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WEDNESDAY; JULY 29. 1846
Song for the Millions.
Our God is good, his works are fair,
Ills gifts to man are rich and rare;
Ills holy presence everywhere,
O'er land and sea,
Proclaims that all should equal share
Sweet liberty.
The air with sounds of Freedom rings,
Whene'cr the lark his carol sings,
Whene'er the bee bestirs his wings;
From tiny bird
And joy fultwittering insect things
That sound is heard
'1 ; is first of Nature's wise decrees,
It floats upon the healthfu,t breeze,
It speaketh in the rustling trees,
Without control,
It rolls o'er waves of mighty seas,
From Pole to-Pole
Wherever^nortal man bath been,
In th,ert, xvild, or pariries greed]
In storm, ur solitude Ferene,
O'er or plain,,
Ile huh in Nature'. Kingdom seen
That frceJoin reignA
Dear Liberty! foul Slavery's ban,
I test roe thee tyrant: ncycr can,
For often the flt4ht of time Irian
1:od made ali free
}le breathed into the sons of man
Purr love fir trice
'lsat Inc.' rnspired great Bruce and TeR;
6ae thl•ot de-pats sled and fell;
'll.tt love Itath often roo the knell
I if coward knaves,
Whose powerful ‘illonMs compel
Men to be elaVe
.Iml st t that love ,hall millions bless
I,,,ser will all their wrong:: redress
l;ate• tranny 41.111 soon contess
'rt.! ri4llt. of a.E
Then vJe w him that dare oppre,,
With chains arid thrall
1:0,, ;,-1,1 is good: his works are fair
lii• cdt-to III:1111re roll and ralt.
presence every• where
Yer !And
Proclaimi that all should equil share
Sweet liberty
•
the Columbian Nlii;azinel
THE. EIG/1110Etr.E
ITh=l
Who !deist's other,- In his daiiv deeds
rind the healing that his spirit nee t l.;
For flower in other: pathway i.trevin
Coders Lt., fragrant beauty au our own
So yon ane going to live in the same build
with Ilettv To - rnpentiv." said Mrs. Lane
IN. )Fairweather. Voir will find nohodw
tie you. it . her temper does not prove
m:-ft even for your good nature, it will
, rm! all who know her. We lived there
.tr, ;Ind that is as long as any body ever
Iletty r . replied Mrs. Fairweather,
h had much to narden her. 11er mo
hrit nu, early for, her to remember; her
r very severe with her; and the only
she ever had, harrowed the savings oilier
ot tail, and spent them
iu.dis~tpsuon.—
Jetn•, notwithstanding her sharp features.
hirper words, certainly has a kind heart.
:sit-t of her greatest poverty many were
she knit, and the warm waist-
•he d ad, for the poor. drunken lover,
she had too much good sense to marry.
you know she feeds aid clothes her bro
. orphan
you call it feeding and clothing," replied
Line. •• The poor child looks co and
and friglnened all the time, as if she
t iase•d by the East wind. I used to tell
Turtmcimy she ought to he ashamed of
hf, to iserp the poor hide thing at work all
:a,e, without one nimute to play. If she
but look at the eat, as it runs by the woo
• luut !limy gives her a rap over the
'L;cit. I used to tell hi•r she would make
ui jiNt such another sour old crab as her-
Trot must have been very irnproline . to
replied Mrs. F,orWeattler.
, zoo,l htunored But in Juslire
~, ,r Aunt !It or. rou ou.ht to rennmther
'!'r h l psi:such a cheerless ehiidhood
rli. riowets grow where there is sun-
I know you think everybody ought to live
sunsfrinc," replied Nlrs. Lane ; " and it
t he confessed that You carry it with you
rever von go. If Miss Turnpennv HAS a
t 1 dire say moll will find it out, though 1
•r could and I neCer heard of any one else
cnidd. All the families within hearing
tongue call her the neighbor-in-law."
ninly the prospect was not very encour
;:for the house Mrs. Fairweather pro
:1 to occupy, was not only under the same
atilt Turnpenny, but the buildings
common vard it the rear, and one corn
: space fora watlen in front. The very
Clay ~ h e took possession of her new habt
n. `he called on the neighbor-in-law.
t Iletty had taken the precaution to extil
11.e fire, lest the new neighbor should
hul water, h 4 re her wood and coal ar -
Iler first sA:fitafion was, • •lf you want
cold water, there's a pump across the
et; 1 don't like to have my house slopped
neer."
I am clad yo u are so ink, neighbor Turn
.ay," replied Mr,. Fairweather ; It is c2:-
tly 'plrataut to have neat nci••hburs. I
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
ICE
will try to keep everything as bright as a new
five cent piece. for I see that wi l please you.
I came in merely tosay good morning, and to
ask. if you could spare little Peggy to run
upland down stairsfor me, while I am getting
my furniture in order. I will pay her sixpence
an hour."
Aunt Hettyltad begun to pnrseup her mouth
for a refusal t• but the promise of sixpence an
hour relaxed her features at once. Little Peg
gy sat knitting a stocking very diligently, with
a rod lying on the table beside her. She look
ed with timid wistfulness, as if the prospect of
any change was like a release from prison.—
When she heard consent given, a bright color
flushed'her cheek. She was es;idently of an
impressible temperament, for good or evil.—
.. Now mind and behave yourself," said Aunt
Hefty; •• and see that you keep at work the
whole time. If I hear one word of complaint,
you know what you'll get when you come
home." The rose.color subsided from Peggy's
pale face. and she answered, Yes ma'am,"
very meekly.
In the neighbor's house all went quiet other
wise. No switch lay on the table, and instead
of, •• mind how you do that. If you don't I'll
punish you," she heard the gentle words,
There dear, see how carefully you can carry
that up stairs. Why, what a handy little girl
you are !" Under this enlivening_ influence,
Peggy worked like a bre. eel liritY was
always in the h übit of saying, •• Stop your noise
and mind your work." Btu the new friend
'pattedther on the head. cud said. •• Whitt a
pleasant voice the Little trirl has. It is like the
!midi , in the field. By and liv, you shall hear
ma . r music-box." This opened wide the win
lows of the poor little shut up heart. so that
the sunshine, could stream i.i, and the birds
sly its and out, carrollin , r. The happy child
tuned up like alark, as she tripped lightiv up
and downstairs, nn various household errands.
But though site took heed to observe all the
directions given her, her head was :dr the time
tilled with conjectures what sort of a thimr a
mu-ic.rl box might be. She w.es afraid
the kind I idv would forget to show it to her.
She kept at work, however, and asked no
question;; she only looked very curiously at
everything th.tt re..embled a Mix. At last Mrs.
eatlit r sail, •• I think your little let
must lie tired. by this time. e will rest
awhile rend eat some aingerbread." The child
took the offered c Ike, with a humble little
courtesy, and carefully held nut her apron to
prevent any cruet' s tom falling on the dodr."
But suddenly the apron dropped, and the
crumbs were all strewn about. '• Is that a
little bird r• she exclaimed eagerly. •• Where
is he '!
Is he in the i;orun !" The new friend
smiled. and told her that was the music-box ;
and after awhile she opened it and, explained
what made the sound. Then she look out a
pile of hooks limn one of the baskets of goods,
and told Peggy she might look at the pictures,
till she called her. The little girl stepped for
ward eagerly to tike them, and then drew
baek, as if afraid. •• What is the muter?"
asked Mrs. Fairweather: •• I am very
to trust you with the honks. I ke.-1, them on
purpose to ainiise children." Peggy looked
down with her linger tin her lip. and answered
in a constrained voice, Aunt Turnpennv
won't like it if I play." Don't trouble !, our- ,
self about that. I will make it all right with
Aunt Betty," replied the friend openly. 'Thus
assured. she gave herself up to the full enjoy
(tient of the picture books; ant when she was
summoned to her work, she obeyed with the
cheerful alacrity that would have astonished
her stern relative. When the labors of the day
were concluded, Mrs. Fairweather accompa
nied her home, paid for all the hours she had
been absent. and warmly praised her docility
and diligence. •• It is lucky for her that she
behaved so well," replied Aunt !Jetty •• if I
had heard any complaint, I wrhnuld have given
her a whipping, and sent her to bed without
her supper."
Poor little Peggy went to sleep that night
with a lighter heart than she had ever felt since
she had been an orphan. Her first thought in
the morning was whether: the new neighbor
would want her service during the day. Her
desire that it should lie so soon hexane obvious.,
to Aunt Betty. and excited an' undefined jeal
ousy and dislike of a person w ho so easily
made herself beloved. Without exactly ac
knowledging to herself what were her [notices,
she (isle:et' Peggy to gather all the sweepings
rd the kitchen anL court into one small pile.
and leave it on the frontier line of her moot
hors premises. Peggy ventnied to ask whe
ther the wind would' not filow it about,
and she received a box on thi , ear for her im
pertinence. Itclianred that M. - a:Fairweather.
quite Winatent orally, heard the words and the
blow. She gave Aunt Item's anger time
enough to cure', then steppe I out into the court,
and after arranguor divers bole matters, site
called aloud to her domestic, Sally, how
Came ) ou tai leave duis pile of dirt here ! Didn't
I tell you that Miss Turnpenny was very neat.'
Pray make haste and sweep it up. I wow:turn(
have her to see it on rinv account. I told her
I would try to keep everything litre about the
premises. She is so particular herseli, and it
is a comfort to have tidy neighbors." The
girl, who bad-been previously instructed, smil
ed as she came out with brush and dustpan,
and swept quietly away the pile that was in
tended as a declaration of a frontier war. But
anther source of annoyance presented itself.
which could not be quite sit easily dispos-d of.
Aunt _Betty haul a cat, a lean scraggy anitn(l.
that looked as if she were often kteked and
seldom fed; and Mrs. Fairweather hint a fat
frisky little dog. always ready for a caper.—
He took a distaste to pew poverty-stricken
Tab the first time he saw her, and no coaxing
could induce lion to alter his ;Tinton. His
name was Pink, hut he was anything hut a pink
o f b e h a vior in his neighborly nil loons. Poor
TA) could never s etpot out of doors without
being sainted with a growl. and a short sharp
bark, that frightened her out of her senses, and
make her run into the house, with her for all
on end. If she ever ventured to doze a little
ou her own door step, the enemy was on the
watch, and the moment her eyes closed, he
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would wake her with a bark and a box on the
ear, and off to would mu. Aunt Hefty vowed
she would scald him, it was a burning shame.
she said, for folks to keep dogs to worry their
neighbors' cats. Mrs Fairweather invited
Tabby to dine, and made much of her, and pa
tiently endeavored to teach her dog to eat from
the same plate. But Pink sturdily resolved he
would be scalded first ; that he would. He
could not have been inure firm in his opposi
tion, if he and tab had belonged to different
sects in Christianity. While his mistress was
patting Tab on the head and reasoning the point
with him, he would at times manifest a degree
of indifference, amounting to toleration ; but
the moment he was left to his own free will.
he would give the invited guest a hearty cuff
with his paw, and send her home spitting like
a small steam engine. Aunt Hetty considered
it her own peculiar privilege to cuff the poor
animal, and it was too much for her patience
to see Pink undertake to assist in making Tab
unhappy. On one of these occasions, she
rushed into her neighbor's apartments, and
faced Mrs. Fairweather. with one hand resting
on her hip, and the forefinger of the other mak
lir very wrathful gesticulations. I tell you
what, madam, I• wont put up with such treat
meat much longer.' said she; I'll poison
that dog ; you'll see if I don't ; and I slant
wait long, either, I ran tell you. What yeti
keep such an impudent little beast for. I don't
know, without you do it on purpose to plague
your neighbors."
•• I ani really sorry he behaves so," replied
Mrs. Fairweather, Poor Fab !"
Poor Ta't !" screamed Mrs. Tuppenny
.• What do you mean by calling him poor !
Do you mean to fling it op to me that my cat
don't hare enough to eat .?"
'• I did not think of such a thi , g." replied
Mr.. Fairweather. •. I railed her poor 'Li!,.
heeause Pink plagues her so that she has no
peace oilier life. I agree with you, neighbor
Turnpenny ; it i 3 NoT right inn kefp a dog that
disturbs the neighborhood. I ant attached to
poor little Pink. because he belongs to my son,
who has gone to sea ; I was in hopes he would
soon leave oil ,j tin the cat; but tl
he won't he newhborly, I will send him out
in the country to board. Sally, will you bring
me one of the ploi we baked this morning ! I
should like to have Miss Tumpently taste one
of them:.
The crabbed neighbor n•as !wiped ~ litinlan;
Iy, and while she was eating the inv. the friend
ly in 'iron edged in many a kind word enneern-
Peggy, whom the praised its a re
markably capable and industrious Hold.
• I am glad you find her so," rejoined Aunt
lletty: I should net precious little work out
of her, if I did n't keep a switch in sight."
,• I manage children pretty much as the man
did the donkey," replied Mrs. Fairweather.—
•• Nit aiii iewii would the poor beast stir, for
his master's beannir and thumping. But a
neighbor tied sortie fresh turnips ton stick, and
fastened theM so that they liiiii , directly before
the donkey's nose, and 011' he set on a brisk
trot, in hopes of overtaking them. "
AMU !Icily, without observing flow ver
closely the comparison applied to her o•''u
managem e nt of P e ggy, said, .• Thai will! do
very well for folks that have plenty of turnips
Lo spare."
•• For the matter of that," answered Mrs.
Fairweather, •• whips cost something as well
as turnips; and sinee one make the donkey
stand soil, the other makes hint trot. it is easy
to decide which is the Most economical. But
neighbor Turnpenny, since you the my pes
so well pray take one, home with you. I ant
afraid they will mould before we coo eat Mein
up.
Aunt Iletty had came in for a quarrel. and
she was astonished to find herself going. tint
with a pie. llrs. Fairweather you
ant: a neighhor. I
thank you a thousand
times." When she reached her own door, she
hesitated for an instant, Inert turned hark, pie
in hand, to say, Neighbor Fairweather. von
need n•t trouble yourself about sending fink
away. It's natural you should like the little
creature. seeing he belongs to your son. I'll
try to keep Tab In doors, and perhaps after a
while they will agree better."
•• I hope they will," roplied the friendly
matron, " e will try then awhile hanger. and
if they persist in quarrelling, I will send the
dog into the country." folk, who wis sleep
ing the chair, stretched himself and raped.—
kmiLmisiress patted him on the head.
" Alt vnu fool little beast." said she, " IV hat
is the ice of plaguing poor T a b,"
Kell, I. d o sa y," ohseryed Sally. smiling,
vou arc Ina,,ter WOM3II titoppi•ig a quar
n•l."
I I , llllell good lesson when I was a lit
tle girl," rojoint-t1 Mrs. Fairweather. I hit'
frosty morning,. I was looking out of my f-ither's
window Into the horn-yard:sr here stood tint
rows, oxen. and horses, waiting to droll, It
was one of those cold snapping mornings,
when a slight thing irritates 1)0111 man and
Least. The cattle all soon! very still and ineek,
till one of the cows attempted to turn round.
In making the attempt. she happened to hit her
next neighbor: whereupon her neighbor hit
and kicked another. In five minutes, the whole
herd were kicking and hooking each othe-r,
with all fury. My mother laughed, and sail.
" See what conies of kicking when you are
hit. Just so I've seen one crosa word set a
whole family by the ears, some frosty morn
ing." Afterward, if my brothers or myself
were a little irritable , she would say, Take
care children. Remember how the tight in
the barn-yard began. Never oive a kick for a
hit. and you will save yourself and others a
deal of trouble." "
That same afternoon, the senshi,y d.one
.tepped Into Aunt Ilettv's room. where she
foulid Peggy sewimr, as usu d, with the Pier
nal switch on the table beside le r, •• lam
obliged to go to Harlem. on business," said
she: ••1 feel rather lonely without rompany,
and I always like to have a child with me. It
you will oblige me by letting Peggy go, I will
pay her fare in the omnibus."
She. has ber spelling lesson io get before ;
111,•' replktl Aunt Ilene. " I don't apprine
of young folks going a pleasuring, and neglect
' mg their education."
Neither do I." rejoined her neighbor;
.! but I think thtre is a great deal of education
that is not found in hooks. The fresh air will
make Peggy grow stout and active, I prophecy
that she will do great credit to your bringing
up." The sugared words and the remem
brance of the sugared pie, touched
. the soft
place in Mrs. Turupenny's heart and she told
the astonished Peggy that she might go and
put on her hest gown and bonnet. The poor
child began to think that this new neighbor was
certainly one of the good fairies she read about
in the picture hooks. The excursion was en
joyed as only a city child CAN enjoy the rout
try. The world seems such a place, when the
fetters are off, and Nature folds the young heart
lovingly on her bosom ! A flock of living birds
and two butterflies put the little orphan in a
perfect ecstasy. She ran and skipped., One
could see that she might be graceful. if she
were only free. She pointed to the fields co
vered with dandelion.. and said see how
pretty ! 'lt looks as if the stars had come down
to lie on the grass." Alt, our little stinted
Peggy has poetry - in her. though Aunt II etty
never found a. out. Every human soul has
the germ of sortie flowers within, and they
would open. if they could only find sunshine
and tree air to expand in.
Mrs. Fairweather was a practical philoso
pher, in her own small way. She observed
that MN. Turnpenny really liked a peasant
tune ; and when winter Caine, she tried to per
suade her that singing, would be excellent for
Peggy's lungs, and perhaps keep her Iron] go
ing Into a consumption.
My nephew, James Fairweather. keeps a
singing school," said she; • and lii sat s he
will teaeli lwr gratis. You need not feel under
great oldi L lmion ; for her votes will lead the
whole sele and her ear is PO 9114`k. it will
be no trouble at all to lew, her. Perhaps you
would go with us sometimes, neighbor Turn
penny ? It is very pleasant to hear the (did
uren's voices."
The cordage of Aunt lleity's mouth relaxed
into a snoie. ^ She accepted the invitation :and
was so inueh pleased that she went every Sun
day evening. 'File tunes, and the sweet
young ~ oices, fell like dew on her dried tip
heart, and greatly aided the genial iiilluenre of
lier neighbor's example. The rod silently dis
appear, d limn the Cable. If Peggy was dis
posed to be :die, it was only necessary to say,
tt When you have finished your work You may
go in and ask whether Mrs. Fairweather wants
any errands done." Bless mellow the fingers
flew ! Aunt Hefty find learned to use turnips
instead of a cudgel.
When spring cattle, Mrs. Fairweather busied
herself with planting roses. and vines. Mrs.
Turnpenoy readily consented that Peggy
should help her ; and even refused to take pay
from such a good neighbor. But she miontam
ed her own , opinion that it was a mere waste
of time to cultivate flowers. The cheerful
philosopher never disputed the point ; hut she
would sometimes Hay, tt I have no room to
plant this rose hush. Neighbor Turnpenny,
would you be wilhng to let me set it on your
:Ode of the yard ? It will take very little motet
and will no care." Another time she would
say, tt Well, really my ground is too full.—
Here is a root of lady's-delight. flow bright
and pretty it looks. It seems a pitty to throw
it away. If you are willing, I will let Peggy
plant it in what she calls — her garden. It will
grow of itself, without any care, and scatter
seed. that will come up in all the chinks of the
bricks. I love it. It is such a bright gond
natured thing. Thus by degrees the crabbed
maiden found herself surrounded by flowers;
and she eviM deelared of her own accord that
they did look pretty.
(Inc day, w hen Mrs. Lane called upon \lrs.
Fairweather. she found the old weed grown
yard bright and blooming. Tab, quite fat and
sleek, time sleeping In the sunshine, with her
paw on Pink's neck. and little Peggy wassing
tug at her work as blithe as a lark.
•' I fool her a very kmd and obliging neigh.
bor,' replied .\I m. Fairweather.
•• this is a tutrwie !" exclaimed 11r.
Lull % Nol.odv but v , ii wott!d have. mtderta
Len to tha‘k. oat Aunt Ilettv's !wart. -
t• That 1. probaYv the rea, , on why it ‘l.l
ne s eer thawed " ploutr•tl her friend. •.
.1% , told you tiro a tt enow_th of sun
lime %vie , , what tilled the world: :11 tke peo
ple happy. and there well not he half the noir
relltn,g, or a tenth part of the wiekedoesr• there
From this ffospel or joy pre:wiled and prac
ticed, nolnnly derived much henctit as little
Peiuiv. Her trthire, %%hieh was la.t growing
enn,lied alp! ldnitv, tinder the ni tlign inllunnee
of enn.iraint and lear, straightened up, budded
and 1);04.0toet1 wider the genial Iv—lto:There al .
rheerlitl kifhiesA.
I ler a ffeetion-s a:ul faculties were kept in such
picasant exerei-e, that c•.), stall' lightness of
heart made her :1!:11,e4t The vmmg
music teacher thomdit her more than hand
some, for her affectionate soul shone more
heamincly on him than on others; and lore
makes all thing 4 beautiful.
When the orphan removed to her
little cottage on her wedchm , day, she, threw
her arms round the blessed ini , sionary of 51111-
Said," All, thou clear good Aunt, it
thou who hart made my life F.iirweather."
A LITTLE . 1 ., .NU1rE.-A wan arrested a few
ilay4 sinee in New ()ileitis. for Ilo:ltting his
wile, tidied a Ilion] to enter hail for hini.
The Iriend addressed the twitch in this strain
1:11 go his bail nOtt nu% if your honor will
Lint over his wife. bet as 11):15, , as she Las a
rhernrr In MY:. an an , zel emdil keep the peace
in the same hou:e won her."
I see le.ives drop cro w
the !revs in the
I, is the friendship of the world. .11
the sap of the inaintentwee I.Stn, my friends
smolt' in ablind.ince ; but,-iii the winter filmy
need they leave iii Ile is a happy !ban
who hatti a tine hien , : ;it ; hut lie is
inore truly loppy who kith 11 , J need 01 Irtend,
II Comp!mut Iluxband
The follmring remarkable snow t find in
a work recently published entitled. •' Ttravels
in Southern Russia:"
•• A very pretty and sprightly voting Polish
lady was married to a man of great wealth,
much older than herself, and a itioroug.li Nrus
covito in coarseness of character and liabitg,—
After two or three years spent in wrangling
and plaguing eachgother, the ill-assorted pair
resolved to travel, in the hopes 01 escaping - the
.intolerable sort of life they lei: at home. A
residence in Italy, the chosen land of intrigues
and illicit amours, soon settled the case. The
young wife eloped with an Italian nobleman.
wtaise passion ere long grew so intense • that
nothing woe ld satisfy loin short of a legal sanc
tion of their union. Divorces, as every knows
are essily obtained in the pope's dominions.—
Madame de K. had therefore no difficulty in
causing her marriage to he annulled, especially
with the help of her lord and master, who for
the first time since they had come together.
agreed with heart and soul. Everything. was
promptly arranged, and Monucur ea med,his
complaisance so tar as to be present as an of&
cell witness at Madame's wedding, doubtless
for the purpose of thoroughly making sure of
its validity. Three or lour children were tf•e
fruit of this new union; but the lady's happi
ness was of short duration. Her domestic
peace was destroyed by the intrigues of her
second husband's family; perhaps, too, the
Italian's love had cooled ; be this as it may, .
atter some 11101111 IS of miserable struggles and
humiliations, semence of separation was final
ly pronmineed against her. and she found her
self suddenly. without fortune of protector.'
burdened with a young family. and weighed
down with fearful anticipations of the future.
tier first step was to leave a country where
such ()reel c:damities had befallen her, and to
return to Podolia. the laud of tier birth.
erto her story is like hundreds of others. and
I should not have thought of narrating it had
ended there ; but what alinmo surpsses belief
ahtl gives it a stamp of ornmahly altoffeMer
out o f the common line. is the minding of her
first husband when he heard of her return.—
That brutal, inconstant man, who had trampled
on all social decencies in attending at the roar
r age his wife with another, did all in his
power to induce her to return to los house.—
By dint of unwearied efforts and entreaties he
succeeded in overcooling her sereples, and
bore her home in triumph alone with her chit
dren by the Italian, on whom he settled pact
of his fortune. From that time forth the most
periert harmony sunsists between the pair, and
seems likely long to continue. I sate a letter
written by the lady two or three months ulster
her return beneath the conjured roof, it breath
el the liveliest eraniude and the fondest affec
tion for whom she railed tier beloved Itto,littiiil.”
Kosciusko in Amcrica.
Kosciusko reached the new world nearly un
provided with letters 01 recommendation, or in
trmlaction, and nearly pennyless. He, how
ever asked an aadience with Washington to
whom he had boldly presented !musell.
What do you seek here.'" inquired the
General with his accustomed brevity,
I rOine 10 light as a culunle•rr, lOr Ameri
can Independeure.'• Milis the equally briel and
fearles, reply•
What can toil do !" 11 r ashingion next in
quired.
To which Kosciusko. with characteristic
rejoined—
••'Pry
This was done. Occasions offered, in which
his talent., sr(t• u c'. and valor was tested. and
above all, ht. great character was duty appre
ciated. lie was speedily made an officer, and
in every eng:oteinunt further distinguished him
self. Ile had not been ton; in Amen-a, when
he had occasion to show In-s undaunted cour•
age as captain of a company of volut.tecrs.—
Cenerals Wayne and. I, thrette, notwithstand
ing the heat oldie bailie in which they them
selves were link' engaged, observed with sat
traction the exertions of a company which ad
vanced beyond all the rest, and made its at
tack in the best of (triter.
%Vim led the tirso rot - orally !" asked La
fayette 01 his I'm - wades on the evening of that
memorable dm...
The ans‘ver st•as—•• It was a young Pole. of
n.hle birth, Lilt very poor—fits Hattie IS 11,,S
ME
The sound of the unusual name. which lie
could hardly pronounce. tilled the l'rench lie
r., I . :lgt . r a desire for the brave str
acquAintanec. th A he ordcred his horse id he
immediately saddled. and rode to the %Allan ,
ationt t couple of mile:. off, where the voice
tours were ,plartered for Ole
11 ho shall de,crilte the pleasure nt the one
nr the surprise of the rolicr. when the Gcneral
enterintt the lent. s'ltti the ,-aptatn.lreovered iraut
head 10 taut WWI and swat, c ni .
ed at a ta'ele, ills head resting on his 11.0 1 .1 a
ulap of the country sprea,l out beforc !mu. arta
a pen and ink by 1115 stile ! A conga{ grasp of
the hand unpaited to the modest I' ern litscoln.
inander's satisfaction. and the e l Jject ul a %ISII
paid at so unusual an h cur.
Nt:c.r OUT OF 1)k?11: NATc - nl: ' s Dr.mr.—
fieautifol is the regulai.,v, !he cloek-work 01
Nature ! and rerviiin and severe the penalty on
men for playiniz trc„,k, with n. Thoutili Bac- j
isci..rnwhi, lend von his
to advance the hands and push on the hours, tt !
is tett to one that in the immune you will have
a smart knock on the head for your boldness.
Anil even if the knock he ilelaveil—whY• it r
only deferred 111,1 t IL may p cC n,rlf with
est—all the slngre hoof.!;:,
Spar., a+ ilm,ble time, st hen — Pts-.
trusts at all, take., huge inter(
A SILENT XVI: r.—NI mlarne Porgliter was ,
mice repriturindi•il by her in eiimpany.
She was too luyuactoa,, and he checked her
by saymiz, •• Silence. Alailain, vim are a fumy
She lured nearly Nutty years afterward., but
never uttered une word, even to her Lluhhen.
AN EXTRAORDINARY HERMIT.—:I !DUET wri
ter from New Hampton, New Hampshire, gives
on account of a man who has lived fur fifty
) ears alone secluded from all others. in a small
I ut, above live miles from the institution at that
place. A few of the students recently paid him
a visit of which the writer says
:
•• Findinz that several of our number were
studying.theology, lie appeared to take much
satisfactiOn in asking' them questioni concerning
ti le bible s which they were not able to answer
—attelt a's how many chapters certain books con
lain, &c: lie said be did not lead a happy life.
but seemed about as much resigned to the lot na
some politicians are to the defeat of their patty
with the expectation that defeat will throw off
the dross. His only clothing was -a coarse shir t
with cotton pants and shoes. He will not read
the imwspapers because ' they lie so'—reads hi,
bible and attune books of history. He_ evinced
a strong love for the bible, and acute sense of
right and wrong.
He commenced this mode of life at the age ot
21. and of course is now about 70. and bids fanr
to live many years yet. fits L hair was cut very
short. and his beard nearly the same length.—
Ile has several outbuildings nearly filled wit'.
firming WI nails, most of which are of his on..
rude construction. lie has garnered a va,
iriantity of wood ; which lie piled in heaps sons ,
twenty feet built, On his premises. Ile has
stock, tv I even a cat or a dig for a companion
Should sickness or misfortune overtake hint, li •
!ins no meatis of eon% eying any intelligence t •
his friends, though lie has inane in the vicinit%
lie could be brought to assign no reason 1r r
pursuing tl , is mode of bile, except that his•healr.
was not so good when he lived with others
when alone.
It is said that all important actions are decid..l
upon b) him, by casting lots—so should ,am
anxious visitor tied no admittance to - his - Nan,.
hie cot, he must charge his misfortune to tit•
fates."
A IZETORT.—We find in an exchange paper
an anectl.tte of (lie late Wm. Wirt, that is 1110
mnnl to be loct. Wirt's life of Patrick Henri
.
as every reader of that biography knows, is ex
cessive in its laudations of the great Vtreiniaora
tor in fact flay well he doubted whethEf the
.man ever lived to whom such swelling and vari
ed strains of panezyric could be justly applied.
es Wirt continua Iv resorts to in depicting die
character of Henry.
In illustration of this trait the following story.
currpot in Eastern Virginia, said to be true to
the letirr, is told :
%Vol was once cog:iced in the trial of a cause
in which one of the most material witneases on
the othrt Fide was notorious for his gullibility.
BY way of showing up this trait in the witness.
thus impairinc his testimony. Wirt asked if he
had err re-tdlev's Narrative, and ifso wheth
er Si' thoncht it was true ?"
~ llh %es," 'tan' the witness," I've read it,
and I hviteve every word of it."
The counsel of the other side, preceiving the
Valthiae wined by his opponent, here interpos
ed the question—
•• I)id you ever read Wiit's life of Henry, and
if so. do you believe it is true ?"
have read 0," repPed the simple witness.
hut 1 eau% say I believe it; no, that's more
dm I can-s
-wallow !"
Wirt wits_.• e.sentiallv" floored.
A Paktum—The first view of a prairie
will probably excite more surprise in the mind
of a traveller in the United States than the
grandest objects of nature. Riding day after
day through forests, in which the cleared land
is not of sufficient extent to interrupt the gen
eral aspects of wood. he breaks at once upon
the view of a fine open country—he beholds
extensive plains of the most soft and beautiful
verdure, -covered with the scent of flowers of
every line. Occasionally on the prairie, and
afro in the centre, are clumps of tine trees,
especially of the oak and black walnut, so
rharinincly disposed, that the traveller can
hardly believe Mtn they have not been placed
by the hand of man. The views of tracts or
eetintry of this description are in many places
fir in re extensive than are to be met with in a
country whose lacil has been laid out in this
way artificially, a oh a view to its beauty, and
to increase its value to its possessor. The
prospect from the high grounds that often sur
round the praises, comprehending verdant
lawns, lar , e h rests, through which was vast
rivers are rolling their mighty .. masses of water.
aid line hills in Me diseanee, with cottages,
cattle, horses, and deer, is altogether as fine ..os
can be coto any where.
IIAiI'INESS, AND HEALTH.—We
were forrihiy struck, a lew thays since, with
remark mails ha an old and :diluent citizen.—
Sputtkt,t_t of his habits, and of his•eonsta . nt
t f soutl.thing which occupied his mind_
ht. ht. always felt better, physically -
And and ?tient illy, when employed in some
uselid pursuit : breati-e, fn the first place he
knew he was di•eliarjing his duty as a member
iv add a 111311; and in the second, he
preveturd from indulging in painful
Cowell's. This i• sound philosophy. The
ither. whether rich or poor—young or DK is
far more apt to he annoyed by disagreeable re..
tleption.t—to leel moody and discontented—to
lie hurried on turn temptation and crime,
than ;he individual who, no matter what his
eondrion in a pecuniary point of view, seeks
to Isee u h mind and body properly employ
ed, and thus to shut out feverish desires and
nervous pitmasinarroria, which idleness is cep
hitt to rill into 1-xt,tence. Every individual
!las a part Ir, ply in the drama of life; arir!
Ow man la 11.;‘pt . sl, he he rich or poor, who
with a proper consciousness of right and
wro.•o, time and vice, keeps his body in
Wiin!rsoitio •no, of exercise---always careful
to hp prompted in his movements by honor,
rii;nestv, and cousrientousness.
NnT Foipatimi ET. -A lady lately return
ed Inns a *•,,.t of the . ..atifral Bridge, in Vir•
,01 hew ! : a•Leti how she was pleased
spe , ninnii of nature's han-
Q t e that it utll he a very nice
tonic won it :s done—tart it was'nt quite fin
-I.lnd when s'.c W.IS
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