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"Twis golden shitimer fit my heart, glad summer all
around,
14hen With a wreath of lily-bells my Lilian! I
-crowned,.
And called her gamin of all ray hopes, and Called my
self her knight.
And 'boldly vowed for Lillibel the fiereest - foeto fight,
For Lillibd, dear Liltibel! !
Oh! all theliinweis seelhed lilt:bells In those glad,
- golden days,
And all the brooks sang Mild along their winding
ways;
Laden with dreams of the lulling lireeies
came,
The silver echoei only rang the mellow music name
Of-Lillibel, sweet Lillibel!
fold Winter noiris In The sky ; chill whiter in my
heart; •
I wander by the silent brook, to muse and mourn
- -
The wild 'duds, whispering, through the trees, in.
weird whispers tell -
The story of the lily-bells, and of my Lillibel
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My =bet, lost Lillibel!
That King whose lance no knight may break—whose
. love no queen deride--
Illack-klutned, npon his fleet white steed, bore- off
my darling bride I
le gathered all the Lily-belts to bind around her
brow; . .
I feel there are no flowers`for me, In all the wide I
' _ world now-- ' •
TEE ELAM:INFER APPRENTICE
A Tale oflhe Revolution.
it was the darkest hoar of the revolution
for the American cause. Where were trait
ors in the camp, though the great mass of
-the people remained-firm and determined in I
the cause of Independence. The British ar
my outnumbered the American-forces' as.l
three, to ntie, but liberty_was the
,prize to be
eon, and brave hearts led on by Washing
ton, did not despair: What if they ; *ere r !
clad in tattered garments, and their feet were
shoeless, leavinn b marks of blood upon the
frozen earth wherever they follow their loved
commander, so lung as they battled fur the
birthright of freedom. • -
At the period of our story there stood in
the vicinity of the village of Brunswick a log
house, of rather large-dimensions, and built
in the manner that proved thit its proprietors
went in more fur comfort than appearance as I
regarded his dwelling. There was an air of
neatness and taste about the .garden that
seemed to prove that it was under the spe
cial care of - a woman, -evin though currant
bush, honey suckle, and hop vine had been
many days under the snow of December.
The proprietor of the hoae followed tile
MEC=
I double ealline.of blacksmith and firmer.—
Ile:was a hale old man of about sixty, and
his family was composed solely of his wife
Dorothy, and his "daughter, Mary, a beauti
ful-04 lost -budding itt4o womanhood....
In his youth, farm r Jonas Mutton had sd
vocrted Quaker principles of peace, but in
his age his sympathies were secretly enli..ted
in the cause of King George. Ills conduct,
however, had beeome so circumspect—he aP . .”
pearing to maintain a strict neutrality as re.
gardcd, both the Briti,h and American cause
—that though suspicions were rite of extend
ing aid to the former, he find thus far escaped
actual prooC
The only.person hired about the premises
was a tell ungainly youth, and ;who served
as a helper.in the smithery, when occasional.
12, a neighbor wished his horse shod, or his
wagon.wheel tired. His name was Malachi
Doolittle, and he-hailed from the Bay Btetc,
from whence he,frad wandered to hi. present
station, some three years before, binding him
' self to Squire Hutton till one and twenty.—
He had all the peculiarities of the migratory
race of New Eugland, and though, as we have
stated,be was tall and ungainly in deport
ment, a warm heart beat nn - der a home-spun
rest, and he-displayed meth genius and tact
for the benefit Of his employer.
As a matter of course he had been hi lord
fora long time with the Eli form and blue
eyes of his master's! daughter, Mary, though
she bad always treated - his case au coolly,
that•sny one else but a genuine yaakee wooer
would bare feft the field in despair. NO
girl can bear to hare it said that: her lover is
en object of ri'icule, and Mary was well
aware that tall Malachi—the name by which
her father's apprentice was generally addres
sed—was the sport of the young girls in. the
r.eghborhood. Yet she might have made a
good tannic; for he bid fair to become a first
rate mechanic; was iscreck shot with a rifle,
and could out-run, out-jump, as be expressed
hltasel4 anything that stood in, two shoes.—
He was a firm advocate of the American
cause, and when his bolsi Was not, by and, he
could gainn - a listener's ear, he would express
his admiration for. General Washington in
the highest terms.. . •
.. It was the latter part of December, and
close upon dusk, when a young man attired
in the uniform of an cosign in the Continent
al Array, and mounted upon a powerful gray
horse, rode up to Hutton s smithery,
and requested that his animal might be_ shod
immediately.
" Priced, thou aeernest to be in somewhat
of a hurry% and'as Malachi is busk in fodder
ing the cattle, and 1 have promised to have
neighbor Parker's wheel in half an hour, per
hips thee had better. apply to the next Shop,
which thee will find about a mile . and a half
from he re
o on the straight road to Brunswick,"
was Squire Hutton's reply, glancing at the
stranger in uniform. .
A plague on neighbor Parker, and hi s
wagon wheel," said. the young man impati.
ently. "As you have stated, however, I arn
in a hurry, and heisi imPortant dispatches to
Washington, who .1 understand is on his
way to attack . our _enemies. May • heaven
favor the right cause." •
"Ansel, said the smith earnestly. But:
as I have informed -thee before, it would be
imptrssible to attend the shoeing of thy beast
to:night. It is nearly dark, and I. seldom
protract my Is
,sison after nightfall." •
The stranger mused a moment, and then
mattered to isimself: "It is not possible that
I can have been misinformed;" drew s .pa
r...r from his pocket and handed it to Squire
Hutton,
" What is this ?" he exclaimed.:
"Something that it would not bepolitie to
let everyone pence in these times, but I
have .beard that you was a staunch hunt_ in
the inse of King George, arid can trust yeti.
The exigweies.of it nut)? not admit ol"
My home must be shod, and I must tie with
the Britich . eatup, 01 Trenton by , to-mor
VOL. 5. 1,
LILLIBEL
MEE!
ffly-bctily no LiMimi
CHAPTER I.
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"IFEREDOn'ARIED MONT Anaomgrvi @LLIWER'T amp V7PQRT&."
MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY Gl`fss9.
The old smith with an air of surprise, wip
ed his glassessto persue the document, and
by the last fading light of day, recognized the
well•knuarn signature of Lord Cornwallis.
'IL instantly grasped the stranger by the
hatid,.and. said that fur the cause of king
George he would neglect every other job of
work in the shop.
"•But thee will have a rough ride of it,
friend, the, roads are in a led: condition, and
the wind will blow cold . and bitter in thy face,
I obseree,,thewhole of thy journey."
The stranger remarked that he had learn
rto laugh at such adventures in the camp f the soldier.
" Ay, triend, : but the night will be black
as pitch an hour later, and if thy 'beast is not
Anse , footed, thee Aril! scarcely•reach Trenton
by §ohtiso. flowerer set that thou
art well prepered.fot thy journey. A clip
of goodlea, equal to that the, foolish rebels.
ai-asted in Boston harbor, Made by wife Dor
othy, and a few warm biscuits prepared by
My daughter, Mary. will refresh thee great
ly, previous to thy long journey."
Thanks, kind sir, for your hospitality,
and be tiisured. that It will be remembered
to our commander-imehlefi . My business is
urgent, fir if reach Trenton by sunrise, the
plan I now bear about my person will place
the rebel army wholly in our power.
"Sayest thou so?" said the smith, rub.
bing his hands joyfully,"then indeed you have
no time to lose. Hello, Malachil sty here
thou art! Bun up to the house and tell Dor
othy that my friend Ensign Spencer, of the
Continental•army, is going to , sup with us.
He has important documents 'for the benefit
of the American cause, 'and must be in the
American camp to-mozroir morning. Thou
canst shoe this horse while I extend to him
•the hospitalities;" cud Squire Hutton, taks
ing the young man by the arm, ushered him
in a few Moments into the' presence of his
wife and charming daughter.
Meanwhile Malachi, who had' eyed the
stranger very closely, lit a lamp and began
to ply the
" Well," he exclaimed to himself, "if this .
don't beat all natur. I thought there was
something an the wind, when the critter bait
ed at our place, so I jest stept foddering the
cattle, and :awaked up to the becksidepf the
shop to listen. so-if he gets to Trenton by
sun-rise,to-morrow morning, the American.
party will be in the hands of the British. If
you are there by that time, by Judas, Mala
chi Doolittle don't.know nothing about shoe
ing. Whort—you critter, tan't you stand
still a minit, while the irons are getting hot?
It's no wonder you're so restless, with such
a load of sins as you are about to carry. I'm
going to cut my indenturesto-night and join
the:army. Who knows but that I may come
I r back a captain, marry Mary Hutton, and
then strike a bee line for old Massachusetts.
j But I must hurry this job through fur I wo'd
not like the, buss to inspect my work to.night.
There," ix: added, as _he, .dreve. the last.
nail, - " you will cast off a pair of them shoes
about fire miles tether side of Brubswielz,
j end then if I can't catch you, Ensign Spem
j cer, on my old sorrel, I wish I may be blow
' ed up in a powder-mill."
Big with intentions for the benefit' of the
American cause, Malachi fastened the horse,
and closing the she? door, wended his way
to the hone.
"Shouldn't wonder if we had two foot of
snow before to-morrow morning," said Mal
achi to himself, "and I'd 'rather, by a darn
sight, go to:an apple bee, or quiltin party
with Mary'Huttru. tucked under my arm,.
than take a journey to Trenton to-night:----
However, What can't be cured must be en
dured, as my old school-marm used to say,
who she applied the birch; so all you've
got to do, Alp!acid Duolittli;, is to play rios
sum2and not give the Britisher too Lig a
start." -
Ile found the kitchen empty, for Ensign
Spencer being considered in the light of .ati
especial guest, the supper table was set in
the ptirlor.
" not hid pieter ! he will be making' love
to Mary next," said Malachi uneasily, "l i ttiit
if he does, I'll pay him off in his own, coin.
Ali, here is his pistols and heavy riding coat.
Well, now, Malachi Doolittle, I don't think
it would tie unwholesome to your constitu
tion to jerk-the pruning out:of them barkers,
l'or - fear matters might come to - a rough and
tumble. So hdre goes," and
.suiting the ac
tion to the word, the stranger's weapons
were instantly - placed in a harinlem condi
tion.
When the, apprentice entered the parlor,
he found Dorothy Hutton and her daughter
Mary in - high glee. and good humor. The
supper wus over, hut the stranger seemed to
be attracted to the smith's parlor, by the
bright-eyist of Mary, and looking twice out
of the windows into the cold, bleak night, he
gave a shudder as if about to depart on his
dreary urney.
Malachi Tal l devoured his supper in moody
silence ; but, notwithstanding his discontent
at the notice the Young officer took of Mary,
he made - fearful inroads on the johnnycake
and sausage. A geanine Yankee is seldom
so'deep in love that he fiarsakes his Victuals,
and such wus certainly tall Malachi's love.
When there was do excuse tor longer • de•
lay, the apprentice was deputed to fetch
Spencer's hisrse to the door, and thanking
his host and hostess for their kind attentions,
and bestowing a kiss upon the blushing cheekof Mary, he bestrode the animal and *set
forth at ti 'round gallop, on his dark and
dreary journey.
"1 guess I'd better go and finish foddering
the cattle," said Malachi, as the clatter of the
horse's ho ofs - died away in the distance.--
"Old Bull has broken his surcingle all to
smash. I calkilaie that I'd better take the
sorrel horse and go down to Brunswick to
morrow, and git it, fixed as we want to sled
some wood from the swamp. Suppose you
can let me have old sorrel for a little while
can't ye, kiln; ?"
",Why, how on earth can thee go down to
Brunswick without hint, Malachi? /Tow fool:
ish thou talkest to-night."
1 ‘ Well, I didn't : knOw hut that you:might
Want to . use him," said Malachi,. elPsing the
door - behind him ad sta r 44 for the: barn.
Consarn hist picter.l, kidsod her lips, did ho?
Well, if I don't have a wrestle with him,
: for
that triek, my'llanie ain't !stalaChi pool4tle,
Jerusalem, how'cold it isl. rwit,h 'I had my
other shirt,on, but it's no wire ' to -
Old sorrel, put in the tl'g licks, and YOU shall
be kept on nothing else but oats and" cleier
"fur" the *lance of your days. = And •sour for
a parting salute to the boss,' he added as. he
drove up to the door of the house. " Het
low 1 Squire klutton t sulabiri's broke !weer
<r.~, .
IN
" Why, Malachi, wlint is the .matter T—
asked the smith, opening the•door. "Is the
barn on fire, or—"
"No, nothing of the kind, hoz& But I've
concludd to borrow old sorrel,to-night, 'in
stead of to-morrow, I ,know the whole plot,
and am going to take them papers from Er..
sign Spencer, and give them to George
Wa'hington."
" Why, hishorse Is as fleet as the wind,
and he will be in Treteon before thou art halt
Way," said the smith with a laugh.
" You forgot that-1 shod his horse, boss
Button," -
Well, he Is armed, and will t•boot thee
dead as a nail, if thou attempt violence."
• "Cant be did, boas. ,l shook all thelwim
ing from his pistols when he was is to sup
per." -
" Timindr.r :and Beelzebub—Lord forgive
.
The •rernallitier offlie Fentence wns lost on
Malachi's ear, for with a wild "Yuithip ! ga
19,ng, sorrel !" he was following in the !rack .
of the British spy.
GEMEMIT!
The night was very dark, and (likes . of
snow were falling-fist over the already whit
ened ground, and the old sorrel was perfectly
acquainted With every inch of the - ground,
an d as if prompted by instinct that he wRS on
business that admitto.of no delay, it need-.
ed but little urging on The part of Malachi,
to make hid' stretch Ids neck through the
village of Brunswick like a grayhound.
Occasionally his rider would rein up and
pause, to- listen, if he could heir the clattering
of hoofs, in-the distance; and when he : could
hear no'sound but the moaning of the wind
as it whistled through the forest trees, he
would shout, " Ga-land," and the horse wo'd
resume his old pace. -
But his perseverance was not to go unre
warded, for he scarcely put the village of
Brunswick five mites behind him, when he
descried the object of his search h short dis ;
tance ahead, and travelling at such a gait as
convinced him that Ensign Spencer had little
to thank Malachilloolittle for haudieraft.
As the matter stood, it was ro great f e at for
the sorrel or apprentice to rein up by the
side"of the officer in the space a few min
utes. .
It was too dark for Ensign Spencer -to
recognize his new acquaintanceof the smithy.
"Fine. evening, squire," - said ‘• Malachi,
"sleighing will be first ra:e in -The . morning
if it continues to c.me down this way."
"There we don't agree, friend," said.
Spencer, placing his land •by way of • pre
caution on one of his pistols, "fir the night
to my mind, is a t ursed dark and storm}
one.'
" Well it is something-dark, that is a tact,"
was Malachi's response, " for a man that's got
considerable distance to • ride. Got a fine
horse, I can't see fOr maim.. Critter goes kind
er lame,don!t 4,7" -
" Yes, thinks to a s ' tang* '&11(14 'OSA
shod him about two hours ago, I shall not be
able to reach my destination lief re day
"I - lather guess you won't squire, at, the
rate,you are traveling now. Now squire see
iu itl'a you, I wouldn't mind swappin 'horses.
.old Sorrel, is sere footed and only ten years
old, come next grass, though I should re
quire a little hoot under the circumstances—
not Continental, but hard Spanishond—
"Hold on, friend, fur Heaven's sake, I
have no• wish to trade horses at any rate, and
your loquacity is perfectly overwhelming.
hate but one question to ask; and 'you can
act your ownpleasure in answering it. Who
gave you any informatiOn that I was travel
ing to Trenton V • •
"Jest au slick as-grease, squire. YOu are
on_ our side. God save King -George, and
down with the rebel 4. lam Malachi Doo
little, Jonas Hutton's apprentice boy,. who
shod your critter this very evetaing—aed it
appears it was so eontounded dark it. the
shop, that I made a pesky job of it."
" Pesky job, indeed,"- said Spencer.—
" Why, my horso is pin dead' lame, and
must be in Trenton to-morrow morning—
my business is of post vital importance."
" Could I not do the business for you ?"
said Malachi, "you can go--back to squire
Hutton's while I carry the - despatches you
bear about you to` the British Camp:"
"No," said Spencer, with a laugh, "that.
would hardly do. A British officer placing
important despatches in the hands of a black
smith's apprentice, is altogether out of the
question-
" By Judas, I've got it !" exclainied Male.
.chi as if struck by a sudden thought: "We
will swop horses fur the present. I'll take
your critter back to Hutton's and doctorhim
till you come for him, and lend you old sor
rel—he's just Its fresh now as when he left
the stable, and can keep 'the same gait Tor
four and twenty hours:
,Ensign Spencer aai delighted with the
proposition and, halting at a favorable place,
they both dismounted tainake the exchange.
But no sooner had the officer's foot touched
the ground thtin be found himself in the close
embrace of Malachi.
'• Now squire," he exclalincd, "before 'it
comes to a woree tusle, trouble you to
fork over them- papers.'.'
" Why, what do you mean, you plebeian
hound, by insulting an oflicerofAing George'?"
said. Spencer, struggling to tree himself
from the iron. grasp of the blacksmith appren
tice.
"Mean just what I say, you gaol darned
cantankerous. Tory varmint. Hurrah for
George Washington and the Continental
Congress.. Kies•Mary again, will yon 1—
Well, I'm nOt.going to bo cruel, but if you
don't fork over them papers in.a jiff, by the
sixteenth ehapter of lievolutlims, make
mince meat of you, by Judas !'
" Don't throttle me !" exclaimed Spencer,
for hfalachi's grip at his throat had been
tightening - every instant—" anti they are
yours." .
Duit't :you attempt to come any: of
your :games,. you Tory varmint.: 1 can
out run, and, out wrestle anything. in our dig.
-" _
Such is not - my intention. Theo are the
papers, much good may they do you. .-And
now lin kind enough to release me."
"Wait a' bit, squire—isiii ho, aoriel—must
make f ail right;"._ ond, at the same , moment, he
letgo of Spencer, he leiipt . 4 into his own
Pond night. stintre, - and ,ptemtent
dreams. 7 • 7 '2. 4
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.Spenenr. instantly nitried - offolithii pistols
point blsuk 41 , If.,lachi I:ta it missed
He dashed it t!! kilo gonad with 4 earse, and
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1 levelled :the othei—the trigger clicked, but
there was no discharge.
” III), ha, ha," laughed Malachi. "You will
find the primbi scattered around .Joscnh
1 Llatton's kitchen floor, wheio I left it. Ya
1 hip ga-latig, sorrel. Three cheers for Wash :
1 ington nad the 'Continental Congress."
The min was not ahove an hour high; when
a tall, slab•sided Yankee, mounted on a bony
horse, rode np to the. American line, where
he was hailed by. the sentries, and to whom
be made known that he had sopiething of be..
portanes to'communieste to the general.—
His invincible pertinacity finally piocured
him the Coveted audieneo with the'Commind
er-in -chi ef of the American forces, and Mala
chi placed. the docuinents ha bad procured
with so much trouble' in his !rands. Wash
irvon saw at a glance that, had the plans
therciiiiiiiged'Efeen — erterretrotititheMS.merT;
can. lirmy would have been placed in great
pall if not 'utterly annihilated. Of•his mas
ter's share in the transaction, Malachi ;Doo
little, said nothing, for be was , too mach in,
love withynry to hetiay her father, but nil
other questioure he answered with a prompt--
ness that proved that lib had a large -share of
sense to make up for his 'uncouth appear.
apee.
"And you wish to serve in the army "said
Washington.
"Sat f is my intention, your Excellency,"
replied Malachi, "if-you think my services
worthy of.regard."-
" We are always glad to receive such good
recruits in the cause of freedom as thou.art,
The hervice thou bast rendered is a great one
to the American cause. Captain Doolittle
allow me to' congratulate you, for such is the
commission you hold henceforth in the Con
tmental army." • -
The heart of the new. made officerswas too •
full to express his thanks, but be resolved tq
prove by deeds, and not by` words, that he
,was worthy of Washington's consideration.
The commander-in-chief saw that some irn..;
mediate steps must be taken not only to re.,
take Philadelphia—which, as he !clamed by
the dispatebes brought, the enemy were
determined to possess—but to arouse the
spirit of the nation that had sunk to the low
est
despotidency. • He resolved to anticipate
- the British and cross-the frozen Delaware nn
the 25th of peceinher, where he learned that
a large {hod Y of Hessians were encamped.—
He followed up his plan with eminent sue
ccss, for, the attack-being totally unexpected,
more than- nine hundred of the enemy were
taken prisoners of war. Ile recrossed the
river again, and though his, shadow of an ar
my was weary and exhausted, ho determin
ed to attack Princeton, Here he had the
good fortune to kill sixty and take three hun
dred prisoners more. ThiS goof fortune
I -served to dispel the gloom that had settled
upon the American cause.
his au undoubted fact that. Malachi
lade held,ri commission in 41M ar
my before he close of the war, which took
place when-Great Britain acknowledged the
independence of the United States, Nov. L'O,
On the banks of the river llaratan, some
ten years after the incidents detailed in our
story, there mood a fine house, built in the
style of the Elizabethan period, the residence
of Colonel Doolittle and family', who was
now one of ' the wealthiest tanners in the
whole country. He was- one ,of the most
hitspitable of men,' and neither friend nor
stranger could pass his door without being
asked to lake a mug of the . Colonel's good
cider, or, if ititappened to be about tea time,
a cup of tea and slice of short-cake, made by
the fait' hands of his wife Mary. There was
an ttld man, too, for along time after the
close of the war, who would advocate the
cause of the King, and talk about having
somebody arrested for stealing a sorrel horse
—at which his daughter would wink slily 'to
her husband—but he finally came to the min
elusion, as pence and plenty crowned the land
of frcedotn, that George Washington was not
so much of a rebel after all.
There was an old lady who appeared to
never grow tired of praising her son-in-law
and a little boy,:the very image of his moth
er, who at the close of many a summer's day
would climb neon his father's knee ; and cry
with a tone of earnest entreaty :
"Noir, pa, do tell about _Ensign Spencer
and George Washington, and the Hessians,
and how you hooked grandpa ' s horse and
listed as a soldier." •
Willingly, my sun," the Colonel
_would
reply, " but I have related the story 'o often,.
I
should think you knew it by heart." Yet
he often related the story, over and over
again.
Such is one of the many incidents connect
ed with the dark history of the' Revolution.
Though purchased with the blood of thous
ands, it left the legacy of freedom to mankind
and few in those •" times which- tried,lnbrils
souls,”,acquired greater fame in the Atheri
can cause, than Malachi Doolittle, the black
smith's apprentice.
Boort —l3ooks ,arethe voices of the dis
tant and the dead. Books are the true level
ers. They give to all who will faithfully use,
them the society and the presence of the
best and the greatest of our race. No mat
tershow poor I am ; no matter' though the
prosperous of my own times will not enter
my obscure dwelling., 1f learned men and
poets, take up their abode under, m*' roof
if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to
me of Paradise; and Shakespeare opens to
me the worlds of imagination, and' the work
ings of the human heart; and Franklin*. en
riches me with his practical wisdom—l shall
not, pino for want of intellectual etimpaniom
ship, and I may become a cultivated' man,
though excluded from what is called the btlst
society in the place I life.
KIiGLY STUDENT.—Fredericluthe Great
had five libraries, all exactly alike, and
,con
mining the lame books; rangeti in the same,
or4er,; - one nt Potadien, a second' at . Sapp
Bocci, and ,third at Beffin,alberth attbsir,.
itztteoburg, and a' fi fth Brialite, On re.,
moving to either of thise pines , he only,
to make a noteof the Page' ',Okra lielett Off;
to'pecane it ,without interruption on. tie 'ar.,
rival, — Accnrdingli ilaraytt'bought. five
copies of tbebook he ch o se tofrod.
, .
. .
'Ur Mao Is like a'snowhell. 7 Leave him'
lying in idleness against; the sunny - fenoe of
prosperity, and all Ake good.' *sea in. him
'melts like butter klek him around, rind
h? gathers 'strength with every' ieVolution; -
unti!. he grows hate, an avalanche. To sue
ceedlou must, keep moving,
CHAPTER 111
II
AT SEA;
nr w. LosoreLtoir.
Thq night is made for cooling hatle,.
For silence, and for sleep ;
And when I wen a child, I laid ' •
My hands upon my breast; and prayed,
And sank to slumbers deep:
Childlike as then, I lie to-night, •
Anti winch my lonely cabin light.
Each movement of the swaying lamp .
"ShoWs how the vessel reels:
As q - er.her deck the billowstramp, '
Anita!! her timbers strain and 'cramii.
With every shock she feels,'
It starts and shudderti; while it burns,
And in its hinged socket turns.
Nowisitinging slow, and slanting low,
It almost level lies ,
And Yet I know, while to and fro,
I watch the,seenting.pend . nle go
With restless fall and_rise,
The stead shait is still upright,_....
"'watts:id:l ants - gtoue tweigrrt. , . • -
o"hnid of God ! 0 innip of peace! s•
0 promise of my soul i
Thouifh weak, and tossed, and ill at case,
At:lU the roar of smiting seas;
Tha ship's coniulsive roll,
CATI 4 with love mid tender awe,
Yon perfect type of kith and law !
A hiSt'venly trust my spirit mints, • -
My :geniis filled with light:. •
'The titian sings his sideum psalms,
The wild winds chant: I cross my palms;
IlaPpy as if, to-night,
Under; the cottage-roof, again
I heard the soothing, summer-rain,
Salutations Aniong Different,Nations.
[TR. NSLATED YROM THE FRENCH]
• Tim expressions used as salutations among
different rations have under their common
aspect something characteristic and -interest
ing, even for the most casual observer.
In the East, some of these expressions .sa
vor in a more or less degree .of the Scrip.
turs, anctof the serene and patriarchal . sen
timent.of - the inhabitants. tine recognizes
die immobility
,of these pastoral and warlike
people. standing aloof from all human pritg.
rem' -Nehrly all have a foundation in relig.
ions semiinents, aio.espress peace to those
to whom (hey are' addresmd. The Saluta.
tion used ,y the Arab, " * Salem,'' or "Sha.
lum," means peace, and is found in the word
Jerusalerni The Arab Falutes his friend
thus:•" May you have a happy morning 3"
"May God grant you his favors;l• "If God
wills it, vciu are well." This lasvexpression
plainly betrays their fanaticism. • ;
The Turkihave a formula which can only
he used ittjti sunny climate" May your
shadow• never be less." An Englishman
would never think of wishing tt friend a flue
shadow. I -
The climate of Egypt is feverish, and 'per
spirationli, necessary to health, ' l lienoit the
Egypttan, meeting you, asks," How do you
; -
perspire !"
"Have you eaten ? 0 "Is your stomach
in good °rider 1" 'a.,ks tho Chinaman ; atouch
ing solicitude , which can only he appreciated
by a nation of gourmands.
"Good . Ower," eays,the modern Greek, in
marly the'kame !anguage that die ancients
were wont "to greet their friends. A charni
ing salutatiiih, which could only have origin
ated iimer.g the happy, careless Greck. •
The Romans, who were heretofore robust,
indeflitigable, and. laborious, had energetic
salutations,'• expressing force and action.—
" Salve '
"-"Re ntrong," "Be healthy,;" and
"Quid faciasr "Whit do you?" or "Vhd,t
make you r' •
The Genoese, of modern times, say—
" llettlth and wealth," Which i 9 very appro.
priate fur an active and commercial-people.
The Neapolitan devoutly says, ",Grow in
sanctity ;" and the P-ledmonteie, " I am your
servant." The-" How stand yoUl" of at
most all Italy, forcibly indicates the noncha
lance of-the sunny bind:
The Spaniard,•grave, haughty, and 'indif
ferent,- wishes , you " Good morning," _ to
which we respond, "At yohr service,
Another salutation which the Spaniard 4es,
"God be with you, signor,' shows a me.
Lange of respect fur ouccsclf and religious
senthnent.-
The ordinary salutation of thnGerman -is,
" Wie gehts?"—" How•goes t 1" and huS• a
Vagueness partaking somewhat of the dreamy
character of the German. To bid one adieu
he says, "leben sie Live gitiet.tuid
haPpy." This last "plglinlY exhibits his peace.
fnl nature and love for the simple joys of
The traveling Hollander ask.4" . Hoe waarts
go e " How do you go . ?" The thoughtful,'
active Swede demands, "Of what - do you
think 1" whilst the. Dene more placid, uses,
the German. expression; veil"—" Live
Well." But the greeting of theFOle is the
best of nll—"Are yob happy 'I"- ' .
The English have - the "Good Bye," a. cm-.
ruption of the words "God be with you," and
some others; but that which exhibits - best
the character of the English is " now do you
do ?" as the activity of this people is shown
in this demand, where the' do is.spoken twice.
Nothing is more charseteriatic, more lively,
or more stirring than this; . -
The "Comment voui portez voce I" of the
French -ivequally characteristic. The:French,
man is more active than laborious—moreir.
dent, more passionate, than thoughtful;—
hence the printiple with him is not to do, but
to go, to be lively, to show. himself. - There
is something in the- expression,. "Cominen
voui portez vousr--" How- do - you carry
yoUrself?"--which bespeaks at - once his
franf manner and pleasant face.
pr! There is a remarkable peculiarity in
the English names of
_relatives. • We have
retained the primitive Saxon names for thole
relatirts who may be"supposed to bye under
the same roof-tree--father, mother, sister,
brother, son, daughter,step.fitther, stepmoth
er, stop-son, stepdaughter ; while grand-fath.
er, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter,
Whet...hi-law, 'Mot her-in•law, daugh,
terin-law, brother-in-law, al4nr-itOows are
half Saxon and half Norman -French ; aiid
'the still more• distant relatiods, tent,
.niece and eousin, are entirely. Norman Frendh.
.
ri r.fr is difficult to ' say which Is the
greatest defect in a-:parent--stiietness- and
firmness in his family , without feeling and af
feetioti-;or' leefing - and alfeeticut
strictness and 'firmness. tinder the one had
system the , ebildrett are alit to become slaves
or hypperites— under the- -
other tyrants= or
• ' •• - '
tar Be just before put are generous.
IliMI
,•• .4...liairtlhatket. • _
Wutrna '••
ssomtazwetgo j .we,meet with the
'sniveler: iteps:us atthe corner of the
street 4i. ..introit us' - with opinion. lie
fears_thi 6 Moratiatetintelligence or* peo-
Pieler.OeSekted thti•-election . 'sem°
. ropt, Iler us,„ just' - -before
•chureh, - thatthalast senpOn of some' trans
-cendentalPreacher Ints - given the,deitth blow
to'religiOn,!and =that the' , Wavee of atheism
and the clouds . "
of pantheism are to deluge
and darken, all tite land, In a'tittie ,of gen-,
oral health:he speaks of the.pestilence that is
to be. The mail cannot be an hour too late,
bathe prattlesi of ,railnoad accidents and
steamboat dieasters. fears
-that his
friend; whowas married:yesterday, will 'be
a bankrept in d year, and whimpers overthe
triabt which howill then endure, :"Hers rid- -
den with-an eternal nightmare, -And emits ah
eternal wail: ' Recites:mesa. Is a bad quality,
and so is blind and extravagant hope; but
neither is so degrading as inglorious and in
active despair,' We object to the sniveler,
biCillEe he presents the anomaly of a being
who has the power of motion, without pos.
sessing life. His 'insipid languor is worse
than tutnid - strelig,th. - The person who has
no bounding and buoyant feelings in him, •
whose cheek never fleshes -at anticipated
good, whose blood never tingles and fires at
the contemplation of a'noble aim, who,has
.no-aspiration and no. great object in life, is
only fit for the hospital or the bandbox.--
Enterprise, , conticlence, a disposition to be
lieve that goo(4ean be- done, and, mdisposi
tion tit believe that'all good has been--these
constitute important elements in the charm
ter-of every man wile - is .of use-- to the
world. We want no wailing and whimper--
I NO. 1.
stmng - determination .to abate wisely.--
Whipple.
Qom' Dean Swift and 'Dr. Johnson may
be taken as examples' of Saxon and Latin .
writers in English, What Swift would say
by . ; "The . thing has not life .enough to keep
it sweet," Johnson -would- express : "The
creature posiesses not sufficient vitality to
preserve.it from putrefaction." Saxon words,
besides being shorter than Latin, allow of
colloquial contractions which would. seem
•awkwasd in the use of • Latin words. l Thus
we well say : "The 'man' I bought the house
of," but we would not be so likely to say
"The rzentlernarr I purchased the house" of,'
we would ber much more apt to say : "The
gentleman . of whom,l purchased the house." -
So, the conjunction that is much more easily ..
felt out when"Saxerrivordaare'uled; we can
say : "I told him l'had called on Mr. Buchan
an," but weariest say, " I informed him tipit
I had paid my respects-to the President,...,"—'
A half unconscious senseof rmguistic congru
ity sugg,psts the pe - rfeerrmation of the sen
tence when we use the chnance.or Norman.
French words. Most:of the passages of
S'aripture,which are best remembered are of
Saxon itiords alone:r So far is this' true, that
of two accounts of the same _thing, given by
different Evangelists, we . remember and
'quote only that which is most Saxon in.. ex
pression. " This instance is particularly strik.
irg. In Matthew's account :
" And the rain descended, and the winds
blew, and beat upowthat, house, and it fell,
and great 'was the fiin thereof."
The only foreign word, descended, was us
ed Merely because fell was wanted further.
'on ; while ilauke's :
" Against which the storm did beat vette.
mently, and immediately it fell, and the ruin
of that house' was great." ,
There are ihrCe foreign words,' sekentenily,
immediafely and ruin. . How mach' more fa
miliar we are with the version of Matthew.
Wairnati n AmusEstayrs.—John .G.
Whittier, the poet; in reply to an attack,
writes. some very just and liberal views of
amusements, which he advocates, saying: •
"I Would encourage reading circles—
healthful sports and excrcise.s, and excursions
Amid' the serene bitiuty of nature, so: well
calculated to exalt the mind towards that
which-St. Augustine speaks of as the
" Ete'rnal beauty always new and always old."
" piomote libraries and debating
clubs, whatever, in short; promises to pro
mote enjoyment with the culture - of . the
mind and'heart, and the healthful .develop:
went of a sound mind in a sound body. , I
do not undervalue other instrumentalities,
especially
.the higher ones of a religious na
ture. , But,'at the same time, I. believe that
a cheerfid,'social Christian Is better than a
sour mid ascetic one. That good old Puri
tan, 'Richard Baxter, used 'to regret his mel
ancholy and :gloomy temperament," arising
mainly from bodily, infirmity, and in the lat
ter part of his - lifiistrov . e to introduce a more
cheerfill' disposition. among .bis religious .
friends. True religion,' he says,. is not
matter of fenra, tears, stal.scruples; It cloth
princinally consist in !obedience, love, and
kjoy.'
" LTatural repressionin one direction- is
sure t4le a d to a coriesixinding•protuberanect
of deformity, in another. The folly of the.
Flathead Indian mother who'binds with bark
the forehead of her Infant until the _frontal
portion of the head is forced backward in id
iotic prominence, finds a parallel in all ef
forts,fornoral reform which overlook the
great InWs,of obr being." -
THE TROUBLES OF TUE INDUTRIOUS.—Not
theleastof the troubles of - the - hussy man is
to , protect himself, as lie sittethin his home
or goeth about the ways of the!World,--from
the great banditti of the idle. Does an idle
man like conversation ? he obtains; it, not
from some man equally yawnlng and vacant
with himself, but from - some active and well
phNaislied mind, which cannot prop'erly spare
him a moment, though he generally contrives
to talte_aohour.-,..Pay he dabbles . in litera
ture, and in attempts at easy Writing, makes, 4
as usual, somewhat hard reading; to whom
does he apply ,to get his diction trimmed,
and his work licked into 'shape, but to some
ii ,
overdrivenor, overiven steer of the, press, whose eV
er minute-is required for his , ordinary and
unavoidable labor,-or who can -Ay spare for
this supererrogatory drudgery some intervals
of leisure which he ought rather to spend in
healthy exercise, or that to him greatest of
all luxuries, simple vacation of mind I ' .The
idle never think of plundering the idle ;_they
area set of luxurious dogs, and .regard no
booty as Worth having.unless it be a serious
deprivation Gil' its former owners. - It iS-Upon •
the fully or ovenoieupied man that they . like
to prey: -FiVa. minutes from such a person
Isis greater. 'acquisition. than a whole day
from one who has only:klittlo Jo do.—.Rob
int Chai4bera.
tirs'lTuart.or Titlsisu.—A Most curious •
fact was comMunkated to mo the other day
by onerof Edinburgh's brightest ornaments,
and ..wito,,liks,many men of true genius, has
a strong naturalturn, for A:,,ques
tion was•proprised to a Arty of mathemati
ciani:=" ()twilit shape a 'solid tidy Ought
to be to pass through a fluid-Wieti: the least
possibla rewstance 1". By application of ;the
strictest mathematical .Princip!es- , was
solved,,and the form covered.` coincided
exactly Witi 411
i that of a fiah'iticad.-:--.l,'Cotqu7,
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