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Trustees' Notice.
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HEIREAS George Logue, by his last will and
--NVtestament, dated the 7th March, 1811, did
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atevtee Co
three'lKUSteo B ; to be appointed by the will
of his widow Jane Logue, to-be sold upon ,the death
• ;of his said wife; and the - proceeds thereof, after the
paynient of certain specific legacies; "to be divided
among-his brothers and sisters' zhildren as tenants
in common share and share alike," and the said
. • Jane Logue by-her_will•dateiLthe 31st-August, 1822;
. . nppointed.John Prector,William Irvine and Andrew
131aur,Whe sold the said real estate and settled their
-L account s of the 'trust Which gvas. confirmed by the
Court of- Common Pleas eamberland county on
the fith . August, 1841, and the said Court did decree
',that the balance in their hands should be distributed
according to the Will of the said George Logue, de
ceased. •
Now With - New 1841, on motionpf Fret Pk. Watts,
.• Esq., the, Court do hereby order and, decree that the
said Trustees do give puhLe notice in the Carlisle
, • [Wald and American Volunteer•until the Ist Janne
._ ry next, to all persons interested in the distribution
of the Said lund, - that they appear - on -•the .seeond.
Monday of January next, tit a Court of Common
Pleas to be held at Carlisle, and -make their claims
to their portion oldie said fond, and shew cause why
the said - Court should hot then make a distribution
thereof according to die Will of the said George
Logue; dec'dt
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_ • N0v.24, 1841.--fit
Shcie Dealers,
' Call and see the large lot of Boots and 'Shoes I
bought atiiiietion, whielt I intend Co sell by {lie case
or dozen, cheaper than ever.
df. AS. BARNn•z.,
Carli§le, Nov. 24, 1841
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• -•T an n c.ry f 6 r - 11. cn t .
. The subscriber offers for rent the superior Tan
ning iestabliSbnient, recently the property - of David
'-. -S. Forney, deehl'situated on the•corner of East-anti
. .. LoUthei• Btiectti, in Mt: Wrougll'of - Carlislo Va. -., •r:
• './t.is'tbe•iflo:srefifirtiteWrs(Sertot i1ic,,444.1it40,:f
• :. i ) * e,of.lt.S.loc u tinnz'—having:f large -,-
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- finc - gard en - antral I - other - Imi I dings - bcc7 necessary- to
- carry on the tanning business. .
•4 ' Possession given.on'the Ist of-April 1841.. Texans
, itiade known on application to • • .
• _- -. P. F. EGr.l
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_ • Opposite the Carlisle Bank. ,
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•• • - November, 24, 1841. .
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=onp.
I have , Just yearned from the city with a stMonil
stipply of Winter goods; such as Cloths,_Casinicres,
Sattinetts, Flannels, Blankets, Shawls, &e. &e., Which
have been selected with care, and which will.be sold
as cheap-if not-cheaper, than at anyTotheeestablish 7
meat the borough,
_Carlisle", Nov. 24,1841
NOTICE.
NOTICE — . . _ ~ •
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Estate of ./.Thraham Keckler; dec (1: -,
:' • ' LETTERS,of Administration on the .
estate of : Abraham Keckler, lido of Dickinson
to . wiiship, dee'd, have been issued iu due form' of
laty to the subscriber ' residing in said township:
Isbarier. is here by given, to all persons having dolma
against said estate, to presont theft 'properly authen
ticated for settlement, and all pM.sons indebted are
requested to make payment to ilmsubscriber. ,
' JOIIN KECK LER, Adm'r.
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November 10, 11841.-6 t. ' :'
NOTICIi:
Estateof flpseph hays, dec'd.
LE rrERS TESTA ME N TA RY on the
estate of ;Joseph Hays, late of the borough of
Carlisle, have been issued in date form . oflasy
to the tiliserilier residing in said.boi•otigh:
. 3sicrrice,
Is hereby giyen to all persons.having claims against
said estate to present them for settlement, and those
indebted are requested to make payment on or before
the first of ,lanuary next, to • •
NUN HAYS, Exr.
Carlisle, Nov. in,
Boots and Shoes.
50 Cases or boots and shoes received ,front ouc-
Con, wltidh I have purchased at prices that -wilt ena
ble me to sell cheaper than any other establiflunent
in the county
Carlisle, Nov. 24, 1811
HATS & CA VS,
I have just-returned from the city with the latest
style of 'Fur, Cloth, and Glazed Men's and 'Boys'
Caps. Also, Brush Hats, f'or sale cheap, by .
CIIAS, BAIINITZ.
Carlisle, Nov. 24,1841
Orphan
In pursuance of P.II order of the Orphans' Court of
Cumberland comity, will be exposed to pnblio
on the premises, on Saturday the 11th of December,,
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the following dcdei•ibet l~
- TRACT OY LAMP,
part of the real estate of Elizabeth Colllll7ill, deed.;
sititate and lying in the township of North Middleton,
county aforesaid, bounded by lands of Henry Crall,
George Kei I , David Brecht and the Conodoguinet
creek, co ining
—1.45 Acres and '9O Perches ln -
strictineasure. The improvements arc a .
'l`,rivo S t ckr y.Brick
HOUSE,'
g
it Double Log Barn,
The land is all cleared, except about 40 acres. There
'Arc about 12 acres of first ratemeadow. There is a
good Apple Orchard, and a first rate well of water.
Said land . ia oldie finest quality of -slate land, and
Is
about 2. miles from Carlisle: -
-The termag sale are as 'follows: One half of the
purchase Money , to be paid on the first or April next,-
when possession will be given to the purchaser, the
balance of the purchase money. to be paid In two
erpial annual payments thereafter without interest,
• thelourChaser to give approved,security in the Or
phans' Court by recognizance oh the confirmation of
the sale for the payment of-said-purchase-money.
° JACOB ZEIGLER, Trustee.
N0v.100841.-0. .. • n '
Sh• Cents Reward.
' Ran away from 'the subscriber, residing in Ixes' X
Made, Southampton Aowniship,t 4mberland county,
tbd.ll.stb ol'Odtober lost,on indented: aprentien
girl, named 114;tirtha MeGUire: she is about 17 years
of itgoi'stont bi ilt, and is fair compleeted. She had
on when she went awnf a calico frock..and other
clothing 'not: rreollected:Any person apprehending
said girl ihall receive the.ahoyerewarti, bit. no ex.•
penses herehy forwarn nll peet<onsfrom harbor=
-11 hers a a-ta rn.determined.to_pregteetilg acaa'rdin_
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„.. . WILLIAM .MAXWEILL.
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of ./21exander .Bnderson,.'dce.d.
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jr,EDICERS A.dministration on .the
estate ofaAlexander A,ndertion t late of Allen
koimnship; have been ,issued in -due, form • of
law crto the subscriber residing •itVonatl.4o4ll-fillip
Notice is hereby, given to all petsons hating-'claims
skainst said estate, to present diem prtMerlyauthen;
settlement, and alt - persons indeldell are
requested to make payment to -the snbsCriber:
JAMES ANDERSON, - -Adm'e.
• OctOber 20, 1841.-7-6t.°, '
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By TILE COURT
`tT GIS `l3l RNFI'Z
CHAS. BAnNrrz
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LA FAMILY NEWSPAPER: - DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE, THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, AMUSEMENT, &C ! &C.
aorteittturgi.
KEEP YOUR .LAND DRY
The importance of draining is notTiliily
appreciated, nor its practices well tinder
stood among us. Although water 'is indis--
.pensable_to, vegetation, too intieli_of itlsas
hurtfurbs•tdo little. lt is necessary to the
germination Of-the seed, to the decomposi
tion of the vegetable matter inr the
to the. transmission of the food from the
soil to the plant—to.its eirculation'there—
and' to the maturity-of the product. . All
these useful purposes are•ilefeated, Where
watef remelt's• in the soil to. excess-the
seed rots, the vegetable matter which should
serve as.the food of the crop,•remains Un
solublerm consequence of the absence of
heat and air, •Wliich the water excludes; or
! if the st4d grows, the plant is sickly; for
want of its proper food,..and - there is con
sequently a virtual. failusd-in 'the hat's/est.
his not front the eurfaceqnly that we are .
to determine whether land is sufficiently .
dry to support a healthy -vegetation; but
we are to examine the stratum, into
which the roots of the plant penetrate, and
from which they. draw their food. If this .
is habitually wet--if ir.grows •marshy.
plants—if water will-collect in a hole sunk
fifteen inches below the surface, the land is
'too wet for cultivated crops; and means
should be adopted te . render, it .more dry.
From- . my • partial acquaintance .with this
-.Csidetry.;- - 1 feet ; -esSpreil..tbat tench of yoqr
0'1140;i:if
.theigtOwth - .14 'the - liner grasseS.:4-reesoit
of. the • excess -- of 'water,' which passes .or
repose upon: the sub-soil unnoticed b'y the,
cultiVator...__Th.e.s.e'lands! are denomileted
cold-and4ohr, they Artily_ are so. Qild,
sour lands are invariably wet lands below,
if not upon. the surface. 'But if the super
''litmus water ivere,judiciously•condocted by
efficient under. drains, (for the:construction .
of which you possess the best materials in
abundance,) these lands would be rendered
warm — and-sweet, and -highlY---prodUctive ;
and 'the outlay would be repaid by the in
creased value, of, two or three .of the first
crops.. Wet'lands arc generally, rich lands
abounding in vegetable mattersi - w - wa--
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.ter has preserved-TicTiff-de-eiiiii-rusitintr;---birt
which readily_ become the food of plants,
when the'water is drawn-off. Let me ima
gine a case, which I •am Sure will be found
to exist in many parts Of your country.—
'There is a slope of a little hill, half a mile
in extent . ..terminating in a flat forty reds
'wide, through which a brook meanders.—
. The soil on this slope and in this' flat is of
a light, porous quality,.six. to-twelve in-'
cites. deep, reposing„ on a sub-soil imper-'
.vious to . water, clak, rock, or hardpan.
'By soil, I mean the upper:stratum, in which
vegetable matters arc blended•with earthy
materials, and which constitutes the 'true
pasture of plants. Near the top of-this
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slope, all along in a- horizontal- level, or
perhaps lower down, spouts or. springs
burst through the sub-50i1,.",' thing very
common in hilly districts, the waters from
which, finding an easy rassago-through
the loose- soil, spread and' run down - the
slope, and• upon the sub-soil, and through
the flat, till they find their level in the
.brook. .A thermometer plunged down to
'the. sub-soil, Will indicate, at midsummer,
a - teurirerature - prubabtrbot greater tban.do
degrees, whereas to grow And mature many
of our best farm crops, we require a heat
in . the soil of seventy er eighty degrees.
Ilow-shall we remedy this.evil, andrender
thisland profitable to the occupant? Simply
by making an underdrain or drains, hi a
gently. inclining direction; a little below
those spouts or springs, and; if practicable.
somewhat under the sub-soil. Those will
catch and conduct off the spouting waters,
and by laying the lover plane 'dry and per
meable to heat and air, develope all its na
tural powere of fertility. •-
I will Suppose another ease = thai of a.
flat surface, .underlaid by an impervious
sub-soil. - This is rendered unproductißd
or difficult to manage, by stagnant waters.
The rain and snow waters, penetrating the
soil, are' arrested in. their downward pas
sage, by the sub-soil, which not having
slope to pass them off, they remaiii and
stagnate, and putrify,.nlike prejudicial to
vegetable and twit - nal. health.. The mode
of draining such grounds and' rendering
them easy of management, is first, to Sur
round the field with a good underdrain, and
to construct a sufficient open rain to envy
off the waters. Then with tile plough,
throw the land into 'ridges of twenty 'to
'thirty feet in breadth, according to the te
nacity of .the soil, in the direction of the
slope, and sink •an underdrain in. each of
the furrows between the, ridges. terminef
hig them in "the lower: cross' drain. The
materials of the underdrain, which arege
nerally stones, _should be laid so lOw as to
admit of the fie° passage , of.ilie•plongh over
thein. The superfluous, water, by ttie lays
of graVitation, settle into these. drat s; and I
page, off, at - I(l.th°. soil becomes dry„Mana
. mana
geable and productive.::,,,Ad,'acquaintance
called-upon a
,Scotch farmer, whose farm
liall - beeitunderdrainect in this - way, - and-be
ingiriformed-that the improveinent cost 16
dollars au .acreTtileThaving7hcen nsed;-re
marked that it was a costly' improvement.
-"Yes,"- Was the 'farmer's- reply " but it
- cost a' deal fltairt'not to do,it, which be
illustrated by pointing to an adjoining farm,
like situated, which 'had- nOt been drained,
'and was overgrown With : ruslies•arid sedge-
Tress, and then to his own fields teeming
*t4ltExuriance:atid,rich in:the indielitions
of an abundant barvest. ,'• • , • •.!
hive Alweli , upon the subject of drain !
ing with, more detail, becalm.' Urn . per,
Edited and :Published for the Proprielorli at. Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.
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sonally realized its benefits, and am sure it
may be extensively gone into with certain
prospect of Teward.JuDou BUEL.
_ALY___lll T I) AY Y.
• . BY THOMAS 11100 . RE.
" My birth day i—what a different sound,
Tbat word hail inmy youthful years,
_ And how each time the day comes round,
Less less white its mark aptietirs
When first our scanty years are told,
It kerns like plitime to grow old;
bat time around him binds so lbst,
Pleased ,with the task, he little thinks
How hard that,choin will - press, at last.
"Vain .was them:mould bilge as vain, i •
Wh i o said, *CM' be ordain'tl to run
Ills long, career• of lire again, '
Ile world do all that he had *Me.' •
Ah ! 'tis not thus the voice that dirells
• In sottor birth days smiak to me ;•-• •
Far otherwise - -61' time •it. tells,
Lavisli'd unwisely--nnrclessly;
Of council inock'd—of talentsinado
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IlapplY for high and pure designs, ,
But oft, like. Israel's incense, laid'
Upon unholy, earthly shrines ;
Of nursing many a wrong desire--
Of wandering Ater lore too.far,
Aed taking et•ery meteordire ' •.„
That crOsed my pathway for his,star
All This it tells; and could I trace
.
Th' imperfect figure o'er spin, •
'With power-to add, retduch, effitce
The lights and shades--•the joy and puin,
How little of the past would stay !
How quickly alp-would melt away--
All nit freedom the Mind
Which bath been more than wealth to me:
Those friendships in my boyhood twined,
And kept till now unchangingly:
And that dear home and.saving ark
-Where Love's true light at- once Vve found ;
Chelfring. within,'w hen all groa4, dark '. .
'And comfortless and.storitty mound !" :• ,
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BY ANDREW stestAitg, ESQ, ': _ •- t . -
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3 canna bid him pang, mitiwr, - ' -
t cannot bid Imp gae,
-L-- 2 Indent, Would break any.-heart, matter, _,'___L
Gin he should:chance Obey. '
' fle: l ti an sae kiiiil and winsome
As we walk On.the lea, . .
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An' though the pidde of fifty maids, - . '
.4. He no returns to 'tae.
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Be Burt.; he 1 tie's the well, mither t . - • •
• An' feyther too, I Wow:- •
- Then doh mit hid hint gang, mither,
• And prayers will'ever flow ; -
7 For
An' brave I'm sure wad be
As tiny lad on Scotia's heather, ,
• Or e'en in Christendee. •
hitin gang, mither; . •
An' steep niv - hilart in woe—
Indeed 'twill.hreak
'Fo bid dear go
For lie's ac sac kind mid winsome, .
As we walk owthe •
' An' though the pried of fifty maids
ae returns to
•Im.marnroa's.sz-w,,r-, •
Stliocptincouo.
LUCY WE ENDA L,
A TALE OF REAL LIFE.
• BY MISS .SEDGWICK.
•"I am going round by Broad street to
inquire of Ross,. the glover, about little
Lucy Wendal."
Wendal I Who is she ?"
"She is a pretty little Dutch girl, who
lived'opposite to mein.Ahat kit of a dwel
ling-that looks like a -crack or a seam be
tween the two houses on each side of
,it.
She lived with her grand-parents, natives
of this city, and once proprietors of many
a lot within Ina they had been outbar
gained . and outwitted tillthey.were reduced
to this little tenement; some twenty feet by
fifteen. Their only surviving •descendant
was my little friend Lucy, a pretty fair
skinned, fair-haired, blue-eyed girl, of a
modest, quiet, engaging demeanor'. For
many months after We mo v ed to
street, I knew nothing.of the family ; but,,
from such observations as My eye copfd
take, neatness was ,the ruling passion of
the household. 'Char only serVant, Mi
nerva.---the goddess of visdoth should have
known better--used ;to scrub °tlie house
weekly from garret to cellar; their only
carpet was shook 'every Saturday, the steps
were scoured daily,- and I never in my life
saw thb old woman- without a -lusting cloth
in her hand. - SuCh a
.war of extermination
did she 'carry on against-the intruding par- .
ticles, that mi . friend E. used, to say, it
must be hard for-her to think. of turning to
dust: '
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"Lucy had no visitors, no companions;
and the only indulgence of .the nhl„people,
which was sitting en the stoop . every af
ternoon, iccortling tp the . ancient Dutch
custom, she never partook. She never
went 'out, excepting on Sunday to church,
and then she reminded me of one of those
bright, pretty floWers that hang on the
crabbed, bate stein of the each's. L pitied
her, her spring of life seemed passing away
sn drearily. • My pity was misplaced, and
I felt it to be so, when I looked into her
serene end': sweet countenance, and saw
there the impress, of that happiness which
certainly 'flows. from dtities . Teligiously per-'
formed. .
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is a great inatter,Grace, to have your
desires. bounded within your station; to be
satisfied with:the. (phi, unnoticed perfor
mance, of the •duties Providencehas allotted
to you; and not to. waste your strength in
Seelting to do good, or obtain pleasure's be
yond your spher6: This is, true wisdoitt,
and this .was Lucy Wendars. At laSt there
luneTto - lhictibscurc-family what cep . ee to
all—death:and its changes . The old man
- and - his ife.died-w i thi a ale aye:o f each
pater, of ihe. influenza that:then, raged in
the city. .
"The hope- of 'serving the
. prettY orphan
:induced me to, go the lions c ,' , ' She received,
)te .- gratefully .and :as nn: old friend ; for ,
theuglt. we never, exchanged a ,Word, there
.been occasionally' an - interchange of
kind looks, andlriendlk notist.hOse, littht
humanities' that . bind even:`
.gether. Oit ingdiiing jute her • affairs; .1
Tound that:she was left 'almost 'Penniless,
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but that a diebreet and kind female friend
had procured a place for her in Ross's
:glove factory. Lucy was, skilled in all the
art and craft of the needle.. Ross, it seems,
is a very thriving tradesman, and on the
..siatuaecommendation of Lucy!s frietids,
he had proMisaffainedireritrlice-ffenily,4
and al!ow.lier sufficient compensation for /
labor.
qa'a few days she retnOvoil to her ifetV,
home. -
.It,is-now fifteen months since she,
left our street. 'Site -- came - - Oneciolell - me
she:was rierfeetly satisfied with her place,
and since then I have heard nothing..of her: 1
Do net lotiks..so,reprotiing„ 'my lady Men-,
tor, I linve'been intending for some time to
call at Ross'slo make inquiriO,tibout her.
My story -has:brought us .al - most to the
shop—'-'John Ross, glove manufacturer--
This must be the place. Stop .one' mo
rfient,..Grace,- and. look through the win
dowt, that roan, no doubt, is Ross himself.
What a fine head ! yoti ight know such
a man would , succeed in "the world, -1-le
would have been a resolUte gerteral,.a safe .
s
statesman ;- but • here he is an' Honest,
thriving glover, and thatperhaps " just as
well; °nothing truer than the-elt ottplet,
"Honor and (Wimp from no co on ition rise,. ,
Act well your part; tliere . alt the merit lies."
"The old Man lohlta as though he might
be h little tyrannichl, though. Heaven grant
that poor Lucy ,may not have sufferettfrom
this trait in his physiognomy.......:,
"The . only • customer is coming put.—
Ngtv:AV:e have a clear field, Wt. 'us go in. .
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•"'rhe game ma sin • - —• •
,"1:(411; ; A7r. Svoting %
,came 'to Hire 'with •you last
Christotass." • • • •
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"litave_a'great many youn4 Women liv
ing with me, ma'am.'' • • . . -
.. . The old man's humor required me - to be. :
explicit. "ller name, Mr.. Ross, was laLl
• •a i
ev• Wendal.'! . -. . - . -
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''' Ay, Lticy Wpwia . ilid
.come into the
factory: about that time." ..
There wits an expression in RoSs'r face
at tbmuention of. her name that -I did no t
clearly-comp.rehend,--li-might:lietide good,
and it might betide evil of Lucy.' "I mere-
ly wished .to know, Mr. Ross, whether
Lucy had 'given satisfaction, and•whethei
6-hr - still-remains-With
`"Ntrai - you a frieLd to Lucy -Wondai,
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,•ma'am?'!
should think it an • honar to call my
-self so, but 1 could hardly claim that name.
she• w ; .:; m y ,-,eig;;;l-,ov, urd Mtztrosmd -me
by her correct deportment, and uncommon
dutifulness -to her old parents."
Ross made no reply, but fumbled over
some gloves that were lying on the
ter, and tied up the bundle, and laid it on
the shelf. "You seem, Mr. Ross, not dis
posed to answer my inquiries. lam afraid
some misforti t e has happened to the poor
girl," .
"Would you like to know, ma'am, what
has happened to her?" lie leaned his el
bbw ,on his desk,. and seemed about, begin:-
fling a story.
':Certainly I would."
"Well, you , know when Lucy Wendal
came to me she was e,
_tittle demure thing
—not a beauty, but so comely and tidy,
that she was a pretty resting place for the
eye of old or young. She was as great. a
contrast do - the other girls in the work-shop
as white to black.: She just sat quiet- in
one corner; and minded her work, and took
ito part in their gabbling. You must know
what a parcel of girls is, ma'am, dinging
from morning to night like . forty thousand
chimney swallows. Lucy was very dif
ferent: She made herself neat and trig in
tip morning, and,did not lose half an hour
at noon, when the 'prentiee boys were
coming to ditinio., twitching out curl pa
pers and furbelowing her hair. The boys
and girls used tq have their jokes about her,
and call'her th,Olittle parson: but she only
preached in her actions, and this is what I
call practical preaching, ma'am.- She was
'a little master AT orkman with her needle.
L never bad a Match for her since I first
began businessq, but (you know,‘.ma'ain,
there is alivaysa btit in this life,) she gave
me great offeoe.' She mossed we where
I could not bearto be crossed."
`Mat intentionally, 1 am sure, Mr..Ross.'
"• "You shall boar, ma'am. I haVe - an only
son, Joina .RetAHa fine, fresh-looking,
good-natured, industrious lad. I set my
heart on his marrying' his, cousin, Amy
Dunce. Sheisilic daughter of my youngest
sister, and had pretty fditutie in hand.
enough to set John up in any busiliess he
fancied. There was noJeason in the world
why he should hot like Amy. • 1 had kept
my wishes to Myself,. becauSe 1 knew that
young folks love is like an unbroken colt,
that will neither mind 'spur nor bit. I ne
ver mistrusted that' any thing was going
wronglill 'one day 1 heard. the girls making
a ..great i'Vonde'rinent about . a canary bird
that. :they foetid. whem4hey went in the
morning, into . the -workshop,' in a cage
hanging,over Ludy's, seat 77 -rind then I re
membered thatjohn•had asked ine for five
dollars. the day before, and when ',asked
'what he wanted the money for,, helOoked
rather r-shetipish:--.and Anadet,tto answer.. A
-thought it prudent, before matters went' any
further, to :tell John my wishes-Abut his
cousin .Amy... My wishes, ma'am, I have
.
alWays iftado - 'a law to• my. children.. • To
be, sure, .I have taken dare,. foe : the-mat
that they -should be reeitotiable."7.l.am
little willnl,l-Own it; but it is.yourtg folk's
'business to . mitult, and 'children obey your:
parentS,' is the law, both of. : .SCripitiro•-and
't•tature.. ' So T. told John. ..Vhad not, , nny
.etispiCion about Lucy,: 60 , 1 told.hini.ilift
tharriago with ills cousin }vas what he
could have no - redealiable objection to-i-Wll-41
.1 had long fixed - u — pctri;ind what he must
set' about Without delay, .ou peril of m
displeasure.. He was silent, and bioked
cast Clown . ; but he saW,:l was determined,
and I believed lie would not 'disobey me.
A-few evenings after i - I-saW-a-liglit in -the
I-morli•:shop Mier the usual time, and I went
to inquire-into it. _T..
to
and my steps made little or no sound. The
upper part of - the - e - door - is
saw Lucy was,finishing off a pair olgloves:
- my - son was standing by her.- -it appearetl,
that they were for him,-and he insisted on
her trying theme oti her hand - . Hers, poor
thing, seemed to tremble. The glove;would
not go on, bait,carne olf,.piultheir-hands
met without „gloves, and a nice fit they
-were:— . l burst in ti.pon, the m.. I asked if
this was iiietbedience to me, and I told
Lucy to
. quit my service at:once. Now
•the whole matter is past, I must do John
the justice to say. that he stood by her like
a man... He said this was a rnatterin-Whicli
-He-could not obey me. Ile had given, his
heart-and, promised his hand to Lucy, and
she-owned she loved ,himithe who was' .
riot worthy. of jier love.. He Said,. too,
something of my haying hitherto been a
kind father -and a kind . maim; 'and he would
not believe that the first •case of .doing
'wrong to'be•to the. Orphan girl-whom Pro
vidence had placed under our roof. Ma'am,
you will wonder that
.1 hardened - My heart
to all this; but you-know. that anger is . said
to be . a . short madness, and besides, there
is nothing makes uS..so deaf to 'reason and
true feeling as the •stingieg sense that' : ive
W WWI I,,ttkasliarsli; and.
John:loSt hiq telniiaii3 and:poor, Vic . r•e,ritil
and-was toe mtichlriglitened to.spgak;: and
.it ended With my . telling•Lney'she should
not stay another: day in My
. houSe, • and
John, that - if - lie - diittiot
shohld be upon:Ohm ._._
next morning, they had both clear
wl and every bolt 'though t . -they had
gone A' to he married ;- and so I believed
till .night,•wherc . John -came in like
. a dis
tracted man„_and said he \ had been all day '
seeking Lucy in-vain--that the only friputl
she had in the city kneW .nothing of her,
and when I answered 'so much
he accused me of cruelty, and, ten- followed
high words, -such as -should never pass be
tween-father- and. son; and it.ended_ in. my
firuim Itim - frothrm y- . do. n o
der you - turn away, but hear me out. Sa
turday night,-three-dhys-after,_John_catne_
home an altered man. lie was as humble
as -if he only had been - wrong. Ile begged
my pardon, and' promised 'to obey me in
every thing except marrying Amy Bunee.
have given Up Lucy, -father,' he said,
'but I cannot marry, - any body else.' I
forgave liim--L-frout the - bottom of - my heart
I forgave him—'and I longed to ask him to
forgive had net comets quite ,to.
that Yet. '1 asked him what had brought
him back to duty.- 116 put into my hands
a letter he had, received from .Lucy. She
hatl-persevered in not seeing him—hut such
a letter, ladiesi If ministers-could lipeak
so to the heart; there would be no . sift - left
in the world. She .s poke of me as the
kindest of fathers ad kindest of teas-
ters. Then she spokti of the duty a child
owed a.parent—Said she should never .have
any peace.of mind . till she heard we were
reconciled . ; and told him it would be in
vain for.hini to seek her, for she had so
lemnly resolved never to see him again.-
-The paper was blistered with tears from
top to bottom : but, saving and excepting
that, ma'am, there was nothing from which
you could guess What it cost her to 'write.
the letter.
, "I conl4-not stand it. Aly heart melted
within we 1 found - her-
Lint night, and
without less brought her hack to
toy house, and then," he added, walking
hastily to the farthcrextretnity of the shop,
and throwing open a door that led into a
back parlor, " there, ma'am, is the.lOng
and short of it."
And there Waii - one of the tneSt touching
scenes of human life. prettyi - diniful
friend, had become,a wife and mother, her
infant in her. arms, and her linsband sitting
beside her, watching • the first intinoitions
ofintelligence•and' lobe hilts bright little
fae.e. . Such should be the sneinter of hap
piness,
...when the spring is consecrated to
virtue.
AIIARIC, •GENSERIC, & Arl'ILS,.
Who overran ancient • Rome with,thei,
•
Goths and Vandals. • •
Tins!, Alaric, at the head of the Cloths;
overran Italy, impelled by'the breath of
Jehovah, as a vessel is driven by the tem;
pest. Ile, goes not in his own strength
merely; but seems. urged and _sustained by
a mighty, yet invisible power. • A
. monk
met him in the midst of his-career and con
jured him-to turn back. • "It is pot in my
Bower;" replied: the barbarian; " an irres
istible. impulse forces me onward to the
overthr - ow of- Rome." ,Tliree times he
surrounded . the-eternal city with his'sen of
soldiers; and three times, like the ebhing .
-tide, he retired from. it... An
. eMbassy of
citizens was at - 14gth despatched to his
camp,-recommendinghini_to_abantion_ his
enterprize, and assuring him that he ,would
else encounter an army thriceaS numerous
as his -own. • "i9O much the Netter,"
plied. thre-.reaper.ilf - Moit; - "the thicker -the
grass, the more essay it is mown."
'At length', however, he acceded to their
reoitiest,.:on - conditiOn of receiving, as are
compense for his• clomency,2lllll9 gold,
silver, predious - Stoned and. barbarian, slavei
that the . city contained .. "What, thim;Will
remain to the inhabitantsr demanded'The
ambassadors. "Lif4r,:yeplied Alaric. •
Romans,of - Occop4, , s'ubwifted to
=ICI
the severe - terms of `the. conquermc s and -de
livered to him five - thousand pounds weight
o old; thirty thoUsand pounds of silver;
four thousand ttintcs .of silk; three thou
sand Scarlet
,skini; and three thousand
pounds_of.pep.per, .The,vanquishedinhab
ftaets; forthei7sorn, .had melted the
gold Oital.c Courage, Which they
called.the".MartialVirtue. •
at' the'' head .of the Vandals,
pasked into : Africa, and marched towar
Carthage, where- the Wrecks of RoMe.had
taken refuge.. He arrived 'before the city;
arid while , his trOops: - Were Mouittinglhe
ramparts,'" the people were_ descending to
the eireitS.. Without, was, the tumuli:of
arms ; and -Within, the resminding echges
pf die games; at the foot of the walls were
the shrieks and- curses of those -:who had
slipped in gore and the melee; on
the steps .of_the ,- amphithbatre, • were the
sonirs of—Micsibians . and the sound, of ac
-eompanying flotes. •
• After taking full, possession of the city,
Genseric presented himself at the'cirees,
and commanded its guards to, open', the
gates. "To Whom ?" said they;
the king. of -the earth and the sea," replied-,
the conqueror. ' •• . . •
Not content: with the .suhjugation: of
Carthage,' Genseric now prepared for fur
ther victories. ;Be did-not know what
people , dwelt on the earth, but he panted
to destroy them; Ile embarked hiS army
on the sea, and when the pilot demanded
what course he' should steer, his answer
was, " \Vhere - God pleeSes to send Mc.'
nation 1);:ilie Ivor?".
"•,I„gtm.io.t pr.*.
- ,
The l last•of this trio 'of CoitqUerors was
Attila, whose destination, .waS
-W-berever-he,encaMped,-hisearmy_covered:
the space of three cities. •A captive' ring
imounted guard'ar - the7tent - of each of- his
,generals; and_:al his tent. one of his own
.gencrals stood sentinel.' lie disdained the
gold and. silver- vessels of .Greco;, and
feasted on raw. - flesh served, in dishes of
wood. As. he paused with his army on the
banks of -the -Danube, arrestekjr_the mo
men hbf its deep and turbulent current,
she-ilng led_ the may to, a ford across the
Pains , Mtrotides, and disappeared". !laving
surmounted- this obstiicle, he swept like it
tyrrent otrer'lliO Eastern • Empire; _making
Leo'' t - aird n o - Inturirus hiS
tribu tari es . strode.W id] disdain thro'iigh
Rome, alrptly ruined .by. -- Alar . ic, and 'at
length planted 'his font onthat portion of
the earth which is . now called France.--
Here his devastating proXi•ess left but two
cities standing, Troyes and Paris. Ry
day, the earth was crimsoned with blood :'
and at ,night, the , ,,blazing- homes of the
slaughtered inhabitants illuminated and
reddened the firmament: Children Were
•
suspended . by 'the leg to trees, and abaci
dotted, alive, 'to birds of prey.' Maidens
were crushed under chariot wheels. Old
men were fastened to the necks of goaded
horses that rushed with them to destrucaion.
Five hundred Idazing cities designated the
march of the King of 'the Huns across the
worldratid a Ilesolate_wilderness occupied
the intervals between them. , .
"Thograss iisetf Will - not 'grow," said
the exterminator, "after the steed of Attila
.
has trampled it!"
Every thing concerning these envoys of
celestial vengeance is extraardioary.
4 lark, when'about to embark for Sicily,
died at Cosentia. = Uis soldiers, aided by
their army of prisoners, turned the course
of.the Busento, and dug a deep trench for
his corpse in the init!st of the channel.--
They then heaped over the body gold and
jewels and precious stuffs, turned back the
currenv'of the river to its original bed, and
massacred the slaves who had aided in the
task, that the secret of the sepulture might
remain untold.
Attila expired in the arms of his bride,
-tidier): and the-- uns,'made incision be'-
nezith their eye s with the 'points of their
.swords,.. that wiNh.,,,the. blood - of men, and
not-the . tears of women, they might.bewail
the loss of their conquering chieftain. • The
flower of his soldiers kept watch during
the day 'dyer his body, chanting • warlike
sings:—At night, they enclosed the corpse
iii three''coffins-Lone of gold, another of
silver, mutate last of iron—and buried it
privately on a bed-of arms, flags, and pre
cious stones: and, as in.the case of Alarjc,
to prevent the- secret of this sepulchral
wealth from transpiring, the grave diggers
were pushed, into the tomb and interred a
live with the dead.
Alexico.—There has been a new revolu
tionin.this country, of which the following
articlei afford a view-'of the prowinent.par
ticulars. • •
, The Movement of. Santa
Anna; it is, said, has- declared himself Die
tator of Mexico, •and has s proutised.to re
store the onstitution of 1824. Other ac
counts sa tli'at he was in, treaty with Bus
tameute, but that his real object was AO as
sume all power. •"1-10 arrived at the•cap
ital with his troops, on the night of the.2d
September, about three o'clock, captor
.ed• by,essault the fbrkof Sail FranCiscce, one
of the• holds of Bustainente; and,
also — the fort . of St... Goronimo.-- Most of
the-officers and. meta paptured, jannediately
enrolled* thernselVes among
,StAiiiiia'slitiic•
the ,2(l,,,Dustametite l , with 1500
infantry„ and 500 'cavalry,- attacked One of
the•,posts.Of Santa Anna, .but ,regP3t
ed by poly r nim, tit the corps of Peubla.and
Largas ',Wad reptdsed
,with great loss, and
retired,
.leaving on. the ground his` killed,
and wountled..—Gen. Galindo, on the same
day, with 700 Men,:,abitdoned the - ;canse
. oT Bustwite,:ind' joined': SantS: Anna.-•
• or'
, : i ''',,,
01;EIR 0 1 1 - I`MII/2140 ck --VI (1)9,8110
The'Censor says, that at the. last accounts ,
General Santa Anna - had. completed the.
beseigink line around the Capital, with the
p_rospect of it's early surrender:'
Letters from' Vera': Cruz' state that all
way confusion, and that it was impoislble•
to predict the result,. although I was holed
that a compromise would be effected be-
TWEETfrh — d — p - afties• - -G - eneral'-Victoria--had---•
b•-•-•ri ealled•in as a mediator.
. Crowning Ike Wisest.
Not many yearsigo, it happetiedi that g
young man from New York visited Lon-
His father: being connected with soy-,
'.17,31-br theionagnates 'of Old' British aristoc
' riidy, the - : young American; was introduced
fine - personal appearance,, or tWt.", his
father' was reported to ue' very, rich,: or
that he' was a new ,figure on - the stage, he
ettraoled- much - attention, and becathe quite
the favorite , of the ladies. This was hot
at all relished by the British beaux, but as
no very fair' pretext offered for a rebuff,
they .i wcre otimpelled to treat him civilly.—
Thus matters stood when the Hon. Mr. Y.
and - lady made a party 'to accompany, them
to their country seat in,,,, ambridgeshire,
and the' American was among the invited
guesti. Numerous were, tho devices ,to
-which those_d!!v.;.4 , ,tes.of pleasure resorted,
in order• to kill' that old .fellow who will
measut;e hiS hours, whin lie ought to .*
know they are pot wanted, and the ingenu- .
1-ity ,of 'every one, was.ta s xed
. to remember.or •.%
invent'SaMeNtig li o,vch.-•
-.•:Tjm yank&s 'are, proverbialli-:‘re_atly- or
in vention,and -the American 'did honor; 10'
his character ai? a man. accustomed to free.; • ,
j dont of thouglii.. • Ile was. frank and'gay,
atitl ,ent.ei'e ir into t a
sports he spornd - amused
..inents with that unaffected enjoyment - ___
„which eoinmunicated a part . of his fresh
feelings, to the most .worn:ont Tashionists
in the party.---II is good nature would
have been sneered at by sonie.of the proud
eavaliers, had he not been such a capital
1 shot, and he might have, been quizzed had
not thCladies, won byliis constant—atten
tion .drawing robin and saloon-, al--
ways showed thomselves.his friends: But -
a combination was at last forined among o
-of. dandies, staunch patrons of- the
-quarterly, - temnuiliitate - th - 07 . Anterriearr
They proposed to vary the eternal evening -
tiraltzing and-piping,_by_the _acting archer, •
adios and playing various games, and'hav
ing interested one of ,those indefatigable
ladies, who always carry their point in the
scheme, it was voted to be the thing.
After a few charades hat• Van disposed
of, one of the_ gentlemen begged leave to
propose the game called "Crowning the
wisest." This is played by 'selecting a'
judge of the game, and three persons, -
either ladies or gentlemen, who are to con
test for the crown by answering sucees- •
sivelv the various questions which the rest
of the:party are at liberty to ask. The one
who is declared to have been the readiest
and happiest, in answers receives the crown.
Our Amerieanonuch, against his inclina
tion, was chosen among; the three candi
dates; Ile was aware that his position,
j the sock ty — with—w
required of him the ability to sustain hint
sell lie was to be sure, treated with dis
tinguished attention Icy his host and'hos
tess, and generally by the party, but this'
was -a favor to the individual, and not one
of the eonipany understood the character--
1a republicans on appreciated the republic.
The three - worthies had arranged that their:, ,
turn for hint should fall in succession and .•
be the-Just., The first one; a perfect ex
quisite, and with an
. air 'most ineffable con
descention
put his question. .
"If I understand rightly the government
of your country, you acknowledge no dis- .
tinction of rank, consequently .
,you can
have no_ court standat'd for the- manners of
a gentleman, you will favor me with inforr
nation where your best seltd . til of polite
nesS is to be found ?" •
"For your 'benefit," replied Abe. Ameri
imn smiling, "I would reccommend the
Falls
,of Niagara;.-a .contemplation ofrthet
stupendous wonder teaches humiliation -to '
the proude.ot, -and human nothingness to
the vainest. It rebukes the trifler and a
rouses the most stupid; short, it turns
men from." their idols; and • when we ac- •
knowledge that God is only Lord, we feel
that men are ourequals. A true christian
is always polite." •
• -There was a .murnimr.ainong the audi-,
ence, but whether applause/or censure, the
American could not determinit; - as he did
not choose to betray anxiety for the result
by a scrutiny of Ihe faces *hick he knew,
were bent on him. • .
The second now proposed his question;
11c affected to, be u great politician, was
mustachoed and whiskeralike iY diploinist,
which station . he had been coveting. • His,
voice was bland, but his emphasis, was very
insignificant.
"Should I
,visitihe United States, :what,
subject with whichi am conversant would
Most interest your people, and . give md an
opportunity of,enjoying their converiation.
"You must maintain, as you do at prei
erictimea - mettalehris. the, wisest, -- the -- pu*, -
rest,•, the best government,. which the skill .
of, man uver, devised, .and, that a
,democraey ,
barbarous•;T:My -- couptrymetrure - T•
proVerbially fond of argument, and, will
you
.."Mbrith these questions, arid . : if
'you choose, ,argue with_ you to the. end of
your life.,',' - • •
:Tho. twurtimr Was' •roneUr ,•
,but: Isiah
without, any decided 9?;p,ressiOn - uf:the
ingT iiit which his answer' hadi>een
' • The third then rose 'froriilds‘.Seie,' and' ,
nto the fashionablo circles of the rristrop-
=I