The Greensborough patriot [August 18, 1840]

              THE GREENSBQROUGH PATRIOT.
VOLUME II. GREENSBQROUGH, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1840. NUMBER 27.
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Oiir Jessie.
OR, THK BXCLU SIV'ES.
''Who MM that prellygirl I melon lire
vtairs this mornip,* said Frederick Carle-
'Ilul »lii need il be watted, Julia?'
'II' cause she will, in all probability,
qiarry some rough aiechni.ic who will
never perceive her grace, and scarcely
appreciate her beauty.'
'Do you suppose, llten, that person-al
beauty is noi appreciated by the poor
as well as ihe rich, Julia?'
'Yea; but only certain kinds of bcau-
!•; a healthy coarse red cheek, and a
bold bright eye, are Ihe charms most ad-mired
among the plebians.1
'Julia, what are you talking about? Are
American! running mad? Here have I
n lurried lo my native cro.intry after an
absence of onlv five years, nnd while my
love for our republican institutions have
increased lenlold, I find my countrymen
h ive become perfectly beside themselves
in their aping of foreign follies. Plclri-ann
fo.toulh?—and, pray, who arc the
paiieiann of this rnosl democratic com-
_ — iimi.iui 1n1i1t1y?
on, as lie llirew himaelf mlo a cushioned I 'Why, Fred, there must be a difference
chair, beside his si sler; 'slic was an in- hetwnc'n Ihe upper and lower classes of
tiniale friend, I presume, for she went in
lo your apartment.'
' I auppose it was Sarah Morion, as she
is the only person I am in the habit of
admitting to my dressing room; was she
yen pretty!'
•Beautiful.'
'How was she dressed.''
•With the utmost simplicity and neat-ness.'
•It moat have been Surah; she drcsjol
with great taste. Did the lady yon mel
wear a black velvet mantilla, with a orbits
bat and a willow featlier!' •
'Pshaw! black velvet fiddlesticks.—
Do you call that simplicity? No Ihe
lovely creature 1 mean woic a little straw
bonnet and a hlack •ilk, apron; har dark
hair was parted smoothly upon hersnowy
forehead; she had soil blue eyes, and a
mouth like an opening rose bud; MOW,
can you till me who she is?'
'6li,' exclaimed Lizzy, ' It must have
been our Jessie.*
'And pray who is 'our Jessie/' asked
her brother,
'Only our seamstress, Fred; a pretty
lilllc creature who looks scarcely six-teen.'
'By Jupiter! if that girl is a oesmslrats,
Fortune never made a greater mistake—
il can'! be.'
'Well, we can soon decide Ihe matter,
Fred; Jessie is now al work in cur little
sewing loo.n, and as I am going up lo
give her some directions you can accom-pany
me.*
Frederick CarlcfOfl obeyed his sister's
suggestion, and sauntered into Ihe room
half hoping hil sister was mistaken. Illsr
no; there sat ihe object of his admiration
—there sal our Jessie, lurro inded bv
pieces and patches, shaping and SCWIOg
with the uttn is! diligence, and scarcely
laisinS her eyes from her work. Seating
himself at a little distance, under pre-tence
of wailing his sister's leisure, Fred-all
communities.'
'Yes, Julia, the difference between Ihe
I'.niil and Ihe wicked, the honest and die-hones.,
the educated and Ihe ignorant,
the governors and ihe governed—'
'You fergot ihe principal distinction,
Frederick. I he rich and the poor.'
'Aye, I thought so; ihal is the princi.
pal distinction in modern times, and of
courts the rich man is the patician,
iliough he may have raked his wealth
from the kenue', anil the poor man is a1
plebian, though his ancestors should
have been among the oily American no-bles—
Ihe signers of our independence*1
Oil. no, brother, you are quite wrong;
a mechanic, though he be as rich BfC'ro.
esus, cannot gel into goad society, but
if he abandon business hi fore bis rliil.
(lien are grown up, they are n reived, and
his grand children finally rank among
our first'ajlasses.'
•Provided they retained the fortune
for which their grand father lolled, I
suppose, Julia, Well I am glad to have
the mat-er so satisfactorily i xnlairiei,', i ,-
some nolidity of understanding lo depend
on themselves, for support. The ladies
pronounced him very handsome, but
shockingly unfashionable ; while the gen
il. men, who found thai his rent-roll was
nut likely to be diminished either at tbe
billiard table or the race course, discus-sed
bia character as they picked their
leelh on Ihe steps of the Broadway holds,
and wondered how he contrived lo apend
his money.
The simple story of Jessie Murray had
deeply affected Cirlcton, and the remem-brance
ol her sweet countenance did not
lend lo decrease his interest. How muck
of sell mingles in ihe best feelings of hu-manity
! Had Jessie been a fieckled,
red haired, snub-nosed girl, Frctl would
probably bate soon forgotten her sislerly
devotion, bul she was loo pretty in van-iah
from his mind. Some how or o'her,
it happened almost every morning thai
he found il necessary lorec his sisters al
an early hour, when he was sure of find
ing them in llie sewing room. His pre-truce
became al length quite unheeded
by Jessie as well as by his sisters, and
while he ataus, d himself in romping with
his little nephew, or quizzing Ihe chan-ges
of fashion which usually occupied
his sisters' thoughts, he had constant op-portunilies
of studying the character ol
'our Jessie.' He noticed her quiet good
sense, her fine taste, her cheerful man-ners,
her unaffected humility, Ihe patience
With which she bore Ihe capnees of his
listers'snd he repeated lo himaelf again
and again, 'What a pity she should be ob-liged
to lead such a life.'
One winter evening, as he was hurry-ing
to an appointment, he met Jessie,
who, with her bonnet drawn o»cr her
luce, and her cloak trapped close around
her, was hastening in an opposite direc-tion.
To turn and join her was his firn
impulse.
'White are you going at so late an
hour, Miss Murray?" be asked.
■Home,' she replied, still hurr/iog on
waid.
'At least allow mi. to accompany vou,'
pocially as we arc Ihe children of a roc]said he.
eh nie.' 'Oh, no, sir,' said she, 'il is nol neccs-
•Heavens! Fred,how ran you siv kn?[tary. 1 go home alone every evening.'
Our rather was an India mediant.' 'iiut you an- liable lo insult, and should
'True, mv high-minded sister, but he nol venture without a protector.'
hagan life in a eonper'j sliopdnwn on Ihe *tt e poor girls, arc- obliged lo be our
wharf where he afterwards built hi* slate- own protectors, .Mr. Cuilolon,' said Jes-sie.
'Wl
crick busied b-mself in s'.udvin," ih
countenance of the unconscious girl.
'Her features ale not perfectly regular,'
thought hi*; 'hot what soft eyes she has;
whel a lovely mouth, and how beautifully
her fine forehead shines out between
those bands of raven hair; her voice too,
is soft anil low, 'an excellent thing in
woman.' What a pity such a creilluie
should In' the slave of fashionable tyrants',
'Tell me,' raid lie lo bit eldest sister,
Mrr. DuGrey,at he turned to the dining
room, 'tell mc who is 'our Jessie?'
'Her siory is soon told,' said Mr?. I)t-
Grey, laughing, 'and for your sake, my
susceptible brother, I am sorry she is not
a heroine ol romance. J, ssie Muriav's
father was a painter, who, meeting with
a severe accidental injury, was confined
IQ-his bed for several years before his
death, during which lime bis wife sup-ported
the family by seamstress work and
dress making. Mr. Murray was always a
reading man, and after he was disabled,
he diverted his weary hours by books and
the education of his children. I have
been to'd thai he studied Latin and
Greek, in order that he night leach his
son, and Ibus fit bun, if possible, for Col.
lege, while he carefully instructed Jessie
in all the branches he deemed essential
to n good education. After her father's
death, which occurred not long since,
when Jessie was about eighteen years ol
age, she determined lo fulfil bis wishes
respci::;"ir her young brother, and secure
for him a collegiate education. She
therefore adup.i'd her present employ-montj
she is a neal seamstress and an el-egant
dress maker. Her services are
highly esteemed, and she works lor a few |
customers who engage her, as we do, for
several months together. Her brother en-tered
college last fill, and she is at all the
expense of his education.'
'What a noble-minded girl she must be,
lo submit lo a life of drudgery for such a
purpose?'
'She is the more praiseworthy, Ffi d,
because she could have obiaini d a situa-
Iv stores. Many a good barrel has fie
heeded snd hooped; and I remember
win n a little bov, how I loved to play in
the shavings. But Ibal is lluilv years
ago, Julia, and I suppose ihat you think
other people have forgotten it.'
'I wi«h, Fred, you could furgrl it. Il
is not pleasant lohave such things brought
lo light so late in llie day. They cannot
injure you nor me, but they may mar
Lizzy's prospects '
'True, I.izzv might not be allowed to
imrrv a mechanic's grandsc,n if il were
known that she was only a mechanic's
daughter,
Frederick Carlcton with some eccen-tricity
possessed many excellent quali-ties.
His father bad bestowed on him
all the advantages of a liberal education,
and after completing his studies ho spent
several vcars in Europe, While abroad
his father died, and his elder sister mar-ried,
so thai on return he found the old
family mansion passed into other hands,
snd his favorite airier Lizzy, an inmate
of Julia's stately mansion. His paternal
inheritance insured him a competence,
and he resolved to marry as soon as he
should meet a woman capable of realiz-ing
his notions of domestic happiness.—
Il is nol lo be supposed that the rich and
travelled Mr. Carlcton. (whose three
thousand dollars of yearly income was
more than dniililed by many-tongued ru-mour,)
lacked opportunities of selecting
a companion for life. But among ihe
inauoeuvcring mammas and displaying
daughter , he had as yet seen no one who
equalled his ideas of womanly lovelineti.
\ true American in feeling, he had lived
long enough among foreign follies lo des.
pise ihem mnsl heartily, and especially
did he abhor this attempt In establish an
exclusive svstrm in society. 'I am no
agrarian,' he would often saw *nnr have
I any Utopian notions of perfect equali.'v;
I am therefore aware thai there must al-ways
exist different classes in society,
snrh as working men and men ol wea'th,
men gifted with intellect, and others only
one remove from idiocv, but let us never
acknowledge thai worst of all tyrannies,
an oligarchy of mero wealth. A man of
enlightened mind and virtuous principles
is mv equal, whatever be his occupation, much wine!*
,;o.d whether his hand be hardened bv the
blaci'i'uiitli's hammer, or soiled by the
ink ofthe learned professions, il is one
nh'eh I can gra'p with re-peel.'
His notions nineli displeased his fas.
tidions sisters, and they look great pains
to convince him of iiis folly.• Hut il was
in vain ibev tried lo initiate inn into ihe
u my mother is wl-N si
ally comes lo mei | me, but in sued cold
weather, I do not wi5h her lo risk her
hi atth '
'And your brother?'
'He is ai .New H.iien college, sir. M
Carlcton let mc beg you not lo go oul ol'
your way for inc.'
Fnd orly answered by drawing her
arm through his. Jessie at first seemed
alarmed; liu', re-assurcd by his respect-fnl
manner, she consented lo accept his
escort, and they soon reac1- cr mother's
door. The light of a ch fire gleam-ed
through Ihe half open, ,1 .-butters, and
al Fred looked in Ihe room he could nut
avoid noticing the perfect neatness ol ar-rangement.
But Jessie did not invite
hi in lo enter, and he unwillingly bade
her good night, though he had a Strong
desire lo lake a seat beside lhal humble
hearth. Win il next be mel his sister-he'told
them of his adventure, and ask. d
why tin y did not lend a servant with Ihe
little seamstress.
'Lord, brother, what an ides!'ex-claimed
I.izzy. 'I am sure the can lake
care of herself.'
'Should you feel quite safe, Lizzy, if
vou were sent oul lo walk a mile at eight
o'clock on a winter?! night?'
' No; but I have always been accus-
'How so?'
'Why, do you suppose her rich admi-rer,
Charlea Tibbs, would marry the sis-ter
of s man K hose wife had once been a
seamstress?'
Frederick laughed heartily aa he re-plied
: 'True, I had forgotten,- Charlea
Tibbs ia the grandson of old Toney Tibbs,
who used lo peddle essences about the
streets, and of course it now good locie-
<y- Well, I will not interfere with Liz-zy's
matrimonial speculations, so'bamab
your fears.'
'Oh, I have no fears about il, for with
all your ccceolriciiret I am lure you
wouM oevei do any tiling so degrading.
Notwithstanding her boasted confi-dence
however, Mrt. DtUrey really fell
considerable anxiety about tbe mailer,
and she determined In send Jessie out of
Ihe way until her brother should have
lorgotlen his transient limey. Com in, ed
thai Jessie was utterly unconscious of
Frederick's admiration, and unwilling to
loseher services permanently, the thought
of a plan which promised success, and
she consulted Lizzy as to ill possibility.
'Aunt Tahnha has sent lo us lo pro-cure
her a seamstress for a few weeks,
auppose we induce Jessie to go; llie
poor thing needs country air, and il will
be jual the place for her.'
'Why, Julia?' asked Lizzy wilh a
smile; 'because she needs country air,
or because we need her absence?'
' Nay, Lizzy, il is no laughing mailer.
I want lo send her out of Fred's way be-fore
the has any suspicion of his folly.'
' Bul why send her lo Aunt Tabitha?'
'Because Fnd Will never find her
there ; he is to t< rnbly afraid of the old
ady's nentimtntiilitien ihal he never meets
her, and by the time Jessie returns, he
Will have some new folly lo engage Ins
attention.'
The plan was matured; and Jessie,
who really fell Ihe need jf change of air,
or relaxation from her continual labors,
continued to leave her mother for a few
weeks. Accoidiiigly, one bright spring
morning s stage despoeiled Jessie at tin
gate of s neat old-fashioned collage,which
slood on the outskirts of a village, about
forty miles from the great metropolis.
'Where it • our Jennie?' asked Fled
when he had watched in vain lor her dai-lr-
tcturn lo the little sewing room.
'Lord, brother, do you think I keep a
record ol her engagements? When sin
lias finished our work, she goes some,
where else, and thai is all 1 know about
il.'
The idea of that gentle creature being
lelon bad married Ihe rich and aristo-cratic
Charlea Tibba, w.'io was the pink
ol latbion, excepting bit dislike of per.
tunics, an antipathy probably owing lo
early auoeiatiani. The sisters wore es-tablish!
d lo llieir heart's content. A
fine house, French furniture, a splendid
Carriage, aud plenty of sen ants, had lal-leo
lo tbe lot of both. It is true, ihe
habitual failings of Julia's husbsnd, bad
made him a by.word among honorable
men, and Charles Tibbs waa a mere non-entity—
ihe very • ex,nice' of insipidity ;
but Ihese were trifling drawbacks upon
Ihe felicity of women of fs hiou. Fred
Carlcton woe residing in Paris, the hap-py
husband of a charming woman, and
enjoying all the pleaaurea of that gay
city. Had he to toon forgotten our Jes-sie
?
One morning Lixxy entered her sis-lei's
room wilb an open letter in her
hand, exclaiming, 'Oh, Julia, I have
good news for you ; Fred is coming home,
and his Parisian wife will just arrive m
lime loadd brilliancy of our winter par-lies.'
Julia shrugged her shoulders. 'I hope
il may be so, Lizzy ; bul Fred iw-auch a
queer fellow, Ihal he is quite likely to
have some dowdy of a wife, whom we
shri4t.be ashamed lo introduce.'
'OB, no,' exclaimed Lizzy,'' I have
seen .Mrs. Granlham, who hat just re.
turned from Parit, and who saw Fred's
wife very often in society ; she says Mr.-.
Carlcton was quite .the fashion. That
mysteries of modern fashion, he would I
lion a* nursery-governess, which, accord-1 neither couee.il half bin face beneath an
overgrowth of moustache and beard, nor
would ho imitate the long eared assc* of
South America in the longitude nfliissu*,
perl* ravn locks. He even refused lo
rarrv the indispensable cane,alleging that
since such a sudden lameness had fallen
upon life spiodlcshanki d men of fa,hinn,
il was 'lie J'jiv of I hose who c< uld bon i
inr/ to modi tn notions, would have be
far less degrading; bill she refused j| be-cause
it would prevent her from return-ing
eveiv night to her mother.'
'Is she always cheerful and good
humoured?'
-Yes. it is a pit" to see so much hcail-
|y and grace wasted in humble life '
loined to s protector. Such pom girls as
Jessie early learn to lake caie of Ihem
selves, snd do not feel the same fears
which ladies do.'
'For shame!' exclaimi d Frederick, 'do
you suppose Ihat poverty blunts even
perception, and destroys every delicate
feeling. Faith, I hr lieve the poor girl it
more favored Ihnn the rich in such res-pects,
for I don't know one of your fash.
tonablo friends, Lizzy, who would shrink
from taking my arm as modestly as 'our
Jessie' did lasi night.'
■Did you really give Jettic your arm,
aud cscorl her home?'
'I did; and when I saw the quiet, plea-want
lilllc parlor which she called home,
I had a grcal mind lo offer her my hand
at well as my arm.'
'Frederick, are you losing your senses?
If I did not know you were jetting, I
should think you had been laking loo
c"
'I never was in a sounder stale of mind,
my dear sitters, nnd yet I declare to you
I have a great mind to make little Jessie
your sister-in-law—ihal is, if she will ac-cept
me.'
Come, come, Fnd,' interposed Mrs.
DrGrev, 'you are carrying the farce loo
far; Lizzy is ready to Cry wilh vexation.'
'Il is no faiee, Julia, I am in earnest.'
'For heaven's sake, do not he such a
fool; a pretty business il would be to in-troduce
one of my hirelings as my sister.
No, no, Fred, ihat won't do.'
'You neiil not introduce her if you are
nshameej of Inr. I tiara say wc should
find socii iv without your aid.'
•it would bo ruinous to all Lizzy's
protocol
thus driven about from place lo place,
toiling day after da) with her needle, and
dimming her bright eyes over plans and
gathers, was extremely painful lo Fred
Carlcton. The more be thought of it Ihe
more uneasy he hi came. ' Why should
I hesitate,' thought he, 'I have seen all
ihe pretliesl girls in Lizzy's set, and I
like Jessie .Murray bettor than any of
them, Seamstress—indeed I I wondor
il Julia would like lo hear thai our own
dear mother used lo make six shillings a
day by binding shoes when sin- was mar-ried
to the honest cooper, our father?
Yet I should hale lo mar Lizzy's pious; I
wish I had some one to advise me. Now
I think of il, I will go and see Aunt I'a-hilha;
the dear good old soul whom I
used lo ridicule so much, will now be
my best counsellor.'—ISo with his usual
impetuosity. Fred started on a visit to
Aunt Tabitha, leaving his sisters quite
ignorant of his destination, and little
dreaming ofthe unexpected pleasure Ihal
await) d him.
Dear old Aunt Tabitha! what a sin-gular
compound of good feelings and ex>
aggersted sentiments. In cry lifcslii
i .d i ein betrothed in one •• l„ se • o. n
nit Ibeoaly obstacle to their union. He
had tailed for India, in Ihe hope of bet
leiine hi- fortune, hul II/ n. Hot rcturm d
lint did any tidings of Ins fats ever reach
hit native land. The ship was misting
—it had never reached its destined port,
and the sea kept its own secre' Deeply
tinged wilh the louianreo1 warm hearted
youth, and greatly addicted to novel rea-wcie
wearing bonnets a la Carlcton, red-ingots
a la Carlcton, mantillas a la Car.
lelon ! in si on, there was no limit to the
admiration she was exciting. The Duke
of Orleans had asked her name, as h.
met her in his daily rules, and express, d
himself in very decided terms respecting
herbctuty; the Duke of Xunours bat
danced with her al a ball given al Ihe
Tuillcrics, and she has even sung a duel
with the Princess Clementine, ai one of
Ihe soirees.'
'Can il be possible ! Well, if that b.
the case, she will be a grcal acquisition
to our society—she must be a woman of
some rank to he admitted into such cir.
eh s in Paris,'
• .Mrs. Crantham tbinka the it English)
but you know Fred hat always returned
some quizzing reply toouren'quiries res-peeling
her, and we Can onli learn her
origin from In rseif; she is quite distin
guish, d foi her Vocal powers, and lltoudi
skilled in instrumental music, creates
quite a sensation by her splendid aiyh
of singing. From all I can hear I judge
thai Fred has led as eccentric a life a
broad aa he do-sal home !. nobody knew
when he was married, bufafter living m
retirement for two years alter Ins return
'n I aris, he emerged from Ins seclusion,
bringing-with him Ins lovely and gifted
wife.'
'Well, wc shall know all about In r
when they arrive) she will certainly In
Ik, fashion, but I should like lo know
who she is—however, she is a foreigner,
and Ihal will be sufficient to attract al-uiion.'
di ig, Aunt Tabitha had always lived in
a world ofthe imagination, and the mys-tery
which overhung Ihe fate of her lover
seemed to strengthen Ihe romantic fervor
of her nature. For aome years after Ins
disappearance, she never left her apart-ment,
and n was only by awakening the
charities of In r kindly nature ihat she
could he induced lo lake an interest in
every day life. She had grown old with-out
having lost one atom of her early
tendency lo •entinicnt. Combining ac-live
benevolence with almost morbid
sensibility, she was often a subject of rid
ietlle lo those who did not know her vir-tues,
while she was sincerely loud bv
those who could forgiw eccentricity lit
In half ol excellence. Frederick Caril-lon,
in Ins boyish days, bad cone, ived a
great dislike of hi r pecullarilii ., and un-able
then to appreciate her real goodness, (cm I
WM terribly bond by what be styled her
•ttnlimentalitit$: Bul he had since learn-ed
lo know her better, and her very foi.
bins now seemed lo render her belter lit-led
to allord him counsel. What was
was the result of her adl
• « i
Let us pis over the lapse of Ihrei
' ' ■ ■ ' -,•'■• ■ i ,.
A few weeks later, Fred Carlcton ar
rived in his native city, and hurried lo
see bis sitters, whom, in spite df.Ibeir
lollies, he really lovtd.
'Where it jour wife?' was the Crsl
qiu slion.
•At the Astor House'
' Why did'ni you bring Iicr to our
house!' asked Mrs. DeGroy.
' Because I couldn't loll whether you
will like to receive her; you know noth-ing
about hrr, and I have not forgotten
your old prejudices,'
•Yes; but you certainly could nol
Houhl of her meeting a warm welcome;
. .r although wc have never seen her, yet
wc arc not ignorant of Inr high reputa-tion
lor beauty and fashion. We are all
impatience to meet her Fred ; come let
us go directly lo see her.'
' Excuse nte, my dear girls ; first im-pressions
arc all important, and I have no
idea of your teeing my pretty wife when
she is looking pale and travel worn ; I
positively forbade her receiving any vis.
its for three days, because I want lier to
appear in all her charms al Mrs. Gran-lham's
musical soiree next Thursday '
' But surely you will allow her lo see
her relatives.'
No; you arc precisely ihe persons I
have determined she shall nol see until
the is looking perfectly „-e||; | Uillll vou
to do justice lo my choice ; she has been
much admired in Paris, and I wish her
claims lo be as well establish, d here'
'So, you have IK come a com ert to our
system, brother; and really desire (o see
your wife a woman of fashion.'
' I have my reasons, I.izzy ; when I
Lave once seen her enjoying the undis-puted
possession of your admiration, we
shall retire to our quiet bom.' and laugh
iii ihe follies we nun perpetrate,'
Do you suppose ynur wife will bi
In retire from the gay sci in s
iih'ch she now adorns?'
■My Wife is only obeying my wishes
in leaving the seclusion Which sin h.vi s;
I have mv reasons, I I. II you. I!v the
way, what Ins become ot'our Jettitt'
'Ah. I'n.I. ion ought to thank us foi
maneuvering you out of that folly; if
we ha I not sent Ji -- o out of your war,
' --I II ■' • I -i • I: ' II. • till III
of a hill, g _ ..,i,i.lead of glorying;
iua wife who claims the atcaise of princes.
' I'crhapt I might, Lizzy; but where
■a the prelty seamstress?'
' I don't know; she snd her mother
removed from their old residence soon
sfier you saw her here, and I could dia-cover
no trace of ibem. I suppose she
is Ihe wifo of tome honest carpenter by
this time. Bul tell ut, Fred, when shall
we aee Mrs. Carlcton''
' We will meet you al Mrs. Granlbam'a
soiree.'
'Ah, I see; you think she needs the
necessaries of dress, and Ihe advantages
of lamp light. I really believe you aro
half ashamed of your wife, Fred.'
' Perhapa I am only ashamed of my sis-ters,'
waa ihe teazing reply, as with a
merry laugh Fred Carlcton hurried away.
When the appointed Thursdoy arrived,
ihe sislert, full of curiosity, repaired to
Mrs.Grantham'amansion; but they were
far too fashionable lo he punctual, and
t was quite laic when lliey entered tbe
crowded room. Their Steps were srtes-led
by the sound o( a timplo preludo
upin Ih.- harp; aa Ibey paused juat with-in
ihe door, u tweet bird like voice filled
ihe apartment with m lodv. The tong
was the fine ballad of • Old Kobin Orey,'
which, when well sung, never failt to
thrill every bean ; and at the singer now
threw her whole soul into the mournful
•trains, all stood in breathless attention
o catch Ihe requisite sounds.
'It must bo Fred's wife,' whispered
I.izzy, at 'hey pretsed forward lo catch a
glimpse of the vocalist. But her hack
was turned towards ihem, and they could
only ,ee a syiph.llke figure, attired will,
the utinosi magnificence.
' Ilmv do you like your new sisier.'
said Mrs, Granlham, aa the welcomed
her guests ; • [■ a|,c not all I pictured her!'
•We have not seen her,' was the reply,
and ai that moment Fied approached.—
What was their astonishment, when in
the lady who leaned upon hit arm, thev
discovered Our Jessie.
Ai he led his wife lo a scat beside
them, anil listened lo their gracious wel-
■some, ha could nol forbear whispering
lo I.izzy, ' i ou-are how much I an, in-tlebled
lo yourmaneeuvoring;—ihe part-ner
of a royal duke, the belle of an here.
rtitnry prince, the songstress of the regal
soirees, is, after all, only the |„i|c ncieint:
' But when did you marry her?'
'Ask Aunt Tabitha.
Fred Cirlelon had devoted the two first
rears of hi. weded life m l0o euliivation
"I inswife s fine talents and he- then
brought her into society, determined to
try whether heauly, ,a|on„t aml g
were nol sufficient claims upon the ad, ii
ration of Ihe fashionable world. He had
-ueceeded eye. beyond hi, hope,, and
as he beheld her receiving the homage of
rank and fortune, he could not but smile
ai "'-remembranceofindigmu.on which
hit sisters had once expressed respecting
;," **™/ia>? ■" alliance. A. aoon a,
be saw his wife's chwm. fully appreciat-
•d, ami was assured Ihat hi, sietcre hsd
become reconciled lo .he .hough, of in-tro.
luc.ng her.ii.io. society, Fred gladly
withdrew Iron,III. frivolous-gaie.ief, ,n;
Juring-alonghfe of uninterrupted do-mealic
happiness, never found reason ,o
repent hit marriage with "Our Jctsie."
Brooklyn, L-1.
Aarm Burr-In I lie cour.e of Mr.
Leigh s argument ycterday, („.- adverted
lo Aaron Burr tease. He said 1),,,. win.'
was Burr t intention be never knew, and -
lie .lid not suppose ii ever would be
known. Pending his trial „, ,h„ court
• *■ eity.be, (Sir. L.) .ban a young
".an, pa.d the most incog-ant and sludt-ou,
attention lo the evidence and every
Hung connected wilh it, but he could not
find oul what Burr had designed. Years
afterwards he made .he inquiry ol ihe
.10 Mr.,W.ckha,„, who wa. one
Burr's counsel, if be km w what were
Burrs inlentioos. Ho replied Ih.n ho
knew nothing more than any one else
»lghl have known who paid the same at-enlionio
the case thai he was compel-ed
to payroll. Mr. Wickl.am gave! a.
Ins opinions however, ihat Burr't design
was in gel up an expedition againsl the
Spanish province cf Texas, will, .-, view
to establish an empire .here for himself,
and ihal he intended to borr.w llie mo-lioy
10 defray the expenses of the exor-dium,
Iron, the United States Hank at
RCW Orleans.
of
If this were ihe case, il displayed the
laci and clear sight, dncss of Burr as
time ha-proved; lor he lived loaee, first
Mexico freed from Spanish dominion,
.-..(linen exas sever herself f.-.-in |h0
Mexican Rrpublic anfl become ai i.-'
pendent State. He was arreated m 1807
-/Arc- vrarsoTunrardn an inauireet.on
""■"«»■" ho \iceroy, a, ,| ,,
more, after several hard fought battle,-!
•be independence of Mexico was.
ed by the Mexican Congress. |l. ,
commenced preparations a little loo ,,-'
if his object ita, snd, ;,_ M,. ,,. .
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