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poetical.
VUE GREEN HILLS OF UY FATHERLAND.
Tiie green hills of my ftitlierlaml
In drcftiufl still greet my view,
Isee once more the wave girt strand—
■ Tlio ocean depth of blue—
Tim aky—theglorioiia sky, outspread
Above their calm repose—
The river, o’er its rocky bed,
Still singing as H flows—
The sUllncas of the Sabhalh hours,
- r Wlicn men go up to pray—'
The sunlight resting on the,flowers.
The birds (hat sing among the bowers,
■. Through all (be summer day.
Land of my birth I .—mine early leva!
Once nime thine air I breathe 1
1 sen thy proud bills tower otiovd,
Thy green vale* sleep beneath, •
Thy groves, thy rocks, thy murmuring rills,
All rise bolnro mine gyesv.
The dawn of morning on the hills,'
* • Thy gorgeous sunset skies—
Thy. forests from wlim-e deep recess .
■ A thousand streams have birth,
' Glftd'nlng the lonely wilderness,
And tilling the'green silentnesr -
. With melody and mirth.
1 wonder if my 110100 would *cem,
A* lovely as of yn'ra !
I wonder if the mountain stream
Goettinjting hytlioilonrl
. Ami if the Howore still bloom a* fair
. And if the woodbine* climb,
' V.V' > ■ Ail when I need to train them thoro,
In t|ie dear olden time I
' I wnmlcrlf the bints rtill ' • -
Upon tho garden |ren.
,A«*wccflya*ih lbat«iweelsprlng .
Whore gulden memories gently bring
: . So many dream* to me 1
.. ( know thnj Unrein*been a Change,
&>; •- • . A change n>r liall and hearth I
. Faces and nn>t*l«|i* hew and fttrango,
• About itiyplaco «f lilrlh!-' .ft." •
},W.' Thu heaven* abovnara *llll ad bright,
pjjjfr, A* in the (lav* gona’byv ■ ■ ■
Cfl-", Dut vanished i* the beacon light
gE r . That cheered my morning *ky I
W|aiL And hill, and vain, and wooden glen,
Androck.nndmnrmnrhigstrennv
>j| That wore inch glorious henuty than,
’ i; ;. > Would seem, should 1 return again,
The record of a dream I
«&* 1 mourn not for my chitdhnod'a lioiira,
S|2',. tflnce in (ha farolf.VVeet,
ffir ‘■ 'Neath sunnier nkk-9, in greener boncra,
H r - My heart has found Its reel.
W I mourn not for the hilldand atmnna
JR • That chained my step* *n long.
K& ' Yct ftill 1 see them in my dretuna,
a® - Ami hailiheni in myanng;
'£]\& And often l>y the hrartli (Ire • binge, .
/fC£, . When winter's eve •liallcnino,
Wu’ll sit and talk of oilier days,
And ting the well rcmoiuluired Inya
Of my green mountain homo. .
'"Sfifr'
THE LAST MIGHT OF THIS GIRONDISTS.
BY REV. JOSEPH F. TUTTLK.
The Revolution swept onword tike a gulf stream.
In one night Uio venerable privileges of ogee lind
been overwhelmed..Mirubcau had asOondcd a throne
raised for him by the people, and having exorcised
almost imperial power, had descended Into a grave
over which, ha commanded “ Eternal .sleep to. be
written. “Soagreon . Robespierre, *' released from the
ovetshadowing genius of him of the," btfur’s bead,”
was rapidly acquiring noloriolyi The splendid Muu
ry, also, no longer' feared to declaim in behalf ol
royalty. Diinlon was snatching after tho execution
BCCptru of the Revolution. Mural was shrieking for
blood, and "Pure Duohcene ” was emulating his pa*
tron saint. Paris seeined a veal cauldron filled with
the seething elements of contention.
Among the notables of (hut day we mffst rank (hb
brilliiqt but unfortunate Girondists. The names of
Bristol* Guadct, Dacos* Gensonne, Roland, Butot,
and, more admired than all his peers* Vorgniuud,
filled tho visions of fVonchineni Mlrabcau alono
excepted* In tho trlbdoe they had no equals.. They
were the most skillful pf destniotlonists, but had
nuilhor the genius nor the power to construct system
eyl of chaos. II id they but Dunton, (ho lion hearted,
resistless as a thunderbolt, to execute fur thorn. Ja
cobinism itself might have been worsted, Out no;
him they had driven awuy from them, because their
beautiful divinity, the only one (hoy truly aohnowh
edged; Madame Roland, had commanded them.
The (oils arc about them* and although eloquence
never had more splendid exhibitions than from them,
yet they were only ns tho'bright bl;i*o of a consu
ming building, brightest os.ttsbosms and rafters
rush down intu one heap of ruin?. Tho poor King
was on trial, and these men, menaced with death,
had assented to the league which sent Louis to tho
scaffold. Events thicken and throw dark shadows
on the path of these men, for is it not written,
"They that take tho sword shall perish with tho
sword?”
Plots of assassination afo wMspcrcd about, and
Die more cautious sf tho GliOndlsls lied | .but such
as Vergniaud did . not and would not ffco. Death
was preferable to Ignominy, At last, on September
3d, 1793, (hose who had nut fled weqt to tho Asionv
bly, and found it guarded with soldiers. A fow mo*
ments revealed the cause. Jacobinism, triumphant,
could not- breathe fteely so long as Vergniaud, and
men like blm; lived. A hurried accusation, passed
in a tremendous tumult, sont moro than a .hundred
(• prison. Tho leaders formed a distinct band, and
numbered twenty two. Tho moat of thorn were pot
forty years of ago. It is of those wo to
write. ’
The twenty (wo had been confined in one prison
, together, and ail acquitted themselves becomingly but
one. Boileou, the onlw weak one, plead with abject
V servility for life. Tho rest, while they were hot dea*
H tllulo of the liveliest sensibilities, met their fate like
h heroes. Their heroism was inscribed on the very
of their prison, in pithy aphorisms, and son
*(enoes replete with wit. Among those blood written
characters, one from Vorgnlaud was pro-eminent,
, J\lp r ef e r death to batentts , m ' (
,* The trial came on, after o rigid imprisonment of
4tf twb months had done Its work. The Jacobinload
era rather desired to spare than to kill (heir fallen
Oiftncmieai but'the r«bb|o;ahoulcd,',aa now scaffold*
were daily orlmaoned with blood,'“ Why are our en
emies spared 7'* Death was inevitable. Purls rook
j- ed with excitement, anti yet tho Girondists .openly
viald, ,
"Only Ist us plead our own cause, and we shall
V* Nor was it an empty boast.
The greatest man among them was Vorgnlaud.—•
'jtfNature had lavished every splendid endowment on
save one—that tyas executive energy.. He was
iri sluggard, wham the goad of necessity aloho could
(■ fouse, but when roused all men were spell bound—
»; Cilice the death of Miruboau, Franco, bad no such
* orator. And now completely as ho wpa in their pow.
1 «r,Ms enemies dared not permit that genius to blaze
r Out.evenal a packed revolutionary tribunal, Tho
trial lasted" a wcokfand a'Geminlltw ofSafoly doSCd
It by aspcclal order, which-shut the prisoners from
a public defence, and the infamous jury declared them
guilty. ,
At first, the prisoners .ullcrcd a cry ,of horror, and
one of thetn, Vulzao, drove a dagger into .his own
breast, and died. His body was gultolined, wilh.his
companions, the next doy—as though ho..were alive
-—to aatiate.lbb Airy of tho people. It was this.ca;
tastrophe which summoned back their heroism, and
thenceforth they acquitted themselves like men. Il
Was a touching scene,
' Brissot sal unmoved as a stoic. Two others raised
their hands and eyes towards heaven in on attitude
which wbuld have honoredChrisliaiiraortyrs.' One
of them a .cripple, flung down his cane'with the he
roic words, “ this is the most glorious day of my
life!” Two friends rushed into each other's cm*
brace, whilst one exclaimed, My friend,'! am the
cause of your death !’* “ But let us be joyful, wo
shall die together l” replied 'jib noblo companion,.
This tragic heroism was enhanced by a cry of pain,
from a spectator, who now rushed frgm the crowd
liko a frenzied madman. It was Camille Desmou
lins, who had written, a stinging Isfopoon against the
Girondists, which had set thp current of popular odi
um to flowing strongly against them.
“ I am the death of them ! it was my exposure of
Brissot which has done it!" The blood of those men
haunted him until ho too was sent to tho scaffold by
Robespierre- - .
As tlio condemned were conducted from the hall
back to llieir prison, they rapturously sung tho Mar*
sellaiso hymn. It was a majestic scene.
Vergniaud had a vial of quick poison, but threw
it away,. He would share the mats of the coming
day with his. friends. Mo did not do this from re*
Uptons principle* but rather from honor to his com
panions. '
What a sight greeted those priests in attendance,
at midnight, in that prison hull I All that money
could procure was (here,to tempt the taste and grot*
ily the senses/ The young were mirthful, but .the
older ones exhibited becoming gravity. It. was a
thrilling sight, and many ages will roll hwoy before
its cqual'wili again appear.
- Ducos and Fonfrede were friends and brnlhers-ln
law. They jested ul death, and attempted to dispel
the monlncholyof their fate by mirth. - .
*,* Hu I Fonfrede," said tho trifling Ducosi “ what
would our good pedagogue, Monsieur Japan, think
«»f his wild,boys nbw ?. Wlinljolly times.wo used
to. have outwitting him I Don’t you remember UiQl
cold,.stormy night, when wo-climbed on tho school
home and stopped up tho-chimney ! How the old
codger did rub his eyes tho next morning, as for the
first lime his pliilosopy was battled by smoko coming
down instead of going up! And then, 1 know he
must have flourished same Greek oaths when
he found out the trick; but the perpetrators es
caped." : ‘I, •
■ •-".Ha, I ho, ha ! M shouted Fonfrede, as tho amusing
scene, was alluded to ; “yes, it was rich, and I confess
to huving.lhon had soino-ncrvousncss least the good
man should find us out! ■• Do you remember that
cube, whiolr was - internally 'occupied with a globe,
and externally by any favorite culprit he wished es
pecially to honor 7 (la, ha, ha ! how the ‘young
tdeas’ uacd to, wreathe as the good.disciplinarian
stretched them ever that box for the purpose of m«*
king his whip fit certain parts of the body corporate
more tighlly!"
11 Yes, yes, I remember Ihnt; for tho old man glued
me (o that box once, 1 ! ssidDuoo«,witha laugh{ ’'but
after all it was not half so funny os to see him sopn»
rate his own capacious pedestah , and then send some
boys on all fours between his well elongated extrem
ities to ‘Japan to get a’ rattan," as ho joCoflcly termed
it.- How nimble the clumsiest hoys became In tho
operation, aa the rattan flourished In such titling
proximity to (heir posteriors ! It was a Capital joke
to all except those who were ihpoh/seltd* participants
in il. The .good man himself seemed to enjoy
it much from his explosive laughter on Btfcb occa
sions!"
"But you forgot/’, replied t’onfrcdc.'Mal itfondleur
Japan once waked the wrong passenger. lie
Jacques Strong on (hat expedition, one day, and as
ho went throdgli as ifsenl out of a catapult, and
w’oful to toll, caught tho leg's of o'tfr (divering C6lus
sus with such forte that ho found himself sprawling
on (ho floor f 1 affrays noticed that )iq, seemed not
So fend of sending'to Japan after that!”
Even the grave Vergniaud could not refrain t>om
laughter, as ihoto.triflera recalled tho scon6d of (heir
school days. . . ’ . •
■, FroiW boyhood they oßcfcnded to youth, and re
counted tho exploits and rivalries of the heart. It
svos strange (bus to sec young men, tho next day to
mount tho scaffold, drinking bumpers to the beauties
they had loved in their rlativo Bordeaux, But sadness
spread over lliolf fofieff ofl they thought of home, and
of those who to.fW)fro* Would bd widows. A‘s the
hoins follcdoWny,all became silent. Tho deep reppso
of vcrgnlaud's face deepened, and the »Wn foa(tfres
of Drissot grew eterndp. Tho lights burned dimly,
and the festal hall of” the Twenty-two ” began to
resemble a scpulohro dimly lighted*' , Tho most
trifling grow serious* mb tho hoOrof death dro,w ndi)r.
Songs, Joaltf* am] dedumatforr. alf g'avo way; nobler
actors were notv to ascend this tragic stage; ,
These men had engaged in acts which rtonVofalUy
Can justify, and nl this honest hoftr perhaps they
thought of poor Lottie. Be (fils as U may, they
porceivod (list tho truo reign of (error had just ,
commenced, and Unit ‘ Franco would rco) with |
convulsions and blood at every pore as they wore
immolated. , . ,
"How much blood, 11 asked tho far sighted rfdrfto
goguc, Grlssut, "how much blood will it rcqulro to
wash out that which wo shall to-morrow shed on
tho sdo fluid !”
It was a flush of light shining dnWtl Into (lib ft|.
lute, for a moment revealing scenes which made
llicm shudder.
" My (Vicnds,” auid the eloquent and classic Vorg*
niaud ) ~w o have pruned the treb to death ;it was 100
old to bo pruned I”
And then glancing at lliolr, successful enemy, ho
continued," Robespierre not only lays tho oxo utlho
rout of tho tree, but ho is howing it down by tho
roots. But will ho bo more fortunate than we 7
Nay, ha has taken tho sword, and shall perish
also?” . • ;
Ilia friends hung on Ms lips as though a prophet
spako { and ho continued, •* As yet Franco has no
soil fertile enough lo boar the troo of civil freedom,
and till* nation, 100 childish to wield its laws with
out self injury, will recall its king*, as children their
playthings ,
Then, by one consummate stroke, ho unbarred (bo
mystery x Wo have mistaken the ngo and tho place.
Wo thought ourselves at Rome, but it was only Paris.
And yet_wo.dio nut In vain. Our, blood will give
richness to this impoverished soil. Wo will not car
ry with ua tho Allure of the Republic, Come, then,
my friends, let us give the people hope, aa a legacy,
in exchange for death at their handa!"
Thia steady look tl.lUo future was too painful for
some, and Ducos mado an. ineffectual attempt lo
rally mirth by a joat.
“ What,’’ lie inquired, “shall wo bo engaged In at
this hour lo*morfow 7"
An Atheist replied, “ Fatigued, wo slioj) sleep.”
, Fauchcl, eloquent, and dissolved with feeling, re.
plied, in tones which drew tears from all, “We much
resemble the great martyr of Calvary, and shall we
nut bo with him in Paradise t ,f '
. But Vorgnlaud wns tho genius of .that hohr j and
aa though tho world worn his oudionoc, and ha were
again in the tribune, he spoke of the Supreme Being,
and of immortality. Erudition was tasked/pr olqs.
sio allusions to illustrate his ideas. Ho ifdmirod
Christianity, but did not bolievo it. At best, he was
only a splendid Deist.
Are wo not,V, he said, thriltingiy," tho surest
proof of immortality 7 calm, serene, unmoved, In the
presence of our friend’*—and he pointed tu.thd body
of Value—“ like, philosopher* discussing the light
or darkness which shall succeed our last sigh, more
happy than . Danlun or Robcspiurro7 Are we not
immortal 7 What !• humanity 7. Is it this mass of
animate dual—nidri 10-’day, arid d/oy to morrow 7
No,•no,*’ ‘
Profound emotion , was excited by his words*
and warmed into a frenzy of enthusiasm, ho again
spake.
11 Death is tho greatest act of life. It gives • birlll
to a higher existence. Wore this not true, tho Crea
ture would be greater than his Creolor. Were Hits
hot true, the just man, a hopeless, yet noble -martyr
for his country, would bo greater than God. This is
the. very folly of hJasphemy, and with hosror I dis
card it. No! Vergnihud is not greater than God,
but God is more just than Vergniaud, and will not
suffer him to bo a martyr to-morrow, but to justify
ond avenge him in future ages !" .
And thus he discoursed. Brissot thought one way,
Fauchcl another, and Vergniaud another; but the
last said nobly, for a Deist, u Lot us entertain our
own opinions, but in one thing wo agree- We alb
certain of life and the price of our death. .Lot one
give up his doubt, another his faith, and all ,of us
our blood, fur liberty. When man offers himself a
victim to Heaven, what more can he give?” ..
. Tho night was wearing away in such discourse*
and now some slept, some wept same confessed, fiomb
embraced. Il needed tho presence of others to makb
them stoics. ... *
With Iho morning damo (ho bxcculibtiers, lo
shave the hair from their heads, preparatory lo tho
guillotine. .
“Here, my friend," said the magnificent Genson*
no (pthc priest, Lambert, handing him one curl of
his.own black hair, “giyo this lo m/wife. . Tell her
it is all,l can send her of myself. Tell tier tny last
thoughts In death wore hers!"
Vergniaud, by tho same messenger, sent his gold
watch, inside the case of which were some affection
ate words, inscribed lo affianced bride, lo whom lie
expected soon lobe married. All sent messages and
tokens to particular friends by this trusty and coura.
goods man, who had brayed tho anger of the popu
lace to.assist his friends. Tho Twcnly-lwo.sang the
Mnrsellaise hymn on their way to the scaffold.- 1 -
Their vdiccs continued tho song until the guillotine
began its bloody work,and (he survivors, after each
stroke, again renewed the strain. Thirty one. min
utes sufficed for tho axe, and these' splendid men
were dead.'. One head per minute, or little less. Not
one half-hour can bo selected in the. whole history
of (ho world in which so much talent, genius, excel
lence and eloquence, fell under Iho headman’s axe.
They committed great errors, and were guilty of
some groat crimes, and yet their rapid fall and cruel
death, borne so nobly, will over cxcito pity, if not
love.
DoatU of a.Pawnee Girl*
We extract the following from the Lafayette (La.
Live Oak s ■
“On (ho IGlh oflastmonth two gentlemen end a
lady wcie returning from’Fort Kearney, bringing
with them a beautiful Pawned girl some 10 yours of
age, between whom 'and themselves a strong attach*
1 ment had growni - She was leaving her nation and
1 ‘a life in the woods’ to live with them in the States.
1 As they pasaod through the nation of Sacs and Foxes
• they were met by Patslopar,a warrior nf those tribes,
‘ who desired to purchase the Pawnee'glrli and offered 1
• hia horse for her* Tho offer was of course refused. "
1 lie Turned and left them* os they supposed .forever|
' but riding at Tull speed to tho village, he hastened (a
> the wigwam of Pucawah, tho hophew of (ho chlof
Nesawaquet, where ho fotlnd Paeawali and Allaqua.
■ sack, a flefco and poWorftll warrior, Quietly reposing!
I Ha aroused them htSlsnlly and tuld-ihdhV of tho
• beabllful Pawnee girl, when all three sprang upon
1 their horses and dashed off in pursuit. The travellers
• Were soon overtaken.' Allaquasack rUshed upon (lie
' party and (ore (ho P’ownbeglrl from her horio and
1 bore her off with the dwiftheds.of an arrow, While lief
'sercamArent (ho alf and penetrated with fearful dls*
tinctnesA, far. into (ho recesses of ‘tho - forest.' The
whites, though armed, made no resistance.’ Had
. they linin shown tlrts slightest resolution they could
’ have suVed her, She.was token tho village. Tli6
. warriors, squaws tfht|children,' gathered around, to
see her* There has been a deadly hostility existing
between those notions and the Pawnees/and the poor
girl had a presentiment of-her doom.] Approaching
PacaWah, a young warrior just in lliq morning of
Ids manhood, and Who, Wo should suppose, wobld bo
moved to gentler feelings by,such appeals, she bogged
him to protect her, offering to be hfs r.tayo jfho would
spare her life! when instead of shielding her fronj,
harm, he deliberately raised his rifle and shot her
through the lieaKf .lie then scalped her and severed
, liqr head ftp'rn her,body. , The head Was slpck upon
a pole,’around which they all assembled. 1 Tho head
less and bleeding body was then thrown into (heir
midst, .whpit they spited }t prtd dismembered it, and
cut ilTnto small pieces, 69611 onfr, men. women, and
children, holding palpitating fragments, white they
yelled and dunepd with diabolical rejoicing around
(ho, ghastly monument of their savage cruelly, ,
;. “Tljey.Dion bprq fife, reeking head to tho lo.wn
village, where they hefd a, feast ijnd danced, The
lowos wore invited (p their village, on (ho I9lh to
lyrvo a great jpasl/ p'n tho murningf of (hat day,llio
Sacs and Fnxes.ond Towas, of alt qgos and sexes had
met upon Dio prplriq preparatory (0 (ho approaching
fcstivily.and all were Ingrpnl gloo when (hey moved
off in wild anff Confused procession to the scene of
'rejoicing.* ~ ~ _ , j ,
“In the niean'time information had been convoyed
to Col. Vaughan of what was going on, and ho dos*
patched a runner to Fort Leavenworth for a detach*
ment ofdragoons, who arrived on the morning of tho
lUlh, just as (he wilt) concourse,we;o proceeding to,
tho, place of 1(10 (east; As (he. Indians were ascend
ing olio hill, they oamo over the brow of one opposite,
and all appeared in full view instantaneously and
unexpectedly (o the Indians, who Surprised-and
alarmed, scampered away in every direction. Th.c
(Irogodna ptfrsued them to, tho village, and went (o
(ho wigWanT of NcsaiVftQucf, and demanded the
murderCi'Si Ho Said ho did not kbnw who they were.
They then seized NosqAvaquel, at tho jmnqfico of Col,
Vaughan, to hold, until the murdprorfl wero delivered
Up. In a very short limo they Wore brought In by a
party of braves, and bound and taken to the Fort,”
A Western Yanh
A llooßlcr, an awful ugly man, relating Ms (ratals
In Missouri, said that ho arrived In Chlckcnvlllo in
llio afternoon, and just a few days ,nfore, tlmr had
been n boat busted, and a heap of people Scalded and
killed, ono way and another. 'So at last, as I went
Into n grocery, n squad of people followed mo in, and
ono 'lowed, soz ho'it's ono of the unfortunate suitor,
ors by (ho bustin' of the Franklin,' and upon that ho
axed mo to drink with him, and as X had my tumb*
ler half ways up to my mouth, ho stopped mo of a
sudden—
Vl beg your pardon, stranger—bat" says he.
"But—What?" sea I.
‘•Jlii Jix'your mouth that way agin!” 10a he.
“I done it, iiai like I was guino lo drink; and I'll
bo hanged if I didn’t think tho whole on 'em would
go Into file I—they yelled and whooped likoagang
of wolves. Finally ono of'otn see, don't,mnko fun of
(ho unfortunate; he's hardly got over bein' blowod up
yet. Lots make up & puai for him." Then ail
Ihrowcd inland made up fivo dollars. As the spokes
man handed mo tho change, ho nxod mo—
“VVhdr did you find yourself after tho 'iptoslon 7"
"In t flalbout,"ie§ I, -
’< “flow far from thp Franklin 7“ aes ho.
“.Why,” pea I,“J never aeon htr % , but,#* nigh a« I
oim. it mußl have boon, from whnt they tpll
mo, nigh bh to three hundred and twenty Jive milet!
You aughtor a’ soon that gang icallor*
Poetio —Ons of tlio b'iioj’a Indites (ho following
to hia lady lbvof ■>-
■ ■ And. when tho rercromlolro ahi|)( aay,
"My eon Isjre thou (hia daughter ?"
I'd nrißwcr him in fearless lone,
“I shan't d a, nothin' shorter 1"
“Will you my eon support ond nourlah
This flbwor I give In Ihesl”
I’d glvo my whllo hid gloves a Hourioll,
And BOBwcr, "Vea Sir-*co 1”
To have a clear head, havtf. regard (b lyhat you
ml ih yoiAalomooh.' ;
‘Prorn’tlia St. JiOulb Reveille.
MRS. SCRUGGINS
ftioVKQ AMONG THE “UPPER TEN, 11 AND 19 INVITED
TO A SORRY.”
“ 1 s’pose Mjrs. Jonea,” said Mrs. Scruggins, |
the other evening, “you hearn as how a old bach-
Mer uncle of nwio died off not long ago, and left
me all his effecKfe. I was very sorry to hear he’d
died; but iheij»>waa .a consolin' thing to think
of one with graffiti affliction, ond,there’s nothin'
makes people rftVerence the memory of them that's
gone so much fUi.Uie ided that they left yotj some
thin* to remember 'em bjr, . 1 never seed my undo
but wunst, and.ihen he did’nt take much nonce of
me—and 1 don't hlamo him now, When 1 dim to
think what a wild sassy minx 1 was in my young
erer days. . But he must have bceh a dear, jtooti
soul, or ho wbtild’nt have thought o’f.his niece
’way out here in Sent Louis, and left her all his
effecks. I inland to have n grave-stone built to
his memory, and on it I'll hake wHt: “’Reeled
in metaory of hpr uncle by Ms imjnrable and Un*
cpnsolnblc.tihtTamiclionaie niece.”
“ Welli.arlef’peoplo heard 1 had sum properly,
itV wonderful Bow excessive poplar I got all of. a
suddent. Feminines os dld’nt descend to hardly
bow to me In street, all at wunsl knew mo so
well! and shbqk hands so friendly and wanted to
knbw where I’d kep* myself, and what I’d been a
doin’, and why;l had’nl called to see ’em for slch
a dreadful long time; and all on *oni declar'd they
thought T was livin’ in the country, Or they’d have,
called and seed me and been right social. • Mr.}
Skinkle, in lest than a week nrter the news was
heard, told me. that three middle-aged buch’lers,
in atrajghled circumstances, and four widderers,
with nurn’rous fam’liep had’pUed to him for to bo
introduced* Tjio.’fdlfier night I went to the con
cert for Sent John’s Church, and as rno ami Mr.
walkes up lo’arda the front 1 heard’em
whisperin’ as I jwalked along— T *»That’s the rich
widder ;” *• that’s Mrs. Scroggins}” amlsum'of
the lords made thirty.loud ’sc)amations of “What
a fine figgerl-. •‘how excessively graceful she
walks!” and eteh like. In course 1 believed ev
erything they stfd was all humbug; but Mr. Skin
kle sed that heTd no’doubl but that sum on *erh
was in earnest', ’cause they was lookin’ at mb
thro’ gold specs. It’s strange—Wonderful strange
—how different a person is treated when ilmy’re
poor and whcrtlhoy’re rich. Hven Mr. Skinkle
has got niore perliter, and; I believe the man’s
afeared I’ll bits him, he keeps at such a very l re*
spectnble distance; and when •! want anything
done, lie’s in sich a lerrlffical hurry to be of ser
vice that two to onb ho don’t do it rlghlj ot spiles,
all in tfyin’ to do it too well. The Uotherevonin’l
1 acs to him, “Mr. Skinkle, Will you jist step up 1
stairs and faring me* 4 -” “Saftinly,” scs he, and
away ho Wentf v and alter he had got up stairs, he
had to borne doiVn agin; Se 6 lies “Whitt was
it, Mrs. Sbrugblns, .you’d bo pleased to. have IV
••Fiddlestick rfses I, and—would you believe ill
—the man weqt up stairs in my rupm'lo hunt up
a .fiddlestick !i. I give him a piece of my mind
when ho com down agin.
. It- had’nt been tnore’n ten days artbr people got
■ wind of a wou.a'n of properly, afore l*d
receipted *a half a dofcen Inverintions to drop m at
Missus eb-and : Bo’e, or to cum and spend a quiet
eveittn’ at Missus sich-a-onu’s. Then, last week,
I got (ibillouduA |>tfm Mrs; Wholesale Drygood;
invitin’ me and my friend Mr. Skinkle to a sorry
at their house. I did’nt cord touch about .mixin’
in kumpanyi but I’d heard people talk ro much
about sorries that 1 mode up my mmd to got.and
sol told ML Skinkle to niake the. preparations,
and to havo a carriage in waitin’,oV the door at 8
o’clock precisively. . Well, when.B o’clock ciim,
I was all ready and waitin’very anxious to gel
off. r Burly soon Skinkle and the porriage
<?uni sijopg, and I. was never so..’sj'onjshocf in my,
life to see how the dear man was dressed up.—
He'd bought himself a new hat, and a new kVa
vat, which was wound rpund and roupd his.neck,
so tight that his face, was rile rbd, nod i lolp hfnj
that hb must bo fn a .chokin’ kondisliin.,, He wore
a siondiu’ collar, ioo.one side of \frhlcli propped
up his ear, white ’lothof hid, itself away under his
kravat. Ho’d bought a pair of while kiij. gloves,
1 which was too small* and one on ’em had'busted
open. Mr.' Skinkle Sed he know’d they was 100
-small Wheh he’d got ’em; bui llicn the store
keeper had given his assurance that they’d stretch.
••And so they did stretch*” said Mr. Skinkle,
•'clean open.*’ Well, orler kussid’rablo llxin’ up,
we at Inst gotslarted, and when we. arrived at
Mrs. Drygood’a house, the kumpany had just, be
gun a coinin’.. Mrs. JDrygood was-,very glad to
soe mo, sho spd, consid’rin I’d never, seed her but
.wunsl afore, She was wonderful affliciionnlc. Af
ter! tuk off my things wo went into the parlor.
Tho lust person I was introduced to was n Airs.
'Broker, one of tho most fashionable feminines in
Sent Louis, Mrs. Drygood’s scd. 1 thought 1 I’d
seed people with affected manners afore, but Mrs,
Broker beat ’em all. Sho kop’ her eyes about
hnll-shct, so people might see how long her eye
lashes was; and she Was always smilin’, so they
could .see hor teeth and obsarve her dimples!—
Then she had a lack-a-lasy way of talkin’—a die
away tone of voice, jist for all like a lung sen- .
lenco was too much for her lungs.
*• Mrs. Screwglnsl” scs she,
“Scruggins, ma’am,” sea 1.
“Ah! 1 bog your pardon,’! ses shot “but Mrs.
Smuggins, are you partial to aorricsl” ,
1 told her this was the first sorry I'd evor been
to. ■ • ■ , .
“Ah,-Meed!" bcb she; nnd then shot her eyes,
and taughftig JUt enough to show her I miff, ,
While*-! was ,lookin' round and inkin',obsafya-
lions, Mrs. Drygood cum lo’nfds rho with a young
feminine, who was the greatest cariosity F.eVer
seed. (She was very, tali' arid tary slim, and her
waist comprised; Into a wonderful small slrcumfer
once. Her face Was dreadfully whito.nnd pole,
and there wasn't any more 'sprcsslon in it than
there is in a, brick fynciv Sho looked like slip
dld’iit cam mimirt* for h6r. I!of name was MJss
Goldsmith, and Mrs. Drygood sed she was ono of
tho fust fnmlles of Virginny. She was orful per
lite, but Mr. Skinklo sod, afterwards, llmt he
thought she was payin' her respedis to my fortin'
—not to mo.
“Mrs. Screwgins/’ sos Mrs. Broker, "are you
acquainted with Miss. Goldsmith’s brother lied
tori"
"No," ses I, "I ain’t.”
"Well, thon, I’ll introduce him to you,” and
with that Mrs. Broker riz op very alow from her
seal, and minced across the parlor, and then cum
back agin fullered by a thing with nnnff hair on
on his upper lip and head together, to make n
shuck mattress. But what ’stonishrd mo more
than opny thing was the jewelry ho had about him.
Ho had a gold watch, a gold.ehuin, a gold quiz
zical gloss with a gold chain, four studs with
green sets in his shirt huazuin, and throe largo
gold rings on his fingers. ’
• "Mrs. Sinugglns,” see Mrs. Broker.
" Mrs. Scroggins, ma’am." »os I.
"Excuse me,” sea she, "but Mrs. Skuggina,
allow mo to introdubl you to (llr. Hector Gold
-B"irf 'nm y’ery happy in fommlng liio acquaintance
of Mr'*'. Sotouggina—l am - indeed—n-heml", dci
Mr. llcoibr, nnd vvllh that ho bowed two pr throb
llmesi’aqd flourished hia hnndkeroher urbund at a
groat ralq. Mr. Hector woe perlitn to met ho
was • vetby .pateliai to widotos,' he Bed ’ rnouie
paibliculsto lb them as was hansum.’ I could
[hardly keep from laffin’ in,tbp .man’s face; and 1
was orful glad when a young feminine, in tv pink
sack, with corkscrew curls, cum sldppin'. up to
I rtir* Hector,. j ,'u, ' - ~ •V ‘ ■'
I “Oh, Mr, Goldsmith,” ses fifie, “where have
you been! Come, we want you over yonder,”
and away she went, followed by Mr.,Heclor,
How .exceedingly tastyrMr. Goldsmith does
drbss',” says Airs. Broker.
“ Mrs. Scroggins,”, ges Mr. Skinkle to me, in n
very excited whisper, “ Mrs. Scrugains, dp you,
see that feminine with- the changing' silk gown,
and all. that fine lace round her neck t—r-well it
vyasn’i mory'n a month ago that her husband made
i ’qingtnenj, ond. now. jist look how she dresses.”
“ M.r; Skinkle,” ,ses I, “ what is alignment!”
u Why, see,” sea Mr.- Skinkle, “arler a mer
chant or a tradbsrnan has been in bjzzinessa long
time, urter he’s got in debt to every body, and nr
tef he balUtnnidled a good deal of properly, with
t'other people’s money, why, then ho finds out.
all til \vunst, that he’s in a failing kbmljshun, and
(halil’s unpossihlc for him to pay his debts; so
ho turns over all his property to sum friend to
keep for him, and then'makes a ’eignment of all
hie bad debts and old furniture over to his creddi*
turbs for. their satisfaction.”
“And then,” sea 1, “I sposo lie’s, tried afore
iho Crimimis Court and sent to the. Penepotcn
llary.” . .. ' ‘
. “Oh, no,” ses Mr. Skiiiklo, “quite the contra
ry ; for you’ll find when a man is a swindler oh a
largo scale—when by a ’slensivo opperntion he
pockets his thousands—-people look up to hinvand
say ho’sa ciilo spccclator, or a smart operator-in
funds; but jist let a poor man, with a Wife and n
house fulj of little ones, do ennything that has
the least ’pcaratice of wrong and seo how horri
fied everybody is, and how willin’ they all nre'to
give a kick to help him on his road down hill.”
' While Mr. Skinkle was talkin’, I nolused that
every body was lookin’ at a young ■feminine, who
hail Jist cum in the room, and 1 heard Mrs. Bro
ker.whisper to a Mrs; Commission, who was sil
lin’ aljipgsido of her, that it was a outrajus thing
—site never heard on the like afore. Mri Hetitbr
.Goldsmith was over on ’tother side of the rb’om,
and a .lot of young menand (pminines was rqnmj,
him, and Ihoy \vas whisperin’ very fast together |
and every wunst in a while they’d.lock at.the
young ’ooman who jist cum in like they tills jgo-
In to.eai her. 1 did’nt notus ennything 'very ptr
tickler in the ’pearance of the young feminine,
that everybody need stare at her so. .
. “Miss Goldsmith,” ses Alrs.'Brokcr, “ain’t
yougoin’l” ..
“ Of course,’’ses Miss Goldsmith, looking an
Cold as a icicle, “1 can’t ’sociate with everybo
dy!*' ... •
“I’m surprised at Mrs. Drygood for invitin’
filch people,” sed, a little priinp(-up feminine,
who’s namb WdS-Mra. Counsellor, , £ ; . ;
“And io am l,” sed anulher, who somebody,
called Mrs. Attorney Allaw. , ,' f ■ ‘ ■
“ Are you goln’; Miss Hardware i” sed a femi
nine Just behind me, .•,
. ‘ 1 'l‘o be sure,”, sed Miss Hardware | “me and
. Mrs. Cutl’ry,and Mrs. Grocer,und Mrs; Dr.'Nos
i trnm, and the loses Retail Drygood,' thinks dial
, this ain’t any place for ns,”
i “Mr. Skinkle;” see J “vvlnit is the matterl”
, “ Why, you see, this is a.AoeAmg' and
they’re all milled ’cause (hat ’ere.young.feminine
over yonder was invited.
“Who is-shel” see f, .“She looks jlst as
much a lady ns ehny oh’em." .
** So She is," sed Mr; Skinftle, “ and she's well
edinaied, ami as smart as the next one; bin then
her husband's nothin* hut a Journeyman median
i/» “
“Mr. Skinkle,” sos I, “will you order the
carriage 1”
“You ain’t a gotn’ lool” ecs Mr. Skinkle.
.. “ Yes,” ses I, party loud, “f am—my husband
lyho’e dead and gone, was nothin’ but. a<roecUanic
—and this Is no place for his .
. “ Mr. Be s ,l, tflien we’d got, safe hoftio,
u oon‘l you everask.me to go to a sorry agin.
Me said he wpuldh<l,'
. I i Would; «vot<l UrOlU Icurn to Fry* .
- DRAMA J
In three nets nnd'a metre —being the kind
of metre used by moat gas companies.
Tliis lunging after beauty,
■ Tins sighing after curls,
This chasing after fashion,
Wherever fashion whirls,
And all that sort of thing,
May Jo.for (hose who like (hem,
For those devoid of taste.
For those who barter diamonds off
For diamonds mode of paeto,
And other blockheads;
,Rnt to a wife who truly loves,
Who’d spread a sunshine round tho man
Thol keeps away her tears,
And brings her ’talers home, .
We’d whisper softly in her oar,
Wo’d grave it on her hoarl, .
That knowing, well to,fry. a steak
Deuia sentiment and art
A darned sight.
POPPING Vltfi gVQSTIdNi
“ Sallyj.don't I like you," ■
, Law, Jim, 1 reckon.so," n
“ Hut don’t you know it 7 Don’t vnu’think ,I'd
tear tho eye# oalof any tom-oat that Jure look crons
1 at yon.” < , '
“X sped ynu would." »« . ;
’ •* Well, Ilia fact of it is Sally, I—••
“Oh, now don't Jim—l fool all ovci ish."
V And Sally, I wan'l you to—"
, “ Don’lsny anything more, 1 ahull—"
• M J)ut I must, I wont you to—''
«Q, hush, don’t, I, 0—" .
“ 1 want yoa : to night to get—, , ‘
*.*'What, so soon I Oh, no, impossible. Father and
mother would bo angry at mp." I
"Now, ho angry at you for doing nio such a favor|
as Ip m—" t , 1 1
“ Yos, dear mo, I’m sn ngltaldd."; I 1
*• Uut I hero is somo mistake, for alt f wont to have M
you to do, is to—memf my sAirf eof/ar/"
By the Heels* .1 »
A worthy..but vory sonshivo, and oomewhar
passionate old Ship Master, quit iho seat in "nod
circumstances, and engaged in tnillinjy unci Inin*
hming operations. 110 set out dno day lo mov» :
n rail of logs down llte river, nldrd by hia hnusp.
man; n rocenlly Imported eon of the Emerald Ulo,
when by some mishap, he foil ofi* into tho stream
head foremost, and in such ri manner. that the
olumay and Inexporhmccd .Irishman could reach
only its extremities, but firally succeeded in haul
ing iho old than on the raft by tho heels. During
(lie operation the.mind of tho Master Was occu
pied will) the ridiculous figuro, which must be
presented by tho Irishman hauling him along in
that manner, and as soon as ho got upon hia feet,
ho broke out— 1 1 //oiu muchdnloweyou- makeout
your bW y I ain k i going to keep a man- to haul me
about by the,hteU l* .
There is no religion like that of the heart, no
charity liko that which doc# not blow, Us own trum>
. The sum of behaviour is, to, retain a manV owo,
dignity, without Intruding.upon tho liberality of
others.-
THE HEN.
Afn tnoua hen’s my story’s theme, '*'■•,
. Who ne’er was known lo tiro ' i :
Of laying eggs,,but then she’d scrcjntn .
■ So lend o’er every egg, ’twould seem u
Tlio house must be on fire. ....
A turkey cock, who ruled the walk, .
- A wiser bird and oler,,
Could bcar’t no more, sooff did stalk .
Right to, the hon,ar\d laid her:#, -
“Madam, that scream; lapprehcnd, . y
Docs nothing to (tip matter;-, ;
It surely helps the egg no whit i i''
Then lay your, egg, and done with 111
1 proy you, mgidam, as { a (richly | ’ ,
Cense.that BupcrHuauB-cluitbr;i - .
You know not howH goes through my-hoad!”
“Humph! very likely ! u madam sdid,
Tlicn, proudly pulling forth a leg: ‘ - '. 7
'■ “Uneducated barnyard fowl
You know, no more than any owl;
The noble privilege and praise .
Of authorship in modern days,—
. I’ll tell you why I do it,;
First, you perceive, May.my egg,'-
And then-preview it.” , •'/
A White Girl Nearly Sold Inlq.Slarfry*
. Ono of the . most revolting, ond at lho sarac time
touching scenes, the New.Orleqns Dc)ta, qf Uje.fUh
instant,nays it.has ever b'cc/J Its lot to witness, pc;
burred in that city,the day, previous, in (ho auction
store of Mr. N. Vignic, onSl. Louis'street: *’ .
The estate of'Mr.: OonvenntoDuran, lately deceit*
.sed, consisting chiefly of slaves, wj\b to be sold lor
the benefit ofa.creditor.- The negroes'wore: brought
lip, us is. Usually the ease, one by-one, and exhibited .
to the bystanders, before being put to llur hammer.:
On the presentation of the third, advertised' os
“Alade.ine, uti orphan quartcroon, nged , about nine
'years, ’* every ono present was horrified to behold
paraded.balbrciihoni, a lovely girl, delicately formed,
width as the purest.of. the Circassian race, her facer
buried in her hands,-and her slender frame convulsed
.with sobs. There was 4 pause of some
Thu crowd could nut realize that ono of thoir own
race cohid-bethus led up among negroes to be .passed
luton life-long bandage., Amazement was succeeded
by indignation, us several gentlemen set about in
quiring hr to the manner in which (he child Had been
thrust into such degrading associations.
„ Mr. Diiranj.il appears, was a Spaniard by birth;
.was some years ainro in affluence in this city;.but
.utterly, his circtimslanccs declining, ho tnoved front
tin?. First Jo the Third Municipality, where lie kept
a siuulj grocery store, and struggled through cbm pa.
rnijve poverty. -None of the negroes know anything;
of t/iq early history of the. girl, except one old . man,,.'
whoisuid her mother was a while woman, whodyirig,
when.her child was ycl;bul an infant,.Durant
look. Uiol orphan in'charge to rear as an adopted.*
bhltd. t.This was-when he was in prosperity. For
apmo.yonrs after the death ofilho mother,- q lady waa,
in tho.luibll ofvlsilingMr.-DaranVhousoregularly,
see the child, and continued her-visits until about
(be time bo.mbvcd into tho Third Municipality, since
when; lodr or five years ago, she has never been seen.
, Whether, this lady-'was u relative or friend ,of Iho
mother, interested in the fate of her offspring, the'old,
man Knew mil? nor did ho know who the lady was,
or ivhonc*}shff'oamei • • . 1
Upon this infnrnmfion, the sale was stopped, and>
Madeline war token possession of by Mr. Charles
Lbvinsklotd, to whoso lunnanc exertions in,her bo*,
half,-she is perhaps Indeblpd fur her liberty. ' Mr.L.'
lifts kindly installed her In bis own family. and will
bring her up as a member of it, if (bo law docs nut,
defeat'his benevolent rnfcnlions. The girl; though*
6f Into years mingling.almost exclusively with tho
negroes of Mr. Du run’s hohscliold, is intelligent bet
yond her years,'fpcakn .both Frciioli and Spanish
fhicnlly, and.understands English. ' ■ < - ,
A Strlhlug Thought. . >„ ..*. .
“Tlio dcalfi of an old man's wifoV saya Lamartine,
"is like culling down an ancient oak (hut has long
shaded the' family mansion. Henceforth-(he glare
uftlic world,-with its cares and vicissitudes, fall upon,
(ho old widower's heart, and tlioro -in nothing to.
hrcnk tlicii force;or shield him,from iho full weight
of misfortune.. hisas if his right hand was wither-
lf one wing «if his eagle wnu broken, and every
movement ho made only brought him to (tie ground.'
Ills cyes.aro dun and glassy, and when the film :of.
death fills over him, lie misses those accustomed
tones which might have smoothed ins passage'to Iho
grave.” ’ ’ V
Maantfcmciit uf Furiua*
A writer in. the Southern Planter Ibo follow*,
ng instructions, iiirrgunj to the nmiiagcmcjil oftljo
Turin. It is worthy.ofa careful perusal:
An .it, regards the management of farms, even,
among practical,men, (hero exists n diversity ofapitu
ion. fiSoiac persons contend that grazing itf nlleri,
jnilfuious; others, as - VlfnpsU-Shells,”, in your Sept.
No.,says, *'Don’t gruio.your lumJ .either,winter or (
summer." . Smiie farmers believe that it is belter .to
manure a small quantity of.lund vyotl; oilier#, to ex
tend.it over a larger surface. Some, like Dr.B-Vld-j
win, advocate-ish-ido to renovate wor,n out soils; and
others care not for the shade so Ahoy obtain the sub
atmico. .Now some of, these opinions. ore right,' but
require experience and good judgment to determine
which to prefer at the limo, with all the attending
circumstances.
, To grar.u arable land during the whole period U is.
not in cultivation is to Impoverish lt; : but
judicious grazing is frequently necessary and advan
tageous} for instance, n funner .has a tract of, high
land which',ho wishes to improve, but is thickly.eel,
hi sassafras bushes, running briars, and oilier pests,
flow 1 do contend that hard grazing with bnthoat
llu and sheep, for at least three,yours,,or until these
, peals aro'cxlirpatcri,.}# the must rational system; for
! if (he land be cultivated before they are destroyed,-
limy spring up witli Iho crop, which is injured; nndr
wliOn l(io.field is.agufn to bo cultivated, shrubbing
and grubbing have to bo resorted tn.nndasuflicioncyt
of labor ojfpcmjed to pay nearly for the land. On
riah Inn;) I think it is also advisable to graze clover,
of iho.ftrtfl.yuar, as this wilt.beep down the weeds, .
and prevent*,their destroying the young clover. ..On
spongy land, also, particularly such as fnht on it. a
heavy coal of voluble irnllor, trampling the land by.
jouttlu is cerlajnly au advantageous practice; but to
graze clover oftho second year, or land almost dccti
[ (u(o ofvpgotultln matter, iffree from the pcsis nbovo.
1 mentioned, ought not, in my opinion, to have an ad
vocate. » .• ?■ *• / ; * ■ : J
Manuring heavily a ainullcr space, m preference
to extending the manure over a larger surface, in’
perhaps the heller plan for corn and tobacco; bill If
for lop.drcssing of wheat, or to secure a good- stand,
of clover, the covering u greater breath qf land is
more desirable. . ... $
Ab lo Dr. Hnldwin’* theory, Hint tliado*ill enrich’
lands more than stable innnuro, U ie ohncccssiiry novy
In notice, &» I have vent you ashortoßauyon tUo
ml*jcct|
. 1 ii'i. f *-V *
A Wellington letter in,the New York Pont utiyi;
•There It el tenet ft majority of two in the Senate.
Tor (ho ndmieeipn'of California without any alteration,
of her protont ennatiluUoni. .In the
majority.of.al lent! aixty. *There.io a-ffqod protpocf
or the Bouiomohl of the whole, at (6Cal!«
[{brnln, before the first of Match 1 ho£(. <: ■ -h
A sptendM ball Vrnsl redandy given. fit. Mata*#
morae, at which the Americana and Maftlcatfc
mingled together with remarkable good nature/ .
. There wore thirty firci In ibo city of Ndw';Yorfc
in November. • ; - -i'i
■>- '' 1 ' ” ' l ■: ‘i; V. v ?>1
Uo >vho givc» ror tl>o take of (hanke, kn9we.no!
hu pleasure nf giving. : ; \ ‘ Jt • V' J"
i gtfc'A elen lit Gotham read*/ **'?Z>oujfA • itoeal.ie’
bread." . ‘ ■■ ‘ '
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