VOLUME 19.
Odra Poctru anb illisceltang.
STANZAS.
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Strange: that one lightly whispered tone
Is far, far sweeter unto use,
Than all the mauls that kiss the earth,
Or breathe along the sea ;
But, lady, when thy voice I greet,
Not Heavenly music seems so sweet.
I look upon the Mir glue
And nought but empty nfiriee
Uut when I turn inc to thine eyei.,
It setuneth unto me
Ten thousand 'angels spread their wings
those little azure things.
The lily Lath the softest leaf
That ever western breeze bath fanned,
But thou shalt have the tender flower,
do 1 way take thy hand
That little baud to me cloth ykld
More Joy than all the broidered field
Oh, lady! there be many things.
That stein right fair, below. above ;
put sure, nut one among them all
Is half so sweet as love!
Let us not pay our vows alone,
But join two »ham Loth in one.
THE BRIDE OF FATE,
A TALE OF VZINXO2I.
ny W. GILMORE. .5131315,
Iv wale glad day in Venice. The eve of the feast of
the Purification had arrived, and ,ill those maidens of
t he Republic, whose names land been written in the
"Book o Gold," wore assembled With their parents,
their frien a and lovers—a beautiful and joyioue erotvii—
repairing, in the gondolas provided by the Republic, to
the ehurchof Sao Pietro de castelln, at Olivolo which
was the Teiiidence-of the Patriarch. This place was On
the extreme verge of the city, a beautiful and isold
spot, its precincts almoat nithent inhabitants, a ghostly
and small priesthood excepted, whose grave habits aOd
taciturn seclusion seemed to lend an additional aspectlof
solitude to the neighborhood. It was, indeed, alsolitir
and !MI seeming region, which to the thbughtless aid
untneditative, might be absolutely gloomy. - But it is as
not the lees lovely as a place suited equally for the pie
turesquaand the thoughtful; and, just non., it was very
fa from gloomy or solitary. The event :it-hich was in
band was decreed to 'ealiven it in especial degree, and,
in hi consequences, to impress its charachirisues on tie '
mem i ory for long generations after. It vies the day of
St. Mary's Eve—a day set aside from iminemorial time
for ri great and peculiar etlstival: All, accordingly, seas
lite rind joy in the sea Republic. Tho marriage of a
goodly company of tho high-bOr 1, the young and the
beautiful, were to be celebratt(d on this occazion, and in
'public, according to the costoni. Headed by eto Doge
himself, Pietro Candiano, the city sent forth its thou
sands. The . rnamented gondulas plied busily from an
early hour in tho morning, from the city to Olivoio; and
there amidst music and morry,gratidatinns of friends and
Ifisdred the lovers disembarked _They were all cladin
t i i
their richest array. Silks, which caught their colors fr in
the rainbow, anal, ~,ti.,'ii.... ii..l ;„I“..itogi er.nri to 1
caveats, their beauty from the sun and stars, methe
eye in all directions. Wealth had put on all itslich s:
and beauty, always modest, was not Satisfied with her
intrinsic loveliness. All that could delight the eye, in
personal decorations and nuptial ornaments, was displ y
eti to the eager gaze of curiosity, and, for a moment, ihe
treasures of the city were tmnsplanted to the suldude • ud
waste.
But gorgeous and grand as was the spectacle, and
ous as was the crowd, there were souse at the festiv
souse young, throbbing hearts, who, though deeply
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terened in its proCeedings, felt any thing but gladness—
While most of the betrothed thrilled only with rapturints
anticipations that might have been counted in the strong
pulsations that made the bosom heave rapidly beneath
,the close pressure of the virgin zone, there were yet cith
'cr., who felt only that sad sinking of th(i heart which de
clares nothing but its hopelessness and desolation. Plere
were victims to be sacrificed as well as virgins to he made
happy, and girdled in by thousands of the brave and go / od,
ly—by golden images and flaunting banners, and speak - -
cymbals—by music and by smiles—there were more
hearts than one that longed to escape from all nod , fly
away to some farsolitude, where the voices of such n joy
as was dbw present could vex the defrauded soul no More.
As the i fair procession moved onward and up through the
gorgeous . aventtes of the cathedral to the artarpince„
where stood the venerable Patriarch in waiting for their
coining, in order to begin the solemn but grateful rites,
you might have :narked, in the crowded column, the face
ot one meek damsel, which declared a heart very far re
moved from hope or joyful expectations. Is that tearful
eye—is that pallied cheek—that lip, now so tremulously
convulsed—are these proper to one going to a bridal,j and
that her own? Where is her anticipated 'joy?. It is not
in that despairing vacancy of face—not in that feeble, fal
tering, almost fainting footstep...-na, certainly, in any
thing that we behold about the maiden, unless we seek it
in the rich and flaming-jewels with which she is 'decora
ted and almost laden dotin; and these no more declare
for her emotions than the roses which encircle the neck
of the white lamb, as it is led to the altar and the priest.
The fate of the two,is not unlike, and so also is their char
acter. Francesca Ziana is decreed fur a sacrifice. She ,
was one of those sweet and winning, but feeble spirits
which know how to submit only. She has no powers of
resistance. She Iguows that she is a victim; she feels '
that her heart has been wronged even to the death, by the
duty to which it is now commanded; she feels that it is
thus made the cruel but unwilling instrument for doing d
mortal wrong to the heart of another; but she lacks tlni
courage to refuse, to resist, to die rather than subsoil.--
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Her nature only teaches her submission ; and this is the
language of the wo-begone, despairing glance—but one
—which she bestows, in passing up the aisle, upon on
who stands beside a column, close to her progress, i
whose countenance idle perceives a fearful struggle
marking equally his indignation and his grief.
Giovanni Gradenigo was ono 'of the noblest cavalie
of Venice—hut nobleness, as we know, is not always,
perhap s not often, the credential in behalf of him who
• seeks a maiden from her parepts. Ho certainly was mi l t
the choice of Francesca's sire, The poor girl was doom -
ed to the embraces of one Ulric Balberigo, a man totally
destitute cif all nobility, that alone excepted whichbelongl.
ed to wealth. This shone in the eyes of Francesca's
parents, but failed utterly to attract her own: She Raw l
throu g h the heart's simple. unsophistocated medium. th i e
person of Giovanni Gradonigo only. Her sighs were givi
en to him, her leathings to the other. Though meek and
finally submissive, she did not yield without a semen
'trance, without mingled tears and entreaties, which were
••-.id unavailing. The oily of a young damsel fe Dahl
'Ally her mother, mid when she fails her. her best human
hope is lost. Alas! for the poor Francesca! it was her
mother's weakuees, blinded by the wealth of Ulric Bar
benign, that rendered the, father's will so stubborn..
was the erring mother that wilfully beheld her daughter
led to the sacrifice, giving no heed to the heart which
was breaking, even beneath las heavy weight of jewels.
flow completely that mournful and deaponding, that
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sad, leaning. ,!
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pealing glance to heriudigrant lover. told
istory. There he stood, stern as well as
if for suppport, upon the arm of his king
stapler°. hopeless, helpless, and in ut
thus lingered, as if under a strange and
i.ion, *etching the progress of the proceed
're striking fatally, with every movement,
es of his own. hope and happiness. His
1 , , with his desperirtiva,‘ and ho suddenly
ree from his friend.
ter despair, be
fearful fasciae,
ings which ve l
upon the on
resolution ros l
shook himself I
6' I will not
P, ear this. Nicola," he exclaimed, I mus t
thout another effort, though it be the last."
Id you do, Giovanni," demanded hiali4-
hint by the wrist as l i e spoke, and Luce-t
-ient.
not muiror it wi
"'Whot vvo
Wan, grasping
ing his moveni
.• Shall I se
o her thus sacrificed--delivered to misery
Never! they shall not so lord k over true
and the grave
affections to t
'eir loss and mine. Francesca - MIS mine—
is Mine—even now,' in the very Sight of Heaven. How
often limb she vowed it ! Her glance avows it now.--
My lips shall as boldly declare it again ; and us Heaven
has heard our vows the church shall hear them. The
Patriarch shalt' hear. Hearts must not be wronged—
"
Heaven must net be thus defrauded. That selfish.Nain
Woman. her Mother—tbut mercenary monster, miscalled
her father, Itik, no better rights than mine—none 'half
ao good. Thdy shall hear me. Stand by me,
while I speak!"
This was tho language of a passion, which, however
true, was equally unmeasured and imprudent. The
friend of the unhappy lover would hope held lath back.
"It is all in vain, Giovanni ! Think! my friend, you
can do nothing now. It in too late ; nor in them any
power to prevent this consummation. -Thew name
have been long since written on the • Book of Gold,' and
the Doge himself may not alter the destiny !" _
"The Book of Gold ! " exclaimed the_other, "Ay,
the 'bride of Gold I' but -we shall tie() "—and ho again
started forward. Ilis kinsman clung to him.
" Bettor that we leave this place. Giovanni. It wa s
wrong that you should come. You will only commit
dome folly to remain!"
"Ay! it is folly to be wroujed, and to submit to it, I
know•! folly to have felt and still to feel ! folly surely, to
discover, and to live after the discoverY, that the very
crown that made life precious is lost to you forever !--
What matter if I should commit this folly! Well, in.
deed, if they who laugh at the fool, taste none of the
wrath that they provoke."
•• This is sheer madness, G:ovanni."
4. Release me Nicole." -
The kinsman urged in vain. Tho dialogue, which
eras carried on in under tones, now enforced by animated
action, began to attract ationtion. The proceision was
Moving forward. The high anthem began to swell, and
Giovanni, wrought to the highest pitch pf frenzy by the
irogress of events, and by the opposition of Nicole, now
broke away from all restraint, and hurried through the
,The circle dense and deep, had already gather
ed closely about the alter-place, to behold the ceremo ny .
l'he desperate youth made his way through it„ The
crowd gave way at his approach, and under the decisive
pressure of his person. The:, knew his Mournful histo
,
ry—for when does the history of love's ,Venial and. defeat
fail to find its way to the world's curious hearing. Gio.
vatini was beloved in Venice - Such a history as his
dud Francesca's was sure to beget sympathr, particular-
Ile with all those who could find no rich lovers for them
elves or daughters. such as Ulric Barborigo. lne late
o l f the youthful lovers drew all eyes upon-the two. A
temfal interest in the ev ut began to prevade the assent
bly, and Giovanni really found no such difficulty as wo'ld
have attended the efforts of any other pirson to approach
the sacred centre of the britl.4 circle. , He made his way
directly fur the spot where Francesca stood. She felt
his approach and presence by tbo most natural instincts,
though without daring to lift her eye to his person. A
tnone deadly paleness ttitin ever CalllC overlies., and ns.
IdLe heard the first sounds of his voice, she faltered and
„rasped a column for support. The Patriarch, startled
by the sounds of confusion, rose from the sacred cash
ions, and spread his, hands over the assembly for silence;
but as yet he failed to conceive the occasion for com
con. Moanwhile, the parents and relatives of Frances
ca had gathered around licir person, - Ls if to guard her
from an enemy. Ulric Bathe:rip, the millionaire, put on
the aspect of a man whose word was law on change. lie, 1
too. had his retainers, all looking daggers at the intrudei.!
Futittnately for Giovanni, they were permitted to weal;
I. none at these peaceful ceremonials, Their looks of
I wrath did not discourage the approach of our lover. He
did not seem, indeed, to seo them, but gently putting
them by. he drew near to the scarcely conscious maiden',
He lifted the almost lifeless hand from her side, and
pressing it within both his own, a proceeding which her
mother vainly endeavored, to prevent. ho addressed.tlM
Imaiden with all that impressiveness of tono which de-
clarcs a stifled but still present and passionate emotion
lin the heart. His words were of a touchiog sorrow.
"And is it thus, my Francesca, that I must look upon
.thee fur the last time? Henceforth are we to be dead to
one another? Is it thus that lam to hear thud forget
ful of thy virgin Vows to qradettigo, thou art here call
ing Heaven to witness that thou givest thyself and atTec
tions to another?"
"Not willingly. Oh! not willingly, Giovanni, a I live!
I have not forgotten—MAN cannot forget tha, Lhave -
once vowed myself to Vier. But 1 nr.ty thee to forget,
Giovanni. ' Forget nie and forgive—forgive!"
Oh! how mournfully was this response delivered.—
There
was a - dead silence, through the assembly; la silence l
f
which imposed a sin.ilsr restraint even upon th parents
of_ the maiden, who had shown a desire to arrest ho spea
ker.- They had appeared . to the Patriarch, lint the ven
erable man was wise enough to preceive that this was
the last open expression of a passion which Must have
its utterance in some form, anti if not this, must result
in greater mischief. His decision tacitly sanctioned the
interview as wo have witnessed. It was with increased
faltering, which to the bystanders seemed almost fainting,
that the unhappy Francesca thus responded to her lover.
Her words were little more than whispers, and his tunes,
though deep, were very low and subdued, as if spoken
while the teeth were shut. There was that - in I he scone
Which brought forward the crowd in breathless anxiety
to hoar, and the proud heart of the damsel's mother re
volted at an exhibition in , which her position was by no
means a grateful one. She would have wrested, oven
iby violence, the hand-of her daughter from the grasp of
i Giovanni; but he retained it firmly, the maiden herself
being scarcely conscious th at he did so. Hifi eyo was
Isternly timid upon the'mother, as ho drew' Francesca to-
ward himself. His words followed his looks: 1
"Have you not enough triumphed , - lady, in thus bring
ing about your creel purpose, to the sacrifice of two
I
heats—your child's no less than mine. Ming was no
!
1 thing to you—But beret what had she done 'that you
I should trample upon hers? This hasWkou done! Thou
host triumphed! What would'st thou more? 'Must she
I be denied the mournful privilege bf-ttaying her lest part
ing with hint to - whom she vowed hei.selaere she vows
herself to another'. For shame, lady; this is a two-fold
and needless tyranny!"
As he spoke, the more gentle end sympathy-sing - spirits
1 around looked upon the. stern mothis with faces of the
keenest rebuke rind indignation. Giovanni once more
addressed himself to the maiden.
"And if you do not love this man, my Francesca. why
do you so weekly guide to his solichatimpit Why sob.
SA URDA
mit to this sacrifice at any instance
to subdue thee? has he the limit
cans thou not thlclore thy affectiocii
magic is it that tey employ whic
that of love?— t
at d what is thy rig
afroctions of thy earl—tq demand
Thou hadst it in lty keeping, )rani
tied I bad thine!"
"Thou hadst thou host!—
'
"Francesca, try child!" was th
mation of thO snither; but it failed ,
instant, to'arresrthe passionate anal
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"Hear me and' t pity, Giovanni, if
Blame me for tnfirmity—for tho
which has brought me to this dufo;
desolation of mine—but do not dot
thee—that I shall ever—"
"Sta 3 -!" ecirantancled tho imperio
"What is it thdu wonlilst say. Fri
was the stern larittage of the moth
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The poor gill r hrtink back in tr l
mbling. The brief
impulse of courage which the add ss of her lover, and
the evident s3lmiathy of the crow , had imparted; was
gone as suddenly os it came. She ad no more strength
for the struggle; and as she sunk bacK nerveless, and
closed her eyes aS if fainting Linde the terrible glances
of both her parents, Giovanni dro ped her hand from
his grasp. It ndw lay lifeless by lor side, and she was
sustained from falling by seine of her ay mpatizing com
panions. The eyes of the youth we a bent upon her with
a last look. •
"It is all over then," Le exclaime!
happy maiden, like mine, must
weakness. Yet there will be bitter
ho exclaimed, -and his oyes now s
"bitter, bitter inentories!—Francese
happy if thou crust
She rushed toward him as ho to
ing all her strength for this one etror
ken sentence—•• Forgive me, 0, fOr l
lips, as she sunk senseless upon th
have raised her, hut they did not sut
" is this not enough, Giovanni
pro:whinny.. "Seeit thou not that
ti acts her ?"
" Thou art right, Nicolo, let us go
king—undo me this collicr l--There •
The organ rolled iianthem—a th.
in the hymn to theTlrgin, and es th
sounds rushed to the senses of the y
the crowd, closely followed by his
seemed to pUrsue him with mockery
long from the temple, as if seeking
sutl'ocating atmosphere in the pure
and hurried forward with confunid
steps. Thu Moment of his disappeo
by the partial recovery of I•trancesca.
e) es, raised her head, and looked wil
lips once more murmured his name.
" Giovanni
"Ho is gone," was the pyn►patl
more than one lip in the assetnhly; a
relopbed into unconEcionttnese..,
' CH.11"4:11. IL I
Giovanni Gradenigo WassFarcel
the maiden when he left. He need ,
of Ms Emma: -
amed iEcolo".Malapi
" What matter!, where thou
".For tlm City tliem" tind his4iend
the gOttdola whiclt was appointed to if
profounoest silettee they glided ton ,
gondola.st4ped before the dwelling
taking the aint of the sullen Plovan
ascended tIM marble steps. and was . 1
a shrill vo:ce challenged their attenti
venni. ,
"Bow now signor," bald t h e Ftm
Wherefore bast thon left Olivolo? 1
wait the bridal."
The speaker was a strang, dark•
coarse woolen garments.. She hohli
assisted by a heavy stair, and seerniol
from lameness and from age. Iler 1
that ever sunk -as she spoke into the
which, in the prOceSs of time, had 14
lv all its W i th; her yellow wrinkled
hairs. that escaped from the , close hi
ered her htiad, declared the' preeen
But her ev *Sheie at II with SUMO]) I
laud impres'sive than a youthful fire!.
spiritual intensity. Nothing, ' inde
more brilliant, or, seemingl• more n
was a nature of Iwhich we may no}
laws. She was no common woman
was characterized by mystery., She,
as thu " Slianish Gipsy:" was suppi
Jewess, an d / had only escaped from '
sorceress bc• her profound and,most
votions. But she was known, new
ehantress'
a magician, a prophetes.
her tnamic '
her symbols, signs and
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held tu great reputu by the eupersti
ful of the ocean city. Giovaqii Gr
ing the popular custom, had con,ul
ho heard her voice, ho raised his e•
ward with' the impulse of one who
under the l ightling knife bf tho assJ
could interfere. ho had leaped dow
ted to the quay from which the old
step into a gondola. Sho awaited
smile of pecolia'r moaning, as she
" Why aro not you at Olivolol"
• Ile answered the question by
wrist violently as ho spoke.
"Did you tot promise that she s
—that she should be tnitte-.-Illillo
"Well!" she answered calmly,
seeking to extripate her arm front
ho had taken upon it.
• " Well! the rites are now in pre.
to Ulric Barberigo!"
"She will never wed Ulric Bar
answer. " Why left you Olivolo?
"Could I remain and leek upor
-could I be patient and see her di
the sacrifice! I fled from the spc
of the butcher wertr:plreatly in rny!
"You wore wrong; but the fates have spoken. and
their decrees are unchangeable. II tell tin I have seen
your' ridal with Francesco Ziani. No Ulric, weds that
maiden. She is reseried for you alone. You Ow
will interchange with he'r the 'final vows before the ntan
of God,, But hasten, that this may find early consum
mation. I has;e seen other thlings: Hasten—but hasten
not alone,
nor without your armor! A sudden "and ter-
Tibia danger hangs over Stn Pletfo di Castello, and all
within its walls. Gathet• your Meads, gather your retain
ers. Put on the weapons of war and fly thither with all
your speed. law) %terrible vision. even now, of blood
and struggle!
. 1.1 behold terrors that frighten even me!—
Yourfrleod ia a man ofarms.. Let your war galleys be
put forth. and bid them I steer fee , the Logone, of Caor
/o. There, Will you win Francesco. and thenceforth
shall you wearlher—you only—se long as it , may be al
towed you to goer any human joy!"
liar voice.. look, manner, sodden energy, and the
orild fire of he eyes, uwatetteiktsievaluti to his fullest
r
Lvorrgream..4 - 1
NOViMBER 180848,
I RNING,
e. they strength
snare ,theer
will? What
etsedks of
thesusperiorto
iifico of mine?-
consciousness. His friend drew nigh—they would have
conferred iogother, but the woman interrupted tht in.
" You.woold deliberate," said she, "but you have no
time! Winit is to be done must be done quickly. It
seems wild to you, and strange, and'idl, what I tell you,
but it is nevertheless true; and if put heed me not now,
bitter will bo your repentance hereafter. You, Giovanni,
tvill deport atleast. Heed not your frietuhrAto is too
cold to-be successful. He will always be safe, and do
Well, but ho wall do nothing further.• Away! if you can .
but gather a dozen (tient& and man . a single galley, you
will be in season. But the time is short. I hear a fear:
in) en•--the:cry of women—and the feeble shriek of Fran
cesca Ziani is among the voi c es of those who wail with
a new terror! I see their struggling forms, and floating
garments, and disheveled hair! Fly, young men, lest the
names of those whom Venice has written in her Book of
Gold, shall henceforth bo written in a Book of Blood!"
333
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it—if
ho s.
coca,
n 'S I fondly fan-
Waling excla
for a single
lie maiden.
expol
exco'
I cer ofl
v not forgive!
I -
ed weakness
y heart—this
I have loved
FEE
wro
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SIM
us lath r.
itueesce Bowan!"
The reputation of the Sybil was too great in Venice to
allori her wild predictions to
,bo laughed at. Besides,
our young:Veitatians—Nicolo no less than Giovanni, in
spiti of what the woman had spoken touching his lack
of enthusism—were both aroused and eagerly excited
by her speech. Her person dilated as she spoke—her
vtnee seemed to come up from a fearful depth, and went
thrillingly deep into the souls of the hearers. They were
carried from their feet byj i t her predictions. They pre
pared to obey her counsels. Soon had they gathered
their friends together, enough to man three of the fastest
galleys of the city. Theit4 prows were turned at once
toward the Laguna of Caoilo, whither the woman had
directed them. She, meanwhile, had disappeared, but
the course of her gondola lay for Olivolo.
. .-“Thy hope, tin
!rjsh beca l m° of thy
metno les fur this,"
ought Mo mother—
• farowell-1 Bo hap-
It will be necessary that we should go back in our nar
rative but a single week before the occurrence of these'
events. Lot us penetrate the dim and lonesome abode
on the confines of the " Jewish Quarter," but not within
it, where the "Spanish oil's)." delivered her predictions.
It is midnight, and still she sits over her incantations.—
There are vessels of uncouth shape and unknown char-'
actor before her. Hugo braziers lie convenient, on one
of which, amidst a few coals, a feeble flame may be seen
to struggle. The atmosphere- is impregnated with a
strong but not ungrateful perfume, and through its vapors
objects appear with sotne indistinctness. A circular
plate of brass or copper=it could not well be any more l
precious metal—rests beneath the eye and finger of the
woman. It is covered with strange and myntic charac
ters, which shit seems busil) to explore, as if they had a
real significance in her mind. She evidently united
the highest deparVnents of her art with its humblest
offices; and possessed those nobler aspirations of the soul,
which during the middle ages, elevated in considerable
degree the professors of necromancy. lint our purpose
is not now to determine I her 'Pretensions.' We have but
to exhibit and to ascertain a small specimen of her skill
in the vulgar business of fortune-telling—an art which
will continue to be recei'ved among men, to a greater or
less extent, so long as they shall possess a hope which
they cannot gratify, and feel a superstition which they
cannot explain. Out gipsy expects a visitor. She hears
7.1) , f rtruisiic tr. • • Ter door -opens- - et her bidding and a..
stranger makes his appearance. Ile is a tall and well
made man, of stern and gloomy countenance, which is
half concealed beneath the raised foldings of his cloak.—,
filitaenini..orAttrpmens seen to stream down
eagerly and ani - iciusly bright. But fora certain repelling
something in Wok glance, he might be considered a very
handsome man—perhaps by many persons he was Mot'
so. Ile advanced -with an air of dignity and- 'power.—
His deportmedt and manner—and when he spoke, his .
voice—all seemed to denote a person accustomed to com
mand. The woman did not look up as ho approached—_
on the contrary she scented more intent than t ver in the
examination of the strange, characters before her. But a
curious spectator might hate seen that a corner, of her
eye, bright with an intelligence that kinked more like
cunning titan wisdom, was starred to take in all of the
face and persOn on the viNitoi that his muffling costume
permitted to be seen.--Coitcludrd ar=t week.
red airay. recover-
A s !Tie and bro
ive !"—Lescaped her
lie would
er lim
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said I
is friend ro
e/ice !midis-
WIZ
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Let
usand
myself elle-
US depart."
voices joined
t but painful
b darted
The music
rushed head
from some
Guth,
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rieud.
, lie
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of Moven,
toseless foot
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unclosed her
od her. Her
BEIII
answer from
izmg
Id one more s!le
L
Horn cL
.4 all I
tiscions thou
o guidanco
MEI
was t 1
concli l
wait t
Ph rd to
f Nib
ted hint to
ent. In the
city. The
to, and he.
his own,
enter, when
arning Gio-
ICE
bout Ib
n by
Is it thop?
st thou not
ger.
Vhy di
• ookinF woman, in
led as olio walked,
'g to c s tiler equally
thin 44iressed lips,
carilyi of tho mouth,
eh deiMiled of near
visage; kind thin gray
I I
rt s, ek carp l which cov
eof vdri- great age:
ling ei lll e , i more lively
It lind a sort of
d,
could havii been
Unnatural. But hers
A wonn To TUE LAD:v.-1s not much of the fully and
dissipation of the times chargeable to the ladies? Do
they not give their ewe( t smiles and their pleasant voices
to those who dress the r best and are most extravagant?— i
Will a lady be so pat driller as to stop in the sleet and}
talk with a mechanic as she will to a well dressed gentle
man?—pt per, ea were übout to say. We can point to
many a woman. who gave her heart and band to a mea
ly-mouthed, delicate-skinned, oily-haired, fashionable
young man, who has bitterly rued the day of her choice.
A man who has but lilttle bnisness, except to curl his
hair, consult the tailor, and talk insipidly, is not lit for
a husband—we care not hew much money ho may count.
So long as young Women are so unwise as to smile
on such, there will belolly and dissipation among ou r
young men. Ladies should be wise and consult their du
ty and future happiness. Lady, will you not reflect up
on this subject? Will you not pursue a course, in re
gard to choosing your pannier thiough life, that will bo,
the moans of your future happiness and blessedness, in
stead of choosing one who will be the Means of your
troubles, and who will, perhaps, ho the cause of bringing
von to an early grave with a troubled brow and a broken
heart? We say this for your benefit—refket, and be
judge by common
I t, andflter whole life
,was known in Venice
rbged to ho secretly a
beim; 'punished as a
l exemplary public do
:rtheless, as au en
s; and her palmistry.
Ir talismans, wore all
ions and tho youth
. denige himself obey
ed her; and now, as
es. and started for
suddenly darts from
, ssin. Before Nicole
f •
. 1 the steps, and dar
lwoman was about to
I=
Gttotxtsc tAsn CRYINO.-A French surgeon lately
published along dissertation on the beneficial influence
of groaning and erylng on the nervous system. Ile con
tends that groaning and crying are the two grand opera,
lions by which Nature allays anguish. and that he has
uniformly observed that those patiewS who give way to
their natural feelings more speedily recover from acci
dents and operations than those who suppose it is ut•
worthy a Man to betray such 'symptoms of cowardice an
either to groan or to cry. He is always pleased by
,the
crying and violent roaring of a patient during the time he
is undergoing a sever' surgical operation, because he is
satisfied that he Will thereby so Booth his nervous t.ystem
as to prevent fever, and ensure .a favorable ternmiation-
From the benefit hystrjrical and other patients (nervous)
derive from groaning and crying, be supposes that by ;
thorns processes of Nature the 'superabundant nervous
power is exhausted, and that the nervous system is in I
consequence rendered i calin and even, the eirculatieti of ;
the blood greatly diminished. Ile, relates a ease of n-man !
who by crying and bawling reduced - his pulse from WO
to GO in the course of two hours That some patients of
tett have a great satisfaction iu groaning, and that hyster
ical patients often experience great relief frota crying. are
facts which no person will deny. As to restleits, hypo
thondria4l subjects, or those who are never hippy but
when they are under some course of medical or dietetic
treatment, the French surgeon assures them that they
cannot do better than groan all night and cry all day. By
following this rule, and observing an abstemious diet, al
i person will effectual! escape disease, and may prolong
life to an incredible extent. y_
his corning with a
epeated her inquiry:
gliAller , grasping her
hould wed with ino
.nly?"
without i struggling or
he !Stroh hold which
re ms which bind her
Origo," was the quiet
' she continued. •
these hated nuptials
liven like a sheep to
mtatle, as if the knife
own heart."
CHAPTER 111
.. Ilg' Sambo. why is a ehizak) sweep one ob do happiest
orColeridge tells Alt story of- meeting a stranger whom+
silenCe, d men slibe!" "1 'spose --kaselhe knows do joys ob de
ming dinder4me, and his attention to (what;
others said; without interrupting them. gave ht' m a fa. Are-side!" "No, dat aint it. all o you gu it up!" "Sta
li
vorable Impression of his understanding; till, unfortu- ,lin Jake, eartin!" "Well, den, kaso he wsily Raked'.
1
nately,oni the appearance of some apple-dumplings to- i ( loote d) . " '
; .
ward - the close of the repast, the delusion was dissipated 1. A Fscr.—Somobody says,,' blessed are they that do
by the stranger suddenly exclaiming--." Them's the jock- not, advertise, for they shall rarely bo trouhled with ma
i- I •
lee fet met" I t touters ."
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TO A NOVITIATM.
Young heart without a stain
IVlty 'told the couverit's melancholy gloom,
Wilt thou, forgetful of the world, again
Thy blessed wealth entomb
1 -
h 15110 fitting place
For one to whom so niurh of worili is git en
And dark-eyed beauty. bud the tt inning grace
Of thoughts which tell of !leaven.
Ye, o'er wham virtues ,ell
Has been re thread of iislosin •r—ei hair—
Whose haunted breast remorse has wade a hell,
Ruled by the (lend despnir.
Ye, who have felt the frown
Of disippointtnent blight what wolflike gave,
Rave 'seen the last, hest bosom friend go down
Unto the voiceless grave.
Ye, in whose Allure sky- • .
No cheering star of kindly hope appears :
Along %shore desert path the wealth; arc dry,
Hive those, alas! of tears— -
Ply from the world apart .
To merey's shrine—the habitance of prayer,'
And, with a humble and repentant heart
1 4 t;ek rest and refuge there.
Eat thou whese,,Buried years
No shade Of guilt, no spectre-thought attends,
With 'very charm that virtue's smile endears,
Glad home and circling friends— '
‘ylly court the cloistered attac:
Where undeplored, Jose's richest L 101401115 fall?
l'ltom l ts base bright spirit was inkinduess Made
Tgraie the courtly hall !I
Are thy heart's wounds so tore,
Eo deeply hid, so fully frnught with harm,
That hope had' not o, ithin het healthful •tore
For them n healing hatmt
And Heaven-nom Hop° replies
.`Child of the ttrie ken soul, Lelseve it not:
I lame a solace for its deeThst sighs,
PeAsee for its darkNa lot,
`• !Though clouds are o'er titre 110 W,
And down thy pair• cheekinibblden ideal
GuilMaor se-red ware, and on thy brow
Stern Clue hhitt ,ct his ,en;l
Clear Aim. shall )et t.c ad
Serene and bright as beamed it
Antrehastened Jo)s from reelU
Shall cheer the coming ?oil.'
..'lliweet words from friend
round thy heart like sera
And titany a flower I, l nrau pure
litelithe fragrance on thy
And many a !.aeon 1101 1
Far o'er thy path shall cheeri'l
And guardian ministers, by da
OZlffalS=sllll
them fair funned maid
1.11011 not list airteliOled
Fmk not the tom ant's n
react, vainly *ought for ti
limy, for Masotti! lit.artli
The festal ha I, where wutnan'.
She that hatl smiles to make
r Should tt ar no shrouding-
zi:imimrs-DtrtaxrAumma
, 1;4
,
yv. copy the folio •ing from the i letteir of a correspotri.
eat of the New York Ccitninercial Ativertise}-. -
No person who it rotfamilinrwith the landing l of hn
minrants in Nqw Yo k is Dieourodl to form an idea of the
Wisconsin. Not a ho t comes up the lakes without bring
ing Scores of them, t hile many bri l eg hundreds. I have
observed these immi , rants at every stage of their pro
gress from the quarantine at Staten Island,/ to the far j
West, but their landing on the she -es of Wisconsin in the
most interesting seeno of all. Li /Moho they seemed ttv i l
subject of ''hope deferred which n aketh the heart
They had come to America, indeed, but even here they
had to run the gauntlet of more than a thousand miles,
with sharpers. and rogues on either hand, ready to take
advantage of their ignorance or their necessities. •Now
at last they had reached the far-off " land of their adoption.
and their luggage was to be thrown ashore for the last
time. What satisfaction reigned-in the cotnitenanceB of
young and old, but especially- of ihe young! Nothing
could exceed the innocent mirthfulness of a load of these
urchins, hatless and shoelesm, mounted upon a grotesque
load of chest bundles. and fur dtnre, starting otr for
their forest 'home. A few months ago they were the
children of oppression, and the tools of European dee
potism. Now they are ntimbered among the sovereign
people of America; and forever escaped from the awn)
of a tyrant. With their artless foreign accents they
seem to he showing hurnitt to
•••ras hind of the brave, and tli lime of the fre)
Milwaukie is literally filled with Germans, whole sec
tions of the town seeming to hava no other intinbitant-.1
while the vicinity contains a large proportion of the same
class of people.
This city is twelve years old. and its population , is
now estimated nt 14 to 15,000. Thirteen years since it
was only inhabited by n French and Indian trader, who,
contrary to the usual course of persons of that elsss, now
remains a citizen of the town that has grown up under
his eye.. This person, Mons. Jitnob, purchased at an
early day the whole tract of_ land lying cast of the river
a. 4 extending to the lako shore,' The tract west of the
river, was purchased by a gentleman from Ohio. An
activecompetition sprang tip between these persons and
their several friends on oppositej . side s of the river , and
to some extent it still prevails, each side claiming the
ascendancy and advuntagel and)each passing by the lo
cal cognomen of its principal patron.
Junottown is located uponlofty and commanding
bluff, with but ono good buslueSf street along the margin
lof the river. Kilhourntown occupies tho rich bottom
lands on the western bank of the - river, and is better
, adapted to all mechanical purpoies. Junottown rejoices
I I in the finest steres, , residences, gardens and prospects;
Killniurntown in its iron foundries, its mills and its wat
er poWer; and its high bluffs ilt a distance around are
beginning to ho surmounted With elegant
Doubtless the internal rivalry ollthese two section of the
city has contributed to .its groth and expansion 'rts n
whole. Rapid nal its growth ins been. Itlilwnitkie is
probably destined to grow still faster in future. It is the
principal port and market place of Eastern Wisconsin,
and as such it must have immense, and, for a long time
'to come, increasing trade. It would qoubtless' improve
faster were a portion of I its surfounding country' prairie,
instead of boing heavily timbered. Perhz,ps, however,
its permanent prosperity will be quite as well secured in
its present circumstances. A goodly number of church- -
es adorn the place, and from my observation, I should ,
judge that a fair proportion of he people reveren.le and
honor the Sabbath day. I noticed, hewever, flagrant ex
ceptions to the general:, good conduct in this respect.,-..
!inking and gambling itt certain public pines were re
markably
. prominent and unblushing, while the loud
music of a recruiting party in the midst of the city bet -
kOned but little respect for the inhabitants who desired to
keep the Sabbath day holy.
Despise not the day of small
contains wisdom and philosophy,
is very easy and natural to sneer
humble means, but it is not alw
better to comtnonco on an humbl!
in good style at last, than to safe'
an extensivo and ridiculous fiouri i
bettor with a capital of a sixpene!
half the fortune of Astor had liet;
merlon with. We have heard it
millions, that ho commenced by
stall. Wo have seen boys at ac
snow upon the ground, till, by its
became so bulky that a dozen con i
Sands make the mountains, mo
drops make the ocean; and so, litt
uncevaingly and honestly put fortl
in the world's history.
We say, then, do n't despise th,l
If you havo an undertaking to ac ,i
to brindabout ‘ begin according tol
be discouraged because you em) ,
a commencement as you could w
the Frenchman. five hundred Yea
head to found a library; and he
you suppose)—fen volumes. Bu
about: .for that library—the RoY ,
noiv the most magnificent public
and contains 700,000 volumes.
A whale one day came frolick
Nantucket, a short limo after the
Island, and as for many hours it el
terprising inhabitants were induce,
pare a large barbed iron with a str!
which they finally succeeded in
monster. A. small mutter, trult'S
incitement of a business which
the wealth of the people—the inc
an enterprise which nearly_ three
ago extorted a noble tribute of adn'
Burke, on the floor of the British
Two fishermen in Holland one
tavern, on the question whether th
or the hook takes the ftsh. From ti
arose two opposing parties, the "I.
ble-Joints," who for two centuriel
.1
and maintained a contest not um.
red and white roses of England.
Them is a traditionary counte
history. We allude to the story o'
obstinacy, we are gravely told, inv
Great Britain, in 181'?—There
about it, however, and, as most
Young to recollect tho anecdote, w
it "Two neighbors, both of th I
politics; who bad lived in the city j
ed to quarrel. And b 0 it happen
or a pig,, who had an irresistible i
late in the garden of the next itch;
the garden complained of the pig-; 1
restrain the pig, and the neighbor !
cause he kept his fenecis in such it
'taking his !morning walk when It ,
act of rooting tip same very vain
was the Ink "feather:" the owns
Pitchfork into his tender elutes. qnj
candidate for a seat in the tegista
vote, the vote ofhis incensed 'lei&
Eden's bon ere
nb a hulieot shrine.
i
Ain't tongue
ph -inuble play,
atiettim. spruug,
dawn.
y and night,
tleaded prayer?
theriag shade
ere!
chlrms regale; . ,
Hemet. of earth,
I eil
him. At the election of a Senato
dilate was elected by one cote—a
of warmth England was before
ared by the majority of ono vot.,
pig we should have been probably!
It is related of Chuntrey, tho ei
when a boy, ho was one day obse'
the neighborhood of Sheffield, ver .
entting a stick' with e iamikMfe.
he was doing; and with great sire
am cutting old Fox's head."
t. see what he had done, and pro
c Bent likeness, presented the , yo
This may be reckoned as the first,
recjiyed for ttro production of his
beginning it was that aroma - this
ists.
Again we sap, despiser notsin
with stipercilions contempt upon
pears insignificant and trilling.
in this world it's many of us imag
observed that wars, involving mi
have arisen from a ministerial d
a fit of indigestion! When Alex
present of Turkey figs. he little t
the basket was to bo the means o
ing willow into England and Am
made np of and 'governed by tri
attract notice; sod the tWise ma
sharp eyes. hut attentive habits;
best of every ihing, and despi
5 mill sours.—N •tianal ~.ibrary,
A Divisa e'BEI.t.T.•."—A I fan y incident happened a
few days since on the railroad between poster: and Law
rence, Mass. A substantial Wh Nome (coking Irish la
dy, was so intent in her gossip x ith a fiiond in the care
just as they were starting from i ,nwrence, that she did
not wake up to the reality untitS le was making a dourso
for Boston at a twenty mile spec . The instant she.nei
e
ceived th:s she rushed for the do r. Conductor', Billings,
a very gallant mai,. and exc. edingly teniar of wo
man' kind, started to stop her, nit arrived at the -plat-
I .
form jest as the affrighted worn n made her leap. Luck
-1 ily cm cars were upon the canal bridge; and as she shot
out the speed of the train turned her over in the neatest
deli possible someriets, and then down she went; straight
as al i ment bag, bonnet first, into the canal. The dive was
beautiful, and as she arose, pulling With fright, a board
-
was! thrown to her, and she soon found herself dripping
likelaleit nanid, upon dry land, I unharmed, but a good
deal scared, as well she might bei The next night she
went up in the cars, looking as nice at; a sunflower, l and
calm as a summer morning. Great doubt has beeri *a
-1 preened an to the probable resultof the 6 tussle, had the gal
laniconductor succeded in cla ping her before the leap
was made.
- !I ' 1
1. _~
Erni
4 SMALL BEGI,
aster of the village. On this,
ITIIAT NAV 876 nocaur von L 5 is Esor.Atio.—f you
,
atre'l. married man, you may buy these luxuries f or the
sum of „£.s.:—Yon may with yclur *clenched fiats henyour
wife until her ores shall bo "dreadfully bruised and swel
-
len."—You may "t"4to rho bellows from her hand, ``' and
with them "stint° her seVeral blows Timm 'the head."
until she fulls "senseless on the Roor."—You may further
kick and beat her "while she is down." These things—
free and enlightened Englishmen, blessed with littvs Ost
make yotithe envy of surrounding nations—these things
you nmy do vf if you have .£.5:,
B .-.
." But ho "—you ask—"if I have riot 453" Why.
theft, inhuman pnuper—hardAearted outcast—penniless
niisvesnt—why,then.in default of pa y ment of £5. you
she taste the bitterness of captivity and Oakum-picking
for two statute months! For an illustration of this enno
-1 hlilig legal truth, see Marylebeno Police Report, in the
coati of Miiinel; Gore, late of 25 Orchard-Place. now on
a two Meet, 8 9 visit to Colonel Chesterton. at the House
of Correction. 1 Michael Gore is punished—mot, iu very
truth, for bighting his wife—bitt for not having ZS to pay
for it. Is not t is the higher triumph of property?
I BER 27,
Ittal
pings. This-sentenco
ua well as scripture. It
at smakbeginnings and
13 wiso to do so. It is
I ) scale, and come out
' a Severe colapse after
[h. Some men will do
=, than they would if
given thorn to com-
I .ld of n man worth his
i dling fruit at a street
pool roll a handful of
Isecumutated matter, it
:d scarcely move it—.
dents make tho year.
o endeavors. earnestly.
muko the great men
! day of small things.
omplish, A good thing
our means, and never
't make so tnagnifient
A. Old King Jo n,
'
i
ago, took it into' is
began with—what 'do .
ho knew what he was
I I Library of Parie—is
1 ibrary in the World,
Ong into the harbor of
trbt settlement of that
tntinued there, theen•'
to contrive and pro
ne cord attached, with
securing this aquatic
ut it was the com
as added millions to
',lent introduction to
quarters of a century
iration from Edmund
had a dispute in a
e Ash taken the hook,
is trivial cirtuntstanee
ooks," and the "Cob.
• divided the nation,
,ke that bete•ocn the
art to this in our own
the pii, whose stupid
lved us in a war with
is nothing incredible
f our readers pro too
will venture
school ep
h r ool e o a f t -
old f
Providence, chanc+
, ono was the owner
. clination to perambu
:bor. The 'owner of
3; being insufficient to
eplied, it was all be.
i
repair. The pig Baa l
was surprised in the
ble bulbous roots; this
of the garden put a
„g"ea'?lifinenni;no
no
bor, who voted against
, the Democratic can-i
nd, when the question
ho, Senate, it was.tle
-so that but for this_
saved from this wal."
lebrated sculptor, ll at
"wed by a gentleman in
earnestly engaged in
le asked the lad what
ilteity the boy replied.
}'ox ivas . the school
the gentleman asking
mincing it to be an es
th with a sispenee.—:
money Chantrey ever
art; and from such a
_mutest of modern 'art-
11 beginnings, nor belt
even• thing which ap-.,
rifles are not so plenty
no. A philceopher has
!settler to groat natio-P.?'
spntcti being written in
nder. Pope received his
ongltt that a twig from
introducing the weep..
erica. So is this world
es, at first too small to
will
not only cultivnto
lnking tho most and tho
ingi -nothing small, but