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"To charm tho languid hours of solitude, He ofl invites hcr lo the Muses lore."
From the Mccanlile Journal.
Plant Flowers arottnd the Grave.
rUnt flowers around the grave—
Wreathe nol wilh thoughts of gloora That quiet reming place.
The peaceful, lowly lomb; But let the hrighl-hued llowers
Their fragrance o'cr it shed. And link wilh gentle thoughts, and pure.
The memory oflhe dead.
Plant flowers around the grave—
From the dark forest bowers. From the home-garden bring them.
The fair and  fragrant flowers; And Ict them hloom iu light,
The lowly niound.s abovo. Where the departed rest in peace—
A token of our luve.
Plant flowers around Ihc grave—
For many slumber thero Aa gentle as Ihe flowers,
Aa pure, as loved, as fairj This ia their quiet home—
Around it we'll entwine Flowers, sweet as arc ll.o memoric*
We in our hearls enshnne.
riant flowers around the grave—
Those who wcrc once so dear, Gazed oft upon their hues.
And loved them well whilo here; Their hands have cherished them—
Brightly they'll cluster now O'er the green sod Ihal lighlly rests.
On the pale sleeper's brow.
Plant floweis around the gravel- There let them hloom and fade.
Like flowers in autumn time, Our hopes in dust are laid ;
Spring wakes the sleeping flowers. And clothes Ihe carlh in bloom—
And spring, ere long, shall come lo wake The slumberer iu the tomb.
'You have come lo slay—havo you noil Do now give up running your sloop unlil things be¬ come more settled. Vou will bc captured yet,' she continued, as hcr lover shook his hcnd, 'and Ihen if thrown into those dread prison ships in Kcw York, you will never gel hack.' Notwithstanding thc imploring lone in which she spoke, her lover Mill shook his head.
¦Nay, dearest, your-vomun's fears alarm you wilIioi\t cause; There is no danger, TheEnglish ships have lefl tho Deleware, and I must make the old sloop pay mo now, fur yotir sake'
She buried her facc in his hosom to hide thc blushes al this allusion.    Ilo conlinued cheerfully.
'Now can you liud mc a supper] Vou boa.st of your housc keeping you know, and yet I'll bcl wc ] and she did not wako thc inhahlfanls, for lliey were are almost asgood cooks on board. At any rale suspected ot being unfriendly lo the W'higs, soshe wo aro a lilde moro hospitable when wo see a visitor incicly unioo.ied a hoal which she found lying hy who has corae miles lo sec u?, and Walked all Ihc | die walcr-sido, and entering it, waited hrcadilcssly ,vav.' ll' the ajipearcncc of hcr lover's sloop.
Ifc said diis in a playful tone, nnd Ihe girl iinme- .V quailer of an hour passed, which ficemcd an diaiely hastened lo scl Ihc supper table. His eyes age and yd no signs of tho vessel were visihie. followed hcr graceful movi'nicnts, and ihey convcrs- 'Surely it cannot have passed,' shesaid anv cd together, ns lovers only converse, during Ihcha'.f iously. ' Yd tho wind is fair and the lido strong.' Imur in which the pieparalioin for tho meal woro ] AnoUicr inlervnl elapsed which hcr alarm mag- g.iing on.    Al Icngdi  the olhcr  memhcrs of the | niflcd inlo an hour; and at last she burst out:
she prayed for a fow moments silently, after which shoutud die refugee leader, rocking in tho stern she rose, wiped th.e lears from her eyes, ond set forlh shoels with Ihe molion of the boat, unallendcd on her long and very penh)u.s walk.— More Ihnn oncc she started as she wound her way Ihrough a solitary forest, al theory of a night bird, and now and then some unknown noise, or a dis¬ lant shadow assuming suddenly the shape of a hu¬ man being, would cause her knees to lotler, hut, aflcr leaning for a space against a tree and sum¬ moning aid from on high by a hasty prayer, she would recover confidence and go on.
At Icnglh she reached tho shore of the river, aflcr more than an hour's Iravel. She rocognizcd the place at oncc, and following the hank soon ar¬ rived al a solitary form house.    All was still around.
family  camo in, ami   du general
conversation   lecamc
'He has passed and I shall never sec him again,' e'.ie sohhod.     '0 1 God of mercy sparo his life!
Sleep on! Sleep on!
Sleep on ! Sleep on! Baby, in thy lilllc grave; Soflly o'er Ihce leaflets wave ; And, though evening veils the sky, Staia in love aro throned on high! They will have thcc in their keepinB, While the dew thy turf is sleeping, 'Wilh thine hands upmi thy breast.
Sleep on ! .Sleepon! Thus the sweetest lake their rcsl!
Sleep on ! Sleep on! Lo 1 an angel hosl nro near ) I can feel dieir prcseuee here) They are watching o'er llice now Baby mine, though blanched in brow ! Fast Ihy mother's tears are falling. While thy lineaments rccidling, Widi Ihine hands upon thy breast,
Sleep on ! Sleep on ! Thus the sweetest take their rest!
Il was cady, however, when the young man roso | and clasping hcr hands convulsively, she looked up togo.    The gid followed hiil) out lo Ihcdoor. to heaven.
' Why so soon I' sha said. I     Suddenly a sound met her car which she mistook
' Il is high lide, ami 1 have nlrcady overstayed my fur die creaking of a block. Sho starte.l up in the lime,' he said. ' Uut in a few days I will he hack, boat, every feature of hcr faco radiant with hope, and it may hc twill he so succcsdful that there will and looking eagerly toward Ihc hend of the river be no necessiiy foi. going again.' above,    jlul she was doomed lo a disappoinlmeut.
'God granl it maybe so,' shesaid fervently.    •! i For five minutes she gazed in vain, i'eel a presentiment of someMangcr impending over I     ' Il was only tho sighing of the wind, she sob- you.    Thero is Hogiin the refugee.' bed, ngain overcome hy tears.    '0, whnt shall 1 do?
'Ho owes ino ill-will I  know,'enid  Ihc lover,   whnt can I do !' ehe aaid  piliously, wringing  her 'ever since you havo preferred i.ic tohim.    But ho   Iionds. has left this part cf the country, »nJ I sho'jIJ never |     All at onee tho apparent sound of die sliccIs tra-
Now's your lime.' snid Brig'^s, energetically; 'pick your men.    Ill lake Hogan.'
Tho muskets wero rnised, and a hrcalhlcss in^- Etant ensued.
'Are you ready,' whipered their leader.
'.\ye!' was the prompt, slcrn imswer.
• Then fire!'
The volley was not a moment too soon. Throe of the men iu thc boat fell, but nlnioit immediately she struck the sides of the vessel, and her crew bcg':p to scramble over Iho barricades erected be¬ tween them mid hcr defenders. Firing was now imiroasihle; thc conflict was hand to had. Ilwas then that Briggs remembered Ellen, wilh each blow of bis sturdy arm.
Clubbing his musket he met his assailsnts at every point, cheering und animating his scanty hand, even more hy his eTi,rn[i!e than his voicu.— Short bul terrible was the conliicl. Most of the outlaws never reached the deck of ihe sloop, but feel back wounded or dead, inlo ihc boat, while the few who gained at least a fool'iold  on the vessel j
Prom ihn
LiBr.aA-rr.n Slatis i:r thi: CoiOiviKS—The American Presiilent's Misan^e.—Mr. A Idam called the nitenti.iii of Sir R. Peel lo a pnssase in Ihe le'- conl me-s.sago of Ihe President nf tho U. Slates, in whieh it was alleged wilh regard lo our e.Torls lo suppress the slave Irade, thiil " the slaves, when captured, instead of being relurned to their homes,
are  transferred to Ilcr colonial possessions in the i . ,   .    ., -   .       ,
West lndic, and made Iho means of swelling the | '"'""'"='" '^':"' '<""'"'=" ""•^—^ "'">' '''>" ' ""'y amount of llicir prCKlucls by a system of appren- lier.ship for a term of years;"   and betfged In ask whether Ihe President wos correclly informed ?
Southern Miseelluney.
Ae.iiTsT*, March-Ilh 1845.
Mb. EniToB :—I've hearn so much ffrumbling
about Ihc shortness of life, nnd lime's fiying so fast
thai I um lircd of hearing il—'taint no auch thing !
Lire'... awful lone, and clocks nnd ivatches will have
l^ir K. Peel regretted that the President .if the IJ. Slales should have thought proper to send lo Con¬ gress a formal me.s.inge upon that itnporlaat fiuli.(ecl without ascertninirg the real condition of thoie liberated negroes when inlhe British colonies. The messnge stated thai, on the capiure by British ohips of negroes inlended for siiivery. Ihe laller were scnl lo Ihe West Indie.^, and suhjeiled to apprenliccfiliip a lerm of years, and treated with nearly the same severity that wns prnclised loward them while slaves, riow, the wel of the case was, that Ihe state of ap- prenliceshiji, was. and hud f,ir some year.s heen, al- l.)K,-!h«r abolished in ihe VVest Indies, and no hliek, wheiher he went there as a free emigrant or a cap¬ tured and liberated .iiave, was ever required to tw apprenticed; he was perfecllv and entirely fire, and enlill?d tn all the righls  of'lr"edom.     'I'liere was
anolher alie..;.ilion conlained in Ihal inesM-.ge, Ihal
sunk|finally,beforc the athletic arms or.d indomitable    vea.iels be!on,°;ing to England i..s well as lo Ihe f,'.
courage ol the defenders.  In Icf.) than five raiiiules   Slates were engaged in the i-lare trade, wascnnilid
afler Ihe attack began, thc rcfuvces wei. repulsed    "> '''f ""',"' "«''""'' "^oniude.alios.    Ho was not pre-
-...-,    ,      ,-„',       , .,    c        .       pared to d<nv tl.at aUB|||K)n; huUie sineertlT h at every point, their leaders killed, r.nd the few who I '   - '^^^m
fenr him in a fair fighl.'
'But  ho was o.w.ays would altack you secretly.'
' Oh! hut there is no fear of him.' gaily naid Iho
versing their iron guide broke the slilhies.
id this
remained alive were in full flight lo !he shore. Two of their nuuiber icintincd prisoners in Ihe hands of Briggs, and subsequently met the deserved fate of their crimes.
No sooner hnd the enemy Icfl llio vessel than Brigg." hastened to Ihe e-ahin. Ellen was already ascending the gangway, alarmed by ll.c cessation of his voice, wliitih Ihroughoul the slrife had ri.-ien over the noi.se nf the conflict, and sustained her through its terrible sui^pcnse.
Their meeting we shall not allempl to describe. It is sullicient to say, that long afler, they were ac¬ customed 10 refer lo it as the happiest tuoment cf Iheir lives.    'But now, dearest,' he said at lenglh.
stealthy and mean, end   ''me she  wasnol mistaken.    Brushing ihe  lears h'l musl see you safe al your fathers, «r» I proceed,
hurriedly from her eyes, she was able to discern the shadowy form of a sloop round the point uf the
lover.   'Bcclicve mo I shall ho back in lese than i 'i'^'i' «''""¦•
'll is him—ithiml'ahe erelaimed agitatedly, and falling on her knees, with glad tears she returned
two weeks, and then- He pressed llic blushing girl lo his boroni, kiss-!
ed hcr again and again, and then wilh a hurried thanks to God. Then horridly and nervously embrace tore himself away. VVhcn ho had cros»cd taking the oars, she pushed off into die stream, the road and was ju.^t enlcring Iho woods, he turn-
and sufi'ered Iho  boat lo drop down wilh the lide. As she expected the sloop soon overtook her.
'Boat ahoy I'cricd av.'el! knnwn voice, Ihalmade her heart leap, ts the sloul vossel came surging
ed and waved Ids hnt. Thc girl was standing on thc walch. Sho kissed hcr hiiiid to him and tho next instant he vanished from hcr sight.
But for many minutes she conlinued to gaze on ' towards her. the spot where he disappeared ; and so intent was |     'James—don't you know me the rcvcry in which she fell, that she did not notice thc approoch of a third party, in tho person  of a
let me hope for atill more.'
ARRIVAL OF THE TwiSTi-om Dits liTimaCM leaori.
pcd that, as Ihe liii^H^^^eai-h Ihe applicalion of Brilish capiial to^^^Hfcse:i cf Ihe slav» trade. the ilouse would e^fjffto nake il reach sueh an otl'ence with stringent penal rtfert
Tho yiissing packet-ships, England and the Uni¬ ted Stales, form a painful topic of speculation—if speculalion can be said lo ejist wkere all ia hope¬ less. The name... ..f the ill-fated ves.sel* have forin¬ e.l an augury in the minds of personi* who are pre¬ disposed to simililiuies. Like the unfortunaie Pre- jider.l, tlie lasl trumpet only will brint; lo light the myslcry which hangs o^tt their fale. Il is a mel¬ ancholy disaster, truly; but comfort may be derived from the fact, that the succesa of Ihe IVew York packet ships has been far beyond the average. The superior build rnd equipmenls of these really nohle sjii-eiinens of maritime greatness, are atiiongsl the causes, doubtless, of tl;.-ir .lafety and auccesi. They have dared the elenieiits In conflict in many a fear¬ ful ecene; hut something, surely, is atlributahie lo Ihe inlellecl and ...kill with which Ihey have heen liuided over Ihe perilous deep. Perhaps a moie hi'.;hly polished, eiluratfd, and, in nil ihe sociul rela- lions of life, rcspeclabie and esteemed class of men cannot he f.iund than the cnnimandera of Ihe Ncw York liners.— Willmer's Times. IRKLA.ND.
The Repcnl Association still eonlinu." their meet¬ ings.    On St. P.ilriek's Day the meeting was more Ihan usually well atleniled.    All sporttd shamrocks in Iheir hats in honor of the day, and Mr. OTcn- derornled wilh ft monsler bunch, twined
""~t¥e REFUiEr
A ThrilliDg^ Tale cf the American Revolution.
BT     JAMES     H.     BAKA.
Surin; the war of the Revolution, tho lower counties af New Jersey were infesled hy a set of desperadoes, passing under the namo of refugees, who in the abscnse of die Americans in camp, plundered and insulted their defenceless families.— A band of Uieac men became particularly notorious on tho lillle Egg River, and that seclion of thc counlry is yet rifo with legends of their misdeeds. A party, equally numerous and even more lawless, for a long time devastated the sctllemenis along thc Maurice river.    Our story relates lo this latter.
It was at the closo of a beatiful day in the early part of Ocloher, Mint an alhletic young man, whoso frank and good humored countenance was a pass¬ port to the acquaintanco of strangers, approached a clearing not far from the prescnl decayed village of Dorchester. The houso wns of but one stoiy, huill of ihirk.hcwn logs, and surroundctl by scniily fields, in which tho slumps of the  onginal  forest
The Greal Wcslern arrived in New York, on the 16th inst., bringing Liverpool dal»s to the TOth ullimo inclusive.    We make Ihe following eitiaclsi
The Hibernia siriTid nut on the 17lh inst.. and I was followed l.y ihe Oxford, Rochester, nnd Indiana, | neil
j with pa|«r» of the 1st inst., announcing 'he intelli- j tound a branrh of palm, the preceding dny h I gence of the Senalo having psssed ihe Texas llill. ' been Palm Suudsy.    The mayor of Limerick look she articulated   This importanl  news  was  laken lo London by a [ the chair, faindy, all  the modesty of her nature suddenly a-   s|i<>ei»l Kiigiiie  Kxpress,  conveyed perBonally by |     The inrrea.se of the grant lo Ihe Roman Cntholic
',   , _ . ,-„; r.. ,,.„ n. , ,-. .1     Mr. Kdward Willmer.      Thc Indinna was followed i (Jollcge of Mnynoolh is stirring up some ouitalion,
roused at perceiving now, for llie nrst tiino, the ap-   .    ,      ,,       .     ,     . ,..,_,. \,,   . - ..¦ iT.l     .       .       .     .       . .-         **    . .
' ° '     in less than twebo hours by the Cieorge VVn.shing-I which threatens to exiend.     A meeling lo peliiion
young man oflhe neighboihooil, whom popular ! parent indelicacy of her behaviour. ton, with Ihe Inaugural Add'ress of Mr. Polk, which ! againsi the granl has been held al Exelei-hali; an-
rumour declared lo be onc of hcr suitors, I     ' Ellen !' cried the voice from ihe sloop, in a tone   was also Kxpress'd in a very rapid manner, reach-   olher in Liverpool is fiiei for .VIonday week; and
•Good evening   Ellen '  he  said, • you are ont   of surprise, and immdialely the vessel wa. rounded i '"« I'""''"" d'c same niglit. sereral other part, of the tountry ;,romii-* lo catch
"' '' L I.u....- f .     .        ,-t.   ,  , I he London 1 lines is herce npon the aunircl of   Ihe nifcclinn
Iuto In niglit." I lo, and the athletic arms of her lover lined  her on I .        . ' ...-' —
may jist as well slop, foi folka are always ahead of ihem iiow-a-dayji. Last July brolher .\uthan Slick ond inyseif aiiipped from Boston two lons of clocks for Liverpool. VVe vnleycd 'em at throe dollars apiece on Ihe bill of liiding and entered 'em regu¬ larly at llic Custom Housc. The Collector taxed us .60 jicr cent, ad valnrrni us ha said—this mado llieni cost Us, wiih al! expenses, about four dollars apiece. I lold him we wnut a'jie lo pay ; diat ho niighl jist lake 'cm; Td also sel a fi'W of 'cmlo run¬ ning, so he might sell them to the besl advantoge— ' agreed,' snya he ; ' "Mr. Slick, you'll do tho clean thing.' So I sel 'cm ngoing—they went wilh a vengeanrr, and gained two hours a day. I wenl ir. ina few diiys to see how they were going—says I, .¦Vtr. Bull, have you sold :ny clocks ? 'Clocks! .Mr Slick,' said he,' why Ihey golooawful fast!'' Fast'' said ii,' its .American dme—don't you know wc nro nenrer su-ldown by two hour.s and A half, and nro more'n th.'it ahead of you in every thing else 7— Hc lojkej (hi I tell you—he put up my .-Vmcrican clocks at public sitlf—I bought 'em for a dollar npieee, lixed iu my English lime wheel, and sold em (or len dollars each. I come back with a hun¬ dred crates of cups and sarcers, the righl color to hid* dirt, and aold 'em in New Ork'ans for tho Cherokee trade—tuk Ihe money and laid it out at Cinci.-in-ati in pork, cum lo Slickville, sold il fur on'iona and po'.-Hom, which I Ink to Ballimoro amt traded olf for whiskey and castings—tuk them to Boslon ami boughl s ship load of ice, which I went wilh lo Havana, where 1 changed it for sugars— shippod these and myself to Charleslon, where I laid out the proceeds in molasses, whicii is here.— Ail Ihis I done since last July. Ought I to say life is short and lime too fast I Its all a humbug— a man Ihiil livea fifty years now—a'mosl lives aa long as .Mylhyoi^ley did in old limes—yon'd .say I'm long winde.l in Ibis filosophinin about time. I think I've proved some of us are nol too slow for the Old fellow—1 sort a .'ced him the other nighl in a dream—he'd throw'd away his scythe nnd hour glass and waa riding wilh a loafer on a locomolivo, sraoking a segar—he said he'd given up mowing down ihe folks sense tobacco, licker and railroads, nnd steamboiitj h^d nil got tu work—iini! ho was jist ^oing lolher side of sun down,if ho could get there lifore oil the chaps would ruu uway lo Oregon ond Texas—because if he didn't run awful fast he'd bc beal any how !        'i'ouis truly,
Sam Slick.
'Ah! is it you Jamest Good evening;' and she ] deck; f'jr overcome with ahame ihe could neither frankly extended hcr hnnd.    ' Will you walk in I' 1 s'and nor look up.
' No I thank you—I havn't hut a minute to slay.' ' '^''"<''» '!"= matter ?' snid her lover, as hc held There wa.i a short silence, when hc added, ' have ; '«"•'" I'i" «""«•' h»s any thing happed at home I you seen Hogim  lalcly f    Ho has como back, I j Speak—you don't know how you alarm me.'
1     His anxious lono recovered for Ellen ller confi-
Kuppose you know.'
' No—I did not know it,' said Tllen her heart beating violently.
' 1 hcliove he and Briggs arc no great friends.— Hogan swears he will have revenge on him. Ihough 1 don'l know what for.    Doyou?'
Ellen read the man's heart in these words. Ho was a rejeclcd suitor, and suspected her lovc for Briggs, and visited her expressly to torture her l.y Ihis intelligence.
dence, and die hastened to tell him what alio had heard.
' 1 could not, ehe aaid, with hir face hidden on his broad breast, 'slay nl home an.I leaye you lothis peril. Falher is old, and 1 wiis afrai.l he could not be here in lime—'
'God in Heaven bless you. How can I ever repay you for this7 But I must find n shelter for you in the cabin, for no li.ne is lo bo lost.   We are
'How know you  this!'  sho  said alfccling as ! already in sighl of Hogan's place, and il ia loo lale
' Have you seen Ho-
niucb cul.nncss as possible, gan Inlely''
' He was nbout this morning;  bul hns   gone down die river lo his old place.    They say  hc has a dozen men there, refugees may be, like himself. By the bye, have you seen Briggs to dny 1 I heard | '='''"'' "'" he sailed wilh the morning lide." ! """»  P""'
lo lelreot. Even if we anchor Ihey will come after us; hut now thall know their intentions there is nolhing to fear, and our best course ia lodiaarm sus¬ picion by going on.'
Ellen would have remonstrated, Im' nt Ihat in- n broke forth, and a large boat wns out into the stream  some distance
annex ution, it says, thai the consent of Congress was long expected, allhough there wero etrong mor¬ al olijecti.ins to it, but. saya that Journal, whatever Ihey loved, the coveted.
The Morning Chronicle says they are more mcr- tifled Ihan surprised al annexation.
Willmer & Smith's European Times mts :—
"Thc conduci of Ameriran Legislative bodies is a msrvel nnd a mystery lo the polilicians of Europe, ll passes comprehension, defies calculaiion, iipsels all preconceived nolions of organization. Every line snw, in thc resull of thc Insl contest for the Presidency, that Texas would be annexed ; hot llint the V\ hig Senate should be a consenling parly hns produced astonishment, and renderetl the news whieh eame to hand this week from the western world, not only novel but startling. The Senaie is rcjarde.I, on tbis side of the water, as a eery Con¬ servalive body—a drag upon thc more head«,rorig resolves of thc olher Ilouse; and Ihe dignily of ils bearing, commands, wilh the general wisdom of ils decitious, the respect even of ihoso who are nol prone to eulogise Kepublicin institutions. Ilcnce Ihc surprise which has been creatcil. Hut the game of politics is evidenlly the aame ull the world over— a seriei: "I" skilful moves and coiintcrinovcp. and the ! loan most skilful player is he who puzzles, clieekQiales, and triumphs over his fellows."
Upon Ihe iubjecl of Ihe President's Message Ihc
The rent for the week was announced lo be jEDBS ht. -Id.
Ellen turned pale at this intelligence, for her ''o"'" die uver.She sufl'ered herselfiherefore.tobe ltd ;,„„,; writer says':—'I'he verbrose slate doeumcn woman's quick wil perceived at once, hy the mean- "'to the cabin where she wailed witha breathless j of llio Union are lillle relished in England; and ing lo.ie of hcr visilor, that Hogan had ddermincd   heart, the terminalion of the contest.
moiiieiil'a consideraiion. (icrhaps will show Iho rea¬ son. The Brilish Premier's place is Pailiamciit, to way-lay her lover, and Uint her informant, from a I Tradition tells how, in « few words, Iheir leader j where he personally answers questions, defends his feeling of base revenge, had come to apprise hcr I informed the crew of the approaching altack, aud of I eonducl, «s-«ails his anlagonist, nnd acls at onre up- he Ihouglil it would he loo late for any ' tho vigorous measures laken lo defeat it. Thc °» ''"-' ««'nl,l^e and the defensive. The President ,      . ,,,.,,      of America, on the contrary, is shut .mt of Con-
sloop s course was  retarded ns much as possible,   ,,„^,      i„^,^„j „,- .,|,,„,,„|„g ,|inl a.ssrmlily, and while Ihc wood which formed a part of hcr cargo,   through il die nalion, n'l'ii   nice, m the events of was hastily arninged in piles around die quarter ' the day, when the inteiesl is high and ihc subject deck as well as forward, so as completely   lo barri- I excitiilg, ho wails until anxiety cade every pari of the vessel.    Fortunnlcl., there i evaporateu, and Ihen, in a formal manner. Irate,, in
of il, aft
nolice of the allaek to be conveyed lo Briggs.— She had the presence of mind nol to show hcr ugi¬ taiion, nor did she undeceive the speaker ns lo the timo when her lover sailed. She adroitly turned the conversation.
' Won't you walk in I' she snid, ' the nighls aro getting chillcy. Father and mother are yd up, I believe.'
'No, thank you,' said the young mnn moving, '1 must be going.    Good bye'
Ellen watched him wilh a fluttering hcnrl until hc had disappeared iu the darkness, when sho hurst iulo tears, llul suddenly dashing them away wilh hcr hand, she entered the housc, and cautiously ap¬ proached the door of hcr lilllo room.    'I'hc faniily
trees were yCt visable. Buteverylhing had an air of j |,aj aH redrcd.    Taking a pen and ink she wrote,
neatness, which waa increased, when pushing open the door hc entered Iho large comforlablc kitchen, wilh ila nicely scoured floor, and its dresser, on which were arrayed in brighl rows Ihe pewter plates. His footsteps had starcely sounded on Iho floor, before a light figure sprang towords him, ond n«t instant wa» kicked in his nrms,
' God bless you, Mary,' hc said, as ho parted the hair foudly from her forehead, and stooping, kissed the fair brow.
The girl looked up inlo his facf, and saitl, half iijjuiring half positively—
wilh some ngitatioii, n few lines, nnd pinced Ihem where lliey would be seen, thc first thing inlhe morning.
• This will loll Ihcni where I havo gone,' she said, still weeping. 'It would be wrong lo wake them, or they would nol let mc go. But how cun 1 stay here when ho isin danger!' Sho jiauscd and inusetl. 'Yet ilia luo lute lo overtake lum at the wharf. 1 must go down the uver und interci'iil him.    God will he my ptoleclur.'
Willi these words she hastened lo attire herself in her bonnet and cloak; and then kneeling down
ml then, in a formal a nieB.''age, with ledious prolixity, what everyboily was a double suj.ply ol muskets on bonrd, and these ,,„„„.„ ,„j ^n, long pn'juilged. wero ranged rcuily for use. In that critical hour 'Phe inauguraliitldress of .Mr.Polk is not oliiiox- Ihe hnnd nnd voice of Briggs were everywhere. He ious lo ihia ohjiction in the same degree os the or- fell Ihat not only his own life, but what was dearer ''i''''"^ '"fsnages which emai.nle from the Chief ,       , ,   , . ,   ,      .Maoistralc ol tho Union; hul even in that docu-
cven  than ihal depended on thc  success  of the   „,^„^ ^^,^ ji,,^^,;^ j,^^,.„jl, „,.^^ „,^ colloquial, nnd |
struggle. I Ihc Ibenio of the essayist rides over  the freo and
For some time Ihe refugees, who conlir.ued pull- ! easy manner of Iho ciiizen.     Thc poriion of Ihc ing lazily up ihe river, as if nol caring lo cxcile sus- i "'"f "Sf "'"''I', ^as given most ofl'en.e, inasmuch as ..... , ,       ,  .    j ll denotes a "loregoiic coneluMon,    18 his allusi.m
picion, did not see the movements on bonrd Iho ,., „,„ Oregon lerriiory. The right of Ihc Uniled sloop, but when preparations lor defei.ce became Stnics to Ihal lerriiory is assumed hy llic ncw Pre- visible iu the growing bulwark on every side of ihc ' sidenl as a mailer heyond dispule, nl llic very luo- vcssel,  they  gave   a loud cheer and pulled lustily | ™""'"'"l"'  «"''>'''  forms  nn nn.vious nnd pro-
I Iracled controversy between the Uvo Oovernmeiils.
lowards her. Ppy|,,„ naturallv say, " Can the new ollleinl have a
• They nro coming,' said Briggs, placing ihe last | proper sense of the'.Iccp responsibility of hu office
armful of wood on the pile along Iho quarler deck, ! when hu thus commits himself nt  Iho very llircs-
A WhistlinjT X''an!iee,
Some yean since, a Vankee from die lund of 'notions,' travelling westward, found himself mi¬ nus of caah, after hia arnval at the flourishing vil¬ lage of Painsville, Ohio. But Yankees are prover. bial for tact, and can turn their wits many wars, to supply the needful. So our Yankee traveller, be¬ ing good at whistling, pernmbul.-ited the village, with his hands stuck in his empty pockets, whistlinj a variety of naliouiil airs, much to the amusement of all. feeing thnt hia employ ' look' wilh the mul¬ titude, he aet himself up ns n teacher of the .Science of VV histling, and reasoned very gravely, that as multitudes would whistle, il would bc well for them to learn the science,—rightly judging that whal ought lo be done atoll, ahouid be done wrll, i. e. upon scienlific principles. He believed that there were far more pe/son.s who could learn this science genernily supposed—that there waa no ren.son why the female sex, nilh acknowledged bet¬ ter voicea Ihsn maleii.shonld be denied thc privilege of whistling ! nnd tlcscnnted Inrgely upon the nd¬ vantnge lo bc derived from a thornugh knowledge of the science. In short, a school was started at once and m-iny a young limh of thn law, medical slu¬ dent, and clerks, with their hidies, were suhtrrihers. The price wna fixed at fifty cenls per couple nnd alwaya pnid in advance, hy which our Ynnkcc friend well spliced his pockets.
The evening for the firat lesson nrrived,—nnd la'orh'iisVri'lirel'v ' "'''' '''''" B"'"")' numVer of gents and ladiea, at n ¦ hotel, wniting the promised instruction. The pre¬ liminary oliservalion wns mnde dial no one would bo nssured of nny improvement, without they .car¬ ried on Iho precise instructions, and obeyed Ihe commands of the teacher.
.Ml were standing upon thc floor on the tiptoe of expectation, when the Yaukrc gnve forth hia flrsl command wilh great gravity, 'PEEP.-VKE TO PUCKER!' All anticiimled the next cominnnd. 'PUCKER!' and in.stanlly n roar of laughler shook the house to ila foundadon.
ll is nnnecessory losay thnl the next dny our Yankee traveller Wis seen wending his way west¬ ward, wilh full pockets, nnd whistling many n mer- ry tune, whih- those who had taken their fiisl les¬ son in the scienco of whistling weic hailed nt every
hold I
That Mr. Polk is correcl in his assumption may bo eslnblislied hereiilicr, or il may not. Bul theio is a palpable violation of good taste in so formal, so superfluous, a conimittnlon the quesiion, Mr. Polk'a
counted Ihe fearful odds againsi them, and recog-i('''^'l"''."«0'»¦''.» ""t''»l'P.V in''nP'^'inKJig^ ,,„,„-. -u       .
.,,,.,. r,, , ,      llheoflice.    Il is lo hu hoped that the mi.nde  of   ued full hall nn hour without knowledge nr undcr-
nized die   liuriy ligure  of Hogan  »nd onc or Uvo    ^V.ishiuglon will sil moro gracefully on tl.c shoul- Landing.' 'Oh,' replied the th.etor, ' neve, mind
more ol his desperate associates. ( ders on which il hns now descended—hut Ifce fcin- I
• Full away—around   hy Ihe itcrn   mji   laii,'' mencement is pcriliouj,
'Tako your muskets, lads, and ho ready for a vol- i ley ; the bloody refugees!'
tjuick nnd sharp came the rolicking oflhc oars, j and even thuse manly  heurls beat faster, ns lliey I
OTie Curate and tho Siagin? Boy.
The Uuijn of Auxerro conlains the (ollowing anecdote:
1'he Curate  of A  ono  morning  tesk ¦
boy twelve years of age as an assistant al the mase, who was bolh inlelligent and willy. Instead of silently awaiting the arrival of Iho Curafc, Ihe rogue began to play ball in Ihe sncristy. Al this astonishing incidenl the mice, otcrwhelmed wilh horror, hi.l Ihemselves owny in the bottom of their die.ssing room.a. The Curate arrived; and »can- daliiad as he justly shculd hare been hy tho irrev¬ erent conduct of his aid de camp, he picked up the ball and pul it in his pccket. This act was consid¬ ered by the owner ns an abuse of nulhority; the reprisal wns prompt and horrible ; every sacristan cnn with fear and trembling perceive why. When the Curate held out thc chniice to his servant for tbc purpose of haying it fillcil, Ihc cup bearer stood immovciihle, and would nol lurn hia flagon in the slightest degree,
' Pour out,' snid the priest.
' Givc 1110 my Hall,' answered Uie cup-borcr,
'Poor nut, I command you.'
'Oivc me my ball.'
' You are n scoundrel.*
* Give mo my hall.'
Thc dialogue began to grow monotonous and compromised the sacredolnl dignily. The Curate, yielding In the inevitable necessity, put his hand in his pockei ns if hc had a dreadful cold in his head, nnd handed the rebel the ball, the cause of this ever inemornblc reprisal.
Thc Curate of A  ia a man of parts, and
laughed while he lold thisrtory; wc laughed whilo trnnsen'jing il, und our sulvcrihers will laugh per¬ haps when lliey rend il. As for the owner of tho bill hc did not laugh nt Ihc decisive moment, and if ever this young Frenchman becomes a depuly or municipnl counsellor, il is allogelher probable Ihnt he wdl be a stubborn adversary of every tbuso of power.
Two etrangera recently visiled Bunker Hill nnd ascended to the lop of the Monument. After Ihey had asked a number of questions which tho superintendent answered very polilely, he lold them il WIS cusln.nary to pay a small sum for ascending the .Vlonument. AI this ihcy xvcre highly irdig- nunt, and snid that llicy ihoughl it wns a free coun¬ try, and Ihia placo should bo (rec lo all; ihey would lurn ofdio Blreet wilh the liy-ivords—"PREP.\RE not ho gulled out of Ihcir money by a yankee.— TO PUCKER!"—" PUC'KKR !" An Englishnian ought lo he allowed lo   go freo lo
 such pul.lic plnrca.     The superintendciil bowed
"Doctor," Silid a pcr-on oncc to a surgeon, " my | very politely, nnd snid, • 1 wieh Ihnl you hnd inen-
diiughlrr hiid a terrible fii this morning; she conlin-
I that; many pcopic cnniinue eo s!! their liirs."
lione.l thnt you were Englishmen hefore, for they ai-edic only persons we admit free; we consider Ihnt ihcy paid dear enough fur ascending this hill on iha irthof .'*ip, »7rG.'