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1 UNIO.V. THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE LA WS-TUE, GO ARDI 1N8 OP OUR MBERTvT fol. XVIII. rniD.w, jlwk o, 137. THE BR )KEN PROMISE. I lt? ,- kr;4 pr.i - f aatfcS mwJ ' leforgot - . a..!! . f . i .a-- . I Im i j " " "rr, i 4-4 1 b-WeJ. b 1 "-'4 erne, J & w1 '- ht nigM after , ail ' ' - ' w.eMt..eliiJaoisawtheBapesaaway f.sV n,1 "'". ' ' I clear blue 4, .p .t'cs 'J 1 bcaotiftil, 4, a i pr fcr"ke e'er tins !i n 'i'a raomeil fca Mid, , .,.,. . of n r ', iKptaata 4ai.t w.rU. It .a ai 0'Y'4 nap jrttuc wairh anVct ita heart M y. k 'ua wt ave (Sa act 0",.- or uf " hit i hmna ltli" Tia' 'it a dtst tn4 WJa gnf that Xto whick admit af a cempUint; M4!ut ,'' tira wcan.iot,rfrt aot ipeakj 4-. 1 1: i. -am bit trif s, till lbs cam, tr sir' ' fattanvd sach thought, i A siJ around tbe heart. Tbey de their .rk It !! sileacr; bat thsir psr t' iri'.rr UUt ti.sn the cpsa sbafis t'j h.rfuw nH mif.irtn; and the prejr I i ''i' heart and spirit, lid tha bluooi v; .. w cbtaged to frvera bectir f jsb. Zus bifk ths e'ler m of youth's first, hi igblcst "". Y A i i j rer oat tS pleaaore of lbs world a . p at Ivnfi ths vrry apring of his. g . i i it MBt t's It i nt ths W ' )ro!i). sipirmf mm. 11 is mmd filled . and Mty t'toughts, aal loa and h.p. i 1 1 in- vrnsi 1Utj ,f his hssrt, i t tenficej at 4 a n(Mlii shn is, B t that the whols wor'd waa made for bin, i if .f-.kc i p njis, nor hopes deMrsvsrl, it- tt w I placa on maiaxiry's pegs, fit . iH j ni, in iter tnaiinae, i I m is iil-nt, inaltiKhnly hours, ..:rttrt in h-r heart the Mia word T .' 'm no ainoe, and wha lives in hope Tr .i nit P,i t . eolrtr from her cbeks, I V.jhioMt iii.ui hsr ryes, who trusts her piece ii ! - viot oeeia of incenainly; ki !. i i wr-rk-d, ahe larns her lot to bear, 0 -r ij .'sart to die but ot forget, it f.ir . 1 1 hotril her secret thouithte T vj nr h.ktn pminiM and eigh O f .i.ppoint l hopes, tiii aha beliees T1. ' i'm " nii-kedtieev in the wife world ? i htr einle heart tt-fti !'! !hre EitWnmente'nf Living. ilViS; winilN TUG MKWS. (C i.te. ) The net' div Jjrie went to aoe Mm. n.'iipr. Hti.i ir i.i Kf. lit her a nl in nf rl.,th. e liil.lr.-ii. ami oroviJinf school fm. Tin woman ex.tresed bor t'u'i U', vi I J ue ih mght ii hut iusl to f m .tun her Im- iei,irt irs. When she nm . i 'If. Hut among them, Mrs. Barber ii " uiJi-ed, ut i.l mi. I do not ak her l i'ne me :im thing;, if she will only pay &" vint h jmtly my due." Jane now levied. wkU nsiiiiiishmeut. tint the poor n.i.i h id w:isied in her kitchen,' for nearly a year, without being able to oh I'm ineiit. " It w:u for that, madam, I sent to en ifit her t'i come and see me, hoping he W'i.'ht he m-ivfid hv mv distrc.. and she - 1 1 . Villi knuur. nv me amall mm' t "ate credited Iter for that, but it is a small . firi of what i.,r nwea me." - . ! "Hi ope." said Jane, after a Ion pause, . n which her coiriitcnance discovered the j irking of her mind, I hope there are -ir surn instances as this. " 1 never met w ith such a one, not ex ly." ad led she, hesitatingly; hut in ''e l, madam, the rich lulls consider how "inrunt our wages for a day's work are ,0 o. It would be bad manners in us to "I'ist upun being paid immediately; and n'ny'a the tune when I have depended ii one day'a labor for my children's ''d for the next." "It must be such a trifle, to the rich, wit if y,,u ouy iel i1Pni Itnow you are going away, they will pay you." " It is because it is such a trifle to them, 1 'ppoe," said the woman, that they cannot understand how important it is lo U4r Somehow or other, rich ladies ne- have any thing they call change, and l"'y are very apt to sav. they wtll re ""mher it," and another time will do ?'wsll;" and so it is as well for (Am. -t fur w." . l Mrs. Barber's heart seemed to bs quite j opened by Jane's simpathy.andahe went on.. , - - -,.,--!- "Indeed, ma'am, I sometimes think there is wore kindness towards the poor thin there U jutier. The ladies nr ve ry g od in getting op societies and fair to help er; but they eery often seem un willing to pay oi the full price of our la. bor. If they would pay us well and pre pt less it would be betier for a. Perhaps yon are right," said Jane, " snout paying for work; tut only think how muehgond hat been done b? fairs'" .... s- . ' " I es. ma'am; g.d has own done to oaif, arM) i.ji,r , mhr. I know of a poor wm.ti who wit born a lad), and reduced in her circumstance. Her health was very feeble, bui ktill the was able to earn living by nuking thoee cu- nu nine inmg tney eell at lMr. but ainre the ladii htte taVen to making th m. it i luid tim- with Iwr, far the ay tfc market ia ovr rrnn " " The rijfht wav." amd Jane, wiu!d hp to einphiy ihie "0!(? in work f r oih- ere, nwl m.tead f 'he ladies m tkmg pin- ILUKUKtu aim rnirr-nns. to nuv tnem ready m.vle. a-d -l iht-ui again. Then ? ehanty mM oprraie e4tullv among the un n r w ii ai one class couia not make, I aiiotht o.uld, and Ubor would be ex- , rhrft.jf . .. I it. m t Lnr.u .. .....I,. ... k- ... tied. P. -rhaps it n .ill right s it is but j we po.ir f!k think haveorr wrongs. ' For inMaiire, ma'am, I someiiuit s do washingf.tr people at bo-Hing houe. Tr-ey will appoint me to come atoul nine o'clork i!i the morning to get tlo-tr cioifie. When 1 gu, very likely they are not up. Then I must wait till they' are, some times an hour or more. All thte is lost lime to me; and time to do!y laborers, is money. My huband was a carpen ter; and he ue 1 1 say that he gate the rich a gre it deal mi-re than he g.il from them, f.ir i e pje t'.em time. " l)'ie fine lady and ai.oil er would send f r htm, and a-k him if he could put a helf up here, or link a cloet thi rc, ami all r he lud ineaiifnl and calculatid, erhaps they would come t-i the conclu sion not to hatit any. thing done, and he had Ins ifouhle for his pa.ns." " A'l the wroi,g von hate mentioned," said Jxne, set in lo ane iroiu want f consuleratinn. not want of bcne l-nce " .That's prctv much what I nd. rnsm, at firt. t ut now-H-djys Du re n more ki'idnes to the poor than jwstire ll I wan pail fur all the tune I have wated in waiting upoi the rrh. one timrs for rlothce, snuieiiines for p'i'fi fi" I iiiien have t go io or three iinifs be lore I ran tind a I uly at home; should be heltf r orT!h;m I :rn now. Tube sure, it ia hut small sums t'ltt are due to us; but my hus'iand ucd say th ought to he paid right awiy. heraiite they don't go iiti interest, like larger oiiea." You seem t hse shought a good deal on this siiSjct" ul Jane. 1 tHke it," n I Mrs. IVirher, thai we mum all think; al least I never saw the time when 1 rmild drive thoughts out of my head, though I m sore when you fir-t took me up. it wns had enough to think; and if it hid not been for my poor children, I should h ive hen glad enough t hire lad down in the cold grave, and thought no more in this world." Mow true wioi vour remark," said Jane, when she related the n-Mir woihau's l confers ttion to ht'r husband, that if i Mr. II an spent so mm'h ti,on her pc- hse, she jiMh itiiv h:xi lilue to give aa! I ant sure 1 shall never set- a very costly I drs again, tint I shall not iluiik of poor Martha." " You mnst not think all the wealthy are like Mrs. Hart, J me. ( believe such instances, in our citv at least, "are rare, ami that few ladies would suffer a debt iike tin to go nnpiid, and in the mean time give ost-nlaiioii'lv. At the same tune it ilhi-oraies the inordinate tndul- cence of luxury, which seldom fails. I believe. to harden thelieartand make peo- pie selfish, lint I dare sav, any body that htoked in upon us reasoning so sage- ly upon the evils of w eal ill, would apply to us the fable of the fox and the grapes." "I should like, however," said Jane, to be nch once, if it was only to show others how much good riches might do, ' Lutkiiy, saul rrauK, " you would not be the first to illustrate this subject; we have had noble examples of munifi cence in our city. At present, Jane, it ia wisest to turn our study towards see ing how much good we can do with a lit ,i.. , . ... . , tie Dr. Fulton's business increased with his reputation, and his reputation with his business. Al the end of a year, he felt authorized to rent a small house, and begin house-keeping. Their arrange ments were as economical as possible, and, on this occasion, uncle Joshua, who was fust consulted, very kindly gav them more money than advice. Now, indeed, our young couple felt happy. There is something in Aoinf that s iiviv tp otiiiv tiling tit rtirtiti. iw gives dignity to life. The man, who can ray my homt an J my family, poaaraaea the atnuieefti influenVc that raa operate on character. " It waa a eold evening in December that they took poeMioa of their little tene ment. The hri flight nfauow waa jut becmoiog to Ml. and the dirk ch.uda were a panted from the horixon by a pale atreak f blue, watery light but within the litili parlor all waa bright and cheer ful. Tiw fire aent ita flickering beaina throne .-ut the aparlmeuu etiliening the book jd furniture, and reeling on the threrfui face of Uie young couple, now radiant with hapineaa. M What do we w ant moref' said Jane. ae they anted theiieUee at the tea-u ble. All the worl J could not make tia happirr tiiaii we are now.' There ia great aattfanion," laid Frank, in having tarrui our comort., Yee., replied Je, even. uncle Jfehua has become a convert, and aavi we were wiae to marry.' A that moment the doorbell rung. It was a message from Mr. Hamogton. re- j qut-Ming to see the doctor immeduttly. j j "How provi.kiug! exclaimed Jane, I auppose he has taken it into hie head that hie throat is elowne ud. or that he has a fifth finger growing nut of hi hand. ; It too bad. to disturb our very first - -. i- . You toreet, Jaoe, that we owe large proportion of our present protperU ty to hi wbnn; besides he has procured me manv friends. I will be back as quickly as H-ible." In a hort time Fiank returned; the tea ke't'e ng.uii t-it forth ita hisMiug sound, and the u-a-pot was sgun reptenisiied. Jne grew anxious hont Sir. Harring ton, and hoped he waa not seriously sirk. How t!te ndhlowa!"said she. ,4Ah, if there is any thing that makes ns feel the btrMing of home, it is such a night as this." I.ui poor Jjne waa doomed to be dis appointed. Again the iloor-bi-Ii rung. 1 have no doubt," siic exclaimed, "hut Mr. Harrington has sent a;un " She was miotaken; one of the doctor's pa tterns fur whom he practised gratis, and furiiiflud mediiM'les.' The hoy said "hi mother wanted the doctor to come nglt 'a -a ay that minute, for little Btey hid fid ed a kettle nl' ecaldiug water over I er. To tliLsmexsage Jane made no opposi Hoi ;hjt hatvnei! her iiuh.iiitl'sifeparture. I.mle llttsey w- one nl h-r prottstts, and it mm hut the day before mat, as he iibjenfi! her at the ii unt vchool, s!ie thought he sliotdd hi- pt iterilv aiifird with po-eing nn-li a healthy and intrlligent child. In this reiifct she wa eo n gratified. At a inothur Jane was rx- m; Ury in her duties; and, as tue numher ol children mrrened, j-he might he irulv end to shire the laborious toil of the family. At first, she had but one female domestic, an t th u Mrs. Barhrr's liMle daughter was occasionally ca!lei in. Manv a ncary day and night did Jane cheerfully go throng: sometimes she had to watch by a oi'k child till the morning dai-n and then came washing day. and she must hold her infant in her arms till right came rniind again. All these were labors of love, and brought their 'own reward. Frank's sphere of biisiiicm continued to t-nhrge. He no longt-r trudged about on foot, hut purchas ed a horse ami chaise, and his leaden weight with it, to gite the horse a hint to wait his master's pleasure. --'-In short.' he wa acknowledged as one tflhtfacut- til. hv his brother physicians, and of course, a man uf consequence. The comforts of life gradually increased, though they did not lose sight of the principle with w hich thejrsct out, of liv ing within their meant. X The close of every year left them a small overplus, which was scrupulously invested for capital. A We feaf there are few who sincerely . repca', Give me neither poverty nor richea." " j This was the situation to which Frank had attained. Bleat with health, a pro mising familv, respected aa a physician, and cherished as a friend; with the wife nf ia vnuili. ilia nartner and iicrhtner nf i J . r I Ki- i,r ii (Mined ns if there was lillle mors to desire. We talk of the blessings of an amiable disposition. What is it but the serenity of a miud at peace with itself. of a mind that is contented with its own lot, and which covets not an other'? They sometimes made a morn iurj call at the houses of the rich and I fashionable; but Jane looked at the splen did apartments with vacant admiration. It never for a moment entered her head that she should like such herself. She teturned home to take her seat by the side of the cradle, to caress one child, and to provide for the wants of another, with feeling that nobody was so rich as her self. It would be pleasant to dwell longer on this period of Dr. Fulton's life. Ii was one of honest indepeudencs. Their pleuurea were homt plraure. tf. pur. j eai moat aufaetorT, but might have been elevated and merraed by deeper ! and more fervent principle. j Nature baJ been bottutiful in giving them kind and geude dipociii.tne. and generooa emotion; but the bvrk with its swelling aails and gay ao-earnera, that :oovre to gallantly oer the rippling waters, atnifelea freely againol the ruab ing wind and foamiog wave. Prooperooa as Frank might be considered, be bad attained no eueeesa beyond wht every indeitrioua, capable young man may attain, who. front bis first eelUng out in life, arrupulouily limits his expenses within his means. This ia in fact bis teit-bonk and bis gis. Not what otb. era do, not what $etm nrceasary and fil ling to hie statiun in life but what be, who knows his own affairs, can decide ia in reality fitting. Shall we, who so much prie our independence, give up, what. in a political view alone, ia dross compared to imh-pendfnce of character andhabiu? Shall w e. w ho can call masu-r spirits from every portion of our land, to attest to die well-earned victory of freedom and independet.ee, give tip the glorious trli. n.t .i.iTr ,.nr .;.!. m ..,i,;.,(. ed by foreign luxunea and habits? Yet it ia een $ they are fasf invading- our .... ' 9 Iniwl: il.v I,,.. .)..! i.L.n nA..J,nn the interior. Well mav British traveller. eroir, w hen they come among-t us. and . J ' see our own nauve Americana adooting the iiio't f, ..i ...t.,.i i.fZ It f U til.... .ml . . I. ...... A .. I ............ ... . ,.,,,vu ...v, customs made up of awkward imitations of Engliih and FmHi; our weak attempts at ariesm-rac) our late b iura of visiting, forwhich no poeihte reason can be assign ed, but that they do so in Euro! Itua rath r, with true iiidcpendewe, adopt the good of evert nation, their arte and im provemeni tlieir noble and liberal institutions,- their literature. and the grace and rval n finemetit of their manner-; hut In us strive to retain iur simplicity, our seitkC of what is consistent w ith our own glorious citing, and aboveall, the honesty and wiodom of living within our income, whatever it mav be. This is our true standard. Let those who can afford it, , cumuli their own taste in living. If they preier eieguuce t lurniture. w no nas a j right to gainsay itf But let us not all t a i. n al the same luxury. Perhaps it ia this cor.si'trtuiuess of unsuccessful imita tion, thai (ns given a color to the charge mudt- against us by the English, of undue irritability. Truly, there ia nothing more likely t- produce it. Let us pursue our path, with a tirm pud steadfast purpose, as did our fathers of tbe Revolution, and we ehnll Ii;.!e regard thnse who, after rect iviug our hopitality, retire to a dis tance and pelt us with rubbish. Whether the following extract from a lettrr, written by one of the primitive Dm! r jeets(hle memhera of onr govern tii' in, Jn-ie Wmgate, has b.-en publish ed, 1 ii not know; hut it bears honorable testimony of the simplicity of Washing ton's firt public dinner, and is copied tirbstiin from the original letter. ! w. I wn? a number of (.-oucresa hen iv iuli'i x aifi'.'ii ( iniu"lwu a. ai too t Uoahtniiliin tirasi ana it crn atari 1 .. W.r imu ... ar,.rceru...:re, ... . Senators from ew Hampshire, and the Senators from Georgta.-bemg the two Mates from the Northern and bouthern extremities of he Lo.on.-made the company at the table. It was the least showy dinner that I ever saw at th President, table, and the company waa not large. I he President made his whole dinner on a boded leg of mutton. It was I... usual pract.ee to eat of but one dish. ..t .1 ... It U ...1 .1- AS mere was no cnapiatn pre.enu-w.i Prestdsnt himself said a very short grace as he was silling down. After the dinner and desert were finished, one class of wine was pasted round the table, and no toast. The President arose, and all the company, of course, and retired to the drawing room, from which the guests departed, as every one chose, without ceremony." We hope this digression w ill be excus ed, for the sake of the honest independ ence of our purpose. Hitherto Dr. Ful ton had done what every other man n-ay do, with health, capacity and industry. Without a symptom of quackery, he had a courteous manner of listening to the complaints of his patients, and a sympa thy which arose from kind feeling. No one could appreciate this gent'eness more highly than poor rich Mr. Harrington, who had been laughed at by his enemies, scolded by his friends, blistered by one physician, dieted by a secood, and steam ed by a third, till fie was an epitome of human hypochondriacism. Frank soon saw that his case was an incurable one, and sought only to soothe and alleviate his sufferings. Perhnps Mr. Harrington learned to appreciate some of the bles- in his olhce, and at the first public dinner I . . . . , ' . . i .. ,, ,J i ri o I . .l v o I knocked at the door, drenched w i- r,n, he gave, rhe President, the ,ce PrcM-, M , . 0. dent, the foreign Ministers the Heads of j ..J jnnwren,r, M tdmlUei, ,,,.. Department of government, the Speaker . ,...k... .,., i,, aings of liia own aSaence. by witnesing the exertions that Frark and Jane were vhUged to make. At any rate, t r entcf uintd much respect and regard for them, and waa often heard to y there was more happines s in their luitv bod's neat. thn in a pLce. At length, worn out ty t.ervois iWae, bis emaciated frame found a refuge m it another arth, and he quietly elej.t wtib his fall rrs. After lua deitih, it wa tMind 'hut lie had bequeathed to Dr. and Mrs. Fulton, ae ft mark td his regard, five thousand dlbrs. The sum was iiuuediaiclj inverted ss capiul, and both reMihitely drt lareu that they would consider the prmeipl a as cred deposit and not encroach upon it. We have alluded to the inerrae .( -heir family. The little bird's net' had be eomfl quite too small for the number of its inhabitants. Before Mr. Harrington's legacy, they had determined to t'kc an other house. Perhaps the bequeet ought influence them in getting a more agrees ble part of the city, though they only gave aa a reason, the health and advan tage of their children. ROMANCE IX REAL LIFE. Singular anJ fa'al Prtdution.k most melancholy ule of r-al life ia relat ed in the last M-uirid Journals. A gen- w ROW " h ri, external murder nf his father and niother, I . . . sppeare mat fluring napoleon a in. 1 . - . , . . , "" rehgtou. dunes, on com- ing one day out of church at t'ordovs, where he resided, was accosted by one of those forlorn people called in Spanish gttands (gypsies,) who to operate more powerfully on hia sympathies, promised to tell him his fortune, for which pur pose he accompanied the individual to their encampment. There he we- told that he would murder, in a certain Lum ber of years, his own father and m:her; who, it was ueclared, bad both unneij against their God. Gonzales was dread fully impressed and made wretched with this, to him, unaccountable prediction, ss he knew nothing to justify the impre cation against his respectable parents. He went hpme, and fell into profound melancholy. What was his horror to learn now, for the first time, that brib his parents had been the tenants nf con vents stid violated their vows. Immedi ately he became plunged in grief, and determined to avoid, if possible, the com mission of the crime designated for bun, by retiring, unknown to all the world, to some distant mountain which be did, snd in a solitary ravine built him a hut, and devoted himself to religion and hunt ing. A beautiful brunette peasant girl, nam ed Catalina, came across his path. He becsme enamoured and married her. Im mediately, without the shadow of a.caise, he was seized with a most fiend-like jea lousy. One night, during a dreadiid rain storm, while he was absent in the inxua tains, or prow-ling iib.mt his dom ul to nnu ome po "2V lor me passion wutcn k . . . 1 tt v I I'" c. u hw oa Wf thj,jrt m d fc . tQ fc extMme . lh )( ,iey , of hr wm;. derj . of bim ,m(1 m r.pose: and wen- her- f eh , . ko ,(, t,ffpr fc k for Jht forlonai ,nl which j hef j G An sbotAy f,er Mteredf with h- d bto ,nd wj ,0 bu lonishment( a nian oll hi9 bed. and .. hi, dothes. instarttane- ously supposing his suspicions proved, shot both his father snd mother w hile ssleep. What was his agony on learn ing from his wile who they were! Ths dreadful prediction was fulfilled. II-became partially insane, and was rinally brought to trial at Madrid. During the process, his wife exhibited the most touching tenderness towards him, verify ing the beautiful remark of the Spanish writer, Melendez, that Woman is a di vine emanation, sent down to the earth to alleviate misfortune and console the unhappy." aV. I. Morning Arte. Is not gaining a great victory the most glorious thing in the world!" observ ed a lady to the Duke of Wellington, at the time of the occupation of Paris by the allies. The Duke replied, It is the greatest of all calamities except a dt ft-al." A memorable saying, and worthy the greatest man of this or any other age. London Age. He who knows ihe world, will not be too bashful. He who knows kimsel1 will not he impudent. uvanrlariiiM tirimi Aeanna fell H 1 '!. I. UOUSII1U 9 t.lv.s.iiw-9 sris i- i"a innii I i i I 1 ii
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