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BIT C. F. CLAKKSOX. TERMS OF THS AMERICA w. $2 in advance, $4 50 in mix months, or 3 at the expiration of the year. No paper will be diacjatinmd antil all arrearages are paid, unless at o.itioa of tho editor., Ten per cent, interest p2r allium . u.eairgea on all subscription ,r jcar, uniu paid; and for all Job-work and advertising vhen payment is deIiycJ beyond six months. - AovEarisKaiMTS Twelve lines, or less will hj inserted once or three times, for one dollar nuu ..... vuargeu ror eaci addiUanol insertion A TAI.E. From Ike Boston Weekly Magazine. L1URA LOVEHKD A3TD HER XIECE. bt carouse oere.

It was aonr the close of a bleak, nncomtl-ZZ Icd.iv, kte in the fall, that Albert UWhorad

able while walking along one' of the slr-ets in New ' . . i York, siw a youthful female whose appearance had, far same minutes before, attracted his attention, enter a shrp which the three pit balli over the docw, indicated to he that ef a pawft oroker." She was dressed in a suit of mourning of the best materials, but very much faded, and so much worn as- to have been repaired in several places. Ilathorne, v.hose ..ttcntion she 'tad drawn by the beauty and gracs of her form, as she entered the pnsra-broker'F, obtained a partial view of a j.a!i, beautiful face, and a pair of thc.most bewitching eyes he had ever beheld. Hastily detaching a valuable seal from his wach chain, to give him the show of seme business, he felt inclined to obey the promptings of curiosity naJ enter the shop. A moment's reflection, however, maed Mm sensible ihrt. the unfortunate fem dcr, whoever she might be, woqld iitfurnlly wish to shun observation, and he contented himself by slowly promenading the tpposite side-walk, never wandering so far as to lose sight of the three gilt balls. After the expiration of ten or fifteen minutes, which hal seemed much longer to him, the interesting female again m-ide her appearance. As she rapidly retraced her steps, he managed so as to keep her in his eye, without appearing to follow her. Once she stopped and purchased some cakes of a woman, and seemed strongly tempted to buy an orange. 'Here," snid the woman, -is the finest oranjreinmy basket, and you shall have it just as cheap as either of the others." The young woman took the orange, looked at it a mo ment, reexamined the contents of her purse, then returning it to the basket, said, "No, it will never do." Ilfttliorne, who had arrived near enough to hear what she said, longed t purchase not on ly that, but every orange in the basket, and bestow them on one whom penury, it was loo eviJcnt,hrld in her cold and withering embrace. She paused not again, antil she had readied a small house in an obscure street T:vre th in a mile from the pawn-broker's. Availing ourselves of a privilege which Ilathorne gladly would have done, we will follow her into her humble abode. As she opened the inner door, "How glad I am that you have come," said the sweet voice of a child, whirh Us-tid from a bed in one corner of the room. "How long have you been awake, lear' said Laura. 0, great while, but I j; r.. "-. i ,0v. with father and mother with me turning her ryes to the portraits oia youthful couple opposilh her "though I began to feci afraid that you would stay till after dark, and then 1 could not see them. Tite little girl, who appeard to be about five years old, looked wistfully towards her aunt, as she placed the cakes she had purchased in a plate. "1 hae ,o1 got the orange for you that 1 "Headed, Emma," said Laura, brushing away a tear, as she marked the disappointment depicted on the pale, emaciated features of the child, who was just recovering from a fever. "I did not obtain quite so much on the earrings a; I expected, and I hath only just e'lough to buy these few cakes, and pay the man who traced me for the coals." 'No milter," shid the child, Hhe cakes are so good, shall think no more about the orange. I'lura drew together the few half-extinguish-J coals, assisted litttle Emma to rise, and 'tan they both sat down to a small table furmlied with the plate of cakes and a cap of oia water. I be voice of the coming storm, tthich, during the day had uttered itself in low waitings, grew louder at the approach of "'gat, whistling round the corners of their wwly abode, and making their dimly lighted apartment seem still more desolate. I don't like to hear the wind blow so loud," s-Vid Emma, lt makes mc think about father. 1 wish he had never gone to sea, and then he would'nthave been lost." Laura made no reply, for she could not just then trust herself to speak; but turned towards ler brother's portrait, that with almost as beautiful as her own, seemed to be regarding er and his child with look full of love. Em ma, already fatigued, again retired to bed, rtau soon lost all sense of her sorrow in sleep. lr;i added a scanty handful of coals to the few nearly consumed, placed a basket on the tble filled with plain needle-work, from one r .i . . . .... " wesnops that furnish ready made doming 8,d then seating herself so as to bbtaiu as much warmth from the poorly supP'lad prate as nnssitilv. rontinued to olv bar needle unremittingly till after midnight,' when fatigue and exhaustion compelled her to desist She cast wishful eye at the plate of kea covered with a napkin, but would not l'trmit herself to encroach upon the already

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spare Allowance jt it would cost ner several hoars more UK. , ish the garment kh lt r...-hieh sire . - - w EnavaaBBK. would receive a sum of rm. nrie ccnts,and until it was cnnml.i wd no means of procuring additional food y ' . It was now nearl v tw. years since net broth er, Captain LovplarJ, sailed tor India; and when his return as daily expected, news came that the ressel in hich he tailed was lost, and that all on Nrd had perished. Her sister in-law. who- health was failing at the inae of her hbaud8 departure, soon fell a victim to nsumption. The funds left for the suivrtof the family, were deposited in a bani which became insolvent before Captain - ww WR8 l ."!? t0 f"l?red Vura ""compelled to retain the handsome house where they resided till her imnnsnma hnn uvcease. wncn most ni rnrll Ufa was sold at auction to pay the rent, !hc lrst money received from the bank l2na v sufficient to meet the other heavy and unaoii4aine expenses. Sue then procured the basement of the humble dwelling whpre anu ner niece stilt remained. To hcighted her distress nhd pecuniary difficulties, little Emma ws taken sick with a fever immedi. ately after their removal. To defrav the ex- ....... Vil a a m . . pvnesoi me ciuid s sickness, she had parted with all her own ornaments, and the more valuable part of her wardrobe, and. the dnv she was observed by Hathorne,hud commenced disposing of what little jewelry had belonged to her sister. She had hoped to preserve lorLmma her mother's wardrobe, and to nrocure by her own laber a maintainance for tuem both; but her health bepan alradv to suffer from the effects of privation and overexertion, aud she was obliged, though reluctauiiy, to renounce ner determination. Young ilathorne, in the. mean time was untiring in his efforts to ascertain her name and situation, a . anu me obscure stieet where she lived be came his daily promenade, insterd of Broad way, or the far-famed Balterr. He had sel dom, however, been rewarded bjr a sight of ner, as ner errands ot necessity were general IV nerlorinffl At in pnrlr hnnr in llio mintim before the fashionable world wag abroad. As J I - 'J ..w... ... .Hb H1VI UlUgi a last resource, he ventured a few inquiries at a small shop next door to where she resided, but Mrs. Stimpson who kept it could tell him nothing, only that she believed that she was a voung widow. Laura had procured money to pay the last quarter's rent, by disposing of a shawl which her brother had presented to his wife the day he sailed, and now, nearly three months more had been passed by her in the same routine of unmitigated toil, without a moment s leisure to solace herself with books, or to allow her to engage iii any other intellectual pursuit, whirh a cultivated mind and a refined taste, had, in the days of her prosperity, rendered actual wants. She felt that she was sinking from the combined effects of anxiety, priva lion, and her unremitting night-tasks; but what could she dot The winter had proved uncommonly scveie, which by increasing the prices of food and fuel, had obliged her to part with several articles on which she had prvpos ed to raise money to pay the rent, due jn a few days. Une d?.y, when tiieii 'n'ni'J.,r.C..9 J.read had been unusually small, the most of witch Laura had forced upon the poor hungry child, wlo had sat all day on a stool at her feet, stitching some plain seams, wihch she felt happy and proud at being able to do well enough to answer the purpose,a smart rap was heare at the outer door just after dark. Taking up the small japan lamp, Laura went and opened it. It was the landlord, who had tailed to inform her that ho had let the tenement which she occupied to a relative of his, who wished to take poscssion of it the next Monday; nor did he forget to remind her that the last quarter's rent became due that morning. She confessed her inability to pay him, and expressed her fears that in so short a time It would be impossible to obtain another house into which she could remove. "Why, as to that," said the man, "you'll have a whole day to look round in and to move your housen stuff, which will," glancing his eye round the room,ubenogrent job,I see. In the mean time you can be thinking of some dan to make out the n.oney for the rent, by partinc with some bit of finery or other, or by calling in your pay for your work, and I will call to-morrow and take It. I have parted with every thine that" Laura began, but ihe landlord cither did not or would not hear, and bidding her ugood night," he left tbe house. Laura did not - . . ........ speak, but seating herself oy ine dim lamp, with apparent composure, resumed her nee dle. Emma sat silent too, with her eyes ear nestly fixed upon the portraits of her father and mother, which had, long since, been denoiled or their handsome gilt frames. Don't vou thine, aunt Laura,"sheat length said, "that father and mother would feel very sorry, if they knew that we had nothing but a hill broad to eat. and scarcely any ore to w - a warm us!" Laura, instead of replying, suddenly threw up her arms, gave a faint shriek, and fell back in hei chair. The child gazed on her pale. death-like countenance a moment, and then rushed wildly into the street.' "O, do come in," said she to the nrsi person she met. "aunt Lt.ura is dead !" A voune gentleman, who might have been fivs and twenty, foUowcd closely by Mrs.

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Simpson who had heard the exclamation of the child, obeyed the request. They placed Laura on the bed.aiid with cold water, the on I v restorative the house afToriW.-M r. Simn. son commenced chafing her hands and tem ples. : . . . .. -0, aunt," said the weeping EmmaI will never t at so much of the bread again, if vou don't want it." Is it possible," said Mrs. Simnron. that the poor voung woman is diing for wan of foodr. . : As for the eentleman. he did not rttelr. hut Mrs. Simpson law him wipe his ejes with his handkerchief. 'Just keep tubbing her hands and forehead, sir,", utid she. "and I will inn and get a little wine and some biscuits." x ; Soon nfter her return, Laura, ocean slow I v to. revive, and was soon able to swallow a little wine and water. At first she looked round with a bewildered air, but when, the saw a VOU n IT PCnllemnn nwcrnl lkiiisl .uicllnn Mo O ,-.ww., wi.ciwv nKiaiuif; r. Simpson to . endeavor to restore her,' a faint blush tinged her pale and hollowed checks; for she immediately recognized him from having met him several times near the house, when she could ijot forbear noticing that he regarded her with more than common curiosity. fhe yonng gentleman, whose cmbatassment exceeded hers, briefly explained . the reason of his being present,' first informing her that his name was Ilathorne. "Will von " added he, "permit my sister to call on ycu iu the morning?"' "If the sight ofpoverty and misery will not be too painful for her," replied Laura, "it would give me pleasure." .: After receiving a promise from Mrs. Simn. son that she would remain durine the iiivnt. Ilathorne departed. At an hour which might have been termed early in the city, a handsome private carriage drew un in front of the humble residence of Laura Loveland. The steps were let down, the door, thrown open, and young Ilathorne springing lightly upon the side walk, nssistcd a lady to alieht. whose sweet and beautiful face could not fail to be a sure passport to the heart. "bhall I return for you in half an hour. Martha t" said he, as he conducted his sister tu the door. Not quite so soon as that." the replied: "an hour will not be too long for tne to men tion my plans to her, especially if I find her weak nnd exhausted Mrs. Simpson came to the door, and in nnswer to their iuquirics. informed them tk-if Miss Loveland had rested quile comfortahlv aAer eating some biscuit, except that she sometimes started in her leep, and begged somebody to let her remain a little Iongi-r, ns she had no home to go to. "And ns for the child," added she "you never saw such a little famished thing. She would not taste a mouthful till I told her that her aunt would soon be well, then I can tell you, it did me good to see her eat." Though want andovcr-excrt:on had cloud ed the brightness of Laura's complexion, stolen brilliancy fiom her eyes, and by sharp ening, had marred the beautiful outline of her features, vestiges of extreme lovolincss still lingered on her countenance a loveliness rendered touching by the look of mild resig iauon uiiiusCe Lcyrr. it by it spirit that had meeklv bowed beneath the haii4 o. .'be Chastner.. She was attired in her dress of faded blak, the only decent one she had been able to retain, nnd was seated near the fire, when Ilathorne's sister, (Mrs. Cnrllon,) entered. lowing the impulse of a delicacy, which seems lo be the instinct of noble and sensitive minds, Mrs. Carlton soon managed to subdue the painful embarrassment and restraint, which Laura felt, in common with those who lave passed from a state of comfort and com parative affluence into one of extreme indig ence, when their poverty and misfortunes are about to become the theme of conversation; and before the expiration of the hour, she had related the story of her sorrows and sufferings, and every thing was satisfactorily arranged for the removal of herself and Emma to Mrs. Carlton's own splendid dwelling. Now that the heavy hand of anxiety had beeu lifted from her heart, and the bright bow of premise could be seen spanning the pros pects of the future, Laura s frame seemed to be renovated endued with new life. With the assistance of Mrs. Simpson's daughter, what few household goods remained in her possession, were prepared to transfer to the auction room by four o'clock, and Emma, with the impatience ofchildhood, had put on her pelisse nnd bonnet, and sat holding the portraitsof her parents, which being painted on canvass, were nvide into a roll, and care fully covered with a handkerchief, while her joy, too exciting for silence, continually over flowed in praises ol Mrs. Carlton and her handsome brother. "How fortunate it is," said she to Laura, "that you know music and drawing. How much pleasanter it will be to teach them to Mrs. Carlton's daughters, thau to sit and sew hard, stiff cloth, from sunirse to mid-night. Did vou mind how sweet her voice sounded, when just as she went away she said, I trust we shall be like sisters to each other, Miss Loveland !' and Mr. Ilathorne I thought looked as if he would be glad to be your broth er. As it drew near five, the hour Mrs. Carlton proposed to come for them, the sound of every carrirge attracted Emma to the window. The

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8 FRIENDS.' clot kat last struck nearly five minutes more naa elapsed still no. carriage appeared in sight resembling the one expected. Emma's vivacity- bi'un to be damped by doubt and fear, and as her eyes uundered round the low, Harrow room, it had never looked so gloomy to ner bclore. Uer sixpence was momentary. When she looked out again, the carriage was almost tothe door. Many were the happy hours that brightened her, future yet ft mny he doubled if j act her cup of joy was mor" completely full, than uheu she found herself nnd her nunt fairly scnted in the carriage, saw the door actually closed, and felt that the wheels were in motion. The balmy., breath of spring was abroad, and the sky .softened to that mild, cerulean hue, whirh harmonizes so finely with the first light verduc, ni.d the trees in their early folia ge. . The sun, which stole through the damask curtains that shaded the windows of an apartment in one of the most splendid houses in Square, placed in a rich light, a groop gathered round a mosnic center table, looking at seme beautiful prints. One of them, a child six years old, with eyes blue as summer skies, and with cheeks like the heart of a dew -bathed rose, glowing brightly through clustering curls of a tunny brown, as she bent over one of the prints,stood with her small, dimpled hand laid lightly on the shoulder of another fair child, apparently of the same age, and of almost equal beaty. It was Emmi. Loveland, and those, who a few months before had beheld her. pale ns a crushed flower, would hardly have recognized the little laughing Hebe before them How to be the same. Hut the change was not greater f han that wrought in the appearance of a still lovelier being, who stood . at the same fable. Health nnd beauty had returned to her pale, hollow cheeks, and those eyes which had haunted young Ilathorne in his midnight dreams nnd mid-day musing, had lost nothing of their fascinating loveliness: while on her brow, where sorrow had been written in dimshadowy characters, the light of a happy heart shone like morning sunbeams on the unfolding lilly. In the same group wi.s Albert Ilathorne, with pride nnd pleasure in his looks, for he felt (hat it was his hand that bad raised from the dust these trampled flowers, which were now glowing with a richness ol bloom, surpassing even his own high-w rough! anticipations. Nor was it in Laura's person al attractions alone, that he found cause of self gmtulation in reference to the part l e had taken, lie found her mind was a lewel wor thy of the casket. While simplicity and truth formed Ihe more prominent frails -of her character, heart was capable of that deep and devoted passion, almost always accompa nied i,y a Deauuiiil enthusiasm, which weaves a veil of all imaginable loveliness to invest the object of its love. Too often, alas, is thU veil, w ith its fervid and beautiful coloring thrown over a character cold and unlovely in itself. Several other fair forms made up the a sr m . . . ' . group w nicn flirs. Carlton, scaled a little a part, was contemplating with a look of serene delight, when an exclamation of wild iov buist from the lips of Emma as 6bc ran and threw herself into the nr'r-s of a gentleman, who at that moment entered the room, con ducted by Mr. Carlton. Laura, who had stood w ith her back towards the door when he entered, turned at the sound of Emma's voice, and as she sprang to his side, the word, ""broth er, that t &iTiocd her tremulous lins explain ed all. les, Captain Loveland, whom all imagined had long slept beneath the waves of the ocean, stood before them, and while he pressed his child to his bosom, and clasped the hand of his beloved sister, a tear fell to the memory, of her, who with pale lips aud tearful eyes, bade him her last farewell. Captain Lovc-lund's unexpected return may be accounted for in a few words. His vessel was wrecked when within a few dav's sail of home, and he nnd a few others were in a state of great exhaustion taken from the wreck by a ship bound for Java. Soon afterwards, a homeward bound vessel belonging to the United Slates fell in with thcr wreck, and concluding from appearances, that all on board had perished, the captain aud crew, when they arrived on shore, made report accordingly. Soon after his arrival at Java, he was attacked by the dreadful fever of the country, and after his recovery, a scries of adverse events prevented him from sooner reaching home. A (ew weeks from this time, a small, select party were assembled at Mrs. Carlton's, to witness the marriage of Albert Ilathorne and Laura Loveland. Her friends had the means and the will to deck her with the splendor of an Eastern queen, but she preferred to appear in a simple dress of wri te muslin.in which she looked so lovely, that all who beheld her felt that 'Beauty needs no adorning. But is, when unadorned, adorned tho most.' What was peculiary grateful to Laura's heart, was that Ilathorne s parents, though wealthy, and by son e accouted proud nnd haugty, treated her with as much courtesy and cordiality as if she had been an heiress. Mr. Carlton, who was extensively engaged in commerce, offered Captain Loveland the! command of one of his ships, and fortune no longer looked upon him with astern and frowning aspect. One evening, while Laura was engaged with her neeldle work, Emma with her drawing lesson, and Hathornc was reading lo them aloud, he was told that a porter at the

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door wished fo speak with him. He smiled as he rose and went lo the door, and Laura heard him say, Yru may bring it into the hall," "Laura, come into the hall a minute,"said he, "and Err.mn, 3 ou must romc too." As they entered, he was unlocking a large trunk. The lid was raised, and 'Emma exclaimed, "Oh, aunt, there is your elegant shaw I, and flic beautiful dressjoa were obliged to part with, to pay the doctor's bill, when I had the fever." ' Emma's- eyes sparkled still more hrightly, when llntliorne, opening a cnket, displayed ' nil the jewelry which had belonged to her mother and her aunt, as well as Iter uwn trinkets, which she had been obliged loyield to the pawn-broker to procure btead. One thing after another was n moved from the trunk. nnd laid upon the taUe. Not a single thing winch had tu longed lot ilhtrof th m was mis sing. Jaura iould only say, while she ptessed her husband's hand lo her In art, "If ycu hive been thoughtful, 1 ftel that 1 ran le grateful." From tke'JCew York Detpatch. A CITY INCIDENT. While the b-IIs were on Monday evening ringing the fire alarm, ni.d the streets were full of crowds and ronfusu.n, we met a little lad in a great state c-f frit ulatin. A hoat of bo)s were about him, and to their honor l e it spoken, none of them were insulting, what must have appeared fo them but a ridiculous grief; he was bewailing the fact that he had lost his way. "My mother,' he said, "is dying of consumption, or else I should not be Acre." As he did not I cir. the connexion of his mother's illness with his wandering could not readily be Irnred; nor could he give suh a description of her residence as would enable anj one to find it. The directory was silent upon the suljeet; and iuft as the hltie ehnp's case seemed more difficult than ever, tie said that hi sfeler lived 111 Anthony street, and if he could only be shown that street he could find her. Wo called lo him to follow and we would lead him there; and then, for the fiist time, by his groping about, perceived that he was, as he afterwards expressed it, "a. Hllleblrhd." We look his clay-cold, clammy baud in ours. Fright had stopped the circulation of his oung Mood, and it seemed as if we had a dead child by the arm. In a few minutes he became reassured, and a frightful chill gave place to a hunting heat. J he sj mpathy between human beings let them be as widely separated ns tyrant utem ran dictate, mast occasionally make iteelf felt. Accident lifts the veil of concealment from Ihe homes of the unfriended poor, nnd thote ukom God has blessed with compel lire and comfort are. tnuKht to appreciate their own happiness, and to feel for the woe which seeks lor concealment in by-places. ' "Sir," snid the lad, "if you will only show me to Anthony street, I can find the way." "But I thought )ou were blind." "Oh, only a little just then." We let go his hand, and he stumbled first against cue pnssengtr and then against another. Again we took htm by the arm for there grew a mystery about him which increased in interest as it increased in perplexing circumstances. At length we reached Anlhon street, and the indistinct vision of the lad advit-cd him of the fact." He begged to be left lo pursue his w ay alone, "'illiso much earne stness that we ihcueht it best the lad a trial, but still . Vs eye upo. turn; anu found, as we feared, that he could not get on. In a few moments he was near being trampled to dea:h, and wo found it neces?ary to take him by the arm again. It whs with mingled reluctance and submission that he sufTeied us to resume his guidance. - ' When he rem hrd what he supposed was distance enough, he groped at the door ofa large house. We supposed that his sister might be theie at set vice, but he pronounced it not the place. We conducted him to the next and the next, with like ill-success. ' At -length he declared he hnd found the house a blind in the pannel of the door opened, tor the cautious inmates to look through, and tee who might be at the portal. It opened the. lad slunk in without a word, the sister ottered a graceless expression of thanks, and the door was abruptly closed in our face. . Here then was an explanation of the poor lad's unwillingness. Here was an explanation of the sentence at which wc were at first puzzled. "I f my mother was not sick I should not be here," was his formula of apology for -residing in such a place, and being indebted to a charity, of which even his uninformed mind could be ashamed. Poor little fellow! Our heart bled for him. Terrible terrible is the reflection t&at the Mil of one can ruin the peace of a whde family. The mother sinking under the degradation of her daughter the father in his grave, lo which, perhaps, he had beeu hurried ""by the failure cf his hopes in his children the fatherless boy living on the w-iges of his sister's sin; and blu.-hir.g deep scarlet at VJm mention of Ihe name of his benefactress. 'Cap. the faithfulness of the wildest imagination in vent horrors greater than these f . Truly "Tralli is strange, strauger tbma fiction." Patience to sit in a room aed be annoyed day after day, by a flute or clarinetl most horribly played. If this is "not n proper definition, we would like to know what was. Ap.

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