The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-15

li8Nt arm was extenueu anu souicWna. eie'"'S"
in the direction of his eyes, which seemed pier
cling the very heavens, as he pronounced IN 're'l
mulous but melodious accents, the fiat ofthe JUST,
"What God hath joined together let no man put
asunder." lbeheld on my left, through the rays
ef resplendent glory, the immortal WASHING
TON, looking with complacent eye on the cere,
II ony as it progressed--and on my right, seemeu
to hear the voice of the eloquent HAMILTON IN us
rich and mellow tones, issuing from the cheerful
light of the rising sus as pronounced the res
ponsive AMEN. :,
At this moment somebody caught me by DOTH
arms, and heard the words, father father! are
YOU here SO distinctly that forgot the plea
sures of imagination in which I had been revel-
ling, my airy castles tumbled to the ground, and
was lost in the close, the dear embrace OF my
children oh! they both whispered to me, how
happy we are to see you--every thing is SO ue-
liehtful, so charming, SO full OF bappincss--now
that YOU are here our bliss is complete, and you
can tell our dear mother every thing, in wa!
which she will understand, and enjoy, almost as
we'll as if she was present. Only look ',ere'
cried Sarah, pointing to the Orchestra, which
was beautifully decorated with festoons OF inter
mingled evergreens and flowers, and the stand
ards OF our worthy citizen soldiers-only look
there she again repeated as she playtully select
ed the one under which, she added with digni'
~ and air which would have done credit to q
mstron of Rome in her best days, my hero snail
march to victory or death in the cause OF the op-
press'd-for you must know, father, am no neu-
tral now--the citizens dressls to me insiplti com,
pared with that of the soldier, am par.izan OF
Isaac, for the military ball. Rachel smiled az 'ne
enthusiasm and what she called the hck'eness o.,
Sarah, but did not enter much into the spirit or
onr conversation, was unusually pensive and seem
ed to be little absent and observed that when
she attempted to point out something she parti-
cularly admired in the dress OF the room, her eye
rested upon gentleman Immediately under II, II
was not the one with whom she left home, but
his appearance was commanding and dignlhed,
and there was letter Of credit in his coun'e-
nance which gave him immediate access 10 my
confidence and esteem. do not know what ia
chel meant to say by resting her soft blue eyes OIL
so fine a fgure-but it called forth return
which spoke heart full of sensiblllty, honour,
sympathy, and every feeling which eleva'es and
adorns the human character. This little incident
called me from the works Of art to those OF na-
ture and discovered almost for the hrst time ,ha'
Twas surrounded by six or seven hundred fei'oW
beings, all apparently happy and anxious only 10
make themselves agreeable TO each other.-oh
what feast for one who is great adnirer Of
happy human faccs--some we're waking one way
and some another near the outskirts OF the room.
Here little group was very pleasantly engaged
quite silent, looking volumes at glsnce-but
what surprised me most of all was, that the Ba-
chelors. who, il is generally thought, love TO be
alone, seemed every one to have partner iean'
ing upon his arm; and their faces which but the
day before We're drawn out TO an immoherate
length, had assumed their natural shape, ana aP,
peared to he illMmined with the pures' name o'
intelligence and social love.
The centre of the room was occupied by the
l..ti ,F,I t.,pag
ing beings it was. Here all at once found my
arms at liberty. and perceiving my daughters hat
stolen from me and were participating IN tina
amusement, it was then that felt the pures
thrill of pleasnre-then, that hope opened he
brightest vista to my view, and my heart bea
with all fathers pride; but as extended m.
observation, il was enlarged to that of country
for was sure that no place could exhibit s.
much lovellness and beauty The dresses OF N
females were light and airy, and displayed til
,ruest princiI,cs Of taste and elegance and .
thnv gracefully moved in unison with the sof
rich strains Of music which floa,ed in the room,
could not but repeat again and again to myself al
plying them 10 every fairy form,
"a foot more light, step more true.
Ne'er from the heath A,wer dashed the dew
AsI was about to retire from this beautiful AZ
Grand DISPLAY of taste-ths lovely and happy !,
sembjy, Abraham, whoui ! had not yet STE
caught one of my hands in both OF his, and vii
all The warmth of tiilal all, clion and graltud
exclaimed" How unexpected is this, Fathers b
il is the more pleasant on that account, and no
do you like the proceedings OF the Bachelor
Ball" and without giving me moment TO repl
added in somewhat lower tone than usual,
fear We know better how 10 manage for ourseh
than for the GnEEEs' FRANKLIN.
GIANTS.
Wanley, though he calls his work 4
Wonders of the Little World contrives