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GLAD TIDINGS: PETER'S VEGETABLE PILLS: WHEN a medicine comes before the pubile, endorsed with the HUMOR of the medical profession and distinguished men, and warranted by the seal of unarm success, the proprietor makes no unreasonable demand upon the public when he claims for it a superior consideration. PETERS' VEGETABLE PILLS. Aro undoubtedly entitled to distinction, Inas much as many medical practitioners, who have witnessed their efficacy, freely admit their cura tive powers and pro.ominent virtues; and that they should do 50 in opposition to their personal inter est must by attributed to their candor or their un willingness to condemn thorn in the face of all nh serration and the testimony of thousands. The proprietor dues not pretend that his Pins will cure all diseases, hut ho does any, and has satisfi ed the incredulous that in nll diseases whore n cathartic or un nporiont Medicine is needed, if used according to the directions for a fair period of time, they will effect a speedy and certain cure, and this much is placed beyond doubt by the tes timony and roforencosof individuals already given to the public. PETERS' VEGETABLE PILLS Aro now regarded by tiros° who have had an op portunity to decide upon their inorite, ae an hies. tirnabl.7 PUBLIC BLESSING. Morn than two millious of boxes of these cele brated Pills have boon sold in the United States since January, 1835. ' Dr. Peters has received upwards of FIFTEEN HUNDRED CERTIFICATES, all given incon sequence of the good done by his modicums; and it will at once be seen by this evidence (lint no remedy for the prevailing diseases of the Southetn . and Western states hue over boon presented to the notice of the afflicted with stronger claim's for their attention. Founded upon (ho surest and 'soundest of all principles, viz. nctual expos imera, those Pills have been wonderfully snccesslid in restoring the sick to honith, and in spite of doubts, and prejudices, the use of them in those parts of the country, which the proprietor has been able to supply, lins been rapidly extending. It is hip h. ly encouraging to him thal,among the list of those who have been 'either , personally bowfitted by thorn, or have witnessed their °libels on others,are tho .names of many of the most respectable and intelligent mon in the South; Who have cheerfully given their written testimony to that effect. Without nn exception in any ago or country, no Medicine has spread with such rapidity and given suchuniversal satisfaction. Prepared by Jos. Priestly ,Peters, M. D. No. 129 Liberty street, Now York. Each box contain 40 PillsL-Price 511 cents. rr no careful and inquiry for Peters' Vegeta.. 'hie Pills. That/ qru for Halo in Gettysburg. by Dr. J. GILDEliT.—Juid in Hanover by G. IX 111Ncat.E; and on inquiry, can be had in almost evory town in the State. January 5,1838. TILE GARLAND. —"With sweetest flowers enriched, From various gardens cull'd with care." 4 FROM THE WINCHESTER VIRGINIAN. TRANSLATION Of the Twenty-second Ode of the first hook alf Horace INNOCENCE IS EVERYWHERE SAFE. A virtuous man of spotless heart, Needs not Fusco., Maurian dart, Nor poisou'd arrows ln his hands, When traversing the desert's sands— Nor, if Mount Caucausus he braves— Or regions fam'd Ilydaspes laves— For wand ring thro" ihe Sabine wood, Cureless and trimmed 1 stood: Chanting my lay of !toren! love, For Lab*: to the gods above; A wolf innocuous from me fled, 'Such monster Daunia's beech tic'er fed, Nor Juba's land, the arid nurse Of lions—sin's primeval curse: Place No in the sterile plains, Where not a tree its life sustains; Or, where the dense embow'ring fogs, With baleful touch, life's vigor clogs; Or in the burning torrid zone, Where solar heat is houseless borne; There, Lalage, my heart still seeks, Who sweetly smiles and sweetly speaks. FROM THE LADE' S 13001 C. ALTHEA VERNON . 00 THE EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEF ECOINTiNUED 1 , 11031. WEEK. BEFOU E LAST.] EMEIMEI3II Tor friends of our unhappy heroine gathered round,and the group was soon environed by a close crowd, ns is usually the case when n lady faints at a bat!. •Let her be carried immediately to her room," said a physician who was present; and when Selfridge hastened to assist Lansing in this otliee, he heard Mrs. Conroy say to her daughters. "Now wo can get that handkerchief," and pushing her way among the people, she prepared to pick it up from the floor. To rescue it from the grasp of this malignant woman and disappoint her patina ciou. curiosity, Selfridge hastily set his foot upon it; and feeling much indignation at the unconsci ous gowgaw,he trampled un it rather too energetic ally.and then kicked it into a corner under a bench. The increasing denseness of the crowd prevented the Conroy': from seeing what became of it. Althea was carried to her apartment; and the physician, after recommending the usual remedies, and remaining till sire showed signs of revival,re signed her to the care of Mrs. and Miss Dimsdale and Miss Do V incy; and as he returned to the ball room to inform tho company that:Miss Vernon I would now do well, he mot Selfridge and Lansing in the corridor, waiting to hear his report. When Althea recovered her cuoscinivine.. ahn nmott ner ned, disengaged from her ball-dress, and her three friends anxiously watching her. She started up, looked all round, and exclaimed wildly—" What has happened?— Have I fainted? Where is the handkerchief? I do not see it! It is lost—it is lost—l know that it is!" "What handkerchief, my dear?" asked Mrs. Dimsdale. Miss De Vincy made a sign to that lady not to persevere in the question: and bend ing down to Althea, she whispered—"lt is safe no doubt—such a handkerchief cannot easily be lost." "Such a handkerchief, indeed!"—sighed Althea. "Oh! that it were not such a one." "Compose yourself,my dear," said Mrs. Dimsdale; "you must not talk till you aro perfectly res.overed." "But the hankerchief," persisted A Ithea,sinking back on the pillow. "I must know if it is really lost; or, worse than all, if Mrs. Conroy has found it." The Dimsdales looked much amazed.' "Her head is confused," said Miss De Vincy; "recover ing from a fainting fit, is like waking from an op pressive dream. She will be more coherent after a little repose." "Dear excellent Miss De Vincy," resumed Althea, "will you not inquire for that handkerchief, and send some one to search for it in the ball room?" "I will, indeed," replied her friend; "if you will promise not to speak a word till my return." Miss Do Vincy then left her, with the Intention of sending for Selfridge to meet her in the upper parlour and commissioning him and Lansing to search for the handkerchief; still wondering at Al thea's excessive solicitude about it, and grieved at the effect it had produced on her. To Mrs. Dims ilnie and Julia, all this was enigmatical: but they had too much considerate kindness to disturb Al thea by farther inquiries; and while Julia folded and put away the ball attire of her friend,Mrs. Dims dale took her seat by the bedside in silence. Miss Do Vincy found Selfridge walking the cor ridor in evident perturbation, waiting impatiently for an opportunity of obtaining some farther infor mation respecting the condition of Althea. "Miss Vernon has recovered," said she—anticipating bib question. "Will you oblige her by inquiring for a handkerchief which she dropped in fainting, and which, I believe, is a valuable one. Mr. Lansing, I am sure, will assist you in the search." ..Thst vile handkerchief!" exclaimed Selfridge, thrown entirely anis guard. "I believe I kicked it under one of the benches. But I will go in quest of it." •She seems to think," pursued Miss De Vincy, 'that you may possibly find it in the hands of the Convoys." "Then I will tear it from them," replied Solfridge,conquctely losing all command of Seeing Mremile, ho . palispd and continued in a milder tone. “Tell Mits.;drernon that, as far as depends on me,she may assure herself of that lMnd kerchief being restored to Lansing just then came up to inquire also after Althea, and Selfridge leaving him in the corridor with Miss DO Vincy, ran down into the ball room to fulfil his dommis- In the meantime, we must go back a little (ac cording to the frequent necessity of story-tellois,) and'relate, that when the hustle occasioned by the fainting of our heroine bad subsided, Mrs. s'..lorirey proceeded to look about' for the handkerchief: but' luckily neither she nor her daughters had seen Sel fridge spurn it under the bench. They had but one pair of eyes apiece, and all their eyes were at that moment occupied by the intense interest Ito evidently took in Miss Vernon, and the agitation of his manner When - he assisted Lansing in con veying her out of the room. "I ' , WISH' NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP NINE HONOR F ROM CORRUPTION. vmuitereazawmenue zPacb Litvatazoalr e 47WV,P2 ap. "Whom can that mysterious handkerchief be?" said Mrs. Conroy. "I am convinced it was the • cause of her fainting." "I dare say," observed Phebo Maria, "Miss Do Vincy picked it up, and took it under her protec tion." "No matter," remark•:d Abby Louisa— "it is now of no farther consequence. Of course, none of us really care about examining the thing." "Hero comes Mrs. Vandunder," said Mrs. Con roy; "she bris just got back into the room, and is' making directly towards us: to inquire, I suppose, the cause of all this commotion. Let us avoid her, and go and talk to the Crokenwells, or the Roden fields. No, we won't—Billy has joined her." "Wally, mamma," observed Phebe Maria; "we pay very dear for Billy. And I begin to think he will cheat us out of himself, ut Inst." '.Not if we play our cards skilfully," replied Mrs. Conroy. "Young men that know them selves to he eligible, ore not very prompt in mak ing up their minds, and are frequently oil' and on a dozen times before they are finally secured.— And there, I protest, is Sir Tiddering; he has ac tually finished his supper already, and is talking of his own accord to both mother and son. The group is now worth joining; so let us go and ask them what has become of Wilhelmina, and we will make Mrs. Vandunder talk of her in a way that will render the whole family still inure absurd and vulgar in the eyes of the Englishman." When Selfridge returned to the ball-room, in search of the handkerchief, ho found that there was a long recess in the dancing; the musicians hav ing gone out to get their supper. The waiters were handing round refreshments; and some of the company were seated, while some who had not been over-fatigued with dancing were exercising themselves in u promenade round the room: and some were standing in knots and talking. As he approached the bench under which his foot had deposited the handkerchief, a party that had been seated there, rose and left the room to seek the cool air of the piazza. The handkerchief hrfound lying in a corner, quite out of view to al casual obseivers; and taking it up, he saw with-vexation that it was soiled, rumpled, crushed, torn, and as he believed, entirely spoiled. The centre was so much-injured, that the delicately-marked letters were entirely illegible, but Selfridge supposed, of course, that they had formed the name of Althea Vernon. He put it into his breast-pocket, and leaned against a window frame, while be soliloqui zed on a subject so new to him. “Well," thought that I can now do, is to replace this handkerchief by another exactly like it, if possible, or, at least, of equal value. It was absurd in me to give it such rough usage: but it is out of the question to return it to her in the state to which I have reduced it. What excessive folly in Althea Vernon to be the owner of a hand kerchief, whose costliness has made it of so much importance as actually to interfere with her peace and comfort. ISho Was evidently afraid to trust it a moment in possession of the Conroy& n u ll will not betray her weakness, - even to Lansing-. 0411 pur chase for her another handkerchief,similar or equal to this, and scud it to her in an envelope, for I think I will not see her again. I must endeavour to subdue this fancy for Miss Vonion,and therefore it is best that our acquaintance should terminate. As Mr. Conroy says, a wife that gives eighty dol lars for a pocket-handkerchief, will not suit me.— Fortunately, I can have no reason to suppose that ehe regards me, with any thing more than indif ference." But, as,Selfridge brushed the hair from his forehead in passing a pier-glass, he thought it just possible that perhaps she did. Ho was now met by' Lansing, who said to him —"Selfridge, I congratulate you on the recovery of Miss Vernon. I have just seen Mrs. Dimsdale, who reports that she is doing well. I believe none of her friends intend returning to the ball-room, and Miss De Vincy desired me, to•inform Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds, that she will not appear again to night. But the musicians have resumed their places, and it seems there is now to be waltzing. Aro you not engaged to Miss Conroy!" Selfridge started, and repeated the name of Miss Conroy, with one of those exclamations which gentlemen-readers can easily imagine, and which ladies need not know. "I ant engaged to her," said he—"'for a cotillion or something. But I can dance no more to-night, and with any of that hate ful family I will not. Waltz with that girl! my aversion! my antipathy! By heaven, I can do no such violence to my feelings. From this night, I abjure all acquaintance with every female of the name of Conroy." "There's something more in this than meets the ear," said Lansing. "No matter," resumed Selfridge, "But do me the justice to believe, that I neither like nor dis like, without sufficient cause, and that I can ad duce good reasons for all I say, and for all I do." "I doubt," replied Lansing, "if I can carry my credulity quite so far." "Lansing," resumed Selfridge—obe still more my friend; take Miss Conroy offmy hands. Make some excuse for me, (I know you are clever at thesie things,) and if she must and will dabee,waltz with her yourself." "Truly,you are putting my friendship to a severe test," answered Lansing, "and my ingenuity also. Dlaia allon.v. What apology. can I offer for you!" "Any thing=nothing—say I'm sick, I'm dead —or say, which is nearer the truth,that I am going to leave Rockaway early in the morning, and must retire to prepare for my departure" "That is, you would ratherpack your trunk and go to sleep, than dance with her lovely self. How your character will suffer." . . "I care not. You aro going to the city in tho morning." “Yes—hut I like Rockaway so well,, that I shall return in tho evening." " Lansing now proceeded to the Conroys, to ex cuse Selfridge to Abby Louisa; and he Managed his task with so much address, that she could not seem otherwise than satisfied; and was also not the least displeased at the opportunity of exhibiting herself in the waltz, with a partner still more eligi ble than the very palpable iiminorato 'of Althea Vernon. Sir" Tiddering, whose supper had put himinto an extremely good humour, was actually seen whirling along with Phebe Maria, to the manifest triumph of her mother, who hinted to Mrs. Ventlunder, "that the baronet having' found his attempt on the heart of her eldest daug met quite hopeless, was now transferring his devoirs to the younger." "Well--she'd better hays'him then," said Mrs: Vandunder, tartly. “That is, if she con get Thank fortune, none of my family is,necessinted to tidte up with no foreigners. We have not come to that yet, and I hope we never shall. They doh't seem to suit; for they're nothing like our natural selves." Selfridge retired to his room, from whence ho despatched a concise noto to Miss Do Vincy, re questing her to tell Miss Vernon, that her hand kerchief should be sent to her on the following evening. When this billet was communicated to our heroine by her friend, who was new alone with her, (the Dimsdales having retired, as their assis tance was no longer necessary)—Althea exclaim ed—" But, if Mr. S elfridge has found the handker chief, why does he not relieve my anxiety by res toring it to mo at once?" "Probably'," replied 'Miss Do Vincy, "it has become soiled from lying on the flour, and he is going to send it to a laun dress, before ho returns it to you." "Men know nothing about such things," said Althea. "It will never more look like a new handkerchief; no mat ter how skilfully it may be done up. And the lace that trimmed it—who will quill it on again to look as it did before. Oh! how I wish I had never car ried the handkerchief into the ball-room!" Miss De \rimy, unable to undeistand the ex treme importance she attached to this handker chief, now persuaded her to try earnestly to com pose herself to sleep. Althea smiled faintly, and pressed the hand of her friend, as she took leave of her for the night, but murmured—"My sleep, I fear, will be but little." I=l Next morning our heroine felt n groat inclination to pass the whole day in her room; but the fear of eicciting remnrks,and perhaps invidious ones, made her wisely determine to endeavour to appear as usual; though she knew that it would he a hard task. Her friends expressed their pleasure on see ing her at the breakfast table, from which many of the young ladies, and all the Conroys, absented themselves on account of the fatigue of the ball; and also, because nearly all the gentlemen (includ ing Selfridge, Lansing, Mr. Dimsdale, and Mr. Conroy,) had gone up to the city. Althea looked pale, and felt nervous and out of spiiits. She was restless, distrait, and had a presentiment that the adventure of the handkerchief was not yet over. Still, her chief fear was, that Selfridge had observ ed that the name on it was not her own. Miss De Vincy devoted much of her time dur ing the day to Althea, and the charm of her con versation, (in the course of which she related many nteresting and amusing things that she had seen in Europe,) finally succeeded in giving a more cheerful tone to the feelings of our heroine, who had also the gratfication of receiving an affection ate and entertaining letter from her mother at. Now Manchester. "Ali!" soliloquized Althea—as she folded up and put it away, "how dear mamma would grieve if she know tho strange sufferings I havo brought on myself,by indulging my nonsensi• _Calfanq for that hateful handkerchief. Only let e r lichint i it again till restore it to the right owner. But I much doubt, if I shall find it in a fit state to pre sent to her. It will then be my duty to replace it with another, for which purpose I shall have, for a while, to use the most painful economy in my own expenses; as I 0111 resolved that dear mamma shall be En 4 to no inconvenience by my absurdity. And, worse tjnin all—have I not violated my sense of right, and tarnished my integrity, by meanly us ing the property of another, and attempting n de ception in wi,hing it to he considered as my own? To act a falsehood, is nearly the same as to speak it. And then, if all should be discovered—how contemptible I shall havo made ,myself—and for what?" 1- : In the afternoon, most of thO company went to ride, and those that did not, were loitering in the piazza and at the front windows, to see them sot out. Sir Tiddering Tattersall came up to Wilhelmina, and said, ho was monstrous glad to see her able to take the field again, as last night she was quite knocked up." "Knock up," said Wilheltnina-4 don't know what you mean—l can't attempt to understand English." “Ohl you wore certainly knocked up,when you hail to give in." “Give in." "Yes—in consequence of pinching shoes, ex cruciating stockings, squeezing corsets, screwing hair strings, scarifying handkerchiefs; and all the other evils that young ladies' flesh is heir to—par ticularly on ball-nights." "Mamma," said Wilholmina, "lie is talking to me about all sorts of bad things-1 know lie is"— "Sir Tattering 'l'iddering," said Mrs. Vandun der, bridling—"Pd have you to understand, that me and my daughter never was used to no disres pect from nobody. People from the old country an't half as particular ns they ought to be. But we Americans is always delicate." "So I perceive, madam," answered Sir Tidder mg. "And I have not the least doubt, that you and the whole Yankee population are very res pectable people." "There, only hear him,ma'," cried Wilhelmina, "he's calling us respectable again—and Yankee beside." •fit's just like him," said Mrs, Vandunder—her face turning scarlet with anger. oHim and all his countrymen is made up of brass and /Ass," ' , Brass and sass!" said Sir Tiddering—"a capi tal combination that—l'll just put it down (taking out his note-book,)---it will figure in my journal. Sass, I suppose, is fat the sake of the rhyme." told you ho was all the time making fon of us," said Wilhelmina. .iThe patienceof Job couldn't have put up with en Englishman," ejaculated Mrs. Vandunder; and turning her back to him, she walked majestically away,fanning herself exceedingly. Seeing her son Billy, who was reclining on some chairs at a little distance and listening with a broad grin, she has tened to make her complaint to him: said she—"that fellow ban% no more maigers than a grizzly bear, and he looks just like one." "Brutum fulnsen,"' said Billy— “there's no doubt of that. But remember, he's a baronet." "Thon,of all noblemen,keep me from baronicks," cried Mrs. Vandunder. aI would not allow 'you, nor myself, nor even Wilhelmina, ever to speak to him or look at him again, if it wasn't for spiting the Conroy's:" aThat's right;" replied Billy—amy way exactly —always spits the Conroy& , But sae, Sir .Tid- Bering has drawn Willielmina to the fir end of the porch, and is whispering to her. You had better go and look after them." Mrs. Vangunder hastily turned about, and scut• tied towards them us fast as she could; follriwed at a distance by Billy. She pulled Sir Tiddering by the sleeve, exclaiming—” What are you • saying to my daughter? Any thing improper?" • "Very probably," lie replied— ,, l am osking•her to take a ride with me in my baggy, and she scorns rather skittish at the name of the vehicle." "Well, she may," replied Mrs, Vanduntler.— "It's Kurd to get over these things fur people as is polished." Just then Sir Tiddering's servant brought round the buggy, in which two horses were harne.4ll tandem. "That's really a stylish act out,"'observ ed Billy; "quite a neat concern." Tho dull face of Willie!mina brightened. and that of her mother shone with pleasnre. oTo go or not to go]" said r Tiddering. "Oh! certainly," replied Mrs. Vandunder—sof toning her voice and smiling prodigiously. "It an't polite fur a lady to object to ride with a gentleman, after he's had his chaisb brought to tho door on purpose. Upon my word it looks very genteel.— Whillichnina, (in a low voice) you know,when we talk to tho Conroys about it, we can call it a chinehy. Go up stairs, and get on your pink satin bonnet and your laylock shawl, and bo ready to wait on his lordship immediately: Think what a dash you'll cut, with two horses Indian filo." Wilhelmina departed with unusual alacrity, Sir Tiddering conducting her to the hall door, and lingering there a few moments to conquer his in clination to laugh. By this time, there wero many additional spertaters assembled in the piazza; the Conroys had been all the while peeping through the shutters cf the saloon. When Wilhelmina re•appeared, Sir Tiddering handed her into the buggy, jumped in beside her, touched hie leader with the whip, and turned the corner of the hotel. Tandem triamphans," said Billy. "Well, after all," ejaculated Mrs. Vend under —"there's no you-' tlemun in the known world equal to an English baronick, when you once get acquainted with him. Poor Mrs. Conroy must be quite lonesome there in the big parlour, and nobody near her but her daughters. I'll go in and set with her a•while." As seen as Selfridge arrived In the city, he has cued to Mr. Stewaree emporium of fashion, un willing to excite remarks to give rise to conjectures by confiding the commission to any one of the la dies ho was acquainted with. Taking with him the defaced handkerchief an a pattern, he was no fortunate .aa to find one exactly like it, that was , yet unsold. lie immediately made the purchase, intending to seal it up in a blank onvolope, and send it to Miss Vernon. On his way downßroad way to his lodgings, previous to"the' dining hour, he overtook Lansing,who lived at the same house, and Selfridge, inquired if lie would take charge of a little parcel. and doliver it to Miss Vernon, on his return that evening to Rockaway. "Are you really notsoin ,, "" self n,"itlrUrggiiiitliti"—"l shall proceed to Philadelphia to-morrow, in the early boat, and pass a day or two in that city—or probably a week or a fortnight, or, perhaps, a month." "And whore then?" inquired Lansing. "I do not know—perhaps I shall go to the coal region, or to the North Carolina gold mines—per haps to the Virginia Springs, or to Cincinnati— I may take a voyage down the Mississippi to New- Oileans—or I may go round to Boston, by way of the lakes." "Yoer route, indeed, seems very undecided," observed Lansing. "But when shall we see you hero again?" "I do not know. One thing is certain: I shall not settle in New York." "I regret to hoar you say so," rejoined Lansing. "Yesterday, you seemed to adm:re ovary brick in our houses,and every flag.stono in our pavements, and would not permit me to apologise for the due. tiness oldie grass, and tho scantiness oftho trees, in the place we call a park. Then yoo thought oven the flattest and tamest parts of our sea coast wonderfully picturesque arid romantic —Rinke. way, in particular." "Do not laugh at me, Lasing," said Selfridge "that is all over now." "What is all over? Have you discovered that Owe is no chance of prevailing on the lovely Miss Vernon, to accept your addresses?" "I have never addressed Miss Vernon." "Not exactly, porhaps, in good sot terms. You have only givon hor ovary possible 'Timm to sup. pose that sho night look for the important flues. Lion at any minute. Selfridge—it is unpardona. We in our sex to trifle as we do with the feelings of women." "Feolings!—What !billings, what sensibility can exist in the heart of a woman who, without any extraordinary wealth to excuse such extrava ganco, can be so vain and so silly as to oxpond eighty dollars on a single pocket handkerchief?" "And has Miss Vernon been guilty of this folly?" "Yes; she has—and probably of many others similar in character. With such a wile, what chance of happiness can a man oxpeOt?" And then, Selfridge, notwithstanding his rem !talon to the contrary, could not foiboar confiding to his friond tho story of tho handkerchief, us far as ho know it, and according to tho light in which it appeared to him. "I am sorry to hear all this," said Lansing. "I had hoped bettor things of that very pretty little girl, with whom Miss Do Vincy, a woman of sense and observation, is evidently desirous of cultivat ing a friendship. Listen io MO, Selfridge. I ad vised you at the beginning of your penchant for Althea Vernon, not to proceed too rapidly; but to allow yourself time to understand somothin of her disposition and habits. 01 her vivacity, Itirtel ligenco, and beauty, there can be no doubt; and fascinated by them, you have unthinkingly allow edrur admiration to become appazont to every one, and certainly to the yoting lady herself." "Have I, indeed," exclaimed Selfridge, eager ly. "But do you think—do you believe—that them is any lxopo—fear I mean—of het being favourably impressed towards me." "1 know not," replied Lansing; "but Mitts Ver. non, 1 am convinced, is not ono of these very sue. coptiblo young ladies, who will fall in love with any man whatever, merely because ho scents to think her handsome." "But I am not 'any man whatover,' " said Sol fridge, smiling. "Very true," rejoined Lansing. "So I will hog your pardon for the lapsus lingua, end make 'ho amends honorable by acknowledging you to be un extremely woll.looking personage, of fine fiEure, fine hair, fine eyes, and tine tooth—tn short, eit a peindre. Also, I confess you a gentleman of, good connexions o gOod'character,und good talents, Mooted et paw, familiar with the post society, and possessing sufficient private fottune to estab . Itch yourself handsomely in en extenstvo business whenever you choose to begin. Tlinro now—are you satisfied?" "Perfectly," said Solfi idgo, half laughing; "and I ought, in gratitude, to return all those compli- ments; particularly as I can do so without any, violation of truth. But, though It is a very pretty amusement to be thus enacting, the Two Gone [VOL. 9--N0.12. demon of Vornrm, I would rather just now hn've an answer to my question concerning Miss. Ver. non." "That is, you would rather hoar that Miss Ver non, it solicited to become Mrs. Selfridge, might probably bo induced to consent; and, indeed, I know no reason why she should not. I must own I never saw her frown at your civilities, or avoid your society. lam not sure that the roses on her 'cheeks did not Lissome n deeper glow, and her eyes sparkle more vividly, when you were talking to her. Still, perhaps, it was only the delight of gratified vanity." "She has no vanity," said Selfridge. "Well, well—have it as you please,' 4 pursuit(' Lansing. "'She ie a woman, therefore may bo won. But thus far I will counsel you'. In your fear of deciding too soon, do not err out the other side and .be too fastidious. Neither should yon Consider the follies ofgay and unreflecting youth, like so many mortal sins, Edgar Pliandlobert lash. ion. Givo up,for the present,tlits wayward schomo of chasing the points of the compass all round the Union. Return to Rockaway. Soo Miss Ver. non—and thou—vogue la galere." . Selfridge made no immediate reply; but his brow cloared,his eye brightened,he sprang lightly up the ships of their residence, and before (tutor ing tho door, the turned to Lansing and shook him warmly by the band. ITO BE CONTINUED.] wama2uwo The velocity ora ship is from 8 to 12 miles an hour—of a race horse from 20 to 30 miles —of a bird from 50 to 60 miles—ofthe clouds in a violent hurricane from 80 to 100 miles —of sound 823—0 f a cannon ball (as found by experiment) from 600 to 1000 miles, (the common estimate is much to low)—of the earth round the sun 6,8000 miles, (more than one hundred times swifter than a cannon ball!) —of Mercury 105,000 tit:les,--of right abotit 800,000,000 iniles—passingfrem the sum to the eurth,os,ooo,ooo miles,in about 8 minu tes, or about a million times swifter than a cannon boll—and the exceeding velocity of the thoughts of the human mind beyond all possible estimate. 'Sugar Beet and Atreaberry. We had' proirdsed ourselves the pleasure of presenting to our readers before this time, such an abstract of the material portions of the communicationswhich accompany the report of the Committee of Congress on Ag. • riculture, the receipt of which was acknow ledged a day or two since, as would be use ful and satisfactory. in this we regret to find ourselves disappointed, owing to the dif ference of views entertained by the various writers in reference to matters of detail, to give a fair statement of which .will require more space than we can at the present mo ment spare from other subjects <perhaps more pressing interest. Of the importance of the culture of the Mulberry tree and the iiiisre — ctaVinEed i -^ in proportion as they ex amine into the subject. A vast amount of money has been paid year after year by this country for ei:k and sugar, and that too un der' circumstances which preclude barter thus rendering the importation of them a dead weight upon the community. For this immense outlay, as oxpenence has already shown, there is no just cause. Averse as we certainly aro to the policy which would confine us to what may be termed the Chi nese system, we are nevertheless warmly in favor of adopting such a course as will elicit our resources, and put in requisition all the capabilities of our varied soil and climate. As regards the products in question, we are safe in saying that no part of the globe pos sesses greater advantages than the United States, and there is no sound reason why we should be tributary• to other countries. When France first undertook in 1811 the culture of the Sugar Beet with reference to the man ufacture of that important article for house hold consumption, the scheme was regarded I as visionary, and }et we find that in 1837 the quantity ofsugar manufactured from this root in that country was no less than 00,000, 000 lbs. or one half of the consumption of the Kingdom. Circumstances are it. pro gross which will eventually, as we think, de prive us of the supplies of sugar from the West Indies, and it would be wise for the farmers of the Middle and Northern States to put themselves in such a position as to be independent of them. With regard to the circumstances here alluded to, it is only ne cessary to state that the views of the British government in reference to their colonies in the West Indies have been such as, if car ried out, must affect most seriously the pro ductiveness of that portion of the empire. It is unnecessary to do more than hint at these things, as a sufficient motive for the home cultivation of the sugar beet is to be found in its profitableness under any possible state of things. The Commonwealth of Mas sachusetts has, with a wisdom that does her honor,offered a bounty of three cents a pound on all sugar made from the beet within five years, which, taking the alleged product of an acre of those roots as the basis of a calcu lation, will give 4000 lbs. ofsugar per acre or sl2o•bounty,a greater yield perhaps than can be procured in any other form,and that too from tho State alone. In this estimate the mere bounty money is considered, with out including the difference between the cost of production and the market price of the article. With regnrd to the Mulberry tree, what ever differences of opinion may exist 'as to which variety is the best for the purposes of silk production, all who have a knowledge of the matter agree in stating that the cul ture is ndapted in every way to the habits of our people, and the peculiarities of our soil and climate.--BaUintore American. 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