MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
J THE DAYS GONE BY. 
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j BY CHARLES SWAIN. 
\ The days gone by—’tis sad yet sweet, 
) To list the strain of parted hours; 
> To think of those we loved to meet 
When children ’mid a thousand flowers I 
The scenes we roved—romantic—lone— 
, Ere yet our hearts had learned to sigh—• 
The dreams of glory once our own— 
In days gone by—in days gone by ! 
The days gone by—01 is there not 
A charm—a feeling in those words— 
A music ne'er to be forgot— 
Struck out from memory’s sweetest chords 1 
With many a tone to wake a tear, 
And many a thought we fain would fly; 
O! still to every heart are dear 
The days gone by—the days gone by 1 
The days gone by—they have a spell 
To burst the cerements of the grave; 
And from oblivion’s deepest cell, 
The forms we loved and lost—to save 1 
Time may not fade those locks of light,— 
Still beauteous to the mental eye, 
As the first hour they blest our sight, 
In days gone by—in days gone by I 
The days gone by—Man's best essay—• 
One fadeless work to leave behind— 
Before their might hath passed away, 
Like dust upon the desert wind: 
The very mountains have grown grey— 
And stars have vanished from the sky— 
The young—the fair—oh ! where are they ? 
With days gone by—with days gone by 1 
The days gone by—from shore to shore 
Their ever lengthening shadows spread, 
On—on tili time shall breathe no more— 
A nd earth itself be with the dead; 
Each brief—unnoticed—minute bears 
The mandate of its God on high; 
And death and silence are the heirs 
Of days gone by—of days gone by ! 
Written for the Rural New-Yorker. 
WOMAN'S RIGHTS, BY LAW. 
Mr. Moore :— Permit mo through the 
medium of your much vtilued journal, to 
inako a few remarks rolativo to Woman’s 
Rights, as thoy ought to bo secured by law, 
(or rather, not violated, by law.) The laws 
of the Stato of Now York givo a married 
woman no right to any part or potion of tho 
family possessions; thoy make her a de¬ 
pendent slavo on tho will of her husband, 
which is a direct violation of her natural 
rights. It is unjust, and a disgraco to tho 
maternal sympathies of civiziled society. 
Tho wife, by law has no right, no control, 
no management of any portion of tho fam¬ 
ily property, which is intended for tho fam¬ 
ily’s support, and its joint and mutual bene¬ 
fit ; all by law belongs to tho husband— 
every thing is his, and at his disposal; lot 
him bo a worthloss vagrant, or a wilful 
spendthrift, all is at the disposal of his ca¬ 
price or whim. Tho wife may bo prudent, 
industrious, and economical; sho maydailv 
do moro for the comfort and support of the 
family than ho does ; sho may havo earned 
moro of tho family domain than ho; yet it 
availoth her nothing—sho is a more cypher 
by law, having no right to tho fruits of hor 
industry, no power to stay tho wasteful ox- 
travaganco of her husband, no moans of 
saving a pittanco from tho general wreck, 
which sho soos daily wasting tho family sup¬ 
port. Sho realizes tho awful consequoncos, 
tho wrotebedness and poverty of hersolf and 
children, but it availoth her nothing, for sho 
has not tho power to prevent, nor tho right 
to control, oven one-third of thoir mutual 
possessions—no right to say, Thy waste¬ 
ful hand can como thus far, but no further. 
All can bo destroyed by hor husband’s 
wickedness or folly, and sho and hor holp- 
loss children cast on tho cold charity of tho 
frigid world for their support. 
And provided sho survives hor husband, 
her case is not much bettor, unless ho had 
tho prudonco to mako his will, and tho 
magnanimity to protect by it tho rights of 
his wife (which is much too often neglect- 
od.) Sho is considered by law, not only a 
moro novice, dostituto of natural rights, but 
insulted,and hor wounded feolings lacerated 
by tho tyrant law, under tho form of logal 
settlements. Tho death bod of hor husband 
is scarcely vacated beforo legal stops must 
bo taken to settlo tho cstato, and dispossess 
hor of her homo, which perhaps was moro 
tho fruit of hor industry and skill, than 
that of her husband ; but that matters not, 
all must bo sold, and sho turned adrift with 
tho pittanco of a life lease of ono-third of 
the possessions—not ono cent that sho can 
call hor own, not ono cont that sho can 
leave at her death to reward a kind and 
faithful attondanco through sickness or a 
lonoly old ago. But that is not all sho is 
made to suffer ; sho is such an inhuman and 
unfooling being that sho cannot bointrustod 
with tho mjinagcmont of hor children. A 
humane being in shape of a man must be 
appointed guardian, to provont hor from 
neglecting, or perhaps robbing her infant 
babe. Such is the usago that tho law doals 
out to the afllictod widow. 
But how is it with tho man, on tho death 
of his wife. Ho is not mado to pass through 
the trying ordeals of window-hood; ho is 
troatod with tondornoss and caro—no logal 
steps aro taken to harrass his woundod feol¬ 
ings, nothing about his mansion is disturbed 
to increase his loss, or aggravato his suffer¬ 
ings. And man is naturally so much moro 
affoctionato and humano thaW woman, that 
ho can bo intrusted with tho care of his 
children ; no guardian is nocessary to pro¬ 
tect thorn from tho husband’s noglect; ho 
can live unmolested until he forgets his 
sorrow; thon ho may increase his possessions 
by taking to liimsolf another wife with a 
fortune. 
But how can those ovils bo romodied ?— 
Givo the wife, by law, a right to ono-third 
of thoir mutual possessions, so that hor hus¬ 
band cannot wasto it by oxtravaganco or 
folly, nor disposo of it without her consent 
—and at tho death of tho husband, tho third 
of tho property to bolong to tho widow 
through lifo, and at hor disposal by will at 
hor death. Tho dwelling houso, with furni¬ 
ture, ought to remain her undisturbed homo 
as long as sho lives, as a resting placo for 
horsolf and children, and she bo thoir guar¬ 
dian ; there will not ho any moro danger of 
tho children being robbed, or misused by a 
groveling and avaricious father-in-law, than 
thoro is under tho present law, by a selfish 
and petulant step-mothor. Nor is there 
any moro danger that tho wife will bo un¬ 
reasonable, and control tho property ad- 
vorso to tho general good, than as it now is 
under tho absoluto management of tho hus¬ 
band. Womon aro not gonerally any moro 
unreasonable, ungenerous, or unjust, than 
tho mon, and thoro is no moro probability 
that tho wife will say that this is wrong and 
you shall not touch it, than there is of tho 
husband declaring that tho proporty is all 
mine and you havo no business with it. Nor 
will it bo any moro derogatory to tho dig¬ 
nity ol human nature, that an unreasonable 
man should bo under a portion of petticoat 
government, than that tho women shall bo 
under absoluto brooches control. 
Tho matrimonial union is not a stock- 
jobbing firm for making money, where tho 
profits aro to bo divided in proportion to 
tho capital invostod by each ; but it is a 
mutual insurance union, for tho gonoral 
good and common benefit of all concerned. 
Thoir intorests aro mutual, (at loast ought 
to bo,) and tho proporty should bo consid¬ 
ered tho common stock of both. That this 
is mino, and that yours, is a fooling that 
nevor should exist between man and wife, 
and nover will whoro peaco and happinos is 
secured by tho union; and when tho parties 
are what thoy ought to bo thoro is no call 
for laws to rogulato thoir actions nor thoir 
proporty. 
But all mankind aro not virtuous, pru¬ 
dent and wise; thereforo laws aro onactod 
to prevent tho evil effects of tho wicked and 
foolish, and it would not bo any moro of a 
disgraco to a wise and prudent man, that 
his wife should by law havo tho control of a 
portion of tho proporty, providod that ho 
should bo profligato and extravagant, than 
it is to an honest man, that laws aro mado 
against stoaling. Tho sottlod usages of so- 
cioty ought not to bo changed for tho re¬ 
moval ot trifling dofects, nor imaginary in¬ 
conveniences ; but it is equally true, that 
tho relics of barbarism linger too long in tho 
statutos of civilized mon. A poor victim 
suffors from tho cruolty of tho odict—his 
fato is rogrotted—it is talked of with feel¬ 
ings of sorrow for a time— but it is forgot¬ 
ten, and tho ovil remains to bo reacted, until 
wo aro astonished that such an outrago on 
tho feelings of humanity has been allowod 
to continuo so long. 
Making tho wife a passive slavo of her 
husband is tho dreg of savago lifo, which 
has long boon discarded by civilized society, 
and tho laws which foster it cught to bo ex¬ 
punged from tho statute books. j. u. 
Monroe County, N. Y., 1853. 
TO MAKE A GOOD WIFE UNHAPPY. 
We apprehend thoro are many husbands 
who will read the following with a blush : 
See your wife as soldom as possible. If 
sho is warm-hearted and choerful in tomper, 
or if after days or weeks of absence sho 
moots you with a smiling faco and in an af¬ 
fectionate manner, bo suro to look coolly 
upon hor and answer her with monosylla¬ 
bles. If sho force back hor tears and is re¬ 
solved to look cheerful, sit down and gapo 
in her presence till sho is fully convinced of 
your indifference. Nover think you havo 
anything to do to make hor happy—but 
that hor happiness is to llow from gratify¬ 
ing your capricos ; and when sho has done 
all that a woman can, bo suro you do not 
appear gratified. Nover tako an interest in 
any of her pursuits; and if sho asks your 
advice, make her feel that sho is trouble- 
somo and impertinent. If sho attempts to 
rally you good humoredly on any of your 
peculiarities, nevor join in tho laugh but 
frown hor into silence. If sho has faults, 
(which without doubt sho will havo, and 
perhaps may bo ignorant of,) never attempt 
with kindness to correct them. By such a 
courso you will not fail to mako an unhap¬ 
py wife ; and if you have children, thoy will 
not fail to be inoculated with tho example, 
which they will show in their respect to 
their parents. 
THE SUNBEAM, DEW DROP AND ROSE. A PARAGRAPH FOR POSITIVE PEOPLE. 
A Dew-drop hung trombling like a timid How quietly, yot strongly expressed is 
thing upon the soft volvot leaf of a rose.— tho valuable idea of tho paragraph annox- 
It spark.od and flashed, each time tho breeze ed. It is tho opening passage of an article 
wooed tho rose buds with myriads of bril- in tho last Westminster Review: 
liant hues, till it seemed as if a rainbow had Frnm fimn in .. *, 
boon imprisoned within its crjstal bosom, tho cautious thinker t b 0 con” Si X" 
and was struggling to escape. Now the T , . 
rose behold its beauty, and thought she had itie8; it is decidedly unlikely that his°views 
never seen so lovely a creature; so she spoke on ^ f 8 
to it gently, in a voice that seemed likj the ho •< ? L"° 
essence of a summer wind. n -°“ nd 
“ Beautiful dew-drop !” said the rose, “I mtao^wKy RoJoS • 
lovo you. You are like the stars that I see na rti-illv in 1 3 1 
looking down from heaven on mo when the LTamX 1° “ h oXoti'on, 0 - 
moreXnTde e thL ni f„v ! ° y<M Many of them are possessed of great intcili- 
and they are far away L no dwell with fXst X&Tme ZftjVjSZL 
mo ovor sweet gem ot the mo,-nmg, and to perhaps my superiors. Yet whilst’every 
bosom” fragrance ol my ono „f ua „ sur0 hois right . u „ q „ ostiona! ^ 
rp. ’ , , „ ,. , . , , most of us are wrong. Why should not T 
. roso a8 »*«> «P<*e. unfolded her del- b o amongst tho mistaken ? True I cannot 
.cate leaves, unfl tho dew-drop beheld the rcaIi20 t " ho likelihood th „ t , ° 
crimson depths of hor heart, glowing with tMs proves nothing ; for though the maio“ 
love and passion. ity of us aro necessmily in or?or we ailk- 
Jus then a sly sunbeam pooped out from hor under tho inability to think wo are in 
behind an embroidered cloud, and saw tho error. Is it not, then, foolish thus to trust 
^°X r dX,lXt„”f^e v S' v ‘ thomot,on zli T\ 
“ j" T f00li f v* de r; 
drop! cnod the sunbeam ; “she would and religion, which wo decisively reject- 
never love you as I can. Be mine, and I Yet they held them with a faith quite as 
will bear thee up amongst tho highest stars strong ,1, ours : nay-strongor if their ta- 
lfcrhhe d X h m 0n allV° 0k ** ^ STtolf wm^t? a "/ criterion - <>' 
The dew-drop was bewildered and knew st-mgth of° ^ctvSoftSt iTmright'l 
not what to say It would gladly have A like warrant has been felt by men alf the 
reigned in tho golden heavens, and boon tho world through • nn,i y ' . , 
queen of the stars, but it feared the fierce to „, has proved’ a <hilusivo warrant °“s°t 
ardor of the sunbeam; and then the roso .mt th<>n I . J . , 
t . i • • , ’ , not, tnen, absurd in mo to put so much faith 
kopt whispering such sweot things to it with ; n mv judamnnts v> 1 - 
its mossy lips, that it could not help loving } laments . 
its gentle voice So it thought a little, and THE RISE OF NEWSPAPERS 
thon replied to tho sunbeam thus— _____ or - ar - Cj - n ' 3> 
“ ,°j,? olden sunl ; eaI ” ! f"> at mo The Boston Post furnishes some intorost- 
with thine eyes of splendor; then art far ing facts in regard to the rise and carl, 
too great for mo to eve thee. What would progress of newspapers. In James Ist's 
I, a poor timid dew-drop do wedded to such day, in England, nitre was occasionally 
magnificence as thine ? At th, first em- circulated in small pamphlets. Theca l 
brace I should molt away and vanish like host ono preserved in the British Museum 
tho morning mist upon tho hills. But tho is ontitlod “ News out of Holland,” of tho 
sweot roso I lovo dearly. Ilor kisses are dato of 1019, and printed by N. Newbury; 
!£s 
fondand beautiful flower! in thy rosy chalico were converted intoTrolular^voeklySo 
I will dwell forever and bo happy !” entitled. “ Nows of tho present week ” odR- 
. So saying, the dow-drop slid gently down ed by Nathaniel Butler ;-and this was 
into the glowing bosom of the rose, and tho first weekly newspaper printed “ 
nestled among her velvet eaves. England. In Charles ls?s day, these news 
Sensible dow-drop . wel didst thou know pamphlets multiplied greatly. “ In 1622 tho 
that it is not tho lovo that dazzles most “ Kingdom’s Intelligencer” was commenced 
which brings tho greatest peace. The lovo in London, which contained a greater va- 
ot tho sunbeam would ha\o boon fatal to riety of matter than had beon customary 
theo, while that of tho rose gave thoo hap- i n a f ow years the advertisementfeature 
piness and contentment. Lovo, like tho began. It was not until Queen Anne’s 
skylark though somet'mos soaring to Heav- time, in 1709, that tho Londoners had tho 
on, still builds its nest upon the earth ! luxury of a daily journal—“ The Daily 
test "nv "snon-c'cc ~ Courant. ’ Scotland had a nowspapor in 
TEST OF SU CCESS. 1653 ; Ireland in 1641; Germany in 1612; 
The truest test of success in lifo is char- eJt ctumiX.h^’hI h ^ ' Tho oa / li - 
acter. lias a man built up, not a fortnno, be ItMy * h J * Supi>osed t0 
but a well-disciplined, woll-regulated char- 1 .. ... _ 
actor ? Has ho acquired not moro gold or CAUSE FOR NATIONAL GRATULATION 
acres, but virtue, bonovolenco and wisdom ? _ 
Is he distinguished, not for his ingots, but for In a recent address, Hon. Edward Eve- 
his philanthropy ? That is tho only true Lett, whilo referring to the vast sum paid in 
test ot a man. tho United States for the relief of poor em- 
. Gold is evory day becoming of loss con- igrants from Europe, said that when he was 
sidoration in society. Thoro aro so many Minister to the Court of St. James, lio re¬ 
rich men already, and likely to bo so many coivod a letter from one of tho interior 
richer still, that tho possession of moro counties of England, tolling him that they 
wealth will entitlo a man to no considera- had in thoir House of Correction an Amori- 
tion of itself, unless accompanied by some can seaman, whom they were desirous of 
oUior and moro rational claims to distinc- being rid of. Ho wrote back that ho might 
tion and respect. Tho rulers of opinion— he sent to London, whero he would bo slnp- 
tho men of mark in society in this day, aro ped to tho United States; adding tho su«- 
most of thorn self-made mon. Thoy may gostion, that if hor Majosty’s minister at 
bo rich mon—that is very well so far, but Washington woro appliod to in a similar 
thoy aro also men of moral power—of scion- way by tho overseers of tho poor and war- 
tific skill—of eidightonod judgment—and of dens of tho prisons in tho United States ho 
largo public spirit. It is not tho more would bo pretty busily engaged. I really 
power of tho till which these mon wiold. but felt pleased,” said he, at a time when my 
tho powor which works in thoir moral char- own little Stato of Massachusetts was as- 
acter and disciplined experience. These sisting from ten to twelvo thousand dosti- 
aro tho strong mon of Parliament now—ono tute British subjects annually, to bo able to 
ot whom was a weavor boy. Yet those in- roliovo tho British empire," upon whoso 
dividuals exorcise a greater powor in society dominions the sun never sets,’ of tho only 
than tho roll of dukes or tho bench of bish- American pauper quartered upon it.” 
ops. One has distinguished himself by his ___ 
pen, anothor by his legislative power, and IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES 
the third by his works—unrivalled in any -■ 
age. Thcso men are tho embodiments of One of the earlier founders of the cotton 
success in tho truost and highest sense. trado in England purchasod an estato in a 
--1- neighboring county, from a peer, for several 
Tiie Most Beautiful Hand.—T wo charm- h un< ired thousand pounds. Tho house with 
ing women wore discussing ono day what it its.furniture was to remain precisely as it 
is that constitutes boauty in tho hand._ stood. YYhon tho purchaser took posses- 
Thoy differed in opinion as much as in tho S ‘ 0I1 > hissed a small cabinot from tho 
shapo of tho beautiful member whoso mer- hall, worth some throe or four pounds. lie 
its they wero discussing. A gentleman a PP*' e ^ to the late owner about it. 
friend presented himself, and, by common W ell, said tho noble lord, “ I certainly 
consent, tho question was referred to him. d'd order it to bo removed. It is an old 
It was a delicate matter. lie thought of fam i*y cabinet, worth more from its associa- 
Paris and tho throo goddosses. Glancing t‘ ons than any thing olso : I hardly thought 
from ono to tho other of tho beautiful whito you w0 . lll< ^ lul7e cared about so trifling a 
hands presented to him, wliich, by tho way, mattor ' n so large a purchase.” 
ho had tho cunning to hold for somo time lord,’ was the characteristic answor, 
in his own, for purposes of examination, ho * no ^ m y life attended to trifles, 
replied at last:—“ I givo it up—tho ques- *■ Sdl oulfi not havo boon able to purchase this 
tion is too hard for mo; but ask tho poor, es f a fc» an( h excuse mo tor saying so, por- 
and they will toll you that tho most boauti- 'f your lordship had cared moro about 
ful hand in tho world is tho hand that gives.” tn “ es > y ou mi ght not have had to sell it.” 
Tiffed avitii the Romantic.—T here is Bove of the Country.—T o bo happy is 
now in she mountain regions of wostorn the object of life, and all that the world can 
Virginia a lady from Kentucky, described g iv ° toward it, is hoalth and competence, 
by tho Parkersburg Gazotto as young pret- " Health of body is abovo^all richos, and a 
ty, oducatcd and sprightly, who is-there to strong body is above infinite wealth.” And 
protect her rights to a large tract of land w n° ro is health to bo found ? There is no 
which deconded to hor from her ancestors, nee( l °t an audible answer. Look around 
to whom it was patented for Revolutionary 011 an assem Bly from tho rural districts of 
services, but iB now claimed by a land pirate, ^ 10 coun t r y. aud we shall see bright eyes 
who formerly acted as her agent. To de- an< * td° om > n g chooks, as woll as strong 
fend hor rights “ solitary and alone” to tho arms an( * unt ' r ; i n g strength, giving testimo- 
disputod territory, she wont, made a clear- that oart i l s ^st blessing is bestowod 
ing, built a log cabin and locatod a tenant. u P on who labor upon hor bosom. 
She always carries ono of Colt’s revolvers Why is our food so very sweet? 
and thus armed roams fearlessly over the 
mountains, following paths seldom trod Because we Nature’s call pursue, 
euro by tho panther and bear. SST %£2S£32S££ 
Jfur tfe Jaims. 
save by tho panther anc 
UNOCCUPIED FEMALES. 
There aro certain unoccupied females so 
overfriendly as to tako tho entree of tho 
wholo houso. Those aro generally ultra- 
noighbors, who run in at all hours of tho 
day and evening; ferret out tho ladios of 
tho family wherever thoy may bo, up-stairs 
oi down ; watch all thoir proceedings when 
engagod, like good housewives, in inspecting 
tho attics, tho store-rooms, tho collars, or 
tho kitchens. If they find that tho front 
door is kept locked, thoy glide down tho 
area stops, and get in through tho basement. 
Or olso thoy discover somo back ontranco 
by which thoy can slip in at the “ postern 
gato that is, alloy-wise; sociablists aro not 
proud. At first, tho sociablist will say, on 
making her third or fourth appearance for 
tho day, “ Who comes to see you oftener 
than I . But after a whilo even this faint 
shadow of an apology is omitted, or changed 
to, “ Nobody minds me.” She is quito do¬ 
mesticated in your houso —an absoluto 
habitue. She sees all, hears all, knows all 
your concerns. Her talk to you is chiefly 
gossip, and, therefore, hor talk about vou is 
chiefly the same. After sho has had her 
dinnor at her own home, sho comes bolting 
into your dining-room, and “sits by,” and 
sees you eat yours. It is well if she does 
not begin with “ a look in” upon you before 
breakfast. She finds out ovory body that 
comes to your houso; knows all your plans 
for going to this placo or that; is woll ac¬ 
quainted with every article that you wear • 
is present at tho visits of all your friends, 
and hoars all their conversation. Ilor own 
is usually “an infinite deal of nothin^” 
which expression tho intelligent reador 
without any comment of our own, will, wo 
believe, porfectly understand.— The Behav¬ 
ior Book. 
DUE MATURITY FOR MARRIAGE. 
When tho mother takes no pains, tho 
marriage of tho daughter, oven if not in it- 
solf ineligible, is likely to be deferred. For 
tho ago at which marriage is to bo contract¬ 
ed, is a very material consideration. Aris¬ 
totle was of tho opinion that tho bridegroom 
should bo thirty-soven years of ago, and tlfo 
bride eighteen, alleging physical’relation 
which I vonturo to think oxceedinglv incon¬ 
clusive. Eighteen for tho bride is tho loast 
to be objected to, and would yet bo rather 
earlier in this climato. A girl of that ago 
may not bo absolutely unprepared for mar¬ 
riage ; hut sho has hardly had time for that 
longing and yearning affection which is to 
bo her best security afterwards. 
Tho woman should marry rather before 
than after that culminating period of per¬ 
sonal charms which, varying much in differ¬ 
ent individuals, is but a short period in anv 
and occurs in early youth in almost all.— 
Sho should marry botweon twenty and thir¬ 
ty years of age, but nearer tho former than 
the latter period. 
Now tho man at such an ago would prob¬ 
ably bo too light for tho man’s part in such 
a marriage ; and tho moro so when marry¬ 
ing a wife equally young. For it is very 
well known that when two peoplo join to¬ 
gether in matrimony, it is as if ono sweot 
pea should bo put up as a prop to another, 
lho man, therefore may be considered tho 
most marriageable when ho is a little bo- 
yond thirty. In tho case of a serious and 
thoughtful man, it need not bo deferred so 
such a caso, a remark mado in 
a letter of Lord Bacon s will probably bo 
verified that a man finds himself several 
years older after his marriage. — Henrv 
Taylor s JVotes on Life. 
BABIES O N THE ISTHMUS. 
A gentleman who has lately “ traveled 
over Jordan,” on his way to the promised 
land of California, relates a queer incident 
that took placo whilo ho was crossing. It 
seems there was quito a number of ladios in 
tho company from Aspinwall to Panama, 
and many of them wore bountifully supplied’ 
with responsibilities, whose ages floated 
from ono to eight years. On these occa¬ 
sions, femalo timidity is apt to get a littlo 
the bettor of maternal anxiety, and the said 
resposibilities, instead of boing attached to 
the apron strings of their anxious mammas, 
were packed in baskets and carried on tho 
backs ot tho natives, with tho trunks and 
other baggage, and fell considerably in tho 
rear. When night camo on, and tho party 
halted at a hotol on tho road, tho babes in 
tho wood were among tho list of missing_ 
Thoro was groat wailing and weeping among 
tho bereaved, aud probably some gnashing 
of tooth by tho “ children,” who wore des^ 
perately hungry. A party was dispatched 
in tho roar in search of tho lost treasures, 
and thoy found tho natives cooly encamped 
in tho woods with “ Young Amorica,” utter¬ 
ly unconscious of tho fuss that was g’oino- on 
and no doubt supposing that, if the children 
and other baggage woro got to the steamer 
in time for sailing, it would bo all right.— 
The young ones woro handed to their sev¬ 
eral mothors about day-light, and griof was 
spoodily changed to rejoicing. 
Mistress of Arts. — I he honorary degree 
ot Mistress ot Arts was recently conferred 
by tho Trustees and Faculty of Franklin 
Femalo Collogo, upon Mrs. Sarah J. Halo 
and Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney. So far as 
wa recollect, this is tho first instanco in 
which honorary dogrees of this kind have 
been conferred. Fow ladios of the present 
ago are moro fairly ontitlod to literary dis¬ 
tinction that Mrs. Halo and Mrs. Sigourney. 
A golden rulo for a young lady, is to con¬ 
verse always with your femalo friends, as if 
a gontloman wore ©f tho party; and with 
young mon, as if your femalo companions 
were presont. 
