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BUSINESS; DIRECTORY;
Dr. J. CJ. Willis," .
Thysician andSiirgeon Stree'(boro,Obio; ;
i PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
, . r Office in F. W.'Seyraom'i building ' on the public
square, uearly opposite-lb Court IJous.. . j
Jno. Doane iVcIlinan, W. O.
P.1YSICIAN AND SURGEON.-.
-.-. -.' - . Office on Nam tttttt. No. 109. ",V i
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i :i PHl'SICUN'ANCf 8UR.GBONr.y-'
rl " Jt.4rejc. PoRTica . t.'oimTT, Ohio. ,.
'?-V ffy Office at the old etand of Streator St IVait.
fcvH. Dp, is. T, Spcllman,
. Dcniut Ravei.na Obio. (Otfice in Seymoor'a Block,'
. n . over the Poat OrEee, ' 5 !
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JlBirchard 4fJ, Wi Tylcr,
"- ' ATry'8 4COUNSELLOBSATlAW,
Hare agreed to become jointly -interested in then:
, professional business in. Portage county. They may
" tie eonsalted' at Kavenna during Uie terms of court
or at their offices In vacation.'. . "y , , , .;
' Address tn 'vacation BircVord & SutlifT, Warren,
, , or Rirchard Tytor, Franklin Milla, O. :
: t:iv. Uierce"" jcflriesT .
"Attorneys at Law.' Office orer Swift's Drug Store, oppo-
-j sne toe V""" nwc
p. VV. TAPPAN. -
' ATTORNM &'C0UN8l!LLd. AT, Law, Si So
vv, s. -- LICITOH l! ChaNCKKT. ' " !
v-. OlSee nearly opponita the Prenttes House, Ravenna. O.
KAKLi StHAWOEB
O. P. Bbowr
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Slrawler & Browiu ;
Attorneys, at I,aw Ravenn,f OhioOffice at the
. . - ' Court House. i :
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LA fP, '
- AWO- SOLICITOR JN CHAMCEBr.vv ?-
Palmyra,, Portage County, Ohio.
. August 21, 1819. 3
' " iBl. XV. Conn,
. Attorney t Law and Solicitor in Chancery, Office orer
' sjampbell's Shop, public square Kaveunat Ohio; s,
i t. U. KANNtT.
C. a. TAV LOR
(; . : v' ISanney & Taylor
; J. ATTORNEYS St. Counsellors at Law and Solicitors
T "" 'n Chancery, Ravenna,JLhio :
"v 83 Office over Seymour's store. ,c ,-.i 'f .1 " t
V. Darius Lyman. j -.i? u :
J rr ORNE Y AT LA V, ' '
" " ftiTEA,-PbTAOit.Cd., Omo. " ' '' '-
tO Office .in Hood's Building, over : iS. A.& RA.
Gillett'sstpre... i . ,;i
Kavenna, June 1 : 1849. ! , . tf.v
. ; R. P. 8paldincr
jAilorney at LawCtevelandvCMo Office in.rar
0 '. sons B!hc!i--Superior Street'i i '.
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1 : : ' . tv, S. llawonf t ?i ..
lv '' ' Orffrrsos.io jf.fBtiLBKnt;Vl 1aw,J' '
Bras Founder, Copper- Smith, l in and Sheet Iron Work-
er a e 'doors south of the CeurtHouse. Harertna, O-
1. ' ' - ",'r "-' ; ' '
1 Dt .11. S.iaEK.VIL,I.Ei --
lj 3 removed his uriop a1"enrv"doors west of the jiost
fIU T S.JM 1 S a u a STRAW - U; II 0 S
e:).W in Hutsj Cps and Straw tJootl's, Ravbnna,
nenlerki Dry Goods, Beady Ma'dV Clothing '
Groceries, Hardware, Iron. Jiails. Crockery,-,.-;
- Bools, Shoes vc. north side puduc square,
-Kavenna,'. Uliio '
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;?,-:; Ddilers in, Dry' Goods, -Groceries,' : Hardware, '
Crockeryv4o...Mason's Block, Main strect
' "f; : Kavenna, Ohio. , ' ';"
v- H: n 'li fc I' Day3 i' rw
, Dealers in Fncy Dry Goods, : BnnnetEi Hats i
Caps, Boots and Shoes, Ready Made, Clotliingj s;
Carpeting f., at tlieir New Store.'ain sL, .
-: -"j-east of the Public Srniare.!''
' ' Kent. CSrcneil & Co
llealersin Dry Goods, Groceries,5 Iron; Tf ails
Hard ware, Glass &c., Franklin; Ohio.
C & J CsPreuliss
DealerirrDry Goodsv Groceries, Stoves. Hard
hn. e, Iron, .Nails, Glass, Ac, Brick Block, i
Veat nidepjblic square, E a venna,Oliio.
Dealer in-Dry Goods, tTrbccrlesic all kinds of
y Produce, and almost everyarticlo t!mt persons
-. either wish to buy or sqil,Shalersvil!e,t). v, I
; K. T.. Richard6u, "
.I)enler in English and American Hardware,.Sad
j iH, Harness and VariageTrtmminiriiron,
ir-...i- ? Nails Steel, &e. Ac; at he old ManttJ
' " of Mason 4" Braincrd, RavenrvaQhio.
fHHK best and largest assortment of Pumntilet
JL L't'mtnre, entertainin? and unexceptionable in tono
and influence, embracing worka from the pen of 'Ft S.
Arthur,- Mrsr Grey Miss' Pickering. 51r. Gore, Mrs.
lownt. GlttKlea Lever and-otherdistingiiished writers,'
fferi-in this mutke t, jnay booumi
-. 27. - : . - , IJa Li's Book Stork.
Its. I
A 7 LOW PRICE S. - '
LARGE stock for sale in a Inrce. or Small
"wny ' dt wholesale, prices for -Ready Pay.
Prnnlilin,; June- 8, 1852 ' '
The best in the county you will find at
JE. 1-. r v &'KVMm;ii'i
'v;-Second A rriTal.
. . ' an Winter Good?, 'and Save tho.pleasure of
toffering to their customers one of the largest stocks of
i.ooas ever nroaght to - Old Portafre." The day for sel--liiuj
goods at large profits has passed, and now to sell
- v big pile " and at malt profits is the motto. . "W'e wouldl
knerely say tuft have the-Gondr. tmi let those who may favor
as witli a call, testify as to prices. ' - - - '
.Nov. 23. 1852. ; - C J C PRENTISS.
. . -; HEW GOODS '
-MAT C A1IPBB1.L8PORT. .'" - - ii
AGIN we call the attention of the people to Ihe ar
rival of an entire new stock of Fall and Winter
Goods.' Our bnsmess has so much increased that h has
warranted ns in ouruhasinff a very laree anonmvnt
It is genorally admitted a so, that our selectiiirm inr
vard to style and qunhty, are superior to any broimht to
ibis seciimi of the country. : The Ladies are alrcadv
ronvinced of the fuct, and if titty will call, wo will en
deavor to show them goods that will in every way suit
ineir wants nnu taste. I sr.U.
it fine lot of .
- EilV MADE CLOTmSO.
particularly Over Coats. - Oh how conifornhe n good
thick Over Coal is in, a cold sto'mr day ; bit how much
more comfortable not to empty ypur pockets entirely, to
pnyiorinom, ' -., .... -.
BOOTS AXD ShOBSi ,-
W. t,B JnnUI. 1. - . . I .1. n . . .-n . 1...A h.fnM
- II 1 1 II I JI U 11 11 111 I, tj I LI1U. " J ,111.1 wk. w.w,
cdTisesjiiently a great variety, and all warranlpd tp be 3
? 'r, ee".' el""ptr llutn tart year. ' ' "''-
Ladies Gaiters and Overshoes can be purchased much
cheaper than hut Foil
All thoro who want handsome Crockery, don't forget
to call and examineoar fine Tea Ware.- No betterslyles
rr" "s siue ot trie mouptains. . t - - ,
ICT 1 be highest prices paid for all kinds of Produce.
guropbelNport Of t. 2Q; ' ' " '
VOLUME XXIV.
y amber 18.
. . r . : .. j . for tht Ohio Star.
' ."""."Worlla of Penitence.
-,, BT DAVID. ' " - - - ' :.
Speak not here of charming songs, . ? " -
Cat oiled by sympbonious tongues;
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Nor if tuneful tringof art - . ,
f Rapture lindlicg in the heart, ..... i;r :
r or one penitential sign, - , t i
, Wafted to. the upper sky,.;-- ;'
Where delights the heavenly train,
Than your sweetest choral strain. ,t , ..
Tel! me not .of gold end pearls, '?
;,!' Giitteriog robes of king'jr ehnrla ; ' ' :
. Tell me not of dazzling gems, - 5 "" ?'
Set in gorgeous diadems ;
Lovelier atill and dearer far, ''
. i e- Than yoor costliest jewels re,r ' -'
.- Is one peoitent'tal tear! ' ';
m rGod'atd Aogels count it dear-!" ' '
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, .Tell mo not of mightj .pleas -..v. : - j.;
Thundered like Demosthenes; . ,.
Mightier far the sinners pla, . , -. . : -. .'
' God be merciful to roe." -,
: .Powerful, ceriaio to prevail -
Where a Cicero would fail ; -, . .
. Pardon's blissful answer bringsr
From the glorious King of kings!
j Talk no more of spicy bowers,
' Scented w;th ambrosial flowers,
; -: Zephyrs freighted with perfumes '
Where the eastern island blooms;
-X Penitence hath sweoter breath, . ..
"Incense healing woe and death,' (. ;
- Wafted from the fields above, r .
' Fragiant. with forgiving Love." r,
-oJPoast no more, ye giddy throng, -ijtii.O.
your wins and mirth and song ;
One I've known, and sin his giief,
i ., 'In one hour of sweet relief, - - -
Tasted more of pleasure true,' ' &--!.-
t Tbao your banquets ever knew I :
u. Happiest on this side of heaven, - "
:i Ja the penitent forgiven !' ? E---s-! :i
;a r ! S t-" --i ' i;'-
s e Roast no more of terreage fame, ,
r Trumpeting a mighty name ike. vi.. -
Thonoh llMr mllincr nrhiuia nhima. . . -t.:
y On tne latest breeze ol titne : . ; -a ' i-a i
Lo the penitent forgiven; -. ;jt 'v;i-;ta r
. Known in all the courts of. Heaven ; f t :
" Records of eternal fame, ;;' B'fc;i :
There immortalize his name.
ootoicai'"WtrcA"5fA;,"l85"f.": 31
. f.t v' ' cf ';, -i' V tht Ohln filar.
itffi Angcliqner:"The ' Qaadroon Girl.
OIL ' '
.t- Bondage Without Chains. ,
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It 5 ?-it:t .
: BT MRS.Jt.
, SOSTWICb fifX
' '-'' " - !T',K Yaiskee Giri- r . , . ;
Oh she. was Freedom's freest chQ& tj.; t... J . '.
The wanton deer at mora
i" Less fearless crossed the dewy wild,
;A Or climbed : where" mosv-lnit rocks wsre plied.
Than she the mountain-born ti t-J - ' ;
xr Three weeks of the golden "autumn glided away,
bringing no tiding of the fugitive," and N ixoo be
came, ten times jit ire tyranuicol (linn ever.vlt
seemed that he had determined to. revenge Ned's
offence uport OVery slave within bis jorisdio: ion,
and the smallest misdemeanor was sufficient in hb
bloody ode to entitle one to a & igellation -Even
Mr. Herbert became aware that he was impolitic
ly cruel.aod at htst made, the resolve, seconded by
Constance's nrgent entreaties, to discharge h ra.
Nixon heard .the announcement with sour tndifTnri
ence, and soon after took an ingracious leave of
the inmates of the house, and departed, none cared
wh'.ther. . . '
Our seene changes to a pleasant, tliriTing tittle
village which we shall call. Wiovule, snugly nestled
among Tjills near the iotettor of ;New Hampshire.
It is October, and the trees are laying aside their
summer Jiuesj for, the crimson, orange' and russet
which are evidently the 'fall fashions;' the climhing
roses ar.d honey-suckles upon the cottage porohes
look-withered and forsaken, though not yet has a
single leaf fallen; the nasturtion vines, erst so brit
tle and so full of vigor have grown soft to the touch
and shrunken, telling of the unsparing fto.-t; and
though -now and then a dwarfish, yellow blossom
'peeps forth, it is very pale, and hides behinj tl e
great Bbield-thaped -leaves,: which in the summer
looked as if they might have sheltered half the
flowers in the garden, bnt are now sallow and mis
shapen, sliarii g largely in the general' insignia' of
t'ecny. st --;,-! sic 3 ' -.- .. i-.f.:-:''- :'-''
.It is just after, sunset, and tha air -which through
the day has been delicioosly clear and bracing is
becoming uncomfortably' chill, and ' there are
gloomy, frowning clouds in the the' northern hori
zon that look as if a very slight provoeition from
over the breezy hills of old Coos would suffice to
disperse them in showers of snow-flakes. But we
muse at a neat white cottage near the Congregn-
inal Church, at the windows of which sits an
elderly lady, whose snowy cap, with its simple
band of black erape must be pressed quite to the
glass, or we could soarcely .distinguish them so
well through, the drooping masses of oorydalis and
lyprus vines which vail the window. -She has
fildednpher sewing but it s'.il! lies in her lap, and
the bright steel 'side thimble' is yet on her finger,
as she leans her head upon her bond watching
uneasily the darkening skies, and casting wishful
glances down the dusky street. ' " ' 1 .
Presently the gate opens, and a yonng man
enters the yard With tooks under his arm-. He is
tall aod stender and stoops a lit tie, and his mother
sees that as lie ootnes s'owly op the path, bis
band is upon his side. ' But now he hns entered
the sitting-room, and stands before the cheerful
fire; his mother laid by her work and her couoto-
nance brightens, its she notes him regarding the
tea-table with a hungry smile. The tea is drawn,
the chairs set a-out the board, and while they en-
Joy the evening meal we .may . introduce them
lormnuy io our readers.. . - . .
k They are the widow and son of tha clergyman
of the village, who six months previous was laid at
rest in the old churchyard which can be seen in m
the table where they are sitting, and whose white
palings are separated only by a narrow lane' from
the little garden in the rear of the house. ' Lewis
Hammpnd had been a faithful minister of the Gos
pel of Christ, a single-minded, working Christian,
beloved and respected by a wide circle of friends
but .sparing .po expense in the education of his
children, and sharing liberally with the needy of
bis small salary, it is little wonder that he lived
and died in tha possession of no other worldly
.-A Faisiily Sfffspsptr, Dctsitd to Central Ifltelligmce, jyisccllccrons Beading, and Ihe Eights of San. .
'is : .
goods than were comprised in this neat cottage
home and well-tilled garden.; i - - . '
I Two children cheered the heart of the -desolate
widow; Tracy the young man we have seen, who
was about twenty; and Alice, aged eighteen. The
former had just completed his college course, and
returned borne, exhausted in body but strong ia
spirit, to ghtdden his father's heart wilh the testi
monials of high worth and attainments be had re
ceived ; be returned borne, but alas ! to find that
beloved parent sinking rapidly beneath the dread
New-England scourge consumption...,;
For weeks Tr.icy devoted himself to the bed
side of the invalid, and if unwearying solicitude
and the most watchful care, could have warded off
the shaft of the Destroyer, not long had there
been a vacant seat by the fireside, nor a stranger's
vo'ice in the pulpit of the sanctuary. But the sum-,
moos had bees given. For the arduous labors of
eurth, a rest among the saints awaited him; for the
silver hairs of his age, a crown of Immortality; -
. He died in the early spring,' aod the summer
following proved a ttying one for Trncy, already
exhausted by study and watching. He grew thin
and a short hollow cough awoke in his uiothei'
breast the keenest anxiety. -.
..Meanwhile, the friends of his father weTe not
idle. A life-annuity, small to be sure, but sufifi
cient fur ber simple needsr was settled upon the
widow; and for Alice a situation as teacher which
yet left, tier sufficient time for her own studies,
was secured in a neighboring Academy. Tracy
also received many kind offers of assistance and
patronage from those who had .known and revered
the lost; but the mother trembled for her only son.
She knew the dangers of confinement in a heated
school or lecture-room, or a seven-by-nine Law-
-ffice, and subsequent exposure to the piercing
air, aad urged upon him the necessity of prudent
deliberation. "Still I must do something," be
argued, I can and will carVe my own road to
independence," i ; , ;v..j- -? ' ' -",
It was while his future csnrse was still under
termined, that we have Thus intentionally made
their acquaintance, and nothing now remains' but
to hearken to their conversation. '"":
Mother.?" said Tracy lifting and not tlioviag
his chair from the table, as young men are apt to
do ; " I have nearly decided in favor of the Ivy
Hill school : it seems, nil things considered, the
moBt; desirable iSituation that bos been offered me.
Is n&Mhut your opinion ?' ' y I
i ' 1 dou'. know" how to-advise -you,- my son.
The salary is certainly higher, but the labor is to
be. taken into account, and of That I cannot judge';'
Dr. Maitland has been in this afternoon." '
,'',Oh;:.lws- he?"-.saiti Tra-'y with animation ;
" well what did he- say ! ; Why of coarse he
said nothing very disheartening to me." He thinks
you are worn down by study and care,- but that
if you allow" yourself opportuni'y -to recruit.you'
BiBy be in a year or two as well as ever." " 1 ",
3 ,In a; year or two !" Trncy h'id been sltr'iing
ibe fire till it crackled and glowed auewV calling
vivid-blushes upon the cheek of every b'Jp and
bowl on the widow's table; but now tho tongs slip
ped quietly back to their place, and he 1 toked up
more despondingly than was his habit in the pret
ence of his m ilbcr; but she continued : t ;
" " tie thmks -trave!ing''wpulJ benefit you, and
that much depends Upon properly guarding your
self the Teoming winter,' which Le did not denj
might be' a critical one for ypu.'' ,
; '"Did be advise'nnytliing as to occupation.'V "
"' " No -he is' to 'call again this evening when you
ore in and give you his opinion.' .' He' wa9 very
kind, but a' 1 t;le ' reserved, aiid soraehovv I hnlf
believe' he has 'tome scheme in his benevolent
head of which we are unnware." '' v
"There is no d jubt of that, mother; whether the
scheme is for nsi or not. That head is always
teeming' wth projects of good for some one.
Oh would thitt on this earth there stood;
Some more of such a frame; SV ?, -'
Then l.fe would be oil, poetry, , ., - '
"'" And weariness a name.' " i .--.
Mrs. Hammond smiled at Tracy's enthusiasm,
as indeed one might afford to smile at the-' idea of
a world full of Dr. Maitlauds and said, looking
earnestly in his face: . ' - , 'V 'v v
' But I have a plan, Tracy, for your consider
tion, and it is thnt you go to the South for a sea
son. Now ; what do you thiuk of it V
u Dear m'other, I Ti iv'e thought of it a hundi ed
t'mei, arid doubt not" such a course would prove
benefic'ml. But where am i to get the funds?
And if I had them, how ooul-J I leave you in your
loneliness," wi'h the gr"ave-shsdow' new in your
dwelling, andT upon your heart ? And Alice to
toif on' without' a brother's sympathy and care?
Oh no let ns rather trust to a kind Providence,
and to my nntumlly strong constitution. Have
raith, dear mother ! I shall yet be the proud and
grateful support of your age."' ' "
Heaven grnut ir, my son, and continue to you
a lung and happy lire after I am gone ; but there is
Frankie now at the door, and her father must bo
near.' '
In another moment the daor gently opened, ad
mitting a trim, fresh, bright-oyod lafsie, of seven
teen, who, without other formality than a merry
'Good evening," walked straight to the fire and
j-throwing oft" b nnet nr.d sticqne, seated herself in
a low chair, captured the fat yellow kitten that
purred obliviously upen the rug, aud then com
menced talking with great rapidity and animation
' This piquant little maiden was Dr. Maiiland's
eldest daughter, the oldest, in fact of tix cVidren
and was christened Frances, but no one who saw
her more than twice ever called her any thing but
Frankie; so paf and applicable soomed that pretty
soubriquet to her open, childish face and genial,
transparent nature. .
' Frankie was nn acknowledged favorite among all
c'asseB of the good people of Winvale and vicinity;
the olJ people loved her for her astonishing apti
tude at finding lost speotacles and knitting-works
the little children admired her for ber endless
fund of nursery tales, and especially for the tragi
cnl s'ory nf Chicken Litlle; foolish chicken, who
thought the sky was falling beciuse a rose-leaf
fell on his tail ! As for that important class, gen
O Tilly known in Community as the 'young society,'
it was a ooooedsd point among them that Fraukio
was decidedly the most bewitching little com
pound of roundness, and rosiness, and sunsbiue,
and sparkle, that eyer dispensed heart-aches at a
moonlight sleigh-ride, or ear aches at a busking-
fVoliO. ,T, . .. ... :.v , . .
; A most notable house-keeper, too, was Frankie,
She could wash and iron, nnte as a born laun
dress,' hef mother's help, the Galway woman,
said and her .knack st making short-cakes, and
mince-pies was. considered . enviable, even in a
New-England country village. More than this,
she was. tb acknowledged 'forward scholar' of the
RAVENNA, WEDNESDAY APRIL 6.
Winvale public school ; and when only eleven
years old, could spell down stout young farmers f
twenty-two: and even Squire Wick's son,1 -who
thought himself superior to most of the teachers,
bad been more than once compelled to own him
self vanquished io a spelling contest with Frankie.
If be escaped the ponderous 'synecdoche,' or sub
tle 'alkali,' he was sure to come down itiglorious
ly over some sinuous 'chalybeate, or deceitful
'belles-letters. .
It was also reported in private circles, that the
young lady had a strange peuchinl f r locking her
self in her fathei's study of evenings and burying j
ber curly bead among dusty Latin Gram mars, and
old books with heathenish Greek names; but the
Honorable Mr. Pemberton who often cilled at her
father's, particularly before election, and who went
against Inteiventioo and Woman's Rights, always
denied the assertion and stoutly affirmed that j
an., nr. 1.' ..1. . F.. ' ' ' III.' C ,.'' ' f
saucy Frank was as far us' possible from being a
learned lady. " We thitik- differently however,
though certainly no'oae who ss.w her weeding to
matoes, or piecing . tulip bed-qmlts, or shakirg
chestnut-trees in the frosty woods and singing
Every lassie jbas her laddie
Ne'er a on have I," "
would be very likely to think of looking at the
skies for the color of ber hose !
- But while we are sketching, Frankie' hns
smoothed her hair; till it is smooth and Bhining as
hair can be, rolled up tha kitten in her handker
chief and shook it out again three times, and now,
after fidgetting a little that her father does not
come, commences a new topic.
"Well, cousin Tracy,'' she always called him
cousin, because that relationship, some forty-nine
times removed, did exist between their families,
"have you packed your trunks and paid all your
debts, and made every thing ready to start on
Monday."
Ready to start for where, pray?" -asked
Tracy, simply. . ..
" Why ioto innocent ! Down the Mississippi,
to be sure; with your humble servant for u travel
ing companion; down to the sunny land of magno
lias, and musquitoes, hoe-cakes and crocodiles,
4 Where the citron and orange are fairest of fruit,
And the voice of the
'lanju,' is it ? . 1 ..-.:
; . '.Never is route V . -,
" Oh : Frankie, .- you are -- incorrigible ;' ; s3id
Tracy, taking up a newspaper. - -
-'Oh don't read that poor th'tnj,' Tracy .' See
here, I've brought you tho last Er.i in my pocket.
But I'm in solemn earnest about this affair; 1 am,
positively. Didn't papa tell you I""
" Not a word ;" answered both her auditors. '
- Well, if be Wnt the queerest man ! I thought
he came to-day on purpose to tell you. Why
you know my uncle Walrer M.irston, papa's step
brother, who fives in Mississippi, don't you ?" ,
"' Was he here once on a visit to your father ?"
Yes, the same.'1" : ' ' ." '' :, " '" :
"3 "Oh certainly ;'' Xracy answered; "I recollTct
him well."; . " " ."
I thought so, said frankie " well he had nn
wife then ; but papa got "il Tetter from him to dy,
and it seems be has " married agnin ; married a
young wife too ; I hope Phil likes her. Oh what
rare times Phil and I di I have when he was here,
buckle berryingl and fishing, and eating melons."
'""Yes, but that's not the whole story is it?'
suggested Tracy. ? ' - ' " "" :
Oh no, indeed ! I'ni coming to the point.
Well, Uncle Walter has beenteazing Ma for y ears
to let me make him d visit, and when here, he urg
ed me very bard to go home with him ; but I didn't
like to ; told bim I was too young, and my bonnet
too old, nnd moreover I should get mobbed for my
abolitionism, and I real'y thought he was frighten
ed' out of it; but now he writes that his young
wife is lonelv, and Phil is coconfiued to the house
with a sprained ankle, oh, Phil is eo careless !--and
T must positively come, for the charitable purpose
of saving them from a verdiet of 'death by eunuii'
And so, to sum up, it is decided that I shall go.
But here comes Ppa with the letter, now I
must be mute as a mouse." '
Dr.Maitland entered with a most benign ex
pression of mingled gairty and gravity upon his fine
countenance, and that peculiar smile which his
lips always wore when about to communicate
pleasant intelligence: that smile, which repriduced
in Frankie, made her spaikling eyes aod wee ri se
bud mouth so irresistibly fascinating. Throwing
himself with a very unprofcss onal air opon the
green-cushioned settee, lie drew a letter from his
hat.. ...... ' - " : - ";-
" Well Tracy, my dear boy, how do you find
yourself this evening? " resting his fingers a mo
ment famjlinrly upon the young man's wrist; "lsup
pose this chattering parrot here has left roe little
to say, but I trok special care to keep the letter.
Shall I read an extrrct ? " " r f
Of course, Mrs. Hammond and her son" were
nil attention, and the. Dr. putting on his glasses
read : "So yon see, brother, you observe, sister,
that it is quite impoitant-my little noice should
come. And I don't think it altogether selfish io
us either, for Bhe'will he intoxicated with the beau
ty' of our clime of the sun ; and Emily will take
excellent care of her, that her shadow may not
grow less. You say the Rev. Mr. Hammond is
dead, which I regret to hear. My enrly acquain
tance with that nob'e mnn is one of tho choicest
treasures which memory keeps for me. His com
panionship maiked the purest and brightest period
of my life. Rcquieicat in pace. Be sure you raise
him a fitting tomb stone, nnd call on me if you
want assistance toward it. 1 ou sny his eon'.t
health is poor; threatened wilh pulmonary disease.
Dou't let him follow his fithor! Coax him to
come down here; giv" '"'m ""y respects and send
him off with Frankie. Get him out of that polur
region of perpetual zero where you manage to live
Sow I don't clearly understnn I. I liked it well
enough when 1 was a boy ; but now, ugh ! I shud
der to think of my poor benumbed digits that Uif-t
July I spent there. Now I think of it if he don't
like to stay with, us, there are plenty who will
spoak fur him. My nenrest neighbor, a planter of
great wealth told me the other day he was look
ing for n sort of private tutor for his little son ; a
puny ittaretting chil 1. There's a princely chance
for him, pretty daughter, &c !
' That will do," said the Doctor laying down
the letter, nnd looking toward his listeners : but
Mrs. Hammond had turned aside to weep, Tracy
was ganing fixedly through the window straight in
to the church-yard where a beautiful marble, stone,
newly erected, was gleaming white and cold in
the gathering darkness; and f rankie withamyste
rious quivering of the eyelids, whs resolutely bend
ing over the National Era which she like a care
ful girl, as Bhe was, bad spread between ber man-
IS53.
no dress and the fire," never seeming to notice that
the letters were all wrong si'le up to her.
" Whew ! " exclaimed the good Docter, what's
all the .trouble ? . Wa'taj's a kind hearted dog to
be sure; never forgets a friend;" and here the
speaker made a suspicious movement wi ll his
pocket-handkerchief, "but come, let's hear the
comments. For one I believe the effect on Tra
cy's health would be admirable; capital chance,
top.to gefa view of the country." "
ftlrs. lliirimond expressed entire willingness
fbat her on should go ; Tracy said be would take
a day to think about it, while Frankie declared
outright thntif he proved so miserably ungnllant as
to let her go alone',- she should never forgive him ;
particularly, if she got blown up in a rail-cur," or
pUohetd off an embankment in a steam-boat ; eith
er of which voul.d frighten her to death, as she
was inexperienced in such matters, j, And with
tSio nt,a ...... U -I... 1 . I. f . 1 1. .
"I-1 UUI OWHI ISblU njHt1jU,BUD lUUIv IIK1L iULIJCI B ell 111
and they left the house together, rightly judging
that the mother and son would prefer to be alone.
Till a late hour their conversation was prolonged,
and when at length they separated, it was with the
question still undecided. If Tracy could have
been certain of employment at the South, he would
n.o longer have hesitated, but his filial affi-ction
shrunk from the thought of reducing his mother's
slender means, and bis pride revolted at the idea
of dependence upon the bounty of Walter Mars
ton. That night the mother did not close her eyes io.
sleep. Hour after hour she lay, li tening ner
vously to the almost incessant coughing from the
chamber above. Oh bow it smote upon her heart!
Nothing save the fill of the clods upon the coffin
of him who was at rest, ever sounded so dolefully,
so like the knell of dying hope. At breakfast Tra
cy looked pale, but smiled gaily, aod bade his moth
er prepare his wardrobe, for he believed he must
go and take care of Wild Frankie.,
And now behold our travelers fairly equipped for
their journey, and standing with a whle troop of
juvenile Muitlands, npon the piazza uf Frankie's
pleasant home. They are watching the advent
of the coach which is to take them to the nearest
rail-roadstation ; for Winvale is one of those un
fortunate, but fast disappearing villages of our
country, whloh rejoice not in the refining melody
of Warning hells, steam whistles, iron wheels, and
brass hack-men's lungs ; nor in the picturesqe
presence of those cunningly corniced and fi I agreed
edifices, called harmoniously, depots and store
houses. Mrs. Hammond has looked over the
trunk and cat pet-sack" for the List time, locked
them, and given the keys to Tracy with a trem
hing hand, charging him to write the first moment
that he feels rested after reaching his destination
dut not before, nnd now that he is fairly outcf the
h u;e she goes directly to the bureau to see if the
precious miniature is safe, which she persuaded
him to sit f r only two days befo-e.
Frankie has kissed her" father and mother, and
five little cbnbby faces, end has given her brothers
innumerable charges concerning the safe keeping
of certain farm pets ; for Dr. M.iitland did not de
pend for subsistence solely on the aches and pains
of his neigbors, but cultivated a small farm btsiJe.
She bos entreated Supy to spiind less time in ma
king cai's stocking?, aud doll's socks, but to make
her own dresseB, and. try to. fioish her quilt, and .
tie. Chi'd's book of Histosy, by New.Yars ; tind
she has warned little Zoe that on washing-days
she must pick up a great many cb'ps, and on ba-J
king days she must pare a great mai.y apples, re-,
membering always to quarter them for dumplings
nnd slice them for pies ; and now, as The rattling of
distant wheels is heard, she trip i down to the gate,
singing, . . v , . - .. ; .
"We're a pair of fortune-hunters -.
', From -the Old Granite State." .
And now the last good-bye is snid, and. leaving
the five chubby faces, divided into segments by
close pressure upon the fence -railings, Tracy gives
a finnl glance at the well-stowed bagage, follows
Frankie into the coach, and they are whirled
rapidly away. '.; -
To be (sOiitir.vca. . -
Fidelity. Never forsaken Inend when en
em'es gather thick around him when sickness
falls heavy upon him when the world is 'dark
and cheerles?, this is the lime to try thy friend
ship. They who turn from the scene of distress
or tifldr reasons why they should be excused
from extending their sympathy and aid,, betray
their hypocrisy, and prove that selfish motives
only prompt, end move them. If you have a
friend who leves you who has studied your
interest and happiness, defer.ded ou when per
secuted and troubled, be sure to sustain him in
adversity. Let him feel that Gis kindness is
appreciated, and thai his friendship was not be
stowed upon you in vnin.
He who by his conduct makes good friends,
on the one hand, and hitter haters on the other,
gives evidence that he is something of the bold,
independent, upright man in lis composition,
while the chicken hearted imbecile charncler.is
capable of making neither friends, nor foes,
A'' Anti Slavery Mayor ! ! Well done
for New Bedfod ! the town iu which when lired,
hungry, and almot-t worn out in our flight for
libeity, we ventured first to stop and find o
home, has eleted nn ami-slavery Mnyor.
Fourteen years ngo, the windows of Liberty
Elall were broken in by a pro-slavery mob,
for no belter reason than that on at,t:-slavery
mseting was being held in it. Now the ciiy is
presided over by ''Rodney French" a man
eminenly distinguished for Hi anti-slavery
principles, and especially as being one of the
most vigilat.t, ab, and reliable opponent of
ihe Fugitive Slave Law. Frederick Doug
la' Paper. ' ' "
Dr. Phibs M. Wat. Says the Baltimore
Sun: "Some time ogi,we introduced to our rea
ders Dr. Pit rub Way, a graduate of the Female
Medical College of Pennsylvania, who at that
lime was about Io commence the practice of
medic'ne in this city. Of course the lady has
had to encounter the general prejuiJices of soci
ety, and the force of popular habits but we
learn with considerable success and with n fnir
prospect of finally surmounting them all and e?
lablishing herself usefully io her profession."
It is a much easier task to dig metal out of its
native mine, than to get it out of .the icovetous
man's coffer.' Death ouly has the key of a mi
er'a cUi.ltj'" "'"""-"
tv hole Number : ti
The ISIiss of Loving".
Who shall tell the bliss of loving?
. Who describe its magic po wers ?
O, it is to live a life-time - -
la one transient, floating hour;
'Tis a j y that absence never '
From a loving heart can sever.
"Who shall read its mystic language ?
Who shall draw the veil aside .. .
That conceals a heari'd deep feeling
'Neath an outward mask of pride? ;
O, to love is part of Heaven - :
Here on earth to mortals given. , '
Who shall tell the hidden meaning -.
Of the tear that e'er will start, ' '
Welling up in chrystul brightness
; F roin the futmtain of the hearth t "
Dearer far in love's sweet sadness, 1
Than a heart where ull is gladness.
"Who shall tell the thrilling rapture
Only felt when one was near ?
Who shall tell why still the love l'ght
Even gnilds the dai knesB here ?
When this golden light is o'er us,
O, how bright the path before us.
Who shall tell why love must ever
Of our being firm a part ?
Why this fire is ever burning
Ou the altar.pf the heart ? '
O, 'twill bff a mystery ever, - v
Strange as now, but fathomed never. -
Words are cold, and ne'er can picture
Bliss that is so pure and deep ; S
Listen to the heart's quick throbbing,
Love must there its treasure keep,
There enshrined they 'il live forever,
Youth may die, but love can never.
Sweet no more to read the mystery,
'Tis enough for all to know .-
That the thrilling joy of loving ? . -
Is the dearest love below. '.
Loving now and loving ever 1 -
May the band bo broken never. :
."-;. !v--.'..--: i - ' 1 Jessy.
The Benefits op the Absence op- Rum.
Po'ler couiity. Pa., where no intoxica-ing liquor
ii sold, attracting the attention of persons se:
tling in Pensylvanii as a place where life ar.d
property will be more secure, and county taxes
tighter, than elsewhere in our S al. The cor
oner's fees last1 year only amounted to fifty
cents! The expenses of Philadelphia county,'
caused by intoxicating liquors, would go' fur t
purchase Potter county out and Tint;; Philail.
Ledger. . . . -.'... ;
Boys, Taks your Fun. Nothing eqnth n
boy except a girl.. The frolicking, harum senr
um, high glee times of boyhood, happy .they
were. Perhaps you never broke s'eers or colts,
never slid down hi. I, over fences, across the Ite
on the meadow, never skated among "the huge
fires on the tn acre pond, on a clear winter '
night, drawing the prettiest girl in oil the
town after you holding on n ttick. If you t;ev-!
er did you" never was n boy! IToV many years
does a man have to live to pile, up as much
happiness as jumped out of a boy in a single c-ld
fashioned, gingerbread, molasses csndy, - wrest- !
ling.bnt ntd ball p'ayiog, town meeting day!
Bring out you sleds and skates. roll op your
snow-balls na-huge as Atlas, play tog", and
make the most of your leg! : -a-
A Persian merchant complaining heavily of
some unjust sentence of the lower court,-Was
told by the judge t- go to t'.e cadi.
- - "But the cadi is your uncle," urged the plain
ti(T. - - "' - "V"''.1- -
"Then you can go to the grand viz'er."
'But his secretary is'your cousin." !
" Then you may go to the sultan."
''But hit fuvotite sultana i your niece." -
"Well, fien, go tithe devil." - '.'
'Ah, that is a ttiil closer family conn xition,"
said the merchant, as he left the court in despni-.
Hearts. We eee it stated by some wise-sere
that the heart of a man weighs about nine i-un
cps, that of n Woman eight. As age increases,
a man's heart grows heavier, and a womans's
lighter, lifter thirty. Some girls lose theirs at
sixteen . '
It mny serve ns a comfort to us in all our
calamities and afflictions, that he that loses any
thing, and gets wisdom by it, is a gainer by the
loss.
Oov tous men need money least, yet most nf
fecl it; and prodigals, who need it trios', do
least regard it. "
Censure is the tax a man pays the public for
being conspicuous.
No' "nan is master of himself, so long as he i
n slave to anything else. ' :
It is the busest of passions to like what we
have not, and slight what we posses.
Do what good offices you can; but leave
yourself at libeity from promises and engage
ments. .
Plain .Truth. Girls that are daily gnddine
the street, in s'lks, while their poor old moth
ers nre sweating in the kitchen in linsey, wM
make rr.Keroblo wives.it men are foolish enough
to marry into such a tribe. If they succeed in
getting husbands, which appears to be tho great
object of their lives, their only chance of happi
ness is in the fait that men of talent will hot
have them, and the ones they get are to tig fjuls
ti diicover their unworthiness. They seem to
think if they can gain the mar, no mntter by
what means, their object is accomplished
that ht is caught, nnd must make the best of
ii. Poor fools! they ought to know that the
luart must be bound, as well as the hand ot hap.
piness will vanish with novelty, and Misery bo
the household God and preside over the family
circle. ; . . ,
bA wall may hcaTenly concord spring ' ;' -from
two old lutes without string, , !
t ' .-Or ndn besides baas.'
m happiness ftomsuch a union BchotitMU-frfjj,
' - AN-ACTr'rr.' '.'. ;
To enforce' the collection of taxes; Whicn now
iareb'r may iteredfter'be' duo from banks and--"-Other
Grt-porations," from Bankers, Brokers end. '
' Stock jobbers and froirf the '"agents' of foretgd
Corporirtione, and to protect Courty Treasurers
and oth'ef tfifcers charged with' the" collection"
" bf ihe' pttlilicrevecUe" in the performance Of
. their duties.' y- ' ' ' ',"
; Sectos 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly bf the State bf OhipV That in allcases
Where the tuxes or any"paTt thbteof assessed upon
the personal pi o'perly, moneys, credits .'or -effects'
of any Baok b.-'l ailliing or other incorporated 'Comi
pany or nssociat on, or any banker,' broker, or
stock j.bbi,r, or "partnership or company of bank
ers, brokers or, stick-jobbets, or any agent of aii
insurance or other compahy jiicorpoarated" by the'
law of some othof State or GoveromenL under the
provisions 'bf'Hhe act "for the nsseesmcDt and :
taxation of al! property fh ibis State and for levyirnj
t:xes thereon 'according t6 it s true value in money ," "
p issed the thlrteehtB day of Aprii,-in theyear'eigh
teen hundred and fiftytw6, are "nowL'uripaTdj or
shall hereafter remain unpaid till the' twenty-first
d iy of Beoambei- ia any year, the t easure of the!
County wherein such (axes' have been or may be
assessed, shall forthwith demand payment of the
amount of such taxes add five per centntn penalty
tliereon (which said" penalty shall be for the use
of the- Treasurer,) by" leaving a written nothje at
the banking house, office, agency or place of busi
ness of such bank or banking, or other incorporated
company or aasociatibn, or of such banker, broker -er
stock joWiorr'or' partpership' or compa'ny of
bankers, brokers or stock-jobbers, or at the office;
agency cr place of business of such agent bf an
insurance or othpr company incorporated by the'
laws of some other State or Government. ' And if
tha taxes and penalty aforesaid, oranyfm'rt there
of, shall lemain unpaid for the Space of five days
from and after "the delivery of such notice the
trasurer shall proceed to the banking house. Office;
agency or place of business of such bank or bonking
or other incorporated company or association, or
f such banker, brokeror stock -jobberor partner- "
ship or company of bankers, brokers, of-stock--
jobbers, or (o the-office; agency or place of'buti
ness of such aget of on insurance or other com
pany, incorporated by the laws ' of some 'other "
State or Government, and there distrain and seize
whatever gold, silver or copper coin bullionV. bank
bills, promissory notes, bills of exchange or other
securities, or goods or chatte's, the property of
such bui-k. or banking or other incorporated com
pany or asioovntion, or of Such be nkerj broker Jr
partnership or - company; of bankers, brokers or
stocVjobbers or f any partner or member t'hereotjHP '
of such agent of an insurance-or-'OtBef company;
incorporated by the laws of some other State or
GovernraebVor of the Company itself, as may be5
sufficient to pny the taxes and penalty so as afore
said desiauded,' together with five - per centum
poundoge (which sj.J poundageehall be for the Use
of the treasurer) and trU the costs arid expenses of
such distress and seizure, and of any' sale which
may thereafter become requisite. "" ' --.'"-':-'
; SecI 2. i. That the Treasurer shall forthwith re
move the caio, bu'Iion, bank bills, promissory notes,
bils of exchange-, or ether securities or goods or
chattels so.distibiacd and seized", to bis-own office
or to soino placo of safe keeping and deposite, and
after making an inventory thereof (a fcopy of which
ho shall file in the office of the County Auditor)
shall advertise that he will sell at public .vendue,
the bullion, baok bills, promissory notes, bills' of
exchange "oroiher securities, or goodB or chattels;
so distrained or -seized, at the door of tho Court
House of lus County on the tentn day after such
ndvertis?menfy which advertisement ehnll be by
one pubf cation in netvspaperifljrinted in raid Coon
ty, or by a placard upon tSo door of the Court
House aforesaid. But if the amount of the taxes
and pena'ty so "aforesaid demanded together With
five per centum poundage, and all the' costs and
expenses4ncurred be tendered in gold or silver
coin to the Tra isurer at any time "before the day
of sale, he shall immediately on demand surrender
tho coin, bullion, bank bills, promissory notes, bills
of exchange or. ether securities, or goods or chat
tels so as aforesaid, distrained and seized, td the
person or persons authorized to' receive the same
and take the receipt of such person or persocsin
duidicate therefor, ene copy of which receipt Be"
shall forthwith file in the "County Auditors office.
But' if no such tender be made before the day of
sale, tha Treasuror shall proceed to sell publicly
to the highest bidder or Vi'dders, the said bulIiofj(
bank bii. promissory notes, bills of exchange, pr
in olher S6curi;ios or goods or chattels, "tor eo much
thereof as with the coin distrained and seized, will
pay the; taxes, penalty, poundage, costs and ex
penses, at tho door of the Court House of bis Coun
ty, demanding and receiving fvr payment at such
sale only the gold, and silver and copper coin of
the United S a"e?, and such gold and Silver 'coins
of foreign States or countries, as by some act of
the Congress of, the United States, or Proclama
tion of the President, are there lawful and: current.
And the Treasurer shall pay to the person pr perv'
sona thereto entitled, on demand, the excess (if
any) of the purchase money nt such sale, over and
above the residue of the taxes, penalty; poundage,
costs and r xpeses aforesaid, but shall retaiu for dis
tribution according to law, the amount of the tax
es collected by him, whether by distress and sale
or by distress alone. ..
Sec. 3. That if the Treasurer ahould not fintf
sufficient gold, silver, or copper coin, bullion, bank
bills, promissory notes, bills of exchange or other'
secuiiiios or goods or chatties to pay the amount
of the taxes and penalty demanded, together with
five per centum poundage, and all the costs and ex--penses
ot distress and seizure, in the banking -house,
office, agency, or place of business of any
such baok or banking or other incorporated com'
pary or association, or of any such banker, broker,
or stock-jobber or partnership or company of bank
ers, brokers or stock-jobbers, or in the office,
agency, or place of business of any such agent of
an insurance or other company incorporated by
the laws of some oi-her State or Government he sv
hereby authorized and required also to distrain,,
seize nud remove whatever coin bullion, bank bills,,
piomissory notes, bills of exchange, or other so- -ourities
or goods or cbattols of such bank or bank
ing or other incorporated company or association
or of su'.h banker, broker, stock-jobber, or partners
ship or company of bankers, brokers or stock-job.
ber or of any partneror member thereof, or of such-,
agent of an insurance or other company intorpo
rated by the laws of some other Stale or Govern
ment, or of tho company itself, he may or n find-
v.
any when within his county, in wboee (rosseatij
or control soever or in what place soever the
may bo. And in oase any ooin, bullion, bank-bill,. ,
promissory notes, bills of exchange, or other aeen"-
rities or goods or chattels be taken out of i coun ,
iy into anyother county of this State, for the pur- ,
pose of evading such distress and seJeure (or d
that the same cannot be made io the connty
where the taxes we ro assessed.) the Treurer
may nud shall pursue the snid coin, bullion, bank -
bills, promissory notes, bills of exubn.SV nr whef
securities or goods of chix&J2SKBfvawiy r;
ciuotics of this State and.iatrnio aod, eie the
same wherever found. 4frTd remove tb same to hie
own county fcr ultM.or proceediogra aeteinbefore .
directed. " . ..s ' -";orLj''
Sec. 4. ThateachCou2y TrekMirerawirre-.
port to tbe Anditbr of State on or before the JrsS v
I j .v-.l - - . . 1 .1 r,-.- r... nr nein-.
t nay ci tn uiu 1urll?ff'j.
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