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. - THE ROME COURIER. N rt bushed every nmiv nuoi, - ‘ BY J. KNOWLES & Co. Tu* Courier will bu published at Two Dol lar* per annum if jiald In advance; Two Dol- lam and Fifty Cent* if paid within Six months, oc Three Dollars at the end of tho year. Lioal Advertisements will bo inserted wtth strict attention to the requirements of tho law, at the usual rates. Miscellaneous advertisements will bo Insert- ad at One Dollar pur square of 12 lines or less, for the trat, and Fifty Cents tbr each subse quent Insertion. . Liberal deductions will bo made In flavor of (TOBjJBjgJgWtlsodb^hmjai^^v^ Miitnatcnua, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ' Rome, Oeorfla. Feb. 8.1861. ' ‘ 'LANltft'HbUSir;' BY LANIER A 80S. ' BATBINO ROOMS ATTACHED. Macon: Oct; 2 1861. ' ’ S'. B. AII. WEES, - Impertarasnd Dealers in Hard ware, Nalls Ac. Broughton Street..-..,.. Savannah, da. . Nov. Id, 1861:■ ly IL ARCHER A CO. Hegla Iron Works, Richmond, Vo. MANDEACTUnEDS OP dies aad Edge Toeli, ortbe belt Charrsal Iraa aad Cast Meal. Abe, Manufacturers of Rail Road and Mer chant Iron. . Sold at Merchant’s Prices and Warranted. Nov. 14.1861. 3m HTRBMICnHR rsKAuon BY SEABORN GOODAI,L SAY. WHOLESALE DEALER IN Batter aad Cheese, Direct Areas Cashes. NewYark. Nov. 14,1861. ly* r. a. ltiiN, Savannah. I i. poster, Hancockco. BEHN A FOSTER, radon and Commtsalon Merchants, Surannak, Qa. Bepehenoe—J. Knowles. Nov. 14:1861. ly« VOLUME ?. ROME. GA„ FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9, 1852. NUMBER 14. LYON BREED, : Wholesale Dealert in Bsady-Bodc Cist hlug, Halt, Caps, aad Sea. llemeas’ Farahhlag Hearts. Not. 166 Cans, and 76 SI Julian Sit. Savannah. Nov. 14,1861. , ly ■•F, WOOD A CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AlfD SHOES. Not. 91 and 162. Gihtxms Buil’ling, near tho Marktl.Signof the Large Bool, Savannah, da. Nov. 14 1861. ly JOHN A. RAVED, naAR;c^c^aN r r's 164 Broad Street R Savannah da. Nov. 14 1861. ly II, B, KNAPP,' 7 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, fco. Market Sovare.. .‘...I. Savannah, da. Nov. 14 1861. Dm W.A. CARSWELL I T.J.nnDKRTS -| SAM.B. SURAT. CAB8WELI., ROBERTS A CO. Factors and General Commission Merchants. Drayton and Bay Struts Savannah, da. Nov. 14.1861. ly PETER C. THOMS, Dealer la Wiadew-tlsihei, Blinds aad Panel Bears. No. 166 Bay St Savannah, da. Orders from the country promptly at- country promptly i fedlo. RTTEntis: Cash. Nov. 14 1861. ly. CUM. H. t’AJIl’t'lELO, 171 Ban Strut, Savannah Dealer In Agricultural Implrmen's ef every AM, Derr Hill giant*, Cetlla GIm, At, Nov. 14 1861. flm* VOICE A ODF.Y, ind Commission Merohsnts. Factors and No 111, JJ'y Street. Suvanwih Wlllattend promidlv to wliatorcr business may be conlldcil to tin m. Nov. 7 1861. . r: vonok. | W. nnZNi iy' ROBERT FIDNLAY, MANUFACTURES OF ttaam Engines, Bailers, Rnehlntry, At, AND HEALER IN MILL STONES nfovorydescrlpt|on. Steam •aw Mills. Circular and Straight, put up in •unerior style. Macon August 21 1761 Ware-House and Commission Business. II. OVSIEV A SON, Ma- on, da. ' GODFREY, OlISLEV A CO., ,• Savannah da. jas, R. noppsEV v. orsr.EV. a. p. hpRt.PT.. B. W ROSS, I .JOTEaimrvDtBW ■ < 9 Rome, Georgia. Mn aver 1. N. Oniberg’s Clalhlng Mare ‘ Jar., 10 1861. ' FRANCIS H. ALLEN, 1 WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL HEALER IN Maple aad Fancy Dry (loads A Oratories. Receives new goods every week. Romo Ga.. Jan. 2 1861. PATTON A PATTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ]-... Rome, Georgia. . Will practlco in all tho counties of theChcr- okeo Circuit, Bept. 6 I860, ^ ^ , DANIEL S. PttlNTir, Agent far the Southern mutual Ininraace Company at Rome, Go. Inenros ngalnst loss by Fire. Also Lives of : Persons and Sorvants. ■Chocks on Charleston and New York tbr sale ■by D. 8. PUINTCP. ’ Oct. 10,1860. WASHBURN, WILDER A CO. Factors and Commission Merchants, Aad Agents of the Brig Line si New Verk Packets. Savannah da, Will mako liberal advnnccs on produce coi signed for sale. Office 114 Bay Street, east i the Exchange. i ( Refer to Major John 8. Rowland, Can co. lOI. WASHBURN I JNO. R. WILDER, I P. O. DANA. Dec. 12,1861. flm* N. J. OHBERG, MERCHANT TAILOR. H AS now on Imnd n well selected stock of Cloths Cnssimeres nod Vestings, of rv- qty slmilu and] color, together with every oilier article usually kept In nn establish ment of this kind. Those good, linve been ? detected by himself in New York, willi ’)ggeat oaru and particular reference to tho revnillng Fnsliions. He Is also prepared j man a file i tiro rlnlilngln a maimer and Hyie not to be sursnssed in our largest and ■ snout (n.liintmhlr cities. " ‘Inlie r | It IN-ir. Floyd mortgage Sale for February. p TTT'lLL be sold on tho first Tuesday la Ftb K*, VjF rnsry next .before the Court House dor in the Ciiy of Rome, within the legal hours of ’ sale, the following property, to wll: ■|?Three Feather-beds,one Mattress, four Bed' steads one walnut table, nnd ene mettle clock: all levied on as the property ofJamea W. Geer to satisfy it Mortgage fi fn from Floyd Inferior vourt'iii favor of Simmons .V Gill vs James W Over. Properly specified'in ss’d fi fs. 'l HOM AS S. PRICE, Sh’ff. , .Dec. 5,1891. , 'At the tame time and plate will he told, -70n« Stove nnd Pipe, two Tin Cans, one aaa slab and muller, one small ml oan, onejoin- C Uy plane,one set of new planes, one set of old - e's, three hnnd siws, one trnnant saw, k socket! chisels, one ateel square, one box j gouge. three drawing knives, three rales, 10 I Rrmer cliimls,seven unurei.two Trying Sqotret Op rabbit plan/, three hollow augurs and one k, lour cominbn augurs, one spoke shave, one (fndh'miner, one rivlt hammer, three work Tlfalljjiae glew kettle, one grind stone, one ' jne, and one carriage bodyj a 1 levied on ^Property of George Bone to eatiefy a ££) from Floyd Inferior Court in “*“~|ws vs acid Bops. Proper- '\tTERB, D. Sh’ff. Prom the New .York S.m. THE EARLY RIDE IN THE RAIL OAR ; or, The way Fanny Mora got a Husband. BY jjjLINA 7 NORTON. Feb. 12th. half post five o'clock,. A. M. Chuhl chuhl chttht Whtzezezezo ; and away rush tho cars from the depot in the city of B„ which la.as some Geography soys tho J* Literary anil commercial emporium of Now England.” Tho snow descends moderately and Ims already covered .the ground to thu depth of an inch, and thu wind.ts blowing a lively but not a furious blast. Let us take a peep at the only female paswngor a lively looking little lady who sits watching tiro fall ing snow from the window. She does nut seem at all “poverty stricken,” though sho docs travel alono so early in the morning; neither doos sho look sad and desolato ; tint'a sweet smile Is playing around her lull red lljis; and tho light In her eyes speaks an intelligent and pleasantly occupied mind. Sho Is dtiSa-l cd In a plain hat of green vulvct a dark meri no cloak and dtesa; nnd llko a prudent sonsl- blo girl as aho Is. lias protected her firot: with a good rcsponslblo looking pair of overshoes. Sho carries a muff not of tho mammoth - but of the medium also. Her set of features arc not so perfirot In their formation as to be above tho reach of orttlcism; still there Is some thing superior to mere beauty In that expres sive Ihco. something that rivets attention nnd awakens interest If wo have awakened your attention suffi ciently to incline you to listen, wo will leave the chase of tiro steam car, for wo are alrea dy panting, nnd out of breath, and give yon a slight sketch of her history. Fanny Moro was tho daughter of a respect able flirmer who resided In ono of tho Inland villages of Now England. For somo time previous to the morning which commences our story, ho had boon afflicted with a severe Inflaumtion in tho eyes which had nearly de prived him of sight. Ills eyes were constant ly protected from exposure to tho light lly a thick bandage. His small fkWn had previous tothls calamity. afTordcd him tho means of supporting his flintily nnd educating ills only remaining child. Four stalwart sons bail once surrounded his hearth: boys, brave bcautlfbl honest, with strong arms nnd blooming cheeks—hut one by ono they had passed away, and Fnnny the frail slight girl tho child ofthelr old age was alone loft to support and cheor tho declining years of her parents. The with and daughter began to look about them for i-omo means ot support- thgthcmsolvcs and hint now renlori'd so dou bly dear to them, by hcl|dossness nnd suffer ing. Fsnny lmd just finished hor educstion at a distinguished female seminsrv In B. Miss 8. the principal, to whom sho stated her difficul ties, offered her a situation as assistant In her itchool which offer was accepted with joy nnd gratltndo. If sho mint leava her own dear homo nn place could be os dear as that.- Fanny sat bn a stool at her father’s (bet day after day herself and mother went pre paring for hor departure. Often ho smoothod her bright soft hair, or stooped to kiss her ‘heck. Ho tried Imrd to bo chccrftil but a ulglt sometimes would burst from Ills frill heart, nnd ho would say ho should soon miss thu light ofhts heart as well as tils eyes.” Fanny’s volco was cheerftt! nnd hor Ihthor cotilij not see how often tho tears sprang Into her eyes. Once Fanny would havo sighed at leaving Iter pleasant home In the month of May for the confinement of a city. Sho would havo wopt at parting with hor kind frtunds ; her birds and her jiet-kitten. Sho now thought littla of these. Q.ie sorrow had rendered hor nearly oblivions to all othora. A woman's heart strong to labor or sttfibr was growing within and the buds of childish girl- ish feeling the ordinary loves and joys of life, wore hidden not crushed by It. They wore again to revive when tho first strugglo was past, to burst forth In n mature form; and In a more fitvorablo less changeable, if not more enchanting clime. Fanny more than realized Iho most sangn- Ino expectations of hor frlenls arid patroness. No ono was more astonished at her success than herself. Miss 8. was a mnldcn Indy somewhat advanced in years. Somehow al most unconsciously, she gradually left tho charge of tho school to Fanny, until her young assistant became in all hut nnme prin cipal. Tho school Increased In ntimburs and reputation. Site was at tho time our story commences, In receipt of a salary sufficient to supply every rcasonnblo wish and her par ents were oqio.vlng many of ho comforts and luxuries of llfo, with which thoy were previ ously unacquainted. Her virtuuH, talents and accomplishments’ won for hor a high place In society. But wo will proceed to tho morning on which our first sceno opens, Fanny woko at five ; Bho bad intended to wako earlier. Sho rose hastily, mado her toilette as speedily as possible. Tho diqrot was but too sqnares from her home. Sho would not call Bridget to accompany her ns sho was sick the proceeding night. As she opened tho street door she first saw the de- sccudlngsnow. "I thust, Oh I I must tako breakfast with my doar parents,” thought sho. No time to order a carriage. No time to lose.” With a hasty Stop sho passed down tho street and arrived just in time to step In to tho cars before thoy moved off. There we first taw her, her mind tiuslcd with thoughts of homo. * There wore fbur psssengers in tho car be- side Fanny. Only ono of theso wo will de scribe. He was a tall, woll-proirortjonud, abundantly-whiskered, haughty, aristocratic, handsomc-looking man, of about thirty-five years of ago; he was enveloped in a clonk'of rich material, and carrlcda gold-headed cano. Ho Beated himself in tho warmest scat by tho stove, directly facing Fanny, and scrutinized hor closely. As Fanny turned hor oyes from the fulling flakes, they met hts, and sho averted hers with a deep blush, their present posttlani’fiCtirtng Booms more Most beautiful, wealthy, nud aristocratic lady unlikely. Let usjhst copy the thoughts of Ills highness, tho gentleman' before mention-! cd. ’ “Respectable, chi 8ho looks like It,— Nrithlrig flaunting, tidy decidedly comforta- Wo—plain and-substantlal—a good travelling dress. Why does sho loavo home so early In the morning 1 Somo friend sick—dead 1 No: sho looks too happy fbr that. Sho smiles I how nittlc. how vulgar! smllo In a rail iPad car. with nothing to look at but tho dismal snow. Tho sritilo becomes tyor, though.—^h, I have It; somo servant who has leavo to spend the day nt home. She Is taking “time by tho forelock.” How much assurance to camoto tho cars alonu so early. Tho lower clnssca get use to any thing. Tholr privations blunt.tho common feelings of delicacy. For this reason If no other -1 would novor marry a wife from tho,lower classes ofsodety. No I not if she, nr her parents hadovor stood one lota bolow tho station I occupy or my fethcr occnpled befero me. Respectable, eh 1 and as his oyes wore fixed scarehingly on her feeo tholr eyes mot nnd her deop nnd palnfrtl blush answered him. “ Yes yes,” ho contin ued ’• It would bo a sin to doubt it I qntto like her looks—neat, modest good humored, sho must be. Ifldldnnt (bar sho had an outlandish country accent I would try to on- gage her In my nursery.” Their eyes again met and this time Fanny looked so iialnfttlly embarrassed that Edward Wolton Esq. ofH., drew the morning t»|)cr from h'ls pocket, and commenced reading. The snow obstructs the way. Tho cart pro ceed slowly. They stop. The cnglnos sent In adranco to clear tho track. An elderly gentleman, of very rustic and untravclod as pect enquired fur tho residence of somo ono in the town where Fanny's parents resided: and was much perploxed to know whether to stop at P. Station or C. Station. None of the gentlemen could inflirm ltlm and Fanny, who knew perfectly well ventured to say. “ I think I can give you tho Infermatlon you need, sir.” The old man gave hern kind smllo, and thanked Iter. Mr. Welton raised his oyes from Ihepapor. “That’s coo) upon my honor.” thought ho (ho was of the Chesterfield school)' modest ly done, however; she must have lived in an excellent family a long ilmo. to havo acquir ed-such a lino pronunciation and such a per fect command of langnago;” (ho had decided sho ions a servant and of course his decision was Immutable I have mado human na ture mv studv nnd should not fear to cngngn that girl without! any furthor recommenda tion. My deep Insight into tho -character of othora lias often been of essential service to me.” Changing his sent to tiro one nearest Fan ny, he thus addressed hor; ' Inferring from the remark you nrndo that yon lived In tho country above here I tako the liberty (eh 1) of asking you If yon can recommond a girl to mo who would come to the city of H., as nur sery maid.”- ' Fanny In an instant saw tho wholo drift of her interloper. At first a slight flash of In dignation passed over her feeo. Howdricsho know I nm not n President's daughter, thought she. Sho was resolved to give him a wholesome lesson. Schooled her physlogno- mv to a vacant gravity, but In spito of her self tlioro was a roitglsh twinkle in hor eyo, that lictokoncd. mischief to some ono, “I don’t know, sir” replied she, “There’s Mary Smith, and Sally Tlbbals, and Emily Mary Jones and a great mnriy others; I don’t know what thoy would say to going to a city. “ But you havo boon to a city 1” “ 0, yes. I have.” “Thon, perhaps.” said ho now perfectly sura ho had ' waked tho right passenger,’.’ “you would go.” - ” I nm well pleased with my present situa tion." “Bo much tho bettor for you—"how long havo yon been from homo 1” “Four years next May, sir." “ Have you had tho care of children 1" “ All the lime sir." “ "'list wages do jam rccolvo 1" Fanny named a Bum, that amounted to some part, of herwogos. ■ I will glvo you more." Ho named a gen erous price. “Will thatspit you 1” 11 0 you are vory gonorous; tho prtco suits me.” “ Can you not decide at. once." “Will yon allow mo' a little time to consid er 1” • Certainly.” The cars were nearing t ne depot. Fanny longed to reaelf It, She tried * to took com posed still she felt narvons and uncomforta ble. The ears stopped, Fanny rose, 1 Yon stop Bore.” said Mr. Welton. “ Here ts my cant my nnmo may not bo unknown to yonr friends.’ “ Thank yon " replied Fanny looking some what cnnftiscd bnt wl h great dignity and sweetness; "I will not trouble you for your card. I am engaged for tho present but yon have made mo a very generous offor and if I over 10'th for tiro situation I’ll—111—Aunt you up." Slio bade Mr. Wefton good morning,” nnd tripped out of the cars, leaving that pro found philosopher, that deop judge of human nature’(not judge.of deep human nature) in profound bewilderment. Ho recovered him- setftntlma to ask a gentleman on tho plat form, whom Fanny addressed, her namo.— “ What 1” exclaimed Mr. Welton. ‘ Fanny More, of E. St. Seminary, B.1” Ho staggered back Into tho cars and threw himself into a sent, and for tho first time in his life dropped his chin op his bosom with a decidedly crest fhllen look. His ‘ self esteem" was bolow par; and ills ’ human nature " at discount. Uo had heard >U»s Moro spoken of as tho most intelligent and accomplished lady in the oity of B. Ho had heard hor story; he knew sho had encountered the snow that cold mornipg to meet those parents whoso joy and support sbq was.. .It seemed vulgar In a ser vant, but in Miss More It was noblo, sacrific ing. 0 Mr; Wolton had bee# a widower two years in his acquaintance. Tho tranquility of his married life had boon undisturbed by any especial joys, or griefe. Ho decided, on tho death of his wife, that It wo* Improper to marry In less than two years; and ho had now started on a matrimonial expedition, be hod planed just two year# before In tho city of T. lived a wealthy and accomplished - lady, a friend of his Wife. I will not weary your {*• tluncc, a ‘ Word to tho wrlso is sufficient." But fur onCo the Immutable Mr. Woltoudld not keep his resolution. A resolution calmly formed, and sacredly kept, fbr twri wholo years. Perhaps you will bo 1 better able to understand him, If I glveyoti sn Insight Into- his cogitation, ns ho retained homo. "Strange I can’t keep that girl from my mind. I wish wn had met Under different circumstances, or had riot met at all. How mlsehtarously provoking she lookad when sho last addressed mo. HoW demurely she sat making up hitr mind whothorlo accept my offer. Wish I dared offer myself, sho dare (with dignity) notroftise mo. Yes, (pausing,) she dare do any thing. I know well enough what sister meant when she wished tn Intro duce me. Hod other plans theire. And then I could not think of a former’s daughter. I havo somehow, (pladlnfc his hand on his loft side ) an uncomfiirtablo feeling here, wander what alls mo. meeting that girl has mode a fool of mo. But the circumstance la unusual, nnd I do not recollect that'I erer stepped out of the ordinary track before," Fanny softly opened the door of her ftthors cottsgo, on the morning of hor early ride: and shouted as shn shbok tho white flakes of snriw firom.li or cloak; ’Tvo como to take breakfost with you.” Mrs. Moro would- bate sprung forward to cmbraco her daughter, hut sha drew back, resigning, as usual since his blind ness. the first kiss to her husband. The fa- | vorito canary broke forth in‘a songof welcome; tho’ tho good people declared, it hod not sung during tho wholo winter, excopt on sunny days;, old Carlo sprang to her side with a half suppressed growl nfjoy; and Jjflnny tho pet cat now growing blind with ago. brushed tho melting snow from her shoes Wtth her soft coat and nttored a mew of delight. Mrs, More was just pouring coffee as Fnnny enter ed. As thoy were partaking oft their break- fosl Fanny entertained them with an Recount of hor morning adventure, nor fcther smiled and called her a “sly Pass," hut looked a llttlo vexed nevertheless. Her mother administer ed the slightest possible reproof And Fan ny herself now that all Wis passed, only lengthened and thought It agood joko. Miss Jnlln Wolton sister of our hero, ap plied tho next week for tho admission of hor niece, from H„ a young lady n|no years' of ago to R.streot seminary. Miss Mary Wolton; TanhyThriW jrttpil, was a fine well grown, handsomo child, bnt wild and undisciplined as a young sqnaw. All tho precision and dignity of both fethcr and mo ther, had not been abla to tamo her. Their efforts to make a fine lady of hor, which com menced as soon as she could understand tho simplest words of the English language, were holly lost upon hor. Books sho detested; teachers were her aversion. .Sho was com mitted to Fanny's especial charge. Gradu ally, day by day. Finny galnod ground with her pupil, until her slightest wish was law. No ono could nay precisely how this influenco was gained. Wo will let Mary speak for her self in an extract from a letter to hor Hither, dated July 26th. Don’t you think I Improve in writing; dear papal I make all tho pauses now you see; Ido not spell all my wonts quite right yet; tho other day Miss More said she though I would ranko an excellent, fbnografcr, or something llko that. -Idld not quite stand the word; I nm determined to find ont what it means, and thake'ono. I solved the last sum in division to-day. I have beon through numeration, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; and . more, I understand thorn. At first X studiod to please Miss Sioro. and now I llko it. You wlll bo here next week, and hear our examination. I know you will lovo Miss More. Has Wllllo exchanged his dresses for pants, yeti How frinny ho must look. Kiss Eddy and Wllllo fi>f mo. I ttsod to strike them sometimes, bnt I’m sorry now. If they should die as Miss More’s brothers did how bad I should fool, I will not ever strike them any more." Tho month of August Is vacation for tho teachers and pupils of E. street Seminary. July 80tb.—Examination day. Miss S. Is seated tn a largo armchair, on a raised platform, looking with a benignant smile, -on tho group of young faces collected before hor. Mostoftho“visitorshave”assembled| Miss Moro stands besldo Miss 8., dressed in a plain whtto Muslin, and has just commenced the first examination. Tho Misses Welton enter ed, accompanied by their brother. Fanny’s eyes wore directed towards tho door, at that instant. A flood of crimson rushed over her face neck and oren hands. It was only by a strong effort that she obtained self-command. Mr. Welton, tho' prepared for tho encounter, looked cottftucd and ombarrassed. That evening Mary hod tho pleasure of calling on Miss Moro, in company with hor fhthorand aunts. A formal introduction- was endured, and truth compels us to stato that Fanny behaved much the best. Query.—Oan any man in loro bo perfectly sulf-possesscd 1 Mr. .Welton with' bis sisters and daughter wore to toko a tour to Niagara; and thoy In vited Fanny so earnestly to accompany thorn, that sho consented. Llttld Mary was wild with delight; she ran first to one, and thon to another, with kisses and exclamations of joy. “0 Papa,” said she, “don'tyou wish Miss More wore yonr sister, and my nnntl ehould’nt you love her ns much as you do Aunts Julia nnd Eveline 1” Mr. Wolton gently, hush’d tho child. Ho thought In his heart, that ho should loye her quite as well os bis sisters, tho! for some rea son, ho dld.not at all wish her to bo his sister- Tho delightful fortnight at Niagara has cx pired. Fanny must no longer be absent front The.whol» pie, unalllctud hospitality by tho good far mer and his wife. They know llttlo of tho prescribed rules of etiquette, yet each had on innato sense of propriety, and tholr spirits were refined and softefted, by affliction. The aristocratic Mr. Weltmi, who would once havo disdained such a condescension, sat ntthe table of the poor farmer a humble trembling guest. Yes, ho who bo short a timo slnSo be- Toro would - not liaVd hesitated unblttshlngly to ask tho hand of the proudest the wealthi est lb tho land dared not nsk tho heart of the former’s daughter. He Is changed. Tho proud fiery glance of his eye Is exchanged fer a clear, soft dewy light. Tho bnnghty outlines of his ftce ere relaxed. Ills eves rest lovingly on the happy group around; It Is evident that self Is not now tho object of supremo devotion. “Papa ” said Mary one dnv as sho cemflirt- ably ensconced herself In his Inn, and' laid her head nn his bosom “denrnana how you are changed. Ton once scolded when T climb-- cd Upon yon. shd said I was dirtying ymtr pants, or spoiling yonr nlco bosom. Rut now you only kiss mo and call mo your dear Mary.” Fanny was exceedingly bnsy the day after her visitors loft; but It would have nnztlcd her to toll what she accomplished. Showns somewhat gayer than usual, at least periodi cally so ; yet there was a vacant expression In her eyo, that told her heart was not there. On the evening of the second day os sho sat bestdo her fothor singing fer him n favorite air, Mrs. More-entered accompanied by a gentleman. Tho dim twilight was. just suffi cient to show it was Mr. Welton. Fnnny felt a choking sensation, bnt rose and welcomed him. -There was a pauso. All frit embar rassed. Welton felt dospera'c. Ho was de termined to bring matters to a crisis; and ho (of the Ohcstorfiold school recollect) had tho audacity to say before parents nnd daughter, “You can hardly bo at loss to account fer tills visit. I havo loved your daughter, Most de votedly sinco wo ft nt (accenting the word) met, anil havo come to hoar from her awn lips the word that shall mako mo happy or miser able. If -I can gain hor lovo havo I your con sent to moke her my wife 1” -As Welton cumraonccd speaking, Fanny buried her face in her fother's.bosoni, and was now sobblngpudibty. • Whatsayyou, tny blrdl” said the fethcr, clasping her closely to Ills heart. “Do you lovo this man; will you ho his wife” "Idol I will!" sobbed Fanny. Welton approached, and taking Fanny from hor ftthcr’s arms to his own, pressed upon hor lips tho first pure kiss of love. Then address- Ing the mother ho said, "Will you also sanc tion this gift?” “Take hor,” replied the mother, "and God LImm. you,' urn yan ill'.; gently tvitll tilO One lamb, that wo' spare from our own bosoms I" "Amen," responded Mr. More and Mr. Wel ton In unison. There was a deep sllonco each felt that words were too fhint to express tholr feelings. The next day when llr Welton asked for tho twentieth time, “Du you really and truly lovo me, Fanny!" that little lady replied. “Thatqaostlon, oftunasked Implies a doubt; and to be revenged. I am almost tempted to ask you tho same question.” “Do, dearest, nothing would plcaso mo moro.” " Well, then," said sho, with tho snnro mis chievous smllo ho lmd soon somewhere bofbro, ‘ do you really and truly lovo me. Mr. Welton or do you only think I would suit you, and make a good nursery maid 1" “Alt I no more of that, Fanny, o’en thou lovostmo." Feb. 12. Just ono year from tiro morning of the early rido in tho rail car 'i'mrnnto wnu.eti,tu u.—m-g,- Mr More resides Is crowded to overflowing.— There is a marriage there; aud tho Misses Welton welcome Fqnny as a sister; and little Mary, with eyes brimming fell of joy, salutes her dear, now mama. There Is a deep quiet joy in tho heart of tiro brido, which -beams In orery feature of her dice; and Its needs no words to tell the bridegroom considers him self the happiest man In thu world. Immediately after tho marriage tho bride groom and brido started for Europo, accsm- panled by tho father of tho bride, bop ng to obtain some relief for ills distressed situation from tho distinguished oculists of Paris.— Thoy wore succctatol beyond their most san guine expectations. Ills eyes censed to ho palnfel, aud bis sense of vision, though not as clear as it once was, Is sufficiently good for all ordinary purposes. Mr. Welton built a fine cottage on tiro side of Fanny's old homo, and ho with his fetnlly always spends part of the summer months thore. Mary, Eddy, and Wllllo, delight to como and spend mouths with tlielr dear grand mother. Slander has not dared to touch tho flair fame of Fanny aaa Stepmother. She lias now been a wife so veil years, and to provo to you that sho has not forgotten all tho wickoil- nossof "Auld tang Syno,” In the hum drum duties of wife and mother, I will relate a lit tle incident that occurred oue morning last week. Mr. Wolton stands at tho hall door with Ills hat and cano In Ills hand. “ Fanny, dear," said ho. “ take good core of yourself, and tho dcarchlhlren. ' Rut don't look lit mo in that way; If you do positively, I shall not ho ablo to tear mysolfatvay. Ono kiss more; and ono from dear Carllo, I'll try to bring you a goood cook.” ‘Do, If you please. But bo vory carctol not to inquire for a nursery maid." Chub! chuhl whlzczczo. And Mr. Wolton rapidly descends the marble steps shaking his cano menacingly at hla pretty wife. Fair Haven, Con.. July. 1851. .WESTS FOR THE COI II. P. Wom-Tcv Dirt Town. J. T. Finley, C'lmttwgavillc,' DtNiia, IIicks, Smnraorvills, W. M Pei-.pi.eh Calhoun. E. It. Sasseen LaFnyctte. Post Masters generally nrc r , ns Agents, also In give us immediate r apv paper not taken from the office. , Money sent by mall at our risk. , Letters to Insure attention must bo di rected (post-1 aid) to .1. KNOWLES A on N. E. Our Agents and otheis who fi interest in the circulation of our pap confer a favor by urging upon their the importinco of mirtaring* piper« 'Vo ftlmM endeavor to rnnkothe Oocrii thv of the owtroiiHgf of Hiorokoo i A foul (says lire Arab proverb) may be known by six things, vi4:—Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without motive, inquiry with out objectyputting trust in a stranger, and not know ing his friends from his Widow*. Some people have a predjutfto*against wid ows, but for our part tvo never could toll what for. Girls will do Vory Wo# In their places, but one widow Is worth half a dozen or them any day. OlrlH ant so shy, so timid, so re served, so bosllfel | Vory few of them know how to. mako lore, and when t]py do under take It, it Is so awkardly done l Bnt widows understand tiro wholeproccss. They are used to it. Thoy are experienced cavaliers In tho ■lashing court of Cnplil. Thoy know- when to advance, and when to retreat; when to lay siege to a heart and when to attack It by storm. More castles have snccumlibd to tiro dazzling bright eye of a widow clad In weeds, than wore evor taken by tho dreamy, melan choly orbs of maidenhood. ’Boliovo ns, there Is moro real danger In the dark nnd waving trtssos of r. borenviid one of twenty-two, than lurk in tho golden locks of glrldom. Seo, there goes one of thorn now. Scarcely a twelvcmohtii has softened down her exces sive grief. But woman can’t weep always.— They are made of something elso besides tears; and that ono has already found out that hcr charms are not entirely (Udod. Sho has not thrown aslde hcr sablo wuerts-yct, bnt tho heavy and sombre bombazine has given placo to a mor cgracefttl fiibrle which shows beneath Its folds tho white petticoat, and sots off more bcautlfelly lior symmetrical form, and falls More elegantly Item her polished shoulders. Notice her llttlo foot as she trips along—how daintily H tonchos Uio ground, nnd how adroitly alio manages to exhibit the woll proportioned nnklo. All! that Isa woman fer you. But look at that bonnot, will you 1 Seventeen Summers could never rnnnngo tn wear It uft'r Hint fashion, Seo how jnnntlly it covers her head and how ma ny sly glances uho is enabled to throw from beneath it; and every ono a barbed arrow that transfixes the heart of somo poor fbollsh love-sick Swain. Did you novor nntlco how much more apt rather young men are tn fell In lovo with wid ows and girls that hare passed tho summer of life than with twang girls 1 Well herd is tiro secret of it. - Thoy are experienced an glers. Thoy know with what sort of hooks tofialigWhat.bnit to uso, and how to draw their prey. In this thoy havo a great advan tage over gtris who are still only In April anil May; The former do three-fourths of tho emitting. While the latter leavo It all-to bo done by tholr suitors. But here comes one of them. Look at hor She la decidedly pretty. She Is n girl of nn- tural capacity and It is well cultivated. Sho Is what Is called accomplished. Hor toilette Is perfect. TVliat colors could better become hor complexion or what fithrlcs better suit her form. Look at that oye if you can datch a glimpse of It beneath tho languishing lid; how .soft and dreamy. Behold that brow, how white and polished. See that arm how firm and round; thoso fingers how soft nnd taporing. In conversation sho Is agreeable, and a party ts Incomplete without her. And yet—and Is It not melancholy tobellovo Hl- the chances nro oven that that girl lovely as she is will die an old maid. At any rate we will wager nll our old boots that our widow gets nmrriisl before hor. 8nch however, Is tho world. Evidently thore Is a (Unit somewhere. There must bo something wrong In tiro way In which mar riages are brought about among tho civilized nations. ’ Look at tho number of bachelors about, who havo never tasted of tho sweets of matrimony. And look ton. nt tiro numbor of women who nro pining in single blessed ness. The Great Being who presides ovor all things did not Intend It to lio so. no intend ed that every ntan should have a mate. Bnt how to rectify tho fault wo do not pretend to in .kh’ovr. Bachelors, of course after they arrive at tlic ng flvo ought to bo taxed. And wo trust that a bill to that effect will bo brought to tho atten tion of tho L"glslaturo. Let Alabama take tiro lend In this matter; why shotild’nt she 1 And tho Commlttoo on Propositions and drievanus ought to provide somo way to mar ry off tho girls by tho time thoy nro seven teen. We are inclined to think that these tilings nro much better managed among the Indians and oilier barbarous trlbcH than they are with us Wo don’t mean to recommend polygamy. That would mako ns llttlo better than Mormon 1 Bnt we find nttrselves rnnntng Into g-aver matters thsn wo Intended when we commenc ed tills article; and so wn ennoludo ns wo commenced—on widows. If oil women were widows, there would bo no difficulty about It; hnt they ain’t and there Is no wav of making them so. until vmt moke thorn wives nnd that la the very thing wo want to get at. Well wo have pointed out tho evil; lot wine men de vise a remedy.—Maerm (Ala) Byuttican. IIrnuy Clay.—All the writers from Wash ington cnncnrTn rcprcso"ting Mr. Clay as be ing vory feeble In. health. According to all appearances 1n his own enso. nnd tho Ibwr of our nature In all cases his long and brilliant career must ere long, bo history only I Bnt ho maintains Ills chcorftil and happy temper ament to tho end and his lost look upon his country and Ills friends will bo wreathed in smiles. Ills has been a ebequored life the leading event* of which nro national epochs. No man boforo lilitj. or eotenipnra. nenus with him. has controlled so many pub lic crises; no man lias spoken so often and so well In tho halls of Congress; no man has by tho ilivlnoapeli of eloquence swayed tho af fection* of his countrymen to and fro so com pletely ; no man lias had so many friends that loved anil venerated him; no map now living, when he shall bo Ijvlng no longer'will bo so sincerely mourned remembered and admir ed. Hoay.cn lengthen out his already pro longed and well-spoht days; and when lie dies envlod bo.Kentucky that shall hold his ashes!—National JBgis, The Turn cf Lite.—From sixty, n mnn who has properly regulat ed himself limy ho considered os .in the pritno of life. His matured atreoglh of constitution renders him ahnait impervious to the attacks of diseaae, nnd experience has given his judg ment the soundness ofnlmtst infallibili ty. Ilis ttiiqd is resolute, firm equal; nil his functions nro in the highest order; ho assumes the mastery over business; builds up n qompetence on the found ation he has formed in early manhood, and pn-ses through a period of life at tended bv many gratifionliona Having gotie a year or two past sixty, he ar rives at n critical period in the road of existence; the river of death,(Iowa ..be fore him, nud |to remains at a standstill Gut nthwnrt this river is a viaduct call ed “The Turn of Life,” which il croM- ed in safety lends to the valleyof “Old Age,’’ round which the river wind*, und then flows beyond without a boat or cause way to eflect its passage — Tho bridge, however, M constructed of fragile fehterinls, nnd it depends, uptja how it is trodden whether it bend or break Gout, apoplexy, bad charactere ulso lire m the vicinity to waylay - the traveler; and thrust him from the paao; Imf let him gird up his loin.sj end provide himself with a fitting staff, aak he miiy trudge on in safety with per fect composure. To quite metaphor, “TheTurn uf Life” is, a turn either in to n prolonged walk, or into the grave. The system and powers having reach ed their utmost expansion, now bfgia either In cluse like flowers at aunaot, or break down nt once Ono injudi- ooue stimulant a single fatal excitemaal may force it beyond itsstrength-whiUt n careful supply of props, and the withdrawal o| all that tend* to: force a plant, will sustain it in beatily aad in vigor until night has entirely «et. A Man of a [rendered pound* weight hns generally four puunds of brain.— There is no other animal that haa a* much. An ox of from' eight to nine Ireudied pounds weight has but one pound. We count in the human body two hundred und forty-nine bonaa, Ip Wli; HiUI leeu ill tlic lirniny (ortjrfix i* the other parts of the head and neck, sixty-two in the arms and hands, and sixty In the human body make up th* third pint of its weight. A full grown man has from twenty to thirty-fivii pounds of blood, which passe* froa; eighteen to twenty limes through the heart in one hour. Rev Mi. Clark, says Thi Congrega tional Journal, Ims appended to bit Lite of Rev. Mr. Emerson the namee of o,ie hundred and thirty minister*, who were born in Newbury and Naso- buryport, origit.ully but one town. Sublime Tiiutii.—-Let a man hava all the world can give him, he is (till miserable iflte Ims n groveling, unletter ed, uiidevuut mind. Let him here nis garaen, lira -Yinun, -, r V£ lawps, for grandeur, plenty, ornamaat nnd gratification', while at the time tune Hod is not nt all in his thought* And let another hure neither field nor gnrden; let him only look at nature with an enlightened mind a mind which cm see and adore the Creator in his work, can consider them as demonstratioM of his power, his wisdom, his goodness and truth—tliis man is greater as well us happier, in his poverty, than the other in his riches—the one is little higher than the beast, the other but little lower than an angel.—[Jones of Naylnnd. A statistical writer in the Boston Daily Advertiser shows, by an sxamia- nlion of i ho l lnrvared College catalogue for 200 years, that clergymen have a greater chance for long life than ley- men. A leading medical practitioner at Brighton; England, has lately given a li.-t of 16 cases of paralysis, produced by smoking which came under his owu knowledge within the last six months. Rev Jas. P. Boyce, son of Haa. Ker Boyce, ot Charleston ordaiaad The Ronmn_Catholic Primate Cul len. in his recently issued pastoral, elates all Catholic* and in stalled Pastor of the Baptist Church, Columbia, on '^lontlsy, Gilt inst. Gen. CzavAJAt,,—Tho Cincinatt Tltiwv re ferring to this individual, tho prosent bere iit the Siera Mudre war, says:— “ In 1828 we were acquainted with a rito and somewhat effeminate young man e twenty, of a nervous temperament, i t urtle disposition, at Bethany, Vii omo of Bishop Alex. Campbell—a kind of student and worked for 1 Mr. Camplioll’8 printing c here from 1 Hu i