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From the iVeiw York Mirror. An Hour at the old Play-Gronnd. 1 sat an hour to-day, John, Beside the old brook stream Where vve were school-boys in old time, When manhood was a dream ; The brook is choked with fallen leaves The pond is dried away, I scarce believe lhr.t you would know The dear old plare, to-day. The school-house is no more, John, Beneath our locust trees, The wild rose by the window side, No more waves in the breeze ; The scattered stones look desolate, The sod they rested on Has been ploughed up by stranger bands Since you and I were gone. The chesnut tree is dead, John, And what is sadder now The broken grapevine of our swing Hangs on the withered bough ; 1 read our names upon the bark, And found the pebbles rare Laid up beneath the hollow side, As we had placed them there. Beneath the grass-grown bank, John, I looked for our old spring That bubbled down the alder path, Three paces from the swing; The rushes grow upon the brink, The pool is black and bare, And not a foot this many a day, It seems, has trodden there. I took the old blind road, John, That wandered up the hill, 'Tis darker than it used to be, And seems so lone and still ; The birds sing yet upon the boughs, Where once the uweel grapes hung, But not a voice of human kind Where all our voices rung. 1 sat me on the fence, John, That lives as in old time, The same half-panel in th path, We used so oft to climb, And thought how o'er '.he bars of life Our playmates had passed on, And left me counting on the spot The faces that are gone. In Lenoir county, 111 , near Kingston, on the l$:h ult., by Jesse Jackson, Eq , Mr. Jahdin ''Phersox, aged 18 years, and Mrs. Sophia 'Chey, aged 75 years. I" Matison, N. H., Mr. Jo.vas Hbbbard, and Louisa Scripture. Some keep the Scripture for a show, Letter'd and gilt on their bureau. And some to dust and moths degrade it: Jonas took the wiser part, ' Mfi pressed the Scripture to his heart, ; And even on his pillow laid it, " TSic Two Parses. Boston, the Athens of America, the Yankee city of notions, most of my readers doubtless know from personal observation, to be thus ap propriately named. The first title she well merits in conjuration of the liberal encourage ment of literature and fine arts ; the second too, for the peculiar genius and character of her pop ulation, and though we may look upon the back woodsman of New England as a real speci men of acknowledged representative of the tribe (if I may so speak) abroad ; and the third litle is merited from the fact of the nerer tiring inventive genius of us inhabitants. Possession a population of nearly an hundred and twenty thousand, she is vet free in a great measure, compared with her sister cities in the Union, from the horde of vices and eil customs that prevail in the south and west. The gambler here accomplishes his purpose in secret ; there are no billiard rooms, masquerade balls, or re sorts of infamy ; though all these evils exist in a greater or less degree in all large populated cities, yet so hidden as not to come before the eye of the innocent, or tempt those who dare not take the preliminary steps to vice. Boston, courteous reader, the Yankee city of Massachusetts bay, shall be the locale of our tale. There is a portion of the west part of the town here, as in London, occupied by the more opulent of the inhabitants, in the immediate neighborhood of the Common, as it is called. The vicinity is the aristocratic section of the city. You will not find this spirit of pride or aristocracy to consist of the same ingredients s constitutes the grade of society in the old country ; there birth alone establishes the claim to distinction, while here the most potent agent, money, is the most powerful. Ah, in this boasted free country, gold is the leveller of all ranks, forming itself a kingdom out of the Re public, which it rules with a rod of iron, though in this Yankee city, genius and intellect are far more readily appreciated than in other parts of this State. It was a cold winter night, and the wind whistled shrill through the bare limbs of the giant trees that lined the mall. The ground was covered with snow, upon whoso sparkling surface the light of the moon fell with dazzling splendor, studding the incrusted ground with brilliant diamonds. As the Old South clock struck nine, a young man closely wrapped in his cloak sought the shade of one of the large trees in the park, from whence he watched the coming of numerous carriage loads of gaily dressed people of both sexes, who entered one ol the princely houses in JJeacon street. Through the richly stained glass windows, the gorgeous light issued in a steady flood accom panied by the thrilling tones of music from a full band; the house illuminated at every point, seemed crowded with gay and happy spirits. The stranger still contemplated this scene his cloak, which until now had enveloped the low er part of his features, had fallen, discovering a face of manly beauty, a full dark eye, with arch ing brows, and short curling hair, as black as the raven plumage, set off to a great advantage his Grecian style of feature a becoming mous tache curled about his mouth giving a decided classic appearance to the whole face. The naval button on his cap showed that he belong ed to that branch of our national defejico. " Shall I enter," said he thoughtfully to him-! self, " and feast my eyes on charms I never can possess? Hard fate that I should bo so bound to the iron chains of poverty yet am I a man who have a soul as noble as the best 'of ihem. We will see," and crossing oier to the gay scene, he entered the hall, lie caul off his over shoes, handed his cap and cloak to a ervant and unannounced, mingled with the beauty and fashion that thronged the room. Gradually making his way among the crowd, he tight a group in whose centio stood a bright and beautiful being, the queen of loveli ness, of that brilliant assembly. The bloods' of the West End flocked about her, seeking for 'an upproving glance from those dreamy blue eyes; half abstracted, she nnswored or spoke upon the topics of conversation, without appa rent interest. Suddenly she started, and blush ed deeply, dropped a half courtesy, in token of recognition io some one without the group. !ier eyes no longer languid, now sparkled with animation, arid 3 pur rj&val Irieud entered the group about her, she laid her tiny gloved hand within his, saying : 4 Welcome, Ferris, we feared your sailing or ders had taken you io sea this bleak weather.' 'We should not have lifted anchor, without first paying tribute to our queen,' was the gal lant reply. A titter ran through the circle of exclusives at his appearance among them, but when the lady approved, there was no room for complaint. Sirange familiarity.' said one young fellow io another, what pretensions can he have here?' And Miss II called him by his given name too,' said another ; rather familiar that wonder what the old man would say to it?' What scene does this painiing represent ?' inquired a lady friend at the moment of Anne II . ' I think it is an Italian picture,' replied the fair girl. Spanish, I should say,' obserred he who was first questioned on the appearance of Fer ris. ' Evidently Spanish,' said another exquisite, ' though I regret to differ from Miss H .' You err,' said Ferris, turning to the two gentlemen, the lady is right. It is an Italian scene, as will be seen by a closer examination of the costumes and figures. ' Pray, do you establish yourself as an um pire in this case,' retorted one of those who had pronounced this piece to be a Spanish scene. fir ' I contend that rou are wrong,' said the other, seeking some cause for difference, and desiring to 'show tip' to the pretending Lieutenant. Pardon me, ladies,' said Ferris, taking no notice of the insult of the speakers, 1 1 saw that painting in the studio of Isola, at Genoa, a few years since, and I know from its author that it represents a street scene in mat Italian city, otherwise I should not have spoken.' ' Ah you have great advantage over us all in having travelled so extensively, Mr. Harvard,' said Anne H , desirous to restore good feeling. The gay scenes of the night wore on ; seve ral times had Ferris Harvard completely put at fault the shallow brained fops around him, pla cing them in any thing but an enviable light. Ferris Harvard was a Lieutenant in the Na vy; and depended entirely upon his pay as an officer to support a widowed mother and young sister, to both of whom he was devotedly at tached. His father a self-made man, had once been a successful merchant, who sailed and freighted some of the heaviest tonned vessels that left the port of Boston but misfortune and sickness overtook him, and he sunk into the grave, leaving his only son to protect his mo ther and sister from the wauls and ills of life. Ferris had enjoyed a liberal education and hav ing entered the navy as a midshipman, and ris en to a lieutenancy, by reason of his superior acquirements and good conduct. His profes sion had led him to all parts of the world, and he had carefully improved his advantages though restrained, by reason of his limited means, to the practice of the most rigid econo my. He had met with the only daughter of Har ris H , one of the wealthy citizens of Bos ton, at a fete given on board the ship where he belonged, and had immediately become enam ored of her, but he well knew in his own heart that the difference in their fortunes formed a barrier to his wishes. He had been a casual visitor for several months subsequent to the time our storv commences,- at the house of the H family. ' I must think of her no more,' said Ferris to himself, 'If I am thus sneered at by her ftiends for offering her common civilities, with what contempt would hot austere parent receive a proposition. for her hand from one so poor and unknown.' Harris II , was iltdeed a item old man, and yet was said, to be kind to the poor, giving freely of his. bounty for the relief of the needy. Still he. was a strange man; he seldom spoke to Criose around him, 3'et he evinced the warm est love for his child, and Anne too, loved her father with an ardent a flection. His delight was to pore over his library, living as it were, in the fellowship of the old philosophers. On teveral occasions, when Ferris was at his house, and engaged in conversation with Anne, he had observed the old man's eye bent stern ly upon him, when his heart would sink with in him, and would awake to a reality of his sit uation. Ferris was one evening in Beacon street, at the. house of Mr. II., where, in spite of the cold reception he received from those he generally met there, he still enjoyed himself in the belief that Anne was not indifferent to his regard. He had been relating to her, at her request, his experience, with different national characters with whom he had met, speaking of their pe culiarities, and describing the various scenic effects of different countries. Anne sat near a sweet scented geranium, whose leaves she was industriously engaged in destroying. Fer ris bending close to her ear said: 'Anne, will you pluck me that ro?e as a token of affection? you must know how ardent is mine for you or stop, dearest, behind it blows the candytuft. You know the mystic language of both, will you choose and give mo one.' Hush, hush, Fern's,' said the blushing and trembling girl, handing him the rose. This passed when the attention of the com pany was drawn to some engaging object. Never before had Ferris received any evidence of Anne's love, save from her tell-tale eyes. The flower was plated next his heart and ho left the apartment. He had proceeded but a few steps from the house, when he was accosted by a poor mendicant, clothed in rags, who was ex posed at that late hour of the night, to the in clemency of the season. Pray, sir,' said the beggar to Ferris, 'can you give rhe a trifle? I am nearly starved, and chilled through by this night air.' Ferris, after a few moments conversation with the beggar, for his was not the heart to turn away from the sufferings of "a fellow creature, and handing him a purse containing five or six dollars, he urged him to seek immediate shel ter and food. The beggar blessed him and passed on. A few nights subsequent to this occasion, he was again at her father's house. Mrs H., Anne's mother, received him as she did most of her visi tors, with a somewhat cold and distant welcome. Being a woman of no conversational powers, she always retired quite early, conducting her intercourse with society in the most formal man ner. Ferris was much surprised that Mr. H had taken no particular notice of his intimacy at his house, for he seldom saw him, and when he did so, he could see the old man's eyes bent upon him, in anything but a friendly and invi ting spirit. In this dilemma, he was at a loss what course to pursue; Anne's acknowledge ment of affection for him, and now that he had succeeded in this, he was equally distant from the goal of his happiness, for his better judge ment told him that the consent of her parents could never be ohtained. On this occasion, he had taken his leave as usual, when he was met by ihe beggar or the former night, who again solicited almsj declaring he could find no one" else to assist him; and that the money he had before bestowed upon him had been expended for food and rent of a miserable cellar where he lodged. Again Ferris placed a purse in the poor man's hand, at the same time telling him he was him self poor, and constrained tho practice of rigid ecbnoiny in the support of those dependant upon him. He left the beggar and passed on his way, happy in having contributed tcTthe allevi ation of human suffering. Not long subsequent, Ferris called one eve ning at the house of Mr. H , and fortunate ly found Anne and her father alone, the former engaged upon, a piece of embroidery of a new pattern, and the latter pouring over a volume of ancient philosophy. On his entrance the old getleman took no further apparent notice of him, than an inclination of the head, and a 'good evening sir.' He look a chair by Anne's side, and told her of his love in low but ardent tones, begging permission to speak to her father upun the subject. Oh, ho will not hear a word of ihe matter, I know, said the sorrowing girl. 'No longer ago than yesterday, he spoke to me relative to a connexion with R.; I can never love but one,' said the beamy, giving him her hand. Ferris could bear this suspense no longer; in fact, the hint relative io her alliance to an other, spurred, him io action; He proceeded to that part oPfhe room uheru Mr. H. sat, and af ter a few introductory remarks, said: 'You have doubtless obr-ened, sir, my inti macy in your family for more than u year past. From the fact that you did not oljtct in mv at tentions to your daughter, I have been led to hope thai it might not be altogether against your wishes. May 1 ask, air, with due respect, your opinion in ihi mailer ? 1 1 have often seen you here,' replied Mr. H , 'and I have no reason to object to your visits, sir.' Indeed, sir, you are very kind. I have nei ther fortune nor rank to offer your daughter, but still emboldened by love; I ask you for her hand.' Tho old man laid by his book, and removing; his spectacles, asked. " Does the lady sanction ihU request V 4 ' She does.' ' Have you thought well of your proposal. I have.' , ' And you ask ' Your daughter's hand.' It is vour's,' said the old man. Ferris sprang astonished to hir feet, saving, ' I hardly know how to receive your kind ness, sir; 1 had looked for different treatment.' Listen young man,' said the father, 'do you think I should have allowed you to become in timate in mv family without knowing vour char acter ? do you think I should have gten ihK precious child, (and he placed her hand in Fer ris's) to you before I had proved jou? No sir, out of Anne's many suitora from the wealthy and highest in society, 1 Jong since selgated you as. one in whom I could fpet conrtde'n'ceT The world calls mej cold and calculating-man. perhaps I am to; but I had a duty to perform to him who had entrusted me with 'he h;ippiuoT of this blessed child; I have endeavored to dis charge that trust faithfully; the dioa'es of pr'de may have been counterbalanced by a desire for my daughter' happiness. I chose you first, she has since voluntarily done so. I know your life and habits, your means and prospect you need tell ine nothing. With your wife you will receive an ample fortune; the dutiful son and affectionate brother, cannot but make a kind husband. But stay,' said the old man, l wilj be with you in a moment,' and he left the lovers together. Tho story of your marriage with R , was only to try our hearts, then, and thicken the, plot,' said Ferris to the blushing girl. At this moment the door opened, and the beg gar whom Ferris had twice relieved, entered. Anne recoiled 'at first at the dejected appear ance, and poverty stricken looks of the intru der, while Ferris asked in as'oniahment how he had gained entrance into the house. In a moment, the figure rose to atately height, and casting off the disguise it had worn, discovered the perion of Anne'i father. Tho astonishment of the lovers, can hardly be conceived. ' I wan determined' said the father address ing Ferris, 'after I had otherwise proved your character, to test one virtue, which of ail others is the greatest, Charitt. Had you failed in that, you would also hare failed with .me in this purpose of marriage. You were weighed in the balance and not found wanting ; here, sir, is your first purse; it contained six dollars when you gave it to the poor beggar in the street it rum contains a check for six thousand : and here is the second, that contained five dollars, which is now also multiplied by thousands. 'Nay,' said the old man, as Ferris was about to speak, 'there's no need of explanation it is a fair business transaction.' This was of course all a mystery to Anne but when explained, added sttll more to her love for her future hus band. Ferris and Anne were soon married, and ono stately mansion in Beacon street, ?erve as a home for mother, sister, wife and all. Gos sip said, (and gossip said truly for once,) that old Mr. H , having money enough, had not sought to add more to the fortune he should leave his child, by forming for her an alliance with gold, but had sought and found what wan far more valuable, true merit. 'And now abideth Faith, Hope, and Charity, these three but the greatest of these is'Ghar- i,y" ' - - Women, cards and wine, rum many young men I
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