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VOL.  XVI.
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From Gri^hara'f Mngaiinu for Novomber.
A YOUNG WIFE.
Br THE AUTHOR QF "TUE MARRlAaK OP CONVENIENCE.'
CHAPTER I.
AnJ fo slioll wulh In silken tiro And Bllior hue to aparu.
SnoTTlflll So NO.
finery lo deck tho prctly bride, who wns in one conlinucd ecstacy nt every frcsh imporlation ; ond when tho wedding day arrived and brougllt vvilh it a cortciWe from Mr. Gilmor, which, whon open¬ ed, disclosed a boquet of sixteen while camelias, and underneath a bridal veil of costliest lace, "No,, no, Lowndes," answered Mr. Gilmer in wilholher cleguncies loo numeroua to meniion,sho roply to Bomo queation whioh tho former hud mndo j fniily dunced in hcr childish gleo as she throw the to llio friond touching tho accompiishmonts of hia veil ovor hcr bead and fiow lo lhe mirror ; and tho biidp elect. "No, no; you will find Miss Vivian only shadow or doubt thai crossed her fair young vory. different probably frora what you expeel.— ' fnco lliol duy, was lest Martille, that most fnithfui Men tit roy nge,'who know lho world, knovv lliat of co/yeurJ, should disappoint hor in iho evening, talents and accoroplishmcnta are not the first qual-      The voil is ut   last arrungcd,  vvilh  ita   ornngo
itics to «cck in n wifo. Freshness of heart und mind^naitrcfe ond disintcrostodness nro tho clinrina that wo prize as wo grow oldor, for thcynlone, «pringitig from tho liontt, osn insuro us hnppi. neai. No, yoii will not find Misa Vivinn nccom. ,f Isiiliod lo ony high degree. Hor exlrcmo youth IpfePltidep that. But what muaic or languogo can ^uUI lhe melody and oluquoncc that spcuk in a .yoiing Voico'freah frora a vvurm heart I Of disin- - frosted afleption, one can feel sure -in a creature ¦Boyounj; and tho pleosuro of cultivating a hearl and Aind all yourown, of feeling thatevery flower that springs there is of your own pluming, is worth more lo my taste than tho uimost porfbciion of accam|)lishments reudy.mudo to tho hund."
Mr. Lowndes, vvho was also mutiiro in the world's.'waySiWds sornowhat amused nt his friend's warmth, while ho smiled as ho thought of tho dis- interestedncsa Ibut leads sixteen to wed with forty- two, ond he aaid—
• "'The lady is beautiful, no doubt. For with all yotir philosbphio knowledge'of the world, Gilmer, 1 doubt whother you would appreciate so highly the charnis of a youthful mind were thoy arc not united to lho lovslinesa of a youthful porson."
Gilmer replied with a smile— '. '*! think you will find she docs credit to my tasto. You muat lot mb introduce you ;" and tho fricnda: ha'ving agreed lo call at Mrr. Vivian's for thdt-purpose in the evening, sopuruted; Gilmer pjtying Lowndes' forlorn state as an old bachelor, wliile Lowndes could not but bo nmuscd to sec hia iJriehdso onlhusiastio in a folly hc hud often ridi- culed'io ethers.
¦Mr. Gilmer, at forty-two, knew the world as he paid; dnd what is more, tho world knovv liim ; and (laving run a guy career, to aettle in a grave and polislipd middle age, ho would now renew life, and start afresh for tho gonl of happiness; deeming fiittisdlf, old worldling thot ho was, a fit niateU for b:ight sixteen, and a natural recipient fur tbp first warni .offections of that huppy age.
But istime lo bo ao cheated 7   Let iis eee.
"Louk!" cried Ihp bride eloet, "isnot this hoau¬ tiful," ahotving her mother an eiquisito cudcau from Iier lover. "Oh mamma," added alio, clasp¬ ing her litilo hands inan ecstasy, "bow hewill dress,ono!"
"Yes, lay love," said her moiher tendorly, "it is heaultful'iiideed. How very atteniivo und- kind in Mr. Gilmor lo remombor that passing wish bf youro."
i "Oh yea,! ond what perfect taste too ho has," continued the liitle lady, evidenlly much moro in- Ipht upon her present thnn her lover;-and so she i^isV to her aunt to show the rich present she hud iust received. Miss Lawrence, a younger sister of her'mother, who roaided with thom, hud been ab- Bcrit'vvhen ihis engagement tookplace; and hav¬ ing exuininod and udmired tho jewel to tho sutis- faciidn ofher neiee, suid-r- -f'l am quite anxious to soo Ihis Mr. Gilmer of yours,Charlotte."
• "Aro you 1 Woll, ho will bo hero this evening, 1 saQposo; and I daro say you will liko him. Ho likcsiiU Uioae sensiblo,dull books that yon and niainiiia brp so fond of. He'll just siiit you." .. *'I hope," replied her aunt, smiling, "he Buits you ioo." .   "Yes,'' sho answered, wilh a liltie  licsitation,
**only be is too grave and sensiblo, but then lie'^ "Id, you kiiow," sho added with a sorious look.
"Old!" ybpliod Miss Lawrence, "what do you cdUold?!'
"Oh, I don't know ; thirty, or forty, or fifty.   I don't know exactly; but ho  must bo quito aa old tea mamma, maybe older: but," added she, with inoie aiiitiiaiion, "I shall have tho pretlicsl phuc- ton, ivith the deuroat lilllo pair of bluck ponies you ovor saw, just la drive vvhen I shop, you knuw, and tin elegant chariot lo pay visits, and I mean to give BO many parties and o fancy ball  regularly overy winter;" and-she oontinued dwej.ng on her anti cipaied gnitiea  to the utlcr  ezeluaion, in all her plans, of' hdsband or lover, to' tho surprise and amuaentent, Iiot unmixed With anxiety, of hcr aunt, who'soon hegau ta perceive tliat hcr niece's young brain w(^a d'azy with the prospects of aplondors and goiiioa .Ihat her niother's limiled  income  donied hor, while her heart was uritouched by any dcop- cr emotion as one inight naturally hdvo expected from  her joyotis, unthinking, careless ogo.   Sho Was dazzled by Mr. Gilmer's fortune, and flatlcrcd by his attentions, for ho was dislingue in society ; Wt lovo alio doomed out   of  the qucsiion with a man aa old aa her raolhor; und sho was right,   Il waa oui of the question with a girl young onough to bo llia daughlor; for liowcver ugo may admire youth, thero is nothing captivating lo youlh in age.   His fino mind, cullivulcd tusles, nnd elegant manners, woro lost upon ono whose youth and   ig- noronoo  precluded her appreciuiing qualilies bIio did not comprehend ; and shp only looked forwurd Io her murringo as the first act in a brillianl drnmo, in which sho was lo ploy the principal purl.
."AMyojj quiio satisfied, sister, wilh this ongngo- flient of Charlotte's VaBkod MisJ Lawrence, wilh ;0Dino anxiety-
MPerfeclly," replied Mrs. Vivian,"more lliun sut- lisfiod. Mr. Gilmer's forluno nnd stalion ure all I .xiould nsk. Ho lad maiiurseiuio ond agenileman. .What moro eould I desiro ?"
"He ip that,certainly,' replied hcr eistcr, "but 1 ./confess I wiali thai the disparity ol years bolween ilhem was loss." 1  •    i   ,mi
"I am not sure thul I do," answered Mr a. Vivi-  ^'P"''   "" .    ,    ,.    , sense.
an.   "Hisage gives ino a se.eiirity for Ins characlcr
,lhat I could ndt huvo oiherwiso. And the younger (the. wifo tho greater the idol, generally. Charlotte Jiua been too much ofan indulged ond spoiled child, ,ifyoii will, to humor nnd support the  cupriecs of
buds nnd bloa&oms, und ua tho sparkling, whito dress flonis uround her uiry figure, n preliior, hrighl- moro graceful creature has rurely glanced ncross ihis world thon the bcuuieous young bride; und Mr. Gilmor aa bo slood beside hnr, high-bred, grnvo and middle-aged, looked bcllcr filled lo per¬ form tho part of father than groom.
As Ilia friend, Mr. Lowndes, gazed upon tho flashing eyes and glowing checks of lho young beauty, and heard the merry tones of hcr childisli
voico, and thon glanced ruund at the smull rooms i little did ho know in supposing that youth and no. und plain furniluro-of her moiher's houno, ho per-   'm'e woro thus lo he cheated ofthoir privileges by
lilllo differences, und could nol holp giving hor Bon-in-luw un occusional cut thut neiihor sweelencd his temper nor mended his mnnners. Ho respecl¬ ed hcr understanding, nnd feured hor penelralion; and fear und respect too_ ofton engender dislike; and it wus not long beforo a slato of feeling uroso bctwoen moiher and son-in-law leas seldom th an florrowful.
CHAPTER III.
"i,Juo ircBBuro nor p1casuri?fl
Cnulil mako us bappy lonn I
The linnrl's aye llle pari ayo
That makes us riylii or wrong."—Burni.
Tho birth of a daughter ttt longhth oponed new feelings und hopes tu lho puronls; and the thought "i\Ir. Gilmer could no longor treat hor usa child, and requiro hor to sludy and road," added not a liulo to thc Imppinoss that lia^liod in Charlolte'a eyea ns aho kissed her baby with rupture; and tho quiet, bul deep satisfaciion wiih which Mr. Gilmor cunleniplulcd Ills child, wns purtiy founded in tho ccpoctulion.^ilml ClmrloUe, in .issuming the duties and feelings of a mother, would sink tbo giddiness oflhe girl, in the stcadtncss oftho woman."    But
feed onr horses ns well os his  own.
tho u.<isumption oflho responsibililies of maturer oge. Thul Charlotte loved hcr infant with the live¬ liest afTeclion, is true ; Imt it was rather lho play¬ ful fondness of a child for its plaything, ihun the passionuto love ofn mother for her first born; und ulthough aho would delightfully fondle the infunt for a few minules, yet easily lerrified by the cries
foclly comprehended lho infatuation of his friend and lho molivea of his bride.
CHAPTER II. That may gar one cry, bul il cannu enr mc mind. IIe\ut or Mid Lothian.
"Wcll Chnrlollo," aaid Mr. Gilmor, uftcr they hnd bcen married uhout oix weeks, "I suppose our wedding gaitica nrc nearly over?" ,
Oh! I hopo not," cried she, looking uimost j """lho little creature, druwn forlh by tho awkward aghast uttho ideu. "Why they huvo scirocly moro ['"'n'JI'ns of its inojtperienced parent, ahe would than begun. Thore would bo vory liltie uso in be- 1"'ekly resign it to thc soothing cares ofils nurse, ing a brido indeed, if it were to end so soon," she ^"''o- i° <"<='• dreaded the aight of lho young molli- coitlinued. er in the nursery.   Once,   indeed, after having
So soon!" replied her hnshnnd. "Why I should , bcen admonished ond lectured by the husband on think ihat cven you would bo tired of ihis lnces. j her nevv duliea and responsibilities, sho took it in aant gaioly. 1 fairly long foi one quid dinner and her head, at lho eminent risk of lifo und limb of evening at home." | her child, lo wush and dross il herself, and which
I agree with you," sho retnrned, "the dinners ,vu3 most lerrified und exhnusted under tho opera- are bores.   To bo obliged to sit four or fivo morlul
houra und tulk, is very dull. But tho halls are very delightful, and I hopo may continno tbeso three montha. You don't dance, however," aho added, "und I don't wonder you find it tiresome. Mamma used to cDmpluin of it too, and I dure say il Ib dull lo jrou old folks who look on. But lo us, who wallz, you don't know how charming it is," and sho shook buck her-curls nnd looked' up in bis fuce, .with such un expression of youthful-delight, he was compelled lo swallow wllh good humor thc heing classed with ''Mamma" and lllo "old folka," unplcnsant us it might be, in tlie hope that sho would floon vveary of this heartless guiely, und ceasing to be a child, "put away childish Ihings." Finding, however, thut her youth wus more than a match for his patience, he soori wearied of playing tho indulgent lover, and within two months aftor their murringo he snid,
"Charlotle, after lo-niglil we go to no moro eve¬ ning parties. I nm thoroughly tired of lhcm, and you have had enough for this seaaon."
Sbe would have rcmonstrulcd, but tho decision, almost amounting to sternness vvitll which he spoke, starlled her, und aho only pouted vvilhout replying. Her usual rosourco, to complain of her husbund lo her mother, wua loft her, and Mrs. Vi¬ vian's spiril quickly fired at seeing her darling child thwarted, and she said wilh tho feeling more naiurni than judicioua in a molhcr-in.lavv,
"Toll yonr husbund, Churluiie, that if ho does not wish logo, I am ulwaya ready to accompany you," and tho ynung wift relurned triumphanlly to her husband lo sny, "ihui mnmma would lokc hcr 10 Mrs. Johnson's." Mr.tjSiliner could nol reu- Bonably objecl to lho arrangement, lillle us ho liked it; bol llms Mrs. Vivian laid lho foundution of a dislike between hor son-inlaw and scll that took root but to flourish and stiengthcn with liinc.
Mrs. Vivian, calling soon after on her daughler, found her pouring over a large volumo moat in¬ tently.
"What are you reading, Cliarlolte!" inquired her mother.
"Oh!" she said tossing lho book from her, "the stupidcai thing you ever read.    Mr. Gilmor inaial- cd on my reading it.   He wants mo to 'cullivato my mind,' to road und think, but I won't think for him," she  said pettishly, pushing Iho book from her, "he can'l mnko me do that, do what ho will. Novv is  it not hard," sho  auid, appcttling to hot moiher, "that just as I hovo left sohool, 1 ehould bo surrounded by mastera and forced lo sludy 1— Ho insisted on Signer F. to givo rae liuiiun lessons, us he suys thul timo will hung hcuvy on roy honds if I hnvo nolhing to do  when lie is uhaent,   Nol neuriy aa heavy, I cun tell him, ns when I have something lo do, I  don't liko.    And then,  these slupid dinners he will givo, where ho hasonly grave, sensible old men.   If I hud thought I was tu livo such a lifo us ihis, I would huvo married a young man at once ;" and thus alio poured out her  com. plaints, which.wore "as fresh from a warm young heorl," as Mr. Gilmer bimself could have desired in hia mosl enihusiaslic mood.   In faot ho was be- ginninff  to find thut this "oullivuting  a wife's mind" was not tho easy delightful  task ho bud once promised himself; and the naivete thut  had ao ehormcd him hefore his marriage, annoyed him now not a lillle,  ua he suw it amuse his friends, purticulurly Mr. Lowndes, whose quiek eye would involunlnrily glunco at him us his wife lcl forlh mosl unconsciously aom o  of lho diaagremcna of their menage.   Thnt sumo naivete is lho most un- mnnageuble quuliiy in an ost ablishinenl where all docs not run smoolhly, nnd for ihal very   renson, pcrhnp-s often more amusing lo strangers.   But wo pily lho proud reserved man who ia lu be tortured willl the "simplieily" by  whicii ho vvas onco cnp- tivalcd.
And  if ahe was weary of the  "gravo sensible
men" lhal surrounded bis tablo, he was not less oo
of hcr young companions, who clinlloicd und gos-
his  ours fuirly ached with their  non-
•B young man, and I hud rather sho vvero nn -old -man's darling ihon a young men's sluvo.'"
"ilfsho were oumpoUcd  to oilhor altornulivc,' ,;^aid Miis Lawronfo.
,: "Beside." continuod Mrs. Vivion, source hearing
dier sister's interruption, "his fortuno ia iramonao;
and the certainty thdt she vvill always bo encom.
passed by pvery luxury wealth ou'ti procure, ia to uio
fln unspoukuble copilb"-   Vou cannpt knovv, Ellen,
wllh whot idolatry a mother loves an only ohild,
Jior cdn you, Ihoreforo, comprehend how an^jionaly
X vyouid guard hor- from ovory trial, or privation
that oould bo|ot her path in life,    My incomo la so
email, lhnt with  mo sho mnat sufier many privn.
lioiis, both as to pleasures nnd   comforta ihat will
pow 1)0 showered upon her wilh a libernl hand;
;ind I own I anticipalo ber murriugo vvilli aa muih
Imppiness us a molhor cnn look funvord lo a sopnr.
alion from her only child."
And now tho prep:iraliona wcrc rapidly ninking for thp itl"ri»B'¦"".''^"^''y'''".^ broujjhl toiiio now
Tho eareer of aelf-indulgenco, genernlly donnm- inated a "guy lifo," that Mr. Gilmer had led, wos not the best of prcparalions for un indulgent hus- band, and resuming us limo worc on, tho selfish- ness lhnt hnd been laid nslecp or aside in the fitsl excitomont of winning hia liitlo boauly, bo be. camo moro decided and less tender in liis manner towarda hia young wifo. Finding ho could not make her a companion, and havmg no reaped for
tion, mother or child it vvould be dillicult lo aay ; and very soon she resumed her usual routind of life, only varied by occasional visils to hcr nursery. l\Ir. Gilmer, diaappointed in tbc change ho hoped to flee in hor charaeter and tastes, became more impa¬ tient und lesa yielding than before. Had he, in the indulgent spirit tbut should hnvo occompanied hi9 ugo and knowlcdgo ofthc world, given wny to the joyous spiriis and excitablo feelings naturnl to her youth, he would liuvo won to himself a henrt nuturully warm and afreclionalc,'ut the eamo time that ho quenched her ardent love for pleasure in satiety. But, too selfish to put lhnt conatraint on himself, ho expected ut onco that calm indifference lo society, in a girl of scarce eighteen, that was in himself the result oftweniy.fivo years devotion to its frivolities, and his wife's thirst for guiely aeem¬ ed lo inorooso in proporlion to the difficullies ond objections ho Ihrew in the pulh ofher enjoyment —and it wus bnt nutural that she shonld cscupo with delight, looks of gravo displeasuro, quiek words of impatience, and selfish forgetfulness of her laates at bomc, for tho gaiety of brilliant throngs where sho was followed, odmired nnd nattered, and which ahe enjuyed the raore, lho moro opporlu. nitics wero raro ond doublful.
And thus limo wore on, ndding, rather   than di¬ minishing llio diseonlcnts of nil pariics.   We have said before, lhal tho feelinga subsisting between Mrs. Vivinn and hor aon-in law were anyihing but kind and frionJly-; and they novv rarely met wilh¬ out quick ond biiing sarcasms on her sido, retorted by a cold and haughty disrospecl on his.   Ago, too, w«a Daw uiltlmg ils usual oxacilona to bis natural Bclfialincas of character, and that ho might enjoy thai luxurious indolence and tranquility so.necessa- ry to his  hnppiness, and withdraw his wifo from Iho pleasures ao opposito to his Inslcs, und, ubovo all, that he might free himself from tho  interfer¬ ence and invesligation  of Mrs. Vivian, and separ¬ ale Chnrlolte from hor mother us muoh us possible, he resolved to purnhnso a place in the eountry. Re¬ gardless of tliS wiahes of hu vvife, heedless of her remonsirunce, the idea wns no sooner eoneeived than executed, -and however much  Mrs. Gilmer disliked  tho    removul, there   was   no  resource but to submit.   That she subraitted wilh a good graco we cannot say, for Charlotte had now loarn¬ ed to think, (ua vvhat woman does not, that makes un ill-ossortcd murringo I) although her mind  had not expandod in the direetion that hor husband do- sired.   Sho hnd becomo ncquaintcd with her own claims, and in penelraling the heartlessness and hollovvncBS ofher husband's cbaracler, bud leurned to mourn ovor tho sacrifice ol hor youth and beau- ty with indignation nnd anguish.   Resenting the steady pursuanco ol his own planum Ihe uller ex- oluaion ofull considorulion for her wishes, sho in hor turn bcoamo earcleas of hia comforis and neg¬ ligent of her duliea.   Who that passod that beau¬ tiful place, wilh  ils rich  lawns, noble ttoea  and magnificent views, would havo suspected tho dis¬ contented lompets and unsulisficd hearts that dwoll in lhal embowered  paradise.   Hor child waa a sourcoof unmingled happiness to her ua it grew ill beauty und intolligenco.    Bul will the lovoof a child alono, componsuto for thai want of eompan- ionship and  sympathy that tllo heart asks for in vnin where thoro is no equality of mind for years ? The Bociely of hcr mother had boon her great¬ est sourco of comfort during the lust fovv yoara of her exislence, as sho turned to her for lhal indul- gcnco nnd lovo of vvhich sho folt the wanl  moro and more; and which wna poured forth upon her moro fully in lho hour ofher disu(ipointmcnl, oven in hcr polled ehildhood by her doling parent. And now   hovv gindly did eho hail overy litlle excuso the calls of life anfordod her, tho procuring a ser¬ vant, tho neceasary purchases, Sec, lo drivo to lho cily and spend us muny hours as possiblo   vvitii tlmt dear friend.   And oh, how doubly huppy vvos she on  BUch   occasions, if she   wero caught in a alorm,  or losing tho boal,   wns   eoinpolled to remain a fow days in  lliat   small house,  wbicii with its monn furnituro sho liad onco beon so anx¬ iuus to eacupo,bul wliich wus now to hor tbo oen- for thero she found liberty,
iiterary exeilement nor inlelleclual meditolion
Thus will the selfish pursuance of one's own grat-  tent to slcop under, and—"'Yes, iiitlicr. and if yo'i
ificalion, alnne, fnll buck upnn tho hend of hira who   vvill spare mc nn hour, moiher   shnll cook  lhcm
essays to secure all for himself in yielding noihing  ua good a veniaun aupper as ever thcy cut-"
lo olliers. I     Here was ho-'?pitality in  the wilderncs-j, and ii
A wasted youlh nnd useloas mnnboud must end did nol tnko us long to determine ti» ueccpt of it; in a neglecled nnd unhonored nge. j fi>r bc-,iide u desiro'lhnt vve fell lo render Iurther us-
Slmuld a few years bring forth n yonng nnd j sialoncc, you ju«ily observed that yon bnd come lo beauteoue widow,society may look fur vho natural the Wesl lo sec hovv un emigrnnl hpgaii life npon rcsullB of an unnatural youth,  in tho saddcsi of the pruirio. and llmt his family was jusl Rurh none
and a good wi-,j!i lo know more almut bnildiujj 'such n hnuse ?' The lot's hcing laid np in the form of a rail fence, nnd notched to,7clIier nt the cirncra na cl,)''e a.4 convenient; the cru ks nro 'cholted' vvith split sl.itt, and then pluslcreil wilh clay inorln''. Thu door ia hungwitli wooden hinges, und tho firi- plnec is mndo of clny—fur hci-o nre no flltnic—niid ihi.s is done hy building 'a crib' oftimber nrnutid the oilt-
anomnliea, a gay wiitoii-. And should she essay a aecond "Experiment of Living," vvo fenr that hav¬ ing been worldly when sho should havo bcen ro¬ mantic, she will now bo rouanlic when it would be moro gracefiil, or at least moro respeclnble, lo bo vvorldly, nnd tho result vvill scnrcely bo leaa un¬ fortunate and infinilely more ridieuloua ihnn thc first. F. E. F.
From tlio New Vork Spirit of llio Timoa.
LETTERS ON THE~SUBJECT  OF WEST¬ ERN   EMIGRATION,
NEW SETTLKIIS ON TIIE I'U.MIUKS, ETC-
DY SOLO!, itunmao-v, esq.
Gentlejien:—Knowing the Intercsl that is felt among your Eastern readers about mutters and things concerning the "Great West," I am induced to offer you an nrtiele in which I will give you a faint description of the commencement of a ncw Settler's life, upon a Wcatcrn Prnirio, which I hopo may serve you by way of desert lo tho more sub¬ alantial and uaeful dishes ofyour bill of fare.
As it ia not necesaary to inquiro inlo the moving causo that induee|d our emigrant to move from the land ofhia fathers, wo vvill overtake him the day before he arrives at his "nevp homo in the West." I say we, because if you pleqso, I vvill  take  you i
Ire of all happiness,
synipalby, love; and her molhor acknowledged to
herself that when aho had so anxiously cssaycl to
iicrsLu iimv wMV J        I   rill-., I cd unolhcr day, uiili  vvo got home,
chd from every sorrow and ttlul of life,  en unuirn.1 uaj, ^
along vvitll mo lo see what ip" lo bo accn
You remeraber that it waa upon onc ofthose lovely days in tho fall orl834, that wc were lulling along an Indian Iroil in tho northern purl oflhc Slate of Indiana, for oven ao short a time ago ns that, roada wore such as nature, unassisted by man, had only provided for the traveller. I recollect your observation, "Thai you believed il was a spc. cial provision of Provridenco for settling this vnst and forfilo region, that enabled tbe Eastern emi¬ grant to forego nil the comforis of lho'old home- atead,' and commenoo lifo anew, perhaps in the middio of a dense forest, or upon the border ofa broad prairie ; when after havingf undergfono tbo fatigues and troublo of a long journey, lo camp dovvn around a log heap fire without a board lo shelter his family from tho slorm, and any, here will I build mo a liouse—wife—children—this is your home !! Horao ! Heavens, what a pol ution of lhal sacred namo." "Yes," I replied, "and amid all Ibis toil, you will rarely, seo of those choice spirits, whioh have, us you think, been se¬ lecled by Proviilenco to make this vast wilderness smile and blossom ns the rose, ever repining— Hark ! there ia a witness ut hand to prove my dec.
laralion."
Wo hold up our pimeya a minuie and listened. It waa the clear lono of a manl)r voice that seemed to come from a heart lhnt never knew aorrow. Anon nnoiher voico rose up amung the trees wilh equal cheerfulness., Ah, blessed woman, she too, was Ihcrc, not to repine, bul oheer hcr husband on. Wbo would nol toil amid such mcludy : Uow wcll I remember thp..words7
Awuy o'er biil .aitil luountoin.
To seek a Wcatcrn home, Away o'er hill and mounlain, Our cheerful apirils roam— Nor earo nor Iroublu borrow,
Allhougb miarorlunes conio;
Wby should wo barbor sorrow,
In our now Western homo I
"Indeed," you  onswered, "a very good wilness,
no doubt, to provo that the cniigrunl bas arrived at
the end ofhis jnurney und now has a cheerful homc
und is ponring unt his graiiiude."
"Not a bil of evidonce of lhal facl; for a cheer¬ ful spirit is cheerful under all circumstancOB. It is jual as likely that lie is broko down or met with somo olhor accident, for hero is not such a placo as such a man aa that voiso indicates, would bo liko¬ ly to select a 'new Woaiern homo.' "
"That ia hardly piobablc, forit would ho raro tu find ohcerfulnesa nnd trouble so combined."
"Exccpl in a Wealern emigrant, oa now I shall prove to you." And horo wo carao in siglit uf "a picturo" that vve could not avoid stopping a mo¬ ment to eonteraploto.
In the path beforo us, was n largo fonr horso wugon, heavily loaded, ono wheel of which had just given way, and gono down wilh a erash, breaking every spoke in it. Tho horses wero being nnharnessed by tbo eldoat eon, about 14 yeara old; tho aecond son was kindUng a fire; a fine little girl, the next eldest of lho aoven child¬ ren was nursing tho haby,vvhile the guile man and wife were exerting their utmusl strongth to ex¬ tricate tho broken wheel. Il was from lhcm, nnd under such oircumsloncos, that those ehcerlul voices hud arose.
How vvell do 1 remcmbor your dropping the reina upon your (lony's neck, and lifting up both hands, oxclaiming "Thank God for ihia le3soii,lhif reproof against repining." ^
"All I nnd thnnk Gud tuo, for sending us nssisl- nncc in this limo of need," exclaimed tho Emi- grnnl, looking up and observing us for tho firsl time.
Ono of the moat blessed Ihings in Ibo now act- tlement of a couniry is, an incrcose of benevolence, A man who would puss anolher by upon the road undor auch cireumslances, would never bo wel¬ comed into a neighborhood of emigrants. In fact such cold hearted subjocta rarely find tlioir way among ua unlil our new Bettlomonts grow in ago and get corrupted. Therefore the expression of Ihanhfiilnesa for uBaistanco vvas spoken with ull tho confidenco of certuinly that wo should freely render it. In thia he wna nol mislnkcn for lho words were hurdly o'lt ofhis moulh before vvo dis¬ mounted and wero ready tu lend u hand.
"I wish," said hc.ullrr we had prieil up ihoa.\le, whilo ho surveyed ihe wreck,'•! wisb it had last-
as you wished to meet wilh. Tbey hnd come lo •make a bumc,' and you wished tu see il wben it vvns made.
Inafiftcon minutca our ponycs wore 'out lo erass,' and wc were pnrl^nnd parcoi of the emigrant's family, as much ns tliough wc possessed the right by virtue ofbeing third or fuurlh cousins. In lbc aame time vve bad selecled a auiiable trea out ot which tu form a set ofspokc-s; and I put my "Vanlteo ingenuity lo vvork lo contrive a wny lo Ecapon lhem. 'J'his waa done hy digging a trench in the ground nnd building in and aruund it a very hot fire, nnd when lhe limber waa ready, the firu vvns vvitlidruwii, und that put in, and some -stuul sods laid over the lop, and tho eoals rnvercl over, nnd there roasted till morning. In the mean tiino the oilier partof tbo work was gut rcidy, nnd by nine o'clock ihc nexl morning, there wus a guud vvheel of seasoned timber, the lire vvell set, and all harneaged, ready again tn'go a heud.' I mual nol forget lu say tlinl the hoy lulfilled his promiso, nnd tbat we did eat such a "venison supper" that niglit, and wnh sucb an appelile as can only hc enjo'ycd while 'camping out.' And inslead of hearing murmurs and repining at 'bad luek,' if ever lllo evening hymn wcnl np na ac¬ ceptable worahip, surely the ono lhal we heard that niglu, in lhal   lenl, from  that Imppy   family
deWH incident to a prairie couuiry, it is an uncom* forlahle li-*k.
Hut yon a-sk why nnl ride? Barely for thc ren¬ sun tbnl llie horses luo havo to bc turned out to ari,k u living fiir themselves Ibe first seaann, nnd with our pini|Tranls, this vvns nnl Ihc only misfor¬ tune. Tlio. huracs nbficnted lliomaeivcs wilhout leave, nnd il vvns only nftcr a tiresome  hunt of
pido wilha fraine uf bonrd.i,orbrna,icr firnil han the - threo weeks that tliey were fnund. So the rniU firo place, which being filled wilh clny pounded in were not hauled, and llio field wna nol enclosed* very hard, il forma a very goud firo plnce, llml Jjut the corn teas eat ulT by the eallic wlicn it was will tnat mnny years. The hearth is made in the ahnul six inches high ; ond in cunRpqiienro il was same way, and is very smoutb at firal, but thu overtaken hy nn early frost, nnd tbe cniigrnnt'a liroiim is a sad deatroyor. 1 finul hopea wero sadly nlTcctcd. bnl slill tbey "har-
Thestack of the chimney ia mndo by laying bnrcil nn aorrow," but *lill sung the sung of thank- up small apiil sticks like a V:i'j Ihjosc,'and pl.asler-' fulness lhal Ihi crop of oaia uprm twenty acres ing the inside wilh clay. It ia bul seldtun thai vvns gnod, nnd the cnws lmd (unnshcd lhem with n tbey take fire, nnd aa thoy arc nlmonl universally fine lot of swecl, rich, yellow bn'-lcr, the hens gnvo built outsido of the house, there is no danger.        'plenty of eggs,   tbo   garden, which  you  may Iw
liaving hccoiii3 ua much inieresled nn ynu did Burc, ha,l not been neglected, nnd as u "hazel in this family, after Iiaving spenl nuother iii'tht pmrh" had heen broken np lo make it. nlaogavo with lhem in lliuir new house, I do noi vvondi-r nl   fi.rlli an abiiiidanl liurve.,!!. Tho fine jelluw punip-
tlio enquiry in your lulo leller, of 'pr.iy tell me sonielhing uf onr old ucriiiuinlunce ot the hrnkfui wheel, tho Thuniiison fumily. Did lliey conlinue ns cheerial and happy through lho winter uh when I luft them.uficr they hid got ^inlo their enhiii ? Did he get his claim at Guverninenl priee ? Uuw many acres did ho get in, tho firsl sprin,; ?" I ansvver yea, to the two first questions—nnd this re-
after the fniigue of the doy wns over, vvas accepted OS such.
Oh ia not that ovcning still frcsh in your memo¬ ry? Do you not now SCO thai interesting family in your fancy, ns you saw them upon that eve¬ ning around the camp fire ; while vvo asked nnd answered as many queslinns aa lho reader may suppose would bo natural for bo many Yankees to do under similar circumslanecs.
"And so you say|tlial yun expect to get liumelu- morrow, or rnthcr where you nre to mnko n home."
"Why yes we did expocl to."—" Whero then do you inlend to atop?" "Why a friendof roire has 'made a claim' for me nl the big grove, und if it suils me I shnll stop iherc.''
"Arc you from Maine?"—"Yes,"—"Yourname is Thompson ?"—"Yea." "Well lhal ia a first-rnto claim, nnd, havo no duubt will suil you, and what is moro, I havo every reason lo think you will suil me for a neighbur."
"A neighbor! Why arc you going thero too?"— "Yes, but / am going Aome—^I livo there."
Render, did you ever meet on old friend, after un absence of years. Fancy then a happy meeting here. But I was nut an old friend, nur an uld ae¬ quaintance, but a ncw onc-—one found in conae¬ quenco of breaking down a wagun wheel. Merely a person whose name the emig rant had henrd of¬ one who "lived in the same gruve that Ibey vverc going to settio in." But such is the feeling tbal binds emigranls together. Such nre the slight cir. cumslnncea that repny the loil and anxiety ofmak¬ ing a ncw home in lhe Wcsl. Cheerful aa Ihey were before, this liillo ciruunistanco made lhcm slill more so. Tbo good wninnii fell no more aa though she was going nlono into tho wilderness, vvhere thero were none that ever knew her before and where aho would nol only hove 'lo inuke a now home,' bul ncw acquaintance nnd she hoped now friends. She even fult ns thougb she shnuld feel quito at huine in my house—she vvns suro she should bc glad to sco my wifo; and she was equally Rare lliat I sbould bo ofgrcnt service lo bcr husband—1 would show him bow lo build a log cabin, for hc knew nothing about il—und sbe nover had lived In nno, but aho vvns determined 11 bo contented, although it vvould be a grent ebnnge from what thoy had been used lo—oh how glud she vvas that ihoy vvere guing lu have lho houso ofono'uld acquaintance,' where lliey could go lo loam 'life in a log cabin.' '
Ah ! why should vvo 'harbor sorrow,' 'although misfurtunes come,' vvhiie vvo could if vvo wuuld, make so much enjnyment out of so slighl a mis. fortuno as breaking a wagon wheel, twenty miles from nny assistance excepl on our native resuurees. You rccollcet thut after seeing them all under vvay the ncxi,moruing, having given lhem prnpcr directions whero thoy would  meet vvitb us again,
of
Mns gli.«leiic;d in the sun in the greatest profusion, and the prnspuct of nn old fnahioncd Yankeo lliiiiiks>;iviiig was nut enlirely desolnte. A por¬ linn uf lho corn waa good, ami allbongh wheat wn.s nnt amung the goud things nf "thn firal ycnr," yel, ll'l mc lell j'uu, u belter pumpkin pie never wus eaten than vvas made in that cnbin, withoul thc luxury of vvheutcn fiour. Allow mo to any minds mo thai aome of our readers wunld liko tu Imiv. knuw what a 'claim' ia. When wo firsl scaled j [Gronao tho pie plalo, and fiicn cover il nhoul ns upon the Innd here it belonged to the Uniled Slates . thick us n cenl of dough, wilh dry eorn meal and and wns not for aalo. Tiie firsl person that came, • pour in lho prepared pumpkin and buke, nnd my selected lllo siluation lhal best plensed  him, nnd | wnnl fiir it, you will eat.]
mado a claiin lo it. Thai is, he buill wme pen, ur j In addition lliorc was a moat luxurinnl crop of made some sign lo show the next comer, tbil llml buekwhcnt raised from a peek of seed that coat a lot oflOO acres was claimed, und this was aulfi- dullar, and wus hroiigbt .'50 milcP, nnd tho cnkea cient to preserve it for munlhs. Such is the rc ' mndo ufihis wero sweoiened with wild honey, and spect thai uno emigrnnt pays lhe righl ofanuihcr. i who will aay thnt Ihey were not swecl, and eaten Suoh seniors, aro called 'fquallers.' And now fnr . wiih iluinkfulnca-a. the otbor question—like  every other  new selller.      Nutwiihsianding
hc finds ho fancied coul.l du a greal deal more tbnn ' guod crop uf whent wns got in and nn abuodnnoo ho vvas uble.   At firat, bo calculated that hu euuld j of hny pruvided fiif winier. cncloso a quarler acetion, which is juat halfa mile
' the  disaster of the Bpring,
square, and lako for a fence eight rnil.H high, 10,12-10 rails, whieh seemed hula amall jnb, and ii vvould ho n great saving to fcnco a Inrge fiold at once.
Bul ollcr the houso waa haill, Ibcro was a .«iuliIo alao, to bo provided, llicn a trip of lorly inilcs* lu mill, anuiher fiir proviaiona and grain for the burses* and then n week or Ivvo more uf lust lime of slor¬ my weather; nnd us deer wero plenty, antl pnrk high, il IB an ohjccl for lho boy to kill a few muro deer, "while bo wns in bush;" and finally, so much lime was losl beforo the ten ihouaand rails woro coramonecd, that it was Ihoughl advisable lo get lhe slate, and figure up how many it would lakc to fence fnrly ucrea, which it was fuund would tnke 5,I20,jusl hull the number of rails, and only one fuurlh tbo nuniber acros—quile a lo.sa in lung run, bul halfa luai is bolter than no bread, and bo they
Oneuf lho advantagca of making a new bcUIo- mont in a prnirio conntry .is lho fneillly uf getting hay, whicii whon cut in gnod seasun and well taken care of, i.s ulmust equal to limothy or rcd-iop—lhe 1 liter being a naiivo grass uf lhe prairie.
Ntflwllhstanding there was slill n strung dispo- siliun in "fence more land." Tbe uld srhnOlmos- tcr's experience, had Inuglil our friend Thompsnn nm to iry agaiii lo cut tuo wido a awulh, and so ho concluded to finiah lho fence around lhe forty noro lnl, nnd make a further addition whon he was ablo. It is ono of lho most eommon mislahca of new set¬ tlers llml they underlake to do too much at firsl. The firat orup is ofion destroyed, und sometimea health wilh il, in consequence.
The secund Spring opened much more prwpili- uusly. Some additiun had heen made lo tho stook of caltle. •¦The old sow" had a fine Iiller ofpigs, and hy dint of cloae walciling, lllnt pcsl ofthe pral-
aet nbnut it wilh a righl good will.    Ahhuogh the 1 rio, the smull wolf, only gut a couple uf lhcm. limber, vvhich la nearly nil white unk, vvaa lound to      These "varmints"   which   ure  about Iwico as be verv tough, at length the rails were eumpleled,   Inrgo us a red fux, burruw  in the
J -^ . . .... .- ,   -     , ,       n,|.n..   ...Ill    .
but about this timo the sad truth was tuo visibl lllat llicir sleek Pit horses eould nul keep sn, upun n scanty auppiy of poor marsh hay, and grain su doar thut every grain was counted; nnd wisdum Jiuiot,.!! tlio „iilo of ono pair to prevent bolh frum
tarving; nnd whul from that, and anothor trip to mill, and anuiher for feed, an.l lho inability ol pour horses lo do guud vvork, when tho apring o|iciieii, not more than onc hnlf of ihu ruila were hauled ; nnd upon our soil, nolliing cnn ho doee al lhal sea¬ son, it ia ao aoft. Hull the original cilculutinH been made lo fonce ten acres, il wunld havo taken 2,.'iG0, and the quantity hauled would hnvo boen aullioicni Bul now thcy wcrc sc.attcre,| roun.l twu siiles of n forty aero lol, and it vvns "neck or nulhing."
Whon pluwtng time cumo, after scvxral aevcre trials, it was found that the prario sod wusloUi!hor
hnn two horaea—so addiiiunal trams nmsl hc pro¬ vided ; and for breaking prairie an ox team being al logcthor preferable to oneof horsca; it was decid¬ ed to get foul yoko of o.'ien, nnd wiih thai leuin the old man and second son conld plow the whulu Ibrly aores, and the uldcst boy in the mennliiiio could houi the rails, and du somo olhcr necessary teaming.
But where were the oxen to bo found.    Cringing
oxen in a wilderness is inoro easier said than dune,
Allhoogh lho emigrnnta began to think lhal
canh, and aro oxc"eediiigly impudoni. Thcy will come np lu yonr veiy donr and steal pigs and puullry in ibo nigbl, unless lho "old dug" is "righl shnrp."
Had it nul boen for the prairio wolve-s. a lilllo fiuck of sheep wonld have heen added this Spring, »o ns lo provido some encoiirngeincnl Ur "bonio indusiry." But it wns ronsidered best lo pill olV this one thing that might have bcen dono to. day, unlil to-morrow, or rather' unlil there waa a greater increase of acllleis for mutual prolection, wbicll nceording lo indieuliolis wouhl suon bc, as they were coniing in rnpidly.
At first neighbors were scarce, and at limes a. cloud passed over the mind of the accnmiiliahcd and "city bred" Mrs. Thompson, to lhink "whut a. cliange," but more particularly us she anticipated lhal herchildren must gruw up wilhout tbc means urcdnrntion. But cuuld she have looked imo fu¬ turity only a few short years, buw diifcrent wnuld Imvo been her leelings. She would havo been able lu have seen her own, and furiy of her neigh¬ bor.' children nil enjoying the ndvanlage of a guod schnnl. And every Sundny to see theold log .Meeting House crowded willl a well.drcascd«iiitcl- ligcnt looking congregation, while in lhe winter, the iiienv sound of the Blcighing party hells, or
id.me.  ball-rooiii fiddle would  Imvo cumo Qoalingontho a uevv I 'air to her car. selller had to encounler some dilliculiiea in muk- a ncw hoine,^' llml thoao who bud nlwnys lived
wo'put ahead,' nnd slept tbnl nigbl in the cabin ol tho 'first settler,' where yon found anuiher wilness lo provo tlial lifo moy bo enjoyed in tho ncvv scl¬ ilcrs' new homo. We wore prcily woll ossurcd that thc light which we savv in the grove about fivo miles oft', that eveniug, waa the camp lire of our acquaintance of the prcviuus nighl, and the noxt day proved the fact; nnd the nicettiig nf real old ncquaintance is scldum mure pleasant.
Tho guod wives wcrc certainly pleased vvilh one onother, and their acquainlanco mny now bo called
The nett day yuu witnessed the beginning of a loo- cabin. Tho wagon vvas muved on to tho claim and unloaded ; lho tent sel n i, nnd some slakes set by theside ofu lug which wuuld servo fur a soat, upon which lliu end boards nf lllo wagon wero placed vvhieh formed a very guod table, allhough nol a niahognny one.
Now the 0.103 resounded merrily, the father nnd oldest boy ehupping logs, und" the secund ono ^snaking them' to tho place selecled to build the house upon. This, as it alwaya should bc, wns seleeicd fololy witll reference to hcallh, upon an olcvalcd piece nf ground with a few uf those beautiful Western treos, the upland burr, scaltered around for shade. And lho houso nhouhl bo ailua- nted ao that nil the slnbles and caitlc yarda muy bo placed upon llio Nurlh   or Wesl side; the ground
ina home already made for lhem, hnd lilllo con¬ cepiion of; yel Ihey kept up a buoyancy of spirit that was a greal anlido'e lo Irouhle.
After several days unavailing aonreh through the nearest settlements after oxen for sale, nnd when n spring crnp began lo luuk gloomy, "good luck on a journey" ainpl at tbcir door, in the shapo of a thou-: aand head of cattle, driving from the suuth pnrl of Illinnis to Michigan, nnd a bargain for four yoke of oxen and lbc same nmnber of cuws wns sunn mndo , nnd whieh, in llinse days nmde n big holo In a dcop pocket. Now tlioro was nnulhcr juuriioy of forty miles tu ho made, lo procure n'•hrenking pluiigb" and iruns, for the now ux yokes thut wero to bc made.
In the mcnnUmo there was  no paalnro to alinl
up tho caltlo in,so the now euunlry expedienl waa
adopted; ol shutting up   the enlvcs nl hnmc, nnd
lelling cuws run ul Inrgc; and in a few dnys the
o.ten grow familiar with  tbcm and the place; nml
l"mal»rnal   afleclion"   was   tho fence   tn keep lhe
I whole »t homc, or "un   ihc marah,"   which inu
piuiiio eounlry affords an nbundnnco of early pns.
inragc.     In  vluc  limu   thu  breaking  leam wua
"atraighlcncd oul."    Did you ever see ono t   Fuiir
yokoofuxcnhiuhed  lua pairof wagon wheela,
and lo that a plough, luo benni uf wbich is nboul
filleen fect long, and lho iruns weighing frum 100
lu iar> puunda, cntlinu'   a furrow   from si-\leen lu
guard hnrd...- ..— j ¦ -
bIvo hud attompted a task nol lo hc ncbiovod upon ,
earth.   Cures and sorrows are the lot of earlh's , got  to a  place  where  vvo
children; hut they full comparatively lightly on  home.
atthc South should 1.0 kcpl clear of everyihing | twcnly-fuur inches wide, and genera ly nbout fuur that would produce iniaamu. Settling in a place | inches deeii, turning thu sod eomplelcly hulluiu snlu liko tl.ia, wuuld appear discunraging lu sume; I up. If corn ia lo be planted, ll is aui.iclimea dro| overvlhinir lu he erecied ; not a abinglc ur hoard ] |.cd in every second or third furrow, un.l sonie- luwards building a huuae, iiul a singlo furrow j limca „ hole is eut in the sod with an u-xe inlu plunghedluwur.lauriaiilguerop.nruHinaleradfur which thu seed la dropped. It needs nu 1.1 i '     *¦ -      -"        -       k,^__  1-.„„. i..,.niy or  twcly-five busbeis lu
ands nn-l willing  hearls can ; oflcn pruduecs Iwei
hor undcrBlanding, nor oympatliy in her Inslcs. ho I thoao whose hearts are sirengthencd and sustained
soon began to treat hor as a child, ihnt is, as a be¬ ing having no righto, Sho on her aide, quicker in fooling than defining, fell as evory child feels, when defrauded of their duo, tlmt sho had claims lo usaoit us well as himsolf; and thus eommonecil
a flirugglo lhal cach urged aa fnr aa thoy dared.—
Wo Buy dured, for'llioro vvns a culd, stern decision
nbnut hira, lhnt nwcd hor in spite of hcroolf; uhd
ho saw a look in her cyo someiinies llinl told hlni
il woro best nut lo push mattcra lo oxtrcinitieB, or
he mighl raise n spirit, onco rnised, not s, cusily
laid.    Mrs. Vivinn aeoing her beautiful child con-
aigned tulhe sclfiahnoas rallier of a slep.fnlber,  libfary ulune, Ihore wns u d.enmy abstraction i
tha.i lho indnlgcnl ufteeiiun of a devoled hnahaiid j hio oyo, that lhe keen Mrs. Vivian having once do.
by an all-aupporling aud enduring love for  those to whum forluno hns cunnecled their destiny.
And wns Mr. Gilmer happier fur the new mndo of lifo ho Imd adopled? No. Aocuslumcd to the hnbita of a clly, ho was warning in tbat personal nciivity nerossnry fur tbo enjoyment of couniry pleasuroF, or keen interest in tho ugricnllural im- piovcmenl of hia placo. Uia lilcrary pnrsuilB. wanting the stimulus of congenial spirits, woro do- genoruting into careless rending and sedentary habits, only diversified by lighl do/ing ; and after spending lho afiur.iooii  uud evening hours in his
Homo, huabiiiid? yuu moan lu say umil vvo bad I fence.    But sirong ba
intended  to make a ' accompliah woiidors.  In n fow days the lugs wero
' cul, nnd clap boarda nmdo hy aplilting an unk lug
"Why yes, truo enough, wo have gut lo make a\ inlo ihin wide slavea ihreo or foui feel lung. will.
home, bui firat wo have gol to mako a new wagon , whieh to enver the ruui; the fluormg la also  made
', I hy aplilting u log lu'.n'punchcona'nr broad slu.)",
'" Whioh accmod lu you no amall mailer, althuugh ] which are hewn upon the npper sido and 'spuUed'
Oals are suvvn   npun the soil nnd 1
wed, hy vvhich a slighl frum the masa uf gruss roulauf which ihu aod iu coinposcd, und whicii are ( aimual ns iougli a» fiddle slti nga.    In plnughmi;, | hnia,i bus ullen to filo the Iruns an't cu"!-1
But I musl find an end tn this long alory. Bo assured Ibat your uld ucquainlunce nre among lhe fevv of those cinigrants vvhii havo increased their prusperiiy by seeking "a new weslern home," "away o'er hill and inmintnin," for thoy wcrc of that class whom Providence hud Bpoeially endowed wilh tho liicuhy to pc.severe through all the dif¬ ficullies incideni lo snch a lifo, witbout Inoainc that chocrfulncsa of spirit whicii vvo fiiund iliuni pus-se.-3cd of upon the first night of our acquain¬ lanco.
Thov hnvc really made the vvildurncss smile nnd blossom. Nul nnly lhe "old field," hul many ncvv uncs nre now under a high bIuIo of eiiliivulion.— The old cabin is yct a romfurlablo home, ihnngli sundry uddiliuns have been made lo it, and Ihu hoy who pruvided us with "11101 deer" for the ven¬ ison supper, has lalcly provided bimself with i» ¦•whilu li.wii," buth dear and lovely.
Need 1 say lo you that all Wealern emigmnin nre nol like llieso. I could poinl you a pioluro of." olhera who left tt homo in tho East tu seek one in the West, who, so far as llmt word moans cinnfort nnd hnppiness, are yet holiseleas.
Need I tell yon tbnl theae wero endowed wilh fir dirteienliliaposiliuns; sneli ns could unt con¬ furm lliemselves lo lho new and slrango modo ot life lhal IIwniled Ibcm, wltll n chuetful diaposiiion. luennelu'ion, hi me eariicsily advise every ouu of vuur reuileis whu feci disposed to emigtalo ti» lhi'"w.-ai,lu sil down and camly consider all lho circnin.atanei'S, and thenpul lho quealion lo hiui. .self, um 1""« "I' ll"*'" whom ii uluiu has filled fiur a pioneer—cmv I meet willl Iruiiblea and pciplcxi- lies willl a clieerliil spirit—can I lenvo all the enin, lilrta uf an u'd huiiiesteiid uud enjny lilu in llm new settler's bumlilo lug cnbhi.
There uro lliuiiaa.ids uf ulhers  whu ahuuld eii- luiling like a alavu
llle acre.
rawed lhd same way as pl
cuvcriiig is serulchcd  up
i. qiiiru, why <lo I   renmin here,   lulling like a al '",'" upon land lliat I ean never uwn, when   I euuld gu lu lho Wu.al, and nller u few years uf paiienl indus. ry upon my turn suit, leavo u'cninfiirlablu eunijie-
llvc ploughma,!
t Icnce anil htmii: fnr niy wifu and children.
rerniil mu lu aubseribo myaelf ynur  old, and ynur readers ncvv aei|uai.iliince, wilh the hope that
r::;;;;::;:::^:^;:;;:!:.:;;:;:;: p came nouhor ftn„. ¦ ,ieasod. 1.^0 u.... as ne imd piem, of oma. very eo,„i;„
help r.iiHo,''in lho coiiiau nf n week  they  had l.lilc h-'U e.    Do ^01113 ufyuur r. a.h 1
lliu iiuliniitcd   piialiiru; hut In iiio: 11.Ilg t-j ulU'ii tru'.il'U:ionic,
and wilh Iho heavy   iliic' .,viiU l.ii liie.