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VOLUME XLIV.j—Whole No. 2264.

LINN & THOMSON, 1TTOTXNEYS A.VD COUNSELLORS AT L A W ,

rfecoud door w s a t of the 3ur roga te '» Office, Schenec tady . ARCHIBALD L . LlSSt,

SCHENECTADY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1853. . • , • „ . • • ——ancama t^nuiu>imwm<ML3UMimtMM*m*nmiiwimLH,i„Mim>ii!ill.Hr IIIH1 .HLJIMIIII LIJ..I. I in i. U f l , _ , , w ^ m^TO^p,

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ALXX. 'J . T/H0M30X.

JAMEvS FULLER, A t t o r n e y u v i Counsel lor a t L a w , & c ' Office one door w e s t

from the E r i e Canal , State-st . , Schenec tady .

L &W CO-PABTNEKSHIP.—PLATT POTTER. Cj.jkR« B . C O C H R A N ^ and H X N J A . V H . V F . P.rrr>:R have

ibi'Mc-J a cu-par tnership in the prac t ice of L a w , in t/:is city, nnd 'A'iu a t tend :o business in ail the Courts f f t h i s

v US -t •t, ut tf>c o !ri ufiic-j oi P. Pot-'iniro

AND CoUXSKL-chcnec t adv .

Office,

~ T : F R E E M A N ; AT-rok̂ K-v \T L A W , — $ 7 Stace-stre

B. STICKLES, SLrRCrCAL AN'D MECHANICAL DENTIST.'

P f l U E AND RESIDENCE No. 41'STATE-ST. Scuae octady, between ObJwn's and Groof s stores.

All branches, oi' the orofession carried oa, and all work war-o rao'ted.

Chloroform or E t h e r adminis te red w h e n advisable d l 7

JOHN OHLEN & CO. W h o l e s a l e and retai l dea le rs in F o r e i g n and Domes t i c D r y

Oood*> Carpe t iags , P a p e r Hang ings , Oil Cloths , WLodow Shades , i lc , JSo. 73 S ta t e - s t r ee t , Schenec t ady . J O H N ' OHLZS. H o w u x p *S. B A R X K Y .

L. ELLWOOD, M. JD., H O 3 K S 0 P A T H I C P H Y S I C I A N ,

OtBce and R e « d e i i c e Maiden- iane cont inued, n e x t to the cor­n e r of S t a t e - s t r ee t , and di rec t ly oppos i te the Eag le Hote l .

FRANCIS DANFS" F A S H I O N A B L E H A I R - D R E S S I N G SALOON,

C o m e r of S t a t e a n d Canal -s t ree ts , u n d e r Vandeboger t ' s (form-e r ly J o a n . I . Y a t e a ' ) H a r d w a r e S to re . oct23

WILLIAM F. BOLLES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

* School, Classical and Miscel laneous Books , Dis t r ic t L i ­b r a r y B o o k s , P a p e r Hamr in^s , Bonl<?Ps and W i n d o w Cartain 's .

B L A N K B O O K A N D F A N C Y B I N D E R , Mas ic , Mag­az ine* , <5tc. boand in eve ry var ie ty of binding.

J3F*Coan t ry Merchan t s and Teache r s are invited to caU a t ;

Boilea ' C h e a p Books to re , 8L S ta te - s t ree t . j an4

"G.'YrVANDEBuGERT, ~|

BOOKSELLER, STATIONER AND PUBLISHER, I N o . 39 Sta te-s t ree t , Schenec tady , k e e p s cons tan t ly on ,

b a n d a comple te a s so r tmen t of S tandard , Classical, School and j Miscel laneous B o o k s ; Cap and L e t t e r P a p e r s of different qua- j l i t i e s ; S t a t i one ry a n d F a n e y Art ic les , in eve ry v a r i e t y ; P*aper Hang ings and Border ings ; Oil W i n d o w Shades , (XcA.cc. All order* ibr Books or o the r art icle* in his line, p rompt ly a t tend- j ed to . I

Book-Bind ing ; B l a n k Book* for B a n k s . & c , and Accoun t I Books , genera l ly , m a d e to order . dec28

PARSONS'"

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LITTLE CRIPPLEGAIT, T H E MISER. Your father's late in returning home to-night,

Alice. I am perplexed what to do. It is near the hour of being in my barracks, and yet I can ' t bear to leave you4~alone in this poor cottage by the ways ide ."

" Its poverty is its securi ty ," replied Al ice— tronger than bolls and bars . " " There may be some truth in that ," remarked

I her brother : ' ; but there are rough people on the i roads now. The strike of the pitrnents an ugly I thing, and the sailors are swarming like bees, with j this contrary wind keeping their ships in port. '

" Indeed, dear Edward, there's no reason for a ' a rm," observed Alice confidently. " Our cot-tage, though lonely, has never been attacked, and we have lived in it now for ten years . Fa­ther is often later than this, but he always returns in safety. I feel no anxiety on his account.—; Who would hurt a lone man, like father?"

WM. McCAMUS a u«. ,>LA.,rJ^S I V

F A N C Y A N D S T A P L E D R Y G O O D S , 115 S t a t e -s t ree t , Schenec tady , have now on hand, and are dai ly receiv­ing and offering at the lowes t pr ices , a comple te a s so r tmen t of Goods in :he i r line, compris ing all t he var ious s ty les and de­s igns—cons is t ing of—

Black an*d Fancy Silk?; Poplins, Alpaccas, Canton Cloths, Bombazines;

Mouseliu Delaines, Baresje DeLaines; Lawns, Prints, and Ginghams;

Brown Sheetings, Blenched Shirtings; Denims, Tickings, Shirting Str ipes;

Cloths and Cassimers, Vesting.*;

Damask Tabic Cloths, "Bleached and Brown, Damask Napkins and Doylea ;

Scotch Diaper, Birdacye Diaper, Pillow-case Linens;

Linen Pocket Handkerchiefs; White Linens, all grades;

Linen Sheetings; Cnwh ;

Check Cambric?, Jaconets, Draperies, Nansooks Bishop Lawn«, Swiss Muslins, Dotted Swias;

Green, brown and blue Beroges ; Laces and Embroideries;

i Collars and Cuffs; Edgings and Insertings,

A splendid assortment of Hosiery and Gloves. mar22

C a b i n e t F u r n i t u r e a n d Uphols te ry THE NEW-YOM STORE! WARE-ROOMS,—536 & 583 BROADWAY.; SPLENDID OPENING OF NEW GOODS!!

B A R R n G E B & C O ,

watched you home, and had seen a young up her tatters and follows the drum to get off fellow belonging to our regiment leave your j from her old miserly father." cottage late in the evening. This circumstance, ) " There ' s one of the barrack blades that wants I confess, gave an unaccountable impetus j to get her away !" said a third, as Captain Din-to my determination. It was my intention to ley passed them. have entered rationally by the door, but hearing Overhearing partly what wass?.id, the concious-the voice of the young spark, who quitted you a ness of the possible results to the poor girl, whose short time ago, I thought it wiser to wait until artless beauty had made a strong impression up-my favored rival had departed, when you most inhospitably barred the door, and postively com­pelled me to enter by the window,'

" I am surprised, sir, that a gentlemnn of your appearance and calling should be guilty of so mean and unwarrantable an outrage. For your own sake, I advise you to be gone before my fa­ther returns.

" My dear Miss Oripplegait"—said the young officer, stumbling unfortunately upon the oppro brious appellation, and possible he know no other. Alice's color and indignation increased—she felt

I am less confident than you as to his safety, j positive hatred for the man who could so delibera-, A man that has the reputation of being a miserjj tely insult her. is a lways an object of disrespect and dislike, and; " My dear Miss Cripplegait"—repeating the sometimes a mark for villany. It made my blood odious name by way of being impressive—" I en-boil yesterday, as we were marching up the town,, treat you to forgive me ; do not frown so unmer-to hear one of our officers say, as you passed with j cifully ; I will atone in any way you may die-work from the colonel's lady, " There goes little tate. If you desire it, T will be gone at once,

I could have

J. (Oppos i te Delevan House,) A L B A N Y .

- E S T A B L I S H E D I S I ~ * 6 .

E . PARSONS (SUCCESSOR TO HARVEY P A R ­SONS,) Manufacturer and dealer in Cabinet Furniture,

h»s always on hand and for sale. S O F A S , C O U C H B E D 3 T S A 0 3

D R E S S I N G B U R E A U S ,

H A L L S T A S D S ,

B L A C K W a L I f X I T

C A R D TABTJES,

B O O S C A S E S ,

M A H O G A N Y ,

DlVAXS,

O T T A M A N S ,

T E T X - A - T E T X S ,

A N D M A P L E

N J . 87 S ta te - s t r ee t ,

A RE NOW RECEIVING, AND OFFER FOB J L J L sale, a comple te a s s o r t m e n t of

B R I T I S H , F R E N C H A N D G E R M A N S T A P L E A N D F A N C Y D R Y G O O D S ,

consis t ing in par t of the following: $ 3 , 0 0 0 in

RICH BLACK AND COLORED SILKS, t he s tyles of which are ve ry choice and select

• 3 , 0 0 0 yards of NEW MOUSSE LIN DELAINES,

C H A I R S .

Al l m a d e in the bes t m a n n e r and in the la tes t and m o s t fa#h ionaWe style*. T h e whole forming one of the la rges t and Lbeautiful, high-colored goods ; also, an assor tment of very pret-

, . . , , ,. , ty s ty les , a t Is . and ls.6d ; also, bhal lys , Poplins, De Bege , and a va r i e ty of other n e w styles , w h i c h a re only to be lound a t the N e w Store .

BROCHA LONG SHAWLS. A fine a s so r tmen t of Brocha , Rich Black Silk, W h i t e Crape, F i g u r e d Cashmere , toge the r wi th a var ie ty of low priced, sell­ing a t manufac tu re r s ' pr ices .

\CLO THIS A ND CA S SI ME RS. F r e n c h Cloths, Doesk ins , F a n c y Cass imers , Domes t i c Cloths, of the bes t manu&c tu re , and a var ie ty of s ty les sui table for Youths ' w e a r .

LINEN SHIRTING AND SHEETING. Tab le D a m a s k , super ior in qual i ty and finish, a t t he lowes t m a r k e t pr ices . Sheet ing—3-4, 4-4. 5-4, and fi-4.

A LARGE LOT Of E m b r o i d e r i e s , Laces , L a c e Veils, E m b ' d Linen Handke r ­chiefs, Hos iery , Gloves, Scarfs, Collars—all n e w and fresh goods.

CARPETING, OIL CLOTH, MATTING, ^e. Three -P ly , S u p e r Ingra in , and Common, Drugge t t s , S ta i r Car petinjr,—all n e w des igns and fresh goods.

£ 5 ^ T h e e x t e n t and va r i e ty of our stock, and low pr ices . are unequal led by any other house in the t rade .

aug23 " B A R R I N G E R & CO-

m o s t comple te a s so r tmen t s of goods in the above l ine, to be

found in the S t a l e . Also, CUH.LED' HAIR, ZJLLX-LEAF, HUSK, COTTON AXD STRAW

.NLiTTR£33£S, LIVE GEESE FEATHERS, BEDS, See.

a t wholesa le and retai l .

P u r c h a s e r s from abroad are invi ted to e x a m i n e P R I C E S

and 3 T O C K , as it is t h e de te rmina t ion of the propr ie tor to

offer i n d u c e m e n t s wh ich a re U N S U R P A S S E D by any o the r

e s t ab l i shmen t .

Al l goods p a c k e d wi th g r e a t care , and de l ivered to any p a r t

of the ci ty, free of cha rge .

P lease call and a x a m i n e a t 536 <fc 533 B r o a d w a y , (opposite

D e l e v a n House,) A l b a n y . ap29

~~A LlTA"N'T UNDERTAKING WARE-ROOMS,

3 9 8 Si 3 8 8 B R O A D W A Y .

A LWATS ON HAND, THE MOST COMPLETE A A as so r tmen t of

ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, BL ' CK W • LNLT, CHERRY A> D W H I T E WOOD COFFINS,

to be found in t is c ic . o e l s e w h e r e A so, S I L V E R P L A T E S , S H R O U D S , H E A R S E ,

B L . A C K A 5 D W H I T S I L K A N D K I D G L O V E S ,

all u r a i s h e d at the shor te s t notice, at pr c s a s low as those

of any o the r e s t ab l i shmen t W h e n closed at n igh t please apply at 64 Jackson , 22 Canal, i

o r 23 Ten Broeck - s t r ee t ap2 J . E . P A R S O N S : | H

tTOLLAND "GIN.—WOLFE'S SCHEIDAM GIN, JLJL in cases and by the single bot t le ; impor ted exp re s s ly impor ted exp re s s ly

J . G. C A R L E Y .

CU R R A N T S . — 1 CASK OF CUE RANTS, J U S T R E -ceived and for sale b y nov22 J . G. C A R L E Y .

by for medic ina l purposes , i or ' sa le by

oc!9

TTlSSOL Uf 10 N — TH E co- p A RTN ERSHIP HERE \^s tofore e x s t ing unde r the firm of P e t e r Chr is le r and R : chard Chrislvr, has this day been dissolved by m u t u a l consen t . All pe r sons indebted to the above firm, a re he reby r eques t ed j to m a k e immed ia t e p a y m e n t to P e t e r Chrisler . of the above firm, w i t h whom the books m a y be found, at the s tore of the

' l a te firm, 98 S t a t e - s t r ee t . T h e bus iness wil l be cont inued by P e t e r Chrisler, a : the same place, w h e r e from his lanre and su­per ior stock and a s s o r t m e n t of P A I N T S . L I N S E E D O I L , G L A S S , (F rench and American, ) P U T T Y , S A S H , (glazed and ortgJaze<l,j of eve ry size and descr ip t ion, he is p repa red and de­t e r m i n e d to sell wholesa le or re ta i l upon the m o s t reasonab le a n d sat isfactory t e r m s . Persons , therefore, des i rous of obtain­ing a good art icle of Minera l as wel l as o the r P a i n t s , such as W h i t e Lead, Z inc , & c , of all shades and colors, of the bes t qua l i t i es , .will do-well to give h im a ca l l .—Schenectady, J a n . •13v1353. P E T E R C H R I S L E R ,

j a n l g R I C H A R D C H R I S L E R . ^

FAINTS AND OIL"—REMOVAL.—E. L. F R E E M A N would inform his friends tha t he U n o w re­

m o v e d to his n e w s tore . No . 30 Sta te-s t ree t , co rner of Mill-lane, and a.few doors w e s t of his former s to re , w h e r e from an in­c r e a s e d stock-of P » f n U , O U . O 1 ! * ^ , P u n y , V a r a h h , . ' p i r i n T u r p s n -

t l n e, U r n ti» ; i , £. c . Jtc." h e wi l l , as- a sna i , sell w h o l e s a l e and reta i l , at the Unctxt New-York Prices. ap22

PLXIDT BROCADE, WATERED, CHANGEABLE,"

RESH T E A S — 3 0 PACKAGES YOUNG HYSON and 31ack Teas , j u s t received and for sale low,

nov22 J . G. C A R L E Y .

QTUART'S SYRUP MOLASSES AND EXTRA K j / Sv rup , ju s t rece ived and for sale by

nov2:2 J . G. C A R L E Y .

X T E W RAISINS.—BUNCH RAISINS IN BOXES, J. ^ qr. boxes , and Seedless Rais ing , j u s t received and for sale by nov22 ' J . G. C A R L E Y .

HERRING. SMOKED, SCALED AND NO. 1 Her r ing in boxes F o r sale by J . G. C A R L E Y .

2 X BBLS- NEWARK CIDER VINEGAR, JUST RE-K9 ceived and for sale cheap, by

nov29_ _ D. L. POWELL^

W" AtERFORD CANDLES.—A SUPERIOR ar t ic le of hard Candles , for sale at

n o v l o B A R H Y D T S ' , 140 Sta te-s t .

3000 n o v l o

YARD? P A RAM ETTAS AND F R E N C H Merinos, j u s t opened by

M c C A M U S & Co.

LONG AND SQUARE BROCHE SHAWLS, IN GKEAT var ie ty . n o v l o M c C A M U S & Co. variety.

PLAID DELAINES—A m e n t received this morn ing .

n o v l 5

SPLENDID ASS0RT-

McCAMUS <5c Co.

J L and B l a c k Silks,-sep20

- the la rges t a s so r tmen t in this ci ty. M c O A M U S & Co. 115 Sta te-s t . 20 DOZ. A L E X A N D R E ' S K I D GLOVES, R E C ' D .

this moraine:, at nov29 M c C A M U S & C O ' S .

/ C O L L A R S , S L E E V E S , E D G I N G S , AND LNSERT V / lDgS

sep20 -a fine assortment

McCAMUS <x Co.

L A D I E S ' CLOTHS, IN ALL COLORS, AT o c H M c C A M U S & C O ' S .

2000 BANDED COLLARS n e w and des i rable , a t

nov29

—SOMETHING

McCAMUS & CO'S. O L A IN AND P O I N T E D V E L V E T R I B B O N S . — t W; :,WVA -, , ?Arf«v^f nf nov'29 M c C A M U S & C O ' S .

N o c l l

EVY FALL GOODS.-ce ived th is morning , by

-A LARGE STOCK RE-McCAMUS •&. Co.,

115 S ta te - s t .

R 0 C H A L O N G AND SQUARE SHAWLS, AT o c l l M c C A M U S it. Go's.

»> i i B :»-. l i A . M i ^ l i l x i E b , J U S T R E C E I V E D A N D O tor sale a t B A R H Y D T S '

nov29 " small profits, r eady pay, low price, cash s to re . "

KjRiil.-.L, COUGH AND HOREHOUND DROPS, Licorice and Gum Arab ic Lozenges , j u s t received and

or sale by n o v ! 5 D . H. S N E L J J . \ j

GAS PIPE FITTING AND FIXTURE*.— J O H N E D W A R D S is p repared to do all k inds of Gas

P i p e F i l l i n g , a t a shor t not ice and in good s ty le . Those w h o -desire to l ight the i r s tores , dwel l ings , inc., w i t h gas, will please g i v e h im a call. H e has Gas P i p e a lways ready, and keeps

. a good supp ly of B u r n e r s , for sale cheap . H i s work he be-J i e v e a t o h a v e Heretofore given en t i re satisfaction, and he hopes •8ti!i to m e r i t publ ic p a t r o n a g e .

O r d e r s for B r a s s and Composi t ion Cast ings will be prompt­l y me t , and a re respectful ly sol ;cited.

£Jr**CaIl a t B r a s s F o u n d r y , Canal-st., or at N o . 49 Maiden-• . iane . , ' ang23

GASFITTING.—G. OHLEN, HAVING PUR! chased t h e e n t i r e s tock of l a m e s Mur ray , has engaged

t h e services of A . J. C h a p m a n , w h o s e e x p e r i e n c e in England , ,5n Gas F i t t i ng , enab les h i m to fit a p s tores , dwel l ings , public houses , churches , ice, w h i c h wi l l b e a t t ended to p r o m p t l y ;

. and all" F i t t i ngs ou t up b y h i m wi l l be w a r r a n t e d . A p p l y t o 8 . O H L E N , N o . 47 S t a t e a t , o r to A . J . C H A P -

M'AN, a t the City Mill, N o . 27 W a t e r - s t . m y 3

"THE BUCK DIAMOND. T h i s ^ t o v e c a p t i v a t e s all w h o see it, by-i t s e l egan t a p p e a r a n c e and ex t raord ina­ry w o r k i n g p o w e r s . I t s small oval fur­nace ind ica tes a t once, tha t for burn ing

,coal, it is abou t PERrKCT. I t is an en­tire protect ion aga ins t i t s e x t r a v a g a n t use . I t will k e e p E V S K T H E c o o x

w i t h i n the l imits of ecooomy. Th i s is e q u a l to say ing t h a t t h e S tove will PAY F O R I T S E L F in one season I t is the only S t o v e t ha t w e have ever seen that wil l BROIL w i t h o u t filling a k i t chen w i th s m o k e . I t is sensible and civil enough to send t h e s t e a m of broil ing mea t up ch imney , and not , Tike o the r s toves , in to the room. This is an impor tant point gained. I t i s a G R E A T S O . U T K R , and whi le most o ther s toves can only B A K E m e a t s and fowls, this will ROAST them equal to the old fashioned Bre place . I t will bake any th ing t ha t n a t u r e and good t a s t e des igned for baking, A.VD DO IT AS I T S H O U L D B E .

T K E B L A C K D I A M O N D acts upon the principle of A V O I D I N G TROUBLE ; hence it emp t i e s the grate and' throws off i ts soot and a s h e s by a plan of the g rea t e s t imaginable ease and nea tness , a n d w h a t is genera l ly a dus ty and dreaded task , is he re n e v e r e n c o u n t e r e d .

"We m a y a lmos t say of this stove tha t it wil l n e v e r give out. S u c h is the -quality and th ickness of its plate that it=will en­d u r e tw ice o r t h r ee t imes as long as common stoves. W e h a v e al luded t o i t s b e a u t y a s one of its capt iva t ing qual i t ies I n this r e s p e c t it m a y be t ruly called a D I A M O N D .

AUo, T H E B L A C K D I A M O N D , for W o o d ; O R B I T -B E A U T Y O F T H E W E S T ; and o the r des i rable Cooking S toves ; w i t h an endless var ie ty of p a t t e r n s for Parlors , Halls , a n d Offices.

f ^ * A l l S toves a t tiris e s t ab l i shment a re w a r r a n t e d to give e n t i r e s a t b & c t k m . J . W . C U N N I N G H A M ,

»og00 Nos.-59 and 6 ! S ta te s t ree t .

adult? and children, and will last for years with no danger ot get tine out of repair, and can be sent by mail to any part ot the Umied Srutea. Price of Chains 33 and $5, accompanied by a pamphlet ot 36 page* giving a clear and full account ot the mode of u*e. The 'Chains may be seen on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, New-York, where they attract great attention from the'learned and scientific,

C A U T I O N T O L A D 1 K S . Ladies who are encleiiu are requested not to use thctn, for by so

doing unpleasant results frequently follow. The Electric Chains are for sale in all the principul cities in the

United States. DAVID H. SNELL, only Agent for Schenectady. ( ocJmo J O S E P H STEINERT, General Agent, 568 Broadway, N. Y. j

Cripplegait the miser's daughter!" (shot h i m ? ' 1

j " Hush, Edward ! I shall become more alarm-I ed for youxthan father, if you suffer these ridic­ulous trifles) to excite you so.

" They are trifles, Alice. We all share in the. ridicule which that detested nicknamae attaches to father ; even a miserable beo-gar bov shouted

O S ' it after him in the street the other day !"

without another word of explanation ; but I shall ever feel indebted to your forbjarance and polite­ness, if you will listen to me for five minutes.— Grant my request—I will not offend again ; and recollect, " t o err is human, to forgive, d iv ine ." Five minutes, not a second longer; and he look-ed at bis watch, then anxiously at A l i c e ^ s if en­treating her to allow hi i to mark the time.

"Proceed , s i r ." said Alice with something of {i It is gr ievous," said Alice ; " but I fear there j queen like condescension, but still standing and

is no help for it now. W e have but few friends immovable. left, and this name, which was given him at I " Allow me to give you a chai r ," said the young school in mockery of bis lameness, and has stuck | officer witth the most provoking politeness. ever since, now supersedes his own. When the j Alice, in spite of her indignation, was compel-colonel's lady yesterday, conjecturing that I was i led to be seated, and was very naturally betrayed your sister, asked me if 1 were Alice Wheatly, | into the commonplace civility of motioning to her the name sounded almost strange to my e a r . " j extraordinary guest to do the same.

" There was something about mother, while she j T h e handsome young officer looked particular-l ived," said Edward thoughtfully, " which kept j ly happy. " To prove that I can be disinterested, off the ridicule that has since been heaped so I my dear madam, I must caution you without re-cruelly on father's peculiarities—but he has serve or loss ot time—for you have limited me to changed greatly since her death. You were too j five minutes—on your misplaced confidence in thoughts when you do not even hear my approach, young when sht died, Alice, to remember how one who, 1 am sorry to say, is altogether unwor- Alice ; " and a frown came over the really fine gentle and beautiful she was. Father worshipped j thy of the affection with which you apparently her, and no wonder. We used to live in a com- j honor h im." fortable house then ; but after her death, father's I " I really am at loss to understand you, s i r . " love of mother seemed to be transferred to love I " I certainly am taking a great liberty, my of money ; he gave out that he was reduced to J dear Miss Cripplegait '—Alice's color rose again, beggary, by the failure of different speculations, i " But though I run the risk of offending you, I though no one believed him, and came to this,; now feel it my duty, even under so severe a pen-miserable cottage, craving and accepting employ- alty, to render you this service, and atone in ment in any possible shape that could add a\ some measure for the impertinence of which I mite'to keep above that fiend avarice which seem- have been gui l ty , " ed suddenly to have taken possession of h i m . " Of course Alice was interested, and looked so,

" Well, I can on ly remember father as he i s , " ' which seemed perfectly satisfactory, and the only said Alice. " But it seemed to me, Edward, that answer expected.

on him, struck to the very heart of this thought­less but generous young man. " What have I done ?" said he with passionate self upbraiding, " how can I atone ?"

Scandalous tales, like mushrooms, spring up in a night, and have as many gatherers next morning. This, poor Alice was about to experi­ence. However, in the mean time, her only anx­iety was about her father's delayed return. She resolved not to mention the visit of the young of­ficer either to her brother or father—the former, she was sure, would resent it by some imprudent word or action ; and the latter, from his naturally suspicious disposition, it would be difficult to con­vince him of her entire innocence in the matter. Alice had never before felt so desolate and un­happy ; tears were stealing down her cheeks— and Alice was not apt to give way to sentimen­tal weakness ; but the idea of any one deeming himself privileged by her poverty and unprotected state to offer her an insult which he dared not have ventured to one in a higher position, hurt the pride of the poor girl ; and for the first time the daughter 's heart dared not to arraign the fa­ther, who could thus, day after day, leave his child exposed to the possibility of such an out­rage.

With this new and reproachful feeling towards a parent, Alice raised her head from the table where it had been bowed down in sorrow and, as if tried and convicted on the spot, beheld her father standing gazing at her. His small shrewd eyes seemed to read her inmost thoughts : and in spite of al l her filial affection, Alice shrank from the cold, gray, stone like appearance of her father

his clothes, complexion, and half grizzled hair, blending strangely into a long leaden hue, so that he mio-ht have been mistaken for one of the carv­ed figures escaped from its inche in the old abbey.

" You must have much to occupy your

intellectual brow of the otherwise plain' face of the little miser.

" No, father," said Alice, confusedly • " I was anxious for your return, a n d "

" H o w long has your brother been g o n e ? "

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" Everybody !" bitterly exclaimed E d w a r d . — • " I was taunted to day on parade with the chance of promotion through my sister's pretty face."

" Y o u should not heed their evil tongues ; it will bring mischief on us a l l . "

" I t will bring disgrace upon us all. But t . will force Captain Dinsley to give thejtie to their infamous assertions before the whole regiment— ;

What is his life, or mine either^, compared with your fair fame ?" said the fiery; young soldier; and he rose as if inclined to put his threat into execution without further delay.!

" You shall not leave me, E d w a r d , " said Al­ice, clinging to him, " until you promise to aban­don these rash intentions: Ms madness I Let them talk ; it matters little, conscious as I am of my own innocence."

" And yet the colonel says he was passing along the road when Captain Dinsley came out of this cottage last night."

" I am not aware that I ever saw such ,a per­son," said Alice, availing herself of her ignorance of the name of her visitor to'evade Edward ' s an­ger.

" Then swear solemnly that you saw no one after I quitted you last night."

" Edward, this is folly. I received a message for my father some time after you left m e — " and—

" This evasion will not serve. Beware, Alice, of my believing you guilty. I have often blush­ed for my father ; I will never blush for my sis­ter You sliall take this oath !" and with a Strong arm he was forcing her on her knees, whert a knocking, blended with the voices of children cal l ing—" Miss Alice ! Miss Alice !" made' him pause. i I

" Oh, " said the children entering, " O h , Miss Alice, your father's hur t . "

" Oh ! where, where is he ? " frantically asked Alice, rushing towards the door.

" A man's bringing him down the lane," said the elder boy. " W e were late out on the sea­shore, gathering a lot of coal and sticks after the spring tide, with granny, and coming home gran­ny said, " There ' s Miss Alice's father, some­thing's happened to him. Miss Alice's is a lways kind to us, run and break the news to her that her father's h u r t ; ' and so we did—and that is all .

And away scampered the children, just as a person turned the corner of the lane close by the cottage door, bearing the body of the old man in his a rms . . The stranger waved Edward aside, who had hastened out on the first intimation of the children, and suffered no one to touch his bur­den until he deposited it carefully and gently on questioned the miser, in a tone which seemed to

say : " You had better speak truth, for I am j the small .white curtained bed of Alice" W'hat, aware of everything." then, was the surprise of the brother and sister to

" He stayed with me too late, I fear ; for you i find that the rescuer of their father was Captain know, father, he is compelled to be in the bar-! Dinsley " racks by nine o'clock."

" His superiors are more privieged, I fancy ; The old man had been returning from his jour­

ney, and was hastening home, when at a lonely said her father, with a sarcastic and angry com- part of the road,.he was attacked by two ruffians

since you left home and enlisted for a soldier, i " I am really grieved that a young man of' pression of the lips, which was full of meaning who doubtless supposed the miser to have wealth now three years ago, you are changed too ; mix- whom I thought so highly, should be capable of j to poor Alice, who tremblingly remained silent. J on his person. Madly eager to retain! possession ing with the world has made you proud, and you such duplicity, especially towards one so deser-1 " I don't mind the scorn of the world for myself, j of the earnings of that day, and possibly of many despise poor father and m e . " ving, so excellent, so—I must say it—so beauti- Alice, but I would rather see you dead—nay, be J more, the old man made a desperate resistance,

My own darling s i s t e r ! " said the young sol- ful as yourself, but however unwelcome the in- j the caiise of your death myself, than that it j but was ultimately overpowered,stabbed, and fell-dier, pressing her fondly to his heart, " if I am formation, I am now bound in honor to tell you, ! should be pointed at you. What did the vile J ed to the ground ; when Captain Dinsley, who proud, it is of you and you only! For myself, I that the affectionate endearments of which 11 wretches mean when they recognized me on the suppose I shall never rise to the rank of corporal but if a war should only break out, how I would!

would ba.ve given worlds to have been the recip- j road just now, by hissing after me : " Sel l 'your ent, are unworthily bestowed. You, of course, j daughter for gold ! leave your home that she may

fight for promotion or death ! I care little which, cannot be aware that the young man in question \ be an officer's lady ! i "

but for you, sister, and my own dear J a n e . is engaged to a very amiable girl ; who has not " Hark ! 1 thought I heard some one lift the the least suspicions of his affections being else-

la tch," said Alice, going c mrageously into the^ where . "

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passage which divided the two rooms of the cot­tage. " No, there's is no one here !"

" T h e r e is no one here, certainly, but as cer­tainly the latch has been lifted," remarked the

" I think I begin to comprehend you, sir, said

You know, father," answered Alice evasive­ly, " we have many enemies, who would say any­thing to annoy you . "

" I know we have ," said the. miser s a d l y ; Alice, very composedly. " You havegiven your- " but this is a new torture ! O Alice, if I thought self unnecessary trouble on my account ; and, I you could encourage any one in my absence, you must entreat of you, without further delay, to should soon look for my return in vain ! The ! too late, hastened to the barracks for a surgeon.

brother as he found the door ajar. " It could leave the house ." j scanty savings I have pinched myself to accumu-1 In a few minutes they returned, Dinsley thought

was accidentally within hearing, rushed to his assistance, and encountering the ruffians, after a severe conflict, in which dangerous wounds were given and received, succeeded in disabling both, and leaving them expiring:on the ground, lifted the old man, and found that it was the father of Alice whom he had rescued ;. but a l a s ! too late.

The undivided attention of all was now given to the old man, who seemed to be dying ; but the young officer, hoping that help might not come

" My dear madam, permit me to say I feel a late, shall fie ' unbestowed, unclaimed; who great interest in you ; my happiness is too deep, knows where to find them ? If you fall from the ly involved to allow me to drop the matter so angelic purity of your childhood, Alice, I" will coolly. If the occurrences of this evening should make my grave in some ravine of the mountain transpire, and be talked of at mess to-morrow, or ditch by the ways ide!" And .the poor little

erly after you entered ; and the latch slipped : give me your sanction to refute the gossip of that miser sank into a chair, covered his face with his when I heard it. But Edward Wheat ly was not pnppy's being so dear to you—allow me to say ; hands, and, for the first time in^ her life, Alice

not be the wind, for there's not a breath s t i r r ing." And he looked on the clear while frosty road, which was silent and untrodden in the moonlight

" The whole mystery i s , " said Alice laughing, that the door could not have been closed prop-

fully taking the precaution of bringing wine with him, a little of which administered to the patient seemed to give conciousness and strength.

" Alice, my daughter !" were the first words he uttered, on recognizing her pale face watching over him. " Do you weep for me, my child ? " he said, as he felt her tears dropping fast upon

so easily satisfied as his s is ter; he searched the ' I have Miss Cripplegait 's authority forcontradic- ' saw him shed tears. Her first impulse was to I him. " Pray for me, Alice ; I have sinned ; I other room, and went through the garden at the ting the assertion." i throw her arms round his neck, but she wished back of the house, where finding nobody, he was ' " I must beg entirely to decline the interest • to check, not encourage the painful thoughts that compelled to believe that her explanation of the you take in me, s i r ," said Alice rising, as if im-: that agitated him ; and for this purpose she said, matter was a right one. It was impossible for patient for his depar tu re ; " a n d correct a mis- in the hope of diverting his attention— him now to remain another minute ; he had left take which will probably be a sufficient explana- " There has been a message for you, father ; himself scant time to reach the b a r r a c k s ; so, t i ono f the whole affair, by informing you that, ; you are to be at the George Inn by six o'clock obtaining a promise from his sister that she would 'Whea t ly is my n a m e . "

have dragged you through scorn and poverty.— But it was all for you at l a s t ! he added with sud­den energy, raising himself in the bed ; when, seeing Edward, he feebly grasped his hand : - | -"My son; guard your sister ; take her from hence, from these crumbling walls where thieves may

Wheatly !" echoed the young officer, is Ned Wheatly your brother—or has he the au dacity to be your cous in?"

1 am thankful, sir, he is my brother." >>

egress, though harmless to you, might not prove 1—gradually awakening the ruling passion : - There are many who would readily j avarice, by representing the profit, and their lack | his handkerchief, and which the strong exciie-

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ed to the half curtained window, where, if any ; for the gossip of our enemies ." face were now peering in, it must have belonged " Then allow me to stay till your father comes to that highly privileged gentleman, the man in j in ?" the moon, who was casting very bright and fa miliar glances upon Alice at the moment. T h u s reassured, she was resolved to prove to herself, by going, and looking out of the window, that she had' conquered her apprehensions—when most unmistakably, a face again raised itself above the edge of the curtain. Poor Alice clutched the chair, and scarcely breathed. A strong arm seemed to shake the casement, which was almost immediately lifted up, and a man jumped into the apartment.

Alice, still grasping the chair, stood the very impersonation of some goddess—Pallas, it might be, though armed but with the weapons of a wo­man ' s heart, innocence and offended pride at out­raged privacy. The intruder did not seem one of the common stamp. I t was doubtless the con­sciousness of this which gave to Alice the extra­ordinary courage and self possession which seem­ed to awe the man, and bow him like a coward before the truthful dignity of her raised head and compressed lip. His hat had been knocked off, probably in his forcible entrance, and the undis­guised face certainly was not that of a ruffian.

(i I—I—am concerned, madam—that is—up­on my honor," stammered the intruder, " I have done so confoundedly a foolish thing, that I scarce­ly know how. to apologise for it. The fact is, I have jumped in at the window, and having done so, it occurs to me, that probably the best atone­ment I can make is to jump out aga in . "

" May I inquire the reason for so extraordinary an intrusion ?" asked Alice.

" A wager at mess, yesterday. Your beauty was discussed rather freely, and your prudence loudly extolled ; upon which I had the imperti­nence—forgive me—to boast that I could effect an interview with you; I had twice or thrice

" On the contrary, I must insist on your goino-instantly, to avoid the possibility of meeting h im."

" I have done," said the young officer gravely; " and regret exceedingly, Miss Wheatly, that my absurd behavior should have given you a mo-men's uneasiness. I trust I shall soon have an opportunity of appearing to more advantage be­fore yon ; " when, bowing himself out, after the manner of a presentation at court, his foot stum­bling, he was precipitated very unceremoniously and rather ludicrously across the threshold. 6 n rising from his ignoble position, and limping off to make room for. another visitor to the cottage, he was accosted by the new comer with—

" Be you little Cripplegait, the miser, sir ? " The dashing defender of his country would, if

he could, have annihilated the whole race of Crip­plegait's at that moment.

" Have you a message for my father ? " asked Alice of the new visitor, with the composure of simple innocence.

" Yes, Miss ; he's to be at the George Inn at six to-morrow morning, to go a short distance with a gentleman on particular business, and back again in the evening."

" Very well ," said Alice ; " I will take care to tell him when he comes home."

The man then retraced his steps to the town, picking up by the way two or three acquaintan­ces, with whom he took care to discuss the circum­stances of a gentleman coming tumbling out of Cripplegait 's cottage, tipsy, he said, in'' the ab­sence of the old man.

" A y e , " remarked one, I 've seen two or three of them soger chaps after that goodlooking lass down of a night about the cot tage ."

" And no wonder," said another, "if she packs

bolt the door as soon as he was gone, he reluc­tantly bade her good night.

Alice, in spite of all her boasted courage, could not help-glancing suspiciously around, when, af­ter fastening the door, she went towards the win-! " What an officious fool I must appear to you, I arranging the affairs of bankrupts or careless dow commanding a view of the road, to draw its I Miss Wheatly ! I would have given the world to bookkeepers.] " But I do not think I shall go ; homely blue checked cur ta in : The little case- , have aroused one spark of interest in that frigid j you need my protection. I ought to have thought ment opposite, which looked into the garden, as j heart of yours , and now, of course, your only o? my poor motherless girl—left helpless and if to show its confidence in that part of the do- i feeling for me will be contempt ? With a thou- j friendless in this hovel ! No, I shall not g o . " — main, deigned only to screen itself with a short j sand apologies, allow me to run the risk of break-j Alice, who imagined her father would sink into blind, which reached but half way up. " Mercy ing my neck by going out as I came in . " | despondence and die, if he gave up his usual ayo-on me !" exclaimed Alice, as she approached it, " Certainly not," said Alice. " The mode of1 cations, now began, from duty, to urge his going " I thought I saw a man's face looking in over the curtain ! How very ridiculous ! Edward I so to me has made me quite nervous." And Alice, as if j turn such a ( . _.0... spurninp; such weakness, began to work, and \ less conduct in coming here at all, and the mere j This overcame his real anxiety for his daughter, hummed a tune to beguile the time until her fa-1 circumstance of your being seen quitting the house ' and his affections were quickly transmutea into 'her 's return ; but ever and anon her eye glanc- j in my father's absence, may be sufficient occasion ! a hunger for gold.

On the following day, Alice, as usual, was left to herself, by the absence of her father; and hav-completed the work entrusted to her by the colonel's lady, hastened to take, it Jiome. On her way the colonel, who had always graciously given her a word or nod, now passed without either, and yet Alice felt convinced he saw her. The work was received and paid for; and in answer to Alice's inquiry, as to when she should call for further instructions, she was told " i t would be unnecessary, as she would not be re­quired a«-ain." Poor Alice ! scandal had done its worst° The colonel, it seems, was strolling down the road just as Captain Dinsley came out of the cottage the night before, and the colonel's man happened to be in the kitchen of the George Inn, when the returned messenger was amusing the domestics at the expense of poor Alice, by an account of his visit to Cripplegait 's cottage, and encounter with a drunken officer. This was a pretty tale for the colonel's man to take to the lady 's ' maid, who of course communicated it to her mistress, which, combined with the colonel's own personal observation, was powerful evidence against the unfortunate girl.

Alice, who had often suffered slights and taunts on account of her father, was not likely, all at once, to attribute these symptoms of disrespect to their right cause. She could not conceive such wickedness in the minds of people, as to condemn so hastily one so utterly blameless as herself; but the conviction was forced upon her when her brother, flushed and angry entered the cottage in the evening.

" Al ice ," he said in great excitement, " swear to me, by the purity of our mother's memory, and your hope of meeting her in heaven, that Captain Dinsley was not here by your contrivance last n igh t . "

" Who is so unjust as to say so ?" asked Alice, in alarm at her brother's frenzied state.

Cripplegait—" to look into j umphantly, " my child shall go to the city, to the some accounts ." [The miser was clever as an great city, where the wall is ofjjasper and tile accountant, and made a good deal of money by j city of pure gold !" And with• this mysterious

association of avarice, affection and religion, the miser fell back and expired. ;

Captain Dinsley, who, during the miser's dy­ing exclamations, had been leaning on the corner of the bed with his eyes fixed on Alice, now, to increase the distress of the scene, suddenly turn­ed deadly pale, and with a heavy groan sank mo­tionless to the ground—a wound received in t i e conflict, which he had contrived to staunch with

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disregard, having broken out afresh. Alice, who with the stone like composure of despair had been silently bending over her father's corpse, at this fresh calamity seemed to find a species of relief, or at least a mitigation, of woe by having her at­tention directed to a new claimant upon her sym­pathy, or did she at the moment discover and be­tray a secret lurking unconsciously in her heart ? -At all events, she rushed to the spot with a scream, and lifted the head of the sufferer, while the surgeon attempted to bind up the still gush­ing wound. The motion, brought back a tempos rary life and consciousness ; he opened his eyes; ann meeting those of Alice, a faint smile illumi­nated his wan features, as he.feebly articulated,—

" Alice, have I atoned ?" and relapsed into in- ;rr sensibility.

Five years after the circumstances above nar­rated, a lady with two very lovely children has­tened joyfully across the lawn in front of-a noblo mansion in the north of England, to meet two gentlemen who were alighting from a carr iage at the lodge gate. ', >

" O papa! papa !" shouted the boy, delightedly . running forward. • . " ,

" And," asked the little girl , who was clinging :

to her mama's gown—¥ is the other gentleman Uncle Edward . " " ' ; \

" Yes, darling," said the lady, and in a moment she was in the arms of her brother.

" Well, Alice," said her husband, " I told you Edwarfl would arrive to day. The coach stopped just as I drove up. And now allow me to present—not Lieutenant Wheatly, but Captain Wheatly."

"Yes," said Edward, " a s the Gazette has it, Vice Henry Dinsley, retired."

(l Oh, I assure you," said Dinsley, I find quite enough to do, on succeeding to my father's estate, in taking-care of my tenants and these little spirits!" and he caught up the girl who seemed to be his special favorite.

" But," said the boy, not at all jealous of his sister— " I'm going to be a soldier with papa's gun, and grand­papa has left plenty of money to buy me a commission."

And in due time the commission was bought; and when, the boy after fighting bravely for his country, attained high honor and rank in his profession, there were few left to remember that this great man was the grandson of Little Cripplegait, the Miser.

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