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EDMOND It drifted o'er the introit sea The sport Of wind and wave. :0i frail and shattered thing was she, The deep denied a grave. :To footstep trod her briny deck, No'stalwart form was there,- s on she plunged, a lonely wreck 1 With broken nest and bare. 9 where ire they who mined the ship, Iler brave and gallant craw, 3Vito ISM her toa a careering dip _ )onder depth of blue Ask not of landsmen ,S.herc ascends The curling smoke of boqv, Or where like dimwit music blends The city's busy hum. Search not for them among the crowd Wlto rove lib footetepe free, • Nor seek the in the churchyard shroud— But oak the of the sea— The stormy sea with miverns dark A thousand fathoms low, There lie the men who manned the bark . That foundered long ago. They Alice') where countless wealth is strown ' For hands that toil no more,— Where glittering treasures ell unknown Adore the enrol floor, flout on, foil on, 0 lonely x reek, And•ial thy tale nt . woe.— Where bleep am men trlip_trod.thy deck !A thouetvid nithomslow. The giant wovet.l“:".B aidelt• rung , Theil futterh,!.kuell. - But thou %nit •tornrr, ►Adder Do.t 41111 the lidtup IV.stern Lerivry AfesstOgh , ATALANTA UPON SiATEN Someo bat more than twenty yeare-ago, i a fine old mansion on the St. Lawrence, nee Montreal, lived General Paul Leroux, Omer ly of the French army, and a devoted Bonn partist. l On the final fall of Napoleon, h• had e'migrated to Canada with his family, tin a portiOit of his once princely fortune. Geniral Leroux was a widower, with tw twin lildren, Henri and Eugenie, at you service tny reader.. These two, having Ins their m other in early childhood, had spent some years with their relatives in Switzer land. In that wildest country, in the midst of a latige household, hetself - the special pet of her grand-uncle, a veteran soldier. Euge nie Leroux was allowed al) the wild an healthful freedom of n Peasant girl. At th age of sitteen, when \she eccornertn'e<d her father and brother to 'Ole New World, alt conkd boast but fey,. lady-like accomplishment and aristocratic airs; but \slue was lovely with the promise of extraordiitary beauty, he witchingly ucive in manner, and \ as brave an vigorous as a young Zingara. She was pa sionate in spirit, impetuous and 'iwaywart fiery and- fearles‘ in her .. resentmeMe. bt - quick and generous to forgive; argent std d voted to the death in her loves and friendship Henri Leroux was possessed of M fine inte lect, butt was of a delicate physical 9rganiz tion; gentle in spirit, sensitive,' studious a religious, the fair beauty of his face,-the sit illued time of his voice and his — qiiiet manne all wert-to render him 'a most remarkab contrast to his sister. But I will' not dwe' further upor, his character, as his future lii is to form the subject of a subsequent sketc On reaching his Canadian hine,;Gener Len ux procured a governess and masters f t his slaughter. Mademoiselle Eugenie so acquired a good knowledge of English, a made rapid progress in.music, for wlOch s possessed remarkable talent; but she indi nantly overturned her embroidery franici, to E cd -her 'paint -brushes into the river, :and se her Latin crammer after them. Her po' governess soon resigned, in despair, all Ito of making a fine lady out' of the wild girl, the Alps, whom an indulgent father, -go easy man, permitted to follow, in all thing het: own untrammeled impulses. Our heroine's .early residence in Switzeili bad colored her entire after-life and charge' andthe daughter of a seldir, she was, perh, not unnaturally, soldier-like and somew =MEI masculine in her tastes. She neither tre bled, fainted, nor shrieked with exquisite s• n sibility and delicate nervousness at the nu of ordinance, the peal. of musketry, or t.harp c,ack of the rifle. She Inved Wm rather, and at the gleam of arms and the ex I h,- , og swell of martial music, Ahere ever fla h ed from her kindling eyes the'bold spirit . o a Joan d' Arc. As a horsewoman, she was b solutely unrivalled in all the Canadas a least, so said her riding-master. She co h row like Grace Darling, swim like a merm id and then tier skating—" Her skating? Good gracious?" cries my fair reat!er, in feminine i consternation. Wait a bit, honey, and ciln sider, • Skating is an ornament *Filch as been too long monopolized by 'our natural 'n emy,' as some lady-writer—Miss Martini , O, Mips Hannah More, or Miss Robinson Cru N. —calls the sterner sex. It is a gracefu , a delightful, and most invigorating exeicise.— I speak not unadvisedly, for in my early girl hood, I too, acquired this singular accomplfsh men!, and I now only blush for the false deli cacy which has since prevented_me from keep- ing myself in practice. But Eugenie, fearless of the censures of' over-refined, end scorning the itrepertinet servatilme of the caniiilie, persued with thusiasm the favorite pastime of her St winter life; and no sooner did the ice of St. Lawrence liecome of a reliable thickn than, accompanied by her twin-brother, tr might be seen periorminfi her graceful eit tions thereon for hours tether. Her skill swiftness became proverbial, and many w the delighted witnesses of her varied and traordinary feats. Out it is limo she was troduced personally to my readers.- , On the afternoon of a keen but, sunny in January, Eugenie and Henri Le laughingly descended the bank of the , s Lawrence, and mingled with a smell Coin BY GRACE. ORF.F.NWOOD ny of skaters. Mademoiselle Engeate, then a strkingly beautiful brunette of eighteen wag suitably, though someu hat coquettishly, at tired in a short skirt and tightly-fitting jacket of dark- blue cloth, richly trimmed with black fur. Upon her head she wore a small fur cap: her raven . hair was put 'plainly back; the rich brown of her complexion was brilliant with a .gloi; of pleasure, and her- large dark eyes were flashing back the sunshine. • After amusing herself as usual' foraWhile. / Eugenie ob`served ,st burly English corporal, / with whom she had a slight skating acgrain , tance, progressing leisurely toward Iher. drawing a miniature sleigh. This, he pres ently saw, contained the first-born of the cor poral's house, a stout, boy of abcMt half a year old, well wrapped in furs ands flannels,' and rosy-cheeked with the healthful Wintriair,— Eugenie glided along by the Brie vehicle, chatting pleasantly, and delighting the proud father by her praises of his pretty child, till suddenly a wild thought darted 'through her brain, she caught the infant from the cushions laid it on her head, after the 4 Swiss manner, putting up one hand to'steady it, and was tiff likeh hush! As for the corporal, "his sen sations were more easily imagined than des cribed," ti, use a novel expression. He stood stupefied and transfixed for a moment, then gave a cry between a groan and a yell, and started in pursuit. He was n tolerable skater but he knew not with whom he had to com pete. Engenie ,vas now rods ahead of looking back and laughing provokingly; now grassing so near that he alniost grasped her clree.r; circling abo:t him with fearful rapidity, At last the pf. , !ir mail berVile furl oils, swore roundly at the mischlevo;:q and called for aid in 'rescuing his child.— Three or four, Henri among the number, imighing heartily, set out in eager- pursuit; but -.Eugenie, after eluding them at every poini, flew back to the little sleigh, lowered 'the child from her head, kissed him hastily, laid him smiling and 'unharmed upon his pil low, and was off again. • Among the interested,ohough inactive, spectators of this strange scene, Were two British officers, then stationed 'at Montreal— . Captain Hamilton and Lieu t enant Thurston. The former was highly connecte d and the heir to considerable wealth, had a soldierly appear. ance, a symmetrical form, and a fine manly face, happy, and withal„ innocent in its ex , Thursti'm was a Man of the world, will, a peculiar English physiognomy; wasconsider ed handsomer than his companion, to whom he was an attached and devoted friend. - (in leaving the river, after Engenie and her brother had disappeared, Hamilton main tained atholightfol silence until lie reached his quarters, when he exclaimed—“Thorston, we must make the acquaintance of General Leroux, for, by the powers, I would give , my commission to know that girl! She is rionscreattire—n glo-ri-ons creature!" preqmon • "Fudge, Hamilton; she is a-merciless Hifie savage—a very ogreeT, running nay with babies, and frighteninglworthy fathers out of 'their wits." \Our officers found little difficulty in gaining • au e ntree into the hospitable mansion of do; le 11 ; colurteouts Gen.LermiX, and ere Tarty inuntclis were past, they were On a footing of familial int ercoure with his filthily. captain Harhil ton s admiration for Eugenie deepened into al love, and many things seemed tri augur favor ably for the (maces* of his 'quit. The faille, d and brother of the lady were both won over b . % , • e the many excelleacies of the young soldleer character, his inteiletual qualifications and I the charm of his ma" • but the heart of En. 7' , I genie herself was not so easily coirquered.— I filer lover soon ascertainetk that many of her )1.1 feelings, tastes, and early in•tdices were op posed to the interest which he \ sought to cra- - %f I ate. First of all, her amor J'rice was far , stronger than that of most women she pas ' sionatelY toned la belle France. and as pas sioitately hated her enemies. Thenshe cher ished in the depths of her soul, that wild, en thusiastic, adoring love for the memory tif\Na poleon whilut none but a true Bonapartist Can fully uuderstand. When a mere child, she had seen the great hero—she had a distinct recollection of his , face, of his winning smile, as he addressed a few playful words to her. Henri Leroux even declared to Hamilton that her right cheek, which had received the imperial salute, had been tabooed from that time, no less august _ lips having pressed the sacred spot. 1, Ti l t tier 4. father and brother Eugenie never spoke of the glorious days of the empire but with mourn ful enthusiaem . --of the emperor but with tears: yet to Captain Hamilton she talked 'proudly' Of the deeds and reign of thegreat king-maker and entered into many an animated discus sion of his merits as a ruler and a general. Hamilton, like every' English soldier, was a worshipper of Wellington, and, could never be brought to admit that the geheralship of the conquered surpassed that of the conqueror. Such discussiona sometimes 'add a piquet,- cy to friendship, but no degree of discord is healthful for love—and our lovers had some serious disagreements. But reconciliations' always followed, Eugenie usually concluding, in her calmer moments, that a live friend was 9 better than a dead'emperor, and frankly sene ing to the aggrieved gentleman some pacif y ,- message. is During the summer and fall, General- Le- IC roux was absent on a tour through the States; , Es. and as Henri was much engrossed by studies, to Captain Hathilton was left a fair field for his 1- wooing operations. He rode and walkedl d sung and read English with' mademoiselles and all would have gone on smoothly had be not also talked. But the ghost of Bonaparte Was never laid; and that unfortunate last bat tle, wheir the "little corporal," was defeated y by fate, n by Wellington, was futight over , c again, almost daily. • t. I On the return 4,the general, Captain Hem t. Mori thought bootie 'Fvtoult with him; hetore "THE'WORLD IS SATURDAY, , . • . „ , . --:—. , _ , making a formal proposal to &genie. To his great joy, the kind father made no opposition to his suit- 7 leaving the matter wholly in his daughter's . hands. . But Eugenie. I tvai ;too arch ,a coquette. to decide at once—again and• again requested time for; consideration, until weeks slipped by, and the merry skating days had come round again. , i -- . It Was a clear , lumin ous moonli g ht li g h t , , late in December, when Captain Hamilton and Lieutenant Thurston met at the house, of General Leroux. Thurston had but that day returred front Quebec, where he bad been spending acme months; and was, therefore, not altogether as fait of the state of affairs between his brotir,soldier and Mademoiselle Eugenie. The !Rends, lhough they did not come together, found they weie bound on the self same errand—to solicit the honor t of at lending upon mademoselle to a military ball which was to be given on .1 1 1etv Year's eve. As neither would resign' his' claims in favor of the other, a playful altercation ensued— Eugenie'decla ringherself unable to decide.--;- At this point, Henri laughingly proposed that, as the night was, magnificent, the important question shotd- be 'decided by a skating • match; or that .ngenie should play tiAtalanta upon skates." , The genileme joyfully assented; Eugenie ••, clapped her ban a with childish glee, and re turned to don he skating costume. This was somewhat diffe nt - from' the one which she had used the ye r before; the trimming being of white fur, an fur the Sake of greater con spicuousness on i s occasion, she had placed in her cap a long . b ite ostrich plum. The effect of this dress was to, render her more be witchingly beau' i ful than ever, as she came bo u nding into lim drawing room for her com panions. General Lerottx, after gazittg on her proudly for a moment, embraced her ton-, derly, and decla i ring his intention of joining the little party, to see that no harm befel her, and that all went fair in the rice. In their way 'to the river, Captain Hamil ton. whose arm'Eugenie had taken, lookeduith sodden seriousness into the roguish eyes of his companion, and whispered— 11 • ' "May not a question of more moment than that of escorting you to this ball, be also de cided to-night" "In the same manner, Monsieur?" "Yes, and may the stiitteess of my heels avail, Whew the eloquence of an adoring heart has failed?" ' I . . . 4 /is replied,langliine "Or eriuke me, and I surrender prisoner for life; but fail, and it is the lost Wateiloo of your wooing. , Rratt Ipkr !"_ The m u on was at its full, anthill, icebound St. Lawrence lay lilts a broadsheet of glitter ing-silver. .1' • The facie was soon fairly begun. Thurs ion at first seemed likeliest to win, but laying nu, all his strength in. desperate efforts to head Eugenie in her marVelotta evolutions, at length sank dun, u tterly exhausted; and the troy eking girl turned and flew past him, like a wild bird. on then ing. The field was now left to Hamilton; ho had infinitely more at' stake, and he swore a.tniglity oath (to•}iim -elf) ..ever to yield until the victory was his. It wto a tcene of singular excitement.— Hamilton, though an .admirable 'skater, never, -eemed to gain nuon Eugenie, except by her own permission; for she would now and then deg, as though about to pause, place her hand on her side, and drop her head, ns from wea riness. Hamilton woUld•redouble his efforts, land the nest (moment she would be flying about him in bewildering circled, nearer and nearer, till the ritig of her skates, and her mer ry laugh werein his , ear; nwtthen, away shot her lithe limn with incredible swiftness,, far a-down the river 'her long white plume was tooting in the moonlight.. lAA:length, Eugenie ealledback— am-getting tired ofibig, Captain Humil en......-You can never overtake; bin atop where , odare, and I will come to yon!" Hamilton paused, and soon beheld his inam orata swiftly approaching. As she drew near, er, however, she glided along more liesurely and coquettishly. Al), moment of thrill;ng rapture to the lover, tthhn he watched that 7,nifieent creature coMing slowly.but stead.' e l ily\towards him, with her head archiyin lined to (4-e side; her luxuriant hair loosed from her co mid fulling over her shoulders; her arms i crossed s pon her bosom : her lips apart, and her eyes 'flashing gloriously, and not unlov• \ : - ingly, upon in! • N earer, nearer; 'he reach ed forth his rtTut with a cry of joyful wel come! Nearerearer; he could see her 4, breath, silvered into small clouds, by he rim% a the st ill night!—whet' eliebowso et head, and shut belie-tali his extended arm, like 'a • winged arrow! The haled officer turlvipg quickly too quickly, alas, for his feet slid from tiiider him, and lie measured his length tines the ice ! tie suddenly recovered himself, to Minh! Eu genie pausing at a-little distance, and resign ing herself to extravagant . rnerrient; her A ild laugh ringing out like a peal o ( 1 . bells on the clear frosiy air . Vexation and ortifica thin gave our; hero-new strength, an he again set out with all the energy of despe ation.— This time he gained upon 'his _treacherous lady-love. Eugenie became really alarmed, when, looking backward, she saw him dashing on like an eagle in pursuit of a devoted wood pigeon. She strove eagerly to reach the bank, but in I vain. rantlit" saw with ex ultation that i the prize would soon be bia; he already stretched out his arms, when...she was gene, go e!. Ind at -his i feet - yawned a chasm in the -ice! Fearless of death end vile rhea znatiittn, vhe gallant captain leaped 'to the res cue; and, as heaven would have it, Eugenie rose in the slime p see where she sank, end was safely lifted from the wat, and borne to the batik ltyl her alaruo:, lovet.. Irthe had chanced upon 8 apt. btt l: Oily frozen over, the thick ice having beguut aid removed on i 1.184 very,4llll. N to T 0 . 0' . MUCH.' VE4I6RUAOY 5, Is4s: ME • The pdor 'girl was chilled IMO Partial 'un consciousness, acid Hamilton ' finch by, , her side and tenderly strove .to revivedier. ' Her father, Henri ant he Lieutenant had reached the spot, but no one interfered withthe Office_ of her rescuer. lie seemed not to [notice the presence of others, as he bent over the faint ing girl and Chafed her bands and temples.— [At last,' he pressed his lips to hers, and called upon her name in an ag,ony'of love and ifear. As though she had received a powerful ictivi nic shook, Eugenie instantly sprung to her feet, rejecting with indignatiOn and hauteur the further assistance of her presuming lover. Supported by her father and brother, she proudly and' sileptly, walked htimeward, hurt, and mortified Ify the tragical ' lt ermination of the evening's amusement. The adventurers reached the house, with icicles depending from every point and edge of their attire,,and found theMseives pretty thoroughly chilled; but a change of clothing and a' trifle of eau de vie, soul) set all right again. [ Eugenie maintained her proud and silent re servetintil, as Captain Hamilion was-about leaving, General Leroux g•ras ing . his hand, said in a tremulous voice:— - ' ' "My dear young friend, you have saved the life of my child; receives father a blessing!" Eugenie's heart was touched; she sprang forward - itareiliously, seized Hamilton's other hand, and looking up with tearful eyes, said,. in a tone to be heard by all prefent:— "Let me also thank, you, my preserver; I have been ungrateful, unwomanly.; forgive me." I . A short time subsequent to the little adven ture which we have narrated, Captain Ham ilton was ordered to another station, where he remained during the winter; his of aire de emir continuing in the mean time pretty much in stoke quo. In the spring time he returned, but only to bid his friends adieu, as his com pany had been 'recalled to England. Oh his announcing this to Engenhysho • threw aside her reserve at once, exclaiming_ "Holy mother, going! andl—how, am I to endiire the parting?" 1 ' "Great ieaven, Eugenie! is it possible that you love eat last?" "I do, tr dy, tenderly; len never love en other—witnever wed anothe ! I tell you this my friend, because I cannot wed with you." "Say nut so, dearest; .be my wife! go with me to England! I will make nnysnerifice for your love. Say the word and! will leave the army, that I may never be the active enemy of your 'talk° country. Tell me, my love, will you net be persuaded?" , "Oh! do not urge m 4 I entreat you! I can not t listen to you—l mist not (cave mu fad-, 'er! A stranger in a.s range land, his coun try, his . emperor, hie d daughter—all lust to him; would he not die of a broken heart?— No, no; I, will not forsake him!" and the poor child burst into tears. Captain Ilatnilton strode up and down the apurtment, pale and heart-wrung with con tending emotions; but he was' too honorable, too 'truly noble to hesitate, and respectfully taking Eugenie's hand in his, he said— ' ,"I tonnr you forloor decision; I love von more tenderly for this beautiful exhibition of filial piety. May God give us strength to en tiure our common trial, and permit me to re turn at no distant day to claim 1 his.hand." Then, after folding her for the first time to his breast, and kissing away the tears which hung on her long, dark' eye-lashes, he turned hastily and was vne. But he returned in a moment—he had left a glove, and returned to find tladernoiselle Eugenie pressing that same &veto her lips and heart, in her passionate sorrow.' he was overcome with confusion,, and could scarcely raise her efes to her lov er's, as he hurriedly requested her to inform her father that he would wait upon hin‘in the morning to make Ik adieux! Enily the tie2tt. morning, Eugenie sought her father in the library. and with as much calmness as.ehe could cOmmald, related the occurence of the preceding evening. • The General, surprised :and agitated, ex elahned--. ""Is it possible that you love this than uliom you rejectedr sincerely as my deputed' mother must have loved you in your youth; but 'could not make lonely the hearth of our home; I cou:d not forsake you, my fatlier." "You are an angel, Eugenie! The best daughter that ever blessed a fsther's,heart. Yet I cannot accept this sacrifice; I cannot separate you front the man you line, and who 'is worthy of you—it wuuld'he selfish, sinful to do this. Go with Hami'ton to Eitglang, his happy wife! Go, and take wi;h yin u fe-, ther's blessing! God forbid I should cloud your young life with sorrow!" 'Tether, dear father, do not call ibis a sacri fice! The spirit of my mother will aid mein my (Mild! devotion to , you. Heaven w ill smile upon me, and I shall be happy." Genbral'Lermix sat in thoughtful silence for a moment; then, bhishing tike a,very boy, ho said-- "Look here, my daughter!" abbe took from his boom a miniature, set in brilliants—the pOrtrait'of a young and handsome ‘lvom'an— not the long dead mother of-Henri and Eu genie. “What does this mean, father?" said our heroine, turning deeply pale.. means," ;tie replied, "that foreseeing that I could not,' always retain you to preside over my household, I Have provided a sub stitute." '.Who and what is she'!" • • Halve patience, my twit', and I will tell you olt. While on my, tour, through the . States, last autumn, met with an old frind, and fel-, low-soldier; an emigrant like, myself, and his only child et' good'and beautiful girl it she, Wholiad,promised to fill that void in my heart left by,yotti mother, ,ho,aith 11111 MBE Eli =II n to be left- br yott. .1 thought: to have I . you this, long agu;l:mt it was_en . t4l:- .d subject to broach;'s — ' nd the marriage has -,*- • 1 • - n once postparetton account o f the dettli relative of Marie's." ' • . 'And so. my rand sacrifice was miCalled > ' V said Engeriie, making en effort ttisMile. es, ,my love. r 4 shall grieve deeply to . , t xvith , you:.but I shall not be comfortless.' .w, I ant going ont: when Captain Hamil calls, you must receivellimhere, and may f plait' to hiwthe change in your circums an - as regards me. % 'Dort weep, m y chi d—. nit, I pray! I will visit yon in England -it -nri and—and my wife, in the courFe of the mmer: and you will return to Canada, some . /ne. God bless you, my darling"' and the •emplarY fattier took himself off. ' " , i. ugenle had hardly time to dry her tears, • mpose her fare, and smonth'her' ringlets, kfure Beptain Hamilton walked into the li! 10". 1 He waa some What surprised at meeting En g nig again, and expressed much regret a ni t being} able to see her father.. The poor gi I was r sadly embarrasSed, 'and could otter little more than brief replies to the questions o her lover; After a few momenta of pain fu constrained conversation: the ,Captain ro e, ItissCd hastily the hand of his lady-love, a d not trusting himself to look upon(her face, le t her once again to her tears. She stood' eali statue of grief, and listened to his every sl pas he'descended to th'e hall below. Then, Cc: rce consciouspf the net, she flew rather then ran down the at'airs. Her Inver heard her light, step, a; grpcsped his arm, ddr, and 'mormu ri "If you must g m not needed 'hin.was the irst time Eugenie had ever ea led tier lover 4 Genrge'," Mx -gentleMal t , ,' , re, der will pleaFe? reeqll the feeling with wittpkt he first heard his own :name, from the lips of tht woman he loved. Under such ;extraordinary ciretin Ftances, Captain Hamilton FOOII obtained leave to de lay for a 'short tine his departure for England; and in the course of a wCek, his marriage with Eugenie took place, with all the rites of the English and Roman churches. Of course, the bridegroom was T.ronnun7d elegant in %%late gloreS and wuistonat.; and the bride adorable in satin arid orange bins, sums. The usual nOmber of jokes, at.d eharn paligne bottles were crac!;cd, at the expense of - the former; of glove l s and sashes soiled at the expense of the latter'. Then followed forced smiles, blessings, tears, the parting ! - That night, hour afier.hotir, in the lonely room which had once been Eugenie's, over a harp, whose strings the delicate fingers of the most loved, might wake no more„ leaned a .polo acid fair-haired )moth, weeping m ildly and bitterly, with thefeeling that his twinno • oT heart had been torn asunder. That nig i lthiski his owi't room at a tall and handsome man, yet in the golden meridian 'of life' gazing mournfully no the portrait of beautiful girl, in- , 'a Eite!ing costume, which hung against the - opposite wall. There own,: a strange quivering in the lip of the soldier. a stranger glistening in his eye. Then, 1w dreg front his breast another picture, and he gazed on that till the smile of the lover shone' through the tear's of the father. - It is evening—the first evening at sen, and Captain Ilarnilton and his bride_are on deck watching the last point of American land, as It fades into the blue of the korizon. 'The niiid.b.otrA fair—theveprel reels ho pte..ure of the brevzo! And. ow tfteet ara thousonit Silo Trap! to 0., carewrine 1"r Eitgeniessweet eyes are 'flied with tears, as, stretching helfitrms toward the dim shore, s he murmurs— “Adieu, dear adopted land! father, brother, adieu, adieu!'' Her husband folds her in liis, bo:zom, and whispers—." Yon have , , indeed resigned much to follow me." ' "Yes, ail, home, fri:inde, and it may be, my religion. And now, d'eur George," she adds, smiling through her tears, you not ad mit that Napolen was the greatest hero the 'world has ever icnowo?" "Yes, yes, I yield:at lest: but in return for this concession, I take the liberty, my little Bonapartist wife, of kissing t r od on the Etn peroes check:"—Godejs Lady's Book, for January.- Isumaut..—One cannot but feel an interest in Ishmael—figuring him to be a noble of na ture—one Of those heroes of the wilderness who lived on the produce of his bow, and whose spirit %VHS nursed and exercised among the wild adventures of the life that he led.— And it dues soften =our conceptions of him whose hand was against every' mart and every man's hand again . st him, when we read of the influence of his mother over him, in the deference of Ishmael to whom we read another example of the respect yielded to female eve', in that so-called barbaroutrperind of the world. There was aciVization, the itnmetliate effeed of Oligion, in tihese days, frimt which men felloway la's the world - -grew older.--Dr. Chu Inlet et. A L1T414 NEARRIV-A p“rishone: com plained to the parson that his pew was too fur from the pulpit, and that he Must purchase OIIP . . nearer. \ •'Whyl" asked the parson: "can't you hear distinctly?" 0 0, yes,,l can hear well enough." "Can't you Fee plainly 4" Ui P PS, I can see perfectly." then, what don be the trouble?" 4, Why; o there arci:Fo many in front of m e, who catch what you ray fiat, that, by - the time your words-reach my ewe, they •aro aq fie? iii'dhiti-wateri4l ; ; 11 4 •.' Pi •. 'd turned -tnward her. She caned her head on his she'll d— , George, Idle me - with you! ere; I '!.hall die if you ;earo E=OMEMMIENZ, ME A 111E14 ;38. lEEM= t ls,zratifying psee,contingalecidence the progress of and politics; in Etirtinee, The, demand for eform comes '1)1) fietn . tl little I I. cal_Ommt nitres that, in - times pa.l babe played so Co tspicuous n part in chili tinny It is here hat the' people have-f play,for - thCir act reaches the - rents7eT. ciety. Let but t! e Wants 010 better firgitt valor] befelt Cher —let. there be intel!ige concerted action I yre:--4ed pothing -vi t t -ist the pro:Tess f political ref9rm':::Th iewarhi are sugg:Qted by reading. ' a let, from Hungary th t cite ass'mbly iifthecnt ty (4 . Pesth had i lstructed its nimbus in mid the next gen.? rsl assembly the l lowiniArtieles— "l. The comp' before the' law, 11 debates, and the e'ec i tialky ill' bit c.itiz pulliicity of the I*fineut by jury all cr cepting political crimes on of a court of catietk: inn! affairs, not e 1. The format '0 that of Fran 3. The aboliti impositions - 4 th: of form' labor, and like l naturei Id be r:qpia ributions. by nbibPrical cm 4. The e6tabh desi inc.] to assist hment of tst ganeral by commerce and imlustry. each village vibe repres •rs in the county as...fern 5. Tho right fu red by two inemb of which it fortn!t prirt." The history of the ittnetican revoluti when properly written, will be a noble w of encouKagement to such commettities - as county of Pre,th.' , , It was in our 'towns t it may be truly F:;:d toJtave commencH: in that formation of public sentiment, 1 concet !ration rif efilut, that Wile organi (ion, effl , cteti by the clonitter‘i of corrasp. dence. But it wa s not until the people w thorooghlysittfortr i lmi as t l o their rights, felt maintaitourrth , m, that the worlt g l ee.'. The' The' commonities of Europe h , a him puthlbefore them, in their noble 'hand for. "equalitylof all citizens before law"—"the abolition of force.' labor," Ile right for each village to be repre=ente Tot.: DoOsv or ova Wonto.--=‘Ylint t change is to bn, we' do no; evon co•ij,let but tve see in the heaven: themselves ,omo traces of destructive elements, and some indi .eationi of their power.) The fra . :ments of broken planets—thdtzeen: metoric stones upon nor .globe—t be ttheelbng cumets.tvehl-. ing their I,onsu .. tur.teriala at the solar mrrne,o —the volcanic eruptions oti our (.;wn sattellite —r.themppearanceof new stars, and disap pearance of • others—are all I'o:shadows of that impending,cauvalsion to which the sys-' tem of the world is doomed. - Thus a Dead on , a planet. %% - 110 is to be barat .. under heavens which are top.iss away; thus tread ing, as it were, an the cemeteries,- and cltte,i l hag on the r arieselenins of formor worlds- let us learn the lesson of humility an 9 wisdden,,; if we hove not_ah:ea ly boon taught it in tho soh DM of reteluiien.—.l"erVi WM . 'S TO BLAMR.—.A band of deprehtors which had hitherto defied the police of Paid... htwreeently been discovered and apprehend ed. Liupn "to the orening, eNaminttion their leader Thilbet, and sav where the "Flow old are your' ""As fdr a+ I cau, judgeatiout 44.". profesbio3?" "That of a:t hief." "What w yoor father?' "A thief Ititetike, rind died it roil the Fe l t; trc+l3." "And your!tnot her?" "A thief also, and died in the pris'on of Grenoble." _"Autli o you o ere thus left aion". why ; sought yyu not 16 learn nnothei. trader' "Because I was was driven from door 'door, because no in stitution is 'open, Cl!'!? r to those teho sin oe, whose Pthers Imre ilice! hr orc them!" CoNsumrrto..,- 7 Dickens gives the ing daferiprion of this hich constantly carrying sorrow and cd , t-tdat ion into thou undo o families in many parts of the world: "There i. a, drcal disease, which co•pre." pares its vi.tims, as it were for death; which so refines it Of its gro , i-er aspect, and,throws around fami iair lool:s, unearthly to lications of I, the coining hange—adraad_disease, in which , the struggl, between the son; and body is . - 0 gradual, cp'tiet and solemn, cod the result Li . , sure, that il l y by day, and grain by grain, the mortal part wastesi awl withers away, so that i' Ole spirit g l owa ;light. and san7nine with its li g ht e ni n g ; tad; aid feeling immortality at* bawl devinr ii.but a new term of mortal life —a diseas, in which death and life are' stran;;ely h ended, that death talies-the glow and hue of life, acid life the gaunt Rio? grisly fn-m of des h—a disease %Odell medicine ne ver cured,-wealth t..ariled ofT, or poverty could boast eiceMption from—which sometimes ant strides, uni enineuntea at a ish pace, but slow or quick, is ever sure and ceHnin." iniives :ardv,flat ar1,.8 rfal christimi, seldom Aces ft ne.,zllbor. A pure" lake reflects ky, the clouds, and the overbseg. la when it is ii rd it reflects no. pore. A bail man, a real sconil -1 Fees ? geoi trzit in the cheroot? bor. An irorerfect glass refec a reclly,,but Shows its own deficien; feet mirror reflects nothing b-t A rod defect in iri n.benrrtiful ing trees: thing that i drel—selcr of hit; neigl tinthink eti cv. A pe bright and sure images. !MID has a narrow escape 'fri: from a co:iision.ofinediners on ti ' ion-the Gib mop% Thertlyaa the_baiit, but Mr. Barniim pick! inikin and bore him safe td t • TOM Tf drownl ng r Mthsiesippi cotiftteitm it up the ma IBM! Itorre farti" inquired a man of Orae, dealer. sq3eab , crealion, !Oa's ail bottom,- Wla, him - so fast in'one day, thatittoc g ' et\ him back again!" ycok Vermont 1:1(m l'te ttoirei two do) . 's t.t• 11Injelx, Qat* Yteturiti, expec (Mier to be co r: =EI NIVE En 1 I re nd e- i
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