i [Erp m—— FOETRY. eta GR 110) SE———— SONG—BY MOORE. ¥ ¢ - y “When Charles was deceived by the | maid he lov’d We saw no cloud his brow o’ercast : ing; But proudly he smil’d as if gay and un- : mo’ d, Tho’ the wound at heart was deep and lasting ; Aud of cn at night when the tempest roll’d He sang as he pac’d the dark deck over & Blow, wind, blow ! thou art not so cold As the heart of the maid that de- ceives her lover.” Yet hie liv’d with the happy and seem’d tobe gay, Though the wound but sunk more deep for concealmg And fortune threw many a thorn in his way, Which, true to one anguish, Le trod without leeling ; And still by the frowning subdued,’ He sung as if him above her : ¢ Frown fate, frown ! thou art not so fortune had placed t rude, x ’s ceives her Jover. ~ At length his career found a close In death ; The close he long wish’d to his cheerless roving ; — And he died in a cause of his heart's approving 3 { But stilt he remembered his 8 and still, He sung till the vision © —~— over LS « Come, death, come! thourt D cold ceives her lover.” From the Independent Balance. THE VALLEY. delight, As its waters roll’d on with a trem- lous mation: But oh, there’s a vale that has of’t burst on my sight, waves of the ocean, I wandered forlorn trem the home of my frieads, Over many a moor, over many a mountain, Where the oak’s stubborn form to the fierce whirlwind bends, And the snake undisturb’d laves pimscif in the fountaia. The chill of neglect had a mildew cast round, . And hard was it then truent Cour age to raily, fort 1 found, For true hospitality reign’d in thai valley. And long as this bosom a throbbing heart owns, And ¢’en should that heart witl dread anguish be breaking, A thought of past pleasurcs will stifle my groans, And remembrance of Milgrove will R. rapture awakens From the Dublin Examiner. BEAUTY IN SMILES. Oh weep not sweet maid, though the bright tear of beauty To kindred emotion each feeling be guilss ;. The softaes of serrow no magick ca borrow, with his youthful bride. As the heart of the maid that de; was founded on that vague and evanes cent passion, which often lives a 1 sympathy and esteem formed the basis Cc The Vale of Avoca Moore sung withlo in Smiles. Man roves through creation a wander- 1g stranger, A dupe to its follies, a slave to iis toils, But bright o’er the billows of doubt and of danger, The rainbow of promise is Beauty in Smiles. As the rays ol the sun o’er the bosom of nature Renew every flower which the tem. pest despoils, So joy’s f ded blossoms in man’s ach ing bosom Revive in the sunshine of Beauty in Smiles. The crown of the hero, the star of the rover, The hope that inspires, and the spell that beguiles; The song of the poet, the dream of the previous to her death; on the work lover, / : The infidel’s heaven is Beauty 1m Smiles, metas 35 CD LEI From the New Monthly Magazine. THE HARP—A TALE. of fate un-| From the German of the Poet Korner :|flute, breathed forth, mn deep plaintive addressed to such as believe in the agency of spires, The secretary SELINER had begun otaste the first spring of happiness Their union nd ies almost in the same moment ; ftheir attachment. Time and expe- rience, without diminishing the ardour, jad confirmed the permanence of their For victory shone on his latest breathy), = ual sentiment. Tt was long since [0 hey had discovered that they were oimed for each other ; but want of orrow.| fo: tune imposed the necessity of a te-|¥ d f life wac|taining the patent for a place, found{sunk onthe ground, no longer doubt ‘cus probation ; till Secllner; by ob- vmself in possessioo of an easy com ot s0|petence, and, on the followir g Sunday and vhlst he opcned his arms to, b As the heart of the maid that de-|irothed bride. A succession of cerc-|d monious visits for some wecks en-|p rought home in triumph b's long be- grossed many of those hours that t eh y LC oung couple would have devo el w ach other. But ro sober was this nerous duty fuifilled than they eager- ly escaped from the intresion of soci ety to their delicious solitude ; and the fine summer evenings were but too short for plans and anticipations ol While my heart rose and fell as thelephine’s harp filled up the intervals : of conversation, and with their harmo. [!'S tones became softer, till the melo-{ihe 1 19¢k in which the lizard was fount pious unison secmed to sound the |dlous murmurs ceased, and all was si. prelude to many succeeding years of lent. Seliner’s feeble frame was com-|or § feet deep inthe rock, so that th: bliss and concord. L i 1 anxious husband. vous fever, which completely baffle 3 Jos phine herself was perfectly sens future felicity. Sellner’s flute and Jos-|tlon he snatched the flute, and the icate frame, had increased a slight in’ 5 disposition to fever, and she was now the flute, and prolonged its melodious Bat Joy wav’d her pinions, and com evidently ile A physician was called a:compdinment till the tones gradually iny who so little anticipated danger that subsided toa faintand tremulous vie he promised a cure on the morrow [bration, and allagain was silent. Ex But, afier a night spent in delirium |hausted by this second trial, it was her disorder was pronounced a ner fwith difficulty that S liner tottered to ble of her approaching dissolution, ands encircle thee till we meet again.” Shie bad scarcely uttered these words when she surk on her pillow, and soon fell into a slumber from which she woke no more ; and when the clock was striking nine it was observed that she had breathed her last. The ago- nies of Sellner may be more easily con eived than described : during some days it appeared doubtful wheth- er he would survive : and when after a confinement of some weeks, he was at length permiited to leave his chamber the powers of youth scemed paralys ed, his limbs were enfecbled, his frame emaciated, and he sunk into a state ol stupor, from which he was only to be roused by the bitterness of gricf. To this poignant anguish succeeded a fixed melancholy; a dcep sorrow consecrated the memory of his belov- ed: her apartment remained preciscly in the state in which it had been lef table lay her unfinished task ; the har stood in her accustomed nook, un touched and silent; every night Sell ner went in a sort of pilgrimage to the sanctuary of his love, and, taking hi: tones, his fervent aspirations for the He was thus stand- ng mm Josephine’s apartment, lost in hought, when a broad gleam of moon- cherished shade. i t po ight fcll on the open window, and from the neighboring tower the watch. man proclaimed the 9th hour ; at this moment, as if touched by some invis- ble spirit, the harp was heard to res- pond to his flute in perfect unision.— — Thunderstruck at this prodigy, Sell- ner suspended his flute and the harp ecame silent ; he then began with deep emotion Josephioe’s favorite air. when the harp resumed its melodious ibrations, thrilling with ecstacy. At this confirmation of his hopes, he ing the presence of the beloved spiti ciasp her to his breast, he seemed te rink in the dieadth of spring, and a ale glimmering light flitted befor, 's eyes. “I know thee, blessed spire it,” exclaimed the bewildered Sellner, thou didst promise to hover rounc my steps, to encircle me with immor- tal love. Thou hast redeemed thy word ; it is t#Y breath that glows on thy Jips ; I feel myself surrounded by {thy presence.” With rapturous emo- of harp again responded, but gradually pletely disordered by these tumultu- One evening when Josephine had [ous emotions ; when he threw himself played longer than usual, she sudden {on his bed, it was only to rave deliri- y complained of head ache : she had [ously of the harp: after a sicepless n reality risen with this sympton of {Digit he rose only to anticipate the ndisposition, but concealed from herfrenewal of his emotions; with un. Naturally suscepti-{spcakable impatience, he awaited the ble of nervous complaints, the atten-{réturn of evening, when he again re- tion which she had lent to music, and{piired to Josephine’s apartment, where tlie emotions it had excited in her del-{as before, when the clock struck nine, he harp began to play in concert with Uithe chamber, where the visible altera .he efforts of medical skill, and, onjtion in bis appearance excited so much the 9th day was confessedly mortal. —|alarm, that the physician was again i {called in, who, with sorrow and dis may, detected aggravated symptoms with mild resignation, submitted to her fate. Addressing her husband for the last time she exclaimed : « My dear Ed. ward, Heaven can witness it is with unutterable regret that I depart from this fair world, where I have found with thee a state of supreme felicity ; but though I am no longer permitted to live in those arms, doubt not thy faithful Josephine shail still hover To vie with the splendor of Beauty round thee, and as a guardian angel of the fever which had proved so fatal to Josephine, and so rapid was its pro gress that in two days the patient’s fate appeared inevitable. Sel ner became more composed and revealed to the physician the mysteri- ous communications, avowing his be lief that he should not survive the ap- proaching evening. could remove from his mind this fatal pressage ; asthe day declined, it gain- ed strength ; and he carnestly cntreat- No arguments Josephine’s apartment. sooner reached the well known spot han he gazed with ineffable satisfac- ion on every object endeared by al- fectionate remembrance. The evening hour advanced ; he dis- missed his attendants, the physician alone remaining in the apartment,— When the clock struck nine, Sellner’s countenance was suddenly illuminated the glow of hope and pleasure flush- ed in his wan cheeks, and he passion ately exclaimed, greet me once more at parting that I may overcome the pangs of death.” At these words the harp breathed forth a strain of jubilee ; a sudden gleam of light, waved round the dying man, who, on beholding the bed sign, again exclaimed, « 1 come, come to thee,” and sunk senseless on the couch, + It was in vain that the as- ‘onished physician hastened to his as. sistance, and he too late discovered that life had yielded in the conflict. It was long before he could bring himself ‘0 divulge the mysterious circumstan ces which had preceded Sellner’s dis solution ; but once, in a moment of ~onfidence, he was insensibly led to the detail to a few intimate friends, and finally produced the harp, make :d as a last request, to be conveyed toja respectable Scotch emigrant, named Sellner no/James Dick, bathing near Lachine, and — - ignorant of the sudden declivity of the bottom, got beyond his depth, was hure vied away by the current, and was drowned. He has left a wife and no less than eleven children in indigens circumstances. “It was a wolul sight” says our informant, speaking of (he latter, to see them running to and fro on that part of the beach where his clothes lay ; whilst the mother, poor woman ! remained ignorant of it, through the prudent measures of the settlers, until, alas ! it was too certain’ that he had gone to that bourne from which no traveller returns. On its heing communicated to her she became bewildered and could not believe it, ill grief choked her and she tainted, A On recovering surrounded by her nue v merous offspring, it was a sight to £ melt the most cbdurate heart ; but the 'vil was irremidable, and the next day, she piously told me in a tone scarely andible, that she resigned herself to the will of her all merciful Creator, Upon our worthy governor being ine formed of the circumstances, he with nis characteristic benevolence, direct. ed that the grant of land and other sup- port, which was ‘o have been given to ‘he father, should be continued to the :Idest son and. mother for the fgure maintenance of the family, for which they were very gratelul, and proceed- :d with their settlers to their place of destination, the new scutlement of Lanark.” Se a] From the Charleston Courier. N The exhibition of the rattlesnake in as a legacy from the dead. Fmd NATURAL HISTORY. A short time since as David Virtue mason, at Auchtertool, a village 4 miles distant from Kirkaldy in Scot from a large block, after cutting awa: a part, he found a lizard imbeded io the stone. It was about ons inch and a quarter long, of a brownish yellow colour, round head, with bright spark- ling projecting eyes. When found it was apparently dead, but after laying it begun to shew signs of life. Oue ot the workmen put snuff on its eyes, which seemed to give the ani nal great pain : it soon ran forwards and back- wards with great celerity. After the tapse of about hall an hour, it was brushed off the s'one and killed — Whea found the animal was lying in 2 round cavity coiled up thus O, the cavity itself being an exact impression of the animal. This stene is naturally a little damp ; and about half an inch all round the animal was of a soft sand, itself. There were about 14 fect of earth the same color as the animal above the rock, and the spot where was cut from the quarry, about seven animal was from 21 to 22 feet from the surface- The stone was perfectly solid, without fissure, quite hard, an one of the best to be got from the perhaps the best in Scot{and. From the Albany Siatcsman. A gentleman from one of the north- western states related to me a few days since the following anecdote, as illus trative of the sense of honor and devo! ed sentiments which characterise many sf the Indian warriors. Several years ago, a treaty held witl, some Indian tribes at Vincennes, in Indiana, at which the celebraied Te cumseh was present, General Harris on acted as one of the comm’ssioner: on the part of our goversment. A bower had been erected in a field ad- joining the town for the meeting oi the parties. opened, General Harrison handed sey and gentlemen who were present be fore he offered one to Tecumseh, On handing one to him, the haughty war- rior thrust it aside ; and surveyed those sion of pride and contempt, threw bimself nto a declining posture on the ground. Gen. Harrison endeavored to sooth him, and, through the iuter- preter, asked whether he intended tc offend his Great Father. « My fath er ! said the indignant chief : the Sux is my father, and the Earta is my her bosom.” mmm From the Montreal Herald, July 7. which he had appropriated to himscif Y . 14 land, was dressing a barley mill-stone about five minutes exposed to the air, quarry of Cullaloe, which quairy is Before the council was eral chairs to the American officers around him, with a mingled expres- mother, and I will repose myself on CASUALTY.—On the 25th ultimg the act of destroying and devouring a rat, 1s represented to be well worth the attention of the curious, and of strangers In particular, 1fforded an hese are of -eeing this formidable reptile, who opportunity oe ar i Ra “ad nearly occupied the place of the “ agle on the American arms, being He dif- fers from others of his kind, in this, it hey a = part ofthe original design. Ah is said, that he eats during his confine- ment, and justifies his killing the rat hy immediately devouring him. I'he rat on this occasion, becomes an object of interest, if not of coms passion. He acquires, perhaps, some- a thing of dignity from the sacrifice.— TA i 3 Not an inappropriate use of these ani- mals was once made by the a at Cambridge Massachusetts. The ; people of Boston roasted an ox on the British treaty being approved by the The Cams- bridge scholars on the same day roast- American government. ed a rat with much ceremony, On being asked the reason for doing $0, they replied that they were ratify= ing,” the British treaty. | i re — + MEMORY. 1 ’ By Henry Neale. 3 for €’en in thoughts serencst hour, i When past delightsare folt, : ] And mciuory siines on scenes of woe, < Tis like the moon-beam on the snow, * That gilds but cannot melt : is {hat th a mockery lustre gery « » oY a {A But leaves 11 checrless as before. Her sweetest song will only tell Of long departed noon ; : . Of things we lov’d alas | how well, pk And Jost, alas | how soon; For feelings blasted, hopes defers And secret woes unseen, urheard, By the cold crowd around, Will rise and make their plaintive moan, And mingle with her softer tone, Till 21 their murmurs, drown’d Her lyre shall loose its soothing flow, And only tell a tale of woe. 2 q ws A ADVICE IN COURTSHIP. Air—¢ How to gain a womans favor.” Kitty, tender, gay and bloomir g, : Lover ! wouldst”thou hope to gain 2° Warmly court, grow more presuming 3. Maids despise the bashful swam, When she’s coldest ¥ Press her boldest ; Fondly seiz: her, Clasp her, tease her; . Let her be thus warmly pres’t 8: And you’ll soon you'll soon be blest. But if; after every trial, Every proof of tender art, she with coldness and denial Still proves coy, and mocks your smart ; Cease dull whining, A Moping, pining, eh Vex her, grieve her, X Slight her, leave her, | Stamp 3 frown, swear, and bid adieu, | Cease to court, and-—and she'll court - ped tytn, ik §
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