Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-19
s4dUice TO yo,0,g men and intellectually to young
rconlC.. az The higher and middle ranks Of He.
By HiiIian Goblet. =


BY UiLiam Goblet. IS
From work recently published under this IL
tle at New York, we give an EXTRACT, both anus,
teg in itself and characteristic Of Dc style and
manner Of its arflior., The Long Island Pa
Brio, very appropriately. Igiving idscr,on to the
|anecdess of Ms CobheuS first love, warns IFS
fair fea1erstRxt more important consequences
sometimes attend even the scrubbipg Of wash
tub, than many people are apt to imagine.
Telegraph.
Z" When first saw my wife, she was thirteen
years old, and was within about month of
tweaty-sae. She was the daughter of serjeant
OF artillery. and was the, serieant-major of a
reS,nentoffoot, both stationsd in fnrts near the
city oil st. Johns. in the province OF New Bruins
wick. sat IN the room with her, for about an
hour, in company with others, and made up my
mind that she was The very girl for me. That |
Thought her beautiful is certain, for that had al
ways said should bean indispensable quhfr alton !:
but saw in her what deemed marks Of shat
sobriety of conduct Of which have said so mnth
and which has been by far the greatest blessing Of
my lfe lf:was nov dead of winter, aud of course,
the snow several feet deep on the ground, and
the weather piercing Geld. II was my habit,
when had done my morhin.'s writing, to go
out at break Of day 10 take walk OH hill at the
loot III which our barracks lay. In abont three
mornings after had FIRST her, / had, BY an
invitation To breakfast with me. got up two yonna
men to Join me III MY walk: and our ruatl lay by
the house Of her father aud mother. 1t was
hardly light, but she was out on the snow, scrub
bling out washing tub. That's the girl for
me" said !, when we had got out Of her hearing.
One of these young men came to England soon
afterwards; and he, who Keeps an inn in York
shire, came over to Preston, at The time of the
election, tu verify whether was the Same man.
When he found was, he appeared surprised;
but what his surprise, when told him, that
those tall young men, whom he saw around me,
were the sons Of that pretty little girl that he
and saw scrubbing out the washing tub on the
snow in New Bruins ick in the morning.
From the day that first spoke 70 her, never
had a thought of her ever being the wife Of ano-
Their man, more than | had of her being trans
formed INTO chest Of drawers; and formed my
resolution at once, TO marry her as snan as we
could get permission, and to get out Of the army
as soon as | could. So that this matter was, at
once, settled as firmly as if written in the book
OF fate. At the end Of about six months. my re-
gi,nent, and along it, were ve,' to Ere
derickIown, a distance of hundred miles IN the
river St. John; ana. which was worse, the artil.
lery was expected to 90 of to England year or
twn before our regiment The artillery went,
and she along with them; and now it was that
acted part becoming a real and sensible lover.
| was aware, that when she got to that gay place,
Wooiwich, the house of her father and mother,
necessarily visited by numerous persons not the
most select might become unpleasant to her. and
| did not like, besides, that she should continue
TO work hard. had saved a hundred and fifty
guineas, the earnings of my early hours, in writ
ing for the paymaster, the quartermaster, and
others, in addition to the saving of my own pay.
sent her all my money before she sailed; and
wrote to her to beg of her, if she found her home
uncomfortable, to hire a lodging with respectable
people; and at any rate, not to spare the money
by any means; but to buy herself good clothes,
and 10 live without hard work, until arrived in
England; and I, in order to induce her to- lay
out the money, told her that should get plenty
more before came home unbroken.
a. the malignity of the devil would have it.
we were kept abroad two years longer than our
time. Mr.. Pitt England not being SO tame
then as she is now having knocked up dust
with Spain about Noo,ka Sound. Oh how
cursed Noolka Sound, aud poor Pitt, too, am
afraid! AT the end of four years, hawever, home
| came; lanueu AZ PORTSMOUTH, anu %Ot my us
charge from the army by the great kindness Of
poor lord Edward Fitzsefald, who was then Ma
Ior Of my regiment. found my little girl SER
want of all work, land hard word it was at
FIVE pounds wear, in the house OF captain Bri-
sac, and, with hardly saying word about the
matter, she PIT into my hands the whole OF my
hundred and City guIneas.
Need tell the reader what my feelings were?
Need ] tell kind hearted English parents what
this anecdote must have produced on the minds of
our children? Need attempt TO describe what eff.
feet this example ought to have OIL every young
woman wlio shalldo me the honor to read this book
Admiration Of her conduct and self graduation on
this indubitabIe proof of the soundness Of my own
Judgment, were now added to my love of her
beautiful person.
Now, do not say that there are not many
young women of this country who would. under
similar circumstances, have acted as my wife did
in this case--on the contrary, hope, and do SIN
cerely believe. thar there are. But when her age
i. considcred: when we reflect that she was living
in place crowded, literally crowded, with gsi'y
dressed and handsome young men. many Of them
really richer and in higher rank than was, and
scores of them ready to offer her their hand; when
we reflect that she vas living amongst young wo-