111 I E I ' • • _ thk.A. .P.:*rab dsc. " Poefs' - .1 - - , • • • I • - -: - Au .ApritDay. • • i -- 1 - - -- • -. Ifid-p.oe't ever pen lines *re beautifully'descriP . , .. , tire of the Season than those of Clare in his " Wid -1 Pw's "Walk?' . You, can hear. 'the pattering rainidreops, . i and alMost Smell the rich 'filagrarice l of the. honey suCkle buds: ' f ' -' . •:".• . o', • • • - -.., . k . Al! day like low-hung clitads hake dropt i . , • Their galikeredfulines down, , 1 '-- All day that soTt_gray 'mist hath wrapt • 1 -,- '- •• Elill, valley, grove and, town. • ' ~.1 , 1 . ".There has not been a sound to-day..,! . i To.break the calm of, nature; . lik '.-- i ~ . - . " k . kir - • kuptk,n, I might alfuost say, : 1 . . o,f fife or living creature; • . . .. 01.,„!wating hougl - or ware *ng.bird, -; • / • 'Eh; cattle faintly .lowing , "- • " • ' - ! li p I Could_ have half believed' heard - . ' , • The leaves and blEts.snMa.grekwing. : r. f • I itood to hear.- I love it, Well,•,"" 1- • " i , '• The rain's, cOntinuous siind4. " ;" .. , •• i Stutfil drops, but thiclztaild fast they'fikil, . ', • ',Ditwit straight into tbe - grounil: " Forileafy thiekne.ss is .not.yet .kf-- t - •-, i iEartli's naked' bt east to screen, ,',-,-- . •,,. Though, every dripping branch IS! set -'• • a • !- t - Withshoots - oftender-green. - - : : . Simi , . since Ileoked at early morn,. - ' . 1 ~. "'• '• i These honeysuckili bti4s - - . • '.. . ' . ,I -' ,Ilave swelled to doubly growth. ' That thorn Q Bath put. forth larger,studs studs; " - i That lilac's cleaving tones, haye'burist, t . i The milk-white tiros revealing ; Even now up_ry-kay senses first Methinks' their sweet:s'4re stealing, l• . ,-The very caith, the stetting air . • i . -- Is all with.fmgrance' rife ;. • , I . Ami,grace and heautfeverywhere -- i Are flushing into life:,, Lln - tre, down they conic--those fruitful storls! - 1 Those earth-rejoicing drops!: . .". .i. A mamentary deluge pouts, • - . Then thins, decrease:?; stops; ,' - And:efe the dimples du the stream; . . ! liave circled out offi.ight, r - to! , from the West a;parting gleam . Breaks<forth, of anther fight. But Yet, behold! abrupt and loud i Comes down the glittering !alp; • The farewell ors: paski"ng . cloud, . The fringes of her Irani. s4jiti4. . . Lttipr from Rev. J. L. Lyons, little . Brother hi . .Kontrose. : . . ! 1 "! .', i ','I3%IRUT, %; rid, Feb. 18, 1856. : • .. : • i'l-...N.ii Blip-rum GEnnUr :—.(anipreity fired. to ' l .)ight, fi , f I have. •Lec.ll studying Atabi . ci I,,..n i r':v ali'day, but.stil, as tlie• steamer fgoe , s out.f..o;'l:lorrow', .1 wilV - spentl . a few Anoll!ientsl . 1 • ~1 .‘ . , ; . • I in an sl t . c ,o'.lllg. .' our- ia , •t.. letter. r . f (At as K Ane ! 1, svriklra:lllquo,- , ti,,n , , whii:ll I will r,,1.y toji . 1 i.. 1 •". • za. , . - . . - : • • I. 'liiti r.:41; where.Nve fret wzder, 3 ltice diii•ing, r . i ' , I •. - • 7 •_ B- 1 tv#4:: Illili t • Is 'of' tilL! xi , t.r. tft 7ra ,f Line . tn• 7 ,.. , e : .. 1:•...ir. xvki hart_ qc.• iain,. I.will toll-you, - ithit ; • ~,i, . . • 1 • lug ti.:eris;utdr mor..41:;:;-;..1: - 4t . is:iror'9 N(ivOnlier it ~ i li • • -- 1 -- t,,l_\• ,O'r, 'a -Am-re on:41:P1, - ot ran fads' an in atd-surnil4,the noon 111,,i ijiis ut,,untainS. anLi and•ark: st ,r c • i•nt aint • ; to last t noo g the There is . ani old , Arva, vhi) sup :'l: pA?esievtf' da.'—'from 9ne of Oese libanta:ns. The,. 4.,nntain is i Mile.,ofr th old :nail I)iiir , sl.ll , ;im" ; - :rs in , .- woOda frame! on the hack, .oft l a don-. • ',These jars hOldaloilt filidgallono each. cif - - ui.re 1...i•0 jars orWatir.a ilay : and lay the eiehtThemost ••• • - t of he people are . toq-p )r. to fin;;watc.r • and itileTefOrO the women. bfnag it hi the Si-. ~ 0%11.. . 1 1 iarg, ril n their heads, lust,as they did tw -thous ra'Y'ii.l rears ago in .the t meof our Sayior:— - Li , You say you shoultl;thi iii - eveiy 'thing would dry uP in the sun titer.:,. It is 'lrue,.tloras grass and the, tender -plants ~ 1 ,et pretty . thorOughly ' I I see relied,' but the .grape Tines and fig trees. have r itiot so t' Used to ',it that they do nc)t trend 1 it. All (*order' v'get liliesliliesand grains are 1 We. i raise in the winger. ' i expect" tp hive , greenl peas nest mglith. in some places in in the mountaius, -,-. where the fountains are 4 ,;argej i and' the water ' ir -hundant, the! 'People mnnakel dams and dlich4s and turn - the water 1 • on to iI their gardens an ' thus are able; to raise alt ki l ds);f,vegetahla in the summit, The peo i n e do this at Ain , Zhalta where sve spent the hot season. , 2.1 You 0.4, - ' what di NV eihurn olive oil; wit fruit! of the olive tree.; from Beirut ili;.=re is l i chard i'' i several miles in! ;!;inns. *soft and lieau) ."- I superior tit) the lamp home. iri - ; ii 111-. ' %pat do 3-ou re to eat;?' , ;We have,,, t! 'la great 314" tilii i S i.at i . you novelle home, and a great many 'thiti r .s that youllo act hake.' We have meat, pilitatles; bread, Milk., butter, I, lyc b i - ro's and all sorts ofik-eoetables and fruits in ..•-., , their seaion. We halve,,tlie ;italic - ! 'American`, dishes' that we used at have it home iod set,-:I , era! Arab dishes ibesides. As far xis catingis ' concerned we live in , act very much as you ' do, at home, fqr we -i, t the. Arab dishes only when we wish them,' Our cook him lived so Many years with :t. .mlssionaries that he um. ; derstands our Atnerton way of coOkinf.r. . ! ' , l.' YOU inquire ..# . aik'dO you !Ike the lit in 1 i , . • tle Aralii)o)Hi abou%liny size, dothey act like 1U e, or , 'de , i aci likti them D-.... , -*ell, I, like theta 'on the Whole l yery mull, t Ttteie arel ' some bright sill rp-e:ed . little tell4oii among, i ' them, and the are very . polite; They.al- 1 Ways 1.6 w and liish lie good,rnoi4ing or good 1 1 .'eVening, and sotnetitiaes - aa,is the 4ustom with I l th.ony when they . IF* thuse"whcit r they thick i i above them, take • n t cy .. band antic,: press; it .to I ipeir mouths.l 'lle Arabs hav: it :`great Ma. • 'a lly curiOus euitoms , Thy etre! famous for: doing things backwards. ;They ibegin at the . . . baek.'eud o a f llmOk to - reAd; 1 4 3 . r R 24' 2 :4114 , 1 write front -the, righi hand :toviiiiithtieftl-;- i `I: 6y walk with the big end efl *6v-4m/cies 1 fjuwt.,spa w_iiu. thatl'in ride, .-o'ieti -oftenit l"•!sidowa!,i i' l3ll 6"the; l ,,, ' O 6O it !iita• sit,astride. 1 ' Tb 4 begin at the4oe Of. a Siiiikina . knit' 4 : 1 .. • , k 4 , IP 1 , land . th . e other 'day I saWisti m'e" ear' penters pt.*, ' • Ling. Jirwindo,*s .with. die Ityr .l 4 - -.(- ~ , . , Vi. 1 9t?..w e . 1" - ' the upper 6 140,, qte- Arabs tifluk the..sun . i . ~ 1 ‘,,,, .., ,6i,•46.,„.,_. .. '-`' 11 • . ..• . • '. . . I . • . . .i • . . ' , .= • . :. . . •- , , . . ..., . . . 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The: olive .Oil light-40 is muith • , .whie4.-y6.1 use 111 .1 N goes rOuod4e. earth every day ; aid i the Won der is,'amolk so' many 'Ontrarieties, that they do not count backwards and. that they .walk on their feet instead of', their head s i r , , I htn glad_tolhear that you are nilaking.pro gress,in your studies,J and that you hope to ep. on trying •.t,o be 'somebody; try to be:Aseful, try to be,gooori; above all; give your. heart'to God, love him and • shrve Hied .and wit! yhu. be truly ood :hhd • 1 • • • Give my respects toy triendsWil lie and Bennie' and gourue and Pulaski,. and 1.. ,viur of )er piaym,lte.4. • Yiur affectionateßrother, • LORENZO . .. . , Dies qto THE WIT A. L Yi sr: R - • ; In 'the spring pf:I.S4S was ca led toJack son, Alabama, to. attend eciurt, having been engaged - tOdefend a Young man who had been aceu.ed of robbing tie mail. I arrived early in the titorning,;and : pninediately had, a long eonterenee with' my -client. Tlxi stolen mail bag had been reetivered,- as well- es the letters, from whiehthe money bad been rifled. Thesel letters were. iven totne fur exaniinatien, and. I then returned.'*theth to the proseentingat torney: . I laving got .through mY•private pre liminaries about noon, and as the case would not eotre off_befure the ° next !diti,.l went into the court -in , the atieritoun. to see what . was going4m. . The -first case that !egtrte tip was one of theft, .and the' prisOner nut , more'.than,' ; venteen Years of age, nattiCl 'Elizabeth illadworth.• She was very pretty, mid bore that 'tnild, innocent. look, which ).we seldom find_ in a' culprit. • She teas pale and frightened ;and the-moment my.eye rested Upon her, I pitied . her. iShe hid been weeping profusely, but as she flitind so many eyes upvn. her, •sheliecatne to much fright.; ened to 'weep -more. . The (oriiplaint against her se forth that she had stolen one hundred dcillarsirom a Mrs.. Naseby ; and as the case went on, I . found that this Mrs.. NaSeby„ a-wealiby widow liv ing!n the. town, Was the girls. mi tress.— The poor girl declared her . innocenee in the mixtit: wild terms,f;ut eireaniStanees were hard against her. •.- ,A: 'hundred *dillars in bank notes 'had been 'stolen from her. mistress's room; Mid she was the'phly one- who had ac , cess-there. • _ MI , • , . , . j AL this utietnre, when the mistress was upon the . witne. , 4 stand, a yoUng man icame and ~ .-aught me by. 'the arm. Ile was a fine teuking. mani...and bigte - ars ste,x,d in his (les. `!'hey.'tell tue \you are a 11,Y_)?, lawyer? he w . hiz-p.er.A, ,'!_-.. ' I . . 1 I am a lawyo-,'. I answered: . ' Then du savi?, her ! You - can certainly do . , it, for she is itmeeent,'' c .. t ' Is She 'your .Sister ?' '. No, Sir; helsaid.. ' But, 1 - Bete .he heiiitated again. f - . 4 lia - s she ,nojeounsel VI asked. ' None that "good for anything-nobly that'll do anything for her.. m.save,hei., and I'll give you alt I've. got. I can't 'give you much; but 'I can raise somet'Mi.' I reflected fur a moment. • -1 east my eyes, li. towards the - prisoner, and she Was at that.mo-. merit looking at me. She !:aught my eye, and the volume of humble er treaty I read in' her glance resolved me in a rnoinerit.' I arose and went to the girl,.andr asked if she wished -me to defend her. .She said y . .'. Then lin, formed the court :that I was ready to'enter into the ease, ;and I. was ad fitted. at Mice:— The loud murmur of . satisfaction which ran, quickly through the room told me where the: sympathieSOf the people were. I asked for a moment's cessation, that I might speak with my client, I , went and sat down by her side:. and asked . her "to state candidly- the: mhcle case:: - She told me she had lived with Mrs. Nak!by nearly two years, and had never had 1-any trouble beforv. - About. twos i ks ago; she ' said bei 'mistress lost a h mired dol lars. t • : '- . - - -,-, girl saidShe-rnissed. ; a . from her drawer,', the girl said to inc...,..' and .she asked meabout it,. but I knew: 'loth - Mgt-about it. ' , The next 'thing I , - knew, Nancy. Luther told Mrs. Naseby that she saw me. take; the Money fiona the drawer :,-.-that site Watched me through the key-h Ole. Then.they Nqutjto my trunk and fOund,tWen, .ty -five dollats Of the- tarssing money there.— But, sir, I: never took it--and somebody else must have pbt it, there:. . : I then askoJier if she suspected any one. 't I don't know,' she said,- ` who could have &Me it but Naney. `She, has never liked me, .because she, thought„l was treated bet Cr thak, she was. She is the cook: 1-was 0 cham ,.. • berinalch' She peint(i•Nancy Luther out to rne. She was a stout, hold-faced girl, somewhere about five and twenty years old, with a pow foth head, Small grey eyes,' a pug nose land thick lipf= l - -- I caught her glatfee once, as .4 rested on t.he.fair young prishner,'And the moment I detected' the kink of hatred ,which I read there, I was. convinced that she .was the stone rogue. . ‘ . 4 . Nancy Luther did you say that girl's, name was,?' 1 asked,.for a new light had bro. ken in uponitne. .. - - . . ' Yes sir.' • - ,- \ - 'ls dicta any othe.i girl of that name about here ' : , :r - ' go, sir.' 1' ' Then rest easy. you.', 1 . .: . 1. I left the. court ..p.lm and werit to the pros-' ecuting attorney and asked hiM for the, let= tern r had handed him—the ones ' that had been. iitplen kinn -the mail bag. Ho gave thein to me, , and having select. one, I re. turned. the !rest and told hint I would see that hli hadi the one I kept beforZ. night. I then retuined 'to the court room, and the case Went on. , .• . Mrs..Nueeby resumed her testimony. She said She entrusted, the room to the vriscmer's ! care, itnd that no one else had access there , save , 114'4; • Then "shade:scribed. about, mis sing theinOney and closed.by telling how she , found twenty-five dollam.of-it in • thh prison er's, trunk.. She could swear it was the iden tient Money she hid lost,- in two lens and one 1 15ye dellarionte.,.• -• • ~-, .--. • f ' - - kldrs. Aaselw? said I, ' when yOu first 'ln is. 1 sod : the -tanikey,-fied.yau any -reasen to belie - re i that the prisoner had taken it! I ' No, sir,' *be answered, 66 1 3 FRIEEDOIN nzo Quomir aataaKgir oLtavtanw aKD Z7ROK©ci9 4 I , EMI , I'll try 'hard to s slave M Iliad you ever before detected dishonesty.?', NO; sir.' ' Should you have,thought of searching her trunk had 'not Nancy Luther advisbd you and informed yob V • I No, Sir:. Naseby left- the stand and Nancy Lu ther took her place. : She came Up with a bold • look, and upofi me she - cast a defiant glance, as much as to say, 'trap me if you can.' She gave her evidence as follows: . She said that on the night when the money was stolen, ,she saw the • prisoner going up stairs, and from the sly matter in which she 'went up, she suspected:all , gas not right. So she . followed her up. Elizabeth went •into Mrs. ,Naseby's room stint the door niter her. _:,.l .. stooped . down and looked, through the key -holK - and saw her talk out the money atuVput it in her pocket. : Then 'she, stooped ~ '&411 and picked . .up the lamp, and as I saw that she was coming ont, I hurried aWay. Then she went ciik,t4ld how she had infOrmed . i' her mistross_of hovi• she proposed to I seat-ell - the-girl's trunk. I callo Mrs. Naseby back to . the stand. You say that. no one, serve yourself, and the prisoner, had access trr:y - our. rooros,' if said. 'Now could - Nat:Cy ,Luber have entered!: the rooms if she-wishedl' Certainly, sir. '• I macant no, one else ,had any right -there.' I saw that MN. NaSeby,,though 'newt-AY • \ 1. a hard woman, was somewhat moved by -poor Elizabeth's' misery. :. ' • 1 'COuld your citili have known, by . any ; means in your knowledge, where your money was : . . - - • •.• ' 7' :• 1 . 1 4 YeS; sit;.. for .she has often come up to, my room whirr) I was there, and I - have given her money with - which - to bity provisions (if market men,..Ao happened !.along . Withtheit wagon.-.1.' .- . - . i , 1. . . 'Due • more - question ; have you knoWn . tbe prisoner's'having tisedntly money ,since this was stolen r • No, sir.' 1 now Called 41 :Amy Luther back, and she 1 be g an to tremble a little, theugh.herloy.k was as bold ana.deftant'as ever. . i, I 1 ' .." Miss Luther,' .I said, ' Why _did you not in- , form your mistress at once, of what you. hag. ,seen, without waiting for her to ask about the ; . lost money ?' ... . 1i• - •‘l3ecauSe, I Could - not .make 'up my mind at tilde.' to expo.sc . the poor young 'girl,' She answered promptly. i • i • and say . you looked. through the key-hole, 'saw her take the money l''' I - • 1 ' Yes, - sir.' - 1 - -- ' Where did she place thb 'mop when :i3he' did so I' f .‘ On .the .' bureau .. , !-; :-- . 1 . ' In dour testimony' you , said she stootfed . down when she .picked it up, AN'tuit did you mean by - that V • .- - - 1 . The girl hesitated, and.finally said she didn't Mean anything, i'o.4 .) 01,A Qt. •ricio./ " k . f the. lamp. . . ~,, i , . - ' Very wel 1-,"'said . I.','• ' Howlong. have fy ou been with Mrs. Nasehy V t , . .1 •;Not quite a year, sir.' •: • i • •'' How fauch,,does she pay, you a weep?' . : ` A .dollar- and tifree. 'quartets. . I • i." Have you taken - tip.any of your pay Once you have been there 7'. ./ . ; '• Yes, sir.' • .. . " I ,/ Illow trich?"•• • v• if ' I °don't know,. sir.' . '' Why don't - you knoW ?' ~ ./ I•- •• ' How-should I'! I've taken it at ditTerent. ..: . . ttrues,-Juit as' I wanted it, • arid' have have kept no account.'.. .• - : ' ' ' i' I ' No;.' if yon had Wished f.o:harm - th pris oner, could you have raised .twenty-fiye d.ol lars to ptA in. hori.trfink,l l• ; - ..' No, sir,' she*repliet.l„witri,Virttious lindig nation,.•-• - - , 1 1 ') . !Then you haVe not laid tip' any ' Money since you have been there V. :•• I i k `:NQ sir:,--only what Mrs.,' . Naseby may, , - now owelne.' i ... . . • ' Then yeti .didn't have anytweny-fiVe dol lars •y;lin you came there?' ', ' - . • No, sir, and what's more, the money found in the girl's trunk Was the very •.inonoy that hirs.,,Nawby lOst. ' You might have iknovh2. that if yd 'd only remember what you hear. This WasNaidiYery sarcastically, anct was in tended as a crusher upon the idea that She could have put the .thoney in the prisoner's trunk. However I was not overcome entire ly. , ' . Will you tell me if you belong State 1 7 I (39, sir.' lu.what town?' i• . * She hesitated, anti for ari instant the bold look flirsook*, her. puc she: finally arifswered, • I belong in -Somers, Montgomety . ' t ••y.' • : - , , • .. - I next turied to ;tlr,s..:.,Naseby. 1 `DJ you ever take a receipt fr o tlnt your girls when y,ou pay them l'' I ' .A 1 way i.' , . , . i ` Can 'you send and get One of them .for 1.. . 'She has liold you the truth, sir, about fur paytnents;.'imiti Mrs. Naseby.. 1. • - 0,.- I don't doubt it,' I reptiud, 'ibut oedu- - Jar proKis'.tbe - thing for the'courti . room.— So if y4ul can, I wish you would procure file the reeitipt.'_. - - , -1 . . L_ • She said she would willingly go the court said so. The court did - say so, andishe went. !ler , dwelling was not far off, and she soon returned, and hati'ded me fOur receipts., which [took and,examined. They werelall signed to a strange, straggling hand by the witness. Now. Nancy Lotter,' I said, turning to, the witness,, and speaking, in a quick startling tone, at the same time looking herlsternly in the eye, ` . please tell the court, and the - jury, and tell me, too, where, you got thle-Seventy fivedollars you; sent in your lett'r to 'your. eisterin Somers:l' The witness started, as thotn„Alts volcano had buret at her . feet.. She turned pale as death, and every limb shook viOlently. waited until 'the people could bureau oppar tunity to see her emotion, and. repeate t . liequestion.- • •- - - ' • `l—never,--sent—any,'.she gasped. tj `You did r thundoiedjor I *as excite' - :faintly imittered, g ing 'the railing' by her side for . Support. `,.blay ft .please.your hinuir andigenti attic Jury,' I:said, --aasnonlas bad ' the witness :014. of eountenanee, ijcatno - to defend a Man* who has•been ariestet - robbing the inail„and- in the to'qrse . o •,1 -, prelintinerretatnitiatiohs, steeeis, setters Which had beep torn'opert Old 'lf lof wulleY- -NY ben 1 't nitred , upon .:' ME IVIONTROSE, THURS IAY, MAY 1,1856. er in any to this and heard the "name of thii w4tiess pronoune. ed, 1 went out and got this letter whiehl now hold, fur 1 ' remembered to • have seen one bearing the signature of NaneyiLuther : This letter was taken from'. the mail bag, and it contained seventy.fivedollars ' and by looking 0 the postAnark, you will ob.se rve that it was Mailed on .the very diy - .a4ei the hundred dollars were ' taken • frer . ri 1 firs. Nasebv's I - idrawer. *Twill , reed it t:;)-y ulif you please; f. The court nodded asOnt •end I read the - ifolloWing, Which was withot t date, save that !made by. the post inaster.up, ti the outside: , -- 1, • • 1. • 1 gtve tt. yeroatun : 1 yu heer sevente teo.kepe fur me it; heat' eoz i :lin t sPoke wun word i 'ilont wont' no , .. mony.. . yu went teii bwr, - unly that 1 1 - tn l a l d worth is hear i loy her now. u giv my luv - to awl yore sister.• " Sister .Dorcas:—i pen& five dolors . ; Which i Want . yu til i cum hum. i cant liepel afrade it will git stole. don tu a llvin sole bout thi&eot bodi tu kno i have got enny i now:wil yu. i fu,t p; gude;_for nuthin snipe liz yit—but i hope tu git rid i no i Tote to yu hout.her.' inguirin frens. thin is fttit til Beth 'Now, your hotter,' 1 . 61 1 . the letter, tutd also the reET that; the letter is direeteo *Somers, MoiAgomery coobty also observe that one hand m and signed these receipts. I ;observe. And now. 1 NO! : plain_ to see hovi the hund disposed of. :Seventy off. for .safe•keepirm, • wrtße twenty-five were placed trunk .for -the purpose of criminal. Of the tone .of_' ter,,' 1 leave -you to judge. men, Heave my client's c The case Was given tot ly &mini They had heard from mouth that she had no and without leaving their il2 verdict or ‘• Not Gvilt4 , I will nOt 'attempt to describe the scene that followed; but . ir Pileyt Luther had not ben immediately arresta fOr theft, she, would' have been-oblid to seek th protection of the officers, or The'excited people Would have maimed her, at least, it they had' not done more.. The next morning I received a note, handsomely. written, in Wbich I was told that, `the . within ' was but a sliglit'token of the, nTatitude.due me_ for, ml WI rt in behalf I f .y o s / o f , D., c a poor. defenseless mai "en.,. H.. was signed "Several ..Cilt,;ens,'? an contained - (me him- . dred dollars. Shortly . a erwards, they youth who first' begged me. to , altecup the / Case, ca!- led .urou me with all tla , roon4 he could raise, but, I showed hirr . tbat ‘ ,l was already paid,' and refu.Sed his hard Learnings. , Before I kit town I was a gues t Ott his We3ding—my fair client being the. hapy bride. •' ' . - . , ; ' /• • • - • • AA-un-' sp4)e.. A.geo'd story i ta told by IL P; . .I.:.; Or. t/ilO -Dory—a great sports ati--- 7 whe met In ~r .kansas a regular' child 4 the woods' (rather large for;ro child'. bein! cull six-leetrfour.)- 7 - The twin commenced lking about all. sorts ofhunting, and Dory greil- quite eloquent ; oyer the beauty -of" sni fel-shooting, which he ",.iegarded -as the iinest po'rt in the _world. I _ Ile ' drew .it!stroliff' hl4.tnt his own .exploits i =being away 'from Ili - tie—and -went on saw hig away'about hoW ty snipe rose and fell until .Rackensavkian woke up with the- qu'es. • - I 1 - • ' turn. - 4 What ar' snipe?' - i ,i -. • 1 ~_ : ' . ' Snipe,' said Dory, 13.,;41 tire best game that. flies. The kind I• rn ,a 1 are called English . or 'Wilson's snipe, an at•e 'splendid ! LOrt. legs, long tails,' dusky hike =• •• 1 i 'Stranger stop thar I've seen the.erit ters—know 'ern like t j old'boot,'• returned Rackensackian. 'l'.vOin down in . the Lew 7 isianny... swamps-1 141-Le ! Do. 'you rally Leat them er critters nt a llorth V • • 'Certainly we de,' .. i'd Dory ; 'but you said ynu had seetn'em cl O wn in the Louisiana ' swathps—tliey winter" t ere, I expect:' ' Winter and **inn . ) r both; Thar ar a few, .1 should thiukin . rinmsaw l TWO of ~. my - boys Was 'down eheppin' wood for Ithe . 1 steamer t'other \day, And thern"ar snipe sung so loud they come Bait at n ight and .' s aid thar was, a camp meetite goiu' on down I the 1 rivet. • , 'I ' Sing, 11' inquired. Di At the North, -as they utter a. IoW whistle, sung before-!' . - 4 Sitio!' said the sing so they make M, You 'ma/1Y shoot thei North ? Strange to my plantation an I'll give you the bes and throw in a nigger; Where do 'on ItY er I um Alp your waY a horse ant) a negr4 ' Wall. stranger I P'int on Mete-ere:a Napo/eon, and . cuss I , off tkm-ar birds rot nail fuenr), lie will !I, thin pitched into i it w: t s-"born, so that i ,bigis a *pumpkin r • - 4 ritchea into your, .--r-b -, as a puMpkin -, as Dory, in great er something new ' 1 Well they.dikt..l sripe. We call 'et . rand tal . ' Isic - of . ti I G' • g of an irk, entit: and 4," gives theft OW tree ' _of whichl nglish literatgre. " Here in Englai -.table creations tnJ old, dusky buildin'; oulf . of them. iG h liewitebed leaves and ragged selves straight-out tar lines, and luigt old rav en . with soi out, °ilia black catj . i . • wrong ; way, or at yl o ther . atTange, uncanny g; *i d thin r . Besides - 414 ; they li ve almost, .fOrayar; for ishenil f ey ',mei , ilioten,*o - Old'l4l . etay i ie-!. i. speetable tees 00/4 to . .be thilhkfig - 0f.4041 wld i - they only take an theriteiSt . ind so live :ati. cl ciilogiti;h4fliife eitty. - ;:'l,,aaW. ipiiie.iffEtig- , .. laorstriti- h . ‘. d l ' y j irii bld, acid irie,y had • , I,l,iowu-9ticerai ev l ti,y centxtfy.: • 1 !, - . I AI4CY LUTHER." „, as I handed him itits”, you_ will . see Dorcas, Luther, 1 ,. And you will . Tote that letter he jury will also Only add : .1i is red dollars were t lellars was Sent the remaining the prisoper's cox;`erinr, the 4 real to parts of the let- And now, getltle _.,s6 in . your haniis.' , l hd Jury Immediate--1 tikn of the letter. nth, w'tta.s 's ow.ll l nOney of her own, seats they returned., 1 , . : That is singular. ise, I have heard them ut Dever knew they • acltensackan-- they rkair stand on eend.--= n4tir' critters on to the ftv ou'l I only come- up toot otrthe cropAimr, ;torso }'ou can pick but, caUit kecrbf ' asked Dory, hare to owe tne. ie at Powder- ,Ilorn ,bout thirty mile:t from mt if the man'tlait'shoots . ne don't be ,my it p..eok here; the eternal ;l youngest, child efter if head.-swelled up :es child !---rsvelled head Did snipe do .this' Otopes of having discnit- . • astwise what : you call Itaus:kee-ters P - - , to slow tee and the in, her new. les - QC Foreign lioifrlng.des . eription of :tho. ire have read so Inueil • 1 _v , Id, I think, they have bg de on ijurpose to Ott'vilth i oll• and this yow l -tree lis P. 1 • as altogilber a riloai . Ob.- ft, with its dusky blabk rtuiehes,_tbriiWing - thein ..., with odd twists and 63%4- '4 put .ons_ in mind -of an nie of. his feathers.- pulled ! With her -hiiir stroked the " She Has 44„ .' Not long since, a.• !poking inMi, in mid dle life, came - to bur door asking for "the. Minister." When informed that he WaSbut of town, he seemed ,disapPointed and anxions. Onus questioned* t 4 his buSiness, he're plied : have losil my puhher; and as this place used to. be der, home, and my father lies - here, we have comet to lay: her. beside him." . ; • • Our heart rose in syinPathy, and we Said, "You have met with a ;eat loss." - • .1 - re=ified the strong man, *ith hesitancy, .`a niother is 4 great loss in gene ral ; but our motile - Oa - id outlived. her useful ness she; was in her second; childhood; and her Mind was grown as weak as her body; so that She was no comfort to herself, and 'was • a burden to. everybody.- There were seven Of us sons and:daughters; and as we find anybody who .was Willing' to . board We agreed to keep her among us a year about. ;But I've- had .more than ny share of her,f for ;,She vl.as too feeble to I e moved when! her tituel«•as Out ; and that months before herAcati a goOd mother in her hardto bang us all . up IV: about looking- at less. inan, we directed h •neighbormil pastor, a nersery. , We gazed! upo sini IW or grew sad In in it wlure, ca guage is half so sweet :. wOndered if that day w they won't) say of ais,'' uselblitess, she is no co burden to everybody that;:l before such a day be Oken to. our rest, shohld outlive the lo; Ranier let us die Whilt of.titeir own, that our with the'x' tears;:tind, the hopes. of heaved. When the; bel I ,tOI ie Oa); we went to/the st ly toked of relpeet fel wafelt. tbatAre could ; ev.&t though-her Own 'Aida: -,,/ • !; 1_ - , ~,she was a good rtiother in her day,. and toited bard to - bCinglus ' . till:upL---she (‘'vas no /..z; .• I comtort to herself, and a burden ; to' eVery- F boy else !" Theseierdel, heartless; Words .ra!ig in in our ei; e saw the coffin borne art the aisle. ', T tolled long-and loud, unt.il its iron for I ch"ronieled f .the years Oche toil-worn 7.. •One—tiothree --4fOur—five. • l rarly and Mini:3lst mer rity each wok( )f her once Peaceful Amber oti_ her 7's bosom, and of her sett at nightfa! 1 her weary f..n.ther's k knees. Six—set ;ht—nine--tell-;rang bit the tale 0! worts upon the green sWard, in the tr. , and. by.the:broOk.— .oeven twelve—thirteen—t6urteen—thirteen -..t . s r t4:.4• nitire grave y of school days and lit t household joys aeares.-i..Sixteenseven t4en---;-eighteen,' sou dcd• out the enraptured visions of maidenho d. and the dream *of ear ly- 10Ve. , -- , - Nineteen brought befor4 us the, il linppy bride. Twenty spoke of the young ; tliother whose heart Was full to bnrsting, withi tile . new strong love which God had awakened. i 4 her bosom. And then stroke after stroke ib ld of her early wotnanhood—of :the lovei . .find cares; and Te.arsl, and toils -throtikh which! o',le passed during 'these long' years3.till fifty tang out harsh 'and oud.s. - From that? to ,six;- _ f'.y, each stroke. to d Of the wartfilietirted Mother and ,grandriaother, living ,oVer. again lierown joys and s4rows in those of her chit ' dren and her,childien's children.. ..f.:ei y fard z Py of all the group' canted grandmother then, 'nd the only strife 1 vas who should secure the ;, •, prize.; but Lark ! the bell tolls an!, Seventy. `r-sevnty-one—twb—three—;-four..i She be gins-to grow feel. 4, requires some care, Is 0.4 always perfectly patient or satisfied ; she, goes from one child's house to another, So hat to one place seems ne home. She l nirmurs in plaintive tones,ar\d'after all her ;toil and Weariness it is hard she cannot be rib= ! sowed a home to die in ; that sin; must .ient, rather than invited, from house to house. Eighty—eighty-otie:----two--- - ;- - three4—four-4--j nth, she is now a second child—now" she tills! .'outlived her - Usefulness, she has nOw ceased; fto be a comfort .to her - self or anybddy ;"thatj is . , she 'has ceased' to be profitable to her; skqtrth-craving and cruey-grasping ;Children. R . .NOW : sounds out, .reverberating through ~ ! • I lour lovely - forest, and echoing back from the; !" hill of the dead," . eighty-nine !'there she I)es rnow, in the coffin, cold and . Still She males no trouble. new, . demandsnO love,. no soft 'words, no tender ittle.oflices.!' Alook of pa,, tient endurance, we fancied alio an !e4pression of gi ief. for unreqtfited love, sat or her: triar tile features, tier children? there, clad in weed*: of woe, a'd in crony we remembei.ed the siiong man's words, words . , "She was a gOod . mother in her :day.". .: When the bell ceased' tolling, the strong minister rose in the Pulpit, Ili; .form WO very; erect,'and - li s voice strong, h t uthis !lair Was : silvery ;:whi .: He, read salient! paSsa . ges of scripture pressive di God's coin , ) . as;., sion to feeble man, especially .olihie ten,lerr ness When gray - irs; are on him and; hiS strengtVtiiilol. He then. made 4oine toheli ing•retnarks9n human Ifrailty, and of depend: ) enee on all present tag; make their . peace Witti-i their Master while in health, that they might) claim his promise Wholi heart andlflesb'should fail them. 4 :. "-Then" he said, - " :the • etairnal 1 God shalYbe thy refhge, ,and beneath fthe;3l shall be the eV i erlasting arms.' Learlingl over the desk, and . gazing intently, on Obi cot; fined form before him, he:thon said revetent-i ly, "From a. lit 1e child I have -honored! the! aged; but never 'till grey hairs eoveredi m' own head, did Inow truly .hoW - .much o* and sympathy t tis class have alright to i del I t mold of , their f !low creature.:::. r Now lifeell it. •Quit.nothesP:he':added .mOst tendOrli,f "who, now lie* in death liefure ; ',un, Avasta stranger to - me, - as arn.all . these, her ,deseend4 ants.. All , I knew_ of lier'iS What her son Mist told me tO-day- r that Showssb#mght ttithli town kern afar, isiity-nine Yeat*agci, a !hap; ply- bride - thatheretshe _ has *tied most 4 her We i . tOilingLas'only motheris .evet )111'41 strength to:toiLluittli sbe had.renred.a larp family of sons• and daughter that she lelt her hoMehere,t clad - in the-WeOstewidoWi: hoOd,,todvrell-ekmong,her ebildrin; ititd thaf. till: health and t ivigor : left her,--.! . she .liVed.o: yon,_ : her i• dew Wants. :YouOvho..ttigethei• :have ihnred_ her love and!,lter earAskito*bOvf, well you hav'e(4qtlited bar, :, ai-. 4 f 63-10 tliit., a3iiiekite shnOtiediiie any• • ofidilic)tinirii§., Undo or Inurtnnring on • aceonnt of tho:tare .1 . i vas more than three . But then shel was ay, and toiled' ,-e'ry 1 • - . • . the face - c,f the hbalti m to - the house,`of a ad returned' tol Our Li the little faces Which ,initionlof ours—thine i • 7 no Word in our -lan- , is 'i M . other ; I .' and e / ottld ever et.ne : ;yy en She has out[li..%>cd her mfUrt to berS lfand a else V' and/ ve hoped / would dawn k ive fnight • God. aphid that ;We e of curchildren . l—' rciur hearts area pare /,bve may be watered 'our love linked with 1 , : I fur the mother's bu { netuary to pay Our . on the aged stranger.; fur five her memory a tear,' 1 children .had none to i. - lE .. , 8,, -. ' 11 I , 36 1 , . 1,1U131,715ti)F,3Ft57,,if.T9119.7,,,1,i..q....[: FR • she has ;been bp you Of.late When fougo back to Your banes; be carefulnf your Words and ynnrnxarnPle your own children,: for the ft uit .of your own doing you will sure ly reaplfrom them when you yourselves tot ter on the b.rinkl of the grave. • entreat you as - a frie,ro, as One who . has - himself - entered the "iev j ening o life," that, yoti' may Say; :in . the pi,thee of your -families nor of heaven, Our InOther haseutlived lieniusefulnesS--, she waS a burd'ep to us.;' Aslever,-neVer a mother eannot live .so long as.that No; when std can no longer labor for her;children, nor yet- care Mr herself; she Can fall like a preciolis weight, on their bosoms, and call furtl o . ydwr - helplessness all . .he noble, gen erouSl'eelings of their nature.T. Ndi}.-n; then,lpoor, toil-worn mother . ; there. are Poi More Skeple§s nights, no (Imre days cif paill . ,for thee. I.llldying . 'vigor . ond ever lastingrusefidness a'ro part of the inheritance of the redeeM i ed: - - - Fecble as thou wert on earth. ,t.hon be no burden on, the; bosom of Infinite Lovp, but there ..shalt, thou ' find thy longed-for rest„ and. receive gloriousthy Jesus and his ransomed fold. • Horace Greeley's Apprenticeship., • it iv:ls : 4a a fine spring inoriilng.in the year 18'26,1-about 19 'o'clock when gr. Antos Bliss, the„r4niger find one' of the -proprietors of the/Noilliern i Spectator, in 'Riot Poilltney, Tf.„ I,Might• have been seen" - in the 'garden ehindf his house planting .potatoes:' . He hetird the gat open behind hini, - and, without turning or to king round, became dimly.con seemis of the presence of a bevy. But, the bdys i cif coon ry Villages go into whosesoever garden their ; nuderinp udcy' impels them, and istipposing this boy to be one of his own' neighbors, - s)lr.'fiwliss - Ccintinuedihis work and Trickly forgdt that he' was not alone. few ;Minutes he-heard. a voice close; behind voice; high piteln..ll and whin -1 '‘ . 1 ; Iti said ' - Are.you the Man that carries 91 lie printing office .1 • Ap.. Bliss then ;turned, • and restina upon his ,hee, .suryeyed the - persPii.who bad thus addressed him. He; saw standing before_ hini • - apparenily abOut fifteen years of age, Ofd . light, toil, and slender' form,. dresTed in the' plain, firtner's cloth of the time, his gar-.l inents cut with an utter disregard to ele,,e . ance . l itndl fit. trousers were exceedingly short, and v himinon's ' • L he Wore no stockings; trisl shoes wi3reof the kind denomi*.ed 'high- 1 ' and nuich worn down his hat was of $ one Oplie olitstamp, with .so . srmill a Ibr z i,nr, that it looked more like a twe-quart lirreasure inverted than anything else ;' forst it, IW:isworn far back On his head; hiS hair- waS ' Whire, with a tinge of orange. at its CXtrerni ties; and it lay thinly upon , a broad forehead over ahetict.' rocking 61 shoulders whiCh Seemed too slender , to . support the 'weight of a ,inember so disproportioned to the general The general effect ofthefigurennd its .costume was so oldie, they presented such sicombination of the rustic and the ludicrous, :and the iipparition had come . unpn him so suddenly, that the amiable gar43.l.o.pourd sijarcely keep froth laughing. restrained .!himself, however; and re: plied; 'Yes; ['in the man.' ,•.: • Whereupon the.' stranger asked, 'Don't yen •• .1 iwant bey to learn the trade?' . .1. I " Well," said Mr. Bliss,. .have- been of it. ,DO . you want to- learn .to print ? • - • I've .had some notion Of it,' said the .boy n i t true iyankee failfion, as though he:hail not ilieen dreaming about it andi 911gi,. for it •• I for , years.. ' Mr; Bliss was both astonished and puzzled -I-HastoniAed that .sUch ;a fellow as: 'the boy ;iohiced to be, should 'have. ever -. thought Of • learning.to.print, and puzzled how. to convey. to him an idea of the absurdity of the notion. Sci With an expression . in his. countenance, such as .that of a tender-hearted dry-goods inerehant might be supposed ta,..assume if a• hdd-carrier should apply for a' place in 'the t la'ce department, he said, Well,' iriy . t ' •now • ,• ou.k, it. takes;considerable learnirig tc be.a printer. . Have, you, been to Sehoel • fnuch l'• • • - I 'No,' said 'the boy, I haven't had, much 'chance itselrout. I've read- some., • • 1 ' What, have you. read I' riskedfr.• Bliss I've read some history, and some 1 travels,. end a little of most. everything.' •• • • •1 1 t Where do you - • . We-S,thaveio , 7 . 4 3 Flow did you come over..?' I.' 1 I mine on • • . • --' What s you name' Horace Greeley,' , . • II t Now it happened that Mr. Amos Bliss had ; thieen for the last three years an Inspector 'of IlQuin . mon . Selidols, and in fulfilling the duties 114 his office—examining rind licensing. teach- . ;rs—he had noiluired ..an 'uncommon facilty asking' questions, and a fondness for - that exereise -which men generally entertain' for an employment in which they:SuppoSe therh-. slelves to excel. The youth before. him. was in the language of 'medical' -students---a 'fresh subject;'• and the• Inspector proceeded . to try all his skill upon him, advangiit from. easy questions to 'hard ones, up . to L-those 'knotty l'probleins with 'which had been, .Wont stump' candidates' for the . ,.ollice of. teacher, 1 The boy.' was a- ri:atalr.. for tile answered everyquestion promptly, cleatts -)y and modestly. .- He could not be. - .•-stti inP=- ed'. in the "ordinary School 'studies, and, of the doks he had read .he cold give a Cerrect arid hompletanalisis. In. I count of interview, he Ay's; 'On - entering into conversation, and a- rtial..exarianation of the qualifications of•niy___ttti . new !required but little time - to :discover that :he possessed a mind-of ne'conimon 'Order„ and . an "acquiredintelligerice . far heyond'lliiYears., ,He had, but little opportunity nt:the 'com-1 - 71.norrs'ehtxtl, but he said ':he had: read some,' 'and what .he had read he ,WellUnderstoOd and, remembered. In addition to the ripe !meth gem ,manifested yin•One - soYonng,and'W boSe ! !instruction had been, ho limit* there -wrisi•,a;. Singl . 4tnindedness,' a thithfulnesi and erie*. monlense in what ho said; that" epee Voiii ! mended ••••,.;.:, • After; bail hour conversation 'with.,the boy, Mr. - would do,";andAcilit:bini.to•go:into the prin't• - •` , tug office:arid-talk to.:the - foreman. . -NVOlt ‘ tiffice,•and...*twe pearAnce pri - Aucied, ,Olbot utin6 therein,.*lfieh can'tag ;better' imagliii;d , tbaii rieSeribed: and *bleb:lS 'Membered ,by thetwe-,wheijrarviyi . ,ri..Tortge: ! foreman Horace add ressed regardttiss bertainly,obliOonaproliabfyi,of, - the stare and - ' the remarks of:the- tfro.).B?l_';7;4o-gir,,, etnanl first„ , was inclined,to - leousleA- that 4r . , - ~.p ihould, for -one tnntnent3" .triWfi- es 1 that a boy got 4 in that•atyl6,cpuld:Or the most ordinary dud* of :e.:OttitAes prentice. Ten :,tninutei talk with ; hitif,'-, ever, effected a partial . Trevioltition - nkhis! ' iii the' bby'S favor, and - tei)lc." Wai!" ... givati .r .. i t want of another appretifice;''he 'Vtaa',:not dined to be over particular. lic:rtuie c : ' : :a slip of Proof - PaPer, wrOte r afewvicirdziAilien it haatilylwith a ; pencil, - And tbld,the„ - bok 2l tot take it to Mr:Bliss. .1 his. Plegeofrpar was his fate.; The words were'::'' Guess tcre'dl bi:t ler- tiy him.' Away went liorace t6thiger den, and presented-Ins paper. i Mr.: bil4s,. whose curiosity had :heet4 exalted. to a high pitch by the extraordinary..tontrast .betwvrt the appearance of the boy . _ and hit real.q all- ty, now entering into alo ig eeuversation pith him, queStionifig hint respecting hiS •liis ay, . his past employments, his :parents, - thei :dr- .cumsninees, his own intention ..and wishes; - and the longer he talkedl-the,niore_ his admi ration grew. The result was, that lie aktreid to aceqt Ilorace . .as an aptikentice, proided' his father would agree' . to the Initial 'to - ' and then, with eageristeps, 4nd alight I the happy boy took the dusty ;road, ths to his home in Westhaven. • , TN,,. A Country- of Contiarietie3. California, including - that; perlion of Platt lying betvien the :Sierra Naradernauntaifis and the deserts on theeitst;.is Ofitipotherka _- - land of contra:l(4;es.! .For six 'oiz; eight . , wionths of the year.our Clirnate (we are.Spe.ak- • i i ng, -4.).,t the mountain ,cohn try 'of :,California.) is - , one of ge.nial mildness and alhaost uiainterrap- i . .ted"sunshine,folloWed layttiOntir, , weelOitid ',.. dayi of ilternate rain or cloud and ,unsliitie, • and-this makes ourivititer;:and yerth '•teni•- - • " _.:,r, Perature is so mild that, it seldom; re z.. 1.-- = . Some seasons .we get much more, of_ reneh ing rains than we,have the past tiyinte ",;bat . '" when it does rain, or Snow even, we live, lit- tie Or no wind to give force _or terro to the ' .- stot • : '.- ~ ~, The. whole,' earth `"for months . - tog ther is. '-- either one continuous bed of flower ~a 411 - and arid .waste, (exiiept where fore t,,tfeeS ,abound) ordrenchedi with soaking r ini..—, . '..- There is really-no half way work•atio t it.:=- - - . .. -.;.: And yetwithhardly a. shower for six lohths .• ,•• in summer, Califorma produces the largest .--• trees . in ,the world..-.lts largest : lak Llie al- . . -most upon - the Njeryl Stiliamie of its highest " •'- mountains, and thou la surroundedb eternal snows, their waters never freeze.' bd•the ii east of the Sierras, a rivers .run inland - and instead of dischargihg their, waters.into;tlie ~., ~,_ ocean they_ are dried up. With a Eittiatit__2 ' unequaNd 'fbr. i its Salubrity,' and an Etpo. sar 4, '• endless forest.of great' eauty, we ha :ge . .`ArY 1 few birds, and such as , we have;"seldOrialf ." ever. Sing', high, among. the .' Ilia 11 - 1 face of the country is one,uninterru tea Sue- S cession, of ups and downs, there .1.4 very little - , level laud here. Nigh bills, deepL,ro gesend i cations charact4rize; the mountain, s open,' .On . , , either. side. - Our:valleys are - alias ft: level wjth the waters or the ocean, mid -hair , iilttiailla.ora _so ihigh that - theY irk Alter ~,,, I decked With snow., c - .., . L ,--;:44.-''''f -------" '-•- -=.1,-17.:".'"; • The extremes al rhutallty and - diisipp, are seen every whetle, andSanday'is their business and haarkq- day: '• Our wornett.l4... - -, -• either transcendentitbeautiful or le mely*Y.':'"::•' Diggers. Our peOple are , ,rich 'and making:- money, or miserably ' hard .up; or ono..day - poor and the next. counting their -gold.:by. pounds. ' Ainan may be'`-without Oldie iia. `i his pocket, and yet be treadingupo,g - or(l'at ~ - every step..;.H He - may:have' no:-wife, :or he ' may have a dozenj just aslhechooies, and a whole church to sustain him in. his,pririleges ' and principles; - Animals, supposed to,havo attained their full! growth' in - thetates, on being 'brought 'here, increase, in siiii' and weight.. Nor is this phenomena wit rely;cOn- , fined to the s'pecies,whilst lumber Made into furniture_ of altiatt,ul.7ery dese.r4Vl4 04i panda andshrinksrlargelv endwise.l" ..- . , ~, Thousands - lire in the - enjoym'ent'of ,per r,.. feet health from year to-year;"matty , dieltinia disease or violent 4. Kind friends maymiu. inter to the dying; or tile taunts and, jeers of fiendish men may mock at the dying, throe* of their vihitti: Sevin are buried in, thi..q,ut-•--- et tomb, others upon the burning pyrate hastily' resolved iteto-their original 'eleineilts, and acne in theiri last Tepose . oceuipp. - pliees unknown so men iiwhile.thormildslhas.i - other. .thoosands may, return -to I.4eltr.vg . 4t* homes, and_with their families around Aem, r . pass down three& life, ever grateful to a kind/ --- Providence for hiving difeeted fheir thought's and guidedlheir footstep 4 to thelaiid &gold, extrepicsan conOltrieties.—Picteervilte Amer- ' ' 'can. -TOE FIRST MA 11 .1.10 X —. itAn S —An. English journal,' the Brittanli amusit g article tlyde.r tlai'llead ( . 'sfr Weddliig.7 - the: - ..editor;'saY !thtil short eOurtships', , and in this. Adam' tizetisihleman--4,htifell 'itsleep a' hi] awokezio-find hints& a - -nultried ' appeari;to have .`!Pripped,:tho•titie mediately after, meeting ' 2 . l a'artv and ,she; witinin - flirtatiou ..iir..tilt) hini tt.-i:;i3S'and herself. Of that-fi 1 this w2oild we .hase' had, -!u wave tilOughts,. and sometimes iiPpbe have wished we'lwerif - thi'inapc - t . But the deed is or wea.donei the Adam's mid ho improved It, -- 1 ' notion 'of gettingluarrieif,nit :g in. good trOe. Weli.)te l _ a' r ,iirlia and Adani's wailistrietlf-priiit otis beaux were there no etvitkin; -no itgoiteritig atint#,,ttn.d gr:l4t mothers..'!:' The;. hirdilif heaven titrels,;and the glad" sky 'ehed' itiki the seitie:' One thing Atiec tite4 , , brings .. queee\ideai into'9llr - , lteo scriptural;. truth!. Adele; 4149V_Iti rather young 4.. ;be. mat irk - three years 4 ., ) 43 ,1tiej. 1) 0 14 ,1.:t4....t1/101 llations` of. theologiatineril4 but not older.4:ivithont It-Ildni pot or-ketUe--'netttinglutzkivel IAYNCIanu! CitrYa•-krA 1 1 -se'd OY am:fur: ali • pAij eveii v for*lniait , tow dill dui passion tor iettiOiiiiit,their - 'Nick 'break down your gateslo ptrl t l its.::_l:6 o k;! , there iv to utoi tr, a 4114keOWI:it Pco4-04tiaig I ( ` IN4/ 1 1U ,* ita4 t eSl tO Arr t rj 14.56 irtisthh!!- - *n tho ; -1 •irleikreis po how: rtherit -- ry hatelhoit ken .sine I -put it: til ; bar fields," Ei t t , ! at :blo s's . • ns - en‘h- 1 : - : likt.l nual;'.,llo stitiii" Inf.! wile: ness,,,,gave Irst.: , k.;„ - 1: v47 0 1 1 ehtmeowite re like -the Filep e ' old eodas, • - 444204 1!1. 1 4,; /iglA 1- 1V, 1 4 *Cl.lr`eilddig Etai -OA* f It - AO wore tfo nestppeci mahout it illaT4en =`• ' ; ..-* 4 ; .:, • '- ' l.-1 ,: , * L OY a n ti& r . 1 4- 4.1 .9 4 1. 1 :*4-,-... - mat 4 11908 la 41 , ' -beenii.'t64 — 'v . , mLgi:.9rtktet • 10 -44 11 4 1 1 , :: ,Jigt4t - fiv ,&:,, ) . iilurgh iiil ",ft ate, . y,. f., 0. . In 41.1 m. - , EN Ca V CI E I 15
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