EASTPORT, MAINE, EASTPORT, on Moose island, occupying the extreme point of the coast of the United States on the eastern border, is a spot interesting alike for its military importance and its natural features. The ground is rocky, and rises abruptly from the wes. tern shore of St. Croix river, to a considerable eminence, which is crowned by the fort, on which waves the first American flag that greets the eye of a traveller from the cast, on approaching our country. It is 41 miles cast-northeast from Machias, 176 miles east from Augusta, and 279 miles east-northeast from Portland. It contains 2,000 inhabitants, and five churches. Moose island, on which Eastport is situated, lies in Passamaquoddy bay, and is four miles long, surrounded by deep water, and connected with Lubec by a ferry, and with Perry by a bridge. The village is in the south part of the island, and is a place of considerable business; the lumbertrade and fishing being carried on with activity. "And she is beautiful, rich, and young, possessed of that treasure, a faithful old servant, and that trusty guardian, a Newfoundland dog, both of which she considers as sacred deposits, because they were willed to her by her father; and are, therefore, proofs of her possessing those strong recommendations-filial piety and strict principle! So far, all I have heard of her increases her value as a wife." "But you have not heard all. She has also an insane, or rather a fatuous person residing with her-a middle-aged woman, and therefore not likely to die, whom she has vowed never to part with, but to watch over her till death." "Indeed! A relation, perhaps?" X. and just as they were near each other he was so Sigvert to do what I see he meditates-that is, arms. "You are not hurt I hope?" said he, though he saw with some alarm that the cheek so lately blooming was now pale as with the hue of death. "Not hurt, thanks to your kindness, sir; but much frightened." And having with great diffi. culty articulated these words, she was obliged to lean on the arm of Waldemar for support. Perhaps a man's heart is never so much in danger as when an interesting woman has received a service from him, and also leans for support in timid helplessness on his superior power. The self-love of the sex is gratified-they are fond of protecting: and are never, perhaps, more likely to show their weakness, than at the moment when their superior Ethelind soon recovered herself; yet not so soon as might have been expected from the slightness of the accident. "None, whatever-but her parents took care of her till they died, for some reason which they never disclosed; and Ethelind, from some romantic feeling of generosity, persists in declaring that she will never marry, unless her lover promises solemn-strength is acknowledged. ly to allow her to retain this miserable object under her own roof;-and I know that on one occasion, when the lover proposed to her was a very desirable match, and she was inclined to like him," (here "You will think me, sir, a very weak foolish Sigvert blushed, and drew up his neckcloth with creature," said Ethelind, blushing, " to be so soon an air of self-sufficiency, which convinced Walde-overpowered; but painful circumstances carly in mar that he spoke of himself)" she coolly said-life so completely shattered my nervous system, that Before you continue this subject, you must un- the least surprise or alarm agitates me as you see." derstand that I would not marry even a man that She then curtised; and, chiding her dog into I loved most tenderly, unless he allowed my pau- quietness, would have proceeded alone; but Walvre maman, as I call her, to reside under my roof, demar insisted on accompanying her a little way, and my old man to form a part of my establish- lest her faintness should return; and telling her ment.' 'The inan may be an acquisition,' replied that though a stranger, he was well known to her my friend; but the pauvre maman is such a me- acquaintance, Baron Sigvert, he said he should mento of human misery, that really I-I cannot-' presume to offer her himself that attendance which 'You hesitate,' she replied, but you will find me Sigvert would have given, had he been present. determined.' In short, seeing that he could not overcome her resolution, my friend retired from the contest: nor is he the only one who has been so foiled, and has, therefore, so retired." "Then these gentlemen were none of them deeply in love," said Waldermar; that is very evident." And wishing his companions good morning, he fell insensibly into a reverie; while not so insensibly, perhaps, he walked in the direction which Ethelind Manstein had taken. "I think I saw you talking with the baron as I passed Muller's shop just now?" replied Ethelind, blushing. "I could not suppose you did me the honour of remarking me; but as you saw me in good company, and must therefore suppose I am un homme comme il faut, perhaps you will allow me to support those still tottering steps with my arm ?" Ethelind knew more of Waldemar than he did of her. The arrival of a young, well-born, and handWaldemar's observations on human character some stranger-and rich too, from having just had convinced him that selfishness was the most inherited the fortune of a female relation-with the prevailing vice in society, and preference of one's intention of taking up his future abode at Ratisbon, own accommodation to that of others; and know-was a circumstance too important in any city not ing how necessary it is to happiness in the married to be talked of universally; and little as Ethelind state, that those who enter on it should be capable mixed in the general society of the place, she had of giving up their own wishes, even in trifles, when-heard so much in favour of Waldemar, as to wish ever the beloved object required such a sacrifice, he could not but consider what he had just heard of Ethelind as a very sufficient proof that the woman, who either from duty or romance was capable of sacrificing her chance of marrying for the sake of an infirm and even unconscious being, must possess that superiority to selfish indulgence and consideration for self, which was the best foundation for excellence in every situation of life; and he resolved to obtain an introduction to her as fast as possible. In the meanwhile, he continued to walk on, in hopes of seeing her again. to see him; she was, therefore, not sorry to be so soon introduced to him, even though it was by a disagreeable circumstance. Nor did she hesitate to take his offered arm as she still trembled, and the dog was still disposed to renew his dangerous gambols. On their way back, they met the Baron Sigvert to whom Waldemar, unasked, related the cause of the happiness which he was enjoying, and immediately requested to be presented by name to his fair charge. Now, then," said Waldemar gayly, "I claim Ethelind was above affectation; and knowing the respectability of her supporter, she granted him the permission which he asked; and he did not leave her till he had conducted her home. The next day he called to inquire concerning her health, and left his card; and meeting Ethelind soon after on the public walk, whither he found out she usually walked every day, she could not help saying, that the next time he called she hoped he would come in. In short, it was not very long before Waldemar found himself as much in love as a man could be, and had reason to believe that Ethelind's heart sympathized with his. Still, he was at a loss how to proceed. Others, he was told, though approved of, had been refused, because they were unwilling to accede to the terms of acceptance; but, then, thought he, if Ethelind should only give me preference because I am willing to accede to them! The thought was too painful to be dwelt upon; but before he could make up his mind how to act, an opportune moment to disclose his psssion threw him off his guard, as he was sitting alone with Ethelind at her own house-and his love was declared. Ethelind heard the declaration with evident pleasure, mingled with evident pain; and when she could speak, she assured him, that the manner in which he should receive what she was obliged to tell him, would, she felt, stamp her future fate with happiness or the contrary. Waldemar's heart beat tumultuously; but, without telling her he knew what she had to say, he requested her to proceed. She did so, but in great agitation; for now, aud only now, had she learned what it was to love. "And now," said she, when she had finished her communications, "I must say, that whatever it may cost me, in this instance, to adhere to my resolution, it is, and must be, for ever inevitable, and I would die rather than break it." Waldemar's doubts vanished before the perfect conviction of being beloved, which her manner gave him; and he insisted on being immediately made known to the poor maman, who was soon, he trusted, and for ever, to be a resident under his roof, and under their joint care. Ethelind answered him only by her tears, and by giving him her hand. When she could speak, she said, "Alas! how I regret that iny pauvre maman cannot be made sensible of the happiness that a waits her dear Mina, as she calls me !" "Mina! but your name is Ethelind ?" 66 Yes, but she fancies me her daughter whom she lost some years ago; and the only pleasure she is capable of feeling is what my presence evidently gives her ;-so you see I connot possibly part with her." "No, not with such a heart as yours;-but why is she thus afflicted, and why is she dependent on you?" "A dreadful circumstance," replied Ethelind, turning very pale, " deprived her in one momcut of child and reason too, and the villany of her son has since deprived her of fortune." "What was the circumstances?" "Spare me the painful relation to-day," said Nor was it long before he beheld her returning; the privilege of acquaintance, and will not allow Ethelind, much agitated;" it is only by a consid crable effort that I can ever bring myself to relate it; but it is my duty to have no concealment from you; therefore, if able, I will tell you all to-morrow in the meanwhile, let me show you my poor maman." Ethelind then led the wondering Waldemar into an inner apartment opening into a spacious garden. And there he beheld a lady, about the age of fifty, whose fine features told a tale of former beauty, and her pale check one of sorrow and suffering; while her vacant eye betrayed the utter imbecility of her mind, and her limbs hanging listlessly down declared the absence almost of life itself. But Ethelind's tears flowed still faster. At length, however, she made an effort so disengage herself from the arms of her agitated companion, and rising, said, “I have been very wrong and very selfish in } giving way to such emotion before this afflicted one, and we had better leave her now." Then, kissing her poor charge, who still hung about her, she said," Adieu! pauvre maman, je reviendrai bientot."* While, fearful of being detained, she beckoned Waldemar to follow her, and was out of sight in a moment. The pauvre maman followed her with her eyes till she disappeared, and then returned to her seator rather the statue returned to its pedestal; for with Ethelind all her life and consciousness seemed to vanish; and Waldemar on looking back as he closed the door, beheld her looking and sitting as he did before she was conscious of the presence of Ethelind. Can any thing, thought Waldemar, animate that statue? as he gazed on her in silent commiseration; but as soon as she saw Ethelind, his unuttered question was answered. Intelligence and affection lighted up her full dark eyes: and springing for-" ward to meet her, she flew to her with extended arms exclaiming" Mina, chere Mina!" "I never had my feelings or my curiosity more "Maman pauvre maman,” said Ethelind, re-strongly excited in my life,” said Waldemar, when turning her embrace; while the interesting object of he saw Ethelind, whose emotion had not yet subher tenderness, casting first a fearful glance around, sided;" and I shall most anxiously expect your gazed on Ethelind with a look of unutterable fond. promised narrative. But let me gratify your kind ness, and said," Mais oui, je la tiens-assure-heart, dearest Ethelind, by assuring you that I ment c'est elle."* "Is she a Frenchwoman ?" demanded Waldemar; "and does she always fancy you the daughter whom she lost?" "She is native of Frauce; and since her loss of reason she seems to remember no language but her native one, and always welcomes me as you see, and calls me Mina; her daughter, my particular friend, had she been living, would have been my age, and was reckoned very like me." "No "Happy delusion !" cried Waldemar. wonder that your benevolent heart takes pleasure in shedding a few beams of comfort thus, on a lot otherwise too gloomy." "Je vais chanter, chere maman, assiedstoi."+ said Ethelind; and she seated herself opposite Ethe. lind, saying,- "Ah! Mina va chanter! quel bon. heur pour moi !” ‡ “ "Poor thing!" said Waldemar; "she is now a sort of barrel-organ which plays but one tune, nor that till it is wound up." "But as it then makes sweet music to my heart, can you wonder that to wind it up gives me a sort of sad pleasure?" myself shall derive gratification from knowing that Joy, you know, has its tears as well as sorrow," replied Ethelind; "and your assurances are a cordial to my heart. Leave me now; I owe poor maman some amends for the emotion I have caused her, and I will go sing her to sleep." as in absence, least her nervous feelings should return ; and he left her, promising to make his visit short as possible. One evening, as Ethelind and her guests were taking their fruit and wine in the garden, in a hot evening in June, an English gentleman, who was on his travels, and who had just left Brussels, and had lately been presented to Waldemar and his family, joined the cheerful group, and was cordially welcomed to their repast. In the course of conversation this gentleman said, "A very singular person was pointed out to me the other day in the streets of Brussels, a man not more than nine-and-twenty now, who has passed fifteen years of his life in prison, for having at the age of only fourteen, stabbed a young lady to the heart, in a fit of jealousy; for which crime he was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment; but five years of his punishment have been remitted, and he was liberated the very day that I saw him.” He had scarcely uttered these last words, when with a deep groan, Ethelind fell from her seat in a swoon resembling death; and it was long before her consciousness returned; when it did, she uttered nothing but vehement importunities that Waldemar might be sent for, directly. Her guests and Mr. Meynell (the Englishman) were overwhelmed with consternation, and eagerly demanded an explanation of the cause that produced so singular an effect and so earnest a request. Ethelind instantly, on recollection, recalled the request; as her well-regulated feelings taught her always to prefer Waldemar's peace to her own gratification; and as soon as she had quite recovered the shock she had sustained, and had sent her Waldemar obeyed; more in love with Ethelind children to bed, she prepared to relieve her own since he had witnessed the foregoing scene, and mind, and that of her friends, by giving the exmore delighted than ever with his wedded prospects.planation which they desired; and she did so, in The next day he kept his appointment. What the following narrative. passed between them I shall not now relate; suffice that Waldemar went the next day to Brussels, which was her native place, and where her own brother was married and settled; that soon after his return, preparations for their nuptials were begun, and they were solomnized as soon as Ethe [To be Continued.] ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. For the Rural Repository. lind's last mourning for her parents was over; and INDEPENDENCE OF MIND. "No quite on the contary ;, and I envy you the mile from Ratisbon. power." Never did union begin under apparently brighter auspices than that of the Baron Waldemar and Ethelind Manstein; and every year brought with Ethelind then seated herself at her harp, and sang one of the favourite airs which the lost Mina used to excel in while the deceived and com.it an increase of happiness, forted parent listened in almost breathless delight; and the fine eyes of Waldemar, spite of himself, glistened with a tear, which a variety of new and indescribable emotions had gathered there. Ethelind, as she looked up, saw, and was overcome by his emotion; and as her spirits had been much agitated before, her head dropped upon her harp, and she burst into tears. Still it was observed that a cloud often passed over the beautiful brow of Ethelind, and that she grew more nervous and more easily alarmed than ever. But, on such occasions, Waldermar's attentions used to be ever more tender and more marked than usual : and his expostulations evidently tranquillized her feelings. Time insensibly wore away, and Ethelind had The pauvre maman instantly rose and running been a wife and a mother twelve happy years, and to her, placed Ethelind's head on her emaciated beheld, with unimpaired beauty, four lovely chilbosom; and patting her affectionately, exclaimed, indren gambolling by her side, and rivalling her and great agitation" Ne pleurez pas, ma chere enfant tes larines me tuent."§ * Yes, I hold her-assuredly it is she. I am going to sing, dear mamma, seat thyself. her husband in personal graces, when Waldemar AMONG the numerous causes, producing conten. tion, disagreement, and strife, independence of mind stands forth, eminently conspicuous. Firmness of character, an unyielding disposition, are deemed by many, as indications of greatness of soul; and to renounce an opinion once forined and acted upon, requires more sacrifice of self-independence, than most people are willing to undergo.Hence it is, that so many erroneous ideas find interested advocates, and much false doctrine an ample extension. There is an innate pride in adhering strictly to one principle, and any attempt to overthrow, weaken, or question it, is considered an invasion on the judgment, and not to be quietly borne. In the daily literary, political or religious discussions, little, if any good is effected, on the contrary, they often estrange or separate very friends." A public speaker may exhaust talent and eloquence, in defining, and defending an important principle, and just so many as believed it before, will believe it afterwards; while its opposers will either meet it with an argument of their own, or pronounce him a hypocrite or an ideot. So, uf. ter all that is said and done, mankind will main. tain their own independence of mind, unshackled by the opinions, that fit almost constantly across their paths-yet, perhaps if their dispositions were but a little yielding, much of the discord which agitates community, might be avoided. If, in. stead of claiming the independent right, to speak freely upon all subjects, and on all occasions, they should mingle a little prudence in their course of conduct, they would, without doubt, prevent many altercations in life, and contribute much to social, and domestic harmony. In families, as in society, too much independence of mind is an annoyance to peace, and many a life of discord dates its first fireside broil, to a too rigid adherence to trifles. It is remarkable that the first first instance on record of connubial contention, originated from an independent, and over bearing spirit. The man after God's own heart, flushed with the success of a glorious expedition, and rejoicing in the accom. plishment thereof; in returning to his home, exhibited some feats, not altogether in accordance with the ideas of propriety, entertained by his more dignified companion; who, a princess by birth, undoubtedly felt herself better qualified to judge of a becoming demeanor, than her inexperienced husband-his life up to that period had been mostly spent tending his father's sheep, and he knew little of the graceful deportment, incumbent on the son. in-law of a king; his joyous triumph showed itself in "boyish capers," and the anxious pride with which the daughter of Saul watched the coming of her victor husband, gave way to keenest mortifica. tion, on witnessing his unbecoming merriment and gestures. Could she have stifled her teelings, until the first burst of his exstacies had subsided; and then spoken reasonably to him, he would have had no place for his uncourteous retort. But that was not consistent with her independent spirit. Her indignation broke forth into ridicule; the most grating to the ear of all inharmonious sounds; and he accustomed hitherto to receive the adulation of the multitude, was ill prepared to submit to criticisms and rebuke, where he had looked for commendation and encouragment. Then came the angry reply, the defying threat, "And eyes forgot the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day." BIOGRAPHY. the departments of Massachusetts, New-York, and Pennsylvania, each for itself, entered into a crusade to seize his person, and place his nefarious talents under the bond and seal of the law; but each, with the common selfishness which characterises all police transactions, wished only to accomplish their object within the boundaries of their own The New England association against counterfeiters secretly employed Blayney, the then High Constable of Philadelphia, in their service. The celebrated and faithful old Jacob Hays was looking out for New-York, while John Swift, Mayor of the Quaker City, who seems to have been seized with a desire to render himself famous in the eyes of Nicholas Biddle, of the United States Bank, undertook to secure his capture in Philadelphia. For this purpose, he employed Smith Davis, who happened at this period to fall somewhat in his power, to lure Parkes into the State of Pennsylvania, and bring him within the grip of its laws, by tempting him to a crime within its borders. LYMAN PARKES, LYMAN PARKES was, perhaps, the greatest counterfeit engraver who ever lived; the greatest, unquestionably, who ever lived in this country.--jurisdiction. Aside from the nefarious vocation in which he became engaged, his private conduct, in all its relations, of husband, father, and man, was moral and estimable in the highest degree. His talents had early been discovered by the celebrated Smith Davis, the King of the Counterfeiters, when he (Parkes) was a poor, honest, obscure artist, and he was frightened into crime by a mock arrest, contrived by that arch villain, on the seizure of a plate which he (Davis,) in the disguise of a bank agent, had commissioned Lyman to engrave. To give color to the false proceeding, Davis suffered himself to be taken into custody by the pretended officer, at the same time with Parkes, and. while bound with his victim, proposed to him a project of a joint escape. The desponding artist, embittered with the meagre requital, which his genius had ever wrung from the reluctant justice of the world, and secing nothing but peril and public shame ahead, yielded in a weak moment, and fled with his tempter across the northern line. Thus was Lyman Parkes first betrayed into crime. O, David, David! is it thy example, that is so much in imitation at the present day? Could'st not thou, who had braved the accusation of thy brethren in the matter of Goliath, and harped in the face of the evil spirit that disquicted thy patron; could'st not thou have withstood for once the tauntings of thy mate? Where was thy gratitude for thy promotion, thy thankfulness for life preserved, when, to save thee from the fury of an enraged parent; she let thee down from an open window, that thou mightest flee unharmed, from his destructive ire? Meanwhile, working on his own hook, Blayney had traced Parkes to a gang which held it rendezvous in old Shephard's house, near Newark, in New Jersey, and despite the condition of his bond with the N. E. Association, which required Parkes to be convicted in Massachusetts, was on the point of pouncing down upon him, when Swift discovered his convolutions, and ordered him to desist, and For twenty years he remained the chief work- labor in a legitimate behalf-to wit, in his service, man of the border bands, and during all that time and in behalf of Philadelphia. While things were effectually eluded the efforts of the police to cap-in this statu quo, with Blayney, Smith Davis, and ture and convict him. Whenever his shoulder fell within their grip, he invariably escaped; and if a descent were ever made upon a den in which he was in council, his dark confederates, treasuring his worth, would always shield him in the scuffle, each, even at his own special risk, helping in the common preservation of what was so valuable to all. Great efforts were therefore made to apprehend him, and the baffled police were repeatedly stimulated to his capture by the offer of heavy rewards. Things were in this state in 1831, when Forgotten! all forgotten, in thine uncontrolled temper!--Alas, for thee, poor Michal!Thou, in the fulness of thy noble heart, didst cast distinction to the winds, and give thy hand to one not nobly born, and he, who should have "rushed between thee, and the bolt of Heaven," was the first to make thy name a by-word with thy menials! and yet thy fate is but one of many; it has a parallel in many a modern household though no historian's pen has particularized the scenes! Indeed it almost seems that the inspired writer had an eye on the independent and intolerant spirit, when he said, "he that matrieth not, doeth better." E. the Mayor of Philadelphia, all with their eyes fixed upon the counterfeiter's den near Newark, the NewYork officers were advancing on the rendezvous from another quarter, directed by stool-pigeon Richard White, one of the burners of the United States Treasury. It happened that Davis fell upon their march, and detecting in it the means to coerce Parkes to accompany him to the State of Pennsylvania, he hurried ahead of their advance, and slipping into the counterfeiter's den, warned him of his peril, and told him to fly at once, and |