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M a t o t l a t l j u 1 e g i ^ t e t VO L U M E I. mWif > niifl lirQVClfitQCiti Jtp d n w n i. fFof tlif Mqlimvk V«IUy R#gUur[. wn^Lisl. RV MR, 8 1 ,. 4 . PIJNOAN, I often think oTwiilie— 'I'liitt darling little 1 h )> I 4 mother’e prhlo, and treaaurc - y;-. i mother’^ pride, an A fetlier’a elnafcst joy 0, a prlceleae, peeileea jewel Was that aweet hahy-hoy. Fall well do J romenilier, Jfow Ilia eyes, like diamotida hilght, Were ever eimrk’Uug—shining, From inondng till the nlglit i— I thowglit that I had never seen Puell eyes of lustrous light, Many years have jiaased away, Hinco last I saw Ida face j Yet on the jiage of mom’ry, f still can plainly trace, The luiagB of that oii/g child, Qweet Willie’s charming face, And when to imbie inanlmod, tjlmll grow the jonthfnl boy, Jifay he lie to all a iilctrsing, - L naliott'n pride and joy; - - 0 sncli the hrilliant fiitare he, Of Willie, darling hoy! BsCTKH, N. Y. lusFoiac’ffxoNg, Ah 1 here It ii! I’m famous now An author ami a {niet! It really is in print 1 Ye gud.^ 1 Hew proud I’ll he to slaw it! And gentle Aimal What a llirill Will animate h<-r hreast, Yo read the.ie auJeut hues ami know To whom tlicy are mhlressi’d. Why, Uess niy snul -here’s amneUdng strange '■ What can tho paiier mean, And la ,,.., .1' l' ill ie,id ol \ r,’’ Wlijdi makes It \ tipjiling rill; ’ *' Tiloy took so” -what ? } recollect, t't'was *' sftccL” ami then ’twaa ” hind,'' And now to think, tin- Ktu|dd fool, Fur '• hlimd” has jiiliifeil “ lilmd.'' W as ever mich nrovoklng work—' Ity giving it an «> 1 .” \ Ifasl tlimi no tcarH,'’ the I's Idl. out, •’ Hast thou no eiw«,o instead ; ai ,i hone tlmt tllfW arfe dear,\ is put ” I Impo tliafc tltoit Itl'c dead.’’ With over saw In auch a space •)o 6 many blunders crammed I '*• Tliose gentlfi eyes imdininfcd,’’ is spelt “ Those gentle eyes Iwdainmvd-’’ ’''ififiu t i V .rs t . i s l 'r '\ 'TsSESt.aa.S'’’' “ Thou art a fiilend.” the \ r\ Is gone - Who ever wouhl havp tlecnied ” i|jh«q nKtsOiQ siiinOj\ is rendei'cd 'Mame,\ Ami heea, hecauso a« '* I’’ i« out, My \lo-yelyaimid\ is\!uad f 'They drove herl^lud hy jinking in An“l’'—aprocuMisiKtv: Ami now thojVe gmtgod It otifc again, Tims read my vemion r liei* » l,s— X ialmuld’st live so Jong unioaigP* . .... ■” \ an'sInveistJiiiin,\ *• The fate of wemau'ij love is Hirun,’* And \ it” commeucca \ fat/C ’’ Mow small a arenmatanco rennuitanco will (A’eloEiln! itA-i” -d tur« 11 oiendimiuMel . 1111 never'.l«retoaendill , » Tim iiiiper’a aeatf-ered far and whip, ’Tis nowiteo lain to moiid it- Oh Fame! ibounheatof Irntnan hliwi Why 4 ld I ever write I , I wiaiuny poertt had wen Intolt ilofonaWrMwllwlighfe - I’ye toW her shfi’a m im ^ 9 , , And hllpd, and deaf, and Itn}?, , ^(uj ever such 4 Ip rld hush “ r« poetry or piwift? ' < I wlshlJjmUhaMdJIpr ' And wth an <• h” begin it. 'Wimt shall I do ? Ptlill . , _^ 1 |« H « 8 »||,’t .j i A famitv from the vioinHy-^wft quot# from tbf> Pdtmil Mvaytisfey-^wv© » Y9tf boefi H* gold ox 5 tbo^lttyer dTOY» W ^ mill Al Digit! mim bmii, mimnl-ini jh& ox hid heeiHiliiighfoiwtf, Awd ofthmdtq Emiftg tho W |^ AflSsr Wi YQtm'Bi tbi M me belli 4 q hii wid, idtei w il ’ bivbiir brt^Nn out of the bpNhei^i:m- i t e n i i i i ibA m iilif #«jbfp»r 4iAyji end oliiFid fei«ll him to tbi jBWiiibhlto,wbo,biFinimtii” id the imlwirti iyi>4 ^ new * fWiniaiouihr, wd oew^litdid that b« b»4 ' b«e» Mib J» bought tlw ox *1« th»miahgfri%iii4T)xMlbi^hlm thli Seryed jflfg Ifght, ^ lUmm EKRaoTsAi—Tlie idifof of th/i bewiib»irg (Pa.) ^hrora, tha yohxggenidwjah'«bo iapi0fibid fcp ow piper i o m i e d p ^ iimitb»AgOi and 41- r<hM tfn »iiB« io b i iiflt to bJi ladjr-loya^ doi#-lot Mii« ftf i#.il|ortlY bo will anii bbi-^ wMoo m w m Ifc’t »o i # 0 fibw W ibo d l d p ikk A m m m m i. Voo^Waa, Mi# . Ihtfiliii ITnimthm bo will walk from XyiWMla to dh- 81100 70 wil« 9 f l» ona d if. ^ '•« T H E OhD S W P P B E S j a>HB « A M S t i e i i t 'S n O o M , Tho flying emborsof nn oxlingulslied y' day witUoui, and the laatfaint flickering d< from the dosolnte honi'lh within, Sloop Hijd silence joined hand in hand to wait the dswn. Eiorcely drove tho Btorm, nnd rivL tied tlie window blinds, orept in at tlie case ment, and. sighed and moaned witboiit; yet there was many a sigh within, Bhiv- eiing poverty drew its scanty coveiing still cloaor, and turned Over to sleep its Inst sleep ill tlm chill embiaOe of donth. It mus bitter cold, and snow fell fast on Now Year’s Eve. The departing year drew on its winding sheet, and the wild winds mourned the funeral dirge, q'he pulse of the city beat feebly iiQw, and business ■' dnigged with an opinio. From n half closed slmitor gloamcd ray of oiiiullo light in tho ever tljickening gloom 5 one ray of hope w ithin—hope fur the wayward husband and father. But the foul fiend looked ip and huiglied, for he had him fust within his clutehes. “ My child I my child I she still sleeps; and at tills late hour, too. H a ! ’tis twelve o’clock—midnight on New Years’ eve.— Once again the deep tuned boll from tbe distant toners tolls the knell of a deparri‘d year. Tho New Year—^winter boin—de- losits an icy slab—a tribute to cover his tat resting place. Alone on New Yeai’s cve. Aloiie; lost on tlie boundless deseri of despair, not a rill of ho{)o or pleasuie springing U]j from its vast, nidiimfed ok - teut; ngughl but ibe mirage of a diseased and fevoi'cii luiutl for mo. Tho tender genii has but reached tlie surface of tho earih, and is crushed h‘y a carelcM font. “ Ves, what hojms, what jojs, wbal dKiims of liiippiiicBS fur the moriuwc How will briglit uioni’s clear welkin ring with joyous shouts of the “ Happy New Year!” None forme. ’Tis false! Look up, desolate heart to Ihorhai twiliglit ; tliero’s love and joy in store in the rcspoii ses of ihy child's fond heauly. Jtis in wa.s a time when I live would bring fill' vain to hope. Thoie fancied Uiat a firm lem hlesscil boon to Henry nnd to me, when mi era just lii-^uii would seal fiorn evil iullu eino his wise dulermiuarioiis. Tho lime is past for one wavering retrograde step, Weakens the captive and closer draws the cords. Night after nigh! the watoh-worn hours wear away, and the deoliningmooii, or ojiening twilight atiend his homewni’d steps, or light his haggard face at the open ing door. Ho calls it Imsimms—specula tion j exigencies of a case so imporlniit do- Tiumd his upmost time and nttoiUiom But ah 1 the key note of a respousive, loving heuii, once touched, will reveal the secret cause, *‘Tlnunori’ow is quarter day; inmimeq- hlo bills must ho paid—or, the dread aller- rintivo. Every vesoirce, almost is exhaust ed, and all is lo,sf. Books, furjiituro, tiiii- kofs, eiothes, cumfoiis, hajipiness, a home all have been sacrificed to meet bis press- g demands—his o.vecrable dommids I — My «hildl alas! iny child! Tho chair p i l ^ her liead, wlioaerostiiig plaoe sliQuld bo boy coucJi, yet sbo sloops w e llinno- ccfiCQ Always enjoys ropoio, Bho would sit up to wolcopjo her erring fatber with wishes fav a Yoar,” But her lips moi'ed sligltll no douht. It is well’ com© of thoo.” Busily plied the uefidle--lu'ight, fovoiTd eyesjiiovov tiringv^thhi, white taper fin ger* toiled for hi’ead I lioveHe upon I'ove- apd the mother thought, and dew drop*, heart-distilled, sparkled on her lily oheek, Mother, It is not veiy latol oirto, and has the clock xtr her lips moi'ed aligUtfy now ; she dreams ‘ hut what will be er CO) so Has fath' xtrnok twelve, cowie, and has the clock that I can wish him a happy new year P PMan daar, jt Is lato, but father has not 'eomo home yef; But ivill you not wish a » happy, new year fo* your moth- Obi yes, and a great many of tbem % 11 Bat If yPUvdonft kudw .that x plaas- wKtevLto-Wi \\5 I'redcrick came home fram Oalifbniia, and btoughtmasuehA »wp»’es«i|! i-audiWlmt do you think it was I why, agyeat hand ful pf bj-ighh,,glittering gQl<htohc tmfej # 4 1 IboMglilthht w| .bpHghfc plpty ta ja t ? o h l p d l d<^’Ji know; how. many th^wgs, lehomo imd staid W^b dopidk it seem a long re ^ , i that to meet 1 Foul fisndi damoB sf^i nwjwwr-.wi l i S s H i f e S H s s s S w ffS p ^ m J'hfij w n tiiP «^ ” My dear imshuud I” f* !l&on’thu 8 %hd-nfi«* IBslIydii I vtould lived HootorB- be alone. Ganiiokone be absent on busi ness, without ^OUf siding Up till tins late hou iV niining your heal til and killing the obttd? Wiiat'i thill Who is this sew ing fori Who told you to take in sow ing ? Don’t you get enough to cat! The room is cold enough, I'm sure. W hat did ■oulot tlicfiro gp out for? Come, go Iowa and got a atick or two^ that’s a good Thero is none, Henry.” , ” Well, then, bo ofr with you to hod iwhintn, I have business which must he fiUoiiuled to to-nighk” Good night, dear.” ” Good dahma—good night,\ “ Hhe’« gone! Would that she was gone tbrever! Would to God that she and the cjiikl were both sunk in the deep ocean grave forever I Well, somothiug new will have to turn uj» in a two, I reckon—aomc- thiiig new—.Ha I ha ! ha 1 (A score of jifiiils ji.imid in thathorrid laugh, and glut ted their eyes witli their prey.) Beggary, po\ i r ij, dest itulioTi, for my once loved wife, and my innocent child ! Tho thought is witluciing. X hate tlu*m—.yet X love iheii], Yet am I not murder- 108 ? Oil! yet these fear- furbomls! would tlmt I cuiild break,........, them; -! and, upqn my word, the name upoo the dooiplato, a* of o]d 1 - But hero the house that I am in soarah \ of, should be, while, instead, there looms nn a largo block of newly erected houses. Am I light, or do my eyes deceive me ? How ever, I wiir just JUfr ovof and see tlie Doc tor, and will sQonhave mattoissfifc to rights, B«itb, but I bQlioyo he’lj pQtrfifioguiiic me.” Thus soliloquized the newly arrived CaU- fornlftii, for tm was in^ a quandary indeed. Bagerly he turned his footsteps tovyards (ho residence of his old acquaintance, and formerly his family physician. His sur mises were correct, foi' he immodiatel; made himself known to the doctor, ani slated his biisine**. By no means pleasing■\ was the infunnation lie received. -Here ho was first apprised of tho untjiooly end of his unfortumite father, and the subsociuent demolitiop of the building in which ho had so long resided. Here was a blow thutstvuok deep into the vitals of filial nf- teotiun; his mental and physical systoin both staggered nnder the oppressive hm th- un of this sad intelligence. In vain were all inquiries as tu^ the whorealouts of his lost relatives, Ifruitlesa his utmost en deavors, and profuse o-Vjioiuliluro. Adver- (ihumoiits nor rewards availed to diucover the tibjeefc of his yearning desires. Ho he uii- deuvorecl to subdue lua emotions. But there was a gnawing wArm of solicitude and mixiely which continually preyed upon his minil. Time had already winged numy a mouth away since his arrival in Now York.r— l'’iedoiirk .Mortimer had inve.stod a portion of Ilia cajiitol in a meroantilo couoern in Beai’l street, and day after day found him engiuiSBud iu the alfairs in the coimtiur I’uum and ware Imuso, .h'urtiuie contimia] ly aeemud to favgr him-—yet ho would luive given it all araiibom for Jus loug-loat, long-loved mother and sister. Une morning ho sat in his ufijee—it was a bright, gay morning in Juuu—smoking his favoriio regalia. All husiue.as euros like tlio bluu vapor cm ling lium his cigar, look aji lerial lliglU, and dissolved and mingled willi the air; for his mind was w'lapped ileop in oilier thoughts. Ju his meditaliou lii.-, eyes foil on thoslipjtors upon hisfeoi.^— TJiey were, an old and dihqiidalcd jmir well wrought ill needle work by some fair hand, hut time had niiulo sad ritvagus Uiove, and, like many a human wreck, wove aole and hudi/ scaieu able to hang together. Thoje was a hiaiovy ihore, T\oso w'cro (he last luomoutoes of a departed inuthor, the same alio wrought and gave to her spn on the eve of his departure for a distant land, and willi them went th© mother’s fond wishes-v-a mather’B love, But they were useless now, so old and worn, and they did but vomiud him of her who was move ihau dead lohim, and stirred up soul-harrowing I hough is within his heart, Bo, bestowing one lingering look, he gave Ihe luckless shoes a toss, and saw (hem sately enshrin ed wilhin tlio preciids of the ashbox that stood upon the sidewalk, Btill, in his —- cry, he thought and slill his eyes didd upon the precious contents of that At length there came in lior daily rounds, an old and wrinkled crone with ... ’ ')uk«r, ....... ’ as she espied tho lior dull grey eyes I avidity oh! how foiullj'. ing tliem by incli fill bomlti I would that I coiiU. ...w,. jft there is hojie. Already the new year lias opened i(s broad avemies | tho starling pitiniL is fixed, and the goal before mo; tlio prize, lioalth, iiappiness, comfort, love, a iimne, and heller than nil, a clear cqti - selcnce. Yet, year after year has thus iipeiiied (o me, alid still I have sunk only ilrcper and deeper into the mirei Again and again have I resolved, nnd as often liavei Ihesu resolntjons been Inoken. I'u- WCHied toil liy day) the jiiofils sunk at night at the gaming' tablo, and my wilb and cliild desfiluto of the necessaries of litb! Dibtracliug thought! l,et mo see how they faro \ “ No wood,” she said.— Impossible 1 yet true. The elobct emjity, liio ! not a eilist of bread I What, have 1 done! (toil hel], me! Bhe would have fiuhraeud me, even lo night, with tho waimth of J,ovu’s first nll’eeliuu imd I re pulsed her. 1 iaike.sl dispair haunts me,-^ \V hill her shall 1 llee? Tlui W'oild is daik liefoie me. It were be.st rid <»f HO foul a stain, Ha! I am bolter now, They say there is a halm llint will soolhe the troubled sold. J have I hue now, fond (’omfortor.— l.ot mo drink deep Uie draught, it is done; hrmulv feeils tlio Jiaino! hotter and hotter! dovili’incarnato llirt before mo, mocking mu with tlieir fiendish laugh. Boul, thou are diamued, murder, thy doom awaits (lu;o. t see thom—^I hear them—feel thom—thoy are all about me. They beckon to mo, X caimot live 1 \ The ra’iior was tho fulul instvumani; and on that hright N»w Voar’s moiujiig a (himticd soul sunk deep into tho billowy (lames of tho gmuhlor's boll, Litb blood ,‘ioalod a oompael for otornity 1 *• ^ * * $ w- 111 '-IH name Humor, on (loot wiugi fi’om the westw'ard and the gqiithwarif, jiro- 1 laiming golden lottery senomes On the I’ncific slioro. El Horndo holdup temp- ,j.-i-.„ «... “-iiseB fcU- I’dos of treasuro; and, sliortly swarms of eager as pirants thronged tho flold—some to acquire wealth immoiiBc, many l»ut to fill the blanks Avhloh they bad drawn, by a short and licentious exislonco, li’roderiok Mortimer was among tho first adventurer*, Tlio same winds that wafted the fiiAt intelligence of the newly discov ered land of ^old, filled the hi’pad sails of tlie pioneer ship, that hor© him to the land of ju'iowise. He wps ,a wild and gl-* '” ’ ' ■■ warm tomlrils of youth, though possessed of a warm and afibottonate heart the yomig tomlrils of wdiiclr clung long and stvongly heforo (hey yielded to the rndo hand that tore tliem from their ftistsnings, and yet, when the final l&onds snapMaasunder, loft a part en twined wound the object* of it* love.— Now, twenty summer’* *uu« had already developed the hright jietal* of the opening fiower of his manhood, and the consoious- nos* of hi* maturity, comhinad with an ar dent i ^ l o n toy eiscitoment and adventure, drewliiin away to a toreign oHroe, while a torn! niotliar and - sister mingled together team of sorrow at hi* departure l hut the sunsiilne pf Ws antleipatod- hkppinas* re- fiaatod the rain drops** they toll, while dropi ahovei liung arainhow groh of liope, isa of Ills tutura proeprity nhd luoeeis, aprom- Ycnr* pa*tod on--yaaiij of urdnow toil and' nnwearied exartlo«s» Moanwhl)*, youngMortimeiprosptwed# ’ from the can- toftiniaris g ip t, %yia Bto furclnpi man\ ^ mni isw n to » w depth of .hi* extond- . i a lB<di4id’hs4Issfn ihW« and h t k#w ' *««#»#(•• “ thoughti' tow#d- • *W-*.|wi»i4ws tor, ^ ^ i i |* - k a 4 ,haah Theh tot'sltort tusisis-iiiid h*i'ona« fidre thlttoN if hki\diliiyh<la^-i; ■ th h '- f to n iii.to M g h to ^ ^ ;f ufiiid ‘ th # toto' fiamii s hetilfli di gaze nail- sack and i and shoos within tho box, twinkled and gloatad witlt avidity u] tho pri'^o, Shu was not unlike tJie gou< Qi’dpr of rag-pjekois in apppartmop, yet alio p( was noithor lJuich nor Irish, evidently, and di (hei’P was iu her features a look of tho deepest melaneholy and unhappiness; as if poverty, want and siaryatioii Jiad caipn away all the finer lineaments of pristine heauty, and loft hut iho gross, hard and forbidding feature* qf (]»e animal; «s if thp oauker worm had eatau away tho deli cate and juicy fibres, and left hut the dry and withering skeleton of the leaf hehind, dt might have been that in hye-gone days, slip had received the liheration flf many a worshipping heart Biftt howed at Iwv teat i it might have hpsu-ryes, fapj^ might search the long and dreamy vista* of tho past, and hriiig up a glmsi pf departed tortune and happinsp. ' w I wniotl nn old wVltAled Im*, With as» Bcowi} »ip«)i!ai.nlcWag CeW tafisl For a, moment, the old woman gaaed ab- stactedly at the mlic* she ratairipd In her liand, hor peker dropped Uatlossly at Jmi’ side, and ilie toasted her.e^e* oji the rough pattern with fllpsest ncvutiny, heodlsii of tkeuulswful enurouahmeuto qf p u lk e ru p ' on hey priounlidm on the eontent* of the hoy,,/PanfuliyMm <mimiuad 4 i«m imd muttered to herself, and s e w id ilist in isVr wi|« With eager auuiity and i m oit intent intorest did MpiBrnsr witofr Ige jnoMflUf of wumai p with tti« present jwfcer in .tfce-'iwNiw # = * ^ i w t let'iM t IwBiiai'eiftote tilt . ........................................IlU HH* why you apparftnily took so ppmU interesi in those old shoes, and examined tiiem sp minutelyt They are worn oyt, and good for nothing. Is there anything iieoujiar about them 1 ” “ Ah, lackaday! (hey did so much mind mo of the same mat I mado tor my own hoy, SQ long a g o ,, and I was tliinking of thaw haing the same\ The woman breathed a tong sigh. “ Qoyou were onpe in hotter cirmum stances,! take it, than yon now are ?” “ Ah me, yoi gir, we were well off some five or six years ago; hut then my poor ly husband took on so, and died at last, and id we all went to mole and ruin very soon.” “ Hid ysn have any children ilien?” n Oh, yes, two of Biem. But they are both [j only ^ . ...... .. ....... person and chamotov; the other was aged gone-^gono. My hoy want fiist, iny and infinn, hiit emially cstcemoc] for her Hr- hoy. W\ell dp J rehiemher when I tpos. It was settled tliat the latter should only my. vyaU dpj. i gave him the slippers so much like those very same and bul him ” God spued\ on his way and tlieu tlie terrible times that Ah TOO,” and many a tear trick my led down its course worn down in those fruTOWfid'cheeks, Moi’timor’s curiosity increased. “Whore did your son go at the time you were speaking of t” “ Qh, tp OaliforniUi to he sur©. The gold fever had jn*t broke out then and ho went away aipong the first.” Movtiinoj' pressed his hand to his fuie- head in deep thought. Tho half con&um cd cigar Inmit hfs fingem as it hung tor- gotten by his side. He was uncouscioua to everything but to thought. The circimi- 8 (auco,’^the coincidence was passing sl rangg. Again ho bcrutinized thoBO haggard tea- turcB. The picture, the rcsenibiiince, grow more and more distiuot. \ Will you he kind enough tu lojj mu yuur luuno, my good woinuu ’i” “ 1 lm\ e no name now ; 1 liad liite uiice, I am not what I used to be. She pnnsod, a cbnngo aaingular expre.ssioiiexpre.ssioii camemi over her cniuitcnnnco. They call me “ Aunt Bally of Hotleii How,” for that is the place ca wboro 1 live. That is the name that 1 go by. Bhe looked inqiiiiiogly at him. Hit> oiiio(i.m passed utU. nnobborved, ami lefiect- tjd a kindled image in her own face.— Frederick moved uneasily in his chair,— At length ho spoke with siugular earnest- Hs of maimer. “ I fear 1 am asking too muoli, but I will give you auylhing to leant your real name file lunne you boro when your son went (o Oaliformni I will give you anything yon ask. Bpeak truly tor Heaven’s sake do not deceive mo, and a rich rw u rd shall be jmurs.” Bhe could not mistake his eamostnosH, Ho trembled with emotion. She besilatod a moment, and (hen with a strange calm ness imjiiounced the words— “ Mary Mortimer I” “ And mine is”— “ h'redoriek\ “ h'redoric.lc Mortinicr—v our Jong lost hoy!” “ ’'I’is true, my son—-niy son.” Hags and broadcloth, poverty and rirlu-s a muthov and a son joined iu uue Insliug, fond umhraeo. Tlio scene was a novel one, hut filiid affection gleamed out like the moriiiiig slaL vailiant even iu the briglilcning twilight of prosperiO md gratililde heeded not tho0 o , :ty Joy 1) onward cow g, but prized move dourly tho lUicolctsa rl that was hiddon wilhin, Not lung lid that motlior want a borne; not long the means of comfort and a hapjiy life. But w’hnt of tho fair JIaion, now grown (o blaomilig maidenhood ? Alas the same exigencies and necessities that would re duce (ho widowed matron to picking tlio rags and garbage from the inmlic streets, hungwroatlies’of deadly ni^d-shade upon tho pillow of unconscious hmoconco, pow er of bewitching beauty, but whoso nova- ions breath its subtle poison to inbalo, Yet not too late. A timely rescue snatched the victim fi’om tho very jaws of the vol- uptnary and liberiine who bad fixed hi* fascinating gaze upon her, And Holou graced a princely mansion, cherished by a brother^ love, The old riippets stilL remain a fond fo- mombranco of tho joyftil restoration of an aftoctloiiato tomily lo happiness und a home yet the *ad niqinanta of the Qamhlej’s Doom. O p Mpupuun WA«n.--Tp ounu CMonkuA,—I, Y. Mason has transmitted to MnMai'oyi Secrfwtf Btate, a letter' fr’om AtoxandetL Yatfea^ere, tbd great Frenchman,who has done »o touch tor'lhe difiVision of knowledge b y iutorh% jtonulaxehanf ...... ' ................. Ifaves •IQO j QS i S S w l 3 a a t « * t t » i t s s r s r e t e s s s j s s s . a ^ u to w p ^ 9m §m . ...... .. M m AtwiyI ipaikthalitotii. Yens in the-National Magarino. in hiaEdlt* ovial Jolting* in the ’W estr “led, arid Wished j;o jpinttiA'fnisrioB' ehnrcH.. He was. a truer man, and had a wamioi' hoprt, than was usual among his race,—: ItU washocesssi’y that one of hiswiyesslmtofr be put away ; they thomselVos ns ebristian heart, than was usual amoug his race. It h e c e s ss r-^ \-\ be put away ; they eonvovls, saw and conceded tlie nooessity,. but the process of efflseting the separation was Jieart rendjngv The details of the pro- cess cQjild not he determined in the wretch-' 1)0 retained 5 it was the most moroiful ar- rangoment. But a fearful struggle remaiur ed I tho yonng wife was a motlior 5 she had an only ehlld, an infant. 'I'ho eiiief loved it I it was, perhaps, to be Ihc inheritor of hi* authority and iionora; h© canid not part with it. “Neycr,’* said the missiniiai’y, “did 1 witness a mare affecting scene than navy lolluwed, No possible terms could be agreed wpop Xietween tXie contending affec tion of the two iwenls. Tlia niotnur saL on tho ground hoail-broikcn, ber tears drop ping upon the child that lay in her arnw^ the (diief .stood off, agonized and weeping, and the Older wife shrunk away from tho scono.’t 'Phu juissionary proposed at last, I think, that itshmiUj he decided by lot, and the child fell to (he cliief, but the mother- clung to it. The miHsiauavy urged her to carry It to tho arms of (ho chief, hut she could n o t; per sobs wt-ro ])or only reply.— Ho ilieii dirocted the chief to take itj bul tlio latter, overcome at the grief of its heavt- Inoken mother could not step forward to do bo. AYJiat was to bo done | The agree ment was binding. In Indian life the fath er was (he only sine pruteeUu’ of the child; the mother’s own future marriage and ino- leetiun would be affected, by the vesfdt.— It was a painful, a beart-ruudiug ease, but had im alteniative. The mlBsionaiy had to advanc.) to the prostrate w’oman, and lake tlie child liimself. She reverenced his ofiice; slio believed the act necessary; and, with irrepressible teaiH and sobs, 3'ieU|ad the child; hill no suuiier liad ho laiccn it from her bosom, and placed it in the amis of the id toward it, ■ ' to my Dowhatjmu will with ino, hut give my child! Ho what you will W'ith we, but give me my child!” I saw' tlio retained wife of (he cliief at the camp I slio hears the highest (Jhvistian chav- uctev, and her husband has, I mulerBiand, maintaiued his t'-hristiau integrilj', The young heart hrokeu mother has (omul a ref uge in Ihe grave. There is a nswful lossim euutaineil in (lie following scrap, although j.ivsented iu the sljle of romuuee. KJXiiOiCiiqnAT'ioiv. U h ! there are ihuusands!” said liiilo Mrs. Huntley to her dress-maker, who was mensuriug sijk by the ^ard, “ thousaucls and plenty,” .Just tlieii fiho caught a sly glance fi'oui her } oung husband, as be lookeder over his Bhe knew it was in rebuke for her loa'ded wilb ya|i«»to'-Ta W i i ^ # ♦ Itonsa fals*l *4 ynltoW-^ giorifiiiw frees—cut dawA witiiinpa tont iff the gronndMBplenidi'^ one rofe-bijsh^-^and' ft wfidemwA cliarwing, lightfal pQn#»«‘p)iatoWf |w « pithw !# «h- dvr tu* twek ^ n cento .grin ^ 1 4iom Hifik Alton m m % ' ■ as—welt, 1 CMYt thank cf * tha^ ft e toiyad% ^ iaiher, than the wouuiii leaped toward i and, with outstrelehud hands, struggled t regaini it, ciyiug frnuljcally, “ Give mo m ino my child. it, crying t lid ! O, give me _ md ov 1 paper, Bhe knew it was in rebuke for li -aggeratiou; so she said laughingly, “ n’t lielp it, William, if X was to die; & just let me talk as I plqase; 1 don’t lundov William Ilnntley never had baen pleas ed W'ith thispacuiiai’ity of hi.® p etty bride. The habit of exaggeration he knew led to emhellishrnont, and that to nnscrnpnlons falsohood, Ever since their wedding-day, he had tried seriously to cheek this propen sity, But^ alas I he found like many m‘- other lord of owatioih that “ Wliflii a woman won’t slie won’t, And tliei'P’s Mm enil on't.\ Never was the young and lumdsoino Kate Huntley more voluble, or in bettor spirits than to-day. The magic of fine colors and rich spirits, and the winning smalHnlk pf the little *dvesS'^xi« 4 ifir, who was k droU gc- iriiLs in her way, had sot |ior tongue pn hin ges, and she indulged her hesettiug hahit with perfect ghaufioto The Himtloya were to have n smiill pRvty in |lio ayening, and Mr, H., detej'prined to B’y ML which hq h ad lo n g had in coutomphitiom -So when tW* lafito* had 'assenihfed, and the .geutlemun wew fast propping in, with the rmv came ynung Hnm leyddW ff flushed and nervoui - «Why «ra mb »Q iBtq m “ w S y I\ i bk# dear, if h had heen to wake my last will and testatoenh I couldn’t have come 8poper,w hii* Judd, earnestly. “ I’ve b^n wuritinf hkn a dray horse \ thousands ol clirhilftoveniiiaf twenty thmisandcarfr loads to#to fruiliima tof aecounls tp attend to; wi4«% hotter than six ona all day. By this time astonishment ftt .......... , ................ our young hnshand took it coolly, wiped his heated hraw, and looked a* unconeem’' iinfl imiAnant ab if be hafl said nothioff iry eye was upon him- imont and mfrih prodemmant | m • ■ ‘ took it \ ^ „„^jQokod ... ed and innooent «* if he had said nothing to attract attontion t hwl his wife’s hpokJ\ asked a gaiittemant asthfioonver. safton turned on ntorafrire, a Heavenly I” exolainwd Hmdtoy, rojlfni hfi eyes, and casting a halLfurilfo glanoa towffrdi'hfiwlffe. Mlt toti m t in isMltot *aptom*-Tlfe#d on makiaieifr—Ldrinktiao^ tif» gtohftri J ....... .... ............... »alwy wrs, Wowj«| ovar a «ilt marsh talk of tcariu| np tha 10^ this time the Cotopany. werk p to % welHnitiatod into Hnnfr^'s seaisS ladies hmghed faintly, for they wiito J^aiy ope of thenrgiulty i«i a «' kw* da- greo of hypeihola—aaperiwips you may he» Toader. Tfecy rallied, nowever, agd^sitod with their tortnontor, hut he *u*tara«rt Id*, part adm1|’ahly Uirongliout tha ovenir^r'^ Every «opg that was sung h id 'fttiw to set him iu raptures, If he told Ihe'fruthYhP was intaiiding to die tw'enty tiTOes.^ran*- povled out of liiniself with joy twiai as of- teii; never was so delighted, in all-his life every five miuntea—*nd, by the -Way ho risked hi* thousands, on© wonM hk'vt’tito’t him Cashier of the Bank of liv ery thing was n shblima” oi^^%orrible 5”-^v- ery woman « heautifril na aw aag4^ or lioiinely asWletige-feiiefeJ* In yaiuhis pretty wile endeavored I f Mi toft masonic sign* o f wedlock, *to> jjt®p fear roguish husband and she y 0 M ifeWftriy keep her eqvianiTOity tiff the J*»t gumt- had gone, Then she W s t into % pamifrn of tears, and would not be eimiforted “ Ooiiie, Itoty, tell me how ifc #11 looked and soriuded,” said Huntley, half'totoftting that he had vexed her so. \You know you Jeokod pidicnlous/tshe answered through her sobs; “ yon. know you mortified mo kaif to death. I motlier-—.had—been—here-^yoii wouldn’t have dared to treat me so, I shall never hold head again in society- I the’L i shmtd dieP “ Now, Katy,” replied her hwsband, dis paring at the failure of his efforts, “ how do)on think it sounded )esterday, when you dednred your nock was broken, he- eausa you tripped ovei your dresaiiialcor fitted your dress, you said it was a mile U»u largo ; wove not those fx- pressioiis fully as ridioulous asmrao Kate reflected a uiuiiieiit. I don’t nfie ns I can help it,” she said, ])0tt|shly. ” T\o talked .so m or since i was barn.” “Is there any need of isuch extravagance, Katy ? come. Lot yonv goud sens*- an swor.” “ \Vhy, no, I sn)»pose not.,” answerad Katy, only pouting a very little ’, “htft I can’t lielp i t ; everybody lalk* no,” “ Not everybody, Katy,' Ooroo, what Bliall I got yon, if you will only break ymuHcU of this odious luibiU i'll bjiy you a beautiful little pony.” “ Ob, ilelightftil!” exolahnodKaly; niM do anythiiif/ tn the world for such a gift«®- yos, I’ll stop it, if 1 have to cut my Imyne ant.\ “ O h ! Katy, Katy !” cried her husband,. “ you are incorrigibic,” But Katy did try, and may you, dear reader, suceoed a-s \U'!1 as she.-—fWft’e Branch, Bn n ' ton TiimiitNo.- golikoe (helie followiU]ojimviug; Thpre i» a pass ag lum ( f —- “ Thui’c arc on earth, l , 0 OO,dOQ,OU 0 In- haliituntH, and of these 309 , 8 ^ 3,383 dip eve ry year, 01 , 0(14 every flay. every ifour, and sixty every iniuufe, «r ope evety secoiul, q’hcsu lusse) arc|hon(. halancedhy an equal iimphav of Tnvths., Thn married arc Imigcr lived (lum the smgto and tihov« all those who observe a solder and hidustri- ops conduct. Tall men hvq longer thfru sjioj't ope*, Women have mm’O clijmcea of life in Ihoh’fuvnri •proviQiiA to hwingfllly years of aacj tlian ipcp have, hni {©w aftcr- wnrda. Tim numhar of mau’iage* is in p»’(»- ppvtian of sqveifty-iivctp cvei;yngc.-lhpp»and luripg tiie UIUI 4 WB 1 DI .luue aiw ueceinoOr. 'Xhoso born ill the spring are ptiom 4 'ohust than otltoi*. Birthg and doaiha arc mnio ftoquent liy night than by dtiy ” G ums w Eitpqtmnaw.-^Tbefelfo.wingav* repoi’tod amsmgst dm nftoB dimief toasto* «t a late Irish festwab The hm w «it Ihem way hd wall tolishod widmus ionaliiing them. '4%e May dm rosy dreams, nf ftweefc hope always amhrace diem with llm hreemof virtimns ileap! and may their can did slwmhsi’s never cease tq prppfttote dm gifts of #, favnmhto iieaveu, Harii’s to th© man that owned tlie land, that raised the corn, that fed the goose, that bam th« qiiiW dm! made dm pwi dm! wrote the Dtetora' dqn fif Indepohdanco-. MmtU WcultUhat' h»v p|»to>ieiiilM!d hilt one I'escrYoir of hlopdrtthat I might ppfovate dm hated veecBtiteto with g #wgto and fetiho v itot|»tea»h %m and fortellte my nfolyc .|and< ______ BpoKi,~-*Thflffl m timt. to- qmre no ttomi^Lfrom those who toad di«m ind .tor ft yts^ timpto p a s m i^ tteF nn such damwid upon ttmwt who wroto toenir Tlteto tm ’1^ dmiftoto, m dm most ¥ilft#hla< that mi o»r thinking feonh Um m ihi tollMl opwtticm, for m d« so t e llihkw lli fiiriii ftU tlte liteni p w « » on #rito»kfrrificiplM w vngotettsii conteinid in th# kotocit hut whlcbi withoi** wmli stim frlu*, wmdd wUltei hftvi m homo M upf ifrl{ m ft ft iith ton itoft ft totellectoal | fr call* forth Jmd w a lw iltoo inergy thotif IfttifttptocudM iff tiiaifhtHi toe ttiiit o g ^ IWNiotltei tm W '’ ftw ^ K S S I f i tin#* M tototNftiMM «f wtoto i t o M M Nriii to iftoltoH totitoIWtoiitoif H iifi ft' i|pto
