The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-29

ing being, 1t is peaceful, green-carpeted, ana
shady retreat for the lovers of country quiet and
lovely scenery.
But when shall we stop' The last vestige of our
readers patience has long ago expired, and the ex
tremest limits Of tolerable imposition haye we fear
been overstepped. Beloved reader, may your
nightly visions always be inspired by scenes as
peaceful, and your thoughts by day ever dwell in
regions as fair those over which you have just
wandered in fancy; and may both your dreams Of
slumber and your soberer daylight moods ere long
be tnged and beautifed by personal communion
with the exquisite scenery of this sweet, joyous,
shining river, which winds its silver coils through
the green meadows and sunny plains of shenan-
doah
Dear "little girl'' reader, we have two juvenile
visitors this morning, one of whom, Annie --,
we are sorry to say, is in disgrace and undergoing
punishment at the hands of DIR. Watts, one of
whose pious poems she has been condemned to
commit to memory. The offence which has called
down this visitation on her head is a personal as
sault upon her nurse. On seeing her mamma
prepare to set forth on ride this morning, little
Annie CASUALLY very docile child) became per-
fectly outrageous to accompany her, and having
rushed down stairs in defiance of orders, was
of forcing herself into the carriage at the risk
of her life. But, far from feeling gratitude to
nurse for saving her from being stamped to death
by the horses, she at once commenced screaming
and struggling, treating her kind nurse in the
rudest manner. So, having obstinately declined
to apologize, she is seated on low stool near
us with DR.. Watts in her lap, glancing furtively
at dish of live minnows the table, who are
gliding and sliding about in the limpid element;
and instead of committing to heart the mastery
distinction drawn by the amiable doctor between
the line of conduct to be pursued by Christian
children, and that excusable in dogs, and bears,
and lions, she is evidently thinking how plea
SAINT it would be to steal up by that table and
watch the moving minnows.
In the mean time luncheon-bell rang, and Armies
companion, darling little Betty --, (excuse the
name,) selected plate of what she thought the
little prisoner liked best, and came on visit of
coincidence, but found the door locked. She whs-
pered through the key-hole, "Annie, it's me,
Betty; won't you open the door? I've brought
you some lunch" No answer fannie, if you
don't open the door you shan't go in my play
house." Still no answer. That any one should
go without lunch, and voluntarily decline sponge
cake and spice-nuts was incredible to sweet little
Betty, except on the suppostion that Annie was
very ill.
Betty is a very sympathetic little body, and as
this thought crossed her mind she broke down,
abandoning argument for entreaty with a sudden
ness that was quite pathetic. ~
ssDear Annie, are you sick?' (sob) "You make
me so unhappy" (sob, sob0 'only speak one
word;" (sob,) and going down on her hands and
knees the sorrowing child tried to peep under
meath the door. r.,G
At this interesting crisis we glanced at our little
companion There was downward tendency of
the corners of her mouth, and cloudness about
the eyes betokenng a coming shower, which we
were glad to see, considering it a symptom that
she was becoming more tractable. For ourselves
we could not resist the little pleader, SO, opening
the door and kissing her, we drew her inside
''.apropos of Kissing" Between the ladies and
gentlemen here, poor Betty leads terrible life Of
| it, Besides those kisses which she is brbed to
give with sugar plums- promises of having fairy
tales told to her, of being allowed to see picture
books, and the like allurements-she is necessarily
snatched from the ground and caressed into a
state of high foridity, without any assignable
cause VIII atsoever The ordinary feminine pro-
pensty to lavish endearments on all available
young children seems to flourish greatly here, and
to be all concentrated on darling Betty. 1t is
really enough to excite the sympathy of any one
with a human heart in their breast; and we can
only say we wouldn't be in her place oursef on
any account. #a e .6uga
| Betty crept to the chair where her little friend
was seated and put her arm round her neck. Very
few people could have felt that soft cheek rubbing
against theirs, and heard her gentle whispers of
coincidence, without returning the caress; and
there was soon tumultuous heaving of the upper
folds of Annie slip, and suddenly clasping her
round the neck she began to rain warm tears upon
Betty's cheek.
1t would be something entirely new in female
hydrostatics if one of the sex could cry over an
other without meeting with copious supply of
fluid in return. Accordingly, there straightway
ensued such a trio duet of sobbng, and flourish of
handkerchief, that nobody hearing this meeting of
the waters could have vcntured into tho room
without undergoing some hardening process
sYou'n tell nursey your sorry" sobbed Betty,
"and you II say your lesson to me, won't you''
eyes," whispered the little penitent, in hull of
the tempest So, after this little preamble she
proceeded in gusty fashion to repeat correctly
the heroic poem commencing, 'Lct dogs delight
to bark and tc"--her tears gradually evaporat
ing as she approached the end. The committal of
this poem, with satisfactory apology to
nurse--being the penalty assigned by her mamma
the two with the most lamb-like aspect left our
room to give mamma and nursey satisfactory proof
of sincere penitence. "ChiidrenH'
| They tell us that old earth no more
BY angel feet is trod;
| They bring not now, as they brought of yore,
The oracles of God.
| Oh |! each of these young human flowers
! God s own high message bears,
| And we are walking, all our hours,
With "dngeis, unncaes I"
| The cradle rocks in peasants cot
| Az il rocks i'm the nobla's hall: