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▼OX. 3* THE RGORUII HIRKOK, IS PUBLISHED fcVLRV SATURDAY, lly H. ftard*«r A: J. L. Ball, ( Editors and Proprietors,) At HIRER DOLLARS a year, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the eud of the year. Advertisements will b# conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines 4ii less,) the first, and 50 cents for each sub sequent insertion. All advertisements .handed in fsr publi cation without « limitation, will be published t II forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Execu ,irs, Ad ninistrators and Guardians, are re paired by law to be advertised in a public o'azette, sixty days previous to tile day of s tie. The sale of Personal property must be alver ise* 1 iu like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an • tate oust be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to i!ie Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land nod Negroes, must be published weekly for I ar months. All Letters on business must be i ost t* at and to insure attention. ~ ” JOB ViUS I'lNfi. CONNECTED with the office of tl»e MIRROR, is a splendid assortment of W jS'iUJS j; A nd we are enabled to excute ail kind of Job w ork. m the neatest manner and at the short si notice. la&aAt&au , L of every description will constantly be kept or hand,such as Attachments, Justices’ Executions, do Summons, Jury do Subpoenas. Clerk's Recognizance Seicri Facias, Appearance Bonds, Ca. Sa. Declaration —Debt, D •cl:iration Assumpsit, S icriff Deed®. Tit Collector Executions, Blank Notes. Ate tit win i’dN"& srifEx. r jlflE public are respectfully informed L that the steamers Irwinton and Siren Will run as regular packets between FLOR ENCE an 1 \ PAL.ACIIICOLA, (touching •at i ill,) leaving each place alternately, eve ry We Incsday and Satur lay. The patron ,. ~f the public is respectfully solicited. » eight and passage, at customary rates. I tv Deli apply to the Captains on board, or BEALL, HILL & LAURENCE, FI ireuce. FIELD Ac MORGAN, Irwinton. DODGE, KOLB & McKAY, Apalachicola. Florence. August 20 20 __ Ware S3 * 7 c «fc €o:n'nis<iioti BUSIN E 8 8 . _ r ji"s 1 1 F. subscribers having j jf sL purchased the Ware M''i| House lately occupied by o'-*?- John D. Pitts Ac Cos. have as sociated themselves together for the pur pose of transacting a general COMMIS SION BUSINESS, under the name and stylo of BEALL, HILL & LAURENCE. As our attention will be particularly directed to the receiving and forwar ding goods and cotton, we shall make every airaugement necessary, for storing and taking care of the same. . , i . VT The business will be conducted by Mr. A. W. lit CL, and we pledge ourselves that nothing shall be wanting on our parts to give general satisfaction. With these assuran ces, we hope to receive a libeial shared pub lic patronage. k. T- BEALL, A. W. HILL M. J. LAURENCE. July 20 15 _ _ JTB. ST A U ft, F93WAR9NG AMD C JVIVIIS3ION MERCHANT, Si. Joseph, Fla. January 10, 1839. ( \Var II outbi* it tom mission B U S [ N E S S . 1 1 HF, subscriber respect; ~%S I fully notifies his friends and the 'planters of Stewart county, that he will he pro n-.red to forward Goods and Cotton the en suin'- year. He has made every necessary arrangement to secure the safety ol Cotton and Goods consigned to him. Ue hopes to be able to give satisfaction, and respectfully refers the public to those lor whom he has done business in this line here tofore H. W. WOODWARD. Florence, Sept. 7 cow3m__22_^ AL A BAA IA LAN 1)8 FOR SALE. |,i NTIRE 7 11 ill N. half * 11 30 S. half 4 14 o 0 S. half 0 14 Jf> S. half 11 14 l* S. half S4 19 28 W. half 29 16 20 S. half 29 11 28 E. half 21 22 20 S. half 32 18 28 N. half 33 20 20 W. half 20 15 24 S. half 29 16 2; > N half 9 14 30 E. half 2 I? 2r l Kntiie 33 15 25 Anv of’ the above Lands will be *old on term-to suit purchasers, by application to j o l vi -}. Pitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the oTihscriber. at Macon. Sci>t 14 23 J. COvVLI.S. the mirror. ■ PROSPECTUS or TIIK SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. fTHUS is a monthly Magazine, devoted ■- chiefly to Literature, but occasion ally finding room also for articles thtt fall within the scope of Science ; and not pro essing an entire disdain of 'astefui selections, though its matter has been, as it will con tinue to be, in the main, original. Parly Politics, and controversial Theol ogy, as far as possible, are jealously exclu ded. They are sometimes so blended with discussions in literature or in moral sci ence, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able matter to which they adhere: bu> whenever that happens they are incidental, only. not primary. They are dross, tolera ted onlv because it cannot well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu py their due space in the work: and it is the Editor’s aim that they should have a three fold tendency—to convey, in a condensed form, such valuable truths or interesting in cidents as are cmViutUoJ i u the works re viewed, —to direct the readers iTtenfion to books that deserve to be read—and to warp him against wasting time and money upon that large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by their variety and multitude, distract and o verwhelmn every undiscriminating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of the most inesti mable and indispensable of auxiliaries to him who does wish to discriminate. . Kssavs and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches—and Remi.msences of events too min ute for History, yet elucidating it, and heightning its interest—may be regarded as forming the staple of tlv‘ work. And of indigenous Poetry, eaongh is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—lo man ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of our country. The times appear, for several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one alone, but manyt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes : The soft, assuasive influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and folly are rioting abroad :—They should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in to their fitting hauuts. Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of our peo pie:—Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to increase their number; so that the great enemy of popular government may no longer brood, like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of our country. And to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent can be employed, than a periodical on the plan of the Messenger: if that plan be but car ried out in practice ? The South peculiarly requires such an agent. In.ill the Union, south of Washing ton, there are but two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at least twenty-live or thirty ! Is this con trast justified by the wealtii, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern ? No : for in wealth, talents and taste, we may justly claim, at least, an equality with our brethren md a domestic institution exclusively our own, beyond all doubt, atfords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing which they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of this loci:! want th it the word Southern was engrafted on this ueriodical: and not with any design to nourish local prejudices, orto advocate sup posed local iinc ests. Far from any such thought, it is the Editor's fervent wish, to see me North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection. Far from meditating hostility to the north, he has al ready drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much if his choicest matter thence; and happy indeed will he deem himself, slmiil I las pages, by making each region know the other better contribute in any es sential degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger lias now been in existence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume. How far it has acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say; he be lieves, however, that it falls not further short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fall short of lkeory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and neatly covered, at $5 a year— payable in advance. •_>. o r five new subscribers, by sending then names and &20 at ono time to the edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, or at §4 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments for sub scriptions, which have been propelly com mitted to the mail, or to the. hands of a post master, is assumed by tiie editor 4. If a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance for another year. Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning of the volume, and will not he ta ken for less than a year’s publication. 5. The mutual obligations of the publish er and subscriber, for tho year, are fully in curred as soon as the first number of the volume is issued : and after that lime, no discontinuance of a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis continued for any earlier notice, while any thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. Richmond. Virginia. Nettle Yosir AcrHints. A LI those indebted to the late firm of f\ HARVE YcY C HAST AIN or Ju H N p.HARVEY, are requested to come for ward and settle immediately, as I a*n anxious to close the business* I can be found it t • bark room of the old store of S nitli V Win (r.,v JOHN P. HARVEY. Oct 17 28 _ .TOB PIIIXSPrING neatly executed at this office. sterrantxarjt an* BRO the R JO.V. I TJf.I.Y, the largest newspape h IN Ihe WUKLO. ’B’HE proprietors of this mammoth sheet the “Great Western” among the news papers, have the pleasure of spreading before the reading public a weekly periodical con taining a gre.ter amount and variety of use lul and entertaining miscellany, than is to be found in any similar publication in the world. Each number of the paper contains as large an amount of reading matter as is found in volumes of ordinary duodecimo, which cost two dollars and more than is contain rfl in a volume of Irving’s Columbus, or Bancroft’s History of America, which cost three dollars a volume—all for six cents a number, or three dul'ars a vear. BROI’HER JONAT'H AN beinga genu ine Yankee, and thinking that some things can be done as well as others is determined to present to Ids readers a MEDLEY hith- erto unrivalled by any other paper, of i Anecdotes, Facetia, Quiddities, Amusements, Geography, Romance, Allegories History. “ Religion. Accidents, Jests, Sports, Biography, Learning, Spectacles, Bon Mots, Morality, Sorrows, o,n,.ers.inons :M....r| s , Sufferings, Crimes, Music, Tates, Dramatics, News, Trials, Drolleries, Novelties, Truths, Erratics, Oratory, Teachings, Essays, Poetry, Wisdom, Eloquence, Philosophy, Wit, Wonders, <Yc. &c. &c. Asa family newspaper Brother Jonathan will be found to present {attractions beyond any other. “He comes, the herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumbering at his back.” The earliest intelligence, foreign and do mestic, arid the latest novelties in the litera ry world, will be promptly served up for the gratification of the reader. d?* Strictly neutral in politics, it will contain nothing in favor of or against any party, and will as sedulously avoid any of the controversies which agitate the religions community. Strict morality, virtue, tem perance, industry, good order, benevolence, and usefulness to ourfellow men, will be ad vocated and inculcated in every page of Brother Jonathan. 'Perms of Brother Jonathan— S3 a year in advance. For Five Dollars, two copies of the paper will be sent one year, or one copy two years. Phe E' ENING TATLER is publish ed every day at the same office, and is put to press at 12 o'clock meridian, inseason for (lie great northern, eastern and southern mails, which all close at about 2 o’clock, P. M. All country newspapers who give this prospectus 3 insertions, will be entitled to an exchange on sending a number of their papers to this office, containing the adver tisement. All communications and letters should be addressed, postage paid, to. GRISWOLD & Cos. 162 Nassau st. New Y r ork. August, 1839. proposals” For publishing in the town of Jrwmlon, At aharna, a weekly Newspaper, to be entitled the 135WIYT 1)\ CBBOYICIi 11. TTAVLNG heard many complaints of tiro XJL want of a Newspaper in this town, (te becouducted in a gentlemanly like manner.) th : undersigned have been induced by the earnest solicitations of many friends, to em bark in the undertaking. In assuming the duties consequent upon such an enterprise, we feel deeply conscious of the responsibility which will devolve up on us; and knowing, too, the diversity oi the human mind, we cannot flatter ourselves that we will be able to please all. But, .so far as our humble abilities extend, we will af all times be found striving to elevate the standard of truth and correct moral principles. It will be our object to ad vance >lie prosperity of the Eastern section of our State, abounding, as it does, in so many natural advantages, and. as a necessa ry consequence, especially to promote the interest of our own town. Our aim will be to render our paper useful and valuable to all classes of the community—in short Lit erature, Useful Information, Agriculture, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, will each receive a due portion of our attention. In te.gard to Politics, we deem it neces sat v to say, that we shall give the general Political intelligence of the whole country while, at the same time, as conductors ol a Free Press, we will fearlessly, and without favor or affection, advocate and support all such measures as will, in our opinion, pro mote our general prosperity as a people, and the perpetuity of our rights aud liberties. Our paper will be purely Republican, as practised by those great Apostles of Liberty, JEFFERSON and MADlSON—prefering them as our guide, rather than the new j.kjht, s elf-soiled Democratic Republi cans of the present day. We are “strict constructionists” of the Federal Compact, and shall, therefore, oppose all schemes o( Internal Improvement, except by the States themselves, as a part of that “American System” which has prove.! »o ruinous to the South, and wh!ch was attempted to be fas tened upon it a, under that most plausible an.’, spy.cieus pretext, the “GENERAL WELFARE.” Believing, as we do, that it is the duty of every good citizen to cher ish with jealous care the “Vmon of the States, and the Sovereignty of the States,” and as this cannot be done without a strict adherence to the Constitution itself, we shall not be sparing in our denunciations of the attempts which are and have been by the late as well as the present Ad ministration. to control, not only the mon ied facilities of the Government, but ol the entire country. With regard to the ques tion which is now agitating the country rela tives the Ctirrencv, we now, unhesitating ly declare our hostility to the thrice-rej--*- ed Sub Treasury System, tending as it do** in europinion, to an increase of Execuf»« p .wev, which ha« already been claimed ad to ho alarming (*xt*snt, in more stances than one, if nM by the present >► <>u-nbent. by his immediate predecessor, i* whose “f.io' steps” he $ endeavoring to f rrad. \Vr expert to encounter many perils, nia nv i-1 verse winds ; vet aided by the strong breath of public favor aud support, the tiads ■vind- of ourworld must waft usclearof our troubles—we dare raise our anchor, unltir our sheets, and venture boldly upon our new and untried course. What shoals and quick sands, whjit rocks and hidden perils await us “alas, we know not!” L?t us but clear the harbor and gel fairly “under way.” ihe.i we will fear nothing. Nor is this the vain boast made when danger is yet in the distance. It is our firm determination, made alter se rious thought, and weighing well the ditfi cul'ies w* are to meet with. I’lre Ghroniclk will be issued as early as the ner«ssary materials can be obtained trotu New York, which will be in Decem ber or early in January next. It will be printed on a large imperial sheet, com till ing twenty-four columns, with entire new type, and will not be surpassed in beauty by any paper in the Southern country, JACK HARDMAN,' RIGII \ RD RUE MDONE Y. TE RMS.—Three Dollar® per annum, payable invariably in advance. Irwinton, Ala. Oct. 10, 1839. IRWINTON MASONIC Lottery , A UTHORISED by an Act of ih c Leg d. islature of the State oi AlaOama. * To be drawn in the town of Irwinton. Barbour county, Alabama, on the FIRST WEDNESDAY in APRIL, 'B4O, or soon er, il the tickets can be sold—for the pur pose of erecting a Masonic Hall hi the town of Irwinton, KCIIOG. 1 PRIZE of $.5,000 1 „ „ 2,000 1 „ 1,000 4 „ „ 500 4 „ 250 20 „ „ 100 24 , „ 25 5000 „ „ 3 5055 Prizes. Not two blanks to a Prize. All the prizes to be put up in one wheel, and the numbers in another and drawn out Done publicly, under the superintendence of five Commissioners. Price of tickets THREE DOLLARS, Half and quarter in propoition, which can be had by application to either of the man agers, by letter, (or otherwise,) post paid, at Irwinton, Ala Any person wishing to purchase a quanti ty shall be allowed a liberal discount. W. S. TAYLOR. ) A. P. CRAWFORD, \ Manageis. JOHN CHAIN, S October 16, 1839. 29 td — FLORENCE ACADEMY. rrillE exercises of the Male De|irttiient A of the F'oronce Academy, wdl coin mence on Monday next, 7th inst. under tb* superintendence of Mr. George J. Mc- Cleskey, who comes well recommended as an instruc.ter of youth. The follow ing will lie the rates of tuition, por quarter: Orthography, Heading nn<J Writiufi Si Os do do do with Arithmetic, sOf English Grammar and Geography, 6 Os Higher English Branches, 8 Os Languages, 10 0 The Female Department will commencf on the same day, under the direction of Mi®s Margaret Harvf.y. Os M'ss Hat vey’s qualifications the Trustees deem it u”. necessary to speak, as they are too wj known to require any recommendation fro . them. The terms of tuition, will be tK same as state above, and for Drawing and Painting. 12 o Needlework an extra charge of 3 f Board can be had, for males and fa oa'nf in the most respectable houses, at reason? ble prices. Jan. 5 39 BY THE TRUS\. E TO THE PUBLIC. WHILST 1 was at churrli on last eve ning, one Hiram T. Jones assaulted my house with a crowd of Ruffians and at tempted to take my daughter against her consent. One of the villains holding my wife, whilst Jones seized my daughter and tried to take her off. She is labouring un der severe affliction at this time, in cmsequence of the rude approach of the villains she was thrown in o a fit ol mental derangement. 1 would therefore fore wearn all parents and unmarried female's from having any thing to do whatever, with said Hiram T. Jones. He is a villain in ev ery sense of the word. Said Jones is about 5 feet 8 or ten inches high, heavy set, fair skin, dark sandy hair, thick lips and quick spoken; said to be a native ol New York and a Jeweller by profession and about 22 oi 23 years of age. A. TREADWELL Irwinton, "Monday, 28 th Oct. 1839 CAUTION ~~ VLL persons ar« hereby cautioned a gaiiist trespassing uo tut or i«mi e. > 223, in the2l«i district of Stewart county ; Oil lot No. 140, in the 27th district of banner county, us the law will be rigidly en forced upon ail who may be known to have mtruded upon either. L. C. MATTHEWS. Jefferson ee Ga. Oct. 5 26 3t NOTICE. 1 OFFER anew store House in Florence, for sale, on north side of Centre street first after the tavern. The house is nearly finished, large and commodious; in the most convenient place for a dry goods or grocery store. wish ng such proper ty would do well to call, as a batgain can be had. Applv to 11. W. Jertngan. or A. S. WAYi Oct 12 3t 27 ~ C ABLNET FURNITURE. George h. a. wm. j. willer. 6 respectfully inform the citizens ol Florence aud th**’surrounding country,’hat they have permanently located themselves in Florence, and are prepared to execute in the most neat and workmanlike style, Side Boards, Bureaus, Tables, Chairs, A ork and Wash Stands, and Furniture of every description used m th s section of the coun try. They flatter themselves, from their long experience, that they will be able to give geoetal satisfaction to those who may favor them with their patronage. April 9 52 g (Bagm-sr. From the Philadelphia Visiter. IMPROMPTU. Attention all! just list to me— Whilst I was roaming t’other day— -1 saw somebody not far oft'. Towards me weudiug on his way, Methonglit I knew the fellow well, At least I was supposing so : When lo ! it prov'd that 1 was right. For ’twas my friend—my lively Joe. ‘How are ve Joe—how do ye do ?’ Said I, in perfect harmony ." ‘So. so, and pray how is’t with you !” With heavy sigh, ask’d Joe of me. 1 Ver' well,’ said I—‘but what’s the cause, <>f ypur long sighs and pensive brow/ feiSltfe .7?’dU 0 ,l a l*u 4 With down-east eyes, he shook his head— And now we both in silence tarried— When Joe thesience broke, and said, '1 s’pose yon heurH that 1 am married!!! Kfiisosu, a© ir@ o MARY LYMAN, OR THE PROMISE. “If you would cultivate genius aright, cherish it among the most holy of your household gods. Make it a domestic plant: let its roots strike deep into your home, nor care that its perfume floats to a thousand casements beside your own, so long as its greenness and its blossoms are for you,”— Mrs. A. S. StefhkKs. ‘No. I could not—l am sure I could not, love a woman of genius,’ said Charles Mil ner, as h p gazed earnestly into the face of his companion; and Iter face—for ic was a lady—reddened to the temples. Mary Lyman possessed a superority of intellect, which she had not dared to dignify bv the name of Genius; and yet she almost felt that it was so. •Nay,’said Mary, in a dep-ecaling tone, ‘you cannot be in earnest—l w ill not believe it.’ Why not? I have spoken seriously, and never more candidly.' •1 did not think you were so unjust,’ said Mary, rather sadly. ‘You may call it injustice, or what else you please, Mary, for I can bear very much from you; hut I never could imagine fbr one moment a woman of gentiiits as r y wife—a woman whose pra se? are found in print —who is daily surrounded by the cox comb flatterers of {the day;—one who is forever busied w ith the ideal, can have no taste for domestic duties— such a home as 1 yet hope to possess.* ‘lndeed, Charles you are wrong. There i-i no woman so fit to preside over a house hold, as a woman of true genius.' ‘Thenyou don’t agree withyour favorite, Moore, who says, that those possessing high genius are unfitted for domestic life—they li il to inspiie love.’ ‘Tom Moore is not infallible authority, and lie, in himself refutes the assertion; for, as far as the world knows, he is happy in his domestic relations, and that same world is a verj knowing, sort of personage, and soon finds out th* abodes of disqui et u le. ‘That genius is incompatible with love, 1 do believe; how many examples L„Ve we : Dante, Petrarch, Byron— ‘On the other hand, look at the soft and quiet happiness of Wardsworth, the loveof Shelley for his wife, who, by the way, was a woman of geniuv; Campbell’s love that knew no change, and that of Mrs. Hem.ms which followed its object even into the spirit land, and last, though not least, on out own Sigotirny what lives the centre, the very keystone of domestic love and affec ti Hi.’ Mary paused, and then as she looked ear nestly into the face of her lover, .she laid her hand timidly upon his, and resumed, in a half piayful mood: ‘And now, Charles suppose I were gifted with genius, and should gain fame, and con sequently admiration, would you lorsake me ?’ ‘Mary, dearly as I love you now. the com ing of that fame and admiration ol which you speak, would be the signal for my love to retire ; for 1 have determined, although I shall doubtless never be tempted, not to marry a woman of genius ; she would love herself too well;’ and as he kissad the fair brow of his companion, he deemed not that beneath il there thrilled a braiu mdiose It was the last evening of summer, and ever and anon t iere flitted a dark cloud across the face of the pale moon, as if she had veiled it in very sadness that the reign of the flowers had passed away—that, she should look no more npon lovers faces, nor listen to their voices, until another summer had awakened t> e (lower-buds : until the t Mir sadness of her exile would be doubled. The very stars look'd sad and dim, and at intervals a dry and faded leaf touched with premature decay, fell-lowly to the earth, with a low and tfemulous sound, as if it, too, w ith all nature, mourned the departing glory of stiutmer? At a chamber window; around which the faded flowerrines were -till clinging, beautiful even in decay, for they were the rehes of SKmmei—sat Mary Lyman, her fair brow resting mournfully upon one hand, and in the Other, a roll oi paper was grasped convulsively. If was a Poem hut just finished, and of no ordinary merit—genius was struggling in her breast, for ’he sh sterv over love. She wavered between t" o piirpn-cs—-one was to ccn-agn the Poem to the flames —the other to give it to the world. An 1 truly the temptation to do the latter was great: for praise hail been besto.ved upon it by those who w-u not apt to gitie commendation where it is not due. And why should I not pubhgh it ? rea soned Mary sadly. ‘lf Uc loots ine r he wtil X t not •• sake me because a few may sympa th w ith me in the sentiments amt tee.mgs which 1 have cast forth from my heart. It is no vain desire lor lan.e—no mean ing for dis'inction. Ihe well spring tbaP bur.- s from the mountain’s side might as w ell attimpt to check its own crystal gie-hff •n; —the stem that bears the flower, as well strive to stop the expanding of i:s buds while the warm sun. and the balmy air, and soft dews, call them into beauty—the bird to hush within,its heart its melody, as Ito check the desire to pour my feelings forth ! Surely it was He who controls the destinies of the worlds, that placed the impulse in my heart; and it is one that must and will be obeyed. The Poem was sent to press ; but like a true woman, Mary feared to communicate the fact t« her lover. And yet, she did not believe that he would forsake her for such a cause : but lie had told her so, and she (eared. Alas! that love, the purest of all earthly feelings-- for true love is always pure—should be entwined with one so abject as fe< 11 In due lima the Poem appeared, and Mary Lyman was spoken of as destined to ank ainotiQ ihe noets.’ But Charles MjU nor was no longer among uia »uilots---m* had 4vcpt his promise. M-*#- "T* # J ,r mm justice. r?ticout not believe he loved her. He was id error : but he did love her ; he had imbibed a prejudice common at the present day—that a woman who possesses genius cannot make a good wife, and ftis ideal of limn 1 was u h't'B'. h‘ could not bear to have in it llie let s, oomoution. Aid yet of all others Mary Lyman was the one who could have made Ins home the very reality of that ideal! Three years had elapsed, and Mary Ly man was an orphan and destitute --looked up to for a mother’s care. She had won the sympathy and admiration ol thousands, but they were content to bestow it a fai off. because she was poor: upon tlist-far off syniy 'thv she was dependent for bread, and day and night her pen was employed in pro curing it. In a nest little cottage almost hidden from view by the trees, for they hung their graceful bo iglis low around it as if con scious ilia tits low'y threshold was sacred to duty sml affection,—as it they feared that vulgar eyes siionld gaze t.jion the hearth, from which asi ended daily prayers from hearts as pure as those in Heaven, there lay a ffur girl, over whose head filteen sum mers, perchance, had passed, stricken down with sickness. One of the cottage group was about to be removed—-the churchyard was soon to have another tenant! A young ami melancholy watcher was Mary Lyman. She was alone, ns the poor and the misera ble are most apt to he, and the deep breath ing of her dying' sister fell with a fearlul distinctness upon her ear. Often, yet in-, voluntarily, her eyes sought the door, as if auxiotts for the arrival of someone. At length a low knock was heard, and with a light step the watcher hurried to the door, I ~st it should be repeated. ‘I am glad you have come— this is so fearful,’ .will Mary, as she opened the door. A gentle voice answered : •I have I might a s range.- with me, deaf Mary, 1 hope he is not an intruder.’ It was Mrs Milner, and as she spoke, she gently pushed her son Charles iuto ‘.he dim light of the room before her. For a moment Mary was speechless with astonishment, for Charles had been absent two years: but the next she accepted his proffered hand, and begging Let visiters to lie seated, took her accustomed scat by the bed side of her sister. Her heart flutti ed strangely, but he remembered how he I ad left her, without one word of regret or la e well, and she was calm. The slight noise that attended the ushering in of the visit, ri was enough to awaken the sleeper, aud turning feebly, the sick girl put forth her hand as if trying to find the one that was ever ready to meet and press her own ; mis sing it from its place, shesnid grmly: ‘•Mary, dear sister, where are you.’’ ‘Here dear Violet, i am here,’ and as she embraced the sick one her tears fell fast, for tier heart smote her for that one moment of forgetfu'ness. Is there auy one with you, dear sister ?’ asked the sickly girl, as she vainly strove to draw aside the curtain, that she might dis cover. Milnor, Violet,’ and if Mary said more the words were inaudible. “Shall 1 speak to her ?' enquired Mrs Milnor. ‘I think it best not,’ replied Mary; •strange voices disturb her.’ Charlca had half risen, hut sat down again. ‘I am glad you are not alone,’ said Vio let.--What o’clock is it?’ ‘Almost nine.’ Nine ! that is the hour at which our poor, dear, mother died.’ Mary shuddered. T shall die soon d'ar sister; but yon will not forget me,’ and she looked phaJingly in, -i teringrnice. ‘strive to remember that Vi ti have a better home in Heaven'’ •Do not weep, sweet sister, lean on Him in whom you have learned me to trust! ‘I will. Violet; compose yourself, and do not think of me.’ . ‘I must think of you, dear Mary—of your kindness to me; and our little sisters, thsy to., will miss me. Mary, where are they ?’ •They are sleeping, dearest —I x. ill awa ken them.’ . » •No, no, let them sleep on—l would not see them wee; lug; they will soon forget 4v ir grief, bn. vqu, dear Mary ; I was your only companion * . . For a few moments all was silent, save the low, broken sobs Os th» sick girl, and then she said: .. » •Sister I am dying, raise me npon yoAF bosom—there —now kiss me.’ • Mary did *o, and laying her eVeek hpoil Violet’s she wept bitterly, though silently— shfe felt how desolate her home musthenf*- fdrth be ? Almost unconsciously Charlo* iiad crept close to Mary and saated buns* ff beside her. •Aud is this,’ thought he, ’the ha> e dared in mv heart, to think ineapaal* o*c—unii.indf ■! of domearic aft#et/oe».’ 4 iolei, ilear Violet speak We .. ed ‘iavy ■ but V vlet aflo’a# :ni, a> when she l- ant ra * L over 'hat a* ue#* found that her slater watt gou* fargwi*