Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-02-20


'inosmuch as yoa seem TO harbor no sentiment
concerning me bu. What fsvcrs ME. I will be 20
bold as 10 inform you there is a mutual attach.
n,rnt existing tctween ypnt daughter and my.
self, and we solicit your consent TO our mar.
riagc.'
Gordon opened his eyes and mouth again wi.
der thsn ever.
She is yours by lingo said the father amer
short pnusc. 'All ! care about il is that she
will have TO take such a consarncd agly name,
Quirk--Qntk-tlui,ki II wounds 80 like sick
gobler's solioqny. but .'pose we can petition
the Legislature and have il nltered'
'Clarsse. said Gordon in the evening, 'Cls.
risec, Ourk has told me you loved on mother
SO have given you to him entirely. am
glad girl. ina, you have this time made ehoice
nf man who knows how 10 pet,ifog, Jam rp,
without being ,rb luay 10 work on fasm'
Clnsissa ,anghed in Ter sleeve
Henry leslie and Clurissc Gordon were mar.
rfed.
After the departure Of lire wedding guests on
,1,at sweet occasion, even after the ceremony
which launched them into the frexiricable,
ycleped snatrimony, svcn sT,er the cake, music,
tea, kissing. wine. dancing. and coffee. aytcr all
were fui.l,ed. ,he, oil their fricsas were gone,
Clarisse fonnd herself between her husband and
her father. She turned her eyes tn tho htter
aud raid opsecchingly.
Father, will you forgive =
forgive youl Tor what childr
why you know I-AI=-lovod and wished to
wed Henry Leslie. my first flame, but you would
no, consent TO our sllionce.'
And recplicc'. too. perhspe,' said :he young
husband. that when nrs, came here, the fnu.
tusl agreement was that We were to hocus po.
Gus each c,hes as much as we pleased
well, what was about TO say,' continued
the bride, is that DICK Quirk and Henry Les.
lie are the same person.
| 'sags and lightningH exclaimed Gordon
sprnging 10 his feet; but he paused and sur.
vcyed both the culprits al,entively and then
continued without passion-'What an old fool
have been to fancy that my girl didn't know
enough to choose fit and proper husband. For.
give you yes will, and bless ypn into the bat.
gain. Come 10 think Of il. am glad it has
happened 20, for We shan, have to petition The
General Aseemby in order to get rid OF that
blamed sick gobbler rol,lcquizng ouirk--
Quirk-Quirk Go 10 bed children
IxrEREsrusa RpAtSisoEsrR OF WAsiitNGf ron
The Montreal Courier esys:-There is an
interesting fac, connected with the English
46,h regiment, which has Just arrived in this
city tn relieve the 8Oth Riacs, bound for Hal.
fax There hts been tor upward Of century
ffecmarcns' lodge in the 48,h--in thir lodge
George Washington ~ns thsdc a mason, while
the regiment was stationed in the colonies, be.
fore the outbreak Of The Revolutionary war.
The register 6f this lodge contains Washing.
tons signature in his own hand writing, and il
st,l! possesses the Bible which i, made use Of
when this greet man was initiated. The chest
containing the buoks and tegala Of the lodge
was captured by the Americans during the wal
aud taken to Wellington, hnt when il was dis
covered what Il contained, il was Immediately
sent b .ck Il underwent q similar fate some
years after. being taken by the Ftennh At St
Lucia. Il was then Garfield to Paris. and its
contents being esamin"d, was Immediately re-
turned tn the regiment by the FrcAch author
tics. We believe detail Of these facts with
the dates aud tull particulars is TO be found in
the Freemsson's Magazine ofa few years back
A CRookED RitER.-A Ma,snnorss cores
pondcnt OF an Indiana paper, in giving a de-
scriptiun Of the Rio Grande river, says:- lima
CINE four of the crrohedest things in the world
,heh imagine four mole twice as crooked, ant
: then fancy to Yourself q large river rHREi
TIMES as crooked as al these put together, snt
yuc have tai,i, itea ~ the crooked disposi,io.
of this almighty Crooked fitef. There is M
drilt in it from the fact that 7. is 20 crooked tha
timber can't int i,s way ia. enough down t.
ledge two s,irks toge,her-bnt few enakes, be
cause il is no, straight eHough 10 swim in, ant
the fish are oil in ;he whirpools in The behds be
cnuse they cant find theft way out. Birds ire
quen,ly attempt to ny across the riset, aud ligh
on the same side they atari from, being decei
3 we'd by The different ctnoks Indeed. you MAJ
be deceived when you think you see across il
0 and some of the t'hbyA cay il 10 90 dsthed t~s
ting there isn't but one side TO il:
}. AZ Coon DPARAfsRAss.--Ws bats heard ,ha
previous to a fe6eht we'll eonlestsd battle.
G young volunteer Officer ished leave of Ger, .i