AMER CAN. U N B U I H. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. 1 jTnmdu actospaprr-Dcbotclt to JjoUtfrs, aftcrnturr, iWoraUts, jFortifln an Domcsttc Slttos, Sctcnce nnH the arts, aovfculturr, jHarftcts. Amusements, fce. NEW SEKIKS VOL. 3, NO. 8. SUNI1URY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA., SATURDAY, MAY 18, I S.IO. OLD SERIES VOL. 10, NO. 34 1 TERNS OF THE AMEIUCAN THE AMERICAN it published every Satnrday il HVl) t)Ol.LAK9 per annum to be paid half yly ' 'lvaiiee, K paper diaeontimiell until all arrearage! are paid. Acoininuiiicatiot.a or letter, on lu..n. ? ' jftce, Ui inaura attention, mast be POfcT 1 AILi. Tare eoplca to on addrcas, l..en ! 1 SELECT POETRY. Do in no aoo rifleen ........... ..n r.,r Hint venr'aanbacriD- Kivs ocmar. in nuuuv ,--7 . tion to the American. 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Tur.nr.'s not a look, a work of thine My aonl hnih e'er foigot ; Tliou ne'er Imst bid n ringlet shinty Nor civ'n Ihy locks one graceful tw ine, Which I remember not ! There never yet a murmur fell From that beguiling tongue, Which did not, with a lingering spell, Upon my charmed nenres chvsll, Like something heaven had sung ! Ah! that I could, nt once, forget All, all that haunts me so And yet, thou witching girl ! and yet, To dio were sweeter, than to let The lov'd remembrance go! No: if this slighted heart must se'i lis faithful pulpe decay, Oil! let it dip, remembering thee, Ami, like the burnt aroma, be Coiiitim'd in sweets awnv ! Select Ccilc. HISTORY OF A HOUSEHOLD. DY D. M. Ml'I.OCH inr dix prr I dig IlarrilhnrK Hank Hnneadale Itnnk liiraiter Hank 1.eHaii'n Hunk Mereh. ft Man. 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Ml a ilvi-nt link '2 dia Jt' l nil.'r5,, 2J ilia My father's house was indeed a home, a quiet, well regulated home-, where the several gradations of parents, children and servants were properly distinguished ; and yet the lino of iliilerence was not so harshly drawn as to give pain to any one. As well might the human frame exist without a head, as a family without a ruler. My father was in truth the supreme guide and sole arbiter of his own household. He was gentle, but he could be firm at times ; and if now and then his will was a little arbitrary, it was better than no authority at all. My mother was the sunshine of our little garden of love ; though not gifted with commanding talents, or with energy ' to enable her to steer through life alone, yet, united to a man like my father, she was all that is loveable in the character of woman as wife and mother. Without him as her guide and support, she might have been nothing; with him, she was every thing. I look back with nv mind's eye on that dear old place, where I grew from infancy to boyhood and from boyhood to youth. It was a large, old rambling house, on the slope of a hill ; not a bleak, picturesque mountain, but a green undulation, high a PAT.T. TO HOTIDEKEEPEHS At tlie Cabinet Ware Hoom of sepn uouirr k CO. Market Square, l,o nt the comer of Fawn fired J- the Railroad SUNBURY, PA. Thankful for llu patronage of his friends anil tnatomcr, .luring the li years he has been ... bum "a. in tl.ipla.e,heoluits fro.,, the public aeon MnuancJof their favors. During t us per.od he a. endeavored to kocp up w.U. the unprovc.nent r.f ilia lav. and bus aecor.lii.Riy cxic.u i ha.a in every branrl. nd variety enough to overlook several miles of our level country, and smooth enough, with i blooming, but except in poor Herbert's gen- its soil grassy carpet, to tempt many a gay I tie lace, the resemblance between them troop of children to roll down from the I was gone. Not so the love which is ever summit to the fool of the bank. At the ! so stroiic; between twins : Herbert and Mar back of our house rose this hill; in the ' o-aret were all in all to each ether, and it Spring-time it was studded with lazy, hap- was a touching siht to see the diminutive pv-Iooking cows, anil a.l summer long it and deformed boy cherished, tended and was vocal with the meloilies ot birds mat protected bv Ins beautiful sister, whose care built their nests in safety among the tall j he returned with an intense love that The public arc therefore invited to the attention of the present C All! NET WARE AND CHAIRS, Manufactured by SEBASTIAN H0UPT & CO. WW in addition to their former stock f the ..i.idi.liiiumt thov now manufacture Mahogany, Walnut & Cane-Seat Chairs, Vressiiia; Bureaus, Centre Tablet, Marble Top Wash Stands, and a variety of other new style and Fashionable Furniture. ti... am-nrnl a Hean-c and made the neces. iU f.w the liurnor.o, lin y are now r.,-..r...l for l iiilereikins in all its brandies, in this vicinity or ut any convenient distance. Ye maida nml mialreaaea. nnd Innkinda M", Here', furniture of every style and hue, From aide tK-urda down to kiu beii Uibb-a, From rocking clinira to nx-kina crudlea Phould you not have the reudy Jons to pay, We'll wait awhile for a In i-hter iMftler duy, l)r lake pututoea, oala, coi n, wheat and rye j Cark. hoop polea. atave., or luulber wet and dry, Or any thing but yoke, mm iiirnaunuj "-, Fiom pig. and turkioa down, to little qunili. Come on then friends, come one and all, Keep trade a moving, ao -'goes on tlie bull." ty Orders from a di-tance promptly attended to and work of all kinds delivered with dispatch. Sunbury, March 9,ie50.tf REFORM YOTO HABITS. Come y, with faenenU bare and aredy, Y bach'Uwa, widoVra and hustmad. too, If, ia the outward man you'' seedy, YV soon can make you at aa new. THE suWilier respectfully informs his friend' and the public, that ho will commence m tlu place, on the 8th of April next, the TAIXOUIXG I.USIXESS in all its branches. He will I careful to see that his work is made up in the best manner, and lie flatter, himaclf, that he will be able to g.ve entire :.. f rut. fit and style, as well SAiiaiai iioii.i. . - i:.:,i,: sin price. He therefore respectfully solicits his friend, and the public generally to call and give h' H-Vshop ia a new l.uildinj in Fawn .trcet be low Weaver'. Hotel. Q BECK Sunbury, March 30, 1850. 6.n Yhat a sister was I hardly knew, but I saw they all looked happy, and when my father took me on his knee, and told me that I must love my little sister, for that I had one now, I clapped my nanus wiin de light, and flew over the house, shouting to every one, "Sister is come ! oh, sister is come !" Thus joyfully did I unconsciously hail my best, my dearest companion, the sharer of all my cares, the brighlener of all my pleasures, my gentle, affectionate, true hearted sister Kate. Years passed on, and, one after another, brothers and sisters were added to our house hold. Alter Kate, came the twins Marga ret and Herbert ; then a sturdy, frank, merry-hearted hoy, Miles, and last of all the youngest darling, bright-haired, blue-eyed bora. We had a happy childhood; our station in the world was high enough to have all harmless pleasures and studies such as the young require ; and yet we were un chained by the forms to which a rich man's child we're subjected. We had no costly dresses to spoil ; we were suffered to run out in the green fields to play without a domestic's eye always upon us; the sun was free to kiss our sister's fair cheeks, if it liked, and the clear, shallow stream might invite us boys to a pleasant bath without fear of drowning. Our learning consisted of what was useful and necessary to our station, but without idle accomplishments; my father thought it was better not to force his boys to hard study, and my mother loved better to see Kate ar.d Margaret using their active fingers in fabricating garments than in playins the harp. Yet never was a sweeter voice, or a clearer tone than our Margaret's when she enlivened the winter evenings with her music, and long before Kate grew to womanhood, she possessed acquirements in literature of a sound and a sterling' nature, above most of her sex. In a large family, many are the diversi ties of character that produce discoid ; and varieties of mood and temper will always bring passing clouds. Thus even in our little Eden of innocence there were storms now and then. Many a care did wild, headstrong Miles give to our parents trom his very childhood, and beautiful Marga ret was often wilful and vain. Then there was another sore grief. For five years the twins had grown up together, the same in beauty and health ; but there came a change. An accident befel Herbert, and the child rose up, from his bed of sickness a pale and crippled beini, the shadow of his former sell. 1 1 is sister grew up tall anil would continue to dpvote herself for life to ' A bright smile illumined the fuce of the her sick brother. But there seemed to betrothed bride ; Herbert knew well how I come no change in her aflection, and Her- to make her sadness pass away. And the trees of a tiny grove half-way up the ac clivily. Then, too, we had the music of a pebbly stream, that ran through ourorchard, amounted almost to worship. To him she was all perfect, and she, on her part, would leave us all, in the midst ot our plays, to and the distant and not unpleasant hum of i sit beside the frail, delicate boy, who could my Tamers cotton mm, wnicn Drougni us no longer share them. in our daily bread, and within whose mys- ye iad our yearly festivals our cow. terious and dangerous precincts our anxious slip gatherinzs, our blackberry hun'ings, mother ne'er allowed us to venture alone. ! 0ur hay-makings, all those delights so pre There was something awful and strange in 1 cious to country children. Our five birth that old mill, with its ever dinning sound days, too, were each a little epoch in the and its ever moving wheels, like living ! years, to be signalized by simple presents, creatures; near wnose devouring jaws we ; and evening merry-makings in tne garden never dared approach. My father, as he or the house, as the season permitted. Her- walked amongst his machinery, seemed ! bert's and Margaret's birth-day was the like some superior being, whom these fear ful creatures were lorced to obey. I was the eldest child for a few years grand era, for it was the sunny time of May, and there were double rejoicings to be made. The twins were exalted in our the only one. It is a long effort of memory luburnum bower, set upon chairs, decorated to look back sixty years, but I will strive to ; wj,n flowers, and crowned with wreaths. do so. In early infancy, our life seems a j j fancy I see them now Margaret, in her kind of sleep, in which appear a few vivid j girlish beauty, smiling under her brilliant points, like portions of a dream. It is j garland, and" poor Herbert looking up to strange that my first recollection of exist- u,r with his pale, sweet face, ence, at least the existence of thought, is "How beautiful you are to-day, Marga one of death. I remember playing one , rt.i ; I heard him once say to her, when sunny morning in the garden, when, peer- j we were all gone away, to pluck more inn into rose-bushes higher than mysell, l j flowers. cannot believe what they tell lound a robin, lying stiff and cold. I won dered much the beautiful bird did not fly me, that you and I were once so much alike, they could hardly distinguish one away, as I had watched others do, but lay flom the other. You are so pretty, with still in my hand. I brought it to mv mo ther. "Why does not pretty robin move ? Is he asleep?" "Mv little Bernard," said mv mother, "he will not move again ;. he is dead ; we must bury him." "What is that, mother I what is being ead ? And what will you do to the little bird 1 Do make him fly J" My mother took my hand in silence, and led me to a flower bed, where I stood by her side and watched her bury the poor bird. When the last bright feather disap peared under the brown soil I began to weep. "ouwill hurt the robin, mamma, by putting it under the cold ground " "He does not leel it, Bernaui," she an- EDWIN IIAXL, il.. oi Tai Fia or Watiixso &. Hall,) JVb. 24 South Second Street, Philadelphia, IJEPPECTFULLY informs his old friends and V .,tnmera. as well as the public generally, that he h opened an entire new stock of elegant styles of , Snrintr & Summer Lresi Goods. ti :. .nrtnii-nt consists of the latest and most desl rable styles of English, German, French &. A me ricantJoods. Such as Delaines', Tissues, Dera tes. Silks, Lawns, Muslins, Mia w Is, lldkus. moves, nd every variety ol lncss unu rancj v.ui.u. J'hlUd. March IB, l:. lv your rosy cheeks and your brown hair, but I " and Herbert glanced at his own shrunken and meagre limbs, and the tears came into his eyes. Margaret's smiling face became mourn ful: "lh rbert, dear, if you talk thus, I shall be very unhappy. Do yon think I am any better or prettier than you, because I am strong and you are not, or that my cheeks are red and yours pale V "Ah! but il 1 could only run and leap like Mile, there! See how he is carrying little Dora over the stepping-stones at the brook. Oh, Margaret, I am very helpless." "I love you twenty times belter than I do those o-reat. strong, rough boys!" cried Margaret, passionately. "Don't say an othes word. Herbert; I had rather have swered, "he is as if he were ash ep, on)y you just as you are. ou are handsomer that he will not wake again." "Not awake again, nor sing, nor fly 1 Is that being dead V "Yes, my darling," said my mother, sad ly. "He will never feel tired or hungry again, or cold, as in that bitter frost not long ago. bo do not weep for the robin, lier- nard, and some day 1 will tell you more." 1 asked many questions, but my moiner did not answer them; she judged right that it is vain, almost wrong to let your children hear of death. Their minds can only comprehend its fearttilness, not its calm, and hope, and holiness. Therefore, it was long after that day when I learned w hat death really was ; but still I could not forget the poor bird ; and came day after day to the flower bed, vainly expecting to see it lilt up the brown mould and flyaway, and thinking how it must feel to lie thus with the flowers growing above it Except thisoue memory, my early child hood is a blank, until one day they told me I was going to have a sister, and my uauy heart danced with joy at the thought.- than Bernard, with his ugly, brown face, and better than Miles, with his rude tem per ; and you are my own twin-brother, and I will love you and take care of you all my lile." Margaret said these words with energy, that almost amounted to impetuosity, em bracing Herbert with strong allection. The thick lilac-bushes did not reveal that this little conversation had been overheard, and though the allusion to "great, rough boys," was anything but palatable, yet I felt glad that poor Herbert was consoled, and that his quiet pensive smile had return ed. My grave and gentle sister Kate con soled my wounded vanity. "Bernard," she said, "you in your health and strength, can hardly feel tenderly enough for that poor boy. He has no pleasures like you ; his only comfort is in Marcarel's love. Let us be happy, that she does" feel thus strongly for him, even if it takes away somewhat of her love lor us." I assented to all Kate said, but still I often wondered il that young and beautiful "irl bert passed from childhood to youth, with the shadow of death evef hanging over him, yet still kept away with untiring love. No two could be more opposite in charac ter than the twins, for Herbert, with the natural tendency of a sensitive mind united to a frail body, loved all intellectual pur suits, while Margaret, gay, buoyant and energetic perferred active employment, and only loved books for his sake, that she might amuse and converse with him on the studies which were his delight. Thus we all grew up associated as suited our individual tastes the twins, Miles and Dora, Kate and I. Christmas after Christ mas we met around our father's table, for he would never break through the good old rule : and after short school absences, or passing visits, the flock was always gathered together on Christmas day. It was a hap py festival, begun with devotion and ended with fitiing mirth, we talked over the past 3'ear ; we pictured the coming one ; year by year bringing over our hearts and thoughts the change which is cast by ap proaching maturity. Our childish cames became imperceptibly merged into thought ful talk ; we no longer danced eleelully around the Christmas pudding, but began at least we elder ones gravely to discuss our childish frolics, and call them follies. I have l arned since, that there is more foolishness in the pleasures of alter life than in the innocent sports of youth. Let me then bid adieu to childhood with my heart full of those dear old times, those merry Christmas days. There is always something a little sad in the first wedding in a family. It shows that they are no longer one household that their childhood and its united pleasures are passed away forever, and each now may begin to think of a separate home, and oth er dearer ties. One link is broken in the family chain ; even though in the midst of rejoicings and hope, still it is broken and lorever. The firs', who left us was Margaret. How love stole into her heart, so lull as it had been of the strongest sisterly devotion, is more than I can tell; but it did. Her betrothed was welcome to all, even to Her bert, who had ever received from him that sympathy and attention, which, coming from a man of talent and goodness like Mr. Worthinglon, was sure to gain regard. It was bis Inst way to win Margaret, and perhaps it was for this that siie first loved him, luit sli.' did love him, and so fondly that not even the pain of leaving Herbert could prevent her from becoming his wife. Not one word of regret did that atl'eclionate brother breathe, to sully Margaret's happi ness in her young love. He told her that he never thought to keep her always bv his side ; that he was quite content and happy; that Kale and Dora would take care oi him, and that she should sc him grown a merry old bachelor when she re turned to England ; for Margaret's intend' ed husband was a soldier, and they were going abroad I well remember the evening before my sister's wedding. We were all at home, and alone; for that last evening not even Margaret's lover was admitted into the family party. Kate and the bride sat at work on the adornments for to-morrow but now and then a large tear fell from Margaret's eyes on the white silk that lay on her knee. JJora read in silence at my mother's feet, and Miles was quieter than usual. I glanced at Herbert, as he sat in the shadow of the curtains, in his easy chair ; he looked calm and not sorrowful but ever now and then his eyes rested on Margaret with an intense love, as if every idea was swallowed up in the idea ol losin her. We talked a little, and then only in bro ken observations, and on indifferent mat ters ; there was a constraint over us all. At last the bright sunset failed into twilight and the girls put away their work. Mar garet came beside Herbert. "These Autumn evenings are getting cold," she said softly ; "shall I move your chair nearer to the fire !" It was a common question, such as any one might have asked ; but it brought with it to both sisters and brother suth a tide of reflections of trilling but tender offices dis charged fur years, accepted and fulfilled with equal love, which would be no more bestowed nor received that neither could maintain their calmness any longer. Her bert looked up into his sister's face with an expression of deepest sorrow, while lie held her hand without a word. Margaret knelt beside his chair and wept aloud. "I will not leave you, Herbert ; not even for him. I will stay and take care of you." "Hush, Margaret," whispered Herbert, "you must go, and be happy ; you have another to think of beside me ;" and he stooped over her, and talked to her for a long time, in a low tone tnat no one eise could hear. The consolation he gave was known only to his own self-denying heart, and to hers: but, after a time, Margaret dried her tears, and her beautiful face looked again happy. Never was the contrast be tween the twins more striking than now as Margaret knelt beside her brother, with his arms thrown around her, as he talked in low, earnest, tones. 1 hey were so much alike the same features, hair and eyes; but the one was all blooming health, the other pale, thin and wasted. Herbert's ei"hteeu years might have been double that number, there was such a look of pre mature age on his features. And yet there was a beauty in that poor, wan face, the majesty of intellect, the loveliness of a mild and tender nature, anu oi a nouie iicuii. "ow. Maivaret," said Herbert, cheer (ullv. "wheel mv chair near the piano, and sing me a song, like a dear, good girl the song, whuh is mv favorite, and Edmund s too." whole of that evening, Margaret wept no more, until the hour of rest came. It was long past the invalid's time of retiring, but when his mother had spoken to him, Her bert answered with a whisper, "Not to night, mother, it is the last night." But now, when the last good-night must be bid, we all felt the reality of the part ing. My mother strained Margaret to her bosom, while my father blessed In r in bro ken words. "My children," said he, "we tnay never meet as a family on earth again, but we have been and shall ever be a family in love. Margaret, you have been a good daughter, and will be a good wife; take your father's blessing unto your husband's home. You have loved Edmund as your mother loved me; you are right to follow him wheresoever he may go, even leaving homo and kindred. (Jo, my child, and may you live to bring up sons anil daughters, and to see them around you as your mo ther and I do this day. Yet, oh ! Marga ret?" and my father's voice filtered, while two large tears stole down his aged cheeks, Margaret, you are the first who leaves us do not forget us, wherever you may he." He kissed her solemnly, and we all did the same; and then her mother took Mar garet away. it was a glorious Autumn morning on Margaret's wedding dav. We wi re all as sembled when she came down stairs in her marriage dress: the sun never shone upon lovelier bride than Margaret Orgreve. The same words that he had spoken on that birthday long ago. "How beautitul you ook !" came io Herbert's lips, but he could not utter them. Perhaps he thought on what she had said on the same day. But he checked the sign and received her ten der greeting without one seeming pang. None ol us had time for much emotion, for ere we could believe it was really our sister's marriage day, she returned from the church a bride. A few hours more, and we had to say farewell. One alter another Margaret parted from her brothers and sis- ers; she had a gilt, a lew words of remem brance for each. I believe we loved as well as most brothers and sisters do, and all of us, even stout-hearted Miles, when the tune came, were grieved to part with our gay, beautiful Margaret, the pride of the family. But she and her twin brother had been so engrossed bv each other, that it was with Herbert that she felt the full bit terness uf separation. "Let me say one word to mv sister be fore she goes, Edmund," taid Herbert, im ploringly, to the handsome and happy bridegroom. We all left the room, and Edmund, too. What passed between them I never knew; but Margaret came out of the room pale, calm, and tearless, and in a lew minutes the carnage had swept away, and the bride was gone from her home forever. Kate and I watched the whirling wheels disappear, and then turned silently, and, by a natural impulse, to where poor Her bert sat alone. His head was bowed upon his hands, and his whole attitude indicated the deepest dejection, Kate laid her hand softly on his shoulder; he started, and look ed up. "What do you want 1" he said, fretfully, "are they gone V "Yes, dear Herbert, and so Bernard and I have come to you." "1 wish you would go away. I had rather be alone." The tears stood in Kate's eyes. "Indeed, Herbert, I love you almost as well as she could. Do not send me away." Herbert could not withstand her sweet ness. "Forgive me, Kate, I will try to be content," he said gently. "You are very good, Bernard ; you were always kind to me, though you are strong, and I so help less." He took a hand of each as we stood ' before him, ami thus formed a silent com pact of airection, which was never bro ken while Herbert lived. (From Hear!, nnd H.iw.-J G1C.M r ASS .!:. Sympathy. As tho remote, unheeded dropping of some, little; mountain streamlet, far awny amongst untrodden solitude?, finds welcome nnd companionship with others still until they dance together down the mountain's side, collecting other streamlets ns they ?o; and thus rejoicing in accumulated strength and power to fertilize and beautify the valleys where they roil, lifter having grown into a deep, united, broad, ami swelling river, sn the small streams of human existence, re mote from observation; unknown nnd unnc knowledged by the world's great family, meet in the loneliness of sonic vast social so litude for even society han solitudes more desert nnd more bare than ever yet wns trod by camel's weary foot, or tenured by hungry lion in its fruitles thiist fur prey o the small streams of human life and feeiing meet and mix their sympathies, and jrrow into sweet fellowship, and welcome to their bo som other hidden and neglected streams, un til th" force of such united waters comes to be a noble river, f !i.v i :i :r. full, and beriu'.ilul wanting no aid nor miui-'trv in its Ivnelieent and L'raeeful course, but iill-suliicient of itself to bear and to dispense the social blessings of a rational existence, with a!! the suiter amenities and mote intense enjoyment's of indi"oluble union, harmony, and peace. Those who have sr.llciod deeply best know tin; happiness of such union such peace, l'oihaps it is Tirrosvon to have sulieuJ, in order fully to appreciate the blessing. Per haps it is necessary to have been ciin'.eiiine l' in order to feel the happinesj of a firm foot ing, and an honorable place, among the heaits and homes of human kind. lYrhaps it i ne cessary to have been cast nil', in oider t". illy to appreciate the happiness ofcouli.i! ivcuu nitiou. Peihaps it is necessary to have been lonely and desolate tohave stood, ns il weir amidst a mountain solitude, heat ing no sound but the throbbing of one'sown full heart, and listening in vain to find its echo pi-ihaps it is necessary to have looked abroad nmiiUt such stiluiess. am! sren no sluitene.g root, nor smoke of hospitable hearth, but ever and ever the stern aspect ui cold snows, and eiag gy rocks, and so ptzed on, tern Iocs, and voiceless, ju order fully to unib'is'aiid tin beauty of the peopled valley, tin: L-al hi ring in of social fellowship, tho welcome voice which says, '-Come in, poor weary one. thy feet are bleeding with our morutaiti cra::s : I, too, have wandered far ami. I yon s 1 1 i '. t ..!-." and o.;t my way; come in. and dwell nniono't us. and lake cotnfott. There is re nn enonli fur thee ; come in. b doved child, arid be no more an orphan and i'loue.'' Kinpm'.ss. Kindness! vc mock the gra cious word by oar interpretation of its mean r.otn C.'ltoi,'. i Oe' k and Tort." THE W ASH Ti ll. Wednesday, Jan. 7. t encountered to-day on a large public square within tho environs of Uie, a washing scene, w hich was rather primitive. The square is carpeted with preen grass, inedalliouctl with flowers, and shaded here nnd there with clusters of forest trees. In the midst stands a fountain, from which the water falls in light showers into an im mense basin, fn this basin some two hun dred females, of every nge, clime, nnd color, were dashing- their clothes, and rubbing them on the great sweep of the cutb stone. Thuir apparel, what little they had on, was fastened above the; knee : the water in tho basin was a pool of feaniing suds, and they were jump ing about in it like the Nereids of the Nile. The younger ones wore full of mischief, and displayed their agility in tripping each other up. Tito fall of one into tho suds was fol lowed by a general shout. How they escaped having their clothes inextricably mixed up in this ceneral melee of the (jreat wash tub, was a mystery to mi". u the greet, were hundreds of others oc cupied with th'-ir clothes. Soma Were snap ping them in the wind; some spreading them on the grass to dry ; some folding them up and depositing them in baskets, to bo trans'1 ported on their heads home; and others were under the shade of the trees asleep. Soma trick, however, such a dash of water from tho howl, was sure to wait tho dreamer; and then another laugh ouhl lie thrown on thtl wind. Astwili-lu came on, all this pano rama of life, with its breathing forms, its tri uinph.T in laundry, and its merriments disap peaicd. Nothing but the whisper of the leaf or the bubble, which still floated on the foun tain, remained to tell where such a bustlo had lnvtl. bat n in.tgniiK-cr.t wash tub one of our gtonl western lakes would make! It would hold all thw clothes, clean and unclean, which cover the human race. There is only ono dilliculty in the way of this arrangement; it would be a little nu kwatd to have the lako freeze over in the. dead of winter. This, however, might be prevented by introducing under it tho volcano of Vesuvius, which is of no use where it now stands. But our women will never consent to havo the small clothft pi'iilled in Lake Superior, so there ti an end to the u hole business. ;Ti;r- iu.;ht or yiomi:x nt acticallV I i:i:mi'liiii:d. j Thi; uw Yoik Mirrnr jives the following account of a feminine transaction in that city I '-On Saturday a portion of the good folks I ol Hudson f trm t, were much alarmed on hearing the repot toft wo pistols simultaneous' y, and upon investigation, discovered that a ing and its worth, as one of the great elements I duel had been fought by two young ladies in Tiir.nr. are three springs in Totter county, l'a., lining within three miles of each oilier, the waler of ono of which Inula its way to the ocean by tho Allegheny, Ohio, and Mis sissippi riveis, and the Gulf of Mexico ; an other, by way of the Susquehanna rivei and Chesapeake Hay ; and tho lliird by way of the (Jtinesee river. Lake Ontario and river St. Lawrence. A good atory was recently told nt a Tem perance meeting in .New Hampshire. A stranger came up to a Washiugtonian with the inquiry : "Can you tell me where I can get anything to drink 1'' "Oh," said iho other, "follow me." The man followed him through twoor three streets, till he began to be discouraged. "How much farther shall I go V said ho "Only a few steps further," said tho Wash- ingtonian, "there is tho pump!" Tho man turned about and "moved his boots." A wag walking through a street, noticed a cluster of second hand boots hanging at a door, indicating one of those shops w here old boots aro bought, repaired, and resold. "Come," eaiit ho to his friend, "let us look in here; perhaps we can make a trade. Are these boola for salo V inquired the wag of the proprietor. "Yea, sir." "It will not take long to dispose oi them, then, for 1 seo they are nearly all half-soled already." AiiTI-dcntonism. An Anil Kenton paper is to be established in St Louis, Mo., and tho editorial charga is to bo undertaken by Judge W.ilkerj of the Nt-w Oitean I'elia of human happiness. We fret, and pine, and wear ourselves away in mnrmnrhigs and complaints, because we are not the recipients of kindness, when our entire disease and ma lady is this that we ourselves, in our own habits, modes of thinking, and in the actions of our daily lives, are not kind eiwn :h. The soothing, tone, the gentle manner the deli cately oliorcd service, even when no great attraction wins it from us the prompt un shrinking effort on occasions of more pressing urgency the generous thought that makes allowance for all human faults and weakness, and ihe humility that leads to reverence "of all good, wherever found these all are hea ven appointed medicines tor iho mind diseas ed, which would ilu more to cuie the secret sorrows of the craving soul, than if that soul were in itself tho soli; recipient of all the kindness ever practised in this wor! I. Life. Ah! the pilgiiinage of life is not u,ihappij, if wo only would not think it so if wo only would not mole it so; and there are green spots upon the bosom of this despised and down-trodden earth, wheie vast multi tudes are walking wilh feet so restless and weary, seeking the gold they cannot find, ana ever trampling upon the flowers and ver dure unheeded in their search there are green spots upon which a waudeiiug aiicel might pause and smile, because thu beauty and thu balm dilfused around bear evidence of belonging to a holier ami a happier sphere. But whence comes the verdure of thee., green spots in the pili imago of life! It conies not out of beds of gold It comes not out of Ihuso jarring elements of strife v hich stir tho bosom of society, and lifi, if not the arm of mnn against his brother, yet lift his heart and his energies, his bitter and malig nant tongue ; and hers, that should be soft. and musical, and kind, making it 'speak daggers," where sho "date not use them," and wound where it is afraid to kill. The green spots of human life were never cultiva ted by such means as these, nor found by any who employed them. No; tho beauty and tho verdure with which even this world might bo life, como from the seeds of kindness, of brotherly love, of charity, ot faith. They como up unsought in the palh of the lowly I'hiiotian, who tocctk much; and who, in simplicity of heart, seeks first tho kingdom of heaven, before the wealth, tho luxury, or ihe distinction of the woild. For such it is impossible to walk tin niest obscure nnd unfrequented ways, with out finding verdure and flowers, without be ing regaled by odors, enchanted with beauty, and welcomed to repose. They may not geek these) verdant spots, nor make it an ob ject in what they think and do to find eilher enjoyment or rest; but the beauty springs up of ilself, the happiness is a portion of their existence, nature, and position ; and iho rest is a foretaste of llial eternal felicity, which thiswoild of ilself, even uilh all its gold, its flattery, and its dislinttion. i .in nr ilhei jjive a very respectable boarding house in that street. It appears that a very fashionable and prepossessing young ' blood," named Williams, was in Iho habit of visiting and paying very marked attention to both ladies, and on Saturday evening he was lo call upon, one of them and lake her out for a walk. The other, who was preparing to go out that afternoon, on becoming acquainted wilh this iact, postponed her visit, and said she would stop at home to receive Mr. W. The other, on hearing this, of course felt highly indig uant, being desirous of Mr. W.'g society ex chiciveiy, and instantly demanded satisfac tion of her rival who said she was perfectly willing to give it, and a duel was decided upon. By this time their little tempers wer pretty well agitated and ono ran lo tho room of a gentleman boarder, who was absent, and obtained his brace of pistols, which she laid before her antagonist to take her choice. Sho did so, and tlteweapons being loaded, each look Iter place and prepared to fire. By this time a gentleman boarder camo in, for before this there was more to witness tho solemn scene but the servant girl, who waa almost in hysterics, and threatening to make an alarm if they proceeded much further; but they had managed lo keep her silent. Tho gen tleman. immediately interfered; but they were not to be baulked, nnd threhtened to tire nt him unless ho made himself scarce, which he did, and quickly loo. The bloody thirsty feminine ihen proceed ed to the garret, to be more out of the wny of interruption and each taking her place, at far distant as the walls would permit, to iho word "lire"' was given both pistol were discharged, and both of iho ladies fell. The alarn was instantly given, and the persons in the house rushed to the room. Both of the girls were lying on tho floor insensible with the servant leaning over them, scream ing the most frightful screams. It appeared however, that no serious injury had taken place, their nerves only having suffered ; and after the application of restoratives they r. covered. They looked a little abashed when they camo to their senses, but at once flew into each others arms, nnd after a brief hyt terical display, calmed down sufficiently to congratulate each other in iheir fortunate escape, nnd mutually resolved to repudiate henceforth tho gay deceiver, and cause of this bloodless tragedy. noi t ike aw.iv A Xf.at bct severe Rr.rARTEE. In repljr to some observations of Mr. Dundas, in Ihe House of Commons, Sheridan observed, "The Kight Honorable gentleman is indebted te his memory for his jest, and to his imagina. tion for hi facts." An iufiaVl remarked, twithin the hearing of a litile pill of thirteen, that all things came by chance, and tuo woild, like a mushroom, p;jng up in tho night. ' I should like to know mi ," h ake I. ' hie the seed rnni from.
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