CHARLES F. READ tt H. - ?NT$ Cohid.. ARIZA'SGEMSN'Z OF 4 BOQUIIT: DT NICHOLAS MUTTON. Here (Limask roses; white and red, Out of my lap Snit take I, Which still shall run along the thread- 7 Ny chiefest flower this make I. - Among these roses in a row, `- Nest . plaee I pinks in plenty, Thpsetiouble pansies then for show, And will not this be dainty? - The pretty.panaythen Fl( tie, • Like atones soave chain inehasing; And next to them, their near ally, Th e purple, violet placing. - The curious choice dove July flower, • Whose kind Night the (mutation; For sweetness of most sovereign pbwer, Shall i help my wreath to fashion; Whose sundry colors of oue kind, First from one root 'derived, Then, in their several suits' I'll bind : My garland so contrived. A course of cowslips then stick, And here and there .(though sparely,) The pleasant primrose down I'll prick, Like pearls that-will show rarely; Then with these marigolds make Ify.garland somewhitt swelling, - These - honeysuckles then 111 take, • Whose sweets shall help theiesmelling This lily and the flenr4le-lis, For color much contenting, For that-1 them - do only prize- : They are hut poor in scenting; The daffotlil most dainty is, - To match with these in meetness; The columbine compared to this, All much alike for sweetness. The in their nattires - only are Fit to emboss the border, Therefore take especial care To pLice'them in their order; . . . sweetosilliams, tampions, sops-in-wine, one by another neatly; Thus have I I ihadc this wreath of mine, And finished it featly. • .. A NPW' SONG. Thert.is a beauty, pathos and truth combined in. t!i‘ following t t•ong which all delinquent-subscribers Ehould !•;arn to sing with an understanding heart: • - • Oh, how happy are they, • Who the printer"do pay, .infi hare squared up the old year and more_; Tongue cannot express, • The treat joy of the pruis, delinqucats have paid the old score. . Printers all the day long,. - \ Labor hard fou4beir song, . . Oh, that all their hard fate could but see,- They hare workedall the. day,. And of nourse want their pay, • , To 11.4 .t..zzyw, bread, butter and tea: lAitzs Aq3 51(etefie,s. THE INCONVENIENCE OF -PRIDE. BY THOMAS HOOD. There are several objection's to one-horse .hh...!es. With two wheels,"' they' arc dan rolls ; with four, generally cruel inventions, •k.ng one_anitnal with the labor of two.--, id, in either case, should your horse think - )er to die on theiroad, you' have no Sur lo drag your carriage through the rest ; or td be sent off galloping with coachman on his back for a coadjutor. That was precisely Miss Nrman's dilem a. If a horse could be supposed to harbor ikaillv a spite_ against his proprietor, - I V.l t,elielie the one in question chow 'to it his animosity by breathing his last just the spot viiier6,it would cause the most ; , lancte and inconvenience. It. was just at this moment that Lcatne up .112.tny gig. and latowing.something of the ' s charaCter, I halted,: in expectation of a ae. Leaving my own bay,l\prOeeeded to IluihiphreyS, the eoachman,'ln eztricat his horse; but the nag of royal line / was ie dead. , - .1f you please, ma'am, said Humphreys, lantyginit be dead.' - The lady acquiesced - with the smallest nod r made: Ire took off the collar, and the bit out, un out &harness entirely ; buthe be inatimatelas his own shoes;" and the in rnant looked earnestly at the lady to ob -le the effe4 of the communication- But she never moved .a musCle; and hon uoThreys was just shutting the coach )f to go and finish the laying out of the pse, Isbell he was recalled. Humphreys r What's :tour pleasure, ma'am r lieniernber, another time—' Yes, ma'am? When a horse of mine is.deOssed- - ' Yes, , . - •- • , Tunes yotir hat'. I.e atra. , 4A Coachman instantly paid up Mute in arrear. Unbrest .by birthright. self-Pusses' -sion, he. had: not, even the' ad 'age of experience in the first . :re he might hive !earned • a little from A exaraple; he 'was a raw,. uneouth coon serviait, with the great Merit .of tieing ai trlioia Miss Norman had undertaken educate ; but he was still so far 'rem be proficient, that in the importance . of an !icing The death to his mistress,- he on:lit: , one, of.. those miner tokens respect ch . bheyigurously quieted. 4 was now tuy Own turn to come fonvard, . as deferentially; us if she had heeii indeed last - of. the .Colqueror's No rmandy . pip ts,l tendeied a seat in my chaise, which she itly deeliriccl, with a gracious gesture - of and hand. It you. please, nia'am,' said iphreys Itakiug care to touciabis hat, and ..tilig-hishead into the carriage so_ that, I „Light not .hear - him, he's a respectable kind - gentleman -enough; 'and connected' with /Jaw Of. the first houses:" -; 'The gentleman's name • . `To 1k smire, ma'am , the gentleman can't name,',Tinsvrered Ilumphreys, fully war e of the peculiar . prejudices 'of mis s, but it-ho gu :• • - \ s,hut, the' door:` , . • • It iappeared, - Oti explanation with-the boat . h '4l:: that he had mistaken Ine for -a -person . 'of the 'Opulent .firm of Naylor +.; hose province; it was . to travel-1 ''',bout Britain withsamplm of hard war% Lox -seat of his gig. 1 did not Wee the. to undeceive -him. a tolerably long pause on all, sides, . %petition was excited b d-1-' y .the 4PPear -I.lthe. coach ooming through 4. lima Gate. the only public vehicle 'that , - i . • 1 If lgeilliabaiEblikigg"*glloNimesifaiiilllllifagigossnginsxaa,nwa,m'aaoiassasasmise.__• • . Ir ' , ! .1. 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' Jern • !! entreated again ; but ' she was aceilitomed to •be driven by•her :owl; coachman.' • • It Was in van' that .in answer he praised the quietness h). twq, ,tbe safety- of his patent boxes ,- heiides promising the utmost steadiness and Sobriety on his own part.--* MisSNorman 431 looked perseveringly afthe• back of . ;the*ccorich;l34: - - which, man unlucky assurance that he!' would take as much care •of her as .her Own mother,' .she *exchanged .for . a Steady gaie at the side window, oppo site to the coachman, as long U he remaitted in presence. . "By your leave, ma'am,' said Humphreys, putting his hand' to hiri hat and leaving it •there l , l lJr. - Wade be a .very civil . spoken, careful whip, jand his *Coach loads very re spectable society.' . Th s ere is Sir Vincent Ball • on the box?! i l ,‘.., . - . - • * - ' If Sir Vin4ent chooseSto degrade himself,' it is no rule for ME I retorted the ',lady with out. turning lie - eller:A ; when lo! Sir Vincent himself, • - appeared and polite!) endeavored to. - persuade her put of her prejudice's : . It was. uselesi... Miss Norman's ancestors; had 'one amt all expressed a very decidt-d opinion againstotage-eoriches, by never ietting• into one; and she did not feel disposed to dis grace;' line' longer. than common, (by riding in any - l _ t.l4rrhige but her Own. ~; Sir, Vincent lowed andretreated. So did Jein Wade. Thestage rattled away at an indignant gallop.. I' By Way of passing the time, I. thrice repeated my 'o ff ers to the ob- I durate .ohrmaiden,Land endured as many re-: ! buffs. , I was.. c4oniteinplathig a , fout.th trial, ,when a signal mollslmade from the! carriage window, and HOmphreys„ hat in hand. open- - ed the door. - !! I - • ' • • • ' Procure me a post-chaise.' ' 'A po-shad r !echoed Itumphreys, but like an - Irish echo, with"some variation .trom his original—' Bless 4 . .., ma'am, there beant such a thing to be hadfor ten , miles rohnd,no, not for love nor; ,tency. Why, bless ye, it i t be election time, and there beant coach, cart, nor dog barrow phut v. hat has gone to it V* 'No matter,_. iaid the mistress,] drawing herself up alit an a ir' of lofty resil,ruation.— ' I -reioke toy ordir,for it is far, veri fiir,from the kind of ridin -that I prefer. Mid hlum phreys-7-' • ; Ql • I ' Yes., ma'am." 1 : . `Another tiiiiti--- . -' .‘ YLs, Ina ain.l i i:i - ! - ‘lZerneniber„ °nee for all Yes, nia'arn:',, -.:-• ' I do not choe . e . to be BLisT P Another pause Itin, our proceeding; during which a companhof.ragged boys, who had been. biiickberryiag Came up,: and . planted ! .thcalgelyes, 3.‘itillevf.ry symptom of vulgar curitisity, around 'the carriage*. , - - Mist Normanhad noiv no single glass through which she, cOuld look without encoiip tering,a group of low-life fam.s.- staring at ber with all their might.l! Still- the pride of 'the Nornianasustained her. . Si4i sat more rigid ly erect than ever, occasionally' favoring the circle With mostawful,threatening looks, ac companied!ever by the sameifive words.- ' 1 CHOOSE to be alene.' • 1* It la easy to sly choose, hilt more difficult to have one's choice.' The illackberi'y boys ;.; chose to remain. I I took. pit.j 'on the pangs even of unwarrantable pride,,;and urged my proposal - with sofne trurmth.f but it was re pelled With atisolute, scorn. ere'inselent, • After a tedioue interval, in4hieh her mind had doubtless locked abroad ' es well as in ward, fresh sapping at the w'mdow, she sum moned, the obsequious Hut4hreys to receive orders. `Present my compliments', , at the Grove and the loin of alohariot\ Will i . be esteemed 's favor.' ' • By your leave, nia'am, ii I may speak.—'. You may NOT. ) j - . Humphreys eliried the do4r, but remained a minute gazing On the panel. If he 'medi tated any expostulation, hel have it up, and proceeded to drive away. the bOys, ono of whom was astride on' the dad Plantap,enent, a second putting ring thrdugh his_ collar, , and two more preparing play at horses 1 with the reins. I . Then away Huriapheys went; and I found the time grow tedious - in his abSence. I had al most made up my mind to follow hii.eiam- - ple, when hope tevi red at Sound of wheels ; ; and up came - a taxed-cert. - carrying four inside, namely', two well-grown 'porkers, Master Burdell, the pig butcher, and his :.foreman, Samuel Stark, or as he :was commonly called, Sam the Sticker. ,They inquired, and I ex plained in a!' few-words the lady's dilemma, taking are -to forewarn.them; by relating the boom of my Own anemias in her behalf. . ''Mayhap you wasn't half purlite enough,' observed sam,:with is side wink at his master. 'hates a bit of a Song); anda civil word ; as will get 3 strange lady . up into a strange gen ; tleman'a ,'kig. ! k wants a warmth-like and ' making] on het feel at ; home: Only let me alone with her, fin.'s persuader, and I'll have her up in our eart---my master's, that . I s 'to say—lifore you On see whether she has feet or hoofs.' In a Moment the speaker was at the carnage amoothing,i down his sleek fore-leeks, bowing, and using; his utmost ek iqu eeee; even to the repeathlg most of his ar guments twice over. It iwas quite unnea scary. fr Miss Norman to say she had-tie ~ver ridden -in a cart with two pigs and two butchers; end she did not say st. She merely . tarried her head away from the man, to be addressed by the master; at,the other window; they glass of which she had just let, down Tors little air: A taxed cart, Madam; lie said, mayn't be exactly I -the vehicle accustomed to,'aud so forth; but .. thereby, oansider ,respective ranks of lives, why, the more honor done to yont humbles; Mt eh; as I said afore, will take every care ; disc and obServe the respectful, likewise- in - , taming, the two i vigs.'.. • • The 'sudden drawing up of the `window; so. violently as to shiver the glass, showed sufft-, ciently ;What light Miss Norman viewed Master Bordell's behaviet. I It..was Mi.!, lucky squish, fox :it afforded What the trades— men woad have 'palled s an advantageousopero, ing,' for , ,pottring in a fresh stream of else— quencev and the Sticker, who shrewdly esti4 . mated the convenience of the breach, came round tlid hack Of the carriage, and, as junior, FI22IEDCM QED Rompirir aelauolr etILATeRIf • i eonnsel,:''fblloVect on the same Sicle.'•. bid/ . was !invincible. ' The hl44kbetry: boys had .now departed, the everting began:to close in f and no Huni phreys.Maile appearance., The butcher's horse was on the:fret, and his swine gritinble& it the delity:_ The master and - man fell . into Consultatitthnfletwards, favored me with the reSult;:the Sticker being the orator. `lt Was: a marl's: duty,' he said, 'to look at, ' ter womenVprettylor ugly, young, or old ; it - Was What We all c.titne into the world to do, namely,l ourselves to make . Oursees connbrtable and agreeable to-th i p,!4ir .sex. As for. himself; purtectineemeles was his' nature, and he should never be easy again, if-so be. he left the lady on-thel.rOad ; • and providing a female wouldn't he protested with her own fee Will;; she ougt i to ebinpelled'to, like any other; live beast userisihlc to its own good.. There was his sentiments, and his master followed! 'em up. ;• ' I attempted to reason with "there, but my; consent hat:l •cleerly only been - asked as a) compliment. !hie lady herself hastened. the= catastrophe. Whether. she had overheard the debete;: or the : amount of long pent-tip emotion became .•too overwhelming fir its harrier; I know not but Pride gave way to Nature, and a.. Short hysterical scream pro ceeded from the carriage. Miss Norman-was in fits! lr1• • •We contrived to get her seated on the step of the vehiele,.Where the bUtchers supported h'er, fanniniheri with their-hats . , whilst I ran off to a little poet near at hand for aome Cold *atm It :was.i.lie errand only of some four or five Miniites,ibut when I - returned,-the la, dy, only Ina( conscious, had !been' caught up,' . and there she sat; : in the cart, between the' tWo butchers: They Were ',already on .the move. - • ':: , : ljumped into My own gig, and put my . horse to his spec4;'.but I had lost my start, MO when' Vcame ; up with them, they Were al ready g,allOping ;into W--;--....'; tnfort unate ly, her residence was at the further. end of the'town,-4nd thither I saw her, conveyed, screaming ?it-concert with the two pigs, and answered by the 'shbuts of the Whole rabble m 1 .. N. ent of theiTlacC, who kne Miss ornian qUite ;as well byiSiglit as ' her' own uwriage V • i• . • ,: --4-- -0-..- - --: • • , , ,:, - , • PersciikatApiiarances of ‘:the . Apostles.- From "The ;Life an 4 Epistles of St. Paul," by Cony, "" • • ' beare. • . . From Si. PanPS expression, " be ore all," (Galatians; it.. 14.) it is evident that his re huke.of 'P,eter touk place on some public occasion. ' :*;' ' i '.. :The scene, though slightly mentioned, is one of the!Most :remarkable :in sacred histo: ry; and _the mind :naturally: labors to pic ture to itself thclappearance of the, two men. It is theretlire., allowable to mention here that notion of forms and. fea tures of the two : apostles . which has been handed doWn in tradition, intd. iva4 represent-- 1 ed. by the elarlviertists. Paid is set be fore 'us having the -strongly marked and I prortiinent ifeatures pr the Jew, vet not with out some 'cif! tlie finer lines indicative of Greek tho't. Stature Was diminutiVe; and his 'bendy disfigure(' by sotnelameness or distor. t ion, w hich :nisy hive pro to:NI the'ecettempt - uous expression of his enemies, Iris beard was long and thin, His head Was bald.. The char t acteris i tais of!his thee were a transparent comzlexion;twhieh visibly betray(xl the.quick changes of 'hi" feelings ; a bright grey eye, un der overhanging, - united - oyebrowa ; a cheerful and winning expresSion of eonnte nance, whietintit : (4 the approach and inspir ed the confidenceiOf strangers, It would be natural to infer, from his continual journeys and, Manna' labor, that he was possessed Of great strength ofleonstitution..- But men of delicate health hate often gone through .the greatest exertionii . and his Own words, on . more than'one occasion, shoWed that 'he suf. kred much. -from liodily infirmity, St. Peter is represented to us as a man of larger find; stronger form, as his character was Itarsher!and more, abrupt. The quick impulses ot his sbUI revealed themsell:es in the flashes of a diirk eye. The conipiesion Of his faceistas Fuji, and salloW ; and the short buair, whir is.dest;ribed as entirely gray at the time othis death, curled black and thick round his icinpleS and his chin, when the two .apostles stoOd . top' E ther at Antioch, twenty years before their: martyrdom. Beliciring as we do 'Ant these traditionary pictures have probably some foundation in. truth, we gladly take,'thern n. helps to the imagination. And they Certainly:must asst us in reali sing a remarkable scene, where Judaism and IChistianitYfin the persons of tWo apostles, are brought belOre strong antagonism. I Is tr - Poilitnut:The LOndon correspond ent of the:dst. Y.jTimes says the .•Empress Eugenie wip' be the real 'observed ofall.ob servers,' and then; ", Jets on' as , follows : 'And then, the onaparisons to be drawn between her:mcl the Quen. • What‘a field for feminine 'conversation: lam rather afraid for poor Vi'eteria. ;She is too much criticised even now, without-being compared to any one else„ She looks sulky, ill-natured, rather passe, very'commOn, prciud, and a great deal more. She ;drink's; she ;beats her • children, she is awfully jealous,\ so 'as once have looked out Prinee4lbert, who went home a little after to,4h§, - ,is most tyrannical td her servants. 'attd bone their ears, dtc. I have heard all thoe remarks, not °ire, put a thou sand times; riot in ;One rank of isodety, but. in ranks. 'Wbat *BLit be, wibenihe is look ed at by the side Id the smiling, beautiful and Young,Etnpre'ss, who ‘. has sot been a Princess , Loots Scsraczdirs.--` A Washington °or. reynndetirof the' Trenton Gazette says : General Pierce InUedistinetty informed the friends'of Gen. Sliiilds_that the latter cannot be made a Brigadier General, because, in the course, of erentslo latter may become corn: wander in-Chief o ;the array—and as'General Shields is - trartri.shnuatt, the President will do nothing which will; vor the contingency of a= foreigner beCominesnpreme commander of the. United States bmy. General Shields will bepiovided fnr in some other way. 'The President sayKtbat Congress should pass law that none but',anktneriean born should -he Commander-in:elle :To ease hay in the bulk, multi ply the le3gth; bteidth and height of the bay into each other, an L. if the hay is somewhat settled ; ten slid Yards will weigh a ton, Clover willitake eleven to twelve yards to a ton.. - MIMI \ I ~ 1 THE SoLDIER'S 'VOW P ie _ .. One - liemitituf Indian : ,sinainer!!• day: in-: the autumn ; of 1844, a strange appeared in!the!„ • streets OtHanover, N. II whosei . garb \ be: spoke the utmost . poverk and destitution. As 'he staggered along, he its surrounded by a crOwed:of village: boys, •ho amused t4cins..! selVes b 4. insulting him wi ,coarse jests,snd personal; indignities. .Ii bore 1 1 1 h abusel a .witfre.veroPlary patience, dlegged them to wait'-tifillielelt a little ,be tor, andba would -- sing theist a finesong. • II s i l asice was Oi c k.; with, - -unnattiral ;excess, an he was too weak; to prOteet; himself from th rude, jostling .01: the !Crossid'; • Vet he smiled nhii tormentors, , and aihibite r d no other sell ofbishelplesiand forlorn condition than by look .of griefland, shatrie..ullti4t despite his ellruits and smiles,' would obeasionally oversplres hiS counte nance:_. nance k L. Late • in the . •afternrion,, the writer,' then a st, dent passed him in company with a friend, when, our attiintion'wes - iirreste4,l4 a voice' ofiMusual power, ad - beauty, sinOing I that' favnrite national song )f ! France, 'La Pa ; risierine. ;• As be- !proccedea great number. c of Stiidetits from the colleg gathered around;` him, ;atull at the:conclusion. n mvoluntaryl ex-': ptesSion 'Of - delight broke. Ton us from; the: • ',entire . n!hss: - He was ethnsiastically iel3-; I cored, aUd atle M rwards the arsellaise was: ti called for. -rf he same rich .clear •voice-rang' 'out, With I Melody in the very. Words which arc wont4o- dinnse, the spirit e .the French I .sol-, dier to frlenzy.. The admiration of the Poorl inebriatelar auditory was o.Wr raised toithe higheSt plielt Despite his uttered and filthy! garinents,,i:nOw Ahat the fun es, of .liquor had: subsided, his: form appear symmetrical "end •milira , at a his face, gle - wi ri :with the. semi- moutti.oflthe patriotic song,La7nd flushed With exeitementat the unexpected praise he Was .Winnin;g, lassumed an exp ession of intelli.• genceiand joy that beautifu ,fr Set off his r'e.al ly 4 fint features.. 'What an WhOiis the stran , ger ri';W:l4 the universal imp iry. . . -;' flisl singing is uncut) parable, and! his .F 1 enelt and English are lo h, faultless' yes, said lie, dropping his eyes, ' tad I can give_yon German. or Spanish, or hal an its! well as Lat in' and Greek, either, he ailed carelessly:ln 1 reply ;to the many questions hat were shoWe.r ed :upon him'lwith the coin ie so much seem ed toieed,le at length saidlin'a sad tone,and, slue IY. endeavoring to push; his way through, the -Oosid - .---'Gentlemen, 1 am .a poor itiga-., bond ',entirely, unworthy your kind sympathy., Leave, me• to my • rag s and yretthcilness, ;Mid! - !• ;y way.'a , I will : gon - Butiour curiosity Was too Meek excited to allow liis; 'and amid roud eheers, -- he was furnished with water and: an, entire nix of good clothes, and the barber's art MiS pat in requisition, atl d etter an inered. ibly 'short - space.of time, he reappeared upon thk College steps .smiling. and bowing grace fully,!. a Jean; of fine appearance and noble bearing as eyes ever.bebeld ;The delight of the crowd at this fransfiirination wriOntense, and repeated sliuts;, rent the air. 'Give us La PiiiSiehne,' echoed from all sides, and •as soon 'as sileifee could be obtaired, .main that rich cola; uttered those inspiring words r ' :1 -•- 1 • ' -,• I" Peuple Franck's, peuplL de braveia i . • . -I i La . tiberte rouve de braa.P . , • ' • 116:ivi conducted, .to - I the:Spacious 'chapel, and therelfor two hours lie held an - audience, of onethdusand peOple spOl. pound, by one of the Im4t interesting autobiographies - that it wa&evr our lot to hear. ;:Born of Wealthy parents, he. had in early life I been. thoroughly •'' ' theriw. educated at university o irtenburg, and receiied- the Master's degree., ,! Ife soon alter. joineill. tli fortun of Nappeon; and With :the rank 'of Lieut nant, WO * c id' him dur ing all hiS ca signs in Egypt, in Italy; in. tn.p As Austria,- in Russia -and at !Waterloo. - life' !., had been erigaged in more thin seventy bat tles:-.t .nio account of scenes in those batteS, and kls des cription of places and - cities Were exprt'Ssedlin . choice and graphic trains, and on being! ompared with history,; were fohrid to .cerics ondlin every particular. He re lated #1.14 unwritten and curious incidents in the life efl'f'apolcon, which bad rorno under his - obs'prilation,and finally closed With a totieh ing adeOuni of hisowu career the battle Of. Waterloo.! .In the terrible routthat folio-tea the memorable event, his detachment. - was chased ;by!o, .bqy of Prusiian hussars, and : * comjijg scattered in the night; he wanderedifor -threeldaYS - in the woods!andl, by-plaecs with out too7i Or drink. The cha i se being at. length, over, the poper. Trenehman sank down weary and sick With his wolindS, and ready to die by the road side: A huninue;•Datch girl, discovering him in this !situation, tronght•iiiim refreshments, - and fior dials, !,andrimeng the latter a bottle of Brandy. . • 'Here ', : saye the soldier,' ' was the beginning of my woes.woes.'That angel of mercy, With the best .(tfnantives; brought- me . hi that flask is deadly foe; which was more potent for civil to tne than all the burning toils.tif the Egyp-- tiin 4 1 0paign, 'or the intolerable - froits and' snows Of Russia more fatal that; the-cannon of seventy :battles, which kindled in cop a thirst,, More insatiable than that: which forced me to,npen my veins on the desert sandsi of the East.' I'l'4l that day .1 had t'never tasied, strentdririk: !.- I had uttered a vow inilojr, youth le abstain from it,,and to that . vow I owed niy life;` fur not one of all my comrades who ind,ulged ' i in the use- of it , survived the horrois;Of;the.Egyptian caMpaign. :. • Ii!! ' Biii as flay in anguish longing for death' and rnottientarily expecting his - approach; a sweet face Appeared to me.wearing an expres sion of aeep.sympathy, : for my sufferings, and leoidd .but accept Withont inquiring what She gave..; Slid gently raised my head and - wiped with her handkerchief the dampness from my brow,t,, .and;, adrniiiiitered the. cordial to m ylips. :It :' revisled me—l looked around, my, courage; ny love or life returned. ! I poured forth nay gptitudeln burning words,' and call ed doWn the hlessings . of heaven, upon her: Ignorant:Of what it 'was that had - so suddenly, inspired me, as soon ai the iipiritallagged I called!fer:!friore. 1 - drank again' nd tigain4 for three. Weeks her loved . vo!ce,soothed the 'and her kind *de administered to ley wants As..6nt, las ; niy • strength - wee sufficiently recoVered,4eCnining that some enemy. might still beilurking hear, I- bade bete adieu with many thanks and tears;,' amiklit, .the-.lee. side and embarked ass common idiot: - pi she first vessel ; that offered, and have follONind , ,. , , s the sea ever since. . ;t. Mi . fetal thirst has ever '.acco l tri! pitinied: and; . .eureettnie i ,its port or - on deck; this- foe hie' , debaSed - ,nrle and kept:me from ,all,-ehineOkli,- .proznii.itiini, l ; :Oh!. . how often have' I in. the depthel Of thy heart, wished. I had,died on Ole field a W 440.190; or breathed mit my bil' iri the arms Of my gentle preserver, Six! weeks age - I Was ' . .ti , reekeil on the packet shit; Clyde,l ,• ; • TRUE s. or the coast of No, Brunswick I have , , wandered onfoot tli . ugh Canada load New- Hampshire, s t inging ,fiis is taw penuies:iir bei ging-mY breigi, iill , I o't your sympathies to ds,y. How do these4:ollege hulls and this noble band Ofstuden iectdl to iny recolleg, tion the'sceno39f nl'''ftirnier years.'_ - . Tbgennatiiin of the Istranger for a - mometie . -'' h heresumed , th overcame big voice; i?; en e tears still eparging'dothi his cheeks.' 'I know ngt why hod should direct my steps hither ;Ibtif., gentlemen, this shall be the beginnini of g new life to me,- and., here l i in. His preseppc, anti . , hat of these witnesses, I swear, as Ilbope to' eet you till itiHeaven, never to taste ; a drop ' f alcohol in any form Prolonged and des . these words,cand I 114, A collection ~ i ii-asi-as itnin '' than fi ft y dollsrs wer e' As heascended - the ce um, he turned to the' surrounded him and' that you shoidd \ khow tenant Lannei, a neph shat tannes.i ;' May. G, , well!' I: - -1 As, the Y4'uths t, their -accustdznpd pur4 in their deerkst,"sout. virtue ihouldi'ever ma' that the spldjier's Cot Fro," the Buir , il , 6 .Democracy. - , ,; A REVERIi. , • 'Among the forerunnersLof Spring, the , signs of "Fresh Shad,l' the spectacle o f veal upon the but;chers' stalls, thp appearance of cocoanuts and other f nits of the tropics, and the thinkle.orthe sei .., rs-grinder's gel there is one other that appc , IS to the memory of -those' who, oiler mill '..were boys, with an earnestness and a for 4, ,,there is no resisting. We felt' it, the other', iy, for the first time. It was a balinv, brigh • 'morning ; the sun was rising', the foils were . ill ob4euring the hills of Chatuttniqiip, the di •, !of the town had scarce , • commenced4and, ba ing the distant howl of a locomotive, !and th nearer bark of a dog, no inharmonious sou q 4 obtruded upon the I ear. We threw ope ' the window, to allow the fresh pure breeze io visitlour templmi,and as we did sip*" there c- iti &hal). - borne upon the zephyr, cry o , nys, and the well re membered, did', stu boni, sound of the ball striking the 'bat: , Th i,,, were playing Ball.— Instant, and stiddeir , those flitting, memories that drift through th brain*hen et the verge of dissolution,, baek one to us the days of youth, not dark dne - g tic ' but, seen through the vista of , interine I late life, as through a telescope, aid i iniA ' 1 6 of that far-ofi time stood out, clear as shidPws on the wall, tho' softened and'tranquited by distance. After breakfast, st fling to our daily task c v. we came tor- where lie, boys were playing, and we stood ;for. scind minutes, the while ni our meori *as l w rking, and the dead past with all ita'redolliee kiiis, and its long forgot= ten joys and-sarr . Ow , filled before our mind's eve, and became ng. iii present and active.— I•Ve saw - the little Sc 001-house of our child hood, and the comp Mons of our rudimental studies;' the master ith' his tyrannous rule; e f the meek,' sutterfpg .7 hild who was beaten, but never tomplain ;land who fi nally , . went to Heaven suppliCati . blessings on the head i that had einitrived for -him so much misery; we saw the burlA tulrest, generous lad,coarse and ugly illihii phys cut parts; whose gentle Mind and sWelling lieart used to revolt at that vile tyrarMy; an en whose sturdy back l i g so many I. vicerous lows- have fallen; we stood'once more ove - the grave of our early companion', ; who died 'When school - was ": go ing out," and *hose !Oiter.eame to es,..with tearful eyes; beseechi silence for poor "J o e was dead ;"a.pnaw g ain the green slopes or! which !We Were s led to- play at boyish games, long idler the Sun had set in Canada, and the lowing of ho &tending kine toki of approachingniot; we hr!ard,again, the drowsy hum of the, net s that wrought their - patient task just bepeath the hoof room' windows, sending a visitor, no 'Lland then, to inspect and alarm; us at on Studies - we saw the pretty coos* te wbo - illeprop'osed, atseven, and who,.reterring th :• , question •to mamma, was not as broken- he. as we had expect ed; at the a nswer. I!I' . . - All this, , and more, . l ine up from the "'dim plains of longe''• go. a conjured our Mien- Cori as it swept by.. Ve went back twenty years, and far the non , ~ , 1 felt that we belonged there, and had no part in things actual. We Wore a roundabout . jiff, and carried our dinner. It, teas Sprin • Fin the little village, ! and all through , the by s treets, and out in the I suburbs and: by theife re -side, and in the door , J I yards, the pass was iirting modestly.— The family .ofiyellm ; girds,' that for many successive yea, tad nually , repaired their tl. home Stead, !in the tree that shaded ours,were twittering and ellirpin lir!, the branches of the old locusts.' l Gtirdens ere being made, and the fresh turned soil 4 redolent of odors. On a greasy plain, wh re it was our wont to play, there-had arse 'bled all. our boyish band i ,and We Were ".ehoosing sides" for a game at ball;,, The MOP girls were there; 'matrons tio*, dispersed in all quarters of the earth, some of them • Some lingering still among the seenes of chidhood, some corning back at: inteiwahi to v i lajt them, some dead, some—peace! they w re young then and' in- , l noisent ; could ! Amya ve looked forward, holy would their little hearts have bled, - "in anticipator:). ' grit !--=t ilk . God, we may not see the future! 'i The I the girls were there, romping and, joiious, a :d the very little boys ,whom we, of 141 f-twice r. lor so of yeara/pat-. ronized and rierrnitt . i. Standing there; too, and leanin e ton his !Crutch, was the - lad whom' disenie had earl stricken, and leay. Iv ing but a rea; had d teed to a life of sor rowing. Nor boy!' - ‘,. -graceful-and nat. urewas the' , pity nit ;wed for 'the :pale, anxious - setTerer;twho I led on socpatiently, so uncomplainingly, lug . out of his great, blue eyes, at hiCatro ef 4 companicins I, All but one, and! he - In ate 4ears, saw many an hour when one . glance et' pity for the felon and - the outcast, „would h4ve- broken , his sto , ny'llatureddwn'a 1 and 4.wn tears such as-his childhoodnerertnew : :! All were assembled there,' upon that soft t : and ! ?wilting . With . the carelessness Of the, ages of life, jihi as. twenty yiarft liefne on .such a spring day, they were gathe , , after school, in our village bomii, They. J ere the same clubs and balls; the latter anufitctured, of eve nings, by this fireside '-lhtime, from the rev elledr:, threads' ofatoekin! that bad . finished their duty an gannents 1, ' ' d were , saved for , the boys by .kin!thea imothera ; each had'. i wßoma.99 ening cheers. followed : cled many a Moist eye. , lately made, and more ~ put into his .hands.- 1 (rh to-take.his•depart : icited multitude who id. .‘ It is but-justice my-name. I am-Lieu w• of the Great . Mar- 4 bless you-all.==--fiire- 1 tight fully returned : to nht-a fe* rosolv'ed that temPOrance •k.tlSeir character, and Should .be theirs. i e . . , , r, been, wound with care,.4out the nucleus o( •luilia-rubbei., or' cork,. or i the elastic cartilage ,frcim a sturgeon's ;nose, and 'lteen cOvcred (if *ph buckskin; - so : Mitch the more valuable) •by a kind . ._sister; lor .tom ' -. childdoving-• void wainer.,. .= :The. same (.' by • "were -: ther e - tho'. . , . 4.*ore. of years had pas d, and giant . - ware _,, , houses 'had grown up on! . he old play-ground they *ere erowidess hati'witli'stotes in them t 6 hold them down, thetVand there, in pie turesque , decadence, theYi.had remained, thro', :all-thatlapse of time. [l . ; -, ': ..- -: .- • ": ~ O nce inure we grasped the tough hickory iclub and . stoOd . ready to . ieceive the.whi4ing. ball ;'once more the oldlihym .. ' ' : .-.,•. •1- . ' •- : Will and' a" ketch •, .%"ill alyrays fciFh." .:_. ' _ ' - - a Thyme 'handed down, perhaps, from. a, , -re - mote English origin, unlit which may have 'been familiar to the Children - , whii afterivards • on, that bleak December iday, mnri . than'2oo . ' 1 vcars ago, landed Upon he Coast of . Massa ; One more rudc rh y me was on the :tongue, and we sinnedas we recalled ,- it.--, Then, memory, trolicsiime 'and- revelling •iimOng. quaint thoughts and childish know!. ~,edgti long -unused-, exhumed and arranged be foreyouthful us such other snatches and fragments of rhyMe as we had learned of yore, -and we caught onrselves,•ropeating-- " Apple seeds and. pple. thorns; • • 'Wire, brier, limber; lock, - • ' Three geese in ti:fl k." :for the "first time. in—' leaven knows how long. • ' . . , i . - • • In that few moments, 'ears of life, passing . ii.s the -crowding incident ' of dream romance were recalled and. quie t! - eied into . reality:--- ' . ,-in that short period, - we ' brought together, jit the summons of niemtry,- all the widely- . ',Separated Members of th' ' little circle, whose iehildisli shouts bud mad' the uir ' Vocal; and 4p ;hose glancing feet had ressed...the tiirf, so .Many years agone l A • ew generation had Nome upon, .the :stage. - -.) ith : new - ,fits , - new. voices, more : delietitCli - and leSs - iiaryd • • " frames ; but :these' were ,' boyi 'still ; 9 and .. .their game was the sari 4 -that we had - played . With.the wandererS, the felon, - and 'the . dead If. our companions. [low soon, to, these Rmerry players, will - corq such retrospection:! Uud how many Ofthern, .'Neentry years hence;, ,will stand here and recall their youthful :,spring.time, and their joyous. sports, their. ',School-clays; and their - grquei of ball, the while ;they repeat, as we did labs =other morning, 'With one " whose age - is past; for he has taken 'On_imniortality"— - . • . "An things'l lor are altered so, • - 3! • ; • ',Nor does it east m heart to know i, • . That changes ides in me." ' 1. I [From the Riehmon Penny Post:] 1.1 The . 4ditor of the /le l ,Amoict Anzfiger (it iperinan paper published' in this city and to. j.ivhom I am in no way reiponsible,) in his is. 'Sue of Saturday, the 24th cif March, had the . • a ii - npiluence to select me from the entire fur feign population of4his cis v, (to use his own ipolite expressiony-qs .the only fool among . !them—and ,to assert that; was under th e . in fluence of a certain ,gent 'man svho had first Ifiutde me a Whig and thin a Knowallothing. ieis'eerbiioly true-that!' am a Whig, and r l expect to remain one,. bu -I will inform the :. ;editor when and how I- b' came, a Whig. - It ivas when - I was living in paltimore ; and ,when -11(r. `ere Buren was a candidate for the Prea. deney, and before I eversaw the gentleman alluded to as exercising control over my . 4'udgirient and action ; and it. was because I heard a,pumber cif Germans who - had come ..io this country, as I have done ;(for the ref 4on that ( - could make mere moneyhere- than t could - at- home;) insisting that 'the whole German population oughtqo vote for - Martin ij an Buren because his father was a 'German, ~ nd, if he was' elected . , the m Geratis • would 1 1 7 . get .all the ..offices . they wanted.' .t.-did 'not • think they were entitled-61161d theie offices', liecalisei if they Were not ,fit to . fill offices iii their own country, they were still less fit to • hld them-in this, and if they had been fitfor em at- home -they would. have 'remained I ebor. 9 and not come -here to , look for.than; f Wonlnwriuse I loved the . ionntiy of.niy adop-- Won better than a lazy set of office hunter s from my own-country;-and because I thought Ameriens - knew,' more; about freedom, to fthich - they were born, and the Constitution ' rider which they were raised, than,thosethat Spoke my native language and knew nothing ijbout either, until they got, ere, and some of 1-. them. not. much' then ; and because I aired 1 tore about my Own liberties than I '..did for ' (heir holding o ffi ce.- - These were' the reasons I .ifVhy I joined the Whig party, and Voted for : the Whig candidate; and after't joined their, -. tstuck to them, because I ,thought the prinei pies of the Whig party - would advance my interest more than the principles - cf.the other aily. • - . - - -..- - : ; - I t hought. after I beeame an American eiti 4. ii -tnat the government ought to protectmy Ihbor, epd encourage my industry, rather than ' iroteet the labor and, encourage the-industry -of those I had left behind .. me in the old coun ty, and this the Democrats refused to - .do, saying, let a ll the people -of . this - ellUntry sarve for what we care; 'let us buy •every- :thing ivewant . from abroad, - - and encourage +e British and French and. German wOrking- . lien on the other side-of the -' water,, in pref ttenee to our . own people at home. Now, as' to: the Know-Nothings, . I don,t , Oacily' kn ow what - Know-Nothing means; but.. if it theins . that the,nativea of this teen try: sikihetter;entitled to --rifle the - Country than - frireigner*- - -4hetlibr they heliisk. Germans, sriglish,Trencli; Spaniarda: pr. Afeticatu. lien' .I.lthirt.littow-Nothingi in principle -. for I hielieve. so, too. t I . don't 'Want any office myself; :mid' en . hid', niCt get one. if I did; end -- wouldn't be fits -for .O lie if I. could,- and 1 - -think lain about as fit as tle -rest ofiny countrymen _ th at, I ani r aceirainV e 'with ; but-I believe. the people of this eoun 7 - tit,..mideritand enough about their - Own affairs IP manage- themselves ; andl- ain't. see *it because they let , ire Come here, and lire *long them, and. enjoy4ny liberty, and fol lbw, my ; trade, -and „they.. support me -in . my. • tipsiness and. protect .me . in _ my rights, that! 't 'at givesfme any elainito-ask:.thern tp get lift of My- way, and make: - Toom (Or .me 'to , .4ine - in andhavean office t00.. 1 -If I,' waifin tny -native 'hippie in derinanyi• -iiild dn- American citizen wn4 to rem: there 14 d -set himself up for an °fee, I- should not t: I that-he had any right to complain Ofrne,. rifjd.frel unkindly tower& ,nie,:becauselpre f‘!7ri.‘il iny-Clin country Mere, to hint i :and '1 . ttuik it would be a very hard Matter - for . kniericim citizen to get an o ffi ce where I Came fipm,, that was Werth anybody's haying, - and. fikr. that reason I don't. complain --because: the t. 1.; • - ' -' • El ?", 11 Kmericarts choose to have their countrycerix? trolled by their own people i in preference td mine. 1 - , I have, American born children, land ioxi 3 satisfied' that they shouid come in for their - - share ofoffice , 4 and don't want any Ihreigtiers' to eceee here and'isho_vitheniOut o [ ft*: way, . The Denukrata makes' greatfizasr;Over the" rights of the - Germans to held Or* but all they wept, is their Votes., 'How , many. officer,- di the Germans hold, in, this town(? The` Deineensts - held a meeting last Week `to '" nominate nominate - all the city o ffi cers. How Imlay did they give , the Germtutsnone Nowikdoretiee much difference betWeetp theKnow.Nothings, who - Say OPenly that' they sforit give any Gerinats an office, and the' DemoCiats who say thef are entitled pi:them blit take good esre not to give them but-keep all for_themselees ; but what differ , : ence there is, is in tivoe of the Know-Notti:z ings, who net-honestly about it, ,and practice what thq preach; and, as for prose ript don't see that, as a German, I - ani j any more 'proscrilied,b'y the Knciw-Nothings, than, as a Whig,- I was proscribed ,by the Demix.Tatse So, Mr. Editor, you may put that-ia Your; Dutch Democratic pipe and, smoke it.. li the-re is any Democratic German in this city that didn't proscribe Me and my party as . Whigs,' would like to see him pointed,ont,- thath all And if they can't find any, let• them' talk •no. more to, me about ; proscription. When they had the power, the presc=ri bed both native And foreigners,uttless they - wcnild' fall down, and worship the - demon democra , ey,and now that they: find themselves in a minority, ! they whhie abOut proseriptron. - But I net only love rnye : adopted- country; and mean to do all. I can to servo ifs inter- - 'ests,.but lam under greater obligations to theenatives thanl am to foreighers—and there-- fore .l mean to vote with them. 4 have beet " three times ruined since r l have been here--_, twice by fire and once by robbery- -- and Nave been three times re-established in brisinessi.. and every time by native Whigs and democrats; and no fellow countryman of mine-:ever ; yet lent me any aid in my distress, -and therefore' they have - no claims on me to support them: for offices that, by the way, they will never get ; and if any Of my countrymen-are Week and silly enough to let the Democrats ute, them as tools for their own purposes, ; up to the time of election, and then be laughed'at for their folly, they,may do it, but they don't 'catch me in any such trap: , . But 'there is another thing that made are a Know, Nothing, and that is, that I was ,car vied to the "culvert' by :my brother. German Mr. Henry Miller, where I i saw the phant,' large as lifh, In the month of Sep tember last, I Wei in Baltirnoie with him : - and.le took Inc up to the German Itointui Catholic Chuechl where I heard - the priest preach in = the derman Am - twinge frern o'clock to, I, on pigetics ' with a newspaper in his hand, - from - which he; would read and then address his cone e' regation, and he told them in my presence .and hearing that those who not come up on the next. Sunday and! pledge - themselves to vote for certain parties were to nominate that week, - (for the Maryland.- I election that was to come off on the 'follow- • ing.mentli of Octeber,) would no longer .be permitted to claim Jesus as his - brother, ' Mary as his sister„ pointing at the untie time to the pictures of Jesus and the Virgin' Mary. - If I, had not been - 4atified rbefere, ,this would have been enough ; to con Vince me of the dan gerous influence of the Priesthood, and the , unfitness of Roman Catholic : 4lo govern this country.;-"and' that the two Matters of -Poll ties and Religion; ;or Church and State, were too much mixed rip with that `denomination of Christians, to command my, confidence in the selection of proper-persons to discharge-- public duties. That - the foreign Roman'Critholickof this - country sheould be opposed to the Knew No--- things is natural enough; but itthereds any ' reason why foreign .Protlmlants (of which I am one, should ,be, have yet' o learn; And will thank the editor of the Arkzeiger; •if he • will condescend to inform me. .; - Now, then, the aferestdd editor luis.iny. reasons for My, being a Whig and a Know-, Nothing, and he may make. the most of it-- and it-h chooses to make a fool of hintielt" - he can do so, but he will:find ibis out-Of his pOwer to drive or persuade me:to-imitate his example.. _ - • , Since the Democrats are so. much in lovo with the German population, why don't they , ;put some of themin the COMMOII Cmiliefi to • ;regulate bit). affairs or select one for consta ble, sergeant,collector, or'somethieg else,that will confer either profit or - honor. And why rdon't the editor, who sets himself up_astheir fguardian and proteetor,",t come forward, with the spirit of a matt andi claim for them Until hedoo, and has , succeeded, he had bet-:. ter shut up about Germans being proseribed,: The Irish Cathores may gat some -Offices, but,Gerrnan Pro estunts - never do.-. They_ wilt serve the Democrats for voting purpos-- es, an d that is' all;and after \ that, it is' don't know nettling' on one side, and 'don't care nothing' on the other. Sod-will go in 'for` the benefit of my children, who Will I; hope,. •-• be able to take care of themselves,• cspecial•. ly my two youngest, John Miller Botta and , Henry Clay.l -- Valet-rem* Ilacastr.e.• April 2,.1855: ( : Affishrothar Aristoeta.—:-The Newbury , - port Herald;.alluding to the growing.estrav agartee in the U. States, says: - 4 • - There ill not a country in the world where , the people are becoming so oitravagant their= mode of dress and living as in. theVnit--2 ed States. - • It is one of theworst sive of the tit:gel- The habits - of this 'mushroom aristoeraes -Aro' disgusting: How it looks to tleeboys sporting diamonds by the , thousand, ; ; dillars at a time, 'Whose fathers Were imicus: tomecl to:wheelarrows,' an 4 whose children arc pretty certain -to_ be hi. the Irorkhouse- And girls, silly, simpering thinge, weighed= down with jewels and bracelets, whose moth, ers broke their backs 'at the wishing tub,..; scouring floore and picking Oakum. The .real subStaotial ariatocincy never inaplge in such , ' • fopperies and fooleries. - • I' Sinswn Anincs.--AldOluan Binns beini Called. neon by S. woman i ,red•ltot4st, sad r quite_ indignant st an exprpssion used to her, J ; addressed bin) Mrs. AnoOks, tnv riext ',door ieighbor; calld me a tleief can't Imakp her Provejt - - - _ - • 4 Well,said the Alderatati,aTter aaaontextes ileliberation, 'you tylay,; but.t hack t)etter not,' ; •
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