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Vkk E. B. CRAM -PROPRIETORS
ga l nW ire
troe !a ble, who ate fond of , n stirring
,ectipettey, chant as for Publishing . the
ti'lloigoghlai is found in aLOndon paper;
The VOiC3 of the Exile. ,
, to t t ier! her ill-knit bulk up 'roping, -
The anarth Forte I saw; • •
Ap o berksees waslsid d Knout blood .drop.
isg, •
• Beath
her feet was haw..
: •
Escloali bit heel upon atatioe's forehead; ,
Iler ensiled guards blood area,nd,
Nekos—that, stlipid et all wherehi they gip.
reed,
Were lying 'rigged and bound.
. ,
lten,l ta ly.still lovely through her anguish', •
Bled, but disdained to weep , ;
flu checks were sank and white, like 'theirs who
lennisb
For years in dungeons deep.
&m o with her kind features made for loving,
Yew written, sharp and 5 004
14, ere sad anorrher large limbs moving,.
Half conscious of their power.
piokaate Poland her childish hand was clench-
While her full Eastern eye,
With fold ttats perennial andunbleaching,
Glared upward to the sky.
Ad Erin, with her robe of Einemld trailing,
Het harp strings inapt in twain;
With milted eyes lends forth her sad bewailing,
To friends act WA the main.
Ind like a tray-epent soldier, faint and breathless,
Hungary; prostrate there,
Ln,atemulg wounded to the death; bat death:
' lms ,-
Wee her defiant stare. . .
At fasr;the seat where anareh Force teas ,
Seamed set is tiring cone,
dad all those mair.elad goardo, supporters fitting .
For nab a firm based throne.
lo! the clamps which chain to base did fasten
Were almoit em away ;
Ali the blood dropping from the knout did hasten
A things if rock to clay.
And those hop guards, whose firm and
trending
Seemed proof lainnt overthrow,
foothold ad With gore of their own shedding,
Slipped, swaying to and fro.
aye and they, with jubilant acclamations,
Theo-eon 4 triumph kung—
impious Te Dime o'er the nations
That 'read; their feet were flung.
ilat once that song did check and waver,
Then stopped with redden jar,
a ruca came, low 'first, but Eve fling ever—
mica heard from afar.
Sigitgae a caged bird, in spite of chains,
led calumny and wrong—
Skizig Eke one wbo, looking from the plains.
Sees morning strike along,
mountain-tope, and tells bow with the day
.The Ft:night will descend,
And chic the mists that-choke the valley gray,
Mang it end to and.
ham, tram hope rising into defiance ;
spoke with trompet tone,
Calinr, mankind to holiest alliance_
'Cabals' brute Force on her throne
though in a strange tongue with wondrous
power
Tim deep Voice filled the land.
Till much Force open her throne did cower,
lie awoa 6.0 k bet baud ;
And her huge goat& were sodden terror-stricken,
VI% dull brows ashy white;
Wt. throe daao.troddeo nations seem to quicken
Wick torigosekeued might,
Daltled by the power that 113 their half nninherpd
members
• Amused the pulse cit
ke the seefe word that kindled life's dead em
la the dry babes again.
'2lllt Cotes.-1n 1792, the corner tone
sear Present Capitol at Washington, was
1 At that time General Washington, in
siLpie honor the new seat of Government was
*"..edotlleiated. Fifty years afterwards, viz:
thud) of July, ISM, the corner atone of
" extendon of the building W.lB laid; and
Mary of State made an address, in the,
''''ise'nf which he presented a sketch of:the
-npntive condition of our country at the
anods. •
,N 3 ye had fifteen States, now we have
k - olu whole population was three ma
in tow it is twenty-three.
Tlea Boston had'eighteen thousand people,
*ithas me hundred and thirtpsix thous
-1424\1111a had forty-two thousand,. now
t has four hrtdred and nine thousand:, .• • 2
lllev-York lad thirty-three thOnsind, now
the hind Ted and fifteen thousand.
Theo ear itapons were thirty one
- 'they are one handfed and seventy-eight
Is'he area of our territory was then:eight
11i thousand spine miles, it is now three
' three h undredthousand, • --
Yebtiao railroad, now we have three
T'
twtwe htuldred thousand relies. of it.
t• es
~aave.had two landreriposn-offines now
onnwentyoae thonsan&
'a gr 4renue from postage.. then :was was one
thonsand-dallars, now it in five Mil
t&•sre . ,
-only a few. facts.going:- to , ' shoii
4Pd growth of oar countryi:andl what
.154-1 children have to.rlo ,seetire'the
,` •of its prosperity, , lover;Air
the God of. our-Dithern to
amid' iii*
• Pride, contentions aro) greediness
Ni
!4k elle* in all our fiearss a true" pe
tsi
a. 114 a just aense ofobliga,tion to oae
• tme ofteis us••
• AtUttar - tg&z, •
- From the g t eill n ßilllct*
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HARM:4VE
ZERti:; "
;• . A SnollfY OF THE REVOLUTION.
BY, SOS. 9. cOBII-;-AyritoB OF u ylly cAEOLY,"
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And then thedeCks and ringing of the Arul
tura, but a single moment before an prOfound
yrquiet, became suddenly alive with. an, hUn
ed human beings; sails, were hastily 'set and
unfialed, and as if some magic, had Aieert cop ? ,
neeted - With the diseherie'of thet isolita'ry gun,
the Stately 'vessel waS - geen 'dropping swiftly
dowtt the stream, 2.Before she had gotten fair_
ly under way, another; heavy gun• sounded;abd
the shot were distinctly heard tearing through '
her spara and masts..' . { "
;. - ,
God - of heaven they ate' firitigoithe irel=
two from the shore;''hastily 'exclaimed - the
young officer, starting; frantically from his feet,
Harriet, Harriet„.l feat your torebodings were
but too ' ' .
These Words had scarcely escaped frem his
lips, before hasty footsteps. were heard. sound=
ing heavily along the Icorridor,- the • doer. Waal
precipitately opened, and two men rushed into
the' room. The tallest of these, walking rap
idly towards the lovers, thrust a siva!! piece Of
paper into the hands ef the British - Officer with
haste and agitation. I . . I
Oh, my,God are, lost, you are lest 7-1
you are in the Imnds'of Gen. .Arnold'
screamed Harriet as het eye lighted ou ; his
countenanee, 4 Oh, hoW could you belie Cruel'
she said again, as she fainted away in thOurass
of her consul, Joshua Bmith, whojiad accord
panied Arnold into the room. fr - 7
Sir, have no time to lose,' said Arnold ad
dressinge the British officer,!' there is a I pass
with my seal and sigaattwe: The. vulture is
fired, on by some of . nay commands and You
cannot reach her now. Smith hasmy orders
to provide you the means mid safely conduct
lyou through the Arberican lines. rouhave,l
all the papers necessary for our transactions .
I advise you , to place them in, yourlboote,
be
tWet4i
; your sock and your foot; and - look you
mach:lnce shduld befa ll you, mind and not
call arimei if you aheuld, no one can rescue
you, and you involve us all; now fareeell,and
God speed
,yon • _ .
A short time afterwards the sound of hoofs
rin,ging along, the high way, which led .to
King l y ferry, told that the arch traitor, teas Off,.
and that he hadAeierted his victim, at a time ' ,
when the storm was about- to. - eVertake •and
crush him, Smith and, the young officer.hay.'
ing gently, laid their preciona burden, now bn
tirely insensible on the lade,- and called in her
=id, left the room to iionsider on what means
of escape and safety were at hand. Bat' the
heart, of Andre was sad and desponding, rind
he already .felt thst the finger of Me had
marked hire,
• fxryle,. tr. ,
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BY dawn of day the e.annonadinr had CeUs
ed, and. the Vulture was seen, with suds' furl
ed:once more at anchor; off Sing-Sing, Mid be
yond the reach of the lotttery,whickhall been
so suddenly opened ot her above. :;•. I • I
, • 1
When Harriet awok ; again to conscious
ness, she found herself in- her ' bedr and_her
faithful waiting woman) seated by itseide.j--- 1
The sun shone brightly in at the windaWs,and I . 1 • • •
the landscape without, looked as Om and; 1 , r.sra iv.,
beautiful beneath the effulgence of .its genial 1 in ,apProaching
„the melancholy catastrophe
rays; as though all eke n'as as bright Mid
,which e'cry readr of American' istery must
cheerful. - • ~ • r' 1 ' a=new isconnected with the time of which we
But within there were - hearts:close& With are writing, the stern conviefors. of policy,
gloom, in melancholy contrast with the bright -1 which; induced mid demanded its fulfilment,
ness around; sick with the anguish of , hope I reqtirVdtobe dbably.fortified by investigation,
suspended--and chilled ;with reflections and ti to avert the current of sympathy which ruin
! fears which stint out all 'sympathy with 'smil- 1 glee forcibly with, the stream of imperious jus.
1 lug nature, Thus. Harriet felt, as with the aid flee, andidwells around the ruernory. of this
or her servant, she feebly walked to behold Victim to a' traitor's 'keieness. '-. After all, the
1
, the theerfni scene from the window ; , and
,to act must find its sanction more in the iron
! cool her fevered theekel with the refreshing rules of policy and erample; which govern bel
-1 breeze of the morning, I Thus too ftilt her ii4erent nations, than in the strict letter of, the
unfortunate lover, as froM his hiding place in; i,44 , . Ail impartial.judge Would be boutid to
'the same house, he turned-his eyes towards' held' that the invitation of an officer holding a
the waters of the Hudson, and saw fir away commission from the American Congress; and;
the talfmaSts of the noble vesseli- Which flow i eittrusted; with a most ,intportant command—
was beyond his reach. [-The broad . Benner: that the: entrance Within the Americarilines
i which still floated-from her deck, brought to . }lcing involuntary; and alder a guarantee of
mind many a lively : vision of that distant clime I safety in!,,the form of a free pass—that hishaw.,
I of which it was the proud emblem, , and Micro i ing mad no discovery of himself,' btit was
iwere gathered all the associations of his'bOy-lmerefy. an agent deputed to *Calve certain ph
hOod's years,when life sparkled with; the buoy- 1 pers, and that his having : protested against be
i aney of unclouded hope,fand misfortune :Was r ing rOred to'oceupy a position whi c h might,
i never'thought ot But rearity.suggestel On- i subject him to the saspicion*of being a spy--
1 other picture now, whose dark outlines were i that all these; even clear -and',strong grounds'
impenetrable to thought or eight, Yet 1 4eee the 1 , of acquittal from the .eharge**lleged against i
j less appalling. - This waa'the morning of 'the i him.. Having - the chief command in the , dis.
i 22 d of SePtember, the last which - ever dawM- I trier, Arnold most unquestionably, had a. full
ed with hope to Andre. i.• c i' ; right to 'grant passes. - The ivalidity ',of this,
--:-.-Tivo days afterward as Harriet again I pass could not be questioned, only because it'
sat by the window, anxiously. revolving r afterwards appeared that he meditated arid had
the mysterious ineldenti of which she had I projected treason, nor could Andre have lbeen ,
been the . witness, and poising her fears;be= l expected;to raise' the question. if the': phss
Ftween, the safety of her laver, and the welfare t was granted bY a competent authority,; under I
of the American calla., which she felt was in I the law, then it ,abmild have secured his life
jeopardy ; `she casually ,witnessed smother in - - I at least. ".Bat the rigor of military regulations.
I cident which filled her with 'the wildest hope,: requires that, policy shall not, always -be goy
land threw her intolthe most distressing "agita- l'e,rne'd by, the strict letter of law, ,and in this'
i ;ion, ••
_. -; • - -I . ' -' - .'' '- ' I view the sentence of Andre may be justified..
1 - Midway of the- vast river which stretebe4 1 Reshlts *ere looked to and example was nec.
1, out be - fore her; she:described a' small canoe or, es i ar y„, -i • - :.--
~,. . ...- . ~- , • : , ~ ~
I hing boat, -vigorously rowed by several - stout i' ' The case of Nathan Hale may, elicit more,
?Oarsmen, and steering-its course direct to thel sympathy firo American hearts, :and hurnani
-1
Maryposition of the Britishsloop..below. - A soli- 1 tyl pray revolt'it the brutal 'dela% connected
white, flag ;was seen floating -from.-the, withihii . executionl-lint there is not the same
stem,' and.beneath its folds could be distinctly array of extenuating 'facts connected' with it,
seen th e tare of a Man Closely muffled in a Had, embarked as a spy,andfully. 'emoted the
I great coat, - with his broad hat pullet closely' cost before: . lte started, -Andre went. as an
dowit over - the,eyes;'' These circumstances, hgent,;was involved in the. yiedicadient under
the corresponding dress With, that in which
,she invitation "from an American 'Oth'eer,' rind had
bad !nit seen her 10ver,....4d1, 'tended to per-
,cirders:net to: enter: an - enemy's lineti or to
sonde her that this was Andre - Making his . es- 'change his 'clothes, . . --; .; •
i cape. She gazed With the intensity of ' wild There is. hen some difference but humanity
despair,as.-- the - boat -shot:middly (loin =the must ever Weep over thereto of both, for both.
stream; but when. At length she observedit ,to inolli . gave their Urea 'nibs honest endeavor
• pull up under the bows o,t,the Vultare,,, her to serve their countries. - - • --' '-` .'' " - '
heart leaped.with irrepresitible, joy; she now Big policy demanded the saerificoof Andre's'
breathed freely, - and trusted .to pod and tai life rind he was . doomed to die, On the Morn-.
Within - eon-6 hate:Aineilati, if AMekien:" Wes ing, of the-,-seenid of October .he turned his
ii, danger; -, ''. ,--....
~ '1 -., -, .1'-.. -' ;.-' =-- ' . eyes :to behold' ter the last Sine the :gergebui
She' was still laboring u n dertbistf t veitetnent. 'rising of-that add whese deeline he was never
When the winding tones of n.htigle rani, - threl again to see,. -1 Througheut tire • scene of his
the dell aroind, and.then idled :away in faint* triat he had demeaned himself with . the. frank. :
melodiemkeehoes'en the-broad liosom ,Of iha t mesirind dignkpf a brave and noble soldier,
Hudson. .• She turned 'br'eyes.. hi. ther:dii*O; concealing nothing' which 'conliTextennatO'his
tion ftim WhiCh the_ianna came, and ',.*.ttooP , emili;;Mid disitesttrg, - Mona than' alust Sense of
otelght or ten horsemen in- the ga'y'unifOrtal Prudence, or a proper regard On his ;safety,
of WaShingtm'iOar4 WOO seen 'ambit; tipl_corthrtianetioni; , : tbs-.greateat' solicitude; was
the averme r alln; busk - galibp„; - At3:theY: gall- tO vindicate bill time -fr Ont unwOrthy, ' intputa4.,
into the yard a bandsomeironak krffieces - wbo 'tide's, arrtit.;reliev'e• Iris' .P.i 66110 .4: from!iita
yeti ire commandl,of.the squad,46eifellirwarr'ininp liseernito - be lieyorid l a dbabribanhiS
ed• his.sword inluiluting iiint:andittletr,.hastO riwn,wriwirir cenfessiOns-sealinin fate;
Mir
dismounting from; elmrger, !,* . ar iron , by. : ee The-Arm apOointed.f6t . tfit - c*nittn: Waal
'her side in the little,boridoir.-`. ' '_.: . - , natio of the day The sun had'
',
Why - T hew is' this,, Marrie r Ire exatairr#4, lifted its head
,fterwl i eneath"the esiternAlori.
as the girl 'rose to receive i hint; 'Your bright - zoni . and the - aMoolif surface of the broad Md-
I .
•
.Ittttoaeti SeUedco 9 molo o Llagepig:t4tl o ect*PrAilietatqpOTirtalt9 g:DI:Ma,O/ 1 1egg2;' , .
•'
,
6'04 SPatkls like jewels of the first water, and
yet yen dim their lustre with tears' '•
They,are tears ofjoy, not of sorrow, dear
William, though the latter has been nearer
my heart for many days.', - , - • • •
''lndeed; and are You clearing npjuit wheh
the storm is blackening, and years of toil are
about to lie nullified by an 'of the basest
treachery . • r
lienvenß, you terrify me,' gasped liar.
I tiet, Ai
&n what you,m enu my dear,eous.
‘',W - hy hate •• yore. not heard V he•
'Weil l Gen,: Arnold • has dete.rted 'to the Brit
ish, After Bret trying . betray, West goint;
rind it spy been arrested ivithin our , lines.'
' A spy attested f heierimed Harriet, almost
to f o iot.._ Do you kno* who' that si:ty is 1.-•
His name, William—his tamer • -
‘ ll ylwavens, Gerrie, you .loolc. though
would go wild either ivith joy or terror!
What can it avail 'yoti to Allow the .name of
such a guilty offender! But to satisfy, von, I
Will tell you that be is-called lohnlinderson
in the despatches I am conveying. to General
Greene '
•
And is this John Anderson, 'the only per
son ot that deseriPtionWho haibeen arrested
or detected r • • • •.• •
The only One, I believe, that is even sus
pected.. Ile bad all the papers, besides a pass
from - Arnold, and I kilo* nut if any other even
passed=the American lines.' ' •
' And who Was he,' again asked Harriet in a
quick tone, that. escaped but now, under a
white flag to the Vulture ?'
Ah, did. vou vritness that shrew 4 inaneu
.
vre ? Why that was the traitor General him-
•Qh„.Willie, :Willie—my dearest -eon sin—
htwe you seen this. John. Anderson— r ot!, say.
have you seen htm Ourself, and did pia know
himr , " •
• •
' No. dear girl ,I have not seen him. lie is
yet at NorthCastle.'
, 4 Then heaven protect us,for I fear he is lost,'
said the frantic girl, 113 84 sank senseless and
swooninglo the floor,.
God of heaven, Harriet. what can you"
mean! '.exclaimed William _Heatheote, as he
stooped to raise her. nand kne water, girl,
she has fainted.'
M the moment:that he vas placing the fair
being before him once' more. on' that 'Led,
which to her was indeed the lied of sorrow,
Capt.- Ileathcote was surprised by the en
trance of a servant in the livery of the Robin
dm family, covered with .dust and mud, and
who handed him a note,' without fold oz su
perscription, which read as follow's:
1 Williammy , dear William, we are un
deneGen.' Washington .is bere—Ahe person
you told me of who was arrested below,
carder.
the name of Anderson, has discOyered himsetf
to Washing,ton—aad, oh my.denr ‘Villiain, he,
lia.s'ardwed himself as Andre. I hare not seen
him—they are taking Iltucto Tappan—and fie
is escorted be a strong guard—tboy- eny. , tht.t.•
lie is c•aliti, hare.no heArt to.
say more—ooneeal this frona poor Ilarriet, for
she would-not survive it.' CLAlt‘'.
The Perusal of this note affeeted the S•ot
racer to nn extent which had well nigh 3; the
instant, - deprived him of self-possession, and
after examining the servant who had borne
to him More particularly; lie left nitric.; to the
charge of her maid,and departtd on his errand
as bearer of despatches from head=quarters to
Tappan ;
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•,. , .
lONTROSE, - IsAwIITURSDA.
son shone with the bright, reflection; whilst
itd,gpnial Toys falling on the surrounding lank:
iiiiparted• a *glow Of and:- cheeifill.
ness which.keeitiod tki ineck- thb - victitu as he
looked forth from prison.- "The
merty jingle of.the.market carts nii , they, rat.
tied thrbugh the streets, the "lowing of _cattle
as r. they- sougiit the neighixiiing rivulets;
the rolling - of 'the drums-11s' hey -sounded
the, assemble_ -beat, all,' Me token ,of that
aniination Aid
_vivacity mrbleh.,no,longer abode
within his;heart, and of : which,lie ova soon to
tike fareivell 'breve , : •
"'The 'Mese'which Washington at that
time head4unrtera was It - neat iiad
tasteful dwelling r altuated the. edge: of the
village, of Tappan, and fitted; up is a style be
coming tho wealth and habitsof the cowman
'der-in-elder of the Ainericanrarinies. .Aboat,
week' previous to the day laet ineritioned,La
dy IWashingtoir had irri voila camp her
nun' visit to her illustrious' husband * . whose
duties did-not allow him ever.-to-leave the
scene of action. , •
On the Morning in 'question, after having
breakfasted with the general and the Officers - of
his, familyi she had sought a , retired sitting
room, arranged for her exclusive use, and . ' '
where she received such visitem as she chose
to'see prividelY. At this period,Litly• Wash-,
ington had passed the prime of woman'si
though distinctive truces Of the eminent beau-I
ty ~ for which she had beep so remarkable; in
her, earlier life, and whichfins has, hero* se fa-,
milli:lr to ,thotisandS of her adniirint eonntry
men-from the eircOlation of engravings , taken'
from the fanious picture of Woolaston; Were
still clearly discernable. , Her presence never I
failed to eh4cli the dull moa6topy and cease , '
lesslatignes
of Camp life, and the recurrence I
of these anneal she • kept_ up . du
ring the whole progress of the war, nfforded
hardly less pleasure to the officers of the ar- I
mp than to the 'general-in-ehief himself. ,
paring, bet' stay" in camp, the parties end
levees at head-quaitirs were f, equent and
agreeable,nnd as she never came until the Sea
sod for active oper.itions hairpmeted,the neigh
boring, gentry with their wives and daughters
timlked, in with eagerness, to tender their com , :!
plimerits to the accomplished lady of the
American herd. On such occasions, Lady:
Vtrashiegton wai wont to display with remark
abfe grace, the charms of that 'courtesy and af:
(ability, for which she was so ,universally dis
tinguished, nrid.which has been the theme of
all Writers and historians who have favored us
with recollections' or incidents of her life.' But
the.se traits, howeVer . be' erAled and
patterned after, were ealipsedby others of be;
neveleole and hurianity, which shone with a
more radiant lustre, 'inasmuch'as they were,
more actively beneficial in relieving•distreiis,
and cheering the gloom of despondency with
the riig,lll, of hoPe.'-;*iii it was this fast, which
was gentrally knowiyand universally admirgd,
which gave rise to rkscend,which we tun* aoW
cenctOnorio desc ribe..: •
The Commander.in-chief with his suite had
jastpaased:frOrn the house, when a coach and
four drove up, before , the'g,atei and a.-.young
woman. alighted. Having been met and receiv
ed at the ,d - oorl.q . a aervant, she risked for La. :
(Ili 'Washington, and eYsiimmediatcly conduct;'
glib her presence. On'enteringthe room and - .
encountering the Mild Mid dignified .looki ) of
the lady, the. girl
,sank,down in the chair by 1
the !door, orerpowered„ with an emotion. of,
grief Which her fortitude could ito longer re-',I
press! ..
' (41trtyourself, my dear child,' said Lady'
Washington in a tone of the kindest- sympa
thy,' and-tell me what causes you thus
,to
weep; assure yourself, that if bean dry yonl•
tears, it Willaff'ord me the sincerest pleasure,
and 'gratification. • •
' Heaven' bless yin sweet' lady; for' yotit
hind words,' sobbed thelweepinglirl. 4 I Come
on an errand of sorri4, to solicit the mercy of,
Iyour influhnee, far With yeti is connected the
[
' last gleam of hope' ' I • •
'Alas! my child,' said the tender 'hearted
f lady;' I fear that I already divine yoUr errand,
land am prepared to vfem with you. : You are
' tae daughter Of our, honored friend Col. Bev.
erly, and the - betrothed' Of 'the 'Unfortunate
young, Man who is to suffer ati noon?' - - I '
'No, dear lady, no,l-ant not the'triisetable
being you surmise, though I know riot that
she can suffer more tfiLai I do. 'lmn Igo cous
in, Clara N.obinson—the friend of : ll*. unfor
tunate Andre, and not. his. betrothed: -But. .1
. .
chine 'the nsme of that; herirt.tiro,eti) 'airj. to
implore theiefluenee of yotir ititerceSibn; to
save her lover from ah ignominious 'death...- : '
His life we have despaired.nf.' •,,„
Lady Washingtetrapproached 'thi3 - weeping
suppliant; and pressing her fondly to her •-ma
ternal hosein, bedeifled her. head with, teats'
which now floived as :treel as her own. •
'Where is this poor, girl, my Zedr,rshe
asked.' 1 ,
- At tho'house of our relative, Joshua Smith;
Wheie she has been staying for several weeks,'
answered Clara:, • : ,••
And is-shericquuinth, &with hisloona
'.Yes, Indy, but alio so nearly' bereft of
:Jenson that the is scarcely , consciou* of pny,
thing that' i 5. passing:Fri:land her. She has
been in this , state 'since she received: n letter
from Sir Henry Canton, who, by, acquainting
her,with tae facts, hopefl to obtain her father's
.influence in"commuting the mode of puniali
;Tient which , is revolting to our u6fottunite
friend. .. !•-• -
. . . . . .
, '.• ' Has, Col, Beyerkr. interfered :' for. this' par.
TOse,..Miss Clara r . ~:..:„_,.... ..„,,..,...„ ! .. i
:-. Oh ves .my dear" madam; ardently.- and lai
r ploringly.i;lnolelVas:teld that ! such 40044
be entertained; as. it taight.lmply a„ donut - in',
the bind of tha general-In:Chiel as to.' the jas
:tiee of pool , Atidro4 sentence: , ' !'" • ' , - 1
!. •!: ''Al as, toy poor. girl, iFstich '.. be the state or,
the ease, I fear my' feeble. influence can, avail. !
1 you nothing!! •The'"geiferill'itill hot' Hite:l-to !
my entreaties when his convictions of-duty to';
his country ..are oncelettio:..!:_. ~ ' , , !- -,.;.:.!
And is the noble ' Washington ; se.. stern 1,.
asked Clara in -a - tone of the i4oliii
-1 . : `'.Ah;',child; Yon: laths Inolv:hisleartl: if 'On
ha - vim:lnds steh) - ; No one is so sensitive to:.
.the, voice of.hutoanity;lbut. when his:sees° ; of
,3 ti ty - - his:lie•Oeeie -. 4wq,,Bsed; be;,,bas , ; rarely'
been known ' CO' undergo a change.'. . , ,,-
' .-.- 3. •Theii'ilitiSt 'Harriet 'die too; fair she ; can
teierinrvide'sdellaSbeeic:.estiaiitieflithiglii
.016 S fellvreepingi't the f•Set"of Mindy Wash.
ingtOur :. ‘Oh, , l;adyiotitlssrarid-fOndeStliiipo'
isvige , i, .-. . - ,•Dy_c_if.: . l: r_ •, i ' . 1 _, , ,::• . :.. , : -
'Bat not so, tni - dear - girl; an moi l !: L u dy,
ll , Vilalangtopi'.,Ws are told- tho there. ite-a Be.
'illgiv,- 1 39 3 e-frovince:it Is, -,t9:,-,tetriper the .101 1 0
to tiiP - stiOnll*b. , P4I?: 06 1 . -46Perol)pl
trest,ln
iiii''-ai4-ssitigstrip:fli:oloOMOS y 0!
:
~' f,'leik*idiip:apt i f ra, !you,;phor4 i ii'ic. - streigtheneeby:ithe,faith oiio ,
Cliii?tisp—You know not lioir.dilllonliltila
. ,
adder.somp_veumstances to look; fropt earth 7
to,heaveN'and to , ,s)ela with : resignation all
that ministeiit to our happiness here, !for thi i
shadowy hiipe'pra more Taking comfort here- I
after. " fpli sweet Lady, it I, have' gild aught
that itior - seelo , to you incoh6rintao pardon
soinothing to that frahtie, grief • which; skunk
distrneta'me. .01 , ;; Mr,Gotl,-so yotang , to ' bid
adieu to life, pfl,leii—r3o soen i ttoe; riftei-hls
doom has been prenounced—and in n-manner,
sQ horrid:; nod help tisi for all hope
On earth is vanished 1' • •
My 'deaf ;ttrie'ves . nie deeply ,
hold your distress; and 'priy God heir
Your prever!'repliedi the lady, whoiet feeling
heart•was'notv deeply tonched; shas?mir
fortunate ; friend • ciddressedthe genera ;in-chief
on this subject r
1 ..N0f that I have,heard,:,was the anicwer:•
. i . -Well;then;,nay dear girl! said Lndn Wash-. 1
I nigtoit, willing to assuage, even temporarily,
the torrent of grierWhich hilbeted. the girl;
Will promise:you th' if 'such 'a request is
nutde,-1 will use, what inflnence I niawposfiess,
with - the , general, in - his favor,- Willi • what
success,,God, and his :own just diqiosition,
which, ever leans to, the, side , of mercy, must ,
determine!, • I
•Thr.rik you; oh, thank you; dear madam, .
said Clara, once-more rising to her feet,
ge;,to . the prison and' nd inform it' frie nd Who
is now with' him:' It Will et `extrfietsOme= I
thingtiemthe poignancy , of his reflections to 1
filmic that,voar heart weeps for his situation!.
Lady Washington was: , too, thoroughly
touched With feelings.of.warm, sympathy to
say, more in ansWer, and she assisted the weep
inx girl to , where her conch awaited herf. and
when the `mourner had gent, she sought the
solittide of her chamber that ihe,thigheindulge
that sorrow• which now oppressed her feeling
and sensitive disposition, and hid -taken root
in the tenderest and least guarded spot of her
affectionate heart, - I L
evil Thoxigiat.
A girl, young and beantßul,- stood ion . the
brow of a puj ;.with . saddened gaze she looked
op the tleep valley . and. rooted. hut, she veiled
rh
hoe.l Par as her eye_ could reach, stretched
verdant meadosYs; Waving cornfields and tur
retted hells;',l,all bore the impress'of petite arid
plenty, all but 'that:little" stiet,..thati alone
seemed , desolate, devoid of , beanty, let that ,
spot, since earliest childhood, had been - herl
dwelling .place., • ' . • •• I 1
She pressed. her„quivering
.hands.• Jere . her I
burning brow, on .which Ayes., writteniserrow I
and despair : 'poverty; and,her handmaid 'eare,l
had 'already darkened her young= life. j Bitter,
murmurs burst friairilier lips as the WearisOtne
' puth'of life loolned beture her. .. • •• • -
- "Who Should • all:•things rest but Il The'
dainty rippling strearns crab!) lazily doern.the ,
'mountain, side; the sultry .• breeze eVen; dis.
dales iii play with the -idle - trays;- -It4 , gat' O.V
".biaterflielf-areholdiugrefetiat in thel,lni,ilcher
ry tree. - 01 it is '00401.18 to pussess!liehes,
to ciwelrin yhf beautiful groUnds, and [forever
listen to the sweet songs of birdi,'ai arrayed
in costliest, .robeil, 'erowried with perfumed ,
wreaths, my earlier dreams imagined.!: Why,
should, others be -.more blest than 11l Am 1
less fair? Yet-1 mutt toil and, starve." , . She,
Seist :her
.',eyes towardie a wrdathirrgjsmoke
that rose quite nearouill as the iris -tinted ailit
rolled away;sliesaer an ancientlmansicin nev
er
noticed before; and from its portiled 'ent
rance a man came forth ; he was young in Man
, hood's prime, of noble countenance,.lyet its
1 beauty was, marred: by a.shade.of sadness, or
it might be clisconteprithat.rested upoh it.'
i Witty a
,quickeried atephenearett tfre mhid. ,
i ea; her heart fluttered • with a strm,ge j0e..21S I
' thoilghlt sprung to meet hitri, as with Swilling
lipshe bowed before her: - ' ' '
" Why so sad, fair oho? 1' have comb in
obediene' fo . thy Wisher, to bear thee hence to
yon bull ;sus its: mistress neither care' nor sor
row shad. assail thee.", . • i•,, , ~,.. '1
As he thus.spoke, shollioughtof her starV. 1
hig mother, her features , writhed. , old" pain.--
'Give me bread. hay, Mother dies.' : . ' ' 1 pain.--
'Give
with hunger; thy Mother is riged•;.—
Death -has-crept near, and Time 'beekinis'him
to enter; think not of her; ii life of pleai , hrejs'
before thee. -.I Will' adorn, thrheantyl with
jewels . ; thy bright womanhood shall be 'spent
-amid courts, where all . ..shall•offer honltge to
thy sorpS"ltig lovelinets; all that cum rises
tthe tiappineSslcif earth shall be,thine: . ~ , ,
4 The maiden's hea t l:wes.preadryllorect'as
',;with stately Mien -she' give iii.r . hand th - her
I princely witoer; her fears, her miither'sllove,
[the bolue . 6t,her childhood; Mr, weieLfergetteni:
IThe pro - utliaspirations; of,,`,youth' about to be
!gratified, Who now, should stay her steps- ..A
[tnothent; then came rushing o'er her' soul the
, ,memories off' (Mier Aga, when Ina an "infant
'nursed at that' gentle mother's breast, now her
only comfort in -sad widewhood widowhood: hoWashittliad
'taught her to, bow her knee to:the I greatlGord 1
{;to. ask His ptoteeting care through the !dark 1
night; rind when poverty and prosechtioe had j
(driven them to .that 'peel y cut, and humble,
teastini, IpolVethad 'Still been, 'Not my will; 01
I•ord.bdi thihe •bd dune.'" To that 4ear Moth
l'er sheiwari thtrotily tie' to earth: - 'W,Cruldnot
Gbd terribly pbaish'Such desertion, ' such in.
1 gratitude? , i .. • . ... -:, ',J.' 1 ''i
tNay,helieve not that,' said lie who till
clasped herliandh replying to her unutte red
, thotiglits,7the,gued,l .olfer thee thou Ana 'est
lenjey •tfirtragh'ip infinity lof'endless, aged,; 11
will' shhur thee o eareleas life,' Surrouticled by'
all. ale= dazzling, .b e autiful 'things -; ,of, earth;
erdtvned as Amid he vvithllove,;lB'.iviarth Mole
thatiever thy prayers asked Of heaven.' , • ,•1
Then the maiden ;kneW, ltitit who stoo k be. 1,
side her,, n and, Plt -- that jJliori, callous : feeilogs I
shad given him power ever. .her.
j!. Witlr a pry, !
'get - lee - thee lienee; teMpter;.ll l e. B Pr.an; St43r his
encircling grasp; and lo ?;she laid beeri:e eep.
mg on that gentle bill, and
, the ancient'nap. ,
sion;and thelliright, teMper'were lint this cre4. l
tiort.at an evil - thought. , ''She retraced 'her 1
ItlePs• down the-11 0 Ivere.d declivity,. 'towards her 1
lowly, battle r i.i',.43,shar,etiteredAtie.shaded
doiirWay, and-leaked on the humble,, board
spread Itrithl frugal fare, ,84„ Wfo , ,to4 ., tbri. 1 1-
dy',.of the castle :had', heard : of their disttass, 1
and4iint: the Present supply with:, a: future
promise of further aisiatantie,' her Very heart'
Wept for thankfattierra -rilthe ~ bentlier'!kitee.
in grateful pray*. '' to Gralkthe ',father of thfr
fathesleri.:,-pertler.:,•: .)•!1 -, : ,• '. l.'•. ~.' ‘. 1 i•-•
I'l, •-• • .. 1. I,
fi l dr A + Bt kO C !' lVl4l° ` 'le j il g ! tn • gits°To for
p 4 r'l bEitCobsenied.i-• • •- ' r
"Mike' theid tOveiAhWe,ie ,
Heavens!'zeirtitnd is a' Engitided'sno
ittrieying his! efituiftlet Void 100 'fia to' o V, l
hate•notiesl69ranottgli3O.o I.
, , , t
riV
Igilato irjtersays the quickest ussy !to
- reduce`poirurs into ihtliings, is to .tuultiPly
vopy,plesurefimcitti sod diyida- your
aeslres betrirUpg fa ,kclies':iud 2 01;144 -14i1f.
MEI
Sitgrgantlatrucatil. ,. .-
. "From Miens' Iliisilitinta SifOrdii
Never Despair.
'The, opil4med and m a ny •perfumed motn,
Frain gloom is born; •
From oalltho.pulten,deptb
- -Tbs.:item shed light ; . • .•
-Goms itt tbe_rayless caverns of the earth
have their birth{:,,.
frwl , Woridtp:us*4enly of winter-haunt,.
. . 15'ote.linntrier..,fiavretro;
bittet wateri,ot the.restleis main ..;
• !:-
Give gebtle rain fl -..-. • r
:The fading bloom and dry - seed bringlince more
--,-Tho year's Nth store;
Just;segnances 81'claril?hg . tones el l brd
• • ":The.full accord; ' .•
'Duane) weary ages; fult of strird"and toth; •
heoutli tiforin, long vein; prophetic tired
- • P . dgets the deed : •
• ,
Neise thy Soli! with 4itest need to cope;
• ' V: LifiAshriglifest hope.'
lies hateitt in fate's deadliest
Ivcveirepair.-
The True-Wife—A SehlequY-'
, • ... '- BY -M. Ar PCSIBoiI.
I VAll set his chair' by the hearth , Place
,leis
slipPers - before it, Make the Motif leolisiAe:m
and Cheerful, trimthe lamps to'it bright Ilene,
drew :uP *the little table, plate thereen `Some
choice books; . 1 will arrange: y own• areas as ,
tastefully , as I aMable, and strive 'to .. / banish
the little perplexities of the day from: y mind.'
that they may not 4hacloW my brow. I will
stimoth my hair awe try to' teak as young and'.
Meru as when I Was a happy bride ;',I will
Meet . my lufsbiind with a smile, so that-when i
' he comes horse. and looks' around him and at I
Me, he ‘ shall . ea}' that his home is the very 1
prettiest, neatest, Cheeriest place in the Wide
workito him, and. his wife the best. and deitr
est object in the. untve,rse: It is. true that ..I
have met with...a / great tnanSr.things to-day that
Will trouble me ; -Manifold are the crossesior
every 'day life; and'l have heed fretful,and, I
fear, quick 'ant- anir.ry of speech, and forgetten
I . the resolutions .1 have so Often made; but .
why Should.' dwellop Mein; noir ? 'They are 1
passel -nod. gone with the : ill feelings they' ,
„enay,have,ealled up; . how . fel:dish to live: them
,over again, fur the phipese of showing my hos
hand how in . ueli I put `up with; .
.much /
endure ; helms iris embarrasaMents, and canes
hotrie to .forget . them. ' NoW I have 16rtied al
good lesson Mtn my young friend - Mary; she,
is -forever 'miserable; except when 'strangers,'
'by,their
.presence, forbid - an - kehibition of `fir
temper. - Ifer foreheadfilmady is scarred with!
'frowns—ill not lose my.beauty by fretting! 7 . I
every' dik she is' so tired,io'w'r etried, and when
her, poor hosliand come." home at night, she"'
always sits languitt end ejeCted, as , if there
was not another such a . sadly:died creatu"r"e in ,
I the' world; . She m
tells. e- she can't help it, bid ]
I know letter; for when at a 'party, one would
hardly know. that she bad ever seen a sorrow:i
.
i her laugh is the loudest,: ht(frolicm the wild
{ est; and if sire', be be pleasaat then; she can
ibe pleasant :at thane. True, she is not very
1 strohg-Lneither 'nth I; hut . what good - does it 1
do the seers; tread to mourn and cry,.andbel
tbrever- declaimidg, Omit ill health? Once '
cOrnplaining is'enotighiespecially Jr ready sym
pathy Is expressed; ;if :J do nut feet well, my
husbitnd always ,Mys he feels sorry; and I know' '
he is ; as he - cannot help" me, it would only an- 1
noy him' for the iery,reasOn that he Cannot, to
hear it every five' minutes thrOughaut the eve-,
ning; while he or !might plan some 'amuse
ment that would' divert th e suffering from my
mind.: .., , ', ..,' .. r; -. .: •
If wives would' be happy, they -Must study
theselittle !lines:that. seem so.isignifleant ad'
Often to elicit no" serious thought for rr Mdt•
meat.. What alhit is there tow on the (atm' oli
the earth. (I hope husband': den% hear me) hi4t,
likesle . be flattered ?=no; I: wont exactly sal
'flattered,' bet attended to; remembered, if von
will, that'they may see tliht they are'of share I
importance. - Aadailikeliegets , like, if a .wo:. -. 1
man strives to please! het. itubatla , by. little
ceremonies and some paits•taking v hh will tier;'
Elatedly reciprouato.withithe kindest words'and
thd' sweetest
and
Now my husband is' a
meehinie; and far frOnyricb,te be sere, Yet; he
his big' little Inxuriea feral' that;_ for' I like: to
see half easy and comfortable Wh'en'et heipe
so :I have made him rt , dreseifiyf.gown.:-it :did
,not coat mtich- s -and I triinuied' Op' tile '• cask. i
chair,:
and, it is emphatically his chair; " - stele.
time. from my studies, andcembroidered a pair
of c shees for hitn, , and'l delight to; see hint sit-,
ting beside 'Me, a.q. riehlY, attired Its 4 king, itt
mY'eyea.` . . Then` them is another Secret that
wives' oUght id' knatir; and that is; "Clearing
'tip". at the right hour.' Ond can't'expect With
a tinnily to be as .prim all the fiftieths if little .
hands, never': pulled the tidiest arrangements
all, to pieces; but when. evening draws near,
at all hazsrds shotild, the'wife !oak elean and:
neat about and around herself. - . Why,.the
weidthy'old lady Bowers told-Ines that when'
she-was" tnarried . ohe had but 'one' little room,
r in . :which weMielttiv chairs,' a Mille, antt'a high'
I post' c ki-fashioned' bedstead. -; Slie; . iniye . she'
made it , cheapka valence " , nronntt.:that, and for
want of cellar they wure , obliged. to. putltheir .
r w0!..4. underneath • it,. ', But : for Aii the little'
I - Spaee,:tahe, Said `she kept ,sernpujouhly- neat ;.1
every thing shout' With the , labotaf her handse .
I•Washihg days--thotte 'bine 'dnyietd the men,'
1 ale : tyou:d at dinnertime. three the' tubs ell'
'
tinder the bed,:and let not n ventage orcOdU 4
14" aeon hliParent V' , Ibr, * *shid She," IMS- -
' band wae-yonngrond inclinvktoienvivittify;
and it I had not. Made even .Ilint, Mean home
tigteeuhle et, el/ litnes,,he; might .have solV t ht
:other reSottii instead 4. Which, he: repti„ln
itriieliv'e'Woilik4l4lCd illivnbykattied.knOwl
edge tei . hli' b usiness; Mid die conieqtrence ,
is, he , islnbii. wiirtlf hid tfindennds,•and may be',
:I 104 sunth.aharelih• their tecuthulation, too."'
: . An Aires lerint eddy the Character itif *v.:
i9iy, married Couple` that come* udder ' rny'olt.',
,seekatibM- and profit by their failings: wheray.'
et , f,pmielvelhern.'• -I . ltotice- tlait some mriee,4
erd`exeeedlngly,p . etulent to their husbandobe l
fore otheya - ; error naynoicular,fold me that shy
put - 4in that appenianee; for'ear'ileOpio: would
14 that she was too fendi t that .shp.seditletfti;
ly edided her hilabluid`iftViniianyftic if was
not,),fairtiOnablerl to show attention- to- the's
iown. I, Now I couldquirdlyihelp 'holding up
my'oliapdOn holy, horror; :foci leve-my hus. -
band,bottet• than any-body else: in 00. yorld,
niikespticiallY Alien fibiaad i I *ink it rode
' ty to notice and please Med Itboye . iiit ; ahem, I
de - ito on the' princiPleilist. itls, gratifying to
melt' he ity - nfornia le' pie Elaine practice. 'Alt!
Thought - reaches truth
vo.Los.:4' :: ij%tpp'g.k.':)3: : ;
the - wife isrtrever displeised who the huifistia
with delitete.ceosideritiori ioneedes lb.
tie favor, no..mutter how 'little, toter, iiii*ter
the. world'; such things stteagthen the 'holy
WO of affection that with Jong, rolling, Alga • 4:
bedonie*Yet more imured,inore indissolut4lg
brightened by such sweet Weellectlinis. j.:.
'onae:say .that they *Minot at rillsuitedlo
each: other ;Abet their teinpers, , tastes k lnelina.
tiens,linbits, ure 'different las light from dark.;
' ness. .We11, , 1 tvonder If there eve, were wet
r !aval ,b6inglc alike? -. Iti iirfoolish; -ut
foot tri, r
oisb, to expect milt a thing? .1 even-tMmt -
'.if is b. trerfcr
,olipi.:s!te tecnpetaments to Whs., Iliniiband his, ft - quickieniptil, 4 flashy"letni. ,
p'..i...tri It is' mulled; - it us a See.
and At ` , "firtit.' i''reireirted .it, but Nippily'
shad widdomiensiugh to'pereeive that be Wis.'
• riably :said more .than he Meant, and if I only
held- my tongue, he ecieliin7t Say as much' 'as ...
he; I , ! inted ta, little „ari it,ofight :be.. Here PAP •
my triumph; I compered by silence; thus
loftiii:saW Wherel WAS infiintt, end .aorttioted
inySelf,lnereby :not_ erieiting - his passion en-
Wittingly.. It cost` me sortie trial at first; but
the. great result paill'ine (liberally for aIL 'l,
imw-that 17e 4 niMi vciTpartietilor; coffer-lea my' ..
cureless - habits . ; lie. Wit. inclined to' externs
grime i• I; by a little jedielons,taite, fatal; up
. ohi buses, stal made little i fanciful' ornamint.
. that Owed lila-eye and shved.hia. spare go:
1 Oy, i and I 'um :not sure,; after all, but. ,they.
leek ac well 'us More expOnvive - rtpholsseip—.
Niiic lfeel assured' that. these little, thot.
fat thiogs,arribin' elr whdrtioniurns earl**
pincvsl and: I - know it evry'mirrileif wenniti•
would practice them With n hehrty grind Willy'
there would ; ; be tower .iiliffintrit hush:U:6p
for houln.ollOVire are the, holiest possessions
oirt of i'i l eaven--t Espechrily. my home sinill
wire!" dxeluirris'a weicomi voice. Ah t, tot!,
I overheard-4 hate done stljtoqulrting. ',
.. _.
Pixasents or 31krarlikar.--1 was itartii d
for-money. ; •Thet was tetr'yearsigo, la ther
have:been. years of pihrgato - ry. , - 1 have had bad ' luck as a wife, 'for my husband and I -hers
scarcely. One taste in.cointonU. 110-wishes:ts.
live in the.countryi which I bate, -Ilike,ths ...
the theimioneter at 75 degrees,whicit he htejlime '
He likes to haye the children biosgtirsp - st •
lilm'e instead 'of at seheol„,,which I hate:
,: I
I like music; and - wish !el goloconcerti4wltistie
he hatest *likes roest'park, which I llstar;
and I like minced veal,-which hc - hatea. now,
ii one thing, it-hich we both'. like; and litai'bet
Arhat we cat'Oot both have t ttheugh we Mt&
wayi tiling to r it—tfie lest word. f hnierfrisisil
bad luCk 63 . 1 i mOther,,for `,tivo such hop, eel&
ish; passiOnate;unintina,geable bbys neoer Oil-.
merited a feeble4outan :Alice - bays *lab' I I
wish •I had called thehi both Cain.. ilt,tiiiir
moment they have jest quarielfed aver their: .
t rearbles. ; ITortinter has torn off,Onrilfe's col.:
ler, and Orville has applied , be eolldikir ,hateli
to blOrtinfer's ribs;,,whilethe hal; Zenobis„,t
1 in iiy lap, "Nito - tievei aeepe me* ffiatilalf ant'
t hour at 'a time, ansferies all the' tiftnel she is
al
awake; huh roused by 'theTireis to sums
in dhorns. '.I hare , hid - bed ftltii rut a hong°
ikeeper,. for T. never even , kegt a ebetabetmaltl
mam than' bree weekr.: - . Aribl as to cookih: t
Took back bbwilderetton thelong phintarenit.
- gorie of feees - flitting storinily 'through: mr:
kitchen, is a =lnner remernbers a rapid, sue.
eeision of,thunder-gats an 4 hurricanes in the
, (Nicol Ate'xieJ. lily nett , oliatidkrinsid bounc:
led out of the iooni-siurferday, flirting her dust:t
er and mutiaring i qteal. old meld, alter all!'
just because I showed her a bble on 'which !I
cbeld-write ' blat' with my : finger in the dust'
I never ede my plump, happy sisters, and then,
gl,sncein the mirrior at my own eadav,ersui„
long, doleful visage, without wishing myself
en 'old maid: I dait'evcry "div of , my lifir.-' r -,
yet half of my, sex marry .as I did—siee for
rove, but for fear! forlear ofdying alit maid&
.-i..ilfrs. E. /K; Hat/. -: - •.• •'‘ -i_ -
4:‘ , AL,..tim s or vtrAsinsCros::—` Latent ifee r
, 0 p,
nitre iii , your, breast that little spark of celbs. -
tint fire ; conscience,' was one of" a series of
niaxitne whielt Washiegton" framed or "copied
for his' own' use when a boy." HS tigid ad.
herenctio principle, his steadfist disetudge of
duty, his ;otter abandonment of self. •his•unrie , '
served devotion to whatever; hiterests -werty,
44atrailte,4 =to his care; attest - the ,vigilance,
with which; he - obeyed thnf Maxim.. - life kept
s re
alive,.that "sp4ritl lie' Made shine for
it s %
men. ' • 'e kindled it late; a flame' whic .111 o;
ininntea .l-1 his' whole life. - -- " No' i as_
occasion jiiir
mementoes, niieiretimstauces sirmjnirte, as t.: ,
ebsolve him.from • follo*ing its guiding ref.:
Th 9 marginal.explanation in his amount book;,
in regard tir.the expenadeof hie svife's annual
visit to the camp duringtteirrevoitztionarywar„
'wick liii 'passing allusion to the irelf.deniat
wllleffihe etigeUeies'ofliiii Ommirlibad 'eon s
Win: fainish'es• a eintriningi illtuntattou or lif4.
habitunf•exactnes. ' "- - ' ' • - -' -I
- The fact-that - O , MT font it flour which
bore the - brand oi 4 teorge. Washington, Moon ti
Vernonr was. exempted from the •otherwini; ,
unifqm.inspectlon in the West India ..Pett 4
that nime being regarded as an ample guaran, ,
tee iorthe 'quantity andiqualitf of
,any artiek
to which it Was - %lBied—sapplies 'a not lees '
striking proof that 'hie exactness was erery
*hero understood..'-. • '' • ' !"' • '
' TO: Youno• Mts.—Every badly.
knOws how' common it is for old and, taiddah r ;,
aged men to try to keep. young
~mett- from
ing the World, by sneers at therymithfulliss
of- tileasplitint.tts in 'the ose Witipote.!
whose taunt` against Fitt so signally failed. e‘,
depress the . lattetserrod tri*dano OW , . ritithar
to everlasting disgrace:, . •
130-yoingrwur of talents, but bzu;inta
enomies as these to encoonter— T men-who seam
to take it certain fiendish, delight iwamskingtasj
depress everythiag like genuine., enthiudassw
andailintint anitition Of the bnlitt" boy, oi
ths young This 'arlitaeffnut
isheei4 ignorance -of - the' niittire , .tutd lempent-'
moot of genius. When, tha npwavia
itas. gained his Rises' among his peeni, then: it
as !114.tifese *tete.* cringe and
fawn ailbsely to they malignod end ridiculed
him; ned.Wenlii fain crowd out of, Ms
tai old friiinthi; and staunch adherents. .Is.ksfr;,
,grei‘n ktra'arid bidding' sessoillho youth' 4+lf
genius erased and'requires layaipathy. 1,1 .
with lilmVtiestieeQly (and in A 'masm with
all -men) riu inteileistual - .went as evident aa lbw '
Sow:Not neeessoy element,Of existence.
Vondrous ll ;l o l\whee warstroCiati.
tire, fhIITIAS limger pip fair :Imam , with!
alarms Whciiipaleted loses!!010111 th e *allow
face, and - eption stuffing gives her every grate;
When:piles efkeld"—hertioeilll.getted galas,
ma k e fa alinement tot hoeiwaat-ot bnitor ;
when solid' grace' Meld , a Minted dad, while
niusk sad moonligiftitia the levees heart.;
nitio " - Waekiie cougil to
fecicoued in the adv'aLt4ed ''stage3n of
i
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