North Carolina Newspapers

4- CAIiVI-N H. AVII.EY, , WILLIAM, D. iCOOKE, EDITORS. VOL I. V. ' , ; '""" :. For the .Weekly Port. ORIGINAL SKETCHES:: Of NORTH CAROLINA. No. 1, NEW-BERNE. -- - , -.. - - " Melius eet petere fontes quam scntire rivuloe. Baku;n De Grapfenriedt, the; founder of New Berne , , was born" in Berne, a city of Switzerland, whene name of New-Benie ;Tand we pray . vou whenever vou have occasion t vrite thd name of this goodly village, to-stick to its nomenclature, fur' 'lit if a fair chip of the old block and as we .hall seekih the sequl it bespeaks its origin when written in. bold relief New-Berne, ho, lend us ybuij arm, - gentle reader, and let us accompany Alexandre Dumas to the city of Berne, in Switzer land, and visit our progenitors, anil read our his tory and origin in the eves of theouiet inhabitants of that goodly city. 1 daf,aifd ourfellow tray of : Bernd with the com It is a warm but pleasant roller enters the ancient city teqd?ak";frdin AjoU as we journey on. "Borne the stately' Berne tlie sad, Berne the aged,; keeraed to- - day. to have arrayed hereself in .festal robes and jewels. She had strewn her women ih her streets as a belle scatters roses over her ball dress. Her pombrc and vaulted arcades jutting over" the ground , floor of her vhouses, were animated by the crowd that passed gaily along, relieving with its gay c- flors, "the deini-tint of . gray, stone ; and 'here ami there, Rendering still more apparent, the liveliness of the stately shades that intersected each other , I till VUlllUiaWUl) illliO. i illVll ni in every direction; were groups of young1 men, with slnall leather' tcaps, flowing hair, collars turned back, and blue surtouts" plaited on the hips. Ger-' man. student were these, who, at a short distance - o. you might have' imagined belonged to1 the uni-! . versity. ot iieipsic or J ena. 1 hey stood attout, talk ing with; immoveable countenances; or walked so berly along, two by two, with pipes in their mouths, and M ean'jigvtoJbacco" pouches ornamented with, a federal 'cross. At seeing all this we cried bravo ! from the1 windows, and clapped our haus, as we might have done at the theatre, when the rising fjr'' tif.f iviiroi " . ftlwirxWy evxivvtatL c ' ' the Iighting our cigars in token of brotherhood we-sallied fonh. and accosted two of these young men by enquiring the wat to. the Cathedral.' In st end of pointing out th direction with the finger, as a busy -Parisian would' have nlone, ,one of them replied in French, broadly accentuated with Teutonic 4: this way gentlemen," and setoff in front of its, to guide us to the place. After proceeding about a , hundred step.-, he stopped before one of those- coin-. , plicated clocks, to the decoration of which, a me chanic of the fifteenth century i would sofnetinies consecrate his -whole life. Our- guide smiled, and1 said: "it you rwill wait a moment, you will hear the clock strike.' As he spoke, a cock that sur mounted the little ;(steeple, flapped his wings, and -. crowed three times. Immediately, figures of the . , four Evangelists, issued onejby one, from a niche, and each struck, a bell with' the hammer he held in his hand!, . Finhljvwhile the hoiir was striding, and - ftiniuluirieously ith the sound of the first stroke, a small -door W&ea'th the dial opened and a strange 1 procession "began to appear, moving-in a" semicircle around the base of the monument, retiring by an .-opposite door, -that closed on ' them, just as the miking ot the hour terminated." Yv e had alreadv " leen much struck -bv the veneration which the j ,lernese seemed to evince tor Bears. W hue enter- ing the eity the previous evening, by the gateFri-j-bourg, we observed "that the portal was guarded by tlje celossal statues of two of these animals. Durf ing the short walk we hall taken this morning, we assed Ibii our.Jeft, a foitaitain, surmounted by j ,Beart arrayed in tjie annoiir of a knight, holding a banner in, his paw-; and . at. hU feet a eubj Jiabited . . Jike a page, standing on its hind feet, and eating a imncn oi .grapes.- v; iia.l also seen on the sen!) . tured pediment of a jjionument, in the Place des CJ renters, two bears supporting the -sliield of the town, like two unjeorns '.upholding a feudal blazon moreover one of them was pouring from a cornu ciiia,"the'treasures of commerce, amid a group o inaidens ; "wliile. the other was graciously extend ing a paw, in token. of alliance, to a warrior dress ed like a Roman ofthe thhe pi Louis XV. And now we hid jus,t seen a procesiion of 'bears, spine, playing on" all kiiids of . lnusical mstrtiments,, and others gravely marching-to-the music, witn cara bines at a slioulder, emerge from, and enter the Ixywela of a clock ! Iteming the cause sutlicient, we here gave vent to an' irresistible burst of laugh ter. ' Our guides, accustomed to the sight, laughed to v us laugh, and far from being- offended, seem-i el .lQlighted with our good spirits. "We enquired 1 1 yythpe an i nral s-sw-not 1 itlicrto regarded as models ot 'grace -or pbliteness were variously multiplied interne and. whether the citizens had .any motive ' W idiniring tliem beyond thfi quality of their i'Mr4iud their meat ? They answered that Bears yre, the patrons of Berne. I then 1 recollected tluitahete was a St, Ours 'in the Swiss calendar ; bUei 't"alwais surP him to belong to the Pcies, al though his -name, might warrant a . . i vceut on'dusion.f and'I suggested Wour guide, o 11 ,wa) that fit. Our was the patron of m!s 1 ttlan not of 'Hereplied that owing to lie had cXiuSS French -lgn nr r.f tl,-. xtht'PFforis instead of the soon- wrne. 5 He pro Jf ? place. .TheW:th ?,? T 1191, by Hortliold VD it was built, surrounded by fJrrfn-i T . , i j i US, and enclosed by gates, he bu ted himselt to; find a name fork with ulc WUu uu ) a, a mother sks a name for . Her nrsr-lDorn. As. hnwpvor ha n-... , . - - - --vr " wiaine.to decide this important matter without assistance, he invited aH the nobility of the environs to a grand dinner, at which the question was gravely discussed. The feast lasted three days but at the Wpiration of the time ' nothing had been concluded on- One of the guests bestowed upon, tte-city. The proposal was appro yed, and at break of day the w'hole' company eet .iMTwara y tiib xpeOiticHi. After as Eour's oksm, .1 . DEVOTED urouosea. rnar. rvn th -morrow timv ch. n .ii navq a grand hunt in the neighboring mountains enthusias iue name Ot thP hrst -mima iJain ahrvnlH l,n I 1,.. "A- SOUTHERN 1 ALL TEE I a shout of victory was heard ; the huntsmen rushed to 'the spot, and learned that one of the Duke's ar chers had brought down a stag. Berthold was: much disappointed that the skill ?of his servitor1 should have been wasted on so ignoble a beast ; 'and ' vowed that he would jievej give to his good' and welf tjfied town, the name8 of an animal noted for its cowardice. . ine ehase was therefore renewed, and toward nightthe hunters encounter ed a Bear. ( lie thanked heaven it was a creature that could not compromise the honor of man or city ; he was , therefore destroyed without mercv,! and the new capital was baptized in his blood. Toi this day a stone erected about a, quarter of a league; froni Berne, confirms the authority of this tradition.'!.' by the following Inscription in old German " Erst Bair, Hier Fam'tliat is,r" Here the first Bear was i taken." ' . . . - . In th year 1708 six thousand Palatines who had been persecuted by their prince, mainly on ac-i count of their adherence to Protestantism, and whose cbnnfry had been plundered by a Frenenj army which had crossed the Rhine for that purpose,', fledfrom'the continent, and sought refuge and pro tection in England, under Queen Ann. Louis Mitchell had been previously employed by the Canton of Berne, in Switzerland, to select' a loca tion or tract of land in this country, to which they;, might send '.a colony ; he directed his researches) mainly to the country which now cohstitureMiej present State of Pennsylvania, and as hiany of the! German descendants who original ly's'ettled the town of New -Berne, subsequently removed to that State,! there can be but-'ittle doubt, that there may be found among he Germans therq, some most inter-! esting relics and reminiscences of the early settle ment of this, section of the State. It was detormin-'i d to send, the I'alatine refugees to AmeriLa, as their necessities compelled them to live ih tentsi Hit far from lw city of London.. The Lords' Pro pretors of Carolina, therefore, agreed with Ohristo--phr de Graffenriedt and Louis Mitchell, that ten' thousand acres of land should be allotted to them,! in a body, between the Neuse and Cape Fear ri-; vers and Mitchell and De Graffenriedt agreed to bnngover six hundred and fifty persons; or one hundrd families of theifi, for a stipulated sum, and! settle licm in tl vioy invc of Carolina. ; Itr the' rrionth -December A. D., 1709, they arrived,; and lanled . at tlie confluence of Neuse and Trent j1 nvers, there is a reminiscence, but a taint one, of; this menorable event. Ihese persecuted, but hardy adventuers, are said to. have first put their feet upon rAnerican soil, near the spot; where the store of Mr. Jhn Brissington, lately stood on Craven st. A small branch ran through the lots, now the pro1 perty ofthe Merchants Bank of New Berne, and Mr. Jams' luggs, and entered the Trent river, near the spot designated above, and at its mouth was the lamiiy then used by the little colony ; between I this brach and a cypress gut or pond which made : up into he land at the foot of Broad street, cover- j ing thejb'ts to the south, rose a bluff of ground, ; which tus then wejl known as the famous Council Bluff 0 the Indians : and to a citizen of New- ' -Berne, ho fee,bj a just pride in the early history ; oi wj vvii, uie . comeiupiauon oi me. rum anu ; des,trujHbn by tlie late fire of the magnificent Live Oak Tp, which crowned the summit of this bluff, and beath whose umbrageous foliage, many a grave ail fearfuLcouncil was held by the Indians, must brig with it, feelings of disconsolate sadness. It was ;: ancient times the great landmark of the colony ;this tree was planted too by the Indians, and thej it stood in lone and silent majesty, the great reiiniscent link between the past and present ages. , 3it could have been permitted to have told its tale u bygone days, how eloquently interesting would i have been ; nay, if! it could have been spared e ravages of fire, it jwould have b.een the only li monument of early times. There is biut one rel of this kind to be found, throughout the length !id. breadth of the whole'town, and that is a lone jress, which has sprung from the root of its anceors, near the foot of 'Broad street. AVe utter fo it the prayer "Woodman spare that cypress e." Upon this eligible site, at the junc tion of fe Neuse and "Trent rivers, -De Graffenriedt and MiteLI landed tlie Palatines, six hundred and fifty in imber, and founded our town, whieh ih honor dhe ancient city of Berne, his birth-place, ' he callaiNew-Perne, .. The ihhabitents of the an cient citof Europe,, were ealled Old Bears, whilst the gool- citizens of its newborn American daugh ter, wl designated 'as the iVra or Young. Cubs. We. rather opine it will sound strangely in the " ei polite" bf the polished inhabitants of this modernithens, to find out that their designath civis, is Young Cubs," and tot modern' Athen ians. . 5ius est petere fontes. Well, Bears are not sucJbad and" uncouth animals, as oue would supposence we have found out that they too, are our sponrs ; like Duke Berthold, we begin to have an aflecfi for them. We. don't mean one of your rough silish lirice's creek, ,ok " iossum Neck" bears, ba tame good natured bear, such as the Bern esej.d a liking for. . ; And ire is your young cub, too, Mr. Editor, " The Miberhian." Pray, where did you get that name! J-ou have any subscribers in Berne in Switzerld, they will not laugh at your name, but as they id it they will smoke and whiff .and puff with reiibled energy and gravity.. It is all wrong, we d(t speak ex cathredu, or as one accus tomed tirogance or authority ; but f we divine your ming in the adoption ofthe name, it should It? been the New-Bernese. The old bears willYall you so, and if it ever falls to your hap py lot, t fix your eyes upon the fair, form and countene of a lovely Bernese, she will hiake y.ou feel thai is so. '' Why should , we not have a Bear mtsment as they, have in the city of our sires. J to tinnk ot a couossai muumueui at the foot cCraven street, where, the Palatines land ed; arid, Commemoration , of that great event, of a huge Br' rampant, sucking one of his paws. The lantg of the Pilgrims on Plymouth rock, wasnot 'lnore important event, or fraught with imore mointoiis consequences, .than tnat. oi the . us. They with becoming spirit and annually celebrate this event. We forfcen it. and adopt the maxim, let posteri-. ty take of themselves. It, perhaps, may not be uninteting jto record, in this, place, a list of th ftauf Haains 9f the Pakitiu, t tk A 1 FAMILY MWSPAPEE--MUTRAL mm IF MOM CMIM, HTMATM RALEIGH, NORTH CARGLm, Jatest accounts we have of their residence here. There are many families now living in this section of the country, who are descendants of 'the Pala tines, but whosf" names have undergone a radical change from a corruption of pronunciation and an ignorance in spelling he same. We, however, annex tlie list, in which bur readers will recognize many familiar names fi Pheneger, Eslar, Grum, Ender, Pugar, Sneider, Ilenege, Garter, Buset, Moor, Eiback, Morris, Remer, Market, Kinsey, Kehler, Wallis, Genest, Miller, Risheed, Walker, Tetchy, Huber, .Wolf, Pillman Shelfor, Gesibel, Grenarde, Rennonver, Hubbach, Baver, Ormand, Lots, Sim mons", Riser, and Reyert. If our readers will only observe the German pronunciation, they will easily perceive, that Eslar" is the modern name of Isler, Eiback pronounced ;n the German Ibot, is the modern name Ipok, and the names ofjMorris, Market, Kinsey, Willis, Tetchy, (TeachyVof Du plin)' Grenarde, Simmons, &c., will all upoi investi gation be found to be of German descent. I The Palatines amidst all the adversities jattend- ing a settlement in the new world, were treated most shamefully by De Graffenriedt. Thar lands 'tees, the principal dne'of whom was De fraften- j were taken up in this country in the nameot trus riedt himself, and he without assigning ay cause ! therefor, mortgaged the same", including tie site of I the village of New-Berne, to Thomas Polok, for j eight hundred pounds; sterling; and left tlis conn- j try and returned to Switzerland, withoui giving ' then? any titles to their lands.' These lands descend- I ed to the heirs at law ot lhomas rollot, and em- j braced some of the most valuable tracts jpo?i the "! Neuse and Trent rivers, in the counties f Jones, j and Craven. It is however, but iustiee'toMr. Pol- i lok, to sayj that he addressed, a letter t' liit fenriedt, bearing date the 16th day of Jfcbruary, A. D. 1716, in which he offered to recojvey the lands to him ' amounting to fifteen thous4d acres, upon rejayment ot the money, tor wncn tney were mortgaged . 4 Seven years after thutransac- tion, m : '-in the ninth year ot the reiB ot his j Majestv George the First, and on the 2ty day of November, A." D. 1723, (old stile) :an act was passed, formally., incorporating the town of New- heme, as it had been previously laid oit y De Graffenriedt, upon the lands which he mwtgage&f to Col. Thomas Tollok. The preamble anl enact ingelau'seof this ancient, act ofthe Gental. As sembly may not be uninteresting, and as i serves tq elucidate this part ot the early historv & New- Berne, it perhaps may prove acceptable to our readers to insert it her(! "Whereas a certan plot of ground, being a 'part of a tract of land lying in the fork of Neuse river " (the act does not men tion the Trent river)' " late belonging to the Hn. Col. Thomas Pollok, deceased, but now the prop erty of Mr. Cullen Pollok, was formerly laid cut into a township by the name of Newberne, wth proper allotments ion a Church, Court house, Mir- ket place, (this latter place wasfhot in the midlle ot the street) "as by a plot or Irauht upon :he i Clerk's office of Craven precuct, record, in the will more, plainly appear : therefore, for the ad vancement of said town, Be it enacted by his Ex cellency the Palatine, ' and the rest of -the true snd absolute "Lords Proprietors of the Province of Car olina, by, and with the advice and consent' of ;he rest of Ihe members of the General Assembly , now met at Edenton, for the JSTdrth-east part of said Province, and it is hereby enacted by th) au thority ofthe same, tJiat the said land as it al ready laid out by the; said draught, together Ivith as much other land lying contiguous anil mosticon venient to the said town, to complete a towrthiD. as shall make the whole two hundred and fifty j 1 L ' acres, reserving to the owners thereot the property of such Iot.s as are sold already by William Han cock, attorney of said Col. "Thomas Pollok. is hereby and henceforward invested in Mr. Cillen Pollok, Mr. William Hancock, Jr. and Richard Graves or any of them, for the ike aforesaid, de clared, confirmed, and incorporated into a tvn- S1."P ' by the namp qf Newbeme, .with all the,;. privileges which ever have belonged to said town, or shalMiereafter 'be expressed, forever." Ths act further declares, that if the owner of any oi the; said lots shall die, without leaving heirs or depos ing of the same by will, that the said jots shall revert to Cullen Pollok, and his heirs and as signs. This right of escheat or reversion, we be lieve, has .been sold by the heirs of Mr. Pollok, and is now vested in the descendants of a latt cit izen of New-Berne. ; ' Would it not be a most valuable acquisitidn to the archives of New-Berne, if our corpontion could obtain a copy of the ' grant by the lords Proprietors, to the Palatines, for I the site of yew Berne, which we believe bears date in April, 1709, about eight months before the landing ot the Pal atines, together with a copy' of the mortgage deed, of De Graffenriedt, to Thomas Pollok, for said lands, and have the' same printed with a net and accurate revisal of the laws and ordinances relating to the town ? The latter is much needed, ani the former would be a valuable and interesting addition to it. We have now .traced the history of New Berne,, from its early settlement to its legal iicor poration as a town. 1 B. ' "Every word spoken from affection, leaves an ever lasting impression in the mind ; and every thdught spoken from affection, becomes a living cresture ; and the same also if not spokqn, if so be that it be" fully assented unto by the mind. If in the truth there is a good, or a, good tnd is in view, or can be attained by it, it is whoksome food to the man, and his life ; provided he believes it to true from the heart. j Misfortunes are moral bitter3, which frequently restore th- healthy tone of the mUd, after jit has been cloyed aud sickened by the. sweet of prosperity i He that goes to the tvern first for the love of company, will at test go. there for the love of Equor, Remember that, young man. ; ' Evil spirits exist, and dwell in evil men. They desire in them, urge to action, and both plot and contrive all the means to the commission of evil. Why are military officers all literary ? Because thy ftr w fftd of rtvieutl . . IWS, llCiTII, SATURDAY DECEMBEE t,; H LESSONS IN LIFE. "MY FORTUNE 'S MADE." . My young friend, Cora Lee, was a gay,, dashing girl, fond .of dress, and looking always as if, to use a common saying, just out of a band-box. Cora was a belle, of course, and had many admirers. Among tlie nutnber of these, was a young man named Edward Douglass, who was the very "pink" of neatness, in all matters pertaining to dress, and exceedingly particular in his observance of the little proprieties of life. I saw, from the first, that if Douglass pressed his suit, Cora's' heart would be an easy conquest ; " and so it proved. ' . "How admirably they are fitted for each other," I remarked to my husband, on the night of the wed ding. " Their tastes are similar, and their habits so much alike, that no violerfce will be done to the feelings of either, ih the more intimate associations that marriage brings. Both are neat in person and orderly by instinct ; and have good principles." " From all present appearance, the match will be a good one, replied mv husband, lucre was. 1 thought, something like reservation in his tone " Do you really think so?" I said, a little iromcal- ly ; for Mr. Smith's approval of the marriage was hardly warm enough to suit my fancy. ' " Oh, certainly ! Why not?" he replied. : I felt a httle fretted at my husband's mode of speaking ; but made no further remark on the sub- ject lie i$ never very enthusiastic nor sanguine; and did riot mean, in this instance, to doubt the fitness ofthe parties for happiness in the marriage state, as I half imagined. For myself, I warmly approved my friend's, choice, and called her hus-' band a lucky' man to secure for his companion through life, a woman so admirably fitted to make one like him happy,' But a visit which I paid to Cora, one dav, about six weeks after the honevmoon (- had expired, lessened my enthusiasm on the, sub- ject, and awoke some unpleasant doubts. It hap- pened that I called soon after breakfast. Cora met me in the parlor, looking like a very fright. She wore a soiled and rumpled morning wrapper ;. her hair was in paper ; and she had on dirty stockings, and a pair of" okf slippers down fit the. heels. ' Bless me, Cora !" said I. " What is the mat ter ? -Have you been sick ?" . '. " No. Why'lo you ask I Is my dishabille rather on the extreme 2" " Candidly, I think it is, Cora," was my frank answer. , ' "Oh, well! No matter," she carelessly replied, "my fortune's made," . " , " I don't" clearly understand you," said I. " I'm married, Vou know, j " Ys ; I, am aware of that fact." " No heed of being so particular in dress now." " Why not 1" " Didn't I just - say?" replied Cora. "My for tune's' made. Ive got a husband." Beneath an air of jesting, was apparent the real earnestness of my friend. " You dressed witli a Careful regard to taf te and neatness in order to win Edward's love ?" said 1. " Certainly I did." ' ; " And should you not do the same in order io retain it 2" ' " Why, Mrs, Smith ! Do you think my husfeuiV affection goes no deeper than my dress 1 sLva:d be very, sorry indeevl to think that. He loves' mo for myself." .. ' "No "doubt of that in the world, Cora. But re member, .that he cannot see what is in your mind except by what you do or say. If he admires your taste, tor instance, it is not trom any abstract ap preciation of it, but because the taste manifests it self in what you do. And, depend upon it, he will, find it a very hard matter to approve and admire your correct taste in dress, for instance,, when you . appear before him, day 'after day, in your present unattractive attire. If you do not dress well for your husband's eyes, for whose eyes, pray, do you Jl-ess i i ou are as neat when abroad, tis you were before your marriage." " As to that, Irs. Smith, common decency re quires me to dress well when I go' upon the street, or in company"; to say nothing of the pride one naturally feels in looking well." , . " And does nbt common decency and natur al pride argue as strongly in favor of your dressing well at home, and tor the eyes of your husband, whose approval and whose admiration must be dearer to you than the approval and admiration of the whole world r "But he doesn't want to see me rigged out in silks and satins all the time. A pretty bill my dress maker would have against him in that event. Edward has more sense than that, I flatter myself," " Street or ball-room ftttire is one thing, CoL and becoming home apparel another. We looiSJf for bdth in their place." . Thus: I argued with the thoughtless young wife, but my words made no impression. When abroad, she'dressed with Requisite taste, and was lovely to look upon ; but at home she was careless and slov enly, arid made it almost impossible for those who -saw he,r to realize that she was the brilliant beauty they had met in company but a short time before. But even this did not last long. I noticed, after a few months, that' the habits of home were confirm ing themselves, and becoming apparent abroad. Her fortune was made,' and why should she now waste time, or employ her thoughts about matters of personal appearance ? ' The. habits of Mr. Douglass, on the contrary, did not change. He was as orderly as before ; and dressed with the same regard to neatness, i He never appeared at the breakfast table in the morn ing without being shaved ; nor did he lounge about in the evening in his shirt sleeves. The slovenly habits into' which Cora had fallen, annoyed him seriously ; and still more so, when her carelessness about her appearance began to manifest itself abroad as well as at home. When he hinted anything on the. subject, she did hot hesitate to reply,, in a jt . ing manner,, that her fortune was made, and she i need not trouble herself any longer about how she looked. Douglass did riot feel very much complimented ; but asJie had hisj share bf good sense, he saw that to. assume a cold aud offended manner would do.-no IN POLITICS. iBLTB, Tl UMTS, 27, 1851. " If your fortune is madefc so is mine,' he replied, on one occasion, nuite coolly, and mdmerentlv. jSext morning he made his appearance at the breakfast taible with a beard of twenty-four hours' growth. , - " 1 ou haven't shaved this morning, dear," said Cora, to whose eyes the dirty -looking face of her husband was particularly unpleasant. " No," he replied, carelessly. "It's a serious trouble to shave every day.'' "But you look so muck better with a cleanly shaved face." " Looks are nothing ease and comfort every thing," said Douglass. "But common decency, Edward" " I see nothing indecent in a long beaid," replied the husband. , j Still Cora argued, but in vain. Her husband went off to his business vith his unshaven face. "1 don't know whetLer to shave or not," said Douglass, next morning, running over his rough face, upon which was a beard of forty-eight hours' growth. His wife had hastily thrown-on a wrap per, and, with slip shod feet, and head like a.mop, was lounging in a large rocking-chair awaiting the breakfast bell. ' .'. . " For mercy's sake, Edward, don't go any longer with that shockingly dirty face," spoke up Cora. " If you knew how dreadfully you looked." " Looks lare nothing," replied Edward, stroking his beard. , ' " Why, what's come over -you all at once ?" " Nothing only it's such a trouble to shave every day." ; . f?4 But you didn't shave yesterday." "I kuow; I am just as well off to-day, as if I had. So much saved, at any rate." , But Cora urged the matter, andpier husband finally yielded, and mowed down, the luxuriant growth of beard. " How njuch better you do look !" said the young wife. "Now don't go another day without shaving." 44 liut why should I take so much trouble about mere looks ? - I'm just as good with a long beard as with a short one. It's a great deal of trouble to shave every dav. You can love me just as well ; and why need I care about what others say or think r On the following morning Douglass appeared not only with a long beard, but with a bosom and collar that were loth soiled and rumpled. " Why, Edward ! How you do look !" said Cora. 44 You've neither shaved nor put on a clean shirt." . Edward stroked his face, and run his fingers along the edge ot his collar, remarking, mditierent iy, as he did so : ' ' 44 It's no matter. I look well enough. - This being so very particluar in dress, is waste of time; aud I'm getting tired of it." And. in this trim Douglass went off to his busi ness, much to the annoyance of his wife, who could not bear to see her husband looking so slovenly. Gradually the declension from neatness went on. until Edward was quite a -match for his wife, and yet si tango to say, Cora had not taken the hint, brood as it was. In her' own person she, was as untidy as cief. About s'x months afl-er their marriage, we invit e'd a f .v friends to -pend a social evening with us, Cora and her husband among the number. Cora "-!e nl.'s e, iqiiite early, and said that her husband very much engaged, and could not come until after tea. My young friend had not taken much pains with her attire. Indeed, her appearance mortified me, as it-contrasted so decidedly with that of tlie other ladies who were present; and I could not help suggesting to her that she was wrong in being so indifferent about her dress. But she laughingly replied to me 44 You know my fortune's made new, Mrs. Smith. I can afford to be negligent in these matters. It's a great waste of time to dress so much." I tried to argue against this, but could make no impression upon her. About an hour after tea, and while we were all engaged in pleasant conversation, . the door of the parlor opened, and in walked Mr. Douglass. At first glance I thought I must be' mistaken. But no, it was Edward himself. But what a figure he did cut ! His uncombed hair was standing up, in stiff spikes, a hundred different directions ; his face could not have felt the touch of a razor for two or three days ; and he was guiltless of clean linen for at least the-isame length of time. His .vest was soiled ; his boots unblacked ; and there was an un mistakable hole in one of his elbows. 44 Why, Edward I" exclaimed his wifev with a look of mortification- aud distress, -as her husband came across the room, with a face in which no con sciousness of the figure he cut could be detected. "Why, my dear fellow I What is the matter!" said my husoand, frankly ; for he perceived that the ladies were beginning to titter, and that the gentlemen were looking at eachVother, and trying to J repress their insible tendencies ; land therefore deem ed. it best toi throw off all reserve on the subject. 44 The matter I Nothing's the matter, I believe. Why do you ask ?" Douglass looked grave. " Well mav he ask, what's the matter ?" broke in Cora, energetically. " How coukl you come here in such a plight!" r " In such a plight ?" And Edward looked down at himself felt Ids beard, and run has fingers throagh his hair. " What's the matter? Is any. thing wrong f ' . 44 You look as if you'd just waked up from a n?p ot a week with your clothes- a, and come on with out washing your face ot coaching your hair," said my husband; " Oh !" And Edward" eounteriance brightened a little. Ihen he said with much gravity ot manner, " I've .been extremely hurried of late ; and only left my store a few minntes ago. I hardly thought it worth while to cd' home to dress. 1 knew we were all friends here, besides, as my fortune i nutde" and he glanced with a look not to be mis taken, towards his wife I don't feel called upon to give as much attention to mere dress as former ly. Before I was married, it was necessary to be particular in these matters, but now it's of no con sequence." , I turned toward Cora. Her face was like crim- i son. In a few moments sne arose ana went oujep- foo tin; iruwfli I iAkfwtjrl bM aad Edward TERMS: j TWO DOLLARS PER ANKUM. ETC. -J - i- came lifter us, pretty soon. ,He found his fife in tears, and sobbing almost hysterically. 44 I've got a carriage at theioor," he said jto me, aside, half laughing, half serious, 44 So help her on with her things, and we'll retire in disorder.'! -44 But it's too bad in you, Mr. Douglass," replied I. " Forgive me for making your house' th4 scene of this lesson to Cora,-" he w hispered. 44 It pad to be given, and I thought I could venture to tres pass upon your forbearance." . ! 44 I'll think about that," said I,, in return, j In a, few minutes Cora and her husband Retired, and in spite of good breeding, and everything else, we all had a hearty laugh overtlie ihatter, tm my return to the parlor, where I explained the kiriou little scene that had just occurred. i L- "' How Cora and her husband - settled ther! affair between themselves, I never inquired. Biti one thing is certain, ! never saw her in a slovenlj dress aft erwards, at-home or abroad. She was cured. MISCELLANEOUS A Timely Paragraph. The following beautiful passage, by Washington Irving, in the 'lllome Book of the Picturesque," might almost rhake a November day cheerful : j And here let me say a word m favor of thoso i' vicissitudes of our climate which are too often made j the subject of exclusive repining. If they anhoy us 4 occasionally by changes from hot to cold, frjm wet to dry, they give us one of the, most beautiful cli- - mates in the world. They give us the brilliant sun shines ofthe South of Europe with the fresh vf rdure of the N orth. Ihey float our Summer skitjs with clouds of gorgeous tints or fleecy whiteness, an3 i send down cooling showers to refresh the jwnting j earth 'and keep it green. Our seasons are all pW- r ical ; the phenomena of our Heavens are full of j sublimity and beauty. f Winter with us has none, of its proverbial gloom, j It may have its howling winds, and chilling frosts, 1 and whirling snow-storm ; but it has also its long intervals of cloudless sunshine when tlie snow-clad ; earth gives redoubled brightness to the day when ; at night the stars beam with intensest lustre;orthe moon floods the whole landscape with heif rajost ; limpid radiance; and then the joyous outbreak of our Spring, bursting, at once into leaf and blossom, redundant with vegetation, and vociferous with life ! and the splendors of our Summer -its morning voluptuousness and evening glory -its airy palaces of sun-gilt clouds piled up in a deep azure skj ; and its gusts -of tempest of almost' tropical 'grandeur, when the forked lightuing ahd the bellowing fhuhd er volley from the battlements of II eayen andf shake the sultry atmosphere and the sublime melancholy of our Autumn, magnificent in its decaywithering down the pomp and pride of a woodland country, iiut piiiuif.ri.u. i.fif. rniFii irk? i 11 11.1 1 1 ri ... w t.iu iriiiiiim ..x . jj .a-: i .. . i r. Ti.. ii i- . ai : i j serenity of thi1 sky, surely we must say thatHn our climate 44 the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament show eth His handiwork ; day. unto day uttcreth speech, ' and night untot night snowetn Knowledge. I , r ' ' ' "' . ' . i . ! Ax Apple-A oman Puzzled. A few days since,. : ai pleasant-looking, middle,-aged man," with; iron gray hair, stopped at an apple-woman's stand on .! Chestnut street,- and buying one of her finest pip- pins, lie out 1L in no, w lien, iii-ucu uo iiic nuuiaus astonishment, a five dollar gold piece rolled out from the core. 44 Why," said he !'4 these are goldeii pip pins you sell ; shall L have; another at thejsame -price 1" She was so astonished at the occurrence as to be unable to reply, arid the buyer, taking si-: lence for consent, cut another, when a goldiytseed, of still greater value, dropped from it. Recovering from hor surprise, she refusfrd to sell any m)re to him, and. forthwith commenced cutting her fpplef' up on her own account, without finding what she expected. The purchaser was, aft,er some haggling about the price, suffered to pay lor another lipple, and the woman was again 'surprised-by a golden eagle Wing found w ithin it. A crowd had by this tnne gathered, who, recognizing Blitz in .thjmr 'ehaser enioved the amazement of the woman, f She was about to cut another pippin, when Blitzoffer ed to show her how to accomplish the feat. pend ing her his own knife, he used a little magic pow der, arid on cutting the apple, found her labors "re- vi-otvWl u.-itli a jiimrtprairlp. This BlitZ allowed her to keep in return for his joke, but cautioned the woman not to cut up any more apples without borrowing his knife and some powder. Pkill Led. A Dramatic IseiDEKT.-4-We recollect an imus ing incident which . show8 s a single misafphed word can sometimes turn the most thrilling tragedy into a broad farce. It was in our schoobboyldayi, when we belonged to an association of youngsters whose aspirations prompted them to undertake the performance of a few dramatic pieces in the!" old school-ho'use," on stated evenings. ' J On one occasion we performed a portipn of "William Tell," after numerous long and painful rehearsals, in presence of a select audience, compos ed of the parents of the boys, and a sprinkling of tlie pretty girls of the village. The piece frould have gone oflf to the entire satisfaction of all present, if it had not been tor the ajsura conaoci oi uue vi t the subordinate' performers" It was in the siring, arid apples were not to be had in " our district," so that we had been compelled to substitute a poiaio m lieu of the pippin which Villiam lell w$s to sbnot. At bis son's head. Tlie play went on afj well 44as could be expected," until the thrilling moment when the attendant rushes in and proclaims the j result of the terrible trial of the unequalled archer's I skill. The genius who assumed the,character of the said attendant was a waggish yoath, and he hrew tlie fiudienee into a fit of inextinguishable laughter . by rendering the text, in a loud voide, as follows The Boy is safe 1 Tiz. potalur's hit VBpstcn Museum. , . ' . . ' The prominent characteristic of the female ttrind is affection; and that of the male mind is thought : but disparity does not imply inferiority., The exes are intended for different spheres of life,, re created in conformity to their destination by pim who bid4 the oak brave thefury of the tempest, , and the Alpine flower lean cn the bosom of eternal