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Female Curiosity..
A. wo 4hy Squire, of sober life, • "
nod a coma:dad boasting wife;
Of ritia.,„ n tshe daily made complaitt— • -
thasEtif she thought a very saint:-.
She loud to load mankind with blame,
And on their errors build her fam.
Iler fiwiirite subject ul dispute •
WaS.Eyeand the _forbidden fruit. •
"Had I been Eve," she often cried;
"Man had not lAN nor - woman died;
I still had kept the orders given..
Nor for en apple lust my Heaven;
• To gratify my curious mind,
I ne'er h.d runwil all mankind; ,
• Nor from a vein desire to know, •
Entaird-on all my nee such woe."
The Squire replied, "I' fear %is trtfe, • •
The same ill spirit tires in y Ou;
Tempted alike, I dare believe '
You would have disubey'd iike,Eve."
Tht. lady storried,sed still deny`d
Hnth.cnriosity and pride.
The Squire some tetura day at's:Huber,
Resoled to try his boastful
• He gi tumid such vanity poi:vessel* her.
And thus in seri sus terms arddresseci her:
"Madam, the usual splendid feast '
With which our wedding day is graced,
With you I must not.ahare to-day,.
For bus'nest summons me away:
-Of all the •
dainties I've .prepar'd,
tin not-any may be-apar'd;
Indulge in every costly dish;
Enjoy, 'tis what I really wish; .
Only observe one prohibition, • • „
Nor think it » severe-condition;
Oa one small dish .which eciveed stands,
You must not dare to lay your hands.
Go—disobey not for your life,
Or, henceforth you're no more my wife."
The threat Was it•rv`cithetiouire was gone;
'The murmuring lady dited - elone;
She'saw a hateer could greet a feast;
• Or eharrit,the eye or please the taste;
But while she rearlid from this to that,
From venison haunch to tertle fat.
On one sakit dish she charred to light,
By a deep cover William sight:
"Oh! here if is—yet not kir no?
I must not tsar , nay. dare not are;,
Why place it there! or why forbid -
That I so much as lilt the lid!
Pr • ahibited of thi. to e at,
I care not for the sumptuous treat; -
I wonder if-ttis fowl or fish --
T4'l know a hat7s there I merely wish.
look—O no, I 'bise forever,
Ii tm betrayed, my hieilianti's fakor,
I own I think it's vastly hard, -•
Nay. tyranny to be debarr'd."'.
you• m)y DI the wine's decrilited,
I'll no! , or hen.you're wanted:"
N•oiiis left alono.she waits no longer.
Tem`piation pre sses more and stronger....
"I'll peep—the harm ne'er can be much,
` For though I peep. I will not touch;
Why. I'm forbid to lift this rov..r,
Oue.ffhpco will tell rind then 'as over.-
liusimod's absent. an is'iohn,
My seeping nev.'r can be know n."
Trillibling she yielded to her arb•h,
Audi-aged the,eovet from the dist.;•
learn candor to 'anotherht fault; . •
know, like Eve, from thi s - sad dinner,
You're both a vain and curious sinner.
Wiitteti fir the Mentzefe !kr:metal
VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE:
EZEIME
" Wrto- is that beau4ol young
_lady you
I.ed to the piano *aryl moments ay . ') I"
This iniptiry I made of my former chum
and cass-mate, Frain Somers, a fine speci-,
men of maturing niauhood,--to whose eourte
gy I was indebted, while a temporary sKjourn
er in the bustling village of for an in
vitation to 'Madam Delwin's grand soiree giv-
en in honor of her only daughter's eighteenth
birth day.
"Elsie O'Neil," was the laconic response
of my .friend.
." A maiden of foreign liirth.w extraction,
judging from the' name," I remarked careless-
"True," rejoined Frank, "Hibernian blood
flows in her veins; but. a lady may be no
less a lady for that, you know."
"Ceittnnly;",_•said 1; " but what an • inte•
resting pensive4ss pervades her countenance.
Her-every glajke *not movement, ihough so
prilatively bewitching and. graceful, lies-peak
her ft being that has been tried in the fur
nace of-affliction. If you know anything of
her history, I pray you unfold it to meat
once, for my cariosity is, completely areu-ed."
. . .
Drawing my aim within ids - own, he led
rneto a little alcovc, and related, in sub
stance the following, narrative :
"The father of the ,young lady; in question
iS,a native tt" the • Emerald Isle: His pa
iews being in Affluent circumstances, lie was
furnished with. requisite facilities for aequir
ing a thorough classical eductrion. The op
portunities thus afforded were not rnisim
proved ; and William O'Neil, Wore he was
twenty years of age, graduated,' -with high
honors, at a_untversuF,in Dublin. lie chose
the p•ofession of Law 'and his brillan,i tal
ents gave promiserof future eminence and
usefulness. But scarcely had he commenced
his le‘ral course, when an unlocked for event
dispelled'his bright visions of gldry, and shrou
,cled the future in gloom.-
Frutri boyhood he had been n patriot.
lie had read with sorrow and indignation of
the grievotts wrongs his country had endured
At the hands
. of her retureless :oPPressots.
With every recorded event in the bowery of
'lreland he was fintriliar. Tle . regarded with
.profouud veneration' the names of - the many
martyrs who voluntarily in4nolated them
selves upon the etar of fredent; in futile yet
. heroic endeavors It!' sunder . the' manacle, of
_tyranny and achieve their country's iudepen
dence. The celehirated address of Robert Em•
tnett pronounced at the cloSe of his mock ar
raignment and.trial for rreaso i od u r e Lord
-Norbury,wfter the memorable. Irish kebellitin
of 1798; he bat/learned in slily youth.;—had
(led:owed it again and again, until its sloe
,{
quent and patriotic sentituen-t. like coals - of
living fire = burned deep into his soul, and
frnmed as, it were, a part of his intellectual
Lc ing, influencing every thought and act of
liis life., andwmtnoug in his to mind
that supreme abhortence of arbitrary-40MM
talon and kitiely rule which 'was destined ul
timately to prove the over:brim
.of his fairest
hope.e and disconcert his well laid plans. '
• .When quite voting_, be freqvenly declar
ed his detetutinatton to exert hia inffuence,
when he *hould became • man, fur the
.res
toration of his &theft - and to .421er ancient na
tionality. This resultitiohary aentituenr,
N although apparently disregarded when utter
ed, was, nevertliefess, treasured up and re
mtuibered by their:aloes officials at the Brit
istiorown, who Ohinivid narrowly Oil_ dna
duct" be 0404 4 1-* *. r iOdctm AEA 1 1 86.
"tht. l l 6 - 1 0M. Ai* lliminPO ?Wept" ike
s ike!?*44 it , llitAlg toopitacy spinet the
kiveroinevt - and cited to Appear beksithe
proper tribunal, and answer the charge of
high treason. Emboldened by the conscious
netit, of innocence, he unhesitatingly obeyed
thh-sumtnons; and during his trial, defended
hint Self with 6ucliAbititranfl skill assecured
the applauseand admiration of the large as
stinhly that crowded the inquisitorial balk
He stictieeded in persuading the jury that the
charge prefered against him was totally un
grounded, and was honorably acquitted. But
- tke 'extotorditratv capiriiy, eloquence., and
acumen he matitiested thioughout the whole
iniquitous _prosecution, dcmonstlated to the
eonaidly minions of 'royalty that he wits, in
deed, too dangerier a character to allow in
the midst if such an inflammatory populace as
were the liberty-loving citizens
~ .of
_Dublin.
and lot Accordingly received a peremptory
niarrda tit to leave the inland on. pain of death,
or grate-portation.. This command, so unex
peved, so unjustifiable, so arbitrary. was le
coved by the young student, with emotions
of contempt, consternation, and . anguish.
„nome, ftietrds, the cherished assOittioils of
youth, his aspisjitions for renown; must all
be surrendered appease an insatiable des
that unsatisfied . with grinding in the
dirt seven ; millions of unfortunate people,
whose oilly 'clime was .a love of f eedorn ;
tinatisfied with tilisifing the best blood of
for new_ victims gaped wide its reeking
jaws! 0 how this cruel ptirelimation of the
• tipples' sor hwerated the boson of
Grief more exquisite than 6, he ev'er before ex
perienced tormented his soul. The mars that
gli t teted. above the - Emerald.' to hea . eye,never,
then, appeared so gloriously resplendent.
the music 'of illy sea caught, his ear with a
melody be had previously fdiled to admire.
Eli. native hills, valleys, lakes, livers, and
woodlaniht, comp,..se.l a land cape of seeming
ly uhwnined grandeur and levelittess. The
cools of affection that, bound him to his
kindred and friend-• tighteued every inoment.
His soul was agonized but the fint.had gone
I forth, and there was ea alternative. Nothing
rum - tithed for him but humediate acquiescence'.
to the dictum .4 an ittrilous oligarchy. Ac
-
cordinglv, with irale.eribable anguish, he fir
lanced his straits as speedily a. poe—ihle; re
pal red .onee more to the grave of Emmet, and
kneeling alazo e the ashes of the illustrious lie
ro, r t.rayed trYthe Lord of saliamh to rempm
per the woes of Ireland, and vi-it upon her
opre,:stits a. just Megtallie Of ,etrbutive yen.
~enrri tore hitp , elf from the aims of his
friend'. ami bidding_ a sad farewell
to the 'Tear' of the ocean.' and the home of
his youth. ettiba9ced on board a Vet.hri hound
for the New' World, and warn was-far out
upon Atlxutic s lie ruing bosom. The voyage
was lo opt LOU.: i and he ardved safely at
New Fork, in the autumn of 18—.
" Efe was no; among atiitngers, and in a
strange laud, ignorant-of our liabits,cnstorn. , „
and "manner:i in con4rtience of which: lie
experienced nano difficulty and .embkrrass.
ment. He brutigllt .with him a con,dtleratde
sum of money, which soon after his nvivio,
he invested in nterclotnoi.e, and twin suc-:
i•ealized handsome, profit. 'Encour
aged by this smile of fortune, he resolved to
abandon the legal piofession, and devote
himself to mercantile - putsuits. Gifted by
nature with a cool, sagacious mind, and,
when young, having been Initiated Into the
arts and mysteries of the'counting room—his
father - being a succwrful merchant—be pros
pered beyond his most sanguine expectations.
Wealth tilled big coffers to overflowing. With
a mysterious pottncy akin to that,. ascribed
to the fabled
_alcbitnist, Whatever he touched
seemed corn.;cious of .otne transmuting influ
ence, and changed to gold. Influential friends
flocked around him. He moved in the most
rashionable and refiner! circles, wherein hi
opulence, generosity. ?..ntelligcnce, and no brad
ty cutvpired to render him a we l c om e g ,• e . t .
His presence was especially solicited by
sCheming mammas, and ambitiorts. maidens.
-Continuing to prosper, he, at length, led to
the altar alosy bride, who eventually pressed
to her bosom the now bloc ming Elcie, arid
exptieritred the rapturous emotions that fill
the Stall of her, wjor. for the first time is called
by That holy apri"..iiiition—miditer.
Elriespent her girlhood in luxury anffiasc.
—surrounded by every irdlnence that could
recce to enlarge her mind. and cultivate her
manners. tier parents spared- no pains 10
give her a sotind and finished education.
Possessed of a comprehensive and retentive
mind, she made vapid proficiency in whatever
branch of stedy she Alrhonah a
mete child of fourteen summers, she excelled
in nin-ic, and drawing, bride nod:.
trig advanveinent in the graver sciences. Her
goodness of heart was stnkingly manifest ;
and very, many of the root within her reach,
leoksd upon her as an angel of mercy. .
-"The charms of her person were equal
to those of her mind. Her girlish form. syrn•
metrical, and faultless in its contour, waS one
upon which Iltrphael,- end Michael Angelo
would have gazed with ecstacy . Her corn
-1,4-xloll,v:es - pure as alabaster. Her forehead,
rin.ind and high, white a- Paring) marble, was
shaded by a prrrfusion of jetty ringlets that
fell in rriacs,fful curls upon her snowy shoul
ders. e About her exqui.itely chiseled mouth
lingereda -stni - e sweet` as ever angel wore.
Her. voice . clear and mtisical , fell upon the
tympanum like the enrapturing. cadences of
a seraph's harp. But it was in the eyps.dark.
liquid, and dreamy, tltai was 'mirrored her
pure andartless spirit, For a child, she was
unusually thoughtful and ,ohedient and no
Wunder she, was idolized by her fond parents,
who imagined they saw in this bud of prom
ise the germ of a . glutiour , maturity.
"Meutntithe our riterchant-etile by assidii.
ons.devotion to business, untiring industry-,
rigid emmontv, and scrupulous integrity, bad
amassed a splendid competency, and sailed
an acknowledged miliinhaire upon the Sea of
fortune. To him. rb6. present was senshine.'
he fu•nre tul. of proinise. But, alas! how
often are out brightest hopds, our 'serenest
joys, dispelled by some rude blast of a-lyersi
ty ! how often, through life are we dmitned
to bitter disaq..ointment ! flow
. often, while
we fondly Strain we are thridding this-path o f
• safety, our feet are berrying us forward to- .
ward the brink of destruction! flow often
are we wounded by_ thorns hid beneath the
blushing petals of Zile rose! In pro-perky,
v ie sire prone to forget' that roomed may hap
pen; and when they come. - if come they du.
the • mind .frequently ,reeeives a ) Moek f r om
.which it seldom, or never completely re
covers. But this is,digretning;
a When tick/ was savedtato, that iaterilav
lag period - 4'oe 'algae:Me - art fetnala, when
life appears -.in its moat -*lllicit:lf iii ,iir
drodriaeurairtin ooiop
ifi itts ; • ho:r. hi
*e tho
ghWastirt aliiied,ity
rdlttY: - Cliiiei eti
4 g WE ARE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE CONSTITIITION. I9, -3ames Buchanan.
gontrost, S'asOte#anua Countg, (turs4av `Morning. Bag 13, 1858
While a violent snow-storm was :prevaiting,
his large mercantile• emporium was discover-
ed to be on fire.; and owing to the rapidly
ar;c•timulating heaps of snow, which in some
lootlitieA rendered the greetA next to imp's
silrle,"the•firemeo were prevented from remelt •
ing thearcetre of conflagration until too late
to render much ass4tance; and the entire
ra
jo i t.
e of buildings. was consumed with their
vat ride conrenis. This event was -a severe
LI to O'Neil; Lut cheered by the encour
a , ntS and assistance t.f friends, he dilli
genii: set about to repair his sharte'red for
tune. Ilis well directed efforts were in',' de
gtee tiuee - egsful but. you know, it in said
mi-fotiutte never comes single.' About ibis
time The parinertif bis bosom .was seized by a
prevailing ettidetnie, and in a few days non-
•
signed to the grave. This solemn dislienua
tiint, so suddi4) and heart-rending, seemed
altnte.t. to parulyze the energieu of° the unfor
tttnate twin ;-e and nothing- but the conuola
Lions of religion and the cheerful and heroic
helping of his idolized daughter prevented
him frodr fidapsing into a etate of gloomy
abstractioif& As it was, he neglected his bu-
sine's, and 'weft consPqu.•nce hta :itrain4 be
came'embarrasseil. CrKiitors. miff of whom
thiongh outpa•dlly professing sympathy for
him and. his misfoannes, yet in reality; se-
cretly rejoicing over his adversity, because in
11;m tl ey hitherto hail been forced to ac
fi
knowledge a-fortnitlabl e rival in trade, began
to be.eige ti with their clamotings. Some,
whom he utterly regarded es ftiends, passed
him with' ,vitreely a token of recognition ; tut
trite is it -that. when• an individual gives signs
of failute,tpersons that In the hey day , of his
prosperity r iseemed indifferem to his success,
take an i erest in his humiliation and down
fall, if thq ao not aid directly to hririg about
t:Rr•h a r.!4114. Customer 4, to", seeing the in-
Atahility of our frend's affa4K, either volun
tartly crithtli - Pw Porn him their pntronatre, or
wete persuadM to do an. Ewell stmeeedinp
dtv SAW tOsbilsilleSs , A...sliming a more d obit - tot.
!tappet ; off tfttl. like the atrtt£•_lptt of a
uirOwninZ man. beemtne feebler and feebler;
he tebored beneath a burden it waf.
14 long to ophold
‘sTlte crisis so long , expected, came at IR•'.
Tl 6 lixhilities 'reach• exceeded his assets,: end
his warehoitses, his mansion with all its gcr
teon. furnish' ngq—even Eieie's favorite Tr ann.
were sold, at a sacrifice. ..under the auctioneer's
hstronor. appease a swarm of hungry credi
tors, who, instead of sympathising with the
luckless merchant, and aiding him in I.
honest endeavors to prosecute his e,dli t e
like greedy vultures, stripped him of hitt all,
and turned him and his daughter into th e
street, Thus twire was he exiled; from the
land of 11;s hirth, and the societv; of .w [rich.
while affluence smiled upon him, he was
deemed a chotised matnber. What a de-
plorehle-stata of sneiety is that, which esti %
mates a man by the amount of paltry gold he
chances to possess. and not according, to a
jut , standard of intellectual and moral worth I
"Our now bankrapt and penniless merchant,
by this cruel s`roke of fortune was thrown
out of employment, and deprived of the means
of procuring subsistence for himself and
child. Of manual labor he ktiew compara
tively nothing; to beg. he was ashamed. He
saw himself burled from the pinaele of opu
lence to the depths of poverty and wretched
ness.. Tuffs thought, alone, was deeply hu
miliating; but the reflection that,- guilty of
no crime; he should be thus ostracized and
shunned by his former associates, goaded his
sensitive spirit well nigh to madness. [lei
poirdency gnawed like canker at his heart.
Life be felt indeed to be a burrhen. In his
moments of deepest dejection, notwithstand
mg the admonitions of conscience, he fre
quently meditated suicide, "and .probably
would have pot his deign into execution,
but for the of leaving his beloved
daughter witliout a protector in a world of
temptation and sin. •
Diving this time, he and brie were re
siding with a gentbrinan, who, amid all out
hero's vicissitudes, had proved the genuine
ness of his professed manifestations of regard.
Elide taught their patron's daughter music.
and painting; while her father assisted him
in tris`couroing room. TI ta 4 tressed the win
ter quite pleasantly to the motherless
who was rannirellisl„ by the firer: of eirc.um•
stances. to instruct for it mere pittance those
whom but a short vitae previtnisly- she had
met in society as equals. She v o-yr naturally
felt her present position a humiliating one;
she realized keenly the dependent relation
she sii:tained, and her pride was humbled ;
.but s h e heroically resolved to hear her tnia
fortunes wiilfnnt a tourtnur, anti'do all in
her lower to alleviate the sorrows of her af
flicted parent. In this she was successful be
and her most ardent hopes,. and soon had
the pleasure of witnessing list former buoy
ancy of spirit gradually return.
" About this period. operations were corn-
tnenced upon one of those thoroughfares'
cilia connect the great west with ,he At
lantic sea-board. Liberal inducements being
()tiered efni:ient engineers and surveyors, our
friend, who in Youth, was esteemed the best
mathematician in his c lass, resolved t o proffer
his services. He did so immediately ; and on
the recommendation of his fiend, they were
accepted, and was allowed a generous salary.
,Entering, at once, upon the duties of hi s of
fice in tire romantic village yf B--, situated
upon the Hudson, he rented a suit of rooms.,
'and II -emoted, thither his daughter, who, for
wane months past, had given evidence of de•.
dining 'milli. No sooner was she released
from the depressing cares that preyed Iliad )
her spirits, Huff transported to that rural
abode, where she could inhale the invig
orating country breezes, aerl . be freed
from the pestiferous city atmosphere, than
the recuperative energies of her system began
their cork ; Abu ere the enifitner has rite, to
the j 4 of her father, her cheeks assumed their
former rosiness; tier e}es sparkled bsilliniply .
as ever ; her voice regained its wonted melu
dy; from her lips once more gushed forth
the,songs she had .hug in by gone days. when
the beautiful andlofted, in the halls of fash•
ion, hung etimptiired upon !ter accents. In
fine, her health, strength, an..l loveliness hxd
retarded ; siye, she was more interesting then
everifor, sortpw h ad given to herionatenance
that etpressicin , I ria•Attiesa and resignation
which is afire to enlist the sympathy; and
rivet the'attention of the behOltter.
''Surrounded fri ends,
that she rim* . to,herlit an artless int,.. 4 p9903-
tieei of Witmer; leinniog earee4r, !ere
,acccp
sl4hitiefitsi tad' briflii* . 6. 1 . 1 040 11 .
.I.lwers,
she AntNned it—: 7 : 7",stvici - Vfsrii . when her
fetheiietactititlid or Or And the pto
ititsiftstfir sedertitritif ititightitirbood, - par-
Owed a ta'ty and cnmmnoious resideno., in
town, find installed her therein as its mistress.
in this interesting. vocation, she experienced
more happiness than she lad known since the
gtilden tour% of childhood; and blest with
much that conttibutes to our earthly enjoy
ment, she allowed herself to look forward with
plea-ing anticipations to the future.
"non a second matrimonial' alliance her
parent keeps aloof . , declaring, with- his lost
companion he biaiied his heart. Again, be
is in easy circumstances, smiounded by every
thing cuducive to the desires and tastes of
an intelTgent, high-minded g - entlemsn. lie
lives in elegant .yet unostentatious style, de
voting a considerable portion of his time to
literary pleasures and pursuits. Years and
sorrow have worth thread of silver am.•ng
his raversi locks; but his step is firm and
proud; eye p'ereing, and intellect in
clouded,ilis when, in dais ag,ne, he con
fronted! his aceuserr•, and awed them to
silenre by hii majesty of mein, and scathing
denuncindon. Like a majority of his coun-
Laymen, he is t xceedinEly conimanicarive, and
as he recounts the striking events of his life,
his soul kindles with enthusiasm, his eyes
light up with a patriot's die, while expatiatinz
upon the multifarious wrongs his father land
has, fnun time to time endtoed, her present
t•ondition and probable destiny ; also the
cruelty that prot•uted his expatriation, and
drove him out into the wide world, a lonely
''.Elsie is sedulously devoted to her father,
and, hitherto, has delicately repelled all ef
forts to Feeure her affections. She has es
pressed, repeatedly, her purpose to remain
with her dear father, and cotnforl, hint in his
declining tears, a profuse solemnly made her
ding mother."
My friend paused. Just then i observed
Miss O'Neil glance toward us, and I detected
re-pensive smile'npOn the handsome face
of my friend. A slight blush suffused
fair one's cheek, as she Inured wacefully
to another part or the room, and, with several
other ladies,-commenced turning some beau
tiful dtstwings. •
" lla ! ha! 'Frank," said I , " your secret
out. Come, now, my dear fellow, rnr.ke a
clean breast '4 it confess you are in lore
with Ede ! I accuse you of this; and
you gnat• as 411 plead guilty to the •soft ian.,
peachenent' now, for doubtless, you will do so,
ere long„ at the bar of Llctiven."
Flank looked a little confu.ed, blushed,
awl finally iitallairwri.”l dint. tie Qld n't
care ari thing particular; about the lady.—
I was satisfied of the contrary, however, al
ihouali, on any ether subject, I would not
have called mylriend's veracity in question,
even for a moment. .
After n minute or two of awkward Alaimo,
Frknk ,ern..tked t-
" Well, sir, you say I am in loee with El
eie O'Neil / Pet mit me, with that Irtrl's con
sent, to intrThice. her to you that you •mar
hare an oppoitunity of judging whether r•he
is a being- wiirthy the adoration of any ad-
I signified to my friend the great pleasure
it would afford me to have an interview with
one in Whom I had become deeply interested.
Ile left my side, and, when, after a few
nacments, he returned, led me to the lady, to
whom I was formally presented, and with
syhorn. I'was soon.enoinged in cheerful con
versation. I found alai my friend had not
exaggerated in his ennineratiot of her various
charms and accomplishments. ller arld , ess
was exceedingly commanding, yet graceful.
alike void of hauteur or affectation ; her con
verse btilliant and fascinating. We dis
coursed of books. rancid, painting. and kin
dred topics, till Frank—provoking f e llow_
interrupted our pleasant tete a-tete, by otaim•
iii nay fair entertainer's hand for the next
cotillion-. She arose gracefully, tendering - a
.suitable apology fur absenting hers e lf from
my company. The next Moment, I beheld
her graceful form whirling in the mazes of
the dance. " Lucky wiglit,•are you, Frank"
thought as I watched, for a few moments,
the—to me—incomptetiensible .eYoltrions of
the Terpsichorean baud, "fur I am persuaded
your enamoi-ati is no ordinary prize."
The evening , passed as such evenings usu
ally do ; I had little ctinvrsaiiim with Miss
O'Neil ..r Friink,.after the interview already
!elated ; and long-before the party rliverseil,
retired to toy lodgings.
The fullowin;g morning found me-snugly
ensconced on board -a railway train, thinaier
emfwArd et the rate of thirty miles an
hoar ; al d ere the king of day had disappear
ed behind the blue Alleghenies, Was at my
own oniet home in the- - Kitystone &ate."
Something like a month after my ieturn, I
received a number of the E— GUzeite; in
whose col Inns, among oilier iteln• of inter
est, I noticed the marrilge of my fiend
Frank to Elcie ; and the announce
men!, in flaming capitals, of a new cospart
nership in the ilieremntile business under the
firm of Wm. O'Neil And Flank Somers.
"So," I Kolibtouised, laying down the pa
per, and •inking hack into my easy arm
chair, `• Frank and Elcie
.are united in the
silken bonds of Hymen. Fortunate, indeed
is Flank I hut he has a large-heart s a noble
tatu . l, and is every way dese,rying of abundant
success Dm accomplished bride, as he sr ge
ly intimated, will doubtless retnain with her
father; and when his mortal coil is shufll.-d
off, his.children, that 'is, Elcie and Frank, will
c om e in possession of his ample fortnne. A
lucky, lucky fellow is my old churn; Frank
&uueis i"
Here I fell into it doze, and areampt among
other things, how-cheerless a life that marl,
ridiculed class of bipeds, yelept old Duelielor:,
must lend ; and when the yelping of some ,
uninnerless rue, beneath niy window, roused
me from a stale of semi unconsciousness, and
I looked about me, saw my books, wipers,
and thing- generally. in ciao-ion, I alron , t
wished,—well, nu matter fin what; lear read-
Taking my hat, I was about leaving mv
room for a ramble, When the pattering of
tinny feet, in the halt, caught my ear, and
pre.entle in hounded, little Ella, her sweet
fare radiant with qnilea, and half hidden by
a shower of annoy etude.
See, outdo . I've g. t a letter for you."
eiclaimed the thisChievout Fjoile, laughing,
as: she firtniliarly approached and climbed
upon my knee. Imprinting a kiss on-the
cheek of the merry creature, that, In n inti.
ment, was netitling her head on my. bosom,
looking, fOr all the vrorl4in her peerless in
nocenca and lovelines', like- a Cherub jnst
from Paradise, I proceeded to donor the
contents of the missive she had placed in thy
-bawd. Ti woe f r o= Frank, and spoke, frt
glowing terms, of his happiness and prospect.;
eulogized, with a profu-ion of language, the
matrimonial state, and—provoking ninny—
closed his -epistle, by exhorting me, in a
grand.lognent strain, to do as lie has done";
tee the gloomy haunt of celibacy ; woo and
win solve lovely daughter of Eve; and with
hand joined in hand, with heart beating re
sponsive to heart, step on board the barque of
connubial Felicity, resolved to.glide harmo
niously over the billows of time, and land to
gether in peace - upon a happier, mote conge
nial shore. where sorrows are unknown, and
where friends ate never parted. -
Suriny Glen.
The Nettle in the Garden
Jane Stephens came from the garden into
the house, otO Morning. crying bitterly. Site
had not learned to bear pain very heroically,
and she bad - been badly nettled.
'What is the matter, Jane 1' said bar
mother.
'Tye got nottbd."
••tiettied I How ir
"I was picking currants, and time was a
glow, ugly nettle by the.curraut bush, aud so
I got stung with it."
You bhould have been more careful."
"Well, I did'nt ree it; besides it had no
bugine-s to be there. It was nu place fur a
nettle."
"Nat is very tree," replied • her mother,
smiling.. "It no place for it, and Tom
should have se - en that it WWI removed.* But
come here„and I will' put sometbit.g on your
hand which will make it feel beiter.'
• Jane's band was soon relieved, and she
thought no more about the• matter that mor
ning.
In the afteinoon her cousin Lucy came to
see her. -
"i've come to spend the.afternoon; mother
halt given me Wye," said Lucy. -
"Oh. I am so glad I" raid Jane; and
away the two girls kipped to their play. /
• In an hour, however; Jane came into.the
ho , .se, lookiug.quite ont of sort's, and Lucy
was not with her.
“Where is Lucy I” asked Jane's mother. •
"She has gone home." - • •
' Gone home 1 What does that mean I I
thought she had come to peccl- the after
noon." •
"She did'nt want to stay any longer," said
Jane, hurrying away frutu her mother, as if
site wished to avoid being asked • any zoo
questions.
Her mother raw that something was wrong;
but title saw, also, that Jane did not wish to
gee:4444d ; and, as Lucy wart aliesdy
gone, she thought she wouhl say no more ,to
her at this time. •
Jane went straight to her own room, and
theie she retualueu until she was called doa u
to tea. When she came to the tea-table her
mother saw that she had been crying. Af.er
tea she ca led her to her own room, and said
goulv. bu; firmly :
"Now, Jane, you must tell me what hap
veiled between tou and Lucy, this afternoon. ;
I heard her say whoa she came; that her
mother had given her perinissionk to spend the'
afternoon. It is not often that little girls de
cline to avail themselves of such a perthission.
Now I wish you to tell me frankly, just as it
is, why your cousin Lucy went home."
"I will tell yen," said Jane ; "for I have
been very unhappy ever since. While we
were playing in the garden, I asked Lacy to
go with me' into the meadowt and gat4r
some wild flowers. But she did not wish to
go, because she wante I to come into the house
and play with my great doll. She _said she
had asked her mother to let her come on pur
pose to play with it. I wan vexed with her,
because she would not go into the meadow,
and declared that I would not bring out the
doll this atertmon. Theo she got angrv,and
said if 1 was going to be ugly she would not
stay with me—she would go homes 'You
don't mean to go home, I guess you will be
glad enough to stay. "No, I shan't sfay,' she
said ; 'I shall go home,' and she turned to go
out of the garden,- 1 thought she was only
trying to frighten me, and make me bring
out my do!I ; but the Gist thingsi know she
ivas out of.the garden and the and run
nitiir toward Notre sa 61.4 as she &dd. When
I ts%s , that she was really gone, I was sorry
for us hat I had diMe."
"Anil what have you been about all the
time sine . t..Lucy went asfsty I"
"I lave-been up in the-room, mother, cry
ing."
'I should think so, by the looks of your
eye , . I think you and Lue.y both have been
Teeny badly nettled this af:ernoott, and I
think it is tittle the great ugly nettle was
pulled up. Yon have not forgotten how you
way nettled this morning, have you r
N ., mother."
"And don't you remember that yon said
t;e gaiden was no placo for if. It should
not have been suffered to grow there. Go
out, my dear, and see if you can find it there
now."
Jane went to the spot where the nettle was
gaming in the morning, but it s'as not there,
and :le wane in and told her mother that it
was gone:
"So . Lex.peeleti, my deer, Tor I ordered
Thomas to-day, to pull it up. Now the
spirit of unkindness in your heart, my child.
isjike the . ugly stinging nettle. Do you
think it should he suffered to grow there
Think of the mischief it hiss dune, and tee
pain it caused to-day.:-..Lucy-oltue here this
afternoon, hurag to have a very pleasant
visit, and a grand time with -your which,
having •een but onne,i4 quite an attraction to
her. When she came, you both skipped out •
in o the garden, as happy as lambs; hut your
uuktndue.s spoiled it all. She was your
guest, arid ybrt know that von shonld have
'done all you conk' to m..ke her visit pleasant.
But instead of this, you were disobliging% and
positively unkind, and your unkindness,
doubtless, sent her home feeling very unhap
py. Don't you think it 'cros s ed her more pain
than the nettle did you this morning t Don't
•you think it worse to have the heart stung
than the hand i And this same ugly nettle'
has stung you as well as Luny. Is it not so 1
Had von nut rather bear the pain of being
nettled this morning, than the self teproach
'which you have felt' fur Whiting her as you
did 1" ,
"Yes, mother. I am aura I had ; for I have
been very unhappy this afternoon." '
"The nettle iy the garden hti4 peen - pulled
up and thrown away. What shall be deue
with that 'ugly weed of unkinduesa and sel
fi•hne+w sthi;•ll hue sprung, up in your heart
Would it not be'rt fine plan if it could be
palloil up hSC6 1 So tong 69 it remsherit lent
he stinging softie one, as is did ihis afteitt;on.
Who do you suppose planted the nettle in
the garden I" •
"rlanted the nettle in the garden,,mother
I never heard of such a thing as planting a
nettle. They come up of - themaelyes quite fast
enough."
"Did you ever hear of corn and potatoes
coming up of themselves f"
4 •Yo, mother; I gue,•s Thomas would like
it if they would."
"So it is - with our hearts, mrdiughter..
They may be compared to, a garden. The
weeds of unkindne-s, sel6shnee and' pride
come up of themselves. They need no culti
vation. If we take no 'care of our hearts,
they will be sure to grow rank enough. But
the beautiful plants of love, gentleness, kind•
nese, and eelf denial will not grow without
culture. Again, let me ark you- what shall
be done with the weed of unkindnem in your
beatt P Shallsit be sufferrd to-grow there, or
will you try and pull it up t"
Jane looked at her mother,and replied, ear
nestly and teriou-ly :
"I will try and get ridgy of it, mother. I
know it has done a great deal ini,chief al eady;
I don't want it to grow in my heart any
longer."
CI am glad to hear- you say so, but •ycn
must remember that one effort will not stf
fice. Do you suppose that Thomas vrill
ever have to pull another nettle in the
garden 1"
"I know he will have to pull up many net
tles. I know they keep growin g all the time."
Let this teach you a lesson, dear. You
must watch your beartvall . the time, if you
keep down :he weeds. When unkind thoughts
arise you must try to overcome them,-.while
you .carefully cultivate every kind and gentle
emotion. if you do this faithfully, the nettles
of your heart will not grow rank.enough to
sting your friends as they-did this afternoon;
but the beautiful plants which you carefully
cultivate-will rejoice the hearts of all who
love you. You must, however, remember,
that it is only by constant watchfulness that
you can subdue the ever-springing weeds of
evil in - your heart. You must- watch that you
may be able to uproot them. as soon as tliets,
appear, before-tley obtain a &river' hold; and
you mast pray, because you need help to do
I , :s. It is too west a work for you to do in
our - own strength ;: but -there is one whci will
• you if you will a-k Him:" . ,
Romance of Real Life.
Thera was a fine old General once, who,
having spent most of his life in the field of
- Mars, knew very little about the camp of
Cupid. Ile was ore of ,thoße rough and bon
est spirits often met with in his gallant pro
fession ; innocent as-an infant of almost every
thing Pall" high iniegiiiy ritut
bravery. He was nearly fifty years old, -and
his toils were over 'when master Dan btought
him acquainted with a widow VI/adman, in
whoge eyes he began Co detect something that
made him feel uneasy. Here was the. result
of leisure.
At length, however, the blunt honesty of
his disposition rose uppermost among his
coullicttn? plans, and his course was chosen.
At school he had once studied "Othello's De
fence" to recite at an exhibition; but made a
failure ;' he, noW , recollected that there WO
something iu this defence to recite,very much
like that what he wanted to say.—lie got
the bOok immediately, found the passage,
clapped on his hat,. with a determined air,
and posted off to the widow Wadman's with
Shaltespeate under his aim.
'Madame; said Vacle General Tobey, open
ing his book a t the marked place, wilt the
Folemnity of a special pleader at the bar—
Madame---_
"Rude am! in my speech,
And little hlnss'd with thb set ihrase of pence ;
For since those arms of mine bad seven years
pith
Till now some nine months wasted, they have
used
Theik dearest action in Pie tented field ,•
And little of this great yiorld can I pe414 . ,
More than pertains to feats of broil-anc battle ;
And therefore—"
Here the General (dossed the book, wiped
his forehead, looked up at the ceiling, and
said, whit a spasmodic gasp, '1 want to get
rna , ried I' • •
The widow laughed for ten minntes by the
watch before she could utter a syllahly, and
then ehe said, tvith precious tears of humor
down•her good natured cheeks: 'Who
is it von want to marry. General r
'You; said Uncle 'Tobey, flourishinz bra
sword arm in the ,air,antl. assuming a military
attitude of defiance, as if he expected an
sault from the widow, immediately/4
'Will yott kill melf-I marry you. General,'
said the widow, with a mere twinkle in her
eye.
•Nro, madame !' replied Uncle Tobey, in
most setious and depredeating tone, HY if 'to
a'.sure her that such an idea had never enter
ed Id. , head. . • •
•Well, then,. I guess I'll marry you,' said
the widow.
'Thank you ma'am,' said Uncle Tobey; but
one thing 1 am bound to tell . you—..wear a
wig l'
The widow started, remained silent a mo
ment, and went into a longer, louder, And
merrier laugh than ale had indulged in be
fore, at the end of which she drew - her scat
nearer the General, gravely I'tid, her hand on
his head,lently lifted his wig off and place.'
it an the table.
General - Uncle Tobey bad never known
fear in hot battle, but he felt a decisive
incli
nation to rut away. The widow laughed rr4
gain, as though she never would stop, And
the General was about to lay his hat upon him
denuded hat and holt, wiled the facetious la
dy placed her hand - upom his arm and detained
him. She then deliberately raised her other
hand to her own head ; with a militsry preci
sion, executed a rapid mnnenvre with her five
fing,ers.pulled off her Whole head of flue glos.
sy hair, and placing. it upon the table by the
aide of the General's, remained seated .with In
dicrousgravity in front of her aetepted • lover,
quite bald . ,
As may_he etpected, UnA Tobey laughed
along with the widow, and they soon grew
a' merry over the affair that the maid servant
peeped threnglithe key=hole at. the noise, and
saw the old couple dancing a jig and bobbing
their bald pates at eaeh other bite a pair of
Chinese mandarins. - SI the two very Atortiv
laid theirleads together upon . the pillovi of
matrittionY. • - •
tar A Yanketi, -. l4iataing of a ci~it which
he phil to the Q.teen. clew"
by declaring 'I 51100,1
vittld to stay to dineerebut it
ilotaint 15, littm ttr
STRUCK liKaTUCir...—lt id well Known - in ,
most of our readers ax i at the enterprise of the
Tenneseeans has constructed turnpikes in all
dirccions from this place to :the Kentucky
under the prom* flora our Kenttlekt.
neighbors, that they would continue them in
to their - 'State. All
.these pikes still end at
the State line, )vith nq prnspeot of being 'ex
tended. The consequenceis, that in a season
like like the present, when ithe roads are soft, and
there are frequent mina and avows, and heavy
crops to haul over the roads, they 'get into the
most horrible conditicM, and it is no exagger
ation to say that the .traveler from Tennessee
absolutely drop: into Kentneky,and if he does
not drop in so deep that horses can't haul him
out, be is - lucky,leyond the average - of his
class. A few, days since a traveler frOnt
foreign parts took pasisage on the two wheel
maiheart, for the interior of the State, and
was enjoying.a good nap. „
From this nap, Ithwever, ho a sutsuddenly
aroused by
,a trerrrendomi cbitcusion. which'
threw him, violently against- tire side of the
box, skinning his nasetatid otherwise bruising.
his body.—,lipon looking about he found the
velii , de in the midst of :limitless sea 'of muc,.
about the consistency of thin cream, and the
hottoM of the box below the water line ;• the
horses' beads and necks were the only, por,
tions of the animals in sight,- and tile delver .
wa4 laying his whip oh to them. The traveler
recovering hitnselt with. a vehement execra
tion, inquired : is the Matter. V--!'
'N o thing,' responded- the driver, busily . plying •
his whip the while, 'Only veva strtick gen
tuckyt —Our traveler, in relating Lis experi
ence, said that he had in the course of his
fife, been in a good many tight plaues-tbat,
he had been , blown up and . sunk on steam
boats—thrown off of railroads, and upset. in
stages, but that-was - the first time helmet ever
'run against a state," and, he believed tlia,t
Kentucky was the oriq Staid on the face of
the earth, where the thing could be done.—
. Tennesse paper:
, . .
WHERE: TiIF: PLASTER WAIL—A - certain
doctor(rather a modest young .man by the.
way) was recently called in to see it lady whO
had been taken suddenly. ill. The docor
found the applicatiod of a Mustard ‘ plaster
necessary,• and accordingly went to work and
madevne, and laid it carefully by to prepare,
the lady for its appliCation. 'Everything was •
ready, and theutoranunilt the plaster; bat
k
strange to say, t had'disappeatred. The doc
tor and the ne6ro nurse searched high and
low, in every prppatile place, for the missing
plaster, buu in vain: - it was gone and no one
could tell •Where.—The nurse had not seen it
since the doctor laid 14 on the chair. There
was no other alteruative btit to go to work
and make another, Which Ins_ alccordinelv_.
done. cut still the clueetion v"toul4 present
itself to all, what bad becoine of the plaster i
ro s e tureurostaneea of, its hating been spirited
away began to te'l nufavorable on the sick
lady's nervous sensibility; but the doctoo.
could .not help it.; be could not explain the
mystery. The doctor'. in a deep brown study
prepared to leave, and stood up before the fire
to warm hinwelf befotTe encountering the Coki.
without. Through :the force of a vulgar"
habit, he parted litS,cont tails be - bind, when
nurse, ditpla3in,g abdut Tour inches of:ivory
6Rld
foun de plasf.er masse doctor'
`Where V eagerly asked the doctor; 'where
is it I' , •[ .
'You got it ahinesaid the nurse Still grin
ning., . . . . .
The doctor clapped his hand ts4iind and
there it, was sticking fast to the Peat a his
breeches,. where he at down on it when it
was drying on the chair. \This - was too much
for. the modest doctoi. lie seized his hat 'and
bolfed ;• nor could he be prevailed on to visit
that lady again during her sickness.
, _
Ohio Editors6tre not very deeply rend
in the " Scriptures,'{ if the.following, from
correspondent of Harper's Magatine;is to
taken " for gospel
" Governor Chase is;tred proclamatiori
Appointing a thankiigiving day. To - make .
sore of being right' on the subject in thand,
the Governor composed hia . .proclatilarion al
most exclusively of passages ;from the Bible,
which he did not designate as quotations,
presuming that every ore woulviewcogniss
them and i ptlmlre the fitness Of the viorcii‘at
well as hig`taste in their selection, A 'learned'.
editor of a Democrhtic paper (the Governor_
is on the other side) pounced upon the rocs
lamation 7 -deolared that he had read it before
--couldn't exactly say where--but
take his oath that it.wns,* downright plagia
rism from beginnidg to end ! That would'
have te:en joke enough for a while at least,
'and ,perhaps longer; but the next day the
Republican paper camo out valiantly •
in defence of the Governor,' pronounced'
the charge false and libellous, and .chat=
leogerl any - man living to PrOduce onn sins
gle line of the proClanration that hat, ever
been in print before!"
. . . ..
tic .SUSC;i6EHAN i N.4. TO BE BET ms Ms.
—We wereteanervitOt startled the other da „
on reading in a •cetemporary, a stateme 1
Oa had been' ctincluded to fire the Sus;
queh on in a feW weeks. Cir'nlarto was,
howe'er, brit brief, for on looking down the
column a few lines, we found it wail the ship
Sumreltannn, -nnd not the noble 'old stream
we all take so mech. pride in. In theseAnys
of progress we eatinot . tell what "'nay be
done. . . , .
'Mr.
JOT ' Smith,you said you once ofsnia
led in a puipit—dO you Mead to say, that,
yeu preached r
•No, sir ; I held the light for the man who
did preac.h.'
the-clourt nntlentood you differently.
Theysuppesed,that. the disecuirSe came direct
ly from you.'
'No, sir, I only throsed a Mile light; ad
tir ',gumbo, vhai..yer up to, / I)oif,..daysl i
u'enrpenter and • ,
‘11() I I guexs vet' is. Wink). epsrtinent
does vet ptufortn, _
depertmept.doei z l je6rfoim I I does
the circubir work,' - :
, Whet's /• ,
'Why, tipiAnilstone.'
~, • I
"gir.'%crkidstn iron:Hite man. Clottedhv ft
„. .
thcoloitri'a
at rgulil.fit, 10 his Oppogi t 0 T3I; ; TY? hqr
/ L .
•'w h. ho at differed from bite—" Sir. I IteilitV6
10/Fti - 0 iiher a deist or ? an tobeict.." 7 -=--
rWion7,leir," wad the rejt s Andei t .. 14. 1
dendst.',! 1 . . •