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Wo recently published a l-?n r in *.\ 1?-?-l?
IIwilow C'l^c, the dvfanitin;; Coll. . tor
Sninluslcy, <>hio. announco! t! deivaso of
llie unhappy woman wlto 1 accotnpan ?-d
liis flight, ici* i implored I lie forjfivcm'Ss of
1 or husband. I'tulcr the title we have given
above, a missionary comwpoinh'nt of tin;
lloston Walcltman and Kcllector, writt ?? i
from Ceylon, describes an interview willi
the guilty pair, which took place shortly .
before death hurried away tin.! mother, j
mid the child w hom she hud made the com j
tvimrm of .
cribes so fouliugly ami truthfully tho solfinilicted
misery of Case and his partner in I
guilt, that wo reproduce his narrative :
Ouo forenoon wo loft the little seaport 1
lown where I was sojourning, ami rodo a
short distance into the interior of tho gor- i
gooUB Island. Mo.it glorious wore tho Mir- ,
roundings on every hand. With a prodi '
gnlity quite undreamed of by the inliabi- :
tnntsof a coldor c!iine, nature had showered
her most exquiMle lion I gifts everywhere.
Trees loaded with sweet-smelling llowors,
their intense colors vioing with tho foliage
of richest green, from out of which
the)- smiled ; tall cactus plant-, with crim '
soli, goblet-shaped bio.-soms; lilies, g.tr
goons in tin: queenly utifoMing of form 1
and color?everything rich, lavish, wi-nderful.
meL niir eves, f. -i.-i.-i! in witli
this tropical luxuriance.
"That is my house," said niv new fi ? ; i.
p >inting to a low-roofed cottage, surround
?:d by a w id verandah, from who.?i; elii.g
ing vines sweet odors were Hung upon tin- j ,
soft atmosphere?but from the moment tint ;
words were uttered h:.s sociability ?l?-pnt- j
ed.
Within the cottage enclosure were walks,
bowers and fountain*. Chaste statuary j
was dispersed over the grounds witli ni">t (
charming effect. The house seemed al 1
most a fairy structure, rising in the midst !
of flowers and foliage. And the man who 1
sat beside me, whose smile mounted no j
higher than bis hps?the dreamy, fardook i
jng discontent in his eve growing every mo j
ment more perceptible?was the owner of
this Ed end ike home.
We were met on the thii-diold bv a love j
ly child of eleven summers. 11?-r hair hung
in cur!*. Ilor eyes particularly lustrous,
yet mournful in beauty, ami oil (lie young
l>row I seemed to see a something?a
whnjow of sadness?an itnchild like quiet,
as nhe greeted my new friend.
Pressed in pure White, she glided in hefore
us, and to her was l<-fr the duly of en.
tertaiuing mo*, while Mr. C. excusing him
self in the lomark. thai si? kue** news-sarilv
called him away, for a half hour or .-> >, I'.-fi
the room.
Is your mother very unwell' I a:>ked o' j
t'ifi liltlo girl, wh??, \vi11 i!ii>?e slnliow lilie-l
eyes of hers, \v:is reg ir liiig me gently. l>nt
attentively.
Y.'-s sir; mama has Wen si>k a 1-nij
tinio. replied she, dropping Iter eye*, whi'u
lier lips trembled.
Did you come from America? she a^kod
timidly, after along sileiire.
Yes, m)- dear. D<> you know anything
of that country ? I leturne<!, flowing
more and more pleased with her expressive
face.
Only that mamma came from thete, and
I think," she. adde<l, hesitatingly, " that
I did. Mr. C. will never let me talk about
aboutiu"
Are you then not the little daughter
of Mr. I3ut C? I askeil somewhat astonished.
I am my mother's daughter, answered
tlie child, with a grave dignity in one so
young?and a minute nfter she arose and
quietly left the room.
I sat watching her white robes flitting
through the long shady walk opposite my
window, and knew that the child brooded
over some dark sorrow, for her eyes were .
filled with tears.
Why was it, I questioned myself, that
that painful thought took possession of me
as I sat there ! It seemed as if I were so
journintr in an em-hauled snot, and ili.it
some horror was suddenly to break upon
me.
Al iny side, nearly covering a beautiful
(able of letter wood, were several costly
gift books. I look them up carefully, for I
have a reverence for books?and turning
to the fly leaf of a splendidly bound copy of
Sliakespear, read?
44 To Mary Frances F , from her devoted
husband?llenrv E. F
A thrill of si rprise and anguish ran from
vein to vein. My thoughts seemed para
lyzed. "The truth had hurst upon me with
such suddeness that the blood rushed with
a shock to my heart.
I knew Henry E. F , had known
liira intimately fot years. lie was a friend
towards whom all my sympathies had heen
drawn, for he had seen such sorrows as
makes the heart grow old before its time.
His wife, whom he loved, 1.ad deserted
htm. She bad taken with her his only
child. She had desolated a household;
jukI, forgetting honor, shame, everything
that pertains to virtue and to God, had fled
from the country with the man whose arts
had won her wanton love.
How could I remain under this roof that
nntv seemed aocursed t How meet the des
troyer of virtue?the fiend who had revo)
J?d in such a conquest 1
1 . .in! ! oii!\ llnnl; of the evil llieV hud
*1*ill**?wlrii thev illicit Miller through i rut
iii.- lor:in iif ii.?rsf. It was some time I
i
li<foi<- tin: iu.>*r a*iiu itiio tin* room !>a
vv li?-r?* I -;;ii > it \vi: 11 the child, determined i Oil
to meet liinl uiioc more before I Kit the ba
lionet". ; eai
0 ! lio\v guilt* ! bow heart-stricken bis en
apparanec! Remorse sat on bis forehead tin
? look,,I out from his eyes?spoke when |
Ini was silent. [ a>l
Will vmi come to dinner? he asked. i " i
1 hesitated. Should I partake of his lios- '
pitality ; tin; hospitality ??f one of those |C1(
fiends in human shape, whose step take hold
on 11 I' ? I knew his guilt?whv delav t<> i
i
declare it? Why not at once in hurtling 1 |)a
words, nnpraid him for his villainy, and i]K
lie,: as from a pestilence his sin-cursed |;n
house ? The man noticed my hesitation.? j
lb- could not, of course, interpret its cause. t sai
he repeated his reouest, the look of dis ! ,
tress upon his face excited a feeling of pity, ; sw
which, f<>r tl.e moment, slightly disatmcl ; I1U
inv res.?rtnieiit, and, under the influence > ' i(..
mi^ iiiiu^, .uiiic-iL luieuusuiousiy i jj.issco vvn
into tlii dining room. | (.0)
' I am sorrv little Nelly's mamma"'?(1
\v:is glad 1m did not the sacred name fIM.
of wit-)?41 is not aide to sit down with ,r;v
! .*3
n?-," he said. "It is many mouths since i
wo have had Iter presence til. niir meal*.? |,v
She is Mill'eiiiiu' tile efforts of slow
fever, in hired i?v llto t:!im:?t>'," he added,
vi!.?v 'v. .t> lie motioned tin- a seat liefoiv ,,,,
him. m<1
Tin,' tahl- g'iltejed with silver plate. (.111'
Uoedient servants I?r ??1 _111 on tin: m<?t . |,u
coolly set vers, delie;icies Midi as 1 liad never
-ceil before.
I>nt tin; skeleton sat at tin: feast ! J p;t]
I could not talk, save in^iuoiiosyllaltles. j fat
Mv host ate hastily?almost ran lesdv? i (|0|
waiting n|ioit tin; wilh many ahni|it starts
and apologies. : tl.||
Wine catne. He drank fteely. Soon he ' j;,,.
sent the little girl and servants fi<>nt the
room, and seemed .striving to nerve himself ^y
to conversation.
44 Vou are from eity, I believe?"
he said nervously.
I answered an allli illative. ^
44 Did you ever know a gentleman there
l.y the name of?II. E. V ?"
' I liih'w liitn, sir,'* I said sternly, looking
the man steadily in the face, "ami I L"'
know liiiii also as a ruined, heart-broken
., en
man.
Willi an ejaculation of anguish, lie put
his handkerchief to his eyes. It would
have sucuied hf]?- critical, lni?. the s- ffering "
i.n his fac was uninistak ihle.
" IViiiaps y.?u havij Mi^pertvd, tllilli"? tc'
he h?*i?:tii in a iiiiivvrin:* voice.
si I (.
Xut calmly, hut \\ ii!i the words of an acI
told It1111 wiiat 1 had seen, and V'
i I i 1 oi <
i nought aim Ic't.
" Sir,"' s: d lie, in tones which I shall
ip ver f'tr^c", " IT ! haw .-iniud, God in
lleawn kiiows 1 have snllV-rod ; and if in V^'
I'.'s bereavement he has t*nr.-?t;?l me, thai *' r
f r..n.. i-.-iuii.-.i i i> - -
v-uir-u m iv*iiiiki\ iiiujik'ii ; j our :u;iry is ^
lying?has been dying tor months?iiml 1 ^
have Icuowu it. It lias Ween forme to see ^
the failing step?the dimning eye; it is fur
me, now, to sett the terrible struggles for her
nearly worn out frame; it is for me to lis" 111,1
ten to her lan<ruaf;e of remorse, that somefoil
time* aliuost drives me mad. Yes, mad?
m:ul?inad,1' he said, it; frenzy, rising and U '
crossing the floor with long, hasty strides. ,in
Then hurrying his face in his hands, he ex- l'
claimed, " Too hite?too late?too late?I ^
have i' j),*nted !" There was n long pause, llei
and he conlittited more calmly, "No human ^
means ran now restore my poor com pan- "I*
ion. Her moral sensibilities bccomc more ^rc
and more acute as she fails in strength, so ?1'
that she reproaches herself constantly. 011
A weary, mournful si-^h broke from his
i:..? ...? :r i.;? i.??- t t t- i
on ii ilia iiviuv wuuiu irrciiK.
"0! if he. knew it!" ho exclaimed," if
lie knew how hitter a penalty she is paying
for tho outrage sli-i has committed up 10,1
on him?he would pity her?and if it could
be, forgive." # 1
" Will you R'-e her, sir ?" |n
I shrank fr?cn the very thought.
" She has asked for you, sir; do not de.
i?y I?? r ivipn-st. Hearing that you caine ''T
Iroin Anii iii-a. she i-nire.-'t- d m<> to briiif
? llj'l
yon t<? her. I promised that I would."
" I will go then." " 's 1
ft i 1
Up the cool, wide, matted stairs, he led 8
mo, into a chamber oriental in its beautiful 'mi
foriiinshing, its chaste magnificence.
There, half reclining in a wide, easy ^er
chair ? a costly shawl of lace thrown over
her attenuated shoulders; the rich dressing ^Ul
gown, cling, and hollowed to the ravages
sickness had made?sat one whose great fou
beauty, and once gentle gifts, had made In*
the light and loveliness of a sacred home. P1"
But now / O pftyl pity! ms
The ey^a only retained their lustre; they asS'
worn wofully sunken. The blazing fire, fou'
j . || i . ( t ifi i
kuium'u ai mo vuais, Dtmied upon her "
sharpened che?-ks?burned more fiercely, in^
more liotly, as alio looked upon my face.? vo'
I could think no more of anger?I could R'<n
only say to myself: . ,
"Oh ! how sorry I am for you!" ' 'ff
She know, probably, by her husband's ' j
manner, that I was aware of their circura- hestances.
* < WtM
Her first question was:
"Are you going back to America, wrT gc6
The hollow voice startled mo. I seeraec *
to eee an open sepulchre. an?
I l<i|.I her that ;l was not my intention to
urn at presents
"Oli, then, who will take mv little child i
k to Iter I itliri {" she cried, th<! tears J
ling. " I am ?lyii?g. ami she must go *
ck to him ! It is the only reparation 1 j
ii make?at>?1 little enough, oh, little
utigh, for the hitter wrung I have done
.'in."
" I hoped, sir, you initrht see liiin," she
led :i moment, alter, chocking Iter sobs ; j
hoped you might tell liim licit his image j
before me, from morning t 11 night, as I ;
o\v lie must Iihvc looked when the first .
>ek came. Oh, sir?tell him my story |
warn, Oh, warn everybody. Tell him I i
ve suffered through the long, long hours, j
:se many weary years; alt, God only !
i?ws how deeply."
" Mary, von must control y?ur feelings," j
d my host gently.
"Let me talk while I may," was the an- j
i*r. " Let me say that since tins day I left j
home I have not seen a single hour of:
l'!'ine-s. It wa? always to come? al* j
y : j;i>t ahead ? and here is what hus
no?the grave U opening and 1 must go |
judgment. (>, how bitterly have I paid '
my sin. Forgive me?0, my (Jod, for- '
e." " j
11 was a solemn hour, that which I spent i
that ?!yiii;; penitent. 1'raver she lis- |"
ed to?she did not seem i'> j"iu ? or it |
ili'l? she ?jave no outward >ii;n. lie- I
>r>e ha?l win it awav all her beauty, even
ire than illness. She looked to the t'n
e with a de.?paring kind of hope, and
I. feebly faith.
lieader, !lie misguided woman of Ceylon
< beneath tin: stately branches of the
hi tree. Ilor sweet child never met her
her in her native land. She sleeps unthe
troubled waters of the great wide
Where the betrayer wanders I cannot
I, bill wherever it is, there i* no peace
him. IIow often rings that hollow
ee in my ear?" tell him my story !?
arn, O warn everybody.
:
THOUGHT ON MARRIAGE.
liV K. K. M.
There is more Itulli llian poetry in
! following, which wo Hud in tut exUlgO
:
In how many instance*, ;it the prcsdav,
i.-> marriage. y :i union of
mis ?the atl'd-limis not luting ever talc
into consideration. The question on
: one side, " Is she handsome ? has she
tn'v ?" On the other, '* Can lie sup
I mo in style ) shall I be able to
ke an appearance?" II-?w much hctwould
it be t<> ask?' lias tho woman
toart capable of pure affection? will I
! be willing to share with me in ad
sitv as well as prosperity ? Will she
sake all others and cleave only unto me
otiglt weal and woe?"
And woman, yes woman?she whoso
y nature ought to viintulate her to
[her and bolter motives for taking upherself
tho marriage relation?is ton
en only anxious as to the length of
r husbands purse, and tho amount of
bank stock. The heart?the mind?
! intellect?yes, everything, really woith
irryiug for, being nonessentials.
lint oh, the miseiy which too often'
lows such marriages. The litis'- and,
CU IL ! > IUU l.'lLO, iHlllvMUS II IS t)l III* I lleSS
1 lolly. Tlio wife is made to realize
it riches take to themselves wings and
away ; and then comes the consciousis
of a want of sympathy and congenialof
feelings. Each are thrown hack
on themselves, for not a chord in the
iast of one vibrates in unison with the
ler. Let the young beware how they
er the marriage state from such motives,
L they awake loo late from the delusion.
iimiIi tin* judgement, and hesitate when
it bays " beware." Lot the propy
bo in rather than with the compan
i.
Oh, the loneliness of an unwedded heart,
e hands may be united, but to feel that
heart you are separated, must be misery
Iced.- True, the routine of duties might
regularly performed, and with that exlliiv<
ivllii*ll IV?1111< I flirt 1 irtoc 11 m 111 ?
" ? ^..V- |
a complaint: but with tlm knowledge
it it waa not prompted by love?that it
lot the spontaneous expression of a heart
your own?life may he endured, it can <
dly he enjoyed. Many alas, too many, i
i testify to the truth from practical ex- I
ieuee. Let their experience prove a
rning to others against the shoals and ,
cksauds of this uncertain sea. ,
Examine the heart, not the purse; the |
1. t.ilH 111111(1- not. I.lin iAnninai't it <liv..lic
' .V ,
Consnlt judgement, not fancy. Lot j
o, licart fell affection be the in con Live to ,
rriage. To -think of being obliged to ,
jcirtle for life with one who has not a t
ing in sympathy with yon, and who
moreover in Scntimftnt, taste and feel,
directly'..opposed to you?how rc j
ting the thought. Then, let love, not
bitTod, lead you to form those ties
t nought but death can .honorably .
gjT ' * " *' ' - t <
! ~ y .K-?u. ? f s (
\. 'gentleman swd at t*blj? that lie fished i
could- manage without servants, ** they I
fa mo^'plrtgue than profit. I
' .Why nert haye a dumb waiter f" ?ug- ?
ted'a friend., mT n - ^ ]
J Oh, av \ I have triedihem-r^lhoy don't j
wer." 'r **' i
NAVIOMINO TliK AIH,
TIio startling advances in the various
departments of scientific investigation with
in recent years, seem somewhat to prepare
us for .still inoro startling achievements.?
The mind becomes addled in ser'ously oil
1cm plating the results of the past, and yet
still higher aims and holder ellorts are
are made and put forward, to eclip.-e the
wonders already accomplished. We have
grown cautions in expressing a douh.t as to
the result of the most seemingly unpioha
hie etfortt that may attract the attention of
the public. Many of the dei ided inven
lions or suggestions of ;i few years past
have been conducted onward to comple
lion.
Tins latest and boldest explorer into
tile mazes of difficult achievements, is
Prof. Sleincr, of Ohio. The Xotiia A'cws
annonees that he is ahout to make a practi
cal application of the results of his experi
ence, in travelling through the air; and
lie proposes to construct a balloon, or air
ship, in which lie can cross the Atlantic
m sixty hours. The bottom of the airship
is to be of thin sheet copper, three
hundred feet long, and eighty feet in diamu
ter at the centre, ainl tapering toward each
extremity. " Beneath this balloon is to be
suspended, bv wire cables, a platform of the
same conical shape, with the balloon itself?
and on tl.e centie part ol this platform is
to be placed the machinery and the cabin
for pas-etigcrs. The surface measure ot the
air ship will be one hundred and fifty-one
thousand four hundred and twenty five
square feel, and its total weight thirty-seven
I l...li* i.... i. .. .II --- - ---<
?VH. H ttJii cwiiiiiiu 1111 i
lion eight hundred and niin-l-yfour thousand
four li in hired suul sixty cubic feet of gas,
which wiil support in tiic air a weight ot
eight}* six and a half tons. Tim platform,
cabin, machinery, ?fcc., arc estimated at
eighteen tons, leaving power enough to
elevate twenty o e tons of passengers,
freight ami ballast."'
We infer, from tho the statements pub
lislicd, that this air sliip is to be worked by
paddles, propelled by a steam power, and
prof. Slciior thinks he ran travel at the
tale of forty miles an hour with head winds,
and one hundred miles an hour with favorn
ble winds ; and that he can construct one
of his air-vessels for forty thousand dollars.
It is also suggested that Congress should
aid him in his ciforts to complete his airship.
The New York Troy Timrs, of the 14th
inst., gives the name of another aspirant
for the honors of air-navigation. It is MrJohn
La Modn tain, lie has made ai rangemonts
for ihe construction ot a balloon in
l!oston,in which he hopes to cross the Atlantic
the approaching summer. The balloon
is to be made of silk, and the funds
necessary to complete the undertaking have
been secured. Mr. Wisp, the old aeronaut,
it is stated, approves of Mr. L.i Mountains
plan, and both will co-opcratc in bringing
it to a successful completion.
We may he excused for expressing wonder
nt the apparent temerity of these men
who propose to navigate the air l?y air-ships
or balloons. It is 110 great noveity to ascend
into the air in a ballouii?that has l<een demonstrated
in the view of thousands, lint
it will not only bo a novelty, but a great
scientific achievement, when it can be show'n
that the air e;m be navigated?that the
same skill can (>e employed in conducting
a balloon through a stonily atmosphere
that is usually employed on a stormy
mam.
Mr. La Mountain, if successful, will
make severel long trips over this country,
before he attempts to cross the Atlantic.
We can all well afford to wait, and see
the r<*sult o( tliuse schemes of air navigation,
before we either express doubt or eon
tide nee in such undertakings.?Augusta
Constitutionalist.
Pleasant Words.?1. They don't cost
nut'.'li. Tliey come bubbling up in a good
natured heart, like the freely gushing
waters of a fountain. It is as easy to
ppeack them as it is to breathe. They
I'oinu forth as naturally and easily from
llie lips of kindness, as the rays from the
sun. There is no paius taking about
the matter. These kind words leap forth
of themselves, and delight to fly awfiy
in every direction on their errands of
love.
2. They make the man linppier that
uses them. They react upon him. Hot
word's make the user's wrath hotter. So
oving words tnako love glow tho warmer
in the bosom. They are fuel to tho sacred
lame. Loving words help to make a
nora and more loving heart. Kind words
nako kindness more and more the law of
lie soul.
3. Kind and pleasant words touch
>ther people's hearts and make them
kind. They fall like flakes of fire on the
;old and selfish hearts of others?not to
icarcli, but to melt?not to irritato, but
,A --,1 -1 - l-U IJ
JJIIUUUO illJU OUHIIIO pCU|FICB COIUflPBS
Hid unlciudneu of them. Under such
words grim villages relax, their loy outu\?ta
are dissolved, and the soul that
%
lad been frozen to the core, gets thawed
hroug'out; and he whojbad the gloomy
December on his mage, is nol long
getting a genial June i? the -place ef
t. " ""
A SHORT PATENT SERMON. caterp
UV ^ .'I!. Hnol,M
razo?l
j My t?'X( for this morning is according to I'lnek
the llev. Dr. Watts: which
" It is ilio mind tint mnkos the man." return
Mv Hearers: Of all created animals, a wip<
i Man alone is furnished with a mint!?al! paint
powerful ; therefore every other creature both s
, stands in fear of, and is subjected unto him, montl
j How very strange it is that this power gavo e
should he instinctively recognized by the oaine
brute creation? What is mind? Why, lure's
brethren it is merely the faculty of reflecting brow/
oil the past and future, and thawing infer- eleven
chugs from the present. A dog lives only had I
in the present?and makes no use of even they I
that; man inhabits the present, past and other
! future. A dog lias an intuitive memory, scraps
without reflection. The tilings of yester- the fi>!
day appear to liim as the things to-day ; the m
( and lie recognizes them without any actu. r,bairn
. al knowledge of ever having seen them be not in
I fore. So, as a dog has no mind ho nerer appeti
broods over past misfortunes, nor speculates So tin
upon what is to come : but contents himself
with whatever bono the present afford.*?
meat or no meat.
i Now, my brethren, man is the connect*
; ing link between the nialerid and immn- 'ls '
j terial world ; or of nature, from the worm ?'U | "
up to the great Infinity. Standing as he does, l,,u "
upon the very edge of the divine and human?the
same as a fid.I of white coin
planted iu clo.-e proximity to one of yellow 111
j will produce otic of mottled oats. In his
1 peculiar position, oiiu side of him, I may ^"Atl
j say, is illumined by the light of immortal- . "
i itv, while the other is darkened hy tlie dull 'c"ov%
j shadows of earth. Seeing, my brethren, J0,1^
that he is situated upon the boundary line
j that divides the moral from the angelic c,ek- '
J sjdiere?and that lie has a mind curious to
explore the mysteries of the latter?it is orT.
not to ho wondered at that he should ^
sometimes fancy himself holding direct in- s?mc
tercoursc with those near neighbors of his c 11
?the .Spirits. Not at all ; though I, fot j ^ ?l!'|
one, believe that we can never have any- | |,c<
thing more than a twilitish view of the " I
other world till the sun of immortality sotne
shall rise and make all as clear as a wins- drawi
lie. little (
My friends: while mind makes the man, Wi
it also breeds myriads of petty troubles and A-1'tci
cares to its everlasting atmoyment. Notlr as'c P1
ing is ever molested by these ideal insects p?mti
but the mind ; but, as Hies gather around 1,011
mett that begins to putrify, so the mind
that tends to the taints of despondency at- ' ^
tracts swarms of troubles; but if kept well
pickled in a brine of fortitude, faith and ,
hope, it is perfectly free from their attacks. 4. ^
If you consider cares as obtruding visit- .
. . his m
Ara Hia liocf ii-ot' *'* -- A
i.iv will. ?Cij IU glbliu ?JI 111UII1 IS lO ? ^
sjivo tlicni tlie coM shoulder?freeze them
_? liam.
out vviili congealing in difference. It 3*011 .. j
nurse and pet lliein vvlieu they're small and out a
young, lliey will soon grow big, bold and lurtJ ?i
saucy, and eventually become troublesome 41 V
customers to deal with. The mind makes
a true man only when it makes one ca- heard
pablc of being its master. Put that
in your pipes aud smoke it, my worthy BO|enl
friends. |er w
A low, groveling uiind, dear brethren, ^ j
instead of makinur a man, turns out noth- , . ,
kill":
ing but a fellow; and generally a scabby ^
humbre at the best?a muck worm in so- ...
. . . will s
cietv, but the aspiring mind sometimes
manufactures a man who, if tlie size of his <> j|
feet were only in proportion to that of his harm
intellect, would leave behind him tracks in
the sand of time as big as those made by a wj|| ?
giant traveling upon a pair of snow rack- siiccei
fits. by th
T. ! ? - ...
it unevus iuy ueuer portion, iny bretli* jng"
reu, to perceive that mere brutish strength \yj
is so often admired, as constituting an iin- lo wo
portnnt clement in the making up of a man v
as \ve]l as of a horse. Who was consid- j,e je,
ered the greater man, little David or the lISL,j
powerful Sampson? You know that there were
has lately been a great fight at the East borer?
?not an intellectual contest between two |0nge<
mighty minds, that might well interest woajK
and benefit the whole enlightened world ?
but a sort of dog fight between two unfin Btujy
ished specimens of humanity, with more RC|f
muscle iliac mind?more 44 science1' than attenc3
soul. Well, my brethren, you know, too, g,OUp
that all the editors of newspapers, far and werc j
wide, have been seemingly greatly inter- |,j8 Rl(
ested in this heathenism baltlei Tbey have 'pfty|e,
given it publicity .throughout Christendom. j(jg
They have dished it up in every variety of | yyj
siyie 10 suit itio palates of their patrons. g|(e g
And where do you think these will go when jn!T j((
they diul Verily, the? will be | enned off v
in some dark corner of perdition, artd left 'un|nte
to fight among themselves to their hearts tjial ^
content; and there will bo big " whaling,'? j,
and greater gnashing of teeth than when nR:nte
General Wolf entered the Pom fret's Wol r,
Uen at I'litnum, CkMiuecttcut I I would W1
not, for the world, feed your carnivorous Rossi
propensities by .telling you how, at the. 0f the
greatfight, the comhatauts stripped them- giaun.
selves half nuked, shook bands With each prize (
other and then pitched to, ad If fighting a novc
for the crown of eternal righteousness?how mood,
(be eyes of their backers, and holders, -of and th
the vessels containing the casenoe of en. oourag
"courngfement and spiritual oomfort.jjnd, of him fri
the multitude generally glistened wijth anx- Willis
ieiy?J*ow, en the first round, Pluck planted' Queen
a plumper opon Sputvk'a bread basket, by cai
whioh toppled lrim from- bis pins, and left perseV
bins lying doubled up an&equirining like a motho
illar with the groen apple colic?how
jr sockdolager on his p<>tnto trap again
hi* tal>crtiaclu to the ground?how 1
then got a tap on his frontpicce, 1
nearly closed liis day-book?how he '
ed the compliment by giving Spunk '
j across the sneezer, that started the
?how, on thy seventh round, they
icemed to have had the dav of the
i knocked out of them?how they
:ach other Jessie till they both be
oblivious?how a little of 'tired nasweet
restorer" from the bottle
lit them to their vitriol?how at the
tli round, they presented some very
ookiug meat, and, finally, how, after
lad fought, lit. and pummcled one aninto
calf's foot jelly, they were
><] i 11> 'Hiil trinninliniitlt' IWirti
:l?l m .1 slop cart. No, brethren, all
oncy I have lost on llie result of this
:f?l man-mauling entertainment would
duco me to furnish food for a morbid
ite by giving ono solitary particular.
He it be.?Snn/rancisio (fuhlcn Eru.
"I WILL TRY."
A STORY FOU HOYS.
?ro is :i society in London known
o Society of Ails. Its object Is the
rageiiK-ut of talent in the various Jeicnlsof
art. Prizes are awarded by
ciety, sometimes to painters for their
and sometimes to humbler aitisans
iiprovements in weiving, or in the
fact ure of bonnets, lace, oi artificial
rs.
re than half a century ago, a iittle
, named William ltoss, not twelve
of age, was talking with his mother
an exhibition of paintihg at the so$
rooms. William was very fond of
ngs, and could himself draw and col
iih remarkable skill. " Look you,
?ii?," said his mother: "I saw
painting in the exhibition which
ot seem to me to be half as good as
>o you really think so, mother i" asked
ain sure of it/' she replied. " I saw
painting* inferior, both in color and
ng, to some that are hanging in your
ihamber."
Ilium knew that his mother was no
er, ami ho said, " I have a mind to
ei mission to hang one or two of my
ngs on the walls at the next exhibiVliy
not try for one of the prizes 1*'
his mother.
3! mother, dear, do you think
ould stand any chance of sueIf
lotbing venlure, nothing have," snid
other; "you can but try."
.nd I will try,mother, dear," said Wil
have a historical subject in my head,
f which I think I can make a pic
Vliat is it, William ?"
'bo dentil of Wat Tyler. You have
of bini; he led a inob in the time of
rd tbe-Second. Having behaved in
llf hdfiirA tltA Lrinrr fI*??
O "" jr
its stmek clown by Walworlh, Mayor
Jiidon, and then dispatched hy the
> attendants."
- is a bold subject, William, but I
ay nothing to deter yon from trying
F I fail, mother* where will be the
? I can try again."
o be sure you can, William ? So we
ot be disappointed, should you not
[id in winning the silver pallette offered
e society for the best historical paintthout
more ado, little William Went
ik. lie first a:qua'.n'.ed himself with
arious costumes ot the year 1381;
trued how the king and noblemen
to dress, and what sort of clothes
worn by tlifi poor people and lai,
to which class Wat Tyler bedi
He also learned what sort of
>ns were carried in those days,
er having given Borne time to the
of these thing*, he acquainted himloroughly
with the historical incidents
ling the death of the bold rioter. lie
ed in imagination, the persons who
present at the scene?the king and
Lendants Walworlh, the mayor, Wat
r himself, and in the back ground some
ruffianly companions.
Ilium's mother was present, of CVar80i
at waiting the result With, a beateart.
What a proitf mother she
rbent after tl?0 transaction of some
resting business, U was announoed
"lo prize of A silver pallette for the
islorical pioturo wat. awarded to the
^ If li . ? .. . f 1? . .1 >f mi ? -
r vi iim pioou ciliniou " i 110 U Oft til bf
ler."
len it was found" that little William 1
vas the successful artist, the applause <
audience broke forth with enthu- <
To see such a liulo fellow gain n j
>ver competitors of Mature ago, was I
>lty anc| surprise. William wife sum- I
with his picture, to the Duke's chpir, >
ere be reoeivod, such counsel and en- f
;ement as were -of gre.-.t servioe to t
i iris future careeh Ho is now Sir *
m Ross, miniature painter to the c
, Imping risen to fortune and fit me
Tying out, with determination and
erence, life simple promiie to hb i
r of- " I will try." t
A HtflBAlfCB.
Wo can scarcely think of a greater anloynnce,
to the newspaper publiihor and
rcmlers of the day, than that clnss of writers
known bh 44 nowspap-?r poets." A continued
sluice of lurbld nonsense and muddy
vagiaristn is continually pouring from tb*
press, in rhyme. Wo have 44 poics." ad
nmisaem?if Smith gets tnarric-il, a jingling
epithalamium is done up in doggrel?
if (Jrabb's babv dies, the dcfunct is poetically
metamorphosed into nn angel?Ilaa
young Jenkins hud that part of his corporosiiv,
where onatomi?ts suppose the heart
to lif, touched by <'upids missiles, lie forthwith
pours out his dolorous whiunings, in a
scries of lines, in which love rhymes with
dove and heart with dart?Has Laura
matilda become smitten with tho incipient
..r 1 1 : -
wi Dicuums, mo met 13 dell*
cately insinuated in verse, done on embossed
note paper. These poetic fledglings aro
never at a loss for a subject?their art can
dignify anything?a house, a tree, a torn
cat or mangy puppy?in fact, ideas, with
them, arc trilles, as well as meter?all that is
necessary is that the " tloc" rhymes?breeze
must jingle with trees, sky with I, true with
yon and sea with me.
These moon struck rhymers are usually
forlorn spinsters, dolorous benedicts, softheaded
young men or love sick school girls;
generally, incapable of penning a dozen
lines, without " murdering the King's English"?frequently,
unable to make themselves
intelligible in prose?sometimes as
innocent of giving birth to au original
idea as an oyster?they madly essay tho
most difficult of all kinds of composition
arid sometimes, in order to eke out a wretch
ed verse, In hope of winning a Utile local
praise from the ignorant, they atoop to the
meanness oT laying surreptitious hands on
the property of others. There are more
plagiarisms committed by this class of
writers; than by all others, perhnps.
Occasionally, we find persons of a higher
order of mind damning themselves by
perpetrating rtliserablo stuff, \Vliieh it would
i i:i?i ._ - i<
uc i> uuei iu can poetry, wnen they might
amuse awl instruct and tVin ruputatlon,
were tlmy Content to clotlio their ideas in
plain prose. They have no proper conception
of meter or rhyme?everybody
sees this but themselves. Point out their
errors, and they will talk aboilt11 poetical
license," and mentally set you down among
those who have not tha taste, the sense and
soul to appreciate the divine art.
In the matter of this nuisance, Editors
are not blameless. They cultivate, most
successfully tli is crop of lackadaisical thy mors
Laura Matilda's daddy is powerful and b?
wins the old fool's heart, if he may be said
to possess that mythical article, by dignify
ing his daughters ttfitddlti With a place
in the paper, prefaced by Sllch fibs as " gorgeous,"
" ethereal," " sublime" <kc. Young
Muggins is a particular friend of the Editor?ho
dines him and lends him occasional
" Vs." Of course the verses "of this "gift
ed correspondent" aro published, and Mug
gins is putied until the noodle believes him
o,.ir - i r? ? * ? -
.juit #? ocuuuu uyroii. itainer limn otlend
a friend by telling liinl pla'nly that lie
never did and never eoulJ write a verse
worth publishing, he regularly disguests
his thousands of renders by inserting silly
rhymes to the exclusion of more solid mat
ter.
The conductors of the press might ii<l
themselves and their readers of this liar
vest of sclibblers, by putting their manu
script in the stove, or, more effectually
still, by publishing with a just and honest
criticism. l)ra\V the veil that rhyme
throws over their nonsense, by printing it
as prose in liutlra Matilda's case?analyze
and dissect Muggin's poetn, until you lay
bare even to his distorted perception, the
fact that he is a ninny. The management
of one or two cases in this way, would
drive back the army of rhymers, and give
;tn open fit-Id to true genius. It should bo
done. We scarcely know of a greater Ber
vrcc wiiikii the press could confer upon tlio
friends of literature and I ho loading world
at large. If it has not tlic oourage to do
this, it may at least, by suppression, save
from many sore trials, the feelings and
lasto of intelligent reader*. ? Aberdeen
(Miss.) Conservatitt.
Gen. Seal* Victimized'.?The Picaynno
te"s'^ie following.?As the procession bad
finished the display pro&posedfor the Rightly
and. the carriage oonta?ning the veteran.
General drovo up in front of the St. Olinr*
los Hotel, tho crowd filled the street and
greeted him with lou<l shouts.
As the General descended from the ?ai>
riago with his ovorooat hangteg o? hi*
arm, a well dressed gentleman stepped up
lo him, and, with the politeness that would
have graced a drnwing room, said M GenBr?l,
permit mo to take your coat.* Unsonscioualy
llio General banded bim tb?
garment, and, following his eeoorte, entered
be hotel; but the gentleman with the coal
'ailed to appear. He and the coat bad dia?
tppeared. Some think that bit admiration
or the old veteran tempted bim to keep
he garment us a souvenir of tbe meeting
tnda meraetato of the fame of tbe great
saptain.
Fitcb upon that course of. life wfeiab it
he moet useful, and custom *411 render it
be most Agreeable. >
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