”i \ id id VOLUME Xxiii. 1 fice, shoultl be accompanied by the cash. "3 worsliip. and good schools. ‘K-5 very extended view of Long Island Sou rid. and ”'the surrounding counuy. “premises, by whom an indisputable title will be ‘ ,vor him with their company. - ‘ patent improved Cast Iron CornSheller. 7.- J’ - :--. TVVO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ivomvALr;, or. \\'EDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1840. ‘**:jf XA OFFICE XVEST SIDE THE BRIDGE—OVER HOY'I"S STORE. NUMBER 9. err-its: Nomv.-1.1.1; GAZETTE I3 Pnblis/iecl _ I7.\”ERY \V-EDNESDAY MORNING, BY JAMES REED, JR.' ‘i‘i:n.\is.——'I‘wo dollars per annum. payable in -. cases. quarterly in ti<1vt'tn_ce. To subscribers who live out of the Carrier‘s .3 -_:'.rict and call at the Office for their papers, 50 per year, jfpaitl in advance-—oiher\vise 1 will be‘ charged. Mail subscribers $2 per .i:um, payable in advance.‘ Noothersaitend- .— to. To companies of six or more, receiving ‘ teir papers byginail, $1 50,ptzy/.zblc altogether, ’--.«.irlcant:c. , . .':“.>;ecuttir‘s and Administrator's Notices. 3 in- iions, 31—Coiiiiii'issioiier’s. notices, $1 25. 1 -.=£’.fl_V advertisers. one square, $10 per annom, ,;".1"-'ElIJl6 quarterly in advance. The privilege ’. ‘-U‘? yearly advertisers is limited to their own itn- i“:-T-‘little busiiiess—all extra atlvcrtisetrientswill he charged at the usual rates. All other adv_er tisementsai the rate of$1 per square for 3 inser- tions, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. - Of?‘ All casual atlvertisements sent tothis Of- No others will be inserted. ll©lB [email protected]@-, 01-‘ ALL KINDS, _‘ VIEALTY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE orritiz. A COUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR SALE. A TVVO story dwelling house, with sixteen . acres nfland, consisting of a meadow. an apple orchard, and a handsome grove of “In!- iitit trees. It is situated one mile frotn the village of VVestport._ Faitfield county, Conn. anti about the same tlistaiice from several houses of A It is beautifully located for a country residence. as it commands Gentlemen wishing to purchase a retreat from the bustle and con- fusion of the city during the warm summer months, will find this place for clieapness and ‘beauty of location, an ohjcct worthy oftheir at- tention. Title intlisputable- For terms which will be liberal, anti other particulars apply to CnAitt.i-:3 ls.-mes, Norwalk, or Tiios. C. HAN roan, near the steamboat landing. Oltl \Vell. or to \Vm.C. Bnixcxnniiorr, l\’o.12Dey st. New York. ltflla 'Wll.L be sold, and possession given immedi- ately, one of the most valuable farms in the town of New Canaan, in the county of Fair- field, and situate near the centre of said town. said farm contains between forty and fifty acres ofineadoiv, "plough, and woodland, with a good orcliai-d, and an elegant dwelling house, with out buildings. and is one of the most ele- gant locations in New Canaan. Said farm and buildings are in first rate repair, and will be sold ta great bargain. Any person wishing to pur- chase will call on the subscrihe.°,living near the VVILLIAH DRUMMOND. i'en. g ’ if 111 New Canaan, April 22,1839. FOR SALE, Tm-: Dwelling House of the sub- scriber, situated a few rods west of the Bridge,one of the most eligible -..--_-_~.—»;=-—- locations in the village. To the man :of business or pleasure, it is, perhaps, as con- veniently located as could be wished, being situ- ated on the main road to the Steamboat Ldndlllg or N. York. “The house is 2 stories high,29 by -30 feet on the ground, with an 8 feet projection‘ 'on the rear. The arrangement of the interior _of the building is probably equal to any in the village for comfort and convenience. There is - a well planned Barn and several conveninent CUIIIOUSCS‘ on the premises, with an excellent garden in the rear and a well of water conven- iently situated to the house. Any person wishing to purchase property like the above, at a bargain. ‘will find it an object to view the premises, as the subscriber is determined to dispose of it previous to the 1st of March. 1840, if he can get any thing like what it is worth. The con- dition ofthe sale will be, one fourth the purchase 'money to paid on the delivery of the deed, the rest may remain on bond and mortgage. ’ L. M. STEVENS. Norwalk, ‘January 1. 1840. 2m7 BRIDGEPORT Ho TEL. THE subscriber would respectfully ; inform his friends and the public gen- - erally, that he has taken possession, , -.. for a term of years, ofthe above Ho- tcl, formerly occupied by Henry Barnum, situ- ~ated on the corner of Main and State streets.- The same has been thoroughly overhauled, and he would be happy to wait on all who may fa- Horses and Carriages to let. PiiiLo F. BARNUM. The subscriber is agent for John Adriance's This machine will shell a bushel of corn in one ruin- ute, and is decidedly the best. machine that has '-ever been offered to the public. The subscriber also offers for_sale_Dtidley L. Farnain's Patent Hydraulics, viz: Fire Engines. Lift and Force Pumps. Tliesearc more easily kept in order. and are less expensive than any other kind. , 3 _ to gxamine these Pumps at the subscriber s resi- .’ deuce, and satisfy themselves as to tneir excel- ;cnce_ I’. F. B. ,‘ [31-idgeport, Nov. 12. 1839. !r 4 ’ ' FOR SALE A HOUSE and LOT, pleasantly situated on the “fest side of Nor- wallt llarbona féw rods Soullroftlte ». Bridge. Any person Wtsbtngt0pU_r- chase a convenient place at a great har_2ain.\YVlll do well to apply soon to Joan A. Waco. I\or- walk, or the subscriber at 25 Peck Slip. N. Y- Wai. UNDERBILL, Jr. if 251 Jul_y.29. 1839. BUSHELS of Salt—-just receiv- POETRY. NEVER LOOK ‘SAD. Never look sad-nothing so bad As getting familiar with sorrow; Treat him to day in a cavalier way, And he'll seek other quarters to tl‘.Ol'l'O\V. Long you'd not weep, would you but peep At the bright side of every trial; Fortune, you'll find. is often most kind. ‘When chilling your hopes with denial. Let the sad day carry away Its own little burden of sorrow; Or you may miss half oftlie bliss That comes in.the lap of to-morrow. \Vlien hope is wrecked,'pause and reflect If error occasioned your sadness ;_ If it,be so hereafter you'll know How to steer to the haven of gladness. THE \VlDO\V’S PRAYER. BY LYDIA II. SIGOURNEY. The public are respectfully invited“ The youthful maid-tlie'gentle bride- The happy wife, her husband's pride, \Vho meekly kneel, at morning ray, - Ttie incense of her vows to pay.. Or pour, amid her household train, From‘ love’s full heart, the Vesper-strain. .\Vhat know they ofher anguish’d cry, \Vho lonely lifts the tearful eye ? No synipaihising glance, to view Her altered cheek's unearthly hue-— No sootliitig tone, to quell the power Ofgric-f that burst at midnight hour; Oh, God! her heart is pierc'd and bare-- Have tnercy on the \Vidow‘s prayer! Not like that iiiother’s iieavenwartl sigh, \Vho sees her food protector nigh, Is hers, who, refi ofearly trust, Ilath laid her bosoiii’s lord in dust. Sleeps her young babe? but who shall sliare Its waking charms--its holy care '! \Vho shield the daughter's opening bloom, \Vhose father mouldeis in the tomb? Her son, the treacherous world beguiles What voice shall warn him ofits wiles? \Vbat strong band break the deadly snare? Oh, answer, Heaven! the.VVidow‘s prayer! For not the breath of prosperous days, Though warm with_joy,or wing’d with praise, E’er kindled such a living coal Ofdeep devotion in tbelsoul, As that wild blast which bore away Its idol, to returnless clay; And for the wreath that crowned the brow, Left bitter herbs, and hyseop bough-- A lonely coucli-—a sever’tl_tic-- A tear, that time can never dry— Uriuttereti woe—-unpitied care- Oh. God-! regard tli \Vitlow's prayer! MISCELLANY. From the Lt1tlz'es' Companion. BRILLIANT PROSPECTS. .—— BY EMMA C. PART I.-‘OPINIONS. “ The man convinced against his will, Is of the same opinion still." ‘Good morning, sister Susan; I suppose you have come to tell me, yoti have decided on I-1ai'rie"s marriage,’ said Mrs. Hilton, as the fashionable Mrs. Arlington entered her neat but plainly fumishetl parlor. ‘ I have, Mary,’ wastbe reply, ‘and ifyou can spare an hour from your nursery, I want to talk with you about it, and learn your objections.’ ‘ You have improved upon the usual method, Susan,’ said her sister laughing, ‘most persons ask advice, and then follow their own inclinations; but you decide first,’ and then ask counsel.’ ‘ Why, to tell you the truth, Mary, though I was unwilling to iiiar Harrit-.t’s brilliant prospects by your old-fashioned notions, yet I really wish to hear your reasons for not approving the marriage.’ ‘ My first objection is so self-evident, Su- san, that it cannot be refuted. Harriet is a mere child.’ ‘She is sixteen.’ \ ‘ And pray, what but a child is :1 girl of sixteen, whose time has been divided be- tween the nursery and the school-room. She may be a good scholar, and possesses great skill in music and dancing, but of the active business of life she can never have thought. It is nearly seventeen years since I was at that happy age; and yet I can recollect well how totally unfit I must have been for any se- rious responsibility.’ ‘ Yet you ought to have been more wo- manly than most girls, Mary, educated as you were, by that most precise of all venerable spinsters, aunt Hetty.’ ‘ It is to our good aunt I”It-.‘SlCl"S strict no- tions of \voman_ly duties, thatl owe rriuch of my present happiness, sister Susan; but at that early agt-,I could have contributed little to a husband’s domestic comfort.’ ‘ Your experience is very different from mine, Mary; I can add ten years to your calendar; for alas! it is seven and twenty years since I was sixteen, but I can remem- ber how I longed to quit school, and have a house arid servants of my own.’ ‘ Doubtlcss such idle wishes often crossed my brain, sister, when aunt Neppy kept me home, hour after hour, stitching’ wristbands, or sent me into the kitchen to learn how to cook a dinner, but. I repeat, that to the restrictions I then thought severe, I owe ma- ICMBURY. ‘But the minds _of some dcvelope much more .rapidly, perhaps; Harriet has ‘long been at the head her" school.’ i ‘ g. ‘ I thotight you intended to leave-her with Mrs. Bartley another year.’ » ‘So I did; she had only visited home for the Christmas holidays, and, to tell you the truth, her trun-k was packed to return to school,’ the very evening Edward Tracy made proposals to her father.’ ‘ And Edward Tracy’s pi'opcsals at; once completed her education, I suppose,’ said Mrs. Hilto_n. ‘ Well, sister, I hope it is-all for the best; but I am no friend to such ear- ly marriages.’ . ‘ ‘I was inarricd at eighteen, Mai'y,’and have never repented it, while you—’ I think he has never seen. her SlflCt“, until about three weeks ago, wlieii we met him in Broadway. Her extreme l)Pt1itIy seemed to attract him immediately, anti he has since then been a constant visitor.’ ‘ Dot"-s Ilarriet faiiry she has any attach- ment to him '2 I say f".-tiicy, because it could scarcely be a genuine affection alreatlv.’ ‘I believe all boarding-school girlsuare much alike in one point, Mary; tlfey come home with imaginations excited by novel reading, and are ready to fall into love at a moment’s wai'ning,with an interesting youth. Harrictiis like the rest; and the attentions of a man as handsome as Edward Tracy, soon produce an impression. You look grave; you think me wrong in giving Har- riet to one of whom I know so little.-’ ‘ I know. what you would say, Susan; you mean tliatat eighteen, you married a rich; mercliant, and have lived like a priiicessev-, er since ; while I waited till 'ttveiity—tlii'ee, only to wed a professional man, whose talents procure him -a simple competence. Nay, you need not disclaim my version of ;3'.0UI‘ thoughts; we are each happy in our own way. Theecl-.it of fasliionablelife,the,am- bition of giving the best dinners, anti the most brilliant parties; the triumph ‘_of pos- sessingthe most stately liouse-,_ai:d_tbe rich- est French furnitui'e,.is, too, a sufficient rec- ompense for the vcxations attendant on such it life; it-‘bile Iwonld not exchange for5.a]ll your splendors, the quiet, the retirement, the doiiifestic comfor of my humble hoine._’ ' ‘. Well, you certainly seem very contented, M:ii'y,antl yet I wonder how you can recon- cile yoursclfto such a life; your house is a mere bandbox.’ ‘ It is large enough to contain all my real friends, and I never give parties.’ ‘ Your furniture is very plain’ , ‘It is substantial, and as good as our fi- thei"s house ever boasted.’ ‘True, but in our fathei"s time therewas no better in use; now every niecli:inic’s wife tries to display Brussels carpets anti French chairs.’ ‘ I am quite content to avoid allsuch com- petition, whether with the wives of mer- chants or mechanics; it gives me no pain to return to my simple apartments, after spend- ing a day in your luxurious ones.’ ‘But you have so few servants.’ ‘I have an excellent cook who does not disdain to assist in the general work of the house; -.1 faithful old nurse to take charge of my L‘.llllClft‘l],,!1l]tl my good, little Kitty, the orphan whom I took into my family when I was just married. These women are all at- tached to me by the ties of kindness and good will, so that my wishes are laws to them It is true I have no French cuisinier to thalti; ‘I will be frank with you, Susan; to me the advantages of wealth and ll')lt'll(’t‘t are of little value, in-comparison with good princi- ples and sound morality. Etl\\‘(1l‘(.l 'l‘i'z1cy may be the most fascinating of men, but if he lack steadiness of character. I'It1I'_1'lt‘i will tie- ver bc happy with him. "She is -!'lfl!lil'£1ll_V very affectionate in her disposition, with warm feelings, and, I should think, a strong tendency to romantic sensitiveness; she will attach herself to her husband with the most ardent tenderness; and ifhe be a man ofhigh- toned character and strong sense, he will mould her into the loveliest woman in socie- ty; but if he is one oftlie votarics of excite- ment, ti lover of pleasure nierely, then woe to her, as soon as the cliarm of her beauty pails upon his senses! ‘You’ are giving to the hands of it stranger, aclierislied plant,just when it is abontto blossom in perfect beauty; if he watch over it with anxious care, all will be well; but-if he blight it in the bud, you will bitterly repent the liaste with which you transferred it to another. If she were seve- rzil years older, with a mind ftilly developed, and a strength of cliarat-tor fitted to endure the vicissitudes of life, she might be trusted to a fate so pl'OlItI.'~.lfIg; but, at her age, she will be a mere playtbiiig of a liusband who has gained a deeper insight into the gpod and evil ofthis world’s wisdoni; and it will be liafd for her to obtain in future the influence which a wife ought always to possess, and which is only to be gained by the unison of firm principles and perfect geiitlcncss. He may delight in the beauty of his girlish wife, but he can scarcely be expected to respect her opinions; and woe to the woman whose hus- band does not regard her as his confidential friend. And now that I have finished my lecture, Susan, pray tell me when the mar- riage is to take place 2’ ‘As soon as we can complete otir arrange- mems; probably in about :1 fortnight,’ an- boat: I have no wliiskcred luckey to put m_v friends out of countenance by his imparti- nence to the ‘ noborlys :’ no Swiss governess to teach my children had French and worse principles; but I have a quiet, well-ordered household, and to our old aunt’s notions, I owe the power of obtaining such a desirable acquisition.’ ‘ You are quite eloquent, lVlat‘y; but Ibe- lieve you are more l.l'l.‘lII half right. Your house always looks comfortable; your cliild- ren are well trained, and your little dinner parties are unexccptionable; but how you manage to do all this, I cannot conceive.- You would be surprised ifI \\-‘ere. to tr-ll you the trouble I have with my eight ser vants. My fat old cook divides his time be- tween experiments in Part g(t.~‘tro7:oi2ziquc and the billiard-table : my coachui. n starvcs the horses, and gets drunk with the money for which he sells their oats; the footman spends his time in trimming his whiskers; and the waiter loses the silver, and breaks my Sevres china-—so much for the men. W’ith the women it is but little better ; the nurse neglects my children while she flirts with the beaux who crowd to the house on Sunday, in yellow gloves and blue inexpressibles: the cbambermaid borrows my embroidered capes for her evening par- ties: and the prattling Fiencligoverness has actually been detected in a clandestine cor respondence with one of my liusband’scle.rks, a simple boy from the country. There is no help for it; if I dismiss them,.I shall get no better; so I mustjust shut my eyes and let matters take. their course. I could not en- dure a life of domestic drudgery.’ Mrs. Hilton d_id not reply; she knew it was useless to tell her that what she‘ called driidgery was in fact the duty ofevery. good wife; and that, although inantial labor may not always be necessary, "yet the constant su- pervision of the mistress is essential to the well being of a family. ‘The eye of the master maketh 11 diligent servant,’ is a pro- verb almost forgotten in these daysof luxury and false refiiiemeiit. - ‘ Our discussion has led us far from Har- riet and her fortunes,’ said Mrs. Hilton,after a moment’s pause; ‘I sliould'likc to know something of her intended husband; he is it very handsome man, yet there is something in the expression of his face which I do not like.’ ‘He is the son of an old friend of my husband, and by the recent death of-his fa- tbei‘ has come into possession of a large for- tune.’ ~ ‘ \Vhat do yeti know of his character and tom per, Susan 2’ ‘Very little; he has spent several years in Europe, and is very well informed-. He is said to be somewhat eccentric, and ‘his manners are a little reserved.’ _ I ‘ “What are his religious principles.’ ‘ Oh, Isuppose be is like most other young men, and thinks religion may better be;'3de- ferred to a later period of life. 1 on‘ sl-.'a_ke your head, Mary; surely you do not expect to find young men, at the presentday, models of piety.’ ‘ _ ' How long has be known Harriet 7' my kitchen look like the caboose ofa stetzzffls-'sv.'ei:ed Mrs. A.rlington,.as she rose to depart. Her sister’s earnestness had startled her into more serious reflection than she usually in- dulged, and she bade her farewell with a sad- dened countenance. But when she stepped into her carriage, and thretv~liei‘selfback up- on the luxurious cushions, her old habits of thought returned. ‘After all,’ said she to herself, ‘wealth is a very desirable thing; Harriet may never have such another bril- liant offer, and what signifies a few years more or less 7-—shc must learn by experi- ence instead of prtcvpt.’ Alas! how little benefit from those costly lingly transfers her daughter to so severe a school, when her own kind guidance might save her from its harsh discipline.’ PART II.-—EXt’ERIE)iC1-2. "lfthere be one curse come to earth as the crow flies. and with all the poisonous steam of hell, hot about it. it is that of an ill-assorted marriage.” On her sixteenth birthday, Harriet Ar- lington became the wife of the rich and handsome Edward Tracy. The wedding was unequalled in splendor; the bride look- ed fairy like in her loveliness, and queenly in the richness of her apparrel-—-what more could a fashionable mother desire? A few weeks were devoted to festivity, and then the newly wedded pair set sail for France, where they proposed spending their first year, atnid the gaieties of Paris. Among Mrs. Arlington’s parting lessons to her daughter, was one, which Harriet vainly tried to understand. “ Be careful, mychild,” said her mother, “that you never inquire into your husband's early history; there are a thousand adventures which befsil a man in the course of his life, to which he dislikes to recur; and it is always best for a ivife to know nothing about them.” Harriet pos- scssed a mind of such perfect purity, that even the contagion ofa boarding-school had failed to corrupt it; and therefore she was utterly ignorant ofthe vices of society. To her, 'I‘i'acv seemed all that she could desire; and she did not dream that he could ever have known evil; she would never, tliere— fore, have thought of inquiring into his past history, simply because she was quite satis- fied with bini at present; anti yet, her moth- ei"s words implying that there might be something to learn respecting her husband, troubled her more than she would have liked to confess,'. Imm diately upon their arrival in Paris, they were surrounded by Ti'ac.y’s former friends, and Harriet found herself the center ofattraetion to the most fashioi_ia- ble circle of the pleasure-loving metropolis. Her extreme youth, her exceeding beauty, her winning simplicity of manners, and her frank demeanor, made her a general favorite; and Tracy had the satisfaction of knowingtnat the voice of fashion now ratifi- ed his own taste. Edward Tracy was one of the’\vorld’s vo- taries and victims. At an early age be had been sent to school in England, and from thence he had entered the university; so that from bischildhoed he had been depriv- ed of the advantages of l:i_oine,infiuen.ce. -I-‘lie lrnind had been cultivated, but his heart neg‘ 'He dined tvith u_s,l.a.°_.t year‘. W_h8n_H¢1_1’l’i' 50 ed, and for sale by J. S. hicznan. iiy of my present eiijoyn'ieiit:~'. ct was little more tlianla pretty child, but I lectcrl’; and the s-.veet_cha.rities oflife, which grow tip only in the quiet sunshine of do- mcstic rctireiiie'nt, had never diffused tbtir perfume around his boyhood, His mother had died while he was an infziiit; and his fa- ther, immerst-d in the cares of business, thought that his duty was pcrforrnr-d when Edward was placed at school, and well stip- plicd with daily coiiiforts. 'I‘lici'e was no home iiito which he could enter, to learn the lizippyjnfliieiice of social duties; no mo- ther to infuse a love of virtue into his soul, by her gentle precepts and exainple; no sis- ters to teach him an habitual revr-rt-iice for the purity of woman's llrtlllft‘. I-lis college lifc had been disgraced by excesses. and ‘to all appearance his inoritfcliartictt-1' was un- impeachable as his uiciital qualities were bril- limit; but it was whispered that his few iii- timate friends could tell a different tale. In fact, Tracy w :s t.-orisuinmately selfish. For his vices he had not the excuse of youthful passion, since he was actiially as cold and calciiliitiiig as if he had niinibcred four score winters; and for his virtues, or \\ hat passst-d as such, he deserved little pi-:iist-, because they were the rt stilt solely of interestt-d mo- tives. A most ingenious sopliist, he could deceive liiuiself and others into the belief that he was actiiatetl by the noblrst princi- ples, whcn be was only obeying the dictates of inclination; and, with senti:t.-t-nts of honor and niagnanimity for ever on his lips, he was never known to do a tiisintcrested act.‘ Such was the husband of the lovely and \\‘[1i'lt’t-llt.‘.'ll'l(_’(l IICtl'l‘lt'l. ‘Wt-ll might her worldly mind:-cl moilier dread her linqiiiry into his past life; btit niore, far more, might she liave feared for his future conduct. A sttdden ti':iiisition from the l‘(‘Sll‘:'1lnlS of a boai'diiig-school to the excitcincrits of fash- ionable life, lhlgilt liave tried the strength of a fat‘ more vigorous mind than was possess- ed by Mrs. 'l‘i'ac_v. BvL‘.\\'Il(.lE:l‘(‘2(l in the whirl of g:IlCl_V', and iiitoxit-att_-.d by contintied droughts of adulation, I-larri.-t gave liorst-lf upto the ftill enjoynicnt of pleasure. But she soon ltarned that life’s plt-asurcs are like earth's floivt.-rs—-if we are t-ontt-nt to inhale tlicirsiveets while engaged in the exercise healthful, but if W(‘.'gaIliCl‘ them around us while we recline upon the drowsy coucli of can only bring disease and death. A few short months sufficed for hcrdrcam of folly, and then all the alliiremeiits of so ciety could not blind her to the fact that her husband was daily bt~coiiiiri;z nr.-gleciful in his conduct towards her. The novelty of success was over; the triurriph of possessing so young and pretty a wife had ceased to in- terest him, and Tracy was rapidly returning to his old habits of dissipation. ‘Wounded by his indifference, and accustomed tbhzive every grievance redressed by her affection- ate parents, as soon as made known to them, Harriet, naturally enough, adopted the same sys-.em of girlish repining in her intercotirse with her husband. \Viththe frt-tful manner of a potted child, she reproached him for his frequent absences. anti his manifold engage- ments; and vainly expected that the prin- lence which had been indulged by her inotli- er, wotild have equal influence with him - Naturally good tempered, her frrtftilness was only the resultof tinliinited indulgence; and lessons has‘that mother, derived, who \vil- judicious advice, joined with kind Il‘('atmt'f1l, ‘would soon have subdued such a disposition, but Tracy was not calculated to correct faults in the characters of others, and a habit of bickering soon grew up bt-twet-ii them which tlireatcned to tlt=s'.i'oy all domestic comfort. Harriet, with a youthful iiiip-.itit>ncc of melancholy feelings, ontleavort-tl to lose the recollection of her discomfort, by plllngllig still more deeply in fashionable folly. There were many among her acqtiaiiitances, who. while they lacked her advniitzigcs in point of wealth, and youth and beauty, \vt~rt- fair her superiors in worldly wisdom. _ These per- sons gladly undertook her guid:int'etlii'ough the mazes of society, and by their aid, the equipage, the dress, the (‘nt€l‘l.'ilnmH)IS of Mrs. Tracy, became distingtiised for their splendor and richness. But in vain the poor girl tried to client herself into happint-ss.— The warmer feelings of early youth were daily withering within her bosom, anti no outward show could com pcnsate her for their loss. The romance, which belongs more or less to the nature of every woman, had not been wasted by her upon school friendships, or fancied attachments, but had at once con- tcred upon lier husband. No calculations of interest had ever been in her mind C0t’)n(~’('lt‘(l with bet’ marriage. She saw a man of no- ble person anti graceful manners, offering to her the devoted attentions of an ardent lover, and her heart sprang towards hint with girl- ish eagerness and fondness. Wlicn a wo- man lives a little while in SOClcl ', Sl‘lL‘lt‘{1l'llS, by sad experience, that disappointments in ust come, and bitter as they may be when in- flicted bv those she loves best, she at length learns to bear them with patience, and even to expect them. But sad is the fitc of her whose first sorrow is the work of him who has sworn to love and cherish ht-i'—to whose lips the chalice of disappointment is com- mendcd by the hand which placed on hers the symbol of unbroken union. . To all outward appearance, Tracy was as kind to his wife as most fashionable husbands; but poor Harriet would willingly have ex- changed his cold politeness when in society, for a single look of real tenderness; while his capricious tyranny in private.was such. as to keep alive a constant irritation of tem- per on her part, which serve! as an ‘excuse. though it was in fact the result, of his neg- lect of her feelings. Another and a still deeper fountain of bitterness, was’ finally opened in the heart of the young wife. ‘In the careless freedorri of conversation with her Parisian friends, whose morality hung about them as loosely as their opera cloaks. she had learned someof the dark secrets Of her liusliaiiel’s early life. To the mind of a. of active duties, they ate harmless and even ‘know that a woman’s happiness consists in l’"“9 h'~‘i"!“d girl. whose ideas of human na- ture have been formed after the inimitable models of the heroes of romance, nothing that ilie object of her innocent love has ever been the votary of vicious indulgence. lg. norant of the temptations which assuil man. kind, and rightly regarding as crimes those -.-.\'ce'sses which the good ratured world con. sidcrs only as reriial errors, she feels that the shrine on which she offered her young affections, has been polluted by unholyfires ' and while she yt-t clings to her id0latt‘y,sht; no longer looks with perfect faith upon the idol. Ifslie would continue to love her hus- band, she must learn a tolerance of evil from which her soul recoils, and allow the dove- like plumage of her own pure spirit to be oversbtidowt-d by the darkly brooding wing of the Tempter. ‘ A \\’0tEiln of less feeling, placed in Har- riei’s situation, would, perhaps. have resign. ed lior-self quietly, and comforted herself with the external advantagt s afforded by her- position—-for Tracy rarely interfered in his ivifc’s pursuits—and a little management would have enabled her to avoid the fre. quent scenes of angry altercation which made her so very miserable. But Han-jg; had too much affection’ for her husband, too little regard for those worldly advantages which she had possessed from infancv, to be contrnt with such a lot. Candid, t-v’en to a fault, she possessed neither the skill which enables a cunning woman to manage the in- equalities of a capricious temper, nor the tact which teaches a wordly wise one to take advantage of the faintest ray of returning good feeling in her husband. She was un- happy; she knew that her husband was the cause of her misery, and she upbraitled him .\\ll.l1 his cruelty in the same manner as, but :1 few months before, she would have re- proached a school fellow. Tracy looked upon his young wife as a mere child. whose happiness depended upon the gratification of her girlish whims; and so long as be allowed her to do as she pleas- ed, he thought she ought not to complain, if he assunied the same privilege. He did not the exercise of her affections. and that he indolcnce and supincness, their rich perfume. might as well call upon a blind man to ad- mire the beauties of nature, as to expect it woman to be content with mere ext: rnal ad- vantages, when shut out from the light of love. He considered Harri--t as spoiled bv early indulgence, but had be ever looked iii- to the depths of her guileless character, he would have learned that many a pearl of price lay beneath the suiftice of the stream ofthought which his breath so often ruffled. The tale 1 am nlating is no uncommon one. Who cannot point to some similar in- stance of domestic estrangement, even among their own familiar friends? The world is witness to some brilliant marriages; it be- bolds the newly wedded pair surrounded by affluence and luxtiry; it, perhaps, welcomes them to its scenes of gaiety, btit no more is known ui.til suddenly the tie is severed !— the wife returns to the home of her child- liood—the husband becomes a solitary wan- derer. Thsn come surmise-s and conjectures, recollections oftrifiing differences between the parties, anti it may be, all the ‘ kind men- dacity of hints,’ to explain the motive-s of so unforeseen a separation. But who, save the sufferers themselves, can know ufthe causes which led to such a disruption of domestic tit-s’! \Vho can trace the course of the tem- pest from the ‘cloud no bigger than a man's hand,’ to the fiery thunderbolt reading the chain which bound the fettered pair? VVho was allowed to hear the angry word, the has- ty rt-tort? I/‘Vho beheld the cold look, the bitter sneer’? \Vho listened to the keen re- proach of wounded affection, the scofiing re- ply ofincipit-nt hatrtd? Alasl so frail is human nature, that otir very virtues some- times do the tvorkof vices, and even as fa- naticism may be productive of as much evil as inf'i'dr-lily, so our tenderest affcctions,when injudicioii.-ly exercised, may be as subversive of domestic happiness as aversion. ‘ The two ‘first years of married life are always the most hazardous; if we escape shipwreck then, we may hope to steer our bark safely to a haven of rest.’ Such was the remark of one now in her grave, who had passed, not unscathed, through the or- deal ; and daily experience proves the truth of her assertion. If it requires time and pa- tience, in order to modulate two musical in- struments to perfect harmony, how much more of both is needs-d_to produce exact ac- cordance between two hearts,——tbose ‘ harps of tr thousand sti'ings’—which when once wedded, can give forth the music oflife only when they are in unison. It matters not how Illillfltllt-’l_V the character of each may have been studied by the other before mar- riage; the familiar intercourse of wedded life dcvelopes a thounnd trifling peculiari- ties, and half-formed habits, which could not be discovered earlier, because there was no opportunity for their display; and, general. ly speaking, mutual forbearance is ‘the first duty which we are called to exercise. At the expiration ofthc eventful two years, Harriet was once more an immate of her f.ither’s house. The differences between hersclfand her husband had arisen to such a height, that nothing remained but a separa- tion; and under pretence of seeking renova- ted health in her native land, Mrs. Tracy re-. turned to America, leaving her husband still the ornament ofthc Parisian circles of ‘fault. ion. Alas! the unhappy Harriet had been too early subjected to the trials which re-. quire womanly strength of character, and womanly gentleness of demeanor. '1 he pot- ted childgfresh from the indulgence of the nursery, with all the waywardneas_ of A school girlyet clinging to her ,afl'ectionat6i nature, was but little fitted to encounter the are which aw_ait.ed-hrer. ' 3r0l_£¢n.i;!I hefillh an-;_i spirits, andsufleriiig from 3. nervousir-_ can give so ft-arful asliock as the discovery '
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