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1 H : "DELAWARE DEMOCRAT" WILiU.XOTO.V, — :i. white, IN SrUADEUV, »/LA WARE. | Edith* s. Saat FOURTH -■ t-W.I. ** irt of ID lii ■ m V. B. PALMER. T A« 'tic uir I h>n I at the Fifth ami Ch ' ' J. T. BIEALD, Bookseller, stationer, binder M Xo, 197 market Street. WJLMJNG TON, DEL. July 4—6 «in», Cllliifi, Glass. <èIJEE\SWARE «TORE. rtMINCTON. DELAWARE ïTIt Na. OLORÊD. hi.p , alyl ■ CHINA. I'ON F 1 Tt-ll T.i inJ Es* :x. M' maly Rin H irj nil y Millbitu city fms of charge. »EALniiS ' pi. .ny. •• p f»CL'- HOTEL. tUE I 'illy tyl '■*>' "f U> ipl : lubl JOHN WILSON. CM A° G^OCE Y. Tea Wine. Liqii iraml Pro vision tore. \%i Ktawniiyii "P r ; ■KS .il.) THORNTON, IIUGJI .V , « h » > ilyj Dn Third, -if JAMES B.KENi«ARD Briiggist & PBinrmaccutigt, Market St , 2d door 'Mow Fifteenth. * K Phy ■»■tolly "Æ'X X nrk. L-lphiM Jy GEORGE RICHARDSON, ID DEALER IN Foreign Sc Domestic Hard ware and €u<lory. AIM. COACH A :nv iiARDw PAINTS. OILS AND VARNISH, ). 84. MARKET ol LMINGTON, DEL iy CAKE, 1IOI CREA A CO., No. 118, market Street, and g, Ealitia Street, n WMPORTER8 of U JI SuiriU. Roach Appl i Old Ry. tiiplily ii hy J (wrnugb ity. pr.'ieplly I .hippi s M») : REPUBLICAN - OTEL. KKOKliE « uii'ni:i.i. WJTOÜLD Urea HOTEL PELTFULLY INK af Pa ; Aik «tlyl »»Ry CAMPBELL. ir 10-tf WILLIAM B. WICGlNb. ITotury P«WIc and Commissioner of Deeds, STATES IN foe most or UNION DRAFTSMAN. *"\ Moîa.** Offic n ho Hdwf r * K»«*? ] RON RAILING nnHE UNDERSIGNED 18 PREPARED J| NI-H WITH n of Iron. WI Ik-M sualily, BELL HANGING FUR » tATl PATCH p_.u« by apily »nJ *G UN 8 "a'i'/d ' L OC K 8 t*ri«ty » upon ROBERT ; B FHEPARATIONS no —McMAIt a Dm OU? ÎBI L DELAWARE DEMOCRAT, VOl. I. OFFICE NO, 7 EAST FOURTH STREET, WlLlfllNOTON, DELAWARE. AO. 19. W1I.UAMH. WHITE, JOHN ITRAD18T, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1857. F O E TRY. •« WOODS!. IK THAT TREE * •luiplkily I) I illr Mttir dly f-ul plaintively wo to lip. ity, ctly by H fur ly af faih • Join Thi. »bl ; lyric ■ * n by *'W 1 P» I Ik 'Ei cl pul Likd « Iipr, ny. iilty. if no lr »pr >r pr«« ib • II ' In> A 11.I I HinfAUi'r'i pin 1 1 h j * Oli ImJp, in I Jr »4— M> vyii Uliictllaiutills J-rpailmtaf. Adveiitun;» of Tip, A VIRGINIA FUGITIVE SLAVE. CHAD 1LU I. And where is Tip? Come with us, : ill lake y the Vei y spot where the I the deep der a pile of brush, gillve is of ng: 0 lying side by side, asleep, full-orbed I he s up,— id bright. The forest glitters iu the silvery light, suj.ivimly th rn. 05?r itf-relHHHad. veiled far; and they have a long, long They have been They have ey before them. j 1 obliged bright daylight, nnd they ought cordance nith their plan, tobe < lew tramp again ; but they arc tired nature exacts repose, and in this would seem she will have it. They bavo tried to reverse In r ordir aud sleep by day; but, despitu of them, she claims the night for rest. The world of life all around them is sleeping,—sleeping,—recruiting the tired energies of yesterday for the foil and burthen of to avoid the ope road und tin the rost id 'J hut katydid, in-t the shield rubbing his rough hub of his inner win.s, and the restless with his everlasting chirp, watchers hovering around tho lowly pillow upon which the wand Afar ofi' is the faint icl-ct the only reposing.— •too-too-hoot" of a solitary owl,—the cry lengthening into a prolongued wail id sounding sadly in the liafnitcc. growing shrill and shrill prowler approaches the couch of the slumbercrs. Over their heads anopy formed by tho spread ing boughs of a gigantic bcecn. On a dry twig in the heart of this forest king the night-bird lias chosen his perch, nnd, ali enee, it repents ù lllf tho re tie unconscious of tbvi ife quaint antlioni, trilling out the ! ful ■•s, and then sinking decrescendo a pi 'I hi is a rustle in tho K* , and Tip undies w ith a wild acre ider tho fro brushwood, bis frightened ing up and following, both running, they know not wither. nrado start steered!" exclaimed Tip, rubbing bis eyes aud shaking his bur 'Golly I but I "Who was dut, "anyhow?" inquired bis companion. " I Fought It to eotcb Tip !" a painter, sure, come Tplied the terrified negro, nuffin Lut one of dem nu Is : but «ley's mighty skeory e itturs." "Ha! hn 1 und I was n-t inkin'it tho next Fing to a painter 1" rejoined tho other, whom we beg to introduce by tin . though, wo grieve to suy, despite the sober influence of better counsel ami example, a wicked world per sisted iu calling him simply Abe. "Next ting I wha — what's dat?" inqui red Tip. "Squire Scrub's bloodhounds, sa 1" re -ponded Abe. "Oh, d m Crittun ! Massa Cla finished dein," said Tip, "and durs o' dat sort o' varmint in dis part ob Ule Virginny siuco dey's bad dar ole backs broke.'' On thoy went, striking a footpath which wound through the intricacies of the swamp and converging iu a low, subdued voice, though th re was "Ü of Abruh; Oily any danger that elcomo auditor could overhear them at tbe dead hour of night, disposed to Jalk much. He seemed to be thoughts ; and gradually bis companion became weary of prompting the conversation, and they strode onward iu silence. At length Tip began : " I say, Abe, docs you know what I's ! runniu' off for?" Abo, who knew that Colonel Lawrenoo always treated his servants with a liberal kindness that was the envy of their less fevered bretbrao in boodRg»\ was at tir. t Tip w muiuijinc with Lis •pmewliat adopted the Yankee nrnctioe. " Don' y iiitorro ntory reply. " No, I don't," i «r-of-fe n loi* for lie answer. .r* kn you self, ^ponded Tip, with a candid, " Well, does you know whar I'sgwi continued Tip * it" " You to Ohio.'* said Abe. responded Tip. ia ?" exclaimed Abo, i Tip stood stock atill i "No. I isn't," " Whar den, astonishment, a flic road. phlitieol 11 runuin 1 d if you don' know eider, don aster ly. If I don"know what I' y for, Tip'- a big fool for leavin'his kind and Miss Joaimi : 'datVaR I has t> say 'bout dat. But what do you Maybe you don' know eider, Abe?" " Yes, I does 1 My massa- guv switchin' de oder day," said Abo. away for? " What for ?" inquired Tip. "Jes' for miffin. old Ike IjM a-dom' in tho cornGcl'," said to sco what Vbo "Well, what ho doin' ?'* lid his "Niir.nl'* the laconic reply, is you doiu' ?" per isted " And what w Tip. ■'] wutchin' Ike ?" replied Abe. "Yah! ynh I Sure eu gb, you got dal itchin'Jor nulfiii," shouted Tip, forget ting all his p caution white, e *• But no tOtcht black my buck, 'eeptin'my nmtny when I was a little toller B y nebor^trikes anyfmdy ;it White Uak,—iiubht-r ! And l II jes' hid ) I believe good-by, Abe, and go <1 , you git out, Tip ! 1 Fought you an dan uj dat, ' said Abo for. de "I'guided yii com of liberty ! I s', osed you was ubovi in ashvc, ! 1 s'po'od you had pluc-x mat r, su ! But „0 buck ! C 1 * be yn I'd b«-< V\ hut'll nil de folks .say ? Dry il ji s, laugh besides, dey won t trua'you d.cei )ou !• Tlu leets of liberty'' Tip could not 'To ull practical purposes he Utih Ha .'uuld permit. There luciment held appreciate, hud b. el, I, ight he by those v.iguo *s As yet, though, ho had not tasted them. Camping out at night in the woods, outing st, drinking muddy water,—run ' r by the twinges of an tii tied.— i tiling in the •i ts of liberty.' — u dry dered cle letice not. nltogcth i ts he had proved, r : all in' ÜLLMiil lish them. There was uncomfortable text, too, which lie remembered,—one of many that Jeannic and her father bad taught him in tho Su day uffornoons, at tho seliool-hou-m i graveyard; aud i «in : "Li t every un culling wherein I hud hud no provocation. But had he continually abide in the ho is called I" Tip up ng lalicnublo right to be a Iree man? Did not God design that lie should be free whou he made poor Tip a man, with all the thews and oiuews aud tbo mind aud fatuities of a man? TUetm aro question.*, Kind reader, which may gravel you some what. Uur unswi-r may not be sutisl'ac tory 5 but we will say, ut a vouture, that, opinion und belief, tbe design ol idcnce ia to be reached generally by duo attention to the actual facts, condition, or results, as tho case may be. What Providence designs it usually accomplishes. A man docs not cease to bo a man because he is u servant or a slave, have us believe; but there ference of opinion respecting these innlio, rmble rights. Those rights aro conferred by God, where they exist; and tho c power that confers may, for wine purpo.-es was done in-the experi ence of the Canuanites, and subsequently in the still sadder experience of thiir He brow masters, and thus there may be a change of relations. But Br would be a dif digress in Abe's remonstrance Tip appreciated thoroughly. Thoy deci ded him for liberty. "Dey 11 jes' laugh at Tw id. mg , will dey?' Tip trus' •red, sullenly; "and dey won't mo , won'dey? Dun I'sgwi Goon, Abel" And Tip ished his oudgd with an uir of inde pendence that would bavu k cdificd any ad vocate ol liberty in tho laud. "Dar! dat a you, Tip 1 idlers thought t. Dis pantin'for free dom's not gwine to be put down, wedder do wliito folks treats us kind, ns y uirst'r treats his people, or wedd hammer us, as my mast'r did sometimes. Dat'» nufiiu to do wid de bisuess. No sal My pinion is je*' dnt ebery worl has je." de same rights as any odor man ! Bat's do doctrine of de folk« what lives whar dero a'n't no slaves. Dar all people's on de same footin' of 'quality Dats do laud Is a steerin' for; and I's proud to have de company of a pu son dat can 'predate de glorious seutimums of de averlaotin' fourth of Juiy !" "Ib \ou sure, Abe," inquired Tip, "dat dey treats de culled folks m de free States cf dey was white?'' " 'Zactly de same 1 To-bc-suro doy do," »ponded Abe, with oracular authority. dey do any t'ing else ?" "Well, 1 don't know," replied Tip, doubtingly; " I allers fed as if de Great Maker above meant dat llaok and white i-hould be sc-p'ratc. It seems a kiuil o ral to me dat dey should. Does de white folks jes' marry the blaok gnls and de yellow gale, same as do white ladies ?" iuouired Tip. "I don'know 'bout dat," said Abo; "maybe doy does, and maybe dey don't ; or p'rhaps "Bat's a kind o ». fer i ns de right J 'Me : ioy in de "11 does'nt." queer," said Tip.— "Does do blaok and white folks go anodder nt daro houses, quality dut call- o Wliifo Oak? ' de " 'Zactly t dey's je«' ob 'qualify, don' I keep a-lelliu' you?' replied Abe. "Does dey ucbcrcill dc culled ob 'eiety ni £ gas in dem part* V f persfetsd the iucruduloua querist. "Of de : * footin' nigga 8 dor ; dey's all gemmon aud indies,—some culled do rest i:ot culled,'' was Abés reply. "When was you dar?'' inquired Tip, "New, you go 'way, Tip; ghat's dat got to do will it? Ta gwino dar, jes' as fast as pogit. qqeshions ?" said Abe, by ib j pertinacity of his catei/hiat " Kasc I'wautJ to kuO'-ri" responded do host way to findrout is jes' to d see, ' said Abc. \ I 4 *. " Zactly : dnt'a what IV about," Tip's reply ; but in the Mine breath lie continued his qn do culled folks i I C: w a do Use of all dose «•what worried lip, "D n jrics by another "Does ote nt do Kctiuua? and es dey get 'loeted demsclfo*?" dc-y docs,—jrs' do same as ds white folk«," replied Abe. "Jolly 1 Yah I I me Legislator'; aud if you'll wote for m I il wotc for you for CongfUs?'' and Tip laughed somewhat at tbo coifccit, bu at Ahu's credulity i was his d'upc. "Bar's a you, Tip, Id a a knowing wink and e, Î supposing that ho "Wole? Of for de 's to t fin' <lse, loo. I could tell 1 mind to," aiid Abe, w th air if mystery "Tell a feller, Abe, won't you?" replied Tip. "Bon' know 'bout dat. I doesn't tell it to everybody ," responded IJs companion. Well, l isu t everybody," laid Tip. "But I dou' know weil dir you's good nt keepin' a secret," said Abb with a hesi tating look. j do best way fur to find out is to try," replied Tip. " Well, if I Fought you wouldn't toll, I'd bab no objection," aiiid_,lbe, assuming a confidential air. 'D. "Of i 't if I ortn't to," replied Tip. " Do fac' is Jos' di* yer. De culled folks," itinucd Abe, "is jes' about wore out, d d.y isn't gwinc to eubndt to be slavos to du white folk? much longer. Atoro long dcy'H rise agin de masters, and dey'll kill 'em; and of dey spare any of de fuirt sec, it'll be do best lookin', fur- - —-" A tremendous blow upon tho month of the speaker cut short tho sentence, whioh Tip could not allow him to finish ; nnd his assailant stood quivering with wrath before the astonished Abe, whose face was instant i'ered with Wood, wliieh flowed from good mine to maKc}^û.fi*r night h jes' tell yer mast'r what yov's tolu Ifou varmint 1 you talk to mo about killin' my ole inast'r, and de toys, and Miss Jeannic, too!" And here his fury again, and with a shout of excoratiou, hn fell upon his companion, and dealt a shower of and left upou Abe, which laid him pros trato and helpless upon the road. " Murder 1 murder I bloody t-creamcd Abe. "Oh ! oh ! Tip you'll kill and !— the fistod blows right •dor !" 1" 't do dat," replied Tip ; "but I'll teach you somefin' you ort to know.-— You's down "No, I ; but cf you wants any ', jes' get up." And, spuming Abo with his foot, he rupoated,—"Uct up ? 1 doesn't ßtrike a feller when lie's down - Bui you s not got half enougjï yit ! — I isn't half done wid y- u." "Ob, Tip. I's gotoneugh J—I has indeed! '," groaned Abo. "Be sides, it was all talk, Tip ! Nobody inten ded fur to do any t'ing ob de sort " "If dey does, let 'e Tip; "durs ov about as stout std\i hundred fellers jes' , dat dey'll hab to te say nuffiir of the women tofe-h folks, afore dey massa '« white huirs, you bloody brack vil lain ! I jes' feels like pullifNyou back by the keels nnd lickin' ye ebery five miuutuH on de road !" of my ole "Oh, Tip, I tel! j . It de fftife, all talk," reiterated Ah«. "Well, go your way," said Tip, calmly, "and I'll go mine, and take what you's got fur de lies you's told me." And.piok in ,7 up tho oudgel whioh be bad thrown away whou he fell upon Abe Tip turned on his heel aud left him still fitting by tbe wayside "Ob, Tip, what shall I do?" groaned Abe. "You's bruised me so, I's all like a jelly ; and Is got only about two dollars to take nu to 'Hio Aud now you's gwine hum to tel! Tip paused for a moment, and then, re tracing his steps, he drew from his wallet four quarter eagles, and said,— "Hole out yer dirty ban', sal" Abo held out the band which Tip had ed with this complimentary invitation, and clutched the pieoes as thoy dropped it. "Dat'll sec you ober de line," said Tip; "sich fellerx as you is no loss to any body that gets shot ob 'em. You go lon^! I i-n't gwine wid you no mo'; but I 's not .wine «0 tell any t'ing bout yîu until I finds out wodder you's told mo tho trufe. And if you's got auy Fing to do wid a 'sar rection, I'll have you brought back, ef I has to fetch you all He way from 'Hio by de- heels or wid a wheelbarrow do trufe is, it's all talk. You's too big a ooward to dar' any sioh t ing. Bar's jes' t'ing I's sorry fur, and yet maybe it's all right. Ef you hadn't met road de oder day, I should jes' liave been at White Oak yet, widout any of de trou ble you'» gnv me to git back. I vas about puisuadu as Ole Boss I 1 - stupid as a mule to let Y< run away from hum. B says 'bout de doctrjne ob election, 'It is , and it cant be no tisser.' I's guv you It is, ar lickin', aud ten dollarafor du priv'lego : and now yon go *bont your bisuess. or I'll pay bu^deso ttri ont ai tight, s brief re"piU: give you.nnodir, and fingers." In a fe moments T|p Pis ing Abo, who, ai? resumod his march, and succeeded in reaching the place of bis diitiuntion afb-r numerous hairbreadth escaped, we shall follow Tip in hia lonely walk. The light of the dually, a; d there a ness between ita extinction and the gloam ing of tbo early morning. Tip formed a little couch of dry leases, aud core ring himself up, lay down nt the foot of a and slept. He dreamed of home. Hu i in the quarter again. Again, ho i with Dtuald in the woods, having obtained a permit for a holiday, to shoot wild pi geons. Ho has his game-bag full, and is on his way home. Suddenly he meets u party of negroes armed with gun* and pikes, running in a confused crowd, yell ing and screaming through tbo feras t.— They aro dragging a heavy weight, like a log, with a rope which is fastened to it — nearer. He recognir*» among of the negroes of a plantation fudud :iway gra interval of dark 1 hey eight or nino miles from White Oak They hail him. In the distance is a lurid light. Tho old homestead is 011 Grc. White Oak . lie look-at tho object which tho ocgrooa arc trailing over the road. Ii is! Can it be? "It i.-,ohOod!'' he groans, that white head,—that upturned face, bloody and pale in death, but wearing t-fill even in its ghastliness and pallor, the smile rf parental tiffietion 1 He moans, with a loud wail of anguish, "My dear, dear ole "Halloo Tip 1 The alcepir awake«. The bright son shine is bathing the forest iu its golden light Tho drops of early dew arc i-pariding every loaf nnd spray, and the world is ukp aud up ngniu for the struggles of another day. "Halloo! Tip, His eye follows tho sound of a familiar voice, cud at his side is Donald MoAjvan, mounted on a powerful black horse "Mas-a Douai'! Dut you?" shouted Tip; d springing to hia Je*t, thu poor negro towards him, nnd grasped the baud which Donald hold !'' "Pair 'l ip ! WhatOU Birth ails yo 1" .M Douai !. "Oh, Massa Dona]', but Is glad to you!'' said Tip; his c)cs, ed, stroking tho neck of tho noble auiuiul, which responded to his caresses by a low whinny ; "you's missed Tip from the sta ble, hasn't yo, poor fellow ? But I w my way back, aud I'll carry you uge d tho U' "jlo ! Juck," ho con jes' as 1 used to." Donald 8hook his head aud looked rowfully at tho poor nogro. another groom," said Donald. "What fur, Massa Douai'?" inquire! Tip. "I reckon 1 knows how to tend him as well "Yes. puir fallow ! i dinna doot that at all, ' replied Donald, in a tono of pity.— "But I'm thiukin' auld Suundy Larrence willna ha'o yo at White Ouk!" "Oh, Massa Donnl', he wouldn't sell Tiy kase he runn'd away? I was on hum agin 1" exclaimed the uegio. "Fuir cratur 1" Baid Donnld. "What iver possessed you to doit? Na,Tip, Sautidy Larrence isna that soortl He'Ll no sell j-o, Tip ; but he'll give ye y alter ye, to hand my way ! 1 ' pers; und he's sont to ye." And Donald took out of his pocket the certificate of Tip's freedom. Snatching the paper from the Lai d which extended it, Tip flunir tho shreds to the winds. it into fragments aud "IV gwine hum !'' shouted the negro. Donald's rough features twitched with agitation. . "Aworl," said he, "ye maun try it.— But I doot yo'll no succeed. I il do what for yo, mon ; but auld Saundy is set iu his ways, and I niver kennen day when ho turned frao them." "My ole mast'r may kill mo, but I's gwine bum,' repoated 'i ip. "Yu'rc tired, and I in fresh mysel'," said Donald dismounting, on Jock's back, for it's a long way to Oak. But slay: yo' I've brought ye a bit of uicat and bread, and seme odd notious to oomfovt ye, that Je annfe 1 -—bless her blue eye« and her sweet it till yc. Ye left yer Bible, Tip, that she gave ye. Ye'll find the bit '-trip* o' paper, uiorkio places she waufe remember when she's no wi* yo at yer Sunday-schuil." Tip throw himself on 1 ho ground and groaned aloud, iu tho anguish of a broken heart. Covering bis face with his hands, tho stroug man wept and sobbed i agony. a oriokut "Git White hungry, Tip, and I. • a home of his own. Aud -this is of all the hard, tinending toil of of to-day who oro fa st ftp (TO BÏ CONTINUED.) Something about Matrimony. A young lady out West, in a communi cation to the Sandusky llegLfer, upon the subjeot of matrimony, says : It is a mournful tact that this world is full of young men who want to marry, but dare not. Deny this, as some will, it ie nevertheless true, as wo can easily show. In this town, for instanoe, there , well to do iu tho way of salaries aud business, yet they rcfu'O thirty or lorty young take the step which they all tako, but do not—wby? Tho large majority of them have salaries ranging five hundred to seven hundred dol lars per yoa», and a few have eight hun dred to a thousand dollars per year. Now, tho first question to be asked by any I properly support a wife if 1 ? Then bo oouuts tbo oo>t cl î tbo woman of his preference take living, çk would wish, and lo ! bo finds to his ainaie meut that hia income is vastly too email to support lLliment; aud somewhat maddum d by the reflection, he plunges into labor and courts business with an assiduity that takes away bis health eventually, in bopo of attaining income that shall enable him to marry and have a modest modern e&tab the secret tbe young tl proachlng »'iirfy year» ef reason of so many d waiting women, deny But, say* injustice; for any woman who truly loves , will ndapt herself to bis circum stances with tlio greatest pie what disappointed or hid« it ai and you may. good woman, you do u> But of sensitiveness or high sense 01 honor would take a Woman from easycir cuUistances, and a pleasant and well fur nished home, to adorn his four littlo rooms and to do bio Iioueffork, as the fir.-t prin ciples of economy would d mnnd of him? Few will do it; for thorn'll the w nizes !nr willlugne a to Nice up all such ere c «11 such c eircutu.-tauUi* that there plaimugs on her part, eventually, and -.iok uesrt from ovtr-cxertiou, and unhappiness from many cares, all of whioh dor marri ago anything but pleasant. And so the young men very wisely think—pre ferring a few more years of sin.lo loaeii nos», in order to obtain money une support r modest house of betweoi and fifteen hundred dollars a year ex pense, rather than to place a woderoly educated woman into the house of six hun dred doll her own housework. what is tbo remedy ? Plainly that it fit themselves 1 ifuri expert. 9 01 .W ?c tv:. & n twelve 'hero sho must do to bo i ueli wives asthoy oung men must have; d 0 the youug id fit themselves to be such hos , nnd spend (he of their lives in the dis banda a.*, the very choiees-t y mal drudgery of a cea8elo*s toil, breaking down health, happiness and energy, only to give themselves up to marriage, «hen the left of tlmir uiauhood is gone. The women must choose for the it shall be, for tho matter it solely in their hand«. Let mother« say to their daugh ters, put on that calico gown, go into the kitchen and prepare dinner, take oharge of this household, und hi yourself to bi^ Let the young n 0 beer fully consent to sueh service; and instead of is vj -hing all thought, and time, and money, upon the adornment o! the body, seek to accustom the hands to proper industry, aud to school tbo mind lou s' if if is elves which mo a wife and mother stcs, then there w ger 0 'jinplftinC.tlmt tho youug afford 11 bo pro. marry, and tif'ul, modest Louses all around ■■ fcc.iu ; and •n will have loving husbands, and all 0 more have life shall clbing of the truthfulncMB aud virtue which it had in tho days o! father i and mothers,when it was thf woman's ambition to become the head of the house, and the mother ofnoblo ohildr.n. ROMANTIC ADVENTURE. qaeraucs w in high e.-timation, and public at iuimoii 80 Court of rejoicing. To these latter persons oi all ranks, who could afford to purchase the tioket, were admis sible; and accordingly rencontres frequent ly took plaoe at them, aud exhibitions, al most ns curious in tho way of disguise ks in the assumption of character On one occasiou, a dieoe of the Duke of La Vallier«, a woman offen giv days and other of high rank and fas him, being accident ally separated from her party upon a very crowded , Mad; , wasoj prtUDcly assi fed by a stranger of remarkable activity and address, lie was masked and cloaked to tho teeth, but he pa-ecued a handsome and a gentlemanly bearing ; and, after extricating the lady by main atrougth from 0 situation of considerable difficulty, he somoidiat surprised her by addressing her by name. "Ah ! you knaw mo, lima ?*' «aid Mad La Valliere, startiug. Tho stranger readily assented. "But, perhaps, it is the nauieonl?*' tinued the lady. 'J'hat was not exactly the ca«e; for tbe stranger, though he persisted in refus! ig to uniunsk, alluded at ouoe to details which could scarcely itiiin the knowledge ven of An ordinary acquaintance. „"This iB truly astonishing 1" exclaimed the lady. "Will you ically not tell whom I am so deeply indebted?'* "Instantly, if your ladyship commands it ; though should 1 have been so fortunate ns to be useful to you, grant me tbe favor not to ask. But oee, Madame, you are al ready missed—your party is approaching e to rch of you." id Madame Li Yalli gfatitude "At lca.-t, sir," e, whose curiosity us strongly arotued, "promise that I shall boo you to-morrow at my hous»» to dinner. 1 have only a small select party of four friends who will dine with ms." "Tnev «re relatives?" "You are right—they bo glad, nevertheless, to introduce you.— Will you promise?'' "I not only promise, Madame," replied tho stranger, turning to a beaufet, "to at* end you with the utmost pleasure, but that I will present you with a glass of the kind of wine to-morrow at your onji table as this which I now offer, on condition that you will »!rink it with The lady instantly accepted. with great gaity; and, sccordiug to the Frcnoh ous* , pledged the stranger by touching the lips of his glass wirb that of her own — Her friends now drew near; and tho st ger, bowing profoundly, the giddy multitude. Madamo La ValHere slept not a wink that night; the uext morniug found her in a étalé of the most feverish curiosity. Sur prising ! that sho was not even able to guess whioh of all her acquaint a Dees it could bo. But tbo diuncr hour approaching—the servants had ordcro to admit any stranger who might present himself. A few hour» more, and the my a tery would be coded. Tho dinner Lour at length came, butro stranger had made bi« appearance. Tb« lady had previously anoo inecd to her friends that she expected a visiter who was J unknown to them. The enraged chef dc • cuisine had already intimated that Lij •1v Mi ! «- would all he clT , but I shall I:-'- 1 who lie was ' DELAWARE DEMOCRAT DOOK A JOB HMKMNO ESTABLISHMENT. Wtl is&as rrlntiOfJVe« ■U jiÄÄsassr I AttarmryH KhJui, FrafraMw«« *ti Uooka, Pa .Uo wellte vy Office Xo. 7 East 4th Ü, WILMINGTON, spoiled, that his pittance now exhaust ed, and that his responsibility most «««so. 5till the expo ted visiter did nal ampeer. ' Are you certain, Louis," «aid tb»'t«4f vant in waiting, **that oe genile has cnllod ?'» impossible,'' be raid, "«bat Ed could iiave callod without Louis ttavio* seen him." Dinner r.t length commenced, ao4 Ma dame La Valliere »11 absent tod fretful. The fir.t course, however, «•* get UWough, a ml she called, according to her Ottttoss, to her "It for a glass of wine. in attendance imme diately presented her with a glass of gaiat "How Rapid you aro i" criad-tfc*Mv Ub lady "Don't you know that fr-i* the deaax -tho other wine—that I nltrt« tske ?" "Oli, yoor ladyship's tmEdax Î" #ubm?s sively replied Louis, adding, in a low t«mm; "but it was this sort which your itdysty 'ost nig!.» permitted that I khonld yresswt you." Tho T«let who ruAiix vovr wtrxi Praise your wife, man ; for pity'a Mnba, give her a little encouragement; it wou\ hurt her. She has made your borne ootn fortabh ; ; your food her you thank her, if nothiaf Cnre. don't expect it ; it will make tar «yea f>peo wider thou they bare for thes« ten year*; but it will do her gooi for all that, and you tjo. Them your hearth bright and agreeable. For pity'» «ab«, toll ah* any women te-iay tUrtuug d of praise, th« language of « 0 - courage mint. • Through nunwrr'* bent and winter's toil they have drudged nr. complainiiigly} nnd 60 accustomed bawd their father«, brother* and husbanih bc to their monotonous Ukors, that th** look for and upon them as thoy do upon the daily rising of the «un and Ha daily going down- Homely, every-day life may ho made beautiful by «n appreciation of its very homeliness. Y«a know that if tho floor i oloan, manual labor ha* boea pet formed to ipnke it You know that if take from your drawer a elf»» s' ht whcuover you want it, eimiebody'« fiugors have ached in the toil of making « so froeh'und agreeable, «0 smooth and nu trou-*. Everything that ptexxes th« «yo nnd tho sense hai been produced by stmt work, much thought, great care untiring ofTorts, bodily and mentally. It is not that many men do nat appro eiato these thing«, and tude for tho numberlc 1 ) ont with a hearty * you make things look, wifef" obliged to you for taking se» much pains." They thank the tailor far giving them "nt«;'' they thank the mtn fa tho full omnibus who gives them a scat; they thank th« joung lady who mote* along in the conceit room; in short, they thank everybody u».d everything out of doors because it is tho custom; and they come homo, tip their chairs bach and their heels up, pull cut tho n«wspop«r, gruabio if wife atka them to fake the baby, scold if tho fire has got down; is just right, shut their mouths with » amaok of satisfaction, but never say to her, "I thunk you." I tell you what, men, young and old, if you did but show an ordinary civility tow ard tboso common articlos of bons^Map* ing, your wives; if you gave th« on« huu - dred and tixtietb part of the cotnpUmahfa you almoA choked them with before thoy rried; if you would stop your bad* inage About w ho you are going to bar« when number one is dead, (such thing« wives may laugh at, but they 6ink deep sometimes j) if you would ocas* to speab of their faults, however banUriuglr, be* foro others, fewer women would seek for other souroes of h so-Ro-ish affection, for all good qualities she has, and you may rest assured that her deficionoics counterbalanced by your own. AN IRISH VICfiDlCT. a alow of gr*li» to that ft, but they They don't how ji'easant J. , if. rytbfaf than yoor cold, 'raise your wife, than, fudy Bentley's MUoeh Iri»h story, i lstiy, a murdered sohool master is said La have been found dead in tho road, with his head full of fractions. thinking it's a sbo»-»W*," «aid : "Dn Larry. "Tbo home's she?, "No, allana," said Larry; ,( abo«-tt<ic is throat. ' "But he didu t out his throat," said th« widow. A humorous old man fell ia witb an igs > rant a: s d rather impertinent youagmfcîHftr, who preceded to inform tbo o dgeoticsooo, in very positive terms, that ho would never roach Heaven unies bo added — "I bave ex, cric need that cbang<% aad uow feel 110 anxiety." "And have you been beru again !" J "Yes, I trust I have." • Well, " »aid the old gentleman eyeing h!u» ulUnUvely "I don't think it would barf -;n, y- -.■»;? ujn, to be b;ru ouf? ut-v** it?" Latin for cutting y ''said Lnrry, "wbHlwr his throst, or « "Sure it's all ho did it with a raxhir hummer hi» head—it's a sho»-«id« all hammer found." "But thcro "No—but lie might have hid tbo ham after he did it, to j of the shoe-side." throw off ^h« dm C- 1 ' "But he was found ?" "Not h taste. Tbo Crowners a«t oolirn, aud lie uiver said a word, and if b« alive, ho would " "And didn't they find anylLing!" " Nothing but tho vardiok." it that that kilt bim ?" "No, my dear; 'twss tbe crack on th* head. But the vardiok was, *twas doue, and somebody done it,aud thoy wer« black .guard», whoever they were." 't t! any life ia him whan "And boro again, and