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Ornh-,.iu*s new stone liuiUling, in South Hanover street, a few doors from Burkholder's hotel, nml «M rectiy opposite tho Post-office, where those having hush-ess will ploatfocall. »»-' 1 From flroham's Magazine, TO MY LITTLE BOY. BY MRS. lIKNRIKTTA 1.. COLBMAN. I wntchod a rose one lovely morn, Parade herselfa summer queen, While by her Bide a hud, hnw-borh. i*ay locked In Ibaves of softest green As lliat fresit hud to beauty blow, Thnt rose lost nil its seem and hue: Aina ! I cried, that tills should be 1 Fur 1 thought, dear boy,'of thee and me. I watched n parent bird that fed llur Hedging many n vernal day, . Training his dainty wings to spread - And lightly flit from spray to spray: Away-afur— I marked him soar, Never to owiiTond guidance more. Can care and love thus wasted be 1 .Sadly I thought of then and me. t watfliad Uio moon rise sweetly bright, With one ftiir star that laylielow. Each lovelier shone from mutual light, Ah hearts united gentler flow: 'Though moon and slor in heaven divide, Time brings them overside by side: Glorying I sp.,ke. thus may it be 1 For I thought dear boy, ufihce and me. SWaceUantotis. From the London World of FaHhiou, fur January. LOVG IN TI£AUS | Or the Morn of the Wedding Dny* •• Star uf my euul! than powcr nixl lame more dear. Ami must tliou rest in gluiiiuaml silence lieie; . No nmre. by thy sweet tones mid leeks beguiled. , Musi I forever say farewell 1” —[MitchtU.' Tlio sunlight of a bright'summer morning stream ed through the pointed windows of Sir Charles Har rington’s dressing.room, mellowed by tlie rich liuls ol‘ the glass, and also by costly gossamer curtains descending fioin the ceiling, and uphold by crystal bands. Sir Charles, in.an elegant Turkish robe’, had thrown himscll' into a lauleuil, to devour tlie contents oC a billet upon which his eyea had (alien, tind to which his uuendanis had- failed to direct his atten tion mi his arrival in town the previous night, It hid been written a week .before, and was from the | pen of his beloved. A week’s neglect hi love is, to I the sufferer, an ago ; minmea are -days, and liouisj yc-ira! ‘And this particular letter was written inTluT kindest Icruin! , ‘•lf what 1 feel I could express hi words!” cii. cl.h.ncd the lover, “I should speak, joy enough, to banish sadness I’rom the world luiever! O, Lydia! Lydi..; such worth us ihinovuiust obtdin purddn lor the faults of all the fickle s«.lf our first parent had but been like thee, We should all have lived and died in innoccncy; the bright original creation Whilst the lover was indulging in these raptures. « cab drew up at his duor, and Lionel Mildiuay, of the Guards, jumping out, was in a lew moments in troduced to his friend (Sir diaries. ••My heart’s best friend 1” exclaimed the latter; ••there’s not a friend I so much wished to see. 1 have such a letter here I" ••What is ItT Let me see it,” said Lionel, “You must excuse me,” returned Sir Charles.— "Ynu will not wrong my (Heniljiliip, nnd your man Hera, to tempi mo lo show it to you." ‘•Nol lor ilia world, my-friend,” replied (ho oilier; and he forthwith turned the couvenaliim to the cur rent topics of the day; when u It tlm gossip oftho gay world had occurred mihco Sir Charles, had left town, was repe ited for his ainuocment. Iu this wuy near ly an hour had passed, and -Mildmuy then rose to depart. * ••You must nol go yet." exclaimed Sir Charles. * "I myal,” «rtid Lionel; for l*iu invited to a wed ding; uml bride* don't wuil.” “Going to u 'wedding7" mid (ho lover. “Tlicn you’re in a Hi Hike of mind to become my confidmll. Head (liiil und envy my lelieity! But tut mu | C |J ymi fitnl the lovely creature whose nre (here expressed, I fiist met in u country ramble on hci lather'i) estate. To look on her, the passing (ravel, lur uml /ceding llouks stood still; (ho dinging birds were in contention who should IjglU nearest IjlT, fur her hriglit eyes deceived even men, they wore go like the beauteous (irniiimenl. 1 looked un her und loved. Now read u ml envy im." Lionel Mildnmy took (ho letter from the enthusi* util, who roiiltnucd hia rhajiandk* whiUl Monel read; and Uio expressions of llio haler, us liu piucccded, &wcro in uccord.ineo with liis fiiumi’n expecluljona; ,'j.bul when ho oauiu In llio end, und rend (he name 1 'Lydia \V«l|*inffliini, M he ulurcd ul S.r Chuilcs wilh mule uBl(Mii«limcnU “Lydia Wiilsiuplium I” ho cried, “What Waging* liaiii? not Lord l\l«U«m’n daughter?” b “The very Identical and adornbJo Lydia!” ex* claimed the enrajiluied lover, “She in llic food, the wlecp, tlio air I live by,” ”0,” continued Mitdinuy, "what riddle or wlml inadneuM is thin? Why, Lydia Walflingham is to bu married this morning (a llio Earl ofllaven»liuin; and that is tlio wedding I am going to,” “No, no, 1 ’ replied “tlml cannot bo.” /‘Nothing is more true, 1 assure you,” said his friend* Grout wa« Sir Charles* amazement when Lionel PtcraUlod.in the.correctness of Ills InlolllgoDco; but the truth was placed beyond dispute by (ho arrival of a letter front Miss Walsinghiim herself. Quickly breaking the seal, ho read lu tho fallowing effect: * Sir Charles :— You havo sported with a heart when you knew it was your own; and I have recalled the gift; Yon also knew you had a rival, whose merits wore by no means contemptible; yet yon cared so little for the prize you had won, as to pay attentions to a lady in the north, to which no doubt Is to he attributed your neglect ol my last letter. You will please to.return that letter, as this day I give my hand to (ho Earl of Iluvorsham. L. W. “Lady in tho North!” cried Sir Charles, “I’vo been attentive to no lady In the North ! 'Tis but an oxcaao—a fabrication to gloss over her perfidy! I’ll go to the church myself, and forbid hor marriage.— False, heartless, fickle girl! My rival shall not tri* umph!” “My dear Sir Charles,” said Mildmay, “bo cool, I entreat you. Think of what you would do, and the disgrace K must necessarily occasion.” “I think of nothing but my luva ond'my despair!” «ricd Sir Chorlos, and hastily concluding his toilet, iio look his friend’s arm, and leaping into, his cab, drove rapidly towards St. George's Church. In answer to his inquiries, he ascertained (hat no *uoh marriage had boon appointed tu take place there; and as Lionel Mildmay confessed ho had not thought of osking what particular church had been ■elected for the nuptials, (concluded us a matter of course that it was St. George’s) tho despairing, lover resolved upon proceeding at one to Lord Mutton's bouse, There ho observed indications of the import* *nt event about to toko place, that rcinbvcd all doubts of (he correctness of hie Information. ”0, the words, tho gontlo words—so sweet, so many that she has uttered to mo{” exclaimed Sir CharlcB, "Qs if she hud been covetous not to leave one. world tor oilier lovers. O memory ! thou bices* ing (o all men I thou ah my cursa and cause of min* I cry!. Thou tallest me what I have been in her oyes, * and what I am! Happy’s that wretch whp never ownfed aeftreo jewels or grout wealth; but speechless 1 is his pluguo that once was rich, and froiri superflu* I ous stale fulls to the poor!” I Sir Charles, who was well acquainted with the chief apartments In .Lord Multan's mansion, straight! way proceeded to VValsingham'a boudour; and l|»ero f the intended bride sat alone, attired for (lie-marriugo ,■ ceremony’.. Her. beautifully, rounded arm leclined-. i )n ' a /* ,nar^^c and her hand was pressed upon i her forehead, os If to still its throbs. Sir Charles' Harrington paused oh the thrcshhold, and at that| moment one of the bridesmaids.in the drawing-room ' 1 1 00 ®! 1 . lc kt, > B . of the piano/ The' melody. wos J |Tumiliar to'thc bride, and it seemed to strike a chord -in hui> breast, the issue of which was (oars; largo I drops coursed each other down her'paid cheeks, ns the song, mellowed by distance into something like seraphic harmony, proceeded “I say mit regret me--yi)u will not regret; »£!* i v, !!! ry lol s jr l? c t mo-ynu rniiiiot f.iraot? Vve sliall hear of tncli oilier—ah I mliwry to hear. 1/iose words from nautlier which onci- was *o ilearl, nut deep words shall sling,thou Hint lirealh" of llm past, And many things-brlng llicc thoughts fated to last." 8 So • TJie.wlillo arms of tho bride fell upon tho-marble v*- Tom, tot that alone I” exclaimed a mother, polu table, rivaling ila whiteness; and Ihu beautiful /nco ' "‘fitly,-to a boy of seven years ofugc, who was plny ol Lydia Wulsinglmm was buried in them; the thick >n& with a tassel that hung from one of the window curls of her long' dark hair helping to obscuro, her i blinds, to the imminent danger of its destruction*; countenance. The utter woo of the bride was ob* I The hny did not scum to hoar, but kept on finger* served by Sir Charles with amazement. Suddenly tog. Hie tassel.' she started up, exclaiming, " Let that bo, I loll'you ! Must I speak a hundred “I cannot bear that tong to.ilayt" times ? . Why don’t you mind at onco ?*,’ In a moment her eyes fell upon Sir Charles II .r- T* 10 cbdd B, °wly relinquished his holdoflhc tassel, 1 Hngton, and assuming u look and air of dignity she „ c ® mf «°i)ood running his hand up and down the . inquired to what circumstance she had to ascribe i • < ![ l . c ,!. lun t n > Ihp presence there ? ■ . I " I horo! 1 hero I Do, fur gracious sake, lot them .. “Const thou,” ho replied, « enter a church a bride ‘ b,imU u, ‘. mo - - Go >’“* fro,n U *° window this mo. —a willing bride—after meeting these eyes ofmlnt?i’ I and lr * und kec l* J OUf haodB ott ol lll, ngs. 1 Lydia was unable to reply ; und the- words of the 1 dc f,! ure ou ure 0,0 11,0,1 tr J in g child 1 ever saw. ’ bridesmaid’s song, ns it continued, alone were audi-!. J T. 1 \ Uo window and threw hi.nscU at full blc: length into the erudlo, where ho commenced rocking ■•Tl,o funtl Imp.. ll,n. cm,lre,l in ll.caaroall fled W j l lh ' ll, °. f"™ “" d r “l' ilJil > ■ u “ do UV<;r i'- Thn irun hath miteruil tin* sdnl where tlmy fuel; * thing crack again. Of the chain that once bound me. the memory is mine. .“Gel out of the cradle? What do you mean 7 til my words are around thee, lliuir py perfidy !” murmured oily compound reached UicnuMlrihr of thulud’s-molh. e br diq unconscious.yienrnig the orange blossoms tr; who w.i* silting with her back towards liim.-~ M Pnnl u ; d . “ kcn I from the table. Turning quickly she saw whal was going on. «ni/t i» 'J ,0 »! I b ? ,u, | v °tlml false report of mo?” " You 1” fell angrily from her lips, as she dropped aiMd the lover rebukmgly, but in a lone mingled with the baby in the cradle. “Isn't it 100 much?” she " ,**m, . n continued, us she swept across' ihu room to where ; J,,.5 V*' ’.fv? 0 -r c 5 ! il nl !"? ~nd ProofofiiTom was standing before the bureau dressing-glass. h-.. 1 i- n * j r , “ the Earl of ” There, sir,” und the child’s cuts rang with the HavershUm , and then retiring, snridcnly, he paused box he received. “ There sir,” und the box was re o say j. WhiMsuch is your belief, Miss VValsinghnm. pouted., “Hav’nl.l told you u hundred, times not V^rT?' 1 oiv ‘““V b ° ,,n hfTencc; but Ito touch that hair oil 7 Just see what a spot ol will* be careful not to repeal It, unless I can bring grouse you!vo made on tho caupet. Look at your unquestionable evidence of my fidelity; and,place hands!”. , , • ; . , f'V| lO v f ° m | l J ,IV ® mvp .. , Tom-looked ut his hands, andsoelng them full Or . he lone in which Sir Charles spoke, although ho oil, clapi.cd ihctn qnlckJy down: mum his jacket and to conceal his inlrntioos, alarmed (ho tried to rub them clean. ’hn? 0 I** i* V | cn ttorly called upon him to return; “There! Slop! Mercy! Now see your new n> ..'ll ,o ' ,n lf r 1101 * brain was on fire, his jacket that you pul on this morning. Grease from !a . « °r e ,“ en P r ««cd Hv obo important object, lop to bottom ! Isn’t it 100 bad I I’m in despair !’ > comp ishnirnt of winchi admitted «f no delay. And the mother let her hands full by her side, und Ireßcmiy n murmur ofcnnlusrd voices was hoard, her body drop into u chair. V’ p, 0 [ ,f a | ’ , J 1,,1 1 d came about I.ydia.in affright.— “It's no use to lry, tL she continued. “ I’ll give up. Min , 08 Harrington had suddenly entered into Just see that jacket! It’s totally ruined. And that l L”! r h^ll o,n p ,,, ? H ” |,or,o ‘«" , y *l«mandedan In- carpel, tun. Was there over sdeh, a trying boy.- lernnsr/l nmt l ° fl tono. Lord Mallon had In- Go down stalls this instant,und tell Jane to come op terppßcd, and sn angry conlmversy ensued. ' Lydia, hero.” * iomn"«?w r r s n^J °l‘ bl nnd '"nprehension, entreated Tom had reason to know that his mother was not, nlore liim tn n | pr ". n . ccd 10 . hcr fu,, 'er. and hn- in u mood lo Im trifled with, so he wont off brjskly biiMh« Krirlna nii* , J to moot jog at any so cfificrj «nd called Jane, w|io was d ircoled lo got some fu tier ’« llio donrwn. r°, ” I,rnil will, mlclligonce tliul furl I) „„d put upon lliu uarput where thuuil had been 11,0 doar .wn. r.islenod, und nothing ,vn. hoard hut .pilled. . ■ rennnulon'ror'snme'l Ilir ü ß . d o,Bonding immediate Not nl nil liking tiia ntina.pfiore oflii. mother*. “No^- M-n Th, I f, |’ C 1 I "' J H " U ?r" Ctl : Tum - iteing once in Urn-kitchen, fell he in mi.crv’cnuiurii ‘“i’T ■ ll!r ” h "j bo(!n c . liniltil >» '■> return. Min firm work there, nfter do. sttiircii.c alto ImHlilv it 1 B,l t j' ’ 1 r ,ntr toward. Iliu livering Ills inwaro to Juno, wns* to commence fewcTod ilattda u„^„ y t ' ,o ;' in « h " r lur "i"8 tl.o enffee mill. ' . called loudly fitr her father r ““"" 8 r °° nl door ' slm “ Tominv," aaid the cook, mildly, yot firmly,^“you -I tie dnor waa llnit in.fnnt n nnn t , r j . Know Ivo told y,ill that it w„« wrong lo touch the round .? d * d ° “ I CU "’ l '° l y ““ C “" ,0 1 them, nhe cried': c n fc 0,1 y ,cr tl,titer nnd aister ■ I'he hoy atond uj, and looked at tlto nook,ncrimtaiv, I V Where i. he. father; toil in. I implore!" wiiil.l .he got the broom nnd .wept up the dirt he "'Pile Earl ,ir n„ver.hnm ?o' * '■ i “No, no! Sir Char lea'i" *• It a all e.lenn again now,” au Id the ennk, plena. . “Here at your reel,- eried tho Inver, who, I,out,ding A "' J y ou -won't do an any- moeo, will si" i h ° „« " Fear null,lug," ho S„id, -llio cloud la n.ial rile T"‘J " ,l J " 110I 10 ,idlcll 11 P 10 llio knife-hex tli.t Earl of Ilavmaham ha. acknowledged before ymir 7.1-^ dro " ee i’> “ nd " ljdl> “ d l*o liilo.lt will, father, that he fabricated thnsu statohiunts which u au 1 ' _ «» „„ * Impugned mv honor, nnd liavo causpd litis misery ” Mft i i?| h# ’b \I • P ,lnt ,won tdo either,” .-••And lie?” uii«i.ry. anil the cook. “ The knives have all boon cleaned, “lie is fTone Tiirtlin 4! j . . and thov are to go on the tiihlo lo onl with.” in vanr ,,OVLT l ° W nr "TK-n win,, can I ptoy with, Margaret?” asked Lydh, gave ~ ahriek of joy , „,„j her fa.heriaileotlv ;!; o p | n "j ld :i;i':.“ U '° ft ,bD drC, ‘ Cr - “ 1 W " nt ,omoll ' l "8 ” o""!'!” pall ’lu-eho 'o'elock I '""eiel m''".l"''! 1 “"pk Ihoughl a -moment, nnd then went lo Molten, o and the IJialmp will I| . ‘ C '"a' l T o»l ■> bnekcl filled with clothe. no marrhiLid to.,lav V„„ t,.., • J. P ln '- Aa aim held lllnm ,n her hand aho an d Charlca Y “ U lmVO '‘° oh J ucl " m b,r " T'.mmy, tfynn will be careful not l„ b.enk any Sir Charlea Ilarringim, wee'delighted at the Ida,. ,llT’ Th ’"'uV l '" M " yn “ T* h ' , " ,011,0,n of hi. hceoming the anhatituto for hi, rival at he’ ln P But. romomher. now, that a. anon a. aUnrl an.l Ey-ii, „„ickly Zt!Twin * l ''° '°° m ' 1 * lll I™ 1 [nfiTlUy't!rrmZved, r r » 01,1 ","| V V -""V- r ° W "‘ Cm the little merrily r.nd Mahon llottae bnoanm .to* «Vfp 1 ° yC ” ““ ,CaC '' Cd OtU for feet joy, fer two worthy I,carta were united. TZe he had a eirele formed „n the table, which he called his fort; and Inside of this ho had men, cannon,sentry boxes,and other things that I wore suggested to his fancy, i ” Whore’s Thomas ?” nsked his mother, about (ho lime ho had become fairly intoru ted in his fort. “ I 101 l him down in ilia kitchen,” said Jane. I “Go down nnd toll him to como up hoio In* stanlly,” • , Dnwn went Jano. ‘‘Como right along upstairs lo your mother,” said slid. “ No, 1 won’t,” replied tho boy. ” Very .well, Mister! You can do as you like; bat vour mother scut for you.” “ Tell moihur lam plnyfng hero su good. I am not in any mischief, am 1 Margaret?” *’ No, Tommy. Dot your mother has sent for you, and you hud botUr go.” * “ 1 don't'want to.” - “Just os you like,”, said Juno, indifferently, as sho left the kitchen und wont up stairs. *‘ Wheru’e Thomas 7” was the question with which sho was mot on returning to tho clumber. "Ho won't como,,ma'am.” ■ " Go and 101 l him that if ho docs not come to mo instantly, J will put oii his night clothes and shut him up lit the closet.” The threat of the closet was generally uttered ten times where It was executed oned. It made but llttlu impression upon tho child, who Was all obsorbod In' his fort. Jano returned, In a few moments aAerwardsthe quiak angry voice of the mother was heard ringing, down-tho stairway. •* Yon Turq I Como up this Instant.” “I am nut trbub'ling anything mother*” "Como up, 1 say.”,, ” Mitrgaml says 1 may play with the clothes pins. I’m only .building a furl with them.” ‘ , ” Do you hoar me 7” " Motlier 1” ■ - "Tom ( IfyoU don't come.to mo in a monionl I'll almost skln you. Margaret! lake thornolothed pins away. I'rolly play things* indeed, for you' to give a Seven Years* Jttolu Il iii close unto eighteen years ego Hint wo staid all night at the very hemsa where Oakly stirred Up the wimp nest. We readied there after a disugreoa. hie day’s ndo in the snow and sleet. Wc Imcl slopped at the Quuchita river and, »|>enl an half hour very pleasantly—old Scarborough fiddled, while his wile Und Hedge Triplet run a reel. The cold souse wo got (hut day will never bo forirulton. At night, after a hourly supper, wo prepared for lodgings. Dr. Hilly Ray burn, now ,of Orleans, and ourself took one he'd | loin Scotland Fountain Pope another j Hedge Trip* lot a third; a stranger who fell In with us the fourth: whilo tho mail rider, an awkward, gawky boy of fif* (con, prepared to turn in somowhero. His oye fell first upon Hedge w bed, and ho was making up to it. when Hedge cracked his teeth together in a terrible manner, Kaybarn und ourself'look the hint, Wo asked Hedge if nothing would prevent U—ho replied no. Uuj burn proposed bleeding him* no use, said Hedge it wjmt atop Ilium. . Slop what, said tho mall boy. Fils, replied Hodge. Il would have done you good to see tho mail bay jump. His only ohunco now was with the stronger, who voiy good nnlurodly invited him to partake of half his bed. Tho buy accepted I and having divested himsclfof his clothing, was about turning In, when tho stranger, rising up In bis bod observed I ”My young frlond, 1 halo to take advantage of you—l have got tho licit I** ‘ •• O,” said tho boy, as ho brought a nasty rake with Ills finger nails, “Is that all? why, I've had it i these five years I” Ifyou hud soon (hat stranger leave that bed, you would know how lightning travels. QCj* A gentleman sat down to write a'deed* and began with " know all women by these presents.*' •• You ore wrong,” snidu bystander* “it ought toi bo know a)! men.’ 1 ” Very well,” answered the other, « if all women know it, uli men will of course.” Peter Whetelone. “OUR OOVHTRV—MAY 11 ALWAYS DB RIGHT —BUT RiaUTjoß WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY*'* CARLISLE, PA., TIIURSD 12, 1849. BOYHOOD’S DAYS* by jamks VVooonbusK I would f could recall the days, When, I vvus but o laughing boy— VV hen my young heart could beat to praise, And every pulse rcojinml to joy—, • - *V'' ! . n every .word was of Hie Heart— • yvlien every feeling was sincere— When joy could make Urn life blond start, And sorrow animate the tear. I loVcd-but nil my love iso’er, I trusted—nil my trust la gone, flly days of pleasure are no more. And lam merely led to mourn; : \ t ror thou hast heaped dishonor here— j ; Put on my hclrtu deadly stain; And in tbot heart I hnvo no tear .' *■ , That e’er can it ash it pure again. But still, In weal, in Joy. in woe, My prayer shall waft thy name above’; Cbid by this token thou ennst know • How full mj* lien rt has been of love. Ob. that the eagle’s daring wing - • Tn mo in happiness were given, jJioii would ! through yon other spring, And dml a resting place in heaven. THE MOTHER AND BOY. Bt T. 8. AUTIIUR. boy like him.;;;lfo wonder I have t 0 got a dm now one. every twoor three inrnilli.." ■ en now Margaret now spoke. . “ Tommy, you.mu.l g 0 to your mother.!’ She'now took the clothes pins and coinihencodJ pulling them ipto the basket whore they belonged Her words and action had a more instant effect ll,ad [ all the mother i.otorm of passion. Tho boy lea the kitchen in Icars.and wont slowly up stairs. “Why, didn’t,you come when I told you?—sayj’l The mother seized her litile boy by the arms the moment he oame within reach of her,'and dragged rather than op stairs.' ottering such caola. .. malions as thdse.on (ho wh/. . I never sow.sueli a child ■You might as well talk to the wind,!,. lam in despair ! I'll give iipi Humph ! Clothes pins, indeed I Pretty pla”y things In give a child ! JEvcrylhing goes to rack and ruin! X Here!” * And os the last 'word was uttered, Tommy was thrust into his;, inplhcr'a room with a force that nearly thaw luifl prostrate. * ‘.‘Now lake off them clothes, sir,” , *, (j '* Wj lo * for, niplher ? ] havu’t done anything.-^. I didn t hurl the clothes pine. Margaret said-1 I might play with them.” . : . “D’ye hcar'/ clolhea, I shv.’-* I ' ” I didn’t'do anything, molhen” ‘ i u I “A wordrftbrtf, and I’ll .boxyour eors untif (hey ring for a off them clothes; f miy. J*|| ! teach you to conjp when I send for you. I’ll Jet you 1 know whether I’pi to bejninded or not.” - Tommy slowfy alsrohod himself, while Ins mother fretted to tho point'of resolution, eyed himwilli un. relenting aspect,.. Tho jacket and trowsers wore re* moved, «nd the Uighl drawers ordered to bo pulon in t lcir slcad, Pommy all the while protesting, tearfully, that ho had dode.,nothing, b J> ‘•Will you hush 7” was all the satisfaction ho ro. edved for Ins protestions. “Now, June, take him upstairs to bod. he’s trot to lie there oil. the afternoon.” • . It was then four, and the sun did not act till nearly eight o’clock. Vp stairs the poor child Imd to go, and then tho motfjcr had some quiut. Hor babe siepl soundly in the ‘cradle, undisturbed by Tommy!* racket, and she enjoyed anew novel to the extent of' almost entirely forgetting her lonely boy shut up In the chamber above. . “ Where’s Tominy ?” said n friend, who dropped In about six.u’oloclu '•ln bed,” salkjitlic mother with n sigh. “ What’s the inullcr ? Is ho sick ?“ “Oh, no, 1 liimost.wish ho'were.” “ What a strange wish! Why do you wish so?” “ Oh, because he’s like a little angel whon ho issick —us good us ho can be. No, I hud to send him to bed ns a punishment for disobedience. Hd Is a Inird child to manage. 1.-tiiink I never saw one just like him. But, you know obedience is everything.. It i our duly to require a strict regard to this in ourcl drun.” *. Certainly. IF they do not obey their parents, as Idren, they will not obey-the luwi as men.” That is precise!)’ the view I take. And I make point to require implicit obedience in my boy. ThU is my duty ua a parent. Ihu ii is hard work. “II ia, doubtlovs. Still we must, persevere, and in patience our aonls.” .■•To’, be jmtifol with a hoy like mine is a hard task. I feel orf-if i- v -wou|d go wild,said the mother.,,-t* *' -iuch'a fooling,” rc- I marked Urn friend, “ wlml we say mukoB little or no 1 impression. A calmly uttered word, iu whicih there is nn expression of interest in and sympathy for the child, does more,(Nun the sternest commands. This I have Ion? since discovered. I never scold my children. Sculding'dors no good, but hnrni. My oldest boy.is restless, excitable and impulsive. If 1 were not to provide him with the meansot employing himself, or In oihcrw-iys interest him, his hands would be on everything in the house, and both, ho and I bo made unhappy.” “ But how can you interest him 7” “In various ways- Sometimes 1 read to him ; .sometimes I sol him to doing things hy way of ns. sisllng me. I (aka him oul'whcn I can; and lei him go with the girls when I send them on errands} I provide him with playthings that are soiled to his age. In u word, I try to keep him in my mind; and there fore find it not very, difficult to meet his varying states. I ncverjlirusl him aside, nnd say lam 100 hnsy to attend toltim when he comes with a request; Ifl cannot grant if, I try and not say *no,’ for that word comes 100 coldly upon the eager desire of an urdcnl-mindod boy.” *• But how cun you help saying ‘no,’ if the request s one you cannot grant 7” “ Sometimes I ash if something else will not do as well. And sometimes I endeavor to create a new interest in his mind. There are various wuys in which it may bo done (hut readily suggest them selves to those desirous for the good, of their children. It is uffpociion that inspires thought. The love of I children always brings a quick iululllgonco touching I their good.” Much more was said, not needful hero to repeat. When the friend wont away, Tommy’s mother, whoso ho irl'convicted her of wrong to her 11(1 to boy, wont up Into the room whore she hud sent him to [spend Tour er five lonely hours as a punishment fur what was'in reality her own fault, and not hie.— Three hours ofliio weary time had already pissed. She did hot Remember to have heard a sound'from since sho drove him away with angry words. In fuel she became 100 deeply interested in I lie now book she was reading, to have hoiud any uomu That was not of an extraordinary elm ruder. At (lie door of the chamber she stood and lUlnne for a moment. All was silent within. Thu mother’* heart bout with, a,heavy motion. On entering, she found llio order of itio room undisturbed. Tummy was asleep oh the bod. Ak his mother buhl over him sho saw that tears wore upon his checks and eyelids, und that the pillow w»b wot.- A shocking sigh struggled up from hor bosom.. She felt a tebuklng consciousness of having wronged her boy. Sho hid her hand upon Ilia rod cheek, but drew it back in* stunlly. Il'was hot with fever. Sho caught up lih hand; it was ulbo in a burning glow. Alarm look the place of grief fur having wronged her child. Sho tried to awaken him, hut he only moaned und unit* tcred. The cxoilomonl hud brought on u fever, When the father oamu home and laid his hand upon the hot cheek of his sleeping boy. ho uttered an exclamation of alarm, and started off instantly for n physician. All nighl llio wretched mother watched by the side of her sick child, unable from fear and self reproaches to sloop. When llio morning broke, and Thomas looked up into her face with a glance of ufleolion,, his fever was gone, and Ills pulse calm, the mother laid her check thankfully against (hat of liar boy, and prayed to Meuvon fur strength to boar with him, and wisdom to guldo her fuel aright i and as she did so in the silence oi lier over flowing heart, the lud.drow his arms around her nook, and kossing.hor, said— " Methor, I do luvo you I’* That tears came gushing down the mother's face, is no cause of wonder, nor that she relumed half wildly, thoombraco mid hiss of her child. Lot us,hope that in her future conduct towards her Ardent, restless boy, she may be übio la control herself* for then slid will not find it hard lobring him under subjection to what Is right.‘ Novel usb of a Kiss.—A Hiss, ever since the day of Adam, Inis boon the token of Tr lorulnti Ip; but alas l it has served a traitor's purpose In some, oases, ns may bo soon from the following j A gent, not many miles from Lewiston, return • Ing from a sloigh.rldc, on a’rrlving nt lht» paternal mansion of his lady, gave and received a kiss of friendship, ns ho supposed; hut alas! the sequel will show how mucli ho was mistaken for tho door hav* ing boon closed, ho ovcthouid tho following conver lion: ' . . .' . « Why,- Luoy i ninl you ashamed to kiss a man out there all alone wtih.hlm 7 When.,l was a girl 1 Would not have done it for the world, 1 ’ •• No, ma, I am' n'ot/'ansWurod Lucy 5 “for I only kissed.him to smell lifs brpnlluto see if he had been drinking,"~~Lcwitlon Fall* {Me,) Journal, OX COME TO THE MOUNTAINS; dt william Walcott. O come to tlie mountains,- Phoy’re hoary and old. SAnd slmnl up like giants'. , So stately ami bold; ~ ■The dark moss of ages Cling* fast ku the aides. ;. VVh rmil.iriiis spend their fury And the hurricane rides. U come to the mountains. . J bev've stuod-tlirmiieh all time, Jlave hi-urd nccs death-toll _ And great changes chim?, ; •' 1 twl * y nu hmg stories • Of earth when it was young, Ami lesonils.iiiicliruniclud'' By history’s tongue. Dcomo to the ipoiminins!' . r, *chy peaks stand Like faithful nlght«vvaichun, . To guard the low loud; " entch in tliolr stroiiff drniS •-Thu.chill winter's lirnnlh, And break the rough tempest - From the valley builealh. From Mdrauley’s History of England. SKETCH OF 1 ioilN BUN VAN. • To the names of Baxter omi Hoivo must be oildcd' tiio name of a tpanfar below Ibcni in station and in acquired knowledge, hut .in virture.lholr eqilal, anil in genius their superior—John Bdnyan. Bunyan nnri uecn bred a tinker, and hud served'as a privuto soldier in the Parliamentary army. Early in his life no had been fearfully tortured by remorse for his youthful., sins, the worst of which seem, however, to have been such os the world thinks venial. His keen sensibility and powerful imagination made his Internal conflicts singularly terrible. Me fancied that ho was under sentence of reprobation, that ho ha.d commuted blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, He;liad .sold Christ,.that he was actually pos spssed by a. demon. Sometimes h*ud voices from Heaven .cried out to warn him. Sometimes fiends whispered impious suggestions in his car. He saw I visions of distant mountain .lops, on which (ho sun [shone brightly, hut from which he was separated by a waste of show. He fell the devil behind Mm, pul I ling his clothes. He thonghuhal the brand ofCain I had been set upon him. He feared that ho was about to burst, asunder, like Judas. His mental agony I disordered Ins health. Onod.iy he shook like a man in. the palsy. On another day ho fell a fire within Ins breast, it is difficult-1o understand how he sur* viveil soßcrings so intense ond «o Ion? continued.—l At length the clouds broke. From llio depths of despsir, the penitent peed to a stale of tereno felicity. An irresistible impulse now urged him to imparl lo other* the blessings of which he was himself no* iCMod. Ho famed ilia baptists, nnd became a pm«. cher and writer. His education had been that of a mechanic. fie knew no language'buMho English, «« It was spoken hr the common people. Ho had studied no great model of composition ; with the ex. cnplion, undoubtedly, of our noble translation of the Bible. His spelling was bad. He frequently trnns pressed the rules df grammar. Yet the native force of genius, and his experimental knowlcdgcof.ult the religious passions, from despair In ecstaev, amply supplied in him the want of looming. His rode ornlory mused nnd warmed his hearers, who listened without interest to the labored discourses of great logicians and Hebraists. His works were widely circulated among the humbler clasps. One oftliem; tho Pilgrim’s Progress, was, in own life lime, translated into several languages. It was, however, scarcely known to the learned arid polite, and bad been, during near a century, the dellgiil of.pious cottagers nnd artisans, before it was commended by any man nfblgb lilßrarv r erninenco. At length critics condescended In inquire ‘where the secret of so wifie nnd so durable a popularity lay. They were compelled lo own that the ignorant mul* litude bad judged more correctly than the learned, a|ul that the despised little book wna really a master piece, Banyan is indeed as decidedly the brat of allogorists, ns Domonstlicncs is the first of orators, or. Shakespeare the first of dramatists. Other alio* gorists have shown equal ingenuity; hut no other ullegorisis have over been able to touch 1 lie-heart nnd to make abstractions objects pity, and of >ovc. .It may be doubted whether any English Dissenter (iad suffered mure under the ponul laws than John Bniiyuii., Of the twenty seven years which hud elapsed since the Restoration, he had passed 19 iin confinement. Hu still persisted hi preaching; but! Ithul'ho might preach, ho wan under the noeeaaily of I disguising himself like a carter. Ho was often in-1 troduced into meetings through back doors, with u smock frock on-hisback and a whip.in lii-t hand. If ho had thought only of his own cade and safety, he would have hailed the indulgence with delight. Ho was now, at length,' free to pray and exhort In open air. His oongrrgAtlon-rapidly Increased; thousands hung upon his words, and ul Bedford, where ho orjg. I inully resided, money was plentifully contributed to I build a meeting house for him. Ill* Influence among I the oonnnon people wns purh (hat tho government I would willingly have bestowed on him spine niunicj-J pi I office/ (nil his vigorous understanding and his stout English heart were proof against nil delusion ami temptation. lie foil assured that tho proffered ' toleration was merely a. bait intended to lure the Puritan party to destruction | nor would he, by oc- Ccjilme a ptitco Tor which he wou not legally qualified, recognize thu validity <>!' tlu; dispensing power. One of the lust aclH of his virtuous IUo was lo decline un Interview lo which ho vvub invited by an agent of the government. Ho Something. Tlioldler Is u sponge on society, and a curso to hi* owii existence. Ho ik content to vugitutc merely springs up liko a toad stool, nod id about iti useless. Ho novor trnublos himself lo produce u single thought,.and hi» hands oro never concerned iit the fashioning of u single urliclo of use or orna ment. . Thu most impoilmt principle in life is a pursuit. Without a pursuit—an innocent and honorable pur suit—no one cun be ever really happy and hold a pro. pdr rank in aoeiuty. Thu humble wood sawyer la u bullur member of society limn the fop without bruins or employment, Yet many young men of our great cities strive only for (he distinction awarded to fooli, They ore content to exist on the products of other hands, and ' uro.ln truth tlulo butter.than bare faced rogues. 'J'licy livo on,ill-gotten spalls—go on tick— lie and chest'rather than pursue, n pursuit which would render llmm useful lo themselves and mankind generally. None cun bo happy without employment, mental or physical. Tlio idlor becomes a fit candl. date fur llid penilenliury or gallows. I l Where they Loantt It* “ I don’t sco whore my children loom such things," is ono of tho most common phrases in a. mother's vooibulury. A little incident, which we happened to he an oyo.wllncss to, may perhaps help to solve L tho enigma. Wo smiled u r little at the lirpe, but wo have thought.a good deal binoo, and wo tiusl not without profit. ‘•Bub/’ screamed out a little bright eyed girl, somewhat under six years of age, to a ypngslor, who I was sealed on the curbstone, making hasty pudding of the mud in tho gutter, •• Bub, ynu good fur noth', ing, dirty llulu scamp, you Unul little imp of a child, come right into tho house tins minute, or I'll spunk you till the skin comes pflfl" “Why, Angelina, Angelina, dear, whol do you mean; where did you learn suuhtalkl" exclaimed her mother in a wondering lone, as she steps ouur* tesying to a friend. looked up very Innocently andunawor.! “Ahl -What a dreadful bad look he hae,**•?.' * nioiher, you poo wo uro iiluylnj, and lie's j - about the pyeel ’ Bui who: |b thnt re-" my I tUo ,uoy, nnd I mu aqnldlng.hiiu just or you did .epoclahlo looking young mart al liia aide in ihd .. mo lliU morning, thuvv»)). M greon vnsll” , , ■ ■■ ’ u ln the tfreqn Veatl, Why that I* the prlaohe# ,QCJ* M N«w* I Riilok," sold the Recorder to a mod. hlmepjf. The olheq man.is h.la lawyer.* 1 . • vaj obi non ol Erin, Uio other dtiy, “ what do, you any to “Well, now 1. tin begin (o aeo that ilia the charge, »ro you guilty or hot guilty 7'* «,FiUili, in tho.greftn vest don’t look so reepeolable after * but tlml> d fficult fbr yer honor lo ax, mcaolf. \Va« all. Indeed he has Just the air of ah old till I hear tho evidence. 1 ,■ der.“ • /■* DEATH* iticavbns! what a moment must lie that when thtt Inst flutter expires on our lips! Whnl a change I Tell me, ye, who are deepest'rail'd in nature sndiii God, to'whul new world ure \vo born,7 What new being do we receive ? VVhithcr has that spark,,that unseen, that incomprehensible Intelligence. fled ? Lftok upon - the 'cold, livid; ghastly* corpse that dies before you Thai was; but a shell,'a-gross-nqd Earthly covering, which, held (lib immortal essence ■ (lint has now loft us r left to range, perhaps through illimitable spneb; to receive new capacities of do • light; new powerb .of conceptionf new glofles"bf bcuutilndb! Ten thousandfancies, nish upon the tnind as it contemplates the awful .moment,between life qnd death ! It Is a. moment olg will) Imagina tions, hopes and fears; ills the consumption that clears up all mystery—solves all, re moves contradiction and destroys errors. .Great God ! whul a flood of nipt lire may at once burst upon -tho departed soul. The unclouded brightness of tho ce lostiiil region—the solemn secrets ol‘ nature may thetV bo divulged; the immediate unity of (ho past, the present, and the future; .strains of imaglnablo.ihar nibhy, fonhs of imperishable beauty, nicy then slid, denly disclose themselves, bursting upon the delighted senses/a rid bathing (hem in immeasurable'bliss!— The mind is Inst In this excess of wonderous delight, and flares not turn from the heavenly' visionto onb' so gloomy. So tremendous as ihe department of tho wicked ! Human fancy shrinks.buck appalled i • 1 Fattening Oidttle. T/jera is unquestionably a great diftbrenco iii llib capacity oflho different kind* of food Id form flesh or, fdt. An estimate which wd met with; based on (ho Report of the Commissioner of Paten ti, represent Ihai buuns contains most of the ilesli fofinlbg pflil ciple, and corn Hourly tho leant. It is well known, however, that the latter article Is the bfesi fatten ing food for stuck that wo possess. .While, (iierelnrc, wo feed bouns, oats, &,c.,ln rearing stock, the most fully grains are chosen-to prepare it for the knife. Corn contains about nine per cent, of oil, which is grentdr than any other nU triuous grain. Hogs which feed on mils fallen faster than on any other substance, though, ns all know* their (at is less firm than that of enrn-fed hogs. The Sun Flower seed is thought by some to be (m -llrcly free from the latter objection, while it is boiler than the cereal grains, furnishing foily per cent, of oil. ' « ’ - The judicious farmer, by mixing the different kinds of food, intended for slook, will bo able to product very muoh such results us be may dosirs. fllosl judicious writers on fattening stock recoin-, mend cooking and fermenting tuod before giving it; It Is generally conceded that thils one ttUbrlor U paved. . r- .- :;t . r-, Animals undergoing the fattening Jducosii should be kept warm and quiet, and sudden- tupiiUons of temperature avoided. ’ Too Good to I>o liosi* s .. . , Two Suckers came in contact at one of out tea * tnrant* the other day, mid were regailing thehi* selves with a ‘-long nine** beside a ver} hotstoVbi when the mud and bad roods becalm* the topic of their, conversation,. One observed that several coal teams had stuck in the nibd : o*letree-deep* that he saw iwenty.yoke of o:teii straining eveiy norve, but to no effect; The r oiher no dotibi thinking Ihdt a pteity lohgk * arn * r * ll»M w belt lib was' cchi injj In thb 1 ‘-tty hesaw a man. silting on the fence, cracking his. whip,.and yelping, and howling ni a furious raic j he approached him and enquired; w hat wits wrong? “Oh nothing much,” answered the (unmstei, “only (pointing to the road) I have a wagon and four yoke of oxen in that mud, 1 and rim d—~d brutes wonV move aft inch f** Al this moment .an old lloonier entered,.'who-over* heard only.tho winding up ptfrtof the story; dre* np a chair and commenced *u story about what he had scon. Says he, “ Friends wero you evo on the American' Uotioin t I crossed there yesterr day afternoon, and on wading through the mud. which of course was the best walking, when I kicked out n hat, and n voice, that, old fellow,’’ sali/ted my ear. looking around atid see ing nothing, I concluded to give it another, which I did, when the same voitje was heard losay ; *stop’ your kicking my hat.* There discovered Ilmira man was sticking in rim mud, and observed that “old follow, you had heller be getting out of that before night, or you will freeze to death,'* ,he hoi* Ibvved tip, I don’t care o darn—l've got u il*s— d good mule under mu* (Smoking.—“ Aly undo I*' ■ iv ids ani a tv fill anorer. 110 could bo heard further tliaiV u black* smilli'-H forgo, but rny mint became su übcnslomcdld it, dial it suullicd her repose, s -They tverb a very domestic couple,never slept apart for njany ( ycar».— At length my Uncle was required (o attend it court, at Junto hundred nftles distant. Tho first lifter hie departure, my mini outer slept u wink / slid miss, od Hie snoring. Tint second night passed away iiMhti sumo way, without sleep.- She was gelling in a, bud way, ami probably would have diud, ItaU f| liol beqn for the Ingenuity cfnservuht girl j she iook (he coffee mill Into my adnls cliumbcr;aml groltnd lief id slccfl ul once,” , , . 1 Discipline.—The school room Is lha place wherd tho disposilion U In a grout degree ihuuldcft , All possible cure kliuulcl therefore liu taken, nol to render it sullen uiul morose. While every pupil slibiiid be tanglil to feel Ihut her .toucher’s wind is l.er lnvv wlillu In school, yd that la w should alwtiya be so nd. ministered, us to make Iho school roopi u place of agreeable; resort; While discipline Is strict;!,! should always bo mlld, : Severity and hnrilineSs on (lie port of teachers huvu ollcn b'ben (ho cnbso offulning whai would otherwise have been gentle, and umlublu dli. jiosilimis. J Imre is nothing, according tutny opii\* ion, which speaks trjoro hlglily’lbf n school; than to see every pupil ready to greet her (cachets w.lljr a , pleasant, though respectful stnlfe, w|i£mver sho.mebW Ihuni. If the,pupil* of a school tnanlfeAt a high’do’, grec of respect, and even attachment for (heir inslrdo* tors, so far from being a proof of any want of strict,' ness, It is on the other hand, one of Iho strongest. proofs of firm and steady discipline, For' cxpericrifea Ins long since shown, lhal.where (hero Is least eoiV . (rol exercised, there la,least reaped felt toward both • the teacher and parent. ~ . Maubvino, ran lUonb*. .Uit'lwpr. )n tl.e last Dlackwml— the (niximia—fniya;—i'uryon, my dmir, and frnnlr, end 'lnVh-Houlmi y filing ' (nr you I should say. fly from a load. upon'(W heart, on Hie genius, Ihe energy, lire pride, ana rim spirit, which nor ono In a thousand can bear 1 fly from (ho hiirao of owing every llilng'tb a fcifa 1 It is a reversal nfall natural poaltlon—ill* K blow lo all manhood within ha. You know ,not 'What U iat Ido ! My wife's torltrno canto not until af-' tor marriage. Ko fl)r ao.well • ii saved my repu tation from the charge of fortune-buttling, Dul l toll you fairly, that If it hud never coma at all'] should bo a prouder, and a greater, and a happier roan, than I have evyr been, or over can bp, with all its' advantages. It-hha been a mlii-atoue' round'my nook. And yet -I'jllinor has never breathed/a' word that would wound my pride.' ‘ • ■ .'A Bid. Look—P 1 (a ([nit the prisoner!" ;said ono spectator lo anotlief, during ,a trial for menu slaughter. “yesJ”'_waß the reply i :tmr ATjJob'pfi;; ANtai^' mm.