1 , : ,- . i s. A lA MTT V AT E AV S ? A ? E R 1ST tALVTN II. WILEY; U-TT i .r x AT T. COOKE. j Y'rTEI.TON WADlKI.l4 JR' UTRAL W POLITICS. TERMS:STWO DOLLARS ' PEtl.ANN.UM. ' ! I -. - V . . : : - --- 4-' ' - - - - ' ; - . - 1 : I r - - .....,,.. .... .. . ... ., - i t t : - 11 111, 11 - -Yin i r i ! n n u 1 1 . iHMi 11 m n,uiimi uii DM JUNE 4 WHOLE XO. 79. A lTCLE HOME. " I wish, raamnlat,, said E I t Ilar n, that - we were rich, like the ' l.terea. " It is so disagreeable liv ' in a sinaHliouse with onlv four !3 in it.'- If we were only rich I bo satisaod. " so u ssweet looking." corner of, the room, with her young est child, a rosy-cheeked, curly-head ed little fellow of four years, asleep on her lap, looked up with a mourn ful smile into the beautiful face of her daughter. 1 "Thousands, nay dear child," she said, " are at this moment breath ing a similar wish. Is it not a great pity their wishes cannot be gratified ? What a happy world we should have ! Dou'fyou think we should?" ! Tliere was a slight accent of irony in Mrs. .Harrison's tone, and Ella From an English Periodical. MAEEYING AN ESTABLISHMENT : Xtt a tfivafc iiMnr mtva! tha wna n( wllif.h nrfl copied more or less failhtullv from real lite, the plot turns llliitn niMrrisiiro rf i-tiivAiiiiif In sll. li fiiuiu ir witli t!it? n'lounitid- p (irtivul us ot' the .iccideat, THELATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT KGRWAII,' ON THE NEW YORK AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD- '::v' ! : . i 1 Vt 1 lii abo'skvJc'i is aco'riNt ropre's-r-nfiti n of tin scne .of tho lute R-i:lro;il . catastrophe, at N-rwalk, on the New York ant' New Ilaven Railroad. Our readers are l-i. i 4 -i 1 .1 1 ' J l i. , 1 1: winch is uudouutjaiy vHout a parallel m tue nisiory 01 uaurona u!&iici: POETRi ESCAPE OF FONTANE. TWENTY YEARS AG 3. iin i: which- sheltered l-ve w.ih'lcred to the village, ; tlic tree, " J-. 1'l'OH ; lie sclio i ho'ie play- - f on an 1 me : K ' i But -none were there to greet me, 'Pom, a few were I left to know, i " i ",!"'" That playyl uith' ius; upon ;fu gr .ss, so.:ne' twenfy ", . years.; go. DiH-inj? trie sei-'e of L'Xas. 'the ooet, -Fontane, I had bttcn shut no wi'Ii hi-j fami'v in the midst .of I J.he city i:i ruins. Full ota'arm for thtf.fate of his j . Tottng jjiulin&ijv. 'vgeujvf -L at. ,aJU risls.to i escape"if he could. 1 v j jlli ing obtained a passport, a difilculty arose as !'to li.iw be. eon!d car'rv awafsoini' olate and other - - j . 'valuable articles, then coasileyd piite aim repiib i In. in Am.iniT ihesrt ' vainai es a cliatxe, a The: grass' is just a.5? gree play, .Totn . i rVm-.m-? these 'va.uoiles wa lr.'sent from a sovereirii on whk-h an able aisi-t of he Kiiiir of S ud tii i. bar'e footed boys at i'F.lntane gr-'atlv diva-led";lestthis- chaiiec. should W- ad eng ayed the arm s.i. Were sporting just as we did ft lit t!:e " Jlastef 1 sleeps Upon the !ti!l, which coated . o'er ith sno, . -, . ' j : - ''Afforded us a slidiiij-placf, just twenty .year's ago. '. f-- ' " j : ' t - ! - M f ; The old s,;h-ol-.ho'use U aU'jrecl some ; the benches are replaced ."!- - .. f ' . Iy new o 'ts, erJ like the same bbr penknives had . L tlef.iflil. ' ' i: . But the saui'e old liricks arcs in the -wall ;l the bell ,v..r,.,l . a- !.iii :i rts('l".v- (1 in tiie si'i" iee. of hen, witlrspirip just as ; cl, nrch,. ad ' VM.ari tig 'the amis - f iking, it would tt.Il h thr.Mih d n'ro ! t a iUicracv, .lljvvevT, l sWiiv's l o arid .fro. Its rnusie 's just ' the ..sahic,- dear Tom, 'twas twenty fears' ago;: h-i decided on taking it, and hastened to the house 'u'f.a triend wh had been a ntrsery g;i doner. I The ipoet theu laid- a-ide a I his feudal ornaments : a-nd sat about exchanging his clothes to give s if another apparanee. Llaviiif; d reused himself in wide pantaloons, and : singes stunk full of large nails, his hair cropped,, and '. t Ai-t.1..-. n-!iin rtf ii-wd.-r fctnovril. lie eineriTe i trotn 1 . 1 . . .' 1 1 i' . I s ;!iie old tree "The boy- are: playing' some old game, beneath that you've played the with knives, by Still ; the willows da its -T do forget the name just' now . . ' tsaine "uh me, ; O.n tha! same sprit : 'twas Thedeader had a ink to'Jo there, twenty y'eafs ago The river's running jnst as vi.le . Are larger than 'hey were. Torn ; the stream appears ; . jes( wide j But 'i lTe'g'i'ape-vine swing is rjuined now, where dnee we played t e beau, ;. , And'" swung our I s.veet-hcarts "pretty. girls'' just tvcnty years ; go. I the oardener's house in the character of a lauudre.-s's : porter, with, a heavy basket 6t clothes on his siMjukl ' t.r---tjie plate, and ca!iee "caivfuliy packed .'under I'the linen. " His young family follow d a tew paces lb 'hind him with the passport, butt -v had t-; pss i'elose to the terrible inst.unu.-ut of deaJi, . f.-r there .; ifs'tood,-always .ready for use. I'ontaHe shu 1-ered. i His wjfe tinned pale. To theni their .situation was iawftd.-'But reason and "necessity' urged them on. I'R.i.f'niia pwnlvwl t net a d.c'uled narl. He walk- led ui) in front of the guol-tine, or rapping t he basket the hill, close by the that we could al- The spring Uiat.bVib.Wed neatli spreading lieecfi, , ", It's very iiijr 'twas once so j low ;- most reach - ! ., S , ! ; ' And kiK'eling doyn to get a drink, dear Tom; I start- '-"- cd so, 'I . '"!' .' ' - - To s. e how much that I am changed, mcc twenty . years : go. f V ; , ' ' :' ' . .' " " '' '.. " . . - '. Xearhy.ihe. spring, upon an elm, you know, I cut vour l aniCi ; - Your Sweetheart' just below it, Tom, and you did - . - uiine. the same, . ' ' , Some-li6ar 'less wretch had pealed the bark 'twas . dvi: g SUTO lllt slow, ; " ' V ! : Jnst aV that one w hose name- was cut, died twenty :J years ago. 1 j ' - : ' .'; ;': ' . ' .. .' ' !; i i .' . ' 1 - . My li.isl.ave 'ong been dry Tom, but tears came m : ? my I ves; -'.H' T " ' .. '" " ' I thought 'of her Ilo ed so well those early broken .- ;'....- till' ' l ,1 visited the o'd church-yard, and took some flowers io siri-w- iirady with his hand, and loosening the leather strap' as if to eas:- himself, -he looked steadily at the. s -ailbld. A itian of ruffiauly appearance, who attended as if he were a guard of the guillotine, came up to ! him. '; '-Are ydu afraid," said he to Fontane, "that you look iiVthis way at the national razor Cx i "Afraid," said Fon-an e, "doivou take . me for a ! Federalist: that 1 should be frightened at the sight 'ot a guillotine T sacre bleu f Look at me ; do you see aiivthing like an aristocrat in my face ? ' . "What are you?" said a second inleirogator, a.ldressing Fontane. j .ir ii l " 1 ..'' i am a.oieaener anw seouier. . . " Ami this good woman?" - " What a question," said Fontane.' Look at tliat little o.ne -dcra't you see the likeness Vivr la R.'publique " ' ? ' " Ah i that's right !" said the miscreant, , "you re a o-ood one. - Down with muscadins and aristocrat. Vive la Repubtiquer iind Vive la Guillotine " Fontane could not join in this sanguinary cry. He saw his wife tremble, and look her hand. ; "Come, wife," said he, "Jet us have a song.'! " Ay, and a dance, too," said the barbarian who had first spoken, "so, down with your basket, my lnf I 1 1 LCome, friends, join' hands for the ring the patri- j. oti d ince". - ' M'ine. Fontane now comprehended what her ! hu-baiid.m'eant. She trip ed lightly round the riiio-. and . ioined in the chorus of the! Carmatrnole. f VV h-n tfie ttaitcw.s over - .-t. t-nqrfg- W 1. . . . ? 'JaAir Foiii.iin- was as-isred ill reobicinir bis oasket on bis ! siiouMer. He made his wife lead the way, and walked o!f after her. whistling the Chant da depart ! And sti.thev escaped. ! ' f. I : -a- : ! Fvv Fri!n:. Here's her lat specimen of pepper, salt 'and spice in the shape of language 'and i leas : . . .. " If your husband !ook grave,- let him alone ; don't d.sturb or annony hiiii".' O, p-haw I when I'm married, the soberer, my husband look, d, the more fun I'd rattle at him "Don't disturb "him ?" I guess so ! I'd salt him, and "pepper his tea, and sugar his beef-teak, and tread ou his toes, and hide his newspapers, and put pins in his slippers and dip bis cigars in water, and .1 w.ui'dn't stop for the Great Mogul, till I had shortened his face' to my liking. Certainly he' d ief vexed, there wouldn't be any fun in vex . .& ... ... , i - . ii i i i nig linn it he dula t, and that woiuu give nis nieiau- c'.n-iy b! od .- go 1 healthful start, and his eyes i would, snap and 'sparkle.- ami he'd say, " Fanny, I .wi 1 yon be cpret or not i" and I . should laugh, a d pull his whiskers, and say, " JVo7," and then i 1 should tell him he hadn't the idea how handsome "; he looked when he was vexed, and then he would pretend not to hear the compliment but would pull up his dickey, and t ike a sly peep in the glass ' for ail that : and then he'd begin to: grow amiable I a'nd get off stills, and be just as agreeable all the ; rest of the evening as if "tie wasn't my husband, and i all because I did not iollow that stupid bit of advice j to let hi ni' a lone. Just imagine me, Fanny, sitting 1 lnvvn on a cricket in the corner, and mv forefinger vv"- --- ----- - 1 " J J in my inouth, looking out of the sides of my eyes, and waiting till that man s'Ot ready to speak to me. You see at onee it would be be Well the a mount of it is, I shouldn't do it. Fanxy Ferx. instantly perceived it ; " It seems to me, mamma, that everv rich oerson milit be hannv if J l c . 11- they only would; but I presume you are about to point me out to the Smiths, wiio, are tne weaittuest and still the most miserable ol all our acquaintances. But really, my dear mother if we were rich, don't you think we should be very hap- py?" " I am very rich and happy too,"' said Mrs. II. with a self-satisfied air. "I know of none in the. world ml) whom I would exchange pla ces." Ella dropped her crotchet work into her lap and looked with sur prise into her mother's face. " We! rich!" she exclaimed, ' Whv, Row do you-make tint out ? Wouldn't you exchange places with the Goldacres, who live in a per fect palace, and who have hosts- of servants, and who dress in si,ks and satins every day ?" " No: I would not exchange pla ces with Mrs. Goldacre," said Mrs. II., for if I did I should have to resign you and , Nelly and your dear father, and my brave little Tommy, who is sleeping so sweetly here in my lap. ""OhVldid not mean that at all," said Ella; "I ?i2UJiV-0.u- iuruvuwanv,3U0UUl.maKe; the, 2ff.s should share in it. WouM you not lie willing io have papa take Mr. Goldacres and have him take ours V v Mrs. Harrison shook her head. " Why not, mamma ? It seems to- me that you are verv unreasonable." " If we had their riches, my dear child," said Mrs. II., "we might fall into sin, and sin' brings misery. As I before told you, I already consider myself ve ry Mch. 1 am rich in my health ; rich in my hus band ; rich -in my children ; rich in my eottag home, which our". industry has made tasteful and comfortable ; I am rich in mental wealth, for we have a irreat many valuable books and they have been well read by us all. 1 am rich in the white roses that clamber over the'walis yonder, and peep with breaths of incense through the windows ; rich in the golden sunshine ; rich in nature ; rich in the calm thoughts which visit all, who, with thanklul, contented hearts look upwards and say with the poet: ' " Praise to our Father God, High praise in solemn lay, Alikeor what his hand doth give, And what it takes away " " But if we had more," said Ella, " you would have more to be thankful for." '"I have all that my Heavenly Father has seen i fit to give ine, and that is enough. Think of the i poor in the back woods of B inda, about whom we ! have iust been reading in Mrs. Moodie's valuable work those-who have little or nothing with , which to supply the demands of hunger through those interminable winters ; think of the thousands in cities, who are stowed in cellars ami oaeh. looms turns upon u marriage of convenience." In mkJi anairs there are no tender glances, houi d words, beating Ii earls, or otlu-r sijjus th:t Cupid has Wen h4?tfcfc idvo-ui'd IxMotjpuii.. siil, nnd chivalrous inanity iicvwiUMi uu tin? in.iici. 1 i:c ni'iu tio iixji, ' take the woman for his u wedded wife," but he takes a .family alliance a union of titles an estate within a ring fence or a seat for a borough. The wjrann does not take, the man for lu r " wedded hts bai.d ;" she accepts instead a portion in life a carriage, a footman, the power to give good parties, good pin money, and a large jointure. Another sort of marriage of convenience is where some withered toothless old satvrof a slippered pantaloon i cats "sheep's eyes " at youth and comeliness, and tempts her w'th jewels and niagnificejice. In this j sort of January a id May alienees, parents are pop ! ularly supposed to play a very active part, repre I senting the solid advantages of opulence and the j fleeting j"ys of affection in invidi -us contrast ; in ne j e-H'ciady if ihere is a voiing and p or lover that I orre of ma'ch-makiiiir m-jth rs in the case.. The arguments of the Scotch song are used,, and often prevail - And ye. shall walk in silk attire, And tiller ha' to s-pare, If ye'll cuii-eiii to be my bride, Nor thihk of Donald inair. A quaint Yankee preacher once said that ladies were timid : they were afraid to sing when they were asked ; afraid of taking cold ;. afraid of snails or spiders but he never knew one who was afraid to be married. Possibly the sex will reject that as a libel upon them, yet it certainly has a founda tion in truth and nature. Marriage enters more into the calu'.ati ns of women than men. It appears a greater event in their lives. It rounds their destiny. Men get independent without taking upon themselves family cares. Women, till at least a later period of life, continue to be dependents upon the family circle, if single. There are exceptions, but' that is mostly the case, and it is very natural tlinr t.hev should wish to be suns in a system of their own rather than minor satellite, of the paren tal home. Besides, io the earnest and sincere-, marriage is necessary, as tiie avenue to the htalthy exercise of those-affections which go to make up so much of woman's nature, and which are in other conditions left to stagnate, often into disease. And for the giddy, the vanity of being married is a suf ficient inducement to look out tor a inatcn. We will not insult the discerning reader by sup .i . i i. , .1 ...4. u.-... ,.r i. posing inai ne or sue uoes not mw ed by those who, more or less selfishly, will net many, and those who cannot and must not mar ry what is to become of the female marriageable j surplus thus created? Take the instance of the i tradesman's daughters the tradesman in a small way who may manage io keep his family while I he lives, but not provide for them after his dea h; ! nf no h eiirati-R' dntiflrhfont hrnnnrht lin uiili enn A i - . o -r mental refiiicmeut; of the daughterKf .the ftrug 'g'wg ':jfMiMMUaajiia ntQ2tj$$vJtF$ to inako both ends "meet. If they do not marry, whav is to ' become of them after the prop of thu house die ? They cannot sponge on the scanty resources of poor relations even if the poor relations are wil ling if ihey have any sense of independence." The governess market and the 44 companion " oc cupation are already -overcrowded by poor, under paid ladies. Their pride revolts from household, service. The life of the needlewoman, with its starvation ami exposure jto temptation, is the ave nue to something worse. What must thev dc? They must marry if they can. Weil, or what the world calls well, if possible, if not, badly. The necessity of choosing the lesser evil is strong ! upon them. "They must not dream of love. Tn y ! must stifle personal likes and dislikes. If they can- ;' i .ii-i . .i . not eaten an estaoiisirmeni, rney must, at leusu grasp at a home ; and for a hoiin o.'t n a poor one thousands of women marry ; for a I o ne even a poor one thousands more pi ie. it sv sad sUte of things, but pity 'tis 'tis true. So far from marriages of " convenience," then, being confined to the upper classes of society, we see that they run through the middle section ; and if we go lower down we shall find the same caus es and effects at work, j Lady Velvet, Miss Dimple and Polly, the housemaid, are' equally desirous of being settled in tne world, lhe reasons wiiy are nearly the same in kind, though different in de gree. They act with perhaps the most force on the less cultivated world. At bottom the nature is the same, spite of the" aristocratic languor of the one, the "the accomplishments" of the second, and the rough hands of the third. They- all want to be married as well as possible, but at all events to be married. - Thev desire more freedom from domestic restraint a position of some kind in the world, and a settled source from which will be sup plied the wants of life in fact, an establishment." Do you think Polly feels these .longings lees than '.either, of her more refined compeers No indeed? C' ' A L . . ' J.. 1..1. n lill vi iart..j ce .t -ii,rw fir stir is ii cuurstj uwairc Liiat 1.11c 111010 thing, the more desired, if not desirable', it becomes. Now it is a fact, that for some years past, marriages have been regularly decreasing in frequency, in nrnrmrtion to trie numoers ot tne iemaie pon..iauon. j - ----- & We must not be suspected of j"king, or of: a ten dency to satire, when we say that the disinclination is not upon the side of the ladies. As we examine the subject, that will turn out to be in their praise.. The hanging back is upon the part of the men, and some of the motives are not iniuh to their credit, because they are sHfi-h ones. A medical writer in the Lancet has lately said tint it is to be ascribed to' the progress of civilization, as the world becomes more refined, men get more selfish. Tlu-y want to " keep up appearances," and that costs something-. They want ail they can get for themselves, 1 hey must have good clothes, and jewelry, it k be only mosaic, they must go to ine ineaue wuifuinw , and there are other con equent outlets for money not. to be hinted at. They prefer these things, and a so'itary two-pair back at Islington or Camberwell to the cares and expenses of home. They say, when they put on their hats that their family is covered and other selfish things. A blooming wife and laughing children are in their catalogue not of comforts but of dangerous expenses. They feel that marriage, isi a serious, ceremony in more ways than one. It is not only an obligation to love and honor, fcc, but to furnish a house and pay bakers' bills. That, too, civilization has made more difficult. The appearances to be kept up are more :onerous than they used to be. The Jacks and Jills of middle life are' not to-day what they were in the times of our forefathers. They can no longer be- -in life in two rooms, with wooden bottomed cha:rs, nossib'v more. A "day out" is to her a little paradise, and if she was married, she would have evciy Sunday, at all events. Au hour's, relaxation, -a mile bit of time to herself." as she says, be- 1 twee'ii six and seven in the morning, and any time A singular duel (says Galignani,) took place in the Bois de Boulogne. Two private' coach men w ho had for some time past felt a deep root- ed auimosuv towards eacn otner, anu never mei i . r. - - . . .. without .ptarrelling, happened bv chance to meet a I living in mental and moral degradation ot winch ..A.....:..-.." , f.i.m.n;-i we can hard lv form anv conceDtion without liiolo cities, wno are stoweu m i-'""""1' - - and Arrets, and bat haunted places, who seldom , an oaken table, and a French be. 1 stead. breathe the fresh air, or see glad sunshine think ... ... . i 1 ' ! . ot the poor Irish who a snort wnue ago weie ski ving to death, gasping with their dying breaths, ' Give me three grains of cot n Only three gra ins ' Think of. the millions in Africa and Asia, who are . ., . i . i . Ippon the graves of those we loved some twenty years v,inspn,pnoK0(iv nin away with your basket; down with it, I say! WThy, what's the mat- . . . . ,-. - i ii Sotrc are ?n the ch'urch-yatd kill some sleep beneath' the sei ; .;; ':'.' - : '' ' But few are left of our old class, excepting you and ' . V j , 1 - i And when our time shad come, Tom, and when we're called to go, - j Phdpc they'll lay us where we played, jujst twenty - -. 1 I years ago. AMninvRSE Artist's Idea of BKALTv.4-Lhmnua is called bv Europeans the Sir ThomasLawnnce of Chi tioit excei cou rse of . ..9 -i .1.,-! Rnu. ti L.tr Fontane obiected and resisted 'or a while, but or, ' tn. snhmtt : and. wioiug the . I 1 ' 1 .. . i. A. ... . -i few evenings since at a wine shop, one of them said ." . ii. . i i.i to the other, uur quarrelling lias l.istea too long; it is time to put an end to it. .'Lt us have one. fight, and let that be the last. We neither of us under stand anything of sword or pistol, let us fight with our whii'S." This propos tiou having been accept ed, the parties repaired to the Bois, and accompa nied by their seconds soon commenced the. com bat A number of persons assembled to witness the scene, which was continued with gieat animation, when lhe keepers of the wood came upland marched off the combatants to the guard-house. One of the men had received a very serious woun 1 on .the face, and the other had one of his ears almost cutoff. Matrimonial' mode of proving Innocence, The other dav Mrs. Sniff kins, 1 finding herself , . .. ... . 1 ! ' i unwell, sent tor the doctor, and declared ner oenej . - . r i. n i w m i i ii ii ii r vjc.tM ; - perspiration iron. hisbas. j that she was 'f,izened," and that he (Sniffkins) had than alive, was relieved from the burtdiec his , Sniff;kin3. k. He-saw it placed on a heap ot !" It's all gammon ; she isn't pizened. Prove it, doc SSSSS t ? I SSS i -; r upon the spotI'm willing' ; .i f.UlIv-Aiinor biniseU up and clann- IVaSOIHUC Wllliviuv-.v 0 i I incr compassion for his wife and child, in tue hope :aneii ov liiupc.ina mo on j. iiumiis yjaummc j,hat they would be auoweu io puss, ....rr-vj Dhinat'and he well deserves that proi d distinc- ,)Q rousj himself, clapped his hands and assumed 1, a the coloring of this artist's od-puu tings is :0VfufapecL -----edingl? "fiui nUhough Ins ideas of female beau- j;h,.ii( J mv friend " cried one of the fellows, ty d tier materially tro ,. ours. in tiie course of wonrful, 'merry at once." I convUitivn we asked his opinion of ai English fur.w " . J i -d Fontane,"a : belle then at Canton, and Oie reply wa.araetens- "A thought hasstuck f? j know the "tfeof a. Chinaman's ideas of lemale bcty Her bold idea! ou see -r my face is two round ; she has color hi her cheeks, her j Carrol a ways raises her spirits. y , J -eves are too blue too large; she's fo tall, too I good fellows, let us dance it, - Tuuixip yi vavy-JlieVface tajb, (irtetmihg her coun- j His wife gazed at him with a look of despair, as ' teuati;- was exn-Ssive,) ahd haslet so large tluit j henatched the child from her arms. , . shYcan walk u .o then(. IrLumqua's itte her we, j " What now i doit make a wry Qo sanahv porfrV.lW Wth of Europeans ail Chinese d.ev Excuse her, she's young and t,m d Come, - i - . i i . ...i .,i. I i,.t i,.- nnf ti, tint, a,, ii.u i,ocL-bi thprelie lies. v of -which-' were excellent .iiKenes, . .v- i--- - -y v f ih deficient in ii-ht and- shade, were executed I on the top of the linen, and sleeps soundly. Wire, n . i n . r.hlnexp.. vonr hand. Aow. the rinff the republican ring. though- deneient in itgiix, ami- -r - - ---r . Ki ia a most- masterly; manaer. China arid Chinese, your hand. , !Now, the nng-the repubhean Ting. - - - . f j '. -.- ..'--' ' i ' " . - : ' - Mrs. Partinri'ton is said to have anxiouslv asked if TT i . rr ' 0 1 .... -L T-: 1 B:Li: I uncie loin is a oeiter man man Hiiiocn, 01 omuiiu memory. She grounds her reason for making this in quiry, upon the fact that she heard that Uncle Tom had been translated seven times while Enoch was translated but once. ' ' ; "Bones," said Ginger, "Which had you rather ridein a stage coach or steamboat ?'' u Why, I'd rather ride in a coach, bekase, if it upsets, there you is; but if de steamboat blows up, whar is you?" ' Hello, I say, what did you say your moilliMnfk wnubl Clirn ?' ' Oh, it'll Cure everything heal any thing.'- 4 Ah, well, I'll take a bottle. Maybe it'll heel my boots; they need it bad. enough.' form nnv coneention without Bible without civilization without any correct idea i . w . . 1 . 1 1 ot Uod and Heaven.' contrast wun tnese nuunui beings our own happy lot, and acknowledge your self to- be deeply ungrateful. Instead of being thankful for what you have, you murmur because your portio: is not larger. Ycu did not order the circumstances of your birth ; you might have been on heathen ! ground, or amid the beggars of sur feited Paris !oi London.' "That is krue," said Ella ; I never thought of .that before." 44 My dear chi'd," said Mrs. Harrison, arising and depositing her burden in the cradle, " our happiness does not depend upon external circum stances. It lies bevond them in a great degree, if not altogether. But the world vs slow in learning this fact Mnhiriidos think as vou do. that it 1 an attendant upon wealth upon fame upon position in society; but if their wishes could be gratified, they would doubtless, in almost all instan ces, find that they had mistaken its nature entire ly. It comes to those who with grateful hearts take what their Father has appointed them, looking Wntirl 1 i1 misf a on1 oli-jlrkvva of Time intOthe w , vra.vi ill.- UIOV.1 Gtuvt a. w , clear sunlight of Eternity. It comes to those who forget self, and look to the welfare of others who scorn the wrong and adhere firmly to the right, who bever weigh results in the nice scales of self interest and worldly pridi it sits a guest at the humblest board, if Heaven-born Charity presides. vreorgia family vtxttor. To Mak : Coffee. Ptit the ground coffee into a wide mouthed bottle over night, and pour rather more than half a pint of water upon each ounce and a half ; cork, put the bottle into a pan of wa ter and bring the water to a boiling heat ; the cof fee is then to be poured off clear, and the latter portion strained; that which is not drank immedi ately is to be kept closely stopped, and healed as it if wautedvaejCc American. tablishment must spring up aseoniph teas Minerva from the brain of Jove. The young lady has been to boarding school and got " accomplishments ;M the young gentleman has acquired ideas of d;giiny They both stand in awe of that Mrs.'Llarris of pub lic life, Mrs. Grundy. " What will she say s" To satisfy her they must have, in addition to a 6iuig parlor, a miniature drawing room with knick-knacks. There must be gilding and glitter as well as solid comfort. The young lady must not soil her deli cate hands with household work. What! Mary without a servant? Oh, horrid ! All their mam mas, and half their marriageable daughters, would put thir fingers iu their ears to stop out the horrid sounds. Then dress makes greater demands than of old. Pretliness can no longer consent to appear inm-ints! sentiment has an affinity. to satin, and love some mysterious connection with lace. Iieally it. is no wonder that the men. what with the great er selfidmess produced by civilization, and the in- created requirements of matrimony, are cautious of enter hg into that state. If ladies must have estab- , HJiments to start with and that is UHoues ionably the rage now why they must marry them instead of men. They must not look for glossy locks and blight eyes for the possessors of these attractions have not yet had time to make little fortunes. They must turn to grey hair and wrinkles, which have been successful and they are both few and' cau tious ; so that what with the limits set "by woman, and the coldness of the men, marrying " respecta bly " has become difficult, and the scarcity of " good matches" makes it quite natural that there should Ut3 euiaixiuic mji csiauiiuiuvuw. This is only half the truth. Besides the men ho will not marry from selfish, or, if you please, prudential (that is the prettier term) motives, there are others who cannot marry. The monasteries of other times made a great many celibates, but the. commercial celibacy of the present is far more ex tensive. There are more linen-drapers' shopmen and milliners' apprentices and workmen alone, to say nothing of other classes than there were monks and nuns in the " merry days of yore." They do not take vows not to marry, it is true, but they are bound to solitariness by necessity under awtul penalties. ' . Tue male-marrying circle being thus circumscrib- one of the uf tje Ilesperides. If she was married she wou'd Stm 'r 1 ' u 7a,uw?'kt-!ilaviif' ire aifficutfa i-nThlnonrefuturerose She at present rejoices in her magnificent income of 8 a year, "without tea and sugar." She finds it hard enough to make it do. When she has had the necessary quantity of gowns, bonnets, and other indispensables, and gone through her holidays, which of course cost some t,igshe has not many left. She knows, if she 'cannot succeed iii driving thought away, that she must grow old by -and by, iind then the stupendous 8 a year will fail even if she cannot continue to command that while young. What is she to do ? Of course, she, like her bettersmust marry. She does not expect a carriage or a drawing room. She can put up with two rooms, or even one ; and wooden chairs,, oak table, and French bed-stead will do. The bakei's and the butcher's man can command that. Or K, 1024, who looks down the area, can manage it, unless, as Polly says "he's a supernumery, and they keeps them in barracks." Mr. Timothy Pipeclay, the soldier, can get her the washinor of his company, and contrive a home somehow. We are c nvinc d that the marriages of servants, those which are not the result of ut teily thoughtless, reckless impulse, mostly arise in this way f and of their results we need not say mnnli well understood as thev are. From the highest to the lowest, there are thou sands who marry, establishments. : Some of all grajesf,om the princely mansion to the confined attic, are taken " for better, for worse. 1 Some obey custom, some ar.' pressed by necessity v some -act from choice. Habit, vanity and want, and ith e fear of want, are always at woik. Thye are the private wrongs of selfishness and ambition, and the i i e . u .1.. . - , ,iii. ttl-i.H in the cireaci oi not ceiiig--aoic to ju. ,v ... world to contribute their help to the system. S cial evils there are, too. to strengthen it. The de pendence of women their want of the mean of earning a subsistence by honorable employment, which makes that dependence more galling-Jiho haste to be rich upon the part of the men rthe commercial celibacy to which we have alluded; are among the foremost. All conspire to produce a want of moral tone to root out high feehng--to turn passag s which will exist into an illegitimate direction to nourish error and suffering. JThe remedies are a better mental and moral training for the mass, and a wider and mote real prosperity. In fact, education and abundant and well paid la bor are the only things to substitute mariiages of men and women for scrambles for establishment. The es- Tho editor of the Foxtowh Fusilier must be a very happy man about this time. In his last number rI .. , WT nnl With . he says :- 1 ostsenpt v oiup w jileasure to announce the decease of our rontempo- rary, Mr. anaggs, cuitui iv-.. pr and 'better world. lie ii now jv.uvi . Success to him. ' Person who have taken tne Flash, will find the fusilier a good paper. An old toper who lately attended an exhibition where a learned professor caused several explosion to take place among gases produced 'from water, said " You don't catch me putting much water in my liquor after this ; I had no idea before, that water was so dangerous, though I never hked to take much of it " i , MOORE'8 OpmOH OF OHN 30, 1822. Laid in some co.u u c . went to the House of Common ; avenues all bjock ed up w'uh unsuccessful candidates for admission. . . r i t nA at last irivinff it on in After several repuia, , Vn. despair, was taken in by ."8U " one of the Catholics on his-list, Mr. Blunt. Sat next Lord Limerick, and Randolph, the famous American or ator a singular looking j man, with a young old face, and a short small body, mounted upon a pair of high crane legs and-thighs, so that when he stood up, you did not know when he was tp tnd, and squeaking voice like a boy's just before break ing into manhood. His manner, too, strange and pedantic, but his power of eloquence (Irving tells me) wonderful". tl - J - - i ' '-. i 1

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