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BINES ADDRESSED TO A MOTHER
CN THE DEATH OF TWO INFANTS.
0 By John Quincy Adams, Esq.
Sure to the mansions of the blest,
When infant innocence ascends,
Some angel brighter than the rest
The spotless spirit’s flight attends.
On wings of ecstacy they rise
Beyond where worlds material roll;
Till some fair sister of the skies
Receives the unpolluted soul,
There at th’ Almighty Father’s hand,
Nearest the throne of living light,
The choirs of infant seraphs stand
And dazzling shine, where all are bright.
Chain’d for a dreary length of tears
Down to these elements below,
Some stain the sky-born spirit bears,
Extracted from this world of wo.
That unextinguishable beam,
With dust united at our birth,
Sheds a most dim discolout’d gleam,
The more it lingers on (his earths
Clos'd in this dark abode of clay,
The stream of gloiy faintly burns;
Not ungbscur’d the lucid ray
To its own native fount returns.
Bt when the Lord of mortal breaths
“1+. srees his bounty to resume,
And points the sileat shaft of death,
Which speeds an infant to the tombs
‘No passion fierce, no low desire,
Has quench’d the radiance of the flame:
Back to its God the living fire
Reverts unclouded as it came.
‘Oh Mary! be that solace thine,
Let hope her healing charm impart,
And soothe with melodies divine
The anguish of a mother’s heart.
Oh! think the darlings of thy love,
Divested of this earthly clod,
Amid unnumber’d saints above
Bask in the bosom of their God,
Of their short pilgrimage on earth
Still tender images remain ; on
Still, still they bless thee for their birth,
Still filial gratitude retain. rf
The days of pain, the nights of care,
The bosom’s agonizing strife, ©. =
The pangs which thou for them: didst. bear
No ! they forget them not with lies
Scarce could their germing thought conceive
While in this vale of tears they dwelt,
Scarce their fond sympathy relieve
The suff’rance thou for them hast felt.
But there the soul’s perennial flower
Expands in never fading bloom
Spurns at the grave’s poor transient hour,
And shouts immertal from the tomb.
No weak unform’d idea there
Toils, the mere promise of a mind 5
The ude of intellect flows clear,
Suong, fully unchanging and refin’d.
Each anxious care, each rending sigh,
That wrung for them the parcat’s breast,
Dwells on remembrance in the sky,
Amid the raptures of the best.
O’er thee with looks of love they bend,
For thee the Lord of life implore ;
And oft from sainted bliss descend,
Thy wounded quict to restore.
Oft in the stillness of the night,
Tey sinooth the pillow for thy bed ;
Oft till the morn’s returning light
Sill watchful hover o’er thy head:
Hark! in such strains as saints employ
They whisper to thy bosom, Peace;
‘Calm the perturbed heart to joy,
And bid the streaming SOrTow ceasc.
Then dry henceforth the bitter tear;
Their part and thine wverted see 1
hon wert ther guardian angel here,
They guardian angels now to thee.
Sm ED 11
THE CARDS SPIRITUALIZED.
One Richard Middleton a soldier, attended
he rest of the regiment/No answer being made, he went to the hostler.
divine service with t
i. a churchin Glisgow, stead of pulling out
a bible to find the parson’s text, spread a pack;
This behavour was ob-
of cards before binn
served by the elergyman au
company to which he belonged.
ordered him to put up the cards,
d serjeant of tb
fusal conducte
tthe secovd.
The latte!
and on his re
d him after service, betore the
1 prefered a formal complaint of
said the mayor, wha! excuse have you to offer
It you cen make an apology it is well, if not you
shall be severely punished.—Since your hono |
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is so good, replied Richardyas to permit me to
speak for myself, an’t please your worship, !
have been eight days on the march with the
bare allowance of six-pence per dav, conse
quently could not bave a bible or other good
s|pook—on saying this, Richard drew out his
pack of cards, and presenting one of the aces
'o the mayor, continued his address to the mag:
isirate as follows :—When I see an ace, may it
pleas your honor, it reminds me that there is
cnly one God ; and when I look upon a two or|
three, the former puts me in mind of the Fath!
and Holy Ghost ;a four, of the four evangel
ists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John ; a fives
the five wise virgins who were ordered to trim)
their lamps (there were ten indeed, but five your
were foolish ; a six, that in six days God cre.
ated heaven and earth; a seven, that on the
sc™ oth day he rested from all that he had,
made ; an eight, of the eight righteous persons.
who were saved from the deluge, to wit : ‘No
ah and his wife and three sous and three daugh-
ters ; a nine, of the lepers cleansed by our sa.
vour (there were ten, but one only offered!
his tribute of thanks ;) aten, ot the ten com
mandments.
Richard then took the knave, placed it be-.
side him, and passed on to the queen, on which
he observed as follows : This queen reminds
me of ‘the queen of Sheba, who came from the
uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom
+f Solomon, as her companion the king does
f the great king of heaven, and of king George!
Well, returned the mayor you have given
me a good description of all the cards except
the knave. If your honor will not be angry
with me, returned Richard, I can give you the
same satisfaction on that as any in the pack
No, said the mayor. Well, returned the sol-
dier, the greatest knave I know, is the serjeant
who brought me before you; I dont koow, re-
plied the mayor, whether he be the greatest
knave or not, but I am sure he is the greates:
fool. The soldier then continued as follows :
When I count the number of dots in a pack of
cards, there are 365, so many days in the year.
’'The cards in a pack are 52, so many weeks
there are in a year ; when I reckon how many
tricks there are ina pack, I find there are 12,
so many months there are in a year. So that
his pack of cards is both bible, almanac and
{prayer-book to me. The mayor called bis ser-
vants, ordered them to entertain the soldie
well, gave him a piece of money, and said he
was the cleverest fellow he ever heard in his
life.
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THE DEAD ALIVE.
The resurection men have adopted a new
back to assit him ip caseof need. This was ac.
cordingly dong, and Snatchers having refreshec
drove off with the cart ; but they had not pro
ceeded a hundred yards before they found the
supposed dead man tumbling about, and stop.
ped to remedy the inconvenience.
On wking hold of him, one of the fellows
observed, « Ise be curst if this here subject isnt
warm :” ¢ Dam um, but he’s hot; ”—« and
so would you too,” said the soldier, if you had
come from where I have been.” This was
enough ; the snatchers weve petrified, aud al
most terrified to death ; buts soon as they re
covered they set off, leaving the cart and horse
in possession of the soldier and hostler, neither
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of which has since been owned. The body of
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er and Son, and the latter of the’ Father, Son’ tye dead man wasin two days after restored to
bis friends by whom it was missed from the
grave.
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WHIMSICAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
worship may remember were wise and fivel [ye itis said, laughs at lock smiths—~ a fact)
which is exemplified even in the history of rus-
tic lovers, who where they dare not lift the latch
for fear of awakening the go-d old man, not co.
frequently contrive to pop their pullet heads and
drag their brawney shoulders through wonder-
fully small holes and wipnocks. But while the
vertical mode of visiting the lasses is by no
means uncommon in country houses, the zer
pendicular is rather pew. Nevertheless, a deed
of even this description was attempied at
Whithorn on Tuesday last ; the hero being a
sea-faring youth of the name of Palmer, and
the heroine servant to a respectable innkeeper.
The former, it appears had been making rather
free with a can of grog, and despairing, perhaps
of finding any other mode ofingress, he mount-
ed to the top ofa two story house, and there
endeavored to pounce upon his sweetheart, by
throwing himself, sweep-like,down the chimney
This it must be confessed, was rather a hazard
ous experiment, and so our hero felt ; for when
about midships as a sailor would say. he fairly
stranded amidst stones, lime, smoke, and soot.
nor could all his efforts ever again disentangle
his carcase. For more than 2 hours be tugged
and pulled, scratched and scrambled, being of
course averse to expose himself to the ridicule
of the whole town ; at length, however, the love
of life faitly triumphed over the sense of shame,
and roaring out as loud as dust and smoke
would let him, be craved the forgivencss and
besought the good offices of the inmat=s below.
At first lis words sounded like a voice from
the grave and terrified every one within the
range of its wailings. In a few minutes the
family were all astart ; some fearcd it was »
thief and others fancied it was a ghost: one
cried, ¢ Jamie, load the gun,” and another whis.
pered, © O Jenny bring the bible.” At last
colley dog set as dead at the mau in the & jam,”
as ever pointer did at a partridge ; and after
this discovery, the family sallied forth and
alarmed the ncighbors A council of war was
next held on the subject, at which some talked
plan to prevent detection by dressing the bodies
.hat they steal, so that if seen they appear
sleep. A few days ago two of them coming
from the country, stopped at a public house.
about four miles from town, with the body of 2
man, whom, after violating the'grave, they dress.
ed inthe uniform of a soldier.—While in the
house taking refreshment, a scldier who was
billeted there, went to the door to smoke his
pipe, and curiosity having induced him to look
into the cart, he perceived a soldier, as he sup
posed, asleep, whom in the first instance he con
ceived to be a deserter, and hailed him. « Hal
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loo comrade, where to Not receiving an an
swer, he attempted to awake the corpse, ex
claiming come my boy let us bave a drink.”
and they examined the body, when the latter ex
pressed his suspicion that the fellows whe
were in the house, were «body snaichers,”
cland be and the soldier beld a council of war a:
to what steps they should pursue, when it wa
agreed to convey the dead man into the stable
and that the soldier should take his place it
the cart, while the hostler would follow oa horse-
of lighting a strong fire to force the intruder
mounting to the top of the house, and pulling
the man out with ropes.—This they found no
with legs 25 black and hlue as the element he
had passed through.
how he had got info such a scrape, he coolly
replied,—¢ he had taken the wrong part;” an
inswer which was deemed so unsatisfactory.
that our hero was committed for ore day to the
jail of Whithorn.
punishment ; for, alter the horrible durance
This in course, was no great
from which he had been released, even the
{black hole at Calcutta must ‘have appeared a
perfect palace. Dumfries Courier,
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IS NOT THIS A HOAX?
Dr. Church is now at Birmingham, preparing
his new Printing Press. The compositor hay
only to set down at this curious piece of me.
chanism as he would at a piano foite, and as
he strikes the keys, the typ-s all fall irom the
case into their proper places with a velocity
upwards, like other climbing boys, brt the ma- heman happiness as Druvkenne:s,
jority agreed on the more hnmane expedient of]
easy task, but at last the culprit was uncased,
When interrogated as tol
that keeps pace with the most rapid speakans
The form having been worked off ihe ype
moyes into the melting pot from which it is ye.
‘arned re-cast in its orriginal siate, without
diminution of material, and thence distiibu og
into the casc quite new. One of these presses,
placed at the bar of the House of Commons,
would always insure a correct report ol the de-
bate. Dr. Church the iaventor, 18 a unalive o
Beston in New Loglend,
London Paper, March 2,
nnn £00 QD 1 De
A dandy remarked one summer day, that
the weather was so exce ssively hot, that when
he put bis head isto a basin of water, it fairly
boiled, received for reply, « Then, sir, you had
calf's head soups, at very little expense.”
pp PB
An Irishman being about to sell a Lorse thag
had but one eye ; on being told his defect he
contended he was the better of thuty, aud he
could prove it; on this they laid a wager, when
Pat proved the propriety of his positon by
stating that if he bad not one, be would have
none.
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Many have suppose dandyismto be a folly
of modern date. By reference however to the
works of the Simple Cobbler ol Agavam, ig
will be found (hat the tribe existed in our sister
city of Boston, more than a ceniury ago. With
some quainness and evident indignation, the
honest cobbler thug describes the candy of that
dav’;-—¢ | look at bim as the very gizzard of 4
tale, the product of a quarter of a eypher, the
epitorne of nothing, fitter to be kicked, {if he
were of a kickable substance) than cither hone
ered or humored.”
emi SG OI
Durirg the late war, it will be remembered,
that a binody combat took place off the south
ern part ot Nantucket, between the American
privateer Neoufchatel, and the Loais of the
British frigae Endymion. The wounded ‘of
both parti 8 were landed at this place. Amang
them were two messmates, one of whom bad
his under jaw dreadfully shattered Ly a mus-
wrist, as to render neccessary the :mputation
of his hand. Scon atier the n.cessary surgical
operations had been pet formed, they were ine
vited to dine at a [riend’s house, where they
were observed to stick to ‘each other with a pe-
culiar tenacity, The company fell to ; bat our
waimed heroes were respectively disabled from
performing those manuel and wmaxilay exploits
which were exhibiting around, Alter having
conspicuously surveyed the scene without ay
diffidence perhaps ow weighed
tions—1lie with one flipper, thus sterniy, though
with much point and bemour, addicssed his
broken jiwed companion : I say, Jack, since
you can't grind por carve and the land Iubbers
aie all tucking the beet under their jackets,
what say for splicing {—=If you'll cut jar me,
i" chew for you.
Nantucket Paper.
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GENERAL NASH.
Gener:l Nash, in the Battle of Germantown,
October 5th, 1777, was scvirely wounded in
the thigh, the hone of which was shattered by a
srape shot. While they were bearing bim® oft
the field, a fiend coming up, begen to condole
him on his situation, and asked him how be
felt 3 « it is unmanly,” said the dying hero © to
complain, but it is more “thal humaa rvature
can beur-" ,
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Ata time when DRUNKENMNESS snd the
ove of strong liquors is deplored by the wise
and the rood, we have thought we could act
render a more acceptable service than by pre-
ganting a picture of the consequences cf that
linful vice. It 1s indeed the prolific mother of
la thousaid erimes. Jt isa yawning und bots
tomless grave into which millions of the hnmun
lyace have fallen. War, Pestilince and Famine
‘have not been so destructive (0 human tite and
‘Ihe pic=
ture we present is accient—but it is fell of
trath 3 the coloring is vivid and the likeness 29
strong as it was a century and a holt ago.
Would to God that these who are hastening
down the precipiticus mountain of vice, would
'scad with attention this description of the road
they are travelling, and the desolate country 10
which it conducts. If they will pot listen io the
jvoice of man; if they will be deaf 10 the cries
of bumaniiy and hear rot the wailings of kio~
dred, let them at least pause at the swiul des
nunciations which have gone forth trom the
pens of inspired wriicrs,
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A Frenchman beieg efflicted with the gout,
was asked what difference (here was bLetween
that and the rheumatismgy Ore very gre.t
'dfirance,” replied Monsienr, & spose vom
take one vice, you put your finger in, you turn
ide «crew til you bear him po Ionger~d ti
rheumat's—den, "spose yo ‘give him one 2]
more—dat is de gout.” ”
ently SGD Ae
Clerical Facetiousne s.— The noted Daniel
Burgess, the non-conformist m
preaching of Job’s “robe ot righicousness,™
said, « Il any of you would have a suit for a
twelve month, let him repair to Monmouth
street 3 if for Lis life time, let him apply to the
Court of Chancery; but if for all crernicy, let
lim put on the robe of iigeicousnens ”
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offer of .ssiatance liam the busy guests whos
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