Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-07-20

vanity, stood ready to receive him with
! extended hand; but Ludlow, with slight
and distant bow passed on; he spoke not
to her, but with hasty excuse to some
of the elder members Of the party left
them, ere they could recover from their
astonishment.
1t was on a festive eve, that brilliant
circle of the fashionable and the gay, we
will not say the happy, for gayety is sell
dom the test of happiness, and the mask
of pleasure is often assumed to hide an
aching heart, had assembled at the house
Of Mrs. Andrews, rich widow in New
| York.
sWho is that interesting stranger lean
ing on the arm of gentleman who has
Just entered the room?" said a young lady
to Amelia. Amelia looked too-years
had passed away, cnange had come over
him, but the quick eye ofafection discoy-
cred in the elegant stranger the favored,
the loved Of former years. 1t was Ludlow
yes, it was he whose love she had
thrown from her. They who had been all
the world to each other, whose destiny she
| had once believed indissolubly linked with
| hers-they met as strangers world
was between them the revusion was too
! grcat-past scenes Of happiness could nev-
er be recaled-lost opportunities could
not be ecovered-AmelIa's heart was
crushed, and by her own folly.
To describe the feeling Of the ardent
and high-souled Ludlow when he heard
the heartless challenge of Amelia, is inn
possibe--it tore from his Intellectual vis-
ion the mask which had concealed the
truth. Could she whom he had so de-
votedIy loved, could she so lightly risk his
safety ? Could she SO thoughtlessly sport
with his feelings and his life, while he
would have shielded her from even a mo-
ment's pain.
Leaving B., which had been mere
ly temporary home, he travelled to the
south, and established himself in one of
the cities, married a beautiful girl & rose
to emnence in his profession. And where
was Amelia? 1t were vain to say she had
not suffered the penalty Of her folly
wounded affection and pride had long de-
priyed her of peace. She married, but the
! heart had little to do with the connection,
and often did the faults and peevishness Of
her husband, lead her to deplore, with the
bitterest feelings of self-reproach, the IA
tai act by which she had sacrificed her
happiness and peace Of mind. 'a
Portsmouth, ~ H.
Cn the following article from the Globe,
the Editors make these remarks, and
he who reads the article will say they
are correct:
YEOMAN.
"a correspondent, who represents a
class which has ever done good service
in the cause of freedom, is not wanting
in spirit and power to the character he
has assumed. He draws strong bow,
and sends keen arrow with unerring
| aim.
Those who read the first column of
the communication on the preceding page,
and read no more, may set it down in
their note books that they are devoid Of
taste for fine writing and are dead to the
feelings of patriotism"
"MONEYED ARISToCRACY."
Mr.. EDITOR :-There is hollow cant,
sickIy fastidiousness prevailing, which
shrinks from calling things by their right
names. One of the objects of its pecu-
liar aversion is the phrase prefxed to
this letter, the use Of which has called
down upon your devoted head such Bit
ter denunciations. Despising this hypo-
critical delicacy. as much as | do that
which it would fain shield and protect, l
shall without scruple, employ the obnox-
ious term, as eharacterizing distinctly
and emphatically this spurious excre>.
scence, which is spreading itself over the
body, polite and scocial, OF our young
and rising Republic. The thing unques.
tionably exists. Why, then, should we
| mince and talter, or hesitate to call itby
its appropriate namel Yes, sir, mons
eyed aristoeracy (that is the word) is not
gradually, but rapidly, growing up, be.
meath whose s.ladowing influence. if
we take not timely heed, our young and
! yet vigorous institutions must scken,
wither, and die. A huge, parasitical
plant is clasping our noble tree with its
4 fatal embraces, which, unless we lock
to it well, will drink up the Wholesome
moisture, and poison the very juices of
its life. A class, strong in numbers, hut
still more powerful in means. is striving
to bring all others in subjectiou to it, that
it may establish on the ruins Of virtue,
| liberty, and independsnce, degrading