'Vint kt fropriztors. `.s.tlert Vottrg. 11031 E. _, Earth sky bout her rained swam Of beauty, rich and rare, nee hoards ot e 4sealth'and glitt'riug gems That sparkle -everywhere ; "But steered by' fortuities hand alone, ..Whichever way I roam, I find no spot so dead to me As my.old cottage home; It is not, to gather friends Ourjourneyings td cheer— Friends for aday, but friends in name Unlike the near , and dear; The cherished few who cluster round The old ancestrial seat, Where,"tired of all the cares of life, We rest our weary feet,. The heart will-own no intereourie ,With flattering smile and word, Btit turns to amore genial place • Where Love's soft tones are hcard; . - A mother's smiles are not forgot— . A father's lessons kind— Such, loi.e and kindness we mar search The•w•orld in vain to find. Dear Home! though I may wander far, And traverse land and sea, Thoul't ever lie the dearest spot In this wia world to me. ru not forget those cherished friends, The conv:ani and the true WhO shar4 my early 'cares and joys, Though Joften finding-new. glistdiantnus. Fortunes of a Country Girl. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. , One day, I will not say ° how many years ago, tor I intend to be very mysterious for a time, with' Ty readers—a young woman step ped from a country wagon which bad just arrived at the yard gate of the famous Chel ser inn, the Goat and Compasses, a name ftirmed by corrupting • the pious , original, "God encompasseth us." . The young wo man seemed about the age of eighteen, and was decently dressed, •though in the plablest I rustic fashion of the times. She was well formed and well-looking, both form and:look giving indications of the' rudy health conse 'quart upon exposure to sun and air -in the country. After stepping 'from the wagon, which the driver immediately led into the court yard, the girl stopped for a motnent in apparent uncertainty whither to go, when the mistress of the \ inn, who had, come to the door, obseryed herlhesitatiOn, and asked her to eater and take rest. The young woman readily obeyed the invitation, and Soon, by the kindness of the landlady, found herself by the fireside of a'nieely minded parlor, where withal to refresh herself after a long and te dious journey. " And so, my poor girl," said the landlady, after having, in return for her . kindness, the whole particulars of the young woman's situ ation and . history, "so thou bast come all this way to seek service; ant, bast thou no friend but John Hodge, the wagoner?—True, he is like to give thee but small help towards getting- a place." "Is service, then, difficult to be had ?" ask- ed the young woman, sadly. ." Ab, Miry, good situations, at least, are hard to end. But you have a good heart, r child," said the landlady, and as she contin ued, she looked around with an air of iwide and dignity ; " thou seest what I hare come to myself; I left the country a young thing like thyself, with as little to look to. But tisn't every one for a• ertain, that must 'look for such a fortune, and in any case it must be . wrought col:. I showed myself a good ser mat,- before my good old Jacob, 'leaven ieat his soul, made me mistress of the Goat and CompasseL. So mind thee, girl." • The landlady's speech might have gone on a great way;;. for the dame' loved well the sound of her own tongue, but for the inter ruption occasioned by the entrance of'a gen tleman, when the landlady rose anil . welcOm ed him heartily. • •" Ah, dame," said the new comer, whovas a stout, respectably attired person of middle age, "how sells the good ale! Scarcely a drop left in the cellar, I hope!" "Enough left to give Sour worship a draught after your long walk," and she rase to fail the promise implied by her Words.. "I walked not," was the gentleman's reply; but took- a pairef oars, dame, down the riv er. thni;knowest I always corne to Chelsea myself, te see if thou lacked anything." " Ah, Sir;" replied the landlady," «and it is by thatway of doing business that you have made yourself, as all the city says, the richest man in all the Brewer's -Corporation, `if net in all \London itself" "Well, dame, the better for me if it be so,", said the brewer, with a smile ; "but let us have the mug, and this quiet, pretty friend . of thine shall please us, by tasting with us." . 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The poor co utry girl, to whom this was addressed c141i1 . 1 ed the proffered' civility with a blush i but;the landlady exclaimed. :1 "" Cope, silly vi t ench, drink his worship's health i Jae iir more likely to get the a ser ii,,, if it so Pleas 4 him, than John g6d,ge, the wagoner.?" 1 "The girljhas come mauy.. a miler con tinued the *teas, "to seek a piece iii town, that she maylburden her family no: More at home.", "To seek: service," exclaimed the brewer, "'why, then, Perhaps it, is well met with us. llas she brow- h( a character with her,l ocean you speaklor l Lir, dame !" - ! • "She has never yet been from home, sir, but herfisee-is ber leharacter,"- said the kind hearted lady ; "i'll .warrant she'll be diligent and trusty." . "Upon thy prophecy,_hoste.ss, I will take herinto niy..service; fore but yesterday, my )rouse-keeper wasconiplaillitte.ot the want- of help; sincethis deputysitid brought me more in the ,wayiof entert.aining! the people of the ward." ; - ; . Ere the wealthy brewer and deputy left.. the Goat a i m! Compass, arrangements were made for Sending : the, country girl to his • house in the city,. on, the following day.— Proud of haying. done a good action,.thegar miens hoStess took advantage of the circum stance, to , detiver.an itnmense o leng harangue tothe• young woman do her De* dutiei, and on the . datigers to which youth -is exposed in large cities. The girl' heard her benefactress . with'reodestthankfuldess, but amore Minute observer than the - good landlady might have seen in the eye - and countenance of the girl, a quiet firmness of,expression, such as might have induced the ailing shcirt of the lecture.; HoWerer, the landlady's lecture• had an end,i and towards • ithe evenio• of the day following' b her arrival at, the Goat' and Compasses, the youthful 'rustic found herself imstalled• as house maid in the dwelling lorthe ricliibrewer. The fortunes of this - girl it is jour - purpose , • to follow. The first change which, took place in her con,j ition strbsequeat to that re'.a:ed, was her clevat-ion) to the vacated - post. of housekeeper in the brewer's family.. In this situation She was: brought more than. fOrtner ly in contact with• her master ; who 'found atnple !means ••of admitind the propriety of her conduct, as welllas - her skillful economy and -management. By degrees lie began to' find her presence necessary to hi- 1 . 1 happiness, and - being -:a than both - honorable and inde pendent mind,.he at . lengtli offered her his hand. It was:accepted, •an 4 she Whe but four or five : years ; before -left- her country home bare footed, became tli wife of one of the richest citizens of London. -- • . 'For many' years - Mr,. Alebury, for such i was the naive of the brewer, ltnd his wife lir- i ed in happiness and 'comfor/ together. He I was a parr of good family and , connections, and consequently of higher breeding than his wife could.' boast, but on no occasion had he to "blush,, for the , partner hi_ had chosen.— Her calm, inbornistrength, if not dignity of charaster, conjoined with extreme . - quickr.ess i of Vercerition, mad her' fill her place at her husband's table wi as much grace and cred it as if she had been born to, the station.--•-• And; as time - ran on, the respectability of Mr. - Alesbur3fs position received a ' gradual in:- cre,ase • tile became an Alderman, and sub-, sequentlY, a sherifrof the;city,'and , in' conse, quenee of the latter elevation, was knighted. Afterwatids—and now a part of the Mystery projectec at the commencement of this story must be Srokett in uponi as far as time ; is concerneltiterwards the important place; Which the breirers held in the city called up on- him the attention and favor' of the King, Charles the Fitt, then anxious . to conciliate the good will:clf the.citizens, and the 'knight received rurthet; honor of .baronetcy. .. Lady Alesbury, in the first ye.ar'of her mar-1 riefi. life gave birth to & daughter, who proved i to he an Only,- child, a id around her, as . was natural; ail the hopes and wishes of the pa rents entwined themselves. 1 This daughter had Only reached the age of seventeen when her father tiled, leaving an immense fortune behind him. It was l at first thonoht the vrid ,. ow and daughter Would become' the 'inherit ors of this withoutla shadow of dispute. But it prosied otherwise: 'Certain relatives of the de-ceased brewer set up a - plea, upon the Pan- . dation:of a Will made in their fayOr before the deeeased.becaree married. With• the won ted:. fineness, Lady Ales to.y immediately took St4for. the Vindicatibn of lie; own and her datighter's rights:'. A t ,!loung lawyer who had ben a frequent guest kit her husband's tall; and of whose.abilitv Ishe had - formed a .f: • high opinion, she had fizec t ,upOn as. a legal - asserter of her cause. • Etlarard Hyde was in• deixia youth of great abilit)'... Though, only twenty Years of ageat.the '!•eriod refer4l to, and tho6 i gh hehaa,Spent.Auch of his Youth ful tiesei ire the society of: the gay r an -,the fashienribleofthiday, he Nid, not. neglected Ibe`pur4u.its to which his atuily's wish. as liell...ita. his 'osviatasteehad . ditrirled 4int - , But it was :with cen.sidentble hesitation, and. a feeling of lanxicitts diffid eace thathe consented to. undertake -the ehairge ,, :of Lady • Alesbitry's 'case; for certain) strong, though unseen - and Onaektiosyledged'sensations, ;Here at 'work- in his - bosons, to milts 'him - fearful 'of 'the:'Nl i sponsibility and Anxious a I the result. - I : . • ThiyoUng lawyer, bower , . beCanie eciuti ref for..thi . hreirer's 'xidOir...an danghter,and. - 4, istAkkiiiitirti(in ofolo, enee, atf . dia ~ ~ play of legal abilits4iined ' be Suit; - Tiro ' . - ' ' ' s'''ic . '' was‘ heated 'days aß4r„titiolo4B sett] Atitt 8 : "iri l• th'ill'iriCrsiliiitts:'- -: . ' .I "':--...' • - . '.. ' ,snsfitteijantra Connie, Venn'a, .Tursbati Denting, poinntb q 1, IBM. .• LadyAlesbuiy's usual manner was quiet and composed, but . shenow spoke warmly of her gnititude to the preserver of her daugh ter from want, and also tendered a fee-a par. !tient munifiCent,indeed, for the occasion.- . - The yoUng barrister did not seem at ease du, ring Lady Alesbury's expression of .her feel ings, Ile shifted up 'his chair, changed color looked at. Miss Aleshory, played with the purse before him, tried to speak, but stopped sbort,and chlpged color again, I Thinking on ly of best expressing his gratit4e, Lady Ales bury appeared not to to notice her visitor's confusion, bat arose, saving, • - • "In token that I hold yob!. i service above compensation in money, I wish also to give you a memorial of my gratitude in another shape.", As she -spake thus, she drew a bunch of Keys froni her pocket, Which every lady carried in those days, and left the room. What. passed during her absence betwetM the parties whoM she left together, will be bit known by the result. When Lady Ales bury returned, she foundher danghter_stand ing with averted eyes, .but with her hand within i that of Ed ward Hyde's, who . knelt- on' the mother'se' i entrance. Explanations of th Wing' which the .parties entertained breach otherenstted,.and Lady Alesbury Iva's- not lone- it e ,ivine- the desired i l consent. . . • , 1 • " Giie me leave, however,' said she to the 1 'lover, l : o place around your neck the memo rial Which I intended for you. - Thia .chain," it Wasl a superb gold one,was a token of grat itude loin the ward in which he lived, to my ; dear h sband." Lady AleAery's calm, seri ous eyo were, filled with tears, as . she throw the clein around Ed ward7s neck, saying, 1 these links were worn on the neck- of a wor thy an honored man. Mac thou, my son, attain jo still higher honors." The !wish . was fulfilled, though not till dan ger an 3 suffering had tried, severely the par . - ties co i cerned. The son-in-law of L-idy Ales bury btcame an eminent member of the Eng lish bar, and also a prominent i speaker in the parliament. When Oliver Cromwell brought the king to the +ffold, and established the cominonwealth,''Sir Edward Hydefor lie held a government post, and bad been knighted— was too pr,',lilinent a member of this royalist party•to escape the enmity iif the new rulo.s. and was obli ! rod to reside upon this continent till the restoration. 1 When abroad, he was so much esteemed by the exit -,I prince—after wards Charles ll—as to be appointed Lord High Chappell or of Engl i yel t whleh appoint ment, was con - finned when lie king . was re- . stared to his throne. Some tears afterwards - f Hyde was 'elevated' to the plerage,first in the rank or baron, and sub•equ Clarendon—aale which he Eri - Oistr history.. These events so briefly rurrated, occupied. a large space of time, during which Lady Aleshury passed her days in quiet retirement. She had now had the gratification of behold -jug her daughter Countess of Clarendon, and .seeing the grand-children shi had horn . to her, ''.mingle as equals witJi he snoblest of the land. But a still more exalt fate awaited the 4,escendantS of the poi) fri+dless girl' who I Ihadcome to London i search of service, in a ! 9 amoner's.vain. Iler -grand-daughter, Anna -, Hyde, a young lady o spirit, wit and beauty had been ,appointed, while her family stayed I . , abroad, one of the Maids of honor to the prin ceis of Orange, and in that situation bad at tracted so strongly the regard of James Duke of York, and brother of Charles H, that 'he , contracted a private marriage with her. The ibirth of-a child -forced on him a public an , nouncement:ofthis contract, and .ere,.long the Igrand daughter of Lady Alesbury was open ly received - as Duchess of York, and sister-in law of the' sovereign. 1 , . Lady Alesbury did not long survive this 'event. But ere she dropped into the grave,at (a ripe, old age, she saw her descendaate heirs I presumptive to the. British crown. King Charle;i had married but had no legitimate issue, and accordingly his brother's family hall \ the pr'oqpek,-ts and rights of succession.--= i And, iti reality, - two immediate • descendants 1-of the bare-footed ,country . girl did • fill the :tlirone. .3fary,wife of William HI, and queen r • r' • l Ann,.uoti both Princesses of illustrious. memory. 1 . Such was the fortune of the young woman to whont•the worthy landlady of the Goat . and COmpasses,,was fearful of:encourageing too rash a hope, by reference to the lofty . po sition which.ithad been her fate to - attain in life. - itt one assertion at least, the hostess was undoubtedly right, that success in life must be l'abored for in one way or another. With out, the •prudence and propriety of conduct which won the love and esteem of the byew lerg the sequel to - the' country girl's history, Could not have . been such as it is. . _ .. . i i itqr We once - aw - a-young man viewing the *ry heavens-wi h a dagger in one d irif, a —,.,......• of pistols in the other. We gazed on biro-sometime in l astOnishinent, and endear- Orel to attract - his*!attention by ,ing out a ej in.a paper which r‘l,e held in. ,our ,r4,-, relat ing to a young ni+i belonging to that '§ of ihe country who hnd left home in st - stati3 of inentuideningement. Ile threw .the f and'pis tOlS from his lianas and ! ed it is I, of whom yoa, read. , I left my home with the intehtio . n of plutting a.: to my .existence. But, on ar ricii;g-at'this spot I was led to consider deep ly •, : i t sa a l it lash.- act . l was about to . commit, andithoi.;T - rery*rs seemed to say young man desiiit. ..- .I now, loam to my friends,. and . the. eitt4eriar this sense 'shall'go - with• me . to•.:inif . .. grate. - - - ,. z, -. unclosed. sre ride wastes of:lattllaci:yet unclosed. Return of the Kane Expedition. The Advance- /eft in the lee—New Lands Found—A. Bridge of Ice from ,Greenland to the Continent—An open Sea found. The return of Pr.. Kate and party from their visit to the Arctic Seas is a gratifying termination of an adventurous, undertaking of more than ordinary peril. . The expedition , started in May, 1853, and had not been heard of since July same year. - The expedition succeeded in crossing Mel ville -Bay, and reaching the headland of Smith's Sound, as early as . the Bth of Augusts 4853. . Finding the ice to the North com pletely impenetrable, they were forced to at-. tempt a temporary pailkae -along the coast, where the rapid tides, .running at the rate of four mileS an hour, with a rise and fall of si)- teen feet, had worn a temporary -opening.-- Previous to taking this,step, which involved „Treat risk--‘+ieh -waN, in f:ict, equal to a L sacrifice of, the brig . in which Dr. Kane was —a Francis metallic lire-boa with a cashe of provisions, was concealed as a means of re treat. . The penetration of the pack ice was atten ded by many obstacles. The vessel grounded with every tide, and !but . for her ! extreme strength she would not 'tare been able to sustain the shocks. She ivas several times on her beam ends, and once on fire- from the upsetting of the stovesi . . • Some idea of this pehtliar navigation' may be formed by a. knowiedge of the-fact of her losing her jitdoom, bes t bower anchor - and bulwarks, hes ides about 600 fathoms of wap ping line. ! They were cheered, however, by a small daily progress; and by the 10th of September, 1853, they had. succeeded in gaining the northern face of Greenland, at a point never reached before, llere the young ice froze - around. the ves sel, and compelled them to seek a winter asy lum, in which they ciperienced.a degree• of cold much below any previous ; registration. Iflrixkey . froze iii November, and for four maths the year the mereury was solid dai ly: The mean annual- temperature. 'was five degrees belOw zero.- - This is the greatest de !free of cold ever experienced by . man, and tbeir winter quarters were nearer the Pole than ever before ocenpled. The scurvy was easily e.ontrollecl, but the most fearful, as - well as the' -most novel, fea ture of the winter; was a tetanus, or lockjaw, Which defied all *treatment. It earriol away lifts 7 seven of the Eiquitnauxsledge. ,. dob . and was altogAtheral4„htfuls