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
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around the rude tents, while the; dark eyed
- maidens flinging aside theiri,' - basket-stuff.t,
• sought the lakeside to water their toilet by
its mirror, and with Woman's pardonable vani
ty,admire for, la moment the laughing faces
that shone Upon,its surfitee.
.It was idle bridal -night of the beautiful
princes Natancieeta, whi) had been prnffered
by tier 'father
.to the Narraganset King as a
peace offering, to InyiuPon , the grave of the
tomahaif, whieh was to lie buried forever
in the g und. TI. '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
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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
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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