7020:7=11 =1,2 TOWANDA: Emturbcro tilanninp, Ottober MI, 1850. THOVONT&WHILE MAKIW:eTHE GRAVE OF ANEW BORN CHILD. ■t X. P. WILLIS. , !loom:gentle tlosiers! my child would pass to Ilea- Te looked not' for her yet with your ndfl eyes,[ven! 0 watchful usbent at Death's narrow door! . Bat lo! While you delay to let der forth, Angels, beyond stay for 'her! 'One long kiss rrom lips all pale with agony, and tears, . Wrung after anguish had dried up with fire The eyes that wept them, were the cup of life Held its a welcome to her. Weep! oh "mother! Bat not fiom this cup of bitterness A cherub of the sky has t 7 'd away. • One look upon thy. face ere thou depart! My daughter! It is soon to let thee go! My daugther! With thy birth has gushed a spring I knew not of—filling my heart with team And turning with strange tenderness to thee—' A love—oh God! .t seems sot4at must flow Far as thou tleest, and 'twixt heaven and me, ilencliforwand, he a bright and yearning chain Drawing meatier thee! And so farewell! 'Tis a' harsh world, in which affection knows To place to treasure up its lov'd and lost , But the foul grave! Then, who so late was sleeping, io the close fold•of a mother's heart. Scarce from her breasts single pulse receiving ' But it was sent then with some tender thought, How can I leave the—here! Alas for man The herb in its humility may fall, And waste into the bright sod genial air, Whfle . wez—by hand's that rninister'd in life Nothing but love to us—are thrust away— The earth dung hi upon our fast cold bosoms, And the warm sunshine trodden mot forever! Vet have I chosen far thy grave, my child, A bank where I have lain in sottuner hours, .And thOught how little it would seem .like death. To Bleep amid such loveliness. The bmok, Tnpptng with laughter down the rocky steps . That lead up to thy bed, would still trip on, firrnkint; the dead hush of mourners gone; The birds are never silent that build here, Trying to sing doten the more vocal waters ; The slope is beautiful with moss and flowers, - And far below, seen under arching leaves, ;t;;lttrrs the warm sun on the village spi Pointing the living after thee. And this i• i i ens like a comfort, and, replacing no The flowers thachave made room for thee I go To whisper the same peace to her who lieg— Rpbb'd of her child. and lonely. 'Tis the work of many a dark hour, and of many a prayer, To bring the heart back from an infanignne. Hope roust five o'er, the busy fancy blot 'The images from all the silent moms. And every sight and sound familiar to her rude its sweetest link—and so at last - The I, , nntain—that once struck. must flow forever. WO hide and waste in silence. When the smile Steals to her pallid lips again, and4pring W;kens the buds above thee, we will tome, And, standing, by thy music-haunted grave, Look on each other cheerfully sad say,— • A eladihni we hare /ored Is gone In ikaeen, And by this gate of'loafers she passed away. (Prom Chambers' telintorgh Journal.) MIRABEAII: AN ANFAVOTE OF 1114 PRIVATE LIFO" The, public lite as well as the private character nl lirabeae are universally known; but_ the fol lowing anecdote has not, we believe, beep record. e ar.y of the biographies. The partieutlars were included in the brief furnished to M. de Calitzane, I ci,frovate general in the parliament of Provence, ‘‘ hen he sac retained for the defence of Madam i Nlirabeau in her busband's process against her. M. .le 9alitzane afterwards folfowed the Bourbons into ' 'ti's, and returned with them in 1814 ; and it: is nn his authority that the story is given in tact. Ainahcau %ad *been released from the don :eon of the castle of Vincennes near Paris. lie had been confined there for three years and a half, ..by virtue of that most odious mandate, a icttre de- Ills imprisonment had been of a most pain iul nature ; and it was prolonged at 'the I instance of I 'his father; the Marquis de llifirabean. On his be lug reconciled to his father, the confinement 19- ululated, in the year 1780, when Mirabeau thirty-one years ol age. One of his father's conditions was, that Mirabean should reside for some time at a si distance , from Paris and'it was settled that he should go on a suit to his brotber.in-law, Count du Saillant, whose • estate waksituated a few leagues klm the city of Limoges, the capitol oTthe Limousin. According. ly ; the count went to Vincennes to receive Mira- Lean on the day of his liberation, and. they pursu ed their tourney at once with all speed. The arrival of Mirabean at the ancient mermaid chateau created a great sensation in'that remote part of The country gentlemen residing in the ueighborhood had often heard him spoken ol as a remarkable ma n, , not only on account of his bril liant talents, but also for his violent passions; and they hastened to the chateau tp contemplate a be ing, who hid excited their curiosity to ad extraordi• nary pitch. The greater portion 61 these country !quires were mere sportsmtem whose knowlidee did not extend much bity-ent the names and .qoali ties of their doga'and horses, and in whcise houses it would have been almost in-vain to seek for any other book than the local almanac, containing the, list of the lain; and markets, to which they repaired with the utmost punctuality, to loiter away their time, talk about their ruml,allairs, dine abundantly, and wash down their food with strong Auvergne • Count du Saillent was or a quite different stamp fro:Ill.-his neighbors. Be' had seen the world, he commanded a regiment, and at that period hisehai tean was perhaps, the most civilized country resi dence in the Linionsin. People came from a coo , siderable distance to visit its hospitable owner ; and among the gitesiis there was n t orrious mixture of provincial oddities, clad in their quaint costumes. lit that epoch, indeed, the young Limousin noble men, when they joined their regiments, to don their sword and epaulettes for the first time, were, very slightly to be distinguished, either by their, man _ nem or appearance, from their rustle retainers. It will easily, be imagined, then, that Miniboom, ,rho was gifted with brilliant natural cul • -- , - • 4 '• -••-• • 1, .-" • T • •• ; •t; ti kl - r• :‘ s 1 • • _ .54...! • ; • 0 t . i • , •• • •' tivated. and polished by education—a man, moreo. vet, who had seen much of the world, and bad been engaged hi several strange. and 'perilous ad ventures--Kweepied the most conspicuous post in this society, many of . the component members whereof seemed to have barely reached the first degrees in the scale of civilization. Ms vigorous frame; his enormous bead, augmented in bulk by a lofty frizzled goiffirre; his huge face, indented with scars, end.furrovied with seams, from the ef fect of small-pox injudiciously treated in his child hood; his piercing eyes, the reflection of the tu multuous passions at war with him ; his mouth, whose expression indicated in turn irony, disdain, indignation, and benevolence ; his dress, always c.arehilly at:ended to, but in an exaggerated style, giving him somewhat :he air of a travelling charlat an decked out with embroidery, large frill, and ruf fles; in abort, this extreottlinary-looking individual astonished the country-folks even before he open ed his mouth. Bat when his sonorous voice was heard, and his imagination, heated by some inter. esting subjtet of conversation, imparted a high de gree of energy to hiri eloquence, some of the wor thy-rustic hearers felt as though they were in the presence of a saint, others in that of a devil ; and according to their several impressions, they wezi tempted either to fall down, at his feet, or to exor. cise him by making the sign of the cross, and ut tering a prayer. Seated ir. a large antique anithair, with his feet stretched out on the floor, Mirabeati"often contem plated, with a smile playing on his lips, those men who seemed to belong to the primitive ages; so simple, frank, and at the same time clownish; were they in their manners. Ile listened to theirconver• rations, which ger,erally turned upon the chase, the exploits of their dops„ or the excellence of their horses, of whose breed and qualifications they were very proud. Mirabeau entered freely into their notions; took an interest in the success of their sporting projects; talked, ton, about crops ; chestnuts, of which - large quantities are produced in the Limousin; live and dead stock; ameliorations in husbandry j and so forth ; and he quite won the hearts of the company by his familiarity with the topics in which they felt the most interest ; and by 'his good nature, This monotonous life was boweve?, frequently wearisome ^ to Mirabeau ; and in order to vary it, and for the sake of exercise, after being occupied for several hours in writing, to was in the habit of takir; , a foirling-pilee, according to the custom of the country, and putting a book into his game-bag, he would Deqoently make long excursions an toot in every directien. He admired the noble• lorests of chestnut trees which abound in the Limousin ; the vast meadow., were numerous herds of cattle of a superior breed' are reared, and the running streams by - which that picturesque country inter sected. He generally returned to the chateau long after manse, saying that night scenery was peculi ly auractite td h:m. It was during and aflersapper that those conver. sations lock place for which Sfirabeau supplied the , principal and the most interesting materials. He possessed the knack of provoking objections to what he might advance, in order to combat them, as he did with great force of logic and in energetic lan. gu.r.;e ; and thus he gave himself lessons in argn. meat ; caring little about his auditory, his stile aim being to exercise his mental ingenuity and to culti vate elo quence . Above all he was fond of discus sing religious matters with the care of the parish.— Withont displaying Mach latitorlinarianion, he dis puted several priirts of doctrine am! certain preten sions oldie church so acutely, that the pastor could say but little in reply. This astonished the Lim ousin gentry, who, up to thee time, had listened to nothing but the drowsy discourses of their cures, or the sermons of some obscure mendicant friars, and who placed implicit faith, in the dogmas of the church. The faith of a few was shaken, but the greater number 'of his hearers was very much tempted to look upon the visitor as an emissary of Satan Sent to the chateau to destroy them. The cure, however, did not despair of evenalblly eon • verting Mirabeaa. At this period several robberies bad taken 'place at-no great distance tram .the chateau; four or five farmers had been stopped shortly after nightfall on their return from the market-towns, and robbed' of their purses. Not one of these persons had offered any resistance, for each preferred to make a sacri fice rather than run the risk of a anomie in a cram try full of ravines, and covered with a rank vegeta- . l ion very favorable to the exploits of brigands . , who might be lying in wait to massacre any -individual who might resist the one detached from die band to demand the traveler:a money or his life. There outrages ceased fora short time, but they soon re commeuced,.and the rabbet.* remained undiscov ered. - One evening, about an hour alter sunset, a guest arrived at the chateau. licwas one of Count do Sallant's most intimate friends, and was on his way home from a neighboring fair. This gentleman ap peared to be very thoughtfol, and Spoke but little, which surprised every body, ihasmach as -be was usually a merry companion. His gasconades had frequently roused blimbeau from his reveries, and of this he was not s little proud. He had not the reputation of being particularly courageous, -how ever, thong be often:told glowing tales about his, , own exploits; and ilmust-be admitted that hetook the mats of laughter with which they were received very imod 7 humoredly. Count du Satilantbeing much' , -surprised at this, sudden change in his frientVa manner, took lUm aside after supper, ani begged that he would ac company him to another room. When they were . there alone, be tried in vain for a :ong time to ob. v ain a satisfactory answer to his anxious inquiries as to thecause of his friend's unwonted metaneholy and taciturnity. At length the visitor said--"l 4 lay, nay; you would. never believe it. You would de. clam that I wax telhttg one of my fables, as you are pltased to eali - them ; and. perhaps Airtime wit Might fall out." PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PL, BY E, 0 11 ti Isonsmeso or 1)ZNIINCIA11011 mit Ain ermine.* "What do Too mean T" cried Count de &Want ; ! This seems to be a seriphs arair. Am 1, then, connected with your preseutimentar, "Not exactly you ;. hat—." a What does this bat, meant Ras ttanything to do aritli my wife t Eitilain yourself." eg Not the least inihe world. Madame du Sail. lard lain no wise ootmerned in the-matter ; bet—P Butt bet t you tire me ont whhswr buts. Are you resolved still to worry me with yobr mysteries? Tell me at once what has oocurred—wbat haahap. pened to you 7" 4, 0 h nothing—nothing at an. So doitht tightened?' - " Prightenedi--and at what? By whom!, For God'a sake, my dear friend, do not prolong this painful state of uncertainty." " Do you really wish me to speak out?" "Not only ao, bit t l demand this of salt as an act of triendatiip." . I , Well, : I was stopped to-night at about the this lance of half a lea,, , mit Irom v your chateau." "Stopped! In what way! By whom! " Wily, stopped as people; ate stopped by foot. pads. A gun was levelled at me ; I was peremp torily ordered to give tip my purse; I threw 11 down on the ground, and galloped of Do riot ask me any more questions?' • " Wily not ! I wish to know all. Should you know the robber again? Did you notice his figure and general appearance - " It being (IBA, I could not exactly discover : I can not positively say. However, it seems to me—" What seems to you ►What or whom do you think you raw !" " I never can tell you." " Speak--ispealr ; you' can not surely wish to semen a malefamer from justice V' " No ; but ad* saiu malefactor *honk' be-1? • " If he were mi own son, 1 shookl insist upon your telling - me." " Well, then, it appeared to me that the robber was your brother-in law, AIIRABCAV ! But I might be mistaken t, and, as I said before, sear—" g , Impossible : no, it cannot be. Mirabessr t 14otpad 1 . No, no. You are Mistaken, my good friend." • " Certainly—certainly." " Let at not speak any more of said Coate du Sadlant. "We will return to the drawing-room : and i hope you will be gay as usual. I will so manage that oar absence shalt not be thought any thing 0f..." And the gentlemen reentered the draw ing-room, one a short time before the other. The visitor succeeded in resuming his accustom ed manner; bni the count left into a gloomy rever ie, in spite of all his efforts. lie could not banish from his mind the extraordinary story hscquid heard..it haunted him I =dal last worn oat with the most painfal ccinjunctures, he aga:n took his friend aside, questioned himatresh, and the result was, that a plan was agreed tor solving the mystery. tt was arranged that M. De-e---should in the course of the evening mention casually, as it it were, that lie was engaged on a certain day to meet-a party at a friend's house to dinner, and that be purposed coming to take a bed at the chateau, where he hop ed to arrive at about ninn in the evening. The an nouncement was accordingly made in the cou:seol cnnversation, when all the guests were present— good care being taken that it should be heard by Mirabean, who at the time was playing a game a Ichess with the cure. A week passed away, in the course of which a farmer was stopped and robbed of his purse : and at length the critical night arrived. Count de Sadie% was upon the rack the whole evening; and his anxiety became almost unbeara ble when the hour for his friend's promised arrival had passed without his having made his appear ance. Neither had Mirabean returned frc,m his nocturnal promenade. Presently a storm of 4ht. ning, thunder, and heavy rain came on ; in the midst of it the bell at the gate of the court-yard rang loud ly. The count rushed. out of the room into the court-yard, heedless of the contending elements ; and before the groom could arrive to take his friend's horse, the anxious host was at his side.— His guest was in the act of dismountidg. " Well," said M. De " I have been stop ped. It is really he. I recognized him perfectly." Not;a word more was spoken then; but as soon as the groom had led the horse to the stables, M. De— rapidly told the count that, during the storm, and as he- was riding along, a man, who was halfeoncealed behind a very large tree, order ed him to throw down his purse__ At that moment a flash of lightning enabled him to discover a. pos. tion of the robber's person,and M. De•—•+rode at him ; but the robber retreated a few paces, and then leveling hir gun at the horseman, cried with a powerful voice, which it was impossible to mis take, " Pass on,or you are a dead man I" Anoth er flash of lienfiing showed the whole of the rob bees figure : it was Mirabeau, whose voice had al ready betrayed him! . The wayfarer, having no in clination to be shot, put spurs to his horse, and soon reached the chateau. The count enjoined strict silence, and begged of his friend to avoid Alsplayihg any Change in his usual demesnor when in company with the other. guest; be then ordered his valet to come again to him as soon as blirabean should return. Itali an boar afterward filiribeau arrived. He was ,wet to the skin, ant! hastened to his ownroom he told the sersint to..inloini the count that he could not join the company at the evening mealond beg ged that his supper might be brought 16 his room, and he went to bed as soon as he had supped. All went on as usual with the patty assembled below, 'excepting that the gentleman who had had so unpleasant an adventure on the road appeared mare gay than usual: • . . , When his guests bad all departed, the mister of the boost, repaired alone _to. his brother-in-law:s *panatela. .He kMnd him, last astleepi and lees • obliged to shake - him - rather violently before could rouse him. " What's the matter ? Who's there? Whiudo you want sihis me I" cried Mirabeau, staring at hie brotherlin law , whose eyes were flashing with rage and disgurt. " What do I want! I want to tell you that you are a wretch I" ." A fine compliment, truly !" replied biirabenuir will' the greatest coolness. ge h wasscamety worth while in awaken me only to abuse me; go away and let me sleep." • " Can you sleep after having coMmilled so bad an action I Tell ine---mhere did you pass the evening 1 Why did you not join us at the supper table? " I was wet through-2-tited--haurameed ; 1 had been overtaken by the stormi• -Are you satisfied now? Go, and let me get some sleep; do you want } to keep me cbattering 41 night ?" • "I insist upon an explanation, of your strange conduct. You stopped Monsieur De— on his way built& fhb evening; this is the isecond time you have attacked Ibtit gentiefitan, for he net:topaz ed you as the same man who robbed hith a week ago. You have turned highwayman, then I" " Would it not have been all in good-time to tell me this to morrow morning 1" said Mirabean, with inimitable sangfroid. "Supposiug that I did stop your friend, what of that 1" • " That you are a wretch !" • ' " And that yod are a fool, my Thar _Du 'Saillant. Do you imagine that it was for the sake of his mita ey that I stopped this poor country squire) I wish ed to put him to the proof, and to put tripe!, to the proof, I wished to ascertain what degrkof resold ticm was necessary in order to place one's self 'in tortoni opposition to be most sacred laws of socie ty; the trial was a dangerous one; but I ha•e made it several times. lam satisfied with myself--your friend is a coward." He then tett in the pocket of hts waistcoat, which lay on a chair by his bedside,' and drawing a key from it paid , "Take this key, open my icrutoire, and bring me the second draw 7 or on the lek band." • The count, astounded itt so much coolness, and carried away by an irresistible impulse—for Mira. bean spoke with the greatest firmness—unlocked the cabinet, and brought the drawer to Piliraheau. It contamed nine potato, ; some made of leather, others of silk; each purse was encircled by a la. bel, on which was written a date,—it was . than of the day on which the owner had been stopped and robbed ; the sum contained in the purse was also written down, . "You see," said Mirabean, " that I did not wish tereap any pecuniary benefit from my proceed. logs. A timid person, my dear friend, could •nev er become a highwayman; a soldier who tights in the ranks does not require half so much courageas a footpad. You are not the kind of man to tinder stand me, therefore T will not attempt to make my self more intelligible. You would talk to me about . honor,-about religion ; bet these have never stood in the- way of a well-considered and firm re solve. Tell me, Du Salient, when you lead your regiment into the heat of battle, to conqiier a prov ince to which he whom you call your master has no right whatever, do you consider that you are performing a better action than mine, in stopping your Genii on the king's highway, and demanding his purse I" " !obey without reasoning," replied the count. . "Aral I reason withotfi-obeying, when obedience appears to me to be contrary to reason," rejoined Atirabeact. "I study all kinds of social positions,. in order to appreciate them justly. .I do not neg• lent even those positions or odes which are in de . cithel opposition to the established order of things; for 'established order is merely conventional, and may le changed when it is generally admitted to . be falitty. Such a study is dangerous, bat it id a ne cessary one for him who wishes to gain a perfect knowledge of men and things. You are living within the houndary of the law, whether it be good or evil. I study the law, and I endeavor toacquire strength,enongh to combat it it it be bad when the proper time shall arive." " You wish fur a convulsion, then 1" cried the count. " I neither wish to bring it about, nor do I desire to witness h; but should it come to pass thrcingh the force of public opinion, t wodhl second it to the lull extent of my power. hi such a case you will hear me spoken of Adieu. I shall depart to. morrow ; but pray leave me now, and let me have a little siedp." Count do Saillant left As room without sayiv another word. Very early on the following morn ing Wtrabeati tas on 'his way to Parts: THE PRoPnrric Dcw Dricie.A delicate child ; pate and prematurely wise, was complaining on a hot morning, that the poor dew drops had been too hastily snatched away, and not allowed to glitter on the flowers like other happier devi drop•, that live the whole night through and sparkle in the moon light; and through the morning onwards to noon• day. "The sun," said the chiTd r " has chased them away with hls heat, or swallowed• them up in his wrath." • Soon alter came rain and a rainbow, whereupon his father pointed upwards. "See," said be, " them stands the dew drops gloriously reset-. 4 glittering jetretry—in the -hear. ens; and the clownish foot tramples on them no morh. AS this, my child, thou art taught that what hikers on earth blooms again in heaven.". Thug the. father spoke; and knew not that he spoke prefiguring words; for soon after the delicate child, with the, morning brightness of his early wls• dom, was aaliajed, like a dow chefs, into heaven. —Jean And Riekfer. ' • • BowToneo Rarer.--Pay the Printer ; love' the , gal!, anti always walk in the' sernshine. The fat' ter will keep you in spirits, and the former in goal appetite.. Lorr--A paiektothetyseeee=young women to spoil their work and young men their appetite. EEMINMNIMM= • s