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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
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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
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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;
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'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
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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,
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— 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; •
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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 •
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7 : From the Lfttlies' cothpanion of .41h41.
Fic.ETCH FROM .10 4 1,1111,7rD41r LI
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* 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-
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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.. .
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ic:lk." ill vi•atelt'' her m6s6cloScd, hint
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tease her. the hargain, and if I not 07
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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
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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.
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. "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
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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
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'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
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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 •
- • • ';„-: •
. . . . .