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IT C H M 0 N B P A L L ATI U M I t WAY DAT! P-Mi". BR Jt.ST AJfD KKAIt SOT Z LET ALL THE KM)S TIIOC JI-MST AT BE Till" (Ol .VTKVS TIIV UOIS -AM TRITII-S." TCUM:Tivo Dollar, in Ad vane. Volume XTinj Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, September 6, 1843. I Ifamber 37. jOtLLAWEOUS READING. rFrm tit rc.-, TDE tITTLE INVALID .. . mmr .1. 1 Whiter natil little Hob I)ownleo, a , , .i k of twelve years, 'why do Kthlr children , loo us o,-l,lIe,. . ' J MIIU US' - - - I cannot tell, my dear, unless it oe mar trr bold Capt. I) xvnb-e f. II by a shot from : gift to his wife with t:i knoxvl.-dg tint its all1 love them, answered the kind- a Hiitish gun boat, and his body was lost fruits ha I ch"Ted t!ie fainting stranger. L-arted mother. in the sea. Eive years that widowed heart than all together, hearing of his want. Cjul 'w done nothing so good to ;ittle against ?rief and poverty, ' '.N'.iv, nay.rnv good friend, I w ill not them as they have done to us. it i and one should see tier ften. and in un- tostethem. This is something you have nicfi to go to school -and learn! Ifow rXpccted times, to know by any glimpse bought at market for your children f folJ ibey know we should love it so, and th;it she had not conquered both; for her I cannot take this.' mii and help us ick berries, that wo cl,erl'ul face betrayed no agony at the ' .Vt at all, friend. 1 carried it with me. Iitishl R" core and the scrupulous neatness within anl not finding a read y sale, chose to keep ,N I suppose they love it, find are so good all, ahout hf-r litde cttle cottage, was it. but my dear sir, I will tell you a tiling lhv wish you to enjoy it too. Hut now, nlore indicative of humble, quiet tastes, of it that will make the fruit all the sweet Aeirfibey are coming with their baskets.' t,atl pnVertv. , or.' ...na moment the Looks were laid away,1 Alter the children' were far oir in the The hungry mm was too much tempted 1 linle Kllen came out, smiling in her f.t,ls. and 'harlie had set long in silence, by the eai notfu ss of the oiler, and the lean home frock, and wtth Ikt basket jcaJy to po will h r brother I'.ob and the hool ch.l-Iren to the fK-hls to gather her- ries. I'P came the l.tth.. flock of bright- tVeil, laugh I Hg nuinrrii, iiuiu i mj;, i- ickiw" and fluttering along, like a merry irnen of bright wingeil birds, ami nut Me hanuv IJob and KHen at the white washed ..f the small w inte-w as.iei d cottage that nuglrd down among the trees and rosea and the rich grape-vines, made the home of the poor widow iK.wnlee and her three children. , They met as joyfully as if their sepa ration had been for days, and not simply the intervening hall-hour since school was out. Tbey hushed their gayer laugh in- stinct'ivly a moment, as they came swarm- i ..i ..I...... ii.'.i. Ill-' UP nroUIltl lime ' u.iiie-, ,!'-. ...t.. (... mid sniiitiial eyes, showed tn invalid; and with sweet smiles tle y gave him their greeting, and some brought; fruit, and inanv flowers, and all brought ' hearty good will to the helpless child, as j he sat smiling and weeping on l.iem, un- j Jer the shale of a great rock maple, that hhadoxved all the house. In this cool . pUce. the little invalid xvould sit in his easy j c.bair, and do his share to help his poor , mother feed and clothe them. j c Tliev xvere so poor, that all they could , do but iust sullieedto keen them comlort aLb and neat. A'l day long, in the sum Mier season, little I'.ob and Kllen had been ohli ' -d to work to keep themsi Ives from traiit.' In the early summer, they culti- 1 .the tx-o lesill'iv child- V lr.-x " y r reiit.x.k C lie of them, and gathered t.ie Mhiiis, and brought them to Chai lie. mi ller the maple: ail I he wove them into beautiful wreaths, and bright om,ucis. aim nrraie'ed them carefully in fre.di water, to ,,ivn y,, bave t. night me patience; hoxv widoxv, a idth -. pleasant hoy saxv one at ke 1'iein briifit lid neighbor John, a plainly made me feel the xvings of blessed M another of the little treasures their ar- kin I fajnier and in uket-min, xvhodroxe to toxvu every nig'it, should call and lake them !.. sell 'fwr ilieiii. . And w!i mi the berries b -guito r:p"li. Hob aud.Kllrn picked them, and Charlie put them into baskets, very n-atly: and neighbor John vas still their market-man, who brought them back all th'! proceeds fn money, or what things they needed, and xvould t ike nothing for his tioubl . The mother, meanwhile, by lh- uerdf and by keeping bees. tint f el on the rich flowers, and s brought two harvests to th .Mil. beside t!l! b MUty th di-plaxed. and rent to all, and by what.-v.T her slight frame could bear, would xx riiig life's blessings out of p-n-eity. and. by h r own sweet p itii nee and g .od heart of her lit tle mie from loss, o closely t'.id guant Want dog ihem. that a day's d lay in their united endeavors would straighten som- small comfort, and ciulang'r many, f, lu,t sh had no trouble only t- think her little. ones were growing up unlearned, when nothing but th" t me was needed: lor he summer school xvas free, and the Winter's, cost but th" find of the fire. What the floxver charity of the parents had , , . , , - ,.,i not suggested, . Ihe quick sympauues ot te Village ClllllirCll prompieui mei one e, t il ing after si hool they held a little congress, without votes or chairman, and no parti sanship, save rivalry of generous expedi ents, to get little Hob and I'llen into the school; ami the result was. they deter mined to devote half an hour all together to help them pick berries; and this from the thirty scholars that composed the school, most of whom could go every al ternoon. would more than compensate for the six hours that the children xvould spend ."ecu remoxt -u io ms coi in me nouse. in school. Their parents were glad, lor . Ntdghlor John carried all their treasures the charity which they thought too small fo the town, and took peculiar care of ihe to offer would be acceptable from tlicir , ",y fruit Kaskct. for which he conceiv children ' a wonderful admiration, and assured This xvas the second trial of their cx- them he would bring back fifty cents lor weriment, ami tiieir nimble fingers had yrought in many more berries , than the , two had done all the hot day before. And oni wouiii linger navK. win nau nine to . help ChaiVte arrange them in their baskets; ; and when neighbor John came, in the coed qf the evening, to take them, he was pleas- ed to find so many. And noxv the merry .... , . , .1.- . I. .roopnaiiconieag.ini, ami auer . w oru ol happy greeting tor mothei Doxxnlee and the gentle invalid, away they bounded o.vctthe wall, and into the fields; first, . ..... I ... .'irrwtnunw nasKCHina snoxver upon grass, and then they lolloxved like a little cataract a many colored torrent pouring over the wall, and away across . I - ... crous-hearted gleo -. n" "iiiiiini i mm luu-ii, uiiutcu- . I . . I :..l- f v ... . . uuie v.uarue. neipiess ana aione, sat in his shady nest, and looked out, smiling sweetly under the green bough, on the joyous group; and if he envied them any-; Ihing. it was their good hearts that could prompt them to fiud their happiness in erving others. Tl.e lull-hea tied mother, busy with her .. louciie.t mm, tliat be couid not bound a-; way wuu uiein 111 ineir happy sport-task. , ...... r. ..).-. a nit inoi oi me p.isr came glitltng over her, ot the .brighter days wnen Kobert 1'oxvnlce kej.t his strong arm , -ciweeu me cottage and want when little nri'uif. itioKen irom rier ear in in." niiii'i1 miui iieieiinor l n . 1 t oesT'.n:iTionr ior ne .'-.... i ... . ... , . , . . . ,. ...1 , t. . . .-. , .. l . . . . i . . . .1 u.-iTn 1 1.0 nmnra.fi k . rra. anrt .,-, inrsi. 1 . 1 111s A .i i . , I- . . . .... ..... . - j-, . - ....v,.. .. v , u. me aiiunci auu ,1 mo luviuci uacco groxvn i) v, api. l- wtio piuuuiiiKru .... ... -. .-. ... n.c w-. , j - -- j - . 1 v. j js that he knew bun to wear a 4lOOr. on the lilittirt iirnun. and on her sniil- . himself xas not o r-trtiifiate u to imliilee . o e.ii,-.L' oit.-.. I. 1 ; ...-..-a.V ..-Itk : : . - . - - - . i...! ; 1 ' mpanc iir,rjcWtr.r.ot.l4 ot 1K0 r.r.onf : shoats in aIF f llitir.1 i-ah!! ahIv fin.l 1 in? box-, iml turn t.r'.ni.i to irA...i,i...l ;. 111 urn- liivnr.. I,.,. i..,. .j.,,,., ..,.i.,; . i..t: r: t r .... - .. . nl. : . 1 ,r- :.. ..i,r .i. cnr.A 'man fJlo. v,, i.i,. . , .. ,.r ,k o. coCFtaue ot reuerausm, ana mai - i iroi j .... ...(--- j . "ui cim.iuniiv.i. no iinitai inj; il"I III. its ue lUUKCU 1ICJIIU lug- , quantities Ot WnlCtl are annually imponeU , -", luuic Jiai-t uiou vaoaua. ; inn ccivii;3 l' uns vy. ...v, uv. , . liereyes, as she wondered if no nanu; On his way home, as the sun berran to Iv ae-aiu to his mother, whose answering w., .i . , Icond Viririnnv families." an ardent suppotter . of that creed. j Charlie was a prattling boy of five and ' ; played with his father's plum" and gilded le!t. when, on the moruim? of his last look f on. home, the faiihftil husband was sum- j moned away to he a butcher of his fellow- ' men. in his brave heart thinking it his du- : tv to ilo so to serve Ins country. Iut the 1 (;fM,r wife WP.,t wit then, that her home itli serious foreboding, ) was left desolate; nor searotdy more soure of Iht bercavnient iva sin, wiii'n ?:ii! iifws rf.ifritiHi nf r. imii 1. ...I l. . I I t .!.... Wutg the flowers then brought him in twf, wreaths, which wonld bring .enough t ,,y hU dear little sister-a yearyoung- crtl.an Uwf-n ytr of shoes l, put t I l-l tl ii sloe Hi a mimi Ills moiner u roil '11 1 , him, and began to weave a little wicker ,:iS;ct, lining it w.ith many mosses, trtuiake a re-st fr the great plums and currants, and. where I have lived these lour years red, and white, and black, of which the past, there is a little in valid hoy. the young children had brought him many; arid, est son, of a widow. She has two cdiild ' truth to sav. he arranged them very pret- ren beside.' and then he went mi to tell lily, nestling the purple plums down in how the good woman had lost her iins the centre, and putting his fruits where band, and how she had struggled against they would peep out cunningly from their green bed. It w as a in w experiment, and his mother cast fr quent glances of maternal fondness and delight, us the pa- tient boy brought out his pleasant plan. Dear mother; will that uof said tne liani.y boy. as he idaeed the work careful- v on the green bench beside him. js a very sweet little thing, Charlie; what xx ill you do xvith it:" 'f will sell it to buy you anew cap, if f!,f. merchant xx ill gixe enough for it.' Xo, dear, lam rjot like to sutler for ;ts w ant; and I think it xxill half pay for a warm vest fhr next winter ('harlie.' 'Xo, mother? I shall not need it then, The ang Is xx ill be xvith me tln'ii, and give ,,. a r,,!. ,,f Mhitt..' ljjs lustrou -i eye shone xvith a ?voet sin- eei ity as be spoke; and tne mother burst ;nto tears, as if the sad beieavment xvir? v0, ;v , ome. She knew how keenly the little invalid sull.'-red al times: and. though ins peace X'as in the hoj.e ol ilealh. thoughts of his loss to her ami to his dear hrother and. sister clouded across her mind, and rained doxvn tears. ' Xo, do not weep inothei! hoxv well arid j.ii its fanning me, wle-n t!ie dreadful I ,aius made my head so hot. Mother, 'you xxill nut be alone xx lieu I am gone, for a sweet voice tol l me last night, in a drew a bright hill dollar from his pocket, dream, that some good was in store for say ing. 'and this is for Charlie's moss-bas-you. that a helper was near, and I should k t. and now, mother Doxvulee, if I guess go to be rid of this life's troubles, aud find ' right, he stepped aside to let the impatient all sxveets multiplied. Then, mother.! stranger come forxvard from the back part will smile from the sky, aud you shall fcrl of the wagon, and in a moment more, it. til! vou smile buck again. O.do not v hh a sln ick'of recognition, the astonished xveep! and the boy sir. tidied out his thin wife was in this anus of her husband, w bite hands to her, and the happy, mourn- ! When he saxv them saf ly through tiieir fid mother knelt by. his side, and folded first xx il l transport, neighbor John drove his attenuated form to her bosom, as if t" his home, a man trice blessed for his for a last cmbi at.e. i ii.xrri:i; n. Scarce hail the (loxv of her full heart subsided, before the merry chatter of child ; ren. as they caine flocking, homo, laden xxilhthe pin pie treasures of the fields, and , on they came, and vaulted over the high : xvall again, holding each other's brimming hake:s as they climbed it. Into the little yard they pressed, and piled their stores in great pans round the door, and even the little chubby babies almost came tod dling up to bring their liny baskets-full to tie.ii v, 1 1 ti i lit. dear Charlie. 15ut dear t harlie was too that evening to arrange iiis baskets, and a half dozen generous hoys and girls, with xvilling hands, volun teered the task, xxhile the rest ran home, the happier for sharing their fruit xvith their neighbor Doxxnlee. !5eforo the careful market-man arrived, fifty plump baskets of sxveet xvorttleberries stood arranged along the bench for him: and little Charlie, who had seen the work ,vi,l pleasure, spite of bodily pain, had ; ".certainly. Arrived in toxvn. the kind neighbor dis- posed of the berries at thre cents a has- k.m. me oasKeis 10 oe reiurneu; ano a handsome lady seeing him offer the tloxv- ; ers, took them, and doubled the demand for them in the sum she gave, and desired more to be left at the house every week, ... .1. . I. . .1. .....I... ...... 1 ! ' ..no g.xxc ner numner to tne carrier. iut nobody fancied the little moss basket. j Alter disposing of his oxvn wares and pro-'. duee, the good man took the basket to the .1 I- . ....... . .vxs 01 some 01 me run; nut they saxv nothing in its rustic beauty to attract them, thougli one gay woman of wealth, to xvhom he told the story of its making, of- II- , tor a fashionable charitable society, raised , ..v , i.iu uii l-c- .' 1 - t . ' -. I . . - .... . . .i . . .I- ... i oi ..- ' . . me oner io a i anh.ee Miijung. iut neigh- hor John, who had set his heart on getting a good price for this, refused to part xvit'n it so cheaply, and putting it back in . his j wagon, started for home, determined to do as he had often done before, to carry the , pretty thing to his wife, and pay the price : he had demanded for it, without letting his . i . , .. , . f l beat Uown warmly from the east, he saxv , a man, worn witli travel, sitting weary by ! if ixiue. ne accosiau tne tireu stranger to kuoxv if they were both going the same road, an affirmative from the stranger, xvho looked a little surprised at th e invitation th:it followed to take the comfort of his slithered xvaon. ended in nroeurinir him a seat for a fWxv miles on his journey, at least. The faint and wea- ry man ha I travelled all night witlrout food, and when the good farmer had given the last crumb Irom the remaining con- tents of his travelling box. h? thought of his fruits, arid drew thern from their s;if place urnb'r the s:-at, knowing that th . ... I .. I I I I i . i-Mimiv ii isji'i vi i (i ir n mor, m;fts?mr mm savor of the tnut itself, to refine long-. rr, so lie bv.k one fat plum tenderly frum ! its green bed. as if he almost pitied t-re- move t and put its purple fhe.-k to n,s . p.m. .leu i:ps, as j 01111 oegiii 10 icii ill in history of the fruit-basket. In the small village whence I came. poverty, and how t.ie little ones iiad help that list sweet plum, that it should fall Lack xvitn fie falling hand so suddenly from the half s.itiated-lip of the stranger.' What in words or look of the good farmer that they should draxv so inquiring a gaze from the rye of the pilgrim? The driver opportunely noted it not. aud the stranger resumed his countenance again, but tic eagerness of his uuestions, and his earn- est attention to their answe rs, snowed that " unwonted interest had beon kindled; and another xvould have noticed a hot tear rolling in the strangers eye, as the goon joim xvouiu noi seem in see ii h ne did. told of the patient, suffering, happy little Charlie. At length thebig market wagon of neigh- bor Joim halted before the gate of the poor licles had procured h.uuled out to their smiling mother, and then he laughed xvith " quiet little glee, as the good neighbor kindness. Kohert Joxvnlec knelt by the chair of his iuvaod son.vV pressed him to his heart. The boy shoxved no frantic demonstra tions, but au intense joy shone in his spir itual eye, as he locked his thin arms a rouud his father's neck. I knexv it xvould to think it all, she xvould not believe any of it.' .. 'iav. darling. 1 half believed it or this ..i i i l ..i.i. ""'-""i; ..oiiei lion; "fi-it im sunuiu v ... . , . oy; and lor the sauness ot one part oi that tale 1 was readier to believe the oth- er. I ail u it xxouhl to tell the bv and silent t,l,..,lnc.. ,.f .i,,! ,,v wcrt. w ..... --.i.. ..... uuu ...r....-. ,..t.,.vM up. he recovered. xvasjmprisoned, and coiistamed three years, xv hey . beggared and weak, he xvas let loose in the wilder- ness 01 1aik;oii. ami xxiiiiout irienus or money, he sought a passage for America: xvas disappointed and reduced to the loxv- est need; he toiled on the wharves, and became a porter, and strayed on till he got ... . .. the money necessary tor his passage, anil , mded but, a xxeek before in Xew York, from xvhence he had labored on, tdl the good farmer found him pennvless and ex-! nennvless and ex- r ... ... . , . : hauste.l by the road-side, ilis letters had never reached their destination, ami the first gleam of any knowledge of his e.xis- tvnee came with "his nresence if indeed - - 1 lie xvere not a magnetic consciousness of i.ie preinouiiioiis oi ine Keeii-iier eti v.iiiir- V . o his approach. When school was done, Dob, and nim- blefooted Ellen came tripping home, eager . to see the product of their toil. Little El- len ran first into tlie room w here all were mute, and seeing a stranger, shrunk to ! her mother's side abashed. Bob halted a moment with the sudden surprise, and : . . . . . smile made it articulate, 'Father!' and the f bov bounded to his arms. Then little El- ion came, iasniui ana wondering ana doubting; and all the brief past of her lite i with him came back, x hen he sxvung the I girl of nine years on h:s arm, as he had 1 I'" ''Tr" ';. UK' I1:!' 0 abright spirit, with pure blue whv. and l?'.T . l l,,at : -as doubtless this xerv q-.tion, and the tis. The vou.i.r hU Iks f hubarb cW hoxv all t:,e village children helped nem. tra,'1nareIlt Jb,.. ,lntl(1 tlos,?,,v n)e. ' are riveting the attention of finance of 17.17. w hid: the , .,eral had , ,; x;ilit. ii,,, naud tird water coutain, b Isket -T.d never'' concVuded the ho,, ' 1 havo sw, l,ir" oft- in 'i''ice, and the Canadian people. The Colonist says: ' "j"'1 V'"" h" ",!,,u'a ", s U"r V"""- '" consequently those who cat est chronicler, 'was'a more blessed erca. Iery fit of agony xvould bring hiin closer. Ve aro evidently now arrived at a crisis .V'. T T f f0,1 ,ua,l f th ture in this world, or a xvo.n.n with more i were afloat, and it was a rough ,,, Canadian history: a crisis in w hich the "AV,V-,ti Jl Vr ii. --Vl"t - i ' mik uH' "jlU'r ' introducing into blessed heloers for children h in .... or wid wind to drive me to him. 1- ather, i. . oilier. Lxecutive Council has taken a stand oti' , , t! . , ' "pie. Ihe great, st tucir system the conslituent ingiedienta of w I)ox' die o .vi l'"'h' l:il"n' !1" cou,oV a,,a xUo '"'" kU1 certain posited demands; has stated its a'"1 ''?st "'""very o.-m, , the country lllultM,rrv caJtulus which if mi oxalate Z l n.: i:;,..!l!,.v..,.tl.e..e all silently. They knew that he was case in plain tei u.s, fully and unreserved- : 1? u''llVr;"1 . ,)a.""1 -bs,-f Cm,V1 i' they are dyspeptic, hud he so A sxveet Dream. r r.s. ,i : ,( ,s peilectiv unUerstool on Will, ;.!.. ' ....... . -i, . . ------- a pate, thiii-xviugeu creature, with neauti- . . . ' . " '"7u,y y "ie pan or tne Jvxecutive things t'nat were no xvas particularly obnoxious to ..... ... sniriT. i n a sxveet smile, more ol Heaven I' ... . , (T,,...l, t . .. .. .. . i"-n.ii.i unions me lul eyes, t-dd me you was not dead, and " - u..x...a..wl.,. ,., council nere, is to hasten on the payment: . politicians. i!,.., i.i...,'..,... ,,.. i and tothed. e.) s .uled moth?r seemed it no of one or more instil. ... i ... . , .... .. . . I z : ,u . :.? : :.. v . : .. 1 .ey that she k-u the pressure of the cx. without fu,,Iier :::z . . . . r "r"r ,,e .,,era,,., ',,n"? vr ri ."' H. - . .: fV;.""- ';: tended iloiver-band. and down its living t... .1.,,. .1; -rt,,,,l ""-' esuma.e. oaseu upon tlie strength on that occasion (eleven I tllink III am .notner, una oo, ami i.uen wouui y. imIs,s Af livin, ,lliss i,om rim'n ' '. aU. crl"V'.' Vi "'.'I "f li! ' -s her), neither (leu. Harrison or (J oe nappy aim uxveu ogeiuer, ano ieei my ,,...,.;,.., .,.,. n "llfi;., I,vl ' : ' . . ' cw 1 nav'?at'on Willi .Mr. an Ihiren fifteen thousand Whig Scott, xvho were supported by !:?.r,.',,T-.U B. ,SU "r". ,a,"er' Wha, if stl,,o scenes passed in that X 7.. ,U' "'"l votes, and says that the Vhigs will then and Western Whigs, received a sin Kiiexv ami mm moiner, oui sue was so sau ... . ... , ... P ,V , , , :T '- "'-'g" omce in iontion. ami poll Z I T.O'ID. which xxill he a maioritv v.,te south of the Potomac, and f thin- .th sa.I prophecy ot hereave- '.'" "i" " ... i" I .V"1 . 1 or.ln.arv and constitu- and south west have bestowed upon Vir- ...rouii.llv places the i .a . ne of our candid- meut, we can only catch .mm the deep " J." v "Ta ! Z7ll " " eonside;red too tedious,' gu.ran. who have inigra.ed thi.her, in con- kte at" tin, head of its columns, and .dvo xxords, and more deep looks, the s.n.p e 1 t er eUrnl Tn J'T )'?',a,,ence evinced.- -sequence of .he ridiculous deportment of cale, his clailI)S with si,na, efr,ct. South story of ' . and s returi, which told T , tether, the events now transpiring are too many of ,he,!): er orators canvass thdr own and other that the shot xx luch wounded him, threw he" si it t n or "riir .'T "'"f T' areabut' n 'non, Sucker took a gr,a, dislike States with a fidelity and zeal not .urpas h,m ,to the sea that he Hoated on sliver .ij !,r iPe is i jLun" " "nJlo.r.a Sra an?e, and that ac-riiS to a foolish young irginian. w ho. a few ,ed,,nd the resultf .Maryland, overshaM of their vessel, ti the Itntisli tucked him Ju uuu mrcxtr, C harlie is not ue.au. has arrived. Is Mr. Ibu-lmnat. i. ' xveeks sn..-,. t. ll,.. ,. ;tt. . . . . j done to the boundless delight of the girl of" , lour. With tears and laughter, and the d.-eixmii-J o-;... of ('harlie. too deen-soui- e l for either tears f r laughter, that house " enfolded a blest family. CI, irTER m . fh kiss of the kind angel. Death brought a slight flush to the hollow cheek " of little Charlie, but a flush that kindled e . i , - , - .i . . . . .... z.l..- I.. ....... C.r it. a .....l!,.-"., I..... rl " Jcm-ii.c n.,c-, .i ... .- iiroi I :. . . . . . . . li:id irtir.,l t.i trul lii nrnnfii'pv nieltli. - - --j . - father knew too well the hectic bloom tliat. wiien heaven's gate is opening to the pure. is sometimes flung from the near glory upon the faded cheek. .So Autumn's first wild frost-kiss had touched the great ma ple over the cottage w ith a blaze of splen dor. The dear boy sat no more in his wonted place beneath its wide arms, save in the softest season of the blandest day for dear past memory's sake; and now Ins thin white fingers, slenderer than a girl's, hung idly from the folds of his thick shawl, no more to shed a life-like glow from the reflected blushes of the roie. or staj(j- .,04ii,r lorries ' ''ie p.,,;,., o'her l new Irs uti hJnn amJ' WJ ri,si'li so K.rtt wcn. h,.r ;,.f a, tru, tll:U s, utunin en- liliies and tears would min-de on her face; and every tnorning she would thank Clod rath- er that he was here, then uiurmer that he was going hence. ' Mother, he said one day. after a se- vero struggle w ith pain, w hich Hushed lis beautiful pale face, but could only wring it to a slight contortion, as the soft wind ...!. I ..Dili.. ii 'jli.r in i.rlii.rr t.tth ..,.!. ...... . ...oi. ...... ........ goui"-. alio xvere mute, save little r.iien xvho put her arms about him lend -ily and begged him. 0 don t go. Charlie itii a quiei. glance oi ins uinuung eye. caught a vision invisible to them who watched him. and Hashed a pure smile over the falling tears. t i i .' i i e ..... , ... .Mother, he xxhispereu iainuy, 'they are bringing a whito flower-wreath, and tliev say it is for filial and fraternal Love, 'otherbecause I've loved you and fath- er and Hobby and I '.llen; ami yet, how could I help it? you are so good. And one holds up a band of softest blue flow- ers, and he says it is for Patience, mother. because I have borne suffering meekly; i ... .i. i i i . r. :. but sweeter, clearer, and thev make a loxv. soft tinkling in tunes, as -they wave in her hand, and this she says is for 1 unty, and she will bind it on my bosom. mother, do you feel them: they float smoothly by you, and look kindly on you; ; and now a lovely company have come..: i i ... i i, and twined as wreath of all these flowers together round us all and noxv 1 float a xvay. ( mother, one kiss! the rose-chain lengthens, but it xx ill not break, 1 go. but this xxill hold, us always till "it folds us close again. Hark! through the open door, and passed a skele- ton like bierand solemn words were said, "o tears were rained proiuseiv on a mar- , i - i r i - . lie fhoekf nn,1 iloeUs of .hillreii nil in . , : w. t f,mi w,th .late fljWers 1,1 tl,elr , r'" " " ' P ' u ,l lJ'y K'umi a nine grave, mane me name, oi l ..-..I- i .. , , . , w- , . F10111 J.iinaii :i. -- Late news from Kingston was received by an arrival at Xcw Orleans, Aug. 16th. i v" s -aj j f ,ie Lo.rjsJature had "l ..." ,L . 0 f assembled, to provide ways and means for carrying on the administration, livery - thing was dark and unsatisfactory. I he , Mercantile Intelligencer is qu o n 11 " ' -r "uUcttn as saying: ' uuoted bvthe iuin has al- - 0 rn,l,. ,.l .1, .,,,1 .,f I .0 n. . ""'"-" r"'" ri'"- . dalion, starvation is fast following in its train; universal gloom is the only feature noticeable o. n,ir iru. snpriilaiirtn hs .... - . reaseii. i.iiiness i almost ar a siarifi. ana in a word. the inhabitants of this Island " " " look forxvard to the future with distrustful an.xietv and dismal forboding."' Attempts were making bv Capt. Darling to introduce the culture of Tobacco in Jamaica, xvith "ood encouragement. His first crop had turned out well, and gave . promise that the business would be uc- cessful The ei.rars made from the to- S . A Dutch vessel had arrived at Kingston : w ith SCO Afiicans received on s - t. Helena News was receiv capture of a Slaver, at Sierra June, with upwards of iHW captiv board. out mai suoni'i ue ior vou, lor u whs v mi separation, to hasten an event that in the that made me so happy. I couldn't feel . natural order of things is inevitable, and the pain. And noxv one comes close to ; to bring within the compass of a year or me with tiny Iwuquet f.f the most sweet ; probably two years, w hat might not other small (lovers, like the lilv of t!ie valley. 1 win I, anoen before tli In.-.ci'c :.-.t" Propped the faint clods over the dying ,'v ti '.wru' i inn 1 1 :i i e 11 :i 11 1 1 t .1 1 1 lie r.i 1 ie. ,..-... 1 ...t ...i....t .. .- - 1-ss bosom. r,,d the w hite soul of the boy shall pay for the priv ies of 'the rnited V'"' t5, v' hc "'ce .1 ... i ' 1 . . ... l 1,1J 1 1111111 not pretend to a hi an lhirernsiii . " u ' "" 3"'e; -iKo.i ,-iaies marwci, will he taken in instalments' ri i i . .t, which his ear had caught, and which it ! amounting iu J lie only salvation for the Whig party) seemed the sobbing mother and the kneel-; incorporation withe tes nd er one ' V, crKtii jstastic sP1K,rt ; ing sire, iu a moment's hush of grief. Federal Government. I I i is no secret C"' lor. Permit Inn, by v,r ......1.1 ..l .!..,- o ..... I i.;.. - . r . 1 . ' isoo&etrtt. sup.nene.ss and follv to be de Cated. :md liwej coi. ciuu me auiumuai xvinos smueo I here:,. re eon ,1 I,.,.- es on ; The .liinexatiuii or Canada. cry sti i)iir are the Dolitical movements in the Canadas, to ctKct a separation of .hoc province, fVon, Knglaud. and their annexation to the ,V . v , , 1 and Commerce have increased there to . sch an extent that their inlluence is be- giimiiiir to be flit b v ihuse tii".i' ed in the . r o ... a 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 t 1 r :1 T : , 1 1 1 nl tll( ifnlormn.M.t , .t th. ' . . ........... . . ...v. roillltiv. It is an extensive, productive -' , i rou,,try. "d under a liberal government. the inhabitants would advance rapidly in improvements and wealth. The peculiar ,.. .nV!1- .rinum c . eared for by rulei three thousand miles ir.l.lr-.-.. , . I .1.... I . -. . . 1 distant, w ith an intervening ocean. The cfHrts of die Cauamiiuiis to produce a repeal of the Ihits! navigation laws, or even such a modification f th CHI, n.S are needed to secure liieir coinmercial pros- departments of t !oV;'r!inici:t an J acqui.s perity, have failed of success, and bus'ness c't',, m J'eople." and credit have been seriously allected by . Ve would call the aMcMi.-,. ..four read- ...... . ...... vw. ..,..,.-. .,..,uai opcr.nioii. l'he Toronto Col-mit. a paper w hieh supports tuo love rniiient of Canada, in , commenting .m a recent threat of the nd- mini,ti atiuu to cut oil" Canada from her best market, in case certain measures of . ., " "vernrneut were fn.stra.ed. indicate, ciearly, and with a bold spirit, the scnti- merits of ihe Canadian people on the ques- . . r- , Kiu oi separauoii irom the mother coun- ly; ami declared to ihe Imperial Cnvern inent. that there is no alternative but to yieht to commercial preferences, and allow Canada to glide gently into ihe arms of the I". States confederacy. The grounds on which these demands are made are strong, very strong indeed. -Thev are no less tnan the calamities inflicted on Canada by free trad.-; and the imposibilitv of ex- isting under a free trade system with the I l i.ited States ports shut a-aiiist us The . Executive Council has made out a slroi." ; case; this we admit; and Montreal and ; Quebec will give it their cordial support 1 for they are the sufferers; but let it noted, that it is a case to precipitate a .. . II ' Unite and protracted nerh.,? it ' faint might be the hope which we -r- ..... tained that free trade xvould biin" the neo- pie and Coxernment of ( heat fh itai , their sense, we noxv bCgi to , re e. ,il:it such au event, if it Should vet e would come too late, for the Kern ive Council of Canada l.:.a i-.i .'L... I 1 ...:il :. i . . " . u iiiir.i , i 1 ill oi soon mocuiaie tne w hole Province ir I. ..... I, . .1 . . ii - . mm ... Ti, i . I'uraiions to u ash - mgton. Ihe last xvas that of the IWin. , ;Tl s..r i,. l ii V r rovin- cial eeretary and Mr. Lafonta ne tu ' . ... '. u Ihe (.oveiniuent at U ash ivton Is ,,.l.l i -ii. - iiiarKauiv accessible, but it j I rood i' . .., ,lx.uiV a,-complished in anv dZ - " hlsX l"!f ""'i e no i''i'n,i.i f 1. "U..IUHI5HIII" Mini i- ,nn as to t ... v...l: . e .. p. - 'D - 'i'iiuiil v Ol gfllinglllO ' f ,.,..:,.l . . r ".pt-rirti Tovernmenttxj set aside a "eneral rule and dispense with cotitutionaforae-' net.- so iar as io crirjrower tlie Mi mister at asinngton to l'f!rr..nnii,l .1.. I ...v. . ..... miulhi rtiio conn mini cafe f.eeK- ...;,t. ,i. v.... e... ...in OIL VvcniHUlclll .u. ,. n-Jil ir (Ilflflf ' I horn 1. " l""" M"- "dl " wui. tnir readers will recollect that on the eve of the departure TI ll-l -.- . ..... " vl i.iginirom l.ngland. .Mr. . Isaac ucha"an predicted in a" letter addressed - to his Kxcellency, that bis lvcc,lencv was the last t Jovernor that the British vlo'xern- ment xvould send to Canada. Appear-: do an ? certainly ominous. .mce writing the above, tlie copy of. another tr...oi..I. ,.r . ..i. . 1 r V , '.., . suoepieiu uaie, irom ixiru i-igm to l.arl l.rev. has eomo'tne ruclcer. . 1 I 1 " " ' ' o nanu, arm on account of its very great importance, audits connection '-with- the despatch already referred to, we publish it also in this number of our naner. U'f. f l uwuoi incti inese uesnaicues xvin : snie our readers. I ree trade, it will be . .. . ' I ... . . . . ' - seen, is uomg its work. Ihe urgency of Lord Elgin's language is portentous; it is j f"'l of significance; and now that the Na-i ligation Laxvs are not to be repealed this session, w e may expect on the part of the aunexers and the .Montreal free traders, t something in the shape of physical force; demonstrations. This is quite in unison : -.. . - . . : Cheap Lightning Rods. Xo 1 wire is i success. at . i i. .1. savs the ireinian. . . H. sain l J Llti an 4. i , i'. v- iiuwi.iiuu oj.aiusi UlC - red of th i.. , . - 1 'No. .stranger, xuit fjvxnp. 9ftth r i the Sucker, "bu: 1 - xv ar snips use me wire wua coitid ete CDf..r. f,m; v. n.t 'd Taj lor a iil lilt Tro io. ..... .. . . All that reas'Miafile aiiti-I,verv man ' can ask a IVesident. in rehtion to the " .l. ..t". 'l , llltl'l LMJSl' ll.S ln II IIYTI .St 1 'III IMMIIS lO UC .1.., .. . 1 1 ,1. . ft at the will of the people as e.uree.-.ed tnroueii Tiu-ir rej lroueh their reeresentaiivcs in Congress. should his cLiinions be as i adverse to the veiv one knows P'T1'! "r ih- Thi , . I, , . i IS Ull tli:it :l IV..!. It-Ill I". HIM lt'ltl.,1' nil I -. v i ... :.. . . .. n l.i.,t.i i? ill liie Iil'lll . :l (.IL'l il'U; j ;,y:or tlo m t ie pp His own !aiig;ig... as found in his Allison 'e,t,'r- is lull and explicit on this point 1 he ,t'"'"r w" -aly pe.b!:.ie,l. and hrii' n.m tli. l! .1 1. . , i . i.'i. .."tin. ... I . I -The p,.roual opiuiei. of the individual ; who inav happen to occupy th- i'veeutive chair, ought not to control the action of to:i rress upon uuestions of domestic " policy; nor ought his . m . t ; n i to tie m- teriK.sed where uuestions of c.int'tutiniml tnwei hm-e Id.cii -tl1... t liv tS iviri.iii ers io i:ns tangii-ige. i i;'ietins eit'Mi-ms i ,,.,.;,. ,,.,;, tiniPslir i..'ifi. an! wii.'re f.-,-v; . oi t ' cni"ti.'iii,ni.i' or r hm-- ff?n s.ttlH, the personal opinions . the Kxecutive. even ii i!iey ne a iverse i.i t:iose oi v ongress, are n.. t to ! iiitci j'.i-e 1. The W ilmot Proxiso is a question ol dom.-stie p-diev. and theie is not a sing!" qu 'stion, in tlie whole history ot our guverunient. that is more firmly settled by th practice of our (iovei iiinent, and t!iat has b -eii longer and lilie decidedly acquiesced in by the pefii.le, than has this of the 1 .-ewaiu, J lios. vol Will, win a HUM Oi other champions m ,,,. so under- .stand it ,, , a.h;netoh T ...on. the ergan of I nl. ( ass V ( r..,-r, nuuerstands it. I he I nio.i , of Aug. 3. aays tint Cass will veto the U ihnot Proviso, while it is "annost I certain that C n. 'J'.inImi- will not." Jx- VV lo,,Vs' " t-un'''- l,,,s- " l"'!,l!, i.v deel ire., bis beln t that V " no1 v,'t" ,r' v,s,- ,5rer-n ;Via",s', a XV " her of Congress from ' I . . t M. ' . ...... " rvtM"lt K tTei" ueciareu on me 11or f (',,"yri S- t!,at ,,e n"t "'.v '" I' ?- e'K ''Ut d' s'r(ti" t,ial 'on- '! lr if elect- would not veto the W ilmot Proviso IMshoncft political opponents, xvho do not wish to believe anylhii g good ir. (Jen. Taylor, nlled to treat all this xvith con tempt. Such is the spirit of the more violent and reckless o, ,.oco,ocu aim. ..r .i. i . r .1 ! Abolition presses, writers and orators Vrrnnnl Journal xx- v y, .- ,Vl J T r", u'" ,"IX ' ' Y !x' is l.Ke talking o a square y l " ,'i" , ' !"f ' T V', S , 8 ? V ' Ul" C I"al cnn uolu n,f'r",,:'1 . I . .. :'e s.i same tinle. is supposing an iinpossibi iiiix. ..xnoiuioiiisiii ami riax eryism are tne l i . l !.r . r . ? . . ; edges, w orn down fo the sharpness of i i i i i i i .i knife blade bv being ground on he stone I r r " i n e .i i .. f madness and folly forthe last ten years: xx i.: .. . . : :. . " ""x nig cuooses io re;e upon eiiner f.I .i l-i- TllPUit T II III! wtlMllo thl.lll Of OllOn !. ... ii i . i r ...... i ru , ".""V , ,', ' U r'T h''l1 ;inv l oi K ma v ue S -l lo .VIi "tl 11 riniit I r . .. ' - J ltiiwr. J XI i c rirnt I'n milieu. i ie toirow ing story is not ba! though it nt fhf. . . v . ... 1 1 . . f 1 1 , r, .. .' - .. " .:. ........ . -t . .. ........ . , r , rr. 11..1. i.;,.i. .1. :.v .i. t. u nnoii I' nil, ..uimj ii r n IK H lllfT SOUTH. liltn nn riir i mif tjmhitj hn -. . . iruuan was continually comhing his hair, brushing bis coat or "dusting bis boots .. .. . . o h ot xxhich movements the rrucker took exceptions, as being. h-eil- too darn- ed nice, by half." lie finally drew up hi chair beside the Virpiuian and began "Whar might you be from. Mranger "I am Irom V lrgiiua, sir, politely ans- wered the g-ut. ..I". . ,.l.l X-:...: I .o-oni,. nf,o3c; m. a rom o, Id . . CS sir, oil irgmia xvas the reply. You are pretty high up in ' the picters thar. "spose." continued the first. -1 don't know wh-at you mean by that ... . . . cinm n so , . nr: iiinmu. " ', nothin. . . . . . . ' savs the Sucker. -but . - . . .. , mat you re uesp rat rich, and have been brought up right nice." "If the information will gratify you any," says the gent, patronizingly, smoothing doxvn his hair. "I belong to one of the first families." -.... - "Oh. of course!" answered ihe sucker, "Well, stranger, bein as you belonjr tothe c . fo . " . . r mvo T u f. wt t . a I illu.T 'Vou want to quarrel with me, mr, an 8tcm;", answered never seed one of the crin sumthin to vet i w ' . .. p.- - O ' . i- . II a si"ht ot one oi em. i Knew you w as . i f- i '.'uni .wy xi riv i uiiitii icii iniia 17 ailu ;ono of the furst. Vaue vou look iet like ' i..i... i , ,,,. 1'his inohtied the Virginian the bir.t "lZV - ' " - kW W tCUJJ4 relationship to the orator. "He, you know, continued the Sucker; "uns a oescendant of trie ingrn gal, IVcahonias.' "Vou are right, .sir," answered the other. "HY1I, str inger," aid the tucker, "do 'U know thur is aniiother queer thing allvs puz'Jes me. asul it's this I never seel a Virginian that did'nt claim to be descended from au in gen, John Randolph, or a nigger I" ' W e need not add that the Sucker rolled; ctf his chair Middeiily! Thev were 31 !'' jicj, imu Kepi apart until the tucker " n lanutng ntar ins nome. As l-..i. l l . . ... . . ne siepco asnore, ne caugnt sight ot Iho Vi.giniaii on the upper detk, and hailed hint at once with ' "J soiv, old Virginny, remember two fit slioats for the first feller you find that belongs to the second Virginia family!" influence of flic IChabarte Plant ia I'roiliicinj; .ra'cl.' The fourteenth nuinher of Hraitiiwaite's Ketrospcct fr IVactieal .Medicine aud Surgery, contains au article on this subject wliich is calculated to aiaim those who indulge in the pies and tarts made of this palateahle plant. It seems that it furnishes the incterial of one of the most painful and dangerous diseases to wliich the hu man system is subject. ill,:,, e 1. di.re.-l the r.ei.l "nr.. iJoei , i11(.u,. ,j,tf allJ ,c 4xceej. ig r.r;, ,,f a renal concreation of that killj ... t.TUe va;lfe was fuUIul jn )rCf, oul (,f fullr after eating the rhuhaib." This, it must be admitted, is rather startling. The mulberry calculus is the' : most j.ainful form of the concretion of the ki-lnexs and bladder. The rhubarb p.aif ias j,,,,, t.xtonsive USf aj ;s generally considered a very wholesome article of diet. If the dansrer of using it a j,,0!l, as is represent spect, it should oe univ i ,,J,,c.d. there xvould seem infer that the danger is I sented in the Kttru uniVersally ' kliown.' to be reason to not confined to' those xvho use limestone water, foi tho acid will probably combine with other bases ns well as xvith lime. The presence of oxalic acid in the plant, perceptible (o . r the taste, xvould lead one to conclude, a priori, that the ascrilied effect would re sult from its use, whenever it is not de-'. composed by the stomach, which seems to be the case in th; greater proportion of instances; and the experiments leave little room to doubt its agency in tlie produc tion of ovulate gravel in the urine. J. (J. (J York Pa., June, 1017. .XIitKoulh. - , A writer in the Nexv ., York Tribilnc, speaking cf the Philadelphia Convention, says: "And now sir, in conclusion, alloxv ine to refer you to an example, recently set us by the South: It is well known to you and most of your readers that Gen. Harrison, xvho received the nomination at Harris burg, in December, 1839, was not the fa-' vonto of the South. On the contrary, that' Southern rig up- nuin-- en. Northern ule SI 111 ... ...... . . . w,,,n 11 wa" a"nouncM ll,at .Vly, tor lU" l,a'J P'"ed an unbro- iren Nmil wnv ,l, l..ul,.,l oeli a unaua nr ! ' . ' ' " ! disappointment arid sorrow I never wit- 1 re-ssed. And vet. what xvas the course of our Southern brethren llrioli that oJeeaainn T A Southern delet rises and move- that . . .." f l.rt t ioi 1 1 1 ri at ir.,i l.o liria ti imniiu ami .. .. .. .... vails. . 1 1 . - . .1 er. nut nomy spu-rung ootti, gives 10 me ticket a majoritv larger than at any previ- ,... .w..lrin (or i;o,.en v-..arU k'.r..v . - , v-. . Bm-,...Hv,. . ends uo her majority of 25.000 double' tne number she has ever "Iveri to ber own' ! favorite son. North Carolina slow but sure rPUOrtg a maioritv of 10 000; Ten-- ,.S!J.,t the home of Jackson and I'olk," ?.(jjf)- (leoria whre nartie are al- xvavs nearly balanced. 8,000; Iooisiana, - . ... an unparalleled majority; ana Mississippi, ..r.r..r...i r.A ; .1.- u r ft 1 i'.ei-...c. Hie mil.Ki U im J . States by an individual who aspires to di to his other honors that of public ex ecu- ' tioner even Mississippi declares for the tl,- ,.f ,h TV xi'u: ,.r - ' ' . ' 1 - ..u. VI llliz, v.. 1.10 North and West' shall th! rtnmnlc be t i . -I-'" m-. i hum inn. "Now a.mi Always x Whig." 1 '". .'..sss Kfofralism Job Stanbury ' . r ! ' " . 7 j of u heeling, V., who was n m- jtirnate friend of. General Cass,-altar be f emigrated to Ohio, and prior to bis ' hav- : : J.wd the. Republicans in 1ROO. e.rti- i .. - . . J black- be was i The Lewisburg (V.) Chroniole names m sim-i 3ar statement "on the authority of one of the most respectable citizens of Greenhri er county," who knew Cass well and in i ox i.'. ii 'rii,. I,, ,ti,ii, ..f ii, ,i:.,i, I'D. i .verv xv nur naner at trie Boutri t;l