THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT; IS PUBLISILED. TIII7B9D . ATS,. BY ca-orritiesicoxi. OFFICE ON PUBLIH AVENUE, THREE DOOII ABOVE . SEARIpeS HOTEL. TEnNts.-,-$1,50 per annum in, ADVANCE ; otherwise $2 will be charged—and Ally cents pee annum added to arrearages, at the option ,f the Publisher, to pay expense of collection, etc.- ADVANCS payllletit pttlerl7 . ADVERTNEMENTS will be inserted at the rate of $1 per square, of ten lines or less, for the first three weeks, and 25,cents for 'each additional week—pay down. Aferchants, and others, *ho tidvertise by the year, will be charged at the following rates, nix; ~Of onifirtalf, or Ifo.ollf year,nd 4:haven . Each additional square, al the rate cf r 6 .*o credit gicereexcept to those of known responslblilif; I Tho Lost Mexican City. . r large city once stood here-Ate name la loot, itaida tot- unl:nown. Tor centuries It has been as completely buried as It covered with the lava or Winch:ls." . nr Rae. T. lIENSTF/D. Far stray within the gloWing vales of the ass's donialn, Where PC113101)ell banks chrilowing; Drown In bloom the Trhple platn. With the mocking smile of tummet7 'toned its columns abed. - 11nred from toil and.trallic's mtitmfit • Lies a-city of the dead; , Lies a vast and silent city, ?Nameless city of the dead. • Ronnd about, like monareh g ayeignin, Rise the old woods grectrand tall • - _ 311th-their crown titayknows no waning, With their thick and tangled wall, With their lontn:dark aisles, that Ile* Wake to human yoke oCtrvul; Green they stand; their gloom forever LoCks the city of the dead; Locke the vaarand silent City, • • -,„ 'N'azueleisa'city of the df•ad. • Once these toleeless sire+ refounded, • - With the rush of surging throngs; ' . . Here life's free, .wild puleee bounded To the sonnd of (lutes and gongs; Here , utid pomp and trumpet ch_ttner- Was the battle banner epead'i "Tramp of toil and cling:of hfuntner Shook the rity,of the de4d.V 4 - • in Shook the %Aft, ttioltuusicify; Now the (ley of the dead. Here the sun shone on the'clances, As theMaiting host rolled by. s . And the fount's pellucid ~, ,l anees Answered childhood's InStrom, eve All are gone—ths mirth the anguitibk Groan of slave and kingly head. And the strength and glory languish In the etty of the . dead. In the vast and 'silent city, , Nameless city of tho dead. Hem the:keen-eyed panther. prowling, Rove. , the moulderin„ci linUnts "{Men And the liagrord wolrlike. howling, With the Mldennal,c- hi. den: On exuAteil arch and ino-.3i column N . FA the tiger's Moody t And - the owlet's crr rill.sO'letnit - Throngh the city of the dead Throggh the vast and siten2 city, Naincleiis city of the deud. The W_enderful Housemaid. . , .• int knew somebody that's a great deal handseuner.thanlshe,' exclaim ed little Neil Sunnners in alli'vely tone, as shr tossed her buil. - lin& blo4.ks' into a bas ket-, pell meli, and climbed auto the rap of her Uncle Herbert ; " Mi. 4 Kate Odell can't begin to be as beautiful as our El len." • "-end who is our Ellen ? asked Mr. Lincoln, as he toyed with the, child's sun uy '; "and how came Nell to know what her mither and I were-talk ing about! thought; you were too busy with your fairy, castlos to listen -to "And if I was busy, Couldn't. hear? It takes nly eyes and hands ,to ea. 4. ties, not ears—don't you know that MI. Uncle ?" "If I didn't I do now ; " aid he roguish ly pinched the small snowy :)ites that lay hidden behind the long ringlets. " But tell me little niece, wherenti l d who is that beautiful creature that rival, the belle of the season in charms, according to you?" "Why, it's Ellen;onr Ellen, and. she's" tip stairs, suppose." . who's 'Ellen,' and .What does she here?" "Why, Ellen's the Maid, and s - liv sweeps and dusts, and rays the tab 4 -!, turd waits on it, too, and does even-tiling that maids Alwaysdo, and a great deal . ' besides, for - mamma never has - lo think any more, and George and I don't have to cry over. our Lessons." "A wonderful maid, indeed," said un cle Herbert, in an inerZdtilpts tone; " fancy Miss . Odell would noil be soared if she knew who her beautiful iiivalwas.' lint how came she here ?" ' "Why, mamma hired her,,as she ',hies 'all her maids, and uttlesS she.gets married, we shall always have her, for 1 know she'll never do anything had." "A paragon, , truly—this 'Ellen"; pray . explain, mamma," and Mr. LincOln turn ed, his sister. ' .„ cannot," said she; - "I can only cor roborate what little Nell has told,y_on.- len is a maid who has lived Wm ithe a-fort night only, and yet, in that time, has won my heart completely. 'ln person— . but as, you stop to tea, you will see Iher, and you can judge yourself ifsbe does nqt and fairly, too, with the brilliant 'belle of the winter. In manners, she is a perfect lady ; she has, too, exquisite' taste and a tact in the managetnetit.of hOUseholdlaff airs that I never-saw "Tell him how• sweetly sh ! e, sings,". in-' terrupted the little daughter,' " Shesinvs me to sleep every night, and I always fen, when I shut my eves, as it' 1 was going rirltt up to heaven!" "Bravo, Nell!" A v.erY angel of a house-maid she mug be. FlOng too see _ S her,"-and-he and-he laughed in that peculiar tone which seems to say, •70Li're tetling the but a humbug story." "You'll laugh the other. 4ide of. your month," said Nell, earnestly ; "-won't he, mamma, when be comes,to seeker?" "I silo - n . 14'1 wonder," an'swerOjer another, gall}; "indeed: if liE; had 'notes good as owned that he had 1c0. • his_ heart to :31,iss Ode], I shouldn't" ears' to give so vo'ung :end enthusiastic a , mail a glimpse ;if rov pretty rnaid. But 115t1 I _hear her gentle treal" , The door of the sitting-roo f t was open ed, and there glided into the rem, with a . step iilp as light as a l fairy's-a yog, 'slender, hut exquisitely gracefid female. The sin gle glane• which Herbert directed to .vards her, as she entered, fil ed his soul clth a wondrOus vision, for hasty sit, en throned on every feature of t. e blushing face.. . Is Mere; Ck - As a little mbar. sment . visi ble iu her attitude,- as she I und herself unexpectedly in -the presence ' of coppany, but only for an instant did shi. yield to it. Itemvering berselfhastiiy, sill saitkto Mrs. .Suinmers Did coin decide ; ma'am, to have*a au hour earlier:Than usual ?" It Was 11 simple - question, .but the at.- e‘mt., thrilled the young rnati'S heart; and hy 'though to himself, if them he so much music in ,her voicewhen' she- qpeaks, only. us a _servant to her Mistress, how heavenly it. Might : I.K. in - a .lover's •ear k and from that time he did not IYonder • remark about her songs of lullaby. "We did, Ellen, and you rhay laylthe cloth at once- My bfotiler will stop .with us." - Intuitively delicate, Ilerheit seemed all the while busy with his little niece,' 1 and did not once look at the beautiful do mestic during themoinents that elapsed ere the tea was-ready, yet he stole many a .furtive glance aclaer through the golden curls of his little - playmate, and when she . - . . . • ', • ' . . . . . . . • . . . . , ,• • 1 - . ' - • ' • -' • ' „ .. . . . . . • . . -.. , . , ! . . . . . . . . • . . ..,.._ . i . . . H .. ..: .: :. : ...•.- .... . . .. .......... .. , .. H . ... •... . ... ... , .•.. ...•.: .. . .: T,. .. _i .. • . T . , -R ... .. ..: .. -.-- .DEM... .... .... ~.., .. • ,• ~.•" . . • „. , . . . ....... ~ ~ • T: , . . ~ . • . . . . . . ~ ... ~..•,. ,;;„„. ...• • . . .. .. . . . , _ . •. .. . ___,......,.... ____ WE JOIN -THE PARTY THAT CARRIES THE. FLAG ; AND KEEPS 'STEP . TO THE' MUSIC OF THE UNION. 1 : .WAPINCINING.1111111101•11111.0111MIL.,71~111, VOL. 17. glided from the room, he felt as though the sirshirie_was driven from his path. •. • "Isn't she more beautiful than Miss Odell, say, , . uncle?" whispered. Nell, Ins the door closed on her. - • "Didn't I tell the truth wheri I said I knew Somebody thnt was handsomer than she 1 ." •" Indeed you did," said Mr. Lincoln, earnestly. ' "She is nearly perfect." •• • - "I-wish yon. could sec her with her hair curled, Uncle. Once or twice, when we . were up stairs alone, she - has let me take out her comb, and such long ringlets as I made by just twisting it over 1-ny fin= gers—oh! ilon't believe . yon ever'. sa* any so-benntiful in youi — life! I teased her to wearit so all the time, but she,. shoOk .her head and combed .them up into braids again,-and said curls and ' house maids didn't look well together • and when I asked why not., she said riknow when I grew older, and then two or three great tears•stood in her eyes;_ and .1 do believe, uncle, she cries some nights all the time; fOr hev eyes look so red some inornitip4 ; Ain't it. too bad that such a handsome girl should have to he a mai/I,r "Yes, by my soul, it is," said the young man warthly. "-Do tell' me, -sister,' her story. ;There must he some 1'0111:jilt:LI nut. She has tilt been a menial all life." • " What I know I can tell in a few words, -Herbert. When Bessie, my last maid, gave notitte' of leaving, she said, she could T ritt ecomme a substitute, and I, not being: Very well,! thought I Would sooner trust her than- rUn the risk of going day. after' 'day to the intelligence office. -She siiid a: young girl Who, With a widowed mother, lived' on the same floor with some of her . friends, rhad . applied to her for aid in -ob taining # situation asmaid,find she tho't, from lAA she had seen and heard of her, would suit me exactly., I was somewhat started'Thep- I' saw her, for though Bes sie had told the how.beautiful and 'ladylike she was, I Was not prepared for the: ision thttt met me, and, to tell the truth, in a most unbusiness and tinhonsekerperly way, I enraged iier at once, withont inquiring as to her abilities or her recommendations. She won my heart at sight, and she .has won my head since; for 'she is -not Only thorough in the performance 'Ol her du ties, but.. executes them with a taste and judgment L have never seem excelled by any Matron. If the day is cloudy, when you enter the parlor you will find that she has so disputed the window hangings that the most will be made of the sunlight ; If it is sunny, she will .so arrange them that a gentle twilight seems to shadow von. - She is, indeed, a perfect artist in ..the ar rangement .of everything-, 'studying and combining effect and comfort. I feervitb . you that her lot has not always been, so but there is a . certain respQet she inspires in one that forlids close question ing. I incline to the opinion that she and her mother have been sorely pinched for, means, and that 'finding needlework an inadequate compensation, she has cho- Sen to work-out; as by that means, while she 'earns More- a 'week, she saves her board from out their scanty income -and has time to:reit. But here is papa and herself with the tea." As soon as they were fairly seated, and the.cups had been passed, 3lrs. Sumniers tumed gently to the maid, as- she• waited behind her chair, and said'in a low - lone, "-We shall need nothing more at present." - Quietly, but with visible pleasure, she withdrew, and as the door closed, on her, Herbert exclaimed-: "Thalik you, sister, for . sending- her away. I could not have borne to see so ladylike a .Creature wait upon me. It scented• clownish in the to fit for a mo ment-while she was .standing. In good south, if I had, so fair a maid, I should be democratic enough to ask her to eat with me." t . , . " And thus - wound her self-respect.) er thing they' trove - te do,but the obloquy No, brother, she has chosen for some good I that rested on thedead man's grave foi -1 reason her menial lot; and, I can see,. we'd lowed his living darlings till }poverty, in !prefer to: . be so,regarded.. All I can do, it s mos t cruel Sense, pressed heavily upon till I - can 'further win her confidence, is to them. .. . . make her duties as little galling as possible. "Let us •go where we are unknown," But come, sip some of her delicious tea: said Ellen, passionately,, yet mournfully, It will von inspiration to compliment •one evening, as, after' a' futile search give . Miss Odell tonight." • 1 -, • .for 'employment, - she returned to their . "Miss Odell go toErance !paid the humble lodging and buried her weeping cyoung man hastily ; "a painted doll--.---good faee t in her mother's bosom. They will for balls ail parties, but no titter for .life kill me with their cold, proud looks. I'd in its realities than Nell's waxen. baby!" rather anybe; bread 'of strangers than I! , "lis beginning to latigh on the other ask honest employmeut of these scornful . side of his-mouth, isn't he, mamma .?" ex- ones, who trample so fiendishly upon our 1 claimed the little girl. "I knew he'd love sacred who s.- rEllen best." ' ; - -.- And they gathered up the remnant of I . dierbert blushed and Mrs; Summers their treasures,-and-silently and secretly; jadraitly changed the conversation.- The lest the shame should fly before them, I housemaid was not alluded to again till au went to 'a lonely home in the city; where 1 hour atter tea had passed, when George, i we find them. There they readily pro- . I - the eldest of the children, a bright but cured needlework,' and all they conld. do, -somewhat capricious boy of twelve, rush- for their fingers beautified every •gar - ment l i ed- into the Sitting, room, exclaiming egg- that passed through tla!ir hands. But the erg-': \''°' • song 'ft the shirt was soon the °ply one . 1 •:. "Mayn't -Ellen stay in to-night, main- thec had strength tosing.Nightbrought H. ma, and go 'Mit-to-morrow night ?" -no rest -to the Nveary day ; and thoierh I"Certainly, itshe, chooses, my son." twenty instead of the "twelve hours" of "Bat she don't che.,ce; - e,.. and -that's- the I the Bible were bent in toil, they were t rouble. I Want her to sfayyluld she sayS l famished and froien. . she can't, bedause her mother' will. .he so "Mother," . Said Ellen one evening as' anxious about her." '' ' . j the - chimes; of midnight fqufid them still: "But why, do you .wish her to. stay-, - 1 at. work, "this-is to much for woman. George? You certainly have no commandli- r aimll sew no l onger. " . lof leer or her time: Pray' what do you 1 "But. What• will you do, darling?" and ! want - she Should do ?" 1 "Why, I want her to show me hoW to 1 face; "shall We-starve?" do those -horrible hard sums - way in the : i "Mother," there : back part of the arithmetic,- -and I want 1 tone now, "mother. her lo tell me 'how to . conjugate that aw- ! housemaid. Do no ful irregular French verb, aher--4 wish . it i me; my mind is (let ra wouldalkr intoFnee,where it helongs— orable as this —I sl 1 and rwant her.to hearing Latin aud--:--" j if not. more than. . "Turn intO a sclio4-ma'atn,.after toiling I board; I shall ,have my night's for rest. las maid all day. , No, George, no—l have And she pleaded- till she -won at last a been very - grateful to ,Ellen for- the assis- l tearful consent, and entered into the set ' tanee she haslshoWn you in „your sthdies, 1 vice of Mrs. Summers. * - * 1' *, ; but reannocallow her leisure hours to - be °His sister's . house had always been a I so' sorely invaded," Interrupted his moth- second home to Herbert Lincoln, but now er g while her brother'e held up-both, hands it seemed dearer than ever. . . 1 i in amasemet ; for, to tell the truth, since I . Business now took hint out el town, , he had. Seen the giutid,-he Was prepared to t and - three weeks elapsed ere he returned. [believe everything 'wonderful oilier, and ,! As he was hastening from the - depot, I would-not have-been surprised to hear ! turning a corner, he espied, coming as-it thrt she knew as many longues as Burrit I were to meet him, the fair girl of whom hititself.' - ° - • — 1 he had dreamed_ every- night of his - ab-. . , " Verily," said he, gaily, . "this passes 1 Sence;'and beside her, little golden-haired, all—a hometuaid, and hear your Latta les- . Nell: - • • ' ions f What else does she know.?". ''"Vuele Herbert;" . eried --the child, and .• " Eerything," . said GeOrge, earnestly'. embraced hun pa'sskniatelY."' '"Oh,, I'm so ' "She can talliFteneh.betterthan monsieur; glad-you've - eome honie. We Missed you wale belle Italiattlottoh, bow sweetskoimneh," Then freeing herself from his '-it is to b earl her read and -sing it: I tell smite, she said,' gracefully, "and. here •is • MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1860. you, uncle lierbert, - .she knoWs the moat of any woman I ever saw, and .if ,you was a knight of olderilimes, you'd- do battle for her beauty and . rescue. her from - the slavery ciftliat old despot, poverty." Bravo, George!' exclaimed his uncle. "She needs no more ,valient knight than her youthful page promies to be. Sho'd your right arm ever be wounded in, the defence of your queen of beauty, advise me of it, and . I'll rush to thereseue." The words were lightly spoken, but there was a meaning deeper and more divine involved in them than- the speakel• would have then cared to own even to hiMself: The boy - Went to his lonely lessons, the front door closed on Ellen, little Nell was snug in-the snowy couch whither 'the maid had borne heir with kisses and music tones, and then Mr.. and Mrs.. Summers and the brother went forth to the, brilliant ball room.' But Will all its light, splendor, and gayety; it had no fattinfttions for un 'de ilerbert.l_ Ibis - thOug,huf were' with that be:l-alai girl who had come so like an angel to the hoUsehold of his sister. * * * * * Mrs. Summers had rightly: conjectured the reason wky one so gifted had become, a menial, though not for many weeks did ' she learn the whole story. It wasYnietly . this: The father 9f Ellen, Mm. Seymour, has been a prosperous ' merchant in a neighboring city. Wedded to a lovely woman, wealth flowing in upon loin with' a heavy current, a beautiful child to sport on his hearthstone; life ibr some years, gli ded by like an airy dream. All the- rich es of his own mid his young wife's heart were lavished upon Ellen, and as she grew tip lovelier: in perS'on than ever her. fancy had promised, so she grew beautiful in mind and soul—the idol of the family zit ar. She was in her eighteenth year when the, first. blow struck them—the long ,and fearful illness of the husband and father. A mere wreck of himself, physically and 'mentally, he was at length pronounced, convalescent, though perfect health, the physician said, could only he bartered ,for sunnier clime. • They sailed. at •ofice for Italy. A 'year hail been passed in that• beautiful land, a delicious and exhilarating one to them all, for` - the step of the in- Valid had grown steadier each. moment, his - eve wore .its wonted brightness, his eheekii their glow, and the pride of mind s.zit enthroned upon the noble brow, when, like a thunderbolrfrom a cloudless maven, ' there fell the second blow. •The merean 1, ! , tilehouse, in" which he was head partner, had failed—ay,. and failed in such a way that, though innocent as a babe, his name* was covered with intlimy. It was too much for the spirit, not yet'strong: Foy crty it could have: borne but - disgrace shivered it entirely. Ile lay for some months in hopeless raving, but only sigh ing and moaning, growing each day paler and weaker. But he passed not so away, IVhen the last hour Mine drew near, his darkened soul was light again, and he .tenderly counselled the-two dear ones who hung over him so faithfully, aril bade . them be of good cheer, for though wealth was gone, the unspotted- honor of the husband :and father should yet . be shown to the World. Then commending them to the Almighty Father, with a hand clasped by each, Cheir - sweet voices blended in holy hymns, he passed away., A grave was hollowed for him .on classic ground, and the snowy-marble wreathed with al fCction's chaplet a few times, and then sadly the Mourners turned away,' a proud ship bearinglhein to their native land. Where were the crowds that had flock ed about them, as they left its shores? Alas!-the widow and her child found none of them. Alone and unaided,-they were left •to stem the torrent -of adversity. 'Theirs Was , a trite story. One and anoth- I ___ clear Ellen; too, aitiTyou glad to ice her . • agaid?". Ellen blushed, but the young man so courteously extended his hand to her that she could not refuse it. • "I am happy -to see Miss Seymour en. joying this beautiful day;" said he, in'low, gentle tones, as respectffilly , as if address ing a queen. a "I am happy to see Mr. Lincoln look ing. well , " responded the hely, with a quiet dignity, as she, passed along. • "But where are. you going my little niece?" said Herbert to Nell, detaining her a moment Fehind. _ to see grandtnamma SoyMour; idie's a sweet lady, - too. Ellen took Inc there once, and it made me so happy, that mother lets me go now whenever- she does,." and she tripped away. &alert:passed 'rapidlv to the first cor ner, then turned and deliberately retraced his steps and followed the two, till he learned the street And number of Ellen's hone. • That night'as he carefully examined his bureaus, it occurred to hint that his sup ply of linen :was quite too deficient, and forth With he pUrehased a goodly sized parcel' of the raw material, and at,an early hour the next clay wag' knotling at the door of the dilapidated house which he had seen Ellen enter. -Through,. vault like halls and up rickety stair-cases, lie wended 'his way, until he found Mrs. SeY, mour's room. The beautiful and saintly face of the widowed mother fascinated Lim as completely as had the daughter's, and with a reverential tone. he opened . his rand. "While she.inspected the linen, and made inquiries as. to the particular way he ,would have it made up, his eye glanced eagerly over -the room. The exquisite taste of the housemaid was visible every where. Geraniums and roses stniled.'m the *inter sunbeams that crept so loVinly into the narrow casement; the, white Muslin that draped ;them hung in folds gracetid as snow -wreaths ; peneillings as rich almost as mezzotints, hupg upon the, walls; the rockers were cushioned with rose-colored muslin ;.bits of cloth, gor geous Its hues of autumn' leaves,woven into mats, relieved the bare flopr pf its scanty look; a g uitar leaned under the tiny mir ror, anda few costly books Were scatter ed in an artist-like way hither and thither. "This is Tuesday,''Said Herbert, I have thein" by Friday :s" • "Oh yes, sir r atld sOorrer if you desire "Not sooner, unless you steal hours from the night, and your weary looks seem even now to say that you have done so." . . . "It is the lot of the seamstress," said -the lady-calmly but sadly. .• . . ,The young man could not trust his voice to • reply, and hastened away. In his office he gave way to his feeling : "She the beloved and the. beautiful, toiling in: menial service, and, that .angel-niother sewing for her living. •It shall be so no" longer. Thank God for riches," and s be seized his pen and inscribed these Words on a slip. of paer, "An hOnest debt due your husband,"and he enclosed -bank notes for five hundred dollads,., and ad dressing the envelope to Mrs. Seymour of -:------ street dropped-it in. the-post office. Could he hare seen -the grateful tears - that stole down the widow's cheeks, and heard her, soul-touching prayers, as slce , received it, that evening, he would haVe realized the full force of the text, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." "Oh that it were Ellen's evening at home," said she. "Thank Heaven, I may now have her all to _myself again. With this sum in hand, we can be cotutbrtable, without tasking • ourselves as severely as heretofore. My beautiful child - shall -be no' longer a menial." Impatiently she awaited Friday; even ing, for then Ellen .would surely be with her again. But that evening came and I went, she was left alone... A sudden and severe illness had attacked-Mrs. Summers, and when Herbert entered the house on the evening of the same day he had sent the generous gilt, he found it full of sorrow.- The physicians (44 shook their heads sadly, when askedif there was any_ hope, and when loving ones gazed on the white. face of the sick one, and marked the dePth and intensity of her agony, they turned away with fainting hearts.. Ad now the 11;111 beauty ,of the housemaid's character• was developed. Instinctively, they gave nap all to, her.. . , Her presence seemed to beautify' the sick room. .krider her loving ministrations, it assumed ac canty.that Was almost di:iue. alone knew Whether it. might be the gate of Paradise or a brighter lite on earth but all felt that whether the path of the pale One was heaven wardor here, it' was flower ] crowned. - -bay after -day, and night after. night, found the fair nurse beside her. patient. Paleness gathered on her cheeks and lips, but the same sweet smile played there; lassitude played on her lids, but the same hopeful look beamed from ,the -eye; the limbs trembled with weariness, yet obey ed the faintest whisper from - the couch. The physiciant looked in wonder that one so delicate held out so long under such heavy tasks, and whispered:one to another' "-Under God - she is-the healer." . . And when the crisis. came when Mrs. ;Summers lay there so deathly, that . only 1 by pressing a mirror to;her lips the flat; I tering life could be seen at all; when:her husband, brother, children . and friends 11 1 I - , stolen softly away, unable longer to es ." ' theirthat young -girl tar ried;t. . cries, - otionless, - almost breathless, silent prayving upward. . Oh, bo d - eac - she was to them all, st.s when she again apped, in their midst, and Enid in her own 10-IV;_aweet• music tones, " You may hope. `---,,,-,: •, - "Bless you, bless you, faithful - one!" *exclaimed Mr. Summers as he woms arms about her. "-Henceforth yen •ar oiie of the treasures of our hotaiehold,• the' sister of my adoption: Come hither, Xellie and George, and thank her; tinder Heaven, ndLi - ptas.tlw you w.ev r o ate we s t w o e h r e e r tl y ress our ed mot to hel i s e l h ife a . &nate - kisses brought fresh roses -to her cheeks. Then a manly hand, -Oh, how its pressure thrilled her nerves, amanly 'hand grasped hers, and a full rich-voice Murmured, "Oar angel sent by God," , . . On\ a bright and glorions,niorning, in 1 the month of rosys, a syllendidl 'equiage drovp, from the city mansion or, Mr. Sum mers. It-held a family party, "thp wife and' Mother styli pale, her convalescence 'sadly: I retarded - Ihr the fearful Miles* that had smitten her two idoli; GPM* and Nellie,l puny, thoi,igh out of all danger; theleve-1 ly Ellen,' !no longer maid bntleherished angel . •of iliope and love;- thin and white too, with bar winterand' Spring:ll nursing; I Mr. Summers, his fine face all aglori•with chastenedjoy, and Herbert Lincoln, look-1 ing as thn?igh - a lifetime et happiness was -I crowded into 'a moment.' ' ' I It was the first long . rido Ole"hysician z, had -permitted' the In v alids, nd they knew not, where they were goilig, . or at least noneibut.Herbert. Elleii had declined . going atfirst. "I . lialWseen !my' mother so', little 'Oflate" said she,. gently, ", I think I mast spend j l the holiday with her." . : • I But they all saidl "no;" and promised, ! if she' wynd go •With thum then, they would leave her with her mother', on their I return, and she should stay withiaut liiqit I of time. How lovely she:looked, as, con- 1 senting at length, she came to thilcarriage in her suanter array. Herbert! thouglit-I he had ntver ga•;,ed. on: -so . eNquisite a 1 maiden in , all his life; and longed with a frenzy he had - never felt before,! "to fold 1 her to liLsheart; that shrine whichlhad been 1 sacred to Iher front the first Moment of' I .. . , meeting. ; . 9 -.. ~ - 1 • "W hat:; lovely libine," exelaiied Ellen, as leaving the inain.'road,the - y lir wiled off into a splendid avenue, lined with grace ful elems, I and came in s Sight or a small .but elegant. mansion, , draped With rose,. vines mid 6111iwerpd in rare shrubbery. "I trust itlholds happy ii6ris." 1 "Yes," 4aid Lincoln Warmly" that it, does, and Iwe Will to-daylshare heir joy, for it is he !e'we are to . Stdp:" Joyfel ex clamations dirirst from them all. It seem._ ed like a bdaming °flight 'from fairy land, that beautifill place, to those senses so long petit ti p in chambers °I sickiless. • • They were uslied into a , parlor that seemed thel abode pfthe,graces, se charm ingly were beauty and .ntility blended. A moment !they waited ere the Irustling - of satin announced: the approach of the' lady, to whorii they were i makiiii , so , un- 1 . ceremoniousa Visit. • r • - • She entered in a second and Nellie Summers vas clasping - her !eland the neck. " Grandinamina-Slynainr, the fairies did conic td you as you told me last week perhaps they= would'sonletime. ' (ph, I am so glad." • I . Mr. and Mrs. Summers stcqiped !forward and grasped her hand; bat Herbert and George, Where were they?! A serqun from Nellie annotated them Pale andlpassi,on less Ellen hly in their arms,. She had not seen-her !Other, but her eyes luni. caught sight of a slnall Greek liai•p in it iiillard niche, her awn father's gift, and isold by. herself-whek they left, the prondi city of scorn. Meinories so many and sad had unStrungluir nerves. Joy seldoin kills, though. When awakening from lick swoon, she met the tearful eyes 'Of' her inother, she-felt assied there was Some Nist mys tery to he told. It was all soon etained. Herbert' and Mrs. Seymour Ifad become fast friends in . the past Winterihe had cheered the lonely : hours of Ellen's ab sence--he had learned her story land as sured hiniself that foul wren likt, I been. done her hilsband: "Employing the - beat counsel in h er native city, he bent all his own .cnergies • and talenta to the cause, and sifted 'the matter to its ,ver l y root, and triatripbed too. : The fair name came back finrer than ever, and the wealth with it, too; thelwretches who had blackened the one' and stolen. the other,,cowardly fleeing, ions. instead of making' manly, confes s I 1 I "I have tn. thank Mr. Lincoln fat it all," Jo ~ &claimed Mrs. S7eytrtour 04 the • iilose of her 'recital, "and I have-to pay hi' vet," and she glaheed archly at him.' "'Bills should be settled even ottiOngfrien s." Herbert liOsitated a moment. en he knelt besideiber: "I have no m ther," he, said, sadly. "Heins one to mei. and I am repaid a :thousand times." ,She threW back the raven lecks . that clustered on his noble brow, anti ithininted there a calm; sweet kiss. ""My sod," said she solemnly; "I adopt von in to. iik love; Ellen receive' altrother!' Hut Ellen was' gout.: Theyitaught,lOwever, a gliMpse of white muslin in the green Shubbery, and she was follked - not , by both,.. tough;' Mrs. Seymoitr,had,'•lndeed riseiti but a• .sudden thrilling pulse in bor warp heart. 'checked her,} and she 4-esnmed lier Seat. - Herbert hastened ',out and fotipd her under,the shadow °flan elm', on a tea of moss, with Wet. lap full of rosebuds.; Seat ing frimself . ibeside ,her,- lie, whisp e red to her willing ear, long and passionaty, his . heart adoration, and With a 1 radix Clook II of jos-, led 'lei back : tolthe honse an teller mother's knde. • -1. - ' i "As A brother, 1.:14.n will not owit me," said lie, "hiii when I asked: if sonic day, 'not far. awdv, she would call mu by a dearer mime ? ! she *lie more' Willing" Our hearts have Ihng been one--blestionother dear, Oh, bless the union of our lives!" • , — l ---ossost--, —4—,- ~ ..1 ScEIE IN .Al VI il,LGE:cil UiLlf .--4 A Sun day last, says the Wocester',Spy, in tone of the churches lot* the, good. toWn • of ' Spen- ' cer, while do: people- were engagedin the the worship Of God, something i tusual i occurred._ It was at the. corrimunidn set.: Nice, and justi before -the Safoatnenk was, offered, a mari,iri;the back part of the as sembly rose, and a eliherately'passediup the aisle to the table in front of the altat, seiz ed one of the Sacratnewtal goblets With one hand,aud .the !large silver pit4her. with the other,filled the gobletwithWine, an 0 turn ing to thfauilienee,- coolly dranki it. Off ; and returned to his seat. ' The read4r Oul.r. imagine OM sinprise of the tiongre4ation. . • rar" A Qiiiike=iar i ptui brilmited. hat blown otr-by the wind, and he rilmsed . it -long time. with fruitless and wily rid iesulou • 'al,. t At' I'ast4'seeing aguish looking tkiyjatighing ''et,' hisl, disas4 r,.,- t e r sttid tolirn "---P--< - • • - ' '; ' i ''' diThetion ',' l A ,l it y"it - ot t :l, l o4 7 ,ol : l4o,it l e a d i a p hirt r ep*:i tui .to4 , akirie. ela ;,, d .t,li ' s ' e - . lio . - ,: .. 371 - ' ,, ti . i coosi:n*l l') . from his pocko;-“tiee . may datniroadtr . fleeing tile fifty cents worth.. ;. ' - 1:--',•-•.: NO. 41. Our Countrjed Progress. , 'Rea OUR CrOVEAMIENt BEEN A FAlLtriti SINCE 1820 ?..-1 1 `.toors.rEitsus4lvitti). t, In his carefully elaboratedanct sophisti• calspeech at Detrult,, Mr: SeWard'assert that •our political ilyittem-toOk a national departure in 1820, and-since then thh govj eminent has, id one,word, been a failurej The };lack Republican agitator in thiS speech plainly Sets forth the, intention'o( hnnself and-his party: to revolutionize dui whole poliey_of the government; and to converr the administration' of this federal . ipower into n great anti-slavery scheme. - It is as, a pre justificationof such an inters that he boldly asserts that the governmen t; has been a failure since 1820.—But this is not the faCt; Inateitd of being.a.failure , the American government, judged by its results,. has_been a great success, in Airo-1 curing . prosperity . at home .add •respect I and good will abroad. This fact has been'; lucidly set fOrth by . Mr: Everett in his re-; cent reply to the sneer of Earl GreY,. r at universal suffrage arid .rui . unbalaneed 1./e-1 mocracy. On that occasion lie gave, A i glowing picture ofthe success achicled fix this country in subduin g the savage in I beast and human kind, in establishingina terial prosperity among the people, in de- Iveloping the higher,branches of a goner our civilization—Our. inventive . genius, I our historians, our workers, in . legal sci- i mice and public law—and in all the ini,glity., .field of our historical development and the ! progress of the arts. It is not difficult to' determine what portion , of. this mighty' growth has been aehieved since the. time when according to ;qr. Seward,. we , took a national departure 'and out governthenC has been a failure. • • • . :• From our recorded hist6ry and' (level-11 opement we can give 7a succinct view ofi our material .prosperity since 18201 and if we .do -not cite the evidences of our ' i ! intellectual growth, it is because such a !citation would require much more Space!! than we can devote ..to the subject, midi' because it is not necessary to do 1,0 '; fork it is manifest to every one, ond it. is ;a re-1 Cognized truth that the developMent of; human knowledge is inseparable frZun the! . progress of industry and national wealth] ' Let - us, then, look at the tigures and gauge , the ditferencebetween then anit now. lii I 1820 there were twenty-three States in the I Union, now there are - thirty-three ;; then its area wasi,7s7,miutitare miles, new it' i. 4 2,035,160 ; our panulation then was e, I 638,131, now it is 33,000,0004 our regis-i I tered and enrolled shipping then was- 1 : 11 00,165, tons, now it 'is :5,145,1304 ou annualiinpottS then amounted' to 874,4.50 000, no* they amount to 338,768,130: our exports were $6b,601,601), now .they' are 03359,1,89,462 ; our reverae then ~ was I 816,779,331, now .It, il *70,0014;000 ; th e rti- •I al and personal estate of our citizens' then b was not over *1,000,000,000, now it is es-! tiinated at 810,e00,060;000; then. we had I _350,000, persons employed in manutinitur- I ing establishments, producing over 4t5h.0,. 000,000, yearly, now we have,-1,250, 000 persons in the business of manufluituring. We might continue this comparison :to a much larger extent ;- but . what' We have ,said suffices to 'proVe the genii& restiltS of our government policy- in amaterialpoint. l of view, and we will turn - to itS' intellectu lal and • moral Tomtits. . ~- - We will first - contemplate the domeste policy that: has‘eontributed to produce these vast results. o,nrterritorial esten sion; beginning with Florida in 1821,.and ending with California, has 'added thou sands of Millions to the available we:lit 11 of the - World: Qurjaritl policy,whichs was discussed from the time of Adams to that of Polk; has swept away all the, odious restriction's of commerce, and become , es tablished 'on the broad and permanakt ba sis o c perfeet liberty to incliii(ltnitter prise. The - divorce of hank and State has been accomplished, and ohr'currency and trade freed front the oppression of a mon opolizing bank.: Private_ enterprises, in the construction of public works. has been freed from the blighting influences of com petition with governmentsubsidised effort. Our Pacific empire has. been redeemed. from the wandering tribes of Indians., and transformed' into prosperous Static. These great points of our home, 'policy have hot been fitilures, but successes, Isneh as no icithergovernment in the world lex bilk. Let us now look at our progress abroad. • At the period when Mr. Seward clitims. that our government -took a- national ',de parturcond that since then it bas failed to produce respect or good, will :thread the American nanie - was attahnost inikneWii i one in Europe, so tar, as moral influence was concerned, and we may ask with Pride I: .where does it stand now ? . Then Eurape was forging the Holy Alliance" for the. re subjugation of the Spanish American col- - f` °flies ; our clainis.for redress for outrages I under the Orders -in Council, and , the ;: Berlin and Milan decrees, anti otlit , i>aild- ', trary.procecdings; NiC re .hoirted . at in:eve ry court in Europe ; our commerce J was subjected to onerous discrimination's' in. ; hallthe. ports of the World ; our flag ' was 'denied the freedom of the seas ' •,Mir claim that free ships 'made free goods and our 1 right of fishery;