RIF C 111 El r 0-I,IIME Xt.-A1). 311. POETRY. ' "AVitti•sweetesi flowers cairieled, Prom various garden's cull 7d with care." I'l.m the. fittsbtirgli Saturday Evening Visite! . AN'CLEGEND OF 'BY DILL A. SMITH ' • During the summer of 17—,whilst the bamahnwk of the savage continued to wielded on the western borders of „Virginia, . the inhabitants, of Kanawha • county were obliged suddenly to abandon their homes, - and take refuge in n block house, which filch 'ocCuPied. the sitepn which the pretV , village of CharlestOwn now Stands. - Aminig the: - number who had thui availed themselves of safety, were a Young lady and gentle -man, who were- tenderly attached to each other, and -7.-7-7-whircit is s u idi-svere-to-linve-been-married-inttlew_: weeks subsequent to the diSastroustivent,Whieli forms • the, subject of the - following lines. The lady's inune 1 - never le:limed, llie gentlenian's,•boweVe - r;was Hale. there confined; the lady,wii,s taken seriously. ill of a fever ; during the violent paroxysms of which, her ceies for cold 71 , ilter .weri. truly pitiable. The supply in the block house liavigg b ecome lalmost' pu hid', there was no other Allan - river watef.to be had; but by- erossingto tIM opp . osite shore. To do this, jt • Was suppilSed, would, be instant death; as bands of Indians fijight ever and-anon lie seen lurking through the Woods. But such were the agonized feelings of the young man at hearing her repeated cries, that he determined to procure her Ow even at. the peril, of hisdire, fall' hisfeieinla ritmonarated agunist the-- ithpropricty of the step. , lie had weighed the con . sciptences,_and_risokeiLto go.:—AstesidinrOy. ITM= wing a small canoe, he proceeded across the river, a tewbundred yards : leo - 1n which - a li tie streamlet.dis-. charged its water -hitt, the Kinawba. 'l'p this-he hastily, repairial, tilled his vestai With the cooling beverage, was about tO - retllllllo the boat, 4.11(.11 a -• (Wilk/ through - hisheart!.--Tho.littie steetunlet which witnessed the afreetinv, tragedy, is - now known to the inhabitants of Charlestown by the tousle cf Hlsts.'s • I'll 'tn:iitn 'uric n llgliCevinoe, and away O'erthe rolling flood I'll speed ; I,` And.l'llunidie the craven world to.sni , - It wag a nobly Ilivti ! . From the limpVitrill a eap I'll - lising, i , Which soon to her lips I'll press; .. . 'Aik !- swca's the song she'tlien will sing, Of 14_ (cap tierototlness! And 0,,h0w kindly she'll look' on Through her tears, of love.nnd ghidness'! When safe retuned, in my bark •so fret-, ----Loome•to dispel her sadness! Then•hirry thee on my own good craft, . Far, o'er yon dashing ivavor -111 find for her a freshening draught, Or'elso:for me, a grave!! The savage foeman stalks abroad, 'l'lirough mountain, wood, amt glen:; But thou will keep me, gracious Ciotti Anabring me back again. For sure the heart that loves as mina, (Which tieveKkvicv neglect;), And one, niy love, so pare as thine Heaven cannot hut proteet ! Now o'er Kanawha's aide ling pass'd And listening,—looks . around:— Now grasps his weapon at every blast, "Find Whispers ; from the gram(' ! Tint hist !--didst not;a.slesdow see What means that stealth• tread ? Nay, nay,- 'twas but some wolf,that lie flat startled frelin his bed. Thus cautiously he passed him on, • Far through:the de"c:p'ning grove; Where oftentimeSinday4'hy-gone, He'd wandered with hisloye. • ;And now the gushing stream's in sight; '' • He stands on its margin green ; His spirit throtbingith wild delight, 'ATliClikifirchpThia Anil fondly lie thinks of his log•?d one now ! Her kindly voice 1M hears!— • • And-fancies her hand on her pallid=brOw, As flow her.joyque tears .!• And the welconmtones Of hie comrades too, Have - fallen upon Iris call, As proudly he bounds flv:diiiiiiiiViiCnnOe, And hastens hislol:o to Ower • • vii. • Such were the thoughts,A f t f :ow sublime, , Like terupeseblottO dot in summer time, Rush wildly before the Winds.! I%l"erwaSit till freyn off the.oak. Tte' - jy - 'fi shrill melody; , Upon the — gmhering silence broke, Flint he woke from his reverie. lle,woke from. his reverie, deep and still, ,t — 7l3nt - )idiatilid:heAvalteTto - hear-1 The murmuring of ,the gonUorill ? Or of friendly footstepsneat ? No; no!-=;t1ton dreaming youth; no;. .Thy friends are far away There'd lurking:here aireacherons Ho has marked itby atop to day, Iven now., a flash froM yonder tree ! . Did'st hear thtit ! And yet, nor fitee;• nor form 4 'see In ail the fore $t round., :" • •;'• But go thou to you streaplet's side, plcild that crimson flood ! " silent, it (loth glide=—' Poott tilyslicart7g bloOd,!! yciruheeehLtree'a fr oWn i rig *shade,: 4- TheTtiernan tookhis Shand; • . .. • In all his hellish pride array!d, friar:fie in hiu hand: • • `And now the fittaPiesseVe.filled,— , The 3Nrlien - 6 yell, that through the Awed thrilPti r . Tolitthe foul died ivas done • . . . . , . . . . . .. , ' ' - •• ' " - • ~..%. . , • • • . . . ..• . . , . . , . , - . ' •. , . ~ . . . , . . _.. . ~ . . ..., . . , . . .. . . , , .. . . . . . . • . . . . . . .. -..- .. . • . , •, . , ' '.- lir -.. i . . .:'' '.-.. : 4 • A li . . . . . . . . . . . . .. , • • . . • . . . . .. , • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . , !. _____ ' .• , - . • . . , . . . . . • ... .. .. . .. . _ . . . .... . . . . • A FAMILY NEWSPAPER: - DEyOTED,TO NEWS, POLITICS,' LITERATURE, THE. ARTS AND SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, AMUSEMENT, &C. &C. SELECT TALE. 7 : From the Lfttlies' cothpanion of .41h41. Fic.ETCH FROM .10 4 1,1111,7rD41r LI - . * BY, TABS M. AUGUSTA .cotriri "" You will surely llemfold Milift, — kgrfes; imiCbd I have not the least doubt-of it. In a few — years I — sig. - III:see ,you a - s — tfilf_and" Priof .as poor old-aunt Sally was: Do you remember 'how we rift - laughed when we were children at; her precise ways? arid how a rumpled cap, or torn 'glove, would -put her-in the fidgets.for a day? TFor - pf,part .I would rather marry an, ugly . man, which. Totrlinow is my — al I old • • - .• • . cannot echo your sentiment, Ellen, for to tell you the truth I do . not think there is any thing so frightful in n,single if I can..lnit do, half the good that dear aunt Sallydid, I shall - be quite content-Witli. destiny you have - provided:for me, and if it .should_soiiap pen, me more-precise in after yeaV thari'yOu do at-present; though I feiir-Inlreinly.pOssess More than your _liberal taste deems,.necessa-: ry. " : 171tat grant; my_maiden c 0 .4.; 'and more- courage too;' and yet I forget you arc . younger than - myself. But, Agnes, you .have really seemed very thoughtful lately; and I have sometimes, seen a shade pass over your brow, and then a sigh would be audible t_ mid thought- 7 3705, :tonally_ thought you were' in love: indeed,. Agnes; ' ntteriqii to deny, it, for Heel assure - d. you -must havt,some seeiet. - nttapliinenwor.you reou-Whot-havo-refused-Ed-ivatif-Stanton." *Deep that oer.vyeptl- . . the cheek Air,nes Danford . atthis accusa tion or Ellen, and little did that lively Rid know the pain.it caused' her:genile consin..; neither had she any islea of ,it being ,true in 'her own mitids;- her object WITS 111C1V1 - 3' to tease_ her ; about -Edivityd, whOin . .she thouglit Agnes treated with too much Indic- Terence, and it- was- . her refusing the•offer of a gentleman,:possessinff, as Ellen said, "•every quality site could possibly desire," that brought on the conversation that cent mencesthis chapter. Had Ellen paid any particular attention 'to :the .isubjects who formed . the class she so much disliked, - she would have found tltal, indifference to 'the gentleman — was_not a sign of maidenhood, on.the contrary, many-of those- ladies who . , hal. led single-lives 'have been noted.. in 'their - outli fer •their many male acquaint ances., The cousins had been much separated durinm _their childhood, having been_edu, •cated 1141ifferent schools; but within the last. two years - they had been more together, as they lived in the same . city and but a ! few doors' apart.. Ellen was rather disap pointed -,, in not finding Agnes . morelikeher ; self, "butnobody could be inure dissimilar,'' as .Ellen pathetically observed; • and she spoke the truth, for Agnes possessed „far more desirable • qualities .than she did; and ' - and when she . saw her take-no apparent in terest in the various pleasures of the' world, which so delighted. herself, that her, thoughts ' 'and affections seemed rtlised. to far higher and -loftier things—she .felt in her heart she •ilid not understand her, for Ellen waS.a gay, lil;ely girl, - living in the, sunshine of 'life, mud caring nought for, the futtire; her chief 'ambition being, to . • have the' handsomest partner at•the balls, or create a sensation in the :mind's oilier ,fashionable friends' . by the,' elegance , of her'attire. . . . ----- Without - poaaesa iirg 'thew - gni arleatu tea or lovely- cemplexion of her cousin, she could show to far more 'advantage in cent pang; where, her lively sallies would pass =forwitiand - her - judicionstaatefor - dressink would set off to the greatest advantage; what personal beauty she posseSsed; hence no entiy . on her' part had as yet been ex cited. towards the superipLqualities, of her -rousin; ' she could•not envy _what she did not, understand, and the retired Inibits of 'Agnes seldom plated her in Contrast with Ellen, who could ill have brooked a yinl in the gay circle . she_so.much delighted in;. ,she therefore - made - no - lidaitationin - infakitig' a friend of Agnes, and: made her Ilic,eonfi dent of all little sentimental affairs; and liTfoirilirtirfocrlthitorrt . sidles—her--that the confidence was'nof mutuarK) be sure she would aonietimeS wonder why Agnes had no secrets' of her oWn; lint then she was so .strange in .every:thing; - never went . to a balld(or , theatre;- 'or • iinylilace where pleasure Was to be had; and so retired•too, she was netr`rveit: acquainted F with• more than a•dozen gentlemen, and wonld never kooky - the - latest e - It era el f - d Jai not inforM Therefore•Who.could-expqm Agnes tci'live, any thing worth NOlOne;cer 'minty,. who knew her Well; so theught,tind so, believed Ellen; and'she .was: quite sada= fiedrio (speak • Only 'of -11eraelf when they 'occasionally met; _great then' was her siir 7 ( prise, when her half-joking,. half-se - 06m aecueation . intida• A grips 'Walt; Ag nes too, who had borne all here riiillei y about the gentletean She was s (4 - ,a4finiS", for, her to accept, without inthel6akev,inting more (confusion than she ought to on ahcli a' sub ject. Here then Ellen .ivas acteallY Pitzzled to. nil dors tand ( it. Ahe' . Must certainly - -be_ right; -9r_tvliy did Agfids.blitsli?-And if so; wlio could' thb 'person 'be? ((And she 'roil oVer•in her own mind eyery male acquaint ance that 'she knew Agnes to tosscss, 'but none of tlieni ( seented tri•re the ob ject.. . .•. - , ic:lk." ill vi•atelt'' her m6s6cloScd, hint . - • tease her. the hargain, and if I not 07 lel =I .. . . . _ . . . . . . . . , . Priated aati r Publitibe d,‘l”ckly, by -- Georie...lllC - Phillips, - in. C a rlisle, - Camber . land County, Pa. -.• • ',• . • N '`"... length find out one, it'tvont•be for want of perseverance." •-• • • • 1 Poor Ellen,.if any thing ebuld excite her and long inightriliehave continued - to: tease poor. Agnes; who iii vain told her she had no affair of the kind, but .what she already knew, had not an unforseeiLliceurrenee: taken place, Which 'entirely drew lei timLughisiLfroiiagnps_to_her;OWn_ The Tather6 of: the . ConShis and tionnected,together in a largb Comma- . cial business. Through the failure of seve ral.holises largely indebted to .their affairs_ became „: critical'; and when news came of the insolvency of a 'foreign `houSe with whoin the.. we e in some measure connected, their own could no longer bear the sho4,.and of course follo'wed.__Exesy thing they. possessed vu k ,s' freely given ,up to their. creditors - , who express 9d the high estt satisfaction at their - honorable conduct, and when at length - their affairs- wore set y- -a-small- annuity-. rem ained. the competency they - had but a few months before - posseised; - and - when-theyagaitt corrtt thericed- bitsinegs-it-was upon a . far - I more humble scale than ffornierly, • .:. . • Instead of the elegant. mansions the.eou sini heretofore inhabited, they found them selves in houseg large enough, to he sure, to allow them one parlor,' yet that - Avould not havelbeen thought 'good enough for an upper bed-room in - their late. mansions; and now it was that_ the character of each he" came apparent - - -The mother: of Agne.,s gulch - ; awl the chatiffes in . her circumstances did . not - add- inuebTher comfort. .Onthe.con-1 tram', when_she - foUnd "heti:elf reduced so low .11;:i not to be . able to buy those luxuries,, • which froth constant use-had-becenie neecs ssiy-_ti%hes;`Slic hrFanse gtiile fret ful .41,11 d - fl course did ,not give nitwit pleasure to. her , family:- She: had.three Children -besides . Agnesi. who-were still very voting. ng. They :had never been of much trouble to her, as 1 she had .then kept er - Ist:lndy Lit,schoot; now-t the .prineipal care of them would devolve on 'Agnes, as tkeir father was. no longer able ta- pay the high:sfdary- their instruction de , - Minled.. On her also WOultdevolve . many . of the household•duties; and. she who had' been ln'ed. in such tendernesS, never, having freed required .to do the smallest thing for herself, suddenly found the chief- care of a family would 'depend -upon her- exertions. Ti id true that Agnes, with all the accom plishments that are generally given to . the phildreti - off'tTiFT, Tilf - ,lftiirriever- - be6n - taught , any thing about dolnestic economy: there I fOre'great: was the surprise and delight of hei parents,- to 'See how readily she applied herself to their altered situation. Never hcforeintd — then - rightlymider - StiMlliFTiiglil . character of their daughter; for in of their proSperity she had shrunk from the gaze of-theWorld,-with that diffidence-which_ sfi often accompanies' a gilled mind; and though possessed of all that rank and wealth. could. give, yet their advantage had 'not the same effect ,upon .her, as upon her more :volatile cousin... .And from the .dailyworld ly pleastires thatsurrounded her, "Turned her high heart away! she bad a mind Deep apd immortal, and it would not feed On. pageant y. .She thirsted for a spring. Of a serener element, and drank 'Philosophy, and for a little while :She was . lllhly'd—till, presently; it fitrit'd flitter within her, and her spirit grew - Paint fok' undyifig waters. • Then she came • To the pure'fount of God—and is athirst No morn.'.' Such was - Agnes': welt:natter seldom met with in-nigh life, yet when found; how. gio riously beautiful does it appear'to the-mind -of--those-who=can-appreciate-ittia_in deed a,mistaken idea '“that - religion is - only. for the cottage;" for nothing can add so much dignity to rank as religion - does.: it - t3 iiiitluent - COWCtlibminds of'tiie - many, which without -it, it-ne,vet could have: possessed; - Mid it brit improves the enjoy ment of .prosperity, as its very restraints are useful and.-necessary to the health and happiness, as well as the character of its . professors. - To Aironiiwit seems bin a na . Aural refuge, - given in. mercy, to aid: her through the many changes and vicissitudes -life _teems -with. -Possessed of -religion, she - slue can shed inidatinted - lit -- the nudit o adveysity, or 'What is ,more trying; she can . pass through the dangors and temptations,of prospoitytill-14yal-in liPr wJiil aronnd her seems but'te livefor the 'merit and its.vanitles. ' • Thus the exaltecl situation of Agnes gate her many trials, which in a more humble situation she would itot have experienced; and when:Ellen would!ridieule her precise qvays; she.called-lheM, -and . eiitreat.her to accompany her to the gay. scenes which itVAso•mtrehAteligbktu)lietSelipAgnes_would,_, take the opportunity to advise ; her to seek more lasting. pleasures, than the heated ball room would giire her; but. all law words seemed-thrown away, on Ellen, }}t ho,, she possessed the means, •contiatied - iii the round of, fashionable' dissipation. Jly ,the, sudden failure of her father,, hoWever, a check :Was'pta, upon.lier career; • and great waslier ehagrin when' she - found „lieroelf living 'in a house wh6:6 . fornierly she would have disdained-to litte, viSited.au •acqUaint mica: It - Was in vain that her 'mother re presented how, many coinfarfs . they . inight' yet iinjOY;:tErtenWiirilir bfit be contented, the — liastitirWliat they Possessed.- ' " Yon ' , can aijorn •it with llow,ers- in• the summer time,"'said her mother to her whom ,she was •peeviahly ,finding fault with-"tare jmmble furniture of the parlor; "then you still have,,tholpiapO that stood la,vour bed; _roorrw.to.he sure_it_islioiso.graraoa4ta i ir parlor one was, yet it -will : help its 'to Pass JlateyehiiiilleaSvtly - during the Whiter," TVESII.I—V sI.FTERXOO.IIr 4111.91 - r S, 535. • . "Btit who will ever think of * coming near -usLiitthiS-out,tiflthe..way piece," answered ' Ellety "and -indeed I should die.o( shame = icthey„shoeld; With linbray—taLepen,tke door •for them hilt nannah.' ; -. • •: I•dO not think it likely that any. , of our fashionable 'acquaintances: will take Alm -trijuble.. to _Nisit_us; and. -indeed we .cannot wish they . should, the contrast of. their larasome carriages ,to—our wOuld bomore painful 'than the wank of footman. - - X(Mr chief dependence fpy pony must be ,upon your own .resources,. and. though A-gifes is• hot as near us as for, Merly, jet you can oceasionally r pass'a - week with her. TO be sure: we must not .o.7,peet her-to visit us often, as she_ has so: many duties to_attend ..tal.cp.o.lossOn fro . . . . . a daughter should be, for though . Imi...situa tion is far more trying,thati yours, • yet her mother assures me, she has never ; ksard a murmur from - her lips; on the:contrary,•her eltderfuluess.„seenis_Wthrow_a light_ori-the darkest and_ most trying scenes, they have • 'evento-endure..". .".Wellonother i you-seem: to admire-her_ "greatly a - 11 at once, you did - not formerly praise her so; when she refused to. attend. some of our parties; and I once heard you say; she .was a singular being whom .nb One, could understand.' •-. •*"_•2-1:" . 1 . , •d •• • -of herLreal di said it in 'ignorance of he.Lreal dispo-• sition, Alen', but I now, know hot' better, and a more Jovely einuracter l , liave never been - acquainted; with=r and .do . but Tollow her exampla, - Ellen, and light y6iii liiuiible dwelling - with_sinilt;s, • and l ! think lac may enjoy sinne degree of hailiiiness." • , • • Ejlen'Onolhet Inul_4strong en:ible(t her tollipar aNX.e.(t . Piiilitustanees- N foTiittlli; she_ entered largely' intii - ti) llittft,.ittrg-Cenes'Of"fnsliiorntble neri - •eflieeh entirely dr;INV n away_by their hi tixieation from her duty as a wife; and though .it, gave - her great mortificationio - tind herself's() reduced, vet she had- rr - Wis - li 1- to-spoil the remaining heautyshe possessed ; by useless irritation; which she -had seen. have the. worst effect upon -that. of others, and "therefore she didall, in.her pOwer to' make her - new residence pleasant. Not so ' Ellen—her blighted prospects were her constant theme: the fashionable friend 4 that always professed such atrectio - h for her I • • itrhen her father was thought Mho rich, had Bever taken the trouble to call upon her in i'her neWabOde. Then the elegant . CAOrge Saunders, the fashionable beau, who was" . efei her pafficel7ll - INETitiIIF, -- eiveliliTlilid . l (nver been near- her, and this was really :mortifying, to her; not that. she felt any attaeltment towards him, oh,'nd, but then !'his attentions. were._ ever s_o_gratifying_to_ her anii.)','and besides it was a s sort of • tri- . I `umph over her fashionable acquaintances to have the handsomest beau—for they all riuhnired_him greatly;' not that he possessed any great qualities, but then he dressed, so. elegantly, and entered a room so graCefully, and dance'-011, how divinely. Such was the person. whose - neglect gave Ellen. so ' ..much .-pain....--..._ ; . When Ellen predicted that lighes_wohld be an old maid, she little thought it would be her ow'n destiny. • Then,"she spoke with all. the confidence of youth, — beauty .and wealth—we have shown' thelatter failed her; the former was still left her and-, had she buttaken her mother's adviee,, she might have enjoyed them some time longer; but habitual discontent will spoil the, fairest face, and Ellen indulged her' epinings until they .became a- settled habit, and of course she beganto look muelvolder than she re ully-was;-and_when-itiength]lcdP•thees. LbUsiness toottalfihrable turn, and he found linselfonce 7 'more growing - iiCh - T - Elreff could again' enter that circle .:11e - had so rpneh pined for—hut"wheit'AVes 'the Spark ding 1) -- e - auty and- jively - youth, that made her the delight of the ball room? - Alas' i they Bail departed forever; and hot even - the _`charmed chide" could .bring them , back. Her conduct too, during adversity, had not passgtinnoticed; and no gentleman could Wish JO .fotm dalliance With.one who had .shown, so selfish a spirit;illte'found her-- self very much neglected - by those who 'formerly so attcit ifitd -as time. passed over she.began - M!think it quite 'posr Ode that even she Would he. an 'old maid, and so happened ; hi a few yeats=the vir_y_char4edcr she bad Arthatiox_Agno was fully realized in herself, during this time; had. lair •mt c ir'c' disadvantages to struggle with. • Yet she continued to exercise beautiful qualities, whichsoon made her the idol Of hoc family. 'She-hA th pleasure Of, Seeiug_ler' . naother_ fully restored to . her_ health through, her kind'nnin.big; • While he father's Cares \Vero - _considerably_ilcssennif by, the attention'• she bestOWed on the o children;';;utd he once Said he could MA' regretihis reduction, as it.hatl ShON6 into. whakn 'lovely daughter hell ad possessed. l3at there • was ' a reward .in store' for Agn i es which s.belittle thoright of. When Agnes refuseilthe cam' of Edward Stanton, it .was not 'from any want: of -affec tion towards :him,"it - S she had long; felt the most sincere attachMent ,for . , him ,that capable of , feelihg; indeed this was :the secretAilection 'that had 'puizled • Ellen so much,' thOUgh she never would have believed 'that.Agues could 'poSsiblyrefuse 4entlernanit_The. •prefetted-. 7 ,14 - t:Liabevez_alL others. Yet it was indeed so; for uotwith standing 'all the : high all& iiolikt qualities Edward , pos - seued,• he yet laCked "one thing needful,'' and this to Agnes Was'every thing. With the consistency Of hbr high character, she give . ' him a•gentle but-firm lOtiffial;:i-and._,When_he r _begged;Avith,illl-the-i Larder:4)r_ lovdr. -lii,,,kriow4whotltor. time might. not. alter her determinatien, she It'ith •alithel.delicacrbecoming her sex ; told him • rypulyou • fa .1.111 what EM 3Si~ of the principles which decided her cciti , I- duct, and not until he added the humility of a christianio - his 'excellent-rnoratehaf•acteri • • Had she given this—explanation to her relatives, she , would: haVe .been but ruled, `So she very wisely- let theml:corijsc-- ture_her.reasons for not_formitig.so_very. ex-_ cellent in alliance:. 'But it must not be sup -posed-Aba-V-this-firindherence-f07,-her—dut gave her no pain; alas, no—for such is the power:..o .our passions,that we cannot sub due. them at will; an Agnes had much ,to -struggle withler own heart; ere 'she could forget -struggle_ but she -walked in a strength not' her own, and with ,a firm reliance on Him who had ` called her,to_the sacrifice; she in-time-gained her former composure, nit-never-did-31he-or-an-instant regret her, determination. . , . How, very subtle is.the human-heart. i e r Po Agnes little thought while 'she wart •ao gratulating - ilrerself `on' - overcoming -- her a ction, - she had but ettgraVeh it deeper on her heart,. where it still remained, and want edlihrtlie-hppgarmtee of its - obittet; to a - gahr .start up_with_ eN',Mitraoto . ,,tltatt its :former, Violence; yet:So it was, and it 163 welt for her thatEdWard hadi Sochi after her refusal, gohe, to a distant country, where he iiitpmd-. ed, to 'spend at least three - years.. -It was . dOrliig -10 journey he - visited a young friend- to-whom he' had been much attached at college. He cotind him in the lastlgage of consumption. ' And it was . during this visit he line an ,opportithity of-witnessing the -power of religion in sustaining Its-be .v.ver_a_t—the;_appromth—of—dcati44.—aritl—sci- lebply did' the conviction. of its- necessity ,p,ress _upon. his mind, --that-lie gaveAils,-41y.- ,i ng -friend-a, solemn.-promise-he- w ohleem brace it:' - . , . . . lie kept his promise, 'the fullest souse of they word becamora believing. Chris- Jinn ; and not_ until then did he do justice-to the beautiful ronsisteoey:ofuAgnes'eharac trr, and he &term ineiktd-hasten„ back amd . secure. for himself a helpmate,. whosolog opalities would bloom through the' short space of time, but - prepare her fora glorious eternity. • _ Agnes in Ihe mean tine knew nothing of all this. -- She was. still performing : With cheerfulness the duties thatdcrolved on het,. and blooming in all the beauty that youth and ' exercise . otila.giVe. When Edward returned to his native city, after an absence of eighteen - months, he lost - no time in look- Hng-for-the---residenec-o f—A-gne II is--Sur rise at the change in her father's' eircuin starices- was great, but it did not deter him . a n instant from again pressing his suit; and aftet receiving acilomit of all that lied Taliffeificer .during his absence, Elam her mother, he eagerly - inquired Where Agnes was. —She was in the garden at the time of his visit, and *know nothing of _his arrival in the city-. What, then, were her feelings„ When turning to look for a string' to tie up a geranium, she Saw the fo'rm of Edward .Stanton before her, and - felt herself caught in his arms--,for between joy..and surprise she had neatly fallenand when, after ex hausting every argument tlitrrliwe could devise, to shake her "former determination; he told her of his own chanaed . principles-- ,why, I leave her joy to he imagined, - for surely words are too- feeble ~to express het • feelings. . . • • It•was not until-after her-fatheeishusiness • had taken a very - favorable turn, that she became the wife of Edward; for no argu ments could: make lier• leaye her parents until q ieagitin saw their in prOsperous eir cumstanees. ' As a Wife, lief lovely'pondUct "still'sliono — ptc•ctilinent and "%% , ltile Ellen -ways of, Providence, Agnes was raisit i tg lovely family ; -whose catty days:gave-prom ise of possessing, the beantiful vittuds.:of their. mother. • • • • • • " • , Btook,/yrt, - 1838 - , - - • A smoky ions°, .an unfaithful servant, a stimbling hots "' : a scolding wife, ad empty purse, - all undutiful child, an aching tooth; an incessant : tallier, hogs that break through. an cnclosure, raior; a pinipled face; aid) a-fop-are twelve of the-greatest-plagues of the present dap ' 'rho Concord (N. IL) Statesman,. says it can, hezioxesliliaL crMis sta editofokthe Patriot, (Isaac Hill's organ) was voting n twice.for Moderator, on the ay"of ale late electimi..L-Roston IF the . °loco focos, sustain themselves throughout the. country at the next election, every ,rnotlines.§oll of them will .itave 7 - to vote three times instead, of • fpurital. • • VamOtlrq4. has appehltpd'e, Wayne The spoils arq in:a (Or Way 10 he "bagged:',' The*lhehesterVirginien „ 'whal..ivey , the Vail Purenites have shown their 'hostility, tolumks. Wherever haye Succeeded• in ge4ini•Chese inst,itutiops under their ,'eot2tralhay have • shown. their' 'enmity kr) running.. awaylvith the. .ziihqe! • come. rolike a geed pplitical joke, M froni wilL- When7the-stCambdat readied, New"hlaven' froin • New Verk, the , Clay, after the, election, the rollowing w9ro.& Were stuck ufi'oVeitite deck in large letters,; "The Loco Foeos_have got ja• 2 ?- - -- Of enursei the geed democrats,, gave Stich- •aLskont as. matle, all rig again, anti. some of , rtislied•onlioaril-an (Ye if e Got- it- 7 y es!; you've got„asnnfoundetl licking"--.Boslon• !fin . re6‘, •*- - •- • - From the Focus; ellanagentent—all Fakikee o ` l _ . ."I'veheara folks say ti;i, the wimin was ) , contrairy, well.they .is , leetle so, but if -you manage 'eni rite,-.hai .1 iii here, and let 'em Ont. there, .you em drive ''em, _along, without whip- or spin, jest whielt way.you 3vant '.ern to v dk . ::When I lived down, atEltOn; there was a good many first-rate gals down there, but I didn't take aiikin' to any, on 'em, till sgniire l eumtnins.cum •thrwii there to live. The squire had' • almity puty darter. I Sea sum of the, gals. was fits. rate,_ but Nancy Cummins .was_fust rate and_ a_ lade more.. There was many dressed finer and, looked. but-thereiva Jantabout= Nance, that they couldn't hold a candle to. If a feller seed her wince, he couldn't look at-another gal for a week. Ih tuk a likin to - her - rite-off;-and - we - got as- thick -as . th eves. 'We haclnscd to-go to_ the same mean( and sot in the-,same pew. ,It took me to find the sarms - .'em _nut _Mann er hardened sinnerS ; -then we'd .Mosey, ilium together, While the 'gals and fellordiept a looking on as the' they'd like to in, I'd always stay - to supper; and . the way'shccond make hnuneakes,,and,the way 1 wood slick 'em over :with molasses and:put 'em.away, was. mithin ,to nobody. She_ was .dredful -civil tow always gettin sumthia nice for inc. I *as up-,to die hub -in love,. and,was, gom in Set her' lik - c --- alocothotire: things is-way-a-spelN- -filie--thin4e had-me theynuff. Then she begin to show off r independent like., When lid: no to Mectin; there was no iioorn _for meliflife pew ; • when she'd SirCake . :olr With-another-ellap,_an lees:a : me sic :in my tingi't:s at the_door.r.4. lusted of stipken to me as she used to do, she_get'cunnin'ainund ii ith•all-tlid.,ffdlors -- j est cart nuthin ;bent hie he - More, none Mtatstniiever ; --•- 1 got considerably riled and thet.l front as welt comelothe end of it at wunec: SQ down, went, to hare it out With her, there was a - WI grist of, fellers - Awe. Oliey seemed m ity quiet lid I- went in, then She got talkin all manner of nonsense, sed nothin to me and deny] little of that. I tried to keep my , dander down, hut it twarn't no use. I kept moovin about as if Iliad a pin in my trow sers. I sweat as if I had bin ibrashin. My, collar hung down as if it' had been hung over my stock to dry.' coo,dn't stand it, so cleared - out as qiitc-k-als-TCOaklar-riesed '-twas• no use trying to say ,nothing to her. I went strate to bed, and allot the' Matter. over a spell ; thinks I that gal isjest tryin -of-me,-taint- lier-plaYin-pessumi- I'll take the-kink of her; If I din't fotcli her out- that high grass use the for sassage meat, I beam tell of a boy,. wunce, that - got to skewl late. one Sunday morning ; -master ses, you wild sleepin critter, what kept you so late? why ; ses the boy, it's so everlastin slippy out, I coodn't'get along no how; every step I took forrard, 1 NV-ent tow .stepS backward, and keeoirni have got here at all, if I hadn't turned back 16 go tuther way. Now, that's jest Iny case ; I hav,c been puttin after that gal colisiderablcpme. Now, thinks I, I'll go -hither way—she's been slitin of me,.now I'd Sine her—what's sass for file-goose is' sass for the gander.-=`- Well, I went no - niore to Nance's. "Next Sabbaday, I slicked myself' up, and I dew when I got my fixinss on, I tool: the shirt tail clean off of any, specimen - of human !nature 'about our parts... Abonfincetin -time off 'I -put to Eltham Dodge's—Patience Dodge was as nice a galls you'd see 'mixt liete and yondei, any More than she wasn't M as sey had' used to pi "to, see her ; ho 'was 'a clever feller, but be was dredful jelus.— Well, witir-Patierice;-and sot right_afore Nance; I didn't set my eyes, on her till arter-meetinl-she-had a feller With her who had a . blazinyed lied, - anallegs ,like a pair..of-cOmpasSes ; she had a facbas long as a grace afore' thanksgiviifidinner.- - knowd who she was thinkin about,, an 'twarnt the . chap with the rod head, fluffier. ,gets ioeiti Pini - ence,about a spell. lioptty-veye - nn:Nance;'- - seed , ltows-th - e - ,=eat. was jumpin„ :she did'ut cut abOutlike she (lid; and look e d. rather solemnly ; she'd g'in her tew eyes to kiss and' make lip: I kep at~tjl_uiiliL-Il.it:e to_hatrc gat intoa_mess bola Patienels. • The eritterihot I was:geiri atterlier for good, 'and got -as proud as a lame turkey. Wori, day Ephe currniOwn to .our place lookin•aS ,rathy as a malishy ii - S - Sifer on a traitiin day; - loohhere, ses he; Seth: Stokes;--as: loud- as la small thunder clap, I'll; be • dared ses what's broke? Why, ses he ; I fc'uni' down iii . 114„e_satisfec.timi ,about Declare, .here I'vebeen - ;a cortcih i liefever: Cinee lint g-rass:ria year, : an she was jest as good as trine, ou 'cum tvgoin arter t fAm7t . tuchtheF, with A forty footpole: : She aint like tho; sante galan'l7.6 dared if . I'm :gain 'to stautt,:it. _Why, ses_ what on ,airth air Yowtalkur abont, : l aint got nothin ttl do with, your.galAntspe,ce tliatr, there's nothin - fur you to get wolfey about: if the genies/ taken a likin to ,1110,. taint my fault . ; taken to her taint :her faulti-and---if we've taken a likin to one another taint your fault_;.' but I aint . _so.alntity taken t ith awyou-maf - have -- - - her-forine; co you.hadn't ought jo , got - savage 'about nothin, Well, says he, (r rhea; cooled (610 . 1) A am the un luckiest. thing!: in ereatiou. , I .wenCtuther . ' d a y a;place theiN . t was an old-Wo man,' died.of the hots :slim sick di'sease , an .they wer.sellin out :het 'things: . \Vell;ses heTtlaTwas-aLthuntlerin-bitchistof , dratviitiCi full:of:ill sorts of truck so I hotiithot I machl a spec, but when 1 cum to look at:Cm dna-. avarnt nothin in, it worth a -Cenf:tixeiTt an ERIES,IVO.L. 0. . 2 3. • • , ME 1r old" silver thimble, and that was allrusted. up, so I sold it for leis than I giv for it,Well ivliep the chap that hot' it tuck it hum he )ieurd.Sunithiltrattle,broke--the-oict_chestant,„ found lots of gold. and. silver. in it, itt. false bottom I hadn't - seen. • Now ifrd tuck that chest hum rd never found,- that mui - My.- or if I did they'd bin all counterilt and P4.l_, • - bin tuck:up for passin op em. Weill jest-- told ..nttienee_about-itLwiten-..-she_rito called, me a darnel foot. Ephe that is hard but pever - y - oit mind that jest go on yoti can' get her anwen yon dew get her, you can file tlfe, tuff- edges of jest as yod please, That teelded'llin it did an away , he wenta leetle better pleysd.'"7Now thinks • I its three to-look atter 'Nance. Next day. doun I went, Nancy :Was all alone. - I axed:l:wit the squirewas lif,Thlig -said -he-, • warm. Cause Ses I .(makin bleeve I wan- : teffhim) our colt sprained his foot: an I cum to see if the sqUite Wont lend me his Mare to go to tomt...___She_sed.sheseS47:Ahewoodl_ - __ better 'sit doun till the Squire coniffjp•Olo.un - I sot-;: she' lookd Sort a strange:, an* . niy:hart - lett-qneet-all-roundthe edge's. Arter-a-wilo-"H : ses I, air you goiu doun.to -Betsy. Martin's Quiltin?__ sett she &tint know. _for . sartln, air • yeu - a-goinr sed. I recond I wood, ses she 1.. spose youd take Patience Dodge, sed I mout and agin mout not, ses she I Learn youre' a goin• to get married ses-I shoodnt wunder...- a bit, _Patience iS - a nice galees I, I.looked at -her I seed the' teers a eumin,'Ses mays,e shill ax y‘ou • to be brideSinaid, she ris rite up. she dia. her face . as_red as. bild.beet, Seth ... , StokeS, ses sher an she-Coo - alit sity anymore --.- shaLwasso-fullontLyotfbe.bridesmaithes 1, tiof - af§Thhe and. she. bust • rite out, Well . Abk esesi yen „wont be •bridesmaid will - youLe the bride - , She lookd.up ntel t man never seetl anythifig so awful putt', tuk rite bolt of her Ilan, yes - ornor, --- Ses - 1, - " rite -OM Yes, ses that's. your sort ses I as I )era huiss 'an a hug. - I soon tizd- Itnatters - With" thesgttire. IVe soon Litcled - rare: . - .60 "trot in iluble harness foi. life . .an- • iieverlainl cause to repent of niy . . • - - _ 'AN ELOI'MtiN . T.—The Washingtiin'eor. responileht_of a.Baltimore paper, of theilli itit_ gives the f` flowing' description of an elopement. • . '---- . A - gentleman and a lady,aecompanied by a black-a-Moor, rho "grained horribly: ~a ghastly smile," ail dashed through the aye- - nue,'arrived in this city lastnight, all of a "white Treat," and took tiine.to •breath at s - tte - rifltreltrivaie,ltotels'. gentleman were not only a little dusty; but a little. the worse of the ride; and if an opinion could be based on the appearprice of the_palfries,,Lshould_say Aliat been engaged in a fox ckise. .'The . lady was young and beautifUl, scarcely' sixteen; the gentleman was live;and twenty, and both were very anxious :to get into the State of - Maryland. They hastily partook of a little tea and toast aild as soon as their \ palfries were rubbed down and. baited, - the • happy and fatigued pair, accompained their sooty clique, put spurs to their ani mals, and proceeded. to Maryland to tend the parson. The lovers had searsgy de parted before the brother and the eardian of thelady made their appearance, and anx= - endeavored to discover , which road•_ the gay Loth ;nib mid hi§ blushing Calls% bad taken. The lady, at whose hotel Lothario and; Calista had temporarily stopped for refresh ments, being a woman of feeling and comps- sion and with al,strongly addicted to the cause of true. krve and we - dlock, informed thepur= suers that the objects of their search had.'• fled to • Montgomery county) . It v was a whaiiicr—but what of, thatt The land lady-said-Ate -was-always--of-=opinion that' course of true, love.alivitys sfidfittrilin smOotli." . notwithstanding Shakspcare has said:that it 7: -is always impeded by embarrassments. shoalg, 'and. quicksands; . and as she was of opinion that the lady: oved the gentleman - and - the - gentleman lorerthe lady, she:was bound, - to aid; the cause, 'and as„"in „duty bound, she put the barbarous ,parsueri, to use a barbarOnS,.expr ' esSion the wiling scent. To all of which defenc4 I and all the initiates 'of my hdtel,' male and fethale, • - - -77 4tory of theJovers ,is short and • Sweet. They are tmtives of Virginia,. I am told,- and haVeCbeen hetrothed -. a Year • And VpWards - , The lady is. riel~in.,xvnnl heads, latids. and oioeks;,mict the gentleman is poor; but worthy,, respectable; and talon= ,He' asked the consent of JIM lady's Oardian. '"No," was th6 , -grnif„teply!-.- 7 "Well;Sir, if . yoir - s'aY 'her. ,exalarpedthe . -, gentleinanthen,l say year! , "Exaeltly - sp," . ejaculated 'the•lady,. - "and• we Wlll,Manago, the cage in Mtr ,e‘r.n . ,*yr , : So said, sq done ?Africa ,were,",put,inyequiSiiMif, - •dtitte and the happy • pair ; mcuntowth — eirsteeda or,6l:pil the, !3ncitte .10rolig§ko.' to lead .•,the way. • They ivere off in . agiffut; OilY:they dashed prey 7 the mountain attil hill;•hlesaing theii.lclad.atara, ; whilsi .cliquP tho' rear, singinir; daAeil• after th6ft, "A maid loved a lad in a luitnit't below,, Anil large was the le.stateshe ollUreil to 1)OstOw ' - et • On the yowl , * son of;chititiry.'! Fo.biittg this affair . lo - a doss:, •it 181014 y - necessary to • that ,- the happy lovers, reached • Maryland in'safti l ty,; and, without MO les t m mit, and this; Morning : were .marrie4 by tire palsmiarthe - oight fronr"by - Shrews- May ,thel,joly Prophethless them a thbusand years.!;- 7 4guelosed I,,jittnd you their nat . es for your 9.wri use., Vha (.41obi says, tititt'tlitl Government, is ~. •.‘p.pito`, - se;l to itltprisonment : ,f,orj.lo4'l ! ,,No rltttatt her it hi t hinl* titrptig•lt theltarq of'sjaitlong • - • • ';„-: • . . . . .
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