Ohio State journal and Columbus gazette (Columbus, Ohio : 1825), 1835-07-17

              3(0 urn it I FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1835. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED RY SCOTT & WRIGHT. No. 57, Vol. XXIV Whole No. 1103. JOURNAL AND SENTINEL. P. C. OAMAUIIEll, KDITOIt. Office on High-street, second door south of Armstrong!) Hotel. TERMS Two Dollura anil Fifty Cents, in adaancet or Three Dollars, ut the end of Hie year. No suhacril cr allowed to discontinue while ho remains indebted to tl.e ollice. MISUEL I- A N Y. From the Ciiicinmiti Mirrur. FOKTUXB HUNTING. .. A SKETCH FROM LIFE. The weullier wus hot us Tarliirux. Every-body that could raiso thu wind, wus off to the Licks, llarrodsburg, or the Springs. No clients came, and scarcely a friend, to break the solitudo of my ollico. At length my tailor enme, bringing with him n bill of thu sum total of my wurdrobo for tho lust twelve months. Afflictions como not singly; and my shoemaker handed in an account of boots nixl pumps that I had kicked out uselessly at the balls of the pust season. My landlord demanded rent; and I knew my lundludy's eyes would sparkle with delight il were to present her with tho fifty dollars, or such n matter, that I happened lo be in arrears. These things ruffled tho enam. el ol my temper; and my amiability was fast giving way to moro unlovely feelings. What shall I do? was tho question, which I put to my ingenuity one morning. I had some thoughts of taking the benefit of tho act, but .prido rovaultcd. Many golden schemes floated mistily before my imagination, and then dissolved wuy in smoke. Tho only means of escapo from inevitable ruin, which struck mo as being within the compass of my energies, was this to get married to an heiress and pay off all my old scores with tho small end of her dowry. After thinking uhout this scheme for n while, 1 really became quite enchuuted with it. lion, ses, lands, friends, domestic comforts and the whole host of tho et cetreas of matrimony, rose before me and in anticipation, I fancied my-self tho monarch of nil 1 surveyed. While I was immersed deeply in tho midst of these pecuniary speculations, my Irieml uill Reckless called on mo. Wo had n long inter-view; tho result of which was that we would follow tho fashion of tho limes, nnd escape from the hot walls and dust, which nmku summer in a city so insufferable. To mo, this project seemed almost providential. Now, thought 1, my desti-ny hangs on a pivot. If, in tho course of my peregrinations, it shall please tho fates to place me in the vicinity of un heiress, I shall strike for matrimony. I slept very comfortably that night; nnd dreamed ubout making love, black eyes, &c, until it was broad day light. At 10 o'clock, I found mysulf on the back scut of the "David Crockett" stage, bound for . 1 fear Dill found mo a d ill companion. I was solely intent on faneying seines, in which I pluyed a very convictions part. Now I would suppose mys If tho lord of tho handsomest lady hereabouts, und the envy of some of my quondam bachelor friends. Again but what signify day dreams? I'll come to my main purpose at once, which is a plain narration of facts, or my name is not Bob Uarshand, nor my verity unimpeachable.The first morning of our existence tit the Springs, was spout in reconnoitering the sur-rounding scenery, and in making observotious on tho company present. 1 kept my heart in its place, although it leaped to my throat several times, as the sight of some earthly liouiics smote my vision. 1 am no fool in love, ns I hope to prove before I reach the last sentence of my sto. ry, and therefore did not choose to full into a fatal passion before sunset. It seems to me, that the nights wcro made for gallants und maidens; for then, tho earth being shut out, thoy can the more readily forgot it, and enjoy n forestato of heavenly existence, which is mutual love, ns I understand it. I never knew a scnsiblo man who would peril his happiness on the effect he could produce .while the sun was within the horizon. Girls are peculiarly sensitive while the stars arc looking down on them; ami I would not give ono interview under Venus, for fifty in tho eye of tho god of day. Tito dinner hell rung. The lengthy table wus soon filled up by n swarm of persons who represent! J tho physiognomical peculiarities of every oliirB. At nny other time, I would have been delighted with tho opportunity presented to me for speculating on the indications of character which the vurious countenances afforded. Hut I must confess that I was immovably fixed in my purpose of fulling in lovo if possible with some heiress, and threw but ono cursory glunco over tho heads of about fifty gentlemen. At length, my eye fell upon a fellow of dark complexion, black eyes and hair, who' sported a pair of whiskers that made him look us ferociuus ns Mars himself. The reason why this fellow presented a paramount claim to my attention, was not to be found in his whiskers, but rather in his enviable proximity to a beautiful lady on his loft. She looked to mo about twenty years of ugo; tho -veil of lashes which shaded her full, largo, his-trous, black eye would occasionally be lifted up, und it would settle for a moment most beamingly on her gallnnt's whiskers, I thought; anil then, a smilo of exquisitive beauty would wave her lips in a manner that would have secured tho devotion of Hogarth. I totally forgot tho ostensible purposo for which 1 had taken my scat at the table, until I was blessed by tho same lady with an illumination from her eyes, which gave mo so severe a shock as to cause thu fork in my hand to drop from my nerveless grasp on my pluto. Tho noise awakened mc; and 1 commenced tho business of filling my mouth, lie fore 1 left tho table, I concluded that if her prop, crty was worth as much ns 1 determined to extort as tho price of my hand and affections, that I would prevail on her to exchango her name, whatover it might be, for that whioh 1 mount to give currency to. After dinnor, I usked Bill if he had noticed her. I have or, at least, had great "faith in his opinions of tho sex. Ho nnswercd mo affirmatively, and added that she had it dash of co. quetry in her composition, which a man of address might render essentially serviceable to himself. Coquettes, said he, would not ellect the demolition of hearts which is attributed to them, if men understood them. Coquetry is no-cossary to women; it is thoir shield, and they havo a right to use it in sclf-defunco. But you can easily discover whore it is a passion; it on-1 ly becomes such in those with whom solf-csteem is largo and bcncvolcnco is small. These wo. men are ulwuys fond of dominion, and if men are fools, they soon become tho coquette's slaves. All coquettes huve vanity, and the skillful man will make such use of this weakness as to disarm tho lady of her terrible pow. ers. I give you this advice in advance of the assault which I see you premeditate on the lady about whom you havo hurried yourself into such n precocious fever. I should havo added, before tins, that my friend Bill is a phrenologist, and, of course, knows ail about female character from the bumps which they wear in the neighborhood of their puffs. Bill met un acquaintance during the afternoon who hud preceded us in his ui rival just ono day. From him I learned that tho lady about whom I was so interested, was the daughter of a gentleman, whom he pointed out to us, from county, Kentucky. Ho was rich; and, from what he could understand, the daughter's name was Mrs. Smith, n young widow, who was just out of her weeds. This was all fair enough for my purposo, although I alwuys had a groundless fear of widows. However she wus rich and beautiful, nnd they in all conscience, ure us much us a reasonable man ought to expect. 1 mado un my mind forthwith to at tack her, and if possible to conclude a treaty of. amity and peace beloro I loll the spot. Towards evening I saw her, in company with several other ladies, and tho whiskered gentle, man, who, I candidly confess, caused me some misgivings as to tho practicability of tho scheme I had resolved on. She tripped over tho green sward like a fairy; her form was a combination of splendors, und was altogether, a very fit sup. port for tho peerless, head above it. But her gullant's scrupulous attention to her was utterly inexplicable; there was no reconciling them with my own determinations in that way. And then, too, ho had the advantage of a longer ac. quuiutnnce", and for whut I knew, might bo nn accepted suitor. As these vagaries rolled over my mind, I felt a very imcomlbrtublc amount of 1 I l. I. ...I ..... ....... I I :.l I agony. It no liau not ueclareu, l consiuereu myself safe from his interference; fori could hold no man my superior in tho particular of winning hearts, if he were such a carricaturc ol the genus, dandy, as ho appeared to bo. The longer 1 thought of him, and the possible relations existing between the lady and himself, the more meanly I esteemed hiin. At last, 1 began to halo him, und could see nothing in his exterior which could recommend him to the notice of such a divinely endowed being as I fancied her to he. Every man has a right to his own property; but it is astonishing what an interest we frequently take in that which belongs to others. I had worked myself up into a feverish state of anxiety about n ludy, who was an utter stranger to me, and, for nny thing I knew to the contrary, the property, so far us the aliections could make her, ofuiiother. In my hallucinations, I fancied tluit tho gentleman with whiskers was interfering j with some of my own rights, nnd did not once j suppose that I was bothering myself about some- j thing to which ho hud paramount claims. I i wus us unhappy as a jealous man could he, until ' i snwme company returning. 1 placed mysell eyes were peculiarly expressive oi soilness, ior against a tree, and gathered the members of my j I saw thu reflection of glimmering in hi r own. I body into whut I considered a very interesting I will not dwell on the character of the expres-! altitude, and awaited their approach with bo-'sions which gave eloquence to her coimteuance, I coining philosophy. As they cume on, a burst ' although our tongues were mule. It wus what j of laughter attracted my attention. A thought is called the voice of feeling, though it look long ! " ., . i , , . i .il 1 came oyer inn that perhaps 1 was tho subject of; practice to render me as natural as 1 was. it, und their enjoyment altogether ul my expense. "How beaulilul! said 1 ns we entered the I grew mad, und ground my teeth with hut lit- shadow of a forest of trees over which the music tlo alleviation to my exasperated feelings. 1 1 of a stream was wafted. "And what a contrast i left the tree, and wheeled off in a direction from between the glare of the moon and tho shade of j them. Whut fools vanity sometimes makes of j theso trees! Tho contrast between the shadow ilu. hnsf nf iit 1 h,l nn l.iiiiu.sa ineiinnnsnih.-ii of n ilarkeve. nnd the solUiolil of n hltieone!" I, unknown to them, was nn object of regard; and yet my own consequence was uppermost in my thoughts in that moment, and 1 could conceive of no other incitement to their mirthfulness, inasmuch us my jeulousy prevented Iho suppo. sition that the wil of tho whiskered genllemun had elicited it. I nursed my wrath, until the bell summoned j your mind rove ntsuch n tune, and umid such us to the tables again. I fellquito hopeless, as j scenery as this?" the pretty widinviipprouchod a seat leaning on "When alone, I dwell on the days lung syne; the urm of him of llie exquisite whiskers. ' lie. when ill company, 1 strive to anticipate the fu-ally, it deprived mo of what little nppetite I had i turo.' on entering the npartmeul; und I did nothing I "Delightful occupations," said I. "You re. but indulge a variety of unamiablu suspicions, i mind me of a verso which is either in Shelley or and sip tea by too spoonful. I wus tortured half . Coleridge; you can inform mo which, for 1 have lo i out i. und not n rnv of conso ation heumed over Iho darkened prospect bv which 1 was sur rounded. It is very singulur how persons of j tolerable sense, will sulfur themselves to bo lie- i deviled by fancies that ore not bused on facts! . i . . iii..-. i-.t - Kill n,-h lu I In. mf-oinioinlv Intuit vol in inipinfl , , . , ' 1 .i i Sliellev is itsuuthor. nnd iho metaphysical may account lor it us they ,. , , please. I uni sure I shall not trouble myself " "y probably, said I. ' , . ., ,., , I have a great aptitude at extemporaneous about it. 1 o the ideal I have given my devotion; j ,pCailing; and tho verso I quoted, and which but for tho metaphysical I havo hut Burchcll s i cnlmncuil the reputation of Shelley in .Miss liny-word, and it is significant fudge! lark's estimation, is but a specimen of my tact After ten, Bill and myself took a walk nut in in that line. I am loo modest to claim any tho light of tho moon. I told him of nil my thing which I throw off in this w ay, and usually thoughts, nnd ho laughed outright at mo. This;Bivo ihcm to some of our modern purts, satisfied at first aggravated my feelings, but soon effected j " 11,0 "-eput itlion 1 acquire as an apropos their mitigation; for it assured mc I had not been ,l1,0,cf J".1" '""'j;"1"'"1 a,,J "Mlmu '" ",c unfortunule, but simply foolish. My heart was , 1 T'n X only 'thing wauling to make a rid of a mountain ol trouble, and I breathed L,,,,,nnln ,.,,: ,,f m ;..,,.. the airof heaven freely. I now summoned for-1 iiiuue, uiscnrueu suspicion, nnci determined on a conquest in spito of the efforts of him, who I very gratuitously looked upon as a rival. By the time we had finished our walk and returned, a dunce hud been got up. We entered tho apartment, mid Bill's friend introduced us to suverul ladies, but not to the one on whom I hud set my heart. Sho wus standing nt the other extremity ol Ihe room, und her shade wus along side of her. 1 fear tho lady I hud been trying to entertain noticed my menial absenco, and put mcdown as a member of that to.bo avoided tribe, known among men ns bores. "Can you toll mo thonumo of that tall gentleman in whiskers, who is so particularly attentive to tho beautiful lady besido hiin?" I inquir-cd of Miss Gay lark, a lady that 1 had somo previous acquaintance with. "No, sir. He is a splendid gentleman, is he not I" I did not ask her for comments on his cxte. rior splendors, nnd could not thunk hor for vol-untceriiig."He looks like nn Ostrogoth," said I, before I had lima to consider tho effect my speech might possibly havo in cutising her lo form nn unfavorable opinion of myself. I offered hor my hund for the dnnco, and we of courso, chnnged tho subject of conversation. I entertained her by a prodigious' show of know). edge on the difficult subjects of waltzing, minutes, cotillions, and promenades; and into my disquisition on tho last named subject, I contrived to whip nn episot'.o on the efl'ect of moonlight on a sensitive heart, for iho purposo of developing some of her romance. At the conclusion of a peroration, which I flatter myself wus most happy, I discovered that my partner had entirely failed to appreciate my eloquence, und stood si-lently gazing on mo with parted lips und opened fingers, looking like n petrefuction. The dance commenced, und I was cxhoncrutcd from uny further colloquial efforts, for nwhilo. 1 was soon deeply engrossed with some profound spec-ulationsou tho nature of u lady's nerves, which admit of tho twinkling motion that their feet assume to tho sound of music, und which is so exceedingly irresistible to u man of ucute sensibility.1 did not get an introduction to tho widow, ns she vanished in company with her gallant, from the room shortly after the duncing commenced.Every thing went on guily; and every body seemed to enjoy themselves very much, und certainly did, unless, like myself, their countenances failed to mirror the thoughts and feelings which were passing over their minds. To tell the truth, notwithstanding Miss (Juylark, my partner, was a very pretty and sprightly girl, 1 felt very vnpory while tho company continued to move to tho sound of the violin. Some pleasant sallies were made and duly responded to; but dullness, with me at least, hud the mastery. As I havo no notion of deviating into dullness, I will pass over the occurrences of the dunce in silence. A walk was proposed and agreed on. I of-fered my arm to Miss Gay lurk and led tho way, while Bill und his friend with their ladles, followed. It was ten o'clock, and tho moon was shining high in thu heavens. Tho far hills wore enveloped in a misty curtain ol light, while .every leaf near us flun ' t,n c.ifi nii.lit L.nfi'rn tiln' bright rcllections as tho soft night breeze played upon them. 1 felt like making love if the idea of a mechanical process be not heathenish ami inadmissible, when speaking of tho creation ol the most ethe-riulof passions. If the widow bad been satin, lering beside mo instead of Miss Unylurk, the pass on would undoubtedly havo assumed dominion over mc in a manner sulliciently involuntary to havo plouscd tho most ideal of romanticists. As it was, I resolved on having love; und ns it would not rise spontaneously on account of tho preocctipancy of my heart's sanctuary by another idol, 1 was forced to make it, und to work I went. I began a colloquy by expatiating on the beauties of the moonlit scenery urotind us, nnd man-aged my discourse so adroitly us to m ike many couplets which I quoted, appear to follow as the most natural things in the world, wliilis. in re- nlity, 1 adapted my remarks, which wero but prefaces to the citations I nintle, to thorn. After Miss Guy lurk's fancy hud assumed the proper degree of excitement, I became silent. 1 have un extreme flexibility of muscle, anil can look any thing. 1 know Miss Guviurk thought my i ou grow quite poetical. 1 our simile is ex-1 cellent," said Miss Goylnrk, who is a judge of! such matters. "I would he the most stoical of worldlings, Miss, if 1 wero not poetical under tho circiun stances in which I most blessedly exist at pres- kill. To what part of the world of thought does really lorgolten. Il runs llius; N'licn tlit! iiionulijlil kIi'I'iih nn llm iiimiutiiiirii utile, Anil a il'iu.uw renin nn tlie villi', Tlir spirit nwny oVr Hie a-'-"! will rlilc, Anil ti'i-nll llir kitiii'h ol' lid curly jiriiK', Ami list In nivinnry'itnlp." nil r,,MO ..;. M; ... i ,.i....l.. it l 1 ,l '..i. .jui.mi.iti; auiu .uisa vial mini ami I intuit ... arU; "and I wish it wus possihlo lo import and I preserve nightingales, "O. pmu iuea, ...... .. - .. ... . jou ea. I lirtfll. I,n ITilirtilll l I ntr uf IliA Itr.tnlr nml n. I I ii-..:. ..i ;.i- i i i .ill... IT..-I., i livo, 1 can catch the tones of vocal music in tho distance before us. Somo nightingalo of a lady, I presume; suppose wo movo towards it. Do you not sing!" "Never without (ho accompaniment of the piano." "lib, Miss Gaylark,! will do any thing for you, if you will treat me wilh a sung. 1 know you can sing I see il in your countenance. Now, grant my prayer, and I will die for yuu or," taking her hand and hushing my voice lo a whisper "If it please you inure, will live for you." I fancy my action was most dramatic; for it produced a great clfect on her to whom it was addressed. The carnation coursed her cheek, and her eyelid druoped; and really for Iho moment I forgot the widow, and felt liko prostrating myself nt tho feot of tho beautiful being beforo me. Thero was a stirring among tho leaves behind us, and I dropped her hand. How hateful it is to ho disturbed, just when you are about realizing somo of your d reams of earthly bliss! I must have been burn under the influence of some malign planet, for 1 havo been on tho cvo of making nineteen declarations, and at every lima something has occurrod lo prevent mo. "Where aro (he rest of tho company!" asked Miss (jaylark, looking around. "They are approaching" said I. "Approaching! Why I thought they were behind us. lteally, .Mr. llarshaml, you have been so interesting, that you have quite turned my head aroiiml, and I have lost the poncr ol determining (ho course 1 am pursuing." Some persons now drew nigh; and mv disap. ptiiiiliiient was excruciating, when, instead of tlto company fnun whom Miss d'aylark anil myself had strayed, I discovered the widow and tho follow iviili whikicrs! They passed to the right of us. I thought it looked very suspicious, that they should he wandering about hluuo in tho woods at that hour of night. I began to think all my hopes of success in that :uatcr, were completely cut elf. And then again 1 thought that Ihey had just as much right to predicate premeditations of matrimony of our situation ; and nothing would ho moro untrue than such a supposition. I derived all the consolation that this kind of reasoning admits ol but I cool J not but fear that Mr. Whiskers would beat me in the play for the widow's hand and duwry. "It is very strange how wo should have been Separated from the uthcr gentlemen and ladies,'' said my pretty companion. "Let us try to find them." We had wandered unconsciously into the depths of tho wood, when Miss (laylark made the remarks I have just recorded. I had nol taken very particular notice of the route we had pursued, and began to fear that I would be unable to lead her back to the spot whore we had entered. Her proposition that we should return was acceded to, und wo moved olf in the direc tion as we thought of the house. We passed on and in a few minutes found our further progress impeded by a rivulet. Wo haultcd oil its bunks, and I knew wo were not pursuing the proper path, as wo had crossed no watercourse helorc. .My situation wus somewhat perplexing. ) have no locality, and never entered a strange piece of woodland in my life, without gelling lost in it. I turned after a moment's silence to my eoiiipaion, and said, "What shall we do! I fear wo are lost. For my life I can't tell tho direction in which the house lies from where we are." As I spoke, Misstiaylark looked inquisitively in my face, and I was assured from her manner Ihat she knew I was not jolting, and read e cry thought that was passing over my mind, .'she appeared satisfied and recommended auuthor direction. Wo started again at quilo a rapid pace, and in about ten minutes had the pleasure of discovering by tho muonlight that wo were near the boundary of the wood. Vt'o congratulated each uthcr on Iho circumstance, and he. gan sumo merriment at our adventure. This, however, was but of short duration; fur u'l.uii we hail got out of the woods, wo found ourselves in a hi Id on which oiir eyes had never hefur? been fixed, Tho pretty face nf my companion, showed symptoms of great anxiety, and 1 felt extremely unpleasant. I happened to think that the moon who is so kind in assist ing lovers, might pns-d lily enable us to extricate ourselves from our present niliicullies. I recalled lo Miss (Jay-lark's mind the fact that the muoii was lo the left of u when wc entered the wood, hul now to the right, (.'uiiseqiiuiilly, no wcro exactly in the place where we ought not In he. As she admitted the force of luy argument, she looked up to me, and 1 discovered a tear glistening in her eye, which tended lo impart a very greal interest to her countenance, hut it only served i (, my uneasiness. Taking counsel us to the course wo should pursue from Iho moon, we once moro surted oil', In a short liiuo our hearts were gladdened; ns discovered the house no were in quest of, ' "'; v"s "e;"- wo "r" entered the woods. At a short distance from us. . iaJ l0 ,caSllro of perceiving the remainder uf the c,,,,,,,.,, ,,., which wo had wandered, BUunlering very leisurly along as if entirely un. mindful of our absence. Wo soon joined Ihein, and related our adventures. This narrative, ol course excited a vast deal of merriment, and I bad Iho satisfaction of nnswering very many u"" ' .r. ..... i""i""'i " ",e !"r."10 P"rposo of elici.iug explanations. By the time c reached I he house, all the visi ters had retired, excepting ono or two groups of gentlemen whoso low hoarse tunes funned nn cxqtisite contrast lo the music of the tree-frogs and kaly-dids. Wc bade guod night. j got up early next morning. Thero had been a line shower during (ho night, and all nature was revived. Thu birds were enrolling frum every tree-top, in their blilhest strains; and as (he sun peeped oier tho top of a ragged piece of cloud that hung on the verge of Ihe horizon, ihe big drops glistened like diamonds from the points of every leaf and spear of grass. 1 no sei ne was exquisitely lieaiitilul; nnd ga.iug on the numberless splendors spread out before mc, 1 could not help thinking bnw much ihe magnilieenee ol every thing would he enhanced if an agreeable companion wero hesido tun. This thought naturally induced others, nnj I was soon lost to all around mc, and wholly engrossed by Iho recollections of tho previous lay. I thought of tho rich widow, and then of Miss (iaylark, and concluded Ihat tho widow was only preferable because of tho greater amplitude of her pecuniary means, which, in in) present situation, I icg.ml as the .tummiui Imnuin of femalo charms, and Iho ono lor w hich a gallant lover should strive. The sight of tin widow recalled my wander ing thoughts. She was standing on Iho piazza with tho wretch in whiskers, and a light vehicle . w as before them. llo pulled nn his gloves, sprang into llio seal, cracucil his long whip, mill the rapidly reveling w heels Hashed in the sun shine. I cordially wished him a broken or, I should say, a l.oig journey. Thu w idow strained her eyes after hiin, until ho was hid by the trees. As I passed near her, 1 (bought she , , j J Hut it wus nut in my nature to sympathize with her just then, for I never was belter pleased in all my life. She vanished into (he house, and I pursued my speculations. In the ovening I got an introduction lo (he widow! I found bur highly accomplished, beaulilul and intelligent, but must acknowledge, that tho niiilicialily of her manner would bear no comparison Willi tho easy naluraliiess of Miss (iaylark's. Her cash made nmplo amends for all sho lost by comparison; nnd I had bull to think of Iho wretched condition of my liniin ces, to feel an iingovornable iinpulso fur her. I j borrowed impetuosity from despair, und bent alt my energies to tho accomplishment ol my cuds. I bad started Irom homo fully resolved on making nn investment of my nfi'ections whero I could rcnlizo tho highest amount of pecuniary profit. .My heart had an unaccountable bias towards Miss Liaylark, but my inclinations were strong fur .Mrs. Smith. Never was a suitor moro wakeful lo a lady's wants. I walked wilh her, talked with her, and taxed my ingenuity in contriving accessions to her happiness. Neither was 1 unmindful of Miss (Jaylark. When ill company wilh both I innnifesled great impartiality; but when I had cither alone, as 1 nm a tinner, I played the part of an idolater. 1 n this manner I maneuvered for tho cntiro length of fire days. As I stood gazing on tho brilliant clouds as the sun went down on the seventh day of our! sojourn tt the springs, 1 flattered myself on the adroitness with which I managed affairs, and concluded thai either of the ladies was within my grasp. I determined on making a declaration which would ho the readiest means of assuring me of the truth of tho suggestions of my vanity. 1 formed apian of procedure, and resolved on testing its virtues before another sun went down. After supper I took a long walk with the widow. The moon was full; and 1 had a superstition that a vow mado in tho face of the full moon would not bo liable to tho ordinary vicis itudes of human promises. Now there was an opportunity, and tho auspices most favorable. I was tender and senliuicntal as a shepherd swain; and to my fancy, tho ludy at my side fully responded to every action of my heart. At lengih we entered a little grovo of trees, situated but a short distance from the house. Wc stopped in tho midst of it, near a spring. I seized her hand, and had barelv commenced a declaration, when a voice louder and harsher than mine, greeted Ihe lady's ears ".Maria! what Die devil's the moaning of this conduct! what's ihe matter! are you " "Why John, is that you when did you get back," said tho widow laughing; and snatching her hand from my grasp, sho ran towards hiin Irom whom tho vuico proceeded. "Ob, notb ing s the matter. I stuck a splinter in in v hand just now, and my friend hero was trying to ex tract u ny mo light ol tho moon. And now permit mc to introduce you to Mr. Uarshand. Mr. Smith, Mr. Uarshand Mr. Harshand, .Mr. Smith my husband!" 1 took his extended hand, of cotirte: and for the first time, spoko lo the fellow in whiskers, wiio nail occasioned mo so many fears when 1 first arrived at the springs. I felt chagrined to my heart's core, and yet could nut but admire Ihe consiimmalcncss of tho lady b manner and invention which had extricated her from the suspieiuns of a jealous husband, lie had just rciuineu 1 in m an expedition, into tho parlicu lars of which 1 instituted no inquiries. I left them to themselves as soon as I could decently get oil', and never felt su sheepish beforo in my life. Itwasiny first, and it shall bo my lasl flirtation with a married lady. 1 soon saw mv Iricnd Bill Reckless. "liill," said I, "(ho jig is up. Your friend was mistaken about Mrs. .Smith's relations. She is not a widow. "Tho douse! what is sho!" "Tho wife of that fellow who sports such tro inendous whiskers, and who lufl horo a few days ago.- "ilow did you find it out.! "I will lell you at somo other lime. I.ct us join I Ins company." ' (iood evening Misstiaylark," said I, in a light a tone as I ever ullered any syllablo in my life, ns I made up lo tho preltiest and sprightliest girl in cumpany, who was now my only hope, "Ueally, .Mr. Uarshand," said she, "I will havo to discard yon und seek anulhor gallant, if you are nol more attentive. I havo been expecting you for Iho lasl hall" hour. Where have you been!" "Wandering about nowhere ill particular just reviving some agreeable reminiscences, ami retracing the couiso of Iho most interesting walk I ever had in all my life." "Very soul imontal employment lo bo sure; and what walk do you call tho most interesting yon have taken. "It occurred just a week since, and I fancy you have not forjollcn il." "Indeed, I have not , nor ever shall." A l)on I an hour after, a lady and gentleman mighlhac hern seen occupying a sylvan seal between two of the loftiest trees in tho land, engaged in a dully sustained conversation, so far al fit as the gentleman w as concerned in sustaining it. They wero Susan Gay lark and Itubert Uarshand! "What is Iho Ihe matter with you! You are as dull as n Ileolian," said the lady, after a pause of a mil uln's duration. "I am engrossed wilh thoughts which lie too deep for utterance," said I. "But why should you charge mo with dullness!" "I wish lo discover tho cause, and remove it if I can." "Susan," said I taking her hand, "you are the cause." This was followed by nn impassioned strain, in the midst nf which the lady sprang from her seat and bado mo (iisisl. I starlcd back put my h and lo my loreheail and looked, I lear, very much Ike a candidate fur the lunatic asylum."I!c ralin." said she. "If you had taken the pains of inquiring, 1 would havo told you plainly what my freedom w ilh you must have indicated. I esleein you eminently ns a J'rii nd, but my af fectious arc elsewhere." til cuurse, nothing more was said. Wo soon returned lo (he house, and separated. As Susan bade mc farewell, she added, "Do not fear me I am your tiuccro friend I will not bolray you." "Bill," said I, as soon ns I saw him alone, "1 am oil' for home in Iho morning. "Well, I a in ready. I have been waiting on your motions for the lasl three days. Jtut what the dense has prompted this sudden determination! I thought you were fascinate, I by the Indies, and had foigot homo nnd all its concerns."I g.ivo Bill a faithful history of tho Iranian. tions of that eventful evening, llowas the fust. and you, dear reaJer, aro tho second person, lo whnin I have deemed It prudent to intrust my secret. .May I not hope that von will nol be tray my coiiiidence? At ten o'clock nn the next day, wo left Ihe i'prings. As we jogged onwards over a rough road, I congratulated myself on Iho tacl wilh which 1 had conducted my affairs, and felt peculiarly pleasant when I reflected that I was slill ill the market just five and twenty and in Iho full glory of freo and unshackled bacho-lorisin. t. 11. s. Finm llic Nw F.nglund MnKazino. Till: TOWN PUMP. SerXK. Thr ranter nf hen yrincipnl ulrcrls V'.'ic Tow n Pmip Inlkivg iroii A itt uojc . Noon by Iho north clock! Noon bv tho easl! High noon, ton, by theso hut sunbeams, which mil, scarcely aslope, upon my head, nnd almnsl malvO the water huUMu nnd stnoko in under my nose. I inly, wo public diameters havo a tniih time of it! And, among nil the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains, for n single year, tlto burthen nf such manifold duties an are imposed, in perpetuity, upon the Town luinp! Tho title of "town treasurer'1 is rightfully mine, as guardian of tho best trcasuro tho town has. The overseer of the poor ought to tualio mo thoir chairman, since 1 provide bountifully for the pauper, without expense to hiin that pavs taxes. I am nt the head of tho fire department, nnd ono of tho hoard of health. As a keeper of the peace, all water-drinkers will confess me equul to a cnnstnblo. 1 perforin some o( the duties rf the town clerk, by promulgating pu hi i u notices, when they are posted on my front. To speak within bounds, I am the chief person nf the municipality, and exhibit, moreover, an admirable pattern to my brother oC'icers, by tho cool, steady, upright, downright, and impartial discharge of my business, and constancy wilh which 1 stand to my post. iSitmuier or wintor, nobody seeks me in vain; for, all day long, I am seen at tho busiest corner, just above the market, stretching out my arms to the licb and poor alike; and at night, I bold a lanlcrn over my head, both to show poo. pic where I am, and to keep peoplo out of the gutters. At this sultry noontide, lam cup-bearer to the parched populace, for whoso benefit an iron goblet is chained to my waist. Like a dram, seller on the mall, on muster-day, I cry aloud to all and sundry, in my plainest accents, and at tho very lip top of my voice, lleie it is, gen. t loin e n! Here is the good liquor! Walk up, walk up, gentlemen walk up, walk up! Here is (he superior stiilf! Hero is the unadulterated ale of father Adam better than Cogniac, Hollands, .lainacia, strong beer, or wine of any price; here it is, by tho hogshead orsingle glass, and not a cent to pay! Walk up, gentlemen, walk up, nnd help yourselves! It were a pity if all this outcry should draw no customers. Hero (hey come. A hot day, gen. tlcincn! Quaff, and away again, as to keep yourselves in a nice cold sweat. You will need another cup full, to wash the dust out of your throat, if it bo as thick (hero as it is on your cow-hido shoes. I sec that you have trudged half a score of miles to-day; and, liko a wiso man, havo passed by Iho taverns and slopped at the running brooks and well-curbs. Otherwise, betwixt heat without, and fire within, you would havo been burned to a cinder, or melted dowq to nothing nt all, in the fashion of a jelly-fish, Drink, nnd make room for that other fellow, who seeks my aid, lo quench the fiery fever of last night's potations, which he drained from do cup of mine. Welcome, most rubicund Sir! You and I have been great strangers hitherto; nor, (u confess tho truth, will any nose be anxious for a closer intimacy, till tho fumes of your breath bo a liltlo les. potent. Mercy on you, man! tho water absolutely hisses down your red-hot gullet, and is converted quite to Bteam in the miniature tophel, which you mistake for a stomach. Fill again, and lell me, on the word of an honest toper, did yon ever, in cellar, tavern, or any kind nl dram-shop, spend the prica of your children's food, for a swig half so delicious! Now, fur the first lime these ten years, you know Ihe flavor of cold water. Good bye; and whenever you aro thirsty, remember that J' keep a constant supply nt the old stand. Who next! Oh, my little friend, you aro let loose from school and come hither to scrub your blooming face, and drown the memory of certain taps of The ferule, and othcrschool-boy troubles young life; lake it, and may your heart and tongue ucvt.1' bo scorched with a fiercer thirst than now! There, my dear child, put down the cup, and yield your placo lo this elderly gentleman, w ho treads au gently over (ho paving stones, thai I suspect ho is afraid of breaking . t lie in . What! he limps by without so much aa thanking me, as if my hospitable offers were meant only for people who have no wine-cellars. Well, well, sir no harm done, I hope! go draw the cork, lip (he decanter; but, when your groat-toe shall set you a-roaring, it will be no all'air of mine. If gentlemen love the pleasant lilillalion of the gout, il is till ono to the Town Pump. This thirsty dog, with his red tongue lolling out, does not scorn my hospitality, but stands on his hind legs and laps out of the trough, ,'jcc how lightly he capers away again! Jowler, did you ever have the goal! One u'clock! Nay, then, if the dinner-bell begins lo speak, 1 may as well hold my peace. Hero comes a pretty young girl of my acquaintance, with a stone pitcher for me to fill. May sho draw a husband while drawing water, as Rachel did uf old. Hold out our vessel, my dear! There it is, full to tho brim; so now run home, peeping at your sweet imago in tho pitcher, at yuu go; and forget not, in a glass of my own liquor, to drink 'Sicei;s8 to tub Town Pirnr!' Just Published, Anil for gnlo nt all lite Uonx Htuheb, in thhi City. Cite Contrast: Or certain Doctrines of tho Protestant Churches, comjvire.1 with tho Doctrines of tho JVVuf Jem inlcm Church: With nn Api'kmix containing copious Notiis, in which all the essential Drc-trincs of tho jVew Church, aro moro fully explained and illustrated. Tl,! luHmviiir: iiarasrniiliti ure cxirnctcil from tl.c "Aidrtit tb the It'tvler," ire!ixcii to this Work. A tier litivinjiroiiMiiltnl ivitlin few Intelligent fi icnrln to whom thin work, iti It.' prt Htint Conn, Inn lxi-n mlimittL'd, nnd under A lto,e ll'iii it will In limn,! n incfiil "Mnnunt'1 lor the youth of the New (,'litirrli, nml for novitiate renders nml receivers of tlte doc. tiiiirf generally, t!iii author hn l etn induced to jmUtaii it, trust in-f 1 lint it mn y tie innilc mi liuinlilo medium, in tlie hands of 1H. vine I'rovittenrc, in disarm in a linn mid nourishing those liupor. taut spiritual t rut I in, the love ofwI.Hi, lo llnttem himself, bat Ixvn tho coveming motive nf his laUiri. Another motive tins ho liiiilfome in tin cure in making tho f nhlirntion at thit timt, x. c n iU fire to ruimterart, in some decree, the ulnnder which have Iron n nt'j proMsiitrd, not only in mnvr nation aud In thr pn!(iii, hut hy tho cirruloiinn of mnlirious mionymous pnni niiletn, nKaiiini tho Church of whh li the author is professed m em her. "To tl o i wi n nrr nninii to trarr nnd rompnre the diuV-curt lietwcen Ihe doctrine oft lie ON Protftunt Churchet, and t!;e doctrine of the .Vr Jermalem CAwrrA : nml to h-nrn how far the li tter arc in agreement with ti c scmiine senM of the ta cred He ript tires, the nuthor would recommend n enrcful perusal, nut only of this Contrast, nnd U.e .Vote nml lltuatritiom there to tipitenifeil, hut iileo, mure rspcrinlly, n soher extiuilnaiion of tlw Tlu-olojiii nl wiitinua of y.manu$l Sieeilentorp, from Which Aa ctnrtrii.cn of tlie New Jerusalem, contained in this work, iWe hern rhifih duiwiu In inn k inn ctnminution, however, It will he ne'ixury tl at these w oi ks nhonitl he read, not In ihe spl lit oiprrj ntice, hut with patient attention, nml with candor and impartiality. 'Vui attention tin. diet ihat they should he rend r rularlitfilfii' ertitfly nnd trtcnfive!tt until nn adequate Idea of ihe general snipe and nienniiis of tie t oiiornhlc null or is obtain cd; funning it judgment of Ills works, not from detached ani gurbtt't ettntti hut frum Iheeowiftiitfl. result of his rcoeontngs, hi pt nol.-, a ml his authoriiic. If llii-pc extraordinary war!; si' on Id he thns examined, and the reader he patient to ncrulinize, ntteittire to discover, nnd df liberate to comprehend whnt i read, it is ulnccrely believed they will find their full reward in tl.e o!hitty of the null.or'g prinel. pies, in the hnuimuy of hi ideas, In thetaihllmity and simplicity uf Ins doctrines, nnd alve nil, in their per (Vet nnd full acrce. nient with the genuine unrorrunted sense uf tin Sacred Serif. (iirsj," G:!?" Copies of tlirt above work, may be obtained application nt this Oilier. July 10, 1IKI5. 56 tf Town Property For Sale. I WIHM to wil my property In and ndjoiniuz Palestine, Pickaway County, Ol io, consisting of 4 Lots, on which are a Frame Dwelling Ho'isp, Ptnhle, &,c. and a TANNEltV, ronsMing of Bliop, Dark-house, 0 Vnt, enrh cnpnhlo uf containing 81) pieces of leather, Cant I run llark-mltl, and other necessary Improve incnts. Adjacent to tho Town Lots, is a Ten Acre Lot, suitable for pasture. Tlie Tan Yard is storked with hark, nnd In the Vttts are about 350 pieces of Icailier. 1 wish to sell all the nl ovc property tocetlicr. Palestine, is ploasnutly situated on Dear creelt, on the road from Columhu to WaHhlnBtoti, Fayette county. The situation, is n deitrahlo one for the Tanning tmjinesi. For trims, which will lie litierul, application niny he made to my h otl.er.on tho premises, who will show them, or to myself in Mndinon county, near Mount Sterling. JOHN HM1T11. July 10, i:t:. 56 Jvr. IVcw IVovcIp. Tnush Yarn, Chnncf nnd Chnnrjrg, The Yo.mg Muscovite, Thr Kentttrkian in Now York, Thr I'nforrinntc Man, Yalerius, (M J. fJ. Lock hart,) Crockett's Pour, Allan Rreck, Lives of tho English and It outers, FritKle Pumpkin, Tho Pushful Irishman, Ulnrkhrnnt, Italian Sketch Rook, by an American. ' r Pnoks'rtrc of Monroe Hell. Jut recrivr 1 ad fr ss