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opposite the "I•Wedenshole (Vice."
poetical IZlcpattment.
[From the. Home Jeurnnl.]
My Childhood's HOme
Time has fled—lone-ye:ars have :zone
Backward to the shadifwv paKt—
Years that in their early dawn
Gladsome seemed a' they Caine en.
And their hirms before them ens?.
Viten the• Years ihat now.are uld
Winged their flight all j..y..irdy—
When the Nen tons swiftly rn!led.
Arid the hours seemed link,. of go6l—
I in m;ne infancy.
E beam< tl ar , were few—
trvr the year,. t.i life h. come
Jlmme a veil that cited:v:l my view,
1•11,452 h britiht faces still peeped thrtthgli
On uty happy chiltllit,ote,hoitie.
Now a rain, grey and 01,1
siarnis wlicre ~ o r conaye
Ivied arms ar,.utid II 1..1,1,
A,,,1 dark water., dead and ~ .I,
Cloilie vi It tii ,lie crumbling wilml
Then, the Lucy, restless mill
Checked the waters in their fliw,
Aind llto 'inky water wheel
held above the chafing rill,
Ever bright a changeful bow.
Yes the bow still lingered there,
Like the . j'o' that fancy rears
In the future dark wi.it care—
'Mid the spray as bright and fair
As the smile 'mid childhood's tears
Then, far round a forest spread
Shutting out half heaven's blue
lArhile the trees all closely wed,
9.aced their branches overhead.
Letting checkered daylight through
Now a swamp where reptiles grow
:Spreads around its baleful breath,
And the-trees all bending low,
Not yet perished, seem as though
Living in the arms of death.
'Then, dear friends made home more .Lear,
Made the hours more smoothly
Kept the mind from future fear;
Made all dangers disappear,
Gave all joy a brighier glow.
Now, their much lotied forma nn'inore
Shall he seen again by
Life is past, their trials o'cr,
And they live beyond its shore,
Blest in immortality.
On my spirit brominth tuttv
That that tells of tt,min..z. rest,
Soon the yew nod e‘,.pr,•ss b. uglt
Shall hang way:,:t; ;ow,
dyer my wont a;.d breast
Much [ Wonder. linty uul
Will feel aught of loud:l;es , ,
If the b? 11 of time e'er ton,
Apd the pg,s- hqt:lcwari roll,
Thai rest u'er thyloveliness.
Or if I may lend my aid
To remove the touch of time,
.And make thee as when I strayed
happy underneath thy shade,
In my childhood's joyous prime.
if I might, thy scenes should bloom
With .a radiance never thine.
Swift dispersing all th%• gloom,
All earth's charms to fill its room
,Should their every power combine
Flowers. should bloom where mosses grew
Where were wrens should linnets Sing,
Zephyrs breathe where north winds blew,
.the scenes my childhood knew
Should seem one eternal spring.,
rr Music is_a great substitute. for rest,
March :a soldier out of breath on "'Rollin
Castle," and the moment the band strikes
up ' , Yanked Dotitilei" his Is just . as good
tts new. •
rirDan Russult, the mpg • famous sled
tioneerer in -the United -Slates, once com
menced a speech as foilow.s t .rise—,:but
there'd no use tellinfr that--you know
that as tr(7, t ! do.,"'
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
Z'clectio 119.
DEAIIII-OE-ELICIRILTON.-
Dknppointed, and all his hopes blighted,
as he believed by Hamilton's instrumental
ly Burt' became eager fur veng,eance.—
Humiliatin,g was the contrast between him
self and Hamilton, to whom, in Ins anger,
be- - his litical de-
.le teas-lady to ascribe, not his poi o.
feat merely, but his Wasted character also.
Though fallen limn his former station of
commandit e influence in the conduct of al
[land-holt stuff enjoyed the tfitliounde-d
-confidence of a party. utu•nunthered, in
deed., but too respectable" to be despised ;
while, of his bitterest opponents, none, with
any prett mins to character or candor,
doubted his honor, or questioned his integ
rity. Burr, On the other hand. saw himself
distrusted and despised by every body, and
just about to sink into political annihilation
and pecuniary ruin. Two months medita
lion on this desperate state of affitirs.l
wrought up his cold, implacable spirit to the
point of risking his own life to 'take that of i
his rival. fle [night even hare exterrnma
tatted the insane hope—for though cunning
and dexterous to a reinarkable degree he
had no f , reat intellect—that Hamilton killed
or disgraced, and thus removed out of the
way, he might yet retrieve his desperate
fortunes.
A mon g other publications made in the
coil rse of the late contest were two letters by
Dr. Cooper, a zealouS partizan of Lewis, in
one of which it was alleged that Hamilton
had spoken of 13urr, as a "dangerous man
who ought not to be trusted with "the reins
of government." In the, other letter, after
repeating the above simeinent, Cooper add
ed, -1 could di tail you a still more despica
ble opinion tt hich General Hamilton has ex
pressedlof r. Burr."
Upon thi. latter passage Burr siezed as
the ire ans of forcing I lam Mon into a duel.
For his :mem and assi-tint therein he elec.
tcd illi 1 A
:an \,,,, u plum:: lawyer,
one of his t00.,:t atiachi•d parti,ths, ,ind not
leis (krk, cool, and iniphicable
than himself. Val; Ness was sent to Haut
ihon with a copy of Cooper's printed letter
and a note from Burr, insisting upon "a
promptand unqualified acknowietlyttnent or
denial of the ns. of any expression which
would warrant Cooper's assertions."
Perfectly acquainted with Burr and Van
Ness, and pet cei ving, as'well from Van
Ness's crinversation as from Burr's note a
settled intention to fix a quarrel upon hint,
Hamilton declined any immediate answer,
promising a reply in writing at his earliest
convenience. In that reply he called Burr's
attention to the fact that the word "despica
ble," however in its general signification it
might imply imputations upon personal
honor as to which explanations might be
naked. yet from its connection, as used in
Dr. Cooper's letter, it apparantly related
merely to qualifications for political office,
a subject, as nothing was said about the
mole definite statement referred to in the
same letter, as to which it si.eined to be ad
mitted that no expl - ination w.is demandable
Still Hantiltoq expressed a perfect readi
ness 10 ittOW or disavotv my specific opin
ion which he might be charged with having
uttered ; but added thai he never woo Id bit
interrogated generally as to whether he had
ever said anything in the course of fifty years
of political competitionoo justify the in feren
ces which others miolit have drawn, tho:
expressing his candor arid serenity t.) inju
rious impressions on the part rit a!! \O.•)
nii;l have misitpprehended "Mole
!,' ;, ,L •frn;il rill . ; , p? (;1;1113', it can
i..• shell en
-11:•.,(1 a luiSj. !..()
1 ;ill 1.
V,. 11
t lit tH o o. 1.V:.1 1:1:1;:••1
s o, ilr -..:.1.• if 1,01, I t'ait ()HIV rt•!:1.•1
.11 , ci lc di., oil,-
11.1011 e
cusrt r.nd
%yid' intirontinn- tbut larninnn's
fll' .l lllY (11.1 ' 16 , tit in and
which !, ,, 1 professr.d <u lunch to ra . .,2.•.
'll i , e pi t he t in question, iti the cot:1.111w un
der,tandity, of it. irunned dishonor. it hav
io, !wen to Burr's natoe upon I bun
thou's out lint v, ho tens bound tosny%wheth
er he bad atitburiz,...l 11. either directly or by
uttering oxplyst,tote.; or opinions derogatoty
to Burf's
It was apparant from the letter, and it
was subsequent!v ill-,titictly , stitted by Van
Ness. that what Bair rt-tpii rod was. R gen
eral disavowal owl lw part of I lamilwo of
any intention, in any conversation he might
ever have held, to etai ,,, .y impressions dero
gatory to the honor of Burr.
Granting Burr's ri!ht to ask this extra
ordinary inquisition i to Hamilton's cotifi
dental conversation 111.,1 correspondence, it
would have been quite , out of the question,
for Hamilton to make any such disavowal.
His practice as a - lawyer had given him full
insight into J.3urr's swindling!, pecuniary
Amnsactions, Bad' he hao lime regarded him,
in his_private as well as his politicial 'char- .
cider: as a consumate , villain, as reckless
and. unprincipled as he was cool.. aadacious
liZell
A Thrilling Sketch.
the 'letter conchlt.d, "cannot
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 5, 1852.
and enterprising—an opinion which he had
found frequent occasion to express more or
less distinctly _ while warning his federal
friends against the arts of Burr.
Desirous, however, to deprive Burr of
any possible excuse for persisting in his
murderous intentions, Hamilton caused a
paper to be transmitted to him, through Pen
dleton, a brother lawyer, who acted as his
friend in this matter, to the effect that, if
_praperlyaddressed— for Burr's second-let--
ter was considered too insulting to. admit of
rereply— be should be willing to state that
the enaversa.ion niluded to by 1)1.. Cooper.
so far as he could recall it. 'was wholly in
:relation - Co - politics-711nd - oot - touch'pt, Tr
Burr's private character ; nor should he
hesitate to make an equally prompt avowal
or disavowal as to any other particular and
specific conversation as to which he might
be questioned. •
But as Burr's only object was to find a
pretext for a challenge, since he never could
have expected the general disavowal which
he demanded, this offer was pronounced un
satisfactory and a mere evasion ; and again
a second time disavowing in the sante
breath the charge made against him of pre
determinated hostility, Burr requested Van
Ness to deliver a challenge. Even after
its delivery, Hamilton made a further at
tempt at pacific arrangement in n second
paper, denying attempt to evade, or inten
tion to defy or insult, as had been insinua
ted, with particular reference to the closing
paragraph of Hamilton's first letter, in Burr's
observations, through Van Ness, on I
toti's first paper. But this second paper
Van Ness refused to receive, on the ground
that the challenge had been already given
and accepted. It was insisted, however,
on Flamiltons part, as the Federal Circuit
Court was in session, in which he had
many important cases, and that the meeting
should be postponed till the Court was over,
since lie was nut willing by any act of his
to ioxpose his clients to embarrassment, lass
or delay.
It was not at all in the spirit of a profess
ed dinAlist, it was not upon any paltry point
of honor, that Hamilton had accepted this
extraordinary challenee by which it was at
tempted to hold him answerable for the nu
merous imputations on Burr's character
bandied about in conversation and the news
papers for about two or three years past.—
The practice of duelling he utterly coo
demned ; indeed, ho. had himself already
been a victim of it in the loss of his eldest
son, a boy of twenty, in a political duel
some two years preVionsly. As a private
citizen, as a man tinder the influence of inor
al and religious sentiments, as a husband
living and loved, and the When of a numer
ous and dependant family, as a debtor, Imo.
orably disposed, whose creditors might stif
fer by his death, he had every motive for
avoiding the meeting. So he stated in a
paper which, under a premonition of his
fate, he took care to leave behind him. It
was in his character of a public man ; it
was in that lofty spirit of patriotism, of
which examples are so rare, rising high
above all personal and Titivate considers.
tions—:a spirit magoanimmis and self sacri
ficing to the last, howover,:in tl:is instance
uncalled for and mistaken—,t hitt he. accept
ed the fatal chaPengo. “The ability to be
in future useful," such was his own state
ment of his motivea, "whether in resktitoi
mischief or afrectine- Q00(1,411 I i3O:0 of
our public affairs which seem to hap.
pelt, vtootild probably be inscpnrahi- from tt
conformity with prejudice in this particular."
With that candor toward his opponents
by which I lamilton was ever so nobly dis
tineuislo 1...1 of which so very seldom,
int Fee,!, to• ,tr experience airy, r tarn,
he disay• w••.i it. t)is paper, the r
coildihn
;:.ward -I- a• o.
tt•!iilc .1 lb .t P•urr t
against him by h of
teimadversions in winch laid in
ellll.•ed, a:01 whicil• as Usuai:y
a, gist probably haVe been a.:gravattol it,
il,e report. Those animadvt i. ua .in hfillie
ca!•e:. mitiht have been occasioned by mis
cal.:l:ll42mm or misinformalion, yet his evil
-1,,a not proceeded on light grounds
nor from unworthy modves. From
however. that he iniolit have iiijur
ed Burr, as It ell as front his general princi
ples and temper in relation to such affairs,
lie fi n d c if oln Io t h e. resolution which lie left
on record and communicated also to his sec
ond, to withhold and throw away his first
fire and perhaps even his second, thus giv
ing to Burr a double opportunity to i•ause
and reflect. •
IBM
'rho grounds of Weehawk on the Jersey
shore, opposite New York, where at that
time the usual field of these single combats,
then chiefly by rnsen of the inflamed state
of political feeling, of frequent occurrence,
and very seldom ended without bloodshtd.
The day having been fixed, and the' hour
appointed at seven O'clock in the morning,
the parties met, accempanied only by their
seconds. The barge men, as - well as Pr.
Hosack, the surgeon mutually agreed upon,
remained, as usuril,:et . A distance, in order,
if any fatal result sliould occur, not to be
witnesses.. *.
The parties havintr_exchanged-salutations, I them. On the other hand, the Guerrier
the seconds measured the distance of ten was a mere rolling log—almost entirely et
paces; loaded tha pistols ; made_theeother_i_the_nuercy_of.the-sea, Her colors nll shot
preliminary ie errangements ; and placed the; away : her main-mast both gone by the board
combatants. 'At the appointed signal,. Burr 1 and her lore-roast standing Ey the mere
took deliberate aim, and fired. The hall honeycomb the :hot had made. Cept. Da
entered Hamilton's side, and as he fell, his cres stood, %%Hi this officers, surveying, the
e pistol too wes unconsciously -discharged scene—all, all iii the most perfect aston-
Burr approached him apparanfly somewhat j ishment. At this moment a boat was seen
moved ; but on the suggestion) of hi; second, i putting oil from the hostile ship for the_
rthe_sungeon end_barge men- already-op- -Guerriere; As soori - ris within speakino
!
preaching, be turned and hastened away, distance, a young gentlemen, (Midebipmeen
Van Ness cooly careering him from their Reed), hailed and said, "1 wish to see the
sight by opening an umbrella. The Sur- of fi cer in command of this ship."
,
• geon found Hamilton half lying, half sitting At this, Captain Dacres stepped forward
.. , _on_theeground, 611pported In-the arms of his I and-answerede ,-M idshipman Reed---then
second. The pallor of death was on his said, “Commodore Hull's compliments. and
face. 'Doctor,' said he, 'this is a mortal wishes to know if you have struck your flag?"
i wound ;' and, as if overcome by the effort At this, Cantain Dacres appeared ama::-
of speaking, he swooned quiet away. As ed, but recovering himself and looking, tin
he was carried across the river the fresh and down. he deliberately replied :
I breeze revived him. His own house being "Well, I don't know—our mizeen-inner is
in the comely, he teas conveyed at once to gone, our main-mast is gone—and, upon the
I
Ithe house of a friend, where he lingered fur whole, you may say that we hare struck our
twenty-four hours in great agony, but pre- flag !" -
Lserving- his composure and self-command to "Coro. Hull's compliments, and wishes to
, the last. know if you need the assistance of a eur-
I The news.of his death, diffused through germ or surgeon's mate ?"
!the city, produced - the greatest excitement. Captain Dacras replied, "Well, I should
Evenehat party hostility of which he had I suppose you had oe board your own shit)
been so conspicuous an object, was quelled business enough for all your medical offi
' for the moment. All were now willing to cers."
admit that he was no less patriotic than able, Midshipman Reed replied, "0, no ;we
and that in his untimely death—for he was have only seven wounded, rind they were
only in his forty-eighth year-:-the country j dressed half an hour ago."
had :011fored an ineperable• loss. 'Tie gent- Captaio Dacres then turned to me, deep
eral feeling exprteesed itself in a public core-' ly affected, and said, -"1-low have oursitu
loony, the mournful pomp of which the city ations -been suddenly reversed ! You are
has never seen equalled. now free, and I a prisoner !"
All the boats of both ships were now
The Guerriere and Conslitution. put in requisition to remove the wounded
The following account of the capture of •on board the Constitution. So dreadful was
the Britis.h frigate Guerriere by the Amer. the condition of many of them. that two
ican fi ignite Coustitution, was recently cons-' days were firefly consumed in the removal
municated to the New York Evening, Post after which- the Guerriere was horned, with
by a medical gentleman wino was a prisoner all her stores, armament, etc. The Consti
on board the Guerriere during the combat. tation having recently come out of port,
had no roost to take scarcely an article.
It is a paper which deserves a place among
the historical archieves of the country ; Who can Mint:eine the joy I experienced
Ale. Eneront : flavin , been an American in finding myse•lf again under American
prisoner on board the Guerrier, during the colors or the pride I felt at findiner Conn
famous battle between that frigate and the manure [lull down to the most 'humblc
United States frigate Constitution, I p ro p ose , ; inan on board, an entire absence of eve'ry
givinfe you an account of that important ac- : thing like a boastful, err even a triumphant
Lion which took place in June, letl-2. look, at their wonderful victory. Captain
,Ibout twit %%WAS previous to the engrme- ' Dienes kept his state-room till we arrived
ment, I left Boston in ant American "ship, , ill pin. About two hundred of his men
which was captured by the Guerriere some were necessarily ironed, as the ship %vas SO
five clays before she Mk in with the Coin. crowd-d. Charles Morris, (now Ciehino
stitution. It %ens about tern o'clock in the tkro), the first officer of the Constitution,
morning, when the Conititution was discov- . had a he e l' through his bddy, and for sever
al days his recovery was doubtful; during
ered. The Guerriere hove to, to erudite her
which he sent for rite to come to his room
to come up. As the Constitution neared
us, Captain Haores handed me his glass, and I well remember his perfect unconcern
:and asked that I took her to Ee. M y re- for hiineelf, although the surgeon had ap
ply was, "She looks a frigate." Very soon prised hint of his danger. Every courtesy
elie came within reach of the long guns of and kindness was by Captain [lull cud his
the Guerriere, which were fired, but with officers extended to their prisoners.
no effect, as the sea ran high. The Consti- 0 i Sunday about noon the Constitution
a
ration made no reply, but as I saw, wasrrived in' Boston harbor •I was sera on
shore in the boat. The harbor between
manceavering, for a positlon—during which
Captain Dacres said in ate. I the ship and wharves %vas now covered
..Dr scat think she is pine* to strike I with home to learn the news. To the first
eith..m. Trine 1" 1 replied,-I think not sir." I boat that we neared, we hailed, -1..1},.
Cemstitution has captured the Guerrie re."
At Cnite menent, a seeing contest was
ahem commencing, in which I Cou ld ?e h, j Instantly the two meet in the boat toek oil
their hats and violently struck them on the
no pat: 1, , i,14 only a prisener,l I remised my
lent to Ceemize Li ti;rits, and said to him— side of the boat, and, ris:ng, gave cheer
With your permissian, sir. i Will E. , 0 he. 111 ) 011 clle"r. Tin'Y hailed " 111 " b'''ll.' and
thus the air was rent eRh cheers, and the
bey. as I can take 110 pally" ''o, ce'rtain
victory passed along till it reached the wharf
1%.•" said he, "and you had better go Into
; i n , fee k- p i t , an d s e oi dd [th y „f oar meet and then spread like is ildfire all over the city
chance . to get wounded, 1 shall feel °MM. and country.
It is now nearly forty years since the
ed, if you will assist the surgeons inn dreS
sing them." eCertainly. sir." said I. and transaction of that day proved,to the Amer
'tlikp de:vended into the cork-pit. T here , cans that British frigates!were not. inritiCi-
Who eau remember that day with
w.4' Inct sureedns, 3:11i 1011 , 1`01 - oi' mites i'le
ma feeling a gluey of pride, that so early
and to eda nos. • eeeee around li. limey table
„eats and all tree, :es-a-
in the war, awl in a manner so Impreten
• ' ~.-! .. e ! o e
%reminded, as still as it ding, a victory so perfect should have been
! • , ••• • e•
achieved ! I-write this statement without
. Wi!.'.... 0110 moment after my Mot
wer round of tine ladder, the •Con- notes, but believe it to be in the main ac
-are that double broadside, which curate.
Bale
=EI
cock-pit over in a heap on
.:ide of the ship.
For it ota.ielit it appvared as if heaven
struck together; a more ter
,i,i.oic camiot he M:3 'Med. Bef o r e
th liad adjosied them
run down from the deck
fri e:v as if a full lind born turn
ed over, the dead, wounded,
i.nd dyirez were handed doom as rapidly as
ittemcould them.. till the curl:-iiit %vas
filled, tvilia hardly room for thesurgeons to
‘vork. ;\ we It littridvd dutv t)
‘vali one leg. snitte with one arm and others
wounded int almost every shape and eolith
um
ing his arm amputated, would sing out to a
comrade coming down wounded. -
•
shipmate, how gees the battle ?"
Another would utter some joke. that Would
Make even the dying,, smile, and soconstant
and freely were the playful remarks from
the maimed and even the dying that I al
most doubted my own senses. Indeed, all
this was crowed into a space of not over fif
teen or twenty minutes, before • the firing
ceased. I then went upon, deck, and what
a Scene Awls presented, and how 'changed
in so Amin time I
-The Constitution looked perfectly fresh
and, even at this time, those on board the
Cluerxier did not know what ship had fought
=II2MII
An officer who veps on the table hay-
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS.
The Bonapartes.
Louis Napoleon may be said to be; in one
sense, says the Cincinnatti Gazette, the le
2:al successor of the Emperor Napoleon.—
His election, at this time, is
,doubtles inten
ded by him to be the restoration of the Em
pire under the lionapart dynasty. Hy the
decree, or Simatus-consultutn, which con
stituted Napoleon Emperor in ISO!, imper
ial succet4sion was thus prescribed :
Ist. To the heirs, male, Napo:eon,
in the order of pritntmzenitu re.
21. Failing these, to such son or veld
snit of his brothers, as Napoleon mi ht des
ignate, and the heirs, nale, of such son or
grandson.
3,1. To Joseph Oonapart, and his heirs,
male.
4th. Failing these, to Louis Bonaparte,
his heirs, mule, each in the order of primo
geniture. '•
The only son of Napoleon, the Duke of .
Reichstadt, died in 1832; Joseph, ex
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King of Spain, the'eldest brother of Napo
leon, known as Count de Survilliers, and
who resided for many years in New Jersey
died in 1845,1eaving . tWo daughters, but no
son: Louis, 'ex-King of Holland; the fath
er of the present .Louis Napoleon, died in
1840, shortly after the escape of the son
from the fortress Ham.
INIBER 18.
Two elder sons °lois and flortensei
died. one in infancy. ether at the age of
1 27. left in;;sur..
vivre, and the last Me prescribed sue
cosskn. To this . claqf quasi legitimacy
it is probable Leuistpolcon alludes in
his proclamation to aeople of France
—lt you believ. , in tnuise of which my
mine is the symbol, t France regen
erated hy_the revolutof 'NI, and organs
ized by the Empt•rer o cloim it, &c.
Jertne. the NOllll:Orrilthrr of Napole
on, sometime icing u'estplialiii, has ad
dressed a letter to b nepheW, "in the
name of the incm , .re' my brother, and
partalcin7 his horror civil — war," urging
a republican and conatory policy. Na.'
poleon, a son of Jr - eo - ; or wis a member
of the French Cloneragsembly.
Lucien EonaportePrince of Canino,
died at ROMP, lea' iniiiinK . ous family
one of them tho ornithgist, new or lately
prominent in the adaiof Rolm"' and Italy.
Pierre, another son, fired in the French
'Nationl,l Assembly ; also Murat,'a sou
of the Marshals an'Caroline, the sis
ter of Napoleon. Oiof the_daughters -of
Lucien is the wife of nil Dudley Steer:
an English nobleman
Parentage of Lis Napoleon.,
Louis Napoleon Botparte is the nephew
of the great Napoleon maparte, and grand
son of Josephine, his tst wife. The cap
tivating wointin had tar children, both by
her first linsband—Evne and Hortense
lientiliarnois. Louis lonaparte, lather of
him who is 110 W at thihead of the french
people, was the third trother of the great
Napoleon, and born e Ajaccio, (Corsica,)
on the '..2d of Septi)rribr, 1778. His mar
riage with the dangler of Josephine was
not his own choice, in brought about by
the joint labor of Ntrileon, and especially
Josephine, who artfuly accomplished many
objects by which she toped to make certain
her own position vs Empress. The first
proposal was made to him in July 1800,
shortly after tlie return of the First Consul
from the campaign, cte of the conflicts of
which was the battle of Marengo. He then
s;a% r: Jt a ale bided negative. Not long -11.
it was renewed, but ;vith no better success ;
and to escape further importunity, Louis
Bonaparte made a tour of several mouths in
Germans.
In October, IS3I. Josephine, not at all
discournm.,l by the two previous refusals to
comp.y wall her proposals, made a fresh as
sault upon Louis. One evening, during a
bail at Ma!maison, site took him aside; Na
poleon joining the confe:ence, and after a
bipg conversation, "they made him give his
consent," in the language of Louis himself,
and on the dth of January, ISO% the con
tract, the civil marriage and the religions
ceremony took place at the private residence
of the First Consul, in Paris. Hortense
13eaulittrimis had just left the celebrated
boarding school of Madame Campan, and
had no different part in the aflldr then her
husband—both being instruments in the
hands of the First Consul and Josephine.--
"Never," wrote Louis, "was there a more
gbently cortnnony ; mver had husband and
wife a strongeL presentment of the bitter
ness o f a reluctant and ill-assorted union."
And Madtme Campan, who WLIS at a ball
triC'en in honor of the event, states that "ev
ery cluistenanee beamed with satisfaction,
save that of the bride, whose profound mel
ancholy formed a sad contrast to thu happi
-1)083 she 'night have been expected toevince.
She seemed to slum her husband's very
lest he should read in hers the indif-•
ference she felt towards him."
A Wife's Sphere.
The powdr of a wife fur good or evil is
irresistible. Home must be the seat of hap
piness, or it must be forever unknown. A
good wife is to a Irian wisdom and courage,
and iirength and endurance. A bad one
is confusion, weakties., discotnfiture, and
despair. No condition is hopeless when
the wife posssses firmness, decision, anti
economy. Thew is no outward prosperity
which can counteract the indolence, extrav
agance, and folly at hOme. NO spirit can
long endure had domestic influence. Man
is strong, but his heart is not ackimant.-
Ile delights in enterprise and act u, but to
sustain hint he needs a tranquil' mind and
whole heart. lie expends hit whole moral
a
force in the conflicts of tho •wl Id. To re
cover his equanimity and co osure, home
inust.be to him a cheerful 'pace of repose,
of peace, of cheerfulness; r comfort ; and
his cool renews its strengt" again, and goes'
forth with fresh vigor to e own.er the lubor'
and troubles of the world But if at home
he ands no rct, riml is t .Iro mot with bad
temper, selfishness, or g om, or is assailed
by discontent, or compl:, nt, or reproaches,
the heart breaks, spiri are crushed, hope'
vanishes,'and the mid sinks into despair.
CM" We speak 4.0 of being settled in'
life—we might as
idll think of cast,ipg aY l '
cher io• the midst • or
the Atlantic . Ocean,
talk of the porma nt situation of a stones
that is rolling do
.shill.';
ia"The citizens of Savnnnah, Ga., area
. Luxuriating on fresh had.•
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