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TILE BLIND HOY. •
.
• wag , blessed suitimei cloy;
T hy tirrwr r.rt the uir was mild,
Tire little
very
primed firrth Ihvit lny,
Arid v ery thing in naturir stmled. '
In rile:want thourzht I:wandered nn
the rii.ep,yirtherfrir-trimple shade,
Till. sudrirriO r l rank. upon -
TwO-rhildi•t;ft who hadiiitliter strayed
- Just at an agreti hin.chirre's fo-ot
A loop li4.ti zitoi stir) reclined ;•.,
Ills hand in hers she gently put,--.
And then I saw the bow 'was blind.
Th)yhildren iint•W not I w:e,
• A tree e..nrepled ine fr•••in their
Do all they said I
,well
And I could see:all they uni;:thi, do. .
" Devr 3rary," said the Ottnr 1 - ",litui 'boy,
That
_little. Imr.l• slurs yery long :
St, 4,, pi, sip hint in his
Anti' is I . * pril.ty • am his sang r
"Yes„.EdW , rd, yes'," replied the tn,,id,
NIP It he hfid'im y4ititier tree."
The pill.r(bily si.vheit - and 'gently :
" SiArr I wish- that. I ci,uld.see
“Th,. 11.twers, yott tely are very fair,
At d I hi nt pit:tit !caves ray rtri.7ll.e trevs,
singing..thyfii . ;
- rittw . byattliftil 114 one whir •
"Vit! the fragrant IT. , wers earoatt e ll,.
And ICa II 4 ., e1 t he green lears shade, 1- •
And I val k I Iva
r
Fr nt ih , n (Par hints two has mode.
ttb 'me is kind, •
114 . has and ;
But tvil ttn..;,retitt+4.• any him u . •
Aitmtig. Mt. Olittirot 4 up i • lienvett r*
" Ite:trl•St Et1W;101, 11114 i •. all seP, •
• Bur
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• I 111014;4 rat like I”,sk GA:"
bis I il.cl
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1111. mod pr:.}t•d
Tll;,tA;.pil ut , uld.sl)are ht•r r.i;:htlez:o4
lie felt the warm ti.ar. Pll ' lll'4 .
AIA : Oh twver w.•;;i) .11*;
ooitlg to a bright. hriebt
' 11 . h..re.31ari:;;.ys. 1. Gliti
"'And vtdill coin:tin re, di:nr ion;
dg . nr, when thi•rt.;
Teti Fk:ird: Mother, that •
Von know I nt•rer suw you here!"
k.• n , . inure , tint' Awt. r tly
Ilu• Ijrl3l wzoi n,
Wll,ll Go i 14) , k 61) vial poor Wind cltild;
And ..voni..t 61. 7 :i his. cyri..—iti teal. 4.6.-..
Nistorial
MARSIIII. iIACDONALD.
• -
BY . J. T. 11pADLEr:
.
I When the BourlCOns reascentletl.the throne, „ ,
11'o:doll:dd. was 'made a Peer of Fiance, iiiia,. l
...,.e.;. after t;roke hisoalli of allegiance ' •L'At
i!
!ke Murat, and Set-, .and tioult,
.and others cif
laltoleon's generals, he considered his solemn
la .11 Aactltti, and abong,h; witen,.selit to repel
le invader, his soldier;deserted lint at' lie
r'suittv -of : - Viet 7 Eiliperezze,” lie did .not,
ke Net-, follow their exattiple, . but making
is escape hastened to 'Paris•to defend LiMis.,-
. tier the 'final overthrow of Napoleon at Wit
thytt he was piointued . fatmt one post of hun
t. to another, till he was;J9ade governor of
le 21, , 1 Militarv• Division - , J .and majorgeiterar
f- the Royal • Guards " lie visited St:otland
tea t after,.and,- hunting up his poor relatives;-
-stowed presents upon theM.- and filla4, ,on .
ie overthrow and
.aliTication . 'of Charles X.
,t've. -ds Allegiance to Ltittisl . - 1 .1;?'„;p e .- -
11'e have given this briefOutr..he of Itlshis
ory at rite comineneeinent, in order to 'peak
note, fully of the three great acts of Ins / life.
i':ltrt connuanditor the army .in the Gfisons,
a
, edm rn
itild was comanded by:Napoleon to'l
l'i...s the Splugen with his forces, in otili-r to 1
Itrut the left wing of his arinv in Italy. ! This I
as in the cainparga.of bialy ;tiler 13onapaile's I
;turn frOm Egypt- 'Though nri brayer or
titter matt than Nlnctlonald ever tired; lit!i
It. that the exceu.ion of the Ftr4 . Consul's
rmisraftd tvas well nigh impossible, anti sent ! ;
tmeral Dumas to represent to him ..the•utter , '
tvetessness of such au undertaking. Botifeti
,
. .. . . ~
tarettearo lain through, and-then, Willi his
isualrtxklessue4.of difficulties,. rephed, !-• I
t i n ardit; do change in Inv dispositiouS. • He
r6•a tiairklv, and tell- Macdonald that an ar-.!
can always plisA, in every season, where
I to men can place their feet:7 Like an obc.-
Item. officer,. e minediateb; fiat:4;o(ll'l4ll'U'
On-
,tor the herculean - task before him.
Tile preset': pa.. , , 'over this. - .._mountaitp is a
ery different thing from theone. which Mue r -,
Juald stub hi,,itifteen tirvusiiiid men traversed.
hl-le is abate a itarriatre way actoss, cut in
xtt.teti zig...ags along the breast of the inomi
lin. lint the road 'he was.compelled to" go
tras! a tut-lel/idles:path, - going through •the
ag.: .of tile
.C 4 idind. To nittletstand sortie'
.uc ditiic_uitiek that. beset him and his ninny,
inagine. an awful_ 'defile le:aditg \Alp to the ,
lig.ut of cis thouboadjive heargrud ;144 above'
it: level of •the sea. while:the raging 4.'t'''an
_
!• .
• Tine s,ottn.and.. the mighty .lietfis. to . t B ' 6 '4 -
fa,:tkf6 tie] osa, it
.add .ttniford.'llorron't o the
s e etr,
.I,Frst, etinneS-• tile .deep dark ;les'
le c alled 'tile kI.L . ; 3141 a it' ode bv'the Rhine,
- • • t' i-; . : ;
er o a mere, r ,
iv ulei„ mud overhung by 'nouns.'
anis often thr4lse thotn4lnd feet high... AlOno:
Ite.preciple es that stoop over..this mad tors
eat, the path • is
_cut :in 'the solid rock, irv
tuggiug the.nionlitain wall like a. mere thread.
.. ~
mu now 'shouting in a single. - aril Oter - Allie
.
!urge tlytt,sinks- three - hundred faits belowih:
. .tail 4 ..ly siki4t snow-peaks pierce the Ilea veo_
1 . 1 ev , :ty directitin, while• hum% the 'slender
bridges
.riettt. spring froth_ precipice,.: to pre e'
1.,1-,r Ilikcturitulent it.tre: m, the rOar of the -
I'vxo "u'ett , 'eau s:(;:lh,eiv' -be in • After
leavingleaVin this' defile the r . , : ;„-,,,i pat:;4-st- tlirougl i
wall •
the t.)
- f
k.' tilii. Sill'i ins'. the actin ti ;ng up the
pitie.. o . tre d cliffs of 'La La', strilt.'es'oli t.. 1":
hare face of tliethountait i , going Sothetinitt4;
at an,ttiglt.r.t.-ir.fOrtyLfiVe
.rlcgrt•es, 'and finally
eaeln'r..4. time ll:l4;:olstfilithit, stin k flip,,.l,l• (. . i ' 1, 7 1,01
:alit/ ritewaters 'brit-I'om iliik. was ti ne
I.og4_tti-pass .M u-dottald way connatt!ltti e d to
lend hii arnty.of fifteen ihousand men over in
Ind winter.. ! .. . ',
It was'on - the 20th of November. he co -
in
rammed his 'preparatioils.:A consdant sueces-I
''''"l'of,snow storms. had tilled tit, tiii..eatirel
path, :6` that a single 11:)an'fill'illdt would riot
l
leave thOught
.of. Making the athtmOrt. But!
Whvn Macdonald lad made un his mind to dol
i •t•
. , ~..
a. thing, that. Was the end otl all impos:sibilitills.
The cannon mere I;(4smounted, and phteediin
,sleds, to which oxen were nttitched--Lthe niii
mtinitiou divided a bont omthe backs of utopias,
. ~.
while'every soldier • -had to 'parry, beSides his
'usu4- •; -
arms, tire packets of Ortridges and li"e
dayWHprovisi. Theguidei: went in itdvaQe,
and stuck down long Wadi poles to indiclite
Ilte cpunie of the path benath f while behind
therM carpe the w( l ?rkmen, 'ieating away the
, ;.
stroW, l :and, behind' their' still, the. mounted
draggoois, with the mosrpoweiful Iforset4f
the l- ino 4 t ) belt id wn the • war... The . fi rst
I / y, ( . .: i o
companv had advanced in dais ma n ner neatly
•lutif way to the suManitointi were approaching
the hospice, when a lOw nib:Ming was heard
among the hills, like the v6iee of the-sea be-'•
fore a sainn. :• : The guides understood too gill 1
its tile:ming, and gazed on each other in alarin.
The ominous soand grew :balder every momein,
till strildnly the tierce Alpine . blast swepOri
M cilia' -of snow over the breast- of thernolin
tain,i mid howled I like an unchained denion
throtligh the gorge bellow. In an :instant, litll
was i•onfitsion, and blindue, and uneertaini v.
The lbw - Yens,' were blotted out, 'awl ;l i e
very ;•
frightened column 'stood and listened to the ,
raving 'tempest; that 'threatened. to lift ihej
rockrroof e d pines: that 'shrieked aboVe thigni
. from' t wir - _placeS,*and bring down the vi v
Alps! themselves. !,i But suddenly :mother SP
mum. donning sound
. wtts.l heardatni).l the
storm. ". An ' avnlanehe !,:•tut avalatchi)l".
shrieked-the . gaidCs, and tl4 next momenf!an
av,t'ul white ' fdrin came . !raping down the
nnannaiti, and, striking tact Column that Was
--trugglini; along'! t e path, 'pined straight
dm:ugh-it into the gulf belOw, carrying thir
ty dragltints and their hor s es - along with it-' in
its wild plunge. The black 'form-of a steed
and' itslrider were teen, for 'one,, mom e nt sus-
pendecr in ruidheavens„ and the next. disap
pored among the; ice;:ind drags belOw. - The
h ea d of the Colittnir iniinekliatCly pushed air,
and reached iliehi,spiee in tsalety-.? While the
• , ,
rear, sepiirateo 'Toni it -by the avalanche, mid
struc=k dtimb by this i ismiden apparition cross
ing their path with -suet) lightning-like velac
,i:c, and hearing' to .stich aniaWful death their
le-aye comrades,refuSed toliirOceed, and turn
.ed, back to.t he' village of Silu!'ren. For three
days the storm raged atitiO the mountains,
filling the heaveMS Stith sooty, andlturling tiv. : ,
alanches into the path, till . ,n became so filled
up that:the guideS declared[ it Mould take v;
teen days to (ipenlit again Aio n‘ . 't."4'..L...
all 'pas,iabte. BUt : fifteen ',days ; Macdonald
could not spare., Illndepeudimit of the tirgetn-y
of his eoinnetinis, It here etas no
,way to provi
shm his artily in the 'se sa,vtige solitude, and
he ;7MBl.froeee;ll He ordered four of the.
strongest oxen chi t could lie found to beled
iia 'athance]l•Y th best guiles. Forty..i/eci-
`ants followten behind, clearing away and bent
hug, dowu..the snow, 'and tiro compaides....of ,
sapprs otnie after, in ~..f ri A . . e. is till . gt cater. 6 . 311- .
Si , ;;l:tlcY . isi: the track, while . on - their hells
marelied'the renittant of tat: company of .the
dra .! :rcramiS., tlit'orLwhieli had 14...rn borne aivav
.by - the ayttlanche, three dayS Wore. The ,
post of
. dait! - rer was given them at their own
request. trien,tiesented atrann'esight amid
those Alidn e . soli - tildes. Those oxen, with,!
their !writs jut peL-ring abdre the -now, toil
ed slowly on, pusleng their, unwic- . •.y bodies
tinOugh the drifts; While the so:di c m;rip ;o
their am-pits, straggled behind.. • Not a drime
nor IM:_de-note the the Solitude, or awake
the echoes of tho4isnoic-eovered peaks:. The
footfall gave 'bncli;no sound in the soft snow;';
and 'the words of ;ICOnuand . seemed smother- ' i
.ed in the very atMoSphere.l Silently,; noise:- ,
lessly, the miglny but disordered .coluinn''
stretched itself 'OptVard„ with naught to.hrtiak '
the . deep stillness of. the; wintry noon, saye ilie ,
fierce pantings of :the hoist ii and l'aninials,l . llFl;
with reeking sitleif, they . strained up the 41S-: .
cent. -Thisddvanq't l :;:liext being clear, frOst v
‘ 1 .:::',!)4, the septirate)eOlumnsi j.,:e:ce t i in safetv . .•
Willi in 4 ex e eotion of those !'ytito sunk: in: their
1
fOOtSIIIIi4, 6Veltoll* I,y the Cold and the friast.
The successful passage ofithecolunins these
two davS, induced; MaCdinaild to march the;
- the whole- tenininiiig army nverthe next day,
and, so, ordering the'whOle tirmy to ,adVatfce,
cOmmeneed, on tlfi 3th of I)ecember, - thei),c.4.-
ilous atseeni. 'Bull fresh sOw -had fallen the
night presi).,us, titling tip the entire track, so
ila - ar it had all - 10.ie made-:'over, again. The
g a uides, expecting•wind and avalanches after
this fresh fall of Aim; refwled to-go till .
• ~ 4
w e re, C. spelled tn, by .31:14"dontild.' - Breast-
...1. , :ep,, ioe many - wftirtl up tire wild and dliso-
late path, makitiOn i.lioitrs but six .miles,'.
'orne mile on 44r. - Theysad not adyinwed,'
far-however, NVII4: they 4'4kl)e. upon. a• huge;',
lilt ek of ice aid trnewly fa!lint availanche,that,'
en, irelv filled up the Way._ iThe guides halted
before these nett "41 . ), , taeles, and refused. to pro-• H
ceed,' - and the Ikiid of the: 'coltium wheeled'
about and 'begttniiits tuarchi down' the moim-,
taiti.
.:`,ltnAomildlinnine lialell hastened forH,
- ward, andPlaein i ihim. 4 24 - itt the head of his,
160 4 walked on pilot, with it bums` pole in hiti,
nand, to; sound tin -treacheious, nittss . he Was
1 - leading upon,. Atle h e revived - the drooping
~
papal of the Sithhers with words of enconr :
a•renmeuti a Rildi4s,"said he " your destinies
,:1„ I . • - t• j: .'..1 - ' . and ;
15:111 you ; oto A1f.1,1• ; atA‘ata•e:. eongtier,
first the . I mom) alt}. and *till! snow, then the:
- a
,:
Fl a in s nd th e "tiindes.” . As,laimed to see. their
, re1.11 . a:r.:111.1111 . Llibis life al every step whine'
't':. • had 4,... ::-..t ,, •• ,: 4
inec muse,,r t
. .-6 ; . tney 'elm ned clt4er
ttill-V to illeirioilA ;'l7 - iiii..,..before they could 4:
feet the.naSstore, I Il k , - 'vOiee iof the Hurricane
t, f
was twain heard di its. fiqcli,' and the text .e,
Mom e nt 'tt e,lnudli . af -driving snow obliterated,
'everythin;' , facer !iieW; Vie pink was Oed
s, r • ••
up, ant' all tracet ! !!1' it Swep ut:erly away,--.
Amid the sereat 4 4:Ofthe•grides. the confuSed'.
vounnands ,of the;{ :officers,. and the howli te , i' of
1• rs ;•
the :4.4 tt in, c:niaellieMpidthundercrash of °av
, .
nhinches: - ' '' ' '
I====l
;Th'eti eon
or the Ariast
.i#6lll 7 ett;,
rtillery, the'
hib I e.
's . riigg ht 4, lie.; it timm.lo4,l yitli the ~f;:iine'
reekle:si'ik;wir, Ni:liiie oi-er all the 4iftf., - (l.sn'oui
1.,,•:
,like - one ,- us,ii,iviii.iinge3 l ,:)eet. No one Nil()
62u1 seen :thi i‘ipine )ranigto hi l ginelhtS
fkia . iftli , :.n.q . Y "ml:4 wil!cill 4 -:tgi.s Ilin .40 .
t . 444: . . ill. it. n i Ali. - Ilici ' )ighttsnuir, bor;fie. 1,1/Art
,) i :i : .. 14 , ~,in 'ig . lvitil ilid ..,w i T K ‘ ilif.tit . 4;4l likTan
. , ..• .
i,
~, ~• ~.L! A , ., - • •, : . , 1.
(I t;':.:111 •Oi in.•i "oeer AI :11;n/rA. Snell, a worn'
u iv piled :ffii.nni the'uithetirifti, w,:ma sve . m7
• , - -
t 3 (I) fe,m; ii44 . ,:;ie:ftv2oli.lyi as ':- hY_ the
.tettF• l . i
o •;1 - itrii.&lau'- , Ivaill: At)
. wait n ys!ery. rind.
di&,s, g ' l6 l lkiil,i!:ipd. tel•rt, The storm tilid
st um; itsotlnUi)et fol.. tWi' ., ebn - rge, - but •Itii
. 11 , :,.4.1 . ,,t .detiziki,il4 tepliiA .. ~I. i tt. heroes . of( s 9
ii 2 / ny battle-iielits . 8 k)Od •in gt t tirror .I.!erpre
t. m ntn niui Nigh tier foe. 1, Ciou'di 11, togetb
e l' u:s . dying . hl prOfimity added to theuriafety;
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nen 1.. d rtgain Ihe awful struggle,
I,r The foie they had to .eon
nit one, Of 111 A and blood. Tt
l aYank . ..tt-thrust, 1 and the blaze of
strnng Alpine,. storm was alike,
' ' the Sot ied coin tnn and
'*itstptellitnita
the disUrdryd 'coldmn crouched and shivered
to the blastoliat seemed to pierce ; their very
bones Witli its ehillingfold. i ; But the piercing
cold, andl,d'tifting snow,: and raging. storni.,
and coneeaW pitfalls, 'Were not enough to'
complete ;ibis scene of terror. AValanelies
fell in ralidi successien. froM the. top :of - the,l
Spltwenl scaling the breast of the mountain
t ,
with a single leap, they 'came with a crash on:
the shire' ing column, •beating it away to the
destriietion 'that waited beneath. The"c4treme
density: of the atmosphere, filled as it was with'
Snow,iniparted infinite terror to these inyste-,
rious tiiesengers of death, as t heyeatne: down i l
the mountain declivity.. A low, .tuinbling 1-
Sound W - wild be heard amid the pauses' of the:"
4tortn, , an 3; aS' the next shriek of the blast
Swept hi
4 ,rushing, i ,rushing as-of a counterblast smote , ,
the ear, andbefore the thought had - time tol
'cluthz,ii, a rolji MT, leaping, brokt.n mass Of snow',
burst`through the thick atmosphere, and the;
next moment rushed With tthe sound 4 thun-1
der, far, dr:below, bearing aw avii whole com-4
pally of sold ii.. ts to its deep, dit rk rest i ng-pla ce.;
On the i.Worin: , of the 6th of Deeemlier, thed
, . ,
~.
greater part of, the army had pai:sed theinionn-1
tainS; and 'the A',lol. - had pushed on a far asil
Lake come. ; From the 26th of November,:i
to ilie:'6thl.of Deeemb'er, or nearly two weeks, 11
had Mimilotrild been engaged in this IsitilousF.
.• ~ , .
pass. I .'Nehtly two hundred Men had I.erished::t
in the undertaking, and as Many Mor t Mules; i
Mid
liVii,Se,i. We
. do not believe there *as an
~
other geneial, except Nev, that •c told - have!
sueeeeiled 1 in the lave iii: such oblittLles
.asp!
Macdonald was etinpelled to siruggle against-,4
And we neyer in imagination ;see] that lone
.straggfibOine, winding itself like t hugi.! an
aeonda over the lofty snow-peak 4 the Splu-:,1
gen, with the indomitable Macdonald feeling',,
:his way in' front covered-with snows, while ev %
: .
ier and antM huge avalanches sot 4 - himi
'Mid the blinding stortn covers hil Jaen :mill
t die,. path from his sight. and hear lii sterii.i i
.
',calm; :clear voice directing the way, ‘ l vithouid
;feelings ofisuprome wonder. Tliere'is nothing!'
like itlin Modern history, unless it be Suwar'-'
~
~,,, : , ('t' a•.
i r ow iz ,, passiige of the 61:1 - rUS in the most 0 1 ' a l . !
IsuperiOr •enciny. Bonaparte's passage over;';
'The St, Bernard, so world , renowned, was, ther : e i
chilirs phi . V compared to it. That pass was,:
'made in pleasant weather, with
.nothinglitif '
the ruggedness of the ascent to obstruct the !
.Iprogreisk. .1 Suwarrow t on the contrary, led hiss:
Anightv artily over the Schachenthal,•: breast-,'
-.4.—' r ;.......-:.1......,...40.. th - .................,.... ..... ~,-+; I , ,;AL..,;-
'of him int i .tWino• down his ranks withont reds;:!
, Saoy c to
4 , • ,
Lance. Miicd:inaltthau o enem .ontenu
.
: With hut iiatutt:i.--but:it was nature alive an(Y:i
Hwild. ; TLC patli by Which: he led his army;
' over the .!• - • , ,mcti, was. nearly :it bad 'in sum- t •
tuer ati did Si. Bernard 'at the' time N i voleon
crowd it.l : But:in midwinter to Makot a itatli,:
~. . 1
in!
and 'Mad in army of fifteen the its .m en ,
,throug•li li it-tie:lnes and avalanches, were the'
foot ot the Chamois scarce dared To tread,
'was an undertaking from which even Bona-.
Vatic bins 'elf would have shrunk. '
~lisc~lZaiicoirz.
. .; 61,14 a Catuatry Girl.: :1..
- I .••'I 1
"YOt are; mistaken.. I would sooner did .
than .Wed a 'tnere country lietiiity." '• • .;:
- • "Bia l Fred, suppose her intelligent, morel;,
fail .of nature's poeiry—tender-hearted,grace
fill, uttsPolled by adoption—a guiltless, situi.
ple,,lnying c:reature:--"- ..
~
"' Aye l": said Fred laughing, "a choice clus•-`
ter of '‘ : irtlie i and graces. dOuntry ',beauties',
• are aln*S sWect and simple. 40. arc's
cows. S - 4 lll.tell you if she was as lovele ac'
, .., , ,
still if unskilled in must!; a nt i lj
Han angel, 'wilt, tue n e st sen-e. •
i i t n ia t i l ili te rc. l 7 v,: i r . l ,
no out 'above chum: and ittliiti ng -'-- nc'-edircs,'l;
wouldn'l lilJ•rv. i lier for a fortune." 1 •'''
" II:41 hit,"l laughed • Helen Irving ,' • kit if:
was ali-ny pianissimo laugh, away dOwn ina
corner of er' l musical ilttle heart. . Ilidden!
hr the trunk Id a lare -tree, she sat, reading
within • ; •• large
a few feet .only of the *egotist.' •
AnOther moment the young man came . :
. ;
within ..iodit..l , -Fted's s face Ava criMson, and!,
li. •
he Is hisper . ' l
edan vzsible trekidation, "do yon:
thinV she henol r . ,
-. x o:' . rejiiined the :other half andiblY—
"she- show .1 tii res'er , ment s'i' Iris not even'
• ~; i - • ; .:, 4\• .• •
looked Uplfrem her book, you are 'safe, she,
could not lii%.', heard you—but wlu au an
. .
gltl shy; pis r j i _
..: Yei. tiClea was an angel as far as outward"
beauty inighti mei it the enconitini. She sat
half.reelining ion a rustic seat, striving tc
smooth out the dimples jailer checks, as she
laid - her II - k laside, and began to twine a half
6E644: wreth of wild r ott ,,,
•
Leaning on one white arm, the, gnarled
oak trunkta back ground, flower , .
.st i r e wn at.:
mind- her, iiPt•no• 'from her bright locks; and
it ' i•e . ,
,scattered over i fliir white dress. she sat- quite'
at her ;ease, ifpparen:ly unaware yitat — twO
i•liand.;canel y o ning ~frCll:tylliell . woe so very .
. 1 . •-,
•, twat:. , i , 1• •;, 7 ...
. ;
' • • Apprea liirig.v.ith-a low bow, up','n which
his mit•run had - •.s:et the seal of faulilds.s.• elei
i gaited, 1,• - rekleriek larte.took the liberty of ask4-''
mg if the tviitinir lady Avould be kind enough
~
I;tolinforM :flint t' - 'vlie . O., a Mr..fiving li l ed.
. With: ail iomicent suite the beauty looked
.'
up. "Mr.4rviing, l the only Mr. Irving in the
, village i t s my I father," Site said, iiing in it
chatthingl t y graccfut manner.. "The large
.
house," she continued, 'on high grchal, hair
Itiddenbyltreds • and; thick sbrubberY—that's
where We 1iv4.4.. I belive it •was• an—Tau acad
emy once-=that'; sort of a
,seleet school, istet
it:" with he ,;tuust -natural simplicitY, Ratting.
to Fiedl 1 • . ,
; 1 .
He f4plied-itvith :another gi attend - bow.. ,
•• "Tell vOur, father, said he," "'that I shall
do,trivsefiltheithe.honor
. to . call on hilt tO.
- morrow:. Illei will retnember me—Fre&riek
• I
Lane, at Dour l service," •• '. • . ,•
" Yes,' sir s Ell tell him word for Word,",N
plied I.lv*t, tucking her sleeves arotin•l her
pretty arni, anti. talking rather a foilnal cola.-
tev. ' Th , ii atching' up her • book and gatli
• • i
crior
- , oie :ether:A flowers, hurried: towards
home. ',. ; • ;
;father; mother, aunt and siA,”
ate inuiry girl, bounding, tinto the
the were :a ,upper, "tig
, Inc as vciu and I live, that Mi. LaAe y“ti aft
tgik so inneli, : aboti itt
cell hereo-niprrow---the proper specf
tuen of - a rity,beati,(asoi e,ourst! he will be)
all seiviruptiqi7icalieur!iit; finith.t , siu ki:ls,atal
.BPOLlSlq
'tned a onelof ;Wu . I. 14c Call 140-,Sil4'
Promiseale, all of you, that you'll net lisp
a word ruti,iie, reading or writing, in
nij preser.sce—bectmsc, I have a plan. Fatti
er will i 10,4; .t know, only give hint a newspa
.
per .\ Atari Minnie rwver talks, I thean in eott-
N ow,l
tap& 1
uoin %via,
Conia; Vrlnut, Oiarsktits'4.toritotg, *'truth`, 2, 1854.
. .
.
pany,:ntid Mother will be very glad to : - ,Tie me
churn : butter and mend ' r eliings. Sis, 1 you
rattle !.)1,4 l'Ongue, is the. ~.urly. -- tilitig. I rear,.
r
but if v:iir keep quiet
.air iiisk me no questions,
I will:irts-e That work boN'you have coveted
. . c, -
so lono.# .'' - -.. ' 1 - ' ' .
long' ' i - . -..: -
quite
~ 1 ~
" Eilai:yqu are not it . respectful," ivaid
her, fit, her, gravely...' - °' •'.• I. . 1
I : 1 • •' i
" Esriti3inte, .at. fa ; •,7, andxir arms;
Ivere 41(4 about bis:uedk, ;. ,lalways- .tneaU .
well, but I lam thnughtte'ssl There, ',:ti.l 'i4
right tow,'l she added; I,qsing him loyihgly
on t b tonf?le:_ :' . '','.. 1;1 '-' • 'I .
"Cf' . Mt:A.‘ sta. wkat say tot' r' . .. - i
•
Why, on that comfit J 01, I ' ll boas stt,
a mouse?; b‘ it what's. i-ou 'reziAon r . • i
All ;Vial's my owu," gittlg lielea dan
.
•uut oil the Axmii. •" . --
‘ \I
.-.,,
Teti; ktlit adruirarrlv ;,h and Fred loOkeia
\ ....._
n:Consciout4 snail : 'of admiratiOn. I
13
fl vt at . an . 'open i window through
\\,
'qislics thrust
.iheir brushin 0. 1 1 ,u6 r ,
.1, 1
' ade and 'sragrance.. 71:1n4 ca
.‘N,
~.t out (i - eryinontentinEwil4
• anuoic. llelen . was at.
.-/znig. nearly ftnislief.:l
'ow EA rdi.. :: - 1
i;'.'nk..,. : you Tdnd . df
pettertitart anytlitn
l. can -churn ivei
1 - 1 '
1
'inch l „ • Fred's ,lat-
COrtiers of his ieye!..,
It i d corner, in - l osearcji
lilt not a paed i r not
, v,)l.his seai•!thr i I
Ith a self-saeril
, - !
i nte to aslc." '
' I deal," ' she
with
whiell!rbse,
nary oyilrbOad
snatclie* ot!,
work blues
and flew like
"1 - 4. ki,it. admirably
." quite. I like it
else=t•liitt is—l nie:tin
sell: j
AMI dO you read in;
ces Lail 'tratic:lled to the
over iable, shelf,
sonie'be4k or paper.
a lear;:yielliiw sere, reel
lielea said, wi
glabee.;-
"" liat
.books?. permit
"I r6Ad the Bible a - g
." Ist. that !"
"11 . 14 of "routse not
not Win :t h at Ihilv -volt
try, elitteace, rontaaci
. aufFi
she ad46l. - Nr . ith a tnaitta!
been • ";
tor iitlter books—L l
m .mv jilt) v —ti Nt; iher
itig• On: heti lingers) pmt
inson tall
, , ,
t nree enOnents.of giant
A•ty.ir• vtisa.4,.sa,l. l
Ilieharil: 111'9 3;bird—ther ,
Freirsuilled. ,
" I don't..li,no‘
ne (4't114.-ie who Inive..
ilte added `as disappoi
bread,4
'j Tlte4oung man left .11,,
I Lai his it5t.14 . 41
tio fed a tnagn
v;ai)lv attributed .tt,
„, te ouiAone:',
, more in pity
ijaot always t4o.te
i t ttie altractiou'Wl
Ile' len's beauty;
the truth j. 4, her sweet artpt.ssness of chara
en,t,t•agitig outliners, and..s•eat3 e r - 41i s p o .:i
quite Won upon the' eiti .:tristocratii• . -
Lane. i;Thre was a.fresl'nesS and refinci
about . '&,et . thing she E::iit 'land did. She
plexedtas Fell as delighteil Willi. -
Dien' : • i
,
en' a 'she wasY wooderuir how st
„,-
luind,Onely expression• would lie reeeireil
good .it c l i e ;:y, some beautifat sentiment w
slidde4iy t4oti like a ipeaks, frou "her lip.s,
• , •
more re . ' matkati.i e for originality t n brill
er: !:' ! - • I . t -
".If aI sliquld fall.inthe[,.nare,7 thought he.
I et - 4d educate her. ilt would betWortl:
tryi4" 1 , I .4
, . : . a : . :
It- i'aii ' , doss t , . -xiliat, ith his ---' —”'
r Li 4 t l ,- 14.,:s to c l otuo t .., Ali his passion
.i•o;,:j.,t A:l4 he felL'at I.l4.4eit's'f.ef, (Bguraocly
spetikiiig)_ a:tid - conk-s i t& love .
1..' ns
"I dare, pot,'lleten, only .be mine ;" lwas
his imlariable atiswer . to I, , r.exe.lahuition , of
uu,woli.thin4s ; hoW she should appear-in tash
ionable society, &a.. ,• ,-1
Thei : wete • married—ltak returned :from'
their Wedding tour,.and at ; the ekpiratioa of
the honey Moon,.F.red was ,mote in love than.
ever. ii . A.l grand entertainment,i given! by
the.,relativt+ of the lirid..igroom, Helen' hi e ol:-
ed mu t; beautiful. Her 'husb4nd did not i it
sisi.t hat', she:should not c epart froik her ,Sint
-04:4, and'i indt- , ed, With tit jewels or lace,
..wit li - only that' fresli whit:e i robe, simple em:h
of bl ti d e - ' t- . i . e• • .' '
she
__ii„ kii, orn:aiiieix ~ 0,11 Ir
. 13:10SS tOSA,'S,
was the ino's.t. loyely Creature inthc room! •
' Aslie enterd the Meat. salooli, blaing
with light,!, her liettit failo her.. "Sha t il I
Love -14ip a, dearly,7 ` i she laskel . herself, • ',if I
tind ttiat. liel is aiibantedi of tue ;
.1 cannot bear
the -th:Ougli(*; bit slionld te overcome all cok
ventiobal 'national .TiOtion,S then I have a has:-
band irdrthy to be liOnoriid—then .he shall 'be
.
promof his wife." I :,.. 1
. "Sijuple,P whispered al iiiagnificent girl, re=
plendmit With . diaiMmds
. 'as she .ctirkidilier
14) and Pa4ed by. The 'observation escaped
neither Heltsn nor her litt'sbval. She [Oohed
at Jilin. He smiled a Itoteris :5111i il', 41111 ( . tily
drew ki - cl4set to his sale.. 'Many inl that
brilliaittlgatbering pittial.."ipoor • Fri... 11," { i Won
dered $o w - he. had mart,iyill himself .on 1 the
shrirai of ignorant, rusticity.i . . 'l
~ , - ..
But he, (.ilr joy ! he seined only. to love
her tie note its she clunk to . his arm timidly.
:His- noble face, expressedr the; pride he truly
felt ; lie ociked as if
i hei:.W,Zpifld have ~w ep t . ; ,
back 'ilk: sc..4.prners - with bite trn. tion of liiS ha nd
.liad they y6itufrd one Wlave t o . high Oa r the
shore,of till pi ide. :IJ.e spark to excuse' cr..'
ery'l.4.)k, eery word,. ni,t; in;strict conformity
to etiipteitdi--and lleleufr, . heart beat :higti;
tears Camel, to lier.eves, when she.. tints ;felt
how noble 4 heart site had WOn. . - ! :-. - •
Tlie Young bride stook 'pear her littsband
talkitig in a low tone, :when' a nAw comer, ap
peared.,! She was a beantiftil, slightly formed
ereatnn, wi'th haughty felattires4_ and ill eon
ceived..seorit lurked in her great brilliant...et:es,
‘vlieti?iver site - gbitiec.4l toWardit Helen. ~O. u s e
she litidlheld sway over lieelhe4t Of freltantl
,li ea riiigi wiio.lie had mkt-led, She : fancied her
hour"Of triumph liad - .'conie.
.1 .-. , :r . ' -
` 4 :1)41 Mott tippo•e.sl.i , J . -knws anything?"
.
said
.4, Jew :voice wan her. ! ': • ',
_.
Oye.s sp:trkied 'her fair broly flUsh
ed Site tur I ber htishilta.
*tilgotte—sik . mking" it little, lied
a
I.laritin
her. •:.L •
the: cf.; w4s 0, ittoe 1 . 11 Ili tcil
" lita" 'auiswerciai
"
• ; • • •
•
A intlo, ll was thd ea alt •
• "Tlun (Io favor wi," !slid exelaitue4, look=
ingfiskawie at her . icoiapanious.; . "cotup 1 . I
,niysW lead you to tb,e-instrunient, 1, 2
" *hose masterly touch I" histantly
cln ci o
I
r •
0 vet, NVII:tt ily
inc'? llistory,!
the host thri'
Teenli;evt jag he
14.si "childish ail
grit; tinh
I had
let Me . See, P,v
e'ith( - .• primer, (t,
1• chits, reader,
thiry stnrie: l
Inoffrai&l.
45 1 , isu't that - {
1 : . -
gOt
Olin
itob-
rtv,o
iyof
C 1 fl
.001
y • quite as mi l '
ieentosclioc,l
, :ted at his rejoin}
butter,)
• _
6 ,
Ire,
tier
and
yl i
u
uet:i turned fi} ~ }t':ir
Line r she asked,
6 in her voie4.
heiebeek
Hord
s was the halt' spoken ;word arTestcd—the-coid
car and Ithughty head were -ittrnd in listen
ing -surprize.. Sueli melody i 'Such correct'
intonation ;;Such. bieadth, depth, - and vigor
of tottelt—"Who is 411 t , lie plays like an an
gel." - • I
And again. - hark.: iA -i-Oke. Tolls: A. flood
of melcxlv, dear, powerful, passing sweet--
a.stoniShinet4 Paints inanY a fair 0 - teek.a dee
per scarlet `i There is a' silenee—unbroken as
the.silvery (tines float up. • , i • '•
• AYelleare I 'not for eohl:neglkt,- 1 -.. • -
- Thiing,h.tears unbidden stdrt; 1 • • - •
- - And licitrn is bt a bitter word I - -. -. ,
-k'•- Sav!e.when i breaks the hOart • ,
. f .11:one be tree—
- ' ilf one b l etrue-- : I •• - -
.T 4 World 'ming, careless be, . • -
. :
Since; I may otlly . keep thy 'hive,
Anil tell my Igrielto thee. ?-- • - .
"Cloriout-voice,r , aid Fred - tO his friend,.
Wile with the rest lad paused to! listeit, irho
can it be i'i • I
•y dire i .•
' '/' hi..,
• - The words were st,likenlSted •on s
liPs: She' had turned' frGin the piitn.o, and the
unknOwn wfl
.aiiS wife. ' • - • i . :'' .. '
. ".I conlitubite yat, Fred," said the young,
man at his side, bur he Spoke to marble.—
The color had left ids cheek, as: he. walked
slowly Cw:frds herd
• ; If he wal speechl!
Was not- tikl. tl
cheeks—;triuniph mad
never did li,fore—tli
4 crow!d gathered
qlraeeful, ac,knowle44
and humor;
uss with ainazement, so
ch bloniii Mantled lii r
e.here.rH spiirkle as they
cv flashed like diaitioncis.
h o compliment her. In
:Talent 4le Llcw:led . wit
(qIOW- ‘vl2ll she . ylks," who Would have
thought; it ----Fred'slittle Wife-L-be has found
it /mai:lire:l Was whispered
.around . the
Mean Willie Frederick Lane,
one enchautel\ while his poor :little rustic.
wife quote i d books wild, authors With perfect
abandon—admired 1n Mende} that.
A;sedati-h - lOking student lost himself ins hit
itt puotati()l—lieleif tittished, and`
received, ai look of eloquent- thanks. Box
xrrs; repartee, langpage rich.in fancy and.
inta!otry..ftill from I er 'beautiful lips, as ifshe
had just rclieived altouch- from ;scgne.- fairy .
•
wand.
Mill Frea walkcdj by / her side-like one in a.
dream—Fees-ea his Ilands over his bewilder.:
ed sight, 00 be surOfhis SCII:42S, 1 . 11(mi he s;IiNV
her bending - a profiting vision ; of l ov li nes :
over the her l'falL arm. leaning on its
golden Stnpg - 7 - ---hcaird,agam.-that nett voice.
now planti i ve \vitt spine tender fueniory; rise
and - tall MI sweet soilrowful eaden".le. •
"Tell m," said h, when once' alone with
her. ,ivliat ,. does dui mearr?, who - are viin•?—
I feel•like,'one wak4vg;from:a dream.", -
,•/"6Nts it et:TNmy out'. l" said Heleri,grave-;
then. falling into'her huia.tand's arms, she
'exclaiinoN "Forgii.e me; lAm that Verv . lit-
Ale rustic that you would die rather than wed.
Are von sOrry yfot inarriet'l me?"' . •
gloriOs ,wife'. but: Elly, you
-could not deceive nte, - Vid,l not understand
that you ricver
‘• }teen !at an aeatf
cr took ';I• ;music
how to shig—!rid
see me to night - -t 4
with labol and dili4
to be. the }vile of on ,
husband to be."
ktny," She broke in; "aev
,oti-nO-er
,waS •taught
ie. And yetlaM all.you
oWn ,teacher
len(k.N I trust I am worthy .
e. sd exalted as I find my
- •
you and I like to be • there
t.tory ;vhe laughimx.:be
.'etty race ':111 'dimples, as
ie bani Shed piano, hooka,
ie., all in . air.empty room
'Licked' the door leari,c, ,
n
lid crust—l—while the little
It any v l ery deep laden.
comineing a welt bred
he could marry a char-
Iher .fingers Were 'snore fa-'
.tid knitting'ue.edles, than
. - . •''
Reader,lworildn't
now, and, bear her
tween-smiles, her pr.'
she tells him how sli
harp. portfolio, imusic
by themselves, Mil I
them to stiOnsion at
,- ?onntry g!ri, whim:l
scheme, sqeeeederl
city .gentlOurin; thai
ming rustle, evir ifs
ruiliar with thurn al
the 11.iano . ;or the IM,
, .
• )F4rly Cou
,tsisill*p.loo. -
` If yon'can't getithcm that you' want, you .
must tiiW i them thni,
y Ou cm get, and that is
how I enrpe to Marq Pats w.',, .Love* will
.go
where 7tisisent.. anyhow an.. . w'e; ean'f help it,
and the harder a ehlip love.. a vl:lhe poorer
t
eliance.hel stands totget he : the thing is just
there, thelmore he tures It :r,-- the, more shy
and treMbliti:pf he is, and 41:an's : half tell his
f e elin , s; to; her if he tries-while the careless
and unfrelin". chap.thats gOt
s no more love in
him thanlaimss, ea - have la dozen ,gitls after
him at ode' ' . J ha'i thought the heart was
like:a mini turtle e . _ g you I(leut the shell on
ofie.sidc 7 .—, a dent of the other side in - the ,
same manner will lirines it smooth again.
So with. tbe heart : one girl makes a cleat=
it retifaini bruised unOsoMe othergirl pres.i'-
es it, pushing' out,thi:: old bruiss and leari . n4
i . -
a new on,
Welt, Weil, aecid ,
will latte,htlfe - Ara
than log,i4—and thtt
the as an2i
So I agro.ea
courtsl4l:
sweetiseatit was .a 1,1
worked fdr l her fathl
woods - th4n,and eye
es except ' down iu.Cj
or two. lAnd ray th
worth nor one
acre,. wash% - worth
three dollars.. Pslin
eltangedd Glad to
1110,11- grav then—lf
down to' Atagtin it 4
for .bo?isinstead of 3.
ed' ninet± pounds in
er load o i i . er a bag
the see; weigh' 4
twenty-file years 01,
tents will .Irappen, folks
lid is more 'fond of.. fun
rF might as Well legkat
. • ) •
dl 'you aboutniy_ first
fatseY, -IMt 40# first
oper luitt'some. ' - gal. I
r. Ohio was all in the
.',•vbotly..lited iri log' houi
veland there l'vas a store
tree !Mildred :iteresrtliat is
fired awl..fifty dollars. an
1 1 Wheir bought it only
,'w !ipthaw times'is
kit corn-bread awl (rain
,
iad to (19. thirtyin:ies,
I always used to izo
ihnself, for lonly `
i weightturd*ltth a light
-
if corn.
.hos..e. bae4". Let
hty now. Well I was
•
just about. love
• • . _ •
with clutighi
she felt jectle abqi•
than I aril .now' not quite as she Was anyhow:
eight ~.
and:was working fo . dollars a month;
;had to dte.ss. in 'tow •lineii at that.. You net--
, . . . 1 • .
!er
.seen lie of them Jogging froelz , t,inaoe. (iu.
of 111 - 6; to,w; did N' e 11 NV4-,. , ll;illillioriglit'this . ';
new road ir lien . I
taarried --Patiii:;y','• thirty-five
'years :11.7.6,.1'never, gore any hnt',row--4-and if
it wilit'ttinii4yt to-clay I I shour4l'litiiii4l it. on,
.t;.): I dis iris , .
.'stray . ag:triee.' and new-
,faugled
i)
ilumnieries 4 - milillitigglitnliob ioi.idieS,a'roniia.
yiiiir higlheug." '•''l ; ' - -- . - .. •--••• ''..•• 1
I was iti,lo . vii-ihi4ty , flVd-iyear:3ii!...;.•-ititdriev L.' ,
or alliedifiti. 'say .. n.:.vii : ord.. - liibout it: ; :ilex name.
was•Jetlqslia._-; I
.leng‘.4",.to ; .telt 'liev, • liow.tny,
heart ,sw*elleil and ilitirnt.fer.her.a,s.it thniiip- .
ed. aginSt its
. .ehiF t, lint .r ;6 obl d'iit":e:E!ti if, ,iny
conreiTe 'up to the liiiit.-Lbilt thobeitfiveiild
c. 1 ,
Mme day—or sonic:. night. ' I'd been alone /
with her many a t4''ne iind had resolve,Ven,
• poppinglit right ollt- 7 1iut.the stillness' , was
awful on them . 'easlous as the roar,of . Iliaga ,
ra and rill heart weiild feel all over'like your
-1 . . . •
,
r,-butl always tliono3:.
me .for I MIS jiot tapir
.- : •
1 .
little finaer does; . whet yoa. 1 .. •
hit your elbow
gin sout es etbin't(S:eillental . a taitioil tinolio' fol.:
lows. .i - • • i ! '
'Cuss my luck, said I, to Myself one
. 'unday
nialrt as.l curd hum from Mill . after, 'a - three
days .Terusba llad a heatt—x-a eap front
town dr,.4sed'gmart . as daneing.inister.
My heart jun iPed into my ;gullet •tte minute
I slew him. Ilfelt, down m my mouth for I.
knOwed I WaS a .goner...• Ile bad - : - On broad
cloth. Talk •of your new faigielti"Aoss ip and
greshun housc'•t,.now, but folks tat them (lays .
didn't have bat one room doWn ;and . a .
ladder to go up stairs; puncheolfloorOwas
good 'enough below, and oak shal4.s split nut
Ly, hand ; kiVeted•the chamber floor. • It •Was
Fo.m boss's honse, And,' stepts up ehamber.—
I Want yon .t.wo:woode,abooksft
ed to hang! a gun on tight'over The' hearth
on the cluntlaiT beam . ; I 'want you tf“emem- .
bet. my tow shirt :mai want volt to imagine,
my feelin's that night after Lwent to bed, for
Jeru'ha and . the 'dandy chap had • the Trull
room below ter themselves,'-with .tt rousing big
tiro to,F,park bly.'• I couldint .stand tll4 temp-- ;
tation'to want i • too, hear what they bad- to'say
to themlves.i :Whisper, Evltisper,
YOU may lau:dt'at it, - 7tis the naked truth that
l'iam going tl tell. I . have . laughed- . myself
tat tlte. same since, - . • •
When I helird. Something g 6 like a kiss,by
thunder, I could stand my great heart.thtunps
no longer. Curioe=ity and . jealousy got the
upper end of Me.; I wanted to see for
;;o I slid out bed; sitting that 'like. a tailor
on the floor 7 &termined to hitch up-jasta I
sot, inch a time to the . opening ~ over the.
hearth where i l the .beam and gun hooks was:
A Oat cuuld'nt. been nL stiller after a 'mouse ;
but my heart thumped 11 . oudcr o:ery
. 1401
juNt .as it will Iwhen a man (-roes to do' What
ain't . ri!Tht. juSt . '4,4 bad gained the
right pint t, to took over at 'on up . tiited"fik'
pe,kv 'floor—down went tow 'shirt to :gun
hooli'—and tibere I. hung -.blindfold like a
squirrel half Iskinna„ right over my sWeet
heart-ready IfOr'.rohsting I cOuld'ut see 'tn .
at all arter flint, , and: 'Ovas moree , thani ten
minutes befo . re the old . Lois awoke to tear the
round i the fire. •Chat,
spare rib 'eh Let me: down
loci. e datictlit
said be, got a
•
g,Ot pretty well baked, anyhow, and paint
beeiLquit6 so raw since !in love rilAtteis- -
I..c,rd, I never looked Jeri sha in'the face from
.L....t.-A. r ,-,2. ....-:«1- in . -ti.:tt nrighborboo4),:for
I could swear she I IL The accident
got mm grit ulp to i Utiii. I went off
a . few miles and in ,e' first . chance I
ot, just out of Si :,Patspy is worth
I
all, on 'em, of er all—and.martying is a
_lot
tery busines.s: ..Then doritt liang. yourself (as
I ciitl:ihecaus you cant get a particular one,
but recolleet - your Iheart is like rubber,;it will
stietch..a. good wai - s-ancrnot ,hrsak.—Clec
-I,ind itiTatct
,• .1 -;; .- . ~, .• . :
, .
...
..
.Agisiz..bia the Rakes •161 Men. • -•
!!. • ! - • • • -
We give the following from the'. Boston
Trarell,:,r;s• report of Agassiz'slectures.•,now in
the course of ideliYery at ••Eawell, Mass.:
"We nextcome . to ! tb4 gographical dis
tribution of the 'races `of 'Ulan ; and here we
Inuit leave out. of Considetation till . citiestion
as to the unity of the - races. Protlissor..-kg
. . !!!. . . ~!.. . ! . -
!asslz is consinous.tliat tus views. on-some
points, arenot generally rde,eiretl,l l and he fill ,
ty !respects th'!3.inotivi. , S whichmake the views
of others almbst sacred' to y them. 1 -He ! hopes
that his viewt will be - recciyol- in the same
spirit as he represents thein;:yiz :J in the ef 2
fort to arrive; at truth.' I- . --. l '• • !! -• •
We will iiriq study theltmils Of the range
of, each race On th : e,ditleren't
.continents; and
must conseTiently criminate every! element de
'pe iidi itg upon • migration, ag - the present Amer.!'
icau races. We•are to confider tie primatiYe,
loCation of the races,
that i'. ,!the!, distributi6n.
of man_as!reCognized by the , . earliest`tradi-.
-tions. • The 'question is,-
_,where the races. were,
'originally placed, rathitf - than what are the
modern changes in their ditribution. ...
- ' The first race,to'be'considered . rs one peen-,
liar te*the •A,reti , ...,' ret::ions,q:a race different
much fro:ii arty inhabiting the temperate zone
and still more from those ' , i)f the tropies.
This rice' comprises the E t squitnlaux of' this '
continent-, the Laplanders!ot'vEurope, and the
....yailiovdes of ;tsiti. They ark all characterized
hr 'li twoad face,-short i n n itsi'.vertical diameter
a low -forehead. and great length Of body when
compared with ! the'shortuess ,of ! l egs. , 'For
more minute descriptions the works of Pick-_
ering, mid Priclmrd • inusC : be eonsulted.—
The distribution of these races (correspond 1
very nearly te the zoologie:d . :region4 'of- the 1
north.- - : . .
~;,..,
~ _
The rac,:s - Of the, temperatt zone;• -are three. 1
.The Mongolians in. Asia,',the;whinii in Europe I
and the aboriginies it Atneriea;- and it iS re
markable, also; that these : . ri • ees oceans : * • the
!• !I -
saute territories as : the faunas pr.e.viously „de
scribed. - In 4 , 41.11a5; been 4seribed the,ter---
reArial Japanese Lunn, the itisnlar.',lnpanese
fauna.; and tlie . ftilina of the,Oaspian re ions;
intermediate to that of 'EurOpe and Asia.--' !
Itilnibiting:preciSely the saine.- countrieg,• are
the -japane:ie, Chinese atid„Tarks...
The Indians of ...N - Orth Atnerica t . - . are a dis.-,-
tinet, race, , (oit this point Professor' Agassiz
disagrees witirljr;Pickeritig„) . differing from
the races of the Old Werli4 as !. the iuterier
animals of "2.'orth -kmerica.diffor in ' species
from •those of the Old Werhil I.t.is only with
ilia few!years' that the aniunds of -- Ntirtli A
m.:elle:A have beenconsidered! not to, be idea- .
tieril -with those of Europe.;' The - aboriginal .
Indian race is' identical, froni . the
,Arctic fe,- .
"ions
.to Terra Deb, Fuego, tli,i.oalv differateii
being one f the. tribes,. - not 'r„.of. ra.,es. These
tribes ii - e divided into an infinite: auniber of
small ilies, n fa - et perfecta tin 'aecordnkel
ll
1% jtil . t 1
tt distribution of the inferior aninutb, I
Upon this contiitentj: -. - .'.r ... . :. .. /' 7/
\‘..:i 'havit'ett that . it' gret k tnotinta - iii'cli,ain;
-extending . frOm -- the,'Canadas ..-to . .piitagOriia;
connects Nortli! - Anierica and : South . ArneriCa;
anti - ')roduces - a . 6irtai u unifot•daity in.4l.leitt :
faun s_; . anti they f arestiWitivido 'into. those
of th ; ; ;Paritpris.,' the Antile4.'i the.. - Arias; -.the
I n
s f e,utl ern States, the iinidakfit atcS; dui. th 64 ., - 1
of.o On, ':and. Ciliforniai 1, 1 , In'the - Som - a min.: - 1
tier t elaborigines„Zare.:4itht!divid6,l- itit!) - .., - a! , !
!egg • inn bet , . of4ual I : tribeis . „which- ---. ,--nxe: eir:.
.egku,,crifi . ed N ) - ');' . ..4narroW,li,..tnits.- . ,:T . .hey,.,fo.rptf• !
.uo : g - eatMAOnsas - 2 . dO.Ahe i : Chipese,,,Tarta - rS;!
:Ind . '. apitiN'e" .l / 2 'it'the'eaSt.' - "!'• -!"-.. . . -r ---. '. •
!AI it ? ! Catiect. : l : ltiri : 't.rut.e - '.!'-ii- - A3Piilolv--%,,,1i'5 - tiihi:Leeil . ,
and, ditided:inti , tiumay• - ntitil4,,,,. ~....I'hoiuliabi. . :
sing the eastern part of -, s Afriaa,,the! northern,
1/part 'of Atiib44-Iklesapotuutir: ',Asia Miner,Sre,.,
' all, cOnStitntedifferent nations •withraifferent
I .latignages. The Teutonic 1 triillebt including'
the German, Puteh, English,.Paniiti; , 4l:c.,-the
Sclavenian , branch, iucludi*.lhe Russians,,
Poles. k.c.,.caoh 'hare a nationality and lan
..
i : • , 1 e .. •
- ' - 1 ' - . . . •.'
-.-:----.. - . :_- . _ '
llotttitie ll,[ Itamber
ga - aga peculiar to thepseltes. But they' all
have.a. feature. in - eoann, on, pohle - . es
pri_sioir of-the:fade; alioils that of - all - other'
race, a niirrorT'of - the litinerniost nioyernents -
of the soul; fait' . it is also,-Nyhich ,
is Clipabid•it the: higlipst,' nithlit'itulture„anar - r.
tho highest degrec . of
Attica 14s . one characteristic race,:
the. 'tieJ
l3lit, the interioifthe.great desertiNu-. -
hia and . AbysAnia, hats'a.s:•,r4dets. different.frOth.:.
the negro. The . .ll - ottintot lives :it. the south;`
and the western shetf-s hai7e,
their .peculiar
trilK.s. It was possi*, even; during his re
cent ,Yfait to soUtW.TU
.state, to. recOgniztr.
ainotig the negroo . s helciag,iug to theSe
sever-l'A.frieatt. • • ,
In the East -Indies threedistinetspeciest:
Telittg.an. - and• - :IN - e - krio114. ' (like tlsct'
ne~~rh; only d wart - 140! 'The Australian is it 1 7
tribe peculiar to that 'countrY.. - The features
are thos.e of a nelgro - ,.rut - flia - 4 hair:is straight
ati4ng, The inl•l3l3itailts of lita‘ragaseuirarcia.
••.• • , • .
it... , duliar tribe; but- our infbrmOon eon,
cerniag• theta is scianty. They - are not - negroes,"
but resemble more. the!itiliabitants of the'..
Sandwich ' • - .• .
those fact s- Ldfor'e - Ire' eau 4.l.4.eit''
that there is a EINV of (distribution of the lin--;
as well as - ,4f the: inferioi.rac -and'
that these ,laws are inL:ilecordance - with each-
,
the nc•xt•kf '-,.ture f the s ame 'ulueet - • will
be treit,::..l,mon‘ • .
Lifd •in •Iviesv Mexico.
A correspondent th 6 Now: York Tijries•
piotura Of Life a.nd•
Manners ii. Nev.' e~ co Territory.:'
. .
, -
• T. w i fi now ri , re _i
yoa a- faint in - ;glit into 'the'
Moral and religious eharaCter Of the - Mexietinl , '
portion of
.the• populapon. !Inspiration - reaches ,
us that; here 'tyaS a :ttutnber of the.tribes of.
Israel who - were-lp - Eti f un'i if if riteanS - that -.
they were lost to MI euse! of the-deeneies of
humanity; then lam iol . loPiniOn t-hat thiapeo •
pie:is one of t1i05..(1 . t4-bes';!l'andAltat the-i Lord.„ °
has lost track of then!, or :that this-. Territory.
is not Within his. jitridietiOn 1 , At all . events
Ile. 'does not at present,..and-i belieYe lle .. will
never recognize them.. ;a:4" his creatures,' judging; :
from. the total 'depravity and besotted; igr.
ranee Of all of tltern. r, It ia:l.,,nt one year since
- the...tirst school w.as 4 , 4ablislied here,and - r iltat..
has.bnt a
,siC•kly groWth. There. are.YerYlfe*
of, he ink.ll N'llo C:an 4rend Or lliYrite r and to iee .
a .tt•mitan that eau 4,either.ts a - . l euliosity.--,.... - .•
They live in hom.es 'one story high; tirade - a
:mid, With mud floats-,' - and f a.cliair or bed,: -*
stead in doors, is , o l nne as much a nOtelty . as:
•- ,
a - plow, waon, • or sevthe is out of door S.-..
They .hare no knowledge lof !the use, of. tools,
and notwithitandin•gl their exceli'ent and. nfi......- .
la=-ups, 'bounded pasture there-is not a ppund
of,butteror 'cheese Made in the Territory,and
it is that r l i,..it, : iiii ; enough 'for - My ..:
, - ..,t1ee7,: . tot theireason - th. rtrie - y - afki - tella - ?..y to '.,
.
milk their cows. They Use no leaven in 'ma
king brea,t, - and. tit-..stefore Non. can judge 0f..-
.its palatablenes- , .. - ; they make no.pastiv ;
.they
never salt. their taatf.but cut it into illin,sli- .
yes and dry it
,by the sun, • and when dry it .
.tesembles chips. hi - A . 4.in taste and appearance:
They , keep Yeryv large flocks' of._ sheep, 'r but.
- they make no use of the wool: excei)t for-beds
and pilloWs... t- j -- -- - -.-
. . .
•It.wotild : pethaPi..aiuuse.. yell. to stand-in
My office :•;loor and Iperic . Plit
. uPon tiff-t:P.inzA
and • Observe the .dress and - ,ntanners of the -
women as they pass. l . Their dress is compoS- - . _
1 fed of a skirt of common muslih, with neither
H -ceves nor w;;ist, and extending 10 just'
above
the anklet, - In the Place
of a bonnet'' they,
swear a-" re.bosa"—a tiling similar to a lady'S T.
long shawl,'- and when- they wish to be partk.;
zn .
;wk rly modest, thev4te,ia;ed io cover the na.;,l
'iced:less of - their tiOSOrnS,-, Which is not. often'
I
hoWever. , Their . -perSonal' habits .arp,coars:e . .r . .:
• .
'.,and.thore detcstabl-2 t.han. , the bitil( s ls- of the :
,
orest and the NVOlbbli .iT,S a - misss ..
are.with-
put . ekcepion - of . :condition, whether 'married . .
r unmarried, 'the . riiest!kind of.. prostitutes:. .
Mother '.' without 'Shame, sell the - ..thiorslef. .
r - 1
their dati.liters • and haSbands with eager=
peas 'accept of . the Price of . their Wire's ''de.4•
:baueherics from the hands of all-who ehoose.: 4 "
to pay the tribute. - - It .is inipossible to con-.• ,
iNive.of 11 Mate of sPleietv tuore: degraded' or -
- Lelf-abar.:l6ncqi ; - and, ;:alilmnidt-I rof'ret to`: :
A-rite it, ..therc 'are •• inanf ----4- imerican 1-sifyers ''
.., , _ , .....,
and, merchants . who keep , their inistrevsee
.•
Ppenly 'and . without. Shame, diSgraei ng nova, r:
lv themselves_ :rid the eoltnnrcial - and , pro-
iesSional character. bat debasing the Yankees*,'
d the evels sof 'the- natives -to a . colidtion
l - 4-.itially aslbafre its theniselves. • .-.-.. .7: -_-,..„,
- I:_iis" r - .l' -i , n- If - the counttyis of. the black-,
Tile tl 4 4., (_, .
'e
-t kind; and it haS, ; •bcen the policy,,of the.
'?riesthood. to I keep , the -people . in A
, - ..01-the condition.
-most sillprerne. ignora":f4'e. and abandon-,
..etl.Snperstitio 1.: rThey `have'heetr.f,aught to. :
sanction the . / 'l.lt.i.st, practices of :immorality.,
from their childhood to the close of life, and.` :
intiderate theniosti'.fieinons and. umnitiaated
. , ,i,,
l , ...rimei, indee.4, tltCy h , ?lieVe. that it :Znly r .'
-wires:inte-reel ion of" : the priest witlt;Ae - A. . :::-
!nighty, to procure la! pardon:of. the iillianw.
that is hlackerlthanltelf , t ;-andl.liel,. ,7 by, the"
~/, i . ..,-
"....rea l ty.hCt-,Yeen - :.the' l tinitedi..States ;at id
• Mesa.
'co,;:thcSe - sam6. ~ ' , ; -ttlle,l are made 'free and en=l'
• .
if, , ,htened eitiZeni- ofi - tlici - niOicati Unice!
But. he. 11101 : 0: I .IViii..ii . .)11 )14 - subject ; the.
r A'
'more clifticultlllitheet#t..d . foi me pa givli - , ai:
orrectidea ot_ . trioAt tof tile native deg.i
Tadatioe, and •I will, se. thig partef - ,the - sub4-. 1
jeer, by-fino64ig4h. ..; - -mark of-. °ha Ilandelph i i. •
of Virgin'n I ,tliat• t =mark
*pie here..nre a :" fiattntr. ,
- ' ' fers . and .rebosa'd - Prostitute:o , si
i l ew of , the. xitaSir..s, icif- Which':
lonal exceptions." l ''
_::.;--'-.i
; ,
al t:ilkative young man isnk
oecoino a gteat , mau..-_ •
Dat ger - ,sliould ct - e.l.beteared wben distant,l
and 14-4 red . . I
I * 110
stuitr ind social ea
e or ;
joyrpeut, !;re to-be 'epAtuted as part/of one's.) .
• -
re• eti;,4ie , •
tiir.i:Etljirii,o4 las. beep., so 'grZat -p. ecln- •
maul i less le.ad::
to spire fur hall. - 2 1
geti-kim,s.umeiiines ar.q . *44!of
I.. l4iletiiio :their :itcews-rs
3tletuaiitys'4
_
- `4l6t 6 t fkiikAti*"
troiiblei t tifliflt ‘l 'vy,oftelf litp*
riaf iiio3l* by the
0116,'‘.
theseverest punishmentof auy mittiv is
the constionsues of - huvini - Aeue it ; *Pct;
one, but the guilty kUows the vitheitug r4ins
of repeutnnee. • -