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, '< IIJE NATIONAL ERA. bi bailey, e i) i 'r i?a .> it i',; m' . , ?>.(; joiin (i. w h i t t i cr, corresponding editor. Sol IV.?XU I. WASHlWJTOiN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3. KSnO WiiOi K iN'O. 1")?. * ? ? ? ??? I Kr? ?* Pabll?he.i Wrrkly.cn Kerr nth Street. cppo.ite Ori ' FelUwV Hull. T 7<? R>IS. Ill) d illars per annum, payable in advance. AjSefftwinfCla net exceeding teu lines f ir?|)j|imeeft)ronedcilftri eTery subsequent iitoerS** ^iprenty-fl^e cents r.- vtt jiuitnuoiCiitiona to the Em, whether"*.n I.ltieie of the piT1^** or for publication, should wUrcaeed to O. B iiLKtr, H'ushiaglon, 1). C. ^|. t BOKLL * BLtHCHARD. PKIlfTEBA. f _ '^WHE NATIONAL ERA. * WASHINGTON. DECEMBER 31, 1S49. kv* joorr sioiif ?ni \ THE MOTHER-IN LUV. [rfToRV OF THE IM.AtfD ESTATE. IIV M KB. K.? kA 1>. I".. Ool" THWOK .?(. L I ... XIV. 1 A,;* , Win. iti m li-rliik- mmn on Mackent rtet I, W itti aliM-kenM l>it alnl l">of of ?|>reU 1 1 *.' H'morh thr ri?'trriii|f iron'* sound .? 'I hr oari-ranl rrborr wikr nrniinil ^ III Ih?Ii for I art). an I hound for found; ff ' "* A ]' Thr foim that 'tri-okr'he oonrrerV *i J* / Srrin* guttered frm the ecrsn's tittc^-EyreaHr It snowed all night All uigkt, 1 tying i*l m hnr bed, Zoe beard the tinkle. tinkle, atM{ t ert agoinst the window glass. It wsn <Saj?,f i 4>irk, when at last the fell nrlei^. i nwoke, flic sun was shining hrigliAlj * a.>if .oj. 'Zip arose, dressed ln iwilf MB j;t. Thaistorm had passed?the (A Jfcifcjj out. sp!r?ilor on the t-leet ?the tCfiie wee tj js(>u in to lack upon?the uholc prouij B|*J0 rt,lgIung eo-il ? f white di mond dust-??the MZ ^ ^ ^ i ui fichtnted one?the trjfaf^HK pcfllM.,] i fflass hun-r with of cl(,[ir i >e? W,fcr foliage. 7 e 9,#*jCTf pendant 1 , w?? Aeir si?hr nnd whcj^jj^ qulck]y I hiatljepotB followed J^flCSd them again r?ov went *' " ground the | LU'h carefil little get ,irc;lkfubt. ] j nJvsfw kept ? "tore o <**1^ ? ghe ^ b1jC r l??* c* mTf*+*n the thcd nt the \ arm* canj*r^ ,n thwf_ ^ ^ I liT' 'ho room, nnd eoon fejLT S>TnW ?>? tea-kettle. hffm (o ^ the; A jM%V1,,'k'Ud,'l'r ' ' Tf jrz^^E<,owTi. > While she m is s ing tti fK WjoliBB-'enke, a sudden i u.hien ,ba.#r rngh auJ wWrr 111 * nta*Ja'rer t'lf> eart'' as ut ' l"*"n J tv find a pieantic fWOdt 'l. JHHu' , . ? i, - . /J- - 173*d Act past, followed hj K?t h d bu.W.ftat n*f , ? , itlLk? W past so Mtttokly. that looked up. Iff.em.lt was" - . ' , , Bi ijHlfd from the meal nnd ?WPU wu? .1.. Iilgthe rkfe ' I * tlher father jljH' otl b's 1 ig black horse, Ivirth,i'r 3 ^'iu"'cr ?* If* ffiis Hint ((J it fox early tlti, ^ iHjTr1'' ,f,toU ,naB' 8't,inPdt vii be-1 U ,o druw vu Lisi b?f?"i0 ?'1' ?nB) Pu,,irg on Liu HtThtw r?tan 1 from Alexandria, 1 Lear;' f *?rt out. t? in ftct, the old teacher could not stay at home; j? hu n chilJiah delight in making the moat of Mw holj days. '/. jC watched him uneasily down |tha oil apery path, went out, and watched down to | he !> < ch, until ahe taw him enter the boat; saw | e 7ft crow the river. ascend the opposite ! Uok, tin ! lisappe ir i r up the ru id ton ,t 1? The Crags? She could hoc him distinctly on the hrilhm now. until his figure seemed a block speck o? a iistaut white hill. She lmd watrhed Lim post tk' dr.ngers?the rest of the way was sufc and *? / en that road , ;.nd she returned to the (jkoantt to clear up tin breakfast table. She set her room in ordir. went up stairs and made the beds, returned, took out Lcr "interesting" quiltI peeing, and lit down to it, bumming a gay air to r#erab*de herat f that she was happy. She sat h+iVMiriuf ft r hour-", stopping only to replenish I' "**. to awe |> up 'lie hearth, or to caress is r shell kitten She sat there while the sun itad high in the heavens, u'ill quite abthe limping of Lexagms and the mutchioi ?, until that crash and crackle, the rush r w is hoard the shudder nnd quiver of d was felt, aad the huge dark rider on it# iJ*< k st. 1 I lltid wit! a shock nt the ar^bcavjly (> ihe ground and, pushing ot(U|A door, (trp It in, and paused be > ycugg cottier. Th-v were n ijucer i~4h* fot.c^r <wwd the hwuttiting-Liiii, the it st??l the kitttg, the giant ud the fairy 'ytthtof like jf Brat^Lbn st?nd r,tz lMi'M in hia weal her-proof boot* Hit n?g cheat watM heoked " by should ere of oorI *y ndtsgr breadth, and over then bung elf 4?blaHr. etrong and wiry- fin<i ST.-to fhrm ad a bawvltiy Lead, with strong murkcd f , thus Iftd o features, and ilrutus Lion I? - ?twl descent from one oi the red natives ?? the toil. Ilia Anglo-Saxon ancestor hnd been a furious and Mood thirsty republican, a reg.? .dc w ho hnd s .t upon lie trial of King Char log I. and who cn the neoeimon of Ch .rl.s II, had esc.ped to Virginia changed Lis name, -sum,11 one tLi.t suited hi character, taken to wifgtb<- daughter of a pewvrfu) each<m, and n tlied big'-elf in ?r ,,lf w stern precipices 1<rftb?iAUcghur ;< towhic'i lie gave the signifi. g*r* nut'" " I'' L.ir The Lions of The i.atrvh*< a K'K'U {raM uu' distinguished in -uL&etyitrs of the ww *orld?in savage w?rj (iMjjitihc oi l Fi i'h var, and io the RevolufjBn t1- I d* " u the wa"2, ia the in eralito V?t pe?ee. ?he, hri -'. K*h n e;i and women, "Atp'htjr h?mt?r? 1 ' ?' the Lord. Now, the -JKni .t. vi- | " re the . lr/^.'t.ion ri l"hi? nisti r. (irnm-lr the 7m '/+ w^Jn, he 1 fi pU??f bta nt-f* ?* <!* ou^<r hrr *rmi.. ^ J^>1 Imt ?>f n?<i tltt! b?r up* <>" d?*1 table ^oujhrx. ftB<i M #W/ thro? *-in ... v 'row, ??CH b i tm I ^u-utd, ^ ?e Lit*. }ui b?CiuNj)>lU??ftlM?,l wbw*^ * U,"l?ti1rtmd *'"bi*M ** ^ '^IWk aw to! |uick vitttd, li, 0^1; frjj ^ ft'b* Mvfhd:-. ? Lilr je Mtrcbni for oi ** t? tnwr i* ij, u?J o??l.r you ti'^ilreiiif l*?t letmtre ) u that )ou fci gut I Listen; everything rrry jrec'iin-i that God has made is veiy moll. Tali tht {ones; lirst, se?s how rv tmull and rare ibe 4 imonds are. and ; what Immense j ilM of mkMck there I*. And | the metals , how little gold, how 'ju?.h leed. And the flowers; how tiny the sweet Violet, how tall j the scentless urn-flower. And Le birds; how miull the skylark, who Staging still dost soar, ami rearing,ever sii .,-eit, compared with the waddling. gabbling great gooa*. And the animals ; hi a null. eh^nt, and fiery, the. tigress. compared with'he taav, servile elephant. Ab, believe me, mrjtl.ing r re, coetly?everything beautiful, elegunt?everything brilliant, spicy, Stry, is mull. Men put their very pi<|uant spirits and eery previous perfumery I into very minute vials; they ouly put fi-h oil in hogsheads. Ob, go to. you r?r," a hogshead!" laughed the little oue. The giant looked at her Ismmh head to foot, breathed hard, rubbed mirtlUuloe 4, <;uiU ua-'onarioo^fjiInnocent of phrenology ^Zoe, you?you?yon Yule *jch, you. I'll? I'll murry you, I'll Ifc shot if I IbStt oaly to pay you fcr this !? Mf wish to gracious you would! I wish to gooilit'si you would! It would be fun ' live to torment you to death." ' You torment me, you /i/'/' ' 'nt* you! you >wnH thing, you!dk/ " Yes, my dear giant; I lmfc*'" t n little wisp | drive a great ox mad by iulo lis face; bin highness the ox being utterly Ajilea* in the case" ^ ' Ah-h " Will you put me down, now ' Indeed I nni afraid to; I aid f d I 1 should inadvertently put my foot on yJ'i i I were to. 1 imver like to walk about whorl 'here are little | chicken* or very small women/' Then he took her little head tytw?en hi* l.uge hands, and looked in her eyes as tic igh he wanted very mneh to kiss them ; but, resav ing her lone* liness.hc lilted her down, and sle resumed her seat and her'juilt piecing Hodri* the old man's studying chair tip before the file nnd; seating himself in it, said? "Are women nlirnys suving, '^*7 It used to be c irpet rags you were always cub i if into strips, sewing into strings, and winding ill I alls Now what is it ? I though', to be sure.^ipen that was .1, ?!...? .1 II 1? - - ?J' - ? l ?uur, mm i uric "Uiiiu uc nu mui ni It; now. what arc you doing ? " " Making a hexagon quilt?don ;ou see ? It is for father's bed. ' And here, at the nnnvi of father. ae girl sighed heavily, and fell into thought. " What in the mntier, Zoe?" " Oh. about foUtcr" "And what nhout hint ? " "The people think him too old.\i.?\r, to tench, and so tbey take his pupils from Wit. If he rerotntnencca on the first of January.it trill be with only four put ils. What is he to do 't-what is he ; to do ? I ie has worn his life out iu< laseless toil, and now, near the close of it, has no| the wherewithal to smooth his passage to th- grave. To think of it ! The incalculable good he has done j in this neighborhood, and the miserable reward he has got! Old soldiers and old sailors, who have resigned the more profitable pi,'suits of agriculture, manufactures, trade, or the earned professions, are remunerated in their oh rtge by the justice of the power they serve; ,ut the old schooluiasier. who has spent his day.-in the most laborious and the most anxious of nil pursuits, what is to become of him, what is 11 become of father Tn And the tears trickled I un '/oeV CUP^KS. cry, Zoe, don't! SometUr- must be "cftine lor U7n?r * * "A hat carried around. I suppose, sneered Zoe. with twuwnl bitterness " Why, Zoe! what lias come over j( u ? That's not like you!" exclaimed the Coloss is ; ' when I said that tombing must be done for him, I meant, of course, something that wou d not com promise his dignity." " And what will that be? This n ighorhood owes him a huge debt that can never he repaid lie hag been the missionary, the civili?er of this whole district?ves, ami fi f the mrd er of debt, they owe him substantial dollars and cants; not more than two-thirds of his soi-Jiu>iU patrons have ever paid him." "Those debts must he collected?'heir aggregate amount must be considerable'' " No?he has sent in his accounts oa"C to each, lie is delicate and sensitive, and will not press tho-"* who, knowing his condition, ltd! put him to the shame of dunning them," conaf Lined Zoe. i wiping Iter eyes, and resuming her i edle. Brutus L;on mused, sighed, groined, arose arid walked uneasily about the room, reared him| self up against the closed front dooi folded his I al ios, ana watched Zoe, absorbed in her needlej work, mutreied to himself, "I wis) Gertrude ! Lion, or Z'e, one of these women had some sense ! 1 will not, however, indulge the folly of either much longer; so long as their?apri<e only > annoyed w, I could bear it: but no* that if is likely to injure Zoe. it must lie eorrei-ted." Full I five minutes he contemplated the rther pretty j picture presented by Zoe nt her neede-work. He resumed, speaking aloud? "S'udv Latin now. Zoe ?" ? Yea." 44 A nrl Hrpplt V' "No. father says one thing at ? ime: and I : am io discontinue tin* Latin l*?Nf>ni .hia Chriaftna?, and commence with the Grei thia New I Year'*." ' W it.it 4:?n?' of the day, '/oc, dots tour father give you lessons ?" " When he cornea homo in the eve ?np he hears nie recite the lesaon that I have smmiltcd tu memory through the day " "Ami ia it a great pleasure to 'iin to i-arh you f? ' Oh. yea, father has a piuedon for h* classics he grow* eloquent in prui?e of the utin. enthusiastic in enlorium of the Greek. I tin he any* ia the language of heroea, Greek t e tongue ot godw " "There is not." mused the youty man partly to h'nself, partly aloud, "much i* e trouble? no. there ia positively leaa trouble ml tuorr interest in teaching a clean of nttentk and intelligent pupils, than in giving instri? ton to one; and then how n.uch more exciteme) and ambition if felt in n clftfa. where there i rivalry and emulation, than by a single pupil, 4 e!"' " Well r? " Wouldn't he take a clue*7" /,:>* looked perplexed. fShtdid no| uidrratund. Who ? What cla???" ' I h ive been thinking of forming reck rlaa*. and ge?''"f y>.ii. father tc take r| ige of it. j i^ia* Girlrnar. -????! iny*?'f? >j?71 form i with yon. n small, but rather an ioterf'ing clasa. I don't you think so ?" '/.T)P hid been arrested by hia p.'^ w rda to i that effect, and now ahe was looking 4 him w ith absorbing intireat. I a*y, we all want to learn Greek* i'righty, i and iesii.. sua j and I say, we r>| i ll anxI :?- ? ? ? *n M.I >!., . 1 tbc instruction of jmt ftther. A'oi do you comprehend V . I rf# understand you, g9? I Brutua.l I understood you all the lime. dour itrulua! Lw you, who dntost Ux'ka, snd loath study, aid i contr ft frrf?nr *r mortal li'iur" of cle af pli?'ion a week, for the benevolent purpi^ofierv' Itr my fhther. without wouiding hi* 14 of in? , ndmcr. Don't I know. denrrst Brupt how 1 win'I' cn.-u-r ii i\ i<M tn* for \ on to mo n !* ' kui.'ii<J d' 1 h.rw nl ti .vr the <-reek le? na off jtwur mind thin to put yourself to schgl and Ic ?oi.?! God bless jh, tki Bru! , Tkrot|k ail thin iwwt asi m* !? !* lit of j^jHWirr T t n weltinga chiding, Ml kf'gn frami I waI . nsreod^nivering to dtnalntitti tike a ?. uootb ' ta4ae-ah< !l kitten, and ' y <'> tr . sres*? I 'mi** Mabu*a??r<i Brutus '/.<?e'? | raiM ovor? ivlmed I Wto. f'i ( i 1 - -toed up. ir ?r? it i oy?-a ft,lie-,I?? | will vf you gain at**t that, Tfi*r ne auiJ, in n hlfi .ruined Vdnn, H *tf W (roving hia ntlf-pi e?e?ri n He thai*mA?' ( ' th cottage mounted Li. horse and #nas< < ** a of sight. i '/.ii stole to lb? little . inJe a and loot *IRW j . iu? u-til rider and h rse h .<1 sight. i "I thin r i' will do him good to stwdy,#t d that J is the rruo,'. 1 will not interfere with th wthsd i 1 . k. of his benevolence," thought the little inni It n . hod till the while her t;it v. re dancing. and fitful smiles were cha.iug each other across her cheeks Ah ! there were too tunny pleasant j>oir.te about this projected cl.i.-s-incrting. for the sobrirtv of Zoe. First, it relief, frr an indefinite period of time, from the pressure of pecuniary w .nt upon her father. Then the employment?the interest it would afford hint; and '* last, not least," the certain enjoyment, f r at le.t-d three <i ijs In the week, of the society of Brighty. and?and? but we will not betray her. Perhaps it the Ger-Fak?n. whosecomp'tiy she pext coveted. She lonp'd for the return of her father. " Oh ! I wish he trou'-/ come home before evening. so that I might tell him. and save Liin a day's gratuitous anxiety. Oh! h< w I ilo wish he would" But Zoo's wishing did not bring him any sooner She plied her needle bri-kly. her fingers receiving a new impetus from hope. At twelve o'clock she arose and made her dinner of a slice of < old johnnycake, and then resumed her work. Whcu the strn was dcclinii p. she arose. put i w ?y her work, and began to prepare their little frugal supper, knowing that at least her belov-d father would be hornet*fArt aieak which he never p -,-1. Upon the strength of her new hop- -. Zoe committed an extravapanee?< ;okod a chicken, nr. i made v. neaten biscuits far per. \u*' she ept the table and dressed herself in h?r pre'tv doye-colore I frock, and sat at thewrndew watchii p fe.r the old man. Al last ?he saw hitu descending the I ill Hint led from Mont Crystal. She wondered nt that, having expected his approach up from the path that hd from the riv. r where he crossed every d .y. She surtnisiT that he ha I t ikun T1 e Me of Rays, and MoDt Crystal, on his t ;turn . and this was the fact. The old man. w ith the new liberty of his holyd >y, had spent thed.iy.fn making calls upon his present patrons or hi,* former pupils. >>1111 MM cnil lilKP lull II nil'! C I! lies- IIU'VIU man ha! forgoiun nnxi?ty f r ile future, in enjoyment (tf the prr-enl. "lie Ip-I nwtheught for the morrow" ui*m this day. at |ea-t . :?ri<i now ho *w ooanur down the hill, suprtortiug himself in the d.-s i by holding the stiijk let'.re him. nn<l wearing the Terr pence of Heiivfm on hi* hrow, down on either side of which tb^eilver hair flowed upon hi* oid hio?n coat. Y.or ran out to meet I im IMigh'el by the divine tr.imjuilliiy that res'ed on his beautiful face. Y.oe exclaimed, takingbolt) his hands? " Oh 1 you hare heiird. then, father! " " I l?nrd ? htv. my child ?" "Oh! you haVe not kwnt. thfD? I thought you had. by your locks, nnd I f<lt glad that you nad been spared n dny'ahnxiety,''said '/.i>e. standing by the side of the old in.in. nnd drawing his arm nronnd her neck, so that it was supported upon her other shoulder. ? " Hut what is it, my child 1he ashed, looking gently down info her eyes. " It is some good news, Zoe. I suppose, hy your glad look-." " Yes, it i.i M ine good news, and conct rns yon.'1 ' Same of my old pupils coining back ' Yes. father, some of yonr t"ty eld pupils coming hack?you guessed it so quick? i!ul you know it? I thought you did. by your 1< nking so peaceful and happy." ' It was the influence of nature acting under my Fattier, my love, /.oe: iook at ttini sening sun; it Iihs language?eloquence,tome. I clinked tip the other wide of this hill?wearily, heavily?hii'1 the sun w.ia in a cloud. 1 thought of the toil by which [ had reached the summit of my life, the top of the kill?it was very gloomy, and I looked down the descent of the hill as 1 contemplated the decline into the vale of years, feelingthnt in both progresses my only care should I be to prevent myself from falling precipitately I and prematurely down. Then 1 put out my stick. ! and began to descend cautiously. h w.n very I dark in the valley, ao that, with my dim eves. I | could not distinguish the shade of a hush from a hole in the ground when lo! the sun hrekethr . ugh ' the dense blue cloud, and smiled in my face! mil 1 smiled on my head ! What could I do hut lift ! my face and smile hack, '/'to ? It glowed all over thi? rich t>c tie?it glow.d all ov? r mo?it glowed all through me what could my he-.rt da tut' burn within n>e '/ < ' It said -lib-- you. Met"you" so softly?ho bright'y \V nit . .old I answer but 41 am blessed ! 1 nm Messed !' Zoe was walking by his side, looking up in hit face with deep reverence. " I to but observe tin scene before jou, Zoe," and the two children? the silver-haired man. and the raven-locked niaid. en?ftaused reverently to receive the 1 <rge, full deep h'ufdiciff of nature. It was not ((range then, that the old man's mil <1 couM not faaten on the necessities of his position They had descended the hill, reached the cottage, and enter'd it, before he said? ' And now, Zoe, what atioi.t Ticw pupl'v V " You are to have n class of grown-up nupiM. il you will take charge of thenr. Brutus Lion and his sister snd P-rigbtv O'llib v, w ish to e.nn.c and | learn (ireek. Oh. father! it will be so much betj tcr than your school They will attend you. here, | so that you need not have to go out in all weathI era. The plan is not quite mature yet for they i will need to consult you about the mod e evenient days and hours and about th?* lees. kc?" said '/,oe. as she helped the oi l man off with his overcoat. He wis in d<ep thought. Ile did not reI ly to her until th< v were seated at the table, lie did not observe the m w luxuries of thebroiled chicken and biscuits, until lie had asked a ble^sing Tii*w. when streu hii.g lor il Id- hand to help himself to bread, he lo?>k< 1 up smiiitig'y to '/.re, and glanced buck at the plotter. " \ ee. father, hhe did. ' yes, I consider we are able to eat wheat bread. u< w ! " ' Little darling!" he *ni?|. ' if we had lived hp fi t'h. rather than by riybf. we would have thought ourttelvra able to eat wheat bread ye-tirluy. Kittle darling. it i.v wi II in t to #?t/? our daily aupply, but w hen we have only enough, bare It enough for eur daily c< in'orl". we >h'>uhl ip[ ropi i ,te the , irho' to-tlay, anil trust the divine provi Ir-nco for to-u.orrow. You have growing thin aid pale. Zoo. by not taking nourishment enough I There i> a alow el it futioii. '/.oe, an wt II u* a rapid one You have l?eeii (ttarvinji yi.imelf from want i of fwih?from want .of fJth in your Heavenj ly I' ther?in your kite! ile.ivenlyl 4: her, who b vie roil. and will f ike eiie of you all your life. Oh. '/ e* I mi moved to tell you, my darling. always o trust ti'-l even ?.?/(, i.'u//i I-ai'hltworth ' not hi nr. if it doe* not go > < < oml the grave. See, ! /..e ! you have h I ? H'Ugh suit bilety iBAiuli. to live on for tbe !a -t thr> e month*?th .f i? Oeto to r, .NoTMlilief. and I >. lo' er hut yo.| ware | afraid'hat we ehoiilil h i%e n tbii g I r J ir.tPty, February, and Mini f you t-i.!. ! jour *elf tin>|#r nutriment ai d t m wffrtriT* * jot tlenh and health ant ' gv ?ideh it wid take 'onetime to t> | .tr If y I hit had /<'i h '/.oe, you would have Uon in ? t-et'.r mmtim now But no, darling y n - I ? pwfwll, it i* true thai we h i. yh I > t? itonn ar t only enough ; hit if I ' i t J:- 'f - wmay perinh with w utneitw i trr I ti t jr .u not '/u 1 ft ' Vm, father, I M|(t lh >l ' nftnitt Hf tiny in the ??il thur < '???? I rrm*ml-v r i ihat poor people do aomelin en perish hf ?sM "A'l'-r. darling ' ii" t.nr ever p-by w uif I or aiij other cfeni '/>??. ( cel?e to whs' c lufavi? lo what j y' ' > < < | c'tthiily ':*ir uuj'" g.f.r : r ?}> ?> ? 1/ : trust faod through everything through nil thmg^ even through tl?e prospective I.??rr> rn "f it ?\tt from starvuti 11 I.eJtevjng even ?Hi? ?? in- ? d<i? puasngr to it bright world l.ill i- 111 'I II| 11 moments K>.??'?/ is mile up i f i iooii nts l!<innocently h ippy with nil the me t - nml a| pliantes (Jod h m given ycu in the present, m, I trii't Lim with your lutute. There is n? 'I 1 >/> r that ! he will forget you. lie ' knowith flint yon li'ive neeii of there things' l>o not mint your elf Zoe." rotitinuiii the ol<l mnn, I - iti- l ining his words by helping himself ton whole >ije i t the chicken; "do not stint yourself. '/,oe Ii w,n, not until the multitude hod eaten nd twre ///?</, th .1 the fragments w re guthtrej up The depuuience, the faith the wind ui of little children, me | often held up 1 ir * t,v l?:vu ,M .<?. r I The p .rents of a little ti.il I gi ve it 1 1 for one tnesl. It is Mtisfted haj | y, c-ti-ufurs j the whole with 1 tear of v ntng 1. ther Hot I wha' Would you thii.k "f the child, ii vh n ir-< 1 moth? r had |T*i 11 it 1 f I' e of hreid just enough [to satisfy hunger far the time IHrp rh'.uld deny J himself, and put'ing a-i4? half of it should say. I'l eha 11 he hung.} ig>in, at d I urn not lur1 n>y Ia.. . ;n v. d Would it not la* 0 n* '?> m 1 x'roux?revolting ' W? ll! i/tm n.< u?trou?, ju?t ax revolting I* "ir h-t?ifw*l M**.iJaat*tion of diatruat of our i?:?iri? 1'areol. I am not conn?*!liny you ngmuU t. rtic/Uijr, but for ic mn y in rhirj fur wai if not I >wi 4< m >iny. iearcbild, to have conj auwed JOWfl-'r-h it 11 wv' I J ur MUM ' la it not I lad e< oiii my Ot it i mi. t. i.-. >' i. n -?-lf ?o >. ; , D d??ly to boaineaa a- '<> waata '.ea!ih and ?f r. ngtL for I he Ntke of aif.oy tint- and making cuoary / i' Oi?it Ul.or yrruf nrnitnooy are not tith. r < f I tk< m economy. '11? proper limitationa of you liny and keeping ifjcirwrr necrnriiioa and the rigltfa of othrra i' f inat-inc*. * man. tu oteri working hiutaell, fr< justly i o'b i&Srea bia own _ _ or* #T' I 1 , ' health and deprives some one el?e cf a share of 1 it < r necessary to bin support. In MTing, a man too often hoards away tLat which is absolutely necessary to the preservation of Lis owu health and strength, o bis neighbor's life. That is not right. Self-preservation is the first law of nature, and should be obeyed Next, the aupeiflious coat or c'oak should be given to him that baa none llut you are not drinking youreolt're, '/.oe drink your colt' e. chtld ;:: anil the old man. enlacing precept by example, addressed himself to his supper, ard did m t hi e ik again until near its conclusion, w hen he Said? " Ves, 1 am glad ; I am thankful for this light arising out of darkness, though I knew before it dawned that th<' l.ord would not forgt t his old servant. Yes, 1 like it! It will be pleasant to te ch(?ruk to intelligent and apprt rial ing |?'ipils It will be pleasant to be uble to remain at home an I receive the young people by mv owu fife.-.Je! Yes. it is all pleasant!" r.nd the old tn.in arose from the t ,ble. and settled himself iu his large arm chair for the w hole evening '/.oe Cittire i away the tea things ftom tlie table, dnw it up to the tire. and. seating herself on the op|' lite ride, drew out a hslf-fiuichej pt.r-e. and begin to knit on it. The old nun was less abstracted tb?in mu d ? 4 Wli it is it t bee's doing. '/. No ?" be as. J. fie was from Pennsylvania origin illy, and whenever his mood was peculiarly tender he fell into his tiuaker dialect ' What is it thee's doing, '/oe ?" ' K nitting a purse, dear father." ' A Christmas offering, d irling ' " Yes, lath r " 44Dear child 1 I know who it is for,' exclaimed the olj man, looking in her face with so mueh beuevulent stlietion, but so expressive of it is for her old father." that the rose clouds rolled tip over /,nt -it.' 11 c muni m nrrcninatras-meri >ne could r,ot hear to deceive him ' Hour fathei!"' she est id,4 1 han trot something fop you. something i ir?\ something bettor than tbi*, hut this is for?for?for h<ntnP' A pause, a deep siloiiee. ensued, '/.o* w 4 silent from embarrassment?the old in .11 appie em ly from deep thought. At l.i.-t he sud. "Come hither, /.jc?" ay she came. " sit 0:1 my kmc, Zoe " Rial stop s*t. Hp drew In r arm* around hianeck, and, taking her fnop between his v? 11 i?M? p?lrr/s held it, loi>kinn> jnto hop ovos? / " I hies tin e love linf <U Lion, W Her eyes fell her cheeks cri.^ >oed?she romaini'd silent he siecdily. lovingly. (Ming on her .V " " I toes thee, '/.oe?" She with her deep veneration forced herstlf to ' reply? "Father, on mv soul's honor I do not 1,now ! [I know the full depth of meaning iu your piesj lion, nrd would not treat it with levity or ovation. hut?I do not hiinu-y " Hoes hf love you P " Yes. sir." "How do you know ?" " I le has told mc so many, many times,' " When 1" "Oh ! often ; i could no4 tell you hon- often" 4* TIe was here this inoruirg Y ' Yes, sir." " I >id he tell you he loved you this niortiiiig? ' "Yes. sir," rep ied '/oe, the blood hurling iu her cheek as though it would t ake fire. "What did he .my, /oe." asked the ol|l man. 1 caressingly. '/.oe started, mused, grew pale, then limited to : her very I row. "What he *?y, '/.oe 7" persisted the old man, ! stroking her hair " Father, he said?nothing !" The old man looked gravily in her face. " W h it do y mean, my d irlii g ?' '/.oe wo- covered with confusion. Fie bowed her face in his sheltering bosom, and h< felt the tears on his ma k " Zoc!'' " F itp er!; 1 "Tell me what is the matter, my darling." I Ha' '/. a Kicnasl over?helmed ..libhnmili ition >> auul.i not raise her head, or Wi; him in the < , i ice II.' ii'>oil ii| Iht lie hand i.i.--? ! Ii?t "ii i t! ? l<row She drew ii I'.njr breath, dashed aw y | the tear*. i ml. looking .1 hini long iii.<I earnestly I in the face, a*i I? | ' J\ither. I would ii"l deceive you wilfully? would I ?'' i ! " No, my darling chiM." 1 Thank you for sating that, d ir father! Ye', j father, I have unwittingly deceived you, because I first deceived myself Von dispelled the iHu' vrnn by me ' what del he I" "I understand it all. my child. The luve-luned voire, the love-laa.ming rye, speak a language stronger, more !<??j?i?*i.t more convincing, than words?ami maidens rem ive it in all faith And many an honest and honorable man will Ii Id him tdf guiltless of (Jir woundid heart that ./< < onli/ nave v. .11 i.in, you lire inorotigniv runvlncel Mint I'i ntiim loves you. and you are ni t sure whether you return his affection. Tlnw if that. '/.or ? ' 1 I > :ir f.thrr, I do not love to talk of it.'' "Yuurheait folds its leaves like the sensitive plant. even ?it your father's touch, dear '/.oe. 1 '/, i? ! why cm you not nnbottom yourself to me? Yon think me ohl mi l cold. Ah /.oe, the hetirt that lots riot ilons or suffered great wrong is ?<cr ; old or cold. Child! my hair is white us snow. you see. my cheek* ure withered end fallen, and I my eyes ore sunken ami very dim?yet. '/.oe. un| der this shrivelled bosom is a froth, young heart, ami shrined in that heart is an image, which i is also a fountain that keeps it green?the I image of a dear girl f loved in youth, '/.oe, i and have loved all toy life 8lie wnt to Heaven, child, but has not ever there forgotten rue She ministers to tne often she communes with nil always If I were to atlempf. to I rove this to you. '/.oe, you would think the old man fanciful. I reveal this to give you courage in give tw your confidence, Zoo that you.miy not think youth and old ego whiteiutirnnd black "| ar itc I carts ti-o t ir for sympathy Now then. ie. tell mt?I have a motive . r asking you? | how do you* 'eel tow ards this n an u Kill her, I think of him as of no one else He ! -i i his < par'ted and set apart from all the res' of the world I very f?o# and form* however bemiti| fnl e eg,itil gr .i i ful, it iu?iy be, sei ms to tne common. vulgar, by the side i/f?himr' ' Yit, '/Mr. he is not beautiful, niegarit, or grace fui r M am n<4 a .rd or a foot, nan | father ? yet < hen he comes into the room ? "Well ' She ran. her voice to its lowest tones, and murmured? "I tremble all over: and sometimes talk non n?* without knowing what words I am using Ami wiuie times, '/.oe, you laugh and talk w ith him tii i rfully and sensibly ewviigli ' 1 i sir! but, father! thm Is when lie chooses to b"giy. b it if in the midst of that gaiety, he suddenly stops and only looks me in the fsce I f ill into gravity life become* vrry aerioni, very -oli rr ri v?ry rttil to me Mirtli HCrma mockery. Hughi^r Mem* levity. No other in in ? eye af ii t? ai7 unil .-'i f i'|h> r Thie is n very p*wfoi influence, i* it >..? "Oh, no. fnther! It is deep. sweet, solemn I !< s rhun h . hjilit /'?#!"' 1 Well, f,it her Vnti love llruti., I,ion. and you cm nevi r become hi* w ift "Father!" " A*' ' V. '/?Oe " Hut I did not cipect, I did not hope to I mid sure I did not.'' " lie i? of mi oil ti I haughty fiinily ?you '/.<> e. arc f( foundling " I know it," murmured the niii len. * Vet you in your secret heart hoped thnt this might he overcome that he might stoop to lift i y mi to hie levil ?on your truth, did you not t '/. u !?< > ci| her heed lowly, sadly. He ie wealthy, y< u are |enmleee. t.ut you thought never of thia ae an objection hut believed i that bis eupei tliM'ii e n ight aup| ly your defickn cits. J la, child / ' , Again abc Iw.wid bet bead slowly, lowly. ' All thin might h i| pen. /. it- the pair miin might stoop to the plebeian. the millionaire to the I. ir.'ur. Ilritue Lion might i tier bin band mil r<\n in marri <? to /ne. yet '/, < cm never f>e j tb" wife of lirotun Lion " l-Vbtr!" " /< ? v?? " 4-F?ih?r l? i? fix* I, Inevitable, Irrevo-mhle' ' Oh ' father ' 1 Z>'*?i I the oM u m, lehukingly, 4* be rcr?<)kH jru to bo Me wife?' "No, father,*' ?ii l he, *i>ri,kiai silh ("Ore rjilrit than iim'ijiI. mm if in defem* el* an* wJnau: h i. rein- Mt > >M in ~ 'ite w.iy iin0'i??l#?i if " I* -.t, a no fnh.-r hul he I ill lit '"*141 me. fat bar, Uiiuuft be never kai mM m ia si' term?. What indeed would lie the use of ??/ between us two? I deceived myeelt only in thinkirg that he ever .wirl so, not in the fact itself; ami, father. I honor him. I believe in him, if I i believe iu any person or thing in htnvcu or j on earth. Hut. how am I talking! oh! dear father ! how am I talking ! It is so strange, is it ! not. fir me to be talking so! Hut you rfr?w everything out of me, father Well! go on " "You love Hrutus Lion, he loves you lie will offer you hia hand; you will accept it. Yet you will never be his wife'' " Father?will ynv object to it ?'' " My child?yen"' ' A cuio. father?trio "An insurmountable obstacle to your union exists, nty dear," said the old man. with the tears dimming his eyes." 11 F'i'fi'r." hnid /.ot, in a suffocntiog voice. ' ftther. I am a foundling, as you say?do you know or guess that I am of?of?very near kin to i?rm ?i? %"?m ure no kin to liiiu, 7.oo: !?? I it i? not 1c"* i certain th it you can never. / nr t o hi* wlt~ " ' | ro hk ihmim i:<| forth* National Kr* THK HIDULK (II TilK MM IT KM IIIT VTI K\. I ? %o. I>T? O I'AK'I V-l' tRT I. iiv i . a. m i n k. Thcie are certain stand-points in time whence it is natural to review the past, nn<l carefully note the present condition of ourselves, our rountry. and the world. The progress of time is marked [ l>y major and minor periods? into epochs and eon! turns -Ly which w c date the occurrence of greater and laager events. At these periods tiio philoaophical hiHori m pauses, in his record of litiman tr uisiic ior *, to regard lite teachings of the immediate pvt. and notice the progress of Humanity, an I the advanv tnent or retrogra lation of the Nations. Centuries arc regular periods, which are constantly bofi r?> the attention, through whoso immutable proc ssiou we see the order of evouts. and trace their mutual relations. They are solemn marches of time, whose tread is sig uiui iiii ui woutit'riui en 'iii/rs 111 uir rnn<llTion 01 tln> world. W*itli, as it wore, the horoscope of tho Ages he tore us, presenting tlie countless mutations tint are crowded in the Zodiac of Time, we are led to exclaim that there is nothing upon j whose stability we can depend hut the Pist. the Present, and the future ! Hut there is danger in hasty conclusions. These are not the only objects on which we can rely. Truth is as immutable as l>eity. and at her commands sre the movements and mutations of the physical and moral worlds. She is the Sovereign of all things, or rather, the eternal law by which the Almighty reigns over the immeasurable universe. Oil the one hand. m.iteri >1 progress, from chaos to per- . feet ion is in a la by a fixed obedience to her cotnrniuds; and, on the other hand, human progress, or human retrograde!ion, depends upon ohedidicuce or disobedience to Truth ; end these depend upon the will of man, who is, in a manner, the sovereign of his own destiny. IP rein is the consideration which renders the ) periodical annotations of the reflective Historian I peculiarly profitable and interesting, herein is the consideration which renders a frequent tetrospcct of our individual lives of momentous importance to our future welfare. We thus disj cover the errors of the past, and resolve to avoid theiu for the future. Put as our own advancement tow od the Perfect, is made in the body-so. i clad, us well te< the body-individual, a periodical | r-.io.'nci. ..i',.i;.ty la wf ?v,uul value. Th a* there is a s'e dy progress uf Humanity, in realising laore and tie re of the True and the tiuod, is aehiu wledgi d by the best authorities ul the world. This, as we loiv intimated,depends upon the will of man . and if, in noting the advance I mi n? to ii< in nie lor a cnniiry or i? 111 ceiiiury past. ho bee<;iii"s imbued wi?h a spirit of improvej meal, ami resolves upon more rapid progress lor j thcfutun^ his nohle achievements will l?e ooiiii mensuratr with the heroism of hi* warfare with j the W rung, arid the < ncrgy of his labors for Truth And. as wc uuw stand in the centre of the .Nineteenth Century. it is demanded of ustostmly the events of the titty years which h ive past, and ditrriiiine something concerning tlie progress that in iy ta-made during the coining fifty years. We dwell in the middle age of the century, and with us rests the impulse that may he given to the future period With us is the will to resolve, and to perform; and the question, what is our determination ' comes home to us ail, individually and collectively. A volume would he required to unroll the whole subject In Core me, and therefore I shall routine myself to a few mutters of t he graVest importance. I ahull avoid a notice of the progress of learning and splendor, in high places , of the wonderful improvements in science and art, that have so brilliantly iUCCeoded each other; and the progress I of I'opuhiiiiit. Agriculture Manufactures, Commerce, and Internal Improvement, which chiefly attract the attention of the thinkers of the age, and confine myself to a view of the condition of tin- masses of our Hepublic. Overlooking the revolutions of the old World that have for several years broken upon the attention of mankind like the hurs'ing of the elements, and disregarding the pomp of the Collige. the Laboratory, the Clumber of Invention, and the Courifing-Ilouse <>l iik' iiiniitiii<> ii i 1111 ni _>. or incorporation, I hIi.til <l< si'< ii'I In hunihle Iil<', vi lii'i i'tlie rim]titu<I?'h ii re found, mi I impiirc ol their joya and Morrow n. their hope" iili'l feiirM. and nek Ihe influential ol the land wli.it lueliortii'iiiM Ihey intend to infikr : in tt.eir c unlit ion, to crown the Maicvolcnce of llie prim lit o< liturjr. The progreanof the people in virtue, intelligence, aiul Imppitieru, in vastly more noteworthy thun nil other apepica of pro- f green In cause in lhi?, inure he,nle arc enlighten. e?i, more hearta urn blessed, more home* are made (tippy, Mod Humanity UiOre exiilli 'l Am the womb l oinfuiesee the highi et interests of ,i n it ii k i ii t I i-l. ill confine my pnacnt olmerva (iotm to llinee n.altera which indicate the moral coii'liiii'ii of ihe people, mi l the means hy which moral progi'i-as fill lie mule Nueh fnele um I hare elmll lie given, that they may apeak for themselves ami not he oliMCureil hy the uncertainly of mere assertion. C'KIMK. I hIimII hegin hy giving many facta concerning the commission of crime in the United Hlatea. aa the heat evidence concerning the moral character ; of the people Out of the general immorality . j r:?r ' '.'gh it"'" .olid as.ll;: :;i- is gr-al?r I or ieaw, *<? w??i ? ?.-. '>?> iiiiiu'> r an I t.ctaourriex* ot > the other. In Mm,,', f.r thirteen years ending with Iw'17, the avetiige nu i't er of fit n?c prisoner! was wo prr an mini and for two yuro, ending with IMI. they were fil per aiuiurii presenting a decreaae | a! 1 i per cent while the population ineroaaed per oent. during the f iine lirne or a real diminution ol < mo" amounting to fii) per cent in eight 1 ycara. In I'm/ioiii Ihe annual numher of State priaonI era for twenty-five yeura. end.ng with IM7. iv,m i 100; aud the numV r for l'i year* ending with | IMI, w i? i.i -presenting a docroa.e of 'XI per rent. w iiile the populnlion ii.'.reeaed tftt per cent.? or a real limriut ion of eriiae of par ocnl in iVrn II mpthur the annual Itwbar ft>; len ^*1 * vkil* lUa. Ik I m. y<\Ai ?-vi'i njs wun i-? ?*, ?mi? w iv>H i yeir? >n lirijf ?i?(j I si I th* nimfmfjMe W>; pre- | herviny ?!? - iin** iricr?-'?-?- >* of popttfc|tl<m. i lu M'l iiiihi' ittt, !?.? ftiit > ! imW ef Cut* l prisoner* for ?ri yen-* ?>n<ll jf with IW, ?M ' !'i* wliiie f<r four icur.*, * rfdbg bilk W\ftot\ < iiiruul nui ilx-r ^I "WSIlsg^ ?trifltsf U, crea??*, llitt of tl>e per-'tfiob wm Ik per < 1 In I 'oiltl1 till"' ill* luiouel mimfer for mm I year* eti'lir >: wi'h *m f'/l , ?bit# for thrr* j yi ir?, eti lioK " Bomber * nil V<?0; | preMTvitig if ew imrnm m (km of ih? population In ,V-f J*'"*, fk* kontlaer it convict* wn? .|i- j J, trim I W.I to IMJT uliooi :> per cent ; while me pylj(k> inarm*' 1 ubout > pi-r cent li. #*** ''PnM^hyAaQeee' vinol number of wiili lM'4, wen MS7 j I ** of H per cent, In Maryland, tie annual number for five years, ending with !*;; >. v?i 3M while for fonr yenr* endit g with l>?14, the nutnhei w ... v'.'l ; being :i ilituinution of more than 2 1 per v'nt. whi'e the population increased 1*2 per cent, in ter. ye?rs In I irpini/1, the annual average for 43 ye-ra. of individual* punished (probably in one piis-nt was SA. The nnniher for ten years endin; with 1 was 72 , and for is 13 it was 52; while the l obulation increased ','0 per cent, in ten yet rs. In AW I'd'1. the annual average for 0 years, ending with ivt?. wan l,t.V?; while for four years, ending with isji the ntitiiher wan Its i?presenting an increase of about J per cent., while the population increased per cent The foregoing fact# are* from the reports of the 1'rijuut l>iscipline Society for IMA and IMti. I have not the means for filling out the tables to the present time; hut I have facts from various sources, w hich serve to show the progress of rime since is 11. I luring the past ten yenro the population of the rityntd county of fW?</e/p/??'has increase I 2f? iter /'.mi 'I'hc following tacts nthoinlly rej fried a i>t> months since, present a gratifying diminution id criine " I he nuudicr of convict* received into the Penitentiary from Philadelphia, and into onrt'ounty Prison. fV?r each of the last live yearn. w..s ns follow v: I'.nlt Ue?r*. < fr. "n. l-t?l ;mi r.s i r,-j jio Is jr. jr. m<? o;u isn; . . . . . y; i;s 205 IS 17 4.'l 175 2|K |s |s 4)1 i:,tf 19.1 The uuuihcr of couvirta remaining in each of these institutions on the l-,t of I '-iiilier, of the s.uioyeur. w is as follows l'< nit' tili.irv 1 I'n- n Total IM4 1.1 111 :;il 1 sir, 1 ..1 2m :ttnt I K It! MS 221 337 1S47 IVI I Si 400 is ik 121 iti.'t ysc from those tables, the arc urney of which cannot ho tloubtctl, ns they nre carefully compiled frntn the records ol the institutions, it is evident thiit there were eleven more convictions for crimes punishable with separate confinement and labor in 1S 11 than in ISls. tin d .'m more persons suffering such punishment, for such crimes, at the close of is 11, than nt the commencement of the present your.*' To the county prison, which serves uls? t?s tt j.iil, the following commitments were uncle: No l.'okunot- N" remniiiitiK Dent*. I'd* list. 1M1 - -_ - 5546 JG'J isir, .... fi im 7ff?r IMii .... ft 404 2:tf> . IS47 .... 4,007 IS4 IMK - - - - 4.42.4 344 At the close of is 11 there were 2tl more prisoners in the solitary cells of this department than ut (tin nlikiiu <il' Is m Mill tiiuli* i.l Al' ihn nnntinl commitment* having in?-reused at the r ite of > percent, per minum. or to a fraction les* than 7.OttO, they have f-tlleu off I I'.'"., or more than I per cent per annum. In Wiri/htMil, the nuinher of State prisoner* for is 17 was V>I, while for IMS it was '..'5 s?being a decrease of s per cent, in one year. l-'or AVw York, the follow ing statement is made for is lit. The number of State prisoners in the various prisons w.is as follows, on the 1st of January, is p.): Prisons. IM7. ISIH. Auburn - - ''"7 1W Ileeroaso 7.7 Sing Sing - tis-J t.l I Do. 71 Do. females S!l S.'l Do. (i Clinton - .Its llht Increase 15 Total - - l.l.'i l.'KMt Decrense 117 I lere we have a decrease of 7 per rent, in one yesr. The jail commitments of Ihijfulo mi l /?<??//> v/?c were as follow* for the years specified I' iitl ?l? It.H lirNtrr IM'i - - I 015 u ; . i | Hill . . S'.Ui lilill IM7 . . 1.1)10 ;? 17 IMS - - 7 !tl s?;s Copulation - l i Unit .'lit immi i ....... .i. , . . u .. nni..;,!..,,!,!. .ii? iion ot n uii" Mut in A'-tr Y?t nily and Loxlou ?i" tlo uol Dili th?' gratifying result. Tliriv were coitiTiiit te<l In t In* niy prison of Now York, including 11?i?s?- went before trial un<l after sentence mill excluding summary rmiviclinn, llii> following numbers lor the years named ISU.'i 2,:iK7 IWI1 . - - * 'J.I.Vi Population, l^'i'i - V7t(iiso " 1S4 "? .... ;n ',7in litre wo fun I mi increase of twenty-five per rent, of population, while crime increased ::.il per cent. Tlic average number of primmer* in the Tombs was. in is in 171 ' IS4S Will This shows an increase of twenty-one percent., or three times that of the population. As to Hus'iiii, we liuve some st irtlmg facts reporleJ hy tho Kxecutive Committee of the l!eiiev .lent Pinteinity of t'lmrehe* from which I take the following statement "I hare here I he report of the Committee on i ho reorganisation of theCourta in the county of Suffolk, :iin) the Police deports from January I, I* lii, to January I, is lit After stating theiiomher of cases in the M unh ip d Coin I for the l ist i lit yours, flint Committee proceeds? 1 'This shows an iiioreuse in the number of i e?m>H in eight years of a little less than tiro him- I ihn! per eent. w hilst the increase in the population, iliirin^ llie same period, has been but little more tVtn fifty per eent. These remarkable and nlarmilg results arc exceeded by a deport from the Pilice Court, which exhibits a still greater increase of cihi s within the last few years. m " 'The iiiri i from Isv'f to I* I't was and the increase from 'Sl't to IhIh was W tMitt, showing an increase of less than ?"enit'ii per cent during 'he first tmniij years while the population had increased one hundred percent.; and an increase of vvnli/'/iit per cent during the last fur years, w bile the population had nut increased more than ihiriy per cent. " ' The rdm n of the ('lerk of the Police Court "hows that, since lv I :. complaints for capital offenc s have increased '.'Mi percent.; for attempts to kill 1,700 per cent.; for burglary, '.'.10 per cent ; for lire tking and entering dwelling houses by day, or other buildings by d.iy or night, '.' to per cent , assaults < n others, JOO percent., other aggravated a-saolts, d'. > per emit. These aggra villi I ^ - mil* 111 > >iiiiii it I I will) knivi-M. i| i r U m, piatnl*. *lung-ahot. ni/.iir- poker*, hot iron* club*, iron weight* (Ut irooH, l?rirk?, utone*,&c.'" Murk ol tliiw inrrriiHP ??f rr me for New York mill Bunion ii due to I lie yrout increiino of emigration Thenrrivnl* for?everal yearn hiivr been ii* fullow*: A rrl vol* from A fir i I, IM I, to A j?ri 1, Is 1.7, lis 000 I *I" I*Hi, I'll),000 Is" 10, 41 I* 17, 100 900 44 44 41 I4417, 44 I HIS, 100,0(H) " ISIS, 14 IS 10, 047,500 The ? kolr migration for is lu in put at It I? ? (! known that a Lire ,vor'i"n of 0?f < >*y rrirniiiiil- are drawn I'/oui foreigner*. nu?iy of whom luriil without the menu* of procuring u mi** I But il i innot lie denied that our land ha* In n rifr with ?timi- Inriitfc 'b4' |"?*t two year* I'rejiiHrji have been the bitter complaint* of thr liri-H- a* they har# been called upon to chronicle norder after murder that hn* liren committed \ lew month" einre till' ('n r'lif ul" New Orle'lll*, rai*ed a luinent.ition for ike increase of violence, 4ti'l among other thing < auid 41 It i* a melancholy fict, kill one which our iuty a* public journalist* inuit preclude ti* from emli-ivoring to conceal, that the ra^e for mnr<ler Ih rif'<* Hiiioiip iih We line n hmrh term hut the woi.I in only the *pr>n of a horriMo fact To ho*c who ore not in the liahil nl perilling the pitpera, or w hotte Hhioriutioim ilo not f irce the knowing of the fii t op n ilii in it m i v I..' uitoni-hinjr, Md i.lfnOHt iff i. 'little ti ll I. ill..|| III. I I t three kwln to < h ire I.I i'i clirotiii le no |e-.i III ill nine ItlilMriti' htrnteelee The r?po it of the 1 . iievnlint I f.feriiity of. Chuichee ijUo.'. 't i1 v? mokes the lolli.vwnp no- 1 tie* of the mere- ol nine in lloeinn f. i the peat year *Tbe <>??ty Attonr*y for .Suffolk remarked. Tkc??r whirh line jiiet done.I hm been an ?.uu.1 *??? ?'<?, pnwarkuhl* year, <lin|i< uorebly Ju?tii*?M"*J for lA? pgd tomu. of capital trial* Ct'Jht* of viaaMKMarred ' mpMiiur enelob; aba<|ly Wi^**a j were rraortdH^t 4n a**! *?, j fitnetiiom with Kccfc " t|M 1 atrocity, an.I fraquei iii'l' e.| >M|iii i )> aay I thopJCli?M ? if e ^ lift' I "Tk? Orattil Jury / * / >K . II I ?? ? .. crimeI yon i t>, ,i of po| ition nil number of in'licmpnts arc .'-innd again t r.inorl,oth ii,alt in 1 I't male. ' A mtng boys are frequently oVrn wilk ftr four hirrel rcTolv. i- in their pur' - * ' The above chillies in ihe matin< ?nd habit* I Ti ain <' me- mi ii,f ir nave . :! place * t" a prent rxtt nt within ?> < years: and he Mil has increased preotly within -in month-" From thene slat unuta it rj penrfl th:?t, en mon-ly m the 'iy, ?,m , f crime u ,ve incre*.- i Cum- itself has incre i-eti in i till in t<- -ilfl*<u'u|; \ rutin. ? \ The I'ii ono:ref? rrinp to is itne avlVd acme month* since, thus noticed lie, iUMf of til* i norms* of critne: "At these aail ami laioentaMe !!?, ','?nrefl. r, > th ii't.nv nmn t., t ! u> tided, 'II in-e tr.v I. iind nt ine.|i tlify it. "Cii'i 'I er.ilejiey " of improved nun hint rv ?nil ' e fuUe r< ,"bnc ,-i-l , system to fionc'iiirHtc imlustty. an<1 Ica^e i urge ma-*.- in i II 'ii - h .v.- ji'M- ??I1 in ir?* -I-in/ i crime beyond ?L?' increase of popul.:in |p?t in th ,*e twn i.r tlirei i ..?r y ,r* it iii"*t i. .m, , 1 TWftVO vnu* we ii Ve iili'l n great IWWblt Of ll*<\ tOUi)'. vinl' i.i'" Wet. ve .-ii ti *; | r :i . it) of the l?n<l o:irry ing ileiil'y wapon* n<l plun<r i iiifi: them into the living forme uf ii nelghh >riug nation. Such a le.so-t coulif not t?c ! it upon lhn? immense . -- >( tin . ' > * sr re:, line chietl} in tue la r:i| r*. I k no |o?.h i.| ih power* thnt hefer their eth 1 l,e M. vin war w?? a demoralizing ciuim . w l.i.-h pi rvailni the \i hole Inn I every ha i v and i-|n ei illy every city We -drill reap the hitter fruit* ot I liia w or for year* to one ' The elleet of the Mexican war is well :u ign ml All how * of viotei . e t, ml t a:.' . . t h i more degraded of s icii ty, nd the r- n't ia nam* III eon ! ration I't the fry u llri-t In', nil | the X'ir lo.it 7Vt >..o ilie effect which 'to llyei ill'l Sutliv 11 brut lit'} 11 1 I I fill 111 |>o ' Niver was vagabondism s.i runpuit i \ .New Vurh ,\i \ .-r wer it- It! ..art r itr high an>l low hell*. m> l>te. e i ritat. I as they linve en lot \ : tli p .*r .1 .;. ii I ie?t only w hile the i I \ er and Sullivan he .-ttino*s e :.s pending. hut even -n. w. - tej ai- I . . .ftei that now ever-to-he-not.iMe eeent in the u.tinl'iof ! lnafe:.! oil ha token ploee 'Die w ilet uf tyv i w ere never bo horribly stirred up m ver h tore <li.| the 11ne* n<l alleys, tin cellar* ! .ek r< n*. ' tlie stilitermnenn luiuut* ami hiding pi sees of uieIrtipnlitoit blackguardism n the f e ,.p r|M ? p,. , pour forth into the streets, so tlen*e. *o hideous a XI mi We lllVI Dot the lie II I tO dwVritiMH scene at Park llow And I'hnlhntn street, w l.ere these unclean sp rit* nio-t 'h> i ogre/it- pr -*< tit I e>l on the evening of Thurs.t .y last, juaf after | ino lOiffp-Tn nri't nnnmincct ttie ?( tU?* contest. Tlio snare in front of tho respective headquarters of tlio combat n at* was lift- 11 v rcek;ii? ? itli huni'iiii* v in it? in"-t 1 t-1 1 > I t it< t>oilin>r. loiMdiiig ovor with :i morbid en?itati< n. . . that nt one tin.o threatened the peace of the oily i t so! I After only two or three month? from the time Washington ( node wis linnp in lioaton. we (in I it notice I tl.it c|e\ 11 Cljiit .1 ' Itenc. < had l.ocn i committed since the hanging mi l tl. . ulprit" were 1 yitipr in jail. 'l'lie relation which eni'gi .rt l.t nr? to crime inny l>e seen from the fact that of the number in the penitentiary of N. w York city, tilt) wi re for ciitncrs, nti'l .'s only we-e n>tiv> ni l ' i! ??<? ? persons in the Alnn-1 louse on Ithiekwell'a I alii ml. 7110 were foreiiiiier? Of the .? commit te.l to the city prison of linchcster 10 ' were for figlHTF Wl> need !.' III 111111 'I \ fill'H "II lbi< point. Iieentiae tlio importance we attach to it ii (Iinputnl hy none. Another onuae lor tlie in<*n n of crime during the two yearn pist. tuny he !i?Nigne?l to (be abatement of 7.eal ill the leader lit' the Temperance lleliirm It ih well known that ilii /eal w in much diniini>h"d during Ibis period It in the general complaint, th it drunkenncs Imn very much incre.im d throughout the I itul during the p i?t two yearn In <'ituinnuti there were lltu drinking ^ IuiUmi n lie 'lined dlirillC tlie year ending Si pfenil er I. I sin blinking which win confined to the clo-et, or the entice hilii.ne with li rei ret i litr inee ., few jmnyt rinrr, i nor pr etle l ihovebourd 4 tind in open diiy. The young in in i i no longer nnhiiH lo f ii t> the iutoiimtliig draught pub i llelv. mi l nvinynrethe nw*n?ione lumtr criminal I lint through the ililluence of inlemper iliee Of I i he h / ii wmwitMlUl lii i in j i < i ! i :i i i!'1 ii "ii ii " ty. Ohio !"l w ere hu id to he i lit em per it e The trunteeM of the ulin lionne of ItiiltiiiiorA eity and county nay ' W e tiiuni hi III hear sorrow I'ul tuaU'uony to the h met ill vice of ititeinperiinee m (tie grand online of pftuperinni, mid again deiTira that ith almsMmu* uuuhl iliIik IgJj' Wjl '_JU I'lll'li: Ut, ''lit tpx I In rutin (1/ MM' 11/ 11'/ I'It'll ' AdultH admitted dm ing the year Known to he iiilempi rule 'ill Oilier eninpH -IH And out of I I ' i hj! In li. I i i or admitted, II. were brought to di liliilion l^y the driinkciini 'H of th ir p .rente la New \ ork city pirilunii.s lii|iinri were aohl at I .*i(!7 eliopn ; mid it weeetimito the iiiinilier of pntronn to eueh to tie tifty. we have an aggregate of drinking men in that city nearly npial to tlif w hole male population At i n i lit date <uo Iruf Of (Uc LuUt.^U )U I Lx Ohio I'i riil?nli iry declared theuntdvea to ho?o lieen i ng.igi i in TinglntoiicatlM drlnki. -J I'iiUh on tin* "uhjeflt might ,1m HI plied tofl- 1 ino.it tiny extent hut it ia not otMpry. f or I he NnUnalKro. mi: lost \nd nirvn. i Minn ot ninksi.iiinn oav. n ? - hy iuar laviNd: ' iCL' ' lltoirn for Thankagiving I?ay chirruped 0 fut three year-old buratiogin hie uight-gowa iutir Farmer TulliW'a. warn kUcbou. Ha waa to unlock two bright blue cyea, that Sleep hud Mealed ill. l.rrt'V tairlv anil cut nolle a linlireom ligurr with his s?< i ;oti:,ii Hoove!" ] " I'.rnvo, Itobby! Mravo o o' ' lnugliol tbo J griiinlfat her from his tkluij NWf. ' Try it ] iiguin, llolihy , you'll keep iij> I he honor of tin* family ('unit hern, sir! ' I'. ibliy'n oyea wrc fairly opto by this time - ho m Ii nl found his tnollirt in 'I took retog,' in the folds of her check ilrres, sucking Lis thumb iii juiot thimkI'lilfn ? Milium# lookril around from tin- griiliron she w is sttpei intending v itli n gen lie i.rolle That . mil*' seemed rather sad, me j think-, for tin" si i'in* itti< 1 tlin Jay but hp ?vj|| know inure of her. Thanksgiving wis always a joyous time at timmlfnthcr Tnll.otV not men ly for its turkeys, puddings, mi'I pin- though (softly he it -p ki n) (irmi'luiiillillia I alhoi nn-l lil t 'l.illglittTh ilfl f li'fl all other grandmammas tuid entities at a roaster? in the I'stiiiiiition of the grandchildren Intge uixJ son!! H"( 1 Wii-r'['ulhit ami hi.' "g'ld'-tvife ' (JJ Hutu ualkill ul'l IMriltM*?!?'? vi ilikt Ii-.zi S.'.J stork with which our blessed New Kngiand shores w?ru planted. 'I "i stock bee been |tiM with i mil ether no I foreign ikoati since?but is it i not still the tree of our nation's prosperity 7 it I hits long het'it fashionable to i idicnle the i|>.hint 1 Mum i - ui i) tun Mi tfrietnaa of it? Purl M t iiiit 'MiiMien are tiughl to picture It en m forever coiiniiifcp" ilui-hook with 11 ntmol tw itig uk the fi<en of till ch fiTuliioi ill I fl tfl of tlie Pilgrim ^ lhey w?V M? ,, ''ritM^^flj ftficn too ^oa<* to trtritt'fljr ^ V H'< < ! iyli.lt ii nidi -Jw 'rx i y *"* " r??- 1 he ' -a '**) I ,,V< J" ttl Mtrrll I J I| Iiikegivfr,^ ,J.t^ r|, ? ... IK ' ... I . IK .111 Ite /*1 rwftf ItltlHl I'urlU* ll't In iy, our of th? j. ' jW thi?t lin/er, like ronihro evergreen* in AutumgX ' ij Mnttliff tin || I.re puj ?" I ?i?rel<t3 of Ih * pern rt- j partner 'p. I>W* krpt Thinker *ii g <iuy reji ^ gloul* m? W5II * Ho^.l oi l patriarch' I Mw mlnti' We forgiven tl s Jtrt It; with whiok k? ? gUuce.J r no I ih - > ? . hildren wltk all -? their t.M! Uipl I baui to )>' 1 '7, SSly