vaaTa.caDazro) r . sJ~JVG) [From the Evening Mirror]• Spirit Dingings. Dtlt s iS &AGUE JANE CLAUS. I I (J)% upon life's glorious things, The deathless themes of song, The grand, the proud, the beautiful, The wild, the free, the strong, And.wish that I might take a part Of - what to theaoelong. Hurrah, the fearlessslaip goes fOrth _Where ocean.bill4ws sweep ! Fraud as acteed, scyift as a bird t he dashes through the deep ! 1 ,11:r drapery of snowy sail ,Around her stately form, tlije;tic Juno in the calm, ileilona in the storm ! may I, on the sea of life, • Launch forth all strong and brave-- Wait through the lonely, tedious calm, And brettSt the stormy ware. 'Bold Eagle, gazer cn the sun— Child of the upper air ! In low, univorthy strifes and sports He de ignetEnnt: to share : Behold in a mountain land, When storm-clouds roll on high, Upon the gathering tempest lock With calm, =meeting rye ! Loud thunders.peal and cras .... around— Hetlenoweth no affright, But spreads his wing upan the blast. And speeds his upward flight ! 'Red lightnings blaze along his path, —And play around his form— He joys, he glories, he exults, In striving with the storm ! • Thus may my nature bear with her Whatever may betide; A scorn of all things low and mean, stern and lofty pride : Thus marn datintless, daring strength Be given unto my soul,— Thus r thus throtigh tempests may it sweep On, upward to its:goal t The bright, the beautiful, the glad, The swift and silvery river! , Dirkwoods, dark rocks around it frown, But-Olaugheth on forever! Thus may my heart. h joyous thing, Go laughing o'er the earth, And nothing sadden, nothing awe, hs careless, childlike mirth. The-blue, the broad, the deep, the strong, The wild, unfettered Sea! lethinks he might have taught the world That God had made it' flee. lies at rest, upon his breast • The stars are mirrored , hright— L , sees move through the courts of he4ven, The loVely.Queen of night, his strong pulses bound to meet Her sweet smile's placid light ! hough worlds—though all created ,things Rhould threaten and command, lies 'at rest. But see, the winds Are loosed from God's right hand, the sea bird icrearneth . with affright, ihe seaman steers to rand! Thus may this soul of mine be free, Thus mirror things above, :11.5 may its soft tide-/ever swell Ileneath the smile of love ; tus may the "will of God, alone More its unfathomed deep, , al wake its rushing, flashing thoughts From their inglorious sleep! pule star lit up in heaven, ,nd meekly beaming there, quiet comes trembling down The sweet and silent air; ithin the mist, behind the cloud, living rays still shine, sacred fires, 'mid incense wreaths 'hat circle round the shrine. mac my life shine forth a star, /rough all distence's night ; uenched by Mist's, undimmed by clouds, nil lost in morn's full light. .mthly crown may bind my brow, gems about me shine ; leari, all these I covet now, 1 helping, shall be mine! ;oul shall yet defy life's storms, all their blustering We— lean laugh at the thunder peal, ill rolling heavier,,nigher, burning and unquailing eye lash back the lightning's fire ! all that soul seek to enfold wide world in its love:— all that heart be as an ark every wearied dove, AI that eye be often raised tiler and faith above ! OEM . - . "Ifib. 44fril• ' , . . • - :'..'i-• -',,..".:' 1 -` -i ' :--, -''.' '....-'-' - :--. • -,- . 4.. :.- :c.v.:, .r:- ;.: -1' . ... _ , _ „ , -- - • 0 4 -.: t ' --.:.. ...... !- : f... , ' *.• - •.: - ;- i' --,''.. ":, '-- .. r.2,..;,...1-2.,f,.:.. fit .„., 'l/4-0 :.:-• _ . _. ... . . - ''• . . . . I' 4 , r e.... ..... ..., ~..., , ._„ . , . _ .... . , . . el 4. , 1...,. .. . .., _ ~„ . . • .. . . . , _ . r . . _ -.• . .• .... ' -.. . ~ • .. [From the knickerbocker.] A Night of Terrok, FROM AN -UNPUBLISHED NOVEL. . . T A fearful night! There is no stiNnot walking in the streets; And the. complexion of the element Is favored like the work we have in. hand," Sizakveare. The.raiu poured in torrents from the darkened' heavens, the thunder roared, the lightning flashed and it almost seem ed as if the fate ofGomorrah hung over the city, so fearful was the strife, so endless the war of the angry elements. The deluged streets were perfectly de serted; apparently,"no hiiman being dared to venture forth. The•hour of midnight had already sounded from the different clocks in the town and all ani mate nature seemed awedinto silence; when suddenly, by the . occasional flashes, a carriage was seen to dash through the streets with a rapidity scarcely equalled by the lightning it self; it might have been the chariot of some Spirit of the Tempest flying from the pursuit of some victorious enemy, so reckless did it rush throtigh the thick darkness, that enveloped all around. It stopped before the door of a small, obscurely situated house, when a tall figure. closely .wrapped in a cloak, sprang from the box where, apparently regardless of all risk, he had sat enact ing the part of coachman ; and pulling the bell with a violence that threatened its destruction, he at length succeeded in rousing one of the inmates of the d welling. • So strangely timed a visit probably excited the apprehension of the individu al thus 'imperatively summoned ; for instead of opening the door, a female was heard to demand from a window above, the narne:and purpose. of the im patient visitor. ;; In the nam# of all that is good, for the love of heaven, and the fear of hell, come down instantly, and do not stop to ask any more queStions, or you may have the life-of a fellow creature to an swer foi 1" was the hurried reply. • -The woman seemed 'less surprised than might have been expected from the impetuous manner of the strange visitor, She. Was evidently one accus tomed to witness the agitated and anx ious sympathy they generally betray who watch the ttonizing throes of her whose appointed task it is, Through groins and suffering. to bring into the world an accountable being. It was her business to usher into life these little heirs or immortality ; and she knew that the joy of parents are often purchased by some hours of anxiety to the one, and no slight meed of previous .bodily Sufferings to the other ; she therefore did not much wonder at the excited manner of the individual who had called upon her at such an unrea sonable hour ; but suPposing.. that it might be some case of peculiar urgency, for which he had thus hurried . her to the exertion of her skill, she hastily provided herself, as she best could, with protection against the storm, which still raged with unabated fury, and ran down stairs without farther questioning. But what was her horror on descend ing, to perceive that not . only was his figure completely muffled, in a cloak, but that his face was entirely concealed by a mask ! She was about- to rush back tip stairs, when he seized her with a grasp that set all resistance at defi ance, and proceeded to bandage her eyes with his handkerchief. As was to be expected, she struggled violently, and reiterated the question as to who he was, and what was his plea_for such unwarrantable usage. He replied. by drawing from his cloak a pistol. which instantly silenced the. frightened ‘vo inan. Be still," he said, " andl pledge you my lionbr as a gentleman you Shall receive no injury ; but give vent to on scream, call once for assistance, and you shall never utter sound again, until the last dread trump shall awaken the dead ! It is for, the good of others, and not for any harm'to yourself, that I call upon-you to submit to all that I shall see - fit to do. You. ere wanted for one to whom your assistance is im periously necessary, and - you•mtrat ac company me, and do your duty without remonstrance. • I repeat, any struggle for assistance ortscape willbe fatal to you. -I never threaten twice . All this . was said rapidly,. and al though'with dreadful, energy and 'em phasis, in a suppressed tone - of the-mysterious strangei , having closed .the street door as ~soon as the:female admitted him.: -He now again 'opened it, and beckoned the, footmail who, RegaMless of Damps - 61111mi from any.,Quarier.—Gov!.Porz4. uo\Ay.ALv osowuv o u) ao9 masked like his master, stood.ready with his hand owthe carriage door_;, the steps were instantly let doWn, and' the woman,' reflecting that not only might any objection on her part occa sion instant death, but that it might also deprive d'fellow creature-of the aid of, which, from what had taltert place, must have been considered imperative ly necessary, she suffered herself*to thrust into the carriage, the door was immediately closed, , and uttering the single word 4 , Beware !" the disguised stranger again mounted the coach-box, and urging the horSes to theirutmoit speed, they were soon flying through the Storm with _the same mysterious swiftness as before. . More than once was the woman temp ted to burst the door open. - and by springing into the street, endeavor to make her escape ; but the risk of being arrested, and the benevolent anxiety already alluded _to, withheld h,er, and in almost breathless silence she kept her seat. Every precaution had been taken to prevent her from discovering the course of the vehicle, for not trust ing to the darkness of the night, the blinds were so securely fastened that it was impossible for -her to, let them down for an instant, and she could by no means catch a glimpse of the street through which they passed. It,seem ed evident to her, however, that in stead of pursuing a direct course, the carriage went more than once round the same square, and backward and forward through the same street; at last it stopped suddenly ; the door was immediately opened, she wRs, almost dragged out ; the same strange' hoarse voice muttered " come`!" and without being allowed an instant to take breath, she was hurried through what seemed a long passage and up a flight of stairs ; a door evidently opened, she was led in, and .it was again closed ; then, and not till then, was the bandage with drawn from her eyes. Having regained_ the use of her sight, she began to look eagerly around her; bUt the stranger. without taking off his mask, drew her quickly to the bedside, and pointing to a female who lay there on, bade her render her the necessary assistance. This unfortunate being was evidently in a 'state of extreme suf fering. "The hour of Nature's sor row," pressed heavily upon her, and she 'lay upon: her side and groaned piteously no human being stood near to alleviate the pangs4he endured ; and as if to add as much as possible to their poignancy, a mask closely' covered her face, and thus as it were thrown back upon her the burthen of the long deep groans, which seemed to be forced up on her in spite of her evident effort to restrain them. The woman's first idea was, it ap peared, to relieve her patient from 'this extraordinary and cruel encumbrance; but the man, as soon as he perceived her benevolent intention,• grasped her hand, and muttered in a low_ but stern voice, " It must not be removed."— 'She felt that no remonstrance would avail with the awful and mysterious be ing into whose power she had been strangely thrown, tindt proceeded to do what she could for the relief of the poor creature who lay prostrate before her, insensible apparently to everything but the agony she endured. Nature struggled long ; it seemed as if the infant, that is about to be smug gled into life, dreaded to enter a world where so strange, so stern a 'reception awaited it ; until at length the delicate framo of the future mother could no longer endure the mortal anguish, and she fainted. Instinctively, and if not forgetftil, at least heedless of the imperative com mands of the stranger, the woman, without stopping to consider the risk . she might incur by thus braving him, tore the mask front the, face_ of the in sensible sufferer, and disclosed to her astonished' gaze one of the loveliest facei she had ever beheld. Woman ?" exclaimed The man, in a torte of suppressed rage, .;",did 1 not command you?" • . . Brute ! retorted she; "•would you destroy two at once ?—would you nitr;• der both mother and 'child ?., See, her strength has failed ; her pulse is gone; she. may be dead in five minutes, if she is stifled bv'this horrid mat-k:". " Dead !" muttered •the man, in a low deep voice of OneontrOlable an -08114 dead!, oh, no ! any thing but that." , The woman was ton much engresi• ed by tier needful- 'care of the patient, io heed his words ; -and he perceiving that she had_sueceeded in.reatoring the fainting forth to„animatimt,,renirned to the occupation which seemed. 0 have shared • his" attention • with 1. - 74az3 (WITY:LIE,7I' ato 0 ,aS4Zco ful eye tip O n -the Pro.' woman, viz: that-of g upon an. :already - djoinin„a r00m..-This xtraordinary as. the V far . advanced, 'and oors and WincloWs sphere ' or the room' tly . warm : without aid, , The door -he ms Opened just op d as he - paced up it' and the fire-place, 1 dded.to the immense woman's more -than _.suggest to him that Idy oppressively hot. . . of keeping . a watch ceedingS of the heaping log after 1( blazing fire.in an a seemed ...more , 6 spring was alreat6 the tightly-closed rendered the atm . more than suffciei. such unseasonable tween the two roe posite the bed; . and down bet Wee he on each turn , a pile; spite of.the once venturingj to, the room was Iret . .1 At length the ,struggle ceased, and the voice of a living child greeted- the newly-made mother's ear; but no mut tered sound of thanksgiving breathed in •oyful contrast to the feeble wail of th) infant,; no beloved voice bade her re member no more her anguish, for joy that a man was born into the world." The strange being did indeed spring forward as the woman announced to him (hoping thereby perhaps to soften the asperity of his apparently demonia cal temperament) that a noble boy straight in limb and perfect s in propor tion, lived to bless his parents : but it was riot , to bestow a father's blessing on his first-born ; it was , not to imprint a father's kiss updn the miniature fea tures ; no, it was not the warm pressure bf parental affection ; but rather the savage - grasp of a fiend, with which he seized the new-born infant, even be fore the . woman had time to cover the little quivering frame with a single gar ment, .and with rapid strides advanced with it to the fire, which has been al ready, alluded to. The unfortunate mo ther seemed partly aware of the man's horrid purpose, even before her atten dant, engrossed with themecessary care for her restoration, had perceived his approach, and in the most piteous ac cents besought him to replace the child beside her ; a name evidently trembled on her lips ; but even in'that awful mo ment caution prevailed, and no word which could betray him escaped her. She pleaded, however, in vain ; the mysterious wretch, (lir such he truly seemed, stopped indeed, apparently in spite of himself, at every new entreaty, but his purpose as it appeared, remain ed unaltered, for he replied in the same hoarse voice: 4.1 t must be done—you knoiv it must be done "Gracious Heaven ! and by your hands ?" " Are they not fittest for such a deed !" replied he, in a tone of intense bitterness. No ! no! no!" almost screamed the miserable mother; " it shall not be; Heaven and earth alike forbid it. Oh ! 'do you take .it from him!" continued she, addressing the woman'; "you who have been rudely dra g ged to this house of guilt and misery ; fergive me," (and here her eye turned to the masked fig ure, while as before a name trembled on her lips, though-still she did not ut ter it,) ", Linow it was for my sake : but even this woman, who has no _rea son to feel grateful to either of us, she I am , suie will add her prayer to mine." "'fake it then !" said the man, al most flinging the infant into the woman's arms, without giving her time to recov er, her powers of speech,. benumbed as . she was with horror; sufficiently to i make any answer, "and let it be done quickly." " What ?" demanded she. Destroy it; and that instantly, in that fire ; and let not a trace of it re main !" A faint scream oldeep agony broke from the enfeebled mother, while the woman exclaimed : "Wretch ! do - you think any thing could tempt rite to such a:deed ?" " Then give it to met" He was about to snatch the infant from her arms, but the mother turning on her a look ‘ of mingled despair and entreaty, besought her not to suffer him to take it from her. The Woman, • apparently struck with compassion at.the piteous words, which indeed seemed the last the poor suffer er might ever ntter.,..seeing how she sank back upon her pillow, with but little sign of life, retreated before his approach, pressing• her burden more .tightly in her arms. Then," said he, "you must do the deed.; for I swear to yoti it shall be done, and that,instantly, • 7 „• • Without, farther ~ remonstrance, _the woman now i Wrapped the little treriati ling,.wailing infant. in hereloak; which she threw hastily amend .her;-and With an air, of ~desperate resolution.walked towards Ihe,tlegy,_itayieg; If execute your, hcni.id pose, you inuit..iemaht; by the:bedside of that poor . vietim - Of yours ;..shi3'intist not ~I;is -left an' instant in be present state ; you must also suffer me, to close he :door, that the screams of the babe may not quite .pierCe its mother's ears.; and give her this; She added, pouring something from a vial, q_it may dull the consciousness of her misery, at least for a while." _ - The man acquiesced without making any answer ; adininistered the draught; and sternly folding his arms, took his place-by the side of the unhappy suf ferer, who. completely exhausted by effort she had just made, still lay al most insensible, only giving evidence of life by the labored' heaving of the snow-white chest, which had been com pletely bared to prevent her from sink ing under the excessive heat, and an intense stare, which showed but too plainly that consciousness had surviv ed her strength. Almost immediately after the woman had'shut door, the screams of the infant became fearfully audible ;, the man struck his closed fist rudely against his breast, as if to lay prostrate any feeling of compassion that might lurk there-; and planting his foot firmly on the floor, seemed determined to continue resolutely insensible to the pleadings of nature. After a momentary struggle, he turn ed his eye toward the female. and per ceiving that she was now sinking into a stupor, to which the charitable draught had propably contributed as much as her previous exhaustion, he drew a long breath, and muttering , 'lt is well!" advanced some steps toward the door, but remembered the woman's charge, he returned to the bed-side. By this time, the cries became much fainter; a few minutes more, and they ceased entirely ; and shortly after, the woman entered the room, her cloak closely wrapped around her, as if ready to de part. The man approached her. "Is all over?" muttered he. Yes," she replied, in the same low tone, but casting a look of extreme horror at. him ; .‘ the poor innocent shall never trouble You . 'again." 'And then, as if to cut short any further corn rnunication with such wretch, she pro ceeded to give direction as to the far ther treatment of her patient ; and was hurrying from the room, when the man stepped before her and put into her hands a, poise with gold-pieces. The woman instantly dashed it to the floor, and in the most indignant toneexclaim ed Do you think I will receive from you the price of blood ? Take . it back, monster that, you are! and may your money perish with you V' 4. As yon like," . he ' coldly replied, but not withopt shuddering s li g htly al the woman's- Words : "this however you must submit to ;" and he again drew forth a handkerchief and advanc ed toward her. She shrunk from his touch, but made no resistance, and. in silence permitted him to blindfold her as before. He then led her down the same flight of stairs, and through,the same passage; - repeatedly charging her toteware how she made any effort to discover either his name or the house tcr which she had beep brought, which must, he warned her; bring upon her immediate destruction. - The house-door closed upon them, the carriage-door.opened, she was as sisted in and carried home by the same apparently unnecessarily circuitous route ; the strange being helped her out ; and not until her own door closed upon them, did he remove the bandage front her eyes. This (lane; he repeat ed his charge in still more 'emphatic words, and vanished from her sight; and here- we will leave the bewildered woman to . recover.as she best, may her scattered senses. By thiS - tirite'the storm had pasied away; the, rays Of early'mbrriind were beginning :to streak the east ; Na ture, as if refreshed rather than wearied by the recent conflict in which Shellad been engaged, teas fist putting off the dull weeds e of night, to array herself in the ,gorgeous. robes of ,a 'southern spring day. • • , . • Could the stOrrits 'which rage thelkurnin bosom beasleasily eil ;*could the dark passions which de. vastate the heart of man retreat Defore the ,sunshine of peace,. this world wiinht.not he'll's( scene of misery •it finer is. 'the - faie :Orden's' **ha rate the face of our mother Earth may fora while be shorn of their . beauty .. by the iaging . of the pitiles' e 'Storm ; but ther4i 11 . broniri and 'With , vino.' voted Vigor' anti ;tided ty ; . when: .the .oefreshing alternationkoCtlevkand: s o nshipe,:reatore, thein. to ,life... : „Alas . ! it tints fiii:th,thaeaOtiree cid' the' itiftnati' `.peace- , 4 4 • t .7 ~?•`', • Si ;.t.6 z•g, , 0 • . • tz)4 - ii; =ll MEE MS ME NE agajh take up the abode there, . when once it , hai been rudelY.-'thrust'' out by:those . monopolizing guests'. which rage with- moremiltiness than any . out; ward storm ..of the', elenients . l no! We have been told, and every days experience shows, us, that with 'man this is inipossible, - :".'- - •• Edne,ation in Ireland. .- There is ari engine is the_,course.-of construction in Ireland; which, in twen4 ty or thirty years hence, will Work-a greater - revelation then even the ternpe ranee movement of Fathet,MattheW . .— This is primary or elementary educe. The engine will run in„thesame, groove, with the pledgeof Father Mat thew, but it will. augment its power a hundred fold! - Hitherto Sitotland has taken the-lead in education-and know ledge, but Ireland bids fair •to outstrip both, the sister kingdoms. in the'se. re spects, and regain - that ascendency which she maintained three thousand years ago, when she was denominated by the ancients the Inaula Sacra."— I have- kept an eye on the scholastic movements in various . parts, of the Em erald Isle, and have no hesitation in stating that it is advancing with rapid strides—With infinitely greater momen tum than in any. other .portion of the the British dominions. If lam asked why is this ? I would say the Irish stu dent's senses are more acute, his im agination more vivid, and his brain more active than. those of the English or Scotch. Pat,;-with half the means, Will compass double the ends that ei ther Sawney or Bull would effict un. der similar circumstances. Ido not be lieve there is a people on 'the face of the earth more apt to learn, or better capacitated to receive instruction, than the Irish. The rising genoration of youth in that country are sucking in learning and knowledge as greedily as they did the milk from the mother's breast! —Dr. :James Johr ston's tour in Ireland. No SouL To PAIN.—The Rev James Armstrong preached at Harmony, near the Wabash . ,' when a doctor at that place, a pfofessed' deist or infidel. call.; ed on hiS:aasociates to accompany hits while heattacked the Methodist, as he said. At first he asked Mr. Armstrong if he followed preaching to save souls V' who answered - in the affirina tive.—He then asked Mr Armstrong " if he ever saw a soul 2" he ever tasted a.seul ?" " No." "If he ever felt a soul r". Yes, .thank God,'said Mr: Armstrong: .. Well," said the doctor, 'there are four or five Senses againstone- to' evidence there is no soul !" Mr. Armstrong then asked the gentleman "if he was .a.doctor of medicine ?" and be was alSo"answered in the affirmative. - Ile then asked the doctor " if he ever saw a pairtr. " No." "If he ever heard a pain ?" " No." "If he ever tasted a pain 2" "No." "If he ever felt a pain ?" Yes," Mr. Armstrong - then said: "There are also four sensesAgainit one to evidence that there is"no pain; and yet, sir, you know there is a' pain. and I . know there is,a soul." The doctor appeared confounded,, and walk ed off.. GAtEil".—The are two kinds ofgay ety: the one arises from want of heart; being touched by no pity, sympathizing with no pain.even of its own causing. it 'Shines and glitters like a frost'bound river in the gleaming.sun. The other springs from an excess of heart;: that is from a heart. overflowing with kindness towards all .nien and all thinge;, and suffering under nosuperadded-..grief. it light from the happiness. 'which it causesfrom the - happineSs it sees. This may be compared to the same river,, sparkling ,:end, smiling. un der the suit of summer, and •running' "op to giie felicity and inCrigise - toill:with.: in and even many beyotidits-reqch-., TliE I3IPATIENT PROFESSOR.---The following, is given as an Mu - strati - en of dieinAility of` the American trited to CoMprebend. the mysticism of the Ger mans. Professor Stowe, in .his late address at Bowtloin College, told an ainusingsterief ati interview betiveen a Yankee professerand one holding the same rank , tn::a Germain nuiversity.7,-. The former had been listening for,some, time to the disCourie of the latter, ail& cantinually - interupted him•for-explana .tions, These were given, Ina they, were more difficult 40 . uUderstandihnn . th original ex , p,.oSitiors: ,_ last' the' German, losing alt :- :patietWe',''liftill - tip'- , both his.hande,aml,ekcialined-,-With so. CltristOidier . Columblis fOr -eier LI r •, _ `.. EN fflMl ERE =Si , ISCk.OII3