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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Term commence? March 4, 1851, and terminates
March 4, 1858.
The First Session opens on Monday, December 1,1851.
SENATE.
The Senate consists of tyro Senators from each
State. Since the admission of California, there
are thirty-one States, represented by sixty-two
Senators. The Senators who held over from
the 4th of last March were forty-one, viz:
eighteen WhigB and twenty-three Democrats.
Of the twenty-one new Senators, three are yet
to be elected from the following States:
California?Legislature Democratic.
Connecticut?Legislature to be chosen in
April, 1852.
Tennessee?Legislature Whig.
SENATORS HOLDING OVER AND ELECT. *
Whigs in italic; Democrats in roman?those marked F. S.
are Free-soilers or Abolitionists; U., those elected us
Union men; S. It., those elected as Southern or State
lUghts men.
Term Term,
ALABAMA. Expiret. Michigan. Expire*.
Jeremiah Clemens - 1853 Alpheus Felch - * - 1853
Wm. R. King(S. R.) ? 1865 Lewis Cass .... 1857
ARKANSAS. MISSOURI.
Wm. K. Sebastian ? 1853 David 11. Atchison - 1855
Solon Borland - - - 1855 Henry S. (Jeyer - - 1857
CONNECTICUT. NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Truman Smith ? - 1855 John P. llale (F.S.) - 1853
. ... 1857 Moses Norris, jr. - - 1855
CALIFORNIA. NEW YORK.
Wm. M. Owin - - - 1865 Mm. II. Seward (F.S.) 1855
i ... 1857 Hamilton Fi*h... 1857
DELAWARE. NEW JERSEY.
Presley Spruance - - 1855 Jacob W. Miller - - 1853
James A. Bayard - - 1857 Robert F. Stockton - 1857
FLORIDA. NORTH CAROLINA.
Jackton Morton - - 1855 WStie P. Many am - 1853
Stephen R. Mallory - 1857 George E. Badger - - 1855
GEORGIA. OHIO.
John M. Berrien - - 1853 Salmon P. Chaxe( F.S.) 1855
Wm. C. Daw ton - - 1865 Benjamin F. Wade - 1857
INDIANA. PENNSYLVANIA.
James Whitcomb - - 1855 James tboper ... 1853
Jesse D. Bright ? ? 1857 Richard Urodhead, jr. 1857
ILLINOIS. RHODE ISLAND.
Stephen A. Douglas 1853 John II. Clarke - 1853
James Shields - - - 1856 Charles T. James - ? 1857
IOWA. SOUTH CAROUNA.
George W. Jones - - 1863 R. B. Rhett(S.R.) - - 1863
Augustus C. Dodge - 1856 A. P. Butler (S.R.) - 1866
KENTUCKY. TENNESSEE.
Joseph R. Underwood 1853 John lkll .... 1S53
Henry Clay ... 1865 ? ... 1857
LOUISIANA. TEXAS.
Sol. U. Downs (U.) - 1853 Sam Houston - ? ? - 1853
Pierre Soule (S. R.) ? 1855 Thomas J. Rusk - - 1857
MAINE. VERMONT.
Jas. W. Bradbury - 1853 WiUiam Upturn* ? ? 1853
Hannibal Hamlin - 1857 Solomon J'bute ... 1857
MASSACHUSETTS. VIRGIN1V.
Jo/tn Davis - - - - 1853 R. M.T. Hunter (S.R.) 1853
Chat. Sumner (F.S.) - 1857 Jas. M. Mason (S.R.) - 1857
MARYLAND. WISCONSIN.
Jame* A. Pearce - - 1855 Isanc P. AValker ? - 1865
Thomas Q. PraU - - 1857 Henry Dodge ? ? ? 1867
MISSISSIPPI.
Henry S. Foote (C.) - 1853 Jefferson Davis (S.R.) 1857
Messrs. Foote and Davis, of Mississippi, have resigned.
Of the members elect, and those holding over,
thirty-four are Democrats, twenty-one are
Whigs, and four Free-soilers. Of the Free
soilers, Halo and Seward were elected by a
union of Whigs and Free-soilers ; Sumner and
Chase wore elected by Democrats and Free
soilers combined. Dodge, (Democrat,) of Wis
consin ; Fish, (Whig,) of r*cw York ; Foote,
(Whig,) of Vermont; and Wade, (Whig,) of
Ohio, are also put down by Bome as Free-soilers.
HOU8E OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House consists of two hundred and
thirty-three members and four Territorial dele
gates. These delegates, however, have no vote.
Annexed are the names of the
MEMBERS ELECT.
ALABAMA.
1 John Bragg, (8. R.) 6 George 8. Houston
2 James Abercrombie. # W. R. W. Cobb
3 Samp. W. Harris, (S. R.) 7 Alex. White
4 William R. Smith
ARKANSAS.
1 Robt. W. Johnson, (8. R.)
CONNECTICUT.
1 Charles Chairman 3 C. F. Cleveland
2 C. M. Ingersoll 4 0. 8. Seymour
CALIFORNIA.
1 Edward P. Marshall 2 McCorkle
DELAWARE.
1 George R. Riddle
FLORIDA..
1 Edward C. Chbell
OMNIA.
1 J W. Jackson, (8. R.) 6 H. W. Chastaln, QJ.)
2 James Johnson, (U.) ? Junius llillyer, (U.)
3 "David J. Bailey, (S. R.) 7 A. 1L Stephen*, (U.)
4 Chartes Murphy, (0.) 8 Robert Toombs, (U.)
INDIANA.
1 James Lockhart 6 Willis A.Gorman
2 Cyrus L. Dunham 7 John G. Davis
3 John L. Robinson 8 Daniel Mace
4 Samuel W. Purker 9 Graham N. Fitch
6 Thomas A. Hendricks 10 Samuel BrenUm
ILLINOIS.
1 William H. Bissell 6 Wm. A. Richardson
2 Willis Allen ? Thomas Campbell
8 Orlando B. Ficklin 7 Richard We*
4 Richard S. Moloney
IOWA.
1 Lincoln L. Clark 2 Bernhardt Ilenn
'KENTUCKY.
1 Linn Boyd Addison White
2 /few/. E. drey 7 Humphrey Mitrthall
3 Prvilty Ewina 8 John C. Breckinridge
4 William T. IIW 0 J. C. Mason
6 James Stone 10 R. C. Stanton
LOUISIANA.
1 Louis St. Martin, (8. R.) 8 Alex. G. Penn, (8. R.)
2 J. Arittule Ixindry 4 Isaac E. Morso(S. R.)
MAINE.
1 Moses McDonald 5 Ephralm K. Smart
2 John Appleton ? A"id Washburn, jr.
3 Robert. (Joodenow 7 Thomas J. D. Fuller
4 Charles Andrews
MASSACHUSETTS.
1 William AppUtem (I Ceorge T. Paris
2 Robt. Rantoul, Jr., (F.S.) 7 John 7.. Goodrich
3 Jame* H. Duncan 8 Horace Mann, (F. 8.)
4 ft Thompson 0 Or in fbtfer
6 CharU* Allen, (F. 8.) lo Zeno Seudder
MARYLAND.
1 Richard J. Howie. 4 Thomas 1". Welsh
2 Wm. T. Hamilton 6 Altwander Evan*
8 Edward Hammond 6 Josephs, tiiUenau
MICHIGAN.
1 Kbeneier J. Ptnniman 3 James I. Cbngrr
2 C. M Stuart
MISSOURI.
1 John F. Darby 4 Willar.1 P. Hall
2 (Mchrut Porter 6 John 8. i'helps
3 John O. Miller
MISSISSIPPI
2 John A. Wilcox, (U.)
1 D. B. Nabors, (0.) 3 Wm. MoWllHe, (8. R.)
. . . v 4 A. B. Dawson, (U.)
MINifSSOTA.
*11. H. Sibley, (del.)
NKW UUtrillUU.
1 Amos Tuck, (F. 8.) 3 Jared Jerkins
2 Charles H. I'eanleu 4 Ilarry llibbard
K1W TOKK.
1 John Q. Floyd 18 Preston King (F. 8.)
2 Obadiuh Bow lit 1# W11 lard Ives
3 Emanuel B. Hart 20 Timothy Jenkins
4 J. H. 1 lobart Haws 21 William W. Snow
6 Gtorge Urigys 22 Hairy Bennett
6 Janu s Brooks 23 Leandor Baboock
7 Abraham P. Stevens 24 Daniel T. Jones
8 Gilbert Dean 26 Thomas Y. How, jr.
9 William Murray 26 H. S. Walbridge
10 Marius Schoonnuiker 27 William A. Sackett
11 Josiah Sutherland, jr. 28 Ah. M. Schermerltorn
12 David L. Seymour 20 JedMiah Hosford
13 John L. Schoolcraft 30 Reuben Kobie
14 John H. Boyd 31 Frederick 8. Martin
15 Joseph Russell 32 S. G. Haven
10 John Wells 33 Aug. P. Hascall
17 Alexander H. Buel 34 Lorenzo Burrows
NEW JERSEY.
1 Nathan D. Stratton 4 George H. Brown
2 Charles Skeiton 5 Hodman M. Price
8 Isaac Wlldrick
NORTH CAROLINA.
1 T.L. Clingman, (8. R.) 0 John R. J. Daniel
2 Joseph 1'. Caldwell 7 W. S. Ashe
3 Alfred Dockery 8 Edward Stanly
4 James T. Morehead 0 David Outlaw
6 A. W. Venable, (S. R.)
NEW MEXICO.
?R. W. Welghtman, (del.)
oiiio.
1 David T. Disney 12 John Welsh
2 L. D. Campbell, (F. S.) 13 James M. Gay lord
3 Hiram Bell 14 Alexander Harper
4 Benjamin Stanton 15 William F. Hunter
5 Alfred P. Egerton 16 John Johnson
6 Frederick Green 17 Josepii Cable
7 Nelson Barrerc 18 David K. C&rtter
8 John L. Taylor 19 Kben Newton, (F. S.)
9 Kdson B. Olds 20 J. It. Giddings, (F. 8.)
10 Charles Sweetser ? 21 N. S. Townsend
11 George U. Busby
OREGON.
* Joseph Lane, (del.)
PENNSYLVANIA.
1 Thomas B. Florence 13 Jnmes Gamble
2 Joseph It. Chandler 14 T. M. Bibigluius
3 Henry D. Moore 15 William 11. Kurts
4 John Bobbins, jr. 16 J. X. McLanahan
6 John McNair 17 Andaew Parker
6 Thomas Ross 18 John L. Dawson
7 John A. Morrison 19 Joseph H.Kuhns
8 Thaddeus Stevens 20 John Allison
9 J. Glancy Jones 21 Thomas M. Howe
10 Miles M. Dimmick 22 John IK Howe (F. 8.)
11 Henry M. Fuller 23 John H. Walker
12 Galusha A. Grow (F. S.) 24 Alfred Gillmoro
RHODE ISLAND.
1 George E. King 2 Benjamin II. Thurston
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1 Daniel Wallace, (S. R.) 6 Armistead Burt, (3. R.)
2 James L. Orr, (8. R.) 6 William Aiken, (8. R.)
3 J. A. Woodward, (8. R.) 7 Win. F. Colcock, (8. R.)
4 James McQueen, (8. It.)
TENNESSEE.
1 Andrew Johnson 7 Meredith 1\ Gentry
2 Albert G. Watkins 8 William Culloni
3 Wm. M. Churchwell 'J Isham G. Harris
4 John II. Savage 10 Fred. P. Stanton
5 George W. Jones 11 Christopher H. WiUfams
0 Wm. II. Polk
TEXAS.
1 Richardson Scurry, (U.) 2 Volney E. Howard, (U.)
UTAH.
?John M. Bernhisel, (U.)
VIRGINIA.
1 John S. Millson, (8. R.) 9 James F. Strother
2 It. Kidder Meade, (8. R.) 10 Charles J. fhulkner .
3 Thos. 11. Averett, (8. R.) 11 John Letcher, (U.)
4 Thos. B. Bocock, (8. B.) 12 II. Kdmondson, (U.)
5 l'aulus Powell, (8. R.) 13 F. B. McMullen, (U.)
0 John 8. Caskie, (S. 11.) 14 J. M. II. Beale, (U.)
7 Thomas II. Bayly, (U.) 16 Geo. W. Thompson, (U.)
8 A. R. Holladay, (8. B.)
VERMONT.
1 Ahlram L. Miner 3 George B. Meacham
2 William Jfebard 4 Th. Bartlett, jr., (F. S.)
WISCONSIN.
1 Charles Durkee, (F. 8.) 3 James D. Doty, (F. S.)
2 Benj. C. Eastman
?Delegates from the Territories.
RECAPITULATION BY FIGURES.
,?1850-'5l.?> , 1848. ,
Whig. Dem. Whig. Dem.
Alabama ....2 6 2 5
Arkansas .... ? 1 _ 1
Connecticut 1 3 1 3
Delaware .... ? 1 1 ?
Florida ....1 ? 1 ?
Indiana ....2 8 1 9
Illinois .... 1 6 1 6
Iowa ? 2 1 1
Kentucky ....6 6 0 4
Louisiana ....1 3 1 3
Maine .... 2 6 2 5
Massachusetts ... 9 1 10 ?
Maryland .. ..4 2 3 3
[ California ? ? ? .2 ? 2
Georgia ....2 6 3 5
Michigan 2 1 1 2
Missouri ....3 2 ? 5
Mississippi 4 ? 4
New Hampshire 2 2 2 2
Now York .... 17 17 32 2
New Jersey 1 4 4 1
North Carolina ... 6 3 6 3
Ohio 10 11 10 11
Pennsylvania ... 9 16 15 9
Rhode Island . - ? ? 1 ? 1 2 ?
South Carolina ... ? 7 ? 7
| Tennessee ? ? - - 4 7 4 7
I Texas ...._ 2 ? 2
Vermont ....3 1 3 1
Virginia 2 13 2 13
Wisconsin ? 3 1 2
Total thus far ? ? 90 143
Democratic majority thus far 63
Democratic majority in 1849 3
Democratic gain 50
A nmjnrity of the House is 117
Democrats elected .... . . 143
Southern rights men (21 Democrats and 1 Whig) ? 22
Free-soilcr* .... .... 13
TUB PRESIDENTIAL ASPECT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
With regard to tho Tote by States, which only
occurs in case the Presidential election is re
ferred to the House of Representatives, ^lic fol
lowing is the result thus far:
Democratic Stales?20. Whig Stales?7.
Arkansas, {Secession.) Florida,
Alabama, (Union.) Missouri,
California, do Massachusetts,
Connecticut, do Michigan,
Delaware, do Maryland,
Georgia, do North Carolina,
Illinois, do Vermont.
Indiana, do
Iowa, do
Louisiana, do
Maine, do Divided?1.
Mississippi, do Kentucky,
New Jersey, do New Hampshire,
Ohio, do New York,
Pennsylvania do Rhode Island.
SoutlfUarolina, (Secession.)
Texas, , (Union.)
Tennessee, do
Virginia, do
Wisconsin, do v.
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A T a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Parke
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General Description of the. PurkerrOle Hydropathic Institute.
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Oneof these is the laundry, with a hydrant at the door;
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AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
[Communicated. |
Licenses to Retail Ardent Hplrlti la
W uhlogtou.
Messes. Editohs : Since my communication
of Wednesday, which was hastily written, I
have reflected more upon the opinion which, I
am informed, has been given by our city or
Corporation Attornef$&> the Mayor, on the
subject of licenses ^. tfitffcrns and liquor shops;
That opinion i* ifoj to be, in substance, that
the Mayo^hnsfull jiower and authority to grant
licenses to the former, under the regulations
and forms prescribed by the old law of the Cor
"poration; and to the latter, under the forms and
regulations prescribed by the late liquor law
and thnt both licenses carry with them the
right to retail liquors, and in quantities less
than a pint.
It is not denied that in law there is a clear
distinction between a tavern and a liquor shop ;
but if the tavern shall sell or barter liquor, &c.,
in quantities less than a pint, it is impossible
tor me to see how it can escape from the plain
aud positive requirements of the late law, as it
expressly repeals all other laws authorizing li
censes for that traffic, and. it is the onhj existing
law under which it can be carried on. No
subtlety or sophistry can, I humbly conceive
get around this plain, stubborn fact.
What is a tavern? Mr. AVebster, in his Dic
tionary, says it is a "house licensed to sell
liquors in small quantities, to be drank on the
spot. In some of tho United States, tavern is
synonymous with inn, or hotel, and denotes a
house for the entertainment of travelers, as
well as for the sale of liquors."
lomlin, in his Law Dictionary, calls a tavern
an inn, and says that "inns were instituted for
lodging and relief for travelers; and at common
law, any man might erect and keep an inn or
alehouse to receive travelers, but now they are
to be licensed. Every inn is not an alehouse,
j nor every alehouse an inn; but if an inn uses
common selling of ale, it is then also an ale
house; and it an alehouse lodges and enter
tains travelers, it is also an inn."
If the keeper of an inn harbors thieves or
persons of scandalous reputation, or suffers fre
quent disorders in his house, or sets up a new
inn in a place where there is no manner of use
tor one, to the hindrance of other well-governed
inns, or keep it in a situation wholly unfit for
such a purpose, he may, by the common law,
be indicted and fined." *
I he^e definitions show plainly what a tavern,
inn orliquor shop is. They are in accordance
with the common understanding, and cannot
be mistaken. I have not access to our Corpo
ration laws, but take it for granted they are of
the same import.
I here is then in law and in common sense a
clear distinction between a tavern and an ale
house or grog-shop?though there is little diffi
culty in the one running into and merging itself
in the other. So long as the tavern, in the
sense above given, is confined and restricted to
its legitima# business of entertaining travel
ers?feeding and lodging sojourners, boarders,
C- 'hey are useful establishments aud an ad
vantage to the commuuity in which they are
located. I make no war against such establish
ments; on the contrary, they are meritorious
and deserve to be cherished and protected by
law as well as public opinion ; and that whether
they be kept in a marble palace, with its splen
did ssLloons and hundred rooms, or the more
humble and unpretending brick, frame, or even
log-buiMing, with its three or four rooms and
beds?all are equally conveni'cnt if not necessary
to the wants of tliepeople, aud are alike enti
tled to protection and respect.
Now, for such establishments as these, 1 have
110 doubt our Corporation laws provide; aud
the Mayor is right in giving them licenses, un
der the forms and regulations of the old laws
on that subject. Hut if these taverns degenerate
into the ale-house or grog-shop, by embarking
in the sale of liquors in quantities less thau a
pint, then the new luw comes into play, and no
matter what name you give them, they must
be licensed under the forms and in the mode
prescribed by it, for it is the only law in force
which authorizes the traffic.
It is doubtless true that a license for a tav
ern, under the old law, carried with it, by au
thority of that law, tho right to retail liquors
in quantities less than a pint. What I maintain
is, that that old law was not like the laws of
tho Modes and Persians?fixed, unchangeable,
and irrcpealable?but an ordinary law, subject
to be altered, amended, or repealed by the au
thority which cnactcd it, in the usual and ordi
nary mode in which other laws are amended or
repealed?that is, -by passing a law directly re
ferring to it and repealing or modifying it; or
| by passing an independent law on the subject,
with different and inconsistent provisions, which'
under all the rules of construction and interpre
tation, must supersede and take the place of the
old law. The general rule is, " that a subse
quent statute, comprehending and confined to
the same subject-matter, and containing pro
visions clearly and nccoesarily repugDant to
those of a prior statute, operates as a repeal of
such prior statute by implication, though the
latest statute contain no repealing clause." (See
Dwarris on Statutes.)
Now, if the holder of a tavern license st^ks
to escape the provisions of the late law by in-1
sis'ting that it does not refer in terms to th'c ac t
under which his license was granted, but was
designed and intended to amt-nd another and
an entirely different law, still he is met by the
stubborn fact that the new law contains provis
ions utterly repugnant to the law under which
his license wns granted, and must therefore su
persede it. It contains the last will of our law
makers in relation to the sale of liquors in
quantities less than a pint, and it cannot be
dodged or evaded.
I inaintaiji, then, that this faculty of selling
liquors in quantities less than a pint is not a
fixed, unchangeable fact, but may be given or I
taken away at the will and pleasure of the
Councils; and that the Councils, by the passage
of tho lato law, liavo changed the system, and
provided, in terms too plain to be evaded or
misunderstood, that no establishment?call it
by \vhat name you please?hotel, tavern, inn,
ordinary, ale-house, confectionery, or porter
cellar, possessing the faculty to sell or barter I
spirituous or malt liquors, wine, cordials, or
cider?can be licensed by the Mayor of Wash
ington without a strict compliance with the
forms, terms, and conditions of said law. Mere
I plant myself, and on that point I appeal to
the deliberate and enlightened judgment and
action of the citizens of Washington. I insist
that tho housekeepers of the city havo rights
as well as the tavern-keepers, and that the
Mayor of tho city is as much bound to guard
the one as the other; that if a tavern-keeper
wishes to come upon any street, the house
keepers residing on the two sides of the street,
on the Bijuurc where ho proposes to locate his
tavern, have the right, under the laws of our
Corporation, to Bay to the Mayor, before he
sends hiui, " By our leave, sir." I claim 11>?
right thus to speak for myself, before the Mayor
sends any tavern or grog-shop on the street
and square whero I live to vex and annoy my
neighbors and myself. Thank God, we have
none now ; and 1 call on my neighbors, ami on
every housekeeper in Washington, to resist the
intrusion of such nuisances upon them. 1* old
not your arms, fellow-citizens, 1 entreat you,
nor look listlessly on ; but speak out boldly, and
act manfully. Let not this golden opportunity
pass, which has been presented by the recom
mendation of the Mayor and the action of our
Councils, to throw off a bitter curso ; but stand
up to your rights as freemen who know thorn
and dare maintain them. "Washington.
JENNY GRAY".
A New Kngland Sketch.
BY KLLKN (JEAHAM.
CHAPTER I.?Oontiuu?xl.
"Now don't you like the idea, aunt? Don't
you think Dick ought to be married?"
" La, child, what nonsense you are talking.
What put such an idea into your head. '1 he
idea of that boy being married! You must be
dreaming," exclaimed the fond old lady, as she
gathered up the knitting work which had fa
tigued her so much, and proceeded to look
about the house to see that everything was sale
for the night.
Mrs. Thornton was one of the kindest-hearted
old ladies that ever lived. Iler pleasure and
enjoyment consisted in managing her house
hold affairs, making the nicest butter and
cheese, amply, providing for the wants of her
own family, and laying in a supply lor the sick
and needy. Although her eldest son stood lull
six feet in his stockiugs, sdie still persisted 111
thinking him a boy, and fully believed that lie
required her watchful care quite as much as
Will, the other son, who had just entered his
teens. The thick comforters, stockings, and
mittens which she provided lor him were sut
ficient to last a man his lifetime, but the fond
mother never thought he had enough. It lie
went out on a cold winter's day, she was always
afraid that he wasn't wrapped up warm enough,
and when he came in she begged him to take
herb tea to prevent taking cold, very much to
his chagrin and vexation, for he hated to uo
muffled and dosed above all things.
Old Clary Dow, mentioned by Lucy, was a
sensible maiden lady of fifty or thereabouts,
and much esteemed by the whole family for her
goodness and plain common sense, more es
pecially by Mr. Richard, who considered these
sterling qualities very rare among the younger
females of his acquaintance. Although she
had not a single relative in the town, everybody,
old and young, called her Aunt Clary. She
lived in a snug white-washed cottage, in the
outskirts of the village, quite alone if we ex
cept a Bleek, fat, grey cat, who looked altogether
too good-natured and indolent to efl.t mice, and
! a yellow dog, with bright black eyes, who sat
' beside his mistress at the table, and ate ?08'
decorously from a shining tin plate. The village
could scarce have existed without this worthy
woman. She was every one's resource in every
emergency. If sickness or death entered a
family, she was there with a ready hand and
kind heart. If a wedding was in anticipation,
her help was necessary in making all Ibe prepa
ratory arrangements. At a quilting-party she
was indispensable, for no one understood like
her the mysteries of putting in, marking out,
and rolling up.
The morning after Lucy's conversation with
her uuelo, she was up bright and early. She
teemed very gay and happy, her heart flowing
out toward everything?the dogs, cats und
chickens were fed bountifull}', and she was
never weary of assisting with the " housework.
Her aunt thought her very industrious, but
never imagined what a host of plans were tly ing
through her brain. All remembrance of what
she had told her the previous evening had van
ished like a dream from her mind; indeed who
would entertain for a moment the preposterous
idea of a boy of twenty-five being married ?
Dick made remarks that day which would
have highly offended his cousin, had she not
been sustained with the expectation of seeing
the young gentleman's opinions changed before
long, lie would not laugh at parties and sing
ing-schools by-nnd-bye, sho thought, and s.iy
that girls only went to sec the beaux, and beaux
to see the girls. He would not call every one
a simpleton who entertained the idea of matri
mony. He would not say that there was not a
young lady in the region whose head was not
filled with nopsense and vanity, and that none
of them had half tho sense of Aunt Clary.
Aunt Clary came to spend the afternoon and
drink tea with Mrs. Thornton. The two old
ladies sat and talked together of the times when
they were young, of cooking, recounted wonder
ful dreams, and discussed the merits of the last
Sunday's sermon. Mrs. Thornton dcscantod at
large on the pains and ailments of cv<>ry mem
ber of her family. Any one would have pro
nounced them, from her account, more fit for a
hospital than any other place. She fully be
lieved that there was not one who enjoyert a
moderate degree of health. She affirmed that
" Richard's constitution (though he looked as
strong as Hercules) was miserably weak, and
what made matters worse, tho foolish child
would never take a bit of medicine, ho was just
like his father in that respect; but for her part
she thought it did a body a sight of good to take
a few airbs and roots."
Although Lucy's thoughts had been centred
on something besides tho singing-school that
day, tea-time found her ready dressed with
neatness; Iter hood and cloak, and singiug-book
in brown paper cover close at hand; so that it
would not take her fivo minutes to be
after the tea-things were washed. .Little will
thought it the strangest thing his brother was
not anxious to go. lie longed for tho time
when lie should be accounted old enough to
figure at these fashionable resorts, which at
present wore an air of mystery to him.
" So you will not take the young women to the
singing-school this evening, Richard, said
Squire Thornton, inquiringly, as they were at
tea.
" No, father, I would rather not; you know
1 was never fond of any such places. i
drive*' old Sorrel,' and will
ennuirh I am eoing to dnvo Aunt ( lary home
in my new sleigh; 1 would rather talk with her
than any young lady In town 1 mean.to n?ta
her the mistress of the sleigh, and don t intend j
to ask any one else to ride in it
"Don't bo too sure, Cousin Dick, said Lucy, |
? 1 will bet anything that you will invito some
/
one else to ride in it this winter, and that you'll
be very sorry when the ride is over, too!"
"Oh, but I shan't bet," said Dick, "for I
don't wish to win anything from you, and, be
sides, it is against all honesty to bet on a' cer
tainty."
"But will you give me your grey colt that I
begged you so much for last summer, if I turn
out a true prophetess ?" said Lucy.
"Certainly, with pleasure?colt, saddle, bri
dle, and whip?you will deserve them all. And,
moreover, 1 will esteem you the most wonderful
reader of futurity ever known."
" Well, we shall see," said Lucy.
CliAPTKK II.
The Thornton District, as it was called, was
v< ry small, and contained but one or two wealthy
families. The " school money" was so trilling
that it was scarce sufficient to initiate the rising
generation into the mysteries of reading, writ
ing, and cyphering. In order to maks the most
of it, tho custom prevailed from time Immemo
rial of giving the board. Great account was
made among these rural people of boarding
tho school ma'am. Preparations were com
menced several duys before the arrival of the
important person, and carried on with the most
untiring zeal?whilst every child looked for
ward to the time as a jubilee equal to Thanks
giving and Independence day.
A week or so after the occurrences related in
the ioregoing chapter, an uncommon bustle
commenced in the squire's house. Lucy had
been wakened from her dreams long before tho
first streak of daylight appeared in the east,
and told " to make haste, for they had every
thing to do that day to get ready for the school
ma'am." Mrs. Thornton could be seen hurry
ing to and Iro, enveloped in an fenormous check
apron ; sounds of beating; stirring, and rolling
proceeded from the pantry. Old Joe Simons,
the man of ail work, was dismissed from his
woodchopping, and sent to help the " women
folks " the whole day. The havoc carried on in
the store-room was frightlul. Flour, sugar, but
ter, eggs, etc., disappeared with fearful rapidity,
but assumed, however, a more tempting shape
under the skilful management of Mrs. Thornton.
Old Joe curried on a merciless slaughter among
the poultry. Deafening cries resounded from
the precincts of the barn, as some promising
captives were marched off to adorn the trium
phal approach of this rapacious teacher, or
when the bloodthirsty Joe again appeared with
clubs, to prosecute yet further his ravages among
their Hying ranks. One would never have
guessed t/iat such preparations were intended
for the entertainment of a single individual: had
a marching regiment designed to partake of the
worthy farmer's hospitality, very little more
could have been necessary for their sustenance.
The closet-shelves actually groaned beneath the
weight of the provisions. There were rows of
apple and pumpkin pies, cup cake, gingerbread,
cookics, doughnuts, custards, and puddings, be
sides the indispensable brown bread and beans,
and the carcasses of Joe's poor victims sus
pended around the walls.
Lucy had special charge of the cleaning de
partment. Every room was carefully swept
and dusted, but her chief energies were ex
erted in arrauging the " spare bed-room" for
its expected occupant. The curtains and table
cover were of spotless white. The bed, decked
tastefully in a quilt of her own piecing, loomed
half way up to the ceiling in the profusion of
feuthers. The andirons were rubbed and po
lished, with the wooil and kindlings placed on
them ready to light a fire at a moment's warn
ing. Lucy cast a satisfied glance around tho
room alter the pleasant task was finished, gave
a last rub to the looking-glass, dusted for the
third time the old-fashioned mantel-piece, and
pronounced every thing in order.
(To bo continued.)
The London Tints and Kosslth. The
London correspondent of. the Boston Post ex
plains the Timet' hostility to Kossuth as fol
lows :
It may be asked, en passant, why the great
" Thunderer"?the " first paper in the world,"
the Times?a paper that professes to "go with
the times," should go so bitterly, violently and
lalsely against the great Hungarian hero.
That paper is generally on the side of
tyranny and absolutism. That is not all in this
case. Austrian funds are constantly sinking:
and as the cause of Kossuth comes up that of
Austria goes down. The house of Rothschilds
half Austrian in stocks, funds and persons?
the branch here in London, as well as that in
Austria, has a great stake in Austrian bonds;
j and that, with the great rnouied interests here'
including no douht that of Daring & Brothers '
have swung out at least ten thousand pounds to
that paper to u-rite Kossuth down ! Yes, Aus
trian Gold has attempted to crush 'where
Austrian bayonets could not. They have reck
oned without their host. That spirit which
prompted a band of draymen to pull the beard
of a Hayuau, will not permit the champion of
Hungarian freedom to get foot on English soil
without at least showing a sympathy with a
people who struggle, however vainly, for their
liberties. h'othsehitds, the Times j- Co., have
kicked ngniust a wall?against a wall of human
hearts, aud tho rebound will injure the utter
crs, but not those whom they attempt to de
stroy.
Jenny Lind will be in New York during the
week, but, out of delicacy to Miss Hayes, she
will not give any concerts there at present.
She will proceed to Boston, and sing there, and
perhaps in other cities of New England, and,
returning in December, will give some concerts
in New \ ork. This delicate course on the part
of Miss Lind to a sister songstress shows that
thero is a good feeling between these vocalists.
Windfall for a Hatter.?Mr. James Mil
ler, who has worked as a journeyman hatter for
the last ten yenrs, in Cincinnati, a few days
ago received notice from Washington city that
the sum of $<>3,000 was awaiting his orders at
the capital?ho being heir to an old Mexican
indemnity claim to that amount, which has re
cently been allowed by the Commissioners.
The good news was entirely unexpected by him.
A convention of counties aud corporations
favorable to the extension of the Alexandria
and Mannssss Gap railroad from Strasburg, in
Shenandoah county, Virginia, to intersect the
Haltimore and Ohio railroad, at Paddytown, in
Hampshiro county, Virginia, will be held' at
Romney, on Tuesday, the 26th instant. A num
ber of counties and corporations interested
have already made provisions to send proper
delegations to this convention.
A Hrnsiri.b Pai'kr.?The Richmond Wht</
says It will publish original poetry on the same
terms as advertisements,
Massachusetts House of Representatives?
172 Whigs, 166 Coalitionists?thus ftir.