led astray by fanaticism, by vague ideas that God required the blood of the wicked to establish his kingdom upon earth."

"Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.'"

"It was not vengeance that actuated them," said Hunt, in an excited tone. "No, no; it was a blind zeal for the good of the people at large; a desire to extend the true gospel among the bigoted Catholics, and to place over them a ruler whose strong faith and high principles might present an example to be imitated. They took the Scripture for their rule of action, and if they erred, it was from good motives. But the son of Sir Robert Douglas will never understand this."

"Who are you, sir?" exclaimed Douglas, unable longer to restrain his curiosity. "Rely upon my honor, and relate to me some part of your history."

"Remember your promise, young man: while under this roof I can tell you nothing further; but I must make one request be

fore you leave us-that is, that this roof and its inmates be forgotten from this time." "Forgotten! Never, never! Forget Amy! I cannot."

"You love my Amy !" exclaimed the old man, grasping his arm.

"I do, more than my life; oh, do not separate us!"

"It is your fate," replied Hunt. "You must leave here early in the morning, without seeing her again. Nothing on earth. can ever bring about an union between you. Let me not have cause to curse the hour that you restored her to my arms. She shall ever bless you as her preserver, but if you regard the last request of one fast parting from earth, promise not to endeavor to see her until such time as I shall appoint."

"I promise," said Allan, touched by the agony of his look.

"You will leave without seeing her?"
"It is a hard exaction, but I will."
[CONCLUDED NEXT MONTH.]

Ir may be said that from stubbornness we learn much experience; and if we could only add that we profited by the same, the obnoxious portion of the trait would soon be forgotten. A desire to appear conceited in the presence of well-informed associates is certainly far from right; it is not, at all events, prudent or agreeable.

A stubborn man will suffer much in secret, and the very cause of his affliction he can never seem to understand. If, in charity, he is told that wrong determinations have often reduced his pleasures, he will be more apt to ridicule than investigate the assertion.

In matters of opinion, stubbornness has frequently established hatred and distress among families and friends; in some instances, the most trifling events have led to harsh and painful feelings.

Once properly informed of our personal duties, and imbued with self-respect and solemn reflection, we can never consent to encourage that which excites distrust o anger. We should, in truth, be happy to avoid the winding ways of error, through the guidance of a companion who may have obtained the means to shield us by simply watching the indiscretions of others.

The trials and disappointments we meet with in life, no matter what may be our prospects or our possessions, are indeed powerful proofs that although we may be stubborn in our plans, hopes, or decisions, yet we are not free from correction, nor allowed to be wilfully opposed to truth, without some severe or unmistakable retribution.

The characteristre, when displayed in common conversation, almost warrants the formation, with those who may observe it, of

an unfavorable idea of our general disposition.

Unless we are able to counteract it with generosity in other things, an affectionate heart, or positive evidences that we are not malicious in any respect, we are truly unfor

tunate.

To be stubborn, then, in spite of punishments or disgrace, detracts much from the attention, friendliness, or sympathy of our

advisers. We have only to inquire how men become useful, and to look into the most prominent acts of their lives, to be convinced of the absurd or the expensive results of our weakness. A thirst for knowl edge has likewise been so often reckoned as one of the surest signs of an ingenious mind, that we are inclined to wonder that so many neglect to acquire it, with other great essentials. B.

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MILLARD FILLMORE, President of the United States, was born January 7th, 1800, at Summer Hill, Cayuga county, in the State of New-York. His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, who was descended from an English family, followed the occupation of a farmer, and, in 1819, removed to Erie county, where he still lives, cultivating a small farm with his own hands. Owing to the humble circumstances of his father, Millard Fillmore's education was necessarily of the most imperfect kind; and at an early age he was sent to Livingston county, at that time a wild region, to learn the clothier's trade; and about four months later he was apprenticed to a wool-carder, in the town in which his father lived. During the four years that he worked at his trade, he availed himself of every opportunity of improving his mind, and supplying the defects of his early education. At the age of nineteen he made the acquaintance of the late Judge Wood, of Cayuga county, a man of wealth and eminence in his profession, who detected in the humble apprentice talents which would qualify him for a higher station. He accordingly offered to receive him into his office, and to defray his expenses during the time of his studies. Mr. Fillmore

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accepted the proposal, but that he might not incur too large a debt to his benefactor, he devoted a portion of his time to teaching school. In 1821, he removed to Erie county, and pursued his legal studies in the city of Buffalo. Two years later he was admitted to the Common Pleas, and commenced the practice of the law at Aurora, in the same county. In 1827, he was admitted as an attorney, and in 1829, as a counsellor in the Supreme Court, and in the following year he removed to Buffalo, where he entered into partnership with an elder member of the bar. Mr. Fillmore's political life commenced with his election to the State Assembly, in which body he took his seat in 1829, as a member from the county of Erie. Being a member of the Whig party, he was at that time in opposition, and had little op portunity to distinguish himself; but he took a prominent part in assisting to abolish imprisonment for debt in the State. In 1832 he was elected to Congress, and took his seat the following year. In 1835, at the close of his term of office, he resumed the practice of the law, until he once more consented to be a candidate for Congress, and took his seat again in 1837. During this session he took a more prominent part in

the business of the House than during his former term, and he was assigned a place on one of the most important committees that on elections. He was successively reëlected to the 26th and 27th Congresses, and in both of them distinguished himself as a man of talents and great business capacity. At the close of the first session of the 27th Congress, he signified to his constituents his intention not to be a candidate for reëlection, returned to Buffalo, and again devoted himself to his profession, of which he had become one of the most distinguished members in the State. In 1844, he was prevailed upon to accept the nomination by the Whig party for Governor of the State of NewYork; but he shared in the general defeat of his party. In 1847, however, he was consoled for his defeat by his election to the office of Comptroller of the State, by an exceedingly large majority. In 1848, he was nominated by the Whigs as their candidate for Vice-President, and elected to that office in the fall of the same year. In March,

1849, he resigned his office of Comptroller, to assume the duties of his new position, and in the discharge of those high and delicate duties, he acquitted himself with courtesy, dignity, and ability, until the death of General Taylor, in July, 1850, elevated him to the Presidential chair. His term of office expires on the 4th of March, 1853. Mr. Fillmore was married in 1826 to Abigail Powers, the youngest child of the late Rev. Lemuel Powers, by whom he has a son and a daughter. Mr. Fillmore has filled the distinguished station which he now occupies with dignity and ability. He is emphatically a self-made man. From an inheritance of comparative poverty, he has, by his own exertions, raised himself to one of the most eminent positions in the world, affording a fine illustration of the boast of our country, that its highest honors and dignities are the legitimate objects of ambition to the humblest in the land, as well as to those most favored by the gifts of birth and fortune.

MEETA CLIFTON was sitting alone in her luxuriously furnished boudoir, one hand veiling her eyes from the subdued light of the apartment, the other carelessly resting on the closed and splendidly bound volume in her lap. Her small lips were tightly compressed, and now and then there stole from the veiled eyes large tears, which glanced along her cheeks like drops of dew on the petals of a blushing rose.

From the opened windows of the conservatory there came a mingled perfume of many blossoms, and at her feet lay the halffinished wreath of delicate buds, which but a few moments before she had been busily

twining. A door opened, and Meeta's reverie was broken. She raised her large, thoughtful eyes, and met the anxious and inquiring gaze of her devotedly fond mother.

"Tears! tears again, my darling-tell me, Meeta, why is this? Have you not every luxury which you could desire?—every wish granted as soon as expressed?—and still you persevere in weeping away your mornings, and sighing away your evenings, as though your heart was breaking. There is some cause for this, Meeta, and you must tell it to me, my child."

Mrs. Clifton had commenced in an almost playful tone of voice, but as she proceeded