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A COUNTRY LIFE,
or
, JANE AND I.
In Summer days, I till the g'onnd.
And tug and toil to get my bread;
No intewal can. then he found
Between my labor and my bed.
My wife declines to knit at 'dht,
And 1 tJ read by c indie Tight.
2.
feut when the south rece ives 'rie Sun,
Beyond the rquinoetid line
When all my Summer's work is done,
Subs'anthl pleasures then are mine;
Then Jane begins to kit at night,
And 1 to read by candle light.
3.
I'm then content, and never sigh.
Nor fly from home ome bliss to find,
And .lane is pleaded, as well as I,
It so complrtely feasts her mind,
To sit her down to knit at night,
And hear me read by candle light.
4.
For when I read, she always hears,
Antj vvhat she hears, she tries to scan;
When aught to her obeure appears,
Then I explain iV, if 1 can.
Dh! how she loves to knit at night.
And hear me read bv candle light.
. 5
Rut when she drops a stitch and gapes,
Soon gapes agon, and hangs her head,
I close my book and say, perhaps
'Tis time, my dear, to go to bed
So knit again to-morrow night,
And hear me read by candle light.
From the Pennsylvania n.
THE LAST OF THE SYBILS.
The most renowned fortune-teller of
modern days Mademoiselle Lenormam!
died in Paris on the 25th June. From
a sketch of h r life, which we find in the
New York Court ier des Etats Unis, we
translate the following particulars:
The n-putition of this modern sybil had
sustained it-elf triumphantlv through a
space of fifty years, in the midst ol revolu
tions and vicissitudes of all kinds, coming
bff victoriously in all trials, and defying all
doubts, skepticism, coi, tempt, raillery, and
menaces. The first specimen of hir ait
was at seven years of :ge, w hen a scholar
in the Convent ofthe Benedictines, in pre
dicting the displacing of the superior of the
convent. She was punished for her bold
ness, but her prediction was soon verified.
She then announced the nime, age, tiiles,
and other particulars of her who was to
succeed to the office. There were several
candidates, and the choice did not take
place till six months after; hut all the pre
dictions of theyoting prophetess were ful
filled. ,.
Her future career was decided by this
success; aridj on leaving the convent, she
regularly assumed the profession of a Py
thoness, for which the pregnant times were
highly favorable!. Her first clients were
principally courtiers and members of the
world ot lashton, but her fame soon brought
h
pr more important visiters.
One evening, three men presented them
selves, and smilingly asked for a revelation
bf their destinies Examining the lines of
dk-ir hands, she started back with marks of
horror.
Speak without fear," said the young
et; "whatever may be your decree, we
Can hear it without quailing."
With much emotion and hesitation, af
ter repeated urgings, ?he spoke; but her
boding words were received with bursts of
laughter, which were not even silenced by
the menace of a tragic end.
'The oracle is certainly mistaken,"
said they on leaving; "if the revolution is
to devour ifs, we will all perish on the
8ne day, arid at the same hour and
place."
"Certainly," replied one; "and this wo
man knows not what she says in predicting
that I shall fall before you two; and thu
high honors shall he paid to my remains,
while your last moments shall be accompa
nied by the insults of the people."
Robespierre, Marat, and St. Just then
repured to the Committee of Public Safe
ty, and Lcnormand was fur the time for
gotten. The death of Maral shortly afier
realize! the firt portion ofthe prediction.
St. Just and Robespierre, on a second
visit to the sybil, found her on her guard,
and she endeavored to soften the effect of
her former words. Through some impru
dence, however, her prophetic ardor threw
her into that prison from which, at that'
time, the only exit was to the scaffold.
The fall of Robespierre saved her from that
fate.
Returned to her post, she received th
visit of a young woman, veiled and clad in
mourning, with marks of grief on her
countenance.
4,Your grief is genuine,' said the ybil.
"but you should have been prepared for
the blow which has shuck you; it was ne
cessary to the realizition of a fate which;
has already been predicted to you."
What? do you know?" exclaimed the'
young widow, thro ving aside her veil.
"I know that a high dtstiny has been
predicted to 5-011."
"And this predic'ion "
"Will be accomplished.'
The cteo'e imagination of Josephine
Beauharnois was highly excited by these
two promises, at twenty years' interval, ol
future crown. The Parisian sybil had
confirmed the decree of the sorceress ol
Martinique.
This event drew to Ml'e. Lenormand
the attention of Mile Tollien, Mine. R ca
rrier, and the other intellectual ladies of the
Directory, who were then creating a new
era in the salons of the Luxembourg
But the prediction 'seemed about to be
nullified. The widow of the Vicomte dc
Beauharnois was to marry a young soldier
of fortune.
"It is a poor match," said her friends;
"you are about to do a foolish act, which
vou will one day repent."
"It is true, that in marrying, 1 abdi
cate," thought she. The dreams ol ambi
tion had been abandoned for the impulses
of the heart.
Before the marriage, she resolved once
mote, in company with her intended, to
visit the sybil, who, consulting the cards,
announced that no change had taken place
in her destiny; and then, taking Napole
on's haiid, who had come there careless
and incredulous, she gazed at it with emo
tion, and tracing its lines, spoke ohis se
cret designs, his warlike projects, and the
future successes of his arms
Bonaparte listened with astonishment,
shall endeavor to realize your predic
tions," said he, on leaving
'And I (said Josephine, leaning with
pride on his arm) feel no longer any doubt
of the brilliant destiny which is reserved
for me "
The accomplishment of the?' predictions
increased still more the popularity of Mile.
Lenormand.
One day the Empress Josephine entered
the Emperor's room in tears.
"I know the project you are preparing
I am to be sacrificed for rejsons of stase.
The act of divorce is already drawn."
She was right; but whence came her in
formation? l will discover the anchor of this trea
son," said the Emperor; "and, whoever he
may be, he shall moel his punishment "
She who announced my elevation has
predicted m) fall. Mile. Lenormand is my
informant. "
Within an hour after this scene, the syb
il was before the Minister of Police, Fou
che. Announcing to her that she wa about to
be sent to prison, where she would proba
bly remain for a long time, Mile. Lenor
mand. turning over her cards, which she
had brought with her replied:
"U ho knows? Here is a jack of clubs,
who will release me much sooner than you
think "
"Inched! the jack of clubs will have that
honor!"
Yes; for he is the Duke de Rovigo,
your successor."
The fall of the empire re-established
Mile. Lenormand in her popularity. She
had been persecuted for predicting the res
toration. The Emperor Alexander had
honored her by a consultation. Nothing
was wanting to her fame; and she thence
forward continued peaceably and profita
bly her profession, with a success and pop
ularity which never abated till her last mo
ments. Her residence for the last forty year
was at No. 5 Rue de Tournon; and ovei
the door was the sign, 4Mlfe. Lenormand
libraire." She disdained all the usual ap
paratus of magicians; the interior of hei
apartment was arranged as a simple parlor
with a set of shelves containing a numbei
of cabalistic works. She herself, of lai
years, was a short, fat woman, of a rudd
complexion, wearing a large light wig, sur
mounted by a voluminous 6emi orienta.
turbm ilie re$t of. her costume being of
the simplest description.
Her investigations were of different kinds,
varying in price from four to six hundred
francs.
She would take the left hand of her vis
iter, and ask: "What is your favorite
fl uver? To what animal have yqi the
greatest repugnance?" These questions
were put in a monotonous, nasal tone, and
to each answer she would respond, Verv
good" continuing to .shuffle her cards, and
presenting them to the visiter, with a re
quest to cut them with the lefl hand; then,
dealing them on the table, one by one, she
would run on with her prophecies, with a
Volubility which it was almost difficult
to follow, and which seemed like reading
from a hook, or repeating a studied lesson.
In this fl od of apparently unmeaning words
one would be suddenly struck with a lumi
nous trait.
She excelled particularly in depicting
the character, inclinations, and tastes of Ivr
visiters; it was not the physiognomy which!
guided her, for she scarcely looked them
in the face; all her science lay in the vari
ous combinations of her cards, wh eh rarely
deceived Iv r. She never failed to tell ma
ny truths respecting the pis'; and the most
of th ose who have consulted her, declare
that her predictions were almost invariably
realized.
Among the most illustrious of her' cli
ents, may be enumerated Barras, Tallien,
David the painter, Prince Talleyrand, Gar
it the singer, Talma, Gen. Moreau, Denon,
and the Duke de Berri. Many foreigners
of distinction held correspondence with
her, and nearly all the ladies of the Pari
ian fashionable world have consulted her.
Il s' e left any memoirs, preserved all
the letteis which have been written to her,
and registered the names of all those who
have had recourse to her art, her papers will
be worth more than the five hundred thoo
sand francs which it is said compose her
fortune.
Mile. Lenormand will never be repla
ced. It will be in vain for vulgar preten
ders to aspire to fill her throne. The faith
is extinct; the last sybil is no more; the
tripod is overthrown; the cards are jn con
fusion. The kingdom of the future is with
out a sovereign.
From the Raleigh Independent.
Parenlul Cruelty Misfortune and
Crime. A woman named Christina Co
chran or Gilmour has lately been delivered
tip to the British authorities, charged with
having murdered her husband, in Scotland.
She was placed on board the packet ship
Liverpool, on the 17th, at New York, by
the United States Marshal, and there sur
tendered into the custody of Mr. McKay,
the.Scottish police officer who came over to
demand her.
A New York paper in alluding to the
eae. has the following interesting sketch
as tc the cause which led to her present
dreadful situation.
"The history' of this unfortunate young
woman should operate as a warning to pa
rents, and teach them to beware of unrelen
ting opposition to an honorable attachment
formed by a daughter, or even a son, met e
ly because the object favored by such is
not of equal wealth or rank in life with
themselves. It were better far better
to raise one than to prostrate and destroy
the other. Mr. Cochran the father of this
young woman, is a wealthy farmer in the
shire ol Renfrew, near Paisley, in Scot
land. She received a passably good edu
cation, and we have seen a letter written
by her to her parents since her arrival
here, couched in sweet and affecting lan
guage, and written in a practised pretty
hand. About five years ago, it appears,
she being still in her 'teens,' she became
acquainted with a young man in the neigh
borhood by the name of Anderson, and a
mutual attachment sprung up between
them. Although of excellent character,
and of good moral cdnduct, he was in hum
ble life, being a gardner in the employ
ment of a gentleman in his native parish.
They made no secret of their attachment,
but it was bitterly opposed by her parents;
particularly as her father and the father of
her future husband had already decided
that she and the unfortunate John Gilmour
were to be united. The great object of her
parents from the time of discovering her
attachment to Anderson was to keep them
apart, and with this view she was at times
confined in the attic of her father's dwell
ing, and a most rigid system of coercion
applied lo her with a view to compel an
abandonment on her part of the object of
her affection, but without effect, although
stripes, and at times severe beatings, were
resorted to. 4Oh, father,' she exclaimed
one da, cannot marry John Gilmour;
I have nothing losay against him but I do
iot love him; permit me to marry John
nderson, who I know is attached to me
as I love him; and I will go down on my
knees and bless you. He and 1 can take
i he farm which is in a short time to be , va
cant, and my little sister can live with me,
and We all $hall hS happy la eich other's
society. John Gilmour can find another)
git i wno win mve htm arm make nun a
good wife;bu' oh, lather, I cannot can
not many him ' The appeal was unhee
ded, and served hut to make her situation;
worse, and she determined upon escape, to
waude she knew not whither; but was
soon pursued by her father and all the ser-i
vanls of his household. She took shelter
in a thicket, where she remained for some
time undiscovered, although her pursuers
ufien passed bv th? spot where she lay, till
her little fivorite dog found out hisj
mistress and came fondling upon her. This(
led lo her detection, and she was taken
hick to the house and severely beaUn J
Finally,, goaded almost to madness, or to
what ha been claimed in regard to her,
insMiity,' she gave; her consent as far as
the lavv required to a union with Gilmour, ;
and after h -ing bedecked in bridal robes
was brought as an ox to the slaughter, or a
hmb to. the sacrifice, from her place of
confinement, and her destiny interwoven
for life or death with that of John Gilmour
The parents had given them 100, or
about 500. each, making $1,000 in all.
and they were s ttled on the farm at In
chinan, which became their property. In
about five weeks from the marriage the
unhappy husbnid, alter a short illness, in
which he experienced severe torture, pr
ished. Circumstances came to light which
afforded but too much ground for suspicion
he had been murdered, and that his unfor
tunate, but. now, it is feared, guilty wife
hid caused his death The subsequent
events are known; she fled to this country
in protection of a young man, and passing
as his wife, but occupying distinct berths,
and both assuming a ficiious name. n An
derson is i.till living at Renfrewshire and
is said to be of good character. Christina
declares H at she did not murder her hus
hand. If so, the prayer ol all will be that
God will permit her to pass in safejy thro'
the teriible ordeal which the will be called
so soon to encounter."
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Correspondence of the Journal of Com
merce. Northampton, Mass., August 26,
1843. Having visited the Fourier JJsso
cialion, near this place, during the last
month, I take the liberty of giving your
readers, and the infaiuated Fourier disci
ples in this neighborhood, a short . account
ol the progress of that institution ol "one
ness." The believers in the doctrine of
Association who have visited the North
ampton Fourietists, have, as you must
have observed, given but one opinion, and
that must have been lormed from the state
ments of those wild schemists themselves
The leader in the Northampton enterprise
is Professor Adam, an Englishman, of pro
found erudition, formerly a Baptist mission
ary in India, and afiei wards Professor of
Oriental Literature in Harvard. Like
many others, he has one weak p-dnt in his!
character, that, like the single decayed
plank, in Some otherwise perfect vessel,
makes shipwreck wherever and whenever
he ven'urrs. He read the works, of Bris
bane and Fburier, and delighted as his ima
gination was with the theory, he was not
practical enough to see any difficulty in
the w-ay. He saw only the delightful
view, the beautiful landscape from the hill
top, while the marshes intervening were
hidden
I spent a day with these people. t They
number about 125 at present. Among
them are lavvvers. whose consciences were
too tender for thit profession, (ahem!)
and doctors, who left the lancet to rust un
touched, and reel silk instead. Almost all
the ladies connected with the Association,
are unhappy, and dissatisfied with their
situation. Wild, insane, brutal, might
almost say, is the man who would take
lovely, educated, refined family of young
ladies, away from all pleasant society, and
compel them to live in the woods, to meet
and associate with the vulgar unionists, of
'all colors, that make up these associations.
Having received an invitation to dine with
them, 1 was shown into a room about forty
feet long, in whirh were set two tables of
rough boards without cloths. At one end
ofthe table sat a tall fellow in a blouse,
who, 1 afterwards was informed, was a man
that had lately joined. He had been a bro
ken down Loco politician, an Abolition
lecturer, and, in the ''Community," was
one of the strongest 4no government, no
religion" men. His countenance is ex-pre-sive
of vulgarity and supreme self con
ceit. Opposite one of the accomplished
and lovely daughters of , sat a largp
male ntsro!! This alone, without lh
other items in the arrangements ol the ta
ble, Would have turned a much strongei
stomach than mine. The dinner, thedish
es composing which we were obliged to
find out and get, each one for himself, con
sisted of salt beef, succotash and potatoes;
as primitive a dinner as one could possibly
wish for. We pitted the laaies . ana tne
children; they were not responsible; but
the men, or rather the maniacs, 'it served
'em right." . . . . .
As to the money-mating jpart of the con
cern . that is to be decided hereafter. There
is very Ijt'le, capital invested, being about
o.ulu oy .Mr. A'lam. tie js very san
guine if sue. es His whole soul is. wrap
ped up in it. ,,But the thing never can .
work They are very much in debt, and
i am t'dd that their dftbt is not ,tO all ap
pearances diminishing. One of their prin
ciples is that of noh r 3istance. The tea
chers of thi ir children are not allowed Ip
s ri'ie a child, or to cornet them in any
wav; and you would guess as, much with
out leing a Yankee, could you go into the
srhooi room. fitting around the room
were about two dozen inferior, looking
brats, some talking, none studying, now
and then a small scuffle, with the young
lady teacher, a sweet girl by the way and
no ascia'tionist, except perhaps of the hy,
meneal sort, looking on, the picture of
perfect resignation. After spending a (jay
in this association, 1 was perfectly satisfied
ofthe practical working of ihe doctrines
Fourier. I am satisfied that all but thfe
wildest of these infatuated .people would,
vulgarly speaking, back out, if they coulp
get their investment again. Most of them
have embarked their all in. this undertaking.
The majority of the association leside in
the silk factory,. the upper story being oc
cupied for sleeping rooms, where they
pack almost as. closely as in some of tho
poorer Quarters of New York. But I have
already said enough to give you an idea ojf
this beiiutiful example of the doctrine of
oneness. v Like a great many other., hum
bugs, it will have its votaries. I would re
commend to Greely to visit this place. He
can go up in 18 hours, and they would
hoard him dpg cheap, (perhaps with dog
feed ) At any rate, 1 would advise him,
by all means, logo up immediately.
Anticipated Trouble With the Aqr
mons The. St. Lou s New Era of the
19th instant says, we learn by a gentleman
from Warsaw. lhjta meeting ofthe people
of Hancock cptiniy,. to be held at Carthage,
was cajled for to day, .to take into consider
ration their relations with the Mormons.
It is said, that .a good deal of excite
ment exists against them, and apprehen
sions of a serious riot and outbreak wej
entertained. The people, of that section
ofthe State are as heartily tired of the
Mormons as everthe citizens of Missouri
were, but they have suffered, them.. to ob
tain so strong a foothold thatrio power ex
ists which can deprive, them of their pos
sessions, or induce them to abondon their
present residence.
Mormon Mission. The Nauvoo
'Times and Seasons" contains the recom
mendatory letters of Joe Smith appointing
G. J. Adams to accompany Elder ;Hyde,
on a mission to St. . Petersburg, Russia, to
be. one of the messengers to introduce the
fullness of. ihe glorious gospel ofthe Son
of God to the people of that vast empire."
j, ijecisicn Reversed The decision of
the Ecclesiastical Council against .the Rev,
Mr. Coval, ofthe Baptist church in South
wark, which sustained a charge, of. immo;
ralily, was, at a meeting of the .membefi
of the church on Monday evening, rever
sedby a large majority.
Philadelphia paper.
7eon.r-This individual, who is "aid
to have married more than hve a dozen
wives, was found in 'Nassau street, Nw
York, a day or two since, deplorably
drunkj and pitiably crazy, looking says
he Sun, very like a gay Lothario, and the
very last specimen of a man, one .would
suppose, to engage in the business of go'ipg
round marrying He was taken lo the
Police office.
Fink Seed. The Genesee Farmer fay
great attention has been paid this year tor
te culture of flax seed, in Western New
York j for the purpose of rnaking oil. In
Seneca county alone, more than 1000 acres
have been put' down. to flax, solely for the
sake of thesed. Several oil mills are now
erecting In that quarter.
Rn Unexpected and Painful Death.
A youn man named Robert , T.wjgg, died
yesterday morning under circumstances of
a painful nature,' and. which should prove a
caution to others. His lesidence was in
North Cove street near Oofufnbia. On
Monday he skinned a cow, .which it. is
now supposed died from the effects of poi-
son. tie nan ai me ume asngiusoicuu ma
band. . ; , ,.
On the ame day his hand became in
flamed, and with his arm swelled to.an en-
ormous extent, with excessive pain, in
this condition, suffering extreme agony, he
lingered until yesterday morning, when he
died. Doctor Smith was in attendance,
and advised the amputation of the limb,
but this would not be consented to Vari
ous parts of ihe body of the deceased ex
hibit theenects oi a poisonous inocuiauon.
Philadelphia paptr.
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