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"I iliilOIH 'II'
i "( .f,'.
i ' t't 'Hiil'iiM
Hy CHART.liS
AVood.stock, Vt.
3HJSINESS OARDS.
...... .,A.IJItYANT.
imerili MisMsli French, im.l Amerit'nii DryOootn,
W. 1. nmii,iiiii nrurcrirH,
Crockery.OImninnd llnril Ware.
KlmStrttly
iiii;i,r,isii & si.aoe,
DRAt.nns in Fi.oim, w.i. nooiiSfconoonmns
u,,. ,'',1) CONSTANTI.Y ON IIAND,
FRUITS.OONPROTIONAIlY.SUMMEnuniNKSAND
KCFRP.SIIMnNTd.
nENTIULSTnEET,Ol'l'0tTlSVHlT!EY'F IIOTEL,
. "" Mcuiwi t3bo. II. Bi.Ann.
A. 3IATC1I, & CO.
Al thc Wi Stand lulcty occupied by
. J. O. THlnoui
ttEAi.rnsiNFi.nim w.i.riooisANi)nrincr:niE8.
CnNFECTIONARY.BIIMMnn DIMNKrt.ANI)
tlEFnESIIMENTCONSTA.NT.I.Y ON IIANI).
CENTRAI. HTHKRT. 223
A'nmwrrm ir.wfc'.v.
lVliolcaleitndret.nldi!iillir In W.l, nnnl,Teng,FrHltt
vinc .xc,riiHn,atuvcK, r iirniiurc, c.
3d nnonuouTii iieao of state btrect,
. Montpelier, I't, 182 ly
W A T 0 I! M A K E R 8 A N D JEwEUiCRB.
OPP01ITB WlllTNEV't" 1II1TEL. CT.NTnAI. STRr.ET,
II. II. nAIT.RY.
yrtshiidiciurcr ofilver Snooim nnd Spec.tnelpa nnd Denlor
In Jcwelrv, Cutlen and I ancy flnodii
Whnlrnnte iiikI Itctall, 209
OpppoiUcM'hilncyU IJotcl, Central Slrcct
IIF.NRY IIATCII,
Ont ilnoriouth of Unirm llall, Elm Street,
TiN.coppnn, un hiieet iron worieer.
TIIAI.E3 n. W1NN,
TAII.OR,
Same donr wilh N. Uandall.
MICH Al'Hi MVKItS,
1 1 1 u .
Over J. Oollamer's OJp.ee,
Elm trcct,
I',. W. SMITII, Taihr.
nrxt noou nni.ow iinicK stacc notifn.
Ludlow. Vt. 218
A.UOS W. W'A RRRN,
nnvr.nn in noriTS.siinns ani i.n vthrii.
U Und of l.nither fnr nlo rticii. Also, HnolHnmt
sliopi nfcvcn ileerpillnn.
JJ-l'nioBi riilc.k llooti, S2,riDt!iiir, iegdl,S3f!fnl
aeivcdlitmii lor l.'in hill ntln-r work in prnnorllon
UKVTRtL Sl'RliBT. 23 Bly
1). JI. DKWr.Y,
Mal.cr nlllio Imnrnved llnbart Wn.vlpn I'nmni.
JtrTliu nlmvc l'umpi nro w.irrnnlcd loilrnw n linrrel n
n iiilnulc wllli m. uptn n iinnnreinrri.
TTAIInrder.'ilroin ailUtnnra proiiippy allctn)ello
nnndotpli VI. 211 K
WHITNEY'S IIOTP.L,
C orner of Elm and Ctnlral slreets,
1! V S. AV II I T X K V,
KAGI.E THMPRRANCU IIOUSR,
IIVL.M WOQD,
soi'tii siiiR Tiin i'vnic. acc
HIHCK STAOU IIOISR,
SOUTH 8 1 B E BLACK R IV EH,
nv
J 0 II N R. S M I T II
i.uplow, vi. 1G1 tf
. F.1IYDR,
n im c ic s t a o n n o u s k,
lVoclfirHVill.!; Vt. 239 Gm
" IIP.N'ltY
T. MARSII,
Ilol'SC AND Slns PAINTER. AI.SO PEAI.EII IN C4RRI AOES
and Varmiii np BVRitr nnsc'RiPTio.v.
c n n r ii a i. s t u r. r. t .
wi'pt v snnrr.
P liiitem , ii nil dealcriln 'ln.lr nnd O.irriiige h ofall kh(I.
REXTItAI. BTIICET.
.losiuiA mit;iii:i.i.,
fJAUHIAOE A N I) s i. n l O II - M A K n n,
Minn btrect. 11G
c Rnit r: k MSlinit.
Minufacturtr cf,antl denltr in r.ablntl furniture of
evtry nricnpnon.
I'lcnsRntdtrcet, 218
I) It. 11. Ii. 1. I..M K K.
onircln thc llnrk lllock nppnHc Vhitncy',
ccntrai. Hrnnr.T.
S. J. Alil.R.V, ,H. I).
prrrsrciJiA Jijvn suiigeojv,
OlHcc oppnilo Wliliney'x iinlcl.
ADI.V II. II Ul iMO.VI).
TOMsnviAN noTAMi; PHMJTiTioNnn,
Iletwccn tlie Mt'tlindisl und npiscopnl Ciiurplict.
23MI.
MVr.RY S'l'AIIIX,
I) Y A I. II r, R T PAOKCR.
Court trcct,
COr.I.AMHR fc RARRRTT,
Attorneys and Ctuiiisellors a t L a iv,
Elm Slrccl. 183
JAConCoi.i.AMKn. JAMF.nIlAiinr.iT
). . CIIAXHM'.H,
Ito r n o r nnil ('o 11 n sol lo r
CentralStrert,
n t I. a v,
208
Tll.VCV" At CONVKttSK,
H llor 7i e v n d Cnun sel lor s al Law
Oilloenvcr thc llanlt.Rlm Strpet,
L. A. MARSII,
ATTORNIIV AND COUNsni.I.OH AT I.AW
Crntrnl ytrret.
i:ivin iihtohinson,
ATTORNKY S'I) Cn(lsr,M.OR AT LAW.
WOODSTOLK , VT.
" wfsniunTv & m sii,
ATTonNnra , c o v n s r, ). i. o n s at i.aw,
H'omhl'tr.fi, VI-Jj-Oniceln
llittoom I.iIpIv nrrnplcil llio "Claj Cluli
Ncws Itnnm,"
P T WAtinur..v, Mastir inChanccrv.
n.P Marhii 23SU
Nnv.21. 1811.
OALVIN FttKNOII,
Allornty nnd Counnellor ul Law,
PROCTOIISVII.I.K, VT.
251
I. W. RICHAltnSOJf,
Jlllarney nnd Counscllor al Law,
WI'.STOK, VT. 251
I'RKDP.IUCK ;. ROI5WNS,
A T T O R NE Y AT Ii A W l
i.uni,ow, vt. 157-li'
.VARUEN C. niGNCII,
ATTOllS K Y A T L A AV.
sharon, vt. 235-ly
WAIiKKR A STjAI)K,"
Jlltoi ncw and ConnnUors al Law,
aoY.ii.roxj'T. 125-tr
R,V.ALKER. .W.HI,ADC.
I'llOrt. IIAUTI.I'.TT.Jn.,
:itlornr'j,t:ountrllnranilSolicitortn Chancery,
at i.vximin, vr.
rT llpndllic3upprinr Ooiirln Inlliccounllcc nrC.ilc
onln, Rit,Orpiiiif nnd Wnshinstnn. 133-lf
IHINTON & JONRS,
JATTOIlNtYS AfJI) COUNHKi.LOrtS A T IAW.
Chchea, VI.
A. P. IIUNTON, 203 P. C. JONT.S.
3. It. STItEETF.lt,
Atlorney and Counulltr al Law,
nAJlNARI,VT.
115
j. a. IIAWKINS,
Jlttorney and Caunsctlor al Law.
KEI.C1IVII.I.E. VT
94
J. F. DEANE,
Allorncyand Counscllor jtt Law,
cAVENtoimi, vt.
105
JAMF.S M. GII.SON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CI1ELSKA, VT. 2-1(5. fiin
SAMUEI.lI.prt'ICE,
attor Vev a y'o"c o u N E I. lo n AT law,
WINDSOIt.A'T. 39.1
RIOIIAltDSON & NICIIOLSON,
Attorneys,and Counsr.llor s al Law
Chester, WlndibrCounty, Vt.
N R?ciiAirDsnN HO A. A. Niciioi.hon.
SEWAI.I. FIJIXAM,
A TTO llJVE V A T LA W,
LUninw, v:r. 184-ly
II. K. STOtlpItTO, L"
AtToil A E Y AT LA W.
Chester, Vt. 2-ta
HLODOETT &.. WEYMOUTH.
A T T 0 Ji A E Y S A t L A W,
BETIIKl,, VT. 256
0 c.Blopoett V. I'. Wtvaoi'Tii,
KANK NttTIH ifc ISXCHttiltlVE
MAINRi
-(grlculturalRniik, Itrcnur (In lianda of recclvcra
ena 90 n dii
llangor Comiiicriinl llaiik , II ti ngor
dmrliT Mii'midc-t'd .1 n
Uuili llnnk cliurlcr cxplrcJ worllilco
llillrpii'a llank,iigutn,
iieiv i olalo worthlcsa
Clty Hittik, 1'urtlan.l clinrtcraiirrc'tidrrril, wurtlilci
DuiiinriHCOItn Ilunk
ilo
Fninklnrt lliuik, KranKl'ort Io
(Inbc llank, Ilangor do
worlMlc
du
dn
io
do
do
do
3a
3n
wnrililem
do
do.'
do
do
ucnrnii,uiuiicr uo, 1'orlland
llallnwi'll nnd Ausualu
Kcnclicck I) .'in
Krnnilmnklliin
I.ur.iyctlc Ilunk, Unnsor
cliartorsnrrrcndcred
Mcrcantllu Unnk.llangor
Oldtown llnnl;
Oxlonl ilank.Fryhnrg
Fraud
i Hsauniannniwy llank
Fcnplo'H Ilunk cliarlcr surrcndcrcd
Jllllwnlrr UnnnljUt Orono
In linnil of rccclvprs
A'nco Ilunk rcdccmcd byTrujtecint Saco
St. Crolv,CnlliicliarU'rauiri;iidpred 20 a
iruhliinslon coimty, Cu1l rrdceincd by Trimtfea
Wili'rvillo llank (cloaed) rc'definfd
l'tHlbrnok llank, irenllirook la 2
irincassel Ila n wortlilcti
NEW IIAMI'SimtE.
Clnrnnnnl IlAnk. cloiiliig rcdctimd Sa
Udiicord llan 3 a 5
llill..liarnngli llnn worllilcm
New IIiittiitiI-L'l I'orUmouth, cliarter I
'plrcd rpdcemcd
W'oolfborugh llan worihleii
VEnMONT.
grlculliir.)lIlanli,Tro) Fntud
iMiKuch llank nulhoriscil
llcnnlnglon Ilunk. J'.iniiliislon wnrililrmi
Cmrif rcinl Huuk orVcrmnnt fraud
nosnch Huuk aulhorlncd
I'nCV. Culldllull wnrllilria
Rrccn iMountuln llan fniml .In
.lciri;rson,f;(iunt) Ilmik fraud do
oi. Aiunnsnuiih j
MASSACIIU8ETTB.
Jmhcri.lllanl.,clinrtcrurrciidcrtd rcdcrmed
IlcrKkliire Ilunk vorthlei8
ClR'lnc'H Ilunk, CHeliru do
ComiuninM'alili Ilunk, lloslon do
Uiurlcstnwi: llank, cliurlcr nurrcndcrcd bllls rcdccma
UIIII'UIOUIOIIK.
Hnst llridgwntcr Ilunk
cliurti'rsurixndcred rcilprmp,!
nu Ilunk, rfalcm wonlileii
I'nriiieM'and Mi'clianlrs', H. Adarna do
.iiiiK-ia- ii.nih, nuirnmow u ilo
ranklin Ilmik, llo'-lon do
ultnn.nr VliniiliiinmptIlanV.Ilolnn .In
llninpslilrc Il.iuk.Norlhamnton do
Kllliy llank, IIimioii
I.fii)'cllr llank, lloston do
Mendon Ilunk rlnsnl rr.l.
Mlddlc.'.ct llank, Cumlirldce, 2 a
Middllni: Inlrrcst Ilunk, Uoklon Ura0
Nnliunt llank, l.jnn !i
Ncliurypnrl Ilunk f, a (;o
Phnt'iilt llank. (-"Iiraleslnwn 4nn
I'lircnix llank, Nantuckrl e woriliiets
Roxlmry Ilunk churtcrnnnulled do
Siuiini llank do
Wlutlirnji llank, gonclntrlliuldatlon rcdcemcd
IUIOIIB ISI.A.NI).
U. I Asrlcnlliirnl llank, olojcdbylnjunclion worlhlesa
nuri iiivntf naiiK
Hasle llank, Newport fraud
Furiners' Ilunk
v.orlhlcs
do
do
75 o 8
worllilcm
redccined
Sa
S a
wortlilcM
do
do
5 a
I urinem' nnd Mrrhnnira Ilunl,
Frunklin lluul,, Providenco fruud
Mnnni llnpt' Ilunk closcd
I'nsdKi" llank
Providenrcconnty Ilunk
CO.VNHCTICUT
nrid;ppnrtManul'acturing('o. fraud
Derby Ilunk.
r.aRle llank
llousatonlc Rnllrnnd Cn.
NKW VOHK.
New Ynrk Cltv
Old Sulely Fund,cnod llanlii
New do do ltcd llnrk. uncertaln
25o 30
IlnltedStnlcs Ilniil.UIIIii1n(lnndiicw 25n30
ovinficoilnIIIII
New llrunswick Ililla
Ilpper Cunada
l.oner do
finB
3 aS
in r,
lu5
CXCIIANOB.
Drufu on New 1'orl;
' Allmnv
1 riilldiltlphln
1 Il'iliiiniire
1 Nwlnlk
1 Rlrliinond
1 Chitlcslon
1 Suvannali
1 Aausla, Oa
1 MoMle
' N. Orleans
1 Ht I.onis
Cinclnnali
Nanlivllla
l.oiiUvllla
p.ir peret.dli.
1-8 a 1-i
I- 8 n 1-1
1-4 u 1-2
1 n 1 1-5
1 fi I 1-G
S-i a 1
3 1 n 1
3-4 n I
a2
nl 11-1
I I- 3 r 2
1 3-'la 2
2 n 21.2
2 ii 2 1-2
D 1-2 n JOprcm.
5 2GI-la
SIGS5n 1G BC
SlSSOn icio
1-1 n 3-4 prcm.
1 aS
1-1 a 1
nirlringeon Hnglnnd
" " I'urls
SpmUh DoublooiiH
.Ml'XiCUII ilo
Amrrinrn (.old
Uollurs .'.'punisli
Mcvlc m
llin 4nticri1irasnl ol thc TYSON rtlUNACC nt
I'lvuinillli Vl. wonlil resnci'lfiilll liirnrm tlie ronnpr
lilendNuiiil pnlrons nf'lbe cslnblii'piiiciit und I ho publir
i-iii'raii- iuiit iney iiavoiiownuiiaiiuanaeoniinuc wetk
I' lo inuke n larse iiMinriniciii n.
Thcmoat approvctl jmtlcrn ooking Slnvcs
do do do l'arlnr do do
aho PAllLOR A 110XSTO VES,
ingrcat variay, togclhcrwtth cvcry vanc
Jf mlnvt
CALDRON & POTASII KETTLES.
PLOUGIIS & M1LL CUTTINGS.
The nronrlrtoroltlie eMubllihinenthuviniMnticli rediic
I llie eiiciiM' nf llie wnrk nnd belns ili'lrous tn Itl!
ilUCn llic largeislock Kl'.niaiuir.iclurcs now on liund, Is
dderinlnpd io n rednce tlic prlrc nl llie wnreK. for rnah
sliorteredil, or sood barler pay an cannot full in Indnrt
pureiinkcrs n cull iiml exninine. Iheir CUPUI.O I i!U
.mauIjwIII oc In npemlron nn Wednesdny nnd Bntnrdny
nft ni li week.runnlnaallrBl rnle nualilv of Irnn.Cnrwh rh
ordcrsfornllklndHofcuf.nni wnrk urerepectl'iiil) snlicit
! .iuniil'11 H1AIU1A, Aoe.vt.
June 7. IMCO
"5 0a8",EDSON'S ROW.
1 USSKIjIi ,t CFiA It KR haycjnsl recclve.l n Inrao
B it nddllinn lo ihpir liirnicr Mock ol (.'utlery whloh U
"nrtlly wcll known" lo licllic larjest nnd best nsort-
nicnt krpt "In divcrs parls nbout liere ennsideralile."
PRICES ItEDUCED!
I.I1S Philadflphla Hxlrn White I.ead for
huIc hy the Vrc nt Ii 3-1 centn und In lcv
qii.intlllcs nt 7 renls per pnunil liert l.lnseed 011 nl 9-3
renti prr i.allnn. Alo, Coarh nnil rnrnlture Vnrninh.
Sphllii Turpciiline 1 r 13 Orren, Clirome llrein nnd Vel.
low, nnd nlher palnlK for aalc at prlcea tliia rnnnnt bc
ilinlcr solil.
A STEAltNS.
Julj II, 1845,
THIS DAY
RECEIVEO PER SIJIP MOSES,
AT THE CASH RTORE,
ffh "H'HS N. R. KUM.2 do St Crolx, do, 0
SXJ'Pipesll. (lln,20 bl.h N. Y, do, 4 plpcH Cog
Ilramly, 10 bhU N. Y. ilo, 10 Whlokey, 20 1-2 ani 1-4 raak
Wlnen, C llnxc Clarel, do, C ll.iakctx Champiilan, 4 llox
ci II. II. Fnjnr, 5 bliN l't. do, 2 llliM. N. 0. dn, l.'l nnd
Crunli, do. 15 llngH Colfee, O. II., Y. II., hiuI II. S. Ten,
ff'on.uiid O. P. dn llutler Sult, by tho llbl., Duklirl, or
llns, 10 lloxesdlirerent riii 11 1 Ira Tobareo. 10 do Ollvea,
Mntered,Pp. Siuce, llox nnil Kes nnllin, lll'k nnd Yel
low Sn'lfl, Salnion and Mackerell. Codflkh, C.ul filccl nnd
Iron SIiovpIh, ilo lloen, llcil CurdJ, (Inmplinr, Ac, Ac.
L'henper, Ihnn cver. 11, W. KICI., Agelit.
,Muy,9, 1811,
"r7nOM New Ynrk nnd llnnlot, nre on hnnd nl 5 or 8,
j. IHll
gnlng oirrnpidly nnd at tlie ainallrsl prodti.
June
SILVER SPOOJYS,
Or Elogiint Bread aml Milk Ealcrs.
rpO fil nlUited monlhs frnin lliodelleale Hp-len inoulh
L of tho belle, o llio inan what rntn ln "hnth" tn n
hurry. Owing lo mlllioni of olhrr 1hln;a that wo have
in our (bnn, wo idiull hnvc lo Ihrow llie iitmve nrllclea a-
Way I1UHS' Hiej Iirr llll'.'Vil IU si nnj in.it,
Ihat.Iiai little "iillnjed rhlnV locxchnngelorthe"iiire
rirtn." will 11 11 .1 a sreat chanoe at 5 or 8.
julle. 17. IUISSKI.I. .V CI.AItKn.
WHITE GOODS. WHITE GOODS!
EXTU.Vfluennil medlum ijuality SU'ISS MUSMN
f.ir ilrescn, rirap'.
HIh0P J.UWilH. no,
I.acc trlppi In hundsome ntjlei, !-4 wldc nl 2o cta.
IMnbl nn.i riiplf.,1 iln.. nt (.niinllv low nrlroa.
Flcured SwHs Ciir'loin Mnfltns, Clicckcd Muslln,
no Dlinltn Corded, Strlpca, kc. ttc, Juit re-
elTod, hy C. DANA.Ja
Jnly 17, 1A1S 372
TIIURSDAY EVENING,
MISCELLANEOUS.
VVORTllAND WEALTH:
OU, TIIE CIIOICE OF A WII'E.
BY CI.I.CN ASIITON
'And so vou inlcnd to tnnrry Lucy
Wnrdon oli! Hmiy. Wlmt on cnrtli
linn put you in a such notion oTlhat nii'l?'
snid Omilcs Lowry to liis fricnd Hcnry
.uWUii,u 111L7 b logcincr, cracking
u" uimiuit
. . . .
And wy not niariy Lucy Wardcn?'
said llis fricnd.
'WhyV oh! hccauso sho's not worth
a sotis; anu uesicics I vc hcard sho's tho
daughtcrof a bricklaycr. You know,
any how, that hcr niotlier kcpt a little
Ury goods storc until an unclo lcft Mrs
Wardcn thnt annuity on which they now
just inanngc to subsist.'
'A fonnidablc array of cvils, indccd,
but 5lill they do not dishoarten inc. As
for nioncy I do not look for it in a wife,
bccause I should ncvcr fctl indcpcndcnt
ifl was iiidchtcd to a brido for my bread,
Ilosidcs an hcircss is gonerally cducnted
such cxpensivo habits that it rc
nHMmc n fmilniin t. nnll,11.. 1. - I ..!
u wnuuu iu auiiBi nur iiixurious
wislies. Asa mcro nioncy mutler of
1 1 II c l n n r n ... n .. '
"
liiiics ont ol lcn a losing spculation. You
nrc forccd to livc according toyour wife',
formcr stylo, and being thus led into ex-
nnncoa tirliiV.1, niirim,imn ...III . -lr i
r"'7. . "Ul -"u'u.
you too oncn cnu uy nccoming unukrupt.
.. , . 3 ,. 1
" .' : ' Jl- ,L1 ""u 'OUI
wiic is nt oniy lor n paror; shc liocomes
pecvish, or wrctched, or sick, aud pcr
haps all tngcthcr. Domcstic fclicity is nt
an ctid whcn Ihis occurs '
But the birlh!
'A still inorc nouscnsical obiection. It
is onc of thc prcjudiccs of tlic old coloni-
al tirncs, and was importod from England
by thc sarvilc ntdor of rank, who instcad
of being like tl.cinsolvcs drones in the
publichivc.canicd thcir bread fairly.
It is this laltcr clnss to which our country
is mdcbtcd for its siibscnuent nrosneriiv
aprosperity which all thc aristocrats
t ( ( -v
ol huropc could not havc bestowed upon
. .... . . .... .
II. J lie revolution, wlnlo it mndc us no-
liticully cqual, did not dcstroy thij social
aribincriicy. inc samo exciusivcncss
fii
prcvaila nowas thcn, but with cvcn more
.njusticc, for it is opposed to thc wl.ole
nn:.:.-r.. i.i: !.. .;....! n-
,.u. Mrpuunu.tu um.iuuons flor
is this all; tl.e prrjtidicc itsclf is ridicu-
lous. How can pcoplc, who scnrccly
know thcir own nnccstors beyondouo or
two genrations, and whose blood has becn
dcrivcd from cvcry nation nnd .occupalion
... .1... -I I ,.-11. t .
on 111c gi.me, taiK wnn nny propnety 01
birth?-Why, ihcrc is scarcely a nian or
womnn of our acquainlunce, who is not
ancxamplo tf ihia picbald anccslry. lake
lor instancc, Waltcr hastnjgs, who you
know, boasts of his family. I hnppcn to
luioiv all nboul him, for ho is a second
cousin to mytell. Ilis futhcr mado a for
tune, and inarried into our family. But
who was he? Thc son of a Germ.m ro-
dcmptioner. Ilastings' inoihcr, it is truc
is tho gjand-dnughtcr of an English bar-
on, nnd the sistcr a far higher glory-
r r r.i r: 1
s,s,, , cntrut.on o moepcn-
UB"l' w a iuir anuipiii 01 our CSl
...: 1: iim... t 1.1 i. ....... ... .....
uuva uu... uuuunuKu 10 mr-
.1131, nwiij iuu tiuuusil v Ul u iy Ul IIIU1II.
cillior a pcasant or a pccr, cithcr a lalior
cr or a drono. Birlh, forsoolh! Thc on-
i. ,........ .
ly pcisons wno uoasi ol it in tnis country
nio gcneraiiy iuoso uno nave me ictut
cia.mevcmoan noncsi parentage; anu
tho nois'ust pretender to blood I cver mct
witli wns tlic grandson ol a leilow wlio
was liung liliy years ngo lor lorgcry.
'Well, you'rc gclting quitc win your
notions, Harry whcrc, tn tho world, did
you pick up such vulgnr nolions? i'rin,
a genllcman and a lawyer, to rnarry such
agirl! Shc's prctty enough, I grant a-
miablc no doubt can sing nnd clraw
passably and mnkes, I hcar, a bi.tch of
bread, or docs dirly housc work ns wcll as
common kilchon girl. But pcrhaps
that is what you want hcr for?'
'You sncer aside, yes! It is becausc
Lucy Warden is a good house-kccper,
that I inlend to marry hcr. Not that I
would havc a brido only bccause shc
could, as you say, mnko a batch of bread.
Ediicnlion.amiability, i rcfined mind, nnd
lady-liito manncrs arc ncccssary. But a
knowledgc, and a praclical ono too, of
housc keeping is no slight rcquisitc iu n
good wife. I know such knjwlcdgo is
scarcc among our cily ladies, liut that is
the very rcason why I prizc it so highly.
Beliove me, icfinemcnt is not incompali
blo with this knowlcdgu?'
Psbaw, Harry ; but grnnting your po
sition, what is tho uso of such knowl
cdge." 'Ili30fdailyt1.se. Scrvants will al
ways impose on a mistress who knows
uothing of hcr dutics ns tho domcstic
hcnd of thc hoiiBO. You nrc an importcr;
but hnw long, think you, would you pro's-
pcr if you lcft cvorything to tho caro of
clcrks wbo would naturally takc ndvcn-
SEPTEMBER 25, 1845.
tngeofyour carolossness, to flccco yon?
A mistrcss of n housc opglit to ovursce
liercstublisliment in norson. Tliia shc
cannot do nuless to use a inercatitile
plirnsc, blio uiiorstocd licr busincss. If
slm docs not do ihis, itothiiig will )0 dono.
Thc wholo ovil, I belicvo, ariscs from thc
dosiio n our womcn to npo tho extrava-
L'nnco nl tho EnL'lish fcmale nobilitv.
wnoso immoiiso wcalth nllowa thcm to cm
mijv Kiiiisiuuius 10 OVCl'sno l lnir i nmoalir.
establislimnnts. I3ut cvcn had wc in
comcs lllindreds of ihonsnnds nf dnllnrs
we could not cnrry out thc nlnn, owinir
thc total ubscncc of ffood scrvants of lliis
chnractnr in this country; nnd in ihis o-
pinion I nm borno out by Cotnbo and
Hamilton, two ofthcmost. obscrvant nnd
just ofEnjlish travcllers.'
Ve11. Ilarrv. vou wn l.n.'n fn, n l,n,..
ristcr. or vou could not rnn nn sn nlil.lv.
hut it'a a flhamo tbat a rrr.nilpmnn whn
niight command thc choico of thc inarkct,
and niarrv the richcht heirfss in Wulnni
stroct, sholild throw himsclfaway upon a
Kir without a sixnencc. Now thcro is
Charlotte Thornburv and bcr sistcr. who
.
are co-heiress. why can't vou ta cc t be
0ne and I thc oihcr?'
I
CrB V ll.nilo T Invn nnnllmr Vr...
smilc; but despito tho snecr I am n belicv-
orinlovc. Of Charlotle I havc iiotliinir
lo say, cxccpt that shc is bcautiful. You
'
know how often wc havc discusscd ihc
.,, T , , , .,. ,
mattcr. I only hope shc will makn you a
sood wife.'
nitons me lauics aro r.waitmg us.
.ii ... ... ...
You nnd I will ncvcr, on ihis qucstion n
grce
Thc foreDoinff convcraalion has n-ivcn
tho render a prelly nccuratc idca of thc
o D
Vttinrr mn.i u.lnA t n
;i,in.i .!,. i.t ti
was a voiinii lawver. with a amall anminl
income. but ofwhat is Callndnn nnim-
Leachablc familv. This with his ncknowl-
cdnod talents. would havc orocurod for
,j,0 hnnd of ninny a moro slieircs but
l.r. ...Jcoiu ir..n,i .n r.. .11
,Ullltu HIJVM lUllli,V UIMIf IMIIii Ultlil 1111.
and soucht a coinnanion for life in one.
wiihout fanic or fortune but who iu cve-
' 1
rv renuiaite for n rmnd w!fo. was immrns-
urably thcir supcrior.
1
ri,n-ine t ,,, n,. nn n
da.shil)g wl0 ' ()'f
attcntion i thc counti,,, hniiac. could al-
n
W t0 k- iMvnrinus i his slvlnnf livinrr
rjc had imbibed ninny of tho fulsc no
tions of fnshionnble socictv. and atnonrr
Lthcrs that n wife was indi.sncnsable. His
suc )-Ccl wns to seclire CirC3gj as
much for tho cclat of the lliing na her for-
0
tlin0, altliou-'li this Inttcr was no slisht
tcmntation to n younc nicrchant. And
ie ,nd finally succccdcd. Amid a host of
,ivals lic had won tho prizc. Necd wc
say that Charlotte Thornbury, the bcauti
u, tho gay, but thc carclcss hcircss, was
tho gucrdon?
Tho two fricnda wcro marricd in tho
samc wcek. The one took his wifo to a ued, bursting into lears, 'I'd evc havc mar
small but ncnt and convcnient houso in ried you, when 1 might havc liad so many
ono ofour lcss fashionable streets, while bettcr husbands, if l'd thougiit you'd used
llie othcr cntcred at onco into a munsion
in Walnut street, whose ftirnilurc and
decoralion3 worc tl(e theino of goncral
onvv nnd ndmiratioil
'
Tho onc bridc
, ept but a si nglo scrvant, and the olher
1 1 1 "XT . 11 r Ar
mausion ol iurs
Lowry, ihoiigh ahvays magnificcnt, was
nevcr tidv. while thc nuict homc of Mrs
i
I3owc ns a plnrn ofncatncss and Bim-1
plo cegaI1C0. T,c young nicrchant ncv-
cr w t , hhout findinir that his wife
jiadl)Ccn oul oltier siloppin!f or niilkin2
ca,S( anj was in conscqucnce tircd and
sicnt or nt)r,a,s out 0p humor; while tho
young lawycralways found a ncat dinncr
and a chccrful wife towclcomo him. As
for Charles, hc hnd nhvays sneercd at
lovc, aud having marricd from motivcs
ofvanity and intorost, n womon whose
mint! lic dospised, he hnd nothiiig ufsym-
pntliy with hcr. nor was it conscquently
,mg bcforc he found her socicty irksomc.
Whcn tho toils of tho countiiig housc
wero ovcr hc wcnt lionic, bccause it was
the custoin, but not bccause hc expcctcd
to derivo nny pleasure from his vain and
Hippant wife. Ilo wns glad when thc
season cominonccd with its roundof dissi-
pation, bccause then he found souic rclief
iu aitcndiiig thc fashionable ciiterlaiumcuts
of his own and his wifc's acqnaintaiicc.
Sincc his niarriagc hc had ncvcr cnjnycd
a singlc hour of real domcstic fclicity.
IIow diffcieut was the wedded life of
Ucnry and his bride. All through the
tedious duties of thc day, the rccollcction of
his swect wifo's grcoling at night, cliccred
thc young lawycr on in his labors. And
whcn evening camc, and hc had clused
his offico for tho day, how smilingly, and
in what ncat altirc, would Lucy presidc at
thc (cn-table, or, after thcir mcal had
been disposcd of, brin? out hcr work
stanil, and sew nt somcthing, if only nl a
trifle for a fair, while Hcnry would read to
hcr in his rich mcllow toicc. And then
somclimcs, they would sit on the sofn, nud
talk of a thousand plans for tho future,
I wheii tlieir income Should ho cxicndoil.
Lr ifit wns in summer, they wonld stroll
out for a wnlk. or cnil imon aomc of tlieir
few intiinale frienda.
'Dcar Ileiirv said I .ncv tn licr lin.q-
band onc evening, na they snt talking tO'
pcthcr after lea, 'lunv worricd Mr Lowry
loolis of Inte. I think lio musl be in bad
honttli. Hmt nlml T n m i'nti nrn n I im n ta
- well. I Itnoiv nm what I ahould do if you
u-nrn n io t:i ;rn c olf '
- 'Mav ihat dav bc lonu avcrtcd. mv mvn
Llicv.' snid llin lnmlinnil ni lif. Iicn',l hr
to white brow, 'but 1 havc noticcd somclhinif
thc samc loolc in Lowrv. nnd have attnl..
ulcd it to the cares ol busincss. His ife
is a womnn. vou know. who couid tia In.
tlo to alleviato a husband s wearinejs.'
'Oh! how can sho bc d wife nnd not
U'ish tosoften a husband's carcs. Idnecd.
indccd, if vou onlv loolc the least worried
M "barc your troublo until vour brovv clearn
"P-'
'And it is that whicli makes mo love
you so dearly,' said the husband, ns ho
prcsscd lu-r to his bosom. 'Ah,' lie con-
letl to himself, 'ifClnrles saw me lo
11. f i i
'"g"1! 1 wonuer vviietlier lie woulU not en
vy mcr'
That evening ihere wns a brillinnt party
at thp housc of Mrs Lowry, uho wns
smiling upon her guesta iu all tho elation
of grnlificd pridc, Ncvcr had she nppoar
ed moro happy. But cvcn the cnvied inis
tress of the revel wns not without hcr
eares. Uno or two favorilc guesls did not
come, nnd she could not help overhearing
sornc of the ill-natured remarks of hcr
ncighbors. Hcr only gratificalion was in
listcninor to thc flatlerics of othcrs of her
... , .., ,
vlsl,ors' w" wore c'"1Br more "wning, or
.11 wi v, vw. i u . iuh-h.. ii v i v . tti
I mnrn flnnilfiil Al nnrrt t linipnvn? llin
cnicrtainment was ovcr, anu wearicd anc
dispirited the paused a monient in tho dc
serieu Pnrlors ue,oro ur.ng-ner nus
band was ,,,ere-
'Wcl1' Mrs Lowr)' tai ho with
vawn' '30 lh'9 gra,lJ airair is over al lcnPlI
and a prctty ncnny it has cost, I do not
M011"1 - Charles had lalterly
I '
1113 "1C0ine uas lrjgmiuly "oncain ms ex-
I 1111 1. I I 1
Pcnce3' a,iu "au Iiegun 10 ws" 11,3 ur,oe
delbr, nud thr,.," and her. he used m,
? eel f mirrr?. ' yU
IhD n 1 nnri uprn nnm rnnna nni linrp
tho old otirs wcre good enough, nnd herp,
when I come homn, I find you havc pur
chaacd llicm in dcfinnco of my orders.
Why, mndam, an Earl's fortune would
not suslnin you in your exlravagances.'
'And whose fortune, I wondcr buy
llicse thiugsr' said thc passionaic beauty,
'you would not let inc havc tho common
coinforls of life if you could have your
way.'
I'shaw, madani. none of your airs, But
I tcll you this extravagance I ncitlicr can
nor will submit to.'
lou rc a lirute, said tlic nilo, ho you
arc. Uo you can you tliinK, slie contin-
nic in this way?'
'Well. madam soyou'vo gol up a sceue.
cooly sa.d thc husband, 'al! I wish i., tl.al
you had marricd soinoone of your othor
suitors.'
'You do you lnsult mc 1 won t nve
.r 1
with you a day. Oh.that I should bc abused
in this wav.' and the now rcallv wrctched
womnn burst into a fresh flood of tears
'As you please, mada.n.'
But wc omit thc resl of this sccnc.wl.icb
cnded with a fit of hvslorics on ihc partof
the wife, nnd a volly ofcurses on that of
the husband. Thc diflictiltv was next day
madc up belwrcn the newly married cou-
plcj but from th.'t hour their nltcrcations
werc frequent and bittcr. Charles begnn
to think as his old fricnd had told him,
that thcrc was a great difTorenco bctwixt
marryingfor lovo and lor moncy.
Thrce yoars pasaed. At the entl of that
period how nltered wcrc llio circuinstances
ofCharles nnd his friend
Thc cxyenses of his cslablisliuient had
incrcased upon thc former uutill his lor-
tune not only stnggercd, but gave way un
dcr the prcssurc, nnd after severnl incflbct
ual altempts to rctrievo it by spcculations,
which ending aborlively, only incrcased
his cmbarrassmenls, Charles found himself
upon the brink of ruin. In these circum
sunccshc found no consolationinthcsym
pathy of his wife. Shc rathcr upraided
him with the loss of hi.r fortune, forgelling
how much of it she had squandered in hcr
fashionable entcrtainincnts. 1 hcir aller
ciilions, tnnreover, incrcased in frequency
and violeuccevcr since the sccne we havc
recordcd above, until Charles, unablc to
find cven quiet at his own firesido, sought
forreliefin tho club. Hither hc wns
led, morcovcr, by tho dcsiro of rc- camc that ihc Virginia legislature had ac
tricving his fortune, for his cinbarrass- ttially granled thc divorco in accordanco
mentswere still unknown to tho world, with Robeits' petition. Forihwith Andrcw
and hc truslcd that by n lucky chancc he Jackson hastencd to Natchez, and oflcrcd
niight placc himself oncc more in sccurily. ' his hand and hcnrt to the. innocent and a
Vninhopc! IIow mar.y deluded rictims' miablc woman, who had boen madc so uii
have indulgcd in the samcdeluMon bcforc. tiHppy hy falsc aml uiifoutulcd accusatiotn.
1 1 L L u ' '
j "V'ol. Vi.No. 2R().
J J'rito ei,fl() in AiUnnpc.
His cour.se from that hour wns downwnrd,
Un bccnmc n gnmblcr; ho negleclcd uJl
business; he lost, his cngngcmcnts failcd lo
bo met; nnd in n few weeks hc wns a
bankrupt.
.Mcnntimc thc husbnnd of Lucy had
been stendly gaining in reputation nnd in
croasing his business, so that nt the cnd
of the third ycnr the young couplc wcrc cn-
nbled to movo into a lnrger nnd moro elc -gant
bituntion in a niorc dcsirablo quar
tcr. This chnngo of location mntcrially
strcnglhencd tho busincss of the young nt
torncy; he become knnwn ns onc of thc
rising young incn; nnd lic looked forwnrd
with ceitainly to the spccdy accumulntion
of n competcncy.
'Havc you heiud nny thing farther, said
Lucy one evening to her husband, ns ho
came in from n hnrd day's work, 'con
cerniug poor Mrs Lowrj or hcr hiisbnndl'
'Yes, my love,' snid ho, 'and it is nll
over.
'What! has nnyihmg alnrming happcn-
ed?' said Lucy anxiously.
'Sit dovvn, dearesi, and don't tremble so,
said hcr husband, tendcrly putting his arm
around hcr wnist, nnd drawing her lo tho
sofa, 'and I uilltell ynu thc wholc of tho
ineloncoly story.'
'Aficr his banlmitcy last wcck, sonie
days clitpsed bpforo .nylhing was known
oftheplacc to which my unfortunntc friend
had gone. It was supposcd al first thnt hc
had fled with wlmt fuuds hc could Iny his
hnnds on. This was the more crcdible
from the ignorauce ol his wife ns lo whith
or he hnd gone. Sho evrn upraided her
husband publicly, nud it is snid whcn somo
fnrgcrics which he hnd pcrpclratcd wcrc
discovered, and a slrict search set 011 foot
nficr the criminal, shc wcnt so far ns hopo
he might bc taken and brouoht to condiffii
punishment. Bnt you know they nevcr
lived liappily togclhcr.
'Well, cvcry altempt tn tracc the fugi
tive hnd failcd, whcn iutcligence was
brouglit to thc city this morning, that a
dead bndy niiswennj- thc descriplion of
that ol Mr Lowry, had been washed ashorc
a few miles down thc rivcr. You may
well look nlarmcd, for thc inlelligcncc was
too truc. It was tlic body of my poor
friend. It is supposcd that grief, shamo
at his bankruptcy, and pcrhaps rcmorsc for
his crime, led him to commit suicidc.
Poor fellow! his snd fato may bc trncrd to
his ill-sorted marringe. Ilcchosoa woman
whose e.xlravarancc ahvays oulstrinped
hcr Arrlunn, and who from having brouglit
him wcalih considcred him beneath her.
Ile did not know thc diirercucc in a wife
between Woutii and Wr.Ai.ru.
GENEUAL JACKSON'S MARRI-
AGE.
Thii event in thc Jlistory of Geuernl
Jackson has becn allndcd to, but thc cir
cnmstanccs atlending it are very little
known at loastwc havc ncver met wilh
nny accoiint of ihcni till now. Thc sub-
joined is from an eulogy dclivercd nt
Natchez:
"Miss Ilachel Donclson, tho daughter
of Cnl. Douelson, of Yirginin, had becn
celebrated for hcr gajcty, nffability and
sweetness of disposition. Iler faihcr cm
igratcd toTennessee, and, dying, left hcr
an orphan. Shc formcd nn unhappy mat-
rimonial conn'cctinu witii a moroso, jeal
ous and dissipatcd chaiacter by thc namo
of Robcrls who soon nbandoned hcr.
Thc difliculty was madc up, aud tho
wcddcd pair camc tngcther again; soon af
ter which Andrcw Jackson became a tran-
sient bonrder in thc samc house whcrc
Robcrts and his wife wcrc rcsiding. A
second rupture soon occured, and Rrob-
ersts lcft his wife and wcnt lo Kentuckv.
cnrning thnt hc intcndcd relurning and
taking her thcrc, and dreading his inhu
mnnity and bad trentmcnt, she determined
to seck nn asy Iuin in Nnlchez, beyond
his reach. Nnlchez wns then ihc Orcgon
nfAinericn. In the spring of 1791 she
camc here with Col. Siarkc nml his fimi
ly. At thc cnrnest rcquest ol Col Stnrkc
Geu. Jackion piloled his finiily through
thc Indian country. After his rclurn
Judgc Otcrton coinniuiiicalcd to him tho
astoiinding iniclligcncc that ho was thc
uncoiicious cause of tho lnt separationj
that it arose from Robeits' jealousy of him;
nnd thc circuinstances of his nccompnny-
ing Col. Siarke, to protcct his family
from the Indians, had been seizcd upon
by Robcrts as a ground for divorce, in a
petition to thc Yirginia lcgislaturc.
Tlic thought liiat an innoccnt woman
wassullenng so unjustly on his acnonnt
madc Gcn.Jackson's scnsitivc inind inost
unuasy and unhappy. IIc immcdiatcly
sought out Roberts and cxpostulated with
him on thc injiuficc and cruclty of his
causcless suspicion; but the interview end
cd in mutiinl dcfianccs. At length ncws

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