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O' M ? B vTI Ma
From the Louisville Journal.
TWE BEGGAR GIRL’S APPEAL.
A FRAGMENT.
“ Stop—oh stop An instant stay —
Do notspurn me, lady, pray I
Though my dress is rude and torn ;
Though I be an outcast lorn ;
Though wan and ghastly is my cheek ;
And rude perchance the Words I speak ;
Though an unsightly child of wo—
Yet do not —no not bid me go ! I”
“ Dear happy lady ! thou art fair,
And joy seems written on thy brow ;
Thy gay young heart is free from care,
And life is pleasant to thee now.
Thou hast sweet friends, for whom the smile
Will sparkle in thy clear blue eye,
And loved ones round thse to beguile
The cheerful moments as they fly
And thine too is the glow of health,
The hopes of youth, the ease of wealth I”
“ Dear lady, thou art doubtless one
For whom a mother’s fervent prayer,
When the still shades of evening come,
Is borne by angels through the air
And one to whom a father clings;
J At once his idol and his pride ;
One to whose arras the infant springs,
While prattlers throng about thy side I
And, lady, (for thou art too fair
For youthful eyes to pass thee by,)
Thou dost some manly bosom share
Where garnered th}’ affections lie I
Thy path through life is strewn with flowers,
And happy are thy spring-time hours I”
******
“ I had a mother, once, like you I
A father, brothers, sisters too !
And one for whom ’twerc sweet to die
Is treasured in my memory—
Though now I wander sad and lone,
A desolate and blighted one !’’
******
“ Sweet lady I full a day has past
Since I have tasted morsel last!
And I have begged from door to (loci 1 ,
Until my feet arc worn and sore I
Farther I cannot hope to go !
My heart is fluttering faint and low !
And tell m:— would’st thou eave me die
While thou art standing careless by
* * *
Bless:»•> upon thee for thy timely aid I
'Twill keep life up until I reach the spot
Where those, who knew and lov’d me once, are laid ; j
i And when safe there, I will forsake them not! j
The earth tliut covers them, rfy bed shall be ;
The seli-sanie grass shall rusde o'< r my grave :
Their !>:.<■ c-.bl p-.l'ow, lor, shall pillow >:ie
Just Heavin will sure be merciful, and save
A wretch who Jong hast bent beneath the rod,
And whose last only hope is anchored on her God !
M \RY.
From the Knickerbocker for January.
IScsninisrcsscrs.
■My Mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, i
How sad and fearful were the tears I shed !
! I heard the bell tolled on thy funeral day,
I saw thehctirse that bore thee slow away,
I And turning front my nursery-window, drew
; A long, long sigh, and wept a lust adieu.’
Cov.'l’Uß.
How well I can remember one Saturday as .
I tonwon, when seated with two or three other
children in my little play-room—while we !
i dressed and talked to our dolls, and spread cur |
tea-things, and affected afi the importance that j
we had ever observed hi our mamas on such ,
I occasions—how well 1 can remember saving': >
‘/will not marry until lam twenty. This;
was the age at which my mother married.’
Surely this was the language of prophfcv,
though rather a fur calculation for a miss of
eight years. That I was to be married,seem
ed as certain as that I was one day to become '
tt woman; ami though the mystic tie was not
investigated, even iti thought, vet my mother
married; and that I was to do the same, when 1
arrived at womanhood, did r.ot admit of a doubt. ?
So naturally and beautifully does woman fall •
into her tip-pr pnate sp-hore! And liappv are '
those daughters who find in th air tnotlu r’s ex - I
ample a pattern to imitate in ali r ’spouts.
1 was an only child, and my constant play
fellow and school-mate was mv cousin Anti.
Sits was a year older than myself, liv lv and ;
good-natured, and loved any thing better than
getti g her lessor s. She courageously pro- ‘
teeted tny slirLkitig timidity, when in da ger .
of oppression from older and more cotifident :
girls. Our obligations were mutual, for she (
invatiably applied for my assistance m h..rj
neglected tasks. ‘Do help me out in this com- I
position !' or ’Just finish this sut'.i for me, toy ;
dear coz I’and pu'ting her slate in my hand, I
away she lle.'w to a laughing group, the gayest .'
of them rll, My solitary amusement was read. ,
ing. ‘ Blessings on him-who first invented i
sleep!’ says Sancho Panza. I would sav, ;
•Blessings on him who fir-t i vented the art el',
printing.’ \Vhut inestimable treasures are
books, those ‘ silent but eloquent coinpariions !’
M hat stores ol rat'mnal amttseme:.' what
woilds of delight and instruciim;—what never
failing sources ot enjoyment—varying
4 Trom grave toga}’,from lively to serene !’
Cultivate in the young a taste for correct
literature, and you have already opened to
them the door to knowledge and to \irtue. J
have culled from idmost every source, ami do ;
not recollect the time when an mterestmg book ;
would not detain me from play, or even from ;
my meals. With a volume of the ‘Arabian ‘
Nights’ in tny hip, and my cheek resting on
tny band, ‘ Come to your dinner, my love,’ was
unheeded, though repeated forth? twentieth'
time ; and until something in a louder tone, as:
‘ Those books tl.ail be put away !’ roused mv
attention, I was de.if and blind to ail external
objects. My mother was extremely judicious :
in the choice of the books »he placed i i mv
hands, yet I constantly borrowed from the .
girls at school. 'J’liesu were often trash, and
served to excite an imagination perhaps natu
rally but too active, and Lm.c-H-irnged a strong :
predisposition to romance. At onetime. ; iv.is ■
an Amanda; then a IL leu Mar. or a Lrdyi
something or othef; fori placed mv sell in the
situation of whatever heroine I read of. So
strong hasbten the impression at limes, that
my very brow has ached o i my pillow, in the
vain endeavor to banish these fancies frotn my
heated bryirn It was during one ot t!m>e
moods, that a girl at school r':'muked to my
cousin: ‘Your cousin is w:rv prom!, she acts
as if she felt herself above us.’ That it gave
rise to lii'iny imeoiisciui'.s tibst)t'dili' s ju my j
“WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY.” Jejj'erSOll
conduct, i have no doubt; just as a tragedian
will carry the steps atid deportment of a king
from the scene of their enactment.
As I have said, I was ah only daughter, and
in u ; little (larger of being spoiled by indul
gence, w hen the death ofmv father roused me
from r delightful dream of romance and of iu
uocence. I was not yet nine, and my belov
ed mother,struck with the blow, was followed
to the same tomb in fifteen months. Though
sensible of the loss which was to throw a shade
of sadness over my future years, yet, removed
to the house ofmy grandfather, I did not then
realize it in its full extent. Beside my grand
parents, there remained at home, in single
blessedness, two aunts, the eldest of whom not
j only ruled her father’s house, but in some mea
[ sure those of her married brothers and sisters.
It Was soon s.tiled that I was to ba sent to a
new school. This was my first trouble. Ma
ny of the young ladies I was sincerely attach- j
ed to; and my cousin, who had been a sister
to me, how could 1 be separated from her?
Pears were vain, and it was decided that wri
ting, arithmetic, and grammar, were all the
i studies necessary for me to attend to. I had
commenced French, praviotis to tny mother’s
death, but, ‘ It will be of no earthly use to her,’
said my aunt. Geography was mentioned :
‘lf she studies the geography of her own
house,* and understands that, it will be of more
I importance,’ persisted the uncompromising
’ stickler mr good housewifery. She was over-
I ruled in this ; and though dancing was deci
| dedly objected te, I subsequently took lessons in
music.
Vv Academy was much larger than lite
school I had left; and the first day of my en
trance, as I looked around on the different
teachers, and saw under their care nearly a
hundred voting faces, not one of which I knew,
I fe't that I was indeed alone in this little
world of strangers; and when the principal
entered, his near resemblance to tny late father
completely overcame me. I burst into an in
voluntary flood oftears. ‘ What is the matter
with Iter V was repeated on every side. I
could only sob out to a young lady, who tried
to soothe me, that ‘Mr. II looked so much
like my father, who was dead !’ Their wonder
was instantly changed to pity, and a sympa
thetic tear stole from many a bright eye, for
the orphan stranger. My progress was rapid;
too much so, as I only left school to come un
der this strict surveilance ofmy spinster aunts.
‘ 1 intend she shall be taught every thing that
! is uselul Ibra woman to know, in the lowliest
situation; and rather than permit her to be
idle, I will have work picked out and done
■ over ng-ti'-i!’ was the reply to a query as to
: iiow my ti ne was to be disposed of. Os
Cours .’, in h r estimation, reading was time
■ throw;’ away : and I can we’d remember the
bursting ffeiii gs with which I recalled the
: memory ofmy mother, when first seated under
; the eve ot my uttenuas, I commence I stitching
wrist bauds, and sewing up long seunis.
1 now seldom saw 7 my cousin, yet we maiti
, tained a regular correspondence. How fu.II
of sou! were these secret letters! To her I
i could open my whole heart; and to her were
; expressed my ardent aspirations, and thirst for
| knowledge; my wishes, my imaginings, my
i regrets. She was my only confident; and
though we were as unlike as possible, she was
' the only one who understood my feelings, or to
i .vhotn I could communicate them Another
I obj 'Ct of devoted affection at this time was my
j aged grand sire, ’[’hough a great girl, yet
‘ when 1 < ou'd steal into his sitting-room, and,
seated on his kneo, listen to the untiring stream
' of anecdote of his early days, I felt that I had
! nothi \g to wish for. ‘You were not born in
E gl;..:I ?’said ti companion tome, one day.
‘.No; but 1 have heard my grandfather tell so
I much ab ut it, that I feel as if I had been
. there.’ To this day, 1 have a sort aflendresse
; tbr ok! men ; and when my grand-father de
: parted, in a good old age, crowned with the
respect due to an honest matt, my grief was
more lasting than the sorrow I had suffered for .
tny parents. My days glided along unmarked '
by any novel or exciting scenes. Our visitors j
were staid, middle-aged people, w ho advanced
none b.it correct views and sound principles; 1
yet 1 pined for companions of tny own age, and i
for the eojovmeuts suited to youth. had j
now b come v-ry expert with tny needle, I
was sent into the kitchen ; ‘ for,’ said mv aunt,
jocularly, ‘ llrnugh you can make a shirt very
neatly, you must be able to turn out a pudding
whole, before you will be fit to get married.’
1 blushed crimson deep at the insinuation,
which how ever is not a bad one, and should be
' oftencr repeated to young ladies, who, with a
most superlative contempt for any useful know
ledge, take upon themselves duties, of the de
tails of which they are totally ignorant.
I once hoard a gentleman, who lost ills wife !
i;i the second year of his marriage, declare,;
i that were ha to become a Calebs, he would not )
; seek for the light accomplish meats so unduly |
valued by many, but he should look for a lady ;
who could make good puddings and pics. ‘lf!
she understu’ ds the latter art.’ he added, ‘I i
can excuse her ignorance of German; and I i
am net sure but I could overlook some little |
limits < f temper.’ I thought the man a shock- !
ir.g epicure, and wished with all my heart to '
sc 7 : him yoked with one ofmy notable aunts, j
I learned, however, that though mariicd for !
so short a time, the inconveniences and merti- ■
lications ho fill, from the utter ignorance of
his young wife in any thing connected with ;
domcs’ic affairs, were numerous. I did not '
pai'ticulatl. disbke my employments ; it was !
only the exclusive coiifi iemetit to them, and I
b ing obliged, one third of my time, to be the 1
eompamon ol a servant, that caused my spirit
to revolt. A plt’.ti had been marked out, and,
with the persevorence of self willed woman,
no allowance was made fur the peculi.ir bias of
mind which soared for higher a.id nobler
thing?. 1 hat females should be instructed in
all that is proper lor a woman to know in any
situation, is wry well, as ir.r as it goes; and
this plan exclusively acted upon, would doubt
less piodttce very good common-plaeo domes
tic drn.'ges ; but there are higher attuimueuts
equally useful, and as profitable for an immor
tai so jil. We p ossessed a well stored library,
yet 1 read mostly by s’ealth. This gave tise
to a cursory and imperfect perusal of valuable
works, and what was still worse, to the dan- I
gerotts habit of reading in bed. This prac
tice 1 puisued i..r a long time unsuspected ;
but reltritig one night earlier than usual, to
* I'ii.s opinion of my good aunt w in: f rcil ]?■ ca'ied to
mind ia < iv. on hc-i.-mg a lady, who had lived eight
years in a house, oeei.ire, that she reallydid uol I'.aow if
ihcre wa? a cd: aiw longing to it or not. Thia iuiiv was
no' so ignorant a.- din pretended; but she feared it
inodii dclrai't Irani li n refln; nient to be viippescd to
li.ivc a i a" with either the kilchon or the cel-
lar. Iter idea< ofyontility were about as accurate as
tiles: <d a y Hing I::;.., who a short time sinc< , to settle
I; i-■ o':-■ <1 res,".< :diilily of a I'amily r< ceniiy moved
ini > tile pi. ice, s;e I fin ‘ thouif'it they iui:.:t Li reel
p«-< pie. f>r in ruling post their ho:: <. < , v .an-,■
ha.rdiv (io ..■. ■
ATiEM®, <4SiI«K«SA, SATIfIWAT, JAAVAKD 20, SS33.
finish a poem in which I was much interested,
I fell asleep w ith my hand encircling the enn
dle-stick. In passing my room, the light was
discovered under the door; and from this night,
a servant was regularly sent to carry away the
candle as soon as I had retired. I have often
indulged in thoughts of what I might have
been, had not my mind been cramped, and mv
thoughts frittered away upon employments that
were not rendered necessary by cur circum
stances. Yet perhaps lam wrong. I imbib
ed good principles, and am possibly as useful,
and quite as happy, as if my attainments were
of a higher order.
After a round ofgayety, my cousin entered
upon the duties of a wife, with a heart as light,
and a bead as giddy as a school-girl’s. To
dress, and to dance, and to enjoy herself, these
had been her pursuits, from the time sho left
school till, at the age of seventeen, she gave
j her hand to Walter Dudley, who was enough
older than herself to be in no danger of par
taking ofher giddiness. Yet ho loved to see
his wife admired, and her follies were all gra
tified without regard to expense. Her parties
were frequent; and as she added to her social
feelings a love for display, her furniture and
’ dresses wore of the most expensive kind. Yet,
: with ail this piofusion, there was little order
i or real comfort; and so lamentably deficient
5 was she in sny culinary knowledge, that when
r requested by her cook to say how much flour
. she should make into bread, at their first bak
ing, she answered: “ Why really I don’t
1 know; I suppose (and not wishing to be thought
a stinting mistress,) I suppose about a quarter
i iof a. hundred !’ She was sufficiently mortified
. j for her ignorance, by the woman laughing in
l i her face.
i j Those who enter the arena of fashionable
. - life, in a city like New-York, find but little
i ; time for refloctiou, and nono at all for domestic
I j avocations. What wonder, then, that the head
■! of my poor cousin was turned ; and when her
■ | husband, fired of the dissipations of two win-
■ ! ters, hit ted at retrenchment and domestic quiet,
: she protested that the thing was impossible,
i ‘ Our acquaintances are so vary select, and so
I respectable, she said; ‘and baside, were I to
• J give up parties, it would be thought that you
had failed, and this very suspicion, you know,
• might bi'iug on the reality. lam r“’’e. a'tmr,
i you cannot think me dissipated ; i never mon
! ed at home before we were married ; and it is
i very hard to ba obliged to give up ali my friends
i and acquaintances now?
I ‘I do notask this,’ replied heroa«y husband;
‘ but why not have smaller parties, and prepare .
the refreshments yourself? Mr. Ellis tells me
■ that his wife prepares everything that is serv
ed at his house; and their entertainments, we
know, are always elegant. This would save
: more than ona half of what I now pay to a
I prefessed artiste.’
j ‘ Oh, I should spoil more than would be saved
; by that plan,’ was the reply.
j This was true ; for in attempting to prepare >
I seme crullers, she made the paste so very rich.
■ that she could neither roll it out, or boil it as-
• terward; and in her vexation, sho threw the
I whole compound away.
‘ Wilful waste makes woful wan!,’ is an
adage as just as it is homely. Those who do
not study economy from principle, will be
compelled to practice it of necessity ; and this
my cousin found to h_r Gcn'ushm.in the third
year of her marriage. A needl. had ever
been her aversion ; but she did attempt some
things for her boy, and the poor child looked
; us if his clothes had dropped on to him from
a whirlwind. But reform had come too late.
An assignment was inevitable. ‘lt is all my
fault,’ said she to me, on taking leave, as they
were starting for Missouri, ‘it is all my fault,
and Walter knows it. I see that he feels con
tempt for me ; and how I despise myself, in
reflecting that my selfish extravagance has
brought ruin on so kind a husband 1’ I trem
bled for their happiness; and in considering
tho causes of her disaster, fe't more reconciled
( to tny own pursuits, quiet and humble as they
were. There is no situation in life which
; exempts a female from certain duties ; and
though many have a mother or other relatives
‘to take the burden off their hands, they are
i inseparable from her situation as a wife and
i mother. Yet bow seldom are girls properly
! disciplined and prepared for this responsible
situation! Happily, .Mr. Dudley possessed
perseverance as well as enterprise. With a
borrowed sum, he purposed not only a ’ living?
but an ample support : and it remained now to
sea it his wife was to prove a blessing ora
clog to his virtuous endeavors. I recollected
I her habits, ar.a sighed ; yet she had a gene-
■ rous heart, and a love for the truly beautiful
j and good, and I took courage. ‘ W bat though?
; thought I, in the remembered language of
! Pa vlding’s Backwoods-mat’,’
t
' ‘ What though long, tedious miles may intervene,
( And dangers lurk their hopes and them between ;
What it they bid a long, nay last adieu,
7 o scenes their earliest feelings fondly knew ?
■ Bright independence will the loss repav.
t And make them rich amends some ether dav.*
I ‘ W men will you have for dinner, John, ’ta
; tors or stir-pudding?’ asked the Wolverhamp
j ton cobbler’s wife of her hu b.ir.d. Surely,
unless this man was unreasonable, (and hu's
! bands are sometimes unreasonable,) ho ought to
(■ have been happier than many a proud peer of
; the realm. ‘ Let us dividrs our labors,’ was the
; happy suggestion of our first mather, in her ;
| days of innocence and love;
I ‘ Let us divide our labors, thou where choice
Leads thee, or where m st needs, whether to wind
The woodbine round this arbor, or direct
The clasping ivy where to climb, while I,
In yonder spring of roses iniermA'd
Vv'ith myrtle, find what to re-drers till noon.’
‘ Creolicd Branch, Missouri, Jah/. IS .’
My Dearest Cousin: My last letter to you
was dated at Buffalo, a year ago last month :
and, as 1 well remember, way filled with re’
grots and gloomy anticipation. Yet, with all
this depression ol's; hits, I was not insensible
to the beauty of the country through which we '
passed. New worlds seemed t<T burst upon 1
the view, at every step ol OU r journey; and!
I could scarcely believe, that we' were’on our'
way to the ‘far west? of w Inch I had previous- !
ly entertained so great a horror, lime was a '
busy city ; I time a town ;.;st sprung into ex
istence, which »iiieady numbered its thousand
inhabitants ; a h.tie farther or, was another
still larger, and ai> looking so fresh mid young,
as to show that the) were not y t in their teens.
We passed green fields, too, and fertile valleys,
with far-spread prairies, and creeks tli.it swel- ,
led into lakes, and livers that wi re almost ,
oceans. It was a beautiful sight; yet every <
step carried us further from home, and, as 1 ;
thought, happiness. When W e tirrivt d here, a j
spot snfi’ici: i i:v dista: t li nn dims and crcdi- '
tors, I cotiM not kelp tlimkimr, Y Alter pr.ipos- j'
ed that we should tarry to look around us.—
We. were in the heart of a most luxuriant state,
with an abundance til wild land, which seemed
to say,‘Come and plant me, and your labor
will be rewarded an hundred fold? Here we
mat with a settler, who was anxious io dispose
of a large and valuable tract, to go (o ily think!)
to go •farther west!’ 4 This, then, shall be aur
abiding place? said my husband, when, he re.
turned from concluding the bargain; 4 and I
think myself extremely fortunate in meeting
with such an offer. He asks but a small ad
vance, for two years’ labor, and wo shall have
a house ready to go in? My eves were so
blinded with tears, whan, a few days afterward,
W alter carried me to ruy new hottie, that I saw
nothing. When I did venture to look around,
I was struck with its desolate appearance.—
We could see the sunshine through crevices
in the logs, and there was but a single room,
with a ‘milk-room? as it was called, and a Ivft
over head. My heart sank within me. O.dy
think, cousin, what a prospect! You, I recol
lect, used often to expatiate upon cottages, and
retirement; but I thought a comfortable house
and pleasant society good enough for me.—
Well, for some tune I did noti.ing but cry, and
coax little M illie, who begged to bo taken
i away from here. Poor Waller ! How reso
lutely he walked about his lots, and planned
and thought—for this was all new business to i
him—and then came in, without a reproachful !
word or look, and began cooking his own !
meals. I could not endure this ; and drX'in,’ )
my eyes, I determined to bear my part of the !
burdsn. I will not weary you with a repeti- I
tion ot the hardships we endured, or of my tlii
fitness for labor, in kid slippers and gossamer
dresses ; nor how, after we bought a cow, and
Walter had assisted me in churning, I added
salt to the butter with a salt-spoon, wondering
; why it did not have the proper taste !
‘The full was a busy season. Our crops
yielded abundantly, and we were blessed with
health. As the winter began to close around
us, we contrived to render our abode loktably
comfortable, with the use of bark, and straw,
and by making an embankment around the
foundation. One night in November, after a !
i hard day’s work of drawing wood, Walter re- !
Iti red to-bad early in t hs evening. I fallowed |
j tn a short time, wearied with a largo ironing,
and soon :!“p f profoundly. I was startled a
bout tnidtiighi by the screams of lb“ child. I
awoke in terror : but wiiat was mV conster
nation, on beholding the room in a light blaze,
I and the flames already approaching the corner
;in which our bed stood. 1 called to Walter
I and endeavored in vain to waken him. The
; flames ccme nearer; the smoke was hot and
suffocating. Distractedly I called his name,
shook, and with infinite difficulty succeeded
at le gth in awakening him, just as the blaze
had caught a corner of the counterpane. We
escaped uninjured to the barn, which fortunate
ly was at a safo distance : and clasping each
other, thanked God for our safe deliverance !
We saw the roof full in, and leaving it a smaul.
dertng heap of ruins, drove to our nearest
n< ; _dibora with only the addition of a horse
b'.aukct to our night garments. We had not
saved an article ; and how can I express to I
you the kindness with which we Were received
and made comfortable. Active ex lions were
made to renew our building. The men all
joined ou this occasion : sot>i:s lent the use of
their teams for drawing logs, and gave a dav ■-
labor ot their hired men ; others came with
their sons to assist, from a distance of many
miles ; and in a short lime we had a dwelling
mi-ger and more convenient, with scarcely
any expense. Nor wore tho women idle.
1?... ‘ .... ■ ■ . . • .
From perfect strangers we received articles of
clothing and bedding for which they neither ex
pected nor would receive any remuneration.
[ was affected even to tears, when, after seve
ral day’s illness, occasioned by fright and ex
posure to cold, 1 assembled with the kind fam
ily whoaffurded us a shelter, and saw the ma
uy testimonies of benevolence so t by our most .
distant neighbors. A fine him from one, a
pot of honey from another, with a small firkin
of butter from a third ; every thing, in fact,
was remembered, that our necessities could
require ; and you may well imagine the depth
of our gratitude.
‘ The devouring element robbed me of many
a valued keepsake from friends at home, but
nothing grieved me so much ns the loss of
your letters. Other things could be restored
i or dispensed with ; but how regain those faith
-1 fill transcripts of a soul sincere ■and elevated? !
i I was less reconciled, too, when I recollected '
) that it was occasioned by my own carelessness. I
i The day ofthe fire, 1 consumed a quantity of
I wood in ironing, and took up the ashes in an
| old paper band-box. which 1 placed near the
i house under a shed. This undoubtedly took
I fire, and communicating to the straw between !
| the logs, caused the disaster, from which we
I only escaped with our lives. A neghbor’s
daughter staid with me this winter, for my
| health was delicate, and her presence greatly
I assisted in promoting cheerfulness in our little
I dwelling. Occasionally, too, en long winter
I evenings, one or two neighbors (the nearest
I lives two miles off,) called over, and I was ,
I much surprised to li id them so intelligent. 1
i Having but few objects of local interest, they!
all read the papers a great dual, and are con- j
versant with the general state of affairs, both j
at home and abroad. I soon began to take an j
interest in these subjects. L recollect that|
when in New York, had I been asked who was ;
i the Mayor ofthe city, I could not have told;!
! but now, I not-only know who is in power but |
. understand something of their capability for j
; office; and it is wonderful how much an atten- !
! lion to these matters has increased my patriot. ;
i ism. We receive the city papers regularly,
i and after giving them a perusal, exchange with
our neighbors. A week or two after date,
makes no difference ; having, as Walter says,
no stocks to look after. I am gratified to
observe that Walter is regarded by them with
much consideration, tie possesses a vast
amount of general information, which is
highly valuable ; and his wife is looked upon ■!
as a very tine lady. Perhaps I have had :
some claim to that rather equivocal character ; !
yet i am not ambitious ofthe appellation, and ;
hope rather to win the esteem due io a fine j
woman.
‘ Y oil will wonder how wo employ ourselves ! i
on Sundays, in a place so rernot? from a house ; ;
of worship. The Sabbath is with us a day of; <
rest ; not only to ourselves, but to our cattle,! ;
and to the stranger within our gates. Welj
have several volumes of excellent sermons, ' I
and other religious books, from which one of us ' <
reads aloud; but above all do we study the f
Sacred Volume. We endeavor to read un- ■ i
derstandiiigl v. and to make it the rule of ourh
conduct, sitting low at the feet of our blessed ! t
.'.Taster. 1 never had my devotional feelings ‘ i
half so much exercised in church,, as they j |
have been in tin se unostentatious services. , t
fhcvc, mv atleatio!) was divided between j t
j prayers and people, and my thoughts far from
the object of our assembling. In the after
noon, we walk; and at this season, when ev
ery shrub and nlantis in full beauty, and trees
which look as if they had been standing ever
since the waters were separated from the dry
land, clothed with verdant foliage, from which
break forth the songs of a thousand unseen
minstrels, we can scarcely refrain from crying,
aloud, in the language of the Psalmist, 4 All
! thy works praise thee?’ Our favorite resort
; is a very beautiful creek, about, three quarters
of a mile from here, and from which this place
derives its name. Here, seated on a sloping
bank, shaded by hazel bushes and the wild
willow, we enjoy, iu all its glorious perfection,
the magnificence of nature. This is a pic
turesque spot, romantic enough to please even
you; and I ardently hope, one day, to enjoy
its beauties in your company. In the even
ing, several young people, provided with note-
' books, congregate at cur cottage, and We con
elude the day in singing hymns. I would not
boast of myself, yet these employments have
had the most beneficial effects upon my heart
and t :mper; and to you, my dear , I may-
say, that I trust I am a better Christian.
‘Our location is a very happy one. We
command a beautiful prospect of field and
meadow, on one side, with a fine wood on the
i other, which intervenes between us and our
! charming creek. The former owner, too,
‘ had the good taste to leave several stately old
oaks near the dwelling, for which I am vastly
; obliged- Willie is under obligations, also,
| for his father has attached a rope to two ot
them, which affords him occasional pastime in
swinging his promising boy. I have now a hir
ed girl, the daughter of an Englishman, whose
large family of 4 buys,’ as he calls them, (by the
way, they are more than half girls,) renders it
necessary that they should all be 4 doing some’-
at? Her name is Hetty ; I lo’e soft names,
and her temper is as pleasant as her name, and
she is as merry as a lark. I never could
enduro low spirits in any one but jou, my
dear ,and I excused them in you, knowing
there was some cause for them. 1 find full
I employment for mv hands, I assute you ; and
j what between tny dairy and poultry-ya rd, and
matters in-doors, I have rio idle time. Even
little Willie does not eat the bread of idleness,
but sings his ‘By O, ‘most manfully, while
rocking the cradle of his little sister.
You will probably be tempted to inquire, if
wc do not miss the refinements and elegancies
to which we have been accustomed. We do
miss them ; for although we have found in our
present neighborhood more of the sterling qua
lities that do honor to the human heart, than one
meets with in large cities, where clashing inter
ests render men selfish, there is yet a dearth of
much that makes life desirable. But we are
content to labor now, hoping to procure indul
gences at some future day. for ourselves, as
well as our children, whom we trust to educate
without sending far from home, as excellent
schools are being started in every direction.—
And moreover, as we never should have expa
triated ourselves of choice, ought we not to be
grateful and content, to have secured so safe a
harbor, when driven by misfortunes from the
place of our nativity ? Truly, our lot has been
cast in a pleasant land, which only requ ires us
to appreciate, and to strengthen by wise legis
lation, tube the greatest boon of an indulgent
heaven.
‘ And now, my dear , may not my mis-
fortunes be properly ascribed to a deficient edu
■at.on 1 In this we have both been unfortunate
:<ii;. "Ugh the plans pursued differed so widely.
My mother, with mistaken fondness, thought
only to promote my present enjoyment, to the
neglect of domestic duties ; and hence my un
fitness to fulfil with judgment the obligations of
a mistress. Nor was this all. By an attention
to none but light accomplishments, my mind
was neither properly disciplined, my under
standing improved and strengthened, nor my
views enlarged, in the manner that good sense
imperiously demands, for those who are to have
the care of the affections, and the formation of
the first principles of future divines and states
men. With your«elf, the error consisted in the
too exclusive confinement to a single depart
ment of the various duties which devolve upon
us, in tlie different characters of sisters, wives,
mothers, and friends, as well as mistresses. In
my case, blind affection caused the error; in
yours, mistaken and narrow views. Yet with
you, the error was on the safe side, while my
giddycareei and thoughtless folly led to ruin;
and had I not been blessed with a companion of i
a firm and virtuous mind, the consequences I
might have been fatal. Walter declares that j
he is perfectly happy ; for this I cannot be suffi- I
ciently thankful; and could I conquer a few re- !
grets, and reconcile myself to the absCence of j
j dear friends, I might be able to sily the same. !
I W hen I have you with me, as I hope to. anoth- ;
!er season, I think 1 shall feel no wants. Till
then, adieu ! And believe me your ever,affec-|
donate cousin, Ann Dudley,
I
Here then was a triumph of affection and •
; virtuous resolution over the negligent habits I
fostered by ridiculous fondness. Site was right, I
too, as respected myself; and although aware ;
that a too great attention to domestic duties is
not an error of the present day, yet in ray par
tieular instance, it was an error; and painfully j
was it felt, when the time arrived that I was to •
take in society, and was introduced to those
in my own station, whose acquirements made ;
me blush for my ignorance. True, I had been !
taught much that was extremely useful, and this !
knowledge I would not willingly be without; yet
I look back to the years spent in acquiring that ;
i knowledge as the saddest in my life; and those !
i who undertook my guardianship, with the best >
intentions 1 doubt not, succeeded in making me
thoroughly uncomfortable. If 1 live, I intend i
that niy daughter shall not only be made ac-1
‘ quainted with the particular duties that belong |
to woman, nor yet acquire them to the neglect j
of the mere important, graces of the mind, or ati
the cost of the elegancies and proprieties of;
I'l’e, which fit us as well to be the companion !
as the helpmats of man, and as much the |
instructress as the nurse ofthe children.
s. 11. D.
I'ilE DAFT HIGHLAND LAIRD.
In the icbcllion of 1715, a Perthshire gen. ;
tieman, who was a resolute jacobin, was taken |
and confined in tne Tolbooth for his adherence ;
to the cause of the Pretender; but he there I
exhibited such manifest proof of insa itv, that!
he was set at liberty. In after years his!
malady increased, and there was one darling 1
wish of his heart that clung to him for many a )
day, which certainly it was not very easv to i
gratify. This was his extreme anxiety-io be I
hanged, drawn and quartered, as a rebel parti- I
san ofthe house of Stuart, and a sworn and I
deadly foe to the reigning dynasty. He was I i
sadly annoyed that nobody would put him in j I
jail as a traitor, or attempt to bring him to trial. : i
It would have been a partial alleviation of his I <
grief, if he could have got any benevolent per- ! '
san to have accused him of treasmn. It was j i
in vain that he drank healths to the Pretender ! ■
in vain that he bawled treason in the streets ; | '
there was not one who woifid lend him a help. | i
big hand to procure him the iHijoyrni ut of its I 1
pains and penalties. The laird had sense | <
enough to feel that the liberty he enjoyed was I i
,;,J l consistent with his character of a Political I ’
Vol. V—Ao.
martyr; and as nobody would apprehend him
for high treason, he positively refused to pay
his landlady, und thus accomplished his pur
: pose of getting imprisoned by inducing her
to have him arrested.
Having thus got into jail, it was no easy
matter to get lim out again; no entreaties
would prevail upon him to quit it, even after
the debt for which he was imprisoned was
paid. There he insisted on remaining until he
should be regularly brought to trial far high
treason. At last a stratagem was resorted to,
to induce him te remove. One morning two
soldiers of the town guard appeared in his
apartment in the prison, and informed him
that they had come to escort him to the jujti
ciary court, where the judges were assembled,
and watting for his presence, where they might
proceed with his trial for high reason. Over*
joyed with the delightful intelligence, the laird
instantly accompanied the soldiers down stairs
when the latter, having got htm fairly outside
the jail, locked ths door to prevent his re-en
tering, and deliberately walked off, leaving the
amazed and disappointed candidate for a hal.
ter to reflect on the slippery trick that had just
been played him.
From the Louisville Journal,
the: cottage bani**
I know a neat white cot that peeps out brightly,
From its repose amid green wavy trees
That murmur to the breeze,
Round which round fhetare heard to fall as lightly
As summer rain-drops on the sighing rose.
Lulling it to repose.
There when the joyous lark is upward springing.
With his sweet song to greet the early morn.
Unto the ear is borne
The silvery laugh of childhood, wildly ringing
Upon the stillness of the soft blue air,
For happy hearts are there :
Hearts that are filled from love's eternal fountain,
’Till each is like a deep o’erflowing well,
Or a wild floweret’s bell
Hid ’neath the brow of some o'erhanging mountain,
Giving its perfume to each wind it meets,
Yes losing not its sweets.
And there at noon-tide, 'mid the trembling glance#
Os the sweet starry jasmine gleaming out.
Is heard a young boy’s shout,
Clear as the prattle of a stream that dance#
Unto the breeze in all its boundless glee,
As clear, but oh ! more free.
While near his side a fairy creature lingers.
His little sister with her moss-rose check,
And eye so softly meek,
Parting the clustering vines with dimpled lingers,
And seizing from their long and wiry stems
Their pale and quivering gems.
Andthare at eve beneath the starlight gloamings,
Sits their young mother in soft pensive grace.
With sweetly smiling face,
Hushing her babe unto its heavenly dreaming*.
And, with bent listening ear and graceful head;
Waiting her husband’s tread.
And when his step is heard ainotig th# flowers.
Sweet lips are wreath’d in smiles, and ready fcel
Fly forth his own to meet;
And the calm stillness of the twilight hours
Is broken by soft whispere’d words of lore.
Stirring the air above.
And this is all! yet oft my fancy paintsth
That quiet lovely spot unto my view.
Where tbe warm sun looks thro’
The leafy boughs, and where the white rose fain to th
Upon the breeze that oft its leaves hath fann’d—
Blest be that cottage band
AMRY.TA
A.ur.L.lA,
THE MANIAC’S PARTNER AT A BALL.
A CUBAN INCIDENT.
Exquisite Pepita! with what kindness, and
grace, and ease, and elegance didst thou
lead thy pupil—a stranger to thee and to
thy country—through the many involutions of
I that glorious contra dansa. Now twining
within mine arm, light as the eider down—
now placing on my shoulder thy bsautious and
jewelled hand,
‘So white, so soft, so delicate, so sleek.
As tholi had’st worn a lily for thy glove,’—
| though at that moment it was liidden by tha
I bright Parisian kid, reaching nearly to tfiy
j dimpled elbo v, and with the other slightly
; pressing on my left arm, while my right gontly
: and tremblingly encircled thy slander waist
| —thy heavenly blue eyes, half averted from
Imy admiring, yet respectful, gaze—while
ruu..d wc twirled, now separating, and now
■ meeting, and twining again together, in end
less alternations, to the inspiring movements
!ol thy native music! Ab! how often, even
, now. does thy slight yet faultless figure glido
by tnt in toy daily musings and nightly dreams,
! and thy beauteous ange’ic fi.ee, beamin''- all
intelligence, and goodness, and purity, apoear
;to me, as on that happy eve—now nearly
I twenty years ago—when thou allowedst me,
I then unknow n and iinintnidused, to sit beside
! thee, and t dk to luoo of distant binds, and ques-
I ticn thee of tlune own bright isle, and lead
! I hoe round the circle ofthe giddv waltz! It
was on the first night of try arrival at Man*
■ lai.zas from (he Havana, in the island of Cuba.
I had not iieiiverod my letters of introduction
! —but hearing there was a grand public ball ip
! the town, I had proceeded tbilhcr and had
i waltzed with some of the highest and most
I beautiful girls in the island—such is the differ.
J e ;ce in the manners and customs of people.
The public balls here, as in the Ilavanj, are
. open to all. Persons, even of the highest dis,
tiuction, let their public rooms, tor the i>i<rht,
, to some speculators who light them up for ihu
■ occasion, the grand saloon being appropriated
for dancing, and some ofthe small rooms for
i gaming—the expenses for music, lights and
1 attendance being defrayed by a small sum for
I admission, generally about ho.f a dollar. Tho
masie al these places is exceedingly fine, theru
i b‘-i g a great variety of wi.>d tnslruments,
which give peculiar effect to the beautiful
| Spanish airs. Not only do the highest and
wealthiest abandon their houses for the night
for these purposes, but the eliteofthe cily and
neighborhood attend their families, and tho
proudest grandees might be seen mingling in
good humor and affability with their trades
people and others, few persons being refused
admission who are well dressed and of‘good
behavior. 1 had waltzed several times during
the evening, not having found the slightest
difficulty in procuring partners, the Spanish
women being passionately fond of the waltz,
although chary in getting up with a stranger—
whom they are not assured is practical in it.
I’he contra danza. however, I h id as yet never
attempted—it not being so well known in
England twenty years ago as it has since be
come; and having expressed niv desire to
make a b -guining to u ‘charming creature*
with whom I had veltz-d mire than