&bN & BSIEB' .'?•' " “ouu conmny— siav it Ai.wAva.iiE''RiGiir— hot 6u wkoso) bua oouotiit.!’ ( • \ ( ' ‘ AT $2 00 PEI BYBBi Yoim JRICAN Yi THE fojy Thur*(tdyVnt Cn' lift following conditio kv !' ‘ ]*• L i.’ - TERMS OF BUDS' ■Vfn advance, . ; tUiB, in advance, , Won token for n lty uicc permitted m Wiorccnt. mlditioj jid of all those \\f la <j jtoVxn, ui>oii j Adhered to: I For one y< For six nit No subscrli no (liscontiii • "» *ri Twenty-nj -■will be rcqul rates or 8 SO 75 k .... ioo /nmdo to those who advertise by fuontlis. One aqiti ’ One sqoi One ttjod A Hbtffl ib, one insertion, fe, uvo Insertion! h), throb insortioi discouifl will 1 for three oe si: the yc«t;j la JJmenean Volunteer is in llio ere •Jiam's now stone building, in South in from Burkholder’s hotel, nnd di office, where those hnving business Orru/-fTl>c office or tl ond «t«y ft James H. Gri ijlnnorcr «n?ct, ft few am I recti? opjrpUc tiio Posu>i call. •* v I ettcal. > diisitcly beautiful effusion is from lackwoods*. Edinburg Magazine. The following cx< on old number of Ij HOPE. id—why seek to live? /has life lai.givc? hi outh, and loo, id—say! what arc you? If Hope bod( For what besidj Love, Life and/ lf.Hopo.be D®. lit Hope! it cannot bo [scion yon sea, I saiblcss as Despair, Lis hopeless Lovo floats tlicrQ, it hope.! O that is not, [day by day, to rot, . r s cold and passions dead; jlo’cr'tllc world and.trfcad (antics; n,nd to gaze,* /nt, o’er its flowery maze, - ;, if tliis beLLifo!. then say— ■ jes when Hope has fled‘away?” Love withoJ ■There is a vcf Becalmed an! And know —l Life witlm To live; buf With fcelin/ To wander/ Upon its hi Quite vac/ Oh ! thin/ *♦ liv • YoutluwithoUt Hope! And endless night, Trees wiioh have opd the tiiundcr'a suite, . • Yet pinoWway-a-weary life-'- 'Whicli older WbuldhnYosunk find died Beneath the strokesllioir youth' defied— But, curst with length of days arc left .To Youth of Hope bereft. . And/Bcauly, too, when Hope is gone— Has hfit tlio’ray in which it shone;. •' .• V ‘Has Ibst the beam that made it bright. Now/what avail the silken hair, ... .. . The gentle sinilc, the gcntlc T air; ■- Thbbcarningcyc, -- Faint semblance ofl.be purer mind— X As gold dust sparkling_in .tbesun, Point whercjtho richer stratas Tun? Alas! they now just seem to bo . ' Bestowed to mock nt misery; ; They .speak of days long, long gone by, Then point to cold Reality. ‘. A And with a dcalb'-likc smile they say— «oh! wbpt arc wo when Hope's away,?’*' Thus Love, Life, Youth and' Beauty, 100, \ When seen .without Horn's brightening hue, - All sigh in Misery's saddest tones, ‘ “Why seek to live if Ilopo-bc gone? I *. . FORGET NOT—REGRET -NOT. JIYB. IU.MECK. | Forget not—*rcgret not The joys that hat*© fled, -Though swpeler and fleeter Than fregh odors shed From the jessamin’s clip,, Or the bright chalice hid From the gaze of the sun 'Neath the violet’s lid; Forget not—-regret not; , Hope ever should burn," Tlic incense of love 1 ■ { In her funeral *"■ Shedding glory and light O’er the gems of the past, By time,on the altar ' Of memory cast. Forget not—-regret not, .Why should wo regret. While bno star remains, That another has set? . . And though-all may faded, Olliers brighter by far, u . . ' / Through the gloom may arise • - Thau our once wprship’d star. Forget.not —regret not; - Life’s lesson’s should be,,... Like the stars thht arc hung O’er ihp liihllless sea, ‘ ' A guide to our path* Bright links of the chain. To load us and bind us ..To virthc again, , ' - :*••• INSURANCE AND ASSURANCE. Bernardino.—l bavo liiceu drinking liard all night, and will . have more lime to prepare me, or they shall heal out my hrniilfe • with liillets. JL will.Jiotcomjcnt to,die this day, that’s certain. t Ddke —Oli sir, you must; and therefore I beseech you Ibuk forward on the Juurnoy you shall go. , . Bernardino.—X angjvor I will not die to-day for any man’s ■ /persuasion.— Measure for Jlfcasurc. “ Itismconccivable to tho virtues and praisc-wor • tliy port of the world, Svhohavobcen born and bred to respectable what terrible straits arc the lot of those scandalous rogues whom fortune has left -to shift for themselves’. 1 ’ Such was my-feeling cjac t illation when foil of penitence for tho sin of. urgent necessity, I wended my way lo tho attorney who had swept together, and.for the’ most pari picked up tho crumbs Winch .fell fromthy father’s table.' Ho was •ft little, —-Wcre7trs-htird'ras-hi^hcEU^ami--fittcd-their‘'lcatbcr jnfckct 60 lightly that tmoVpidd have thought it had shrunk from washing, or that they had bought it 'second-hand;' and wore pretty nearly out at the cl • |) OW s. They. were. completely ; emblematic of their possessor,-whoso religion if was to make the most, of every thing, and, among, the rest, of tho distresses of .. his'particmar friends among whom I had the happi ncaß-m'sVvnduigvci y forward, r-i»iy- burumyis requi - *Vedbui liulo ckpWnatibh.for T.was oppressed byneit I ' ihcrrcnt-iolls orlide-deedp; and wesatdown to con aider tho id’ A corneforonc year, into something decent for a fcw ;■ more. My adviser, whosctunallexpcriGriccdcyeliad A A twinkled throughall tho speculations optho add; i \af the same thud, hadtaken every Oxact admoasure. *“ blent of Imy capabilities of turning, them to advan .4 .-fa*, to bo of opinion thaf’l:w,BB,fit for noth, Foroho undertaking. ! granted ’ appli for'anothor,. capital. “Now,’V add ho; “as bfthcßO deficiencies is irremediable, wo must ,wo can tomupply IhQ'lattor.'. Tako ihy ad- Wdtybttlifti.for a- lev?: thousand) you will flittla : pveraiam'.to pay, for you look oa if dd.livo lordyc.rp.irid ftom>ny /knowledge: of •Ulo.pated, habits,' and !tho -various , chances youpl/will give you a handsome sain for the Necessity obliged mo .W scquiosco’ in )oral, and I aß6tircd thh old cormorant that as every Hkclihoddofmy requiting his liber jr themircroitting perseverance in all tlibevil which hod;procured mo his countenance.— ok.hand* ip inutnal. ill-ppmioni and he obli, gthgly volunteered to accompany ino to an Ihsnrinco ollice where they were mrppoHcd to estimate, the du fafioh bf a mail’s' life to a quartcr of an lioaif Hud odd : | Bocondsr ,""o;'-o;-;; j .Wb arrivcd a-lillb bcforctho business liout and iih^wnin^a. jiargo i'ooinj'wbdrQ! found jeffe i-D >tjonntincb. gghtc'ncc. '' In thd cobtrp'-was; j£ia?gd to reward labors of tho Inquisition, among which the surplus arising froni absentees would likewise bo divided. 'From tho ‘keenness with which each indi-i yidual darted upon his share and ogled that of his absent neighbor, I surmised that some of my fellow sufferers would find tho day against them.' They ( would be examined by eyes capable of penetrating j every crevice of their constitutions, by noses that would smell a rat a mile off, and hunt a guinea breast high. How,'indeed, could plague or pestilence, gout. or gluttony, Expect to lurk in the bole undisturbed, ‘ when surrounded by d pack of terriers which seemed hungry enough to devour, one another? Whenever J tho door slammed, and they looked for an addition to. their cry, they seemed for all the world as though ■ they were going to bark; and if a straggler really | entered and seized upon his moiety, the intelligent, look of vcxati6n\ was precisely like that of a dog who j has lost a bone. I When ten or a dozen of theso gen- 1 try had assembled, the labors of tho day commenced. | Most of our atlycnturcrb.fox,raising supplies upon j their natural Uvea were afflicted with-a natural con- 1 ccit that they, were? by no means circumscribed in \ formation forsuch\ In vain did the board j endeavor to. persuade them that they were half dead already. They fought' hard for a few more years, swore that their fathers had been almost immortal, and that Uiqif whole families had been 1 oa . tenacious of life as oh\cl itself; Alaal they were first ordered into an adjacent room, wliicli_TsoQn learnt was tho condemned cell, and then delicately informed that the establishment could have nothing-to say to them. Some indeed, had the good luck to be reprieved a lit tle longer, but even these did riot effect a very flutter ing or advantageous bargain. One old gentleman had a large prcmiuiri to pay for a tett'er in nis Juices; 'another for ari extraordinary circumference in the girth; and a dowager of high respectability, who, was afflicted with certain undue proportions of width,, was/-fined most cxliorbitanlly. The only customer that met any thing like satisfaction was a gigantic man of Ireland, with whom death, I thought, was likely to have a puzzling contest ,“Ho\v old arc you, sir?" inquired an examiner. “Foijty.” .. . .... . - “You seem a strong man. 1 * V.w“Xiolr? % /ftovjgcst'gintlcman ilj Ireland.” '“But subject to J.he'gout?” “Mo—-the rheumatiz, —-nothing else, upon my soul.” - ■ /lINTEER,: ilslc, Pa.,' by Hratton & Is, which will bo rigidly timoN. 82 00 k term than six months, and II nil nrtcnrngea nrc paid. imitm the price of subscription /o do not pay in advance. IVERTIBIKO. row." “Have you any uncles olive?” “No: they wore nil kilt in rows too.” • •“Pray,‘Sir, -do you think of returning to Ireland?” “ May he I shullsomo day or oilier.” ~;«What security can'Avo.hdvc Hint you arc not kill ed in a rnw. yourself?” ■ , . ..“Oh, -niver fear;. I'm the swalcst temper, in tho* world, barring when I’m dinning out, whjjch isn’t often” ' . ' .... '“’What sir, canf ydu~3fihk.a little*?”' ' “Three bottles—and aisy.” ; x “Ay, that is bad. You liavc a red face, and look appoplcctic. You will, no doubt, go oil] suddenly.” * “Divil of bit, sir. My'red face was, born with me; and I’ll day a bet I live longer than 'any two in the room.” . “But. three bottles ” “’Never mind that. I don’t mean to drink more than a bottle and a half in future. Besides, I intend to get married if I can, and live snug.” 4 A debate arose among the directors respecting this gcnlleman’a eligibility. Tlic word** “row,” and “three'bolUcti” rang hurry-scurry around the table, livery dog lind a snap at them’. At dast, however, tlic leader of the’pack addressed him in a demurring growl, and agreed that, upon his paying a slight ad dilional premium for his irregularities, he should bo admitted as a fit subject It was now my turn to exhibit; but, as my friend was handing me forward, my progress was arrested by the entrance of ,a young lady with an elderly maid servant. She was dressed- in slight mourning, was the most sparkling beauty I had ever seen, -and ap peared ,toprbducc an instantaneous effect, even upon the stony-hearted directors themselves. The chair man politely requested her to take a scat at the table, and immediately entered into her business,'which seemed little more than to show herself to be entitled to twenty-thousand pounds* for .which her late, hus band had insured his life. * ■ “Zounds!” tliought I, “twenty thousand pounds, and a widow!” “Ah, madam,” observed (lie chairman “your bus band mado too good a bargain with us. I told him lie was an'elderly, sickly sorb of a man, and nbt like-' ly to last; but I never thought ho would have died so soon after his marriagfc.” / y “ An elderly, sickly sort of a man! She would mar ry again, of course! I was on fire to bo examined before her, and let her,-hear ii friendly report of me. As luck would havc*i£ she ,had some further transac lions which rcquircd cbrtam papcrs to be sent- for, and, in thc pausc, I stepped'holdly forward. - “Gentlemen,” said my lawyer, with a smile which 'Whitened the. tip of his nose, and very nearly sent it through tho externa! teguments, “ allow nio to intro duce Mr. —, a very‘particular friend of mine, .who Is desirous of insuring lus life. You perceive he is hot one ojf the dying sort.” • j (t Tho directors turned their oyeb toward, mo with evident satisfaction, and I had the vanity to bolievei th£t the widow did so top. ‘ . & You lidvc a good broad chest,” said one, “I dare say, your lungs aro hever'affected.” “Good shoulders .too,” - said another, “not likely to be knocked in a ; rbw.” , . . “Strong, and not debilitated by dissipation,” cried a thirds “I 'think this gentleman will suit us.” .. I could pcfcoivp .that, during these compliments and a few others, the widow was very much inclined to titter, which IjpoUsidcred as much ad, a.flirtation commenced; and when I was ordered into another room to bo . further examined by the ! surgeon in .at tendance, I longed to tell her-to stop till I came bach* The professional gentleman did lus utmost to find a fault in me, but was obliged to - write a certificate, withjvjucltf re-entered,_and Jiad. thc_satUfactioiLo£ hearings the chairman say that I was' warranted hie buuic wlfarjb coscly, and the widow laughed out-right. Our affairs were settled exactly at the some moment, and 1 fol- closely down stairs. ‘ ' . • , ‘“-Whit mad-trick.aroyouat now?” ..enquired the cormorant, . ■- '* “X am going to hand the lady in the carriage,” I Responded; and I keptmy word. She bowed to me her korvahtto'drivo^pnic.'v-vriV.,. ~ t 1 ‘ ■ “Wherois l- r j * : - »i ■} rir, itt etreoU”. said: John I land away they *wontV > . :, ;',^ : »J,;r, r , ; -U-. : ; Wd walked steadily .along;’ the bird df/prey -^obV biting lip thd'advdnldgesbf h|s bargain with-me, find' l in a modd bf oquaUy interesting .affection';, , . ~■ 0 , ; ,- “>Vhat . arovyoa; ppndering ( about,..young gently 1 ,-j,,.,,, . : ..“I ain pondprmgwhcthcr ornpyou havonodpvcr rcachcdybursdQn,tliistransaction.” **. ■' “How sb?V ' v ' v --•••■:^ 1 “Wbyl begin to Ihink l shall bo oKigedio give up.my;baram-Bcariun way. onifopdriuk moderately, leave: off fox-hunlingi and sell horaesy which,^buknow,wiUmakcd-^nleriardiffep(sncoin But where is too hoccssity/ofyourdomg all this?” •:“Mywifc willmost Ukc)ymakb : it a stipulation.” -.-“. Your v’ t mYcs. .That pretty disconsolate widow wo have just parted froim ! You may liiigH; butSf yon choose to bet ton msufohcb:ydu ,havo bought of. me, against too purcliasb iporioyi Twhl takc.you. that she makes me a Bcdalc rnarrled Tnan in Jess than two months.” . “Hanoi”, said tho cormorant,' his. featured again stiaihing tlicir back-skins at tod idco-rdf having mddb a doublo profit of mp. i Let us go. to ■ | will draw up a deed to tbatcftbc^-igrilfw,”^. ; I did not. fliricl{frbipiho My/dascV.r l^v^'WaVddspCTafe.^^shbul^ ’ a-mbntb'heforalmdtf^ krtiiiMMiiiiHCliiiliiiMta “What age was.your father when He died?” “Oh, ho died young; but then ho was kilt in a CARLISLE, PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 16, 1845. thought, ho rather a pleasure than a pain—provided I was disappointed in the lovely widow. ' Modesty is a sad bugbear upon fortune. I-havo known many who have not been oppressed by it re* main in the shade, but I, have never known one who emerged with it into prosperity. In my own ease it j was by no means a family disease, nor had I lived in any way by which I was likely to contract it. Ac. cordingly, on the following day, I caught my self very coolly knocking at the widow's door; and'so entirely had I been occupied in considering the various bles sings which would accrue to both of,Us from our [ union, that I was half-way up stairs before I began |to think of an excuse for my intrusion. The draw ■ ing-room was vacant, and I was left for v. mornent to I wonder whether 1-was. not actually in some, tcjnplc 'of the Loves and Graces. There was not a tiling toj .be seen*which did not breathe with tenderness.— i [The ceiling displayed d little heaven of sportive cu | pids, the carpet a wilderness of turtle-doves.' Tho, ' pictures were, a series of the loves of Jupiter, tho va- 1 scs presented nothing but hcart’s-casc and lovc-lics ; blending; the very canary bii'ds were inspired, and ! had a nest with two young ones; and tho catherself j looked kindly over the budding beauties of a tortoise-1 shell kitten. What d place'for a scnsiiivc-hcartliko ’mine! ,1 could not bear to look upon tho mirrors | which reflected my broad shoulders on every side like ! so many giants;, and I would have given the world to have appeared a little polo and interesting, although it might have injured my life a dozen year’s purchase. 1 Nevertheless, I was not daunted, and I looked round for something to talk about, oh tho; beauty’s usual occupations, which I found were all in iono with | what I had before remarked. Upon tho open piano lay “Auld Robin Gray,” which had no doubt been m\ng in allusion to her late, husband. On the table , was a half-linishcd drawing of Apollo, which was j equally without doubt, meant to apply to her future one; and round about were strewed the seductive tomes of Moore,' Campbell and Byron. “Tlfisl witch,” thought I, “is thewery creature I have been sighing after! I would have married her out of a hedge-way, and worked upon tho roads to-maintain' her; bat with .twenty- thousand pounds—ay, and! much more, unless I am mistaken, she would create a fever in the frosty ‘Caucasus}” > I/was-in the most Welting mo'otf alivc, when the, door opened, nhd in | walked the fascinating object of my speculations.— | Shdwas dressed in simple gray, wholly without onm-' Went, and’ hef dark brown hair was braided demure ly over a forcheadrwhich looked ns lolly as, her face was lovely. -Tile reception she gave mo was polite and graceful, but somewhat distant; and I perceived th’nVshcliad clthcffprgQUcn, or to recognize me. I was not quite prepared for this,* and in spite of unconstitutional confidence, felt not n little embarrassed. I had, perhaps, mistaken the breakings forth of a,young and buoyant spirit, under ’ ridiculous circumsbnces, ,for the encouragements-of volatile coquetry; and for a moment I was in doubt whether X should not apologise and pretend that iihc was bot'lbblalJy'fbr'wTfom' ifiy'Visit But then she was so beautiful! , Angels amLminis- Jers! Nothing on earth sent me down stairs unless I hud becn-kickcd down! “Madam,” I began—but my blood -was in a turmoil, and I have never been able to recollect precisely what-1 said.— Something it was, however, about my laic father and her lamented husband, absence, and the Epst Indies, liver complaints, and. Life. Insurance, with'compli ments, condolences, pardons, perturbation and papre tcr-plu-pcrfcct impertinence, * The lady looked sur prise'll, broke my speech with two. or three well-bred ejaculations, and astonished mo very much by pro testing fjjmt aliif. hod never hoard her husband men tion my lather'or his promising little heir appiircnl, William Henry Tliomas, ip the whole course of their union. “Oh, Madam,” said I, “the omission is ex. trcmcly, natural! lam sure l ain not at all offended with your late husband'upon that score. Hu was an elderly, sickly sort of a man. My father always told him he cPuld not last, but he never thought ho would have died so after marriage. He had not time —ho had not time, Madam, to make his friends hap. py by introducing them to you.” . I believe, upon the whole, I must have behaved re- j markably well, for the widow could not quite makcj up her mind whether to credit mo or not, which, | when wo consider the very slender, material I had to work upon, is saying a great deal. At last I contri ved to make the conversation glide aSvay to Auld, Robin Gray and tho drawing of Apollo, which I pro-1 nounccd to be o._chef-dc-'(Euvrc. “Permit mo,*how-| ever, to suggest, that the: tho figure would Pot be destroyed by a little more of Hercules in tho shoulders, which would make ins,life worth a much longer purchase. A little more amplitude in tho chest, too, as they say in tho Insurance Ofiido?” The widow looked comically. at tho recollections which I brought to her mind; her rosy lips began to disclose their-treasures in a half smile; and, this, in turn, expanded into a laugh like the laugh, of Eu phrosync. This was the very thing for raa * I was al way a rather dashed-hy. beauty upon stills;‘but put us upon fair ground, and I never supposed I could'Do otherwise than charming. I ran over all tho amu sing topics of the day, expended a thousand admira ble jokes, repeated .touchirig passages* from a now poem which she had.net rpad, laughed, sentimental ized, cuddled, tlie kitten, andjforgot to go away until I jiad sojourned full two bouts. Euphrpayne quite lost sight of my questionable introduction, and chimed in with a wit as brilliant as'hcr beauty ; nor did she put-on a single gravd look wjich l volunteered to call tlic next day and read Hie remainder of tho poem. It is impossible to conceive how carefully I walked home. My head and heart were full of tho widow and Hie wager, and my life was more precious tbag tho Pigot Diamond. Ikeptmy eyes sedulously up' 1 ' tho pavement tqdio sure that the coal holes wcrp y ‘°' sed; and I never, once crossed, tho street \v" 1 , looking boUi.waygj-to calculate the dangers./ run over. , When I arrived I ( was presentl y™ lll letter from my attorney,, giving* me the,/^° ,° ■ an ensigney m a regiment whichVwas tllo West Indies, or of going on a trading °7 a J| c to -p w ■ Holland. I wrote 1 to him, in answr* that it was per fectly immaterial to me \vheUicr/y as , cu \ o “ yclimv T fcvcr,„pr.:dcYourcd - - : buamcsH.\vhicb.^w : onbl . myself of either altcrnatiy/ 01 two . mon^ q » a V lca^ The next morning-feu*, mc agam at the door of Euphrosyhc, who gave* 6 her Idly hand and rcceiv cd.mo xmlTthp Af. lairawont on : Jrotti* nuc “ the same as ? lhcy -did on Ibb-preceding may’. ThopoemWas lone lier singing exquisite; my a^ 6(l 9 tc °* New Holland irresistible, and wo atraii 4rgot ourselves until it was necessary, for piecM xbsjkicti w ? waarm an agony, to ropm for my Mtlerflics, and fluUdred overthe Rowers Of hpr iraa ginatioit with' a [thaifwafl jpiilb ouf acqaamtknceiculbi. glscd myihbdcsly. tilfit was well high* burned into a cinder,•Und evbfy nqiwand then sharpened her wit by an allusion to Apollo aricj the shoulders of Hercules., The, third 1 and. the fourth ; ahd the fifth ddy,;witli twi cq. asm anyra ore, were equally productivoofcx. cuscs for calling, and reasons' for rcmdimhgv.till at last ! .took it upon nip to call and remain without troubling, myself about tlio pnc or •*: X Was rCcoivCd witli pfogi^^lvecordiality; and at'lastwUli a mixture of timidity-which of theXntU cipationof a catastrophic which' wasdt ’once to de cide the question witli thb lnßuranco Ofilcb, and dc. tcrjnine ihb bf ray travels.' OnadiyT found tlmPcri iratJior,pensively at work,' and | las usual ! opposite to her.,;:V • i: - i i 1 -“I have^cbn\.tHnking t ”>Baid r she,-pthat Xliayq bcciimightily,Jmposed upon.”’, ; ; . -j; ; ' ;«By. I inquired* .. - ; V*/'.; ’' i ■“ByV^nb’bfVhbin^yoil jidvp highest Opinion-^ l)y:y^ux B 'plW,, - ■ wliat do you ~ . nowfwlllit plcasoyou'tp:bol.C^aldiah tell me lipnfeatij:; j I ubout y oiiir for I rcq that you are talcing aim at tho wrong end of it?”' * / “Nonsense! Will-yon answer mo?” » , “I think I could put tho finishing touch to that sprig 1 . Do you see?” I continued, jumping up and leaning over her. “It should bo dono sen—and tlicn so.' What stitch do you call that?” ■ , * . The beauty was not altogether in a mood for jo king. I took her hand—it trembled—and so did mine. “Will you.pardon me?” I whispered. “I am a sinner, a counterfeit, a poor, swindling, disreputable vagabond, but I loveyou to my soul.” Tho work dropped fromjicivknco. * • * In about a fortnight from this time I addressed the following nolo to my friend the lawyer; - Dear Sir—lt will give you great pleasure to hear that my prospects arc inending, and’that you have lost your wager. As I intend settling the insurance on my wife, J shall, of course, think you entitled to the job. STiould your trilling loss in-rnc oblige you to become an.ensign to tho West Indies, or a trader to'Ncw Holland, you may rely on my interest there. ” $ • • . J4VCY NEAXi* ' -Down in a shady valley,- Whore sparkling waters steal, With its vines and budding flowers, Was tlio hoj.no of Lucy Ncnl. Oh, fair young Lucy Neal, OK, fiir young Lucy Neal, The love, I once did bear for thee, I shall forever feel. Her voice fell in low murmurs, The wounded heart to heal, , And harshness never darbed tho brow, • * Of my gentle Liicy, Neal, J Oh! she was like tho glorious visions, I That oft thro 1 slumbers steal, To light ub to iho brighter world— And'Buch was Lucy Neal. And Lucy said her heart was mine, t * And her love'did not conceal;" . ,J.~ IjFor. pure and guileless wcro'thcTlipa, “ f. 1 *•', Of my, faithful Lucy. Neal. - - •, ,j* • J)ut'tlierc..cnip,c a darling soldier, Ali patf6pttcdTA’BlcA,T ‘ - And Chostcrii old father gave him . Ilia child, fair Lucy'Neal. ■ f* * / They boro her from my bosom,. • • ' , And that wound they .cannot hcpl; ■ “For my heart, my heart is breaking, _^Foti-.thcJnvc-of J -LHoy'Neal: — And tell her when I’m dying, And dark .visions round me steal. The last'low murmur lifc, • Shairbc for Lucy Neal. . «'WI»o Darl» There is some objection to the .foUowing anecdote, but tho wit of it is so excellent, that wd cannot re sist the temptation to print: Gumbo was |a wicked 'negro who had witnessed the ravages o j the cholera in 1832 \frith sj-oie indtH fercnce* bn, f bi *34, seeing his best friends 1 dropping off by Negro.Alley, Buffalo, began to have some fears ok giving tho ladt kick himself, in prqtty much the I Lyle he was wont to “ fro? dat next brick bat” in a row. Gumbo then, for the first time, thought of praying, to' use his /jwn phrase, “to dc Angel ob.do Lord’,”, declaring that if ho could only be spared Vdis tune,” ho would bo ready next'year to bo taken and “lib forebbor .in Massa Abraham’s *^Mnti^;-7 i ,g' H ,i^nvln g> ncress to on adjoin ing room; by a board partition, hearing him at hlk devotions, knocked, “Whoßir?” “ Dc Ante! ob do Lord.” 1 “Wlmtftj want?” “Want gambol” -\v- ’ Blowing out his candle with a whew, “No such niggar hc»e. Dat nigger been dead dis two tree -week—datbe.de trulc —dc fac!” „ Beautiful ’Tlionghts* , There is something touchingly beautiful imwords when nghtly .put together. ' They leave an impres sion that canpever bo effaced. Wo have read again and again, tilVit is familiar to us as,the face of a friend, tho following splendid thought, and yet/very time wo eco it’tis fresh oni beautiful as evo** Tito author wo know not, but ho deserves to bpimniortal ized for this morccau alone: .“How beautiful pd B ' From human Ups that blessed word, *uuuvb; Furyncuess—* tie tho attribute of i The sound whirli oponuth Heave'— ren ‘;' V 8 again- On Futtii lost Kden’s failed blop'J’ a, l ( IMpc’fl halcyon halo o‘er thd°* ,lle * , , • Thrice imppy lie whoso hear*"®® 80 schooled ‘.|n tin-meek lessons of ' , That b- rjjn give it (me^ ,c i e i,. , . t . ,ni P arta - . to biiiuau feoul, . Ami nmkotir.innnnn^p ol, -■ Tlio qp'tuiut Husband* y MRS. C. if. WILSON. umy*l neverknow, . , ’ -„,!/ju8 watches over a wamloring hohri,” J.. ' - - . .‘.V. ' JUm. Tighie.. ' j t W midnight, and she sat leaning her palo, check ? * lcr libnd,.coupling the dull tickingof the j? that stood on tho marble chimney ■■piece, , and anon lifting her weary oyo to'its.dial | y mark the lapse of another hour. It waspast inid ught, and yet ho returned not! She arose, and tak ing up the .lamp,.whose palo rays alone illuminated the solitary chamber, proceeded with noiseless step to a sniall ihnbr apartment The curtains of his lit tle bed word drawn aside, and tho young, mother gazed on her sleeping child! What a vivid contrast did that glowing cheek and smiling brow.prcscnt, a a he. lay in rosy slumber, to the Aided, yet beautiful fa'co that hungover him in tears! “Will he resem ble his father, 7 .WOB tho. thought that passed for a moment tlirough her devoted heart, and-a sigh was hcr_only an§wer L V. ' .' 1 __ - *Tis his well; known knock—and Ulpjitcpslofltha admitted his thoughtless muster... “Four .o’clock, Willis, is it not?” and lio sprang up the staircase—' another moment he is in her chuinbt'r her arms. No rcprdachcpmo.t’tUo truant husband, none save those she could not sparo.hhm, in her oye, and faded cheek*—yet these spoko.lo ids heart. - . ; »t*^uUp T l-I.MO a with frovmsand Bullen iears, ho. had become .a hard pned libertine; but lipt affecUbnite earesscs. thb-ioy, that danced in her aunhcn eyc, tho hectic flush that lit up her pallid at ms-approach, were argn incnls ho coold not wittstandf; ;MariKidin.carly liffc t whilq lie felt*tU tho brdbr* buthotthoofJpyo 5 fortune, and having hitherto had.tho entire command of his twn'plcosufcs, Don-! vers fell; into that «>ranibh error, of newly, married mcri —tho dread of being controlled. .yin yajndid hifl parents, who bchcld with, sorrowtho reproaches and misery ho ’was - heaping up for himself in after Ulc, : remonstrate; Charles Danvers tprnccka deaf .oar to ' advice,-pnd pursued,’AviUi compSihons cvcry way un worthy of his society^'tho'patli-of folly if hot absolute I guilt Kb • tavexui -tho- club-yoom, t|ift recc-coprse, I too dfWii oir-a nud mght watclicr. : ,‘<,l , their tfcddcdJirohaU passed—to! hii^-in favored and rcatlces.pleasure, to her., m blighting Jidpd :of Vnhmitouting regret. v-lmi thls'.night croWncd tho pitflent. forbearance of thd neglected. Julia; with: ifiT just. rcflrardj and gavp lhb. deathblow {6Tolly !ri J ‘thp turpihg with' djsggst from th 6 ,losses of;tlio haza.rd tablefher hicckposs and long sutfenng ip.tho eoulr (hb; filth fell. Trout Wa : feriowji ludcous < deformity, stood unmasked before ing, boy. Behold her howl still in the prime ofwoi manhood,'surrounded by their cherub faces, who arc -listening erb-thoy go to rest to iler sweet voice, as it pours forth to the accompaniment' of her harp an ( evening song of joy and melody; while a manly form 1 is .bending over the music-pago to hide the tear of happiness and triumph that springs' from a swelling bosom, ns he contemplates the interesting group.— : Youthful matrons? ye who watch over a wandering* perhaps an erring heart—when a reproach trembles on your lips towards a truant husband, imitate Julia Danvers, and . remember, though hymen has chains* like tho sword of Harmodius, they may bo covered with.flowers; that unkindness and irritability do but harden,*if hot wholly estrange tho heart—while on tho contrary, patience nnd gentleness of manner (as water dropping on tho-flinty-rock will in time, wear it into soilness) seldom fail to reclaim to happiness and virtue the Truant Husdand. Decidedly Rlclx* Tho Cincinnati Atlas tells a capital story of a friend—a bachelor friend—very fond of tho society of the ladies, but extremely modest and diflident with al. A few evenings since he. went'to fnako a call upon an acquaintance who had recently taken .to himself a wife, young arid beautiful, aridUas a matter of course overflowing with affection for her husband. Now this lovely wife of a week, like other,.young wives, could hardly survive tho brief absence of her husband for, tho discharge of his business, nnd al ways’on his return met him upon the tn&shold, and smothered him with kisses/ It so happehed when our friend called, that tho husband was 'absent, but momentarily expected by the fond and-anxious wife. She heard nis foot fall upon the step, and supposing it to bp her husband, rushcdffbrth to meet him; and he had scarcely laid his hand on tha bell-pall, before the door flew open and ho was cncirplcd by a pair of white arms, nnd burning kisses fell thick and last upon his lips and checks, while a full and tlirobbing hrfcast was strained to his? Here was a trying situ alien for a diflident man;' and our friend came near fainting on the spot; but fortunately tho lady discov ered her, mistake in lime to a melan choly event, nnd ho escaped from tho house more dead thrin alive. The last we saw of him, |i6 was leaning against a tree, fanning himself* with his som-. brero, in.ordcr to recover strength tbjrcgain his, lodg ings ’ * „ '/"V' Moral. —Ladies should be careful'how they kiss gentlemen in the dark, as it might bo the moans of causing serious injury tb’young gentlemen of lender sensibilities. • ““ Fro7.cn Fairy* '/ A band of flfirios, malting a.flying tour- by moon light, came suddenly upojr the borders of a* northern forest. Alternate storms of snow and rain had fallen and- left the trees enrobed in garments of virgin whiteness. Tho full moon, shining brilliantly- upon tho thick branches, and casting slanting shadows -through tho dim-aisles of-thowood,festooned-with icicles and paved with gems of frost, made the scone of dazzling splendor. The fairies folded their rainbow colored wings and gazed in routo wonder, for never had they beheld aught so gorgeous. But when tlic night blast swept over them, they shuddered, and be thought them of tlic,warm light of their own bright ‘halls. As they worG-.dcparling, one of the fairies of the band, camd andbowed low before the queen, niurmur ing, “A boon!” “What wilt thou?” said tlic fairy sovereign, touch ing the suppliant witli her tiny sceptre. 4 *o:jet me dwell in this Wutlful place, gracious queen IV. was.lho request. “Foolish one! wouldst thod forsake thy sisters for this cold, glittering land? Then be it so! Farewell!’* And they sped lightly down tlic valley. ' " Tho liiicy, rejoicing in her new and splendid lot, danced gaily under the gleaming forest roof, and sang many,a rich carol among tlio boughs which.arched over*her like a jewelled canopy.- • <- ' The snow spirit listened with admiration to her song, as.it rang clfcar and sweet tlirough tlio wood. • But long ore tlio moon waned, her voice filtered, and her step became languid. She had forgotten that her fragile form was made for a sunnier clime, and might not bear the chill air which pervaded about her. Slowly she yielded to tlio piercing cold, and at last sank benumbed .upon a snow wreath! Oil! how. she longed to nestle in’thc arms of one of her sisters, amid tbo silvery perennial. flowers; of her own loved and lovely fairy land. Tho snow spirits, in their spangled-robes, gathered about her, b”t their voicbs were strange, and their breath- fell like ice upon her check. 'The stars looked down up on her with a cold distant glance. Flashes of radi ance shot ever and, anon athwart tlio sky above her, seeming, to mock her agony. ‘ All about her was glo rious as the land of dreams; but what was its bright ness to her. faintly arose the last cry of the fairy—“ Sisters! 0, sisters! take mo-home! —I am freezing!" , Humble, yet gifted one 1 sigh not to leave the fond Jibnrts-v/hichciicirclp tlica in.thy. lowly home!. .Pine, not for a dwelling in that “land of mysterious gleams,” tlio wide and shining land ofFame. Many aro/tho souls whoso warm, affections have been con* gcalcil by its frigid air.. Its, splendor is wondrous, hut.delusive as tlio glittering ice forest, for all above, around, and beneath, is cold—freezing cold I Misfortune* But few con draw consolation from‘misfortune; yet, it is misfortune, that dovclopcs our charactcrmud proves us to bo men. Says Thompson; L ■ “if misfortune comes, shebrings along • The bravest virtues. Am! so many proal, lllußtrioiia spirit*, have conversed with woe. Have ln*bcr school been taught, air wore enough . c To diFlrops, and make ambition ■ E’en wish llioftown beyond the smile of fortune A Fragment* „ To enter this world without a welcome—to leave it without an adieu—to suffer and bo unequal toyour sufferings—lb stand a- sod and silent monument amid the joys of others, which you cannot understand'hor cpnc_civc_of—lo.cariy-withinyourbosointheT-buricd sccdg-GWianpiaesSfwbicli-are-togrdWrof'intelU&cncc compassion or horror—ra wholocsistcnco without one cheering sound—without one Welcome accent—with out one exhilarating thought—without one rccollec tionorthopaat~-'Villiout one hop 6 of the Tutnre —oh*, wliafa cloud of w'rolchcdncss covers; .surrounds. and, overwhelms fiUC h a * deplorable victim ,of sorrow. . .Naw^ttoow^vM-#^ : bpon'.Bw;jhteuccl, f 4nd let 4 affOtdionst that thcy*inaykrtow imddovo God, Oho glv ! cr ofall thing* and TOcrcfful ih aa bW ; 4&q enlighten tha niay see ite origin and , dei^y^to'w^iflo'tliolips to smijo. thoogh they can> ; hbtbpcal£-4to eye f tbglisten idiK;bWcr. ; t than thbsh o'f sorrotf; and thb inind lo .Understand, ; although, it cannH : hcar--oh! what 4 bqqutifulsup . element to tho’ bouoyolcrtdp pf : hcavcni. • * . ?'■ . ‘ , ‘ V- Lowell[Ojjfhnng. • , • TUo Wl(» . ; .'lt needs' no guilt jto; j»ro>}t. a Husband’s .Heart I'hb absence, of content, tho muttering of sjilpon, the Untidy dress, and careless home, tho forblddulg.scowl and dcscricd licarth. thcsu. and otllor‘n|iiiiclcs3 negj' a-brihio among them—have harrowed to the quick the’hearts Coro bl miny'amdni arid tftalb od Uiorc, beyond tiro rbioh of cureVWoJgchn of despair; p! may woman, before that sad'giW|rnrti,vcs, dwell on tho recollections other the dbar idea of that toneful timo.nwakeand jiepp alive .tliq'nrqinisb.slio.tbcri so kindl/: unriigh she may’ bb' llio injured,%bf (.bp: fbr6ottbUf; tho; forgetful happy .rillnsion; to .{ini boterif kuriflji wolcpino to a comforta ble homo—a smile: of loveJtn Irinish hostile iVdrds— a kiss of peace, tdcpafdon aU(bq pest—and the Irrr dedt, hoafl lltat overlooked itself vdtlun.tbp btijast ofj selfish,mail'Will J s<®ea" to hex; ; loving " mid Contented—the soother ofa sorrowing ThrjlUiig Incldovlt* Wo find the following ilirilling odVenldrd related in a lato number of iho Now York Weekly Messen ger* but whether it is from tbo pen of Major No&li or notfis more than wo can say; Road and weep: I passed up the. natural avcnlio and came Upon the green; My feelings were very poetical os I walked; Slowly towards tho village church: I entered; A popular preacher was. holding forth, and tho little ; meeting house was much crowded. Several persons were standing up, and I soon discovered that I fnust retain my perpendicular position; as every scat was crowded. 1, however; passed up the aisle until I had. gained a position where I could, have a fair view of the faces of.noarly all-present; Many of tho congre gation looked curiously at' me* for I Was a stranger to them nil; In a few momenta, however* the atten tion-of every person appeared to bo absorbed in the ambassador of grace* and 1 also began to lake an ill,- • terest in tho discourse. Tho speaker was tldcnt,and many of hlsjflights were even sublime: 'The music of‘the woods and the fragrance of the heath seemed to respond to his eloquence. ‘ ’ Then it was no great stretch of the imagination • to fancy that the white-handed creatures.around me* with their pouting’ lips and artless innocence; wbro. beings of a higher sphere; As my feelings were thus divided between the beauties and blessings of_tho two worlds,.and rapt in a sort of poetical devotion, I detected some glances at mo of an animated charac ter. I need not describe the sensations experienced by a youth when tho eyes of a beautiful woman rest for a.lcnglh .of time upon his countenance, and when ho imagines himself to bo on object of Interest tbhor.— I returned her glances with interest, and thrc\v.oil tenderness into diy eyes which tile scene, my. meditations’, and the preacher’s discourse had inspir ed in my heart, doubting not* tho fair young damsel possessed kindred feelings with myself—that wo were drinking”together at tlic -ibuntam of inspiration.— How could it be otherwise 7 She diad been born and nurtured amidst these wild and romantic scenes, and wa’s made up of romance; of poetry and tenderness;; and then I.thought .of tho purity of woman’s lovc—hcr devotion—her tnith.. 1 onfy prayed tlmt I'mightcnjby a sweet interchange, ojf sentiment, Her glances continued., bur'eyes met My heart ached .with length the benediction was pronounced. I' lingered about the.premises until I sawtbo dark-eyed damsel set out for home, lilon’e and on. foot. ,* Oh* that tlm __ •cjistomiof-cociety'WOald e perfnlt; I "fpr‘ w<Tare surety* one ,in soul. 'Cruel formality.! that throws dp a bar rier between hearts made for each other! Yet. 1 fol lowed Her. She looked behind, and I thought sho evinced some .emotion at recognizing inb ns.thc stranger 'of the day.’ 1 then quitmehed my pace, arid sho aerially slackened hers, as if to let mcrfcqmc tip - with her,' . , -t 1 . young.crcaturor.!.rtli6ught:l; IlhcnaTtlcs.a . and warm heart is-supcrior tbitho bonds of custom I reached within a stone’s tliroiv of her,. She sud denly halted, and turned jher face towards hie; My heart swelled to bursting. I reached, the spot whero she stood. Sho began to speak, and I took off Iny hat, as if doing reverence io an angoh _ - ; “Arc you d pedlar?” ..- f ' ( • “No, my. dear girl; tliat is not, my occupation.” “Well, I .don’t .know,” continued she,"not very bashfully, and eyeing .mo very thought when I saw you in tho meeting-house; that you look- . cd like the pedlar who passed off a pewter half-dol lar on me, about three weclwt ago; arid so I Was dot termined to keep an eye on you. Brother -John has got homo now, and ho says if ho catches the fuller he’ll ring his neck for himand Xaint sure but you're the good-for-nothing rascal aTtet all.”* ‘ ’ , Reader, did you ever take a showcr-uaili! One of the heaviest of the heavy Gefraafi soldiers had the duty of mounting guaSrd at one of tljcTchical hunting seats; and, not to perplex the poor fellow; one single notion,- and no morp; was r ammed .into Ids noddle—namely, that he must present arms to the his highness pass that way: Ho was then left to his cogitations, width; we need Imrdly t6‘ say, were of that class,described by Dibdin in-his song of “The Jolly Young who; wo arc , told, “was thinking of notliing at all," - Tlrcdof this transcendental monotony, the man had redouts? to the universal' German solace—-Ids sausage and his schnapps. The better to enjoy these, ho laid Ids fire-' lock on the grass,* and lolling against a tree; discuss r cd his creature comforts with due voracity. While thus'engaged ho saw an unpretending person ap proach,' dressed in the common German hunting-dress —a sort of green smock frock; leathers; and contin uations. „ * , .. “Good appetite to. you!’’ said the now homer; “what arc you eating?” • " ‘ “Guess!” gruffly .answered itlic peasant*, soldier: “Oh, perhaps Rothwbrst" said the Duke# (for the. aportanian was no leas a’personage.) ■ -- “No,- something better than that.*” :* “Probably Loburwurst?” . ■ ' “No,‘somctiimg better than that:” . _ . “Probably JMcttwurst." . Rothwursi, LebUrwtirsi and Mettwurst may bo called the poslivc; compare: live and superlative degrees of the German* sausage: -• “Yes. 'And now-you know till about my sausage/ pray who areytiu?” ' • V Guess;” said* the Duke: * , “Oh, perhaps you’fd one of tho Duke’s pages?” “No, something belter than that” ; . “Then you may bo one of his aids-dc-camj> i- ' . 1 “No, something taUcr titan that.” “Perhaps you’re thoDuko himself.*^ 1 ” “■Vcs/'.' ’ ■’ Vgabsage. into “lndeed,• you arc!* Just Uo]j£££ arms to vdii” munt—for, my orders arc to >£ anecdote with mfi- The Dukp:always rblal^ 113 nito.gkc; -• •' " ~ s -- 'A - ■ >- ;; —tliwwim f, . .. TeTTmc not of tJTnqtTl riMJbt these things. , God sends children for anethoir purpose'than merely to keep up. the - ns tmscU fishj and full of kindly sympathies and affections—to give our souls higher aims; and . call out all our lac ultics; to extentf enterprise and oxcmonv'.to bring ‘round our fircJnle bright faces and happy smiles; and : lovlnfff ■ ilte- Gw? at ■ thb earth" * 1 : ji!'' \\ A^r«ealttc» ; ‘ /• o«Goi^vWiß|wifeV‘wld * : m!acliJofmis young- gkt &ink IJicarda pretty young ladyiay of .yoti ? 1 ’ ~. WiHUiu aa the ctr- . cumstariccs that a yotiriglady” had saldsomc- Uiing of him;would allow; • ,'v . •- Jy •. ■ < : donH go6d;i . Who 5 wasit,Coi?’l v ' : V;Vv - ‘♦Slitin’t toll yoti!. bill it>,lhc a tery pretty girl diii say somcllinig_abqut you;” - '* , , moWhat ityms.”-- - , » v tL~. lL - w t-übrui’t^tnleas-yottwill,^VCirtb^ that; I wanlod."’ , ; > • “AVull. ngrccd—you shall have il-now ieir tncj; *V?c\\ ugliest looking- tniftn'’ sho’ovcr-Jiiid cy<& drti* 1 and off.tori* the'JiUlc:Avrctoh ; ,with “a nicrty-Utigh that made the again;,. u . * , , , \ ■;v •v/ ■ • • • > ”- - - ■ • 7 ' The fallowing excellent Illhf, we cut from the Riejmfond 0to; ovcry witrddf whith »ro botfly bn- i • : ytfukg wljo,jJb!>’t liko.Jpd-way jpvpjqra. iNjl4 Bhould" a»k Iqa+o tot p’at Jii a, 6|Woiisqn;of .tho . sort. AriV cditarswill give giich a chancb at ' : nnjF'timo. : to’ : bdifd. rto lrv it JVljiy bo ho-wpuld succeed'; and if so, ha ; [wouWfeboUfrcfititledto^WwartlhartiUiediscovi' iRANHUJL ■ KD. 19. A Prompt Sentinel*
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