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LETTERS addressed on business, must be post paid. FOSTISYo FREEDOM. BY JAMI'.S OOKDON nKOOKS. When tho world in throngs shall press, To the battle's glorious van; When oppressed shall seel: redress, And shall claim tho right of man ; Then shall freedom, smile again On the earth and orrlhe main. When the tide of war shall roll Jako imperious ocean's surge, From tho tropic to tho pole, And to earth's remotest verge ; Then shall valor dash the gem, From cadi tyrant's diadem. When the banner is unfurled, Liko a silver cloud in air, And the champions of the world In their might assemblo tliere ; Man shall rend liis iron chain, And redeem his rights again. ' Then the thunderbolt shall fall, In their fury on each throne; Where thc despot holds in thrall, Spirits nobler than his own; And the cry of all shall be, Battle's shroud or liberty ! Then the trump shall echo loud, Stirring nations from afar, , In thc daring line of crowd, And to draw the blade of war, Whilo the tido of life shall rain, And encrimson every plain. Soon shall earth awake in might Itctribution shall arise; And all regions shall unite, To obtain the glorious prize; And oppression's iron crown To the dust be trodden down. When tho Almighty shall deform Heaven in his hour of wrath; When the angels of tho storm Sweeps in fury on his path, Then shall tyranny be hurled From the bosom of tho world. Yet 0 ! Freedom ! yet awhile, All mankind shall own thy sway ; And the eye of God shall smile On thy' brightly dawning day; And all nations shall adore At thine altar evermore. " I wish you would givo mo that gold ring on your finger," said a village dandy to a country girl, " Tor it resembles tho du ration of my love for you it has no end." " Excuse me, sir," said she, " I choose to keen it, for it is likewiso emblematical of my lovo to you it has no beginning." ' Cuff, you see dem two ladies ob color ' UulT, you see dem two ladies ob color 'cross de street dare T" ' Yes, I seo de - i dear angers, Pompy." ' Well, don't Uoy look 'mazing like one anodcr I" " Dal berry true; I gibs you credit for youi nice demonstration; dey do mazingly zemhlc one anodcr, 'specially de one on is side," " Do collected, as the printer said to lingo batch of old newspaper bills, vat vas'nt paid, lying scattered over his desk, From the Pittsburg Saturday Evening Visiter. LOYE'S GUE&DOIT. A TALE FOU THE LADIES. nV A BACHELOR. Chapter First. The Wager. "Oil, that I was a man !" sighed the prctty dangh,or of oU CaIico 'r' the retired If 1 i . . I dealer in muslins and manluas, "I wish I ; IV'tq n man." nnil nlncinrr Tit mucin 1. !- 1i , ' V "r she leaned the lovhest faco in Cincinnatli mim, and instead of transferring its coun- , f to thc d canvBS . npn .. , . upon the living heart Her cousin Ilatry heard the querulous exclamation, but his attention was absorbed in tracing certain mystical combinations, as the blaze of thc coal occasionally gave them to his view; so ho said nothing, al though the Bpeaker seemed to expect an answer. "Cousin, cousin Harry, I say!" exclaim ed the spoiled beauty, stamping a foot of Chinese proportions upon the rich Brussels, "you are positively stupid to night 1 Hero have I been talking to you, yet you pay no attention ; thinking of the lost Pleiad or tho sophistries of Thales, for aught I know!" " My dear Agnes," replied thc gentle man, what do you wish J" " lavish I was a man !" " Do you J" quietly responded her cous in, at tho samo time stirring the fire in the grate, it was the last night of a dying year, and the keen blast howled fiercely the re quiem of the passing fragment of a century. "I do indeed, was the reply or Agues, "for I feel that woman is deprived of all those opportunities of becoininc ureal, of doing good and benefiting mankind, which are so lavishly strewn in the paths of favor ed manhood. Wo are shut out from all a- gency in the government of men; we may bo fired with ambition, but despotic custom has deprived us of thc right to assert our claims with tho slightest chance of a hear ing ! Pray, what chance have our sex of piling a fabric of honor or fame, of accele rating the march of knowledge, or curbing thc progress of vice?" This speech came from the cherry lips of sweet seventeen, yet my readers must not condemn her: ambition is a godlike attri bute, and burns as brightly upon the altar of woman as it does upon the shrine of man hood. Woman can exercise her powers in the tented field, the cabinet, and thc hall of debate as well as in the social circle witness Joan of Arc, Elizabeth of England and Fanny Darusmont. Woman has a right to be ambitious, especially of the am bition of doingffooc. "You can do much, my sweet Cousin," answered her hearer " to your sex is giv en power to mould the plastic mind that H may acknowledge the truths of virtue and receive those sound inculcations which, implanted early, become the guiding princi ples of the man ; strengthening with the advance of vears." A cloud of vexation crossed the brow of the listening maiden and with tho rash confi dence of youth, snc denied tne premises laid down by thc speaker. A smile, rarely seen upon tho face of Harry Harrington, illuminated his counto nance, as drawinc his chair to tho sido of the noutinir Acnes, ho thus continued his) exordium, or, rather, altered its direction t WW- "You well know, dear Agnes, of the strong desiro entertained by your father for our immediate union, nay, now, uo noi . TT . -I A e. anrrv. but listen ! You have bid me el anrry but listen ! o ' wa;t unlij another year shall hare passed u, tnjs arrangement I seriously object, but am willinff to reBt the question upon the is gu0 0f an adventure, which will at the same ,jmo provo t0 you, that in deeds of virtue philanthropy and kindly influence to tho human race, your sex have decided superi a ority over ours Agnes looked seriously into tho face of I her companion to see whether ho was not jesting with her, but reading thcro the same calm, serious features that marked his general demeanor, sho bent her eyes to tho ground and laughed. "You may smile," continued her cousin, " but listen I will undertake to prove to you all I havo assert ed ay, morel Yourself shall admit that I conquered. If I do this, my guerdon shall bo an immcdinto union. If I do not, harsh as you rimperious doom of delay is I will bow submissively. Do yon agree?" " I doI do," laughed thc merry girl, " and I know I shall win !" The bell was touched the servant sum moned to bring her mistress' roquelaire and furs, and Harry Harrington with Agnes upon his arm, sallied forth in quest of proofs, which were to decide tho singular wager. Chapter Second. Thc Hovel. The demon of thc storm was abroad in his wrath as tho pair wended their wav along the snow-covered streets of Cincinnat li. The ice in the Ohio heaved and trem bled with a hoarse dull sound as the passing waters sluggishly lifted the bodies of ice, one upon another. The Wintry heavens were starless moonless; and the snow fall ing in flakes upon tho person of Agnes, made her half regret her willing acqui escence in the strange freak of her cousin lover. Yet was thc little world of this Athens of tho West busy in its way. Thc paves were lined with groups of young and old; the one anticipating with the enthusiasm of their season ; the others somewhat affected by the merry voices, and careless aspirings of those around them, were hastening to nnrr.iiacd ino-nuia iniiiwi r.miillinrul m vprv.. willing to attribute to the generosity of ban ticlaus. Thc stores were in thc blazo of their holliday array, and toy and trinket, book and bauble were temptingly displayed to the gaze of the multitude gathered there to purchase. What a mercurial, easily cheated world we live in ! Youth pleased with trifles, ago descending from its gravity, finds en joyment in filling up tho requisitions of childhood. All arc gay, all forgetful that they arc standing upon the spot where was an important land mark in tho circumscribed voyage of life ! Hope that ever attending visitant, looks eagle-eyed from the grave of thc dead to tho cradle of thc new year, and whispers to the mourner that with thc past has departed his sorrow; that brighter, hap pier days come with the advancing future, experience, judgement, tho monitors of re ality, como but to bo chased away before the laugh of the blue-eyed tempter. Agnes pressed more closely to the arm of her companion as the rush of the rejoicing passengers obstructed their progress. Har rington seemed not to notice what was pass. ing around him: buried in thought, he nei ihcr glanced at tne world on tho pave, nor the vociferous mirth of tho sleighers, who in their cccshells flew over tho bosom of the yielding snow. Agness inquired where he was going, but without returning any answer he turned down one of those suspi cious lanes which his companion had fre quently noticed, but had never passed through and, pausing before a wretched cabin, he knocked upon tho time-rent pan nels of the door. Awe-struck, and wondering, tho limit girl offered no inquiry, but threw a hasty glance over the exterior of the building. It was one of those log-houses still to be seen in the by-ways of our Western cities. De cay had done its work upon it, and whatev- er comfort it may have once possessed was now destroyed. The plastering of the in terstices was gone, and the storm had free passage. Tho windows were stuffed with rags, and the sounds of pain came upon the ear, as the door was slowly opened throughjwhichshe and her compan ion entered. Why describe the interior of the dwell ing where want is lord, and misery has ta ken up his abode T Yet Agnes, vorsed as she was in tho details furnished by others was sickened at the display of human wrotchedness that met her vision as she stepped within an apartment, which she felt was indeed the habitation of misery. Upon a couch by the embers of a waning fitc was stretched a woman apparently in the grasp of the King of Terrors. Several children, young and squalid, were weeping on their knees by tho side of the dying; anu mo rears swelled in tne eysot Agnes as the heard their sobs and felt their misery. a lunnoriooK orougni a oiusn ot shame to ms encth. o. uic gazer, lor oy me lire, ma- i.; j , . . . .. H...B a warn, uraugni ro give me suticrcr, wub oiiu wiiom Agnes wen remembered having made the butt of her merriment. This minister of merov was Miss A who belonged to that despised body called spmters, and whenever thc rich daughter of old Calico observed the faded features and humble dress of the retiring Miss A she had made them thc subject of ridicule among her young and equally thoughtless companions. Now was thc spinster's tri- uu.pi., .or uie ..can oi agnes ooweu 10 tne ! !j f I . t i t f I 1- r l r i , , . I 1 bupw.or.iy oi ner wnomsnoi.au lormcny bUUUwillUCU. I Without noticing the pair, who stood coniemptating the scene with sad emotions, rest moment dreams of. Iamaliving wit this voluntary attendant on misery, proceed- ne3s of woman's usefulness:" ho paused, cd with her task of charity. A heavy groan from tho dying woman recalled her to the bedside, and she saw that all earthly aid would be of no avail. The damps of death were thickly gathering upon the biow of the sufferer, and the film closing over the eye, told that her hour was at hand. " My children," murmured the dying pa- rent, the mother triumphing oven in that I dark moment, " what will become of my a...... I " will be to them, instead of the mother they have lost.'! " And I," said Harrington, stepping for- ward full in thc presence of the spinster, " will share with you in your glorious, yet noble work. Let me too, be an agent in clothing tho orphan and giving bread to the motherless." ' I also will assist," sobbed the spirit- softened Acnes, " dear Miss A , pardon the past, and make me your pupil in the cause of holy charity." " God forever bless you for your kind- ncss to my little ones," hoarsely whispered the dyinfr woman" I have placed my trust in the Friend of the widow, and the Father of thc Fatherless, and he has raised me up many friends; my children ,"the words died upon her lips, her last look was upon her offspring, and pressing the hand of Miss A to her heart, she passed away from thc theatre of her many suffer ings. Chapter Third The Family Group, One more visit, dear Agness," said Har rington, as he drow the arm of Agnes with in his own, and left the spot where death had bcen busy. " We havo seen what wo man can do to smooth the dying pillow and temper sorrow with the tear of mercy, Let us turn now to a bnghtier evidence of woman's usefulness." Agness replied not, tho events of the night had quelled thc rash confidence in herself, with which she started, and with passive obedience tnat argucu wc. ,or in. ' of her cousin's nopes sno a.iowcu ,3k? 5." 2 r u . .M j ou uu.G.uuB. . Harrington of his cousin, as they again came upon Alain-street. tt n .MM TT flritfil-nrri. uliASR Wife " UCUtUu lit mv v hiuiui j -r i and children were obliged to leave him in consequence of his intemperate habits I The very same," answered the gentle man. " we are going now to his house," and so saying he rang the bell of a large, handsome edifice, and a servant promptly obeyed tho summons. A few moments sufficed to seat them be- r .Un.Atl dm in on ftlenrflnt furnished apartment, that contrasted well with the woman, who seemed travelling rapidly to that refuge for human sorrow, the grave ; now, she saw her tho quiet, happy matron, her countenance saddened with the trace 3 of past care; but an air of serenity and cluis- tian thankfulness showing that tho present was without alloy. Her husband, the drunkard that was, welcomed them with an a;r of casy poiilenc3S and discoursed flu- enly upon lho cutrcnt topics of tho day, while soveral clliIdrcn were pouring w5th beaming, happy looks, upon the pages of lhe Tn3t.:retl Volume, which, it was evident ' the faticr had bcen rcading to hi3 famjiy. " Can it be possible," thought Agnes, Ihnl Ihil ia rrnlltv." - Her cousin seemed to red her thoughts and hc 8inaed as turning t0 their hosts ho nientioned tho wager. My young friend," observed II. ad dressing Agnes, " you know not, you can not know tho vast difference between lho desire to do good and thc fact of its accom plishment. It is not in the saloon, tho gay- citcI or the fa8niona!c rout tha, the ener gies 0f your sex are called into requisition; IVCb YYUU1UII Viilll, UilY, UUUO iliUIC IU StlbbiWU . J. sn(nn the cup of human life than man in his pu- arid looking fondly on hia wife, resumed, four years ago, and I was an outcast from the esteem of my fellows, the victim of fell untaraeablo passions. She whom I had vowed to,protect and cherish, was exposed to want, and driven forth to seek an asylum other than thc one which I had turned into a den of dissipation and vice. You see mo now tho cause of it is tho energy, tho christian fortitude, the ceaseless prayers of - at my children, hut the wine cup had a stronger voice, and I went on until diseaso prostrated me upon a bed of pain. Then it was that she conquered! Through tho loner months of my illness sho toiled to get bread for me, unworthy aB I was and I arose from that couch of repentance, an al- tcred, because a thinking man. She had been the " still, small voice," to lure mo from my follies. She had taught me to look upon myself as a creature born lor high purposes, and then when tho wife was before me, sho brought our little housc- hold around and bade them kneel with her before me. Thc past with all its madness came upon me like a spirit's voice, and the misery I was inflicting upon others, made rno take that resolution, which undor od s favor I will never altar, to livo for her who. had regenerated mo to live for my chil- dren." The gratified wife gratificA less at hear ing a recital of her well earned praises, than delighted with the tone of her hus band's determination as to his future course, smiled tearfully upon him, while ho took her hand and clasped it within his own. Agnes was affected with tho scene : hero was indeed woman a tnumph, lmmcasuraoio beyond any that the victor field of tho conqueror may present, or tha annals of of political pre-eminenco afford. No bo dies bleach lifeless in the pathway of wo- man's triumph no bleeding sensibilities, no selfishness, no thirst for dominion marks her course 1 Her weapon is virtue, oena- . cirCurnslances, yet rising superior to , Her battle field is the human heart, and she inslils into it sound princi- bidd. tho wanderer return.and point J ' 1 hfl advantages of reformation I - j ft h mans;on of Gcorgo n, no a5' . . . . ioncor discontented with her woman's es tate, and Henry Harrington, as they re-entered the parlor where Agnes had utlerd her wish that she was a man, felt in his. own mind that his wager was not very 0WB ,BH douultai. Chanter Fourth The Leltmr. jjj,,,. on the 10th day of January, I too TJ-TTf UinniN'OTON. E(l. tO Ao- Ws,onlu daughter of Cadwallader Caheo,
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