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-t - - - . 'i: - t . .... ' J n I am-m ur, www f VOL. 1. " Otar Nation's Bmor (he Band f VmonJ CJtt $em ra r : "I' . u ruBLiun : WEDNESDAY MORNING . TERMS: Single copieg fire centi, (U wMLp pen If needed) at the office of the jProrost lUrchal, VrAshingtoii Bank Batldlo;. "i ;j 1 : ST Letten and cotnawaleatlona are retpectfkl- ollctted. ! I . . -iv ; . tfiff f At4(ftnwodotfar per tqaare of fif- tcejliaM or ten for the firtt luertioaaad tweatj fir cents for each tueceedinf Ueertkm. ' AdrertUementi msit be nurfced with the number "of InicrUopj deftred. " Skedaddle." TOVtl A baaner with the ray deTiee, the r: edaddl 8k. dler 1 His hair wsj red; his toes, beneath, Feeped, like-SJi acorn, from its sheath ; While, with a frightened rotce, be saaf . a Doraen tcranjre to i antes tonne. "Skedaddler -!. i il l lie saw m hoasehold fire, where he Mirht warm his tod or hominy ; Berondf the Cordilleras shone, Aaa from his lips escaped a groan, r ' k ; caedaaaieiTi. " O, star, a emllered pmssoa saM.' " An' on dig bosom ret roar head I ' The Octoroon she wiaxed her ere, Bat still be answered, with a sigh, Skedaddle I" Beware M'CWllan, Boel and Banks, Beware of Hallecl Heck's deadly ranker This was the planter's last Good akht x I il At break or day, as sererai boys i , From Maine, New York, and Illinois, Were moTinr sontinrard, in the air The j heard these accents of despair, - i" Skedaddle r A chap was fonnd, and at his side A bottle, showing how he died, BOlLi . arantnc In Jus J rasping in his hand of ice, That banner with the strange deriee, Skedaddle r 1H There, in the twilight, thick and gray, Considerably played oat, he lay ; And throirh the vapor, .gray and thick, A roice leu, nxe arTDcaet sues:, j "Skedaddle 1M j i Florence Enerton; dr, The Young Widow. BT malKIA I1B rOBEEST. . Florence P cried Jessie Lawson, bursting into her cousin's boudoir, one morningi' Florence Emerson, Harry says you are engagedjto treorge Lang fordT . ' ' -I . ! i l- , - :i ; - 'Well, oonsin, If I were, have you any objections r f Objections T Why, Fioy, he is old enough' Just thirty-nine, cousin Jessie ' Thirty-nine, and a widower with two children 1 But it is a mistake of Harry's ; you are not really going to marry him, ire your ! il i -,!, .' f xTiet so.' said FlorenceJ auietlv. Well, I give you up.! j You, Florence Emerson, the belle of the season, with large fortune ; you, the beauty and heir ess, with lovers, beaux, oners without end or number, to throw yourself away upon a poor widower with two childron, and no fortune except' in ! his profession ! Oh, Floy, I thought yon had more Sense What are v6u thinkinsr !of P : .'Whyi Jessie, you are: wasting your eloquence.- George Lawson is handsome. Granted.' 'Talented.' J 'Granted, again 'HekfrciiDeP 1 'So do fifty others.' ''. 'And ltst;of all. my stroairest arcu mentj I love him.' ; : ,.' -: ' 1.-, ,i . A Unit The shade of nljht were falliag fait. As throafh a 8oatheni ffllX Pd A Tovth. who bore, not over nice. m WASHINGTON, X C. WEDNESDAY, JUKE 25, 1862. 'fWell. X snDDOse vou will m&rrr liim. a spite of my disapproval ; sol wish you toy, ana nope no u never noia up jirs. Langfb rd first as a pattern to Mrs. Lang- ford second 1 ' If Mrs. Langford first was a pattern 'or me, I will follow in her footsteps. 'Well, well: there is one comfort. T7illie and Kdith are very pretty chil dren, and too jroang to rebel at a new manuno. I believe. How old are Uey, exactly, 7oyr , Willie is lour, Kdith three r v U jies. ! ih . '1 r; . i ' Willie is four, Edith three 4 1 babies Florence Emerson and Jessie Lawson wer6 cousins, and had, until Jessie's mar riage been almost j like sisters. Jessie, who was two y ears the elder, was a gay, lvely blonde, vain and pretty. .Florence was a tan. stately oeantv. witn larsre dark .ores, black hair, and; features like a Greek statue. She was an: orphan, and, as Jessie said, an heiress. George Lang- ord was a lawyer of some standincr; handsome, talented, but grave and quiet his manners : devotedly attached to Florence j bnt he Was thirty-nine, and widower. (Jessie's sentiments were echoed by all Florence's circle of friends, when her engagement was known. Sho, so beautiful, young, talented and wealthy I She always was different from other girls, they said. So, after a few days, the matter ceased .to be' discussed, and some new wonder of the fashionable world took its place. Florence had been married just two vears, when it became necessary for Mr. ijangiora u gojxo iraris. xus siay was i to be very short, so he concluded not to I take FlorenceJ She was fond of home; l had won the love of both children J and in I Llfitnxn lovedtrfondly tind wiihlhm!l feecretT ireflioiue JntieTnwtaTiiuiiilsed visit, to Jessie, thought the time of her husband's absence might be made to pass I pleasantly. But when the i hour of de- parture came, when his trunk stood I waitinir in the hall, and he came to say.l iareweu, wi wuwv nepcvi i luwgo i seemed cnangea. Florence leit tnat ner ueaiTJow kwbuid biw iwiujk uvt. , I l..MutMA aMAsnWA ViraO lAflWItlM BS a All I lo)keddark,and avagnepintimentof evil filled her SOUL h ' Why, Florence, you are white as a tone, j x inougnt you naa arrangea gay-1 up, Floy; rW ! i ii' -i t snau De gone uiuy a uxiuri time.' ' Oh, George, I did not realize it till now! What can I do without you ? ' You will visit Jessie, take Willie and Edith into the country, and and oh, you had a .whole list oi pleasures ar - au lie: uieiuuies were iorgotven as she watched the carriage roiling from the door, and she only remembered how lonely she would be without him. She looked back upon two years of such per feet happiness'that it seemed less like reality than a pleasant dream. Long she stood at the window watching, as if she "Pf. wi buV the voices of the children roused her, and she stifled ner owngneia wen. w amuse ana comfort them. Willie thought papa was 'real unkmd' not to take them; while Edith clung close to Florence, and hoped papa would be safe on tne ' deep water Jessie Lawson and Florence Langford were seated in the piazza of the pleasant country house they had hired for the sea son, conversing. Edith and Willie were romping with. Borer on jthe grass, while ever and anon their clear, joyous laughter would make the ladies turn and smile. I forgive you now, Floy, for marrying George said ; Jessie, fondly. 'I think that, if. he had asked me,, and I could ranged. The carnage is here. Uood Tell us about papa,' whispered WilHe. thiefT TT :1 Vp . "p bye, Florence.' ! j . 'When is papa coming back?' asked Yeslsir- ce whvl-she tnrl Florence triedfto speak, but the words MllK i He stays so long.' r ! :t Whjr' ; 00115380(1 died on her lipsj She grasped his hand, Hnsh Edith' said Willie. 'Fana is i a i ' r 'v , V r'aDdthei bI' frio let him go. j y ' , ButJith shook her head. - She had i do sir - I I should ' hand laid on her shoulder,1 and. lookinc? nk saw her husband. His face was very grave, and his whole manner betokeced that some thing serious had troubled hid. j ' Jesae he said, in a low tone, 'come into the parlor ; I want to speak with you. , it , ' He U jealous whispered Florence as she rose to obey, a matifnionial lecture.' - Jessie to 'Now for a matif: when i tlll-ytfaTTj, aoy entered the wish Florence to hear what I have to say now. foor jrioyi we mast break it gently to her Why, Harry, what is the matter T ijreCTge f - L ' Yes.- The Eagle, the vessel. he sailed in, was wrecked, and but few escaped: a vessel going to Calcutta took a few of the passengers," but the rest were lost .George Langfbrd's t name is among the missing . ? Harry had forgot the open window, and was startled to see Florence now standing in front of it. She was cold and pale as marble; her hands were tightly clenched, her teeth set, and her whole frame riid and motionless. Harry sprans to her side, and took her band to lead her in.. The touch broke her stupor, and, with a slight shudder, she fell fainting to the ground, i For weeks Florence Langford lay be tween life and death; fever and delirium succeeded her death-like trance, and her iho wm uoepcurvu ui. a owvug wuw tution, however, triumphed, and she re covered; but oh, how altered I The pale, thin face, seen now under a close Wrl't riTl Wfl. fin winnd pM, that -vwRF-nsTe rccogmzea uie oaceu Dioommg Florence. Her sole comfort, now, seemed to lie in the children, his children. She would (hardly allow them out of her Bight, and her whole time was spent in lnsirucung ana amusing mem. Florence Laneford had been a widow . Ucr'sday. and she sat in the same little inat. An rrtmr It win A nnorht num. narlor where she had first heard of her husband's loss. Willie and Edith were soap-DUDDies. ! r lorence sai watcning have Jooked into the future, have done just as you did.' , At that instant Jessie felt a r.honn ,a mvAtfTr iVtAa .-rA mAomaH ... ri-; ? . il' ji v mauc colors in iQem, ana men ner thoughts flew back over the last three iEs.ttl oh .oot. Ka rv.11 face, until Willie noticed it, and, leaving . . - . his is play, went softly to her side ; EditE nelt &de him, with her face laid ca- Tn-A-i.ti I kne 1 ressingly against Florence's hand. i always mamtainea tnai, as papa weni away in a carriage, and said he would coma hack, and brincf ' them prettv tovs a s.M e bm awm fAfSArrw tawa from Faris, he eould not be dead. Florence drew Edith upon her lap, and. throwing her arm around Willie, the three talked about papa for an hour; how much longer they would have re- mained m that position I cannot tell- Jessie interrupted them; her whole face wuueuning wim joy. , K , 'Floy!' she whispered, kneeling on the stool at her cousins feet, sad untying hercap, 'taito this off tor a minute. " ny, wealo jum wuvg, uu- Av wlM A.A wV I 'Because it is stiff and unbecoming,' said Jessie, who was loosening Floy's hair, and twisting it over her fingers into its old curls. 'You must never.wear it again." 'Bear Jessie, give it back to me. I shall always wear it i I 'But I say you shall never put it on again. Dear Florence, a widows cap . j r m needless now V NO. 5. 4Jessie cried Florence, starthig xm, and looking eagerly-into- her cousin a face, while she trembled violently, 'what do you mean?' I i h I Can you bear the best of news, Floyr said Jessie, softly. 'George' Jessie in answer threw open tixo door, and . said travl v : Come inr andi m Florence,, was in her another moment, husband's arms, and the two children were looking in a sort of joyful aston- uuuncavab meir xainer. . v of the reporters, been put in the list of missing. Cold and exposure had brought on attack of brain faver, and he bad been very ill. Ah soon as he was able, ho had started for home,' but the voyage had oc cupied several months; and, alter reach England, he was detained some days be; fore starting for America. He was there at last, and a happier party novcr met than the one that evening at Oak LSdge Jlr. Lawson s country seat. t . . e a AircrESTOas I or WAsniwdTow asd FBAKKiiirIn his 'Life of Washing ton Everett furnishes the following: It may be mentioned as a somewhat striking fact, and one, I believe, not hitherto adverted to, that the . families) of Washington and Franklin the former the great leader of the American Bevo lution, and the latter not second to any. of his patriotic associates were est tab-! lished in the same central- county of Northampton, and within a few mites of eocu oiner; sue wcsnin groan, ni xvigu ton and Sulgrave, belonging. to the landed gentry of the country andj in ; the creal riTjl tttt grSportiag the mrnl f ?fTt the CWanUiirti as the Ullage of-Ecktin: Hrr-- ing on the produce of a farm of thirty acres and tne earnings of their trade as macKsmiins, ana espousing same ok ii n - a them, at least, and the father and uncle of Beni. Franklin among the number' tne principles oi non-couiormisxs. JLneir, respective emigrations germs of great events in nistorv took piacethat or of Geonre. in 1657. to loyal Vinrinia: tW. nf JnsUK Pwuilrlin thA tihr. !nf. Benjamin, about the year 1785, to the I oxjkd his jOATcnw rip heard: and I raw n pood thin (T once. In tha Conrt of . Ll V . , . VV V00, well-known criminal lawyer, who prides I liima.ir ah hi Alrill i Vwdo AAw,.n. M a tness, had an Rooking genius upon whorn to operate. Tho witoess was a boss shoemaker : ! r vt "M "JM ouux iTn NrfnT, ---:ft- 1,1, the CourtVwe are to understand that you employ dishonest people to work for you, even aner ueir rascauues are smown r ' Of course ; how else could I get as sistance fiom a lawyer T 1 -The counsellor said ' stand aside,' and tnes head in a .bark milL no mercy might have ' been I expected.! The judge ncllriy cnoked himself in a fuUle endeavor to make the spectators beKeve that a i.,,ffh was nothinff butahieeonrh; mu 1 wiineg3 gtepped off the stand witli aU grayity of an undertaker. ; I V 7 . i X3TA certain man says one of his boys knows nothing, and the other does. Tho question is, which knows the noatT I YftTi' Rtttr e?i fhlf. 4Yia nninntk t Fun is. worth more than physic: and whoever intents or discovers a new is source of supply, deserrca the name of a . m ' pumic oeneiacwr. 4 f A ne'error -: ' ' I; ; ' : : '1 ! t t - : i
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