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' ^rtippjUM yon .upon (^ former
iS-a!i!hK««l; iWanly ¦'''!^"' T»Hh »fr, Wpi^ford.'VtaM Klor^ proudly,-..
«fci!iuui*fl«rf,«iit<!Mi i.ii -vHW^II/yoJif im
iidm|ratipn of jfbu,have .given ,tho 'world fciiio ¦WiilVra«lfol';boli6viag llie ttocy.'-': .!./..;';:
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l'I bdii Mr, WoodfiJtd that you wore very indo¬ pendent, Flora.When ho spoke.wilh somo surprisu 4fyourlirayiii^;pobliq, opinion.'' '   Fiorn's'cheek grow paf?, ahd Iter jip quivered, aa sho tamed an irninirihg look upon her tormcn-
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WhiKritiiimitslnahabandtbs^liiemih ;
' Beipi^-fWiw'Vnconyeip'tM^^ With:4iaSi(ijj eji»j^«n3 8tep''pr'm^^ j8te l^etK %'d«ttneel With haughiy^^ fihekingthe'treW^irfroin hers'tiowrwhitbneck      ?¦ ¦4nd"teiin*ac!i fullj rbpiwl.iK^^^^ race!" •
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WbiUlMpii^.com'M wilb pficringsfbf Die!' , l-.-raniabl^a^ yPMr iiijeen.: ipiy noble blPod- 'Balli lu pura,rounlain in aline of Gods, ^biMl the twin Children of thi«balod wretch Were born on floau'qgpf IppT-na if «.ert|i ; Wauld.(rsiit nprestin; placp to.one like bor.— • I an;tl»i iwrmt'of.teven iiiVely'bdys,   • '
Qrapei'pVia'njuveraeatiis t^a nhinhle deer,  . ' ¦
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'  Vengeance baib done its work: the noble sons
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Seeda dealii by lilling oil his tnisly snerd.
lU-ffled.Iiliabel^rrilbialiDWchangedj-r
WiUl jvpnupenerjori'she'thrpffs her arins
'Hiniad.'UipcoldbpdieaoCithe early-.deadi ; .
Aai|jiriiua .«irin:kiaeson:c^chlifpleis check.
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, -likjtWiStVini^ngptabeailmrTipVj'i.;^'-'¦ Aiii) tltoiitf birdailjliten peristiiPne by one,
.Xi^.aillX! I^Vpprdrappiiif friim auluninal frees.
v.8»^ift)tm,ije«I--fTJie wether braves lb  boll, Apd^vrnps |ha yeiiii^est dairliiig in.hPr robe.'' "n^PjiJilltii^ton liagenij^ahlvtbe arrow^ sirikcal A^ Ni<i^ laimptt.hpr cbildleci,^^^
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- bftliab^atifttl girii'thoourira ol her ifull:red lip
aj^^itf'dlKontent'and' dttpleaeurc, and ai.sbs
..- leanpd bei head upon her handi aho was.i^^nlging
in^:6i)>ny a hBU-vexed,.balf eorrowfulrefiection.
. i.Htirlilnwonled mood of thought, however, was
epeedllydiaturbed by tho entrance of a visitor, and
V    wiiiv* andilea effpit of'»elf.cpiriinand, a bright
beaitaiptf amile b/pke fortii u        tiirncd to \VoI-
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,.   -v ji^My/deii^tJTbra," oxoliilnleil tlip lady Who had Jiiiife*Wered,';'I.am diliglacd Jci'mo.ypa lookinjr
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. "Ab,j8ooyou want.to know all ho said, 51- though yoa'protend tiibe Wo indifTorcnt. . Isup-* pdiio ypu kiioiv how be doepiscs Cofbner St. Leger, and- when ho saw ybu' waltzing^ with the faclna- |ing miUldirei he expressed, his. cbnleinpt in no: mcofiuifed terms.' l'accused''him of jealousy and Ilia roply ^wcs. that lo be jealous wo ^ musl first lie ia love, niid for hi? part ho did not bcliove that love could oiist withoui rpspect and esteem; he ad- d^d that be would as s^pn think of caging and pelting 'd'biiltbrfly'as bf bestbwing his afi'sotions. on a fashionablo hollo. So I give ybu warning. Flora, he ia very, angry .with ypu, and when he next visits jrou it will bo to read ypu a liscturo on Coqualiy.'^ ....
Flprt^bilhcr lip and Ibsfed her pifctty head in welldiVeinble.d e.corn, hut, her yoicaUembJed, and iliere was rio gayely in thi! eniiio with; which she iminbi^ftitbiy ¦ chahged'the ¦coiiveraptipii to some tnore; injiS'er^rit^topic^' Aiise Gnreipn,' Who se- orotiy eiivied ¦. Flora for tbp tenoty rind woiilih which w^ero unnttiinablo ginsto hei;eelf, had come for the. express-purposo of shooting a; -poisoned or¬ roiv at the favoritb of fbrluhoj and having sue. ceedediif'.Iiorpurpbse, bad risen (iitake her de¬ parture, wlienAIr.Woodfoid entered. Tbo temp¬ tation was irresistible, and Mi^s Garston reseated herself^ that aiie might witness the meeting oftlio iwVlpvoit*, who,'as slie shrewdly, Bu'spcctcd, hod fttiaHelbd o'n:the.= pre«lou« evening.-; Btung hy thp lilnptyirpHrrtmPtka-Bho ftaid jiiat Hisard, Flora Loe- tet'ajiaiinet'to^wartfsiho how bntnor 'waa cold ond ciinstraincd. Sbo assumed a frivolous, volatile tone to conceal het veiotion, and with, a gayety far 'frwii real, dfirpMsed all the lopics of theday. Misa GarstOiTi too.pcuie'ttoVto perceive the tiru'e etato of iierfeelinge,^btermitied to '.•foolJie;r i.io ihe toj) of hcr bent." By. ciiriniDgly fratneA' phrasoB slio fohtrivcd todraw front Horacp Wnbdforil an ox- prcssion of his ppinion rospecliiig' Coloiiel St. Le¬ ger; and,,na he vvaa in.reality vexei'bii'd pained by Flora's apparent coquetry, he oiprcesed himself with,undeserved sevei'ity, wliile hb insinuated a severe rbpropfof the lady, IBpid they' baen quito aloneiFlora's proud iipirit ,wpuld have revolted ngainat tbia assumption oi authority, but in iho preaericbpflibF false friend,-it appeared to her tho height of insolencb,' and,' Ihererorc, pretending a degreeofintercBli which she did not feet,'she cn- tored'into ct'wi>Hw-T^'*^^''^T^."if^"i' ii'r.-^i'""T-' r-.,!,, no!. "This immediately gave rise to ono of ihpso painful siehee which almost evory ona has-bad spmo jopporluniiy uf witnEssiiig in their: intercoiiriia with society, where, under ilio mask of politeness, the miist acrid feelings.are only, half concealed.-— The ibpfivbreation toon aegamed . that; aggressive ciiiinicibr well .k'npWn'by: tbb expressivb phrase' ^t'lalkingat«; ptrt6n.'!i fTjie^kepij; rebuke scarce hidden bi)neath'tho;6imsy veil of qpurtly.lariguagp, —llie reproiib'h,; niade morb sevoro by lho con- eciousijes8of.b'oing;iqarited,7-;tlio biting Sarcasm: whichBtingB tho dttorcr iib ,!eM-",!hii> the'listener, —Ihb bitter jeatwhiehloavea JlB drop of wom-':' wood.Wilbin the hoa rtlbtig after thb vo^co boa oca- Bed to resbund in the oiir,~aIl;wero Bi:oug|il into- rbqnipitipn by Uibjady 'and,'licr ib'vof," wliilb lho frierid (?) who »eorctIy,,enjnyed i(hp scene, adjlcd the gallof hbr.inridijaiis bialiec to the ;v«)nom which angry passioiis wore disUllipg/npoh thft hearts of both.. Atlength whensatisitpd ibai enough;m^^ ohiofbad'boondond; Mis?ivGMBlpiiirMb^ hbr ie»5gi but dbsirons of prevenling'bii rSppbrluni-- {y;<5?;ifKp'ff5lHafibn, shp urged' Mr. ¦ Wbbdflird to. aocbiiipaay her, ..Ifo was _ too , iniipli -disquicied, hdwerorilo.de»ire her socioiy, and a- polite refu-: ail Waa.lipbn life lips, whon the door' of ;tbo draw^ Ingriibin bjibned totad.iiiit Coloher Sti liegor.r— This dboide<J;hiin,and vyit)i ii chfielt piilp frpm sup- ptbised 'eibptipD.rMd a li)> that traiiibied with , pas.^ liioii, hii-bi|ido'MiMtI<i«!ei?''gbb^ ;nnd fol-
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-'iir jiiU ilo love'pis, ybu'.will flild mebilt.''--SnAK8KAft.: • Flora Lester waa the child of luxury and fash, ibn. ' Heir falhert busied: ini the daily acoumulaliun isf weilthyibfi^irf'bia'wilp and daugbter'^tha eh- joymont uf itaa'pplipncea, aild ihey Iblly availed themselves of hiaJnd(«lgpitco.,'Aq. excelj^pt edu¬ cation had fmpirovati Flora's-fiiie' tdontalppwerB, and tlie Bklii of all'tha'best'fliodiifui'faod'bsenput inrcqulfiji»n toaibifp.^lirt'vejy beaDtifuI person. Shff'waa'young, beaMtiijiilt-,tiob! aiul' fiuhipniililei thpiii) bitfibntcs ivera enoiigh to :iQako ber the idol ofEbeibry^;bpt she i wis aiu high-lnindodi ¦: wbrm- h,eiWpd,:.jind,,'«n,e^g"B.U.p-^t quite aoper^iioutiin Ihb.iiiiBSJinictirC^tilVtancefc^^ neariy two JeaMpwvipasiib the bprniiienceiiiBnt of. my story, ihe hfd bebn tho object of liuqiialilled ndmiriition'tob'largb'blr'ole. ¦ Beiijtyy'>vit,.weallli' eind wprih,- aro-advantageS so'Viihelyborabined In, otib Ittdlvliioiiii that Flora eobn' be'coiiib^a general' ftv;bntb,,;and;rt;wa8 universally;-admi ttbd,^t^ ipnee','hisbibn')iad'enlb^rpncd a ,nbt:;unworlhy idpl i^tf]i»jViic^iii;ib''fiiocibty^dby.b^
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4^--'>;i/h^I-Btn'n'ot very;«n«,lon«j!yBi) can dfl-wyoii-plBaab ''¦^''^"abbiitit,'''ivii!iiKe'cdrble»a reply. .'¦•--     ¦ •': .. '. "I am half afraid ol raaking nliauhiof, Fibril,"
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lireH atiended; by:;C«Ion»| bbfaiiBi'iiVi'Bity^eir.dbpiendbnto.f«tii|;iinpiitW bf:i(tttm!rirwbi»Flora'»'beaoillng;.i»iiiii<"i^i^^^^^^^^^ •ji •ijtiwiiijif i^ioudjniay, ecUpfle iho brlJshfiiejB of
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aociety; ho; shrphlt from an, explanution .wliioli might cpmpelhtatp forego tlib pleasure, bnd tliuii •hb^'defirro^'ftom day,. to doy and frbm njonih to 'm'pijlii, thpcpill^sionwJiiclV would ^h tji'b,happlnces,pf botii.jVB.ul'hla' iilcncp liiid "hot ¦l»cp;wiihtut,l^/offodt'pn Slpitt^ .fw!^^^^ .T/iii dbbbt-whidv rerari^p a'Wa^erieij,..fcB'fearJ abbbid, havp :pver-eli]miiito4 her own .powers of plj^aing, gayp hjm- ii;rfiw;^ Interest in hor lieart, .pnd, wiill thb ^.psbal. pervprsenesai i>f human na- tni^/tbal.which. yrns diiHcuIt u!° attainment be- 'canib iior chief (lesiro. ^lib consciousness' lliat Ilii? afrecMpivs wdrp c_ngagc(I,-led, jioi^ to yi^ilhe'r feelinga, w.'th tlio most jealous core, and with a proud dptermination not to bo Won unsoiigNl, I'lom cuatrollod every inppulso'wluch prompted to the dti- v;clopo.niont,of-her secret.' : Alafi|'- how often- does the world come iri be¬ iwcen :ub and-happiness! How ollcn .docs its coliT sheer check tho kindly craoiion and chill the no- bicst impulse! How ollon docs its dread Idugh minglo harshly,with tho sweet music of tho heart, and rnake discord where all should bo hormonyj
Flora Lester's prido hnd bcen stung by some ill- natured sarcasm respecting her lover. She..hnd' been described as "waiting his pleaaurc," and Iter consltincy'had been thb subject of isnobring ro-- proaches. Those things wero repeated to .her with oil tho cxoggeration of mailed, iind, iit the parly al-' ludcd tb in the former port, slie Jmd altoniptedlo silence Ihe voice of scandiil by ihOs belyiiig lier own nataro. ;Snbh things happen too frequenily, and there are few of those whb have tiiinglsd in society but can romomlibr occasions, when; whh b heroism liice that of the Spar tan boy, we auffered ourhoartsto bb gnawed by tho cruel fangpf grief, which, if revealed,"wo'uld h'avb ibat' its power tb vjound*. Flora iitiil beon ifritilcd by tlib'pertina. cious tcazingof hor pretended friend,Miss Garstoii, and When Horace Woodford eniored tho room, shb detcrriiiiiiidta feign Iierfect indiifereacb. Col, St.' Leger,' an-HngUsh oScoj, the second son pfian. Earl, arid' himsolf a :membor of Parliament, was, jusl then, tiis object of - uiiiversal attonlion. Ilo had been mtibh struck with Ihe beauty and digni¬ fied gKace of Miss tiestef^ and a very Utile cncour- agonient Wasanllieient tb Kttiich him to hbr'sido durinjs the' Bvbrtlhg.' She danced with him rb- pbatediyi listened With''iiio9texpre>Bive'and flat¬ ieriiig'btientibb to hia oiiecdbtes, allowed himto wail'upbh her til anpperi' and finally Buffered him to fold her bloak' afbuhd her and Ipad' hcr to tho carriage. Indeed, she hod prdeeeded muchfar-: thor thaif shb originally intended,'for she Was pi¬ qued by Horace Wbodford'a'ovident coldness and his'ill.'disgaised. cbhtbmpt of^Jfbr conduct; Sha WBB satisfied lhnt sheihad iiow^^]^ to silence all tiieidlegoBsip Which had so rauch annoyed her, and yot Slip half rcgrcttpd tho course she bud adaptcd,'Btnce it had cost hor the displeasure of her lover. 'Howevei',' she looked forward to a meeting (he'lollpwihg; day which "should oxpliiin bvery thing, and she had boen in momentary ex- pectbtiiilTafii visit from llim, when MissGarstun so inopporiaiiely appoafeil.; ¦
HoracQ Wbodlbril hod gone to iho party solely lo mcel Flora.   He had' determined to be no longer
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opporlunily in lhe-courso of the    evening "lo^ secure an unlnlerrupled'intervio'iy. with  her fur
hopes Wbt(:h' you ha*o efusheil, nnd fears which yomhave realized. I caiiic fb ;lny my whole soul bo'ro bofpro yoa,—iojnako knbwmlo you its love,— tbUlseover toyou wennds wbiph your levity hod indicted, and lo ask the baliii of rympathy-and af¬ feetion, r will not fcciill llib pain of ihnimcoling.' Ii is pnougii that the Bweotviyste'ra swelling' ijp from tho puro fountain of aff^iiin in my bosom have been mingled with the bitiiif dranghl ofdib- trust.'     ' "     ¦, ¦   ,   "; " .[ ^,     '   ',
"Flora Lester,you are beaiiiifu! and,gi.(lpt|;ybii will havo mony luvors and juany flalicrcre, but lhe bno Irue heart, whioli Woiild iiuve'chcrislibd yoii; Ihiough nil the ciiniigcs oflbis changed jifo.'jiaa' beon flung ftom you in scorn. i;I would bavoploc- ed my happiness in'your' kcfiping, I WQuld^liiiio given yen what gold cbuld n'cirerwiiii but ybii'liave despised my oirering,evcn bofor^ it was laid n.i'your feet. A scnso of my own integrity Ihns drawl) from mo this confession, and i^o better fsdingsbf your nature-will appreciate hbw, much it haa cost mo. At the.mombrii when I iiller.my long.siienl aifection, I ilid you a lant furbwcll, .1 have not written this in order lo aWaken your pity;oyin. pathy tnight onco bavo given rhe happincas, but compassion 1, scorn to accept. T have neither hopo nor wish lo:tpacl\ yout fecling'ai henceforth wo pro utter slrangerb. ^.i only- ask whiit'I have a right to claiiii; ihat;thi*Ieifeir, thecbld pipression of my
daughter, wlfia' ilii'd 'fbllbita'iBlicd even llicirjowels; lho allornmcnl of, their/former wealth, agreed tb allow MtSi.Xtcstec an: annuity of i930O fur.tho next livoiyears.'''<t)pun ;thiB robserablopiltancp, n less aum ^a.a >ho had beiin in the habit of paying her nilllibor^^FIbro.arid, hpr itiothcr.wero now to «ub- albt', and tlfp raost rigid ccnomy became absulute iy essential.' 'Pridacns wbU as the necessity of rpdiiriug tbd'reiip'on.icfl within thesmallesilimiit, forbade tlioni to remain in Uio'city which had wit- ncsiioil.tjieir^arly nillucncc, orid, cro llip firei year of their monming had expired, they retired tub emnli villogb whose only recommendation was ilio cheapness 'witli which llio means of lifo hiisht bo pi-bcbred.' Tho,;world wondered and talked of .sympathy and pity,-and mouibctl. all those fine phrsios which mean ob littlo, and tiro so insulting to<;ihe feelings of the utilbrtunato. Sonie surmised that Flora-would not now hold her head so high, nnd -speculatbd tipon- hcr chances of malrimony; while ,ii ibw,^'a very': few really felt tbe sympathy which they ventnrcd nol to express to the heart, stricken mourners.
Time spod on, and as his .wheels scattered the
''5^'Wflhnvoreceived a ci>muiunic;.t',on.signed .4 r.-iic/iirig frfHfr—The Ilicbmond Whigojm- Tjii(,'yim5 ^ Co-, reflecting rather saiiriinlly and tains t'lo follon ing nclmowli'dgeininl from a ludy very ¦ illnaturedly 'opon "old maids." From tho of Virginia, oftho effects of .Mr. Marshall's spcccli tone nnd lempcr ofour correspondent's epiiftle. wc on Temperance;     *
should judgo it.lbbe'tho p'ruduclinn oisotue croas. "Will Mr. Marshall pardon a Indy li,r thanking grained, crookedly contracted old bachelor. O.d him, tbruugh tl.e medium of the public press, 'or bachelors generally arc mure or less contracted in his able and surpapsiug eloquent sjiccch on Tcm- ihcir views and opinions rcspecling lhe gentler Ec.x; perance?. It has had the, blessed elft-ct tu cheera ond moro particularly nrc thoy disposed In rur, ¦ friend, and niako a widowed licait roioicc, o« licr their rigs opon thai very oktimnblo and worihy only sun, a well known Lawyer, hua pledged hiin- porlion thereof, familinfly lermcd old ni:iida.— ' aelfto "rotal Abalinenec,'.' willi sorao gentlemen Like unto every thing else, however, there arc j in this city, in ronscqncnrn of having rend lhnt B6mopraiBowortliycxeeplions,though wo inuit con. j admirablo addresi. , Two of ihe s.ins-in-Jaw oftho fess, these excoptions are marvclloiisly lew and far; President oftbe Unitod Stales, haro lihowiso pirolg belween. Oliver Goldsmith, fur instunce, was a ; ed tlicnipclvcs. bachelor of lho first water—yct hcar him, ye rusty       May Gud bints   Mr. Marshal!  In   time,   und
fu«ti"old Ernmhlcr«,he«r whntlie sayi of old mniilh and learn to boliavn yuurselvcs more respectfully in futuro. . ,
•*I consider an unmarried lady declining inlo Iho vole ofycars, as nne of those i-harining cuun- tries bordering on China, thnt lies wasto for wanl of proper inhahilants.    Wo nie not tu ai-ousc the
Ihruiighuut eternity." Williamsburg, Vn,
Domestic Crediiors.—A Inrgo meetingofthe i'o. mestic credilurs of lhe coinninnwcnilh of Pennsyl- vania was held rcecuily at Krie, nt which P. S. V. Ilnnioi. presided. A rcsnluiiun w.-a pns^icd recom. mending thai n convention oflhnno to  ivhich   ihii
conntry, hot some ofils ncighliors, who arc insen-
goldcn sand beneath tbe fcct .of tho unfortunate isiblc of ita beauties, ihough at libcriy lu enter uud ! ^""^ is indebicd be hehl at Hnrrisburg nn the IBlh
bndthohappy,lhoyrcokedlitllooflhcmany crush-'cultivate the aoil." " • •    j day ol lunu,.-md requesting tho ^ attendnnce nfall
¦oil and bleeding hearts over which lbnl Bcythcarm-1 — 1 such personswho hnve  the mcuns  to dol rny the
odchariut rolled in its onward conrse.    People for-!    An inteiestinir trial took   nince hist wni-k in I "^I^"""''
An interesting trial took   plnce last week in feot tbebollo.of lho past season; anothor as lovely j Westchester, (Pu.) in whicii the validity ufthe will l^rtureclfee}i^g^,,n[iajr;i3ot be subjected to itis'crueU^ her stead, and tho brilliant circlet of Jacob Kout, a German farmer, upwards of 85
ridibnib0fyiil]r,ik>iiipbabIb friends, orthii^e ihe bbjoPtof mirth to; your-Ifss cenacientianii adAli' i-crb.  'LetUa not pail'iii anger,-let ub ezlbndinQ'
Itlal fprgiveness for; tliowaby; bitter words .which both have utlered, aiiilif.ybucycf tliink of me, let it be as one who seeks to blTace yuur imogs-from ihb heart which yoli have fpurnod, because, how-
A ntllie work.— riie t.uwcr Mohawk AqucJuet,
VIV.   .       ¦    ,       -.,,     .,     , ,        , ,        .       r 1 -J   1 ., 1 .,      /   whieh conveys lhe Erie Canal acroso the Mohawk
pf fashion Was still unbroken even though one of yearsof oge, who resided on  the northern eido o(      -       .,    ;,
ilSfaircrtgems had fullen from the brighl wreath.'Chcsier Co. adjoining the borough of Puttslown. " ^ew miles from Albany, i-j s:iid tobo the Largest Meanwhile Flora Leiner buried hcr regrets and ^ Hcdied in March mi, mposaej.siun of an estate,''"'""' I""""'» »'"«¦•=¦"/"¦•= "rehos, each her privations in seclusion. To watch over her ! voiiously estimated at from 825.000 to 30,000, and i'{-".Tjor "'"''""'"•' "'""• '''''« <'""" niollicr'sfoiling health, and tocullivato her own no- j left u will.    In this will Ik,  lell lhe prin,-i,ol part | 'i^„Z-lothnT''   . ''""'    '' ""^'' """"'
glocted talents so as to provido somo resource a-' of his valuable farm lying on the Schuylkill river,       "       '      *      •    i   cos .j b.ijuo. gainst fulure  want, wore now   hor only   cares,  contnining about 300 acrcs, worth 80 pcrncro, lo'     Unrrfwid Wil. When Queen I-Jlizubclh,
while tho prido which hod onco led her to be firat ¦ divided the res/iiiic of his property araong his olhor i ish Arniudn, visiicd Slirowabury, .Mr. Miyur, in in oitravogont display, now showed itself in hor j ehildren ond their deseendanb, and thc children i cnngralnlaling her on that memorable event, said -grdceibland  Iirni submis.iion  to circumstances^, of Jacob.   Tho verdicl of ihe jury was in favor of "When tho king of Spaiu altobked your Majesty,
She was Ibp-proud lo conccnl their poverty, loo pruud to mako any sacrifice lo mere appearances, too proud lo oxhibii any of that truckling spirit which enables one to pnrade the shadow of past splendors os an excuse for prescnti penury. Sbe Was too much absorbed in tho study ofher moihor's comfori to think of hcr .own, Mrs. Lester, quite unconscious of the real valuoof money, sought lo indulgo r.ll thc morbid appciites of a valetudinari¬ an, and Flora, by her secret industry und patient attention enticovored lo gralify her wiihnut allow¬ ing her to be sensible of the cost at which hcr wants 'wore saiisiicd.
Bul Flora waa not insensi blc lo thoso pangs which aro tho more severe because they must bo 'concealed. Cven in the midst ofher self-denying diitics, she was grieving over her own privaie sorrow, and fate's quiver was nol yel emptied of
lho validity of tlie will.
over powerful hns beep'hialpyp for ynu,'ho; finds She anlicipaled a life of sorrow and of hardship,  his son Jacob Hool, say four.fifibs oflho farm and : ofher journeys, suun after the dofeLt ufthe Span- a still BtroDget impulso in bisdutylowarda hi'm-
sbic"::,.;',„, •.;¦..-; :.-..^;,:.     . , '..{.,.  "
iiOt-tho ybung and loving heart picture to iiaelf the ogonies ofFlpra's wo'aDdcd spirit as she peru¬ sed these cruel wprds, :Hor -first; impulse was lo write to Horace, but-when sho reread hts loiter and again beheld the stiDgibg senlenco, "I havo neither hope nor wish to'louchypur fcolings," llio pride-of vvonian'Wa's aroused, and she almost dc- spissd horselt'for .wishing his roiurn. A hppo, faint at first, but. strengthening as she encpurogod il, ihatshe should yct moot him and exculpate her- self ftom. tbb imputolibp'bfhdattless coquetry, re¬ conciled hcr:tQ the ailence whicii decorum had en¬ forced: and ihough aoveral days passed before she wiis able to riso from hernich bed, aho still looked' forward.to tbc futuro, without desp:iir. But she hod uot yct drank the lull dranght of eoriow which her own bonds propared. The very firal day thot she was permiited to enter the drawing-room, a visitor nnnbunccd that Horace Woodfurd has soiled for
the next moriiing, ¦\yhen it ivas his iiitcnlion to of¬ fer bor Ihe.heort .wlibro aljp h^d long rcigiied parii- monnt; To a ipon of ^bodford's aby andberisi- tlvc teinpor such a resolutipn is oiily allained by a Biiyereslruggle.Neibing.buthis faitli in Floi'a's predilection for him could have bpniiuered the proud rcsprvo whiph,hoc) .80. Ipng-restrained the i^ipi«>Bipn:of.h|scIieri8hed love,and it was with i^.bbsbm pyorflawirig.fv|th tendoriiess ihathe min. giedinlhegay scenes of iliB night. It wouldbe in vain ip attempt deBpribing ,tlie tempest of his feelings as he wilnesscd Flora's unwonted coquetry and seeining.lndiirerenee. Jealousy, anger, root. tifibotionj and.wPuhdod afi'sction all in lurn ruled hia spirit, until he could no longer conceal bis einbiipnB. Miss Gorston's insidious remarks iiod gpjided llini almost to madness, and instead of a't- 4eiiipti|ig, ;tp., speal^:;wllh, Flpra,.*lio stood aloof, Watciimgber with, a sorcastli: -look, unliiher de- pnrturb liroke.ttie spoil, aiiil left' him ;i'6''ralu>n moody and niiBerablo to bis'home. .. ,i Butfow^can retainangry feelings whop leftto splitary cpmi,ijuni,p.n,Wifh thql( pwn hearts., jHoropo .Woodftrdrose from his sleepless couch with ado- tciminotipb to-seek; an explanation with Flora, vrhichshoiildtpilhef. bind tbem forever to each othpr.'or: sovor.;pyefy Up; between them. Hod he, found her aluno, bpr gbi^props nnturp and ber so. cret aflection would have silenced lho dictates of hor pride; but, when in. the prcscnco of the mali- cious fiiend, he ventured to censure her conduct, evcrjindignanl feeling was in a moment aroused; SboAvas conscious tiiiit his reserve hod exposed hiir lb invidious rbmnrkSi'Y'hilo it di!privcd hini of a right ip asstini'b' ihi) character of her suilbr.—. Wounded prido andunsatisiicd affection gavopoig. -riiincy tbhcr-Pmoiions, and;ihe intorviewendbd in booming aiigbr, but real anguish to botb.
,:¦": THE-CONFESSION. - ¦ "A'liaavy hoort baor. not on'humbib tongue." Flora's self command hod snppurtod her daring, JuI.St.Xpgpt'i yieit, -Ijut llib,door had scarcely clpapd.behinil hini, vWheniihp.sunk pn tho sofa in a paralbn of tetirs;-'tii;ing and deeply did aho woop byBr''tWpbcnrteiiMS pf-t^^ IaB;t few hbiirs. .:ShB wonid biive'^lyeibVybtlds'to rccalt'tlie iitmgtng words.'Which;aho had<uitorj.d..io; h.iin whom shp ioved bb«t~ tiwni'iwltij-butjthp-'-voice; had gone forth, tbe enyeribnied breatli bf'passion had tainted Iho'^^atmoBphero ..around her, and. tbb flowers of tibpdandpeace;Wen!;t>ligbteil for-eyen A severe iioticlilbiie-^tiiat.rbady apblogy for tho far moio ee- veifb heart-tibiie, at'which ihb'world only jeers and acoffs, and which we thorofncp Would biuali to ac -knbwIedge-n^onGned Flprii tP Jier apattnieni for .tKo'rbniiainderbf thb day. There W«a a brilliant balijn the ovoiiihgVaniJ her absence wdiiat first at- tribuiofl to 4liofatig'uIS of thp proviops riight, un¬ til Mise Garston kindly enlighiened a Inrgb bovy of beauties and,beaux by a detail,, mere amusing than vbritableibf tho lovbrs'qliaVrel-to which she jjail bpbh a wiincaa.   , _ ¦
Ero Flora had left llio room on lho following inoriiiiigialenor'ww ha'iidcd to her; itwas from Wpodrord, pnd 'conlained ilicBo words:;
¦¦noneir forbids me: to depart, after, all that has
Eiiropb/nnd in the  relapse  v\hich  followed  her I its vcnonied arrows.   Lillle news reached Ibcm in norvous eicitement. Flora, for a,time, lost all con-  llieir retiromoni, yel there was no raoro than Flora
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aiopaiatcii^«ifi^brliia.UMii,a«lI're>ppndcd toby- ^
jior'ln WbMs :bCwo»«n«l;<lMo>^^^^^^^^ -Th^tb was P»s'o<l. wiHiout aflbrding you eomo pxplonatiop of h!8»ila|*nl!e»ti#iio,:«e?ni«ia:^^
no mistaking hil
.but in her prewjticbrinteg^
oorum wliioli ,eii'qi«iitto >iijib1 niii* htb 'aird^
¦ j*Li* Ji- St.l.ir .'. —;_' '^I'l"!'' J„^^-l'!Ui.'»-' :-'lol.'^':i-l:-. iL.-i...
diiibtbiedjuptf,upon all pcoasiDni:'''iSver^^^^^^^
flirta»,,lipqr|My..((S r do;ihaipf|,b epquetto.ond-^lcst i siiDuili b««opa»cd pf iiaving-liiflpiii 4»ilbypu,'MtB6 tteeteif'i 1 have coriiiuered my. pride i^hd^sulijoCled iiiiysolf to the mo'ttlfloailon bf'pvowing lliiit my "       ¦     ¦      '      ybuts. Iliayp.loTeilypiJ,F|yra
sciousness of bor overwhelming grief.
.       CHANGES.
."Oh, worldl bul lhat:lhv:«irangD riiitoliona make as hate thcc, lifo would not yield to ago."-.
How slrango ore lbc vagiiies of llio human heart! howjnaniford the piloses of its deceit I how vaiicTiBp ibrm^'of iib disguises! and how mtely 7b it soeh" in "its ir'uo'diJforniUy.'oi'lts unddbrned aimplicity! Flora Loslor recovered from hcr long illricBs, phd returned to the gay world, loss bril¬ lianl,^!!^ perhaps tnoro touchingly beautiful than r:hohad ever bccn. Her,first task was to reply to tho ovorlurca of Colonel St. Leyer, who, having boai'd the garbled story ofher lover''s jealousy, was notalittted vdio of thus aecnrmg, withont an ef¬ fort, a beautiful wife, with a rich dowery of bread tandsf and bank stock, which were by no moans a despicable addition lb faer chorms. Flora declined his addresses, kindly,bat firmly, ajid the Colonel, as ho stood on the stops ;of tho, Astor House, dis¬ playing at one and'the same timo ;hiB white teeth brid his golden ruby-tipped tootli'-pibk, was al a losa whether iq bb most abtonished or indignant at hcr want bf taste and: his disapppintmcnU
, But those lpng days of illness and despondency which Flora had lately passed in her own cham¬ ber, had not been' without their effect uppn her character. IliiborUi her life (tad been all siihshine, and the menial vision whibh-had been dazzled by Ihbglaioof faahioii,acquired new strengtb from the gloom whioh now surrounded her. As shpraclin- ed her aching head on the couch of pain. While deoth seemed watching hcsido her pillow, thc gauds and'toys which lmd cotttributcd to her pusl e.njoy. monts. Bccmed to bcr utterly insignificant and WortlilesB.' She tlioughl of-her wasted liine, her unemployed talents, hor slumbering energies, and she rembmbercd with pain an^ sorrow, llio petly in¬ leresls, the vain follies, tlle jeolous rivalries of her fashionablo career. 'She resolved lo change, hcr whole courso of life; snd when the equable pulse of hoalth once tnoro measured her days.sho was os roui}h improved ia hbdily as'^in-montal vigor. But tho world etiilroiuined a power over her; sho dared not brave its ridicule, and she thereforo contented herselfwith resolutions and mental rcstioints. Sho went amid its gay scenes, and.Ihougb her step was less frequent in tlie dance, end her voice unheard when the tale of scandal circulaied, etill she had not bpidly iriarked oul the lino ofher duty. She want- cd discipline ot a still more vigorous kir^, nnd the time baiAe when hor character' received the final totlbh UeceBsary to its perfection.
.Aboiit twb'.years'after ilio events jusl narrated Mr. I.estor was fuund doad in (lis couniirig-room. His faraily were told that lio-waB a victim to apop- lexpyi'but lhe disbrcet pliycibian, wlio cbricciilcd a small pocke^ i>istbl fuund upon the floor, and who accounted for a blue a swollen wound upon: Ills head by atiribiilingil lohia fall,aIonc knew belter. His Budilbn death made it necessary tb'look iiito bis affairs witbout'dolay, and probe was eotijl in'his grave it was generaliy known that he died.a bank¬ rupt. Cpltoh speculations iiod in judicious' invest- ments.in rea( estale had ruined hitn, and all Ins assets .would not pay the half of his debts. Of coutBOovoiy thing was givon up to tbo creditors, and in less iban six months afier tile funernl, the wifa and, daughter, of tbo ruined robtohanl woro beggord and h,onieIp3s. '
Those":Whp hlid only behold flora Lester in the parlors of'fashion, drawing, around her n circle of admirers, and securing lhe utienlion of all by thoso nambtOBs litllo arts which onlyawonion can prac- licb, could never havo suspoctpd the hidden sirength ofi bet charaoler. Sho was one of tboab whose bnergies arb callod out by omergonoies.-^whoso powers alwayB equal lhe necessilies of tlip miimpnl. Hef moiher, broughi up in tho indMoiico and lux¬ ury oi'.asoulhorri.cltmalo. wils' iinahje 'bither to adviso or act   Overwhelmed by thp; iibSdcri ca.
soughl tn boor. A paper which occidcntolly fell into hor hands contained tho announccmcat of Ho¬ race Woodfurd'a marriage in, Englnnd, and ehe found thatevery lie which bound her to hfo was ropidly sundering. "Vet she wavered not in her path of duty. Her moibor was sinking iuto the bcplessncss of n'brybus imbecility, and tlie caro oiie now reijuire'drbrid lho' il Jbesliy~br'providnig means to ensure her tbo comforis of lifo afforded Flora fall cmpluyment both of head and heart She paintcdjiirc-scrbeos and cord-baskols, embroid. ered,pin cushions and reticules, drow vignottes fur eheop bo'oits, and employed he'rself in nil those Iittle nick-nacks for whioh pcople more willingly iwy than they would for really usoful articles. A kiridneighbor who made a weckiy-visit to the next town, undertook to dispose of thesb things for hef.arid the boauty of her workmanship, together nitli,the low price at which they offered, soon pi'ocufcd a,ready sale, and an order ibr a regular supply of lhe same. Flora wos happy to bo llius enabled lo help her mother, nnd her own sorrows wer.o hldiion bohealh a quiot and placid counle. nance.,. - It was a sad change fbr one who hod been lhe cyftourc of all eyes, tho star of boauty in herbwn bright sphere. A weaker mind would have been crushed, a. .masculine temper would have become rnggod and:harsh honeatii such disci¬ pline; bul the character of Flora Lcaler was liko, the golden oro, it required the skill of lho refiner and lhe trial by fire, lo divest it of thu drosa whicii alone impaired it. purity and valuo.
Mrs. I.,0Blcr never recovered from the stroke which' had so suddenly deprived her of husband, homo and forlune. A weak arid quoruliTus discun. tent embittered ber whole existonco. Nothing aoonied to suit her perverted lasts; hcr palate cov¬ eted dainty food, which, when brought to her, she refused tala sic, bccouso its savor iccnllcd to re¬ collection tho damaak napcry, tbo silver, and tho rich chryslal which had nnco decked her tublo. Shb pined for lho exotics which hod once pcrfuin- cd her apartmcnta. nnd yet turned in disgust from the pure ajld bcolthful odor of iho sweot garden flov;ers which Flora had reared to gralify her. She nioiirned over the thought of the rich drodsea and costly jewels wbicb hod onco decked her faded boauly', and yct, wrapping herself in a slovenly dressing gown, refused to odopt tbe neal ollirc wliich Fkiro's, hands had fashioned from the re¬ mains of their well-filled wardrobes. She was ever ninrinuring at somo petly discomfilure, ever longing for some fancied good, and Flora was completely enslaved by her caprico. But the pa- lientand beautiful daughter utuirod no complaint, Shb puisued the path which conscience pointed oul before lier, andsho met her reward in the approval of Heaven., Nor was her mother blind to her raany virtuea until, at leffgtli, a stroko uf paralysis deprived her of all powor uf motion, when, after lingering many days, she bicathcd herlast on tho anniversary ofher husband's untimely death, bless¬ ing with her iast arliculalo worde, lhe child who had walched uver her with such lender care,
lioader, wbuld you know tho after fute of hor who now weeps beaido the lowjy hillock where rests her last earthly friend 7 would you trace tlic future fortunes of her who once reigned as queen, and now appears before you as a beggar 7 Ponder over a,chapter of changes now offered loyour view, snd ivhonnexlwo moet, llio magic giasa of fancy shall afford another of the many.colored phases uf human lifo.
[TO at: CONTINUED.]
he look the wrong sow by lho ear." The'Queen eould not help smiling at thii; nrid her odmiralion According lo the Foroign Quarterly Review cu-i "'"^ *""'''" boighlened wbcn, un her depralnre, ho rious sconea lokc place in St. Petersburg on a culd '"^Sl."^'' '" l'n»o the honor lo attend her Majesty dny. It Ihero ofien happens lhal llio noses olllioic '" "" giil'"««;—which .luud about a mils uut of exposed lo the open oir bccuino frozen, und lllc ^'*^"'' sufferer remains perfectly unconscious ofil. The chalky wniic whieii lho nuse then assumes inJi¬ caies to ihoao who see it thut it is frozen, und ifil be not relieved in time lho nose is lust. The rem¬ edy is Io rub tlio nosu well wiih snow. Custoni has thereforo ordained thai tliia should be done by any ono vvho observes the frozen nuso, und it is thereforo no uncomiuun siglit to sec two Russians
I on moeiing, stuup simultonnous, take up ii liundful of anow, and go to rubbing each other's noso for
dear life.    Accurding to llio  samo auihoriiy the
eyes also ore linble  tu bc inconvenienced  by tlic
severe cold. Icicles I'orm abnjt tho cye-luahcs and
gradually beconio  largn enougii  to prevent  the
snffurcr frum seeing with any comfor! lo hiinselH
In auch cases il is considered alluwuble to enter the
first houseal hand, and demand pormissiun to thaw
oneself, leuving a   tear of gratitude on lliu liaapi.
table floor, in ucknowledguinent of the fuvur re.
quired
A Siater killed by hei own Brother Tlle Wosh.
ingion (Pa.) Reporter says;
"Misa Malilda,nn nminble and Interesting datl(^li- tcr uf Kaqnirc Unhbil, nf Sniilh lownahip, ascil n- boul 14 years, wns shot by ller bnilher, on Mon¬ day last, by on orcidi-nlal discharge of a friwling picco, which ho was hnndliiig in the bouse. Tba chorgo eiltured the yonng lady'.s breast. This moat Iicart rending ensuaUy has inflicted lhe severest pain upon tho parcnls, and driven tho brutliorwell nigli to distraction."
The lato Culonel S-
-, 10 well knuwn   for
lariiilib»,\.wbicli hod befalleiivlior; slibiooiild only
.; You havp biieii.li)C;jby,Hlvb linpe.l.wobp biid bewail thp irretripvablbpait, whijb upon
|f .wakiag viBlons. Wo ill .of yo«,> ifny 1 ,F|of«;#b*!i'''*^ tho duly ofmaking •'all a'rrbhgiF-
FuNKRAE. Skumon OF Mil.'VVioR,—On Sundny .luat, saya liic Hageralown (i\I(3.) Nowa, lho funeral sermon of tlio Hon. II. A. Wiso was proaclicd hy tlitt Uov.'Mr. Hanis, in Sraithsburg- ih thia cuun- lyV- Some wdg Hlurletl a roport tlmt ho nnd Stanly, had mil upon llio fiold of honorj and liiot Mr. Wiso had bC9(i kiliod. Tho reverend gentleman look it up, moralized upon lho flin of letting our ••angry passions rise," sovcrely reprehended lho practice of duclltn^, olluded lo lho agonoy  oC Wiso intho
cdl*fiilh,"^»4oBflVer^^^ WiiU no experience'; in bu
paiiiiolbteiin liij^Iove^ bul titoldini^ip^^^ 11 hftvo HoP le«B,>si lovor, than a worahipor, ahd li einwa matlore, and, a littlu knowledge of the aordit
s^Mi'WbrobvVr; very proUd4uhfli,i:»'kiled.^tiis^J'^^^^ .m.^wp jiumiiilyVbcfbro'T^  idol, crel' charactejUlita of human nainre, Flum yct sho-. himBeK|ieB mouWer ing in the cold and biIcoI tomb."
_.^^L 1> 1'l^'A'f^ii'.t 1 .ii!.j<iJ:vi'4iiAM^...irtU4i„;»i} j'.»i i/i\'Mii*fi.> '^M^«/^,« »..',.m;. «u« i.n^'nf/n Af* ceeded i^yond her hopes.   The creditors compaB-] Mr. Wise is yet living, —-*  ¦¦"  '"¦*" -•'"  **'"
dcamuie condition M the bioiUor ohd  ilio'palo of roponlanco
anc<i^p/^jp^;a^7ie^ df*a;^ia rtlifrMorilflof tibii^ d^roiiio^mffiiv n^^      or oiWr ihaiuupnio ;orce her ^lopcs,  -The'crcditors compos. ] Mr. Wisow yet living, and  we  hope •till wiihin
Ihaa thu.pamof tejcelion.   llappyin hor ' riSyhoatU^ Flbra^l camo to you yeslerday witfi ,fiionailng i\\Q
nu less \
hin Patugonian size and burly dcporiincnl, hving onco importuned hy a, diminutive tailor for pay¬ menl of a bill, pctnloily exclaimed "if you were not «uch n littlo reptile, I would kiek yau down stairs." "Liulo reptiU!" rcmonstrnrcd tho dun; "and what if I am! Recollect, cnloncl, that we can*! all bo great bruies." -
¦ Too TVue.—^ThcRothfsior Ropublicm tells of a man who Ctinie to market to dispose of his cat¬ tle, which naturally lod tu conversatton on tlie ve¬ ry common theme of "hard times," "Yes," naid lho callle seller, with jn urr of peovishncf^s, "times arc hird, and this Isa hard world—and in my opinion, very few will yel out ofit alive!"
Copper and Sulphur.—Tho Galena Gazelto floys:—"A gintlemen from Mineral Point inlbfmB Ufl ihttl Oio Copper mines ilial place aro yielding a fair profit atllic present timoa Tho dilHculliea lieretofore experienced in smt'lting tho ore, ap|)cur lo have been overcome. Sales have been inndo in New York al 20 cants per pound for Wisconsin copper. Very recenlly the copper miners struck a vein of puic flour of sulphur. Wu have a epccimen in ourof&ce*.
A "Smith"'* mistaken for a Lord,—Lord Mor¬ pelh haa of laie been the 'Mtoii" ol Ncw Orleans. The Picayune aaye that the other day nn odd look ingindividual was strolling along St.GhnrloHHtierl, when a wag pointed him out as Lord Mor- peiii. All the loungora commonccd immediiitely hilling in bohind, and following in hipfootatcp-'.— tbe nmn had snarcoly wiilkcd three squares befure there wero fifiy curioua persons moving along wiili him before, behind aud ull around him.imd all nioi^t importiiionlly ficunning him from licnd lo ftnn. Slill tho crowd kept awclhng.each telling the olher Ihat waa Lord Murpcih, unlil tho man begun lu grow pale and look excessively aUrincd.
lie louked at tho mob around, growing thicker every motiicnt, with u stnro of the Hlrant^est be wildorment, and, tonll appOiirunce, seemed just about to knock lwo or iUrev down und nm fur his life, wben ono moa elbowed Ida way uolo liim, peeped into hid faco, nnd oxcttitmed wilb suddcii astonisbmcnl—
"Why Smith! is tt you I Thcy told mc you wns Lord Morpeth!"
Tho crowd waa iusiantly taken with a leaving, and each ono looking diiggors at his noighbor fur having bccu ao prodigiouly gulled
The Weftern Erskine,—Tho following sublimo burst of eloquonco astonished tho natives in Arkan eaa {classical, Rackonsuc-k) soma fbw weeks since. An overseer had killed a negro naiued Daniel. The Advocate wound up his defence thus:
"Gentlemen of tho Jury—I know that Dan¬ iol will nolongcr pick the whito coding ball from tho coiting stalk—no moio rnlivcn tho midnight crowd with.the patting of tho roman¬ tic jewaharp—will never again cuat hia ong- ling lino intu tho • broad- eupor/Iuous, majuniie and outrageous bosom of tbo clornal Mississippi, Yetf, I knuwn that bc now ropoaes "alone in hia glory,"on tho north corner ofa blaak hill.sidc, with
A Itiflicrous mistake.—PaaFcngprs by rail road (ihould bo rarclul and gel ndo thc/Igbt ears. A ludicrous nn'stako occurred at the dcp'»t In this lown one muruing hiet week hy a. neglect of snch cau¬ tion. A genilemnn and his wife wlehing to go wetit took eeate in separate cars, the genlleinun having Wfiiiod unlit tho train waa about Rtarting, to trauaaet some huPtnesft, ncrirc ho had proeced¬ ed fnr, hc fonnd himself minus a wiffff shd on in- qutry nflccrluincd that hc had placed hbr in nno lho cars of tho Eastern train, and thai the diolnnco between t|iem was increaaing an rapidly us lho wings of slcnm cunld accomplinh it. He got out at lhe W. Springfiold depot,,a(tdthc last wc nuw uf him he w-ia trudging baggagn in hand, back to Siiringflold.—Spring^vld Gazette.
Wc trust it may (urn out toba a m:i(l<r of im¬ portance tolhe farmers of America, thallhe pre¬ aent prospect in Eriglnnd iat hit groirrwill bevery high before harvcsL Thc price is ri'W tcnding- upwnrds. If ihc}'would only take our grain ot fair prices, notonly our eounlry, but their own would be rel a ved.,
Towtt and Couniry* ,
Tho country round abtiut proriQUla a most benu¬ tiful appearance; It is during inob voasana as lho. present, that we envy our brethren oftho interior. Our friends oftho Germantown Telegraph—oftho WcHtchcflter, Reading, Lancaat^er, Norristown, and uther noiijhnoring Journals, moy regard themsolves .IS especially favored^ innamuch as ihey havo tlie aniplcpt opportunities fi)r the enjoyment of both lown und country. In thu course ufa short tine, thoy may reach iho city by means of a rail lOid, nnd nficr lingering hero until ihey grow weary of the thc din, bustle, and other metropolilnn con- comitants, mny hurry humo to enjoy tho dollghla nfa purer almosphere and ofland scaiM^a in (he dis¬ tnnce, upun which tho oye may foaat for bourn.— linppy follovrs! And happier too, because tbey pos- seas eyes to soe, nnd pouIh (o appreciate. Tho budding flower huu n beauty and a murul for tho ii.quiring mind, wliilc iliQ glories of iVIorningin ihcduuiry—tlie (iuMs gUtlering with duw drops—* tlici^ooifs vocul wilh muaic—the streams bubbling nlong, as if to'cbiinu in with tho harniohics around them—all, all serve tu lift, the suul froni dust ond vanity, lo the Great architect—tbo bciiefiecnt Atf limr oftho womlerful nnd-beautiful, to he mot wilh ill so many myriad forms.—Impiirer,
In ditfercnt portionn of tho country, vnrious indi¬ viduals aro making great eflbrls .to' see bow long they cou walk withont enting or aleepiog. If sonio nf tlio drones about our largo cities .would.muko an elfort lo seo how much useful work Ihey .could perform overy day, honest and iuduitrious people might Iw large suvurs in lhe end. Tiie walkin/f proponsiiy appears lodo no aioi-i to any ono that wo can discover. Il is generally attended wilh a sol ofdrinkiug rowdies, who rivol cach oUier in lhe quanlity of alchohol ihoy can consume. Il iii proiluciivo of bolting, which iu uvor deiuoraUzinjri
Tho following cndor.Homent, was on tKo wrapjwr enclosing; a newspaper recently received ui the Post office in Boston, It was post marked Dolroit, ApriiaS:—
Our whent crop—noxt fall-— . Bids fair lo be "tall," -And will yield, very neor,
A'ttiird nmro than hist your.
Our olhcr great sinples.
Such as hugs, coon skins and produce of maples.
Can be had in abundance—also wild honey—
For the gold,or lho silverier good Boston money
Tho New Era relator a elory of a fanner whnao ilia eyos turned towards lho cerulean heavings.l ^g^ \^^d been a long lime oalepsiUy :Sli(dyiog und his big too stickinff out a fcet7 Yes, is that intio," in u popular aeailpmy^; TIta fartncr being ony reaaon why my client should? I think noil ,i^i perfectly eaiirtficd WtihlhocourM and progrena I rathor suppoae noli"—RQckester Dem, | of tho young hopeful, rccattcd him frook aehoid,
  I Qiid placing hun hy dicside of ata^rt6h«day,lhu«
Angela do not i?nV«—Tho Baptlet Regisier'oddrostfod bim. "Now, Joseili,here) liftTurk, snd IoUb a good thing: A, loafing xagnbond called al j there iaa heap of mauuro aud a carl; wliai do you a houso in a neighboring towato Concord on Sun-1 call Uiem in lallin ?" Forkibutf, 'CarlibaS ol man- day, and bt^ggod for some cidcir. Tbo lady refu-, uribus," aoid Josoph. "Walt, now,V Kaid'theotd ped lo givo him any, and ho'reminded hcr of tho'nian, "if you donU lako lhal torkabua prelly ofl quoted remark, that she might "cnlor iu on ! qmckabus, and pitch tUalmuimf ibus inlu llial ciru angel unawares." '*yo«," said she,''bnl angels ibus, I'll break your lazy bacHibus." Josepli weal dou't go about drinking cidot on Sundays." to workibus fortUwUhabus,