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liCtter from the Uoltl Ilcsion.
NO 3
The Letter we publish to-day, djtc'
t San Francisco, August 30, 1818, n we"
as other letters nnd Hecoiiuis that wc have
already published respecting the grid re
gion, goes to show that the apparently ex.
nggerated descriptions that have been b
lished are probably no exaggerations a nil.
Bays the Washington Clobe. That Here
is a great extent of territory from Ib'tv to
fifty thousand square mile? which is i"
its general character auriferous, arl in a
degree almost without parallel, is certainly
true, too, that much gold has becn'-xtract-cd
; that much is known to exist: and it
may be assumed that the supply, f not in
'exhaustible, is very abundantjand will
give permanent occupation toniners, if
not through all time, yet for maiy years to
come.
Hut the question may be askel, Cui bono
is all, this metallic wealth ? Tho is to be
enriched ? Who is tJ be bcrtitcd ? Not
all, we imagine, who dig forold will find
wealth. Many will seek,lt not all will
find.- Even ro far, diggiipr the preci
ous 6re, when all things cine to be con
sidered, has not been invarihly the wealth
insuring occupation that pny suppose it
has '.been. Everything ulful and purcha
sable at California rise a: once, upon the
discovery of the gold regf n, to most enor
mous prices prices luat lid no reterence
fJivs'. 4e,or utility.'vr to any known
or customary standard, bit solely to the
knojvn or assumed abuiiinee of the pre
vious metal ; nnd thest prices seem to
have been readily obtaied. Whence it
appears that the gold fillers have not been
the most fortunate adveiurers of all, but
ratlter those who happend to have a sup
ply of snch articles of traic as the others
needed ; while articles live been sold at
from one thousand to fiv thousand per
cent, advance upon the cot, or rather up
on what would have been fair price be
fore the discovery of the ld. Itut this
state of tilings cannot last log, in our opin
ion. Prices will come dowi and gold will
cease to be found in such ic-redible quan
tities as leretofore.
Thousands and tens of lousands arc
now wending, or soon will be wending,
their way to California. Tiose who go
thither with rational and motst expecta
tions will not be disappoints, probably.
They are certain, wc suppo, of finding
some gold it may be much. But il they
fine none, we are not sure tht they ought , f M,1V ,,iK all(im a, K0(, busilu.s,
to enrol themselves in the calory of the now as they were then.
unfortunate ; for they will linl what is j The common lahnrin? men in the country are
infinitely better a salubrious iiul delight- i becoming the capitalists ot California. Median
ful climate, with all the softtie and ame-' il""lf11 trade, barbers, conks, stewards, day-lu-
e f... i :.i,... i , borers, servants of all grades, (and I had almost
nitv of Italy, without her svamtis and ., . . , . .. . .
. 1 sai l sexes, too,) are aliove lieing nireil, unless at
mnlana ; a fertile country, am plenty of ,,nn,.m(MI aSes. The why i, that they can go
rich land of all varieties woodid, prairie, t theedd washings and wish out their ten, and
level, undulating, hilly and liiniutainous ' perhaps tiny or one hundred dollars a day, The
too. for those who love the itifiiiii..;., ...wl black fellow who is steward at the hotel here-
adapted to all sorts of run. I and ajjricultu-
.l C. -t ! . . r
r.., .R-eup,,!,,..-.... pi.un.ng, laming, and ,,, ft ,,. FlVt. a, tun .loll.rs a d.,y is
grazing. And we are not by an;,- means the common wage here for mechanics and labo
certain, that if the whole gold :enon of ring men. 01 course the expenses of living are
fifty thousand square miles, more or l(,f;rii
was merely a healthy, fertile counttv, with
out a grain of gold, it would not bi. in th,
long run, a much more valuable die, and
be more likely to insure health, viahli,
and happiness to the emigrant, than it now
does. Hut, as things now are, he U lullv
certain of finding one reality if m misses
the other. Should he find that his i,l, ,,
visions are not realized and are not real
izable, then he finds himself in a healthy
pleasant country, where it is easy to
in comfort without any great exertion, a id
-;tsv to acquire wealth, or what is better,
a i-iinipciem't', wi-h it.
The writer of the letter says, that he
believes that "within a twelvemonth, tn
thousand souls will hv.e been added to the
present population o California." Thin
is a low 'stinute, we think, innl at least
BLOOMSRUllG, COLUMBIA CO., SATURDAY,
ten thousand umliT the mark.
We have
little doubt, that by tin? first of September
: ne.vii mure win nave ueeu iwemy uious
. .1 .. in i i . ... .i
;uul or more added to the number ill the
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One passive in the letter we have read
wjU, niu,., p.,,,.,, w,iei is:
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" l''v"y ial engaged m hunting gold, and ev.
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Bfl 'II 1 1 II ! I in- III 'l I 1 T i;
This is deplorable. Wc hope this state
of things is not quite so bad, though, and
we have seen published letters that give a
much more flattering account of the morals
and deportment of those who are digging
for gold. Hut it must be confessed that
this is a pursuit not well calculated 10 im
prove and elevate the moral sentiments of
those who are actually engaged in it we
mean those who perforin the manual labor
required by the several processes of ex
tracting and manipulating. Hut the intro
duction of law and regulations will no
doubt remove much of the evil, if it eonnot
remove all.
San Francisco, Aug 30, 19 IS.
My diah Sir: Since my last imthing very im
portant has occurred here amongst the gold din
ger!. The excitement continues, ami every day,
almost, vessel are arriving, lolled with goods
and passengers ; the latter destined fur the gold
washing. Much sickliest prevails amongst the
diwr, and very many have left, sick, and oth
ers ure leaving-, for their linineJ and Ihs more
healthy portions of the country, intending to re
turn to their labiits aller the sickly season shall
have passed, which will be alter the first of Oc
tuber. Ky the first of November t presume over f..ur
thousand persons will be engaged in the xnltl
placers, w ashing out the precious metal. The
-airia remarkable sucress continues, a hevetofnie,
to attend the labors of the i!er.v. Ten dollars
a day, on an avmje, i the lo.vest possible esti
mate any one nuts npnii llie n-ceipts of each on;
of the two or three thmisand people now at wurk.
Almost every day we bear of iin new discovery
in some betore unexplored part of the country,
v ', S; birge amounts of gold ,,re readiiyjobtaincd,
in usual mode, by washing in tin pati,'slul.
low , idkelsi.and rude machines called crmltn.
Wherever explorations have been made to the
east and south of the Sacrament", on the streams
and rivulets issuing froiii the western si(b of the
California lange of iiieiinlains, as far down as
Los Angeles, (or City of the Angels,) gold has
been found. Just reflect a moment. Here is an
extent of country varying from fifty to seventy
live or one hundred miles in width, and between
four and five hundred miles long, where a man
can go in, almost at random, with bis tin nan.
jack-knife, or pickaxe, and, intbe ci urse i f three
or four weeks, wash nut his' one, two, five.jand
in some instances ten ami twenty Ihou-and dob
lars of gold-nust or ore. I know of an instance
where a company of seven men, who had been
five weeks at work, returned with nine thousand
dollars each. Three Ihou-and dollars a month,
for an industrious man, in ordinary iligginifi, is
a fair average. Many, who hit upon some pro
lific tlimitg, or some raie place of depo-ite, will
uct that much in a few days. It is really most
wonderful ; and the wonder increases, when you
consider that there seems to lie no end to it. In
l other words, those who occupy the s round where
! ilia irnlit iv:t found in :inv oounlilv isrtvlhu miit.
''es hisjonc hundred ami filly dollars a month;
the black cook, ditto; assistants, fitly and sixty
verv grea', and sn they in t continue for some
time lo conn-. Those who are sent out here as
ollieers of llie ne v territorial government to be
e-tablisbed, (and Very si nu it is to be hoped,)
omdil to be naid hainlsoiiie salaries; n Ihev arc
not, thev will find it an;.lning but lucrative busi
ne-s, and Ihe fl.ivc rnmciil will be unable to retain
nnv man in ollice six nueiths alter he real ties
here.
A large emigr ition is expected into the conn
trv across the continent this fall . As the news
ofthe g'ld discoveries readies Oregon, many Wl
"""'k Mm" Already tbey have commen
red coming in !nm toe I'aeilic rn.i-f nl Ninth
Amciiia and the i-b-s of the sea. A large por
Moii o the foreign poiu!a!'"i of (lie Sandwick
lianil, w'oi are not in some wav peril ioned upon,
or who Imve no a i banee to hVere I he fi vem
merit, have already an ived or are te.w on their
wav hire U'iihm a twelveuioiilh. I he'ieieten
thousand souls will have heen added to the pres-
nt poiiulniion ol Cjlilor:na.
lii addition in 1'ii- gold, the ro-hest )uickilver
mines ev.'r knoAii iiave been Uncovered in dif-
I freiit parts of the country. 1 visited one two
1 U..L. l.,,t ,,vuntv.rive miles troin here.
uv-ro nniiwV uuinn c "
which Ins been worked for some months. It be
longs, I believe, to an Kntrli sb gentlemnn, by the
name of Km lies, residing Teric or MazatUi,
Mexico. Some of the ore yields nevenly per
cent, of quicksilver. 1 saw sixty-seven pounds
of quicksilver extracted from one hundred and
fifty pounds of ore. Thirty per cent, is about the
average yield. Silver, lead, and coal have also
been discovered. Iron is common. Altogether,
it is probably the richest mineral country in the
world.
lint ore does tint constitute all the wealthtif
California. This northern section of the country,
many parts of it, is capable of being made a good
agricultural country. The whole ol it is admi
rably adapted for grazing. In my travels, I have
seen as fine wheat and corn-fields, potato patches,
vegetables, Irints, (such as apples, pears, peach
es, and quinces,) and vineyards, as I ever saw in
any country. In the race alter gold, the fauns,
gardens, &c, are now almost entirely neglected.
Still, they show what the country can produce,
il properly cultivated. Within a range ot lilty or
seventy-live miles from here, there are (our very
good grist mills, and three or four saw mills, do
in a fine business.
To the south, at Los Angeles and that vicinity,
fruits and vineyards are cultivated quite exten
sively. Very good brandy and excellent wine is
made there. All the towns in California have
been, for two or three months, and still are, pret
ty much deserted by the male population, who
are digging for gold. The whole country with
the exception of tlm valleys ol the Sacramento
and ils principal tributaries, and that vicinity,
during (he months of July, August, and Septem
ber is remarkably healthy. Disease except fe
vers, and fever and ague, during the months and
in the vicinity above slated is almost a stranger
to the climate of California. This town, and in
fact all the towns along the coast, is as healthful,
perhaps, as any patt of the world.
liuf now let me reverse this picture. The dis
covery of this gold has brought, and is daily
bringing, into the country a most motley and, to
s iv the leust, a most suspicions population. The
protliiiato, the idle, the gambler, the runaway
sailor and soldier, the bankrupt in lorliine and
character, and the desperate adventurer, from al
most every nation under heaver,, (saying nothing
ofthe now disband.-1 regiment of New York vol.
unleers,) constitute, at present, perhaps , a mil
joritv of tlm population of California, or, morn
ciiireetly, of the gold region. Intbe race after
gold, religion andninralily are scouted at : edu
cation is not dreamed o ; firms are neglected,
ami crops are descited and left to rot in and upon
the ground: dissipation ami profanity arc almost
universal; there are no l.iws for the u'overnance
of tiie country ; and if there were, there is no
power in the country that could enloree them,
robberies and murders are eeinniitlei1, and their
perpetrators 'go unpunished, Kvery man enga
ged in bunting gold, and even one who visits
the gold region, goes armed In the teeth. Scenes
ot violence occur; there i no secunlv h-r hie or
pmiieilv: and t tins Ilium mu-l remain until a
iilaiiv-oigiiu. 'd territorial government is or
ganized at Washington over California, ami a
sliung military (raouliy) force sent out to sus
tain it.
For some time to com c, a residence in Califor
nia will be anything but agreeable or desirable.
As said before, this state of u inys is principally
confined to the' ki Id and mineral districts. At
this place, the society is comparatively respec'a
ble and ordeily. fir the honor and credit of our
country, w hose territory this now is; lor the sale.
ty and well-being ofthe respectable and well dis
posed inhabitants of the country ; for the sake of
law and order, of religion and sound morality,
the Congress ol the United Slates should immuti-
atih organize a territorial government over Cal
ifornia ; and a man nj i.rnllnl mur-il rhurartir ,
if hith reputation M it ttuti smtin ami jurist,
of the ttrirlrst inteiivily. ot tttculril Jirinnnr,
and of 'ng'i moral eouraitr, should be selected
by the President for (ovetnor. Ti e judicial
'irr.s, wW rxpcriulli, fhnrlit lir mni uf Ihe.
funic slump. In tact, all thenbord inale olliceis
ofthe new government ol Ibis country should be
selected from amniiL'-d the best men at home, who
w ill be w illing to come out here. I n addition to
this civil and umral lorce, a strong ,,l,i,.,v (. j ,r ,, (. ....i",,, 'h,l,,.lepl,',.,. ' Mr. ,.,', j,,,,
airy) lorce should also lie cent out to Hul the civ- voted for -V Uobli. Al'ier the r;, ballot (oi voe,l
il aim of government, in ease o any rgency. Ihe members udjoiirtied
Asa matter ol course, ibis will be he.iliplarters ! , Wednesdav, .l.ill 'Id.
i o ir . I Metal II o'clock. Proceeded in elect a oh ik.
herea ierlor our Pa.-ilic naval force, and one or ! . , . . , ' " ' "e,K-
' er, live mil ns r votes but no candidate h iving a
more vessels will be heie Constantly : so lhat t j n,:,j.,i iry ol the whole number of votes. Ad
have nnlhii'g to uige on that head. I will sim- i join ned to meet at 11 o'clock on Thursd.iv.
ply say, this i- most de-nable, us they cm in t a- , Tliur'dav, Jan. 4lh.
a iruird for the protection f our men Inn I and! Tl is moraine, ihe Whigs an I .Vinves united
whabi ship", which now are disc it, d hy their 1 '""'i- M'- V'.viuw. .m.t alter lb" 'l, vole, Ihe Willi:"
crews almost as soon as I heir auciinis ,,re lei go ; orooo-e'l to conijir .iniie Messrs, (loorier, 'Ivans,
the crew, running aw.iv for the gold washing. hleu Sr , mad- speeches ,,( the I ).-.,, - er .is
, . ... ., ' . . . I ken- i'l!e.dis-..iir,ged excitement .mil pr. r.'.'..i I
.ao.iio- -in- oon.-o j., iniy aou sia, liou.trs
a month tor roinmoii sailors, and they have the
greaie-i dllll
uity in finding rrew at tn.,1 price
for wa.'.es.
Therare now in the I'nited States 1 1 f
collrces Ft under the denomination "f 'he
I5nptits; Oof the I'piscopalians ; IH of
(he Methodists ; I I rf the Kotnnn flalho
lics ; Koflhn ('ontrrrirationalists ; atultlir
remaining fll mosily I'reshyierians.
Poetry-
For the Columbia Democrat.
The liit.it liuialc Immigrant.
BY A SCHOOL BOV.
He is none : beneath the cold lod they have
laid him,
And none there remain, his departure lu mourn;
He is gone: the sAilt-winged death -angel bade
hi in
Speed away from the soiruwa so long he had
bourne.
Horn 'neatli the sway of a government tyranical,
Kean d in me land nl ojieMun a slave ;
No iiivings uf fancy , or visions chimerical
Caused lillii the danger ot oceuli tobuvo.
Hut the sound, so txlatick, of lieedom bad cougin
hi in,
For the sweet sound of freedom re echoes alar,
Ami his i note ablnuance ol lyiany uioughl In In
To Columbia guided ty libi-m's Ui.
Kind friends bad he there, in bis own lutiv,
land And endeared companions, who bid bun Qui
speed,
Departing forever, the iasp of his band
Caused the fund heal u ol main , at purlin", to
bleed.
But the pleasures, sn fondly, he hoped, would
ailend him,
The blessing). g, loudly, he hoped to enjoy,
Like the rainbow, receding, would only oelru nd
him
fly the varied reflections, which led to decoy.
To thee is life pleasing ? hath nothing depressed
thee !
Oh! inmirn ihe hard la'e of the ene we lni.ent ;
Ait thou discontented i though plenty has bless
ed thee,
Oh ! let his std history teach thee content,
Rut now he's released Irorn all his vexations ;
He has sunk inlo sleep ipiiet serene
The storms ot adversiiv, and deep tribulations
Forever were hushed, at the close of the tcene.
Xo: cares "and afilictions no more shall assail
thee,
Which, through the whole course of thy life
did abound ;
Though none there be lell, save (lie mute lo be
wail thee
Sweet comfort beyund the dark tomb thou
hast fon i S 1
1 J.CiS.
i KiiurinrrarfuL irv Vitl. Iti Hi "
, - v II I Mil lyiKI
The Sn in ,r Flower.
V J. T. UL'ISENBERIir.
I would not call thee back again,
.M y lovely summer (lower ;
I would not have thee sutler pain.
Or lee I again Us powei.
Thou art sleeping in the ipiiet lurnh,
Where no sound of grief can tall ;
Or a an angel thou dost bloom,
Where naught of death can pall,
Thv sweel image shall ever dwell
Fresh on memory 's page.
And be the ever-present spell
Of glad decliiiiiig hlo.
The Old and wVcw lar.
I heard a ickinan's dying sigh,
And an inlanl's idle laughter ;
The old year went with mi ruing by,
The new came dancing alter.
Let sorrows shed her'loriel v lear,
Let Hevelry hold her ladle:
Itring houghs of cypress lor the birr,
Fling roses on llierradle;
Mules lor to wait on the Mineral stale,
Pages to iiour the wine.
And a Requiem for Forly-eight,
And4a Health to Forty-nine,
comiEsptKroturcE.
I! Ansi-ni'RG, Jan. 2d, 18-10.
Col. Tate:
The members present assembled in the
House of Representatives to-day, at 'i o'clock,
when (alter the returns of the elections bad been
j read.) on Motion, Ihe members proceeded lo se.
lect a speaker. The Neuiocrvs voted for their
old and most excellent speaker. Hen. P.vcu fh .
The Whigs voted or II. S, Kvans, of Chester CO.,
and the Nalivisis voted lor Thus. .1. Herring. On
the fir-l ballot W. F Picker ha I I I votes, l( S.
I'.vans -t:i, Mr. Ilerim; I vies r. packer
ii.ii'il l,,i- s !'... -It ..( 1 1 .... i - f.. l.-. .. . .1
v, !, .-lter t!)i
Mill ballot. ,,,.,.,)
I I'l l l.n . .1 i'i t'l
T:e -'"II nu-nS-r of member, f 10 ,) r, s,.-,t (,
I moiioii. i i'i.cecdi'1 In il,.- ( 0' h v,,! ' Y, , ,-lmire
Oi mo-om nrore
-,l1t vas tin eholi
' " I t.i the '!l!l, vote and 'be I.
'''He 2I. hnllnt in-iiltei'. a
n ! ,!; ht nn th ?o, baiini. ti.e p-nii.rtit
1 ivnh the a'd oi the .N'.itivisis elected ('. 'A F
PACKrn pekor.
There w-is no rr.mnrrn i, .
m.nle with Ihe Xativi.ts
They voted inr t",en
Parker, because tliey lhnnKht he lVi), hesi nu.li
fie, to discharge the duties of the station. The
Home is iherelorooreamd and reidv loiirnceH
to nu-irii s.. Your., HF.PORTKr;.
JAN. 13, 1849.
The World in a I tit-Shell.
t A fearful mortal, tv h?. broken out among
some poor colored people, inhabiting low L'loiuid
in the vicinity of Cincinnati.
Qr- If California is admitted into the Union'
why can't the inhabitant- voir? localise tb.y
are all minert
(f The Legislature of Louisiana have appro
priated $1,000 to suppoil public, schools for free
children of color.
Iff- The Park Theatre at Now York will be re
built. The contracts have been "signed, sealed
nd delivered," and the wmk Commenced.
ijrj- A Locomotive, wilh ajear full nf managers
and editors, passed over the first eigliMiules of
the Chicago and Galena Railroad on the ult.
0r Gen. Taylor writes that he will be in Li'U
isville, Kv.. on the 14th or Ifdli o( February, on
his way to Washington.
J- Hon. Levi Chambe. lain, has been nomina
ted as the Whig candidate for Governor of New
Hampshire, at the election in March next.
Otr- Green the reformed Gambler, is about to
publish a paper in the city of New Yotk, called
the National Guaro.
ftrt- WliV lu Vllt,il-i i tl... u-.il.ip liur lr...ln
: :
Willi-m ever was? liecause he was onlv a roval
lar, and she is a royal tar-tur.
flf- The New York papers arc anxious In have
the United Stales erect a mint on Ihe spot laiciy
occupied by the Paik theatre.
0r- The printed indictments against Mr. Dufly,
ofthe Irish Nation, measures about one hundred
feet in leiieth.
(J17- Morse 1 line of telegraph now runs from I
New Ymk direct to i'hiladelphia. The wires are
carried acioss the Hudson at Anthony's N.e.
Iff- Mr. Jacob Throp, of North Htven, caught
in the river in that town, on the lStb ult., a shad
weighi.ry about 5 lbs.
rjrj- The Legislatuie of New Hampshire has
passed a plurality law lor the election ol Mem
bers of Congress and Presidential Electors.
(jij- Book-keeping will not receive much atten
tion in California at present ; a pocket account
will be Ihe unly popular one. Pockets should be
lined with sheet iron.
QtJ-The culture ofthe grape il pursued in Cali
fornia with much snccets. The wine made there
from is said to be excellent, resembling llie liht
German Wines.
Qrj-Dr. Franklin, in speaking uf education,
says: "If man empties his purse into his headi
110 one can take il troin him,"
trrTh? Lower Classes Who are
Tliey? - The toiling millions, the laboring
man and woman, the farmer, the mechanic,
the artisan, tin; inventor, die producer? Far
from it ! These are nature's noliilitv
(iod'n favorites the salt of 'he eanh.
No matter whether they are high or low in
station, rich or poor in pelf, conspicuous or
humble in positon, they are surely the "up
per circles" in the order of nature, what
ever the ficticious distinctions of society,
fashionable or unfashionable, decree. It
is not low it is the duty, privilege, and
pleasure for the great man and the whole
.s'ouled woman, lo earn what they possess.
to work their own fortunes. Some may
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laiov LUC l.lti.,i;a (itioui u110111.11 li il? I'llll
.,. Lt,h
lltiiiiviv IV") uiiu ill iiiii bill, iiioiuio i.ltin-
ses. Wc insist they are absolutely the
very highest. If there is a class of human
beings on earth, who may properly be de
nominated low, it is those who spend with
out earning, who consume without produ
cing, who dissipate the earnings of the
fathers or relatives without doing anv thin r
in aid of themselves.
Hubert It I mil to his ftr.
The following is a copv of the letter written
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i 1 1 1 v. ii ii i ii int it' ni' ii r, n. i ii i,u .! I 'It? 'i f l .1 1 1
ifr
I ). 'iiiurr.tr, th"r by oitlcrnf WiMnrnoKi
hi I j i 1-4 witr, an limit In f'Tf bis munlcr :
"My dear od Wife, Farewell, fim..
well lor the tune men call eternity, but
which will not be so. Bruin- mi our now
only your children to be honest men ; so
they will never disorace their fathers name.
Sell our linle property wiili the aid of our
friends, (ioil an ! all jjood men will help
you also. All that I feel and would say at
this moiiietil escapes tne ill tears ; onlv once
more, then, farewell, my dearest. Con.
aider our chililr-n a treasure of which yon
must make the best use, and honor thus the
memory of your faithful husband. Fare
well, farewell ; receive the last kisses of
Robert. Vicna, Nov. 1818. live o'clock
in the inorinnir ; at six all will be over.
1'. S. I had forirotton the rinrs ; on that
f n,lr beihrotliiil I press for yon a last
' kiss : my seal rnur is for Hans, the walch
for Richard, the diamond stud for Ida, the
chain for Alfred, as memorials. All the
j rest dtviile as you please. I hey are coin-
ing, farewell.'
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Tho Engagement.
J ShfU-hHy- Xvndt$cript.
It is a long time since then. Von ih and
manhood arrive ami pass away, but the
recollection of this event is ye't fresh and
green in my iiuMimry. jNothing can ever
emu-i: the impression, lis anniversary la
kept sacred, and upon that evening espc-''i-illy,
when the mind, by contemplation,
wrought up to the highest pi ch of ex
cile.neiit : t,e whole scene pm., vividjy
pamfuliy so, before my eyes.
I was quite young, ad Mary was still
my junior. Formed as she was both men
tally and personally i mVtlre; fi)m
mould, no wonder she would strike the
Heart ol one so young, susceptible and
ro-
I matitic. I would describe her if I could
j but no pen could do justice to her Ion?
Iil-irl- nv l .d.r. i i
(larl. eve-laslies, to her deep brown hair
C I . '
lulling in ringlets round her head and .,
lo her clear, but half Souiliorn complexion,
to her fine countenance lighted up by her
flashing eye -and to her delicaU?' and
fragile form 1 can see her but can
not paint her-Our parents Jived in thB
same
village, and Mary and
myself
I e.e much together. When the evenings
! were oleasant. irn nco-ii!.. ...n...i .... .
,, . , '"""'.' """" OUl lo.
S-....S. lo a ruut seaineartite edge of a
beautiful stream, and tiiere indulged in our
delicious dreams of love and future happi.
uess.
The ireno of this sketch is laid on ono
of these, 10 me delightful evenings. It was
i" June, and .Mary, and I had lingered
longer titan usual at our accustomed
haunt. We relumed home klowly, and
when we arrived there, passed at once into
the parlor ; and divesting ourselves of tho
accoutrements which convenience and pru.
deuce suggested should be worne in our
walk, we mecliaiiir..,ly, aa it were, walked
to tin; window. The moon was near its full,
and the trees in front of ihe house brokeand
variegated the silver moonlight, making tho
seone if possible still more lovely. Wo
leaned upon the window sill - her left hand
was ci.ii.pcd in my right and my left arm
geiiiiy etteireicd her wait.;.
Moonliolit evenings are dan-erotis la
lovers. There is a il-'iieinus sensation per
vading the senses, anil leadiiiu tiiem captive,
Moonlight ni.r,is Werc made for love, says
the Poet. How Jonjr ),at sl00( tUS j
know not, nor can I recall any of the sub-j'-ct-tnatter
of our conversation. I was
bewildered, lost in an ecstacy of delight.
And I only recovered my self possession
when I found myself on ihe eve of a decla
ration of love. I do not recollect what I
Satll. 1 Olllv kllOW Unit. n I moment nlmmt
1 T I. I 1 , ...
Il,atl rfiVlt'w,l! period of ac
qiiaintance, endeavoring to prove that I had
loved her. by reminding her of what I had
done to deserve and win her affection.
I never was eloquent brfore, my tongua
seemed unloosed, words came unsought
to my aid, actions long forgotmn came viv.
idly up to my remembrance, and boro mo
forward in my declaration. Whocouldnot
be eloquent with an aiig inspiring him f
! For a moment she did no, answer, but en-
j consciously as it were leaned her head n-
! i , , , . ,
, g.niist, niv breast .ami pressed mv hand c b-
1
i ser in hers. "Mary, I asked, will you bo
i mine ?" She looked up in my face, her
j eyes answered lo mine, and she sunk ill
1 embrace. Our lips met. It was the first
! kiss of votilh nnd love. The bliss of that
hour I shall never forget. We remained
thus for sone time. I thought I heard sotno
one breathe in the room; turning round
who should I see stmi'iiej I c.r us but Ma
ry's Father.
Here was a situation. Retaining Mary's
h Ted in minr , l.uldif sed bun in our be
half, askoio hi indulgi-nce of our passion
and his eons-fit to our union, when cir
cumstances s'lioiiM rendi-r it expedient.-
OurreqiKs- gr tnted anil giving us his
lilessiiii; he left the room.
Shortly aff.er I left the village for a dis
tant cite, intending to tetum after somo
time iio l trik Marv with me. Ikfon my
return she sM,em d and sudt'enly died! I
need lift go on. My fat-o is sealed, snd
' 1 e i,,, thing lft to care for nam,
S.'ii liny p"r Miry died;"