The Greensborough patriot [May 6, 1843]

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VOL. V. GRHEN8BORO, N. O, MAY 0, 1843. NO. 13.
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H"^SS—SS^S^M-TiiE
LADY CLARA.
BY I. II UA.tA
My friend Beaumont waa the descendant of on*
of the oldeat and pruude.i families ol KM| and, In
forefathers bad lough: at Crnscr, PoicUera, a".
for aught I know, at Hastings it-.-lf II- cub
trace hia descent from one a Ik and efmiAe clad Mil
lo another, and then through a long snccesion ol
steel-clad batons, up to a ctriain Roila Bt antimni.
of Notmandy ; who, in his lorn, I, el a whole anny
of sea-kings, nr ancestors, al hm buck. Il blood,
theiefore, could do aatylh.ng lor a man, Ileauaamni
was charged lo the brim with n. Hut, "'■•'•U a d»\!
blood will not put meal in one's mouth ; and s.
Hick knea lo his cosi. The ear'doio—never very
rich at the best—had been growing pnon r am'
poorer through a long -urn « of gKiieralion-, like
an ulil tpinsltr h.-cnuiing Ihmnei and more angu-lar
with every vear; and now lite estates scarcely
afforded a decent competence lo the proud aider
brother of Dick, while Dick himself was Ir fi With
a most M beggarly acr.iunl uf empty-ben s." Hni
if he WII* poor, he waa philosophic ,- and rare m t-r
caught l|iui wi«h a wry momh. Ilia character, how
ever, will devclope itself in ibe course nf any sioiv.
I will only preonae, that I wss, al. Una lime, in
Lroudou, and that it was drawing lowsid Hie elate
of Hie season. We met al the door of my rooms,
when Dick, linking hia aim in mine, in his launli
• r way, accepted my invitation to spend an hour
ever a ri..»k of Sillerv.
"Are you going down lo Arlford Casile 1" said
I ; "my invitation waa to warmly g»»im th-.i I can-not
reaial it. I ui.d.-island that you loo wire mvi
ted i"
44 So I am, hu; don*l think I shall go, I know Arl-ford
Castle la the greatest boie ol inv I a I»-- I bete
never been there and never intend to go.
44 Not intend to go to Ar'fotd—wliv, I ahoulil
think Ihe fame of Lady Clara's beauty would carry
you iheie al Ihc But chance. Faith, my dear fcl.
low. she is saul to bo a perfect Juno."
••Very pomihly,-but H la Ihc Lady ('Inn who
keeps me away. Yon seem surprtatd, and I Mill
explain. You know the custom here—in your re
publican land H may be dilfr'ieni—to trade birth in
matrimony. Well, niv father and ih- father of La
dy Cars were intimate at school. Hut Lord Sea
forth's peerage only dated bark to the U-*vntuliou,
while ours was as old as the Norman Conquest,—
The Scaforth estates, however, air* very eaiensivc.
and ihe dower of Ihe daughler greater ihun iln
whole wealth of our earldom. So, when Lsdy Cla-ra
first saw light, a few yeara after inv lurili, H was
u Tr.innr-il thai she and I should he merricd. Things
went on very sviiinminglv, aa Ihe old Irrlks llin'i,
until a few yeais ngo, when my parent du-il and I
began lo think for myself., 'lion it stiurk me that
this being traded away like a horse was incmupat
11.1. willniiy maiihooil, howa.va'i compatible it migli'
he with ancient hluud, lor fou must know thai I
am on Ihst subject a bit cf a alr-mocral. I lore
awore Ailloril Casile, autl eou d an-tea becoaxed ur
driven there. When I giew up, howevi r, ami h-1
gan io lei I the value ol money—ihri 'drr rto6i«ri.m'
ofemliseil life—my raatfluliun !»• gala no elfc-ggi r.
and would have, perhaps, given way, nail not an
incident neruired which put all thoughts ol Lnjv
Clara to flight.
*' Il wss al a country ball, when I was just 20.
that I Diet the most h-aunlol of t-rcniuti s. a alerk
haired, • lion eyed, goddess-like woman. I call her
woman, because, Ihough iwo years younger than
oivtelf, she was even lii*-o no loiter a girl. If I
live to the age ol Methuselah I shall never foiget
those liquid eyi-a. that divine fnim, or thr melodi-ous
music of her tongue. I sought and obtain* d
an introduction. She was a Miaa Clrya-land—
doubtless from the name ol ihe descendant of BOOM'
honest burgher. My lordly elder hiolhei would
have sneered al hei, but HII.II caia'd I 'In aristocrat
ic ancestry ?—fur, lo tell the Irulh, our tilled Ins.
faihera were no belter than robbers, and desciveit
lo be hung, while the same aletpisct) huigtn r- wane
the only honest men in the laud. I danced with
her, promenaded with her, and hung loond her the
whole evening. In a word, I sua eriliaiicc.l, and,
to cut a long story shoil, esnetienced, for the first
time, what love lealiy is. There is a world of lo
tuance in me—it one will go deep enough lo find
it, therefore, you will nut be surprised when I l-ll
vim that, from that hour to this, though I have nev.
er seen Miss Cleveland since, hi r linage has beei
uppermost in my thoughts. Shu passed away like
a dieani from that sssetnbly, a d un one kntjw
whence she e.a.ne or wlinher she was g g. All
1 could leain was, she .loptied in a travelling ear
riage al one of the buiuls, and hearing of ihe ball,
look a wlnuiio (lay. Karly the ne»i uininii.g, and
hour, beloii' we were out ol out beds, she ie-eoin
Hit need hur journey, with no travelling companions
except the uiaiil, and an old gentleman »ho h ol
chaperoned lur to lbs, ball. Now there's a loin nice
in real life lor you."
I had long suspcclid the existence of a S'crol
passion for some unlnnwu >udy in Dick's btcasl,
so I was not as much surprised as I otherwise Mould
hair- been.
44 Hut have you never found any clue lu iliis Ill's-tenons
lad\-'ove }n
44 Never—and (here's the duce oi it, I havc
hunted high and low, and hern in ala.n.t avery
county of Knglaiiil, but nu Miss (*lr-v< li- .1 can I
find, WHO answers to my description. I bigin to
suspect -ho is an American, and ion must not h
summed if, one ol these days, I cross tin; Atlantic
in - arch of her."
houl.l give up ihc chase, especialli wnh
' 'ira Aillord in the prospr elite. Come—
... ilnwii io the Castle wnh no—.<.u haven't un
her since you both wie chiolien, and. from all I
In ir, she has grown up a pi rfeet goddess. W no
knows hu> sin may rlnve this plehian Miss Cleve
and out nl ynur head I™
■' Her dower would cerlsinly be comfortable,"
said Dick, with s shrug. *4 I hate a prol. ssion,
..it iniiai soon do something, oi staive. But then
I dislike niairyiug an hcirc.s."
44 Dm peinaps Lady Clara it collects you only too
well lor her own |>eace. Tney say she has refused
■ scon- nf suiiors."
44 I oonllas a wish 10 see her, thnugh I don't wsnt
her lo see me—bui ther«'» IH bore."
"Al.! I have it," I said alter a minute's llio't—
•'Ihtrr is an inn in Ihe village near the Casile, white
ton can stoy disgn;-ed—say as a travelling artist,
Inf you ski'leh well, and ihe scenery about Arlford
. celt braied for its ptcturesq ie chaiacter. Follow
.oe down, ami trust me to give you an opportunity
0 see Lidy Clara."
Dick pavsvd for a moment insjccp.thought, and
ittod looking up, exclaimed :—
" Faith. I'll lake vour advice. There's a htl nl
i.nuance n, vour plan thai commend, it to uiy ima-gination.
When will you start t"
"On Monday."
44 Then I'll precede you down so aa lo prevent
-o'pieioii. I shall lease to-morrow," aatd he with
nis usual decision of chaiacter, when one. amused.
I in-..M1 no in.ire of D ek until I rtsrhed Arlford
Cast'e. Tit* rompsny was large ami select, coin
prising some of the mo I heaulilul women in En
gland, bul among ilietii iht Ltdv Claia shone pre.
. n.iiienl. All that I heard of her lo»eliiies« was
rar surpassed by the lealtty. Her person was tail
and qitet lily, |» rhiii.s loo iiioeh inclined io en lion
pnml, bul sill! t-xquisitelv giacelul, «nd having a
i.ates'v that ovt rawed the et lu-c*. Aril then her
, .es!—dark, full and lus'rous, III.s bad in them.
Ihe spell ol a sjtsvi, Nevi r had a wntnau spproach
etl so nigh lo in- standard ol lordly In-auiy, and I
wished a tlosen litiiea everv half hour that my
friend Dick could see hei. I Ml convinced ihai
be was more ilian mortal il he did mil al once foi-
._..! Ml*" Clcvelsnd, and how al the shrine ol Ihe
Lull Clara.
44Cotifo.iiid the fellow" I said lo myself, "here is
i k- .(LI. -s with a fortune at his feet, and he go. -
whining through ihe country alter some unknown
anil waudeni.g damsel, who may fur all he knows,
he married ere ibis, lo some dolt, r.on.ion. p'ace
snap chandler. Dot we'll sec what can be done in
ihe way ol a cute."
Two da'» hail elspsed before I thought il sale io
visit ihe hiii it.n, antl there sine i oi.ugh, was
Dink, Incseil oni in a disguise through which Ins
•IHII parenis could seaici ly have dVicricd him. I
lollowed him op alsus into his room, anil wh. n
■ he dom was kicked we mutually related our ad
vi ntur.e. I i>|'ok. of the Lady Clara in eitth'taias-lie
It tuts.
■"Chill we bring llns laice tel close soon," said
Diek, yawning, "lor I'm becomingd.-ncc.lly lireUssJ
neing cooped up here, like a sheep for the sVnigb-ler;
or tiutlgmg over neks and Ihiough BOfsBSS,
wnh ■ skitch book, to deep up my character. The
first ol S. plembcl will be heie lo morrow,arid there
is pririu shooting on my (unifier's preserves, but il
1 loiter here much longei I shall lose much ol the
sport. The landlady loo, begins lo look sn-picous,
and III* once or twine given me a look thai said,
as plain') as looks could say, that I waa too (amid
ions for a tiaveiling artist,
"Will," sa.d I, "stippimi we try H now. Come
utih me to ihe casile. We'll loiter sttoul as if lo
rock out a good momilighi Vli w, and who knows
lini we may caieh a glimpse u( the Lstly Claia."
"Done." saul Diek ; and we ataricd.
Tiir, ('iislle lay in tic, p shad.in a- we approached
it, and as lb*' rrnmtoighi silvered the old g.uhic
lowcis and lipped ilie ul.miii.g .tlgesol the carted
vrotk thai io IMIIUII- miiini.il the noble pile, tht
scene pies-ul* d lo ihe eie was one lliai reminded
tine ol Hie enchained pal.ict sol lie- Aruloau Nights.
W'I slopped as il by commoi p.lse, lo gsxe on
Ih. ipMtmle, Suddenly Ihe figure of a lady ap-pear!
d in an op-n gallery above ua, when she
alooil. lor some mtnutts, lolslly unceiisf lous of inn
vicinity, fur we w, re h dden undt i Ihe shadow ol a
huge oak dial threw its thick foliage far and wide
over us
Tin- moon was sailing high in heaven, and on
thai In-gin lummaiy ihe lady gazed as il in rapt ad
in ration. The first glance al iliu fan apparition
assured me n wss.Ihe Lady Claia ; and never did
she app. ar nuiie nvvi ly Aimed in a magnificent
inhs of velvet ; Wllh her hail falling in luxuiiaiii
tresses down her nctk.snd her snowy snd rounded
-houl.l. is seeming whii.-r than driven snow in the
moonlight, slit- looked a divinity holding comtnii
■iion With upturned eyes, with a sister tlivinili of
(he skies. She wote a string ol pearls around her
neck, and a ulnte rose nestling in her bosom—fit
lines of her maiden purtlv. I »st so entranced by
ihe s gin that lor a inniule ( hail l.ig.iiien my cut,
panion, when I fell linn neivouil) clutch my aim.
I looked ai.iutnl.
"Hi ast-iit I how miign'.hVii.t—it is—it it—I
have lou-.d hei," he Mid, sgilsledij :
"Found who?"
"Miss (lest land. Isn't she s superb creature.
lit George, Ihe Lady Claia, Wllh her dower, may
go to ihe dogs."
I l.utsi niiii unrontro'lalile laughter, for if a
world had hern ihi price of restraint, I could not
have retrained. Tht fair apparition disappear, d
in an instant.
"Confound son,"said Dusk, half angrily, "wliBl
make, you si. in. rrj I You luve fiigbiinml anal
inv Snltai.a."
"Merit "saul I,"why here»ou'»e been avoiding
nu Lady t.lara lor > tars, and searching all England
! f r Mia Cll ve'iiid. wh. n they're but nne and Ihe
I same perso
| ran oul ol inv ejrfi
Dick gaged at ine in blank wonder. Never did
'a poor fellow look i •' like a fool. Tins only in
! eieasi d my mirth, and »i length Dick joined in il ■■
It.rarllll ai myself, capering about in hu ■ xuaia.
ga ,'jo. until I almost beg in to think Ins wits were
deranged.
'Ihe next dav a post chaise and four dashed
through ih» park of Arlford Castle, and inv frrestri
Dick paid his firsi Stall since bi.yhn.nl lo h. Lady
Claia. BuM lillle surprise wss fell, Ihough noi
meed ai his vitu, and ihe lady herself betrayed
.I. oid. d einhatrassmenl. Dick prospered wondei-
'ully in his wooing, snd the next summer he led lo
the sltar the l.-nli Clara.
It waa noi until after his marriagn that hia bride
explained to hnn ihe lillle plot connected with her
assumption ol Iho name of Miss Cleveland. She
H.IS Handling, with her father, from Arlford Cas
lie to I.n. .Ion, when she heartl of Ihe county ball,
nd ol Dick's intended presence Piqued si his
ludied neglect of her. she resolved lo visit the as-sembly
undet an aaaumed name. This was easily
effected. The result is known. Bot slss 1 m stri-ving
lo win Dick, ■ in Lady Clara lost her owo
heart. Delicacy forbade her alierwards lo reveal
her disguise ; and she waa cumpelled lo Host lo
accident. But yesrs elspsed, at wo hato seen, be-fore
she again met her lover.
The Lady Clara it now a matron of Ihiity, and
the lasi steamer informs me that Dick has fallen
heir lo the earldom, his eld.r brother having died
dining Ihe tjiie.n's visii to Scoilautl.—Lick) !—
wasn't he ?—HorW nf Fivhion.
2,350
Gild
HYMENEAL STATISTICS.
The Lanraai.-i (I't.) Examiner has a very huronr-otis
article under this head, wh.eh is quite too long
lor us, hut it concludes wnh a tabular summary
well worth quoting.
Number nf voting men now going a court-ing,
in Lsnraster
Of which, have actually popped the question
sud been accepted
Ditto, and been refused
Number whn are anxious to pep the quet.
lion, bul cau'i screw up th-nr courago
Number who have been jilted
Number hunting fortunes
Number of ennfirmed old baehrlcrt
<H which are no! worth having
Ol which would do <s a last resort
.Vnnher ol widowers who with to marry a
gain
N'linUer of widows do do
Number of yonnj, .Win who are in Ihe mar-ket
Of w hteh hare acmally had offers
Of which waning in s dreadful suspense
Of which concluded lo accept
Of which will ask lur moiher
Number ol t/uini'.- laditi in market with
"metallic charms"
Of which hold hank stock
Of which will heir a sm.nl farm each
1 )f which have rev i at inieresi
Number nl young ladtei qislitied lo make
good wnet
Ol which would dsrn their husbands' ttoca-chi..
A PAKAULK FOB Cllll.l)lli..N.
In a salitary pa.., among the grnvet,
wandered whithersoever b- would.
He believed himself alone, and knew not 1
one eyu watched him from ihe thicket, and that the
eye ol his parent was on hnn.continually ; neither
ditl he mark whose hand bad marked a way fur h to
Ihus far.
All that li» saw was new to Into, thcrelore he
feared nuihing.
He cast himself down in the long glass; and as
he lay he tang until hit voice ol joy rstig through
the woods.
When he nestled among the fl.iwert, a serpeni
rose Irum the inulsl of Ihein; and when ihe child
saw us burnished coat glittering in ihe ami, like Ihe
rainbow, he stretched tonh bis hand to lake it In
his bosom
Then ihe rotce of his parent cried from the thick,
el, "beware."
And Ihe child sprang up, and gazed above and
arou id.t i whence the voice cane; hut when he saw i
lot, pit sently rt oieinhr-rcd it no more.
He watched how a butterfly hurst from its shell,
A Sad Sign in iMuware —The lo.lowing irom
11- I). I .ware Stale Jo.n .al, his an awkward ap-pear
nice, espe'iially when we remember that it
BOHUss fr.nn a Siala lo wh.eh we have been her- to-fme
accustomed Is look wnh great cutifitleuci- for
■ he observance of order and law. We Iruai that
iha mailer may Ie? explained in a way -a «'-d
in prevent discredit from attaching to ihu eharacier
of Lntle Delaware.
Su$§ex County.—We have heard that a portion
of the citizens of Sussex county have determined
lo oppose the collection of debts from them. Their
circiimsisnces, they say, are such, at ibis time, that
Ihey cannot pay what tbev owe ; Bud il their cred-itors
exi elite and sell ilion properly and go.nU Ihey
will be letl without the necessaries of life and a
home. Ttt avert these evils, a portion of lhnm,wo
understand, have united, and are determined to
prevent anv sheriff or constable's sales taking place
in their section of the Stale. We believe the mur-der
which recently was peipetrated at Ceonoo'a
Fsrre, arose oul of ihis stale of affair*.
Modern Politic*—Caplmg Solomon Jumper, of
arTcfliileii faster than lie could puitue, and sum. the schooner ' Two Polltes," gives a long account
rose far above hit reach. of "'• pnl'Hcal bring.ng up, Ihe sum and tubsiauce
When be gazed, and could trace its flight no of which is as follows :
more, h.s Isiher out forth his hand, and pointed " ■"•*•■ ' h«»e shown vou whal my origin is, and
where ihe buiierUy ascended even into Ihe .ury i »•>•' "" •*•■ my political education- W.mktng.
clouds. But Ihe child tsw not the s:gn. "M"0" »" "'» moiher s side, snd JefrrMontoH on my
A fountain gushed forth amidst the shadows of father's „ds; snd experience has since taught me
the trees, and ill waters lowed into a deep and ,h" lew "■'<• •nu "fe cm"»* ,0' •a" '• ■• «" '*«
q.nei pool. Jtferumian nil manors gel mm trouble, ami then
The child kneeled on Ihe brink—and looked, *•" b"rk ■<" tnesakeof thecoumrv uponlke Wat*-
bright face, I
etl yWnearer
and it smiled upon hnn.
It/meet it, a voice once
he saw hia own hn
As he sloope
tnoro saitl "lie ware.
The child started back, bul he saw (hat a gutt
■jH • milled ihe water, and he said lo luuuelf "it was
b.il the vnico of the breeae."
And wben the broken sunbeams glanced un the
tnuvtng wslers, he laughed, and dipped hia foot thai
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ingionian prinripleit ']"" *» General Jackson did
when the mrrdera Jrffcrnoniant lalketl nf -4 Slate
rights" ami "the lo*t rxgnlt ofthe Stale;" ami got
things so riled up that ?it,llifieation began lo work;
and then he fell back, and with his kickoiy fetched
il s true Wsshingionian wipe nver the nose, that
left a scar lo its dving day. 8o please to say to
the mii'd and unmix'd democracy I am a JnfJKrw
ihe ivaiera might again be ruffled, and ihe coolnesi' •"»" »■ "°>'hl«l e""" *• •'"■ •-»- IFasnin^loniur.
was p'uasanl lo hnn.
Tin voice was now louder; but he regarded it
not, as Ihe winds bore it sway
lo correct anil wsrd off ihe evil."
, , Crou vurpotet.—A French gienadicr, knowing
i. a* .he wmd. hore .1 aw.y. ' g G.ruian , mt,f* i«>o one
A. leng I, IK, saw «,,ne,h,„g glut, ring ,n the »J, ^ t^Jfc ,.„ ,„, „,,. Tha
depth, of the pool, .,.1 he plunged ... lo re.ch II., , MM hi< ^^ fc
A. he sunk, he cried foe help. following qucil.ona. which, however, when asked
Lie th. wa.er.clo.cd over h.m. hi. Father. I H were dtfle.enlly arr.ng.d.-
hs.,,1 was -iretehed oul lo save hint. gj^ „„*„,.„„„, „ „ n,ce,„r, lo king, „ ,„
And while he yel shivered with chilluest and
l.-ar Ins parent said milo hnn :
Mine eye was upon thee, and thou duht not
heetl; iienlu-r hast thou Ivehetil in4' sign not hat
kened to my voice. If thou hadsi thought on use, I
147 pad not been bidden."
00 i ' Then ihe child caal himaelf on his father's bosom
47 j and said :
40 • Be ulgk unto me slid, and ir.no ever-hall wait
on ihee, and mine ears shall be open un.o thy voice
0,841) loritermore !"
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'Il which skilful in astronomy
Ol which learned in lite languages
Ol which able lo spell their uwp names
Of which know how lo walla
Ol which knuw how IA make e pudding
Of which kn'iw how to use a apinmrig-nhecl
til which know how lo spend their husbands'
money 6,649
Here it a ■ lamcssierttn school" lo which out
fs.r young resders will, we arc sure, be ready lo go.
B- Something, DO mailer what. Throw aside all
collaieial aid.—off wnh yonrcoals—snd determine
in work vour way up. Providence, Providence
has nioflded ihe laddi r; there il is before you :—
come mount, mount. Don't fold your arms until
you cini find sum.-thing thai suits your talents.—
Take the chisel—the saw—the exe—Ihe hammer.
We recmli'Ci a young gentleman, an intimate frusntl
—who was a few years since w. aitliy. being worth
snnu $50 000. He waa in excellent business;
bul the laal panic, like a whirlwind, swept hi.
whole piopcrly ovcrlmard, and left him a bankrupt.
Did he remain idle ? No. He braced himself up
lor s Ires,i struggle. He minded mil hi. delicate
hands, but worked hi. passage from a Western port
to New Oil. SUB. Finding nothing m do there hr
worked Ills wsy up lo New York. There wc found
bun bust snd contented as of old.
"What arc vou al now. Bull"
"Al !—oh, I'm norler to a broker in Wall elreel "
"Pay well, eh t"
"Why enough lo live on. I receive nine pence
a day, and have the privilege of sleeping on his
counter st uighl. Ha!—ha!—ha!—a broker's
counter makes ralher a hard bed."
"Ilm Bill, you ought not to live ihus. Your ta-lents
should make you look higher."
'•Av, and so you would have me run Ihe risk of
starving, out of ri-speci lo my talentst I must do
something- All I want is a loothold. Inquire (or
me in a year from now."
In a vear In- had worked his way up lo be aeon
fidenlial book keeiu r it. a laige New York establish
tm nt. lie will be admitted as a partnei anon, and
will acquire another fortune. He adopted ihe Hue'
method lu keep oul ol milckirf.
magueiizcrs. The sergeant supposed lie king
would sdjusl ihe questions in IIM- loll .wing order:
1. Fellow soldier, how long have you been in
Ihe service 1 Ans. "Three months.
3. How old are you T Ans. Thirty tears.
3 Do you like your pay ai-d rational Ans.—*
Both.
But when Ihe king and soldier mel Ihe following
was the arrangement of the questions :
A'I n». Soldier, how old are you f
Soldier. Three months.
A"iri'. How long have you buen ia the service?
Soldier. 'I'lurty years.
A'tng. Ar« you a fool, or am 11
Soldier. Both.
POWER OF MUSIC.
Most of our readers probably remember the ex-pedient
resorted to by Napoleon, while crn-siug the
Alps, lo rouse Ihe drooping spirits of his braro bul
I iiigm d ami half froaen legions. The band, by ,
(he Ueswial't order, "struck up" ihe " Msiseilles Active Old Age.—There is now 'iving al Free-
Hymn," which almost instantly had a magical of | lnwil ,„ Ma-eachusstts, an individual in the ninety,
led upon the spirits and physical powers ol Ihe old ' fir.t yesrol hit age, who.a few Weeks since, in the
soldiers of Ihe Revolution. A siinnar expedient capacity of eonslshle, which office hu has hold for
waa recently ies.uled lo, wnh siuulsr success by s an tears successively, summoned in one day thrre
British officer in Affghauialan, at will be seen by jurymen lo attend the March term of lb' Common
the lollow.ng: I'Pleae CoU'l—th» residence of lh» jurors being 18
44 The order of march having been again given, I miles aparl. In Ihe rourse ol his life, he ha* Men
several lefused lo move, from sheer ■ ahausiion I at sea forty two years, and under eight different
and Ihi-il situation became one of great embarrass flags, English. French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch,
meuI to lhe:r Colonel, who waa awair that if be Dine, Swede, and lhal of Ihe United States. Un-ion
them behind, they would lie instantly tabled ring Ihe Rest.luliuti he was liken ctpl've six times,
hy the enemy, who weto slways hovering on our After all this knocking about in the wnr'd, he ia
rear. Recollecting that il waa Si. Painck's dsy, ' ,f,ll represented, as may be inferred from the above
and lhal most of Ihe lecussnls were Iriahia. n. he ( fact, hale and active, and promises to see anolbei
ordered, as a last resource, lhal the hand of Ihe ; half score.—Q/.iney Patriot
reginienl should strike up their national antlum. , * "
The effect was electrical. The pool devils, whose Bultoer—This pipular author has declaim! he
limbs a .holt time previous had refused in perlonn In a letter
Iheir accualomed office, and whose countenances
wore Ihe aspect uf lite inosl sbjeci di spond. nry
seemed al once to have new hie and energy Infus-ed
into them. They fell ihst Una was an appeal
to their pri.vf.btal brafeiy and powets of endurance,
and gratified vainly did thai which threats and re-monstrances
had failed lo effeci. A Intel smile
. lit up their r.-siuies, and, slowly rising from the
I ground, Ihev loitered ol. then war."
T»* C'omrl.-The Fall River Argu. hows Ibis
"intcreslin,, siranger" from the preaence of the in
luL nants of this terraqueous globe in Ihe following
glowing strain. :
"The comet it barking out wnh great rapidity j
alieariy both nucleus and tail are fading in the dis
leti rruination lo wine no more novels,
recently wrifgen, he aays :
" With the last page of Ihe • Last of the Barons,'
closed my coreer as a wntei of fiction. You have
long be. n aware thai niv graver studies have he. n
gradually unfitting me for Ihe la-v. oflhe ' Roman,
rei.' The ' nghl of other days is faded,' and my
fancy no longei kindles at a spaik, as in happier
hours of rare. I am loo wise nf jeopardta- whal
linle eretiil I may ha»e warn already, ami therefore
hid farewell—a mournful farewell, it miv hn, in
Ihe light labors and flowiiik dreams of the novelist."
Ckarity begin* at Anew—This tinie-bonnreal
maxim is well illustrated by the following anecdote.
Which, if not altogether new, will bear.frequent re-
„ petition.
lance, and will toon he beyond mortal ken. Good I The celebrated John Randolph, on a visit to a
bye, thou strange, but not unwelcome vistter ! thou i female friend, found her suriotindeal willi her s. am-peacoct
of the vktes! ihou locomotive of ihe a-uipy- j airaaaea, making up a quantity of clothing. '" '
The follow.ng, not from the Midnight Cry, 'jul
Irom the "Vial of •» raih," (New Yurk,) is ool so
had:
"The best had .even beetle, and ten horns on
each heatl, ah'ch makes seventy hums, answering
lo Ihe seventy w.-.ktol Daniel. Now, the tail ol
this beast was 666 I'el long, which is ihe number
. ftb. h.-ast. Mu.11ply Ihisny 7, and it makes 4,66'J,
winch was the age of ihe world when Ihe first anil
Christian pup.- I.egau lo reign. Now, lie up tin
■regal'l lull into th,ee I noi-and it will shorten il 11
auJ again I laughed until ihc l. ai» 614 feel 4 inehea, which being nuilbplied by 3, iha
number ol knot, gives 1943 exactly —Ihe year U
which ihc world will bi burnt up. Hut there is
aooiher remarkable coincidence. Marun Lallanl
wore boots, wi'h nails in the soles—jutl sMW naits
III both boots, w Inch, hemp mullipill al by "he sett ia
bead., gives 1841. Throw in Ike hoof, which cm
n an ! Ihou awcrper ol the dust and cnbwebs Irom
Ihe ttart! Ihou terror nl Ihe rgnorstil, hm wonder
and admiration of the man ol science ! V deleter
in the illnniiable realms of space thou inay.st
journey—whatever may be thy errand, whether ot
rnercv or deaiiuction, Ihou canal not say hut tha'
■ he dwellers on Ihis lillle ball nf ours have noltced
and Healed thee as hi came thy exalted cnnduu.n.
Ilatlst Ihou vouchsafed lo have approached a little
nearer, and reins d longer, we should have liked
il heller; but, .. H is, we arc content, and bid Ihee
good night, old wlink. landn.
The wind whitpt I'd ihiough the branches with
a long, sighmg sound, etui e»ery now antl then, ibe
it,siting noise was heartl of a withered la-af alrop
Ping upon its dead companions lhal once flourished ' make) any will, he anpl
green upon the same hoivgh, bul had fallen before
It to the earth, Il *aa as an linage nf Ihe pas-n g
■urieiii if iimilal life, autl such, probably, as Ibe
t i.lie of lhal loaf is Iha only ml thai nsa-a up
lo sutienor beings as, one by one, we drop inlo Ibi
i.iinh winch baa isjsjeived before us thu bright ami | left i» about $1100,000.
•What
work have you on hand I" " O, sir, I rim preparing
tins clolhtng to venal lo the pom f lieeks " On la-
King leate, at Ihe steps ol the mansion he 'a a s.itiia
of her sairvanls in need oflhe vety ekilfaing which
tin ir lender hesrled auitiress waa si tiding abroad.
He exclaimed. 4l Madam, liSe Orrtk* urr at your
door!"
A Nice Lair Point.—In publishing lite tl-ath of
William Ayies, ol Ihc borough ol Bullet, tho Pitt.,
burg American aavs:
"A nice legal question, snd one of much imnnr.
lance, will arise li.un ihc ciioomitance of lins gen-lb-
mail's di alb liking plane al ihe time it did. UOM.
Avres was neier -parried, hut lefl an illegiinnate
-on, who was ro heir Ins estate ; anil, neglecting lu
I In the Legislature lo
„ Ins son legliiinallaV il, and an act lo Ibsl i Beet
„.,. passed ami approved on the 4ih I last, at about
ia ..'cloak, tien. A. dind al 4 o'cNi-k in ihe
.norii'i.g uf the same day Th.- ■] •<"' naturally
.ris.-s, is ih- son Ifgnianansid 1 Tiie properly
Tin I" aiu annul:mis Out'
respond lo Miller anil Himot. and :t gives 1813." I nants of our decav.
beautiful wt have known; an existence i- exam
guiabed, a state of hcnig is ovei, ami olhel things
ire ready lo spring up from ilia mouldering rein
; la erale heirs.44
The interest nf th" National Debt ol It real Bril-
I ttnis'atJMiut a.88,700,000.