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TOWA.NDAi
r i e dn oni ittonrinn, Nonember 13, ifin
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A HYMN OF THE NIGHT.
DT 'P. L. HARRIS)
lallhe vast temple of the Night,
itind and muse with calm delight,
1 2$ dome- with silver flame is bright,,
,kad drops of obrous, dewy tight,
Fall from the urn-like Moon.
The mountains that bear up the skies,
L,'4 shafts of :•culpt ured emerald rise ;
From the far North in radiant guise,
Flame the etherial Mysteries,
• Robed in their crimson bloom.—
The leaves, the winds, the Waters flow,
in Wended cadence sweet and slow,
wi n great waves of song they go,. c
Tber. lam as dew drops, faint and low,
from.the myrtle bough.
Mr wakes in this great hour,
I ,. ho tc ;longs sweet influence shower,
- The I:hard :•tght. and Sense and Power,
I.Df. , iefff like an opening flower—.
I rise transfigured now.
Above me bends a vaster sky,
The wrim• their wide wings beating fly;
1 1 . in , had w. o'er the horizon lie ;
And the mina' stars on high
shine through the Wight' of Time.
A.I worn and scarred the toilers sleep ;
sad eyes in 'dumber weep and weep ;
Soul, their uozds keep,
I:irott2h the world's Midnight dark and deep,
11 ith Hope and Love sublime.
The outward night that round me lies
It a ,t perish. 1..0 1 the ifarkness dies ;
s weet , so ce in the brightnutg
Sweet odors In:nil the earth arise
Where Hower' their blown display.
The Sun burst with itsgolden wings
Eas woke earth'• blessed. beanie , us things,
13 ;Over robes the fountain springs,
Al. 'waren with celnoto: music r,ucs,
welcoutc• in the Day !
Thus. waitirp7 heart, Timr's
11 VW Hale aml Lore, like e )ouin and light,
}Live wr long :ed long in .de , pet ite fi 2ht, •
:t al:end. Rejoice! Th • rue and Right
To victory or.tvard go
more dart; Felt , !he Soul ,hall rend,
A .-art , in best concord blend,
Seraph: to the earth deNcend.
Iris r.. 1 nith friend,
fid ad be I,w.
TIER WOOERS
PI" MIIS A BDY
Din nylm I t.T WEEK )
we find,
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..* mnrniti4 altct hit; conver;atiOn W;th
prit-once of ArieDoile, „resolved
cou'a , z. 41 not tail him, he would rake
n f t.. rnts.'eed., arid an offer ot his
a hciore he lef• the house. lle found
as be ha.l wished, alone, she was read•
.--er lVP:1 lie en:ered, and it dropped on the
reeeke him ; he lifted it up,
••••• , ..iaze.l: . .e hand in which it was written ;
4' C. rain Nesbitt, and the letter ap
be of some lenth. Stratford felt dispos
te it nrr . Captain Nesbitt was well
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• leinaikatsfy hAntliiime, very lively, and
ramlm t kb,zolule, 1' an air of success
i; rn whicii was mighty provoking."
DJ not :et me citerrupt your perusal of that let
t: said, rather coldly and stilly.
• 1 . .0 !Jaye ooubtless," said Adelaide, with a
• seen the hard writina ; you do Out prevent
rea!J:,g ;Le letter—l have just finished it;
a;'• a. , ')un your visit may cause my answer to it
Yeyeil a-firle while longer, the delay is of
otiportatice i , since 1 shall only write a
f.'.‘ Of !ILI Very a2reeable purport."
1 Pry t!ie Foot. fellow from my heart," ex.
S ra.f oil, and he spoke with sincerity ; he
c::.! ail ,r,l to Roy Captain Nesbitt when he knew
Aari.ede was about to reject him.
• Its i„ies no; deserve your pity," said Adelaide.
• Ca', , he, gen le and kind hearted Adelaide ex
P" 5 so harsbly r asked Stratford; feeling
ID°r t a more generously inclined towards his ti
va..atitto ha aw how mcch he was disdained.
I must explain myselt," said Adelaide`; " for
! , :ou;,i be very sorry that you (and the delighted
. - Att actually fancied that he detected a slight em
p;asu on the word you) should beltet e me to be
m•J-hcarted and unkind. Captain Nesbitt has con- .
'..e , atcy fallen an nay estimation during the last
lays I have received abundant proofs that he
,:!•:,o; always love arid respect the truth."
Eqaink! be.ln to feel rather nervous; ho had
irestular dislike to conversation which turned on
e revect for the truth
C4atatn Nesbitt," continued Adelaide, " when
ar's: became acquainted with me inionned me
d: pteient property was butlimited,
4 -%;ii.(ned to succeed to the estate of an old and
Tzele residiti7 in Wales. I was lately in
c- 111 d kftyly who happened to live in
ei!thbothood of this wealthy old
he has indeed large estates, but he has two
P ice:lent health to inherit them.'
le here pad.eir, ekpecting to hear an ex
t'ar"l" Intht - otint surprise from Stratford ; but
nt'ereil. Stratford was by no means
44 td an over development of conscientioug
(eiBl/nd it appeared to him that Captain Nesbitt
ernmitted a very venial offence in keeping
Wel 4 Lconsins in the back ground, who might
L ' , hadriered to niverially with his, interests.
~‘ D 'ub'les.," he, at length remarked, this - sub.
On Captain Nesbitt's part was owing to the
:a ins tilfeedon to you."
!doubt iLvery much," said Adelaide, it affec
,:l I, always prone to overrate the good qualities
i't ctrc t i t new, Captain Nesbitt must have great.
untttmated mine, if he could deem it likely that,
etsTaz as I do an ample sufficiency of the goods
Of I °r' l ac, it could make any differende to me
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whether the lover of my choice were wealthy or
otherwise)
" Could you not in any case deem rinfintriliti ex
cusable ?" asked Stratford.
"in none," replied Adelaide ; but there are
Cases in which I deem it particularly inexcusable;
the falsehoods of pride are vanity, the assumption
of being better, or richer, or wiser than we really
are—these are, in my opinion, as, contemptible as
they are reprehensible."
" Men of the world," pursued Strittiorti, " are
apt to think very little of an occasional deviation
from truth."
" Pardon me,'' said Adelaide, " If I entirely dit.
fer hem you. Should one man of the world tax
another with the violation of truth in homely, down
right phrase, what is the consequence: 1 the insult
is considered so unbearable, that inlnany cases the
offender has even been calk.' on to expiate his
words with his life. Now, it a departure from the
truth be so mere a trifle, why should not the scurf-
Elation of having departed from truth be also consid
ered as a trifle I"
Stratford was silent ; his shallow sitpitiAiry could
not contend-titith Adelaide's straightforward right
mindedness, and he was rejoiced when the en
trance of visitors put an end to the conversation.—
A tete ri We with Adelaide had on that morning no
charms for him ; he lacked nerve for either a con
fession or a proposal. Perhaps, however, it would
have been better for StratfOrd if he could havd sum
moned courage to have oulstaid the visitors, and
revealed everything to Adelaide ; for discovery
was impending over his head from a'quarter where
he could not possibly expect it, inasmuch as he was
ignorant of the very existence of the person about
to give tile information:. Every one, must have
been repeatedly called oa to remark, that in society
titele seems to be a mysterious agency perpetually
at work, bearing news from one quarter to another,
apparently quite unconnected with it. In every
class or set we meet with some person who makes
us cognizant of the saying. and doingri of another
class or set, from which we have been hitherto re
moved at an immeasurable distance. Often the in-
formation thus gained is desultory and uninterest
ing, and it passes away from 'our mind almost as
soon as we receive ri ; occasionally it strikes upon
some connecting chord, and ire eagerly listen and
respond to it.
When Adelaide Linleyileft school, she had, liko
most young girls, a favoriie friend, with whom she
kept lip a regular correspondence,-the rate of three
sheets of rose.colored not-paper a week. Emma
Penryn, however, lived in Cornwall ; and as year
after year past by, and the friends never met, the
correspondence decidedly slackened. Still, how
evtir, it was never wholly given up, and Adelaide
had written to her niend ralnrelv attar Ilua intrn.lart
tion of Talbot and S ratfcrrd, to her, mentioning their
names, and speaking of them as likely to prove
pleasant and desirable acquaintances. The day af
ter Adelaide's interview with Stratford, a letter ar
rived for her from Emma Penryn. She apologized
for her long silencealid gave an excellent reason
for it ; she had been 'receiving the addresses of a
very desirable admirer, who had at length propos
ed and beer accepted ; he was a Cornish man, and
',his property lay within a few miles of that of her
father. After entering into numerous details re
garding the carriage, trousseau, and the marriage
settlement, (yearn, ladies in the nineteenth century
are very apt to talk and write about the marriage
settlement,) the bride elect continued :
" I am vile Ore you with hear an excellent
characte6 of my dear Tredbeck, if you mention his
name to Mr. Talbot ; only think of their beinggreat
friends ; indeed Mr. Talliot was quite confidential
with Tredbeck,a year ag , when staying with him
in the country-house of mutual friend, and ac
tually was so kir.d as to earl to him the beautiful
tragedy of the " Russi Brothers," to which be
had just put the finishi stroke. Mr. Talbot did
riot let any one else k w a word about it, arid in
fact extracted a promise of the strictest secrecy from
Tredbeck ; the reason Was, that he meant to pro
duct the .tragedy on th'e me, and had a terrible
nervous fear of failure—a fear which was untortu-
!lately realized by the event ; I suppose because it
was too good for the nuttier ce to understand. Tred
beck kept the secret, most adm i rably, never breath
ing a word of it evert to me, till the b.illiant success
of the published play of course took off the ember
gn of the silence, and now we tell it to everybody ;
and Tredbeck, I assure you, is not .1 little proud of
the confidence reposed in him by his literary
friend."
Adelaide read this part ef the letter with him lit
loos surprise, imagining that E-nma was under
some misapprehension ; but when she came to re
flect upon past events, she could * not but see that it
was very Ikely to be true ; she had several times
been much struck with the inconsistency of,.,Strat
ford's Conversation arid his reputed literary talents,
and had felt surprised that he should so invariably
have resisted all persuasion, even from herself, to
give any,farther Fool of his poetical abilities. It
might seem astonishing that Talbot should so free•
ly have acquiesced in this usurpation, but Emtna's
letter threw light on the subject, by alludin4 to Tal
bot's nervous horror' of failure, and Adelaide's quick
apprehension soon enabled her to see the real state
of the case, and to become sorrowfully convinced
that Captain Nesbitt was not the only one cif her
I , wooers" who had shown himself regardless of
the sacred laws of troth.
Reluctantly, bat steadily, did the piing heiress
prepare herself to act as she considered the best
under•the cirCumstances. She wrote to Talbot and
to Stratford, requesting that they wonld each wait
won her at the same time on the following d a y.—
Neither of them suspected the' reason of this sum•
mons ; Talbot had indeed almost forgotten the ex
istence of the silly, good-natured Tredbeck ; he had
read the 0 Russian Brothers" to him, because like
most writers, he felt the wish, immediately after
completing a work, to obtain a hearer *for it ; and
because, like some writers, he had a great deal a
vanity, and had been flattered by the deferential
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admiration of a man much inferior to him, and from
whom he need not fear any distasteful criticism.—
Talbot knew Tredbeek to be perfectly honorable,
and if he had ever thought of him at all, he would
have remembered the promise of secresy he had
exacted from him, and would have fell quite at his
ease. It never entered his mind that oircumstan
ces might happen which would induce Tredbeck to
consider himself absolved from his promise, and as
the " Ilassian Brothers" had been published with-
out a name, it was perfectly natural and probable
that the Cornish squire might be ignorant that the
London world of letters imputed the authorship of
it to Stratford; and not to Talbdt.
The rivals were punetual to their appointment,
anticipating nothing more important than that they
should be invited to join a party to a fic.wer-show
or the opera house. Adelaide did not keep them
in suspense, but said that she wished to read them
part of a letter which she had recently received.—
When she had finished, she told them that she had
considered it right to make them acquainted with
this statement, and asked if they had any thing to
say in refutation of it. They looked confused, and
were silent. Stratford was the gist to speak.—
" Forgive me for my seeming assumption of talents
not my own," he said ; " and remember that my
motive was to save a friend from the mortification
of acknowledging a defeat."
" I cannot conceive that such was your only mo
tive," replied Adelaide ; " you evidently took pride
and pleasure in your new character. Did you at
tempt to suspend the publication of the drama ?
Did you shrink from the distinctions that followed
it ? No ; you corirted popularity and enjoyed it,
knowing all the time that you had done nothing to
merit it, and that the whole of the applause that you
received was in reality the right of your friend !.'
Aaelaide's words sounded a knell to the hopes of
Stratford, but they seemed " merry as a Marriage
bell" to the ears of Talbot. " Dearest Adelaide,"
he said, '‘ how' kindly, how flatteringly do you
speak of my talents ! They are entirely dedicated
to you ; and all the laurels they may hereafter gain
for me shall be laid at your feet !"
" Do not trouble yourself to be so very grateful,
Mr:Talbot," replied Adelaide. " You will be lit
tle obliged to me when you have listened to all that
I have to say to you. Your talents are undoubtedly
great, but I do not consider that vividness of imagi
nation and elegance of composition constitute
man of really fine mind any more than a suit of
regimentals and an acquaintance with military tac
ticssonstitute a brave soldier. I may continue the
parallel. You entered- the field of battle by your
own choice, knowing that it was possible you might
meet with defeat. Your first defeat came, and
what was the course you pursued ? Did you re
solve tc, Iry o. l . l .+. lviunt 2 No. von de
!ermined to conceal that you had tried at all. You
deserted the noble ranks to which you belonged, to
sink into 'he mass of common-place beings; and.
should your conduct ever become generally known,
rely upon it that all literary men who sit in judg.
merit upon you will unanimously sentence yOu to
be cashiered for cowardice !"
Straficrd breathed a little more freely during thil
speech ; it was a great relief to his feelings to hear
his friend so severely reproved.
" I will not," piirsned Adelaide, " dwell upon
the offence that you have mutually tommitted in
departing from the straight, clear, and beautiful path
of truth; you well know rhy opinion on the subject.
I could never feel happy in a near connection, or
even in an intimate friendship, with any one who
did not know and revere truth as I have alWays
done. I shall probably occasionally meet again
with both of you, but we must meet hereafter only
on the footing of common acquaintance."
The disconcerted " wooers," now no longer ri
vals, took a speedy departure; they exchanged a
few senterces on their was, in which there was
much more of recrimination than condolence, and
then cooly separated. Their friendship had long
been at an end ; and, in the midst of all their re
cent mortifications, each felt consoled at the thought
that he was not compelled to cede Adelaide to the
other.
It was easy - for /Weald(' to avoid future intimacy
with her two rejected lovers, vi 7 ithout causing any
remark among Ger circle of acquaintance.
It was now nearly the end of June; Mr. Grayson
was quite a man of the old school ; he could not
stay in London till the refiild le of Aunust, and then
repair to Kisseugen or Interlachen. He had a pret
ty country-house a few miles tmm London, and al
ways removed to it at midsummer. Mrs Grayson,
who enjoyed nothiug so much as her flower-gar
den was delighted to escape from the brown, dusty
trees of a London square ; and Adelaide, although
she liked public amusements, liked them as " so
berly" as Lady Grace in the 'r Provoked Husband,"
and always professed herself ready to rusticate as
soon as the roses were in bloom. Three days after
her interview with Talbot and Stratford, she remov
ed from the bustle of London to a region of flowers,
green trees and singi.g birds. The former friends
—now, alas ! friends no longer—travelled abroad.
They passed each other ‘dith'ihte remark that " the
scenery tkas very grand."
&radond returned to London in January ; Cap-
ain Nesbitt was the first person of his acquaintance
whom he encountered. Now, Captain Nesbitt pos.
tressed an infallible characteristic of a narrow-mind
ed, mean-i - pirited man ; he never forgave a wo
man who had refused him, and ,never omitted an
opportunity of speaking ill of her. After having
anathematized Adelaide and her eoqueteries for
some time, he proctfeded—
" Her marriage, however, wilishcrtly take place;
and it is., I think a fitting conclusion to her airs'and .
graces. Perhaps, as you have just arrived in Eng
land you are not aware that she is engaged to her
guardian's clerk 7"
"To Alton !" exclaimed Stratford. "To that
quiet dull young.man ! ImFosslbla! She used to
ridicule his unsocial.habits, and also was very se
vere on , his plopensi'y for boarding money."
" However that might be," exclaimed Captain
Nesbitt, "he has proved himself not too dull to
devise and succeed in an admirable. matrimonial
speculation : andlar his system of hoarding, per
haps the fair Adelaide, although she objected to it
in an indifferent person, may not disapprove of
in a husband. Heiresses are always terribly afraid
of marrying men who would be likely to disipate
their money."
" When is the mariiagb to take place ?" asked
Stratford, with affected carelessness
" I believe in a feir weeks," said Captain Nes.
bin ; " that is, if nothing should happen to prevent
it. I think I could det it aside at °nee, if T took in
terest enough in Adelaide to make it worth my
while to do so. I could communicate something
to her, tespecting Alton, which would decidedly
lower him in her opinion."
" Indeed !" exclaimed Stratford, eagerly—" Has
Alton, then, been guilty of any deviation from the
truth !"
Poor Stratford ! I t He that is guilty thinks the
world tome round ;" and be had no idea that a lov
er could.offend in any other way than by deviating
from the truth.
"I do tot know that Alton bas told any untruth,"
said Captain Nesbitt ; " but I have reason to think
he his kept back the truth."
" That may do quite as well," thought Stratford,
" when one has to deal with so scrupulous a per
son as Adelaide," and he requested Captain Nes
bitt to tell him the particulars. " Old Alton," con
tinued Captain Nesbitt, " did not resemble the fa
thtir in an old song of O'Keefe's--
ft thiti, dying, bequeathed to hie son a good name !"
He was, like his eon, a confidential clerk—not,
however, to a solicitor, but to a Liverpool merchant.
He repaid the confidence of his employer by em
bezzling sundry sums of money, which he hazard
ed at the gaming table. At length the frequency of
hie losses occasioned him to commit a more daring
act than a breach of trust ; he forged the name of
the merchant to a bank ing•house cheek; discovery
ensued, and he only escaped the punishment of the
law by committing suicide. This event happened
five years ago, and is fresh in the remembrance of
many persons in Liverpool."
" But do you not think it likely that Alton may
have revealed these facts to Adelaide ?" asked
Stratford.
" I do not think it in the least likely that he
should have proved himself such a blockhead P
replied Captain Nesbi..t. " Adelaide would never
marry the son of a man who only escaped hanging
by suit
" They do not hang for forgery in these days,"
said Stratford.
"So much the worse," said Captain Nesbitt.—
" It is a crime that cannot be too severely punish.
etL I remember hearioct. that moo naura
man was hang for forging the ace of spades.
wish those good ell days would come back again."
Stratford was silent ;not all his pique,nor all jeal
ousy, could indtice him to think that it waft' be
desirable for the time to come bark when a man
was hanged for forging the ace of spades !
The next Jay Stratford called et Mr. Grayson's,
and found Adelaide alone in the drawing room.—
She looked a little surprised seeing him, but reretv
eil him as she would have done a common acquain
tance. Stratford congratulated her on her future
high prospects, and uttered some forced commen
dations ou the excellence of Alton's character.
" He affords a convincing proof," he said, with
little trepidation, " that the son of an Unworthy fa
ther need not necessarily tread in his steps."
" There are so many similar. instances of that
fact," said Adelaide, " that I really think there is
nothing astonishing in them. good and had
qualities of a father are not, like land estates, entail
ed upon his son."
" Then you do know," said Stratford, " that Alt
on's father was an unworthy man ?"
Adelaide looked at him with rare, earnest sur
prise. " You have chosen a strange subject of con
vorsation," she said ; " bit i have nb objection to
satisfy your curiosity. I had heard of the circum
eacces to Which you allude from Mr. Alton him
self"
" I conclude," said Stratford, " that Mr. Gray- I
son insisted on his being candid with,you previous
to your engagement being concluded 1'
" Yon are quite in the wrong," returned Ade
laide. " Mr. Grayson is much attached to Alton—
whom he is on the point of taking into partnership
—and was very desirods that he should piopose to
me. He enjoined hliti to keep secret the melan
choly circumstances connected With his father, as
they could only tend to give me uneasiness ; and it
was certain that no one else would be deficient in
kind feelings as to mention them to me." Strat.
ford felt rather ernbarrassed and drComtortable as
Adelaide uttered these words.i " Alton's strict and
honorable love of truth, however," pursued Ade
laide, " led him to disregard this counsel ; some
tweet s before he proposed to me, he made
known to me every particular of his ?miter's trans.
gression ; and I assured hint, in reply, that I did
not consider him in the smallest degree lowered in
excellence by having become e , ood, conscientious
and truthful, without the aid of parental precept or
example."
Stratford was determined to discharge a parting
arrow at flier provoking heir'e'ss. "You have shown
yourself extremely liberal ink your opiaisms," he
said, " and you may have the'very comforting re
flection that from Mr. Alton'snown and rentarka
ble habits of frugality, he is ne ver likely to fall into
the same snares that proved so fatal to his tether,
but will distinguish himself rather by . saving than
by squandering it."
" As you appear," said Adelaide, " to, speak in
rather an ironical tone concerning Alton's economy
1 think it due to him to enter into a short explana•
lion of motives. When Alton first paid me those
marked attentions' which I knew Must lead to a
proposal, 1 sometimes rallied hint on his strict fru
gality, and sometimes gently reproved him for it :
he was not only sparing to himself, but 1 grieved
to rcnialk that, although ever willing to devdto
time and thought to , the poor, he rarely assisted
them with money. lie assured me he had reason
for his conduct, and that he was certain that I
should not blame hirit it I knew it. Ile added lbw
the necessity for economy wouldlsoon cease, and
that he should then have the pleasure of indulging
his natural feeling of liberality. I was not Blida&
ed with this reply ;. I required him to give a direct
answer to a ditect question, and to tell me what
were his motives for "saving, and why they should
exist at one time more than another."
" It was very` merciless of yon," said Stratford.
" Not in the least," replied Adelaide. " Alton
had given me such proofs of his truthful and han
orable nature, that 1 knew: it he held hack any
communication from me he could .only do so be
cause it was cri.ditable to him and 66cause he
wished to avoid the appearance of boasting, of his
own good deeds ; and so it indeed proved to be.—
Alton had for five years been denying himself eve.
ry enjoyment suitable to his age and tastes, for the
purpose of saving the sum of which his Littler had
defrauded his employer. When he first begat. this
undertaking it ifeemed likely to prove a tedious
one : big, two years ago, lie happily received a leg
acy from a relation, which more than half realized
the amount that he required; still, however, he (lid
nn( slacken iu his laudable energy ; and shortly
after the conversation to which "alluded, he wee
enabled to pay over the whole sum, with the accu•
mutated interest, to the Liverpool merchant, who
sent him a letter full of the kindest expressions of
approbation, concluding with the assonance that he
should make his ndble act of atonement generally
known among his friendel. Therefore, by this time
every one who has censured the faults and frailties
of the tither, it engaged in lauding the honor and
honesty of the son.".
Stratford had hedrd quite enough ; he took a
hasty leave, sincerely repenting that he -bad eTer
thought of troubling the bride elect with a morning
call.
Alton and Adelaide were married in the course
of a few weeks: two years have elapsed since that
time, and I am of the opinion that the unusual
happiness they enjoy is greatly tct be auribnted to
the truthfulness which is the decided characteristic
of both of theni. I arri aware that many of my
readers will say that it is of little importance wheth
er a married couple, whose interests necessaril)
bind them together, should mtituallf agree in sanc
tioning the thousand and one little falsities of world
ly expediency ; but I think that those who hold such
an opinion cannot have had many opportunities of
closely observing the domestic circles of their
friends and neighbors. Had they done so, they
would have been aware that the beginning of mat
rimonial unhappiness repeatedly arises from the.
detection by one party of some slight violation of
Often such a violation is commiged with no ill
intent : nay, often indeed is it done with the kind
motive of sparing some little trouble or anxiety to
the beloved one. A trouble is concealed, a small
expense kept in the back gronnd, the visit of an in•
trusive goest unmentioned, or a letter read aloud
with the omission of a short part of it, which might
be supposed to be unpleasant to the listener. These
concealments an .I misrepresentations, in themselves
so seemingly slight, become of terrific account
when frequently repeated ; confidence is shaken ;
and when once that is the case, conjugal happiness
is soon at an en 7. Adelaide and her husband are
on the most confidential terms, because neither of
them ever thinks whether a true remark or commu
nication is agreeable or not ; they speak it because
it is the troth ; and it a moment's pain be thus
given, the passing cloud breaks aln:ost as soon as
it is perceived.; no tempests are antlered to gath
er in the distance, and the heiress constantly con•
grattestes herself that she chose not the handsom
est, the creverest, or the most fashionable, but the
most truthful wooers."
01 these wooers have but 'tile to slip. Captain
Nesbitt is oh .he point of being married with a mid•
dle-aged widow of good fortune; he was success
fur in impressing her with the belief that he must
ultimately inherit his uncle's property ;• but she
was more cautious than ladies of fewer years, and
less experience might have seen and Made so ma•
ny inquiries about the state of health ofthe old gen
tleman, that his nephew was obliged to improvise
an apopletic fit for hire! This intelligence caused
the widow to fic the day; but she is providing a
very limited trosseau, since she auticipates the mel
anc:.oly pleasure of giving large o-ders, in the
course of n few weeks, at one of the "Mansions of
Grief" in tegent street
Talbot and Stratford seldom meet ; indeed, it one
becomes introdueed into a family the other almost
invariably ceases to visit them. However, there
are two points iri which they show great sympathy
and congeniality of mind. They particularly tlis
like to hear of the failure of a new piece at the the
a , re i and there is no work - for which they feel
such unmitigated detestation, as cite which still en
grosses much of the public notice—the tragedy of
the " Rusiian Brothers!"
•
Ma Vkaunteek, being about to take .his
honeymoon trip, alter having seated his bilde in
the cars, goes forward and accosts the fireman as
.follows :
" Naow, Mrz Ingineer, I want you to be very
keerlol, arid go stow, cause you see I've jes' been
married, and my wile and me are goin' in this 'ere
tram."
A Frenchman thinks the English language is
very
,tough-.-. l . l lare is " look out," he ray;
" which is to put out your head and see : . and "look
ont," which is to haul in your head and not for to
see—just contrary."
Faith, ['aka an Itishman who could not get into
1
his c bin at Ballwin, his wife having turned the
key n him ; faith, but I'm regularly locked in
In /.said his comranion ; in where, Why, in Oar
street !
El
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Electlotierlng Its Englaid.
The tone of electioneering in the 'fatherland: is
not always of this highest prder. From the follow
ing,.ts bleb we cot from a Correspondence in Zion's
Herald, of this city, it will be seen that agitation on
the eve of an election in England is quite as vio
lent and low as is ever seen in this country,, prey,
ing that some at least, of the boasts of monarchy are
empty enough :
" The nll-absorbing subject in this country. at pres
ent, is the elections, which are just comir.g to a
close. Otir mode is, as we believe,. iu many things
different from yours. You are Meets more tirdetly
than we are. indeed, hardly any thing ean be eon . -
ceived more frightfully disorderly than an Ever
lish general election. The first thing done is, fur
the candidates for the mai ages of the people.'io
canvass them by n personal application ; then the
several parties form in the large towns or counties
central committees local ry out the election of their
favorite candidates ; from these committees
in daily, ofen in almost hourly succession, placards
handbills, squibs, and all kinds of missives, assail
ing their opponents, and recommending, by all
kinds of clap trap manoeuvres, their favorite prot
ege. These literary squibs are often a beat curi
osity; often a great outrage on truth, decency and
morals ; and always designed to damage the oppo
sing candidates and glorify their own. The law •
yers are generally the inspiring spiri . s of these com •
mittees; and of course, throw into the boiling dial
dron all the tricks, finesse, doubleeleling and lie
ing of their pettifogging craft. It matters little to
these who win and who lose i ; their object is to
raise a good row, a smart oppnsition, and fill their
pockets with the spoil.
0 When these preliminaries are ended, that is
called the " nomination" takes place. A stip is
erected ; the candidates appear ; one gentlemen
proposes so and so asa suitable and proper person
to represent the borough or county, as the oase may
be, and amber seconds the nomination. The gen
tlemen then make speeches to the assembled elec
tor and non-electors, to state their opinions and gain
their support. Al this point the row finds its most
glorious development. The two parties generally
'separate themselves from each other, and occupy
some conspicuous post as distinct bodies ; they each
have a Ingleman to beat time and give the neces
sary signals : and nothing, certainly on this side
chaos, can equal the glorious ,confusion which fol-.
lows. So iioOn as the candidate on one side . opens
his mouth, or attempts to utter a single sentence,
_the opposing electors shout, yell, hiss, groan, and in
tact, set to the tune of all the beautiful notes to_ be.
found, from the braying of an ass, the crowing of a
cock, to all the possible powers of the human
voice. •
Peel ; his son Preder ck was making an election
eering speech, and the worthies riot being satisfied
with their own performances, actually thrust into
the crowd a veritable and living donkey, and made
him join in hearty chorus, the rest of his ktndred
then and there present. In this slate of disorder,
some of the constituents—old stagers—have the
adroitness to rum to the reporter of the newspapers,
and address their speech to them, so as to get it in•
sorted in the public prints. But the greater number
fail in this, and certainly nothing can be more sit, :
plat than these speeches, with their interruptions,
interludes, angry altercations, jokes, addresses to
the speak s-. sometimes possessing real rustic wit ;
then the floundering, haggling, break down and
not unfrequently the poor speaker is cut off
guard, Toses his temper, and thus makes the manes
worse. This scene always ends by the demand of
a show of hands. The show of hands being an•
flounced by the shetiff, the losing candidates de.
;nand a poll, and at this point the real business of
an election begins."
BROLDHINT.-At a party, the other evening,
the conversation turned, as it naturally does among
some (elks, on marriage—the convenient subject
besides' the vieather, when everything eke fails.—
One of the belles, addressing a beau, quite uncon
sciously (as she exclaimed) said : If I were you,
and you me, I Would have been married long ago."
CONFAB.—" Papa, what does the Editor lick his
f'rice Current with r ,
Whip it ? lie don't whip it, mfchild."
" Then he lies, f'.4."
r• Hush ! Torn, that's a very naughty . word."
" %Veil, by George ! this ere paper says " Price,
Current carefully corrected"—and 1 guess when
gets corrected 1 gets licked—hey—don't 1 ?"
" Nuf ced—my son.•'
[LT" It is a tetrible thought," said a rccentl.;
deceased writer, " to remember that nothing can
be forgotten. I hive somewhere read that not an
oath is uttered that does not continuo to . Oblate.
thrargtont all time, in the wile-spread current of
sound--not a prayer lisped, that its record is not to
be found stamped on the laws of nature by the in;
delible seal of the Almighty will."
• ( 1 *- An exchange says ti ere are hundreds. o
people who have become very religious when they ,
think danger is nigh, and adds: ' We know a
znan who felt oft frfun a bridge acrossa certain rive
er, and just as he found he must go, and no:lielp
for it, bawled out at the. top of his voice, Lord-have
mercy on me—and vick to!'
.
Ir.** . A young lady explained to a prin•er, the
oihertfiy, the distinction between pr;nting anti pub•
anti at the conclusion of her rentatk-, ly
way of illustration, she said, " you may print a kiss
on my cheek, but you Must not publish it.
A Panels rOOTII, -" Sammy,f run to the !tom
and r,et some Kepi." 1:
"Excrete"me, ma; I am somewhat indisroled
this morning. Send father, and tell him to bring
me a paper of tobacco."
Ambition lo learn and excel in every thing.
OM
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