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Blank Books made of all Sizes and Ruled to any given pattern. J. C. F. CLARK. | Athens, Sept. 23,—21 —ts JW. JONES, is now receiving and open- i . ing at his Store, his supplies of FALZ. • which combind with bis former Stock, render his assortment very complete. English Straw Scsmets. A case ofhnndsome English Straw and Florence Bonnets, just received and for sale, bv J. W. JONES. 1 Oct. 14,-24—if &E&RO SHORS, 200 pairs Superior Negro Shoes for sale bv J. W. JONES. Oct. 14,—21—tf TjpOUR months alter date application will be j made to the Inferior Court of Madison coun- ty when siting for ordinary purposes, for leave | to sell the land and negroes belonging to the ' estate of Benjamin Higginbotham, dee’dof said county. JAMES 51, WARE, Adm’r. Oct. 7—23—lm. GEORGIA, HALL COLSTY WHEREAS, Ambrose Kennedy, Adminis trator of the Estate ofEdward Harrison, deceased, applies t? motor Letters of dismission. This is therefore to cite and admonish all. and singular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have) why said letters should not be grant ed. Given under my hand, this 20th day of Octo ber, 1537. E. M. JOHNSON, c. c. o. Oet. 21, —25—Gm GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY. VV? H ERE A S, Wm. Thomas, Sr. Administra ’ ’ lor of Drury Thomas dcc’d. applies for letters of dismission. This is therefore to cite mid admonish nil, and singular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office within the iiiije prescribed by law to shew cause (if any ihey have) why said letters should not be grant- G. B. HAYGOOD, n. c. c. o. August 5, —14—6 m POLR MON 1 IIS after date, application will be made to the Honorable, the Inferior Court ofMadison county, for leave to sell the seal Estate of Agnes Lawless, late of said coun ty, deceased. JOIIN B ADAIR, Adm’r. Sept. 16 —20— months after date, application will be -■ made to the Honorable Inferior Court of Clark county, when sitting for ordinary purpose es, for leave to sell ali the real Estate of Eliza beth Goodwin, late of said Comity deceased. THOMAS MOORE, Adm’r. Oct. 28-26-4 m GEORGIA CLARK COUNTY. WM, T HeREAS Edward 1,. Thomas, Admin- V » istrator on the estate, of Jphn W. Thom as, deceased, applies for letters of dismission. 1 Ins is therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to beam! appear at myoflice within the ' time prescribed by Jaw, to shew cause (if ailv they have) why sai l letters should not be grant ed. Given under my hand this 17th July, 1837 G. B. HAYGOOD, i>. c. c. o J'tlv 22—12—6ti>, 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