THE .MONTROSE DEMOCRAT, • .1 Is rtmusrosn TIIII7DAY13;:Bti" I dL. 7. Garr . o k Ficr, ON PUBLIC v . „ Tu.I 3 .EE noonA . Anoyz,sititLE'fOioncr.. • • r TEIMS.-41,50`per anneal in l'AtivANcy, ; otherwife ill will be charged—imd fifty Cents Per annum Added to anvorager, at the option of the Pablicher, to pay expedse.of collection; etc. ADVANCE pnytkenl preened. AnyturrisEmuNls will binseittd at the rate of $1 per square, of torlinec W thC first three week., and 25 cents for each lottlftMnal wetk=pny down. Merchants, and others, who itiveilise by, the year. will be charged at the following rittza; viz.; For one cubic eqvaiy. or 448, one p6ar,fitti GhitiNJER, . feed additional cubic apiary. at the-rate - 6 No credit given except to those oeknown fee naibilitF. ,„ , , . . i i. . . e 11031E , s II A 1010Ni*.t. . : Seven Dials. But there was an express- I man iof my acquaintance, andleaving her .. __,.._ r -I ! • ipn: oil her face', which told of premature ! with the sorrowing _girl, stole forth to The lark may Sing her sweetestllsongl. , , ettreand sorrows and made the beholder's breathe the fresh fir: Before quitthle. 0 my , , 'As rising from the' •w'avi"g Orii; -•.- • heart' Velirit towards. her in-her youth and I young charge,- hoNvever, I premised to go On :oaring wino-s she -skims along• Cr, - loveliness.l :. I . . . ••I Its& this evening' : and .watch beside the . To welcome in ths?'risng mot ..-' "Soho,lNellie," cried one of the rnf- j dead, ',A • night-Vigii at the Seven-Dials! • tier sweetest song is noughtll. 4l.lll to me, , fians,j Softening his- tone as he 'Spoke 'to I My whole frame'cthrillS its I think of the Compared to bolne' B ".° l l. ' her, "you've thought better of it . sinee.4 horrid scenes I-have to-day had daguerre - . 'Sr. - , Deep in the woods, the nightingale : - last night,!have ye,•and come to accept my VotYpes li on my memory—What Will they . 1 - I . betmderNver of the night 7 But will. is ' At midnight hour may tune he fay, - . offer? -• •-> s, . No, no," exclaimed thegirl, an indig- ,: j over all--My trust is in Ihm: He; Who May pour upon the lisrningT. 1 Her loveliest streams.of ns Oily: ' mint blush 'crimsoning her cheek, as ,She ' called' ime,..to - -1. solemn mission, will Lovely her midnight hiy.ituty, be, •.‘ dew back'.; "rii, ,, ivatching forLMr. Gray, guide, protect an 'Sustain But lovelier Home's sweet harmon a etty missionary. - - . - Teo ' Hours Law. ~ • . _ • -. i '- "I am Mr. Gray," said I ; "-perhaps it The Clock -in yOnder grey tower has just Sweet are the songsters, of the iprins. • is some friend of yours whojhas, sent - for struck One ; -•the'tramp of myriad§ of hur .And of the summer's satiny dityi, - me'te come to his death-bed." ''... -. ryiag feet has died away. - The great-;-rest- And autumn's.feathered Warblers sing ""fes;•lfugh Reed is my unele—the on- , less heart of tht;lity-threbs with a Ililike , In rapturous strains theit'r SiveeteSt lays: lyfriend I have,in the wide werldl" and , subdued pulsation. -Since nightfalll have - Lovely the songs of boWeranq tree, _ now the tears rained , from her blhe eyes I been 'keeping a vigil in the room where But lovelier home's street !minium like a shower from a summer Sky.. - j.the corpse•of -Hugh Reed lies, but I, and t j• . "Here, here, Nellie," shouted the star- I not atone with the dead.- I could not per- But oh, uthat - cheers theiwinter•night, sly idler, Whofn she had once Illenced, 1 suade Nellie' to retire, 'and there. she sits When all around is j dark SimEalooni, • " vour'e tO6 had. You know lam ;roar 1 - by the; coffin, - leer thee marble-pale, her . . When ti;athered songsters tstke their flight ;friend, pair lover—l would marry you to- tearl'ut ' eyeS drooidsig ;beneath her white -Or fill a`gloemy little tomb ?,' I night it' yoU - would say so. Come, I've set , lids, - and her hpso.rapressed as if to crush - 'Tis at such hours as these that we my-heart tiponliaving you, and mine - you I hack the wild grief which - StrUggles for ut- Prize Most our home's sweet harmonV. must be !"j . • - • • ,- - terance. ,;? :. -, - . _ 1 -1- . . • With these word's lie laid his hand up- I:supPose the drunken affrays, the: Bac- Oh, when dark clouds above us loWer, on her ara,lank dragged, her -along to- - ebanaliiin songs :hid shouts, the cries .of And life's drear Winter o'er us comes,wa - rd his companions. L-b > - , women and 'chili's:en for bread, the terrible 'Tie then we feel your magic river, - The oirllshrieked, and the next moment oaths of some desperado, as he is dragged Ye songsters Of-our hearts and homes: I cried— j- - -• 0T by a sturdy Policenian; are sights and . . For soon the lowering - elmids: do flee " Villain, - stand hack!" and with a I sounds to which she has been accustomed, Front our dear hoMe'setfe.etlnirmony. strength ti 1 • seems u ell s t 1 I and yetshe ever aud anon starts and thud , iin non . p Itna t, j :: I j wrested her frean his iron grasp. I heard ! ders,- anti glances-18C rile as if -appalled,- - him:cm-se. Me with. oaths that made my j SeinetiMes whenil have moved to the blood chill' in by veins, • and mutter, as window and .pushed - }sack the coarse cur - he"picked• op his hat— •._ • •' • - twin; I have seen that ruffian from whom I "-By all the powers; he's strong as a li. rescuc4l her hour•S ago, - lurking around ; • on., I shotild'nt wonderif Lucifer himself j and now another inaw has stationed him was inside Of that black coat." - ' • • 'self near, ki and is ntently ' watching the I I heir& the maiden's tearful thanks and house; ';His - figure is -fill, - his - bearing ,l -saw the ionic of 'gratitude, and then en-. graceful; and he 'his not only a fashionable tered.the ricketty old house, the lower but ,an aristocratic air. Who is be ? What lepart -of which -was Occupied 14. Hugh I errand has brought bins into the haunts of -Reed., Penury reigt. led there; but -the `the Sven Dials ?1 Has be met Nellie in floor,-the deal table, the humble bed, and - j the_streets, been ,Captivated by her bean the man wl o sat propped up against the I ty, and followed her to her lsoielv home? pillows, we e scrupulously clean, and a box I Ali ! I too Will l'ateh, and record whater of Ity'aeinti s bloinued on the broken win- er facts are Wortlif of notice. _ - ' dow ledge. I. . - . "IsM M A the roo very close ?" queried , "uncle Idugh,l' said the girl s . as we - add Nellie, jitst as I Came to the ,conclusion I Jr:Owed to the inValia, , t‘ the minister has have : penned above: . - come."'- , j"les," I - replieel, "yOu bad better Open The wan 'face of Hugh need lighted up, the window—the (Rol night air will be ye his- lips parted, but for some time he could ry fefreshing.", ,: • , ,' 7 • ,not articalate a Word. )lv friend, who She rose,- and. gliding across the floor, was a phriia - in,j examined' his pulse, liS.: opened the window. As she did so, •I toned to his- labored breathing, and shook I heard a deep-toned voice murmur— - his head. -s.The j glassy eyes of the poOr suf-.1 "Nellie, dear 'Nellie, you have at last ferer -turned toward' him in mote appeal; y espied me, and CO ' ille to speak a word , and he faltered--± :• 1 me." • - l _ y ~ - • "I'm notlong , --not long for this world, . No, 119; I did not see you," said the I doctor I ,"''• j - I . girl; "I did . not khosr. you were here till "Ne - ," replied! Doctpi Rolfe, "you can I you spoke." f 1 . live but a short time." . • I "'Nellie !"cxeliiimed the stranger, "did 1 A bitter groan broke from the obi man, 1 rots,-think I c 0,411, - stay away from you in and his nieS.e. thing herself dOwn by- the j your sorrow ? • If yon did, you have not' bedside and, burst into tears. . - i read •mv, heart aright: If .you knew how • "Poor, poor Nellie," gasped; her uncle,, madly I love you--=---" • . ' laYing his 'lwasto' hand on her bright I " Ilush ! Ilush Pl interposed Nellie, "it head, ~ she trill he alone When tam gone,l is no time to talk 6f hive when my uncle I =alone in this Oat iiitv-steless, unless," ilies dead! yonder."' - - land he-IziaM•ed wistlidv at me—" unless 1 1` Yes,',.it is th 4 very time when you , - . . „ , you, sir, befriend' her. Will you protect ] need sympathyandprotection. j Oh,Nellie, I this desolate orphan?" ,j you are alone in the World, unless.you ac "l will," ,was sny unhesitating response. 1 cept me as a protector.; if you would but " Thank God Pt lie exclaimed, his eyes I love and trust me, j if you would cling to kindling mid a fault smile flickering over'me as yen did to your Ulnle Hugh, my ! his face. '}One-1, 'a 'Christian 'Minister ! brightest .dreams Mould be realized ! Say - would }laced been ithe last person I - should i that you jwill, dearest !" II have sent Or in un hour of A Isl al , but: ever I "I cannot, I dare not," (uttered the girl; I since i dragged My feeble limbs into the i" my uncle bade me 'beware of yen; Oh chapel whers; youl preach on . Sundays, and • his math-bed be, foond"me a protector:" heard your sermon and the report of the "And who; pray?'-' and the speaker's I Week's exlserienee among the sick, the dy- tone betokened intense interest—" was it i ing, and the : wretehed of every class, I felt j any inhabitant of die Seven Dials?" • as if you would b e friend Nellie, too, - You ' `'No, Mr. Gray, Ode of the 'city mission-, have, prolulL.led—l believe youlwill,keeß 'vies." • - your promise—l eLan die in peace: ' - "A city inissionary—good Heavens!" "It is a selemo thing to die," said the ;exclaimed the stratiger, and now his.tone physician.. - 1 • ... . ~ was contemptuous.; " When is he to corn ` I know it,"yresponded the sufferer, inence MS gitardiariihip ?" - "and I've, been alwieked mast." • • • "He has already- p commenced it ; be is I . 1 - And he proceeded to tell-us brokenly, the petscin whom iyon have perhaps seen - that he had, in hi early days, been a res- watching With-. me besides - my uncle's. pectable j isa j desmhn, and - raving bad hen- corpse. ". •. ' ; .• vy losses, 1 - _ oil,ed notes_to meet the de. -1 ,zit. '"Ail", resumed ter companion, "let mantis that wstre j3re.ssing upon him—had me have another glimpse Of-him." • . been tried - -anti Co'tvicted of the crime, and sentenced to ten Years imprisonment. "When Ileamel out from Ns-sea:lw," h e , fac ji e - w said, ".my Omer friefids`forsook me: erect into the room, -and our eves . i snot.. I e is' singularly handsome; and his old please 4. less critical observer tjl i t ,,l than Myself, bin:tin:re is -something in his. scion: ton led the ; I drank, I, ambled I passed from One degree'of degradation to . 'another, mita tfOund myself a j denizen of 1 bold hazlo eye that 4 do not like. ". What.: do you gunk-of my gtfardian ?" queried Nellie. i ,o- . -.,, • - the neighborhoodlof the Seven Dials. A "Ile ,is rather a young man to be set year ago I I*o-snits) cough night and day,- up as a mentor foil a beautifid girl of six my flesh and. - strOgth. wasted like dew, teen," he'said, earlessly, and then I heard I and it is non- six months since a doctor Nelie bid him leave her to her,vigils. • , She closed the window' and came bhek, told me I was dyi g of consumption."- • - He paused, his eattiresWorked, a shod= J - but her face was puller than before; if pos der pased over h s thin frame. I sible, her whole Manner restless. - Net , " And then'," sidl, -" you 'thought of withstanding she bade her lover begone, the unknown futui-e-?" he still lingers -outside, I - ant sure :his ." Yes, sir.rgasped Hugh Reed, "I tried 1 presence bodes no good. lam sure i that to. repare fOr 'death, -and l:_trust that 'my! by .assuminj , the ifuardianship of Isi.ellisi - prayers,' my! peni •etice have not been in Reed:l-have =ski him my foe. Well, vai:" I - ' - - .let it be•sit, if it mull be r God helPing me; . "God 'grant thht they may open the I . will keep% my promise to the dead man, gates of leaven-th j you!" I exeled, in whoseface gleams ;white through his cot ! the fullness Of mY, - heart, • and the dying;, fin-lid, that when we-all meet in the land matt breathed a- lo r * amen. • -. I beyond the grave, I can say, "Mere aml, "Have you suffered for want of-care ?" and-the charge thosididst commit-to me." c qUeried my friend. , t .• . /• ; The-sight wears away • the wand moon 1 . " No; oh !no," r eplied Reed; "I Irt,*, , has 'set atnidheavy 'clouds, and.the morn : I had every cin - nfork, but it has been hard IN,ng-staristrugglesdi:mly through the mists Ifor Nellie," 1 , • 1 Which hang dense: and grey'over the city ;' Uncle .lliigh,f, don't jspslals - of -that, j the-vagrant` winds lmoan and shriek, but j' - sobbed the 'girl., ` I would ,lie, willing 5-0 I all this gloom cannd,t. drive from-his- post I. work -a;-great de ' -harder if you. could I _Nellie's lover. Shedsas gone to her room lire: i f , I . . - ' - I for .a . little rest,. and Mrs: Farnham, my V good friend, ‘and-he'r husband, have -come " ,ellje,suSt speak of it to theSe gen - , tlem n• I mist tell them what a treasure Ito stay in- this dist?' al. death-chamber till F vou have Islen ti me.. Friends," be ad:l the funeral. My- ° night-l A - - Ws timid the ided, turning his face to tie; "Ibis girl is I thrilling 'scenes ofy4he Seven Dials -is , the orphan child of my` sea-faring brother, I ended! - - - and after- iti+wife! 'Pa', she . was commit ted to my care.' '.l" :do -not know what I should has-eoriejwitbout her during My t sickness, : for she dandies eared enough by' selling cakes nd Oandies abOut the streets, j to provide-uslbuth['with food, clothing, and shelter, besides heing my :nurse. God' bless my little *Nsdlier" . •-' • • • • -. erg He folded heit his heart, and-gazing at er . and, t ine; seemed silently WI t . ind me . T : remise,.' The nett ma! mt a - sh ekjfroit Nellie-told Usbe 'was e i 1: - When;the - firsq out-pouring'pf Nellie I ft's&t ate ,kreef had subsided;.we '! 4. ' call j" . 6of the *tee* of the. neigt-i , bore, it-lid:hatthe 'eorpse-shrouded for the' , tiate.: -The9 Out for hitiekolea Nt-o.: What's the use of Frettit. Why our.poetsigh and moan, o : er withered- hopes and flowers, When , fresh jOS-s spring apin : ns!kion ,As sunshine :111 . er shower's. DT 31. 31. GAIIDNEII • ~Our dullest hours, irrightly fft - ent,, , quickly pass away, And pleasant smiles from those we love Will cheer the darkest.-41ay:i. 'Tis all in vain4o mourn and Yi•eep O'er milk that has been .s.piller4. And just ak v-ikto idly wait 'To have the pail refillol. I never dr6p_ my buttered toast tpbn flour; And if I aid Pd ; leave it therty And eabnlY bitter Inure. - .., . . , ~ Nor di) I find t nisi world sO coi,u, Or friends so haul to. whi, And where we have so much tO loYe, To grumble is a sin. , . 1- , . From tlivTrup Flag mE SEVEN DIALS - PASSAGES pItCI.II TILE • NOTE -1106:1: OF CITY lIISSIONAT:Y RY C. F. GEr.RY. May Ist, The calendar tells melt is tfte first of Vav—May-dayl The word is redolent blue violets, star-like daisies 'and '.budding bed.e-rows; in my 'memory it is assOcia; ted with pleasant' fields begiinqg to grow green ; with " trees and -shrubs, clothed in • the delicate garniture of their Young, leaves ;" with the, blossom-crowned May pole, round which honest lads and white robed girls go circling in the.giddy-tnazcs of the festive , dance.- .licit tiow. in what vivid contrast rise before me -the scenes in which I have spent my Ma - y -day. This morning I limrol myself foi the first time in the wretched parlitu7: of the Seven als! Years ago that was "a fasinfinable quarter, and. upon the open spacie ,in the centre of those seven streets, stood a col umn, surmounted by seven dials turning. a face toward each street." More than%a I century has elapsed,-however, since the lo cality fell into ill-repute, and' whap; have just ititnessed there beggars deg6lption.., The.majestic old, houses, which With their - fantastic architecture, were ()nee theldwel-.. ling places of the-elite, 'aid surrounded with bputiful gardens, are-peopled: with the lowest dregs of human natuie. The lynx-eyed Jews, stationed at theidponi to entrap the unwary ; the street stveepers,' • the organ-grinders, the lords of the "gin palaces," the thieves, the, filthy, idle. wo -- men; thcotroops of ragged, childiyzi--the, vice and avant and squalor Whicl4ervadft the neighborhood, realize - my ideas of Pan , . demoniuut. To my dying day I Shall nev er forget :the horrid %oaths, the t_maudlin laughter, the unseemly jests with Which those poor creatures regardeaus,jas 1 - told them ttf errand.' " Friends," said I, to a group tliat Stood I on the'street corner, `j we are in Search of Hugh Reed; he has sent for a Christian Minister, and we have come in obedienee.. to his..,:ummons." u• "Ha, ha, ha rclinighed a burn :ruffian ; "a. Christian minister, 2li< 4 you're; that, the Seven Dials is no - place for yoty--, the air don't agree with the black coat, and - white neckcloth, and the sooner 3*ou're off the better." His rough words were greeted; with a . : shout of applause front the bystanders,. but I replied es calmly as I-could47 2 s ; , " No, sir,l cannot take your advice—it is my inissib to befriend those Who w ill not 'befriend themselves, to prayfOr the dying sinner, to send •cOttifort into these miserable dwellings. u , yo wilt nut di recrme, perhaps > will, 1, 1 added, turning to!a boon companion. - t.. " Not a bit of it" was. the gruff reply, and - after asking every man in-the'-group, was about . to turn away, when a Noice, a ' musical, female voice, said= - "Where do you wish to go, stringer?" , Quick as thought I glanced -afOund.--. There stood a girl' over whose head six teen summers might have .passed. She was so unlike any one I-had „yeti' seen in this •dismal . quarter . of the city, tlOt lit al most seined as if a being from unOther Sphere had ernsed my path. She was tmd, slight and graceful ; her complexion fair,' With a itint glOw on her check; Ater features were• delicately' chiseaAd ;; -her eyes large and blue as a mountain late, andher glo . ssy-ond bairould scarcely. have been' richer in bud hid it imprisoned a thousand sunbeanA. lier . - cheap dress fitted her neatly,. and that and • her white apron ..and collar *ere faultless ly clean ;. indeed, in her whole appearance there Was an appearpce of refibeinent - which .1 had not .expected to .seesil the ~_ . 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I sometimes . sank knee-deep in- mud, as ,I. ,retraced my Steps •to the place_ where I was th perform.the funeral se/vices for the dead., At my. request Mrs. rainham liakt-ocured . a decent•suit of mounting for inrward, and ',alined in 1 this she stood awaiting .me with a look that touched my heart. -- A knot of neigh ': hors had gathered -in the old house, from 1 which . r.selected 'four pali-hearers, • and then scarcely thd - solemn .service. •It I Was.icarcely Over, *hen it'earrifige rolled to =the doOr---it was nolkackney coach, but an elegant •Ihmity..•'`enge,- - eixiblazoned 1 . 0 . 0- a i!)atrofailni4Wid having ti.tosch- THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1860 man and , footnian in Avery. A young mau,.the same who had kept watch out side the previous evening, leaped 'to- the ground tunV came in, hat in hand.. He. bowed to-nte; and said blandly— . Have I the honor of. addressing 3lr. OMy, one of our city missionaries?"' Yes, sit," I replied.: , "Are you about going to the graver' - "We are." " Web, 'then, allow. me to offer : my car riage - for. the Accommodation of the mourners." "To whoni am-I indebted for such fore thought ?".,'said L. . , He gave me his card , and - on it I read "Guy Beresford; Bart.!? I hesitated an instant,before that main . 6f411e world, and tried .to revolve the matter,in my mind. lat length came to the conclusion that there could be no harm in accepting it,•andanliveredl-- "Thank you ' ttirlord; . it will be much more comfortable ,td--,ride than to walk; but it is not often that the.rich and noble remember the poor in their distress !" and I cast upon him a searching glance.' Ile quailed under it,and muttered some", roil tused reply, in which' the only .wordsl could distinguish were • " Miss . lle handed her to the carriage, whispei ing, -words which made 'her cheek burli with blushes; hesitated himself opposite her, but when the coach stopped at °the churchyard -Eforestalled hint, tind sup ported by my arm she folloved her tncle llugh to his last res.ting-pi.me. Teark* and silent she stood, till. th grave had been tilled up; and theo along, low wail told how desolate, she felt: '" Cahn yoursel,"• nitirmured.l, as I led her hack to the coach, "you are not alone; and.there is One above who has-promised to be a father to the fatherleSS." . Sir Guy did not speak, but his eyes 'Were eloquent,' and beneath earnest gaze, Nellie "s drOppe , l; Doe.s 'she love hits, or rather,, would she love shin if she_ dared to trust his professions? -1 cannot tell, but some time I hope to read her heart better. Sh'e is now •nnder the. roof of the where I am a bOarder, but to-tuorr, God willing, -I-shall take_ her to a school in the country, where'she will he wadi the be:4 influences. The teachers are my personal friends, and I believe that I, can with safety entrust to them the,ar phan Nellie - has One, and phave. just returnT. ed to the city. This morning, after visit inj the , loathsotne purlieus of St. Giles and the Seven Dials, I . strolled- into Hvde - Park to get a glimpse of hiuc sky, a brtiath of fresh, summer mi. I had not been theri long ere I saw a superb steed and a gal lant rider approaching; the. next moment I had recognized Sir Guy Beresford. Ile howed,stiffiy, so aid I, and then reigning in his horse, he 'said— . "I have not seen you oflate, 31r. Fray" " No, I have been out of tourn," was my reply. , • . Out of. town," he eeboed.; "I s . appose Miss 'Nellie Heed was yonr companion." 1 : "She was." , "And - where is -sip ?"- . ' • ~ " A t,a boarding school?" "What-boarding-school?" ~ "As Fam her guardian, that is my 44, fair." - . ~ "And you refuse to tell "I do most decidedly." His brow lowered, he tapped: his boot nervously with . his gold-mounted riding, whip, and muttering a -curse; added-: , "And so you arc going to watch her as the old dragons watched the golden fruitage Hesperides!" ." At present," I replied, "I deemed it proper that her mind should be oectipied with other subjects than the gay gallants. of the city. : Besides, her uncle: bade het beWare of you." "How dO. - yQUkIIONV ?? he asked, quickly.; "From her own lips." - - - , " But she loves me, and she will continues ; , to-love me, in spite of your-lit - uncle. 1 I shall have her.yet, if not liyTSm-->means,i by foul! ' Faint heart never won a fair' lady.r." andbowing with.moek d Terence,' 1 be rode on. - • : . . His it-ords have haunted me eve since: —they haunt me now as I sit here in th . e stillness of my room, and a prayer goes up to the - All-merciful One--7-" God .protect Nellie Reed; sweet Nellie Reed!' • YeS, I•have written it—sweet Nellie Reed—she: is beautiful, she is winning; there is mu-, sic in her voice, grace in her motions, a rare fascination in, her manner.. Who! wonders that she has more than one ad- • mirer ? • It is late but I cannot sleep; I am tor.. Lured with a thousand , fears about Nellie.i I am lonely . , too—l miss the girl comitted; to my carty a dying - stranger. For a; month I have been daily in her, society;; I have seert-her Mite eyes turn wistfully to.; ward melts her protector; I have sootted,i Cheered, comforted her, and now that we are separated, I fniss her as I should a child who had ,brightened my' batchelor lifer There, the door:bell° rings—l -•hear some -body inquiring for Mr. (=ray.- Good-night;; mp Note. Book; my confidential friend! -Good-night, Nellie, my- ward • lleaven's -blessings distil like- dealt upon your, soul • . [Concluded mext week.] • LF-SSON" 0F THE GAnnulv.=—A gar den is a beautiful' hook, written by the finger of Qad—every leaf is a letter. You -I have only to learn•themancl he is a poor dunce that cannot, if he. Will do-that—and join, them, and. then . go on reading,. and. you will find yourself carried - away: from the earth to the skies .by the beautiful thoughts-.--for they- are - -nothing that grow out - of the ground and seem to talk to a man. . And then there ,arc some flowers, they alivays seem -to me like. ever, dutiful children; tend them ever so little, -and thercorne up,and flourish, and show, as I may say,-theitbright anctlappy faces to you. AThy 2nd df your hands cannot be, u§efully employed, attend .19 the eidtivatiotr of your mind: nie,Tranquel pleasures last the longest: We are not fitted to bear long the burden of great joys. _ . • ilar' A banguet.l.7l undoubtedly every pteaant . plsae;Yl't tt ' ia=filled with the " gnashing'of teeth' - • ,EYES ,BEHIND d ViEIL BLU BY LUCY A. itAN-DALI.: • • • .' ---: • 4 - ...-' '1 . Mr. Edge Was late at breakfast—that was'notl an unusual oectirrencle---and he was a little. disposed-to be crosti4which was likewise 'nothing'new. Se he ;retired 'behind' liis newspaper,. and devieured his eggs and toast without. .iouchsafilig,any reply, seYe unsocial menosvlables :Ito the :gentle remarks of the fresh' looking little lady opposite-r-to wit :.Mra. Edge. .But she was gathering together her forces. for 'the grand. final onslaught, and When at length Mr. Edge had got.'dOWn 'to the teat paragraph and laid aside the reading sheet it came. : " • i. • - - , , • -, "Dear, didn't-you - say you were! going to leave Wie a hilndred . dollars for my furs.. tin day V! . ' "Whet fers?" said Ate.. Edge I rather shortly. 1 s . 4 .s 4 .Thoie new:sable, dear; my old stairs are getting shockingly shabby, and I real* think-1 . . ,i. • I " Oh, Pshaw! . 'what's the use oil being so extravagant? • I-haven't any motley just_ luny to lay out- in:useless follies. The old fUrsare. good enough for any sensible Wo man-to-Wear" - ~. .. . • l' ' - Mrs. Edge, meek little soul that she was, relapsed into obedient silence;, she only sighed alsoft, inward sigh, and • presently began on anew tack:- . , • I . with' . " Henry; will you' go, me to , my aunt's to night ?":". • • '.. ---- --I . "Can'tyou• go alone?". ..-„, , " Alone ? ,I,Tow Would. it look? "!' - .MrS. Edge's temper?-for she•had one though it, didn't very often pamdeitself—w4 fairly ronsed: ''''l You sire so neglectful Or those, little attentions you used to pay me once —you never ivalk with me . ; nor • pick up my haiiilkerchiel nor notice my . dress, as you'ilid , Once." - . , • "-Well, a fellow -pan% be forever wait ing upon the women, can ,her growled Mr. Edge. . - • _ - 1 - . • "You,could be polite enough' to Miss Wafers last night, when you •never :tho't to ask me ill wanted anything, though ' you lately perfectly well that I had a head- eche. I don't. believe you eare so much! for me as, you Used to do !"• , ~. And' Mrs: Edge - looked extremely pret , ty, With tears in her blue- - eyes and-aquiv er on the rolitfd resy. lips. • .l 1 . " Ptsha l w r,said the husband peevishly. " Now dont!, he silly Maria!';- - "And in the stage yesterday ; yeunev erasl;ed ine.if ',T was warm enough, or, put my .sltairl round me, While Mr: Brown - was so atfectionatelto his Wife ! It . was,- Mor tifying enough, Ilenry-4t Was indeed!':'_ I'didn't know women were such fools,", said Mr. Edge sternly;ashe drew 'on his Qventoat4o-escape the teinpest • which he' saw rapidly: lull - tending. ' .Am I. the sort of a Man ;Co make a tunny of myself thin the polite to any- female - creature 9., .Did you, ever know. tne .to lie conscious wheth er a *onto had a shawl on or :i swallow tailed coat'?" .. • Maria eclipsed the tine eyes behind a little handkerchief, and Henry, - the savage, banged the door_ loud enough tcl. give Bet ty, -in the ! , kitchen, if nervous start. ," Rai-, nine : again ! I do believe 'we are going to have a - sepond edition of-theaklage," said. Mn-'. Edge to himself that 'evening ,as he 'ensconced his six feet of ,iniquiy in.. the kolith-weSt corner of4l car at the City Hall. "Go ahead,--conductor, can't pin?' What are you waiting for.? Don't you see We're full, and it's dark already?" 1 .. .. • - . "In one 'minute; sir," said the 'conduct or, as he 'helped a ' little woman, with a . basket board. "Now sir, niove np a bit if ylowoelfse." - Mr. Edge was exceedingly comfortable, didn't : want:to Move up, but the light of the lamp,, just ignited, falling OM on the pearly forehead and'. shining *Olden hair of the new collier, 'he altered hismi't id and did moveup. • , ! "What lovely eyes!" quothlie mental ly, as he hest-owed a single acknowledging smile.. -. "It'eal violet!blue ! The .very color I admire mOst. ' Bless tic! - What! business has an 'old married man like me.: thinking about eyes? What:would Mana'say, the jealous-little Minx ! There---she's - drawn a confounded• Veil over . her face ' ' and the light is aS, dim - es .a tallOw dip.' But those were pretty. eves." ''. -- ' ; • '..' •• The fairpasessot• of theblueeYes spiv- ered slightly and drew her mafitilia:closer • - round her, shoulders. i ' • ! .. ' "Are YOU cold, Miss? . Pray honor me by. *ming ntYlshawl. I don't need it all mvself" 1 '!I " • She did ' not refuse-she miirmured Some ' faint apology for troubling' hini, but ..it Was not alrefusid. ' • . . . . "No trOuble!--not a bit !". raid he, with alacrity, arranging Won the taper should ers; -and. then, as .. the.young lady handed her fare to the conductor, he said to him self, "what a slender, lovely . little hand! . If there's anythitig. I admire in a woman . • it's a pretty hand ! .Wonder what . kind of a mouth she's got It must be delight ; ful if it corresponds- ,with the hair and .eyes. Plague take' the veil!" .--' ;•. But .",plagite,!'• whoever that ; mystical power may be, did not take possession of the provoking lied, so Mr; :Edge's-cariosi ty about the mouth of the bbie4hunsel re mained ungratified.. .- • •'. ' ' • "have you room enough Miss? Ifetti 'you are crowded:. Pray sit a little do ' .tolne." '-. 1 . . • - 1 - • . "Thank ) you Sir," Was : - the. Rift, 'reply corning ; from behind the yeil, as Mr. Edge rapturous* . • reflected—'"Like an angel from the•gloomiof a :dark - OTOtid." And his. heart gave aloud thump as - the' pretty shoulder teuehed his own shaggy. overcoat in a nestling . sort of a way. - . .] • _ "Decidedly this is - gettin `rather. ro mantic,"-thought he; and 'then; • I , ifitli ~ an audible Whisper, "_what • would -Maria' ries ?" '•. - 1 . -'1 .• , -." ' ',. H • - The rest of that long, dark, rainy ride was delicious with that shoulder against his own. How gallantly - he .P.tratied - up . to pall the strap for her--by - sorne , favoring ' freak of fortune' it happened toikel at the very Street, where he,. intended .to stop. 'And under all the ciretudatances Iwe ean hard) y• blame-bilp; when the ear ':,stopped go stiddenty that; leittlght instinctively t'at his hand 'for. 0 . 40;04 for.#o - 144 n ieer* Jta g ivel-he'plintslsholtrystahiel : : . , y man \,ittne'sth. in his senses would have dOne the same-;- it was Much an.inviting little Tilly I • • Out into the rain. and darkness our two pilgrinis sailed, scarcely more ' than able 1 to‘steei their coarse by the glimmering . ) reflection of the street lamps on the stream* • ing paiements. 'Allow me to carry your basket, Miss,, as long as our paths lie in the same direc tion?' said Mr. Edge coruteotu•ly,relieving her of the.burden aa he spoke. "And— and—may be you'd find less difficulty in walking if ru'dzjust take my min 1" . Well, wasn't it, delightful. t Mr. Edge forgot the wet -streets and the pitelly darkness=he thought he was walking on roses Only, as he approached his -own door, he began to feel a little nervous, and wish that the lovely incognito wouldn't held on: quite so • tight., Suppose Maria should be at the window On the* loOk out for hini, as she often was, how would she interpret matters! lie couldn't m.hke her" believe that lie only 'wanted to be polite to a fair traveller. Besides his sweeping declarations of the morning—she would be sure to recall them. ° As he-stopped:, the rightnumber and turned round to bid.the blue-eyed a re gretful adieu, he 'was. astonished to 'see her run lightly up the steps to enter like: wise! Gracio,us .AppollO t: he burst into a chilly pers.pkation at the idea of Maria'•s horrorl i; •': = " "think you've made.a mistake Miss," _stammered he, ". this can't be your house. But it Was too late—she._*as already in the brilliantly lighted. ball, and turning round threw off her dripping habiliment*, and'made him a low courtesy: =•-"Very much obliged to you for your . politeness, " . lay vife!" gated Edge; " And happy to see that you ha's'-en't forgotten all your gallantry :towards the - ladies,"lpursued the,tnereiles4 little , pusi, her blue eyes---they 'Were pretty-alt in, a dance, with suppressed-roguery. • • Edge' ooked from eeilin Fao floor, -in vain search :for a loop-hole of retreat; bat the search was unavailing. •••- " Well,"-said he, in' the nest sheepish Of all tones,'"it's the first time I.ever was polite tO a woman in the care, and hang • me if it,itiant be the " You see dear,"-said the ecstatic little ' I was somewhat belated ; es pect t 6 be delayed so lOngond,hadp't tiny idea I should meet. with so much -atten tion and from my own . .husband too! GoollneSsgraeious, how aunt Priscilla will= enjoy the joker, . • "If you tell that old harpy ," said Edgeci • in an •aceent of 'desperation, "J never shalll hear the last of it.' " Very probalilv," said Maria provo-• , "Noir look 'here darling;"., said • Mr. Edge coaxiugly, "you won't say a•thing will iyou ? A fellow don't want to be lau4cd, at by all the world! Isay i eMaria von Ithil have the . prettiest furs Et New Wr if you'll only keep .quiet—you shall on t . • ' . Thy enns were satisfactory, and - Maritt capitulated—who - wouldn't? :And that is the way she got those splendid furs that filled the hearts of all her fefnale friends with eniy; and perhaps it was what ,made Mr. Edge Rich a scrupulonsly• courteous husband ever after. - • • • 'ILiE CENSUS. The'followine; capital bitilesque list'has been going the rounds of the press, 'and . we copy it pro Norio publico : 1,, ~. _The list of questions to' e answered bv. heads, of families - heretofore .publiShed is incorrect in several particulars. Belowii• the correct list i • • • : • . What is .your age*? Where - were you. born ? ! ! • - •• Are you married,.and ifs lion; .do you like it! !-. • •f' • . How many children have, You, and do theyauffiCiently resemble . yo'i as to pre clude . thepossibility:Of their b longing to any eye* neighbofi? • :, • Did yoO ever have the, meaMs, Mint' so, how many? Have Yoii a twin brother several years older (ban yourself? • • ••• . • -- Have you parents, and if se. how many Of them?. - ,• e - What is your fightinz k ytight 2: : . ' • How many •times di our Wife " wish 6e was dead," . and did you ,reciproCate' the wish'? What ,-is the average ofvirtue in yorir neighborhood,? . Do you use boughten tobacco?, Are you aware .that-Piledolwhiskey is • -used in shooting galleries in'preference-to• pistols, and thatit 'shoots farthest? • Were : you and your wife Worth any thing When- married, and if 'se What pro portion of her • things. were your'n, and your tlliiigs leen? • . . . Were you ever in Jersey ? , Were you ever in the penitentiary? • How many empty 'bottles have you in the house ? . • .• • ...• , ' • HOw doei your 'necktie wash? _ • How : does your - meershaum 'Color ?. • State whether you -are blind, deaf, idi otkor have the heaves?, • . How ,Mariy chickens do you own, and are they , on . foot or in the- shell? Also,. how many •Succedanenhis? _' -, . Which food do you prefer, rum or, inis. 7 ed dritiks? . State how much:pork, impeiriling Crisis, dutch cheese, 'popular sovereignty, stand= atoetry, gavetty paper , slave code, cat 'fiip;:red ,flannel, constitution and:Union, old jerk, perfumery, coal oil, liberty; hoop skirt, &c., have you: on hand?- • - Persona liable tetbe - " ,concussed" will do well to exit the afiov.e_ut and put it up in a suSpicious _place, .• - ! . r -----...ai......1 ' •. • • Buroomo DEATn.—When engine Would 'bridge a stream,, they often carry over at first but 'a single thread. With that they nest stretch a wire across.. Then strand after strand, until a foundation is wa for planks ; add no* the bOhi engineer finds - safe footway, and walks from side to Iside. SO 'God takes from us ; some golden threaded pleasure, - .:md stretches it hence into heaven. Then he takes a child,,And then a friend. _Thushe bridges :ieath, and • teaches the thoughts of the 'most. timid to find their may hither en %her betiveoi the two sewer,. 1 .14:113 PRINTING of ALL KINDS, °ZONE dT iiti ' OPFICE OF THE 1:03101i1 IMELALT, 117.41,T pncorpn?, • AT "LIVE AMP LET LIVE" PRICES. Tag cede of the '3loptrO.se Democrat bee reeeal been ellingied With wire end choke intiety of type. etc.. and we yens-Premed toytilic twelDblete cli'Wlan.ate.,ote„; In the oat style, on al .ott notion . Handbills, Postnis Prokrammes, and . other kinds of work in this 11;e, done according to order. Bnsii Wedding, and Ball C Matt", etc S printed printed: with neafueei and tripsich. ARDS, Justices' and Con'stables' Blanks,:S:otes, beetle, and ill other. Able 1 . 0 , ," otfttand, or . petutd to unkr. { NO. 23. ; tar Job work and Blinks; to be 'paid foior delivery WESTER ON THE We commentl.to- all - our readers the fol iniiing noble ileelitration of. Daniel Web ster. It was uttered in the, course of a speech be delirerod at a "public reception .given to him by the 'eit lutes of Antral°, N. Y., on the 22d 01*M:4 ; 1851, . The period was one of danger and trouble sueL - as we, are now pawing -through, - and owed in; character to the same balleful•catise of sec tional discord ;rind agitation. That great statesman said;— !" Gentlemen; there is but one question in this country nour';; or if there be ot ht ! ,r t c-, ' they-are but secoinlary:or sb subordinate - that they are all abs'orbed, in that *tot and leading - question.:' and,that is neither more nor less than this : • .Can we preserve the union of the states?—riot by coersion„ not by military power, not by angry con troversies--=but can we of this generation, so pfeser've the union _of these States.- by administratiOn of the powers of the Con stittitiOn as shall giv(i content and shtisfac -Pion -to all whO Nye tinder it, and draw us together, not by military power, but by; • the silken cords of mutual, 'fraternal and - patriotic-affection ? is the question, and no other, gentlemen, believe in-par ty distinctions., aparty trlan. There .. are . questions belonging - to the. party in :Which I take -an interest, and there. are - -opinions - entertained by other, parties, which I repudiate;' but what of all 'that.? 'lf a house bedivided against itself, it. ill and-crash everybody, in it. We must See that we maintain the goV-ernment which is - over us. We niitat see that- st-e uphold th'eConstitutiou;and we must do so. With, • 1 Out regard to party." • • . Schamyl, the celebrated eirea.sN6l. chief, is now at Mokow, where the -ladies are always admiring. and. complimenting him, little thinking the object_ of their run osity has A decided aversion to their Et yle of dress., esteeming their bare necks and fa ces as very immoral. Thai, indignation on liarningthis tact may, however, be-ap peased, when they hear that the old lin-. sum's objection to low dresses is.based on the apprehension that uncovered .ntick - s 1 and shoulders afftird too mutdt temptation - to the other sex ; .and, indeed, this feeling makes'him utfeasy. At first be mimoled: • freely in society; and admired the dancing parties. - finding them' more-natural than the bullet dances ;• bftt the unVeiled faces and. nude -shoulders' so sligturhe'd . equanimity, that now, when invited to an entertainment, he invariably women are: to be od the number, and it answered, affirmatively, the peremptorily • declines, fen's clothing is un - , le-- tiottabb.i . to hire, fur he regards the dies« coat as extremely ineonVenient—does this patriaro. He is very fond of nstisic, and on malsing a Vi•it-at lialenga;shis-first in quiry was- if t her. would . play on the piano. A juggler afTorded him great amusement when he transformed a jAece of money en velopedin a handkerelnefinto a Omni; of feather—so much so, that the _ MEE Lion of it troubled litii.even - at his prO - ers; . when afterwards he detected the trickster he cowed that if I; had_hiM in, his mountain home, he hang lint Schamyrs first rt-lanee at a lobger excited disgust. 34ing it in his hand he_exarrtined attentiVely—ton. •when the lobster seized one of his tingets, ith ,its ,claws, he threw it - down-Hand; Observing its matmer of - locomotion, he gave it a kick . and.:....cu-dered r6marking-4I , have never 4ezei despicablittimal than that; .and if ever I. pietufe tn,p,elf the devil, it, will he in that shape. 7 • Potrrti.s .1 THF. Pt - t.mr—An able ar ticle in tileli:! - ;-110-.tl P 0,4 t , t . t1;.•-folly Of -. , clergym , ..n talking potitie: tc; the:r con.-re-' - galions on the :Sabb t ith, e l o :,-.;, w i t h 0., e - ... following. pithy pangraph : ' `But-to to-t - the'iMe..:l-wl:e , her p•Ci - - - tics may be properly. intro , ltteed into ..lie • - pulpit, let .us intagine.each pulpit i3O this State each Sunday devoted to lhediscus-: . slort of political issues .- - Let inctimbente of each strive with all eneigies-olconvi/- ', tion to bend their congregations . to mhiAr views, and to send them forth with pas sions aroused and inflarned to Malign ituni ' ' depounce their neighltbrs of an opposite opinion. Ilit'w long woidd religiOn ,sus tain such a mocker? Ofitssacred functions? Her temples, and all virtue, :justice, inor ality, law, and go ernment Would- be • . - 1 swept away. before . . sneering and blight- • 1 ing infidelity. Even , now. religion seems - to be loosing grotmd in this country, and; . it is at least safe to. say.that 'the eonver gon, of unbelievers will never-be remarka ble under,what • has been aptly - called, the 'sensation.' preaching - of- Henrv.—Wa'rd Beecher. - People".flocti, to hear'him talk, but they have•little"*.: device in hii fit- ' 'netts as• ';'' preachef,. ors fitabiliti as a • .- man. He has great. gills, is a man of great force And eloquence, hut - 'we - Would . be sur prised to - learn that the general tendency of his . pr aching wail to make. men. of gen-- • r i nine vital- , '!ty." . • • •.- . IDLE ESS.-C a rlyle s saYi; nine tenths of the miseries and vices of manhood proceed from idleness. With men of quiek thindsr, to wham - it is especially . pernicions, this habit is commonly the fruit of many °di,- appointments and Schemes oft baffled;— and men fail in thekscliemecnot so molt for the want-of stri.ingtWthe ill direetio . n of it. The weakest lip g creature, by ',eciticentrating his powers on a single:lib lject, .ean aeciomplish something; . tho 'strongest, by dispersing his over, many, ,may fail -favvcoVish anything. PASONIALIES.—Thts (listinguished 'anti acentric4idge - fireckenridge, fort:Orly of Pitts rs 1; 1„ said : " I had once objecEed to the, b • Virginia' lawyer, an expression of an Act f Assembly,of Pennsylvania, that ,/the State House yard, 'in Philadelphia, j should be " surrounded by a brick wall, 4nd remain an ora tncl mu, e forever;" but I puchim down by an Act of the Legiala ',tura of Virginia, which is entitled "a sup- Vement ,to an aet entitled an act making it penal to oiler Ike . mark of sis unmarked Aloe . . - Foote hell% ranch annar - 0, by -a poor fiddle!"attaining harsh 'disoordikik window,; sem him a shilling, .• ,With a_ request that, : he would play else-. iwherel us oue scraper at the door was suf ;ll eht • • . el
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