From Blacku i>c(ps Maguz 'm.
TIMF.S CHANCiF/S.
1 saw h( r oncc—so fn shly fair
That, like a blossom just iinfoldinjf,
$he open’d to life’s cl()Uille>'^ air.
And Nature jovM to nic v i s Tnouluin"
I?er SI!.lie, it huun tnr noiv vet —
Her chcek’i i'lnr hue (livin;.lj irloi'. i n]];' -
Her rosi.-hiul —licr p\C! ot jvt—
Around on nli t’.vj’’’ I (.•'*o\vlr,j;
Oh ! who iTjilil 1.)(jX oTi s'jc’.j v
So fi\e, *0 trnd»'r,
And i'V Ii i* ••'lily ^Xiy.n
I aPii ii.tu-ijr^ndiu «Airi)i»cS a-2:0
, fv.:: y f.fctii'io.r Sic had sal in
tilt. to%v r wctcliu*,/ fo- ti.c ruluijiitiir
cailc'j l.ill thf last l)f;nn o\ day had f:ul(;d
tVijin 'he wafers. The decpcnini^ of
"nili'vhl j)!n\ ed trick*; uitli in'r in)Hfji-
i.aiioi',.—she was J'ltrti;d h' 'lltt*
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ai3f»r.{',x»c iiiuisc'j/', at uic iTigiucsl} r.ilinont, my e vt'iy slit-iu i- ’ic^ua tiie
moveiJii/nt, >i;ciirr»ch, li'.'^ughvtill n1 cp
in";, secinr-d ronscK.'J':. .itid 1: l iii:
clos‘r to him. At la^^ the stiong s!ep|»,
tliat in the depth of the nicjht steeps
the senses in utter forgetfuhir-ss, over-
powfTf.d him ;hisarnisielaxcil iheirhold,
v.'U‘jr-f;-'vl, whif'li, si.jumied aloi.n  diopped beside him, and left Louis free.
tl.c siirlnc'; vii Vlu; nalei', in)'ii'ineil to
her faiicy die ir,iit ca; t;e'. irnjnlle*) hy
lier hMs!;ri',iu'3 \i^oiOLis jut.u
she heard ti;e jV-a?) of tire he^vv
ion^ni. ri:u! the tjjlashiiii; soiii,-
ijiicy like k* ■ fir^l tlar.l! c.f
(lis-
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litsiile hiM ; ihe vourir j
M, I
n ith I
tlefl t(- her i'ancy like k* ■ fir
oar. 'i'hat pr-sscd ;^\v:iy, ;;;k
{!fpuir'.tn?eiM, ;ni(I tc;’rs fo^'nwed.
hoy was litsiile hiM ; ihe yourir
V. Iio. t',)0Ui\h f0.lrr‘el^ tw\!v\» yoars 
I'.rd I,Is iii)a,,;iu'i.io;i n
>i‘)rni ond the IfMiip-e'^t. Jiut Ae 'loc.^
nu^ ai: if‘J'’r\ u hich can he le-paired.—
'I'he storm may indeed boat upon me,
and chilling blasts assail me; but Chari
ty will rccovio me into her dweninsi;—
will fi^ive me food to eat and raiment to
put on,—will kindly assist me in rais
inst:2nt on (.he Indians, and assurevi him-
s(,'f they all slept profomidly. IJe then
j)0'!+' s>ed himself of Merurneli’s knife,
wi.lcli lay at,his feel, ai d s-\ tred tlie
t!;ui hound his ntolher to the tree.
I’lir^r of thetii spok! a W(jrd ; but
v»it.i» thi^ lerst po>v.!,!f sound tliey ha!
ccnie lo tiio sj,ore ; J..onis in the confi
de' ec, and Ivlari^uerii(> with flu* faint
of reaching it before they were
T’li • '‘■t i S r’- Mi.;:-,
"TVt)ir '■ I ' c: to ? cr f
TLt_. m'’.l to li\c 'r.*. i*’. • « *' . ’v.-
i>r !tr.
Ilcv ►"0; nn.l
'^nd ()•. ni *.> r cUf k I'-.o ■*). ’tc
Ol’}' r-I'.'i 1 ]' Ldir.’: n'.T'i ’ind
Tfit’n.-i !i' >)ci, up'JM I or ' -c
Luy ■ t.'!':.,I. tbf.dctMCV,
•As •* I -AU
Hud i.^. t. • du- r'_.. .ni (
J »v Ih'V tli.'ct—I'iil- ’ drci-'J-j
In ' ;.! j .'ifiK'-i li\l *'•. } (I ii*i*,
tet i/outiM'd set.i.’ ' to I'",
As vt-;i I y r v.-ir j)r)UK.'.u M hc.‘;
Tlie ti .-'va-.,
The »uiial.L!ic, . u'. tlic p .rui.'
Still, tlHi'a'?.u 1 !;:.>d };’>!c *.r - '.y.
The V, sv %r tlv .uttr",
yor, in tli‘.-' i ii.r * c m-v.i-*' ) ■ cit»
Strciit, ' ■ uuii->c, lOiJtl.ii'v, h 'ly;
' 111 teelti.fj V. I. :..i t»j ••( uTi. rH
Tiahi tv^ry !•>'! *:r ui.nii ful'y—
iKit-* nS' f* iS !i^tt
A vif suiisct :.’ri Hinir'3—
Af^irygiu^ Oil 1 jv»t-r ^iiti u i.‘,
Ti.i .,;»nu»ooiL. iikr » dreimi
Ala^> iiHic—auii rnn.ovrd k.)t i.^ ,
Bi yoiiii i.ilt’s clnij. *i it-.rt.Hn, r. ,er,
J^glii.u)Ui uii/u!a '-t ,
I'l'uni Wiiti.t'e tin. rfpn'fc fit'll jl-d ^'or C:,»!
^gaztd—uiy btca-.t v. r.siifcc to Dtif't—
And, M* i tho;-j»u ot, cj-.rs ut {. Aftct!;
«hc ytui's v»h.-itiii I Ikc tii'jt,
Wiiti. »'*e, a 6"*. • ‘ !b''it-3-nc he:..tcvV-
^nd wlicii 1 li.UICO l»ti;r
Asmo\cd ilic Ml tnji .fcti *
^ hi»jjpy niotlitv in the bln- s
Of ripen’d hopt, and sannj be.»u».y,—
1 felt tlie chill—I tiinrd ; *idc—
Bltak Desolation’s rloiiit r..iiic o’er ntc,
And licii.g setiiied a '.roii led »;di. ,
Whose wrecks in .t»rk.iu'.;» swt .ii ht^vc me'
hKi! n.iv Ir /jJ ii) a ]
jl c r.a.'; an :nlpl in t’ne I'sr oi thr Iow | Vou may Jmag;ine how nf
..'i fh'! V;V: r‘.‘{ : co.)r:\ii! r.i'eir-^ii t» be i po.jr nujtlier, tiinid as atavvn. wassfi'.r-
lii'- i’l ti’icl, nn.l fb'.ii'^ei' )iis vlemt*::!., 9t;d I tied by thr (\ eniiig; brfe7‘. siii’i int;; ‘I'r
nnd '.voiiiu.s, Vf'ic “household i:'a\t‘*, hist the boy honn.ieJ forw.u(i as
v,•c^(!^'‘ .%itii liim. Hr !,'i?nh('.| at !nv I if ili-'ie w:i5 neither fear nor danger in
!' ctl ■;^s f'Tj;.: I)ul mi ol' liis ljo\- j the \'-oild.
j 1.i;c.y sMi u^tfi'n ti. till ap- 'fliey hr.d nearly attained the mar«;In
•>.T.v'd r.'rdify. .'^•Mtidenlv r)f the river, v/hc’te Louis irieant
f ‘iv ‘ A'”'' broki- oti the launch one of 1 he v’a'eoi^^ and drop down
ht P.t't i: n .'il'er and
pi
lb' siinnd
Mi’! of tlu
spr;’ .
p.rti:
,‘;eir fe;it,
a Cl V
Oi’jo}’, r»no ’.vrr.' pii.'ssin r, lif'nd in hand,
iL'A'id , fi’.ti.moi J vvlieii z linel
-«onpf*d V'. rcr.und M-^r.^.UM il(',
in ■! h WF.' fi'*r ^.u’,bai)d’.s (t?(ier th it no
’'ei n:re wit'.o'if tlie t\a;ls
however, insisted
.I'.il 1. line; 1h‘.; l!inl
’■'C ''V'uild ?.>' A eJ- the C'-'m-in,' ;!rint '\»r
-.i" I'r.-^n Cl "'rders, she ;ir'.'3se(f ihe
rv !■' !■>«•)•!
T:ns;
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•Irow baj'-'r-:.' f!uj I,
am h. V
ufh( r s
body m^rd, yo'.’ I’.now/' 'rr,;,iilion
i;.v iM''-' '> \ cd vhe.-^e circumstar>-
(cj as ii:.' fhal foliowe^l r„iidcr-
ii' '.1 r.TriViorvibir.
"’he distppcr, romituic l *!lr ucij’ct',
fro!!' tl'.'j f'Kt 0’.vbe.’t, 1 Se ^-\jii)',r’.;i']Aut
m^’iorcd his r >,noe, li i'lir.j., and j
]'as>cd. Majiruerite *tul i^cruis j in fb.>t ih'ckct, I "ill
l^e’v a’lani Iho fo.u p'if},. reached the | ^-ouis rroncN-
shoiv, aj.d vv c:re in n.e ar^.is of j ^T'd waseomplcie-
?.!peu;neh d.mI hi-, tirroe rcmpanions. 1
l%ntre-ties utd resislimco %vere alike :5«othcr advnnced « lew steps
vain. Kev.siM:oe was m:.dc, wit|» ^ 1 inio. the and ^tood vrvct,
EtcltfrU>.
Mlxinjr lojjetht r |)n,tU aii'
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ii TA3. H.
The follow itii; exu acic l Irom “The
•Tr^\« Her,” a ’ulr b\ the auihcv of Hed-
TTOod.—A faniiiy of iTa\c lljts it'prc-
sentcd as having slopped al a poif i of
ItiTi: n' lilt junctp'n of the ()s\vcp,atriuo
vrit! flte bt. Lawrencf, Ki vhmv -i.p re
gains of an old fortifiOAUoii. W'.i.’.e
yfcvc vieu'injj this moTii.n'.‘".'.t ol ci.iej. ] should m uirn and renio’/e the cap ; but
time, u gantlemau ajuna.ed, ;vho, bkc Mler a u onnr.i I’r.ey ai^nin dashed their
. J 1 .. 1. orti's in Ibf* w.der and |)roceedcd foi-
Ijltm, hud been !f d 10 the spot by 1 • r
ur.iil. I j.c’v n.ntiuned rowing; lor a
nianly r-pij itby yrunic Iannis, whrj diew
a ”iic fro’ii the ciiiMe of enc of th.e
t/ '.iane, nnil'alieriipt.cti ;> phin}i;;e it in
to (he, of Alrouineh, who was
ro’U;hfy LjP.ilin,;' bis Atirnpi'i/i belt ovtt
!>;:!':CiI» ritemo itb, It) deaden Ih.e
‘.ouud c: her r.eroau)'*. 'The uiitile’vres-
led the kf ife iVcni lain, anti sr.'i!el
; i()uc!!y on him, as ii he re:!o/iilzed in
tl'* brave boy Ji >ciou from hi:-» o’rvn
-i,i.o'’k.
'rite Tiuiians had two fanoes ; Mar-
iV'-K'rite was conveyed to one, and i^ouis
to the other, and both canoes 'were
rowed Into the (^svve.c;aJx!)ic, and up
I the stiea^ii as fast as ii was j)0?sible fo
i:.-pel them a:5ainst the ciirre.-^t of the
I iv-. r.
rVot a word or cry escaped the boy^
h' ^fe;i)‘*d in'.crd on some purpose ; and
when the canoe approached n(>ar ttie
shore, he took olf a military cap he
wore, and thn^w it sn skilfully, that it
lodged, where he niaant it iihould, cn
the brancli of a tree whicl» projected
over the water. There was a Iona;
j white feather in tiie cap. The Indians
had o!j‘'tM Vcd the boy’s movements—
they liehl up thei»- oais for a moment,
[and seeiiied to consult ^•hethe^ th.;y
Cariosity, and !km miroout ie.. hiniboll,
! j' tt; relate a ttafiiuonarj sto-
1( w IV ar.d then lauded ; hid tlieir
ciiiioe.s litiiiiid some trees ou the river's
ty, •'' ■
('u''adu. o!
tfb''h h.id ix  ''' h Viif( (1 a!
'^.li
the events of
thii. j)lace.-—
V iiss' ntfd to till*
t-m r related tin-
I'ad rk* d up HI his jouriic'.v Mjaiik, and j)liint:ed into tlie woods witti
their jirisonci s. It seems to have been
tb(-ir int.ei’tion to have returned to their
canoes in the morning, and they h;*d
not procedcii far froni the shore, v.’lieri
they kindle! a lire and prepared some
fond, and olTered to share it with Mar-
iiuerite and J^ouis. Poor Marj;ueriif,
as you n^ay •^upj>nse, had no mind to
e.Ti ; but Louis, sailh tradition, eat as
heartily as if he hud been safe withiii
the u .lIs of the fort. After sujiper,
thf' liidiaiis stn lch*'d themselves beloKi
ih> firt , but lU't till tlii.:y had taken the
precanti'>n to bind Marguerite to a free,
aiKt coni|)(. 1 .Louis to lie down in the
ain-.sofhis uncle Mecunieli. Ne ither
Ti '• fatMily VI-' y f
p' osid, and the
to wini^ [iji'iM’ulai s :
A foniUiaiidrti.t 'if' tliis fort fwhich
b'l ll by '!  Frn.cb. to tirctect tln'ir
tlie 'n.iixes; married a
Ik'iIjo:'. wlio w''- b* fore or af-
r-,:u: air»-, conveiteu to the Ca-
r Her brotiier lurked in
ir!iiiort)ood, ar.d ;vro.''!!red intf-r-
iv;ib her, and altfMiiplt.-d to win
t t)v all ihcn'.otiM s ol nation.d
’ . familv ;dlo-''-ei, ; but all ir
tra'bj
y 11 4
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pr_ ■
Ijei by her b;e ti nia' nntv.c, Mai’iruerii'*. ■
'W.-'S (Kiuiid bv lold cirl — ht 1
lie r;j*e cautiouslv, looked for one in'; a new roOf over the ashes of the old;
arid I shall again sit by my own hroside,
and taste the sweets of friendsliip and of
home.
But, the ir.an who circulates false re-
poits coiicerning my character—who
cxjjoses every act of my life which can
'be ri]ire»ented to my disadvantage—
who goes fii St lo this, then to that neigh
bour, tells them he is very tender of r y
reputation, enjoins upon them the striet-
I ,.«,t '■f'cieey, an(i then fill-s their ears witl;
j 'u-arsays and m.mours, and what is
I '.vov^f^, leaves them to dwell u]>on the
‘lints .-'-d su'jcestions of his own busy
!iTiaE;in;»i.ion—-ifie man who in tliis way
‘ lilches troiv. y.ie my good name,’ does
me an irijiiry which neither industry,
nor charily, nor time itself can repair.
—lie !»a'i fold his tale of slander to an
npcbaritable world. Some receive it
s t«nt!:; others suspect that the half was
not tidd tliem; and others (h’e:s What
they have hoard in the hig.iesl colour-
iii2:, ad ! fo iflhe foui cah’.inny of their
ewn int ention, and procluim it in the
corr!er> of the sit eels and upon the
bou»e fops Shoulc' I prove myselfin-
uocfMd, atid attempt to meet the scan-
d'd will) contradiction, the story of my
d’serare outstrips me, or my solicitude.
'nrdi arlift it excites suspicion of guilt.
Sftc'ub' th»' slanderer confess his crime,
»h. blr* i. nirtde, and his tears of rc[>en-
ra'fiot wash it out. I might as
v.'i !1 rtcrdl the winds, or quonch the
stars', as rccall the tale of inlainy, or
wipcdhis foul stain from my character.
\ nt'i-c,h a high value to the esteenT
ifid rot)fidence of rny lellow men. f
i.’anr jf but. wish, that, whiie ! live a-
U!oniv tbe.T!, I nny hold a jilace in their
att’eclion*;, and be f.rcated with the’res
pect n hiCii is d’.ie to my Ovation. ‘ A
good nair.e is rather to be chosen than
great riohc'/ or than ‘precious oint-
iiiont. *
''’’i in liic linniedirdc. jewtl of the soul,
’• !.e piivsi treasure mortui tinies ali'ord.”
Ciive i;n: If i>. rtufi I cati fav*e the frown.,
of fortune—nan be pointed at as the
child of poverty, and still know what
it is to bo happy. Take this away, and
vou strik*‘ a dagger into my soul—you
liie euvrctd, vvliei, the Im'iiau yell, r*^-
souiMiing through th‘ woods, stiuck on
thei'.’errs. Tliev u«Tf* misled, pursu-
('d, a:id to escape uas imposrible. Mar-
j’^ucnlf, panic stiuck, .'^unk on the
tioand. iVo’bini!: could clieck the ca
T'*er of T.,nuis. “On—01?, mother,’’
fie cfied, ‘Mo tl.c shore—to th(; shore. ”
^'b • ro> ’, aotl ins1inctiv(dv folltjwed her
boy. '1 lie souiul of pursuit canie near
er and ue^Mer. 'I’ht'y reached tlie shore,
ami ihe/e beludd three canoes cominr
S',', iitiy up the river. Animated wi'b
hopi*, fiouis screarned the v,ite!)-\vord
(d' the ea.-rison, and was answered h\
hi-. I:».;iier’5 voice.
'f’I.c pos'Mhiliry of escape, and th*
ceriain apnro..cb of her husband, infu.s-
ed nc,v life irdo M'>rri!erit^. “ Yo^'i
ialhev cannot see us,’* sb.r s«id, “r.suf
stand here in the shade of these tiees;
•he eoulil distinctively srrn. A
shinil from l!:c canoes ajjprisrd lier th;tt
s!ie was reco^!;nized, and v.i the Mrnr'
moiTicnt, the Indian", who had r«nv
roacl'.ed the shore, rrnl the air v.iiii
their C! iei of ra;^e and dctlanee. They
:;tood for a moinert, as if dei;hrratin«;
enufr bte itsell a burden. t'he frowns
what nert 10 do; Afecemeh maintained of a world, the f.n.q;cr of scorn and the
an ut.d’-untcd and resoived air; not j hiss, of .contempt, are more than man
his lonowf'rs; the asjKrct oi armea men, 1 endure.’
and a force thrice their numbct', ha«! its'
The youi g L:ranga, or to call lid' ii,c prisoners, as you may imagin".
lov* !
re I ’ L'' ■
iref! •
T'l’
their eyes, Louis kejit bis eye
li\t drill his n:other. She sat upright
■}■ hu'l»a’ '’i.tuM sor , ahi’ to hei'I lit's iie an old decayed oak ; the cord
.Me' UiiH h. liiidi'.;; |;er>’ia''M,.;. pN f,t.?tencd around her waist and
I, had recour."e to .st.ra! tgem. bwuiid rouiul the tree, vvliich had been
'I'.uidaf t uas ir tiv* habit (d liilasted by ligbtnihg ; tl)e moon poured
V' the nver offer; ot iisbiii'j; j its beams t!irouirb the i.aked brai.ehes
and when be retiiri'eo l;c , upt.ui her faiie, convul.sed u ith the ago-
•X'''
wo
ito
!( J' rtft i iir,
> '■ . oi’ca^ion he i'm! })Pon ijorir-
_)o I 0-". ! 'vuv
lil I'l ..!))•• ' iMallye-
Ai uuitt; ttOiiQon&d^n-
(ire his siffmd srun, and .Marguei- j uy of flcspair and fear. ^Vith one iiand
' '  r boy '.vduld h.asten to the , slie held a cruciax to Ikt iips, the other
on htr rosary, 'i he sight of his mother
ill such a situation/ :5tii'red uj» darii.c
thoughts in the bo'-oin of the hi-r'jic
bo\ ; he b) powcrK^s in his iiti(d*-'s
iiakerf^ brawiuj arms. tai*al lu
u.'.ual f itbr’t--t!;cy fled. Me looked al
ter ihem, cried ‘•?iiame anit fhrn,
with a de.'.perate yell, ier;pe.l into the
water and stood beside r'.farguerite.—
'ri,*; caiioes were now within a lew
y.irds; lie pel his kinfe to her bosoni,
“Tiie dau£,hler of I'tcuinseh,'’ he said,
“should have died by the judgment of
our warriors, but now hy her brother’s
hand ^he must peri';h;” and he ln;w
back his arm to gite vigor to tho fat.sl
stroke, ivhen an arrow pie?cod tii.^ own
breast, an'f he fell, insensible, at his
sister's sifle. A niom(!nt after, JMar-
gueritewas in the arms of her husband,
and I^ouis, with his bow unstrung,
bounded from the shore, and Was rec(‘iv-
ed to his fsther’s canoe; and the wild
shores rang with the acclamations of tho
soldiers, while his father’s tears of
pride and joy were poured like rain up
on his cheek.
THF, AHO.MINA’IION OF C’\I,UMNt.
“ Against .slander there is no detence.
Hell cannot boast so ’tbula fiend; nor
man (b*j)lore so fell a foe. It stabs with
a word—with a nod—with a shrug—
Vv’ifh a look—with a smile. It is the
pestih iice walking in darkness—spread
ing contagion tar and wide, which the
most wary traveller cannot avoid; it is
the heart-searchingdagger of the dark
assassin; it i the poisoi.ed arrow, whose
wound is incurable; it is tiie mortal
sting of the deadly adder—murder its
enijiloynient, innocence its pret’, aiui
ruin its >port.’'
'I'he nian who breaks into my dwell
ing, or meets hm* on ll,i- [lublic road,
aiul r^'bs me of my property, (.oes uie
Yet, dear as reputation is, ‘and in
r.'.y soul’s just estimation prized above
all price,’ it is not too deai, it is not too
sacred, for the slanderer so tarnish and
destroy. He can take from me the
confidence of my employe-s, the respect
of my friends—can blast my reputation
with his pestilential breath, and feel not
a pang of remorse. He would blight
?.!ie fairest flower in Ihe garden of inno
cence, demolish the loftiest temple of
liiiman purity, and place his broad stamp
f,f infamy on the hoite.st servant of the
living Goo.
File slanderer has not a single pre
text or »*xcuse to pall/ate his otl'cnce.—
A de5:iti e of gain may urge some to the
comirdssion of crime. The incendiary
and the assassin may be excited by this
base passion io perpetrate their deeds
of darkness und of ileath. ]3ut the man
that attacks me with slander has no hope
of personal good; and if he robs me of
mv character, he
“ ffoDs me of that which not enriches him,
Rut ui.'ikes me poor indeed.”
He grati. 'he malice of his heart, adds
or.e more the laniily of v/refhedner.s
and wo, am enjoys a secret pleasure—
yea, even t.riump]is, as he retlecls ou the
M fanious achievement.
How base, how contemptible is the
(diaracter of the slandertr! However
vaj if.iiis their motives or di\ ersllied the
means which tbt-y take to accomplisli
fh( ir object, they are all tluVjuemies of
man. ‘Some may perpetir.le this in
iquity witi> designs directly malicious;
s«-nu%frorn a busy. meddling’disj)osition,
always iii.i.atisbed, unless when interler-
ing with the conci.nis rf others; and
•^0010, iVom a wi>h fi; he thonglit exten*
'ivfiy ncijuaii tf'd v. ith privat" history.
Ihit liieyare all chai;!(Morizcfl in Scrip-
inre iiy ilie s'tiiiiiicant names of vrii-
■y>rr//,rro, /^i/s}j-o//(/ies and tafc-beu-
rcr,s‘, and M e considiu .id tliei-e, and eve
ry will'
as the distuiijcrs and
ii'.jiiry. He stops Hio on the way to
wcaltii, strips me of my hanh anied sav-
ingj, involves me in ditliculty, aiif!
bring's n»y family to penury and want.
Hut he iloes liie an injury w!iic!i can be
repaiied- indu.stry and economy m.'iv
again bring me ii:to circunistancf's of cl-.aracter i'- proof .-^gainst it? poison"—
ease and aliiuence; and the smiles of u;r;,t- How arc iudi vi.inals, families and
itude tJiay yet play upon the diet ks d
my o^rsjirliig, rp; they receive the small
>ls ol societ V.’
\\'liat mischief mr
V m,t. lie occasion-
by the fo.igoe of slander ! What
token-? of parental love.
^'hf' fuan vvlio comes a! th
hour ;iiid (ires mv dwrll'
nejgbbi nrnoods, jtjlecled by its nialig
i>y! Hotter ovvi'll amid tlie ini’ections
! .;n hospdnl, tlian move in an almos-
iuie co"! iniii>^tt;d by the i.Meath (d'
,, , , , di.r. Heller in(‘f.t an enemv io tb»'
jury. Uu. b«rusu)y rool, mypid^ow, my I field of battle,, or foil into tho bauds of
I'd’ iixhf
' lue in-
ihe ruthless savage, thaa lie overtakcyi
by tliis ‘ pestilence whicii vvalk-Lh i,
(t.ii kocss.'
What docs the slanderer think of
bimscdf.^ Does he hope to be resp(., fp^|
by mon or approved of God? Let l
ask his conscience; and if that is not ab
ready ♦ seared as with a hot iron,’ ii ;vjiy
tell him that the smiles, the Hattery ar.ii
the politeness which he puts on when in
the presence of those he slanders, arc
thinner than gauze. His real charlctor
is discerned hy men, and his whole l^oar^
is naked to the eye of Omniscience —.
Does he think that his is a small crinio
and that he shall go unpunished ? ]}
there is a God in heaven—if He has
said ‘ speak not evil one of another ’
‘ thou shalt not bear false witness againsf^
thy neighbour,’ most assuredly th«
slanderer wiil not go unpunished ^vcri^
ly, he will have his reward. Iftherp
is a God in heaven—if He has said, iiiji;
‘ for every idle word that men shall
speak, they shall give account thernol'
in the elay of judgment,’ may I, and
may you, dear reacler, be savea front
the sentence ' which awaits that man
whose tongue is the tongue of S/an-
Skrtchcsnf Character.—The niim-
her fd‘ jiersons who jiass through the
vil’agc of lUiflalo for j)leasure or on b'j-
sii.c.ss, during the summer season, i«
immciisn. Noti^’ilhstanding the ^reat
nundjer however, it i> said of manv ot’
the mhabifants of the village. Dial ihfy
can ahnost at a glance, decide ironi
what ;»ection of the country jcach yi^itcr
comcs, and “nothing is moie ccmnion
on the appearai'.ce of a party ofstraig. 15,
than the expression, they ?re Hi-sioni-
ans, Albanians or Southerners, asth;
case may be.”
A writer in the Buffalo Journal is a-
musing himself with drawing sketh-v.es
of the manners and character of visit..rs
there from the various cities of the I'li-
ion. Ills portrait of the New-Vorkei5:
can harflly be c;dled complimentary,
and his rehiarks resjiecting the ladies of
our city are absolutely "petrifying.—.
“Tlie waitifig maids,” he says, “arc
altogether finer women than their mis-
trcises.’ Vr’e are not naturally inq;iisi..
five, hut we really cannot help being a
little “curious to know” how tl is dis
covery has been eflected. Perhaps he
found the waiting maids not particular
ly given to contemptuousness, wbi 'i' he
seems to think tho besetting sin of tneir
mistresses. Bullet him speak for himselC.
“The New-York cockneys are known
by their aflected pronunciation; they ei
ther clip their words or lisp prettily,
a^id express a mortal aversion to v a*n-
keeisrji. Talk to them of groves niid
fountains, and they wiil silence vou
with praises of battery. Speak of'tlic
fal>s of the Niagara, and they will rccitc
the wonders of the city hall, 'riieir
dislike of the couniryis evidentfroni tlip
anxiety which the^- manifest for a s]k cuv
and .safe returti (o their friends, 'riicr
are in the main harmless fellows, and
are held in liigh esteem by our tavern
keepers,'as they eat little, spend their
money like princes, and never risk the
item of a bill. We have seen no verv
favorable specimens of Ncw-York
b( lies. .1'h(iir vvaiting maiflsare altogeth
er finer women than their mistresses.—
They are reserved, to dullness, and ap
pear to hold the natives in great con
tempt, much to the mortification ot
sundry of our small gentry, who esteem
themsolves vastly pretty fellows.—
Red Jacket is thought by them lo he-
the only distinguished personage in tbc
western district, and I have known r
company of city belles to stand an hojin
in a bar room, listening to a conver.sa-
lion held with lum by a learned gciitlc-
man of their party, the cunning Imiiaa
noddinghis head' in reply to what he
could by no pi'ssibility, have understood,
'riie Albany beau is quite the revcr'^o
of his New-^ ork neighbor. Hedriiik^i
brandy and talks politics, swears at the
servants, &. quarrels with his (andh'rds,
and is in f.ict what he styles himscH’,
“a real roarer.” 'I'he ladies under
his protection are usually handsome,
but resemble fheir gallant indiscretion;
they romf) the streets without protection,
address strang(?rs with the ufmost confi
dence, anil look country gentlemen oiii.
of eounte.nance.
“'I'lie Philadel|)liia fair are distin
guished hr the mildness of their man-
ners, and their fondness for conver.sr.-
tioii or aptness at small talk. 'I’hey
have much of’.vhat the I’rench style e;i
htm j/htnf in their aj)pearance, general
ly hand.some, and sometimes beautiful,
aiid would be more agreeable with hs.s
e.^reriion to af)])ear so. 'I'hey are usual
ly accompanied with a cpiaker father, a
dull news reading husband, who an'
continually boring their auditors with
Sc’nuylkili Water Works and regular
streets. Your real Philadelphia buck
nrrely ventures beyond the boumis ot
'civilization, which he conceives f>
limited by the bounds of his urdivc city- ^