Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-10-06
Henry tell me frankly, do you love my

daughter Z
i will be candid with you, sir replied
Henry unconscious that his agitation had
betrayed him. Had fortune such as
she merits. and as you have right to ex-
pect. should esteem myself the happiest
of men could gain her love-
Then she is yours cried the delights
ed old man; say not word about prop>
erty. my boy-true worth is better than
riches. | was only trying you, Henry
and Caroline will never be married to any
other bu, YOURSELF
i scorn to deceive you, sir; am poor
er than what you suppose have a fee
BILE mother and grandfather who are
Il know til know it all, Henry said
Mr.. Dana. interrupting him. know the
reason OF your parsimony, as called it,
and | honor you for tit was that which
first put it into my head to give you Car
dime she shall be yours, and may
God bless you both. They separated.
Shortly after this interview, Henry a.
vowed his love to Caroline and solicited
her hand, and it is needless to say that he
did not solicit in vain. Caroline would
have deferred their union until the ensuing
spring; but her father was inexorable.--l
He supposed he would have to own
falsehood, he said, and they would will
lingly have him shoulder two; but it was
too much-and he had told Henry that she
was going to be married in six weeks and
he could not forfeit his word.
But, perhaps added he, apparently
recollec.ing himself, and turning to Henry,
we shall have to defer it after all, for you
have important business in the country
| about that time
Be merciful, SIR said Henry, smiling;
l did not wish to wi,nsss the sacrifice of
my own happiness
Il am merciful, sir, and for that reason
would not wish to put you to the inconve-
nience of staying. You said you would
willingly oblige me, but you could not, in
deed, you could not
You have once been young. SIR said
Henry.
L know it know it, replied he,
laughing heartily, but am afraid too ma
ny Of us old folks forget i.-however, if
we must nave wedding '
We have only to add, that the friends
of Henry were sent for, and tire nuptials
solemnzed at the appointed time, and that
blessed with the filial love of Henry and
Caroline, the old people passed the re-
mainder Of their days in peace and happi-
ness.
ENGLAND AND OREGoN-ln the Globe
of September 9th, we find a. reviewer re-
viewed The Edinburgh Review con-
tanning a late number, an elaborate and a.
BILE article upon the subject Of Oregon Ter
ritory. It is represented as "a land of
magnificent scenery and healthy climate,
with limited agricultural capabilities, with
"a large proportion Of unpoductive soil,
but with fertile ground enough to form the
home of a new nation; poor in harbors. and
deficient in navIgable rivers, Dut YET ny no
means inaccessible. and possessing an adj
mirable geographical situation for CONNER
cial purposes
The writer then puts the question
Who LLPossEss THE OREGoN?-The
land which is TO command North Pacific,
and give the law to It's myriad islands, can.
not long remain unoccupied. 1t calls loud.
ly on those who have foresight ton those
who can estimate the promise of the future
Ito forecast its destiny.
And. after assuming that the settlers of
Oregon, whoever they may be, must come
from Europe, the Edinburgh concludes !:
Let us not fold our hands under the
idle persuasion that we have colonies
enough; that it is mere labor in vain. to
scatter the seed of future nations over the
earth; tina. it is but trouble and expense to
govern them. If there is any one thing on
which the maintenance of that perilous
greatness to which we have attained de-
bends more than all the rest, il is coloni-
cation the opening of new markets, the
creation of new customers. 1t is quite true
that the great fields of emigration in Can
ada and Australia promise room enough
for more than we can send But the worst
and commonest error respecting colonial
ton, is TO regard it merely as that which
it can never be-a mode of checking the
increase of our people. What we want
is not 10 draw off diblets from our TEEN.
ing mul,itudes but found new nations Of
commercial allies
There speaks out the true spirit of John
BulI-the spirit of universal domination
and greedy avarice And the full extent 70
which this policy has been carried, will
be s,rkingIy apparent from the following
statements of the Globe:
III is remarkable fact, that, in ousting
The United States from Astoria and the
L. 1oc,