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Vcould rattier share your tears Than any other's glee, fu: though you're nothing to the world, You're all the world to me,— iTou make a palace of my -shed, Tills rough•hewn bench a throne ; There's sunlight for me in your smiles, And music in your tone. :look upon you when you sleep, yy eyes with tears grow dim I cly." 0 parent of the poor, Look down from Heaven on him.: Belanla him toil from day to day, Ezhausting strength and soul ; Oh ! look in mercy on him, Lord, I- For thou canst make him whole." Ahd when at .last relieving sleep has on my eyelids smiled. How oft have they forbid to close lo slumber by our child ! I take the little murmurer, 'ist spoils my span of rest, And feel it is a part of thee I lulled it to my breast. There's only one return I crave, I may not`-need it king ; , And it may soothe thee when I'm where The wretched feel no wrong ; I ask not for a kinder tone, For thou wert ever kind ; I ask •not for less frugal fare,— My fare I do not mind. • I ask not for attire more gay, If such as I have got Suffice to make me fair to thee. Fur more I murmur not : But I would ask some of the hours That you on" dubs" bestow,— Of knowledge which you prize so much, May I not something know Sul , fract from among th cm, Each eve an hour for me; )1;:kc me companion of your soul, As I may safely be If sou will read, sit and work, Then think when you're away ; Lc:: tedious I shall find the,time,.., Winiarn r if you stay. A meet companion soon I'll be For your most Studious hours; And teacher of those little ones You call-your cottage flowers' And if we be not rich and - great, We may be wise and kind, And as my heart can warm your heart, So may your mind my mind. I The Printer. Know ye the printers, hour of peace Know yc an hour more fraught csithl joy Than ever, felt.the maid of Greece Mica kissed by Venus' am'rous boy ? "Tis not when news of dreadful note His columns ail with minion fill, lis:not when brothel printers quote The effusion of his stump-worn quill. Pis not when in Miss Fancy's glass, Long advertisements meet his - eye, And seem to whisper as they pass,. We'll grace your columns by-and•by. Nor is it when with numerous names: His lengthened 101 l of vellum swells, As if 'twas touched by conjurer's wane, 'Or grew by fairy's magic spells. No, reader, no,•the printer's hour-- ills hour of real" sweet repose, !'s not when, by some magic power, Ills list of patrons daily grows. Idol, oh! 'tia when stern winter dear Conies robed in snow and rain and vapor tie hears, in whispers soft and clear, " We're come to pay you for the paper ?' Twilight Dews. When twilight dews are falling fast upon thq rosy sea; I watch the star whose . beam so soft, Has - lighted me to thee: And thou too, on. that orb so dear, Ah (lost thou gaze at even, And think Sough lost forever here, Moult yet be mine in Heaven. 7 . 1 There's not a garden walk I tread There's not a flower I see ; But brings to mind some hope that's fled, Some joy I've lost with thee: And still I wish that hour was near, 4 When friends and foes forgiven: The'pains the ills we've wept thro' here . 1 - f, May turn to smiles in Heaven. [From Chambers' Edinburg Review.) A Short Sketch of John Sobieski. The life of John Sobieski, the intre pid Polish patriot; is one of the most interesting which can be offered within the scope of royal biography, and can- not fail to be of universal acceptation. Joining all the spirit of ancient chivalry to Christian piety, and an - extraordinary desire to secure the independence of his country, he finds few parallels in his tory, and can, perhaps, be compared only to our own Scotish hero, Sir Wit ham Wallace, though far surpassing ing tum in the magnitude of his war like operations, and their effects on the condition of Europe. While exciting our admiration of his conduct, he is equally entitled to our grateful rever ence, for he was the savior of Christen dom ; and but for his exertions, that might not have been a vain threat which destined the altar of St. Peter's to be come the' manger of the Moslem's Horse. John Sobieski was descended from an illustrious Polish family, and. was born in the summer of 1629. The education of the future hero, like that of his elder brother Mark, correspond ed, to his high fortunes. In his father's princely inhdritalice of Zelkiew, he was taught not only the theory of war, but languages. history, politics, philosophy =every thing in fact, likely to be use ful to one of his birth and connections destined to the first office in the state. His ready genius required little aid from instructors, and his active frame was rendered hardy by martial eier- Whether listening to the conn- MID sels of a lather, whom a cultivated un- derstanding and great experience in the world rendered the best of teachers, or bearding the wild boar in the recesses of his patrimonial forests, he afforded sure presages of his future eminence.— But the more agreeable of his occupa. lions was in anticipating the vengeance which he vowed one day to take on the Osmanlis, or Turks, the continued ene mies of his country, his religion and his race. Our young hero had scarcely attained his sixteenth year, when he and Mark were sent on their travels. In France he became the friend no less than the pupil of the great Conde : in Italy he applied himself to the fine arts, to pub lic law, and to the policy of princes ; at:Constantinople he leisurely survey ed the proportions of the formidable an tagonist against which, both as a Chris tian and a noble Pole, he had been taught to nourish unextinguishable ha tred. He was preparing to pass among the Tartars, when an alarming insur rection of the serfs, and an invasion of Tartars, summoned him to the defence of his. country. In no country in Eu rope ViaS the slavery of the lower class es so 'Utterly galling and abject as in Poland. But human endurance has its limits., The dreadful tyranny to which the serfs were subjected led them at length to break out into the present re bellion. An aged Cossack chief bad his property seized by a Polish inten dant; he was himself bound in fetters, and his wife and family murdered. His soul being on fife with these injuries, on his release he loudly proclaimed his wrongs ; 300,000 of his Countrymen and, of the Tartars whose Khan had espoused his cause, rose to avenge them. At the head of this imposing force he cut in pieces the armies sent against him 'by the diet. As he a 6 vancedinto Polish Russia, he was join -H ed by the serfs, who had previously massacred their lord and by some thousands, of Arian and Calvinistic no bles whom the intolerance of the diet or state council had doomed to death. •In this manner roiled on the frightful' inundation when the two intrepid So bieskis hastened from the Ottoman capitol to oppose the confederated for ces. Having supported the election of John Cassimir to the throne of the re public, John Sobiesk eagerly com menced his military :career. In the Outset he had a subor - mate rank, Ina his valor soon raised hint to distinction. In the first campaign his brother , Mark was slain. The insurrection was final ly quelled ; but new foes arose—on the one side the Swedish Charles Gustavus, on the other the Muscovite Czar Alexis ravaged the country with impunity.— The Polish armies were annihilated— John Cassimir was )driven from his throne—and for a .time the nation ceas ed to exist. But smite true hearts there were, and among those ,none was truer or braver than Sobieski's whO never despaired of the country. Npble and peasant at length combined, and Cassi-. niir was restored. During these con tentions which - continued for many years, Sobieski was gradually rising to Regardless of Dmiunciation front any Quarter. --=-Gov. PonTzn. ulowz,ssmi\s, 1:3331.mc0mm ovum% m 51,09 zisaw s® a g 546,04 higher commands. -His, success over the Muscovite general. Sheremstoff; andbove all, the brilliant victory, he gained over the same enemy at Sloba dyssa, where 70,000 of the Czar's for ces were killed or taken, drew on him the attention of Europe, and elevated him to a rank with the greatest cap ms of the age. His exploits during tthe six following years against the Musco vites and Tartars procured -him, from his'grateful sovereign, first the elevated post of Grand Marshal, next that of Grand Heiman of the Crown. In the former capacity, he presided over the administration, and was the only man in the realm, who, by virtue of his of fice could.inflict the punishment of death without appeal: In the latter capacity he }iras Invested with the supreme dis posalt ,of the military force. The joy of the Poles was, great to see their favorite captain thus placed at the head of all the civil and military dignities •of Poland. The confidence they expected in his abilities was soon put to a severe trial. In 1667, 100,000 Cossacks and Tartars invaded the king dom, and to meet these formidable numbers, there were only 10.000 ill equipped soldiers ; •• but," said an offi cer of state, if we have no troops, we have Sobieski, who is an army himself; if the public treasury be empty, his revenues will supply what is wanting ; he burdens his patrimOny with debts that he may support fife men he has raised." This was literally true. At his own expense the patriotic Hetman raised the army of 20,000, and fearless ly marched to meet the enemy. Hav ing intrenched himself at Podhaic, he sustained, during sitteen successive days, with unshaken intrepidity, the impetuous onset of . - the assailant, on whom he inflicted a heavy loss. He did more : on the morning of the 17th, with his greatly. diminished band, he issued from his fortifications, audacious ly assumed the offensive, and in a few hdurs utterly routed Cossack and Tar tar, with the Sultan Galga at their head, and compelled them to sue for peace.— Success so splendid had been expected by no man, and all Poland flocked to the churches to thank God for having given her such a hero in the time of her need. In the succeding reign of Michael, the services of Sobieski 'were fully as important. In 1671 he opened a cam paign with a handful of followers, and triumphed over Cossack,_ Tartar and Turk. But he derived little satisfaction from his splendid successes. • The King, terrified even in victory, consen ted not only to the dismemberment of the kingdom, but to the humiliation of an annual tribute as the price of peace. At the conclusion of this ignominious peace, the nation was torn by factions. and the Hetman retired to his estates in disgust. He was again called forth in order to defend his, character front the vilest aspersions, which he did most effectually, and accomplished at the same time the rupture of the disgrace ful treaty. This event once more brought Sobieski into the field.. His exploits were now fully more aston ishing than they were before. lie cap tured the strongest holds oltbe Turks. and drove them beyond the Danube ; and Europe thanked God for the .most signal successes which, for three cen turies, Christendom had gained over the Infidel." At the close of tha campaign, Michael who was an imbecile monarch, fortu nately died: This latter immediately induced a meeting of the Polish diet, in which every landholder in the coun= try considered himself entitled to assist. On the 20th of April, 1674, the diet opened, all the-chivalry of Poland be ing arranged under their respective pala tinates. Various foreign candidates were on this occasion proposed, and each, in turn, rejected. At length the President of the Assembly spoke— .. Let a Pole reign over Poland ;" a sen timent which was hailed with approba tion by the crowd. We have," be continued, a man among us who has ten times saved the republic by his head and his arm ; who is hailed, both by the whole world and by ourselves, as the first and greatest of the Poles.— By placing him at our head, we shall best consecrate his own glory ; happy shall we-he in being able to honor, by an additional title, the remaining days of one who'has devoted every day to the interests of the republib ; happier still in securing our own safety, by res cuing genius and patriotism from the shackles cast over them, and investing lioth with new energy, and -power.-- We know that such a King wild, main tain - our nation in the rank it occupies, because he has hitherto maintained it in its' present elevation—an elevation to which he himself has raised " Poles'!" exclaimed. the- animated speaker, " if we' here deliberate in peace on the election of a king ; if the most. illustrious . ptitentates solicit our suffrag es ; if our power be increased, and our, liberties left to us; whose is the glory ? Call to mind the wonders of Slobadyssa, Podhaic, Kaluz, Kotzin ; imperishable names.! and choose Tor your monarch JOHN SOBIESKI !" The effect was electrical ; all the Polish and Lithuan ian palatinates shouted " long live King John III." The soldiers drew their swords. swearing to exterminate all who did not join in the cry. Sobieski was hence proclaimed, and entered on his new and royal functions with the approbation of all. John Sobieski was thus raised for his talents and services to the highest. office at which any human creature can arrive. He was now the King of Po- land ; but we shall immediately see whether his apparently enviable honors brought with them peace and satisfac tion. The New King was immediate ly called on to justify the confidence placed in, him by a gallant nation.— Whilc obtaining his accustomed suc cesses over the Tartars, he was sudden ly assailed by Mehemet at the head of an amazing and disciplined force. lie had but 5000 men left, and the arrival of supplies was of all things the most contingent. He threw himself into Lemberg, where he was speedily in vested. All Poland believed him lost; vet he sent for his Queen and children, .resolved, that if conquered, their lives and his should find a tomb. 'faking advantage of a heavy fall of snow, which a high wind blew in the face of the foe, he one day issued from the fortress, led on his heroic band shunt ing his favorite and pious war cry of Christ for ever ! and after n sharp con flict, again routed the Infidels, who fled with precipitation before this second Coeur de Leon. Well might all Chris tendom cry a miracle ! for such won ders had never been wrought since the heroic do} s of Crecy and Poiotiers. It was linpiel'that such disastrous defeats would deter the Moslems from oppos ing a captain who appeared as if raised up by Providence to their scourge, if not their destruction : but this time their pride was exasperated ; they le vied another and more formidable army (three hundred thousand strong,) which they confided to the Pacha of Damas cus, the most resolute and ferocious of their generals. The Polish king's for ces might reach ten thousand, yet, fear ful as were the odds, he scorned to re treat. Having entrenched himself be• tween two small villages on the banks of the Dneister, he supported during 20 successive days, the most desperate efforts of the enemy, whose formidable artillery showered continued destruc tion into his camp. Never before had his situation been so critical. The bombardment was terrific, and was not remitted day or night ; the ranks of the Poles were thinned by it, no less than by the frequent sallies which the king led to the very centre of the dense ranks of the Moslem. The Paella was utter ly confounded at such supernatural re sistance ; it gave way to admiration of the great beet) ; he proposed terms of peace but they were rejected with `scorn. After a pause the bombardment recommence ; and as the balls and shells fell thick amoeg,his heroic band, Sobieski ordered them to be returned by his own guns 'and mortars. The alactrity of the soldiers in gathering up every ball and shell as they fell, in thrusting them into the ever-active en gines, and dashing them into the faces of those who' had sent them, would have roused the patriotism of the most insensible, and inspired even cowards with bravery. The Turks were thun derstruck at seeing so brisk a fire all at once resumed ; they doubted not that ithe Tartars, their allies, who occupied the left bank of the Dneister had suffer ed supplies to be poured into the camp. Forty-eight hours of inaction followed. On the morning of October.l4th, 1676, the astonishinent of the Moslems knew no bounds when they saw the. Pole calmly issue from his intrenchment, with his few followers drawn up for battle, apparently as confident of the result as if legions had compassed him. They could not believe a mere' -man would 'attempt such a thing ; from that moment their superstition. invested -him with supernatural powers. The Tar tars exclaimed that there was no use contending with the wizard hieg.°— The Pacha would notengag,e and of an honorable peace, which was immedi ately accepted: , In these extraordinary Obits Sobite hi-received tits "support ftoin the-EtirO peen powers, although - he promised, if succoured, to drive the • Muiselmans of Turkey back to ,those solitudes which had vomited the in forth. During the short peace which followed this list campaign. his life was embittered by the political intrigues of his wife, a Frenchwonian., . This inquietude ivas, howeVer, soon exhilarated by -a new and still more tremendous war with the Turks, who now broke in upon ,Hun gary in irresistible 'force, threatening the subjugation of Austria, and terrify ing the adjacent ' principalities. All eyes were again directed to Sobieski.— Rome trembled, and the Pope continu ally dispatched couriers to implore his interference in saving the church from the Moslem yoke. With the subsidies which he received from Rome, our he ro was enabled to raise an army of 15,000 men - , Soon he was joined by the Austrian forces, and his exultation was extreme to find himself at the heaa of 70,000 troops, hiving never before commanded half so many ; with these he thought himself a match not only for 300,000 Turks and' Tartars; but for the Infidel world,. The celebrated campaign of Vienna was- now opened, but need dot be related here. On the morning of September 11, - 1683, the allied army reached the summit of a chain of mountains, from which the Austrian capitol and the wide-spread guilded tents of the Moslems formed a magnificent prospect. Great was the astonishment ,of Kara Mustapha, the Turkish commander, to behold heights which he had confidently deemed in accessable glittering with Polish lances. He did not then know that the wiz zard king" was there, but the unwel come intelligence was soon conveyed to him. Next day having heard mass and communicated—a pious practice which he never neglected when any great struggle was impending; the King de scended the mountain to encounter the dense hosts of.the Moslems in the plains below. The shouts of the Christian army . bore the infidels the dreaded name of Sobieski ! The latter were driven, from their entrenchment after some time. On contemplating these works, he deemed them too formidably defend ed to be forced. Five o'clock P. Si. had sounded, and he had given up for the day all hope of the grand struggle, when the provoking composure of NI os tapha, whom he espied in a splendid tent tranquilly taking coffee with his two sons,. roused him to such a pitch, that he instantly gave orders for a gen eral assault. -It Was made simultane ously on the wings and centre. Ile himself made towards the Pacha's tent, bearing down all opposition, and re peating with a loud voice, Non nobis, non nobis, Domine . exercituurn, sed nomini too, ad gloriam ! (Not unto us, not unto us, but to thy name, Lord of Hosts, be ascribed the glory.) Helves soon recognized by Tartar and Cos.. sack, who had so often beheld him blazing in the van of the Polish chival- . ry ; they drew back, while his name rapidly passed front one extremity to the other of the Ottoman lines, to the dismay of those who had refused to be lieve him present. At the moment the . hussars, raising Their national cry, I God for Poland !" cleared .a ditch which would long have arrested the in fantry, and dashed into the deep ranks 'of the enemy. They , were a gallant band ; their appearance almost justified the saying of one of the kings—" That if the sky itself were to fall, they would bear it up on the points of their lances!" The shock was rude, and some minutes dreadful ; but the valor ,of the Poles, still more the reputation of the lender, and more than all,. the finger of God, routed these immense hosts ; iFey gave way on every side ; the Khan of the Tartars was borne along with the stream to the tent of the now despairing Canst not thou help me ?" said 111 us • tapha to the brave Tartar ; " then I am lost indeed "The Polish king is `there!" - repited the other. "I know 'him well ! Did I not tell thee that, all we had to do was to get away as quick as posSible ?" Still the Visier attemp7 ted to make a stand ; in vain—as well might he have essayed to stem the ocean tide.. With tears in his eyes . he embraced his sons and followed the universal example. It would be im- possible to describe the transports of the Chiistian world wheit the result of the campaign was known. Pioteitantb as well as Roman Catholics caught the enthusiasm ; every pulpit in Italy. Spain, 'and' England, resounded with the praises of the illustrious victor.-- . - 'Ph.e Pope Wap : oYei•whelrned with joy, and, bathed in tears of gratitude, re mained 'for hottri befoie O. driteifii.- . Reatlefi this . ineeesOikil battle et Sobiet. ki saved a large portion of t tirOpe from [DV 30 1 2 s aVailAne j al a elQati the bloody and iron yoke of the Ma homed :ns. This: was their last attempt on., Europe, and from thenceforward they acted only on the defensive. Amidst the rejoicings of Christen: Glom, Sobieski was unhappy. He was 'beset - by factions 'in the kingdom, who rendered his life miserable. , True to its character, Poland continued. divided against itself. There was nenrienimi. ; - ty in its councils, and all its successes only engendered new Causes of discon tent. Finding himself unable to con trol the Polish nobles, and distracted by the intrigues of his wife, Sobieski resolved on abandoning the load of roy: ally With which he had been invested. Oa his resolution being made known; the voice of faction was hushed, and even his enemies prayed him to con tinue their sovereign end prOtector.-- After a short • struggle between his clination and sober judgment, he sub- Mined, to the unanimous voice of the people. He therefore continued king; but it was only in name. • Sick ' of the court, he fled into the forests. or Ivart dered fro% :one castle to another, or pitched his tent wherever a beautiful valley, picturesque landscapes, the mountain torrent, or any natural object attracted his ,attention. Sick, too, of the world, he sought consolation in re ligion and philosophy. With his inti mate friends, he discoursed on the na ture of the soul, the justice4heaveni and wonders of another life, More mys terious than . even this. At length the end of this great man approached. ' A _dose of mercury—or; as is conjectured; poison—which ha bad been recom mended to take, was too .strong for his constitution, and speedily released him from his sufferings. John. Sobieski, or John 111, who thus died in the year 1696, was the last independent price of that country ; and with him ended Po lish greatness. LlNKS.—llonestindtistry has brought that wan to the scaffold, said a wag, as he observed a carpenter upon the stage iraga--ehat is more waggish than a dog's tail when he is pleased ? Speaking of tales—we alway like thole s , that end well. Hogg's lot in; stance. Speaking of hogs;--we Saiv one of these animals lying in the gutter the other day and iu- the opposite one a well dressed man ; the first had a ring in his nose, the latter had Wring on his finger. The man was drunk; the hog was sober. A hog is known by the company he keeps," thought we--so thought Alr. Porker, and off be went: Speaking of. going offi—puts us in mind of a gun we once owned. It went of one night and we havn't seen it since. THE RULING PASSIO'S STRONG WATER;—Some time since, on the arri= val of the steamboat at Albany, Ga., d general rush was made by the merchants; for the boat, to engage freight. One, more daring than the rest, attempted to leap upon her deck berore she reached wharf. In this he failed, and was soon submerged head and ears. While the astonished erowd , stood breathless with apprehension for his fate, his head rose high above the water,. and he cried out say, Captain, save room far raj three hundred bales r VERY 0001).-A gallant wag was larLt lately sitting by the side - of hts beloved. and being unable to think of - anything to say, turned and asked her why she wait like a tailor. I don't know,' said she with ,a pouting unless it is because lam sitting beside my goose.' fhe fellow"was immediately troubled with a stitch in the side. Ax 'you A CmcumsTAxcE.—Pete . ,..l want to ax you a eiretiltstance. Pike a break Dinar. Why is iliggar's beat' like a U. States Omnibus ? Dose you guys him Up r . Wouldn't do notbin' else. Cause dey carry passengers otii4cle.. Mr. Niggar dis will 'mortalize von. RATHER BITING,—,.The French cer who gave the following toast recent ly at Washington. was quite savage sip ! ou 'de grand kale republique;' uninten• tionarty ; • I G entilhommus I I shall give you one sentiment. It is dis ; , . Amgrique! delgrand limit republic vat isli fist begin to tlevil•up,itelf.! • IRISH PRACTICAL WIT.;;;:•A Tippera- ry Rockitesends a letter of athice to a acighbot; about taking , cerain piece of land, of letting it plebe ; and ends With this pithy qucOtioti i What's the hole tvrtr:ti 19 a !nun if his wife is a 'miaow?" &no No