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GrAjoite 01111:
TLICE, FLIES.
Dow raphily'old Tian speeds en,
What %lenges mark his course—
Nothing so absolute-as he
Springs front an earthly sonree. -
lie . sims his shaits at youth and age, .
Regardless Ortheir right;
He reigns sole monarchof this rishn,
Nothing dii3putes his right. •
Then why should we poOr ; Mortals grieve
At Time's remorseless sway, .
'Since if we strove with ail our ,
'Could we prolong his stsyl •
No; for ol&Time is absolute,.
: He moves 'with equii
Through summer's calm and. peaceful day,
And. cold ,ivin try night.
Does not olilVitne a lesson teachi
How - swift the moments fly—
Should we not then . Inv treasureti up
For brighter worhti on high.
Gird on. your armor ; Truth our ?.biehl,
. Our helmot pciace and tciVe';
rrie to tae poor :
,and &City child, •
Their prcydrsitre heard ahorie: -
Bo shall we live n per,celul life,
R.l. , ,ard legs of :old Time ; '
Instead of sadnes cloudy brow„
Centitmer4's son will &line.
co shall : we livelhat giA regrets,
lVili ere disturb our rest,
As onward soars abov,
" To•wpsiorA of t h e lik'st."
,
Arstet alums.
Yea 'Tilt; DE:UPC!: T
CIF+T)
nr NELLIE .S:LIFioN
"Yes, Alice, it will be.so . itie months befolo
I Can clasp in and press niy
4to ibus : . and :tb'ns,'' said Walter'
Traverse, tollierly kissit* the blus-bing gir)
at his s.ide," but r reitirn,• to
claim vou MC moi sweet bride.", • -
"Bit , r, I could wi !bat this. wc rr
Yovne on the hind iristead of tho
mgy be your
f,t e . mi d m' not, if T fear' to commit
f i:J j o mr:'rcv of the lioutije.s
.51,1tA.1 1, 1 . v" , ( , :ti never rettrl - 1, - %% 11:11.
;_" ,Ive 3 thegirl
_
iler;r to Lt.r lover, while he threw leis
arm ar0t.•.:24.1 Iler Arri:ist. anti
c3r•or (.IthelA• to his side. •
bi 4 vi,ice was tremb-
which her.
, ,
worqk Li-au rreo iu manly nature. lle
IJer W.tl, intense affection, -and her, de
'
votioa maT:ed him kleeply: "Do not i'earlor
meideareFl., you know I am at home on the
oceSn, and in roc gallant ship can Lope I t o
tr'itride ovary storm: The :"Lady Alice" Lips
iethbered many a sea l royage,• and. when on
'tier deck. I fej a very Ting in freedom;
.r.vthe breeze ean bear, the billows. foa:m,
". - Survey Any empire, arid behold my home :"
After this trii I shall come home 4nd set
:- tie dowri contented, with enough:to lieei) my
darling-in more than her -'neciislomed splen
dor; and' tb-en r4y timid Aliee ' smite at
- he" 32 ats," said r#e rcitfdly • stroking. back- the
brown,eurl Ihat einstered around the.
.dear head vestidig ou his, shoulder, "but" he
Moined, whig . a sOcide . n .. tremor shook his
strong frame, "if I should not return you
roost nut griire for me, lint frs end forget
past, Rod a* fur me, God Ic.uo;ws how hard
it: ill be for me to . die, when the future bits
I.
FO Much store for .
Afire -bid her face on his shv'tilder, and the
sobs th4t *Came ; blowlyaud'4aspingly told
baly mach;} is welds Lad . - Moild her, but
,rushing bUitk tbe'ilamp trthise.l.frotn'her tear
sheraised her s tares to'his., beaming
the deep andienutierable UfteetiUn vrhieh
acids might not tell, aid wittding , her Olite
artn around his nook as if the very thought
sot u separation, made he•r eling7g.loser to him,
teplied:in a low , • .
`Dear Walter, should. you•,.not return, .1
could Let survive the• certainty of your l o ss,.
hta, oh, hew terrible to die on the wide ocean.
amitt:stortn . and ,teropesi, and the' waving 01 .
Pietnents, with the ghastly, upturned faces of
.the di&totted features of the dying,
• l•iating around ,v'ou, and the unavailing
hriek fur 'be' you r' ear ; • with the wind
iiowling your death
,dirge,..,aud' the roaring
iurf ford voursheet. --.. ..tilone'On the
Wild rake of Waterc with none you loved, to .
- slieak cheering , wor Is or clasp your hand
~in
4:mill, the brig}' dee p fo r sour grave. This
•
, nere an awful :fate, aad - may Ettaven• spare
1:0 such," said. the' sbudaering girl, hiding
bt : r face. iii her hands* 'as if to
.::htt:. out the.
1 • •
, 0 2 :artUt Vleli)2/
Deipite the dark foretwdiugi that
-filled his
- .
rauid as she dri,:w tila'terrible picture, he etp•
qi•ayorktd to sp ilk- in it fl re cheerful Ftrain
"Why lOok I
F.Oniv.,. at the poasibitilics and
inot,at the prptigbilities, deaieist 1 1 shall re..-
slid.:turn rich ,
honorer], and thkt may claim •
•:titillttitti thcoguerdon army toil,in spite of.
, nabob uncles and sneterina. Ootiains;". 'then We
'will' have a spientlid mansion - in the City, or,
,a neat villa in the country ;;surreimded by •
walks and drives, e!v
r'Yil'in.g' that can charm the fincy 'Or please
lire tasta. I will, bring paintingsfrvm ItUrne,
~c aam, . , u ,ls from. China, And d tosses from Pariso .
of
.I , e,"lte added, gaily, ‘ l %.e will build a CO-.
'Oaltv(:e on otne lone isle'srf the ocean, and
4tre l ive on lore and - ambrosia."
A 4 .Urning a gaiety. she:. wait fit-from feel;
4.liee smiled, and dried up her tears.
toegivi me if T . bare sa ?Men'.
MIMS=
ed our last interview by glooiny fo'rebi4irigS,
I l
but you know, I have a. Woman'alieirt, end,
cannot-see you go-, without feeling: , sad, for
this is our first parting tinee--- - and lobo haSita
ted, while a rosy blarih stole over barjcheek';
" since - you - knew how • well I lottet2 ; :§ll, ,,
added, "and I Petsuaded sweet AliOtee, the
belle - of . : the heiress of the Wealthy .
Adam Burt,: in default of _ aundri anxious
cousins, and theolneen of lotto - find ,heatty to
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kiec . olik ray bilde,". •
.•
4 '.rou grow saucy," seid.she laughitiglk
placing her small hand Over his inouib, "don't
boast, you .now there's many ,e 'twixt
theaup and the hp!" ' • -. • :
l e fe iinprisOrted • her fair hand ins his and
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gallantly Ae' -plied:.
Thistidelicate bend might inspire any
man to do noble deeds; teed shall I who claim
it lack courage 'it; b,rare - theelernettal . But
Mho the time of parting draws naglr , and
hereds what 'May
.remind you of One who
loch you, while heeis far away over tire brie
ny deep," and he took from his neck a gold
to which *AA-attached a richly chased
loeket, eontaitiing his miniature; as he plan
ed it in'ter liand,he dreW from hi 4 pocket,
another, containing her Portrait, Whicit he
pressed io.his lipesaying, "this shall - he my
talisman in everi.houe of.peril." . •1
Bet theliciurs of probation drew td z close'
although they seemed but motheut's to the - ;
,
erz,„ acct now di::: most part.. --Folding' ,
the weeping girl Ito leis hosoni in
,a
ate embrace, atul pressing his-kisses: on hp,
trots, and cheek he tore himself frosuiher
clinging .arms, net trusting himself to utter-n .:
farewell, bullied off to his ship. ,
Walter Traverse was -the Captain and own
'cr of the "Lady Mice," and wee. te - he absent
two years, When he would return laden With
the rielitist products of varied eliines, and srU=
lOk'ship, marry- this niece of ! tbe. richeq
old nabob in the country, Adam Butt, Ile
had met Alite,but; a few months before,. and
first attiaeted by her beauty, then by • her
many amiable qualities, had loved her with
alt the intensity ; of:his nature.- and the lady
had been its no wig avert() to the suit of the
gallant Captain; for he was truly we l t-thy of
her love,leiinga than of superior intellect,
cultivated by education and traral, of . refined
taste and polished manners. .
ti e was strikingly - - handsome,. With dat'k
masses of hair Chis.tering around
sLaNd dark. eves
melted in - tenderness or foot in ettittisi.
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arm ; a complexion slightly brewed ex
pcint.e, awl a - form. reinarkahle'-;for athletic,
grace end symmetry t tll theie ,persor.al ail
vantasese..e.os. nbieed with an easy gnie:ty•and.
•fraultnest - et bearing, made
.a welcome
'ginist in the best-circles of society.
Alice Leewas;the orphan daughter bf Ad
am Mitt's only sister, and had lived "with her
:mile - ever since her parents' death. Ile was 1,
os stern old man but almost -idolized his gen- I
tle niece, olio repaid his fond,sare b y gr ow,
• ,
ing up wondrouStVheautiful and intelligent.
'alany euitors'had Alice, for she was a girl of
surpassing loveliness. Dark, brown liaiehunet
in glossy ringlets over-the White - shoulders.
Eyee , :of a deep meltinghlue, beamed mkt with
~ •
a.sunny light from •lietteath their long, ',silken
lathes; - Sweet pouting lips; a compleXion of
exquisite purity, deepening into a rose
tint on the cheek, end a formof perfeet grace - •
Tat *shag the Vriudstbue.
and .syrnstretry. formed a lovely picture, htit One .of ',the
...afflictions of oar ., youth . was
conveyed no :Ir/equate- idea of the • nameleAr, turning grindstone.. It always gave us a cold
charms that came frost' the "inner temple," lshudder to see grandfather come home from
villa o rrewith 'a new axe
,oe. scythe, rase gave to every fetiinrea hewing all iiiol4l), ( } 4O
i were sure tb-be pressed into lit least half', a
a son e / full of expresSion to the azure eyes, - and . • •
dav-s severe labor, that made the aims - ache,
irradiated the smiting 'face with a halo of` . tat;;l e it scented as if an edge Would never
ligles ger-charms of mind we„re eqnal to cotne on - either axe or -ecy.the.. These articles.
thoei r of person, fur tier mind..had b eep diii - were not - shade thirty atierforty years age.as
, and rea d y
l
and as Alice was im apt they t " i g t q l Y ' _
sharpened ; but their edges were at least from.
pepil . , : vhe made rapid prOgress in all the sot- llle
one siiteeath to an eighth of an i n ch
id, : as well at. more ornamental. branches of The buysi i ef ttowa-days, wholive in the
education. ' In, conversation she .wafeivivae: cOnetry,have a great. many things to 'thank
ious - aad piquant, witty .or pathetic, ;grave , rhaellineryl (or, aud . this .improvetneet. of
her.[ sharpening jedge 7 tooleis . eot one, of the, least
or piy by turns, but always retaining
-
Of them. .I'W e can sea our grindstone, yet,
1, sweetness of manner. •
out under the apple tree ; het'its eireutn
, * " *. 1
Terence to w hat it was when we first 'put
Two years had peased since, the lovers par motion. . 'We shOuld judge, by the
(ed. ' Winter -was verging intespring,i
.Two .1011owing,Ithat the editol..Of the. Nashua (N.
montbe-before and '-Alice had received a Tete 11.) Teleyiaph Inns had- some everience in
li
the
ter from her betrothed, saving lie wohld be t h at ,13 P:the7 1 - I Yi dkiturkeys roo s t
in the a 3ple-treg, under,•which stood - your
with her in just ten weeks floor that date.-:-= grandfathey's giadatotie. f
The . closing wordS• Isere "-and then, dear Ale r. Toxemia Gitransiostre- , -Is there a-boV in
lie I idled leave yeti no more, but have you all Yankeedom, Who was-brought up on a
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chosen between the villa-or the coral ' , palace, faun, wlf.o:is not most vivid reflections -of
yet ri - • tinning 'grindstone for tnea to grind their
serthe 111 was always - - the bop's
Oh, how joyontle 'he heart r beat then, for • •
Tnete it.. be a dozen lazy. Loeb; of men,
patietitly shelled Waited his ... .return,'and as
lying rolritilindet the apple .trees, -but the
the love missives came diet,, the rose,
.had boy, tied t r turn die grindstone for every_ one
turninggrindstone
not.faded front hee cheek,,, _ or the light from of there in torn.
h er eye, am f, he was , sooo to . see him, her was `cruel;,it then,•teo. They dtdt have
• - iric
lion • rollets-e-slieli- - see saw in D ee i a tA
heart's idol, and they reeve to part no mote,
-Ar
ictiltural \\'aiehotise the other day, and,
SOon - .lbe eppoiote4!day, arr i ve d. an o tviib acre - ter/M.:li protiipteil_ this; retniiiiseence—in those
coin - iigitathin she tressed front room Co t room t r a.,! -s.. rung. -haft, • running -[Hire . the .Ine
In the splendid/v.. furnished trunnion; toot- wood, wrthouz,aily tort of lubrication, e x c ept,
waoir that that drizzled_ upon turned
lug with a- -quickened pulse 'at" ovtly pilg of the - .
the, door bell, But' theday :passed; and' ta i = -byi an iron c rank, rou g her
still, -was all
the
winging giinufttoto , _got in our day. . It.tvas
light faded into darkneet, and; Yet he cams as'atuehas we' could do to turn. it, witb,a
n - •
ot...Pale p ad. distiirited, Mice sought her fair cliatree, amid. Whee,the. man—whoone4t
eh:anther, and throwing herself on tlto bed. to h4vo- 6 een ashamed of tlinl.seif -- Iw re -. On
sal [ he (
Mil w peed e its revolutions and, then
givesway r to passionate burst of tears!. "Oh! Y.a
' " - sang opt,-- Tura away, boy,' ..arldvig. geut,te.
1 14, r 4i!isppojptinent.is . haro. hear,..rind 'why
per.suader..With the toe of his .lOt. eonie.
. •
_has:he irot eoene I . perhapa
_he had, liuSine:Ss to the conclusseu. that "Jeettin was a bard
wherelie landed that detained road to travel,". though riot • express
ain'.foolish, to wrong.him by a doabt,rifor .eia the idea preeisely in thr_tenns-o boys
I the' morrow he will hasten • tO Tha i ,. of this day..,don't ,knoyo
0 Muth they. owe
• to patent frietori
_retktit•
her loving hearts. fraineel=aa .apology'''. for his
absenee.
Tice morrow came bright rind joyout The
winter had been long-and, ,severe l j.ket the
landscape bathed in th 4 gloriona sunlight,
seen:lo . lo look meet for the Irani ttg of spring'.
Mice*as Vein sad, hopeful, but, as the day
drew .inar to a clnui, and Weltor elms not.
WEEKLY JO
her ig , l itation returned, and a an early hour
she ' eonglit her chamber iii a _agony of grief
and aoprebension. : A week, month pseed
in thin' i 'suspense, and her heart grew ",sick
wittybope defered. 'Her step-Became lan
guid tqd feeble, her ey - wati ever dim with
tears, .
acd hei cheek paled biiconatata nazi
:
I
oty,
Let
Capta
heard
pubii...,
thrso
ntaify
uihh.
in bus,
of its 1
liUt to
has Ix ,
died o
pair.
Mon
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the pasted away, and ro tidinks carte . l l .
flissini't-essel and her gallant. ci-ew.--= ,
7 Serlt:bp T.6.igonizipgrprayer of tutt• I
affection for their abseat sons. 'Wires
l l and looked in very hers sickness for'
'isbancls, : but vainly. [Sisters listened
in Vain I f or - the returning funtiteps, of a &alit
inn brother who had gone oiqrom the }Mine ,
circlesf') fall of life and hope. - -. 1 Children call.
cd for fathers fps come, bull ocean. grimly 1
inoi ; k.Nl their cries. Maidensi pined at the i
long slaty. Of those dearer than Father, or broth- I
er, Or - life itself, but no tidin of the missing I
ship: Came times hope was kindled in ach- I
ink, hearts bat 'id - die out agpin mad liai.-e a 1
: deeper . despair. .
Mans
1
any weie the speculations as to her proh
ablefitte';. Pfad she gone d4wu struggling
and
and quivlaing in the raging le - ripett ? Had
she he'en 'lwrecked en *dine inliciVitAbN) 0)04,
and her liiew o.l..eder' , A a'n.d lawn by clitini
:.l.alat liad soine terrible irbe.ig, floating
'Troth MA-ate:it ekeas,.ei usiled le gallant ship,
andshiv4el her huge timber? to Ittotio,while
strong tnehhave gone dowq in the s pitilias •
deep, tryi i ng for mercy in th4r agOny—stiff
"ened e.orpPs floating like logs on the stirk
-I:ing gar si- - trembling Silo .clinging for .
safety to lie ice, and then ' f4lling bet-turned
[; ini 6 the - sea ? ' ,
i
The Aurly 'Afire ‘';1 i s's6lrdaded by all the
1-vnVe niir4ertainty of a "mis'N ng ship." She
Ihad gime dOwn, no one could doubt., as
I:nonth,4 dragged wearily aloni - and '. - w;fl- 1 -7:
. 1.4.....4.........:„L.: cite tie4Tl.4• . ftwei t :ihop , l.sl df thous.
and .1. ,iTheicertifiet_r of ti.r i'...i.5'....; 5 t0. nave- '
Llighteneti Ilkis agonizing Susiease--this" os
, .
Icillating "between hope and . despair— , tle.s
,
!pts!ht a, Ftraws—the. sickeiiing . certainty
iof soine.anknown calamity, tlie..m:certainty
- of ~the rate iorthe loved and 104 srlid hail sail..
1 eti from. A) I t'buovAnt with prqud hopes-.
1 -i•/ I r ; -
.Aliod faded day by. day..: still- hoping
iagaitishiePe, till suddenly, asi . ii, w ent, the.
i cOldness of a dea. - 11.y • di.l.stotir Isetthtd on her
bean. Life grew dark'atul ' risome. •Ev
.
erything_ chat affection coul suggest- was
xi—
Motile
ter6l
whited
their b
,14ne tcl
object ; tral
were tried t
rouse here•el
tif "Ili iSSilli
Traverse w
and with la
nue year frl.
TAL-DEVOTED TO P - 01:1T - It'S t - iiEWS - : LITEiIATURE, iSttENCE, AIID MOI)ALFIT.
ontrase, Coltittg, Veitt'a, ti,litirsZran 'Storting, Itni. 10, 13511,
l ets Were wiitten to.thelport la•bere - tbe
1
n was to land, but:no - tidings could be
of the vesiel. The . iiidk Alice was
. . • .
I /ed .. ti fie list "missing Shtps." Ah,
we worct , ', ecen stoke a chord in
A heart that vibrates in kt4mest- , ang-
The Weary drys and nights of waiting
pense have robbed naana fair check.
{{loom,. And kindled ti file Of 's slob
t
.17 ii.
suming agony ; and . belight of life
n §nenched in many' heart; as hope
rand gave place to /ill, blank des.'
1 • '' s'.'"" --
i tore Of that artiele,Pn.l as.- there i . , generally
••tracther-thoughts rrorn their sad , .
I ,
char - •,, 1 • . I a good breeze stiring, it doet net need the
fel , ge . of seentt, gay society • . .
aid- of a broker to make it circulate freely.—
to no avail ; 6he made an e ff ort to I
,lit; b ut in va i n,. her l i er i et went te ,i t 4 . l 'On wiuLly days it in alripst impossible to
•'
I ship." She had l oved w a i ter I navigate the Streeter . One is in H danger or
overvihelmedi.liket he :raveller of the
1.111 a - first, pure, ixsio - tiate !eve, !being
1. As I wish: to s.l. down all the evils
its - name on her lips, she died just 1. 5 a113 ., r3 ...
l onl the • d„y of his =wised ee . I together, I will mention\ here that a great
number pfSlaves have' been ethancipated
this year. . This is:Consi,pred a • very great
i -
evil by very feW,here, anisbnie clkg.i* Editors,
have tried to raise a ?Juridic . against the
law.tkat permits it; ,and iave i repealeil,.but
they will not succeed in Join ,s'e. Th e ' rn
:ire .a great many Neme; of color here, and
sonic of thein aid veiy whlthy. The Nicar
lion excitement has bdn very great, and
many voturiteers hive one Co join Walker . .
I attended a meetinii.athe St. teuis a few .
ago, l
weeks whie s inlr
ft was by oule..
Ile is one of the most hpassioned land pow
. . ,
erfel orators - I everihear), and .would create
.a furor of entliusiasin oninY subject, A sub
scription was staried l ad strberal I thousand
raised toaid the tnevdent.... .A.nOther• was
held. at " 811136 Mead: a few nights ago.
Col. Christy was thei . p eiPrtl spenkec. He
iS a peculiar: individita whose - bist.ory as it
appears in the " - Live4 ("eminent Americans",
could hardly be recokned by his (Legit:tin
'minces except by its kW. 11e.was the " he
ro of Fort Meigs," (lied,
• TecuMsa. half a
mile, tollowed hiroselfk forty radians, and
was only prevented - 'llna killing . the chief
by 'being recalled... Is undoubtedly a
- man n r.k r ' et it pernnaiourage, and though
over sixty uelw.r' , will dto none in agility,
or endurance . ' Bei 'Fatter 'of he snow
1 ))
one so much • for his
The _Pik:eygne elty*tilat a Wasterit editor
h as it r i e d t hew three/eye to thiak-of a Word
that ,will r,
to hy_me aad that the near
eat be,couae it ; ( frisd wiiqns 1
in Boston - who is habitual
°, curiosity-al:mot be wa-
Therii is a
ly w stir
a,:stin Rritall Pita.
- - , -lityr Ottlsisgt,,fei 2
- Friend: Dr.:riven:ft :-.-.- ,
.. • • . .
J hardly snow as I can get. , lap -sufficient
energy 'to wtite a letter,.lrct evert if I. do not
succeed, there will .be some satislaction - in
knowing
thatha I have made thcl effort. The
jeast effort„either mental y or.physiusi evinces
great moral courage, when the tlertpotnetor.
a ' itisi •• I t ' Tim
is at 98 - ,eg l as
tummer prormses to he as much Farmer then
usual as the 'last winter was celder, which
forms a pletnte.nt subject of contemplation,
• - 5,
especially fat Jliose who , helongto i , , the "Can't
get away." cltib, fur the past' o wi . nterwas col.
'ider thanThas been known within is centary.-=-
The majority
,'Cf - the migratory population,
say about thiriy thousand, have ttlreatly left.
:to enjoy isle pleasanter air of the Nort- By
the: way, I hope you will apt publish this
Letter—shouldj succeed in 'n'ishing it—un
der the head or- Botthern' Correspontlence," .
for I do not think it will . -confain...enOugh:of
the horrible.toi; warrant such a titiet. This
city, for ti month or two
. Fist has 'afforded but.
little interest ftir the lovers of .tragedy,„ abtt
sidering its p,;:, , pulation.
..The I Thuggitig''
and " brass-ka44hling"-witich _raged to vio
lently list wint,r at .one;iime, 1 has nearly
1 SlAttsistt , l. Ther;last case mportiKl wis at a
imeeting of the friends of -: t iiCatregtta ' at the
Louiiianalleveli.the.other evening. A band
i of K. N's:' enteied and broke up 'the Meeting
l'hy their disturbtinc": ' )14.1 ho a !hist' tr patri-
IlatiAto suceeedetVan dis'patthing - it couple of
foreigners and wounding one oil . two others
i •
at-the corner of A
West Street. : ' couple of
the bands-xi-ere nksted: These;occurrences.
were very . com4n, during 'the. ieleetion ex
citement, but aslonly " foreigner:" were the
sufferrers, of coarse we good Atnerieuns can
not regret thetit; but have ' rather 1.0 regret
- that the. present iitrict ralcof tife city has
r:.lt an end to them,
rirre was it &dlest week between two
lercitants of ItireW Orleans. One. of them,
Ir.Cutbiv wa's, )1 1 , i man of great wealth,. a
member of the 'Ave 1-knovrn. b;nking hotise of
lirkt!vn, dolinAon '
..Co., ant head of the firm
iof weedy, Brett:* Go. - lie waS very
,high
-1 lyesteetried foi• his many amiable qualities.
1... t the iecohd fire'ibe fell. Tlie duel took
1 plade.ih lli.tAssismi-2 , r-aa arrest tv9ald have
Lstiqiii - e - d it. The lawis very severe against it
; and.
~..d3Q,._,irf-0--,-rtigages inor:-. - tez - 114 . eapieTiV
eitherin or out of )113a.State,16 - 9,0 a l nn r i g h t ~r:
I
1 citizen,hip. • Pub4.op"ttion is ;eery ni.,...1..
against the practi4 , , '4.4 ono who recupoi to
i ttk a man to .s . ltoo(liim because he has
-been
I
i insulted, would sink in the estimation of only
i a small, anti rapidl:taiminishitig, ;class. . I3e
-1 sides, these., the next greatest outrage that I
ean,think of, is thei,thist. , It is perfectly bor-
' tilde. I thought E'illad seen dusty streets in
1
other places,
.but I e ras mistaken.l The' soil
. 1 hero is peculiarly atlapted t - 9 the trmunfae-
Nothiiv, end hitiin
l i t
country, he confiden
i i expected the nomi
nation of Vice Yre; !,. hut was:dfsappoint
ed. 13e,ide, hitn ',:' other speakers the
meeting was addre :by Judge i--_---of
Ventc- i lvania. Li awyer excited a good
deal of pii . ijudice h ditfendini tht pitt,-en't
adminiatiation, tin n in my opittiktn there
Was much . Ini)re d ien-ta, and decidedly
mole eloquence iii
a .'speech - than in any
Other. Usaid Ag' '.in= ny volanteerN hall
gone to lijOita4o• mtiit i s not to I he infers
rad that they god to the substantial.
' , ovulation. thcriehO'have interests here
40 not:g!nerally dii:etmed to leave their.
for FUlth uncertai .s.oxcept e ft.* i who be:.
Hove it their tour tatji to aid in all "move
menu; for eatendi . this" get-neat and gal
lorionan. principle liberty by eteatiug a ,
rumpus and kick' up! a row generally.—,
The long-couttiu Ren r dall trial was conclu
ded-IJ* Saturday The Jury was - .cbmpoeed
from among the noipal merohanta" of the
city. There wertattear t il =Went -Lawms
se each side. 114. Rnsalina. Dear. of the
Univendts.,'!,made a ponrerful 'argument
against the accused. • Bat the clew:l4oes of
the Def*e , Mate by Bendel' Hunt, was
said to h4e, been-the most 'eloquent speech
7t13, 1859
ever made at the New Orleansbtu:: • Judge
Meartibi4 ;barge ; *ia Yell 'dear lind.elo
quent. ' Bu after ail, very trienf'sreretiisitp
pointed lir bearing a verdict': of 'acquital.—.
You have;of course heard long ago 'that Mr.
Garland, the defeulting TressUrer, has beta
, ,
released on bail Sri' forty thoutend. A good
1.
many think ;that he will tote* off - easily 'at
"last. It is doing very Well to have to' tri'.'e
only - forty, tlionsind for ritarlY two hundred
thousand. The city, however hardly feels
the 1055..-ti r s in a most prosperons Condi
tion. bionet, is so plenty that Capitalists can
hardly iniest l at all. It is to be had at al
most any l' rater. The cominertial buniness
has been s'eryl heave. ' The Sugar crap was
not quite a l t. good as usual, but reach better
than is expected next seam. Planters say
that the dan'Ohai almost entirely rotted in
the grout / rt. So mu, for" matters and
things." one feels lik another person to
get out of • I the , dusty Md feverish "down
town" region 1 ated*walk up; about twilight
through the " Fourth District." - The noise
and turitultisif the busy - streets reaches his
ear fsinfly; end he gradually loses the excite
ment he feh. ", mid - trades tuinultuons jars,"
' F ,
as be passtei the beautiful gardens rich, with
every variety; of flowers, Ate' the splendid
residences half hidden in groves of wane • i
and magnolia'. If the days are hot here, tin ,
nights make compensstion. They are glrai s
otts, and arztong such scenesas these, bmatti
ing an air-th;tt almost surfeits otos with, Ira
grence, onei hardly knows when it is •tiuse to
go home. ,When he does go homy; hfswever,
his enjoym at of the night is ; ovtre. lie Must
i
' not think so Sitnng down in an of - .icy " rouk
,
or" with a stoletne of Mrs. Herne eis, or of ta
king a pen to talk to some &smut, frieed un
der the infli+co.of the - hoar. With Mos
quetoei, fittyJo the squareitieb, such an idea
isould be vain. The." bar" presents the only
proveet of 'quiet, and forgetfulness of cute
neousjaictiens, argil - 'A that he resorts with
all imaginable piceipitancy. Speaking of
"'up town":thers: is bne place of considerable
interest to theiot,er of romance. It is " The
Smutted Ifokie.." Whether it is the same one
I mentioned by " Hood in his celebrated , song,
1 I cannot say posi.ively,but it certai;ly might
es:tit s -4.r stetere for that. It is an Old "gray
eitablisle.nent'staesiir.g alone in middle of an
by a high,.elose fence. - It is said to Le_ve
been built by a rich old single. gentleman:
from Paris a lbw?' time ago, , so long "that
the memory. of man,' etc.," yon "know, the rtst.l
Whether lye:returned to Paris or to tile F'% ,
gee Islands is not known. We only know
the house has pot been occupied fet 'Years,
except by those , iteSpiciotts individesis Who
i reveal themselti.es to mortals; onlk - AS they
I
How men!: of this class , of iatfaiiitaiits
it contains, it is impossible for ' ; me in iiiy, as I
Irnee been linable to see the census:. ' But
that it c ont a in a goodly
. number, 'he sae ,
man can dotib, for as you
_firms at-cid:id its
I 1
' dilapidated Wails, over run with vines and
, overshaeoweel by trees—or 'rathet by one
I scrub of a treh i r to be. truthful at - the e xp ense
1 . , P .
of rorearree P --thete is something tells you
" as plain asltiwitisper in tne,ear, the "place
1 Jr, haulted.": 'Who knows what' tale.% of love
t
:mil . S ecret Ciinse, are hiddCn Within its tifys
tmions recess connected with the fite-Ctf
him whom plain matter-of-fact people choose
to tali the ohisingle Frenchman.' I Imjie to
see these things ferreted -out sortie day by
some story-Writer, and given to the world:—
'rhere are sonth' s very fine public squares in - 1
New Orleans: -The most splendid in appear
! .-..
1 ance is Jackson square,
.taw ay doe n in the
French part of town. (New 'brlenns extends
about eight Miles atong the river.) This is
the fashionable promenade of- summer after
noons. Its nppharance his been muelrim
proved by the i jeekson Monument which Pas
finished this Spring: At the intinguration of
this montenei4theto LIT 9 one of the . grand
est scenes I eVey witnessed. The procession ,
• WitS compafedief oVer fifty thousand, some
say serenty-five,! and there was over twice
that number of spectators, occupying nn ele
rated position where they could sweep the
i ,
whole scene, ivith an eye. - I enjoyed it in its
1 . ,
fullest sense. j When the corner was rounded
from the s.tattitn, n hundred cannons boomed
out, and with' the shouts of the swaying Mul
titude made the , feelings of, the moment grand
beyond expre s sion., By the suss; some one '
said the other day that this statute tuns to be
taken up for haYing " brass knuckles." The
perpetrator of this villainous pun, is' said to
be still atsarge
1
I much prefer Lafayettelquare. The trees
are showed tr grow naturally, eo that ~now
it is a beautiful l , grove, whites, iR JaCkson
sptare, - the.treee and shrubs are-. all sham}
to per'feet catie4, globes,: squires: "and -ppm
and thepllvers look as though they all ,
grew ned blosSonlined-bY enact
cw Orleitas,ilf not' the. u2ost literary pity,.
in the Duion,.is certainly net the Jean , so.—
During the past we have had bOll3O of
the moil cuslelirated ltethrbts here. ProC
Gould ofMasS.. Thaokeray, wbo, by the
wafdisappointell nearly:every one, being-e.
miserabln tendeij r , Dr. Decoy was the frost
interesting ih 12 licitrares" on the ‘‘Prrib
letn of hum gl and destiny." - gin man
ner is not very pleasing at first, but one soon
gets tilted to
,theM, and as be has an Aseel
lent vol . "; and ia'a splendid; writer, he is of
course very inremsting. Mr. Thaokory sue
oeedefi termed ire arteotetiete. reel:
inti froth lila loctitros*:On - thiti - '-foiir 'tooter.'
and thei:. one on the . 14 int)aerii
about four:thouvite.diai4ri. •
.But. dal rattling of drutas -and omnibus"
As, yelling' Of " piggery, " lift &ging of balk
andighistli*g of --Sitoktilbostt, glowing. • isith
Wooded 'ohms otiound upon py esi cast :
*pits to turn my thoughts to inellitatioll.'
Yours truly,
How Ned. dowers tort hl4 Itsio;ichet•
.•
it. ras:in the hitter . . part •-jhe
year ' thatitumess tailed mit
teed oti of our State, callgd the role State
of daiconade,' and it was dulling :ittg..otay r ,
therethat the scene/ alp atiutit to reiO4,to
curred. It..witv a'SUtnrday
the' day. was very -warm, - (very" peeelwir-to
-
this climate at, that seasew of the. !rear.) • that
I approached ..the re4idettoo..44( j ss• I: afterward,-
learned) one of the fiest - evt.titss Of that pSrt
of the country. hillu6ed. to ktiow• I'
.couldstay Until &tonally,: The cid..gentlee
man said. yes, Anil invite: me to alightuttlir..
'ed a servant to take; Inv horse, and lading,
the tray, condliateii we to the house, and,,
•
soon made me fef.A.Anita at 'lonic. • Thomel• i
'come :-retninded -roe . of boybo , ..;ti days, when 'if
you wait WeloOrrid, it wait wei4otna indeed.
The
_d*liup . ,- wits.a primitive kind, consisting
of t*Or . :iOa,',iiks t about fifteen : by.,
feet quare, passage betnecc, ,and' r coo
story nr height., The teinef(iiits: inade of
loose eattlikkoartis, laid on unhewed"jniSts ' • wed..
the • 'floor'. wet; made -of puncheoni belted'
our trees. The door. reaninded rue of the
log,: cabin caMpaigu of 1840 —"' the string of
the-latch was never . The._chinn
'Jay- corresponded' with the re:At Of the build=
ing. . The furniture 'was rather hotter 'than is
Usual for that section of the country,- anti -the
' house and itsimnates wore an- sir of iiestoesit
and cheerfulness that is nOt often fautsd. in
our:cities.
The family consisted of the old gentleman
E.'l3--- his wife,
.two sons,; and a'
daughter ; the rtst of the cildren had all got
married and left home long sintie. The
daughter; Nancy, was about: that age when
girls hesitated to tell, and therefore I will not.
She ryas a fine speCimen of a girl - as ypu wed
wish to meet ; and you could see from Llaor
eye that she could enjoy a' laugh as well fli
any one.
'Sunday morning the gentleman and:.
self took a . stroll around the farm, which I
found to be a geed one df the sorti.and.:plet
tv well stocked,. especially. with :honeds fif
which he had at least a dozen.. r etve . of. thetn
puppies. . I ant'particular ita ille:botni , L,.
for the sequel Will shots ' - ilett the .pupitias-ere
sometimes_ar,misehevous in the-oountry'its''
•
the same animal in the city'', ; • ,
Atli o'cloe'k we all went to church; , -4 gak
I inted Miss Nancy; but on My return'l..fotind,
that:he bait cnught .
nia.r. •
r;wd sans however, nut take ofmucb
=— (•7••1 t lua _ ruarn
Uea) was an origins! in his stood.
-in his boots about five feet ten inches .black
- . hair and eyes, as supple AS an eel. -.Lbs. sin ;
en -7 form was entiased - a - stnt 'of lirne-ipud .
colored- witirwaldtit-thifkiliisttnder girt-bents'
- were elan' homeinade,. and -appeared:. tti:. be
made of rather tongh .. niaterial let ,Ifta'ti - colu- .
fort; Neu, like all "young men_ in" love, .as
sods as super as over,.'s:tt up-to Nanny. like .
a sick kitten:n:l:i hot Prick on a CAI
I Chatted with-the 'old ftiitts but being deli-
.roils to get an .darly , st art, goon .retirett•to an
'adjoining room! And Wont to bead. Tbebed
stead was a_low posted . one, : the, fo4 of whieh
was toward the 'door. - Wheit time Ned came
tohed, int.) is Mere - than I
know ; but it must hat'e been late, judging
from the lateliessqaf the bOur,when l'arose or
jnmpcd, up. ±All the family were up and stir,
rink . .. I hadbeen to the . s:able te_a attend to
my horse,.liad
Mist tdttirnea yes - feet in the
.pastuie.'when i - met one of 111 0 . Pulpiqi
gingNed's breeches ; and before - I' - had Aitne
to arrest hint/ I beard nose; in the:the:l2.in
Arbieh I. slept. I haatori to the deor,..wben. ,
Miss Nancy rushed. by sifter iu.hand, and
her face as. red with bltishe:s.ai cOal. of
tile._
I tookediti and theie was 'peer Ned, fast -. to
the-bedpost. ills lied stroke just iii tittle to
get a glinapsd of his departing paistictirid•-•itir'
:eapiegfreru the bed to recover them.hi'S flax
en gar:tient caught on the pest. But pefore
I. could render hint
_any. assitauce,'.tbe flax
gave Way to
_.l.k.letrs herculean :efforts,. and
down he came on the . floor.' Ile
. sprang • .to 1
his feet, and out be rushed in hot . . pursuit.—
But- Pu ppy by this time wig' under. the finer.- •
Poor Ned hesitated . but a motueto,rand
straightening himself up, he cast. one linger-
Jo g leok_wwards thehole into whieb puppy
hio, caw l e d with hia'piinfs. - and . then, - as if
gathering himself up fora mighty effort, lie
struck out for home through the corn (which
was waist high,) hie. flaxen -garment street. ;
i ng_ Lis • wake,' and was spreadout over: the:
eorwAs - if to dry. ~ Se.arcely had lie got .un
full bead way, crethe Old - hound
, spied htM .
.and sounded the alaini, 'and then liet'pur-:..
suit 'rushed the whole-rack; Ned hatt - :Cmile
ter run half way tlirough the Corn and, he sa!ti
if he:did not reach home, was - r a gene.
case.•
. ,
Away t'ed - scampered over
the
and
briers, his hair floating-inthe wind, and - his
-yellow flag, no* onty•feisterced -to .his
sweeping the-tassels- of • corn. • -Yelp I yelpf :
followed • the pultE of-hounds,. like . many .
:demons on his trail, reminding.on of the
Notituroa 'or o,Sbanttrlw4h the witbhes;;, ,
Bv, thesitiolj were_ - otii
watching the chase; Nance" - , s4:featuett its&
laughed arid „screamed • al,retn,-.W , ltilo, the .old;
Gnit i seet.-41p 4 0 147 :
ing Co. yilw 7 ---shilit taire - and .d . ozs Ara
_arter it f
Ned taitobe4
bound's don't like isiator,ani4ttorwt,t6t rwtttli - ;
',New he. is safe meals:
the circuit, and, amAltar .1)1ro
,Agsi9
$411ia:614 - C4aet ate
'insdait disOriito - hcitnd at
ho reauhud his oaftt 'door and 0w . ....1p0d into die
• Thn af yalpinsi
hounds; 'Avid - Nid's'lllitah, tattitaint'stria - ming
in the iviitd, pi*ltined--ixta<tirtho twist In4i
orbit soAttactbrer isithealad.; . - "
l' . .havosoon - ,000 of
_ .
try's bratltars,l4ld-and, _that .waa :
Ned's. a44nd,i
that apji thin out - ,run ChLiaWeet:
lap vial good lava iieetrifor'itity gal.
, ,
jar o we tsaollis, i Chriatian not , only
to sot lztea weed,. but like toad to
an&
- Ihrtitint 13, Xtrinbit 25
A Viiititsi - ,2lfirtiattdinixiintb.
&fatal Difolograres of: au Old. nal&
; may ettfelyr,say_ that the ortoo Of *Mirth
fulness luta been the cake of,rnost*of that:Mr' .
fastness of my We. Artitie s still -ft small child
exhibited the propensity oflaughing at any
thicg which struck me as being ludicrous,
•no matter wham, whet' or how it was. •
At one time . I went to a funeral with my v
mother. It Ttwi a funeral Of a young lady
salvo was isaity mnch beloved, arid of e t Ogrce
lamented. EVEIFY , 99 4 !Ra tjor* when. oft
turning to a Wir.tiow, I sae, tstro men sitting..
one of 'whom was Pot3_l for his length of nose,
the other because he bad none. It was 'too
Much - fur' mY risibles=--I Choked, eoughed;eis--
sneurid--Liut it wmairl- not do.; laugh- I must;
and laugh I did.. SaddenlY a shadow WV
across - my eyes, sod a- fleshy protuberance
resembling a barbed hook, traveled souse
tanoe across my nose, ati'l h l tArd thea‘ -
words pronontmed in my ear
" Child you may be the next viettlm to 014:
fell destroyer 1"
This completed- my overthrow, and -My
mether.islasiting me violently by the' shoulder
to.* me home, declaring that t nerei ehould:
go - anywhere again till I knew how tobeheye
myself.
When.l weet to school the - *tile- fate
lowed me, rraceired more reprimands sod
more punishments than any other siz NO".
Once when my teacher bed *been scolding
ere, awl was just: pronouncing panto: NI
ed up and perceiswithe-reinistris rif a pinch
of snuff adhering V) the end of his apse.-1.
Then. alas rwoe %slam, that day. ._
When our corntnit:ee ULM:: Into set 00l ,
was always watclfing my , mutes rut
bands end feet,' end the nwkwarcLway he bad.
of
of-rolling his eyes .and hanging out h is
tongue ; and many are the acoldings I receiv
ed ovisr=the school's lack. I laughed my
way from grrihood to maidenhood. At
length, there come a time to or,. at there
comes to all, when I weoin love., •
Edward raysen WAS :a youth witorn any
Nay might be proultfto - love; .ffe wasgenue,
a nd kind,and for a. time r was able to ocrotral_
my laughing genins while with him;
rents really hoped that had , bigast - -40. .• int-
pntwer. • -
Onto:vet:lN ha was isually."seherilifaMstr,
al!y gay ? wished to nonvtarse liciierly - ; I
woeld uot, and tried 'to prevent him from do
. .
ingso. The mare sober and grate be NOUS°
the higher my spirits rose,tilrat-length:Lims
above the e.vth—the ol.ands danciug'abusq
hi the broad eapausa. of Ear. I. leaped from
,one airy eastle to anothes; till - -at length - My
love:, tired and no doubt ditiatad;; - eald ,
mens', ;- ins husky vc,loo.,'lkl , ,,bad ke'p
od 'that yon - vvere the one who _triMild 'toe my
oompstuon through life's ihiuk maze--a Mina
—a wife. But I -sea my mistake. I rim
friendle.se and alone, and must remain Serk.'"4":
I Forgive rue for t'sinkingto tame your
!- free You ba fe said it us nardem . -
Heve - Pazeeeli'l itertnfter we meet but as
, nev.3,llllunderstrnek-.--but be wr.s
gone., 1 often - met him - afterwards, - bit Lai -:
was reserved, and I,vr' as gay and-trivial Ilia
prytenee, Ob,womaa, Lion - art an enigma 1
When thou fc-elest most deiply, thou seemeat
-most gsyl When thou loVe.st, most thou .
seemeat to-acorn 1. '
Then Laiiio another . lover,' li,ght-headed
Ho was always joking, alwayi gay.
People said What a match 1 9 and-looked
neon the thing as settled. One ovezing - he'
<tame to tne with a very solemn cOUntelliknee
and said
""Amelia I base gut sc. idea io my head,"
" Don't it feel, funny said r;` which s! k c;
frightened.the; peer man, that he was unablg
to doish.- 15se manner I hire stopped _,*(i! •
others' confeision.„ Thus sou see the pre-
pensity for makintr, fun bas made the what I
em--a lonely. old - maid.. I have ifet mourned
my flesh ail off, on seenimt of it; , however,
but ou the 5 , •
contrary, I have 1 ‘ laughed.- and
,
grown far."
Du: still If sonie mat:bine could be invent
ed to keep My i;olfntentineoWhile liiten to
another declaration; 'I wcruld be _Most happy
to receive both the machine and the declare-
'giro Tabu-fumed..
Some tin 36 since,. on one of the North
River boate,a lady n• he bad attacted much
attention for:the masculine turn of her mari ,
c l eft • arid conversation' wa's seated at" table
opposite a gentleman, who, in taking some
butter s in:the absence of the usual knife used
his own, which the lady observ:iug,
aloud to the vratter
hilti.i=fat'brio& 'soother -plito of buttOr
that roan, (pointing 'to tho • gentleman);} ban
had his kuttit is this!" .
The unfortunate slight alinos sunk unr:ler
the curious gaze of all 'the uoipprny, but said
nothing, deterrnined witell,hisopporiunity
to return, for the cruel enertifmtion; etrange
'in her, own coin. Ho wititcd- but a arriaserit, •
ere a plate of dried , beet was' handed to the
who.unhereinonioully took sons inlet
Avers, and; placedit upon her
. "Wai , te,"eselahned the gent leManirl tnrn,
" bring another 'plate of beef, this reontort
has liad'lrer fingers in thislt "
most - ungallant mar frain
party fairly turned the table against tlla lady,
see, had the good tom to aokaoarledge
its do-sot, it'ad join Ilasztily in the it
- stakerag , 'on tijet.
-Thackerav gives 4 thnman nature some
Leta:robs ia4ia - 30T4141 . . 'rake the' following
irial# "The NoYitoalus." for instance: 4 )P.
pplw ant, - E4li‘of 140)chitingt
boa," is m or e Or - 1 0 3 g:ven : . •
".Backbiting is all fair in society. Abitee
ino and d will -abuse yont but et ne
Moils , when we meat.:: Have we not -
eutuNd 3 clams rooms and beep. enre,' fronn
,colThiensices tbe amiable persons
-that they hal been diseisiing o u r •
peouliarities
* perhaps ea we were on the
Stairs-1 Was our visit therefore the lees agree
able Pidwartuarrel, and ray bares _ words,.
to, one encaber*f****) 110"0** welt, intii
of our dear friend s take their leave, aUd
'then cornea - Our .= tern. My haek at my ,
neighbor's ionize.;v writ,* that : is turned
let hife.tuaka what Aces he. thinks poplin,
but
,woeo we meet we grin.anii abate lauds'
like Weil bred" to whom Olean
not Incite necessary t6n iweat
in; -eon atone:we, *ad siloodrgot isuite
for' company."
jsr"Hoesty it the beet polloy," said ii
thief we Yolk - - ,