, .
HY. tot A. ,04 Ci‘ klu MOHLER.
volt, xxi-48.1
Nen the National Etc
A 'SABBATH SCENE.
Z. - 0: WRITTInt
SCUMS had the soleain,Babbath fall
Ceased, quivering in tkp Isteeplo.
&a reit bad the parson tolls de.it
'Walked 'lately through his people--
When down the summer shaded street
;A waited female figure
With dusky brow end naked feet,
Caw rushing wild and eager.
She saw the white spire through the trees,
tiho 404 the sweet hymn swelling;
Oh. pitying Christ! a refuge glue
That poor one in Thy dwelling !
Like a seared limo before the hounds.
Rightnp the aisle ata
While clone behind her, Whip in hand,
Alga haired, Wow fluidal.
Bhe milted a keen ind bilk* cry, -
To Heaven and Hank appealing r
Were manhood', gollierOtt, PUIOSI dead I.
Had woman's heart no reeling 1
A wore of stout banderole between
The hunter and the flying ;
Age clenched hie staff, and maiden eyes
Flashed tearful, yet
"Who dares protons this howe and tlas , !"
Could out the angry puttee.
4.Why. bless your wattle wench's* stave,
Aud rot her laud and muter !
"I've hew and gospel on my side,
And who 'hall dote rem,' me !"
Down came the pawn, bowing low,
'My good sir, prey excuse me !
"Of course I know your righ diiino
To own and work and whip her;
4 .4 nit*. deacon, throw the Polyglot
Before the wench, stud kip her r'
Plump dropped the holy toms, and o'er
its awned pages stumbling,
Bound baud and foot, a slave once more
The hapless wretch lay trembling.
I saw the parson tie the knots,
The while his dock addressing,
The scriptural claims of slavery
With tact Oa out impreming.
''Ahhough," mid be, "on Sabbath day,
All secular oceupationa
Are deadly aim we game fulfil
Our moral obligations :
as one
To every.ontiselenee tender
As Paul sent haek Orwsitnus,
My Christian friends, we send her !"
'Shtick row on ahrkk ; the Sabbath sir
Her Wild cries tore *solider ;
I listened, with hushed breath, to hear,
liod answering with His thunder !
All stilt!—the very altar's cloth
Had smothered down her shrieking,
And dumb she turned from face to Lace.
Fur human pity seeking !
I saw her dragged along the aisle,
Her shackles harshly clanking;
I heard the pamon,over all,
Thu Lord devoutly thanking !
Hy brain kook fire ; this," I cried.
"The nod of player snsl preaching I
Then down with pulpit, don n with priest,
And give us Natures teaching !
"Foul shame and moons be on ye all
Who turn the 'pod to evil,
And steal the Bible from the Lord,
To give It to the Devil !
"Than garbled text or parchment law
lawn a gamuts higher,
And tied to true, though every book
And every man'e a liar !'
Just their I felt the deacon's hand
In wrath my moat-tail seize on ;
11 heard the priest cry, .InGtiel I"
The lawyer mutter, -Tinsman 1"
I started up—where now were church,
blare, waster, priert, end people
I only basal the supper bell,
ludend•efclaopliny steeple.
I maim; end lo ! the fitting nese
Of ell way dre2 m's vagaries—
Two Nay pamp hlets, Weinter's text,
Witheiteerams commentaries
But, on the open wirdow'ri sill.
O'er labial the white bloom
The Perms Ma good old Hook
The mind of summer lifted.
And dormer and eine, like angel wings
Around • the Maly Mother,
Waved seal, tiara. &cif God'', treat
And =my kissed each other.
And, freely, hem the cherry bough, •
Above the casement swingins,
With golden tio.ont to Ike sun,
The oriole was singing.
As bird and Sewer made pleint of old
The lesions of the Teacher.
So now I heard the written wqrd
Interpreted by Nature
For to my ear methought the breeze
More freedom's blessed word on
Thus math the Lord: U ILAK "SLAT !Oil,
ITiho ■nano" I
STORY'.OF A CHINA. PLATE.
Vhonamewhich common mmsent has
given to the beat kinds of pottery and per.
tilitsin Militate. its - °lien ; slid the name
Chins - ii. applied with equal intelligibility
to th ornaments on the mantlopiecgo the
crockery ht the chum. or to that vest em
pire which stretches from the north to the
Comb of did stsist coast •of 'Asia. To this
'country if is probable that we are indebt
ed'for,tmtitVartittles in , ; and it
is certain that Chinese wore acquaint
witb.the 4110 of spectacles nodmagnify
ing glasses, gunpowder and east-iron, long
• twfinwlinst light - of eivilatation which arose
like the sna ip tlist oast, and now fulini
-mates in ib Weld. hod reached our shored.
Out present Manoraeurers have far out
- sired, in beauty of isteial,'die pottery
of e, old ,Oltinsuie specimcns, but fashion
.
still gives a preferenceto Chinese patterns
'" andllsitna.. A remarkable instance ,if this
itrifitiendet is to be found in the fact, . h
the eile of the common blue plate, know,'
aMei uwilfiitv pattern," exceeds that of
all the others pita together. The name is
detivetifrom the figure of the tree which
i'i 6 stoupies the centre of the plate, and which
,t,. I adv.! to represent a willow in the
''which unfolds its blossoms before
ir2 ,
Ito e i ris' APpear.
:11Y..,lin,inthere, since the earliest dawn of
t' ','lihollitlatllligent,perception, who has not in
nisitively contemplated the mysterious
a willow-patern plate I W . ho,
in childishk curiosity, has not wondered
what thoie three persons in dim blue out
-111411441 upon that bridge ; whence they
...! , .0.1.00, , and.whither they were flying I—
'," .link OJOes the boatman without oars On
* W
bite stream I Who people the
. 7 00
louses on that charmed island T--or why
tlo those;dipproportionstii &MINs forever
kiss each other, es il',lntensel4, over
some good deed done I ' loa is there
thiougfr whose mind such thoughts
thMie have libepassed, tette fotind his eye
resting upon' the -Willow-pattern ' plates
when they ley upon the dinner table, or
brightly glittered on the cottage plite-reil 1
The old willow pattern plate
very association, in spite of its want elm , '
italic beauty, it-is dear to us. It in ming
led with our , eartiest recollections it is
like the picture of an old friend and com
panion whose portrait we see every where,
but of whose likeness, , never grow
weary. Unchanged are its charms wheth
er we view it as a flat oval dish—rotinded
into a cheese plate-4tolleired out into a
soup tureen, or contorted inticthe ilhalte of
a ladle. every Choir or form,'
RIM the three blue,people rushing over the
bridge ; 'still' the'hitaititatt eitklistiees.on
the stream, and the doves are condtantly
kisiiing and fluttering in great glorification
at the result.
What it Is all abort we will presently
inform the made. if i►e will provide him
self with an orthodox plate, and go with
us through the following story. which is
said to be to the Chinese; what our olack
the Giant-Killer," or "gobinson Qrusn."
is, to us. • It is the story of the %Willow
Pattern Plate.
Oa the right-hand aide is seen a Chi
nese House, of unusual extent and mag
/unwire. The wealth and resolute* , of
the owner are indicated by its being two
stories high—a most rare thing in Chi na —.
by LW existence of. outdruiWings ..at the
back, lus the right,) and by the large and
rare trees which are growing upon all sides
of the main building. The house belong.
ed to a mandarin of great power and little,
ence, who bad amassed considerable wealth
in serving the emperor in a department
corresponding to our excise. The work,
as is the ease in other places beside" Chi
na, was.perferated by an settee Secretary,
named Chang, while the business of the
master consisted in receiving bribe, from
the merchant*, at whose smuggling sod il
legal-traffic lee -winked is eitae
las he was paid for ii. The, wife of the
mandarin bating , how/seer. died uddenlyi
he requested the emperor to allow him to
I retire from his . arduous duties. and was
particularly ingest in his suit, because the
merchants had begun to talk loudly of the
unfairness and dishonesty of the Chinese
managers of the costume.
The death of his wife was a fortunate
excuse for the old mandarin, and in accor•
dance with his petition, an order signed
by the vermillion pencil of his imperial
majesty. the emperor, was issued to a
merchant who hall paid a handsome dou
ceur to his predecessor.
To the.houss. represented on the plate
did the mandarin retire. taking with him his
only daughter. Kongsee. and his secreta
ry Chang, whose services he had eetititted
for a few months in order to put his ac
counts in such array as to bear a scrutiny,
if hem ally unforseen circumstances, he
'should be called to produce them: When
the faithful Chang had completed hikduty
he was dircharged. Toe late, however !
'rhe youth had seen and loved the Mantle
ria's daughter. At sunset, Kong-ree was
observed to linger with her maid on the
steps which led to the banquet• room, and
as the twilight came on, she stole away
down the path to a distant part of . the
grounds ; and there' the fund lovenr. on
the last evening of Chang's engagement,
vowed mutual promises of love and con.
Blaney. And on 'many an evening after
wards. when Mang was supposed to be
miles away, the lovers' voices in that
place might have' been heard amongst , the
orange trees; and as darkness came on,
the huge peonies which grew Upon the
fantastic wall had their gorgeous petals
shaken as Chang scratbbled.through their
crimson blossom*. By the assistance of
the lady's handmaid, these interviews were
obtained'without the knowledgir of the old
mandarin ; fur the lovers . well knew• the
hard fashion of the country, and that their
*lathing in life being unequal, the father
would never content to the union. (Attunes
merit, however, was known, and the affec-
tionate wishes of the young people pietured
a time when such an obstacle would be
removed by his success. They believed
as they tOped. and the year of their'hincy
had only tiro sessons...spring4inte and
summer.
•
By some means, at last, the knowledge
• of one of their interviews came to the old
'min,' who, from that time, forbade' his
daughter to go beyond the • walls of. the
Amen ; the youth wee commanded to dis.
continue his visual, 'Ton pain of death
and to prevent -his chivalrous nurse any
gratification, he ' orderes: a high well Of
wood to be .built'aerose the pathway from
the extremity of the wall' to the enter sedge.
The bubr i e•ltiOntfliil. t toth.wV thamissed;
and , her plaCeaupplmil by an olt.rdospeatio,
whose'beiFt was as withered is her mini.,
veils! rice.
,• • ' "
• iiroii4J,e'kr
the flesh atlott-
Mains
lettingen over.the•vratitea edgtkuptietlar- •
ace; opon.which theirodneladyinight
walk lit security'. L. These , spotmentsi he.
• wing so exit bat through the: banquet 0144'
in which the mandarin .spent the,greeledt
part of time. being completely
.eurruunded
by water, the father ratted' content that he
should have no further trouble from élan.
destine meetings. As also the windows
;If hie siuing.room looked, out iipon the
w ai 'ers, any attempt et communication by
by means of a bout would be at once seen
and frus Crated by him. To complete the
disappointment of the lovers, he went still
further—he betrothed his daughter to a
wealthy friend, a Ta-jin, or duke of high
degree, whom she had never seen. The
'Fujin was her equal in wealth and in eve
ry
respect but age, which greatly propon.
derated on the gentleman's aide. The 'I
nuptials were, as usual. determined open;
without any consultation of the lady ; and
the wedding was to Luke place, "tat the for.
ornate ago of the moon,' when the peach
trees should blossom in the spring. The
willow tree was in blossom thee; the
peach tree had scarcely formed its buds.
VETTY'SBUAG,
.I'A. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1850.
POW . Icointtiihe shuddered, at What she
called ber 1100,111, end tented and trembled
es she 'meted die Muhl oY theotieh-ttne
'Whose b'ninaesetreir etaie to dt% wins or
'her' ktinin. ISO' her littnit wits cheered by
itsppl omen # i blid • mine itid built its
UM tinfide bore her window.
One'day'ihn bad mit im , tbs narrow ter
ramt,for'stivoind , hoors. watehing the little
architect cloying straw Ind feathers 10 its
home. the shades of .ertniug came
upon her, and her thoughts retooling to lot
lettliews .ihat *ere shackled. With ,ihst
hour. she did wal " ed,*d ie.
a n tl4° 4o (4gaud•upoiwaers.,
abstraction ws disturbed by a half oPic
nut obeli. which wis fittitillip with
attire silt, and Which dilated gently close•
to her'rent.' the' aid of her pirasolshe
'raised it Moth the Water. ' Her 'delighted
surprise 'at its contents 'emitted her to ex. ,
claim in'sucti a mannar as to bring the old
servant to' her Ode; and neatly to lead to a
discovery; 'but 'Gomm-see was ready with
a plausible encase, and dismissed the wo
man. As soon as she was gone, she
ant
ioaaly examined the little boat.., In it she
found a bead •she had given to her !Oter—
o eutricientAyidence from whose bands the
little brat had come; Chang had launch
ed it on the other aide of tbe water. °There
was also a Piece of bamboo paper and in
light characters were written some Chinese
'althea.* ' ' '
The nest yon winged artist boilde
Some robber birdt shall tear sway ;
to yields her hopes the valanced bride,
The neatly lord's reluctant prey.
"He must have been near me." she
murmured. P'for he mull have seen my
bird's neat by the peach tree." She read
The Muttering bird prepareu a home.
In which the spoiler boon shall
roan gowiabe weeping bride, constrained.
A hundred ears the triumph *wet.
IiMEMEMI
Mount fur the hapless stolen btide l —
Mow train the hope to soothe her breast I
Koi,:ing-see burst into tears, bet hearing
her lather approaching, she hid the , little
.boat in the foldiof het-brae - tithe: When
he Ran gone she read "the verses again ;
and again wept over them. Upon further
examination' she found' Open the back
these words,-itr the peculiar Metaphorical
style 'of Oriental poetry : »As the boat
sails to you, swell my thoughts tend to the
same centre; but when the willow blos
soms droop from the bough, and the peach
trite unfolds its buds, your faithful Chang
will sink with the lotus-blooms beneath the
deep water.t There will he see the stir
des of the stoonth river when the willow
blossoms fall upon it from the bough-4ro
ken away, like his love from his parent
stem." As a sort of postscript *as added,
oCaat your thoughts upon 'dm waters, as
I have done, and I shallitear your words."
Koong-see welt understood such meta
phorical language, sod trembled as she
thought of Chang's threat of self-dustruc
hon.§ Having no other writing twiterials
she sought her ivory tablets. and with the
needle she had been using in embroidery.
she scratched her answer in the same
!train in which her lover had addressed
her. This was her replY--“Do not wise
husbandman gather the fruits they' fear will
be stolen t 'l'ke sunshine 'lengthens, and
the vineyard is threatened tribe spoiled by
the • hands of grangers- The fruit. you
most twin will be•gatitered,When the wik
low blossom droops Upou the bough."—
Much doubting, she placed her tabiebt in
the little boat, and , eller the manner o(her
country-women, she placed therein a stick
of frank-incense and launched the little
'boat upon the streatn. The currimtgrad
dilly drew it away, and it floated safely
tilt she could trace it no longer In the I is
' wilco. That no accident should have 'or
erturned the boat or extinguished the light,
she ltatl r bCsn, htught,to believe, was a pro
miss of good fortune and success ; so with
a lighte r heart she closed her casements
.
and retired to rest.
I)sys and weeks posed on. but no more
littlebeatsappeared ; all iniercoursleeems
to luive been cut *Off, and Kormg-see begun
to doubt die truth of the infallible omen.
The bio..om upon the willu r ; . ` tree—for ,
slie watched it nhany inlion seemed a
bout to wither; when a circumstance oc
curred which gave her additional grounds
fur (Unwind., ,
,The, old mandarin entered his daughter's
apartment one morning in high good hu
mor. In his j hands he bore a large box
-
tuff of rare jewels, which he said was a
'Present from the Ta-jin, or duke: O'wh'out
he had betrothed her. congratulated
her,opon her good Csktupo k And ~left her•
eayingo.thet.the wealthy man was,cum.
ing that day to perform some of the,pre.
lioriinaries of the wedding. bY takieg food
01' "wine hi her father's Warm." Irisittg l ..
selb 4 6 tiopeir alt vanished; and 'she (build
her only relief in wars. Luke''lhe melted
'bird; she sa* the award drawing thmir and
•eloset, but possessed so power escape
The duise.eamei. lirr-vervants .beating,
pew Worst him, and: shouting out • his as
chievemenla in ;team Thenansber of his
Wee, was mak and, she *terns ost Which
they, were, inscribed ntagui¢oont, Owing
rn,j)is rank, he. was borne in a . sedan, tu
which were attached eight bearer:4oow-,
ing his tank; lei be that of'a viceroy. The
Old mandarin gave him a suitable recep-:
Lion and dismissed folloWere. The
gentleman then set down to the introduC
tion feast, according to the custom, and
many were the ..ceps of salvation," which
were drank between them, till' t last they
became boisterous in their merriment.—
The noise of revelry and the shouting of
the military duke seemed to' have attracted
a stranger to the house who sought alms
at the hamlet-room. His tale being unno
ticed, he took from the porch an outer gar,
meet which had been left there by one of
the servants, and thus disguised ho spread
the screen across the lower part of the
banquet hall I passing forwards, he came
•Trnrialaldd by Sir William Jones, to the Asi
atic Translations,
tCuckoos aro common in China,
ITho tslosaems of the orator-10y appear to sink
attakr . their beauty is past.
414ticitle is estimated rather a virtu* .than
criuse jrt the code of morals of , the ljbliehe.
"rfaltLESB AND tithig."
to goontitees apartment, and in another
moms it; 194* ,liiere locked in each,
other's arms. It was Chang who had
crossed the lianquotantim. He besought
her to AY wi,ak .4 1 190 1 : 0 r," !aid,. he,!.the
Willow blossom alreedy droops upon the
bough." Site gave him ion hie handl; the
hex of lentil's' which 111 b; thdte hid *et day
presented to her, thir finding that the el
-1 der weregrowing sleepy 'ow* theiii cups,
and that the servants:were taking the op
portunity 'to' get ihtideitiated elsewhere,
Koong-ses and Chia 'stole behind the
screeir--kpaared the 001 4 ---descerided the
i
liteps, and:pined the of the bridge. be
tide the itillcier-treb•• PM WI theft did the
old mandarin 's ensible; ef what
going on—bug he ea a glimpse of his
diet/bier and raising ;hue and cry s 4:
.gored out afier.them &Metal& , .
m irt
To represent tide ,of the e re 'siory.
the these figures on , bridge .: The first,
is, the lady; 'Kong - cattying , a dlitil;
.the emblent, of vi ity, i the second is
Chang. the lover, ring of the boa of
the; and t h e third js the old mandarin,
led
the lady's, father, wij f e . fatemal autheri-,
ty and rage are sif to beiinfiCited
by, the whip which heirs in his hand.
As the Chinese artietl news little or noth
ing of perceptive, lie rebid not place the.
old gentleman—to , be iiitew--in ani'othee
situation than in theinnratund. prokintity
in which we find , Idea. The sketch sim
ply indicates the flight. end the permit,
and is graphic enoftr fuo the purpose.
•••, a • •
The old mandarin ' , tipsy as he was,had
some difficulty in keeping up the pursuit,
and Ching and ung-titlir eluded
without much effortg The Ta-j w in tell in
to an impotent rage what hatf enn:ed.,
and so great Wais hi fury - that he frothed,
i n
Hi the mouth, 'find .nigh was smother
ed in his drunken ptOsrion. Those ew of
lus servants, i Asho, were ether en,.
ough to have ince illy pursued the fur
ndera ir
gitives, were des to elided upon the
duke, who • wag•supposed to he in a at, un
til the lovers and mole geed the"' escape.
Every suggested lac was adofned, du
ring the following dvs, to discover whith
er the the' undedWbaighteir bad' fled ;bid'
when the servants ousted' evening alien
evening, and brought no intelligence w Web
afforded any hope t or ,dttecting her place.
of retirement, the old mandarin gave Jam
self up to despeir, and kerma a prey to
low spirits and ill-innaor. the duke,
however, was inure Retie and peteerving
and employed epies in every village fur
miles around. Ile mad{ II solemn vow of
vengeance, against 'Chang. and toner:dela- .
tell himielf that, by' his power as'the ma
gistrate of the district when Chang should
be discovered, he worth! excercise his
plenary authority; and put loin to death
for the theft of the *wet). The lady, too,
he said, should die,* unfelt; she fulfilled the
wishes of her parent, not fur Ids own grat.
ification, but fur the sate of public Ins
dee.
in the mean time the lovers had retired
to as humble tenement at aogreat distance
from the mandarin's est4blishment; and
had found safety in the onnmalment af
forded to them by the handmaid ofKoong
lee; who had been disolintged in corm.
quince of affording Chang in oppertenity
of clandciftinely meeting his:love to' the
gardens of her former home: The hus
band of Mix banmaid, who worked for the
mandarin as a prdener, and,Chang:s iris
'ter, were e , itiesses of the betrothal and
the simple mute* of the'lligitives, urho
passed their time to close conceslulent.
and nevelt, apprered abroad except after
nightfall ' , whoa they wandered. across the
rice-groulititi, or. from the termed garden)
on the ruminating aides breathed the rich
perfume of time °lea fragransoor the.-more
delicate dowers uf the orange or citron
groves, .
,f`vont the gardener„they learned
the steps takenby their pursuers, and were
prepaired to elude them fur a considerable
time. But et last, the oriatulatin having ir
oned a proclamation, 'that if, his' daughter
Would forsaktfChang and retern to her old
hem) be would forgive Mir the young
Man expresumed himself so exceedingly joy
ful at the signs of his master's relenting,
that suspicion wet at once Attached to hint.
And the pour house In ,which be resided
was ordered to be watched.
The reader will find this house signifi
candy represented at the fool of the bridge.
11 is only of one awry is height, a nd of
thermal simple style of architecture.--
`Vito ground about is cultivated; the, tree'
that grOws thereby is of an myrodective
pecies, being a, common fir, and the whole
ace hies a sad air of poverty anddeftness,
Which heeriMes inure striking 'When the',
richly ornate end sheltered itiension on the
'Whiteside of the bridge is compared Milli it.
' If having been agreed that in ease "any
suspicion fell , alien the bouim, , lhe young
gardener should not , 'return , tt 'the
hour, Chang and his.wifii'Jospected that
allures knot right when ha dttlAilt enter at ,
the mistomary times ie the evening , The
gludeaer's4,wifis also, 411 W strange people
Whoring aboui, and-in great iirstrowsuutunit
*United her ream to she newly Divvied pair.
Later in the, evening a soldier entered the
Imulie, and Peer having read the precision.
*km of ihewsiiiularie, he pointed out the
great istivaelgee which would 'arise to all
parties who assisted in restoring KIIIIVWO,
end bringing Chang, to justice. lieHe told
her; moreover, that the house was guarded
at, the front, and , reminded her that there
could be no escape, as the liver surround
ed it in every oilier direction.
The attachment of the ganlener's wife
for her old mistress was, however, twill
cient for her to retain her presence 01
mind; end after appearing exceedingly cu
rious as to what reward she would obtain
if she was successful in discovering Chang,
she led him to suppose that he was nut
there. but in a friend's house, to which she
would conduct him if lie would first olr
tain the distinct promise of reward fur her
in the hand writing of the mandarin and
the duke. The soldier promised to obtain
the writing, but told her, to her great die-
appointment, that he must leave the guard
abourthe house, She dared nOt object to
•Ditobedienee to parents le a capital offence in .
Chios; paresis Lava powet to 'put their ohikliran
to death aumat►tily i tbautwalicuue is, however, no
less common.
this, or she felt she would be convicted,
but she talked as loud as pdisible of the
impropriety . of rough soldiers being left
without their commanding officer, and thus
gave the trembling lovers a chance of over- ,
hearing what was passing, and of learning '
the dreadful extremity in which they were
placed.
As soon as the officer had gone, a brief
conference was held .between the lovers
and their proteCtor. A few minutes-man
hour at etust-o.was all they could call their
own. A score of plans were ingested,
examined, gait elide. There was the sus
vicious gimpli who were ordered to let no
feriOns under tray circumstances pass in
too, and, behitni was the broad rapid rir
er. Escape seemed impossible, and, for
cheat pt least, detection and arrest was
:death. To attempt to fight through the
guard was madness in a man unarmed-4
and what would become of Kong-see 1—
,Whet Was to bo done?
was
,It almost impossible to swim the
river when it was most quiet; now it was
swollen with early mini ; but the river was
.the only. chalice.
"Rut you Will he seen end be butchered
in the water. before you climb the other
Patilt , !!', B 9Walled the,gardener's wile.
1 , ,9 ,1 ., ,4.114. Only, • chansm.'',,Seid . Clump
tialognu , ully. tot be stripped oil titepoupwat
or loose tinter german emotively worn by
the highest Classes, or by those who seek
for literary hinforn, . - • • . .
Kong-sestelung to him, but , hie resolu
tion was firm. end•hidding her he of good
cheer-rthet he would get across, and come
again to her..lie.jemped front„ the window.
.
he stream beta% - with L Koongwete's
promise of .eonotd...tionstatioY, ringing is
his ear': ~. . .
.. . ,
The etraggle,wesTrighdid, and long.be
fort Chang reached the, middle of the too.
rent,'Kocingwe's eyelids quiiired and clo
cied ; she fainted and. saw no more:: • Her
lititliful .attendant laid her ,upon it. Ode
couch. saw* her color. returning to
her lips, Vied out of the window upon the
!river., ,Nothing of.Chang.was to be men ;'I
the. river-iie rapid torrent .had , carried
hint away. , Where f . ..' . • , ... ,
I '-• ' Viiiiiipiiiiaiiiii eery - iiiiiiiiiiiif seem-
ingrine age... and darkness began to come '
down nn the earth, The - poor. garden
er'irwife-hang over . ha...pßid...ometrnui.
and dreaded 'herottestions when MllSCiotil-.
tear would he restored. ' , The officer had
beenttheent auffidently. long , to visit the
duke and menthol's ; . harlo-4e was now.
even, knock ing at the door. • ••• • - •
• l'he 'soldier knocked • egaimp•befirre the
gardener's wife could bring herself to
leave Kocmgwee, Nano other course was
left to -her t ' and seemly knowing why,
she securely closed the door of the a
partment behind her, and drew the screen
across to !lancet! it. The . suldier rudely
questioned her as to her delaying in open
ing the door. and showed her the' docu
ment which he had obtained, in which
large sums . of Money .and the emperor's
favor • were promised to any person who'
would give up Chang. , and remote .Kocing
see to her father. She• made pretence
that' she could .not read the.Wriong,' and
having given the soldier some spirits
made from . rice, she managed to , pass a
very considerable t i MA ID irrel event emitters.
When the officer became impedes* , she
told him that she thought it would be
nselass to attempt to Catch Chang Until it
Ws/ignite dark; when he would be 'walk- ,
ing,iu the neighboring riceitround.
.Two
hours were thee whiled 'nay; tibia' the
Officer was Celled Oat by ono Of the men
under h im, end tad 0110ihat . e messen
ger lied arrtioi l lliOin 'Nilo, inquiring tl
Why .the trillion thiit : ' bad net been
bieught before' bits. ini
'requiring an an
swer from the torritimodieg otlicer himself,
Tide gave the.prdetter'e wife time to see
what had become 411.00ng-see. She fan
tied eke beard mime noise •in the, apart
:meat, and !with intense curiosity she, push
ed the screen aside. opened the door, and
popped into the room; Koong-see was not
there. , . There • were marks; of wet feet
and.dripping garments on , the floor.. and
. upon the narrow ledge of the. window to
which she rushed. A boat had just that
instant been toothed oil from the shore into
the; river; and In it. thine was to doubt.
wore hor mistress and her husbend, the
'firavi Chine The -dirktiels Concealed 1
them from the eyes, of friends or enemies.
as the rushing river carried them .rapidly
The gardeneektrife goody closed the
window.. and bully removed all traces or
what had happened; phe •then cheerlully
*mad to another puts of the how. and
.wetted for the ofiesr. .He mita% 'stimula
ted by a reproof for Ida ,delay, end \com
mended his soldiers to seare' the house,
which they did most willingly, as, upon
such`oetations.. they Were Weeititomed to
pities. Otraged's" of *very thing which
could be tonsidered 'valuable. Their
search was iit vain, however, for they
neither found liven of 'the' fugitives nor
any thing worth stealing The jewels
•were with Chang upon the river, and the
gardener was but a poor man. They sus
pected that the woman had played them a
trick, but she looked quite unconscious,
and in a very innocent manlier persuaded
the officer that he had been imposed upon,
and that she was sorry she had given hint
so much trouble.
The boat, with its precious cargo, floated
down the river all that night, requiring no
exertion from Chang. who sat silently
watching the prow, while hie young wife
slept in the cabin. When the gray of early
morning peeped over the distant nieun.
tains, Chang still sat there, and the boat
was rapidly buoyed (inwards by the tut.
rent. Soon after day light he entered the
main river, the Yank-ai.tes.keang, and
their passage then became more dangerous,
requiring considerable management and
exertion of the boatman. before the sun
was well up they had joined a crosd of
boats, and ceased to be singular for they
were in Company with persona who hired
wholly upon the rivers, UM who had been
engaged iu taking westward the usual tri
bute of salt and rice to his imperial majes
ty's Iteattury. To one of the boat men he
sold a janiel, and front another he' par.
chased food, with the coin. '
Thus they floated rim'vards for several
days tdsvnrds the sea, but having. at length
approached a place where the mandarins
were accustomed to exaMine all boats out
ward bound, Chang Moored his floating
home beside an island in the broad river,
It was but a small polite of ground covered
with reeds—but hero the young Flair resolv
ed to settle down, and spend the rest of
their days in peace. The jewels were
sold in the neighboring to*hs in such a
manner as not to excite suspicion, and
with the funds thus procured. the perseve
ring Chang was enabled to obtain all that
was necessary, and to purchase a free
right to the little ilsantl. It is related of
Koong-see, that With her own hand she
assisted in building the house, while her
husband applying himself to agricultural
pursuits, brought the island into a higlt
state of cultivation.
On referring agein to the plate, the read
er will find the history of the island sig
nificantly recorded by the simple artist.—
The ground is broken up into lumps, indi
cating recent cultivation, and the trees a.
round it are smaller in size, indicating their
youth. The diligenee of Chang is suffi
ciently evidenced by the manner in which
every scrap of ground which could be ad
ded to the island is reclaimed from the wet ,
er. To illustrate this, narrow reefs of
land are seen jutting out into the stream.
The remainder of the story is soon told.
Chang, having recieved a competence by
his•cultivation of the land, returned to his
literary pursuits, and wrote a book upon
agriculture, which gained him great repu
tation in the province where he then resi
ded; and was the means of securing the
patronage of the wealthy literary men of
'the' neighborhood for hts children.--one of
Whom became a great sage—after the death
Of his father and mother, which occurred
'in the manner now to be related.
The reputation of Chang's book, if it
gitined him friends, revealed his wherea-
Wont to hikgreatest enemy, the 'Fu•jin, or
duke, whose passion for revenge was una
hotted: Nor did the duke long delay the
steconAplishment of hie object. Having
Waited Upon the military mandarin of the
river station, and having sworn, by cutting
a liverock's head off, that Cluing was the
person who had stolen his jewels, he ob
tained an escort of soldiers to arrest Chang
with these the Ta•jin attacked the
bland. having given secret instructions td
'seize Kong-se, and kill Chang without
mercy.
The peaceful inhabitants of the island
were quite unprepared ; but Chang, hav
ing refused the party admittance, was run
through the body, and mortally wounded.
Hie servants, who were much attached to
him, fought bravely to defend their master,
but when they saw him fall ; they threw
down their weapons and fled, Koong-see ;
in despair, rushed to her apartment, which
she set on fire. and perished in the flames,
The gods----(so runs the tale)--ctirsed
the duke for his cruelty with a foul disease,
with which he went down to his grave un
friended and unpitied. No children scat
tered scented paper over his grave ; but in
pity to Koottg-see and her lover, they were
transformed into two immortal doves, em.
blame of the constancy which had render
4hern beautiful in life, and in death undivi-
The editor of the Savannah Republican
has been presented with a sack of flour
made in Augusta, at the Cunningham
Mills. fivon the pure Georgia wheat of
this year's crop.
A pail full of lye, with a piece of dope-
Its half as big as a hen's egg boiled In it,
will produce a fine nankeen color, which
will not wash out. This is very useful
fur the linings of bed quilts, comforts, &c.
Great Yield.-Bome idea may bo formed of the
extent of Um trade In strawberries from a fleet
We learned yesterday. On a farm in Anne Aru n
dle county, a few miles from the city, in one day
last week, upwards of six thousand quarts of
strawbetries were picked for market. The
same fain has yielded to the dwner this season
more than six thousand dollars (or this delielbus
fruit alone. A fiery large proportion of the I nuit
gathered in this region is sent off to tho northern
mat ets.--Rall. Sun, June 26.
.11 &Image freak of Nature may be:settn ohrin
apple tree in.Medford, in the yard of Mt. Nathan
Childs. Upon a branch of this tree them are
three large white roses. Origihally (hero were
6rei and. what is still Mare singular is, they are
'III Optima row !Troth of this year's growth.
eiwwieclicui.--A bill hes been introduced into
the. Connecticut Legislature, providing for the
Bas Of imprisonment of clergymen and magis
trates who shall unite white with colored per
son, In matrimony.
IrrGen. James Wilson, Representative
from the hid district of New Hampshire, Will
resign his seatinthe House within ninety days.
It is his purpose to locate in California, where
ho will devote his rateniion to the practice of
his profession--tho law.
Otr-A man moiled McEvoy, near Dilldrville.
w bile thaking hag, a fow days ago, fell sense•
less in the field end survive - al Lail an hour or
two. lie had been drinking freely of cold
water.
(Ir-Tlie grand jury at New Orleans has
found true hills against Gen. Lopez; Mr. Si
gur, of Liiiiisiatta ; Goy. Quitman, and Kulp
l'inkney Sdiith, of Mississippi ; Ex-Governor
Henderson, Mr. O'Sullivan, and ttin utliers of
the Cuba irivaders.
Death of a haughter of Me. Monroe.---Maria
Hester, ikFifir of Samuel L. Giiiernetir, and
daegliter of iarritur Motiroe; fifth President
uf the United States, died at'Oak Hill, Loudon
county, Virginia, on the 25tli ult.
Fium Havalia.—Oates to the 13th ult., have
Gen received front Iluirana. It is mentioned
that the trial of the prisoners taken in the nen•
teal waters; was progressing on hoard a Spanish
74. The captains of lieergiana and Susan houd
were still in close confinement; but the itnpres•
sion is given, that the prisoners would all be
released upon a demand being made by oar
Government to this effect.
TWO DOLLARS PER APIPIRR►
INEIV 12111E8---NO. 180,
Cdba*OrnclatMacke&
The Philadelphia Inquirerlearns from WitstrJ
Moon that dieratches have been received trout
Cuba by the Ohio; and of a highly interesting
character. The trio American *loops of war
cruising off the port Would remain until thirst. ,
rival of Commodore McKeever, It tire Cons
guise. The prisoners, in all ; do not iteloslnt fN
fifty in dumber, and General ArrniM assumes
sort of independent control of then,' Ilte Inl
quirer thinks it Is quite probable that the Cuban
authorities are procrastinating the Unit; Whit
the object of hearing from Spain. Nd other
'reasonable cause can be given for this delay. , -
The correspondent uf tile North American,
however, now concludea that Count Alcoy de
sires their execution if potreible. and outi dal
lies With our government; to see what is its Ul
timate temper in the :natter; and Übe dais do
tho deed; Ho well says that it is time lot as
to listen tono more "distinguished asoonnoes"
and plausible words, but to demand sedan end
have it.
The Deception of Lopet.
The Kentucky papers inform that the
Kentucky officers and men who engaged *lilt
Lopez in the Cuban ekpedition say they Witte
deceived by him as to the feeling of the people
of the Island toward them. He exhibiled let
ters from leading citizens et tHe !shine urging
him to come as soon as possilile; and evert to
Come alone, if necessary, for his landing would
be the signal fot a general rising. Many men
of high character ditto encouraged theui id en
list, vouching for the troth of the statements of
the re-doubtable 'eider, They had no Met Of
a mercenary invasion of the island, but merely
to render aid to the Masons in throwing off
their yoke.- 7 —Lanaiskr Intelligendr4
Troom for New Illetiedd
liuring the last weefr, the Government his
ordered sit hundred troops from differEnt depots
for New Mexico.
Callforialla Peke&
Potatens at San Francisco ware went' Is§s
a bugle], the 14th of Miiii Eggs were aelllttg
at from 80 tents to $1 pet delkm ; &tn. iiisl,3b.
Board at the leading Wader $7 per days or
$4O lief week. At private homiest, ffom 11:15
to $3O pet week. Prices in all tiasesi ito*-
ever, were soon expected to fall;
Dangerous Counterfeit!
Several Ten Dollar Notes on (ho he* tat&
of Danville, were passed In the ilbinity br
Reading within the last few days. They afe
calculated to deceive—as no trihnterfelta have
yet been reported on this Rank. They wily lib
teadily detected by the central tignettei WWI
in the counterfeit is an eagle, The gtinitilie
10 4 s of this bank have a centre vignette teptb
senting a furnace in full blast; Whit mills ist
work; &c.
Ifenite Fired by Telekrispk—liutilig d Min,
on 'lliuraday livening, a house in Novivibh,,
Conti., was set on fire by a current otelbetilbi
front tha wires of bne of our telegraph
lidbk—
As the ignition took place at the spelt where the
Insulator was fastened to the Corder of this beitse.
it is not improbable that the inanlatiiih Was
imperfect. The air belngsurcharged Wititblec.
trieity during thti evening, a stream dithb sub
tle flUid Wok probably silehtlY diverted fibm its
legitimate high Way. The fieemett *metalled
met, and soon checked ate flarnetc.
(Kt- A suggriirtion has been made t'd 'el iploy
de:dramas as operatives in the teiegrapit Offices.
It le a novel 0110, and the expendient, Ms said,
will ha tried.
Poole 'and Benton.— 'he proaic'ullioiV6 l lSena-;
tor Foote before the Grand Jury ok" the *strict;
by Senator Bentbh, teriuinated - body'd
Ignoring the cask
C7in/crti in St. internieln6 in Ain
shvhnil cemeteries of St. Louis, fo'r the weiek
ending tie 15th tilt.,.were 107. Of the de
ceased, 1.2 died of cholera.
KT- Eldpentent cased arc becoming fail
able again. A few weeks ago, Miss Margaret
Forry, a pretty and Inielligent young laJy of
chit neiglitioring borobgb,YOrk; leather father's
residenee on pretace of going to d 'Party; but
instead, elm met n :youo4 man netted Morgan
F. Mmilar, from brwigsturg, wto had a car
riage in readiness fur her. 'Flio'y proceeded to
Lancaster city, Wfiere they were married the
'mine day. lie is a respectable young mer
chant, and well to do in the world. .
( g r it you would vliali your food, labor for
it, if you Would O l njoy ycl'Or raiment, pay for It
before you wear it, if ydO 'would sleep soundly,
take a dear 'conscience to bed with yoa.—Xx-
PuPer.
et :7 Mr. Truman Smith in cnnfinnd • his
house with p dangernus attaui of erysipehts io
the head And face. It ht foaled that OM attack
will p . rove fatal.
(ne:The new conret is, now, faintly 'visible to
the naked e•r3 in the constellation of Ursa Mi
nor. it will continue to approach the earth
until Cdc middle ofJuly, and will then be thirty.
eii4ht 'millions of Miles frond us—nearer than
the 'planet Mars. 1161 y I t th, it will be war the
stAi Arcturus, and will ilien be distinctly vial.
bto to the naked eye.
n-T4O proposed tunnel, connecting the
cast and west aide elute Ilostomand Troy Rail
road, throwh die (seen Mountains, hi estintab.
ed to be four Miles /on.
(Cr-The editiat of the Saatanek StpiiiEwa
has been preeenked with a sack of floor:made
in Atigiania at the f l., the
pure Rvorzia Wheat of this yew es eseP4
Oz if tiny Wain from Mains 1000002,w.
the Ifiehmend AdvertisHer, wait, int ehe Aral
say, "six dies slick soidingre,".iellhotst
making a blunder, and speak as AO as he
goes over the words, be shill kale the aim*.
ctt Alensnao pent to him fin *it
Oz)-The Nigh* Dirhilisi sf.
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vow of ra to s, *as 64 eiktisagetc4 OOP*
into the order is "Wept"