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Neutral in Nothing that Demands Public Expression—Republican in Politics—Devoted to the Public Interests. IRIMY. FEBftUAM 13, 1857. .18. Mtittfi Curtis. J.BABBISON, DlALB* in Black 8ilk and Fur Hati, Whit* sndDrab Hats, Summer Hats, Capi, Furi, Trimminji, &c. Brockport, N, I. GOULD, CARY AV CO* DIALERS) in all kinds, of Hardware, tin ware iheet iron, copper cVc. Jobbing done at ibort notice. One door north ot'Springa Druf atore, Brockport, N. Y. J. D; SPRING. BlALEft in Drugs and Medicines, Rare Chemical!, Paints, Oils. Dye Stuffs, .Per? furriery, Pure Wines and' Liquor! for Med- icinal .Purposes only, Brushes, Patent Medcincs, iic. Books and Stationary, Mu- sic, MAisicial Instruments, American, French andGeriuan Fancy goods.of Evory description,, constantly on hand. Brock- port N. Y. *\' . BECK &. THOMAS. JBAKERS, Jlain Street Brockport, N. Y.— Wholesale anil retail dealers in Bread, Crackers and Cakes of every description. Parties supplied with everything in the line at tho'shorlest notice. Flour for tale at retail. CARY &. BRAINARD. MuH'F.icri'BERS of Gary's Rotary Engine Pump and Hydrant. Office a few doors south of tho Post Office, east aide Main St. Brockport, N. Y. ^~BROCKPORT CANDY FACTORY. JoiliC B. Lijlit Manufacturer of Fancy and eominon Confectionaryr at Wholesale or Retail; Ice Cream and Pyramids for Parties Bade to order. Stone Block, opposite the Village Hall, Brockport N. Y. _i , r-/-. HATCH & WALTER. f DEALERS in Boots, Shoes, Leather and find- ings. No. M, Main Street, Brockport, N. Y. H?* Cosh paid for Hides, SKIDMOl^'oTep; DEALERS in Groceries, Provisions, Liquors, Flour, Hails, Glass &c. &c. In tho New Bloek, -west sido of Main Street, Brock- pert, N. Y. ____^_ ISAAC BARNES. • MANUFACTURER of Fashionable Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Sulkies, &c. Repair- ing done on short notice, Shop on Clinton street, adjoining the canal, Brockport, N.Y. B. L. WHITNEY, ! DEALER in Foreign and Domestic Staple I and Fancy Dry Qoods,'Groceries, Hard- ware,Carpets,PaperHangings, Oil Cloths, Crockery and Glass Ware—for Cash or ready pay only. No. 50 Main at., Brock- fort, tt. Y. Nov. 28th, 1856. 7tf ' \ DRAFTS r ~\~~ ON ENGLAND IRBLAND AND SCOTLAND, from £ 1 upward, for sale at the Brockport Exchange Bank. Oct. 17,1856. Itf BEACH <t HUBBARD, Punas in Groceries, Provisions, Fish, Oil, Cordage Bri'oms, Pails, tubs, and all article! usually kept in a store of the ki.d. S. GOFF, PKOPIETOR of Clinton street Livery and Blacksmithing. Horses and Carrigcs fur- nished atsliort notice, and on very reasona- ble terms- Jobbing and Itorso-shoeing done in the best manner and with good sat- isfaction. Office on Clinton street, Brock- port, N. Y. \ A. J. BARRIER. If AIR Dressing, Shaving, Champooing, Oils and Perfumery. Razors'honed. Tho Pat- ronage of tho Public is respectfully solici- ted. Saloon in Chapell's Block, Main St. Brockport, N. Y, - \ MISS E, LUSK. TlHCHER of Music—instructions given on the Piano,Organ, Molodeon and Guitar; also in thorough Base and Vocal Music.— Room in Main St. second door south the Episcopal Church, Brockport N.JY. DR. E. X. WOOD. OrriCE next to the Post office. Dcntial ope rations of every kind performed in the best manner. Homopathic Medicines for sale, from the best German preparation Brockport, N. Y. __ T. A. WHITE, WILL always be found on hand and prepared to do Hair Dressing, Shaving, Champooing 4c, in tho best manner. Oils mid Perfu- mery for sale. Razors Honed. Tho pat- ronage of the public is solicited, Saloon in Cornes' Block, East side of Main Street, Brockport; N. Y. BERRY A. PRICE. MANUFACTURERS and Wholesale and'.Retail Dealers in Whips, Gloves and Mitteni, 35 Main St. Brockport N. V. i,. c, IPEWEIJ &. co., Planters and wholesale dealers in the best of Fair Haven, Virginia, York Bay and Amboy, shell, can, keg and count Oys.ters, and wholesale dealers mail kinds of For- eign and Do.niestieFrnits.Confectioneries, Cijjars, PicU!ed\Stuffs/Sardines sU. iltc. Depot 98 Mate St. Rochester* N. Y. ' <8- J. SMITH « CO., MANt\PACTi'R!:RS andDealers in all kinds of Cabiuot-Wjire. TurningaudJobbingdone * on short Wicc. ShOp in south end of the S'.inc b'ock opposite Cowlei itore, BruckportrN. Y. KING A. ALLEN, '\\' DtALrn? is Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard- , ware, Crockery, jSaper-Hangings, &c.^— All Cheap for Cash. Brockport, N. Y. T. & A. FRYE. WEST~Sn>E~MAIN\STREET BROCKPORT, • VNi Yr^-Doalers in Books,-Pamphlots.'Sta- tionery and Music.. Also, Drugs and Med- icines, Chemicals, Paints, Oil, Dye-Stuffs, Brushes,. Perfumery, Ac, & C, -, . C.A. LATTA/- MANnrACTHRER ahd-Denlor in Boots, Shoes, and Leather; at the old Stand of S. A. Lat- ta,\ corner of Water and.Main, St. Brock- port N: Y, N. B,—Cosh paid for Hides, Calf and Sheep Skins. OSTROM, ANTHONY & CO., WHOLESALE Grocers and Commission Mer , chants, 180 West street; between Warren and.Chambers, New York. Jae'bOstf oni, D'vid'H. AnthOhy, Jos'. Reqna From the Wavorly Magazine. Harold Willson's Marriage. BT ALFRED P. SIGMA. E. H. MIX, . DJMTIST—Artificial .Teeth inserted on Fine Gold and Silver Plate from one tooth to a whola set, on reasonable term*. Office on Main street, ever D. DavisVatore, Break- CHAPTER I. \ t hare been just thirteen hours and a half, by that dock, in your house, and I have heard the name of Harold Wil- son mentioned seven times. He must be either a very remarkable man or a very intimate friend. Which is he, and who is '-he ? I wish to know.\ Thus, in a, mock imperious tone, spoke Anna Clyde to her; newly married cous- in ; and, woman like, her cousin's wife answered for her liege lord, \ If eccentricity is remarkable, then he it a most remarkable man; at any rate ho's a right good friend of Charlie's, and of mine, 1 think.\ \1 dui't like eccentric people. It's a pretence to attract attention, almost al- ways.\ \ It isn't in this case, I'm sure,\ said Charlie, speaking for the first time, \ for I have known him from a boy. He is naturally eccentric. He has good.tul.-nts , made a very creditable appearance when studying law—then an uncle died and left him a small fortune and he went to Europe. Since he came back ho has done but little law business. He is very fond of athletic sports, delights in shoot- ing, boxes well, and uses the singlestick better—and some times spends all night upon the river alone fishing, when it is so dark that he. has to smoke cigars all the lime to see to bait his hook.\ \But his worst trait,\ interrupted Mrs. Smyth, \is his utter indifference to fe- male society. He is full of fun when he chooses to be, and can be very agreeable company, which makes it more wonderful; if he was stupid I wouldlnt be surprised at it; but he keeps, himself so much aloof from our sex, that he sloops in his office and gets his meals at a\ restaurant—and such an office for tobacco-smoke I never saw, my dear; it would positively stifle you to go into it; and his habits are aw- ful irregular. He lockshimself in his of- fice and reads and smokes till'two or three in the morning, and gets up whenever he feels inclined, and goes out after his breakfast.'' \But my dear Harriet, you must re- collect that his two years of sea life lia 3 somewhat unsettled his habit.-, and he has no wife to keep him in good order.\ \ He must be a queer person,\ said Anna Clyde; \ what does he look like ?\ \ He looks like a gentleman, in spite of his quearness. He only differs from other young men, in always carrying a great stick; and as for seeing him, the fact of your being here will keep him away, for Jhe exertion ot being agreeable is too much for his feeble frame, he says. But you must bo tired with your night's journey. Shall I show you your room ?\ And the ladies retired, while Charlie re- mained to smoke the remnant of a oigar. CHAPTER II. Miss Anna Clyde didxe Harold Wil- son under somewhat peculiar circum- stances, \ in ruiinner following, to wit:\ Charlie had escorted his wife and cousin' to that naughty but exceedingly pleasant place, the theatre. After the performance was concluded they adjourn- ed'to a restaurant; and so it came to pass that it was nearly one o'clock when they wore on their way Ijomeward. .Now it chanced that five individuals of the genus blackguard species, bhqy, were also on their Way home; and as thoy walked be- hind our friends, the Ancient Henry, in the/shape) of camphehe brandy, suggested to their hoatied iuaginatioas the idea, that it would be a capital joke to kiss the fe- males before them ; acting upon this, sug- gestion, they closed upon our party,' and while three attempted to seize and hold Jharlie, the other two each endeavored to imprint a ohaste salute upon the lips of the lady next him. Now Cbarlie was as brave as the majority ot men.; but when a person has such odds against him, no one can blame him for calling for help,, and so Charlie shouted—\ Watch!\ merT, rily. Sliss Clyde was the farthest from the gutter, and consequently the nearest to tho buildings of the three, and before she : could give a scream, responsive to the first cry of help, she saw a man with a -cigar ( in his mouth start from a door-way near by—she saw the handle of a stick depos-; ited in'the mouth of the gentleman who had seiied her with a force which loosed\ his hold of her, and must have demolish- ed all the recipient's teeth; and as she came near falling, from the force with which he was thrown from Her, she felt herself seized by a strong arm, wliiic a blow descended on the head of the be- wildered b'hoy, which sent htm down, a senseless blackguard. Then Mrs. Smyth- saw her assailant doubled up sideways by a blow in the ribs, and tumbled into the gutter; then Charlie saw a stick glanc ing all around him without touching him; and then had a confused vision of one man chasing three—and then of a heavy fall—and then Anna Clyde fainted, and he turned just in time to catch her as she fell. When- Miss Clyde awoke tho next mor- ning, she had a confused nMlection of coming out of her swoon and finding her. self in a lawyer's office ; of seeing a ina.u sitting on a table opposite^-a Kosiuth hat on/and a large cane uudor his arm; of being carried to a carriago by the same individual, and of hearing Charlie say— \ you've introduced yoursolf to Miss Clyde under rather peculiar circum- stances, Harold \—and a laugh from the hearer—from all of which she inferred that she hud seen, as she had wished, the eccentric Harold Wilson. CHAPTER HI. Although Harold disliked calling very much, yet he thought he ought to go and inquire concerning the condition ofhis friends the next evening. After tho usual introductions and some unusual thanks had been gone through with, Char- lie said: \So neither of our two friends are kill- ed, Harold?\ \No!\ he replied; \the one who had seized Miss Clyde had a beaver on, That sayed his life. The one I chased and struck had a cap oh. It took about two hours to bring him to : but they are both out of danger, and we'll have the rest before to-morrow morning. You may thank the late hours you scold mo so about, Mrs. Smyth, for my melp. If I had gone to bed like a good boy, at ton, I should not have been able to assist at tho performance, and I don't think you can deny that it's much more ration- al to'get up whenever you feel inclined, and get your breakfast, always hot at the restaurant, than to be forced to rise be- cause you will lose your breakfast i f you don't.\ \I'shallvnot agree with you—you are incorrigible,\ said Mrs. Smjth ; and the conversation turned upon the tbeatriial performances of last evening. Harold spoke slightly of acting, and said' that he believed many persons could be found in private life who could act as well iis professed actors upon Occasion. Mrs. S. denying this, Harold said, \I'll prove it. Dp you think I could act the devotedhdmirer—the loverof society ?\ and Charlie and his wife both responded with an emphatic; \ No!\ \ You havb some company to-morrow night. I will wager a pair of gloves that I come here and am the greatest beau present. Miss Clyde shall bejudge.\ The wager was accepted. A gay company was assembled next night at Mrs. Smyth's, but astonishment predominated over gaiety when Harold wilson entered. Known to almost all the company at sight, his advdidance of the fair set' was equally well known ; and Harold Wilson, *among an assemblage of , ladies, seemed as much out of place as a polar bear would be in the great desert of Sahara. But Harold achieved a new rep- utation before the evening's close. Ho astonished Charley and his wife. That be could render himself agreable when he chose, they knew ; but that he could render himself so agreeable they were un- aware. But, we'll read and having ex- tensively traveled—fond of fun and with a quick eye for the humorous, h° render- ed himself the soul of the party. He made gallant speeches, he performed desperate flirtations with such success, that four young ladies there present were convinc- ed tli-u lifs love for each one was the cause of his appearrauce there that evening; he developed a quality unknown even to his friends; he • sang a touchingly son- titnental song^jBupposed to be composed by a young lady dying of unrequited love, so beautifully us to bring tears into the eyes of more than one girl; and when he escorted home the prettiest girl in the room with the must devoted air, his tri- umph was complete. He was voted mm con. the most agreeable man in Blankvillc. Charlie, Charlie's wife, and Anna Clyde—*be company gone—were laugh- in the parlor at his metamorphosis when the duor opened, and ho reappeared. Throwing himself heavily upon a sofa' with an air of intense disgust and weari- ness, ho said—\Have I won, Miss- Clyde V There was a unanimous answer in the affirmative, whereupon he departed to bis room and read till morning. CHAPTER IV. Four days after this, Haiold, for the first time in his life, was taken sick. The cause thereof Mrs. Smith always main- tained to bo the late hours he Kept; he declared that it was his exertions in win- ning his bet. But, whatever the cause wa-i, on the third day he was delirious. Charlie, who had not beon aware ofhis sickness, hastened to his lonely room and found him in a very critical situation, ifoutli and a strong cun.«titution, howev- er, triumphed over disease, and the ciisis was past: Even in the height of his delirium he had faint and shadowy recollections (pi more kind and gentle hands than those ot bis old Irish mirse, smoothing his pillow and administering to his wants, But when he fairly recovered his senses he found himself in a room in Chanie's 'house. Signs of a woman's presence were ev- erywhere to be sefin ; in the neat arrange- ment of the furniture, in the bud-cage on the wall, in the flowers ou the table i and, closing his eyes, Harold felt for the first time in his life how little his boasted independence availed him in time of sick- ness. Long and tedious were his hours of sickness; much longer and more tedious would they have been but for tho com- panionship of his friends. Miss Clyde, in particular, having no household cares upon her, sang for him, played for him, and bent him at chess—a game he ab- horred when well, Harold's opinion of women may be ex- pressed in a few words. He believed that women's whole object in life was \ to get married;\ and his gratitude placed him in a peculiar position, he thought. The only way in which he could return thanks was by offering himself as a sacrifice. He thought gratitude required it as the only return be could make. Mrs. Smyth was married already, he could not marry her, and so he astonished Miss Anna Clyde on the last day of his stay, by saying, \My dear Miss Clyde, I am very, very grateful for your taking caro of me while I havb :beeh sick. I know of no way in which to show my gratitude except by asking, you to take cafe \of nte for the rest of, mjr life.\ Miss Clyde in turn astonished him by quietly refusing his grateful offer, and leaving him on the \ figurative broad of his back.\ He couldn't understand it at all. He had no idea—not the slightest—of being refused—not from innate vanity, but sim- ply because according to his theory no woman could refuse a good offer. No'! he couldn't understand it; and as there s a certain fascination in things we can- not obtain, so although he was rather glad at first at being set free, now h 0 wished ho had been accepted. But the more he thought of it, the less he made out< of it, and at last he got so mixed up that Charlie noticed his abstractions and asked him its cause. Harold made a clean breast o f it, and.got heartily laugh-, ed at for his pains. \Why don't you see,\ said Charlie, \that Anna heard of your opinion of wo- men from my wife; and when you men- tioned gratitude as the reason of your proposal, she saw your wotivo and of coursodoclined. If you wish-to win her, you must woo her in a different manner, Harold,any boy.\ Perhaps Harold thought that such wo- men wero so scarce, that if he lost this chance he might never gever get another one ; perhaps he had a lurking ambition to be accepted where he was ouoo refused; perhaps his whoje theory of woman's na- ture was exploded by finding this exam- ple ; but at any rate ho laid sioge to Miss Clyde'saffections in ^effectual a manner, that his second proposal met with a great- er success than his first; and somehow or other the happiest moment ofhis life Was when ho was binding himself, for better or for worie, come weal come woe, to one of that to-be-avoided sex whose sole aim in this world is \ to get married.\ A HiAitTY LAUGH,—After ill, says the Dublin .University Magazine, what a capita], kindly, honest, jolly, glorious, good thing, a laugh is! What, a tonic ! What a. digester! What a febrifuge '. What an.exorciser of evil spirits! Bet- ter than a nap before dinner or a walk before breakfast. How it shuts the mouth of malice and opens the brow of kind- ness ! Whether it discovers the gums of infancy or age, the grinders of folly or the pearls of beauty; whether it racks the sides and deforms the countenance of vulgarly, or dimples the visage or moist- ens the eye of refinement—in all its pha- ses, and on all faces, contorting, relaxing, overwhelming, convulsing, throwing the human countenance into something appro- priate to Billy Button's transformation— under every circumstance, and every- where, a laugh is a good thing. Like \a thing of beauty,\ it is a joy forever.\ There is no remorse in it. It leaves no sting—except in the sides, and that goes off. Even a single unpnrticipatcd laugh is a great affair to witness. But it is sel- dom single. It is more infectious than scarlet fever. You cannot gravely con- template a laugh. If there is one laugh- ter, and one witness, there are forthwith two laughters. And so on. Tho convul- sion is propogated like sound, What a thing it is when it becomes epidemic. \Of auch is the Kingdom of Heaven.\ Do you see thatlittlowoebitof a child running about tho grass in front of the farm-house 1 She has shoulders and arms that rival the snow. Round auburn curls cluster her pretty head, and her largo oyes are like genis of light,. Her rosy lips sweet enough tu bite ; and the little tooth bohind them would grace a crown, they are so pearly. That little child is Mary—^our Mary! She is only two years old, but she knows as much as any body, and talks very long words. She was born in that bouse, and 1 wish she might never leave it as Jong as she lives; the air about it is eo odorous of flowers and fresh mown hay that the frailest might thrive there. Now a lady comes to the door, and seeing her pet so happy, sho sits upon the step to watch her, with a smile on on her face and love in her heart. Oh Mary! sweet Mary 1 why are you so like a little angel i Why do those dark eyeB speak deeper, and fuller words than your red lips can utter,! Do the spirits covet thee in Paradise ? Is it a foretelling of tho happiness in store, that makes thy face so wonderfully bright ? God only knows. ITow lot us runand have a frolic with her. Karh! Hear her merry about a s she sees us coming so fast. Here we are, Mary! Wo shall catch you in a minute 1 JVbw I have hot 1 tos« her up, throw her on the hay-^now! Ob, what fun I \ More t more ?\ Well, there she flies again I ISow we will sit oh the stop by mamma. What nice hup and kwies,-and what a balmy breath! Now sho is sleepy—her bright head now droops upon my >houldeiv-sho iloeps, I jmiBt lay the awoot bleasiug in her crib. No look at hor^you\cannpt sW~the luv troiueyes! but did you ever Bee longer lathes ? They almost lie upon her peachy cheek. Can you doubt that \Of such is tho Kingdom of Heaven!'' Our Mary sleeps. She is lying—not in her crib—ah. no! It is a narrower bed. Her dimpled hands are crossed up. ou lier breast, and roses and everlastings are placed between her fingers. Her lashes how sweep a cheek no longii blooming, but cold and pale like marble. Put your hand upon hor heart—it docs not boat. Press your lips upon her mouth—it does not return tho .pressure. Strangers enter, and take the littlo form silently away from tho weeping mourners, and lay it in a garden where other little caskets aro left alone. Is it in the sweet hay*centod fiold, whore we fint saw her? No, no j she lies in a distant land, away from the scene of her pretty sports; but hor living spirit dwells whore angels hold hor in thoir loving arms—whero her bright face told us sho would go oro long —in tho still sweeter fields of Paradise. Truly, « Of such n the Kingdom of Heav- en.\ The Exile. He is a wanderer upon the earth. God guide the poor exile. I pass among tho people; they look at me, I look at them —we aro not known to each other. Tho exile is everywhere alone. When I behold at the decline of day the smoke of the cottage rising from the depth of tho valley, I say to myself, hap- py those who, as the morning conies, find again tho firesido and rest among their own. The exile is everywhere alone. Whither go those clouds driven by the tempest ? Thus am I driven, and it mat. tors not whither. Tho exile is everywhere alone. This river flows smoothly in tho plain, but its murmur is not tha£ which oharui- cd my infancy—it awakeps in my soul no remembrance. The exile is everywhere alone: These songs aro lovely; but their mel- ancholy is not my melanoholy, and their joy is not my joy. The exile is every- where alone. They ask me,\ Whydo you weep?\ and when I tell them, no one weeps, becauso they do not understand mo. The exila is everywhere alone. I see aged men surrounded by thoir children, as the olive-tree by its shoots, but not one of those ageu men calls mo his son ; not one of these children calls mo his brother The exile is every- where alone. I see youthful maidens smile, with a smile pure as the breath of morning) up- on those whom their love has cboseu; but not one has a smile for me, The exile is everywhere alone. I see young men, breast to breast, close clasped as if they would willingly of two lives make but one life; but not one hai grasped my hand. The exile is every- where alone. They are friends, husbands, fathers, brothers, only in the fatherland. Tho exilo is everywhere alone. Poor exile, cease thy mourning—all are banished like thee—all. See pass away, vanish, fathers, brothers, husbands, fiends. Tho fatherland is not hero be- low—man vainly seeks it hero; here is but a night-couch, Ho goes wandering upon the earth! May God' guide the poor exile, ' THE following is \travelling;\ A young married lady, whose union had not been prolifio of \ littlo darlings,\ has suspended on the wall in tho bedroom, di- rectly over the head of tho bed, a neat lit- tle picture, underneath which i s the fol- lowing quotation from Scripture; ''Suf- fer little children to come unto mo, and forbid them not, for of mioh\is the king- dom of heaven,\ A PSHPOMBD breath is easily* procur- ed. Chew onions for an hour, and yoa will bo scented for the next two dayt-,
