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TRI.STATES UlION B Y JOHN I. MUMFORD. ‘ O U R COUNTRY AND OUR COCTNTRY’S FR IEN D S .” Volume 1. PORT jlR V IS, (ORANGE Co., N. Y.) THURSDAY^ July 3, IS S t ^ X — | r p u b l i s h e d EV E R Y TH U R S D A Y . Numiber 35. CIBCVI.AK. I P oet J ebtis , Orange County, N. Y., > December 6,1850. J Th« Subscriber having become the Proprietor and Editor of the “ Tri-States Union” Newspaper •nd being desirous of extending its circulation takes this method of informing the citizens of this County, and of the adjacent States and Counties,, that the publication of the paper will be continv^d on the teiths and principles annoui ced by th^ate Editor. Connected with the Press of the City of New Tort, as the subscriber has been for many years, and during that connection, an active and zeal- . ous member of the Democratic party, he will adhere to the principles and usages of that party, in all his politica' course, and will deavor to disseminate its principles; but, as in a paper for the people, tliere are many subiects, of great interest to them, which are not political, either in fact or by inference, the T bi -S txtes Ustos will he made a vehicle of general intel ligence in reference to Agriculture, Commerce Literature, and the Arts and Sciences. The interests of the immediate locality of the •epteat^ the old lady, aftjitr a long patue. “ That may be, I declare.” “ Drowned in ,the fish ponds !” r« he o r • • “ ■ • “And then he' wouldn’t h&vfe titne to write to you nor me !” .vaid the sorrowing “ Indeed he wouldn’t poor man !” te- sponded the'old lady, feeling as if Rips had really been drowned, and becomefood for the fish he loved to kill so well. “ Oh, I fear we shall never hear of him m o re!” said Tabitha. “ What a dreadful thing it is to die and have no funeral!— sny haiti5v^My dear Tabitha, be cheerful and happy during m y absence, which will tiot eXc.Cied three weeks, or four weeks at the most.’ NeVef can I forget those sweet His handsomb form may now be at the bottom of some fish pond far away in the “ T he'thought B^pnded iper, will, of course, claim special attention, y, the State, and the Ui ion at large, will be examined and maintained. To the citizens of the border Counties of l?enn- sylvani.iand New Jersey, the paper is offered to neighbors whose interests are already some- identical with those of this County, and which must be more and more mutual as the Rail Roads and other Highways become the means of closer connection. Subjoined, are the Terms of the Paper, and as here is an extensive -l^ob Office on the premises, orders for Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Ball Tick ets and Pamphlets, are respectfully solicited. JOHN I. MUMFORD. T erms or SuBscnivTiox.—$2,00 per Jnnum, for Village Subscribers, when delivered by the Carrier, and $1,50 tor Office or Mail Subscribers If payment is deferred one year, fifty cents will be added, ADVERTISING: For 1 squn;e 1 insertion, - « “ each subsequent insertion, “ 1 square, 6 months, .« 1 “ 12 “ - • “ i column, 3 months, #! $ ,50 ,25 7.00 4.00 7.00 12,00 6.00 « 1 ■! 3 “ • - 10,00 u .. u 6 “ - - 18,00 .• « « 12 “ . . . 30,00 Legal Advertisement charged at the usual In all its various branches,, will be executed at this office with the utmost despatch. If expe rience in this branch of the trade, and materia t» work with, together with a will to accomplish can insure satisfaction, then the public have suf ficient-guarantees that their wants shall be very p^romptly met. THE FOREST MAIDEN; O r j T i le A j i s l e r ’s S e c o n d I j OWC ! CHAPTER XV. ■ ( Continued.) “ Dead 1” repeated the old lady, throw' ing back her spectacles, and looking great ly surprised. “ D ead! And has the good Mr. Pips gone down to the grave at last Tears stood in the widow’s eyes, and little Jenny, seeing them both cry ing, cried too from actual sympathy. During a few moments the scene was really a melan choly one, and the silence was only dis turbed by sobbing. Jenny clung to the old lady’s skirts and trembled as if she re- j ally knew her father was dead. “ Dead !” again sobbed the old lady.—» “ W hen did he die, and where !” “ Dear me 1” exclaimed Tabitha, “ I know not, but it seems to me ha must be dead, or we should have heard some thing from him before this time. When he left me he said he shouldn’t be absent more Tabitha. - “ How lifely anft chet^.. used to be 1 It seems to tnff I cab^ow see him smile and hear his,musical foice,-— Don’t ybuThitik;’Sirs.' T^’atlon,! f e had a sweet smile and a'pleasunt voice “ I do,” answered the oW lady^' “ And then he was so kind and tender hearted!” said Tabitha. “ He was,” answered the old fndy. “ And such a manly and beautiful face !’ said Tabitha. “ He had!” responded the old lady, again bursting into tears. ' Tabitha again cried, and little Jenny sobbed. Not a word was spoken. They seemed like chief mourners at a funeral, who Ijad lost their dearest earthly friend. Jenny’s tears ran as freely as theirs, which Tabitha saw. No wonder the dear child sObs !” said Tabitha. “ I have lost a fond lover and she a good father.” “ And I the best friend 1 had upon earth,’ said the old lady, dropping her hand upon the crown of Jenny’s head as it Jay in her indeed you have,’’said Tabitha. ■ “ O, vas a wonderful man. His place in world will never be filled ! And there’s a void in my heart too, which no other man can fill. I believe a woman can love twice, but never the third lime. It is too much to ask of woman’s heart.” “ I never could love but once,” said the old lady. “ I loved my husband, the fa ther of my own good Catherine, but I could never love another man as I loved him !” “ You could, Mrs. Watson, if the right man came along,” replied the maid.— Oace I thought and felt just as you do, but the sight of the handsome, the good Mr. Pips Taught me a difl^erent lesson.” “ I don’t wonder at your loving him,” said the widow. “ If I had bdenayofing woman, and he had not loved my daugh ter, perhap^-I mi^ht ha-vp-lai/'ed him- jfiut deaf m eT iEope'^e mfiysee him agaih': in this world.” “ I h( words ! True, he didn’t kiss me, but I spected he would, Mr. Pips was al- UyS a Very fnodest and discreet manr*-— 'Now he has been gone more than six weeks, and I really believe he is dead.” Here she wiped the tears from her eyes, and then proceeded with her soliloquy.— “ I f he is dead he can never authorise Mrs. Watson to open that package, and it may lie for months, and even years, vviih the seal unbroken, if the old lady should live so long ! No doubt the package con*, tains something in reference to me. And _ hey. has Watson to mav not live long enough to bring up tleYenny- This M rr rips must hi __ thought of, and so let her I have the child awhile to please her» and^he little girl is to be given up to me to be cared for and educated as she ought to be. This All seems perfectly natural Now it ia really important that I should know the last will and testament of the good Mr. Pips. I would not do anything wrong, and Mr. Pips would say so if \be were living. I cannot see why it is wrong fpr me to know the contents of that .sealed letter, Mrs. Watson is to open it when receives a letter through the Post Office authorising her to do so. Now under all the peculiar anJ pressing circumtsances of the case, how can it be wrong to wrife Mrs Watson a letter? Mr. Pips himself Would say so if he could speak from the grave !— all out herself. Maty’s hope was a false one this time, for Miss Spiker kept a close mouth. That circumstance more than any other excited the Scotch girl’s curiosi ty, but she remained quiet and did n°^ echise her mistress. Mary began tothink that she and Tabitha could not much long- vr remain together, but that consideration did not occasion her much regret, for she had concluded in her own mind to accept the offer of the Irish ;coachman, and be come mistress herself.; That night wa® a restless one for Miss 4 thousand ideas ran through hdr bead, both sleeping and waking. Being quite sure that the ,penny-posttna,niwould deliver jVlrs-Watson ,nd pYotec- V|se letter sOrtMtffii^n the forenoon of the is old and ‘fext dky, s h ^ t t ^ j b e r atlculatafes to be to bring up fit-|^t the It Was an exciting pension,'-and she could not avoid slow ing her feelings in her countenance; althc^gh sKe strove hard to conceal them from the sharp eyes of Mary Campbell. . ,4 | always*'beeH*kind ^ in my poverty.” “ Especially the good Mr. Pips,’* an swered Tabitha. O, what a good man he is.” ^pWn feelings, that >he Could hot answer act* which were-owing oh the first d a f his. question. And if she had not thus January preceding, to the principal seinn OVftrfenrnsi. s I ia rn n lr ^ n ^ f Jitm a • ___ r _ been overcom.e, she couldn’t have told him Xvhonj the Child bslofiged. t - ' “.ghe% a sweet little girl,” shid Sarah* ■felssing'ber. “ llother, ain’t she a beauy 1” .... ■“ She is;Jh4feed*” replied the mothor. j heard at the door, jvjts. W ais^i, was thunderstruck, and d Tabitha s heart almost leaped into her all the dreams&bouA,Pips b'eing the father mth. The door was opened, and the of Jen # vanpred rito th^ air. As yet Mrs. Wat- she couldn’t recover|ier self control suffi ciently to speak, but she*~teaned against the-door, and would hav.e fallen, but for that Kimnorf:. and Tabitha’ mouth. penny-post said, ,‘ a letter for Mrs.'W'at- SOD.’ Tabitha’s time had come, and she could hardly keep herbalance. The wid ow seized the letter with trembling hands and a beating heart. “ Dear me !” exclaimed Tabitha, exam« ining the superscription while the old lady held it in her hand, almost dreading to open it. “ The letter contains something about the package perhaps, do open it, Mrs.. Watson, and see. The handwriting looks like Mr. Pips^” that support* - “ I mar ybur’re Pips, approaching ' ing her handfc I fchal! be better soon,” she riplied,4n int voice. “ I was so ^ a d ta-|ee ypu.” I know I have beon gdtte much long! “ L et me get the package and compare ting,” said the widow, going to and taking out the document instead of reading the letter. She had the handwriting,’ her bureau and lakii of principal of town, in such cquntjr* Verified by the oath of such ageul, taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths. $ ^ u i m l Insurance Company. Mr. Morgan gave notice that he vimuld ask leave to introduce a bill in relation to the |issessment of mutual insurance-‘com- papies. ' ^ I4fe Insurance Companies. Mr. Morgan' also gave notice of his in^^ tention tointroduee a till to amend the act in relation to all companies transacting the business of life insurance in this State. Printing the CompfroUer’s Report. A resolution was adopted providing for th e “ - ~ ‘- ----- ' CHA^pR XVI. TH E PACKAGE orE S iE P — IMPS ARRIVES W ITH HIS FORBST-BRED LADV-LOVE— MISS TA - BITHA SPIKER s p o o n s . Morning came.iand Tabitha hurried to Airs-, Watson’s, Ifst the penny>post might Mrs. Watson and Jenny had not finished their morning meal, still Ave will do justice to Aiiss Spiker, and say if was past the usual breakfast hour of the working classes. . But the old lady was somewhat feeble and did not rise so . grave . early ns she was wont in her earlier days, dear lips are scaled in f a Dear fne !” exclaimed Tabitha. “ You lope so tq^but circumstances hard- rant us in.fntertaining such a hope,’ said Tabitha. “ I believe he is dead, and heaven only knows where his dear body lies ! That package must have been writ- ten and sealed by him. And it seems to But alas ! his ( death. I have a good niind to consult Mary Campbell upon the subject. No, no, on reflection that will never do, for she has always been disposed to make fun of m-y connection with Mr. Pips, and now she’s linked with that Irish coachman, she i<! ten times worse than she w.as before.— No, I ’ll not consult her, that’s certain. If I should, it might get to Mrs. Chubby’s ears through her coachman. Thai’s well thought of. Mary shall know nothing about it. 1 have been too familiar with her already. In the future I must observe more prudence and caution. If that girl gets anything more from me, she’ll be more lucky than I think she will. There can be no harm in my writing the letter, but everybod)' knows I haven’t any dispo sition to wrong a sing'e person on the foot stool. All the harm I wish to -happen to any one is:, that Mrs. Chubby may lake that old libertine, Major Lenox, for a has* band. ’ If she don’t rue it, then I’m no -judge of mew,that’s ail, •* Butrlhe-letteh !■ \must Write, and endeavor to be there at the lime j^rs. Watson feceives it. O, htnv Dear me !” exclaimed Tabitha. “ You have not done breakfast y e t ! My morn ing call is too early to be fashionable, I acknowledge, but among neighbors, such as circumstances have recently mude us, it.may be, excusable. I did not come to' urge yoti to open that package, but to sav to you I have been wrong in asking you to break your promise! On mature reflec tion I clearly see I WSs wrong and come to ask your pardon.” “ You bai lady, staring at strong cup of tea, fastedI Tuppose.” ” bitha. “ You have heard nothing since thought so much of the subjectand tvorked it into so many forms that she actually dreaded to have the great secret of the af fair divulged loo suddenly. Her anxiety Was extremely violent. Placing her spec tacles carefully over her eyes, and holding both letters at a proper distance to get the right fqcus so that she might see very dis tinctly,’she Closely examined the hand writing, of each. Now she was not a good judge-sf such matters and very far.from being an expert. “ I decJare»it seems to me the strokes of the look-alike 1” said the old lad}'.— “ W h ^ do yf u think ?” “ llfeaJly ihinlc they are!” replied Ta bitha. “ See, that T. on t.he.be letteretter is t l is : package answered the widow Otfr , UJiiL crossed just like the one on the package!’ “ I-believe it it l” 1 have my pardon,” replied the old a Tabitha, and sipping n Df tea, “ You have break- ___I s , “ ( yes, sometime ago,” answered Ta- litha. “ You have heard nolhintr since y«eslerday, have you,?”- ^ “ Nothing,” replied the w'idow ; “ anA I begin to fear I shall not £ery soon, but 1 must remain true to mty promise”’ i ly you Tor the present a]t til we can) hear .something ought to he fi-pened. Certainly there can be no harm in doing so, and there may be much good resulting from it. You may keep the package for years and never reS ' written authority to open it.” ould have seen the tender expres sions in his beautiful eyes. Thfere, Jenny’s hi.s, for. he almost ;ears beiore than thVee weeks. And O, Mrs. Watson, coul<‘ a his eyes reminded me of his, for. cried, and would have shed |( m6 if he had not hurried a w ^ , O dear, Mrs. Watson, it was a. very ^nder^parU “ Then you don’t know he’s dead\for a certainty, do you?” asked tfie old lady, opening her eyes wide, and beginning to feel some relief, “ O, no. but then I think he roust be !” replied Tabitha. “ Only think how long he has been gone !” “ W hy did you‘frighten me so?” de manded the widow in a scolding voice.— “ I thought you knew he was dead. You said s o !” “ I know I did, and I think he may be drowned in the fish ponds,” replied Tabi- tha- “ He would not have staid away so long, unless sorai terrible accident had happened to him. I fear he will never write you a letter to open the package I” They were now silent for some minutes, and their tears were dried up. The old lady was in deep thought and meditation. Some how or other, Tabiiha’s speculations had a good deal of influence over her.— H e r mind was so much bewildered and me now that we consider Mr. Pips dead it Certainly th m in d o i n g S( od r e s u l t i n g package for celve any written authority to open it. The old lady was very thoughtful and silent which make Tabitha hope the pack age would be now opened. It was a very exciting moment with hen The blood coursed freely through her veins, and her heart beat violently. The idea of being remem b ered by the dying Mr. Pips, and perhaps of having money or other precious things, left her in his last will and testa ment, was very thrilling. At last she broke the silence which was becoming op pressive. “ Don’t you think I ’m right?” she asked. “ I dare not, I must not, I will not un seal that package until I am authorised so to do,” replied the old lady, in a very em- patic manner, A cold wave fell upon Miss Spiker and chilled her to the heart. Her expectations and hopes had been raised to the highest point and now they sank instantly below zero. She was either so full or so vacant indulged shat she could not speak. “ You must never again urge me to break my most sacred promise,” continued jthe widow. “ My curiosity to fathom these mysteries may be as great as yours, but 'remember, you have made no such promise id are under no such obligation as I am, no more. If Mr. Pips is I wjitqr of the package, he y have authorised some person to give 5 liberty to open it.” Tabitha could make no answer to that, but she went away fully resolved to con trive some means to have the document opened. Now this maiden lady was not naturally a dishonest person, and under ordinary circumslances.and in the absence of extraordinary temptaitons she would not violate moral oblir\'^’—s Afrs. Chubby will feel when she finds I 'have the care.of little Jenny ! Now, I’ll write the letter and drop into the Post Of fice myself, and then no mortal will know it.” Thus did a tolerably honest vvomangive ay 6o her curiosity, and consent to per petrate a very bad act. Like thousands of otherit^in the world, she would have re main!^ honest if temptation had hot-as- saiietf her. Her curiosity was so great that it baffled every obstacle before it, and made her reason altogether upon false and deceptive princi^es. She was just in that state of mind that she could make herself believe almost anything, however absurd it might be. And she was so earn est that she exercised a good deal of pow er over A/rs. Watson } bin she could not induce the old lady to break her promise, hoAvever great and tempting her curiosity might be. Tabitha’s mind vvas made up. The letter must be written, and she must know the contents of the mysterious doc- ument. Those who may chance to read the peculiar traits in the character of A/iss “ Surel Mr. Pips,'* said,Tubitba. “ man is aclua!r}' ''deadJ as t tear may havesomv) nevv.s/ere Jong of the cir cumstances of his death. It is possible be has gone south, and does not intend to re- I here again for a long lime.” ' . I can’t tell what to think,’’said the old “ Jf.tlfe good e he is, vve lady. You know Mr. Pi pi der hearted and sensitive man,” bitha. “And it is possible that i a very ,n,” said Ta- bitha. “And it is possible that some of his enemies, or those who love to make might have found out that,he mischief, m ight hed an illegiiimnie child, and fearing they would make the affair public, be thought hee woulduld leaveeave thee cityity andnd keepeep clearlear off h wo l th c a k c o slanderous tongues. Such a thing seems quite natural to me. Does it not to you ?” ‘ 1 declapi.it does see “ Mr. Pips so !” replied was very tendei Tabitha Spiker,as set forth in these chron icles, will dp well to guard against the ...... __ - ___ __ ______ L* u ____ _______ I ___ the old lady. “ Mr. Pips was very tender of his reputation, and I shouldn’t wonder if you were right after all, and Mr. Pips may not be dead.” “ If my conjectures are right, then you will soon have some nuthority to open the package,” said the ingenuous maiden. “ t hope so,” replbd Mrs. Watson, drinking her last cup of tea and rising the table. “ If he has only lelt the for a time to keep clear of slanderers and busy bodies, we may see him again at power of curiosity, which sometimes leads its possessors to the commission of crimes which theyley wouldould oncence shudder.hudder, This w o s quality of mind is not necessarily connect ed with any moral turpitude unless it be to an unwarrantable ^ Miss delightful such an interview [claimed Tabitha, helping the breakfast table :ably kind and atten- ^ an unwar extent as it was in the case of M Spiker. writing 1 ,Je oval w dead pnd the and sat down at her Jilt) that always stood in one particular place ift her ebarober. If it had any time been le inch lenjnuchin paired to her own hi her and reasoned with herself in lowing m anner;—‘‘ Mr. Pips loved me iher living woman, ibt of that. Mrs. hat obligation one : louse, took to her chai vith herself in the fol- thcre was so much mystery still hanging over the child, that she was greatly inclin ed to be more credulous than usual. It was Tabitha who bad eto into her head, and ut all tbes'3 crotch- now began to think seriously that Mr. Tom Pips had breathed his last, and that she might never be authorised to open the seat of the pack- sg e .^ H e r perplexities were rcalljr great, to lessen ihei more than he did any other ii There can be no doul Chubby or any one else may say what they please. I have reasons for believing that when be went away, second love was beginning to exercise its power upon his heart. Now, on that account, I am more interested in his affairs than any other woman. That he is the father of little Jenny,the almost cerlainly proves. Besides many her circumstances would seem to warrant icb a belief. Now he has bei A uub lie IS ine jaiiier oi mue nny, the expression of her eyes and al- ost every lineament of her beautiful face, most cerlainly proves. Besides many other circumstances would seem to warrant such a belief. Now he has been absent more than twice as long as he comeropla- ted, when he went away, and that clearly age. H er perplexities were really great, proves that something terrible must have and Miss Spiker was not at ail calculated happened to him. W hen he took his 1 leave of me, he said, holding and pressing jifiiry Capj|ibeH noti 'moved one inch from the position she isigned, she would a t once have noticed it, and placed its four legs upon the iden tical spots they had occupied years. Now she had never,be« the habit of writing, except' to keep ac- couinls of her income and daily expenses. These she always carefully noted down in a book kept for that purpose. 'A n y other occurrence she desired to remember she wrote down in her almanac, which at the end of one year was quite full of facts and figures, How to word the letter taxed her mental powers quite, severely. Her idea was to write just enough, and. not a word more, but in what form to shape it was the great questioa. She finally com menced and wrote four or five lines, but they did not suit her, for she was very hyper-critical upon her own composition. She tore up the paper and wrote again. She went through this process three times, but the fourth letter she saved as being the best one sh^ could produce. In fact it suited her pretty well, still she felt some slight twinges of conscientious scruples, and she sealed the letter and thrust it into her bosom. More than two hours were occupied in this work, before she had completed it to her satisfaction. Just be fore nightfall she repaired to the Post Of fice and deposited the letter which was be the key to unlock a very strange j cret. Itnowing M is. Watson would i receive it that night, she retarned hen S O, ho' would be!” exclaimed Tabithi the old lady clear away and appearing remarkal Tabitha remained, expecting every mo- ent that the penny-post man would ar rive and bring the Jelier upon which she bad expended so much mental labor, ant) exhausted so much moral principls. The old lady thought she never saw Miss Spi ker so friendly before. *It seemed to her a real change for the better had come over he maid. The forenoon was wea.ring Lway and the letter did not come. Tabi- ba’s patience was Well nigh exhausted, atill she lingered, for it would not do for her to leave undfr existing circumstances. The hour o f dinner was fast approaching, 'A n y other and she was fearful if she went home to dinner that the letter might come before she could come back again. It seemed to her that she ought to invent some excuse for tarrying so Jong, lest the old lady might be suspicious, but what to say was the question. She didn’t wish to make mat ters worse at any rate. After much re flection she Anally concluded that she must say something about her staying so long. “ Mrs. Watson, you may think it strange that I remain with yon so Jong to-day, but my feelings were so much excited ycstei day, and you seemed to sympathise e much with me that 1 really feel unhappy when 1 am away from you,” saidTbbitha, playing with Jenny’s bright curls, and casting an anxious and fond look upon the old widow. “ 0 , 1 don’t think strange of it at all,” replied \Mrs. Watson. “ I know you must feel very strangely as welt as I do. I should be glad to hare you stay and dine with me.” “ I don’t know, but my feelings will ing M ib . Watson would not [prompt me to accept your invitation ,” sajd lat night, she returned home, the cunning, maid. “ I f I do» I intend to lell noticed that somating more | rqake you a present. In fact, 1 shall malce* “ I will now pul back the package into its place and then We will open the letter.” She carefully deposited the package in her drawer and locked it up, for she meant to proceed very methodically in the mat ter and do nothing wrong or hastily. A person must be placed in her peculiar sit uation before her singular conduct can be duly appreciated. She was old, nervous, and had reflected so much upon the pack age that she felt that now in this crisis she' must proceed very formally. A wonder ful discovery was about to be made. She was anxious to know all, and she feared the^devejppment. Again she examined- tht'\^uts’'dfi of the Intler, felt of it between her-thumb and finger as if she could par- ti.nlJy read its contents/by such a process. Like a jjerson going out of a dark place into one brilliantly illuminaifed, she, as it 'ere, put her hand before her eyes to pre vent the li|,ht from being too powerful her vision. At length sHe summoned courage to break the seal op the letter anfi opened it with trembling hahds. The fol lowing were ih.e cotffeniS •« D ear M adam S ~ t have'placed' great confidence in you, my child is dear to me, but I know you will take good care of it. You may now open the package which was left with you at -the same time the child was placed Under your care. It will tell you all you need to know at prei Follow its directions and you shall be warded. My name I withhol^^at present. After reading the letter sh'^'dropped it upon the floor, and sank into a chair. “ It does authorise me to open the pack age 1” said the old lady, in a voice of trem bling. “ O how strangely it makes me feel.’’ “ So it does me !” replied Tabitha, pick ing up the letter. “ May I read it ?” “ O, yes, read it out. loud and see if 1 properly understood i t !” replied the wid^ Tabitha now read it in a sharp, but trembling voice, for a few twinges of her conscience somewhat stung her soul. O, it reads just like the writing of Mr. Pips!” exclaimed Tabitha,giving the let ter to the old lady. “ Now you will know all 1 I’m fortunate in being here. It seems as if good Providence induced me to slay. How much of mystery there is in the world ! I’m glad that proud, haugh ty Mrs. Barlow is not here ! Now, Mrs. Watson, get the package and open it, and we shall know all.” Mrs. Watson rose to go to her bureau, but at that moment a carriage drove up and stopped at the door. “ O, heavens ! I fear that ugly woman IS come !” said the excited maiden, run ning to the window and looking out. “jSlo, they are not her horses, heaven Be H a v e a T r a d e . By all means have a trade. D up and down in the world,and find noth ing to put your hands to. No matter if you don’t have to work for a living ; you lay not always be as prosperous as you re now. This is a mutilated planet 5 the man that is up to-day, may be down to-morrow. Thank Heaven, we will in no land of primogeniture, hereditary sue- eesiion- . Each man is morally bound to labor. Have a trade vve repeat: Educate your hands; have something you Can turn your energies to, when times pinch. It will be an everlasting resource. We nev er knew a man, with a good trade, who could not get a good Jiving, and much more, vv'ith a riaht application. What though you are going 40 college, or into a rofession ? The case is not altered: )U need just as much : it is so much the jtter. Discipline of the hand should al ways go with that of the head. We nev-A er knew a college boy who was not better with a-substantia! trade : he always grad uates with the highest honors : he is sure to be a scholar. The fact is, he knows how to work—to pore—to conquer he but transfers himself from the shop to the stu dy. Young men, decide at once to learn a trade. Apply yourselves with all your mind and heart, and be its master. And when you graduate and ask your diploma, you do not want, or are not obliged to ork at it, you have laid by so much, and such kind of wealth can nev'er be lost— never be taken from you. Y o t t | » Pfeper. A child ibeginning tof'-Teafl becomes de lighted AVjth- ai-#ewspuper,-because- he reads the names of things which are very famfliar, and will make progress accord ingly. A newspaper in one year is worth a quarter’s schooling to a child, and every father must consider that substantial infor mation is connected with advancement. The mother of a family, being one of its heads, and having a more ii ----- •ge of children, should hers^ structed. A mind occupied becomes for tified again.st the ills of life, and is braced for any emergency. Children amused by reading or Study, are of course more con siderate and more easily governed. How ng many parents who have not spent twens ty dollars for .books . for their families, would have given hundreds to reclaim a son or a daughter who had ignorantly and ihoughllessly’^allen into temptation ? The Canal Bill. ;.-Mr. Stanton, moved to recommit the Cknal bill, with instructions to the Cotn- rtfiuee of the Whole fo strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert«s iollowsi 'Sec. 1.—it shall be the durjr of the Ca nal Commissioners to c ause tiie old looks in the Erie canal to be enlarged, and the ^ n a l to be improved so as to admit the .passage of boats of one hundred and fiftv tons burthen through the entire-length*o\t the canal, by the opening of navigation in the spring of 1852. Sec. 2. The sum of eight hundred thousand dollars is , hereby appropriated for the- objects specified in the first sec tion of this act, out of the remainder of the revenues of the canal specified in section three of article seren of the constitution, which shall accrue during the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October Mr. Babcock moved to recommit to the CJommittee of the Wholg, with instruc tions to the coffimmiUee m amend section 12, so that the contractg for the comple tion of the whole of the work on such ca nals shad not exceed eleven millions six hundred thousand dollars. Lost. Mr. Stanton ana Mr. Babcock address ed the Senate in reilation to the motion of the former. Mr. Stanton’s proposition was lost. Mr. Lyon addressed the Senate in an swer to Mr. Stanton. Mr. Carroll addressed the Senate till a late hour, when the final vote w.as taken, and the bill passed by the following vote.'— ** Ayes—Messrs. Babcock, of Erie ;• Leach, of Cayuga; Beeknjian. of1 Livinixving.sio«.*, York; Cojt, 0 fo dc^oSY\ Saratoga of Geddas, of Onondaga ; Halstead, of Co^^ lumbia ; Hatch, of Oswego-; Huntington* of Oneida; Johnson, of Schenectady; Lyon, of Lewis ; Miller, of Monroe, Mor gan, of New York ; Owen, of Cattaragus; Robinson, of Alleghany ; Sanford, of Montgomery ; Schoonmaker, of Ulster ; Upham, of Genesee t Williams, of New Y ork—22 Brown, of Q,ueens laer; Crook, of Clinton; an ; Dart, of St. Law- Brooklyn ; Dimmick, *bf Broome | , of Om “ Who can they be ?” asked the widow, looking eagerly. “ 0 , Lord^, I shall faint!” exclaimed Tabitha. “ See, Mr. Pips has just come -out of the carriage, if my eyes don’t de ceive me. Heavens ! now he waits upon a strange looking girl ! What can all that mean ? W hat a singular hat 1” “ I see her face,” repjied the old lady, “ O, how young and beautiful she looks J” “ Don’t say that!” exclaimed Tabitha, in a voice choked by violent emotions, Miss Tabitha Spiker actually swooned, and her slender form fell upon the floor, while the agitated old lady ran to the door, with little ' and following ny hanging upon her skirts, _ after her. There she met Mr. Pips, the lovely girl of the forestand her mother. The good Mr. Pips embra ced the old lady and kissed her, and then introduced his companions to her. We will not undertake to describe the feelings and emotions of Mrs. Watson on that oc casion, She- entirely forgot poor Tabitha while she stood gating upon Mr. Pips, the beautiful girl and her mother. “ W hy, my dear woman, whose beau tiful little girl is this ?” he asked, patting Jenny on her head and gazing in her beau* -tjfal face. Mrs, Watson was to overcome liy he? A Word to liittle Girls, Who is lovely ? It is the girl who drops sweet^'Words, kind remarks, and pleasant smilbs as she passes along— who has a kind word of sympathy for every girl or boy she meets in trouble, and a Ifind hand to help her companions out of difficulty— who never scolds, never con tends, never teazes her mother, nor seeks in any way to diminish her happiness. Would it not please you to pick up a string of pearls, drops of gold, dramonds, or precious stones, as you pass along the streets? But these are the precious stones which can never be lost. Take the hand -of the frietidJess. Smile on the sad and dejected. Sympathize with those in trouble. Strive every where to diffuse around you sutighine and joy. If you do tbis^you \vTIl be spre tohe beloved. NEW’-Y O R K I.E G IS E A T U R E . S P E C I A i S E S .S I O N. SEN A T E —June 24. Beht* o f nan-residents. The CoitimiUee on Internal Affairs re ported favorably on the bill to subject cer tain debts owing to non-residents, to..tax ation, and it was ordered to a third read- . T'he first two section?, of this bill are as f o l l o w s ;• * . ^ Section Jst..-f-All>debts awing by in habitants of tbib State to persons not resL ding within the United Stales, for the pur chasehase off anyny realeal estate,state, shallhall be . ’eemed c o a r e s be . d personal property jwiihin. the down 'or county where the debtor resides, and as such, shall be liable to taxjttion ip.ihe same manner, and to the same extepi, as personal estate of thb citizens of this St^te. Section 2.—If there shall reside in any county of this State a n agent of any non-, resident creditor, having debts owing to him of the description mentioned in the firtt section of tbiii act, he shall, on or be fore the jJ5th July, in etch year, furnish to, the Gounty Treasurer o f each: county,., where such debjw .resides, tha true and accurate iraount n f Jfifbtg jof the deferJ{ k tioa mintioBed in - t h i r s t section of ifai^ Nays.— Messrs. Carroll, of Rensseh Curtis, of Sullivi rence; Noyes, of Chenahgo; Stanton, of Seneca ; Tuthill, of Schoharie—8. The SodUs and Osxbesfo Canals. The Sodus Canal bill, and the bill for enlarging.the locks, on the Oswego canal, tvere passed. Executive Se^sipri. '^TB\Send’feTield'an executive session, at which Robert B. M inturn and Charles H. M arshall were confirmed as Commis-* sidners of Emigration. Adjourned. ' a s s e m b l y —June 24. * . Reports of CommitteeSi Mr. W ard, reported favorably a bill to aid colored persons emigrating from this State. Ordered to a third reading. Mr. Townsend reported favorably a bill relative to the retention of witnesses in criminal cases, in the city and country of New York. Mr. T. H. Benedict reported favorably the bill to appropriate a portion of the United States deposit funds for the aid of colleges and medical institutions, which was made tHe special order for to-morrow, at ten o’clock. Mr. E erris gave notice of a bill to re duce the State lax. An act to amend the Revised Statutes in relation fa robbery, embezzlement, and arson. Lost. ^ Mr. O. Allen moved to reconsider. Carried^ M r.’fownseUd moved to recommit to the Judiciary Committee* Mr. Severance moved to amen'd by re-^ ferring to the Committee of the Whole. .Carried. works'contracted thereon cal year. Passed. The M ilitia Bill. The ComTnitlee of the Whole, Mr, Un derwood in the chair, reported progress on the Militia bill. After which the House adjourned, Washington Items. - W ashington , Saturday, June 2i, accoinpanied. by Secretarips lam, left this inorniug in the imei Osceola,os a short visits to Fortess, M or - 10© and th© Gosport Navy Yardi t Jtis oSeially stated that the corner stone of .e addiflon to the Capital wall ha laid on the aurth of July by the President, and Daniel t:a.hileir Vrill deliver ap addresaon theoccaskin. itizaens'^f the Dnion generally are invited to ixticipiile in tl* ceremonies. T ^ ^ ^ n i f h Mlniftw has tfot b&en by fh* Jury against Day, for the wilful anrder of hfs'wffe The trial takos place ia « -fortnight. The President, a Ste-wart and Grafiar
