MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTU RAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
PAYING AN fcLB DEBT. 
A TRUE NARRATIVE, WITH A MORAL. 
had made up the sum to within $20. My 
wife knew how much the payment of this 
debt lay on my spirits, and advised me to 
sell a cow, and make up the difference, and 
get the heavy burden off my mind. I did 
COUNT PULASKI. 
AN INCIDENT AT HIS QUARTERS. 
On the night of the battle of Brandy¬ 
wine, I was sent with a message from Gen. 
A MERCHANT 
in commerce, iii um xvufiimc cuies, uieu in- __ „ , *, ? - . , nc uum icreu m a ueai, mrra-aousc, near 
testate. February 18, 18-, at the age of ^°L' ’tP! *?, r »PP« folds. After our business’ was 
NARRATIVE, WITH A MORAL. SO; and ROW what Will my old woman SRV ? Z. JZ , P I ■ jf „ , j 
-, . , . I must get baek to the Cape and tell her * f S Pi.Uskt, a noble Po'aneler, 
ant, very extensively engaged , hi J news . g^,,, ^bly repeat the y,'° * P r °T P"» “ ««r freedom. 
5, in our Atlantic cities, died in- v ‘ ? L, ,. He was quartered in a neat farm-house,near 
| seventy five. After his death, among his 
{ papers a package of very considerable size his seed begging their bread ” anu hi me same time he 
was found, carefully tied up and labelled as . • ° 5 b called out — 
; follows: Giving each of us a hearty shake of the ' « Mary, my lass, Mary!” 
“ Notes, due bills and accounts, against ‘ and and a blessing upon our old father’s I n an instant a rosy-cheeked girl entered 
, sundry persons down along shore. Some rn ernory, be went on his way rejoicing. her face beaming with joy, it would seem, 
! of these may be got by suit or severe dun- “ There,” said my brother, “your part of at the very sound of Pulaski’s, voice, 
f ning. But the people are poor; most of the amount would be so much. Contrive “ Did you call me, Count?” said she, very 
) them have had fishermen’s luck. My child- a P^ an to convey to me your share of the timidly. 
) ren will do as they think best. Perhaps pleasure derived from this operation, aud “ How often have I told you, little love,” 
, they will think with me that it is best to the money is at your service.” he said, bending his tall form to kiss her 
/ burn the package entire.” Such is the simple tale which I have told cheek, “not to call me Count: call me your 
About a month after he died the sons as it was told to me. To add the evident dear Pulaski. This is a Republic my little 
<! met together, when the elder brother, the moral would be an insult to the reader. favorite. We have no Counts, you know.” 
\ administrator, produced this package, read-—-“But you are a Count, sir, when at home, 
the superscription, and asked what course A DINNER STORY. and they say you come a long way over 
should be taken in regard to it. Another the ocean to fight for us.” 
- brother, a few years younger than the eldest, The fo p ° w i n g anecdote from Noah’s “ Yes, yes, Mary, very true, I did come 
hands on my shoulders as we parted—“ I ' f T , 
have never Wen the righteoue forsaken or i h ? C °T asked ™> ,0 tak . e 
refreshments, and at the same time he 
called out — 
“ Mary, my lass, Mary!” 
In an instant a rosy-cheeked girl entered 
her face beaming with joy, it would seem, 
“How often have I told you, little love,” 
he said, bending his tall form to kiss her 
; administrator, produced this package, read 
the superscription, and asked what course 
should be taken in regard to it. Another 
- brother, a few years younger than the eldest, The lowing anecdote from Noah’s “ Yes, yes, Mary, very true, I did come 
a man of strong impulsive temperament, ^Yeekly Messenger beautifully illustrates a long way, but one reason why, I had to 
unable at the moment to express his feel- tbe P r ' nc 'pfo °f charity, and teaches us it is come, in a measure. Now can you get for 
< ings by words, while he brushed the tears °^ ten f° r °ur own interest to “ feed the hun- this gentleman and myself a little refresh- 
; from his eyes with one hand, by a spas- g r }’ and clothe the naked.” ment? He has a long way to ride to 
i; modic jerk of the other towards the fire “ Sir, bring me a good dinner,” saida night.” 
| place indicated his wish to have the packet melancholy individual to the waiter at one “ Certainly, sir,” and she went out of the 
j put into the flames. It was Suggested by of our principal hotels. room like a fairy. 
another of the brothers that it might be “ Yes, sir.” “ A fine, pleasant girl,” said Pulaski.— 
well first to make a list of the debtor’s The dinner was brought and devoured, “ Would that I had the wealth that I once 
names, and of the dates and amounts, that and the eater called the landlord aside, and had, I would give her a portion that would 
A CHAMPION OF MINORITIES. 
One should be the Apostle of some kind¬ 
ly minority or other, in this day of tyran¬ 
nical majority. By listening humbly, with 
that spirit ear to which come the faint whis¬ 
pers of duty, one may receive instructions 
of tolerable distinctness, we believe, as to 
the cross to be taken up, smaller or larger. 
We have had our “call ”—we own it—long 
ago—and have moderately done its bidding, 
keeping our unsatisfied ear still open, how¬ 
ever, in the hope of something more ambi¬ 
tious. Time flies, however, and death may 
overtake us, alas! amid agreement with 
many! Let us shake off the dust of unan¬ 
imity from our feet, while we may, and 
preach our poor little difference from this 
age of scoffing and disbelieving. Creduli¬ 
ty is our gospel. Instead of beginning by 
doubting, we shall (as heretofore) begin by 
believing in all things which it were better 
were true, thus differing from the world 
about us. We shall believe that the sun¬ 
set of life is not a lingering twilight of com¬ 
munication with the scenes it leaves behind 
—thus differing from the world about us. 
We shall oppose injustices to new Messiahs 
of opinion, and h^ar them with respect and 
deference—thus differing from the world 
about us. We shall listen to the praise of 
THE UNGUARDED MOMENT. 
BY PHCEBE CAREY. 
Y(’s, my lips to-night have spoken 
Words I said they should not speak ; 
And I would I could recall them— 
Would I had not been so weak. 
Oh, that one unguarded moment > 
Were it mine to live again, 
All tile strength of its temptation 
Would appeal to me in vain. 
True, my lips have only uttered 
Whal is ever in my heart; 
I am happy when beside him. 
Wretched when we are apart; 
Though I listen to his praises. 
Always longer than I should. 
Yet my heart can never hear them 
Half so often as it would ! 
And I would not, could not, pain him, 
Would not for the world offend, 
I would have him know I like him, 
As a brother, as a friend ; 
But I meant to keep one secret 
In my bosom always hid, 
For I never meant to tell him 
That I loved him—but I did. 
WIFE. 
The word wife, does not, in our opinion, 
LTo Doc n UrTTv . • T . —"O ouau iiotcu tu me praise 01 wue, uues not, m our opinion, 
& '3 t0 ride to abrick, without abusing it for not being a simply mean, as Walker has it, “a woman 
diamond—thus differing from the world that has a husband,” for some women have 
about us.— JV. P. Willis. husbands, and good ones too, who are not 
---- wives according to our understanding of 
CONTENTMENT. the term. Wife does not mean a woman 
Contentment, said the poet Wordsworth,. "i&S nZe . a toaX no!”a com-’ 
according to the common adage, is better panion, a tool nor a plaything, but she is 
than riches; and why is it better? Not all these united together per Let period 
without^ C bnt e fn he tb e T 1 n ° f appmeSS in 0ne beautiful and ^monious whole. In 
i .• V ’ ^ vr f , r . th , e sak f’ also ’ ot lts mor ' society she is a woman, in the parlor a ladv 
g, ;K f ankl ? d - W ? kn ° W ’ a T placed in the nursery a slave, in the dinirnr room 
on earth to have their hearts and under- a mist.i-Pss in lu,mii a ™u. „ a. 
-thus differing from the world 
-JV. P. Willis. 
CONTENTMENT. 
they might be enabled, as the intended dis- | thus addressed him: 
charge was for all, to inform such as might 
offer payment that their debts were forgiven. 
On the following day they again assembled, 
“ You do a good business here?’ 
“Yes,” (in astonishment.) 
send half the youths hereabouts after her 
sweet face.” 
The girl soon returned, with part of a 
) I \ the list had been prepared, and all the notes, dear 
\ | ( due bills and accounts, the amount of which “ Yes.” 
j ! / including interest, amounted to thirty thou- “Then I am safe. I cannot pay for what 
i; sand dollars, were committed to the flames. ^ have consumed; I have been out of em¬ 
it was about four months after our fath- P^ 0 y men t for seven months, but have en- 
You make probably ten dollars a day fine boiled ham, some delicious fresh rye 
bread and butter, pickles, and a few little 
et ceteras that I relished exceedingly. 
On the morning of the 11th of Septem¬ 
ber, 1777, the British army advanced in full 
force to Chadd’s Ford, for the purpose of 
Contentment, said the poet Wordsworth,. 
according to the common adage, is better 
than riches; and why is it better? Not 
nursery a slave, in the dining room 
Zj! LnLU liave T r nea ™ a " d ^er- a mistress, in her chamber a mother, in the 
landings improved, some m one sphere sick room a nurse, to her children a teacher 
and some in another,-to undergo various to her husband a companion and an equal ! 
trials and to perform divers duties; that but in no situation canshe be a politician a 
dutv which, in t,he wor d’s met_ t , . .. . a 
> an opportunity to speak with him, tbere week> ” by ten o’clock at one of the lower fords. 
{ came in a hard favored, little, old man, who “ ^ cannot P a y bibs upon such promises,” The Hessian General, Knyphausen, with 
;■ looked as though time and rough usage had blustered th e landlord ; “ and I do not keep a large force advancing up the side ol the 
; been to windward of him for 70 yifars.— a P 00r bouse. You should address the creek and uniting with Lord Cornwallis, 
' He asked if my brother was not the execu- P oor aut b° rit ies. Leave me something for who commanded the left wing of the army, 
. tor. My brother answered that he was the secunt y-” crossed at the upper forks of the river and 
administrator, as our father died intestate. “ ^ b ay e nothing.” creek. 
; “Well,” said the stranger, “I’ve come “ I will take your coat” _ It so happened that- during the raging 
up from the Cape to pay a debt owed the -n ^ lnto street without that, I of the conflict, in carrying orders, I passed 
old gentleman.” mli S et m y deati L such weather as it is.” immediately in the direction of Pulaski’s 
; My brother requested him to take a seat r “ Y ° U sh ° uld u h T thon S ht of ^at be- quarters, that I had visited the night before. 
being at that moment engao-ed with other or ^y°^ ca,:ne ore. Situated as the house was, in the midst of 
i persons at the desk. The old man sat down W ' eave \ he r coat ” the battle ’ CHriosi ty prompted me to ride up. 
| i and putting on his glasses, drew out a very , C ° a at WaS , and In a week after ' Suddenl y a s beet of flame burst forth— 
? ancientpocketbook and began to count out wards redeemed. The house was on fire. Near the door- 
J h's money. Wlien he had finished, as he Several years after that, a wealthy man s * e P ^ a y ^be body of Mary, her head cut 
> sat waiting his turn, slowly twirling his erdered ^be political arena, and was pre- °P en by a sabre, and her brains oozing out 
| thumbs with his old, gray, meditative eyes sen ^ ed caucus as an applicant for a Con- from the terrible wound! I had not been 
i cast down upon the floor, he sighed, and I S ress * ona ^ nomination. The principal of the there more than half a minute when Pulas- 
! knew the money, as the phrase runs, came caucus - held his place—he heard the name a ^ the head of a troop of cavalry, gal- 
hard, and secretly wished the old man’s a,ld bistory of the applicant, who was a l°P ed rapidly to the house. Never shall I 
name might be found on the forgiven list. metQ bcr of the church, and one of the most forget the expression of his face, as he 
My brother was soon at leisure, and asked r c s P ec t a ble citizens. Pie was chairman.— shouted like a demon on seeing the inani- 
him the ordinary questions, his name, resi- 1 be v °fo was a . de > and be cast a negative, ma te form — 
Well and wisely has it been said, in words 
which I need not scruple to quote here, 
where extreme poverty and abject misery 
are unknown : 
“ God doth not need 
Either icnn s work or his own gifts: who best 
The office of wife, therefore, is the happi¬ 
est, yet the most laborious, the highest, yet 
most humble position that frail mortality 
can occupy. Nor is there any station on 
earth to which the “Lord of creation” can 
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best, his stato aspire, the duties of which are more resnon- 
Js kindly—thousands at his bidding speed sihlp and tho fgGRfnl , r i 
And post o’er land and ocean without rest: siWe, and the taithful or imperfect discharge 
They also serve who only stand and wait.” 01 waic h will be rewarded with more in- 
--—----- tensity, than those of the wife, which, we 
A CURIOSITY. believe to be one of the consequences of a 
- violation of the high trusts committed to the 
Last week the workmen at Power's first wife in the garden of Eden, that she 
Summit, ou the Ohio and Pennsylvania should be “an help meet to Adam.” 
railroad, found a petrified snake, the size To society she is an indispensable mera- 
of wh.ch would seem to indicate that in her. To the parlor the most important per- 
t us region at least, that species of reptile sonage, in the nursery the most abject slave, 
md greatly degenerated. His snakeship in the dining room the most absolute sove- 
was lm redded in the solid limestone rock, reign, in her chamber a guardian angel, in 
sixty feet below the earth’s surface. Its the sick room the best physician, to her 
size is enormous sixteen feet in length, and children the wisest priest, aid to her hus- 
m the rmcMfo at least four inches in diame- band the most valued and valuable agent, 
tey. Although its substance is completely the dearest and cheapest counsellor, the 
assimilated to the rock m which it was im- most loved and loving companion; in a 
bedded, it still looks surprisingly natural; word “the wife at home” is every blessino- 
indeed almost as perfect in “form and fea- the mortal mind can conceive or heart de- 
tin e as when alive. How his snakeship sire. Home without a wife is a “ strange 
got so far beneath the surface, and how land,” a head without brains, a heart with- 
long he has lain there, are questions which out a conscience, a ship without sails an 
we leave to the scientific. Beaver (Pa.) ocean without waves, a world without a re- 
^ tar •__ bgfon. a Heaven without a God! 
A Hit at Church Sleepers -The edi- A GIRL WORTH HAYING, 
tor of the South Boston Gazette is respon- _ 
sible for the truth of the following: Some time since a man residing a short 
“ At church, last Sabbath, we were not a distance from the city “shuffled off this 
little surprised to see a man who had been mortal coil,” leaving "a wife and three 
snoring beyond all calculation for the last daughters apparently helpless and penni- 
fifteen minutes, suddenly lift his arm above foss upon the world. In this emergency 
hi> head and bring his clenched fists down the eldest daughter —about 16 yearsof age 
upon his knees with great force some half —what Burns calls a “ bonnie, sweet, and 
dozen times. While he snored, merely, we sonsie lass”—a whole armful of health, vir- 
supposed him to be very tired; when he tue and rural beauty, resolved to make an 
pounded, we took him for some wretch try- effort for the support of her mother and sis- 
ing to break the S .bbath, in both these ters. A warm hearted neighbor offered 
conjectures however, we wronged the indi- her, at her own solicitation, 75 cents per 
vidual in question—for, on inquiry, we as- cord for cutting wood, being an advance of 
CURIOSITY. 
him the ordinary questions, his name, resi- j tie vo ^ e vvas a ^ e > and h e cas t a negative, ma te form — 
dence, &c. The original debt was $440; thereb y defeating the wealthy applicant, “ Who did this?” 
, it had stood a long time, and with the in- w fi° m h e m et an hour afterwards, and to . ^tle boy, that I had not before no- 
terest amounted to between seven and eight w fi° m said: ticed, who was lying amid the grass, his leg 
hundred dollars. My brother went to his “ You don’t remember me.” dreadfully mangled, said, 
desk, and after examining the forgiven list “No.” “There they go!” 
! attentively, a sudden smile lighted up his * ^ once eat a d ' nner at your hotel, and, p ^ e pointed to a company of Hessians or 
countenance, and told me the truth at once, although I told you I was famishing, and Anspach grenadiers, then some distance off. 
The old man’s name was there. My brother pi ed g ed y ou m y word and honor to pay you “ Right wheel, men—charge!” 
; quietly took a seat by bis side, and a con- f n a week ’ y ou t0 °k m y coat and let me go And they did charge; I do not think one 
versation occurred between them which I bdo ^ be i nc fo men t air at the risk of my life man °f that Hessian corps ever left the 
| shall never forget. without it.” field, except to be placed in his grave. 
“Your note is outlawed,” said he, “it is “Well, sir, what then?” The last I saw of Pulaski on the battle 
( dated twelve years ago, payable in two years; . much. You call yourself a Chris- ground of Brandywine, he was bearing in 
there is no witness, and no interest has ever tian \ you were a candidate for bis arms the lifeless form of poor Mary & 
} been paid; you are not bound to pay this nom ‘ n ation, and but for me you would have- — 
note; we can never recover the amount.” bcen elected to Congress.” BETRAY NOT CONFIDENCE. 
’ “ Sir,” said the old man, “ I wish to pay Three years after, the Christian hotel 
it It is the only heavy debt I have in the kee P er became a bankrupt and sought a bo . R . on . ce that sec recy is formally upon 
> world. It may be outlawed here, but I b° rae at Bellevue. The poor dinnerless y ou> ^ implied a hundred times by the 
( have no child, and my old woman* and 1 wret ch that was, is now a high functionary; c u ncurrent circumstances. All that your 
( hope we have made our peace with God, T e kn ? w b* m weP - The ways of Provi- frfoud sa J s to y ou as his friend, is intrusted 
and wish to do so with man. I should like dence > indeed > are wonderful, and the world’s t0 y ou . onl y- Much of what a man 
\ to pay it.” mutations almost beyond conception or be- teds y^ 11 * n ibe bour of affliction, in sudden 
And he laid his bank notes before mv lief< ange . r ’, ? r in aD T outpouring of his heart, 
; brother, requesting him to count them over ) ‘ . should be sacred In his craving for sym- 
u t . , , . ‘ I ossesses who Enjoys.— What is pathy, he has spoken to you as to his own 
1 , 1 cannot tato th,s ”>oney“ said my ihere in all the “pomp and circumstance” sou! J u as to 
r Tk? r ',,, , . . of earth, which can compete with the sim- To repeat what you have heard in social 
“ I have cast sirn'^ ^ pie garniture of fields, subdued and culti- intercourse is sometimes a sad treachery 
and a lkire over”S ^ ^ nd of raan ? Yet these and when it is not treacherous, it is ofSn 
; “Lnlni rf f 1 will pay you own not the sublime beauty of mountain, foolish. For you commonly relate but a 
> dcbt ou-dit to have h > U ' . ! s ^ a > air > and sky, with their unsullied wealth part of what has happened, and even if you 
> i- 5] ' e .' pa . u on g a g°> but of varied charms, which human power can- are able to relate that part with fairness it 
! Z j } d r h W:lS vc j‘y j ndu lgcnt —he knew not change or human cupidity appropriate; is still as likely to be^nisconst ued a Va 
! L worrylbouAt’’ ^ ^ ^ ^ f ft al ^^e!-as mLh ? o, as word of many Lanings, in a foreign ton^ 
> -kr ‘ . though I held the title-deeds of a continent, without the context. 
I him All 3 3 "'n “ nd bol , mtiful P ro ™»“ of the There are few conversations which do 
ed them’to theo’d mm’s nv 1h’^TiT A] U-wse Creator, that every one has an not imply some degree of mutual confidence, 
eu inem to toe old man s pocket book, tell- equal right io emov the henitWnt rvlA.- w ’ 
BETRAY NOT CONFIDENCE. 
For once that secrecy is formally upon 
( to pay it.” 
And he laid his bank notes before my 
; brother, requesting him to count them over. 
) “ I cannot take this money,” said my 
) brother. 
t The old man became alarmed. 
“ I have cast simple interest for 12 years 
i and a little over,” said he. “ I will nay you 
certained him to be a blacksmith, who was 25 cents on the usual price for such em- 
innocently practising his favorite occupa- ployment— commonly considered the most 
tion!” laborious for the sterner sex. Nothing 
-----— daunted, however, our heroine commenced 
Ominous. — Among the nominees for operations, and by dint of application and 
membership in the next Congress, from economy, in a short time managed to save 
some ol our sister States, are a Savage, a enough from her earnings to buy her a 
Ruffin, and an Outlaw. If this docs not wagon and team. 
indicate a deliberate purpose on the part of She is now daily seen selling wood in our 
some people to trample down the “ Consti- streets, and unloading as actively as any 
tution and the laws,” then there’s nothing wood carrier who drives to our city_pitch- 
in a name. We advise the “law and order” ing out the logs with her own fair hands. 
wam, • 1 , °;°7— w. LUBiuio, uuuian power cau- are aoie to relate that Dart with fairness it 
' W M I. veiy mdulgent-he knew not change or human cupidity appropriate; is still as likely to be misconstrued as a 
i S worrylbout it.'’ y ’ and ^ B °‘ if so, as word of many meanings, in a 
) xr-i^ti *1 , , though I held the title-deeds of a continent, without the context. 
' forT him and" akinf he h nf biirf'^ aM* * “ d bo “ tiful P rovision of tbe There «« f«» conversations which do 
ed theui’to the uM niLn’s A11 ‘ v y ls . eCrcator » tha t every one has an not imply some degree of mutual confidence, 
hi l !r [fof am „; tLr" ir /ot 110 enjoy lhe benifieent gIory of Tr ^ 
j formal will, he had Recommended io his __ ” bloh 18 th »I e » f”"' 
j and d oihe7 • N *" en , ter P rise . s are be,d «P to ridicule no[ confiden&lAthich'is addreSid 1 ftL 
! those who mi,,|,t hi. I II ’ ' ' rtloase hy men who live long enough to see what present company alone though not confided 
j those who might be legally bound to pay great fools they made themselves. In the to their secrecy * It is meant for them, and 
Fnr # mrmwmi n,n ii debates of the New York Legislature prece- they are expected to understand it ru-htly. 
' nJZ t T c i W ° A thy °l d ““ ap - dlng the commencement of the Erie canal, _-_° 3 
! Ltedhhnselfam!' wtoedt few^V 0 ' °rv f ° PP ° SIn S member said: “ Where > Mr. Iris sometimes lamented that learning 
{ his eyes he said P tears from Clinton, are you to get the water to fill is becoming superficial by being made com° 
i “ From the time I heard of vonr f tl n t *! lb great i i dlt °r ‘ ” An< ? ther saved , Ck n- mon. But it may be doubted if that learn- 
l ed'to'get the momy t ^ ^ in' ToZZJJness f ‘‘ You larized^^^^ 
; 
in a name. 
members to go prepared for an emergency. We cordially commend this lady—for such 
---- _ sbe is in reality-to such of our bachelor 
Speculators generally die poor. If they friends as are matrimonially inclined. We 
make ten thousand dollars to-day on a coal care not in what rank of life such a v oman 
mine, they must try and make twenty may be found, she is a treasure. In the 
irS 10 enjoy lhe benifieent glory of H in ^ ^ = iy sriLT-Ti. zzr L°r 
which is said m confidence, there is gener- thousand to-morrow, by dabbling in the midst of poverty, toil and want, her virtue 
■vr ~ T“ pf all y something which is peculiar, though Do-’Em-Brown railroad. Like the boy who is unimpeachable, and sh“ has onlv smio-br 
New enterprises are held up to ridicule not confidential-which is addressed to the undertook to steal figs through a knot-hole, by unwonted labor to simport heraelf fnd 
by men who live long enough to see what present company alone though not confided they get their hands so full of sweets that relatives by the toil of her own hands Had 
great folds they made themselves. In the to their secrecy. It is meant for them, and they can’t pull them back again. not our heart Another shri^^whTch claims 
thCy ar ° eX£>eCted to U ' ,dmtand “ _ —7-- . homage, we know not that this moral 
ffc’ZlSht 8 ! if. J is becoming superficial by being made com- makes much of his own pursuits. There eft repeated injunction to “love not.” As 
t P g c n f ‘ Another saved Clin- mon. But it may be doubted if that learn- is a pedantry of the shop and the ledger it is, we advise our bachelor friends to “nav 
\ith rou e 0 answering this peice of ing is worth having which cannot be popu- equally ridiculous with that of the closet; attention” to our “ wood ” not the “ flowed 
w by remarkmgm tones of sadness: “You larized without being degraded-whichlo- and it is hard to tell which is the more in- girl.”-^X W WGr 
r ,, aven ,° ea ^ s oa ^bat subject the tears ses its attractions for the scholar as soon as tolerable, affectation of commeicial or schol- ___ 
c tne people will fall it.” it becomes accessible to the mass. astic technicalities. Be good—for to be good is to be happy. 
