Clue Dag, Vroprittors Stita Vottrks.. Your Hand I take in Mine. By GEORGE Y. mcgutts', Your hand I take in - mine, Willie, And fancy I've the art • To read, while, gazing in your face, What's prising in your heart?. 'Tis joy an - \ honest man to hold, That gem of honest worth, By me more prized than all the gold Of all the mines of earth, Willie, . Of all the mines oreatth. I've marked your love of right, Willie, Your prou'd disdain of wrong, I know you'd mther aid the weak Than battle for the strong, The golden rule—religioa's stay— .. With constancy pursue, Which renders others all that they • Can ever render von, Willie, ' Can ever render you. , •-• . Nconscious void of guilt, Willie, , ' A disposition kind, ;. 1 . , A nature, gentle and sincere, Accomplished and refined, A mind that was not forted to bow, - .. An lepiration high,• ~ . . . • An. be:lining on your thoughtful brow, f • • And in your cheerful eye. _ • L. I nFer look at yon, Willie •• • • But with an anxious prayer .. - .That You will ever be to me . . What now I'm sure you are. . . eI do not find a fault to chide, A foible to annoy, .. :•• . For you are all your father's pride, • - And all your mother's,joy,. Willie, • Aud all your mothees.joy. You're all that I could .hope, Willie, - • And more than I deserve, • ' •. .: - Your :pressure of affection now • . I feelin 'Cry nerve, .. .. I love yo not for fashion's sake; ' But f yourselr, alone ; • -. I • And this is why your hand I take !, •. So fondly in my own, Willie, • , So fondly in my own. .. . . Labor and Rest. "Two hands upon the breast and labor is past." [R ussian Prorerb "Two hands upon the breast, • And labor's .done -Two pale feet crossed in rest:— ' The race is non: Two eyes'with coin-weight shut, And all tears cease: , Two lips where grief is, mute, And wrath at peace.", So pray tie often tittles mourning our lot; • God in His kindness answereth not. - "Two ! hands *work athltest, ye for his praise: Two feet that never rest, . , ways: • - T‘Ao .eye., that look above Still, through all tears, : • . Two lips that brea.the-but love, , .Neyer more fears." . • err We'AfterwArds, low at our knees: •PardotithAe erring prayeriV.-Father, here these I,lTiscellantous. . From -the Philadelphia Saturday, Gleaner. THE FDT,tvi-T LOVERS:' .FA I.F.GENIVOI" NIAGARA.. BY HARRIET MAILION•WARD. Dramati.st of " The Chimes," " Crock of Gold," 44 1 1 / a 4 . acke of Brandywine,"thc., de. To the country—io the country with me, dear reader. Out into the grey old woods, where twilight sleeps forever ou beds ifoid en mioss shaded by gall trees,. whose limbs are.love-laced with ivy! Out under the : wild green arche where the sunlight creeps through the tangled vines, mournfully subdued ,as :if afraid of its own brightness; where all around and above, nothing meets th eye but au ocean of clustering leaves, rising billows, up to- the: very skies. Here let us wander, and people, the forest with creatures that must hace lived heneath its sheltering arms before the white. man broke in- upon its"solitude,.and desecrat ,eds beautiful place reared by the Almighty'. AWay up among the 'cliffs that form a boun dary between the States arid Canada, in the centre of a 'wilderness, whose tall trees fling their shadows over the Wild huge rocks, like a death_pall over the tomb of the past. The silver bosom of the lake beams out ( in all its as if some bewildered fairy hadlken lured into . the fOrest, N and to - -eternal . slumber by the voluPtuous breath of the wild= theme and honivsuckle All around her bed, aehain of. weeping willows bend their long branches to kiss berbosoin, and ever as some stray zephyr lifts them from their sweet rest', ing-place. tears, glisten within their, folding leaves=a tribute perhaps to the young im passioned hearts who lived, and 'loved,• and withered, beneath their shadows. Let us fol low this worn path reading down the slope, round the velvet border of the lake, and oat throughyotider'vista,that opens like an arch ing door leading from the portals of the for-- kt. Hark Do you not already bear the aiqul voice of Niagara come crashing down . the hoge rocks, like some fearful monsterof the antedeluvian World, struggling in .its ago-' sy for freodom. See ,how he writhes .and foams in his giant strength, and lasses the l white spray, till. it hangs like wreaths of snow -flowers up to the very skies! ' There is alegetir.l about. this magnificent spot, that comes, back" upon toy memory, /inked with,' all the dreaminess...of childhood. A legend of love—not the less strong and deep and ho' ly, that it beamed the first star upon the , midnight of au uncultivated heart—.-not the less wild, intense, and fearful in it despair, that that.heart had learned'its capabilities of happiness and endurance. in the great free. school of nature. DOwn upon the very verge of th e lake; where the wild flowers were thick est, once rose the princely lodgeof Palatnato, the great warrior of the Wampanogas. Long . hiles Of lesser tents- were, ranged around, some lost, in the dense foilage, and only re n4gnizable by smoke struggling through the hranches,others looking:out upon the waters of the cataract that came tumbling down th'e . rocks in full view of the encampment.: _ an liour'of strange, wild beauty (so ran the legend,) IThe setting sun poured ' out 1 his parting gifts- most lavishly," and the tall trees, Waved to and in. the rich light„ like emerald islands drifting in a-sea of. Wild fantastic creatures grntiped, t9getheit /-• • • - 16111.1.1.11111.11.111111111111111.111111111 A . , ___., , .- • / 1 i i : •! ' . - ...,,-• • . . ' , . , • . 1 • . . • 74..L.5..#92.4% . ! ' i? . . _ . • • * • '' •1' 1 f ''. I 1 , / -. • , 1 • .. • ~.• . i / t •/' ' . . / • ~. 41 ‘ / , c ..... -•,/, r.— -' i • '• i b i t, ,_„.... 'N.,. . L__,l- . .. / ''X,. -' N f li t ' , , . -41-2 .. N ~, , 3 1) ,, - 1 : • 1 . # •4 . . , 7 , .Z.," • 5 , 7 4 ', • , " 1 1, ,, J ,!, . ~. , 4, ', 1-; :.; .. 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'al' st and wisest of his' t i own and the trvg i lliorin e r. tribes were assem bled stroifml the. hearthstone of thit warrior to witness • the etnsuMmation of his pledge:— The oldintaChad yielded its brightest treas . .ures - of wild roses and other flowers,and busy - hands were weaving them over the bridgil b e d of this beautiful child, while she, - the c;iivied - bride, was pipi n gn almost to death with bitter . • hear-sieknes. : It was a strange blending of determination, • and ifear, of strong intellect uprooted by, passioN and made more fearful 1 from its'wasting_energies, that glared from -the eyes.atid seemedbiirning their way to the brain of the'prlneesSl Prostrate upon a mat of costly furs, in, the full splendor of her bris dal dress, she looked the' very image of dis pin For a moment a stately ligure darken-• ied the entrance otT ter , lodge, a heavy foot- • • ''-'• • I step,. Which even thi n rich matting could not ;ulkl tic sounded in'the wigwam, and Polma to stoorfi•2ing -upon the heart-broken girl; but every trace of 'anguish had vanished, and her face had 'nssuMed he rigidity.of expression •which is.'said 'to' bd a characteristic of the Indian ravel .s. ' .. : "The . batipleC, hung with %fi l r d-tliyine nntl'sweebfern,7 tlaid the warrior, "the to es are, lazing upon the hills, ,01 :yetirb e 4 datighter of Pidaiato tarries from the side of her ‘betrothed.- Arouse thee, girl, so much weeping has"-stolen thelustre from thine eves, The macs from thy cheeks, and 'smiles, not tears, should r ibe the greeting of a King." f'-Smiles,'., exclaimed the" young creature, suddenly fo - rgcctting the part she had assnm ed- and Syringing to her, feet, ."smiles, when the heart is breaking. Smiles, like the false light which play , and dances on - the black cloud l when all "within is deSolationl I tell yob, father, I m ust weep, for my heart is swollen like the- ivater .of. a great fountain when the great Manit.o is angry with them'. I am sold," said she, dratying up her queenly form to its full height, "bartered" for new hunting-grounds far awa,over the bine hills ;. and when another "moon 'comes creeping up the sky, it;. earns will plity - with the !lowers upon my nn titer's gr4re,lbut I - shall not be ) there to weleome theth." ' • . _ - A smilejull of I:ornful meaning.' .stole over the kern feature. of Poi:on:Ito as he bent closely . to her ear, and whiliered . one wor.l which gathered! the iich blood like .a ;.unset clonflovir her face, neek,i and boiotn. • 1 . "1 hate the Ntrrrai.anset," he muttered, i" but I cannot shut my:eyes:: We are weak andfeeble. and the.sealps of our bravest war riors 'are itlrcady in their wigwams, whil,%tvlie trees. of the forest .are not 1110 n: nittnettous than the .clkieltUin's of that acursed tribe," and he.. unwound the beautifully moulded arms that' had stoleTafound his neck,' with look of Moody firmness, that told how great a vietOry self-interestt hit t ' achiev e d ov e r hi s better nature. ' 1 i - - . " l ilt is not beeause' this land is - more-fair, or the4e.. flowers More bright that Natatiieeta wortl4 have the-;Warfirejit again on the hills, for Polatttto's eve is keen and searches deep: ly, and it saw•tliv weak heart leaving ik! old lionie t .). followl." the i ~enape Hutit.r kd his •catity, cal,ge,,overthe!.lea stern prairies. To. nigist,"!!said he; as hellifted the ? heavy skins from 'the . door, "toinifdit, when the Iliooll comes out in her cotinHl, and the- torches of the braves are lit' uporf, the Itill4lof the spirit • land, then Natarneeta rimy( be wedded to the :Narragansetl" Ile -was gonell Chillingly I the echo of Ja i,s fontseps; treading' the dim for lest isles, fell brit] the.heart;of the princess.' " - To-n,ighl," sh e murmured; " to- night."— What :t world o r .misery w s "crowdea.l into these two syllables I It is bitterilesson to Ithe yOurig heart when it firs learn:4, that, sor . , roW lives in this blight and - beautiful world, and lurks forever ii the shadow of happiness. "4o -night Nataineeta reit/ be wedded--hut not to the -Naraganset hint, fur then herted !,, would wither like the spring flowers: and !yet: .nolf . the. Methinks theme is a strange chianti in the enchanted fountain ,fo-tiight," said she, asi she looped: up the heavy furs, and st.tod half poised in the embrazure, gazing.upon the, e4tiract„ which in. the warm, rich light seem ed;! an immense sheet. of burning silver. It - wits a beautiful Ipieturi;, that tall dark girl. Ist:hiding in the door of her rude dwelling. 1 64e small foot encased in an exquisiiely ern b4dered moccasin rested upon time sill of the lodge, the other stole - timidly forth upon the Totigh.' stone steps, its if half tempted to go ouf, among the flowers: that nodded frond th , -! - veijv verge of the cataract; yet fearing to, trtiSt herself alone in a spot whose wilAcss so lo4mot4ed 'with the half formed purpose of, her heart. A: robe.of feather=, tastefully plat ted together withliclids and silver lOops; coin posed her dress, gathered up around her right shoulder, and confined at the waist .with a girdle of sbells; leaving her left firm bare to the wrist, around which circled, a bracelet, of small silver bells, whose low, Iswet• chime gave out .an echo to - every mo‘j,einent, of 'her . graceful form.: Her dark hair fell, like a rich scarf around a bust of 'faultless sYtrunetrv., and her eYes lo:oked out froth: their long lasi,- es; like sta+lhrough a cloud' at knitininitt, "To-nigh.t4-to-night," fell i id most ineelntai cally from tier lips, like some•de4 wail of w oe from the stpulellei of -buried *hopes. • " 7 0 _ night, and' the moon is even now milling .in the ttaSl ern sky"" ' A Might. crackling: in ' 1 the bushes rrefgeti,ber attention, and With a startled loci -, - she itepped. forth anti befit down i in ;Oh:telling attitude, till her ?face nearly touched the , ground. "Titer are coming," she ,'exclaimed, sifter a brief panse,' "I hear their footsteps issuing from the encanipment —their votees' et h) - from the billstheir torches are glimmering through the trees— nearer-=—nearer they come—and now—" . "tia= tameeta,"•whispered a voice at her side, and a dark toil-worn figure 'crept fronit the shad ows of the lodge.. A dress of 'cos so bark, rudAv.woret. together, and ra ,, ,tr,rcid and torn with long jotirneying through 71re!forest hunt? 1 • ,- . Loosely Upo; a frame that 4eined to' have been shrunk ri by seine sudden blow, from its, usual proportion. A broken boWand a hunt ing4nife was' ! Slung ti.) his waiat.by 11,61 of twisted bark, sari a fetiduieless'in.Ows released themselves fro !the quiver aril fell to; the ground, as be euierged from bill enucealmerit. - He 'wore ' no I prnameut except i bracelet of A. WEEKLY JOUR4AI I t-DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, ALB,ICULTURE SCIENCE, AND MORALITY. rare shells woven together l . long black hair, and linked with bells olsitmlar!workmanship to those of the young princes. .I.lis hair wild and disordered, was matted with burs, and drawn back from a forehead, . where the ehords i and veins were swollen to hideousness, giving to .the large eyes, almost protruding Out of their sockets, a glimmering of fearful insanity. A shudder thrilled through - the veins of the princes as she gazed on this seeming spectre, till her eyes fell upon the embroidered bracelet, and'then with her face radiant with joy, she sprang forward and lay upon liis bosom, tnotionless;las if excess of [ happiness had.deprived her oe,existence. • "They told me you would wed the Nara ganset-King," said the Lenape, winding his brawny .arms still more closely around the yielding form of the beautiful. girl. "They told Me you would wed the-Narraganset King, -and fourteen suns have seen. the toiling through 'forests :and ovet . prairies to restore the pledge - you gave me here, by the lake side, and under the shadow of the willows," . End he raised her head .from its thiobbing pilloW, and gazed into her eyes with an ex pression. of earnesit solicitude, as if he would there search out-the truth that he longed, yt. so -dreaded to learn. "They told in' truq., Natarneeta," said le, as her eyes quailed 'be neath his anguished look. " You tive the \araLanset, and who should- find it, o u t s o Soon ias I? I give you back Votly heart---- Minel. cannot, if I would, recall; for the blood is fre'ezincr in every . pore, and it will die when another calls you We. It, will dii praying the Maui .for "blessings on you lead—for light over your patliway- r -for happiness-lava A , tie . lieard_.iston yo L ,tr wipetp./olt_will ,trto VA' ch AS - We a l'oflgsi?e, while vim, in .. Happiness, will forget it has ever lived. And oy his Noic e grew tremulous- with emotion, and he strove to unclasir his princes-, 1) hands . from the grasp of the princes-, should see how wo manly his heart was becoming. • "forget you 1" said she, "never,'-never, Oneacta! I am yours,,heari, and soul, in life or • death! I have sworn it,' in the hind' of the twilight, when the winds had rocked the old woods to sleep: I have swou it, in- the dCiep silace of night, and the oath went up with the midst of the enchanted fountain, and was written. among the stars! I have sworn it by my mother's grave..ay,• last night, 'when they told me I should wed another. I crept down there by her side, heart-Worn and weary, and prayed that she ..(-* mld aline back to rue only! for one minute, tNi. 1 might lay my head pil her - bosom ,and Weep.' She heard MC, Oneac:a : tOr even while I knelt, a bright star came slowly trailinir frOm•the spirit land, and rested in ilio flowers 111)011 ber.lfraS:C. Theli e juv heart. was like a bird, for 4' knew that "tar was the smile of my mother, Oneae tar'? , . , . "De--dose of the Lenape," shouted a fiente voice by the side of the lovers,.while a toma hawk Caine whizzing hv, cuttin:r the moon beams in its progress, d - nd hurrying - itself up to the lian.lle, in the, tree again.N, which tiles leaned. • The . Narazanset, wily as he was, had tnis sell his aim. and exasperated at his failure, with the ferocity of a hungry tiger, he sprang at the throat of his victim., Thecontest w as brie "but terrible. The toil-worn Idenape was no equal for the savage. It, was but the work of a moment to bear him to the ground, and plant his knec• - s 'upon. the hunters, breast.— Stronger and stronger grew the death-grasp around his victim's throat, while its own face becatm livid with the contendin passions of malice and revenge, pre§enting -a I awfulcon traSt to ..the purple visage of 11 e strangling man.• Another minute,- and the victory would have been complete, but the quick eye of Natatneeta had detected the huntim , knife in I her lover's girdle, and with the:bo - blness of .determination, - Whielr'never deserts a woman iu peril, she sprang forward, seized the knife, and was upon the point of snikitigt but the Nartaganset, becoming aware of his danger, gave one. loud shrill cry that arrested `hers arm and sent .the blood rushing like fire up on her brain. fearfully the war-woop mingl ed with the scornful laugh of the Indian, and rolled through the dim isles.of the forest. and fearfully was it echoed by a thonsand savages. who - required but tine thought of blood to !rouse all the terolting passions of_ their natnre. Onward and onward,' press e d the flood of human beings. like 'Waves of the .sea, agitated by some dreadful or , rtrj,_ Half naked forMs•hitieous in their glotingis ; were seen through the crackling 'ashes. Torches .101;4 5 up the sleeping shadows mid illtuninat4a the WOIA% with an :mild brillau; ey. Who' was to be done.? The next min- , ute would usher in a death-song for the hun- I ter—a marriage chanut fur - the maideni, The I thought was too limiblelor endurance. Die she might, and that; too, without a fear, as 1 befitting her 'daring race, bit to wed the 1 murderer of her lover, "even with the body of that 'overlying pale. and ghastly before her -never. 'lt was a desperate . resolve—an I iwful deed fur a woman's hand, that rushed upon her brain with-its maddening. influence. She had calculated upon the chances of an injury sufficient to prevent his pursuit, but not on the death of ,the Naraganso. Now, this was her only hope of escape, sO gathering up her strength for one desperate trial, - she man , aged by a wily movement" tfY throw the In dian off his guard, and before he could recov 7 er himself, the knife was buried in .his heart, and without a groan, he fell ,dead at her feet. "Up. up, Oneacta," said she, as the Indian's hands loosened in his death-strugghi from around the hunter's throat. ‘! Up to the great fountain. We will die as we have lived, With . our hearts braided together! up to the aartneil• waters—see how they. glide oxer-the rocks like a shower of • stars from • tbe spiiit land? Those stars shall be our marriage bed of flowers. The glorious arches that circle in the mist above them, s h a ll b e ad over our pathway as we sail to the home of the braves. - Reitiember—Natatneeta Inuii.be-married to night, and so. she will,. her head,pillowed on the bosoin of her -be trothed, beneath the waters of the enchattt . ed fountain. Hark Oneacta—they have scent ed the blood of the Naraganset—see where they bend over himand .now they are on our path—one effort more, and .we are free; Oneacta, free," and a. light silvery laugh, .which told of anything but terror, Chimed in with. the deep bass of the cataract,.while the. hoarse voice of their pursuers grew * ever mo ment nearer and nearer; but the levers-heed ed theta not, for they. were far upon the rocks by the bed of the writers, staunching a :fairy canoe of birch bark, which the princess had , Bontrost, Susprijamtalntl', Veineat, (Curs4ait Angttsi ft, 1155. seized and borne along with them in their flight. It was a glorious night ! A night that deathlwould choose for the eternal spirit union of young hearts! -A night,' to fill the -soul of intellect with rape longings to pluck the flowers of imtnortallity • No wonder then that.these vague longings should so fill the hernits of these simple forest children. Beau ty and sublimity combined to fling _a halo of glory around the wildness or the scene. Even, the fierce ,warriors bent Upon blood, became silent - and'sulxltted as they rest upori.Jhe, rocks and looked out upeti 60,4*M-waters of the cataract! Far as-tie eye could reach, a lake of flowing silver la klrearningly in the Warm light, or gliding -ot, and and onward,, • almost imperceptibly neari r the fearful abyss, till upon the very verge, ni if Suddenly aware of its danger, it.seemed for tnoment•to resist the tide, then 'rushed, mafly over the preci pice to be- lost in the Of below. The fall moon flung her beamitmong,st the mist that gathered above the watrs, and wove it• into . a thotmand gorgeous raubows.. Living dia monds seemed flashing through the brilliant coloring, and - in the trait of rainbOws and diamonds as if the antis had built for them an arch of glory, the Iqt bark of the ,lovers carne gliding down the 14:ejike some beauti ful splajt floating in ; dir moonlight. . FirM and erect, then stood . a4idst the gathering mist, so semblairenof far upon their fares; , no teAr in - their hea;n:l Onward and on ward piled the fairy biri with its freight of loYing spirits; reghrdlof the deafening l yells, of the terrified rages. ._Once and • once only, a ;bore , i,adness deepened •upoir * *tite:Nl.ow of t .- . , princes, for ' her ear -11:0-led aig74.e chaos of sounds, 1 the wild cry of her fat r..; but bitter memo ries crept into her bears and gathering the faintin.t - form of her loyr Still more, closely to her . 'bosom, as the b4tt trembled upon the 'verge of the fall, her lai words came floating back : " To-a/jilt...rata/cc/a must _be treded." - Louder. and more rueldious 'swelled the wa ters as they closed o,er this strange scene of love and death, a`utl !high ter and more . beau tiful grew . the tintd arches, as the foam wreaths burst their. NlaspS from the, brow of Niagara, and scatter tr their white flowers over -the ,marriage be..f the IsnrAN LOVERS. Romance The Manchester M ing story. In the fall of 1847 young man came to this eity from ,a fort n country, in quest of employment in the I. After weeks of un successful, effort he,amo reduced to. the pitable . necessity ofil osingof his best. cloth es.t in .order to obtaiterms to liquidate his bills and seek emplo ent elsewhere. After consultingabout di ,sing of his clothes at auction,l7e return ) his boarding house to 1% n pick up the same, the lady of the house It:t et t ilde& him a lette irected to hint in ,a* fe male hand, which sl nformed him had been left there by a boy ; ' Mt, on being opened i %%as found to.contain ,t t2o in- bank bilk; with. a note of hand for thistune amount, accom panied With the folloienr, explanatiOn ; i . ••• Mr.,--------: Kno(fig your pressing. wants and having the meant my disposal, I send you • ''o.Lwith which u will please ' inne diatel; tle your 1,040 bill, and call at 'the t card 'moth in ilton—i--,--Corpora tion, 14,- -hen, by apply i• o the (A:erseer, whom I have seen, you will berble, by (riving your name, toobtana situatkas card-stripper.— The work may not - beiliirable; but persevere, - and in time it will letd somethinm 'better. In -return for the matey :ou will please sign the accompanying nte, hich you will en close in an envelopeiyit mit direction,, and with a penny for poste,Jpquests-the Post master to placie it it tiOx No.—. , •1 . f 4 A STRANGER." • The note wasimateltayable to bearer. - Though greatly svrised at such- a-timely favor from the l:Mnd )(an entire stranger, . he ' gladly availed hirnsl of it; - aid, impel led br 'an irresistable' power to found that the situa tion" had teen securdfor him, through the earnest solicitation Ca-young lady„ Who was equally.a stranger t(A6e overseer, yet whose pleadings he could nit, withstand. ' _ The whole trans:mull was so unusal, that . , af•er our hero, ,by asstirous devotion to his business, had secured ile. confidence of his oversa.'.er, he related t. I'm the :whole affair, :mil solicited his aid i mdeavoring to obtain the name and - where:4ms of his benefactress: . He entered .willinglyro the plans, yet two years had passed, an tie mystery remained unsolved. - In the me. .ime, the stripper had been promoted to. gri er, and had laid by of his earningsthe 51.20, '.llll interest, in theSd vings Bank,- so as to-6- prepared to settle so just a claim at any in m en( ; : '- , . In his thst ender vor. o unravel tse mystery he applyed to the Pos - Vffice, but fou I, on in quiry,' that. the box iolt hieh the note was pla cid was not used by iftliody, permantly, at the tiine of the occure.i. ! .• Every. suceeding attempt in other di.iions proved equally. abortive, until at last i ceased all effort, - and resolYed to wait for co Mg; &eats to unfold, or coming time to rev :I the myStery. di. ;ions Our hero, after a resi ',nee of over four years' in this city, bad forme some very valuable, acquaintances, ani.. - it i not strange, that not-1 withstanding his pecuniary obligations to one 1 he had formed a very iritimate acquaintance with another of the fair -ex. True; - his-inoral 1 sense rebelled at first, rtitinst yielding up his affections to one while being so strongly under i gratitude to another; bet gratitude to - the un known was compelled to surrender at last *to the captivating image of -the known. -He , made expiation, however, for his gratitude, by 'frankly confessing to his beloved what anot h of her sex had done fir him, without solieita tions in the hour of deepest necessity. .- • - She laughed outright at such an unmaiden ly act, declaring it proceeded from nnpulse not, regard,of which it was evident the actor''" felt ashained, and hence her studied *silence. And she t,Croir occasion to-console him with the sugge.stiou, that by the deposit he had made of the amount received; he had fully ab solved him Self froM all further obligation.— His ladyloi-e being both law and gospel; he acknowledged the truihfulusss of her sugges tion, and resigned lila affection, without reserve into ber keeping. 1 • . ,-- - As one of the natural things under the sun, they.concluded at last to go and get married. The . day -was Set,—but a day preceding . which, ite received a note through the Post-- Office, in a letter, f<vbieh contained the follow-. iug : - - -- I " hir:---.: Sir—By calling this :evening at No.—, -----.street, and paying the note, [u Real Life. or puLhshes . the follow- with interest, which I hOld against you,. you will save expense : . 1 :A STRANGER: 9 . , . He called a.sdirected,.bein , rextremely anz- 7 ions tasettle a demand .which, from the very mystery which surrounded it, made him - at times unhappy. He was received at the doer by a domestic, who conducted hits to . the parlor, whoa - , to.his surprise, he discovered in waiting, note in. hand, his own dearly beloved —the one ho was the next day to call by the endearing name: of teife„ - . . Explanations followed, which may be.leftlo the imagination of our readers. Suffice it to say, they were Married at the time Set—and to-day the gentleman stands conspienOus as one of the most industrioits and respectable , of our intel,geht manufacuringpopulation; and his amiable:wife has occasion, to rejoice con= stantly, that in the fall of 1847, she had-tte.en-: - ty dollars to *pare. , • •' . .; Trying Serrants. BY AGCSTA Ito.oftE. . Mrs. Leander Pettigrew was .. .a woman of f4shion. She kept min servants as wall as women 'servants. Her having been born in thiS democratic land wiis'a sourco'of constant regret to her— slie longed for . the. titles. and pomp of monarchal! realms. • She was learned in the mysteries of Europe an . servant training, and did her very best to train her's accordin to her knowledge.— She had in her service several foreigners, The servility of-.these gratified her pride. = At length her lower-hall-gotry began to .41 the workings of - Ainko6n . *free and equal doctrine=, and the foreigners showed signs bf some independence in thought and action.-=— Mrs. Petttig,rew was not slow to perceivO the danger, nor backward in' striving to nip it in the . bud: "Caroline," said she to a German chambei maid' who was passing through the dinning room; dressed for a w;lk i " where dill you get that parasol "'l bought it,_ tna'iria," replied the girl, with a sigilitly pereetiple risiug, of the end of her saucy noF.e... • ~. AndWilo gave you leave to_ purchase a parasol, or wear a white pocket handkerchief? You know pellet:fly-well that such things are not allowed in your country." " Lam not it; Germany now, - ; I'm in America, and can carry my own parasol as well as you. And, ma'rna, I „wish you'd please to. look for another chambermaid—'— this place don't And Caroline sallied out at the door: - Her mistress was thunderstruck. She had not looked for such a finale to this scene. -- As-she stood iu silent astonishment at -the independence-of her i::hambermaid,.a French :waiter entered the room. A 'glance at his. upper confirmed •:a suspicion which, for, several days, had been creeping. into her mind. With a severe look and tone, she said to the servant; . , "' Marco, I do not consider it becoming• for waiters to wear a moustache. I cannot all- . ow my servant to wear one." "Tis a free country ; ma'mn; a mau befe' may wear a moustache, if be choose." "I do not wish impudent replies from my servants, sir:. You can shave your upper lip, or quit my service this ofternoon." . Several days after the trouble with her ser vants, madam's bosom friend and,'devoted imitator, Mrs. Apewell, called. "My dear Mrs, Apewell, (luring the. very intellectual ..and interesting . conversation, which had for several hours,an nninte rtipted tbw ;" my dear, I am absolutely in distress for a new waiter.' Our last was so often in toxicated, and so bent upd'n stealing his mas ter's clothing, that husband could not endure it no longer ;so this week Dixon receive d his marching orders. I was extremly sorry that it was necesary. to dismiss Mtn', for the fellow. was very 'handsome and graceful, as well as respectful and attentive. I never had • . a.waiter who understood his place or duties so well. He seemed actually devoted to me and the . children;• and as for poor Fidele, lie has sustained an 'irreparable loss. Ms not often a waiter is Willing to interest himself in the welfare of a pet. Really, Ido regret the lass of Dickon. You should have seen the grace with which lie kneel to lace 'a gaiter, or to draw.on . or off a rubber. He is a great loss." " I've no doubt of it, my dear - Mrs. Ape well ; and I can fully sympathize with ,you. Our waiter was a.perfect adept in his duties, but his presumption, in persisting in weuring a monstathe; - was too much to endure•" " I met him in the street, this Morning," said 'Mrs. Apewell, " And the moustache was gone. l had half a mind to engage him for myself, bittconsidering his obstinate disre gard of.your wishes, I refraitted. I 'couldiet allow a servant to_wear a Moustache." " I think, we had better go togethet, and call at the intelligence office this \imorning.. I must hate another chardbermaid,-_ also.— The girl I took in the place of Canine -is a perfect donkey. She don't know - a if:lower case from a water,pitcher,.or, froni a pillow-slip ; and yesterday, when I feint her down with my orders for dinner, mentioning, among '.other things, - a- fricassee and some encumbers,. she • told_ the cook I wished her to prepare fried ee:a and.clitick-under" Mrs. Apewell laughed as heartily .gen tility would 'permit, at these words friend, and Mrs. Pettigrew then arose -and prepared for a walk to the °glee. . We will leave the ladies to suit thenise!ves to new servants as - speedily as they can, trus 7 ling that, as their happinesS lies so much• in servants and show, neither show of • servants will be denied them, unless for. their spirit tint elevation. • rdr Bastlis.,Governor Trumbitll.4 Con necticutson an occasion of a grand riotoseen ded a block, and' attempted; by a speech,: to quiet the people t when i a, random missile hit ting in the head, felled hiM to the ground. He Was badly hurt ;-and as his friends were. carrying him into his honk., his wife met him • at the door and exclaimed : "-Why, my -hiishand, they hare knocked your brains out." • "No they haven't.," said the Governor.; " if I'd hid any brains I Shouldn't have tone. there." A Indy being asked what business herlus band followed, said he "was'engaged. in "fin, ishing." Purfher information was necessary, and after a brief hesitation, silo continued, "finishing his time in State Prison." apauele 'Peculiarities. It seems that the national exclusiveness of this peculiar people is also exhibited in their social 'titbits. The-streets of their towns pre sent only a dead wall upon each side, - the houses being situated in gardens behind them, and hidden as moch'a's possible by trees and shrubbery. Being under constant surveil lance, the people are much given to biding themselves. Their dress consists of one looSe robe with. a girdle about midslle. This is a very cool arrangement for summer weather, but in win ter is not quite so comfortable. However, .they manage to keep warm by - levying •con tributions upon each ;oilier, for whenever one member of a family goes. out in cold weather, be borrows•the - osirments of all who remain,' within,'and-puts them over;the other! . The Japanese idea of the.slide is .peculiar. The article with them is simply a sole, and is. worn not for the protection of the footwhich in fact it - does not cover—but for the preser vation of matting upon their lloorsthe sole being always slipped Otrat the docirolie wear er going - barefoot ih the house. The shoe, therefore, is only intended - :to keep :tlie feet - 1 from contact with -the earth; and thus. from soiling the - Matting which -it is a matter of pride to keep - very clean. This, indeed, ii a very essential matter, as tlwmatting is -used not only for a carpet, btif -for • a table-cloth ind mattress as well, being,in fact the only of furniture in the house. The inmates it, eat 'von tl e tloor. • , • The Japan e. pillow—for they - indulge in giat luxury. .is a curious affair., It consists or little block of wood; .with sides of 'im equal width, so that by turning it over—which is often done even in sleep—the head may rest at different points of elevation.. This - peculiar pillow is made. necessary from the fact that the hair is.worn upright upoa the head, matted together with grease : and secured by pins, which by their inatrialandicate the - rank of the wearer. ThiS pillow aciansidered a very comfortable affair, and altogether sup erior to the Lags •cif feathers on which we-J outside barbarians - are . ' wont •to rcieline - our 1 heads. . • • ' • The Japanese,, like the Chinese, take, their food with chopsticks, and indicate .their 'en joyment of it by a loutli§npring noise, not all agreeable to civilized.',l;ears. . , _ . Being always accustomed to . sit *iit their legs bent up.npon the floor; they find it pain ful to sit on_ chairs, complaining that the part of the leg Which hangs down " is all the Same as if it Were cut off !" • . , The mandarins, when they go abroad, have always a great retinue ; an umbrella 'apable ,of.covering thirty 'or forty persons, 'is held over their heads, while two men go before. with brooms to sweep away evil spits in the air! They believe in spirits, but not the: immortality of the soul- • ° When a - Japanet‘e gentleman walks :abroad• he n aoio:nirtind bra servant whose duty it is to carry three essential articles—an umbrella t? shade his tnaster 7 --his" fqr it is the genteel thing to ego barfooted) and aneatin,g,-box contain food, lest his =A ter should become faint on the_ war.' When this happens,.the gentlethan sits down upon the ground, 'opens:hislbox'and eats his din ner.• The Japanese are bound to support " - their fathers' while living; and to worship them after death. This worship is.the only social enjoythent they have, for they make an a ,int*ttient of it, thOugh one would think it mast be a xery grave one. In fact the,grave yard is the only place.of public resort, and is made. a place of sensual enjoyment. - Every day the household reAOrts, to the. family tomb, and there indulps in eating, drinking,. and walling alternately. This is their - worship. Formerly they were_ regnire,lio be three years by the graves of their-parents, now fifty days will do, and they sometimes! even hire men to watch in thew stead. This indicates a' lamentable decline of piety, whieh,,-In;twerer is not without its parallel among the profess= ors of higher faith.,•Portlaad Transcript. _ • From the• Saturday Evening _ • Happiness. "0 happiness our being and our aim, Good, pleasure, ease, content-what u're the name That something still . that piotniits the eternal sigh, ' For which we dare to INo, or da:o to die." He who earnestly studies human natu're— mingling in the various grades-,of society; reviewing the different scenes at different' times presented, and!examing the motives of - the actors, will be sure to find that all -centre in a single object. From the king upon the throne, to the elninney sweep who daily- trills out Lilly DA ill_ his- daily perambulationi along our crop ded thoroughfares all'•areseek ing happiness., although Aiifferent Means are chosen by them to attain this universal de sire. One imagines it con , ists in military glo-1 rv, and in - ,that way strives hard to obtain-it; another looks for it in. the accumulation of great Wealth; and yet another seeks it—alas vainly—in the pleasures of the wine Cup. All of these,-ever. it' their first wishes are gratified, are seldom, permanently satisfied. They find that they have been mistakeii, and that these bright meteors they have been pur suing, (like an ignus fatus) are now further from them than when they began the chase,- and at last, 1n almost miter despair they be come convinced that:the-hand of eipectation can ramr grasp them. Let it not be suppos ed from my perfae, that Lbelieve the Creator has placed .us, here--upon this lOvoly earth to be alWays disquieted and unhappy ; that the way to Heaven Must-necessarily be a toad Of thorns; or that- we'are elevated in feelings sometimes, only -to be the [more deeply. dis appointed at other periods ~tt i f our existence.— No, no-although our HeaVenly Earlier has chosen a "marrow way" for the righteous to travel to His Kirigtfom—He hinders. us* not from streWing our path with roses. -My , henrt . • beats high . ; with confidence that all may attain a moderate.sharSof real bliss While vet in this temporal sphere.'. , Hap piness springs, my dear friends, froni the pos session of .:nn: Approving , . conscience, • and is retained by the cultivation of affection and, benevolence. It is . an old- any true saying that "a good mancantiot be happy alone," but Must gain felicity by adding .to• that, of others, or in sharing.the • woes-of his -neigh bors. .:' The .pleasure he.then imparts is reflect-. ed back to him:. Judging by, this,'we : might suppose that those who practice such virtues in life are best' capable of, enjoying the ending. stores of pleasurestiu Heaven in fu glift, - - , - . II latitni....lZ, ..Itudir-t3:2-.- T eau conceive of no mortal whose position is more to be envied than he who re.sOlies, and does indulge in the luxury of doing good for a lifetime.- ,Even if some recipients of_his bounties prove ungratful, still he is inward ly compensated by - the satisfaction of having done his duty, 'and can truly expect tolear the cheering call "Welcome though good and faithful * j servant, enter thou into,oy of our Loid r? This is true kipPine.sti. "Seek :end ye shall find." 'S4F • Etoot:Evr BaEvrry.—That " brevity is the soul of wit" has been uttered again and again., until it is as "famili ar as household words'," and- many are. the examples given in proof of, the assertion. , But we beard on Saturday of i l . an - instance in which brevity was not poly witty but eloquent ; if by :eloquen e . we -ate to underitand the accomplishing of 'the ob ject in view.. , . , : In this ease ; the eloquence was the resulti of accident and'not dsiga, but none the lest powerful for that—but the story : . - • -Once upon a time, in a certain them: lived a merchant, 'vhOse name ii:.notati all necessary. Times Were hard,nstheyarniow. and the merchant had .received from - 4 of hiS customers' at a -distance, iri:iins'wer previous dun, a letter-stating his diffieulties i and, requesting time. Agttated, not with that-Matter only but many others, - the merchant:paced the floor-of his counting-room, with arms behind his back. and a . lowering brew,' • Stopping, St.iddenly : -, ho turned tohis clerk and said : - " Mr: "Yes, situ The paper was ready, .find• the pea .filled with ink ; , but "still the merchant held . his peace; ' his clerk called to himonceiir twiee.; not receiving any answer, left stool and went 'to remind him that be was ready, • - Well, write.r ". . . ".What shall I write?" "Something or nothing, and that :very gnick.". _ ,write that roan delay' • Back tb . , his. desk' went the. clerk, rapidly n.e. . - moved • !di Ifin rs over ?he paper. The letter_ sealed i and_ backed, and sent to the office.l;y return' .of .mail . ante ,a letter froth hi.* dttlinquedt customer, inclosing the money :in'' full of his account. Th6_ merchant's eyes' ; glistened when he opened his letter, and haste=. nirig to his clerk hid ," What did 'you- say to when pint wrote the other •day I Here is - the' Money this morning, in full..of hikaecount." ..r., -4 .1. wrote just what you told me-am 3. kept a.,eopy of the - letter." Going to his letter.-book, and opening, he -found the following: • • •-- - • • • Sue :--7Something.or nothing, and that very quick.. Yoursotc., . And - that letter ' brOught the money Louisville `..i).;inocicit. • • . Hay Caps. The. use ofcovers for cocks of hay or'sto9ki of grain, while.cfiring in . the , field, ndds . small item tothe protits" . ofthe faimer.. Very 'Cheap ones are 'made of sheeting. Select the widest and strongest and make them square, 'hemming the torn edges and doubling the corners - to give strength- to the eyelet- holeS,. that .should be worked in -each corner fo'r the insertion of smooth pegs. The e: cap; will last for years, With care, and May • Save:. their cost many, tithes over even in one sea= son. . • Hay mar heput up ir t cockin gnitea fresh 'state, and thus covered ‘iritl.) a csp, will. stand uninjured. in very. tsevere storms' .and' CORI: out better Cured • than though 'wholly sun dried. The: texture of. the cloth readily pass. , es off the evaporation of. the - cock; while7.it wards off the. falling mOistnre. Their use the hnrNe<t fi especially in catebing . _weath- _ er, would-sate many bushels of grain,' oats, &c., - and leave the straw in better ' 6 To recur° thein / to the cook, pins :ire' thrust though the eyelet.holes in the corner upward' —no wind then blows them away. --. Dirge savings might- be made by: having similar coVerings.for stacks,"especiallYivhete one. wants to-bc . several days,in the but dine of them. srlich case, it would be 't7t• Plan,to giVe the covers a gOod.coat of. oil--- making t in Net a oil cloth coverings: • . - ~ i. Iliivir to . *G .. et Rl , \...b ot,llloths., - !. .-: A year since we had occain n to store a lot of furniture with a consfderable ' amount' of woolen gannents, carpets, bed_ clothing, : lkc. As the:house necessarily used, for storing:lv:v..; infested. With moths and cockroaches; we hail some fear4' ou . this account, kit ,we prociirell -a. "pound and .a half of good , camphor, and ticked all woolen Materials in a-single close room, with large lumps otcamphor in several. pieces. 'flie room *as then closed up tightly ; and. left: till a few days . since. 'On opening it! .we found it ' filled with - a strong order of qatyiphor. The'l.unips . of gum, which Were abouLthe size cff'a hen's egg when put in; bail no* lost' half :their bulk, and - not a - single .? bread of anything in the .room had been in-, lured by moth or other insects., .. - : - • • one thing surprl,sed us not a `little; -th,. ! ening' of the room was-literally covered:with 11ionsands , of Moths, though none were found .1 lsewhere. The dollar. expended in getting large amount of camphor probably saved: ilis from . many dollars' . foss, since a . bit of 4tair carpet and an old muff. which were left in -another room with ..soine4amiture, were entirely destroyed.—American Agriculture. .: THEILLING &CAPE FROM A.' BLACK SNAKE. -On Motlday last, several l / 4 'children, among whom was - an intereatino , daughter of Joseph Hemphill,. Ess}„aged :tau t,lO }'gars, were en joying a sociablotpicuic.-in a woods about a _mile south of West Chester, and Were thrown into a panic by ;a Itrge .black:, snake.. Miss Hemphill, lingering; behind her cOmrads 4 some blackberry bushas, espied a nest ofyoung-% snakes, and itnmediately started to, run - , lbw-. - arils the cleating. She succeeded in 0r0 . 8.64..,, L I the fence when her, progress. was iMpeded, - 1) ~. a large blacksnake that, had - - wouncr i' ` .- twice round her thighs,on the outaidekcif: ii" i''s garments, tine bound her so tight she - mail .--:. not move. How or, when it got there' sh could not tell, her 'ideas being so, coda.- by tright, on Seeing the nest from ‘eoleh _ Abp. ; ran. She taking relieved lacher locomotion by the snake taking a higher position, *hail She threw up her, arms and ran, using her: buitet• to fight the reptile, elung to her-. and".bit in- .., cessantly at her dress. Ma - wee,,Anally ter.- : lieved froardter perilous situation by a. gen-,, • tleman who was attracted to thn spot i by her.` cries, and' who killed the snake. - - -- •- ' - - Wo buro hoard a marvelous story about o
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