The Greensborough patriot [September 4, 1852]

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VOL. XIV. GREENSBOROTJGH, N.C., SEPTEMBER 4, 1852. NO. 694
| hearted sailor, no<v, ill*! buried in the ocean.)
informing me thai he WM deeply in love will)
1 and alioul In marry the daughter nf a fisherman.
I'l'lce S'-t.."><> a yvnr: I w|l0 would bring him a valuable dowry, made
o» MM noi.i.ABK, IF NOT PAII) WITIIIK MM MOKTH , n) an ej,re||,.||, heart, a fine person, eves of
.__••.> aawaai r>.-rw> •••■ Tin' difBuiDiUTink I ■ « i r
the greatest beauty, and an enure absence ol rca-
RTBL1SUED WEEKLY
BY SWAIM AND SHERWOOD.
urn tarn nan or THE mnaraai.
ADVKRTISINCJ RATES.
One dollar per square (lifteen lines) for the hut
week, and twenty-live oantl lor every week there-after.
Deductions made in favor of standing adver-
Lenient* as follows:
Thru months. Six monlhi. Onrytar
Onesnuare, 83.80 M.B0 "X.IIII
Two squares, 7.(111 Ki.HO 14.00
Three " (Jcol.) 10.00 15.00 20.WI
Hall column, 18.00 26.00 35.00
From the National Era.
THE OUTCAST.
BV MISS pnrciu: CAKKV.
She died at the middle of night—
And brother nor sister, lover nor friend,
Came not near her their aid to lend,
Kre the spirit look its flight.
She died at the middle of night-
Food und raiment she had no more,
And the lire bad died on the hearth before—
Twas a pitiful, pitiful sight.
She died at the middle of night—
No napkin pressed back the parted lips;
No weeper, watching lira eyes' eclipi-e,
Covered them up from sight
rending tones, ' My poor child will soon be
motherless I
•• This simple but powerful appeal to my com-passion
did not conquer my stubborn heart, 1
carefully avoided looking at the child, for fear of
relenting, and said as coolly as 1 could, • Why
dy money. To this letter 1 replied as follows :— do you indulgo such melancholy forebodings !—
•You are in love, it appears, and you would Yeu are still young, and in the care of a skilful
marry a foolish girl who lias the rare merit of j physician—we ought never to despair.' Any
science, with the tenderer! care, could not avail.
She well knew that her lile was drawing to its
close, and she contemplated the melancholy cer-tainly
wilh holy resignation. Ifshe rarely spoke
of her approaching end, it was to spare our tears.
" The latal hour arrived but too soon. It w»«
one of those moonlight nights so beautiful in that
climate, when the mild sea air.
That cools the twilight of the sultry day,"
being poorer than yourself. Ite happy »"'' ; ..ihir human being would have said, • YeW| „„,„ teni\y jnl(l ,|m rn„m. Seated between her
your mermaid if you can, hut between our- [^.her i,. here-he ha. come to wipe away J our , Je,r dli|,| .,„,, mv,(.„ he secmcd ,„ cnjoy ,|.e
selves, you are coing in do a vcrv NMIUSII ining— _ tI - ,. , - ' . .
if not |O0 late, bieak it of. Adieu/ ,ear"' a,,,1 mtke -voU "I* '"9 f,,r,n" unworlm' ] freshness of the breeze, when her hand cnnvul-
» Thfi loner was certainly short.'»" BOl «««*••
"My sister-in-law was n native of Normandy,
which implies, as we all know, that she was ex-tremely
proud ; and she was, besides, virtuous,
resolute, and especially headslrong.
She never forgot this unfeeling letter, and, at
ncss ; rely upon him, for he will be a father to I nlve|v grasped mine, and 1 turned quickly to-your
child '—but / said no such thing ; I had but' warj9 nori ||er face wafl .,, willlr »9 marble,
one wish—to ./Ty. Oh, worship of the golden i,miii.nK lir8l al her child and then at me, with
Iimv -hearted, how infamous it makes calm serenity in her countenance, she said, * Your
An Eloquent Eulogium.
'I'be II.MI. Anson Uurlingamc delivered an o-ration
at New London, on the &th inst., which is
spoken of in the higliest terms. In it he made
ibe following beautiful allusion to Calhoun, C'tay,
and Webster :
" Mr. Webster is tlie only survivor of that il-lustrious
triu v( statesmen,
' Whn shook the nations through their tips and blaz'd
Tilt vanquished Suiulca trembled us they praised.'
'• One sleeps this beautiful day in llio sweet
shade of the magnolia's blossom, his great heart
is still, and quenched is the light of his glorious
eye forever. Another and fit companion of the
great South Carolinian fell but yesterday on the
field of his Time, and now, cold aiid dead, is
kindness, dear brother, has made the close o' ■ borne on his bier, through a weeping nation, back
While thus undecided in what manner 10 I my ylie nilppv# I die without a pang, for you to the generous soil of old Kentucky, there to
•• unleeling ami, ■■ , \ J 11/ .... '
. " . . , , T. H,.„n ammtmtt ; tflbel the shameful retreat I meditated, the sweet ; wil| j ve ||)y chi|j ■ She cea(tei| speaking, and sleep the sleep that knows no waking. The or-heart,
she nourished a thorough ami deep-seated ...,,,,.,-,, . * .... '
' J , XXI. m (k--i-. nPr cluld had steadily fixed her eyes upon my iron : 8mm wa8 no more. shall I avow it? Her ator, the chivalrous gentleman and noble friend,
eontemnl lor the writer. When, therelore, ner 1 • _■ .■. , , b
I ' bed -it sea—when without support. cm"'u'":mr*?' appearing more surprised than »• t ,|ca.|, l0 me nu| nothing of the terrible, of the is beyond the reach of malice or of praise : never
ins ip pens M • • . ba8IieUi when, coming close tome, she took hold j ap. ||in- j„ nei ]a8l wor,|8, i„ her calm scren-1 again shall he rouse us wilh his bugle blasts, or
without hope for the future, she found herse.l re- -.,,,., ,„ .,,„ f„,., „r uar „„,.,„•. ' ." . * ,, .._,._. .,__..___J B. . . . . ....?.
duced to penury, and in sickness, she determined
of my hand, pointed to the foot of her mother ■ ^jg ,/,e ray of hope brightening her features ( me|i us into tenderness by the touching melody
bed, and, in the most touching accent, said, ' Sit | aB 8|ie paMe(| away, there was a mysterious, an of his voice.
■ And he, of the imperial intellect,
1 With the Athenian'* glowing style and Tully** fire,'
wanders companionless and alone, by the deep
sea he loves so well, gazing, with his great eyes.
into that * undiscovered country, from whose
- 1 .1 ■. if .„.i.„„ ika* "tu« """' '" "'*" •"•'"* ■v'o^....-^ ..*......, —<n -*.■. as site nasscu away, inure was u nivstniuuc, an
o sufl-er everything, even death itself, r her th n ,^^ „„ ,„ ,„ ,;l|| , „„., kj„ if msJ ^,cemei| „ My, , ,0 „
„k my «,!. and .he mtght have died without» , ^ ^ m iayouthp. I .at down,!
4f//f. H.or/l/_„ wa8 nol „,« eternal .leep ,uc
,i„g ,0 me, without pardomng me-»h,ch would ^ ^^^ ^ <^ my ^^ , ^ _ ^ ^ ^ rf <
cenainlv have been very headslrong. not panic- . |
*, „ . . ,:, • •• The mother seeing this, clasped her bands joyful dav.
11 a 1 \ wise, and not al all in a cbnsiian-like spir- , r. I „ ' , , . . . ..., , u
. , . , , ...'and raised her eves to heaven, ns if in prayer.— •• I rom that hour my brother s child has been
il : but she was not nlolie in her deslilllllon—she , ,»,.',, , ■ - . i i1 ■• i , ■•!.!,
A Caution to Letter-Writers.
The ■S/iringfirlil llrpublican quotes the sub-joined
from a ease recently decideil by the Su-preme
Court of New Hampshire, being the latest
judicial .xpnailion of the law on the subject of
love-letter, t
" Where a Written correspondence I. kept up
between an unmarried gentleman and all Unmar-ried
young lady, of suilahlo age, whn i. not hi.
relative, the most common and natural inference
is, that it i. upon matrimonial subject. ( .inc.
where an engagement actiiaU// exiita, a Correi-liomlenee
aliiioil invariablyJollow: Dut young
marriageable ladies, at least prudent one., do not
allow themselves to be engaged in a correspon-dence
with unmarried men, miles, they suppose
a marriage contract exists between them. And
unmarried n.cn do not desire that such a corres-pondence
should be carried on where an engage*
ment doe. not exist, unless it bo from .onto im-proper
motives, or with die hope 1 expectation
of an ultimate engagement. • • « 'J'|ltl „„
engagement exist, oran oiler has been made and
accepted where a correspondence take, place
between such parties as are described in this case,
is, we think, In accordance with general experi-ence,
which i. one of the usual and moat .satis-factory
lesis of human evidence; and although,
when taken alone and disconnected from other
facts, it may not be so strong a. some evidence
that might be suggested, yet we hold it competent
10 ho .ubmiited to a jury, ami from which they
mayfind a promise to marry, if the- evidence
satisfies them of the fact.'*
She died at the middle of ni^ht—
But if she heard, ere die hour was o'er,
" 1 have not condemned thee—sin no more
Blra lives where die dav is bright
She made (he avowal to her physician, a kind-hearted
and charitable man, who bad already as-certained
that poverty m ihfJtrtl oitflMIO be
cured, and, to this end, be hud contributed his
! small but siiflicieni aid, for be was nearly as
TUE MISER'S STORY. Ln«*s** Thfphy.ici.Mofih*p<»r
. . , I possess every talent but that of felting paid for
I never pa., an evening in the green-room ofn ' '
theatre without bringing away something worthy
ol being treasured. No mailer what part we act
their services.
" it was this excellent man who look upon I
himself the task of writing In me. and on my ar-rival
at Marsiilles, he was wailing tor nic in the
coachsofTnc yard. A. I bad not replied to his
letter, be bad presumed in the simplicity nf bis
heart. thatlw<>u!d of course come, t.eneroiis
to give away a p
imprudent!' 1" shirt, I gave myself all the ex-cellent
reasons which the bnc of hoarding can
brim- so triumphantly into the field of argument.
My resolution once taken, 1 resolicd lobe firm,
and calling to my . isace a savage scowl, I looked
sleadfasily into the l.iec of the child. She too,
looked into niv face si lily and boldly, and ap-d
considering in what way she could break
has opened my heart to the claims of kindred,
and of man upon his Icllow-man ; and the llinly-hearted
anil grasping miser of former days, is no
longer die degraded being who would have bars
Icred hi. very so.il for a bag of gold,"
upon the slage, here, at least, we lay down the
role, and appear in our proper character.. It
seems a- if there were some necessity laid upon
ns. when behind the scenes. 10 throw oft*ill dis-guise,
and exhibit the true lights and shades of
what
heard
. _ ,- i ;.. . i . hastened In meet me, saving.
in Paris, which mav possess some interest tor I -
■ . i . i , ■ linic. mv dear sir; you lurcsaw that dclav won
reader, beyond the circle who knew and appro-1
ciated the narrator.
Anecdote of the Duke of Bucoleugh.
This nobleman was as much distinguished for
though the icy rampart behind which I was en- j hjs kinul|1.„ of heiirl a, for |,i. riches, milling
1 Emotions that start,
When memory plays an old tune on the bean.'
Death Scene of Robert Rantoul.
Horace Maun, in hi. eulogy on Mr. Ifautoul,
related the following touching instance of con-jugal
alTcclion, in connection wilh the last ill-
MM of the deceased:—
trenched. Al length, throwing her little arms rea| nouj|i,v „f c|iarai.,er ,,, ,hai of rank and sta-aroinid
my neck, she said, ill her childish man-ner,
• Will you be my papa I Ob. I will love
vou so! You look jusi like my dear papa;
Anecdote, of Burns.
Andrew Wnrner and Hums were pitted ag.iln.t
each other 10 write poetry. An epigram Wa. the
subject chosen, because, Andrew internally ar«
gued, "it it the shorten of all poem.." In com-pliment
lo l.iin the company resolved that hi.
„wn merits should supply the theme, lie com-menced—
"In seventeen hundred and thretty-nlne,"
and he paused, lie then .aid. " Ye see. I wa.
" Yet Mr. Hantoul, even amid the agonies of born in 1730, (the real dale was some rear's ear-hi.
disease, had lucid intervals. There were liir.) so I malt lhat cnniiticncemeuY' He then
convictions in his mind so deep sealed, and af- took pen in hand, folded his paper wilh a eon-and
shade, , ^ § ^.^^ «-««« •* «**d cross, too. but he was so rf hj> ^^^^, c„w ,,„,„ , ,,„,„„ ,„
we are and have been. No. long ago 1 - ^^ „,„, ,„.|iev(, ,„ ,,„.;,. ,,„ good, if he did look cru... I was,, t ah-a.d-are ^ Iieig,ll)0rllo0(| of WkMt> anll |,.fl ord,„ ,„
a toll, story ,n the green-room of a tbea re j ^ _^^^ ^ yml ,,„,„, 10„ , Ml| „ „ his place the following morning. Ac
tion in the comt.iunity. Tlw following account! fce(ja||| ,0 ^ hear, ,„ 8lrongi a, „ ,|anJ ,„,. ^j^ ajr of ,u|,|0„hj ^ himM|f ^ ^
is copied from the GltHgOW magazine :—
Some time ago, the Duke of Uuceleugh, in one
moved by any tempest o. delirium. On being table, like one who considered it no trifle even to
telegraphed respecting the illness of her husband, write a letter, and slowly put down in gonir round
his devoteo and excellent lady, then in Massa- hand, as if he had becu making out a birr of par-chusetls,
hastened to his succor. She arrived eels, the line—
■ here at six o'clock on the morning of the day he1 " In seventeen hundred and thretfy-nrne',"
I cannot describe to vou the .ntichmg etlecl . c jmg |0 agrPCment, the cow was sent and the ... inHl-...iv her vniee wnnr.l hiek nmHeimis-' . ..»..,
I he bivalent ,o a sentence of death. God will * M es, appeal; yet I filtered no, with I(ukc Lppeting to be ,„ dishabille, and walking j£JjJ""u'ZZ^t^Z ^EZ^^^S*JE
, , , ! reward vou for the good act.' This unmerited unyielding aspect. I rudely unclasped her lil.le ,„ „„ avenuc. iDicd , „„„ fe,,ow iIHlTec.„»ll, | — ^ „ „„,,, ,,„ ^^ ,,„ ,,,, ,,ven ~*2lT* j* . t '^. * ,
irT7?l^;\leZrrZ ' P-«« »« '""- •"" ' « - S—O-l-H, «»• f— •«-" >■ »'•'•"• »«"• -'*-" a »°"' atteinptmgto drive ,hc animal torward to it. des- ^|ns „ ..^ „,., „, „„-,.,,„„ ^,£*J 'ZtM^ZtSZ
'msayitwasuniiesened-andivhatmaneverre- ■" reply, placed her upon her *. beside „,e._ I „„.„„„. •,,,„ boy no. knowing the l.uke bawl- wa8 llMc|u„dll„1. ,„ .„„ olll). ^J,,, „. TZl^^nlT^IZZ^ZZ
The .welling of the disease had closed his to binnUNJOnhl. Ilv him they were rejected,
eyes, and it wa. beyond the power of muscular ,ur |„ i„s,aMl|v paVc'ihe following, ti.co tfCtl
contraction lo open them, lie desired to have ' „ |n mnmm ,„„„,,„, „,„, lhre,tv.„h„
them opened by mechanical mean. | lhat be The deil gut stall lo umk'a swine,
uii"ht once more behold the features and the faee !
aome one wa, Irving hvprove .ha our character , - ^^;_^^ ^ ^ ^^ ,„ ,„ • „.,„„, ,h, „,,„,,, owdly. frightfully pale. ed out 10 ,,ini, .. H,h, „1U11, come here and gie's
and detliay were controlled entirely by our orig- | f lh(.n „ |jn_le „.ar r„||0ll ,|ow|, ,!..«■. her marble „ „,„! w,i ||le „,„„."
inal constiiution. ami th.t it was, therefore ,m- ; . ^^^^ (^^^.^ „,,„„,,, rheefc. ,nd fell. ,e. ho. upon my trembling hand. Thl. 1)ukl. ,aw „,e niisla|ir am, detc,m:nr<, on
possible for « 10 change. • No man. said he. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ __ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ „,, „,.„ m ^^ f .^ w||fj ^^Myw ,.rt.u.lltlill(,.
! garret of a dilapldaled house, aituated in a nar- ed before me in their revolting deformity—1 felt ed on slowly, the boy still craving hi. asisiance: i w,^.n00> r„r ,„„,, ,|un twenty years, the light ol
•can ever be cured ol nil -ices or cwl passions;, - |||r mitmbl, _mv Crcedy avarice, my brutal conduct appear-1 .herefore. not lo understand him.the Duke walk-wbn
ever heard of a miser made generous I
•■ I have !" said a deep voice at my side.
am a living witness to the reality ofa change you
have pronounced impossible—for 1 wa. once a
miser.'"
We all turned toward* the speaker; I recotr
1 row street, with not even a ray
beer her lonely hours. Near
ealltv entering, was a lillle gill—she had large ' li
sunshine lo iiegradcd ill the dust—1 no longer tried to strug- at last he cries in a tone of apparent distress,—
>ii. wilh its gle against the principle of goodness implanted •• Come here, mini, ami help us, and as suie s
alt. I HO longer reasoned—\Jill—and j nnything, I'll gi'e you the half o' what 1 get."
indlu.lrou.eyea, arched eve brows already fine- giving away lo the happiness ol being guided by | This laet solicilalion had the desired effect ;
M , MI lumen towards me reco-- ; ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ hml H,(II|(,_ , ||h|U(.ll n|y ,1:,„tU upon lnp , „,,, |)uk(. „.,.„, al„| ,,.„, „ h,|plnj ,,.„„,.
nised bun al once a, one of the most successlul -^ ^^^ ^ ^.^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Uv^ ^ m , frff|j|^ S(i|(.mn ,„„,, „.. „ A||J ^i, s;||l| |||(. „okei „ lhnv lrul|r,
dramatic writer, of the day. and whose liberality,^^ m (f |n|(,„ig))n(!ef ,nJ „linpw| wi,h | claimed. • 1 rail Heaven to wiii.es, that, here in along, "how much do you think you'll gel lo
wa. the theme n every one. ihat serious reaignotion which early .uffering III}' mother's preseice. I do swear lo be lo thee ibis job!"
-And who pcformed .I,,, m.racle . inquired ^_ ^J^ ((h , ^^^ ^ ,^.„„, „„.„ (UUs,,„(.r ,v;„ „„„, „.nd(.rly .. 0„_ , jinna ,.,„_.. ,ail| „,, ^ .. ,JU, ,.,
■hat rlidd. ivcii then, ami bow elnonciiilv her hived Ihefirsl speaker. .child, even and how cloouenilv than I will hue ltihneee,, my child.' Uh, I sure u' something, for the lolk up by al the bousi
' A tear s'led by a child! Here our alien-! ... ... . , .. .i
lion increased, and we drew around the speaker.
••It was in 18,'M," said be, "I bad just given
to the theatre of I,a Porte Saint Martin a drama
which, ilius far, has brought mc the most money,
and—whv should 1 not say il ?—the most fame
ns n dramatic writer. I received, by the same
thin, pale cheek pleaded lor her! I gazed upon could wish you bad seen the mother when she ■ arc guid lo a' bodies."
her in alienee—1 begt i feel lhal there is in heard three word., Heiey ppeared lo gleam I As ibey approached the house, the Duke dart-childhood
in. irresistible attraction, a fascination wilh light, her feature! were radiant with joy, i ed from llic boy, and entered by another way.—
which we feel and acknowledge, aldiough our her hreaal heaved eonvullively, and ehe tried toI lie called a servant, pula sovereign into hi, band,
hearts may have been lor a life-lime closed In speak, bul ibeie was no sound—not a word could saying—
even- beneroll in or lender emotion. she niter. The phy an was alarmci id we
I longed lo clasp the dear child in my arms, bared she would nciiially die of joy. Hut joy
post, two letters from Marseilles. One was from I ,. . .,. , ' , . ", '. ,- .
' ,,. ,, ■ ,i . •„. but aordidavarice wbaperrd, ifytusufferytur teidom kills—she soon breathed more freely,
the manager ol the theatre in that ciiy, saying!""' . .. . * ... .... _a.nd, tears came„lo iher a:i.d. • Brot,h.e„r.,' ..;.di .sii.„
more
i ' " \ heart lo be ttwrhtdlni :rilii iiou art lti*l ! licit a
lhat, to secure the better performance and conse- " •' ' J ■' , ,
, ' • . i.i - i that I should incur obligations which, during mv ■ I baie w rouged you ; she added much
ouenl success of mv new piece, be desired in v i * ' *..'\ ... , ,, . , , ,■ ,,,
personal aid a. ,he rehearsals. The proprietor. ' »1'"1' lifr- » hi"' "U'V"'] '" ™? ' M be : "'"I'" ' "°"" "'" ^ ' "J- (
Of the theatre left the sum to be allowed mc for : '"'^^ "> •*« •ft«M")' "'C ■'"■"""* n"" P- "! } " '° """ T", U"^"C"
. . cry which surrounded me. Like one w ho sees lor mv brutality toward, her—it would have
my counsel, lime, and expenses, lo be named bv , ' ■»•"»» •"■■ ... , • . ,
myself, but 1 mus, Cert.inV. go, and go immedi-1 an *!" '« ,li9 f««' ' r""il<''1 « >U* ,h""*h'- »""«'b«">eJ ™ 7'*™!°?- . \ !'M""1' "'
Ml*. The other Ic.lc, wa, in dice word, :- ' Th. l-nevnlen. physical, could not comprehend her thank, by saying thai ,u her eel. o .late At
,iiiv deteelable aelCahneea, and he believed my ought to avoid the exertion of talking. I he
*IZ&^S&£Z*r£: **J—"-'"-■ «*>: !••• •*.r*""*tt,'°'V1 ",yo|,in p?,ine"* hundred franc, would save tl^ir lives, andYour hesitation of a miser at the tight of sulfering be lenee and quiet, and, after giving some direction..
presence here would restore them back to health, would avoid, would lly from, be supposed the was about lo take leave of hi, paiient, when 1
(Signed.) VICTOR uAatMKT, M. I).' emotions ofa softened heart. A melancholy Called him aside, and banding hu yptirse.de-
•• 1 said lo you al first, and I do not shrink from smile irradiated his features. Approaching me sired him 10 lake the necessary measures lor her
repealing il. (for I can now make llic avowal mure closely, be pressed my hand in his with immediate removal. I knew no person in .Mar-
Without shame.) thai 1 had the flinty heart of tha warmth, and said, • The sight of so much misery. sei!!cs,-.nd the wnrlhy man look upon himself die
tiemnn ol avarice. The physician's Iciier pul I see, alien, you deeply. In our profession, if task of finding a suitable resilience. • Though,'
me in a rage, and I frothed and lore i: in piece, wc would do our duty, we mus, become hu, too said he, • 1 fear she will not need it long.' • II
—for the proposal Irom the manager required an familiar wilh such scene, ; you, however, arc bill for a day.' laid I. ■ il will be one day snatch-immediate
answer, and I started the very next the only physician wauled litre—Id us go near- id liom years of misery.' Thai very evening
day for Marseilles. My journey wa. one lung cr.' Wc went closer to the bedside. I wa. in everything was accomplished, and llic next day
sum in addition. I noted down lo a centime my .a cold .weal, for shame wa. al work al my ' lound us in the occupancy of a small house beau-expenses,
1 estimated ihe value of every hour of heart, and my mean and sordid nibtcrlngcs tor- , tifully shoaled in die midst ol trees and llowcrs,
my lime, I fixed upon ihe mm In be asked for my lured me. j and near the sea-shore.
ndvire each word was weighed and had its " When my sisler.in-law saw me so near her . •• There, during ibree months, I clung to the
price, and nothing was omitted by which I could bedside, she rose wilh difficulty, and sal up in lond hope lhat my sisier-iu-law might regain her
• well up the amount of my demand.. My poor Ihe bed, leaning upon the physician's arm.— i health, and, for a nine. I bad good reason lo ui-sister-
in-law I thought of as little as possible, and There wa. visible in her countenance both pride dulge in the expectation. She was ever calm ' ling, your situation, and your character, by your
w■ben her image, in sickness and in poverty, did and resignation ; she would have commanded. Iand iranquil: she would smile tweedy a. I coveiousness; learn, liencelorib, thai bouealj is
force ileelfopoa my memory. I quickly bauisaed bul she did not dare lo command, and il was a ', would forget my filly years, my gray hairs, and the best policy."
II. lib! il wa. vile in me, il was infamous, for painful lask to ask aid and proieeiion Irom ihe beeotae a ehild again 10 please the being I had' The boy by this lime, recognised his assistant
I had long ago intentionally ill-treated my pool only person in die world she had despised. She sworn to love and cherish—bin, alas! my hope In ihe person ol ihe Duke, and die Duke was so | for in IfM iliac a year frnni that period I was In
" (.ive lhat to the hoy that has brought the
cow."
The Duke returned lo the avenuc, and was
souu rejoined by die boy.
"Well, bow much did you gel!" said the
Duke.
•• A •billing;," said llic hoy ; •' and llicrc". the
half o'l i' ye."
" Hut surely you goi more than a shilling !"—
said the Duke.
•• No," .aid ihe boy wilh ihe inmost earnest-love
hail shone down into his heart. Thank
(jod. sir, that, amid all Ihe alienations ami strifes
and hostilnie, which seem sometime, Jo flow out
of the human hosiiill as lliougb il were their nat-ural
fountain, there arc also affections, syinpa-
Aud pit it in a corner;
Km. shortly alter changed bis plan,
.Made il to something like a man,
And called it Andrew Homer1/'
Anecdote of Talleyrand.
This illiisinoii. diplomatic! one day rontul
tbies, tenderness and love, which arc insepara- hjnuelf between .Madame deStael ami MadattM
hie from il; allied lo il by "a more congenial af- Kacamier. bolh Intimate fiiends, both celebrated.
Unity ; and whirl, we always may find (here, I .. Vou n|.lV ,a). ,.!,„„„[„,, ,hl„g, ,„. u8 m„i1(
■ close as green lo ihe verdant leaf, or color to the |,llt w|lir|, u„ vou pr,.f,.rp mky Madame da
ro»e-'" Stael, suddenly!
•' Madame such a quelion is a veritable am-bush.
Take care of the penal1 code "
Prince, un subterfuge here I Which do you
line,- speak—'
Barnum.
In a recent treatise on business, is a papci com-municated
by Itanium, the great .how man in pri.,,.r_mV Iri.^d or myself f—Coi
winch he give, an account of his purchase of ihe ,„ j, ,,„, im,m.lle „r ,,,,, i,,,,,,,,,. ,fit
Museum in .New York, ami the means he look ' ' It will he her who will- deign lo honor me
lo pay for it. 111. example of perscveiancc,self- __j.i. _ I^I. ,:
denial and frugality hi worthy of imitation. He i .. What, .till .IrpUnaiiciV Well, I will pul
had not a dollar lo pay down when he took the ,|,e question in another Bum. Suppose wbiln
Museum, which he bought Irom a Mr. Dlms.ead. „a|ljl|(, „„ lhe *,.„„._ ,|,l9evl,n,„gi llir s„.„ ,houl(|
Mr. O.," as be says, wappointing a money ta
kcr at the door, and crediting me, towards the
purchase, all the money received after paying
expenses allowing me fifty dollars per month, on
which to support my family, consisting ofa wife
and three children.. This was my own propoti
ness : as sine's death that's a' 1 got; and d'ye ,;„„_ „„ , mu ,Wlvtmmrl\ ,„ ,„ |„, ,|lal „jx lllm.
no think it', plenty .'" | 0rt.d do||ar, per mnm ,\wM defray ,|| ,|le «.».
• I do mil." said Ihe duke, llicr- must be some j pe|KM,9 of my f.inij|v unlj| i |,al| pailj for „1C Mu.
mistake; and a. I am acquainted wilh the Duke, j ,,,„„,. al|J 'my IMtMI„ of a «,fc (.,ni| ,m.|, „
f you'll return w.th me, I think I'll get you I wifc is ., .. Ir,.a,urc ••) g|a,||y assenied lo lhe ar-more.
rangemc'il, and expressed her willingness to ml
The boy consented, back they went—lhe Duke
rang die bell and ordered all the servant, lo be
assembled. '• Now," said die Duke In the boy,
••point out the person that gave you the slid-ling."
*• It w:is lhal eblp then- \vi' the while apron,"
pointing to the butler.
the expenses down to #100 per annum if neces-sary.
"One day, some six inonlhs alter I had pur-ehaseil
the Museum, my friend. Mr. Olinsiead,
happened in at my lickel-oflirc at aiM.nl 13
u'eliick and found me iibuie, eating my dinner,
which consist, d id a few sliees of corn bread and
upset and we rdionld be in danger ol drowning*
which one would yorr help ?"
•* Both al once, or the one who w*a» in the
greatest danger ?"
•' Bui Mon«eignenr, he frank for onee ifr voor
lifo I Suppose lhe peril be equnl7y imminent f"
•* Well I would give mv right hand to you
Baroness, und the left lo Madame H-iCimief."
** Bul you could only Havft one—one only—Ao
you understand I*"
"Oh, Mad.une, you hnow so many fhingfi, I
suppose you can swim," replied T.dlcyrand,
The dtlintpienl confe.-j.eil, fell on Ins knees, heef lhat I had brought from home in the morn-and
attempted an apology ; but the Duke inier- ( in<r. *• Is this ibe way you eal your dinner f"
rupling him, indignantly ordered him loj/ive the In- inquired. " I have not eaten a warm dinner
huv the J-OVI reign ind quit hisntrviees inslanlly. since I bOOffht ihfl Mus-uiii, except on lhe Bab*
" You have lost," said the !>UM\ "your ihil-
1 know A leutler inaitten,
Aj gantla U the sjirinjr,
AK Mimuicr shower*, or summer I'tnvfcM,
'»r nny lovdy thing.
But yet this tender maiden
Caraifa no mt>re for m*1
Than inid tlie -lar-. ihe pide ihun'n Care^
Kor ihe poor loro-siek aatf.
Then iloo'l hoihrr her. if .-die don'l "care any
bath," 1 replied, " and I intend never to eal an- !,l,n2 f,,r -v',u !" |,,m'1 £° ■*«* whining like a
oiber on a week .lay until 1 gel out of debt." Bit'k n *•*• ,',,,,k "I1 J",",r h,Mlf *h" wi"
" Ah ! you are safe, and will pay for the Muse- Cart' ,or >'rt"' ,f >'ou arc worl'' b,i"S fcartd r<"'
urn. bel.ire the >car is out," he replied, flapping " l,"'',|,s fO« ain't."— Ex. paper.
me familiarly on lhe shoulder ; and he was right.
kinswoman. did not, tharefbrt, descend toMJtfitaliofl, but.
"Years before \hc period in question, I had trembling wilh emotion, the poin'ed ruth her
tecen cd a Idler Iron ">} onlj brother, (a true- allrnuated Anger Ui bel child, saying, in heart-
* i
\ little child bearing | sermon, andousemne
was not lo be milled ; her struggle with poeer- delighted with ihe sterling worth and hooealj ol lull possession of the Museum, as mv own prop, the niaister wry rebemeal in bis worda <*rtd
ijr and diaeaae liad been of loo long duration, the boy, thai he ordered him lo be aenl m school; vt\\ ; etarj cent paid out ol the profits ol lhe gaalure. eriad outw • Mother why don't (Mr people
I|I- iQttrCoa of litb wen eibavel^d awd BWdiol h*i»t ihere. and pro»tiled for. at Ins own expanse, i catabllahmetitl" I let the men 001 of ibe box P