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English Straw Sonnets.
A case ofhandsome English Straw and Florence
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consisting of 3 Houses and Lots, suitable for
large or small families, nine bead of Horses, one
four-wheel close Carriage, one large Barouche,
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above property will be sold very low for Cash,
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vacation on reasonable terms, Carriages and
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%ositl)cvfr
twilight lanncs.
ON RICHMOND TEHRACE.
See—where yon glorious sun upon the breast
Os the blue wave, is sinking to his rest I
Like earth-born greatness, tired of regal pride,
He casts his ropes of royalty aside,
And, ’neath the gorgeous drapery of the sky,
Retires from view in cloudless majesty—
Leaving to earth a soft benignant ray.
To gild the mantle of retiring day.
The blaze of fashion, and the glosaofart,
That strike the eye, but come not near the hear'.
Have nought to do with such a scene as this,
Where nature revels tn her loveliness.
Sweet hour—to lonely contemplation dear,
The seraph wing of peace is hovering near —
The twilight scene with dewy lustre glows.
And all around is breathing of repose —
While smiling Hope, amid the tender gloom,
Whispers of morning’s renovated bloom.
Fair Autumn ! thou Art here— but yet so light
Hath been thy footstep, that the wild flowers bright
Hi ed not thy presence—still, the fields aro gay
With all the tints that paint a summer dayi
In vernal beauty the rich forest trees
Are dressed, and the pure health-inspiring breen
Comes freshly up from yon broad, bright expanse
Os waters, on whose azure waves advance
A joyous group to grace our fairy isle 1
While Friendship’s voice and Beauty’s beaming smile
Diffuse soft light and harmony around,
Like spirits hovering o’er enchanted ground.
With joys like these, amid a scene so fair,
Where calm contentment smoothes the brow of care
The mind enjoys a feast Wealth cannot buy,
Nor Envy’s dark malignant frown destroy.
How few would seek through distant climes to roam,
Who once had made this “island gem” their home.
Oh ! hasten then—before the chilling blast
Hath o’er this scene of vernal beauty past—
Comb—ere the fall'mg leaf and closing flower
Shall shed a gloom o’er twilight’s musing hour.
Pavilion, September 13, 1337. K- A. W.
From Blackwood’s Magarino for September.
My AuuV* Tale.
You wish to know my history, my dear Fan
ny. If the delineation ot vanity audits vexa
tions, of pride and its humiliations, of affection
and its disappointment, can while away a
frown of ennui from that pretty forehead, and
ini. gle, perhaps, somo instruction with the
little amusement it may afford, my task, uib.it
a painful one, is gladly undertaken.
Nvw, pu >a ! you have had a very good
breakfast —go to sleep! there! »n uiy knee,
and don’t entangle my silks.
You can scarcely remember my mother—
your grandmother —Fanny ? no indeed—how
should you? She died before you came into
the world. But you have often heard m<
speak ot her, and 1 daresay you know that sin
cloned from a boarding-school, when scarcely
fifteen, with Sir Francis Hargood, a dashing
young baronet of two-aud-tweuty, who stole
her h art with his silver spurs and black mous
taches.
My mother was only sixteen when she vas
brought to bed of me ; and very angry, as i
afterwards heard, Sir Francis was, that »
wasn’t a boy i stead of u gtrl—for he had plen
ty of broad lauds, though his income was uar
row enough, his property bci g mostly mort
gaged to meet‘.he overwhelming debts which
his youthful extravagance (for he was very
gay and in the most expensive circles) had ga
thered round him. However, it could not be
helped now, a.,d bsing naturally an easy tem
pered mao, he wag soon reconciled to tin
disappointment; and. though Ido not think he
was ever Very :ond of me, he always treated
me with great civility—almost, indeed, kind
ness--which, 1 fancy, was the nearest ap
proach to parental affection he w».a capable
of.
I do not recollect any appearances of real
love between him and my mother, though I
never saw them quarrel; to bo sure, he always
called her “my dear,” and I remember to have
seen him give her a kiss sometimes when he
was lent i g home for a month’s shooting ; but.
further than that, there were none of those lit
tie eiidearino..ts aid reciprocal confidences
which I have often heard of as the «weetest
joys ot the married state. But, after all, 1 i
dare say those j ys exist more in fancy than
reality; for my part, I know I have many
thoughts winch 1 should hesitate to confide
even to you, my pretty niece ! much more to a
man.
Perhaps, indeed, my mother was not a wo
man calculated loinspire affectien. She was
h iiightyand comma .di ig in mail'er, and, ia
> her presence, the easy Sir ITiuiCis sank into a
Complete nonentity. Yetshe was very heau’i
i ful! the countet part of yours< it’, my little love !
just the same luxuriant, richly-brown hair ; and
: the same full hazel eyes, and small mouth, and
! perfect figure! but she did not dress as pretti-
I ly and simply as you do : noi' her did she dance
, (to my mind) near so grae fully as you, though
■ she was geuen?ily co sidered a pern ct da cer ;
she laughed a good deal mure, but did not smile
so often or so gladly as you.
j For the first eight or uico years of my life
I s w very lutk oi my mother; though,during
• he winter mu .’ho while we lived in the coun
try, she used to have your mother (who was
born two years after) and me, brought in every
day ufier dinner, to eat a slice of pi leappie,
and dri k papa’s heal.h (it was the fashion to
dri .k healths then) in half a gtass of claret.
Bu in summer, when we went to London, we
scarcely ever saw her more than once or twice
a-wtek, when -■lie visited the nursery 'o give
us each a cold kiss and say to nurse, “ I hope
they are well andgood?” if the answer was in
the affirmative, she left the room « ith another
kiss to each ; if nut, she gave orders for sum
moning ’.he physician, and omitted the kiss fur
fear of infect ion.
But as 1 gnw older, and approached the
usual period of emuncip ition from governesses
and nmsic-tnasters, 1 was admitted much more
frequently into my mothei’s presence ; and the
increased interest she seemed to take in my
pursuits and attainments was as surprising as
gratifying to me, I w..s not then awar •• of the
accession of importance which a showy and
accomplished daughter brings to a woma.. of
firshioi); of the splr ndor reflected by a high
connexion ; and the comparative < ase of filling
a drawingroom when a beauty may be ranked
among the fixed stars of the social galaxy.
The sagacious nodsand mysterious whispers
touching a “ good match,” a “ suitable connex
ion,” nnd a “splendid catch,” which succeed
d every mark of approbation bestowed on my
mode of dressing, or my improving voice, fell,
at first, unmeaning atrd wearisometny <taf»
- ' « n ri rcATED. A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY. Jejjerson.
‘‘WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A wvi
but. bv degrees, the connexion b 1 ween a “good
match” and a good fi ur< —a “good catch,”
at.d good looks, perfictly reconciled me to the
term, and I soon b gan to think that the one
was a desirable and requisite consequence from
the others.
Ugly and crot ked as I am now, Fanny !
nay, don’t eo tradict m-, child!—to yoa I
daresav my looks are welcome and pleasant,
because you. love me, and love “ looks not with
the eyes, but with the mind”—but to others I
know I am crabbed, aid withered, and 10.-.th
sorne—and I care tot to fhii k it! i h: v<
done with vmiitv now ! —but it was not always
so !—these dim evts, and sunken cheeks, and
withered hands, have been stars, and roses, anti
snow, in their day ; and vows ofiove and ado
ration, which were to tr umph over time, and
change, and death, have been breathed ere
now at my feet, and Heaven called to witness
oaths whose performance Heaven has yet to
see ; but it matters not—“at lovers’ perjuries,
they say, Jove laughs.”
You are not “come out” yet, Fanny!—it’s
a bad plan to bring girls out too you g, and I
often tell your mother so. Thu gentlemen are
apt to dismiss all serious thoughts in address
ing a very you ig debutante, and proposals are
never intended—nothi g beyond a fiirtatio■>!
Then, when she reaches a proper age. she is
exposed to the dangerous imputation of b ung
older th.in sne looks. People will say, “this
ia absolutely Miss So and-So’s third season,
and only s e how young she looks?—depend
upoiitsh' l rouges!” and thus the po r girl is
c mdr inned to uiinu rred neglect by the thought
less :esa of another in hurrying her too soon
before the eyes of ihe world.
My mother was a consummate ma: cutivrer.
and well aware of the disadvantages of a too
early debut ; she was also » blue, and had re
duced the art of ma. csuvri g to a perfect sys
tem of philosophy, on which she delivered her
se timents with the authority, and in the lan
gunge, of a Locke or a Baco She took care
that I should not come out before I hud nttai i
ed a sufficiently dignified at.d womanly appear
ance to command a properpl< gres of respect
from my admirers ; and I was earnestly ex
horted not to encourage, or, indeed, permit,
any thi. g approaching to flirtation, except i i
younger sous, and that rarely. “Fiirtatio’,
my dear Man,” observed my mother, with
great earnestness, “ flirtation i.i match-making
is like a wrong note in a concerted piece—it
puts out all the performers ; and overturns at
once the pleasing fabric of harmony which
his so carefully boon raised. A man never
dii.ksa second time of the girl he flirts with
—she has amused him for half an.hour, just as
'he ballet or the pantomime has, and is as
soon forgotten ; fur there is no impression so
transient as th it of mere amusement. Wha i
vou have once ascertained the eligibility of
vour admirer, put a stop at once to till tight
advances, or you will find, too late, how fatal
is your forbearance. Study well the charac
ter of the ilia i you have marked for your own,
—if he is silent, talk to him ; if he is talkative,
listen to him ; if he is Vain, flatter him ; if he
is familiar, repel; ifbashful, encourage him ;
yet let not your repulse be too forbidding, as
your encouragement should not be too warm ;
by tho one you unloose the chains you h.v
woven, by the other you draw them too tight
and they break; but there is a kind of felicity
in choosing the [top, r medium, which the
education 1 have given you, a d tho tac. you
•aturally possess will best instruct.
“ And do not imagine that, like tn- st mothers.
1 lay aa interdict upon young’ r sons and Air
iat ions; on the contrary, though I do not r<
c»mme <1 you to seek or invite them, yet I
would bv no means advise you to shu . them
a together; for the more admircts a girl his
the more she attracts, and the greater < mill i
loa she excites ; and a you g r son may often
prove a powerful engine ia rousing jealousy or
pique ia tho breast of an elder brother, of the
efficacy of which weapon every woman oft»<-t
is well aware. And now, my child, before
you enter on your new path, let me give you
two maxims, which I can only regret wire
not sooner acquired, as, with my attractions
(and I flatter yon, Mary, as much as myself,)
1 might have made a match very superior to
the one w. ich youthfal tolly dictated. They
tire the golden rules ol life—the open-sesame
of enjoyment—
“ Money is power,—
“ Power is the trit- source of happiness.”
I well recollect we were sitt :.g in my mo
ther’s dressing room ; her toilette was not
completed, and, as 1 look d into her lace when
the last. word passed her lips, and saw thedeej
wrinkles in the as yet u irouge-.l cheek, ana
met the spiritless glance of the languid ey”, I
unconsciously asked myself if these were the
traces of happiness! but even then the magic
tint wasapphad, anti the question ai.d the wrin
kle were alike forgotten.
The Unusual gravity and philosophical pre
cision with which my mother had pronounced
her homily made a deep impression on my
youthful mind, and I ardently longed to obtain
the same title to advise which her tact and ex
perience hnd given her.
I came out with, every a-Ivant g". U >der
the auspices ot Ltdv Francis Harwood how
could 1 fail of ruccess? Not a (old—not a
I plait—waswidiout its definite obj. ct in pre
-1 moling the harmony of th., cnst mble; a pin
more or lens would have marred nil ; an extra
droop of the f.ath: r 3 would have atnomited to
absolute deformity ! fori was perfect in per
fection, .mid “ o.i a ve-tal robe a spi ck is uon
t tarninalio i.” A roy< 1 ball was .selected ns the
j worthy staga of so hopeful a debutante, m.d
I the admiring and envious g ize of „ whole host
I of aristocrat’, v, “th: expectancy a.drosief
t this fair state.” gneted my entrance as an
i event in the history of the eve..ing. Royaltv
| itself was pleased to bestow audible encomi
ums on my beauty, a id a gallant prince soli
cited nty hand for the first dance. Blushing
and trembling, I we.it through the tn tisttted
movements of the njinuet, scarcely even con
scions oi the fl.itteiing whisper which resound,
ed on every si l’. L fo:g<>lutoiiceal!tiieiir
tilici il airs and studied attitudes, to the prac
tice of which so many hours had been devo
ted; my motions were timid, yet graceful;
and I blushed with pleasure as I listened to
j the honied compliments of my royal partner,
I as he led me to a seat at the co.iclu.sio > of the
dance. Oh, the exultation of that moment!
how my heart did beat!
My neither, too, seemed pleased and satis
fied, and 1 could almost have mistaken her
proud looks for the glatic s of affection, had
(hey not been accompanied by a whispered
admonition “act to droop my head so much, or
nobody could see me.” It certainly ,vas no
part of my nature to wish to hide my charms;
I tew young ladies arose unversed in Scripture
as to “put their caudle under a bushel,” —at
least they always “let their linht shine before
My firsf tfcason '.ras a series t«f uuiiiterrupt
GfclWiWiLA, SATUKUAY, NOVIU3BER fil, 1837.
ed triumphs. I might have wafted a first-t ie
round the globe with the tempest of sighs
which were breathed around me, and the i.,-
nmrr table comphm m's of my innumerable
adorers might have supplied the confectioners,
for an indefinite period, with honey and flum
mery.
Li fact, my conqu. sts were fat too easy. I
was sated wi h admiration, and Aouid have
given worlds to meet with a glume of indif
ference or even contempt. I piqued myself
on mv wit and convers itionai brilliancy, but
brilliancy and wit w :re thrown away on hearts
already wo ■; and if they were exerted, it was
to undo, not to rivet, mv chains. I ahnos.
wished I hid not been quite so beautiful, that
mv mental charms had b en more called into
play. It was. no doubt, vary satisfactory to
see the execution which a glance could make,
but a too easy victory b comes insipid and it i
i teresting. Th ■ homage which attended m.
b'-’gau to sou .d di.’ 1 ) as a thrice-told tale ; the
buzz of admiration which greeted my appear
a ee made me think of a charity school ; 1
t ick to quizzing ns a relief, aid amused my
self with tn iking trial ofl&e tempers of raj
admirers m every possib'e way. First th r
was old Sir Jenkins L ink, a conquest which
my mother learnedly <!• signaled as “rather
an ooaiionfilm a triumph;” a man who had
made a million on the Stock Exchange, anti
by di. tot spending half his i come on his din
ars for other people to eat, had attained th
enviable privilege of being admitted, as a butt
for s ray wit, to ail the coteries of the west
end. The poor man was as bashful as a school
boy, and his efforts to make hims.-ls agreeable
afforded me infi dte amusement, and I encour
aged his attentions for that reason, tn an inex
cusable degree. The old gentleman, at length,
absolutely m ule proposals in form, and urged
his suit with an apparent confidence of sue.
cess, which I scarcely knew whether to be an
gry with, or laugh at. “ I remember once,”
observed my antique admirer o.i that interest
ing occasion, “ I semernber once h iving a risk
of £ 40,000 oo a speculation in the Spanish
bonds which was daily expected to fail, and I
can assure you. Madam, my anxiety on th it
occasion was scarcely greater than that which
I now experience for my speculation i i the
matrimo dal bonds, he ! he! h« ! yet my fears
proved unfounded, —I got my money back,
principal a id interest (a chuckle,) and perhaps
Dm: Fortune will befriend tne still (a grin.)
I am u little older th tn you are, young lady, it
is true; but I am willing to pay a good pre
mium on my deficiencies. See here,” and h 1
dragged for..h a huge, antediluvian, red-leath
•r pocket book, whence he caiefully extracted
a piece of paper, which he handed tome, wi'h
i most business-like air; “here! have made
out an abstract of my Capital, as it ia at pre
sent appropriated, and all I ask in return is
your pretty s If, our accounts will ba balanced
then.”
“My dear Sir Jenkins!” exclaimed I, at
tentively perusing the document before me,
which was written in u round, clerk like La id,
which made my flesh creep to look upon ; ‘this
is v- ry kind of you ! —‘ L<> g ami short annul
ties—3 12 percent consols —Exchequer bills
—Y s, I see it all! Can I ever sufficient!'
th ink you for this generosity, you dear, k: d.
old man?—Or million pounds ! —daar me! -
I Can scarcely i'Hßgine such a sum; but hov.
did-’'in gu. .ss this was mv birthday ?”
“ M ’-am —eh ! —really M idam !—I—I don’t
think, I b; g your pardon, Madam ; I fa c”
we don’t unOersta <1 one another, Matetn’
filtered th amazed eld geiitlemnii. on whos
min i some sense of evil was gradutilly break
“ Come, my de*r Sir Jenkins,” I said “ 1
m quite conscious of the sensitive delicacy
you manifest, and look upon your gif as doub
ly valuable on that accou .t; but stir ty, my
dt-arsir, you need not feel embarrassment in
bestowing your generosity on one who has
always been accustomed to look upon you al
most as her grand-father 1”
By this time I had wrought up the poor ma i
to a perfect agony of fright and dismay. I
saw that his bashfitlncss was about to succumb
to a more powerful feeii.ig; that an explana
tion was starting to bis lips (most probably in
the straightforward garb of a mercantile trans
action,) and averted the prosaic infliction by a
masterly stroke.
“But. my dear sir,” I continued, in tny soft
st tones, yet with proper magnanimity, “you
must not compel me to accept of such priuc ly
kindness. I know you can well afford to be
stow it, but I cannot aff.ru to accept it. 1
cannot allow myself 'o be s . iudrbted to any
one; even you, much as I revere..ce you!
am.-, now, you really must ..ki- it buck ; now
I will make you tak>- ti but i’ll i. It you what
Vou shall dot here’s a pen und ink; now 1
want* set of pearls for the Regent’s bait, and
they Hill be doubtj—trebly—valuable, coming
from you ; so write me out an order for one
little thousand pout.ds, and I’ll gel asst and
wear them for your s .ke! Now. you ca.i’t
say 1 am 100 proud in r. ceive a kindness from
a true friend.”
Sn Jeukies Lamb look d very sheepish, but
he was too bashiul to reittse, a .d I considered
his temerity lightly punished. He afterwards
lUtiriied his houst kteptr, a woman fir better
suited io his tast s, and possessing much more
intrinsic merit th.u. 1 ; but they were not nap
py tor all that, indeed, I du not believe, i. we
could look behind the scenes, we should find
any uniriiage really happy. Men .ire mcable (
oi u.idcis.aadmg ttio depth and purity oi u
woman’s affection ; iuvu is the mcrcliandiSe
ol’her heart, and if it meets with no exchange
she pines and dies, but in secret and ia silence!
slowly, pmhaps, but surely ; unmarked, it may
be, by others, but fell by hers’.’il—oil 1 how
bitterly!
My next admirer was more difficult to deal
with. Lord Arthur Trevelyan was a you g
nun ’vbo entertained such a lofty and un
bounded admiration for hts handsome self, that
it was next to an impossibility to persuade
him that any lair one could look upon him and
live; our tender hearts were all his own; pal
pitating io win his smile and shrinking, chill
ed and despairing, from hts frown. His single
look oi approbation exalted us into the seventh
heaven oi ea. tidy beatitude, and iron) h's glance
ol indifference “ hope m ithem g tied, and glad
ness sighed farewell.” He canted a minia
ture ol nimself e .amelled on hts eutiif-box,
and wore hts own hair i.i a diamond locket
rou.al his neck.
More sensible than Narcissus, who died for
self-love, Lord Arthur Trevelyan lived aid
breathed solely in the strength of the same
feeling. His egotism was, verily, sublime in
its vastness ! Nothing seemed too miglitv for
its ambition ; too hazardous lor its daring; too
vast foi its capacity. He was regal in his
stupidity—awe inspiring m his folly—mag.
uiticm.t in his conceit! a gorgeous fop—-a stu
pendous tbol-.a majestic bare. Such was the
bring who now condescended to cast a gra
cious smile on my i significant charms.
It was at my second ball that I became
aware of the felicity that was in store for tne.
Lord Arthur was standing about three fact
from the ottoman on whi< h I was seated, con
versing wifli a sickly, bashful V 'ting man with
whom I had danced the first dance, in coitsid.
eration of his being heir to sixty thousand a
y ar, “ and possibilities.” I was well awar”
of the importance of the said Lord who
was well k .own to me by report, and hid
b”en highly edified in liste. i g to the critiques
which he dealt out most lavishly and audibly
around him.
“Ah! there’s tl.e Duchess of Ginger !” ob.
setvad his lordship—she’s dnspetatcly i
io' e with me. poor soul I But when I look at
her every feeling is merged i.i compassion for
her husband. That’s Mhs Wilso , Pelham
I rather patronised her once; but I couldn’t
stand hose gieeo feathers, they throw such a
ivid shadow over one’s complexion I By
Jove ! La ly Caroline Morris still!—when will
that woman learn to take a hint? I told her
n ■ other day that there was nothing more de
testable than a dish over-seasoned— especially
a standi ig one, uow could any thing be more
evident in its application? My dear Miss
Eden, I’m m.charted to see you loqjci ig so di
vinely ! D > you know why Miss Eden never
smiles? she’s afraid of cracking the »nam"l.
which hides such a multitude of sins. Mrs.
Johnston,! declare! Well, tint woman’s ef
frontery is something amazing ! a ertm. eon.
and a morning visit are pretty nearly syaoay.
mous with her : yet I disconcerted her once;
by asking after her huobmd! she had quite
forgotten that there was such a person. Faith!
Stanhope, that’s a pretty girl! who the deuce
is she?” here his lordship’s eye-glass was
turm d towards me.
‘‘ Hush ! she hears you,” whispered the ti
mid youth, remarking my blushes, —“she’s a
■daughterof Lady Francis Hargood, just come
out: isn’t she b atniful ?”
“ A daughter of the Hargood, is she ?” ob
served Lord Arthur, without in the least low
ering his to >e —“uh! I thought I recognised
the features ! —the girl is certainly very pas
s aDle : not badly dressed either, to the mother
be the praise, of course. Ths Haigoods are
quite worth knowing, capital dinners—fiist
rate taste, good wine, and good
family ! You must introduce me so yon sylph,
Stanhope. I like to encourage juveaile merit.”
Upon this he seized the unwilling youth, and
dragged him towards me to perform the requi
site ceremo .y, which, however, he took who!,
ly upon himself to execute.
But in attempting to patronise me. Lord Ar
thur I’revelyan had grievously overshot him
self. I possessed sufficient spirit to feel indig
nant at the cool impudence with which he
impressed upon me the magnitude of his con.
descensio.i, and Sufficient tact to suppress that
indignation till a filter opportunity of display
i g it, which I tacitly resolved should not b-'
far distant. With this view I conned over my’
mother’s Icsso is with renewed industrv, and
deti rmi ied to select Lord Arthur as a worthy
object whoreon to practi le them. I flatter
myself that I was no unapt pupil—nay, that I
carried out the theories of my instructress to a
p ffectio.T unattained even by herself.
My first c deavor was tg pjqijg t; le vanity of
frevelyam a id I found this a task which de
manded my highest powers.
I aff.-cled a surprisi g rural simplicity—
blushed as often as I could, and turned the con
rant ion <* wild strawberries and new milk,
I expressed infinite disappointment at not hav
mg found the streets paved with gold, gave an
animated account of the Lord Mayor’s show,:
uni asked his lordship if he could tel! rrle where
ihe best blackberry jam was to r>e procured—
I couldn’t eat my breakfast without it. To
complete ihe character, I showed myself per
■' ctly ignorant of ihe renown of Lord Arthur
Frevelyau ; calling him by a diff rent name I
every tune I addressed him, and obstinately
omitting his title. The all-conquering beau
was completely nt a loss. At first he seemed
disposed to treat me t ith sovereign contempt,
but I answered his disdainful look with a smile
of such ineffable sweetness that he was trans
portnd, spite of himself, into a glance of admi
ration ! This was received on my part with
an air of simple imlillLrenee which perfectly
stU iiied him. I followed up my advantage by
exclaimnrg with a lively air—“ Now Mr.
Tressiiiari—by ihe way, are you related to
Tressilinn in that charming Ket.ilwoith? (no
answer beyond a look of indescribable iadig.
aatio a) —uow do, like airice man, rim and
fetch tne an ice! this room is as hot. as our
blew.house at Ash’s i—do you brew your own
beer, Mr. Tn ssiliau
“Madam!’ begun the horrified beau, rising
as he spike, and giving me a concentrated
look of pity, disgust, and fury, rendered U.i
speak ibly ludicrous by an air of incredulous
am.iZetnent thrown over the w hole; ‘Madam!’-
“Oh, tny dear sir!” interrupted I. with a
bewitching smile, “ do not look so cross, or
you will spoil ail the pleasure of the evening.
1 dare say it is not customary for gentlemen
in London, especially those moving in and
adorning the higher circles—(here Lord Ar
thur reseated himself) to stmert..to. d such d<>.
mestic affairs; but with us rustics,” I said,
laughingly, “it is a source of amusement. •
when no other pleasures are near, to occupy j
our minds even with the mystery of brewing!
be convinced for yourself, my lord,” 1 ad .ed,
turning to him with a fascinating smile, and
an air of simple dignity ; “ come and see us at
Ashton Park when the London season is over :
you will find, I believe excellent shooti gon
Papa’s preserves, and wo can afford you every
possible facility for breaking your neck ; first.
rat» hunting, und first-rite hunters! as for the
brewing, it is true, when other occupatio s
arc wanting,! have recourse to it sometimes
as an amusement; but I trust Lord Irthur
Trevelyan may supplant its attractions,” 1 said
with a smile and a blush, “ and now, my lord,
may I ask for your arm to join my mother;
who, I perceive is moving to depart; 1 had no j
idea it was so late !” )
By such judicious mixture of flattery and
indifference ; encouraging trim by the one, and I
piquing his vanity by the other—did I at length
succeed in throwing my chains over the tow.
eriog head of Lord Arthur Trevelyan. He
became my avowed admirer; begged my ac.
cuptance of a diamond-mounted miniature of
himself, which was graciously refused; and
actually condescended to languish through a
quadrille by my side, having previouslvmM*:
pressed upon me the mag ritude of b : *>)c
by civilly declaring that “ it was
he committed such a bsrb irism as to datre’e.”
“ Your lordship, then,” observed I with an
air of provoking indifference, “ means to insin.
uate (hat I am a barbarian?”—
“ I !” exclaimed the disconcerted beau, in
puzzled bewilderment, • No,’ pon mv sou) !
did I ?—impossible, west beautiful Miss Har.
good ’ how could 1 have been such a brute ?”
and here his voice died away in receding
murmurs, while I quietly conversed with my
mother’s partner, who was standing upon my
left, leaving tny own completely ossified With
arntiz ’mei’t.
But I soon grew tired of Lord Arthur’s ego.
tistical homilies, and determined to bring mat.
! ters to a conclusion as speedily as possible.
There is no more delicate manoeuvre in fe
male tactics, i one more misunderstood or more
easily disco: certed, than that of forcing a man
to propose! In all cases it is an uncertainly,
ia many an impossibility; and it is,moreover,
a science in which not even general rules can
be laid down, inasmuch as it is made up of
ver-vary ing micuti®. wherein the slightest
inaccuracy may ruin the whole ; and the infi
its diversity of human nature must render
every individual case mote jjable to such inac
curacy. Perhapa the greatest requisite is a
perfect knowl->d<Ȥ grf the character ot th
- you would bring to ymir feet, a d it is
Very st Idom, save with such shallow mi-.ds as
that of Lord Arthur Trevelyan, that this know
ledge can be acquired ; r nd, until it is acquired,
to lay down rules for proceeding would resem
ble the celebrated receipt to capture birds, by
putting salt on their tails! Mrs. Glass’s ad
vice is probably the best—“ First catch your
heir. ”
But with Lord r>evclyitn. though by no
means a rnarryi >g man, the task was not so dif
ficult. Os him it might truly be said that he
had not a seco'd i ea ; for various as were the
ramifications of his thoughts, they all must,
decidedly, have come under the head of—
dumber One' Excuse thn vulgarity ! If any
thing partook of his affection, it was his mir
ror; and the best way of gai.ii.ng that affec
tion was, like his mirror, to present nothing
but himself to his view. If any one com
manded his respect, it was his tailor; and the
best way of winning that respect was. like his
tailor, to invest him with charms—not hts own.
Such was the man I had to subdue, and such
the m idels I took ’o imitate. With such a
man, and such models, how could I fail of suc
cess?
It was the last evening of the season that I
selected on which to give Lord Arthur his
cowp de grace; I had no intention of submit
ting to be bored by him at Ashton. Accord
ingly, all my powers of flattery were everted
to secure his respect, all my powers of fasci
nation to obtain his homage, and I soon per
ceived that mv endeavors were crowned with
success. Already had I extorted from him
two smiles and a very near approach to a sigh,
and he hnd absolutely so far forgotten himself
as to make three several observations solely
applying to me! This phenomenon was un
mistakeable, and I commenced operations im
mediately, by drawing him into a critique on
♦he company present, an amusement which his
Lordship was always happy to engage in
“ What a beautiful girl Lady Georgina Wil
son is!” said I, as that young lady passed us
in th” course of a promenade.
“ Beautiful!” exclaimed his Lordship, evi
dently lost in admiration of his own nails,
which h“ was minutely surveying.
•‘ Lady Georgina Wilson,” I repeated, in a
louder tone , “is she not beautiful ?”
“Ah ! the Wilson ? Passable ! very passa
ble!”
“Oh, beautiful!” said 1, with affected ener
gy. “ H ive you no taste, Lord Arthur?”
‘ I trust I have,’answered his Lordship, with
affected indifference, but stung to the quick bv
the question: then added, with tin air of gal
lantry, and a declination of the head meant for
a bow, ‘and when I confess an unbounded ad
miration tor Miss Hargood, I thick I may safe
ly lay claim to the possessia.i of it.’
‘ Your lordship is very good,’ I said, with a
smile in. ant to express that his complime. ♦
was recoil ed as such, ‘but I mus' stilluphold
the b. aty of Lady Georgina. Who is that
very fine young man she is dancing with?’
Now I knew who it was fully as well as his
Lordship,
The glass was instantly raised, and a mo
mentary glance diiacted towards the object of
my curiosity. •
‘That,’ said Lord Ar’hur, after his scrutiny
was over, “is the Marquis of Sandys, eldest
so i of ths Duke, of Hauton, a man who makes
up for the shortness of his pedigree by the
length of his rent-roll. You call theMvrquis
a fine young man! lam sorry I cannot agree
with you.”
‘Ot' course not,’ said I, laughing, ‘you men
are all so jealous <’f one another’——
‘ Lord Arthur Trevelyan, Miss Hargood,'
interrupted my admirer, with a look of ineffa
ble m-jesty, “is above jealousy!’
‘J allow it—if any tnan is.’l replied. ‘But
I cannot help thi k ug the M.irquis of Saadys
a d Lady Georgina a very-striking pair.’
• They ttri/Z be u striking pair, ere long, I do
■ot doubt,’observed the exquisite, smiling faint
ly at his very original wit. ‘lt is said they
are about to commit tne betise. of marrying—
most consummate folly! Don’t you think so,
.Miss Hargood?’
•Not the mos/co;.sum ate,’l replied, laugh
i ig. ‘ But, peril >ps, next to remaining aba
ch -lor, it may be classed us a very great folly.’
• N xt to remaining a bachelor! Why. ia
the name of Heaven how would you have a
mm act who wishes to escape the charge of
be. ng a fool ?’
*• Why , do us you have dot:e,’ I said with a
look i.f feigned surprise at the question,
• choose the lesser evil—marry. Nay,’ I con
tinned, checking the contradiction which was
bursting from his astonished lips, and the laugh
ter which rose to mine—‘Nay, my Lord, do
not thi .k me rude—but I really must ask tor
an i troductiou to the future Lady Trevelyan.
1 have heard so much of her amiable qualities,
that I can assure you. my admiration—my re
spect, I incun. for the man who could make
so noble a choice amid so many splendid ones
he might have commanded—‘.vho could turn
from the high connexions and proffered wealth
m Inch sought his acceptance on every side, to
the t’ur deeper riches—yet how far less appre
ciated, save by noble natures—of affection,
virtue, und tmgilded beauty,—my respect for
: that man has increased, as n,y knowledge of
his many virtues has increased ; and I cannot
offend him when 1 add, that without such a
cousummatio , all those virtues would be aim
less and incomplete; t»set of reasons without
a result! a noble theory devoid of practice!
melancholy proof of how precious the trea
sure, and how weak, how contemptible, how
? criminal, the waste 1”
My words and looks were as of one inspired.
The high sentiments I uttered had wakened
kindred feelings in my breast, as a consum
mate actor identifies himself with the charac
ter he represents, and I hive no doubt I looked
truly fascinatii gon the occasion. The eru
dite sentence, too, with which I ’had concluded
my speech, was Well calculated to make a deep
• impression on my shallow minded admirer,
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who gazed on me the while with look* of
lent respect and unbounded admiration.
The effect 1 produced ayzwertd my
tations. His Lordship was beside himself
with joy at having obtained such high praist-rf
from one whom he regarded—(aud very justly',
my Lord) —as so fastidious; and overwhelm*
ed with horror when he considered how soon
I must discover his unworthiticss of them.
Under these circumstances what idee could
more naturally present itself than that of pro
posing to me! to one who answered so exact*
ly to the description of the supposed intended t
who was, like her, beautiful,amiable,and poor!
thus at once proving that his merit was not be
low the ideal I had painted, and-enhancing
my admiration by conferring the noble honour
o:> my unworthy self!
I read these thoughts in his fact! al clearly
as if they had been expressed in words, and
quietly and securely awaited the event.
His Lordshid’s working features at length
settled into the self-satisfied smile us a person
who has made a resolution ta do something
magnanimous. He lobked at me and sighed.
I looked down and bit my lip. He observed
the first motion, and drew his chair languidly
nearer. 1 met this move by a fixed staie, an
accomplishment in which I eminently excelled.
Perhaps for the first lime in his life, Lord Ar,
thur Trevelyan lost all confidence in himself 1
he hesitated, stammered, twirled his tortoise*
shell eyeglass, and, at length, came to a dead
pause, only interrupted by certain guttural
sounds, which rose every now and then to his
lips, like the last dying-speech vs a surfeited
duck. This would never do. 1 gave him a
softer glance, and dropped my fan to relievo
him. He started at the sound, and, stooping
forward to pick it up, hissed out, in the tone of
a man who has staked his estates on a game
at ecarte, and may be supposed to be doubly
tonne ted by regret at his folly, and an insa
tiable longing to include his wife in the bar
gain—
‘ A-a-Miss Hargood“a-a-I—propose - ■■
‘ What ?’ asked I in a quiet tone, alt he paus
ed for breath.
‘ Miss Hargood,’ continued his Lordship,
who was gradually recovering from this unna
tural state, • you heve expressed your admira
tion tor virtues which have not as yet been
brought into action ; which have, till now,been
hidden from the world in the sanctity of my
own breast. Your observant eye has discov
ered their existence, which I had imagined to
be a secret between myself and my—my’—•
Here the prettily turned sentance was arreiifed
from the deficiency of an idea: his Lordship
supplied its place with a pinch of snuff, and
proceeded, evidently acquiring fresh confi*
deuce, as he listened to the music of his own
to.igue. ‘My dear Miss Hargood, you will
rejoice to hear it—l am not to be married !*
‘ls it possible! I am very sorry,* I exs
Claimed, with a look of feigned amazement-
‘Very possible, fair creatureanswered hik
Lordship, placing one of his sharp elbows,
with familiar nonehalenct, on an arm ot tho
chair i:i which I was seated. ‘And pethaps
it is equally possible for a pretty young lady,
ot very far off, to allow me to prove that her
opinion of my good qualities is not correct.*
‘I never could make out a riddle, my Lord/
replied I. ‘But peihaps you’ll be kind enough
to repeat it again, and I’ll ask my friend Julia
Maynard to guess it: She’s famous at those
sort ot thing—quite a aphynx ! and s<» clever I
You know she wrote that little jeu d'esprit,
‘ Th.' peacock’s Proposal?’ ’
‘Beautiful creature ! how can you thus de
light to torment me?’ interrupted bis Lordship,
endeavoring to look sentimental. ‘You know
howl dislike that Maynard. Well’ it is your
turn now—but, remember, mine will come.*
In a German drama the probable stage di
rection for mouthing this pretty speech might
be—‘playfully and with meaning;’ but Lord
Arthur 'i’revelyan was an original—be scorned
1 he trammels which confined other men ; and
on *his occasion, as on most others, the expres
sion of his features was any thing rather thin
playful, and totally without meaning.
• I do so love tha country!’ observed his
Lordship, waxing romantic. ‘The beautiful
music of the birds! the lowing of the cattle!
the humming of the bees!’ He was evident
ly thinking of the honeymoon.
‘ Why, Lord Arthur!’ I exclaimed, ‘you
'old me only two days ago that you detested it!’
‘ Did I ? How very strange ! But then in
your society’——
‘Ah! I trust you will enjoy Ashton. It is
a delightful pace— »a ramantic! just the
scene tor a love-match to choose !’
‘lt will just suit me, then.’
‘ Oil, you are going to be married then, as.
t rail!—and to that amiable girl, too? I knew
I was right j ’
• I h ive not yet been reffised,* said his Lord
sh.p, with ; s confident an air, asif he was hint*
i. g nt the Day of Judgment.
‘ I’o ask would, of coarse, be superfluous !*
I observed.
‘Ah! true! very odd that! I really don’t
thi: k I have asked yet; so. Miss Hargood.
you’ve only to say yes, and we can inform your
mother of our intentions immediately.’
•Then 1 am to understand that your Lord
ship does me the honor to propose tome?’ said
I, suppressing a yawn.
‘Of course; to whom else?*
‘ I really was not quite sure f your attention
has been so equally divided between tho third
finger on your right hand and myself; that 1
was just calculating on which side the chan
ces might be. But since yottr Lordship has
been so explicit, I shall endeavor to be equally
so. I will not accept your Lordship—don’t
stare so, it’s uncivil—because I would not wish
to encroach on such a devoted affection as that
of your Lordship to yourself; because I am
fond of variety, and would, now and then, pre
fer a new subject in conversation} because,
being a woman, 1 have a fancy to unite mvselF
to a man, and not to—your Lordship. Good
evening, my Lord ’ we shall be delighted to see
you at Ashton.’
I left him, not daring to look at the effects
I had produced. It is needless to say that we>
did not see Lord Arthur Trevelyan at Ashton-
I never, indeed, either saw or heard of hiiw af
terwards, save in the explanatory inteiligencir
that, in a fitot desperation, he had procurod
himselt to be elected Speaker of tb* House os
Commons.
But why; my Fanny, should l.relate to votr
ail the similar scenes (and they were
which 1 got up? I have before told you that
1 grew tired of the ease with which toy con
quests were a< hieved. and you nnist be well
nigh tired of the narration of them. But was
there not one.you will ask, on whom mv wan
dering fancy could rest its flitting wing in hap
piness and love ? Was there net one of the
hearts,prostrate before my feet, whose tender
throbs found an answer in tny own? Could I
—a woman—nurtured, as we are, in depend
ence—strong but in affection, and wcakeet,