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THE STORY OF AN ELM TREE. ?} In "olden times," when "clearing the land " wn the settler's chief care, a laborer struck his , "l axe into a noble elm, intending to cut it down, J tr w hen another person, observing its extreme size 'J' and beauty, and that it stood alone in the centre j of a beautiful glade, so earnestly besought him ., to save it, that he consented ; and it now stands ' the centre of the town of I'ittsfiehl, Massachusetts. 11 " woodman, spa nr. that tiikk!" al The woodman sought the forest glnde I Where white man's foot had seldom strayed, And, 'neath his axe, on hill, in dell, The stately trees before hi in fe'l. I From him no loveliness could shield; 'Gainst grandeur, grace, his heart was steel'd ; Cl In nature's works no charm he found, His only aim to "clear the ground.'' The massive pine?the mighty oak, . Had fallen before his vigorous stroke ; And still, with keenly-searching eyes, | He sought to find a nobler prize? ^ !Sor sought in vain: within a glade Kncirclcd by the greenwood shade, A lol'tv elm, whose giant form, I'nseath'd by time, or passing storm, I'prcar'd its ponderous lioughs on high, As forcing entrance to the sky, j(( v? rue ocr t:io oar in its branches bung, ||{ f And broad around its shadows Hung, >> J While, deep within in sheltering grove, ll Tlio wild-bird Bang its song of love. So the blest heart, whoso sacred fires c To hcaveu's ctcrnid joy aspires, ti it for all extends its pious care, n For all expands itself in prayer; | fi While, deep within its own recess, ul Arc hidden hop est that truly bless. *i With eager steps the woodman sprang ; ? The wildwood* with the echo rang, 1> As on the trunk his blows resound. it Sudden he stops?another sound 11 On his quick ear in thunder falls ; illc turns?a stranger 'tis who calls ; " Stop, woodman, stop ! this stately tree }lu<l tlourish still unbanned by thee ; " See'st not how in iu might it stands, ^ Like monarch of a thousand lands? Tito lighl'iiings finsli hath sealh'd it not; The hurricane hath spared the spot; All evil things do from it Hoe; And wilt thou its destroyer be? Mark now my words: in after times, Houses shall rise, ami merry ehimes ^ From church and spire ring through the air, To cali the worshippers to prayer. This tree shall he the gathering spot; If Then harm it not?O! harm it not." And he spake well; the lime lias come? j And house* rise, and gardens bloom, _| And church bells echo wide ami free, ?| Around that grand and glorious tree; And sw .-t-voiced birds within its bowers fc ltest, through the sultry noou-iide hours: m And many a way-worn traveller, laid _ Hcncnth its cool and fragrant shade, I May bless the strnnger'r stem command, Oi Which stayed the thoughtless woodman's hand. 31 Mrtelt Itnni. : , HI | THE CRIMINAL WITNESS. ? In the f|>ring of 1848 1 wan called to gi Jackson to attend courl, having been en- en gaged to defend a young man accused of ii| robbing the mail. I hud a long confer- m ienco with my client, and he acknowledged 1 to me that on the night when the mail w was robbed he had been with a party of dissipated companions over to Topham, at and thai on returning they inct the inail carrier on horseback coining from Jack- ni sou. Some of his companions wore very drunk, and they proposed to stop the carrier hi d overhaul his bag. The roads al were very muddy at the time, and the coach could not run. My client assured I imp ir.ni no not only had no hand in rub- y< Ling the in.iil, but that he tried to ilis suade his companion*. Hut they would pi not listen to him. One of therr slipped th tip behind the carrier and knocked him th from b? hor*e. Then they bound and II blindfolded him, and having lied him to or a tree they took the mail bug, and made t off to a neighboring held, where they lx overhauled il, finding some five hundred co dollars in money in various letters. lie went with their., but in no way did lie SI hare any hand in the matter. Those pr who did it tied, and as the carrier recog- ac nized him in tho f he had been ar- e rested. te! The mail bug had been found as well do as the letters. Those le'.ters from which co money had been taken, were kepi, by or- sit tier of the officers, and duplicates sen: to dc the various persons to whom they were directed. The letters had been given to fir n.o for examination, and 1 had returned re them to the prosecuting attorney. tA I got through with my private preliminaries about noon, and as ths case would not come up before ths next day, I went dii into court to see what was going on.? Tbo first case that came up was one of theft, and thx prisoner was a young girl, inj not more than seventeen years of age, vm Elizabeth Mad worth. She was very pretty, and bore that mild, ionocent look, which we seldom find in a culprit. She Ni was pale and ft ghtencd, ami the moment up my eyes rested upon her, I pitied her.-? lea ic had been weeping profusely, f??r her |' isotn was wet, but us she found so many > es upon her, she becamo too tnucli ighlened to weep more. I Tho complaint against bcr set forth t at she bail stolen on? huiulred dollars ' run Mrs. Nasehy, ard as the case went ' 1 1 found that Mrs. Nasi by was her mis ess, a wealthy widow, living in town.? t lie poor woman declared her innocence f i the most w ild tc-rmr, and called on j ' od to witness that she would rather die I ' mn steal. 11 utcircumstances were hard i i gainst her. A hundred dollars in bank j 1 otes bad been stolen from her mistress* | 1 >om, an<l she was the only one who had :cc*s tliorc. ' At this juncture, while the mistress was J |Kin the witness stand, a young man ime and caught tne by the arm. lie as a fine looking fellow, and big tears ' o? d in bis eyes. i " They tell mo you are a good lawyer !'' 1 e whispered. ' " I am a lawyer," I answered. "Then?O! save her! You cancer- I only do it, for she is innocent." " Is she your sister !'* 1 "No, sir," he said. "Hut?but?" ' Ilerr be hesitated again. " lias she no counsel I" I asked. " None that's good for any thing?no- I udy that'll do anything for her. O, save or, and I'll pay you all I've got. I can't I ay you much, but 1 can raise some- I nng." I ?n l- l t? c hen they went to my trunk, and they mud twenty five dollras of tlio missing loney there. Hut O, sir, I never took it -some bod] else put that money there!" I then naked her if alio a us pec ted any tie. " I don't know," alio said, " who could nvc done it hut Nancy. She never liked ie, becHiiae alio thought 1 was treated utter than alio wan. She is the cook, ad I wan the chambermaid." She pointed Nancy Luther out to me. lie has a stout, bold faced girl, about two id twenty, with a low forehead, small rey eye*, pug uoae and thick lip*. I , night her glance at once, as it rested |>on tho fair young prisoner, and the mo- , enl I detected the look of hatred which read there, I was convinced that she , as tho rogue. "Oh, sir, cap you help mo !" my client ( iked in a fearful whisper. "Nancy Luther, did you say that girl's , si) I tine was f " Yes, sir." " Is there any other girl of that name >out this place!" " No, sir.' " Then rest easy. I'll try hard to save ; I left the court room, and went to the 'osecuting attorney and asked him for e letters I had handed him ?the ones , at had l>een stolen frotn the mail bag. e gave their to mc, and having selected i**, I returned the rest, and told him that would sen that lie had the one I kept | foro night. I then returned to the urt room and tho case went on. Mr*. Naaehy resumed her testimony.? jo said she intrusted her room to the .soner's care, and that no one else had ccs* there, but herself. Then sho desi bed the misting money, and closed by ' lling how sho had found twenty five illars of it in the prisoner's trunk. She . uld swear it was tbo identical money o had lost, it being two tens and one five .liar bill. ' "Mi*. NMalty," said I, "when you st missed your money, had you any ason to believe that tho prisoner hail ' ken it f" ' " No, sir," she answered. M Had you evsr before detected her in * ihonestv V* * "No, sir." * "Should you hare thought of search- ' g her trunk had not Nancy I ulher ad- ' i?d you and informed you f" t " No, sir." Mrs. Naseby then left the stand, and t sney 1.ulher took her place. She came . " ? with a bohl look, and upon !>? she I i>t a defiant glancs, as much a* to say,1c ? vncusu iw a moment. 1 cast inv yes towards the prisoner, and she was nl jat moment looking at me. She caught iy eye, and the volume of humble, prayeril entreaty, I read in those large, tearful run, rcsoiveu iiiu in a moment. In iiiy >ul I know (hit the girl was innocent; r at least, I firmly believed so?and peru|>8 I could help her. I arose and went > the girl, and asked her if she wished 10 to defend her. She said yes. Then informed tho court that I was ready to nter the case, and was admitted at once, lie loud murmur of satisfaction which ran trough the room, quickly told me where | te sympathies of the people were. I a?ked for a moment's cessation, that might speak to my client. I went and tt (low n by her side, and asked her to ate to me candidly the whole case. She >ld inc she had lived with Mrs. N'aseby early two years, and that during all that me she had never had any trouble be ?r?>. About two weeks ago, site said, her lisiri'ss lost a hundred dollars. " She tninced it from be drawer," the irl told me, " and rho asked me about it, ill 1 knew nothing of it. Tho next thing knew, Nancy Luther told Mrs. Naseby ie saw me take it fioin the drawer?that 10 watched mo 1 trap nitj if you can !" She gave her cvdence as follows: Sha sai.l that on the night when the noney v. as stolen, slio saw the prisoner ?oing up stairs, and from the manner in which she went up she suspected that all was not right. So she followed her up. " Elizabeth went into Mrs. Naseby's ooin and shut the door after her. I .looped down and looked through the key lolc and saw her at her mist less' drawer. I saw her takeout the money and put it n her pocket. Then she stooped down o pick up the lamp, and as I saw that she .van coming out I hurried away. Then .she told how she informed her Distress of this and proposed to search the jirl's trunk. I called Mrs. Naseby back to the stand. " You say that no one, save yourself *nd the prisoner, had access to your rooms ?" I said. "Now could Nancy Luiher have entered that room if she wishad ?" " Certainly, sir. I mean no one else bad any right there." I saw that Mis. Naseby, though naturally a hard woman, was somewhat moved by poor Elizabeth's misery. "Could your cook have known, by any means in your knowledge, where yout money was?" "Yes, sir; she has often come up to my room when I was there, and I have given her money with w hich to buy pro visions of market men who happened along wiili their wagons." "One more question: Have you known of the prisoner's having had any money since this was stolen!" 44 No, sir." I now called Nancy Luther hack, an?! she begnn to tremble a little, though hoi look was as hold and defiant as ever. " Miss Luther," I said, 44 why did you not inform your mistress at once of what you had seen, without waiting for her to ask about the lost money ?" 44 Ibc iuso 1 could not make up my mind at once to expose the poor young gill," she answered promptly. 44 You say you looked through the key lio'c, and saw her take the money }" '4 \ es, sir." 44 Where did she put the lamp while she did so!" 44 f)n the bureau." 44 In your testimony you said she stoop ed down when she picked it up. What do you mean by that!" The girl hesitated, and finally said she didn't mean anything, only that she picked up the lamp. 44 Very well, said I. 44 How long have you been with Mrs. Naseby !'f 44 Not quite a year, sir." 44 IIow much does she pay a week!" 44 A dollar and three quarters." 44 Have you taken up any of your pay since you have been there ?" 44 Yes, sir." 44 IIow much !' 44 I don4t know, sir." 4* Whv ilnn'l urn Iiiiaw 1" " IIow should I 1 I've taken it at dif Cerent time* just a* I wanted it, ami hav< kept no account." " Now, if you had any wish to harm the prisoner couldn't you havo raised twenty-five dollars to put in her trunk i" "No, sir," alio teplu-d, with virtuous indignation. " Then you hare not laid up any moilej since you have boon there !" " No, air?only what Mrs. Xasuby may owe mo." " Then you didn't havo twenty-live dollar* when you came there !" "No, sir; and what's more, the monoy found in the girl's trunk wns the money lliat Mrs. Naaeby lost. You might have known that, if you'd only remember what you hear.*' " This was *aid very sarcastically, and wns intended as a crusher upon the idea that she could have put the money into the prisoner'* trunk. However I was not jvercoPie entirely. " Will you tell mo if you belong to ibis State !" I asked next. " I do, sir." 44 In what town !" She hesitated, and for an instant that !x>ld look forsook her. Hut she firmly inswcred: 41 I belong in Soincrs, Montgomery ?ounty." I next turned to Mr*. Naseby : 44 Do you ever take a receipt from your jirla when you pay them!" 1 asked. 44 Always," she answered. "Could you send and get one of them i>r me!" 44 She told the truth, sir, about my paynenls," Mrs. Kasehy said. 44 O, I don't doubt it," I replied, 44 but >ccular proof is the proof for the court ootn. 8o, if you can, I w ish you would >rocuro the receipts." Sho said she would willingly go, if the "ourt said so. The court did say so, and he wpnt Iler dwelling was not far oft", md sho soon returned, and handed me our receipts, which I took and examined. Phcy were all signed in a strange, straggling hand hy the witness. " Now, Nancy Luthei," said T, turning o the witness, and speaking in a quick, tarlling tone, at the same time looking ler sternly in tho eve, " please tell the ourt and jury, wnd t*U mr, loo, wheru you got the seventy-five dollars you sent to your sister in Soincrs !" The witness started as though a volcano had burst at her feet. She turned pale as death, and every limb shook violently. I waited until the people could see her emotion, and then ( j repeated the question. I | 44 I?never?sent?any !" she fairly I gapped. ... i 4" I?I?didn't,"' she faintly uttered, ( grasping the rail for support. I 44 May it please your honor, and gentle- ( men of the jury," I said, as soon as I had looked the witness out of countenance.? , 441 came here to defend a youth who had , been arrested for robbing tlio mail, and in , my course of preliminary examination I , had access to the letters which had been j torn open and rilled of money. When 1 , entered upon this case, and hoard the ( name of this witness pronounced, I went out and got this letter which I now hold, j for I remembered to have seen one bear- | ing the signature of Nancy Luther. The | letter was taken out of the mail bajj, and , contained seventy-five dollars; and bv j looking at tin; post mark you will observe , it was mailed on tlie very next day after , the money was taken from Mrs. Naseby's drawer. I will read it to yon, if you plc.se." The Court nodded assent, and I read | the following, which was without date, ( j save that made by the post master's I stamp on the outside. I give it here verbatim: j | " Sister Dorcas: I send you hcer seven- ( te tive dolers, which I want yu to kepe it , for me till I cum hum, i cant kcpo heer coz hue afraid it will get stole, dont spoke 1 wun wurd til a living sole bout this coz i ' dont want nobodi to know i have got enI ny money, yu wont will yu. I am first l rate lieer, only that goo<l for nothing snipe . of liz inadwurlh is hivr yet?but i hope > til get rid of her now. yu know i rote mi bout her, give my luv to awl cmpiiruii friends, ibis is from your sister till detli. j ' Nancy LcniKit." " Now, your honor,1' 1 said, as I band- I cd him the letter, and a'so the roce ipts, I " you will sew that the letter is directed to I I >orcas Luther, Souiers, Montgomery j s county. And you will also observe that j one band wrote that letter and signed those receipts. It is plain bow the bun tired dollars was disposed of. Seventy . five were in that letter ami sent away for safe keeping, while tlio remaining s twenty five were placed in the [iris incr's trunk, for the purpose of covering the real criminal. Of the tone of the other parts ; of the letter 1 leave you to judge. And now, gentlemen of the jury, 1 leave iny case in your hands, only I will thank (*o 1, ami 1 know you will also, that an innocent person has lieen thus strangely saved from ruin an,! ,li-.'* The ease was given to tlie jury immediately following their examination of the letter, 'l'hey had heard from the witness's own mouth that she had no money of her own; and, without leaving their seats, . they returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." - The youth who had first asked me to defend the prisoner, caught ine by the I hand, but he could not speak plainly.? I lie simply looked at me through his tears for a moment, and then rushed to the fair i prisoner. lie seemed to forget where he was, for he thing his arms around her, and j she laid her head upon his bosom and wept aloud. 1 w ill not attempt to describe the scene j that followed; but if Nancy Luther had j i not been arrested for the theft, she would have been obliged to seek the protection of the officers; for the excited people i would have surely maimed her, if they had done no more. Next morning, I received a note, hand- i somely written, in which I was told that ? the within was but a slight token of gratitude due me for my efforts in behalf of a | |HK>r, defenceless, h'lt much loved maiden. It was signed "Several Citizens," and | contained one hundred dollars. Shortly | afterward# the youth came to pay all the money he could raise. I simply showed , him the note I had received, and asked mm 10 keep Ins har<l or ruing* for his wife, | when he got one. He owned he had intended to make Lizzie Mndworlh his wife , very soon. . Sext day I succeeded in clearing my , other client of robbing the mail; and , made a considerable handle of the fortu- , nale discovery of the letter which had | saved an innocent girl on the day before, in my appeal to the jury ; and if I made i (hem feel that the linger of Omnipotence , was in the work, it was because I sincere ly believed that the young man was inno cent of all crime, and I am sure they thought so too. Do not venture into a sich room if you ' are in a violent perspiration; for the ino- ' ment your body liecotnes cold it is in a state likely to absorb the infection; nor I visit a sich person (if the complaint be of I a contagious nature) with an empty stom- J ach, nor swallow your saliva. In attend- ' ing a sick person, place youraeif where t the air passes from the door or window, t to the bed of the invalid, not. lielwcen the < invalid and the tiro, a* the heat of the fire will draw the Infectious vapor in that di t rection, and you would run much danger t 1 from breathing in it. I IN l * || I "Come, 1 Jtlinmlanq. ? ~-zrz?"z? r I supper, |b< THE FOUR HENRYS. I ?!l trodden Tlic following strange tale, not, howev- j !' 00,!\. L*r, without some interest, is translated , a''dition from the French. . , It contains the account of rather a strange hxed her c\ reucountie of lour individuals, who made . themselves prominent in Frame, during 1 the middle and end of the sixteenth een tury, ami is as follows: an? One stormy evening as the rain fell in .p.10 *' torrents, an old woman who lived in a "*' miserable hut, in the forest of St. Cermain, ster,,'y find who passed in the surrounding coun- ors *6 11,1 try for a kind of witch, heard a loud knock- ni'1,n. ";t ng at her door. She opened ir, a young * s man on horseback presented himself, and so , - ? raved hospitality. >0" 1,av/V,' 1 iv the dull light of a lamp which she ' lield in her hand, she perceived him to l'osl"tM,.lt-v> l?e a young nobleman, lie aj peared t<> a sla,n * l>c (piite young, and his dress denoted muJ,|r,d) si rank. The old woman lighted a fire, and an un.'OV( impiired whether he was hungry and do- ,x w* tired food. 1 lie appetite of a youth at '1Uu " sixteen is like his heart at the same age, s*' craving and not diilicult to please, and he "'.i./1 V" *" immediately accepted her oiler. A mor- . . lil our sel of cheese and a loaf of black bread i ra".\ r|>"' fiom the cupboard was ail the old dame l'red,cllo'>could produce. " I have nothing more,*' said t<> tin BEAUT^ young nobleman ; t.i s is all your grinding , . L tlies and taxes leave a poor creature to . Is !H)t oiler a traveller; the peasants, too, in this W ,l countrv. call inn ;? wii. l. .... i - -, . --- .. .n .? avuLflUW, I 1 " f and make tli.it excuse to their conscience I a l,,u'oai for stealing from me the lilt'.e that mv poor "V wo,nul1 1 ohl field produces." ' of l"!rs,'?"> " Milfoil" sail the young man, "if ev- ,s 80 a er I become King of Franco, I will blip- 1 ol,r press Hie taxes, uiul toaeh the people S'V?i'i" " ^or n I which has "( oil grant tt said the ohl woman. 1 j" "I1'1.0 ut At these words the gentleman drew to j 1,1 a" the table to coinmenco his repast; hut, at m"s^ the m? ae moment, a fresh knock at the &ul"'ue ,na door arrested him. w? bfZ l.? : The old woman opened it, and poreeiv- r ed another horseman, drenched with rain, desire t who also begged tor shelter. I he same ^'"'dort >11 hospit.ility was instantly gi anted him, an.i , ,nu^ 'e' ^1 on the stranger's entrance she perceived .,or that he too was young, and judging from 1,1 UCCc v%' his appearance, of no!do descent. to search 1 44 What ! is it you Henry !" cried one. lo ?"er a,c " Yes, Henry," replied the 1 titer one; a,,u ' both were named Henry. natural atl TL ohl woman discovered from their '"l<> "umor conversation, that they were of the mini- " given 1 her of a large hurling par y, conducted by "hail iian?, the King, Charles IX, which had been , u.''0.n dispersed by the storm. beautiful. 44 Mother," said thesecoud comer, "have [ you nothing better to offer us?" were erupt 44 Nothing," replied she. jewels with 44 Then," said he, "we will go shares." m 1,10 cons The tirsi Ileiipv .lnniii.n/i i-"i ..1..--.:? arrauireme :it the resolute eye and strong frame of the !? l'10 n.1(?r.: second llenrv, said, in somewhat a cliag >entswitn rined tone?" vmtcapnb. " Agreed ; wo w ill share equally." J .VV'" He dared not express his secret motive, 'K?aul,'ul Hl bill he feared, if not sharing equally, his woman companion would appropriate the whole. Pow<'r'u' a They accordingly sat down on either side 0 would of the table, and one had already begun to cut the bread with his dagger, when a r' " third knock was beard at the door. The wou'" meeting was indeed singular. It was again * . atten a youth, a nobleman, and a Henry. The I01?"1 old woman looked at them with amaze- ' em,e. s,uia men!. an object o The first coiner wished to hide the bread i '0',1,n"Je .,n and cheese, the second replaced ihem on ! 1 the tab , ami laid his sword by the side [asl,diotin a The third Henry smiled. is awarded " You do not wish then that I should JeCl l^!" w share your stopper," said he. " Well, I '"Atrial 00 can wait, 1 have a strong stomach." ? e 8a" ?? . lar more In rhosupp. r, raid the lirst Henry, "be- .. . f ., tongs by right, to the first comer." thme noble ' the supper, replied the second, " he- m;m| who( longs to him who knows beat bow to tie- feu??pW noi ",iu'' , ? , , troy. Tliis i.'d lloory hocamo red with ,n- fr^,, t<nit ;er, and said, liauglu.lv, jfs j " l'erliape it belongs to liiin who knows . . Liost how to fight for it." l n*i , it ariso from i llieso words were scarcely uttered, ;?,tAMCO wnen l; c lirst Henry drew his poignard; lj)0ir 0\,;ect lie two others their swords. As they t\, wore first beginning the atfray they were OI,CO g;||'v H ilarlled by a fourth knock at the cabin ?cnor?tJs | loor; a fourth young man, n fourth no* 7>t Mvity. bh'inan, and a fourlli Henry it introduced. -j*|l(; j0ftj At the tight of drawn a wools he nrodjeed tj)e ?raC68 , iiis own, and attaching himself to the Gf the p0rs< weakest party, lie joined in the combat. I I(r.icti20 0f The old woman, terri led, hid herself, j kindness ar tml the weapons strike everything in their careful cult each. The lamp fell down and was ex- refine the t; ingtiished, hut they continued to fight noble the h 11 the dnrkness. 1 he noise of the swords fashions of n astcd some time, then gradually became Hnd sweetn ess, and at length ceased altogether.? ble advents I'hen the old woman ventured to issue pear pretty, orth from htr hiding place, and rckind It in a re ing the lamp, she per?|jf*d the four to herself, ,'oung men stretched on the ground, each Rocictv, to i laving a slight wound. She examined greoublc. hem carefully, and found that fatigue, degree of t ather than the loss of blood had over* atudy the f tomelbem. of the legit i Thev rose from the ground one after ment of h? he other, ashamed of what had trftlispi* scrupulous ed in the he.it of their passion, they began never mak< ughing, and evUitnod; loveablc an et i now sup together, with- :i| ire figliting." ! < 11 they came to look for their iz *y found it on the the ground, in under foot, and stained with se agre as it was, the regretted it. sc to tiiin, the cabin wasdistroy- fe old witch, seated in a corner, in es 011 the four young men. " >st thou stare on us thus?"said nry who was troubled at her ading the fates written on your replied she. nd Henry commanded her .' iselose them, and the two otli- " gly acquiesced. The old wo- ^ i: have all four met iti this cabin u meet in a like destiny. As rumpled under foot and stab- * ood the bread offered you by V so w ill von trample under toot 1 itli blood the power you might ! }.( are. As von have devastated ei-hed this cottage, so will you 1 nd lay waste France. As you ur been wounded, in the dark- 1 i will ail four perish by treason ' lit death." R. young noblemen could not re laughing at the old woman's , " p 1 From the Allieii.-euin. h' { AND INTELLIGENCE. the most perfect in outward isiially inspire the deepest love, ows i;s that the most lasting id attachments were lavished j )osse>slng but a moderate share attractions. ]f euuty in itself] ig and captivating, that it is | r< while to Consider in what con- j v Vsterious and subtle charms]:' the power to enchain the heart] " the eve's criticism. Women | J: ages, regaided heauty a? the ! < " mil weapon to conouer ami j 11 n ; ami lite ilcsire to possess it, | ' suppose, results not from any t domination, l? ?t f.om a lauda- 1 o influence hint for his own u id happiness. However this jll-intentionc-1 or not, their so- 1 a the possession of beauty has | a iiuen of all times and nations j " ifter those things which ;eetn banco of concealing impcrl'ce- | c enhancing or embellishing their v tractions. This lias led them 1 t oils follies and extravagances, v encouragement to a crowd of 1 who have known how specu- s a woman's anxiety to appear s If the hours expended in con ' ir the adorntneut of the casket 1 ?yod for the polishing cf the ?in?if half the lime consumed ! ' iideralion of n coiffure, or the . . e - - 111 in .1 corsage, were devoted i e *1 training of the heart wliioli | * ii, and tlic developing of the j 11 lilies of lliat noble portion of * frame which renders it the most j 1 lid intelligent of created beings 0 would find her influence tnore c tal unfailing; the admiration < exeito would bo a sentiment j f >d of esteem, respect and love ; I lering herself worthy of these, ' attain what the toilette, with j r dant mysteries, is of itsef inef- | ' rcomplisii. That woman should I faction from believing herself H f man's homage, is a natural 1 stinct; and we would not quarif she would be a little more 0 s to the kind of admiration that to her. She should more rehich seems paid to the mere i inhinations of form, color, style co, and learn to value only the , b Utcring tribute which seems | s from a just appreciation of t i and lender qualities of the ite intrinsic beauty neither plain j d r an ill dressed figure can des- | o i discrimination would tend to y and conceit; co<plotting, with 1 a lieartlessnesa ; ana the many ' s avings after beauty, all of w hicli I i\ wiong-based ambition. The fi these vicious sentiments defeats j d ,; the temper becomes sour and j c io expression of the features at , w ud anxmus, and the mind do-1 n'.o a state approaching do- p I U er ambition to lie adm.red ft.r ii >f the mind id >re than for those ( >n, would suggest the habitual j w tl?? social virtues of amiability, i c id good-temper. :*s well as the j e ure of all the faculties which p sste, elevate the soul, and en- v cart. Into.licence, unlike the 11 i day, becomes all countenances; ess of temper has tho inealitna- t iga of making ugly women np- t , and elderly ones youthful. I< sponsible duty a woman owes L as well as to her family and I render herself pleasing and a- j n ller person claims a certain a liter lion ; she has a right to j c irl of dress, and to avail herself a mate appliances for the improve j d >r appearance; hut tho inost si attention to the toilette will | o jhersufficiently attractive to be h J estimable, IJuh, well-chosen ' I aparel will not compensate for a cold uarl; a glowing cheek does not neulrale the effect of a freezing, stipcrciiious anner; nor* a bright smile soften (ho verity of an uncharitable word?theevo >on tm ns away, uninterested and indifrent,from mere animal beauty, unillumiod by good temper and intelligence? Ce n'est pas tout, <|ucd'etre l>el!c an physique, it taut encore I'etre an morale." La lteaute suits esprit el lionte, est iiahauiceon sans appal." w . man is happily endowed wills ijuali* os of i gentle i:,d endearing nature, w hieli re often suffered to lie dormant or run ot. She is eminently ualilLd to be a orker of benevolence?and inspin r of igh and generous sentiments?an i ;-:iator of n hie deeds ; let her a '.sink into ic thraldom of vanity?let her not be, bat we are told some sagacious sage has dined her, "an animal that delights in iieiv." Let her awake to her own ivsftisibililies, and feel conscious that heriuli -nee, well ini.cntioned and wisely directLisa regenerating principle; that it is >t the "well dressed beauty," but the wiian of high intelligence and sweet trailer, who becomes the theme of general dmiratiou and individual attachment; >e inspiration of the hour?the good goius of every scene. Let woman, then, Crevive that there exists a charm superior > beauty to attract and subdue all hearts; t liet cultivate her intellect, and, true to cr own feminine attributes, prove herself 10 kind, g< ntie, intelligent creature man t e L, cherish js aud estectns. HE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JOHN HANCOCK. < >ne who saw Hancock in June iVSti -lutes that he had the appearance of ad ar.ced age. He had been repeatedly nd severely atllicted with gout, probably wing in part to the custom of drinking illicit?a common practice in high cirIcs in tins; days. As recollected at '.bis inie, Hancock was nearly six feet in eight and of thin person, stooping a lille arid apparently enfeebled bv disease. t;? ? - - ? no in.111 iic ' \Kiiy izrjiriuu*, oi lliti id stylo, a dignified complaisaiice. llis ico had been very hand some. l>resswa# dapted quite as much to the ornamental ,s useful. Gentlemen wore wigs when i! road :ui>1 common caps when at home. \l this time, about noon, Hancock was I res.- e 1 in a red velvet cap. within which vas one of fine linen. The latter was urn J up over the lower edge of the ve.'et otto, two or three inches, lie wore a ilue daina-k gown lined with silk; a white Htin embroidered waist-coat, black satin mall clothes, white silk stockings and red norocco slippers. It was a general pracico in genteel families to have a tankard f punch made in the morning and placed n a cooler w hen the season required it.? \t this visit, Hancock took from the coolr standing r.n the hearth a fall tankard, in 1 drank first himself, and then ( tiered i v*# i iiiiicM'iiu 11 IS wni plendid, ami uch as is not customary at. Ins day. His apparel was sumptuously mbtoidered with gold, silver, lace, and ither decorations fashionable amorg mo >f fortune of that period; and he rode, esiccially upon public occasions, with six eautiful bay horses, attended by servants a livery. He wore a scarlet coat, with ufllcs on 1. - sleeves, which soon beca.no bo prevailing fashion; and it is ielated of >r. Nathan .laeuues, the famous pedestri. n of West Newberry, tliat be passed till be way from that place to Boston in ono lav to procure cloth for a coat bite that f John Hancock, and returned with it unler bis arm on foot. THE PHILOSOPHY OF RATH. To understand the philosophy of this eautiful and often sublime phenomenon, o often witnessed since the creation of lie world, and so essential to the very < xitenre of plants and animals, a few facta erived from observation and a long train f experiments must be remembered : 1. Were the atmosphere everywhere t all times of a uniform temperature, wo hould never I.ave rain, or bail, or snow, 'be water absorbed by it in evaporation mm the sea and the earth's surface would esceiul in an imperceptible vapor, or case to be absorbed by the air when it as once fully saturated. n TL ? ? - - i ne ansonting power of the atmoslioie, an 1 consequently its capacity to retin humidity, is proportionately greater t warm than in cold air. The air near the sur: of the earth is armor than it is in the region of tho loud*. The higher we ascend from tha nr'h the colder do we find the atmoshero. Hence the perpetual snow on ery high mountains in tho hottest cli* aate. Now, when from continued evaporation ho air is highly saturated with vapor, hough it be invisible and the sky cloudkms, if its temjioraturo is suddenly reduced >y cold currents descending from a higher o a lower latitude, its capacity to retain mist nr.' is diminished, clouds are formed, ml tho result is vain. It condenses, it ools, ami like a sponge filled with water nd compressed, pours out tho water its iiljinished capacity cannot hold. IIow ingnlar, but how simple the pliilow pi T * f rain. What but Omniscience oo?iM lavo devised sucb sn admirable ?rrang?#nent for watering the earth !