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Hnngerford, HUrftly.&q. • 1 W^M*> ;^*S£%#?S%« • -'fjtj&tesJfesAS- *\W • *- r<~- : * Jig-'*''- i •>.**&,. after this period? The of the suns genial rays upon my childish spirit A new kind of sadness stole over me. I strolled into the garden alone, '•, and' now sensations wen awakened within me, as I looked arouxd on the beautiful landscape, which lay like a pietnra before my eyee— The mountains seemed to rise up with a loftier grandeur and the meadows to stretch away at their feet. into * broader expanse. The snows had nearly all melted away, and the streams had bark their icy bonds, but there was no verdure yet The evergreens were still in their dark winter robes, but the trees of the forest were naked, and all around on the grass-plats I could not dis- cern a single green blade, and I remember thinking how wonderful the manner in which they would soon be clothed. My thoughts were all in childish language but they had a maturity beyond my years. I seated myself on a little knoll, and fol- ded my arms, and began to dwell on the* scenes of the past, Jmd to imagine the scenes in the future. I was motherless and the old housekeep- er iinbittered every hour of my life. I felt toward her a strong dislike, and Lad a dread of coming into her presence; but now I framed this feeling, into an opinion, and looked forward to the time when I should take care of myself. I had one brother, and he was so much older than myself that he was very little of a companion for me, and took so little in- terest in me that in all my plans for grow- ing up, he was never mingled; and my as- sociations with human beings could not Ml *£» '*&• ptseoota isjrihwmbataouav which their lip. should l***)Wfrrevsr tsWHsW* MM fclilMI 'tfljEal efeV^r*JU| , asDU s^PHT '^^^^| ^kaWta. Ilm.tnn.rt git a«H«Ilns*> W^HKl^HHttttJk: -\? ,ffW * should have been ffisd rsfi^' ' Ivui have been very pleasant; for I determined to live alone, and the room in which I sit is not more plainly before my eyes than the one Fancy fitted up for my lonely dwelling place. - I had never heard of (airy castles, and was not familiar with the luxuries and ele- gances of the abodes of wealth; so my lit- tle, domicil was furnished with none of these. But it was to stand under the big elm tree, whose long branches were to shade it in summer and defend it in winter, and it should be painted white, and have a little garden in front, where then the orchard bloomed. The interior was not then divided into rooms, for I should have need of but one; and every article for my comfort was ar- ranged, and the routine of my daily life set- tled with the jafnost precision, and I was taking possession with a sweet feeling of independence, when the housekeeper's sharp voice fell on my ear, awaking me so sud- denly in my reverie that I trembled in ev- ery nerve. I was commanded to u come into the house,, and not sit Acre moping on the damp ground, catching my death of cokL\ I obeyed, for I had never dreamed of diso- bedience; but I had entered a new world, and from that tune, wifto 'disgusted with all around me, I fled to dream bud, and brighter and brighter grew-its sunny skies and green fields, and fairer and fairer the homesl oreatcd. Now that I had begun to think about her, the old housekeeper grew more and nwre disagreeable in my eyes. I sat hour after hour, as aha went about scolding and Working, and commented in no very flatter- ing \terms on her physiognomy, her form and motions. Her head was small, though not men know how to measure it Ifcjapkhec 9J9J gra^ witW fWb» acwas the'papi mmuuilthe flash of the the darkness of the thunder-cloud, „ to her mood. Her nose was longs aattrpeaked, and her chin nearly of the anmeform. Her cheeks were of a pancake and texture, and her motions a living* of aii thrii^*; But these nattfrajliu mould Mt have had ft I was astonished to ne how atiQmflyibe old lady tonlrived. to shield henatf from censure, and impress upon every body her sincerity; how mneh angry feehng she pro- moted; how many neighborhood quarrels she excited between those who would have lived peacefully all their fives, and yet nev- er be suspected, never betray her dark de- signs; and more than all, I wondered to see her esteemed as an' eminently Christian woman. That she took little care of me, was per- haps not all to my disadvantage. When I bad performed my tasks, which she never allowed to be omitted, I was free to run wild, and, provided I did not play at cross-pur- poses with her, the tongue so merciless to all offenders, confined its. reproaches to the older and wiser.' When at liberty, I fled as for as possible from the sound of her voice and the glance of her eye. Sometimes she would mourn that I did not love her, and would relate to me all the instances of her care and kindness; and then it was that I did not doubt she felt kindly, and pitied her that there were none to ding to her in fondness, but I could nev- er in the greatest emergency assume a shad- ow sf hypocrasy. Though she was seldom harsh and coarse to me, I shrunk from her with inexpressible ing, which was manifest in all my jn- with her, while at the same time my little heart was bursting with its weight of suppressed emotions and love, which it longed to pour out *nd feelings which it found no relief for want of expression, and my little head was aching for some gentle bosom on which to rest It is many yean since then, and she is now resting quietly in her grave, and I have beard that she was \ disappointed \ in her youth. This was the world's way of ac- counting for all her strange and crooked ways; but I still think she had naturally a crooked disposition, though I do not doubt that disappointments of various kinds are capable of destroying the equanimity of more amiable tempers; for I have seen u the strong man bowed,\ and \ the wise man become almost a fool,'' by the -failure of his plans or the loss of his long accumu- lated gains. Riches and honors are seldom the por- tion of woman, and so she is seldom tried by having them taken away. The objects of her love constitute her all, and when these are plucked from her embrace, fife seems to her an arid desert; her feet are upon the burning sand; there are no run- ning streams or cooling fountains to renew the freshness of her fainting heart I was seven-years under the guardianship of a spirit which had been most thoroughly embittered by some process, and have of- ten wondered ttutt I was not tamed to gall! an alasery. At noon, w« ate together on the same em*, al- ways aharing when one had pie and the other only bread and abeam; and thaw we went out to play, in the gmen, and to pink \ivy and in the win** to aflfc upon the flan ice. If I fell down, how quickly was his gallantry displayed m helping me up, and brushing the snow feoan my frock, and ask- ing if I was hurt! Wefl do I lemember the whipping \f- ceived, for going home win him to supper one night, and ataying to spelling achool without I was considered very smart to learn, though not so precocious as to put my fife in jeopardy; but I should feel quite guilty not to leave on record, that orthography had very little attraction for me, and noth- ing at all to do with my fondness for snel- Ung schools. Logic was for more fascinating, and skilfully used, an it was that night, ible. Sammy said there was n nice pines to slide in the door yard, and kia mother would like to hawe me come to eupper, and it was only a little while; I should keenly have time to go home and get bemk again before dark. I hesitated a little, bet alas! for reason when her heart is consent was too readily won. I and was not naroved by the good tor's wife, Sammy's mother, who perhaps did not fulfill her whole duty on this occa- sion; but was treated to some cakes and raspberry jam, which I was nicer than any thing I hndesertnatod; and it was certainly nicer than any thing I was ever permitted to taste by her who pro- vided more sour things than sweet, or eke turned sweet things to sour, at I had heard could he done by looks, as wefl ss by thun- der, and of tea I have sew* fawned not to entertain a doubt And a fine slide we had in the door yard, and worn aorry enough when the boys and girls from the neighborhood *&•£ We the we hud beflt e a leer overtask- _ „ . the wsalowe; who *'\****e(I m Jpa near* hank, snawanaw noses we haatod we the wwipeaer-ww^tiae newer H mils us with a awash giaaflsef bar styreUweft! How long * nes*d raid fiwaavw* ' the r nslisniBiiaiaj final iiu MtH. ^_LX We - — - ganh, with oa^tfcy, naked feet, to tWiret bright wreetheina In summer, we went with ear fittV tav •ndrJampuMghtbsthefostwe never failed to dmrwkover psfOBnHwsO swMOQ twHke «* to have kef and hiathrn tribes on me banks the Higer, the friUTot that benighted K*»- : ^ Jfcj' 4s affliction tt -these to whom he was nearer sad dearer wee so overwhelming that I ass not ^oticesC and in a little than I stole away sad' wandered slowly '.'• -i£ I went to eee him in be looked! The lying-about his temples: WSM.cjoaed upon his breast, I phwad n bunch- of fresh whschhhed gathered, and phwkedforme. I asked for one of those bright w> ley away sad keep, and the kind weaam who iManf into the room and held asm herarew that 1 might look in hk \quest \lhata ft was to me! and I have it yet. Every thae I wafrli the paper which contains it to my awaflT That dear little gesden onrll I would not part with it for theweahhof I went to tU funeral, and followed with the nwiarniag Irak to the grave. How could I see that lovely form let down into lasy* the along, whom we weieto job on their way ctous mood never feat, to dan. to school thongh by Via time mj happi- ness was beginning to be damped by the. anticipation of the reception I should meet on returning home. I had a little fear and trembling, not caring so much whether I had done right as whether I should expe- rience the consequences of doing wrong. It was nothing derogatory to the wisdom or skill in communicating knowledge, of the master of that tnemprable winter, that I did not make astonishing progress in letters into words. I spent the whispering, and nkkmg monkeys and rab- bit on the wall, enframe away as wipe as I went eod in mis respect do not think I differed much from the \ big scholar*.\ I remember well to tail day their eonverav I remember of envying all th«f fittle\girh) j fa „*&„* oeanaona, and do not think it who had mothers. I would give all the world beside, I thought for the privilege of Lisping that sweet name. Mine died, they told me, when I was only a few days old; but though I asked many questions about her, and would eagerly have listened 'all the day to any story that gave me any con- ception of hdw- looks, or knowledge of her character, I was seldom gratified; for* it did not seem'n pleasant memo to'her who was 4 endeavoring to fill her plate to ^^ ~1&ti IW afcshct, who, Lwns c^teic^saf^^,* >B ^ .^ cloud, very fond ef am, and loved me as faamn •«*. \«• * f**! 1 -iSiwkV^*^ t?&l, very) seldom; ., but it some bow %& me a strange way of he should leave me W the \*w\S ; .**S' savored much of wisdom, and I am inclined to think their motives in going were very much like my own. But their pleasme bed not so tragical an end. I was greeted by the stem frown of my father, and theeeqrpion tongue of the house keeper, sad after a few strokes from the little rod that ispoeed on two naik over the kitchen Are plate, I was sent tobed in the dark, alone, and shivering with the iky- fever in weeks, doctor's .aawsastaur mediakw) •\^***»swp WJ ikiiMS •^smsmmmmmsswsBwaam awASW^wenamwae* bQwamwam s»ea^Mi I bad.%- ,-- ' 2swLvi-isIi ^\^^s^^^^^^j^P^ T^^^H wove togethet the the oak sad trarhen froan bush to as whOs we ait keasath sad strung bhie- eerries oa the long stems of grass, end then ate mem slowly, one by one, to make them it We bounded oa the new-mown hay, and played bide and seek among the tall Iaaa^weh^ks^amooggoidee pippins, and eves men bad learned to tefl by the seeds we took, from the and, like aaay others who believed the finvaff frjare weald kindly coo- form to our bopee, gilded, M they were with ars^ht««whichrewtt^inhermortgra- Nevsr did we dream of aught but spend- isaj life together. We had no names for finks or vows, hut we had a thousand plana to be executed when we aboasf grow up, in al of which, there was never a thought of we mingled with other chil- dren, but there seemed in all others a boav trous mirth, which did not atoord with our, dreamy quiet larmjiwwa, and we stole sway from the merry groups of the play-grounddence to talk in whispers in -the wsnmg shadows of some favorite tree, or the solemn sUUnesi of some deserted hall When the bright ted sad yellow leaves wem gathered irt rich anwsss in the deep hoBsws by the wad aids, We dehghted in the msde mode bj^ahnlli feet ss we ran backward jphdJTW^j^wtsiing them every dowrtien; ra sat on tho roots of an oak into fantastic wreathes, ex nstch-work, or gay dreams. Then we gave parties, and made cops of acorn shelbv awd imagined the fairies at our feet Oh I that was the, fairy time of our live^^-but it lasted oar/tt JHto whfle for goad us!' J - • •- \••%;. : . i -'? * ' '\ $M %wb7as totbe window to oat day Iris * »Jw«f;^ bMiife ' ^ssmmws 'shwVi V iin|-.elt .«?*;• >te seel inal Wshave Mr. J. Stewsrtof Pa. giving us tensive gang of from Co, of the ex- whose head- there, and whose of our State to the Central New York State-line. Three pawoas aaawjeted of being leaders in the party Imve been arrested; one is under heavy hai, asothera in the I^fneanerPrie- (John Batter) is in our f swahag a horse in West- A warrant has bees is- with our pf™, of a letter from arose''from a paper, caused by Mr. Post- hates of Uakatt at Carries, in this county when'Mr. a has reosivefi mimemus uaw^jawjsnay, toe eerdnce or slavery . a **P^ Br ^ ^^ejh*\ 8 \tete apojo- gats,) foot bah* way grounds. They cost ftsed the defence ef slavery;' thereby, gj,v ; ing up the slavery prineq>le, adnuajng otii- er.forms. of shivery to> wrong, ! and^»ld- ing ub the authority of the 7 Bible, and of practices, and ejrperience of Human experience, .showing 14* wu»ema/<nlvre^>/:Jaiieiy, and the wuvesal failure of free tociety, was una- vailable to them, because they were preclu- ded from employing it,by admitting slave- iym the abstract tobe wrong. The fence of mem negro slavery involved them in a still moalsylifl ulty. The laws of all the Southern States justified the hold- ing wejersem in slavery, provided, through the toother, they were, descended, however remotely, from a negro slave. The bright neootding to thei£ theory ^wcro held is slavery. The line of defence, howover, is now changed, and the North ia now completaly concerned, and dumb as an oyster. The South now maintains thai i^wry bright,: •MawrsAoad neeetuay. It shows, thajt all divine, and almost all human authority, jus- tifies k. The South further charges that the little experiment of free tociety in Western Europe has been, from the begin- ing, a cruet failure, and that symptom of failure,, are abundant in oirr JSfr'th.— Whfie R is far more obvious that* negroes , should be slaves thanVhites; for they are , only fit to labor, not, to. direct; yet ike priitapk'of dawtrv it itself right,, qnd ides noi depend om^gireno^ of complex- ion. Difference of race^ lineage, of lan- guage, ef habits and customs, all tend to - lender the institution more natural and du- rable; and although slaves havd been gen- erally whites, still the masters and slaves have generally been of different national descent Moses and Aristotle, the earliest historians, are both authorities in favor of this dafemce of race, but not of color, i ' i<'» S» , •-r .• Awfal (Wamity--Twe GSuldren Burned to Santa. Hcaea, Brio Connty, Jan. 26,185C. Enrroas Bnemam—One of the most hor- thus frTebjdndi^ 1 **** \*<*'^'^«B¥««»eno ^^ as a warning to parents and othcrt having esse of houses and children, occurred yester- day, hi me north west part of Berlin town- slup. A small log boose occupied by a kfr N Mundy, took fire abont noon, during the absence of the parents, the one at Work at a distance and the other at a neighbor's of an errand, and two small children left en- tirely alone, —aged, one about four .and the other abont two,—perished in die flames! Standing at s distance from any other house, no one reached it till tho roof and inside were nearly consumed, and it'watte; that the chjMrea were with ta some one retevning from thS^i$ met the toother end learned that she]; were left mtheheate. A rally was then made and the ..wsfneis, 1 g,i pulled apart and the ' the children Were found, the* youngmtosebsvemg probably burned in the S^SondrelaSrh^h^ « It to get frote the4faine.— relative to stolen horses has found owners for four vabMhleWet, stolen fromMr. O. Bettering of Whabre, Cambria Co.; D SkaWand— JolmstoB of New Elexandria. Westmoreland County. . \The thieves have a system of correspon- and numerous stations on the route— extendmgfrom this neighborhood, by Iadk anna and Lasers* Counties kt «k« State at lesrt as for as the Unseal* Bjtcr, hvOte ego County, New York—and the djtkstHy of oouvicting worn is increased hf their mode of operating, by wlaub kantet, wrtrtby DP9II a*aw lawf^^svjfjlff^sjj 1 aaawPaws frror. and* rkles away., At some atetion oa mate he publicly trades him for a stolen in New York. rested for steeling the that he liwled foa earn from. 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