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Evanunr.iirs.—’I‘om finds Grace with Scripture Comforts.—Evangeline.——Tom's Ex- ploits.--Toni’s good Qualities.—A Bill of Sale. “ A star ! which shone 2"? liIk::po sweet as in‘;-gedisr such ve ,ecnr-cely ‘ it A wand, have its scenes been aha Chateaubriand wrote his prose-poetic tion of it, as a river of mi bty, unbro tndes, rolling amid und; ve table and animal existence. ut, as in an hour, this river of wild romance has emerged to a reality scardely less visionary and splendid. What other ‘ts bosom to th of the world bears on i the tropics and the poles! Those turbi hurrying, foamin , tearin elon ,ana tresem- K tifie of husinelds which blance of that headlong is poured along its wave b on saw. Ah ! would ra ers 0 poor, ignorant hearts to 8ody—uuknown, u re th"' ea . The slanting light of the setting sun quivers se of the river; the silve cypress, hung wig wreaths ofdark, funereel moss, glow in the gold- en ray, as the heavily-laden steamboat marches on sea-like ex canes, and the‘ m 1, dark onwe . Piled with cotton-bales from many tiun,_up over deck and sides,’ till she the distance a square, massive block of grey, she moves heavily onward to the nearing mart. We must look some time among its crowded decks before we shall find again our humble friend Tom. High on the upper deck, in a little nook among the everywhere predominant cotton-bales, hi at last we may find in Partly from confidence inspired b Mr. Shelby’s y from o remarks quiet character of the man, Tom had insensibly won his way far into the confi- represeutations, and pa inoflrnsive s deuce even of such a man as Hale . At first he had watched him nariihwly throu m_tosleep|tuig t the day, and never allowed hi unfettered ; but the uncom ' it come and of honour, being on the boat. where he p Ever quiet and obliging, and more than read to lend a hand in every emer occurred among the workmen beow, he had won the good opinion of all the hands, and spent hours in helping them with as hearty a will as ever he worked on a Kentucky arm. When there seemed to be nothing forjrim to do he would climb to a nook among the cotton- bales of the u per deck, and busy himself in ' s Bible-and it is tluare we see man studying over ' him now. For a hundred traveller from the deck of the steamer, as from some floating castle-top, overlooks the whole country for miles and miles around. therefore, had spread out full before plantation after plantation, a map of the which he was a ‘pr n . He saw the istsut slasves at their saw ahr their villages of hats, gleaming out in long rowsou many a plantation, distant born the shtel mnuions eanre-gro 1 and the IIIII‘ and as tho heart woul turn war to the-, Isntuc firm, with shadowy beeches-to overgrown with the There he seemed to ace fimfluf continuance. Advertisements sent without limitation, willha continued itssweatol Isnvasystfclded." Tu: Mississippi! How, as by an enchanted reamed wonders of ocean the wealth and enterprise of such another country! —a country whose products embrace all y a race more vehem- and energetic than any the old world ever that the did not also hear along a more fearful frei t, the’ tears of the oppressed the sighs of the helpless, the bitter wn _ unseen, and silent, but who will yet “ come out of his place to save all the r iuing patience and apparent contentment of om's manner led him gradually to discontinue these restraints, and or some time Tour had :p'oyed a sort of parole . . '0 or more miles above New log back- ts old the master's house, with Wide. °00l hi-lll. Ind, user by, the little cabin, in! re and bignonia. Haley.- , since dcscri ken so i- river between d waters, a planta- seems in '1 so freely y whic Tom, him in life to toil; he unds of on, it “ Let-—not—your-—lieart—be—troubled. In- my—Fether's —house—aro-—mauy—mansions. I—go—to— re-a- lace- Licero, whriiplie buriedp daughter, had a heart as lull of honest ief as poor Tom’s—perhaps no fuller, for be were onl men ; but Cicero could use over no such sub ime words of he , and ook to no such fu- ture reunion; and if he had seen them, ten to one he would not have believed—he must fill his head first with a thousand questions of an- thenticit of manuscript, and correctness of transln on. But to poor Tom, there it la_, just what he needed, so evidently true and - vine, that the possibility of a question never en- tered his simp e head. It must be true; for if not true, how cou 've. As for Tom's Bible, though it had no anno- tations and hel in margin from learned com- mentators, sti it had been embellished with certain way-marks and guide-boards of Tom's own invention, and which helped him more the most learned expositions could have done. It had been his custom to get the Bible read to him by his master's children, in perti- culer by young Master George; and as they read, he would designate, by bold strong marks and dashes, with pen and ink, the which more particularl tified his ear or abcted his heart. His Bib e was thus marked through from one end to the other, with a va- riety of styles and designations ; so he could in a moment seise u ii his vorite *3, without the labor 0 spelling out what lay tween them ; and while it lay there before im, every passage breathing of some old home scene, and recalling some past-enjo ent, his Bible seemed to him all of this life at remained, as well as the romise of a future one. Among spa rsontlieboatwase young gentleman of fortune and famil , resident in New Orleans, who bore the name 0 St. Clare. He had with him a daughter between live and six years of age,together with a lady, who seem- ed to claim relationship to both, and to have the little one especially under her char . Tom had often caught glimpses of ' little girl, for she was one of those busy, tripping creatures that can be no more contained in one lace, than a sunbeam or a summer breese ; nor was she one that, once seen, cou be easily tten. er form was the perfection of childish beau- ty, without its usual chubbiness and squarsness of outline here was about it an undu.la.tiug_ , such as one mi ht dream 0 and aerial grace for some mythic and allegorical ing. Her face was remarkable, less for its rfect beauty of feature than for a singular an dreamy earn- cations of expression which made the ideal smrt when they looked at her, and by which the dullest and mopt literal were impressed, with- out exactly knowing why. The aha of her head and the turn of her neck and net were uliarly noble; and the long, golden-brown ir that fioated like a cloud around it, the doc , spiritual gravity of her violet blue eyes, a by heavy fringes of gplden-brown—all marked her out from other c 'ldren, and made every one turn and look after her, as she glided hither and thither on the boat. Nevertheless, the little one was not what you would have cal- led either a grave child or a end one. On the contrary, an airy and innocent playfulness seem- ed to flicker like the of summer leaves over her chidish face and around her buoyant gfigure. She was always in motion, always _with a lmlf smile on her rosy mouth, fi g hither and thither, with an undulating an cloud-like -tread, singing to herself as she moved, as in a happy dream. Her father and female .were incsssan y busy in pursuit of r, but when caught, she melted from them again like a summer cloud : and as no word of chiding or reproof ever fell on her ear for whatever she chose to do, she pursued her own we all over -the boat. Always dressed in white, s e seemed to move like a shadow through all sort of laces, without contracting s t or stein; an there was not a corner or noo , above or below, where fairy footsteps had not glided, and that gsoipeuiary golden head, with its deep blue eyes, a on . The fir-emEn, as he looked up from his sweaty toil, sometimes found those eyes looking wou- derinply into the ragin depths of the furnace, and earfully and pityingly at him, as if she thought him in some dreadfu danger. Anon the stsersman at the wheel paused and , as the picture-like bead gleamsd through the window of the round-house, and in a moment was gone again. A thousand times a day rou h voices blessed her, and smiles of unwanted so t- ness stole over hard faces, as she passed; and when she tripped fearlessly over dangerous laces, rough, sooty hands were stre bed in- volplilntarily out to says her, and smooth her '6 “Tom, who had the soft impreuible nature of his kindl race, ever yearnin toward the sim le and chll -like, watched the ittle creature w th daily increasing interest. To him she seem something almost divine ; and whenever her ldcn head and deep blue eyes peered out upon him from ‘behind some dusky cotton-bale, or looked down u is him over some ridge of k- eges, be half llevod t he saw one o the a step out of his New Tesmment. flen an often she walked mournfiilly round the place where Haley's pug of men and we- men set in their chains. She would glide in among fliern, and look at cm with an air of 110?) and sorrowful earueshiem ; a tlln she would lil\ their chains with her slou- dor hands and then sigh woefully, as she lded sway. Several times she a red In enly among them, wifi her hands of undy, nut, and crops: which she would diswlbute joy‘- to , and in Mia than be gone age . m watched & little lady a great deal be- fore he ventured on overtures towards ae- fiu-aintanceship. l!e‘.Lew an ab preaches o and he lved to play his rt right my. lIe'c°:uld out canning ttle baskets out , could make tesqne those on I nub, p: odd, jumpln£Egures out of elderly , and 1'?'.il.‘i‘.‘.‘i..a.l'l."f' ‘ii-"‘m‘..’.‘.‘.‘?li'i":l ‘time, turnin his eyes towards a group on the t. -A miscellaneous articles of attraction, which he had boarded in do of old for his master’s children and whic he now produced, with one, as overtures for acquaintance and frien - its little one was shy, for all her busy inter- est in everything going on, and it was not eas to tame her. or a while, she would perc like a canary-bird on some box or package near much!" mockiili d ver wi o in commendable prudence and economy, one b are always running olf, stealing raising the devil generahliygd to if it war-n’t for his character; but I can show recommends ll-om his 'master and others, to said the youn man, with the seine smile playing afiout his mouth. “ Ne- ’e world. Your smart fellows horses, and I think you’ll have take of a couple ofhun for his srnartness.” “ Wal, there might be something in that ar, rove he is one of your real picus—the most TOD» While my in the little arts aforenamed, umble, prayin’, ions critter ye ever did see. “id 33030111 him. with a kind of ve basb- Why, he s been mlled a preacher in them parts fulness, e little articles be oh . But at he came l‘rom.” lllt they got 911 quite confidential tcrlpl. “ And I mi ht use him for a famil cho lain, " What s little mlssy’s name l ” .said Tom at possibly," ad ed the young man, dry. “ hat’s last, when he thought matters were ripe to push such an en uiry. “ Evange ine St. Clare," said the little one, “ though papa and everybody else call me Eva. Now, what's ur name! " “ My name a Tom ; the little chil’en used to call me Uncle Tom, way back thar in Kentu ." “Then I mean to call you Uncle Tom, ceusenlypu see, I like you,” said Eva. “So, Uncle m, where are you going! " “ I don't know, Miss Eva." I am going to be sold to somebody.‘ quite an idea. article at our hou warrant him for is mined by any syn eve; t at all this banter was sure, in to turn out a cash concern, he might have been somewhat out of patience; as it was, down a ligion is a remar bly scarce se. ’ “ You’rejo_king, now.” “ How do you know I am! Didn't you just reucher! Has he been exa- or council? Come, hand your papers." . I the trader had not been sure, by a certain -humour-ed twinkle in the lar blue eye, ta; long run, he laid greasy pocket-book on the cotton holes, I don't.know who.’ and began anxiously studying over certain - “My pa canbu ou," said Eva, uickly; “ and ilPh‘e bu s you’: goo will have goo times. I mean to ask im to, this very day. ' “ Thank on, my little lady," said Tom. The boat ere sto ding to mks in wood and vs, hearing her father's voice, bounded nimbly away. Tom rose up, and V0113 forward to oflar se in wooding, and soon was bus among the hands. Eve and her b er were standing together b the railings to see the boat start from the lau - mg-place, the wheel had made two or ee revo utions in the water, when, by some sudden movement, the little one suddenly lost her bal- gnce, and fell sheer over the side of the boat c into the water. Her father, scarce knowing what he did, was plun 'n in after her, but was held back by some beliin him who saw that more efilcient aid had followed his, child. Tom was standin just under‘ her, on the lower deck, as she fe l. He saw her strike the water and sink, and was after her in a moment. A broad-chested, strong-armed follow, it was nothing for him, to keep afioat in the water, , in a moment or two, the child rose to the surface, and he caught her in his arms,an swimming with her to the boat-side, handed her “P. Ill dripping, to the yes of hiindreds of hands, whic ,as if they hadall belonged to one man, were stretched eagerly out to receive her. A _few moments more, and her father bore her, dniainns _and senseless. ’ ca ' , where as is usual in cases of the kind there on- sued a very well-meaning and kind-hearted strife among‘ the female occupants generally as to who s ould do the most things to make a dis- turbance, and to hinder her recovery in every weiy possible. _ t was a sultry close day, the next day‘, as the n 9- pay," whis r package, snide putting her arm around ther's neck. I want him.” 0 der ; “ but then thei?s’s I_know there's dilferences in religion. Some kinds is mis’rable : there's our meetin’ pious: there's your singin’, roarin’ pious; them ar an't no account, in black or white: but these rayly is ; and I've seen it in ni rs as often as» any, your rail softly quiet, stidfze that the hull world couldn't pers in it, the young man standing by the whi e, coking down on him with an air of careless, easy drolle 3) bu him! it's no matter what you Eva softly, getting up] on a er iii- “ You have money enough,Iknow. SK Papa, “ What for, pussy! Are you going to use him for a rattle-box, or a rocking-horse, or what! ‘ “ I-want to make him happy." . “ An original r son, certainly." Here the trader iided u a certificate, sign- dby Mr. Shelb , which t£e young man took with the tips 0 his long lingers, and glanced over carelessl . “ A gentlemanly hand," he said,“ and Vvell It, too. Well, now, but I'm not sure, after a , about this religion,” said he, the old wicked expression returnin to his eye ; “ the countr is almost ruined wi pious politicians as we have just be ore elections —such pious church and state, that a fellow does not know who'll cheat him next. about religion’s bein now. I have not loo ed in the papers lately, to see how it sells. How man hundred dollars, now, do on put btzn for this re igion . pious _white ople ; suc ings-on in all departments of I don't know, either, up in the market, just “ You ik to km’, now," said the tra- sense under all that ar. y, honest pious, tempt ’em to do s or drew near to. New _ gene- nothing that they thinks is wrong; and ye see ral bustle of exgctntion _and pre ‘ration was in this otter, what Tom's old master says about spread through c boat; in the ea in, one and him.” mother were gathering their things together “Now,” said the young man, steeping grave- and arran _ them ipreparatory goin lypver his book of bills, " if you can assure me ashore. The steward s_nd chnnibermaid, _an t t I really can buy this kind of pious, and 3“r'°r9 busily enga incleaning,furbishmg, that it will be set down to my account,in the and arranging the sp nd-id boat, preparatory to book u above, as something belonging to me, I Dd mlree I woul 't care ifl did go a little extra for it. _ n the lower deck set our friend Tom, with his arms folded, and anxiously, from time to other side 0 the boa There stood the fair Evangline, a little paler than the day before, but o erwise exhibiting r no traces of the accident which had befalleu her. ceful, ele ntly-formed young man stood by er, carele y leaning one elbow oua bale a cotton, while a lar pocket-book lay open fore ‘ . It was quite evident, at a glance, s that the gentleman was Eva's father. There plan the sap: noble eels‘: of ‘head, ll]: same lei‘-go ue eyes, e earns en- rown ir; ct e expression was whollo dillsrent. In theylarge, a clear blue e es, thong in form and color exact- ly similar, w_as wanting thatmistygdreamy i..°.l},‘i.l‘.,°il..‘Z‘.‘.’.-’2’i?".I"'ii‘,,£l’ .Il.‘.‘.'li;".‘3?'.’i.;. .553? the beautifully out mouth had a road and somewhat sarcastic expression, whi e an air of e free-end-easy su riority set not _un acefully h ban 5 5 with delig t; and ullin he proceeded to til out it ill of sale, which, in How d’ esa 1" “ Wa , rad , Ican’t do that,” said the trader. I'm a ’ ing that every man '11 have to on his own book in them nr quarters." ther hard on a fellow that pays extra on eligion, and can't trade with it in the State where he wants it most, an’t it now 1” said the young man, w of bil s ho had been making out a roll while he was s kin . “There, count your money, old boy!” he dded, as he handed the roll to the trader. “All ri ht,” said Haley, his face beamin out an old inkhorn, few moments, he handed to the young man. “ I wonder, now, if I was divi ed up and invenloried,” said the latter, as he ran over the paper, “ how much I might bring. So. so much 0 r shape of my head, so much for a igh fore- head, so much for arms, and bands, and legs, nd then so much for education, learning, talent, onesty, religion! Bless me! there would be mevery turn up movement of his a form. small charge on that last, I'm thinkin . But l_le WIO.lll wi_t agood-htimoured neg- come, Eva, ' he said: and tiikin the hand of £39“ 5": hllf °0ll|l0, he f cont.emp_tu<_>us, to his daughter, he stopped across e boat,and, 1°]: V_Vll0 was very_ volubly expatiatrng on careless y putting the tip of his finger under the quality of the article for which they were Tom's ch‘ said -humourcdly, “ Look up, Tom, and see how pining. . “All the moral and Christian virtues bound in black morocco, coui lete!” he Said, when Haley had finished. “ ell, now, my good fol,- low. what's the damage! as they say in Ken- tucky; in short, what s to be paid out for this businessl How much are you going to cheat lilo. now? Out with it! ” “ Wal,” said Haley,“ If I should say thirteen lhupdrep dollars Iii; tlliat erhfiellow, I shouliin;t u save m — shou n’t, now, re‘ . ’ “l"noor fel W 1 into that F feeling 0 in his eyes as he said, heartily, God bless you, mas !’ you like your new master. Tom looked up. twas not in nature to look young, handsome face, without a pliiitsure ; and Tom felt the tears start ‘f Well, I hope he will. What's your name! Tom! Quite as likely to do it for your asking as mine, rom all . ' horses, Toni accounts Can you drive 1!? “ I've been al'ays used to horses," said Tom. _ low ! " said the youu man, fixin Mas‘r Shelb raised heaps on ’em." his keen mocking blue eye on him; “ but “ Well, I shall ut you in coachy, "l P“. ||_ ‘Willa l0‘ 1110 ll!" lllfl for “Ill. on condition that you won'tbe drunk more than ou“%fv: ’ flt‘iecuyfi;8e$rai’f¢|:r;ripiau!wm.h be mt pp’:-,9 week, cu in cases of emergency. 0“ 9 Ind Ml’ enough-” Tom looked surprised and rather hurt, and “ Olly Oertainly there's a call on your benc- said, " I never drink, inas’r.” yolenoe, my frie . Now, as a matter ofChris- tian charity, how cheap could u elird to let " I've heard_that story before, Tom ; but then we'll see. It will be s 050013] accommodatiouto if :0 him go, to oblige a young lady t's particular all concerned, on‘t. Never mind, my not on him 1” _ hop,” he added, good-humc y, seeing Tom _“-Wal, now, just thinkon’t." and die trader: m i looked grave; ~ I don't doub you mean to ‘ justlook at them limbs--broad-chestad,strong do well." as a horse. Look at his head; them high for- “ I sartin do, mas'r," said Tom. rads al’ays shows calculatin’ ni , thet‘ll do “ And you shall have good times," said Eva. an kinda‘ I've marked tar. Now, “ Papa is very good to everybody, only he al- a ni r of the ar belt and build worth ways will laugh at them.” con rable,just, as ii may say, for his body. “ Papa is much obliged to you ror his recom- su posin’ he s stupi : but come to hput in his mendntson " said St. Glare, laughing, as he caliculatin hcnldes, and them w oh i can turned on lllshoel, endwalkedaway. show he Ins cnccminon,_ why, of course. it mekeshiui some higher. why, flint er fellow manngedhisma:sr’bswhalc, . liehasa Mixers .\uiness.‘ hi, hnewealtsgether he Loss of temper is always a sign of a weak sign efdesperatico. It is a cause. ‘ltise sigeefdafaat. coLoNia_1. HOUSE OF ASSIIBLY. hfosrnar, March ‘I. Iiousein ' o the Ir.cc1es’s °°r”..Ta“fiu§iuu E51‘ The Bill having been gone through, it was moved that the Sr-naxnn take the Chair, and that the Chairman of the Committee report the Bill agreed to: where pen I — Hon. Mr. Conns rose and s e, in Jest. as fol- n thought necessary in it by the Committee. No alteration, in feet, which be made in it slfected either thfinpvinciples or the inten- ded cpersliou of the Bill; , be hoped. he might be rmitted to say, that the spirit is which the save- ral clauses had been discu-ed. and the fair and ceri- did manner in which they had severally been acqui- ' bed afibrded him the highest as non. ment,which had been bro ht forward and pa-ed in- to law, since the estsblizhmont of the Responsible System. The Bill which had just received the ana- nimous sanction of the Commhtes was the last._mea- sure for the carrying of which he and the majority of the House had stood pledged to it constituents. All were well aware with what pertinscity certain in- dividuals out of doors had, again again. s that the majcrit had secured their election by pro- mising the peop e to 've them Free Lnnds,ifretnrr_ied in a mu'crity, to Assembly; although, whilst hat promise, they well know that they could ve it in their war to fulfil it. With respect to himself. he could ddclare, without fear of centre- diction, that be never made any such promiee—at least in the sense in which it so often assert- ed by some of the enemies of the Responsible System that it was made by members of the majority, before and at the last General Election. He had never pro- mised.or held out to the pee Is any hopes of their ever being put into possessioucf Ere lands, through ‘ tlve enactment,in any other way than that proposed ' the Bill which had just passed the clnmitteo. Whilst the country was agitated an the question of Ben neible Government, he viitsd as many parts of the island. perhaps, as any other public man in that a itaticn, and as frequently addressed d‘ rut bodies o electors upon the subject; but he never. b a single expression, either unsm ' or doubtfu , sought to induce a belief on the part of the people, that, as a reward for returning. to Ilaenissambly. a ma" pit of representatives pledged to esponsible Sydtoerny, they would have free lends bestowed upon them, or that the lain‘-schold tflenure could be.-s.e.t sate insn other we b s eciing a pure c e Towhlhip Lnndh from ’the Proprietors en fair and equitable tsrms—that was at a just valuation: and neither had any of his political friends, who accom- nied hiru, or were recent, on any ofthe occasions be converted In any o sy, than by means of u well-devised I islative measure f the purchase of the proprietors ,. in the tint ' ' should he is- friends of the Responsible System and the annuity had not always been so ; but he had never an promise made on the subject of free lands, otherwise than as be had just stated it to have been made by himself: and now, altho h the measure which he had had the honor to i uce for filment of his promise, had not yet passed the other branches of the Legislature, he was happy to say in bad no doubts concerning its receiving their suuaiie or of its ultimate success when it should he transmit. ted Home for the Royal Allowance. As reepec hirnse ‘ proudly topsay, that he had persevered in the cause of the pie, until he had been instrumental in hav‘ con erred upon them, either the itive ’ 0 li 'csl privilegeand sccia IlllOll0l’lll¢l,whioh voluntarily stood e to endeavour, with whatever ability he , to procure them, or on placing them in the fairest road or securing than which they had not yet actually obtained. The int thing he had promised to the people was that he would faithfully and fearlessly persevere in their cause, no. ' the right to govern themselves should be conceded to them. That cmiss had been redeemed by establishment oft a Responsible System; and dig -- tisfection with which be ad ' his conviction that the sat body 0 upon them-but also by the convincing proofs which had lately been afforded by lhcse—even In thatflonse -who had loi_ig s_teadily resisted the change,ihat they so were beginning to appreciate the general benefits "U3! '9“ fl’ 0500?‘ resulting from the c gpugd fully to u niesce in its future working. As the Les. der of the ovsrnmaut, he indeed felt that It rsnsdne to the opposition in the House to say, time of the introduction of the Responsible System, kl o their hands. or fiat to dwell upon the defects or inefi. cisncy of the 0 mode of managing the sfihirs cl‘ eh. Colopy. He would. therefore, ' more as i ,onthatseb tthansstheccae...‘ .ro..’ii..’ "§.n.i. System’: ‘rum Edward 1.1.3:" had been all and complete, so these to when it had. lint fallen to assume the I53 .355... carry out its piinci hrs best evidence of it having egg Colony was now out of debt, pro trsde find commerce prosperous, ful working, had been greatly increased—riot only by the uho *