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Written for the Columbia Spy
The Two Sisters.
BY HENRY J. ICOWARD.
Ban Maryland and Slavery,
Were once two bonny lassies,
Who thought their kinsinen of the North
And West were foolish aim ;
They long had dwelt together wile
The sable cords around thorn,
And never dreamed, forsooth, but what
fitir Jueticc's bands had bound them.
When Peace and Plenty reigned supreme,
And all their laws were civil,
Bats Maryland and Slavery
Held converse with the devil;
They made a contract ne'er to break
The cords with which he bound them,
While Treachery and Treason, still
Drew larger cords around them.
Bess Maryland at length, forsooth,
Alike, prone to transgression,
In the '•Ball Room" of Sixty-one,
Made love to Prince Secession;
But Juana long had watch'd the lass,
Stretching her arms above her,
And in that dark and fatal day
She snatched her from her lover.
Bess raved awhile, but all in vain,
(Fair Justice, was the stranger,)
And swore that she could tie'er remain
With Peace and Plenty longer;
Iler sable sister, Slavery, too, .
'Gainst Justice raved uncivil,
Arid vowed that she and Maryland
Again, should seek the devil.
But when they drew unto the gates
Of great Apollyon's reeking hell,
And saw the Stygian burning cave,
Before which weeping Orpheus fell,
They turned, and fled in wild dismay
And back to Pence and Plenty came—
And Maryland strove from that dark day
To change her sister's sable name.
She called upon her children all,
To snatch the cords of Treason otl;
But, many born of Treachery,
Her cries of mercy, did but scoff;
Fair Justice once again invoked, _
Now lent her aid—stretcled forth her hand—
Gave Shivery fair Freedom's name,
And bade her dwell within -Veryland.
And now, thank Heaven, now do we hear
Liberty! cried from every mouth,
Fair Justice is the gracious queen,
And Freedom's born unto the South!
Shout the glad tidings, let it ring,
From East unto the Western strand,
The sisters now are reconciled,
And Freedom dwells with Marytand
Ballinwre, Md., Nor. 1, 3.804.
Original.'
'Written for the C,olltmbiaSpy.
THE TIN WEDDING-
EMEMM!MiI
-There is no country as rich in beautiful
customs, probably as old Germany, "the'
land of sweet poetry, of music and art.
Most of our readers have heard of the
Golden and Silver Wedding a. custom
which affords the kind hearted people
of the Fatherland, an opportunity Lr the
manifestations of those feelings of revers
once and affection, so peculiarly charac
teristic of the Germans. The Golden
Wedding 'is celebrated on the fiftieth
anniversary of the wedding day. Invi
tations are issued, and the friends of the
married pair assemble in great numbers,
bringing with then such presents, made
of gold, as each can afford. A feast is
provided, music and dancing enable the
younger guests to enjoy themselves, and
all unite in warm wishes for the continu
ed happiness of and prosperity of the ven
erable married persons. No regu-ar cere
mony is performed, but the minister ad.
dresses the couple, congratulating them,
and pronounces a blessing. The Silver
Wedding celebrates the twenty fifth an
niversary of the wedding day, and on this
occasion, similar ceremonies are observed,
with the exception that the presents are
all silver.
Of late years, however, a novel celebra
tion has been instituted, which is un
known in any other country. It is styled
the "Tin 'Wedding," and celebrates the
tenth anniversary of the wedding day.
For some months past, we had noticed in
the Easter papers paragraphs in refer
ence to this cormoney, but it was not un
til quite L recently, that our community
had an opportunity of witnessing the in
teresting scene. Our estimable Post
master, Dr. L. B. Todd, having :enjoyed
the felicities of wedded life for ten years,
agreeably surprised his friends by invi
tations to be present at his Tin Wedding.
The novelty of the celebration and the
Pleasant anticipations indulged concern
ing it, created quite a sensation • among
the ladies—and gentlemen too.
Monday night, October 3d, the spaci
ous apartments of the Doctor's residence
were thoroughly filled by a happy com
pany, and when all the guests were as
sembled in the front parlor, the folding
doors were thrown open, revealing to the
expectant friends, the bride and bride
groom with their attendants regularly ar
arranged, standing before the minister.
As this unexpected and beautiful sight
was displayed to the guests, their an
prise was equalled only by the pleasure
afforded by the scene. After remaining in
position awhile, sufficiently long for the
original and effective tableau to create
proper impression, the minister cotigrat
'dated the principal parties, and than
gave way to their friends, who were eag
er to utter earnest wishes aad fervent as
surances of regard. Certainly, at the
Tin Wedding, there were bright smiles,
as sincere congratulations and loving
words to gladden the bride and the
bridegroom, as when ten years ago, they
stood with new born hopes and quickly
throbbing heart, before the minister to
take upon themselves the holiest of all
vows, and enter upon the life which has
been to them so rich in peace and joy.—
Though ten years had passed, their sky
was still brght, and the cares that had
and gone had taught them to prize mor
dearly the happiness which had known no
serious interruption. The moment must
have suggested unusual thoughts and re
called many memories of the "long ago"
to the married pair—memories of that
brightest hour of their lives, memories
whose lustre had lit up every day of the
tea years now gone, and where•,bright
ness would never fade. Life is a the
quered scene to all, and on that night,as
the youthful matron thought of the
blossoms and waiting fricnds,a sigh must
have mingled with her gladness, as she
missed from her aide the bright eyed
maidens who ten years ago, were her
bridesmaids, for only one of the original
five ladies who officiated in that capacity
was present at the "Tin Wedding"—
the others had gone ,to distant. homes
and could not again stand by her whom
they had seen ushered into married life.
One of the most interesting features of
the occasion, was the display of various
gifts which had been contributed by nu
merous friends. Every article was of
tin. and comprised everything useful and
and ornamental, needed in a household.
Friendship exercised ingenuity to the
utmost to devise some suitable •and ac
ceptable tin present, and over one hun
dred and seventy different articles were
arranged in order. A wash stand sett
complete, cake moulds, rnd other utensil
that:could be•,used in parlor,sitting room
kitcheu.i',••And.:the children were
v ~:;'! m busk4,..ffi; toys of everile
lief:Won in.14,-uspeot- ,
al delectation. Many'frieuds were una
ble taattend, and these sent cards, with
theift.ind;ciairtfelt wishes for happiness
accompanied with profuse supplies of
grapes and flowers. Other friends too,
were lavish in their gifts of fruit,and the
whole house was fragrant with the aroma
of grapes and the perfume of flowers.
The wedding was a splendid success,
althoug the first of the kind ever held
there. Music and dancing added to the
pleasures of the evening, and made the
time fly quickly by, and the hour for
separation arrived long before it was
wished for, and the company dispersed,
renewing their kind words, and earnest
wishes to the married pair, with the
hope that ah the coming years may be as
bright and joyous as those that have
past.
We have reserved for our closing par
agraph the mention of a poetical contri
bution by a poetess of this city. We
will close our sketch by subjoining the
verses. The language is well selecte3,
the construction graceful, and the senti
ment and allusions peculiarly felicitous.
Young as she is, the writer has not only
attained an enviable local reputation, but
several of her poems, published in other
cities, have been received and copied
with expressions of praise which would
be grateful to poets of more extended
fame.
VW' SUSIE M. 'WILSON
Tin years, Oh Time, have swiftly sped
Their days Of shade and light,
Sine. blushing bride and bridegroom, blest,
Troth unto troth did plight—.
Kne.ling before Love's sacred shrine
With that mysterious awe
Which mortals ever feel when they
Drink of immortal joy I
Ten years of wedded lore and bliss,
Each crowned with garlands bright,
Unfold their treasured stores of tin
And smile on us to night,
While we would mark the first milestone,
Upon life's thorough-fare:
With gratehd thanks, for mercies rest,
• And one deep, earnest prayer
That God may grant a sweet return
Of seasons like to this!—
That, when the silver bells shall chime
There may be added blLss;—
That, the', before the golden sheaves
Shall have been garnered in,
Our happy friends perchance may pin
The knowledge trials win—
They may bear goer hearts of hope,
Treading the track of truth,
And upward guide the little feet
Now sporting 'round their youth,
'Until God's Eden-portals ope,
Invitingly, above.
Into the Land where they and theirs
Shall dwe'l e'ertnore in Wei
Larsorcir, Sy.,Ociosta, 1864.
In Naples there are three villages, in
which reside thirty persons, who, through
religious fanaticism, have made vows nev
er to speak to any one. They mix in
society, carry on business, and express
themselves by signs.
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Written for the Spy.
Remember Ile.
DT LO LIGHT
As o'er life's fitful aea
Yeu hasten to the grave,
I pray remember me
While on the rolling wave
When clouds upon the loa
In darkness shall descend,
I pray remember me
'Till clouds and darkness end.
When moments fair and free
Across your pathway fly,
I pray remember me
'Till those bright memories die
Written for the Columbia Spy
The Dear Ones Dead.
=I
For sanitary reasons, during the warm weather,
our military Wire forbid the removal from the South
of the remains of our Northern soldiers who have
fallen in battle. To those thus afflicted, who are
biding the time when they can convey home there
mains of their lamented dead, these lines are affec
tionately. dedicated.
Blow softly, yo breezes, ye winds, gently blow;
Yo flowers, sweetly bloom o'er that bosom of snow;
Green, green be the turf o'er the yoang hero's breast!
E'er blest be the spot where thy brother's at rest.
Flow gently, bright waters, in murmuring song,
Sate the sod o'er yen mound, and thy music prolong
For sweet to his ear was the flow of the stream,
By the home of his boy-hood, where life was a dream
Ye birds of South-land, on freedom's bright wing,
`licath the orange-tmo•s shade, sing, Oriole, sing!
Above where he's sleeping, sing freedom's sweet
strain—
For the slave shall be free from oppression's dark
chain.
Rest! rest! soldier, rest! whilst the suinmer winds
PlaY;
Soon back to our green hills we'll bear thee away,
Where thine own gentle river shall murmur to thee
Thy child-hood's sweet music, the songs of the free.
Blow softly, ye breezes—ye winds, gently blow;
Ye dowers, sweetly bloom o'er that bosom of snow;
Sing, sing, ye sweet birds, in your loveliest strain,
Till we bear him away to our green hills again.
For the Spy
Leaves of Travel, No. 8.
BY HENRY J. HOWARD
Reader, was •you' ever at Niagara ?
many of you, I presume, have seen the
great cata t, the wonder of the West
ern contine7t, and' aro acquainted with
its sublime grandeur—for, ,you I do not
'propose to pen this account',' but shall do
all in my power to amuse the less know
ipg.,_„Livilt omit from I.4ocknor teWell-:
built and liotarlabing- TiLlase,-.ndstses.car
ital of a rich landed county. I tarried,
in Lockport but a short time, and was
presently rushing, in a rail-car, toward
the great natural wonder of our coun
try—the glow of excitement under which
I went was, to me, worth a principality.
The railroad track lies, for the most part,
through a dense wood, opening, as you
near the Falls, to glimpses of the vast
stretch of country to the North, bounded
by the dimly-blue Ontario. For the last
three or four miles, you ride along the
very bank of the Niagara, looking far
down upon the abyss of turbulent wa
ters, of a whitish-green, the hue of a
robin's egg. At length, a half-mile chasm
scooped out from the left bank, discloses
to you, for one brief moment, the won
der, at some two miles distance.
I beheld it ! The impression that for
over fifteen years I had carried in my
mind of the Niagara Falls, was dissipat
ed in a moment, like a wreath of its own
spray, and I cannot recall of it the faint
est resemblance. The scene opens a new
sensation in my mind, as a chemist dis
covers a new earth of mineral, Good
reader, be not alarmed, I will not attempt
a full description of Niagara. This has
been done already by abler pens than
mine, and another cometh after, that
shall put both .to blush. Only this let
me say, passing wholly to the glorious
rapids, that as you stand beneath the
American Fall, and look upward to that
resistless flood which seems to tumble
down from the very abyss of Heaven,
and see the hissing spray—foam rush up
ward as though au hundred steam-boilers
had burst at or near your feet, accom
panied by a roar, ringing chaos, as on the
day the winds were made; but more than
all, when you behold, from under Table
Rock, the linked lakes of the mighty
west leaping to that awful grave, and
find even that sheet, which from the
American side looked like a mere drip
piing border of the torrent, (and it is no
more,) pregnant with earthquake and
tornado, you will receive, into your soul,
ideas of grandeur, and power, and sub
limity, such as you never experienced
before. Why, sirs, the great Astor
House, as immense a granite pile as it. is
would be swept into the foaming vortex
upon which "Biddle's Lower" looks down.
as though it were a mere feather.
I crossed the boiling torrent of the
' Niagara, half blinded with the wind
, drifted spray, circling about us in rain
bow fragments--the roaring cataract roll
ing before us, looking, in such glimpses
as I could cbtain, like a great., green cyl
inder—and hiving thoroughly surveyed
the English, or British, side, and passed
under the sheet, incurring thereby woe-
112,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,50 - IP NOT PAID IN ADVANCE
ful affrightments, by reason of green
mermaidenish dress, the dense sulphurns
atmosphere, the big eels, the "hell of
waters," and the voice of the great deep
broken up—l reached the western ferry
at nightfall, on my return. And he.e
it was that I saw a proclamation by the
Governor,forbidding communication with
the American side, without a passport.
And for this, I was compelled to march
to head-quarters, at the Pavillion, a mile
and a half up the Niagara bank ! Hap
pily, a jolly companion beguiled the walk
of- its dreariness, by discovering new
points of interest in the scenery. He
pronounced them irresistible—as indeed
they were. We could not choose but
see them; our orders were imperative,
and the views were all in our way. A
, passport was easily obtained from the
proper authorities, and we soon found
ourselves snugly esconsed in the "Eagle
House," a superior establishment, let us
add, in passing, whose supervisor, beside
being a gentleman, and a lover of clean
liness and good order, has under him one
who knows all the new practices of cook
ery and culina; who is deeply learned
and thoroughly grounded in th 3 hidden
knowledge of all sauces, salads, and pot
herbs, whatsoever. It will be difficult
for visitors at the Falls, during the warm
seasons, to enjoy themselves, and keep
cool and comfortable, without Fanning!
From Niagra, I slipped up to Buffalo,
by railroad, (passing from, Chippewa,
Schlosser and Navy Island,) to spend a
night. After Mr. 011apod's minute and
graphic picture of this princely town,
and the surrounding scenery, a reference,
to it here is quite unnecesary. At the
American Hotel, (a magnificent house
built of granite, after the manner of the
"Astor," and most sumptuously furnish
ed,) I gathered an idea of what Buffalo
bade fair to become anon,from the steam
boat circulars suspended in the vestibule.
The towns of the upper lakes , Sault de
St. Marie,-Mackinaw, Green Bay, Mil
waukie, Chicago, and the ports of Lake
Erie and Detroit, have, by 'direct
_corn-
, 16.'"Cairatenitir r. . •
What is deemed 'extravagant prophesy
now, will be pronounced faint and timid
predictions, in the short space of ten
or fifteen years. While there, I greatly
enjoyed a theatrical story, related by a
very humorous fellow, which was entire
ly fresh to me, and perhaps may be so
with the reader. The play of Hamlet
was being enacted, and therea*ut of it
especially 'where G-ildenstern is employed
by the Dane to play upon the pipe, just
to oblige him. He is very importunate
for the music, it will be remembered and
on this occasion he was accommodated to
his heart's content. Gildenstern re
plied to his earnest solicitations, that
since he was so very pressing, forthwith
accomplished, to the best of his small
ability, that sublime national air, "Yan
kee Doodle," together with certain ex
tempore flourishes, he termed "the vari
ations."
The passage from Niagara Falls to
Rochester, by way of the Niagara River
and Lake Ontario, is one of rare interest
and beauty. Lewistown, the heights of
Queenstown, with the noble monument
to the bravo and ever lamented "Brock,"
from the top of which may be command
ed as a prospect of unsurpassed loveli
ness, the charming scenery of the river,
and the fort where Morgan, the Anti-
Freemason, was confined, with the spot
whore ho is supposed to hava met his
fate, are very interesting features in the
opening voyage. qawns which one
—"on either side.
Smiled on each other in the posoetnl tide."
as Paulding sing, now exchange anything
but smiling glances. The old warfare
made jealous enemies on either frontier,
As they passed the village of Niagara,
even the juvenile Britisher's cu the
wharf, and:wharves along the route, in
dulged in terms that were scarcely civil
towards the "d—d Yankees," as we
were tauntingly denominated. A thous
and reports are flying, of affrays that
never happened, and abuses that never
existed ; and on both sides these rumors,
if lost in one place, soon rise, like the
currents of the fabled Arethusa, in anoth
er, 'enlarged and improved,' and the
asses' oars of John Bull and Uncle Sam
are ogrogously gulled by the same. The
beautiful estuary of the Niagara had
widened into Ontario, before we were
made aware that there was a display of
nature around us, worthy to snowed the
one great scene we had left behind.—
' To the North . and East, a black tempest,
was marching in anger through the dis
tance; in the north-west, a broad strip
of sunlight lay bright upon the water,
where
"The ocean mingled with the alcy
With such gm equal hem _
That minty strove the `Mitered eye,
To part iber gold and hue
[WHOLE N 'MEER
while in the west, the sun.wasainking t to....
its evening pavillion, with such a pomp
of clouds as I never beheld before rol-'
ling billows of gorgeous purple and.:
crimson; here edged with gold, and there
tipped with silver, and broken at distant
intervals, by long bars of light, shooting ,
for an instant athwart the level flood.
end long after the sun had set, these
soft and fleecy messengers, radiant .with,.
grace and beauty, drew all eyes to their
piled masses, till their unwonted loveli
ness, gradually fading away, was swallow.„
ed up in night. Thereafter, I walked.,
for. hours the breezy dick, filled with the,
~
fullness of enjoyment, calm and pleasant,. •
arising from the time, the scene, and :a
very paragon of • tired companions—.and
one who possessed a fund of rich and or
iginal
thoughts, thickly interspersed;
with the innoculations and graftaof read
ing and education; fullest of matter,with
least verbosity;. with a disposition to,
cream off life, leaving the sour and, the ,
dregs, and manners displaying a happy -
conjunction of freedom, ease and sinner-- „
ity. Moreover he was a humorist of the
first water, and withal, a good recipitas
of articles in line. Lamb would have re
joiced in him, for ho understOod "the
first time,' so often an important desider,,
atum. If you testa successful in "mak
ing
,
a joke," although it was in the dark,.
you were not compelled to handle his
cheek to see whether he understood
it.—
His was a read and a most infectuOns
laugh, and so hearty as to shake ,tha.:
very walls of flesh in which Ms equable
and cheerful spirit was immured. -
I will continue my, trip a: short.: dia.:.
Lance further in my next, unlit:then two
content with the above.
Baltimore, 1864. .
VtiorililtutouCi
Popping the
,Quentiou-,,
To us gentlemen .this popping,: tha t
question is no easy. matter., • It,dritres,4 ,
verily believe, a bashful man ,almoskir4o,.i
hysterics. Many a cold .sweitt A pkny, s a
oh.o
rascals before they can summon courage
to ask a girl to have them. But it isn't
so, egad, with all—some do it with .an
easy impudence—some do it in a set,
speech—some do it because they can't .
help it—and some never at all,- but get
•married, as it were, by instinct. Only
give .two lovers fair play, kick, your
matchmaking aunts to the dense, and
my life for it the. most demure will.find
a way of being understood, even if,like
old Sir Isaac Newton, they have to make
it with their foot. As they get cosier,
they will sit gazing in each other's eyes,
till at last, when they least expect it,per 7
haps the question will pop out like a
cork from a champagne bottle. It's all
nonsense, this lending young folks a
helping handtake my word "for it, all
they wish is to be loft alone ; and if there
be any confounded youngsters' about, lei
them be put to bed or drowned, it don't
matter a fig which. If lovers have no
tongues, haven't they eyes, egad !'and
where is the simpleton that can't tell
whethera girl loves him without a word
on her part ? No one admires modesty
more than I do; but the most delicate
angel of them all won't disguise herlitile
heart when you are with her. A blush,
a sigh, a studied avoidance 'of you in
company, and a low, thrilling; trembling
of the voice at. times, when no one eisels
by, tell more than the Bridles of a thonit.
and coquettes. Ab, you needn't.; • Amy,
shake your head —you'll no doubt be
soon enough—but if you fall in love, as
you will, my word on it—the very echo
of one footstep will make your heart tut.
ter like a frightened 1/int.—Air/fly
Short.
Davie Thanksgiving. •
Though he has nothing special to be
thankful for,the rebel president appoints
November 16th as a day of thanksgiving.
He minglec some gall in his rhetoric on
the occasion. Ho 111153
" And let us not forget that while gra
ciously vouchsafing to us His protection.
our sins have merited and received griev
ous chastisement; that many or our best
and bravest have fallen in battle ; that
many others are still held in foreign pris
ons ; that large districts of our country
have been devastated witheavage ihrocit3r,
the peaceful homes destroyed and helpless
women and children driven away in desti
tution, and that, with fiendish nudignity,
the passions of a servile race have been ex
cited by our foes auto the commission of
atrocities from which death Is a welcome
escape.
The gratitude the rebel provident ex.
preemie, takes this steps
" Lot ue, in temples an 1 in fields. unite
our ',Woes in recognizing with adoring
sutrade the manifestations orals
wprotec
oare in the manysignal victories with
olt our arose have been crownsd,in the
fruitlftaness with which our land has been
blessed,and Inthe unimpaired energy and
fortitude with which He bus inspired oar
hearts and strengthened our artnefu ' re-
Instance to the iniquitous designs. of on,
enemies."
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