la N 3 rte+ • AD & H. 1.1.-FRA.:ZI.ER, EDITORS;'. • 'Fran Hate/ add 'Words." ME AND.RysT.• .C.rtur do not kir ; . . - ~AVe sllall. .ch . onr time to-night, For the sky it.. clear -- ,ini ihe waters _bright ; .. , . A n d t he reezes hare scarcely strength -: -..- •-, To i fold that little cloud, • Thai like a shroud Epread3 ii 'ilia fleecy length. Theo bare no. fear, .. -. . . . ).' Ac ire el:o , re noir - silver way- ;.: 1 / 4 , .. - ' Thrip.gh the waters clear. .. . Fea# ot, my Child! ,..4 • Thongt,..le maces are white and higlii .. 1 , 1 •.: And, he storm blows wild Vi re igh the glooiny sky; - .. On the_ed e s of the Western sea - . . See ithat line of golden light • - • IS I.IM haven bright • • • , Where lane is awaiting' thee. • - • Wll it., this peril past, . . • We shall fest-from our stormy voyage . • In.lidace at last. • - - - i , , . ' ge.ni fraid-i' -'. , - - . ..= But give ; e thy hand, undrsee • liotithe wares hare made , ' , ' A c dle.for thee.' ', . Night is t n :ne, dear, and we shall rest; •-,.....„ So th from the angry skies, . .. And , loscr - ttirne eyes, b . ' Lay thy ad44pon my,breast ; • the &knot weep, :. ' • In the calin,:cold, purple depths Theie we shall sleep: 1 we 1 Fas atfa back in the days of early ch,ild.r. hood I r.errktiriber being gazed ußon in a• cu• rious manner, and hearing the •remark, in .a suressed i*ine " Poor .child !z:---she has a il nose pIN , ,' ether it vas expected ' . ipf me":to haveheen I orn without this, appendage I couldn't ex# tly understand ; especially as in looking arnica d upon the circle of my - friends andaequainances I saw that. they 'were all well providild in this ;Aspect ~ Vague 141 is and mys,terious remarks upon this imfortn; ate feature' threw a sort of shade over my, ,Jarly, years,- and t he' 11 rst morti flea-. ton that I ,Ver experienced- arose from the same eaus d. • . . I was the l at the sensitive age -11" - f,leven •, .. yea r s; andltit a child's parly, a little' "boy, 1 1 whom I h,' distinguished by_nalling liiin.ufi_ o extricate me from g.' flth well, — imprinted it kiss upo' the end'.of my nose amid the tit tering of lis -cirr.pantons. A • quick, tuigr y flush shot I t:vim-ill me, and. tinam that time forth the *pleasant'consciousncss that 1 had NOSE. indeed " nvcer lq.ft• Why a f nachine far the compression of wensire n scs should not be put •into prac- Ilea 1 opera. on 1-w4s Itt loss-to conceive,: and this it'sboti d.one'ef , these : da Y s be 'attempt ed ly detainineil. When; there- fore - , 1 re.qiiikiss Bremerlt -!'home,"-it was 11;e overthrow of . 4 IonET-eher i,:be.d_plarr,4 il.peruseci tbetistory Of Petrea - Frank, rea . the failure of her admirably._ ar- i 'rant•ell - .pliti for reducing the site of her nose, and wentto 1 and eiied Mys'e'S to sleep in a paroxysini if despair: \ - My node was a -.never-ending source of'', amusemen • to a fiimily,;, of cousins, who gave nie no pea ci of rny.l:te,. - There were five of them, all .g rls, all handsome, and-full- of life and spirit's • l'ivitsN'etyj fond of ..them, and 1 believe th,v : were of me; but they :never would reiqain their jokes at my expea..e.-, Poor thirs 1; They' were motherless ;.and if they aoinetimes lacked the refinement' and sensitiveness of .thbse more favored, 1 Was not dispo4Od'to be . unforgiving. . Uncle.:4.llthorpe :was 1 l'arrister,. and his pretty daughters, ashen the arrived at young yladyhood,l were in. a fair wa • of being spoiled ' .with adblation . ; 'Amy averi beautiftil, those 'cirl—Cei tine, the eldest, wag a -perfect is type of *s i uthern heaiity. - l'ender,'symmet. mil, with beautiful dark e esi and moonlight_ fitea--4. t p eture to"be stu ied. Then-came Anna, wh„ always'played "Eowena". in• all • the tableiiux ; a tall,grace ul blonde, with an air and nianner-sci : distingti i shed,, that . on mi tering a t i ocip at any asset bly There was 'al , ways a r - Arnaur of " Who is she?" %turns .•was a Piquant little. thing, with a look of a ripe pencil; her cheek§ Ivre. so downy; With a rich collir glowibg through : h the plive colt. Matildii Was - my especi 1 favorite •, and 1, who hayq always been an Ant admirer of be.autY,'•mfould tiften l gaze 'pony-her in a lind t ar of wistful rapture.: Priiht, laughing,' and lovely, sHe was seldom still for two icoaseca tive moments..;.. -1 haVe watehed-_her. dip her head in a basin Of Water,:'and the . rich*, dark. :hair, witfl a tingayof aubern, would -emerge one drippingtaasi of eurls„.whietrshe tossed about*wi,ll thequiet contempt .of conscious -beauty. :(Those large,:latlghing :broWn eyes t were,always Spark:lia,g With. merriment;-her month wAs the nearest 'approach to a ripe cheiry that Ihave ever -yet _seen, and,: her* nose was' just sufficiently retrousse to give an expression of archness to the , face. Add. to this the exquisitely fair complexion that sac-, companies - auburn ' hair4-pale, except when emotion filled-the whir to her face, or a kiss ' pressed _sb 11,9•. cheek gave-it-the - - op - penance', of a fre4l7rose:leaf—,and you. have a lengiNA, but-truthful dekriptiou of my: : cousin Alitil. 7 da. • I n!ever saw : anyr one. half so beautiful. : Last id' all, : there Was billy-; who, bating . been bilded over to an •andent aunt of :her. father's for a name, Waal. christened by that lady " . ildegarde.." Iply was the'-baby ; a li n perfect pof rnisebief,"rbut with such away of thro ing herself ; on tne's protection • that sh e alwiis same ofitaStihe injured party. Very d4ep violet.ey,es, twitif , the reddest- of ._red lips - and the•cbrightest 'of complexiams, and very brown liar,' laid' my ; little -cousin lliidegcrde,: . • i •- - ' t Any Tone of these girls had sufficient: at tract:Jo:fp for half.adozeil ordinary belles ;--- i then Fiat was pont 1; With my: unfortnnite nose, ti, do monk' five ik)f them ? .Precisely what I lilid-: feel like the beast, to whieli.they allpfafed•the part of lqeinty, and wonder :what ttias ever to be.ddne with my nose. • • 'Fade Althorpe • liVed. at. some*distatice foam u it; and one day, after - I had left, school? and considered myself a Yoting 'lady, I re tAveci la m m follOwii characteristic: letter fom Matildli is-'-- -•-, - e ' • . . y . • :` Ftfr * goodness'. sake, Becky, j 1 had . the naine of liebecca addd in to my ' nose.). -do i yeit e +I see ail* . -I a ppirse:you hadn't the least idles where-we ha - located for-the aunt- • . Tiler •,' ut you can't thiiik how delighttul - and Niaart• ;644 - al . ,' I sho4searcely be - mare ‘ll rPriS xi if !Noali's Ark had'been discovered , I .- and fit et up for us;" liut•that wouldn't.' be 14f s c a'rniina as tote in Ibis Mansion. It is id to 1 - Itntedc too l. •A queer Old. %vow.' Miss Eleanor IP yott, who had -out lved 'l her•family, 'oivbieti. : this •plaee; and died la 1';,'.,.. .A lielipcil;;li% uthil the plliael wY°4l:l'd‘- 1 iser,ana p eop le, sup -- - ' • . . . -. . ... . , . r. . . . . , . . •.. . . • • • , .. . . . . - . . . . •• . . . . ._ . . -....--- --,-_- --- . . 1 r,' 1 • . • • ' 1 . . ' .• . . . . .. . . , , 1 .. . • • ',.. '- .... . , • /• . ( 0. .. . . n .. .1.. . .. .., . ... - 1 . . • .. . . . . ~r,,, , ,......, . 4 ... .:'-- .<c- ih . . 1 - . 1-. . .-......r.,-.2r. ... = - ,... tz• . j . • I N . . ) . . . . .. , • . ..: 1 . { . . . . . • ... _ - EMIR be his:. but they couldn't find any will, and' all the connexions went to law about it. Of course none of them could live in it until it was settled on 'whom it belonged ; so papa has taken it for'the Summer, and here we are all! It's the queerest place yOu ever saw ; do come at once. there is a- portrait of Miss Eleanor here, and it looks just like you—she has the funniest nose !" this is but an estradt• from my pretty eousin's tit,ther incoherent letter and by the time flid - finished the epistle I was ,pretty well myitified. But Uncle Althorpe soon made hi 4 Appearance, nn purpose, he said, to escort m'o to Pinehurst, and. Hilly sent Inc a saucy message 'to "pack up my nose. 'with-. • out delay." 7 - • Lwas not tacg in making _preparations ; and withAucli curiosity •to behold the old mansion, I set forth wittrUncle Althorpe. "1 suppoSc," Said my .uncle, when we were _comfortably settled in the railwdy carriage, "that the girls - have been frighteninl -you with all sorts of ktokies about the placei" " No, sir," 1 said, " I am not easily fright ened. 7 • "No?" said;my uncle, looking at me with additional respect; "well, 1 have alwdys heard that a 19ug nose indicated welearliead." 'Efy poor hose again. 'Why couldn't he let it Alone ?- : • . Thegirls are half beside themselyeS - with fear,” he continued ;. " there is a :story that the house is haunted ; there's a •walled.up rooni; a gentleman once shut up hi<dangh• ter there for loving -a young oil ; "And she walks about at:night, and all :that ! nave 1 frightened you V' -Not in the. teat, sir ; I don't believe in 1 - ,-- . ghosts." " That's a sensible girl !" said my uncle, b emphatically,; and he seemed to be iconsid ering this, for he said very little more"during . the journey. -.; • I - kept an eager look-out for a gliMpse of the house; but it was nearly night witen.,w . e arrived at, ehe station, and then my imeles carriage conveyed , us to Pinehurst, a distake of two or three miles. •• ' The carriage stopped at -an ancieno gate way, and 'the first sight, of the plaCe filled me with' ecstady. The house was entirety out of sight, hidden by the trees, and as we ap. proched it.thrc,ugh a noble avenue, I gloried in the dense retirement around us. opce..in the avenue; We scented shut in front The world - ; and the trroo walks, the Sloping lawn, and the aristocratic, silence, were all exactly to my- taste. I • had a passion fur _mystery, and my uncle's summer residtnee was exceedingly mysteilous. ' •' : There was the house, 'and ort the broad steps stand the five Graces' waiting. to re , ceive us. Oh. that grand old hall ! It di I, my , heart Band to see it. - Everything was lofty and spacious, and as the old-fashioned furniture had been left undisturbed, the room presented arperfeet.picture of a 4ntury ago, and claw-feet' lions'heads, and 41 sorts of queer designs started upon 11- :44m all di rections. - But nay jive cousins w uld not al low me Much time for a quiet-su4ey. •', W by, Becky I" exclaimed :11 - 4 'lda, after regarding me with considerable astonishment, . - v , . • • !" , . "you've really grown pretty ; "So you have !" chimed in !illy ; " I de -1 clate y - out i rrose hardly shows at fill !", : • This was not meant to imply - that tihe or gan in-question was 'too small to be seen, but , only that the monstrosity of it was not quite, so prominent as it had hitherto been. . " I like to took at your .mouth,' Becky," said Celestine, graciously. t . I had rather . .a decent Mouth. 1 -, " What. hive you been .doing tnl, make your eyes so bright ?"• asked A.nua, by Way of add i mg. her contribution. . , i : . ' " Well.!" exclaimed Emma, "you've deft me rothing to . say ; but I prophesy that •Beeky will_cut us all out yet." • , ."- , I was beginning to..feel extremelk foolish, when Uncle Althorpe timed- me ittifely round, and surveying me Rom head to haat, yet:narked, ." Stature average height 7..• figure :good, neither fat nor lean • hair ,very:".pals-sa ,ble ;* eyes fine, a straight-forwavd,,,honest look in them ; nose—but that is aprohibited subject; mouth just, what a month 'should be;- chin_ very pretty,--I love to set a pretty chin ; Complexion delicate, yet. healthy ; ex . pression'mo,dest, but sensible. YUt'll do.", Do what ?" ?inquired. • "That remains to be-seen," said Uncle Al thorpe—and he vanished to read his -paper, and was heard, no, more •that etening. We'girls sat and talked until twelve; by that time I had. become pretty well acquaint ed with.the history Of Pineburst. It had , belonged to, the Pyott family from timeimmembrial, and a 'proud and aristo ! cratic family they were, who had illways' 'been considered the very cream of society. 'But the family had all died cut, with the ex.' eeption of an elderly maim lady, who lived ' there-alone in hel. grandetir until she adopted a nephew, the only child of a sister who had niarle•iihat the world's Ills a mesalliance. ~ice hicss Eleanor PYott was the talk of all the country around, and eery one had something to say about her stately bearing, 'which they pronounced exactly that of an old dolagenducliess. . Every fibre of her heart seemed twined about the old place, and she refused to hive the slightest alteration or im provement made in it. The Pyotts for gerr erations h - ad dined in -that dining-roorn, slept in those chambers, and ,held courtly recep tions in -those drawing-looms; and as one generition of Pygtts.went out and -another getteratioti came in, they followed tenaciously in. Lathe ways of their ancestors. , I was speedily shown the portrait 'of Miss Eleanor ; very -rand old lady indeed, with a long sharp nose, delicate complexion, and hair done up in old fashioned puffs. I was father struck, myself, with.the likeness which I bore to the portrait ; but I would not ac knowledge this to my eonsins.. Miss Pvott never'walked beyond the pre- Anc‘s'of ter ancestral mansion ; ;when she had scission to go farther, she rolled ariiito eratilealry alongin an old:faAlioned carriage, driven by an ancient coachman, who e.onsid &et,' quick pace decidedly plebeian. The old 1 1 1`dy always looked likes - a-pot:trait of one of her ancestors descended from its frame; rich, i3Bee:colored lace ornamented the hest ..vibreades in which she attired herself, and she'sported a muff that; would have extin- Lottished any ordinary wornan: BUt the story of i'yptt Denmore, her nepheii, interested Ine most. From 'early afildhood he.had played in these broad aye nues,.roatned 'through the wooded paths,• and made those empty chambers resound with uleefel'uotis i he had iistenod with deform- m IFREREDONLI tial attention Volk of this'and that a ised to keep up inal style, when sl her fathers; and hood; when- he co de of the'hequest one who bad no r she, whose heart piaster of the of commit her wish.. hard, I thought ; I thorpe's le4rned flouncing the inju • Fortunately r • I Miss Eleanor ha an education .calc upon his oft res . . " You can't thi he is," said Anna, never seen him ; dark eves, ands style Ilike; and poverty, se are him.' • a ' Hence it was kmee.d that , old house, he pro Id also e ( slow of a lovely vile; for ti beautiful cousins should not ring any man.up n earth ni , head. My. ur.fo tunate no: than ever as I ga .ed upon M; undressing for the-night; . ' J , . Matilda and I occupied thi ~...1 sh amused herself with eel the •arious alarnr they had the enevolent ihtention of But I remained 1 erfeetly un 'my cousin involuntarily tr hayed like the veritable 1 - I was, Several .limes during the •pelled to rise er m the emu apartment in or er to ,allay Now it was the 'something was moon sent ah nn next a mysteriot pane had to be puzzled me at I that the , branche very near the wi en by the_ wind produced the pe A t guin and ag i tilde, way I than l and in the mids explored the serenity I ed life girls pronounce vas I with the this and m res becaniequite iris to call me this WA, not ag t i respecting my certainly a littitj larger 111 therefore, they rged me l l bonnet that had been disco the house, and rrange m declined affirdi g them tl r:1 which they teas d me dail'. 1 The walled-u chamber, which was regard ed with 'a mixt re. of hor or and curiosity, was soon point d out to .• It was in a sort) of wing that„joi led on at t le extreme end of the mansion , a d looked t upon the dens estspart of the- rounds. . cilia in the second story, a narro flight of s eps cilia up, 'from the outside to low door t at opened directly into the room. Thts was neVer Unfastened, and the one window was, tightly bbarded up. I regarded thi's spot with . longing eyes, and often propcied an exploration of the haunted m apartent; b t this uncl Althorpe decided lyi opposed, all king that 9 be was only a temporary ten nt, Fie had o right to pone , trate into thes carefully guarded recesses One day nt) cousins ha'd been more than usually,aggrav ting upon ,the subject of my reseniblauce t . Miss Ere :nor Pyott, and I i t retired to rest.t night iinot very pleasant frame of mind..• Matilda was. soon -iislc , but I lay awake thinking of tb former oc upi tt eof the man sion, and won erect if Py considered_ would ever be restor d to 'wits I eonsidered . his rightful puiti n.. .-• . •_ I was restle s, and fine ly 1 ... r05e frOm the bed, and, light no u candl proceeded to view i AlissEleanor'4 portrait, The more I looked, the more I lietime convi ced that I did look like it; and- e, desire le over me to at tire myself in the ancient dress and then corn pare noses: Idly had d light a glimpse of. some old lash' ned thing_ in the back part of a deep closet., land thithe I accordingly re paired. A faded dressstrifebrocade, that had eVidentlyjseen long. ervice-soon replaced my white wr*per,. and having rolled my hair - into puffs; ala Dais Eleanor, 1. donned . f a green cglecliO, and alaist trembled at My reflection in the glass. . I looked.at the portra7 thht it was re il.y I; an'd stepped from her frarnA ingly directin! my step* . I up room, I th tertnined t sible to effect f an entranc • It Was a ricieulous exi ed gravely ra through. tt til I dame to a little eutm closet. Carefully- gum peered around in seareh, knewi that thfii closet wal housS near the mysteriol The narriarness of in: rattlitig ilium, id the cal dress, and dritwing fortl grasped iv tiOitly for fr fy Can dle 'w not bi shouldbefor have disci window at t. e end of ti secured by h oks, that, I fastened, andl then Iloul )11 room, from e' further .to pi , oceed a ight.. I was staggered, and. y first impulse was to turn back; but resii ving to. inquire into the cause of this strang "phenomenon, I pro ceeded trernblingly f. ward. I could not have told wliat I expee ... to see, but I serf tuinbr`was npt prepari for . the sight that met triy_-eyei. . The rooin i into whit I entered led to a larger one, and in thi. seated by, it' table, was ‘ a gentlemarri complete y absorbed in the pe rusal of some old yell w letters. - His face wore ap exp.e.ssion of adness as he sat thlre: but I.ciould See that h: wus very distinguish ; ied-loalting, 4hd quite young. - The; situation in iwhi h I foutui myself was extremely nabarrass g,--- - -alone. there, at midnight ; .. hut instead of retracing my steps, I stood spellbound, et ring at the, ouparit olthe mysterious rop ; s D PUCUMIT aa lIIMItiIEI3 ER rs long stories faithfully'prom :ion in its trig e gallered to niatured map . reciate the val urned away as , flerely because installing him as ,d neglected to It was very- iss Elenn castor, an lle old mat . e should ow in lii `ld fully a he- was, ght there, vas set on house, I) to writin ! nd in stii !rguments, tice of the owever, the good Wed to n ' iureeS. Of Uncle Al persisted in dc law. r her nephew•, _llse to give him ke him depend harming person Ily. "We have r he has lovely smilei just the ds in getting his set our caps at tic What a eqnfidenti. but he; eh a sweet if-he suece all ,going t Iflie regained the F ine into posses any one of my !sileeeed in win- Ever entered my te looked larger 1, reflection while same room. and sting to me all xperienced, with frightening me. concerned, while embled, and 'be ittle coward she night was I coin and explore the her tremors.— huge, fir place, in which :rtaiply loving, then the :sual light ito-the room, and Is tapping on the window.- explained. This somewhat first; but 1.1 soon discovered of. the 0ce.4,. which were ndow, were continually driv• :gninst the glass ; and thus plexing nose. n, as I lat 'lied at po:ur-Ma ful for n : being ,a coward; of - these A ~../taid hare )le house a one With perfect, i;t, although the at 'Pinehu• it dull; lace, that i mblanee t LI so • enraptured consequence of the portrait, it to with my cons nor Pvott. - Now 'as very sensitive iss Eleanor's was t mine. When, ,to don .some old c'e.red at the top of hair in puffs, 1 :., gratification, fur tanduig j tis 4 Ete4 ueuble; use, and be sure ie old lady then unhesitat- again, towards the walled , see if it were pos there. ; but I walk . e silent passage un that t•ding my- candle, of some outlet, for is at the end of the s chamber. I. quarters caused a .acious'pacliet — Of•my L a roll of paper, I ure investigation.— ) 'limit enough, or I vered a sort of board e closet. .This was 'ere noiselessly un ,id myself s in a small end of whisk seemed `Agir g3LAWERV an) w2oma." DAY, JUNE 17,' 1858. I'd and. saw , me. Ills exclaimed in-a husky gl Merciful heaven ! Presently ho turn , face grew white,.as h voice, "Am I dreami! that nose!" tack upon my much-in. asperated me, and with i er what (did, I threw at the speaker and glid t , I thought that Illear4 thoroughly alarmed at : , I hastened, breathless oum. t; and divesting myself attire, I sat down and ngular adventure. As I id not believe in ghosts, mm I encountered had et being a living man, I C Pyntt Dentnore ; tho' , and fur what reason, I l i:vidently impressed him hat he had been visited and with a sort of mis . little inward trembling, dering what would come . l b the .breakfast-table; of the 'performance of cle Althorpe looked per. the scene that had been to brekhe freely. . ; me daring the day for ilent ; but my thoughts a to the melancholy nd I wondered what had would not do to trust the I; for they would laugh hat I had been dreaming, all, as gieat a coward as ~. thicket, that was iminedi ,firded window; but all ; Serted as before, and I -lif 1 lied: not imagined This unprovoked jured feature.quite e. out stopping to consi the paper in.rny ed back to my eloSet a heavy fall; but no my - own imnrudenc and panting, to my 'My cousin stir sle ; of my masquerading pondered over my s. -bad told my uncle I and .the gentleman given full evidence 4 fully believed it to ' how he came there, could not tell. I ha( with the conviction by his aunt Eleanor chievous glee, and a I retired to bed; pom of it. - I half feared to go hut nothing was sal the night before; u fecq unconscious o enacted, and I begat My' cousins tease( being so unusually r were wandering looking gentleman, become of him. It girls with-my secre at Inc arid declare t and that I - was, afte theinselves. • I stole off to the ately under ;die looked dark and d almost asked mys, the'whole Uncle Althorpe ing, and returned on his appearance, host of questions r, case. The usual lug still, as everyt on the evening silk made his appearm was a perfect seri " What is it, - five ci;ir....-cut. Re trembling seized t " DC strangest said-lny uncle, at ner. " I cannot " Why ?" excl: has old Miss Py. ew, and told him, 'to find her will 'V went to toWn every morn ! very night; and always, he was besieged with a specting Pyott Denmore's f t was that it was stand. ling in law always is; but *ceediag niy promenade he lee with a countenance that us of notes of exclamation. !ann.?' w.. , : , 4...nfuuled. by s; bqt lin unaccountable Ile, and I remained silent. story I ever listened to!" length, in - a solemn 'man. ossibly account WI- it." imed the volatile E4nma, tt appeared to her neph• in a sepulchral voice,whene like . it,"'was the reply, w five eager faces chrEely "Something v in a tone thatdri around him. •• "Dennuire's s ory," continued my uncle, began with ati . pology. It seems that the walled-up room i. not walled up at all, lint only hoarded, an. to one nelipainted with the locality iris very .easy to effect an entrance, unperceived, frot the outside. _ Knowing, he says, that 4 , w - on d not interfere with the arJ rangements of th family, he has been accus tomed to spend hours in what is called the haunted room; : tid there he loved to sit, thinking of the p st, and devising means to prove his lawful laim to the beloved house. -Last night he di• overed, in an ancient secre tary, scitne-cdd-1 , ters written by his mother to his aunt . 12efu he was Ittrit ; and, losing all thoughts oft i present, Ikhad been read: c ,41 ing them or at ast an hour, when suddenly a rustlin c antind ttracted his attenti&n, and the figure ; his t unt Eleanor stood in the doorway. -...4 e eemcd to gaze upon him in quiringly, and. •r hand grasped a roll of pa per. nut at th sound of the • exclamation which he could ot suppress,she immediately c i started, and thr ving the paper towards him vanished front It sight. • He lost his e sciousness for 'II. time, ,and when he recover d he found himself lying on the floor, ere e must have fallen. Aitho' a man ofAreat steength of mind, , it is impos sible to persuade him that he did not really see his aunt Eleanor ; and the strangest part of it is, that, when he came to himself, the roll of paper was there before hint ! and what - do you think it proved to be?" " The will !" whispered several awestrick en voices.. "Actually the will," said my uncle, "-which says - beyond all doubt, give and bequeath to my nephe4, - Pyott Denmore, the old fiwn ily mansion with all its appurtenandli:' and after a few legacies to servants, and depend ants, the whole of her property, personal and real 'estate, „ oes to the said Pyott. So you may prepar e to change your quarters as soon as possible,” the girt looked anything but unwilling, and a sort of subdued horror pervaded the party. "Now don't be such foolsrsaid uncle Al: . thorpe,." i:4;to suppose that Miss Eleanor re ally applOred -in' prep& ,persona 'to her dreamingitephew; if he believes it, that is no reasorcwhy I should ; and it is my opin ion that some old family servant has manag ed to discover the will and invest it. with this little air of mystery.; I shalt make diligent inquiries in the village, rind I have no-doubt that it willCtunt out just , so;' don't you agree with me; Becky ?" " No, sir," I replied abruptly,: without a moment's, reflection. " What!" exclaimed my uncle "have the girls the infected you with their ridicuroils tears-? Where-is all your boasted courage ?" I pretended to be absorbed in a book ; but I could see that my cleiir headed- uncle was observing me closely through his, spectacles. 4 " Well;,papa," said my cousin Celestine, " are we to obtain a •sight of tins hero and ghost seer before we vacate hls establish went' ?" " If nothing happens to pre* my uncle," we shall be faVofed ti pany to-morrow evening." • " To-morrow evening !" Such a state of excitement ! All the next day My five Cons- - ins were discussing„ the respective merits of various hued dresses; and one might hav4 sup - posed from their copversation that, "in, stead of spoiled beauties, they we're unattract , ive who had never had a beau in their lives. Hilly, who was but sixteen, Was gravely advised by her elder sisters to be sweet situ plicity in white muslin, with'a sash' tied be hindi to which the damsel retorted by de claring that I ought to present 'Myself before Mr. Denmorn dressed as Miss , Eletinor VA, This took Ouzo qt the bcc4iltfasttabho, " Why 1" asked my uncle, sharply. " Does Becky bearszio close a resemblance to Miss Eleanor when. dressed in, her clothes V' '• • " So they choose to imagine," was, my re, ply. " Then they have had no means of proving their supposition 7" "Not the slightest," said 1, as Unconcern edly as possible. - • , Uncle-Althorpe'gave me another,penetrat ing look, and then departed for the day. In the evening came Mt:Delmore, "arid one glance ,satisfied me. 'I had seen that face before. • My beautiful cou'ains . were Tresented to him in succession, and I brought up the-rear. .1 saw his look of admiration, as his eyes turn ed friim one tact to another ; but when they fell upon me, he started visibly, and I trem bled so that I could - searcely stand. Uncle Althorpe was watching us •- and as he said, "My niece, Miss EntwiCk," Mr. Denmore bowed low; and his voice had a fal tering tone of tenderness that,.l knew was called forth by thoughts of the departed.' It was decidedly uncomfortable, this looking so much like somebody else; and as soon as I' could politely do so, I left Mi. Denmo're's presence, and watched him from a distance. lie was a fine looking man ; not habdsome enough'to,be 4istingulthed fbr'his beauty, as far as mere features Were concerned, bini lr he had a-good look, and his face wore- an ex pression ofAningled - resolution and sweet ness,,which I had arways admireil and. sel dom seen. „Ile interested me, -and at the end of the evening I was fully convinced that he deserved the term "gentleman" iii its widest sense. A thoroughly - poliihed gen tleman, unobtrusive,'yet attentive, - one who has acquired an entire forgetfulness of self,' was it character I had rarely met with. I had rather a- contempt fur men in pneral, andstddied Mr. I)enmore as a pleasant discovery. • When he ) left us his eyesighln rested on me with that tender yet melancholy express. ion ; and rather. piqued that I ,was- made ,a sort of escape-valve for thoughts that were busy with another, I hastened up stairs. My little cousin Hilly was laughingly boaiting of Mr. Denmore s attentions. "Talk of words indeed'."' exclaimed Em ma, as I entered, " words are nothing,--.1 be lieve in looks, and here comes the magnetror Mr. Dern.rt..ro , ct °roc,. I'tl tots yoil 'whim It is, Becky," she continued, " I dont like it at all—for when he bade me good night, he looked at you. It is- not fair. .„ " What a pity it is;" I said, rather bitter ly, "that you don't all look like 1%16s Elea nor Pyotf." At this outbreak; Hilly tenderly embraced me, and t! ey all declared their imlnounded affection ; but I felt movoked with the world in general, and went moodily to hed. Mr. Demnore kindly insisted that my un cle should occupy the mansion during the full time for which he, lair engaged it.; we were therefore just as coliffortalde as - before, with the addition of a very agreeable,visltor. •He had a habit of staring at me that was by no means pleasant •,‘lont his conversa tion was most frequently addresSed to my little cousin Hilly. I could not construe this into anything flattering., He often asked questions, too, that struck me after Wards as tieing very peculiar: One nightodter gazing at me for a time, lie inquired if I ever walked in my sleep . ; and on my replying with an: astonished negative, he looked disappointed.t I began to think. Mr. Denmore a little out of his g mindrand avoided him as much us possi ble. Mt, one evening, just at sunset, as I stood beneath the bearded window, whither had a habit Of staying` of rate; Mr. • Den more suddenlY appeared; beside me. . " Have you - ever Visited the haunted room V' he asked 'abruptly ) .fixing upon me what I imagined a most penetrating-gaze. " No," I replied, without - thinking; " that is--yes," I stamthered— , -"lct trre go:Mr. Denmore !" for he stood directly hip), path. "Where did you find the will ?"The con tinued, without heeding my reiluest: "In the pocket," I replied, mechanically. felt that I was behaving like a fool, and I made a strong , cttoit to recover my dignity; but it failed, and I burst into tears. - Mr. Denmore took my hand With respect-, ful tenderness and led me to a rustic seat that stood near. " I owe you more, Miss EntWick,"V.aid he, "than I can ever repay. I only dkre to have this mystery explained. How could you contrive to make yourselg so • exact a personation of my aunt—all save the wrin kles? You did not mean to 4O cruel in thus exciting me'?" " Wliy,now could I know yoti were the're?" I replied with some spirit, fur I was quite provoked at this absurdity. • • ' ," True," he replied, with a smile'' . at his own unreasonableness ; " but lam most aux ious-to hear the story." . _ _ I told him the whole foolish affair, from beginning to end ; Uut interrupting me, as I dwelt upon my Own folly, he declared that he fully believed me to - have been.' heaven sent ;• and that but fur " my folly," as I was pleased to call it, the will would, most prob ably, never have been discovered. There was an embarrassing pause and y I rose- to go to-the house; but -Mr-De:3loore detained me. "You have already' done me an inestima ble 'lava," he began ; " but I have still an other to ask." 1 now thought nif self c:onceited; and trick to remember my nose ; but I could not help imagining what he meant from his manner. " llebecat," he whispered, will you prom ise! tO brighten, with your presence, the old mamnon you have been tho means of • restor lug 1" "1 thought," I• replied, in confusion, " that Ililde4jarde is a very pretty child," said he, "and 1 havi had most delig h tful con b • versations with her, of 'which you were the • - subject." •‘• I!" I exclaimed, itt, unfeigned astonish ment. ' il," replied ith his core- "Yea, you." he replied, Fres:it - 1g the hand of which he had somehow contrived to Oa seas himself." * loved you,".he continued, -$ the first time I saw you; 'for your resem blance to one Who has been to , me:more than a mother, and through your little consin have become better acltuainted with ymi than you imagine. All that she told nut con firmed'my first impression; and the discovery of.your masquerading folly," to' use your dWit words, has filled me, with the deepest gratitude. But you have nut answered my citteaion - EMEI :7 1 H. H. FRAZIErt, PUBLISHER---V0L.4.N0. 24. What followed is of no conscqueitce 'to any one' but myself; suffice it to - say that in pl , Oper time my uncle and coushfs'were dtkly . informed ; but they perversely refused to be atonished. They all declared, that they had had a presentiment of this from the ;,begin ning, and Udcle Althorpe mischievously rifted if he had not prophesied that; I would 4t r, ' • When Mr. Penmore followed' Inc home to be inspected by those move near and dear to joil ir me, he passed.the ordeal Wi edit; find no very long time elapsed 'was installed mistress of, the old mansion. • Strange to relate, none of my five beauti ful cousinshtive ,ever married, -while I haVe gained a prize which I believe any one of them would willingly-have appropriated. I:1 do not regret my masquerade, and I have lie- I come reconciled to my nose; fOr I believe 1 that had it been at•all 7 ditferent I'sltbuld never hive found my husband. iFor the Inileprnclent Republican HOME HAPPINESS. Dow in the c6dar - Where the zephyrs gently blow ; Where the spring birds sweetly warble, • And the wild wood blossoms grow ; . . • Where the-easeade waters murmur, Arid the' tall, majestic trees WaTe their tops above the valley, And their branches to the breeze ; Where the mountain hawk and.eagle 'ear, and play upon the wing; Where the mticking-bird and sparrow Mak . e•the . wOods with musk ring— , There two lovers dwell together, • In that lone, sequestered spot, Happy in each other's friendship,. And contented with their lot s • . Hand in t hand they journey onward,. Side by side and heart to heart : Joined in love and pure affection • t • That no power on earth can pert. • . , . They have two sweet, bright-eyed children: Lovely girl and,eharming boy,- 'Tie the whole of their earth's-treasure, • Their continual hope - and joy. They tire joyful, they' are merry; Oh! what happiness is‘bere!•- 7 • : Life is smooth ; the earth agardgn ; Summer lasteth all the year. Auburn, May - 9, '5B. • 1/1111 _ Prom the Demorratie Prey, ELI THAYER :AND THE FIRE-EATERS ELI THAER is.an-enigma to the SoutlL Of all the opponents of Slavery 'whom , the chivalryaneet in Washington, no one so mys tifies them, so utterly overturns all their pre. isconeeived notions of Yankee 'character, as He says nothing of .nsive to their feelings, predicates every argument which he employs upon southern statement of fact, gives slave hOlders credit fur all and even more than claim,tadvances no impracticable theory of immediate - and. unconditional - emancipation, utters never a word of indignant denunciation either of the system or of it , upholders, nev er makes a point which lie does not substan tiate by southern concession is genial and wit ty as well as profound and pliildsophie, and while his southern hearers enjoy the former they are utterly confothided by the latter.— As the originator of organized emigration. Thayer's fame had preceded him to Waslra ihgton. The fire-eater fancied him to. be another' incarnation •of fitnaticistn„ corning among them.armed'with the old anti-slavery .weaporis and arguments with which they were grown familiar, and fur which they eptertain-. ed a very sovereign - contempt. Fancy their surprise when the fanatic proved himself to be a man of imperturbable co - idness,.of thesmoit intensely practical, turn of mind, discarding all tropes and metaphor, all tricks of oratory, and planting himself-down in the'most unta natie manner imaginable upon solid facts, ris ing them alone as weapons, save when, to'vaii ry the entertainment, he would pluck al jave lin from the pro-slavery -armory and hurl it at its owner in sportive mood, hurting him terribly, but doing it in so kindly a manner that he could not find it in his heart to take ollimee. Mr. Thayer first mystified;pleased and displeased the southerners by• his speech on Central American affairs. He granted all their postulates in relation to the necessity of undertakink the government of that distract- NI country. HE was prepared with' even more potent arguments than they to prove that both destiny and duty demanded our in terference there. ,They were..astoniShed.— Where they had expected an unrelenting the they found an ally of herculean power. But scarcely had they got through with their self felicitations. before Eli demonstathd the utter inability of the southern-Suites to spare the material necessary for the renovation and fu ture control of Central America: Nay-in stead of being able to do anything fur. 'Cep tral America. the southern States stood' al-, most as greatl \ y in need of help themselves, and the only sure hope of either must-be upon the Free States, which he demonStrated to be rich in all the elements requisite to the-salva tion of the furinco This surprise. over, they fancied they had taken the measure of the roan. Ile was . somewhat different of build: from what, they. expected to find him,,but now they knew his temper; hisidiosynerasies,, and whatever else he might undertake he.could not at least be tray them again into so great a surprise \ -- The man who had gone down into Virginia unattended and unarmed, and elicited a warm invitation to return from -these wlui threaten ed-to hang him with hemp and grapevine 'at should he dare profane Virginia soil .with his unhallowed. feet, the five-eaters •at WaShington fancied had-exhausted all his re sources on-thiS one SpAch cat Central Amer ican ailiiirs. 'The result proved they were as much mistaken in the latter (=elusion as they had been in their, original estimate of his char acter. Mr: Thayer made his second .speech in Congress on the.Z.Jth ult. On that occa sion he diseessed the slavery question, and mystified and astonished' the. fire-eaters more than ever. Mr: Shorter, of Alabama; . had just pronounced his famous philippic. against the - memory .of the ; Pilgrini Fathers ; and sundry others of hiS politic copfreres had, been especially ► severe upon; Massachusetts. Whtin Eli took the floor these gentry expect ed it was for the pupose of answering them. But nothing could have been farther from his purpose. Said Mr.;Thiyer: "It may be expected, Mr. Chairman, that at this time'l should say something in defence of the Pilgrims, and of the State of MaSsa: chusettes; for they have-been repeatedly as sailed on `this • fidor, within the iast two Weeks. But make no defence. , -There 'are some things which I never attempt to de; :fend. Among:these are the Falls of thei:Ni. agar; the Whtte.Mountains of Now Ilitinp• EMI shire, the Atlantic Ocean,. Plymouth Rock, Bunker Hill, and the history of Massachu setts. Any Man •may assail either or .all -' of them with impunity, so far-as lam con cerned. Any words of diaperagementer VI- . • tuperation direeled .againsteither of these ob jects, by any assailant, excite in me feelings very . different from those of • indignation whether• the assailant comes with, a bow - as long as that of that of Robin Hoo, or with-a lio-Iv of s4Urter range, like that A f. the gentle man from. Alabama, (Mr. Shorter.) . But .1 deprecate the •disposition- that impale 6.shafts against the sister States of this ti e..„, c I t slefacy. 1 deprecate this sectional-ani mosfty whenever and wherever I see it evinc- . ed. I . have heard too much of .the aggres sions of the north and the egressions 'of the : south, in the past, to be very much -in lotre -with either of these ideas. lhavettever been necustoned to speak of the aggressions of the slaye povrer, and 1 htive''no purpose of doing it now or hereafter.' If the one-hundredth part of the_ people of this country can make dangerous aggressions on the rights and in- s•terests of the other ninety-hind. hundredth .. parts of the people, either :by 'the fdree of ' • \sti-ength O7' by the arts of diploroacy,‘ I' as--;. • sure you that I will he the last man to,.com- , plain of it. I think that this slavery question .- is altogether too small a questionto disturb •se great a people as inhabit the United States- . 'of America." , '. - Passing from this sarcasm upon the weak ness, the utter impotency of the slave power, . Mr. Thayer. proceeds to state that -he has • " nothing to find fault about;" but that he .is . " viry pleased with the present 'tendency - df events." But-while enjoying this degree of complacency himself, he cannot shut hip eyes . -to the fact that there are those who areirest ' ly. dissatisfied, and who are inclined to invoke a certain deity—a false deity as ho 'thinks.— . 'This falsl, deity,, "invoked bpsreat men ,on great occasions, and by .little Men on Be . occasions,' -" in 'whose expected ' presence . _ both the people and the . politidiane -"have sometimes stood aghast"—" this sulphurons . god is . Disunion." After intimating hip be- lief that the god • thuS invoked -has rither "gone On a eery long journey, or else in 'a, very deep sleep," Mr." Thayer proceeds : , Well, sir, shall We have this ditty of -Dis union invoked forever? • Who is to.-blame?. If the north has- given cause, nliat have,we done ? ' What cause of disunion has ever pro-, ceeded from us? Have you not bad. every-, 'thing your Own Way ? . Have we not lo -you have the Demneratie4;Party 'to 'Use 'os you please? - [Laughteil Have you not had the Gouernment fortk , l , 4 ,. ng time ? . And - have - we not let you use it) a as you had a Wind to P We. sir, were busy about our Commerce, ex tending. it around the, world; about pur,rail- - roads; our internal improverneuts ; :Ours col s leges„ and all those things which interest our people. ' We knew that you had a taste for 'governing, and that by the indulgence you might he gratified without serious injury to us. ..For'many ylears s.ou have had your own way, tut now you , here and cot out "disunion." Why', what -mere 'can we do? .. . . Well, it may be that we have encouraged• a mistake on your- part. It May-le that we have .0 yen you some reason to . suppose that . ,this temporary ceurtesy . of governing,. was a permanent right. •lloWever," if yow•have fal- len• into that erron.we.will, perhaps, at some future time, disabuse •arid correct yOu. ' But. hatever blame there-is anywhere, whatever c. use there is for disunion, must attach to the i!k action of the slave power, cmmanding and &nitrating the Democratic party, and to no one else in the. country. Therefore at this time, t come with exUltation=--to speak fora few moments upon the ,decline- and fall - of slavery—nay, sir, further, upon the suicide :of slavery in thislantl. • I.will shOw you by what acts the two most important', pillars of its: sapporChava been removed; and that the whole system of slaiery must therefore fall. And these two events have been accomplish 'ed, if not by its direct efforts, at least by the connivance of this same pity, impelled by 'this same controlling agency.. •- •• ' I will first show you ho'w the moist povi%er of this institution has been destroYed, by what act, and then I will show - you . how. ant' by what act its, political, power is forever doomed.,, But, sir, how did an institution like this ever have a moral powerl is aquas tion for us to examine. In the first place we are told by Southern men that- we have a na tion .of heathen in our land ; and-wkare told by the same authority that we hale an ingl teflon here for their-regeneratine '.: '. Mr.. Thayer, then procedds to establish by quotatichis from. eminent Southern °divines, statesmen - ,judges, and authors of •admitted authority,_ the two facts that the African:race' in the southern States, is a heatlien,race, and . that the institution of slavery furnishes the only possible means of civilizing, and (like . tianiiing these heathen =people.. Having made his point good, he continues: . "Mr. Chairman, these are not the only au - - thornies off this subject. You ,and ' I havS -- heard - from the other side, day ' after . day, quo_tapons from the Bible intending to prove , the same thing ; and you .and I know there are honest men in the sieve States - who be— lieire that this is a fact;.l ;have. seen such men - myself, and have conversed:-with theti. They have told me th& Mallory- was a curse; and that the only reason why they ' . held their. slaves a day was,.that they owed them cer tain religious duties, and must keep them, to look after their spiritual :welfare. -I heard this from a gentleman from Kentucky, end' . again from a gentleman from :Augusts, Ga;, and I beliive in my heart 'that• both theib - gentlemen sore holiest in these views. . ....:, ' I am not here to impugh any mania mo tives. I put, this upon the ground' that is claimed by southern men ; and 'When 1 1 isten -• ed to the gentlemen on the other side reading honestly from the sacred -volume • in defence of this institution, as coming from God, and,' ae a means for the regeneration;of a -heathen race in our, land,.l felt impelledto use . the , language of the Apostle to tlie.Giittiles,'which he emptoyed on Mars Hill: ' G I 'Athenians, • 1 - perceive that, in 41 these things' ye are. ex ceedingly given ; di. religion. „,- New, sir, since this,inatitution :has done all it-ever can in this capacity, and since it ise now destroy- - ed as a converting and regenerating power, !- stand here to give it its proper piticain et:cleat astical history, for . its. right:plat* 'thaw* y4' had:, r- . - - ,• . .. : ; '... \,. ,Intiliscussing,thie point, Mr. ThlYee• takes .Northern -religkitits journals tiflaik for-having oftentimes most unreasonably - milted over their religious efforts when ,they!'eoutrasted them with those of their Southern ,brethren. 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