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ft NORTHERN STATE JOURNAL, A. \W. CL4&K, Editor and Pxopriotot\ Published on Wednesday-Moniings.--O{\ko in Hayes' Blocfc, Qourt-Slrcet, {opposite tho Amenwmi,') Wuterioiiin* 'TEBM'S. I'D Village Subscribers, who haveIhoii'.papers-loft aUhoir doors, $2,50 per ciuhuin. v To Mail'Subscribers, and those who call for thorn at (ha Office\ §2,00j if paid -within 6 months*, if not, 93^0 will be re- quired. 03-.N'o paper discontinued (unless at the option of the pro- prietor^ until alliu'rcar.at'ea are paid. •RATES OF ADVERTISING, • Advorliaomcnls, other than Legal, inserted at-§'i perscjimrc (fourteen linos) for ilio ftfst thrQO weeks, atitl 25- cents for oy- 1 cry subsequent-insertion. A liberal discount will bo njaitfi to th'jse who advertise b# tlie ytjar. ; 03*. Legal Nriiicqs inserted at the prices established by the lie vised Statutes. DSP-All letters and communicutionsdofigncd foe this paper ilUST HE. FHEB OP POSTAGE, to SCCUrC attCIltluii. 8©w o 3 ®2.srppsr®o , i Wo have just been making large additions to our already cxtonsive Job muterialfj,.which render our.assortinontof Job Type more extensiyo than any otlior ofiicain Northern New •York. We are therefore prepared to execute with dispatch, and in a superior style of workmanship, all kinds of-Job rnnting, such as UA-Nit CIEEOKS PA.Myur.ETSj CinOULAKS, BliASKS. 9EUTIFIOATKS OP DUrOSITj SHIPPING mhLS, , , 3 On. the shortest nqtioeiand at the most reuaonable rates, Or ucrs respectfully solicited. i»r,& HEADS, HALL TICKETS, HAND BILLS, CQNCEHT AND SHOW BlLLSj CARDS, OP ALr, KINDS, NUTlfJUS/fce. &C. N! OPICEr-TflE SUBSCRIBER WOULD INFORM A ^ Uu^nies&liOiitSL of 'Watertown anil its vicinity, that he •mauufacnH'cs Saimeits at the stand formerly occupied by MrVitislowPatlridgejiu the village of* Watertown, where tiicy can be accommodated with a good article of Sutinettsnit as good terms as tlioy can be purchased East. Plcam' call and .examine, foryoursejves. \W. CONKUY. P. S.—The subscriber will pay cash for Wool, or exchange lor Broad Cloths and Satinetts. W. OONKEY, Watortown.-April 20, 16-17. 33 M cALISTER'S ALL-HEALING 0INT- WENT—irtlne remedy could beuUimnisteiedluiier- sons through their family physician, in such cases as (jiunsy, Snro \^liroat Ociitgjis, ASUumv, Headnehc, lUu>uniafj&iti<, tfo* Vers, &c, and especially to children in cases of Croup. Mea- sles, Cholera Infantum, and Worms, it would give such satis- faction as never heforeattended the application of medicine to UlObC complaint!]. As it acts like physic when placed upon the bowels,it possesses power to relievo thointestinesofuuy acrid humors which causes pains, clmlie, dysentery, or tiny \bowel complaint, and especially worms. fcfold by X, II, CAMP, Watcrtown.'aiid agents throughout the State. STOVES FOtt SALE. I AM MAKING 100 ROTARY STOVES WITH Elevated Ovens. The plates are thick, and the very bc-a •stock made in the country has been soleutcd. I intend to sell them lower than Stoves have been retailed heretofore in tins country. If any person, by hints, or circulating handbills, ,or in any other unlawful way, attempt to interfere with my sales, lie will be called to a n account for s o doing, I will hold myself accountable to all who purchase my Stove, to in- demnify them ugaiust nil aud every person claiming to Imld an elusive right to make, sell, or use them. I understand the matter, aud Khali keep quiet ly on about my own business, and it may perhaps bo for the intercut of others to do lint same. I think the Stove will give entire satisfaction, and shall feel gratified with calls irom those who have about $18 surplus money. Mill Gearing aud Machinery of all kinds mndp to order on 6hortnotice,atfair prices. WILLIAM SMITH. Watertown, Sept. 27,13-17. 6\ A TTENTI0N THE WORLD H -£JL Htabt about faeo (lie Universe!! \ linyt A, tiregory,\ (at (he old standi of Woodruff & littler,) one dour south of the American, Water- town, are now rocutvinga wcllselecledstockof Drugs and MeAir'uio. in connection with their largo stork of Groceries, all of which they offer at very loiojtrkcs. We enumerate a few popular PatciiLMedichii's: Bull's Sarsaparilla, Faines lock's Vermifuge, Great West- ern Panacea, Balm of Columbia, (for the hair,) Sick Ilruil* actio Remedy, Indian Vegetable Elixir, Halm of China, Hity'd Liniment, (lor Hhemnatism,') Unlearn of Ilinrhoiiud, Iluittfi- rian Halsam nf Ufa, ll.iiley's Pain Extractor, Thoiiipsnn^ Eye Water, Ib'ar's Oil, Extract nl Lemon, Opium, Camjdior, all kinds of Oil ami Tinetures, Pills nf every variety, sure Cure forToollmclie, Perfumery, Brushes, Sealing Wax. Lum* c.y and Military Snap.*, Aeeoustic Oil for Deafness. Also a few packages left tit ilia wonderful Hair Dye. N. 11,—A few bottles ol\ »*!/«» Stove Varnish left. HOY'f & GUEGORY. Watertown, Jan. K, 18-17. 2Myi __ MECHANICS' HAU. \WUITIS'S CABINET AND CHAIR WARE-BOOIU. F W. WHITE WOULD INFORM THE INHA1T M Stunts of Jefferson, Lcwitt, and St. Lawrence enmi- ties, nnd ttie Camillas, that he is yet engaged in the Cabinet Making bushu-f, in all its various branches. He has luii-ly fitted up, in addition to his former Ware-Rooms, that splen- did and spacious room, Mechanics' Hall, (the most spacious and commodious of any in Wafer town,) in an elegant and substantial maimer, as a CABINET WARK-HOOM, wliorc, at alt times, may be found a great variety of the various styles of Furniture, such a?* Pier, Center, and eoiunion Ta- bles, Sofas, Ottomans, Side-Boards, Dressing Tables, IJn- reaim, Plain, Fancy, and common Bi'dstcads,common,Curled Maple, Cue-Scat, and Mahogany Chairs, Hoi-Icing Chairs, &r* &•-,, all of tin* most fasluonahl\ ami approved pat tern M, The assortment is complete, aud the proprietor avk.sllmt, before purchasing elsewhere, (hose desiring Furniture will give him a rati unit obtain hispricep. llonU foxpei the plaee— MEOUAXfW# HALL, Whites JUack, Walcrtowt. Odt\Ready*Mado Cofllns constantly on hand, nnd for sale 'atagiiuga wJMOttowti) September 59,13-17. 7 .TVT^TaAGE SALE,—-DBFAOW itmm JLTJL b«xso madL-inthe^tymeiit oP«eeit,iin Mm.i»f-innncy- secun-d l-y a mortfi.ige beari-ic dale the UUh day o( August t 181G, fxecnted by Samuel Skinner of the town of Lidtay, county of JCITTSOU and State of New Yorte, i<» W- II. Ohilils of the same place, aud r*» irdeil in the Clerk's OftVeuflhe county of Jcffcrnon In Bo.dc No.31 nf Mnrtpiges, page-192, op the-Uh day nf September, \$ 10, at 7 o'clock A. M.,iipmi alt that certain V'uf 1 * of Imd situated, lyins and beiimiiHhe village of Evans Mills, in the town, county and S*<iteafore- eanlj ami which is Itnmided as fullmvn, to wit:—Begimuiic hi the centre of tho street or road leading to Watertown tit the boiitheastconierof land he.-eloforedeeded by Joseph Buyer to Thomas A. Warner, and now owned and occupied by the Baptist Society, and runniti? from Ihence north Kl degrees west along said S iciHy'a l-m*l si\' fhaite* and s.-irn links u> the division line between bits No, \>itl and SoTt; t1i«'U**«* smi'li •30 degrees west along said division line two chains; tu.-ncc south 53V degrees east MX elmins and four links to the renire of the aforesaid rond: thence north 3^ d»*arecR ea4 tun chains along the same to the plice of b.-pinmnc, runlaliunj; ononn-e and 2IJ HHIIIIH of M\ acie, be the same mine or !•*-*«. Said mortgascohaving b.'enduly assigned to thesubM-nber, and the sum claimed to lie due at the first pnblienti'm iff thi. notice,id\ principal and interest, beine ?7.\ ami impro- coedincs at law having tH-eit institnird for the recovery nf Hie s.umOioiiep is therefore hereby riven that, by virtue of a powerof sale contained m said itmrigaet.', tin* above described preruWes will bti t^old by public auction at the American Ho- tel, in the villig.' of W.iiei tou n,nn the 4th dav of December ne\t, ai 2 o'clock P.M. of that tiny.—Dai«-d St-piemWr 13, 1R1T.' (.twl3) STEPHEN nUUTIN, A^ifftiee. tKT* The sale of the above morteaced prf-mi^es is hereby postponed tillthe tweniy-fiflb day ..f PeccmbiT nexl.llidi to be sold at the mini* place and limenf day ul-«ve mentioned. Nov. 23, lfctir. STJ3l'II13N MARTIN, A^i.mire. T RUSTEES' SALE,—IN THE MATTER OP th<; attachment against the real and riersonal PHtntenf SAMUEL T. BALL, an abscondinir or concealed debtor— Notice is hereby given that the underpinned. Trustees of the estate of Samuel T. Hall, lateof the town of Orleans, in the County of Jefferson, an absconding orponreated debtor, will sell at public vendue, tn the highest bidder.nt the Inn of Hor- net* Vincent, in the village «f La Farcevilie, tn said town ol Orir.«os. on the 3flr_li day of Decemln r instant, at 111 oV.le.ck in the forenoon, all of the right, title and interest oT said S;VnVrt- cl T. Hail in and to the following described pieces or parcels of land, to wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land, situ- ate, on lot No, 27 of Macomb's purchase, No. i {Rf Pencil Square mcanim:,) in the town of Orleans, in the County of Jefferson, and Slate of New York, and bounded as Odlmvs, to wit: Bediming atap.nnt in the center of the rond lad- ing by William IlewalPs to Mullet t'ret-fc, SO Hnlw S-odh eighty-nine degrees E.ist of a post and stones the N, East corner of J. frGreideaps survey, thence N.sfldeg.W, along said Gn?en!eaP» North line twentv-s-evm chains sixty-two links tn a'bceelt tree cornered S. IX G. S. T. II. on the Ea>t line of J. Nash's survey, thence W. one ilcg. E. along the East bounds of said Nash and Amaea Johnson's survey twentv one chains twenty-nine links to a maple post marked J>. T. H. W. G. G,, thence E.ist tlurly-nne chains fifty links (»• a point in the center of the nbovc mentioned ruad S. fi9 1-1 deer. B. of an ash post marked S. T. H. W.C.G-., thence S.li\ deg. K. eleven-chains sixty-uiT* links to an ancle a p-mil \iu links N.7'2deg. W, of a sand stone marked K. B . thence R.IH des. W. along said roau ID chains three links to the place of be- ginning, containing M.vty-six act cs and T2-I00ths ol land sur- veyed by Levi Torry. be the same nmre or less. Also, all that other pieee or |«ive»d of land situate on lot No. 35 of Penet Square in the town td'Otleans, in tiie county nf Jefferson and State of New York and bounded as fellows to wit: begiimiuaat a limestone numbered 26, 27,3-1, 3\ and running- thence N. 88 de^.22min. W. three chains lltitty-foiir links to th\ East margin of a line parallel with Main Street in the Village of La Fargevilie, thence S. 23 deg W.vcven chains eighty-two links along the East margin of said lane, thence S. fiS do\. E, sevm chains wvcnly-fonr links to the E. line of said lot No,35, and thence Nerth alongsaidlnt /ineten chains sixty-eight fink** to thn place of bcijinniuR and contain- hnr fmir aeres and \»0-lOOil»s of hunt, bo ttie mama more or Je-^. Dated. Dec. 8 IS 17. )7w3. HANLEY W. BUSUNELf,,) SYLVESTER N. DIXON, J-Truslces. JOHN N - BEAUPSLEY. ) ^/ifOllTGAGE SALE.-—DEFAULT HAVING been made In the payment of the nmne>s secured 1\ be paid by a certain mortgage bearing date the 25ih dny id Feb- vnarv,\iy3o recorded in IbeolUce of the Clerk nf the county of JetTurson on the26th day of February, 1835, i\ Liber P of Mortgages, page 307 Jcc, and executed by David McAllister And Uarnlinchis wife, Josiah Drake, Jr. and Sally Ins wife. And Alanson Drake., all of Antwerp, in the county of Jeffci- 8o», and State of Now York, unto Apollo* Cooper of Utica, ill the county of Oneida, and State iff New York, to secure tho. payment of Fourteen Hundred Dollars with interest ac- cording to the condition of said mortgage and the bond aecorn- panvin\ tho same. Which said mortgage was duly assigned by Benjamin F, Cooper, cStentorof ApolIosGoopcrdeceased, and also the personal interest of said Benjamin F, Cooper Unto William McAllister of Antwerp, county of Jefferson, and State of New York, on the 23th day of December, I« 15, which mortgage was assigned by said William McAllister with the amounts thureon due unto AlonzoChapinnf Antwerp,comity of Jefferson, and State of New York, the 13th day nf Septem- ber instant, on which day there is claimed In bo doc on said mortgage Eight Hundred and Filty Four Dollars and Eighty Two Cents, and payable at the date of the last assignment, and whieh said mortgage covers all and singular the. follow- ing described premites, vizt Beginning in the. centre of the turnpike road Ibrty-one links on a course north seventy-four degrees cast from the northeasterly corner of the board fence in front of the house formerly belonging to Z.H, Cooper in the village of Antwerp, also ono chain and seventeen links on a course south seventy degrees west from the southonslorly cor- ner of the fence on tho easterly side of the stono, tho aliovo de- scribed corner of said lot is a Hat stone in the ground, and runs from thence north seventy degrees east ten chains to a brick and stones for a corner; thonco north seventeen and QUO half degrees west fifty-four links to a brick and stones for a corner; ihoiico. south seventy-four degrees west four chains nnd thirty-one links to ahrick nnd slones; thence north eleven degrees west two chains to the penfre of the Kilkenny road { thence smith sixty-two degrees west five chains and seventy Jinks along the centre of said road to the centre of tlio turn- pike road; thence south five degrees east one chain and seven- teen links along the centre of said turnpike road to tho place of beginning, containing arte acre and seventy hundreths of land bathe, same more or less. And no suit or proceeding having bcrm institutod nthiw for the collection of said won eys dueasaforcsaid or any part thereof, therefuro notice is hereby given that by virtue of a power of sale contained in paid mortgage and recorded therewith, and according to the statutes in such caso madoand provided, the subscriber will sell tho above mortgaged and doscrihed promises nt pnbli auction nt the pubic house kept by Martin Hnmhhn, in the village of Antwerp, on Thursday, tho twenty-third day of nxt, at two o'clock in the aftornonn.—Dnted -Sep. December next, a temhe-r 16,1847- (lwl3) ALONZO CJULPI^. BY A. Wv CLARK. WATEETOWN, N. Y,*, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1847. VOLUME. % NO. 1-8. Ctie me tliy Blessing Mitlici'. B Y DltKTA. \ Gio me thy blessing, mitber, For I must now inviiy, To meet my bonuie Agnes, mitlicr, Upon her bridal day. I've luvod her lang and weel, mither, And UJQU my luve has known ; Then lay thy hand upon me, mither, And bless thy kneeling son.\ . \ Ah ! \W-ilHe how my heart o'erflows When thus I hear thee speak; My tears aro glistening on thy hair, And dropping on thy cheek. And oh ! how memory calls up now The days of auld lang syne, When T a winsome bride first called Thy sainted father mine. (t Ye look sae like him, Willie dear, Ye look sae like him now ; Ye hao the sauio dark, tender een, TJie samo broad, uoolc brow, And'Shru smile Was on his face When he that morning enme, To bring awa, as ye nmun do, A lassie to his luraic. \ Pair child, her heart is beating now, As it never boat before ; Puir child, I ken her hazel een, Wi' tears are running o'er. She hives thee, \Willie but she feels To wed'sa solemn thing— I wcel remember how I felt, When lqoking on tho ring. I wcol remember, too, the hour When, wi' a heavy sigh, I turned, a wife sae young and sad, To hid them a' good bye. The tears were gushing then, I know, For 1 luved my kindred weel, And though, my ain was by my side, 1 could na help but feel. \ But then, how kind ho took my hand, And gently whispered—' Come, The samo soft starshines o'er my cot That shines above thy home. 1 And, Willie, aftcn, since he's dead, I'vo watched that distant star, And thought I saw his gentle face Smile in i t from afar. \ We luved ilk ithor weel, Willie, We luved ilk ither lang ; Ah mo I how happy was the heart That thrilled the even sang. Wo luved ilk itlior, Willie, right: And may God grant it so That ye nmun luve as wo twa luved, In days lang, lang ago. \ Oh! fondly cherish her, Willie, She is sae young and fair; She has not known a single cloud, Or felt nsingle caro. Then, it' acauld world's storm should come, Thy way to overcast— Oh I ever stand (thou art a man) Between Iicr and tho blast. \ When first I knew a mither's pride, 'Twas when 1 gaied on thee; And when my ither ilowcrs died, Thy smile was left to me. And 1 can scarce believe it true, So late thy life began, The playful bairn I fondled then Stands by mo now a Man. [; Then tell thy bonnio bride, Willie, Siie has my first born bun: I tak' the darling from my arms, And gie him to her own. Oh I she will cherish thee, Willie; For wheir I maim depart, iSku.Pn'Y.^MVW.ilUJtBk.'^-J'-rfc To till thy lonely heart. \ 1 rtitma fo.iv to die, Willie,— 1 ever wished to gang; The soft green mound in yon kirk-yard lias hmely been too lane;. And 1 would lay me there, Willie, And a' Death's tenors t>ravc, Beside the heart sae leal and true, ll\t is within the grave. ''Then gang awa', my blessed bairn, And bring thy gentle dove, Amldinnii fruwn if a'should greet Tn part wi' her they love, But if a tear fills up her ee, Then whisper, as they part, 'There's rfmn fur thee at milher's heart.... There's room in milher's Heart.' \And may the God that reigns above, And sees ye a' tho while, Look down uponyuiir plighted troth, Aud bless ye wi' Ilis smile. And niayVt thou ne'er forget, Willie, In a' thy future life, To serve the Power that gave tn thco Thy kind and guileless Wife.\ Fntnl the New YmkTrRnmo. Song of a. Poor Man. FROM THE OURMAN OKfUI-AXD, BY AMIS. S.C. C. MAYO. I am a poor man, very poor, And all alone I go; 1 would 1 might yet onee againj llight joyous courage know. In my beloved parents' bouse A happy child was I ; But bitter sorrow is my lot Since in the grave they lie. I see the rich man's gardens bloom, His golden harvests nod ; But mine is an unfruitful way By care aud sorrow trod. Yet dwell l,in my voiceless pain, Amid Life's joyful swarm, Ami wish each one I meet, good day, So hearty and so warm. Oh thou rich God! Thou lcav'st me yet Not wholly comfortless; From Heaven sweet consolation comes The whole wide world to bless. On every little hamlet green Thy holy house is found ; Tho organ and tho chorus-song In every ear resound. The sun, and moon, and stars yet smile Most lovingly on me, Anil when the evening bell rings out, Then talk 1, Lord, with Thee. Each good man in thy halls of joy Will one day.be a guest; Then shall I come, in robes of light, And sent mo at tho feast. TIIE UNRULY MEMBER. 11Y KA.TK SUTHERLAND. ' DON'T mention it again for your life.' ' No, of course not. Tho least said a- bout suoli things tho better.' ' Don't for the world. I have told you in perfect confidence, and you aro the on- ly one to whom I have breathed it. I wouldn't have it get out for any consider- ation.' ' Give yourself no uneasiness. I shall not allude to the subject.' ' I merely told you because I knew you were a friend and would let it go no far- ther. But would you have thought it V 'I certainly am very much surprised,' ' So am I . But when things pass right before your eyes and ears, there is no gain sa.ying them.' ' No. Seeing is said to be believing.' ' Of course it is.' ' But, Mrs. Grimes, are you sure that you heard aright V 1 1 am positive, Mrs. Raynor,. It occur- od only an hour ago, aud the whole thing is distinctly remembered. I called in to soe Mrs. Oomegys, and while I was .there the bundle of goods came homo. I was present when she opened it, and she show- ed me the lawn dress it contained. There Were twelve yards in it, ' I must see if there is good measure,' and shegotayurd- stick_and measured it off. There were fif- teen \yards instead of twelve. ' How is this V she remarked. ' I am sure I paid for only twelve yards, and here are 'fifteen.' The yard stick w as applied again. There was no mistake ; the lawn measured fif- teen yards. ' What are you going to do with the surplus V I asked. ' Keep it, of course,' said Mrs. Oomegys. ' Thei-e is just enough to make little Julia a frock.— Won't she look sweet in it V I was so confounded that I couldn't say a word.— Indeed, I could hardly look her in the face. At first I thought of calling her attention to the dishonesty of the act; but then I reflected that, as it was none of my busi- ness, I might get her ill-will for meddling in what didn't concern me.' ' And you really think, then, that she meant to keep the three yards without pay- ing- for them V ' Oh, certainly ! But then I wouldn't say any thing about it for the world. I wouldn't name it, on any consideration.— Of course you will not repeat it.' ' No. If I cannot find any good to tell of my friends, I try to refrain from saying anything evil.' ' A most excellent rule, Mrs. Raynor, and one that I always follow. I never speak evil of rny friends, for it always does more harm than good. No one can say that I ever tried to injure another.' ' I hope Mrs. Oomegys thoughtbutter of tho matter, upon reflection,' said Mrs. Ray- no r. ' So do I. But I am afraid not. Two or three little things occur to me now, that I have seen in my intercourse with her, which go to satisfy my mind that her mor- al perceptions are not tho most refined in the world. Still, I wouldn't allude to thorn for the world. Mrs. Oomegys is a plea- sant friend, and much esteemed by every ono. It could do no good to spread this matter abroad, ljut harm.' After repeating.over and over again her injunction to Mrs. Raynor not to repeat a word of what she had told her, Mrs. Grimes bade this lady, upon whom sho had called, good morning, and went on her way. Ton minutes afterward she was in the parlor of an acquaintance, named Mrs. Florence, entertaining her with tho gossip she had picked up since their last meeting. Sho had not been thero long, before, lowering her voice, sho said in a confidential way— ' I was at Mrs. Compgys's to-day, and saw some thing that amazed mo beyond every thing.' ' Indeed !' ' Yes. You will ho astonished when you hear it. Suppose you had purchased a dress and paid for acartain number of yards; and when the dross was sent home, you should find that the storekeeper had made a mistake and sent you throe or four yards rnoro than you had settled for. What would you do V ' Send it back of course.' ' Of course. So say I. To act differ- ently would not bu honest. Do you think so V ' It would nut bo honest for me.' •No, nor lor any one. Now would you have believed it ! Mrs. Comeptys not on- ly thinks but acts differently.' ' You must bo mistaken, certainly Mrs. Grimes.' ' Seeing is believing, Mrs. Florence* • So it is -said, but Fcouldhardlv believe my eyes against Mrs. Comejrys's integrity of character. I think I ougliUoknow her well, for we have been on intimate terms for years.' ' And I thought I knew her, too. But it seems that I was mistaken.' Mrs. Grimes then repeated the story of the lawn dress. ' Gracious me ! Can it he possible V exclaimed Mrs. Florence. ' I can hardly credit it.' 'Itoccurred just as I tell you. But Mrs. Florence, you musn't tell it again for the world, l'havo mentioned it to you i n the strictest confidence. But 1 need hardly say this to you, for I know how discreet you are.' ' I shall not mention it.' 'It could do no good.' • None in the world.' ' Isn't it surprising, that a woman who is as well off in the world as Mrs. Oo- megys should stoop to a petty act like this V ' It is, certainly.' ' Perhaps there is something wrong here,' and Mrs. Grimes placed her finger upon her forehead and looked sober. ' How do you mean V asked the friend. ' You've heard of people's having a dis- honest monomania. Don't you remember the case of Mrs. Y V • Very well.' ' She had every thing that heart could wish. Her husband was rich, and let her have as much money as she wanted. I wish we could all say that, Mrs. Florence, don't you V ' It would be very pleasant, certainly, to have as much money as we wanted.' ' Bat, notwithstanding all this, Mrs. Y had such a propensity to take things not her own, that she never wont into a dry-goods store without purloining some- thing, and rarely took tea with a friend without slipping a tea-spoon in hot-pocket. Mr. Y had a great deal of trouble with her, and, in several cases, paid handsome- ly to induce parties disposed to prosecute her for a thief to let the matter drop.— Now, do you know it has occured to me that perhaps Mrs. Oomegys is afflicted in this way. I shouldn't at all wonder if it were so.' ' Hardly.' ' I'm afraid it is as I suspect. A num- ber of suspicious circumstances have hap- pened when sho has been about, that this would explain. But for your life, Mrs. Florence, don't repeat this to any mortal!' 'I shall certainly not speak of it, Mrs. Grimes. It is too serious a matter. I wish I had not heard it, for I cau never feel to- ward Mrs. Oomegys as I have done. She is a very pleasant woman, and one with whom it is always agreeable andprofitablc to spend an hour.' • It is a little matter after all,' remarked Mrs. Grimes, ' and perhaps we treat it too seriously.' ' We should never think lightly of dis- honest practices, Mrs. Grimes. Whoever is dishonest in little things will he dishon- est in great things, if a good opportunity offer. Mrs. Oomegys can never be to me what she has been. That is impossible.' ' Of course you will not speak of it a- gaim 1 You need have no fear of that.' A few days afterward Mrs. Raynormade a call upon a friend\ who said to her. ' Have you heard about Mrs. Oomegys?' ' •'What'about heri/J' ' I supposed ydti Jtnew it, T ve heard it from half a dozen persons. It is said that Perkins, through a mistake of one of his clerks, sent her home some fifteen or twenty yards of lawn more than she had paid for, and that, instead pf sending it back, she kept it and made it up for her children. Did you ever hear of such a trick for aii honest woman to do V ' I don't think any honest woman would be guilty of such an act. Yes, I heard of it a few days ago, as a great secret, and have not mentioned it to a living soul.' ' Secret 1 Bless me ! It is no secret. It is in every one's mouth.' 'Is it possible 1 I must say that Mrs. Grimes has been very indiscreet,'' ' Mrs. Grimes! Dia k ctSne from her In the first place; V '* ' Yes. She told me that she was pre- sent when the lawn came home, and saw Mrs. Comogys measure it, and heard her say that she meant to keep it.' ' Which sho has ilone. For I saw her in the street yesterday with a beautiful new- lawn, and her little Julia was with her, wearing one precisely like it.' ' How any woman can do so is more than I can understand.' ' So it is, Mrs. Raynor. Just to think of dressing your child up in a frock as good as stolen ! Isn't it dreadful V ' It is indeed.' ' Mrs. Oomegys is not an honest woman. That is clear, I am told that this is not the first trick of the kind of whieh she has boon guilty. They say she has a natural propensity to take things that are not her own.' ' I can hardly believe that.' ' Nor can I. But it's no harder to be- lieve this than to believe that sho would cheat Perkins out of fifteen of twenty yards of lawn. It's a pity ; for Mrs Oomegys, in every thing else, is certainly a very nice woman. In fact, I don't know any one whom I visit with so much pleasure.' Thus the circle of detraction widened, until there was scarcely a friend or ac- tpiaintancu of Mrs. Oomegys, near or re- mote, who had not hoard the story of her having cheated a dry-goods dealer out of several yards of lawn. Three, it had at first been alleged j but the most common version of the story made it fifteen or twenty. Meantime, Mrs. 0'imegys re- mained in entire ignorance of what was al- leged against her, although she noticed, in two or three of her acquaintances, a trifling coldness that struck her as rnthcr singular. One day her husband, seeing that she looked quite sober, said— * You seem dull to-day, dear. Don't you feel well V ' Yes, I feel as well as usual, in body.' ' But not in mind V ' I do not feel quite comfortable in mind, certainly, though I don't know that I have any serious ea*st £f vi.iea.siii.'fas/ ' Though a slight cause exists. May I uflk what it is V • It is nothinfi more or less than that I was coolly cut by an old friend to-day, whom I met in a store on Chestnut Street. And as she is a woman that I highly es- teem, both for the excellences of her char- acter and the agreeable qualities, as a friend, that she possesses,! cannot but feel a little hud about it. If she were one of that capricious class who gel offended with you, once a month, for no just cause what- ever, I should not care a fig. But Mrs. Marklo is a woman of character, good sense and good feeling, whose friendship I have always prized.' ' Was it Mrs. Markle V suid the hubband, with some surprise. ' Yes.' ' What can possibly be tho cause ?' ' I cannot tell.' ' Have you thought over every thing ]' ' Y'es, Ihave turned and turned the mat- ter in my mind, but can imagine no reason why she, of all others should treat me coolly.' ' Have you never spoken of her in a way to have your words misinterpreted by some evil minded person—Mrs. Grimes for instance—whose memory or moral sense, one or the other is very dull V ' I have never spoken of her to any one, except in terms of praise. I could not do otherwise, for I look upon her as one of the most faultless women I know.' ' She has at least shown that she posses- ses one fault.' 'Whatis thatV 'If sho has heard any thing against you of a character so serious as tri make her wish to give up your acquaintance, she should at least have given you the chance of defending yourself before condemning you.' 'I think that myself.' ' It may be that she did not see you,' Mr. Oomegys suggested. ' Sho looked me in the face, and nodded with cold formality.' ' Perhaps her mind was abstracted.' ' It mi.dit have tieen so. Mine would have been very abstracted, indeed, to keep mo from a more cordial recognition of a friend.' ' How would it d') to call and see her V • I have been thinking- of that. But my feelings naturally oppose it. I am not conscious of having done any thing to merit a withdrawal of the friendly senti- ments she has held toward me; stall, if she wishes to withdraw them, my pride says, let her do so.' ' But pride, you know, is not always the best adviser.' ' No. Perhaps the less regard we pay to its promptings the better.' ' I think so.' ' It's rather awkward to go to a person and ask why you have been treated coldly.' ' I know it is. But in a choice of evil, is it not always wisest to choose the least V • But is any one's bad opinion of you, if it be not correctly formed, an evil V ' Certainly it is.' ,.,,., ' I don't know. I have a kind ot inde- pendence about mo which says, ' let peo- ple think what they please, so that you are conscious of no wrong.'' ' Indifference to the world's good or bad opinion is all very well,' replied the hus- band, 'if the world will misjudge us.— Still, as any thing that prejudices the minds of people against us tends to des- troy our usefulness, it is our duty to take all proper care of our reputations, even to the sacrifice of a little feeling in doing so,' Thus argued with by her husband, Mrs. Oomegys, after turning the matter over in her mind, finally concluded to go and see Mi s. Markle. It was a pretty hard trial for her, but, urged on by a souse of right, she called upon her two or three days al- ter having been treated so coldly. Sho sent up her name by the servant. In about five minutes Mrs. Markle descended to the parlor, where her visitor was awaitino- her, and met her in a reserved and formal manner, and was altogether nnlike her for- mer cordiality, It was as much as Mrs. Oomegys could do to keep from retiring instantly, and without a word, from the house. But she compelled herself to go through, with what she had begun. Mrs. Markle did, indeed, offer her hand; of rather the tips of her fingers ; which Mrs. Oomegys, in more reciprocation of the for- mality, accepted. Then came an embar- rassing pause, after which the latter said— 'I see that I was slot mistaken in sup- posing that thero was a marked coldness in your manner at our last meeting.' Mrs. Markle inclined her head slightly. ' Of course there is a cause for this.— May I, in justice to myself as well as oth- ers, inquire what it is V ' I did not suppose you would press an inquiry on tho subject,' replied Mrs. Mar- kle. ' But as you have done so, you are, of course, entitled to an answer.' There came another pause, after which, with a disturbed voice, Mrs. Markle said— ' For some time I have heard a rumor in regard to you, that I could not credit. Of late it has been so often repeated that I felt it to be my duty to ascertain its truth or falsehood. On tracing, with some la- bor, the report to its origin, I am grieved to find that it is too true.' ' Please say what it is,' said Mrs. Oome- gys, in a firm voice. 1 It is said that you bought a dress at a dry goods store in this city, and that on its being sent home, there proved to be some yards more in the piece of goods than you paid for, and that, instead of re- turning what was not your own, you kept it and had it made up for one of your children.' The face of Mrs. Oomegys instantly be- came like crimson; and she turned her head away to hide tho confusion into which this unexpected allegation had thrown her. As soon as sho could command her voice, sho said— ' You will, of course, give mo the au- thor of this charge.' ' You are entitled to know, I suppose,' replied Mrs. Markle. ' The person who originated this report is Mrs. Grimes. And* she says that sho was present when the dress was sent home, That you measured it in her presence, and that, finding there were several yards over, you declared your intention to keep it and make of it a frock for your little girl. And, moreover, that she saw Julia wearing a frock after- wards, exactly like the pattern of tho one you had, which she well remembers.— This seems to mo pretty conclusive evi- dence. Atlenst it was so to my mind, and X acted accordingly. Mrs. Comegys sat, for the full space of IL minute, with her eyes upon the floor, without speaking. When she looked up, the flush that had covered her face was gone. It was very pale, instead. Rising from her chair, sho bowed formally, and without faying a word, withdrew. ' Ah me 1 Isn't it sad V murmured Mrs, Markle, as she heard the street door close upon her visitor. ' So much that is agree- able and excellent, all dimmed by the want of principle. \It seems hardly cred- ible that a woman, with every thing she needs, could act dishonestly fur so small a matter. Three yards of lawn against integrity of character ! What a price to Set upon virtue !' Not more than half an hour after the de- parture of Mrs. Comegys, Mrs. Grimes called in to see Mrs. Markle. ' I hope,' she said, shortly after she was seated, ' that you won't say a Word about what I told you, a few days ago. I shouldn't have opened my lips on the sub- ject if you hadn't askej me about it. I only mentioned it in the first place to a friend in whom I had the greatest confi- dence in the world. She has told some one, very improperly, for it was imparted to her as a secret, and in that way it has been spread abroad. I regret it exceed- ingly, fori would be the lastperaon in the world to say a Word to injure any one. I am particularly guarded in this.' If it's the truth, Mrs, Grimes, I don't see that you need be so anxious about keeping it a secret,' returned Mrs. Mar- kle. The truth! Think I would utter a word that was not the truth V I did not mean to infer that you would. I believe that what you told in regard to Mrs. Comegys was the fact.' That it was. But, then, it will do no good to make a disturbance about it.— What has made me call in to see you is this. Some one told me that in conse- quence of this matter you had dropped the acquaintance of Mrs. Comegys.' It is true. I cannot associate, on inti- mate terms, with a woman who lacks hon- est principles,' ' But don't you sec that this will bring matters to a head, and that I shall be pla- I ced in a very awkward position '?' j ' You are ready to adhere to your state- , ment in regard to Mrs. Comegys !' j Oh, certainly ! I have told nothing but! the truth. But still, you can see that it; will make me feel exceedingly unpleas- j ant.' j 'Things of this kind are never very agreeable, I know, Mrs. Grimes. Still we must act as we think right, let what will follow. Mrs. Oomegys has already called upon me to ask an explanation of my con- duct towards her.' ' Sho has !' Mrs. Grimes seemed sadly distressed. ' What did you say to her V ' I told her just what I had heard.' ' Did she ask your authority V Mrs. Grimes was almost pale with suspense. ' She did.' * Of course you didn't mention my name V ' She asked the authority of the charge, and I named you.' ' Oh dear 1 Mrs. Markle. I wish you hadn't done that. I shall bo involved in a world of trouble, and get the reputation of a tattler and mischief-maker. What did she say V ' Not one word.' ' She dichi't deny it V 'No.' ' Of course she could not. Well, that •at is some satisfaction at least. She might have denied it, and tried to make me out a liar, and there would have been plenty to believe her word against mine, I am glad she didn't denv it. She didn't say a word V J ' No.' ' Did sho look guilty V ' You would have thought so, if you had seen her.' ' What did she do V ' She sat with her eyes upon the floor, and then rose up, and without uttering a word, left the house.' ' I wish sho had said something. It would have been a satisfaction to know what she thought. But I suppose the poor woman was so utterly confounded that she didn't know what to say.' ' So it appeared to me. She was com- pletely stunned,' I really pitied her from my heart, But want of' principle should net-er be count-2nancexl. If we arc to have social integrity, we must mark, with ap- propriate condemnation, all deviations therefrom. It is exceedingly painful to me to act as I have done, but the path of du- ty was before me, and I walked in it with- out faltering.' Mrs. Grimes was neither so clear-sighted nor so well satisfied with What she had done, as all this. She loft the house of Mrs. Markle, feeling very unhappy. Al- though she had been using her little unru- ly member against Mrs. Comegys with due industry, she was all the while on tho most friendly terms with hop, visiting at hot- house and being visited. It was only a few days before thatshohad taken tea and spent an evening with her. Not that Mrs. Grimes was deliberately hypocritical, but she had a free tonguo, and like too many in society, more cautious about what they said than sho, much better pleased to see evil than good in a ntighbor. There are very few of us, perhaps, who have not something of this fault in us—an exceed- ingly bad fault, by the way. It seems to arise from a consciousness of our own im- perfections, and the pleasure wo feel in making the discovery that others are as bad, if not worse than we are. Two days after Mrs. Oomegys had call- ed upon Mrs. Markle to ask for explana- tions, the latter received a note in the fol- lowing words:— 'MADAMS—I have no doubt that you have acted according to your own views of right, in dropping as suddenly as you have done, the acquaintance of an old friend. Perhaps, if you had called upon mo and asked explanations, you might have done a little differently. My present object in addressing yuu is to ask, as a mat- ter of justice, that you will cull at my house to-morrow at twelve o'clock. I think that I am a t least entitled to speak a word in my own defence. Alter you have hoard that, I shall not complain of any course you may think il right to pursue. ANNA COMEGYS.' Mrs. Markle could do no les« than call as sho was desired to do. At twelve o'- clock she rang the bell at Mrs. Oomegys' door, and was shown into the parlor,where to her no small surprise, sho found about twenty ladies, all acquaintances, assem- bled, Mrs. Grimes among tho number. In about ten minutes Mrs. Comegys came in- to the room, her countenance wearing a calm but sober aspect. She bowed slight- ly, but was not cordial toward, or familiar with, any ono present. Without pause or formality, she said— ' Ladies, I have learned, within a few- days, very greatly tn my surprise and grief, that there is a report freely circula- ted among my friends, injurious to my character as a woman of honest princi- ples. I have taken some pains to ascer- tain those with whom this report is famil- iar, and have invited all such to be here to- day. I learn from several sources, that the report originated with Mrs. Grimes, and that she, has been very industrious in circulating it to my injury.' ' Perhaps you wrong Mrs. Grimes there,' spoke up Mrs. Markle, 'She did not men- tion it to me until I inquired of her if the report in circulation was true. And then she told me that she had never told it to but a single individual, in confidence, and that she had inadvertently alluded to it, and thus lot it become common report.— So I think Mrs. Grimes cannot justly be charged with having sought to circulate the matter to your injury.' ' Very well, we will see how far that statement is correct,' said Mrs. Comegys. •Did she mention the subject to you, Mrs. Raynor V 'She did,' replied Mrs. Raynor. ' But in strict confidence, and enjoining it upon mo not to mention it to any one, as sho had no wish to injure you,' ' Did you tell it to any one V ' No. It was but a little while afterward that it was told to me by some one ehe.' ' Was it mentioned to you, Mrs. Flor- ence V proceeded Mrs. Comegys, turning to another of the ladies present. ' It was ma'am.' ' By Mrs. Grimes V ' Y'es, ma'am.' ' In confidence, I suppose V 'I was requested to say nothing about it, for fear that it might create an unfavor- able impression in regard to you.' ' Very well; there are two already.— How was it in your case, Mrs. Wheeler V This lady answered as the others had done. Th6 question was then put to each ladv in the room, when it appeared that, out'of the twenty, fifteeen had received their information on the subject direct from Mrs. Grimes, and that upon every one se- crecy had been enjoined-, although not in every case maintained. 'So it seems, Mrs. Markle,' saidMrs. Oomegys, after she had finished her inqui- ries, ' that Mrs. Grimes has, as I alleged, industriously circulated this matter to my injury.' ' It certainly appears so,' returned Mrs. Markle, coldly. Thus brought into a corner, Mrs. Grimes bristled up like certain animals which are good at running and skulking, but whieh, when fairly trapped, fight desperately. ' Telling it to a thousand is not half as bad as doing it, Mrs. Comegys,' she said angrily. 'You needn't try to screen your- self from the consequences of your wrong doings, by raising a hue and c*ry against me. Go to the fact, madam 1 Go to the fact, and stand alongside of what you have done.' ' I have no hesitation about doing that, Mrs. Grimes. Pray, what have 1 done 1 ' It is very -strange that you should ask, madam.' ' But I am charged, I learn, with having- committed a crime against society.; ana you are the author of the charge. What is the crime V ' If it is any satisfaction to you, I will tell you. I was a t your house when tlio pattern of the lawn dress you now have on was sent home. You measured it in my presence, and there were several yard's - in it more than you had bought and paid for'— ' How many V Mrs. Grimes looked confused and stam- mered out, • ' I do not now exactly remember.' ' How many did she tell you Mrs. Ray- nor V ' She said there were three yards.' ' And you, Mrs. Fisher 1' ' Six yards.' ' And you, Mrs. Florence V ' Fifteen yards, I think.' ' Oh, no, Mrs. Florence; you are entire- ly mistaken. You misunderstood me,' said Mrs. Grimes in extreme perturbation. ' Perhaps so. But that is my present impression,' replied Mrs, Florence. ' That will do,' said Mrs. Comegys.— ' Mrs. G-rimes can now go on with her answer to my inquiry. I will remarkhow- ever, that the overplus was just two yards.' ' Then you admit that the lawn overran what you had paid for V ' Certainly I do. It overran just two yards.' ' Very well. One yard or-s^d'ozen, the principle is just the same. I asls^d you what you meant to do with it, and y8u*»rc~ plied, ' keep it'of course;* Do you'deny that?' ' No. It is very likely that I did say so, for it was my intention to keep it.' ' Without paying for it V asked Mrs. Markle. Mrs Comegys looked steadily into tho face of her interrogator for some moments,' a flush upon her cheek, and an indignant light in her eye. Then, without.replying to the question, she stepped to the wall and rang the bell. In a few moments a ser- vant came in. ' Ask tho gentleman in the dining room if he will be kind enough to step here,'— In a little while a step was heard along the passage, and then a young man enter- ed. ' Y r ou are a clerk in Mr, Perkin's store ?' said Mrs. Comegys. ' Yes, ma'am.' ' You remember my buying this lawn dress at your store V ' Very well, ma'am. I should forget a. good many incidents before I forget that.' ' Whatimpressed it upon your memory 1 !' ' This circumstance. I was very much hurried at the time when you bought it, and, in measuring it off, made a mistake against myself of two yards. There should have been four drosses in the pieco. One had been sold previous to yours,— Not long after your dress had been sent home, two ladies came into tho storo and chose each a dress from the same pattern. On measuring the piece, I discovered that it w.as two yards short, and lost the sale of the dresses in consequence, as the ladies wished them alike. An hour afterwards you called to say that I had made a mis- take and sent you home two yards mora than you paid for ; but that, as you liked the pattern very much, you would keep it and buy two yards moro for a drCBS for your little girl. ' Yes; that is oxacly the truth in regard to the dress. I am obliged to you Mr. S , for the trouble I have given you, I will not keep you any longer.' The young man bowed and withdrew. The ladies immediately gathered around Mrs. Comegys, with a thousand apologies for having 'for a moment entertainod tho idea that she had been guilty of wrong, while Mrs. Grimes took refuge in a flood of tears. ' I have but one cause of complaint a- gafust you all,' said the injured lady, 'and it is this. A charge of so serious a nature should never have been made a subject of common report without my being offered a. chance to defend myself. As for Mrs. Grimes, I can readily understand how she fell into the error she did. But she never would have fallen into it, if she had not been more willing to think evil than good of her friends. I do not say this to hurt her, but to state a truth that it may bo well for her, and perhaps some of the rest of us, to heart. It is a seriousthing to speak evil of another, and should never bo dona except on the most unequivocal evidence. It never ocurred to me to say to Mrs, Grimes that I would pay for tho lawn j that I supposed she or any one else wouhj have inferred, when I said I would keep it.' A great deal was said by all parties, and many apologies wero made. Mrs. Grimes was particularly humble, and begged all present to forgive and forget what was past. She know, she said, that she Was apt to talk ; it was a failing with her which she would try to correct. But that she didn't mean to do any one harm. As to the latter averment, it can be be- lieved or not as suits every one's fancy.— AH concerned in this affair felt that they bad received a lesson they would not soon forget. And we doubt not that some of our readers might lay it to heart with great advautago to themselves and bone-fit tp others. WHA T CONSTITUTES A GENTLEMAN ?— ' Halloo, you man with a pail and frock,' said a British officer, as he brought his fiery steed to a stand in front of Governor Chittenden's dwelling,—can you inform me whether his honor the Governor of Vermont resides here ?'* ' He does,' was the response of tho man, still wending his way to the pig-sty. ' Is his honor at home V continued the man of .the spurs. ' Most certainly,' replied the man of tho frock. . . ' Take my horse by the bit, then, said tho officer ; ' I have business to transact with your master.' Without a second bidding, the man did as requested, and the officer alighted and made his way to the door and gave tho pannel several hearty raps with the butt of •his whip—for, bo it known, in those days of republican simplicity,_ knockers and bells, like servants, were in but little use. The dame of the house answered the sum- mons in person; and having seated tho officer, and ascertained his desire to see the Governor, departed to inform her hus- band of the guest's arrival ; but on ascer- taining that the officer had made a.hitc7ung- post of her husband, she immediately re- turned and informed him that the Govern- or was engaged in the yard, and could not very well wait upon his honor and his horse at the same time ! The predicament of the officer can be botter imagined than described.' An eminent physician has discovered that the night-mare, in nine cases out ot ten, Is produced by ' owing a bill for a newspaper.' Ill habits are easier conquered to-day than to-morrow.
