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POETICAL.
TO AMELIA.
■n the bower tvlie.e enchantment lir.l hound mo,
mil litre Itsuiub.v the nioou’. palo rov;
6,1 .km no team, no sorrows to wound thee,
Wi my heart » hat word, cut heir...
.A, near thee—vet not n. . brother;
illmr fond thoughts. to tlin world thousli unknown,
JL, | could not, I wielt not, to .mother—
S. M r.rc.imtglv.lho.e .mile, to another,
1WU Love made my own.
iiimt not but Fate, with aom. dread commission,
aw rack to deprive me of each dream ol (alien;
^ Jitld. not a P"*«r hot hy Hi. permission
Wknraarda faithful inrera in momenta like thia.
iJiTantonejtrlh.ru claim th*J in heaven,
Wherr friend, that we. have ahall greet us in lot
,1mtorrotv.of lifo, like atornie, uro nil driven—
r»ilicht of pence to us ahull ho Riven,
1K 6 In realms above.
love;
l.itaown deathless virtues, thy aoul evergrowing,
- .celestial guardian well may employ.
i„ win whose lustre, nil fadeless and glowtug,
N.vdetk a pm. world of beauty nod joy.
tt«i whilst here, as some angel seeming,
Braathaforth their.plrits in song, sweet as tlicira,
hill thine evo love’s radiance i« beaming
ff.rth.dark future bright vision, are gleaming.
w Earth has no cares.
WbM Nature, all fresh in Iter dew drop, and roses,
stall bathe thy fail cheecks in morn's balmy nlr,
G.where the voinig flower its crimson discloses,
Aid wreath'd for me as if I were there,
A.i. silence, like life, dev is declining,
llrserted.iidlonely.il tilings nppear;
Whenobi.ctsmost sacred about time aro twining,
Come to this bower when the liratetar is .Inning,
And leave a tear.
Id davs to corners strange crowds gaze upon thee,
And when thy iweet tones their thoughts shall entrance
Sboiild I be near, as at first when l won thee,
Give me one look,one self thrilling glance,
Odo not forget the words we have spokon,
When oibers would tempt thy mind from the past.
] have pledged thee in truth, with many a token,
a heart whose vows shall b.* unchanged, unbroken,
While life shall last*
|know we are parting—but ’tis not forever;
Each grief throb dial heaucs our bosoms with pain
Shill cease not its sirugcle—its anguish-no, never!
Till lost in that hour when we meet again,
Iffruui my life all else should he tuken t
Eicept the sweet charm it borrow* from thine;
If.by a cold world, I should he forsaken,
i'll live through its Irowns with this hope unshaken—
Thou sliult bo inino.
Virginia.
TO MISS .
“] gazed upon a dewy star,
As twilight robed the plain ;
And oh! I thought’iwns lovelier far
Than all the glitteiing train.
I loved that star! to me its beam
\\ us dear us it m us fair ;
And gazing. I would fondly dream
Some kindred heart was there.
And once I madly dared to hope
That star might leave the sky,
Or shed npon'my eye alone
Its lender witchery.
Forgive, sweet slor,my selfish heart
I would notuhn thy ray;
For dearer to me fur thou art,
Thun ull the blaze of day.
Shine on ! Shine on ! yet ever be
My being’s polar star;
And still I’ll inni to gaze on thee,
And bless thee from afar. 1 ' J
MUSIC.
If music bo the food of love, play on,
Give ine excess of it, llmt, surfeiting,
Tbs appetite may sicken, mid so die.—
That strain again—it hud n dying full;
0, it mine o’er mine ear like the sweet south,
That brent bus upon a bank of violets,
Stealing mid giving odour.—Shaketpeare.
MISCELLANEOUS.
VOL. XXXVI-
1 lie fuiriily of iho Governor con-sisli dofliim*
self, his young nod beautiful wife, two lovely chil.
droit, mid hid muneroun doinostics. At an early
prtiod of tliin ov&uini!, hi* Indy, with Iho warm so
licitude of n moll)Gi*c( love luul soon hot* infants
Nufely dcjiositod in their col ; umi with a mother’s
jtruyer for ilioir huppincss upon her lijis, watched
hottidu tltcm until iho deepening roso upon ilioir
oiiooks mul their measured breathing*, showed (hat
they slept tiie quiet sleep ot childhood.
Honrs rolled on, and all beneath that roof sought
llicir resling place—ull but ibe governor*.* wife
wore quickly in the arms of sleep. As if sonic
‘•spirit of the night” had whispered n hint of the
sufferings she was fated to endure, an irresistuhle
feeling of 'melancholy hung over her. .Sleep she
could not ; und to allay iho fever of her brow she
roso from iior couch, und throwing her robe around
her site opened the lattice. Tito scetio she looked
upon was wild and beautiful. Dark masses of
clouds still hung abwui the heavens, and strove to
hide the beams of iho rising moon, but she, •* fair
Cynthia,” kept on her way in peerless majesty,and
shed on every object Iter mellowed light. ’ The
MlLLEDGEV1LLE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1S45.
by brij^td., whom wniitivo v»u«g luiiics imld in
such Itiffit esteem. His iianialootis, of fancy stripes,
The drop, of blood he bad seen were occasioned
by bis wife’s «lt< e coming o(T, and the rugged u.cent
culling her tender fset upon her journey iolhu Cu.
rib’, huts. The bout was quickly gained, and in u
lew minutes they reached (he ship, und unfurling
Iho .uils, they sought (ho shores of Aoliguu, whore
they arrived in sufoly.
Illihurto all was well. Happy in again seeing
her huslmnd, uud knowing hei.olf and child were
sale, that ludv still luuk comfort, although mourn,
iog the untimely lute of her oilier darling. Hut
thin did nol last long. Ollier thoughts arose in Iter
husband's breust—iliouglits too horrible to men.
lion.
“Oli! what dreadful minutan tells lie o’er,
Who docs, still doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves,”
lit \uin his poor unhappy wife protested that she
was pure.
“Jealousy is ngroen eyed monster,
Thill doth mock the lood it feeds upon ;’*
and by its whispers drove him, who was the affec
tionate friend and protector, to tho harsh und impli-
cable tyrant. No longer enjoying the society of his
wife, ho determined to got rid of her ; and for this
NO 17-
simple houses ofthe English were vissible amid the ) P ur l ,,,sc bui >l a keep in Ding u Ding Nook,and, con.
trees, above which iho slu’ely coooanut reured ils 1 vt 7'."b’ »'f° h'lher, left Iter to wear awuy her
bend, its long pendant branches perfectly motion
less. On one side me hay of Falmouth lay stretch
ed before the eye of the guzer. ovory snow crested |
wave of which could be counted ; and on the other
were the durk mountains, except in the opening
of the bay, whore nothing was to ho seen but an ex
tent of water.
Long did that beautiful lady gaze upon this
scene ; many thoughts did its loveliness conjure up
—thoughts of her unlive laud, its verdant hills und
spangled dells, and all its towering cities. Pres
ent objects were fust fading awuy, when a splash of
the waters were heard, und as her eye sought the
ocean, a swift gliding cunoo came in sight. At
this moment, the moon which had been lately ob
scured, shone out with redoubled brightness, and
she could plainly discover that the canoe contained
about twenty armed men, and wus quickly followed i
bv another, with even more than that number
life in hopeless misery.
This is the legend ; and well might that Nook bo
selected for such n palace of seclusion, for it is a
valley shut in by the surrounding mountains, and
open only to the sou. I have hoard another ver
sion of this story, which says, tho Governor and
his lady parted hy mutual consent, and that it was
her wish to have u house built in that spot. Sure
ly. if this was the cuse, sho in ist have hud the taste
ol un ancliorito.
A FINE WOODS WEDDING.
The Red River Republican gives the following
sketch of life amid ihe forests of tho South West.
It Is very unlike our ideas in this latitude, hut it is
perfectly natural nevertheless.
Alier describing u rural feast, und the beauty of
the ladies present thereat, tho following is record.
Who could these strangers he? was the first tlnught: | e d ns an unexpected interruption, for a time, to the
THE STOLEN BRIDE.
A TAI.K OF ANTIGUA.
In 1040, the English settlers were disturbed
llieirpossessions of Antigua by tho Caribs, who
midea descent upon the island, pillaging it, and
destroying in every thing that fell in their way.—
Afier niony lives being lost on both sides, the Eng.
lull weru enabled to repel their invaders, who
however,succeeded in carrying awuy the Gover
sor's wife and her two children. It is maintained
by some authors that the after futo of litis unfor
lunate tvuinua was not known; hut that evo
thing ike worst might he imagined from the churue
■er of the Curiln, guarded on as they wore by the
hiiof llieir country.
There is,however, a tradition still extant In An
tlgtw, uliieh most probably relates to this catastro.
Pjic. la me first years of this island becoming
enjtiiih colony, it wus, of course, but thinly peopled
ty Europeans, utid consequently there wus but lit
tle force to rep<;| anv invasion. Parlies of Caribs
from the dilfcroat islands—particularly Dominciu,
u, td frequently to land upon it, and distress the in
habitants. In these invasions, no mercy was
•hown, no quarter given, to the unhappy people who
■'dir.their power—and nltor a combat, numorous
were the bodies left upon the field of buttles.—
Armed with ilioir massive clubs and sharp spears,
" hie end of which was inserted a fish-hone, dip-
H in the poisonous juice of tho lianas or Iho nut-
Chitted, the Caribs were no mean foes.
Nosnotier Imd they set fire to a cluster of linus
*»,or dest rayed a field of tobacco, tho chief produc
tion of the is'and in those days, than they itnrnedi.
•Wyfletv to their canons, which wero so fu«t in
“i'iiig that bufore tho alarm had subsided in one
P'rl they were burning and plundering in another.
At thst period, the house whore the Govornor to-
‘"Vd wus situated near Falmouth Buy ; and in the
vtouge itself the principal of the English settlors
"id. Government [louse, from its situation, wu
Ptutculnrly open to the ntlucks of the Curibs; nud
'"re the first part of the necrct took place, which
l“ve rise to the •* Legend of Ding-* Hii'g Nook.”*
h wasnigiit. The wind which had been blow-
"8 rather liurd during tbe day. ns evening drew in
('•dually sunk, until at midnight, the time when
8 legend opens, it was a dead culm. Nothing
**» to be heard hut Ihe dull moaning of the waves
V broke heavily upon the bunch, or, notv end
"•a.tha distunt hark of a dog from the house ol
•••etilers, which, with the natural fidelity of that
•tumid, hud followed his master to these suony is
*?,• *hen he came in search oi that fortune
thicli his native laud denied him.
and w'hnt was their business at such an hour? Were
they Caribs ? And one more glance at their wild
forms nod the dreadful truth rushed across her mind
that they were coming to storm tho house. Soon
she nwulte her husband and told him her fears, the
domestics were aroused nnd armed, und the house
put into a posture of defence.
The canoes were no longer to be seen ; nnd.
even tlte lady wus inclined to ask, could it be one
of those wild vagaries of the imagination ? when
suddenly the war cry was heard, and, with dread
ful imprecations, n party of Caribs hounded in
sight. Terrible was the fight that succeeded, nnd
many a corse strewed the ground. At length the
Caribs were obliged to retreat: bat, alas ! they car.
tied with them nil that was dear to ihe Governor—
his wife und children. The Caribs, hotly pursued,
modb for the place where they had directed their
canoes to wuit, under the charge of some of their
friends, dragging the unhappy lady and her two
babes with them. Frightened by the wild looks of
the Indians, nnd suddenly awakened from its slum-
bers, one of tho little innocents commenced crying
bitterly, which its distressed mother, at the com
mand of her conquorers, vainly endeavored to still.
After walking, or rather running, for some distance,
they had utmost reached the sea.side, when one
of the Caribs, more ferocious than the rest, nnd
thinking that the cries of the child would perhaps
lead their pursuers to the spot, caught tho baby by
the feet, and swinging it around his head, at one
blow dashing out its brains upon a neighboring rocltf
This deed committed in the sight of its parent, the
lady and its remaining child wero rudely hurried
on, until, the bench gained, they were (browned in.
to one of the canoes j and the whole party embuf.
king, they pushed out into the ocean.
The Governor, finding they had escaped, pro-
ceded on board an armed vessel, and immediately
sailed in pursuit of the enemy. The morning that
succeeded that disastrous night was one of West
Indian beauty ; not a vapour wus abroad ; the sky
was one deep, lovely blue, nnd the sea looked like
fluid light. Seated upon the high poop, anxiously
did the Governor scan the waters in hopes of see
ing the canoes; but nothing met his eye—nut even
a speck appeared to raise his hopes. Hour after
hour passed away, but no sight of tho fugitives;—
night drew on, and the breeze died away ; the sails
flapping heavily against tho mast, bespoke another
culm. How tedious seemed tiiose hours of dark
ness—huw fervently was the morning wished fur;
but just before dawn t ie wind sprung up, and soon
after the mountains of Dominica appeared in sight.
Slow ly but surely the vessel glided on, every eye
watching for some trace of the lost ones, when, in
the opening of u little bay, two empty ennoes were
discovered. Could these be the same thgy were in
quest of, was the anxious query ; und if so where
could llieir owners be ? Orders were given to let
go the anchor, und prepare the boats ; and in a short
time the Governor and his party, all armed, were
landed upon the bench.
A beaten path led up to the mountains, and it
wus determined to pursue in hopes of its leading
to some dwelling, where they might obtain informa
tion. As it proceeded, howev r, it became more
and more intricate, guavn bushes, aloes, nnd the
prickly pear, grew thickly together, wliilo different
species of parasites conspired to render the path
more impervious. In some places it was almost
obstructed bv llieso various bushes, interspersed
with larger trees, so that the companions of the Gov.
ernor wore for returning, supposing no one could
have pnssed that way lately. But ho was deter
mined to proceed a little further, und hud just
festivities.
Mounted on n mule which had evidently been de
barred the rights of his tribe to corn and fodder
fora serious length of time were two beings, cor.
tniuly of primitive origin—a gay cavalier and a
captivating duleiniu ? The charger nol exactly ca
parisoned like a palfrey of tlte Elixnhetlian ago,
walked deliberately, and wc thought at the time,
with “malice aforethought,” up to a decayed pine
log, and came to a dead stand. Oil’ rolled the
knight in u perfectly "don’t cure a d—n” manner,
nnd without ensling a glance ut the fair one by his
side, or giving her the slightest assistance in dis
mounting. ho drew a bee line for the encampment
jumping over every thing that offered any obstruc
tion to his pussugn, and singing at the tup of his
voice—
“Cotne all ve Virginia pnls,
Anil listcti to my noise—
Nevttr do yo wed
With the Carolina boys;
For if you do
Your portion it stall be
Corn cuke and hominy
And jansusianga lea,
13om assalla, Mary,
i3ono,cuin-soc, &c.”
By way of accompaniment tie cracked with in-
iinjtnblu grace, a huge whip, which he flourished
above his bond und gave a yell that would have met
the approval of a committee of Cumnnche braves.
"He’s some,” said a friend near us, who was in
dulging in a cachinlory fit at the strange phenome
non.
"The wild mnn of the woods, for a V !” cried a
wng on our right, who had mounted a log to have
a clear view of the critter.
“Two to one lie’s the feller thnt butted the bull
oiTilte bayou bridge !” exclaimed Ben Blower from
Shake Creek.
Onr hero heard not, or heeded not these com.
plimentary remarks, but made his way up to the
company in fine style. He was indeed an original.
His height could not have been less than six feet,
four, without shoes or stockings, which he consid-
ed useless appendages. Ho wore a shocking had
hat, with a hole in the lop, through which a tuft of
red hair found egress, und waved to und (ro, like
the enp of a corn stalk on a windy day. His coat
was a nut-dyed, home manufacture, minus the
skirt, which he said he had lost in an encounter with
a wild cat he had slain on the road. His shirt col
lar was thrown open, discolouring abreast tanned
by the sun of some twenty years, and his inexpres
sibles, which appeared to he on had terms with his
fcetjea'iug them about too feet leeward, were
hitched upon one side with a nuckskin brace, giving
them a zig zug appearance, decidedly unique.—
Surveying the nssetnblago for u moment, with tlte
attention lie would have given to a managerie ef
wild bcust, he broke forth thus :
“Fellers, I’d just like to know iflhere’s a ’squire
in these parts ?”
“Do yon mean the parish judge ?” asked an es
timable citizen.
“Yes, 1’spose—don’t care a pine knot .vim, so’s
he can do the thing” replied the stranger, giving his
whip n peculiar crack.
“ What may be your business, friend ”’ inquir
ed a denture ’sovereign in the crowd.
“Nothing’ much no how,” replied the modern
Nimrod. “1 only wants the feller that can harness
me and that gal on old Ratler yonder. She’s just
the loudest gul i recon in the settlement—as slick
as a peeled maple, and as clear a gilt as a skinned
later rolled in the sand ; I’m called u whole team
und a big dog under u waggon.
I’ve snaked it about these woods for a week look-
tvere neatly strapped to it pair of patent lethern
bools ; nnd French kids encuscd his small, deli,
cute hands, in which he held the license that was
to bind together “two willing hearts.”
The Judge proceeded to business, calling on the
Lolltrinwo we have imperfectly described, to" trot
out” his bride.
“You're the man for my yuller qunrler, snid our
hero in ecstocies, and awuy ho went in <> run for
siuze. With one eflbrl of his brawny arm, ho took
her from the ntule nnd brought iter to the center of
an inclosure formed hy tho company his eye dilat
ing and his whole frame exhibiting signs of joy
unspeakable. Tlte bride was n bouncing prairie
beauty, on whom Time Intel smiled in bis rapid
course. .She wore n blue calico dress, full in eve
ry part, thus permitting,
A siring of blue bends ornamented n good, sub
stantial neck, none of your“swnn like” things, and
her headgear was a cotton hnndkerchief scarlet
stripe, yellow groundwork lied gracefully under
the chin, nnd concealing tho flaxen curls tlmt strug.
gled for liberty. Her shoes might have given your
techerce fashionable ladies the hysterics, but they
united comfort and durability and nfleciually closed
the door to the fell destroyer, consumption. In the
harry of the moment, doubtless, she made an in-
divldiotis distinction between those necessary up.
pondages classically called “insec; destroyers, one
of which lucked the blue sock, but this wus an omis
sion, not a fault. Her blue eye, as it rested on the
chosen oue, spoke eloquently of abiding love, nnd
her handsome face was wreathed in smiles.
Tlte Judge glanced nt the paper in his hand, nnd
then in a solemn, impressive tone demanded ofthe
groom.
“ Will yon lake Susan Jenkins us your lawful
wedded wife ?”
"Well boss, 1 reckon 1 will. I would’nt have
rid since daylight, and packed her here, if 1 did’nl
moan to do the clean thing,” answered our hero.
“And you Susan, will you take Cyrus Snorter, ns
your lawful wedded husband ?”
“Yes, squire, that i will, Cnd said I ouglitor mar
ry Bill Swizzle ; hut I’ll see him hanged first.—
He danced with old ugly Bets Foler, and give Iter
a bran now shawl. Besides that lie got drunk, fell
off his horse, and broke Itis leg. Sy is good enough
(or nie,” replied tlte spirited benoty.
This was loo much for Sy. He jumped for joy.
ond clusped tho adorable “Suzo” to his bosom, giv
mg her n smack that resembled the noise created
by the popping of a cork from a champagne bot
tle.
"Stop sir,” said the Judge, "the ceremony is not
complete.”
"Go it my squire.” shouted Sy, “ I will be us n
»ild cal catching deer.”
The silken knot was now tied, and amid the
huzzas of tnen, nud die smiles nnd white hundker
chiefs waving of the ladies, Sy carried his blushing
bride to the mule, placed her behind him. and in a
twinkling wus un the road to home and happiness
of the community, Upon one occasion a Inlmul-
gsr, in table servant, a native of Bengal, complain
ed to me, and entreated my interference, steiing
that lie hod entrusted a friend of his own, who Imd
gone to Macao, with one hundred dollars, all his
saving*, Ibr the purpose of buying him a nice come
ly wile; but w hen she arrived, siie by no menus
answered tho description given of Iter being too
short and too old, and hy no means a hundred dol
lar wife, hut not more than n thirty dollar one,
when much to his grief os well us surprise, he only
got Inngliod at hy rue for Ilia pains.—Conytighamt's
Recollections.
stretched out his hand to sever with his sword the I ing for a squire to hitch us, nnd wore out a pair of
overhanging boughs of an acacia, when suddenly he | deerskin breeches looking for him ; and I wish )
made a start, hi* heart heat almost to bursting, nnd, j may be r.mined through n gum tree head foremost
unable to speak, he pointed to his nmnzed follow. ! if I’m going to pack Suz any further. I came hero
ers a portion of white taffeta hanging to one of its j to yoke her, nnd I’m goin’ to stay.”
sharp thorns. The roar of laughter that follow
This, he felt nssured, must have been torn from
the robe ofltis wife ; and, consequently, that wns
the road her conquerors must have carried her.-
Upon further search among the rank and tangled
grass, in hope of discovering prints of footsteps,
marks of blood wore observed. 1 hese led to fur-
tlier inquiries. Could they Itavo murdered Iter
there ? But no ; had such been the case, greater
quantities of blood would Itnve marked the deed.
Perhaps she might have been wounded, and placed
in some concealment near. Again they proceeded
“uided by the drops of blood, until coming to an ab
rupt turn or tlte path, ubuul a dozen Caribs’ Ituts
lay stretched before them, nnd ihtir fierce inmates
lolling around tlte open doors.
in less than n minute all was confusion ! Con
fident tlmt this was the party who had stolen his
wife, the Governor rushed upon them furious with
passion. Nothing could resist hi* power ; Cunb
wed this simple
recital was deafening. Wo lost four buttons in
convulsive fits, nnd it is quite probable wo should
have suffered largely in ;lml line Imd not the par
ish Judge arrived at that moment, and givon anew
turn to affairs. The Judge, as all our readers
know, is supposed by many to be Gallic decent, al
though wo have authority in saying that he is “na
tive and to tlte manner born.” Unliko the great
er poet’s justice :
“In fair round holly with good capon lined ,
Willi cyus severe,and beard of formal cut.
Full of wise auW8 and inudern instances."
ho is as lean ns a Grnhumite, living entirely on
bran pudding nnd fricassed radishes.—With the
undying zeal of an Isrealite. he thunders forth an
athemas against four-footed animals, and considers
ornitholigy a fit sturdy for cannibals. These are
the sentiments ol the Judge, albeit in politics he
strangely enough, ‘goes the whole hog.’ At one
lime, we leurn. lie was an expounder of the Melh
The Mother and iip.k Familv.—Philosophy is
rarely found. The most perfect sample I ever met
was an old woman, who was apparently Ihe poorest
and tho must forlorn of the human species—so true
is the maxim which all profess to believe, and none
act upon invariably, viz : tlmt happiness does not
depend on outwifrd circumstances. The w ise wo
tnun to whom I have alluded, walks to Boston, a
distance of twenty ur thirty miles, to sell a hag ol
brown thread und stockings, und then patiently
walks back again with her little gain. Her dress,
lluiugit tidy, is u grotesque collection ‘of shreds nnd
patches’—coarse in the extreme.
“Why don’t you come down in a wagon ’”
[. when lobserved she was wcurried null her lung
journey.
“We linv’nt got any horse,” she replied ; “the
neighbors are very kind to me, but they can’t spare
their’n, und it would cost ns much to hire one ns
all my thread would come to."
“You have a husband—don’t ho do anything for
you ?”
“Ho is n good man—he does all he can, but lie’s
a cripple nnd an invalid. Ho reels my yarn, and
mends the children’s shoes. He’s ns kind a bus.
bind us a woman need have."
“But his being a cripple is a heavy misfortune to
you,” suid I.
"Why, ma’am, I donl look upon it in thnt light,”
replied the thread woman. “1 consider that I’ve a
great reason to be thankful that he never took to
any had habits.”
“ilow many children have yon?”
“Six sons and five daughters, ma’am.”
“Six sons nnd five daughters ! What a fund
lor a poor woman to support!”
“It’s a fuinily, tnu’uin ; but there ain’t one of
’em I’d be willing to lose. They aro all healthy
children as need he—all willing to work, and a
clever to mo. Even the little boy, when Ito gels
cent now nod then for doing an ertnnd, will be sure
tu bring it to me.”
“Du your daughters spin your thread ?”
“No, ma'am ; us soon ns they aro big enoag
they go out lu service, ns I don’t want to keep them
always delving for me; they are always willing to
give me what they can , but it’s right and fair that
they should do a little for themselves, I do all my
spinning after the folks are abed.”
“Do ’l you think you should be better off if you
hud no one hut yourself to provide for ? ’
“Why, no, ma’am 1 don’t. If I had’ut been mar-
ried I should always had to work as hard as I could
and now I can’t do no more than that. My chil
Jren nro a great comfort to me, and I look forwar
to tho lime when they’ll do ns much for me us
have done for them.”
Here wns true philosophy ! I learned a lesson
'front thnt poor woman which I shall nol soon for
I get.—Miss Sedgwick.
Foreign Gossir.— Tho following important
speculations are taken from the Parisian correspon
dence of the Courier des Elulis Unis :
“ Tlte Count D’Orsny has just sent to several of
Itis friends in Paris u statuette of himself of his
own workmanship. Prince Albert has become
under the or .ers of his superiors a remarkeblo ar.
list. Confined within lite limits of his ollice, lie
hud a great deal of leisure ; his duties as husband
could not fill up ull his lime, and there wore in the
day long hours when lie did not know wliut to do.
Tint Queen who is n woman of judgement, saw ut
once the dangers of this want of occupation. Sho
knew thnt idleness is the mother of all guilty fan
cies ; it was necessary then, nt any cost, to em.
ploy these vnennt moments and abolish this dan.
gerous inaction. Tito young Prince wns furnished
th drawing masters and instructors in musical
composition and poetry. Whenever the Queen is
obliged to quit iter husband to employ herself in
public affairs nnd work with Iter ministers, a pre
ssor lukes possession of the royal young man,
lid gives him a lesson which is prolonged till the
moment when tlte Quean is restored to the pleas-
res of private life. In this manner the imagina
tion of the Prince cannot wonder, and an incessant
surveillunco protects him ugainsl the bold attacks
coquetry. Queen Victoria hopes in this way to
escape from any measure which may ho turned
gainst her conjugnl majesty, uud on Itis side the
'rince lias fully profited by the cares given to his
education as ait artist. He is able to turn out
pleasant verses, he ptints very prettily, nnd lie com
poses with facility the air of n romance or vnnde-
illeo. A Keepsake for the New Year is in prep
aration which will contain his works complete,
it belonged to Belgium to erect n temple to indo-
nee uud unprofitableness. A numerous soceity
lias been formed to found the Formente Club. The
title is borrowed from Italy, for tho members of it
would not take the trouble of finding a naino for it.
L'o be made a member of this Club, proofs of la
ziness and guarantees of future indolence must bo
given ; the members must enter into the most for
mal engagement to abstain from ull occupation,
audio maintain n state ol complete inactivity of
dy nnd mind. The Belgian literal are admitted
n full right to Farnienle Club, provided they prove
themselveslo be men of letters ; no further iesti.
tnoniuls or guarantees are required from them.
An Adroit Trick.—A lady elegnnllv and fash
ionably dressed, of prepossessing appearance and
manners, slopped in iter coach at one of the fash
iounblu stores ut this season of bustle and business,
tu examine some costly shawls. She wus shewn
up stairs into the shawl-room, where one of the
partners in the firm attentively waited upon her.
After examining and discarding a number she se
lected one for ®250. It was not exactly the arti-
le she wanted in color uud finish, yet it came tho
nearest to wliut she required. She would call ut
some of the other stores, and if not butler suited
would take that slinu I, which was luid aside for her.
lit about half an hour her carriage drove up to the | parts of the
tore ugiiiii, and sliu went upstairs into the shawl
room to lake the article, not having been fortunate
enough to suit herself elsewhere; site would like,
however, to go over an examination of the whole
invoice, when, after some time consumed in the
ofler Carib luv stretched hy tho prowess of Ills urm; 1 timm we to
and springing over his prostrate foes. Ihe husband | odist faitlt. ana traversed the country in company
entered the principal but, which he had observed
wus carefully guarded throughout the fray. A well
known voice called his name, an infant’s cry of joy
saluted his car, and bursting open an inner dour, bis
weeping wife wus in his arms, and Ins darling child
clmging around his knees. It look but little time
to quit that spot nod retrnce tho mountain path.—
ii. etiaie in AnliRUO Billed by thst nurae.
♦ This rock is still pointed out upon an estate, callod Fatter*
tXJln, to til. Hon. John Atbllt.
with tho devout und exemplary Father Redwine
This may account fur the serious oast ol counte
nance peculiar to him. Oil the present occasion
ho was dressed in the height of fashion. He wote
a “vest of England" Invisible green coat, the col-
Inr o( which was perpendicular and corded a la
collegian, giving the wearer quite a magisterial ap
pearance.—His csthmere vest was buttoned close
up to his chin, over the top of which protrnded na
euorntou* pair of jet whiskers, such as ara worn
I Thc Ladt
Harem
pot strewn with r #
picture as admiraitea w*to gani ot
if not as dangerous to the heart as
country, where the sunshine eif' itffc
through • heaven of Mae, ere, ttveit!
feet in llieir kind—end at least aede^Weeto th* 1 '
ami*!**. Languid, yet fatij bnmful, of Ilfs ; dark, ’
yet very lustrious ; liquid, yet clear as state, they,
are compared by their poets to the sheas af Ike
nlmond, and the bright timidaesaef gazelle’s. The
face is delicately oval, and Its shape is eat off Sjjr
the rich red sod purple aed golden turban, the meet
becoming headdress In the world. The long, 1
ulnck, silken tresses ere braided from tbe forehbad
.nd hang wevily on each side of the ikes | behind
they full in a glossy cataract, sparkling with little
golden drops, such as might have glittered on Da*
one when she came forth from her shower-bath-
A light tunic of pink or pale blue orapo is covered
with a long silk rube, open at tha bosom, and bat-
toned thence downward to the delicately alippered
little feet, that peep daintily from beneath the full
e'lketi trousers. Round the loins rather than the
waist, a cashmere ahawl ia loosely wrapt as a gir
dle, and an embroidered jacket, or a large ailk robe
with loose, open eleeves, complete the costume.
Nur is the water-pipe, with its long variegated ser
pent, and its jewelled mouth piece, any detraction
from the portrait. Picture to vouraelf one of Eve’e
brightest daughters, in Eve’s own loving land.
Tlte woman-dealer has found among the moult-
tains thul perfection in living woman which Prax
iteles scarcely realized when inspired fancy wrought
out its ideal in marble. Silken ecarfs richly color
ed nnd as airy as the rainbow, wreathe her round,
from the snowy brow to the finely rounded limbs,
half buried in billowy cushions ; the altitude is tha
very poetry of repose; languid, it maybe, but
glowing life is thrilling beneath that flower-eoft ex
terior, from the varying cheek and flashing eye to
the henna.dyed taper fingers thst capricously play
with the rosary of beads. The blaze of sunshine
is round her kiosk, but she sits in the softened shad,
ow so dear to the pointer’* eye. And so she
dreams away die warm, hours in such a calm of
thought within, and sight or sound without, that she
almost start* when the gold fish in the fountain, or
the hrueze-ruflled roses shed blossoms on her bo
som.
The Atmosphere.—The atmosphere is certain
ly u wonderful substance ; one of the most extras
ordinary with which we are acquainted ; generally
lecmed invisible, it yet form* tho most beautiful
and inugiuficent colored object we know, Ihe blue
ky. So tliin and attenuated as to give rise to the
proverb “light as air,” it yet exerts an enormous
pressure un tbe various bodies of the surface, be*
ing, in its entire mass, as heavy as a globe of lead
sixty miles in diameter; and when in rapid motion,
possessing a force at momentum which is irreaiali*
tile. Although we Bee nothing around us, yet the
air is everywhere present, and is Ihe most univers
ally diffused substance in nature. It penetrates in
to every recess, however narrow the entry ; occu
pies every space in or about tlte earth that ia not
occupied by something else ; insinuates itself into
and fills up the cavities which exist more or less in
ali solid bodies, animate or inanimate ; and when*
ever uuy substance is removed, rushes in on all
sides und occupies the space thus left vacant. This
upnitrenl nothing contains several different sub
stances, nil constantly and uctively engaged in im.
portent operations nt the eurface of the earth,
adapting it for thc abode of living beings, plants
nnd unimals. And so necessary is it to the exist
ence of tbe latter, that mankind uses it about twen
ty-five thousand times every day, and cannot exist
above n minute or two without it. This subtle^
agent is the medium ol heat, light, and sound. It
is by un ingredient of tho atmosphere thnt we pro
cure artificial light and heat, without the means of
producing which, mankind could never have emerg.
ed from the savage state. By its powers of re-
fleeting light and dispersing it in all directions, it
enable* us to perceive objects though they are not
illuminated hy the direct light of tho sun. The at
mosphere is the medium by which the heat of the
sun which fulls so unequally on the different
earth’s surface, is diffused over
the different legions, moderated in the burning
zones ut the equator, and conveyed north and south
to enliven the desolate countries around the poles.
By its impetus when in motion, it propels ships
along their liquid paths, thus, giving rise to
Inspection, she finally determined to purchase the I commerce and intercourse between nations. By
original one, which Bite ordered to pul up uud sent I its property of conveying sound, tho air raises man
down to the carriage, which was promptly done. ' above tlte lower creation, endows him with tho
L’lte ludy rummaged iter pockets, and suddenly ex
claimed in great trepidation, ‘I’ve lost my purse !’
Where, nm’ntn, did you lose it?’ ‘It must have
been lost here, for I felt it in my pocket as 1 ascen
ded the stairs.’ The stairs wero searched hut nu
purse found. ‘Do you remember madam,’ said the
store keeper, 'how much money you had in your
purse ?’ ‘Yes, perfectly, there was one note of
$1000 and two 50’a, some silver und a gold ring
und locket.’ After a great many reciprocal re
grets nud rummaging, in throwing aside some
rapping paper under a table, there lay the purse
ills tlte glittering steel clusp and ornaments. Tlte
lady » as overjoyed—the store keeper quite happy
he emptied the contents on tho table, nud sure
there wus the $1000 note,, the two 50’s, silver,
jewelry, &c., &c., all right and fair. After recip
rocal congratulations nnd many wonders huw such
uu uccideut happened, sho handed the $1000 note,
received $750 in change, was handed in Iter carri-
ago, ami she told her coachman to drivo to Mrs.
•, Broadway, und oli' she drove? On settling
tho cash ut night the $1000 note wns found to be n
counterfeit or unaltered note, and the lady not yet
found. Tho clevor ruse of losing her purse, de.
scribing its contents, finding it, and thc contents be-
ing exactly described, removed nil suspicion of de
ception at once. So tlte fashionable store keep
er lost bis $250 shawl, and $750 in change in the
bargain.—N. Y. Sun.
The Grave ok Washington’s Mother.—A cor
respondent of the New York Sun, writing from
Fredericksburg, Virginia, suys—“if 1 did not see
Washington’s tomb, 1 have seen bis mother’s. She
lived and died here in Fredericksburg. The long
white house in which she lived remains, and is in
habited by others, while a monument out in the
fields, half finished, covers her remains, and is a
sad picture of something—completion und dosulu-
lion. It is on the estate of Mr. Gordon, who has
ostentatiously built a brick wull around sumo fami
ly graves neur by, as ii their remembrunee depen
ded upon being linked with Itet’s who Inis no
need of epiluph or “pointed stone.” The monu
ment wus designed and so fur finished, by a New
Yorker- lie ulierwurds failed, having expended
about $15 000 on it, and tlte monument stands un
finished !
Tlte base is ten or twelve feel high, formed of
several blocks of marble, each lessening in s:ze
and wrought in the Corinthian order ; while the
obelisk which is to crown it, a huge block of grey
marble nearly fourteen feet in length, lies near hy
in the rough, well embedded in the sand soil. Some
wretches have made one sido of the monument a
shooting target, and have despoiled it In many
ways. If I evor felt sorrow and it
wus wliiie looking oil u picture like this. 1 ne
mother of Washington! with an unfinished mono,
■neat— for shame, Virginia! Where is thy cltiv.
airy, thv blush ? But why do I chide—they ure
most to "bo pitied who can Iivu and look on such a
desecrntiuit. This is one of the oldest towns in
Virginia, has a liltlo commerce on the Poloinnc,
contains uboutSOOO inhabitant*—hut with all looks
dilapidated and poor, like something once vigorous
but uow decayed.”
Trafficking in Wives.—Tho Harbor of Hong
Kong, wus generally very crowded with Chinese
native craft. The gayest and most Highly decora
ted beats which arrived at our port were those
which brought from Canton a mercantile comtnodi
ly very commonly irollicked in by the Chinese
I'ltes wore young ladies who were bent upon tilt
speculation of marriage, being brought from the
exuberant population of the interior towns to sup
ply the deficiency amongst the numerous settle
who had come from the continent to our new colo
ny, so many of every trade and occupation having
already flocked in vast numbers to the islund.—
These bouts arrived with drums and got gs beating
and colors flying, generally coming to an anchor
immediately under my own window. Tea tables
were soon arranged, nnd the young ladies from
twenty to foity in number, arrayed in ilioir smart,
esl jackets nnd trowsers, might be seen endeavor
ing to bewitch those visitors who flocked to the
bouts. 1 was informed that the price, generally
spooking, eve raged from one hundred to two hun
dred dollars; the greatest portion of which money
was transferred to the mother of the young lady, a
due proportion being oharged for (ho expenses at
tendant upon the voyage, together with commission
&ic., upon tho bargain, I Itavo known instances of Punch suys that bo once saw a father knock Ills
some of the natives of India becoming purchasers; J boy down, and he thought it the most striking ptc-
but, in that case, they would only obtain the refuse | lure of sun down he ever beheld.
pleasures and sympathies of a social being, and en
ables him, hy co-operation, to tear those stupendous
monuments of human knowledge and industry
wh clt rise before us on every side. It is, nllogeth-
| er, one of the most wonderful of nature’s works,
and there are no subjects of contemplation mor<>
interesting than the constitution of thia widely-dif
fused ugent, and the innumerable purposes to whiclt.
it is applied in supporting the existence and contri
buting to the welfure of animated beings.—Pneu
matics, by Hugo Read.
Travelling Animal Magnetixebs.—Within n
year past, two boys have voluntarily called upon u-
witlt a request thnt they might have assist an oe it,
explaining to tlte public ihe tricks and imposition*
nf travelling inngnotizers. One of them had been
seven months the wonder and admiration of moon
struck dunces, who had fed his employer night aflt r
night, for the wonder working phenomena and th
ins minus of this now system of thaumaturgics.
Tlirough (he exhibitions of this boy, believer*
were cicniod with astonishing rapidity, and tbe of;.'.
went up from regiments of disciples—what a gin
rious science ! Yet he positively declared that l.cv
hud not been asleep in any instance, before an nt^
dience, nor wns there ever a period whan ha iso s.
not thoroughly conscious, in every respect, amt.
obedient to command. By practise he could ban v
to he pricked under the nails, tolerate the biaxe oft
a candle within an inch of the eye without recoil
ing. allow heavy men to stand on his toes, dec.,an t
in short, become, by a regular proeess of training,
the host subject in New England.
As he confessed himself on impostor, ha was ur.
god to turn Itis attention to some honest pursuit.—
However, not long after, we saw tbe same boy.nti
the Marlboro’Chapel, moving like a charm to W>«
will ofthe magnetizer, before a respectable sou-*
piny. He would stagger, fall to the floor, instant
ly lose the power of a flexing limb, just as tha tele
graph required. Last week we mat the same lit.
tie vagabond agaio,and he informed us that Iht y,
had heun doing pretty well of late under the nu*
nugeinent of a medical man of Boston. They had
been down to Cape Cod, where animal magnetise
took well. For his part in the farce he had the To •
gulnr wages of five dollar* a weak.—Boston Medi
cal and Surgical Journal.
Association of Factobv OrERATivia.—The
Factory Girls ef Lowell talk of establishing • large
Factory, to be worked by themselves, and of which
they shall be the Joint Stock Proprietors !—Newark
Daily Adv.
We have never hoard of any such talk hares.
ots. Should such a scheme be successfully pm
opi-rution, » e presume it would not be long be-
lure tie praprietare would have plenty of applies.,
tines for partners. A young man might thus JaL
her like apostrophize a stockholder t
“ Kver ttoui that hour I laved hsr,
'J ill tmr bar Block I paid krr wMudkmIC”
Friend,hip requires action ; Love requiraa not
so much proofs, na expression* of love. Love de
mands little else than the power to fael and require
love —Jean Paul.
•I keep an excellent labia,’said a landlady dispu
ting with on* of her boarders, ‘That may he
true, ma'am,’s*»s he, 'but you put very little upon
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