The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-06-22

are such accomplishments as grace Il Wo'
man. Call country people ignorant Why
there is not farmers child OF Ten year:
old that might not pity the deplorahIc lg
Iorancc OF a city belle. Nor are the minds
of country people inferior IN any respect
and most of them are we'll cultivated. Dc
YOU remember those lovely poems which
we SO much admired IN Peterson 5 Nigga
zine? and how we wondered who the taii
author who signed herself Ellen, might bel
Well, it is my very lilllc country cousin
here Does not this settle the point as to
Intellect And then You know that most
OF out great III Ell were farmers or farmer
sons, brought up to work until they were
sent to college. Apropos. DO you re-
member the enthusiastic praise with which
tho reverend professor DIR. D---spokC
of Il young MIR. Grey, IA student in the
seminary. Well, that Mr.. Grey was your
brothers son. wonder you did not in
quirc him out, and invite him To our house.
lie came home just i'll the merry time OF
harvest. lie is handsome, gentcel and
highly educated; how did he surpaSs any
particularly that mlnclng, delicate Mr..
Lassons, of whom once lanccd myself
desperately enamorcd and to whom las
owing i'll part my tcrjt(c-H|2eSs. la
part say, for idIeness Of mind aud body
had a good share i'll producing it. could
have knclt down to HIM the first evening
of our acquaintance, and when the next
morning he put ON linen rro'k and large
straw hat and took down his sickle, |
thought him, if possible, more captivating
than belorc.-N hat comes next? Why
he says he will be a farmer, an mdcpen
dent, happy farmer; and dear parents, with
your consent, vnul daughter Louisa will
be mistress Of his farm, his house and
heart. DO not get angry, dear mother,
but come YOU and father and sec how
happy we all are here, and how good.
know you will approve my choice aud
bless your ailrcrIonatc daughter,
l.orISA NJ. lILNsuAW."
''lIa! hap laughed Mr.. lIcnshaw, 81 a
gree with you, vile; there is amusement
in thai letter. always lol,! YOU you
would get your reward for eating your
good brother SO unmcrcituIIy. Your
cherished, only daughter, who was to
marry a titled foreigner at least, will now
become the younger Mrs. Grey, farmers
wife"
"Shc shall not! indeed she shall not,'
cried Mrs iIenshaw. "lt would Kill me
outright" and she wcpt bitterly.
"Eut,o persisted Mr.. Ilcnshnw, 'LouIsa
wllI do as she pIcascs She is hcr OWE
mistress and our ony child. And, | doubt
not, viii be much happier, useful and
respectable woman with yoar nephew
Grey, than as The wife OF the first lord in
England. We will 60 and see them mar
rlct."
I'VE will go and take our poor deludel
child homc,o sobbed the lady.
''But you know,o said the tcazIng gen
iIcman, .'thc doctor ordered her to stay in
the country SIX months. You surely
would not defy the loclor2 Louisa would
certainly die if we should take her away
before the six months have expired"
Mr.. and Mrs. Ilcnshaw left town the
next day, and after a pleasant Journey
came in sight of the venerable mansion
with is shcl!ering e!ms, noble orchards
and extensive fields, in which the lady
was born, and where she spolted awav
her childhooi; but which she had not
seen before since she was i'll her fourteenth
wear. Now. as she looked upon it, many
Il tender memory arose from every plea
SAINT spot. and she wepl for very tender
ness and fond regret, Passing the orchard
they saw group of lovely girls chatting
and laughing as they gathered the large,
fair apples INTO baskets, which Il noble
looking young man carried and emplicd
into Il wagon for use.
..'rhcre is our daughter and son-in law,
said Mr.. Hens aw with assumed gravity
'God bless them ~ cried Mrs. licnshaw
with energy. II have been fool, and
now feel that sixty years of artificial life
in city were well exchanged with all It's
pride and circumstance, for the true hap
pness which that dear girl has enjoyed
during her SIX months in the country"
.-s-,-r----z---.--1-
a convention Of the Clay Clubs of the
state oil New ork met al UlICa on The
5lh inst. The following address which
we recommend to the attention of our rea-
drrs was reported by H. Greedy Esq, Ed
Ilor of the N. Y. Tribune,
ADDRESS.
FREEMEN OF Newly DIRK:
In behalf of ii portion OF your fellow
citizens, associated in efforts TO promote
the election Of Henry Clay as President
and Theodore Frelmghuysen as Vice Pie
sidcnt of the Union, we appeal to yol for
ardent and energetic cooperation in the
great work OF National beneiccnce winch
has called us together. We shall endca
yor to speak briefly and to the purpose
We come before you with no hackncy>
eyed appeals to bygonc distinctIons--no
unworthy attempts to perPetuate the pre-