is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance." Mr. Alexander had a daughter, fair, but not passing | wonder-indeed all wonder is injudicious, for wonder is fair, beautiful, but not exceedingly beautiful. The first the hasty birth of ignorance. Mr. Alexander was a bloom of her youth and beauty was gone by, but the loss man of business, and he saw that George Stewart was was so little that none but the most scrutinising and prac- one of those who are said to know the value of money; The widow's neighbors came to see her son from Lon tised eye could discern it. At the age of six and twen- moreover, the merchant knew that his daughter would don, and they all praised his good looks, and said kindly ty she might well have passed for eighteen. It is pleas- have her own way, and he had no desire to amuse the things one to another in half whispers respecting his ant to ascend in the scale of society, but even the most town with family quarrels, nor did he choose to humble pleasant and agreeable manners. The mother's feelsuccessful ambition has its own peculiar annoyances.- himself by first insulting and then forgiving his son-in-ings on this occasion are well expressed by Terence: From the time that Miss Alexander was fifteen till she law. "Omnes laudare fortunas meas was six and twenty, her father was increasing in wealth Qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio prædit um." and making correspondent exertions to fix himself in a All the time that he was with her, her eyes were glisproportionably higher grade in society, the consequencely of which was that he was gradually changing his acquaintance, dropping the old and forming new ones.— The daughter sympathised with the father's ambition, and remained not long enough in any one grade to form therein an attachment permanent enough to lead to marriage. There are some young gentlemen who are so modest and diffident that they have not the courage to offer their hands where they may be sure of acceptance; it is generous therefore, on the part of those who would accept an offer if made, to give some such intimation to the diffident one; such was the diffidence of George Stewart, and such was the generosity of Miss Alexander.George found courage to make the young lady an offer of his hand, and the young lady managed to let him suppose that the offer was his own. 80. It was presently rumored in Westmoreland that young George Stewart, who had gone up to London with harda shilling in his pocket, had married a lady with a for-tening with unshed tears. She was very happy, too tune of a hundred thousand pounds. All the young happy, and was uncasy on that account. Great joy is men in Westmoreland wished to "go and do likewise." | madness-great sorrow is madness. What then? Are Robert very much wished that his mother should be they only rational who are stupidly insensible to both ↑ present at his brother's wedding, but many objections were made to it. George feared that the journey would be too much for her, but he sent her a very affectionate letter and a handsome wedding cake. The people of the valley could not help wishing that it had been Robert instead of George that had married the great fortune; for they all loved him the better of the two; but there was one who loved him more than they all, and she had no such wish-and that was Lury Sandford. "Lucy has been very kind to me during your ab senee," said Mrs. Stewart to her son, "she has scarcely suffered a day to pass without calling to see me, and ste has sometimes, in the dreariest season of the year, spent the whole day and night too with me.” "Bless her," said Robert, not more than half alcud and he actually thought that he loved Lucy Sandford for her kindness to his mother. But before he returned to London he was engaged to Lucy. George put on a look of artificial thoughtfulness, and assumed an air of affectionate perplexity, replying, "I have been thinking the matter over very seriously, and I am at a loss how to arrange it. I am glad you have mentioned it." He was not glad, though he said so.— Then he went on. "It would be more respectful if we could make a journey to Westmoreland, but it would He travelled to London alone, and if his heart bad never do for me to go without you, and I don't see how been as literally as it was figuratively heavy, the coach we could be both spared from the business. As to bring-would have been cruelly overloaded. When he arrived ing my mother up to London at her time of life, really in town, he found out the true meaning of his brother's it would be quite cruel." speech, which had haunted him all the way down to "She would think nothing of the journey for the sake Westinoreland-"I think I can spare you for a fortnight of visiting us," replied Robert. George was generally reserved, though not apparently There are those who look mysterious when they have no secrets, and there are those who keep secrets under an invisible lock, so that, to speak paradoxically, yet truly and intelligibly, they conceal concealment by their very openness; of this latter class was George Stewart. Reserve, however, between relatives is sometimes felt, even though unseen, and it was thus with the brothers; for Robert felt that he possessed not his brother's confidence; yet this grieved him not much, for he was sure that no one else possessed or could possess it. The news came like thunder in broad day-light, when there is no Mr. Alexander died, and his son detached himself from lightning to herald its approach, as George informed his business, but his son-in-law was more than ever devoted brother, saying, with a careless air, "Robert, I am go-to the counting-house. The brothers had written very ing to be married." This occurred when they had been little more than six months in Mr. Alexander's counting-house. But in the course of that six months George had rendered himself extremely valuable. He possessed a genius for mercantile arithmetic, a complete passion for book-keeping-Raphael never looked with more rapture upon his paintings than did George Stewart upon the ledger and day-book. People who are not very prudent themselves think it necessary now and then for them to say something about prudence. Robert Stewart therefore expressed a hope that his brother was not going to marry impruden tly. or three weeks." It was the speech of the merchant to "And for that very reason," replied George, "we his clerk. By the death of Mr. Alexander, and the se ought to be the more careful of her." affectionate letters to their mother, but letters are not like “I should be most happy to go with you," said his "I think that I can spare you for a fortnight or three weeks!" What a singular speech for a younger brother to make to an elder! Robert repeated it a thousand "What do you think," said George, " of Miss Alex-times before he reached Westmoreland, but he forgot it ander for a sister-in-law ?" when he saw his mother, and fell on her neck and kiss There was sufficient answer in this question to all feared her. on the subject of prudence. All the friends and acquaintance of the young men cried out on the great good fortune of George Stewart, and there were various rumors of the fortune that Mr. Alexander would give to his daughter; but there was no foundation whatever for any of the rumors, for Mr. Alexander himself had certainly said nothing about it, and had probably not even thought about it. All the world said that Mr. Alexander was worth nearly a million, and that his daughter was a great favorite. Some people expressed their astonishment that he should give his consent to the marriage of his daughter with a young man without property-but they were injudicious in their "And how is George?" said the clergyman's widow, with as much eagerness and haste as if Robert had been nothing more to her than a messenger from his brother. But Robert was not jealous. There is no best in a good mother's love; but as a sickly and a weakly child needs more attention than one of robust and vigorous frame, so does a heart of doubtful purity, and of suspicious integrity excite more of a parent's anxiety and engross more of a parent's thoughts than one that is firm, settled and pure. A thoughtless stranger is often surprised to see that child made the most of, which he thinks least of; but there is wisdom in this arrangement; it is the ordinance of that God whose gospel teaches us that "there cession of his son George succeeded to the business, while Robert remained as he was, a clerk in the counting-house Robert did not like this, but there was no help for it, and he did not know how to complain about it. Nobody had taken any thing from him. George Stewart had a handsome house in Baker st Portman Square, kept a carriage and many servantsRobert had lodgings in the City Road. "I should be happy to see you more frequently at house, but Mrs. Stewart is so nervous that she cannot bear company, except those that we are forced to have. for—" George had began a sentence that he could not finish. he suddenly recollected that his wife had had a rout a day or two since, and that two hundred visitors had on that occasion honored the house with their company. and that his brother was not of their party, which on sion George said was altogether unintentional, and he quite regretted it. Robert did not. "Yes, to Lucy Sandford." "How do you intend to live?" George had a great deal of penetration, and he knew that Lucy Sandford would be a very unwelcome gues in Baker Street; for her color was on the wrong side a her skin, it was from within, and not from withoutRobert also had some penetration, and he saw that b brother enjoyed not that kind of dominion in Baker St which most men desire to possess, and the want of what they are ashained to acknowledge. One good quality George Stewart manifested, and that was gratitude; he was so grateful to his wife, by whom he had his wealth, that he suffered her to dictate almost his very thoughts. And by long habit in complying with her caprices, and humoring all her wishes, he became to be really of her way of thinking in all matters. He had not observed during that period which by courtesy he called the time of courtship, that most of the courtship had been on what is called the wrong side; his vanity had been gratified by seeing that he was held in such high esteem by a lady so much more wealthy than himself; but it will ever be found that the party which rules in courtship, obeys in marriage. In spite of the question, "How do you intend to live?" Robert Stewart married Lucy Sandford. And that his mother might not suffer a second and increased infliction of solitude by the removal of this rose of the valley, he brought her also with him to London, and she bore the journey exceedingly well, notwithstanding her time of life. The salary of a clerk in a merchant's counting-house is not large; the savings which a curate can leave to his widow are not large; the portion of the daughter of a small Westmoreland farmer is not large; and these three littles could not make a mickle. They keep a shop?" said Mrs. George Stewart to her husband on his return. To this serious accusation George plead guilty, and looked as if he thought he was going to be hanged for the crime. In the most despotic governments, there will sometimes break out symptoms of disaffection: so it happened in Baker street. George insisted, after his fashion of insisting, that his mother and brother should be invited to a family dinner. George wished to let his kindred see his wealth; but unfortunately, and he knew it too, his wealth was not his own, or at least he dared not use it as his own. Two drawing-rooms, opening the one into the other by folding-doors, look very handsome when they are well furnished, and George thought of this, but his wife would not suffer the covers to be taken off the chairs, or off the curtains; nor would she allow a fire to be lighted in the front drawing room; but George did contrive to have the folding doors thrown open, so that his mother and brother and sister-in-law might see he had another drawing-room. "We have given you quite a family dinner," said Mrs. George Stewart. They dined at eight, and Mrs. George was so very nervous that she was forced to go to bed at ten. "This is more like supper than dinner,” said Mrs. Stewart the elder, as they drove off in the hackney coach which was to convey them from Baker street to the City Road. Oh, how delighted was Lucy with London! But it was Robert's hotne. A stand of hackney-coaches was not so picturesque as the wild heather, nor was the Lord Mayor's show for splendor to be compared to the golden clouds of a retiring storm among the hills. But in the heavy waves of sound which make the music of a great city she heard the beatings of her lover's heart, his im-ren were never invited to Baker street, for Mrs. Stewart age was painted on every sight, and his voice was heard There was trouble in Baker street, great consterna- "Yes, you must," said his lady. upon any one." George was going to ring the bell, and his lady asked him what he was about to ring for. "For the carriage, my dear." "Oh, nonsense, you don't want the carriage to go there. What will the servants think?" George used to love his mother very much, and his brother too, nor had he any dislike to Lucy; but he could not help wishing that they were any where rather than in London. He made the call, however, without the assistance of the carriage. And when his mother asked him about his wife, he hesitated, looked confused, and wished one or other of them at the bottom of the Red Sea. He said something about hoping to see them some day at his house. A great goose, he might see them any day that he pleased. Never in the whole course of his life, had he ever felt so awkward and uncomfortable as at this interview with his mother, and brother and sister-inlaw. His mind was in a state of actual torture, and the worst of the matter was that he could not tell why it was that he was so afflicted. In order to eke out the income arising from his situation in his brother's counting-house, Robert stocked a little shop. To this his mother and his wife could attend in his absence. George now began to love his mother, and brother, and sister-in-law better than ever; he did not care a fig for drawing-rooms opening into each other by foldingdoors, and as for Mrs. George Stewart, she might, if she pleased, sit on covered chairs from Monday morning till Saturday night. She did not sit long on any chairs, for her nervousness surrendered her to the doctors, and the doctors surrendered her to the undertaker. George, after a while, found out that he was only five and thirty, and not a bit too old to marry again. "This time," said he, I'll choose my wife; last time, my wife chose me." The brothers made their business answer very well by attention and diligence, and they found the world knew nothing about them, and that it applied its pity and envy very inappropriately, for every body used to say, "What a fortunate man is George Stewart!" when George Stewart was every day tempted to hang himself, and now every body said, "Poor George Stewart!"when he felt himself happier than ever he had been in the whole course of his life. SELECT MISCELLANY. The Colored Rulers in Venezuela. In Venezuela the highest offices of the state are open to the man of color, Paez, the late president being one of this class. In this country, therefore, the negro is not an object of prejudice; and, if free, immediately takes The shop in the City Road answered remarkably well, Robert's returns increased every year, and so they had his stand as high up in the scale of society as his capaneed to do, for his family increased also. But the child-city and intelligence may entitle him. As he has greatsessed of greater native vigor of mind than the Indian. was so nervous. 'Really, your brother ought to raise your salary," said the old lady to Robert. “I have mentioned the same thing to him," replied Robert. “But he must have his wife's consent, which I fear he will never have," said his mother. "However," she continued, "as he has no family of his own, perhaps he ultimately at least do something for the children." And if he does not," answered Robert, "it will be of no very great consequence; my business increases, and I shall be able to provide for them myself. I have more than once thought of leaving the counting-house altogether and confining myself to the shop." When Robert Stewart made that last remark he little thought how soon he should be compelled to leave the counting house. Not many weeks after, as he was taking his usual seat at the desk, his brother came to his side, and with a long sigh and a longer face, he exclaimed-Robert, it is all up!" er bodily strength, so, also, he appeared to me, to be pos It is from seeing the effects that have been produced by a few years of freedom, in a country where he feels himhim, that I think thus highly of the negro's capacity.— self to be placed on an equal footing with those around Of course, the effects that have been produced by ages of neglect are not to be remedied by one age of culture. Just as the muscles of the arm become enlarged by the use of the arm, so does the size of the brain become enlarged by the use of the brain; and just as it would be unreasonable to expect muscular limbs in a race of men who had little occasion for the use of either legs or arms, also, it is equally unreasonable to expect a large developement of brain in men who, for generations, have had little occasion to exercise their thoughts. He, therefore, who measures facial angles on which to found an argument against the capability of improvent in different races, might, with as much reason, go and measure the leg of the Arab, to prove, that he could never be made strong upon his feet. Take the horse from the one, and` and make him walk; give mental excitement to the other, and make him think; and both deficiencies will be remedied. In either case, one generation may not be And so he did; and Mrs. George went into hysterics, sufficient (nor is it to be expected that it should be) to and became more nervous than ever, and very likely remove what, perhaps twenty generations have been exwould have died on the instant had not her brother giv-pended in effecting. Nor do I wish it to be understood, en her a home replete with the luxuries to which she had been accustomed. But as George Stewart had brought this calamity on himself by his own over covetousness and indiscreet speculation, Mr. Alexander found very convenient to be very angry with him, and to leave him to do the best he could for himself. He talked a great deal about breaking stones on the road, and about blacking shoes, and all that sort of thing; but Robert said to him "Up!" said Robert, "what's up?" that the change to be effected in this way is unlimited; his deterioration can only be within certain limits fixed it is with man as with other species, his improvement or by the Being who called him into existence. THE GRAND DUKE AND THE JEW. The following singular story, which was very current among the English residents at St. Petersburg, at the coronation of the present Emperor of Russia, has been narrated to us by a person newly arrived from that part of the Continent. In the early part of the year 1827, an English gentle man from Akmetcht in the Crimea, having occasion to travel to France on business of importance, directed his course by way of Warsaw, in Poland. About an hour after his arrival in that city, he quitted the tavern in which he had just taken refreshment, to take a walk through the streets. While sauntering in front of one of the public buildings, he met with an elderly gentleman with a grave aspect and courteous demeanor. After a mutual exchange of civilities they got into conversation, during with the characteristic frankness of an Englishman, he told the stranger who he was, where from, and whither he was going. The other, in the most friendly manner, invited him to share the hospitalities, till such time as he found it convenient to resume his journeyadding with a smile, that it was not improbable that he might visit the Crimea himself in the course of that year, when, perhaps, he might require a similar return; the invitation was accepted, and he was conducted to a splendid mansion, elegant without, and rich and commodious within. singular case, and I feel it my duty to use singular means After drawing a forcible picture of the granted right "Then," Continued Constantine, "here is a sheet of ing, A tremor shook the frame of the Israelite, and the pen dropped from his figers. But instantly recovering himself, he exclaimed, "that is impossible, my lord. That would be directly implicating myself." "I give you my word and honor," said Constantine, "in presence of every one in the room, that what you write shall never be used as an instrument against you, farther than the effect it produces on your wife. If you are innocent, you have nothing to fear-but if you persist in not writing it, I will hold it as a proof of your of petition," as it is acknowledged in Great Britain, and contrasting this with the undoubted mastery and com mand which the sovereign people of this country exert over their representatives and delegates, Mr. Moore ob serves: "It shall now be my object to prove-admitting the Now," said the second Solomon, " commence by say-"right of petition, as I do now-in all its length and Ali is discovered! There is no resource left but "breadth-that the citizens of the States have no right to deliver up the box. I have owned the fact in the pre- to petition Congress to abolish slavery in the District sence of the Grand Duke.'" "of Columbia! Let no man charge me with a desire "to strangle the right of petition in order to make out my case. I hold that I am not abnoxious to the charge. I "6 am the last man that would attempt, by word or deed, "directly or indirectly, to embarrass or abridge the legitimate exercise of any valuable right. Nor, sir, would I "bring an important privilege into disrepute or contempt by the abuse of it. And I contend that it is as much an abuse of this privilege for the citizens of the States. "to petition the American Congress to abolish slavery in "the District of Columbia, as it would be for those citi'zens to petition the Parliament of Great Britain, or the French Chamber of Deputies, for a like purpose; or as "it would be for the citizens of Maine to petition the Le gislature of Virginia to abolish slavery within the limits "of that State. No man in the possession of his wits, having the least acquaintance with the character of our Government, will assert that it would be a denial of "the right of petition for the Legislature of Virginia to reject petitions from the citizens of Maine, praying fo the abolition of slavery. And if it would not be a de"nial of the right of petition in this case, how can it "be a denial of that right for the Legislature of this District to reject petitions of like import from citizens "of the States?" Unbounded liberality on the part of the Pole, produced an unbounded confidence on the part of the English-guilt." man. The latter had a small box of jewels of great value, which he had carried about his person from the time of his leaving home-finding that mode of conveyance hazardous and inconvenient in a town, he requested his munificent host to deposit it in a place of security till he should be ready to go away. At the expiration of three days, he prepared for his departure, and on asking for his box, however, he was amazed when the old gentleman, with a countenance exhibiting the utmost surprise, replied," What box!" Why the small box of jewels I gave you to keep for me!" With a trembling hand, the terrified Jew wrote out the note, folded it up, and as he was desired, sealed it with his own signet. Two officers were despatched with it to his house, and when Sarah glanced over its contents, she swooned and sunk to the ground. The box was delivered up, and restored to its owner-and the Jew suffered the punishment his villany deserved.He was sent to Siberia. The Mirror. FRANCIS L. HAGADORN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. The Mirror has been well defined He contends that, inasmuch as Congress may tax the people of the District of Columbia, incorporate compan The Englishman was petrified. After recovering himself a little, he requested he would call his wife, she NEW BRIGHTON, N. Y. FEBRUARY 23, 1839. ies, close or open streets, enact penal statutes, and in vahaving been present when he received it. She came, and on being questioned, answered in exact unison with her husband, expressed the same surprise, and benevolently endeavored to persuade her distracted guest that In the House of Representatives Feb. 41:39, on presenting a remonstrance from gislature, it follows as a consequence that if the people of REMARKS OF MR. ELY MOORE, OF NEW YORK. Citizens of the Dist of Columbia, against the reception of Abolition petitions. it was a mere hallucination. With mingled feelings of 6 He accordingly waited upon him, and with little ceremony was admitted to an audience. He briefly laid down his case, and Constantine, with a greedy car devoured up his discourse.' Constantine expressed his astonishment, told him he knew "the Jew, having had extensive money transactions with him-that he had always been respectable, and of unblemished character." However," he added, "I will use every legitimate means to unveil the mystery." So saying, he called on some gentlemen who were to dine with him that day, and despatched a messenger with a note to the Jew, requesting his presence. Aaron obeyed the summons. “Have you no recollection of having received a box of Jewels from the hands of this gentleman?" asked the Duke. "Never, my lord," was the reply. "Strange, indeed. Are you perfectly conscious," turning to the Englishman, "that you gave the box as stated?" "Quite certain, my lord." generous applause and well-meant adulation has pro- In Mr. Moore, we see a bright example of the self Then addressing himself to the Jew-" this is a very ever characterized his public course. rious other ways exercise those peculiar prerogatives that belong to a State Legislature, it is in fine the local Le gislature of the District. And if it constitutes such le any State have a right to memorialize Congress in reference to matters which do not belong to its federal pow ers, but exclusively to its capacities as the local legisla ture of the district, the citizens of the District of Colum bia have the same right to petition the Legislature of any State in reference to matters influencing its intestine intereets. * The following brief extract succinctly shows how it is that Congress has become the local legislature of the District, although its members are drawn from every where else, and sent to a congress of meeting at Washington as the representatives of foreign and independent States. "The general or national powers which Congress ex"ercises over, and which are binding upon the States, were delegated by the States; and the powers of “ ex❝clusive legislation" which Congress exercises over the "District of Columbia, and which are effective only within the District, were derived from the States of Mary "land and Virginia, by virtue of certain acts in which "they ceded to Congress this District. Had Congress "been invested with no other power than that of exclusive legislation over the 'ten miles square,' could there "be any question with regard to the extent of its pow"er?" "of fifty thousand dollars, over and above the donation | avenue to the throne which tyranny had left them; the cranium, with all its nicely-fitted subdivisions, and the RICHMOND COLLEGE. In our article concerning this Institution, published in last week's Mirror, there is a slight inaccuracy, which we take pleasure in correcting, by the publication of the following extract from "the minutes of the Regents of the University," politely furnished to us by a friend. In our article of last week, we also stated that it was part of the plan of Governor Tompkins, to remove Columbia College from the city to this island. Feeling no regret that this was not accomplished, and wishing well to that respectable Institution in its own place, we give publicity to the following extract from "the Minutes of the Board of Regents of the University," which we believe will be interesting to many of our readers: "Resolution relative to the consolidation of Columbia "and Washington Colleges, adopted Feb 10, 1817. "Resolved, That it be, and hereby is, recommended to In England, especially in the reign of King John, of the Trustees of Columbia College, to unite in a consoMagna Charta" memory, and of the first three Henrys, lidation of the funds and property of said College with the people loudly and earnestly clamored for the right of those of Washington College on Staten Island, for petition, because their voice could only reach the throne "which a conditional charter has been granted, if the through the medium of supplication-of petition. It "consent of the corporation of Trinity Church can be was the omnipotency of the prince on the one hand, and "obtained; and that it be further recommended to the the impotency of the subject on the other. Under such Trustees of said College, if they approve of the conso- circumstances, it was not only natural but political for 'lidation suggested, to negociate with the corporation of the subject to address the sovereign in the abject language Trinity Church the terms upon which said corporation of supplication--of petition. But, sir, does it become "will agree to relinquish the conditions in their grant to American freemen, the sovereign people in whom all Columbia College, which fix the site of said College in power resides-to approach their representatives—their "the city of New York, and require that the President agents-their servants-the creatures of their own ma"shall be a member of the Protestant Episcopal church; king-with the abject, servile language of petition, pray"and report the result to the Regents, that it may be er, supplication? No, sir, no! Thank God! it is the submitted to the Legislature at their present session." peculiar province, the proud privilege of the American To this recommendation of the Regents, the Trustees people, to speak to those in power, on all subjects of genof Columbia College returned a long negative reply, sta-eral political moment, in the potent and authoritative lanting, besides other minor considerations, that the remo-guage of instruction-of diclation. And who will afval recommended would necessarily be attended by a firm that the right to instruct, to dictate, does not supersacrifice of one fourth or more of their property." "At a meeting of the Regents of the University of the "State of New York, January 27th, 1817, present, His "Excellency, Daniel D. Tompkins, Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, De Witt Clinton, Mr. Elmendorf, Mr. "Cochran, Mr. De Witt, Mr. Yates, Mr. Southwick, "Mr. Thompson and Mr. Martin Van Buren; a peti"tion from Richard C. Corson, Tho's Lawrence and oth'ers, in behalf of the inhabitants of Richmond county," "praying for the establishment of a college on Staten "Island, to be known by the name of 'the Washington "College," was read, and after some time spent thereon, "the following preamble and resolution were adopted: "Whereas, a number of the inhabitants of the county "of Richmond have represented that they are desirous to "found a College on Staten Island, in said County, and "have signified that the name thereof should be Washington College, and have proposed twenty-four per'sons for the first trustees of said College, and have "made known the plan on which and the funds by which "is intended to found and provide for the same, and "have represented that the sum of five thousand dollars "is already subscribed for a Library for said college, and "that a tract of land of adequate extent and of a value "exceeding ten thousand dollars, will be gratuitously "granted for a site for said College, and a conveyance "thereof executed as soon as there may be a corporate body qualified to receive the same; and have further "represented that they are not desirous that a charter "for the incorporation of said College should be issued "until an additional sum, over and above the donation "for a site and library before mentioned, in money, or "bona fide securities for money, or in real estate of the "actual value of fifty thousand dollars shall be raised "for the benefit of said College, by individual subscrip❝tion and endorsement, independent of any public pat"ronage. And it appearing to the Regents that the in"terests of education will be promoted by granting the "said application; therefore Resolved, That a charter of incorporation be grant"ed for the establishment of a College, agreeably to the "said application, and that the said charter be similar to "that heretofore granted to Hamilton College, and be "issued on its being satisfactorily established to the Re"gents of the University, that the sum of five thousand "dollars has been secured for the use of a Library for "said College, that a tract of land on Staten Island, of adequate extent, good situation, and a value excccding "ten thousand dollars has been appropriated and secured "for a site for said College, and that funds to the amount cede the poor privilege to petition? What, sir, shall it be deemed a privilege for the creator to supplicate the creature? The master to petition the servant? Why, sir, this would be inverting the order of things, with a witness! I hold that it is not befitting the American people to address the language of prayer-of petition— of supplication-to any power save to that of Almighty power. When freemen pray, let them supplicate the only power superior to their own-the God of the Uni A true gentleman and a fine gentleman are not, as is too generally supposed, synonymous characters. A true gentleman misses no opportunity of obliging his friend, yet he docs it in so delicate a manner that he seems rather to have received than conferred a favor. He is honorable in himself, and in the judgment of others;—his word is sufficient for the fulfilment of an engagement. In his demeanor is combined mildness and firmness, dignity and condescension, affability with discretion;-sincerity, simplicity and ease are his principal characteristics. He is neither a slave nor an enemy to pleasure, but approves or rejects, or refuses, as his reason dictates; he stoops not to flatter a knave, although he may fill an exalted station; nor does he neglect merit, though he may find it in a cottage. He defeats the malice of an enemy with forbearance, h's understanding is never supplanted by vanity! He does not love where he does not esteem; in his friendship he is steady and sincere; and he understands the true character of an intelligent lady and never salutes her with a profusion of what a fine gentleman would call eloquent flattery, (but creates in the mind of an intelligent feinale disgust, disapprobation and dislike,) but addresses her with a proper degree of respect, and converses for the purpose of mutuai instruc It is true, and to my mind is as strange as it is true LADIES' DEPARTMENT. THE PROPERTIES OF FLOWERS. country they do not require more than five. Thus many Pompe funebre, a valuable, or rather a high-priced flower, is certainly a worse flower than Polyphemus, in every stage, from blight to perfection; and as a single flower in competition, it will not create a moment's doubt The Metropolitan Society's rules would enable a man who never saw flowers, to judge which was the best, and there is no small difficulty, when old cultivators are selected for judges, to keep them from giving the prizes to dear flowers instead of those of good properties. These are, however, difficulties casily got over, and we conclude for the present by congratulating the general cultivator of flowers upon the great advantages derived from coming to a general understanding as to what are esteemed the real properties of flowers. Londen Horticultural Journal. auricula is a flower equally requiring a proper estimation | tions than among any other class of florists. But such of properties, and equally indebted to the Metropolitan is the advantage of setting even the experienced cultiSociety for published rules by which to regulate them.-vator upon a right course with regard to the properties The chief point here again is form. To be quite round of flowers, that there are sorts which bore a great price, The advancement of floriculture has always been an and quite flat, like a counter, would be perfection; but now hardly cared for, and others, which bore no price object of much importance to us. We have taken more here the colors form a much more important feature than at all, gradually becoming favorites. The uncertainty pains with it than with any other branch of horticulture in other flowers, for the auricula will come all green like of the bloom will always render the possession of a bed or gardening, because it would be followed with advan- a calix, or all white and mealy, without any distinct co- of flowers a source of anxious pleasure, because there tage by a large class, and by persons in all grades of so- lor. It has been, therefore, necessary to state that there are varieties usually stained at the bottom, and therefore ciety. The Horticultural Journal has paid great attention should be several divisions of bolor; the small tube in worthless, but which sometimes come up very clean and to the properties of flowers, with a view of teaching the the centre should be bright yellow-the circle round fine, and they are then grand beyond description. Nine amateur what is necessary to render him a successful this perfectly white-the next circle should be a distinct times out of ten a Siam will beat a Louis, but the tenth exhibiter, and confirming the more experienced, but per- color, lilac, violet, purple, blue, brown, or dark approach- time the Louis may come without its usual stain at the haps wavering, professional gardener in some fixed prin- ing to black, and very unbroken-and the outer circle bottom, and then it is a sight worth travelling miles for. ciples. It is desirable that all persons should be united of all green, grey, or white; and in proportion as all But Louis has never won at the Metropolitan Society's upon the value of fancy flowers, and, of course, upon the these form distinct circles, and the individual pips are shows, and we doubt if it ever will, because, if one does standard of perfection by which such value shall be es- flat, &c. does the value of the flower increase. There happen to come clear, which is not twice in a century, timated. The Metropolitan Society has done more to- is another property estimated in London and its vicinity we might as well attempt to persuade the grower to cut wards fixing this standard than all the Horticultural and more than in the country. The Metropolitan Society off his own head as to cut his bloom to exhibit. Floral Societies put together. The rules laid down by consider it a leading property that the auricula should that society have been followed, or professed to be follow-form a bold truss of seven pips or flowers at least; in the by almost every establishment, deserving the name of Floral or Horticultural, in the United Kingdom, and they have been of great service to the science. The properties of flowers, were, at one time, valued by no In roses, novelty seems to have been the leading point, set rules of propriety, by no consistent attribute of and many growers have discovered novelty where nobobeauty. The odd whims and fancies of particular indi- dy else could; but there are properties as essential to a viduals pronounced particular points estimable, with good rose as to any other flower; novelty forming one of out considering whether such points increased the splen- them. A rose should be strongly perfumed-the petals dor of a flower; whereas the points insisted upon by the should be thick, round and plentiful, the color bright, Metropolitan Society, without a single exception, increas- and the flower double; the more of these properties posed the beauty of a flower even to ordinary eyes. Thus sessed by a rose, the better it is. Hundreds, however, it was that roundness and flatness in the bloom of a pan-are in cultivation so nearly resembling each other, so sy were said to be the standard of perfection; place side weak in their perfume and so straggling in their growth by side a pansy of the old shape and one nearly approach- | as to make every amateur who has purchased largely, reing the circle, unbroken through the petals, overlapping pent truly that he has been governed by fine names, ineach other and tolerably flat, the most unpractised eye stead of fine qualities. will see the richness of one compared with the other, and though there are none quite round or quite flat, there are many which approach both, and they are the more valuable in proportion to their near approach. Again, the properties of the dahlia are equally well defined, the clos-wide enough to lap over each other, and form a whole, er the shape approaches two-thirds of a ball the better. and nearly circular flower, rather campanulated than Everybody can understand this definition of the proper- otherwise. These ought to come in trusses, comprising ty of a dahlia. It is true, that to become this form, the at least six or eight blooms each, and forming good close petals must be broad, round-ended, short, and imbricate heads. Bright colors, novel pencilling and deep, dark well, free from notch, plenty of them, and the centre not spots on the upper petals are in great esteem; but the bloomed ; but these are details. If the flower be two- best at present, for form and style of growth, is Dennis' thirds of a ball, the detail is sure to be good, for if the Perfection, though the color is deficient. Others, assertpetals be narrow or pointed, or long, the flower cannoted to be as well formed and better colored, are said to be well formed. A tulip has been equally as well defined as to property and very fortunately, for the flowers which were bearing high prices were perverting the taste of the growers; and it will take some years to correct it. Nevertheless, the rule laid down by the Metropolitan Society cannot be mistaken. The desired form, when expanded, is from one third to one half of a hollow ball, forming, as a matter of course, a perfectly round shallow cup; for, as the beauty of a tulip is the inside, no other form will so well display it. The tulip, must, however, possess one quality without which it will now set down as valuless. The white or the yellow must be of one uniform shade or tint, without stain, to the very centre. In this case, as in the other, the most ordinary obscrver, who may know nothing about tulips, shall, nevertheless, in a moment decide that the clear round flower is more beautiful than one that is stained and not round. Upon this principle should the value of all such production be estimated. We do not mean that every body should be able to appreciate all the points of a good flower; but that the leading ones, especially the form, should be that most likely to please the world. The In tulip growers we have observed more whimsical no- wholly wasted. Geraniums have come in for their share of attention as to properties. The majority of them have petals so narrow that, as there are but five, they divide and form an irregular star; they ought, like the heart's case, to be have been raised and coming but, if not out already, and PRESERVATION OF DAHLIAS. The winter of 1837-8 was so severe that many persons lost their dahlias. The frost penetrated into cellars, orangeries, and even caves. The usual mode of preserving them was totally ineffectual, for a great number of roots were frozen hard. However, we have learnt a mode which is practised in France, and is found to succeed perfectly. A dry spot is chosen out in the garden or grounds, and a pit is dug there five or six feet wide and four feet deep. The length depends on the quantity of roots which are to be placed there. When the pit is three feet deep, it is narrowed three or four inches at each side, in order to obtain a ledge or resting place, for a purpose to be mentioned hereafter. The bulbs are then well wiped after the stalk is cut off in the usual way, leaving three or four inches, to which a number is attached in wood or lead. The bulbs are arranged side by side, the head upwards in the pit. They are then covered with old boards, resting upon the ledge spoken of above. If boards are not at hand, any old pieces of wood may be made to serve to prevent the earth from falling through. The earth is then thrown back into the pit and well pressed down. If exceedingly severe frost is expected, leaves, litter or grass should be thrown over all. By this proceeding the dahlias are sure to be safe. It sometimes happens that the stalks to which the thickets are attached, continue to live. We have seen some this year in buds as large as candles, which succeeded perfectly. Ibid. The principal object we have in view here is to show that, in the estimate of properties by the Metropolitan Society of Florists, regard is had to those points which please every body; that in fact, taken in a general way, an ordinary flower placed by the side of a flower which approaches the standard of perfection laid down, shall appear inferior to ordinary observers-that the properties estimated as valuable by the connoisseur, shall enlist among its admirers all persons of taste, whether florists or not; and when we resume this subject to go into de- The history of most lives may be briefly comprehendtails, we shall be able to show that there is a good reasoned under three heads-our follies, our faults and our misto be made apparent to common observers, for every point esteemed by the society as essential to a good flower. An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. fortunes. There is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by the way; for such wisdom is |