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UJ?_ Ii' ? r m r DEVOTED VOLUME I. *\+\ *' a # .a ..^i it . THE LANCASTER LEDGER 18 PUBblSIIED KVEHY * ,WEDNESDAY MORNING. c ?? -??? R. |. BAILBT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ' TERMS: r*% I *va? vaov If n?u) If* I WW L^VIIMI pvi JV?1| as |/*<)? mmm mw%m vance; Two Dollars and Fifty Coats, il paid hi tie month*; or Three Dollars, if payment is delayed antil th* end of the year. These term* will he rigidly adhered to. Advertisements will he conspicuously inserted at seventy-ire rents per square of twelve lin<*s, for the drat insertion, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. A single insertion One Dollar. Nothing will l>e counted leu than a square. Advertisers are requested to stale, ia writing on their advertisements, the numher o! limes tb*v wish them inserted; or they ^ill be continued iu the paper until ordered out, and charged accordingly. The Law ef Hewspapers. 1, All subscribers who do not give express Notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subcriptions. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance ef their papers, th* publishsrs may J continue to sand them until arrearages are paid. * 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse taking their paper* from toe oflees to which ^ they ere seat, they am held responsible till their bills are settled, and their papers *d ered to he discontinued. 4. The Courts have decided that refti * aawananas raw tsan/vliAal HR| IV ww.jrwpi v? from th? office, or removing ami leaving it uncalled for, n prima facie evidence of 1 nremtio*al fraud. ?h all nam or JOBPBIFMG BZICVTBS WITH llliTIIMI Art DK?PAT3H &eUrtfii (tales. .1 JofiL SIUlMEEY. * ?on? The lu who waoM'at Bad hi* mm W? mot SwnMifMj many year* ago in Jiow York CHy ?IkaUi he and ouraulf, were Moling law ml the time, lie wna a ?jurcrlooking little compound. Ilia lieatl was iliapeJ, not unfikc <hi? of Newton'a but* ter pear*, and, even though lie wna a ypuug man, hi* complexion partook of a vory elderly eaffruM ea*l! lie had a pair of lit tic error Iwinklimr ere*. aet remark* b!y ?Um togvUier si the base of a forehead, nM umntelloctual. His inouth wm 4*1 W generally kspt it cloedy e>inpres?ed, when n? w?s silent. As, UoW?v?f, he loved to talk, and m our reader* skill judge from his character as developed Uv our store, he had a good deal to talk about, ho.was very rarely taciturn. 8wam|M>y's body was out of proportion, as compared with hie head; the one bring unosuaNy' large, and the other UnueuaHy small. There wm a air.gutar O^VUiepnctea , which some people migat pronounce deformity; but it wm L a beauty, whip compared with a swelling \ nature bad planad on the back between as mi i^irh^h w nf^ly denoThat hump was Swampey's John Jonea. i, Tt had a part in everything which he did. ? It produced, certainly, an aridity of temper which wm apparent in all his sayings, lie made It hja business to know every ImkIv'i Iiliainr srt<! unlnrtiinml his S/-.1 i i a > n - tmnem with tUfraiU of bm knowladga.? He aI way* laid particular stress on the foibles, errors, or back sliding*, of hie fellow-Men; talking of them with the moat i unmietakaaMe youL lie revelled in seand?l; ha enjoyed it, indeed, *? heartily ? doee the alderman bia turtle soup. Swamp.'V lived at the same hotel with us, and wo li:ul tho misfortune to sit near fl| lxtu at the table; moreover, for what renf?'>n wo cunnoi my, be entertained a great regafd for ua? bestowing upon us at the ,7 t.thle, and wherever be r . in tbo house, ft large share of bia ooureraation. MUave roe seen Mr. Wiggins the broker, lately I he said to us one day. On our replying "Na, why do you askf" I' he added?* te only I Ward laat week he wav aruaaff py pretty freethink that aueh can be the feet, aa he got twenty thenaawi dotlan by Ida wK^nwde twenty titoueand dotlan last year In Harleaa, aadee be hea no family of aay ooaOOMt^ toeapyoK. Again, they live ' eeifr mmmlyi at aay ntfaftkfir Watcher nlle anheewty nada bean three ieief a We*.. Ma. Wfam i s.ssssKrs *mk wba a*? "?* ** * Mfatehe time, declare# to m oa Bar boo< 3 old Mr*. Bart, they pay twclre tWlan a i ; ? 4- f*tv 1 ?J.-- I ii iJLJ Mil V TO LITERARY, ? ? ? "i . = t, fwtnw 1\ .f^oi:';1 11. I month, sad to tb? latter ona dollar * #! - 1 quarter a weak. Look at their style of dressing, too; it is certainly very plain.? ' Mrs. Wiggini has worn that sky-hlue bonnet for (.wowinters. She got it, Mrs. Hurt says, of Mrs. Jones, in John street, and it cost eight dollars. Wiggins has sported the same brown coat he now wears, for four years. 1 hear he has lately purchased a new black frock, and if one of Jennings' clerks tells the truth, it cost him tweuty-five dollars. Well, now, r what on earth win have embarrassed Wiggins! Certainly not his domestic arrangements." So Joel Swampey, would talk of people, sometimes unquestionably leading to serious injury of them, but exactly how they could not well tell. He generally enjoined confidence, and of course the i inuendocs he threw out Were confidentially communicated along a chain of gossips like hiuJtolf, until they got into bold broad daylight, and effected a positive injury.? 1 The story he told us about Wiggins, ? as overheard by a gentleman who Bat near us at table, aud iu three hour? w as in Wall street. Wiggins met it promptly, without being able to trace its author, and as the I result proved, it all originated from the fact of his going into a neighbor's to get some uncurrvnt bills changed into city moncy. Swampey, or one of his friends, saw him coming out with a roll of money, and at once concluded?such folks always jump at conclusions?that he was a little short. Joel Swampey was very food of ladies' society, and we are sorry to say, the fair sex, or those who lived at hie hotel, liked his goesip so well, that tliev hia attentions. It was so nic? for them to have all the particulars about every little affair that was going on in town; an J then Joel was so thoroughly "booked upn in them. He heard all the engagements which were on the tapis; knew the time selected for the marriage ceremony; and, sometimes could tell what the bride and her attendants were to wear. Then he was acquainted with all the little sccnea which occurred in families, between husbands end wires. If Mr. and Mrs. Mood had had a small spat about the gallarftrice of Mr. 1J., or the easy manners of Mrs. B., Hwanipey was possessed of all the particulars of the affair. It rather an-, noyed him to hear that the difficulty had been compromised by the interposition of Mr*. Rambler; he would very much hare preferred to state that an eternal separation must ensue. We say the ladies at the hotel liked all ibie spicy g?*?ip, which Joel Swampey carried in hia budget; nod, which he told with so many shakes of hia liitlo humpback, aud so many little nervous laughs. Wh> siM u.Jic* in hoiets ana boitrdingliouses, have such Jcpr'arcd appetites for scandal! Aid reader, that's a auction which it would puzzle the spiritual medium? to aiHwer. But J?>el Swamper's coquetting with the ladies at the hotel, once produced a storm, which gathered about his head, and, which when it broke, nearly carried away his cars, ile had baeu accustomed daily to waylay the servant who waa sent to Uie iHjst-oiffice for the letters, and by giving him a sii-penee, to obtain at the earliest moment anything intended for himself.? More than this, tlie early glance he had at the letters enabled hint to run his eye over their superscriptions; ami lie hence could skip about the house, announcing to tho various boarders that there waa a letter for them in tlie office. Sometimes, he would even go so far?very frequentl* in ? rJ - J >M v? I?UI9? mm iu ucilTVr lll letters himself, sayiug h be did to, while he winked those little grey twinkling eyes I of Iiie, "hope it's good news," or, "I see the seal is a black one, pray heaven! nobo ly's dead!" "Once upon a time," as the story books say, be was talking with a young and handsoasc lady, the wife of Colonel ?asy; but let us narrate the dialogue: Snampty. Mrs. Easy, now is Maria Freeman, that wast Air*. Aery. You mean If is. Herbert Joues Smampey. Yea, beg pardon, Mrs. Herbert Jones. Alrt. Katy. She was well when I last heard from her, but her children have 'been sick 8itcrmpty. I know: little Peggy bad the measles; Kitty, the chic ken-|>ock; Sally, biles. i>r. Ferguson attended them.? Hy the way, that was an enormous bill of his; sevonty-flvo dollars for forty visits. I I a?t the particulars of the charge from your husbaud, the Colonel. Mr*. K*i?y. Ah! the Colonel should not have s .oken of it complainingly. The doetor is hie friend, and has done him many favors. 8mmmpey, Ob, he only told me, you know; 1 used to be very intimate with the Colons! before you were msiried, when ho was so aficahrs to Ua Freemen. Mrs. Aory, (Quite uneasy.) Attentive to Mm. Freemanl Why I did not , know that. S?MiH|sry, (Pevpleaed, aud yet not psr_l J\ AL L. I iHeseu.j vni?"? wm?out umq, you now, it wm before he know yen. Let me in Mw. Freeman iatrodeeed you to yam husband. Well, they were eery wane friends, and I suspect they still eentinne to be eneh. At any rate, I notice Colonel Easy receives a greet many letters, the directions of which I would swear before an alderman, are in Mrs. Freeman's handwriting. Mrt. Katy, (Highly excited.) Utters in Vre. Freemen's handwriting! Why, ??* I* nristaheof 8*mmp*y. Kot at alt. Be the by. there Is own In the cAm now, nl go down and bring ft t^b^rdjrsjpyonr m * ' * COMMERCIAL, LANCASTER, C. H,, SOUTH Mrs. Easy, (Frantic.) Ob! do, do, do, Mr. Swampey. Swampey. I will. (Exit Swampey.) Now, what wm the true story in all this business! The letter was not from Mrs. F reeman at all, but from one of Colonel Easy's sisters, who wrote a hand very inuch like Mrs. F.'s. Mrs. Easy kept the letter uutil her husband came in, and after a terrible storm about it, for she did not wait for the seal to be broken?which many boarders in the hotel overheard? there came a calm. In other words, Mrs. Easy was appeased as soon as she had blown off the jealous steam fired up by Joel Swampey, and was permitted to examine the letter. There was a very unpleasant encountsr between herself aud uer lord, nevertheless, in which she satisfied her raffe bv breaVinsr two liAAmmlu. o */ " .""O and throwing her wedding ring into the fire. The ring was recovered, however, and, as we have stated above, the troubled waters cabued. Hut Mr. Joel Swninpey got a blessing from Colonel Easy, who called liitn in tho presence of at least a dozen fellow-bokrdcrs, an impertinent lit j tic prying puppy, and added by way ?>(' desert, "that, if ho ever again dared to muddle with anything belonging either to himself or his wife, he would cut off his ears." Joel replied: "Now, don't lx> oxcited, Colonel I didn't think Mrs. Easy was ofso jealous a temperament. All the ladies in tho house thought she had the most unhoundless confidence jr. you; and I am sure I thought so too. Then she appeared to us all, to be the very pink of amiability. Law me, after hearing Iter abuse you as she did, after hearing her use the profane language she did? "Villain! interrupted tho Colonel, flying at Swampey, "do you dare!"?here the landlord *tepi>ud in, ami declared he could not have any violence in his house. Swnirpey was thus saved a pretty severe drubbing, we think; for he took early opportunity to slide out of the room, and the next day Col. Easy was put under bonds to keep the peace. Wo have mauy oilier incidents in the life of Joel Swampey which wo might relate, but it will beimpossiblo to give Uiem iu this sketch. They embrace nil incalculable amount of mischief dono by him, both public and private. In the course of the whole of them, singular as it may seem, he escaped with only one kick, a pottrrinri. Hut the gentleman who gave that kick had to pay for the luxury, the exact value of it, being just fifty dollars, and costs of court. The last adventure of Swampey must be given, if for nothing else than because it hid to his u Hal reform. It happened only a few snotiib* * *' *~T*T 'viu"8 gentleman, mimed Spencer, who had esta bUshcd himself in California, n> a lawyer, and who had already amassed quite a pretty i?r??|?orty, eaiac to New York with a friend, named Middlcton, also in good business in the golden State. They stop |x*l at the Hotel, the old abiding place of Swampey. Of course, tho curious little man iiecame acquainted with them, and soon discovered that Spencer . was paying attentions to a very pretty young lady, whose parent* resided in the Fifth Avenue. He also learned that tho "old folks at home" were op(>osod to the match; they had forbidden Spencer the house: one of her brothers had told him so. Here wbh a capital affair, to engage his prying propensities: lis sut|>erted Npenoer would be getting married in a hurry, on the day of the sailing of sonic steamer, and that lie would be off with his bride for the land of promise before auy one knew what be was atnjut. He hinted this to the young lady's brother, and promised to keep a look out. It was not long before the very day came which Joel had foretold. He saw it in the movements of the yaung Califomians. He resolved to be satisfied: nay, wbeu satisfied, lie couldn't l^nr to think of two persons, who loved each other, be* ing married. The Georgia was advertised to go at her usual time, and he was on her deck at least two hours before tbat time. Not long had ho boon on the watch, before llm young tueu ap|>eared, bag and Itaggagc, and with them a handaoino little sailor lad. Ah, ha! thought Joel, there you are, miss, in thoae duck pantaloons. What an indecent plight, surely, for the daughter of one of our first families? Then lie showed himself plainly to Spencer and Middletou, and even moved lip to them | with his wiiggling gait. Spuucer spoke to Middletoo as Swampey approached, after which he disappeared, Miowed by the handsome little bailor. Middleton, however, met Swampey with a smile, told him he was delighted to see him. It was very kind in bim to eotuo down, aad see them off. "Oh, thank you," said bwampey, "but who is that little sailor boy? I know; I'll whisper it to you," and Swampey put his mouth eiose up to iliddieton'a ear, aa he shouted, in a voice loud enough for every body op board to hoar, "that's Mies . "flush!" said Middleton, "yea are a smart little fellow. I'M own up. You ar?righb_ 1 don't half like this running way. tm mnM of Hpeocor outfit to fea Mpowd. i cm kaoar too came kam for Ml parpow. Mow, Hi aaaiat run in k; bat Ami, Am at?mar Ooaa aoi go uotil ihraa Haunt after the tima annonnead, on aaoaant of aaoaa detention at the maiia; o lai'fc go aod boa* driak of ?%wp* pagna in Aiatwuwft mom, at Spaoaors eapanaa, and tima alaaUag aakore, * wHI and wood to tiaaM Mm,-and hare tka gaaM Moekad.^ "Good! copkair aaahduied Mwampag. "Art are joe hi aarooit afcaat tka oamfg dt lhaotenm*r? aod oriil fdo daaart tow (Hao# OA. # LI"L . . AGRICULTURE [ CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY r "Desert him!" calculated Middlcton, j "why no? Didn't 1 jjflrst lovo Marin myselfi and didn't ho take licr away from moi My dear Swampey, I want revenge; you can help me to it." "I will, I will," diuckled Swampey; "but first tii? champagncl he! he! you are sure about the hour ef sailing!" "Quito sure; the steward's room and tlic champagne!" said Middletou. Ilcre both parties tfisappeared, and we will leave them enjoying themselves over a bottle of excellent Matnm, almost as good, perhaps, as tlu article which our triond Glass, of the Washington House, furnishes his boarders, Middlelon, as the reader may guess, deceived Swampoy, both as to tho time tf departure of the j steamer, as well a? to his true feelings towards Spencer. Aslic may also guess, < the little meddlesome Inwyer got fnnuy, i and thought they wire merely trying the engine, when the noble Georgia was under full headway. At lust certain qualmish feelings, very much Ike sea sickness, roused him up, aided, as they were by a conviction that the vessil was in rapid motion, He looked atMiddleton, and only got a si,. wr m return The truth Hashed upon him; he was ?ti his rapid way to Charges, with only Qijechange of clothing, and a few dollars if hi* pocket. What I should he do? lie sought on deck, lookiug fearfully wild, lie sought out the i captain, but got uo satisfaction. Tliei. came ondrcndful seasickness, from which ho suffered awfully; tile more, perhaps, because Middleton and Spencer pivs.-r.iied for him rich bowls of ox-tail soup, with junks of fat thrown In to inak.- it more palatable. Nobody took pity on liiin hut one little dried-up old maid, and a follow who boasted that lie; had written many first rate articles for flksliy weekly papers, about private cilizena lie was now on his way to San Frnwisco, to souk his fortune; iu other words, he was leaving home for home's good. Thwcdiabolical friends cava him small coniftrts in the midst of liia terrible retellings, during which he | frequently thought he was throwing him-1 self inside out. The d<! maid had money, and after much perseasion, had cashed n cheek for him, to put him in funds; for Ik; it known Swampey had means, and took care always to keep them in a safe place, in tho vaults of a good specie-paying bauk. lie saw sickness. if not death, before him at Chagres. The fever was rag- j ing there fearfully, Middleton and Sjionccr told him, and lie woukl certainlv catch it in his weakened state. Horrors! thought Swainpoy, to die <?f th# Chagres fever, nway oH from homo and kindred, and to be buried, perhaps, by negroes. Imagine ''".^?,Uilm',n?ne steamer* cached Chagres, a)id Swampey was assisted into a boat, for the sliore, more dead than alive. His little eyes looked like twodirty glass beads, sot in solid yellow Hannol; his hair was matted with filth, his clothes wore dirty and torn, and he was quite as disgusting a looking object as it is jvossible to imagine. As the boat containing bis tiabhv flesh and unhinged joints, was rowed ashore, lie heard voicesfrom a little steamer bound up the river, shout to him, "Good bye, Swampey," followed by another, soft flute-like voi?e, "Good bye, Swampey." The Ends of life. "I ani goiug to leave sctool al the expirutmn r\f n/ia M ?! ?.l 1 1 v. " "ihrcu ivuwnru ; Mayo, a youth between .seventeen and j eighteen, to his friend mi) companion, Charles Car|>enter, as the )vo wen* wending their way homeward, ifter having finished their studies for the <ky. "And I ex|>ect to do he same very soou," said Charles, with cud en t pleasure at the idea. "What business or proton do you intend learning?" asked Ed lard. "I have determined to t> into a store. I want to be a merchant. Jut w hat have you chosen, Edward? Nd one of the iearned professions, I hope) Hut I suppose you have. Von will b a lawyer, I have not the least doubt." i "Yea, Charles, I have detainined to go into Mr. Harker'e office, and t-ad Jaw." "Well, I'm sorry to lear itjvlward." "Why are yon sorry Charts I" "Because you've got a Iiari, dull way before you, and your final stccess is uncertain. Few, Edwan, I hav* beard my old uncle say, can gai; eminence in legal pursuits ; and withou distinction, it is but s poor business. Tb field for mercbandiring is br ader, ar< promses to industry and carefulness iioro certain returns." j "That may be me, Charles ; aud merchandizing is ss bnorablo and useful a calling aa any <her; but 1 bare been taught by my fiber to believe that our success and uaefitieaa in any business will depend very mud up*n the motives with which we enter /nto it^and our happiness in that business much snore. If we haee oiilv a rtasril IS nnriSli'Ma?if 1?. motive we linvefor cinhting a )irofaaaion be thsaelfisb use of geljog w ealth or Lou- < or?then, we may intlieU be successful, i but cannot be h??py in our aucceae. lipt | if, in choosing arvog fiose to which our < inclination* lead ua, ire ehooee tlat in < which we think wesati, at the same time that we benefit owefivw, render moet im- > port apt eerriees to owes, then wo are in tfce road to honora* success, united to ; eahp aoptenuuent." y , "Jhen I pould ad* yett to bp a minieter,* eaid Charles, llf ironically?"you I can certainly do pioreb&i aa a ininistor . U?n .I.VttWrl do hot thfoMdWterd Vplhd. ere callin^MflH^varioaa that { are aH atfefbl, as {recently | impressed upon ro^^fcfiWBkulllng to nm abaateheosioglgMMpbnkar liiu^n- t are pe great taoet^ljfcWt% 1 fill- , . - r lL, general a MORNING. JANUARY li. is.a must not be supposed, that the desire to be useful was the only one that influenced iviwanl in persevering in Ins studies. That would have been too feeble a principle in his mind, to have carried him through succcssfuljy. The desire for wealth and fame, also, contributed its share of incitement to persevering. Si ill j | the great good was, that he could aci knowledge the end of use to Ik* a higher and better one th .n the end of riches or honor, and, also, that lie could remain in i the desire to have that end the principal ! one. lie was thus preparing the way to have it, in afterlife, gradually, even if it j i were very slowly, elevated above all the j others. A few years passed away, and the two youths became of age, and each entered upon tho responsible duties of life. Charles had his mind well stored with mercantile knowledge, and the principles of trade; and Edward was as well-furnished for ac- ; tion in his peculiar calling. Years passed j on, and the name of one was a familiar ' sound on 'Change,, and that of the other ( as familiar to the public as an eminent lawyer. But each had been governed in action, by the end at flrst pro|>need as the , true one. Charles Carpenter had grown | more and more aelflali and unregardfal of others, a? wealth accumulated on his j hands; and had likewise grown morose, irritable, and discontented. Edward Mavo on the contrary, as liia power ami sphere 1 of usefulness enlarged, endeavored to bring ( into quicker activity the desire to bo of service to otliers with which lie had, as j matter of principle, set out in life ; and a real delight ever flowed from bringing ! ( this desire into action. While the one was ' J known as a wealthy, but narrow-minded, j j selfish man, the other was esteemed as n lover of mankind, with tho power, as well j i as the will, to benefit society. Ix?t us look j , in uj>on each, successively, at the age of f fifty, and then decide which set before bim the host end in lift. I We will introduced Mr. Carpenter, at! t his own house, on a stormy evening in J t Dccetntar. lea is ready, and his wife', and only daughter, a young lady of , twentv, with himself, have drawn up to , thetnlilc. The menl is nearly half tin. nigh, < and yet not n word has beeu ?|K?ken. He j is idl absorbed in some business inattn j that perplexes bitn, and tho idea of alrif- ' r ling loss lias soured his mind, and added ' , toTiis habitual peftfhn'ee. -It's a dreadful ryglit, out,1' Alice, the . v daughter says; the oppressive and moody ulence becoming so irksome, that sheprv t for* to hoar the sound of her own voice, pv?n at the risk of its being unwelcome to [?tlicrs. I The father responds lo this by a look which sayty almost as plain as words? I "What's the matter with you, ha?*-- a And tho mother mutton out a reluctant i A few minutea more elapse, with only u [ho clatter Of TCtt^T KTM tnucnra, when t< Alio* apain hruak* in upon tho funereal liloAee with? .o U1 wish yom wohid take as to the thee- ti irw, oo Thursday erca in ft1, to see Gelcato, C pa" *i "Indeed, i shall no*t dUett," ie the orat- fc ,v response. Hht vmir brother to so eitirTou? JR - * [ft p ing these. The man whose peculiarity of niiiiti tits him to bo a successful lawyer, would not, in all probability, make a good minister; nor wcuid the individual who has a preference for medical science make a good merchant; and so through all the varied callings in life. Each of them is useful and honorable, as I have before said if they are made useful and honorable." "Well, maybe you are right," said Charles, "but 1 ant ""no philosopher, and canuoWpreteud to look so deeply in mat* ters and things. My old uncle, whose opinions I am bound to respect, because he is kind to me, nud has been <piite successful in the world, says tlmt be would rather see me a sailor or a soldier than a doctor, lawyer, or preacher, lie don't seem to have much opinion, you see, of the learned professions; and I am pretty much like him in tint respect. Hut he thinks I am the Very one for trade, in which he says, I will be sure to bo successful, if 1 ain only prudent at first. lie prophesies that I will he rich ; and all I can say is, that I hope he is a trite prophet." "Father ssve In ?r>? " V,,Wn..~l -? ? - 1 j w ?.V, I Al tv ?U II I VIII'll Kt'U to this, "that it would be wrong in nie to set riches before ine as an end. That if I do so, 1 will look to riches as the one thing in life desirable?that 1 will bo restless until I have gained my end, and then discover that wealth has no power to ir. ike ine happv. Hut, that if 1 will endeavor to give tiie idea of riches its true subordi nale place, and make usefulness to other... I as far as L can, the end which 1 have in j view, tl eu 1 will he happy as woll is sue- i ccssful, just so tar us I an elevate u-eful- I ness as an end above riches." "You have a strange way of talking, sometimes," said Charles, "but 1 don't pretend to sec tilings with your eyes, and I am sure I don't wish to. I am going to learn my business, with tbe same motives tbat others do, that 1 may get tiie ability to make money. Money, you know, is power. Our teacher says knowledge, and so docs the -proverb: but my old uncle says inonev, and 1 believe bini." The two Imys parted. In duo time each left aclioo), and Charles Carpenter went into a wholesale store to learn the business of merchandizing, while Kdward Mavo entered the otlicc of Mr. Barker to read law. Charles found it much easier to keep his end of life in view, than did j Ivlward. Hut whenever the lattcr's perceptions of right were obscured, or bis ardor in bis studies diminished, he went t the one competent and judicious friend, his father, who always helped him to clear I and satisfactory views of Ins dn*v 1? I Mi ND LOCAL INT "But,. lie won't go. I've asked hiui, tlii already." hi "Then you'll have to stay home, fur nji I'm Hot iroiinr " - l-> ? . I ''I wish you were like Kate Mayo 6 futb di or," Alice rejoins?"He always goes with ti her to the concerts, and-every place." tr ' Well, I'm not like him, Miss, and don't sc want to b ! He's one of your philanthropists?hum!?pretending to do a great a deal for other people, and not doing any- ly thing worth talking about alter all." "I believe lie's an excellent man, pa. cli Everybody likes him, and everybody tli speaks well of him; and I'm sure Kate's tli one of the happiest creatures in the world." tli "And you aro one of the most luiscra- ht hie, I suppose.'" sc "I don't pretend to be very bnppy," Alice answers moodily, and then follows m the same cheerless silence. en After the tea-things were removed, the hi father sat down to his newspapers, and be- wj tween reading these and meditating on w plans for adding to bis large stores of un- p, enjoyed wealth, spoilt the remainder of gi tho evening. Not the slightest intercourse gi did he pretend to bold with his family.? a The social delights of the domestic circle ts had no charms for liiin. Here, as in the p< busy world, be was the selfish centre from which wont out no radiations. Alice tried ai to get interested in the pages of a new 6t novel, but in vain. Her heart yearned f>r |,j living companionship. And as she thought 01 of i.j.L'" Mayo, and the bright,happy lire- w aide circle of which she made one, she hi ci<?:'cd tiie hook villi a sigli, and retired to In i chamber, hoping to lirul relief and juictiu the a,reel oblivion0( sleep. j(J On tho same evening, a very different scene was nresontod in ilm fumilv <->f M, i - J I Mayo, who, like the merchant, had one wj son and daughter, now verging upon maturity. The supper hour had passed in j-a cheerful conversation, and after the family returned to the parlor, Mr. Mayo said, smiling? "I must ask lcavo of alisenco for an hour, my children. I suppose my request te will Ik? granted!'' th "I don't know, pa,'' Kate responded, di laughing in happy,girlish tones, as she vi hung u|KiU his arm. and looked alVection- ik ately into his face. ''It will depeud very Tl much upon the nut re of your oxcus*;." I* "That will have to l?o given, then, before my request can l>e granted!" til "(>, of course! Ixit us have the reason," in Kate said. b: "Well, you know that (he winter has ni set in very severly?'' cc "Indeed, it has, pa," Knto replied, her th face at mice growing serious, "And I do ut piiy |>oor, destitute people, tins dreadful hi night." hi A" few gentlemen," continued Mr. |?? Mayo, "had a meeting, to-day, for tho di purpose of putting in operation some d? measure of provision for the poor and sick ai fluri.xr ?i... ;...a - ' ? " 1 - ?.? .IIVIVMILUV 9D??UII> 11 in WtJii jH known that every winter great sutfering so is experienced by many who do all they jn can to help themselves, and who would se rather live poorly and bear many hard- XI ships, than become an entire burden upon the community; who would sutler almost K( everything, rather than become acknow- th lodged paupers. A little assistance to w. such, in winter, wonU1 enable them to w; bear up in their praiseworthy spirit of a independence, without the extreme suf- H, faring that many now endure. 1 have w] been chosen to dratt nil address to the |e, publie, and I want an hour to-night for p? thepur)>o?e. Am I now excused?" added tj, the father, smiling. cj( 4,\Ve were worse than heathens to say tli no," to measures of public benevolence, fc pal" "Not more than I can readily spare from iny family aud professional engagements, Kate; and 1 am sure that the pleasure I experience from the* acts, is to ? source of pure delight." "I do not doubt it, pa, and I love my VH fattier hotter, when I think how good an f|, mnd lie is to every one. Alice Carpenter ye mid to me, yesterday?'O, Kate, if my jn( fatlior was like vours, how happy I should on 'ipt' ?? . . * irij Mr. Mayo kissed aflectionotely the ro :hcek of his daughter, and thou left the ooni to ]>erforin the w<?rk of benovolence . iu had assigned himself. "Toor Alice! remnrked Mrs. Mayo, as RV icr hushand closed the door after him, 'J 'She always seems so glad to get here, ? md so reluctant to go away." "I am sure 1 never like to go there," Je taid Kate, "Where is an atmosphere of }n ionstraintniid selfishness a bout the house; .ol md as to spending an evening with Alice shell her father is at home, i wouid aimoet J is lief l?o at a funeral, lie sits moodily 'oading his newspapers, and wc must -J iteal awnv .ntoa corner, and talk in whis- ^ >ers. it Alice hap|>ene to laugh a little in. utid. her father will rattle his newspaper ? ind look up so cross at Iter. I would j j<?t. live in that way for'thc world!" "I don't wonder that. John iiua no infiliation to slay at lioiut in the evening," marked Edward, Kate's brother. 'Tie old n?e, last wvelc, that lie wasn't home <*)l t night once in a month. "Why, where does lie goT askod ' ( to. we "Indoed, that* more than I cam tell," ^I' Cdward replied. "But | fear, from his ?"< ppearatice and manners, tliut bis com- do< >any m not the Best." ** "Poor fellow!" ejaculated Mrs. Mayo. ' Almost driven from h<>mo, and ken left acc o himself, ho will,I tear, go to ruin." of "You my well say tUfcen, ina," remark- the d Kate. "Kor no J*ma mau, who bod to be liberty to oould n-niaio in Mr. nei 'arpotiter'a prcetMO, r!f Le is always as is ? ilent and cross as no baa been when I roe ave visited there," # % opi "Tie ia in etery way unlike our ewrf* pel ither* saW Kdward. "< hio seem* |o Tra ?> i 1 at m A * s -0m* J/ma > ,tJk"l1*?' ' '*!*"> K " ^1. Ufc.rv> S > 4 EL LICENCE. r NUMBER 46 ink about and cat? about nothing but inself. Tlio othet'a consideration i?j ipnrently, all for others.*. "That is the true secret of their great Iterance of disposition. The sefish man pulses : t,'.\hile the benevolei I di a?t acts all. Which would you rather be .n?" "The benevolent man, a thousand and tlinilSilllll tilnn " ? 1 II?1 C * ' V .m? V J jranniu I l IOI V Ulll" "Then, like your father, Eedward, iook now your ends of life. Resolve at you will seek to be useful to other*} at you will put away from yourself 'ory merely m ltbh motive, as an evil ing. I have heard him often rclateti ?w Mr. Corpontcr nn<l ho were boys at hoo!, and how tliev conversed about, id settled their end of life. Mr. Car? inter, he said, openly avowed, that, irt itering upon tlie task of learning n isiness, ho had no other motive, atid shod no other, but the desire to be ealtby, that ho might he happy in the >ssession of wealth; while your father, lided by the excellent counsel of ydur andfatber, long since passed away, chose profession, such as suited his taste and lent*, fixing in his mind, as far as >ssible, the desire to be useful. This jsire, feeble he said, at first; be nouristcd id fostered, until it gradually gained reng th, and, in the end, bcame with m a ruling motive. Now, he is not ily happy nitnself, but tnakes every one itli whom ho associates cheerful and ?ppy." "I am sure you will try to be like facr, Kdward," said Kate, looking her other affectionately in the face. "That I will, sister; and if at any time find my resolutions, and they power iiliin me failing I will think of Mr. Car liter, with his ends of life, and of my ther with his." T. 8. A. ? ,v? Mysterious Case in Bostoii. Considerable time was occupied this afrnoon, previous to the adjournment of e Municipal Court for the term, in the sjiosal of the case of Mary Arnold, concted of attempting to a pass a forged >to for some &700, a short time since.? lie defendant is a very respectable ap;aring woman, of about forty years of $e, whose true name was said to be Ausii, and who, though it is stated she has any friends who would readily have' died her, has ail along preferred to renin in jail, awaiting the action of the >urt. Under a motion for sentence bv ie District Attorney, she to-dav made atements to J udge Perkins, whicm as * honor declared, tended to WsMinli ?r entire innocence, and if these had besn gaily proved on the trial, must have proiced her acquittal by the jury, liut un;r the circumstances he had uo power tcr mul the verdict, and it inuat stand. The dgc remarked that there was evklently me mystery in the case which required vestigaliou, as having a bearing on the utencc, and suggested u postponement, lie prisoner's volunteer counsel, Mr. iciiariison, stated with great solemnity id emphasis, that he as much believed is woman innocent as he lielieved there as a God. He hinted that the act in kiich she was involved, was the effect of conspiracy for her ruin, tlirough.family id properly considerations, and waa holly without guilty intention or knowilge on her part. The case was aua nded till next term, and it is to be hoped1 at the "inys ory" may be satisfactorily 2 a red up. The court ottered to redoes e hail from fcl,200 to $600, but the de^ ndant still persisted iu going to jail. Boston Trunscrijtt, iter. 21... Pulpit Interference A cotemporsry thus speaks of the adncea that the ministry are making in, e world of politics. His remarks- are ry just. Kroin the way the clergy have ilulged. in personalties lately, it pussies te sometimes to tell whether he ie listeng to a follower of the Lord, or a rabble user at a ward meeting: "Tt lias become a eery common pratice Into years for the clergy to introducobjects into the pnlpH which do notleginately belong there. One chief cause the agitation* which is kept np in A. rticular section of the country upon a, ry exciting question, is that the pulpit s, in many instance*, become a phiifo political harangue*, instead of preach-. 5 and cxpouading the Holy Scriptures, iring the la?t with Fncn ail tho clergy of Massachusetts,, arftcularthought it their duty to donout?C? that ntest, especially, as wicked and xit/tMy the extreme, ami ?o warmly didlhey lie their side in the controversy, that [>y did far more injury to Ike cause of igiou than they did good to the catm* tin- British. But this was strong a revulsion of public sentiment, it for many years the prndiec ltd* VHfcitfmied and abstained from, and rightly "On these points then hearers- arc as II, or better, informed as tlioy nru thorn res, and many of them will dissent, 1 perhaps indignantly dissent, from tLe* r "trfues they hear from (heir otherwise pected teacher. 'Thus they have their authority, theiv uracy queetiened, and excite a Aeliqg '1 imputation, and perhaps even initate ^ IT iNMtttfe e?4 .render tbm* indimmfd A aooept their doctrine* i? holy lAWip; ther m the practice tfcir one, for there >ot ? fit opportunity to refit.And # n may feel indignant W hear luonedenoneoea, a#d theoherMeer* of on* whoru U?ey. acepeot mud renamfe, dncod in tlie nreeenc? of men, noief* *r'*v T75Z" ? * ji ^ *?