The herald., 1837-01-28

king out every article therein, that became per-
fectIy convinced, of what was before fully persua-
ded, that had left the knife in my chamber at your
house, on Tuesday, the 9th and when heard it had
not been seen, took it for granted that your little
yellow boy, having found IL" had, according TO the
negro code of morality appropriated to himself In
this, il seems, was mistaken, and ask his pardon
as the best amends that can make him and at the
same time to relieve you and Mrs. Nj. from the
pleasant feeling that suspicion would occasion,
despatch this note by special messenger, although
have certain conveyance tomorrow.
make no apology to yourself or Mrs. M. for the
frank expression OF my suspicion because truth IS the
goddess at whose shrine worship; and no Huge
not IN France or Morisco in Spain, or Judaixng
Christian IN Portugal, paid more dearly for his
| heretca schism, than have done in leaving the
established church Of falseteod and grimn,ace.
am as well aware that ladies are as delicate as they
are charming creatures and that in our intercourse
with them strain the truth far as possible.
Brought up from their earliest infancy to disguise their
real sentiments, (for a woman would be monster
who did not practice this dsguse II is their privilege
to be lnsincere-and we should despse them, and
justly too if they had that manly frankness and unre
serve which constitutes the ornament of charac
ter the very reverse does of theirs We must there
fore keep this in view in all intercourse with them
and recoec that as point Of honor is courage and
frankness, theirs chastity and dlssmulation; for,
said before, woman who does not dissemble her
real feelings is monster Of impudence Now, there
FORE it does so happen, (as MIR. Canning would say,)
that trnth IS very offensive to the of lady, hen
it would not be at all so.
To illustrate r. of H., my brothers widow,
was beyond all comparison the incest and best house,
wife that ever saw. Not one drop of water
suffered to stand upon her sdeboard, except what
was in the pitchers the house from cellar to garrett
and in every part clean as hands could make it, and
every thing it should be- to suit my fastdious
taste.
1910 inclusive, and never did smell any thing
to offend my Senses or my imagination, but once
Except in autumn, would defy you to find leaf or
feather in the yard No poultry were permitted to
negro, to make litter or filth. strong enclosure of
sawn plank, eight feet high, fenced in the kitchen,
smoke house, ice house, veal house. wood house, I'm
which the wood for the use of the house, stacked
away under lock and key. The turkey and hen hou-
in the same enclosure which had two doors,
next the dwelling house for the use of the mistress
and house servants and one large enough TO admit
wagon on the back or north side, beyond which was
well built quarter, with two brick chimnes. and two
rooma with fire places and four rooms without forser
wants. There was also (which had forgoD spin
ming and weaving house.
AT night the doors of this enclosure were locked up
not a servant being allowed to sleep within il, al
though every of them was in sound OF the adys
bell.
On one unhappy day in a very hot and damp spell
of weather of long continuance, piece of cold lamb
brought - the table that was spoled-the first and
last instance, IN nearly fifteen years of the slightest
neglect IN household economy ordered the waiter
TO take it away, it being spoiled. Mrs r. resented
this, and fatty contradlcted me and although the
lamb absolutely sunk, she ate part OF At TO proveher
words true, and was affronted with me almost past
forgiveness. dare say that If had not noticed the
lamb, she might have given hint to the servant TO
take away; but the honest naked truth was not 10
BE- borne. We had no company but Dudley and her
younger son, then schoolboys, and an Engishnan
named Knowles, who acted as oversecr or steward,
and dined with US until he took TO drink.
Mrs. X. stoutly denied that the lamb could be spoil
ed because il had been boiled only the day before and
had been in the ice house ever since. 1 admitted her
facts, but denied her logic, toc truly ioomanS
maintained that the highest evidence was that Of the
senses that we must reason from facts where we
could get AT them; and II was only where could
not that fair argue from probabilities that
the lamb SUNK and therefore was net sound. This
she denied, and to prove her words actually made
shift to swallow half mouthful, which, under sther
circumstances, she would not have done for thou
sand dollars. So much for the ladies charming crca
lures the salt of the earth who like uncle Toby and
all other old bachelors, never could thoroughly un-
derstand, for want oil the key of matrimony which
alone can unlock their secrets and make plain las
many husband can teD all the apparent contradic-
and better part of creation las from my soul believe
them to bc) but who rs the Waverly man says of
Kings, are kie cattle TO shoe behind And go il ought
to be; for II Is their poor and almost only privilege to
kick while roam where will and they must
SIT still until they asked. therefore, am for up
holding them in all their own proper privileges long
as they don't encroach upon those Of men. A woman
who herself deserves to be treated, and will
be treated, as a man.
As TO the honesty ofservants have always thought
mine indifferent honest" as Hamlet says, and yet
should have been very sorry that the boy that bears
this letter should fnd my knife or either two little
urchins that you SEE here about the yard.
81 didn't take il, msster" flor a negro steais)
81 didn't take il, SIR find (found) it." What vir
tue in terms! Corporal Nym, high professor and
practitioner in the art of taking, says "he ieise call
CONVEY" See Shakespeare. ] never know but three
mulattoes whom beiicred to be honest; and out of
300 have not dozen slaves that will not take
or "conrey"
John is rs honest you and are. So s old Het-
ty, knoic-and several Of her children | bcliere-
Queen is very honest she is too lazy to steal yuba
is So so-but not strictly honcst he Elsa find some
times, and be trusted with any thing but money
with which he will buy whiskey.
MY best regards TO Mrs VI.
Truly yours, J. X. of Roanoke.
THE LfrERATrnE or THE SEA.-Rufus Choate de-
hvered lecture n few days since, (says the Boston