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c. F. READ & IL H. FRAZIER, EDITORS. :,‘
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OUR LITTLE WILLIE•
lIT BTH'. T. ITIC3IrSTI4D.
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Our Inle Willie's step is gone, '
One little Willie's eye is dim,
The grave another flower has. won,
The damp brown earth Ls heaped • l '
We aw it in .his thoughtful etc,
And to his strange, deep Words we :•evi
Too soon our Willie's path would lie
Alhng, you radiant fields of blue.. •
, can it be that we shalLhear '
The music of that voice no 'more,
And,see forever. disappear
The incarnate brightness frOm our door
Thaziwe in dreams must smile, and sigh
And think that Willie still:6. ours,
- Therilwake to know that on his eve
.Nolniore shall burst the earthly fie • rs
The silver lilies guard the brobk,
The silver lilies star the dell,.
As, coy within her shaded nook,
• Tll-1 violet hangs her.purple bell;
The itriSet burns upon the`hills,
• • ! The wavelets break upon the shOre,
As lightly leap the shining rills
. • ,Oue Willie's eye shall see no more: ! •
We siw the rapturei not of earth • '
O'e:ijlow his dreamy, azure eye,
• Of golden thoughts, We saw the birth, '
For!this dim world too deep:and high;
And When we laid our Willie down
To sleep, we kissed him with a kiss, '
As if his eye would greet the dawk
• Within. a brighter world than this.
- Thus, day by daY, we marked his eye,
And what we feared we did not speak,
We only said, " the birds will fly,"
And paler grew our Willie's cheek:
,j We idly turned our rustling books ;
• Aud-dreataed a Vague, dim dream of ill,
And 'thidst the flowers and by the brooks,
We!watehed our little Willie stilL •
' • Across our hearts there crept a fear
•• As rose the night wind's hollow moan,
• We heard beneath its
,e.idenee drear,
A sadder and a wilder .tone,...
A tolli!ng bell ; but day, and night,
- The! lilies bloomed along the vale, !
We only said,—" his looks are bright
And Willie's cheek is growing pale."
The lzhtirS pursued the flying hours
Aerhss the turbid glass of Time, •
And still he loved the earthly flowers,
And still he trod this earthly dime;
We sat - the infant hues of Spring
darkStimiTi fade,
sat- sa the red-bird'S 6erv`wmg
Masi from a veil of thicker shade.
.
The riO3, green Sunnier flowed Along
Intoithe Autumn sad-and pale, •.
The birds poured round a parting, song -
That' sadder made each sobbing gale;
And while vt heard the airy knell • .•'
Of Stimmer's bloom and Summer's mirth
At noon around our pathway fell
A shadow darkening all•the earth.: •'' ,
Across; that )m , we 'heard
The ~fitful rustle of a pall, •
The flapping of Death's ebon bird, •
The !fresh earth on a coffin fall;
We miss some locks of sunny,liair,, •
Andione sweet voice's breezy sounii,
A lip, is ally iiise's fair,
the'shadow wraps us ibund.
And yek-we do not think him gone-
Not gone, but only " sent before,":
We only sac that he is flown
Where but the Seraph's wing, may soar
That still he lives, and chile our tears
pede; r w the little paths he trod,
Each nioment where he is, but bears
Iliminearer to the heart of 4od:
1410 qlO :&etches
BOARDING THE NINISTER.
I ,BT SYLVA;SIVS.COTIII,.4II...
I But you don't mean to say that you're
a-going to hoar:l/rim?'
have told him that we would'
`But It muse% be. What! have a minis
ter in the'house all the time?'
`And why not?'
'Because it'll just keep us in starch and
buckram f4r.,ever ! You shan't do it:
`I have given my word.'
`Then I'll make this house too• hot to-hold
him! Mark my words l' •
This con ation was between Mr. Thom
as Pro r, a mastevearpenter, and hisdaug&
ter Ka Kate Proctor was alight-hearted,
joyous, Laughter-loving girl of eighteen or
nineteen; plump and rosy; her bright face
all smiles and dimples, and her heart as pure
and tender as could be. Ever since she could
remember, sie-bad sat in her , father's pew
.every Sunday, and listened to the dark and
gloomy preaching of. Rev. Calvin Leador.--
She could remember how he had frowned
upon her from , that high pulpit when she
was a little girl, and how he had added-her
at her own house for being so rude. , The
only thought she held . of the, minister' Was
of a white neck-kerchie very starchy and
prim—a face long and stern and a frown al
ways ready for a smile or jest, like as a claud
sweeps over the sunny:landscape.
He shan't, eome I' she repeated; and her
sunny curls sliboic again .as she brought her
head back with determination. 'Let hint
find a place-iumewhere else. There are the
Moregood family ; they are, just the ones - to
board him. They can „ be-as gloomy as he
can. How I should love to see Them at the
table together. The old lady would draw
do - wn her face—so,;'--and Kate gave ati
tation of - the imaginary facial • elongation.—
`And then the minister-would draw down
his longer still ; and then Miss Prudence
Would try to outdraw them, both ; and by
and by somebody's jaws would=Jiecome dis
located.'
i
And hereupon Kate burst into a at oflaugh
ter. Her father shook his head and with
some light remark turned away. . . .
A few evenings after" this, Kateluid an in
vitation to spend the evening yrithlirs. Dank
lee, a friend of the family. She went with
her father and mother. , Quite a little:cow-.
puny was present," -and the evening promised
to pass pleasantly. Among the vitutors - was
a, young man who was • introduced_ as .Mr.i
i
Charles. Lindsay. He was somewhere abou..
four and .twenty, nd not.only 214=2 of an.
perior intellectual appearance, but 'also of
much beauty. He seemed to -take qiite a
fancy for. Kate, and ere long ithe feel_ini ivati
reciprocated.- The lighthearteilgirl bs4rterv.
er before met with one ; -who -so omph:defy
pleased her. Staid aeltoveimodeit , people
she did not like.; ,nor did she likeblieh,Livild,
reckless tam as she haa'oftei/ .seen.-. 4 " ige .
nomut man she could. not lendure ; aid- t man who assumed airs on the strength of his
knovaedge ,she abetninated. But Charles
Lindsay was nothing like,aoy of these. - ; Ili
displayed deep, knowledge without wining
to know_ it; and he was as gay and happy as
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could be, - withoot the least Cousetteialor loss
of dignity. The fact was just- here
Kate did not probably see it at the:time.—
Heetigted her heart and at the "sane time
a firm h od upon her ,respect, Ther4 .wis 'a
peculiar air of elevated 'refinement iiihich at
once tnanifisited itself to her, and commanded
her adtniration ; and she admired it lima use
she discovered it without his tryingifo show
it. ' And then she had found such alfund of
wit and bulletin hitii, which, while it capti
vated her with its 'brilliancy, did itet lei! ko
entertain her . with its point and sound sense,
Kate was a chestsplayer, and at 1 ' b she
discovered that Mr. Lindsay tinders od -the
game. Sne proposed a .trial to w ich ho
gladly acceded. The first. game she : on.—
The next he won ; and the third was drawn
gal. .
At nine- o'clock, Mr. Proctor andhis wife
had to go home, but Kate could tio4hink of
leaving so early. 'We will see he safely
home,' said the host„Mr. Dunklee; and there
upon her parents went without her. 2,
' Only think,' cried Kate, after a laugh had
passed upon some joke of her own, 'Pa says
he is going to board the minister. Did you
ever hear of such a thing I'
' Oh, I have beard of things wets°, than
that,' returned Lindsay, smiling.- i H sat by
her side, and gazed into her face as he spoke.
' Suppose.your father should take a tiger into
the bore, for instance?'
' Ho—you could chain a tiger,' be girl
returned ; ' but you couldn't do that to a min
ister. He will carry his long face vihere be
pleases, and you can't help it.' But.o won't
have it ; and I told Pa so. Why' i --only
think, a minister in the house 411 thia, time r
' You don't mean what you , say, Mills Proc.
tor,' the young man said, half smiling and
half earnestly. ' Why—if you httild such
feelings now, I shall look to see you ~,, , „it board
ing the minister' yourself one of theo days,'
' Me? Me board a minister ? II never
heard anything so absiird—never I' 1,1
A hearty laugh fellowed this 're , ; and
Kate, -thought some of them laug ' very
funnily. But the conversation too mother
turn,and ere long, Lindsay and K were
again conversing - together. They . , talked
about various thing ;
ar.d after awile the
young man told his fair companio ' : 'he had
been pueebssing a p ece of land in t_ place,
as he thought of ma ing that town li S home.
' I have bought it of our friend Ml
,', Dunk.
ie
lee,' he said, at the same time drawihg a pa
per from his pocket! 'f:
He then showed her by 'a deed—fifr a deed
it was—where the lot was situated. Instinct
ively. Kate cast her eyes up at thel: head of
the• instrument to see what his ocupation
was, for she knew that that e "was always put
down on 'deeds, she read—' Cnaimeis Lives
,SAT, CI er4.
• Aha—he's a clerk,' . she said to larself.—
' And be must be a good one. And he'li
most likely_ be a merchant one of theSe days.'
So ran Kate's thoughts, and they were
strangely inter e sting to her. Several of the
more observing ones'of the coriiptuly shook
their heads , knowingly, for they saw / plainly
enough that Miss Proctor was already in
love with her handSerne companio l 'l A3d
they couldn't think much less of ' indsay,
for he adhered to that particular cha F. which
be
happeeed to nearest to 'Kate with
W a. perti.
il l
nacity which surely A meaning i . it.
At half 'past tee Kate said she
,ust go
home. Lindsay offered to accompany her.
She accepted the offer, and when she; did so,
sheturned her face so that the oth ',' could
not see it. '
-
The evening' was a beautiful one; e moo n
up. and ehining brightly, and the airi*ft and
cool, and loaded with a _ grateful f ' grance
from a thousand dewy flowers. , indsay
said something about the calm and h
~fr infla
p
enee - of a quiet summer's evening n n those
who were at peace with the world trod them
selves, and who could look nitro the giver of
all good with grateful hearts: It was not
spoken' sanctimoniously,_ nor yet with the
outward show of piety. It was a thought
from the heart, warm and pare.
Kate made a modest reply, and a foonver.
.sation 'follewed. In a short time ; the fair,
light hearted girl was in tears, and all from
pure gratitude to God-for the thousand bless.
ings she enjoyed. Her companion talked as .
she had never heard any one talk bdore.—
He presented the subject to her so kindly and
sweetly and his words were so full: Of love,
the whole theme of heavenly goodne. , open
ed to her mind. - - I
•
From this topic tie passed to the
of astronomy, and Kate .listened wit,
interest while he pointed out some
constellations, and then related to h,
of the curious mythological stories w
ancients asstipiated with them.
They walked very slowly, and as : 4 1
covered-that her companion did.no d
the-most direct way to the hcmse,
him a long *ray ont of the nearest:F;
But home wasreached at last, and la:1
parted ; the maiden retninded , him thii
rents had. iniited him to call upon thi
she hoped thashe would not forget 'ii
promised that he would not, and th y .
his leave. , : ,1j
- Without going '
to any extended l ow
~4 of
developments, we will simply say, thiit Kate
Proctor was': in love! She loved , , arles
Lindsay with,: her Own heart; be ; taken
it captive. He had charmed her , y, and
A
ilh
at the same time seized upon her m and
respect. - She - not only carried in he 1 mind
the image of a handsome young ibut in
her soul she held the assurance that lie was
noble and pure. So she not.onlylo , but
Mier love was strongly' fortified. :
On the following day very little as said
ma l l
about Mr. Lindsay ; Kate seemed
. :,t avoid
the subject. ' On the day suceeedin' that,
When Mr. Poictor came home in the 'cning,
be -brought Mx. Lindsay with him. Kate
4
spent anothir evening in his emu f' . y.—
When the ttilpiclen laid her head U... her
pillow that night, she knew that , gloved.
She tried to!. hide that fact no morel- She
first exam iced her heart, and she fOld that
Charles--she . loved -that nam
~ the
Whole Of it. , Then she "examined . ..„ judg
ment, sod alit aould find no"resion ' .y she
should not leis him, .and cherish,/ , ,S- , .
toner him, tn. - . ' •' . ::,
,On the eiteniug tethe heat daY, , !.Proo•
tor Called Kite Amide, suia told . liar . '' had s
matter of importance upon which ` , ,,.(speek
with her. ,•Sne gazed -Immlsringly - . , his
face, for be. looked very serious and' ,-•
lilichiki: hi said, ',I havi aim •• I: find: say ihisidternoon,enthebas'ssked , T /fie
might sue fiir your heart end band. : .'lays:
you _are the first person whom be • ' ' loved
as be now loves ? and be - feels iseu 7? that
IFREEDOE n,act
you would make him. happy always.
that he is worthy ofy_ou. Di; ' , mi l
you could love him 'I Niihat! tears !'
the -parent in surprise, as be saw his d
bow her head between 'her fingers.
not thought %would offend you , so,
my child, you dO not feel that he is ul
Mr. Proctor was interrupted by
falling upon his neck; and as she did ri
murmured : 1
Oh, I. do .love him; father! I to
with my whole heart ! I can't hel l
team'
Th,e 9 psrent caught his child to his
and in eat nest tones be said :
Bless you, Kate—bless you. -- I
love to see you his wife, for. I love hi
self. May he come and see you tam
He „leaves for Harrison in the after"
Of course, Kate said he might corn:-
And he did come. And be and K
a long talk together; -and they told
er of their love.
• 'And now,'. said Lindsay, after
conversed a long while, 'on Sunday
I shall be here again. I cannot ask
to. give a final answer. But at that ti
is day after tomorrow, I may ask yoti l l
will give the your love for life.
Kate rested her head upon his
and told him she would think seriousl i l
She meant it pleasantly, for she had ti
.
enough,. in. her own estimation. •
Sunday morning came, and at nine
eCtutrles Lindsay, made his appearance.
I thought you were not coming til
ing,' said Kate, as she gave him
.grup•
' I thought I would come and go 1 1
hilt - with you;:be returned. , • You h 1
!qhjectionsr- . •
'Not any serious ones,' she return
ng.
At.the - proper time they set out
.
church. .
Our new minister is to` preachto
Kate said On . her way.: •
`So I understand,',returned Lindsay
t was one reason 1 was anxious to b
you know hitn
know him pretty well.'
What kind of a man is he ?,
Well—he is spoken very well of.
he .means well.
.1
`Thou he isn't, much of a minister, 1:
'There may •be different opinionsi.
that point. Suppose we compare note
we have heard him ?'
We will. But he shan't board ui
Don't you think it would be very unp l
to have him poking about the house
time ? lam sure I oouldn't - endur
could you.
Well,' replied the young man, S.'
'if you couldn't endure it I am
couldn't.'
Well—l - cannot.' 1
This brought them near the chu
the conversation was dropped. AS
walked up the broad aisle, Mr. Proctor"
ed the pew door, and Kate entered. I
But—what meant that ? Charles Li
was making his way up to the pulpit
—he ascends the stairs !—he enters
coolly takes his seat, and takes down
ble ! - •
The house was crowded and all
anxious. The opening voluntary w
formed; and then Lindsay arose
. an.,
calm, deep, clear voice, read . a chaptei,
the Book.
The. truth had burst upon Kate's
and with her head bowed she conmah
powerful emotions which worked so IA
within her. The prayer was madel
hynins sung—and the text had been!
ere the wonder-stricken girl dared to
head.
The sermon commenced—from "the
• Come unto me all ye that labor, and
give you rest,'—and as the speaker w
with his subject, Kate forgot all her s ,
trouble. It :was a noble theme and
handled with great power. His aim
show the peace-given influences of the
pet, and a firm reliance on the love of
and Christ. He painted the holy joys .a .
Christian in such r&.;plendent colors, tha
hearts were opened ; and souls that had
dormant for years, were awakened to a
of love and gratitude. tLkny au eye
wiped as the Bible was at length closed,
one simultaneous murmur of half a thou
deep drawn breaths told how all had
enchained.
Kate saw old men and young men
l
women and young women—crowd abou
minister as he came down from the pu,
and she marked how warmly they gra,
his hand, and how eager they were to
his smile.. Then it was that a feeling of p
of deep holy gratitude—came upon her
lie, so honored and flattered—he, wbot
seemed so anxious to know—he so pow'
in mind and so elevated in manhood-1
her. best of all !• - '
(subject
eager
o f the
•r some
;'eh the
Mite dis
know
he led
u
they
her pa
,
,-m,.and
Ile
took
She walked Out by her father's side, '
ere long the minister found the old plaid
the left hand. They walked a long dial
in silence. Finally Kate said—
'lt was—was—'
' Was what I' asked her companion
earnestly into her face. •
It was cruel to deceive me so!'
Cruel, Kate I when you told me !I
your own lips that you would nut haw'
minister in your house
Ah—but you knew what I meant.'
So I did. YOl3 meant just what you
so I meant that you should' know the
before I introduced you to the ministe4
saw the difficulty. You timight all mini
were alike ; and if I had told you that I'
'the minister' at first, you would have-'
coy and reserved. You would Lot
learned me as I am, nor would you
opened your soul to we as you have doi
think I am right.'
'terhaps you are;
rthink I may feel sure of it. But
you know the %sae, I trust you may take
for what he is. And, if, upon fair VW;
do not like the minister we will keep ,
only for the parish: Witsit say you
`But your deed said you were a clerk:
`Ali, my little minister-hater, You ari
read in legal lore. • The , word clerk is
the Litin derieui, and was formerly ap
only tocle .. Nyineni and in; law, the
still :r et a i ned If you will give an 1* v
Will tomb you Lew and Latin, so 'that
tare you sas9 , not fall . ut such_ 'traps
tors: ' •
Kate.siolled; and she was very
wishing :Co aeold ,, Utiy 610113; Plight •
and ere Kate Proctor slept again she had ocat•
eluded to board the iuinister for life; -so
MONTRO
uamiv-. Ao4lboa3t,. s : @l', -. El**Y . : ,4510' tst"'orklail99
E THURSDAY, 'APRIL 23, 1857.
know
think
=red
far from making the haut6 too hot to hold
him,' she kept it so pleasantly, with her deep
ardent love that he seldom ; left ',save upon
those pastoral duties which - he whaled not al)
avoid, and even then she kept hitri, company
when she could ; for the good parishioners
said that 'twits only half a visit fot the min
ister to come with Out his sheet; gentle
hter
I had
rely,
te=e
she
Aimparzs p Octo max =EN.
e him
these
Col. Ethan Allen was a man destined to
the world as something uncommon ; and in a
high degree interesting. . lie vied Partially.
educated and obscurely brought up; yet flo
man was ever more at ease - in the; polished
ranks than he. Not that he at all eonfolmed
to their artificial rules and; titled etiquette;
but he observed the dictates of natural
good sense and
,good humor. IDS bearing
was in total defiance of ta.shion, and he looked
.and acted aS if he thought it would he. a con
descension thus to trammel himself. It is
well known that . in- early life, in i . his own
country, he acquired an• influence I pver his
fellow-men, and led them on'to some of the
most daring achievements. He Seems to
have possessed all the. elements of s hero--a
devoted patriotism, a resolute ands daring
mind, and an ; excellent judg,ment.
His conduct as a partisan = umcer is well
known in this country, and was of great ser
vice to the cause of liberty durini , our llevo
lutionary struggle.. He was taken prisoner
and carried to England, where his excellent
sense, his shrewdness' and wit, introduced
him into the court region... A friend of our
earlier life,• who was well acquainted with
this part of the . history of this singular man,
used to take great delight in.tellin,g ps.some
anecdotes of Colonel Allen, while a prisoner
in London. We have before mentioned the
firmness„Fith which he .resisted the attempts
to bribeliim from the cause of :his Country,
and the caustic satire with which he replied
to a '.noblen-.an, who was commissioned by
the ministry to make him formal Offers ti.)
join the British cause in Ameripa. ;'The in
cident is - a stirring one, and *ill bear a rep
etition.; ~
.hould
r n ro m w ) .
to had
.h oth-
ty had
ening
:u DOW
e—it
if you
older,
of it.
ought
'clock
even-
warm
meet
ye no
MI
r• the
day,'
; I and
, here.'
The Commissioner, among other tempting
largessea, proposed that if he would 'espouse
the cause of the King, be might have a fee
'simple in half theScate of Vermont.' . " I am
a plain man,''„-v.aul Cul. Allen, in reply, "and
I have read but few books, but j have sear
in,print-somewhere a circumstance that for
cibly reminds me of the proposal i of your
lordship; it is of a certain 'clutraeter that
took a certain other character,nto an exceed
ing high mountain, and showid him all the
kingdoms of the earth and the glory thereof,
and told him that if he would fall deWn and
worship -hi ca r shia- ibo gad 4e
rase-at,"added.he, " didiel otoS afoot of Merit:"
His interview with the - King at Windsor:is
mentioned.as' highly interesting. Ills • Ma
jesty.asked the stout hearted mountaineer if
they hao -any newspapers in America ?—,
" But sery few, and these are but little read,'
was the answer. " Ilow . then;" asked the
King, " do the common people known ofof these
grievance,: of w hich they c - bmplain, and of
which we have been speaking'?" 1" As to
that," said he, " I can tell your Majest: - that
among a people who have felt the spirit of
liberty, the news of oppression is
.carried by
the birds of the air and the breezes of Heav
en." "That is too figurative an answer from
a matter of tact man, to• s plain question,",
rejoined the King. " Well, to be plain," an
swered the rebellious subject, "atritmg our
people.the tale of wrong is carried from men
to man, from neighborhood to neighborhood, •
with the speed of electricity ; my 'country-
Men feel nothing else ; " mit ofthe abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh." I Will add,
With great respect to4our Majesty, that such
a people cannot be put down With the
sword." '
think
he 7'
upon
alto
Ith us.
•asant
1 the
it—
nt‘ing
!tire I
and
they.
open-
dsay
Yes
He
e Bi-
awed
Pe!.
.in a
from
ind,
L. the
ildly
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, her,
MI
will
med
' sge
The King. made a long pause, as if Strong
ly, impressed with the truth of his remarks.
At length, changing the subject, he asked
Col. Allen if be knew Dr. Franklin ;I and be
ing answered in the affirmative, inquired con
cerning his experiments with electricity, and
expressed a curiosity to experience an elec
tric shock. The British sovereign [seemed
to take pleasure in the conversation, which he
kept' up`more than an hour, and at length
made Colonel Allen promise to visit him
with his countryman, Dr. Franklin, at his
palace in London. Seine weeks after he was
reminded of his promise by the nobleman
above mentioned, and an hour fixed fur the
home-bred philosopher of America to ex
plain the mysteries ;\ of a new discrivery in
the science to the royal family. They. 'at
tended accordingly, and with au aparatus,
chiefly of his own invention, Dr. lranklin
exhibited many . of those simple ar.d
experiments for which he was so noted, and
at which the royal children, even those, of a
larger growth, - were much delighted.!
In his playful way, Dr. Franklin took oc
casion to convey instruction as to the prop
erties of• this astonishing &W. While the
royal habitation was thus in a. most unking
ly uproar, the Premier was announced as in
waiting.' The King seemed for a moment
disturbed. "I forgot my appointment with
the Minister," said he, "but no matter', I will
eschew business for once, and let Nprth se e .
bow we, are employed."- Accordingly the
Minister was ushered in with little ceremony,
and it was soon:concluded that be shoUld have
an electric shock. Allen -whispered: to the
Doctor to remember bow he had ''shoekPd
us across the waters, and give him a, double
ebarge ; 'whether it was designed on the hint
of his friend or not, was not Wertained, but
the charge was so powerful on the nerves of
his lordship as to make him give way in the
knees; at which all, especially -the P,rineess,
Were almost convulsed with mirth.
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Some of Co). Allen's happy retortt at the
cliffs' and fashionable parties are still remem
bered and often repeated: On one (scansion
be was challenged to a glass of wine :by the
beautiful Duchess of Rutland, who seems to
have been particularly pleated with iiis inde
pendent manner. "You must qualify your
glass with a .tAiast," observed the lady. The
" Varmounter" very unaffectedly observed
that, he was not used to thatsort of ceremony,
and was afraid be might give offense. how
ever, the lady would be to goad as to Suggest
a subject, he would endeavor to give Sena.
*went. " 0," said-she, ":never wind thisaub:
Jett ;tinythilw wiU doan that it boa noYeason
init." Well." says be, ".this may-4 Air a
truth.; not for a •toast," mu'fixing his eyes
adoringly on " the farafiuned court howty, be
proceeded:- , . It
4 11 anything could make a double traitor out
oCa good patriot, it would be the 'witchcraft
of such eyes as your ladyship's.
• or
ins
you
him
riot
mu
lied
gl
NM
, • -- • •
The blunt Sincluity with which thik was
spoken, together irttli its
,exact fitness to the
occasion and the person; caused into ba long
hailed la the' beau rnoode„" 'wan excellent
good thing; and although it had the effect 'of
hightening for a moment that beauty to which
it was offered as a tribute,. it is saidAhe fair
Duchess often aftenrards bowled of the com
pliment as far before all the empty homage
she had received froin the glittering coxcemh
ry of the city.
A lady once sneeringly asked Col. Allen,
in a large assembly, at what time fashionable
ladies in America preferred taking the air.
He perceived her drift, and bluntly answered,
" Whenever it Aas necessary to feed the geese
and turkeys." "What," inquired the lady,
" do dm fine_ women in your country dtscend
to so mental employments '? "—Allen was al
ways aroused at any attempt to depreciate
the fair Ones of his own country, and with a
great deal of warmth he replied, " American
ladies have the art of turning even amusement
to account. Many of these could take up the
subject of your Grace's family history, and
tell you of the feats of valor and bursts of el
oquence to which your -ladyship is probably
indebted for your distinguished name, most
of which, it is likely, would be as new to you
as. the art 'of raising poultry." The - sarcasm
produced a deep blush in the face of the fair
scoffer, but it procured for the captive and his
countrymen an indemnity against court ridi
cule for the future.
The night-eharges were just being conclud
ed,. and there was a culprit in" me place :
there was a policeinan in the witness-boa in
ins place; there was a side arrangement like
a church pew, and there Mr: =Fence now ap
peared in tits place; there was a small table
in the centre, and a seat Vesicle it,,and there
sat the clerk in me place; there was a hearth
rug, and thereon stood the magistrate in .me
place; and there was — about a third 'alhe room
parted off, and there was huddled the public
(and a very dirty public it was upon this oc
casion) in rrs place. •
The offender at the bar was a boy :-about
twelve years old, vary shabby, very dirty,
very thin and sallow, and very stunted. The
policeman bearing testimony against him was
a jolly-looking man, six feet high. •
The magistrate, Mr. Settleutn, was a small,
spare man, rigid in aspect, and with a stem
eye and voice.-•
• " Let me understand you, policeman," said
Mr. Setticuin. You say this boy was beg.
ging r
" I do, your wusship. I heard him say,
'Poor boy, poor boy,' to a many gents and
ladies."
" Dial yoti tiotiee" whether lie received any
thing, ol iceman 1"
" Y s, your wusship, one genelman hit him
a era •Ii o' the head, and - :bid him go to. work.
A la y said she was sorry for him,
and gave
him this,'ere tract on 'Spiritual Food,' which
she said . would do him more good than penny,
loaves. And a genelman, after that, gave him
an order ti,r the workus: -. Then,emnes anoth
er genelman, and when he sari, says he, to
him, ' Poor boy, poor boy,' that genelman
says,' Hallo, hallo! Police, police !'• and gives.
him in charge. But that . wasn't all, your wus
ship.. -When 1, in duty, takes him, he resists
like a good-un, and kicks me on the shins."
"Has he hurt you, policeman 1" inquired
Mr. Se ttleum, commiseratingli.
" He has hurt me dreadful; your wusship,"
replied the witness,• an expression of agony
crossing his countenance. ." I've been obliged
to be kept up with stimulants ever since— l 've
been so .low."
•"Shocking! shocking!" murmured the mag
istrate, clasping his palms and looking up
wards. A murmur of sympathy ran through
the audience, and the lump of iniquity, four
feet high,. crouching at the bar and screwing
his sharp dirty knuckles into the corners of
his eyes, commenced sobbing, and evidently
felt every. inch of him an outcast and blot up
on creation.
The magistrate gathered himself urof . or an
exhibition of power. --
"To what are we cottling ?.—to *hat are
we coming?" said the worthy man - with pain
ful emotion. Then, sternly, " Boy—prisoner
what have you to say ?"
" If=if you please--your—'-wuiShip,"
sobbed the culprit, begged 'ais
I was hut.gry. I'd had no wittles, your wus
ship., for a-,a-whole day—your wusshtp."
" Why don't you-apply to your relatives,
boy ?": asked the magistrate, with great as
perity,
"I—l've—no relatives, your wusship ; no
—nobody—but a mother-in-law."
"It's no use asking you any. questions, I
see," said Mr. Settleum.; " you're quite hard
ened. Novi, here is a oy," continued the
magistrate, addressing those around—"a des.
perate, ferocious ruffian, who has seriously
hurt that brave man there, (policeman X was
immediately covered with blushes,) whose
shin has been nobly sacrificed in the great
cause of order. I say here is this determined
vagabond convicted on the clearest testimony
of—begging! Now I have called upoa this
fellow for his defence,.and I ask what has his
defence been ? Why, has be hot had the au
dacity to urge as his reason Air begging T that
be was hungry 1" •
There were whispers of admiration in court;
but,some man in the corner (a carpenter, out
of work) exclaimed, "And. an uncommon
good reason, too !" for which he was straight:
way taken out by the officer... ' . •
' " I will waste no more . words upon him,"
continued Mr. Settleurn. wrathfully. "Four
teen days and hard labor."
TUN OF THE FLOOD.—A person in search
of information met a functionary of the Tem
ple of the drama on Lydius St. Monday af
ternoon. "Is there .any water down this
way," he inquired. " Well," answered the
.Thespian, "you'll find Itia-tratha on Herki
mer street."—ATharek Steinman.. .
That was a 'pretty good pun—the first of
am season.
Stow Joits.—A countryman patising over
n. railroad, n Northern New York, which Is
proverbially stout, asked the ,couductor why
avow-catcher was attached to dm) rear - oar
instead of the 'usual place; be was informed
by that otTleer that it was din order to, pre
vent the cows on that road running into the
Oar_ ycsung lady engaged to be mar
ried, and getting sit* ot tor barph; applied
to a frimd to help be: untie the - knot bekre
it was. Ado late. Oh, certainly,' he replied ;
it's very easy to , untie it now, while it la only
a beau knot'
An English Court Scene.
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I H. H. FRAZIE:R,43I3BLIST4iIi-:41-Vota
inacitinor *lmpAt
Seiteitfof sa Intbuitrial Livadam of the Old
Dominion—Alum of the
- "Ina* Riassunti "" •
Virginia Aas declined—she hia'gonadoWn
hill with melancholy. iredoeity, ,as ,onaipieid
with many of her sister States; and theirpro.
greets in population, wealth, material' devel
opment and political power. • • !' Debt !
debt! laza I taxes desciibei exactly the
existing condition of the tranmotreealth and
people afVirginia . Asaßtate, blessed with
unrivaled advantages, the:Enquirer May well
ask : " Whit have we done? What Mar
kets have we built up? What great thor
oughtitres have we constructed 1" We agree
entirely with our neighbor that "these are
questions which now direct themselves forci
bly to our interests ' and Should awaken .us
to a. sense of the lethargy and indifference
that have characterized our movements; and
we may add, to a sense of the deep 'import
ance of applying ourselves to , the task of,de.
wising the ways and means 'of building up
our " markets" and completing . our " great
thoroughfares," But, says the Enquirer,
Virginia "is asleep, or if not asleo,dragg Eng
Aer slow length along so .mournfully, Slug
gishly, that the hearts of her most hopeful
sons are gradually sinking deeper, in the
slough of despair." This is all true enough.
THE PROPOSED SCHEME OF. EMIORATiON-LET-
TER FROM. ELI TRATER.
•
- WORCESTER , M ass ., March 12,' 1857.-
DEAR SIR : tank you fur your lucid and
able analysis of the plans and purposes of the North American Htlfneetead Company,
as given in the Herald of Feb. 28 and of
March 10. • . •
You have shown a true,.conception of the
project, and it seems to me WI accurate ap•
preciatlon of its power and ha probable re
sults.
I assure you
.tbat it is our purpose to be
strictly a business organization. .
We shall abide by the laws, State and Na
tional. •
We shall adhere with wonderful tenacity
to the Constitution and the Union.
We shall purchase large tracts of land at.
Slave-State prices ; shall give away to act
ual settlers about one-fourth ; shall sell
about one-fourth at cost, and the remainder
at Free State , prices—thus probably doub
ling our money on each operation: ,
-There is no chance fur such speculation ex
cept in SlaVe States, and even in them only
in proportion to the extent of Slavery. For
example; There will be no inducement fot us
to buy land in Hancock, Brooke, Marshall
or Ohio counties; in Western Virginia, for
in those counties it is worth from $2O to $2.7
per acre. Those eountiel; • ainr Ilia Bulk 'Or
the. others in Western Virginia, are essential
ly free. Our chances would be much better
in Dinwiddie, Southampton;Accomae,• and
other exhausted counties, were we can ob
tain land for from $3 to $5 per acre—such
being the average price in those localities
where the slaves are a majority of the popu
lation. Now these lands are more desirable
than those of the counties first named, and
by planting on them free white colonies we
can make them more valuable. it is too
much, therefore, for our Virginia.neighbors
tU eipect of human nature . --and especially
of Yankee human nature—that we should
forego any such chance as tits of securing sure `
and ample dividends, especially when this can
be done in a planner perfeetly legal and con
stitutional.
But very many of therpeople of Virginia
actually desire the proposed friendly, invasion
of the Old Do?ninon by this renovating ar.
my of free white labor. I can show you that
even slaveholders are on our side, and that,
too, in large numbers.
- Some have already - offered to take stock
to the extent of their ability in the proposed
company. Kentucky and Maryland' are al
ready looking with envy on the sublime des
tiny of Virginia, and are inviting the same
invigorating agency of free labor to their own
borders.
Missouri, also, has sent a delegation .for
the purpose of securing a colony of one hun
dred Yankees to build a town upon a-good
landing on the Missouri River. These ap
plimtions, together with the tone of a large
portion of the. Southern press, make it mant
fest that the proposed movement will be ad
mirably sustained, and our colonies treated
with kindness and respect. But if, on the
contrary, a portion of the people of Virginia,
in defiance of their own interests and of'our
rights, should so far stultify themselves as to
follow the lead of ultra-disunionists and so.
cession fire•eaters_in commiting outragei
gainst the lives and property of peaceful set
tlers, then they must be met by the VA-insti
tution and the laws; and• should these fail to
give protection,.l)opulatsovereigntr must be
invoked for the Old Dominion, as it has been
for Kansas. We shalt not be intimidated.
We are not that kind of people when good div
idends are at stake. In defiance. of danger,
we send our whale ships to the Northern.
Ocean for money. We send our mission
ries among cannibals for. principle. We have
defied all perils even in sending the Gospel
to the heathen without the incitement of pe
cuniary gain ' • but with • that inducetnent the
Gospel , of Freedom " will have five course,
will run and be glorified."- -
We have been charged with participating
in the Slave-Trade, «intr./try to law, for
filthy lucre.' If this be so, we should prob
ably participate in making Slave States free
tor-the thane filthy hfcre.'
There is not a kidnapper -.in in the country
who will not quit his husiness ofcitchingtte
groes in Africa for the Gibs Market, when
it shall have been demonstrated that can
. make 10 per cent. more in making Virginia
Theisen are no such bigots in their. pro,
(cation as to adhere to it when a lucrative
business, protected by lair, can be had in ex
change fora inuardous,illegal and lees profit-
There is no nse, then,in talking about bang.
ing or shOoting our colonists, or the :mem-,
hers of our company. If. half i_of us were
hung or shot, the rest would press on towards,
the shining dollars, even though they should
"Into doping tidiath,
Into the month ot i tis%
• Ylus the ' l 4 hundred- 7
Evidence of approaching tnnu*** in
.this ear
terprise is every day accumulating. It is
semis the letters of sympathy, from the Slave
&atm ; spin the numerous •applicatkes of,
colonists from the free, and more
,tluur all, in
the readiness of capitalists to invest in - the
stock of this Company. This, however is not
NUM
ESE
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HEE
FM
a
tuutecountable:
land, owned by the merebenteratabrakernOt
New. York. and ,sPhiladetpidekz--WOl Aisad*l..,
availabletotia prat atithe coiner, Who
have heretokre_ :eielledangit atanY
price. - Oni (kcal** foreprovita
very valubla medituaboninsinthasitlandbuld
ere and-the hardy= pioneers, whocan this - be
furnished with homesteads 4meiey turnui„lkie
is to good a thing too *li t
, Truly y%im
ltriscitif
, .
. .
The election in St. tents is certainty One
of the most extraordinary developments of:
our politics! Commotiosi; That a.tittof'mie
hundred and fifty - thousand inhabitant"; the
commercial emporium of weave'Stattv end .
that State, too, the oppressor of Kaneavarid
the peculiar patron of Atchisokshould deli&
erately have elected to Congress Francis P.
Blair, an avowed Free goiter,- was. deemed
curious enough; • but that-this should:AN:4bl:
lowed up by a victory of a party fighting its •
battle upon a clear, explicit, and decided mai- -
slavery, platform .is little short of ritarvelftms,
It might have been supposed that - Mr. Wiener,
who wes elected Mayor, suce.eeded through
some , personal or local anises, and thattence
the issue was not a plaikone, but the whole
emancipation city ticket was also elected', and
the same party carried= a large majority.in
both branches of the City Councils. Phit.
forms are said to meansothing, but the plat t - .
form of these St. Louis emancipaticmistircer
tainly, meant so much As to be: the leading -
feature of the canvass. It was unsparingly
attacked by the pro-slavery.
,neinipapers - and '
orators as purely "abolition" in eluirecter,,,,,
while on the other hand, the Democrat; the -
Ans.ieger, and alt the newspaper and penirm•;
al organs of the party, operily'and strongly=
advocated emancipation principles. Misfit. • -..
Louis Republican, a few days before the elec.
tion, defined the position of affairs -*est—. • ,
"Mr.: Wimer is reported in the Denrioerat •
—the organ of Redpath & Co.—as declining
himself to be an " emaneipationist"---
soder out-And-out." - This is coming up to the
work fitirly and squarely. If - he be elected,
it is to be regarded .as the first movemest in -
1 policy which is to make slave property iit'
this State altogether insecure.". • •--- - -
As-not only Wimer but them/elle email.
cipation ticket is elected ; it would seem -that'
the Republican * lost its influeuce,so far as
Si.-Louis is coricirned. • The candidate -kir
whom it .worked received' but 3759 .votes, in
a poll of 11,077, leavirg him with 7318 sates _.
against him, though he was : suppor ted by the:
national administration party; by all thepow
er of the dominant Democratic faction in Mis.
sotiri and Wa 1ti.4e.4--.03'..0P..gra11t.- tame of
tfies. l ll. Beaton. This tatter event wait one A
of the - most curious incidents of The late can
vass. The organization which achieved the
victory in St. Louis had been essentially,Mr.
Benton's own personal and pelitical body - ,
guard. They had sustained him under alleir
curnstances, elected him to Congress given'
him a great vote for Governor, and
gallantly
defeated all his local enemies. In these:cos
tests,the RepubliCan news Paper was his bit
terest and- most unscrupulous astaillint,'_ nev
er sparing terms in 'its denunciation. In the
late canvass, however, it law 'fit to invoke the
support of his narne to defeat his party._ All
through the fight it threw Benton Wile hum,
of-his friends at every turn. But it Wail ofno
use. Mr. Benton himself wrote veq-intent
perste letters, , mlging tbe leadere or the
emancipationists with being traitors. .These
letters have extinguished his political-;pros.
peels. For as he was previcnisly id terribly`
had odor with the Atchison gafig,he'clinshopa
for nothing from
_them, thoiigh it is slot un..
likely he may have looked in that direction.
. In fact the Benton party in Misiouri is ii .
Benton'party no 1i nger. ' it hike left its lead
er behind, and risf n to a political pcsitien &r:
higher and better than
It could.ever have ois.
copied as a mere concatenation of personal -
idolaters. In his owirState, at this , time, Mr.
Benton is a man of less tonsequence - thart the
author of the remarkable emancipation 'speech `.
in the last Missouri Legislature, Mr. B. Grata,
Brown, the able editor Of the St. Laois-Dens
met. The - party to •Which Mr._ Brown he
longs - contains other men of sterling • raerik
who are destined to beet eminence in, Missou.
ri such as Dr. Boernstein,
the - editor Of the
Anzieger, to whom, perhaps, More than to
any other, may be 'attributed the present
movement. Neither he nor._ his Gernian.
friend's have ever flinched from the conrquim 4
ces of their free-soil viewer They have_botdj ,
ly defended them on all occasions and by
their example inspired the native-Miens with .
. ..
new courage.' - . - •
,', •
A correspondent of a Chicago paper, limi
ting from St. Louis before the election ex- ,
pressed his surprise at, fi nding thareity thor
oughly free soil, saying ;that he was unable
to recognize it as a southern town. The pea.
pie of St. Louis have, probably learned some
thing from the sudden and wonderful growth -
of Chicago. They= have Seen the power of the '
free North to build up eitlee,' and -have felt,
during the Kansas troubles and the Missouri
river embargo;-the heavyi band of retrogrel.
sion dragging backthelr comrnereial prosper.
ity% , They have, ' therefinw,• iletertnined to
shake OfF the fetters cif the slavery penman;
dista l and be really the , emperium of the free
as well as of the slave West. -We do .ate ;
doubt that the city will• Profit immensely 'by-
Rfa. Old Squire Addison
ty,., Vt., was famous rut: bringing : , market
better article of` cheese than any:able sg - rl.,
cultnral : neighbors , Which ectinejone d - nfiner-'
chant to enquire "
.bow it, hitiiiiined."
"I think I can tell _=you the -secret of it,"
said the equire. "Yon may ltalie noticed that,
when the- milketteililsi,n While - in thelans,_
there is a kind of , yellnif'scinii
the top etit;'Now witne,'Weincin are '
tul neat theethey 'Skim . this call
wife 111111 9 t4ter pertichler;lnit stirs:.lG;sll is to.;
gethet= 44 cheese is
the heifer." ' '
Fiats, : , YAMOIt Pampuirr..—Mr:,:gniney
ors alai . Jon Smith yrs*. theTly!tilrookue
that euei undertook to - boa 04701,44:5-' Be
conducted the basilicas on,UO .'entirellnew
tobiostia considering tbetitalalleilltiffle under
which- hi labored, hitt nnlel*:l4 erigito, Mit to
Tinkce and itigo44Y;
Wha elderly . hit geritlenian t
lag a warm breakAat -at an km;called to
waiting btv, , ? Donaid, hying me:niirehrwaz
I tat a*eat dal of bread, to my•ltelik.r ,
Donald iiimworixl with`-lima ‘ llll ,Pliehr's
Ayi plena your Wear, mut you let scat
deal of steak to your brad.'
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