New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-09
NO. LYXV.

- leAs@ ItNstNlA 40 can kcA YOU a.
the many things thi, hand can DC. True cannot
ooas, viib toe celebrated Madame De Genh, Of
thirty WAYS Of earning living, and this hand 60,
50 pretty that sculptor woald crave the favor Of
plaster cast. as a model for bis stadio. Bat sor al
that, II savery good hand. and Ike t.
But my hand Is not my subject. oaly mean to
show you that can TAX as le&rnedly about small
members as great.
And nov 10 my great sabject-my HkAsr
see curiosity besmng in ever. eve. You cha
lense me 70 be true and disclose al nv secrets
Certainly, IS never had any since was h,,e
girl when | used - ses punished At school and
did n : always tel my mother Bu, have none
ao~ days l am sure / sm young and happy. and
srow d. fssr Of gossip. Or scandal, or scodinss
One q my first confessions $, that have in my
heart little obstinacy. whence inherited il mat
tiers uot
30, suppose begin httle more methodicaly
In touching upon the 'rsHfy1cahs, II will not Of
course he expected OF me to be orisinsl and
zaisht as vel give my su,hors names.
10 snslyring this important member suppose
sake APP the subject
Fus' Dctouari'y, according 10 Webster
Ss-7ud Anstomics.iy and medically, according
10 Arnott. Combe Grscom and others
I1ir9 Morally snd PhiosoPhicaliy according
to Abercrombie. Wsylsud, ~.
F0ar' POLITICALLY sccordins 10 Poets and 70
etsssss 10 genera
FVts Lastly snd 10 conclude Esotstcsly,
according to -ysst
This 7st q course. most important part g.
I -. IL -,
ter omit my definitions and quotations Tor OF them
every one can read as well as but who would
be 50 bold as T. read what Is passing in my heart
without ny permission Experiences, personal
tie. and confessions after all. give susto to
story than observ alton or cold philosophy
But begin 20 dread the task 1 have imposed
upon myself trembe on the threshold The
sub sct is more solemn than at first thought -
Vet ! mus keep my promise-heart yeHdrHg
though 1t be 50, up with the gates and reveal
TO my sisters all that is hidden-eyery chamber,
every Granny
See you that temple. white and pure-more
stainless than Parian marble lis the Temple
OF Love Mark you well tie beauty Its style
the true Grecian none other would suit its ob
ieci. Have you ever rosned through the Parthe
non, by the peMly light of 9recisn moon
We'll never have ether-only in imagination.
Ga the richest altar OF my hear, is shrned the
memory, the love OF my parents True, have
them sth with me- | live ia the light Of their sP
proving smiles. thrive under their Kind care
" hen their brows are ssddened with care or
grief my Joyous bounding pulse beats lower, and
l can scarcely smile.
Here, too, YOU ind the love bear a loved and
only brother. a dear and cherished sister
Here. too are my relations-s host OF uncles
and Aunts and a whole troop of Cousins.
Tel me only that a person IL related to me,
and II il be no nearer than the forty seventh de
gree, my interest IS all aroused, and | am ready to
see and appreciate every ray Of the good and
beautiful in their composition
Here. too, are friends that have loved.
know school girls friendships are termed ira
tickle and brittle, and 1t may be SO. | some
times yield an opinion 70 older and wiser heads
which may be shant do when | am gray and
can appeal to past experiences tor proof to the
contrary. One thing hope-that | shall never
grow SO old or so wise as TO allow mere outward
circumstances aud changes, or fashion or irivolity
to affect my feelings toward those have once
loved
Yes classmates desr,-if | should live, some
fifty years hence. you might look into this templo
and see your names, your faces and your deeds,
deeply craven there.
Anatomcally my heart in my childhood was sit
usted entirely too near my throat. At the least
provocation it oud swell and choke me till the
tears would roll and How remember well the
punishments that >were .hreatened-ths sugar
plum. that We're promised. and how laughed aid
cried In the same breath. As have grown older
have learned that in this queer world, It 10 %
Disgrace TO have a cold heart, a hard heart or a
Droud heart bat 10 have It said you possessed a
chicken heart, or IN more polite Pariance, rareH
heart would be substantial grounds for banishine
you from the charmed circle OF fa,hsOn. cannot
bring my mind 70 subscribe 70 such code o
morals: but IL must ia public lock cold and calm
and teach ny tears 10 roll some where else thar
edovu my cheeks, in these secret haunts vii
cherish my soft weakness my warm gushing
symps,hies
This IS a strange world and the heart 10 mys
FERROUS thing. If I should follow rs dictates,
think 1 shoold oftener 20 right than do but PEG
pies opinions are always coming in between me
and IT, and q earn 70 abide thar instead Of ITS true
and natural dscsions.
There are opinions, modes, methods, and rules
tnst have become conventional from mere hsbi
aud long use have not the moral courage mor'
than others 70 brave the epIthets Of strange
"slngalar' eccentric" though feel assured
that after times would thank me
You may fnd from your survey what things sn'
haGnts love-the woods, the brooks the flowers
the sea- shore, snd beauty where r It's found
Yonder Memory quiet chsmber-vell | love
that sweet nook Of ny heart. With the beings
the thing. the events Of the past, spend many
happy hour
Ia another corner j, imazinaEIoD's retreat, viii
Its orlisn. lights and rs gliding, sRsdowy iortn'
ard there are pictures Of the castles nave ball
and planned.
There IS the home OF Hope. brightly swsetiJ
picturng the fature
Here too IN another phase Of ny heart rules th'
al-powerfal Present with 10 joys snd troubles
Now, I have skinned over toe sarface Of ny
hears-I have traced the circles that compose il