A. J. GiRRITSON, PUBLISHER. . , GROVZIII • CELEBRATED • FAMILY SEWING nem& !few Slifer—Prices from $5O to !WIC Exial CHARGE OP $5 rex isinass. 495 Broad *v 7 :llroUritork. F.B. ClikiDLEkt, AGENT, MQNTEOSit. _ Those machines sew from two spools, as par. chased from the store, requiring no rewinding of thread; they Hem; Fell, Gather, and Stitch in _ superior style, finishing each sesm.by their own operation, without recourse to the handneelle, as is required by other machines . They "eta bet. ter and cheaper sewing than a seamstivit . a ean, even Wet* works for one cent en haw, and are, unquestionably, the beat Machines, in the market for family sewing, on aoconst Oftheir slmplioity amenity, ease cf management, and adaptation to all varieties of family sewing=axecating either heavy or fine work with equal facility, and wiChont special adjustiteaL As evidence of the unquestioned - superiority of their Machines, the Gantras & RAM Saw. 0G MACEINE Coariar beg leave to respectfully refer to the following TESTIMONIALS: f' Haring bad one of Grover 41. Baker's DJs. ctdoes in say tamily Tor nearly slew and s half, I take pleasure in commending it as every way 'reliable ter the purpose for which ft is designed —Family Elewing.r--Idis.Joshaa Leavitt. 'rife of Rev. Dr. Leavitt. Editor , of N. lndepe ndent. ‘` . lconfessmyseltdeliglited wit h you Sevin' g Machine, which has been in my family for many months. It has alwayd been reedy' for dirty. requiring no adjustment, and kingly adapted to every. variety Of family sewing, by. simply changing the spools of tbread."—Mrs. Elizabeth Strickland, wife of Rev. Dr. Strickland, Editor .r Y. Chrietiaa Advocate. - "After trying several g ood machines, I Teeter Tows, on account of its simplicity, and the per fect ease with which it is managed, as well as tilt strength andNdnrability of the seam. After long experience. I feel competent to speak in this manner,and to confidently recommend ie for every variety of family searing.7—ifra. E. B. Spooner, wife of the Editor of - Brooklyn Star. "I have used, Grover .& Baker'S Sewing`Ma chifia for two years, and have found it adapted - to all kinds of family sewing, from Cambric to Broadcloth. Garments have been worn oat with oct the giving way of a stitch. The Machine is easily kept in order, and easily used."—Mrs. A. B. Whipple, wife of .Rev. Geo. Whipple ` New _Yak." • , 4 ' Year Sewing Machine .has beeti in ups In my family the past two years, end the ladies request me to Rise you their testimonials to Its perfect adsptaness, as well as labor saving qualities In the performance of family and himsehold sew= iog."—Robert Boorman. New Yolk. - • - - "FOr several months we have used Grover 4k Baker's Sewing uwebine, and have-eowe to the cenclasiorttbst every lady who'disirin her mew ing beaTaiftelly and quickly done, iould be most funocate in possessing one of tbeee rellahle and indefatigable needle-woolen; whose cow. biped qualities of. beauty, so-angth and siniptici ty, are invaluable."—J. Morris; daughter of - Gen. Geo. P. 'Morris, Editor et the Home Jour. [Extract of a. letter from tboir. a. Lewitt' , Anierieart gentleman, now ralideat. _iv Sydney, New South Wales, dated January I2th, a 53.] . - I bad a tent made in Melbourn, in 1851, in which there were owe' three thousand yards* of sewing done with one of - Grover .. .ft Baker's Ma. (-nines, and a sigle seam-of that has ontatood nil the thrubk seams sewed_ byr sailors with a needle and twine." " " If Homer could be called up from fibs grorty hedes, be would silt: the advent of Grover & Baker as aLmore benignant miracle of art than aas ever Vulcan's smithy. He would denounce . midnight akirtenaking as "the-direful spring of woes u now bereL'"—i-Prisf. North. ."l take pleasure in saying, that the Grover & Baker Seising Machines have more than acts. tabled my expectation. After tryi ng . and return , others, I hive „three of them so operation in my different places, and, after four years' trial, bare no fault to finti."—J. IL Hammond, Senator of South Carolina. - "My oifebashadvonsof Grover& %bees hySewing Ileshinesfor fuice,and I aaavhatia. edit a one of the best orearing machines thaticut been invented. !like =ash pleasure in recommending it to the G. Bar ris, Governor of Tennease.' - It is a beautiful thing, and puts everybody into an excitement of good humor., Were I a Catholic, I should insist urn Saints Grover-and Baker having an =Emil holiday =commisera tion of their good deeds for hatnanify."-Caumins X Clay: !think it by far the best patent in nee. Ws Machine can be adapted from the fake= cambric to the' heseiaskautaiimere. It sews stronger, 'fal , ler, end movebeautifnlly than sty one can imagine. If mine could not be replaced, money could not bay it.*-11rs. J. IL Brown, Nashville, Tenn. - "It is speedy, very nut, and durable to its work; is easily understood sod kept is repair. I earnestly - reeoznannul this -Martine to all tny aintl*itanees and othets."—Stra. 11. A. Forrest, vuThis, Tenn. , • We find this Mathias to - 4erk to our oils faction, and with pleasure recommend .it - to the Publiz. as We believe the Gaaver 41r. Baksr to be the tut Sewing Machine in me."—Dear? Broth eni,-41lisonia., Tenn. - _ If used prelusively for family parposme, with ordinary care, I will wager they - wilt Jan bite • three score yews and tee: and never get- oat of fii."--Jetaa ;Sloe, filastretiths. Tenn. - . "1 hare had you Machine for several weeks. cod am perfectly =tidied Ikat the: work it does the beat and moat beauSifel- that ever was rade."—MaggisikiroisoaklisettylUe,Tenn, , . . - " I nscisy iaciifes ape easta.-61 1111 M 1 = 1. au' :fine IWO the perk mbie—larbetterst4it the best tissiSisiog, or 4, 1 * _ off =Aide have ewer eeelet=-4ific7 Tnoteptes, filfebqp • Tem..- - • I find the work the ictroagest and most beam. gul I have ever seen, made either by-hand of Intehioe, sod regard the Grover & Baker >tfa. chine as one of the greeted bletwiege to ow tex."..—Nre. Taylor, Nashville, Twat. - fir*Pin) 704 . 4.0110Flittjet .• tehlTtoe2**. 46 71 Afffi ®EMINLMIKEI D i gD PAM MY DM ElVir awl ira nag Aio avuel van ulmn ititla lgabh." For tAs - Moignxe .Damoard. fluouner,is Gdns. at IL Z. A. The Illanuist time has paned array, - And Mg= winds come on; . . • The inOrnhig bird win cease her lay, , " The robin moil' bar song. The. Anteing, too, will pans away. It will . not linger long; And ere the date has ,ikeined a day, "fhe Winter wili come on. And If Um Sommers easoi and go. And inn as by so fait; • How quick Will emwe ode time to got How quick will MMus the land The days of life. luny ink* they Y e a!' • de earth tow short car stay; The yeas dy.by qakt, and had, Oar life seems tut a day. molts Sumner Fledt And hu the beauteous Bummer fled? It seemeth but a - day • • Sines to our vale the itotirentarent taught By laughing bine.eyed stay! - Now o'erbeact's the Anti - mashy, . And red no more the rose a dye, And faded is the 'violet bias; . . The lilly—that has faded too. Sweet melodrie Seesaw Attie - Prom WA harper thoosawd strings. A harp—alas 1 that's Mow unstrung.. While scares a single minstrel slogs. The maim of the ripplbng stream; More•hosras into the Mr doth seem;, The (militated songsters of the grove Have ceased to warble lays of love. The ben breath of summer time, That kissed the dew-drops from the dowers With . all its sweets hai tied afar T.isport 'mid - softer hoar& - • 'Far opiard In the mellow light, • • - The bine hills rise upon the sight, ; - -And 'mki the sunset's golden lush, The forest leaves in beauty blush( A. few-slant days and - Winter • Withltail end snow come striding on t • The woods no longer hill 'd in sleep, Sway to the mighty tempest's plume, Thus roll, the seasons; varied stilL • - The fallen leaf, the frozen rid. The budding dower, the brazen sky-,,, Now the smile, afloat the sigh. 111:1 , swiftly !ties each passieg,art The Summer's ender" st-- - And forest leaves of brinier/Vitae Float on the wintry blast. 'lls Slue when.sun-brilh(youth bath lied: flow dark and drear the years ahead! . Bat in vain the sigh that sorrows heaves, When Winter's winds close up_Life's leaves, • KY STEP BIGTHM, I have. but faint recollections of my moth er, as she died before I was four years old, leaving to brother Clifton,-five years my senior—and mysel(to the care of an old wo man iiko was much attached to her, and who gladly consented to butie her lonely Cot tage to the village, - that she might be my father's housekeeper, and our half nurse, half governess. We called her Granny ; and 'very kind she was to us in her nay; anteing us most ten de/4,1.1M0 we Tem 'sick, preparing little delidacies for us at odd times, yotning us in our plays, and telling us stories by.the dozen, of ghosts, giants, fairies; and - little boys who were eaten up by wolves and beers, for be ing. neughty. wsa a puny, sickly boy, so` I did not go to sehool,but with Granny's Aid, learned to read and write ; and she prophesiel that I would make s great man some day, it would only bare . . spirit enough, and hold up my bead. All this I firmly believed, and tried my best to follow - her advice. . Of my father we saw very little. fle was grace, stern man ; and, tfity much depress. ed,by.tiii mother's death, be plunged into an absorbing business, and was only at home in the evenings, when we boys generally forsook the filen& sitting .room for the kitchen; there to listen with .open eyes and mouths, to Granny's marvellous tales.':t. We lived quietly enough, baring few in terests beyond our ema/1 ?lace of ten or a'do. ten acres, and an occasional etcursion to the neighboring town. Beta change . wis eons -ing.. It was in the Blivember of the year when I was nine' years old and Clifton fotii teen,—the latter ezultiug in the idea of go ing to boarding in - a month, and I half-crying beforehand over my own lone& ness 7 -that• my father, who had been-in the habit lately of spending i great 'part_of his time in Philadelphia, Lend a -long conversa tion' with Granny. When this was ended, we beard the frobt door slam, and saw cry father, portmanteau in hand; jump into the tragon and drive furiously off, while Granny ... #terea. ,oar Ilitting:Kkom, her apron to her eryes.and tat down In the arm chair, rock, tug to and fro, and sobbing with Uncontrolla ble grief.". Fearing we knew not what, we clung to her side,, begging , her fo tents what had happened. Bat it was some time be fore she could Speak' to say that nkr tithet had told bet her services wield •be no lon ger necessary, as - in s - week would bring home a wife, a young lady from the city, and in the meantime he should 'not be at home. fTbat I should ever have lived to see tb• - day,r continued the old woman, with a fresh burst of grief, "when my quo dear Wm St rib should be so forgotten and cast aside for &pretty fazed chit of seventeen, with - city _errs and graces, to torn -the house• upside down, and lord it over ber dsrliegs. poor boys, poor boys. what-will become of you r How much longer - die might hive goat on in this way,.l - cannot' tell, but she- was pat then culled away to the - kitchen, leaving us in a state Of indescribable terror, imagining that ell the creel stepinothers io fairy tales were to be united in 09114 Thaw a know eonstionensued, in which we debated whetb;' er she *mkt attempt to beat us, *tires its, or turn us out of doori to welt our fortune with a pieoe of dry 'Weed, and "a bottle of 'spur reinember perfectly the - picture I firmed of her, in which she flgarM.. as s large r tont wasiatt. yid' hautbt7 air mild fated vo* who would -fly about tbebonee, ,ilissijeogewasierl anniite wltiftlan . unhappy generally. • ni tell you laud," said Clifton, drawing s u ing breathosad planing his bands man-- f y into his ponts : is L unt Iwo:roil-what Bar ry.lwben that weenie stomas to niotherlt pl s, riernuif juitget swear spunk, and show her thistly, wet be tywomited over ; anal if she goes to Work to;make Q. drudge an slave, we must sbow- her whether she int / f mistaken inhernotions,—.4here now 1" fully concurred in my brother's opinion. 01 Granny, far from' trying tit-subdue these s fee togs. ra th er encouraged , them by her Lin dh raised pity . and , regret; se that, short as the time, we were fully prepared-;—not on to thwart, and in every possible way die d —hut absolutely to hate the young creature who was so soon to-take upon her. o.t. ail that vow ,wbicb would make bar our m 'length the aii ittrivie. Granny, with at tog eves, went round . the. house, put nTn tin ,tbelloishing touches to the preparations, a wiping off imaginary dust from the fur niture ; for, ehe said, the new mistreats should 'fin4it in as much order as her own dear mis tr Sarah bad always kept it, even if it sbcild never be- so agile. She said.slut wold not stay to see a &vinega r at the bead id'her mistress' table.". So when the rode waj went to the depot, shit drove away. Clifton felt too manly to cry, and ,so tried to Whistle, but the - sound would not conic; so be stopped, put his bands in his poCkets, and looked out of the _window. I tried to emdate his composure; to :dash back the taint 414 kept_ blinding my eyes, and to swa l low down the lamp that kept rising in my throat and choking me; thole we both sat Itilent in the recess of the window, took. leg out into.the November mist. ' 4 had been a-very dreary day. The nind -moaning as only a Nevember wind can— hadidrifted piles of dead leaves to , and fro, for the rain so patter leaselesaly upon. But now, as the night ahntin, tEe clad bad lull; ed to a calm, and the rain ceased to fall, and a thick mist - enahroaded everything. It teenied to penetrate our re ry souls as we sat there, looking into the gathering darkness, ; The i .. sitting-room looked very bright in con trait The blaring wood-fire elm a warm glow over the old mahogany resultant s - ma. kiag the silver candlesticks which stood on theii , ttle round table in front of the chimney,' I sPar le hrilisutly, mid resting lovingly, as I 1 tho t ritt, on my mother ' s arm chair that stood on e opposite side of the. fire place. :My feelings did not agree with itaebeerines*, and I tu ned. to the window_ again. New we plainly beard wheels Upon the road Clifton -straightened himael4 and took rigidly at th e broken branch of the linden tree.. The sound came nearer, then stopped, we knew, at the gate; then, after a nioent, commenced again, and the carriage drove up to the door. I saw my fatberliall A !tidy _oat, *rapped in. cloak andfurs ; then they came into _the bowie , and - f heard the hall-door stint, ,itad the - aitting-room door open. Iwertict not look around, but gazed iteadily into 'the mist. I beard my father talking to her. His voice was different from what I had ever beard it before, so deep and ten4r ; and hers, when she answered, was so exquisitely soft and gentle, that it startled me into half-turning round; but the evil spirit conquered, for the Noiemher mist was dark ehing my heart. She must have looked a question, for I heard my Whet say— "-Well. Edith, what is it I" "The boys, Pdaleom, our boys ; may I not see Oem now I" " Yea, certainly,"—bin tone bad a sort of vela, ion in it.—" they ought to have been here to welcome you; it is very wrong, but they must be somewhere near;-I will Hod them and bring them to you." . The door closed after biro: And now be. log iiiiie that we could not be seen, concealed as we were by the window - curtains, I turned round abide so as to see her. There sat my, step isother in my mother's chair, the red Brelight playing upon the young, sweet face, which had a shaded gravity, almost.sadness about it. I can see it now. Years have ,passed, but I cannot forget that picture. 1 now that I never shall. With" two otbe scenes. it' will be painted in never-fit; ding colors before my eyes, till they close in death. She was Wondrously beautiful. Tall, and perf+ly graceful, with the tiniest hands and feet I ever saw, end a small,. weldformed head with soft brown marls looped back from her f ebead. The dark maroon•eolored-nie. ricot she wore, relieved only by plain white! collar and cuffs heightend the tramps -12!I reveler the delicate complexion. Me; eyes were urge and grey. with long lashes--mois tetrad, I fancied, by a tear. It may have been. The foes was almost childish in its perfect. simplicity 'and purity; but still there was determination in the setting of the mouth and woroanly dignity is the - open brow; and withal a holy light seemed to beam Upon her count' nanee--a calm and holy light, as thou it might be the reflection from the sti r h wing f her guardian angel, for it seemed not of ear h. • . sat a little forward on her ober, one baud resting on - its crimson arm, the other playilig with the foldp of her dresa;looking earneetly into the Ire.- The ' forked flames leaped up brightly and then eauk,theglow ingtenobers faded into dull ashes—dtd obi dm:Al—that young wife, only a, few boars a bride==- did' did' she think that Abet life which opettid so brightly to her 'now, when she had justei ..lorwect us threshold, Fast° leap upward, warming our hearts : , for.. a little while, and . thew having them cold sod dark forever I, :llorfonteb longer L might . have gazed at hoe I do sot *ow; het ; Clifton,-'.who: had started trwstiOdo across the floor; dragging -me after Cue to her side; then is is-Jos awkwird abrupt Moe, he said 1 , . • , --". ,:, . "I lus CM% ma'am; I'm glad to s e e I had , norer berme seen my :brotiwr—eho Was rat her celebrated for col ,errcistery—so terribly erobanalued. -Bet just it that',nsit meat toy fatharstomed. , .. .- - I • -:. "1 cannot find them saywheie, Oh I you are hire. are - you I - Where - hsvi - yos Isom hiding, Aral Clifteo, - . Harold, coma .and speak toyoor Saber; -What doe this mean, "sirs" he lidded patting hie heed testily oo my shoulder; 'foil bad shrunk bask, high. timed thy his/tom look,- sad thinking how soon Orson?* prophesy iseassicostisg trite. that oitr tubs abould '.uot love osjUly More when is bed i neer wife. He laird his band —it hid ems been lifted epees* beforite.: belle bi rd moment my stepmother bid opreog : J:ip with s frightened'ery. " Malcolm' r, Aid I ' '-. IWIONTROS4 I. 99TOBER, 1.3, 1869' the 'was between me and the blow. Ms hand dropped st hisaide„ the stern leok 'pined in a moment from his features. '• *There; 'Edith, take him; you Will And him a sad,' tutaglity bop I'mafraid, but be will be befter with you. , I have neglected them sadly Of late." She sat ; down again,, and still keeping her arm around me, as it had been raised to shield me,.. and drew me to war d s her, sad - then bolding - both my hands in her,, looked up iu my face. "And this=is Simla, my youngest,". she uidoiffectionately smoothing back -the hair from'my forehead, and - merging a warm kiss: there; be bas your forehead and eyes, _Mal colm, bran'( be 1. and be_ mustbe my pet, for Clifton is so trill and manly: that he wilt not like that name." . _ the That individual stood ViAbiebnok to , e table, greeting redder every moment; until, in pity_ for his confusion, she tuned to me, and said, in a low tone-- • ' " We will know and love each other better soon, amid." . - In my dream, that night, my - ideal and real step-mother were strangely blended. Sometimes I bad just bee: driven from the door to seek my fortune, and it was all dark and misty, and I could , not tell whereto go; at,. others, I stood before her again as I bad done that evening,with her loft white &lode on my brown ones, and her earnest grey eyes look tog up into mine, and - the gentle voice odd' over a hundred times, "We , will'love'each other better soon, Harold," • . In two weeks Clifton "getaway . to school, b ti nt s n t o t till be becomead m perfectl y w with bdu y e m other treated deference that Osttered his boyish vanity; and, com pletely forgetting his vow of a week , before, be was as respectful Ind obedient as possible; and when he was going he bad to whistle harder to keep back the tears, than when be parted from Granny. t wage( a much more obstinitte and proud disposition. Thoroughly imbued with Granny's preludirszs, I tried my best, to find everything stoog in her. She tried every little tender act to win my affee tioni; the gentle nursing when I was sick, the kind intrust iti my ;gays and occupations, the affectionate caress; sod 'when The terri ble truth dawned upon her that I wild not love her, these were net. withdrawn, but Goo: tinned 'with 'a mounfurtondernest that al. most conquered roe. koften longed to lay my bead in her Up, and tell her that I did love her, but my pride came to my aid. Had not abe taken toy mother's place 1 had not I said I would not love her, and would never call hey mother! And would not, and I tried.to acorn CU& ton for being #0 easily conquered. ' - It was a cold, wet day in January. I had not been well, and as my father went out of the door, my step-mother said, pleasantly— "We must_ firtd. LaniVneirt iterrild,:for I cannot you go out to-day." Only the day before the.bova bad taunted me with being ruled by her; because I quoted her about some trifling' matter; now was a good time, to show my independence ; ' so 1 replied, without looking-np, that I must go out, for I bad something to ,do io the barn I was going, when she called -me back: " Harold l listen to me." I, turned end looked at her.. Her eyes were full of team but the lines about her mouth were fixed. "Now, llarold, yob must not go out this morning; I have forbidden My'spirit was roused in a moment; it was the first time she had spoken so decidedlit, now was the time to, show that she was nothing to me. I whistled a tune, and walk ed quietly out of the house to the barn; then, as there was nothing to interest me the re, _ and my purpose was accomplished, I returned slowly to the house. Sir step : moiher was sewiiik when I entered. tier 'face ;gni very pale, arid rt grew paler as I .crime in. She rose immediately , and took my band in hem,. The grasp of that little hand was firm, and there was a resolution in every movement that I did not dream of resisting. "You will come with me Harold," she said, and I followed, mechavically. She took in. to my room, placed nie in a chair, and then with the same calm, dignified step, she went out and looked the door. was so overcome with astonishment, that !made no resistance. t That she, so young and beautiful, almost timid le ber gentleness, shduld have taken Stich decisive measures, was to me perfectly unaccountable. She had deter before directly carrunfoded or fo/bid den me to do anything.. She bad seemed to try to win , my lore, not mrobedienee; but now she bad taken an entirely - different course; she had exerted an authority over 1310 "which I bad forgotten the could claim, and shown a spirit for which T was totally unprepared. At first,l was very angrrolfisions of the cruel step - motbercame fioa . ling Wok again over my, mind, bit fainter than at first. I would brave her, I said to myselt I would never bare it said that I was conquered by a I girl of eighteen benaise she came into my father's house, because she sit, down in my mother's place, ! owed her obedience,' she owed no love tome. ',wanted no love, no sympathy; I was enough for myself; I could go through the world alone. On the floor lay a piece of 'folded paper. It war a letter ' from Clifton :fir me, receiv ed the day before, and I read it-over spin. Ii wan full of "love to dear Mother:: although he had 'Written to her at the earns time,: interspersed with. ac counts of his dislike of kW:4 and longings for a sailor life; saying, in strict confident*. if it were not that be was tooome backs) her at the end'of* year, hevestid run _away and v i e sea . I wa s angry with 1111 1 40(1i had lathed from me L *tight ; enktariwP the letter. threw it away, mid sitting Aunt on the wiedow.seat, kaked.Ott into she gate. hours pitted slowly., away, and-Lbtl!: gas to feel very miserable.. Clifton. *UM come home nezt winter—perhaps beforti. ! .(4 might not obe r rsoi th at rthe bed ceased love me, persuade my father to seed for_ltlati and let me go in . bin place? My fattier "IMO do it, I was sure, if Asseqggested it. The pat tering rain and dressy prospect were.',otos!. cialated to -inspire Ms.-with mani cheerful thoughts; sad, 3n "kept` my boasted led& Produce, ary - tonallome.eame over me like llood,•andi wept, turserl,y:'• Iliad tried lode. Col** reinitiate' tbiekteg =t hat I needed no sympathy;. but I fteltiltati' had, brew lag. ing for it ill the time. • I did not think of my pride, -now. „teal, kaaw Abet I , longed Oor a tener band.* soothing yoke; for some one to *Yr*/ lottorMit Li•Mid....l4li meta troubles you ;a' mai thug with thatibelbwel deulatecess which it is painful to witness In a 'grown person, but &idol to see in a child, I laid my bead down on the -window-beirch, andnitterrid.cnie Moaning cry, "Oh, Mother, mother, come beet 1 6 , I. thooght that it was my own mother , tbit:,l: - wanted; but , now I knew. that it , was uot, for to my mincee eye is 1 called her; she bore that sweet, pale face, and those loving eyes. that I had seen ifezieg into tbe4rlamng fire that Norember . night but she was fading slowly, slowly into the mist, and so-I called 'gale, for she was al. most gone; ''Oh, mother l .mother . "Harold 1" I started in a moment to my feel... My etep-mother had entered the room unnoticed, and-as I rose, she Hong herself at my feet, ori her knees before me, and grasped my bands in 'both enters. They were Very,, very cold; and the pale face, with dark rims around the eyes, and the words which die uttered with almost st gasp, all told of intense suffering-- "Harold, love me! only love me! Love me, Harold ;!"_ I was stunned-1 - could not speak—and she, taking my silence for refusal, gave - one low cry of anguish, rose to'her feet, tottered, grasped the bed.post to support berself,,and then sank heavily to &he floor again.. I thought she was dead.- My pride bad van ished. I knew that I loved her now. But bad she not gone further„-further into the mist and darkness? Would-she ever come back to me 1 But linast call again, though it were despairingly, and I threw myself down beside her, and sobbed again-- "O_h, mother ! mother r She roused a little and opened her eyes. "Say it again, ilarold—say it again l" she said, eagerly, as though 1 bad brought her a message of' life. "Mother, dear mother • In a moment her arms were around me; she bad clasped me close to bet breast, and her warm terns were falling like rain - upon my bead, and mingling with mine. Froth that moment I more than loved—l idolized her. 1 believe, indeed t l that at any moment I could hate laid down — my life for bar. A smile from her was my great est reward ; a look of Sadness my greatest punishment. Time .passed on 1 the winter and mer passed, and November caine agarn. . We Were having just such a storm as she came in one short year ago. We talked about eel- Grating - thewedding day—my father and I—but she only smiled gravely. sd said she was very weary. The bright .tMues • danced and roared in the chimney, and then fell; and, as I sat at her feet looking up into her face, tr b ly favorite position, it seemed to me as if that holy light, of which I have before spo ken, grew brighter on her face, and "as if the atmosphere that surrounded ber grew thicker between us, and was pushing me away. That night there was strange footfalls about the housa,slogis opening.. and abutting, _acid low voices; thei allwas still again. •I arose early in tho morning- and stole instinctively to my mother's door. It was ajar, and I stepped in. The windows were wide open, and the cold, dimp air struck me with-a chili. I crept to the bed and raised a corner of the sheer that was spread overit. There she lay as though in a sweet sleep; the long, dark eye-lashes pressed close against, tbts white cheeks, the lips bearing a smile, as though she saw sweet visions. There was not a shade of sorrow on , her face; it was childlike in its expression of perfect peace; and, nestled close to her bosom, supported lovingly on one arm; a tiny babe; its head was upon her breast, its bands were clasped ill one of hers-its short life bad gone upward with her loving one. That light winch I had seen so pleas antly the night before, was brighter now, and enwrapped them both as with a garment. There was too much calmness in that °ham. ber for weeping, too much-peace for sorrow: I went softly down to. the cold, desolate sit tt ng-toom. the bright flames no longer light ed up the black - chimney; the once glowing embers were white, and .cold the, light and the brightness of our heartlotone bad gone out forever. - The Sia . Pleas for a New &elm Tittle:winks wants a new dress, and ber lord protests. Now observe how she manages; she approaches with— . -Plea No. I—namely, the Persuasive . Plea. —Ob, how hard he has to fight! She tells him bow she loves him— smoothes .. his hair, calls him king — sake if be has the heart to deny her. if be says,he bar, she proceeds t 0.., Ilea No. 2-. or the Destitute Plea.*;•She informs Lim of the fait that she has : nothing to weal , and says that a man is a brute who would not give hii wifeiomething to wear. That she is not it to be seen. Tbst people will cry shame on hiak In vain he says that "beauty unadorned, is adorned most." She asks, him if be can be so Mein as,to refuse her. If be says "yes," she; proceeds-to-- Plea No. 3—or the Pouting Ples.—Tht consists more of gesture, than speech; :She sits at the table with he r little lose turned up, and her little eyes turned dowo. She eats little, (till be goes - to business,) sighs often, and walks about the boil* like a bad-tempered ghost. She speaks only to say "she knew it woaid be so„ and "it served her just right." Should he dire to say "it dirt," she proceeds to- Plea No, 4=-or the Property Mt e polithli asks for' the little, money she hid when-she was married. Certainly - she CMS do what she wishes with her own. In fact, she bad ,no propettywhen they were married. All her worldly goods consisted of - a few_ worsteds and - kniiiingl o ins but these knit- • ting-pins she always pokes into his eyes tin , lass she coup:tens him before she gets to alert No. 4. Should this fail she Aioceeds tor- P No. 5-4 he :Comparative riee,—All her - departed lovers Sri made to pars before and - leis compared 'With detit; . one, by one. If ibe toul men ied. Mr. e. the coachman—stie Would hive had a beery. If she bad marriedldr.' Swizzle, she would havelivid in stylien . Broad Street. Italie had matried—in faqt, an ybody : but her" husband--she would have lA* treated lite a human being. He, perhaps beeichnes a M.' tle angry, and suggests if , she had minted Adam sbe :real have dressed like . Ever nos as she his married bite, she triustireiteobss. be cusgiie her This rouses beryl** &becomes itemediatelf _ Plea No. 0-r-or the Zee: Coneltudie.—= Which eetwiatiofts threat to go to melb a Awl =DI uPbrsidiaga that he brought twit sway 400 the joyeef btar owe home to abuse arid make her miserable. • ~ ,Now. no aue, "alp sviw abl* to a l tassil plum fissiumorolly Alb at No. 1, sad only ni warm. ewes teaches We. 6. " Ho* Teams= *aa liVes tart Christian 'Advocate .of this skeet:con- l min amobituaty notice , by Rev. L Wright, of the Ind. M. E. Church, of !seats Hamlin, Si., who died at his residenoe near BloOttiflekl, Ind, a few : months since, aged about Bd' years. Mr.llanditi *as a 11181 of deep piety and nn- questionable veraoity.. ite watt in' the beltle of the Thames, aid the writer gives the fol lowing as his statement in regard, to the mans Der in which Tecumseh was killed i He says he- was standing but a tot , ' feet front:Col. John' on "*Len Ile _fell, and in full riew,and sarctbe *bole of that part of battle: He was well acquainted with Te cumseh, aving seen him before the war, and having berm a prisoner, seventeen days, and received many a cursing from him. He thinks that Tecumseh thought Johnson was Harrison, as he often beard the' chid-swear that he would Lava Harrison's scalp, and 'seemed to bare a special hatred toward him, Johnson's horse fell under him, he himself he. ing Alio deeply wounded ; in the fall be lost his sword; his large phitoi were empty, and be Tel entangled with .his horse on, the ground: Tecumseh - had fired his rifle at him, and when be sow him fall, be threw down his gun and bOunded forward like a tiger sure of his prey. Johnson bad only a sidtt pistol ready for one. He aimed at the chief over the bead of his horse, and shot near the centre of his. forehead. When the bil struck it seemed to biuttbat the - Indian jumped with his head full fifteen feet into the air es soon as be.struck the ground, ' a little french - man' rag his bayonet into him, and pinned him fast to the ground." A Hibernian-Recruit. Predriek of Prussia bad amaCia for enlist ing gigantic *oldies- io the Royal Guard," and he paid _enormous .bounties to bit re cruiting officers to enlist them. One day a recruiting sergeant chanced 'to spy . a Hiber nian who was 'at least seven feet high; he accosted him in English, and propoded that he should.enlidt. The idea of sd nsiatary life and a large bounty, so delighted Pat that be at once consented. "Bat," says the sergeant "unless you can talk German, ,the Xing will not give - you touch. But," be added "three words will be sufficient; and ,tbese you cart learn in a short time. The King kriows every roan-in the Guards; as soon as he sees you he will i ride up and ask you how old you are I—you will say twetity4seven—lto* long you have been hi the service!—you mhst -snifter three , weeks=tinally, if you are provided - with clothes and rations f--you answer, both:" Patrick open - learned to pronunce them, but never dreamed-of learning the questions. In_three weeks he appeared before the King io review. His Majesty rode op to Lim; and Paddyr stepped forward to "prievot amts." "How old are. you!" asked the Kirig.' • "Three weeks," answered Pat. "How long have you been in the service! " asked His Majesty. "Twenty-seven yeare". "Am I; - or yon a fool r . "Bath," returned Pat, who wits 'instantly taken to the guard' Observe the Rules.: Gentlemen travelling, and all others who are in the habit of visiting newspapers offices, would do well to pocket, this scrap, as it might be useful to all concerned. It; :has been adopted by the "\crift" and also at the. "Editors'Banquet," and it - is expected that "the 'thus" will be universally observed: 1. Enter softly.- 2. Sit down quietly. 3. Subscribe for the paper. 4. Don't touch the poker. B. l :Say nothing intereiting.l 8. Engage in no controversy. 7. Don't amokti - 8. Keep six feet from the tslite. 9. Don'.t talk to the printers. • 10. llandt off the the !slyer.. 11. Eyes off the manuscripts, • Gentlemen observing thew 'rules, whet) ea feting a printing officer will greatly` oblige the printers, and need not fear the devil. The ladies, who sometimes bless us with their presence for a few moments, arei.not expected to keep the-rules very strictly, and, indeed, it will be agreeable to tis to have them break the fifth, eight and ninth rules as often as convenient. Boys, unless accompanied by their fathers, aro particularly requested. to keep their baids in their ixsskels. Two darkies had bought a mess of pork in perrnership; but Sam baying n? Orion to rut his portion in, Consented to-entrnet the whole to Julius' keeping. - • The next morning they met, when Sam up "Good - snornin , Julia , anything happen strange or.mysterions down in your s wicinity lately?" • • " Vas, Sam, - most strange thii3g happenti as my house yertertaat night. jAll mysteiy, all mystery to me." , • "Ah, Julie, what was dal rf . 1 . 1 Well, Sam.-I iote jou now. Dig MOrnite I went down" into de caller to.get a pieee of hag Alf dis darkey's breakfast, and 1 , put my hand down in the brine and feit i all around but no - potk - lar-411 pile. Couldn't..tell what bewent,with it, im I turned apbe•bairl, sue, Sam; ttOo,as pteachia' de mitt had ea tt, hole:elar froo tha bottom ob de batl,--ind dragged de porliwll'out pro & en m tly w sa as id pe w - ithastotnahinent, but Why didn't de brine 'ton out of de Berne bOle'rg Nat!t 4 `days de triyetety-=dit'e, de myFtf..ry." • A:,thetiber of .1.67: Legislattle. at one of its late sessions, introduced a Wit to , i change the_name of .a certain. conty in that State to" Case county.. One : of the uppMition moved as an , amendment , that the letter be stricken out of the proposed loathe. : This motion created some !sughter at this -expense of the member offering. Nothing daunted, ,however, be arose in .reply and said : ", 'Speaker, this is the first 'astatine that has ev. er come to thy. 'knowledge in whicha mem. Der had the assurance upon the door‘ of. soy `Legislature, to propose to oaths lima/thy : a/ 7 ter kinsulf. ' L'A Brooklyn I atioompeoier a lit. tle twig pr 01 to bet home, and felt fin-dol. lam to help pay the ?Mural- expenses 4:4 the child's What, whom coin Mood it the co,. ear at the met • but et/441g boob unawares to get her beadietchK *be heed that the dead mei bed ievived; Mid .was soutlobitig the bill to; crake lure that ft wara good one. VOLUME XVI, NUMBER 40..• Viii itcht 4 t ion amass Taamt,l—Tbitt tioeation was projounded in our hearing, few days! sines to el young man wino bad been for several months itioduectessfaUfieek-f ids employment .as a clerk or saleiman in, some of otirleadiug houseiL • Cokiplaining of hit ill-lurk, one of his friends Who knew hd had'a tnelihanicril talent, but doubted. wheat -it he _couldthrike himself useful, either is clerk or saleansao,..put the interrogitcdy him which we have planed as the caption of ibis article. The reply was °that it. was not so respectable as A Mercantile occupation." 'Uodet this delusive idea, old stores std crowded with young tried who have Mr oil; Pacity for business, and who, &walks of the fancied respectability of doing nothing, waste their minority upon salaries which cannot possibly liquidate their expenditures:. Late, too late in life, they distborer {off error, and_before theyreach the age of thirty; many-of them look with envy Upon the thrift ty Mechanic, whom, in the days of their boy. hood, they were accustomed to deride: COULDN'T !GNAW! 17.—" Whit is that 1 -4 said it greeny; from Illinois, as he was cow ducted to is bed-room for the night, at Bar a um's remelts hotel io St. Louis. ' "Why I st 'skeeter net, say," said the servant. "A 'alosei , ter net I bey !" soliloquized the greeny, ey - 'Mg the mosquito bar which was plac around the bed to protect its occupant fro the Docturoal visits of these musical and id- trnalveiLipects ; then looking around: be cent. tinned, "Wall, there is a considerable quantit. ty of them about I .guess I will set th 4 trap." Accordingly, be tucked up, one cor: ner of the net and commenced to drive the mosquitos into if; after he thought he had, got them all in, he took his pillows and laid down under the bed and endeavored to steep; but the fact was, that he had only drived about half 'the- mosquitos into the net,lnd Consequently they foraged upon hirp eaten= aively during the night. The nett day, at the breakfaat-table, his face all peppered with morqiiito bites, he de c lared tbe landlord : his conviction that his "skeeter` tie?' wear* humbug; and When he went on to tefitter the experiences of the night, he tame very neat' occasioning a dozen caeca for the Coroners by ch,;king his auditors with laughter at hie ludicrous mistake. A Goon Srott—An anecdote wortif laughing over, is told of a man who had Mt infirmity, as weir/fa:an appetite for esh. was-anxious to keep. up his character for Lon.: esty, even while. enjoying his favorite mall ; wad while making a bill with his metehant i as the story goes, acid when his back was turned the bonest buyer slipped a codfish un. der his coat tail. - But the garment WAS to Short to corer the theft, and.the merchant perceived it. "Now," said the custarnef, viaticms to Ittiz prove - alloppiwtuniiiel to tall atteritiottto hit limns. "Mr. Merchant, I hate traded with you a great 'dead, and have paid you up promptly and l lonostly, haven't I !" "0, yes," said the merchant, "I make no complaint." - said - the customer, "I always itmisr ted that hbuesty wasitte best policy, and the best rule to live and die by." "That's so," returned the merchant: • And the customer turned to depart. • "Hold on, friend," . cried the niefthanti speaking of hottesty,-1 have a bit of advice tct give you. 'Whenever you come to trade aain you had better -wear a longer eoatiof steal a shorter codfish/I • _ • iVsurcafr DirrrissaY.—A freight drivel with a " tied up" check stopped at a tavern to lodge over night. .The min of all work saw him corning, and !hos addressed Lim=. "Neighbor, *hitt ails you r I have got the toothache," was the feat: "Have. you got. a bad tooth I 'wh'ere is "Yes—here Ju my lower jaw:" _" What will you give if I pull it Se INN as any dentist r' will treat you to a pint .. of ahiskei.'v "It is a bargiin. Come along." They went uploto the rayloft , whereat, modern dentist placid his patient near the opening through which_ the bay and straw was reached .to the upper door. Here, tie ing one end of a shoemaker's' wet end - to g beam oyes head and the other to the tooth-of his patient,' and telling him to keep his mouth open to its widest estent, lie gave the driver kick which sent him into a pile of manors below, "Vera ray friend, hangs your tooth." It is gone ; %hot I *mad not like to get another one pulled by yowl" cried the duvet' holding his cheek. 4110• A Mew York mercantile house held an unsettled claim of long standing against it lame duct "out West," and beaming that was becoming "well to do" sent their claim to, a Western lawyer to collect. in due ti me theyreceived s reply, which effectually crush ed any ho - pes deity might bate entertained of receiving their money. It ran-in this wieei "Genta=yonwill never get any spondulics from Bill Johnson. 1 called upon him yer terday, and foind him with nary tile, his feet upoi the naked earth, and not clothes endough upon him to wad a gun 1" . An expressive . , A teacher pne day endeavoring to nuke a pupil understand, the caters andsifylicatiott of a passive verb, said, "ilia etirressive,otthst nature - of receirtog an teflon; Rs Peter ft beaten. 'Now, what did Peter do!" "Mail I don't. know s " .answered the boyipuastiog a moment, with ibe gravest totintertkuoit siblei without he hollotted - Tbe.Rev. Mr. A. was more vainest in his day for the brilliancy of his imagination than tcs the bi of his lo go. At one time he was pi:Probing " the. Ministry of Angels," and in the . peroration be seddeply t ..obeorved, s4 (.l hear a whisper I" The A:trite/pot tone startled • the deacon who Mt below; froxii a drowsy mood, and _springing to ..his. feet. be spoke "I rest it is the boys in the gallery.".• Pre nearly all men are benevolent whet c it.domin't cost them mach. Torn never mea poor John suffer hat be thinimffam ought to help him. ' - ' A beautiful thoogbt is miggestatilrfile Zoraii-"Aegaht. to the grave will eon ques- • tion•tbee as to-the &armlet ot money thou 't has left babied thee, but what good diode' {boo bait door, While is the world tb eat/ltle thee to a seat smoog the blest."
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