C. T. READ &.:11.13. rn,AtiEPILFIDITC)3IB*
Poo the Loulnge Jortal.
tarnitoteura
WI sty. t, nxxrarg►a.
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Zarth bath is thousand ton,gmes that sing
An =minded melody,
And many a loatidy, creeping thing
Seth besity that we cannot see, _ ,
A Yelled Weighted Isudty
sa— . •
A slow-paced worm that allgeride, •
A look, a breeze may Ptah aside • .
Tbi arm of miens* the crown ot peas ;
breath too/faint to lift the flower '
A noonbeam'or a tone bath power
To crush us ihthe ecil hour, •
As bold. sad thoughtful men will teil,
Who thread the wild and pierce the dell;
And climb the cliffs and splinteed rocks
.Rent by the old-world yuleati-shocks,
Where throe, dread mountain king, duet lie,
With spotted mall and daining eye,
And thy Inige quiveringyolume Med
pnrplc spire and bristling fold, -
Within the walls of matted brake, ..- -
Grim-conehant, terrible Rattlesnake!
0 fair and bmntiftti itiearth:
With boating eyes and loving worth,
And daneopf leaves andjoy of birds,
t ie mu with myriad formi•of death; •
Ti gentS, her seasons, growth and birth,
Tier rest, her change, her tears and mirth
Are pn,s;tges for human breath •
To flee the fiver, rack an strife; • .
The splendor and the gloom &life ;
tennmberid as the wrinkled shells • • -
That glearwin oeean's secret cells, •
swing evermore the viewless gates,
At which:;, grizzly wtoiler waits
To waft the 'exiled soaaway ; • ,
From home and the dear tiFfit of Bay;
A n o n , as gently. softly eotpat
The Reaper, as the
That lifts the Mid-Ilay's yellOw blooms
•Or nines the glass of-Sunni:6. seas;
Tha footsteps noiseless as the sound •• '
*Of buds in . spiky nights' of Spring,
Which pierce the folding irallithat round
In waxen flake. and fibre cling—
Yet Death•hath,Many a niightydoor
Whose hinges grate a dismal mar
That rtmi along the shivering seat,.,
In shriek :Mid wail and sexton-tOll,
To hail the portals . qt the gram,.
'Midst roaring gam and ringing glaire,
`Midst limbs, hyStruning chargers trod,
And grappling hands and slippely
And long, hand - bolted cannon-ode-
To hear the hold, the hiss and clash
Of wares en Wares that madly dash„
Then to bur beast foam-conch leap
From blue Niagara's thunder-steep; "
To see at midnight, Bashing nigh,
Powerleis to parley or to fly, •
The coucham tiger's eye, -
Then meet the quick, tremendous bound
That.dashes out our gasping breath
In pattering blood-gouts o'er the ground—.
' Oh, this is' horror, this is death, •
Which he who blanchlemt tneets„ inust feel
His brain engirt with triple steel.
And earth .hath Many, a gloomy path
• Steep:slanting.to the ball of Death,
Less Mighty than the whirlwind'ri wrath
Or tiger's bound or volley'd 'path
Of bettle's blue.,, vindictive breath ;-
And in our dellsi and by the rills, .
And on, the rock-embattled hills,
And deep within the lonely wood,
Where die `young panther moans for food,
;There have been shrieks, and eyes grew dim,
Thatieur, thelorauchess round them swim,
- And felt a sudden shadow fall •
As from the concaves vestal wall,
And mossy plain - and vaulted blue.
Go rocking from their dizzy view,
Where thou beside the mouldering trunk
That in the tnoist e dark earth- bath sunk,
And by thicleit thy bower dost snake,
Death.dartissg„ fiery - Batt/make
dweller 'midst the rocky : glades,
And lonely, damp, enormous *Watt
,Of hoary oaks and clarion pin*
And chaos of gigantie vines, '
That when the nightrwinda on the. rear,
Their leafy balhislalts pour, -
As if, upon thee golden cars, ..
• To chain the car Of rushing stars— -
Appalling worm!' thy home is where ,
The wild wolf maces hit dreary bk.:.
'Midst crimson moss and cypress shade,
And brambles. thorny pallsade---
The 'muter from: his pathway stem -`
-Wu pulses with srUder bound,
As tby fierce eye - upon him darte
Like lightzungleaping from the mend, -
Where through the sundeed houghs in pH,
A blush from Morning's cheek bath rerd,
In which, 'with trickling Ventan . wann,
Gleams, lace a brand, thy lur=n, "
While thy quick settle, quick en keen,
Rings through theloindyi Atm -
But if, of dangerensentrec • . •
His foot impinge thy. curtain'd .
Thy Lingdiscloe'd, thy firm dilate
With kindling ire &nth:steal:Este,
Thou lannehest on the unheeding fa;
'Gal ;what si last, elect:lo3loin
-That sends& the rocks, the hills and sky •
in misty ruin reeling by! • - • '
Thy glittering coils to men discloser
A symixil of all mortal woes ;
•Down through 'the long, dim ages gone, ,
Thoight „roves in 000131 and silence, on
To`whero the Van ells and bowers
To rapture eltarM'd the rsulisetatotne, - -
And where beside the =Yale Tree,
Lay one who wore' shape like thee,
And chaiu'd with letus-words the war
Of her who could not choose bet hear. -
• -
Set, reptile, round whose aavap,, tome,
lien pause and shudder as they team,
Upon thy fiery' chaps I gaze - • •
lin reverent awe of Him whose ways
Arlvs are with the infants woes,
And Earthquake's Lonnie, Tzfautic &foes:
And in thy folds and burning eyes,
bike brevring storms in Tropie,sklea, '
A fierce, barbmic beanty
And tells that He whose hand lath pi rd
. Andes' serene, tremendous lafows ~
111 domes of everlaining snows, , ,
Amidst the swoop, the growl and clang -
'Of whirlwind's wings warmest In hang;
Bath made Ike, terrible and wM And tipp'd with death thy eleseeinefinze r •
Two Kiwi now .
nOPAL - Judg e Burke,
of South Varolina,rodefrom circuit to circuit
on horseback, accompanied by a servant, who
was directed to keep close behind him, while
he meditated as pleased ',himself, by the
way. Jogging along in thiswitty # o6 43C-
Amnion, the servant pressed op 'too 'exit* the
horse, which he rude, and which happened to.
be at ill-naturedW - ne s - and' the - Consegnence
was that the" home' kicked 'the - hegtO: On the
leg, who, ibserVing that it `did not intereapt
his tniuttertestudy, flonag of his, horse,: and
jacking up a stone threw it at thetorakwhich
tt unluckily missed Ant - thole -erect isetiees
the. Juderabouldete, : - The - inatantthe
gra tow what had hien. done; he fill :In the
road with his hands ela"ped around his ieg,
and crying out in apparent 'agony.; as 'noon
aq• the' Judge could straighten ltimtelf, be
turned around and said twthe -penetrate ne
gro. Stephen,ehild,Wrkiatellsylittl" "' Lard
master,' was the reply Weir hare jest how
kicked meta the leg, and almost inoke
" Wekehild," said the-Judg*:,bejust how
kicked . me between the two eltchtldairs,ind
almost broke my hack , t 0)."
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r As bustr leave aud , - beireathe
to ray heloved wife'Bridget, the whole ormy
riperty, mil, personal -and - One
' refthe retttainderto vey oldest- aoli':Pitt,
tick. the baianee tb Inv yonnpat lam Pavie,
the blackguard ; and sliould there .he anything
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PADLINA- ARNOLD was a beauty, and the
possemr of a large &dime. She bad been
left an orphan at an early age, and at eight
een,-by the terms of her Either's will, came
•into possession of a large estate which he had
partly Inherited, partly accumulated. Of
coutse, she became,a belle, at her entree in
to society ; of averse, she was besieged by
crowds of fortune hunters, by adventurers,
by foreign quasi noblemen, by dashing spend
thrifts of good family and empty pockets.—
Few cared for he i r bright, young beauty ; still
fewer for her warm, loving heart—it was the
heireis they sought, not the graceful, affection
, ate gill—not the lofty, noble woman.
She had not ; but yesterday she read some
.of the letters in her mother's escritoire, and
she had become' interested in the writers—
her mother's ftiends and relatives. She was
going at 'once to' „seek them, out. They were ,
quiet country folks, and she should go alone,
without servants and , in her simplest dress.
in her istonishtnent,•Mrs. EneoUrt forgot
to inquire where was her destination. The
'carriage, which Pautina had sent her maid to
order before coining down to breakfast, was
alreadY at the door. The maid• came
down with her Carpet-Iv; the footman fol
lowed with a little trunk ; Pauline, tied of her
bonnet and cloak, and was gone before Mrs.
Enoourt recovered sufficiently to ask any
questions.
In an hour the earriage returned, driven by
the footman. Paulina had concluded to take
the . coachtnan,an- old man 'who had been in her
father's service before she', was born, with her
until she melted, the last litage of her journey.
Then she would send him ' , back. She sent a
message to Mrs Encourt, requesting her to
let all things • go on at borne as if she were
not absent, giving directions about some mat
ters of business, money, &c.
In three days the coachman returned.—
He bad aewmpan'ed his mistress to Boston ;
, from thence to i large inland city, where she
' left the railroad and holed seen her seated
in the stage-coach, which 'was to convey her
to the New Hampshire I , :rillage which was
her, destination. ; lie did ot, think Miss Pau-
Una mentioned its name, but, she wouid write
to Mrs. Encoiart very soda. . - '
B ut , o h, sa d 'rnyatifisaiion 1 Where was
the heiress/ Her leuer* each and all, were
post-marked 'at: Concord ;• but she was not,
very near Concord, for Nobody there knew
her cousin, Mr. IthoOes„'` ith whom she was
' staying. Evidently;she• did not intend that
‘;:,
the secret of her ;retreat s told be discovered,
and had therefiim oontrited some means of
getting her letters posted In Concord.
What Ayala's" did, 'whe t, she saw and felt
can be better told by the pages of the journal
which she commenced during her seclusion,
than in any Abet way. The day after she
arrived abot wrote thus: .
• , • From the New To Ledger
PAULMVS RUSE.
How the Best Wealth was Gained.
LT ~~Rt E, tJCO~!f
So, one morning, she announced to the lady
who resided with her, as_ companion and
chaperone, that: she wastoing on a short visit
to the country, to see out-some distant and
almost forr.ttenifrie da of her mother.
Mrs.. Eneourtlif up her hands and eyes
in astonishment. ree great parties were
announced for the next week. It Ards the
height of the opera season; Mrs. Fanshaw's
fitney ball was to come air in ten days—had'
not Paulina forgotten her engagements at
diesel . •
N.,. New Hampnhire. r im/nary 18, 18—.
Last evening I. reached. .e quiet spot from
whence lam mew writ/1;14. l came into this
I t
household an str " e utter r. As ' the sleigh,
driven by a ruddy curly *red rand), Whom
I hired at =the stage-ho In the village to
l
a.t.ti
bring tee here, turned in the yard, through
'I
the open gates, caught , red glimmer of,
fire-Tigiat through the nil ' 'fled windows;
and is sia circred the hoot, I saw the group
gathered 'around the Sul* hearth in the
kitchen. I had time but fuss glance, for the
sound orthe sleigh-bells s ibrolght them all to
the door, Mr. Rhodes foitenk/st, the children
L
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crowding arm/4 him, an co/sin Mary hold
ing the candle aloft in th bats ground.
Ina moment I statndx,
n.. he threshold;
with cousin .Ma4's Awl beanbag upon me.
She looked so kind and I.lu/timely that 1 long
ed to feel ter arias encircling tre, and to lay
my head upon her bosom ;- . •
"Ism Panlina Arnoldr I mil, simply.—
"' am Anna Wilmer's ebild."
In a moment•l lay ifi c iher arm, and she
b
was sobbing , out her wel me. %1 ben I mir
ed my head I saw the children standing in a
wondering group, Cousin i Rhodes wiping his
eyes ally with his • coat*leeve, aid holding
out the other luand, while the boy. who bad
a
brought . me there, s just inside the
threshold, stamping oil . e snow, sad gazing
stupidin astonishment , the scene.,
. , " We - are _glad to_ see you, Ansa," said,
Mr.. Rhodes, simply, hut-'th such hearty
welcome in his tones that I no diffic.ulty
In believing what be said, . when I told
‘4 4 § l
'him, that my name was Paulit . m, not Aims,
be said ; .1 looked so:much like my.' tether
that be could almost have believed that she
bed returned to her old mountain borne, en.:
ebanged by- the'ittrenty-fiVe . years that h a d
pined since she left it. 'lt made -me glad
to heir that I .resembled my :mother, Whom,
I scarce remember,' but who was a beautiff,ul .
woman, and good as beautiful . . lam glad to
be `beautiful, but I hope - they will . find . tie
lace lnyinotber'in - sheart. end mind,„ se well
...as in face. .1 . ' ' - —' - .1
-.:_l..wasitreseetly introdened to , - all any young
spesins."-a .fuae4 healthy
:handsome ..group, 1
same near : - .menthoodi...ao .-in the. bloott of ,
inaidenhand.andik row ch ildren of all ages
down . to 4141440e,,-2`. ' b aby ' Latil4.though
ilia 45. - thrue,lieera:olo , ' -presently supper
was'realy and we. all ea ti down. I was sur.. - '
sidle:hear - My drink - invited to. a seat'-
beide y, cousin Migii4,ldesideuilitei, ..-:
..,Butbe came :assiteettiir or,ccourse. -.. 1
pea. *trek' Wile; . 03*. ~ 7 -.: . t * . iiitt:i Of 'clasieeln
this. i.u.out.._ region . ./ . s apper was over
he **lig . ..V. - 10ffiiii , ..;:,:-.-- i7ihouglit;.irith
*eineieiuttfietkee: - . 7 . - : 1 , ~ >i lite whet •101.:1Otid
41.0- o n lii.-:"f o ' r - 'b .' ia.' .
- as ,I: . h i '• & nodes
ilit would le, o'l 14_114 be
'answered,'f - '''':-' : ; '''' . 72 - "..
" Weiiil - didrieealkailate on : tailit any .:.
.
I -pay; -, I thought Id .Isini you over. to Leedom
tmxlate colenel Jones at" • tavern . ' , !Plant
1 Immeh:out.W , :lny,way.r.-,r.
--':' `,/isf44oeft It. ~ to, pal
iheltindfSsd to scud
i,
ryou. 1.-Tequested
imici o
one,:iind expeotal,
papi roam IS
,i - '
of 4 . kmini,"ito pais'
"*G Wed 4 if -pa Want
6 . 6 VREEpqa A . O.p notwilia'ania.mol,,,atuaVigt.::Akg
goNTRoSE, - .T
. 11pRSpAY; -41T0U5T.13,„..1857/,_
York 11 be enough. I sipose 191 have
to give old Grey an extra feed Of natio when
I get home. Butt hadn't the least objection
to comire here."
cast n sly glance at Lucy Rhodes that
made the blushes rise -to her fair-forehead,
while the children tittered. I handed him' a
much larger sum than he demanded, and af
-ter thanking. me, `llO withdrew, and .1 noticed
that Lucy followed him to the outer door,
" Frank and Lucy think a great dial of
each other," said 'CA/Wain Miry, as, they went
out.' On question inz her I learned' that Frank
was the son of a neighboring farmer, Deacon.
Lee, and at his fiithev's death Would probably
be the owner of some hundreds `of - acres of
the finest land in New Hampshire: Evident
ly, Cousin Mary and her husband are very
, well pleased at the attachment. that has
grown up between Frank and Lucy.
Cousin Mary took me to an.
. my room at
early hour, ur what seemed so to me, and I
showed bit my inotho's . miniature and sonic
packages of letters, many of them -her own.
We had a long chat-together, When. she
left me - she ki4sed me affectionately, called
me her dear child, - and bade me remember
that this was my home as , long as I chose •to
stay With them. She knows nothing of the
petted belle and heiress. •To her I am only
the orphan child of her dead friend and cons:
in, Anna Minter. 1 - have told heethat my
fattier left me. means of support, and that is
enough fur her to know at:present. I will
not tell her that I ant rich, unless I see that
my- riches caii.be made servia eable .
to her or;
her household. .
. .
I have - a delightful room.• It is large, and
simply though tastefully furnished. A bright
warm carpet upon the floor, a snowy/ted, a
dark antique cheat of drawers, that Cousin
Mary says once belonged to my g'randmOth
er; tables, chairs, a.stovu that trakes it sum
mer-like here, though the wide • landscape is
white with snow as tar es eye can reach, and
the wintry winds are whistling past•the win:
dews., lam sure I shall .he very happy
here.
April 10, Is—. , I have bee; here almost
three months:the•Most quietly happy mouths
that I remember. since my dear
.father's
death ? l'hayelearned to love all Oils dear
fiimily, andi• that: I might .not be the only
drone in the hive, lhave . been teaching Lucy
to ilt7.w; hearing the younger children read;
embfoidering pretty frocks for ' little Anna,
who,lbecause she hi a lovely .child, and be
qua? she lumrsiily an '
name,,shall be
my Peculiar protege. In the evenings I road
to the family. as they gather round, while
Coullin Mary si',Orks; and Cousin Rhodes
oftekinterrupts Me with his shrewd,..keen re
mar It, that show the native furce of his un
cult vated mind. - -.
- ' nk Lee went to Concord fast week,
4
andpe brought me i batch' of . letters. from
Mrsi Erricourt ;..One also from Carrie Pitge;.
fullrpf news, and gossip, and tattle.. How' it .
sieki , ned me. ' twondereAl how I had ever .
found .ran interect in snit matters. Now,
amidst the freshness of a natural, rural life,
they seem like the veriest chaff, so light and
worthless are they' all. ' - - .
Mrs. Erncourt sent ma a sum of troppy
also, fi.ir which 1 was very glad when, next
day, I heard Cousin Rhodes say to Cousin
Mary that he had a large payment to make,
and as the firm to whom 'he sold . his grain
had become somewhat ernharrassed,:he had
to Wait for his pay, though he thought he
should . ultimately receive it. 14; ow he, must
take from the 'bank' tha hundred dollars which
he bad deposited-ithere for Hubert—his dd.
est son—who is studying for the ministry,
and he feared that he should not be able to
replace it.so that Hubert could go op with
his studies, as he had planned.
.I saw the
teara'come into Cousin Mary's eyes ay she
turned silently away. Hebert is her darling
son,.and she earnestly desires to see him or
dained to the service be has chosen. I be
lieve if she ebuld oncestee him ministering at
the altar, she would he , 00ntent, to die and
feel every wish fulfilled. _
I slipped out, and went to my own room
to get my puree. When I returned I saw
by Cousin Mary's reddened 'eyes that she
bad been , weeping, but 1 said nothing. I
waited until . Mr. Mesita came in, and then I
went, up to him and laid the two one-hundred
dollar . bank notes that- Mrs. Erricourt sent,
in his Lind.
" Cousin Samuel," I said, " please use what
you require for your payment out of these
notes, and put the remainder ib the bank for
Hubert. I. am very glad it ,came last. night,
that I may offer it to you," • . .
"My own child 1 .. said Clain Rhodes,
starting up in an agitated manner, when he
saw th e value of the notes--" my, dear Pau
lina, what does this mean I I cannot take
your money. Itis all you have. is it notl"
" Not quite," I answered, - " I have twenty
or thirty 40Iats besides, which I brought
hero, and Ica get more at any time. I beg
you will accept that. I have had no expen
ses since I have been here, and that is hon
estly your due for helping such an idle girl
so long. I should have spent" --"twice
that sum for trifles in New York,", I was
about to add, but checked mvself when I re
metnbered that they thoughtl was poor, and
that - the sum seemed so large to them who
never hive flinch money, but gain most of
their comforts from the farm, or from the
exchange of commodities.
Cousin Samuel took it, at last, with many
:thanks and much reluctance, saying he would
accept one hundred as tilean until the grain
was paid for, and the other hundred he would
place in the bank for me, instead of Eftibert.
May sth. The spring is opening in • beau
ty at last. ' The tenderest green leaves clothe
all . th e trees; the: tun . shines - warmly upon
teemellow' earth In which they are planting
- seeds of 'grains and vegetables; the
einni triurtnur, all looiened. as they ero
Atm their icy thraldlim ; even the blrdsare
returning, and are building their taests in the
esl trees that stand about the bine. 4 Ilow;
wantiful, bow intensely joyotia is thisataalt
ening of Nature I . „lifre,*rnwnrt : urges me
to mum borne, list I am determined to re
tisk herb, 11101' Si it . child, to these eacel
lent PeOlae..4 I love thorn as-Kthey were my
paregs—wily should not iny mp
this be -hai. t
Just, 04111„, 3 I have hapm :very hippy hems
all the 'Fria& imitil Dow..: tbiiiki.wiil, go
hack ti)l§tew York ; take M Fitiourt, and
make the novel round of the watering pqces.,
I thought- - :Brats secluded here 'from all - the
stolid, but, these primitive, un4histiested,
people...: : 'And now Mrs. bee proposes to
take city - hasrdera, and two of them--zen ar.
-tist from %dot:yen& hie cousin, -who is said
to bes New Yorker, have already arrived.—
'if ens i. *New Yorker z And is is axisty , al
all, I shall be discovered; for Miss Arnold;
the heiress, the belle, Is too widely known to
remain . long unrecognised by sorb an one. -
July sth. I had contrived to escape eott.l
tact with Mrs. Lee's boarders until ester
day, though they had been hm.e and
Benedict had 'even sketched LM, in bet; i
bloomer hat and that pretty bitie muslin',
that I made Mrs. -Ernconet bey Or betr+ j
They bad heard of me, of Motel, bet I me:
mained obstinately Invisible. I have remain
ed bees because Hubert was looMise bome,l
and was to deliver the oration, on the Fowl)+,
at the village. For the'world 1 *veld ioti
have disappointed Ccnisin Mary in her desire 1
that Hubert and I should meet, that I should ,
see her darling, and above all, listen to his'
eloquent words. I went and : was 'amply re.
paid. My cousin Hubert is a noble speet;,
men of the talented New Fallander. To. 1
tally unpretending, he makM himself felt ass
soon as heard or seen. Lem proud , of, him,i
and glad beyond expresSion that I 60w ..him,:
and have the.power tO aid -him, to free him
from the. long strnggle with 'his poverty they . ,
he thinks _is - before him ere he rain gain,a ',
knowledge of Wprofession.
Ilubert was/not well. Ile wase.ahausted .
by his longimmey and his efrorte, eo we re.
tprned- henie at one from the citiurch.—
1,,, g'
Mr. "P e and Claude Benedict, who wish
ed to rake Hubert's acquaintance, followed
)
us o horseback. I saw that an introduction
was unavoidable, so went at once tofthe par
ras soon as I had laid aside my bat and
shawl. Cousin Mary introduced me to'her
guests,- and I noticed that Mr. Pegei4tarted
when he saw me, while I fill that I had seen
him before rather than treognized hi*Yeaturts.
" He knows me," I thought, "and Allis over,
If these good friends learn that. I. am- rich, I
fear that they, too, will turn sycophants. I
must at all risks preserve myself
.from the
eclairchtsement until- I have gone affray."--
Pretty soon Mr. Page approached nie.
"Miss Arnold." he said, "I think tam not
mistaken in the idea that I have rnek.; you in
New York. You are an intimate friend of
my cousin Carrie.--yon ere Miss Paulhui
.Arnold—" " the belle and heiress" hi might
have added, but I interrupted him. 1.- , ,
"Mr. Page," I said, "you are right, but
these kind, unsophisticated friends lit mine
know me only as a desolate orphan fo' limit-' '
ed means. I beg of you not to utidecelve
them, fur they are the only persons ; ; inthe
world who love Pauline Arnold for herself
and not for her gold," ;• .'
. ..
_
"You shall _
be obeyed," answered Mr.
Page, bowing profoundly. "1 gues , tod that
I should find you here. but is' you were hid
den I thought you bad some m i tre i ; t tor the
. '•
seclusion, and so kept silent. 'wrote
me that you were somewhere in the! ,t
neigh
borhrx-sd of Concord." . ~
"When have you heard from Carrlar I
inquired. • .
" I hear from her :Almon daily," he answer-.
ed,- and front his proud, happy mariner I
learned that he was,rarrkeia accepted lover.
"I -think 1 undeistand you, Mr. - )Page," I
said. "Let me congratulate you. Carrie is
a noble girl ; one whom fashionable frivolity
has not been able to spoil. lam glad to
know that she is SQ happy." ",j -
He bowed again over my extended liand,
and looked very handsome with theta* of
gratified feeling upon his fait ace.. `,;
Benedict came up. -
• " What is all this aboutl" he said. f‘Are
you so recreant to your lady-love as to be al
ready bowing in allegiance to another t' •
Mr. Page smiled.
" Miss Arnold knows our Carrie," ha said,
"and has been saying something very pleas
ant for me to bear!"
"Wilt you not tell what you said a Car
rier said Mr. Benedict: "She is mrecins•
hi also, as well 'as Arthur's, and I love her
only less than he. lam only a poor artist,
with reputation yet to gain, and so cannot
afford to fall in love, except in a collie:lily
way, with Carrie and her sisters."
told him what I had said, and this we
fell Into easy conversation. Be is very , _ in
teresting,full Of anecdote , of high- toned sett
timent, f varied information. We **lied
together in the garden after tea, and I enjoy-
ed the evening exceedingly. Six months' se
clusion from contact with cultivated Minds
(Ares an added zest to such communioni;
am still at N. Hubert has
gone back to the setoinary, but !linger here.
Mr. Page keeps my secret, and I need nis go
for that, and Mr. Benedict haspromised to
paint my portrait. can give the time, to it
here, bZtter than in the city, and I anOinx
ions that he should paint It, not only that I
may set the fashion of paying him Mimi&
cently, but that, when he comes to thOicity
next winter, I may set the fashion of emPloy
ing him. He is anxious to go to Baropis to
study, and Mr. Page tells the be is too proud
to accept aid. How I would like to help the
fulfilment of his wish, with some of
less wealth, if I but knew haw. • It;
Sep. I.—Tbe portrait has long been finish
ed, but still I have lingered in such a triince
of happiness that I have feared 'to break it.
lam every happy.. Claude Benedict is tibiae,
my affianced husband. He thinks me §uly
the poor orphan, and
.speaks mournfully of
the weary years of waiting that are before
us. Thi s happiness would never have Come
to the great heiress: •He is too prinal,to
have wooed cos whose charms are Widen,
had he , known it.
To-morrow we will, go back to the kity,
and not until we arrive there • will. his !kern
my secret. I know nut bow be will ter it,
but trust only to tbe great lovathat . tie-or
each other.
Sept. 4.—This afternoon we arrived a Llity
carriage was waiting st the depot. de
[oohed puzzled when be saw the liveries bat
I ssid;simply, "Aid I see. Mrs. Ernaourt
has teat the carriage' We got in aid die
homeward. - He seemed ratber surpueed
again when be saw -the mune Arnold" osi the
dociw a Arnold I" he meld, 41 ,001% wide%
num, I suppose. Do joe &Willett? i
answered yes, and be sled minors, IW G
went bito- dee drawistrixen where -lira.
iknoberairas waiting -to erekorna - Mho
expressed her pkimust--at weft -tae-(treat
agate--the sotielpsted prof tbe server* at
ry.arrind she dwe r k upon I . lgbily4 and 5
tarn* M
to edi Iola! to apiece" Irv:
sedusion; of how 1 hid been mimed la • _
sty; of the bidlesund • pieties- from .widrOr l
made MV- amps - hat wbster.
that Ciaiida was. , growing more and
i =s
surprised, end I was glad when she won
not oftho room. . The moineetsho Otis
he turned to use.- - • - - • e - -
,4 M j What does this now, dearest"! ;
tharght . you a dependent tripbse,
wooed
_you. Are yin so much of shells as
Mrs. Erneourt ',presents! My Pauline is
beautiful enough; but —tg--"
" It meat,' dear Claude," I aid, placing
my band plsyfully upon his lips, "it means
that I am,not what you thought me—Pa
Arnold he poor ocean; but Pauline A.r.
Dold pe heiress. Alt this that you see, and
much more, is mine; hut , it did not hinder
and from Wog very desolate till I ,W(4l
jive heart Now', 4)h, nowt Made, I am
eery rich." -
He did not speak. I wound my. arms
around him, and waited toe. a reply.: Ile
looked at me sadly, and even gravely.—
"Pauline," he said, "Ayes this well 1 - You
have deceived me. I have learned to love'
you,
-and in pining yiaur heart, I have lost
y' /
Claude what mean your I asked, ap
palled by his manner.
"The poor artist," ho answered, "should
never wed with the rich beitess. The world
will say that I sought yoti forlyour gold."
"And shall we care whai the world says,.
dear Claude 1 When' the heiress gives you
her hand, you will she
plonger poor, because
shegives you all She is or has. And tell.nte
which you value most—her love, her heart,
or her gold 1" 1
I need not attempt to , write down what he
answered. Indeed, his answer was couched
in language not articulate, nor capable of be
ing translated into Or written in words. It is
enough that I understood it, and anr satisfied.
I think I can manage the sensitiveness of my
beloved. friend, until the, time when I shall
have but his love, while all that I have and
am will be laid—my precious free offering—
at his feet.
June 18.—Surnmer in Italy ! Claude and
I have been married just six months =— such
happy, -happy months! . We came_ here at
osi c e„ here to "Rome ;•4nd Claude is studying
his -beautiful, beloved art. : _ Already he has
achieved some reputation: When ho returns,
with the.prestige of his European studies, I
shall have no -fears kir him. He fears his
wealth will win him favor, and studies twice
as bhrd as if be were poor, as - sometimes I
almost wish he were.: But we wall try. to,
make good use of our abundance. Already
we look upon our mutual love as more price
less by far than. all our Wealth. Every day
thless that sweet seclusion, in the midst of
which I found true friends, and: one levog
heart. •
Hubert came to pronounce over us the
nuptial blessing. He has been ordained, and
has settled near his Mother and his home.—
Lucy, and Frank Lee are married, and little
Anna, my pet and pnitege '
is e with me here.
I shalt keep her always„ if her parents will
consent, I cannot 'write here bow rich in
happineis I pm. !leer Claude's footstep on
the marble stair, and I must. hasten to his
side where, of all places on earth, I find my
best joy.
Cesseco or vur..R.tvxv.—ln the narrative
a-of the Arctic Voyage of Capt. Moaure, of
the British Navy, is the following story of
two Ravens, which. became domicillated on
board the Investigator. The Raven,
it ap
pears, iefthe only bird that willingly braves
a Polar winter ; and in the depth of the sea
son, be is seen to flit through the' cold and'
sunless atmosphere like an evil spirit, his sul
len croak alone breaking the silence of the
death•likelextie. No one Of the crew at
tempted to shootthe ravens, and they conse
quently became very bold, as will be some
from the following story :
Two , ravens now, established themselves
as friends of the family in Mercy Bay, living
mainly by what little scraps the men might
have thrown away after meal. times. The
ship's dog, however, looked upon these as
his especial perquisites, and exhibited con
siderable energy in maintaining his rights
against the ravens, who nevertheless outwit
ted him .in A way which amused every one.
Observing that be appeared quite • willing to
make a inouthful of their own sable persons,
they used to throw themselves intentionally
in his way, just as the mess-tins were being
cleaned out on the dirtheap outside the ship.
The dog would immediately run r et them, and
they would just fly a few yards; the dog then,
made another run, and again they would ap
pear -te escape him but by an inch, and so on,
until tly had tempted and provoked him to
the shore, a considerable distance oft. Then
the raves would make &direct flight for the
ship, and had generally done good execution
before the mortified-looking dog detected the
imposition that bad been practiced upon him,
and rushed back again."
Panrrcus'MisrAxxs.—During the Mexi.
can war, one of the English newspapers bur•
riedly announced as an important item of news
from Mexico, that General Pillow and thirty.
seven Of his men had been lost in a bottle
(battle.) Some other' paper informed the
public, not long ago, that a , man in a brown
surtout us yesterday brought before thepo.
lire-court - on a charge of having stolen a
small ox (box) from a lady's work.bag.' The
stolen property was found' in bis wristcoat
pocket. A rat (raft) says another paper, de.
scending the river, came in contact with $
steamboat; and, so serious was the injury to
the boat, that great exertions were necessary
to save it. An English papet .Onie stated
that the Russian General -- Backinoffkcrwsky
was found dead With.a long word (sword) in
his mouth. It was, perhaps, the same paper
that, in giving a description •of a battle be.
tween the Peles and Russia* said.that the
conduit was dreadful, and the enemy was re
pulsed withgrmt laughter (slaughter.) Again
gentleman watt yesterday brought up
to answer the charge of having eaten (beat t)
a stage driver,fotthknanding more than his
, fare. At the laterth July dinner in
' the town oftlarlestovro; mate of the poultry
were eatable except the owls (fowls.) , ,
_ t ar litikusidast's wife Um is' great: fancy
160 country life, and Insists on keeping's ben
in the bank yard, 'al Hood ea^ *to ihinivh
milk, butter find egga," - for the The
other air she cane , telfirikitenhat ki: gm;
trapidatkim'' *My destr,”eidd she, thaben
feeseemmeeded to set. I took theen. a rty
from ben and - she is setting iinsriwttlinigiri
tier of the: etad-hini on an old
'a Well, in,'-dear' reipended Kraut ehtink in
hilt subdued igloo'lran ifthir Annie set:
lug On an old isaheed, it minis finite
ty atiatnny -
Fir An old gentleman 'was _sitting -uptst
the briult,of a river -fishing utast psientiy.
Suddenly a vicious 'little dogatole ug 14/nd
him; and gave him !a irpiteful snap through
his pentaloormk: " BYheavens r - exchdmed
ilia old ftsbottunip .rie got: ti bite gotleat,"
EMI
EROINGa 99
H. H.. FRAZIER, PIIBIAISHER....?Vcck 8.43. 81.
:TA') lilt - -11 •ct s :7,9111
A young couple from Southern Illinois, or .
Egypt, came ' to this city the other' day for
the avowed purpose of getting, hitched togeth
er irl,the traces of matrithony. The bride
was a. full-grown, :red-checked, sandidiaired
maiden, with a well l deielOped bust, sod a
foot lilte'the Onciunati platferubroad e
nough to cosier the Whole Country. Her
gallant waif 'six feet and "tut' inch, - wtth fists
liked sledge hammer, and a shock of: hair
like the remains oft.a small' hurricane. He
was rather verdant to be so far from home;
hilt is love can transmogrify an oyster into a .
sword-fish, it was working wonders in the en
amored Suet:cr. lie put- up with his intiitid
ed, at a boarding house up town, and imme
diately started to get a shave and a Justice
of the Peace. The barber' took off his wiry
beard in short order; and gently hinted that
he wanted shampooning.
' "Sham what 1" said the Illinoisan; .never
luiving heard the term used before. On be
ing told what shampooning meant, he conseo •
ted to undergo the operation. - His.huad was
thoroughly scoured and scrubbed, lathered
and rubbed, washed and squeezed, and he
felt like a new man. But the shampooning
had so bewildered his brain, that when he
left the barber's he Wail perfi*tly oblivious
as to the course he should steer to,,return.to
his bride. Ile wandered" about the city in
perfect bewilderment, and' has not . been seen
. •
since. .
The lady, in the' meantime, had Waited in.
great anxiety for the return of. her switio, and
finding he did not_ come, concluded tha he
had, incontinently.. absquatulated. Stikde•
dared, however, that she Would never go
back to Egypt without. a "feller" Of 'some
sort, and hinted they she I.wi.sn't over particu
lar by what name she went hereafter. A
good looking youn g boatman, who 'Was stop
ping at the house, ieatiring of the young lady's.
distress, concluded to "buck up" himself.—
He was not long in making known his inten
tion, and
,his advances were' received In about
the same spirit that:a pet eat'submits to the
caresses of a soft hand. When' the boatman
put the important question, the-girl replied:
" - Well, I don't care ef 1 do. I was foeht
over here to git married, and I'm bound`to
marry somebody afore Igo back. The gals
in the bottom would never git done laughing
at me ef I went home without a fellerf...
The maple were accordingly united in due
forni t and when last - Ward from,were the hap
piest pair - this side of Salt Lake.—St. Zara.
Herald. . •
GOOD BACKERS-4x INCIDZIT OF &girt-
ALISIL-A tong-bearded custnrner recently
entered a spiritual book-store in this city aiid
applied fur an agency. Ile proposed to take
a large quantity of books to his part of the
country, "away out West," where he repre,
seated that he could soon' sell them, as he .
was assured by thC "Invisibles." The' cuter
prising bookseller was of course delighted
wish this prspect of a sale; but bis enthusi
asm was somewhat dampened When the limp,:
bearded gentleman remarked that he had no
money; and wanted the bouks entirely upon
credit...
.
." Are you responsible?".- e ras the natural
inquiry °file merchant. -- - : -::'. -,- •
' Perfectly," .
.• • • .. - -
.." . " .. '
-" What evidenc e of . yo - uf_reliability can
. .
vou furnish?" . _ ...- - . :. .- ' ... •- -.-
"I have the best of backers, men whose
names you know well."
The merchant's countenance brightened.--
" Very Well" said he, "let us see your pa
pers." • .
Thereurm the customer presented the fol
lowing document:
" To whom it may cowers: , the un
dersigned, having been acqueintedspiritnally
with Air:- -, of--„ Wisconsin, for
many years, recommend him 'as perfectly .
rerkable,Ll a 'would no!. be atisdil to trait him
to any
Groans Wearily:mos,
THOMAS JET/MIMS,
Hamm CLAY, •
TIIOIfAS PAYS'S, -• •
Jona linalis,and others.
"Through Jane medium." ..
The bookseller remarked that , the ,backers
were good if the medium was reliable; but
ho thought, on the whole, he would prefer to
keili the books. The customer hereupon de
flounced the bOetiseller as an imposter, tell
ing him that he did not believe his own doc
trines, and that the spirits Would expose his
duplicity to the world. Of this he felt as
intred,,by the spirit of , prophecy within him.
The booliseller was not convinced.---Y. F.
Post.
A ROMANTW RNOWIT••••Co - wOUS TRENS..--P
The editor of the Abingdon .Virgisian re•
cently spent a for days in the White Top
Mountain; end other
- peeks in that range,tied
"in all the region round about." In, giving.
his experience, be says: _ -
"The .White Top is th'e peak in the
'whole Apalachian range ; and frOni it summit
the Mostextensive and magnificent view is
obtained it has ever been our.fortune to wit
ness. The trees upon its , summit are just
beginning to bud, and the whole face of the
mountains is darted with wild flowers, rich
in fragrance andgorgeous to Colors,
we were upon the summit, and looking out
westward with a glass, at Abingdon and the
farms many miles beyond, a cloud carne roll
ing up to the -mountain, which -soon' swept .
across the top; careering #
the wind whistling mournfully and - whiter,.
like through the naked limbo, and the vacier
hiding our company from each other. -1:
the southeastern slope, flortions` of . h
-Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia ail. Ca law
in the soaps of natural vision, and from the
northwestern elope the bold outline of old.
Kentucky nutrkellthe hereison;
• The molt remark4le thing.iro.iaw 1 1 P'
White:Top,-was,crosida , sCilretsimilea
Lsvhhorn. These tnies arer:ef ttlt heights',
'll'oEoll.oe shilibs Op to ISO
.f . e4,14411irt
`ere Antos/ invariably' &siloooV)Ki - i: A t io
to Inseam-kr closalrintarivava*thei.iier,
ons min :Mullet wallrnpon them% thiriont.
pony; cone_ieting of nine 'pepootKbsd-thit en.
friesitypecend to the ftefer#;ofltaaa
trees, jtheietraitibmi.„. 4 1 '01r-VirtheCikt
the keel platforinit foliageoltene-25 ;satin
, _
diameter, and two tor - three et-seetrAtl.Pail
, iiettudiy mietrio*ohe top;
tri#.1,11 . 11:4 . 040#y#,
peenfier to:thcpealc., The thubOr t .nesr :the
summit and gtoirlddi-bot.it the base
the trees are giants,' -We saw - and measured
one whip oak !Bi- feet in cireunifennO, with
70 feat trunk without a
REES
11==1
i :rst . ;T
At 4
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Lzi; I's;
El
=
: , "
MEE
=ME
E==
Anzamit TEE' °us WORLD."
. _
"It is a circumstance` quite' eatritOrdinary
and unexpected",saY B Agas stz `pro
foundly interiating worli - ontAe'
" that the plantiOf the Tertiary . .lreds of
Oeningete - relinnblii -More closely the trees
and shrubs whicliginw
resent` in the east
ern parts or 'North' Arrierrek. dart:those of
-any other parts of the world; thus allowing
us Wearer corre ctly the difg.ce between
the opposite coasts of. EUrcipezi-tuta :America,
by saying that the pronent eastern American
flora; and„Ll may add, the fauna; also, hair.° a
more ancient characterthan - those or Europe.
The plants, especially the trees and
_shrubs,
growing the--Va 4 a,',Stt.ito*,
aro, AS it Were, old fashioned:4a the Charac
teristicgenera Lagomys, and the large Sala
manders with permanent gills, that remind
us, of ,the rosaili of Oennigen, are at least,
! equally so ; r 4lieibear ' the marks of former
ages. - How Strange o fact ! Not only are
we accustomed to speak of the eastern conti
nents as the Old World, in- contradistinction
to the great' continent ,of therrest, but to
speak of - the World befero the flood as the
Old Werld, in contradistinction te that pest
dil avian world which succeededit: Arid yet
egnally, if,'we receiii6.the terin in - either of
its:lteceptations, ! ..s America- an :older world
still,—an older world than that of the eitst-_
ern iYmtineets—an older world in the Fashion
and type of , its productions than the world.
before the flood. And when the iiiimigrant
zettler takes axe, amid, tbe - deetybackwoods,
to lay open for the first time .what he deems.
a new conntrY, the great trees that fall before
him—the brushwood whiph he , lops away
one sweep of hia. tool-4he unfamiliar
herbs which he tramplea..under rook—the
lazy fish-like reptile that scarce stirs .eiut of his.
path as he descends to the - neOilibringereek
to drink,—,the fierce :alligator-like, tortoise
with the large limbs and small capace, that
he sees watching among .the -reeds ,for fish
and frogs, just as he reaches , the , water,—and
the little hare-like rodent,,wlthout a tail, that
he startles by the attest, by thei
antiqueness of the mould in ; ; which they are
east, how a country the- seemingly' need
one really country r t tstly older in type
'at least, than - that Of the aotedilorianie and
the patriarchs, and , only to.be,compared with
that one which flourished on the eastern aide
of the Atlantic 'long ere the appearance of
man, and the remains of whose perished pro
ductions' we find locked up in the king of the
Rhine, or ,amid the lignites of Nassau. A
merica is emphatically the Old Vorld.
ORME—THE New SVIELVITUTZ FOR GOLD..
.--The manufacture of this new metal, oreidep
under tiaeFreucb.patent of IL Iligeon, grant
ed in tins country .Idarch`3, 1857, has been
commenced on - a largasole 1a... Waterbury,
Co;,nn` and 'it will undoubtedly soon be' in
. i
use,. - as it s already in France ; fer various
articles of domestic economy and all sorts of
ornainentation, as it bears relation ••to gold
similat to that of German, silver to pure sil
ver ; like German silver, it dr ay - be-used in a
pure cOndition, or as-A bas e ofgold plating.
It bears so strung eresembAnce to gold th at.
when manufactured into-Anb articles, Such as
we have becOmeaccustonited teseei'made on
ly of gold, wears at on convincedthitt the
'article we are haredling is really 'the pure
mewl, yet it is made of e nUttekial
. thatoo.sts
only eighty cents a pounds* it wanes trom
the furnace whop. the- leieralinetals ..of Its
composition have ••trifiefuted into ingots.
The oreide-is not anti* Metal-4t is Only a
new compound of old: meta* so refined in
the process as to have donsi,,away.-...With
great part `
of their disposition' to oxidise, as
it onlyjsrnishes abodt the' same degree
as silver, awl therigh!ebididon Mites place,
if tested - with nitric acid, it does not leave a
black.spot, bellies' it may be actually_ ,clean
ed With acidsi which would destroy such met
*la as copper' or brass. .We have' examined
the metal); In bait and. aheeta,. poPared` Air
the inatinqteture of various articles, and: else
en its manufacttired state--4usponnsi Ituger„,
tongs; napkin-ritigik - Oblets' buttens, - 'watch
chains, various articles of plain and chased
-jewelry and cast oritamentaoind plates of
various thiciiness froth tin friil to-the six
teenth of an inch thick,Combined _with - .gold,
so as to show gold up o n one side and' the.
oreide - iiPon the other, it . was certainly very
difficult to tell• Which was ‘goldund - which was
oreide. That it la =an improvement in - the
arts there.can be no dbnbt ; and ~that it so
Much resembles_ gold as to make it necess
ary for our Legislatures at once to require,
as in France,Altat., , all', articles- should leis
stamped " oreide"-,to prevent great frauds,
will. protobly be found out , After A great .
Many people., havi . been pretty severely
cheated.—N..Y. Trauste„
FME-Ettiß'S'AfiliatoOTlll or, Gov.. WAT.r- -
IM—OSE 'AVALICIreIe "DratrathO'SS:s l —:
For, ourael ourselves We, acknowledge an,injthility to
discriminate between the _ public and private
*meter of .ait individual, in so- far is Jo
agrep - ithaehe *I . be a scoundrel in.; one ca
pacity,-,and a patriot theether..l'hat GOv.
Walker. is, not a man of , the hip it
pie pcison4 honer‘4lllsiffieiceitry.appeor
from the following narriiiiro cr,, one' among •
many similar expioiti,r7:°
What - Robert: - 1, - 7 iiiaa
train MiiiiisiPpc ho,aideriabied: that on 'Old.
- gentledutit,WW4leiteSPennty; in this State,
was &to - yelled - to sell alai* estate in negross.
Accerdhiiii,- - in*nipany with a colleague in
the'llonsiof iterifeientatlves;Valiter made
the old :gentleman , iiskesetd;nititt - ` a
; otiation,',sucoce
slives., 4 And bogtottheokon4o4. terms..
..fii,:the;.-0 1 411eigaPau -,- AkAoc44,-Perooert
-wadschikrtue4 bXiherisor4l4 , o;i4iefo:49ll
Of the dia4ogotuluskiiinotor7bkaOrtlOto
price - 6 C tba . s'74l- something ' more
than- 40000, for whki‘Yraikei,avn_Uele
'o44oe4ereerilieetti.:;64 , egti, hiel*es' ex.
'te's tte*artkef fNit' be
IS.fiCtotelliii; 4 4 -3 0tiii0 - 401n`=04 South.
went the 4110ii ii
mare pulv-sponclitie*blickfiiitidisiorim4 tc:
the ;bur -4044...46 , 4muclaseir40411siiiir
' no te tonaidinhbi 400 trim* otatit i o ."
~4 4 aWylaiktit***`,Pie*uted
;:for paytneut k ;sumi - ,pietsstedvluid:frmu. that
tolhorlowak#lllll-114 been
received outlet:Jr 14.444 - toatieosi - or, his
heitollor4 s 9;o,W.
; 111 1VOYakr ,1 1$10 1 14i 11 - 11411 **. maul is
believed poW.i i.tio_i
of Walker's atitiksgUto impeach ihe-ivrrflet
storft-: Let ?tiliA , pflit,:'< , Tho
substantial Initti - of WIC its**
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