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It had rained all day; and at night with the same dull, wouutonotts sound, the rain still fell on the gravel walk beneath the window; while through the dark old pines at the back of the house, went the continual mournful soughing of the, east wiud. I=l I was weary of all to..4lure occupations, and could not resort to invectives against the wratber, for I had no listeners. My uncle, Dr. Paul Eastman, had gone timer miles, throne' the wind and the rain, to visit a patient in the alma house, a little boy whose life was nearly ended, 'DJ Mrs Eastman was visit ing her friends in a distant Slat« 99 In ■n idle, half dreaming motitl, 1 lay iu the pleasant library, to ■wait my uncle's The cheerful tire light se - Wing its warm bright glow over the geraniums sod roses in the deep bay window, over the few pictures on the walls and the well filled book shelves, banished all thought of the wintry desolation without Above the shaded lamp, on the little study table was a portrait It had hung there for many years, the old house keeper said I cannot describe that pictured face, so 'nobly, 'so sternly beautiful Would you try to describe the look which the one you love wears for you? Neither will I try to Inuit with words that face, which was the full realisation of my thoughts of those messengers who come from the unseen acrid, to strengthen and bless the weak and suffering among OW • tale. Wasiak.. uncle Paul's first love —the fair young girl, whose lies had darkened all the years of his early manhood? I had heard something of the great sorrow which bad clouded tlio.e years, and of our whose life of beauty had kept her memory fresb in the, hearts of many I bad beard, too, of life tenderness with which Uncle Paul took to he, home, witch should have b, en hers, her in , valid 'mother and little brother., and cared for thew, till the mother went to join the daughter, and the boys were fined for ettrunuretal :rid pr. (erosional lite But there VI II '4 a mystery in his life It 'tie had lost still lost tie on e ahmte face was pictured there on the canvas, bow could he ever have given the place that would have been hers, to the rasp. stable, eotottion pace per. sonwhom I hav e known for five year+ as Mrs. Eastman? EIMEZZOM The longer I watched tbe rotteet leer looking down upon we, the greeter seemed the mystery; and so thinking I fell asleep A voice awakened nee - "AL! Miriam, dreaming?" " Yes, uncle; dreaming of that face above your study table " He walked across the room, and Ptuud silently before it a lung time Then he came to me.— "It is very like her, Miriam; and eke was pure and good as the iogels " " Can you tell me of her uncle? What was her name?" Theo, after a short silence, he told we of his early sorrow, and revealed the secret of the mys tery that perplexed me " Her name was Grace Hyde She wasth teen, and I was twenty one when she promised to be my wife I was just finishing my profes sional studies, and had bad my own way to make itt the world; but I was strong to do my work and to fight my battles, for Grace was awaiting the result Her love would strengthen me, sud her h rod would reward nay victory " I will not fetter you, Paul," she said; "I know how the promise of many young lives have been unfulfilled, because the daily needs of life and the necessity of a practical answer to the sisestions, "What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and where withal shall we be clothed? have wearied the spirit not )et ready for its life work, -crippled its energies, and obtained to au Ignoble service, while the nobler work it might have done, waits for anothtr (live all the time you tired to the highest eutrure, the fullest de. veloputent of your intellectual stretigth, find for young a titling sphere of labor, and then, Paul, I will go with you, and together we will make We beautiful." " I could not (Amstar her resolutions She was firm and her father said: "Grace is right; in the future you will acknowledge it " " So I finished my studies, in the University, and went to Paris. Grace, pale and tearful, with her little hand in mine, said; 'Be worthy of your best self, arid may God forever guide and bless you, dear Paul ' And then we part ed. " I had not been away three months, when a letter from Grace anononeed her father's death. "An attack of apoplexy," she wrote "Poor mother, it is a . terrible blow to her; I know not bow she will bear it. I pray that I may help her, and that God will give me power to comfort her. After that her leUets were not sad, but there was a subdued eheerfulnes, or it might have been an effort to be cheerful, and there was an impatient looking forward to my return. She bad such trust in me, such an noble ambi tion for me, I was always stronger awl better after reading her words. Her influence was naiad me continually, and the temptations of Perim life were are powering.; I could not di* , appoint her trust. I would try and be worthy of Aker. II 1.. Cow. " I had bee. in Paris nearly two years, sad was replie s to'retitre, when Gee day a letter, Sibeeted is as sisknows ►and, was glees to me. I opened it hastily, with a prematmeat of sew. lag evil, for I had heard nothing from Grim foe. many weeks. Thus were three words from Dr. Matas, the family titypioisa of Os Bpies: DILUt PAM.: Grua does sot visit to 410111 a, TO IT C. C. HOSMILM. 404. No sweeter masts If ref flowed From !aortal lip than this, ; Apollo eopionaly batenwed Os thee asetanian wino. Than is a gushing in thy lay, Sweet soarbir4 of the Swath I like warbling Is as English /Lay. I'ouro4l from a aky-lark's mouth ♦ charm beyond the reach at art la thy wondrous strain ; Notes that ean.svaa thrill soy heart So cold, to warmth &gala I little thought that tuna hot tamer To move my beam once ; But rotas Is thy glorious Juvrtr— I bow Its sps/I baton 1 king, beneath there Sortfiern Ake, Fur pinions swift of Bight, To sun tag lu thy lustrous eye., Wad dream within their light , For buste to me La* told ti. tale That thou art Beauty's tdueeu— Thet trans would not Care unveil When thy fair Orel wae urea No brighter boos ever •eilted The Mime of old Romaow While the hilr shapes of Maud talked. Or ware thy myette dance . kor nature is the mother boom Who awned thee ea her brat Who lolled thee, with her softest tau*, la chil4bocers hour to not Thy w Lich Apollo Laid, M. maids lym found voice' The' matchless minsterlay hall suede M. frame heart weer . FOr to Its cadency Is • spell Thal opens memory's dour, While loved ones wbu have breathed farewell Sit by our bearths tame more +- 1 rov like Knickerbocker Ma4arine her mother, and therefore whiling me to Her daps are numbered. ' Come quickly if you would pee her " rc Ytiu can imagine the slow passing of the days that were bearing me to Grace. She was dyinv 'she might be gone before I <mold reach her; and as if in mockery of my impatience, the dull otbootonotte ticking of the clock sounded in my ears, and the minutes paced so slowly. At last wol reached New York. A few houre ride is the ears, and I was in A I weut immediately to her house, but there was a strange name on the door plate. I rang and inquired where Mrs Hyde bad removed The servant gave me the street and number. I soon found the house, a small cottage, 'in a retired street "What was the cause of this removal?" I asked myself. "Why bad they left their old home? And why bad Grace never mentioned it in her letters? Was it possible that poverty had been added Jo the bereavement, and Grace bad con. coaled it to avoid giving me pain?" Absorbed in these thought*, I stood at the door, of the cottage just as Dr Merton was placing out. He grasped me by the hand. "Welcome home, Paul," he said "They ere all expecting you Grace is quiet; she does not suffer now. I tell you, Paul, there is ni use in trying to keep her here She lehmgs to a better world Angel•. like her are not given to us for a long time.- - They du their work quickly and go home " " He bad led me into the little parlor, end in a iew words, told me all that Grace had e(moesl ed from me Mr. Hyde had died iwieleent.— His creditors bail seized upon everything. Mrs Hyde had rented a *Mall bowie, and furnished it plainly with the little remnant the estate which was left them Few, even of their- must intimate friends, knew bow very small tilts re mnant was. Grace obtaiued a large class of pupils in music and at night, when she ret tatted, weary from her lessons, she taught classes in Frew:M. With a brave heart she worked, sti-• tained by the comoiousneas that her mother WWI saved from toil, and her little brothers were utconsciuus of the loss they had sustalued "Tlivecoontant, wearying toil With too much tor one so wholly unuaed to it. While the spirit was very atrong, the heroic young girl found peace in living fur Milers, the warniug came She must rest. A little longer stio struggled, then sank, and there was no help fir h. r Her earthly work was doue. • The - old man wept like a child 1 could uut weep lu my heart a rebellious voice was say ing : "It must out be. Grace shall not die Life is worthless without her " That evening she was my wife I begged that it might be so; that I might not loose sight id ber while she rein - Med. How beautiful she was —my Grace—in that hour, with the dark hair brubhed back from the forehead, the unnatural brightness that shone In her eyes, and the burn ing crimson in her cheek. "To love and cherish till death us du part." Ard those words uttered, with a full feeling of their significance, when hopes are bright and life seems only to have , eutumeneed ? To us they were fdll of solemn import Death !night eutut to do his work in one week; one day, tine hour ; and I should have no Brace, no wife "But she was mine, mine : and together we waited the suistuuna that should seperute us -- In the few days that remained, she told we the bright hopes of the future, our future, that had rustaioed her iu the days of trial, and of the faith that had made all things easy 14. hest. "If I had known it would end rai, Paul," she said, l would have told you ; but Inhought I was stronger, and would work bravely without telling you abythitig that would pin :t. 0, :001 you would soou come But it is all ttgl.t I shall be yours iu the sitter hotue Walk u..rth ly bere, Paul - Couseerate yourself t.s a t.,lble iln• retnetuber all the dreams of your mud let thew become living realities in your and perhaps in the Louie to which I aw I -hall know it all " "Thus tGs• dry pasti,..l till tl tatt..eurer yaw. , sod Grace weut with Lilo " My uude sat a long rime, with his Lad it:st ing oti the table before him, b 4 fore he spoke aga►o. -Th.n he ("Optioned : "It is thirty years airier Gratte's mitther and hi:ethers came io my home Mrs Hyde lived bat a few years, and oue by out the brothers—there were three of them—wade howes for themselvts, and I wa• left alone "In this room I kept the books and plants she loved, and her portraitjmng always over My study table so I almost, lived in her presence But there w're tittles, when my loneliness seemed unsupportable, and life was a weary burden, I would glaidly lay down that I might go to her "Once 1 have seen her Do not doubt it, Miriant Five years ago, I was very ill for many weeks Grtim's portrait was taken from the Ii brary, and tarried to my chamber, that during the long day* when I had servants for attendants, I might 1144 her face continually before we Tbe disease gained ground, and my physician in slated that I; must have some more suitable at. teodant 'l' bad at that time no near friend or relative Within many miles distant, and so Dr Ives brought Jane Hope to the house I bail met her frequently in the bon-es of my patii•tits, and knew her as a skillful nurse "In my half dreaming moods, I had f.theied that Grace was with me, and it 11114 not always pleasant to be awakened by the touch of a hand , larger and rougher than hers, and lo hear a VOICI• that had preetsiou and harshness in its tones, , when I had 'vett dreaming of the voice so lung j silent. But I learned to know Jane better, and to value ber praotieal knowledge "One night the narcotics I bad taken, iustead I of producing their usual effect, had brought on a state of feverish wakefulness. Sit sego Assdowy formik boated around me, sometimes taking to themselves the face of friends I bad known my boyhood. I could not drive them sway. I rubbed my eyes and said : There is the table and there is the window. There is ogthing be. Meet/ me, and them ; Lout the next minute tie ' apace.would be filled with my ewe! ay visitors Stephen Grant who in college bore tie name of .Euclid Grant, from his devotion to his favorite study, and something of a mathematical p r ,.. c is. ion in every action, stood at the foot of my bed, in the dim light, wearing the same look of im perturable gravity, his bead covered with trian gle*, and his hands filled with circle and squares In a low, monotonous voice, he was rl citing the muses of the disease, and prescribing for its t ure "Let, A. B be the disease, end C. D the time. Then to the square of —." He was then in terrupted by the dancing entrance of the young girl, who thirty-five years before had taught him lessons with which Euclid had nothing to do -- She came with the frescoes. of spring time sr"und her, bearing in ber bands arbutus tl _onere, violets and denies, which she threw upon our Euclid -- They felt upon him and wreathed themselves around the angles, circles, and squares in which be bad buried himself. Then a violin on the table commenced playing a lively strain ; and tables, chairs, and ghostly forms in wild (route sion mingled in the dense, and I saw no wore. "When I awoke, the light still burned dimly, and the portrait of my lost Grace looked tender ly, pitViogly upon me, and I knew that tbrsugh all the long years of loneliness, thus abe looked down upok my desolate home. When my sor row seemid greater than I could bear, one tho't had strengthened me; the thought that in the home to which she bad gone, I should never wire be lesely; she wouldibe mine for ever. 4 lini EMI 50 A YEAR t iN AVVANCE ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNEI9, 1858. "But that sight, i the seedily future need so long, and the way, leading through it *weary and desolite, in my agony I cried : "NKr long! oh ! bow long !" Thee the face changed. It became a living face, as fa of tenderness as be. fore, but wearing a cheerful, hopeful look ; and —you will think it s dream Miriam, but I was not sleeping—l as* her as plainly is I see you now., She seemed to step down from the canvas, and noiselessly to approach me. I tried to rise. I stretched forth ory arms clasp her; boa the waving of her hand repelled me, and her upward, look seemed to say "Not here but there." She drew nearer, and then I saw Jane Hope, my kind faithful nurse, by her aide. Tbenohe took Jane's hand in her own—that little, pHs baud— and holding it a moment, she placed it in mine, sod said in those low, sweet week thrilling my whole being : "Take her Pull, my Paul; she will help you and comfort ),,u, till you emu to we lam waiting for you, Paul; in His time yon will come, and then, toy own —." know not more of that strange night, nor of many following days and nights. "During the days of convalescence, the trait had such a happy look ; and when Jane brought me the tempting delicacies, she could so prepare, there was a smile of sweet contentment - on till face So I learned to watch fur Jane's coming, and to be very happy when she sat by we, busy with her sewing, or when I could watch her moving round the room, giving those iodic eribeble touches to its arrangements which do so moult to please the eye. "When I was well euoug,h to get out, Jane mule one morning to tell we ell was going away told her all, and asked her to stay with me al s. The next week we were married ; and my kind good nurse has proved the kindest and bt.t of waves " A strange ending to all of Paul Begawan's early hopes ; a strange awakening from his young dreams. From Grace, the beautiful and gifted Grace, purified by suffering, whose saintly life Wl4 a holy memory in the hearts dell who loved her, i o cold, stern, practical Jane }lope, the faith ful bouselteeper, and alas ! nothing more, how great the change Did the young wife, looking down upon his earthly needs, send a messenger to give Paul Eastman a wife, who should mend his stockings, and keep his house clean ; make gruel and his bed ; curse his gout, and prescribe for his rheu inatism—or was it an over dose of morphine that did the work ? Who shall say ? fle firmly be lieved that Jane was sent to him by Gracie, and so Le is eon tent ; while I-1 only "tell the tale 114 'twas told to We. " MIRIAM URA's- On a golden Autumn day, almost three and a half centuries ago, near the summit of a mount rain on the Isthmus of Darien, a company of Spanish soldiers and native Indians came to a sudden halt They were the party of the heroic Castilian explorer, Vasco Nunez deitalboa. Thus far they had marched from the colony on the Gulf of Darien, fur many weary days through dense tropical forests, infested by venomous rep. tilts and fearful wild beasta--through pestiferous swamp. and black, slimy streams, and over rooky heights, eneounteriog the most dreadful fatigue, illness, hunger and thirst, iu the hope of, dui rovrring a new ocrau, upon whose shores might lii , that country of whose marvels and riches the savages told such wonderful stories—the India of which the greathearted Columbus dreamed, when he set out on that voyage which the wise wen of Europe thought would rud iu a plunge down sonic ocean ratan:et, into a black rhos, a thou.atvl leaorwm below the world Balboa bad been assured by his Indian guide that from the snmmtt of a eert‘lll mountain be would behold the great .ea, wh0.... waves webbed the ,hort of territories I,eined with gold :.n•l silver .ire Rousing their Balle remaining strength, the driving adventurers toiled up the rough ascent., as eager to behold the promised Nell us were the Israelite. ut old to catch sight of 'the promised land ' But jtl4l Is fore they reached the highest point, their leader command ed a halt, and they all paus-'d breathless, but re. luetaut Balboa bad resolved to be the first to behold the Pacific, ■ad be proceeded alone to the summit Ido uut think that this was a noble act, but a selfish one, quite unworthy a true hero Surely thme brave followers, who bad shared bun all the perils and hardships of the expedi tion, should have had their full share iu the first joy of the discovery. But he had it all to him. self—the glorious eight of that vast placid ocean —thuse green and &wry shores—the beauty, the grandeur. the mystery of a new world —and it was more than he could bear unmoved. Be sank (whiz knees acid gate thanks to God. Then be called up his followers, and they cut down a large tree and wade of it a great cross, which they erected on the spot., in sign bf eonquests and eivilmation They also carved the names •.f King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella upon several prominent trees--thus taking possession of the land They tbeu debt:ended to the seashore, and Balboa having in one baud his drawn sworll, and in the other the Spanish standard, stood iq the rising tide and shouted—Wong live the King and Queen of Castdr!'—lbus taking po, sesi.kou of the sea Perhaps they lingered on that shore till bight, and saw the sun descend into that cahn transpa rent expanse of sea, turning all the waves into a vast sheen of gold, and settiog all the western heavens a glow with burning splendors, till the) seemed like the open gates f 'the g o blet' city,' or the mighty pavilions of the King of Glory ' When the news of this discovery, of such In calculable importance to the whole world, reach. eil Spain, it caused great wonder, rejoicing and triumph, and ilia name of Vasco Nuncz,de Bal boa was associated with these of Clari.topher Cu• luwbus and Alsericus Vespucius. Yet I ato sorry to add, in less than four years from the time of his glorious discovery, be was accused of disloyalty, and put to death by the Spanish gov. truor of Darien. Ho it little profited thy bravo tuiveuturer that be bad fouud a mighty ocean, on which Europe , an eyes bad never before gazed, and pointed the world to regions of exhaustless riches Yet let na hope that for him Lb. waters of that other on , known sea, which lies between us and the true 'promised land,' was illuminated by the 'Sun of Righteousness,' and that the gates of the golden city of God were not closed against biol.—Leff& HOT BRIAD.—The following is from Dr J. Boating, who has been esperimentiog with Alexis St. Martin, the man with a hole jn his stomach, made by bullet, through which can be seen all the process or stages through which the different articles of food must pass in the set of digestion. • " Hot bread never digests. 'Bear this is mind, reader, if pone:. atcsuitomed to eat the light and tempting biscuit at tea, or the warm loaf which looks so appetizing upon your dinner table. Hot bread never digests at all; after a long season of tumbling and working about is the atomaeli, it will begin to ferment and will eventually be pas.. sed out of the stossitob as an , unwelcome tenant. of that delicate organ, but never dilate—never beeomes assimilated to or absorbed by the organs that appropriate niorition to the body. It is 'll enthrals dopeptie producer. The alma is arse, as it has been sepeatedly prevails:as actual Mt servatiou *salad the side of Alexis th. Martha." • How the Nei& was Discovered. AN INCIDENT AT NIAGARA FALLS. "You were in too much agitation this morn- last escaping from us, under pretence of needing ing," said Madame Percival, "to take much iu- ito change his clothes, which were indeed wet terest in a scene that was present to my inlaid as through with the spray and dashing waters.— we looked upon-the rapids, but I think I must When he was out of sight the oldest min among tell it you now I said that I had often beeoi at the crowd took of his hat, and just thanked God the Falls. It must be nine ur ten yeats educe in as few' and simple words as you can well im what I am going to telkyou about happened din- Dine; nod then held the hat to us all, without ing one of my visits. You noticed the email I another word of explanatiou We knew what it rocks that come up to the surface in the eurreut was for; for while the young man bad been gone just above the rapids. Of course they form oh' lup the wooded shore, before be bad embarked stacles to the drift wood and rubbish that is 00n- upon the roaring rulers—we could not have T o. stactly being borne down the stream ; and- this ken a word then—it had I eon bruited that he accumulation of stray substance has, in tone, I strati a poor worline maiutained his old forsed some of these rooks into islands. There mother by itaiiy Iwe longod to make is-Tue of the largest just in the middle cf the I his life a bit ask r him henceforth So one rushiug water*, where the impetuous torrent is put in a watch as pledge fur something more, fullest and widest, not half a aisle from the Falls and many put in dollars, and some few put in It is covered with brushwood, and even some cents (with tears that they had no more to give,) trees of a tolerable growth I was walking on and altogether there were from three to four bun the allure cue day, and came to the road just op- deed dollars either paid or promised, by the time posits to this island. There I saw a hundred or Ihe came out of the kind of public-house into so of people collected, now still and breathles s , which be bad gone to change his clothes,— now moves/ about as by some common sympathy. 1 Th os e who were on the watch for him brought 11'hat could be the matter ? I walked hastily him to us am ain—unwilling and sheep-faced, up, and then, looking by sympathy to the point though be did not know why we wanted him on which all eyes seemed fixed, I saw two men I Theo the old man (who would fain have made a on the island—two Irishmen, as they told me— I speech, only words failed biro) shoved the bat who, ignorant of the force of the rapids, bad un- into his band, and burst into tears. dertaken to cross the river in a boat.--going to ~ 'fhe young fellow looked at the money— their day's work, as I think they said--at a I looked round at us all—and then quietly placed point too near the Falls fur any one but a wan I the hat on the ground 'Thank you all, kindly,' ger to attempt. Their boat bad long since been 4 said be; 'but I can't take it'.' He gave no reason; whirled away over the Falls. They wore eared I only replied over and Over again in the same aa.by a miracle; they had been carried by' the I w , i d. 'Thank you all kindly; but I can't take force of the stream, dashing against this piece of it ' W e ,otild do nothing et the moment; but resistance—this little island, out two hundred tt wa• ?.ugg. and the idea was followed out) yards off, and had sprung out on the:tate ground, I that the house in which his mother lived, and the as it were, by instinct; but it seemed but like rent of which be had to pay, should be bought, exchanging one kind of death for another They and given to the old woman, before he knew any , were safe from the Falls ; bat no humus being thing about it. bleanwhile, he said,in a aimple had ever set foot on that island, surrounded by and straightforward manner enough, 'I cut a few the whirling floods; it seemed beyond the power i stems and branches down from yon place. I of man to reach it—bow much the more to es• thought as no man hadover been there before, to rape from it ! Any one who attempted it would I my knowledge, uo one might happen to go there be carried down a abort two minutes' agony of again; and they might be, kind of curiosities in bib ift, relentless torrent, and - then „..--Llod pity the the way of waking sticks I reckon to make six ..tate of that creature dashed down the ur seven cf 'em and I hope they will not be The thought of that ghastly sweep of waters thought too high priced at half a dollar each ' made the little crowd silent and motionless, even " You may be sure there was a rush for them; while looking nu at the passionate gestures k tio auttmany a one cried, 'Let them be put up' to doubt accompanied by many words and tales that auction!' But no! toe first bidders had-them; and were utterly lost to the roar of many waters) of no beggit.g• or entreaty could make him- take the two men, who, now kneeling—now sfandiag more than half a dollar for each " up and tossing their arms aloft in the ail—now down again on their pleading knees, their heads Congressional Rumor. buried in their hands, as if trying to drown the perpetual mob of the resotioding torrent, and to speak their last earthly words to Lind with elear and steady minds Oh, my Uod ! what could we—helpless meo—do for these, our brothers r Through the crowd came a cry ; it cleft our mur mured, whispered words like a sharp, flawing sword ; it was the wife of one of the &owed men.. "'Arc you Wind, lame, Stocks and stohes she said, as she would have waded deep into the tossing waters if two or three strong men had not held her by main force 'He has seven children, the youngest a sucking babe. en to him !' for Jae beard him, or thought ;he beard him 'For the love of God !' lie cries; 'tor the love of the Blessed Virgin, send help ' Tat rick ! Patrick !' she serceehe4l—as if he could hear—'are ye thinking on the blessed Lady of many sorrows in the little church of Drougad more at home r Oh,' said slit dropping he ' voice, 'that we had never left ot.ft home, and the oul' parents, who blessed us when we left, and are thinking ou us now, little dreaming . what a death lies before us; for if he die., I will die, and Gael help the orphans !" "Suddenly a man came up, stripped to his trewse rs I believe he had been in the eruwd before, only I had not noticed him Ile was a hue, stalwart young fellow, with a rope tied round his waist, and the end of the coil in the hands of another man Two or three were folloring evidently dissuading him from undertaking such a tremendous risk, as I raw in his flaming eye land compressed lip he himself believed it to be They were speaking low and earnestly. I only caught one piece iof his answer. 'Take _care of my old mother, boys; but that I know you will. ."Ykti wan nut there bait wife and children I have 11012c.' Then he came up to the passionate, woeful woman, and told her that, by God's help, he . would strive to save her husband, and bade her bless him before he went She looked him steadily in the face for a moment, as if reading his soul, and then lifted up her arms and blessed bin,. 'God be with thee in thy going out and in thy coming in; in the deep waters, as on the dry laud ; in the struggle of thy life as in the deeper struggle of thy death God be , with thee evermore Ns will be done !" "And, as if the reference to God had calmed the tumult of her despair, or it, might be from pure pliyahml exhaustion, she sat down mutely sod meekly, cowered down by the aide of the ter rible stream, and buried her head in her gown tail, which she bad worn, like many of her countrywomen, indicts of a cloak or shawl. "The young man and be who held the end of the coil of rope began to ascend the entree of the torrent. Welost sight of them for a ame. We held our breaths. The only sound that broke the dead silence that coexisted with the rush and crash of the torrent were the low, muttered pray. err of the poor Irishwoman as we Ladd her tel.. Au g her bead!. At length ° some one cried out, sThate be is 1' and sari enough, high sip at. the bead of the river, we saw a little black seallop shell of a boat, stowed or mulled (I don't know white yea raft it) by one man • it wii whirled dad tossed , sod thrown hither ind thither by the white, foaming rapids, not yet-4rbere he ma— w, their fall force, but gathering furytevery yard that impaired the island, still two cetbriar bruk• fired yards anal. All the staermast rintrwer seemed reserved Collie mie Wail of , g front rook to ,r,ook ob . WA at okii oso* Oaks kola, ioorisagO the • • OEM - - - .TB3 Wirt' 3TB BY ILIBA 000 K The uairl like Is est th• Goo Tbst danaleawitti Ito Nilaiming glossa That dens to took ■pa tb. wo As au' It chailimgud Wetter beam That orb any aparkto, auk, sad roll It. Snow Maw lb shaft soy It • But tat for us. I prise tha soul 'not Qualm» la a quiet err There sowsethhas ht lb piadd &hub. Tint 1411411 .s►e anwerkny thought Mope maybe etwrasd, or joy d.►ynd— Ko 1111111 k ike ray Is essebt ►t. pensive lanipalos, sea na t 6 mai, "I know that I must clone and die " And death fleet etewe when it may, Can bard,, change the quiet eye There's meaning le its empty ileum, Of patio blame, et vitiate( lore, Tint makes as tremble to advent* ♦ word that uppeabeg alert reprove Thilikattesey threat, the flay Wet, My *tit proe* ewe defy Net rover yet meld rood and brook fl upbeeLUot of a quiet era Thessis liewasee la ha sees itukt.2. Tharbillussef a bawd alasefe And oh ! lake vetch hoe ye excite That Orioneis tlll It yield a tear Some bosoms give an easy Some drops of grief rill keel) start But that which sears the util.t ey• Hath Its deep fountain la the heart BY MBA. GAMBIA. =nal boat. He was drifted swiftly from rockily rook At times we feared id* streergth would dot miles I to guide his little boat to the next point of land among the seething, waters, and that we should see him borne past us like lightning, carried hope lessly to the Falls by the tremendous rapid. At times we lost him behind the scrubbery brush. wood that grew here and there on an islet larger than the others ; btit length the last passage was made—he was there on the island. We saw him rousing hod comforting tbe..men, who by this time had sunk into the weakness and the stupor of despair He cheered them up, be pat ted their backs ; be pointed to ue, or rather to the poor shrouded wife, still prayin4 with hidden eyes. Then at last we watched him cut down some tree branches, and lay them in the bottom oNhe boat—we could not imagine why—and then there was some arrangement of the rope be bad taken with him "hardly know how—for by this time the poor wife bad gone down to the ground with a heavy fall and a long sobbing groan in a dead faint, from which no efforts of mine could,rodse her—nothing, in short, but her husband, as—saved and rescued by that brave young man—he stood by her, and took her in his arms, and etiepred her and coomforted her by the sound of that voice she thought never to hear more " •' And the young man—what became of the )uutig Man?" asked 1. " Why" (and Madam Percival' eyes were wet' with tears, altbongh her month was smiling,) "we did not know bow to make enough of him— noun of us b!essed him, and some of us shook him by the Laud—he, all the time, trying to get rid of us, and making light of his daring, and at The lion J. L Gillis, who represent► some half dozen of the northwestern counties-of our State in the national House of Representatives, created a wood deal of mirth in that body during tLM kession of May 14th. The "Judge is hi IX LI to many of our readers, and therefore his spied' will be read with interest. At the opening of the Seas on , on the day we mention, the clerk, on proceeding to call the roll, found about one hundred 404 forty of the mem. hers were• absent The' Speaker , dimmed the door to be closed, and that special messengers should b.• appointed, who should take into custody tborr who were absent without a sufficient ez sus.• Quite a number were brought to the bar, an I ou being neled for uu excuse, Judge Gillis gave Ins reason for absence as follows: "Mr Speaker, am the humble representative of the wild-wst district of Peousylv.suia, [laughter ] and it is not to be expected that either the people of that district or their repre• setitative should he completely conversant with till the rules of this House, or any other ilisordtrs ly lei}) [Renew. d laughter ] his nut to be expcekil that either they or their reprysentative should be acquainted with all the etiqaetie of this "city of magnificent distances," as my cul ague Las called tt. I ass invited to dine with the President; and I had been informed that it 'was etiquette with members of this body that au incitation to the President's was au iturrat tive order, and could nut be dissrbe)ed. [(mat laughter ] Regarding it in that leglit, 1 accept ed the invitation I have been dining with the President, and hate enjoyed mysedf, and enjoyed lily company alter dinner very much; and now I ant waling to pay t.t. it. (Excessive laughter.] Mr Speaker, I am afraid that those gi ntletnen on the other side of the lipase, who did DA ref eei-ve invitations, are a little envious because 'hey did nut. (Renewed laughter.] _ I have ouly - sootLer rt orci to ay I heard that 44 ber geauit.-at.ar ins was after me, and flew, not to the burns of the altar, but to the horns of Buck. I Bested them, and-held on to them, until l found I was out of danger. Then I let loose, and came here; and now throw my. self on the mercy of the House." [Laughter.] BENJAMIN FliftNIWN IN 1118 GlO. -It is now I but a century since Benjamin li'ranklin, post master-general of the American colonies by ap. pointment of the crown, sot out in his gig to make an official inspection of the principal mites. It is about eighty years since be held the same of. fioeunder the authority of Congress, when a small folio (now preserved in the Department at Wash• lesion) containing three quirei of paper, lasted as - his account book for two years. These simple facts bring before us, more forcibly than in slab. orate description, the vast increase in . Post office facilities within a hundred years. For if a poet master were to diadertake to pus all over the routes at present existing, it would require six years of incessant rs t ilmmi travel at the rate of 126 miles dailtarkiii 4f he were to undertake' the job in a git i lt Wald require a lifetime for its performance. Instead of s mama folio with its three quires paper, the post sine somata sossrMie every two-years 4,000 tiro= !deed laden k witless, thaw one olerkj eOnst4 einployed in reeot44 Mani. aetions with i y i eontrietors and *Nur 1101111. 02%:14:0•=1101: 8. Al died ..1 - f' 1i , ji } I.i tHref ► ANT ••for .• B:1 11 .>z , 10,1 I 1 f rff A itusaPfutplipirlirl "ii One very pleasantly lael; riding from St pael,sciantriMo el le Te e ? 'character' in the shape of a fir tee who, it appeared, had nothing to reeemasesd kiat save his own assurance; but of that diem 141110,, lack As we caught each others shade, rtuniti ded slightly, my fresh actittaintatice . imitafed bow as he jerked out: Morning! mighty pleasant day, 'Stinker Yes, it is rather plainest.' Some of a hoes, that o' pure.' . I did not reply, but instead maned my Rik bor'd beast (daftly. His eye detested. She scrutiny. ' I guess he'll do, won't he!' I should judge so,' I replied, no little amuse ed at spy fellow traveller's Manner; Ofollllllllo he belotigs to you.' He phokered his lips, half closing his eyes at the same time, then jerked his hear baggily to one side, as be managed to sneeze oat: Ye—es—no!' a long pause 'Weil, I'fl be hanged, stranger, of I know who men it,' and ' be made a story attempt to laugh. • Foldently the mania poking fun at me, • the reader's bumble servant, tint I mild= bear remarking aloud: That is a little singular ' The giggle died away, the grimace left Me face. Notif yu knew the bull of it Yn area rat* comer, I take it, strauger ' No, I am Dot,' I answered drily No offence, 'Squire. Come trout the Elm r Yee.' My companion blew his nose vigorously, Rat• ted hie horse on the neck, and then phs , -d fresh quid of the we. d he streets his Issuers jaws Wall, about this boas; it uktnine and it ll ' IleT mine; leastways, I'm out martin yet. I' would take a Philadelphia law) er to decide 0011; THAT'S SO, EVEN SU.' And here my companion assumed a swamis, manner, working his jaws freely. I dossed is be to give him ha own tittle to espial' hissealt After riding a half mile to silence, he broke OILS with— • Much acquainted hereabout?' Very slightly.' P'r'aps yon belong to Bt, i'eter's river, of I shook my bead, and ones more be eassebeek- • to the ownership of the horse a I • Wall, about this yer boss; I'll bet ye never beard of sECII an IDT.F. as this hose trade, bat, maybe, yu could guess where t come fromr From Conneeticut?' No! from Vermont. I'm an out an out Yen ket —name's Tread wel I—p'eape you've beard of Guv'nor Treadwell who used tu be—be's my father's uncle, yu see Somehow a poor mum hadn't no chances there—at least, I need to tide& so—so one day I pulled up st4es so fated out here to Mlnesota; !lough& 1, my furtin,' &MIX, mi ntent td litle day. Yn see, Major, when l cease :tit Ude `*es over there, (pointing significsinay tows* Sitist . Paul) I hadn't more than i ghillie /A the rascals a'most took the clothes off my..hiek.—: Now, I don't mind Willa' YEW all 110414 'now „ YZW don't know Jambs, nor sbe resS oi Yu see afore I left hum, I used to bean Anoka round to parties ontaiberably, Iv* to bap, ory band in, yu know. Jamb' kinglet ‘ jitea . stuck after use, bus laws! I wasn't Airsiossa„ mite after her There was a purt . y,oo4lo.l l it., ed near her , called Susan Pipperyl, aid an divided my attentions, acted unpartralaralsodno: stand; but the first thing I know sironiedwlypitnod away with her folks, an ef yu bolO4s3t 4 ,,strass ger, that was the first time I everinewiiiesteha. was worth a dollar. Come tu find out do vow ed five hundred. That riled me and to awn., vale it, Susan took up with ano ther tr,: and laughed in my face. So I never asked about. Jernaha but come out here I jest worked bare one mouth, when I met—who du yu support' Jerusha?' No! you're out, 'twas her aunt—an' laws! ef we didn't laugh! Of course I had to go right along with her, an' ou the road I found out that Jernsha's uncle owned three hundred acres, with forty broke in You'd ortet see Jerusha smith" at we. 'The old folks wanted me in the family right along, and I seen that they still kept draW• in me on, sorter kinder But Jernsha ain't no beauty, nohow, an' she's pretty tart, tu, So I didn't let on that I loew what they were up tn. Now, this boss belongs tu, or once belonged to, Jerusha; (she's got a yoke of oxen, and a cow, and two pair of geese, besides, the only geese I ever secu in the" territory,) and slw has a hundred dollars laid away to buy 3 oottifei, so I cotaoluded tu—marry her " fier au . the old folk., h. , artl tie talk about loukin' over the country, au' au after a long talk, says the on.. day, says him, 'Steve, that hope is worth a hundred and eighty dollars rash any des; now you want to look about yen. Take the bus., Stevt., pack off to Stillwater, Prescott, OoculA rua them places; take yt.r time, Lew.— The htt-s is yout'u to por swap et ju hops what you're shout; but tusucl, .steve, of ya owe that ho.s, I ovvu ller peptise!" identical language, nr —what's ru.ty yor name be?' ( Smith, J.Lu Staab Uer tie. t. •rtl, Nit . Smith, an' et claim lIHR, (palling t t, LVI . :`4.! gentle) ..fCrusha 01111411111 MR, an' eau e iove it by the tad Who, tR say Dot IlLoal a pit ec of paper I ,iv,o4 joss about this time yesterday?' course, you will marry bet,' j ven tured to ri ki.a: 16, as I "trove in vaia to control my muscles. ' (Yu, certainly: certainly: only I'll be imaged of I kuuw lot h.l'll uwu the hum HOWSOII4IIt, I'll kw+ tLe critter l (ttuat'a you au, M. Banal, pod (.1.4):) l'iu booed au, keep the critter . .. r" Aud Ur. Tretilwell parted from m, matkir lag, .I'll keep the critierr SPURGEON AND THE LADY.—i witty literary lady, well known in Loudon, was traveling the other day, in a railway carriage. The Ml,* occupant of the compartment in whielt r iles war seated was a fat., vulgar young man, with illeisiNe neckcloth (soiled,) sleek:bait, ptomain= 'and a self itatiefted air. The individed very adroitly, to make the elinveraMiel tom - ' upon the Rev Mr. Sptirgeon: • • soon became exceedingly warm i - the lady expressing the ntutlist,"ie - preacher in question, as an Miti3tate*iii • , sad the gentleman extolling him tiiihiniOseth heavens as the most glorious Min of the age l lthd the Demosthenes of the pulpit. On arrivin . g at the 'Utica where the journey terminated, the gentleman mild . IrGood morning, madam." And the lade replied with smile • " I wish you s pleasant iffiriooN it ! Apr geom." Ttic Path street photingtiiiiit 1141111P10 11 14, and drawing, his hat eveildiOrnit; e l Ter/ penitentiati voice ;a ' ' fit -*wit bavi been bird` 4;C bdille me ifiva prompted -till 4111. se." . _ 0.11: as. Madam Ida Ma*, lag .big Apt* 44441 fOlie bag 64. assmil .hailer nadalpeoulest. e e • •4 'f - I I=llll sia; 41'3 lest r'ft?'