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T II E E L K A D V 0 C A T E Bhu." It iaita onr mm times so well, and car own grand ldiors, that I must transcribe it . "Come froip deep glen, find From the inoiinlain so rock : The war-pipe and pennon Are at Iovcrloshy ! Come every hill.dlaitl, and True heart that wears one Come, every steel blade, and Strong hand that bear ono. .'Lo'Sve uiitonded the herd, Tho flock without shelter Leave the corpse uninterred, Leave the bride at tho alta' ; Leave the dour, leave the slecr, Leave nets and ha rues; Come with your fighting-gear, Broadswords and targes ;" Helen sang it with spirit, and listen iof to tho stirring word-, the blood thrilled iu Hugh's nerves. "These are thrilling word, Helen just what I neodea." ""Ah! pood evening, Hugh. You come aosottly, I did not hear you. " e, they te glorious woids. I love to sing them over, to a tunc of my own impro vibin". They suit thee stirring times. Change the words a little, and they will just exprcw tho way in which our bravo l.ovs have lett their homos, and donned the Gghtinar-gcar." Then Hugh told her all hi liwt. how duty was urging hiiu battlewav.l. .iiid linw his love for Nettio was standing be tween him and his country ho low cd. Tt was hard for Helen to listen while ; P..-, W. (V YoNm. 1.1V -in ' lip fold of his love for Nettie, lovin him as she did, but these things hanpeu every day ; they are only a part of life's discipline. 'Help me to decide, Helen '." You had but to look at the girl to kuow what her answer would be. The Boul that looked out of lho?o large giay eyes upon the world was no common soul, but earnest, questioning, strong. Lite was a serious thing to her. '1 do not think any one is justified in hitting at homo, Hugh, when our coun. try needs them, and certainly uot when their own soul bears witness to that uced aud their duty." "Helen, you have decided mo. I will see Colonel Daua this very night." Soou after, there was a tearlul parting at Nettie's home ; and tho girl seeming ly i neon sol iuM- , lay all day long on the M.ta. fece downward, much to the worry f her mother. In a weeks time, she as happy and care-lrce as ever; con doling herself for Hugh's departure by flirting with the numerous young oft cers that made famous the latter part of winter and snrintr. Time crept on, bringing the usual change.). Hugh Leicester, lying in tho ' hospital with an ugly flesh wound in hi.s shoulder, thought tenderly of his fair, haired Nettie. 'I a:n going homo, Leicester. What news shall I carry for you to Nettie Lawrence" "Tell her, Colonel, that if my right arm were uot a piisouer not to the Rebels, but to pain 1 would write ; but I can only scud my love, and this ring by my Colonel. "Keep up n bravo heart, Leicester,' said ; for I had loved him from a boy j I said and it bothered me to see him sad. "In ! just five days I will return to cam-,, .' when I hope to bo able to meet you in j the field again." In just live days I returned, aud tho , first mail I saW was hugh. I made him believe I did not see him, aud moved to another part of the field. At night, as I sat iu my tent, chewing the end of sweet and bitter fancies, a voice outside sturtled me. "l'omp," I whispered, "if Lieutenant Leicester inquires fur mo to-night, say 1 am engaged with papers of importance." j But. ere tho order was fairly understood, : Hugh stood belore me. "Ah, Leicester I am very busy, you Uiust excuse me to night. I " "Ouly give me Nettie' letter, Colonel and I wili make myself scarce." Mp face flushed, then paled, I felt it, then determined to have it over, I jerk ed out, "I have uu letter, Hugh, T-1-" "Not write to me Nettio, I do not juite understand the ring, Col mid, why have you still the ring upon your finger r" "Leicester, my poor fellow ? I have had news for you, but you must bear it like a man," He staggered back against the table, and said hoarsely. "Nettie is dead." "Worse thau that, Hugh she is mar. tied !" "To whom ?" The voice was fearfully calm, but the face was as the face of the dead. "To Captuiu Svdcuham Travis, of the th." I regretteJ to toll hiui, for Travis was a man without a practice of honor, fond ol fast horses and wine. 'Perhaps Nettie might redeem him," lie said, through pale lips ; but I knew better ; a host of angels could uot redeem Sydenham Travis. "What can cnudblo fools, or sots, or cowards ? Nut all the blood of all the Howards!" Hugh rung my hand "til it" pained tuo aud lett the tent. Though not a profane man, I hurled mental anathemas at womeu in general, and then laid my head ou my camp.table and cried like a girl. "Dar'n a womau outside as wauta to see you, Colonel, aud " 4The womcube hanged. If you bring a petticoat iu hero to night, l'omp, I'll thrash you." -card him a. liiom.oit liter ul- eao't gc you to.oight, Missc. you poo ns how do Colonel' drcfful sick, kind a flighty like.'' I heard the woman go off muttering ; donblleps, somo of tho boys had been "foraging." At midnight there was an order ti march, and hundreds of eager, determiu cd souls turned their faces southward. In the giay dawn I met Lciocstvr. Hi handsome face was full of heroism and courage, and an ineffable Kidncs. Then camo tho battles of tho Wilder, tiers, wherein wo all suffered more or les.j. "After the battle", with a broken arm and shattered body, I found myself un der a friend's auspice- at Alexandria. I kuew Hugh was wounded and in the hospital "dangerously", tho papers eaid. I found him with both legs bro ken, and a bullet in his shoulder. He was calm and peaceful, spoke of the bat tles, and of his own wounds and mine; but uot of tho false woman who had hurt him worse than tho enemy's bullets. I left him, promising to return at fix. As I entered, a surgeon said. "Who is that interestinz youni fel low that is lying so patiently while nil around him are moaning or tossing to and fro? He is looked fr tho hotter country ; cannot posih!y last three d ivs. Ho seems ail unconscious of his tale, bio ; my heart aclie3 for these poor fel lows." I glanced at a cot in the oflioetV quarters, on which their eves wore fix; I My God! It waa Huah! I waylaid tho surgeon and learned that no human " 'l '"" ,l!3 bcJ- 1 MW As I drew neur sleeping. One arm was flu a boyish fashion, over" his head, the other was pressed upon his heart. He opened his beautiful eyes ao suddenly, was startled. "I was dreaming of home, Colonel." 'Call mo Reginald, Hugh," I said, with a shake in :uy throat. "We will go home together, Reginald, you and I. You to see your dear old mother, and I ah ! I had forgotten. I long with au unutteiable loni'in to un home ; to snuff the clover-blooms and the fragrant grass. Colonel, would your mother be my mother for a few days ? Would she play mother to a hoiiicsieU boy ? I am not much more than a boy, Colonel, only two and twenty.' "A hero, Hugh who has given his life for his country." "Only his llood, Colonel, but his life belongs to his country." He closed his eyes wearily, and a dead ly paleness overspread his face. I had promised tho surgeon to tell him of his danger, and the task was painful; I must perform it. I told him as tenderly as I could. There was a little natural shrink ing from the dread moustcr, theu all was Pec? "Just as flod wills' he said, but his lip quivered. Hugh, is there any one you would hko to see, any one you would lik to have with you, when when I could not finish, but ho did it far me. "When the Kkg of Terroas comes, there is only one lace I care to see on caith, HelcniWns ; but I cinnot expect it. I am triad I have- neither father. mother, sister nor brother to mourn for n)e-, .V0'1 """ us SUI'?C0I entered, and tuiiri.se 1 lound tho Hums family at b.'eakfast. I made few words auswer for time was precious. 'Helen, you know Nettie's perfidy, (high Jjcieuster is lyiug in the hospital at Alexandria with only a few days to live. The ouly person ho expressed a wish to seo was Helen Burns, his boy hood's friend. He is an orphan you know, Helen, brotherless and sisterless. . I came here without his knowledge, ' ki owing what a pleasure it would give him to see you." Her face was white ar.d cold, as if her heait was turned to stone. "Father, may I go." "Just as you feel about it, mv child. 1 1 feel soiry for poor Hugh." "I will accompany you, Colonel Dana j T can stay at Cousin Mary's father, ex ) eept when I am with Hugh." j Wc left within the hour, and reach ed Alexandria at nine o'clock, p. m r sent Helen in alone. When I j . them she sat by tho cot with Hughs j hand in hers. ! "God bless you, Reginald, I owe this ,to ycu. How long can you stay. ueien : "As long as you neod me, dear Hugh." "i'ou know that I am going, Helen !" ''Yes. going to tho new life, where there is freedom forevcrmore, where on. ly Christ rules." "Love is no false mirage there, Helen. His love alone cau satisfy the soul ; there is no love like (J od's love; there is no peace like his peace." He grew more feverish as the night woreou, und his mind wandered some what. He talked constantly of Nettie, and the old times "before the war." I was studying Jlelen's pale, beautilul face, and reading the secret I had bo. fore suspected, (hat she loved (he dying u an. Iq the early, lonesome dawn, the messenger came. Helen hud been kneel ing beside him for hours, with a faeo on ly a shade less pale than his. The doe. tor came in at four o'clock, looked sor rowfully at his patient and the kneeling womau by his tide, and went soltly away. The hue of death crept over tho face, aud tho beautilul eyes were fast filmiug over. " A re you there, Helen ?" "Yes, dear Hugh." And, forgettiug my prestsuee, she laid htr head ou the pillow beside his. "What 13 it he says, Helen ! "'Peace I leave with you.'" " 'Pcaoj I leave with you, my peace I give uuto you; not as thj world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." "Iam not afraid, Helen, I know in whom I trust. Siug to me." She sang a verso of a hymn, her voice scarcely trembling. He raised himself slightly and bent his head as though lis tening. "f. hear them, Helen, Rciginald, (he 'vietois wealing crowns and bearing palm'." But even as he spoke, the-"'eih'i-r cord was loosed", and Hugh Leicester's esn li ly career was ended. Wo look him homo (Hollen and I) and buried him by the Hide of hi.s pa rents an.t sister. Two hearts are so1 niuoh poorer by tho battles t f tho Wil. j denies. Helen Bums and mine. Would : that only we two were tho sufferers 1 i "october. I With dyed garments of crimson and! I sandals of gold tho prophet walks one'? ! more upon the hills, and proclaims the j feast of the year to the inhabitants of I the earth. The orchards are mighty , tahl'.'s bending under the weight of the great Iruiqucc which Octobei has piled upon them. The air is delicious nectar, . which wo can quaff without measure or i price. Then there is tho wonderful j architecture and paintings of tho sun- I sets; the white c-mborideries of mists seamed with gold upou tho hills, the stately splendors of the trees as the frot flushes them into their lost glory; and the tender, sereno, solemn light that has a parting in its smile, not exactly sad, but yearning and tender as the last emtio of one who goes homo to heaven. 'October!" Tt is tho farewell of the year its "Finis" ol beauty. Beyond it lie decay and death, but the face of Oc tober is not one that mourns, it is j fieo which jays, sereno and victorious, "I have Gnished the work which Thou gavest me to do!" Ob, reader, if our lines fall into autumn, may the;r last j days be calm, serene, reioicincr like Oe. ' tobcr's! now TO GO IT. Go it strong in your praise of tho absent. Some of it will be euro to get around. Go it strong when you make love to a prelty widow. Jlorc people have erred by too little than too much iu this particular. Go it strong when taking up contri butiona for a charitable purpose It will pay. Go it strong when you make a public speech. Niue people out of t -n never take any allusion unless it outs like a short handled whip or a rhinoceros cowhide. Gi U strong when you advertise, ju-iiness is like architecture its be.-t supporter are full ooIumim. Go it strong and pay 'tho printer. Never grudge him his price. Recollect it is he who brings customers to your very door, who otherwise would never discover your whereabouts. tf.9uWhy aro hoops like church fow. crs'f They surround the bells (belles.) BKSuThe young gentleman who flew into a passion has had his wiugs dip ped. C'-rju.V boarding-house keeper adver tises "Jsoarl lor two gas." gentleman with R5XWhy do hens always lay in day time '( Because at night they become roost-ers. Jfeai-The end of a spotted dog's tail is always white; and that of a spotted cat, bleck. fy What word is that which, if you take away the first letter, all will still remain ? Ball. fi"DWhv is an auctioneer's advertise went like a stiff breeze at sea? Bo. cause it blows about the sales. R'iT Whilst ordei ing tho arrangements in front nf your limine, don't forget that a man is often judged by his gait. n;I am surprised, my dear, that I have never seen you blush." "The fact is. husbaud, I was born to blush un. seen." fiL?An eminent teetotaller would on'y consent to sit for his portruit on condi tion that he should bo taken in water colors. e& A Dutchman boiug asked how of. ten ho shaved, replied, "Dree dimes a week, effery tay but Sooutay, deu I shaves eff-ry tay." ft 'What do you think of my music, father?" "Why, Polly, I've listened to your musio, as you call it, till I'm mew-sick myself." ntuThcre is a womau in Iowa so homely that they wou't allow her to navel on tho railroad for fear she will frighten the lochmotives. 8!u"I say, John, where did you get that rogue'shat 1" " Please yer honor," said John, "it's an old ono of yours that missis gave me jestcrday." Cay-A dashing and fashionable widow says obe thinks of sueing some gentle, man for breach of promise, to that the world may know she is iu the market. &ra,Why U tho fact of you having same weighty matter in tho bauds of a lawyer like traveling iu the backwoods? Because you arc a loug tiuio cooiiuj b) a Eetticuiout. LET IT PASS. "Let former grudges paw." SHAK3- TEARR.. Bo not swift to take offence Let it pa.! Anger b a foe to sense ; Lft it. -an I Biood not darkly o'er a wrmig Which will disappear crc Ymtr; Rather sing this cherry aong Irft it plv3 1 Lt,t it pass ! Strife corind-i.s the purest mind ; Let it pa."i ! As the unregarded wind, Letit ps33 ! Any vulgar souls that live May condemn without reprieve . 'Tis the noble who forgive, Let it pas ! Let it pass ! Echo not an angry word ; Let it pi ss ! Think how oficn yon have erred ; Let it pass ! Since our joys must paas away, Like the dewdrops on the spray, Wherefore should our sorrows stay ? Let it pass ! Let it pass I If for good you've taken iil ; Let it pass ! Time at last makes all things straight; Let us not resent but wait, " And our triumph shall be gr;at ; Let it pass 1 Let it pafs ! Bid your auger fodepiit, Let it pass ! Lay these homely words to heart, Let it pass I Follow uot the giddy wrong; Better to be wronged than wrong ; Therefore sing tho cheery song Let it pass ! Let it pass ! Election Proclamation- WHEREAS, in and by an act of the General Assembly of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, entitled an act to regulate the general Elections within this Commonwealth, it is enjoined on mo to give public notico of such Elec tions, and. to enumerate in said notice what officers are to bo elected. And whereas, by a supplement to said Act, passed April 11th, 1848.it isenactcd: Tho election for Electors for President and Vice President of tho United States, shall, in tho year of our Lord, 1843, and every fourth year thereafter, be held on the Tuesday next after tho first Monday in November. In pur.-innce whereof, I, V. W. HAYS, Sheriff of tho county of Elk do hereby make known aud give notice to the Electors of the county of Elk, that a General Election will be held iu said county, on Tuesday the 8th day of Nov- next, at which time they will vote by ballot for Twenty-Six Persons' FOR ELECTORS of a President and Vice President of the United States, at tho several Election IU- riots, as follows : And the qualified electors ot tho coun. ty of Elk, will hold their elections in the several Districts as follows : In Highland township at tho house of Levi Elithoi'pe. Jones township at (he house of R. W. Drown. Spring Creek township at tho house of S'ockdalo, Downer & Co. Ridgway township at the Court House. Fox township at tho Grave Yard School House. Benzinger township at the School house on Michal Street, near Elk crock bridge. St. Mary's borough at the Louse of Tgnatus Garner. Jay township at tho house of Alfred i Pearsol. Benozett township at the house of i Thomas Overt u if. i And I also give notice, that every person, excepting tho Ju-tiees of the Peace, who shall hold any (Cico or up. pointiiieiit of profit or dust under the . Government ot tho United States, or .t t'o Sta'e or of any city or iucorpora. 'I district, whether a conimiisioned ' officer or otnerwiie, subordinate officer or Hgeiit, who is or shall be emplojed under the Legislative, Enceutivo or Ju. diciary department of this State or of the Uuited States, of any incorporated district ; aud also, that every member of I Congress, ol the State Legislature uud of tho select aud commou Couucil of , any city, or Commissioner of any iucor- i porated district, is by law incapable of j exercising at, me same nine trie otnee ct Judge, Iuspector or Clerk of an election in this Commonwealth and that no In spector, Judge or office of any such clcc. tiou, shall bo cligiblo to any office then to be vo(ed for. I And in and by the 4th sectiou of au ! Act, approved the loth day of April, lSUt, itisenactel, that the I Kth sectiou of an Act passed July 2d, ISoi, entitled , an Act relating t the elections in this ' Commouweath, shall uot bo construed as . to prevent any military or borough offi cer from serving as Judge, Iuspector or Clerk at any general or special election ; of this Commonwealth, i And tho Return Judges of the res spaetive districts aforesaid, are required I to meet iu Ridgway, the county, seat of j uid county, ou Friday after the see. ond Tuesday of October next, then and jby iitW. P. W. HAYS, Sheriff. Shei-tiTs, Office, . ) iKMgw-y, Oct. 22d, lc61. ; I ur kal ft. .?,S553 K2r M St. friary's I take pleasure in calling atten tion of the public to my C'othing ForXadics. eni!ctnen and ehil-dren. of!be? Sugar, n ? Et ay A large stock of Gonfectioiinrv, such as candy raisins, nuts of (lif erent kinds figs and all other goods of the kind usualy kept. A small assortment in tho aud sold at low flguoin stock Call Post up before buying. $t. Mary's, Jmw II, 18(M. 3 V4, v T, 3 ... W V.VH -Jd UU Elk County Pu, j mm &m 1 y 1 W MMS21 Mum 3 OF Boots and Shoes, Tea, like &t above lino, will bo kept on 1ml is full and cheap. and