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A MA J.Eumr, SOEUIt.
DT W. TELL t; .1 ITZ
•
I've often thomrlitiof thee, sweet child,
'fill tears lcave 'dimmed my oyes: .
How short must be the mortal span
Between thou and the, skies,
For hall round thy foaturFs thrown
Tholi3 . ht thnt marks (boo ror Its own.
Though rhh In outward lovolinoas,
Ftuld memory loves to traco
The ink confiding tenderness,
Tho arid pensive grace,
Which to that fair young brow has given
The look Devotiml wins from Heaven.
Calm and unruffled as the stream
O'er which the Queen of Night
Loves to reflect her placid beam
And lathe•in floods of light,
Is the collected thoughtful mien
In which thy purity is seen.
Thine Is•that singleness of heart
That knows no selfish stain—
' The tears from feeling's fount that start
To soothe another's pain I
Who thy kind **apathy could prhve,
And know thee, dearest, and not lover_
Oh, may no early sufferings dim
Thy spirit's stainless glow;
May'st thou return as pure to lint—
AS pure from sin as now—
Will gave thee a while to earth
To prove thy virtues and thy worth
While Memory on my soul shall trace
The records of the past,
Thy iinkre time shall tie'er efface—
My love unslnel:eii lost—
In Ihntl affection eherishea there.
• Ton pure a guest Tor earth to share!
311h)rillant'aull.
Frutn Woolfort::. Roost.
HE ENGLISH AND THE FRENCH
BY WASHINGTON, 113,VING
The French intellect is quick and active.-
9 ashes its way into a subject with the ra•
of lightning ; seizes upon the remote
nelusions.m - ith a sudden b iund, and its de
ictions aro almost intultiv 3. The English
7ellect is less rapid, but more persevering;
•i sudden, but more sure in its deductions.
• 'te quickness and mobility of the French en
.AO them to find enjoyment in the multiplici
• of sensations. They speak and act more
•AT . ipunediate impressions than from reflec
al and meditation. • They are therefore more
vial and commullealbitiaoor fond of sooi
ty, and of placesltribliiort and amuse
..tut. An Englishmanis more reflective in
.s habits., Ire lives in the-world of his own
:loughts, and seams more reliant and self
ependant. He loves the quiet of his own np-
Ament Leven when abroad, he in a manner
i:ikes a little solitude around him, by his si
ice and reserve : he moves about shy and
-Mary, atrit were, buttoned up, body and
The Fieneh are great optimists; they seize
: 1 »n every good us it flies, and revel in the
passing pleasure The Englishman is too apt
o neglect the present good, in preparing a
;ainst the possible evil. However adversities
any lower, let the sun shine but for a mo•
pent, and forth sallies the mercurial French• •
man, in holiday dress and holiday spirit, gay
is a butterfly, as though his sunshine were
perpetual; but let the sun beam never so
brightly, so there be but a cloud in the horis
con the weary Englishmitn ventures forth dis
trustfully. with his umbrella in his band.
The Frenchman has a wonderful facility at
turning small things to advantage. No one
:an be gay and luxurious on smaller means;
uo one requires less expense to be happy.—
lie practices a kind of Building in his style of
filing and hammers out every guinea into
gold-leaf. The Englishinau on the contrary,
is expensive iu his habits, and expensive in
his enjoyments. lie - values everything,
whether useful or ornamental, by what it costs.
Ile has no satisfaction in show, unless be
s olid and complete. Every thing goes with
him by the square foot. Whatever display
be Makes, the depthis sure to equal - the -sur
face
The Frenchman's habitation, like himself', ,
is open, cheerful, bustling, and noisy. He
lives in a part of a great hotel, with wide per I
paved court, a spacious dirty stone stair-
Case, •and a family on every floor. All is clot.
ter and :chatter. lle is good•humored and
talkative with his servants, sociable with his
neighbors, and complaisant to all the world.
Anybody.has accoAs to himself and his apart
ment ; his very bed room is open, to visitors,
whatever may be its state of confusion ; and
all thii not from any peculiar hospitable feel
but,frum - that c;umnunicative habit which
predominates Over his Ohara(der : ,
Tho croon-
Ines himself in a snug brick mansion, tvhich
'he has all to himself; locks the fror4 door;
tutts briiicen bottles along his walls, and spring
ar inairti.pS in his gardens ; shrouds
liirns,.‘ll' *with trees anil curtains; ex
lilts in his iiniet.and rriviiey, and secnis dis
-;uTs-si„Ltodieep out noise, daylight, and obit:-
qt4.,,Ltlis house, liko hinisolf has a v:serveil
IM!
nhospitablo exterior; pit whoever gains ad -
tnittance, is apt to find a Warm heart and Warm
fireside within;
Eg
The French excel in wit; . the Engirt% in
humor ; the French have gayer fanny; the En
glish richer im a ginations. The,:foriner are
full of sensibility, easily moved, and prone to
sudden and great excitement; but their excite
ment is not durable ; the English are more
phlegmatic ; not so readily affected but cepa
ble of being aroused to great enthusiasm.—
The faults of these opposite temperaments are
that the vivacity of the French is nptto spar
kle up and froth, the gravity of the English
to settle down and grow muddy. When the
two charactencan he fixed in a medium, the
French kept from effervescence and the En
glish from stagnation, both will be found -ex
cellent.
NI I
This contrast of character may also be no
ticed in the great concerns of the two nations.
The ardent Frenchman is all for military re
nown ;he fights for glory, that - is to say, for
success in arms. For, provided the national
flag be victorious, he, cares little about the ex
pense, the injustice, or the inutility of the war
It is wouderfll how the poorest Frenchman
wilt revel'on a triumphant bulletin; a great
victory is meat and driuk to him; and the
sight of a military sovereign, bringing home
captured cannonand captured standards, he
throws up his greasy - cap in the air, and is
ready-to jump out of his wooden shoes for
)..
John. Bull, on the contrary, is' a reasoning
considerate persOn. If he dues wrcng, it is
in the most rational way imaginable. lie
. ights.heenuse_the good of the world requires
t. Ile is a moral person, and 'Makes war up
on his neighbor for theliiaintenance of peace
and good order, and sound principles. lie is
a mut oy-making personage, and fights for the
prosperity"of commerce and manufactures
Thus the two nations have been fighting, time
out, of mind, for glory and good. The French
-in pursuit of, glory, have had their capital
twice. taken ; and John, in purOuitof good,• has
run himself over head and cars in debt.
REVERSES OF FORTUNE
Lot not the rich boast of his wealth, or
_the
poor complain of their poverty, is a rule which
will answer both in prosperity and adversity.
The fickleness of fortune has been a theme
for poets and romancers every since the story
of Job's affliction has been known. The un
.certainty.of merohantilei life. particularly, is
not only a constant subject of remark, but
also one of general experience. • No professim
in life ; except the farmer's seemed to be eo
fixed, or even so permanent, that some ad
verse
_storms may not sweep all away, and
leave the fancied man of wealth but the sem
blance of his poverty. What are bonds, stocks
and mortgages, but so muchwaste paper, when
the basis upon which they rest becomes worth
less or unproductive ? They cannot purchase
the first bushel of potatoes, or the smallest
loaf of bread, to satisfy the cravings of hun
ger.
We premise this much in order to relate
the sudden fall of a fashionable famitY froM
affluence to almost poverty. Last winter the
frequenter of the gay reunions at Washington
could not have failed to notice a hale and hear
ty widow, fair and about forty, who attended .
all the balls, parties, and gay assemblies of
our capital. She had a lovely daughter.
scarcely seventeen years of age, Innocent and
retiring in her manners, but of an engaging
and affectionate disposition. The widow was,
the owner of a plantation in Virginia, encum
bered with negroes, and run down to such a
state of poverty she was actualy poorer than
the colored servants whom she owned. She
resolved, however, to make a ; desperate push
and to marry her daughter off in .such a man
ner as,to recuperate her declining ftirilines--,
Ifer reputed wealth, the charming appear
ance of her daughter, at0.411•71(ne,t4 v l. eltieh she
knew so well how to use, was very. soon sue
cessfuli A young man of this city, recently
taken in us a-partner in a banking house in
wair treut; was at - Washington, transacting
some biiShiMi for the firm, and - while there
received an invitigion to attend a soiree at the
residence of the lion. Mr. , a Member
of the Senate. lie received an invitation to
the strategic widow,' who immediately ,saw .
the game presented to her. The daughter
was introduced, and the young man, feeling
rich anti important at his - rebent good fortune
in his business, thought it about time to take
a wife., When both parties ,nre more than
usually anxious it does not generally take
long to conclude a matrimonial arrangement.
14,1 101 event 4, so spirited Was the preliminowy
courtship, assisted by the experience of the
mother, that in-less than two weeks the alai
able daughter of 011 Dominion' and Iho prem
ising son of the Empire State were before the
altar, and the priestly lips Wad pronounced
them husband and wife. The plantation, of
CilllrSP, 113' not regarded, but was left in de•
c,ty and ruin nalleCllie care of an overseer.—
The 3.01 mg couple in'Company with the mother
0.1.111 e iintnethately (In to this-city,; antl"a splen
did, hemein was soon procured, end
i)eratb.
sumptously furnished, and all thingi wept "as
merrYPs a marriage bell." Servants attend
ed the nod of each member of the family.—
The 'ladies luxuriated upon the . inagnificent
sofas during the morning, and' inthe afternoon
the carriage - 'was at the door, and tie obedi
ent driver gratified their moat whimsical ca
-1
.prices. This bright and charming period of
life, however, did not last long. Last summer
a gigantic, failure came, and the house Of
which the young man we's a member went by
the board ; and in less time than it. takes to
pen it, he was as poor as the son of toil who
day by day labors With his hands for his sup
port. The gplden- vision had fled—the extra
'flout mansion I & I to be vaested and neglect
ed Virginia plantation egain'began to look as
if it were worth something. At all events it
was not to be despised ; and tho mother who
found all her watchful financering flit.' a rich
husband for her daughter thus turned to
nought, sought its quiet shade for reposd after
her short but exciting career in the uncertain
lige of afashionable metropolis.—New York
Sunday Times.
SMART SPECIMEN OP HORSEWO
MANSHIP.
• At a recent Agricultural Fair, held at Fair
field, lowa, a girl of fourteen, dispinyed such
during feats of horsewomanship, that the spec•
tutors made her up a purse of $2OO, besides
obtaining for her several terms of schooling
free of expense:. The story of her adventure
of which the' purse presentation -etas the
gratifying conclusion,,is thus told in the Ana
maco News. . • •
One of the' fine&trieMpliv, for a peor'unlet
hired girl which we have recently had •the
pleasure of recording, was achieved at the late
Sttito Fair held at Fairfield, lowa. For the
purpose of making the Fair as attractive as
pos - sible, Col. Clagget, the enterprising Presi
dant of the Society, had offered a splendid
gold watch to such a lady ns should display
on the occasion, the most skill as an eques
trian. On the 'appointed day of trial the
number of competitors was found toe c ten.
All of them probably had the advantage of
a respectable education, polite in manners,
and independent family connectious, and had
come well equipped with 'horses, saldles, rid
ing dresses, caps and whips. IVe say all save
one—a poor Welch girl, who had been brou,ght
up in the absence Of brothers, to do a boy's
work on her father's farm. The name of this
girl was Tilt za Hodges. end her age was four
teen. father lived' in Johnson eoun6Y;
and what'ehe knew of horsemanship she had
acquired in riding her father's horse for the
cows, pad in breaking the colts. She had
heard about the offer of a gold watch for su
perior riding, and,likc all heroines, she felt
that she was equal to the emergency.
Having found means of conveyance to Fair
field,'she set off„ destitute of horse, saddle, or.
riding habit.. On her arriving near town, she
met Dr. Wear, of that place, Who haPpenedto
he riding a very spirited and unmanageable
horse, owned by him. Miss Hodges, being
introduced. informed the do4or that she was
going to compete for the watch, and solicited
the use of his horse for the trial. lie assured
her that'he would be most dangerous for her
to ride. She assured him that she was not
afraid, and proposed to try him on the spot
The docteir fearing some, harm, reluctantly
Consented.
Being'assisted on the Ur - lineal,. she showed
that,she WAS perfectly at home, and after rid
ing as usual for a moment, nhe Mounted to
her feet and dashed nlong - the ,road, standing
upright pen the saddle!' This was enough.
/
The do ter tendered her the use of his horse.
anti i her arrival in town, assisted in getting
her properly fitted out for the trial. 1-ter dar
ing as a rider had already - become noh.ed,
anti many were those who took an interest in
her behalf,
RASCAITV OF A HEN.—_\Spflnial 11011 which
was a great Livorite with her mistress, was
accustomed to he fed with a dainty meal every
time she laid an egg. (Micky 80011 fl/1.110 this
out, and would goltifiermest and sit there a
few moments, and then come forth chuckling
as lontLas if shehadperformed i great feat
and for a day or two got her usual reward;
but on nO Ogg.bciag found on several occas
ions; it , -wati suspected , that Mrs. Chicky was
playing ftifSe;'tind her. usual feed being With
held, it Was foundlilia't.for two or three times
on the.same day she would repeat the dodge
'ageing and sitting for a short time on her
nest, and then come forth .chu,kling as loud
BB she could fur her . expected reward.--:Pma
try Ch
yjria ; . r lt a trial in England, recently, the no
ted ergoaut Wilkins called on the jury In
the mlist touching terns:;, by thAr verdkt to
resturu the prisoner to the bosom of his tam
ily, dwelt on the effect the result of the
trial would have for happinc'ss or misery on
those who 'are so dear to 111111. %%lien the .
learned sergeant sat down, wiping his fore
head after bis effort, 'he . wits a little surpriii
ed to learn this touching allusion to wife and
children had been made on behalf of a bache
lor!•
A' FIGHT. /z
Can it be - possible that this handsome
looking man t is the far-famed Cbl. BOwieP ,
whispered Ilia. A-, in my car.
‘lt is SO, " I replied, and before . I could
add more, Bowie was by us.
,My friend in
troduced us, and soon we were conversing
together.
I have not seen you for some time," said
my friend, at length.
« I am - just returning from a trip to the
Rocky Mountains," said Bowie. “Really,
Mr. M---, I wish you had been along with
us. We had'iVeVeral lights with the Indians,
and ,in one of them I received a bullet in the
arm. Unfortunately for my friends the gam
blers, it is nearly healed," and a terrible
look passed over his features. "Our party
had a most desperate—fthi- with a•party-of
Indians near Coon's Hollow—there Were
twelve to one—but we beat them off."
At this moment a loud shout caused us to
turn our heads; almost immediately the cry
of- as A man stabbed!" reached our ears.—
Soon the crowd opened, and the gambler
came forth. Ilis hands were covered witty
blood, and in the right hand he bore a huge
knife, dripping AO! blood. Suddenly he
turned, wiped hidlarfe ,on the coat of a man
who stood ucar him, and burst into a loud
laugh.
" What's all this about ?" exclaimed Col:
B. On hearing this, the gambler thrust the
knife into its sheath and approached us.
Merely a man stabbed—that's all," he said,
" Any of you gentlemen wish to play cards 1"
" I never play cards with strangers," said
Col. Bowie:
, 4 ; Why nal" iLlced'the
Because, for all I know to the contrary,.
the person with whom I am playing, may be
a gambler," was the instant reply:
On hearing this a crowd collected around
" Do you mean to insult me ?"
, 6 Insult you!" said Bowie, surveying the
other with a look of contempt—" I insult no
man sir !"
Because you are too much of a coward to
do so," said the gambler ,sneeringly, c 4 Is
this gentleman your friend 1"
cg A new friend, sir." •
" Well, I insulted him a few minutes, ago,"
said the gambler.
Is this true 1" asked Bowie, turning to
Mr. M—. Mr. M— the aflir-
mative.
" What is your name 17 asked Bowie.
" My name is,lifelifullo4eplied the gam
bler. ,
" Ha!" exclaimed Bowie, with a look of
delight, " are you any relation to the duellist
who stew Joe Wingo, a year ago 1"
cc yes, it was I that slew him,""leplied the
gambler.
A terrible look passed over Bowie's face.
!" he exclaimed. Perhaps you do
not know that Wingo was my cousin."
"I don't care who he was," returned the
gambler. ' If you wish I will serve you in
the same way."
" Perhaps," continued Bowie, a strange
smile creeping over his features, , cc perhaps
you do not know that I swore to avenge his
death 1"
"Then step out this way, and tight the like
a man," said the gambler.
" Grant me ono moment," said Bowie;
perhaps you do not know that my name is
Oblong)! James Bowie 1"
On hearing this dreaded name, the gambler
staggered baelc, and gazing Bowie vacantly
in the face, he drew his hand' across his eyes.
ci Bowie ! Bowie !" he murmured faintly.
" Aye James Bowie!" retailed the oth-
er: '' Come, come, you wanted to tight me
two minutes ago—l now comply with your
request. I am the challenged party, and,
therefore, I choose 4he weapons and the
place. Our meeting will take place here,
and our arms shall be the Bowie-k4fe."
Ilave it as you wish," said the gambler,
as lie threw off his coat.
Bowie plackal his hand behind Ebe back or
his nook, anti drew
.forth n huge Bowie-knife.
Placing it betvF l con his tooth, be throw oil his
COAL alai rolled up his shirt-sleevos:
cr 1 am read•," lie said in a (dear ringing
MEI
‘c So am I;" exclaimed the.gambler.
Three checo thr %vere given by the
crowd. Bi4it.t smiled, while the gambler bit
his lips, with rage. •
cc Make mould:ere," said
,Bewle, " I can't
tight without a clear tiebi. Come, Mr. Mc-
MulltM, are yun ready'!"
c. Yes!" cried the gambler.
Bowie raised his-knife high above hishead,
an,l sprang upon him. Both struggled for
all instant, and then fell to the floor. They
rolled over the deck, the crowd making way
flu• them, until they reached the railing.
Suddenly. a stream of btotyl th):e(1 from the
gambler's right arm„ and lie uttered a cry of
pain. Slill , howe%'er, be did not release his
hold. Again they rolled over, and again
Bowie plinigetblii. knife into his triu. Siol
- each 'released his bold of the other,
and sprang to his feet, With thu quickness
of lightening the gambler changed his !init.()
ilkl~' frf~~.~'Jl`.hGT'~P~'Rr.~V~i.:i
1441.4 k‘
' '
ti'QAY"4“:!,
'OA
from his
right narp:trgifigAtritheip.
towards Bowie. •,!iiii ' iiiiiiieiWth ,c2—' L .7 . o4
and drawing
knife into his bod : ' - i jT e °l3l ( gttlii4;:
hands, dropped "011AS0,1441004:4fiiie-•
pped kilitscL . All,
Bowie followed him rite
ingl) Ts
*1
his knife into hioll-4,9-':-,
s bodY.' 'At the
blow the gambler fell dead; 1
"It is over," I said, drawing a, long breatb..Ai,?.
c a in n g d
h h a i l s r ~ j ,' ,
r g c h c t G f e b n o t t i em
upon en, t .' h ' e said
i b B l e o r l ' l s ri e l:re a p s l t a ,
e - tending his right hand, tt this man insulted.
m and I slew him. If any one wishes to •
ave ge his death, let him step out."
THE FIRST PIANO IN ILLINOIS.
Judge Ilaliburton tells a very , laughable
story about the first piano ever heard in Illin.-
MI
"A. Baltimore physician having removed,
with his family, to settle near the Illinois Ri
ver, during the earlier period of emigration
thither, with Ids goods and chattels stowed
away in seven large wagons,-excited no little
wonder and conversation among the back
woodsmen on their appearance in those far
off regions, whose inhabitants had 'never seen
the like before.' "
"Glass—this side up with care! Why, I
thought this ere feller was a doctor, What
on yearth is he going to do with that box full
of windows?" "This side up, with care,"
claimed another. "He's got hisparagorio and
ile of spike fixens in that. Won't ho physic
them agar fellers down on the river I"
In the last wagon there was but one large
box, and on it were painted the words, "Piano
forte, keep dry,--and handle carefully." - It
required all -the assistance of bYallitiderS to
unload this box ; and great was the curiosity
excited. " Pine forte!" said a tall, yelloti
haired fever-and-ag,ue•looltingyouth. "Won
der if, he's afeered. of the iujuns? ,He can't
scare them with a pine foit." "IC.-e•e-p trr-y,"
spelt by a large, rawboned looking man, who
levidently a liberal patron of "old bald
fa C." Ho broke off at the letter y with
"D— your lemperLnce carracturs ; you
need'nt,come round here with tracts. He was
interrupted at this point by a stout-built per
sonage, whir - cried out, " He's got his shelter'
in Oar, - and he's afeered to give them likkee
for they'll break it if be does." " Handle
carefully," said a man with a red hunting
shirt, and the size of whose fist was twice-that
of an ordiniry man. " There's some live
critter in that,;' d'en't you hear him groan?"
This was said as the box struck the gre
and the concussion caused u_vibratim
Strings
No sooner had all Lands let go, than'
tor was beseiged by his neighbors .41.
what was the meaning of the word "piano
forte." On his telling them it was a musical
instrument, some " reconed it would take a
tnrnal sight of wind to blow it;" others. thal
"it would take a lot of men to make it go."
The doctor explained as well as he could; but
he could only get rid of his inquisitive neigh
bors by promising them a sight et an early
day. ,
Three days elapsed, .... and all was rea
dy for the reception of the " vizters," and
Miss E. was to act as first performer. The
doctor had but to open the door, and half a
score of men were ready to enter - Some
went directly up to the instrument "erittur,"
as,it had been eared on account of its four
legs; some, more shy, remained close to the
door; while others, who had never seen a car
pet, were observed walking round on the
stripe of bare floor, least, by &ending 'off "the
hAndsente kaliker," they might "spile" it.—
The first, tune seemed to put the whole' com
pany into . eostaeies. The rawbLn , d man, who
was so much opposed to temperance tracts,
pulled out a flask of whiskey, and insisted
that " the gal," as he called Miss E., should
drink. Anfr her laid down a dime, and want
ed " that's worth" out of the " forty pains,"
as the name had come to hint lifter traveling
through five or six t ronunciations. Another,
with a broad grin on his. face, declared he
would give his f and all the 'truck! on
it, if his 'darter' could have such a , eopboord.'
The fpine•fore man suggesteil. that if- that
sort of mUsic had t een in the :Black Ilawk
"They would have akcered the injons
all holler." • .
EMI
"The result may easily ho anticipated ; the
ladies were long tired of playing ere their
'vizters' were tired of hearing. The whole
country, for, twenty , ' miles round, rang with
the praises of Dr A's 'consarn' the quusieal
cupboard.' Patients canto in crowds for ad
a‘Diec, or 'a few agar pills,' all tletcrtmried-to
Appear in person, but :1110110 who:would lea ye
without hearing the 'forty pains ; ' and the.
phy-ician, thanl;s to the first to lit
Illinois,' became or of .theflrat men in tho
Stao."
1tz1,„," Mother," said a ctilttl who hnd been
for some Clint.: conteMplitAng with MI 11WO
interest n re.v.4y. ;:putt cobweb, ,! don t (ha'
:spiders have-to swallow,tl spool of co. t; , i ,
'• Why," nsLed.the mother, .3 what makes you
think so ?" Canso, if, they dont. I' dont
see where ,they set We thread to make (hear
web of."