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1 ?|>* ftawta^tfr I DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. I VOLUME I, LANCASTER, C. IL, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1852.' NUMBER 12. TOP !1 ilD LANCASTER LEDGER; 18 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, j . R. 8. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. < TERMS: J Two Dollars per year, if paid in ad- , vancc; Two Dollars nnd Fifty Cents, i t paid in six months; or Three Dollars, if i payment is delayed until the end of the ' year. These terms will be rigidly adhered to. i Advertisements will lx> conspicuously i "inserted at seventy-five cents per square ^ of twelve lines, for the first insertion, v and thirty-seven nnd a half cents for each j subsequent insertion. A single insertion L One Dollar. Nothing will be counted s less than a square. Advertisers are requested to state, in -t vrriting on their advertisements, the num- tJ her or tune* they wish them inserted; or | thoy will be continued in the paper until W ordered out, and charged accordingly. ALL KINDS OF I JOB PRINTING I t EXECUTED WITH SKATNFSS ,VM> bi'.Sl ;.T(Tf rK At this Office. I vMilro. From Arti:iir * Home HnuUf. HAVN'T T I M Ei * AND ^ h DON'T-BE-IN-A-HURRY. \\ CHAPTER pc. 11 I . MS. DON'T-BE-IN-A-iurky IN NEW YOltK. On the morning following, Mr. Don't- |> M be-in-a-hurry was slightly indisposed.? II For a nailvt his tcmperanient and habits tc W of mind, the anxiety and excitement of tl mo iwo previous aays were too severe.? L lie found himself feverish, and with a din- a ft turbed nervous system, lie suffered, nl- t< ao, from a low, (lull stnpifying head-ache. L * After taking a cup of coffee, and eat- tc ^ ing a light breakfast, he felt a little lietter. f The headache had subsided ; but he was in still feverish, and nervous. \ 44 What shall I do with myself to-day V tl This was a very natural question. Mr. re Don't-be-in-a-liurry's visit te? New York F ^ was one of pleasure and recreation, not 01 business, lie had lieen in the city a day it and a half without seeing anything that if ho particularly cared to see; and now it A ^ behooved him to make good use of the d< time that remained. lie had meant to fc spend four or five days in New York? T ^ that is in leaving home on Wednesday, fr ^ as at first proposed, his intention was to Y J stay the remainder of the week in the ci- to \ ty, and leave for Niagara on Monday mor- b; \ * ning. N As the readier has seen, our traveller failed to get awny from home on Wed lies- m ? day in consequence of his want of proper : pi mm forethought. Thursday and Friday were ! m Ta lost from the same case. He was not rea- ' at 1 dy to leave when the carriage catne for w him, and he got so late to the Itoat that his baggage foiled to t?o passed on board. | st A promjit telegraphic despatch, on his nr- ' sa rival in New Vorfc, wouhf have brought j eji on the trunk by tlie evening trait, Yield- to ing to tin defect of chanuter, lie TmI od to I at L do this; and no bud to wait all of Friday* tli before receiving it. " j tli [ Only Saturday remained for aight-Ree- ar ing in New York, and unfortunately for te our friend, bia Mate botb of bodv and inind II Jl were Mich, that be felt little "intercM in of P anything ardund him. Still the question at P M What w'1'' mya-lf to-day ; 1' I oame up A certain amount of j Jt ^ c\uioeity,?whether active or passive, wan j ei ^fctobe uTatificd, of courao. For wbot else ( O yfr. Don't-be-in-a-burry come to New i C> Work? He decided, after tuming the ! th IB^^nntter over in his mind, briefly, to al I ?Jail at once upon his friend, wlcwe cr F atrne waa Jenkins. A cordial trrwiiinn <li Took pis.ce whoa they met, .tad thentbey h: Mt down to hnvc a cn*y chat together re about okl tifrte*, new time*, and matter* C ?nd thing* In geti?*ra>. to regret not having *ecn j to ^ yrt^^y^*telWaynlea11ir(g,,'said Mr. Jenkin*, <h k rieeaV^ng fn upo~ a ptfuao.hi tfvn- eonver* It r M&to. u We had'% dinner t/n hoard one rr ] thofeKrtr Liverpool ateamer*, ami a nail rr uafcMr^ba Ifafhu'i. 1 had too invitation*. I* ft VkltiMt ft *WlH have iieen fit you. j a ^ Oh; we had w tk'lightAil time." C 44 Of all (Mwi m lite world I should I *] ...j. . --* '** . * > " n?'c ci'jktctj wn it mp, mnima f*ir. u DonVbe-fn-adiuny, *d?ang* iti hi* eorin- li ttenince nhowiwg hem We felt the lorn of * ?ko? dearly imaged pknuiure. tl * Here you ore* been a board of one o t?f our large ocean ateamera T aaked Mr. tl Jenkina. a \\ " Never," waa replied.?* Though T al> a i way* had a deaire that way. During my c preaent riait here, purpoae gratifying that c deaire." t 44 Unfortunately," remarked Mr. Jenkina t drawing out hia watch, and looking at the time, * the ateamer of which I apokeaaita ii at twelve o'clock today, anfl it ia now r nearly eleven. Of oourae, even if you t could get on board, there would be no | time for examination." * 4: When do you expect the next one to mc arrive ?" not 44 Not for several day," replied Mr. im> Jenkins. litt 4* I'm rather unlucky in this. But, on i sap my return from Niagara, there will proha- ojh l)ly be a steamer in jx>rt; then I can gra- in ify my curiosity." wh The subject of conversation was then j In shanged, and the two got into a discus- the lion on some ouestion of politics, which diti h> absnrlxil Mr. Don't - be - in - hurry's ere bought* that he forgot everything else, wh Hid talked with his friend for more than mil wo horn's. wa 44 Bless me!" exclaimed Mr. Jenkins, at mil engtli drawing out and looking at his pai vatcli, 44 it is utter one o'clock, and I've by 'onsiderable bank business yet to attend i dev o. I'ray excuse me now. I shall be rca iHS?t happy t?? set* you this afternoon.? i 4 t'ou will dine with mo to-ino;row, of tati <>ui-m'." I thii " SSo Into a* one o'clock! I didn't think | wa t was twelve. IIow rapidly the hours I ed jlide away!" said Mr.I)on't-be-in-H-hurry, On> larting to iiis toot. Ilo promised to call | pin >n Mr. Jonkins again, during the after per loon. "Come in lieforc five o'clock," the aid the latt'-r. 44 I have a business en- i is v f.-.goinont at that hour, which cannot l>e i dill M>st|M?noil." j ka) ' Von will see tne at some time between | witl ur nd live," replied Mr. l>on't-l>e-in-a- I pro mm, as h?- b<>wI'd Mini took his d< par- j a st tiro. I iit* iiiioiv.-t foil in the conversation ! is p iad .-aii-ed him t<> forgot hi< hodily son- whi at>. cis. Hist. oxoi{?'im>nt of the inind.and are la- < mi.. ,j net! io..|.' ri]>id oiroiilatinn of j of i .In..,| iIiioumIi his > . as, ad.I, ,I t>>. instead l>o\i f h'oro.a-'ing iho feverish state of his s\-s- I o?l i t in. Ho wa.-, in reality not so well as | tral >h< ii. s >i11-? iu,( hoii|sj Ih'Ioi'o, In- oalh'd I con poii hi- fro nd Jenkins; and ot this he ohi? looanio too I'oolingiv aware skii) itl'ler i?av- in | .g l iui. Km i't-iiK I,: < ( mind. when a pan light .:i i;.-pt>Mii.ni Mst.-, i> tjiiiii as inju- woa i<>us ?is i., i . :.. rtion of htt.lv. Moderate witl \oiviso in ih. ..pen aiV. and the visiting | the f ono or two points ot inteivsi. would not 1 kne tive I., on 1. ; i ai. titai; hut the excitement ' noit fa ioif: t 'litio.il .Ii tUssion, in which the i font >\o no ii took opposito sitlos, greatly dis- | lull, ultoii the i.rain of our friend, and this aerv lit the disturbance along the nervous war hres to every part of the body. tliei Tims, two hours and more of time set pres part h>r another purjiose, was wasted in sain ofitlcss talk?and not only this, Mr. self oii't-be-in-n-hurrv was unfitted, thereby, ooeii > enjoy the period that intervened liefore | Wa 10 dinner hour. j this On his way luick to the hotel, whither I Is-in now stunning head-ache c 'unpolled him i emit > repair, he passed tho room in which ! gra\ eU tie's eelol-rated picture of Washing- him >n crossing the Delaware was exhibited, of tl f this work of art he had heard and read of h lueh, and particularly desired to sec it. i itan 44 Won yon tell us something about i intei lis picture of Washington," asks a voting i harl ader. 4' Yin, I will do so with pleasure, ingt irst, however, let nte refresh your mem- | Prei ies, if that need be, touching the event; | nine commemorates. Yon will remember, ' He y<iu are familiar with the history of the whi< mcriean Revolution, and this you utt- this luhtcdly are, the series of reverses suf- in a red by the American army during 1770. tena he battle of I/mg Island?the retreat cessl om Brooklyn?the possession of New ken ork by the British?the Rattle of Chat- the rton's Hill?the crossing of the Hudson and f Washington, and his retreat through j that ew Jersey beyond the Delaware. and During the winter that followed, thear- is th j of Wellington, whicli sutfered great type 'ivations, was reduced three tliotisand ( is a en. Depresses I and exhausted by defeat j wen. ul fatigue, tin y remained posted on the tnies o*t sale of tin- Delaware. J nate The British under General Howe, were of T utioncd in New Jersey, aliout four thou- ! low ,nd of thent Rung distributed along the into ist side of the river at Trenton, Borden- trepi wn, 'lite White Horse, Mount Holly, dan< id Burlington, and the residue between thro ic Delaware and the llackensaek. In oflic o month of December, the continental ban< my was reinfor -ed, and Washington de- | ting rtniued to recommence active operations, j and e had noticed the unprotected situation | wra| tlic Winter quartern of the British troojw, a sli id he contemplated the preservation nf pone hiludelphia and tlie recovery of New twel irscy, by sweeping at one stroke, all the of th icmy's cantonments on the Delaware.? A en. Green's division, with w{jqiq was the inciil aniinanuer-in-ciiiei, were ordered to cross | whic ie river at McKonkey's ferry, nine miles I quer x)ve Trenton, to attack that post. Gen- ing i nl Irvine was directed to cross with his i whei vision at Trenton ferry, to secure the i Thei Sdge. klow the. town, and prevent the I cf A treat of the eneiny that way. General orde adwnlader was to pass the river at Bris- Yorl ?l fcrrv, and assault the poet at Barling- pain >n. The night of Christmas was select- ing 1 for the execution of this daring scheme, ly c< , proved to be so intensely cold, and so he li inch k-e was made in the river, that Ge- ture erals Irvine and Cadwalader, with the com it tor of whom was the artillery, were un- acco ble to cross with their divisions. The lettf loininander-in-chaT waa more fortunate, dayi Ie succeeded in crossing with General " Irecnc's command, although he waa de- and lyed m point of time. The movement misl ras coMmented at dark, hut thb last of hop lie troop* did not get over before fchr mu< 'clock in the morning. Th^ result waa ofh be hattle of Trenton, at which one thou- cinf and of the enemy were taken prisonetw, hav nd a thousand stand of arms and ait pie- for ea of artillery captured. Of the Ameti- noi? an troop* two privates weiro killed and flati wo IW)?*n to death, and one officer and stu< hree or four privates were wounded. on i Thee* are briefly, tile Interesting facte vaii n history, and the particular incident rep- the esented by the artist is the crossing of son he Delaware by Washington, this look Uie >laee during the night, when all was sta; brooded in darkness thai concealed the inij ivcment. Of course Mr. Leutzc could | t represent the darkness without draw- i t j his figures indistinct; so, depnrting le from the true time, he makes the pas- f ;e take, place in the cold light of the c ming morning. The principal objeA r the picture, is the boat of Washington fl ich tills nearly the entire foreground, ii the distance, dimly perceived through i hazy air, are other boats of the expe- li ion. The low hills of New Jersey, cov- p d with snow, are seen in the distance ; o ile the eye seems to travel for miles and t es along the frozen surface of the Dels- c re. Ami here, I will avail myself of a o lute and graphic description of this d nting, taken from a periodical issued the New York Art-Union, and specially , if oted to the arts. It cannot fail to be j <J with deep interest. tl 4 We liave never seen in art a represen- C ion of nature so gloomy and austere as 1 > immense barren vista, stretching north- tl rd as far as the eye can reach, and till- p with innumerable cakes of floating ice. ! ti e may almost feel me biting win? swee- o g over this frigid waste. The serial | a spective is so well managed here that ; tl impression of vastness and desolation I cl wonderfully enhanced by it, and the cl ieulty of the j>assago told in unniista- : t< >le language. The Imat is represented tl h its broadside to the spi-etator, and n jK'lled by three or four oarsmen, while ft urdy fellow at the bows with a pole, fishing away the huge lumps of ice a ieli obstruct its path, and some of which ir seen floating in the open, green water e: lie fori ground. Standing near the rs >f ;he l.oat, with his light foot rais- n< up. Ill a -I :.t, is W ashinglon, the een- ol and lie"-! n-pieUuUs object of the ij..>si*i..ii. aiei uikui which the light is in t'.\ o-:? ;,:mii .!. Hi- head, which is at r?'li; a-M-.i un-t the hrightest o| I of the wiiioTv niortiing sky. He in r- a iniliiaiy cloak, which he restrains : a< i his li ft hand against tin; action of < ai wind, while his right resting iij>on the tl e that is raised, holds a small reonn- in ring glass. He is dressed in full utii- sj n, and wears the silver-mounted, green- in ed sword, which, we believe, is still pre- ej ed. He looks earnestly forward to- m ds the slmre he is approaching, and 11 e in his features and attitude an ex- In ision of dauntless energy, and at the e time of calmness and resolution, and to reliance, which befits the man and the a ision. It curresjionds with our ideal of <! shingfon, and w hat higher praise than c< can we award. It is forcible without te g extravagant, or melodramatic, or w rndicting our belief in the dignified | In rity of his character. Seated beside re in front, and grasping tin* gunwale j 15 le I mat with bis right baud, the rest iif. is laxly I icing enveloped in a blue mil- p; . cloak, is Greene, who is also looking | l> ntly forward towards the point of dc- te cation. Immediately In-hind Wash- fo on stands Col. Monroe (afterwards en udciit,) at that time a young man of A teen and the aid of General Green.? ro is bearing the flag, the loose folds of: es h are blown out by the wind. In i in ilutv lie is Assisted by a countryman a light frock and fur cap, whose coun- wi nee seems to us one of the most sue- ea ill portions of the picture. It was ta- lai in part, we have l?oeii informed from l>e features of Webster and Jefferson, hi it seems to emlsxlv the groat traits dii characterized the old Continentals, in! assured the success of their arms. It ni< e prandest exhibition of the American re: countenance we have ever seen. There sa certain cast of solemnity in it, as if it retleetinp the darkness of that gloo- bti t period of our history, to l?e illuini- pa d so soon, however, by the successes rcnton and Princeton. We can fol- su in imagination that sturdy veteran th those fights, and witness the cool in- !y dity witli which he shared in their ?ers. In the stern of the boat are in] e other figures, two oarsmen and three In era one of the latter having his head Je taped. The steersman wears a hun- go shirt, and is drawn with great vigor truth to nature. Tho otlieers are I >< vped in their cloaks, and the traces of ght fall of snow are seen on the exd portions of their dress. There are tu ve persons in the boat, all represented tei le sue of life." wi nd now let me introduce an interesting Tl lent connected with this painting, th h shows tlie strong wnl ami uncon- , th able energy of the artist. The paint- mi iras executed at Dusseldorf, Germany, to re i>lr. i>cutze resided lor some time, sa re in, in that city, a celebrated School be rt, pictures from which, of a very high ne r of excellence, ate to be Keen in New pti Ic. Here, as jgst said, Mr. Leutze nv te<l bis picture of'* Washington Crossthe IVleware." The work was near- Je >mplcted, when the building in which dt tad his studio caught fire, and the pie he was so badly injured that he had to hi nience a new one. We give his own ai iunt of this misfortune, talcen from a di >r which ho wrote to a Wend, a few s after the occurrence : pi I write to you with a heavy heart, w although not bowed down by the ui fortune, still grieving for frustrated h; es. My picture of Washington is so m :h injured that I must give up all hope tc eing able to finish it without commen- T 5 it entirely anew. Five days ago, t* ing just put down my palette to leave 0 dinner, I was startled by a crackling h _ i _i.:_.i _u? i . : a. Kj i*vi 111h iu^ niiu iru r\:iuriimg, mw iiio hi nee bursting through the floor of my tl Jio. The apartment* below were all a lire. All hopee to extinguish it seemed g r?. Nothing else Iras lefl but to cut h picture from the framo, as the Are a ba<1 so rapidly to all appearances, and e smoke became so dense as to makb a o y in tiio room Cor any length of time v possible. It was the lost thing we did '1 ?the rooms were already cleared of every r hing. We succeeded }>erfoetly in get- n ing the canvas down, cutting it from the si rame and rolling it, but the good people b tutside in their zeal to assist, seized it so oughly that it wjis broken in more than n ive places, and 110 chance of restoring d t left. 11 u I am particularly grieved to think \ iow much longer I shall be detained from a [oing to America. I have even thought h f going at once and painting the picture oi here. Already I have ordered another q anvas, and shall go to work upon it at nee as soon as I receive iU Nothing shall d leter me. * * * * * n "The picture was insured in its unfin>hed state for 3000 thalere. a "I am just interrupted in this letter by ti lie arrival of the deputies of the Insurance .h Company who brought me the money, m 'hev will (as* according to their statutes 11 lie injured picture is their property) dis- di ose of it hy way bf lottery for the Irene- as t of the wives and children of the militia tl f Prussia,who under the present war-like fr ppearanees, may soon be left without fil lieir male protectors. Ten thousand hi lattices will be made at one thaler net- at luiuce. Tlio copy-right will he secured til > mo, us also six month's possession of d< ic injured picture to assist me in the [ petition The size is 20 ill set four inches hy twelve feet in height." re Ami su he went resolutely to his task, 1$ nd in a few months re-produced his work i the painting just described as on an a(hihitioti in New York. lo This is a long digression, hut, we do th nt think the render, whether young or th Id has found it in the least tedious. til As before said, our friend Mr. Don't-be- N\ i a hurry, had heard much of this picture, m nd greatly desired to see it. Now the foi pportuiiity was at hand. Alas! He was en i no condition to avail of it. His head th hod, and his whole frame was weary fr< nd oppressed. If, instead of forgetting sli le true purpose of his visit to New York nc a bootless political discussion, he had an lent the tw hours thus lost in cxamin- in g this painting, and some of those on of diihition in the Art-Union Gallery, how ucli real pleasure would he have derived, ed ow much would his mind have been "J nefitted and his taste improved. A moment or two lie hesitated whether m< go in ami sec the picture or not. Then, str sudden increase of the pain in his head, to cided the brief debate. lie was no \V mditiou to enjoy a work of art, no mat- th r how attracti\e, and so kept on his int ay tojvards the hotel. Arrived there, ca } went up to his room, and lying down, of mnitied until dinner was announced. mi y this time, the pain in his head had of fain subsided. After dinner he?wisely th irtook but lightly of this meal. Mr. sti un't-ho-in-a-hurry felt a great deal l>et- th r. Hut ho concluded to remain quiet oo r the nftcmon, with the exception of to lling on Mr. Jchkins, as agreed upon, at t four o'clock he was in the reading fro orn engaged in the perusal of an inter- er< tint; newspaper article. Casually rais- of g his eyes, they rested upon the face of pi< clock?he noted the time, and thought thin himself tliut he ought now to tin 11 upon Mr. Jenkins, who had particu- tui rlv informed him that lie he would not ph in his store after five. Then he let Vc < eyes run along the article he wnsreang, to note its length, lie had become dc ten-sted in it?hut it was long. A mo- hu cut or two he hesitated whether to finish Kn ading the article now, or defer its pern- At I until after his cnll upon Mr Jenkins. an " There's time enough," said he, and be isied his thoughts again in the news- Hi i i per. be When next particulaly conscious of to rrounding objects, which was not. until Th e long article was finished, it lacked on- Yt a few minutes of five o'clock. 441 declare !" he exclaimed, on observer this, starting up as he spoke, and fl<? irrving off to the store of his friend. Mr. ly nkins, a very punctual man, had been on no just three minutes. l)c 44 Will he la> back again ?" enquired Mr. sa< on't-be-in-a-hurry. hi* "Not this afternoon," was tho reply. no Exceedingly disappointed our friend re- ly med to the hotel. He had jnst forgot11 to ask for the residence of Mr. Jenkins, th whom he w as to dine on the morrow, lo lis omission he remembered, on reaching e hotel, and was about returning to get C Ir.frr.nation, when i! occurred to his ind that reference to a city directory, a-1 be procured at the bar, or office, would It vc this trouble. As the directory could i consulted at any time, there was no cd eessity for doing it just then. So this it of an imagined more convenient a-1 oment. hi The hurried walk to the store of Mr. nkins, and the disturbance of mind pro- hii iced by what followed, brought back tho ly 'ftdachc from which Mr. I>on't-be-in-a- B, irry had suffered during the morning, id thus completed tho day's defects and m sappointments. ut uur tnend was something or a pmioso- i a 'ler, he belonged to the class of men, m ho, when reflection comes afler a loss or H ipleasant occurrence, console themselves p saying?"Its no use to cry over spilt lilk." So Mr. Don't-be-in-a-hurry said It > himself, on becoming a little composed, hi he departure from New York was men- ai illy delayed from Monday until Tuesday, h >n Sunday, so he thought within himself, k o would dine with Mr. Jenkins, and as- p sted by that gentleman's knowledge of w te points of interest in New York, so w nrange his time for Monday, aa to see a v Teat deal, and thus make up for what fi ad been lost His headache continuing a fter supper, he did nor go out during the v vening. Half a doaen times he thought o f consulting the directory, to ascertain b fhere Mr. Jenkins lived, but as often Inferred it to nother litno. Finally, on v A IV, etiring to bed, he still remained in ignornce on this point. But, said he to him:!f, aa he remembered his neglect, it will e time enough in the morning. But, in the morning a new disappointlent awaited him. On consulting the irector}-, the name of Mr. Jenkins was ot to be found therein. The truth was, Ir. Jenkins resided in Williamsburg, a fact which Mr. Don't-bc-in-a-hurry would ave learned, had he returned to his store n the afternoon previous, to make enuiry, as he had at first intended to do. How Sunday was spent, we will not escrilK'. Not very profitably, however it tay be said. On Monday morning, Mr. Don't-l>o-in liurry, who, during his Sunday retleeon?, had come to the conclusion that Mr. j 1'iikins had not treated him well, deter-1 lined not to call again on that gentlelan. So, after breakfast, he started forth, etermined to sec as much for one day ?possible. It being early when he left ic hotel, and the morning air feeling j esh and bracing, he concluded to walk rst down to the Battery, although lie id spent some hours there on Friday, id take another look at the bioad, beauful bay, and the busy life upon its crowid surface. "There will be plenty of time left to see 1 I want to see," was the self-deluding mark with which ho starded down road way. It was an hour before Mr- Dont-be-inhurry reached the Battery. What with oking at the pictures and other notable 1 ings in the shop windows ; examining j e interior of Trinity Church?not lost ' ne, this, by the way?strolling through j fall street, he used up at least sixty 1 inutes, and arrived, finally, at the point r which he had set out, quite weary lough to enjoy a comfortable seat beneath ! e shade trees. The cool refreshing air, j >m the water; the moving panotama of, i ips and steamers, and the pieturesqe- 1 ?s of the view all produced so pleasant | 1 i effect upon the uiind of Mr. Don't-bc- j ? -a-hurry, that he remained, unconscious < the passing time for nearly two hours. " Twelve o'clock, as I live!" he exclaim- 1 . at length, on drawing 6ut his watch. How swiftly the time does pass !" < So he left the Battery with a hurried , Bvcment, and jumping into an omnibus j i irted up Broadway. His purpose was [ s visit without further delay, the picture j r ashington crossing the Delaware. In < is picture he had felt much nride and I I teres t, It was the work of an Ameri-1 1 n artist, an<l commemorated an event I j deep historical interest- In fact, of all I utter of interest in New York, the mind j ? Mr. Pon't-be-in-a-hurry had given to 1 is the most prominence. And yet, \ 1 ange as this may seem, while riding in i I e oinnihus, lie determined, jus lie felt so ] mfortahlv seated, and was on the wav 1 continue on up town and take a look : ] Grace Church, I'nion Park, and the I e stone palaces of the Fifth Avenue, l jcted by some of the merchant princes j New York. lie could visit Leutzc's \ < turn on his return. I But the time passed far more rapidly an he had calculated, lie did not re- t rn until the dinner hour. So the chief insure anticipated from a visit to New >rk, was |>ostponcd until the afternoon, i I will not weary the reader by further t;iiling the efforts of Mr. Don't-bc-in-a- i rry to see New York and its lions.? c lough, that neither Leutzc's picture, the a t Union G illerv, nor indeed, scarcely t ything except the external objects to encountered on a journey through j I oadwjiy and a visit to the Battery, had s en seen by our friend, who determined < leave for Niagara on the next morning.' t lere would l>e time enough to see New t ?rk on his return?so he consoled him- ^ f\ . ? .. r 1 lie beautiful steamer New world?a \ ating pale as ?!ic was not inappropriate- | i called?left for Albany at so?\'? o'clock | r Tuesday morning. In this l?oat Mr., 1 in't-be-in-a-hurry resolved to tike pjis- j 2je. So, he paid his bill and packed j 1 i trunk on Monday night, and also gave tiee at the office that he wished an earbreakfast. CHAPTER XT. SES IIIS PA88AOE IN TIIK Al.n A NY nOAT THE CONSEQUENCE.?CONCLUSION. Ifcan-rap-rap. " Who8 there ?" cries Mr. Don't-l>e-inturry, starting from a profound sleep. ] was day-light. 44 Going in the seven o'clock l>oat}" aakf ! a servant. 44 All right," responds Mr. Don't-be-in- i liuiry, who draws his watch from under i s pillow. 44 Only half-past five," he muttered to mself. 44 He means that I shall l?c earenough. Plenty of time this half hour, oat doesn't leave until seven o'clock." And so he sinks back upon his pillow eaning to lie just half an hour to a min?, and no more. Of course he fell into sound sleep, from which the loud slaming of a door in vicinity awakens him. u looks at his watch. 44 liless me!" No wonder he makes the exclamation. , is ten minutes past seven o'clock! llis alf hour's repose has l?een lengthened to a hour and a half. Mr. l)on't-be-in-aurry (elt bad. So far, there had l?een DM of time and loss of pleasure at every oint, and he alone was to blame. Here 'as a new disappointment and again it 'as his own fault. He was exceedingly exod with himself. All disposition for irther indulgence was gone. So he arose ml dressed himself. It wan half past seen o'clock when ho came down, and to neoflhe attendants at Uic office menlonod his disapnointmcttt, M You Can still leave at eight o'clock," m* the answer. "Doesn't the bout go at seven?" was the ! eager enquiry. | cl 44 O yes, the boat leave at seven. Bui i cj a train of ears on the Hudson River Kail- , h road leaves at eight. Passengers by this ( t< line arrive at Poughkeepsie before the | c boat, which stops for and conveys them to j e< Albany." e 44 Are you certain ?" was Mr. Don't-be- , tl in-a-hurry's quick interrogation. j o 4 O yes," answered the attendant. 44Se- ii veral gentlemen are about leaving to go h in that train. They are bringing down w their baggage now. Shall I order yours ?" , d 44 By alhneans." jh The baggage was brought down and I placed upon the coach, into which ' ai Mr. Don't-bo-in-a-hurry crept and was P soon dashing away for the Hudson River h< Railroad Depot?without I:is breakfast of ; lh I'lllllNI" ' uv Iii duo time the oars started, and wore sa soon sweeping ahead at the fearful speed " of from forty to fifty miles an hour, which j *p made our friend feci rather nervous. A iti very long time did not pass before, in a rci reach of the river seen in advance from an the window of the ear at which he sat,his ex eyes rested on the splendid boat that left hit the city at seven o'clock. liapidly they gained upon her and, not long after pass- "1 ing Sing-Sing, the cars and boat were gn moving side by side. Rut soon the boat th w as left behind, and the rattling train went th dashing 011 with undiminished speed. ha A shock?a fearful crash?wild screams th of terror?momentary blindness and eon- wl fusion. Then Mr. Don't-be-in-a-hurry ?y found himself wedged in between a bro- tid ken scat and a portion of the shattered roof of the car in which he had Is-en ri- j otl ding, and was soon conscious of a severe m< pain in his arm. an There had been a fearful accident. A i'h witch tender had neglected his dut y, and hri whole train of cars, had, in consequence j Th run off the track, or been broke by the | he terrific concussion that followed the sudden j l'k check of speed. Providentially, but one | fa or two lives was lost ; though a number , *'} of the passengeis were badly injured. I *ai Mr. Ron't-be-in-a-hurry escaped with a : p? broken arm. ! 1'i The boat that left New York at seven M'ln o'clock, landed her passengers safely in Albany. Another train of cars took the J't ail-road passengers back to New York, "?l imong them Mr. 1 font't-bc-in-a-hurry, who j sai. eturncd, by the evening line to Phila- | lelpha, suffering most dreadful pain from j the lis broken arm. lie arrived in advance of sec lis friend Mr. Hav'nt-time, w hose sprained wit mele kept him several days in New York. ,n And so inv two neighbors, both very j',r lever and intelligent men in their way, 1 ost all the pleasure and profit they had hri liopcd to receive from a summers trip of a I few weeks; and this, because one of them to\ permitted himself always to feel in a hurry. 11,1 vviiii*' incomer gave so nine regard totlie "" passage of time that lie was generally too "" late. And yet, strange as it may seem to : lb the reader, neither of them was willing to ! *b admit that he alone was to Idnme for the j fJK lisappointmont and injury lie lta*l sus- ;,n( Laiiled. j pc "Its just my luck," said Mr. Ilav'nt-j *? time. And? "I'm a sort of a Jonah, I believe,"? said Mr. Don't-hc-in-a-hurry. Notwithstanding this, however, the truth vould force itself upon them, and they j? ould not help seeing, at times, that they a|ll done were to Maine. I hope they have ~jr ried to mend their ways. ou Arc there any llavn't-times, and Don't- \y le-in-a-hurry's, among my readers f I ol| hall not be far wrong, if I say yes?some tjj? mite as forgetful and others quite as over ai^ lioughtfu! about the passage of time as to lie personages introduced in my story. 0f iVell ; 1 have held before von a mirror, (jn In not, after looking at yourselves, straight- Ca| vav depart and fog*>t what manner of ors nen (or boys) you are. If my story has lot been very exciting it has taught you, or trust, a useful lesson, and this, if it docs p0( ou go<x!, will prove far better than if 1 lad merely pleased your fancy. tlu (T'ljf #rtinilt| Cirrlr. ? . *a< Curious Mode of Getting A Wife. ?? W One little act of politeness will sometimes oft* pave the way to fortune and preferment oui The following sketch illustrates the injj Pact. or A sailor roughly garbed, was sauntering is i through the streets of New Orleans, then in a rather damp condition, from recent fid rains and the rise of the tide. Turning ga the corner of a much frequented and nar- ah row alley he observed a young lady stan- fai ding in perplexity, apparently measuring an the dehth oi the muddy water lietwoen |y, her and the opposite side walk, with no pr very satisfied countenance. fai The sailor paused for he was a great ch admirer of lieauty, and certainly the fair m face that peeped out from under the chip dr hat, and the auburn curls hanging glossy to anil unconfinod over her muslin dress, ar might tempt a curious glance. Perplexed, cc the lady put forth one little foot, when gr the gallant sailor, with characteristic im- qi pulsiveness exclaimed, 'that pretty foot, lo lady, should not be soiled with the fiilth of this hue ; wait for a momeni only, and I y< will make you a path.' ce Ho springing past her into a carpenter's y< shop opposite, ho bargnned for a plank 'ai board that stood ih the door way, and ol coming back to the smiling girl who was tl just connetish enough to accept the ser- ti vices of the handsome young sailor, he oi bridged the narrow black stream, and she ir triped acroaa with a menry 4 thank you,' U and a roguish smile, making her eyes as n daizling *9 they could be. p Alas! our young sailor was perfectly harmed. What else would make him atcli up and shoulder the plank, and fol>wing the little witch through the streets j her home, she twice perfoining the eremony of 4 walking the plank,' and ach time thanking him with one of her loqucnt smiles. Presently our hero saw ic young lady trio up the marble steps f a palace of a house, and disappear with? i its rose-wood entrance; for a full minute e stood looking at the door, and then ith a wonderful big sigh turned away, isposed of his drawbridge, and wended is l>:ith hack to tlu> slim. Tho next day lie was astonish ad witli a order of promotion from the captain, oor Jack was speechless with amazement; 1 had not dreamed of lieing exalted to lat dignity of a second mate's office on >ard one of the most splendid ships that iled out of the ]>ort of New Orleans, e knew he was competent, for instead of ending his money for amusements, visng theatres and howling-alleys, on his turn from sea, he had purchased books id had become quite a student; but he peeted years to intervene l>efore his millions hopes could be realized. His superior officers seemed to look on him with considerable leniency, and ive him many a fair opportunity to gaer maritime knowledge; and in a year, e handsome gentlemanly young mate d acquired unusual favor in the eyes of e portly commander, Captain Hume, 10 had first taken the little smart blacked fellow with his neat tarpaulin, and ly bundle, as his cabin boy. One night the young man with all the icr officers, was invited to an entertain nt at the captain's house. He went, d to his astonishment, mounted the ntical steps that two years before, the ghtest vision he had never forgotton. lump, thump, went his brave heart, as was ushered into the great parlor, and e a sledge hammer beat again, when iptain llumc brought forward his blue ed daughter, and with a pleasant smile id "the young lady once indebted to your lttcness for a safe and dry walk home, s eyes were all a blaze and his own eok (lushed hotly, as the nodlc captain tutored a way.J leaving fair Grace Ilumo his side. And in all the assembly was : so handsome a couple as the gallant lor and the " pretty ladic." It was only a year from that time that > second mate trod the quarter deck, ond only in command, and part owner h the captain not only in his vessel, but the affections of his daughter gentle ace ITumc, who had always cherished poet, to say nothing of love, for tho glit eyed sailor. His homely hut earnest act of politeness iVnr<ls his chihl had pleased the enptan, >1 though the youth knew it not, was c cause of hi < first promotion. So that w the old man has retired from business, Miry Wells is Captain Wolls, and Grace une in polite," Mm. Captan Wells," in :t, our honest sailor is one of the rieTiest mi in the Crescent City, and he owes rhaps the greater part of his prosperity his tact and politeness in crossing the cot.? Olive Branch. Love in the Family. We have not half confidence enough the |lower of love to disarm the violent 1 to reclaim the vicious. The fault beis in our families. Wo do not seek eu;h to bear with each other's faults.? e mistake our selfish impatience of each icr's foihles, or faults for a righteous inflation at wrong; anil our olxitinacy il pride, w hich would conform all others our own ideas of things, for firmness principles, and fidelity to duty. We not seek enough in our own lioines to I forth the better qualities in each othhcarts. The faults of our friends are 011 the reflection of our own weakness errors. Our carelessness causes their iulance, our jealousy their suspicions, r selfishness their trrief. our injustice 'ir anger. So likewise it is with our children. We not love them enough to make them e us letter than themselves. We dote, L we do not love. We do not make rifices for them in little things. We do t teach them d isi nterestedncss l>y our lingncss to give up our taste for them, e punish tl?em because they annoy us enor than they do wrong. Weindulge r sloth, and the quickest way of correct; a misconduct which shocks our nerves, disturbs or interrupts our occupations, resorted to. Oh, how quickly parents lose the concnce of their children, never to be reined, l?y injustice, selfishness, and the senee of love. If the child only has tit in the love of its paronts ; if the 900 <1 daughter only lovo and love tendertruly enough at home, how much less obable is it that they should wander r, or erring slion'd not speedily retimed ! 'litis is thu grand rule in do estic education, love! Give your chil en a genial loving atmosphere in which grow. Bear with their faults, which o often the beginning of their best exllenec?in patience wait upon the owth of their characters. I>o not tench tho spirit of truth, of beauty, of ve, in tliem by your harsh violence. Live as near God as you can, and trust >ur children rather to the genial influca? of the atmosphere you create than to >ur wearisome precepts and corrections, rid to the pruiiing-knife of your standard r ?i_ a. i rwn ? ^ i ngiu ana propriety* inrow mwjiii uu ieir own conscience, and do not aubatiite in tbcir minclK artificial sins for real lies; and, voer, if at ?U, on the aide of idulgcnoe. It b not ao much well direc?1 love that apoila children. Obedience, ot to God, but to tho arbitrary will of * arcnt, is often procured at the airponao ,