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Tho Lost Mexican City.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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; <were denied: pirates
.swarmed in our waters; and even a dirty 1
negro potentate in Ilayti sneeredat•us as. ` '
a mercenary . people, who would go to the i•
infernal regions for a .bag of coffee. .sinee !
then' the.ltonroe doctrine has been proniul.-1
- gated, and the re-subjugation or Spanish,
America . is no more thought of'; nearly
every government in'Europe or AMerita
has riS:iognizeil.and, redressed the claims
of our citizens ; all Open their ports to us [
on the most favOred . natiOnal..terma; the
claim-of the right.e(seareh-on the sea. is
abandoned ; our doctrine that free ships .
make - free - goodi•isUtablished ;.• the
American seas ha‘4 been z • eleared of to rates
onr boundaries have bee recognized I
; at
our •intggestions . .114 &mind dues at ;the 1
mouth Of the "Bahia -have been abolished ; i
Japan upileil . to the world; the neutrality 1
of the Aniericam isthmus secured to eoin 7 l
meroel; and-our Ilagand name are •everyt
•where'respeeteitasithesynihol of nation- i
al power and greatness. ,
' Bach 'the foicCestifol ' ' , result of that
nalienalpilicy whiOhi 'Mr; • , Seward -ro
il,
nolltlettli tn.have • a' a - lailuie at' home
and abroad ,
.No , o her 'nation can exhibit
a. brighter reeOrd•.• here, thOn, are 4:be .
found those etiden .es of ConTesion di4sat...,
. 1
• -
JOB MMEMNG of ALL KINDS,:-
,
•Domr. tT TILE OVVICE:OP Tin!
X)3ll2ltE C;)
, • NEATLY ARD.PROXPTLY, '
AND AT "LIVE 'AND LET LAVE" PRICES
. .
. THE office of .the 314introse Democrat
has recital; been supplied with a new and choke variety
• oftypq, etc., and we are now prepared to print paypitlets
etc., etc..; in the beat stilt., on abort notice.
• •
H ".
Handbills, _Posters, .Prognunmeg, and
other kinds of work la this line, dorm pcoordlng to otter.
BtiainCk and Ball Cdlarj,
Tickets; ste t , tordittst with neatness and dostateti.
' Justices' andConstable.s' Blanks, Notes,
Deeds, and all other I.lltuike, - on kand, or printed to order.
rtz Job work and Blanks, to be paid fid on delfTes7.
isfactiiiii; 'and-danger which he
They are to be found in the history of tho,
times sinee he,and his . thctious co-workers
found their way info the halls of Congress,
and his finaticarparty has become a pole
' Grin the North. It is he and his'followers
1 who have--opposed. and-' endeavored to
thwart at every- poinethe foreign policy
1 of the government. :to defeat treaties to
i break:up negotiation's and by, attacting•
the )personal character of the president, to
destroy the inorar power of the:govern
, Kent. It is his party that has proclaimed
,dome -tic war, fostered invaders of sister
t'StateOtimnlated fraud in legislation, and
poptilar commotion and out of Cone
gross. It is front his dernagogueical ek:
ample, and the revolutionary-and destruc
tire theories of his party, 'that' all timso
evils have sprung. ,The dissitisfaCtion to
day witnessed in the- land is turning up
on the factions politicians. who have crea
it,.f.nd the rising tide of an }finest na;
tional,sentiment will Seal them with its
'indignant rejection in Noveinber nest.
, • A Boar Story.
The dull monotony of Inskip, sans a cs-ft
ro:....Tiondet bf the Butte 'Record, California
wes enliv .1' a IC - iv days since; 'by the
• , ,
introduction of. a grizzly bear stile our
'midst, a re s tital. of e‘hose terrible resistance
rind' ultimate death, at..the:hands of a wo
nian, created - . no small .sensation.
knout . that during the pioneer's march •
across the-western continent.; while pot-
lug d o wn forests,' asceueliyg mountainS,
bridging rivers, erecting log cabins, and
building cite.;, that lovely woman had
performed pr s oligies of valor ; and, when
we read her exploits, stoic as we arc, our
hearts heats quicker, and the tears or ad
miration almost three thonselve; from Our
eyes.. We have read - of women shooting
. - turkeys, panthers" and Indians indiscrinn
nately ; but there is something heroic,
'transcendent, and glorious in' a: woman's
heart when she , can calmly take - -,her rifle in
'hand, with no human being near to ren-,
derassistarice, in ease iddefcat or dis:ister
and eonimenee prolatory. war on a 'herd
of fero - cious gizzly hears, 'which have al
ways justly been considerd the terror' of
the mountains, and to gain a'sigual
ry over them by- killing one and routing'
the others. Four or five grizzlies upbeat--
,
ea at the ranche - of En 7.3 Perry, whi c h i s
loeated live or six miles above Inskip, on :
Cite west branch of iseatber river, and, af
ter killing nue her young cattle, commen
ced their gluttonous . feast upon the car-'
ease, Thivas too outrafreuns for- Eliza •
to, witness-unmoved , her blood was up,
and she did not Wait -to calculate the chin
er, She leveled her rifle on one of thu
largest among them, and purled a ball in
his spine, Which sent him spinning to tLu
ground; but soon, with horrid screams,'
he partially regained his, feet, arid made a
• farious'elutrge upon his \ pAtieoated
Ifel‘ire, he got near enough to - touch thu,
brave worrum, sbe had re-loaded her rifle .
awl 'sent another leaden ;messenger into
his ."corpus'' to Ai, its work; nor- died site
desist until her: eighth . balk-had • perie
trated the large beast, wide proVed to be
•liis,buietus, and lie. fell dead, while • Irks
companions sought safety amid the "hor
s rent. hills." 'There is' quite a contras be
t Ween this occurrence arid one that happen.
led -:at Crane Valley,'a short aime previous
when: two or llieee grizzlies went to a,
[,Dutehman's ranch at night, and . stirred up
I,an excitement among is - cattle. Ile went
out wits. three navy . revolvers, and shot
me of his milcalves l eighteen timer kill-
I: Mg it so dead that it smelt bad in a."minit
while the grizzlies were stands,, round
looking at the. fun.
,
I A l'ut.err AsEcnort:.—Some days since
I: we, chanced to be in company with 7 seS-c
-Iral eminent- divines„whp were relating nu.
:, merous amusing aueolOtes of the pulpit
Among other : , the „following struck our
I lithey
as `One deserving of . record: : '•
" I.was," said -the rverend 'gentleman,
"attending divine sityiee in Norfork, Her:
eral years ago, during a season bf some
t excitement. While the officiating clew
Ir man was in the midst of a most interest
!, mg discussion' an old lady among the eon- •
11.,Pregation arose,. clapped her hands, and.
i exclaimed, 'Merciful Father,-if I had ouo .
1 . more in. m , } wing of faith; I would
ilv off to- glory.' The wort hy gentleman
thus interrtipted, inudediately, replied,
Good Lord, stick it in; . and let "her go;
she's "but a tronble- ln:re:' . That . .itieted
the old lady, • " [Western..paper. -
SEeoxn Asn Tuna) Tnot - oirrs.---Sttett,
the -comedian,,nsed to tell story ,of a
woman with whom ho • lodged, who waq
rather fond of gin. .v;-31te would order her
survamt to get the supplies after the follow
ing fashion! " Betty, go and.- get a quar
tern loaf of _bread, anti half 'a quartet-n Of
O IL " Off stalled Thqty. She, was speed
ily recalled. " Betty, make it a half (par
tern Mar and a quartern. of Hot
Betty had nerq !hid -3. got over the thresh
hold on the ruilsion ere the ,voice was
again heard, "Betty, on second thought,
we may - as well make it all gin.:'
SOMETHING FOR TiroEs.—"!" Of my ok
istence, give. me an said a- Printer to
his sweetheart. She immediately made a
st-him, and planted' her be
tween his two ii, "Such an '7 ontrage," -
said Faust, looking ff at her "is without
-11."+:Exchange. .
Our devil says that if - a gal had served
him so, he would give lief another--,
which would have made her C more .4n
-than her two ii eversaw Bt. And then
if . she L.----4—ed her two in his ii
again he'd continue until ho pfit
a. to her. ----Mg.
Avanicc.—lt is a sad thing that - aver.
Ice is often the companion vice 'of old age.
As we advance init.!, we lookinanv of our
luve frieraship, - graces and .setisibilitie ;
yet we often become possessed of tln
ineans•Of exciting - grattitude, by Joint
substantial benefits, for which, utifoatti ,
lately, the love of bearding and inerea;; oP
caution-render many indisposed. •
ggir Prayer is the , appljeation oC want:"
to thin `who only "Om relieve it; the vnico
°f lip to 111 M who alone can pardon it.
It IN the urgency of poverty, the.prostra
ti, of humility, the fervency of patience.
the cenfidenee of trust. . -