Newspaper Page Text
-•> •M- - . -F -.3!. —■ - :,.V - w >” y A"-’ ■ ru 1 ■ 1 “J 1 AIL l LLJ’ 11 ■ 11 i- ‘Lilli
JOHN HENRY SEALS, ) ,
Asn > Editors,
L. LINCOLN VLAZEV,)
SEW SERIES. VOL. I.
H’ilMCi (IMDER. |
i‘i;iiMSJtKr>
El'KUl SJrrtfliOAY, EXCEPT TWO, I.Y TiiK YKAR, j
}\ y joll n Ir. ska i.s'.
tk i:\rs: j
in Mlv:>rioe: or &2, IM! the end of the year. }
RATES oF All V KKTfSIN'G.
1 -ifjtMWe(tvrelre lines or le.-s) first insertion,. .§1 ,W ;
Each pontinßnnce,.... - 50 ,
Professional or business Cards, not excwdmjr .
six lines, per J&ear, 5 00 j
Announcing C-Audutates for Office, -i 0o j
ST AINI)T NO A. I)Y KItTIS K- MR. NTS.
1 square, three m0nth5,......... -......... -5 0o ,
1 square, six.months,.. I T <K) j
t"sqifsre, twelve months U 2 u! > j
9 squares ls “ IB 00 I
3 square's! “ “ 31 00
4 squares, “ “ - 25 00 j
Artvert’sements not marked with the number I
of’ insertions, will he continued until forbid, and j
charged accordi ugly.
Merchants, Druggists, and others, may con
tract tor advertising by the year, on reasonable terms.
T.KOAI. ADVKRTfcUIMKNTS.
Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors, and Guardians, per square,... 5 t)0
Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators,
Executors, and Guardians, per square, 3*25
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 25
Notice tor Leave to Sell,
Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 75
Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm’n. 5 -no
Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guardi
anship 3 25 j
LKG-A L KKCyrmFM ENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, bv Administrators,
Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be
held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the
hours often in the forenoon and three in the after
noon, at t he Court House in the County in which the
property is situate. Notices of these sales must be
given in a public gazette forty day* previous to the
day of sale.
Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be
given at least ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must
be i>ublished, forty days.
Notice ihat application will he made to the Court
of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must j
be published weekly for two months.
Citations for Letters of Administration must be
published thirty days —for Dismission from Admin
istration, monthly , six months —for Dismission from
Guardianship, forty days.
Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must *be pub
lished monthly for four months —for compelling titles
from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has
been given by the deceased, the full space of three
months.
will always be continued accord
ing to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered.
The Law cf Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their
newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them
until all arrearages arc paid.
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
. newspapers from the offices to which they ary di
rected, they are held responsible until they have set
tled the bills and ordered them discontinued.
4. Ts subscribers remove to other places without
informing the publishers, and the newspapers are
sent to the former direction, they are held responsi
ble.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving
them uncalled for, is -prima facie evidence of inten
tional fraud.
G. The United States Courts have also repeatedly
decided, that a Postmaster who neglects f<> perform
his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by
the Post Office Department, of the neglect of a per
son to take from the office newspapers addressed to
him, renders the Postmaster liable to the publisher
for the subscription price.
JOB PRINT IN O,
of every description, done with neatness and dispatch,
at this office, and at reasonable prices for cash. Ah
orders, in this department, must bo addressed to
,1 T. BLAIN.
ff nsi? e l I s i ? s
‘OF THE
TiipiMi ram
[quondam]
TEMPERANCE BANNER.
1 CTUATEL) by a conscientious desire to further ‘
jTjL the cause of Temperance, and experiencing j
great disadvantage in being too narrowly limited in |
space, by the smallness oi out paper, for the publica- *
tion of Reform Arguments and Passionate A pp* ate, i
we have determined to enlarge it to a more convc- j
nient and acceptable size. And being ixntfii ■*>'■ of j
tiie fact that there are existing in * r,e mb 4 <d n
large portion of the present reader* of to- K< .<,
and its former patrons, prejudices ami i eh
which can never be removed so long as it r-: ifie ,
name, we venture also to make a change in that par
ticular, It will henceforth be called, “‘THE TEM
PER AN CE CMUSAD ER, ”
This old.pioneer of the Temperance- cause is des
tined vet to chronicle the triumph of its principles.
It has Stood the test—passed through the “fiery fur
nace ” anfi, like the “Hebrew children,” re-appeared
unscorched, ft has survived the newspaper famine
wbieh has caused, and is still causing many excel
lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex
haltions tn the even hi to rise no more, and it has
even heralds [ th • “death struggles of many contem
poraries, laboring for the same great end with itself.
It “still livys,” and “waxing bolder as it grows older,”
is now waging an eternal “Crus.-nlo” against the “In
fernal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest”
of the Israelites, who stood between the people and
toe plague that threatened destruction.
We entreat the friends of the Temperance Cause
to asive ps their influence in extending the usefulness
of the paper. We intend presenting to the public a
sheet worthy of all attention and a liberal patronage;
for while it is strictly a Temperance Journal , we shall
endeavor to keep its readers posted on ail the current
events throughout the country.
as heretofore, sl, strictly in advance.
JOHN H. SEALS,
Editor and Proprietor.
punfiold, Ga., Doo. 8, 1855.
Debotei) to (Temperance. Moraliti), literature, (general Intelligence, Hetus, £e.
SeXecKumg*
The Vermont Cousin.* i
V CAPITAL <TOHV FOfc YOUNG I.A Mils.
—n—
“ft is too provoking, isn’t it, that lather
will in.sjs) upon in.viting that Yankee Cons
iti to come and stay at our house and go to*
school ! I don’t see, lor my part, how he
catue to have such oountrvfied relations;
hut-since he has. I think he might let ‘diem
stay up among their own green mountains,
instead ofbringing them down to mui til’y
us in the city, with their awkward airs and
nasal twang 1”
Thus spoke out Miss Julia Acton to her
younger sister Helen. aftc tiiev had retired
to their room one evening, during which
the expected arrival of the Vermont cousin
had been one theme of conversation.
‘T am sure I have more reason to lie mor
tified than you, Julia,” answered Helen,
‘•for I have to walk with her lu and from
school, and, of course, I cannot conceal from
them that she is my cousin, and 1 know that
they will all ridicule her, and make- all man
ner of Tun of her. Brother Ned stopped
there jast year when he was traveling thro’
New England, and he says they all say
meow,’ and ‘abeout,* and ‘dew tell,’ and I
shall sink iTshe talks so before the girls.”
“Well.J think no one fins as much* reason
to dread her coming as i have.” answered
Julia, “for-what do you think Herbert Fer
guson will say when he linds we have such
a set of Yankefied relations ; he has such a
liorrer to everything unrefined, 1 would not
wonder if he should desert me altogether,
a tier site comes to the house,'rather than
be brought info contact with anything so
vulgar. He lias been more than usually at
tentive too. lately, and Mamma says he is
the greatest match.in town.”
“Well, now, I have heard that Herbert
hefguson cares only for intellect; that he
thinks nothing of looks in comparison.”
“i can tell you, you are mistaken, Miss
Helen; if he has no regard for looks, as
you say. you ought to know what he said
to me lately; but no matter, I won’t tell
you. I only wish Father wasn’t so obstin He,
and Mamma is quite as much vexed about
i-f as we are; why even the servants will
laugh at her, l know—Thomas is so exces
sively genteel.”
“Well, well, it can’t be helped. Father
feels under great obligations to Lucy’s lath
er; the brothers all agreed that father should
be sent to College, and the others remained
fit home and worked on the farm, and pro
vided the means oi his education, and now
he believes lie ought to assist them in re
turn. But one thing l would suggest. Miss
Julia, and that is, that you have vour party
over beiore she comes—o| course she will
not go out as she ‘sonlv a school girl—but I
know lather will insist upon having her in
the room if we have company at home.
“Well thought of, Helen; let’s see. I am
engaged every night for a week to come; I
certainly cannot get an evening till tbe lat
ter part oi next week, oh ! 1 am so afraid
she will come before that time,, it Nvill just
spoil all my pleasure, and I expected so
much.”
1 be invitations for Miss J ulia’s party were
all sent out, and the extensive preparations
were proceeding most swimmingly, when
the very ciuv beiore that on which the, par
ty was to be given, a stage loaded with
trunks drew up before the door of Mr. Ac
ton’s elegant mansion. From this, in the
first, place, alighted a stout, sunburnt young
termer, who was immediately followed by a
slender gill oi about .sixteen years of age. —
ims latter was none other than the much
dreaded V ertnont Cousin.
“Weil, il this isn’t a little tooMnuch !” ex
claimed Miss Juba, who had been drawn to
Die window by the bustle; “here is a clod
hopper oi a man-cousin, too; this is rather
more than we bargained for; 1 declare.”
she continued, half crying with vexafjjpn. “if
that man stays I will pretend I am sick, and
countermand the invitation to my party.”
Cousin Arthur Holmes proved to be a ve
ry different, youth, and one dinner among
such fine folks as the Actons was all he
could stand. He was on his way to Yale
College, his Uncle having from his own ob
servations. and from what he had heard of
the young man, been convinced that to
keep him laboring upon a farm, without the
advantages of education, would be to hide
a •or a i/U.ditd a light which, ii trimmed
mJ fed, and sulfered to shed its beams.
; Ui'gbt Mime forth for the illumination oi id
ov. ft and future generations. And with this
j expectation tie sought an.l obtained a wil
| ling consent from his elder brother to his
proposed plan of taking the education of
Arthur under his care.
As I said before. Arthur was not at all
at ease among his fine’relatives, who, with
the exception of his uncle, took no pains to
make him l’eei so, and, therefore, to Miss
Julia’s great relief, he took his departure the
same evening for New Haven.
Cousin Lucy—but I am afraid you will
set her down as ugly, if I simply describe
her features, and she is such a favorite of
mine, that 1 could wish her to make a fa
vorable impression upon my readers from
the first. Now I cannot deny that Lucy
had bright auburn hair ; Julia called itjred,
but Julia was not always good natured,
and did not always adhere so closely to the
truth as she might. Lucy’s nose was slight
ly inclined to turn up at the point and her
complexion was one of those exceedingly
PE NF IE LI). GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 18?)(). UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
! fair ones which easily freckle ; but she had
j a pair of the prettiest, laughing, deep blue
eyes, and ttie sweete-t smile and the most
brilliant teeth, and when she spoke or stnil- !
ed. (ami she seldom did one without the j
other.). therb was n chaim about her whole j
face which made you forget hair, and nose, j
and freckles, and you only looked upon it j
as a face to love;
True, she had what Julia caHed a **Yan- j
kec twang,” and she was not dressed in the j
height of the latest fashion, hut in spite of
these ora whacks you loved her stiil—at
least some people did. There was a great
deal more about Cousin Lucy, too, to call
tor respect and admiration—but this will all
come out in time.
As she was, she had come, and now*.she
must appear at the party, and he introduc
ed as the cousin of the Misses Acton. It
Was mortdying— was distressing—but there
was no help for- it now.
The evening <>f the party proved clear
and bright, and as it. was well known that
the entertainment at the Actons would he
► one of the most brilliant of the season, none
of tiie invited who.could get there remain
ed at home. By ten o’clock the brilliantly
lighted rooms were well filled, Cousin Lucy
simply attired in white cambric, (for she
had rejected the ornaments and embellish
ments with which her (’ousins, for their own
sakes, would have adorned her) sat alone
in one corner on the sofa. She was introduc
ed to very few ; she did not look in the least
neglected, however, but sat in unaffected
enjoyment of the new and brilliant scene.
An hour altsr the other guests were all
assembled, there sauntered.in leisurely, as
if for a call, with his hat under bis arm. and
his slight little curie in his hand, an exquis
ite of the first water, rejoh-mg in the eupho
nious name of Mr-Meredith Fitz Henry.—
This was one of those brilliant youths whose
sole time during his day, which begins per
haps at twelve o’clock, is spent lounging in
saloons, studying the fashions, sauntering
up and down Broadway, and staring at the
ladies, or driving on the fashionable thor
oughfares ; and in the evening dressing for
tiie public entertainments, and attending
them. He aims at being
“The glass of fashion and the mould of form,”
and has no higher ambition than to be stu
died and copied as the perfection .of-dress.
Me fancies himselfa Brnmmell as to man
ners, and a Count d’Orsuy in point-of beau
ty and grace. He may be handsome—we
cannot tell—for the. immense amount of
hair on lr!s face, renders it impossible to
distinguish any feature, except a pair of
great round light eyes, ami a short and
effeminate nose. Occasionally he conde
scended to smile, and then his white teeth
gleamed through the mass of nair surround
ing the lower part of his face, like light
ning fro mu cloud.
Mr. Meredith Fitz Henry, unfortunately,
sets up for a wit, and his silly speeches are
laughed at, ajnl repeated by sillier young
ladies, till be hr refill v deluded into the be
lief that they are worth r p tit ion.
On entering Mr. Acton’s parlor, Mr.
Meredith Fit*/. Henry,-with his glass to his
eye, stared about ban with great nonchal
ance ami impudence, Gil at length his at
tention was attracted by tiie Vermont cou
sin, sitting quietly in the corner, utterly
unconscious of his observation.
“Ah ! what vision ofhvvfitness aitdgrace
is that I seg befinv me ?” ‘exclaimed lie to
Miss Laura Wlton. a very voting lady, en
joying her first winter out.
This brilliant >iu eeh was greeted with
the usual iiifer by the young lady, who
was exceedingly fiiibo<d by oven this
mark of attention iKon tiie periumed and
be wlli< k• - red (•. xqu i e be.
“Oh, that, is a conn try. cousin of die Ac
ton:-, IV an Vt rmorti ; a farmerY da lighter,
exclusively verdahL 1 assure you,” answer
ed ihe \ onng Indy.
“fmm t urtitinihi . is she t ah, well, T
.suppose 1 TiiUsf pay V armoimt scene little
attention ; 1 wonder.who will lay me un
der everlasting obligations by giving ice
an introduction to so fair a creature.
“Oh, l will, ii.itreduce you, answered
Miss Laura, in great giee, and then by
signs she ieh gritph -d those m-ar her to l
craw up to the so lb, aa giant tilth might tie
expected. Grad i aßy the crowd thickened
in that part ol the room, ail pretending to
he engaged, in Something else, but all ea
ger to hear the witty Meredith fitz rfeiiry
quiz, tie* \ ermo<iticousiu,
Herb.it Feigns on sar. qilietly looking
over a book of plat.es at a table near the
sofa, on which, tho iulrodUitt ion having
now taken place in due form, tbo-pevfuui
ed exqnisito threw himseii wirb Ids head
‘brown bail?, and bis delicate little shin
ing boots tln list out, dutc i mined to show
fiiinsi If off’ to his admirers, and have some
fun out of the uususpieiou.s country gwh
“Ahem! lately “arrived, 1 believe,’ said
Fitz Henry.
“Yes, sir, i came yesterday,” answered
Lucy, very simply.
A few more questions were asked, to
which Lucy replied in a perfectly lady-like
•maimer, thinking all the thoe that she was
conversing with a very soft* pa ted coxcomb,
but being too good-natured to let him see
haw great a fool she thought him. At
length the exquisite remarked,
“Everything’s very gre*ui up there in
Vei rnont, ain’t it!”
This witticism was followed by such a
giggle, that Lucy casting her eyes quickly
round on the group before her, and seeing.
tiie look of eager expectation on almost ev
ery sane, understood, at once that the siliy
fop at her sale was intending t” make a butt
of her, for the aniuserneuf of the. by-stand
ers: brightening up in t on'e, she began to
take an interest in the conversation, and re
plied:
“Oh, yes, we have green tilings- there,
but 1 have seen greener ones already since
1 came to the city.”
“No! dew tell!” said the unsuspicious
dandy, imitating Lucy's tone of voUe,
“how’s wheat neowT”
“Weil, wheat’s poor,” said Lucy, appa-!
rently with much interest.
‘-La, is it now, what a pity! what’s the
matter of it?”
“Why, they say it all runs to hear/l this
year, and when that is the case, there is lit
tle or no head —and if there is, it hasn’t any
thing in it!”
A few laughed heartily now who had not
laughed before, and Herbert Ferguson, lay
ing down his book, fixed bis eyes on tiie
Vermont cousin, as if be expected some
amusement.
The young fop fidgett.ed and turned red,
and tapped his little boot with his little cane,
and laughed a silly laugh, as if he did not
know just what to make of the girl, and then
said:
“Now, 1 suppose you mean to grace the
theater and opera with your presence, don’t
you?” ■<
“I think dot,” said Lucy.
“La! now, why not? But perhaps vour
ma does not approve of going t<> such
places.”
“Mv parents did say they thought 1 had
better not have my mind distracted by such
amusements, and especially while l was at
school.”
“Well, it is bad for the mind; i found it
so, and pa. had to prohibit my going to such
places at all.” ,
Here came a perfect shriek of delight from
Mr. Fitz Henry’s admirers.
“Ah!” answered Lucy. “1 should have
thought that you were perfectly safe from
any danger of that kind; did you ever go to
a menagerie ?”
“No, my pa won’t let me go there, either;
he keeps me very close.”
“Oh !” said Lucy, in a patronizing tone,
“I should not think that would hurt you.—
We had a very fine one through our country
village this fall, and I was perfectly delight
ed with it.”
“Now dew tell! what did you see?” ask
ed the dandy.
“Why I saw a babboon dressed up liken j
man, a regular fop, you know; -and really,”
said site, screwing up her eyes, and looking
at Mr. Fitz Henry from head to foot, “real
ly the likeness was so perfect that I should
hardly been able to tell which was which;
it was really perfect, cane, eye glass, and
all—but I never imagined that one of the
first exhibitions I should see on my arrival
in New York city would be that of a man
endeavoring to see how much he could look
and act like a babboon.”
The room now fairly rang with shouts
and screams of laughter; and as soon as he
could be heard, Herbert Ferguson, who had
enjoyed the whole thing mightily, called
out :
“Novy. Fitz Henry, you had belter beat a
retreat as soon as possible, for vou are only
getting deeper into t rouble.”
And the discomfited young coxcomb who
had just begun to perceive that lie was
caught in ins own trap, muttered something
about “another engagement.” and sneaked j
off’, ail that could lie seen of Ids face being |
of deep crimson. From thence tiie Vermont ;
cousin was quite safe from his unticks; in- j
deed be seemed so thoroughly uneasy in her !
pre-dice, limt if she even came on the same ;
side of the room, which she sometimes did j
on purpose to tease him. he always had!
some excuse for changing his seat.
“‘Why, Lucy, you were rather hard on j
thai poor young man to-night,” said Mr. Ac j
ton to his hieee, after the company had re- i
ti.ied, “and it must have set tiie harder, be
cause dels accustomed to nothing but
latinn from our wise young ladies.”
“Wei!, uncle, all l can say is. I;.e brought
it upon himself. It is very unU (efisan * j
to hurl, the teehngs ot anv one, and 1 was
perfectly civil [o the yq,,ing man, though it
was something est a piece ofselfdeuial to
talk to the poor creature, till 1 found that it
was his aim to hold me up to ridicule as an
unsophisticated country girl. I thought it
was only fair to turn his own weapons
against him.”
“1 think so too, Lucy, and I rather think
it is the last li4ne one here will attempt
to quiz you,*’
Helen Acton and Lucy Holmes began
school together the next term at otic ot the
first schools in the city, and it was not long
bqfore those who had Lucy’s education un
der their care, became convinced that in the
Vermont young lady they had no ordinary
mindto jleal with.* She came really to ac
quire knowledge — while most of the girls
in the classes with her looked upon their
school life as a sort of ordeal through which
It was necessary to pass, before they could
come out as young ladies, and spent their
lime in novel-reading, trusting to chance or
cheating for the manner in which they
should acquit themselves betore the class.
Ley applied herself intensely, and soon
outstripped all her classes, and was obliged
to go on with her studies by herself. At ev
ery examination, she was th# observed of
all observers—excelling in every branch ol'|
study, .f><l talcim? the first prize •in every i
department; her compositions in particular!
were, regarded as master pieces; and in
short l.ucy was the pride of the school.
During the two years of her life in New
York, her manners, too,had acquired a pol
ish only given by association with people
of refinement, and even Julia was proud to
introduce her cousin, “Mis Holme*.’’ Lu
cy’s example and assistance were of great
use to Helen, who proved under her influ
ence a very dilTerent. character trom what
she would have been it left only to the gui
dance ol her gay and lashionable sister.—
Though inferior in intellect to Lucy, site* was
still far superior to the superficial young
ladies with whom she associated; she really
learned to love know lege lor its own sake,
and prepared on leaving school to relish a
style ot reading more improving than the
light trashy works of the day, which form
the only reading of many of our young la
dies. Helen was really a very fine girl, and
uncommonly attractive and interesting.
During the two years in which Lucy
made her home at her uncle’s. Herbert
Ferguson continued to be a constant visitor
there, and Julia often wondered that he
made no declaration. When thinking on
the subject she exclaimed, “Strange! un
accountable 1” varany a time and often, du
ring those two years. She wondered, too.
that Herbert seemed to love so much to talk
to Lucy; but still her self-complacency was
never in tlie least disturbed by the (bought
ofLucyasa rival.
And, throughout those two years, Arther
f lolir.es, who had entered in the junior class
at Yale, ranked ns high in his class ns his
sister did in hers. Being a young man of
line principles, as well as splendid intellect,
ho was determined to show his uncle that
he intended to make the most of the advan
tage he had so kindly furnished him. At
the end of two years he graduated with the
highest honors, and was immediately offer
ed a distinguished professorship in another
college. Wno would now recognise in the
easy and elegant Arther Holmes, the difli
; dent young “ clmi-hoppor.” who alighted
from the stage years before, at uncle’s door.
Helen and Lucy had graduated, the lat
ter taking all the highest prizes, and Helen
coining only second to her, and the next
day Lucy was to leave for her Vermont
home, when, quite curly lit the morning, at
least early fur visitors, as it was not yet I
twelve o’clock, in looking from the window. :
Julia-sa w Mr. Ferguson ascending the steps, j
“Strange 1” said she, “ he never calls soj
early, and oh dear! 1 am notdre-sed! he 1
must have come for something special.”
And in a flutter of excitement J ulia began !
to arrange her hair. But he/ hair was ar-j
ranged, and her toilet completed, and no i
messenger had conic to summon her to the!
parlor.
Pulling the he!i. she called to Thomas and |
asked him if Mr. Ferguson had not called.
-Yes'. Miss,” Thomas answered.
-And why did you not call me.?” How ;
can you be. so stupid?”
“Because he asked for Miss Lucy,” repie
ed Thomas.
“ Strange ! unaccountable 1” exclaimed
Julia, ns she walked up and down the room,
her cheeks flushed with agitation. “What
can he want with Loey? perhaps he wishes
her to make interest for him with /no, or,
to ascertain my sentiments towards h m.” |
But the minutes wen* by. and Julia had 1
exclaimed, “Strange! unaccountable!” a!
dozen times, and yet no one came to call!
her. Presently her little brother Harry!
came rushing up stairs, ha vine just cc
from school.
•‘Just like me!” he exclaim'* ’ ‘
Wui.derii.ft in where I uin\
must ido lust, now hi” . • , ~
, .. J burst into tne libra
ry, and there sat * r> .. , .t r
..sT. I*erguson on the sofa
with his arm • i . • i , r ,
. , . ~ronnd cousin Lucy. They
loM . t 0 awa y b° ni each other, and
, 10 -s it nothing was going on; 1 saw
11 ’hough it all.”
< Juba had now more reason to exclaim
j ‘‘‘Strange !” -unaccountable !” than ever, —
j Arthur came for his sister, and Herbert
| Ferguson, too, accompanied her home as
i iter affianced lover; and thus ended all Miss
i Juba’s hopes and expectations,
j “Isn’t it. odd, J ulia?” said Helen one day,
i a tew months later. “You were so afraid
* to have Luty come here, lest it should drive
; Herbert Ferguson from the house. She
i has been the cause ot Ins deserting you, to
• he sure, hut not from any dislike to her, or
! mortification at being connected with her.”
“Well, 1 am sure it is no less strange !”
i answered Julia, -that you are engaged to
I that same awkward; shy ‘man-cousin.’ of
! whom we were both so ashamed two years
I ago.”
“It only teaches us,” said Helen, “not to
judge too hastily tram first appearances.—
Who would have thought that we should
ever so much reason to he proud of them
both?”
Herbert Ferguson and his Wife now hat©
one of the most elegant establishments in
the city. Arthur and Helen went to Eu
rope directly alter their marriage ; Arthur
having been sent on business tor the Fol
iage. with which he is still connected. Ju
lia lives still in single blessedness.
Mr. Meredith Fitz Henry may still be
seen any fine day lounging up or down
Broadway at the hour when ladies “most
do congregate” there; and one of the high
est objects of his ambition now ia to be able
at least to say that he is an inyited_gmaUiL
TiniMS: SI.OO IN ADYANCi
JAMES J? SLAIN,
PR f WEIS.
VOL. XXtl.-M'MBKR il
the elegant ands uch talked of enieuaiiMj
merit- of the once ridiculed Vermont
sin.
Anticipated tfnion of all Nations. I
1 hero is an >id Arabian •talc in whtclfl
t hree young princes arc represented as iutvl
ing obtaim and p<>su-sM>m of three impir-fl
mcntß, the works of the genii, vvhiffi werel
esteemed the mo>r wonderful of which man*
had yet hoard. There was a small tv.Jet.-B
cope which could assist the sight of the ob-1
server t<. penetrate tie>Uoau<is of mih> from I
;he. -put on which he stood. There was a I
carpet which transported any one who took I
his station upon it *wlfr a* a wish to any I
place to which he desired logo. There was I
an apple which healed all diseases of the I
patient, but inhaled the fragrance of it- sun
ny rind. Syycli were the subjects of the
tales with winch the Arabs soothed the mo
notony of their midnight encampments,
and which the Indian story teller related
to his swarthy audience under the arch-of
the city gate in the short twilights of the
East. The imaginations of the most imag
inative races bad Jbeon taxed to their ut
most stretch to conceive what miracles
could he performed if the supernatural
powers might lie made favorable to man.
and such were the results. Science in these
modern times, and human reason, acting
as we blieve, under the immediate guid
ance ut Providence, have outstripped these
fanciful legends of the Eastern world. -
There is-no oriental poet who ventured to
imagine that a dweller in Damascus or
Bagdad could communicate ids thoughts
to the utmost limits of the habitable world
instantaneously ns they were conceived in
Ids own brain. The notions of physical
geography were so limited that the Fuis -
ern had no conception of the true form of
the planet which wo inhabit. Had they,
however, been told that the world was a
sphere, and that the thought of man could
be made to encompass it like a girdle, ra
pidly ns the flash which rent the cloud*
asunder add passed away ere one could
say that it. had-lightened, how poor in com
parison with such a result would all the
wonders have appeared, which, as they
supposed, lay hidden from human eye ami
sealed for ages to come under the sacred
signet of'Solomon.
The electric telegraph is the miracle ♦>!
modern times. As yet this invention is hut
in its infancy; but already all Europe is tra
versed by its wires, and the continent, too,
of North America. In the course of the
next two or three years, we trust to see re
sults far more extensive. The wire is al
ready coiled up which is to be cast into the
depths of the Atlantic. The mountains and
valleys of that great sea have been fathom
ed to ascertain the most convenient course
for its deposit, In’ a brief space, the elec
tric spark which is generated in London
will pass as swiftly as tiie exigencies of its
own nature require to trie great cotton city
on the delta of the Mississippi, and U> that
rude town, whichever it may be which may
then-lie further w estward in the domains of
the buffalo and the red man. Contempora
neously with this gigantic result, we have
other laborers in the same field at work,
who are busily engaged in fixing the true
rod for the electric spark between th~ ” -**
.pcau consilient and the northe- y cinro-
Africa. This"limit once o’ .* a snores ot
ning thought cun lias 1 ytained, the light
ncross the old la* ireeiv on its course
er hv the P * utl liie Egyptian, vvheth-
Mesu- Sea w . ?<•* V plains of
... jAjtamia, to the cities of our Indian em
, and m due time, no doubt to the great
] centres ot Chinese commerce.- Nor is this
aii. Ine wire which had been laid down
ltom London in one direction will soon be
carried to the city of the California gold dig
ger. The corresponding wire, on which
we have just marked a few (stations, will
then be borne ar.ioss the Chinese seas and
j the Northern Pacific—touching, it mav be
! on its way at the mysterious empire of Jr.
j pau. and will he linked ou at San Frane.isco
to the Western chain. Then it will happen
that a man may generate a spark at. Lou
don, which, with one fiery leap, will return
hack under his hand and disappear; but in
thru moment of time it will have encom
passed the planet on which we are whirling
through space into internity. That spark
will be a human thought!
We await with impatience the. complex
ion ol our own Indian tim sof’telegraph, and
ot their connection with ihe mother coun
try. r l tie election union of the Canadas
with the British isles is but lii& iWliiir of h
few months, nor meed we despair of ulti
mately seeing the extension of the system to
our Australian colonies. Then indeed .the
British dominionswill.he concentrated into
one vast whole.— London Times.
TJMYd you know, says a traveler in
Cent ml America, that Washington had been
placed in the calendar of saints? There is
u church at Rivas, over the principal por
tal of which is a very well executed bust of
the leader of the American Revolution, and
on inquiry of a native of the town, 1 was in
formed that it was a bust of the “good saint,
George Washington.” I confess that as I
passed this church I felt like taking off my
hat, and I did it—not because of custom,
hut because I couldn’t help it.
A gentleman once observing that a per
son laments in the musical profession led a
very abandoned