New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-11

rotular Information, and the encouragement, e-pe-
I;.uv oc ,ema,e education. Tne number now issued
shows faithful and iadicous edor'hp, aud an aLrac-
tive table Of contents.
,ur KyfckERgOCKER Jsuuary, ls59
IT,. ,,..c,t number Of the KucKerbocker CON-
,,.rc,. N. Fihy-tlnri volome, with arrange nent3
,be, promise 70 sustain the brilliant popularity which
4, las enoyed for over 4 quarter Of d century. Sir.
Tluis Gaylord Clark continues to preside over the
pexlsustible Editors Table, which has long been
fuch favorite department Of the magez ne, while
Dr.J. o. Noyes Assumes the pal laboTing oar,
with the responsibility Of providing varied aud en-
,icng hill Of fare for the entertainment OF sie MONTH
The liz Of contributors enlarged By the accession Of
fresh and sparkling writtrs including several pronis-
irc Young poets a. well IS essayists oi established
Eterery omiucnce. The Ku;ckerbocker announces The
intention OF leaving the discussion Of controvcrted
questions to their appropriate organs, aud deyohng
i.e exclusively to literature, art, ani humor. Illus
tya,ed articles will be given from time TO time, aud
among other interesting papers, series Of special in
t,ros win be devoted to the history Of tho magazine,
and remDisccIcst ofthc contributors, who have given
the position, which il holds in American literature.
Tic new number makes excellent beginning, aud
gives ample proof ofrenewed enerprize and vigor.
We take from the Editors Table the foi)wing
domestic incident, WHICH VIII IeChH q hOcne
memberci in the locality where it occurred:
''Once upon time, there was II little girl: she
wasrot four years old. We hGew her wei, boc tGse
she was our little giI. She was iull OF hic aud was
very fond Of rOmping and carrying on with hcr
s;ser u little older and her smaller pay-matcs. We
lived AT that time in n house which one OF a uni
forIn rOw-Of thIee-stoi-s with hasemco OF; gardens
In the rear, filled with flowers and trclised grape
yoes-tle block" extending from cross street 10
another and all the uniform roofs, gently slopn sur
rounded, front and back by one uniform ornamental
bslustrado II was qGet and Pleasant street: ant
from the roofs OF the houses upon IT. you could look
upon the broad river, and inhale the cool sat, 7al
bilious breeze, az, in hot Summer afternoons, swept
inland esh from the crests Of the blue waves oi nelr
ocean. Over the houses there were large octug )Da
ekylights, some OF beautiful htalned-slassi OthcT-
some of OPAQUE glass merely. 10 the roJi, there
fore at the close Of sultry sam day, 1t was oni
won't to repair, taking up the evening Papers, ara
the little people for companions much dehSulns 70
hear the small pratte, and see them ganlD(i Ia llo
cool leattfol air which did there abound. poe late
Summer altcrnoop, Just as the sun was gong down
IN. red we it. We were stationed upon tho ro) a was
our CUSTOM and the wee people were with US. We
were reading q new work from the pen O Mrs Cdtuc-
line Scjgwick, just then fresh from the press. We
had advanced lar into one of Ms most lnteIe.tnS
scenes and were much abstrdCted In mnd, that VIC
took 10 thought Of the children Presently, Do@cycr,
We were interrupted by crash iu1ie az OF hro@cn
elass; a scream from the eldest oI jle piay,3hS'
"Fatheri father M has fallen down M --
has fallen down" Without once thinking of the
sl,irbts we ran to the front and rear SIDES, and
h6ktd over the balustrade; nothing was to be seen
save the pedestrians below and the green gardens.
She must have fallen through a skyhght We mast
tned down the stars-the mother with a babe rolled
up in her arms, nght-dressed for s Ete couch, rush
n'c down before We reached the street, and ran
up tie broad steps OF the next house, tie binds were
dfawpthe occupants in the couutTy-the door locked
The next the same; the third-and scrvant-gIl
answered the bell, witou little girl IN her arms ana
down her face the bright red blood streaming II
didn't mean to do it, mother WAS her first cxcama-
ton rs she was folded in ecstatic embrace IN her
mothers arms. Dear child The blood was "iPt
from her face, aud found to flow from scarcely
pcrceptbe cut over the eyebrow; examination proved
that ler head was uIinuIcd; bat when bor garments
were removed, with great pain 70 the little sufferer
down dangled tie right leg, Ike the - hupsy dis-
ipntCd, bran-sued leg Ot one Oi her dolls She hai
UmpcG in play, upon opaque glass sky ll6ht; fallen
through; struck upon the baDlsters q. the garrett
stairs; upon the thi .d-ioor binisters below; thcn
upon the parlOr-stairs' bauisters and was hnaly
picked up by the servant, lying IN the nan below
Mas th 10 ever such another escape She hal fauen
th,rty.sx feet, and her right les was broken twice
above the knee How that patient little creature lay
for two months, with her limb stretched and conhaed
in surgical boot" how maternally night an day,
che was watched and tended; complaining only, rs
She bones were knitting, that the muskctOes were
biting her; how, weeks alter, the " boot shpped and
with fainthoss at the heart-strngs stretched To id
tcnisOn, al the Mother burst FORTH III fear of new
and terrible disaster how, when one by one the long
weeks had rolled on and ingenuity had been almost
exhausted 10 keep the little heroine attention ana
fancy diverted from her " musketOblting pains, tue
splu Is and swathipg bandages removed and the
child was restored II US, whole from that hour,
insolnuch that il could not be known that any injury
had ever beallen her: how these thlng-thtu bitter
nces and their dear-bought ioytouchcd the parental
lcaIt may the happy reader never have occasion 10
kLCw ana to feel. Pass but few days few heet
ing moments mght almost say, on th face of the
er,at lock Of ImesDd that litIi8 cnid, miss peakiog
hall.uiter,d words; interminglCg her winn,og wtys
with the developing charms Ut those who have gtoSn
in beauty tido by eide" with her. has advanced on
vard in her teens; then comes the boarding school,
far in the country, with muutu inous preparations
for the same the leaving of Home, for the rst time
th,n the spoudcnce Oi the sisters with Home
BO, We "prattls ont ot season. Let us staud IN the
chancel Of the beautiful church, IN the presence OF
"Clcud Of witnesses, ana give the little giri away
whcro h.r heat had gone before father ard mother
ard sis and brother calling up taese and thousand
other teudcr or sOTIOwiul fem.uisccnces meanwhile;
while in w tris simple, iorvant and touching, the
Friend and Pastor iuvokes the bleSslrg of Heaven
upon tie scene What have we TO do but 80 back t.
;io cottage and the sanotam where anothers hngers
shall now run over the piaAo-keys, another v0ce
"hum and other hands sweep. dust and " put things
e. wrongs" generally. II was a crying Kind oi
wedding after oil, "ior reasons hcrcinoeiore men-
toned Separation from home is 4 sad thag st bost
with which tme aud distance, however short, have
hot half as much 10 DO many Inexperienced pa
:.cnis" suppose: