The White Rose Of The Cherokees.

" The story of my daughter ' s captivity is soon told . Okafenka ' s tale was strictly correct . She Avas sold to the Winnebagoes , and Avas adopted by one of their chiefs . Mark Ford , a young Moravian missionary who about that time penetrated to the wilds of the West , to carry the lamp of salvation to benighted souls , Avas surprised to find in the wigwam of Osquantum a fair young English girl . He asked and learned her history . He redeemed her by paying a large sum to Osquantumand then sent her to

, the States to be educated . While I had been seeking for her among savage tribes , she had been quietly pursuing her studies in one of the most fashionable seminaries of the day . After she had completed her education , she rewarded the young missionary by bestoAving upon him her hand . She transplanted to his home in the Avilds the graces that he had cultivated , and the tastes and comforts of civilized life . " Okafenka ' s joy Avas nearly as great as my ownover what he still persisted in

, calling her , the little Avhite squaAV . But poor fellow ! the seeds of consumption Avere in his constitution , and he soon died . He ivas buried on the mission premises , and a \ A'eeping willoAv now trails its long branches over his grave . It was planted by the hands of the ' White , Rose of the Oherokees . ' " Such , my friends , is my history . You know UOAV Avhy I live among the children of the West . "

A murmur of approbation ran around the old man ' s auditors . " The tale is a good one , " said the little dark man , removing at the same time his pipe from his lips . " I am a Freemason . Let us give three cheers to the memory of Okafenka , the Indian Brother , and three more to the old man ' s daughter , ' The White Rose of the Oherokees . '"

Sketches Of Character.

SKETCHES OF CHARACTER .

No . H . Mil . SLOEEB . "TU ^ HEN I Avas first introduced to Mr . Sloper , I took a dislike to him for various reasonsgood or badreal or imaginaryand therefore description of him is

, , , my probably not absolutely impartial , and must be taken cum grano salis . Many are the sympathies and antipathies of life , ancl just as there are many people with whom you " cotton" at once , or Avho " cotton" AA'ith you , so there are many so entirely antisympathetic with you that you antagonize them , and they antagonize you " incontinentl y " and forthwith . I do not profess ever to have liked , nor do I IIOAV profess to like , Sloper ; ancl probably he is hi the same position , and never has and never will like me . But

so it is ; and as things that can't be cured must be endured , so this melancholy state of ^ affairs cannot be mended by you , kind reader , or anyone else , I merely mention this little fact in order to put you on your guard , if yoii think my colourinoflaring , or my account a little "loud , " to use one of our young men ' s elegant ancl expressive " parts of speech , " convenient expletives of slang vernacular . Sloper may be a very " cheerful party" at home , in gremio maritali , as some strong-minded lady writer

puts it , Avhich means Avith the " Avife of your bosom , " or in domestic society , or anything else you like . He may be a good man of business , and probably is ; he may be a loyal citizen and a respectable ratepayer ; but for all this , he is , to my mind , a highl y disagreeable member of the " body politic" of society , and I will give you my reasons , whether you find them " good , bad , or indifferent . " In the first place , he is " too civil by half . " I always distrust a man AA'ho sinks his