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Volume III.
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AMANDA.
Amanda was a lovely girl. Those gifts
and grace which pleaso the eye and capti
vato the heart, nature had bestowed upon
her with a bounteous hand. Her.featurcs,
though not exactly regular, were striking-;
and her figure was elegance and symmetry
itself. Her family was among the first in
Virginia; and the long lino of her ancestors
boasted of more than one name, which, not
only their native state, but America, delight
ed to honor. High on the scroll of fame
their names stand recorded, and ihcy wiil
go down to future generations as the friends
of their country and the benefactors of their
race. And doubtless, their names have a
higher and less perishable record, even ' in
the Limb's book of Life,' for they loved
and they honored the religion of the Bible.
No expense was spared in Amanda's edu
cation. Assidious and talented instructors
Jent their .wd-to entev -.thir hiCtUsXukiut
'with every accomplishment common to the
age. And well dul the morning of her lifs
promise to repay all the care, and meet eve
ry expectation of her friends. Perhaps
few females in Virginia have ever entered
upon life with fairer or higher prospects
than did Amanda. She was the joy of her
parents and the delight of all hor acquain
tances. In her nineteenth year, Amanda became
the wife ef , a man every way her
equal, and in many respects her superior.
The sun of their united prospects, rose
without a cloud, and no indications were
given of that storm, which was to engulph
uo in ruin, and carry sorrow and desola
tion to a large circlo of friends, long before
'tho period of their journey through life was
half completed.
See that wretched female the living
Mpulchre of a thousand hopes' trembling
with tho infirmities of premature ago, and
landing on the very verge of the gravo
an outcast, forsaken, shunned as if she were
ladtn with the plague, and as though her
employment was to scatter pestilence and
death 1 That was Amanda the once fair
admired, intelligent, highborn Atuanda.
How fallen, how degcaded !
Tho first two years of her married life
.were years of enjoyment. With more than
a competence, and with a companion every
way suited to make her happy, who olier
.-ished for her the wannest affection, her days
.might have gone down shining witb mild
,radianee to the last.
I nted not (race her path to ruin, or mark
itr progress step by step. Who can tell
-what is implied in tho word drunkaud ?
-Terrible when applied to a man, a husband,
,a father; doubly terrible when applied to a
woman, a a wife, a mother? Gradu
ally, and with noUelcss approaches, the
-aerptni wound himself around this fair bo
jig, and long before even suspicion was a
wakened, the deadly wound had corrupted
tho springs of physical and moral life, and
eke was lost. Her husband sunk broken
hearted to the grave, her friunds rejected
her; and thero she is; a tenant of the alms
house, and her name is a reproach, even a
jong tho wicked !
Tht yifi cup wat her seductr I
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE
DON VINCENTE.
An extraordinary trial took place not
long ago, beforo the criminal court of Gren
ada. For some years past, thero has been
residing in the villiago of Ugijar, a charita
ble individual, named Don Vincentc de
Bcntavally Sazar, whoso whole fortune
was devoted to improving the condition of
the villages and relieving the wants of the
poor. To such an extent did Don Vincen
tc carry his charity, that he denied himself
almost the necessaries of life, in order to
succour the necessitous, and he had been
known to take tho cloak from his own back
to cover that oft poor female who was
without one. Suddenly the peacaful inhab
itants of this village were alarmed at ac
counts of murders committed in their neigh
borhood, and all attempts to discover their
origin were vain. It was merely known,
from the circumstances attending them,
that they must have been committed by the
same hand. Suddenly, however tho mys
tery was to be ruvcaled; Two peasants,
who had entered a recess to shelter them'
selves from the sun, and cat their mid-day
meal, were much startled by the firing of a
gun, and running out. they saw the body
of a murdered man, and tho murderer over
him, rilling his pocket. They throw them
selves upon the assassin, and having secur
ed him, were in the greatest astonishment
at seeing that it was tho charitable Don
Vincente I As the denial of tho crime be
fore him was impossible, he admitted that
he was the author of all tho murders which
had been committed, and stated that his on
ly wish was to obtain money, his own re
sources being exhauster!, lor the poor.
In his defence before the judges, ho de
clared that his first murder was that of a
wealthy ptiest, which took place under the.
following circumstances :
In Don Vincente's village twe young per
sons were betrothed to each other, but a ca
lamity which occurred to the father of the
female prevented his paying tho promised
portion with his daughter, and the marriago
was on the point of being broken off. Do.i
Vincente, hearing of the circumstances, re
solved to raise the money, and applied to
several of his acquaintances for a loan, but
received a refusal from all. Shortly after
wards he met the priest on his road, and
asked him to lend him thirty ounces of
gold ; the priest, who know him well, re
plied that he had a hundred ounces in his
portmanteau on the back of his mule, and
that he was welcome to it all ; but Don Vin
cento having afterwards, in his joy, told
him for what purpose the money was in
tended, tho priest laughed at him, and said
he was mad, and that for such a purpose he
should not have a sinelo ounce. Don Vin
cente, irritated at this, shot him dead ; and
having taken his gold, gave the wedding
dowry, and distributed the rest in various
acts of charity. Having committed this
murder; he resolved to make tho robbery of
the rich the means of meeting the continual
demands of his poor pensioners, and as this
was onlv to be done by takinir life, he
committed murder after murder until he was
detected. On hearing the sentence of death
pronounced upon him by his judges, he ex
claimed, "Oh, ray God ! who will now
take caro of my poor?"
"As your skill in your profession is so
great," said a person to a celebrated anato
mist, "why do you not cure all tho diseases
of the human body !" "My wkill may be
great," replied the anatomist: "unfortunate
ly we anatomists are like the porters of
town, who are acquainted with all the
streeis, but aro ignorant of what is passing
in the houses."
A young gentleman who had quarrelled
with a lady to whom he had paid his ad
dresses, was so imprudent as to threaten
that he would publish the letters she had
written him. Thai she replied would be
truly vexatious ; for though I need not be
ashamed of their contonts, I certainly ought
to bo ashamed of their directions.
EARLY REPUTATION. j
It is an old proverb, that he who aims at
the sun, to bo sure he will never reach it,
but his arrow will fly higher than if he aims
at an object on a level with himself, Just
bo in the formation of character. Set your
standard high, and thourh you may not
reach it, you can hardly fail to rise higher
than if you aimed at some infeiior excel
lence. Young men arc not in general con
scious of what they aro capable of doing.
They do not task their faculties, nor im
prove their power, nor attempt as they
ought to rise to superior excellence) they
havo no higher,commanding object at which
to aim, but often scorn to be passing away
life without subjoct or without aim. Tho
consequence is, their efforts are feoble; they
are not waked up to any thing great or dis
tinguished; and thcreforo fail to acquiro a
character of decided worth.
Interconrfie with persons of decided vir
tue and excellence, is of great importance
in the formation of a good character. We
are creatures of imitatiou, and by a neces
sary indulgence, our temper and habits nre
very much formed on the model of those
with whom we familiarly associate. In
this view, nothing is more important to
young men than the choice of their com-
paniouB. If they solect for their associates
the intelligent, the virtuous and the enter
prising, great and most happy will be the
effect on their own character and habits,
With these living patterns of excellence be
fore them, they can hardly fail to feel a dis
gust at every thing that is low and unworthy.
Young men are in general but little aware
how much their reputation is affected in the
view of tho public, by the company they
keep. The character of their associates is
soon reearded as their own. If they seek
the society of tho Wtfjij.tes5ltffl
in the public estimation, as it is an evidence
that they respect others. On tho contiary
intimacy, with persons of bad character al
ways sinks a young man in the eyes of
the public. JVestem Presbyterian Her
ald. INGENUITY OF THE WASP IN PRO
CURING FOOD.
There are various species of American
wasps, which feed tneir young wit cock
roaches and other insects. Cassigni fur
nished Reaumur with an interesting account
of the mode in which these wasps attack
and kill the cockroach, so injurious to the
housewives of tropical countries. Tho
wasp is seen flying about in various direc
tions, evidently on tho look-out for game;
as soon as it discovers a cockroach, it re
mains fixed for a few seconds, during which
the two insects oeem to eye each other.
The wasp then, pouncing on its prey, sciz
es it by (he muzzle; it then insinuates its
body under that of the cockroach, and in
flicts a wound. As soon as the wasp feels
sure that the fatal poison has been introduc
ed into tho body of its enemy, the insect
appears to be aware of its effect, and takes
a tuin or two to give it time to work. Hav
ing thus departed for a few instants, it rs
turns, and is sure to find tho cockroach mo
tionless on the spot where it had been left.
Naturally timid, the cockroach appears to
be at this juncture totally incapable of re
sistance, and suffers its enemy to seize its
head and drag it backwards towards a little
hole situato in the next wall. Sometimes
the way is long, and then tho wasp stops
and takes a turn or two to breatho and re
cruit its strength, ere it proceeds to finish
ils task. Sometimes it lays down the un
resisting cockroach, and makes its way alone
to the Hast, probably to reconnoitre wheth'
any obstacles impede the way; returning in
a few moments it again lays hold of its
proy, M. Cassigni, having, during the ab
sence of tho wasp, removed the cockroach
to a little distance, was highly amused with
the resiles embarrassment of this creature
when the prey seemed to have been thus
snatched from its gripe. But tho cochroach
having been ultimately dragged to the den
by which the wasp could enter, was by no
means roomy enough to admit the larger
frame of the cockroach; the insect, howev
er) went in, and applied its most utmost
force to drag its prey in after. But these
efforts were too often quite unsuccessful. -
The remedy adopted in this d.lemma would
not have disgraced a reasonable creaturci
It quietly lopped off the wings and legs of
tho cockroach, and thus diminished the bulk
of the animal, without depriving the young
worm of any part of the food destined for
its support'
THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER,
The condition of a community situated
as are the great mass of agriculturalists in
New England, is more desirable than that
of any other class of men within ray knowl
edire. If it does not attach men and wo
men to this life if it does not make them so
happy as to increase the love of life beyond
the age of eorrow, toil and pain it is a
condition which the "tall; the wiso and
roverened head" may envy. Livfng with
in their own means, on the fruits of their
own labor enjoying abundanco of the best
products of the ground, and the first fat
lings of the flocks ; and the muscular pow
ers strengthened ; the mind made vigorous
and active by labor ; their dependence sole
ly on the goodness of God ; their prudence
having looked forward even to the destruc
tion of a crop with a providence to supply
its place ; with abundant leisure for all
healthy recreation, and all needful rest
with no wordly cares and vexations en
croaching on the reflection which aids the
better judgmsnt; in the midst of those so
cial and domestic relations which throw a
charm about life which give to moral
life-which give to moral
atcst force, and" which rear
2lLiS-ijO'gX
suasion its greatest
the tender thou
est usefulness ; how can we conceive any
state of imperfect, erring, dependant man
more truly enviable than that of the indus
trious laboring, prolific farmers of New
England, who living according to the best
light of their own experience T The mer
chant fails nine times in ten before a fortune
is gained the speculator ninety-nine times
in a hundred : the mechanic ' and lawyer
gain only while their work is going on :
the wages of the priest, like those of the
common labourer, stop when he no longer
works : the physician adds to his income
no oftcner than he visits the sick ; the sala
ry man, if he saves at all, saves only a spe-
cifiic sum : the farmer, more sure of suc
cess than either; in nine cases out of ten,
certain of ultimate prosperity, lays his head
upon the pillow with the reflection that
while he sleeps, crops are increasing to
maturity, and his flocks and herds growing
in size and strength. Gov IUlls, Address
at Ktene.
Pantalelts. A fashionable young lady
of New York, whose dress did not haug
any lower than it should do, and who wore
dangling about her feet a pair of half breech
es, commonly called shin curtains, was late'
ly on a visit to some friends in Now Jer
scr. where she was arrested and brought
before a sensible, plain Dutch Magistrate
who fined her five dollars and costs, under
the act prohibiting females from appearing
in public with men's clothes on. It is ex
necled of course that married ladies will
wear the breeches, but the audacity of put
ting them on before marriage, the Jersey
people think entitled to punishment.
fFecping. The talk about a person hav
ing tho power to weep on all occasions, is
the heieht of moonshine. I'd like to see a
man undertake to cry, with a pretty girl,
beside him pocket full of cash no corns
on his toes and plenty of ico cream in his
teach. If ho can do it at snch a time, he
bad belter pake a business of it, and go a
bout crying for people at sixpence a cry,
Sam Slick.
"Zmmda. fellow !" exclaimed a eholoric
old gentleman to a very phlegmatic matter-of-fact
person, "1 shall go out of my wits."
WEALTH AND VIRTUEi
nV THIS HON. JOHN SEItdEANf;
t appeal only to human judgment! and
ask you whether mankind themselves dd
not accurately discriminate, by a eort of in
stinct between wealth and virluei The
honor the virtuous man they honbf thrf
rich man's riches Should he transfer Iherri
to another (as h may do) ha transfers hi
honor along with lhem He Will be fottu
nate if, liLe Lear, when" he had patted with
his kingdomi ho have one faithful follower'
to do him reverence But hid virtues--these
are inallcnablci Thcjr aro pari ot
himself. If you would prove this instinct
ive judgment, go stand by the grave, tidt tot
moralise, but simply to let your feeling
take their natural course. Where are thd
riches that belonged to its inhabitant! The
remain upon earth. Perhaps Vou may"
coldly inquire who has got them; but that
is all, you know that they have not gone
Where are his virtues They quitted thd
earth when he left id They have gond
down with him into the grave Thoy ac
company him whither ho has gdne Tho
blessings they have conferred remain, but
tho virtues themselves havo departed for"'
ever; for they were inseparable from him 10
whom they belonged. This, then( is tha
judgment of the world itself No ono
can stand by sv good man's grave without e
motion, in which is mingled regret for hid
loss I
We must ascend atill higher, if we Would
know the full worth of integrity. We must
lay aside all other judgements, and each far
himself conscientiously consult his etwn
first endeavoring earnestly to enlighten it.
v wm " ,eu n, L Mm
.JfrC&M thcJoQ, Wa
efforts to
What will it tell him T Man i? JMjnrr'rC
as li
re
"iltlit an . .... i. -
fhe links whiiVpJmd'jvjo i -
break. They are his virtues""6r 'HVsvVlcesi
These, with right exertions, he can control.
Ho cannot, by any efforts of his own, excel
in intellectual power he cannot acquiro
riches he cannot achieve greatness; there
fore he is not accountable fot the want of
them. But ho can be good or bad; and up
on this capacity it is that his accountability
rests, and according to it is to be his dasti
ny.
Fanciful. A New Jersey editor indulg
ed his fancy a few days ago in tho follow
ing strain :
" Old Mother Earth appeared in a white
morning gown on Thursday; but beforst
night the Sun had so burnt the immaculate)
garment, that scarcely a rag was left to hida
hr nakedness."
Extraordinary Caution. An ignorant
young spendthrift wishingto borrow soma
money as privately as possible, was startled
at reading the begining of the bond, " Be it
known to all men," and declared his un
willingness to sign, as it must certainly corns
to his father's earn.
Very Hard. " The hardest fair I. over
experience," said an old codger, "was tho
time when I got lost in tho woods. I slept
on a rock, and cracked butternuts with toy
teeth for a living." Them was hard
times.
Advantages of Ignorance. There is no
nation where madness is so rare as in Tur
key, where the people of all others think
the least. In France, Germany, and Eng
land countries most distinguished for
their intellectual activity tho number oC
suicides is greater than in any other coun
tries. We know of a pious man in Maine who
as the sun goes down on Saturday eight,
stops up the entrance of his bea hives, to
prevent the industrious littlo fellows front
laboring on the Sabbath.
Tha principal portion of Bingharato
was destroyed by fire on the 23d ult. T.
loss is eatd to be about 40,QQO,
of the insect, the liatdest part of the task "Well, you won't havar to go," said, the
was yet to bo accomplished; for tho apeiture I phlegmatic Kiarj,
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