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conversation will be engrossed by the infinitely diverting, instructive and rare subjects of the weather, the fashious and the ladies. Under the first head will be discussed the interesting question, whether we are about to have rain or sunshine; under the second, some original observations will be made on the extremes to which many go in these days; and under the third, much of that acute genius which is necessary to discover who are handsome and who are not, will be elicited. I might specify many other topics of equal importance on which I am often entertained; but these will serve as a specimen. Now such subjects are perhaps well enough in their place; but when I am otherwise engaged, I had as lief hear a discussion whether the Emperor of China is at this moment in Pekin or in any other part of his empire. I do think, most courteous reader, whoever thou art, that this mode of interrupting others in their lawful pursuits is the most pestilential sort of idleness that I can easily form a conception of.

There is no way of getting rid of such visitors. Hints you may give them; but these are entirely unavailing. Either their faculties, by continual inaction have become so stupid that they cannot perceive when they are unwelcome; or they are determined to brave it out, whether their company is acceptable or not. I have a hundred times thought of that capital maxim of Solomon: "Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee;" and as often been upon the point of quoting it; but as I am naturally, and from habit, somewhat polite, I really cannot muster assurance enough. I do think there is a practical lesson in this passage which few of these idle people take into consideration.

The University in this place has many excellent people in it; but it is most grievously infested with these same interlopers, who, like the dog in the manger, will neither eat themselves, nor suffer others to eat. There is a very strict watch kept over them by the Faculty; but as they cannot be always present in all places, it is out of their power to prevent these encroachments on the time of the studious.

Now, reader, if thou art one of these depredators on the peace of society, let me give thee some wholesome advice. Always ask thyself, whether thy company will be acceptable, before thou palmest it upon thy neighbours. And to determine this question, ask thyself another, viz: whether it be a seasonable hour, that is, whether the person to be visited is not, in all probability, engaged. Thou wilt thus free thyself from a sort of idlenes which is infinitely more distressing to others than that of wasting thine own time in doing nothing. TIMOTHY STEADFAST.

I am affectionately thine,

EDITED BY A FRATERNITY OF GENTLEMEN.

NEW-HAVEN, (CONN.) PUBLISHED BY A. H. MALTBY & CO.

No. 27.]

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1820.

Yet shall the friends who loved her weep,
Though shrined in peace the sufferer sleep,
Yet shall they weep,-for oft and well
Remembrance shall her story tell,
Affection of her virtues speak

With beaming eye, and burning cheek,
Each action, word, and look, recal,
The last, the loveliest of all.

Montgomery.

IT was on the bank of one of those beautiful lakes, which reflect the bold outlines of the neighbouring mountains, that Mr. P about the year 1760 erected his mansion. Descended from an ancient family in England, he passed his earlier years in one of the universities. Having completed his education, he visited those countries in Europe, which art had sufficiently improved to arrest the attention of a traveller. When he had passed three years in polishing his man. ners by association with foreigners, and in repairing to places rendered interesting as the theatre of great events, he returned to his native country. Soon after his arrival, he was married to a young lady to whom he had been attached from his childhood.

Preferring bold and irregular scenery, to the finished beauty of his native country; he determined to remove to Scotland, where amid its lofty peaks and crystal sheets of water, he fondly hoped to pass his life in all the happiness which his ample fortune promised. In the vicinity of Lochhis time rolled away in the calm tranquillity, which is so often the result of independence in retirement.

His affections centered in an only daughter, who in this de

lightful abode passed her earlier years in the acquisition of knowledge, under the care of a private instructor. Her mind was a reflection of the peaceful lake which slept beneath her, never ruffled or discomposed by the storms of passion. Her rapid acquirements did not escape the observation of her parents, who beheld her progress with delight, and looked forward with no little pleasure to the time, when they should present her to the view of the world, arrayed in the charms of female beauty, with a mind improved by an extensive acquaintance with literature and science. She admired the grand and beautiful scenery which had been liberally spread around her, and indulged the hope of passing her life in this abode, rendered doubly interesting as the place of her nativity: she would listen with delight to the narration of those incidents which occur in the world, but when she looked forward to that period which should present them to her inspection, she shrunk from the contemplation, and found all her affections entwining around the pleasures of youth, and the theatre of their action.

Her sixteenth year being completed, her parents removed to London, to improve her manners by mingling with the polished society of that city. With no little sorrow she left that retreat, where happiness had so long held undisputed sway; and with an anxious parting look, she saw her native mountains fade away on the distant horizon.

Amelia entered the world of fashion unfitted to unite in its follies, and ill prepared to encounter those tempests which had wrecked so many a voyager. Her life had been a picture of a summer's evening; its calm serenity never having beenshaded by those clouds of sorrow, which so often obscure the brightest sunshine. Her pleasing deportment, excited the liveliest interest in all who beheld her, while her retiring manners, formed in seclusion from the world, exhibited a striking contrast to the deportment of those, who had passed their existence in the giddy whirl of amusement and fashion. Her auburn locks, falling in ringlets on a neck of snow, her eye of blue sparkling with intelligence, on retiring from the gaze of the spec.

tator, added to the bloom which health imparted to her complexion, riveted the eyes of many an admirer.

Among these there was no one whose countenance beamed in her presence with more pleasure than Alonzo, a young gentleman of birth and fortune, who had a few months before finished his education in the University of Oxford, and at the age of twenty entered the army. From his childhood he had been delighted with the pomp of war, and while pursuing his studies, he looked forward with no small satisfaction to the time, when leaving the groves of Academus, he should be permitted to enroll his name among the defenders of his country's honour and the promoters of its glory. In anticipating the splendour of triumph, and the plaudits of thousands, his mind was raised to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. In contemplating them, the pleasures of domestic life had never appeared to him of any comparative value, until accident brought him into the society of Amelia.

A former intimacy between his father and Mr. P—, gave Alonzo access to the house of the latter. His visits which at first resulted from mere civility, were often repeated; and his friendship was soon succeeded by an emotion, which has been more frequently realized than described. Before he was aware, he found the charms of London concentrated in the house of his father's friend. His visits were received by Amelia, with that politeness which is conspicuous in a mină refined by education. Although it was visible to all around her, that she was the object of attraction, she did not permit herself to impute them to any cause, but that urbanity which appeared to be characteristick of Alonzo.

The regiment to which he was attached was soon to embark for America, where it was expected to remain, until the colonies should be reduced to obedience. As the time for embarkation approached, his visits were more frequently repeated, and it was not without regret, that he saw the certainty of separation so near at hand. Her image in all its attractiveness, was continually before him, whenever his professional duties called him from her society, and he found with sur

prise that the brilliancy of his employment, was daily less and less vivid. As the time for return was uncertain, he proffered his hand to her, who had so long been the object of his love and admiration. His hopes were soon crowned with success, and although he was to part from her whom he had tenderly loved until months and perhaps years should roll away, still he was consoled with the hope, that he should weave for him. self in the field of glory, a wreath, which would bloom with increasing beauty, cherished as it would be by the affections of one, whose happiness was identified with his own.

The dreaded day at length arrived. The sorrow which was visible in every expression, and the fear that they might never meet again, spread a melancholy over the countenance of Amelia, imparted loveliness to her native beauty, and excited the liveliest interest in the mind of Alonzo. He wiped away the tear which stole down her cheek, and with the conflicting emotions of love and a thirst for glory, he bade her a fond adieu, and was soon borne beyond the sight of his native island. He caught the last glimpse of its azure peaks, and with a heavy heart, saw them melt away in the blue waves of the ocean.

prosperous voyage soon brought the detachment to which he belonged to New-York, which was at that time the head quarters of the British forces. The glitter of arms, and the shouts of battle, filled his mind with transient delight; but in those calm moments which often occur in the life of a soldier, he fixed his eye on the happiness he so recently enjoyed, while memory presented to his view the image of fair Amelia. He looked forward with anxiety, to the time when the regiment should be recalled and his dreams of bliss should be changed into fruition. The colonics persisted in refusing to acknowledge the sway of the mother country, and continued to assert their right to rank among the nations. Although he had from time to time received from her a tribute of affection, he found his suns revolving more slowly than formerly, and after one year had elapsed, the time for his return, apparently no nearer than at his arrival. The courage which he displayed in

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