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' UV JACK MUM I'll RlfcS. r I Few incidents of tlio campaign in Mox ! ieo sooni so up and indefinite as !' tliat relative to tliu taking of iliuiinuntla, and the death of that noble and ehivalric v ollicer, Capl. Wafter. In glancing over the papers of Major llaiuuioud, of Ueor- 11 gia, w tiioli lie d .nign?t?*s tlio "Sccoudurv '* Combats of tlio Mexican War," wo observe that ho has given an account of the engagement at Ilaainantln, and the fall I1 of \\ alkcr. We ln-lieve tlio Major's nccount, compiled as it i?* from "the documentis" 'ho main correct, but ^ lacking incidental pith, and slightly erroneons in the grand denoumnit., in which ? our gallant friend?whose manly countenance even now stares us in the face, as if 11 iu life he "yet liven"?yielded up the balance of power on earth. 11 We have taken some pains, and a great C: deal of interest f.utcly, in coming at the I' fa.*t*; and no time seems v? projier as tlie ' present?several ofthe chivalrie ifwitlim of that day and occasion, being now around js~-to gire the story its veritable exhibi- S( tion of true interest. Capt. 8. II. Walker was a Marylnnder, ^ a young man of tlio truest possible horo- y iun and gallantry, lie entered upon the tt ca iipaign with nil the ardor nnd cuter- (j prise ol a soldier devoted to the best in- i. lerests ut his country. lie commanded a q company of mounted men, whoe binvery j w.-w only equalled l?y his ow n, and whose ( discipline and hardiness has been unsur- t| passed, i'oqiialled, l?y any troops of ti e world. We shall skip over the thousand |( and one incidents of the line of action in w which Walker, lx?wis, and their brave |t companions in arms did gallant service, to | come at the sanguinary and truly thrilling denouement. (Gen. Lane, aft r the landing and organization of his troops at V? r.? Cruz, w ith ft some 2500 men,started for Puebln, where si it was understood that C I. Child* re<piir- f ed reinforcement. I.ane loft Jala pa on b the 1st of October, and hurried forward n with lolly's command. At Peroto, I.ane (. learned that Santa Anna would throw a himself npon his mtue'e, and give the h advancing columns jesay ut the pass of H Pinal, and there was every prospe-1 of a very tight time. Col. Wynkoop was in f, command at IVrotc; the men were anx- & ious to Iks Min" nt the fight in prrrspeetive, ? and Wynkoop obtained jtonuission to join b the General with four companies of the t! Pennsylvania Regiment; small battery of ti tho 3d Artillery, under command of Capt. Taykr, witli Capt*. Walker, of the Texan |< Rangers, and Lewia, of the Louisiana Car- t. airy. The column warn now swelled to aoma 2300. They moved rapidly for- t| A J I r*% ' ? w?ru, inu upon rescuing uinarv, L.*ne n heard that the old fox was off?Santa a Anna had gone to lluamantla. Lane do- a t*.-iair~sd is hunt Lim up with haste.? v The main foree win left at Tatnaris.? t Troop# were foi warded?advanced l>y t Walker's Rangers aud Levis'* Cavalry j ?who approached to within sight, or i nearly so, of Huamantla. The orders to , Walker were to advance to the town, snd t if the Mi xicans were in force, to wait for ( the Infantry to come up. Walker's com in and rated about 200 men. Upon reaching the outskirts of lluamantla, lhe Muxi- j can cavalry were seen darhing forward into the town, aud the bravo Walker or dered a pursuit. Santa Anna was evidently in the town. , Captain Walker, aays hie gallant comrade , Lewi*, made up hi* mind to be the enp- , tor of the wily old chief. The fair prospect of accomplishing the deed ao excited , Walker, that danger aud death were alike , secondary consideration*, and ao the com* , macd charged iuto the town. Some 500 lanccra met the charge, but with terrific , impetuoaity the Hanger* and Cavalry , dashed in among them, cutting them ( down right and left, and aoon sent them , flying in all direetiona! It wna at tbia {, moment, aaya Capfc. Lewis, that one of f jawed, umwrpaaacd, porbap*, by any act of panmal dtaring during the whole war! A tnmiiMin negro, a fine, manly fellow named Dave, belonging to Capt. Walker w*h whom he area brought up?boya tcfjher?holag mounted, and armed with we, dashed forward down a I wnw Mjw, (op which a detached body -: s '" I (% ? ""U throwing himself between three poised lances and the person of Dr. Lamar, one of the surgeons, who would have been most inciitably torn to atoms, Dave raised himself in his saddle, and with a yell, ami one fell swoop, tho heroic fellow "chopped iown" a lancer, clean and clear to his saddle! Two lancers pierced Dave's body mid lie fell frotr. his horse, dead ! Charging up to the ' l'laxa?the Mexi:ans Hying?Capt. Walker dismounted >vith some thirty of his men, and ndvancxl up a Hight ot steps, to force an entrance nlo a church or convent, where he supK>sed Santa Anna was hid awav. The lying lancers pursued by the Hangers, vho, very injudiciously, of course, scatter>d themselves over the town. Capt.Lcwis,in the meantime, had found i large yard attached to a temporary garis< n, in which were some sixty horses, ouipped ready for immediate use, and viiich the Mexicans had, in their hurry to scape, led behind them 1 The irregular i-ing of the Rangers, in pursuit of the, iexicaus, being deemed useless ami urleceasary, Capt. Lewis left several of his lien, among whom was, "Country Me'luskcy," the noted pugilist, a volunteer 11 Capt. Ia?wis's company, to guard the mrses, while he rode forward to the con- j ent. W-.ll e ? * - - ixiiMir, sum i^owis, "I <leoni , sir, not only useless, but bad policy, to How Unit firing l,v the men, around the jw||." Capt. Walker immediately ordered the ring to cease, and l?eing apprized of Cnpt cwin's discovery of the hones, Ac., oreosi iiiin to bring up |,is command.? 'apt. Lewis wheeled his horse; some one red close by, and Capt. Walker cried lit,? "\\ lio was that! I'll shoot down the ext man who tires against my orders!" At that moment three guns were fired oiii the convent?and siinul alieouslv a union was fired down the street, from a arty of Mexicans in the distance. Capt. cwis faced about just in j*l>t. Walker ri? "C J ?- ?'?? tlie Mcjw f the convent, as he emphatically exprcsis it,? "Like a lump of lead, sir 1" The piece up the street was fired again, 'apt. L:\vis ordered the fallen, gallant Vulkor, to Im? placed upon the steps, elo?e > tlio wall. A shot from the piece alluo<l to striking ofi' the stone and mortar, e ordered the doors to be forced, and lapt. Walker to be taken in, which was one. The bugle sounded, and in an inlunt a horde of lancers poured into the io town, rushing down m?on the Anicri111is from every avenue! Capt. Lewi* ad wheeled about to collect his men. lien ho found McCluskey and others aiding out "the pick" of the captured orses. "Drop? drop the horses, you ail, and mount! Mount, air, mount! They mounted, fast enough; lanvis irnicil, and met the enemy in gallant tyle ; and though there were ten, aye, tventy to one, possibly, lie drove them ack ! To quote our friend Mai.* 11am toad's words, "Lewis, of the Louisiana lavalry, assumed command, struggle blv to preserve the guns, (captured,) and eld his position fairly, until assistance rrived." One hundred and fifty of the enemy dl, while of the Hangers and Cavalry rune '25 were killed i?n?J wounded. They rere engaged nearly an hour, and the ravery displayed by \\ alker, Lewis, nnd iteir men, was woiilty of general uduiiraion, and all liouor. Poor Walker! a ball struek liitn in the ?ft shoulder, passed over hi* heart, and amc out in hi* right vest pocket! Thus felt tlie gallant leader of one of ho moat formiiWhlo war parties, of its umbers, known to history. Walker was , humane, impulsive u?an ; a warm friend i brave, gallant,soldier. Mis dying words ve?? directed to CapL Lewis?to keep he town, and drive back tlie enemy, and lint the chivalrous Captain did so, was >r??ven. Captain. Walker and his hene "Itoy" D ive, who fell unknown to his mister, were buried together, in the enrth hey so lately stood upon, in >11 the glory ind hero am of men that were men 1 All OottTTTIKE-Wa copied a tatcinent from the Cincinnati Gazette, a etl days ago, that seven young men of hat city, 21 years old, agreod to h ive an tnnual meeting and supper so long as iny of their number should survive, and ilso stated that only two of them were then livinir. II?nru I. w- -.J ? W?|., "?? ?f the tro, dira on Thursday last, leaving Dr. J. I* Vftttier as the Inst man of the whole party. Hie next annual mi|>per Lake* place in October, and the Oaxette remarks: How awful that last auppcr when the lole survivor etiters the room, and see* there the seven plates and the seven chairs, each of which tells him "what hadows we are; what shadows we purine." M3T UArriaaaaw^eryeaaily acquired. All that's neeeasarv Is - A.?L lion, hih! a olMn ?hirt A thmm *l?irt, rememtwr?for aoited HnOii And low apirit* aie u cl<?e!jr connected aa bologna miiumm + m? (ireat ia the "rengtb of anlndividuaJ on I, true to it* high trrfc?Mighty la it, crsn to tbe redemption of a word. ftiisrdliuteous. i Good Motiikiis.?"What is wanting," said Naj>oleon, one day,to Madame Catupan, "in order that the youth of France Ikj educated!" "Good mothers," was the reply. The Emperor was most forcibly struck with tki? answer. "Here," said, "is a system in one word." The above reply was worthy the high praise bestowed upon it by the Emperor. Napoleon could not but have retnarled his own mother, aud so acute an observer of mankind could not have failed t<> note the fact that almost all the great im n of the world have had mothers of more than ordinary excellence of mind. Such was eminently the case with George Washington. Mary, the mother of Washington, is as immortal as her son. She ought to he, lor the character of Washington was of no chanco growth. lie was the vigorous offspring of a healthy tree, and every step of his infant nature had been watched and trained hv the strong minded ami great-souled woman who formed him, with the aid of heaven, as the potter fash ionoth the clay. Of all the schools lliero is none like that of home, and all the teachers, either for good or evil, there is none like the mother. II,ir min.tnrtl !" - I ? ' '* unci uviuru inc cilihl as tlio example; her words are the seed fallen upon the virgin soil, and producing :? luxuriar t harvest, cither of virtue or vice. It is not in tho power of her construction to make hiin a great man, for tlmt is generally determined hy a law of the God of Nature; hut if he inherit talents she may add to them that virtue without which mere talent is a splendid deformity. Woman of America, bear in mind tho answer of Madame Campan. 'I he destiny of your conntrv depends upon "Good Mothers." Civility it a Fortune. ( Givility is a fortune in itself, for a courteous inan always succeeds in life, and that even when persons of ability sometimes fail. The famous Duke of Marl borough is a case in point. It was said of bim, by one cotemporary, that his agreeable manners often converted an enemy into a friend; and by another, that it was more pleasing to be denied a favor by bis Gi-hc?*, than to receive one from other men. The gracious manners of Gharh-s James Fox preserved him from personal dislike, even at u time when he was politically the most unpopular mail in the kingdom. Tho history of our own country is full of examples of success obtained by civility. The exjicrieiice of every man furnishes, if he will but recall the past, frc<pient instances whore conciliatory manners have inade tin; fortunes of physicians, lawyers, divines, politicians, merchants, and, indeed individuals of all pursuits. In being in I,traduced to a stranger, bis affability, or The reverse, creates instantincously a pre]M>ssession in bis behalf, or awakens unconsciously a prejudice against him. To mna, civility is, in fact, what beauty | is to woman; it is a general passjiort to ! favor; a letter of recommendation written in a language that every stranger understands. Tlio best of men have often injured themselves by irritability and consequent rudeness, as the greatest scoundrels have frequently succeeded by their plausible manners. Of two men, equal in nil other respects, the courteous one has twice the chances of fortune.?Philadelphia Ledyer. A Daring Leap. A voi'so man leaped fr< in the suspension btidge, which spans the Cumberland river at this city, on Saturday the 23d ult. Such instances of hardihood should be discountenanced. The following account of tliis daring deed is froin the Nashville thinner of ilie 25th nlLt A large nunitter of persons collected together Saturday evening, to witness the leap of Mr. Watkins from the suspension bridge. At the hour appointed, he mouti ted the ruiling, near the centre of the bridge, on the lower side, waved his hut to the crowd, and boldly made the leap. As he descended, and when about teu or fifteen feet from the water, be threw himself buck tor the purpose of striking the } wHter feet formoet, but a little slanting.? I mi i he miscalculated the distance, owing to ihc illusion caused by the en now in the stream, which seem to rise as be shot swiftly down, and caused him to think himself nearer them than lie really was, and, therefore, on reaching the water, his body leaned more than he intended, and he struck partially upon his hack. The concussion was very severe, and sent the water (lying in every direction. On coming to the surface, ho attempt--d to swim, hut was too much injured to do so. He was lift-d into a canoe, carried to the upper landing, and thence borne U> his board* mg house, lie ts not seriously hurl, and will he tblo, it is thought, to be out in a few days. The height of the bridge at tho centre above the water, according to the buihider, is 110 feet. I jy The man who likes to hear wo, men scold, has josl hired a saw-flier to play him to sleep. J>ttnhq Hlfnhiiifl Servants of God in joyful lays, Siny ye the Lord Jehovah's praise. n,? j Montgomery. " P?* Faith In the Future. Wide-spread is the belief that men are progressing towards more exalted u, states of material and spiritual existence than they have hitherto attained. That e. they aie emerging from dense darkness into glorious light?that they are casting . from tliem the long array of artificial and Derver.se systems with which tlm sleep of centuries lias encompassed them, and arc j | coming into fuller freedom, happiness, 1 c, and order?is the cherished hope of thousands; a hope that finds eloquent expositors both by the tongue and pen A faith so general must surely have some sub- ^ stratum of truth for its foundation, and j j must bo something more than the mere , vision of an excited imagination. The golden dream of a happy Milieu- . if. iiium?of a futurity rich with all the glo . ries of Eden?has be?-u at once the desire .. ami prophecy of sage and poet front earlicst-* to latest day. Hut at no period of 01 the world's history has this hope assumed ' such a significance ; never bus it attained "Ur so hnundh-M an exception, as in the pros- ' cut <lay. There is good cause for it.? Hie Spirit of the Lord has la-en hrenthed '!r tipon the people. Kvei since the middle ' 1 ' of the last century?when the first grand influx of Heaven-born truth, and that free- n>:" dotn of thought and will which truth im- ^Utl parts, manifested itself externally in the 8tal American Revolution?the cause of hit- [*ar man liberty, tlie supremacy of intellectual nm power over brute for e, of Christianity, in '.n,!T abort, over all to which it stand* nntago- ' ' nislie, has been one continued triumph.? . It ha* Ih-cii h season of turnu.il and agitalion,of defiant wort^itttd truibloiis deeds XV'r anything hut pleasant to the lovers of the !. " l'eV,jJlu|A*a?t.""Vfbf,4h0tV"dtfharb wfts v\ c'r or~ anything else ? And how much more is nmpiict to l.c looked for when wc rctnem- . l?er the abject and confirmed shivery in .j which the whole earth has been kept to ^ false and evil influences f<-r ?ges past !? Un.il truth annihilates error, tlicro must J be, as a consequence of their coming into j. collision, disturbance, war, and confusion. Truth and falsehood, good ami evil, can- w| not co-exist; for the lifo and permanence |n of ti e ono requires the utter cxtermina- ^ tioii of the other. When it is further j considered that there is hardly a social ar- ^ riingement, from tlie fold of a garment to ^ ^ the articles of a creed, which is not open ? j to criticism, deep jvttd long must l?e the' ^ comh?t which await* humanity, and dark ^ ^ and weary must he the wilderness to be traversal, ere it w ill reach the Canaan of ^ r pose, and the order and beauty of Ilea- j. ven lie around it. Not in vain has Infin- .jj ito Wisdom assured us that the king- . doru of Heaven is taken by violence.? |(>u( The New Jerusalem, in its overlasting glo- j. ry nnd magnificence, can descend upon earth only in the degree in wrhich each individual lights the hard battle with self, and his leg-on of evil passions nnd desires, and thereby attains the meek dignity of a true manhood, nnd lives an honest, loving. pious, and useful life. When we re ? fleet that whatever of beauty, or ot use, ^ ^ pertains to the grass by the wayside, to the bl< oming clover to the yellow waving j.^ corn, to the queenly lily, and tlie regal J rose, is but tlie effect of their constant ^ obedience to the natural laws of the universe?what, may we not ask, will be the ^ condition of bn.tV '? dividually, men submit themselves to tbe benign operation of thoso divine law* . which have been graciously revealed for ' tbe go eminent of our spiritual system ? j,,M How certainly would our olmervance of n them transform the howling wilderness of our present social existence into the city and paradise of Ood ! Extracts From Mm Child. nm is c Sing on, thou true hearted, and be not alb discouraged. If a harp be in perfect l.;ne, mi and a Ante or oilier instrument of inuvie Th be near it,and in |>erfect tune also, tlioti Mi caust not play on one without awakening wn an answer from the other. Heboid thou the shall hear its sweet echo in the air as if jm, played on hy the invisible. Even so shall in other spirits vibrate to the harmony ot th< thine. Utter what (?oJ giveih itioe to say ?r< and thou will wake a slumbering echo to m? las carried on for ever through the uui- te.i verse. bo. In .vord and act, sing thou of united litt lovo and truth; another voice shall take Th up the strain over the waters; soon it will ib, become a world concert; and then, thou kn alone there, in that realm of and be love, well pleased wilt hear thy early ret song, in earth's sweet vibration to the u* Imrjm of Heaven. tin I thank my Heavenly Father for every m< ni tnilWuiions of human k??e, I thank *\ Him lor all experience*, be they sweet or all bitter, tvbich help me to forgive all things to ami to enfo'd the whole world with a ag blessing af The cure for all the ills and wrongs wi the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of or i humanity, all lie in thai ono word, Love. It n the divine vitality that everywhere Tl produces uud restores life. To each and in every one of uaK girefWfeposer of work- th injf miracles if we will lb forgive us our liebts as we our Debtors." When I hear the Auctioneer r, g?'ng ! gone ! and learn t tperty was sold for half its rea I that the orphan and widow ar t of doors to Ratify a "juxt clo or of a man in easy circuit nks I to myself, does that man e rgive us our debts as we forg >tors." When I see a man who for the nnall offence, can pass an oh h stately step and unturned h "stion arises in my mind, does I rgive us our debts as we forg tors." When I see a chrintian walking )rd cane, in order to defend bust the intrusions of those wlr mple on his just rights, I worn understands the prayer, "forgiv< >ts as we forgive our debtors." When I see a man who can *i till ten, and comment on tin? i received of his neighbors, and t neist he thinks due them, ai his family around the altar, pter, sing a hymn, and kneelins y, "forgive us our debts as w e debtors," mistaken man, says asU-m'r (Wu\ o. * -- ? f.Y? "F ",,u" "" rvo. 1 ou misconstrue tlic give us our debts as we form tors." tgain, when I see a man wlio ly to return good for evil ; wh i an evil construction when ices will admit a good one, ant ly to forgive those who l.ai'o , merely by their asking li i, says 1, cftcn prays, "forgive is as we forgive our debtors." u short, I think much, very n good or evil actions of men, Id, depends on the way they o passage, "forgive us our debts ive our debtor^." - - *' A Mother's Trials. always read with interest ai L is calculated to encourage u o impart instruction t.r advice ' d to tlie duties devolving npo il it is my wish to be personal! d by aiicli instruction. But, i iding this, I almost invariably .mi anything of tlic kind comes notice, of the old adage : "If i reach than it is to practice." kt the present time we hear mild trials of mothers, with caroles? t, bad servants, together will oh of course a mother must exp lie has the care of her children re i9 a class of mothers who are ibled with bad servants, who It r the care of the family, but t!i llio household to perfonu; w ing, day after day, and ostec iloge, if in the enjoyment of lie t they, too, are subject to pa >ase like others, and need our , and at times they have it, y not loo much overlooked < a r - ? - i. r>., tor instance, tno nmtin r Idren. Iler husband is a m< I reflected by his neighbors, rune is not sufficient, with strid , to admit ot' keeping a sorvan I just glnnec at one day in her e, (and not a washing-day eil e husband has arisen early in tin , and says, "Come, Mary, 1 w; nkfast; I must be at the shop time, you know." Mrs. S. leu I, weary, having scarcely slept a time through the night, on the children. Shu steps qiiiell i room for fear of disturbing tl 1 she sets herself about prepa nkfast. Directly, she hears tl ?, for Kate has been huggi le brother till slie lias made li I he is not to be coaxed to lie ai but up he must get, and the ist have him in Iter arms. Tli >11 the table at last, and Mr. S ci er a few words to the children, * lime are up, he is away to tl e others are to be dressed, altc *. S. calls tbein round tbu tali its u)x>n them as well as she cj l?:*V?y in lu*r arms, ami some o agine liow little she would tat such circuoastnnew. Time |>as > older ones must go to school, ! washed, and brushed, but jus uncut Willie happens to think icher said that he must have ok, and Sarah has h o';? u her si Ic Untie wants n pencil to inark e mother, with n promise to et Mn start for school. She now ows what to do Hist; the hou put in order, and the dinne idy. The husband coiues hon mil hour, and, when seated at t ?. I- 4. it- -1 !I1 a pii/niifH? iimuu id iiiu cm Mire ' rniu^, is mentioned. Mr. Veil, really, llioro is something the while." The mother tliinl get the article*, but he is <*o Hii?, end they are forgotten. I t?*r dinner that she needs rest, ill am to the little one*, and so i till night. Willie and hie sisters return fror ley hare their supper, and, aft g them say their prayers, am em in bed, the mother, with a e head, and weary, n?U mm-w< Forgive herself by (ho cradle lo repair a coat fur her husband, who, by-the-by, is in a neighl>oring store, talking and smoking liis < cry? P?* cigar, with his associates. The cloclc has i hat the struck ten, and Mrs. S. goes to see if all is ] I value, right with the children, as is her practice i e turned before she retires. She finds one breathtim, in }ng hard, and with a horse cough ; she i istances, fears the croup. There is 110 time to he 1 verprav lost, and she immediately goes to doseing t i'Ve our :md hathing the child, with hut liitlc pros- s peet of rest for her weary liinhs, or her sake of aching head. Who will not fay that this 1 friend mother needs sympathy 1 Yes, and she. ead, the |1!ls jt there is a "friend that sticketh le pray, closer than a brother," ar.d she can go to j ivo our niin, ami pour out her heart belt re llim. x and ask for wisdom lo direct, and strength ;| ' witli a perform whatever is before her. ^ himself Then, there is the w ife of the intemper- p " W('u d ale man, who has her peculiar trials, and p ler how (|u, w;,.h>w, who lias to support herselt and | p us our children bv her own industry. There are jj hundreds of mothers, in these ditlercnt Ht from ^lasses, who think no one cares for them, .. evil?? he ami who feci at times discouraged by rest- p lie pun- R?a of the roughness of the way. lint, ^ id then font not, dear mother*; bear with pa- p rea?l a tience these trial*, for if wc ate the oliil- v {down, ilrenof (iod, "loirs ot (tod, ami joint heirs (r forgive | with Jesus Christ,*' i: ; 1. von I . 'Our troubles mid our trials hero, ' r . _ ^ ill only make us richer there, pnrasc, When"wo arrive at home." i\c our ?Mother h Jour, owi Visitant. " 11 is ever t '1 0 never Ucfcs Ciioatks eulogy upon | cireunt- ^an'?l Webster, nt Dartmouth College, i k lis ever w.as delivered on Wednesday last. A n injured highly di.stinguishe<! and appreciative li im this a"dienco was in attendance. Among Cl us our l'lc lnai,.v eloquent tributes to the great e< orator and statesman, this undoubtedly ol nuch of W'H take high rank. The following is the ? in this Por.?:ation : ohstrue "Mut 1 arrest this aignmeut of eulogy. as we heart ?"' * * hack into the coliin there with him : and 1 would pause. I went l> again llie liome -which no. so passu.uaicy loved; the chamber where lie died ; the j lVlhiii" I ^,iXV<: 'n which they laid liitn, all hub'ted lotliers I as when bis look drew audience, still as J . with re' 1 uihrl,t or sum,n<jrs noontide air, till the J '.t n them heavens be no more. In all that spaci- .j y bene- ' oUS' var't',l and calm scene, all things to lotwith- ' ''K* oye looked, at first, unchanged?the think hooks in the library?the portraits?the under '"ble at which he wrote?the scientific s eas'er c,,'ture of the land?the course of agricultural occupation?the coming in of liarli about ves!'? fruit of the. seed li is hand had sent- t| 1 ncdi- tered?the animals and implements of , j li!use husbntulry?the trees planted by him in erience hues, in copses, in orchards, bv thousands ^ j>u^ ?the seat under tlio noble old elm, on seldom wliidt lie mod to sit to feel tlie southwest jj" ave not w"id at evening, or hear the breathing* , i- of the sea, or tin: not less audible tnusi , it* work 1 , .. , .. u lio are l'4? st:ury lu avens?all seemed at nrst in it a unchanged. The sun of a bright day, ujjjj i from which, however, something of the in and fervors of midsummer was wanting, fell i svmpa temperately on them all; gleamed on the w but are '?ng line of ocean ; filled tlie air on all ,j Hi ere is shles witli the utterance of life. Some of of five those, whom on earth, lie loved best, ...I,wore there?the great mind Mill seemed , en.mic, . , . * | li hut his to Pres,,ue?the great presence to l>e with : econo- y?u?.vou m,ght expect to hear again the I We " 1 an playful tones, the ohl hospitality. J( expert- 11 momeIlt more, and all the scene .1 }ier \ took on tl e aspect of one great nionu- J( , tnent, inscribed with his name and sacred ^ int inv *? '*'s mc,norV' And such it shall be in | hv sncii ' H ' l'"* ^ulury America ! The sense < ! lVl.s i,or desolation and loneliness and darkness, : an hour I w,lli which you see it now, will pass away ( account ' ?the sharp recent grief of love and friend- s V out of "hip will become soothed?men will re- j to babv l,l,,r fhither, as they commemorate the rjm? itip great days of history; the same glance 10 little "hall take in, and the emotions shall greet 1 and Mess the Harbor of the 1 'ilgrims and ini erv the Tomb of Webster!" mother A Rapping Incident. ? tneal ?? it*, and, A Husion exchange .-ays quite a Soriowho by Comico ad.iir o-cured in Camhridgeport, to shop, in one of the pretty cottages of that place, r which About nine r'clock, sis two young ladies ile, and were seated in a room engaged in read- r im, w ith ing, one of them had l.er atten'ion altrac- 1 f us can ted to an item in a newspaper, which t iicrsell dwelt on the "spiritual lappings" now so i ses, and prevalent; and, whilst having her mind . They absorbed in this article, she thought she t t at this heard a noise proceeding from tlie cup- < that the l?oard in the apartment, and being of a 1 in new verv susceptible disposition, it much alarm- 1 ate, and ed her. with.? She apprised her companion of the fact ] teh, sees when they both heard three distinct raps, scarcely which caused them to be very much fright- 1 se must enod, sadly deranging the economy of r made the.i tippets and ruffles. After recovering >e at the somewhat from their confusion, they mislie table, tercd sufficient courage to question the n, in the *'rapper," enjoining it, "if you are the spirS. says, it of my mother, to signify it!" Three wanting loud raps, moat solemn in their iinjiort to ks it best them, wero the response. In a moment r,. riKKJ IfllWNUI (MIVWH3 WCIO Jf Ulllt.1l l?y IKMIl fclhe feel* ladies, and?fliey fainted, but who Another young lady fortunately pawed he toila the npartmout ?oon after, and noticing tho condition of the fair occupant*, succeeded n school, in arouaing thciu from their lethargy, and cr hear- inquired to what it waa owing. 80 terri\ acting fled were they, tliat all aho could elucidate 1 pain in from thein was, "Cupboard, cupboard!" wn, seat* Wishing to divine the meaning of these words of such mysterious import, she went to the cupboard nod opened it, when lo ! out jumped an enormous rat! This mischievous animal had crawled into a tin pan, which was hanging against tlw wall, tnd his efforts to get out had caused the 'manifestations." The conclusion of this dfair, relative to the conduct of the young adies after they were made aware of ^ie nuso of their inhere w ton rl.-K /1/? cribed. Marriages of Love and Convenience. "Evkuywiikuk, but in novels," sayB a ccent writer, "the marriage of convenience ius proved an excellent institution, while vhat are called love matches have been, re, and ever will be, prolific of misery." \ e should like to see the impudent old Jgv who said that!?if it were only to II him to his teeth that ho lies!?lies ke the telegraph?lies like a lawyer? es like a steamboat runner?lies " like lie prospectus of a new magazine ?" So marriages of convenience" are better than >ve matches, are they ? Do you know I nit lo\ c is all that can make marriages one.-t. or even decent J That marriage ithont love is a stench in the nostrils of ?xls and man ? That love is heavenly in s oiigiti, divine in its influence, aud gloous in ils enjoyment? while "eonvenince"?which is but a smooth glos9 for i-t or avarice?is the prolific parent of < - < i.vcnicuce, heart burnings, wranglings, iscord and divorce ? Of course you don t! iut every man of sense and observation nows that the mistake of youth and romance in their matrimonial alliances are glit and unfrcqnent compared with the old planned blundered and cautiously mcocted disasters of sagacious bachelors f fifty, and weary spinsters of thirty-five! -Jinston Post. ""Smiles, There's matchless beauty in a sunny smile, right from the depths of a loving heart? then h t thy lip be wreathed with a smile? t homo-mid strangers?wherever thou art!" Smiles?bless smiles! What an invalul?le gift from lleaven to the countenance > the bright halo of sweet loving smiles! "lie fairest features are still fairer when adiant smiles, like golden sunshine play ;e .t!y round the rosy lip. When waniering among strangers with none to greet is with affection's tender voice, or cheer ur lonely hours with the sweet cominuings of friendship?then we miss sadly lie warm sunshine that encircles distant omc in an atmosphere of love?the suny smiles that beam on the ruby lip, ud sparkle in the depths of the lustrous ye?how precious in their absence?how ghtly valued when present! Ye gentle augliters of our noble tillers of the soil! o you ever think of the worth, the benu> , of heart-warming smiles to the afleconate father,brother, or perchance lover, lien returning from the labor-field of idustry, wearied with toil,you meetthem itii beaming glancing glances of syrapaiy and affection? The joyous country with its blooming owers?, its laughing rivulets, its songtping birds, and the blue, smiling sky hove, are yours; with tho thousands of ure holy influences that cluster amid ature's temple, teaching silent lessons to lie beauty of Life, and bidding you ever i) wear a smile of cheerfulness in return r the varied and dcligntful scenes so nvishly spread around you. Wherever ou go scalier the rose-buds of kindness n vour path, and cheer the sorrowstricken me bv the delicate ministrations of a ympathcti' heart. Hamuli the frowning trow, and pouting lip from your features, nid with tiie magic wand of gentleness for four talisman of power, cheerfully perform four Life-mission, gladdening the hearts >f all and lighting the home of one, with lie light of your smile, and you will be ewanled by the unchanging affection of rue frit nda, and tbe approving smiles of :our Heavenly Father. Hvra Hell. Farmer's Companion. The Richmond Knqiiirer of a recent late contains the following notice of a Virginia girl, or, in its own language, a meri, trions lady of our a'qunintance in Hano, or 1'itiinlV! At the ge of twenty she was a hearv, rosy cheeked lass, full of life and ia instry. Seeing a prospect of making a disconsolate bachelor as liappv as herself, die acquired a piece of land, with the kiew ot having " a local habitation." A house was the next thing indispensable to hci laudable ambition. She shouldered her oxe, went to the wtods, felled tie** with her own hands, chopped the logs for llie building, mndo shingles to cover it, nailed them on, and finished the liooce by lathing and plastering it herself. In short time thereafter "alio met she saw she conquered" a deserving and industrious young man residing in her neighborhood. They were married, aud the young con pin commenced their married life in the neat cottage, the fruit of the wife's industry and the work of her own hands. All this oc curred about the year 1835. Time has advanced, and ' now the happy mother of tRirteen, (the youttffent five months old,) and h? the happy ab?7 prosperous husband of a moat induatrion* tmd estimable lady. What in it woman cannot accomptkh what . j with namratneaa aba flfodertakea the taaM* i