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J ' t . a ' . ...-J-ii.J-i.iJ.nl li .... I I I HE A Oil STAR. IflQlii J. UI1T, Editor.' SOBTfl ClR0I.ni "Nwfrful la iattlltctiil, wml ni phytiral Rwsmi, Iht laid tf tor itm ui bust f tit itfcttioM." LEBMB1S I. IEI11, liiMttlt Editor. VOL. XLI. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1850. NO. 27 . IU WORTH GAHOI.INA STAR - .--I II FCBLMHII' WttELT, IT T1I01U I "1" (Oao nearly opposlts ths Post Offlc. ) Term t tbr ?ptr. 92 W per an. when paid in .vdvasvi $S 00 if seyaaeat is delayed three 'months. . Ttraiot lilTrrlininr. One Kar, (16 lines.) rt insertion, fl l h. " eca lulreeipu-ut insert.' u, U"i Court arders sad judicial advct-ii-eiucnts, 25 per emt. higher. A deducti ud of 83J per cent. f.r advertisements by the jeer. JJ0T All letterf and communication muat be pot! mmd. Remittance! may be made at our riik. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1, All eaheeribere, who do not (tire ix"av.ss nn Ttct U the contrary, are considered at winking to eoattaoe their eubseriptions. 3. If eubeeribers order th disrontiminnce of their paper, the publishers may eontiuue to ttcud them kalil arrearagea are paid. 8. If eubacribere neglect or refuse taking tlieir paper! from the smoea to which they are sent, they are aeid responsible till their hille are Mttled and their irtper entered to be discontinued. 4, the tfetres he iei l I ibt MftuHn WJaia-j 1 newspaper ar periodical from the office, or remov ing and tearing It uncalled for, is prima facie" evidence of istsxtioxal rAt:n. 1SCELLAAE0L9. A THRU LING STORY.. "Just twenty year ago this night," said the old man to bit wife, a she eat dozing in the corner of a large old fashioned tire place, "jusl twenty yearn ago, my Menu. Ku pert left us, determined lu seek the mourn to support us eomlortably id our old age, an I to pbce our Ella in the position tdie should oc cupy, which ahe ia lined to adorn, and of which our misfortunes have robbed her. Uut our only ion has never come buck to uh; we are poorer than ever, with a deeper, deeper sorrow rankling here, ?nA lie laid hi. wither ed hand upon his heaving breaai,) that he I1..8 been cut oil in the bloom ol his young man hood we know nut how or when'." and ihe full, round tears rolled heavily down his fur rowed cheeks, whilst the good Meua wept and sobbed aloud. Thus they sat lori long, long time, and thus we leave tin in with the inoii.n ful memory of ail he had been and ..II lie now was to them. Ella, their only dai ghter, w is very beauti ful. 1 mean by that, that she w as gende, in telligent and graceful; she h ut ., . a . a been guy and happy i.fof, she. J".'' ed i.;Mjrcland. her Simple hearied companions, mid was too young when her brother h it their rural home, to feel ret ers. s of fortune, or lo suli'er, like her sorrow-aged 'parents, his loss and society. 'Tlit neidhTHirs taikid to hrr ot ihe proiitiamtr young Kupert of foruier jWs, -moiled owr .and wvef again his aiiiiaijle ii inpej'.liLia kind ness to the . geil, the sick y.i id the poo, oi the.r hide ill tee, jiid the old -loU" s emed to Inv httn as a son, iIik young people as oro lier, and e'.eryiHMly r ineiu h red arKi.iiir Illicit eyeis Ins liiii', xp. e. -i . e mou.h, hio 1of.ftjthoagh.Jgt''aeW'"y"1 wu'wili'orrhattt,'' and e.i-rybodi piiilenilt d hliii li,nt.loine md jrmjdrwhen-ai dte ttiff- itf-m xtrrTr tiT' leTi Ilia humble home, del runnel torc.iu- his tirihrV fallen rorton -a, or lo make-one les Of course Ella loved tin picture, and often sighed that it w:- not red to her. Riiprrl Efls'wTiriliVf ':iH-KT i "iorf after hit iNislorlunes, turned hn pretty dwell, ng in to an inn, hung up a s.gn, wim a peculiar de vice upon II a device not to lie lorgoileii by any one who lived twenty years previously any where within twenty in h s ol the city id New York bat 1 must uoi p tint itu.er, aain, lest one phrcuzied eve should chance lo glance over these panes to engulph the mill J and near, "lira tnT'aetlHK'''iiif iny only object is lo reUte, as uu .rl y as 1 ca.i re collect, the inciucii sol a trausaciion thai was to llinllitig and to fearful in, its elleeU, and Which au many of our citizens renu mber it loo true. The old man waa not very successful, for he Wat aa proud and austere, at he was ambi tious, and he could not stoop to the mean ca jolery and impertinent ob'.rusivenesa now practiced in our day to secure tile "mighty dollar," and the consequence waa he remained vary poor. The day hud been stormy, and the heavy black clouds hung in dense man tra close . lo the earth, leaving only, here and' were t streak of atmostpherc, which teemed struggling in pride" to bear them pward to their native element, there to dissolve themselves in gentle dew, or tain, or beautiful while, fleecy llaket of snow, lo be finally like humanity embosomed in all receiving ailenl earth. . But 1 digress. 'A horseman broke through the narrow passage between earth and clouds, immediately ia front of a co.ttge almul a mile from our incongruous tign; he was very tall and tlender, wilh the inosi luxuriant beard and mustache, of rirh, brown eaprcaai.e hair; hit eyea vera clear aa tiara,- hit akin ol a singular paieneaa for a man, and with a face -altogether as pleating and intereaing at a young and beautiful Krl' though you could not ruesa hie ace, (he inigin have btea twenty-five or he tmt;tit have tieeii forty,) will there waa a fire lurking in hit eye, and the spirit of bravery and uianlineaa written on hit brow. You could imagine- lhataomw and ttruif le, and eoutes!, bad been hia . lot, though every lineament bespoke a hmrl at peace with tlie whole world. Our rider teem. ed tube lost in thought, for his horse ' had halted before the door ol the cottage, whose owner waa gaung qiuetly upon h.in from his door step, wondering, I suppoae, wlu he waa, and what he wanted. Suddeuly he looked up front his revery, and with a tlighl euiuamssin.-nt, inquired if there waa a public house al ham). "Uy the wy,w amid he, "it there not a .Mr. Ellsworth keeping an inn somewhere near herel He Bad a daughter aained Ella, au J once," (and he drear a long breath,) ton Rupert." "Yob know him, then, air," tatd Al.-.OUylon, S man of ihu codatruy wua waa none o h t Uis village paaUir.) "AreUtive.perh ipsf" Mraued be, like a man thinking aloud, lor he Max waited '-anjwriai Iam nm'mierrew latno. Ad now llook at you more close ly, you do reaomble the lamily i "would yoti hka to tee hit djuglifert Every' oua wl. er aaw her tweet, gende face, teela . an in tertai ia her at one, sue it hcrov paying 'lU wy girtt," and Mr. Claytan, in hit ar te '"'""'"P for Ed., and ia hotpitulny T3 interesiitig tiranger, abtuluiely Rirargedtha bewildered hortemao frd - hit udie, i(J ,aty Bueereuionaoualy iulo ' the rftttnut eflhraa lovaiv airta. wle wren knit. aadchatung away belota a cUeedui hick- or ttre. Kniliiiig anJ a liicknry fire, around which, m merry mood, drawn our trulhful hand of friend! O, what glorious opportunity j for the culture of the flowers planted in our youthtime in die tunny gardens of our hearts, j to be green and bright when the selfish, sordid world, has abut in all the joyousneaa, the mu sic Knd the lights, ti e love and trust thai mice to fully made up a happy existence or hen relentless death has d.iven our fondest affec tions back upon the table of our memory, a living page for the records ol eternity! Hut w li te I have been indulging in these deatiliory thoughts, the party in theliide par lor are standing ill ajfiuinon and surprise. The itranger, olicn glancing al I tie other two young ladies. Tor a iiioiin-iil confronting the now trembling Ella. One beam of joy shot from his ey e, as he cried mil -li ta, it is my tister!" and clasped her in hit arms. One look on her part, and one electric thrill on hers, had been enough to o-ll them of the ties of consanguinity which bound them, and the long separated brodier and sister even though Ella was a child when Uupert left home- knew and loved each other in an iiislanil Etta was very futility, and too much ab sorbed in her wonderment lo asls her brother a single question; she was dreaming of her pa renin' transports oljuy when they should learn their long lost son was living and planning in her mind some more pleasing stratagem than any oiiwny uauiui ML.i:uiuujJ4itk lo llieiu uis return. jiupen n.i:ieu tier thoughts, as she sat so ail. n.ly, g.,zing upon htm: ai)d immediately after he had ascertained that his parents w ere alii e and well, he glan ced at Ins hUioiy since his departure, reserving for iht trovvii happy (inside the details of ll.s sclf-saeriticiiig elldrls and exile for twenty years. Of course, after the first salutations wore over, thu wh ile parly al die cittagu were acqiiainlcd and familiar, and anxious lo hear the s'ory, ; .... Wuiicri bail left his home with hut one chance of apparel, and huloue aliiiiing in his 1 pockci; he hail worked his passage out West, and had In'vclleil from town lo town, and ill lae to v tllage, teaching here and there, lor one v ear ill one place, and further on another year in another, gaining insirticiion while he w. a imparling it, an.l thcndiy pnieurmg the means to carry him w hereier he w.ahed to go. Al leng.h be read law and became em inent, for iIiiki;Ii but s.Mi i-ii when he left home, he had liccn a sunl. tii and a graduate at Ci llcne; as many ol Ins class limes well n-lUCUilj-. r.iie W IS e ru jli. n, a . scho) ir and a gentleman; and though there was many a reck less and p iss.onale hoy al that c'l ege, and some lew ill his own class, there w .s uol one so mean and seilii-li as not to feci ni enilohtlrQ iiiillli'iie, and actu'6"wliJ3,;e his hii.h ton. d, hoiio.'.iiilv; d wot .inent. -tHte-w-t-nt" h" orotf-to-tna-parntii reiutar 1, , bui r. ceivi.ig no aii.-ivveis, lur supp.-med ibey iniisi li., e removed I... m mt-old hum afcad, n.l as it was neeessari to h.s htfrh purpose, and to carry' oia lis plans for their final good and as ii iiiikIii in eriere with lb.- saer.fic s he r. - t.. ;,.).;- .; ..i lv Ills tirul. s.nuu a loriuiMUJl. 4M- s- f that they were well anil , happv. And vmir by ear he struggl d oil to g.nu whalu' tiolil! with the vain expectation of securing rlMI4ifIMJjhIZtb here, for Uuperl's had Iksco a noble aim, and it now prom d a happy rcBiill. Old Air. Eilworili h id neier, at any lime, received a line from his s m since he left mine; by some iivanshia leilers wero imacar ried, and Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth believed It i pert to he de til, and were sail, afler twen ty long years, mourning over his untimely end; they even found a luxury lu their sorrow, wliene.cr ihey could indulge il in Ella's ah sene Tiny loidd thj swee: girl too well to let lief he a wiluess lo their grief; it w it turned inward, and was worn deeply upon tlieir souls. Had Ella known of this, sh -would hare been very a retched, audi am quite sure her brother would not have found her visiting at the good pastor's rottagu. No, not even the society of her dearest friends could have won her from lite pleasing duty of -tenig a solace and a joy lo them. "Dear brother." sbid Ella, "1 thought you were dead, hut now I have cherished your memory and loved the semblance our friends have drawn. You were older than 1 when y ou left us, hut never, never dared I hope for tins joyful kneeling. I am to happy, and she wept uHu his bosom. "It it growing late, Rupert," she said, d tailing the tears from her face; "lei us plan a pleasant surprise for our parents. I am to spend the night here. I J will remain and be home in the morning to take breakfast with you. Go now, and pre- lend you are a stranger, travelling farther east ward, engage a Mom fur the uight, and plead fatigue for retiring so early to Ivcil, and do not come down until I come and reabk to our pa rents the happy inl II gence tint Rupert, the lung lamented Rupert, ia under their own roof- itsr n ver more, lu lea. e agiiiu O, I shall aee my m ither't eyea beam ag iin with hope and joy, and my father grow young again in the a.K-iety of his cherished sou. Uu! 1 ahull be to h ippy" and the clasped her liule hands close over her throbbing bosom, aa though ahe waa afraid her h ippy heart would leap in ec atacy from thence. "Yea, 1 will, my tister," and ha. taid "my sitter" over again '.he'll one was music in his ears. ' Ye 1 will; hut first tell me about your self, my home, hoiv my mother bore my ab sen.M, h w my father hat besn situated, and if my dear luile Ella it h ippy," and he press ed her agai i to his breast, lor she wat all he had imagined her his ideal sister! "Well i h.tvo li ed with our pirenta eon alandy, requiring no greater happiness, th in to b i a happiness to l.ietn. 1 have aeldouTor ne er been from hnine, aim wheu our parents tent m to tee our good friends here. We have uo aoctely nor even xaitora, save a form er class malt! of yours;" and Ella paused, for ihi w ir.n bto kI in Jothn hjr cnaeks. "You retniMn'jir Clinnca Fcotoit. lie r al wave at our haute, and in V falhur aliinwt wir- thipt liim, and.l ,j helioie it it fur'no ruuf elto in dtd world only, beeause ha talks of you and rtniiaea vou half the tons he ia at our body else 1 do believe he ki.ee htm only because he wat your friend," and agaiu ahe bluahed anJ ht-atuiied. , . - "tl.shul my liule Ella, and ia that the rea son you almost worship him loo(" and hs gaaaJ id bar toft, violet ejl irs.l eye aa loud ly anil gently, mat tut ojcurij rast treu m a tnomjnt, and realiej with du ingeniDjsjijts aa lovely in a young and truthful girl ; 44 1 ea. brotlier. I do believe it. ia. "Mr biestdd aittet an I frituX" erial R i- parHl have at Ijaat jound JfJunajror.li pnaaeesing, the love add- confiding ImfersMs of a true hearted tister! Ella you shall marry .... l ii i . . l uri. 1 Clarence, and we shall he very happy? Why do you look so sad l-.lla! -A I at, Rupert. ( -larenee ia tori poor: he ia -imhitions but, like nnraelves, he has been un fortunate. Hit falherdied a bankrupt nearly ten yeart ago; he settled here to practice medi cine, but there it little or no sickness in our village; he does not like the profession it waa his father's desire he should follow, and and it is impossible!" and she raised her eyea tim idly lo hit kind face, mid he aaw that they were brim full of tears. I(tiiert started as though a new idea had truck him. He went out to his horse, lifted the heavy saddle-hairs from his hack, and re turned in a minute to his sister's side. "Impossible?" said he. "Behold die means to make it possible' then," and he dropped them w ith a heavy chink al her feet. There. Ella, it fifty thousand dollars in gold! all gold," said he with the generous warmth of his na ture, '-and here is one portion which shall make you and my old friend and srhooH'el-lawf-MawMirtPv happy"- ml be presm'ed her wilh a package contaiiiitiK ten thousand dol lars, while his cheeks were glowing and his eyes flashing widi lo'.e, pride and happiness. - Just then another Hashing eye and Hushed face peered in at the window. lie saw Ru pert kiss r.lla, in a transport ol lecling saw tier rrerk a mttisifurc olj himself; attached to a massive gold chain in. I lia a.mnAM.t.l litt wo. lilt-P, .f l'lli ml a successful one, lo... for he had seen Kupert carrv the heavy saddle-bags in. and -Wd die door just in lime to hear his expression. Hestagg i tl from the window; he had seen enouiih; for an inatant he seemed rooted to the spot; then he rushed round to the back of the house into the kitchen, seized a large carving Lnil'o tle.t n-:is Iciiii mi llielable. anil nnss:nir- .1.. i.i..i i.. h!, wl.,h. i;. l. ,.ii.,p,n . deep moan as though 'relieved 'of a weight of M. ,!,,. ,,r,d hi. -hit ich 1 chisel v together, and again rushed out into the j " a ""s- " . . , open itir. Just al tins moment Kuiierl placed rhe -'"'"" vounj man insisted, and le h's sndillcb .gs on his horse, stooping lo sav I cl ,r,'d al la,t w"ll,,t 1,,""f"?" UP' some pleasant adieus to Ella. "Good nigh't, ! lh(' f"'"'r w ouM not consent to take him. At .i. ... !n , .. .it t, ,i,. ..j. i" j ter a I mi tlrtigifle th" litter yielded, afld la- Uiiir IjIIa. ."it mm i iiiv.iv yes!" and he was gone. Like a wounded wild beast, the man who had looked in at ihe window, sprifug back, darted down a by-path across a field or two on, on he went towards ! the inn, and stopped behind a clump of trees, crowded dent -ly logeth'T. It was la e Iwi ligb', and as our .horseman .w.as ..a'MMir'wd, . -mid his pleasant ihonht he did no! aee the man's singular movements, or noticed that he vva wiileneu oy nun. On came our horseman with a smile lighting up his f.tce, talking pleasant ! hue tot hijt,-..ir af.-iii..Lil . li, uil.l In his Ii:ii ,i.iiid -Yes.' yea; iiiiV iriousalid in do; it wil, make I ,sp- 1 ne "" 'cr '"""tlf" " 13 al as all very comfortable, and I shall r.-siiini-1 fa"-, ami finding that il was romp irativelk a mv orolession afler a few inonlhs ol' rPid am dl olfani which had Condemned .he y oing trausoorts ol iov and gay re el. for I mean to m-.L-A ilkf ,.1.1 liilLs li imii. the ill. I honsi lLp a ia'sra .Si.d deiir.jtw. the queen ot domestic .bljss!... g.nde sister" h ,ng"d only one liule word. I Hut ereth! aoutid ol his voici-luul died upon! the solemn S!illness of the c.eaitii, Rupert s Ins hf b'ss corpse dragged into ihe thicke which was aiiuaied about tlireo furlongs from the inn. Claranen hurried (he body with hia own blood-stained hands; and late, very late, in that dark anil horrid place, goaded the poor horse lo in idiiess, and set him adrift wilh all savp the gold. The next inornini the clear bright sunlight had scarcely tinted the tops of the gorgeous (oilagc of Autumn,. when Ella sprung. .wilh a Tight bound from the door-steps, bounding over the stile near the cottage gate in such hap py haste tint her feet scarcely seemed to touch Ihe earth over which she glided; ihe mile seem ed endless she had never fell such ecstaey before; and well Clarence, who was watching for her, marked the glowing cheek and liouu l ing step of the once quiel dignified Ella, and he attributed il to a far dtlferenl cause. These two people loved each other. But how dif ferent the fueea, how different the hearts one wat dark and troubled, ihe other like sunshine. Hhe had not noticed him before, hut just as the laid her hand upon the door of her own horns he grasped it she started, O, Clarence! Good morning; how is it tint you are here to early thia morning? I hope nothing wrong has happened, for I am to happy! You look tad; cone in, come in, you' shall lie happy with us yon shall soon tee why EUaY'heari flutters like a frighted bird's." And she, for die first time, pasted her hand lovingly through lus arm. Her parents met her at the door, glad that the had returned, though they could not under stand why the came to early. "Well," add the, looking anxiously about the room. "well, father, wiio had you here last nghl?" an J she smiled "No one, myehd.l." - "Had you not a m in here last night tall," and thd wenton d.cribiiig Kupcne-' eloquent ly, thai her parents gizcJin herexciteJ face, in silent wonder, trying to-cypher out thi cause ol' all thia aiiim mo.i in one usually mild endH quiet. But tha eyes of Clarence glared like a demon when the old man turned to him shaking hit hand warmlv. "Why, Ella it wild, Idn think. "No, no, my daujlj'er, no traveller was here last iiihtl" "Not here! not stop here!" and Ella, sud denly thinking that they were playing a ruse off on her, put out both her hands to Clarence, and turning p irdy away from - her parents, said, Iji ghiiig, "Why, that is my brodier; that it R'lprfft, Mo hur, it is it ia our long lost son!" Ureal God!" screamed Clarencp, throwing b s arms and hands upward, "Great Uod! 1 have murdered K ipert Ellsworth, my Ella'a brotli- f . .i li,' .....I er, my nrst, neat ana am iei menu. um he rushud out toward die fat d clu.np of trees, followed hv the now wretched family. Whan they reached himhe ' had already, in, hi fnsm dranred me body of Kdiuirt.to.UiC light, and was p -ering mio hific i. I ran ioiJ the very few friend we are goin$ t pWore 1!ffi-WWimlil wi !T.yssr: " i . . 1 it... .h ,;n .-.. a ,i eiuae. . ... t ,.'. . . Ths poor d ntth stricken parenU r?eognitrtd their eoi at omv lor the eye of lo i keetti Clareticj sat weeping like a child oer ute c irpse of hit once luloved friend; and Ella, who had not spoken aince the gave Ui it one low shriek of depair and anguith, atood apart, gazing with a vacant ture, and, with cheeks paler Uian her dead brother a waa a nope- 1 ss maniac! t'l.re.ice after liiTnrU;en Wmicif up frc jjy to the hand ofjutCJ, contrived lo place fa al cord around his own neck and thus avoided the ignominv of a public execution. r..., i l.i ii.i I I. I . l'he father and motherdied broken hurled. And Ella, the once gay and lovely Ella, is e n tiued, at this very moment, in the Ulooiiiiug dale Asylum, a maniac for life. Oh! who will not acknowledge that truth is stranger than fiction? TRUTH S I ANGER THAN FICTION. The I'eunty Ivausa correspond! ni of the St. lAuis Hepulihcan, May 3d, relates the follow ing occurrence; A young man recently made hia escape from the galleys at Toulouse. He. was strong and vigorous, and soon mad' his way across lite country ami escaped pununt. Ho arrived Hie uext morning before a collage in an open field, a..d stopped to beg some thing to eat and i l:i i. ... .1 i:..l 11 . concealment wune lie reposeu a nine. um he found the inmate, of die cottage m the great-! , lo a,7tmu,g, Un't it!" est distress, four lilt e children sat tren.i.l.ng I iiulD,h!" ejaculated the philosopher, mns- in a corner, their mother was weeping and if ,,lig l.ollsi(1').ralinn,,lad m,e teanng her hair, and the father was g ; eih( wjl, lmli, ..,!., w,nie,hh,g in lhl. die floor in agony. J he gv lev stave asked , Wl-ll,,1(we,l. e'en follow the wav t of what was il. matter, aouL tlie 4lIiM..-n4ilid.tt)to,lWifd WilM(1 fof m kA nim, that they were that- morning to one thing; we'll have none of that s.llv silver tu ned out of doors because they could ,wjHl al, ,u, mlrc.,(d,. That ie a piece of fid- not pay the rent. - . ou see me dri ven to de,. , , 1Inbe,u buu to Ile 5,, pair, said the lather, "my wile and liitie elul-1 v j.. , r . dren without food or shelu-r, and 1 wuhoul the j hM soj waj) Amclia.. ". means to prov.uc lor mem. i ue con.ici I will give you the means. I have but ! Ju"! eg,caPu fr,,,n h'glleva; whoet i and U,k,' '" T'l"'" Pr'"" er secu res is eniiticd to a reward of fifty trancj -how much does your rent amount to f" "Forty francs," ausw.i the father, Well," said the other, 'nut a cord tirnitnil my body, I will follow you lo the city, ihcv W! fill iii n-c,Mrniseme.anayou win gei iiny rai.es for brinijing ina, back. " "iu never: ex.. 'i'ned lha aslo.iiahed listener, should stirve a dozen times bef, mv children I ahould atirve a dozen times before I would do ,i,. ,. J , , - , , king his preserver bv the arm and led him lo the city and lo the mayors olhce. rvery body was surprised that a little man like the father had b -en able to capt-tr" sac i a stronr young fellow, hut the proof wat before ill 'in f the lilli francs Were paid and the prisoner sent back to the galley s. gone, the lather asked a p the ni-iyor, lo whom ne told the whole tlory. The iliiiVT w is ho iDticti afT(!C.P(t ituil lio nut ol,1.v "ud,'u fifLv . Illn('', mortl.10 ,he 'jher'a. purse, but wrote imtnrdi .tely lo the in nlsU-r of justice, begging the noble young prisoner's man to the galley t, e Tied out half his and that he had alredilv lime, he ordered his re- r- - I.OSOI'IIEK S CKO I'CUE I S. Vheu a piwiuwpber maffie, u -th p)le onits-scquiiint.mee combine lo laugh at him. losopliv wilh phdogvny; in ihe hue of wis dom wilh the love of woman? "The wisest man the world e er saw appears to nave though! otherwise; and Socrates, as well us .Solomon, wat a husband. When Adam Crotch, finding, like his first father and name sake, that il waa not good to he alone, con tracted matrimony with Amelia Smith, was that any reason w hy all the other Smiths Amelia's kinsfolk excepted and Joneca, and drowns, '0 Wy in'. WHipttsiug, jhtVyjjrJ4. be mo ed in, should, cimplv because Adam was reputed a philosopher, iniike merry at the expense of hit father's son! Il is true that the marriage of Adam w.isastep inconsistent wi h that philosophy which placed the minimum bonum in the main chance. He. married purely for those reasons that, accortlin to Un cle Toby, are" written in the Coininon-l'riy er book;" which include, we believe.no reference to he Three Per Cents. As we have tfyled Crotch a philosopher, it behooves ut to explain what were his pretension to thalcharacter. They consisted theoretical ly in a considerable amount of literary, scien tific, metaphysical knowledge, and practically in a systematic eours of tit-, based in linly on Ihe principle of enjoy fug himself to the extent ! of his means, and repressing all dusireo that would exceed their limits. Thut Adun, who, like many other philosophers, was rath er fond of smoking, though in the abs'.ract h preferred Havana cigars to the common weetl, was wont, adapting his taste to his fin ncea, lo content himself with a clay pipe. It was further a maxim wilh Adam Crotch, in econ omising, to sacrifice the lesser enjoyment to the greater, and always to deny himself what he coulu best spare, f Now thre are two word' to every bargain; and Adam Crotch did not plunge into inatrnno ly without first having inquired wh it Atn-hawould say to the plan of life which he had chalked out. H r answera were mod sa caret. When Adam explained lo her the difference lelween a real and a fictitious gratification, and asked whether, content with true happineaa, she could despite its illusory phantom, she would reply. Oh yea!' with an enthusiasm which none hul young ladies who are in love can pronounce ih-as words with. Their marri age took place, but not altogether quietly. There wore two mailers, conn'eted with the event, on which they had a slight diif -rence of opinion at the outset All other prelimina ries having been willed, "Adam, dear," aaid the betroth -d, "where eluill wortl'rour wed uing cake, and whom ahall we send cards "A wedding cake!" exclaimed Crotch, at tontrhed. "Cards! my d:argirl, wh it do you want with either?" 'Oh! we mutt h ive them, of course, tore," the replied. ' "Why of course!" asked the philosopher. Yuu are not fouJof swee.is, neither jin I, and to viati we "But lbe will expect, urg d the young lady, "our cards and a pence of eike. We ahould eonsiiler otlicra, yon know, Adam.Jt "Yet, my dar," aaid Cro eh, "of course we titouliLbul what benefit will any body de rive from our tending' them a mouthful of plum-cake! VYhatia it lo eat! There w.ulJ be something in a large lump; bat thit it out of the qurtuoij- Aa to" eiriti" they 'are"w1ior ty unnecesaary I oSietrt to th-m on princi pl, at adm eiiti mil annt'iug, dimied by tht mere eapnee of aootety.' - . - - s. .-I..". :inaioue which rattler inclined Iter lover to hsieneo thia tale wiihteaLt f ympJJiyvi.rtnnr)rwbcther her adroccj-of eafds ' alnr and then aaul: . j brnleake arusc from motivetttrictU of nolici . i i Lsejeaaisf y 1 1--. "Still," pleaded Amelia, "we had better do what it usual." "Granied, he returned, "when there ia no p articular reason lo the contrary, I admit your abstract propo iiinn. Uut in tht instance, we shall loe money. It will eoel uttwoor three giiine.it at least; and for half No pleasure to ourselves, or any body else." "But surely we can afiord it, dear." Nobody Can, that is, ought, lo afford mere waste. Not a fanhing ought to be so squan dered. It had butter be given away in chari- "But people will he ofiendid, dearest, if we d n't send them whyt Ihey will expect." "Then let them he off.-nded, my girl!"ei rlainied Ail. ni Crotch; why should we regard unreasonable people:" j -Oh, you know, Adam," the answered, it .i..i ,u i;e . . i :. i . , jn a U)Hf! wjf h i .,.- i.-l her lover lo Undj-cake and Cards, however, though by no means with the good wdl of Crotch, were or dered. The para lise to which Adam Crorch led his wife was the second hea-en of a decent lniliint-lmiie. nrberu isi. culled . iun.n.1, i,,.i, ti.;. l,.,uLr .. a. , i, ....u. . temporary abode, to serve until they could nnd tmM ,,,, commensurate with tlieir circumstances, in; one of -the suburb of the U.H'tl' Wi'h ancb niluellintp thfv vkw in.in , ul.,lvij.,d, aIuj miW ,,.,. ihouciion .d- furn ishing it, whereon the philosopher discoursed as follows: "The essential points, m v dear, to look to in choosing furniture are comfort and utility. We cannot a t comforta'ily in an inconvenient chiir; hut au long at the chair it convenient, its material matters little. We may apply l)ie same principle lo beds, tables, and fire irons." "Certainly," answered Mrs. Crotch. "ot hill lllt." continued lil im "lhara JU?.'..! .!?."-. w?f' 8 -Win ptetaure derived hy the ee of Ttr fivate interview ofj jnn (rnm handsome furniture, and if thia can I ,e 0,t.iined without financial emh trrassment. well an(l itq( tuinov'riiire at tioinir hinmrpil j circumstances is much more than equivalent ihiitgraiification:" " ."There is uo doubt about (hat. .dear." said she. "Well, rfOTryntrace, love," he pursued, "we can gel a set of deal chairs and tables for a comparative trifle; we can cover the chairs with whni-d'ye-cll-it, and JUukr. eutl4on fnf- 4.it; - . - .'; - tu; - :,.::f.r..r "it; -:i i...i. .i oo-ill iruini ivtre. c call put oil ClOlll on lilt; tables and pa i nt their . legs, which -..will- mke iherri look quite well enough; and a floor-cloth ol'green baize will be just as good aa the best Turkey carpet." r . My dear, what are you talking about?" dc- Why, that instead of mahogany and rose- wood, and fine cirpeis, in which there is no essenti il advantage, we will nave deal chain and tables, ami green baize." "I ne er heard of aucb a thing!" exclaimed the lady. "Don't you aee thai by so doing we ahall hate the mouev lo et and drink, love, and to be enabled to save aomediing o ver in case of a rainy day : .. , Okl -ouVejaiviug A.Jaui." ihe answareiL Joking?" he repeated. "Not at all." "Ileal chairs and tables, and green baize carpel?" the exclaimed. "Horrible!" "What is ihe matter? You admitted my pr posi:ion with regard to the furniture in the abstract," a ml the philosopher. "Oh, nonsense," she retorted. "Bother the alwlracut.'' "Amelia! My dear," exclaimed the aston ished husband. I have no patience with you!" ahe cried. Adam first started, then whistled, and then sat himself down biting hie nails, while his irritating spouse overwhelmed him with up braiding " " " " " ' " . .. ", . I he phil isophcr was fain to make Ins peace by conceding Ihe point a to the upholstery, and the house, amid hia suppressed gioans, was furnished in fashionable style. Among other doinesdc exigeuriet that soon arose was that of a tct ofdiiiner-pl.net. Ad am, tins lime without consulting Amelia, went and ord -red a seri ice of pewier. The plalet were tent home. No sooner did Mrs. Crotch behold them th in, seizing one, the dush.id ii indignantly on the grouud. It wai unbroken. "See," observed the philosopher, wiih mild equanimity, "the advantage of pewier ever f!iina! Oh, nonsense," exclaimed Amel a. 'It ia not nonsense," returned Adam, What it there in a plate! Nothing but f iuil upon it ihat is of any consequence. Wh it objection ia there in dining off pewter?" I can't bear it," ahe replied. "But why?". "B cauac I can't." '"Now don't you tee," reasoned Adam, "bow absurdly you talk. You can't. Ooea it hyriyour ey ea or make your head ache? Does ii pain y ou in aoy way!" "I don't like it and thai enongh." "No, my good girl," urged Crotch, it it not enough. When we say that we rau't bear a thing, we mean thai it produce an intol erable tenulion. What intolerable sensation does a pewier plate produce in you?" JSucli were the tec net that were enacted al moat daily bctweeu Adam Crotch and hia help male, lie wanted her to wear elu AT dresses ; the would have silk. One of their most aeir ous disputes arose on ihe subject of . cotton pocket handkerchiels. , . " " W hat earthly reason, he demanded, "oould uiero xil ir waaung- any olherf" bhr an swered, "Every reaaou," but gave none. . . ' R-ajHiiia."Kuwever,' iilie didgive occaaional ly tor Oer wtthet. ISbe wanted a while bouue l. Why! Because Mra. Wilton hail one. Hhe desired to bare vaueuaa bbnda lot the parlor window. ' Wherefore!. Huch an enibvhiah ui nt had been added lo Mra. Bluke't. - In ihe course of time Adam had tone and daughiertv Hia philosophy encountered tri als. Disquiet and dwtor't billt tl wat pre- pafvd tor i ben be wat aat prepared lor the reqeisttKMie of mmithly aaracav i tie bad not muted ou taperaara irary napkin, bibtyeapa. piodorea, (rocka, and trotiture, Occatwiui diaturbaneea at hia ttudiet he experled. but never thought fie should be railed from nit j books to rock a cradle- - Aa expedient which he adopted lo lighten thia especial burthen should he recorded.- Itcouaisted in the adapta tion of a smoke-jack to produce the required motion; but thia arrangement w at continually interlerred with by the cook. Ilia calculations thus confounded, the sys tem upset, hit scheme of dometlio happiness thut hatfli d, wi.at waa the philosopher to do? He bad no alternative but to cut down hia own expenses to the lowest possible mark. He re linquished the solace of hit pipe he drank hit tea without milk or sugar he lived on die in illsel amount of food that lure! Ourlalcst account of Adam Crotch represents him as meditating some scheme for the rnlarg -mcnt ol hia meant. He intends to devote those faculties heretofore employed on (peculation to business. Would that he could discover that stone, w hose acquisition has so long been the philosopher' t object! In the mean lime, let philosohhers in t general, and those of the Crotch sellout in particular, about tnmarrv. study attentively that chapter in the book of human nature whose special au' jeci Is woman Douglas Jerrold's Magazine. THE FLOWER G ARDEN. Flowers are the oniatiu-ut of vegetable ex silence, and have in all agea been cultivated by persons of leisure and taste, for Ihe pleasure winch they yield to the ry e and the laney. While generally heal htul and exbileraling from being pursued in tiie open air, llowercul Jare ia justly reckoned to be a pure and harm less tecrelion, which by leading to Ihe tranquil contemplation of natuaal beauty , diverting the mind Jroin gross worldly occupation, hat a pot- ilively moral and therefore highly bcnelic al tendency. It has also the advantage of b ing alike open to the purautt oi high irmf low, the peasant and Ihe peer, the over-toiled man of business and the industrtons artizan. , It may ba hallowed wilh equal enjoy in nl by individ uals of both sexes, and, as is well known, on every imaginable tcale, from that of a tingle flower-pot or orjianierit.il border, to the prince ly green hiuseanil exquisitely varied parterre. J he natural grace, simplicity, and attractive coloring of flowers have afforded endless themes lo morlulis's and poets, and volumes have been penned lo show how many associations of feelings simple and aublime, these beaute ous objects are calculated to excite. Aa our deaarew to improve the feelings at Well at to instruct the understanding, we hopv to escape blame for pausing an instant over this agreea ble view of the value of Hower-culture, and would refer, for one of the most glowing eu foB-ict w tbr OTTrtfrtrto threfegant work of Mist Sarah Slickney the rottry ,f ,(, I According lo Ihe well expressed sentiments of this lady, few natural objecta are more poetical, or more calculated to refine the taste than flow ers. "From the majesdc tun-flower, tower ing above herwiwrnr of the" garden, and faith- fully turning to welcome the god of the dayJ u tlw Utile humWeand -wrtl kirown-wecCtflilt is said to close lit crimson eye before impend ing showers, there is scarcely one flower which may not from its loveliness, its perfume, its natural situation, or its classical association, be 4uiderd higldy poeucal., , WKOW -var. "At the welcome mesaetiger of spring, the snowdrop clatmt our firat.regard, anil count less are die lay a in which tlie praitei of iltit iivtie modest nower are tung, , l he contra! il pretenta of green and white (ever the most pleaaing of contraaia lo the human eye) may be one reason why mankind agree in their ad miration of its tiinple beauties; but a far more powerful reason ia the delightful association by which it it connected with the idea of relum ing Jtprmg.. . Perhapt we have thought long of the melting of the snow that impeded our noon day walk. Bui it vaniset atlaat; and there be neath it white coverlid, lica the delicate tuow drop, so pure and pale, to true an emblem of hope, trust, and confidence, thai II might teach a lesson to ihe detponuiiig, and show the useless and inaciii e how t aluable are the stir rings of Ihat energy that can work its purpose in tec ret and under oppression, and be ready in the fulness of lime to make out that puqmte manitest nnd complete. 1 he anowdrop leach- ea also another lesson. It make out the pro gress of time. We cannot behold it without leeliug that another spring has come, and im mediately our thought recur to the event! which have occurred aiuce last il fairy belli were expanded.., "It it of liltlc consequence what flower comes next under consideration. A few spe cimens wdl serve the purpose of proving that these lovely productions of nature ure, in Iheir general associations, highly poetical. Tnj primrose is one upon which we dwell wilh pleat- urn proportioned 10 our latle tor rural scenery , and the esdmate we have previously lor me J ol the advaniagc of a peaceful and .ludid Itfe. In connection wiui tht. flower, iraagin ni- . .kWiW .!! ,h . uon pie uret a matched co.tage (tandiiui uu ihu ilopeo) the hilt, and a little wody dell, whose green bankt are tpanglcdall over wilh yellow stars, while a troop of rosy children am gam boling on the rime bank, gathering tlie flowers. is we used to galhir them ourselves, before the toils and ttriiggle of menial conflict h id worn ut down to what we are now, and thut pre senting to the mind the combined idea of nat ural enjoyment, innocence, and rural peace the more vi. id, because we can remember lira lime a lien something like thi waa mingled wilh Ihe eup ol which we drank die more touching because we doubt whether, if such pure drop were tail there, they would not to our taste have lost their sweetness. The violet, while it pleat by iu modest, re tiring beauty, possesses tint additional cliarm of the mostf xquisile of all perfumes, wh ich inhal ed with the pur and invigorating breeze of spring, al way a bring back ,n remembrance a lively conception of that delightful season. Thut in the language of poetry, 'the violet-scented gale' is ty nonvmou with those accumula ted and swoedy-blcnd.nl gratification which we derive from odors, flowers, and baltnv breez es; and, above all. fr im the contemplation of n novated nature, one niorw bunting forts in to beauty and fjeTaSaSliosv,! "Die jasmine, also, wttb it dark-grecii leave and filter stars, saluting a with it de licious scent through ihe open easement and impregnating the whole atmosphere of the far- den wiih iu swee mess, has been sung and cel ebrated by so many poet, that our astjoeiaiion are with their numbers rather than any intrin sic qnality ia the flower itself. " Indeed, what ever may have first esUhlwried Ihe rank of flow art M toe powucal world, they bava bacomt to a hka note of masse, passed aa froaa lyra ka ryrat and waeajever a chor4idiriUd with the harmony ol aong, tbcat lovely .imajnw present themselves, neitlier iniD.itred in their hriuti- nor exhausted of their twee Meat, for having beea the m-diura of poetic feeling ever tinea duf world began. It is impossible to expend a momcnl'a thought upon the lily, without recurring to that memorable passage in die sacred volume "Con sider die ldies of the field how ihey grow. They toil not, neither do Uiey spin; and yet I say unto y ou, that Solomon iu all hi glory wat uol arrayed like one of thew.' From the Utile common llower sailed heart' rate, we turn to the well known passage of Stiakspeare where the fairy king to beautifully d rcribct the Milde west rn llower.' And the forgei-ma-not euld sustain naJian a Umusand associaliona lender and touch ing, but, unlor'uuaiely , like many other sweet th ugs, rude hand ha e alinoil robbed it of I chti'tn. Who rain Iwhold the pule Narcisttt. ttau lmg by die tdent brook, us stately form reflected n the glassy mirror, without In ng himself in that most fane fulo; all poetical roil cepuons, in which the graceful youth tUe acnlM'd as g zing upon his own beaut), uiild he beepme lost ui atlmiralion, and finally rn amotired oi li niri lf; - while bopeleaa Echo tighs hcitelf away into a sound, for the love w hich, ha. ing centered in audi an object, waa uenlierio be bought by her caresact nor won by her despair? " I hiotili gardens, fields, foreala, and even over rugged mountains, we might wander (a -m-rmw hnryifVd- qf-fiee remote tde of plrasuable si nsation con tier ted with prevent iie.iuty nnd enjoy ment; nor would our tean-u. be Irmdess, so loni; as tlie bosom ol ihe earth afforded a resperiacle for the germinating atcd to leng as ilie gcnile gales of summer enn t.nued to waft thein from the parent item, or so long as the welcome sun looked' forth up on the ever-blooming garden of nature. One instance more, and we have done. The 'lady rosiu'.as poets have designated thi queen ol beauiy, claims the latest though not the least ronsidration in speaking of the poet ry of flowers. In the poetic world the first honors have been award-! to ihe rote, for what reason il it not easy to define, unlet from its exquisite combination of perfume, form, and color which hat' entitled Una sovereign of flowers in one country to he mated with the nightingale; in another, to be rbosen, with the distinction of red and white, s the badge of two honorable and royal hoirara. It would bo difficult to trace the supremacy of tlie rose tat its origin; but mankind have so generally a greed in. paying homie to its rharms, that our association! in the present day are chiefly wilh the poetic tiraina in which they are eelebrat ted Afler all the pains that have been taken lo procure, transplant, and pronaemta the rose. ,1 there i one kind pcrpciually btooming around... us through the summer moniht, without tlio aid or - inUTfeieiice -xtf inn; which' aeem q defy hit art to introduce a rival to it own uo paralleled beauty-Mhe common wild row i Bloomiugin the sterile waaie, thi lovely flow Lor i wen- oaiMdtmf it fair teave w her ihero ia no beauty to reflect its own and Ihu call ing back ihe heart of the weary traveller to lAiwehW of peaw that the wilderness of human life, though rug ged anil barren to the discontented beholder. ha also its twert flowers, not the leva wef-v come lor being unlooked lor, not the lea lore ly forfieHghenahd by 9tkmitiuiumn-'"''"& To thit .elegantly expressed aentiroepls, nothing need beadded by ihe wruer of the ...T. pagca. AGRICULTURAL Perhaps no county in Maryland ha nude more steady progress in the improvement of it agriculture than Montgomery, The Itofk ville Journal says liiat within five mile of uWtowndi iiiatauce are-numerout' whert " fin field of wheat, corn and oal art now growing, winch, three year ago, were in com m ins and tddge. The I if lowing case is tatd to be but one of many lika iu .. y There it a farm of several hundred aeresv near lh,s place, on which the owner anmo ye-.ra ago, with didiculiy (upported a Mat! laiuily; ne sold out and removed lo the West to seek more lemle luudt. The present ow ner, it it diuughi, wid cut from tltit place Hi coming h.ir.e.i, al least one Uiout.uid butlk-lt ol wheal. Hit Corn and out also promise a very line y ield, with a pretty prospect of a fttrgi "ifofvTpjH" iml" olhor pri ducts. Within a tjiecified district where, four year ,o, not one ih .utand buthel of wheat were raised, Ute product ihts year will ba lea tliouaaud hushels. Guano and, oihtrfeitdixcr are ued with judicious liberality. iialthaort American. IMPORTATION OF GUA.SO. In lh United M.aiet Sensie, on Monday, Mr. I jtt tubmitied the Ibllowmg resolutiont i I wtrf. fbat the Secretary of Slate be di- ; ' u,'u"" ihe. lue,,w' bJ " " of aha t'nited Male wtlk iho KeiUvuu oove.naieut, the eitisont of the t lilted c4ato are ptoed upon an equal tooling- with Cm eiuxea or auojoutt of olhor evuntris ia the irieue in guano. . . UauitaL Jurthcr. That if no aucb traatv ttina- latiunt exist, the See rotary of Slate be inttruetod to inlorw the Senate whetlier there it any .ob stacle t a such tiipulationt being effected with ! ilia Uoveruui ntol Peru at would pises tb citi xeaiol UKt V sited tttotet on an equal fouling wiua weeiuieat or anujmiU ut other oountnas in regard tu to said Usde. Air. Prali said. During the whole of last week, the morning hour nai Mif been oeeu pi- en wilh important huaines, I had not an op- portumty ol ollcring the resolutiont which I have now submitted, They relate to a letter received by the Agricultural Sonielv of Mary land, in which they allege ihat the Govern ment ol Ureal Britain, by a treaty with th Peruvian Government, has obtained for lha Isubjuct of Great Britain, a. monopoly .in th article ol guano, which hat resulted In tht state of facia; that now no guano canSeX brought iulo the United State from Peruri- ; eepl such aa is purchased from English lrirr.J chants, , Thi retulUMia two way; injurioua. ly to our country. In tbt first place, w are) obliged to pay for tin valuable article of mt vure a much Hirger Bum than we would ather.," " wine be obliged to pay; and, in the second place, it operate against our whipping in ter ra t, because it must -be imported here in Eng liah vessels.' I aak, therefore, the unaninoaa consent of the Senate to lake up the consider ation of thee resolution now, Thry are men resolution of Inquiry. ' " '"' Mr. Welatter. I hava tossy '' . ' The Vice PreaidcnU Doe die Senator fiom Msasarhtiaett object! - Mr. Wchsicr. So tar from oojeetingi air the only question with me la, whether thai rs- . soluuou should be referred ta ihe jjVparWsjtjt if X.J