^books we havn't on hand." "ursw*, " Wall now. what han't ye cot >"~ Secms to mc yuu might have everfthinjr." We hav't gut Foster on Flea Bites nn'u ? m"".'^'"'" Meetings, norDwight on Hot Nights. nOr Lathrbp dn Physic nor " "^ J"'-, " VVall. f ahould'nt ha' thought it. but you've great bibles, han't yei" " Yes, ma'am, all quantities,'* " Wall then, let me put on my spc-. and look at u.-n-lhem are that have got the apothecary in um, are the sort I want —u ye take apple-sauce 1" ;¦ Yes ma'am, wc take all sorts o'sauce." » all. I guess if your a mind to pii k me out a good un that's got the fo.xati(t geese marked on the lids, and throw in a sarm book, I'll lake one and brinif the rtVint:;.""^''^" ^""" -•'""^ —• "Could'nt throw ina psalm book n; how. Hard Work.-Ii's hard work fo loo^ at the sun lyithout winking-and it's ha.V rSied':^!:/:^./"'"^ «¦'•''-"-tft^""g An AnsuRDiTir.-'Po tell your own st eiels und bcheve others will keep them
Object Description
Title | Huntingdon Journal |
Masthead | The Journal |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 23 |
Subject | Huntingdon County (Pa.); Anti-Masonic; whig; Huntingdon County genealogy; Juniata River valley; early newspapers; advertising; politics; literature; morality; arts; sciences; agriculture; amusements; Standing Stone; primary sources. |
Description | The Anti-Masonic Huntingdon Journal was first published on the 25th of September, 1835. Under the direction of several owners and editors, the paper became the Huntingdon Journal and American in 1855 and then restored to the Huntingdon Journal in 1870. |
Publisher | A.W. Benedict, T.H. Cremer, J. Clark, J.S. Stewart, S.L. Glasgow, W. Brewster, S.G. Whittaker, J.A. Nash, R. McDivitt, and J.R. Durborrow |
Date | 1842-06-15 |
Location Covered | Huntingdon County (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Month | 06 |
Day | 15 |
Year | 1842 |
Description
Title | Huntingdon Journal |
Masthead | The Journal |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 23 |
Subject | Huntingdon County (Pa.); Anti-Masonic; whig; Huntingdon County genealogy; Juniata River valley; early newspapers; advertising; politics; literature; morality; arts; sciences; agriculture; amusements; Standing Stone; primary sources. |
Description | The Anti-Masonic Huntingdon Journal was first published on the 25th of September, 1835. Under the direction of several owners and editors, the paper became the Huntingdon Journal and American in 1855 and then restored to the Huntingdon Journal in 1870. |
Publisher | A.W. Benedict, T.H. Cremer, J. Clark, J.S. Stewart, S.L. Glasgow, W. Brewster, S.G. Whittaker, J.A. Nash, R. McDivitt, and J.R. Durborrow |
Date | 1842-06-15 |
Date Digitized | 2007-05-08 |
Location Covered | Huntingdon County (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
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Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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THE JOUR1VAL-.
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"ONE COtJRTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE ' DESTlNV.
Vol. Vll, No. 23.]
^NTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNK 15,1842.
[Whole No. 335.
PUDLIS«ED BY
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1IZSCSLLA27EOI7S.
From the Phil'a, Saturday Courier. TUE TWO REFUSJiES,
nv .K LADY ot' MAUYHND.
POETB-Y.
Blow I nm a Ulnn.
The days are gone when I could roll
My hoop along the street And with a laughing jest or wor
Each idle passer greet Where'er I go. I now move slow,
In early years 1 ran : Oh! I was then a happy child.
But now 1 am a man.
I used to whistle as I went.
Play marbles in the square. And fly my kite and play my top,
My coat and trowsers tear ; I " whistle" for my whistle now,
«' Pen" marbles is the plan : The only vent on which I'm bent
Is money—I'm a man.
m
I was passing the Christmas liollidays wilh a lavorite cousin, at the house of a maiden lady, who resided a few miles from our village, and whose kind and cheerful manners rendered her much be¬ loved by the young people of her acquain¬ lance. "'Phere had been a good deal of company at the house, but they had depar¬ ted, jnd my cousin and myself were lett alvine in the parlor one evening, when after an unusual long silence tho latter said to ine:
" Suppose, Ellen, some benevolent fairy should offer to grant you one wish; only one—what would it be?"
It did not cost me a moment's hesitation to determine.
" Wealth, boundless wealth," said I, " is the object ot my desire,"
" It is undoubtedly the source of many comlorts," said the old lady, (who, unper¬ ceived by us had entered the apartment and overheard our conversation,) "but wealth cannot confer happiness, as my own experience h'ds abuiiilantly proved. There arc perhaps, few single women in the country as rich as myself, yet which of you would change situations with mel" Neither of us replied, tor in truth we were somewhat embarrassed by the ques¬ tion, but without noticing our confusion.
tay haA completed his study of law, to which profession he had devoled himself. With this arrangement I was well satisfi¬ ed, lor I was in no hurry to leave my present happy home, and the conscious¬ ness of being beloved, was all that my heart required. Murray was not so pa¬ tient, but he did not express his ilissatis- ^ction openly. Perhaps he dared not, for Mrs. Burney, as I should have befure in¬ furmed you, wos a widow, and her large fortune was entirely at her own disposal. At that time, the idea that mercenary mo¬ tives could inlluence my lover, never crossed my mind, and when it was arran¬ ged that he should, after paying a short visit lo his friends, return to F , and
them vent, tur I knew that I should see [sion (for so I may call it) 1 paused, and | •• It docs not mention a candle—and I Murray the next morning, and I would my lover pressing my hand, said softly— i contend Monsieur, 1 have not inlringed tha
I did hope.'Nny Cordelia, that I had > the law," prcsisted the quibbler. "Tho
pursue his studies under a celebrated latv- yer there, I thought myself the happiest of all human beings.
" Soon after' Murray left me, I was summoned to thc-dealh bed of my father. I found him dying of a violent lever ; and my beloved brother, whose constitution had been impaired by the close confine¬ ment of a college life, contracted the di¬ sease, and after a ie\'j days' illness, he too expired in my arms. 'Phese accumulated
not that, he should read in my lace the misery he had iiillicted. He came at the usual huur, and I received him alone —and after cunversiiig for a few moments on indilK-rent topics, I tuld him (without ad¬ verting to the repurts that were in circula¬ tion, or any thing I had seen or heard,) that I had grown weary ul uur enijagement, and dl sired to be released from it. I had nerved myself lor the task, and spoke I calmly. Murray ga-^ed at me as if he wouli] read my very heart, but my wo¬ man's pr'de was roused, and I bore his scrutiny without betraying one sign the liiiterness which was eating away my heait. My love I'or him had been su
your heart's first aft'ection, but your noble Irankncss only increases my esteem, and renders you infinitely more dear to me.''
" Now came the most dilBcult part of my taski In a hurried manner I described the effect produced no my mind by Mur- ray'.s conduct, and the means I had resort cd to prove the sincerity of his all'ection After I had spoke, Herbert dropped my har.d, and when I had finished, he started from his seat, and with a countenance from which every trace of tenderness had vanished, he exelaimcd—
" And you doubted my sincerity! and while my whule suul was devnted to you.
undisguised, that he cuuld not believe I you were thinking of your gold, and deyi
was sincere in desiring a dissolution of our engagement, and even made some faint efforts to induce mo to recede from my determination. From all that passed at that interview, I am convinced he never loved me. He was an ambitious man, and my iiifiuential connexions, and the large fortuuc I was to inherit, induced him tu make the fulse piofessions which I
misfortunes bowed nie to the dust, and it had paid with the lervcnt devotion of a was many weeks before I was able to re- youni^ and guileless heart. I may as well
turn home. 'Phis time Was passed at the house of my sister, vvho had married and settled in our native village. She had a young family, and it seemed lo me that her character was lar more gentle and attractive than it had formerly been.— Perhaps our misfortunes had endeared us to each other; fur when wo parted, it «vas with mutual tears, and with mure aft'ec- tionate feelings than either of us had ever before manifested.
" On my return to F , I found
The ladies used to pet me once.
And praise my luVir and eyes ; And kissing went by favor then ;
1 was a " little prize ;"' When e'er I come, they now are grum.
Each look and word they scan, /t;jj4j:-»H me" Sir," when I demur.
And tell me~-l'm a man. i
Oh! happy, cavlier years, when Iovc
Was on the lip Rnd eye. And lily bands waved after me, ^^
And glances said " good bye ; When there was music in my heart,
And life had yet no plan ; Oh! I was then a happy chdd—
But now I am a man.
tlVcddcd Love.
Addressed by a young Wife to a desponding
Husband. Comei rouse thee, dearest!-'lis not well
To let thy spirit brood Thus darkly o'er the cares that swell
Life's current to a flood! As brooks, and torrents, rivevs, all Increase the gulf, in which tbey fall. Such thoughts by gathering up ibe rdls Of lesser grief, spread real lUs ; And with their gloomy shades conceal The landmarks hope would else reveal.
Come, rouse the-: now !-I know thy mind. And would its strength awaken ;
Proud, gifted, noble, ardent, kind— Strange thou should'st be thus shaken!
But rouse afresh each energy, _ ,
And be what heaven intended thee ;
And prove thy spirit firmly great;
I would uot see thee bend below
The angry storms of earthly wo.
Full well I know the generous soul
Which charms thee into lite. Each spring which can its power control.
Familiar to thy wife ; Fordeem'st thou she could stoop to bind Her fate unto a common mind? The eagle like ambition, nursed From childhood in her heart, had first With its Promethean flame The shrine that shrunk hev so to shame.
Then rouse thee, dearest, from the dream That fetters now thy powers;
Shake off this ^^--^-^Xxo^el To gild each cloud tl-t lo««"- . , ., „!, ,. r,rr nt sccms SO far I. fond,feS^,^'C^w,^!f^^'.. ^}:!,-'ding st^r.^
A mother's ^or'Oi ever r,,,„^,
Miss Stanhope resumed.
.A s we are not likely to have any com panv this evening, suppuse I relate some
ul the incidents of my life. They may I Murray already established there, and his not be without inierest, and will at any Uympalhy was the most precious balm my rate serve to moderate your anxiety for wounded heart could rcccivo. Of course the possession ol riches."
This proposal ol our kind Iriend was
easily .acceded to, and when she was com¬ fortably established in her arm chair, we seated ourselves near hor, and listened with prufuund attention to THE STORY OF MISS STANHOPE, " My lather was a physician i>i tho litilo village of Ashton. His family wns re¬ spectable, and he was a man of some .„.„; ,.i.iovvh,.rp I he~^arii'ol
11 arning. but his income was very limited were always F"''-¦l'^;;!^^^^^^^^^^ '^^^^J^/. and barely sufficed to supply the wants ol him constantly as *'f^^'™ """.^^ his family, though he had but three chil- namcnt ol the social ciicle. and it setmtd
tell you here, that a few months after the dissolution of our eng.igenient, he married AUy^Fleetwuod (who was an heiress. ihOT^ her lortune wns not so large as mine.) and went to the South to take pus¬ sessiun of his estates. 'Phus ended my dreani of luve. Its efl'ects on my charac¬ ter were not su transient. Frnm the most trusting of human beings. I had becoine one ol the most sus-piciulis. 1 repelled all advances even from my female friends, for I feared they convered some mercenary motive. My wealth had become a curse to me, and my gloomy, unsocial temper rendered my home solitary, and marred the happiness uf my tuo indulgent protec¬ tress. I had ceased to love IVfurray j tor I could not long regret one whose meanness
I dill not enter into the gaieties of the city, and tur a little while my lover devoted himself entirely to the task of soothing and consoling me. But gradually he re- had excited my contempt: but I felt as if
turned to the socieiy in which he was formed to shine, and my evenings were spent in gloomy solitude, cheered only by tiip i<;„.i..^oo ....J uympalhy of my venera¬ ble friend. .Murray visited us every doy ; bul his visits wera short, and i.i«_pvenin;
.lien, of'whom'I was the youngest. My sister was my scniur by several years, and my brother two or three years older than myself, was boarded at a respectable school, a short distance from the village, he came home every Saturday, and was o-cnerally accompanied by a schoolm.itc, a vouth ofhis own age, named Henry Mur-
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ray
strange to me that he who had been the chosen friend ol my beluved bruther, cuuld so soon cease to mourn his untimely death. Fnr the first time, a duubt of my lover
I could never aguin kiioiv the happiness of loving and believing myselt beloved.
" -; be contii.iu.,1 -•- ' -.' ¦-'"' ai
last affected my health, and I wos ordered lo travel. I ""* fe'"*'' '" '""^'e » P'acc ,,,,1..., nan been the scene of so much misery, and accompanied by my kind friend, I visited the principal cities of uur country. Travelling'had a beneficial effect on my health ana -ririi,, f,„j gradually I
sing means and miserable statagcms to en¬ trap the lortune hunter as you deemed me."
" I know not what I ani'.vered, but my temper was roused, and I would not brook reprout. We parted in anger, and I ne¬ ver saw him again. The next day we left Philadelphia, and returned to Rich¬ mond. I " This second disappointment, though it destroyed my happiness, did nut pro¬ duce the baleful eft'ects uf my lormer one. 1 had esteemed, as well as loved Frank Herbert, and it was long befure I ceased to reinember him with regret. But my intercuurse with him had restored my confidence in human nature, and left my heart open to the consolations of friend¬ ship. I had done with lovu : henceforth my life was devoted to soothing the de¬ clining years uf her whose only fault in reterence to me was that of excessive in¬ dulgence. Fur her sake, I struggled and succeeded in regaining a iinrtiun of my furmer cheerful spirit, and by her pre¬ cepts and example, I was induced to seek the consolations of religiun. Here at last I found that peace which the world cannot give ; and when in a few years I was compelled tu lay in the Just the furm of my revered friend, our parting waa sweetened by a hope of meeting again in
mat lileSMta Kl ..licic pa; ling shall be
no more."
Miss Stanhupe here paused a moment, and then resumed :
" Alter the death of Mrs. Burney, I re¬ sided fur snme time tvith my sister; but our characters were not congenial, and I preferred the independence of my own home. I had frequently travelled in this ornllbwihood, and adiniied the situation
words are ' without a lantern,' and here it is."
",Hem!" cried the olficer, endeavoring to conceal the confusion occasioned by his defeat, by poring over the cupy ol the proclamation. " I must confess there is an omission, and I am happy to give you the benefit ot it. The case is dismissed." 'Phe intoriner Was not only deleated, but rather alarmed, when the prisoner called to mind a certain act which render-* ed him, the aforesaid informant, liable to heavy damages for false imprisonment, (Sec, and the poor fellow was tain to avert the infliction ot an action of the law by disbursing a certain sum in hard cash to the accused.
But lol on the next evening he again encountered his " dear acquaintance." and to his infinite delightj he beheld the game illuminated lantern in his hand ; tor an amended preclamation had been issued that morning, with the words, "that no inhabitant should stir abroad wihout a lan- Itern and a candle therein."
The informer chuckled at ignorance of
Ithe man who had so cooUy victimised
llim un the proceeding night, aud wilh a
heart beating with the desire of revenge,
and a ccrt.iin prospect of the restitution
ufthe mulct which he had suft'ered, he
with a sneering pnliteness requested the
honor ofhis company to the juslice room.
" Really, it is impossible to resist the
amiable opportunity of a gentleman who
pays such delicate compliments— such
good coinl" replied the man ; nnd away
he walked chatting good-humorcdly, nniV
joking with his delighted captor.
" What, aKainV cried the officer.
" I hupe Monsieur will do me the honor
toiemeniber that my former appearance
here was not only against my inclinaliollj
but against the law," said the prisoner.
" Ueally these proceedings are very
vexatious und
Have you read the procIamatioDi" interrupted the officer.
Monoi(>ur Ild me the favot to read it
reco»'cicd something of my -. ,..,„,„„ We remained sometime m l^i"r,. in whicii beautiful city Mrs , ,
in wniui uca ¦'Amung '¦'*'yo" •"i"w,resiir«fh^Ki''iAt'..ap'| have.
fulness. ...J -^ .- - adelphia.
' -' '' Herbert.
reused is not easily lulled. A number of little incidents, which I had never belore
These weeklV'visits were the-bright-1 remarked, crowded upon >"/ '^o^;;^;^"- . ..•'.¦.- .- :.__"._.ll ^"", and increased my wieitneuni-ss.
y) prevented my ...» „-- . ,,
of her. But my brother was fondly at- lundly luved
tachcil to me, and when he was at home, " " '
WP were seldom assundtf.
" I was a little nwjfclhan fourteen, when a distant connexlpof my lather, being on a visit to the family, became much attached to, and oll'ered to adopt me. My father gladlj^accopted her proposals, for she was verjlh||ealthy, and his own means as I have before stated, were limi¬ ted in the extreme. Behold me, then transplanted frum an humble household, in
partner in one of <•= "! to c„„.,i|,ute ,o the comfort of mv poor
ighest to promote the /lappiness of my fellow creatures, I have found peace."
Miss Stanhope here concluded her nar
lluiugh not re
He was a
llUU!
kablv handsome
pearance and manners were m t,,, ^ degree prepossessing. I »% uf \i^ jJ, day, and belore I was a,"e,.ested. li'l feelings became deeplY,chmcnt for mc had lurmed a sincere ueen happy; bui and now I might bn h:id been infused
quiet village, to a large and elegant delerr insiun in the gay and bustling town of which
gay I shed some tears at leaving
During my absence trom foj^ 'J widow lady and her daughter had a^ed there, and taken up their rcsidtsnce at tliiJ hotel in which Murray resided. I heard much uf the beauty ol the younKV 1"' >¦» and more than once iiUiinalions of-the de¬ voted attention which Murray paid her, had reached my oar. Wthcrto 1 had dis-,^, ^j^j
usei. tlie poi.^oii ol sii.ls cllects were fatal fo iiitoiuy mind,-' not certain that the love uiy pe.ice. 'pMiles-ed was disintereg
rative, and I confessed that she had proved the insufliciericy of wealth alone to confer
only last night, and
'' I will read it again for your edifica¬ tion." replied the officer ; and he looked furt'.vely at the informer, who could scarcely canlain himself lor yery jcy.
'Phe amended proclamation wag read. The accused stood placidly smiling at thtt rigmarole verbiage ; But when the officer read the concluding words " that no in¬ habitant should 3tir abroad without a Un-^ »er,p and a candle," he started.
?^rt^:^U^^^Z'''''^'^' " How very ver, furtu?,»u." cried the the delinquent, and quickly opening hi« lantern, continued, " Lo! here isa caudle. How fortunate I"
inr,'.,.!!,"''''' .r' "S''''-''''" "Claimed the infmmer tyith an uncontrollable aeiUs ft IS not lighted, nor has it been,
wiiich lle'-'ulved, Urlore 1 acc-.-ploil |„,
ted. am"" "'« --mcniy „r his regard
hand;,'":**"* "'ariiily upposed by my j^j.udiciuu. Inen.i, and II was only be-
liad not ¦
that
¦Arne.l tu refuse ine he lit last consented tu
regarded these repurts, considering >"rassi9t ni
merely as idle gossip ; but now llieyer .. i |..ceiv...l in„ i .
^d i^ore im^rtaiL in n.j; eyenap. |„„, h:X::^i.Z:r^:^t:iTr^:^
gifts will, which, at partinn she presented us. "=
Vnceiiainty ol Ihe Eaw;
In .¦! town in Nurmandy, the author,'. lies (tor divers good reifsons thereunto >"<'vms) thought proper to issue a pi ucla° .nat..mt,,the elfect iLt nune of thi wm thy inhabitants, under a
ma
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the home of my childhood, but Ihey were soon dried, lor my new protectress was kind and indulgent, and I soon loveil her far more than I had ever done my sisler. In my occasional visits to my father, she accompanied me, but my brother and his friend Nfurray had left the neighborhood. Ilo complete their education at one ot the I Northern Colleges, and I had few induc^val _ menls to visit my austere sister, wliooccurren vied my good lortune, and regardy with even less all'ection than shwas merly shown. •• some
" Two years passed rap=«pon the brother; returned froiiy request, an invited by Mrs. ^ '"s Inend.— weeks with us ^w weeks were the study ofa prr^''''^- ^^'¦^'^' though invitation •", "^nry Murray Irum I'hey r f" "°"' ^*''"=" ''« agai" haa- '^J'P" |
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FileName | 18420615_001.tif |
Month | 06 |
Day | 15 |
Year | 1842 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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