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_ PORTRY.

PARTING HYMN.

We know earth's bowers are oftimes fair;
We know earth’s scenes are bright;
We've tasted joy’s that lingered there,
When our hearts were free and light.
Not thoughts from faney’s shore,
Nor dreams that haunt the brain,
But hidden mem’ry’s power
Inspires our simple strain.

From out the chambers of the past,
Like the gems from deepest cave,
Fond mem’ry’s yisions gather fast,
Like Ocean’s mighty wave.
Again we think to see
The once familiar throng,
And hear their voices free
Unite with ours in song.

But, ah! like golden sands when cast
On shores that oceans lave,
The pearly treasures of the past
Are lost ’neath time’s dark wave.
Some tones are silent now;
We hear them not ia song;
But purer is their flow, L
Amid the angel throng.

We only meet to part! But why *
Let sorrows cloud the brow?
Why let the bosom heave a sigh?
We may meet as gay as now.
Ah, yes! if not below,
In worlds beyond the tomb,
Where erystal waters flow,
And flowers immortal bloom.

Farewell! but let the echo die;
Bright hope shall be our stay ;

And sadness from each heart shall fly,
While we sing our parting lay.

We know earth’s bowers are fair;

We know earth’s scenes are bright;

But purer joys we'll share

Tn realms of heavenly light.
; qr
Select Hiterature,
FREDERICK HOMEWOOD.
(Concluded.)

Tsanrn was a beautiful girl of eighteen
summers, There was a sensitive beauty
in the mild depths of her jet black eye,
over which hung silken lashes of the s
ebony cast, A sunny smile seemed always
to be playing on her vermeille tinted lips;
and the soft and witching intonations of
her voice evoked the admiration of all,
Masses of auburn tresses rested in fine con-
trast upon the upper part of 2 brow that
was as white as the rifted snow. Then
she had a diminutive little foot, and a
symmetry of form that any one else but
[subel would have been mightily proud
of, All her actions were graceful as un-
affected, and partook of the free, ingenous
gentleness of her heart, She was always
volatile aud cheerful as a bright summer
day; for nc cankering care had ever en-
tered her guileless heart, aud no grief
ever crossed her pathway. She was beau-
tiful—loved everything she beheld, and
everything seemed to love her. But she
had entwined on the altar of her heart,
one object which she loyed above all
others—one worthy being, to whom were
tettered the deep hidden treasures of her
young: life’s affections. This was Frank

Edgington, The noble-minded, gifted
Frank was her affianced husband. Happy

at all times, but now possessing his un-
divided love, and his hand in perspective,
her life was gliding away in one continu-
ous thrill of eestacy. Oh, how she idolized
him! There was no thought, word, deed
or object, that could claim one moment ot
her time, unless it had—and did not every-
thing haveP—some connecting link be-
tween it and her Frank. But a short time
was to elapse ere she was to be conducted
tothe hymeneal altar. This evening he
was to start for Philadelphia; and imme-
diately on his return they were to be in-
sepurably united, Low her exulting heart
fluttered and her sweet lips smiled when
she thought of that time.

As Berrein and Frank vaulted into their
saddles to leave for Charlestown, (the
latter not to return for several wecks
Frank turned a furtive glance to Isabel,
who stood on the portico, almost concealed
by the vines and shrubbery that grew on
cither side; and he thought she never
looked half so lovely, for there was a pen-
sive sadness in her moist eye, and a slight
tremor in her lips as she wayed her hand-
kerchicf in token of farewell, After riding
mmost out of sight he looked back, and
there was that little white signal still pen-
dant in her hand, Frank brushed away a
silent tear—threw up his hand to return
the signal—gave a silent udieu from his
he and galloped from view.

The companions pursued their way in
almost unbroken silence; for Frank seem-
ed wrapt in silent commnion with his own
thoughts, and Berrein seemed unwilling
to disturb his reverie. The night had
closed in as they descended a long and
) hill towards the Buffalo, along the
margin of which lay the remainder of the
road to their destination, As the night
advanced, the darkness became so intense
that it was with dificulty they could dis-
cover their way. Black clouds, too, rolled
up trom the western horizon, and hoarse
thunder inithe distance portended a terrific
storm, Much of their road lay along the
hillsides, with a very narrow track; on
one side a tearful precipice, on the other,
ledges of huge rocks rose perpendicularly
above them.

“By my faith,” ejaculated Frank, as his
steed recovered from a desperate fall at
the entrance to one of the ‘ narrows,” and
plunged forward, frightened at a sharp
flash of lightning and the sueceeding peal
of thunder. ‘ By my faith, but we have
asorry ride of it to-night. On such plunge
and side-spring as that inthe defile and
myself and horse will meet a mutual death
on the rocks below us.”

** An uncomfortable ride for horsemen,”
replied Berrein ; ‘but we must make the
best of it, keep. a watchful lookout, and
hasten to the end,”

The rain came down in torrents; and
every five minutes the lightning made
each object luminous as day.. The inter-
vals were rendered ten-fold darker; but

still they spurred their steeds forward at a
brisk pace, when, suddenly, there came
a flash, it possible more yivid than any be-
fore, und revealed a man_ in tattered
clothes, his head uncovered in the rain,
and with a look of the wildest fury con-
fronting them directly in the road. ‘The
noise of the deafening thunder that in-
stantly followed made both horses un-
manageable, It was the work of but an
instant. Berrein’s horse was seized by
the bridle; the quick report of a heavy
discharged pistol was heard aboye the tu-
mult of the elements, and Frank’s horse.
intractable to the bit, darted off at full
speed, ‘The next flash of lightuing showed
the ghastly features of Bervien, expiring

in excruciating agony, a pool of warm,
smoking blood on the ground where he

lay, formed by a stream issuing from a
Hoenn Enis in his breast. Over him bent
the hoticide, with wage execrations
breaking trom his lips, as the faintest signs
of life were manifest in his victim.

he eee eae

us a cheerless Monday in the full of
that Wellsburgh was crowded
with anxious visitants from all parts of the
country. The county court War to con-
vene on that day, and the first al on the
list was that of Frank Edgington for the
murder of Berrein. Frank was uniyersal-
ly known and beloved, Heretofore his
character was impeachable. All had es-
teemed him for his correct deportment and
suavity of manners and to many in indig-
nent circumstances he was endeared by
acts of kindness and profusive liberality.
Early in the morning came thronging in
crowds of people to hear the trial, Hyery
road leading to the town was lined with
those from the country. Old men who
had not left their rooms for years made
one more yisit to the court-house. Women
who had never been inside the building
went there in large numbers. None who
could possibly get from their homes stayed
sway from this scene of intense and pewer-
ful excitement. Universal anxiety to hear
the fate of the prisoner occupied every
breast. Long before the Judge had taken
his seat the house was filled to overflow-
ing. The aisles, the windows, every po-
sition that could command a view of the
bar presented « dense mass of human
beings. Presently the Judge ascended his
stand, order was after some effort, restored,
and the prisoner was brought in by the
sheriff.

A universal murmur of half. stifled) ap-
ran through the jam of people as
i w him, with erect brow, a calin eye,
and a firm step walk up infront of the
Jury, and take his seat. Calumny and
imprisonment had alike failed to blanch
his cheek or dim the fire of his eye. When
the usual question was put, his reply was
given with conaposuée and emphasis, —

** Not guilty.”

‘No, not guilty, by Heaven !” exclaimed
ahusky voice far back in the house, All
eyes were turned on the maniac ILome-
wood,

The whole of the day was spent in
hearing the testimony of numerous wit-
nesses, Able counsel at home, and from
a distance wore employed in behaif of the
prisoner who managed the case with all
the legal ability they could summon.
As there seemed to be a chain of circum-
stantial evidence against him which could
neither be refuted nor explained away,
and as he scemed to have but little evi-
dence in his favor, the first day’s adjourn-
ment left but little hope in the minds of
any that he would not be condemned,

o person who lived abroad went home
that night. They clustered in groups ov
the corners, in the stores and public
houses; and all other topics were forgotten
but the one. Some did not retire to rest
the whole night, but impatiently waited
the morrow to hear the progress of tho
trial. Convietion of the prisoner's guilt
was now fastened on the minds of many;
but even these were loudest in regret that
one so young and promising should per-
petrate the awful crime of murder, |

“ And this, with other strong evidence,”
resumed the first speaker, ‘* the lawyers
say, must absolutely conviet him. Who
would have thought that Frank Edgington
would one day be hung for murder? Ah,
me! how strange and what a pity’

“Tt is said,” yore up another, just ar-
rived, {that Isabel Bingham, whom he
was tu be married to, has gone into the
jail with him to-night, and is almost crazy
with grief: poor girl! She contends for
chis innocence, and takes it so hard.”

“Whata great pity,” said one of the
group, ‘that Frank should blast all his
fair prospects for the small fnount ol
money which that rascal Berrein had with
him.”

“Yes, a pity, truly,” said another stout
yeoman; but I fear he will be condemned,
It is known that Berrein received a large
amount of money trom Bingham, which
Frank was apprised of. The money has
not yet been found, and itis thought he
inust have hid it to avoid detection, He
does not deny riding with him the night
Berrein was killed.”

“Nor does he deny,” said another,
“+that the pistol found on the road is his.”

The next day terminated the trial, All
the mass of testi y was against him.
Ife was known to. siarct from Bingham’s
with the murdered man, who had a con-
siderable sum of money in his possession.
This was missing. ite had ridden into
town with a hurried and strange tale of
his belief that his companion was murder-
ed, Some went in search—found tracks
that fit his boot-solethose of horses,
as if wheeling and prancing for some
time on the same—and an unloaded pistol,
with the initials “F, E.,” by the side of
Berrein.

Mighty appeals were made by his coun-
sel—such as was never before heard with-
in the same walls—but all foresaw the in-
evitable result. The jury retired, but re-
turned in a few minutes; the startling
verdict moved not a muscle, nor contorted
a linvament of the prisoner. The passing
of the sentence was deferred till the next
morning.

The court-room was more thronged on
that morning than either of the two pre-
ceeding days. There was but little change
of tho appearance of things from before.
The same people, the same bar, the same
executive, the same prisoner, unmoved
and calm as the mid-summer sea. Ile
could meet the glance of all without quail-
ing, except that of one who sat near him,
sobbing as if her very heart would break,

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and occasionally looking up to his face

with all the melting tenderness of an
angel This was Isabel Bingham. This
day had long since been set as their bridal
day; but, instead of that, she was to. see
him given away asthe groom of death!
She felt him grow dearer and dearer, as
each moment ot poignant ny wore
awry. She trusted and believed, with all
the unshaken confidence of a woman's
heart, in his innocence. Ile was a thou-
sand times dearer to her, on the brink of
murderer's grave, than he had ever been.
She had plead with the judge, with the
lawyers, in all the distraction of idolatrous
love, tosave him trom the impending fate ;
but the law was infiexible, and must have
its way. ‘This was to be her bridal day.
Would to God it had seen them both in an
honorable grave, slumbering peacelully
together,

The judge arose, drew on his ominous
cap, and mildly bade the prisoner rise to
his feet to receive his sentence. Isabel
uttered a piercing shriek, fainted away,
and was borne from the sce The judge
dried his eyes, and begun,—

* Frank Edgington, you—”

‘Mister judge,” shouted a rough voice
from the crowd, All eyes were directed
thither, and beheld Homewood, oft? his
feet.: ‘Mister judge, don’t sentence that
young man; he is innocent.” The crowd
were intensely excited, **I say he is as
innocent us the child unborn. It was 1]
who committed the deed, and I surrender
myself into your hands, | never intended
you should sentence Frank, God knows I
did not, I am the man; here I am, take

me.”
A loud, welkin-ringing shout went up to
heaven from the assembled multitude.

All. were in silent commotion but Frank
and Homewood; the latter explaining
why he had killed Bervein—producing the
pocket-book with its contents undisturbed
—and identifying the pistol found with
the one he had borrowed trom Frank some
time previous. is story was so palpable
that he was taken into custody and Frank
released,

But I need not attempt to go farther.
Of the happy re-union and subsequent
miurriage of Frank and Isabel, I need not
now speak in detail. ‘Lhey are still living,
and enjoy a lite of uninterrupted bliss in
the Bingham mansion, with » number of
little Edgington’s to Lear of the narrow
escape of their father,

Tlomewood’s reason returned to him
about the commencement of Fiank’s trial.
He was arraigned; but for palliating cir-
cumstances only putfished with imprison-
ment fora term of years, which penulty
he amply paid, was released a wiser and
better man, and has again acquired peace
and plenty in the bosom of his family
under the kind auspices of Frank and
Isabel,

A JEALOUS WIFE ON SKATES.

The Philadelphia Zelegraph relates the
following :—A gentleman, accompanied by
two ladies, came to the park, on Wednes-
day, and after adjusting the ladies’ and his
own skates with one ou cach arm, proceed-
ed to perambulate to the smooth surface.
He had visited almost every portion of the
park, and, no doubt being ‘tired, stopped
to have a chat with the friends accompuny-
ing him, He had not remained standing
long before aludy was observed approach-
ing the trio. Having reached them, she
caught the gentlemiun by the coat collar
and led him to the platform, and there bid
him stay until she returned. She then
started after the lidies, who, not under-
standing what it all meant, were very
much frightened, As they saw the lady
coming towards them in « menacing man-
ner, they immediately left the vicinity of
the spot, und started off as fast as they
were able. One of them, being rather
verdant iu the skating line, tumbled down
severil times, but having the advantage
of being on skates, kept out of reach of
her pustr. Theeh s:continucd torsome
time, much to the amusement of specta-
tors, but was finally givenup, and the lady
returned to where the captured man stood,
took hin) by the arm and marched him out
of the enclosure, It turned out, ou en-
quiry, that the gentleman was the lady's
husband, and she, not relishing the idea of
his ‘ skating with other women,’ was de-
termined to spoil his afternoon's sport.
‘The whole affair was ludicrous in the ex-
treme.

GKOLOGICAL Svec ons.—Professor
Agassiz, in the Adlantic Monthly, comes to

the conclusion that the continent of North
America was at one time covered with ice
a mile in thickness. The proof is that the

slopes of the Allughany range of moun-
tains are glacier-worn on the very top, ¢x-
cept afew points which were above the
lezel ofthe icy mass. Mount Washington,

for instance, is over six thensand fect high,
and the rough unpolished surfiee of its
suunmits, colored with loos¢ ments,
just below the level at which ¢ inarks
come to an end, tells us that it Jifled its
head alone above the desolate waste of ice
and snow. In this region, then, the thick-
iess of the sheet could not have been much
ss than six thousand feet, and this is in
keeping with the same kind of evidence in
other parts of the country; for, wherever
the mountains are much below six thou

sand feet, the ice seems to have passed di-
rectly over them, while the few peaks
rising on the height are left untouched.
The glacier, he argues, Was God’s great
plough; and when the ice vanished from
the face of the land, is left it prepared for
the hand of the husbandman. The hard
surface of the rocks was ground to powder,
the elemen‘s of the soil were mingled in
fair proportions, granite was carried in
the lime regions, lime was mingled with
the more arid and unproductive districts,
and a soil was prepared fit for the agricul-
tural uses of man,

Drmensrons or Heave Revelations,
xxi. chapter, 16th verse: “And he mea-
sured the city with areed, twelve thousand
furlongs. ‘The length, heighth and breadth
of it are equal.” :

Twelve thousand furlongs, 7,920,000
feet, which being cubed, is 948,998,000,-
000,000,000,000,000 eubic feet, the half of
which we will reserve for the throne of
God and the court of Heaven, half of the
balance for the streets, and the remainder
divided by 4.96, the cubical feet in the
rooms 19 feet square and 15 feet high, will
be 5,743,759,000.000 rooms,

We will now suppose the world always
and always will contain 900,000,000 of in-
habitants, and a generation will last 824
years—2,700,000 every century, and that
the world stands 100,000 years—27,000,-
000,000,000 persons. Then suppose there
were 11,280 such worlds, equal to this
number of inhabitants and duration of
years, then there would be « room 16 feet
long, and 17 feet wide, and feet: high fer
each person, and yet there would be room,
—Lpiscopal Methodist,

THE WESTMORLAND BANK,

The Morning Telegraph says:—

The following statement of the cause of
the suspension of the Westinorland Bank
appeared in yesterday's Journal, and is be-
lieved by many to be correct, The Press
generally expresses sympathy with the in-
stitution so sudd.nly embarrassed. A
general meeting of the Stockholders is
called for Monday next. We may take an
opportunity of referring to the matter
again, after informing ourselves more ful-
ly on the subject :—=

* During the last fortnight it has been
known that the business undertakings of wt
leading mill owner and lumberman at
Shediac were somewhat involved, as as he
had received advances from the Westmor-
land Bank it was feared that the Bank’s
standing would be injured. Accordingly
the people of the country districts in West-
morland, Kent, ete., holding the Bank’s
paper, becoming frightened, kept sending
itin and demanding gold, leading to a
heavy drain on the specie resources of the
Tnstitution,x—The demind was mct until
twenty thousand dollars had been thus
paid away, when it became known to the
public that the Shediae merchant’s matter
had been satisfactorily arranged with the
Kank and public confidence was restored,
parties returning gold and deposits which
had been withdrawn, ‘The week opencd
favorably for the Bank. The President
had freely laid the state of affairs before
the bank’s agents in St. John, namely, the
bank of New Brunswick, and an under-
standing was arrived at respecting the re-
demption of the bank’s notes in St. John.
On Wednesday Mr. Lewin wrote Mr, Jones

respecting the balance due his bank, and
suggested that ifthe Westmorland Bank

could not meet it this week, they had bet-
ter send security. The letter was appar-
ently written in a very friendly style. Mr.
Jones replied on Thursday, explaining the
Bank’s position and tendering security.
On Friday, about 11 o’elock, the Westmor-
land Lank was thunderstruck by receiving
a telegriun from Mr, Lewin, saying that
Mr. Jones’ letter was not satisfactory, and
the Bank of New Brunswick refused the
Westmorland’s notes.

It is known that the notes were thrown
out two hours betore the telegram was
sent—which would indicate that the Bank's
decision had been made before the receipt
of Mr, Jones’ reply, No previous warning
was sent, and no opportunity given of
muaking other arrangements. The Bank
had no option but to put up their shutters,
There is great indignation felt in West-
morland County, and on the North Shere
with the action of the St.- dohn- Bank, as
the Westmorland Bank was believed to be
in a Sood position; and ifthe blow which
destroyed public contidence in the institu-
tion had been stayed but a few hours, all
the necessary arrangements to secure ‘its
credit would haye been made,”

It is stated'in the English papers that
wearing chignons, known here as water-
falls, has brought ona terrible skin disease,
as it is supposed the hair was cut from the
heads of persons after death, though it has
always been maintained that hair to be of
any use must be cut from the head of a
living person, Samuel Peyps, in his Diary,
records how, on the 8d of September, 1865,
it being * Lord’s Day,” ho was “up and
put on my colored silk suit, very fine, and
my new periwig, bought 2 good while
since, but durst not wear, because the
plague was in Westminster when I vought
it; and itis a wonder what will be the
fashion after the plague is done, as to peri-
wigs, for nobody will dare to buy any
hair, for fear of the infection, that it had
heen cut of the heads of people dead with
the plague,

A REMARKABLE Cure.—A young man
wanted to marry a girl out in Wisconsin,
but her rich parents forbade the match,
The young man became sick—very sick—
and had terrible fainting fits. The doc-
tors were called, and said he would soon
die, and he said he wanted to die. The
father of the girl visited the patient, and
agreed with both him and the doctors.
The poor fellow said thatvifhe could marry
his Mary Ann he would die happily. His
dying request certainly could not be re-
tused, and Mary Ann having no objcetions,
the minister was sent for, and the solemn
ordinance of marriage was performed be-
fore the most solemn messenger of death
should step in and snateh away the gasp-
ing bridegroom from time to the regions
of eternity. The knot being securely tied,
the patient rose from the bed a well man.
It was a great cure, astonishing both the
eruel parent and the doctors, but the bride
acted as though she had expected itall the
time.

Boys using Tonacco.—A_ strong and
sensible writer enki a good sharp thing,
and true one, for boys who use tobacco: It
has utterly ruined thousands of boys. It
tends to softening and weakening of the
bones, and greatly injures the brain, the
spinal marrow, and the whole nervous
flnid. A boy who smokes early and fre-
quently, or in any way uses large quanti-
ties of tobacco, is never known to make a
ian of much energy, and generally lacks
muscular and physical as well as mentnl
power, We would particularly warn boys
who want to be anything in the world to
shun tobacco as & most banetal poison. It
injures the teeth, It produges an unheal-
thy state of the throat and lungs, hurts the
stomach, and blasts the brain and nerves.”

Eneouisn Girts.—This is the ery of rap-
ture which a distinguished French writer
M. Taine, raises after the contemplation
of the young ladies of England : Nothing
more simple than the young girls. Atnong
lovely things there are few su lovely ih
the world; well-shaped, strong, sure of |
themselves, 80 thoroughly sound and open,‘
ro exempt irom coquetry. Impossible,

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