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VOLUME XVI.

j* i _■ 1 ' - CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH S3, I8T1.

WHOLE NUMBER 826

fMHK "•raws I raSaSn^^STnlt, agi aaiayag^'i^S »"<?' "-yi •^I^"I7"— " '*"'M 1 Ls^3TJSg:ri:,?!ibM. ; PM iwwuy'w m« ffatc ! D<a>TMrt*o4ni>* la all ikUqaaflUs, I JXfa&ZSXSWiSn-* i » --- Tw£1J23JL5S*l55!.'SIl',,b*~- ' M nta W Ukm km •MiHi'iwmi 1 „ ... : MiacsLMxr. | LIFE IH DEATH. ' A LMBD at THE ItBrtlB. c — I Tlx legend I am about to relate , •la La back to tho period w lieu the Cat- f tla of Scharfrn«trln waa in tbe posses- t aiuu of Baron Anion Eaelwlckc. Ilia t wife, tbe Ixdy tad; Shroeder, bad y boen (bra longtime In declining health The Baron and his lady hid been long r married, and tbelr union had been aa y liappy ae Lpowrtblr In Ella world.— ,, The latter waa atUl young; the liad , beau faaaatiful; and during her malady n her buaband had remain -d day and ( night by her bedside. During tho -j latter period of ber lUnas*, her suffer- ( Inge were koa acute, but lief feinting > III. became mote freqixul and longer. Upon tbe recovering from one of thoer ^ abe l wgged ber huaband to bring her . the gold ehaln and locket > ndoatng Ida hair, which he had given her before ; their mamagc. Tbla ahe hung round a bar uark, and aohacod bar weary and ]( I wlnful boure by cootempl iting it. and , by force of the aaaodallon or the Ideaa p. It exdted, tiring again InUmra-gnoo •t- o OwievmungahsbadtoUrdtbe Baron Anhm, wh» naaelulngln Ixrchambcr l( to fo r aid., and aaid: • n ' llaacb ma your band, dear boa band, I am growing much wonr; I feel that ,1 am sinking, and death, appear* to be hovering about my coucb. If thla be a nothing mora than woman tlmidliy, w bear with It dearest, fur my aake, and l( give me courage by atayi ig with me c throughout tbla weary ul {hi of pain a "Be comforted, my love," replied . tbe 1/Jtd nf Scfaarfenatein ; "thla weak- ^ ncea Uncommon enough. Cheer up; ^ you wlH fo- better lu the morning; In u tide. You will talk to me in a different " I ehall ahow yon the glorious sunlight j* stealing over the distant hills. I see h cvwnuowyi*irtycaarecloung.Com- (| pose yonrarlf, therefore, and atrivc to . aleep." „ The chamber waa bnali nl, and tbe u patient lay atlD and teemed In eo pro- u found a rrpoae that her breathing was p aeartady prrcapUhk. The curtains were drawn reond the bed of the Invalid) and Banc Baetvieka, happy and foM of favorable omen, in the idea that hit wife had, at length, a remta- , sieu of pain, took a book, and fixed g aa much ai lections on it aa he poeelbty rem Id command, and Uu boon wore (| slowly away. Bverthlng within and ^ without creittnued In drop aUllneea^ h broken only towards morning by the y pleasant sounds of awakening nature, . which might behcard In Uieallenlalck . chamber of Scharfenatein. tbe matins . of the lathered songxtcre. the wh rl fa log hum nf myriads or bat s in the gar- g den below, and the leaves of the vines dallying with tbe atrong. white lines Which Intersected thetbul'.srs, admon- £ iahtal the Baron and nnrae id the time tbelr patient bad slept. ThcHgfatwas therefore, admitted into tbe room, and ° then both the watcfouw mat tmobled " ligure ou the fed. "She has not stirred,' murmured 11 the Baroo. In a voices little above a ® whisper, "aba la In tbe antue poallloo ' and cannot hffve urora-l a hair'. " breadth altwr w* saw her feat night." " Tbe nurer baavad a sigh and wrung " her hand.. " •'How Dow?" exclaimed her master. 1 "What n icons thU look of blank dea- L ' Alas, my lord.'' ejocul tied the old " nor*-. "I fear tbe worst! My mistress * slreps buttt is the sleep of death.'' 11 Tha Bane made no answer, hot at I1 teiwrra for a physician. Tbe arrlvs) 1 of th* latter confirmed tlx fear* ex- 1 lirecxl by tbe nurse. A feather was u ptac d cm the lip* of tho insuimate £ m!*Vit,to feiWl.rdc^'tthr.U^L » rat motinu in the feMhsr. Thla, in the days of which wa are » riling, waa domed sufficient proof of drath in all jj • lie.™ be n.rcilui: ' said the £

•*8he must bare stirred daring the night," observed tbe nurse; "tbeogh scares ly perceptible. Poor lady! ber bands are firmly clasped round tbe locket." The Baron Baniwteke waa utterly prostrated with grief when this touching lnataoce of bis lady'a love waa j made known to hinn lie brooded over it night and day nesaw in ber action th&wiah alia' Mad not the strength to u Herein- words, ami determining It should not bo violated, be gave dlrec- . Ikons tliat the ahonld be placed in her coffin without disturbing the locket in her hand; IT will be readily Imagined that so affecting a circumstance could not reno particulars are ever omitted, the ; value of the trinket, which waa act round with floe brilliants, lound place In lbs story. Tbe husband of the Ill-feted lady determined upon pay log the greatest respect to tbe remains of bis beloved wife. He caused ber body to bo conveyed to Cologne, where It waa to be Interred with great Tbe principal church of tbe town is the Cathedral of St Peter, which b cue ! of tha lineal monuments of German architecture. The Interior is divided into four rows of massive and lofty | pillars, and is somewhat larger than that of the Straslnurg Cathedral. Id the Church of St, Peter 1s the famous altar-piece or the crocifixtion of that j saint, with bia bead downwarda. by the great master, Ruhens, who pre aented It to tbe church in which he waa The fount in which Ilubens waa baptized still exists in tbb church, and bare it waa that the obeequlea of tbe Lady Eh roofer were performed, accordto the custom of that age, when death Inspired feelinu" of pictT and confidence rather than of terror. Tbe body of tbe deceased was dreseod in , white allk, coveted with flowers. A eurenet waa placed <m Iter head, and her thin, whiSr fingers were adorned with the same rings alio had during her life-lime, hbe was put in a coffin Howl with looking glass and laid in a Utile chxpofvullt in a vault beneath the choir. Several of ancestors had preceded her thither. Her name, title, together with tbe date of lier bltth and drath. were engraved Ux plate in the Hd of the coffin.— 1 The inscription concluded with these solacing words, "She l» not dead, foil slrepeth." lis rou Kselwickc followed h.'r to fo r last home. The enormous 1*41 weigh- . ton tons, placed In foe steeple of the cathedral, had made the great city resound with tha fruuerel knell. Pale and lifeless the lady Sliroeder reposed fo-r coffin, tbn dAvoul monks had , chanted her requiem, and the immense , which b only srotra 1 up once a year, and which polub out the hours | of the day and the eooreo nf tin stars , —was lbs sob object that moved under solitary and silent vault. The monotonous notes of its pendulum resounded above tho mute tombs and linages of aalnta discolored by lime. , It waa at the close nf the evening of , day in Urn mouth ol I to-cmbcr. llio weather being cheerless and gloomy, llelntx Wlumrt, sex tun of tin , Church of St. lYlcr, returned home , after this splendid funeral ; but he could not rest 1 1 is mind wna absorbed with i one Idea— ho yearned to possess . of tho jewels which had glittered so temptingly before bb avaricious eyas. Wbsrart had always been esteemed a plain deaUng. Eohesl sort ~ of a fellow, one who waa Incapable of consummating a tlnfl. IlcwaaachurUabio, well-meaning uian enough, hut could not comprehend or appreciate , tin acuUmenU which ordained those ( tokens to lie la peaceful immovability on a baUowrd breast. In Ids , opinion, It was a silly waste of treasand ha argued that do harm ooukl conn of bb appropriating it; and ha therefore, determined upon returning to the church for tha purpose of open- , lug the coffin, that he might possess himself of the Jewels. Upon hb entering the sacred edifice on his guilty errand, he trembled like an aspen leaf. Tbe hand In which he ( held the lantern waa agitated by so violent and convtriaivr a movement, that , waa mare than once afraid tbe light , would go out and bare him In utter . darkness; but the nature of hb office ' had given him a fanifliarity with the baUding, every obscure corner of which was very well acquainted with. 11a ^ not. however, dead to a acnco of pie inspires every pious man with respectful fear, what must not he felt at | that time of the night by one who camo to trouble It^alleoce and solitude | with lbs Intention of committing so | odious mcrUegc? As he took hb way along the gloomy l aisles, the louibatoota on the walla , glared oa it were reproachfully -upon ; him one by one. ami perturbation was increased by the dart ul a bat clcoe to , his tux. .A thousand inarreluui tabs ( returned to bb memory, aa b* passed the Lady Shroeder'a sepulchre.- - He revived his heart aa beat he could; ] laid down hb lamp on a uicbo iu the | wall, and proceeded with hb Instrument to fake off the lid iff the coffin . which contained the body of bar who had been consigned to her hut resting place oa the morning iff that day. Hrlntx ITherart loolinfftlie lid; then r the sight iff tha corpse lying there by t that dim light In the heavy sUtlu-se of death with lb while and plarid , countenance, mode his lirart beat globally, and Mb nerves tremble. The sublimity of Uh sight made him fer| , the meanness of bis action with dim- , blemrce Heavy drops of p-r-pirstioo , fait feint, and returned into tfo- fosly \ of tha church. The cosiness of the , ■urn-freshed jmu . and homadc up bis ; ^

ib But the aigbl of Ilia eorpac waa not b nearly ao awful to him sa It had been • before, and hb original Intention. :r seemed to suddenly move him to action, w By a quick effort he lifted the body, drew the chain over bead, disengaged y the locket fturo under the hand, and i- then lewcred the eorpec Into lb place, •a j Aa ho did thia, tho arm, which before r ' by upon the breat, fell with a strange n dexterity over tbe side of the coffin and o a (hint sigh came from tho body, t At UiU moment be thought be heard :- tbe pendulum of tho great clock mora r quicker and mora noisily. Had a n thunder-clap brofcea In upon tbe silence, be could not have been more o staggered than be waa at this Swfnl i- momnnL Ho ruahod hastily forth— a fear finds Ua way In the dark nndheed0 less of h's lantern, .which be left Inthe 1 j nlebe; ho passed oat of the vault, ami 1 crossed -the cloisters and choir with the f swiftness of a hunted hare. lie opened the church tlwr Is go out, w beu aa if • to Increase Ida bewilderment, the first r that met hb eyta waa the great moon, , lifting itself in unabated lustre over t the edge of tbe horizon. It ahoue right opposite, and seemed looking through » at and coming to expose him. He did e i not dare to lift hb eyes again; hut > i without stopping to lock up tba church 1 i ho flew over the fields, pursued by hb f owii ears i A reaction, oa sudden aa it woe sin1 ! cere look place In hb feelings, and ho » j became anxious to make a ftill nnd 1 ample confession, and for thla purpose r he at once determined upon reeking - audichce with tbe Baron Anton Eeel- • wlckr. He had not much difficulty In thla respect, as ho knew the Baron wna ' staying at the Hotel de Hellenic. He I made qnlckly for the hotel, rang the 1 porter's bcll,aod Inquired for tbe Baron ■ and wa* at once shown upialolhr apart* I meat he occupied. Ills pale face and disI traded atnxaranrc waa the occasion ! of some surprise, which was cousideri ably enhanced npon hb felling on hb > knees, and relating. In hurried ac~ - cents, the adventure of the night. The Baron, as may be supposed, > heard him with wonder, bat hb anger ' waa tempered with pity. The story 1 the latter hail hern relating appeared > so Improbable, that the Impression the narrator must be either affected - with some peculiar and under fined ' t|«clea ol monomania, or ebo bo I the victim of weak and snpcrxtiUons lie considered a moment, and then • as!3, "I must perforce, give credence to the story you have been telling uie; ' the more ao, since you confess you are ; guilty of the crime iff sacrilege; and no uisu would tuxdlewly or Uinughtlesalv I* hb own accuser la such a rase. — ' Still there it one part of your statement « bidi I find it hard to believe, and thb more cepocblly concerns my-s-lfsnd her whose memory I hold dear. IMntz Wberart. 1 will myself at once to tbe church 1 If your story ho true, not a moment is to be lost.- You must lead me to the vault iota which i In- remains of my beloved wife were cooelgnad tbb morning." "Oh, no, no; 1 dare not!" exclaimed tho sexton, with uplifted - bond— "1 ■Ian: not return." "Then 1 must tall . you plainly, that I do not believe what you have bran ! telling me," returned the Baron, with "Oh, my lord, say not ao!" I have 1 tempted to commit an act at which I now shudder, but do hope that you will not accuse rnc of adding falsehood to my crime." L "Why do you rcfnac to nccoiupaiiy ; roc?" the Baron asked. "I date not— my courage bib me," replied tha man. "Can it W possible that you, who 1 are a sexton, should be afraid of the 1 dead':" llelntx Wberart, paler than the ' corpse he had just visited, trembled from head to foot. He made ue reply 1 to tbe last q oration. - "You look like a man who lias bran I terrified by tbe sight of a ghost or ' epoctre.— Any auch unearthly vbllor 1 would move you to tbe hut extremity of fear.'1 ' "Alas, yea," murmured the sexton. 1 "Your brain b diaturbod by tome ' strange feeling of thb doacription, but I tell you plainly that you must pluck ' eourapi and return to tba calhe- ; dral with me— Thb b the very least you can do Lyuakc amcpdi for your 1 guilty act." 1 "I dp not deny it my lord," raid ' Hcintz. "My duly prescribes It, my ^ will b goad, but " "At present yon are unnerved Say ' 1 not right?" "Such b tbe case; I plainly confess returned the trembling repontanL ' The Boron poured out from a bottle, a goblet of soma potent liquor, which handed to hb companion. "Drain off the cwi tents of this," he said, in a confident tone; "It will give jou courage. In the course of a few miuutea you will bo another man. " Heinle Wberart oheyed. Under j the influence of tho draught he regained a liule 'ff hb oomrauuro. "Jfow," observed ine anperW. "prepare to accompany me. Y«u may ' not like the task, hut It U uao v.at are : 1 foiund to perform." "The acxtoa bowed hb tfcaff to tu-it 1 niquicaoencc. Are you ready aaid the Uiruu. "I am,-' waa the ready* reapoose. Fur by thb time the sexton wis folly 1 aware that all remonstrant- w sfould I* useless; be therefore made a virtu • 1 of nracssily. and proceeded at otinto tho rathe Iral, at r miptnkal by the Baron. During tho short Journey, be au1 swered the queries of tlfe latter with much brevity as pnssible. Upon \ 1 reaching the half-opened door iff tho ! ^ hr'^sfoTIu" 1 al-tus lh« aisle of the . lnjrch

5] "Tf yon - have any fear, UalnU m Wberart, " said the Baron, lu a eoncife in istory lone, "any eo. and I will onler n- the vault alooa." y. "I would not have it ao, my lord.'' s! returned the sexton. "I know the id way far belter than yon ran pmstbly e. do. Duty dictates that I should sore terflrat." pi Tbe lamp sras still burning. It id shed a sickly glare upon life sombre walb and melancholy relics' of mortal- ! rd Ity enshrined within that gloomy re- j re ceplaefe. Tho raxton, who had been i dowdy followed by the Baron, uttered ; >!- an exclamation of honor and surprise. , re ' ' Wherefore thb sudden (bar ?" aaid al the Utter. _ " Look youder ! The saints be good 1- to mo guilty tinner that I am !" qjscle "isi—1 Hcintz, felling on hb knees d and cfauping hi*' hands, aa if making ie an appeal to some palroa saint. <] Upon the InsUnt the Baron's eyes were directed to ooe objset in the vault tt at the forther extremity of which he a, beheld hb wife stated on a stone. Eho ir looked more like a spectre than a denit ixon of thb world, albeit ihe regarded ;b the now comer with a vacant stare, id turli at a person might display who it lias lior-u suddenly awakened, from a ■h king, ilrep sleep. "Heaven! am I dreaming, or do ray senses deceive me ? exclaimed the a- Baron, "ehrocdcr. my dear wife, ie -speak— answer ma! Say, bit you? d Speak, dearest! For mercy's sake, e apeak !" g Where am I ? And what is tho I- meaning of all thb ?" murmured the n I soly Ehroeder, In a feint weak tone, is Her husband sprang forward and Is clasped her tn hb arms He took her ie cold lianda within Us own, clasped •a them, nnd covered her face srith warm f kisses. Meanwhile, the sexton rucked a- himself to and Iro, calling upon all m the saints In the calender torahbld r- him from harm. Jfm b I Ally Sliroeder had alrcad^Kliznl c" her position. After Heintz'sdepartare, ■lie awoke from ber lethargy, and 1, passed some terrible moments. To ir bor surprise she discovered thai ahe ■y waa clothed In silk. She gtancrd d around, and ber position was but pala pabie. Instead of being iu a warm (1 bed, ahe waa reposing lu a narrow id coffiu. Tbe appaling idea of being k buried allra, occurred to her; above ail. it the fear of dying with hunger, and of I mating ber last hours amidst the deml ii raised her despair to the highest re pitch. 8 ho looked with horror upon r; thu long rnwa of leaden coffins; ■o despair gave a temporary strength. 0 and she aucceesleil in reaching tfo- ! v cloisters, where she wandered about ; - for some time; then, feint and tick of j :- lirart, she returned to tbe vault for i, tbe lantern; a sudden weakness enra- :- polled her fo reel lor a while on one r. of the atom s, and while she was in c tbb posture, relief came to her. Her n husband and the sexton made their apu pearancc. The former. Joyfully boarh Ing hb beloved wife to his arms, t adopted the fittest measures for her restoration. He took her to tin hotel, and •1 contrived to conceal the true rauae ol 1 her resurrection. Great waa hb Joy when the physician In attendance upon it hit lady declared that all danger was n over. It waa ImpoeelbU for him to h remain angry srllh llelntz Wberart. wboan aacrellgioue crime producrd e such happy ocnaequencev •; JOHN CDTTS" SECRET. "It Mr. Cutta' In?'' asked a gentl •- >' man who. having knocked at the door, was saluted by a woman Irom an upper window with, "Well, what's wantIns now?" "la Mr. Cutta in?" « "Y«. he's In or about somewhere. I suppose," ahe replied; "bat I'm Mr. c Cults when any bualncra b to bo done. <1 He's Mr. Cutta «Un' and driakluT anil sleeping sometimes." "Well, my good woman," said the » gentleman, I think be wiU be Mr r Cutta fur my business too. I wish to r are him." r "What do you want ol him?" asked the threw, thrusting ber band still . farther oat of the window, e "To do something foe me. But I t must see himself," waa the reply, t "la U real business, for pay, or only - a favor yon want; I can let your bora t have a peck of gats, or 1 can direct r you to tbe shortest road to tbe Four Corners, or I can— I can— why I can i do anything for you that be could and y a good deal more! 1 take the money aud rite the receipts, and pay tbe men. V and I take of the produce! I'm as good a Judge of stock aa be is, and I s isn't be beat on horseflesh." "Bat," said the gentleman drawing >• down bb bee solemnly, "yon can't Ii take bb place now. Find him for me « Tltc s^rew waa baffled. "Look-a- * here; mbter, maybe you don't know ' the rircumslancm of thb case. Tbb 1 here' farm b mine, and it was my r father's afore roe; and Cutta, be haiot '• j nh more cfatra Li It than that hen down there has. Awl, besides, I'm :' K-ven years older than he b, a foot 1 j higher and weigh twenty pmmda 0 | more ! What's your Uiainraa on my plane. If I may make so bold ?■' " | "To nee and talk with your hueluml," replied the gentleman, getting ; out of hb chaise ami hitching his '- homo to a post, aa ifhv meant to star ' until he did see him. ' "Be rou a doctor? Cause there j ain't a living thlug Uu matter with c t utta. He's the welkst man In town, !l and an hp I," aaid thb "woman for "No. my good woman, I'm not a j 1 d-ietor. I>0 r<>u think he will be* lu ' 1 • soon? Eond that boy to find him," raid the stranger. The boy looked up iu bb mother's " face -fori he knew hb owu inlrre-ta ! * j tw. well to start without orders. * "■ *£";,??ir'll ' * ain'l ^for ynu'tn leave m trarf. H

U for noUIng-for I've got a big dairy ii. nod haint no time to idle away readln' cr and I keep him about w> early and late, that when he's done work he's i ,?• glad to go ta bod and rest.'' je "I'm d# minUler, madam; I wish I ly was. though, for your sake," raid the I o- gmabmaa. | "Look ham, mbter," now appear- I It ing at tba door, and looking defiantly I re at bias, "you're a adsoolmaster i j. hnntin' up a district school; and you F. think he's a committcc-raan. fori he ' -n j ain't tbb yenr." i -d "Send for your huaband; 1 cammt a. | wait much longer. I must ace him at i The boy started to hb feet ogalu. ; • *1 and looked in hb mother's rye; fori ■ a- the gave no marching orders. t a« "Ma'am Cutta," aa tbe neighbors I ig called her, dropped her hands at fo-r aide and hcavid a groan. She had I n foUnd a man she couldn't manage. It "Sot bete now, oualrr," ahs raid, > lc "I ran read a man tight through, and ie I knew what you wis the blessed uiin- I a. ute I dapped my eyw on you. I rau i d tell by your ererhstin' argnia that r a, you are a lawyer. Ye hain't got no i in quarreb; don't wanl no deeds drawed or wills made, so If. you're huntln' a I job of my hnsband, .you may aa well f 10 ouhitch your horse and drive no.— i in Wc know enough to make a little b, money, and I know enough to hold on ' ? tolL" f ,. My good woman, yoq entirely mis- 1 understand my erraid. I can tell no r to person hut himself what it is, and ie moat tell him In eoafidence and alone. I e. If he cboaea be can break It to yon the, i id beat way ho can." •r "O, my goodnms sake glira!— *1 Brother Ufa blowed tp on the Mia- I 01 sieaippl boat, I bet! O. la inc. the i ,1 poor fellow ! He let a little eom<- f J1 tiling, didn't he ?" 1J "I never beard of h-Vn. and nobody « i si gentleman. , id what wants to go to Congress! ami •0 hllve come here hunting after vote*. C ic He shall not rota for you. I bate pol- i d itldans, especially tbeiu that goca agin p woman, and thinks tbey was mode t drudge and nothing else. I go in fur I * free nnd equal rights for while folks- | ,g ""'I women— for Ecripturt says, 'then- i 1, bn't neither men or woman but nil * i >f one in politics.' I la-licve lira day ,i> i d coming when such aa you and mo will , it have to bow the kucc to woman, afore t ,, you can get tlio big place and high pay i ,. that's a eatin' lis up with taxes ! You i. rau't see my husband. UV are going - it i and I'll promise you tint lie votes | at right" )r "I'm no candidah-, and I don't s- k"°* "hat you're talking about.- I Ah ! there COInn fe mil 1 Hani.' • „ sod tlx stranger sent towards Mr. > ,r Cutta, who had just leaped a pair of | bars which led ftou the potato-patch a r. into the lane. > , Mrs. Cull's flvwlnto the house fur i s e. licr sun-bonnet, tofallon them; but by ! I. |(| tlx time she got to tho bora, her %■)•»- t l( tcriona visitor andCntts wen- driviug < ,y rapidly down tbe mad. j i n T"be strung-mln(cd woman >houl<*l ' t, after her Ii ID haul " You'd belter I I a come back, I tell <oli!" but the wind j > , was the wrong w»y, and carried her i i j wool* Into the pofclo-palch. y "Sir," said tlx {enlletuan to honest i : Cutta, "I have a sin simple question • to ask yon, but I shall have to ask s yuu in confidence I will give you s v five dolferi If yon sill proinbc not l-> i . repeat luy wonla until to-morrow." )c ^ " Well, sir, » rrpllcl CnUs, " I i ' shouldn't like to answer any question a thai Would make trouble among my « neighbors 1 have my liamls foil, I a ran tell, yon, to keep out of serap< s p " now; bat I'i. datx It. and hain't an 1 enemy In tbe w«^l, u I know." a (, "But, air, you peed n't reply Li my ■ question unless you are prefer tip will- t |8 log," aaid the arranger. s r "Ask you questlixi," raid Cutta, t ' "and I will not repeat it." i "Well, Mr. Cults, I am laying a fence £ J on the Briskley place, that I have |uat < 11 bought, anil I sraa directed to Inquire I of you whore I could buy cadar posts. I A fellow in the store aaid, "Cutta can tell jroo. If bia wife will let him, but 1 y ahe wont She'll insist on telling you ' „ herself, and perhaps offer to drive you ' ^ wherever yan go to order them." J. "I toM them I woojdffii yte.and 1 n ask you only; and Ihranfows bet on it. d They are .to give ycfo tab dollars, and 1 to two orlhrrw widows io the town a , cord of wood rach. If I succeeded in 1 asking you thla quesiluu alouc, and making sore your wife dare not know 1 my business until after breakfast to- 1 morrow morning." * Culls knew bia wife's standing too 1 well to fed vary sensitive, and taking tha UU from the stranger, bo trailed 1 and aaid: "I'll go with you to look out oodar 1 . posts, and keep dark, for Uw joke's 1 •nice; bat I don't know as she'll let mc ' * stay io the house to-night; I don't own 1 n it," replied tbe good-iuitured Cutta. 1 n "Suppose you go to the place and sen to setting the preU. 1 jriR a-tid I . a boy tp tell ber you bad to gnfoffaod- I denly oo. a' UUle bualnrea, and will he 1 hack In tlx morning," said Ibc stran- 1 ger. + "Ml do that," replied Cutis, "for I , * Maaer quarreled with her but let her ha ve , II her own way. I don't want to worry J myself about trifles." j "Good man." mid Uk stranger, "there are no triffr-.il! thi. life. Tlx " Hnalk-wt act is important, and that ; a' cosy good ixl ore «f yours will ruin * I yanr fradly Baffle that spirit to-day. I and naxt Sunday take your boys and I go lu the house of God, whatever she of your own bouse and IWmllj. "It's rather late to begin," mid Cutis, shaking his head inn way that u ; would have warned others from the trap into which hla fret were feat. c'| "You see tlx purse la hers. ' he " a tided, "sod that has U*n u rrnalor t* the chHdv"n •

r -! The bo»(-f*^|A with the maaaage, ' hut tbe boy wfiurt sharp enough. — I Madame Cutta discovered the wfierei a boats of ber lord, tackled up and ' went after him. All the way home, and tar Into the i night, abe used her eloquence, both in ' pleadings and threatening*, to find out ' i the mysterious errand of that hateful 1 I nabob that had come Into tlx ' country to separate happy families, ' But Cutta yielded himself up to a •■dumb spirit" for the night, and no ^ any subject, lest she should pry tbe ' mighty secret out of him. About midnight tlx wore herself 1 - out and went to eiorp; fori at daybreak ' I the began again. He then ventured ' say, "Aa toon aa breakfast is over, i I'll break the news to you." *Y&H never eat a morsel in my ' I can tell you," cried Xantippe. ' "till you hara ttfld me what the man ' wanted of yqn." 1 "Then you'll wait a good while to hear- It." raid Cutta, "lor 1 have ' vowed I'd uercr tall it till I had first 1 eaten my breakfast," and with these 1 words lie went out. Ma'am Cutta endured the torture aa 1 as possible, and then got break- 1 fast, six called to tlx door to no one ' iu particular, "Comc.'^ But Cutta didn't cook. After a ' while she went out to the barn and 1 litni seated on an upturned lialfbualxl measure, calmly peeling and j "It does seem as If this man here ' ha-l possessed you ! Your breakfast is cqolin'; do come in." ||m was a point gained. Cutta went iu as required, and ate ' breakfast- When that waa over ] ma'am settled herself back In ber Gtce of eager rx|*cfalion, and aaid: ' "Now login What did that ere j replied Cutta. calmly, without looking " 'if an arrow had struck Madame ' she could not have manifested 1 ' I am the laughing stock of Ibis hour I tunl^-vr" a new leaf. I am ' henceforth tlx band of my family and ■ml*-** this house Is made mine, 1 slialt Umlne— and you will l« welcome, to ' share It with roe. If not, I'll lira J mc a civil neighbor." Ma'am Cutta' power was broken. Mine thru the fern, his been called ' of tho house. 1 Jon "Donor.-Ou rur. Stohmy 1 Day. It was a half-drizzling, half- ' ' stormy »l»y in tlx middle of November -Just tuch a day as puts nervous ' I IKUpfe ill a Ind humor with them- ' j selves nnd every body else. Job Dodge I sat broodiug over tlx lire- immediately 1 after breakfast. Ills wife addressed ' at follows:— ' Jnb.cnti'l you nwud i that frout door-latch to-day?" "No," I ; was the answer. "Well, can't you I mend the handle of that water- pall?" I I "No." Well can't yon fix tlx handle 1 j lu tlx mop?" "No." "WeU, can't i I voil put up some the elotbra, 1 1 our chamber?" "MLjY.ll. can't ' , you fix that lwrth window. - ■ that 1 ' tlx ralu ami snow won't dull in?" | I sharply. He then took Ids 'iat. and 1 ! on tlx point of leaving tlx house 1 ; whep hit wife, knowing that Ix was I going to. the tavern., where Ire woold ' I meet some of his wet-day companions, 1 asked him kindly to stop n moment; 1 she thru got Ixi jwrnnct sod closk, aud said to her husband. "You are going t<> the tavern; with your leave ' will go with you." Tbe husband j Ms red. "Yes," said tlx wife, "I may well go as you ; if you go and waatn 1 the day, and Upplc at the tavern, why ] shall not I do tbn same ?" Job felt tbe reproof. Ho shut tho door; hung | hit bat; got a hammer and nails; as his wife bad requested, and rat 1 down by bis (Ire at night a bitter and I happier man. hod stopped to take in wood. On the • shore, among tho crowd, was a remarkably stupid-looking fellow, with i -his hands in hla pockets and his under | dip hanging down. r, _ A dandy, rtpe for a serin*, x"f !"><I i winks all aronnd, saying: I •'Now, Ml have sonx fun. UU i | the groeofoJrii.-" — ! lie jumped ashore with a Urge i , drawn bowle-knlfc and brandiillied It in i . the hceof the "green un," ezclaiining: , "Now I'll punish you -I've been i , looking for you for a week. ' The fellow stared stupidly at hla ! [ oaabilant; be evidently did not know enough to bo scared, but aa the bowle- . came near hla face, -ix of Ids , fists suddenly ranted hla puekcl. nnd , hanl aud heavy between tlx eyes , of tlx dandy, ami Ui- poor fellow was floundering in the Ohio. I Greeny jumped on huanl uur boat, I put his hands in hit poi-krta, and look- . ing around said: "Maylx there's , souielsdy els.' that's been looking for I r TOO HArrrx to fell iul" eonqmuy 1 wlxrejlx talk runs brio party. •>l»en- ' Ity, scwmlal. folly.or vie.- ..ram klud. ' you had better pas* from m.*—. or unsocial om-mg iss.ple wliusr g.s»l o|4n- ■ ion is not worth having, than shock : yuurouoaeiem* by Joining in ixavar1 raUim whirl. V'« must .Bvipprovr of. I IV ben rosy young hulls- b- -.hi to J he econoroiral? When tbrv re-sort J to light-lacing to provcut wslsl-/Wf-Thc beat way of raising money j i* by tlx lever of Industry. Tbe j griping miser raises his l.y screw a power. Meskaty io a w.mxo U like cnioC on „ hrr cbcek - decidedly taomilng if not , putoo. II Query fix Ihwualk AuilKos-Can, I a man's Maya he re ores tared ..a hlff Worts"

Some five years ago I was a sul>- j I altera in a marching regiment, and , quartered iu a large garrison-town in . j England. My duties contiaud of tbe ( j usual round of morning and afternoon . [ parades, visiting the nxn'mdlnnere. aud . I teas, and plher regular work. In ad- , , dllion this, we had occasionally to , mount guard, and to |«ta twenty-four , hours In a sort of half imprisonment. , ' It is one of the regulations of the service that when officer* or men are , , on guard they should always be in a ( r ode at a moment's notice Ifyoufeelvcry J : sleepy, and desire rest, you must take , It whilst you are buttoned up to the ( throat and strapped down at the heels; _ a lounge in an arm-chair, or probably ( little horizontal refreshment upon , sofa, are the extent of rest which an , officer on guard is supposed to indulge , in. i Among my tuunnuwuinMLiraa lis j garrison it was our usic.1 practice to I infringe upon this strict taller of | the law; and. when the prim-ipnl , part of our duty had been or- , , complisfod, wc used to indulgu oure , selves by direatlng our limbs nf their , , armor, and' seeking refreshmcnl be- | twrcn the aliceta of a Utile camp-bcd I that wna placed iu the inner guard- J I It was | -art of tlx duties of an officer ' , on guard to visit all tlx sentries dur- . , ingjlhe nighl. the time for visiting them j ( usually an hour or w. afler the field-officer had visited the guard;' tlu- , . field-officer being a colonel or major who was on Unty for the .lay, and who ( , came once by .lay and once by night , . to visit the guards, anil to sec thai all , waa as it should be Tliere waa no exact limit to the number of times tliat the fxUl-offlcert might visit tho guards; . fori it waa tho usual thing, and fool sonx onoo by day and once by uight. so that after the last visit tho subaltern , usually waited an hour or so, walked j I around the limits of his (msI, visited | all his scutrie*. and then turtial Into ! , | It was a bitter cold morning iu Jau- j , that my turn for guard ana- on. - I marched my men to llxir p.«l. re- ' , gone through the regular duty ami 1 ! until the field officer had visited lor. - The previous evening I foul Is vii m a ball in tlx town, and in rmnxqucnec was reft tired and sloepy. and loolsml with considerable longing toil... |xrl.sl , , | when I could refresh myself l.y uurob : log and enjoying a pwd suo«ze At length I hvanlthe welcome i-luil-"'Who comes there?" which was | , , answered by the response— "Rounds!" 1 1 , and "Guanl, turn out!" was a signal ! . which I willlagly obeyed, for I knew | i tliat In about one hour afterwards 1 1 should be iu Ux arms of tlx god ofI sleep. I Slipping on my cloak aud rap, aud , grasping my sword, 1 placed myself i in front of tlx guard, and received tlx i I field-guard, who hriofly asked , me If all was correct; directed ; to dismiss my guanl, and nolo . off without • saying "Good night," a proceeding tliat I thought rather for- j . mid. Giving directions to the I tlx purpose of visiUng the seutries. t j [ threw myself into my arm-chair, and , tried toroad auovcl. The lime Jenvsl i very quickly, and I had a nap or two, and the sergeant soon appeared with a lantern Io conduct mc round tlx *en- ' trie*. tt was a terrible night, tlx wiuil blowing hard, whilst the snow atul , aleet were driving along before it. The I thermometer was several degrees be- , low freezing, and I felt that I deserved much from my country for performing so cotueicnUoualy my arduou* duties. . The sentrire were very much scattered | and I had to walk nrarly two miles to . visit them alt I accomplished my task, however, and returned to the I guard-room, where I treated rnyaelf to a sUff glass of grog, and, throwing off my regimentals, I Jumped Into bed, ; feeling that I really deserved the luxi In a few minutes 1 was last a'stacp. i not even dreaming of any of my fair : portlier* of the hall, but sound asleep. Suddenly I become conscious of a great I noise, which sounded like a drum brtig beaten. At first I' did not realize I mv_poaitI6j?, and could not remember ' where I tfaaftri dt laat it flashed acoes i that I wa* on garud, and that > somcUilng wa* the matter. Jumping : out of bed, I called to know who was i there. The sergeant answered in a great i raying; "Sir, the field -officer of ' tlx day la coming, and tba guard is - turning out." i I rushed to my boots, pulled them I un'ovcr my unalockioged feet; thrust I my a word -arm Into my Urge regimeui Ui clock, which I pulled over mc, jammed my forage-cap on my head, , and, grasping my award, looked to thc - outwaid obeerver as though "fit for r P*"l was just in time tn receive the field-officer, who again asked me if my guard waa correct, I answered, rather ' In a tooo or suprisc, and aaid— "Yes, sir; all correct." 1 coakl not imagine why my guard should bo visited twice, '* aa such a proceeding was very ouk usual, and perhaps my tooe seemed to Imply that I waa surprised. Whether I It sras that, or whether a treacherous gust of wind removed tbo folds of my 0 cloak, and exhibited tbo 'slightest ^ taste In Mfc of the end of my night- * shirt, I know not; buAtbe fleU-ofllcer, instead of riding off when he received J my answer, to row! hla bovoo't head « In tha opposite direction, and aaid— * "Now sir, I want you to accompany in. t.-'.n-i ill- s.-niiii-." n jjiui be Udd mc that he wanted me it to accompauy lilm to tlx regions hrfow, I shiHild eraiOfc have txen more Shorror-atruck. for already I hid found the chauae of temperature between a

outside air; and to walk two roih-a or. a a windy, froety night, with un raiment besides Inots, nlghLsUirt and cloak, wot really suffering for ..no's country, '■) aud on mistake. 1 dared not show Itlx slightest hesitation, however, for I r" fear the state of my attire might be suspected, though I would have given ! ''' n week's |<aj to have escaped for only B" 1 five minutes. A non -commissioned *4 officer was ready with n tanh-rn. and "■ wc started on our Lnir of insjcctlon. n Tho field-officer a.kcd several qixa- fo tiuna connected with Ux position nnd ol duties of the sentries, to which 1 gave * answers as well at tlx chattering of Imy L-eth would permit mc The T must nervous work, howvvrr, was lasalng the ga^himps. which were fo 1 placed at Intervals of ooo or two liun- H1 dred yards. The wind was blowing a| so fresh tliat it was with difficulty I " could hold my cloak arouud me, and m conceal the absence of my undergarments. Every now and then an extra fo gu.t of wind would come round a core ai 1 and would quite defeat nil the precautious which I hn.l adopted to " encounter tlx steady gale. I mauaged dodge in tlx shade as much as pos- a slhle, and more than once rau the risk « of lx-iug kicked by the fir-Id -officer's fi bone, as 1 slunk behind him when the I" 1 gas-light might haw revealed too D 1 J much. *' j It was terribly void, to Ix sure, the ui j wind nnd the snow almost numbing w j my HoiW. I had a kind iff feint hoi* tliat the field-officer might think tliat fo j 1 belonged to a Highland regiment, fo ! mid if he did observe the scantiness of al j my attire, Ix might fe-lleve that the m 1 klil would explain It I struggled and Is shivered on, knowing Hat nil things s< must nave nil end, and tliat my |> "rounds" must come to nil end Isffore J o1 I again got warm during the night. • 1 We had nearly completed '«r lour, j p 1 ' the OdMkri'. quarters. I fondly j c! ' hoped that he would uot [kiss them, i n ' and tliat Ix would dismiss tuc at tlx j <1 ' door, but I was ratlxr surprised to see j h a blaze of llglit come rnwn tlx win- j «] ' : .low*, ami to bear the sound of music. ' I It was evident that there was n "hop" Jl I to tremble, from a sfft or Instinct, j •' Mv premoii.lh.iis ware true. for. I U ' U| -m reaching liis door, fin perfevu- 1 L ' tor. ill quite a cheerful lone, said: j «< I u.11,1 now c-mi. in. and take n glass of! <*' wine, nnd perlial- a waltx will warm j 4 ' , " "I'm really luucl. obliged," I lustily J I I answered, ' but I should not like to 1 : guanl will be all right. You miut | 1 ' come in." This "must" he said in " • a determined Lm<-. j" I felt desperate, and agar., declared j that I thought I should l» wrong to fi "I'll take th<- r»-si«u.lbilitj." said •" ' | tlx demon; "so conx along;" saying P > which. Ix grasped my arm. and ah " I j most dragged in. iota Ux ,»reb urhll P When wc entered tlx house, aud " - were cx|xaed to the light iff thu light « ' I of the hall-lamps. I fancied I «iw a ^ r I slight twinkle lu tlx eye of tlx officer, 1 1 and I began to wonder whether be 1 1 really knew of my predicament, and ® 1 wished to have- his joke. He, how- <• ■ ever, gave no Other intimations that 1 ' ' saw. but nulckiv took off hit cloak. n - and said Umtf l.»d feller do the same. ■ SeelngmehcsiMte.be said: "Come, «■ 1 look alive; off with it." ' Further remonstrance, 1 found, ' 5 would ix useless . so that tlxre waa no ' ■ ixlp for me hut a full confession. — I I Summoning my courage, and fearing 1 : to hesitate, I blurted out: "Colonel, e ■ I've no trousers on." 1 "The deuce you haven't !". "Well, • > you'd better go and put them on, and 1 I then come here as soon aa possible, " ! and have a glaaa of something warm.'* ) I rushed out of his quarters, half c r determined not to return. I was fully . awake now, and shivered like a half- I - drowned dog; but no sooner had I 1 dressed myaeil than the colonel's ser- ' • vant camo over to say that a quail- ' r rillc was waiting for nx. I determined to pot n bold face on ' t the matter, and entered the drawing- J - room, where a partr of abont fifty lxd 0 assembled. It whs evident by U.c ' ' young ladies, the grins of tbe meu. 1 s and tbe subdued smile* tha down- ' t gen, that my story' "" known. > 1 Tbe colonel hafi told it aa a gissl ■ joke to tlx major, who bad wblapcred 1 it to bis wile; abe bad breathed it iulo 1 t the car of two of her friends, and iu 1 if about ten minute* every person in the 1 • room knew that a y oung subaltern lxd unwillingly gooe hi* rounds in bis ' a night-shirt. t As long a* I staid Iu that garri- 1 • sou I was a standing joke. Wheu the girb. saw mc tlroy always looked , I, away and smiled, and it seemed, c as impossible for nx to obtain ( ir a serious answer from any ol them as for a down to preach a ser .e nion. They even seemed afraid to y dance with flfo, fearing, aa I afterir wards beard, to look ot my tags, lest I >, might he deffdeut in some article of e ralmeriL I soon exchanged, and wriit -, into another rvgimcnt; and ytars alter- , I- wards beard my own adventure ndaled , o In a crow. fed room. aU Ux details of , r the story l«ii.( trw cxrepr tlx nam. , a of tlx performer my misfortune bar- t y log been aUribu ted to an nnfortnualo , t fen.lw.srjiy dkd-ln India. , I nivnrS»<Jtt lo bed ou guard after , that nigbt^ ] |j A modem Auuuoryjoo her way to a1 _ convention asked for a seat In acrowdcd 1 r car. An old gontlcmah-'wiU. keen j [ ' eyre, Inquired: "lie yi* one iff tbo ; .. Limnan ilfflili io' "I be!" atuwrred , 1 , UnT undaunted heroine. "D • you he- j ' v lieve that a woman lias Ux aanx j j right* aa a man?" "I do!" (emphatioally.) "WeU, thon, stand up and ena Joy tarn Uto a man!" i

vvornn IznaaiuaUTtlKl The foUow ing norrallra it furnialxd Rev II. Sinsabaugh, a Presiding "In November last Hot. Joseph NIVrsing, of Ux Salts burg Circuit, bea series of meetings at Kelly's statiou, on the West Pennsylvania Railroad, where the Methodists have a; amall unfinlahrtl chunfft and »• Wl.V society . A sermon was preached night nnd penitents invited forward, when a young lady. Miss. Taylor, daughter or Mr. John Taylor, of White statiou, a young lady of quiet aud amiable disposition, came forward for prayer. She reruaiuod at altar for quite a length of time, appearing to be calm In mind, and yet earnestly and devoutly looking for the mercy of God. About t' o'clock her prayer teemed have been answered. Her free wore exproasiou of uonsual brightness as she, 1. Hiking upward, repealed several with distinct emphasis, "O, that beautiful place over there!" She beentirely unconscious, and wa» carried to a house noar by, it being thought uoadrinUs to remove her to father's house, which wa* about miles distant, In this condition remained for several days, in tlx meantime taking ii" nourishment whatever. On Tuesday she brgau lo speak in a toue of voice, and for half an hour lobl of the scenes of another world, which she remained silent for several hours. Slic spoke of having conducted to the place of lost souls, hail heard their waitings of denial r, and then conducted to the gates I nf heaven. Her description of what j she MW and heard. "a« «•• virid aud transporting, that the large company i present wept freely. Six spoke >< | those whom she had kuuwn, who liad din! aud were recognized in glory, in sinning raiment. Willi unknot* n on thcil foreheads. She cuOrel i them over by name, one afler another. ' including tlx names of all Ihe children : she had known who had died, with .*!' tin.".' tokens of surprise and dcligl,; llu.1 attended nn actual greeting <•: lung absent friends. Thefiretofnhnro spoke were two minister*. One ! was the Itev. A. H. Thomas, of Ihe "* ' I'ittslmrg C'onfrrenct", tlx other was Itev. Mr. White, or tlx Prosby- ] terlan Clitifoh, once the (rastur of tlx i at Halts burg, but who torn.- ! years before had reaigncd his charge ! f-ir another in Ohio. He waa n-i! ; to any .present a* deceased, but I upon inquiry it was f-.uml thai lu- had I died a few days before, j Of this erect neither Miss Taylor, ! nor any member of her father's femily | l.a.1 lira,,), ft. sous sci : recognized i there whom six did not expect to sec, I while others for whom she inquired I she was informed were not among thai - number. Many other tlilugi concerning another world were written down, and are lying before UK, cxprvaaed iu language most beauttftii and appropriate, hut which, if given, would upon tlx columns of your pa»t. Many expedients were used to restore her to eousciouaoess; among which wi re singing aud animated religious services, but all without tlx desire*! effects. On Friday ber friend* very much alarmed, owing t-.' tlx opinions expressed by the physicithat having been so long without food abe would never be restored.— Tlx effort waa made to give her torso nourishment, but iu vain. She waa • asked whether the would ever Ix able rite, when the replied: "My Saviour has not yet told me.'' At dlfii-r-cut lies, aha liad spokeu of her Savas present with her, her guide nnd instructor. Shortly afler thla she l.'K, them that her Saviour had just informed her tliat the might return to earth ou Sabbath evening at fio'clock. This statement occasioned a jpj'ful surprise to her anxious friend*. The flUlicr aaid, that should 11 thua mux to pais. Ix would believe all ahe would ray concerning the future stale On Eabbolh evening a large comof the ucigtibore gathered to learn the sequel There wa* no clock lu ber nor auy way iu which she could mark Ux hours of tho night, for her eyes had remained closed from the first. At three minutes before nine the raited her right band and waved it aa if giving farewell to persons vanishing in the distance, and thou ruined her left hand io like manner, and at precisely 9 o'clock she opened hrr eyes, spoke a grading to ber friends, began praising the Lord, and called npon those around Join ber iu praise for Ills great , mercy. Wheu asked if aho was hungry, she replied that slic "aa no', in the least; that aho had bran fed I with milk and booey, and, indeed h»r , strength waa ao wonderfully rerwwul, that it seemed that ahe had" been fed by an unseen hand.'' Axkcdotb or Ben Wade and ■lis Sea Sickkm*.— "Sturdy old lien Wails" seema lo bare stood the voyage 1 to Santo Domingo very well. Accotd1 lug lo all accounts, bis stomach wa* undisturbed during the whole trip. - ' During tlx summer of ISM be . took a " voyage down the coast to visit Ux ' South and improve Ills health. Before f Ix liad lost aigbl of Sandy Hook. Ix 1 I* gun lo experience Ux natural"',' ' horror- of the briny A-p. Next 1 m.jniiuj! u friend eatkd at his ^fo to inquire how be was enjoying hlimeif! 'Enjoying 1" growfod tlx vrnerabtc atatamau. "Is this hat you call a pleasure trip? Tlu xl timo 1 waut one like it, I'll stay at borax ami lake a doee of ipqeac." ■ During Hk same voyage, on a windy i allernoou, a lady of the party, hapiiing lo lose Ircr vdl overboard, rushed lo Mr. «Ul with Ux stoiy of lu-r iroulfftu rho waa aatanitiffld t-< find that Urr orfly rouaoiatiqff'hc wudispoaod to givi\was to advise her , "hang oa to hi» tosth and ltalr, or \ j they'd go paxL" | What ara the haat kind ol agri.-ul tural (tits? Foroxra' dauuhpr-