Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-11-25


James and Williams, because fok was
me owner of broad Woodlands and goodiy
meadows. An early day was fixed for the
marriage The parson came all the way
rom Connection to assist at the nuptiais,
and the doctor, to whose sagacious prescrip-
tion Yrk attributed the rapid amendment Of
hs daughters health, was also otthe party.
After the ceremony was over, and the min
i,ter had retired, the company adjourned to
the long kitchen. Agrcat hickory fire was
blazing in the chimney, and the negro fid-
dier who had been provided Tor the occa-
sion, witl an associ lie, was mounted on his
bench with the instrument OF music at his
shoulder. { he couple were soon arranged;
the bride and bridegroom, in the gayest at
tire Of the day were at the head and old
Yok himself was on the floO' Novem-
Der wind wa, bowling IN the woods, the old
trees creaked and groaned, and showers of
the red leaves were driven against the win
dOws but the buster without was unheard
amidst the merriment wit lin The black
hdd.ers threw themselves into the most yio-
lent contc rtions, aud drew their bows from
the head to the heel at every note. The
the shouts Of laughter, the jest that flew
rapidly about, taken up by the shril voices
of the maidens, and echoes from the spno-
rous lungs Of the rustic beaux, made the
passer by to stop in arnazement But the
guests remembered that it was only WED
ding, and at midnight the house was as still
and dark as ever
James did not like the neighborhood of
the place where he had seen the spectre
and soon after his marriage, he went to set
tie in one of the villages on the banks of
the Hudson, where he long lived quietly
and respectfully, and where his descendants
reside to THIS day. Geshie was my grand
mother bv the mothers side, and rom her
lips had the tale | have related Ii is not
known to many, for she never told it u.til
she had arrived at extreme old age, when
there were few in these parts who remem-
bered either James Williams Or her sister
As for the doctor who had prescribed for
Mary, he rose almost Immediately into
great reputati and extensive practice,
from being supposed to have cured patient
in the last stage Of consumption.
RESPECT FOR FEMALES.
The following is one Of the most eloquent sketch.
which we recollect to have seen. II s rich in
Fl ure. chaste and delicate in style, aud highly
fined in sen'iment.- .-Phla, eiphia Album.
I" dislike the man who deliberately tri-
tles with the alice ions of woman. |
woulu rather shake hands with a highway
man, than wi h gentleman who mas sa-
crlllced to his own vanity the lifelong hap
plness of ali inexperienced gHl. l fear
this sort of conduct has never been suffi-
cIently reprobated, and females to often be-
tray the rights OF their sex, by accepting
with pride the homage Of a man, who has
become notorious for the conquest and de-
sertion OF their sisters as if his mercy and
love could be depended upon, who has
once been cruel to an ahectionate woman!
The world laughs, and stores of lying pro-
verbs and stupid jests on the briefness Of
woman's love, are administered: but you
will find, if your heart be not hardened by
seltishness, that this will be in vain. Per-
haps you had no intention of being serious,
you only hirtec, tried to be agreeable and
to please for the moment you had no con-
CeptiOn that your behavior could be mis-
construed, and you shudder at the bare
thought of earning the icy damnaiion Of a
seducer. 1t may be So. for there is de-
scent to the hell of seduction, though that
descent is pernlciously easy, and
Memo repe"te, Cm t"rpSsimus,'
but what if, while you were meaning moth
'ng your tritilng created anguish, your
sport became death to the object of it /!
When, by exclusive attentions, you have
excited regard, by the development of fta-
lent, or by the display aud devotion of per-
sonal graces you have fascinated the mind
and the heart, when, by the melting and the
sinking eye, the faultering voice, the lervld
tone, the retained hand, you have awaken
ed tn, passion you cannot lay---when you
have willulIy done this, in the cold blood of
vanity, and it suits your convenience, or
stated coxcombry, to finish the scene by al
tered mein, distant courtesy, or an ex-
preston of surprise at the expected effects
of your civilty ; will you be able to quiet
your conscience with Jest Will you
sleep on All adage of fools, or a lie OF your
own Z What if the poor being, whose hope
you have changed into despair whose gar
den you have blasted with mildew and rust
---whose heaven you have darkenod for
suffer in silence, striving
TO bear her sorrow, praying Tor cheerful |
ness, pardoning without forgetting you, till
Al