• . READ Sc H. H. Frt,A =ER, EDITORS. ' i'oeVs 'u Jr' the Indeprede»e oßei3ubtieaii. MY WIPE'. DT RIM. T. lIRIIPSTkAD. bear name ! first breathed in.:Paridisoi And trarbbid down the rosy air . ; And wafted threugh the stainless skies Arid up the silver vault; to where - The Heavenly splendoni burp, and glow AllllllO the Triune ..11estery-- F I ne'er, is mortal tittle, ma, know The'sweetness that is hid in thee. 'On nil the hills o'er which, the wind with it thousand-harping sound • is not so sweet a cadence shrined, -• Is not sti rich a music found As in rhat single holy name Of " wife," first breathed by Angels' lips, Ere they nith eyes of golden flame, Ilaeld the night„of Sitig eclipse, • In than and; pain and blighting dew Fall Cold around the Primal Two. Dear is the mute "friend" to those Who :sail this bleak, tempestuous sea Of Human Life, .while keenly: blows Tic gale of black Adversity, And sweetly up the gulf of years Returns the holy accent " mother," And sister" calms our childish feats, Anti manly is the sound " tny hrother ;" Yet..yet I know a sound as sweet, With•licirenly music more complete,. And richer than the.golden song • Of birds upon the gate of Dawn, • Whilf: ,lancing wings the branches throng, And June trips With her roses on, Is tint one word, With mystic'art binds us to some kindred heart; 0 not the lordly shout: that swells From the green hillS,Or.Caith to heaven, And'in its sweeping triumph, tells Vie fetters from a nntinn riven ; -Not 'marriage hells or fluting'breeze That roves through May's enchanted ground, Nor Music poured o'er moonlit.ceas, While misty rocks give hack the sound Alt, all have not n tone tome frrtu,..47ht with glorious melody, So Moulded and attuned to 1.)e,- Allink between our souls and Him - Who is the Life, the Truth, the Love," _knd!round Whose throne the listening Worlds In high, melodious order Move, Dear golden sound! how art thou , FtAilled By hearts corrupt and lips unclean! The!glory from thy soul bath waned— OR bath thy snowy vesture been Trailed in the path of common dust, .kud'eradled in the arms of list. " Mr wife". hitth trembled from the red Aid reeking lips of him Whose thought 'Ne'er so trod above the miry bed: Where'the doll swine lies 4own to rot; And the hoarse libertine Lath drunk In maudlin triumph to that name, Wl,ielt in his. hlichtetl,soul bath sunk . . do . eper the ..hot bolt of shame. 4.l.lrAded Lore ! 0 scud -. )1 bright, Of: that most holy, symbol tie, Which links thechosen eons, of lig.ht •• To Him ale chose for theist to die; . M a t- he 'elute/, soul ne'er rose- shore The dust; a brutost 'desire Through Lore's rreen paths of myrild rove, Om to pettily. heights rtsttire„ Or hrenthe the sacred balm that §piings' Likt , !ineense from his silver- winrs? - • No! let him 'wear his crown of dust, I • His purest lore is ycildcd lust .• My gentle wife, I sometimes fear - That !leaven bath poured too large a good On oho co' frail and vilefa.: I, To feed me thus on Angel's food, And drench me in, the rosy wine • Of love so put e and deep Its thine; And cell I know a fearful thing . . It is, to win a binnan heart. • Around our own to twine and cling : -r With strength which only Death can part, Cheekshave seen more like the rose, And forms more delicate to view, And foreheads more like mountain MOWS, And locks that glanced a brighter hue, And yet, *thigh or lowly birth, . On all our green and lovely earth, There's not a lip that shames the rose, .Nor brew, though like the Alpine snows, And bcund with -half the diadems , snatched from the, deep, relende*s sea— There's not a form, though lockeo in gads, • halt, hall so beautiful to me - • As that dear eve and brow of thine, Because thvJwoman's heart IS:mine.. Afar ll'ont thee, 'Beloved .One, I still thy calm sweet race can see, And ki'er the distance wide and lone, M thoughts fly yearning back to thee, Like some lost bird that seeks her nest, ' Chile night is broodin 4 o'er the west. 0, come to mel the w;ods are sere On liousatouic's regal hills, ' Yet the bright robin's.note I Lear, And Spring Lath loosed the shouting tills; Soon, smut" the clover , sandalertMay Her cheek upon the - buds will lay; And every ballet and turf shall be - A temple and a shrine to thee, • And hid the gentle stranger hid . ' To relvetrhank and mossy ' Ntw Pr.tsrox, March, 1857. - ' " Tun Losr Herndon - of the 'United States- Navy, in his narrative of . ,The exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, ',gives the following " After we had retired to our mats beneath the shed for the night, I asked the Governor 'if he knew a bird called El alma perdida.— lie did not know it, by that -name, and re giiested a destriptioa. I whistled •an 'mita. Lion of its notes, Aereupon an old crone, stretched. on a mat. near us commenced, with sninnited tones and gestures, a story in the hear language which ran somehow Afi. Indian, and his wife went out from the village to Work :theiriehaes carrying their infimt ivith. them. • The woman went to the - 'spring . to get Water,lleaving the man in charge of he child,With many cautions to take good '''om,re \ of it. Whentsitearrived at the spring _ she found ,it . dried itip, and /yet further to look tor another. !The husband alarmed at her long absence, leit.the Child and went in search. When . they returned, the child was gone; and to their repeated cries, - as they wandered through the woodi in search of it, they could get no response Aare the wailing cry 'of this little, bird, now heard fOr the first time, whose-wild : find cry their aux ious and excited ,itnaginalion syllabied Into .pap., - literlnci, (the present . inicbus: name of the bud.),.suppose - the: B,psuisi4s . heard this story, and with that religious poetietuni of thought which ;seems peculiar to them, called the bird 'EVaisna perdida—" the lost soul." • ;, " The circumstances under which the story was told—the beautiful, still, starlight night —the deep dark Pirest around—the faint-red glimmering of the fire,ilielcering upon . the old woman's gray hair, and earnest face. as, she'poured forth the guttural tones of the' language of a people now passing away— gave it a sufficiently romantic interest to an imaginative man."i Mr" With -- nrOHny readers brilliancy of style passes far 4filuence -pr thought.; they mistake buttercup iu thegrussfor ininteng2ni able gold mines under Iround.--Lonlferiam .._ . . , _ .. , . _, ~.... ... .- ... . ..' , '...- .. •- . • . . • '. . . . . . - _• . , ~. -. .. . .. . „. . . ; .- . . . _ . . . . . .• .• ~ . _ „. , , . .. .. ,11..1....,,,, -: ~..'• ._.: _. , . . - . - :.-. •_. • .1-_ - T.-- , .., - -.. , :- . „.. - . • . . 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The dancers were swinging around like a band of reeling bacchanals among the tree-holes, when one withdrew fatigueil, and wandering, to a little distance, flung herself on the sward beneath wide-spread branches. Dressed as a sea-nymph, she went 'by the name of Nathalie, and was by far the loveli est one among all the merry masqueraders; and so doubtlem, thought the tall and grace ful Apollo, who, with golden curls clustering around his temples and golden arrows slung aeross.his shoulders, joined her. "h is not," said be, "the, first. time Na, that° has been seen 'by her adorer ; once or twice before in the evening shade - of these woods has Le Norman worshipped her beau ty, but never in guise so costly as now.— What spell has come. over the {Maid of Ar dennes 'I" , Nathalie ,slowly rose, showing in every motion the waving grace of a true,seany mph, and stood leaning against the tree stem be fore him; her flowing robe was in iridescent pearly-colored stuff, eluinging now to the suit. geition of a pale blue, now to the son flesh, tint of a shell, and now to a deep watery' sheet of sea-green. Slender branches of scar let coral made - a vivid splendor in her dark hair, and hanging from their tips a veil of lace fell down and half- smothered the glow and sparkle of jewels that adorned her. Dia monds flickered with - every breath upon her bosom, as. she sat there in the sunbeams; wreaths of mock sea-weed trailed festoon wise round her skirt, and rubies, emeralds, and opals, strewn with a profuse hand 'on her attire,' and.glistening with laVish lustre, transformed her inte,the image of ore who, just rising from.the'sea, was blazinrwith the myriad dazzling water drops that dripped away from her, each . first hiding in its bosom a sunbeam of this upper world to carry down into - the still depths of twilight caves. " Monsieur has perchance thought," re lurned she, "that because I -lived with foster parents in a hut. among these .woOds, I had M3 - a . IIMSTA/1% that because I wore russet, conk] never.wear satin - that because I deeked my hair with flowers, I had there no precious heir looms. Monsieur, these jewels have been in our family more than six hundred years!" "And my - family, scarcely counts beyond that," said the young man. "rind. monsieur• heti then a amily.and a name I" she said. " None nobler in the kingdom," he replied. "But, Nathidie, how came you here 1" "Ab, the marchioness was my mother's friend," said Nathalie, "and to-day is my birthday, Le Norman. To-day lam fifteen. "So young and so lovely,", thought Le Norman ; "and if sheloves me (as I cannot doubt she does,) bOrn to how much trouble I" And be i emembered with a double tiling of both exquisite joy and pain the emotion man ifested by her on . the occasion of a slight ae • cident to him. .Then fie had. thought her a wild, charming forest girl, beautiful enough to beguile an hOur away, although doubting even then if his feelings towards her were too deep4r trifling; Now he found her of a certain noble rank—but what of that! It must be a high rank indeed which should smite down the barrier between them; and, nursed in differer.t religions faiths, inexorable state laWs must intervene, should all else prosper, and prevent their union. He should never dare to tell her of his love; she would 're cover her affections. in a little: while, jf he were silert, and be happy agaiii—he would not entail wretchedness on her 'Jaime life— he would pever.speak. Having made thii doughty resolution, while his thoughts were almost written on his face, he hummed a snatch of the distant dancing tune before be spoke again. And of what was Nathalie thinking? Of sorrow(ul things, if her face was any index. It was a moment before be dared.trust him self to look at her; at last when he raised his head her dark eyes were fixed upon "welling over With tears. - There is a moment of weakness that is irresistible - ; if he had withstood now' e had been more - than hu man. He need not ask if she loved him— he knew it. He need not swear his love for her—she would feel that Heiook her in his arms, and lulled the grief that then first broke forth, with tenderest kisses• and most endearing "sentences:: Alas for Nathalie A.Month had , passed, and every day had witnessed an interview betweenthe two lov ers of the wood ; and when once, half trem blingly, Nathalie had requested to know the name of her lover, an almost stern tone had come into his voice'as he bade-her not in quire again ; and with a strange pain in his face, he warned tier,tthat as it was, she would know all too soon. - "At least you acre not one whom I need be ashamed to lover she ventured to re mark. "Not that, indeed,' my darling!" he re-: plied ; " but.one who, knowing what lies be hire_him in the future, should be ashamed to love you!" And Nathalie, feeling be could do nothing wrong, was satisfied'. ' Now she sat in the drawing-room- of her friend, the mirehioness,, in full dress, await. ing her lover, who was to accompany and present her at court. A coach dashed up to the door- another moment, and Le Norman stood in ie apartnient, with flushed ' cheeks and an anzOotis ' vivid brightness in. his rest less eyes. As the 'mareitionese .turned .and beheld his fle4ehe began a sudden exelama in •tion, but it watt * * steady checked by his warning look, l they Pere scion rolling tk long to the roy Intim°. Whenever Nathalie had seen, her lover be fore it had been in his shawls hunting dress, or that of some - 004 _' - disgulse. NoW in court oosttnne; almost W . ° dazzlin& Nalbalic thought be eould not look:bettei h; did in the woods ... and her heart smelled pith joy as she th ought of the.happy rustle - life m IFREEBOra AHD REIONVI igicseeliqqemps MONTROSE, Til she should lead for all her future with this titled forester,, who despised rank and. court li.baubles ; Sad . she -pleased herself , with de limn's' images of quiet contentment, as they rolled alon,g. Coaches in. the street made way for/thetn,by the flaring gas-light:, ush ers at the palace door swept open long ave nues through the tioble crowd, who respect:- fully withdrew. Bowing to the right and left s Le Norman, with Nathalie upon his arm and the'marchioness following, directly -be hind, with the cheinberlain, passed the halls and staircase, swept through the ante-rooms till the divers of the throne-room were thrown open, and they entered :, while 16rds and la diest-who had been and still were patiently awaiting their turn, stepped aside. If the brilliancy of the ante-moms had seemed gor geouS, what must the - flood of lustre have peared to her , bewildered eves as Le Nor man paused at the threshold,. giving her a lingering and re-assuring pressure! • . • Hitherto depending on him, she . , had been only the shrinking girl of Ardennes wood ; now, as it were instantaneously, anew force seemed to develop within her—her figure grew a shadow more erect, the rich folds of her dress shook out with a somewhat proud er grace--a prescience of what was to come seemed to surround and strengthen her.— She cast her eyes round on the magnificent throng, and prouder and statelier than any empress, swept up the noble vista to .the king.- A Moment, with Jove-like thunders. gathering on eye and broW, ihe old Monarch gazed on the approaching pair, while all the court anticipated 'his action, and were smack ing, their mental lips over the expected scene. But like a balmy summer wind dispersing the clouds of tempest, a passing smile scat tered the frowns ; and advancing a steror two, the king briefly -exclaimed, in a voice inaudible to any but them—" Son!" . "Father," said Le -Norman, in . the same tone, "wooing a peasant girl, I have found the Lady Nathalie &Arens." While he spake, Nathalic and the king measured each other with undaunted eyes. "The prince, in his , present passing fancy," said the king," does the court honor. Let us hope that when this boyish freak is fin ished, the Lady - Nathalic will rt„.gatd it as leniently as it deserves! Mademoisvlle,your fittlier rendered me distinguished services; but for him, I shoidd have lost my kingdom. Command from rr.e any favor!" "Sire." answered Nathalie, " beyond pro- tection from royal and princely insults du ring the reception, I neither ask nor will re ceive_any favor from' your Majesty !" And with a courtesy as superb as the least possi ble loyal submission could render so grace fitl an action, she sailed between king - and prince, and stood beside the _marchioness; a little in the rear upon the right of the unoc-. cupied tbr,me. w ell sir," sand the king to Le .Norman, in the same low tone, savage in its almost inaudible intensity and slow pronunciation, while sunbeams could not equal the_ benigni ty on his noble face, " w ell, sir, I heard something of this bef,,re.. I was not unpie parPd. A pretty.atrair you Made outofnoth-' ing !" "Sire, I am in earnest," said Le Norman: "-And . so am I, you. graceless wretch !" re turned the king. "Must drag into court all your awkward country dames?" , "I have never before intruded, I believe," said Le Norman. "So much the'worse now" said his father, "to find you entangled so uselessly at this lite day !" "Could you, sire, choose in any royal house of Europe a queenlier bride ?" " By heaven, young man, you won't want a queen till you are king! And if vou think of this again, I'll declare your brother heir in your ;tend." "Sire," said Le Norman, with, coolness, " nothing_ would Vetter please Me !" "Then, if that's your cue," returned' his father, "you shall be both heir and king." "I will not cobsent ,to be either, on any other terms than that my wife be Queen Na thalie," said Le Norman. . "lour wife!" -whispered 'the exasperated king. " tlas the boy ruined me? Are you married to her, sirrah 1" But no' deigning to reply, Le Norman bowed, and. stepping aside pined ; Nathalie, while the chamberlain immediately continued the presentatinps. They stood in tfia shadow or a curtain, and as Le Norman again drew Nathalie's nrm into his, with a decided ges ture she withdrew it, and only lightly laving her hand on his, gazed steadily into hii "face. What reproach, what fission, what great sor row suffused her countenance! Though he could not belP loving her, nor, as we have seen, forbore vowing fidelity to her, yet his heart smote him that he had ever concealed his rank. • • "You would never have loved me, Natha lie, if I had told you," murmured Le 'Nor man. "Forgive me—fortune will favor us-; I shall }et make you my .wife—we shall yet be happy P. • A sudden'dizzine's,q t like the precursor of a swocn,• overcame h'IM, and in the' uiidst her voice tolled out -low and clear as upon sultry air, theone word, " Impossible 17 Great must have been hey self control; for in this moment of 'Otter pain, disappoint ment, and ehlotion, so lightly had her fingers touched his hand, that he was not aware when the pressure ceased, but only felt her face re ceding, as a vision fades, while she flitted back ward and away from, him into the throng, and out among side glebes. With a low moan be reeled and fell; Caught by an attendant, he was borne Onseen to his own apartments, and the gaiety of the others ot?ntinued.' Thus, frequently under the gayest masques are the 'saddest tragedies enacted. - Scarcely had.Nashalie gained a remote (or qldor, when a sudden rush and murmur pro claimed that the king had withdrawn and that the audience 'Was broken up. While she paused to look around her she became sensi ble of an approaching step, and'in a moment the king appeared, and taking her hand, led her into a prirate apartment, and courteous ly reqUested her to be seated. - • ." Madame," said he sternly, while seating himself. opposite, "by what authority do you receive my son's addmetsi" Nathalie raised her eyes, and with her head somewhat thrown back, she' answered, •1 must be addressed-altogether differently be fore 1 reply at all." • "Perhaps the lady Nathalie _ trill , instruct her slave , in home suitable conversational terms!" said the king, his face slightly on one aide, his eyes leering upon her, and in his most insinuating manner; nevertheless,- if 0,a0M37 1 ettLaWiEPT ARID Wri2ollo." Rsp,zq l APRIL IG, 18e*. any. voice was ever plainly ingestive of scaf— folds and battle-axes, this vets one. Nathalie, forest girl as she wile, could not condescend to battle the kii,g with these his own weapons and as there,4id not appear to be any other, she thought heat to make a feint of surrender, and .calmly "I wished to leave your majesty possession of your son.-- Be assured, I had no knowle dge of the prince's rank when he offered me marriage. My re -I;gious faith will be an invileible bar to his wishes. I love LoNor man t t he hunter; I will never wed your son, the prince!" ' ' " Madame," returned the King, ."your frankness charms me! Yott;have truly made me your friend. My son, I Confess it, is more than a match for me. If yOu had been the daughter of a grand duke otkla minor King, I wOuld not have whispered! a word against your faith; but as you welitknow, my Icing- dom, though recent; is important, and will become more so, strengtheno by a royal al liance. Still, generous as you- are to-resign your lover, human nfiture is tot infidliblei it were too Thuch to expect this of you. Let me guard 'you ; let me alwayii be your friend. As a proof of it, let me offer you a most wor2 thy husband, in the person °tithe Count d'En tremer.!" 1 , The indignation of Nathalie was too great for utterance; but at last, as !he king contin ued his harangue, it-broke forth in wild and angry protest. . 4 .,-- i --• "'Allow me, at leaSt, to convey tie future countess to a place not so liable to listeners," he said ; and Nathalie accompanied him per: force through several devious ways till they stood in the dimly-lighted palace chapel. . " Now, Madain," said the I , iing, who had so lately professed friends! ip;and now speak ing iti, his lowest tones, "1 giye you;aThoiee. This - is what is called a eiviliZed community ; nevertheless, you are complkely in,irny pow-. er. You'll:lye:not -a relative ,in the world ! If you du not comply with toy. demands, I have dungeons so deep that for alLyour life you will never see daylight again. ,-Neither do 1 shrink froth such terrific resources, al though loth -to mention theni' to ears polite, such as starvation; tight airds;'h 'irons—" " I can . never be frightened • ito- submis sion-." she said; interrupting hi haughtily. Ti l "Let me urge you, thed,", said. the king, "while you 'are- single, - -my, ',son- will never complete. the alliance I design; He will be - wretched and unhappY; while, if you marry, he will resign himself to torg,ettuthess.- Do you wish to be' the cause of his Misery? I have no great ntfsetion in my nature; it is chiefly pride , l; therefore all those pangs with which 'I threatened you, I will inflict upon. him, if you disobey. -You can-go forward to the altar where the Count d'Entremer awaits You, of back the way we came - In the latter MSC my guards will attend upon you,. and you will . be: forced to witnes j iow bravely Inc prince endures his tortures; . It is not likely the - king would have per formed an iota of this graediloquent threat; but Nathalie could have given credence to any evil from him. She trembled an instant, and then with a firm step went forward, placed ' her hand in the Count d'Entremer's—never seen by her befbre—and being quickly and irrevocably pronounced his wile, received the congratulations of the smiling king and- the few witnesses. Leaning sgainst the altar, pal lid and cold 'as sculpture, the first object her married eyes discerned was LeNorman.- He moved forward, with an expression as if e'. ery second Of time was a sharp sword that stabbed him, and appeared to.otrer his corn plitnents, . " What ardor," he murmured ; " what Sincerity! what . conitar.cy! Nradime la Comp •tesse is as firm as a rock in her determination to be faithless as shifting &Ind I" •e•• * * • • - Time, too fast for the most of us, lagged sadly with the young countess, scarcely more than a child,as she sighed far away in distant France, and from the windowabf her chateau, watched th,d shadows come and go on the pur ple Pyrennean slopes, while her husband was absent the greater part of MS time at Paris, or at the :court she had solately. left. Time passecfnot•so slowly with the prince; indeed, LeNorman witnessed a thousand events for every one in the monotonous years of the Countess d'Entremer. . Having recovered from the first severe shock of his loss and dis appointment, with the native energy of his nature, not deeming it right to waste his life in idle despair, he vrondertullylestirred him self—superintending the education of his brother, arranging scientific expeditions, and perfoiming all duties devolving upon him, but steadfastly refusing the royal matchmged by his father, and clinging to the loosArag ments of the ove of earlier days. Ten years had elapsed since the death of hi& father and'.his own coronation—his broth er had entered into manhood; and LeNor man, as the king, had already cemmanded the ad miration,of all Europe by his daring genius, when the o , unt d'Entrenter appeared again at court aftera short Absence, and for the first time since his Marriage brought with him the countess. Of course all the world were on the.qui vire to behold the. meeting; but all the world found very little satistiietion in the calm nonchalant air of the - countess, as she received the rather sarcastically polite- wel come of the king ;' for though cot quite twen ty-five she was in the full vigor and bloom of womanhood, and perhaps lovelier, and with a better balanced mind. than if mshe had not' experienced these long, lonely years. A few weeks had elapsed, and in ono. of the seashore palaces the whole court were' assembled at summer festivities. The royal abode was. on a cliff which 'afforded. in front of the building apronaenade of -several hun dred yards; and abruptly terminating; in a precipice, whose base was washed by the sea, On this eliff, - one.afternoon, a party'of court iers—among whom was the icing, his brother, and the COuntess d'Entremer, were watching' the approach of a small boat, which was out on a fishing.exeursion, and could hardlycreach the shore before the squill should burst upon it. :Erect in the prow, a keen „eye could not fail to recognize the lofty figure of the Count . D'Entremer; Le.aning breathlessly over the cliff, Nathalie remained with- her eyes; fixed on the .boat; for although she had no; manner Of affection for the husband fel4ed upon her, she could not viemi , his danger with indifference, nor de- Sire any thing but, his happiness.; The boat was still far distant, 'the wind increasing— already it.* fluttered the ends,of her white scarf into the air - ay-reit' r t.he brink of the pi CC ipice,' as with :hands'..: . •. extended forward she stood, silent and inotionless...-- The eciuitiers,withdrewa little, and the king iiia'bereeltrerniiined- niiihst together upon the edge. Great , raindrops &11, dashing down the banks of her hair, and soaking her garments, , yet still ;she stood heedless ofit. The count saw her, for, doffing-his cap, he raised his hand to his lips with a knightly gesture, and waved lt Sowards her. lie was so near that-the wind might be seen lifting his hair when the little mast' cracked -and broke, dragged the: boat down and precipi tated the occupants into the roaring gulf.— Ile was a strong swimmer ;- for after , every wave broke its (Test over him, he was seen riding the next one triumphant.; Now lost to sight, now again appearing; now support. ing a. fainting comrade, and now with rapid strokes -parting the waves—e weaker man would have sunk long ago. .The rain and spray mingled their strength with the wind and the, waves, and a thick, white, curling mist arose and hung round him, closing him, out from the sight of his wife, and biding his beacon star from , him. At last the wind veered, and the 'mist cleared away ; little patches of blue sky smiled out from the south and west; and the waves rocked to and fro in stray sunshine: , The countess still strained her eyes, surveying the broad vacant expanse; but neither count ,nor fisherman was there ; and at the end of an hour's intense watching, three bodies were tossed high upon the strand. One was that of the Count d'Entremcr.— Nathalie with outstretched hands instantly ; fell senseless. . . A year's seclusion—due not to. grief, but to . respect—had passed, and the leafy echo of Ardennes'had lulled Nathalie, - for the mo• mem, into complete forgetlulut•ss of the last eleven years—and again she sat beneath the oaks and plucked the flowers growillg in the selfsame nook as in 'her girlhood. All . but the first fifteen years of he , . life sceined vis-• ionary as a dream ; and consonant with all around, the distant. bugle dare royal hunt. lug party stole up her ear like' horns of elf- land faintly- blowing." And thus , when one 'stood before her in a garb of Lincoln-green, leading a red roan steed, it seemed as if all the interval had never been; and, looking up merrily, she said;" It is my birthday to-day, Le Norman ! I am"—but hcre,as she would have said " fifteeU," - inemory rushed back on her ; and hiding her face in her hands, she turned, and would have fled, but his voice sternly-arre.sted her. " •Stay a moment, madame" ho coin- Ulanded. "Sinob Providence has thrown us once more together, let return'lnc: o s you the troth you once gaVe.me.• It *as broken by you; and rendered valueless to ine,- eleven years ago. With a certain wild-vehemence, she .ex clain-ted, turningi at bay upon him, "l was foreed.ko, break it ! Had it been true troth, you had died in torture first It was to save you from dying in torture that . I sacrificed myself to worse than death—more than tur ture=to-inarry.!lYEirtrerocti" - - . A:moment . * two h 4 regarded her, -then said, "I have taken shame to myself forclev en y.ears that I could ilk overcome my pas siim, while feeling its object to be faithless.— Most I undo the work of so, long a time?"— .She returned him no answer. "If that were done," he resumed ; but shell'nterrupted him. " Your cruel father's deatfi . has not left in the inexorable state laws one obstacle the less!" " I can annihilate all obstacles," he return. ed, triumphantly. Silence followed. Some time they thus stood confronting each other ; at length - he said, "A singular • fancy strikes me, N athalie. It is your birthday.• how old 'are you, my friend ?" ' • am fifteen," she returned. . " And lam nineteen," said he. "• It seems to me tlutt an hour-ago we plighted troth.— Is it so?" • Not many days elapsed ere a strange ru mor flew trumpet-tonged _through 'the king. dom, and was proclaimed officially to all the. crowned heads of Europe. - More than one king of different realms bad congregated in this capital, and an universal wonder was dia plaYed in the countenance of every subject and plenipotentiary, . The seventh of. Oefolier:with. all the sweet Madefice of sinrimer in the air, came, and the cathedral was thronged for 'd triple cer emony. The procession left the palace to "the sound of slow, pleasant music,. amid the shouts and blessings' of the populace upon Le Norman, - "the dear king; " and in the ca thedral, in the!presence of subjects and bro ther kincrs . Le Norman took the crown from his ownhact and placed it on his brother's; and when the further ceremony of coronation was finished, knelt as count,only in his pater nal heritage, and was the first among his brother's new subjects to swear fealty. The new king stepped aside, while - all the world wondered the reason of so great a sac rifice. The reason? It came 'through the open door of an inner chapel, where Nadial. le ' unattended: by any one save the spirits of radiant beanty, issued and advancing, placed her hand in that of the abdicated king , Le Norman; and, beneath-the benedictal hand of the patriarehal archbishop, was declared the Wife of the Count of Nassau. .• TERIOTOUT OF THE UNITED STXTES.—The Territory of the United StateN which is now estimated at three million two hundred thou sand square miles, has been. derived from various sources. The thirteen English Colo nies which united in the-Revolutionary,ivar, held nearly the same territory which they now possess, as States. Besides these, Vir ginia laid claim, by virtue of her charter , to an undefined tract to the west, including Ken tucky, and what was afterwards' called the Northwestern Territory—embracing Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.— These latter claims she -ceded to the United States in 1787, making a small reservation of lands in Ohio, for the payment Of certain State debts. , Tennessee was originally a pery„ of North Carolina. Alabama was moiAly included in the original 'patent of Georgia. Maine was a part of the State of Masuchuitetts. Thus the whole of the presy eat territory of the United States - east of the river Mississippi, excepting only the State of Florida and the whole Gulf coast, came to us es the possessions of the original thirteen colonies. Florida and part of Alabama and Mississippi, were 'coded to us. by Spain in 1819, as compensation foi„, spoliation& upon our commerce. The Louisiana - purchase, made in 1803, gave us the whole tract lying between the Mississippi river and the Rocky mountains, including the States c/ Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri * and Jima, and the Terri tories of Slime-sae, Nebrask4; Kansas, and Indian, Texas' was obtained by the Annex _ ation treaty of 1845; Oregoa i by disociiery end °cam:union; California, Utab, and New Mexico, by treaty with. MexicO,- 1840,-- Goodrich. lIMME=I H. H. FRAZIER PUBLISHER-VOt 8. :kO.--.14. lizeoludon of filsosiy lkont - lho Remarks mode by' 1(r. Wedsteiqs - tAI Stink of the Utiliser Ski**, dni di' 15114 of As. gull, 1848. • - KIMIACTeI; MAE Constitution Of the United Stateittits - ogaizes it (slavery): aid existent factOin existing relation between the Inhibit:eel* Of thelionthern States. I donut etilt la in " stitetioa," because that term it .not ble to it ; for that seems to Imply a volunta ry establishment. When I first _came he*, it was a matter of frequent reproach to Eng landohe mother country, that slavery had been entailed upon the colonies by bet - , a gainst Limit consent, and that which is now considered a cherished " institution" was then regarded ae, I will not say an evil, but ,an entailment on the colonies by the .policy' of the mother country against their wishes. At any rate it stands upon the Constitution.— The Constitution was adopted in , 1788, and Went into operation in 1789. When it was adopted die state of the country was this: slavery existed in the Southern States • there was a very large extent of enoccupied terri 7 torn the whole Northwestern - Territory, which. it was understood, was destitied to be formed into States ; aid it was then deter mined that no slavery should exist in this territory. I gather now as matter of infer ence from the history of the time and the history of t 1 debates, that the prevailing motives with the North for agreeing to this recognition of the existence of slavery in the °Sol/therin States, and "giving a representation to those States, founded in par; upon their slaves, rested on the supposition that no ac quisition of territory would be made to flail new Slates on the Southern frontier of this ennetry, eithrr by cession or _conquest. No one looked t 9 any acquisition of new terri tory on the Southern or Southwestern fron tier. The Cxclusion of slavery from Northwestetn Tertitory and the prospective abolition orthe foreign slave trade-were gen erally, the former unanimously, agreed to, and on the basis of these considerations, the South insisted that where slavery existed it should not be interfered with, and 'that it should have a certain ratio of representation in Congress. And now, sir, lam one 'tube, believing such to be the understanding on which the Constitution was framed, meta to abide by it. • I have now stated, as I understand it, 'the. condition of - things upon the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. What has happened since? . Sir„ it has happened that above and beyond all. contemplation or ex-- pectation of the original framers of the Con stitution or the people. who adopted:it, for.; eigii territory' has been acquired by cession, first from France, and then from. Spain, on our buutl.Q. I; frtnaticr. . And raw.* hwa. 1.,,.n the result? Five slave-holding, Stales. have been created and added to the Ilion, bring ing ten Senators into this. body, (1 :include Texas, which I cmsider in the light ofa fore ign acqeisition also) and up to this hour in which *I address you, not one Free Site i has been adMitted to the Union, (ram all this territory. ••. * If Mr. President, what is the result of this ? We stand here now, at lea St. I do , .fer one, to say, that considering there have be en already five new slave-holding States formed . out of newly acquired territory; and only one non slaveholding State at, most, I do not feel that I am called on to go further l ' - I .do not fetal the obligation to yield more. tat our friends of the South say, you deprive, as of all ' our right' We have fought for this territory, and yen deny us participation in it,' Let' us consider this - question as it-really is ; .. ind sincn - the honorable - gentlenuinfrom Ge orgia .proposei to leave the ease to:: the enlightened and impartial judgment of mankind, and . as (agree with him that it is a case. proper -tic be considered by the enlightened part of man kind, let us see how . the matter in truth stands. Gentlemen who advocate the case which my* honorable friend from Georgia, with so' much ability -sustains, declare . that. we invade their rights, that we deprive them of a_ participation in the enjoyment of terri tories: acquired by the commein services. and common. exertions of•all. ' is- this_ tsuet- How deprive ? Of. what du we . deprive them 1 , Why, they Say.that we deprive them of the privilege of carrying their slavi 'as slaves into the.. new territories. Well, sir, what is the amount of that ? . They say Oat in this way we deprive theta of -the; vpOrtu nay of going into this acquired territai y with their property. "Their property 17* What do they mean by "property." ,41.eertaii:, ly do.not deprive them of the piiiiikgs of go. ing into these newly acquirterritories with .all that, in the genercdesti to of Annan- so dc;ey, in the general, fnetcoossnos, and_ uni meta/ undeestandingol mankind; is esteemed property. Not at all.. The truth is just this. They. herein their own . -States ..pecul iar laws,, which create . property in, • persons: They have a' system of local legislation on which slavery rests; while ev.ery bodY agrees that it, is against natural law, or at least - , a gainst the common understanding which pre- veils among men as: to whatik natural. la*. I am not going into metaphysics, fer,there= in I should encounter : the honorable 'met=. her from South Carolitin„(Mr...Calhetui,)atict we should find no end in - . wander mazes lost," until after the . time . .fiir - the 'adjourn: . meet .of Congres. The Sonthern. States _have pecnliar taws,and by those . laws there le prop• arty -in slaves, . This is- purely . local.. „-The' real meaning then, of gouthern gentlemen, in inakiny this complaint, - is, that Lacy ppinot go into. the territories of the United , -Stares, - carrying with them their Own 'peculiar &cal lain, a lair which creates property in persons. This, according to their own sta4nient, is all . the ground of complaint "they -have. .Now, here, I think, gentlemen - are- unjust . to wards. How unjust they are, others will judge; . generations that will comeafter is will judge:. It wall, not be contended that' this: oast of per : tonal atai erg' ekilli by . general law. :11.4444 only ly local tai'. • .1" do not tneitn,, to dengt,Me validity of that local law where it ii. establislied tat I say, it is,- offer, all, bleat. laW: , , lilt nothing more. Ancrti4ereier,that /deal_ laic ! does not extend, property in:Persoitt dver riot. exist... Well, sir, what- Is . no! :. the demand oe the Part of our. &nitherir ;frier*, I They say, we will. carry our . kical' ..litwa_. with,.4. wberever-we v.:, We- insist - . -that..Congreas . does us Injustice unless it establishesk-ini the .-. territory in : !NNW we :Irish. :to: go, r eur .', , oire' legal , ..,..; ,•., , _.; ,;,1'... - , '(7 k.': -7..'''- , :- . Th ill &mai, 1; Pi- micro - irs raid doll m rid, ltioes upon the idea that . themicrat ~inequality, - unless persons under , thil local. . .-i. 'iH:=Kc~'.'.fT!~a:~':~iF'::rH.~£,:~L=:~l:.:- ~=i~:.P'v 4 : .~~-°, ESE NIE t , ;' , - e'...,_1+ . 7,_"- ', •• ISE + ME EMI law, arld'hOl mg property. 4, au r that law, can go intoljms territory and tlitair establish that Ina/ law; to the exclusion of the general. law. — Mr: Treildent; it,2, - ,yrai, maxim of the civil law, that between irlaiie ry freedom, freeclorniskOnikolifir! he mingled; andilivelyrinisfel s witylbefrair. ed. If any question re as to, the . ate. oirt an individual in - Rcime, he was *Storied - to be free until he was proved tobe cause : elavery, is an exception to the`_ilest rule. Suet', _is general law of mankind:; ; _ An . individual it to ' .be resumed tO!be - tree;until a laW ~b.a.,,PrOd uCed.Wltteit . ereages ownership in his pair!. do not dispute the-..force and validity t local law, aa,l hava l , WieudY Said - it is a patter t to be proved; and - thprefOra, if individual go into'any part of thneartk it is to be prOved that:they ate not'treemen t or else the preiumptionis that they diet.* Now'our friends',,seek tothink that eArality..arlses fiorn restraining - them frOM going into the Territories, unless there . bi law proVuled - which - shall protect their . - .4ainf ershlp in persons: The assertiOn is that' wa create an , inequality, there nothing - to ha said on the other side in relation to met m 4 :, its ...Sir, from the di& at thi4CiratitotiMy t and in the -counsels that ?mined and‘eitits, lished this Constitution, and I .t abpPociae - JI men's judgments since, 'it es' received settled truth, that slave b.ybor and 'tee taboe do not exist well tivether. I har,.e before: tie a deelaration of Mr. Mason, in the Coil*l-- tion - that formed the Constitution, to that att . feet. Mr. Mason, as is well , ktioverr, arcs $ distinguished member `from 11, says that the objection to e1a41 , 150. , gal it puts free white labor in- disreputi causes labor _to be regarded as derogatorytto the character of the fr e e whileinan, met*/ the free white" nian crespises'towo4,l6 - iiii expression; where drives are emptoyed. - .:72Thio is a matter of great inieiest !lie Free States, if it be true, as to a great extent it certainly is, that wherever slavelabotjtri 7 Valli, free-white labor is excluded or disecnu: , aged- I agree that alave 'labor &pee not nee essarily exclude free label; vitally.: Therein free white labor in Virginia, Tenneo.4 , ,:, other States, . where most 'of .the-laboi is done by`slaves: But it neemaiily leses something of its respectability; by the Of arid•wilen associated with, - slave labotek• - • Where4er labor is mainly perf_rmed by Slaves, it is regghled as-, degrading to free' - men. 27us freemen of the Iforth, tl ereferi„. have a deep interest in keeping biborlreei.,a , Chtlrirely free, in the new Territories.'" - But, sir,' let us. look farther into this 'it lerd inequality. There is ho pehtence that Southern people may not go into' erritorY • which shall be subject to the ordinance ?tor 1787. The only restraint is that they site! not carry slaves thither, .and continue -that 'mil - atom • They say this shuts them alugeth er. out. • Why, sir,, there can bevothingmore inaCcuratein point of fact than' this state ment. I understand that ime-half the, people who settled illinois_are people, or descend ants of people, who.efune from ..thoSouthern States, and I suppose that - one-third; of.:the people of Ohio are those, or- descendants of those who , emigrated from the. South[.marl veature to sty, that in.respect to those Me , States, they are at this day settled by poi pie of Southern Origin in as great a poz9m)t tion-as grey are by people of Northern origin according-to the general numbers..aid pet portion-of people South and North. - -There are as many people from the Sonth".•*.r.o= portion to the whole people of the South; in those Staws,as there are from tiro Nertiji pier portion to the whole people of the - Morth., - There is then no exclusion of Sontherni thercis only the exclusion ofa law. Neithei in principle nor in feet: - ;ifi there any inequality. The question now is, whether -it •;11:111Of competent to Con'gress, **the exercise - 4.e fair and just discretion7considetingtheitheee have been five SlaveltOldingStatealidd4Jo this Union out of frireign acquisitiona,litaric yet only one Free State, 'to prevent"theii fikttlier increase. That. is the questiOn:'-' I see no_ injustice in it. As to- the .pasi g r - -'O, Conyresi„l have nothiny to add to what /aril the other day. Congress hssfull power color . the suqeet. may estobaili any suckles: , erament, and any_ such tans, in 'the Terrger , 'r-jii,aa in its discretion' it may See A. It if of course, to the ruks-of jostles -ea propriety, but it is under -no Constitutional restraints. I have said that I shall CORdelii Ili ace& tension of the area of upon thissonar' nett ; nor to any Increase of slave. reprise:lsta , tied inthe other House of Conseesst-,1 brie ow stated my reasons for my conduct Viand my vote. We of the; North. have - elready gone, in thi s s respect, fitr beyond all thatany Southern man could have expected, ordid ex pect at the time of the adoption;of theXert stitution. I repeat the statement.of the fait of the creation of five new Slaveholdityr .. States out of newly acquired territory. We have d one that which if thote - who 'raffle(' the -Constitution kul foreseen, they never woard lair e agreed to slave representation. We have yielded thus far; and, we have 'new in -the 'louse of Representatives twenty persons vo ting Upon this very question, - and . upon all . other questions, who are there only in virtue of the representation of slaves -'- . - - ' . Lot me , conclude,iherefore,- by re.rnailting thet,,whilei am willing to present 'this an showing my own judgment , and position., In regard to this case, and I leg it to be'untter.- stood that 1 am speaking for -. no °the ethStt myself, and tun willing to - ii to , the Whet() world as my own justificatkef,l rest -on theie pmposit ions.: _ 'Fitet; -It bit . when the Constitution was - Aidoined; - nobody .. looked for any new aequisition of territory to be formed into Slaveholding Statesi ‘'..' Bee. ondlyi That tha:trinetple_s, of the„.otheltu thm prohibited sand wereinterided -Vile*. hibit, and obi:Mid-he construed.toprohillt all interference - of the general governittent . With slavery, as it existed, and.as it still e.tiels In the. States. And then- molting to thOppera. that of these new acqnisitiona, wbichlumiltli .' this great degree had the effect of - strength. ening that interest in the , South, by 'the ed dition of these five Stittet l / 4 •1 feel - that - there hi_ nothingintinst, nothing of which tiny , Itenifst mim can eomphdti,-if he lit'intelligent,.mut I feel that there is nothing wltlywhiel the ete. ilized world, if they` take notioe - ot autambla a person as myself, will reproach Metwitert I say, as i say, ea :t said the ether day,Alas ./- have made,uplevnisd:Ar o f fs f ei g it A nakir no circumstances wilt 1 Sousitst - !So-ths fiertii er-eatessioislit the aretioisleisuss:iri - : Oa- a - Stotts; or to-the jurther isferatoc of: al eviac mutilation in the House 41.Reiresstilitiun. , PI- EMI .. - ;.-::.; . ...i•-..,;'-' -- ,..::: . .-:. 4 .'.'/' - Pail lIM WEE ;::. . _~~;_I .. r `~i' ~r:"-[ Mil Eno MIS
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