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SELECT POETKY.
tum tYMfl MOTHER.
T ALICE CAtCY.
W wers weeping round her pillow,
n For vre know that h must die :
II was night within our boaomt,
It wai uight within the sky,
There were seven of us children,
I the oldest ol them all,
So I triej to whisper comfort,
But the blinding tear would fall.
Oh ! be kind to one another,
Was my mother' pleading prayer,
A her hand lay like a snow Hake
On the baby's golden hair.
Then s glory bound her forehead,
Like the glory of crown,
And in the tilent sea of death
The star of lite went down.
Her latest breath was bore away
Upon that loving prayer,
And the hand grew heavier, paler,
In the baby's golden hair.
TUB CHOSS OF CURIST.
r mss. w. o. s.
I turn, my Cod, to thee in need,
And never turn in vain:
I think of thy protecting love,
And all is calm again.
Tho' care and sorrow on me press,
Thy love dipel the gloom ;
And brighter joy and greater bleis
My path ol lite illume.
Tho' friendship's smile may b withdrawn
And love's bright hope betray,
Thy ernile, dear Lord, is still the same,
Thy love cun ne'er decay.
The mourn of life may o'ercast,
And cloud hang o'er at even ;
The fioss of Christ still points above,
And speaks of bless in Heaven !
Tim MOTHER AND HOY.
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
"Tom, let that alone!" exclaimed a
mother, petulantly, to a boy of seven years
of age, who was playing with a tassel that
hung Irom one ol the window blinds, to the
imminent danger of iti destruction.
The hoy did not seem to hear, but kept
on fingering the tassel.
"Let that be, I tell you ! Must I speak
a hundred tiniest Why don't you mind at
once V
The child slowly relinquished his hold oi
the tassel, and commenced runniug his
hand up and down the Venilian blinds
"1 litre! there! Do for gracious' rake
let thorn blinds alone. Go away Irom the
window this moment and try to keep your
hands olF of things. 1 declare you are the
most trying child I ever saw."
Tom left the window and threw himself
at full length into the cradle, where he
commenced rocking himself with the force
and rapidity that made everything crack
again.
Get out of the cradle Y What do you
meau ! The child really seems possessed."
And the mother caught him by the arm
and jerked him from the cradle.
Tom said nothing, but with the most lire
perturable air in the world, walked twice
around the room, and then pushing a chair
up be lore the dressing bureau, took there
Irom a bottle of hair lustra), and pouring the
palm ol his little hands full of the liquid,
commenced rubbing it upon his head.
Twice had this operation been performed,
and Tom was pulling open a drawer to get
the hair brush, when the odor of the oily
compound reached the nostrils of the lad's
mother, who was sitting with her back to
wards him. Turning quickly, she saw
what was going on.
"You!" fell angrily from her lips, as
she dropped the baby in the cradle. "Isn't
it too much 1" she continued, as she swept
across the room to where 1 om was stand
ing at the bureau dressing-glass.
"I here, sir," and the child's ear rang
again with the box it received. "There,
sir !" and the box was repeated. "Havn't
I told you a hundred times not to touch
that hair out Just see what a spot ot
grease you have made on the carpet. Look
at your hands!"
loin looked at nit nands. and seeing
them lull ot oil, clapped tnem down quick
ly on his jacket, and tried to rub them
clean,
"There! Stop! Mercy! Now tee your
jacket that you put on this morning.
urease irom top to bottom: Jtnt it too
bad 1 I am in despair !"
And the mother let her hands fall by
her side, and Doay drop into a chair.
"It's no use to try," she continued.
"I'll give it up. Just see that jacket ! It's
totally ruined. And that carpet too. Wat
there ever such a trying boy T . Go down
stairs this instant, and tell Jane to come up
here.'
Tom had reason to know that hit mother
was not in a mood to be trifled with, to he
went oil' briskly and called Jane, who was
directed to get tome fuller's earth and put
upon the carpet where trie on bad been
spilled.
Not at all liking toe atmosphere or nit
mothers room, Tom being once in the
kitchen, felt no inclination to return. Hit
first work there, after delivering hit mes
sage to Jane, was to commence turning the
conee-mill.
"Tommy," taid the cook mildly, yet
nrmiy, "you know I've, told you that it
was wrong to touch the coffee-mill. See
here on the floor, where you bare tcattered
tne cones about, and bow 1 must get
broom and tweep it uo. If you tk) to, I
cant let you come down here.
The boy stood op and looked at the cook
seriously, whilst the got the broom and
twent ud the dirt be had anade.
It1 all dean again aowf said tke cook
pleasantly "And yon won't do to any
more win your
"No, I wontt touch the coflVi-mill.w
And as Tom said this he sidled up to the
Kniie-uoi tnat stood upon the dresser, and
made a dive into it with hit hand. "Oh,
no, no, Tommy ! That won't do either."
said the cook. "The knives have all been
cleaned, and they are to go on the table to
eat with."
"Then what can I play with.' Marea-
rett" asked the child as he left the dresser.
"I want something to play with." -
I he cook thought a moment, and then
went to a closet and brought out a basket
filled with clothes-pins. . At the held them
in ber hand, she said
"Tommy, if you will be careful not to
break any of these, nor scatter them about,
you may have them to play with. But,
remember, now. that as soon as vou be?in
to throw them about the room, f will put
them up again."
"Uh, no, l won't throw them about."
said the little fellow, with brightening eyes,
at he reathed for the basket of pins.
In a little while he had a circle formed
on the table, which he called his fort; and
inside of this he had men, cannon, sentry
boxes, and other things that were suggested
to hi fancy.
"Where's Thomas!" asked his mother.
about the time he had become fairly inter
ested in his fort.
"I lelt him down in the kitchen." said
Jane.
"Go down and tell him to come tin in
stantly."
Down went Jane.
"Come right along up stairs to your moth
er,'' said she.
"No, I won't," replied the boy.
"Very well, Mister! You can do as
you like ; but your mother tent for you."
"Tell mother I am plavinz here so wood.
I am not in any mischief, am I Margaret?"
".o tommy. Hut your mother has
sent lor you and you had better go."
"l don't want to."
Just as you like," said Jane, indiffer
ently, as she left the kitchen and went up
stairs.
"Where's Tommy 1" was the question
with which she was met on returning to
the chamber.
"He won't come ma'am."
"Go and tell him, that if he does not
come to me instantly, I will put on his
night clothes and shut him up in the closet."
l he threat ol the closet was generally
uttered ten times where it was executed
once.
It made but little impression upon the
child, who was all absorbed in his fort.
Jane returned. In a few moments after
wards, the quick angry voice of the mother
was heard ringing down the stair-way.
"You Tom! Come up here this in
stant."
'I'm not troubling anything, mother."
"Come up, I say."
"Margaret savs I may play with the
clothes pint. I'm only building a fort
with them."
"Do you hear roe !"
"Mother."
"Tom! If you don't come to me in a
moment I'll almost tkin you ! Margaret,
take them clothes pins away. Pretty play
things, indeed, for you to give a boy like
him. JMo wonder 1 have to get a dozen
new ones every two or three months.
Margaret now spoke.
"Tommy you must go to your mother."
She now took the clothes pins and com
menced putting them in the basket where
they belonged. Her words and action had
a more instant effect than all the mother's
storm of passion. The boy left the kitchen
and went slowly upstairs.
"Why did'nt you come when I told your
Say?"
I he mother seized her little boy by the
arms the moment he came within reach of
her, and dragged rather than led him up
stairs, uttering such exclamations as these
by the way
"I never saw such a child : You might
as well talk to the wind ! Humph ! Clothes
pins, indeed ! Pretty playthings to give a
child ! Everything goes to ruin ! There !"
And as the last word was uttered, loin
my was thrust into his mother's room with
a force that nearly threw him prostrate.
"Now, take on them clothes, sir."
"What for, mother ! I hav'nt done any
thing, l did'nt hurt the clothes pins.
Margaret said 1 might play with them."
"D'ye hear! Take off them clothes,
say."
"I did'nt do anything, mother."
A word more, and I'll box your ears
till they ring for a month. Take off them
clothes I say. I'll teach vou to come when
when I send for you. I'll let you know
whether 1 am to be minded or not."
Tommy slowly disrobed himself, while
bit mother, fretted to the point of resolu
tion, eyed him with unrelenting aspect.
1 be jacket and trowtert were removed, and
the night drawers ordered to be put on in
.L . J Ml L ' I
ineir sieaa, tommy an tne wnue protest'
ing fearfully that he had done nothing.
"Will you hush V was all the satisfac
tion he received for hit protestations.
Now, Jane, take him up stairs (0 bed.
He's got to lie there all afternoon."
It was then tour, and the tun did not set
until nearly right o'clock. Up stairs the
poor child bad to go, and then the mother
had tome quiet. Her babe slept soundly in
the cradle, undisturbed by Tommy's racket
and the enjoyed a new novel to the. extent
of almost forgetting her lonely boy shut up
in tne cnamoer aoove.
"Where's Tommy t" taid ner friend
who dropped in at six o'clock.
In bed," taid the mother with a sigh.
"What's the matter I . It be tick V
"Oh bo. J almost wish be were."
What a etraife wish! Why do you
wish sot" u
"Oh. because bet like a little ange
when be it sick good m he can be.
No, I bad him sent to bed as a punishment
for ditobodieate I think I never taw one
just like him. But you know obedience is
everything. It is our duty to require a
,str:ci regard to tins in our children."
"Certainly. If they do not obey their
parent! at children, they will not obey the
Jawt at men."
"That it precisely the view I take. 'And
I make it a point to require implicit obedi
ence in my boy. This is my duly at a pa
rent. But it it hard work."
"It is, doubtless. Still we must perse
vere, and in patience possessing our souls."
"To be patient with a boy like mine is a
hard task. Sometimes I feel as if I would
go wild," said the mother.
"But, under the influence of such a feel
ing," remarked the friend, "what we say
makes little or no impression. A calmly
uttered word, in which there is an expres
sion ot interest, and .sympathy for the
child, does more good than the sternest
commands. This I have long since dis
covered. I never scold my children.
Scolding does no good but harm. My old
est boy is restless, excitable and impulsive.
If 1 were not to provide him with the
means of employing himself, or in some
way interest him, his hands would be on
everything in the hous, and both he and I
would be made unhappy."
"But how can you interest him?"
"In various ways. Sometimes I read to
him, sometimes I set him doing things by
way of assisting me. I take him out when
lean, and let him go with the girls when 1
send them on errands. I provide him with
things suited to his age. In a word, I try
to keep him in my mind, and therefore find
it not very dillicult to meet his varying
states. I never thrust him aside, and say I
am too busy to attend him when he comes
with a request. If I cannot grant it, I trv
and not say no, for that word comes too
coldly upon the eager desire of an ardent
minded boy.-'
"But how can you help saying no if the
request is one you cannot grant ?.' , .
"Sometimes I ask it something else will
not do as well. And sometimes I endeavor
to create a new interest in his mind. There
are various ways in which it must be done,
that readily suggest themselves to those de
sirous for the good of their children. It is
affection that inspires thought. The love
of children always brings a quick intelli
gence touching their good. '
Much more was said not ncedlul to re
peat. When the friend was away, Tom
my a mother, whose heart convicted her ot
wrung to her little bov, wont up to the
room where she had sent him to spend four
five lonely hours as a punishment for
what was in reality her own fault, not his.
hree hours of the weary time had already
passed. She did not remember to have
heard a sound from him, since she drove
im away with angry words. Iu fact she
had been too deeply interested in the new
book she was reading, to have heard any
noise that was not extraordinarily loud.
at the door ol the chamber she stood and
istened for a moment. All was silent
within. The mother's heart beat with a
heavy motion. On entering, she found
the order of the room undisturbed. Tom
my was asleep on the bed. And his moth
er bent over him, she saw that tears were
upon his cheeks and eyelids, and that the
pillow was wet. A choking sigh struggled
up from her bosom. She felt a rebuking
conscientiousness or having wronged her
boy. She laid her hand upon his red cheek,
but drew it back instantly. It was hot
with fever. She caught up his hand ; it
was also in a burning glow. Alarm took
the place of grief for having wronged her
child. She tried to awaken him, but he
only moaned and muttered. The excite.
ment had brought on a lever.
When the father came home and laid his
hand npon the hot cheek of his sleeping
hoy, he uttered an exclamation of alarm,
and started off instantly for a physician.
All night the wretched mother watched by
the side of her sick child, unable from fear
and self-reproach to sleep. When the
morning broke, and Thomas looked up into
her face with a elance of affection, his fe
ver was gone and his pulse calm, the moth
er laid her hand thankfully against that of
her boy, and prayed Heaven tor strength lo
bear with nun, and wisdom to guide ber
feet aright ; and as she did so in the silence
of her overflowing heart, the lad drew his
arms around her neck, and kissing her
said
"Mother I do love you !"
That tears came Rushing down the moth'
er's face is no cause of wonder, nor that she
returned half wildly the embrace and kis
of her child.
Let us hope that in her future conduct
towards her ardent, restless boy, the may
be able to control herself-, for then . she
will not find it hard to bring him into sub
jection to what it right.
Last Degreb op Relationship. A
Hoosier ttepped on board a steamboat as
she was lying at a certain port on the Ohio
river, and bawled out, "Is tne captain
aboard?"
The captain, who wat standing among
the crowd, responded' "ies; what do you
want with him?' ....
, K)b, nothing particular; he'ia distant re
lation o. mine, and I'd like to see him."
"A relation ol yours?" inquired the cap
tain, somewhat surprised.
; "Yes, a slight relation; he't the father
of mv first child." '
Vnu'd hitler believe the captain alooed.
while the crowd enjoyed the sport to their
heart's content.
A Connecticut dame, the mother of
large family, was one day asked the number
of her children. ' - - ' - '
"La me ! she replied, rocking herself to
and fro,"I,ve got fourteen j mostly boyiand
Where there is no corn there will be found
no crows, and where there is no money you
-
will find no mend
' A CAPITAL 8TORT. :
Everybody hat heard of the hoax that
Powers, the great sculptor, is said to have
played off on Peyton S. Symmes, of Cincin
nati. The sloiy has recently been resusci
tated and embellished by some additions not
in the original, and has been repeated so of
ten tbaf Symmes naturally felt annoyed, and
to relieve him, Powers was written to, and
in the reply he wrote the subjoined amusing
account of tho affair. It will be seon that
Mr. Symmes was not the subject of the hoax
and we are glnd the stojy is shifted to some
body else's shoulder, for Mr. S. is one of the
worthiest men we know of, his only failing
eing rather too diffusive punning. But to
Powers letter. Here it it, and a capital let
ter it is too.
Florence, March 27, 1849.
To Piytoh S. Symmes, Esq. My dear Sir :
In a letter from Mr. Kellogg, I am requested
to state the fact,'a to an alleged imposition
upon you by Mr. Henderson, the actor. It
has been said In some of our papers that you
weieofthe number upon whom Mr. H. im
posed himself as a traxigiire, in the Western
Museum, some fifteen or twenty years ago,
and my name has been given as authoiity
for the truth of the story. It is natural that
you should disrelish such an imputation, and
as the story, so far as you are concerned in
it, is untrue, it is but just that you should de
sire refutation fiom me.
t remember to have said, whenever the
story was told, that Mr. Heiidoreon had de
signs upon several of our most respectable
citizens, yourself of the number; but these
designs were never executed, excepting upon
half a doen or more persons residing in the
immediate vicinity of the Museum. This
was done in order to satisfy me that the
thing was practicable; for Mr. Henderson
hoped to prevail upon me to allow him the
use of one of the large glass enclosures in the
Museum for hi experiments upon a larger
scale. He succeeded perfectly in duping the
half dozen individuals above alluded to, but
I withheld my consent to any further pro
ceedings, and so tho matter ended. I allow
ed hitn the ne of a small room for perform
ing the experiment for I thought he would
fail and that thus I should get rid of hi re
quest for tho use of a case in the Museum
without having to deny him a favor.
When Henderson had prepared himself,
one of his acquaintance was invited into the
room to see an unfinished representation of
Henderson, the actor, in the chaiacler of
Sir Francis Gripe." On entering, ihe figure
was seen standing in a corner of the room
with the head leaning against an old coat,
folded in such a manner us to afford a back
ground, and thus prevent unsteadiness, which
ini'hl lead to detection. A while wig made
of horse hait decorated the head. The face
was dnubbed with ochre, vermillion and lamp'
black ; the features were much distorted, so
that had my reputation as an artist depended
upon their resemblance to the original, I
mmhl have feared for the result ot the ex
amination about to take place. The visitor,
however, seemed disposed to flatter me ; and
grateful for the permission to see an unfinith.
ed work, assured me that I had been very
successful in the likeness. He thought, in
deed, that I had improved upon the original.
f begged him to suggest any improvement
that might occur to him. He replied: "Per
haps you might modify that peculiar cock of
the eye a little ; and if I were you, I would
!'ive him a better leg, instead of those spindle
shanks of his." This last remnk occasioned
a decided change in the expression of the
wax figure, for Hendersou thought a good
deal of his legs. This change, however, was
not observed by the visitor, who still regard
ed the legs; but 1 had a great difficulty iu
containing my own countenance, so ludicrous
was the scene. The wax face had now re
covered its proper expression, when our visi
tor took up the lamp, and, against my dissua
sive remarks lhat'the effect was best a dis
tance, that the thing was not yet finished,
and consequently would not bear close in
spection he walked directly up to the figure
and stood within a foot of it, face to face. It
was evident that no trick was even suspected
as be held the lamp now lo one side, them
below, &e. &c, the better to examine to
work. The actor's eyes had now been kept
so long open without winking, that moisture
was beginning to collect in the corners; ob
serving which, our critic exclaimed, "Mar
vellout ! How in the world did you contrive
to make those tears t Did you use gum
Arabic, or copal varnish ', At this, the friend
who stood at my side eould refrain no longer,
but laughed outright. I was obliged to laugh
also but the actor still maintained the ludi
orous gravity of his countenance. The critio
appeared confused for a moment, staling at
us inquiringly but he soon became aware
that a trick bad beeu played upon him, and
suddenly turning again upon the wax hgure
he seised it by the nose, and the tweak he
gave it would havt) proved fatal lo the syra
metry of a waxen proboeis. A it was bow.
ever, it did no damage to thai organ, but it
brought some additional moisture to Hender
son's eyes and an exclamation from bis mouth
of "D n it, don't ! You forget that my note
it made of vox " .Others were Introduced
after this to sea the wax figure, bat I shall
not attempt to describe any more of these in
terviews ... V
You are at liberty to make use of the above
statement in a private manner, er Weed
publicly, should you deem it eeesary to re
fute any statements of an apposite character.
With pleasant reooltoctlons of yw kind
ness and civilities at Cinoinnatti.
1 beg yse believe me, very sincerely yours,
. His. AM Pewits.
raooRui in CALtrotittu.
The rapid progress made In California, par
ticularly in San Francisco, towards the stand
ard of society and habits of life of our Atlan
tic population, is in nothing more clearly
shown than in loosing over a file of papera
from that wonderful country. Wo have be
fore us some numbers of the "Alta Califor
nia," and as their miscellaneous and political
news has been already pretty thoroughly
exhausted, ws have entertained ourselves
with examining their well filled advertising
columns, which afford at true a picture of
some branches of life in California; as can
be obtained anywhere else.
Conspicuous among the advertisements,
we find the card of our townsman and cor
respondent, Joshua P. Haven, who performs
the business of Notary Public, (commissioned
by Gen. Riley,) Custom House and Insurance
Broker," at his office in "Portsmouth Square,"
Mr, Haven is not alone in the business, as
we see the card of another Notary Public,
who 'holds forth" in the same high-sounding
locality, Portsmouth Square. The mercan
tile advertisements are numerous, and the
honest Yankee names engaged in such busi
ness give good token of its activity. An
,:Agent for "Lloyds" and for the "Liverpool
Association of Underwriters," also has his
card; showing that our step father, John
Bull, has an eye to the commercial advan
tages of El Dorado.
The variety and quality of the goods land
ing from various ships and offered for sale, is
astonishing. There are foulard silks and
bed ticks, bar iron and fancy jewelry, brass
bedsteads and cooking stoves, ready made
houses and piano fortes, blankets, parasols,
hams, perfumery, cod fish, cambric handker
chiefs, cigars, Salamander safes, bowie knives
revolvers, lifles, and every variety of dry
goods, hardware, kc. The erocery and li
quor trade seems to be equally well supplied.
We see Pennsylvania cheese, sugar, molasses,
sardines, preserves, and an infinite quantity
of Cognac brandy, gin, rum, whiskey, claret;
madeira, sherry, port, and other liquors, in
such variety as seems to make a visit from
Father Mathew desirable at San Francisco.
The mania for "first rate town lots" is get
ting up in California. Advantageous location!),
fronting on some public square in San
Francisco, "New York of the Pacific," (Phoe
bus, what a name!) Benicla, Stockton, and
other towns, are announced with a great
flourish. The price of lots is not in all cases
stated, but one advertiser offers a number at
prices from $500 to S'0,0(JO pef lot. There
seems to be, in the number of notice against
trespassers and squatteis, abundant material
for litigation, and the cards of several "At
torneys at Law," ready to do the business
for them, are in the same columns. Doctors
drugs and patent medicines go hand in hand
with civilization, & seem to be already estub
lished on a sure foundation at San Francisco.
The advertisements peculiar to a gold
country are numerous. One tirra wants 3500
ounces in gold dust what an extravagant
want '.and many others want it in various
quantities- Apparatuses for assaying and
Smelting gold are offered for sale, while gold
scales and gold washers of the only true con
Struction, seem to be abundant. A free ferry
at "Gold or Mormon Island" is announced to
be just established, and the steamboat 'J. A
cutter" is advertised to commence running
as a regular packet between San Fiancisco
and Suttersville, on the 1st of July.
It is a lamentable fact that among all the
rticles advertised, we do not see books men
tionedonce; but as a counterpoise to thi
there are several notices of regular religious
services, which will keep up the spirit of
civilization until the shipments of books,
which surely have been made, arrive-
Altogether there is much to gratify in read
ing the advertising columns of a San Francis
co paper. 1 be womieritii transiormation irom
a lifeless, rarely visited Mexican village, lo a
lively, prosperous city, all affected by the in
flux of our energetic and go ahead population
must be welcome to every lover of humanity
Some may censure the spirit that has led to
this unexampled progress the love of gold
But gold has done and is still doing many
worse things than that; ami if the love of it
leads to the development of a glorious conn
try, the civilization of a semi barbarian Mexi
can and Indian population, who will censure
it t Who can point out, in all the previou
history of the world, a result So glorious,
Springing from a thirst for gold 1
Italian Women still maintain their fepu
tation for love of their country, as well a
its defenders- A vessel, destined for Rome,
has been captured on the Tiber by the
French, apparently laden with wbeUtones,
but which was found to have been equip
ped by a Lombard Countess, and to contain
a supply of aaltpetere and 3J00 sacks of
lead. The Countess wm tsken to the head
quarters of Gen. Moliere, and thence to
Civita Vtcchia, under the surveillance of
the polite. The same lady received a
medal from Cbarlet Albeit, of Savoyi for
her conduct in an engagement at Pescheir,
in which she lost a finger, but immediately
ihot ber assailant dead.
HAKttt,' said a father to bis son, while
they wera working fn a saw-mill, What
possesses you to associate with such girls as
you dot When I was ef your age, I could go
with the first cut.' .
But, said Cbarlet, 'the first cut is always
a slab did you know the.il' -
'Help me to turn this log, Cbarlet quick.'
It is a singular fact that other diseases
show most a eorresoadiof decline la the
cholera ! why is this so 1 .
Alt KLOPRSiBNT IN UfsUI TIME. ;
The dowager Lady Ashburton died at Got-,
port, England, fc short time since, and her
history contains materials for a splendid to-"
mance. This lady wai an American, and
among other incidents of note recorded ' in
connection with ber name, the following will
ba read with interest : ,
She was the daughter of Hon. William.
Bingham, a Senator in Congress, and fifty
years since, her father was a wealthy and
prbmlnent merchant Id Philadelphia. Ho
was a man of fashion, and tne lamiiy were
among the leaders of the ton in the Quaker
city at that period. Then he was identified
with the institution of the United States; he
was recognized as one of the aristocracy, and
was always remarkably attentive to the no
bility visiting thitcountry. About the period
he was elected by tho State of Pennsylvania,
he built what was then called a Splendid and
costly mansion, occupying an entire square
of ground, with gardens and all kinds of em
bellishments, enclosed by a brick wall, front
ing on Third and Spruce stieets, and now
known as Head's MakJiok House. Mr.
Bingham entertained strangers, senators, and
Ihe cabinet, with piincely hospitality. His
family led the fashions of those limes, and a
very friendly intimacy existed between him
and General Washington.
The French Revolutiondfove several noble
men to the United States as exiles, among
whom were two professed duelists, Count do
Tilly and Viscount de Noailles. The Vis
count either brought letters to Mr. Bingham
from General Lafayette, or he obtained an
introduction to him which led his admittance
as an inmate in the family. Having acquired
the confidenc of Mr. Bingham by his address
and accomplishments, he managed to intro
duce the Count de Tilly into that hospitable
mansion. The Count was as noted for his
profligacy as he was for hi skill with the
sword ; and understanding all the arts of a
seducer, he soon obtained the good opinion
and admiration of Mrs. Bingham; and Miss
Maria Matilda Bingham, an only daughter.
In those times, and even since, a nobleman
French, English; or German was received
with marked attention in all wealthy families.
There was much patrlc.'an blood Coursing
through the Veins of the young Republic
royalty and nobility were not thon, as now, at
a discount. Marquises, Viscounts and Ba
rons, were lionized whenevei they made their
appearance, and young ladies were enamored
with the titled. This Count de Tilly soon
persuaded Miss Bingham to elope with him
and also bribed some clergyman to unite
them. The city was not then very populous
and the whole world of fashion was thrown
into the greatest excitement at hearing that
MisS Biugliam had runaway with the French
Count de Tilly ; and Mr. Bingham himself
a very honest, well-meaning, but not very
distinguished man; except for wealth was
dreadfully mortified at this rash step of his
daughter, then not iixteen years of age. The
whole city called it a vile abduction. The
greatest indignation was everywhere expres
sed ; and Captain Barry, commanding a pac
ket ship, and a man of fashion, took occasion
to thrash the Count for some insolence. The
couple wait forthwith separated and the affair
was the subject of tea-table conversation for
some time such an event seldom occurring
in those quiet and innocent periods. i
Mr. Euigham almost sank under the blow;
but it became necessary to open tome nego
tiations with the Count to buy him off, as ho
only ran away with the girl for her fortune.
The Count, in the course of these negotiations
represented himself to be deeply in debt,
and that it wai impossible to leave the coun
try, without satisfying his creditors to the
amount of X5,000 in ready money, and an
annuity of 600, which waS paid and secured
to him, and he left for France, the marriage
having been declared fraudulent. ?lr and
Mrs. Bingham never recovered from tho
shock, and died shortly afterwards.
A young English merchant, by the name
of Baring, subsequently arrived in TNils-del-phia,
with letters, to Mr. Bingham, and form
iug an attachment for his daughter, married
and carried her home. Her husband, after
wards the head of tha great banking bouse
of Baring il Brothers, wa created a baron,
under the title of Lord Ashburton, and was
the negotiator here of the celebrated Ash
burton, treaty. The Dowager Lady Ashbur
ton, recently deceased, was the gill who had
excited so much attention and polite gossip
when run sway with by the Count de Tilly,
in Philadelphia, some fifty years ago.
Bullion in the Banx or England. The
extraordinary accumulation of bullion in the
Bank of England, and which promise to go
on steadily increasing for months, if not for
years to coma is beginning to attract the at
tention of all reflecting men. Even now
there is upwards of XI 5,000,000 of gold in
the leviathan establishment in Threadneedle
street, and there can be no doubt that in' the
course of a few weeks the amount will hava
approached X 17,000,000, for no less than
700,000 is expected frortl Rossis in ten or
twelve days, and nriwner iou,ov irom
Panama, chiefly cousisimgw uuuumw goiuj
Contemporaneously wltn wis exiraoroir,
accumulation of treasure, mere it an an
of unemployed notes in the Bank of 1
altogether unprecedented, tna
notes now exceeds 40,500,000 jj
from its diminishing, it has I
oreeaing for Iho last twelvs i
Dexter Ballou, the
tttrtr of Woonaookat,
Isge a few dtyt since,
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