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-0111klist detililit,,of a hill, in Sellebary. Beam
county, is a beautiful fountain pf ciao wider, inwh -
Inioutlisyn'the very roots of a msjestk3 and vene
rable oak. It im about two miles fromtbn ilinnann
, 4f the IPowic,* river With the Merrimack.
i l i er Drevethy journey Wiling
it y thp itiat Powwow,
With' the summer sunshine Ming
On thy heated brow, •
: iddert While all elm is it 111; •
To the brooklet from the hill.
Wild and sweet the lloweneire Mowing
•B that streamlet's side, •
And a grOICIff verdure *awing ,
Where its waters glide
' Down the the hill.elope murmuring on, ,
Over root and matey stone.
Where you oak hie l l t r arm flier*
V W the sloping . . . .
Beantll6l end kohl, springs* '
'Matson-Bowing rill,
. Through its dark mots wrsathid and bare,
Gushing yp to son midair.
Brighter waters sparkled never
• • that magic' well,
Of whose gitt.of.iife forever
Ancient iegends tell,—
rim the timely desert wasted,
And by mortal lip untested. '
Witten which the proudCastilla n•
Sought with longing eyes,
Vederiiesith the bright pavilion
Of the Indian skies
Where upon his forest way
theste'd ahrt lowers of Florida.
Years agria lonely stranger,
Whit the desk, -brow
of ouk ost-cast forest ranger,
Crowed the *wilt Powwow ;
.%nd betook him to the rill,
And the oak upon the hill.
O'er his face of moody sadness
For in instant shone
Sonieshing like a 'leant of gladness,
As he stoop'd him down
To the fountain's grimy side
And his eager thirst supplied.
With the oak its shadow throwing
O'er his mossy seat,
And the cool. sweet waters flowing
Softly at his feet,
Closely by the fountain's rim
That lone Indian seated him.
Autumn's ea•licst frost had given
To the woods below
Hues of beauty, such as Heaven
Letidoth to Its bow ;
And the soft breeze from the West
Scarcely broke their drostny rest.
For behind was Ocean striving
With his chains of sand ;
southward sunny glimpse' giving,
'Twist the swells of land.
Of its calm and silvery track,
Rolla the tranquill Merrimack.
Over tillage, wood and meadow,
Oozed that strange' man
Bully, till the twilight shadow
Over all things ran,
Save where spire and Westward pane
Flashed the atumet back again.
Geeing thus upon the dwelling
Of his warrior sires,
Where no lingering trace was telling
Of their wigwam fire'.
Who the gloomy thoughts might know
Of that widalering child of woe I
Welted ley. in sunshine glowing,
Hilts that oboe had'stood
Down their sides their shadows throwing
Of g mighty wood,
Where the deer his covert kept,
And the eagle's pinion swept I
Where the birch canoe had glided
Down the swift Powwow,
Dark and gloomy bridges strided
Voter:leer waters now ;
And where en.* the beaver swam,
Jarred the wheel and frown'd the dam.
for thevroortbird's merry singing,
And the hunter's cheer,
Iron clang and hammer', ringing
Smote upon his ear '
•
And the thick end sull en emote
Prom the blackened forges broke.
Could it be. his father, eve!,
Loved to linger here I
These bare hills—this ebnquer'd river—
Could they bold them dear.
With their native 10Vaillelli.
• ••ZIPAIO O4 O 40 04 411 0 4, I - •
8•114, as Us shades of emu .
Gathered o'er the hm,
rum the western half of Heaven
Blushed wiilt sunset still.
pp, tttie Aniutain'e money mut
anted the Indian's„wintry foot,
, .
Year on year bath flown ibt over,
Bet he time no mow
To the hill.alde or the river
Where he ease before. ,
Bit Abe eittager can fell
Of that. trange man's visit
. •
And the merry ebildeen,ladem,
With their ftltitnot Sowers—.
Doting hov and laughing maiden,
In their wheel day bouts,
Love: tie simple tale to tell •
pt dM Indian sad his wen.
i 'De Soto, In the siziseath century, rostrata
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dud th• formula of impetus! youth.
REPLY OP MlBB TO TIER SISTER,
oito•iitirificsi ens von wurzwa ran
Man stns.
I'FL:reefing lbr my little bird
, !That lAave loved far years—
DK; lytelrare'taY biter dear,
' 'll4,o4eattalnlll7 mare a s
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a t re tAu sem
„Oar hearts, 7, 0 tqg mister dear,
r lt wl,ll not 14 forever:
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* l ' l ,f l a 43 ‘l l 4l" . ti wok/
-1,4 1.4 140 1 r !"--Dlwe 841, in vale
. /4*X 7Pill.P 2 1 1 40; OWN "IP* ;
' sto it *1'116104 en d / 140 two. ,
Mall always be for cawing yow.
cOrarted'once • royal* girl.,
' • And airatifola I titan . :
. save to her a pair of gloves,
'And she vivo ma tho--Mirrza
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LONG Suit" DAR IN ITS EVIIIITOTRI.
,
...14,"ohliter, having preached a very long
1te.,,„ his custom was, Bottle hours
, suiteill gentleman his opinion of
thirteplied that &Twos very good, but
libitiatiusi spoiled a goose worth two of
it."
ii....'
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1 -mmajoss.--uQuit spitting that nasty to.
ibmkeil on the floor,Josh,or I'll whip
Iv ...,fit.a, mother, why don't you speak
5 •01.
psity4 You should have said. cease
• g that offensive ealivia of the Vit.-
' • a weed upon the promenade, or I shall
administer to you a severe castigation.—
Abbas!"
L7 O l l TIP -11% , * )3+xxis."
READING .FOR ALL
/quoits. Borrows r—Under tbo above rsaptioo,
I propose to occupy • ,partion.of your piper with*
low suoorsoire miscellaneous pieces, Wed •od
,ideal, &lowa conceding, of course, your p ace
fserienal prerogative—to Me a lay on tho table.
Yount
D. N. E. .
"THE PRESIDENTS OF FRANCIS 'AND
' • • ' AMERICA." 'I • '
• • Sr WALTkit•SAVACHI LANTOS.. `
WALIMiIt • Elalraille . Leirtiolli a Wed genius, and
a true English mintleinan,now bitten:veiny-fifth
.year. 'Though iriberghig et huge fofttme and a
high position in society, ha neverthehass hit MAIM
sympathies with the people and with peptilit
righti. •
"After long years," says ei istereehtwor, l "in
which his writings, always evincing talent, grace,
beauty, and energy, deserving , the attention and
b°'a n i a of the wise and /1 . 0 0 4 were suffered to lie
inn neglect that amenable' to almost oblivion, his
star is emerging from the Imess,and Landor's be
gins to be s name of magic. It begins to be felt
that treasures of truth, beauty, and genius hay!
been lying in ingintious forgetfulnem ;, and, as if
mutioue to efface their ingratitude, both the world
of letters and the world of morals seem to be ma-
I king up for peat wrongs, by bringing forward a
loan* but ieWltntatle known, to the front rank of
the muted of English . Literature, and the bona
femora of the races." •
He is the author of several productions, in pore
trvand prose, bat on the latter his fame will rest.
Hle "imagintuy Conversations" is his master
piece. The critic mentioned above, has pronoun
cad this , m work of Reculiar east, snit - though very
unequal in its execution, of extraordinary genius
and ability." "It is a series," he continues, "of
supposed conversations between well known emi
nent men—often centuries apart, he point of time,
add scarcelj less diverse in character and relations.
This enables him to bring into juxtaposition and
comparison all possible opinions and theories;
by the contrast to bring out with the greater die
fineness his own sentiments. .There are. mu
lions, politicians, poets, moralists, divines, kings,
popes, and people ; men of piety and men of
plunder ; women and wits; saints and sinners,
brought together for a comparison of opinions, and'
discussions of grave and important subjects—each
setting forth his own views in a fray to indicate
plainly enough, itt the long run, what Mr. Ltn
dor would seek to teach." This synopsis of the
book excites a airing desire to see it ; but the fol
lowing almost unqualified commendation makes us
absolutely impatient to get hold of it : ..Perhsps
there are not to •be found in the whole range of
modern literature, a body of writings which, taken
as a whole, by their consummate grace and finish
of style, their generous and inspiring sentiments,
better illustrate and adorn at once the English
character and the English language, than the
Imaginary Conversations."
I send you a passage from one of his recent
letters, the style of which is terse and ironer;
and the sentiments eminently liberal, and show
his appreciation of American Institutions, as well
as hie isocanda views of the real condition of things
in Europe. It was called forth by the late diplo.
made difficulty between France and America, in
relation to M. Pousein. And though that is set
tled, the chief actors, whose characters are so just
ly portrayed, are still on the stage :
"To what a height of glory might the President
of France have attained if he had sprung up with
her in het ascent toward freedem, if be bad as
cended and directed her energies, if be had ab
stained but from falsehood and fraud! History
neither will nor eau dissemble them t the eternal
city bears the eternal temiusony. The words of
Massine are not the words of an angry zealot ;
hut ere registered in the archives of every honest
I heart. He accuses no man without the proof of
°fah blusters ; and there was a time when such •
au sulcusetion so confirmed, would have driven
the delinquent beyond the pais of honorable men's •
moiety. A. cold front and ow:taming gait may re.
duets the cowardly teahouse is the presence of the
ferocious I not en inch fondle , . It has been tried
of late against the Americans, and with what
moms I A tereiver of stolen goods is defended
In hiarognery by a French envoy. The French
en* is 'requested by the Ameridin Government
to reessnidder the propriety of his protection : the
American Gotenunent is. answered with the same
insolence that the Roman weer set its calm and
just expostulation. The matter Was submitted by
the American Government to the Fienah Cabinet.
Tho.Fronch Calsitdefends at on ' es .both the in
1114'dell Mod to
' •
I "Arroginte is broken Into fralli when it dael6
ea anthe,Western shores of the Atlantic. Amen
lee knows equally her interests end her d.,—
Averse to war, averse to the politics of Europe,
she is greatly more than a match for the 'united
powers •of that continent. Frame, °vies her ene
my, and she will have although like many a
eivil suit, the contest may, oat her greatly more
than tar demands. She ill net tobe shuMed era
amino, piece of trlokery ; , this amount of•money
is. not in question. • The question is, whether the
Italians are, to be treated as ignominiously and
ifipercilhoto ly as the Italian,. At theheed of the
United St ate. is *bra% toinposte; a sagacious
man tin falsehood of 'word or deed could' ever
bir objected to Pm. , :Amoricaste;l hope, will par
don me for comparing their President.(ths indig
nity is unintentional) with the President of France.
kri OM We behold OW env% iodate, veracious En
glishman or Eogititod i s Eocettlottwolith, animated
not Wald rbY p billet .. .lol**i 11 spirit moping
telorVese end dtsobtidibtpopiiattons, with 'strength
to alma their entimiew ilia mairithelr ciuties
the other without any fixed principles, any deter
mlnate Lint of conduct, swearing to republicanism
helm the people, abjuring bakers the pirionhood,
onshangeing Ii et home, battering it atiroo
delighted at „hausittot cheats, on a mil road, den(
to the disbud voice of history, following hit unele
*Ewe the Ay Is tortuous, deviating 'where hle
istrulght, and stopping in the midst of it to bolt
'with equal obsequitrinness to the beads of WO 'O.
ligione. Symbolical of such • character is the
tree of liberty in France : a tree unsound at root,
shrivelled at top, shedding its loaves onthe labor- 1
ens who plant it, end concealing the nakedness of
its branches in the flutter of the garlands that be.
dim it."
,usometlmee a preference makes poor emends for
a comparison ; but America will pension Me for
thus weighing a sound President against a hollow
I one. Temperate and strong is she is, she will treat
arrogant petulance with calm &Wien. The wooer
'vas of France, the world well knows, are Undo
quato to set afloat, with soldiers and stores, any
fleet that could make an impression. Her soldiers
• would find no field of opentione,'until, by the hu
manity end munificence of the captors, they should
be employed in levelling the road to California.—
Besides, the Americans would rather see them
perform an easier and more voluntary duty. Not
only in common with the nations of Europe, but
infinitely beyond them, those on the Atlantic see
with abhorrence the wrongs and cruelties commit
ted spinet the bravest and lengoot free of any on
our continent."
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MOSES 'RECEIVING 'THE - COST
JOMMENTk
IT- Kir. o..w9okiroaTi.
One 'of the most stibnite chillier' in
the entire- histoiy of the *Or that
Which details the reception and , pitiebints
lion of the morel code in the desert of,Si
nal. it may well form: lv it , hlte often
has formed the theme for the painter's'
skill. Every, circumstance attending the
receipt of this cods is significant and wor
thy of eOte- The people of. God were
first led , into the wildest and rudeat part
of the vast desert, thronlih whiqh " 41 17
went to pass, on their way to Canaan.
An observing traveller,' wkii has visited
that country, calli it a ' , perfect sea of des
olation. '"Kota tree," he rays, eor shnib;
or histirof . gnisti is to be seen on thertig
ged sides of innumerable mountains, heav
ing. their naked summits to the skier;
while the crumbling masses of granite all
around, and the distant view of the Syrian
desert, with its boundleu waste , of sands,
form the wildest and • most dreary, the
most terrific and desolate picture that ima
gination can conceive."
Stephens, the celebrated American Ira
veller,gives a similar account of the ap
pearance of theeountry. As he approach.
ed the place honored by the advent of, Se.
hovah to earth, "the scene," lie seri, "at
every step, became Mord soleinn and int
preseive. The mountain! became More
striking, venerable, and interesting. A
bout mid-day we entered' a narrow and
rugged defile, bounded on each side with
precipitous granite rocks, more than a
thousand feet high. We entered at the very
bottom of this., defile. At the other end
we came suddenly to a plain table of ground,
and before us towered. in awful gran
deur, so huge and dark that it reemed.close
to us. the holy mountainef Sinai. Among
all the stupendons works of nature, not a
place can' be selected mote fitting for the
exhibition of Almighty p6Wer. I have
stood upon the summit of giant /Etna, and
kitiked r oVer theeltinds limiting beneath it ;
upon the bold scenery of Sicily, and the
distant mountains of Calabria ; upon the
top of Vesuvius, and looked down upon
the waves of lava, and the ruined and half
recovered cities at its loot ; but they are
nothing compared with the terrific solitudes
and bleak majesty of Sinai."
But the sublimity of the scenery around
the mountain on which the law was given,
imposing though it must have been to the
Israelites, formed but a small part of that
singularly solemn and wonderful drams,
which was enacted when our world receiv
ed the law. Jehovah came near to hie
people—came in a thick cloud, and with
the most impressive manifestations of his
glory. "There were thunders and light
nings, and a thick cloud upon the mount.
and the voice of the trumpet exceeding
loud ; and Mount 'Sinai was altogether on
a smoke, because the Lord descended upon
it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended
as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole
mount quaked greatly."
Nothing which could add to the sublim
ity of this memorable event, seems to have
been minted. At length the moment
came when the Lord responded to the
voice of his servant. "The Lord came
down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the
mount; and the Lord callecl'Moses up to
the top of the mount," where the tables
on which the laws were inscribed were
received.
If we take pains to reflect upon the char
acter of the divine law, its purity, its obli
gations, our relation to it, the penalties of
disobeying hove can see clearly the fitness
of all the astonishing phenomena attend
ing its formal advent to the earth. Those
by whom it was first received.aud through
whom it was to be handed down to future
generations till the end of time., needed
such manifestations. in order suitably to
impress their minds with a sense of the
supreme importance of Jehovah's law.-r-
A cursory reader of the Scriptures may
see in all the divine arrangements made
for delivering these tables' of stone to Mo
ses, a great deal that is unaccountable, and
some things, perhaps, that teem uneetes.
earily and almost unjustly stern' ind for
bidding*, , A 'mead reader ;at the Bible,
especially if he bea damn one, too. view. .
these arrangements in a very different Lehi.
To him they seem strikingly significant
and appropriate. ,Nothiittean be , plainer,
than that the omnipotent God.. Infinitely
Teo:toyed, intellectually and morally, above
the highest of his creatures, could not
tolerate in those creatures the lame famili
arity that they observed among them
selves' end that on etch an occasion as
this, of communicating to thetn his law,',
when he Win, lo to speak, to 'visit them ,
in person, he , enuld not entirely break
down the walls oliepiratiou between him•
self and them. ; Every one must perceive
the impropriety of such a Want of raven
ems° as a rash. intrusion, at, this.time. oh
the Irselises• into the miming', of God;
would Wheats. It Nalt.ltgaPlY.titk,igittUt•
We OffiNxt to. PrOlent .9 0 0 4 1 sibil 1 9 11 of
%hie sashnlee.
What an illustratibp is, here of the nee
i
tin e ed el i t e i to i i a ti n 'l l' s}r e s i urt ile l nce + : ti a e nd h ' li g ! r7 l ll( ` )l 4 'f f gi'l'l=
reel needed a rriediater, in this e ran . nietv:
lion with the great- Governor 'of the' mil=
verse:' They teed not otherwise, as we
may enppoie, have received these tablets',
on which the divine, will was inscribed.
The glory that shone out from the visible
manifestations of God's presence on the
mount. even when reflected from the face
of Moses, no dazzled the people, that they
entreated him to put a veil on his face,
when he talked with them. They could
not bear the in fl uence even of those reflect
,
, ed rays, so that their mediator was obliged,
in making his communications to them, to
wear a veil. '
Blessed be God for the plan of commu
nicating with his creatures in this fallen
world, through the intervention of a Me
diator. Sintul as we are, what could we
do but for a! Mediator, such a Mediator as
we &Rhin Christ, of whom Moses was
but a symbol I Iu him, in that precious
Saviour. we find the character of tbs gor
illa 904 Palled_ Wilit .the ., si*acter, of, a
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hold the mod i nt i ro te 4 ?
course. mend odirect°l4.l9le(-
or the gittita
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THE MARRIAGE .ALTAR. , , •
I . Mire draWit l'iniotr'Man't piqUree'rif
el l
death; let me sketch let elf nowli•brief
but, bright eteptiAbtaiiili dl fife. It is, the
milriiireillitt :* lag infilde!''ClUttied 1
in all the fretibolteto
~,. agth . end, entire- 1
al beauty, leatkupati Obli "a r m of him to
whom elle futd juitioliglited her faith; tp
"Vilibin she hid jait alien 'herself tip Three;
Or. Look in hell'efisi 10 gloomy ph
oploWie, and bib. If yott'dark that there
ie no hippinesi oh Oath. Bee the trust=
ing, heroic devotion whleth impels her to
leave her.country sad parents. for a coin- 1
paratiwe stranger. • She; hair done it fear
lesely, fur Jove wPieforsi 0 her that:her 1
chosen g uardian.., sag, protector bear*, * 1
manly and noble-b4O. 1 '
We have all read of 49 husband , wlui,
in a moment of kulty„ w_cotb , said to her
Who but a few menthe beloire united het
faith to his—aft you n6,461'140160 with
ins , Condi/et, go, rata% ifi prom friends and
your haPphiese." *Lid 'GM yob give me
bank that which' ibititiglitto Ilit'r 'ask
ed the despairing Wile: ' , Yee," he re
plied; -Hell your wealth shall' go with you
—I covet it not." • oalas I" she answered.
01-thought net of my-wealth--I spoke of
any maiden . -tiffeetienit-osif my buoyant
hope,of my devolid lova t can you give
these back to. me 1" uNti,"- said the man,
throwing himself et het feet-7.! No ,I
I cannot restore, then;„ lout I will do
mute ; I will keep them unsullied and
unstained ; I will eherisittheiti through
• . •
my life. and in my death, as d 0 never again
will I forget that I have sworn' o protect
and cheer her 'wbo gale itY to me all she
held most dear." Did I nci toll you there
Wait poetry in a woman's looks—a wo
man's word 'I Rest it hem ! the mild, gen
tle reproof of love, winning back, from its
harshness-and rudeness, the stern and un
yielding temper of an angry man. Ah. if
creation's fairer sex only krew their strong.
est weapons, how•msny of wedlock's fierce
battles would he,unfong4 l 4 ol * muc4 of
unhappiness, antrcoldness would beavoid
ed ! •
CUMIN( IT THICK:
A correspondent of ate Boston-Poet
lates the following story :
Many years there did dwell in a certain
town nut a hundred mil® from that far
lamed place where orthalos divines are•
fated up for their profession and calling, a
certain 1). D., notorious for his parsimon
iousness, which would imeasionally run
into the wildest extremes
..Like the peach that's B a the yellers.
With its meanness human out."
One day this doctor of divinity chanced
into a hat store in this city, and after rum
maging over the wares selected an ordin
ary looking hat—put it on his reverend:
head—ogled himself in the glass—then
asked the very lowest price of it—telling
the vender that if lie could get it cheap e
nough he thought he might buy it.
"But," said the latter, "that hat ie not
good enough for you to wear—here is
what you want," showing one of his best
beavers.
"Tis the best I can afford though," re
turned, the theologian.
"Well, there, doctor—l'll make you a
present of that best beaver, if you will wear
it and tell Our, friends whose store it came
from—l'll warrant you'll send me custom
ers enough to get my money, hack with
interest; you are pretty e x tensively ac
quainted.' •
"Think you—thank you," said OM doc
tor—his eyes gleaming with pleasUre at
raising' a' castor so cliesip4-="hOw . much
may This beaver be Worth r
"We sell that kind of hat for eight dot:
lam'^ replied the othei man of nap. •
"And the other I" • continued the rever
end gentleman.. •
"Three." - - • .
The man of sermons put pn the beaver,
—looked in the glass—then at the three
doll's hat,
"I think, sir." said he- - taking of the
beaver and holding it in one hand as he
doht/10 the, ptleap. o j.#le." think, air,
thittltia hat will answer griY PurP°r2f l t ll ,
as well MI the beitt."
you had t;etter take the heiti one,
all';' 01:oil:yin's no more:"
replied the . parsdn, hes !
didn't knolv— = buttierhaptW.
you would as lief I would take the cheap
one—arld• !owe the other sad, perhaps
you would not mind giving me the .4iffat.
enee ins avo dollar bill l”
HOW PAT Lammas To MAKE FIRB.
"Care rOU' •
a.fire, , Pat 1" seketli gen
tleman of a newly *dived son dr Erin :
, “Ittdaditi can, or. and I= learned to do
that same, lief honor, to my 005t1ure......;
Who Immo over, you see. there was DO
One akmagwfWl me eiteepttneself alone.and .
my sister Bridget. Whin, we got.eabore
we went together to a boording-house, and
the Bohr:lint master took ine up vein We
rwe.et:ette ie
whin I weer^bed I took The
ittitt toff Welt; , eild , hw fear
soma dirtrapalpeen would be afterataling
'am, pat em away Snug and tidyin a
great irowehist•thet stood right fornist the
bed. a In this mornin', whin the day was
breskin' tbsough my winder, says I to me
aelf,,The top at the morning to ye Pat ;
is yer .clothes safe?' and,l just opened the
door av the - big chist, and begorra the
coat off, my body and' the shirt off me
body was burnt to ashes! Be dad, sir,
that ould divil of a chist was a stove, bad
luck to It ; and iver since that, I've know'd
how to kindle fire, sir."
YANKEE ENTERPRISE.-Mr. Sawyer.
a member of the Massachusetts Legislature
from Berlin. is the stage driver from that
town to Action. He leaves Berlin every
morning with his stage, and reaches Action
in season for the first train of cars from
Fitchburgh, which. Arrives in this city e
bony 'nine o'clock, giving him two Wire
to , deliver his packages, (for. be it knot* ,
he runs an express in connection with his
stage.) At, eleven he is' slivays found in
his seat, ready to attend 'to the affairs of
Stratton far - as Berlin is eontiernitd, lie:
is an enterprising legislator.—Bortonliee.
Mr Mother's' Overt%
111-1 11 r r 7
'itivie thirteen •riersainti mother's I I
&stk.' whets Ali a kirtirtiliattierfrbm my ,11
ifliffee 'ollie 1 'MOW beside the litered
.afiltadibeheittli *WWI had seen her bar
firmer that mournful period,' reet
efladellid item* dierrotr, chi ldish
years had paiiiieirawdy, and with them my'
youthful character. 'The world Was alter
ed ,•' anitss 1 rtread'it 'my M'cilli4r's
griere, I 'dould - trardlr'reinte'thit was
the slime 'tliotightleti," • happy 'creature,
kte
*hose chee she hail to alien klssidld
in brook's of Modemolor: But the' varied
events of thirteen 'Praia had •nrit effaced '
the' reinembratica 'of that mother's imile.
It seemed le tf I' hid seen her yesterday'
if the bkased sound of her 'voice was
then in my ear: the gay dreartia'eltuY
infirm) , and',childh'citid - Were brought Mick
so distidetly to 'Myr MIMI', that had it not,
been for one bltteltietillitetitinAhe
I ehid would here beeffgetithr and refresh.'
Mg. 'fihe eirMintilittnie may seiiin a tri
fling tute--hut the thought °tit even now
tigtvnlr.es'my heirtiA-and - I 'relate it that
children who bare pinatal - Mit 16trethint
as they ought. ' ,•,
hly'tti oilier hid been lifelong tiMia t litid
I had becomrso' much amitietbriteli tier
pale and. weak 'kite; that I was nor fright;
eadd iherwifs children uatiallyitte: . ``
firet,ltir trati,lsobbed violently '
- 1 .40 r thee
told Me she would die ; but when day;
ter day I returned front school;4tud4cutrid
heethe aerie, 'I begitilo behead she would
always be spared to me. •
One diy whine.] had lost My place in
the class, and done my Work wrong side
outward; dime , head discouraged 'and
fretful. I went-into my modieea chem.
ber. She was paler than 'WWII, 'but she
met ma with the state affectionate smiles
that had always Welcomed my relent.—
Alas 1 *hen I loiak 'hack through the
of thirteen years,' think my heart most
have beetidione,- not to have melted by it.
. She requested me to go down stake s - tont
and bring her a glass of atter-4 pettish
ly asked why she did not getir 'domestic'
r to do it. With a look of mild reproach.
which 1 shall never forget, if .I lire to be
a hundred years old, she said, "And
not my . totthaftimioitit glees of water fur
her poor sick mother?" •
I b.os d bronght her the water, though
I did not do it kindly. , Instead al Smiling
and kissing her, is I was won't to do, I 'set
the glass down' very. otiik antlJeft the
room. After playing a short time, I went
to bed without bidding my mother “gonti
night;" but, when alone in my room, in
darkness and silence. I remembered how
pale she looked, and how her voiee'trem
bled when elle said, "Will not my daugh-i
ter bring a glass of water for her poor sack
mother?" I could not sleep—and I stole
into her chamber to ask forgiveness. She
had sunk into an uneasy slumber, and they
told me 'I mutt not waken her. I did not
tell any one what troubled me, but stale'
back to my bed, resolved to rise early in
the morning and tell how sorry I was for
my conduct.
The sun was shining brightly when 1
awoke, and, hurrying on my clothes. I has
tened to my mother's room. She was
dead I—she never spoke to me more—ne
ver smiled upon me- again ; and whet; 1
touched the hand that used le rest Upon
my head in blessing; it was PO cold that it
made me start. 1 bowed down by her aide
and sobbed in the ' bitterness of my
heart. I then 'wished I could die, and be
buried with her ; and old as as I now am,
I would give worlds. were alley mine to
give, could my mother but have lived
to tell me that she. forgave, my childish Inv
gratitude. =Bin I cannot call her back, and ,
when I stand by ban grave o and whenever
1 think of her manifoldAindness; the meat
- ory of that reproachful look she gave. me,
will,“bite like serpent antliaing like an
adder.!' , „ ; ,
_ TOO /WM%
A merc hant sekat his otime-desk ; var. ! .
iota; , ~letters were nn spread before him ;
kite, whole beta; was absorbed in the
intricacies of Inmmeast. '44. zealous friend
of mankind CutistrOtt° ofllce
waut.loo4, Y, OI A,
now , eirot(iflr 14‘.1';, 1 9Prall! 0 .04 11 , 1 )°,
said
oft by
man ,Xhe merchant cut s
him oft py, m plying- 7 ,
YP9 t mu° l, l°3°° lo, °mit but. .t . °04:.`.1
r° 2 t°obUlYAttultP4 tekth'tteuklea n ur.:
eir„ltttenporimea is On the
maim *Doug cith''„ 'aid big frieed. • -
I,ym sorry, but I'mtim busy 4,
present de . sisphsnal!'
tten.Jsbell'l call spin, Sir
cannot very 'busy.
busy ; every day. Excuse me, etr,l wins yoaotoci t ,tumninip7 n ,
The° bowing the intri der out or the
oirkiis; he reaumett„theatt4 of his papers.
The merchant had frequently repulsed the
friends u( humanity, in this manner. No
matter W
hat wast e object, he was too
busy'4o
liet i en to their claims. He had
even told hie minister he was too busy for
anything but to make money.
,But,. one Morning, a very disagreeable
stranger 'stepped very softly to his aide say
ing, "go home with me. A cold chill
set on the merchant's heart ; his sceptres
of shim! notes, houses and lands, flitted be
fore his excited mind. Still his pulse beat
slower, his heart heaved heavily, thick
films gathered over Ilk eyes, his tongue re l i
-
fused to speak. 'Then the merchant knew
that the name of the visitor was Death.—
All other claimants on his attention, except
the friends of fßaininon, had always found
a quick dismissal, in the magic phrase, 01
am UM busy." Humanity, Mercy, and
Religion, had alike begged his influence,
means and attention in vain. But when
Death cattle, the excuse wns powerless,
he was compelled to have leisure to die.—
Let us beware how we make ourselves too
busy to secure Life's great end. When
the excuse rises to our lips, and we are
about to say, that we are too busy to do
good, let us remember we cannot be too
busy to die.
wn;l
GOOD FOR. Soatanoov.--Tlie wedding
dress of Miss Russell, married last eve-
cling, was mamufactured of glass. and. coat
*MOO. Sosays the Sc. Louie Otvatt!4:4
the 25th ilk. • = •• =
Anecdotes.
The dextrous leap of thought by which
the mind seems to escape from a seeming
ly hopeless dilemma, is worth all the vest
nisnts of dignity which the world holds . .—
It was this readiness in repartee which
continually saved Voltaire from social over
turn. He once praised another writer very
heartily to a third. person.—'lt is very
Strange,' was the reply, 'that you speak so
w ell of him, for he says you are a charla
tan.' :6 . 0 !' replied Voltaire, 6I think it is
Wary likelY that both of us may be mime
-46.4 • •
Again you must all have heard the an-1
sedote of the young man who was diseour- !
sing,ierydogmatically about the appropriate
sphere of a woman. 'And pray, sir,'
sereamed :out an old lady, 'what is the ap
propriate sphere of a woman cc
lestialsphere, my dear madam
Robert Hall did not loose his power of
setorkeLveri
. in, madness. A hypocritical
Condoler with his misfortune, once visited
hiti in the mad house, and said in a whin
ning tone, 'what brought you here, Mr.
HOT' Hall significantly touched his
brow' With hie finger. and replied, 'what
will neverbring you here, sir—too much
brain r
'lipid change from enthusiasm to non
ehalince is often necessary in society.—,
This, a person once eloquently eulogizing
the engelle qualities of Joan of Are, was
suddenly met with the petulent question,
wss Joan of Arc made (An--
*Site' IS us mita 'ot Orleans,' he replied.
to never upset by the nuton- 1
hating. He walks among the Alps with
his hands in his pockets, and the smoke
dbl ! , cigar is seen among the mists of the
Niagara. One of this class sauntered into)
the offiCe of the lightening telegraph, and
askeit,hti* long it would take to transmit
a message to Washington.- - . Ten minutes,
was .the r eply. .41 can't wait,' was the re
joindk.
Sheridan never was without a reason,
neser'cuiled to extricate himself in any
epieriano . by his wit. At a country
house,'whete he was once on a visit, an
elderly, hitaileirtStly -dared to be his com
pioyike ; ;Ile excused himself at
first on dm ground of the badness of the
weather: She soon afterwards, however,
intercepted hinfi n an attempt to escape
without her. .Well,' She said, 'it is clear
ed 14;1 sed' 'Why, yes,''be answered, , it
halt cleared up enough for one, but not e
nough fo(tarti.'
Tt was this readiness that made Juhn
Rmilolph terrible in retort. Ile was the
The relies oTc:ingress,' a tongue slabber.--
No hyperbole 'damn Or contempt could
be launched agelnet him, but be could over
toP. if With' tininathitig more 'scornful and'
contemptuous: ' Opposition .onl y In actiii n
ed him, into More brilliant bitterness.—
'lentil a shame,. Mr: President,' said he
one day irrthe Sinste;'.4tid, thei noble! bull
dogs of the administration 'shOuld be wast
' my their 'precious' tints' id the
rats of the 'opposition.' Immediately the
Senate was in an uproar snil newts clam
otously.belled toorde6l l ;-The'peekiding off;
cer, heiirevet, stistained'bile , ftian6elpoint.
ing his long skinny fingers 'at , hie oppo
nests, Randblph'soreiniedituts dtattl.'dhk
I say:fr ttKce, 'Weer
, ,
, . .
gROW/r i g POWAT°F, I •7/ 111, 1Pr i &g, ,t i me
of year is tenting." a oorrespentkpt, very
seasonably sends. to 'the iffileilork , riti•
butte the folitiwing tedoent tlfll, I nn:shod
whereby (he sqs) very
delgrotald; llolll o, l ehtirep 110.1 1 9,4 1, 4' e( a.
little work occasionally. may grow a very,
deeent bin of txnatoes for nest Fell and
t— ' '
Yeti prepare e'csidi or Burg ,
T "
with both: husids.hiltfu t " n' e°
over SOCiMilOit pr . emsil, in the usual way;
You then plant ;8 4 ,x, mere of your seed
r3Yquile. OK, t h e cask over them, cover
ing d)siti with earth as twist, and Barth ,
t4llq,;iip vine is of the usual
size Cur luieiogj'keep earthing till a month
or So.before digging. The vines will grow
in some' instances six feet, and at every
joint theca will he a crop of potatoes, ao
dip', in simile cOsui,len times the usual crop
will tie pitOcUriti with legit labor and, !els
land being Ocetipied,
I,lntiubi,r / slied,tha; it, hug been tried in
_wlrean 04,egnii510,01e sweeties, and for
my 6310,fiaP,,,Ithipix ;it 'reasitile, and would,
try it II j, vfefre4 Order Or had ground fit
LANK oArip.—Sevoral hopdred mile@
of: idalilk romiti ? f ro now in. course of con
etr,ockipti,inpiht_Spkie. of lotliamt.
peopple Of that State are thoroughly ?live
to t h eir true . me eu
„
,When Witte first cape into fashion. a
Pe: wm,prettecield to a worthy Mayor in
owns ife examined them
attetwivelf sect concluded that they were
A new
,kind orbasket. Accordingly. w
he went to church the next Sunday, he
aim/gene around hie neck and put his
prayer-hook into it. Ilia . wife used the
other, to bring home her marketing iii.
Mes. PARTINOTON'S r.sir.—"Fifty-two
Sons of Temperance," exclaimed the old
lady, "and twenty-five Daughters too !
Why bless me, how many children has
aunt Tempy got ? Aod I hear some talk
about Cadets of Temperance ! What sort
of debts are them ? But no wonder she
owe debts when she has so many children to
maintain—how 1 pity the old critter."—
And the old lady pulled her spectacles
down on her nose and quietly resumed her
knitting.
A. Nont,r. OFFER.—Mr. Henry Grin
nel, a wealthy inerohant of New York,
has nobly projected au expedition in
search of Sir John Franklin. He pro
pesos to lit out two ships at Ilia own cost,
to he:commanded... by naval officers_ ap
pointed. by Government. Jll the expedi,
non should prove soveeestid ; in • finding
that intrepid navigator, the whule„ve&ward,
naegtd by. the livitialv goverment .antl,
by Lady Franklin, after dednoting the
pews of the expedition. is to.,he .110444
' among the otrteorot, ttnti crew of the, 104 - .
eels, ShouLd. 4ll',ovo ~orestkcilffilftil; *sr
v1)40,11,08 folio up4A Mc, 91011.
t
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NEW BERIEe--46.*:
• V 1
A Scene in St, Louis, SlaveAnctitk:,
We find in the Sr. Louis People's Or
gan of the 21st ult., the following geoid'
of a sale of "human cattle" in that
It is rather fanatical, perhaps, for a paper.
published in a slave State, and in the very:
city from which Elijah P. Lovejoy' iViue
driven forth but a few years ago, (and
nally murdered at Alton,) for uttering the
truth in language lets offensive to the
"ears polite" of human flesh daaleri;--
But this ii4only one of the hopeful sign
of the times :" •
COMMERCIAL--The steps of the cep^
house were crowded yesterda) meow
to witness the sale of a fine looking drove
of human beings. The critters, after'hav-'
ing their mouths examined like hornets; and
their limbs pulled about to test their snook
ness, were put up to be knocked.dowk.
with the hammer. Competition was
very brisk and the lot realized good . pri
ces. A girl, Caroline, attracted our'attre.
tion and interest, from the anxiety ale dia.'
played during the bidding for her flesh and
blood, bone and sinews. As the 'pries'.
rose to $4OO, a hopeful, meaning
gradually spread over her dusky good na
tured face, (the last lot a buy, had only.
brought some $455 or so,) The bidding.:
confined to two persons, rose , to SOO.— •
She became restless, continually glancing
front one to the other of her would , be
chasers—her predilections for one had ei
idently been formed—'4,7o, say the five" -
-called the auctioneer; a pause enenikl.
of suspen'c to her ; the one she hort.kke i
serve hesitated. 'Going at .4150,-going
who'll say the $5OO ?" llestillheeitated;
the hopeful look had gone from her features.
and was replaced by something skieCto a
feverish dread—still she looked iihis face,
wishing she might dare to urge him on.,
Ile nodded, .$5OO for'this likely girli fig 4
teen years old ; guarantee 'sso4
and going." A and from his Opeonent
brought her up to 8505. from this ationt-'
cot, she seemed to have cast aside allbope;
it %vas a matter of perfect indifference 'to'
her, which might buy her ; at least all env'
ward signs had tied, and she glanced round
calmly at the crowd of heads looking elo:
her, as on some jack in the box, shown
publicly 'and gratuitously. We grew
sick of the scene as the autioneer proelaitn. ,
ed 8510 had been bid,. and we turned to ,
force our way through the crowd, but. we ,
were fast wedged. .Going—fair warning
rgoing; the key fell on the book, andthe •
auctioneer bent forward to enter the a
mount of sale—the girl looked also *1 that
sum site fetched in the flesh market, but
never moved a muscle, except, perhapi;i•
slight. brightening was observable in tie
eye, and in the parting of the lips, as if in
pride that she had sold for so much.
”Ceroline, you and the boys go home," -
exclaimed some one near : the crowd o.
pened to let them pa••s and we moped.- -
flame : Father of all, what a mockery of
that endearing term ; the home of the strat.
ger,perhaps, the trader—a home whire
bondage ehtler,l:o4with death. •'•
S OF SLAVERY:.
Prove the-Louisville Courier of January
28th, 1 HMG:. • • , • ' •
Yesterday morning we witnessed a
Seene.that We:little believed could be, en
acted within the borders of Kentucky.—
The eteatnei G. W. Kendall was lying at
the wart at thX foot of Wall St. preparing,
to steam New Orleans. , On the fore cas
tle Beek stead a group'eonsisting of a MO
tar 4sted..jfee Jir -34. cloves , including
woman with e.child at her breast, who
were apparently going to the South. lust
as the last boll of the steamer rang out its,
peal.for departure, and they were aboutus
boxiest loose, She mother was bade-to give,
up her infant, and was told she must go,
without it. At this intimation .the, pour,
creature been me frantic with grief. She
caressed her child a moment, then flee%
to her trunk in which had been packed
various little articles of clothing that elle
had made up for it to *ear. These she
first pressed fervently to her lips and then •
bestowed them on the child.. Her owner'
then ordered her to follow hin, and she
mechanically started to obey, but the ••
promptings of nature were too strong ,with.
in her swelling breast to be resisted, and
with loud sobs of grief she turned, embra
ced her child and clung to it with the ten
acity of dispair.
The heart-rending grief the woman, and
her frantic gestures, attracted the attention
of persons passing along the levee, . and
strongly excited the sympathies of many.
The owner was asked by a gentiterian if he
would sell the woman and child ; to this
lie assented, and demanded $650 far them.
Upon inquiry, however. it was ascertained ,
the woman was to be sold down the riser:'
and that the child would be disposed:o,
here. The by-standers volunteered to.
raise a subscription to buy the ehildi and.
send it with its mother, and severtil of
them proffered 510 each: At this junc
ture Capt. Norton, the Captain of theboat,
came forward and told the owner of the
, slaves that he would not take him , e 4: his
boat, and sent the whole party'alihrire;and
in a few moments the steamer was, mots
dashing over the falls without them.
AN old deacon in Yankee land once told
us a story. lle was standing one day be
side a frog pond—we have hie own word
for.it—and saw a large garter snake make
an attack upon 'an enormous bull- frog. , -..
The snake' fed upon one of the frog'i hind
legs, and the frog to , be on a par with his
snakeship, caught hint by the tail, "and both
commenced swallowing one another. sad
continued this carnivorous operation nod
nottiiing was left of either of them;
. . -
Nor IAD. Fog A CHIR.;--"11 AR..! j ef:
writes a eorrespuialeat, 6.a pretty nog t
juvenile friend !inirlefilireqeors of age na
med Rose. Some d o, stew was ter!
ed tom: dad 100.0411r3"
the 4inityvy 119 007; 114 1014 4!Pokr „fay..
.Vdeal! , 0011710. " !),
•goi to 40VO-11 1 4' . IWIR . A1!) e • •so
sot". aglo, ,
Rose, ..the Bible seyfeyek,* ,
:iliat!ittorWA ln s l A I i!NIP"
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