#..oserritson, • Vetlister. Communicated Scheid liousea avid Morality. • No. L . There ie probably no duty that presses it reit' upon the consideratien of an intelligent and christian patent with more earnestness, than that of caring for the moral well being of his children. Anything that tends to cot , ^rept and Vitiate theinoral sentiments of the child, and . rob it of that keen.and lively sense of christian purity which is so highly essen. tial to,every well regulated character, is cer tainly of sufficient impatience to demand the persevering efforts of any community for its eradication. • • And it would seem there is no apology due at this time for calling the attention of ?irtuous people to sofne of the glaring and almost int olerable , immOrsdity connected with a large Onion of `the school, houses of this county. All , who will take the .peins. can, on sisiting many of our school honses see, that they are covered, yes, literally cevered, as high as the children can reach, insideand out, ott seats, desks; doors, and walls, with all sorts of vile,-obscene and disgusting marks, figtr:s, and images, indicating a state of unite 4:epravity, that is far from flattering ; 0 a christien people, in the middle of the nine -teeoth-century. • • ' But do not understand me to speak of-it as intimating that..yntt, have noi seen all this. Isincereiy"wish yap could honestly plead that ex,:use. But you cannot. You have seen all these Things, over and over again, and, what is infinitely worse, too many ofityou have witnessed Them in silence. I appeal to parents who are daily sending their children to houses thus disfigured and defaced. Do you honestly and candidly - be- - Veva that the lithe ones you so thoughtlessly - deliver over to the tend'a Mercies of those bitter and peisonuus dr)kughts,can continual ly drink them and not meet with a moral ( L e ath t Do you not think that tbse seeds. • of immorality thus sown in early childhood, will bud, Wow, and ripen into one grand . harvest of_ wickedness and corruption I Do you not imagine' that the young spitit,thus constantly hathed in the waves ef it'worse than moral Lethe, will bear any of the ebon _ stains of:their darker thin „Lilliputian black- -And, christian mothers, I appeal_ to ,you."! Cm the terider plant of maidenly Purity and womanly virtue flour4li in sucker' Atiinsi)be-e --as this., Can it live, even I How mans. nvre innocent victims -repo ,go down to th - e dark valley of this moral Upas, And there pale, and with( r, and die, under the sickening influence of its pestilential breath,' Do you believe that your little girls—your household jewels--can constantly Attend upon these vile lessons of depravity and-still think pure thoughts I Can they sit diy after day, week *fret week, and month after month, foking upon desks arid walls which present all that is debasing, and demoralizing to the Human heart and still have-pure feelings—and .still • exercise pure emotion - 4? As . well you, m;glit • exnect to flood the virgin sheet with an inky de'uge and have it bring no stains away. [fear another °robe subject of womanly purity "The first element in their moral character which they should seek to establish flatly, is purity. Not only is purity of life needed to make 'a yOung_woman beautiful and n-eful, but purity in• thought, feeling, emotion, and motive. A young woman sho he in heart what she seems - to be in life.— _ 11. r words should correspohd with her tho'ts. The smile of her face should be the smile of h. r heart. The light of tier -eye should be tde ligbt of her soul. If I coulk to all the young women in the world, W 1 strive to utter the intrinsic beauties and essential qualities tf purity; I would seek to illustrate it as the fountain of all that is great and good and that is Spiritually grand and re deeming. There is no yinne, no spiritual I re, no moral beauty, no glory of soul, no olignity of character without purity. Tale pure, is to be truthful, child hearted; innocent o(criminal.desire or thought, averse to wrong. in love with right, in baernony with whatever is beat] tiful,-goo'd and true. This stale of the soul is suect to cultivation. Tt may be -made strong and active. By personal effort, by . constant watchfulness and striving, every young woman'may be pure;- but she cannot expect to he nithout. She must watch, and strive, and pray, if she would he pure. It she does nor, she will become corrupt before \ she is aware of it.• The world will send into her heart its putrid- streams of influence to corrupt and debase IC • Do not the anxious mothers-feel that these school houses on which are written the les Frill: of (.I.!pravitc:am a part of the " wotl.l that. is pouring i!s pltrid streams of influence in upon the.r_oun,, ,, heart 'to corrupt and de:. "ba-e it." Will they answer this question ! Will they abide' the responfe of their holy chri.tia n impujcesl.. Will they act in accor dance with . those impulses? Will they send up one united prayer, 'asking, aye, `demand. jog the renovation or aunihilation 'of witch houses? Their voice, their prayer complish the detired tesul - And is there any more generous aim . for the' Chri4lian mother, any more noble purpose than that of purifying the fountain from which flows the life-blood of the republic? Scrr. Government _Expenses. After all the bluster of . the opposition press, the published tables .of the appropriations made by Congress at the last session,as given in the "union, ! ' show that notwithstanding the heist); drafts upon the. Treainry an ac - count of the Mormon difficulties, the .gross , amount appropriated is considerable less than was- appropriated last year. Instead of. $B5, 006,000 as stated by the Black Republican libellers, the whole amount for the last year's service only reaches $68,000,0000, whilst the regular appropriations for - the service of the year conrniencing on the first of July is somethin g less than fifty-three and a .half tnillions o f dollars—a very tugisfaCtery ex hibit, as the Union says, when we reflect that the opposi tiod are about arranging for a tst_r- paign aganst - the Democratic pasty, on I t he double ground of. its .extravagance and upon tha old maxim of protection. ," - Fir It is wourious fact at every otters! officer in the army. of the - American Revolu tion was a Free Mipzp,—except Benedict 'Arnold. • • -The Oxygenaied Dilley.s are doing wonders in the cure of Dyspepsia, Debility,Jaundim and Liv or 4iseases. Of tbe 'thousand End one prepare tioos offered for the cure of these diseases, this alone appears to,perform all it ptomises. COr SmitO's Apprentice. A Revolutionary Tale. BY . JO/1.4' COOPER "'Aft. I=2=Ml CHAPTER I It aras„the darlest hoar of the Ilevolution for the AmeriCan cause. - There werd traitors in the camp, though the great. mass of the people remained firm end deterniined in the cause of indepenceuce. the - ltrieisli Army outnumbered the Austell-can forces as three to oae„ but liberty aras the prize to be won, and brave hearts, led on by Washington, did not despair. What If they : were clad in tattered garments, and their feet were shoelets, leav ing matks of blood upon the frozen ground wherever they followed their loved com mander,-'o long as they battled for the birth, riga of freedom. At_the period of our story, thereato 4 ,cel in the vicinity of the village of Brunswick a log house of - rather large dimensions, and built in a manner that proved that its-proprietor went in more for comfort 'lieu appearance as re garded his dwelling. There was an air of neatness and taste about the garden that seemed to prove_that it was under the special care of a woman, even though currant bu - ar,' honey 'sue-kle and hop& vine had been, for many days under the snows of December. The proprietor of the house followed the double calling ,prbtacksroith and a farmer. lie *as a bale old man of about sixty,and his littritly.wkre composed solely of his wile Do rat hy, and his daughter 4fitry, a beautiful girl just budding into womanhoOd, his youth, fanner Jonas Ltuttcas bad ad vocated Quaker ptinciples of peace, but in Its age his sympathy was secretly enlisted in the cause of King_George. His conduct, however, had been so circumspect—he ap ?eating to maintain a strict neutrality' as regarded both the British and American-cause —that, though suspicions, were - rife of his er. tending aid. to the former, be had thus far es caped actual proof. The only person hired about his premises was a talk ungainly youth, who had served as a holier in the smithy, when occasionally a neighGdwiled his horse shod, or his wa 'lon wheel tired. His name was Malachi Doolittle, and he.hailed from the Hay State, limn whence he had wandered to hi; present station, some ahree — years before, binding him self.to Squireptitton till one-and-twenty. He had - all the peculiarities of the migratory race of New England, and though, -- as we have stated, he was tall and ungainly in. his de. tortment, a - warm heart beat under a home spun vest, and he displayed much genius and tact fur the benefit of his employer. Asa matter of comae he had been in love for a ling time with the fair form .45,1 blue eves of his master's daughter, Mary, though she had always treated his case so cooly that, an;tone elso but a genuine Yankee wooer won have left the field in dis l iair, No gi l l can bear to have it said that her lover is an object of ridicule; and—Mary was well aware (Eat tell Malachi—the name by which her fither's apprentice was generally addressed— was the sport of all the young girls in the neighborhood. - Yet she might have made good choice, for be bid fair to become a first rate mechanic, was a crack shot with the tide, and - could out-run, out-jump, as.he ex pressed it himself, anythinff that stood-in two shoes. He was a firm advocate of the American.cause, and - when his- boss was not be and he could gain a listener's air, he would express'his admiration for Washington in the highest terms. It wain the latter part of December, and close upon 'dusk, when a young into, attired in the uniform of an ensign in the Conti nental army, and mounted -upon a powerful gray bor:e,rode up to squire flutton'ssmilhy, and - - requested that his animal might be shod mtmednuelv. `Friend, thoa - seernest co be in somewhat of if . hurry, was squire Mutton's reply, glancing at the stranger ; :and as Afalachi is busy foddering, the cattle, ands" have promised to Mil% neighbor Paikei'x wheel tited in half an. hour,..perlmps thee bad better to apply to the next hop, which thee will find About a mile and a halt fictn here; on the st:aight road to Brunswick, and--' 'A plague on neigh,b . oi Parker:and his wa gon wheel,' said the young man impatiently. 'As -you 'hate stated, however. lam in a hur ry, and be4r "impottant divatches , to Washington, who; I understand, is on his way to attack our enemies. May heaven trait:. the right cause'.' 'AAA; said the smith, earnestly. 'But as I bate informed thee befote, it will be im possible to attend to the shoeing of the beast to-night. It is neatly dark, and I seldom pnrsue my labors after nightfall.' ' The stranger mused a moment, and then ma-tiered to himself : 'lt is not possible that T can have been misinformed ; drew a paper from his pocket and handed it to squire Hut ton. - • . •Wbat,is this I' be exclaimed. 'Something ghat would not be polite to let every one peruse in these times; but I have b d that you was a staunch man in the cause of King George, and I can trust you. The exigencies 24 my case did pot admit of delay. My horse - must - be shod and I mubt be within „ . the British vamp, at Trenton by to-morrow morning.' The old smith with an air ofsurprise wiped his glasses to peruse the document, and by the last fading light of the day recog nized the well known signature of Lord He instantly grasped the stranger by the hand, - and said that for the cause of Bing .George, he would neglect every job of work in the shop. `But thee have a rough ridc:6f it. .friend, the roads are in a bail condition, and the wind will blow cold and bitter in thy face, I observe, the whole Of the journey,'_ Tle stranger remarked di a t,be hid l ea r ne d to laugh at such adventures in-the camp of the soldier. 'Ay friend, but the night will be black as pitch an hour later, and if thy beast is not sureforited, thee will scarcely, roach Trenton by sunrise. .however, I will see that thou -art well prepared for the journey. A: good cup of tee, equal to - that the foolish rebels wasted in Boston harbor, made by my wife Dorothy, and s few Warm - biscuits prepared by my daug hter tir will refreuttAitee great ly, previous to thy long ride' ° 'Thanks, kind sir, for your hospitality, and be assured that it will be remembered to our ; commander in chief. My business is urgent, f.r if I reach Trenton by sunrise, the plan 1 n w bear about nmperson will place the Te ti s l • S h a a:y m n e . d y s a t wholly s t o b y o r u u i so ly i ; n r , o s t u h a r i c a n p : i ti d e e e r e .9 d smith , v. haverobbing li o ti eto loose. Hallo, Malachi ; ab, here 1. 1 1 thou art. Run up to tiro house, and tell Dorathy that my friend - Ensign Spencer, of the Continental army, is going to sup with u 4. He has important !ocumeets for the benefit of the American cause, and must be in the American camp to-morrow morning. Thou caust shoe this horse, while I extend to him the hospitalities ;' and Squire Hutton, trdcing the young man by the arm, uslvered him in a few moments into the presence of his WIG and chartnin,g daughter. Meanwhile, Malachi, who had eyed the at anger very closely, lit a lamp and began to try the bellows. -- . lVeil'i he elaimedolin:el if this v tt beat all n7iur. I to h imself, was a mething in the wind when that critter halt s at our place; so I just stopped foddering „the cattle, and sneaked up to the back side of)the shop to listen. So if he gets to Trenton by sunrise to-morrow mottling, the American party will be in the hands of the British. If yt;tl are there by that time, by Judas, Ma laHli Doolittle don't know nothing about siring. Vlroa—you critter; can't you stand still-a moment while the irons getting hot I Itts no wonder you're so restless with such a toed of sins es you are about to carry, and I'm going to cut my indentures to-night and jo n the American army. Who knows but lay come back a captain, and marry Mary n Hutton, and then strike a bee line for old Ma.ssachusettst But I must hurry this job th!ro', for I would not like the boss to inspect my work to-night. There,' be added, as he drove the last nail, 'you will east off a pair of them shoes about five miles -Cother side of Brunswick ; and then if I can't catch you, Ensign Spencer on my old sorrel, I wish I rosy be blowed : u p ib "a powder-mill.' lßig with intentions to the benefit of the Atnerican cause, Malachi fastened the horse, and closing the shop door,weuded his way to the house: inns wind blew keen and cold, and the sky was overcast with dark clouds. L'Shouldn't wonder 'if we had two foot of snl3w before to-morrow miming,' said Ma lachi to himself, 'and I'd rather, by a darn sight, go to an apple bee or - a quiltin' party with Mary Hutton • tucked 'Under my rain, than tsko a journey-to Trenton to-night. LlOwever, whit. can's be •cured, must be en dUred, as my old schoolmarm used to say, when she applied the birch ; so all you're got to do, Malachi Doolittle, is to play pos sulm, and not give the British so big stirt' found the kitchen empty, for Ensign Aponte,. *.I.Jv light, of e` guest,the supper table was net in the parlor. aSat his picture:.' he will be making love w4ll Mail- next,' said Malachi, uneasily; 'but if he does, I'll pay him off in his own coin. Ab, here is his pistols, and heavy riding coat. Well now. Malachi Doolittle, I don't think it Would be unwhokome to your constitution, tol, jerk the. prisning out of them barkers,for fer matters might Come to rough-and-tumble. So, here it goes,' and suiting the action to tile word, the stranger's weapons were instantly placed in a harmless condition. I When the app-entice entered the pail .r, he found Doratby Hutton and her daughter Mary in high glee and good humor. The supper was over, hut the stranger- seemed to bq attracted to the smith's parlor, by the bright eye of Mary, and looking twice out of tide window into the cold, black night, he give a shudder, as if loth to depart on his o rney. Tall Malachi devoured his supper in moody Silence; Lut,not withstanding his discontent at tlie_notice the young officer took to Mary, he m?ule fearful inroads on the Johnny cake ad sausage. A genuine Yankee is seldom so y deep in lore that he filsakei his victuals, and such was certainly tall Malachi's case. ;When there was no excuse for longer de- Il l y, the apprentice ea= eup t ited to retch Spencer's hor s e to the door, and' thanking his host and-hostess for their kind attentions,and 14siowinir a kiss upon the blushing check of Marv, he bestrode the animal, and 'et forth -ai a round gallop on bis dark and dreary - journey: .. - I 'I guess I'd bettergo and finish i .foddering the cattle,' said Mala;-hi, as the clatter of the hkse's hoofs died away in the distance. 'Old Bull has broken his surcingle all to smash, I calkilate I'd better take the sorrel horse and 00 down to Brunswick to morrow morning and get it fixed, as we want to sled some Wood from the swamp. Suppose you can 14t, me- have old sorrel for a little while, quire I' :Why, how on earth can thee go down to Brunswick without him, Malachi I How foolish you do talk to-night. 'Well, I didn't know bUt that; you might dant to use him,' said Malachi, closing, the oor behind him, and starting for the barn. Consarn his picture! kissed her lips; did he? that trick, my name ain't Malachi Doolittle. jerusilem, bow cold it is! I .wish I had my ether shirt on, but it's no toe to grumble. iOld sorrel, put in the big licks, and you shall fe kept on.nothing else-but oats and clover ur the balance of your maternal - days. And - now for a parting salute to the boss; he added as he bestrode up to the door _of the house. - *ell° I Squire Huttob, sunthin's broke loose!' , Malachi, what is the matter 1' Slaked the smith,opening the door, 'is the barn afire, 'No, nothing of the kind, boss. But l've concluded to borrow old sorreLto-night, in i.taad of to-morrow morning. 1 know the Whole plot, an' lam going to take them pa pers from Ensign Spencer, and give them to peorge Washington; 'Why, -his horse is as fleet as the wind; and he will get. to Trenton before thou art half wavy laidrthe smith with a laugh. I. 'You forget that. I shod his horse, boss ;Hutton' • -•Well be,is armed, and will shoot thee . as dead as a-nail, if thou dost attempt vio ;knee.' 'Can't be did', boss. ° I shook the priming from his 'pistols - when he was in to sper. ,up 'Mundt-nand Beelsebnb—Lord forgive me —but--' I The tetnaladeir of the aentebee wan lost on IMalschre ear, for a„ wild hipl ga.laeg, " VIFE-A R E ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND TUE CONSTIIrtITION."—Jamei Utickanan. eutron, ,Susquitanna toUntg, fenn'a, Cljztrebal Morning, arafg g, 1858 sorrel V he was followhlg ,to the track of the British spy. CIIAIIWit be night was very dark, -and flakes of snow were falling fast over the, already whit ened ground, but the old sorrel was perfectly acquainted with every loch of the ground, and as if prompted by an instinct that be was on business that admitted no delay, it needed• but lithe urging on the part of Ma lachi to make him stretch Ads neck through the village of Brunswick like a grayhound. Occasionally Ms rider wonta rein up and pause to listen, if he could hear the clattering of hods in the distance,- and when he could hear no sound but the mourning of the wind as it whistled through.the forest trees, he would shout 4 Ga-lang,' and the horse would resume his old pace. But this perseverance was not long to go I unrewarded; fOr he had scarcely put the vil lage of Brunswick five miles behind him,when he descried the object .of his seaech a short distance ahead, and, traveling at such a gait as convinced him that En.ign Spencer had little to thank Malachi Doolittle in his handi craft. As the matter stood it was no great feat for the sorrel or apprentice to rein - up by the side of the ofiker in the space of a few moments. It was too dark for Spencer to recognize his new acquaintance of the smithery.. 'Fine evening,§quire,' said Malachi, 'sleigh. ing will be first rate to•morrow,if it continues to come down this way: 'There 'we don't agree, friend,' said Apen cer, placing his' band by way of precaution upon one of his pistols, ;for the night, to my mind, is a cursed dark and stormy one.' .Well, 'tis som.Ahing dark, that's a fact,' was' Malachi's response, 'for a man that h&s got a considerable distance to 'ride. Got a fine hOrse I I can't see for sartin. Critter goes kinder lime, don't he V 'Yes, thanks to a bungling fellow that shod him ab out two hours ago, I shall not be able to reach 'thy destination by daylight' 'Rather guess you won't,aquire, at the rate you are traveling, now. Trenton is a,,Ang way off yet, and it is.a rough road to-travel. Now, squire, stein' it!s you, I wouldn't mind :wappin' horses. Old sorrel is sure footed, and only ten years old,eome Destgrass;tbough I should require a little boo; under the ciicilm• siances—not Continental, but hard Spanish, and—' `Hold on, my friend, for heaven's sake. I -have no' wit , h to trade horses at any rate, and :your loquacity is perfectly overwhelming. I bare but one question to ask, and you can act your own pleasure in arswering.tt. Who gave you information that I was traveling to Trenton !' Jest as slick SS grease, -squire. You are on our side. God save •stru g down with the rebels. I- am Mt!sub' Doo- little, Jonas Hatton's apprentice boy, who shod your critter this very night; and it ap- pears that it was scioonfounded dark in the shop, that,' made.* pesky job of it: 'Pesky, job indeed,' said Spencer.. 'Why, my horse is going dead lame, and I must be ins Trenton by to-morrow morning—my busi. ness is of the most vital importance.' 'Could I not do the busitess for you r said Sialachi,`you can go back to squire Button's while I carry the _dispatchesyou befit. about you to the British ~ camp.' Spencer,with a laugh,`that i o hardly do. A British officer-placing import ant dispatches 'in the hands of a brad:smith's apprentice, is altogether out of the ques tion.' 'By Jades, I've got it. !' exclaimed Malachi, as-if struck by icertain thought; 'we will swap horses for the present. I'll take your critter back to Mutton's, and doctor him un til you call for him, and lend'you pld sorrel —be is just as. fresh now as when he left=the stable, and can keep the same gait for four and twenty hours to come.' Ensign Spencer was delighted with the proposition. And halting at a favorable place, they both diimounted to make ati eirchauge. Hut ud sooner had the officer's foot touched the ground, than he found - himself in-the close embrace of tall Malachi. _ 'Now; squire; he exela'imedAefore it comes to a worse tusselall trouble you to folk over them papers.' •Whs, what do you mean, you pletrelan hound,' said Spencer, 'by insulting an (officer of King George struggling to free himself from the iron grasp of the blacksmith's Hp pi entice. I mean jest what I say'', you gaul darned ontankerous Tory iartnict. Hurrah for George Washington and . the Continental Congres.4. Kiss Mary again,will you Y Well, I'm not going to he cruel, but if you don't fork over them papers in a jiff, by the six teenth chapter of the Revolutions, I'll make mince meat of you !—I will, by Judas !' 'Don't trotile me I' exclaimed Spencer, (for Malachi's grip at his throat, bad been tight ening every' instant), 'and they are yours' 'Don't you attempt to come any of your games, you Tory varmint. I can out-run, out•wrest)e anything impur diggins; and—' `Such is not my Intention. There are the papers ; much good may they do you. And now be kind enough to release my col lar.' 'Wait a bit, squire—so, bo, sorrel—mot make all right ;' and at the same moment be let go of Spencer, he leaped in the saddle, and said, 'Good night, squire; and pleasant dreams: • Spencer instantly aimed ohs of his pistols point blank at Malachi, but it missed fire. He dashed it to the ground with a corm and leveled the other—the trigger clicked, but there was no discharge. 11a, ha, ha I' laughed Malachi. 'You'll find thiprimin' scattered round Jona. Hut ton's k4chen floor, where I left it. Ya ga•lang, sorrel. Three cheers for Oeorge Washington and tbet"Citinental Congress.' CHAPTER 111 The sun was not above one bout high When a tall, slatweided Yankee, mounted on ebony horse, rode up to the American lines,wbere he was hailed by the sentries, and to whom he made known that be bad something of the most vital importance to communicate to the General. Ills invincible pertinacity finally prkzicured.hi;n the coveted- audience with the commandet-in-chlef of the American forces, and tall . Malachi placed the, documents he had procured with -so-Auch trouble in .his hands. Washingtotr-law as a glance that, had the plans they divulged been carried 6 . 81 1 the Amerman army would bare been placed In great peril, if not utterly annihilated. Of his master's share in the transaction, Malachi Doolittle said nothing, for he was too much in love with Mary to betray her (tither ; but all other questions his answered with a prompt ness that proved be bad a large ' s hare of good sense to' make up for his uw !epth ap peamnee, - • 'And you wish to serve In dm artily,' said Washington kindly. [ 'Such is say intention, , your excellency, if you think my services worthy of regard' 'We are always glad to receive such good recruits in the cause of freedom as thou art. The service thou bast rendered is a great one to the American cause. Captain Doolittle, allow me to congratulate you 1 for such is your commission you hold henceforth in the contineptal army l' The heart of the new made officer *Vas too full 'to expiess his thanks; buehe resolved - to pro - ire by deeds, and not by words, that be was worthy of Washington's consideration. The Commandersinschief saw that some im mediate steps must be taken not only to take Philadelphia—which, as he learned by the dispatches brought by Doolittle, the enemy were delermined . to possess— se butto arouse the spirit of t'ie acti on, that had now sunk to the lowest depth of despondency. Be resolved to anticipate the British, and cross the frozen Delaware, on the night of the 26th of De eembel., where he learned that a large body of Hessians had encamped. Ile fullowed up his plan with eminent success ; for the attick being totally unexpected, more than nine hundred of the enemy were taken prisoners of war, Ito re -creased the river again, and, though his shadow of an army -was weary and exhausted, he determined to make an at tack on the British forces at Princeton, Ifere he had the good fortune to kill sixty,and take three hundred prisoners more. This good fortune served to dispel the gloom that had settled over the American cause. It is an undoubted fact - that Malachi Doo little held a Colonel's commission in the army before the close of the war, which took place when Great Britain acknowledged the lades pendence of the United States, November 30th, 1782 On the banks of the rivertaritan, some ten years after the incidents detailed io our story, there stood a fine bou,e, built in the style of the Elizabethan period—.the residence of Colonel Doolittle,tind his family, ,who was now one of the wealthiest, farmers in the whole country. He was one of the most hos pitable of men,and neither friend nor stranger ,could pass his house, without being-asked to take a mug of the Colonel's good cider ; or, if it happened to be abou t tea time,, a cup Of tea, and a slice of short cake, •by the fair hands of his wife Mary. There was an old man, too, who sat in the cosiest place.by the fire-side, who, for a long time after,the close of the war, Would advo cate the caw.. having somebody arrested for steatirig it I}4 rd Horse--at which his daughter would wink slyly to her husband—but he finally came to the conclusion, -as peace and prosperity crowned the land of freedom, that George Washington was not so much of a rebel after all. There was an old tady,too,who appeared to never grow tired in prat-ing her son-in -:awl and a little boy,the ‘ery'image of his mother, who, at the close of many s summer's day, would (dims upon his tither* knee, and say with 9 tone of earnest entreaty : 'Now, pa, do tell me all about Ensign Spencer, and General Washington, and the Hessians, and bow you hooked grandpa's horse, and listenel for a /soldier.' , my son,' the. Colonel would re ply, but I have related my story so often, I should think you knew it by heart.' Yet son and hair, often related the story over and over again. Stich is one of the many incidents connect ed with the" dark hours of the Revolution. Though purchased with the blood of thous ands, it left the legacy of freedom, and man kind, and -few in those "times which tried men's souls" acquire greater fame in the American cause than Malachi Doolittle, the Blacksmith's Apprentice. THE GRASS-WIDOW. DT P. PODIIAIMIER. THE grass-widow (vidua germinea) is one of the must formidable and rapacions'of birds of prey. Her natural food is man. The,origin of this word, grass-widow, is doubtful, but pro bably refers to the scripidral truism that all " flesh is grass," and derives additional ap propriateness from the fact that she usually t , elects her victim from the greenest of the ieci es. The grass-widow abounis in New Yolk, and Makes her nest chiefly in boarding-houses and hotels. Indeed, she would seem a nat-, ural appendage to these establishments. Out of twenty five boarding houses in which I haie lived, twentrtOm contained one or more grass-widows. This choice of dwelling place is doubtless owing to the facilities it affords for her predatory operations; as boarding houses abound in men in their most defenceless condition,' The grass-widow is rarely withniit preten sions to personal, beauty; but, when this is lacking, she is seldom mos loss to supply the deficiency by a variety of ingenious arts in which she is Skilled:- Her plumage is_some times sad colored, but more often gaudy; and she devotes no end of pains to its decors• tion and arrangement. There is in the speciei a remarkable uni formity of ago. The grass-widow sometimes, eoufeeses to thirty years, but is more usual ly twenty-five. One of theyn has to my k%owlege, been esactly thirty- for the past twelve years. Another was twenty-five , 6fteen years ago, and learned yesterday that she is uow just twenty-five. The manner in which the grass-widow captures her prey especially deserves notice. She is usually partial to Young New Yolk, which partiality doubtlesi results from the surprising ease with which be is taken— though it is by no means• rare to see grizzled whiskers and bald heads among the debris of her victims. Having made•her selection, she proceeds to charm him by a process not unlike that which is usually supposed to be employed by some vatietiekof serpents. She flutters before his eyes, traitor's& him with her glances, and breathes such tones in his ear as ate adapted to complete the result de sired. Whether these totes ate_ plaintive or gay, they hate the uniforni effect of sending stone thtill from the tympanum to the heart of the doomed individual, incapacitai, ing him for resistance. The unsuspecting victim acts and feels as the little bird does when fluttering straight into the jaws of the rattlesnake:Helends his efforts to precipi tate his fate, and etas by placing hithself at. the mercy of Lis fair captor. • When this point is teached she seizes upon him, fires her takes in his heart and her beak in his pocket, and, by a peculiar pro years, draws out the life= blood (a trite figure for "calculating medium") through that orifice. Holding him in this position, she bears him in triumph through the streets and places of amusements. She bleeds him pub licly, at the theatre, at, the opera, and con. cert and along the carriage driv'es. I sae/ young Simple borne afong Broadway in the attitude I have describet—though the unob serving public , thought they were only prom enading together.' I saw several acquaint ances of auna thus exhibited in the Academy of Music, last night,•in various stages of de pletion. They lookedhappy—poor fellows !--. and appeared to enjoy the performance: She continues this phlebotomizing process until—fortunately for • her victim—sh e is ,at tracted•from him by more inviting game, or until the last drop is exhausted, when she remorselessly leaves the remains to find such burial as they may. I met Spooney, at a tate hour the other night, striding along Broadway at a furious pace. By the lags-light I saw that. his countenance Was baggard i and bissapparel seedy.- litecosted him and be only groaned. Obeying, benevolent impulse, I nobly invited him into a subterranean restaurant, and bade hjut "Imre." He swallowed a steaming bot punch, and groaned again. He then seized • me by the hand and drew me to a aeat, de claring that he must "unbosom" himself to me. Spooney is equally, unendurable to me, whether cheerful or sad—whether . his visage is irrigated with streams from 114 watering eyes, or Illuminated with his sickly simper. - I started to escape, but he buttoned-holed me and I was con - strained to listen: "Podharnrner," said he, "just six months ago this day I took up my `abodeat Mrs. Chickory's boarding-house. Then I was in nocent and happy. Then I rejoiced in the pllbted.love pf Avabella Spotts, evangelic creature; was prospering in business ; • enjoy ed the confidence of trirginpletyets; an nn blemished-reputation, a dear consciences, and prominent position in the - Young Men's Christian Assoaiatina. istow"—here Spooney sighed. - I ajimonisbeci bin) to be dalco and concise 4 . My bOpes bare all been blasted by a de mon' in female form—a—a vampire. My seat at table was opposite Mrs. Bellamode, a grass widow, Mrs. Bellamode at once impressed me as a. most fasoinating lady. She was pretty, well-dressed, Accomplished, witty', a g reeable. ' I was so impressed with her conversation her society. Seilfl6 4) ll9ltltPitl a eni ° Ying sce.h lofty sentiments as she uttered. And how gracefully and feelingly I%e etptened them! She seemed the incarnation of mod tts'y and virtue. I began tb suspect that I had found thy beau ideal of fere:tabs perfection. She echoed my thoughts. Her sentiments were my sentiments. 'She, of all the_women in, the world ; thought I, 'is the true kindred spirit I have been longing to meet' Her society seemed to improve and elevate me. ' What is Arabella Spotty compared-to her f' ihought I. 'An unexperienced chit--an un inflortned " As our acquaintance progrowed,sbe grad ually admitted me into her confidence. She told u e bow she had bi(n reared in a palatial home, and sold -at a tender age, by mercena ry:parents, to a monster cf a husband ; how that had outraged and betrayed her ; how he bad-- bated her for her very virtue , and persecuted her for her piety; how, after she bad uncomplainingly endured years of indescribable horror, be bad at length de• sertect her, and taken himself off to Califor nia, leaving her only scanty means • of subsiscance, what trials and temptations she had since been subjected .to,_ and how her immaculate virtue and unerring discretion bad borne her triumphantly through all. "She is virtue-itself thought I. Has Arabella Spotts ever -been tested by such temptations! Never.'" - _Here again I admon . shed Spooney to be concise. " One day, just after Frezzolini's debut, she incidentally mentioned to me that she was overwhelmed with invitations to the opera froth Wagby, and Frizzle, and Blazer—three notoriously rapid gentlemen in , the house. She had serious objections to going with such persons—yet she was so fond of the opera. " I offered her my company. After some modest hesitation she confessed that she was unable to refuse an invitation. from such an unexceptionable young gentlemalf as 1 was. We occupied two• of the best reserved seats. In the, course.of the evening:she remarked with a sigh that, in more prosperous days she had always been accustomed to her private box. The next day I subscribed for a box— a luxury I bad never before dreamed of af fording: " She mentionedlo me one day, that Tan dem, another rapid boarder with red whiskers and nose, who kept. a blocallorse and light carriage, was. constantly, urging her to ride out with him. She said that ebe bad, of Course, declined ; but added, with a , sigh, that - her health would be greedy benefitted by a drive • every day. I made it my nth care to purchase. a: horse and carriage that should eclipse Tandem's establishMent. -44 She informed me, soon after, that she had declined a valuable present of jewelry which Bullion, a wealthy widower in the house, had urged upon her; bit she could never think-of receiving presents, except from a Madre or very. dear friend. Tnat day spent my last dellai - - - at Tiffany's and was evetjoyed -at my • purchase meeting with a ready acceptance. "Of course I need not tell you, after what I have already mentioned, that Mts. Bellamode engrotwed' all my affections. - Arabella Spotts,, on learning of this transfer of thy regard, bad become engaged to another 4tiart. Yes,4 loved Mrs. Bellatnode with all the fervor of a heart whose capacities of loving are beyond vulgar appreatation—a heart that contains 'untold depths of sensibility—a heart such as hots only in the bosom of **apt:stoney—a heart that—" • - Here I again Interrupted Spooniy with en et4ortatton to lnirity, v `uHre. , Belli mode,,foi some time, tortured me by avowing a Orsistent deternaination Bever to live again, and enlarged eloquently , . gaunt! 15, Sumittr 27. upon the advantages., Of a purely ilatonio sentiment between us. By proper degrees, however Ler resolution was Melted in" the rising.tames of her„,./osli and gratitude. At length, she raised me into full view of a heaven of happiness by promising me Ike% when the cruel p?ocrastinating lei , should have granted, her the divorce for which sbe had!loog since applied, she would be mine. " 1 If I only bad - *SOO,' she sighed; bow happy it would make me l' • "She explained that, that sum wiislieces sary to cover the expenses of the suit, and pay tine debts already due her lawyers. Those mercenary creatures. bad positively ietused to take further steps to the case without' that , payment; but had assured her that when that should, beforthComing, the divorce could be immediately.procured, and with it a shug fortune, which was hers in her own right, - -- but bad hitherto been lucked up in litiga tion, would came into her possession. That forttio wouldibe amply suticient.forour sup port.- "Ild# tonic' I nriat that appeal! Yet, I kite* not bow to obtain , the money,, I had already squandered all my little capital upon her, anticipated my income, and become heavily burthened with *debt. I could not borrow it, as my credit was exhausted. I sold my carriage at a . rninoirs sacrifice— my waleh and wardrobe, raised five hundred dollars. Three hundred. were still lacking. I was in desperation. The only expedient that presented itself was to: borrow it from the coffers'of the,firm wliose head clerk I was. I thought I could repay it from Mrs. BOW mode's anticipated fortune befora the loss would be felt: ttoo,k it." Here spooney shuddered. -. " I gave her the money a week ago to-night. The- - next night,. when I retuned" home from business, a servant banded me a note ad= dressed to me in Mrs. chirogia -013; and stood watching for its effect wish - ominous. interest. Here„tt T. - She says: "• DEka RICHARD:--An old friend of mine ha invited me to take . a trip •to Europe, We sail to-day in the Persia. I have only time to as.' sure you , of my ceaseless gratitude for` year many acts, of Marianas.s,hall ever, think ,of you as my truest friend. " 'Adieu. CoItAIBELLASIODZ. " 6 P. S.—Remember me 'kindly to Messrs. Wegby, Frizzle, Blaser,,Tandem and Bullion. ."The servant con - finned, this . intelligence with the assurance that' Mrs. B. had left at 12 o'clock with all her baggage, in-company with a tall man in flash,clotbes r big whiskers' and abundant jewelry. - "I rushed up stains to her room, thinking that I--was in a horrible dream. The - door stood open but no one was within. Strewn ab3ut in creation were a variety of articles. Which she had not thought worth taking with her. . On her dress4table was an empty rouge-pot, and-an extensive assortment of ar tificial teeth and false hair.. On the floor were all the letters I bad written her: my lection of and a vitritu"°l - Otte of my DOT. " I had scarcely , made these obsemations when Wagbv, Frizzle, Blase?, Tandem, and Bullion, successiiefy rushed into the room in a state of extreme agitation, each with a note z in his hand. It was too evident•tbat all bad been similarly taken in. We stood regarding one another in clumb,asionishment for a ram ute,-and then such a current of dedunciation burst upon my ears as it has seldom been my misfortune to listen to. " 'Done out 'or $6OO I' groaned Wagby. - " And I out of $5OO and my beat curl I t dimmed Frizzle; : " ' Seven hundred ' A thousand is. - -thotisabd 1' roared Nailer, Tandem, 'taut Bull lion, respectively. "'The others seeing their cases - peat , help, tried to put the best face. an the'*ititter, and - made ghastly attempts at miltit ; but I rushed to the street, stud have been rnatning about distractedly ever since.As for'rne t t have been done' out of my ipropeitf;-tny ored:t, my prospects, my Arabella Spots, my hearts warmest affections. my taith in woman, my wardrobe, my--" Here Spooney emotion choked hie utter- " Life* is ho longer endurable:- - bisgrace and ruin stare roe in the face. I must termi nate my. wretched existence. I besilate only because I cannot decide upon the best.mode of doing so. I have it," he cried, aglow of inspiration lighting op his countenance.--;. "My end shalt , he grithd,sgloomy and leant iar,' and of service to rnt►nkind. Lend ma $52 I will purchase a keg of gunpowder and a box of matches. I will coniey the keg tb the most elevated snot in that beautiful Multi classic region ; the Central Park; take m♦ sent upon the head of it, and touch a match to it. I will leave a last request to the com missioners to erect on that spot a lofty-gran ite monument, bearing the dock() ora.crwsh ed spoon wreathed with grass, and this in• teription : " Here p(rislied,,a warning to Young New York in all au b 4cqueng ages, Richard Spooney, the victim of a Grass- Widow.' ' N. B.—Lcould not find it in my heart to refuse. Spooney the loan he requested:. To my surprise, however, I. met him on Broad way about a week after, with a Somewhat improved appearance. He explained that he bad only been preiented—from eieouting the above mentioned purpose by straying; tahe darkness, into one of the pools that adorn that beautiful locality ip th.k rainy sellsoo, and so dampening his . niateltes that they could not be ignited. Tho dailies mentioned a keg of gunpowder found at the.spot indi-, acted, R 5 an " interesting revolutiocary relic." Spooney has been generously dealt with by his creditors and employers, and Still lives, "a sadder and better man.' DR. CnEEVERa Chtirch.—There was kW excited and protracted discussion in Dr. Uheever's church' recently. Vortpeight members, who object to Mr. Cheever's pout. ical dieconrses -in the pulpit, had_ asked for the usual ' letters of dismission. This' was finally refused, and the applicants were formally dismissed without the acknowiedg: meat cif their having been in good standing. and without any Affectionate •commendation - to other Churches. This is a bad condition fur a religious society to be placed in, and, in any aspect of the case, tells . forciblY against the uses of the pulpit and the Sabbath to ~stir up - sectional animosities. Er lames Monroe's remains are to bo ra mp* to. Virginia in July. They were put in a friend's family vault 4t bia death in re!' York. " B."
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