The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-02-01


al this---but--l cannot marry blue
stocking = Poor Sophia ignorance
hal i.,deed thrown down the gauntlet,
and TO her the combat was deadly.
+ Seymour doparled--depaned without
IN interview he feared himself, he fell
her worth, her amiabilty, her genle-
ness and, above all tins, he felt, too
that she loved him, but he spufned all
remembrance save one---he fed from
her as contapioh, for was she not a.
genius 7 But Seymour was gentleman,
and his heart told him that somewhat OF
apology was due 10 one, whom he had
50 long taught 10 look upon him as a Sc
cond sofia blush manled his brow as
he wrote a hurried attempt nj oNplana-
ton OF a subject, on which heconld not be
at once explicit and just. Never had
Seymour acquitted bImsoltso III, bat the
manner availed little, where The purpose
was So clear. Sophia saw and felt only
that he was LOST 10 her for ever--that
he rejected all title 10 her hand, heart,
or even her remembruuce-What need
ed there more TO have told the talk
eloquently had been but 10 steep III ho-
ney the point Of the dagger winch had
entered her heart
In seven days after the departure of
his letter Seymour received reply
lou have broken my heart, but |
forgive you--I murmur mott reproach
uot--l have too much need OF mercy TO
cherish bitterness, and too little space
IN which TO crave II, to waste one mo-
ment IN ungcntIe thought II alloe-
IONS live beyond the grave, that SUM
llght of the soul shall dwell with me,
when my name and sorrows are alike
forgotten ,--Farcwell.'
Seymour possessed fine feelings and
bad not his mind been jaundicod, he
would have wept over the sacrifice Of
such a heart but Miss Bcllamoro tr-
umphcd, and he coldly crushed the lot
ter III his hand as lac murmured some
thing about the lhapsodles Of blue
stocking
Hitherto Sophia had borne all the lii
tie bitterness OF her lot unrcpinlugly !;
nay, in the gaicty Of her heart they had
sometimes been food for her mlrlhtul
moments but now the bolt had fallen
upon her spirit and crushed i'll Few
pllied her ; Tor the men silently cNultGd
III the power OF their sex, and forgot
compassion for the sufferer in eXullation
al the cause OF suffering, while the wo-
men affected 10 withhold the balm of
sympathy on the'plca Of the superiority
oil genius rendering such sympathy
presumptuous. A few, a chosen few,
talked to her Of resignation, and Of the
pleasures which yet courted her accop-
lance: But what avalIs ii 10 the ivy that
the forest teens with goodly trees, when
that one, to winch ii had clnng So fond
", is levclled with the dust
Man may wear the wreath Of genius,
and glory in the chapIet; but woman
IS the creature of tolerance and submls-
sion, and should a few scattered bios
SONS be tAlncd amid her tresses, she
must teach those trcsscs 10 conceal them.
MN may utter hls sentiments erect L. IL
dlbly, but womln must breathe hers in "A
whisper, and upon her knees ana
while man oxulls IN his attanmenis, and
revcIs in the intellectually OF ms nature,
woman Must weep over her own excel
lenccs, aud conceal them as she would a
deformity OF frame.
Poor Sophia when ! think on thy
broken heartily wounded prdo--thy
sprt-bowed existence am ready TO
exclaim, Oh may my Sons be distin-
guishcd for talent, but be my daughters
happy
Ncthod Uud tor producing Rice in He
country, bordertag on tic caspian
Sea
After the ground is sufficiently pulyc-
rised by repeated ploughiDgs, water is
turned INTO the field, d, when thorough
ly soaked, ii undergocs another plough
ng, during which stage Of the operation
the ground is So soft that the cattle 90
up 10 their bellies in the soil. After
tins wooden instrument, forming the
segment of a circle, is drawn over the
surface, with its strait end resting on
the ground tn, serves not only to
smooth it but to break any clod, or
pick up Whatever grass and weeds may
have accidentally been left. The wo-
men then take the rice plants, which
have been raised from the seeds in Sc
paratc beds, and, beginning at one end,
plant them in rows ) or b inches apart
each way; and this they do, with won
derlul qnickness and dexterily, retreat
ing backwards, and smoothing at the
same time, with their hands, all irregu-
larties on the surface, that may either
have been left by former operations or
caused by their own feet; SO that when
they have done, the field appears per-
fectly smooth, covered with sheet OF
muddy water, above which the rows OF
urppu DlautS ran iuct bn coon tinUino n