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About Daily chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1837-1876 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1849)
BY WILLIAM S. JONES. AUGUSTA, GA.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 11.1849- YOL XIII -NO. 242 menus, the: CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY & WEEKLY. BY WILLIAM S JONES. TERMS: DAILY PAPER.— Ten Dollars per a snum, paya ble in advance. TRI-VV BEKLY PAPER. —Five Dollars per annum, in advance. WEEKLY PAPER.—(A mammoth sheet) Two Dollars per annum, in advance. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. IN DAILY PAPER, Fifty Cents per square, (twelve lines or less) for the first insertion : Thirty eight Cents for the next five; and Twenty-Jive Cents for each subsequent insertion ; WEEKLY, Seventy five Cents ; SEMI-MONTHLY or MONTHLY, (in either paper) One Dollar; and Rule and Figure Work, One Dollar. If next to reading matter and leaded, charged as a new advertisement each insertion. Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, Ten Dollars pe. annum. 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When the bill of any house or firm amounts within six months to SSO or upwards, for other than perma nent ad vertisernents, a discount of 25 per cent, will be made, if paid on presentation. UNITED STATES MAIL LINE. NEW-YORK AND SAVANNAH WEEKLY LINE OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS (SAILING EVERV WEDNESDA Y.) J . T THE NEW AND superior Steamships TENNESSEE, Captain ii t '~ T 'it "ii mm John Collins, and CHEROKEE, Captain Thomas Lyon, will, until further notice, leave Savannah and New York, every Wednesday, commencing with the 28th March. These swift Steamers are each of 1,250 tons bur then, built in the strongest and most approved man ner, and are unequalled in all the needful qualities to give confidence as well as despatch to travellers. They have all the accommodations for passengers and freight requisite, to entitle them to public patronage. The Centra! Rad Road will despatch an extra train from Macon on Tuesday evening, to connect with these steamers on Wednesday, and from Savannah on their arrival if needful. Travellers leaving Atlanta on Monday morning will have a night’s rest both at Macon and Savannah —but if they leave there on Tuesday morning, they will reach Macon the same evening in time to take the extra night train on the Central Rail Road, which reaches Savannah Wednesday morning and connects with these Steamers. |3r No freight received after nine o’clock on the day of sailing. Passage, s2s—payable in advance ; for which, or Freight, apply to PADELPORD & FAY, Savannah, or SAM’L. L. MITCHELL, 191 Front-st., 06-ly New York. BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, HAT BOX ES, &c., &c. WE INVITE THE at- ' mmm tention of purchasers to the following assortment of -a V*.i V} SHOES, TRUNKS, HAT BOXES, &c., which we have just received, direct from the Manufacturers’ : Ladies’ fine Kid and Mo. SLIPPERS, from N. A. Ro gers, New York; Ladies fine kid and mo. “ from J. Miles, Phil, do. do. Saline BUSKINS, “ “ “ do. do. “ Gaiter BOOTS, « “ “ do. do. “ Congress do. “ 11 “ do. do. Linen Gaiter do. do. do. Kid Walking SHOES ; do. do. Velvet toilet SLIPPERS, col’d and bl’k; do. do. Col’d Mo. SUPPERS and BUSKINS ; Misses’do, “ “ SUPPERS and BUSKINS; do. do. Col’d and Black Gaiter 800 TS ; do. do. Kid walking SHOES and Dress SLIP PERS ; do. Morocco and Leather School SHOES ; Children’s Gaiter BOOTS, SLIPPERS and BRO GANS; do. Mo. GAITERS and Lace BOOTS ; Boys and Youths BOOTS and SHOES of all kinds; Gent’s. Patent Leather, California and Monterey Dress BOOTS, a beautiful article ; Gent’s. Patent Leather and Calf Oxford TIES ; do. do. do. Calf Congress BOOTS; do. Fine Calf Dress BOOTS, French and Ame rican manufacture ; Gent’s. Pine Calf and Goat Mo, BROGANS ; Ladies’ Travelling TRUNKS and Hat BOXES ; Gent’s. “ “ Iron and Wood frame; CARPET BAGS, VALISES, &c.; all of which we offer at the lowest market prices. FORCE, BROTHERS & CO., je26 236 Broad-si., Sign of the Mammoth Boot. CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELERY £2 GOLD AND SILVER^s^^, WATCHES, of all kinds. JEWELERY, and various rich fancy good Fancy HARDWARE and CUTLERY. Gold, Silver and Steel SPECTACLES. SILVER WARE, Plated Goods of all kinds. GUNS, Sporting Apparatus. PISTOLS. SOLAR LAMPS, GIRANDOLES, in gold and silver. TABLE CUTLERY, of Rodgers and others. CHINA WARE, CUT GLASSWARE, of late style. CLOCKS, Parlor and Office Clocks, and a large stock of cheap Clocks for country trade. AN DI R O NS, PENDERS, SHOVELS and TONGS. WATCH MATERIALS and tools of all kinds for Watchmakers. For sale at fair prices by CLARK, RACKETT & CO., Dealers in Fancy and Military Goods. REPAIRING ofClocka and Watches by good Workmen. 020-d&w G. W. SHACKELFORD, FASHIONABLE DRAPER AND TAILOR, Opposite the United States Hotel, AUGUSTA, GA., WOULD respectfully inform his friends and the public generally tnat he has removed to the store formerly occupied Mr. J. A. Van Winkle, where he is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to his care with punctuality and despatch, and in a workmanlike manner. Just received, a handsome assortment of CLOTHE, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS, which he will make to order, in a style not to be surpassed by any establishment O* A trial is requested to establish the fact. o 4 r POILET BOTTLES.—Bohemian, . f £ m “ er > Brown, Blue, Green and White cut glass Toilet Bottles, for sale by 529 PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist. mailt) Chronicle & Sentinel. ttUaiuouß* PATENT MEDICINES! ! The following popular me dicines may be had, Wholesale and Retail, of the subscriber, all of which are warranted ge nuine: Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Fahnestock’s Vermifuge, Cherry, Perry’s Dead Shot, Sands’ Sarsaparilla, Rowand’s Tonic Mixture Bristol’s “ Moffat’s Pills, Townsend’s “ “ Bitters. Bull’s “ Spencer's Pills, Taylor’s Balsam of Liver- “ Bitters, wort, Brandreth’s Pills, Magnin’s Lucina Cordial, Leroy’s “ Jayne’s Expectorant, Hull’s “ “ Alterative, Gordon’s c * Houck’s Panacea, Peters’ *• Swaim’s “ Cook’s “ Tarrants’s Seltzer Aperi- McMunn’s E’xir Opium, ent, McAlister’s Ointment, Tarrant’s Extract Cubebs Henry’s Magnesia, and Copaiba Husband’s do. Together with a very extensive assortment of Drugs, Dye-Stuffs, Brushes, &c., which are offered at a very small advance on Northern prices. WM. H. TUTT, s!9 Wholesale and Retail Druggist. CIGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFF AND PIPES. GUSTAVUS VOLGER, Importer and Deal er in Havana and Domestic Cigars, would respectfully inform his friepds and the public in gen eral, that he has received and will always keep on hand, a large and well selected stock of HAVANA CIGARS. Also, a large stock of his own manufacture, which he will sell lower than they can be bought in any other market, TOBACCO of the finest brands and most celebra ted Virginia manufactories put up in pound, half pound and five and eight pound lumps. Lorillard’s SNUFF, CIGAR CASES, MATCHES; German, French, Chalk and Clay PIPES, &c. &c. The above articles are for sale at the Cigar and Tobac co Warehouse, one door below Jno. P. Setze’s cor ner, Augusta, Ga. ap6-6m FAIRBANKS PATENT Platform and Counter Scales. W A R R A NT E D.— Adapted to every required ope i* Ej ration of Weighing —as Rai II Road Scales, for Trains or sin || gle cars; Warehouse Scales, Dormant and Portable ; Heavy Portable Scales on wheels, *>r Foundries. Rolling Mills, &c. * —** STORE SCALES, of a V sizes; COUNTER SCALES, &e. &c., forsaleby mhl W. & J. NELSON, Agents AUGUSTA FOUNDRY, MILLWRIGHT & MACHINE SHOP NEAR THE GEORGIA R. ROADDEPOT, THE SUBSCRIBERS having purchased of THOS. HOPKINS, Esq., the above establish ment,intend carrying on the business in its various branches. They will furnish IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, of every description at short notice, and on as reason able terms asany similar establishment at the South. They hope by strict attention to business to merit the patronage heretofore extended to the establishment. Having a number of ENGINE LATHES, we are prepared to cut LARGE SCREWS of any dimen sions. MILL SPINDLES, &c., always on hand and madetoorder. TALIAFERRO & TOKBET. C. C, Taliaferro, ) D. R. Torbet. ) N. B. —PATTERNS of every description made to order. We will keep on hand and make to order, HOTCHKISS’ WHEELS, to suit the various heads ofwater. [n T. & T. AUGUSTA FLOUR MILLS. THE SUBSCRIBERS, anticipating an ex tensive trade (in the purchase of Grain, &c.,) with four States, to wit: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama, take this method to make known to the public the plans and purposes they have in progress. We are with great care and considerable outlay, building a superior FLOURING MILL on the Au gusta Canal, in Augusta, Ga., near the Railroad De pot, to be known as the “ Cunningham Mills,” and in connection with this, shall keep stores regularly and well supplied with such goods as our friends and customers may choose to buy of us, at Greensboro’, Rome and Dalton, Ga. Besides these permanent Agencies for buying Grain, &c,, we shall have a regular Agent to do the travelling business of the Mill, buying what Grain may offer at intermediate points. We will also buy at the Mill, or by sample, to be de livered there. Our friends and the public generally, are respect fully solicited to offer us (in any manner that may best suit them) all the good Grain they may have to sell. Besides our regular stock of Fancy and Staple Goods, any article wanted of any kind of implements, such as Threshers, Horse-powers, Mill-Stones, Smut Machines, Bolting Cloths, Fairbanks Scales, foi weighing wheat and all other articles, and Machinery generally, including the latest improvements, &c,, can be obtained from us, warranted to suit, by order, by mail, or by being handed to us, or either of our Agents. Very respectfully, &c., J. CUNNINGHAM, Greensboro.’ C. T. CUNNINGHAM, Dalton. SAMUEL D. LINTON, Augusta. Address S, D. Linton &. Co., Augusta; J. Cun ningham & Co., Greensboro’; C. T. Cunningham, & Co., Dalton; Cunningham & Linton, Rome. Ruta Baga and Red Top TURNIP SEED, by late steamers, fresh imported from England, of pure qual ity, for sale by J. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Gieeus boro. jels-Iy CONSTITUTIONAL RENOVATOR PERSONS IN BAD health, suffering under any chronic disease, or who may need some thing to renovate the system and prepare it to with- , stand the debilitating effects of the warm weather, and ward off EPIDEMIC DISEASES, will do well to use RISLEY’S SARSAPARILLA, which is one of the best alterative and restorative medicines that can be used. Compare the directions and observe that Risley's Sarsaparilla is about four times the strength of an\ other , in large bottles; price One Dollar. Sold by HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO., and by Druggists and country merchants generally. jell-d&w PHILOTOKEN OR FEMALES’ FRIEND. Beauty, comfort and health SECURED ! by the use ofthat invaluable reme dy the Philotoken or Female’s Friend.’’ This medi cine is prepared from Roots that act in unison with nature, in the prevention, relief and cure of those dis orders peculiar to the Female system. Painful and disordered menstruation —the cause of premature old age, of barrenness, &c.—is speedily re lieved, and the regular healthful action of the organs secured, by the use of the Philotoken; and forall those sympathetic affections attendant on pregnancy —irritability, nausea, heart-burn, &c.: and as a preventive of periodical abortion, this remedy stands notouly unrivalled, butis almost infallible. The Philotoken is put up in bottles at $1 each, with full directions. Its use can in no case do harm, and so certain is the proprietor that it will give unqualified satisfaction to all who use it accordingto the directions, thathe authorises his agents to refund the money in any case where it fails. For sale by the Druggists of Augusta. rahl- Flour Barrel Staves Wanted. The SUBSCRIBERS now want, delivered at the Cunningham Mills, Augusta Canal, a r quantity of good OAK FLOUR BARREL STAVES AND HEADING. By calling at the Barrel Shop of this Mill, specimens will be shown, &c. S. D, LINTON & CO. Augusta, July 6, 1849. ts Tfl HELPS AND ROSE GIN.—For sale by Jc 525 GRENVILLE & BATTEY, READY MADE CLOTHING! J. M. NEWBY & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN READY-MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, &C., &C Under the United States Hotel, - - AUGUSTA, GEORGLv. JMi N. & CO. have just opened a large and well-selected stock of Fashionable Ready-Made Clo • thing, Hats, Caps, &c.. &c. AH articles for Gentlemen’s Wear, of the best make and finish, can be found at this establishment Having every advantage in manufacturing their goods, they will sell them at prices as low as they can be bought in Georgia. Q" Call and look before buying elsewhere. 3mu Uork THE RICHMOND SEMINARY. For young ladies, near Richmond, Staten Island, commenced the Summer session on Monday, April 30, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. KELLETT, who confidently present their institution as worthy of patronage. The beauty and healthfulness of the location are such as to make it to the pupil cne of the most attractive places in our land. Fcr board, washing, instruction in all the English branches, Latin, elemental/ music and singing in classes, per session of 22 weeks, S9O. Pupils can re ceive a musical education, and have the charge for the English course deducted. A reduction made for the daughters of clergymen. The Seminary can be reached from New York in hours, by taking the Staten Island boat from South Ferry. The Richmond stage meets the 9 and 4 o’clock boats, and brings pas sengers to the gate ofthe Institution. A sketch of the Institution and Circulars, with references and farther particulars, may be obtained of the Misses Gumming, professors of music, 693 Broadway ; Mr. Benedict, 5 Wall-st.,New York; orofMr. and Mrs. KELLETT, at the Seminary, also at this office. Pupils can enjoy the advantages of sea-bathing. my!2d<fewly R. DAYTON, Principal. Piano Fortes,Music, Musical In- STRUMENTS. &c. T HENRY PARSONS’S stock of piKfr"* ~|jjriiPlANO FORTES and Music, are re uyjulJytnoved from C. A. Platt’s Furniture Store, to Charles Gatlin’s Jewelry Store, two doors below the United States Hotel, where‘a good variety of PIANO FORTES, made by J. Chickering, Nunn’s & Clark, and A. H. Gale & Co., will always be kopt for oalo. Tho repnfatlnn nf tllflsfi Instruments is too well known in this market to require any com ment. ALSO, A good assortment of GUITARS, VIOLINS, FLUTES, CLARIONETS, ACCORDIONS and other Musical Instruments. New Music received every week by the Steamers from New York. Orders for PIANO FORTES, MUSIC, &c., will receive prompt and careful atten tion. Piano Fortes tuned and repaired. n!6 CHARLES GATLIN. NEW PROSPECTUS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. To Inventors, Mechanics and Artizaus. T* HE Publishers of the SCIENTIFIC AMERI CAN, in returning their thanks to the commu nity for the liberal support and encouragement which has been extended to them during the past four years, would respectfully give notice that the Ist number of Volume 5, will be issued on the 22d of September, affording a favorable opportunity for all to subscribe, who may wish to avail themselves of the valuable in formation always found in its columns. The new volume will be commenced with new type, printed on extra fine paper, manufactured expressly for this pub lication, and embellished with a chaste and elegant border. It will be published, as heretofore, in quarto form, thus affording, at the end of the year, a Beau tiful Book of over 400 pages, containing between 5 and 600 Original Engravings of new inventions, described by letters of reference, besides a great amount of reading matter, valuable to every man in the country. An increased amount of care and expense will be bestowed upon this Volume, to render it more fully what it has been termed, “ The best Mechanical pa per in the World.” Its columns, as usual, will be filled with the most reliable and correct information in regard to the progress of Scientific and Mechani cal Improvements, Chemistry, Architecture, Bo tany, Manufactures, Railroad Intelligence, and the weekly list of Patents, prepared expressly for this Journal at the Patent Office. Washington. As an evidence of the estimation in which this pub lication is held by the Scientific and Mechanical por tion of the community, it is only necessary to state, that its circulation has increased within the last three years to upwards of 10,000 copies, already exceeding the united circulation of all the Mechanical and Scientific publications in this country, and the largest of any single one in the world. The information obtained from the Scientific Arne ( rican can always be relied upon as being correct; and we shall, as usual, aim to elevate the interests of our industrious mechanics, and also to assist them in their labors, by sound advice and practical instruc tion. Terms:—Two dollars a year in advance; or, if desired, one dollar in advance, and the remainder in six months. All letters must be post paid and directed to MUNN & CO. Publishers of the Scientific American, 128 Fulton-street, New York. N. B. Patents secured and mechanical drawings executed on the most reasonable terms at the Scienti fic American Office. INDUCEMENTS FOR CLUBBING. Any person who will send us four subscribers for six months, at our regular rates, shall be entitled to one copy for the same length of time, or we will fur nish 10 copies for 6 months $ 8 10 “ 12 “ 15 15 “ 12 “ 22 20 “ 12 “ 23 Southern and Western Money taken at par for subscriptions. Or Post Office Stamps taken at their full value. b2O MEDICINES DONE UP EXPRESSLY FOR FAMILY AND PLANTATION USE. PLANTERS AND FAMILIES generally, who design purchasing a supply of Medicines for the Pall, are informed that especial care is taken by the subscriber in doing them up in the most con venient form. Bottles with wide mouths, procured expressly for the purpose, are used in putting up those articles which are usually put in paper only, and every means adopted to prevent deterioration from , exposure to air and light. This is a very importani 1 consideration, as many medicines soon loose all ther virtue by exposure, even to the light. ; Ample directions for use accompany every article, f Call at WM. H. TUTT’S, aul* Fox’s Range. FACTORY YARNS. —A large supply of as sorted numbers, constantly on hand and for sale ; J OW) by BAKER, WILCOX & CO. jy!2 WARRANTED FRENCH BURR MILL STONES, COLOGNE, COGALICO AND jESOPUS MILL Stones, French Burr Blocks, Calcined Plaster of Paris. ®Tlie subscribers beg leave to inform their customers and are prepared to fur cles, of the best quali possible notice. They continue to import FRENCH BURR BLOCKS, selected 1 by one of the firm, at the quarries in Prance. fpr'Orders from any part of the United States, accompanied with satisfactory references, will be promptly attended to. EGENTON, MORRIS & CO., West Palls Avenue, near Pratt-straet Bridge, 524-tw4m Baltimore, Md COPARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE THIS DAY associated with us Mr. E. J. BUCKMASTER, in the transac tion of the GENERAL COMMISSION and FAC TORAGE BUSINESS, which will hereafter be con ducted under the name and style of JEFFERS, COTHRAN & CO. JEFFERS & COTHRAN. September 1, 1849. DISSOLUTION. fDHE FIRM heretofore existing under the name I of SCRANTON &, STARK, is this day dis solved by mutual consent. The unsettled business will be closed by WM. H. STARK. The name of the firm used by either party in liquidation. P. A. SCRANTON, W. H. STARK. Augusta, July 2,1849. jy3 COPARTNERSHIP. THE UNDERSIGNED have this day en tered into a copartnership, for the purpose of doing a general GROCERY BUSINESS, under the firm of SCRANTON, STARK & DAVIS. P. A. SCRANTON, WM. H. STARK, . S. E. DAVIS. Augusta , July 2, 1849. jy3 ICE!ICE!ICE! THE PUBLIC will please to take notice that the Ellis-street ICE COMPANY are now sell ing Ice at their New Ice House on Ellis-street, where they must send for Ice. N. B.—On Sunday’s the Ice House wilt only be opened from 7 to 12 A. M. jes WM. O. PRICE & CO. HAVE JUST RECEIVED an assortment of Ladies’ SILK UNDER-VESTS, do. MERINO do. do. COTTON do. s!7 ADAMS’ CURVED HORSE Hair Flesh Brush—recommended by Dr. John C. Warren, Boston. The Friction by this Brush being caused by the ends, instead of the side of the Hair, is much more effectual, and does not retain (like the strap or mitten) any particles from the surface of the skin.— In neatness, efficacy, and convenience of application, it is superior to any other Friction in use. Sold by 526 PHILIP A. MOISE, Augusta. NO EXCUSE FOR GRAY HAIRS ! I Persons who have Gray or Red Hair, are in formed that “Alexander’s Tricobaphe,” a liquid dye, instantaneously changes the fcolor of the Hair to a beautiful brown or black, without injury to the hair or skin. Prepared only by R. & G. A. Wright, Philadel phia, and for sale in Augusta by PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist. N. B. None genuine unless the signature of G. Alexander is on the directions. 529 NOTICE. IN JUNE, 184:7, I loaned to the firm of Shultz & Deihl, THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, for which I took their Note. The same-has been lost or mislaid, and I caution all persons not to trade for said Note, as it is my property. J. F. DIEHL. Sept. 29. 1849. 2w | THE NORTH CAROLINA Mutual Life Insurance Company, RALEIGH, N. C. THE ABOVE Company has been in operation since the Ist of April last, under the direction ofthe following officers, viz: Dr. Charles E. Johnson, President; Wm. D. Haywood, Vice-President; James F. J irdan, Secretary ; Wra. H. Jones, Treasurer; Perrin Busbee, Attorney ; Dr. Charles E. Johnson, I Medical Board , Dr. Wm. H. McKee, > of Dr. R. B. Haywood, ) Consultation ; J. Hersman, General Agent. This Company has received a charter giving ad vantages to the insured over any other company. — The sth Section gives the Uusband the privilege to in ‘ sure his own life for the sole use of his wife and chil : dren, free from any claims of the representatives of the husband or any of his creditors. Organized on purely mutual principles, t he life members participate in the whole of the profits, which . are declared annually. Besides, the applicant for life, , when the annual premium is over S3O, may pay one -3 half in a Note. i All claims for insurance against the company will - be paid within ninety days after proof of the death of 1 the parly is furnished. 3 Slaves are insured for one or for five years, at rates 1 which w T ill enable all slaveholders to secure this class i 0 f property against the uncertainty of life, i Slave insurance presents a new and interesting fea r ture in the history of North Carolina, which wil prove very important to the Southern States. The last four month’s operation of this company show a very large amount of business—more than the Directors expected to do the first year—having already I issued more than 200 Policies. e All communications on business of the company should be addressed to s!0-4w JAMES F. JORDAN, Sec’y. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. POETRT AND MISCELLANY. The Boston Post lately published the following : I WOULDN’T, WOULD YOU 7 I wouldn’t give much fora girl with a bonnet That cost fifty dollars when first it was new, Who sports a large muff with a hairy tail on it, That hangs down in front of it just as it grew ; I wouldn’t give much for this female— Would you 7 I wouldn’t give much fora woman who prances, Promenading all the thoroughfares through; Giving winks to the clerks, or else amorous glances, Enough to turn her eyes all askew ; 1 wouldn’t give much for this female— Would you 7 The following has since been sent by a lady in reply I WOULDN’T, WOULD YOU 7 I wouldn’t give much for a chap who has “ gone it,” Till he’s run every cent of his legacy through, Whose simpering chin has a huge goatee on it, That hangs down upon it just as it grew ; I wouldn’t give much for this fellow — Would you 7 I wouldn’t give much for a chap with a collar That’s made to stand up, almost over his ears ; Who wears white kid gloves that cost over a dollar, And a coat that belongs to some knight of the shears; 1 wouldn’t give much for this fellow— Would you 7 The Two Letters.—A Comedy of Errors. Written for the Olive Branch by Paul Creyton. My stay in New York had been prolonged far beyond my original intention when I visi ted that city, and I was pining to return to my native village, and to the arms of my dear est Julia, whom I hoped soon to make my bride. I had drank deep ofthe cup of sorrow during my absence from her, and I looked forward with glowing anticipations to the time when we should meet to part no more. At length my business took a favorable turn. There was no longer anything to detain me in New York, and I made hasty preparations for a departure to my native village. It was the evening before 1 designed to set out, that I wrote two hasty letters to prepare my friends for my reception. The first of these epistles was to Julia. It ran thus: Dearest Girl —l shall leave New York in the three o’clock train to-morrow afternoon. In an hour from that time I shall be with you. I never knew how I loved you until my heart was tried by the test of absence; now I feel how devotedly, how truly lam your own. Oh ! what joy it will be to meet you once more I That will be the happiest moment of my life, except when I can, for the first time, call you my bride. Yours till death, Fhedebick. The second letter was addressed to an old maid of my acquaintance, who had been like a sister to me, and to whom I was indebted for many little acts of kindness. My Dear Friend —I write this in great haste to inform you that I shall probably visit you some time to-morrow evening. You see I don’t want to find you unpx-epared. And I want you to treat me well, too, even if I don’t call on you the first, of any. Don’t think that my affection for you has the least dimin ished, but you must know my affections for another have increased, and strong as are your claims upon me, hers are somewhat stronger. Now don’t be jeal ous ; for after I am married, I shall be as true a friend to you as ever. Sincerely yours, Frederick. Having finished both these letters, I sealed them in the same haste in which they had been written, fearing they would be too late for the mail. Superscribing them in a hurried hand I sent them to the post office where theyjust ar rived in time. At three o’clock on the following day, I was at the depot and in the cars. I was too impa tient for steam itself. I even believe the tele graph couldn’t have transported me to the arms of my Julia soon enough to satisfy my impatience. I thought the cars moved slower than a mule, and thought at one time of getting out and running ahead of them ! However, slow as I thought I was travelling, I arrived in good lime in my native village. I did not stop to shake hands with a single soul, but hurried to meet my Julia. I arrived at her father’s house. 1 expected to see her face at the window looking out for me, but it was not visible. However, I reflected that, like all wo men she was a little coquettish, and avoided showing her pretty eyes at the window, just to tease me. Yeti felt certain she would be look ingout for .me and I have distinct recollection of offering to bet fifty dollars with -myself that she was peering through the blinds at me, or from behind a curtain. I ran up to the door, and entered without knocking. I opened rny arms expecting Julia to jump into them, and supposed of course she would, but! shut them up again quick enough, when I saw the old lady approaching, not her daughter. “ Where’s Julia ?” I cried. “ Oh, she’s gone—” “ Gone!” “Yes.” “For heaven’s sake,” I gasped, “tell me where ?” “ I was going to, but you interrupted me,” said the old lady crustily. “ She has gone to spend a few days with her cousins.” I was thunderstruck. I conscientiously be lieve that at that moment I was as white as a piece of parchment. At any rate, I could swear before any court that 1 felt very faint and sick. “ When did she go ?” I faltered. “ About two hours ago.” “ Two hours ago ! What, didn’t she receive my letter ?” I was terribly excited. I telt that my eter nal happiness depended upon the woman’s an swer. If Julia had gone off to visit her cousins when she knew I was coming—that I would be there that night —I felt that it would break my heart. “ Yes, I believe so,” drawled the old lady. “I heard her say something about getting a note from you—that she expected you to call here to-night.” It was enough. My heart was a heap of ruin! Oh, the faithlessness, the fickleness, the hearllessness of woman! All that has been said of her has been but flattery; she is a ser pent in an angel’s form ! Oh, deception ! oh misery ! Judge of my disappointment —ray despair —my unutterable woe, when I learned that Julia was gone—gone when she knew I was coming—and blame me not for giving vent to my feelings in such expressions as these. I think I should be very scrupulous about swearing to any thing that took place the next half hour after my heart received that heavy blow. Only one thing lam sure of. I left the house and got into the street, but whether I ran there, staggered there, or was carried there by my friends, I could not conscientiously ven ture to affirm. The first I heard from myself, I was approaching the door of my friend, the | old maid, and she was running out to meet me. This probably brought me to my senses. I I was passed being surprised at any thing that might happen, else I should have thought it a little strange that Lucy threw herself into my arms, and offered me her lips to kiss. As it was, feeling the need of sympathy, I embrac ed her warmly, exclaiming : “ Dear Lucy, you are the only true friend I’ve got.” ‘ Oh, I hope not,” she replied. “ But I am glad you think I am a true friend to you. for I am.” “ And you will always be ?” “ Always, Frederick ! Oh, and we shall be so happy !” “ What does she mean ?” thought 1. “We shall be so happy, dear Frederick,” she repeated; “I know we shall.” The truth is, ray dear, I have loved you long—in secret — hopelessly, but after receiving such an affec donate letter from you-—” “What.*’ I cried, staring at her in wonder. “ Why, after receiving such a dear, good let ter,” said Lucy, “ I am so happy that I must tell you all my heart. When we are married, Frederick—” “I’m dreaming,” thought 1. “We will have this pleasant event to talk about, wont we 7 Why, you can’t think how surprised and delighted I was to received your letter. 1 laughed over it, and cried over it; and if I have read it once, 1 have read it fifty times.” “ Then it seems, ” she continued, so happily that I was fairly provoked at her —“it seems that absence taught you how much you love me. ” I was stupified ; thought I was insane ; couldn’t understand one word Lucy said.— Meanwhile, she unfolded the letter. Then— then I understood it all! I uttered a scream which was scarcely human, it was so wild ; and eagerly snatched the letter. It was the letter / wrote to Julia! Yes, then I understood it all! I had made a mistake in subscribing the letters, and Julia had got Lucy’s while Lucy had got Julia’s. — And Lucy had been flattered with the hope and belief that I loved her, while Julia! —poor girl!—believed 1 was about to marry another. This was the cause of Lucy’s tenderness ; this was the cause of Julia’s visiting her cousins ! I laughed; I danced ; I dare say I cut up all manner of silly capers which a man ought to be ashamed of. And Lucy all the time was staring at me as I before had stared at her.— This brought me to my senses. “ A mistake, ” I stammered —“ this letter— wrote in a hurry —put the wrong name on the back—sent yours to Julia—sent Julia s —this one — to you I shall never forget the old maid’s conster nation. She understood what I wished to say; she saw the error in its true light. I thought she would sink through the floor, but she had hold of the door latch, and that probably sus tained her. I was glad that the door latch was strong. At that moment my conscience hit me a severe cut, and made me smart. How ] cursed my carelessness, which had been the cause of so much mischief. I made a hurried apology, but I didn't stop to see if Lucy faint ed, or to have the pleasure of holding a smell- * bottle to her nose in case she should sink into that interesting state. I thought of Julia. I flew to make an expla nation. It was three miles to her aunt’s house, but I was there in a trifle over three minutes. Puffing like a steam engine. I asked to see her, and was shown into a room where site was alone. She regarded me with so cold a look that I am sure it would have chilled me through —made an icicle of me perhaps—if I hadn’t been so hot with running. I threw myself at | j her feet. She started back—it might have been j with disgust, and it might have been because her hand touched my face which was burning like a coal. “ Dear Julia, ” I sighed. I panted, I suppose, but sighed is the better word. “ Well, sir,” said she coldly. “ Don’t scorn me. I’ll make it all right, its only a mistake. ” “ What 7” “ Why, that letter—” “That letter, sir, was a very friendly one, 1 am sure. Indeed, added Julia bitterly, I feel quite flattered by your confidence in me, in making known your intentions to marry. I hope you will get a good wife, sir; hope you will be happy—” “Julia! Julia!” I cried in agony, “I say it’s all a mistake. That letter was not meant for you. ” Julia’s assumed coldness and indifference had vanished in a moment. Then she looked at me. “It wasn’t meant for you, ” I repeated. “ I wrote that to Lucy Matthews—put the wrong name on the back. Here’s the letter I wrote to you. ” I gave her the one I had snatched from Lucy. She read it eagerly. She saw the mistake, and burst into tears of joy. The next moment we were locked in each other’s arms. I was in- | tensely happy. But in an instant the bright heaven of my joy was clouded. I thought of Lucy. “ What shall I do,” 1 cried. She thought the letter was addressed to her, and believed 1 loved her. What a cruel mistake ! What shall I, what ought I to do 7” “ Go to her at once, *’ said Julia, “and make a full explanation and a suitable apology. ” I followed her advice. I met Lucy on the threshold. “Not a word,” said she, laughing. “It don’t need any apology from you ; you hav’nt done any particular damage to my old maid’s heart. You see, I knew there was some mis take when I received your letter ; I was not so foolish as to think you meant all those pretty, , tender things for me. But I meant to punish you for your carlessness, by making you think you had done a world of mischief. Ha ! ha ! ha ! how silly you did act!” I was willing that Lucy should laugh at me, it made me feel more easy, for I knew that 1 deserved it. 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