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and llie public (ronerallv, that ho has open
ed a new Hotel iu the town nl Sliauiokin, .Nor
thumberland county 1 011 the corner of hhainokin
and Commerce Btieets. nearly opposite to the
Mouse he toriiwrly kept. He is well prepared to
ecoiumodate his guests, and in also' provided
with Rood tahliuir. He trusts his exiicrience,
and strict attention to business, will induce per
sons uiliiur tlitf coid region U cniiim ie the lib
eral palronucu he has heretofore received.
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fcUainokin, April 10, 18.10. tf.
JAMES If. MAGEE
I AH reiiiuved from ii is old Maud, No. 1 IS
Vine street, to
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Where he bos ccn.t.uitly 011 luui 1,
' BUOWII STOUT, PORTER,
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X above Insurance Company, iu Northumber
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Insurances against fire 011 real or personal pro
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Hunbury, April SC, 18il,-,
SELECT rOETHY.
My Mother's Grave.
O, who lialh sloml tn'.'iJo lluit npnl,
Thai huliuMl cikiI ol eat ill,
AVtiuie clctint tlits ohl unconscious dust
OI ln;r w ho j;uve him birlll,
Nor Ti ll the memory of hur lovo
Fiiun bt iuy's caiiitsl ytiirs,
Cumu oVit him with suUluini; power,
And int'll Ills soul tu U'ars 1
My mother ! ns 1 beml beila
Thy lowly pl.ice ol rest,
Beni'uili the drooping willow boughs
Whoso i'oliiiL'ii shinies thy brenst,
What iiihiiij; tlionuhts nl oilier times
Acros.-i my spirii swi'i:i !
And llnill my bn.-oinV iinnnsl chords
Willi iiuyiiish keen and deep!
I think of childhood's haleyon days,
Its sunny Imnrs nl i'jee.
IVhea il was ha ppim-M to play
Aroi.iiil a nnilliei's knee;
When ihi' ronsul mil voice could all
My tiantjenl jiriel.i bi-oiijle,
And it u-.ts IiIim siineine to meet
Thy
, anpiovin-
Minle
1 think if you!!;": eneliauted f-piiny,
lid scene i.f ji r:: i-li joy,
When pas-ion kwiivi-:, Willi ifstlef? power.
'J'hiiie iiidt 111 i jy iva rd boy;
And thy Mill v.alc'ifid '."iideiuess,
Thy itill tiutjiintr -aie,
Willi precioiiii eoiiiitel uuiiu'd my steps
Freiu lullyx Jalent ;.ue.
1 think ef Kaubrxid'f. suumwr piiine,
11 usjiiralioiis Jiijili,
lis chi'i ii-L'i'd Lop.es it jlorjous iJrfanis
i:s I'.nid jduhilry
And iLen. i.fichaiice, its p';v o'tiwt,
lis piosnerl ceiled in uliade.
pi.
Its wami
Jiir-'dte
v-I.I'MJwll 1'J
n-lied !n'
LiUed-
A'i-1 tUi-ii i liiinU, (O. i.ov.- tl,o thotijht
Can Mintl.e my p"n-'ive mind !)
it' nil !i,i' rid Ivt i '.r v.-e- cold,
Mv iii'itle'! . -i mi; v. ert kiinl :
And 'tiy liHdyitur lnv, titriifalJ tiiRft
And el.anje rli'l fi.-ndlj tide,
15 V i'lli-h i'e'-'iiiiu uiiai!o ed,
Xo wavniii i'Ci'i Luew,
1 lii'M lip .'in' -iioi't ikhv with rii.'iuh'ii
M ynti'i imi feal iuiprrsl ',
Those loud cmiii;h!ir all are 'illM
In deep and du'aiiiie.-s lest '.
No wintvy titoini -.in ever bn a!;
The idloiu e of thy tomb :
Nor Minuiiers u'liitnus a
Thv l-'iave's u.'dio.iited
oshiiie
:er:e
LUx'itn.
O no ; 1 woulit not call lp.ee
brtek
To earth's unueuial Koil,
A;aiii to bear iile'oi weary doom,
Its Muiii h and il toil :
Foruive, blet .-!,:i
How (Mil I dan
When the tame
Ilea 1 1,
Gave Heaven" s
my
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v.-11 pt
that erushed MV
ce to hum: .
5dCCt VLltlC.
JULIO,
A TALE OF SPANISH LIFE.
.t Aranjues, some twenty years previ
ous to the lelation of the story, there lived
a youth ci the po.'ir.T diss, whose good
nature and industry wi re the proverb of
the village, il name was Julio. IIL
disposition was iiaturaiiy indolent morally
I mean, rather than physically, and al
though he was by no means ik-licieiit in un
derstanding, he ulluWed himself to be gui
ded by any jn rsuii who, lor uuy purpose,
thought tit to undertake the task. Julio
delighted in i!oi:ig a khidnes-i, and, as his
good nature tqiulb-d his ductility, he
granted every request, whether it lay in
his power or not. No one was more ready
to play at a village dance than Julio ; and
though he loved to dance himself, he never
thought of indulging in this picdilection
until his companions knowing his weak
ness, insisted on his allowing someone else
to tak- the guitar. It was to hini always
that damsels resorted who had quarrelled
with their sweethearts, or youths who hud
fallen under the displeasure of their Chloe;
for, on behalf of the fust, he w as best abb
to soften jealousy and extort promises of
future amendment, and for the latter he
would smooth matters by appropriate words
nay, often by a snail gilt purchased by
a sacrifice of part of his own scanty store,
and presented as Though from the culprit.
Great were this charming young man's ac.
complishrnents ; and not only were his
companions, but the hinder class of inhabi
tants, grieved when his facile disposition
brought him into any scrape. It had al
ways been supposed that Julio was attach
ed to a young sill with whom he had been
brought up. His patrimonial cottage ad
joined to that of her parents, and he had
ever seemed to court her society more, than
that of his other fair acquaintances. As
for her, she adored him. She was much
ol the same disposition as himself, and un
decided ; but in her love for him she had
come out of herself; she would have fol
lowed him to the scaffold, and would infi
nitely have preferred a disagreeable death
in his society than the most agreeable die
without him. As yet he had scarcely suf
ficiently reciprocated her attachment ; he
iKeii rier society i ne pernaiu ok. nor on-
ject to her devotion! nay, he wished to
marry her; but sue bad not inspired linn
with the wine absorbing love she herself
felt; she had not sutlicieiit command over
him to draw forth his passion in its full
tide; and while that passion was accumu
lating, pent up for Koine event, she was
content with his kiiumeiiug aliection. Her
name was Faustina.
But his love, was soon to be proved, and
poor Faustina's heart was to be sorely tried.
While she confidently looked up to him
who was virttmllv her betrothed,, aha little
thought how slight was the bond thut at
tached him to her. She knew his love did
not reach one tithe of that she would have
wished, but she thought it infinitely more
than what it eventually appeared.
An Italian family from Madrid came to
reside during the spring months at Aran
jnez. In (lair retinue came Ursula, an
Italian Jinunc t ciunnbrc, a woman whose
name is never uttered in the ucblo but
with a curse.
She was older than Julio, who became
acquainted wilh her while employed in
the house in his trade as carpenter; but as
she saw his pliable disposition, and perhaps
his nascent passion, her expeiience and
acuteness taiurht her to turn them to ac
count ; and in a short time she obtained
such an ascendency over him, that lie be
came a perfect plaything in her hands.
He ruined himself in purchasing presents
for the artful woman ; In; furni.-heil her
wilh all she required ; he gave her money ;
in fact, had she requested his life, it would
not have been considered an exorbitant de
mand. Ursula wns handsome, tall, dark,
and fierce looking; flashing eyes she had,
with heavy arched brows: and consider
ing these advantages, folks wondered that
she would curidc
seem
1 to turn her ideas so
humbly; but after inquiries showed that
iu her own land, and in Madrid, her con
duct had been so very profligate, that all
was now fish tb.at came to her net, and
that, to obtain the ninaumiiiation of the
wishes of every woman, a husband anil in
dependence, she must sloop far below what
must have been her original expectations.
Meanwhile? poor Faustina wept and
prayed, now scorned by Julio, but pitied
by the little world iu which she had lived.
She wept and prayed, but tears seemed to
allord no reliel to the maiden in her an
guish, and prayers appeared to have lot
their efiicacy : they brought no success
nay, worse, no, comfort. Still Julio pursu
ed bis headlong career, heedless of the
past, the present, or the future. t was
dreadful to see the change in him : he
seemed as one possessed. The reckless
passion that had been roused by the wily
Italian .burst all bonds, knew no restraint,
no path; it was like a torrent that had
been j'or ()me time dammed tip, which,
when set live, acknowledges no demarka- I hi
tion, no rule of banks or bed, but tears for
ward, involving in its impetuous rage the
verdure and b! i.;;i that are mound it.
Such was the state of afKiirs that occu
pied the attention of all the Aranjovites,
when one morning Ursula, the Italian dis
appeared. Julio was at work when the
fact was communicated to him, which be
ing done lie fell to the ground, as though
the intelligence had struck him dead; and
when he recovered from the swoon, he
raved, frantic. He wandered to Madrid,
but could discover no infe!lij;enci' of her;
ho visited all the neighboring t iwns; he
inquired of the police, but no trace of the
woman could be found, till at last the reac
tion of his spirits, after the tense excite,
ineiit, the grief, the baulked passion, seem
ed to have pivi-trated bis s, uses ; lie walk
ed as a spectre, taking heed of no passer
by, callous to all changes, careless of re
mark and of appearance, a 1100nd.1v ghoul
preying on his own misery. Hut now the
prmers of the poor fgirl wdio loved him so
fondly seemed to l.-r to have been .'ranted. !
She bad not besought a return of his for-
mer lukewarm regard, only an opportunity 1
proving her own devotion ; and in his dull
apathy she indeed proved herself a loving
woman. She followed him in his walks,
she arranged his cottage, sang to him the
songs she thought he best loved ; nay, to
cheer him, would endeavor to repeat the
airs she had at tin.es heard from the lips of
her Italian lival, though the attempt was
bid a self-inllicted wound ; and in tie.' herd
of the day she would take him often her
own share of the domestic meal, or placing
his unconscious head on hi-r bosom, would
tend him like a child, as he lay half sleep
ing, half senseless.
ili r constancy received a qualified re-
wara v ount , art ouicer Having me
chief authority in the royal demesnes.
hearing the story, offered to Julio a good
appointment in the gardens with the pro
viso that he should espouse Faustina. To
this Julio yielded v itliout n sigh ; poverty
was beginning to make itself lelt, and hav
ing resigned all hope of happiness he did
not anticipate increased misery. His mar
riage did not alter his late mode of Jiff.
Listless and stupid he wandered about the
gardens, inspecting, with an uninterested
eye, the workmen over whom he had been
placed, and he would soon have lost his
appointment had it not bepn for his wife,
who, "tender and true," in addition to her
household duties, executed those which
hart been committed to his charge, slaving
night and day for him she loved, careless
of suffering and of labor, her only object
to win his approbation, and some, however
slight, token ol returned affection ; but she
labored in vain ; Julio did not see, or af
fected not to see, these exertions : he would
enter the hous-e or leave it, without utter
ing a syllable, while his wile continued
her thankless office, rewarded only by her
conscience. And how disheartening a
tail; it is to practice self-denial unapprecia
ted, to resign all for one who deigns not
even tu bestow a word of kind approval.
ut thud Faustina lived her lile one un
interrupted sell s-acrifice. Alaj! how often
are such live.! f as.vd by women in everv
rank of life I ifow little can a stranger tell
the heroism that occurs beneath the roofs
of the noble or on the cold hearth of the
beggar; at odd times, at sudden epochs,
the world may hear of deeds practised,
that, of old, would have deified the perfor
mer ; but often, how often, will noble acts,
such as these, receive a thankless return ;
many years passed as this, acknowledged
only wheu too late; their premium in
life, perchance, may be harsh words or
curses ; or transitory tears may moisten the
grave when the gentle spirit passes from
its earthly frame. These observations may
be just, but they are somewhat trite.
Thus they lived for five years, one pretty
little girl being the only fruit of this union
a child who, in her earliest days, was
taught to suffer, and who partook her mo
ther's disposition, nny, even her mother's
character, as it appeared tempered by the
grief of womanhood ; when one day, to the
horror and disgust of the township, Ursula
the tvlvrrima cwsi, reappeared at Aran
juez. She was grown much older iu r.p
pearan'ce : years and evident care had worn
furrows in her cheeks, but the flashing eye
of sin was not yet dimmed, her head not
bent, nor the determination that had of old
gained such a baneful influence on the
mind of Julio fled. One morning, Faustina,
leaving her house, beheld her husband in
conversation wilh her rival. That day
bad sealed her doom. Morning, nuon, and
night, Julio was at the side of Ursula, as
before obeying her slightest command, ijro
vclling at her feet like a slave; his ancient
energy of passion had returned, but only
to brutalize his nature ; instead of cold
looks to his wife, he now treated her with
blows at the tare interviews he held with
her; the cold apathy was chanced into
dee) hate, and Ihoiioh no direcj act of vio
lence caused her death, the shock, the
harshness added to neglect, soon broke her
heart. Poor Faustina died, blessiinr with
her latest breath the bein who had by his
cruelty killed her, and deprecating even
remorse to visit him, she left the world in
which she had loved in vain.
At her death Julio found himself com
paratively wealthy by hrr exertion, and
ere another moon shone over bis roof, his
bride, the dark Italian, beat his child on
the spot where the mother had so lately
died.
Dark rumors soon spread over the vil
lage ; a scowling Italian, given out by Ur
sula as her brother, came and took up his
abode in her newlv-acquired house: curi-
011s neighbors whispered tab s how, peep
ing in at nioht, they nad beheld the three
deal heavv blows to poor Faust ina's daugh
ter : screams often were heard from the
desecrated habitation, and the child was
never seen to leave the house. Julio had
recovered, to a certain extent, the use of I
faculties, anil was enabled now himself
to attend to his affairs, but his subordinates
soon fell the loss of Faustina's mi!. I rule,
and with the discrimination ol the Spanish
peasantry attributed their saillerings, not to
the miserable tool, but to the fiend-hearted
woman.
Julio was walking in the garden alone,
during the time usually devoted to the mid
day sleep ; his underlings were reclining
beneath the shade of the trees, and at last,
overcome by the heat, he himself gave
way to slumber ; his dreams were troubled,
but were not of long duration, for he had
not long lain himself on the sward, when
be felt himself rudely- shaken, and awaking,
discovered an officer of justice standing
near him, who desired his society. The
algnril led him to his own abode, and on
reaching it, what did lie behold! His wife,
who was then with child, pinioned be
tween two villagers acting tor the nonce
as constables, one of whom held in his
hand a bloody nn.'iy. : toe brother (!),
a s" l'""'11.'1
Hilling near her, and on
me oro'iuu, surrou
by a knot ot peas
ants, glad at the vengeance that was to
overtake the guiitv pair, be saw tho child
ot Faustina, decapitate
ue-m
mbr
the
dis-
covered
thus on the floor ol
cottage
ere the murderous couple had been enabled
to conceal the mangled remains. A work
man, a near relation of Julio's first wife,
who had by chance heard a suppressed
scream iu passing, hastily summoning as
sistance, had arrived iu time only tonppie
hetid the assassins', the rhedders of innocent
blood. There was no flaw iu the evidence,
and ere long, Ursula and her paramour, for
such was the true relative position in
which she stood with the stranger, wer
sentenced to the doom thev so richly de
served. 1 have not, however, ended my
narrative, but 1 will endeavor to curtail
the rest of my hi.-tnry, to me the strangest
part of it. Julio was not disenchanted :
by extraordinary exertions to save the mo
ther of a child, shrewdly suspected not to
be his own, he prevailed on his patron,
(.ount , to procure the commutation of
fllis wile's sentence t i a term of imprison
ment, and though the murderer forfeited
his life, the murderess erenped after some
years' incarceration, bavin? given birth to
a child shortly after her trial, who, inno
cent, bore on her brow the mark of the in
strument of her mother's crime ; und can
it be creditedl Julio tool; the woman to
his home, hta lovJ unabated, his subservi
ency undiminished.
They now live at Aranjuez, and the
child is left to wander about unnoticed, ex
cept with punishment. My kind-hearted
landlady alone feeds the poor creature.
whom all others shun ; and even she feels
uncomfortable in the presence of one born
under such auspices. Her fellow town
folk, as they pass the seene of virtue and
ol crime, bless the memory of Faustina,
and curse the life of Ursula, praying for
the peace of ie first one and of her child,
and while t.xecratirtg the latter, refuse
shelter or relief to her ionoce.-t oil'-pring,
who, in the universal spli t i f poetry that
I reigns 111 rprun, is know n 1 ir and near, and
j pointed to the stranger, r.s y.o dt Sml
! art. the Daughter of ill, oil,
Ax I'm iiihisiiKii i'ii;v. or Iu un.
When I'hinis was in F..liubuio.b, says ihe
C largo w Ciikeu, ho was introduced by a
I'lieud to Ihe Wndio of a well known painter,
whom he found engaged in a represeutalion
of Jacob s llream. After minutely exami
ning the work, ho wrote the following vuiae
011 the b.iik of a little sketch, which il still
preserved in ihe painter family :
Dear , I'll fie ye atiine advice,
ou'll lake it no uueivil,
You tfh.'iilJna vtml at unrein mair,
Hut try and paint the d 1
To paint an nnin l's kitllt uark,
Wi' auld Nick ll.ere'n ! danger ;
You'll eu.y draw a woel-kenl laL-e,
Uutuo.e a cd s kirai'.-r
OBKYINO ORDERS.
The "oldest inhabitant" perfectly remem
bers the Widrov Trotter, who used, many
years nop, to occupy a amall wooden house
away down in Hanover street, in some
what c!i.e proximity to Salutation alley.
Well, this widow was blessed with a son,
who, like Goldsmith, and many other men,
distinguished in after life, was the dunce nf
his class. Numerous wore the floggings
which his stupidity brought upon him, and
the toad of knowledge was with him truly a
"val'3 of tears."
One day he came home, as usual, with red
ryes and hands.
r0, you blockhead ?" screamed his mo
ther she was a bit of n virnigo, Mis. Trotter
was "you've been gettiu' another lick in I
know."
"0, yes,"' replied youiifg Mr. Trotter;
"that. one nv the leji'lar exorcises liekiu'
1110. 'Alter I'v liked Trotter,' say the mas
ter, 'I'll hear Ihe 'rilhmetic class.' fcut mo
ther, to change the suhject, as the criminal
said when he found the judge was getting
personal, is there enny anant I can do for
yon V
"Ves," rgriimbled the widow ; "only you're
so eternal slow about anything you nndeitake
1:0 rei a pitchei of water, and be four
yeais about it. will ye !''
Pub Trotter took the pitcher, and wended
his way in the direction of the street pump;
but he hadn't trot far when he encountered
his friend Joa liulfer, the male of a vessel,
issiiitur from his house, and dragging a heavy
sea chest along after him.
' Come, Bob." said Joe. "bear a hand, and
help me down to Long Wharf with this."
"Well, so I would," said Bob, "only you
seo mother sent mo after a pitcher of wa
ter." 'What do you care for your mother?
she don't care for you. Come along."
' Well," said Bob, "first let me hide the
piicher where 1 can find it again."
Wilh ihese words he stowed away his ear
thenware under a fliiibt of stono steps, and
accompanied his fiiend aboard ship. The
pilot was urging the captain to cast off and
lake advantage of the wind and tide, but the
captain was wailing the arrival of a boy who
had shipped the day before, and wishing no
good to his eyes for the delay he had occa
sioned. At last ho turned to Bob and said
"What do yon say, youngster, to shipping
wiln me f 1,1 ireat you wen mm give you
ten dollars a month."
'Should like to fi'," said Bob, hesitatingly,
'but tny mother "
'Hang your mother," said tho captain.
"She'll bo dad to tret rid of you, Come will
vou 00 Y
"t ha in! cot no clothes."
' Here's a chest full. The other chap was
jat vour si.e, and they'll lit you to a T."
"HI go."
'Cast off the line there !" shouted the
captain, and tbu ship fell olT with tho tide
;iud was soon standing down the bay wilh a
lair wind, and every stileh ol canvass set.
She was bound for the Northwest via Can
lou and back again, which was then culled
I'm) double voyage, and usually occupied
about four years.
la the meanwhile, ihe non-appearaneo of
Bob, seriously alarmed his mother. A niyht
passed, and the Uwn oner was called lido
requisition a w eek, when che gave him up,
bad a note read for her iu the meeting, and
went into mourning.
Just four years after tin occurrence, the
ship oot back to port, and Bob and his friend
were paid off. The wages of the wklo
son aniuuuled to just four hundred and eighty
dollars, ami he fomid on squaring his ac
counts wilh tho captain, that his udvanees
had amounted to the odd tens, and four hun
dred dollars c lear, were the fruits of his long
cruise.
As he walked in ihe directum of his mo.
ther's house, in company wilh Joe, he scan
ned wilh a curious eye, the houses, the bhops.
and people that ha passed. Nothing appears
changed; the same signs indicated an un
chanjiins hospitality on the part of the same
landlords, Ihe same lumpers were standing
at the samo cornersit seemed as if he had
been gone only a day. Wilh tho old sight
and sounds, Bob's old feelings reviveif, and
he almost dreaded to see, debouching
some alley, a deta-hment of boys, sent by
his ancient enemy, Ihe school master, to
know why he had been playing truant and
to carry him buck, to receive the customary
walloping
When be was quite near home, he said,
' Joe, I wonder if anybody's found that old
piicher."
He stooped' down, thrust his arm tinder the
stone steps an 1 withdrew the identical piece
of earthenware he had deposited there just
four year.! Hgrv. Ila.'ing rinsed und filled
it nt tho pump, he walked into his mo
110116 hou-je, mid found her seated in her ac
customed aim chair, f-ho looked at him for
a mhiute, recognized him, screamed and
exclaimed :
"Why Bob! where have ycu been T What
have you been doing"!"
"Gettin'" that piicher' of Water," answered
Bob, setting it en the table ; "I always obey
orders you to!J me to be four years about
it : and I was." '
Trousers a la Turk aie making their ap
pearance in all directions. It does not ap
pear that the ladies are backward in wearing
tho "bieeches."
Nafcks is the only European Stale unrep
reeuted at like World,' Jt'air,
'RESIDENT AT THE LUNATIC ASYLUM-
When in Utica, Mr. Fillmore Visited the
Lunatic Asylum, and tho Interesting cere
monies of tho occasion are thus described by
tho Mirror '.
On entering the Chapel where some two
hundred of these unfortunates were quietly
seated, the overseer introduced the President
of Ihe United States, wheu all rose, icspect-
fully bowed, and resumed ihoir seats. Each
member of tho party was then introduced
by name, when the same ceremony was
profoundly repeated. "Dr. Maltby, a wise
Lunatic, then rose and welcomed the Presi
dent in a strain ef graceful and touching
eloquence that drew tears to every eye. lie
a tall, thin, pale man; with penetrating
eyes, a fine voice, and fjuestiires belonging
to the polite oratory of "gentlemen of the
old school." Tho President's reply was
Iso very happy and affecting. So orderly
and so well behaved a company surely has
not creeled him in all his travels. In 0110 of
ihe female Vards, the whole party was in-
ividually introduced loan elegantly dressed
and most accomplished lady, the daughter
ol" one of ihe most distinguished lawyers
New York has over produced. She had the
ht word ready for every one who addres
sed her, and presented the President with a
sweet little bouquet of her own arranging,
in the most tasteful and peaceful manner.
We saw the game "act of presentation" per
formed a hundred times, but in no instance
ith such exquisite simplicity and grace, as
marked tho offering of this p.ceomplished
lady. She is about forty years of age ; and
in mentioning the name of some of the dis
tinguished men she had entertained at her
fathers house, added, "but for the last
ven years I have been very much out
of the world."
There was a young girl in the Asylum,
who also attracted much attention by her
beauty of person and eleganco of dress.
She did not appear to be over seventeen
years of age, and there was not the slightest
indication of lunacy, or even of "irregular-1
ity" about her.
She stood in the door of her room, which
was adorned with flowersj gracefully ac
knowledging the bows nf the visitors,
though ns one presumed to speak to her.
Sho wore a beautiful wreath of peach and
cherry blossoms in hef dark hair ; tho only
ornaments appropriate to her rare and touch
ing beauty. Thinking of tho "fair Ophelia"
and the heart-broken "Bride of Lammer-
moor," and all tho delicato feminine harp
strings that were ever broken by sorrow or
sin. wo left the beautiful lunatic, and for
hours afterward., every sound seemed a
moan, every breeze a sigh, and even the
"drops of the morning" which glistened in
the flowers, looked more like tears of sad
ness than gems of joy.
TKl'TII.
Ak laflii'St mountains sutch tfie rultifsr light.
Till, by degrees, the lowest plains prow bright,
80 dawns ttie truth upon the greatest minds,
licfort the thought the lower mortal linds
A MODEL OT A WOMAN.
Some time since a man refilling a short
distance from the citv, "shuffled oil this
mortal toil," leaving a wife and three
daughters apparently help-less and penniless
upon ihe world. In this emergency the
lest daughter about 16 years of age
what Burns c:lls a "bounie, sweet, and son
sie lass" a whole arm full of health, virtue,
and rural beauty resolved to make an ef
fort for the support of her mother and sis
ters. A warm-hearted neighbor offered her.
at her own nolichatiom 75 cents per cord for
cutting wood, being an advance of 25 cents
on ihe usual price for such employment
commonly considered the most laborious
even for the sterner set. Nothing daunted
however, our heroine commenced opera
lions, and by dint of application and econo
my, in a short time managed to rave enough
from her earnings to buy hrr a wagin and
team. She U now daily seen selling wood
iu our streets, and unloading as actively as
any wood-carrier who drives to our city
pitching oot the loys with her own fair
hanc'3. We cordially commend this lady
for such she is in reality to such ef our
bachelor friends as are matrimonially inclin
ed. We care not in what rank of life such
a woman may be found, she is a treasure.
In the midst of poverty, toil and want, her
virtue is unimpeachable, and she has only
sought by unwonted labor to support her
self and relatives by the toil ef her own
hands. Had not our heart another shrine
which claims its homage,- we know not
that this moral heroine this Joan of Arc of
the affections might not tempi us to violate
Mis. Norton's oft-repeated injunction to
"love not." As it is, we advise our bache
lor friends to "pay attention" to our "wood"
lint tV
,0 "flower" "girl." Mmpkis Aiie'it-
nr.
fiiur.N-a the President's recent tour,
among tho numerous and appropriate ban
ners presented at the several stations on the
route, one of lae happiest was lhat of Pedvi
dere, an embryo city pleasantly situated on
tho south side of the Genesee river, 3G9i
miles from New York, and 90J miles from
Dunkiik. The poetical inscription arrested
the attention, and is full ef moral distinc
tion : '
"Hore the 6 wee red man trud his pailitess way,
Mil aeareb, plocarioua, duily (bod lo tlay,
"Or lud ai uinlnish sr-rang upon his foe,
"SMrikini!, unaeen the unsuspected blow j
'Now, steam reaiatlesa, apeads his heiy wings,
'W'bsrs wanl depresses, wulird lor plenty laiajS,
"Or ponderous weapons to our burdens draw,
nor writes on txieutt wa-'e Columbia s law.
oilisial not proud woila nuui, arts of iettce or war,
Lxk up to lUiivcu, aiut sew how small )ou are "
PHILADELPHIA LADIES I.N BREECHES.
"Ori our way to St. Louis, 1 wns in com.
pany with four young ladies who were
bound to California, under the protection of
their father and brother, and ns ihey were
all four dressed in mrtlu attire, I have
thought some account of them would be in
teresting to you. They were from Philadel
phia, are highly respectable--their father,
Mr. Springer, having been an eminent mer
chant there, who met with reverses in busi
ness. I first met this family at Louisville, 011
board the steamer on which I embarked for
St. Louisj and continued with them to this
city. They intend going over the plains,
from tndependancpj in wagons, and will
have a long and tedious journey to perform.
They were in fine spirits, however, seeming
to look upon their journey as a pleasant ex
cursion. Their conduct 0:1 the boat was
perfectly lady like ; indeed every one was
pleased with them. They have a supply of
oarse male apparel for the plains, but their
suits worn on the boat were fashionable and
fine, black dress coats, black pants buff vests
and hats of ylossy black. The buttons of
tneir vests were plain, flat-surfaced and very
rich. Their coats and punts were all mod
ish and fit to a nicety. Their hai.i was cut
hort and their whole appearance was gen
teel.
They sfafed lo me that they felt perfectly
at ease in their new rarmcnt and preferred
them to gowns. I asked them whether they
proposed IraVelling on the plains in their
fine cloth suits. They answered in the neg
ative, observing that they had a supply of
rwigh clothes for the journey, but that while
they were yet in civilzed regions, they in
tended to dres9 like gentlemen. Now I can
say wilh perfect truth, that no harm or ill-
nature resulted from the course purused by
tho Blisses Springers.
Every passenger spoke well of them, and
tho lady paf.sengers, with only one exception
acknowledged that they no longer saw any
thing wrong in females dressing in male at
tire. I bo"in to think, therefore, that Miss
Webber may come (o this country safelyj
and not be considered an eccentric. At all
events, I have written to that effect, anil
volunteered to her a cordial reception. But
must caution you not to keen your eyes
too intently upon her person, or you will bo
sure to fall in love with her. She is tho
beau ideal of a handsome gentleman, and 1
could never desire to see her in a female
dress. The eldest of the Miss Snrincers is
very intelligent and well educated. She
says, the day will yet come when all women
will wear male nttiie. I have a strong notion
of pelting a handsome suit for myself, to
be worn occasionally in selected company.
I do not faucv black clothes, and therefore
must adopt Miss Webber's evening suit, t
suppose tho bine dress coat, buff vest and
Irab pants.'' Letter from St. Louis.
rut servi.m; fkiit.
Fruit of almost any description may be
preserved simply by packing il in kiln dried
bran. Sand is frequently used for the same
purpose ; but it is a ponderous article, and
on several accounts far less eligible thati
bran. Dr. t'udeihill, of the New York Far
mer's Club, Plated that a friend of his ob
tained a quantity of ground cork, in which
crapes had been imported. Ho dried it
thoroughly in a kiln, and packed some
rapes iu it, which kept sound and good till
the following Jul v. He also remarked that
be had succeeded in preserving grapes in
kiln dried wheat bran ; and that iu preser
ving ail fruits, they should be kept as cool
as possible, without incurring danger froni
frost. The temperature, therefore, ought
never to be below S3 degrees, nor above
35.
Mr. Hall, at one of the meetings of this
club, remarked lhat the Spaniards export
mure grapes than all tho rest of the world,
and that they preseived them by packing in
kiln dried oak saw dust, and hermetically
sealing ihe vessels in which ihey are depo
sited. Noah Webster, of Lexicon and Spelling-book
notoriety, was accustomed to pre
serve his apples iu sand. Plaster of Paris is
objectionable, being heavy and difficult to
handle, i have known apples and pears
preserved in an excellent state till August
in the following manner : As soon as tho'
weather becomes cool, pick the fruit care
fully from tho boughs by han, placing
them one by one in a basket to prevent
bruising. Spread them for a week or two
in a cool place, and then enclose each apple
closely iu an envelope of paper. Have a
clean barrel, well lined wilh cotton batting
or old newspapeis, and pack in the envelo
ped fruit as closely as it can be placed ;
head the barrel carefully, an4 set it away
in a cool place. In this way fruit will gen
erally keep sound and good.
To cess the liens from scratching
l'lon your garden be.li,
You eel their dainty siratehcru elT,
Just below their les's.
A PiiiLosoriuc Editor. The editor of
tho Alabama Argus, published at Demopolis
in Marengo, makes merry, after the follow
ing fashion, over what most folks wouldi
consider a serious trouble :
"We seo the sheriff has advertised the
Argus office for sale during our absence.
We hope the bidders will have a merry,
limo of it. If the sheriiT can sell it, ho will',
do more than we evor could. Like a damp,
percussion cap, we think it will faij to. 'go.
OIL' "
The small pox is raging severely among
the Indiana on the upper Missouri.