VOIAJME 19. 'OETRY AND MISCELLANY. - - GOATITUDr I TO GOD. I=l=E! The start') heavens instruct the earth, Their !nighty author to revere; .1 great Creator hltilleth forth In ettry burning, rolling sphere. What a sublime, a lieaenly song. thirsts forth front that celestial choir' What ..ts ening music roots along From et rry set ect serapnic lyre, Dimling in one full harmony, King, in praise to thee' 1k Lord. Thy might, Thy wondrods glory, Each fair thing in Creation tells; Hay unto day repeats the story, Amt night unto the night reveals.' hot man's the language, faint and ‘t k, ibse ore]) ftlltug em the car; Not thus doth mighty nature• speak— Iler voice is loud, her tones are clear; She readeth from an open hook. Anil all «•Iwftcar may turn and look. Hon grand Thy works, Thou gracious Lord Tlit We...lugs boundless, great, and free: Hon rich, hots as. eel, the full retvaril tnereature; fa ithfiA 111110 Thee! lu humble loye, in holy fear, The weakest spirit dwells secure; spnugeth light to warm, to cheer, To .ori , tigthett, to inkiire, assure; And kindle ut the feeblest mind 11:14111 gleam' of clear, rfitieil. er, Lord, my trembling faith, And till ine R MI a watchful feare dy the a ork4 of Viii and death: , To rte T 11) law in letters clear. Thy blc•.cd tat% of tight and truth, In all it, torte to tie unG'ld; .1n I let it! precept, guide luy youth, Ilore'prec too! fir than gum.; of gol I. 'llore .acct that hot) Laa .to ~'l•han tionted treti,twes lo the Lee. 11 ithout thoee I , ealars of sacred light •nv. Spirit and Thy %Vont. impart. All' t% ho earl tell the .1 -pth of night 'That Mom]. upon his Inmost !mart Int, lurid rue one pure Interring 11) on 11 dark •pint h 4, explore, Inght 1111110 inn did foes away: And, that It int* return nu mure, Lord, let 0 ghoul) form er there, Iliprlfing darkness and deepatc. 11 - 0111.+.11ear Lord thou deign to :11y rout Is lii thy revis ulg =wile, TO MI Ine l‘l,ll thy flg1110.111.1“,-, heflil Illy 1V,111,1"r111Z reel, linen ..:;ato,(01 5..1111 IRA %V sqpiete, Frew tht pure Giant tilt, full and free; Ateq upw,rd et CtIl1011 • . 1 . 11 , 4100 and tltc priwe to 'Hire. Far all It I,u we the change tilt lite, Shall ton it the It ork, great Go 1,1, Thin, THE OVER-PAID CHECK, EMEE=I •I'lf tell ,ou mill promise not to say any o 11...nt Laid a yonag, mini named Wltueler to a darn ri..rl; named Watson. ''l no hand at keeping secrete," returned' Watson, ❑ot wit mu , 0 13111 yon um-or, JYOII hIIOIV, I hail a clioi‘k for my clitarteriTxturyto- r. " ' "It Mal for , thr.•r Imoired dul:ars. Now look here." P, heeler spoke, he opened a drawer of the dews %Inch he scat writing, took out a small parcel of bank 14, and conmeneed counting them over. Tho whole coin wee right hundred dollar.. "Their , is wh.ii I received for my cheek", Yaid he, in:n a glance of exultation. • "12.1L:lit hundred dull-ars!" remarked Waison, evincing tlnitight our check cAlled for only thee hinarefi d.d I. But it seeing the teller dual difreretit)." 'Dien he overpaid your check five hundred , dollsrs.'i and no mistake," replied Wheeler. Ain't No errors corrected out of bank, you linir." - Hut ion don't intend keeping die t too ?" "lee I'do. Suppose the check hurl been for e ight Mica dollars, and the teller had paid me but three viregr Would he have reel tied the error 'No, lai d'. It's a poor rule that won't work both ways." , how could he have made such a mistake'?" •Eastl? enough. The counter was hued ‘‘ ith a dozen , otti wming efult their cheek% when 1 handed up te. Vuu know how ruriou.ly Mr. Y-, makes tiorctl' II Mno great wonder that there should It tekeg 901116 tunes. Now what figure do on call hP elork pointed to a piece of papet that lay on the nit's a rnzuro three." "Vet easily enough mistake it for an eight Inn.'' "Oh "Jun such atiailicr figuro was on my chock.•" "then tho toiler Wa. not so much to " 0 :1 no. Tlio mistake is by no means a surprising "lint do you mean to take advantage of the error?" I, ertandy do. If it had been on the other side, •.' , llt e Imo corrected it!" 'rill los. —4l fall unc- himself." rig!: She r' '• et tho advantage.— .., • Loc e t meet with such good luck ever) day." - Indeed, Wheeler, I think you're wrong," said his ls„ clerk, yrnestly. "We should never seek to do •I to our‘elves through anothor's foes. Thotoller will '!Ito hundred titillate, unless von , gmforward and cor : hit umttke, and that wild-bO a serious matter (or tun knee. he has a largo family." l^thint !Ake better care another time. But 1 don't are the hank will mako him lose it." 'Ertri d tli.y xhouW.not , tho principle upon which ''you nronz 'lll3l for the principle* snapping hie, thumb and fin " , l'elien a wan gets (fro hundred dollars in his \IP. a takes a large'a•nonnt of principle to get tho mon nt agent• My principle is to hold on to all I can 111 t eetiveNtation between the two young men was in -rupted at tb,s point, and they separated to attond to t venous duties that were requirsd of them. h°Polou've thought better of it, and intend return "he tire hundred dollars )ou drew out of the bank in i-4'0,” 3,nd Watson, when he had an opportunity to f: o2 i rou t with Wheeler alone. Yr.u're very muelt mistaken," was the prompt reply .itich thing. No. errors corrected out of ti the rule; and is air good on one side as The banks make the rule; and lot thorn abide 1) 4'1 this very teller make a mistake of fifty dol `•:l4iit Winter and.rofuse to correct it? I know a good upittnces of the same kind. Now I'll turn the •:.!! 011 him, and he'll understand how ho feels." lewre wrong, depend upon It, you're wrong," lin td Wstsen. "Thin teller refused to correct the mis -4e beesul e he did not know them to be such. But hint vb.; h,,ve received 11101 hundred dollars. •.,,. _ • _ 1 1 , . . . . . , . . 1 . . . . . . 1 ~.:.::::, c . . • . . - , s R - •,•. - i" , . . . , . . , . ~ -. . : ' ~., . . : . ',...-• . . .;..- ~....:. . . . ./..- .1 , .. . %.. :t..1". . . 6 . i N ', . . . . , 1 T ....-...1, ..li. ...:' . . _. . • - - - ;., ' ,• .. . , - *. '' • B Si' ;. EH 11„ . , . _. not your duo, and that the loss will fall upon the individ ual who committed the error." "You need not talk to me, Watson, I know what I am about. I just wanted five hundred dollars, and tho mon ey has come in the nick of time." Wheeler was itt earnest, as his conduct proved. He kejit the, money notwithstanding several persons, who came to know the fact urged him to do what was right. But it: proved of no benfit to him, for ho lost it all, and three hundred donne: besides in an adventure made in one of his employer's ships, before 'the year was out. • About this time the firm in whose service he was, discovered that a system of peculation had been going on in their establishment, but were unable to trace the wrong to any particular clerk among the large number employ- ed. Whole pieces of fine and costly goods disappeared mysteriously, and on various" occasions the cash- proved to be unaccountably short. Under these circumstances a council of the firm was called, and the matter taken up seriously. "I am afraid," said ono during this interview, that the young man in Mien' wo have reposed so much confi dence, is not innocent in the matter." "You don't mean Wheeler?" inquired a second mem ber of the houNe exhibiting marked surprisO. "I do," was answered. , "Impossible." "So I-would have saidyet.terday. But I hoard some thing this morning,that has altogether Changed lily opin ion of ham" "What it, it?" "You remember tho adventure upon which he lost so heavily?" "%Vero du you think a large part of the money which he bought the goods sent out, camo from?" "Ile saved if front his salary, I presume." "I believed the same. But now I learn that on ono of the checks- we gave him for a quarter's salary the tel ler overpaid him five hundred dollars." "And ho kept it?" • "y es. " "Then he is nut honest." "Ctiotiree he is not. The act l isjfist us dishonest ns stealing" "But are you certain of this?" '•John Phillips told Inc so this morning." Phillips was a clerk in the entablishtnent, and the real delinquent in the under investigation. Ile had become apprised of the act of Wheeler, and right!). judged 1431, to give him a hint of it to his employers, would be ! to turn their atteu,hon from him, and fix bin gruilt upon an other, if his (cent:Wong were made the subject of in vesligalion, a, ho had every remelt to b2live was about to ha the case. ' "Can we believe him!" "Ile say, au-drew Wat-o t know Wat,aa being questioned, full• , 1 Other evidence was added, estabk beyond a doubt. "It won't do to retain him in ot one of tho firm "No, Hut rho would_ havo dr, ! hint! It i, •we have nut vol Con of eNtablishin4'zi house in Cin the head of it. as was tlebigntA w ed a heavy loss." N. s - of I. dish the check before tho eves of his • suffering 1 0 ,s from seine one alio Their determination, after ton de v;. , wing it on every side, was to no longer had need of Lis services' more astounded the young man tit, nient when it was made. ilis in his dismissal was not answered til l the necessity of reducing expense. was ablut all the satisfaction he r Being a most excellent soltsn competent to take charge of hush the offer of a situation at a thou soon as it was known that he had offer he accepted, although the s dollars loss than the one he had h I in the 'Joust) from which he w had been employed for ten year lad of fifteen, and had always ac confidence end respect of ever • Ili.; expert wons in life es far• its concerned did •not go le %end thi Cincinnati had been for some tiny and.it AV IS understood that ho wa itt and it IVOS to ho tinder his co, meet and mortification ‘‘ ere, t knew• that the cause assigned fur the real ono, for business had 4 and had he possessed n doubt mt have been removed 13) the fart he lett his-old place, another clerk 'rills reaction upon the )(wn' her was ivior int of the fact (hit 1 , sobered his fcelinga very much. fact, }Atli a thonght of what he ha ally cross his mind, and stir a In connection between the o% or-paid favor in the eves of his old et of this win to awaken a feeling of the money, which became, at lend presston as to trenble ..The money never\did mo anc Th is n , • vt--murmur tninktog over the :natter, I repentance. .I.bout a year after Nraorder had loft his old place, the morchnot in W:101C eindloytti.)it Ite wag, said to Itim ono day, oil clrobig in frail.' the b whoro ho It td harp to atteirl to wino business sirry to hoar Ind 11`,W4 a!)olt G tr.lin2r, Coo Itrit teller in our Diu!;." •‘.ith: What is it?" InTured 'Vheeler. - "Ho lies heza ditocted in it:Nora Coke treaties." "It - can't ho potothle! I Imo nlty.tyl balievud him to be a very heueqt matt." "S 4 hiva I. In fact dte Circiitn; 1117,C3 arc steel at to show theexistence; of strong tonyeation:" ;or 111:13 . / 1111 113 ta'con fro n- !Ito hank?" •.oaly fivo hundred dallari have eon tliseovnrcd; and that, he 4;11'1, .01 a )Itat abs , ractml front the funds of the institution, and I am dispos,d to bzlieve him." "Wit et could have possessed him 'to do so?" pecifliareircumstanoes. o has a largo family, and his osponces havo been folly up to his incotne.— About two years ago, lie says ho over-paid to some one, five hundred dollars, which the Inn:dation required him t o m eke goad. It was dein-tea frOin his salary. at tho rato of onolittadrod and tsv.2.oty-fivO dollars a rynarter.— In the moanpine debt ?manta unavoidable conse • quonau, and under its oat', irrassmsitt, and goaded by tho thott:Tlit that the bank was unjusr i in laying the oti re burden of the orror upon him, when ho was &aid ablo• to boar it, ho yielded to the tempt I l ion, and made fire false entries in the book, each for o hundred dollars.—. This is his aocoutat of the mattor, and I believe and pit e, him," "",i, 1 • "What course twill the bank pursu !or, in so changed a voice that his him serioustp" " Gardiner has been removed fro securities released, The Directors stances, voted to lot the logs (811 upon the BAIA. But while they pitied the younz man they could not retain hint in'so responsible a sittution as the one he had occu- pied." "Oh dear!', MI from tit, lip of Wheeler, in a tone of distre44, that W 33 for in 373 tloc;ny gronnied in hie heart than the merchant drearnad. "I don't onvy tits fouling of hint who reeoived the temporary bsnoi from thtt poor clerk's orror when he comes tohoar of tho sat coasequence that has followed," said Wheeler's enyloysr, at he turned from tits young man. How tho•wardi stualld 013 sari thlt hoari thorn! For 4 tys and woos little else b n the thought of Gtr diner's dismiss•et front the Link wan in the mind of Wheeler, Sint sincerely did he repent of what ho had dean, and with roi)entanilo came the wish to in tke roe ! thution. While iu this sttte of tn•n I, '..Gardiner come into Ma store to see his einiloyer and lay befo / re him an offer to go into bitiinen which he had received. In or der to form the connection, he inu , it It the a capital of five hundred dollars; but ho had not iticert, was out of em ployment, and his family diC'Pcnilunt for their deity broad upon the bdunty of a relative. "The oiler is a very geed one," said tho merchant.— "Bit can you furnish the capital?' "No," W441'0141611 "01 It is the ty!" "Hew de you think! of olitaining it?" "I know of no resource. azdoss nolo who d, not think mo really dishonest at heart, and whu pity my misfor tune, help Inc. Can I depend upon yoa for any' aid!" "Pm afraid not,". replied the merchant. "I have need of every dollar it is possible for me to comm And.", GArdinor %vent away looking sad nud hopeless. 'Whee ler did not hoar what ho had said:but ho was painfully affected by the expreslion of his countenance. "Poor fellow!" said the in,irchmit, after Girtlitter had retiroil—"l pity him. hut I can't risk my inomiy on one who has proved himself iltslimie,t, oven though it were tinder strong temptation. Ile has a eapitll oiler 'to get into business, if Ito had only five hundred tl Mars to in vest, but he will find it ditileith to raise that stun; at least from people who knew anything of hie shurt-comings while in the batik." Wheeler heard this but said nothing. lie was natur ally fond of money, and ardently desired to accumulato property. Ile made it a rule never to spend over half of his salary, and, in consequence,, always had money laid up in the bank, invested in good stocks, or accumulating by means of such business operations as he could enter into without interfering, with his regular duties as, clerk. flits ultimate intention was to commence business hiih self, as 130,011‘a.4 ho had saved about live thoussnd dollars, unloss a good connection in sumo well established house offered before that time. Towards this object he had al ready aeeonsolzkted near4l - two thousan , d dollars. Altho' Ito had lost in al unsuccessful adventure, the live hun dred dollars ohtaided through the teller's error, yet the thought of rostitntion came into his mind. Ile felt that Gardiner's misfortune lay at his door, t h e he hadinjurod him beyond all hope of full reparation' But his strong , hive of money, and ardent desire to accumulate a milli stem sum• of money to justify him in commencing busi ness for hiMself, arose in opposition to the honest im pulse. Then Caine a warm &thins in his mind between selfishness and just principles, which went on several days, duriag, which tjine, he was'nich disturbed. To Kluatnrn 1 it" tl‘;,, hundred dollars. was to put ()IF at lease - s it 'to ho the ease." LLoshr:olod the the matter be- =1 R eamed of suspecting arricti out our inton itinnati. Walt him of might har.:. sustain- I 0g...:”..4 Wheeler. nipluyers. who were [less, the period be SO atviomily wished to arrive at; and Ilia heart sunk at the thought. Thensearno the question whether the money if restored should go to Gardiner or the bank This was soun settled, ho l wover, on the_aide of the former, agninit whom the wrong had harm done, and who had been so groat a stilicrer in consequonco. It their esteblishment. atine the inciter, and inform him that they Nothing could have ktn_did this announik niry into the cause of Something about 1 1 was alikod,,and that ccived ( an and in every way ss, Wheeler received land dollars e year, as eft his old place. This Inry vt . .as two hundred It was nearly two stiecks before tho mind of Wheeler came to a full and fair decision. It was in favor of jus tice. Aft decidining, he acted quickly. Five hundred") dollars worth of stock was sold, and the money'sent to Gardiner in a letter, to which, of course there Wes no signature. He their felt morn' comfortable_ in mind; es pecially as Gardiner immediately closed with the pending offer, and came into a business, that while it gave him comfortable living fur the present, promised well for the future. en recteivlng A few months after this, his-old employers wore wait ed upon by the merchant whom he was serving as a clerk. dismissed, 'Wheeler He entered it ass i so as to secure the mmher of the firm.— business matters were house. branch in lunder contempktion, • to have an interest in II rge His disappoint !erefore, extreme. He ! his discharge was not •er been more active: this snhject,it would tat a few weeks , after l l was engaged. man's E ; TIOT, although was such a re-action, %e say ignorant of the done would occasion ent suspicion of some I , check, and his loss .•1 11 tployers. The effect regret for having kept ~th, so distinct an im- "1 wish," said the latter, "%o ask you one or two ques tions about Wheeler. I have thoug:it for some limo of ofFering him an interest my business. But before do ing so, it seemed but right that I should see you, and as); the repot' why you did not retain him in your employ mina, It could not have been for wanyof.ability or at winery.° business." "No. Few young men hwo his ability," was re plied. "Then you had a reason fur dispensing with his ser vices be±.ond this?" "We certe,Only had." "Mat I he . Permitted to inquire what it was?" Aid under the circumstances we cannot with held a candid answer. You know that Gardiner, the paying teliCr in the stracling five hundred dollars, to make good his own loss in ConsiVionco of having over-paid that sum on a check?" ••. (I to Ititiptelf, ono (Inv, arlictl the pro,;resi of 7" inquired %Vheo raployer looked at his place and his under the circum= SATURDAY MORNINI, MAY 12, 15491 "Yes. And I have him very much. Ho was rather a hard case. The scoundrel who took the money if known, should meet with th. .......eration of all h' nest men." ••Wo arc sorry F ay that Wiwoler was the man who drew the check." “Wheele-r•? "Yes. On a elle-A of three hundred dollars re ceived for his quarter's salary, ilardiner naid hint by mistake eight hundred, and he kept the more)." "And for this you discharged hint from your house?" "Yes; as soon as we were apprised of the fact, which was nearly n year after it'oceurred." "Did You tell 'din the reason." "No. We did'ilt care to do that." "Ile's not an honest man." said the merchant "On lea, ring this, "and of course not worthy of!coafidenee. So far from connecting myself with him in business I shall hardly deem it prudent to retain him about mo even in his present capacitj•." And on this view he acted!' 'From that time, Witco lees situation was rendered so unpleasant, that h a few months. ho gavel up, amt sought another place. Again ho felt the reaction -of his error, without Com prehending from whence the effect proceeded. lie did not know how much ho had lost in seeking to gain fivo hundred dollars dishonestly. Tenderly attached had Wheeler been for two or three years to a beautiful and affectionate young lady, whose connections embraced many families of wealth and in fluence. Her name was Adeline .Burton. As her un cle, with•whotn'sho resided; was a man of some proper ty, and was living rn a style of more elegance than Wheeler' could . support, ho had delayed urging a, mar riage until ho could got into business. But he saw one young mall after another, by fur less capable' and expo rieoced than himself, selected by mon of capitil as put. nor., or introduced into firms to which they bad formerly held a Clerk', relation; while he was poised by some unaccountably. A feeling of dlscouraget.ent come over him. He saw no lights in the future. Anx ious to lead to the altar the one he loved, he yet hesitated; for he could not think of.reionvteg her' from her Om: =EMI Ranh lost his place by ,ub sai* home into one"at all inferior, or wanting in the elettmee with which she wee familiar. ' Vhilelteslating whether to ask his betrothed, for ott ' was the relation Adeline bore to him, to name an ea or day for their marriage, he observed a sudden ch ge in her manner towards him. While pondering i thi.i strange eireumstance. he was astounded by , the reefpt of all his letters and little souvenirs, and a colt' roiliest to have hers returned. Indigdant at such talk lesilms, ho sent back what she desired without a• word of eply, written or verbal. But the circumstance seem ed b stun him. Ile had loved Adeline with the most earrt afTection rind in-all his drenms of his future life, her range had been beautifully blended. The blow was heavy ono, mud saddened his heart for life. i Soon aftw he left the East mid removed to a ‘Vesterit cite. " 'l4n years elapsed, and then Wheeler came hell for thefirst time since ho had gono away. , On the littl , 9lsuin he tad saved front his oar • gs, ho had commenced a smil business in a far off western town. Gradually this grew into importance, and now it became necessary to I,isit the East in order to purchase a stock of gooihi. nitieruche bad supplied I himself either in Cincinnati or Pitildmrgh. In the - old _place he found everything chan ged, Scarcely a fandliaj countenance fiat him as he wafted through the streets, and in the business portion of he thy, only here a l nd there did he observe the "signs". of other times. /Gardiner, the once unfortunate hank teller, had heConio' a prosperous merchant, and was cousidered to be worth' , fifty or sixty thousand dollars. This fact ho learned with pleasure. Wheeler did not ask for Adeline. lie could not trust hinntelf to speak of her to any one; for nut yet had her beautiful image faded from his memory. Once truly. !tiro& and never proved unworthy of hi. heart's best actions, ho had not been enable to forget her. Yet ha ving been rejected without a reason, Ito had never felt inclined to ask for one, nor to a renewal of the old re lations. For alt ho had learned to the contrary she had become, years before, the bride of another. After remaining in the city a few days, and making some purchases, he prepared to leave for the West. On the day previous to•his intended departure, while pass ing along the strovt,:fir canto suddenly on Adeline Bur ton. The lady aturQ, paused slightly, !Lad then wont hurriedly on:. Iler face was thin and wore a look of suffering end resignation. She - turned very pale when she saw him. Wheeler was deeply agitated by this apparition. He did not leave the city the next day as ho intended. It was impossible for him to go now until ha hrl obtained an.interview with Adeline, mho had not, as he learned, given her vows to another. After lying awake nearly all night, thinking the best course to pursue, he finally concluded to see her uncle, and plainly ask the reason why Adeline had years before, broken the engagenent into which she had entered. Upon this resolution ho, acted. The uncle received him with chilling formality. But, not repulsed by this, Wheeler Caine' at once to the object of his visit. "Ten years ago, sir," said ho calmly, "your niece, to whom I was engaged in marriage, broke her con tract with me, without assigning any reason. I asked none, and to this day have remained ignorant of her mo tives. But I now feel a wish to know them. Will you do me the justice to give her the information 1 seek?" '"Certainly," replied the uncle, "if yeti desire to' learn .dvda not be gratified." "Speak then. I am prep:trod to hear." "You remember Gardiner; The teller in the Bank?" said the uncle. A deep crimson instantl}• covered the face of Wheeler, and his eyes remained for seine moments 'cast upon the floor. When he looked up his countenance was com posed. "Yes," ho replied, "I remember Gardiner very well, for 1 have cause: 1 understand it ell now. Adeline was told that I unjustly withheld from the bank Jive hundred (rollers received in mistake?" ' Tho nitclo bowed grnvely. "And for this sho rejected me?" "She did, and I must say with gond cause." "Perhaps sO,'!said4Wltiscler. "Yet may 9 ot a man repent a wrong act?" "Oh yes. But wn will judge of' the finality of his re pentance by his 'efforts' to repair tho injury ho has wrought." •'True. - And now you will do me the justice to see Gardiner, and ask him if he did not, more thlin ten years ago, receive, from an unknown hand, the sum of five hundred dollars." "Then you ret.tored:the molter?" , did. But sce,him. Pia the question to hi in. Thou go to the Bahr, and ask the Cashier., if seven years ago, he did not receive a letter from the West, covering a remittance of five hundred thilhirs, to ho placed to the credit of Gardiner, in liquidation of the - deficit remain ing in his account?" "That would be restitution two fold," said tho uncle of Adeline. "And it has been Made," returned Wheeler. speaking with much warmth.—" But do me the justice to prove the truth of what I have said. To-morrow I will see you again." • Saying this Wheeler rose and retired. On the 'next day, when he called again upon the uncle of Melillo, his reception was very different. His band was warmly grasped the momentite came in. "1 have seen both G rdiner and the Coskier,"suid the Uncle, •and it is ull es 3". sap Gardiner, having done well in business, offered some years ago, to make good his short-comings at dt Bunk, hit your-reMittaneo had anticipated him, and he now sends you this cheek of five hundred dollars es n return of the loan von made tot years ago." "I cannot receive. it," was tho p i rouly reply of Wheeler. • "But Gardiner will not feel happy if you relnee." "And I will not be happy if I accept. But let us waive that now. There is something• else nearer my heart. It was for this cause that ,Adelitto turned from spa?" "It was." ' "Has she loved another since?"_ . ,• "No. She has received three or four- advantageous offers but rejected them all." . , •'Do you object to my seeing her skein?" "NO: You committed 5 grievous error. But you have seen it was wrong, and repaired the injury to the host of your ability. None con ask for . more than this. All are liable to do wrong, hut few sincerely repent.". "Aro you willing to inform Adeline, before I eoo her, of, all that you have just learned." "That has already boon done." "It has?" ..y e ..,, 4.Willuhe see me?" "1 will ask her. if yo'n dish.° it." "This evening I will call at your.house." said White: ler. Inform Adeline of my wish to see her, and tell her that since the unhappy hour she turned from me. I him not. ceased to think and pray for her." That evening Wheeler called as proposed to do. After' sending up his name, he sat awaiting the , appeamnee of either Adeline or her uncle for nearly five minutes. A few moments of suspense' and the loved one of many years entered. leaning on the arm of her relative. Her countenance was- pile, }etiu her eyes was the light of ether time,. Wheeler sieppiii qulekly forward to meet - -- -- - hart atilt she recolved -1 his extended hand, anti rOttrned its warm pressure. While they yet stood, TutelY iaz ing at each other, th(it uncle retired, and they were left atone. What poised between them we will nut record. Enough that two week afterwatids, Adeline was on the way to a now home in ho West. HOW THEODORE HOOK GOT - 1 -DINNER. "Lounging upSelt Terry`the lactor, the sioddedly saluted with Square in the afternoon ' with ostrils of the promennder4 Were a concord of sweet odors from n stopped, snuffed the grateful in n perceived through the Helton .r a handsome dinner, el-1 dently mil. spacious area. They cause, •nd pooping dog window preparations fl on the point of boing ...What a'' feast: , s ,l like to make no of th! ...Int take any hot, s for me at ten o'clock,l, able to give, a tolerabl man's chanapag,no and cd up the stopY, gave a or, and way iniekly lo d Tern•. 'Jolly dogs: I ahould returned Hook, 'that I do—call nd you will find that I shall be account of the worthy gentle 'venison." So saying, he march authorative rap with the knock [t. to the sight of his astonished ter of courso he was immoditite - nt as an expected guest, intolhe largo party had already uiseui: ming well nigh full, no notice vas romion, And half a dozen peoplo )n-Jants before the host discover ing not to observe the visib le ens !r, and ingeniously avoiding any :ion, Hook rattlod on till he had rt of the company in a circle onsiderable time had elapsed ere able to catch tho attention of the companion. As ama Iv usheredley the serve drawing room, where bled. Tho apartment at (irqt taken of his in were .laughin, at his b i oil the mistake. Afrac l barrassment of the latt. opportunity for oxplauni attracted the greater pi round him, and s ano e l the old gentleinamwas agreeable stranger. '1 beg your pardon' l gut in a wdrd: 'but yon it—servants are se-aboi lv a little at a loss— sir," lie said, contriving at last to trams, sir—l did not quite catch tinuble incorroct—und Yam rcul- r 'Don't apologise, done; •Stnith-rmy, nava observe, 'Servants are a der or other. 1. roman " 'But really, my de? termination of the star vants: 'I think the does not oriv,rittate in di, ly did not anticipate thl, pauy at dinnea to.day.' " 'No, I d.tre say notz know, and it is nbw, I little fsst by. the way; bu ad intim city—ris I wa.4 " "Pray,' exclaitried tl the volatility of his guer suiiposo you are tiddre4 •• •Whom? Why °lt friend of my father. • II being personally known' kind invitAtibu ye , tord: Frith Street—four o' hoots—you Neo I have only afraid I hard kept fi bog, graciously: replied Thro ne is Smith—and, oK you justly lways making sotho stupid blutt ihor a remarkable' inst i&c. Itr sir,' continued!the host, at tho iy illttstrativo of stupidity in'ser istake on tho pre:Ont occasion o source you, allude to; I certain io pleasure of Mr. Smith's com- i. --you said four in, your note; 1 .ce, a quarterpast five--you are a t the fact is, I havo iloon detain about to explain ho other, as soon ho stay .‘vhom, may,l ask yon, du von i~iug?' Ir. Thompson, of courso—old havo not the pleasurH indeod, of 'to von, but having received your v, on my arrival front Liverpool, lock—Family pare—como in taken von at Your .vurd. lam you waiting." Ilut permit me to ,observo. my ,ot exactly Thomson, it is Jones, . i ..No, no, not nt all dear sir, my, name EU! ion; 'Jones—Why j elv I cannot 1:14 heaver: ee. it adt My dear I o blunder—wrong house—what ntrusion! lum really et a loss Giy ausunted cousternati have—yes, 1 must-igo what an unfortunat von think of such an fur words in which to al retire 'at present;' and tO, )ologise—you will permit me to 'Pray dern't think of hie old gentleman, '1 • o cleared long ago. if. as • cd, and I um only too h• at mine:' "'Hook. of cintrss, could not think of trees ' perfect stranger; if too plenty chop- honiei at It btHinesg w he had a' demon t t S call at te l it o' however. positively raft ilor to withdraw dinnerl , citations, the .11i4ses last Mr. Smith, wit) so was prevailed upon to a and take hie place at till ' all probability thl such an evening Moro. to Btu utmost to keep' t laughter, and in the g )u grew fait and furioai, he coated hi ni oslf at tit., one of thOgo ettom?ora more critical jud; is th alt mishinant. 'fen o' being :mewl iced, hi; t performanco tvah Via c mild not hoar of such a thidg— assing upon the kindness of a 'late for Thompson there were and; thoSinfoquirde part of the 'ado an appointment with a gen lock. The good natured Jones. sod to allow eo entertaining a ris- Lss. Airs. Jones joined in moti le., smiled bowitchingly; and, at s recovered front his confusion, ;Y:r his arm to one of the !adios, •tvell-furnished hoard.' u'lanr.!rrml Tnir cello'' 'My frieml'A Mr And I'm Slr. stn.—We were not aware, u nit of newspaper puhlkhers are con xteni, by people in business, to standing of persons. Deht.4 for nee a year; and persons who pay tapers, are regarded as prompt fidence. Wo had a pert on conic eeks since; and 113.13, "Do yon ow to ?" We le y do." m%V011." said the man, y-nine dollars, and I can't get ood." We looked secretly at his all paid up. We then replied to is good; your debt is side; he r something else mar have pro le is good." The man's oyes I have been to several . printers, ,o he took a paper. I thought of dame here." Said he again, after vly we find out whether people aro rat paper they take, and contrive their account. Men who are their newspapers; and if they do rink them not good." We were In idea: "Well," said he, ”I A Nrr FACT Duct: recently, that the book: suited to quite a large ascertain the pecuniary newspapers come due up regtilarly for their men, and worthy dee into,our office, n- few soul thn "Trumpet'* n "Yes, we certain "he owes mo about thir it. I don't think ho's - i. 'account and found him the inquirer, "that nun may have forgotten it, oI vented his paying; but brightened. Said and could not find Whe4 von, and said I.lwould a pause, "This is tho w good. Wo use rtain w some way to peep into good are sure 7 2tlo pay fo" snot poi for these, we th forcibly struck by such will send up my bill to presses, by the way, ar modern times.) In a let Said he, "I sent up my "Yes, sir-oe," (said be a roll of bills. "There, books after oil to telewh complete thermometin, always know a man to bi He then snaf4o a polite ICI A specimen of g. get from 4qew York to I Thence ho walked am. connivance of a fire. steamer California, for appearance on deck wh rid of him, and ho thu And Jerry DiddlerisM, dreds of dollafs, - morraw:—. retiring.' exclaimed the hospita 7 r friend's table must here bjett ou say, four was tho hou i r main ppy to ho able to offor you a seat family of Jou'es Hover passed II mit naturally exerted himsolf la party, in an ancoaiing roar of I the first impr:ssion. The mirth .!ten hy way of a clip 'ls, grace, piano -forte, and struck loll' Into 10.3114 efraiiiiits which had tilled it the JOIV)iOi with delight tnd :lock struck, and on Mr. Te'rry sot friond IVJ:111 I tho i piatiatery stuar.l-: h pleased with your CUT * prime as yaw coo!: ; Terry, the player, lirotDr C Hook; ,by express." (These ex- one of tho best inventions of days the perbott came in again. bill.;" "Kell, did ho pay you!" and opened his hand and showed ' said he,-"give ono a printer's titer a man's good—they're a sir, a credit thermometer; we 4 bad if he don't pay the printer." w. and retired.--Trum a. ,taus loafer contrived recently to Itagreirwithout paying cent.— kit the Isthmus, and thrAh the , an, concealed bin - melt on tho Sin Francisco. Its mado his In three days out..-too late to get ' accomplished, by 'impudence I voyage that costs others him- wa 8A,V19 NO songs. We have no home; . The cottage gray is ours nd, more. Atsd by its hearth'stone strangers dwell, A darkness hangs about the dour Which scarEe the outshine can dispel; . There youthful Joys, affection's ties. (lave foretaste of a p.radlve. And sweet the day of toll or rest A mother's presence, always blest. We have no home. A thousand t'loughts uribidden 'start-- A thousand fears portentous rise To fright the *rout and shake the heart, Like clouds athwart the summer skies. No home! afar let me be cast ' Since here the +tangoes footpath passed; The barque whiCh braves ml i•Odeau's roar. May wreck upon her natty* shore!. We have - no home— And yet, my sister, yet with thee, 4 humble cot I hope to gain-- .t,or dear unto our hearts would be ''he lowest roof that wards the rain— Where winter storms a Joy would yield, And pleasure fill each stliumer tield— Where nature's music, groves and flowers, Portray the bottle that vest was ours! THE MUSHROOM ARISTOCRAT . Al! aristocracy is some thing .of a puzzle to our demo. 'crane notions of mint and things; hut there is-some times °shut in this quear world a ( flush aristocracy—a bogus coin--which we apprehend is quite as much a marvel to its simple victims as to others. A man by a fortunate investment or speculation: by overreaching and extortion, by grinding the faces of the poor Mid preying upon the necessitous, by shaving notes, overworking , and starving his help, exorbitant profits, and steeling the half cent in every sixpenny trade, by squeez• hug every sixpence till it is flattened into a shilling, by spending little and saving all, at length becomes rich—to wit: gets more money than his honest neighbors. - And shall this goodly estate, which has cost him so much wear and tear of body and soul, avail him nothing?. Shall he not straitway get to himself "goods, tenements. and hero (Moments," worthy of his -high estate?, Shall he not have houses, furniture, et cetera,'suitablo to a fans= ily about to assume their proper :'station in sociefifi"—.. All this is easily answered and easily done, for _money will accomplish it. But now to this new adventurer comes the tug tir war. Old associates are to be at once cut, forgotten,. neTer in fact known ; and now ones of quite an other kidney known . liko a book, familifir as household wcrres, the feu - men in fact ho has been brought up with from his youth. lie has not only to learn all things anew, but ho is to perform the more difficult task of forgetting all his old habits and associations, that he may be born again into the gene Order of Aristocracy. , Old things must pass away. and all things become. new. His 'manners, his tastes, hie very senses must all be changed in the twinkling of an eye. He must now have spontaneously the native air 'of his own order. He must know how to give a to monde, the countersign to thoficat class—the patronizing, bow to' the second—the nod of recognition to the third—and the vacant, idiotic stare to the groundhogs. Ile must learn to admire those objects fur s which he has no taste, anti detest what ho still loves. He must make himself quite at home in his new prison, end i ng lie too' ks ts'or It's splendid apartments, and costly furniture , atm rtec'oropLnan !amity, "wonder how' some people live," who live just as lie did a few years ago. The most familiar old objects and handicrafts-must become to his refitted taste and standing a marvel. Though ho' used to black his own boots, he must wonder every morning "how the (1—.,1 they contrive to . get that shininepolish CINI And It's wholo family must participate in the ieneral refineMent. His daughters, simplo souls, must so haVa forgotten the physiology of a dishcloth as to mistake t for a dipping' sea monster, fished from a rock' "in Ali deep bosom ,of the ocean hurried." And tho dear wife' good wonted, though she can't at once unlearn all ° lie. vulgar usef u lness, must contrive to accommodate herself us beat she can to their new position in society. If eh+ hasn't wholly forgotten the former cares of ' her houief hold, they must not constitute the burden of her conver sation or the objects of her taste. She must beelko Jitt. erary and musical withal, and wonder how Jinni Fres. can amuse therlikives without books to read in, and a "pean ner," and "gentool society." Now all these and a thousand and ofie such like things, are a far graver puzzle to these 'tow -fledged aristocrats thm to siatiploloaers on. Not the little aftepherd of Is rael in S;iiril's armor felt half. so out of place, as fora limo they feel. And to the an hor of these now_ relations— the piottebr on this new a ide of successful eiperiment, the thing never becornesnatural. Now the object of his heart is accomplished, anti ho has fairly, got into thb "first society," he feels away from home, like a bird (a mock - ing bird) in &cage, tit tinss in boots. Ile himself can not divino why it is, that somehow he has learned, and his little children have loarnod after him, to stare at the lower classes in the street; out of their little innocent. 1 pewter eyes. Ile himself can give no reason why The don't visit them, or they him, only—"he don't go in that society." ' It is some sltisfaction to know that ho' is rich, to admire the new tine things, and the growing- accom plishments of his family and children: but it remains a sad puzzle to him how theso ( should imprison him and them, front other Men and other children they used to know, and visit, and love. lie is sometimes, in his sim plicity, inclined to think there. is nothing in it, (foi he don't feel himself a bit more of a man-than before',) that he will brealithis , tother and go out and browse whei l e ho used to tlo r i'M general society, and get common, human; and vulgar again. llnt then, their family prospecte— Then, his 'daughters would bo common , girls, and his sous common boys—his wifo it coMmon woman, and his dwelling a common house—and his dog a common dog! Tho . sacrifico is too great for •'flesh and blood"; so ho deliberately resolves. for a f•valnablo consideration." to maintain a sonselos calllc, that shuts him till to a dull round of folly and fashion, and dissipation, of which he may be hoartily tired, and cuts him oil forays; .from th• host impulses, and sympathies, and offices, and duties of society.--Ontario Messenger. -A SOFT .ANIWEII TeitNETlf TAY WuATIL—The Horse in the Pound and Me Cattle in thelield.—The horse of a pious man in Massachusetta 'happening to stray into the road, a neighbor of the man who owned the horse; put him in the pound. Meeting the .owner soon after, he told him what ha had done, and added„ "If I ever catch him in the road hereafter, I'll do just so again." "Neighbor," replied tho other, "not long since I look ted out of my window in, the night and saw your 'cattle in my mowing ground, and I drove them out and shut them in your yard; and do it again!" Struck with the reply+. the man liberated the horse from the pound, and laid the charges himself. A Dtv tty SMALL Tuttms.—The Now HMV•II Regis ter sektiowledges the receipt of a basket of eggs, the product of ono hen on a farm at East Haven. It is a singular fact, says rho editor, that under Mr. Pea's; ed. administration, her eggs wore unusually- large-=but ir ? 4inco Taylor's i ugurapou, they have become smaller and smbllar,dow to one no larger than wrobbinti egg! She evidently 1 nits' this a "day of mall things." and means to ho in the fashion. ‘ . According to the Now Or!mule. Delta. lb, Bmiks of that city havo in tho aggregate, one • dollar and thirt y ce»ts specie on hl.“), for each dollar in'<ircalati?ll• 'NUMBER 52.
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