The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-16

esc3sion. hAmAt a b 70 write 70 The collectors Of
tne sussons, wrA Are 70 convey the information 70
wiise 70 recs <ve ther information, and proceed BY
indictment Everything hangs upon the opinion Of
nng'e reYson, and that the most indecisive one
ever I'D 70 do business With. He always oontriyes
wa TIE other. Anglophobia, secret anti gallomany
q fsdersiisn eutrs, and Presentease IN his cir.
eumstances not usual, have decided the complexion
conspirtors against human berty, and the assertes
Of IT, which s unjusti6abe in principle, IN interest,
and in respect TO The wishes Of our commitments. II
any thing prevents lie being . mere English neu-
10 not that way and above al, the ardent spirit Of
our constituents. The hne V now drawn 50 clearly
- TO show one side, First, the fashionable circles
(natonai sristocrats y Second, Merchants trading
on British capital; Third, Paper men, (all the old
tories found in Of the three descriptious)
On the other side are-Ftrst, Merchants trading on
Tradesmen, mechanics, farmers, and every other
possible description Of our citizens. Genet 1.-THE
French mnister) 10 not yet arrived, though hourly
expected.
There is evidence in the correspondence before
ne, that Mr. Jefferson was not very strenuously OPP
posed to some Of the early measures Of Washing
toms administration. He seems to have scquiesced
in Hamilton's great measure Of funding the State
debts, passed BY Congress in l79o. In letter to
Gouyerneur Morris, who Yves then In Europe, Mr..
Jefferson writes, under date Of November %, l7oo,
1t is mot to be expected that our system Of finance
has met your appreciation In all its parts. 1t has
excited even here great opposition, and more %.
pccally that part Of il which transferred the State
virginia and North carolina are peculiarly dis
satisfied with this measure. ! believe, however,
that it 10 harped on by many to mask their disaeo-
tion 70 the government on other grounds lts great
n q n INN a0h nun He 80
himself, but does not avow all his motives for it.
The measures and tone Of the government threaten
abortion 70 some Of his speculations most particu
lary to that Of the YaSoo territory. But IL s too
well nerved to be overawed by individual opposi.
| tion. Our prospect Ia really bright one.
| II is believed that Guoverneur Morris was PARTON
larry favorable 10 the funding Of the State Debts and
the assumption Of the same by the general govern
ment. Mr.. Jefferson subsequently regretted that he
had yielded hisassent TO the measure at the socit
| ton of Hamilton.
The correspondence Of Mr.: Jefferson should be
studied by all those who wish TO understand the
rise and progress of political parties in the United
States, and the early measures Of our government.
! FAsHIoN AND FAMINE, by Mrs. Anne s. Stevens:
Bunce and Brothers. This novel; the first sustained
effort, we believe, of the edisress Of Peterson's
LADIES' Magazine, and the authoress Of many de-
taohed pieces that have appeared from time to time
IN that periodical, lie ushered into the world with
sort Of apologesic preface which, perusal Of ts
contents, do not discover any necessity for. Mfs
Stephens to considerable literary cleverness uuites
fertile imagination, and with these qualities she
could not fail to produce an interesting and reada
bic tale. She seems to have In addition, an accu-
rate perception Of character, and keen sense Of
the udicrous that the personages Of her plot a.
sumo something of the vitality Of actual portraits
Here, for instance, Is sketch that many will no
doubt recognised
Amid all the varieties of architecture Grecian,
Gothic, Swiss, Chinese, aud even Egyptian, to be
met with on Long Island. there yet may be found
some genuine old farms, with barns instead Of car
rage houses, and cow sheds in the place of pony
stables To these old houses are still attached gem
erous gardens, hedged in with picket fences and
old.fasbioned shrubbery, with thick grass half
century old messing them over. These things,
primitive and full Of the olden times, are not yet
~ss ont newly VI s y isGns s ss s1
do not 30 wildly appeal to the taste, those who
have hearts sometimes find them softened by these
relcts OF the past to warmer and sweeter feelings
than mere fancy ever aroused
One Of these old houses, low rooted, unpre-
tending dwelling, exhibiting unmistakable evidence
Of what had once been white paint on the edges OF
its clapboards, and crowned by huge stone chin
ney, whose generous throat seemed half chOked mp
with swallows nests, belonged to character IN our
story which the reader cannot have forgotten with.
ont breaking the authors heart.
IL was autumn--but a generous, balmy autumn,
that seemed 70 cajole and fatter the summer into
keeping IL company close mp to Chrstmas. True,
the gorgeous tnts Of . late Indian summer lay
richly among the trees, but some patche. Of bright
green were still left, defying the season and put
ting aside, from day to day, the red and golden veil
which the frost was constantly endeavoring to cast
over them.
In front Of the old house stood two maples
IA hQva had fivy4at IA ham
selves around your modern cottages. These naples,
symmetrical ~ pair Of huge pine cones, rose
against the house perfect cloud Of gorgeous
foliage. One was rcd as blood, and with dash OF
the most vivid green still keeping its hold down
the centre Of each leaf; the other golden ali over
Is II Its roots were nourihed In the metallic soil OF
California, and Its leaves busted by the winds that
drift up gold IN the valley Of Sacramento. These
superb trees blended aud wove their ripe leaves
together, now throwing out wave Of red. now q
mass Of gold, and here tinge Of green In splsn-
All around, under these naples, the grass was
Uttered with fantastic carpet OF leaves, showered
down from their branches. They hung around the
huge old lilac bushes they uttered down TO the
th1ckets, and lay in patches Of torn crimson aud
csump'ed gold among the households and MOSES
In and out, through this shower Of ripe leaves,
hustered the swallows; in and out, along the
heavy branches, darted pair Of red squirrels, who
owned nest in one Of the oldest and most stately
trees; in and out, through the long low kitchen,
the psrlor, the pantries, and the milk room went
and came our old friend, Mrs. Gray, the comeiy
huckster.womsn Of Fulton market. That house was
hers That great square garden a. the back door
was hers. How comfortable and harvestlke it lay,
aoping down toward the south, divided into SOC
ssons, crowded with parsnps, bects, onions, pota-
toes, raspberry thickeis and strawberry patches; in
short, running over with stock In trade tina. had
furnished her market stall during the year.
The season was late; the frost had been there
Of vegetables that was to supply Mrs. Gray's stall
IN the winter months Half the great white onions
by above ground, with their silvery coats exposed
ard the cucumber vines had yielded mp their last
delicate gherkins. All her neighbors had gathered
In their crops days ago. but the good old lady only
laughed and chuckled over the example thus offered
for her imitation New England born, and accus.
TONED TO the sharp east winds Of Maine, she cared
nothing for the petty frosts that only made the