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VOLUME' SIII;=•NUMBER 41.
Elizabeth Barrett :Browning.
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Br 71,1 E d UTUOR OF"THEIIOIISEEIOL . D OF BOITFEILIE
"Dead just after daybreak."
Juit after break of day, I
Her spirit passed away;
Taking the wings of morning for; its flight,
• --Vind flashing on the stream
Of the glorious day-god's beam,
Preis bonds of earth to ecstacy of light.
The struggle, dint and sore,
' Waged as the shadows wore;
The weary, iris Jul ,yearning for release,
Were past and over now, ,
•
And on the marble brow
'Death had inscribed his holy signet peace
'Twins beautiful to trace
the triumphant face,
Where late such ghastly shadows had been cast
That smile which seems to tell
The gazer "all Is well,"
And joy "unspeakable" is won at last
'Twas "beautiful"* to think •
That, hovering on the brink
Of an immensity of Nought and power,
Even then, that soul of troth,
Milled in eternal youth,
Plumed with delight,was hastening to its dower
All she had burned to.,know—
The dource or joy and woe,
The plan of the exhaustless universe,`
.The mystic cluea OT life,
Of sacrifice, of strife,
Of hope, of glory—all, at last, were hers I
• And at the break of day,
While the angels led the way
To that new'revelation of her`morn,
The clouds that veiled our sight,
• Rolled from a nation's night,
And with the sun a glorious realm was born
Her deep, prophetic song
Had been the herald long
Of,.that proud/wakening of a sleeper stirred;
She saw, oh !
Thy glorious destiny,
While sickening in the shade of hope deferred.
She saw, with spell-touched eyes,
• The vanished centuries 1
Pass in their state like Duncan's kingly line
While Item a living tomb
A shape that rent the gloom
Burst on her vision; dominant—divine.(
A warrior in his mail,
Heroic, grand, and pale,
Whoseßoman sword crused still with blood
Whose deep, dilating eye
Flashed fire and victory—
The genius of he past—before her stood
Thenin thri daufniug dark )
Upsoaring like the lark:
She carolled high her clear, prophetic son
.Even to the holy gate, -
Where saints and seraphs wait,
She bore the burden of Italia's wrong.
And still, oh 1 such the trust:
That lifts us from the dust )
And proves her kindred with the hosts above
Her high and holy strain
Shall sound in heaven's fane,
Breathing of human honor, hope . and love.
*Her last Word was—'Beautiful?'
PLAYING TUE VIXEN.
Captain Goddard was a retired sed-cap
min, who having accumulated a very re
spectable ,share of this world's goods, and
having, moreover, a pretty daughter to
look after, decided to pass the remnant of
his days quietly on land.
His daughter, I have said, was, pretty,
I Might add, that she was very pretty.
When she reached the age of eighteen,
there was more than one young gentle
man in toWn who would willingly -have
relieved her of 'her name,
.and counted it
no sacrifice.
Young ladies are aptto have their pref
erences, however.; Dim Goddard had
hers. It .so hilpened that she encoun
tered more than once, a young lawyer
named Henry Foster, who had just com
menced practice in the nest town, •and
the intimacy had beeome so established,
that at length' the latter ventured 'to
propose.
Emma. accepted him for her own 'pail,
but suggested that it would be well not
to mention the subject to her father just
yet, as ne had a, temper of his own, and
might very probably refuse at once. She
counseled her: lover to . wait till they
should have time: to become acquainted ;
and her father favorably impressed.
Mian'while, Captain Goddard had plans
of his own for his daughter. , Early in
life he had been very intimate,with a
school - companion ," who shad now been
dead some years, and .left a son, 'now
grown to a young man, and bad, with his
usual impetuosity, decided that, as his
daughter was now of a marrkgeable"age,
the son of his friend "should be her
husband.
Having resolved- upon a' thing, he was
_always impatient until it was carried out.
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He accordingly dispatched a note to the
young man, inviting him to his house;
and receiving a prompt acceptance, with
the day of his arrival fixed, he condescend
ed to mention the fad' to his daughter.
,He sent for Emma, who soon made
her appearance. . -
"What is it, father ?" she asked:
, "How old are you now ?" asked her
father abruptly.
"Going on for nineteen," site answered,
playfully,•
"So I thought. Well, ..tumt
come to the, conclusion that it
time for you' to be married.
"Have you ?" said Emma sud
terested. how long are you goin
me to hunt up a husband ?"
"11 - c) trouble on that point.
one in My eye."
"Have you 7" said Emma', in
" Yes. Would you like to k
it is ?"
"Ye - -yes!'
"It's - Hamilton Jones, son of
friend John Jones—who Used
school with me."
'•What'—Hamilton?"
"No, of course not; kis father.
I've sent for hiin. He will be h
'me see : to day's Tuesday--he'li
day after to-morrow."
" Does he know he is to'mare
she said, demurely.
"Not yet, but I shall tell .him;
"Did you ever see him 'l'"•
"No." •
'Perhaps he's homely:"
alirhat if he is ? The homeliest men
make the best husbands!'
"I believe you were a very good bus .
baud, father."
"Hush, you . jade 1 I do believe you are
laiighina at me. yes, I was a good hue:
band; but then I don't mean to deny„that
some who are- not homely are capable of
•being such. That's all I want to say to
you. You must prepare to receive Ham
ilton Jones as your future husband. So
look your prettiest by Thursday.
_•"Jut father," said Emma changing her
one, "I really don't want to be married.
"Don't want to be warded ! That's all
bosh. I never knew a girl yet that didn't
want to get married."
"But I really don't."
"Then you shall. Do yoh think lam
going to •have any 'old Maids in my
family r'
"But," suggested . Emma, with a sud
den thought, "perhaps he won't have me."
"No fear of that. You're-good looking
—inherit all my good looks—he'll be glad
of the chance."
"But suppose he should not 7" persist
ed Emma.
"There's no supposing such a ease.
However, if he shouldn't choose to marry
my daughter, when I've taken.the trouble
to send for. him for that particular pur
pose, why, I'll—I'll—"
"You'll let me marry whom I please."
7 "Yes, and you shall marry within a
week."
li.What a peremptory old father I've
got," thouight Emma. "Now I mnst de
vise means to make myself disagreeable.
I tuns., see Henry this very evening."
The meeting was held, and a plan of
operations decided 'Upon. What this was
will appear in the sequel.
Hamilton Jones made his appearance
Jit the residence of Captain 'Goddard, on
the day which had been fixed.
He was a timid man, with ,featnres just
passable; but wearing a timid, irresolute
expression. He certainly had none of
that superabundant irratibility which, in
the case of Capt. Goddard, found'veut in
Ways not orthodox.
won't say anything to him at first,"
thought Captain Goddard. "I'll let him
see Emma, and see what impression is
made upon him."
They met -first at the d;ntier-table. ,
Young Jones was quite struck with the
beauty of the young lady, as her father
did not fail observe with satisfaction.
Emma observed the same thing, but not
with the same degree of pleasure.
He isn't in the least agreeable," she
thought. "He's as homely as—as he can
be, and looks as if he bad not the courage
to say that his soul is his OWEI. I'm very
much afraid he'll fall into father's. snare,
and offer himself to me. I: musttry to
impress him with the idea. that I am
virago. :That will be sure to scare one of
his teinperament." -
Meanwhile Capt.. Goddard had sum
moned young Jones to a :private con
ference.
"How do you like my daUghterr
then asked. ;'
"She is charming," said the yougn
man, warmly
.- "Eh ! Glad to hear you say so. But
perhaps you only'say so to gratify me.",;
"No, sir; not at all. How can I help
saying so of one so beautiful ?"
"`Yell, I'm glad to hear it, as I said.
Shall I tell you why I sent for you ?",
"If you please."
"You see your father was an old friend
of mine—an old school mate in fact- —and
I've Lem thinking that (as it is about
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0013pERSPORT I POTTER COUNTY, PA., IIIiTEDNES44, g,Oll OBER 2, 1,861.-.
time, for Emma to be married) there's
no one I would sooner trust her to than
the son of my - old friend."
"Indeed, sir, I feel,highly flattered by
this mark 'of preferenCe." I
"Oh, no thanks. As I was going to
say, you can tell at the'end of a fortnight
whether you like her well enough to
propose."
d3nt, sir, she may not be favorably
impresSed."
~ p h, I'll take care that she interposes
no obstacles. There, that's enough. You
can !go. Remember that I give you - a
fortnight to study her character in.
Young Jones left the room, feeling
that he had a most delicate commission
to execute. He had been much struck
with Emma's beauty and graceful bear
ing at the table, and rather exalted at
the,thought of how much envy he would
excite among the young men, if be should
tiring home so charming a bride. Then,
too; his vanity was excited by the :Cap
tain's communication ; and he thought
that it only depended upon his own' will
to win arid wear this beautiful rose. ,
Absorbed in an agreeable train 'of re
flection he walked out into the garden.
There were two walks, scOra . ted by a
hedge,, bat running parallel with each
other.
a. I've
s about
enly in
-1 to give
'ye go
'sway.
, ow who
my , old
o go to
Well,
: e b re— i he l e re t
As he was t walking slowly along, he
heard the sound of a voice, evidently
wiled. I.
Looking through the hedge, what'vas
his surprise to recognize in the speaker
the beautiful Emma, of whom he had just
been dreaming. •
She! "was scolding violently a little' girl,
of perhaps twelve years.
f•You little wretch !" screamed Emma,
didn'tl tell you never to touch this rose
bush 1, Didn't you know it was mine,
and I was saving up the roses for a par
ticular purpose ?"
• I—l forgot," said the girl putting
her apron to her eyes.
"Don't tell me," said Emma sh4rply.
"Come here, you jade. _ There, take that!,
—and that !—and that I" administering
at each word a blow.
"Oh ! oh I oh I" screamed the little
v me ?"
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girl.
"Dont yoU scream so; they'll hear you
at the house. And don't you take anoth
er rose from that bush, or I'll beat you
to a jelly."
"Good heaven 1" thought Hamilton,
who had been a concealed witness of the
scene; "who could imagine that One out.
wardly so beautiful could have such a tem ,
per. She looked like a fury, I declare.
Emma, meanwhile, kad gone into the'
house.
The little girl sat oh the grass
and covered her eyes with her apron
"Oh, what a temper Miss Emma hasl"
she soliloquized. "That's the third licken
she's given me this week." •
"The third in one week !" repeated
Hamilton in dismay; "who could have
imagined it ?"
ile`pursued his walk, with his ideas of
Emma somewhat changed—for the worse.
He could hardly identify her—when
he saw her at the dinner-table, gentle,
selt-possessed, and to all 'appearances,
amiable, as the virago of the morning.
"I must have been dreaming," he tho't.
But the next day another scene trans
pired, 'which convinced him that it had
been only too real. ,
The two parlors connected with folding
doors. In the front parlor sat young
Jot es with a book in his hand. The fold-,
doorslug were so nearly closed that, while
all that was said in one room could be
heard in the other, scarcely anything
could be seen.
Hamilton heard the door of the 'hack
parlor open, and some .one enter. From
what afterward happen 4 he conjectured
that it was Emma! and the little girl be.
fore alluded to.
'.Where is Mr. Jones, Clara?" asked
Emma, in her usual voice..
"He has gone out, Miss Emma."
"He has, has he ? Then,iNiss, I'd
like to' know what you mean by not wa
tenni, my flowers this morning i"
"fdid, Miss Emma."
I"Don't tell me you did, you trollop.
You're telling me a falsehood. Britig me
that stick."
1"01), don't beat me, Miss Emma!"
!''Then don't deserve it."
I "I--4 didn't mean to "
"Hero followed several sounding slaps,
adcompanied by shrieks from Olara.
Quite disgusted, young Jones took his
hat, and silently left the house:
"Before I'd marry such a virago, I'd—
I'd shoot myself I One might as well
commit suicide as admit such a fury in
to the house. No wonder her father
wished to get her married off. He was
very kind upon my word, to offer her to
me. I Won't stay the fortnight out. I'll
tell Mm. this very night that I. can't mar
ry uer.
"Mint go I" exclaimed Capt. Goddard.
"Arid 'my dalghter ?"
"I—l don't think, sir, that we should
be ,spited to each "other." '
"Not , suited to each other I" exclaimed
~. . ' t !
the •captaid, angrily
do you bring to ber? i
"Yes, ; sir; but l h'.
"But is4at?"
"Ilerteinper, sir.'
"Well, ihat c l an 11 say, aphis
temper ? ! It's 4s; fi ela temper , a
mine sir, She was inever known
angry." , 1 , 1, [ , ,I
Young Ijones r, r ok4d ' incredi
which enraged the aptain more.
"11, see what Youl mean, sir. Y•
insulted my family Out of my hou
ten minutes, or the a rvant shall pill
Out 1" . _ 1 1 •
The young mOi rak the hint.
"Now call Enimii," ' voelferatedl
Captain. I , i,!‘ . , .
"That Young j raseil has refused! your
band," said be irritated. "What do you
think he says of you ?" , ' '
"I don't Iknow," said Emma, demi i
"Ile says be objeetts to your, tem,
"And what . did yoi.i say,' fatlier?'i
-I ordered Min out of the housed Mit
you shall lie married[within a week, 'l've
determined it, and it' shall be. I Is (there
anybody that yOu think of that's likely
to have you ?” .
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"Henry Foster proposed to,' mel, '.last
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night," said Emma. i
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"And what did yo tell him " :
"That you wisheid, me to 'marry 3lr.
I Jones."
"Weil, that's all Over, and you! shall
marry Foster in ..a isekr. Here, fetch me
I 4
peitaod paper."' •, I I
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The young lawyer n the course
i bf the
next day received the folloWing,niite:
"Dearr Sir : My daughter informs me that
you .proposed for her land.: I give ta l i ). con
sent, provided you wil marry ininne week.
I had other views for per, but found out the
man to be a rascal. l
Yours, in haste.
1 1 ' idg3WEL a(JDDAY:D." ,
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The-young' lawye answered ! this -note,
in person ; and on that day week, Emma ,
had a uan4 weddin,,,ir. It is needie,ss to
say that thblittle girl- was` Indsoniely
recompensed for the unpleasant part
which she - took in the little I decepltiou,
which terminated so , happily.
I,
BAYARD;Esq., native of
Chester!, county, in this atate, whoseibooks
r ;
of travel. and literaryl lectures l and Vibors
hare given him a world-wide ;fame, is
writing! letters from !Gotha Germany . , to
the New York Tribune, of which , he is
one of •the owners and editors. In' his
last letter, printed in; that paper,he makes
statement in referende- to exLPresideut
Buchanan,'' hich we copy, without vouch
ing for its autheniicity, altheugh;. - Arr.
Taylor is one of the Most conscientious
and liberal writers of ibb dayl:
"The venerable.JJ - 13;, it is well known,
never suffered serious ly! from a tackOf the
article of vanity, but his supply4 -s ealiy
greater than I had anticipated.; .I - n ,this
place is published the Almanactle Gotha,
the tuost.aristocratic alen der in the world,
containing - "the only reliablepecligrees
and portraits of the crowned heads. Well,
last summer, the,publisher was; surprised
by the reception; of a portrait of Miss
Harriet , 'Lune, forwarded by her ;,uhele,
w i ith a request that*: be engraved foe
next year's, Almana, as our republican
rulers hacra right to l l appear in; the emu
paoy Qf the reigning families.: It is .the,,,
habit of many of ouripoliticiaLsito pay fail
having 'their portraits in the illustrated
Papers, but I had hoped that our late:Ex
ecutive possessed;. too much dignity to
khock at the door which was certaip to
be slammed in Ws face - =as it was. Per
haps I ought not to disturb his ashes,
'hut his historical picture is so Enear com
plete that this additional touch will not
alier a feature."
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"SWEAR HIM I.A.ND LET HIM Go."—
'he best piece of, satire upon - the leuien.c3-
cibservL'd by the; authorities in Weitern
Vir , iain ' na
in reference to rebele found co
witting! depredaoons, is hi the shape of
4 story which is , ve believe. by Gov.
Pierpont. • As tie story goes,; some of
tlho soldieli in Gbn. Cox's canip, doiivn in
Kanawha, recenlily larn.e rattle
snake: The snake tilanifesieea `most
mischievous disposition, snapping', and;
.litrustiiig out it Lts forked tongue at
. 11111
Who came near al. , The‘boys at la'st, got.
tiredofthe reptile, Fd as laohodly, Waiitcd
cinch. a , dangerous companion, ; the fitics-!
Lion arose, "What - shall we do with him.?"
This qtiestion Was propounded without
nu answer, when ti half drunken
Wh o was lying mar upon. his Wok, dolled
aver upon his side, and relieved his ;com
panions by quietdv remarking. "panto it,
swear him in and .let him go "-- Wheel
yeg Intelligencer.,
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ANDY JOHNSON'S OPINION,-A .2C13- ,
tieman on Sunday. asked lion. Anifrew
Johnson, at Cincinnatti, what he thought!
of that part of fremont's proclamation
relating to.thefoifeiture of property', and
the manumisslonl of slaves belonging to
.armed rebels ; o ;Missouri. The loyal
Tennessean repl ed 'that it was
. "just
right—that a man who will fight against
the Union, should not be allowed to. own I
a dollar or a doll is north.".
,
Objee
Inn she beaus':
:TUE 411VDICIALL DIVRDEIR.
it was a hot September; day as the
_court at; inchester was densely throw,a
ed; and;yet, amid that vast. multitude of
agitated faces, there were i :two who, both
• froth prominence and -contrast, claimed
instant atention as Ile prineipal person
ages. One, clothed in scarlet and ermine,
sat upon ie judgment-seat.'. The enor
mous wig, with its rows ofistiff gray curls,
could net conceal or i soften the fierrlin
e,aMents dfhis.massi've faCe, withlts bla
zonk of 7 i:hitches on a (;round:wprk 'of
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purply crimson. ; A pair of enormous
blishy eyebrows thelonver theswollen nose,
and shaded someCiat theekeen glanced
of : an eye that' had a hyenaglare. : Few
could bear, unrnoved'the gaze of those ter
rible eyes., Fierce by naure, evil habits
and bad 'passions, combined with: bound
less ambition, had made i their : possossor
able to add to the terrpi they inspired:
He prided himself 'upon
: striking dismay
into all.: hearts, and cultivated a Mode of
srYeech that ably seconded the terrors of
WS presence. But for once the'prisoner
at the bare had not quailed as he fixed his
dieadful eyes upon her. Her calmness
Was, to the full, as Wonderfal as the
judge's'rage. Men looked from the fiery
Meteor on the bench to the lady, pale and
calm, her gray hair neatly braided from
her thoughtful brow, her soft eyes plac
idly fixed with a ;,ok of pity ,on the judge,
her small whit 4 hands,., partly covered
With knitted silk mittens, folded before
her; her whole figure, d 3 •she :sat. (for a
affair, the judge had bqen _shamed into
granting her,) Pryienting a pieture of
tranquility. Her calmness suing him
'evideintly,. so that in questioning the wit
nesses he was even. mord than ordinarily
fierce, and it was well kbown that for his
task ot that day lie •had primed hiniselt
With a double portion of alcoholic stimu
lant. One witness, who Was called ,to
, , ;
prove 'that Lady Lisle 6ell nolugitives in
!tions
ul?"
her
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a be
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.al4re
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„,,... 7 .,.. i.uat Lady .t.iii,.. —_,.... ~,a.-_
!felt ho'use, or meetings of,suspected per
inns:, at or after the battle' of Sedgemoor,
Wits :so seared by the .looke:• of . the judge,
that: lie was struck: duuib :and could not
ansWer.• ,
!"(3111 J 'bow bard the iruth is l” roared'
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the judge,: "to cone oUt of a lying Pres
j byterian knave.' How can °tie help ab
'herr! og, both these men and their rligion ?
Was there ever sueb an iimpuderft:rascal ?
Hold the Candle tiii him! that *e May see
his brazed face.:',l
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!:, And when Lady:Aline, in her defence,
said:She knew our of the inen i.a a man
'of, peace, 4nd a divine (icily; not: riserigatz
-leil in political strife,' Jeffries •roarea,
"Show me a PresbYterian, and I'll show
the&a lying knave." 1 . 1
The jury, sickened attbe scene, retired.
They were already; exhausted, with the'
io,, g m of !the proceedings; bUt, though.
,they - knew .the kid.) was against the
. , . :. I • t• ,
:prisoner. tlicy returned with ~a .Yerdict:
"i"'T.Ot guilty" on the lipl of their foreman ;1
!Nit Pie. judge: hroWbeat them; and sent
'them back. They could not comprehend
!what! eriate there was in her deed.: But
Ithe !judgeC, fillions: with wine-and rage,
'would evidently:roceive only one kind of
ja..teitiliat. i lie Sent them back with foul
!words and bitter thre4s. All England
w4.l l theit tin a panic of ;fear. ,The', harm
' in1:1:s et Tojunton hy s lcii„Lke and'his ; troops,
l the sufferings c,f prisoners in pestilential
"ails,!had filled men's idindS With horror:
i
NO one knew where next the hand Of tyr
ctinyi might strike.' Sick and famished
the jury,retired; again,and again were
1804.: uiel4 , iiges of inquiry.. Lady : : Lisle
1 ! had. sheltered the men—had known one
!long !as a faithful Minister of God's word.
Slip was: the: widoW of; an' active' parlia
grriOtary; Mari in . the Old contest.: She
;wits' guilty of all.t hat., certainly. : And so
at!tength,.!harrassed, threatened and tor
.niented, they broun•htl in a verdict of
,c•
adilty, ilk:pun-1i as they. ,
tried to explain,.
'they knew not of ;what crime. :,If was !• •
I enough -they had ' sdaled her - denm.
While they were delibdrating for hours,
:the accused, tired With the tbiy's proceed
:jugs,' had; sunk into a! gentle slurnbar.
;Her daughter stood by !her, and held the
aged lad 's head. ,The light. fell.upon
the Sleeping face, pain , 6 19 tnfancy..
The
word, guilty, sent afthrill of horror thro'
: - . a;
thrill
the! court. .The judge, knittino• his terri
%lb brows, proeecdc7 - 1 to pronounce the
:i
!!: sentence with:a. fiendish chuettle. .The
[Lady Alice was sentenced to be burned:
iSlie was. roused by the judge's command,
to hear the frightftil wdrds. She lo'oked
i:, - 1
ttt.; ,Ilitn with. a, pitying• wonder; as at .a
;strange, firarful creature whose existence
)wiii a painful mystery, then, turning to
:tie court, that sat! in it hush' of horror,
f l slie rose,: dropped the slow, „stately. cour
tesy that had been the flishionef her day,
te!tlib bench, and resting her band on the
art;' of the jailer, withdrecir—alow,;Moan,
the confluent s o b/of the whole assenibly,
'following her. Jeffries[' drank deep that
nihlit. - 14, had, to :steel .himself for deeds
that , hare made. his F natne a' byword
tlfrow , hout the land ; and no ally was soJ
::: L" •
pdtelit in the odious Western Assize of
1.685 as brandy One lenity alcine lafter
many entreaties, Tts granted to Lady
'.l47)e—slie was allowed to be beheaded
i6.l3tead of Imrtied
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Would it 'not be well for every young'
man to reme.nber the truthful, anecdote
of the rich Quaker banker, tvhen asked
the secret of his success in life, answered
"Civility, friend; civility !" How muolr
does it cost a-, man, either old or young, .
to be truly civil in the intercourse of so
ciety ? Rather, how much does It cost
h young man to`cortn his habits, which , if'
formed, will sit upon' him easily, gtace
fully and profitably, tio long as be-lives ?
Far more often depends on this little, than
any Othersingle adventitious eircumstance
by which then rise and fall. We may
look around us, at any time, and Fee mut
high_in place and power, who traysolt
attained that elevation by force of iffUivi
*al character or great knowlidge - ..talt ,
simply from the fact that t triffing
graces of life have not been despised.. It
is not a dancing master's grace thht is now
referred to, but that benevolence of man
ner 'that recognizes in tittle things the
rights of others,- and fully acknowledges;
such rights. The thousand ways in whicit
this little courtesy does good, need hardly
be mentioned. 'lt may be said, however ;
that‘a courteous manner has a reflective
influence on the benevolent feelings. It
is a source of gratification to the man who'
practices it.- If it sits naturally upon a
wan, it is a passport to any place and' any'
circle It has smoothed many a rouge
path for men first stinting in business,
and has been one of to things '.that bast
often crowned efforts with success. The
man Of experience, looking on an ungrar
mous manner in a young person juiit start
ing, into the world with nothing. l (lan'
depend ,on but himself, is nofatigered but -
but ratherpained'by what he sees, know
ing; as he does, that the want of that lit
tle something to please as we go along, •
will cause many a rough jog is the road,
which, othe.wise, might be as smooth as.'
d-eurnmer stream. Wear a hinge in 'tour
neck: young man. and keep it well oiled.
And, Engknd
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TERES. 7 -$l.OO PER ANtitiM.;,
tressed the atrocity of a- virtuous woman;
seventy years of age, laying her
' gray
head-upon the block, for 'no other fault
than that of humane hospitality 7 .a 'wo
man betrayed by a babbling drtinlitint=
denounced by the enemy of her hUsbaild s
a revengeful drunkaid—and condemned,
to a frightful death by a lotithsetAttilitta;
ard. The visitor. to the^ }based of Par,,.!
liatnent may see, among the frescos that
adorn its walls a - representation of the
capture of Lady Alice Lisle. Every eye
that gazes on the mild and dignified cowl.;
tenanee of the venerable lady beholds 'one
who was the victim of England's most
drunken judge, set' on by England'i nrost.,,
- cniel kind. -
, THE PATRIOT AND THE TRAITOR.-;
When Commodore Barron and his of-,
cers descended to the deck of the gag:
ship Min nesota, 'here CommOdore String- .
ham xvwstationed on the quarter-deck td
receive him, General Butler presented
Barron to the 'gallant old Commodore,
saying, "Commodore Ba:itort I Commodore
Stringham." The latter, raising himself
up to his full heighth, looked the traitor
straight in the eye and barely inclining
his head, replied, "t have seen Mr. Bat-
ron before."
, Barron, who has always prided him
self on the &deur monde, fairliNfinced
under the whole volume of honest sar
casm contained in ,that look and iententn, •
It was a touching sight. On, the* one
side stood the - manly old tar, .who Will die
as he has lived, under that glorious flag
that has hung its crimson folds over his
head on every sea,'•waiting to tread: the
shore and receive the grateful plaudits
and loving thanks 'of a mighty nation.
Opposite to him stood the base initial'
who deserted his post the very hoar
when his services were most needed by
his country. What must have been the
tumultuous emotions in his breastl—
Scorned by his former ftienci.of.:a]lifc-
time, the object of contempt, and kkeditk
tion to the humblest coal.passer - on
where once his trot& form and graceful
manner had been followed by the:Cilia
tion of the entire ship's compatii.
will be remembered that Barron stank the
obstructions in Norfolk harbor to preverti
the egress of the United States before .
Virginia joined the Rebels. And yet
his pitiful plea is that he had fo go with
his State. Did be have to steal millions
of property from a nation that had fed
and clothed him and heaped honors anon
him and to steal it before his State itad
made a steptowards leaving• the Union.
'GOOD MANNERS.
We know a youiig man, slow, sullen l
heavy-brewed and ungracious, who, when ,
ever you speak to 'him, answers as if it
were an effort to be even decently civil;
and who, moreove'r, seems to be quite con
tent, and even proud of his incivility.
And we lean to the charitable, side so far
as to think "this is no'more than a bad hab
it of his, - which has insensibly fastened
upon him ;• and that he goes through the
world--a world of mutual dependence—
little aware of the fact, that, sosmall a"
thing as his manners is constantly produ-•
cing impressions, and fast forming a repu
tation, such as ten years lence he may(
regret as the greatest blunder of his life.
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