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WEDNESDAY. 4;00203.Y
The Death et the'Old Tear.
DT ALTDID lIINNTDOI
Furl knee-deep lire the winter snow,
And the winter winds are areariliaighing,
Toll ye the church bell awl and slow,
A,l tread softly and speak low,
la the old year lies a•dying.
Old year, you must not die;
You lame to us so readily,
1 . . , u lived with us so steadily, - -
Old year you ;hall not die.
fle lieth still ;he (loth not move : -
Ile will not see the dawn of day,
He bath on other life above, •
He ;aye me Mewl, and a true, true love,
Ad the New•year will take 'can away.
) esr, toumust not go ;
kaa a 4 you have been with us,
jc a joy a; you have seen with us,
yopu.sha I not go.
Limper 10 the Lrim ;
j ) ear we tiow -CC :
; oath I,k eye+ air waxing dim,
hi.: foe speak ill of
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U,: vmr yoll 1.1: - .11/ not lie ;
P. e dr] a., Inu.4ll . sild cry with you,
—4.-,1.1:13 nand to die st:.ith you.
C 1 yea:, iy..11 must die.
Ile us:, full ofj rtre and jest, .
.11 h s merry quips are tier,
1.1.0 We, tern.; the waste,
ills and herr thdh ride post-haste,
11 dew' Ire:rre.
z-7, one for hs na•n;
to ...tarry and odd, my friend
I:,d ii:e New-year blithe and bold, my friend.
CC7IICS up to take his own.
!! a hard he brcathest over the snow ;
: srd the crowing rock,
fn;
ehirlis; the light b,:a las low
• Lt ark tr.e!ae o'clock.
~i,t• Lauds liefore you die,
• ar, dearly rue 6 , 1" you ;
it tar car, do for you ;
•- • n oat 6,11,re sou die.
;..- I .ce is gl-owing, sharp and thin,
: our friend Is gone,
up his eyes ; tie up his chin;
mnsn The corpse, end. let hint in
1:lat stanch th there alone,
a,teth at the door.
There's a new foot on the floor, my friend,
And a new face at the door, my friend,
A new flee of the door.
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N. Chase, the Heroine of Tampico
11 - New Orleans Evening Mercury con
the hdlowing interesdng letter from Nlrs.
ce., the wile of our former Consul at Tam-
The heroic part taken by thi+ lady in
• events which led to the fall of •Tamptco.
laroNhoig valuable information to Com.
i,aer. Sr., has been but partially mailepub
,,,l on perusing it our readers will agree
;he NI-reurv, that •• much less praise has
e,toweil oa- the noble conduct of this
- ,,:cous • and patriotic holv than the de
•. aria W 1.1111,4 that our Covenunenl, in
ration of the very distinguished servi
• a ...h she 11.1 s rendered, at the peril of her
, unhesitatingly reward her with endu
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" TAnrlco, Dec.' 14,1816.
ESTi.E'VED FRIEND :-A treat Change
• Tin.. - e' er the *pint of my dream—at !vast
zw - mth—so that 1 almost doubt
, illence of . ..my own senses. we having at
• moment some twenty sail of vessel"; in the
Pun:co—steamers passing and' repassing.
s, 4 ti t of wh ic h p,y g part, tA r ro p
month,' tcrdnude and Sufl" , rinar. I uni . not
rivr in Purgatory. but I think I have
through that ordeal by residing in an
alone, tint only hostile in feel
:• kut salittle and unprincipled.
\I , dear frsnd. 1 sr:tre,lr know how In
t"ur Irirndlc *ttoliritttile toward ine
tw ~ p eettily. • In be.gi..ning oty
• lrriire, one great nit-forttinr seette4 to
me—ntv pen ea' never keep pare
Yon trill bare been aware
a L trovable to the de
il 12.11 °I :114V 1.1,t ; atol tt routpli•
it•at a..t lie 11-4 i! oitlr twe try-lour
•r• 1 , 1 en:lt:irk. nr riolit ihrs to re.
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01. , .e the former, arid embarked
of t e St Mtr the
4 ' 1 ' 41 otT tli- 6ar ..r
• ";ttli'y thou axl dollar- in 1114 sore
. 011,..r proieettoo than cult as
1,•,1 of nVh.nn wA .. !
•!. nt aei•oritatice with the true
1 1 , •ti,a • eilivalrv.contittenceil rnhht •C
fit, Inv annoyances were en Illtaler•
1 ,annot .tive vo . if them in detail. hut
an outline. kivi wing the syrripa
,'Y fee! for my perilous p in this
'''''' l "at I. In the next place. Inez de
13 staneia. by order of the Commanding
'7.i% parsed me a untie° thit toy privileZ , 's
as the wife of the Ame;ican Consul.
'my stare must be closed. I replied to
L " t he most deeisjvi• manner, that I Wa ' '
"%ly h4' wife, but also 1116 constituted
4••• in addition to this I
%vat, a 13ritish lib
as such. neither the Judiee nor the
could deprive me of natural rights, as'
law admitted of no alienation—
!' that any infraction on its perog,ative
be hastily chastised by that Govern•
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teferred the lefifitettl Inei % the isee, ea right
of protection.
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•' `Thos detealdd .TheY:aa4ttiad'aa-linefright:, I.tetineed that
find elatiPerited.l traitheit! Watk.ii we'coidd
ilteised . tii. Send , att nine to •Iny h usband: • ritst 40.0:1: They' said - Wiese a kinrieskaii upon
-theriroftthe lise - ' , !tiy:•iltank , _God;:whot",tein . . their natfein 'the 'cityand
what
pers' the wind to 'the thorn Ifirrilo•llo.dtreeted: would' erMeriieci
MS; andTenheerted a plan whichigaio defeat Say, ? 1 replied very laconically.'
,Quein eitbe?'
theit-Irestile . purpose,' and • :sent :by stratagent and offered - thick tVine`under the
. new banner.
nine letters' in , l•ight-Aveeks,- and through• Titey . d#4tineir thOtoutie.' ran" to its idf;
same means reteived:replieea.;ant these ihnitgr, stand' by, Me:
were - thillyinaltidginreada upon - health and -1 . •'“.Then',“
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my spirits.'wlitch Most carefully ,, conceile'flaiatOit remain:bruit heseet over; - the
Ilium my good husband,' knowing the intensity; shallnever pUll ii clown or suf.'
of his feeling!; for his:government, and partinu-: 'rev any Mexican, to sully ktbif/ii-!flidli•';:'
Indy for my welfare.'' ; • • • •• - : • stareenteredandpitfsged
•• lin the . meantime '- drew a.platrof the city 0 06 0 'th-in 4wolliouSand the'ded
and river, - ind'hatliit sent to - Puna. Canner and , Orthe 04: itkeo' the • reginient_ trout
Capt. M'Cliiney,; of time John Adams, .with • Puebla entered this - ity . .,they entered m y store .
correct description of all the lorts, thernumberl Ind carried off geode,ittid I had no redress and
of guns, a list of the troops sild how they were ! still less syMpathy; and 'though . .aione,
posted, and 'every political movement. so that God of. the Susk was My captain general, and
through Mr. Chase and his . agent, they knew: lliad nothing to, fear . Tram all Mexico. And)
every nnpartant movement in this section of_ now , the hour of lily redemption wartit
the country, ••• I . eipe'cied they iVeuld'either fire upon or storm
" They abused' and • insulted the American the, house.: I rested with my right arid. jaunt]
name and nation to such's° extent-that is often the flag.staff,.the banner waving in' niajeetical
raused me to retire and pray God far the clay beauty , and the Squadron nearing' the' city;
of retribution. W ith' the exception of my faith- where they saw the, flag.. • 'Was like light
-101 Amelia. I had but little human sympathy, niag. to pilgrims toltnewlrnin whentiC it came.
as all the English influence was against our but anon the officer.l. saw two retrial° forms
national eate.e. starol-ni by - it.andgive three cheers fronraf
•• I am. perhaps. .6 little limey, hut I well the nity; andifien carne .to my lihuse,;which
know the sensitive heart to whom these lines ki:ii:lWeii'ito'w nearlY'Ox Months as ir. prosciih
;re tol , tret , eetl. and no continue. I daily watek• ed . by s o me crimior•plague, and nty'faulewtil
ed, not very ehristian.like. far the inimienf; of that hidog the wife of ado A'uterieiti." C.!on
reta iatitm. hoping to be able. although :done Modore', IPerry - a . nd authorities
in the romtrit, to "itcloare accounts ' wrh my rime to nt . , house onarriemit. alsn - CommestO
fierce debtors. aud, if pos.ihle. place myself Conner. ; ilespatches have - lwerfrieni of the
and party on thin credit sole of his entangled= State f)rparlint-n . t. and I helve leners of thankti
arenutit. from commaittiin - c; who have chang.
edittit. nattii..rtf Port Libertatrto Piirt Ann,' in
eorpplitn . 4p me. They ar_riyed on the 16th.
(4, came Chaim!,
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iowning allmy liaPpitieia:'
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'no dotiht hatle hear ! d part of my
sttWy previOte; to this 'reaching you ; Attain:lei
the interest you reel, ati'd die unlimited friend
t=hip evinced by fon t I thus have taken 'the
liberty to elYe :•S far as practiCable iii detail:
and have extended my'aecountlar heyoni My
intention, and at the same time trusting that ynu
will give at toast a inning tu . t . ht.' impor . feet
scroll, and may never feel the pangs of mental
affliction ns - felt by Me.
You very kindly inquire if the existing
war has injured us in a pecuniary point? It
has, very materially ; but that loss has not in
the least allowed my spirits to ft :g. trust
is in Don who can Withhold and bestow. We
have suffered in mind. in person and pocket;
but with ft , elings of interest toward our beloved
country and duty to the cause, and like the
widow, I was willing to contribute my mite
for the honor of the country he had so long re
presented, and as a dutiful wife to follow him
in weal or woo according to - the pressure of
misfortune, and in impending danger, even the
bleak wastes of advetsily should not chill my
ardor, in fol'owing his advice and his cause,
and trust to God.
" We will lose nearly one half of our stock
of goods. No doubt the United States Go
vernment will indemnify Mr. - Chase at a fu
ture day.
• Our house will be turned into a garrison,
and three field pieceswill be placed upon it. 1
'am willing to stand by my husband at a gun
until we both die or are victors.
I have been trying to keep a journal of the
beauties of the drama, in rather a rough form.
and may place it in your bands at a future
day."
• st:p la Anna recommendod to the G o ver n .
moot of Mexico the cmifirconon of a ll : Am er i.
ran property in order to carry no the war, and
that till Americans residing in this country
should he made prisoners of war, as a fatal
stroke to those usurping pirates—the gentle
name generally applied to them—and that this
garrison should he reinforced with some 3.000
more troops. When I read this article in one
of the flaming periodicals. it was roller grille,'
to me in my isolated condition. I deters/titled,
however. upon the old Roman motto—'
would be Pee, himself must strike the blow,"
or, in other words, my case was at best help,
less and now even desperate, and required a
desperate reoxily.
.• Two spies came daily to my house, always
under ti - c guise of friend-hip ; and on one occa
one of the wretches believing that I was
possessed of items conceining Americavnove
ments. I represented to him that 30,000 troo-is
were to join Gen. Taylor at Matamoros. 30.000
more had been dispatched to capture San Joan,
etc.. and closed with remarking that I would be
c Impelled to close my house within a day or
two, as a force of 25,000 to 30,000 troops was
coming against this place—which bit of ro
mance so frightened my poor Amelia that she
thought the General here would call me to ac
count for it.
•• Nest day I had a call from the captain of
the port. who wished to know the truth, and
inquired if Mr. Chase had written to me to that
effect; and soon after some other of the high
functionaries discovered me to be an important
character, in their daily rounds. In a conver
sation with the father-in-law Of the General, I
recommended to him an early retreat as the
wisest course to be taken ; and that same night
a private post was dispatched to San Luis Po
lasi. upon the strength of the information so
received ti rough me; the town of Tampico
was ordered to be vacated on the appearance
of this large force off the bar; scouts were sent
in every direction, to procure mules, etc., for!
the coliveyieve of property to the interior; and
two schooner-loads were shipped to the city of
Pantie.° ; six hundred stand of arms were sunk,
the cannon were removed from the Fort, and
the troops evacuated the place. I then dis•
patched to Com. Conner an account of the
-state of things. and in triplicate to Havana, un-
der itlifferent covcrc.to my husband, urging his I
return forthwith. These were sent by an I
agen', who supposed them mere letters con
veying a wish to uty husband to meet me at
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and morning, but it has
certainly hrought . its reward. Nlv letters to
the CoMnaedore was dated October 23t1; he I
received it October 27th , and immediately
called a meeting of hie senior officers and laid
inv dispatch belore them. It had due weight.
Provisions were brought front Point Isabel
and ilistritnved amongst the squadron, and on
e 12111 of November thevleft Isla Verde, and
on the morning of the 14th hove in sight.
twelve sail off the bay of Tampico. I was so
confident of the [mining of the squadron, that
i n a -iie, : ifirion, of their eriming. 1 had a flog
siafT made one week pret iiins, and had it erec
t-11 upon the housetop. in order to raise the
first American flag hoisted as aright Over
nil n.
- Inv first sight of the fleet my prin
u • feedi , irs gate way. and I wept as a child
for j•iv, seeing that Coil had brought deliver
tor, the ea 1) .0/fig. •nd -mirtpunnt tit toot'
seeing Abe object of my alfeetion. and also its
llon silt., is mighty to-tave, and
its it me feeble efforts had wr night to -sir roge•
Iv iv nor national welfare. - Here I must pause,
and say I c moot pretend to describe in) fevl
i-ios at that: lime. Fortitude seemed lei give
war; and in the mid t of this emotion, 1 again
saw the squadron 'nearing to the bar, the boats
Manned -and the line passing; (they- slanging.
their own pilots over that intricate:passage) and
the broad-pennant flying at two mastheads:—
the blue and itd. Nly faithful Amelia acid my
self ran to Me. Chase's office and - in solitude
riffei.d a prayer. thous pulled the flag down and
alone rallied to-thehon4 top, I.earried it up
and lied it on the line with Inc . 41WIL hands, and.
We--Anielia..ruyself and Mr. Uder— hoisted'
tt: in vvele giving the• first pull. Thus we de
fied tie wh de town of Tampico.- stsent for
some of the Americans, but not one possessed
courage, or 'national: spirit • enough to lend a
hand. •
" In thirty minutes thelAyuntemente called
upon rue and ordered roe to haul it down. I
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"ITANDA; BRADFOBI Y'COUNTY BY E - 0
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NOBLE EXPEDIENT.—The gallant Comm
d.,re Napier used frequently, at his residence
near Portsmouth. to be annoyed by nightly
depredations on his poultry yard. Re made
use of the following curious expedient to in
timidate those who took such liberties with
his ducks and geese. fie killed a pig. and at
night, when his family had retired tubed, the.
took the blood in a basin, and sprinkled it
acro so the yard and on the palings which form
ed the boundary of it : then returning to the
house and undressing lie gave the alarm that
he heard somebody about the uremisea si r
p
f..4 1 -k'' l. oritif l OP t he let fly. A person who
was in the secret, and was concealed on _the
other side of the fence, immediately roared out
lustily. and taking a circuit, returned unpre
ceivsil to the house, all the inmates of whiqt,
were by this time on the move. A. lantern
was procured, the track of blood followed to
the extremity of the aril. and all were aston
i•hed at the qua.ility the supposed wonnded
thief 1111181 hare lost in - crossing the palings,
over which, to all appearance. he meat have
escaped. The story, of course. got wind, and
so far produced the desired effect - that the
Commodore's poultry were never again dis
turbed by nightly' .tatters.
ComeLinmcrs,—The.people of Christendom
tri...ke a great many things betfer than the fol.
lo wers - 011alitonet. hi t t we cannot eOniettp
to i theut in the art .of ntaliing.compliMea ta..on
a reeeit.vi,lt •of Mehemet.. Ali:. ,Ykerby of
Egg. pt, to the Sultan F:athirof•
il,e F..ithlul and, the yi,4:rov
oth.;r in the.pr.ifuntlity, of. tiTtir
11111 , 11 g Ilti!er .
co that, Providence, riofiltli lout "Jtt.il.l~tti"'dtr
of the !Vi,o, coy, Mehe'tnet Ali resp.;onlei--
.. : Slaves are eaually bought. at,_the , age 'of
tweltour G . ftt eh contrary' to tlii4;eltpolnolour
iltOntlts . has just olnatned one wliois,rtot l ess
than seve rity-eight •
There is poetry aq;µ•el . l aspolitenessin'thia:
f ertaiilly theyMaitage these things:_admirahly
in Constantinople,
AVFOAdO. OF. Lenard fauna
that the ' age of the •tiOne 'cutter , eyerageti
years; the Miller 42, - the paintee 44. the join. ,
er.49, , the butcher 53.'thelaw.ler .51. the Nur
ecott.s4,i.the ,mason 05,-the' gasper ISO. 'the
merchant 62: the PiotestentelergymaM6B, the
magistrate G 9. •,f
Remo ip4do,
ence, them !s noqiiug,mo:re, taken
wade 3 duty, there it , to thirg [nor , ' plain. '
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:After mu. Bleieh. villa, last ; wittier, and, the
slippery
_trick lAvapserredity, Pdity fft.an, no
body lipoid suspect ma of hankering after , the
wenCan,agaiti . .ju a hmitly, t f . hea,i me ;curia
and_ii*ear,soci,:ral i utattatnafthe'wholefiiine;
airiogender,,you, wont 0 have taken "it,fur gran;
that I should "'nivel' stt`mucifas look' at one
again: to all eternity÷G, but I wis.wicked.—i
" Darn and blast their eyes--lays I. Blame
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their skinso4lns ol their ',Marti, and darn
them to dirnatinO:". Finally ',took an oath
and swore tharif I ever, meddled ,or had_ any
dealings : Art* thew again, (in - tho speaking
line I mean) I wish I might be hung -and
chogked.
- Butiwearing off from women, and than
lag into a meeting house chuck full_ of galls.
all shining
and glittering in their Sunday
clothes and clean faces, is like swearing off
from liquor and going into a grog shop.
all smoke.
I held out and kept firm to my oathler three
whole ,Sundays.. Forenoons. eternoons and
intermisiions complete. On the fourth there
were- trong eyintoms of a change of weather.
A chap about my size was seen on the way to
the meeting house; with a new patent hat on
his head. hung by the ears upon a shirt celtar
his cravat had,a pudding in it. and branched
out in, front. , into a doublehow knot. Ile car
ri straight back and a stiff neck. as •a man
tight . V heti he has his pest clothes on ;.iind
t•%'1 . 1 . c time he spit, lie sprung his body for.
ward, like a jack•k ntfe. to order to shoot clear
of the ruffles, -
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Stpure Jones' pew is next but two to mine ;
and when I stand up it, prayers arid take my
coat mil nude; my arm. mid, turn my hack to
the minister, I naturally look straight at Sally
Jones., Now Sally has got a face nottri be
grinned . at. in a. fug. Weed. as regards beau
ty.. some folks think she can pull an even . yoke
with Paity.lleao. Fur my part, I think there
is not much hoot between them. Any how.
they are so tugh matched dia. they haled and
despised each other. like rank poisork, ever
singe they were school-girls.
Squire Jones has gut los eyening fire or,. an 1
set.lomself down to reading the great bible,
when he heard a rap at his door, %Val!: in.
Well, John, how der do ? Git out. Pompey."
" Pr uy,well I thank ye. Squire, how do you
du r' Iyhy, so as to he crass ling—ye - ,ugly
heast,.will.ye bold your yop—baul 6 a chair
and set down, John.'
" [low do you do, Mrs. Jones." "0. mid
dling, how's yer marm ? Don't forget the inat,
there, Mr. Beedle.'' This put the in mint that
I had been off soundings several times, in the
lung. muddy lane; and my boots were in a
sweet
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it was now old Captain Jones' turn, the
grand-father. Being roused from a doze, by the
hustle and racket, he (Taped his c•-es, at :first
wilt' wonder and astonish:nen:. At last he be
gan to hollow so loud that you might hear him
a mile ;for he takes it for granted that, every
body is just exactly as deaf as he-is,.
•• Who is it ? 1 say, who lathe world is it ?"
Mrs. Jones going close to the car. screamed
out. •• Its Johnny Beadle." •• Ho—Johnny
Beadle. I remember, be was one summer at
the siege of Boston," .•• No, no. father, bless
your heart, that was his grandfather, that's
been dead and gone these twenty years." •• Ho
—but where does he come front ?" •• BOUM
WYO." klu--and what does he follow fora
lirin' ?" And he did nut stop asking questions
after this sort, till all the particulars of the Bee
dle family were published and proclaimed in
Mrs. Jones' last screech. Ile then sunk hack
into a doze again.
The dog stretched himself before one and
iron ; the cat squat down before the other.—
Silence came on by degrees. hke a calm snow
storm, till nothing was heard but a 'cricket un
der the hearth, keeping tune with a sappy yel
low-birch furcatiek. Sally sat up prime as if
she were pinned to the chair back, her hands
crossed• • n'acikvitiftS"'intirtirk7
\lammy Jones
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tried to straighten herself too, and laid her hands
across her lap. But they would not lay still.
It was full twenty-four hours since. they had
done any 'work. and they were out of all pa.:
fiend@ with; keeping Sunday.. Do what .she
could : to keep , them quiet, they would bounce
up, now and then, and go-through the motions,
in.spite of the fourth commandment. For my
part 1 sat looking very much like a fool. The
more I tried to say something the more my
tongue stuck fist. I put my tight leg over my
left and said t• hem." Then 1 changed, and
put the left over the right. It was no use; the
silence kept coining on thicker and thicker.—
Thetrops of sweat began tocrawl over
I got nay eye on my hat hanging on a peg on
the road to the dear. At this moment the old
Captain;:all at once, sung out, •• Johnny /Bee
cite 1 1 ' It sounded like a clap of ilitioder, and
I started right up on end, •• Johnny -Beeille,
you'll never handlesuch a drumstick pit your
fattier dal. if you live-to•the.age of Matlius,der.
-lio would toss up his. drumstick. mid i while it .
.was trltirlitein the air, take off ; a,gill-tif ruin,
`and thee catch it as it-comedowit,!te Omit. (bus.'
pi g a'strtilie in the tune. What d'ye %-thitilt: of.
'that, ha 1., Bet pull -your chair. round,. , closo
along 'side er.Me sever can hear.:.-Now,-what
have vou come a'ter. •• 1 7 -a7ier ? O, jert
Pleasant walkin'T. guess. I'
mean just: -see how. ye .all -•• Ito=
tliattx windier lie: - You've'come eourtin% J
n's!' Medle. ye'ret a'ter our - Bal. • Say. t now..
d'ye'.3itant to marry. or only .to court-I" .
TLiy w'as what I call- a eh/raker. Pone S.al
iy glade but;oncjiiinp snd landed in the, mid
ihe kirehe:ll antl.:ihe4 'steal:ea in
the d;+rk corner, till. rhe_ild marl; afic'r'latitin
'Out, to.
' andfuhlir f.and' the' ire
being hin4e.,"plenty;:ofeliii‘with ,
.about ugrfed,ivith
her, to atii'eet4! upUti ill' the, poshts of dOetifne:
but I lied 'for'go' the test and all the Beetle' `of
the discourse, but six. Then ;he te . aied and
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Ininented•ine her - whe I accounted. the
hest singertn•the gallery. that da v. But mum
--there-wine getting , that otit'orme. ,•• Praise
to the face is often disgrace, say I,f!.throwbic a
At ,4.,z4
la Mrs. Jones lighted t 4OO other candle - ond
after charging Sally to : kink will to. the. fire,
she, Jed the way.to bed. and the Squire gather
ed up his shoes and stockings and followed.,
and K.,,were left sitting, is:,good yard
apart. honest,:measere. For fe a r of getting
titegne•tied again, I let right in with a steady
dream itrialk. I told; ber all the particulars '
about:the Weather t at--tvas-pitsvand also made
seine pretty Mite guesses at whafti wait likely
lobe in future. At first, I gave - a hitch up with
my' chair at every full stop. 'flien growing
'Battey, I repeated list every comma, and semi
colen, at last, it was hitch, hitch, hitch, and II
planted myself fast by the side of her.
'• I swow. Sally. you look an plaguey hand
some to-day. that I wanted to eat you ep."-- -
" Pehaw, get along, you," says she. MY hand
had crept along somehow, upon ita fingers and
begun to scrape acquaintance with hers. She
sent it home again by a de:iperate jerk. Try
it again"--I;obetter luck. Why Mission's,
you're getting upstropulons, a little old maidish.
I guess., Ilands off is fair play. Mr. Beedle."
It is' a good sign to find a gril sulky.. I
knew where the shoe pinched. It was that are
Patty Bean business. So I went to work to
persuade her that I had never had any notion
after 'Patty. and to prove it. I fell to running
her down at a great rate. Sally could nut help
chiming in with me. and I rather guess, Miss
Patty suffered - a few. I now not only got hold
of her hand without opposition, but managed
to slip an arm 'around her wait. But there
was uo satisfying me ; so I must go poking out
Inv lips after a buss. I guess I rued it. She
fetched me a slap in the face that made roe see
stars, and my ears rung like a brass kettle for a
quarteriof an hour. I was forced to laugh at
the joke; though nut of the wrong side of my
Mouth. it hid) gave my face something the look
of a gridiron.
'foe battle now began in thl3 regular way
" Ah. Sally give me a kiss. ha' done with it
now. 1 won't, so there. nor tetch to. I'll
take it whether or no. Do it if you dare."—
And at it we went. rough and iunible. - Aii udil
desiruetion oligarch commenced. The bow
of my cravat was squat up in a half shake.—
"At last bout awash went shirt collars, and at
the same time. some of the head listening.
gave way, and down came Sally's hair in a
flood like a mill dam broke loose, carrying
away half a dozen entnbs. One dig of Sally's
elbow, and my blooming ruffles wilted down
into a dish-cloth. But ehe had no time to boast.
Soon her neck tackling began to shiver. It
parted at the throat. and whorrab. came a whole
school of blue and white beads, scampering and
running races every which way, abollit the
floor.
By the !Jokey, if Sally Jones'isn't real grit,
then there's no snakes. She fought fair.
...how
ever. I must own, and neither tried to bite or
scratch, and when she could fight no longer
for want of breath she yielded handsomely.
Consarn it, how a buss will crack, of a still
frosty night. Mrs. Jones was about half way
between asleep and awake. " There goes my
best yeast bottle, says she to herself—bust in
to twenty hundered pieces, and my bread is
dough again."
The upshot of the matter is, I fell in love
with Sally Jones, head over ears. Every Sat
urday night rain or shine finds me rapping at
Squire Jones' th ? cir, and twenty times have I
been within a hair's breadth of popini the ques
tion. But now I have made a final resuM,
and if I live until next Sunday night, anti I
don't get choaked in the trial, Sally Jones will
hear thunder.
BLAZING THE Wer.—Every one accustom
ed to lire in a new country, is aware that tie
first settlers are in the habit of blazing the trees
all along,-the new roads that they may lay out.
a process which is nothing more nor less than
I cutting a small piece of bark from eaqh_liec,
airroir - shine", •X - friend, mays the New
Orleans Picayune. tells a good story olliack
woodsman he met a day or two since i 'one of
our principal streets. The chap had a large
piece of chalk in his hand, with which he mark
ed all the most prominent buildings ha net
with, Anxious to ascertain his object, our
friend inquired his reason for thus chalking the
fronts and doors as he passed, )Vlty, the
fact is," replied the backwoodsman, I got
considerably snarled up here yesterday—was
lost for two hours, and like never to have found
my flatboat again for the turnings and windings.
When I came out to-day, I thought I would
jest blaze my way -as I - went admit , . so that I
could find my way back. You don't catch this
particular individual being lost again in your
doubling and twisting itreota, any way you can
ex it.
A . SurrcarLY's Alettat.—Aboy. en pre
ceiving a . heautilut but-erfiy. was so. smitten
with its gatitly•colors. that lie pursued Ib front
flower to -dower with : indefatigable ,zeal r at
firsrhe attempted to surprise, it ant a' the
lragetl PI a then ho euileavoiell . Meover
it.with his hares,tt
.. was,,feetling on a daisy ;
now he.hoped to secu re it as it revelled. na a
sprig .of : myrtle ; .and ruiw grew sore of his .
prize on. pteceiying it to luit.4 int a bed of rio•
lets but the liclilo lie ' , tilleluded'hi s
attempts.
At last. übiirviitg it half hutted in the pop oft.:
tulip. Ile rushed forward. and. snatched at the
'objects of his pursuit 'ivith violenee. it was
crushed tit pieces: 'The dying.inseetr{ireceir
itig the'lloy chagrined at his disappointment.
addressed:hitni.With the utmost , ealtoneso..in
thefolloWing.words--.• Iteltuld c now. aril. end_
of titY ookofila i no .00liciftftle ; and learn,
the btnefit el-thy future)ifeolt.tt.pleasure.,like .
a painted butterlly, may - Eery! to theo
in the : pursuit I.init_ii:ernbraretl with too math
perishin thy grasp,! : ' •
Tor . . ritivitai.—Vith" nis mheritahre but
health. trith no richness but industry. and no
ambition but virtue, be is the ink kiu; amoug
men, the_only ma among
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A tingtit tua' [it'd in a golden cage,
Bo gently tended by groom end
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And wild binriama tier pomp lu see, '
And said "I wish r &nib) live with the ;
For thou canal sing
And 41p , rert thy wing
Aiiii7datiy fire
'Thy slaves prepare."
The will bird comelier pomp to see,
And sant,"l with I could lies like Mee
Then from the (lege came a plaintive voice,
Which bade the wild to r,soicc,
" For rd give my golden cage," said Abe,
For thy humble perch on the wild•wood Inert.
For thou canal sing
On Fneedote's wing—
These bars of gold
A elites enfold ;"
"I'd gine my golden cage," mastr.
" For thy humble perch on the wild•weal tnie."
Then, when the bird of aim wild•wned know
The brighlope weary of bondage grew,
He set the plaintive captive free,
And away they flew, siugini Liberty !'
In joy they roam
Their leafy home
And trill the lay
The lice lOng day
The lay of love, (ruin beano set Ina.
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For love was blest with Liberty.
Takc a Newspap:r
Winter is,coas with its long evenings. and
,cheerful firesides. The howling blasts. trawl.
snows, and oilier concomitants in the reign r.f
the tee King. will soon Oita up nee Am - nriluil nil
the tit,' 'world. and retire the endettlisrnto of
the domestic hearth. The farni!y eire!e; th a t
has been broken by the deranging iefluebea of
the business e-aeoe, wf•ert toil and fatigue hey*
courted on earls hints.), will agliin be teunit
, ell, and a Califon of recreation for the. Intel
!moat and social powers cootie. Tee mind
must have lood Willi its amusements. or elite it
becomes morbid and seitieless—snil what a
rover failing 1•u ttaiu for Loproterniont is
provided is the newspaper.
Arnong'Otir earliret recollections of delight is
mingled the arrival of the post-ruder with his
weekly treasure. How our le•inte heat with
joy as we heard his bora sound in the diatanre,
heralding his approach—and • hen tie prize
was drawn 14,An' his well ,stored midi:re-hags,
and thrown it the door-yard of our
home, what a scramble ensued among the ji,%a
nile portion of the household for the news.
Times have changed since Miens dive, and
lightning, railroads, gentlest's, stages, dis
tribute the news throughout the !civil and
breadth of the country, Instead of paying 83
per year for a small sheet a 'Argo one is offered
to the public Cut i.alf the auto. The worhi ie
rife whh news.--And there is no Please now
for a want of intelligence any where in oar cow-.
try.
Take a newrpa;aer, and yow do more to seem a
the morals cif your children sad prepay, them
fur future •sefulness, with • single dollar, than
by five times that amount bestowed upon them
in any other way. It is • duty which 'Kerr
father owes to his family and his country, to
take a newspaper. It cultivates 4 taste fur read
ing, tied spreads before the min{;a of the ris
ing generation a chart of tu• passing seems td .
the age, Which they will consult, end wi:l.
so doing. add daily ur weekly to their stack of
knowledge. No person, who reeds a newspa
per regularly and carefully, goes into the word
without a knowledge of its doings that secure
far him intelligence and res Poi t. I.Ve say te
every man, and every ma* should say to -Lis
neighbor, take a newspaper.
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Nature. as she hes gifted
theta with greater powers than their fellows,
seems also to have mingled with -tketr cup of
life mote bitterness. There is a tnelaneholy,
which is apt to noms like a cloud over ths
imaginations Of such characters. Their in'iola
possess a susceptibility and delicacy of struc
ture, which unit them fir the groirs , atmosphere
-Of human nature; wherefore, high talent has
ever been distinguished for sadness and gloom.
Genius lives in a world of its own ; it is tha
essence of a superior nature: the lofty imagin
ings of the mind, clothed with a more spiritual
and refined verdure. Few men endow. with
such faculties, enjoy the ordinary liappinessof
humanity. The streets of their lives run harsh
and'broken. Melancholy thoughts sweep:per
petually across their souls ; and if. these
heightened by misfortune, they are plunged
. tato the deepest misery.
To relieve these feelings many plans have
boon ad q..ed. Dr. Johnson fled for Tears to
wine. under his halittuttl gloom, Ij.. found
alai the pangs were removed while its im
diate intloenee hated. hitt his . alit: found that
they roomed evidtdoulite tit'es wiles that in
ettettee pasioseil away. 111 PA AY 1114 dangereus
preetntee on' wool he MOM). and by , an Ott.
usual effort of Yolitioti;•.'gase 'it nt•Cr. In its
stead he solooitmed tee; sittl•to this mild's'.
stiMitlits had eeriest« hr his mialanehnlv.—
Voltairo and fontenells for lb. 4ama purpose
used eeffae. Tha excitemsors of-Nevrims and
w. re the fonts. of tobsoco--whilis
-Demos:penes and Haller were suflicient l Y
stimulated by tirioltivoz irsely of sold w a ter,
Such are the dttf. tepees of oonstitattona.,.
Nrtozain: —There. - is e,ornstliing- +Or:
witv-ihe 'and endearing in eolirialeneet.
could take away the life (if a herd that fled uto
1, 1! : ‘ ,: t2 - from ihv pounev r.f the hawk 1 - Or,
w h o w 4,0,1 i•ke udvantsee 01 having him in hi.
hand,lo deprive Ilia little trembler run ot hie
liberty 1 Nothing iE ttv r li.t by unsling, rn
the ltigentmus enitnphio-miniled ;iwor
f de i a respinnsihility ni repay •
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