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The Old : 11011iRe an . Young Wife.,
A TRUE4TE3RY.
',gt . Ltittrionee Bell had a grieVous;',P - tOt ;
be":would go to Baskin every lfewmottilt,
7--turidii6' away ,from ' luirmi a weeti:• ' And ,
s 'aerrielieW . it was, in his absence old chro
tile ' disease' and :rheumatic pins Would
'Clineh' 'ttio .tighter.. But what took him
I there 1 . ' "_Ah;•.there's the rub I" 2 : '
!`';:', As a r set-of.. to this public grief, liosiv'ev
'.eier;'Dr: Bell had many, very many vir
'tam'. '' He was kind to the poor. The nee
':.dy' had, often cause.to bless the bounty off
. his hand. Where-sorrow , and sickness
were; there - was ' he, soothing the one and 1
robbing the other of its pangs. He was;
• the good
. angel of many a heavy heart, l
- and the feet of infancy grew lighter in his'
presence: Indeed he was a very "darling
of a• man ;" and it puzzled the wits of all
to say; which loved him most—the vener
• • able matrons, or tl.c amiable young miss
es,
of his native town.
His parents were long . since dead ; but
the. Doctor. still lived_ :On the qualm old
honiestead. ' I
It was an ancient pile 4 a gloomy, dingy
- looking -pite,_both_ocit_arift in, Its dormit
ories, with lights of seyen .. bi nine ;its
massive doors of oak ; itg k low, broad aim
. ri6ys;.'_its flattened roof, 'scarcely, fifteen
• feet trent . "mother earth,l , and other un
miStakable'marks, evidenced that it was a
house of the olden timc----a 'puritan strue
ture—a monument of other and more lion
-. est days. : And the Doctor really and tru
ly loved, that lidinely, dingy house.
• :.,
The little village of WL---- arose from
its breakfast table, one morning, and found
itself in commotion. • - What could it mean 7
Why, a painter was seen at work on that
.. . old building of Dr. Lawrence Bell ; the
: carpets . were - stretched upon the garden
palings ; ,and the waiting maid was dusting,
and ivashing and cleaning everything be
fore her. ConjectUre mounted her swift
winged"steed; and flew from door to door;
and that Most innocent of all innocence,
..... village "gos - sip, flaunted by in her 'many
coloured rotes, in extatic rapture. She
knew all about' it ;,the' Doctor was about to
.1' leave for-Boston, for the fortieth time, and
! . desired to have his cottage renovated.
''..' whilst away, That he might avoid the an
. . noyances which necessarily attend such
. an operation.
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. . Well, the Doctor' went to Boston. A
seek rolled by, and so did a dairfty little
-erring°, and reined up short at the Doc
-11, , ors house:* Many an eye followed itun- 1 ,
L I 111 it stopped, eager to discover what it'
iglit Conlain. The blacksmith poised his
i i , ammer in his band ; matron and maid
1.-_.. crowded the windows '-; the teamster halted
his oxen ; the merchant left his counter,
E=. and the clerk his "quill--all, all anxious to
.:.
see what was to be seen. The Doctor a
lighted, and the next thing presented was
aneat little foot, -in . a glossy little gaiter,
pressing the step of that neat little carriage ;
• then came a modest little hand, eneadd in
n lustrous little glove, of which the Doc
tor medestly took possession ; next a rose
- colored bonnet, plumed; and , as gay as a
bird of Paradise ; Then a fashionable shawl,
With as many hues as a peacock's tail; and
- finally, half a web of satin, - containing a
-.woman t.
Truth the Doctor had' thus unceremoni
ously taken to himselta wife. Arid,avery
beauty she was, too, witti . roguish big black
eyes, and cherry lips, which when parted,
displayed two rows of teeth as 'white-its
' Ceylon's ivory. A shower ofglossy . ,
~
ring
lets deluged her snowy neck-- .
.'
• 1 ii And Dirine.k-gnim--var la - for ircp - : . ------
. /pneog wow in her voice,"
She was in the very spring of life, and
never did the 'sun . unfold a lovelier' blos
sem.' -'"Our fature home; my dear." 'lt
•was all the Doctor said as he handed her
into the little parlor of-twelve by feutteen.
Charlotteßell was 'not thunder-struck by
any means.;' but slightly bewildere&'• She
looked and , probably . felt like a newly ca.
zed bird. - There 'were' the windciws, with
-Ismail' ridged lights and uncouth sash".
. There werernirrors';but barely long enough
',to reflect heF pretty face . , and. not, encased
in•gold, at : that. _ The drooping , ceiling '
hung above her with an 'appalling lowness ;
and a'hage eight 'day , eloOk as old- as' the
"oldest inhabitant," , standing alone in the
.scol"nrer.witti4afull . moon above' its 'face;
t
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satiori - of . time .as 'rep.;
larly:act if no . on, s execrating it at all.
7. Weeks . and the pasSed=:.pleasantly
Niy. - The Dooto4ursued the even-tenor
_of.:bia way—healing the sick, and . spread
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.ing th4o,44usliite'.or gladness nreund - the
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11111SCJELLArgiEOUS;
bravely in
visitors were .lond•:,
;nnd. her hospitality-was the
_die, of general praise. ," All they could
"fiy about het, was, that. she. was proud- , --
just'4 0 ;little--4 this was utterod or , whist
pored in'striet'.confidencii;o friends alone.
ks,ittt:Th+ Doctor was a quiet mau.. If he
dilittle ! .he th ou ght Oat deal:;. in the
onyaoLi: pitriouce.of the village, he knew
pAhirmilor 00.7.7,
_Charlotte :yeasi Ay and
ffß ll4l nP tB 4 :f°l ‘ thfiili4 lo ' ; i9g 4 e
o t Atici,4int him,sts4ooiW,bricliltyiu se,
maxbh front 404-01 1 14440ergleroi l #
s„; 8 tA4I lert&t*l r ni tt k;
'Atna.- . #oll l oßelty , 'chairs;
,0704&Area and lielding divans; et,ce,
terra; et cetera. . She'servFdlurit.withii dish,
Of these iifsitriplritylent first;.bUt as the .
symptoma'become more' favorable, increas.
ed the ilose, , ,until:the Etoetori felt hiniself
teady,to try .21 . ccrvi; and yield nt ;disere-
WeekS and months paSsed by,: and: poor
Charlotte' , was beginning to' despair of re
alizing; her'pleasant_ dreams: 'She would
look at times,a littlesad at Dr. Bell.. ?Tis
.even. said the; Doctor once surprised, her in
a -flood of tears. -.But she was always kind
tend 'deka% and an ungenerous thought to
wards hitn were treason in her breast.—
She loved him with her yoUng heart's best
and . purest hive; and seethed to live upon
his smiles;' . yet When 'alone, -she could not
help contrasting. the .r.kagli and unseemly
house in which she. lived,, with the stately
mansion of her father, in which she passed
her former yetirs. • • •
"This won't' do," thought Dr. Bell. ." . .1
must school that.gentle heart ; for I know
the soil is there to .grow the choicest flow
ers-:--•-flowers whose. fragrance will cheer'
the dullest hours of her life ; add. sweetness
and adornment to her being, and yield their ,
rich perfume's whereier she may set her ;
feet. And the Doctor drew on his second
glove.
There is.it peculiarity in the climate of
the old Bay State. A native can snuff the
air,.and though there be a cloudless sky,
to_within,an_hour of the nine
.. of rain.—
It was a • sober,• golden afternoon in au- 1
tumn. Stirred by the sultry breeze, the
yellow leaf rustled in melancholy do-
quence. . Eddying gusts were sporting on
the hills, and the valleys sent up their plain-
live murmurs. .to the ear, A thousand
birds of every hue and song, were chirping
in the sombre woods.
"Charlotte, Charlotte, slip on your bon
net, and go along with 'me this afternoon, , I
said Dr. Bell. And in thirty minutes they
were jaunting slowly and pleasantly along
the road. Now and then the clear and sil
ver laugh of Charlotte rang sweetly thro'
the woods. • The Doctor cracked a joke or
two, and talked with a volubility that was
rare to him., "How would you like to line
in such a house as that 7" said he, pointing
to a lowly luivel near the road. Charlotte
cast a furtive glance in the direction of the
hut, and would have doubted that it con
tained a human being, had she not seen the
smoke curling lazily from its roof. "Some
'miserable drunkard or prowling :thief, I
dare say, makes that his home to screen
him from the eyes of honest men," said
Charlotte in reply. "We'll see," thought
Dr. Bell. And they travelled on.
An hour had not elapsed, when the Doc
tor remarked,
"I perceive, my dear, we are to have a
little rain, and tnaybecamht before we can.
reach home: r.
C - harlotte looked back towards the west,
and discovered that heavy clouds were
rushing wildly up., the heavens. At that
Moment a deafening peetof thunder star., ;
tied-her. The Doctor turned _the head of
his steed, homewardp. • It was a sublime
scene that now presented itself to the view,
and the clouds, "marshalling themselves
like bloody giants in the sky, were tossed
to and fro by the storm breath of the Al
mighty.".• • The electric fluid shot forth in
livid flame, and the deep•thunder shookthe
earth. ,The sobbing winds swept furious-,
ly thro' the howling woods, and the leaves
darkened the light of heaven. Then came
calm,and big drops of rain. The Doc
' tor plid the lash ; and before the storm
burst forth in its fury, he arrived at the
little hut . to which had before called the
attention of his Wife. Here as they alight
from the Carriage to seek shelter the rain
fell - •
lEgla=
"----in'sheeted floods,
That slanted not liefbro the ruffled tt
--Out with an arrotvy and unwavering, rush
Dashed hisEing cp-rihwnidd."
There, indeed, in that wretblied hovel, l
were objects of melancholy interest:Char
lotte, who was already drenched with rain,'
and shivering with cold, Saw neither of
her preconceived. beings. Instead of a
bloated sot and cowering thief, a'careworn
mother surrounded by Tour trembling chil- ,j
dren, was seated in the centre of loose,
floor=the only dry spot in that frail tene
ment ,
A [little girl was repeating in sweet and
plainhye tones our Lord's prayer ; the
heads of the' others N ' vere 'severally reclined
upon that mother's lap: As she gazed up
,on their devotiorrs, her countenance betray
ed.that she fel, all of Nature'S dearest spil
-1 Fables for, her little ones, and a saintly
smile aniffCliristirin resignation bow
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cram her half tearful eyes.
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.the inmates, and at a sin•
v their painful destitution of
In one. earner was a
a..a bed, close to 't1 . .0 head of
lain, uncovered stand, sup.'
luin6d bible. I l tiot a thread
be seen. "A half.quench
iing intolifeon the hearth;
y cupboard, without doors,
tro account of knives, forks
;ognizing Doetof Bell, tho.
Nvards hint, and clasped
with'feelingS nida to cm•
was not a' ;WIC tistonish.
Itinn ; but they. were in.
P.'poOr woman 'rd. linen
KI and led her to the chair
left.
copeo
sad apelogy
which stood
porting a we"
of carpet wa&
od fire was stn
an old and hof
xhibite(l a rob{
and - dishes. 1
Widciw sprayg,
hiehands In 'hal
~Charlot
ed atineh , !vie
tindaded:-pnd
took her by the
Whieh she had j
"Yoti are wele,l
Eitiakiiheltetail
bath-1)110*(0k
dearmadam9; to
'o6d,otitli6 heltwiess
ilerk;cold;" and 'She 'laid her : band ,upott
Chmiott's shawl.• , . •;• ; -
"Yes—a and it
cameto Charkitt's niirid , that 'the;poor wo
man; too, Was bold with' hertplain and un
seasonable dress; and it 'Were cruel in her
to complain •in het presence. Charlotte
looked hen. full• int the face. , Nei:Tr hadslio
seen 'stich 'beams of tenderness. There
was something heavenly in her oyes, which
awakened the most painful edmimtion•:—
Then in the countenance of her children
there was a sweet sadness which made her
sick at heart. She asked , ' of them their
Several naniesoncl•Wiis promptly but mod-
estly answered: After tome time was spent
in'broken conVorsqt . ion, the storm began to '•
abate, and - it .was not; long,. till the. clouds 1 ,
disappeared from the :thee of heaVen.' The i
Doctor stepped out to prepare for leaving ;I
'and.as if to teize the opportunity, the' Wid-1
ow poured into Charlott'a cars a strain of
eloquent and enthusiastic praise of her hus
band, rapid and full of feeling, such as she
had not eqeeted to hear. •
!.- "GoOd, kind creature," she added, "he
i nevr permits me to, thank him ns I should.
'Ohe is generous indeed ; you noW not
I Oh!
how much We owe him for the Amount of
happiness we have of life."
"By what means, may I inquire, has
he secured so large a claim upon your gna
t itude '1" ... . .
"many; by his .constant and untiring
labbfd aroundlhu c‘oudi of-my pwr; -dead
husbiand . ; by Ins attention to my most pres
sing Wants when he breathed his last ; by
hiS regular visits since his decease, and
the consolation he has afforded from his
words of kindness; by the most substan
tial evidence of his goodness of heart, in
leaving me the means of subsistence, from
day to day, until I was able to provide for
myself; by— _
"No more . , no more," interrupted Char
lotte,'"how can you live in such a house
as this'?"
"Oh, yob know not how happy I am
here, with God for my fhther and husband,
and these dear children to live . for. lam
taught in that blessed bOok to "bc of good
cheer," and I know he is able to provide
for me according to my wants. These
Very storms prepare my heart to enjoy the
sweetness of the calm that. follows."
• This was a strange part of the philoso
phy of living to Charlott's mind. She be
came engrossed' with what she had heard
and seen. She felt that she was in the
presence of a superior nature ; and that
true excellence and refined morality were
not confined to marble halls. The Doe
tor's flowers were beginninfr . to germinate.
Just before leaving, Charlotte slipped
half an eagle into the widoW's • hand and
whispered,"you shall hear from me again."
-1,,,r0 moon their-way-home—the
Doctor studiously avoiding any allusion to
the scene they had just witnessed, and
CharlOtte'recalling to her mind everything
• that had occurred since they first set out.
When he helped her from the charriage to
her room, she was almost paralyzed . with
cold. Tho transition was enchanting.—
There was a warm room, and a main fire
blazing cheerfully on the hearth. The
windows and mirrors looked larger than
when she la them • the ceiling appeared'
higher ; the' carpet felt as soft as any Brus
sels her little foot had ever pressed ; and
, even the face of the old clock was trans
formed with pleasant smiles. In short,
everything stood out in.luxuriant relict;
combining Comfort with utility: Tears of
gladness really stole into her eye.
A few days afterwards, the Doctor and
Charlotte were sitting - together in their lit
tle parlor. The winds were howling
mournfully around the 'house, and a cheer
fill fire crackling on the hearth. She felt
that she was surrounded with every con
ceivable comfort. "In the course of the
i 6nsuing• spring," 4 said Dr., Belli "we will
thfe 'foundation Of anew house, my dear
—what do you say' to it I"' . •
IT - think, Doctor; ' the foundation has
been . already laid;" tufiSve,red Charlotte,
pressing her' hand Upon her heart, and
smiling most bewitchingly' on :her,delighted
husband ; "our
,house geed enough ; and
'may iteVer" want a better one," • • .
The Doctor's flowei's' were infial bloovz,
shedding .11n infant freshness about his
heart. . . .
• .
Every boy Should learn to
swim." A "great iniqber of liveS arc lost
yearly from igneranc , 'of an art acquired
at the expettso of an hours practice each
dae •'•a'rweckr...." right, and it. re
quires hitt little exertion to become a bOld
and beautiful swimther. Wh s en
,yoa get
into the water, don't puff and throw, your
arms 'about like a fri g h tened,;baby,but
„
glide trustingly in, draw .yeur breath long
and easy, as if you were en : shore,. and
throw out, your arms and 140 with a sloW
and Steady
, Mation.:' The 'frog is the best
teacher, there iVnething:mOro graceful in
'ilio'Niiiiir; , p:rid.tlic.closer. ye* imitation of
it; the' better swimmer yOu will be, •
otte 'stood
or of tba't Sancturt=
Fttost THE PCAINS.--The St. Louis Re.
veilld of the 20th nlt., noticos the atrial of
Major Bolger, Quarter Master, U. Array
from fort , 'Keerney) , on Alio Platte river. 4--
.11.9 states:;that the whole line .of i travel o•
'vet which , tho emigrant have:passed;.
strawaiwith graves, This is but
tho:Mbeginninit_of.;the env.,i:SutP ring
'such as the,Worldlas rarely knoWp f is yet
tet.o*'rtake these devoted adventureii
Daily. Netim.l. •
,Neufral in: Politics,
CLEARFIELD, PA.,AUG. I , 1849.
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: - L . , O. bl,o:l?W'oman's Curiosityk .
l' A 'short time' since,' the brethren of the.
Ledge - of Odd Fellows at Woodstown, N;
J., deterrnirfedlotheitHall swept out
and cleaned,'Whehafltelte•:unteninionsly re
solved ;that Mrii..lleetiilsieret, should bo
Called upon tcr.4,111630, --- ~, ..
After :thia:4ncetint hal l 'Aidjourned, the
larotr..ligliter,';whei• .well kfiew' the inquisi.'
tivo 'character ; of 'Mrli!.J:keep Secret, went 1
and procured'it inOnStrous Billy-goat, and
zinced it iti the; closet which'was kept as al
reservoir for all secret things. Ho then
proceeded to the domicil of the good lady,
informed her of / the job of cleaning and
sweeping their Hall, and requested ler to
.come early the next morning,asche would
be at' leisure to show her what was to be
done:
The morning came, and withit Madam I
Keep Secret.appeared accordirli to prom
ise,
with her broom, brushes, pails, tubs,
; &c., prepared and armed for the job; and,
found Mr. Doorkeeper in waiting for her.,
Now madam,said the mischievous Door- ,
.keeper, I will tll you what we want done,
, and how, we came to employ you. :
1 Ono of the brethren said it would be
difficult to get any body to,do the job, who'
would not be meddling with our secrets in
that closet, because we've lost the key and
'• can't lock it. I assured them that y`ou
could be trusted, and so they ordered me
to call on you, ns I knew you could be de
pended upon. .
-, • , .•- .
" Depended upon," says Madam, 'I guess
, I can, my poor dead and gone husband,
1 who belonged to 'the Free masons
-or Anti
masons, I don't know which,. used to tell
me the secrets of the consarn, and when
he showed me the marks of the gridiron
when- he Was initiated, and told ine all how,
they fixed poor Morgan. I never told a
livin' soul to this day, and if nobody trou
bles the closet to find out your secrets till I
do, they'll all lay there till they rot, that
they will.'
"I thought so," says the doorkeeper rind
now I want you to commence at that cor=
ner, pointing, with his finger to a place
, where some undignified and indecent bro
' tiler; had thrown out quids of tobacco; and
give the- whole room a decent cleansing,
and I have pledged my word and honor for
your fidelity to your promises {);]"'don't
go in that closet,' and then left our lady to
herself. •
No sooner had she heard the sound of
his feet upon the last step of the stairs, than
she exclaimed, 'that closet ; what on earth
can' be there, I'll warren there's a gridiron
or some such nonsense, just like the' Anti
masons for all the world, I'll be bound.—
,
I'll just take a peep in,antt nobody'll be a
, ny the wiser but me, and I can keep it to
myself:,
,Suiting the action to the word,
_she.steiad_softly to the door of - the. forbid-
II closet—turned the button—which no
sooner done, than Balia, ha, ha, went Bil
-1 ly; with a - spring to regain his liberty,-
1 which came nigh upsetting her ladyship.
Both started for the doorway .which was
' filled with her implements of hotise clean
ing, when all was swept clear from their
positions to the bottom of the stairs. The
I noise and confusion occasioned by such
lan , unceremonious coming down stairs,
drew half the town to witness Mrs. Keep 1
Secret's-effort to get. from under a pile oil
goat, pails, tubs,
,brooms and scrubbing
brushes:
Who should be first on the- spot but the
rascally doorkeeper, who after releasing
the goat, who 'was made a cripple for life, ,
and unpiling the other rubbish which bound
!the 'good lady - to the floor, anxiously in- 1
quircd if she had been taking the 'degrees.'
"Taking the degrees," exclaimed our
lady, "if you call tumbling from the top 1
'to the: bottom of the stairs, with a tarnal
goat to jeimp on ye as ye go, taking thinos
by 'Degrees,' I have, and if ye generally
frighten folks as bad as ye'have me, and
hurt 'cm to boot, I'll warrant , ye, they'll
make as much noise as me." .
"r hope ydu did not open the closet,
Madam," says the doorkeeper. ' '
.." Open the closet! an' sure I did, and
didn't Edo cat the -apple when forbidden.
If you want a woman to do ;anything tell
her not to, and she'll do it sartin. - , I could
not stand the temptation. There was the
secret; I Wanted to know it and I opened
the closet, out popped.the torpid goat; right I
in my thee. I thotigh besure it was the
Devil, and run for the stairs, with it at
any heels, when I fell over the tubs, and
we all arrived. at the bottom as you found
us, in a, heap together." ,
" But madam," says th doorkeeper,
'you are in possession of the great Secret
of the Order and you
,must go up, and,be
initiated. ~SWorn and ride the goat in the
rcgulor,way." . • ~. ~ .
. "Regular Way,", exclaimed _the • lady,
'do you suppose I'm going to •go near that ,
tarnalcritter again--.---aiad „yithout a , bridle
OF latly's,.saddleno, never, I don't want
notbin ,:•• to 'do, iyith'it, Or ,a man that rides
it. 'l'd look nice perched on a goat, would Cit ,
T. I'll - never go nein.. it
„again,' "ner;YOur
frall anther; and ifican prevent it, no la- .
dY'shall ever join any of
,tho ,OdtrcellOWs.
Why
. I'd sooner 6:.pree:4as'on or ..Anti=
MaSOrt;:and. bo broiled: on ti.iiidiron -a's
long as. : fire'f,Conld', be kept, iirtder:W,: and
ptillett "frern garret: and Cellar with,' a hiel
terin ii,Pair-Of old breeches 6: 4 4
,sup t ioe,
just as my ijioOp•dead:'onil'gettei" husli4o,
used to tell. me they served Illin; When he
liy* thaw ialuch:. ii , !kido chiol took lwith the
goat to-day;. and, you,' iikly keiti'appiiidJ
shallßever see a goatbut.What I Sindirtitit*
orthijDdd `Felbyto:! ,, ; ) i‘ ; , J 1 :: ~: t '%
'-' At: -:6l47inoti.LA-it,4::-.11r,A..ii.z.-pTApy.4Tcy..
Froth I..ptidon M9rnmgAlcle,July; 20, 1'776.
• 'The Old American Flag,
The American Standard is thusdiscrir
-
bed. The colors' of the American • fleet
have a snake , witit"thirteOtrattles, the
foUtteenth bedding, . : described in the atti,
tude of going to strike, with this metto, !
: "Don'ttreadeur inc.", • It is a rule in her- i
aldry that the worthy properties of the en- .
imal in the crest bone shall be considered;
and the base one cannot be intended.--
The ancientt accounted a'snake'or a Eer.
pent, an =Wenn of wisdom. The mule
snake is properly a representative of Arne
rice, as this
. .animalls in no other parfof
the world. The eye of this creature ex-'
eels in,kightness that orally other animal.
She has. no ,eyelid, and is therefore an em-'
Wein of vigilance. She never begins an
attack, nor never surrenders. She is
therefore an emblem of magnanimity and
true courage. When injured, she never
wounds till she gives notice to herenemies
of their danger.
No,other of her kind show such gener
osity.' When undisturbed and in peace,
she does not appear to be furnished with
weapons of any kind.
,They arc latent in
the roof of her mouth, and even when ex
tended for her defence, appear to those
who ore not acquainted with her to Le
weak and contemptible, yet her wounds,
however small, are'deeisi ye and fatal. She
is solitary, and associates with her kind
only when it is . necessaryfor theirpreserva
tion. Her poison is at onee'the necessary
means of digesting her food, and certain
destruction to her enemies.' The power
,of fascination attributed to her by a goner
-01.1)3 construction resembles America.—
Those who look steadily on her, are de
lighted, and involuntarily advance towards
her. She is frequently found With thir
teen rattles, and they increase yearly: She
is beautiful in youth,• and her beauty in
creases with her age ; her tongue is blue,
and torked as lightning.
THE YOUTH Or CIITUST. - 4 youth ap
pears 'sitting in the midst of the doctors
both hearing them and asking them ques
tions. All that heard him were astonished
at his understanding and answers.'
comes into the assembly of venerable sages
with a Mild and pensive countenance, that
seems haunted with earnest thought. He
is no favorite of earthly fortune, no scion
'of aristocratic pride, no pet of exclusive
schools; but the simple child of the unsoph
isticaled people, steeped to the lips in suf
fering; and yet, mightier than the domes
that bend above him, he is for the intel
lect and heart of man a glorious living tem
ple, built with the choicest riches of un
numbered worlds. The first question that
he propounds startles the attention •of all
who heard him, find creates. the greatest
astonishment in the most profound, for his
words bear that charm of immaculate wis
dom that can neither be' defaced • nor 'ex
celled. Question succeeds to question and
learning, in despair, grows more and more
confused in this, the grandest gladiatorship
of mind yet witnessed on earth. Sage af
ter sage, swelling with wounded pride, is
silenced before that youth appareled in the
plain attire of a peasant life, radiant with
the celestial life that emenates from an as
piring heart, and bent on throWing wide
open the gates of instruction to all. The
whole park of artillery which power and
craft have erected on their contracted cita
dels he has spiked, and like 'a mailed an
gel on a battle day,' he rejoices in triumph
not for himself, but for .the sake of the be
nighted multitudes around. Free thought
and free discussion then . and there were
born.—Quarterly Review.
A Momi Griour.7—A correspondent!
of the New York Express writing from the
Gold Region says they have great times
oat the diggingS, Where all the World has !
its representatives ! Oval faced Chinese,'
greasy Sandwich Islanders, 'whole or none
men from '54 40'—skinflintYankees, from'
down east; chivalrous gentlemen from 'off
"south;' Hoosiers, 'Buckeyes and Kanga
roos, from out west. Here, too, without
number, are the subjects of her Britannic
I Majesty, Cheek• by jowl with the people who
come from the territories of the King of
the Cannibal Islands. All are scraping
and scratching away, 'like so many hens
on a dung hill; all the language's me spo
ken, and taught; about every religion nu
clei-the sun litis its devotees, but all bow
down before the shrine of Mammon, the
god that . has thoi sincerest, and mest enthu
siastic worshippers—next to, the Golden
NEwsrAmts,—There is not a book so
cheap as a newspaper; none so interesting,
because it consists .of a variety: measured
Out.in suitable portions as
,to time &quail-.
ty.
,Being neNV.every':week or, day, it in
vites tO,habits . of,rc . )ading and ;Ards an ea
sy way. of acquiring knowledge,. ko essen
tial to the:individual and' the community.
It causea many,hours to pass away . pleas
antly '. and profitably, which . v,.ould :other
wise have , been. spent . in idleness
chtoF
was actually
:given by an ottstern coroner;
" NVe'belleye'firntly that the' dcceascxl
conic to death by ',falling' froth Alia top
of the inainntast on 'the bulwarks ;'"fell 'o;
Verboartl , and `was' drowndd ; 'wahed'
shore and fipze to, deathf- and thtn Wr.s
ekt,riicitto' the watch house trod eaten `up
live by the ratst'7';
it ORI EAU R 0 P
ARRIVAL OP TIIE-CALEDORIA , --SETEN DAYS
LATER. '• • •
• ,
By Express, Telegraph, and the falls, to•lhe
PennsylNanlahi'
.Full particulars' Of the . 'losS:o" -the' barque
Charles Eartleg—Movements in Eng
land.—linportant. frena• Fiancet--The
Fall . of Ronte,,andiccall andqf
Fall, of
news from
Hungary--Progress of Revolution iii
.Europe; (j-c. • - •
ST. .TonN'S, N. 8., j'ulk 20.
The Steamship Caledonia, Capt. Leitch {
with dates froin Parisi() the' Pith, London
to.the nth; tattl_Lisirrpc.ol_ _.!.g
arrived at Halifax.abontl o'alock last eve=
ning. -- ', • - .-
.., - , • ,_
The . Caledonia has 45 - passengers for' • '
Boston, c xclusive . or 18 of the 42 survivors ",'
of the ill-fated barque Charles Bartlett, of
Plymouth, Mass., Wm, Bartlett:l - 4liter,
which on Wednesday, the 27th ult,'at: a
bout 31i P. M.,y,lien 700 miles to the west--
ward of Cape Clear, Was rim . doivrt by he'
steamer Europa, and sunk in 3 minutes,
With 134 passengers and crew.
Thecatustroplie occurred during a dense
fog, and although the boats of the Europa
were instantly lowered, and every poSsible
assistance rendered; only 42 out of the 176
souls were saved, The Captain, second .
nitttc; - tintl - te n -- ; of tlic - crcw, were among the --''' .---,
survivors.
The Europa is acquitted of all :blanae,not,
only by the survivors, bat , by . the- uritini- - `
nious voice of the British press 'And the
public , . ' A subscription • of £352 was
promptly raised by the passengers of the
Europa, to
.vltich the proprietors have ad- -
ded £2O. They likewise offered to carry -
the whole of the survivors from Boston to' .
New York free of all expense. •
The Charles Bartlett was bound front -
London to New York with immigrants, ' ,
and had on board 450 tons' of rrierchan- -
disc, consisting chiefly of lead and Chalk.
R. B. ,Forbes,Esq., a' passenger in the -_
Europe behaved with surprising-gallantry
1 upon the occasion. and has been presented
with the
-gold medal of the Liverpool Ship- .
wreck and Humane Society.. The Euro
pa sustained no material damage by the
collision..
.. . .
Ma. R. B. Fonaus's ACCOUNT OF TILE
DISABTEU.—The extraordinark • exertions •
of Mr. Forbes, says the Liverpool .Chron:- ".
icle, in saving a number of lives when the
unfortunate collision took place: between. ,
the steamship Europa and the Charles Bart,.
lett, have induced the Liverpool Shipwreck
arid Humane Society to present , to that
gentleman one of their-Medals. The pres
entation -took place. en Wednesday at the
Underwriters' Rooths. Mr. Forbes is 'en
intimate friend of our townsman William
Rathbone;•Esq., 8:.-was the means of send
ing, through Mr. Rathbone, to Ireland and
the Western Islands - of- Scotland, ttn im
mense supply ofprovisions,Of the video of
I 860,000, during the year of fin - nine—an
I I act of generous humanity which ought 'nev:
ler to be forgotten.
Mr. Forbes acknowledged the receipt of
the medal, by giving an interesting ac- -
count of the collision. " His letter i 4s dated
, from Green-bank, the residenCe of Wm.
1 Rathb one, csq: A fler expressifig his thank s,
he says :—At two o'clock of the day nem- -
I cd, not being well, I retired to my state
! room, in the forward cabin, and lay down
I with my clothes on, on the settee, and soon
fell asleep. I was suddenly awakened by
a crash and a shock, which I could not un
derstand. I rushed upon deck, and to the
port bow of our ship, where the most ap-:
palling spectacle presented itselffthe -bow
of our ship appeared to'be half way thro'
the barque, having entered her jilsrabaft
the main rigging, on the Porte side. : She
had all sail set ; one glance at the ill-fated
barqtte satisfied me that she must instant
ly go down, and that no, earthly, power
could save many of the passengers.: The
Inner hatches were obstructed.by , pieces of
broken timbers; the rnain, hatph, was en
' tirely clear, and appeared to be filled. With
women and children, vainly, endeavoring .
.to get on deck. I should;judge that the
ladder had been knocked, down in the gen-
I eral crash. - Me water, at this, timp,,waa
rushing into the :Vessel like, a 'mill .race. , --
Seeing that the only chance to sav4l, any
one was to lower our boils,l rushed-all,
taking
g off thy over coat anclrny frock cekat
1 as I- went along, on my. ,way,., and NOAH
near.the after par; of the port.paddle box ;
I perceived that men - were- alreadyclear
ingaWay the qnarter, boats;. I , stopßeci It)
endeavor. to clear away •the life -bog; but
both° . alone, -and, having, tultilik -4 1 0 i. a
small :knife ,to cut the lashings,ll.gar ;hat
• ,
my *efforts would not avail in tithe,!p
.I:est, as I was abandoning _tlie 0'91% I
perceived a woman and .n 014, tli9 :latter
; some ten. feet. ;from the, N . v . ortiapi floating
. .
instantly
- past- the „paddlebex'., , 'A.,
down oh the grating or spensori,nbaft the
wheel, crying to,the,,thany spectatoraabout
the main rigging, fdrn.'rope; "for God's-
- iiiir,OITIOA WOO I":btit'OoiY . optSe' sec-
[ riled stunned and vaialy7o hy: the' itiiffireti
Land awful. , scene. . ,;1 1 krtivii,ctitivi':Ircifir ng
along; ' filic,. and ~ itiittly' - ititttiiietj t, 'b's , 4 z,
'broken •gpitr.-'' ' The Ct:tl) , rop'eithroWYtiirer,7
Whichl'.shatild-otherwiie 'We' ' 0; ;-Was
thrown' ,,
. to:tali "Tin libitr 1
9fifi' l. d , lint '...
the' noose °Vet' hidshdl,ll46ll . i; arid
,ba'.6o- - '*Th 6 2A-tst : litit'ali".! .. t ie l i kr
'inorabfit; . took , oir...iiiit:titotio!
14t
'ha floating ttiitl , liNitrbtitlyirtio..
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