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K : , , THE ' CMWiKA BfiPPBH I I,: r V 1 ASK XOTHIXO TflAT IS !COT MOIIT SUBMIT TO NOTHING TI1AT IS WROXQ. Jack. igmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmt . "' ... " " - ' - 1 . ' '' j-'- "V'1;';: ' V1. V ". 1" t 9 VOLUME IJ THE C iiflLIN A. BEFUBLICAN, - a jraaHff ilttospaptr: IKVttTK TO Tili'AtK riiriHji. ITitcUarf, UunU mi frvJ?i UUlumtt, Tit xmrii, izJ ilssirsrat, ire iCa srissosro P O L IT I CAL. f . HaiLcr a l v crtinute lr the i-rrtM to - jrfTl, withrmt regard u parly, acrma t. ' 11 ot p.3a the inaugural of tle new Presi dent. .AH ar disappointed. Ilatiog de clared ai -rlnrjL jtctious to hi clvctioo, tb coraioa called far exprrjiq vf rj-iahTti indieaia th flicy he U de-truua t pcrr;e. Rut the mantrr is f,l in the &fc. irJc!,; cn taking the oath, af- t fvil no clu la the tueamrt, to be favored , j hit aimnirratjoo. Whether the oJJ Jc-k-val dxtrinVVare to be 'revived, or the rrincirka rf J cJiTxiIia iVmooraey ad be rrd to, he d-ics not e fit to inform u. IIU cpporttT, differing to widely en qne tion.1 of tb? prra'.mt imparlance, la.1 a right 14 tipect mxnc avowal of his political vnti menln; and L fjvwent, who llgttl tht ht party rbcrwLcti a line of policy ml vari ance with the twt rotrmrt- f f Ic rrpablic, xuSoxaIlTwpfWJTl!3al the eM miWIcr w-rwM eailrace tl Ctt crritxt after LL mrw, to ,ir -ITa'e ti character of the gnrcrnnjent uIwt hi adisitutratioa. Al thl, be rarer K h;ofa, II Utrw, biwrvrr, thai in innumrra liojj tiutr t4 the r xerotic c, be ray it thai! l hi tuih t rworaiucn! .uch ton axituticoal mraitiir to Cnrrr ajjuar lc mrcMaT bik! pmir to cvure ctw-Hirapr- tacnt and pmtcttl a U tho great iulcrrts of ! ajrtcohor, totnrocrcr, aud raanufactarr;' ; lt he lalcararr, or omit to r vlut bu furrs hj (kcui.4 tc cJcalitcd to .rtnirr uch a rr-uJu Suae uppa-e that tb fdcraJd--trinrt of lltm.hon, are the wirot aiJ lmt: alothcrfv iacIuJin cimt of the I'rridcuti .opju ncots brlieic that the priueiplc which -were taophl by JiCcra, and hich hare emtnbutcU n much to the Ligh pceitkx) we rojt a a nation, are in arronlanre with the oyiaicj of a large inajoritr of the rrop!cT tud are Ut aJaptrd to the grniu f th rrp L-Iie. (ten. Taj lor, howctrr, tpre?fcs no prefertner, Icatinj the eontrT in fmprm, until, rwrhapa, to their great frpci aal uortifiralian, the jmple will ta4 Jerrwnian oVmneracj trampled iu the dat aad Hatatltofviaa icderalLjn ruling over them. Such an inference i dedocible frcitn h cenplexicn ef his cabinet, a well as j ,frtta thV fact thai the nrtly meaurc he ?jc- j riSc, a roc;ng fitr in hi ere?, is the i iro jrmrttcol el our Hittt ckI IIrtmrt I W the tUxxml enwmment, which, in its ! "rrT7 u" un'"ut" w M -J 1 1 . i . i i low, but never too long nor too deep. ; , . .t j . f , . IV. McBac, of Favcttcville, wIkw kind cuaiejucnt!y, to the detrucUon cf ?Utc ' - ... . . . . ... .I;ci!nlc for the sick soldier will never be orrrrigntr, the cooummatioo aimed at by ! ... , . , , . , T , . . , : forgotten, hatl charge of the hospital, and the fcderlrtn at the trc commencement of i b , .... , 1 frequently admonuhed those who came to 1 . . .. .. .. ... . ... -I l,j.i'tf'f r. If ? will n .- hiMir. 1 V pi m ii . . i . . i. ww v m mmw mm J . wpiritT,atv.iJlityinILpcn.ible rcquijte" ( for 5cc f harmcnlics uAerxhij well with bis j prvviouf a.eTtkv that he was the candidate rf th peeplc and nt of a party; but even thl ia th cpiniMi of his fritnJa, appear to be e;ulTfal ; they rerx-r: that it is ap r Isof only t thre wl supported him! In rrjly t tbi PhibdtrphU Inlc;xn!anN, Lc j I txiAtt . to have foal " tLu, in the distn iQtMxa of 5Ues he wtwald endeavor to give rach cf lh$ diviieai of his upportcr their - s&arc cf the Ixudea of palllc duty, accor- cgto their prt pcrtioo and number. So ticn.il appears thai, in hi estimation, . ' 1 1 .. . . . . . , .jost JILSl VICWB Ot OVU iuuuuu iiuuiuim... w I jtropcr teal for thr prcacrvaticn, are no rcwniacn-iil-onj lo his favor. Fubscrri rc to hint U all iLb quallcatknj he rt- rrolrra. Iflhc applkanl fur office, having irloognl to any .of th Jirncm$ f ki$ mtjjmrrn.m voted U Gen. Taylor, he L a fit 9ut f t the Prcjdnti patronsgc. Throwgn the mcica of tie inaugural and - ether todkaliotva, all that can b learned of lie'ncw Prrsilcnt, is, that the abolitionists, . f.-rv-- -TUtt, Ugh tarifitcs, frrotrade nxn,and ti t: enter cf all ether factions, arc qcali fcd Lt cce ua.lct Taj lor, provklod they Ui-n to r-r r tie other rf iL cvcrl " uItImjcs cf Lis fupporter. ,( ' , kzx. therefore, that, although i t (Iccral rtptnluicd a pxtT Domination, -L U not rppccd la"'' tie aistracf, to rurh . .- -xi.'Atx.i; ImI it probaifj dolrc to in- tnlurc fotue tv forms ujm a military mo- del, arranging llc jrivate into 'tirufrm$" Mmibr to tboe of the anny, cadi led by a folonliiufe wlio will oWy ordcra withmit tdpxi:iuin(f to uethn the MiDcrior wiIuiu j j i . t of the p.ncral iu cotuiuand. lie mvs no merit in nrinrinlo?, and baa a a ' no n'vjt fc opinion.; and, therefore, nei ther the bi pr the dimocrat who foiled to cnlirt into one or another of u Oinlicitton rj kU fMjywyrfm," can lay claim to hi favor. Thuj tit u. Tayl.T ts aiming at the creation uf a mw j arty witlnntt principle. Will be aurceed ? We haU jw. POETRY cur. From the Moan tain llanncr. AN ENIOHA. to nr. MiLvrji or the scnirn at" Bcucath tk IIcaieiM a creature ouce dwell, A puudry writer unto iu dth tell. It lived and fIuri.-Ji.xl iu this world. did 1 15 true, Yet, iu or wickclneM it never knew. It never Khali bo raisl frvitn the dead, Or at the day of judgment show iu head, And yet, in it a .-nil there was, that must rufTer tain m hell, or dwell anion; the ju.t. . Actor iu the play of life. Seem a ister, mother, wife ; They ran play the kindevt part. )ln ud the scenery of heart, Yielding pleasure ne'er forgot In the ilacc or the cot. AU ran tell a mother's rare; With a fttrr none compare ; And a wife noctu dearer till When the cup of gladne. till, Till thetlreaiii of life i told Jake a fairy taJe (.fold. May we in a brighter pphere Meet a wife and Mfcr d-ar ! When the dream of life L pa-f, lm we mitt 'Q high at last ! Anl in realm of jiy above, .May we Cud a mother love! " 11 . i . WIT AND SENTIMENT. ' Vr l C rnJ imsi HrjinUiran. Too Loar for i Gnu ! " SILTIER, WILL TOU WO& ?" WiilLK in Mexico, with the j North Carolina Ilcgiiuent of Volunteers, I wx a witness to many amuing incidents, rmctimc3 cccurring amid ktucs cf afilic tion aid or;ow. When- com pany 1 1 . was at Saltillo, and many of the volunteers were sick and dying, the burial of the dead was a laborious duty to the sururor. Consequently, the graves r ' ,i . 1 . I . -U . I Lmr cul a corrc. to nvc it a decent in- tcrracnt. James Wilon, a private, commonly cal- led, Jim Wiboa, the owincr, enjoved tolerable health, and by his dry jokes and devil-may-care manner, without any ri. . . .. , . -f , n ; rent effort at wit and humor, infused some . lifc and auintatrm iato the rcnmr.nt cf the company. It had jut lieen announced that Richard Perry, who from hi great height, had ac quired the cognomen of " Long Perry," was dead ; and a file of men, including Jim Wil- j n, the cooper, was detailed to measure the mmu ru rmmir a mvc On entering . 1 1 to . . the room, W dson paused apparently mca- . the length of the body with his eye; then, shaking bis head sorrowfully, and turning respectfully, with bis cap under his arm, to Dr. McRa, who had not yet left the appartment, he asked seemingly with much sincerity : "Doctor, don't you think we had better cut him in two?" "Why, Wilson," said the doctor with surprise, " why ought he to be cut in two?" " Oh V replied Wilson, " he is so mon troua long it will take so much digging !" OLD SOLDIK1L A SHORT CREED. X skeptical young man one day, conver ting with the celebrated Dr. Parr, observed, that be would believe nothing which be oould not understand. "Then young man, your creed will be the shortest of any man's I know." LINCOLNTON, N MISCELLANY. From Itterann'is 3Iagaxinc TIIE BELL OF THE FANCY BALL. BT ELLEN AnTOX. It waa the height of the season al- one of our mt fxh!onablc watering places, when a party of fair girLi met to arrange the cos tume they were to wear at the great fancy ball. 'I hall go a. Cleopatra," naid Iaura Villien, a nipurl creature, with queenly carriage, voluptuous form and flashing eyes, exactly the erson to act the haughty Egyp tian, " I f hall pi as Cleopatra, remember I elect the part first, and now, girl., let me hoar wh it v-m hare determined on." Kach in-cedi to tell the cortmue (thai ... . naii joiocica, unui nnaiiy an oui nue uiu poken. This wm Clara Townsend, a fair- . bailed, nnld-l.okin youni woman, tiie or- phau niece aud depeudenton Laura's father. ( lara waa now at the cpnngs as the hum ble companion of her imperious cousin. Wheu all had spoken, one of the company turned to Clara aud aAci what she wa to wear. 4I am not going," faid CUra, who had not received a ticket, and wa., moreover, without the means to obtain a dress. " Xot coincrr Has not vour uncle, or .ome one of the beaux inritcl you?" Clara was about to reply mildly in the negative when her cousin looking up. " I am nuw, child," naid Iaura, ' father wotiM have procured you a ticket if he liad thought you would like to gnu don't suppose it was lx cause you were not wished to be present; there," she added, imperiously, as Clara colored, " sav no more about it; I will aec 4hat you have a ticket and dress : tar, what would suit the child : ah! here is : the very character," she said, turning over the leave, of Byron, "Zuleika is just the , thing for Clara: amiable and affectionate, you know, ready to endure all things, and i romantically lovo till death " ' I There was a slight sneer on Laura's lips 1 x hc spoke, for, to tell the truth, siie had Jwm than onco heard the amiability of I Clara extolled by thoc whose good opinion the wihcd to monopolize, and as Clara was nulv a ioor dcivndant. while she was an i a ' heiress, the haughty and petted Laura did I not, even in public, give herself the trouble ! to regard Clara's feelings. In fact the or- phan prls had many things to endure from her cousin. Oh! latter is the bread eaten in j charity. Often Clara stole away to her s chamber in tears; often she prayed to be at runt Uido Ikt mother; and often she re- lvcd to leave her uncle's house and earn her livelihood in the meanest canacity. But her uncle would never listen to her leaving him. She could not tell him that it was her mucin's superciliousness which made herde M're to go, and he was not in the way to no tice it, m whe was compelled to remain. . "I hear d'eorge Custis is to be here for the loll," said one of the young ladies. "Is it true Mora. " I Mieve it i.," was the reply. "Father received a letter from hira a few days ago, I announcing his return to New York, and )mmising 10 join u snortiy. ratner wrote tick inviting him U oom up to Ut htilf it 1 suppose ho will be here." " Jlo is announced rich, is he not V "Yes! He was a ward of father's: hence I know all about it ; his estate if princely." " Ah there will be no chance lor either of us," tald one of the girls, with a gieh. " I suppose you will monopolize him yourself, ! Lcura.V I 1 he;prond beauty gave a toss ot ner heao, which ppokc volumes ; but made no reply in word. Just then her eve happened to fall on Clara, who wis listening intently to what -was said. Oh ! but I forgot," said Laura, " none of us caff have any chance, for Clara here has appropriated him to herself: when she a child jtist before he saued hve years I ago, he took her on his knee, and called her : .7 .... . . .th 'nt5-! , tore has, I verily believe, nourished the be. 1 ! iicf that Mr. Cu5ti3 will emne back and wed j ! her." 1 ihc cruel taunt was mere cutting because j i Mr., Custis had actually done as Laura said, j J and beeauc Clara. -haJ itvan j oncc m twice dreamed of the possibility allu- ded to ; but she had instantly dismissed such day dreams ; and, therefore, the felt how unjust was Laura's imputation. Yet she knew that the charge, coming from such a source, would find many believers. Every eye was turned on her immediately. The color rose to her checks at this, and when her cousin said " see, her blushes reveal it," she burst into tears and left the room. Poor Clara ! as she heard Laura's heartless laugh on her closing the door, she wished herself dead, or anywhere if she could find peace. The night of the ball soon came around. On the afternoon of that dav, true to expec tation, Mr. Custis arrived ; but at so late an hour that be did not see - Laura before the fete opened. The haughty beauty never looked more superb. The truth ia she had exhausted all her own and the milliner's art, besides lavishing money profusely, in order to ealipsq every one else ; for. she had set her heart on the fortune of 3Ir. Custis, and she well knew ' the effect of a first ap pearance. Thongh she had charged Clara wun navmg aesigns on biuj, uouuug was r further from her real supposition ; she had only said what she did in order to annoy her O.," MARCH 27, 1349. cotisin: but she knew that there were others as rich, if not as beautiful as herself who would leave. no scheme untried to eeenre her fat her 'h old ward. JShe determined to be before hand with them all, nor did she doubt of success. . - Doth Laura and her cousin were in the liall-miiiii Ix'fiiro Mr. (1nsfis. IFe bad botn seen bv no one but Mr. YiUiers. who tro- nounecd his old ward quite improved, and jocularly, told the girls to endeavor to secure, him.. . " Of course," he said it would not do for me to show any favoritism j each must take hcrchaiu:: and really you both look so beautiful that Custia will find it difficult choose. You Laura arc perfectly magnifi ceutand must tako his heart by storm ecu i an theirs t glance; but if you fail that," r ana he Mniled on Liara, "my sweet niece here will prove a rival not to be despised, for hti seems lovelier the more one looks at her, But uh ! here he comes." rLltli I.li 1 ma li-krtlrAil lirt finrl caw a tall commanding figure, attired in the costume of a Turkish prince coming directly towards them, and smiling as if ho had already ro- eoguiaed them. His countenance, at all tim?3 haniLi.inip. looked wnndrfnlle Rnirlipn lit up by that smile; and each of the females a r s thought they had never seen any one of the other sex so worthy of admiration. Custis, in his heart, returned the compliment, but hesitated to which to give the palm of beau ty. He first turned his cazc on Laura whose dark pvp. inamiihWnfc h.iir. nnrl Almnst. to. gal fonu struck him as equal to any he had seen in bpam, that laud of glorious beauties, seen on monuments, but modinVjl soastn suit her peculiar beauty and not violate modern as she stood awaiting the approach of Custis, she looked every inch the Cleopatra who subdued Marc Anthony. Clara's beauty, as well as costume, was in an entirety different style. She wore the ori ental dress, consisting of the wide trowscrs, the jacket with short sleeves, and the snowy cymar on the bosom. Her waist was confin ed by a superb cashmere shawl. Around her neck she had a necklace of pearls; and she wore a head-dress of the same pure material. Her tresses flowed in thick, wavy curls over her shoulders, a jierfect wealth of gold. As Custis approached, her bosom began to heave, for she remembered Laura's taunt, and invo luntarily she clasped her hands on it to still its tumultuous beatmg. Thus standing, the wlor mantling on .her cheeks, she looked al most a uivmity. A t Lj T at 11 a 71 Pttatia mir!t her his hand, "I have not forgotten the way you used to tease me; nor have I forgotten that privilege of your sex, I sec ; for, by as- .1 m ii sunnng me part or uieopatra, you mean frankly to tell us, I suppose, that our hearts are at your inerey." " And you," said Laura, briskly, " by as suming your present costume, intend to warn us that you have hearts for all." He bowed low, and then turned to Clara. " Pardon me," he said, " but this is sure ly my little wife nay ! no introduction, Mr. Villiers, you sec I kuow Clara. Really, if you would not think it flattery, Miss Town srnd," be tthrocd, IVOuld say I think you have excelled eyen the fair promise of childhood."- The' conversation now. became general, Custis turning from one to the' other of the coushis. Laura was gay, witty and anima ted, maintaining most f the conversation; but h fail! to mohopoliic his attention as she wished: he continually turned to Clara to ask some question, which she answered gene rally in monosyllables, for the poor girl had not yet got over her confesion. She knew Laura's eye was on her, and that she should be taunted with these attentions as if it was a crime in her to receive- them. What part do you intend, to sustain, to- night '"said Laura, at last, and desiriug to draw Cnstw away, she continued, if you were attired a little more after the Roman r: t v Anthony if on your best behavior." She intended this as a sort of challenge, aud expected he would take it as such ; but he cither did not, or would not see it, and answered rare 38 wen as you arc against me. I adopted this oriental costume in the whim of a moment, and now you tell me it prevents my doing devc irtoyou as a Roman truimvir. A as ever destiny so hard?" And he bowed to Laura, but she could not tell whether se riously or ironically. However," he con tinued, turning with a smile to Clara, "my dress will make a very passable Seyd, and I will do my best to deserve the rest of the character that is," he added, with ' marked deference in his tone, " if Miss Townsend will permit me to aspire so high." He offered his hand to Clara as he spoke, to lead her to the dance, a compliment which she blushingly accepted ; while Laura turn ed away and bit her lip, her eyes flashing, and her whole frame quivering with rage. Once freed from the malign influence of Laura's presence Clara recovered her natural case arid simplicity of manner, and joined in the coTcrsation with great spirit She had read much and thought more, and Custis was completely charmed with her. He hnd seen so much of fashionable, females, that a soul nursed like Clara's in secret, had a sircngn, an onginamy,ana aireshnessabout it, that drew him toward it with a strong fbcling of sympathy, for he too bad Hvad in the the crowd, but not ot iL Her conversa tion was so different from that usually heard in ball-rooms, had so much solidity in it,' and yet was so natural and sprightly, that when at last the mutual interchange of thought paused for a moment, he found to his surprise that he had monopolized Liara for an hour. Up noticed many eyes direct ed on them, and saw at once that lus at ten tious were marked; for Clara's sake, there- fore, and lest the whispers of the room should embarrass her, he yielded her to another partner. For there was now no want of admirers to the portionless girl. The attention of to such a man as Custis was sure to introduce - au' one to notice ; and the young men were at astonished to find that they had notperceiv ed before the extraordinary Jovhness ot ilr. Ilicr's orphan neice. 1 or the rest of the i evening Clara was surrounded withi beaux. The excitement of so novel a triumph. gave additional lustre a her eve. aud a richer bloom to her cheek, and long before the ball was over, she was conceded to be the belle of the evening. But nothing, throughout all the fete, gave her more exquisite plea- sure than when she passed Custis in the dance, and received from him one of hiS smiles. It was like sunlight flooding her heart; every pulse thrilled deliciously. fche went to bed that night thinking of Custis, and woke up in tears, for she deamed she saw him married to Laura. And what thought Laura ? At first she was antrrv at.f!ustis. and resolved to show it: but reflection brought prudence, and conyin- ced her that in 'no w (Mara, however, knew no bounds, nor did she tliink it necessary to conceal this. Her consequence, the next morning, that Clara was glad to retreat, from the private palor they occupied, to her own chamber. As early almost as such a visit was allow able, Custis made his appearance. Laura cnose to take uis call to herselt, and con cealiair her mortification, strove to make herself as agreeable as possible. But on Custis all this was lost. He had asked after Clara on his arrival, and Laura had answer- ed carelessly that her cousin was well : find- iug at last that she did not appear, he rose aud took his leave. He was to dine with the familv that dav. and when he arrived Clara was 'already in . - I passed on regardless of her smile of invita- tJrm ..w? CM Lr 1io. r;,r I ed him with blushing embarrassment. She had iust heard of his visit in the mornine-. but from the manner in which it had been detailed to her, had imagined that it was intended for Laura; for she had not even been told that he had asked for her. The pang which her jealous eousin had thus in- flicted, only increased, however, be? present acJJgni, From that day Custis was always with Clara. In vain were Laura's attempts to draw him away from her cousin : he was irue 10 nis nrsi prererence ; or tamer true 10 that instinct that taught him to love amia bility and avoid haughtiness and ill-temper. WThen Laura found that her scheme was hopeless, she vented hep mortification and rage on our heroine. There are a thousand ways in which a person living in the same family with another, may render the latter miserable without the world seeing anything of it. Laura perfectly understood this.-. Xcver had our heroine been so miserable as now. Her troubles were increased by the sud den departure of Custis for New York, whith er he had been ' summoned on important bu siness. He was forced to leave at a few hours notice, and did not see Clara before he went : a hasty note with his adieus was all she received from him. She treasured this as a precious relic, for she could not longer conceal from herself that she loved. Laura added to her pangs by insinuating that Custis had only been trifling.'with her. " A pretty match it would be he a mil lionaire, and you not worth a sixpence," she said to Clara with a toss of her head. " But if girls will be romantic and foolish, they muslezDcet io uiffar f- - i.uJ , rant fEattlxe cusnicss ia only a plea to get off." Clara left the room hi tears. She could not deny to herself that there seemed some justice in iwhat Laura said. It would have been easy -for Custis to have written some thing more than a mere formal note why did he not ? Yet, when she recalled his manner, she could not believe but that he loved her ? Alternating between such pain fully conflicting views, she spent the misera ble fortnight, which elapsed between the departure of Custis and their own return to New York- On the whole, however, her hopes declined. She had flattered herself at first that he would write to her, but he did not, and this completed her disappoint ment. "Vain, foolish Clara," she soliloquized to herself, as she sat alone on the hurricane deck, her head leaning on her hand, and her eyes wondering vacantly over the water. " What madness it was for you to think that one so good, so accomplished and so wealthy, would stoop from his height to marry One so faulty, untaught and dependant as yon. It is a bitter, bitter lesson, she mentally continued, while tears gathered in her eyes, " but the dream is past, I will meet my fate With resignation, and five on unloved and alone." Tears wre nov flowing profusely from her eyC6,i and she drew her green veil over her facte to conceal them. Just then a hand was laid lightly! on her shoulder, and a well known! voice, that thrilled, to her inmost - - soul, pronounced the single word - " diiraT' In an instant every gloomy thought wa forgotten, and she started to her, feet, her whole face radient with joy. ' Custis Stood before; her. . " Clara, and alone!" he said. ." Why I have been searching all over the boat for you. I was advised by Mr. lUicrs thai you would return to-day, and ,so I .came up - thenveif to meet you; it you had been loot- ing in the right way you would have seen nie,.coimi on board at the first landing. I found Laura in the ladies cabin z sho told" me you iwere somewhere about; andthen resumed 1 her book. But now that I, have found ypu-" he continued, with animation. "I feel rewarded for my long search. .But tears on nour cheek, dear Clara rah I what can you have to make you soirowful?----iH that von regret the pleasures you leave be. hmd I " Oh!no," said Clara, quickly : and then she stopped confused ; she feared. Custi would read more in her words ' than - she wished 1dm' to know. : t:-; 1 But sin? need not have been alarmed , for her delicacy : for Custis, before they reach ed the citvw was her declared Jovervi r cittmg almost alone togetner on iiie uurrieaue uoc, the firmament, he told his affection, and, won from Clara a half whispered reference toiler uncle, which he knew Jaow to juter preu "Of his annroval. dear Clara,''"! have na doubt : I jhjnted at this in . my last Tetter and received his hearty consent by ;; return mail. A4 he was in the light of a parent to your 1 did not think it right toproceed without his sanction, else dear girl, . 1 should have written to you of my hopes in; the note I sent yoii, or at least addressed; you from; New York;" ; r . The wedding was not long delayed. Clara ; was universally pronounced the lovliest bride who had been married from St. .Paul's that: BeSiSon' Happiness increased her beauty by lending a gayer sparkle to her eyes, and Li kl.. 1. 1 I ., n ofE- ciated 83 .ne of . the . bndeatnaids, but could not restrauii , her spleen lhis was the hrst occasion on, which Uustis had ever seen an exhibition, bf it, and when he and his bride, were alone m the carriage, whirling, off to, his country-seat, where thsy were to spend- the honey-mdon, he said , " I- , , "l aiwayi thought that Laura ; ra rill,,, tempered; ;she was so when wo were fhil. geiuer. n was my memory i your amiability which first attracted mo toward you at the ball; but every hour afterward I liked you J better and better, , until you know the rest." L : : ) "hfx- He kissed his. lovely wife, as he spoke, ; while Clara, with tears of happiness hid her face on his bosom.., ; ; ' THE IDEA OF A PERFECT WIFE, Burke, thegreat English statesman used f i .repeatedly, to declare that every care , van ished the moment he entered his own house. He wrote the following beautiful deseriptlvel -prose paper, ;";The Idea of a Perftvt Wife," which he presented to Mrs. B, one morning, -on the anniyerary of their marriage, deli cately heading the paper as below; leaving her to fill the blank ; , ; i "THE CHARACTER $F MRS.- v. "I mean to give you my idea of a woman. If it at all answers an original, I shall be ' pleased, for if such a person as I would des cribe really exists, she must be far superior to my description, and- such as I must Iova k too well to be able to paint as I ought. "yShe is handsome; but it is beauty not arising from features, from complexion or from shape; she has all three in a high de gree, but it ia not from these she touches the heart; it is all that sweetness of temper,' benevolence, innocence and sensibility which a ytf fxWfhl'M,'y,at' tention at first fsight; it grows on you every i moment, and: you wonder it. did no more 1 than raise yoirattention at first, ' f i "Her eyes nave a mild light,- bat they , awe when she pleases ; they command like a good man out df office; not by authority but by virtue. . i.. i. . !' l "Her features tare not exactly yegnlar ; that sort of exactness is more to be praised 1 than to be lored ; for it is ueyer animate4Mt - " Her stature ia not tall; she is not made''' to be the admiration of everybody, but the " happiness of one.f.-.l-' ' . - " ; : "She has all the firmness that does, not exclude delicacy;; she has all the softness that doe$ not imply weakness. ' ? ' "There often more of the coquette shown in an affected plainness than in tawdry -finery. She is always clean, without precise eness or affectation. Her gravity is a gentle . thoughtfulneSs that softens features witioat discomposing them. She is osuallj grave ; " -; "HeTsmilestaWinexpreslei- 'n r "Her vcejis a low soft music, not form- 4 ed, to nilepBnlic assexablies, r bnt a charm thos6whc can distinguish a company ' - from a crowd it has this" adrantageyoa must come close to hear it.. .. .' j " "Todcscrilhcrbody;dc5cribcsherm:n'l: J 11 ( I 4 r t : 'v- 1 i ill
The Carolina Republican (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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March 27, 1849, edition 1
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