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TIIE IIANDSOMK STRANG ER
AN OLD GENTLEMAN'S STORY.
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BY MRS. EMMA ,C. EMBURY.
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It was on a fine tprin? mornioz; soioe
years sincenthat I found mjself in one cif
those nuisances which, for the convenience
of the patient public, so Ions plied between
IVewxork and :lxng itiarid. I fneaoanoi
Brookhn gteamboat now, thanks "to ihf
enterorize 'of a I few individuals, reotaced
' 'i.i. . 'iW -r!r L u fai-
tis niy disposition to seek always for the
from the most j uncomfortable situation iio
extract at least aniusement, ! turned my At
tention to the atifdy of the human face di
vine as exhibited in the dirty, crowded ca
bin. In sdch an! assemblaze as is vusuaiift
found in such places, there must be of ne
cessity, a Iirge proportion of instignificaht,
inexpressive, and disagreeable counleuacesj
but the eye that seeks for the beautiful and
the good can seldom roam through arow
ded circle without finding! at least) one
blow on which it may rest with pleasure.
On the morning, in question, I was struck
with the exceeding beauty of a head imme
diately opposite me. A group of two or
three persons stood between.irie and the in
dividual tbat had attracted my attention, so
bat I could, see nothing but Me head
an I certainly never saw a mote exquisite
specimen oftmale beauty. It seemed. like
a vivification of one of Vandyke's magnifii
cent portraits. . Trie dark, .clear complexion
the finely chiselled features the superb
fjiirb of .the crimson lips the broad arch
of the expansive forehead, and the IfulIJ
datk eyes lighted up with an almost daz-1
zhug brilliancy formed a combination of
beauty,' such, as t()e old Italian masters may
have sometimes beheld, when Venice was
. 1 i . . m U .
l ho ocean queen,
the fairest as well
and ner children ai
as the noblest of earth.
The eyes were apparently fixed on
the
glimpse of. blue sky! visible through the bar
row window, while jlhe marble stillness of
iJie countenance, and almost rigid tranquil
ty of the features jmade me feel as if 1 was,
iq very truth, gaziOg on some wopderous
(riiimph of the paicler's art. ii
While I lookedj a sudden turn ofi the
boat brought ihe full glare. of the mornittg
su!n directly upon those singular eyes, but
lite radiance wliirh fell with almost blind
ing power onf the faces of those around,
seemed to hn to him but as the light of a
farthing candle : his glance quailed not for
an instant, even when it met the blaze; of
the meridian sun. My imagination Was
busy employed id weaving a fancy, webb of
romantic history, for this rarely gifted indi
vidual But I was8Udden!y recalled to ev
ery day life by the prmal of the boat at the
the ferry, and: the usual scramble to get on
shore.- I then perceived that this magnificent
neaa actually had been waited upon a mis
erable, shrunken:, crooked figure, that might
nve personated Kichard the III., . as te
?hen Kemble is said to have played Fa 1st a fl,
wjithout stuffing.' lie was, evidently, an
unfortunate gentleman.' His habiiirffeni
had, ceirtaiftly beenlnade to order,' and had
long since lost all plaun to the gentility
they might have possessed when he first re
.cetved them;nall th gloss of -a Chatham
stieet rifacciameato.1 Alihongh he was jn
I i " v i i . .
anoma.
If a whimsical sculnlor should
have joiedie ?od-ltke head of Apollo ) to
the distorted, body pf Vulcan, the effect
could scarcely have been more groteqU;
I a'mused myself as waited up Fulton
with endeavingoto form some idea of what
possible use the rare ift of besuty would
ever be to thi stray waif upon the werld ;
hut I could fancy it of hp other utility than
to excite the sy mpathy of some good n'a
turd serviiig wtnch, ; when at some future
day7 its possessor accompanied Old Hayso
Bridewell. . :j. J ;
About two years afterwards, I was spend
ing a few weeks at the Springs, when the
little community of fashionables was thrown
into commotion by the arrival of a splen-
uiu.uaiiiagc, wiumui .riucrs, saio 10 coniain
Sort Altesse the Duke 'del , Piombino. Any
one tnai naa ever spent a week at Saratoga.
win not easuy i f orgev tne insane passion
which is there exhibited for foreign fashion's,
and, above all, foreign titles. In fact I have
heard it seriously asserted, that a well u aid
ed ourang oulang, furnished witb a title as
passport, and a meerchaura as an excuse
for his silence, might obtain access to the
best society' of j even jpur own" proud city
of Gotham, without much . diflicalty. The
arrival of j the Puke del piombino created
of courses very great sensation ; and many
an old-fashioned papa -wss teased into a
prom ise of maki ng an effort to compass t he
DuiteV ac quaintsnce an the course of the
day,! that their daughters might have" the
honor bfhia handjinjjtlie evening dance.
Never bad Saratoga beheld a more splendid
galax of beauty tbab that which graced
the ball that oigbU: But, alas ! the blaze
jof -charms was powerless The Duke was
not present. Iddeed bis bighoess seemed
determined to" disappoint all calculation4
For three days he was too unwell to3 leave
his room ; and innumerable were tbe atone!
ouuk. m ongiess; water mat were carried t
to that honored apartment. For three day a
I his own six servants, and about half a tio-
zen others- Kfklorxnna tn tho Kmica r
zen ovberi belonging tojthehouso weretpany a precipte retxeat ftom tbb summer
kff Uconstantlyemployed in attending op-
orl "Bim. In the meantime icojiosiiy as
excited to an almost psibful derefei;4 The
.feiBmdeschaiiaebeldogi
Iishmenlendeao bd to leant somibj5g fronk
his servants but w it h little iaune. if
coachman and , outriders! were mere Irish
bosters picked op in New t or , 'toad his
valet the only one capable -of ivo. an
information, a stiff, formal English map with
i stibrtgly marked Jewish! pbysun6n1 V, onj
Jly stated that his' oias;cr had left jparoe m-j
Scognlto to avoid notoriety ;i .'
I Ob the evening of thejthird dijrbo
Jjearbd at the tei-tabte &wy ee-wks fiii
led iibon. bim asjJLtge6 ibsiA9nd
i.vrv cn I m m an lplcnowled?tdlhat heWJSi
, 'ii - i Cl T . . a . i I
wel Worthy of attention, file was? aiureo in
the ifich uniform of an AusU.an dofprjel of
xiussais ana ssnori onaujsitiv h pf'.1
velve
such as we otiea see. -iof4Nerical
costume, was flung carelessly ovh bnMhpul
er; jWhitejiie ladies did hot fail fa; observe
that th-s clasp orjiisr cloalt, tbgejbfinr iib
liis breastpin and ring were of diamonds.
i But picturesque as was his dress, ht was
scarcely noticed : by inose wno were enabled
to oiiiain a view oi nis coiinicnvqce. 1 1 na
abft, lustrous eyes, the superb forehead, I he
eqoi?te mouth 4 arid t!ieHByionie;c.hija: of
the noble Duke were exhawslless themes of
admiration ' IJis whiskers-were ite un
exceptionable his moiistairhe ;wajifi jvery
bow of Cupid, and when spme orif veiitnr
ed to hint that if his features were exairiin
ed critically his nose would i be fouhd to be
a little too ?quiline a little loo nearly ap
proaching to the Jewish confbrmaon, jthe
suggestion was treated with suchifrrierjfed
s;orn sseovy should always receive." 1 1 gaz
ed on him a long lime with that :di)bibus
!feling of half; recognition' which! lome
times haunts us like a remembered! tire m.
J Could not lecoUect that I had everheer in
bompany with the Duke, and vtji I was
Ue that his face was not unramili to me.
preal were the heart-burnings thkljniji)t
n the ; ball room. His highness did nol
dance, but amused himself with Watch ng
ihe many lovely ionn Ibal floated -atrd" i he
maizes of the bewitching waltz jlnyi a
(right eye grew Siiighter beneath Hi l-dhnce
many a fair cheek blushed 'celestial rrsy
red' as the dancer's gossanoar robe ? bri
ed the velvet Irappinjfs of the noble strati
llr
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The next day the duke exhibited himself
on horseback, and thus afforded us 4n ob
piiunrty of oherv1ng his stinll ar Map
tifu) foot. Ilis for n was evidently djiininii
tivel, but the graceful clok whch emd
his constant companion forbade us tpl i(B4
cover ti proportions, and all were wilting
tp believe that where- the head w is so fine,
rand! the extremities so well shaped! (be h
urefalso must be good. As he rode slow v
jawy the same vague leeling of recognlul'
pjased lhr)ugh my min i ; and as! I tej di ;
mounted after his re!urn, I discovered the
mystery His borse.alarrned bt some uawon
led Sound, turned short round as he was
about lighting, and to. avoid an appearance
bf wk.wardness, he-was icompelltd lo! dsl
rnUnt with the sun Full in Ins eves."!j " H :
iU4d hi head and rnet the foil hlazi: of
light, without a momenta! y tiiopoing.of the
eye-nd and this simple inculcni at Ofcv
dissipated all thy- doubts. Jle j Ws tht?
3trariop individual I had ojt on board! tb4
,steambti?5t -the hjinrlsome straingerj : J
"KM!y suspicions once aroused,? I dftelrmiiiv
ed to watch the duke verv narrowly,! ant
disc0ver. if possible, the jneaiung dftbi$
Surprising, melarliorjihose I fbuOti hinr
gradually n ifcingl binned acqirisititedl fvith
the Ipvejir'sl among t lie f; ma iris,' n? 1 ibe
ncjhest among the men. fjis equippage 4r
iservantsi were alwrivs ai life command of
ihe ladies whom h hoiiore! with his admi-
raiiop, tind teir brothers could ooi:' 'so!
untcasbnable astcjolject to n airquiuynce
!wilhi man Who dispiayed th itiecorattons
-f irnumerable order of knighlhooi-iifvho
jhipted his cojnsahgnla.ity with iiu blbory
alioflFrancei; and ahovc all, who lost! hi
money at billiards with so mucii grace and
H0-!. I" i . 'IF-
Among the belles of the season, pMltpda
East on, the orphan heiress of ? soulbnn
bl.inter. Was conspicuous. - She had visited
the Spring nniler the protection r( her! ail ni,
1 'ij.3.'j-i.....i.': L;'."...r .1.. 1 1 .'! i. ;Ji. I .
a isenumcniai spinster oi me p'o fgcnooi
yvho oteii-on the production of ilie -:.Vf i
hervafpress,' jind expected all kinds of ro
mantic improbabilities from the I charms of
hei bewitcbins niece, Matilda! wacevW
iainlyMplendiH creature, and wjth fjlittle
bnpre aelf disti nsl would have been: a jlvpr y
(oyel wpman ; !but. born , ibe south, and
SurrondedTy slaves from her infancy, she
bad learned to look Uon? herself; as -a1sprt
bffthlv divinitywhom menj ougjtb
worshp father than presume to (ove. 4 She
Was jst twenty, and in actual possession of
erlinfmense fortune; it was no wonder,
there Tore1, that the duke singled her out as
t objerjt of his special -attention .ffhe i
undisguised delight with which M Hilda en-1
joyed; the triumph over her rivals first rbade i
tne dubi the better qutities of her nature.
I, Osidg the privilege of my f eaisiendca vbr-
ed to'vain to arouse her suspicious and' to
awaken her to a full sense of the
she
was
was incurring jn this inlimacybuS she
too selfwillert to listen to an old man's
caution, and nothing was left to me
but!! to
Ibbk bn while ihmtimn a rAmA
in the course or a short time the
billiard
players found that the . stranger rould m'n
money aa amiably aslrie onee lost
.n, n.;n;t.A c.- . Jl
itJ nd
aboce of fjahion, rairht be attributed to
the f race. zitb hiethnoJIe;I)uk pre
sjJl.over the table bf tortejlrHMiny a
youn dind :whbhaci lea!t ioui the
hihtst ecbmiums on iia liiyhnesa atTibil
iiy was obliged tndd bis regrets tat , i
reuublicaa purse. was! quite insufficient to
ufport go aristocratic an icquaintancl. In
the meantime tle singular beauty of his
couuie nance seemed to serve i mm
of a ktief of credit, and where be
WIS sure ht beir.ir well rereiVfd. !
instead
went be
Why
daps he always wearl that cloak'?
1 as-
kef MiUJda towliom he professed to have
naravn; many inr.iaents in ins Hie,
mere i rery-uianiic ur
wurr ii," repnea sue, foul it was
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w c u,,, ,,,,. i w , i
leuyou tnougn, TjowevefJ to account lor
his alwayi j wearing ii." While trelin?
through Calabria he was fortunate enough to
rescue a Spapish Prinb from the. hands of
a banditti; in the sudden impulse of grati
tude the PfinceJhjewliia Wwb cloak, frith
its splendib diamond claspk on the Puke's
shoulders, and exacted! Iron him & promise
never to appear without it uinl laey should
meet again.', jHow lorfg inre this roman
tic adveuturs occurred lacked. About
3 yeara.' "The Duke has eerijextWime
!y careful of bis royaj gift, if he has been
able to retain its first gloss so long,'' Said
, oui maiiiua mane no reptj iomy inu
endo, and 1 qneaiioned Kef nnjfarther I
remained an anxious, though iibt an inter
ested spectator of their proceedings, until I
learned that Matibla had brokea tff an en
gageraent ol a yeafa standing jwitli ier
cousin, a promising lawyer in Charles.
ton, and tben, in disgust,
I quitted tbe
Springs. - ; ; ; j-.-,
1 had been ; but a few days
!m17 -at
my old
winter loihring in the City
Hotel, when I
louno tne jjukb ol Piombino was among
its. Matilda hkd .returned to hr splendid
house near thej BaUery andj the t)uke tbok
up his abode in the vicinity, determined to
follow up lais advantage. Living in the
'house with him, I conhj not but i obseve
the admirable utanuer n which he conthic
ted bis mancri iver8. l):s fine horseman
ship his skill in musi lbs vast erudi
tion all were topics of j praise inline! cir
cles where he visited; but I could not jdi
vest myself of the belief that equestrian
skill was all th3t he actually possessed
Tlie picturesque beaulyjof his attitude fas
he dang back tbe drapery" of hi a short
r t.i ra n i . .
cloak : and atrikiuga jew Icoidsron-llie
giitar, hraihed in low, sweet voice, some
simple French or Spanish lore song,, 'Was
enough to disarm all criticism, ajulman a
sensible girl, charmed bjr the magic ofj his
tones forgot, to ask whether (t was he ItrjtV
of oature, or the effect of cultivation. h
reputation for learning, he wjas careful tioi
to endanger Allusion tb strange persouat
adventures were : much mbre comrbbn;
his mouth than philosophical discissions,
and he had a! tact sefdom equnjled jn
turning the conversation from book to
things, from actions to persons. (j j.
Ai length I received afcard to attend the
wedding of the rich and ieautiful M dilda
Caston. How shall I describe ihe fajrjp
like beamy with which rjer mpgnifii ertt --bode
wa-s infested on that rcata! Siniohl?
The rooms were converted into Turkish
Vivilionaf of unequalled sjdendor, his ngings
of silk and ffold covered ithe iwalls, .rbs
ions of eider down, cveed With .te cb
liest satins, weie piled upon the floors die
staircases were crowded fwith; the irichet
exotics, and every thing wore the appear
ance ofan oriental festival . The i quests
were aimed J witli proportionate rjcltneKs
hut murmurs of admiration echoed througb
the rooms as the bridal party entered. Six
bridesmaids attended the stately bride,u ho
in her rich robe of while jvel vet, embrbidj.
ered with sdver,antl looped with diajnonds
looked i4every inch aqulent' Tle'lorV
dinary splendor tT the due's attire left no
opportunity lor great display that eyeniig
but the almost radiant beauty bf his cbun-
tenaico, flushed as it was with triumph!
was noticed byMI. j I S
The i.ext morning the happy pair (eft the
city for W.s!iingiDi,- but before dmnir timq
all the Broadway; loungers were whisper
ing some strange story , abont ! the ilukea!
cloak It was said that it'had!been wprb
less to produce , a i!gracefel effect than tb
hide a most' ungraceful deformiljr in
short, the lady's femme de chanibre has;
discovered that' the noble bridegroorb bad a
bump hack. . " . - I ! -
A few months a fierIatllda's vasil prop
erty was converted into bills oij exchange,
and they departed for EuroDe.ihtendinp to
makeihe grand tour,whtle he ancierit wl
ace of tne Ducal1 territory of Piombino
should he newly famished to receive its
republican miatress. 1 I
.: Poor Matilda ! she has been, forpaome
iime a boarderin a conventln trie South of
France. IJer pridb will notlallow her flto
return to her native land, and the remnant
of. her fortune has enabled her tb purchase
a home araon? strangers. Tlie discovery
Which she made of his personal, deformity
was tbe first shock she encountered : but
:to reconcile her to this he hid sliown) Jier! a
flettr de lys stamped deeplvj on his shdul -
ider as with a hot irbnwhicfhe infbrmd
Iceived that imDression immRdikf etv lafier
pirtb. This served to console the ambitious
Hvtfe for many sorrows. Site saw ber mo-
per, onder a solemn injunction of secrecy,
was an indisputable proof uf his Bpttrbun
iblood. as ail members of roVal famittr re-
ney waated atrthe gaming tables-she heard
her husband spoken ' lightly of amonu hia
servants she felL his estrangement lora4
nersew, out sua she ceased not to pride
fierseff in the jthbughtthat; she was the
wife of a prince of. the blood. But the U
nal blow came: !A partyof gen de armr
one day entered their magmbenl hotel &
fieizeiliio'-rfelbri escaped from the gal
liejTheett proof Qf bis
royal ttfliV was ia Tact tbe badge of rbcri
led infamy! i&t
- His history may be told in a fewwords.
Re was aFrench iewi whose: or tgiVai tm
ployrnentuhail en the f never filinff e
sou rce o f t he n oofTs real i tp,llea ti liirfi Id
c6thes, jPve Vears previous he had been
branded and condemned to the gallies for
swindling, but having succeeded in making
his escape, he determined to push bis for
tune in America, Ce n'est que le premi
ei- pas qui cout.p ATrun of, luck at thega
nung table gavej him funds ;to- commence
bis rand experiment, an accomplice, le:s
favoured by nature, assamed the station of
his vajet, wlule'he played to perfection the
noble Duke,and! we have already seen . how
he succeeded. ! ;: -; t r! v
Wbether bis
jcareer is yet ended I csn
ilast meeting with the no
riot say, but my
ble Duke del , Piombino was during a visit
to;Frarice a fewimonths since, when I saw
htm,chained by the neek tb a felfow scoun
drel, and busily employed in mending the
road near Paris.! -
I The fate of the lovely Matilda is a mel
ancholy one but who of the loungers in
fashionable life cannot recall a' some wha.
similar rase ?. When we shall cease to ape
foreign folliejTand foreign vices when we
ahall learn to vsfue the title of 44 American'
citizen'' above the proudest peerage that
Europe can boast, then, and rot till then,
shall we cease to he ir ol such things.
I ; . 0OOo- ;
f TEXAS. .
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Extracts from -a letter from John Scott, Esq.
j .formerly of Ilillsbbro', to a gentleman in
f that place, dated
- City
oj Houston; Texas,
March 10, 1839.
An emigrant should not stop short of
Texas. Thousands from the richest parts
of the valley of the Mississippi are pouring
into this nn w Republic:, A Farmer may
grow rich here upon one fourth of the la
hor it takes to support his family in Orange.
It they move at all, let them come to
Texas. The best geographical account of
the country, is one lately passed published
irt New York by i Mr Newall Probably,
Turner Sc Hughes of Raleigh, miy have it
for sale. J reovrrriend it to the perusal of
everv one who thinks of Texas. It is a
small volume.' ;A
The late Congress appointed five com
mts-aoners to locate the seit of Government.
It; will be on the Colorado, br a little ett
of it. in a fertile, Well watered, and. delight
ful country, as healthy as any part of the
globe. ' J . :
By coming nexj fall, each head of a fam
ily will secure 640 acres of bounty land,
and I each single . man 520 . acres, pro
vided thev ariive before the first day of Jan
uary; 1840, at which time the law expires.
The late pongiess passed a law to es
tablish a line of oylitary forts; from Red
River to Rio Grande, a distance of six hun
dred 'miles; over a delightful and salubrious
and fertile region pf country, to project the
frontier 'settlements.' . fEarlWort is to .con
tain a square of lamrl of nine miles each.
A bounty of one section is to be given to
every; able bodied jset tier, who will locate
himself, and openrp farm and keep it up for'
three years, wilhini either boundary of the
Forts. 4Thts addeb to the 640 acres, will
make 800 acies of land, the bounty lorset
tling rn one of the choicest portions of the
earth -- : ; ' ' '
Families who chine to Taxis by land
should cross the 'Mississippi river some
where between Nuchez and Vicksburg,
and enter Texas on the Red Kiver side
It will be the shortest and most direct route
to theinew cify of jAustin,
Houston wascrjiiiiejiced, in 1SS7, when
the first hoiise was! built ; now its popula
tion is about 5000 Soul. The hardy sous of
(the!old North State,' muster strong hare j
more so. perhaps, than from any other State
of the; Union. Mkmucan Hcnt. formerly
of pranvilie, is now Secretary of the Nav) .
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THE DESERTED CHILDREN.
4,I will record inj this place,' says Mr.
pu?iTin hts Travels in America, 'a narra
tive that impressed! in 3 deeply. It was a
fair example of th cases of extreme mis
ery artij desolation that are often witnessed
on theMiasissiipi riverr In the Sabbath
School; at new Madrid we received three
children, who were in trod need to that place
unier the following circumstances ; A man
Was descending thej river with three chil
itren in his pirogue; He and bis children
bad landed ou a desert Island on' a bitter
snowjrevening in December,! iThere' were
but two houses, and these at a little prairie
opposite the island,! within a great distance
He Wanted more whiakev, altboogh he bad
been; drifting lilyAgainsi the per-
suasions ol nts cmidren, rte -ieit taero, to
cross over to these houses and renew "is
supply)
er was
The wind Mew high, and the riv
rough. Nothing could dissuade
him iro?m this dangerous attempt. "lie told
:theib be
should retnrn that uighU Ue lest
them in tears, and exposed the piu
lings or the storm, ana started fur
rouse.,. The children saw the I
befote he had half crossed the
the man was drowned. !
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'These. forlorn beings were Mm
any other covering than Itbeir onn
rsggeddress, for he bad aken his '
with him They neither had l:
shelter and ao other food "than i. .
pork and corn. It snowed fust, r
night closed over theui Un this en
The-elder was a g:rl of six years, 1 :
markably ahrewed and acute Icr ' licr
I'he cxwasagirlbf four, and li e
est a bbtwb. ryh was iflectin t
her describe her desolation of heaTt, ;
set herse to examine her resources
made them creep together, and dr3w t
feet onder their clothes. She covercJ
with leaves and branches, and thus t
passed the fiisl night. In the mornir
younger, children wept bitterly with
and hunger. Tbe pork she vvi
small pieces. Sf e then persuad d t
toiun about,, setting thern an t :
pie ' Then sheTrrade them rettr,
chewing corn and pork. - It would ecc
Providence bad a special eye to thess t
dren, for in the course of the day sotr.V
dians landed on the island and -found ii
and, as they were coining up to New
drid, took them with them."
, TRIUMPHS OF .LABOR.
We have rarely seen the wihty rf.r:!'
ihe labor of man more sirikingly eluc
than in the following extract of an Ji r t
Henry Culeman, tu seTeral Agrclturul v
ties of this 'State assembled at their annual f
ii v a last October. AVe fiid it in the jNtw il
lan; Fanner, " r , . a ;
Two years since, I traversed the "re t V.
canal from one end to the oilier ; I fr aud
ihe water3uf ihe Obto canal; aod I rciur;..
tu he sea-shore by the Pittsburg and P. i.t
vanis canals and raninads. What a ira
eent exeurstoo! What migbiy triuti j .
art and labor aie here. What an expanun '
the imagination! How many beautiful and p;
did Visions have floated before tbe rnir.d,
were surpassed fcy the great realities. 11
were mountains i levelled and; vaHeyt fl:'
Here were deep basins excavated, ard nob!' i
long stretching erabaokruents, which rivjii
the neihoorng hills.' ' Here, were rivers 'hi: -dreds
of miles in 4?ng'h flowing at man'a j I. : -ure,
tod in channels form ed by l:t3 bands. H
were streams crossing streams on beaui if i ! '
arched aqueducts; Here were irnur.iaii.s i
granite pierced through and ihroagb, and a r .
sage- opened thruugb tbe heart of a itemuv
barriers for vehicles freighted witlfhumAo
Here were deep inland oceans ; mi nglp g i:. .
waters with the mighty - sea that sweeps ir,
ole to jxile, and bearing upon their qmet ti J
ten thousand fixating and deeply laden ;?rl ;
myriads of hunnn beings, acuve in pursuits
business or 'fpleasdre, accumnta lions of w '
fro.n the deep and tangled recesses of ihe f r
est now first springing into life ondr the tuu
of civilization, from the shores of the Vet( r
Oean ;,accunnilations, whose growing exifj.t
d i fies all calculatiiwi. All ibis, loo is the vc :'..
of a little animal f the ordinary height f
sixty inches, with only two feet and two ban ! ,
and of an average deration of life less tfiu n
twenty years. His mighty implements in tht
great exploits, were only a kind of ItibinM i
Crastje asswrtmenti a hoe, a pickax and a spade
Such are the great results of iiiidhgen!, con
centrated, persevereing labor, achiettfrnenu .
our own times, aod scarcely a quarter of a cen
tury od. '-
These resnlts are wonderful. They are r
miraculous creation. Tley are lbs fruits of tl.fi
labor of individuals, applied in its mosi minn ?
forms,! and at succesJMve limes. W'hn lis
WTiit Clinton firt strm-k a spade a liule t'cr
than' a 'man's '-two hands - into the ground, an. I
said, 'This shall bring the mighty water? tf
Lake Ju per wr into the ocan, and ibe vas',
yet noimagir.ed treasnres uf the great Vt
shall fluai'upon their descending current.' ft vv
minds could be?i9b itat this was any o;hir thau
such stuff as drean;a are mtde of. Bui tr.
prediction was, accomplished and in his d;y .
The thundering cannon never sent a mur el.
trifyiug appeal. ihan: when ils successive accia
foations along the whole blight line anncur.a !
that tbe nuptial union between tbe vant iakpcf
the north, and ihe bf auiiful AHaojr was rc
sumnled. Neer was a gladder n te rourr.l
info the patriot', ear since the -Declaration f
HiV, than the assurance wmcn men leu upon
It, that theses internal ennjiniin'catiors, 'iljf
glitierins silver bands, were to form the stri z
boad of friendly onion srd syr.ipathy
those distant tenttortes now brtrcglit into burli
near conjonctioo :f territories befo;e triircfly
known to each other by name,nw shaking hani
with each oihfr as next oor neighbors, buct
are the great results ct labor. -
LIFE OF A GENTLEMAN.
Some body has manufactured the following :
H
gets op leuorely, breakfast cr-forabiy,
read the papers regalariy. d rcMea' fash'uniliJy ,
lour.geg fastidiously, eats atari gravely, 12 ' i: i
insipidlv, dtnes considerably, drinks svperrl
!oty. kills lime in differently, scb '"elegantly.
gites to bed stupidly, and lives uselessly.
An old and esteemed friend writing ta c-
etysz'Po not forget the cwrif It
was the day on which the noble michi op, tie
Cwosti to lion, recei t ed jt a fi f st im pu ise , a n d 1
proceeded so happily ever since-; Th 4?h (A
la,cb ws Uf hare beeo the; day !for coamn
etoff the Grsr.d Experiment ; but the roads wre
bad, and Jbe Con tier i pi Fa! hers mostly travtl
fpd 00 borseaack, io those primitive day cl 10
f(eocbncr that a quorem could out be had itll n j
Wh tfJlpril, n$9, when the fi'St ioscgisraii n
of a President pf the Um'led Stales took ph"a
in the eld FJeral H!l. New York sod an u
gus erecnooial ilas Oo that occaswr;lI,a
first Pi esident was desied . wholly ia America a
.Manufactures. Wtea tb- SOth of April ar
rives, I will have seeo rirrr vaaas f the sac
est of the areat experiooi ,cl Self-Govera-ment,
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