m1 ? 11 ) ' itf
in large tea parties to discuss the merits}
of the corn law. At one of these "unti?
trofcopoly" tea parties, the chairman
wtated, "that there was more accumulated t
% i
nnti extensive misery in Ktigiun 1 at the
^*~f5fesent time, than there ha J been for the
lust MTtv years;" and that the principal
source of this misery was to he foilnJ in
ti.e com law. He stated that thu tax
imposed by this law, on the earning* of a
poor man who got bat $1 32 for his
WHcli m Unnpg iv.ia fumilt' oi.ritt n.ir riMll.
l#%,.
A VICTIM OF SUPICRSTITIOX.
A lady arrived in Exeter lately, hring ,
tng a female Kervant with her. On the .
I
d.ty after ncr rtrnvnl, the latter broke a ,
looking-gla^s. 3he became much alarmed ,
at the circumstance, covered over
the jHa*s witr? a handkerchief, and turned j
it to *he nail that sho might not seo it. |
She expr?M'ted ?ier conviction that it foreboded
a life of trouble nnd misfortune, nnd \
could not dismias the subject from her ,
mind. Sho said she should never prosper .
in the world again. Haunted by tin*
idea, she became sad, dejected, an 1 went !
?tr? bed on Wednesday, two davs alter the
accident, poorly and miserable, retiring j
earlier tiian usual, on account of her ill- <
ne*s. The next day she was worse, and |
h??r rmstres* desired her to g? t up. On .
Fridav, ?no of the most experienced med- i
ical gentlemen of the place was called in.
Ho found her free from boddv pain, but '
suffering under a perfect prostration of j
strength and spirits. She continued to ,
sink until 1*2 o'clock nc.\t day, when she :
expired a victim to the absurd superstition j
of the dreadful consequences of breaking >
a looking-glass ! ? A*. H. Span iard.
. i
olo f\Tn?.
A sprightly writer expresses !?i^ opinion
of old maids in the following manner,
and we cannot hut admit that there is
much justice in ht.s remark :
" I a<n inclined to behove tha' many
of the satirical aspersions cast upon old
maids, tell more to their credit than is
generally imagined. Ian woman remark- j
ably neat in her person ? * She will cer- j
tauilv i?c an olu maid.' Is oiie particular* !
ly reserved towards the other se\ ! * She
hi# all the sijucMinisiuicss of .m old rn iid.' ,
Is she frugal in her expenses, and exact j
i?? her domestic ''onrsms! 'Site is cut
out for an old marl.' And if she is kind- ;
Iv humane to the animals about her,'ho- !
thing can t>av? bei fronj the appellation
i.f '<n old maid.' In short, I have nl- J
'ways found, that neatness, modesty, economy.
and humanity, are the never failing
. f
characteristics of that terrible creature,
* an olJ maid !'*
CURIOUS HISTORICAL FACT.
Ihiring thn trouble* in the reign of
Charles 1. n country girl came to London ;
in search of a situation as a servant maid; 1
t?ut, not succeeding, she hired herself to ;
carry out heer from a hrewhnu??% and was 1
one of those who ore called ItiS women. ;
Tne brewer observed a good looking gid
in tbm low occupation, took her into his !
'family a* a servant, and in a short time
a I tor wards married her; but died while
she was yet a young woman, and left her
ti>? hulk of his fortune.
The business of brewery was dropped ,
and Mr. Hyde was recommended to Iht?
voting woman, as a skilful lawyer, and a
suitable person to arrange her husband's ;
affairs. Hvdc, who was afterwards Earl
of Clarendon, finding that the widow's for- '
lucre w as verv considerable wooed and married
her. Of Ibis marriage, there was no
other than one only daughter, who afterward*
became the wife of James the Second,
and mother of Mary and Anne
Queens of England. Thus has greatness
and honor often had their birth in poverty
and iml'gence.
m: XINP To YOUK PARKNT3.
Inlhe revolutions of this world, and hy
the vicissitudes of human affairs, tnanv
children have left their parents behind
them in the humble vale of poverty : and
*ome have lost their filial piety in the as.
cunt. Few more shocking scenes can ho
presented to a feeling mind, than a rich
?on or daughter ashamed of, or unkind to,
their poor father or mother. Such
wretches, deserve the fate of the proud
monarch of Bnbvlon. and would have no
more than their desert if they were driven
from the company of men to herd with
bens'**, to which they are m?>re allied in j
deposition than to human beings. How
Ffnutrful a arene, the vei v opposite of
rhat which f hava just considered, was
oxhihiied in the palace of Fharoah, when I
Joseph, then the prime minister of the '
tied ;i? a poor old shepherd to the,
i j'tone nee-of'the king, nnd before all the 1
U??nJn rtf the ihg\ptian court, introduced
1 * _:i?: i.:.
ine tl#?iepm HWi I'nrr. worn pilgrim us in*
father. 'Who, after looking at this, will j
ever be ashamed of a parent because he is
clad in the garb of poverty? What a
haloot glory did that one act draw around
the honored brow of Joseph ! 1 he lustre !
of the golden chain that hung from his
neck was dim compared with the brightness
of this action, and the chariot in
which he rode with almost imperial pomp :
before the people, raised him not to so i
high an eminence as that which ho occu- i
;pifcd, when he stood before the monarch
with the patriarch of Canaan leaning on
his arm. Never he ashamed of your parents
then, because of their povorlv.
Lctonr kindness operate in the wav ol
-affording them a I things necesssnrv tor
iheir romtort. The amhor of the /T^nrid
has denominated his hero ? the pious !
. Linens" because of the heroic manner
in which be bore his decrrpid father from
the flames of Trov. Two inhabitants of
Sirilv obtained a celebrity in an ancient
rtorv, for their kindness to their aged parents
in carrying (hem upon their shouldir*
from an eruption of Mount ADnn.
W? have another instance of modern
times. Mr. Robert Tiflntaon went up to
l?r,don on a vi<tt to bis son. then Dean
cf Canterh *r 7, and being in the dress of
a plain countryman, was insulted by one J
ot the Dean's servants for inquiring if
John Tillotson was it home. I lis person, ,
however; being described to the Dean, he <
immediately exclaimed. *4 It is my worthy j
father;" and running down to flie door,
to receive him, he fell upon his knees, in j
the presence of his servants, to ask his
father's blessing.
And how has the port, the historian
and the painter, l"V"d to exhibit that j
beautiful picture of filial piety, first given j
by Piiny, of a daughter, who, when her
mother was condemned to he starved to
death, obtained leave from the keeper to j
vi>it the prison dai!\\ and there nourish
iier parent from her own breast. A simi- ?
lar occurrence took p!u'*e afterwards, in j
- - i i
which n daughter no?:ri>neu m-r
the <!aino manner; lue action was considered
so striking, that it obtained the
honorablo appellation of 44 The Roman
Charity." The senate decreed that tile
father should he rcttond to his chdd, and ,
that on the spot where the prison stood, j
a temple should he erected to Filial Pi- i
ktw
There are. however, few instances of |
more touching kindness to parents, than j
thnt mentioned hy Mr. Bruce in his Juve- ;
nile Anecdotes.
14 An officer, having remained some'
time at Kingston, in Surrey, for the pur- j
pose of raising recruit-, received orders i
ro jom Ins regiment. On ttie evening he- !
fore his departure, a you no mam, of tho '
most engaging aspect, made his appear- !
a nee, and desired to ho enlisted into his
company His nir at once indicated a <
well cultivated mind, and commanded ro- '
spcct.
44 Ho betrayed, however, evident marks .
f perturbation, and w is greatly emharrassod
; the officer nsked the causo of it : j
I tremble," said he, 4* lest you should
deny my request." While he was speaking,
the tears rolled down his checks. ?;
4 No," said the officer, " I accept your
<r most heartily ; why should you
imagine a refusal!"?*' Because the boun- !
ly v Jiieh I expect rmv perhaps be too
high." 44 llnvv much Ihtm do you demand?" i
said tho officer. It is no unworthy)
motive, hut an urgent claim that compels ;
me to ask ten guineas ; and i shall he the
most miserable of mankind if yon refuse J
in *.'* " Ton guineas !" said the officer, ,
*4 th it indeed is vary high ; hut I am i
pleased with you : I trust to your honor j
for the discharge of your duty, and will!
strike to the bargain at once. Here are
ten guineas ; to-morrow we depart."
The young man overwhelmed with joy,
hogged permission to return home, to j
perform a sacred dot*. and promucd to j
he back within an hour. Tiio officer, |
impressed by the honesty of his oounfen- j
ance, yielded to his desire ; hut observing
something inystoi 101s in his manner, he j
was induced by enriasify, to fcilowhimnt
some distance. He saw him hastening'
toward the town prison, where he knocked
and was admitted. The officer quicken- j
cd his pace ; and when he came to the ;
door of the prison, he overheard the young 1
man ?av to the jailer, " Here is the money j
f ?i which my lather is imprisoned ; I put i
it info your iiaads, and I request you will j
conduct me to him immediately, that I
may release him from his misery." The
jailor did as he requested.
"The officer delayed n few minutes,
that the young man might have an opportunity
of being alone w ith his father; he
then followed him. What a scene! he
saw the son in the arms of a venerable
and aged father, who without uttering a i
J ?-1>ir%-? iK?o kr?o rt Q nfi I
worn prr.>iru mm |U inn m.fu v( ? %. ,
| bedewed him with tears. A tew minutes
passed before he observed the officer,
! who, deeply affected, nppioached them
, and said to 'he old man, 4i Compose your,
j self; I will not deprive yen of so worthy
a son. Permit mo to restore hiin to vnu, |
that I may not regret the money which i
i he has employed in so virtuous a man- J
i'er-" t .
" The father and son fell upon (heir [
knees at his feet. The young man refused
at first, to accept of his proffered j
freedom: but the worthv officer insisted !
that he should remain with his father. !
ffe accompanied them both from the j
pri?on, and took his leave with the pleasing ,
reflection of having contributed to the
happiness of a worthy aon and an unfortunate
father."
What mind is not enamoured, what
hrait is not affected, by such touching
instances of filial kindness ? And what
child is not ready to exclaim, ' Oli my
father, mv mother, I will share with you
my last crust, and fee! at once, both honored
and happy, .? return upon you in
your old age, the kindness you bestowed
upon me in my youth, my childhood and ?
infancy."
KOSf \.VTIC STORY.
The Boston Times says 44 that some
one lately attempted to murder a sleeping
woman by pouring hot lead into her ear, !
and that so shocking a circumstance was
never heard of before," This is a mis.
tek<\ A more remarkable instance oecured
some years ago, in Virginia. We
personally knew all the parties intimately.
Col. a gentleman of high rospecta
biiilv and frequently a representative from
this county, died, leaving a wife, some j
sons, and n very beautiful daughter, about ;
15 years of ago. The widow, finding her- {
self destitute, opened a hoarding house at
ihe country seat, ?n i among her hoarders
was Mr. U\, a wealthy merchant, in the
meridian of life, and a very fine looking
man. This gentleman was the prop antl !
stav of the family, g ive nmplov ment to j
the sons, furnished means to educate the i
daughter in the most fa>hionahle manner,
and conceived for her n violent pas-uon.
On leu return from school, h? addressed I
tier, hut she resisted alike his appeals and
the importunities of her mother and
friends. She had indeed formed an at- ,
tnchment for a very nice young man";
in the same town, hut h" was not to he
:>u: in cjmnetitivn with the rich merchant,
i ? '
in the estimation of the funily. The I
young lady, perhaps, thought otliervri.se. j
Finally, howevet, afler two years ot as- (
siduity and delicate gallantry on the part
of Mr. W., and the combined tears, entreaties
threats and persecution of the
family the fair girl stood before the altar ,
and became his wife.?The next evening
a large party was given them, and in the
midst of the dance Mr. YV. being sudden- |
ly attacked with vertigo and sick heud- |
ache, was compelled to withdraw. His I
\oung wife hung over him in the silent
watches of the night, apparently in deep j
distress, and insisted on giving him a por- j
tion. She poured out a wine glass full of
laudanum, and he swallowed it without
knowing its nature. From some cause, it
immediately acted as an emetic ; but left !
i : l?: ? '_?,i -.I..-:? i
mm HLUjjni Ctliu Wiiuuri 11 ttic* nuii9L*>
reeled. Otic moment he would lay motionle>8
and cotnilose as if on the border*
of the spir t world, and then ho would
shriek and jump up convulsively, like a
strong man in bin agony. Mrs. W. denied
all admission into the chamber. At
length ho fell into a gentle slumber. She I
tben stooped for a moment over moulder- j
iog embers?approached the bed gazed at 1
her si oping husband and holding a heatrid
ladle in her hand, calmly prepared to i
pour a stream of melted lead into his oar.
At that instant he moved, and the hissing ;
liquid intended to penetrate to, and scald j
out his brain, and thus cause death with- ,
out a trace, fell only upon his cheek. He
shouted in excruciating pain, and the revellers,
mother, brothers and friends, rushed
in. There writhed the still stupid bus- ;
band, the load rivulted drop into his
cheek, and there stood the fiend wife, her
bridal fillets yet upon her brow, the instruments
of death in her hand and an
empty phial labelled ' Laudanum" lay.
ing on the floor. The fearful ronlitics of
the case flashed on every one, and in the
confusion of the moment she disappeared,
and was hurried forthwith out of the
commonwealth to a d'stant State; on
searching the room an old French inaga' ?inn
wan fVtnnH crtnf ui ninrr the death-bed
confession nf a woman who had murdered
nine husbands bv pouring hot lead into
their cars. The laudanum and the lead,
it was ascertained, she had procured from
marriage, and the ladel used was part of
a bridal present. The G.and Jury next
morning found a bill against the fugitive.
n * n
anil tho Legislature being in session, immadiatclv
decreed a final and absolute
J
divorce. What renders this case tho more
singular is. that Miss T. was provcrba!
for the blandncss of her manner, and tho
uniform softness of her temper. She
was a blonde. The rose leaf tinted her
lily check as the sun beam glows on snow.
Her blue eves were indescribably sweet,
and her golden hair floated like drapery
of gossamer, around a form more perfect
v?>t?rt'win, than ever Raphael dream,
cd of or Petrarch sung. Often have we
gazed, as she stood to the cynosure of
every circle, and wondered if angels could
he so fair,
P A the sequel of this romance is more
singular still. Years rolled by and Mr.
W. continued a wretched and solitary
man. Put the spell ??f the enchantress
was still upon his soul. He closed his
I stores?sold out his estates?collected his
ample means and followed her to her disI
lant abode, to make a new offer of his
hand! She had juxt married a man of
! high standing, aware of all the circumstances,
but incapable of resisting her
I charms. Poor W.! Then indeed, did
| the iron enter his soul. 'The deadly arrow
quivered in his side." His early love
?his fluctuating courtship?his triumph
and the tragedy it occasioned?the fl'ght
?the divorce?his years of misery?the
new birth of his passion and now its disappointment
final nnd forever?came
rushing over him, like an avalanche, in
I the tide of hitter memories, and he prayI
ed for death ! Whether this prayer was
answered we know not. lie may yet
wander broken hearted over the earth ;
hut one thing we know. If he ho dead,
a more wretched, yet a purer and nobler
spirit never winged its flight to Heaven.
[We do not adopt the sentiment of the
last sentence in copying the article.]
A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
However dark and disconsolate the
path of life may seem to any man, there
is an hour of deep and undisturbed repose :
at hand when the body may sink into a j
dreamless slumber. Let not (he itnaginalion
be startled, if this resting place J
instead of being a bed of down, shall he a
bed of gravel, or the rocky bed of the
tomb. No matter where the poor remains
of a man may be, the repose is deep and
undisturbed; the sorrowful bosom heaves
mn.n tho lr>nr* nrr> flriwl 110 in thmr
iu i 11 * m v- 9 ??** ' " " ? ? ? i' " ?
fountains ; the aching head is at rest, and
the stormy waves of earthly tribulation
roll unheeded over the place of graves.
Let armies engage in fearful conflict
over the very bosom of the dead, not one
of (he sleepers heed the spirit striving triumph,
or respond to the rending shouts of
victory. How quiet those countless millions
slumber in the arms of their mother
earth ! The voice of thunder shall not
awaken them; the loud ery of the elements-?the
winds?the waves?nor even
the giant tread of the earthquake, shall i
he able to cause an inquietude in the j
chamber of death. They shall rest and i
pass ?wav; the last great hattle shall be !
fought, and th? n a silver voice at first i
heard, shall rise to a tcinjrcst, and penetrate
the voiceless grave. For the from- [
pet shall sound, and the dead shall hear
his voice.
w\s:ii\r: roN ai.t.-jtox, a. r. a.
This venerable artist and author re.
sides at Cnmhridgeport, near Boston. He
has recently been a sufferer from illness,
but is so far recovered as to be able to
devote much of his tuno to the grent
picture of * The Hand Writing on the
Wall," which has for so many vmm occupied
the chief share of his attention.
I his work would have been finished several
years ago, had not the painter been
compelled to relinquish his studio, and
unable to obtain another room sufficiently
largo to admit of the unrolling of the
canvass. It has never been seen by any
eyes save those of Allston, nnd a servant,
nor is anything known of its design, except
that it is entirely different from that
of Martin, and all others who have at any
I time chosen the same subject. No one
j doubts, however, that w hen finished, it
! will be the chrf d" oucrc of American
nrt.
In the long period during which Allston
resided nbroad, he was intimate with
Thornwaldsen, the great Danish Sculptor
?4iih West. Lawrence. Canova,
| Chantrcy, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Sid|
ney Smith, Croly, nnd other eminent
contemporaries who have given character
to the age. Coleridge used to speak of
him as the greatest genius America had
j ever produced, and enjoyed no other
m an's society, so well as his.
j As a poet, and a prose writer, he occupies
a very high rank. The last North
American Review in an aide nrticleeduced
I hy his recently published romance entitled,
" Mnnaldi," does him, perhaps, n?or?
j than justice as an author, though it would
I not he easy to hestow on his qualities as
! a man undeserved praise. His conversa!
tional powers are of the highest order,
1 and, as may well be supposed, he has an
j exhaustlcsx store of interesting reminiscences
and curious anecdotes, garnered
up in hi* u long, eventful history."
Allston delights in nothing more than
: the developement aud cultivation of genius,
and not a few well known artists
owe their advancement and reputation
; to his judicious and timely instruction
j and encouragement. The tyro who seeks
i his advice is never disappointed, unless
hy the information that, possessing none
j of the elements of greatness, he cannot
j hope for success in the way he has chosen,
' and must turn his attention to other pur.
! suits. The veteran detects genius in a
; pupil, as quickly as he does an error in his
j composition or coloring.
| Few inon have added more to the good
; reputation of this country, than WashI
ington Allston, and we hope he will live
long to enjoy his fame, and the warm
friendships which owe their origin to his
virtues.?Saturday foil.
TK.TAS AM) 31KXICO.
Many thing were wanting to show
the utter improbability, not to say impns.
tibUUy, of an invasion of Texas by Mexico,
at the present time, it may be foil ml
in tbo f.Ho wing translation of an article
published in the Nineteenth Century," a
paper printed at Mcrida, Yucatan. This
statement gives a more distinct view of
the state of affairs in Mexico, than any
j yet afforded. Wo can publish nothing
! more interesting at a time, when any
scrap ofrntelligencc from Mexico is watched
for with the most intense interest.
The national compact dissolved, it no
j longer exists, ami its regenerator is in the
! most difficult and embarrassing plight.
(Jen. Paretics is^the most powerful antagonist
of Santa Ana Santa Ana has lo^t the
ocction in the departments of Mexico,
Gunnnjuto, San Luis, Augascal!
ientaa, Sonora, Valladolid and Jalisco;
j these State*, with tho exception of
I the first, all act in concert with
Gen. Pa redes, who commands the
forces in the last mentioned Slate; in
that of Mexico, D. Juan J. Andrndo is i:i
command, and the Generals Guittcrror,
Galindo, Juvera, and another not recollected,
command in the rest.
Paiedesisin favor of the re-establishmonl
of the Federal institutions, to which
Santa Ana is opposed; his party is augmented
in numbers by the partisans of
Bostamente and the clergy, by whom he
[ is despised, in consequence of bis attempts
surreptitiously to posse** himself of the
j property in mort ma sin.1
I The Government authorized Pnredes
to rai<e in the States heforo mentioned, a
! limited military force; but thi> General
; abusing that authority, and exceeding his
orders, rained and enlisted to the enormous
number of 15.000 men, well appointed
and disciplined, with which he intends
to force Santa Ana to fulfill the promises
he has made to the people, in which
promises he is also implicated; this has
caused the President ad interim, whose
views do not seem to nccord with those
of Parcdes and his party, hastily to nugment
forces; so that in Mexico alone he
I has 10,000 men, the greater part assembled
together without discipline, and conrents
in that capital and in those of the
adjacent towns, such as St. nngel, where
they are guarded hy corps of confidential
troops, to prevent desertion, which, notwithstanding
all these pecautions, cannot
be prevented.
At J.\ In pa there is a cantonment of
2,GOO men, onlv one squadron of which is
organized; this force is under the command
of Ciriaco Vasqucz. In the gariisons
of Vera Cruz and Ulloa, there are
1,800 men, under command of (Ion. Benita
Quijano, Commanding General, in
place of IJ. (Iregorio, Gomex, accused of
venality in the purchase of the steamer
recently obtained.
At Puehla, G en. Canalizo, is in com.
mand, at Tamoico; Rives; these and oth
ers, such as .Vltnon and the balance, arc,
up to the present time, in Santa Ana's
confidence. Codallos, and ?M?>r.o, who
were, in command of the artillery are in
disgrace with him; Requcna, to whom he
did the injustice of not giving it?and
others, who like the above, surrendered
with Bustauiente, are excluded from a
share of the loaves and fishes.
Santa Ana has ordered a suspension
of the payment of troop* through the
Customhouses, and nmong other matter* ;
of serious consideration, he is warring j
with the copper question, which seems to j
have become the apple of discord. * l
Rejoin has gone on hi* mission to Rem,
with the great title of Minister plenipo.
tentiarv, after having received SS.OOO,
an amount excessively large, taking into
I * .
| consideration the extreme scarcity of
i funds with tho present administration.
Commercial business is at a stand.
The expedition to Yucatan is not
thought of in Mexico, although some of
her people are continually importuning
that this evil mav he effected, and advancing
a thousand visionary theories as to
i the facility with which it may he conquered.
Neither is any thing thought of
as regards Texas, for they have enough
to do with tho concentration of evils in
which they are already involved.
The treaties with Yucatan remain undisturbed.
Wo are nssnred that .Mr.
Quintana having confidentially manifested
to Santa Ana, that he had not powers
to decide in the matter; it was ordered to
he laid aside to be acted on at some more
propitious moment.
Finally from all this the deduction to
he made is, that the nation is, as it were
on tho crater of a volcano, which must
soon explode with the most disastrous
consequences. The course pursued * hv
Santa Ana inspires no confidence. He
has many and powerful enemies, and they,
j *3 well as himself, are aware of their
situation?are endeavoring to prepare to
devour each other, and destroy the social
compact, which tinder these circumstances,
must inevitably fall to the ground,
and perhaps forever. Time will tell the
tale. jV. 0. Picayune.
From the Uncle Sam.
WON'T TAKE TWENTY DOLT.tRS.
I Some waggish students at Yale Col.
! lege, a few years since, were regaling
f themselves one evening at the 44 Tontine,"
! when an old fanner from the eountrv.enI
tered their room (taking it for the bar
| room) and inquired if he could obtain lod!
ging there. The young chaps immediatej
y in-twercd h m n the aflf.r native, in iting
turn to tako a glass of pun di. The old
fellow, whr was a sh e vd Yankee saw nt
once that he was to be made the hut of
j their jests, hut laying ofF his hat, and
tellin" a worthless little dog he h id with
! him to lie in lor the chair, lie took a glass
j of the proflTered beverage. Tiie students
anxiously inquired after the health of the
' old man's wife and children, and the farmj
rr with much affected simplicity, gave
! thctn the whole pedigree, with numerous
anecdotes, regarding his farm, slock, far.
4* Do you belong to the church?" asked
! one of the wags.
44 Yes. the f,ord he praised, and so did
mv fathor Kofirr m~.
44 Well, [ suppose you would not tell a
lie," replied the st idont*
44 Not for the wwrlil," added the farmer.
44 Now what will you take for that
dog!" pointing to the farmer's our. who
was not worth his weight in J?r-ev mod.
" I wouldn't take twenty dollars for
that dog."
'Twenty dollars! why he is not worth
i twon'v cents."
! " Well, I assure von I would not take
twcntv dollars for him."
44 Come mv friend,'* paid the student,
who, with his companion, was bent on
having some capital fan with the old
loan,?41 Now you say you won't tell ,a
lie for the world, let me see if yon will not
do it for twenty dollars for your dog."
4 I II not take it," replied the farmer.
44 You will not? Here, let in* see if
this won't tempt vou to tell a li-," ad led
th j student, producing a small hag of hall
dollars, from which he commenced conni
ting numerous small piles upon the tahle.
1 The farmer was siituighv the tahle wilh his
I hat in hishand, apparently iinenii'#erned.
44 There," added the student, "there are
| twenty dollars all in silver, I will give
I you that for your dog."
i The old finner q lintly raised his hat
'to the edge of tire tahle, and then, as
quick as thought, drops all the money into
it, except one half doliar, at the same time
exclaiming,
441 wo'nt take your twenfv dollars'
Nineteen and a hall is as much as the
deg is worth?lie is your properly!!'
A tremendous laug i from his fellow
j students showed the would he w:g, that
i In was completely ? done up," and that
; he need no; look for help from that quar|
tcr, so he he go >d nature,I'y aeknnwledi
ged to he beat, insisted on the old farmer's
taking another glass, and they parted in
great glee?(he student retained his dog,
which he k'*eps to this day, as a lesson to
him hever to attempt to plav tricks on
j men older than himself, ami especially
; to he carefol how he tries to wheedle a
| Yankee farmer,
ATTACHMENTS.
One of the strongest propensities operating
on us from infancy to old age, is
the wish to he loved according to the
height and fervor of the sentiment* we
imagine ourselves capable of embodying
I into one passion. Where is the man who
wdl confess that he has been fully satis,
tied with tho love rendered to him, whe.
ther by the friends of his boyhood, the
mistress of his youth, or the children of
his age. Yet while we reproach the Inn.
gour and weakness of the n!t\'olion hei
stowed on us, we are reproached in our
i turn with the same charge; nud it would
' seem as if wo all possessed within us certain
immortal and spiritual tendencies to
love, which nothing human, or earth-born
can wholly satisfy.
There are many erroneous ideas in existence,
respecting attachments to |>er*
; sons and places. The general opinion is
that they are, or *houl<l he, as enduring
I as the heart itself: that no one who has
; ever cherished hive for woman, or frien Ii
ship for man, should change; and that j
whatever vicissitudes we may meet in ouj :
carevr in life, our love for the jvople uh ?|
i loriiKily were uruJn I u>, o. iho sjwt ?ti
I once culled our home, ought nesor tt
diminish. Hut how averse to this is th<* ^
reality. New scene* and new faces W'H
always beget new fselinga. Nor is it
wrong that our atf ction* should He thus
transferable. If we could love het ???*
woman in the course of our lives, or never
experience a friendship hut for one set of
local friends, we should be miserable ini
deed. The chances would in that case
he
infinitely against our obtaining a
partner for life agreeable to us : we should
probably enjoy friendship and love but for
one brief space in youth.
Some reader may sny that this doctrine
is unnatural; but experienced has proved,
maugre the tenets laid down in fashionable
novels and love tules, that love to be
lasting must be frequently fed with a sight
of the loved ohject.?Portland Tribune.
Af.VRIC, UENSEKIC, AND ATTIH.
WHO OVRRRVN AXCIRNT ROMK WITH
OOTIIS ANT> V\N1>\?.S.
First. Alaric, at the head of the Goths,
overran Italy, impelled by the breath of
Jehovah, as a vessel is driven by tho
tempest, lie goos n ?t in his own strength
merely, but seems urged and sustained
by n mighty, yet invisible power. A
I monk met him in the midst of his career,
I and conjured him to turn back. 44 It is
! not in my power," replied the barbarian,
! 44 an irresistible impulse forces me onward
to the overthrow of Home." Three times
lie surrounded the eternal city with his
sea of soldiers, and three times, like the
ebbing tide, he retired from it. An em
<* *?- A I t. ...t.U.J
OlSSy Ol Cllizcm was ?i icngiii uOTpAicnni
to his camp, recommending him to ahan.
lion hi* enterprise, and assuring him that
he would else encounter an army thrice
a* numerous a*his own. "So much tno
j hotter," replied this reaper of men, "the
thicker the grass the more easily it is
I mown !"
At length, however, he acceded to the q
i request, on condition of receiving, as n
' recompense for his clemency, nil the gold,
-ilver, precious stones and barbarian
t slaves that tt e city contained. " W.iat
; then will rem i t to the inuahitants V* d"?.
I inan led the embassador. " Life !" replied
I A'anc.
The Roman*. of necessity acceded to
the at;vote terms of the conqueror, and
delivered tn him tire thousand pounds
weight of gold, ihirfv thousand pound* of
silver, four thousand tunic* of *ilk, three
thousand scarlet skins, nod th'ee thou*,
and pounds of p-ppcr. The vanquished
inhabitants, for their ransom, had melted
iho golden statues of Courage, which
tliov called the Martial Virtue.
(*cn-cric. at the head of the Van;fat?,
I passed into Africa, and inarched towards
Carthage, where the wrecks of Rome
h.id taken refuge. He arrived before tho
city, and whdc his troops were mounting
(he ramparts, the people were descending
info the circus. Without, wawihe tumu't
j of arms?within, the resounding echoes
of the games; at the foot of the walla
; were the shrieks and curse* of those who
I had slipped and fell in the melee?on the
steps of the amphitheatre, were the songa
c I . I |
ni musician* an i imp sounusoi accompanying
j]ut"s.
After taking ftill possession of thcrity,
j Genserie presented himnelf at the eirctw
; and commanded its guard* to <?|*en tho
gnt?*. "To wiion?'* said thev.
"To the king of* the earth and seas,"
rephe 1 the conqueror.
Not content with the subjugation of
Carthage, Gcnserie now prepared for
further victories. He did not know what
people dwelt on the earth, but he panted
to destroy their*. He embarked hi* army
on the sea, and when the pilot demanded
what course he should steer, his answer
was, o Where God pleases to send roe."
" Against what nation do you make
a})
; war7
* Against that which God wills to punish."
. . #
The last of this trio of conqueror* was
A111In, whose destination was Gaul ?
Wherever he e icampod, hts army covered
j the space of thr?e cities. A captive king
j mounted guard at the ten1 of each of his
i generals, and at his own tent one of his
r.wn generals stood sentinel. Ho dU.
darned the gold and silve- vnscl? of Greece,
! and feasted on raw fl?sh served in difchea of
wood. As lie paused with his army on tho
bank* of ?he Danube, arrested for the moment
' by its deep an I turbulcn' curreut, a d??g led
t ie way to furd across the Palus Mciiids,
and disappear d. Having surmounted this
o'lraclo, lie swept like a tonvnt over the
K'S'ern Empire, taking Leo II. and Zeno
I anr c is. He strode wilh di d*in through
Home already rui led hy Aiane, and at length
pi an icd ins foot on that portion of the car li
which is now called France, llere his
! dcvas ating progress left but two cities stand.
>ng?Troyes and Pari*. fly city, the earth
was crimsoned with bio-?d, and at nigh% the
j hlazmg homes of the slaughtered inhabitant*
illumined ami reddened the firmament. Children
were sus|>ended by the leg to trees, and
I abandoned alive to binis of prey. Maidens
| were crushed beneath chariot wheels. Old
men were fastened to the necks of goaded
horses that rushed with them to destruction.
Five hundred blazing cities designated the
march of the King of the Huns across the
world, and a desolate wilderness occupied the
! intervals between them.
" The grass itself will not grow,'* said the
extei min Uor, " after the steeds of Attiia have
: trampled it!"
Every thing concerning those envoys ot
celestial vengeance is extraordinary.
AUric, when about to embark for Sicily*
i d.ed at Cosentia. His soldiers, aided by their
I army of prisoners, turned the course of the ^
llusento, and dug a deep trench for hitcorp
in the midst ot the channel. 'I hey 'hen
heaped over the body gold and jewels and
precious stuff's turned hack the current of the
. - J the
river o its or.jw?i lieu, ai-u ?
slaves who had aided in the task, lint the
secret of the sepulture mgnt remain untold.
Atti'a expired in lhe arm* ot his bride, ||di'
co, and the Huna made incisions beneath their
eyes with the pointa of their swords, that with
the b!oo<l of men, and not the tears of women,
they misfit*, bewail the loss of tlieir conquering
chieftain. The flower of his soldiers kept
wa'ch during the day over his body, chanting
Mr* At ni/ht they endon-d tlto
curpso in three cofiu?, one of ?o!d, ano.ber o?