0350214D1120) V.IO V° [From the St. Lotrio Reville.] LaSt Tear,—and - The First. StrPraZKA. 1 . • • - . ins in early bopah time, l am pains and fears were few, f ighs to reach fair manhood's prime Were all the pains I knew; - gentle were my wisimm r all, A s - gentle as the dew t Os upon an infant's grave, B r andt the mourning yevi. - =r one whom I did loie so well JJ words, have never spoken ;- 1 ( he alone could wield the'spell By which the fount was broken! -r e f was one of those proud boys t wh o m pedants sullen deem, lo seemed to weep for parted joys, &yield the lash a streata.! Alsi yet 'twas but a siiigleivoird Tht tame so sore amiss o ne * L at I should unmoved: have heard F rom any lips but his ; ret ilea it poi a beavy weight, _Cleaving the breast in twain:. ,tl:6i bursting first the wide goo d gam , That frees the heari from pain. ,‘" gineier saw the tear,that fell, \or heard' he of the wound Rich harshly bade a spirit swell That bad no words for a sound; t 81mq:faded from my heart 'hat:first hffeetion dear, Ansel' dui briny fount to start, ,nd yield its virgin tear! . boyhood pass'd and manhood then, That age for which.' pined, lila me an equal, among : men, •ife's searing cares to find of life's joys, too I have known, 'feud as the dreamizig boy / hoped for,,when he mused alone! O'er future few and'joy. sadness and affliction's sting In tern have held their sway, / forward still thiei shadoyva fling O'er every future day ; 11 long that fount remained to me A cent for bursting grief, 'lours of gloom and misery, Tcomforters the chief. . it is closed. Nor into birth ;ould I a tear-droicall, all the sorrows of the earth ;pain ray head should fall. _ lore that solitary:balm, Ist luxury of grief, - field a reified spirit calm, )r whis . per it relief. why that last drop left e well, r why it was the last, /axis are sad enough to, ten— ted all, and all is past ! • \ad the'eye been dry thatlelt Ice more the briny wave, rich stewed, glistened, as I knelt In silence O'er a grave r [For the Bradford Reporter.] qluth the Seriptures."-rtbrist. 4 14, search the sacred page, At'iray- for light divine, Ard Eke tile' sun, C let' itsrays; On nature'kdarkness shine. Szazeh at the rising deism; The day spring from on high, Shil then illumine thy soul, And bid thy darkness fly. Seaich at the noon - tide hoar,, . When meridian glows; an quaff the_ . cooling stream, That from salvation flows. :h when the day declines, or let thy ardor cease ; 1 for you there shall find, me happiness and peace; La affliction's hoar, sill griefs assuage—, .1m in character. of /*I% Haines on the sacred Pagl-: mit in the hour of weal,' When happiness is thine; -4 for celestial joys 7- Earth has no h i ps': divine. &arch 'till thy dying hour, "Twill then thy passport prove Hugh death's dark vale, To its pure source above. tsvrtta, Ps. Epigram. “ Harry can you. tell, revs do to draw so well !” " Yes, you may, rely on't, tat they'll step a client. , ward, " No; they closer . . tali him— first o6tiiiq the suit—thei strip MeV!, 1 , eash'.44. 6 • • -Ar• %. V • ; "2g%, r • ~.- . :•) • • . ra a ,v 0 • 40 • - ' • - • • [Prom the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper.] • - Love and Death, .Igend of the Delaware BY MRS. E. S. SWIFT. And then their love was secret !-011-, it is Most exquisite to have a fount of bliss sacred to us alone !---Miss Lcindon. I was spending a week with a party of friends at the Delaware Water Gap. 'We had,ust returned from a delightful ramble through the woods to Flat Rock, and were seated. on the piazza of the hotel, watching the lights and shadows made by the passing clouds - on the Jer sey mountain, which rose to the height of sixteen hundred • feet; immediately opposite to us. The day, though late in August, was as capricious as one in April ; sunshine and showers hadlal ternated with the hours ; the sun, a few moments previous, had beeb bathing the wooded summit of the mountain in a flood of golden radiance, piercing the thickets of underwood, and revealing to the curious eye many .a leafy, nook of vernal beauty ; now, it was raining hea yily ; and the dull plashing sound of the rain-drops, as they fell upon the river immediately beneath us, imparted to us all a sensation of melancholy.— We were suddenly arroused by Emilie eiclaiming— , - ‘. Look down the Gap ; see, the sun is already shining there; sorely this place is bewitched, do look at the rain bow on the water." We all arose, and gazed in the di rection to which she pointed our atten 7 lion, and one of the most vivid- colored' rainbows I ever beheld-lay pictured across the river from shore to shore.— In vain we strained our eyes in alt di rections towards the sky, the dull lead en-hued clouds above us gave no histo ry of the beabtiful vision. For a few minutes the bow of promise rested on -the, stormy waters, then its rich paint ing of many colors faded from our sight. In about half an hour the sun was • again shining merrily; and'every leaf and sprig seemed hung with precious gems. The air was laden with the perfume from the woods, and as the cool breezes swept across the piazza, we knew they had passed over lone coverts of romantic beauty, where fair ies might hide, and where the ferns, the mosses, and the wild4lowers grew.— We had worn out dresses and shoes in our daily, visits to the PCnipsylvania and Jersey Mountains ; we haefteen pioneer ed by our good-natured landlord and his pretty little twins, to all the known lions ofztheGap ; but we were hourly making vo yages of discovery for our selves ; and when we assembled around the well provided table of our host, each had his or her adventure to relate. One had found out an echo in the deep for est that answered to every word; an other had been botanizing, and` the mantel 'stand was filled with tumblers of gorgeous colored flowers ; another, a disciple of old Isaac Walton, had been angling, and a dish of fine sun-fish attested his success. In the evenings, the piazza was our favorite promenade. We had some de lightful musicians with us, and in mu-' sic and conversation the hours glided away with such rapidity, that we al ,Ways expressed surprise at the short ness of the evening, when our host an nounced that eleven o'clock baaqtruck. Our party consisted of six ladies and four gentlemen, all unmarried ; but, very unfortunately, we were too closely related for Cupid, to show his face amongst us. " What !" I hear my reader exclaim, "no love ; I would not give a fig for such a story." - Nor 1 either, dear reader ; particular ly as , the scene is laid in the Delaware Gap—the very head-quarters of the wily god, where Nature, in her most glorious dress, keeps jubilee : 't And where, beneath, around, above, Earth, water, air, seemed full of love." Ah !,the deep recesses, of those for est shades, the close intricacies of those verdant aisles, how often have their 817 leneecand- - scilitudes been the choien sanctuaries of Lcove's impassioned. Con fessions ; and , hearts have It een united in those solemn old .woods, never again to be,riven asunder;.and there, per chance,- , - ' Young bouts, w,eie plighted when the atone ,Wen!clark.uPott liftee sky,. In fall•fleep ltnoveledge of their task; - . To coffer and ' , " The' rain overand gone;",and the afternoon .svas so serene and beapti lel, Ave All sallied_down to the shore. and',soort filled the only. ' boat belonging to — the establishment.. - Josephiee, a very Ovely girl from Baltimote.sat like Regan!less Or Denanciation from any --Quarter.-Gov. rev , ' -TIE. P OOMLEIDSIs•DIRZDIFOIB @VOW% Thlo9 R0T231111E31111 Vattitio, the queen of beauty on the brow of the boat, singing snatches of old songs in the, gayety .of per heart. She was one of . the brightest looking beings ever beheld ; tali and graceful. with a face of uncommon loveliness ; her com pletion was soft . and transparent, and the slightest emotion tinted her delicate cheek with the glow of the .damask rose ; her. eyes of a dark blue were shaded by long black lashes, which im parted a pectiliar-tenderness to their ex preision ; her hair, also black; bluster ed in short thick curls round her small and finely shaped head. Occlsionally she *bold, pause in her songs, and a shade of 'sorrow, it,might be of memo ry, would flit across her face. An en thusiast in her love of Nature, she sat gazing upon the beautiful scenery, now Warbling like a bird; and anon calling our attention to some bold projecting cliff, that looked from its elevatinn rea dy ni fall and crush us. As our boat glided into the.deep-wa ters of the Gap, we all' kept silence ; shut out from the world by the tower ing Mountains on each side of us; with naught but the sky above, and the dark river rolling beneath us, an awe as of some Mighty Presence , fell upon our spirits : and as we emerged from the solemn gloom of that magnificentscene, the tones of our voices were 'more sof tened,. conversation took a more serious cast, and we felt like those who had re cently, been engaged in some holy re ligious service. But full of life and youth, as a few rapid strokes of the oat brought our boat into the glad suns hine, we again awakened the echoes with songs and laughter. Cousin Tom, as we called a fine looking young than of five and twenty, had arrayed himself in all the various colored shawls of the party, and from his picturesque appearance, might have been mistaken for Osceola, or some Other renowned Indian warrior ; he now proposed to land us on the Jersey shore, just at the point where the river makes an abrupt turn, one of the most romantic spots imaginable.— Here, while we were seated on the trunk of an enormous tree, that had been struck .by lightning some years previois, and still laid as it had fallen close to the shore, Einilie impatiently exclaimed— .(:What a pity it is that there is no legend connected,. with this sublime place;. how delighttut it would be now to listen to someinteresting story of the past." Why, ladies !" replied hei brother, "among so many fair creatures. sure ly you have some modern reminiscen ces that would makes very pretty way side tale ; some diary of a heart, for instance, some stray leaves from Love's Album." " Yes," said Cousin Tom, "I am sure these girls have lots of love se crets ; here is Josa now, looking so demure and.modest, she has never ar rived at the age of twenty without mak— ing some acquaintance with Cupid, know ; come, blossom, let us have the lasi We alL,iurned onr eyes on Josephine; AO the aatation and annoyance depic tbd on hee'sweet face were distressing i ; her. brow and cheek for a moment man tled with the tell-tale crimson, and the next instant the pallor of death settled every ,feature. Cousin Tom, in his careless badinage, had evidently touch ed a wound, not ye,t closed. An em- barrassing silence followed, but we were relieved by. Emilie exclaiming-- " See, we shall have company, at last, at the Gap-house; there are two gentlemen on horseback on the oppo site side." For a short period they were seen slowly ascending the - rough and hilly road ; but the thick:hedge of laurels by which it was bordered, soon concealed them from our view. Our next move ment was to try and arrive at the Hotel before them; and make ourselves pre sentable at supper; for the sun had al ready) disappeared, and the twilight, which in this mountainous pass is so rapidly succeeded by, night, was fast approachirig. Hitherto, we bad been the, only visitors at the Gap, and had the" house, all to.ourselves; consequent being a family party, we were riot as particular in our costume as' we -would -have been, had- strangers been present, • , half an hour of fast roviing soon brought us to . `the landing-place at the foot of the rocks,- ClOse to the hotel; and - We - lig to i arrange our dresses and meet , together 'on oaf fa vorite '. lounge, theplazza, when the sound}ofhoofs'warned us that-the travel lefe hid, atriicdi,.bilt strange to say, but one . solitary horseman appeared.-- Hira i theit, was a mystery-4-what had become of the other? We had alldis. tinctly seen two gentlemen, and there was no other house on the road, except an old dilapidated tavern far down'in' the gloomiest part of the Gap, , a place we were sure no I traveler in his senses would halt at, with our commodione hotel in *sped, fur, as it Wastituited upon a high hill, it could be seen from a considerable distance. Cousin Tom capered about as if he had gone mad, declaring; „ it Was de lightful, a perfect Radcliffe. idventure ;- he had no,dnubt thtnext morning the_ traveler would be fatted concealed in .a laurel thicket, stark dent!, with a Bowie knife sticking in his heart." Einilie laughed, and averred, that hereafter should be a convert to old Cotton Mather; henceforth, she should be a faithful belieVer in witchcraft.— That lonely road, with its monntain bulwark on one side, and the dark roll ing river: 011 the other, looked like a haunt for ghomes, witches, and all the dread family of evil. spirits:" - - In the midst of our conjectures and' discussions, the supper-bell' rang. j and I believe each of us , felt some curioaity, tesee the new ,nomer._ A j slight made young man, dressed' in black, with ' a very intellectual face, stood conversing with our host in the supper -room, who introduced him to the company by the name of the Reverend Mr. Bennett. ' I exchanged a hasty glance with Cousin Tom ; his conceit of murdered travel-, er by such white clerical hands, seem ed soridiculous, that I could with much difficulty, refrain from laughing, as I returned the gentleman's salutation.— An hour was spent after supper in so cial conversation, when Mr. Bennett, pleading fatigue, retired for the night. We immediately 6 - ailed the landlord to know if Mr. Bennett had mentioned having a companion with him. " Yes ; a friend of his had intended to have accompanied him to the Gap, but his horse had unfortunately fallen lame on the rout, and he was for the present-Obliged to remain a shert'dis tance behind."' But where? where V' we all ex claimed. • " The gentleman did not . mention where he had left his friend, but our host supposed about two miles below, opposite Columbia—the only stopping place that he was aware of, near the Gap." We did not think it expedient to tell him that we had seen both gentlemen not a mile from his hotel ; and we thought it hardly probable that a travcf er would journey back two miles over one of the worst roads in Pennsylvania, to sheltera lame animal, when his sta bles were direct \ in his way, and not half the distance. Long that night, after we had sought our chambers, we conversed about the missing traveler. Josephine and icy self shared the same roonr, and I was sitting at the window, gazing down the road, now illumined by by the moon light, when a sob from lay companion made me start. She was standing , by the dressing table, reading a closely written note ; so absdrbed was she in her occupation, that she appeared un conscious of my presence ; twice she perused the note through blinding tears, then passionately. kissing the paper, she threw herself on the bed in a par oxysm of giief. Surprised as well as alarmed by such a display of sorrow in one generally so cheerful, I approached, and throwing tny•arms around her, beg ged her to be calm, and tell me the cause of such sudden distress. , ••Oh, cousin ! I cannot he, calm," she exclaimed.; he is here," " Who, dear Joss ~ Henry !" , answered , she, wildly gazing at me ; my Henry, whom I lore better than my life'; he whom my father hiss forbidden me, on pain' of his endleis displeasure, to see, or speak to him again ; and, cousin," added she, .with 'trembling lips; ~. I have solemnly promised to obey him ;" and again she, buried her sweet tearful face. in the pillow. For some time she wept as if her tear% -Were breaking, but by de grees, becoming 'More calm; ' she con fided 'to me her '. , .titory • of true loVe." Her father; Mr; ,Gorden, was i an emblem physician in Baltimore, , in >a' successful practice of about ten thou sand a year. He :was( one of thosel fortitiate individuals_ with .whick' our, country abounds, wilo,,b , j,- superior tali ents and industry; had risen _from' the - middle vanks' of Life; "to take an 'no-, knowledged station among, the aristoc-i racy of theland. , Jesephine _ was hitt idol ; proud and overbearing to 'all : thp. ,world :beside. . in, the' presence of Fie: beautiful child, hie nattire became ticif-, tened. to Ilneat Siniinine tenderrtess.-Li Her , ed . cation land accOinpliishmelitii r • k ME had been' his,pecaliar 'care ; genee - towards her knew ri, hounds, the eXiensive preients bimstatitly lavished upon her, silently,attest,ed hciw . well Ihe loved her 4-'thimey Was dross in' his eyes coMparect to het happiness or enjoyment . ; _yet strange iirelate, he bad refosed•the.hnd of his :daughterto liarry 1.,e Roy, because he was riot rich; A l ientlernen, Whose only sect amen. dation was, •his_immense Wealth; _Wan I the, auitorupon .whom , his chotee. fell„ Married to him, Josephineiti tient would be of ohnost regal splentlbr; his ambitious dreams for her ;aggran dizeMent would he fully realized ; and he still trustedethat her filial afreetion and 'reverence for his wished and opiri- Joni Would prevail over thelleie she hadiconfessed for Le Roy ; 'and in his proud imaginings, he alread3i, beheld his darling girl the Wife of thepillien etre. t Harry Le Roy had been' disinissed with: a, coldness and hauteur that. to one of his ardent temperament :and South ern:blood had been interpreted into a direct and deliberate insult.. .Thebit terness of his 'outraged feelings had been iittreased by several letters that he 'had written to Josephine being.. re turned unopened, and hiebeing inform ed that she had lett Baltimore ,to visit some relations in a distant: State ; no definite information could be obtained ; and, wretched Mid hopeless; he had re- sorted to travel to deaden the misery of his mind. By the mink chance, in p biladel- phia, he obtained intelligenee ' that she had accompanied a party 'of her rela tiVes in an excursion to the ,Delaware Water Gap. His- resolution was in stantly formed ; he would follow her, see her, and learn his doom :from her own lips. The Mystery was now solved. Har ry Le Roy was the missing traveler.— His tenderness for the feelings ofJose phine would not permit hito appear before her _unannounced ;1 and he had remained in the solitary old! house in the Gap, whilst his friend, ,Mr. Bennett, had preceded him to our hotel. Here, dearest Josephine !" the note went on to say, .4 I await your de cision ; to me; it will be happiness or misery,. life or death ! l'he yearning love that fills my , heart for you must be satiefied by the sight of that dear face. I feel that I cannot any longer exist without your presence. My Jose phine ! my beautiful . , my . own ! yes, my own ! for hearts that have been ce mented like ours cannot , be disunited by any earthly fiat. When and where we shall meet, I leave to: you, my best beloved; but in a few' hours I hope to hold you to a heart ,which, since we parted, has been filled but with one long thought of thee—only thee!" . I confess, after reading this note, I never felt more perplexed in my I was some years older than Josephine, and I knew she would depend upon me for advice and assistance, but I also knew that her father would never for give any -interference with his com mands ; for the lovers to meet -would be madness ;but how was I to prevent After a few msments of troubled 'cogitation, I determined to remain neu itral, and let things take their course.-- ;1 knew that wicked urchin, Cupid, was not to be told .. thus far shalt thou go • land no farther,' and I foresaw that he 'intended to play some - of his most mis chtevous pranks in his sequestered spot -that looked as tf tt had been express ly created tohe the earthly Eden of his votaries. 'Josephine sat watching my conntenance!with breathless eagerness ; she looked like a sculptured image, so pale and. 'still; gently lifting the•dark ringlets that, shaded her cheek, I softly kissed it; the electric cord of sympa thy vibrated in each bosom, and With ; out my uttering a word she felt that I . would aid and assist her.; and, throw hersalfl on my bosom, she .wept like a child! ' • After much persuasion, I induced her to retire to , rest, but •her slurribers were broken and, uneasy ; she repeatedly murmured -the named her lover ; , and I saw. by the night-lamp large tear.drops glistening on her fringed eye-lids ; once, in supplichting accents, she exclaimed, 4 ' Father ! dear. Father !"' The next morning - : . Mi.T.ennett pro posed an ~ezciion' to .Stroudsburg,'a. village, a, few; "miles , -distant from' the Gap. Josephine, on the plea of, a ner-, wins- headache, hid nOt 'appeared, at the breakfaSt-table and when' the rest of The e party gladly„acceded to his pro posal,, excused 'Myself as nurse; to the invalid. Mr.'Benneit gave me' a quick glance of-intelligence: ,and, banding me a timiqueti: of wild roue, - begged "I would' preient them.:With.- his , Compri merits, tti Miss Gordon." e ME Easz lac, IN W °D n tint a'othsta laill 1. The carriages were'loon aftheAoor and, with minrregtete that;l coUldliet go L mith'-thent,lt My 'great relief, ' th ey _departed.. I immediately.asicendid, Josephine's ' chamber,, eml:feeifi her sitting the window, quiticalm' and Composed.' 'ln _my: ,abience she' had taken a sudden-resolve to.see Le!R'oy-f ‘k she - would,", she said,'irtell him of the solemn promise herfaiher had ex acted froin.hert. she ' would convince him it were better that they should not Meet again—for: the ; last time she would hear his voice and see hie face. !Oh l" continued sfie. - ivith quivering aCcenti, 4# situated as I now am.. even my dear father. Would not . object to this inter view. I had given her'the libequet of rases; and whilst speakine she;' bad loisened the cord that bound them togi3ther, in tending to arrange them in a chinavaie that stood on-the` table; when a email twisted note, that had been concealed in the centre of the bunch, fell to the floor; with a glotimg cheek she raised it, s4ring--.A. Oh, this isso like Harry Has!, many, bouquets-of 'white mulles he used to send me, but in my eager nesS to'secure the dear little billet-doux that I knew nestled - inside, the poor flowere often periihed." ' She eagerly perused the Well known character, and whilst iihe diCso, her beautiful face became radiant with hap: piness ; I. never saw joy Vividly depict ed on anything other countenance. " Oh, cousin !" she exclaimed, " he will be here in ten minutes, and I hie not seen him forr—ah 1 me-=so many long months !" Tears of rapture gliiteredin.her soli eyes, and she yielded herself to the de licious intoxication the certainty of see ing him again inspired, apparengy tboughtleas of all consequences. I *ill not portray their meeting, foriosephine insisted tipon . my being present. Theirs was no common attachment, every im pulsive of their souls was given to each other,; few words were spoken, but as he held her to , his heart every feature proclaimed the victory of Love. The hours to them seemed but minutes, and when at,last, fearful of being surprised by our returning party, I gently hint ed to him that it was time to depart, he saucily told me, " he did not'intend to go at all." But at length, after Jose phine promising him, if I would accom 7 pony her, to meet him in the afternoon, in the old road, a sequestered spotnear a water-fall e immediately beneath the hotel, but by a steep bank of rocks completely concealed from observation, he consented to leave her. She watched him as he sloivly pac: ed along the road, until he' was hidden from her sight; and then, for the firm time, the th'ought was awakened in-her mind that - she had broken the pledge she had given her father, and, contrary to his his known command, ~was again about to - hold' a clandeitine interview with her lover. - - The struggle in her mind was in tense; her wounded conscience rehel t led against It& disobedience; she was distracted. With contending, emotions, for she was most tenderly attached to her father, who to her had ever been; excepiin this only- instance', the most kind and indulgent of parents. But, then again, she had centered every hope of her t. life upon Le Roy ; what should she dol Repel him--see him no more; fore,vert? the thought had to much ag ony in it to be endured. No ; she would meet him once mote; and then they Would'part, and to be to each oth er like the dead-only a memory ! ' Alt ! delusive aophistry of a fond heart! The:path of duty- is a straight o 4; and he or she' who deviates frorri ioknarrow track becomes bewildered in a labyrinth from,which there is nu return. The old road, as it is called, now eh= tirely disuSed - , was shady .and retired; it was close to the river's brink, and covered with a rich' green sward, thick. ly i gemmed with the blue forget-me-not — rf same flower so carefully cultivated in our gardens which, in this 'mountain regibn, grows , wild and abundant.' ,A waterfall - of - considerable height - fell over a precipice above, .imparting a refresh ing Coolness to the air; huge rocks, of strange and irregular shapes, carpeted with' thick moss, lay. Pil il along the shore, forming - luxuribna "Sting.places for the lo,iterer. ' - i -_ * ; • - :To this spot I.:.accompanied ;Jose. phine. to bid a last farewell.to her,lov er. .Ire•lid been now a week at the Pap: and' our `arrangements were al. toady made •to leave it the next day.-- as it torn in the.road biought us in view The Taillioid, of tbe Gap Hotel:told 'us. that once befeire he had wiintesed a eimiler eight. . LCONcLVDED ON :701IRTIV PAGE.) • MEI , t. ~.t-. - . ~r '~ .. ~ -~,' = MI WE ;41104:61lo UM