MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL. LITERARY ANI) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
German—Difficulties of the lunguago. gentleman with whom we are acquainted, 
Dear Katey :—A great event has just quite a connoisseur in such matters, delivered 
occurred in the musical world of Dresden, the bis opinion of the North Star in the following 
representation of a new Opera by Meyerbeer, laconic terms : “ What is good is not new, 
It is called “ the North Star,” and the sub- and what is new is not good!” The house at 
ject is taken from the history of Peter the the first representation was filled to overfiow- 
Great, and Catharina his Empress. The big, notwithstanding prices were two and 
thing had been long in preparation, and pub- threefold higher than usual. The King and 
Whilk here and there a noble mind, 
Shines, like the sun, to serve mankind, 
How manjr shine to draw men’s eyes, 
And not to give them light, 
Like stars that twinkle in the skies, 
But leave the world in night; 
Whose restless rays just show the place 
They occupy in boundless space, 
Till the benignant orb of day 
Rises, and then they fade away. 
THE TWO SHADE TREES; 
fafos* lurt-Md. I,ilB »".S^Ui BTLBB ' Ckixc ITkxlIm 
^ W Communicated through Moore’s Rural Nrw-Yorker. ? ar ? refu8 ? d to find much melod y or sweetness . 6 ^ ^ . There are some men whose failure to succeed 
- in it. Still there are some fine passages, but ■ ' ' w ” ‘ w ’’ in life, is a problem to their friends as well as 
CONDUCTED BY AZILE. NEW SERIES—EPISTLE SIXTH. unfortunately the author is accused of having Whilk here and there a noble mind, to themselves. They are industrious, prudent, 
— ..... . .... The North Star —Miss Nye’s marriage—Plot of the North cfolpn nine) „f tW P A Shines, like the sun, to serve mankind, and economical; yet all to no purpose; and 
A at ATTTii’T) ’ <2 tow Star—Music — Royal family of Saxony— Progress in U per as. A How many shins to draw men’s eyes, after a long life of striving, old age finds them 
a iviuiruiiit ci LiU v Xj. German—Difficulties of the lunguago. gentleman with whom we are acquainted, And not to give them light, still poor. They complain of ill luck Thev 
Oft in our sterner manhood, when no ray Dear Katey : —A great event has just quite a connoisseur in such matters, delivered Li ^ e thi F twin J! e . in th ® s kics ’ say fate is always against them. But the truth 
of earlier sunlight glimmers on our way. occurred in the musical world of Dresden, the bis opinion of the North Star in the following who.-e reltiossMys just show the place * S ’ ^carry because they have mistaken 
When girt with sin and sorrow, and the toil representation of a new Opera by Meyerbeer, laconic terms : “ What is good is not new, They occupy m boundless space * mere activity for energy. Confounding two 
Of cares which tear the bosom that they son ; It ^ ca i led « the North Star,” and the sub- and what is new is not good!” The house at Till the benignant orb of day things essentially distinct they have supposed 
One link that knits us wUiTyoun/dreams again— ject is taken from the history of Peter the the first representation was filled to overflow- Rise-s ’ ancl then they f ade away. certain fobe advancing the?r*fortunes ° U They 
One thought SO sweet we scarcely care to muse Great, and Catharina his Empress. The ing, notwithstanding prices were two and ,„ DT1TO ' have forgotten that misdirected labor is but a 
On all the hoardod rapture It reviews thing had been long in preparation, and pub- threefold higher than usual. The King and ^ ; 1 oHADE IREEb; waste of activity. The person who would 
Which seems an instant, in its backward range, ° oil ’ 1 3 » 0R why road^tfr crenn pati? annn^A • • im 1 i 
One heart to soften, and its ties to change, he attention was strongly aroused. The all the royal family were present, the first time 1 E (,ATE ‘ ^ ce ? d V'. 1S bke a marksman firing at a 
And every spring untouched for years to move, compositor himself had been here for some they have made their appearance at the Opera i™ t _ i „ ’ F s shots, if they miss the board, are 
weeks, directing the rehearsals, a painter from this winter, on account of the Court having the cold, forbidding, iastMke dwellings, built at 111,t% must“IlU„ ! the Ml°s eyloT^lf. 
written for —„ T"n *7?™* f* ** »" m “* ^ k !" g "hero the '< bleak winds ever blow,” assume So " j» game of life, what a .nan does 
rtJMFMniilAM thing promised abnilia.it afTair. Another is a sharp-featured, care-worn, snuff-taking an air of luxurious comfort when surrounded !““* )e „ mad ? t0 OT had almost M we » 
u ’ ~__ U ' ’ circumstance calculated to add to the interest old man, and the Queen an elderly matron, hv flic Lund nf onlfivaiwi tat -ti r •+ been Jett undone. 1 he idle warrior, cut from 
w , , t, , a • of the occasion was, that Miss Nye, or as she with a decidedly unprepossessing expression of b .1 , . ‘. G , JU1 ° r a s jmgleM’ho fights the air on top of a weather- 
While my happy schooldays, clad in pur- . . . , ,. , v T . . . „ , 1 • 1 1 8 1 iorest trees—how the plain is relieved of its cock, instead of being 1 made to turn rotup mn 
1 1 . , j V '11 la 1 is now styled, Madame Nye-Burde, made her countenance, having by her side a row ol three „„„„„„„ , , , ,, g mae xo tui n some ma¬ 
ple robes, garlanded with sweet flowers, dream- _ , 17 ^ . . , . ,. b J . , monotonous appearance by here and there a enme commensurate with his strength, is not 
lade,, and glittering with stare, were passing flrst Opera smee her mar- unmarried daughters, who are as unpretending grovc _ how in the heat of summer our cattle *or«fc. than the merely activl man, 
rapidly at a beautiful village in the valley of 0,1 e ™ nt ,' v llcb , tooli P' aoe about te " “ d «"» bashruI “ tbo,r a PP a « a, any lovc t0 Mj tWr delicious sbades aIld cooler who thong,, busy from sunrise to snnset, dis- 
the Genesee, there came from beyond the far ^. tbe 1 tel 3™> ^ f nnce J'! hb f air.-and 1 thought I would never say ought it 
blue hills a girl of twenty summers, with dark abo " 1 l! ” ow , W f’ an0 ‘ te b “ x ' ! *» against or remove a shade tree under any cir- EverybXknmra^ o e Te in hb l f 
eyes telling tales, and soft tresses waving on , Ki ™ Y ' lha ‘ f eb ’aWwomen not unfrequon - ter ,s a descendant m a direct line from the cumstauees. I did remove one, however. aequai.rtaSce, whj iSh 
her brow, and golden hopes garnered in her 7 choose husbands with nothing tod,stmgmsh BeAuiiAHNAis family, to which Josephixu's My father had a large field some little dis- thS want of energy. Ihe damper'if wn 
heart. Pure, intellectual, stately,-she was them from the mass, and Miss E vr ,s another first husband belonged. She is a pretty, taneo from the dwelling house, in which there ?ay call it such, exhibits itself in various ways. 
loved, admired, idolized. Like a splendid lllustratl0 “ of tbl3 faot - Hereelf a ”>“■“! graceful, lively, little woman, and quite a eon- stood two shade trees, one a beautiful maple, p-0™ cases the man has merely an executive 
queen, she walked in the garden lands of liter- slar of "° ma S Qlt “? e ' fc ‘ cd a ”a caressed trast to the Saxon princesses who are some- with a top so symmetrical and cone-like that [“'“ffi. J*"* * di !T c , ti "S ,°T ; 
nature and science. Like a saintly enchant- wherever she appears liroughout Germany, what heavy and awkward in their manners- I often looked upon it with admiration, and Limsel?K^hfoughUote 
ress, she won the esteem of her instructors *• has for . ber busband “ ‘different At the ta of the Opera, Msyermsb and wished that it occupied a more conspicuous ing of the business. 0 In other ej^what to 
and the kindlier regard of her classmates— actor . c»i“ccted with the theatre here, whose Madame Nve-Buede were called out and p I aee , for it grew near the farthest corner of dm to either not done at the right time, or in 
She was the favorite of all. G ifted and good, •‘ppointmenfa do not exceed 6,00 thalers year- greeted with quite enthusiastic applause, while the field. The other was a crooked elm, some- right way. Sometimeethereisnodis- 
-who could withold what was justly her due? 'J'Wh.lcher own are atleast 5,000. She is a laurel crown for the composer dropped upon what unsightly, always unadmired by me and bet ' ve “ , ob j cct ? * diffe™ 
They who knew her best prized her virtues » Cathollc ’ bc * P p rotes ^ and ( tbo “ an ; ia f ■*«?•,. 1 he . ( , k,, «’ 1 am t0,d ' '“f sm “ "»mght by the different animals of the field, a vS affMmSft °" 
most, and the rare excellence of her character was performed first m he Oathohe presented h,m with an order, so that the poor They preferred the maple for its shadc-I for Energy, correciiy nSderslood is ae Wty p^ 
gained “troops of friends ” and social treas- f burcb - a “ d a ‘“wards by a Protestant mm- man seems to find some who appreciate h,s its beauty. _ portioned to the end. Napoleon would oSem 
ores more nreeions than o-ol.l. Tier memorv lsler at tbc house of the brldc - A lar 8® ment ’ evcn lf - Tour 0oasm Mn ™» is bli “d. or “ James, catch Roadster for me. will von ? when on a campaign, remain for davs without 
compositor lnmself had been here for some they have made their appearance at the Opera j wyE shade trccs . j have oft<!n ^ how bu f a ^ ‘^anv ser’vtee 
weeks, directing the rehearsals, a pamter from this winter, on account of the Court having the cold, forbidding, castie-like dwellings, built at all, they must tell in’the bull’s eye or n™ 
I ans was busy upon the decorations, every- been until now m deep mourning. The king wher0 lhe ., b]eak winds eyer w „ as . llme So, in the great game of life, what a man does 
thing promised a brilliant affair. Another is a sharp-featured, care-worn, snuff-taking an air of luxurious comfort when surrounded j llust j je made to count, or it had almost, as well 
circumstance calculated to add to the interest old man, and the Queen an elderly matron, hv flip Bnr»H nf ™HiVaW] + -xi r been left undone. The idle warrior, cut from 
of the occasion was, that Miss N ye, or as she with a decidedly unprepossessing expression of f nrPQ t tL nro f i,. , • . r . ,, . s in gH M hofiphtstheairontopofaweather- 
, . . .. i -Nr . , . , , ., ° 1 „iorest trees—how tLe plain is relieved of its cock, instead of beiner made to turn some mn 
is now st.vlcd. ATadame NA r E-BriRnE. ma.rlft Lp>p countenance, havimr bv her side a row nf tlirpn , , . .. , • ° aue xo xuin some ma- 
wherever she aj 
she has selected i 
actor connected 
appointments do 
in other language, he makes a capital clerk for 
They who knew her best prized her virtues 
most, and the rare excellence of her character 
gained “ troops of friends ” and social treas¬ 
ures more precious than gold. Her memory 
what unsightly, always unadmired by me and betwee ? # ct ? , of /Offering 
l *L magnitude, but as much labor is bestowed ou 
t -i , • I ., crowd assembled at the church, to see the rather deaf to it. 
will be a cherished thing, and the radiance of „ . 0 P 
t ,, . ceremony there, and I went with the multitude. ko much tor 
her angehc character wfll brighten the past, , foulld d |ie c , atho]ic form - m „ ch m0K dm . town-talk here f 
her angelic character will brighten the past, „ Z 0 ,. ,• 7 T 
as the sunlight brightens the earth long after I , f °”" d tba b ' aft,>llc , *«*,“«* more slm 
the sun itself has sunk behind the western P f ‘ > a ‘‘‘ varymg essent, 
km ally Irom those in use in the I rotestant church 
’ , , „ , _ . , es here. The bride was magnificently dressec 
When she left the Institution, she bore in white silk, satin, ermine, &o„ and the ampk 
away its brightest honors and the blessings of Tei] floati a brea(h of about be , 
many noble triends. She went to her own e d ... 
. „ „ , . form, was confined by the unfailing myrtle 
beautuul home and for a few weeks it was , . , , ,. ,, , i 
. , ,, rr „ , , ’ crown, which here supplies the place of the 
more beautiful than ever. Then she bade ,, __,, , .. ,, . ... 
.. . ,, a . . orange blossoms that perform this office wit! 
adieu to its warmth and its light and its love m ^ r , n • , A ,... ,, . . ... 
, . ,, , . , ^ . ,, , us. t wo little girls, beautifully dressed, with 
and, in the autumn days, sat down m the val- , , , e a ,, . . . 
. ,0 vaa, ,, , baskets of flowers upon their arms, preceded 
ley ol the Ohio, and taught the children of that , . ,, , . 
J , a , ,,. , the bridal pair as they entered and left the 
more western land the sublime truths of na- _„ a_ at_ a a ___•. ,, 
So much for the Opera, which has been 
< _ 1 n V n A 1 , , _ * WI1U1L- <AiU\X OUCVJL LUJU l\JL II1C IlUi SC, 
town-talk here for a week or two, though u * ± x-i r li nix . xr T 
probably you poor people on the elite,• sideof but ”“1 untdcaIled *>■“>•**>». “ H “ r ; 
the Atlautic have not heard a syllable about r ^’ or wou ‘ a ' 1 ‘ ve be back before tea time.” 
it; and now let me tell you that"we are on the * found him under the old maple, and after 
“James, catch Roadster for me, will you? 
J want to go over to the Burton place.” 
I got the bridle and started for the horse, 
pie than I had expected, not varying essenti- , f.°V r IM T C 01 uie ° tlicr S1(!e 01 
,, e ., . . ,, , y , . . the Atlantic have not heard a syllable about 
ally from those in use m the Protestant church- it . and now let me tell you tliat ;' ve are on the 
' (l a trivial affair as a matter of vast moment.— 
for Energy, correctly understood, is activity pro¬ 
portioned to the end. Napoleon xvould often, 
u ? w b® n on a campaign, remain for days without 
taking off his clothes, now galloping from 
point to point, now dictating dispatches, now 
■ studying maps. But his periods of repose, 
cr- when the crisis was over, were generally as 
e.” protracted as his exertions had been. He had 
ter been known to sleep for eighteen hours on a 
’ ‘ . . . . J v . 1 ‘ 1 ra J r e stances seem to make it necessary, so you may ,d _^ 1G °^ d * c ^ ow bother you to catch imitated what they call his indolence. 
crown, which lieie supplies the place of the expect to hear from me next in Berlin. You bim?' said father, part to the horse and part --—■- 
orange blossoms that perform this office with will doubtless be interested to know how we to me—“ you were gone very long.” FORMATION OF CHARACTER 
ture, humanity, eternity and God. * * 
The golden harvest which waved last year in 
the soft-breathing winds, and ripened in the 
warm sunshine of Summer, was just gathered, 
as she returned to the woody hill-sides and 
church, and scattered flowers in their pathway. 
But, to return to the Opera. 
when we decided on spending a winter in Ger¬ 
many. It is well we knew but little what we 
were doing when we commenced the undertak¬ 
ing, otherwise we should have abandoned it at 
I here is a law of the moral government of 
the universe, which ordains that all that is 
We harnessed the horse, and father was a™ / T* 18 I 
.L.„ t . . gicat, and -valuable, and permanent in charac- 2 
abouttoge nitlic aamage- ter, must be the result! «* of theoretical i 
bather, said I, “if the crooked elm by teaching or natural aspiration; of spontaue- i 
The first scene is laid in Finland, in a the very outset. Of all languages the German the gate stood where the maple does, and the ous resolve or uninterrupted success; but of 
village upon the sea-shore, and the personages certainly the most long-winded, complicated maple down bv this side of the lot_I’d cut suffering, of the fiery furnace of temp- 
o. szuu., U o,, jiAuu 6 »Ai,ij.xzivvA, , « j . ., ,, , . and troublesome, conceivable, and any foreign- u i a , 
as she returned to the woody hill-sides and who figured m it are mostly country people, er who ventures upon its study must arm hhm **4* down* I 
haunted circles of her childhood. Like an ex- 1 KTEK a PP ears as a carpenter, and Catharina self with a good stock of patience and perse- bc wa ^ back therc 
the elm down so Roadster would not always batioipofthedark hours of disappointment 
3 and defeat. The character of the man is dis- 
lie, she had yearned for the lovelight of home as of tb . e ullage girls. A party of Cos- vcrance. The worst of it is that it to so 
and often, at evening, as she wandered on the saeks su, T rlsc the vllla «°' mte “ dm « to P la “- SEteteLlf Jl ,^“„ g ’’T” 8 ' In 
shore of the murmuring stream, the silver wa- der and d f tr0 >' but arc , 8rst aTOi b 7 many Jf thehf swered, and drove away 
tors had eaught her homesick tears and borne f™'™/ announcement that she is the a| J* absolu te!y identical with the Sr™ j'” 1 st “ 
“It would’nt be necessary—he would al¬ 
and deleat. The character of the man is dis¬ 
tinguishable from the character of the child 
that he once was, chiefly by the effects of this 
ways be down here then,” lie carelessly an- universal law. There are the same natural 
swered, and drove away. impulses, the same rneutal, moral, and physical 
For some time I stood still meditating upon constitution with which he was born into the 
what he had said, and finally came to concln- bas A en . him the 
them away to the deep sea. Each crimson daa S lltGr ol a revered prophetess of their own ponding terms in English, and it is only after a h had said ’ and final] - y came to conclu- strength, the fortitude, the unchaimino- prin- ^ 
morning the sun rose from that soft tinted tribe ’ then charmed b Y ber singing, and finally one has advanced so far that he cannot retreat SIOn that lf thc eIm was a handsome elm, the ciple, and the moral and intellectual °power $ 
horizon beyond which lay her Eden-land— “duced to abandon their purpose. At the with any honor, that the real difficulties of the maple would come down any way. which he exhibits in after years ? It has not l 
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And when he entered the e-ates of the west close of the act Catharina appears as a young language unveil themselves to his astonished Often after that I traveled to the back part been constant pleasure and success, nor un- 
the goi/en “ -uiL i-iug eultoted in bov brother’s jW, f ^ for ‘he catti or 
“lirepale child, Eve, le&dlng her mother, Night—” *» enable him to remain at home w.th tlic t h e ambitious student. A phrase lies before houses and having a little knowledge of Da- perlence, theXggl^ 
came softly along the plaius-then she knew w ! fe be has , J ust marned ’ f ta 13 bome JO” BogWb straight-forward, clear, smooth, b » 1] a “ d “me idea of distance, I found that if its own errorsfand the chastisement M® 
she was a day’s journey nearer the tomb So ° ff m a sbip ’ and her v0ice 1S heard reiteratlD S — ima f ine lt to be a piece of ribbon, for the m aP probability during that summer I should ted by its own faults. 
she left the land of the sunset and joined the words of farewell, long after she herself sake of tlte lilnstratiom Ihrtftesame nhrase travel one hundred miles on account of the ---- 
loved circle around the fireside of her father. has disappeared from sight This was one of “^Y’Xtraigh^ buttofeWtetoadou^ beautiful maple. From that time forward 1 Pmxcn Mnnsoanrorr’s GAi.LANTay.-An 
When the snow was deep on the hills, only the paSSagC3 ° f , th f. f wMe “P cra ’ Jbc bow. or filled wfi, io many turns and Sote Iooked U P°” tbe c, “' “ d <’ 3ti .“ ad a 
„ . , 1 * second act represents life in the Russian «« tr> wimiiw wi... purpose, and trimmed it a with a enrefnl Wnr? had a letter sent him from a young ladv in 
a few days ago, a pale messenger brought her 
a white robe and bade her follow him to the 
Spirit Land. He had come from the presence 
lias disappeared irom sight, in is was one ot but lo beautiful maple. From that time forward 1 Prince Menschikoff’s Gallantry—A n 
the finest passages of the whole Opera. The bow or filled with so many turns and knots lo ° ked upon tbe elm as destiued to subserve a English officer, now a prisoner in Sebastopol, 
second act represents life in tbe Russian as to be wholly unrecognisable. Whv purpose, and trimmed it a with a careful hand, had a letter sent him from a young lady in 
camp. Catharina is drilled in military ex- Katey, how do you think° they express in hoping that in time it might rival the other in f'S, h t0 A, i Ct tbat she il < ‘ hoped, when 
ercises by a comical old corporal, and discovers, German so simple a thing as this,—“A father beauty. F? , , CI F C , I v0 pi 1S0 , n . er ’ tkat he would 
one day to her great surprise ber Puteu under °“S’n7t“an “igtoal wav ®*** “***•* Went ’ 1 «• at Lorao keep in^elic.”°"Tlteletter,^“forwarded by 
the costume of a General. His penetration is p A ' ' -is max not an original way n „ a i n . fln S f; nw i flau of triiem intn loi toi 
rporal, and discovers, German so simple a thing as this,—“A father beauty. ^ d } °i! ier ’ + wou ! d 
of the Most High God. The summons must the costume ofa General iSe ffis r praetraHo fc’ff’n7t“an origbaftay Seas J n ca “ e aud weut ' 1 ^ at keep as a relic ” The letter vTforwirdSby 
be obeyed. Father, and mother, and brother, A T ^ ° l pen r ® of making nonsense out of plain prose ? and of a g ai! U destined to be a farmer. I he elm had flag of truce mto Sebastopol, withi other letters 
and sister wept—oh how sorrowfully ' The A ec l ual hms^hov^cr, and for an mfrac- course the longer the phrases are, the more sur P assed expectations, and I carried my long AAfe!? 6 ? 3 / 10 'A, en emy s hands. I his 
hour came. She stood unon the border-the !!° n ° ™ btar 7 discphne, which consists in complicated become those inversions. But cherished revenge against the maple into exe- cou^sete be’’reafe’re'Sve^On^coming 
X on the ear to said you return to the question, what progress we cution. V uenverea. un coming 
ter to be shot. At curious,” said father one day, “ 1 don’t button t°o the 
1C} whmh has been little Exaggerated, in order toMialve you a > A wbat ails old Roadstcr ’ unless it is that he lady, with a remark to the following effect: 
v against the ( zar, preciate our success the more, we are now able ias so 0 ^ cau ^ climb the hill any hat he had no idea yet ol being taken pris- 
I m / • 1 • xl • nxi ,1 . 1 L 1 XU 111 V CLl 1/UliCLLUCDO VJ1 UlLliHIIUU 1)1 7 IIP T , , , , vxviLlivkuumii. JL XIV VIIX VO ll IAI 
in+B rCCOgni 11111 tlieir soverei S n - The third ]auguage we use; in fact wouId r ^ ther not be away I have been provoked at the old fellow, President Edwards, congratulating a friend on 
m tne and last act shows us Peter as Czar in his questioned on this point. One great obstacle at * east oucc a wee h, when I was in a hurry, having a fine family of sons, said to him with 
palace at St. Petersburg. But he cannot in the way of acquiring German, is the want because he would always be in the back part much earnestness, remember, there is but 
Listen! content himself without Catharina, and looks of a fixed, standard. Considerable latitude is of the lot. Now he has got the notion of one mode °* family government. 1 have 
blessings on you all ”—she said, and angels , 7 ■ ■ V ’ 1 ^ • Ta n a little exaggerated, in order to make you ap- , ““ XW , UU0LW ’ uuiess ix is xnatne “ . - vnu u umim xo xne louowing eilect: 
welcomed her home l0Ug f ° rmmg 111 th ° amy agamst the Czar ’ preciate our success the more, we are now able has S ot 80 old that be cail>t climb tbe bil1 an Y Lb *\ h * l had “° ld l a A° f bein ° taken P ris ‘ 
_ ‘ TT . , „ . breaks out. Peter discovers himself to the to read aud write the language with consider- more—and that can’t be, for he draws my ouer; but rather than disappoint a young 
AY by did she die . Heaven is full ofsaiuted excited soldiers, and bears his breast to their able ease, can understand readily everything buggy stronger than ever before.” f d { , . so simple a request, he would fulfil her 
ones, but earth the sick, wretched earth— weapons, but instead of ^assassinating him, we hear, and express ourselves in a wav that “ Why—what’s the matter ?” I asked WIS1 imSe )e 010 a ime arrived. 
hath need of such. Why bear gold to Ophir ? they fell upon their faces at his feet, and js, at least, intelligible I cannot vouch for « You see,” said he, “ ever since you went w , TT n A ’ . ’ 
AVliv strew flowers in the c*cirdeii of the TjotyI? * i * xi • mi • i the inYB,ri3/ble correctness or elog&nce of the t i i * 1 amily (government.— llie eldest son of 
Why ohTwhydid^ heTaper cole in the AT A Tt £ ^ n ^ we ll8e ’would ilther not be a ^ have been prov f cd at tbe o]d fellow - President Edwards, congratulating a friend on 
•At V 7 1 and last act sh °ws US Peter as Czar in his questioned on this point. One great obstacle at least ouce a week > when I was in a hurry, having a fine family of sons, said to him with 
spnng ime . palace at St. Petersburg. But he cannot in the way of acquiring German, is the want because he would always be iu the back part much earnestness, “ remember, there is but 
Thus speakest thou, sad mourner ? Listen! content himself without Catharina, and looks of a fixed, standard. Considerable latitude is of the lot. Now he has got the notion of one mode °f family government. 1 have 
A voice from beyond the stars—“AVeeper! back wdth regret to the days which he spent allowed in grammatical construction, while standing all the time under the elm at the uate ” fought up and educated fourteen boys, two 
Oisorrowiagw^perlI weep no more. Ghrfet with her aa earpenter in the little Finland “ It to a little strange,” I replied. “Iguesi npYSLut ‘ZZj 
is ma ving up lsjewes. village. He at length discovers that Catha- j n Prussia all words beginning with g, are he s going to save you some travel in your youngest brother, Pierpont Edwards, and the 
Where her infancy blossomed, rich and rare, RINA and the recruit were one and the same spoken almost as if spelled with y, while in °' d age.” other my sister’s only son, Aaron Burr, both 
and gorgeous as the cactus flower of centuries, person, and also that she escaped from her Hanover, on the contrary, the g is pronounced “ More himself than me,” said the old gen- of whom had lost their parents in their child- 
andher childhood laughed, and grieved, and executioners, but has since been wandering very hard. A foreigner is naturally puzzled tleman, a little cross; “he always was cirn- b< A’ and f rom observation and experience,.I 
.... . . . . _ _ i i • .i.,. .o j • i to make n. splpufinn liniwo^n cn/>L annfllnllnri. . _ _ _ J tell VOU. Sir. manic sunxir Drnvprmripnf will 
other my sister’s only son, Aaron Burr, both 
of whom had lost their parents in their child- 
dreamed like a prophet spirit, and her soul about in a state of great misery, her reason “ing. When ! was overto th* Burton place 
put on the bright garment of youth and wore un e pressuie o her one our fx^iends here maintains, viz., that it y ou other day, 1 had not time to act of disobedience iu your little boys go unno- 
the brilliant web of the future,—where the misfortunes. 7he is found, and the Czar makes no manner of difference how one pro- hsten to his story then, aud besides I suppose ticed, and without proof of penitence—unpun- 
voice of mild Summer was heard in the whis- makes every effort to restore her shattered in- nouuces German, for the natives themselves I had heard one such as it would have been an ished.” 
pering groves, and the mellow tones of golden tellect, sends for her Finland friends, causes have so many different ways that a foreigner hundred times. “*■ 
haired Autumn floated past on the wild gay an imitation of her native village to be pre- ca mmt but hit on one or other of them. gome weeks after on goil)g to catcb hig fa . Men’s happiness springs mainly from mod- 
wind, and pale Winter wept cold team „„ the P--£ “ddeiiiy bzougM Before Her sight, vorite liorre, ho found him on the top of the 
graves of his buried sisters, and gentle Spring when her emotions. are thus excited to we are now prepared in some degree to appro- hill, and what was his surprise when he saw which produces a cheerful flow of spirits, 
came to clothe the fields with verdure and the the utmost, he makes his appearance as the ciate. AVe are at present occupied in making that the maple had disappeared, and in its You can’t flu a man as you would fill up a pitcher ; 
trees with leafy robes, — there sleep the ashes P 00r Peter of the first act, and Catharina, a selection from the best classic authors, to place was a pile of brush. Ho always will hold 
of Phalie 0-. Oh, sweet Spring ! Thou at once restored to perfect reason, falls into a small German library to take home «j } )ave some f a ; n t remembrance about a little more gold, 
dost plant flowers on grazes and dost cover Ms arms. Then side-doors fly open, which re- f 0 i U m “ cho l’P ing down trees >” “ teari "g llle ban « s Til“ T “ rteto ’ 
them with long waving grass. Make beauti- ™jl the Oourt drawn up in state, several dcar America, Better than poring over the down,” » barren,” “ruin,” “ breaking down,” Punctuality -lt*to”sakl of Melancthon 
ful the new mound in the church-yard. Aud we ladies advance and array Catharina with the dry grammars, and writing the tedious exer- Ac., &c.; but 1 took it cool, and simply re- that when he made an appointment, he ex¬ 
will visit there at twilight, when the west is imperial mantle and diadem, and she is pro- cises which have occupied so much of our marked that “Roadster was getting so old pected not only the hour, but the minute, to be 
golden and the east is sable, when the brooks claimed Empress by universal acclamation, ^ me ihis winter. Then I shall be able to en- and p 00r (p a t p c could not get up hill.” fixed, that no time was to be wasted in the 
sing gentle tunes, and the stars throb softly ™der the political title of “Star of the 3 Abetter® I have never been sorry that the maple fell, idleness of suspense; and of Washington, that 
above 11 q like white qinleqq hearts in the bine North.” w Rr a . Uer £ race tliau now , when 1 am . „ ,. , J .... * ’ when his secretary, being repeatedly late in 
r Z Of TIT You see Katey that the anti,or fll suffering under the mortification of haying and fatker ha s more than once said that that his attendance, laid the blame on his watch, ho 
bosom of Night. e. m. m. You see, Katey, that the author has taken found it so much more difficult than I ex- tree was of more than twenty dollars advan- said, “ You must either get another watch, or 
Boston, March, 1855. a great many liberties with history in his plot, pected. Minnie. tage to Bill the Shoemaker. k. g. j. I another secretary.” 
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W T T ’ , ,, , , tell you, sir, maple sugar government will 
AVhen 1 Mas over to the Burton place never ansM’er. BeM’are how you let the first 
Ho always will hold 
A little more gold, 
And never’s so rich that he wouldn’t be richer. 
golden and the east is sable, when the brooks claimed Empress by universal acclamation, ^ me ihis winter. Then I shall be able to en- and p 00r 
sing gentle tunes, and the stars throb softly un der the political title of “Star of the upon the merits of the German tongue I have 
above us, like white Mm hearts in the bine North ” T »_ *««« ««* when I am ! ^ 
bosom of Night. 
Boston, March, 1855. 
still suffering under the mortification of having and fatb er has more than once said that 
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1 ou see, Katey, that tne author has taken found it so much more difficult than I ex- tree was of more than twenty dollars advan 
a great many liberties with history in his plot. I pected 
Minnie. I tage to Bill the Shoemaker. 
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