Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-12-15
frown it was, but cheerfulness, good humor
and smiles composed his most usual aspect.
''Eyer truly, your friend,
DAN'L. WEBSTER"


NUPTIAL TRAGEDY.-A wealthy American
merchant of the city of New Orleans has mar
ried Creole lady of fortune, and with the es-
tate and servants came into his possession
IN ulatto seamstress and her daughter, a child
of seven years. The gentleman was so much
struck with the extraordinary beauty of the
child, which had the purest Italian features and
complexion, that he resolved to save it from
degradation which was before it, and to free it
and educate it. He sent the child to North
ern school, and there it remained until her six
teenth year, by all supposed to be a patrician
Creole maiden. She herself knew not to the
contrary, so young was she when sent north
Beloved by all her companions, the idol of the
institute, and carressed by every one, she left
it to return South, as she supposed, to the roof
" of her uncle" A young Louisiana gentleman
who had seen her in Philadelphia, and loved
her, and beloved by her. sought her hand on her
return. The marriage day was fixed, nay ar
rived, when the mother, who had been long
sold away in La Fourche interior, in order that
she might never appear as a witness against
her child, re-appeared, and in the bridal hall, in
the very hour after the ceremony had been per-
formed, and claimed the magnificent and now
by birth, and an African by blood! The scene
as decribed to ME by one who was present, sur
passes the power of pen to portray. That
night the bridegroom, after charging the adopt
ed father of his bride with gross deception, shot
him through the body and disappeared, carry
ing, no one knew whither his infamy and bitter
sorrow. The next morning the bride was
found dsfgured corpse, in the superb nuptial
chamber which had been prepared for her re-
ception. She had taken poison Education, a
cultivated mind and taste, which made her see
and understand how great was her degradation
now armed her hand with ready means Of death.
The unhappy planter recovered from the wound
and has gore to the North, where he resides,
buried in the deepest seclusion, the residue of
his years embittered by The keenest regret.
One fountain there is whose deep lying vein
has only just begun to throw up its silver drops
among mankind, fountain which will allay the
thirsts of millions, and will give to those who
drink from it peace and joy. 1t is knowledge
fountain of intellectual cultivation, (which gives
health TO mankind makes clear the vision.
brings JOY to his life, and breathes over his
souls destiny deep repose. Go and drink
therefrom, thou whom fortune has not favored,
and thou wilt soon find thyself rich Thou
mayest go forth into the world, and find thyself
everywhere at home; thou canst cultivate in
thine own little chamber; thy friends are ever
round thee, and carry on wise conversations with
thee; nature, antiquity, heaven, are accessible
to thee The industrious kingdom of an ant,
the works of man, the rainbow, and music's
sweet chorus, offer to thy soul hospitality.
Frederika Bremen.
The following are the correct tactics for stylish
church-goers
Let the lady advance one pace beyond the door
Of the pew she wishes to enter, halt, about face
and salute The pew must then be vacated bv
such gentlemen rs are in it, by flank move
ment. The squad should raise simultaneously,
when the lady presents herself, and face by the
right flank, then deploy into the aisle, the head
man facing the lady, and the rest passing to his
right and rear, the direction of the line being
changed by a right countermarch, and forming
again in line, up and down the aisle, still faced
by the right flank.
The lady, when she sees the coast is clear,
completes her salute, and advances to her posi-
ton in the pew. The gentlemen break off by
angles from the rear, and resume their places
Great care should be taken, of course, by other
parties, not to enter the aisle, when this evolu-
ton is in progress, until it is completed.
The writer Of" Uncle Toms Cabin" is thus
described in the Boston Herald:
Mrs. Stowe is about forty years of age, low
in stature, having brilliant, expressive eye,
short features, hair thin and dark, with an occa-
sional tint of gray, and her whole contour, as the
French would say being expressive of highly
nervous temperament, with quick perceptve
powers of reading the minds of oil present at
glance All in all, however, she is not so good
looking as her writings had led us to suppose
EXPENSIVE BoARDING.--In an article relating
to the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, the In