New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-15

vueed CfoWoe ok0 ofew grOens ana tears
| obourste What might be thoss wondroas pclulos
| OF Raphael ana Leonardo ds Vincl Whn would
| be TO zee the Apollo, the vsnus7 Whs, ws tes
charm tina. enchanted the old usrbes-chsrm untold
and iuconcevable to one who had even tss
slightest approach TO work Of art Then those gis
Gers Of Switzerland, that grand unspproschsbls mix
ture of besuty and sublmity IN her mountains lxhs.
would il be 10 one who could /, Then Whist were
ali those harmonies OF which she resd-mssaes fuguss
.yuphoDes Oh, could she once near the Mserers OF
| Mozart iust 10 know wha, music was like Aai tae
! cathsdfals whst were they How wonderful they
must be- with their forests OF arches many coofed a.
suiumn-voods with painted glass and the chaats sad
anthems rolling down their long aisles Ca al tasss
things she pondered quietly, a. she sat often Sla.
| DAYS in the cd staring rstue-winiosed meeting
house and looked 81 the uucouth old pulpit, and heard
the choir Jaw sol lsrg or sloglng tuguiDg tunes bus
| Of sI this she said nothing.
Sometimes, for days. her thoughts would tura from
| these subjects ard be absorbed in nsthenatcs "
metsphy sical : udies. ." have been folosirg ta&
tire atise ON Optics for week ard never understood
ill TO day." she once ssid TO her husband. " hsvs
| found new that there has been mistake IN drsSos
The diagrams. have corrected II, and now ils de-
uors,raton is complete. pnsh take care, thr vol
is hickory aud II takes only seven sticks Of tns sss
| 10 heat the oyen.
Il is not TO be suppo,ei that woman o this sort
was an rsi,en,iye listener 20 preaching 50 tnulaag
TO the intellect as that Of Dr. Hopkios. No pair OF
ewes followed tie web % bic reasonlngs with kesner
and more snxlous wstchfulness than those sad deep
set hazel ones; ard she drawn along the tram
Of is
seen how the shadows Seepened over them. Foe,
while others listened for the olesrness Of the thought
for the acutsness Of the argument, che listened sa
sou wide fnsStrurg, acute, repressed, whose every
fiber is nerve listens 10 the problem OF IT. eve des-
t:uy-hstened rs the mother OF a family listens, to
know what we're the posi- oiIt'es tue probabilities, OF
tins mystelous existence of oars 10 herse and thoss
carer TO her than herself.
The consequence Of all her listening wa, =
history of deep inv ard sadness. That eNuiant joy,
,r that entire submission, with which ohers seemed 10
view the scheme of the universe, a. thus uafolte'.
did rot visit her mind. Everything o. her seemed
shroued IN gloom ana ysteiy; anc thst dskoess che
received token Of unregenerscy, a. sligo tina. she
was one Of those who destined, by my s,erous de-
cree receive the light Of The go,i gospel II
Chist ii, nee while her husband was deacon Of tho
church she for years, had sat IN her pew while the
sscrsmen.s elem ents were distributed, mournfil
spectator PuDolous in every duty, exact, reysrsn-
tial she still regarded herset a child of wrath,
ertmy to God and heir of perditior, could she
see any hope OF remedy, except IN tie sovereign, mys
FERROUS decree Of an Infinite and Unknown Power, g
mercy for which che waited with the sickness Of hope
deferred.
Her children bad grown up successfully around her.
intelligent and exemplary. Her eldest son msthe-
matte professor Of the leading colleges OF New
England. Her second son, who Jointly with his father
suuerintended the farm, was a nan Of wide literary
culture and fine mathematical genius and not unirs
quently on winter evenings the s0r father aud mother
worked together by their kitchen tireside, over ths
oacustens Of an almanac for the ensuing year, which
Everything in the family arrangements WAS marked
by pre- session. grave aud quiet self possession
There lite demon IT, aiiyeness Of affection bstweeu
parents and children, brothers aud sisters, though
great mutual love and Confidence. Il was hot pride,
nor sternrsss but sor Of habtual shsmefsceinsss,
that kept far back in each soul those feelings which
the most beautiful In their outconei but al.er
While, the habit became 80 fixed nature, that CO.
resting aectonae expression could not have passed
the lips Of ore 10 another without painful Awkward
ress Love uads rstood, once for ell, a. be the
basis on which their life built. Once for sl, they
loved each other ard after that the less said the bot
ter. Ii had cost the womans heart Of Mrs. Mavyn
come papgs, in the earlier part Of her wedlo2k, to ac
cept Of tins once for ALL in place of those daily ont
pushpgs which every woman desires should BE- like
God 8 loving kndness,s, new every morning." ba.
hers, too, nsure strongly lncllning inward aud,
alter lew tremuous movements, the needle OF hst
sou settled aud her life lot was accepted-no ~ what
she would ike or could conceive, but ss reasonable
and good Life was picture painted in low, cool
tones but 10 perfect keeping and though another and
brighter style might have pleased better, she did not
quarrel with this.
Here is a character, who subsequently plays An
important part in the DRAMA but what it is wo
leave YOU to discover.
Bot James was destined 70 put faculty" aud every
other talent which his mother possesed, rout Ils
vas an infant of moods and lenses and those not OF
bly, eeulsr verb. lie would cry of nights, and he
would be taken up of mornings and he would not suck
bis thumb bundle OF carsway seed tied ia q Tag
ard dipped in sweet mix, with which the good gos.ips
in vain sndeavored 10 pacify him. lie fought msa-
fully with his tao great fat fists the battle Of baby
hood utterly reversed all nursery msxims and rognsd
as baby over the whole PROSTATE household. Wnen
old enough TO run alone, his splendid black eyes and
glossy rings of hair seen flashing and bobbns
every forbidden place and occupation. Now trailing
on his mothers gown he asa'sted her in sailing her
butter by throwing in email contributions Of snuff
sup ar a. the might be- and again, after one OF
those mysterious periods Of silence which OF most
omiDous significance IN Lurrery experience he would
rise from the demolition of her indgo-bag, showing
face ehastly with blue streaks and looking like
enome than the son Of a respectable mother Taero
was not pitcher OF any description OF contents left
within reach Of his little ptoes a1d busy fingers that
was rot pulled over upon his giddy head without in
the least seeming improve it's stesdiness. In short,
his mother remarked that che was thankful every
night when she had fairly gotten him into bel aud
asleep: James had really got through moro day
and killed neither bimsef any one else.
AS q boy, the case was little better. Ike did not
take to study-yawned over books, aud cut out
molcs for running anchors when he shond have
been thinking Of his colan Ds OF words IN Tour syaoes
No mortal knew how he learned to read for he never
seemed TO stop running long enough TO learn snyhug
and et he did learn and used the talent coming over
travels, seavoysges, AID lives OF heroes aud naval
comm anders Spite Of father mother, and brother, he
seemed to possess the most extraordinary faculty OF
running up unsayory acquaintances. lie Was hssfel-
low wsll-rDet with every Tom aud Jack and jim and
Ben and Dick that sroled on the whafves aud aston
ished biz father with mnutest particulars Of every ship,
schooner and brig the harbor together With bogrsp
cal notes of the different Toms Dicks, and Harys By
whom they were worked.
The merits Of this work as novel, though csr-
tain to awaken the admiration Of intelligent read
ers, are by no means superior to its high claims as
treatise, if We may 80 call it, on the ethics Of hu
man passion. Not that the writer pats forth any
systematic plan for didsctic edifcation. She
knows the way to the heart too well to labor for
the enforcement of a formal moral But she has