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cleaiieield;:- Wednesday august 20, iso-i-
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. : ' i . - -;: ..V . .':- ' - - ' TREE A5'TnEXl?TT:-llKc'A .TdVTjil-i''tiilk'' '.
' THE MENAGEniE. .
ri4 yon cvcr! 1a. I Ecrcr!. -.
Merey on og. whata frae!l !
' Ion"t be frightene'l. Johnnv. floar ; ;':
'. Grcion! how the jaekaMs ycU ! '
Motbcr tc!! mc, wTi;it's tljat man .'
. Do'ir.g with tlial pole of Lis ?
Icss your precioao jlitlc. licart . , .
IIes stirring up iLo Lea.slcs3e.H! . .
Children. Tant.yoa'go o Rear ; . : '.
Jlcavcr.s ! there tbo Afric cowscs'.,
... Wbat's tle matter with tie child? .-
. Wnr, the monkey's tore his tror.ses 1 1
Here's the mrnstron? elephant. ''
' I'm all a-trcnili'.o t-.t the sight . : .
' Foo hi3 mighty toothpick, boy.s, ' ;
"tyondc? if he's fi.rici.cd tight?.. . .
Tlicrc's the lien co liis !
. IIow ho dras it on the floor !
'rtkes alive !. I'.iu nwfisl scared . ;
, To hear tho bornl creaiure roiir !
Jlere's the monkeys in their c:ie.
"Wide avakr you nro to see 'cm :
Funny , aia'i it ? How'wonM yon ' "
Like to have a t.iil'nnd be 'tii '?
Jidinny. dniTm Hint's the hear ' ; '
Thiit t'ofo the r..tn.?hty Iry to pit'C'.-'K
Tlorned eattle only hear ,' '. , "...
. How tlio dreadful camel Avheoac s !, . -
That's tbo tall giro He; my boy, , ; -
. VTho stoops to hear iho moriiir: Jark ;
'Tvrjis him trho waded Xosh's Hood,.
Ar.d aeorr.ed tl-eri-f'ie of the ark.
There's the crane the awkward bird ! '
Ftroiig hi. neuk-is as a-wha!er. "
And lib bill' is full as long '
' As ever met one fioni a tailor's.. , '
Look ! ju-t see that zebra there. . . .
, Standing safu behind the bars; ,
oodne-j mel hw.liko a !, - . .
All cotcfpt the corner s'nrj. '
- Therc'ji the hr'M . 1 19 birds ar.d heasla
"N'ow ere golu to bo fed, ' -'Fo,
my Kttle darf ir,. fi. ' '" -' ' '
" Its t"m for yon r'o he rad. '
JIo:ber tisn't tiiijc'.oVlock ! '.
You siid you need not o-Ltforsj ; .
3 et usi:iy a little while t .
AVant to sec the monkeys more.
Cries th. showman turn "cm out;
h im the ii'uts 1 there, thnt will do ;
C'oiae ngain to-iaovrow. boya.:-
r.rin-; your lUfte ftptvrr. too?
Kxit mother, half distrstnsht,
ll.it fii'.her. mupTing "b"i"u' "
ExU'fh "J.H'n, IduhhtTins still,
, '.i'ant to .son lha ciniikevs moral .
i'roia li.oii-"s J-ife. ef-Vev-n-i
"TEIS-IJACAULAY CITAr.GES."
I propose o review (he charges made against
William lV:n;hy Whig historians, amWfcdopf
e i, with novelties' and exaggerations of his
own, by Mr. M ac nihiy, in his reeer.t History.
The render who has .traced his o wx- r from
T.'v.er Hill to the grave-yard at .Tor i ins, liny
hardiv care to re id wh-U foTh-.vs; the simjih-
record "f his life being. the most omphalic an
swer that can be given to party misrepresenta
tion: but I believe there are soim; who. will
look for a-more formal refutation of thso
charges at my hands, an 1 for their sitisfaction
I enter into theeveral points of controversy
wi.ich have been raised. Everyone is consci
ous of the animus which prevftdes the l ist
Wilier history. To point out the eiprecions
likes and riislikes of the historian would be te
dious'and unnecessary : at the same time I will
not denv that his page is nlivc with pictnr-'s.
and that tho narrative' r-ossesses a unity arid i
vehemence which render it o.no of the .most
useful additions to our store of historicil ro id-1
ivg since the appearnce of the Scotch novels.
Mr. M.teaulay has writ fen several volumes of
history 'and criticism: He must be aware that
one of the fundamental law s of Critical Imiui
ry demands, tint when a fact or' a character
has stood the tests of tinic,.atid in tlieir3reH-i
of ooinio.i has attained to something liko a.
4;...i ...:;nn n;strii--iil ai-Rfrin. th"! ev- : v
idenco in' support of any assault on it must ?e
strong and free, from taint in some fair propor
tion to the; length of ime -and strength of opin
ion on which it tests. -This i-uKr 'is deeply In-
sed in human natt;ri."".TBc "tlxity of historical
ideas is, in other words, tho permanence o
truth.V' Once a great historical verdict is pass
ed "'tiie noblest instiucis of our; being pronjjit
us to guard it as something .sacred, to be set
aside only after scrupulous inquiry and con
clusive evidence against its justice. The wise
man .will. not rashly disturb the repose of ages.
Our faith in history is akin to religion : it is -a
confidence in our power to separate good from
evil truth from falsehood, to preserve, hi
their native purity the wisdom which st rves to
guide,--ami the memories . which inspire the
best actions -of mankind. Mr. JMacanlay will
not deny the reasonableness of .1 rule growing
out of such a' feeling. . lie wooald himself ex
act tho -strongest facts and the severest logic
from the man who should presume to dispute
the laws of Kepler ; and the ftillest and most
unquestionable evidence would be required in
support of an' assertion ihnt Milton was a de
bauchee, or Buckingham a man of virtue.
I will applj this canon to his own method.
That I may not incurthe chargc;of . improper
ly assuming that Tenn's reputation was ' thus
historically fixed, I will cit- Mr. Macauiay's
own reading of the verdict which'more than a
century and a half has ratified. "Rival na
tions," he says, "have 8greed in canonizing
him. England is proud of his name. A great
Commonwealth beyond the Atlantic; regards
l:im with a tcvorerice siniilurfo that wl.io.Tthe
Ai heiiiansfoit for Thosns, and the Romans for
ir,irinns. ' The resittahle Soi iety cf wlsicly
! iTis ft 'memhor linnrrs hhn an apostlf'.
fir;s Tn'en - f other pw'wi'yna -.c is ?en-
t-rallv rc?Hr.1e.! as a bnrht p.iffcrh of Christi:,-,
. " - ,
virr.ie. Moanwhile-admirers' of a very (II:!et-;
ent s'-rt liave sour.dd his i!r:tis-s. The Frer;e"i
phib'tiophers .t t ho lflr cent rv nrdpned wba;
Ihev Vctriirded - his sr.iM-9-tti.HH fsi-,cie. in
'.,". ,. . ,
eonsmerition f his contempt for prists, -d:ui
of ds c.nilnfolitaTi IC-nevolf :if e, iiiiMnrti.iiiy
e:ctcn-ltd to all raves knl creels'. 7 1 is nnr.u
i,., ...,...
ii ies.a syuoriyn.' forjiolity and jiliil.int'nropy."
Tin's K.".ir.tl vordiet Mr. M::iul.y clmHeri
es. He admiis th-ii his sU'tempt rt'ir.irssoriH- '' "' ,VI "I'iajau',l-V -'
ot.h.2-...;'-- I think the reader wili ree with ; ,"-mer-t oriolity in his vrror,
hi.K n the evidence is addneod on which '" U 4uiT4siul fo' VViUHni Renn: ntisljn
his ch-llenie U-rrt,t ' 'thmcuce -,s "gt-'.C'Uvh.iMn. ts- bo'en followed
consist .f -five a,sortT-i,SJ-nt. That h'S cr n- f 1j1s ,r"-'"'1 a-irer.. -.BctlMacintosb
necti-m with the rotu-t i:r li, while he lived l'"'1 s:,H !'l'er$ !,e ,,,jt ned, with-
ot-KcMnaton, caustui ids' own s-t to look I vUi '.ri-,:,t, that a kda-r addrussed to '"Mr.
j ,.,!,' i v.n hit.i and v?e.UAt him with V.I.bv. ' 1 ' U cnSaSe iun lu tt t'9;u,,,a,wU' rans-
l tld. .-That he .'xtortel m-mev" from ti-e-irls I act,;'H' addled, the-.-vvenor itf i'enn
i at TanntoR for uvm .id. .,f honor; SdJ Ti,,t r P'; 1;Ut i'1 tv"
cl!owta.Wn!.s..;f. to KJ plr.ved in the
work of w.lachi.tf. Kit.m-.inlo : c-wnr1 rants
with' court liesi -ns.' 1th.-That he cndisavcred
to vin AVii'.i.tm's 'an , jnt to the pronnihrift 1
edict- suspending the pvn.il laws. rtli. T!:: t
ho."'tli.l his best to s:;lnca-' the Majdehtn co!
tegims "froin the path of rijrht,'?''"'! '-was ''a
broker in simony of n pcnliaily disci editable
kf; 1," ' -'' '.-.
These, allejrations I shall examine in the or-
der in. which thev occur, i i
I.I u'noto Mr; Maeanlav't o ft words. '-Ire; i
was soon-surrounded tr .flatterers a:d sujipll.
suits.' 31is lions?! at Kensinjrton was s'omettir.cr
t'ironzed.nt his hottr of rising by : more than j
two hundred suitors. lie. liaid dear, however. !
fr this S.,0mi,,e proM:erirv. r his own
sect looked coldly' on hitn and requit.'d his
services with ohroijny.'" II is "only authority
for this statement is llerard Croese Uist. Qui. !
lib. ii. Itjy.j), a Dutvhmnn,. who never was in
Rnlrhind in his life, "and whose -work tb6 loei-
etv of Frien ls has never reco-nized. Creese
conhl have no trustworthy kn,mV,I;:o of the
opinions of the Quakers: an i no ri.iht to v'c
rcsent ti;eir opinions.-L-iWi'ver,
inorelv U'isi!'--
1 he stft'-rn'-nt i not.
I tiv!
c'oijir.-dieted by t he i 'e vo.u hire ' House
d.s. These prove at this liisie J'e:i:i was
In retruiar att.'tidance T.t the r.i'-ntt:v
m.'et-
ir.rs, and' was elected t i'.te high
lh-y hod:. ''.
If . That fin; reader mav r.-.n
it t!;f-es ir.
i ' " '
M-S1 T. 1 tho j
1' .4lTt.'l, flll'iil- T 1,1 .f rlTt r.l f l'.ft C..-T..w ,
1 D'Ml. ';il It.l.lll ! A JI4.?V J".' in. '-.. L.l. .1 It. Ill V .j I
with more ex-Mr:ess tlin Mr. Msc.v.ii-ty has
done, which ichtfe ro his chifg against Penn.
When M"nnonth arrived at I'annten.hc found
tint the town had ph-dre i itseM to the rebell
ion," by 1 !. signal at of 'having ii.id ' wro";-l t
at the public expense, a set of royal standards
lor 1,-nvand h:s tirmy, ly the -daughters' of the
principal far.ili.. The'ceremony id'pvasetit-in-t".ee
sta'd;irds'w.9 no oi" th? niost im
rjt,sMt ae.fs of the rebellion ; at the head cf
1. . -Mw.v,1.,.?(r..jc- -o:. .1 !,.. 1
i.l 1 (M'H.U.-!'.'ll III'- .J-.l'-l.'.1 ...ill.l ill. J
emVems'of royal owor rhe 'Bible"
nd the 1
sword: and the i-ov.il l .'-.inner was presented to
,.;' 4.
the duke as to their sovereign1. Thereupon he
assumed the mime' of King Vet vric1 r:i:h3s:
uncleVh:iT and proclaimed the Par":: uncut
then silting, : trcrSoftSi1;' convef:! bvi, be
pursued with war'aV.V-desiraciio;:. Tuis'itmn
jty cost M(t;'iilo;:f !r is head, and won a giMiet
fo;-hundreds of tds foll.itv'rs. The r ise of
the maidens was'nof d'iiTvhl'to that of is wv
. . . , . -. i v- , - : : . : a -
others. They liad ta-ien wuh their p-irents'.
knowledge, a j.roiiaiient part ra th'- ehelHr'na.
inn when the (hv -i vesiireance came, loey
do'od" beAi're the i.iw gnUty of a crime for 1
U-hKdi the sntence was-deat'u. Tiie idea of !
!'S-Ui.:g ti..;iu't.,t'h:'scaf!bhlW.i'nh which i
i . . . . " ' . , - ; ' . , - '
ar jiarctus liioro.Tiian (!i;;:r own, y.as.
of cours'. not thought of 5 out tint ihe j,re.:ts
ruight j
jiar'bm
,t csuape .p;::-.lsifmerit, lha power t
tnam was riven bv tiie
to J IlL
mr.ids of. h'.uor, not likeh. I must fittppose
to" be the most exacting, of creditors, as a
1.1 'v 1 - . . i ' : L ..'"
,. 1 ,.f-..r. ,iv. Tf is ti,. r.-i.. ember,..! i
the- sale, of pardon .v.:. in that age a regular ! tables me to answer this quesiion. In the Iie
rrofessiom from the King-at least in Charles' j Sisters of the Privy Council, I find this entry ;
time to; Mho liuk-loy .? the ptrteir at his;
ates, almost cverv man aiid-wom'ftii crmnected ! ..V.uronr.B j 1 m: upon .eauiiig. we-peu.-r
" .... , ... , .- lion of fieoi-ge Pei.iie. gent, setting lortli that
wuh toe court regularly, so.d his or her m!in-.; .,,is j,; been gYJat'snfierers for their
once. . The young girls .about t-iad Queen; ; loysiltyV'Ho humbly 'begs that 'His Majesty
daiighfers.be it remciubered if the flint fam-i would ..be. graciously, pleased, to grant- him a
2iubereu 1 ttienrst lam-;
no nrowr conception of.
. ,. .' ,
is 01. thw hnncerage;. and .
ilirsiin the; land, had
the-l.orrid wickedness
they reouestcd the Dukcsjf Somerset- to . get :
the niiair. ah-angeal for them on the best terms, i to reicj- this matter to the consideration of the
c ,.'iv,K4.5- ' K. i .Hon. the Lords. Coiniuissioners of : the
Somerset moie to oir)l rancis v arre.- ins-.' , , ...... , , . .
" , a reasurv, and upon what their lordships report
member, for Br: dgrjwjr, -asking him as a fa- , ot-what is tit to be done therein for the petitioner
vor to see the parents, ns. being a neighbor and, his majesty will declare his further pleasures.'
likeiv to be known to" them, or to name soimo . This man, whose fitting reward, acccording
proper agent, to arrange the business. Wane f to his own' estimate of thd the value of his ser
had evidently no'wish 16 lie mixed up wjth an J viees, was the fief of a gaming-table, was the
affair of t;is kind 1 ;; .ami he replied tint it was ; Ir. Penne; A ; name is alway s spelt with the
already in proper hands, those of one Birdjthe final e. In the first draft of the foregoing mir:
town clerk. For some unknown reason iiie ; nte, the clerk had spelt' the name George
maids of honor forbade this agent to proceed Penn, both In the margin and in the text, but
in their behalf, and Warro was again applied has filled 'the 'final letter in' afterwards, as if
to; but he refused to name a broker on the prophetically guarding against any confusion
spot, excusing himself on' thb pleas that the r of this wretched fellow with the great goverri
sehoolniislress. was -a woiaan oi' mean, .birth, r of Pennsylvania, i Ho was alow hanger-on
and the young ladies were acting at the time '- about - back-doors of the court, ready for any
under her orders. Weeks elapsed and no set- dirty work'. When pardons were to be bought
tlement was madeTf lha 'parents ;' nor Jo we and sold, he was the: pawn-broker.- He was
know except by inference what ws dene in (
the matter at c'i.-url, until t!ie following letter
' ws writ t-n ': ' .'" '" " ,, ;
; ' ' ' Wn it?:h AJ.t .. fairy. IZtU l'c.85r6.- '
ZVf;i. !rxr: ITt'-r 'I .Jesty's Ma his of Honor
; h.inin ae'iu'.irr'tcil mo t'riist they de.isu to cm-
' ytud Wle inmaking acT,1Pw
t s.itu5i with ilie Relations etlne' Maids of
Tannton, lor the hi.-!i Misd-iacanyrthcy have
been pniltv of,' I l at tis.'ir re(!t;est )sero!:v
' h.'tyi.n know thai JTis-M.ij:s!V has 1cen pi:.us-
1 V,'1 giTtf, t,.u,ir' f il,es "'-t MiMs of
. 1 lo:x;r,, and ti.e;vtro rer.oxniiierw .,it to .dr.
1 v.'iMei. :inl voji to nsjUc th,raot auvar.tatre-.
. ous ewr-posft io:i yo;i t-.in in their he'i.ill'e.
I " " 1 t'ir vour humble s.-rv't,
I' - ' ' ; S17MJERLAM) P."
. To uln'.ui av;is this letter addressed?
James J,l.jcintt?,i;!j, the ftrt man vrmt nro t t!ie
. t,i?.... .. .. '.r ir.. . ...i ... i...
V'ru' Uito.itvitKma, to assume tbnt
''.l'VV:dU commission: that
! ' ""v1-' " , ...
.so.s iiiis gross , liiisiHe lrom oir jmes, ana
gfive it the additional currency t-f Lisow.n vol
.uiaes. This point is jurticuiaiiy noticeable
that Mr.. Macaul.ty did not eonstilt the origin
al xiutt'oritij, but satisfied himself-with inere-
j sly quoting ironr the ".Macintosh collection
! " l,;i'-u;") iuicMy.
",.,,- :.. 1..44 ... -i .. i i- a ...
I ) .illjaui I cbu. 1 .. In the hrst jdnce, it does
not bear his lu.me : ;he never wrote his name
freime nr Ii4 vthe.rs ever so write it. In tiie
!. Penntylvani.i correspuiidence, in. the Jimites
! of the Privy Council, and in the letters of: Van
! Citters, Loci.e, .Lavbj.n, Idailev, Creech, and
I the corresit.nd ince of his friends,
never once, even by accident, with an e final.
Le ist of all men could Sunderland, his inti-
inite aeiuai;!tance from bovhood, make such
! a mistake. 2. The letter is highly disrespoct-
llU 11 Ww -' h .oaii o. r.uiK
! ;1 n,a!1 who refused a peerage, and who
stood hi. fore the Court, not only as a personal
frien;l to tiie lvlng, hut as Lord Proprietor of
f'-.e 1 irgcdt i-ryvja.ee in America; the more es
pecially v.i;.i-l tiiis be the' ca.se when it is con-sVi-red
that the loiter -ws written by the po
lite and (oply'.natic- luiid (f bundeiland. .
The work to bo done ivpiired a low tra dicing
ag-jjit, v.ho could go down to TnUiilou and stay
;h. ie until the !siues. wh. concluded : it is
O,
at this cuiiiU r.ot 0e uoti by H ill
iiin i'ei.iii ri. The-letter is evidently -a reply
to an oiler c;i' service : the maids of honor "de
s'.gne to empioy"-' Mr. Penne and Mr. Yi'ablen
baeanse, as- it seems to iov, they h id applied
fr the c.lico. Malice itsalf would shrink from
tiie an-jumption tiiat the goveno:' of I'ennsjlva
r.ia wonhl v-jh.iilai ily solicit such an. e!jiply
:ae:;l. o. H ,is .contrary .to .everything else
fh..t is know u of Penn that . ha would allow
himself, on any pretence, do he drawn ' into
Mica a l usiijvss: u. o myniMi ui ,ih occur
1:1 an- ' loiters: l nave reaa somo nun-
: re:i o; iiilu, a:ns ;iiiiiongn ne was ine mosc
c: rj:!ii;inic.itivo of correspondents, not a trace
of his action, or of his having been applied to
in .the aifair, is to bo found. Knowing his
epistolary habit, this fct uloiva : would have
;atistied. iiiy,;ov,a, mind. 7. Xo mention has
b.'on made ef h'u .-interference .by any news-1
wi'.t;r, iamphli.teer. oi historLiju thoygii he
had been coiieornoil, the host of .analig.rversji
v.'no. rose against him on -the tligi of James,
could ce-rtainly not have failed to point. thoir
sarcasms with the "scandalous transaction"
extoitiou of money.'"-S. Xo tradition
'f his appearance on the sceue is presnwed in
t!;c neighborhood; when, h:id he leally leon
fiwi n"fi:a p'liiilnvri i t -9 n r nxsilili- t Iit f: an,
"r-
consptcuoais a iTJivtr coum nave i.iuoa so
so n from. Local recollection.
.Ba;t, .if ..William Penn were not Hie ''Mr.
Penue"' addressed, by Lord Sunderlapd,and
tlesigned by the lalies, fo; be employed in their
1 ii . 1 ii. 1 is ii 1.
i-eiiaii wjio was ,xne m an i mile rescarcn
., . : ...;. Xqv-. 20th,. 1687. ...
woiua .,oe. graciously, pieaseu. 10 gram- 111m a
l--t ft'.r.the sole .excreting the royal Oake
b.tti-rv, and licensing all other games, in his
Majesty's plantations in America, tor tweiity-
no- vears.- His M. jesty in Council is pleased
actively engaged in the Taxmton affair; and
among other feats, as IjJim able to state ontha
authority of a family cash-book t ill preserv
ed lis obtained -'J. fiom iVathaniel Pituieyas
the yansorn of-his brother Azariah .Piniveyj
ose cf -tbo transported; rebels. Mr. Walden
wts sjiparently wi ent of the same kind, arid
jeijiwHy aal .deservedly obscure. . For some
i vasen, hov. ever, the "design , to employ"'
these men miscarried, .end the maids of honor
found another agent -iu the person of Brent,
the popish lawyer, who? was a regular ardon
broker., and was: arrested ; on the flight, of
King Jaines, as I find by the minutes of thcj
Privy Council. , This , follow, emjiloyed as
great a rascal as himself, ono Crane of Brid
w.,t.r, as his sub-agent, . and. bet ween, them,
.they Guttled tho business as Ohljnixon relates.
... ilav.ing.elcjr'oil Pe.nn from this foul and un
founded -charge, let. rae s.iy a, word or two in.
b-jh.isf of ;t!i-; maids of. honor. Mr. Macauhty
s.iys tiicy-"were at least .forced to. bo .content
i:h' less than a third" of ,U-)0. How m::ch
less? : Is there any evidence that, they receiv
ed a si !:! guinea.?- J)r. Tonlm'ui collected
his; ji!t'o: rn:( fivim tbo 4A.milien of.-t!if firhs
Taunlou. at a time when the childreiKd ' the j w,Xo true womanly -s.r.'.: ever withdrew her
little reb-'is -might, have lieeti.-stiil -alive, and Kvutja. haui from hvrpoor ohl lather or niUh
he.s iys ira;re.!y fhat some of the. parents paid j. cr; iio.mar.iy jiea;;:, e.ver forgot .the homo Joyets
s much sja JSo'i or a X'lUO. .Some of them
QiJmix':i tells us; that the number of scholars
was twenty. How many of twenty could be
cs'thvl iwiiie ? ...Take it at ten : if lardons were
purchased; for ten, - five .-at -iJ-aU,- and five : lit
K-) this would yield but M7"y) altogether,
Besides which Ohimixon, who Juulr peculiar
means of learning the real facts,sayS the agent
and his subordinate paid themselves .bounti
fully.out cf the mimey. I know of no proof
that the maids of lienor got a shilling. '. -;
Wh.Lle on : this digression, I tuay add re
anark in ljthalf of another, much ubused lady.'
. The historian counts up with virtuous indig
nation the number of transported : insurgents
uhich the Queen, Maria d' Este, selected for
private portion of the ?poil, and talks of "the
thousand pounds-"' which she made by "her
uifpriiicely. greediness and her . unwomanly
.cruelty."' Xow we not, ouly do not know how
much, If Anything at all, theQneen into her
pJcket ; but vve, do not know for certain that
siivi received ". for herself, a single transport.
Ife. have 110 good reason to . -believe ; that she
ever d ream t of such a thing. ?.The onl' ground
for this grass charge against the honor of a
woman and .1 foreigner, is a letter of Sunder
land to Lord Jeffreys which Mr. Macatilay,as-
usual, h.-.s copied from the Macintosh Collec
tion in which that rtatesTK.in,--T.fter giving a
list of grants of prisoners to various persons
about . tiie court, adds in a postscript: "The
Queen has ashed for it hun-lred more of the
rebels who are to-de"trat!Jsportcd; a3 soon as I
know -for whom, you shall -hear from me
again." It is clear enough from Sunderland's
words that she did not ask them for herself.
It is equally clear that -Mr. M. icar. lay's esti
mate of "the profits she cleared ori the: cargo,
atter -making large allowance for thoso who di
ed ot hunger and fever during the passage,"
is a mere invention.! The misfortunes of this
woman should have shielded her from iiijns
tice. Conr;ticd next teeth:
- " Tiie Variable Star. '
"Algo." onj of the stars that make up the
constellation "Medusa,"; if our recollection
of "heavenly places" is not at fault, is remar
kable for its varying' degrees of size and brilli
ance. Sometimes it appears as a star of the
hrt magaitude, and in a short time diminishes
to a mere point of dight hardly .visible without
a teleseopoi - The period ; re'yiired for it to
p iss through these changes," is we believe,
some six or seven hours.. It has been an as
tronomer's puzzle for :;v'.ny years. Tho Louis
ville Courier thus deseiibos it:
Las Sunday .night, while enjoying a segar,
:.nd quietly mus'iaig on the instability of time
and thingsour attention was attracted by two.
cloudlike- appearances which we supposed, .to
be nebula, but niter some minutes they, dis
appeared. A star, which was situated between
the two clouds, now commenced to increase in
size and brightness untill it attained the size
and lustre of J upiter ; in a few moments it com
menced to fade away, and went almost, entire
ly oui, then increased as before. After amus
ing itself for some minutes in this facetious
.manner,- it became bright and remained so un
til we retired to our chamber. May hot this
have been the variable Vtar Agal, which lias
of late attracted tlie'attention of astronomers
in Europe and America ? It lias been cspeci.
ally noticed by Prof." Argelander, of Bonn, It
js as yet one of tho unexplained wonders of
the starry world. ...'.-'... . .'
- LAmes' Bosssis.'-'Sfelldi' f ii her -"Siib-M
urban Letters" to the Worcester "Palladium,
makes pertinent' allusions to the present style
of ladies': bonnets. She says : '
"They are ruining the'eyesighf of all who
wear them. The rays of tho sun come direct
ly upon: tho eye', - and the' victim !siuints,'
wrinkles up her forehead, sheds a few natural
tears, and hnrries to the shade of the nearest
building to give her eyes a moment's rest-. Xo
gentleman wears a hat . without a brim, ' or a
cap without a.visor ; but 'the - ladies though
soft creatures they are can only seek shelter
behind what may be supposed to be their mot
to: "Grin and bear it," or as it has been po
etically rendered, "Suffer and be strong:"
-g, iFroci tha Xatioufci-Era. r i - .
Short Sio.-y Yit.x A IIoraL .
"iloper 'thy father and thy laotiier,"' is "the
first cpnitnand:net't with promise promiso. s
beautiful in its esen;pliiic:Uio:) as glorions: in
it3 conception. .,A.nv;ther's.lips tir&t breath
ed into our ears thvse words pf ,11 o'.y V"rit
an.l explauied their general import: , aoi from
the time whe'a the story of gray-liaired -Khjah
and his youthful n.ockers first excited niy
young im.-'gi!) ition, the, respect then insjiireil
for the while hairs of age, has grown with my
growth and strengthened with my strength,
V'e sigh as , .wo "thin'-; of ' the days when thv
young )vere wont to i.-ow before the hoary head,
and by ge.itle, uncalled-for .assiduities, 4 strew
roses in the old man's tottering path. ..
But tli'-.se km-.liy customs of curl untun an
cestors' have passed. a'.vjy. The. world grows
?rli1 5"i as it irriiws o'd; and . r.ge-dimmed eyes
must turn homeward, for. s! ivs to their tremb
ling hands and tottering limbs. : Here they
shnt-.hl find fiilljil:n.rnt of the first command-
" !
UK 111 Mllii
pro:nise.
! 1 hts wayward ehtbthood,. or cease .1. to; iie.ir
the echoes of a fond mother's proycr. Olten
the. care's rf this world and lhe-; Recoil fatness
.of. rictus may choke up the inb. a ai. r.tlectior.s
of narrow souls; but few and- ;'. between- is
the fondly loved child", who Van be so" ur:trre
to' luinsolfor bis Maker as w holly t .forgyt
tho. niothe.-, who bore hhn. .-,
' 'Yet even with tiie boiiest dictates :c-f our
reasons and' souls, as with the wider applica
tion of the commandment, has Fashion insin
uated : lier poisohons' influence; and the son,
perchance, who left his fond parent's humble
home reluctantly' and tearfully, to make his
way 'in the world, forgets, when fortune favors,
to welcome his rustic mother to his own Irtx
ury with riic same cordial embrace- with which
he left her :n Ids childhood home. Her dim
old 6ycs, perhaps, do not catch readily the
meaningless courtesies of life, but they look
none tho. letis lovingly upon her child, than
when they watched over his helpless infancy.
Her 'withered ban Is' ni.-.y he largo, r-rnl bony,
and never "have known a jewel,, but iioTie ihe
less gently did they smooth the weary pillow4,
or bathe the heated '-brow, in- the dependent
days "of boyhood-.' Ah! she's the same fond
mother still her aged and work-bout form,
clad in rustic garb, conceals a hi-art full of
never-dying love, and ready for a new sacri
fice. ' . .' '.
. And, tha.nks.to tho Great Being who gave
us the commandment with promise, now and
then there stands up'a hoVl; nim. true te his
inborn nati-.re, 'v.Iiolh'-ows oiTthc trammels of
Faishiou, however . wide the gulf which separ
ates, in t he world's eye, from, the humble pov,
erty of his boyhood who is net ashamed to
love, before his fellows, the humble mother
who gave liini birth. . : .,'
liMy Mother, permit me to present her to
you," said an elegantly dressed, nolle looking
young man to a friend, for whom he hud cross
ed a crowded drawing room, with his aged pa
rent leaning on his arm. There was a dead
silence for full five minutes. ..
.The moral beauty of the picture prevailed ev
ery soul, and melted a.vey the frus-t-work lrom
world-word hearts. "Twas the old foreground
of a fashionable .summer resort, whither hosts
had come, with ;.ll the-r sehish p,issious, to
seek "in vain for health and pleasure... But
here was a variation a bit of truth to nature
in the motley mingling of colors. .
From a little .brown farm house, pent in the.
forests, away up' in the granite Stae, that
young man had g':ne forth ..with .brave heart
and stalwart arm strong, like his-native hills,
lie had already made a name for himself. ; Pol-.
fsTied circles opened for, him, aud gentle .Jip
bade him welcome. , Yet none the less care
fully did Iiis manly arm suppoit his homely,
tottering old mother none th6' less soft'' and
tenderly did lie ! call her, queer though she
looked',-!? woVp-," -amongst the proud beau
ties who had striven for his favor. Her dress j
was antiquated, for the gifts of her .son 'huil j
been mutilated by rustic hands; yet only 'one
heartless girl tittered, despite thd broad-frilled
cap and well-kept shaw l. - Her voice wastongh, '
ami often her expression coarsoand inelegant. 1
Used to th3 social mug at home, she asked for 1
her-neighbor's goblet at table, and was 'guilty '
of many like vulgarities." ! She was an train'ter
estig woman, save in her vigorous agej and
her beautiful love for her son. " : '. '" 1
Yet, for a week, the son watclrcd over that
mother, and gained for her kindness and 'de
ference, InMhe very face of fashion;' walked
with her drove with her,1 helped her, like an
infant, up a difficult mountain side' of - twenty
miles, hirmoreil her every1 caprice, and : eacli
day founds some new-"friend," whose heart he
might thrill by those gentle words, "my moth
er.". To him she was the gentle mother who
rocked liim to sleep in childhood and, true
to the greatr Commandment, slie. bad tanght
him, lie w;as making the path smootl for.her
dependent years. .. . ... , ..; ;
One, there was in the gay throng, whose eyes
flashed haughtily, as they rested on the home
ly) tojii-worn woman, -but she was a noble soul,
and truth and right gained an instant yictory
over life long , prejudices. . Quietly and ele
gantly she crossed the room, laid her hand
iTithsncK "a "gcntlej ?15rlnTngtoacIi "on" th
arm s.f her lover, whispered a word in his ear.
Will site ever forget ths look of love tri-
. . - c .... ...... f , if
uinpb in his eyes, or the smiling gentleness of
his tones, as he presented his beautiful high
bred betrothed; to his gray -haired, doting
mother ? .'Twas a holy sight that of, polish --ed,
.glowing-. beauty, grasping 'the hand, of
wrinkled, homly age! : v !.- v .
When sumnicr and snmnier guests bad gone,
mauy.a one remembered and watched that
young man, whose filial levotion lud in it a
moral sublimity. And surely.to hint-the com
mandment proved with promise. ... , ,;.
A Diul 0.2-110.
. ' ITLrcTABI.E AXD DLMOXSrRATlVE- . ,
Isaac, have, you pajd ' the printer if", in
quired a-in old lady of her husband who wasde
ligTrTitig the family .circle by reading, a fino
looking newspaper (excuse our blushes, lor
we editors are as modest as maidens.) . ..
"Xo, Rebecca., I have not," answered tho
old gentlemati, adju.stinghis spectacles but
you know it is only a f rifles" The printer givts
a polite dun. but they cannot mean me sis I nm
one of their friends, and at all events tc- . dol
lar wouM be' a trifling moiety to theni.'"-5'-''-
"M'ell, Isaac, if all their subscribers were
'ff $:iy the same thing, the poor fellows .would
starve,.unless they could conjure their types
into corn, and their press into a iflour mill.-!
And surely, you as their friend, should bo
mor punctual in ikying' them, l.es'iles?1t
would show your attachment to them nnd the
good cause they advocate. " .
'I thought of .settling my .subscription when
I was in town last, " .said Isaac wincing from
the rub, but the money which I received for
my produce w as better than usual, s.nd I dis
like to part with it."
'Certainly you would not pay, them in Juad
money." . . .-. -.,..
"Xo my dear, but sometimes I am obliged
to fake uncurreut paper, and I prefer paying
my debts with that when I can't get it off. O,
these banks, these banks! Any way, that sort
would suit . the printer-just as well, 'trs ther
don t keep it long: My neighbor Jer.klnn said
he passed oil ome on them that no body else
would take, and theydii not refuse it.' "-'' '
"Shame on you, Isaac," exclaimed the good
old lady "you would not, 1 hope, imitate the
example of thnt miserable fellow, Jenkins?
why he would jew the parson out -of half his
stipend and pay the balance in trade." '
- "Yet he paid the printer, granrria," inter
rupted a little flaxen miss", who stood beside
her grandfather knees.-' " ' ' '- '
"Well ; I'll call and pay them, said the bid
gentleman, nettled-i-for- an article I read In
their paper the other day, was worth twice the
amount of the subscription." '"
"And you know grandpa, you said that tho
piece about counterfeiters saved yoii twelve
dollars which you would have taken from the
pedlar,'. again interrupted the little girl,4. u
"Yes; it did so, Mary, and for 'that when " I
go to towjn, ITI pay oil' my old score, and the
next year in advance in the bargain." . . . .
Mr. Isaac kept his word like an boacst
man. And whether because his conscience
smote him alxut the uncurrcnt money, or: be
cause he was convinced of the . excellence of
the arguments of his amiable spouse and rosy
cheeked grand child, wo can not say ,- be that
us it n:ay,we ass ire our readers that onr pock
et rang with, that tangible proof of friend Isaac's
probity and patronage, until we paid onr debts."
Xo-.v we feel if the good ladies in the town and
country, an I throughout all creation, as that
mo-st veritable nondescript, Major Jack: Down
i ng would saj only, knew how thei heiwt 'and
hand of the poor printer gladdened -and warm
ed by the M elcome salutation of such a man as
Isaac, they would read this paragraph to their
hiishands, and say in the lauguage of the good;
old book, f-Go and do likewise.",,. . 3 ; -,; .- ; -:
" --i; -,.-.i-1 ' ;
KxowtEr-tiE.r-IIow Ix-autiful and exalted are:
the following sentiments of DeAVitt Clinton:-.-'
'.'.'rieasure is a .shadow, wealth is vanity, aaid:
pywer a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in
enjoyment, perennial ,ja fame, '. unlimited in:
sjv.ee, and infinite in duration. . In the per-'
formance of Its sacred offices it fears no dan
ger, spires no expense, omits no exertion. ,
It scales the mountain, looks info . the volca-r
no, dives into thu ocean, perforates the - earth,
er.cir.cles the globe ,' explores the sea and land, '.
contemplates the distant, ascends to' the sub--irme'l.
X o place too rcmoto for. its. grasp, t!no
heaven too exalted for its. reach !"- - ;l i
I'lp O.vEA.voTHiiE.-Sir Walter Scottwrote,
"The roca of mankiml wouhl perish did "tho '
cease to help each other. From the tini'e that 1
the mother, binds the- child's head, till the rno--mailt
that some kind assistant pipes the death-
damp from the broW.of ihe dying; we can not '
exist-without mutual .help; All therefore,
that need.nid,: have a right -to ask it of their "
fellow-mortals; and no one; who has it in'- his :
;. power to grant, can refuse without incurring s
guilt." .;: ..." ' : '
; Ilow.TniE: It is much to be 'feared, says r
one, that.the language which Dr. Johnson ap- '
plied.fo Foote, the ;oramedian,- is to appli-:
cable to many,. AVhen Mr. Boswellflsked hint -
jr. if Poote was an infidel, he replied', "Foote is T
an infidel, sir, as a dog is an infidel; "he "never "
thought on tire subject !"