Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-12

highly wrought productions OF the French School,
and who have yot relish for the simple, the graphic,
tho probable. cps.
GRACE 'GREENwOoD's DESCRIPTION or MISS
. .-' MILFORD -'.
Vel the rail- and took open carriage ut Read
nc, quaint old place containing SOME venerable ab
brv ruins. "rhrec Mile Cross - fhe immortal "Our
village m the sketches. il some miles from this
TOWN. but the poeees does rot now reside there. har-
inr removed tu simple little cottage nj S,Tallowicld
mite or two away. We drove through "Our VIII
lage" however. and passed her old home: and every
field and lane, and house. and shop, Was familiar I"
nv pve The birds in the trees seemed singing her
mime over and over, and the wild roses in the
HEDGES were breathing of her. J gnzed down her
fayorite walks, half cheating myself with the hope
tint should her slrIlliug under tho shadows with
Ter lovely little friend Lucy ahd her beautiful grey
hound Mnvtiower. | looked lonCingy over toward
Ah.rlrirh and sighed that she whn had mnde those
lovely rural the hAuts of charmed iancy, aid
riars of quiet delight and refreshmcnt for thousands.
could herself over them cnd rejoice IN them ~"
moro | knew when we Miss Mttorls =
home hv our encounerne group of her picturesque
pyofcges the gipsis, who were loungng on the turf
n, the entrance Of lane, summing themseVesa care
legs lazy looking ret of ragabnnhs, who scarcely
1,rrd tn uru their faces towards rs a5 we ftSsed,
though dusk dt'iisei hrcd up AZ us WIN her
Glen ming eyes from the ambush of her black stray
/ Cling locks. Wcwcre pinned ~ find Miss Milford
who has been in fcGbie STATE OF hcalth for soinc
wears past. suffering from an attark "f n"ss more
| ihpr usually severe. Yet she did look ILL her
6nc expressive :iIre VIVA liz with pleasant smiles, and
abe retained her kind sympathetic manner nni cheer
fni and charming spirits 10 tile full. Miss MItor,i
talks delightfully."-, wth graphie descriptions OF places
nn persons, free bushes I'll characic-. and rich de-
Ncols hlE,or, which yUu rr:., like dai;y iinvor
She las The Joyous "utgushng laugh of child and
her klr v evcs Hash irun under her noble brow nn1
snowy soft kaIr wirh Mi the vivaclty Of gr'hJoG. v"
complaining cou:d nave been hail 20 touching rs her
cheerful re- 'gnatior when she was tot! she must ~"
| 20 with is 20 drve--G pleasure 10 which ahc had
pecn hooking forward. Fcr.ug thH sac had OYER eX
crted hcrf.it in conversation. W. le her Tor oil hour
or TWO, 'rhie we visited SuathncidsGyc tho ,"L''.
Country Eat OF the Duke ot ellington "'d urT,e %
| rhrourl he extensive and beau.iiIl grounds. The
prrk II c OF the finest in EuGlnud bnt the h"r-e ~
nei;lsr inc picturesque. IL was WIN rea sor-
row M :v heart thu; paried with Miss Milford that
| evening. The excitement OF the morning ind worn
off aut she WIS pale and sad. gicvcd I" leave her
y;,l ouiv her mald and man scrvent-devoted though
t,.v be-fccnC that She whose heart was So Ilc in
,ruoercs affections, should have the near love ana
anxious caro- of ~ least sister or brother ever about
her steps. Mvips quvered painfully undrr her purt.
:ur kiss thou h receiving II IA the brnedIctIon OF
one of Code angels. ln.rer shall forget the meodi-
Gus fcrvo,r of be: "God bless you' bestowed on her
wcli-beiuved friend, Mr.. ---, nor her Inst sni!"
cast on liz both she stood in her door, looking aitcr
| us ns we drove awav.~ Yet | was much cninored IN
INV sadncs. hy the thought, that ever while England
boasts pure literature and vlruuns people, whie
her quiet countryancs stretch out Their lovely fstas
! Of Vrrenery, while her hawthorn hedges blossom
through the pleasant land, will The name OF Mary
| Russell Milford be cherished and rcvcred.
HOW HOOD ANSWERED NEWSPAPERS
! RRESPONDENrS.-"'rhcE Echos," we fear, will
will not answer-"Alien is foreign To bis subject -
"E." Tears of scnsibity' had better be drupped
t-"B ie surely Lumbug'-"rhe Night Thoughts are
Enor admired because the author was Young ~
saws that his tale is out OF his own head; IS no tad-
| mi. T'-"I. Y, n word IN the IL suthrent -
t.Tbc Essuy OH the Funeral Ceremonies Of Different
No,;,ns should BIZ printed in the dead languages We
decline il on the part of the English -"Mr IL. com
njn;ns th6t we ore backward III forwarding MS pa
nncr' Does he mean by the clause to take us i"i
crabs l''"The Sonnet 10 Miss rec 10 forwarded 10
her bv the Twopenny Pos"-"Thc Captive is ready
TO be restorcd'-"lhe Essay on Agricultural D's'res'
would only increase H."
DOUGLAS JERROLD on The 10 LOVE E FOX roK
| rI rI0WERS-Pucwash was fond of whit he called
| Nature though in his dim, close shop he wonh give
bcr hui st,tnc welcome. Nevertheless, he had the
earliest primroscs On his counter they threw hc
said. "slich nice light about the place. sy, kna'
Wish customer presented him with pot OF poIyan'
tbuses, and won by the nowcry gift, Pugwash gave
| th, donor ruinous credit The man with the wall
flowers regularly stopped Mt the shop, and for SIX
pence, Puswash would tell his wife that he had made
the place Paradise. III We cai' 90 L" nature sh
lv isn't il pleasant thing To be able 10 bring naturt
tousw Wnereupon, Mrs Pugwash would declare
that man with at least three children to provide Tor
had no need 10 talk Of nature. Nevertheless the no"
.rrnan made his weekly cal Though at many
house the penny could not every week be spared u
buy hint lnuk OF nature for tne dar&encd dweler'
about him. Isaac, despite Of Mrs. Pu:wG'h' alwn!
purchased II il common thing. all na il'hur ann ~.
to s., the poor mans florist, and henr his !oud-'oc'
invitation 10 take his noscgnys, his pcnny-roo'S' anu
We, it is CALL Il conjurhtion OF me hcar' I" '''"
1vcr-labored and depending, walled III Dy inc gloon
Of n town, divorced from the fields ana tieir s"ee!
hcaltbful influences almost shut out from the sky-i'
ia call that tells him there arc things oi hr ear's
be.des food nrd covering 10 live tor; ana tiat u"
! in his great bounty hath mnde them Tor all men
Adowm dark lanes aud niry alleys he takes s"ee re-
| nembrances, touching rtcords OF the loneliness %
enrrh, that with their bright looks and baimy odor'
cheer and uplitt The dunP.sh heart ot man; 'i;a
make his soul stir within him, and acknowledge th'
| h.nut;fuI Amidst the violence the coar,c
ms. and the suffering hut may surround and Iehl'
the wra,ched there mus: be moulcnts when the near
ssc,nes, when the soul makes for itself even oi {
towrr a ccmtor, ard refuge.
From the Weekly Leader
CLASSIC AND HISTORIC WOVEN.
LOLITA PAILISA.
The bcnutv Of Lolita Paullna. the aecond wife B."
f-nl,ouIs whom he divorced for his beloved Casonh
!. i noticed in history than her e1rravagnnt luxury
Il. -. IL FIa as "a