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'the; "Great Elver.'►
gy i t„ vletatala taint!.
sum d e ep, leaflets, through 'Colombia's ,heart,
mike , mighty river; coursing ois • - , •
o per as g reat ; shining thought, Omnipotence
go sainted in its depths. • •
Sublime; serene;.
Thigh asmme'r'tigergeousnessor winter's gloom
ben lean back the sunshine, or the dark
a n d tespen.tosed battalions of the sky,
Asklike • rat sonh beautifully calm,
pkrastiNbowera fall esthough the frenzied gods
Wald weep open thy bosom tears of flame. •
Ott beautiful art then, majestical,
Agd panoplied in grandeur, by repose,
la others by the tempest. Thine is not •
The crested multitude of warrior-Waves •
That boom and battle on the "stormy Gulf;"
Th e erild Atlantic billows, shivering white -
Upoa deceitful breakers, murmuring
law tomes teond their torturers; nor yet
Ile melt of rapids, gloom and glory bleat,
Where might and madness struggle in the heart
Of dread Niagara. But glorious
Ael lovely as the " milky way"—the stream ,
Of rght that courses through the starry land •
And far beyond the night.elond, is to thee
Mat loves of Heaven are to the loved on earth !
Ti o s, too, atillowing through the "laud of stew:,
A blessed bond of "Union," never may
la ,
links be etindered, till the sky -stream fades .
L e e th e r, and its golden shores dissolve. •
To nothingness
Tell us, when for away
to time's gray dawning still the nations slept, .
Did'et thou all proudly cleave the wilderness
Assweeps a mighty vision through the brain
ON'umbering Titian? Tribes of long ego
Qom path of empire lies amid the clouds
Ofmysteri, have fled, and left no voice,,
To strpet of their glories. Warnor-chiefs
Whose coined circle on thy'rnargin shone, _
The Indian maid, whose shallop swept thy wave,
Swill as the crallow's pinion, too have. passed
Al team from off the billow. Now the Power
Thai rules an iroi : aneried domain,
Sails with the steam-fiend, chains the fiery tongue
Whole voice is in the hurricane, and makes
keine of wild impossibility— •
The pain, o: my mountry furls his wing
Ova thy broad boiom. Still thou art the same,
And bony centuries shall fall, like plumes
Slow•droppingfrom the weary wings of time,
Yet leave thee changeless, proud and mighty
cream.
Nohaughty heights are here, like those that pour
'Red Java to the equinoctial sun,
Nominal pellisades of I,nia ice,
br mut the forges of the iron Pole ;
!felons may stand on,thy long, wooded shores,
And from the sumtn it of some mountain Thought
Gaze fartb open a continent of time,
Etheldiag,too, how dark behind it lies
Eternity inscrutable—before,
Eternity incomprehensible.
Then host a voice, Need river, and my soul
Brings forth to meet its lessons, like a child •
To meet its mothei's smile. The morning brings
Thy sett, clear hallilujah, and my heart
gases in unison, praise God ! praise God .!"
As deep meridian reigneth, light, and strength,
Ears toetnpon the waters, teaching me
That power is only greatness when 'tis Went
With troth immutable. 'Tie midnight lone, •
et, bearing on the steamer's stately form,
Ihear thy never-resting waters flow,
And marmaeas they glidexL"Oh vicary not,
the lies in action, and the use of time
II Dunn'!"
tunt been dei(led that the name Allesimip-
R competed of two words. Messes (great) and Sep
ffs (river.) coneequently the erlgina I eigtOficon
9
be 6 Great Rive," and net the' 'Father of Wa-
. -
t bra the Cleveland True Detnaerat. l
' The Lily', and the Star.
A pale Lily grew in a lovely stream, where
n 0 mortal eye had ever gazed upon its loveli
neat Alone,7ll.one its white leaves spread
Dion the water, and the tiny Itives as they
lanened on, Whispered to the Lily tales of the
peat world, whither they were going, and in
hi silent heart the flower of the forest mourn
ed over her destinly.
why have I no companion. why must I
elOae have none tq love? I See the Forget-
zonate gazing upon each other with loving 1
eies, and the white Star-flowers hang in elna.
14 together. I, 'Fully, in this bright world,
late no companion. Alas! I only am
lit; Why was I made thus beautiful, whet'
hie ore none to behold me! Why wereglo
c+ thoughts given me, when there,are none
ailh whom I can ;share them? Oh, that I
totid followthe spOrtive waves into the great
toild, there to Gad the sympathy and love
welch I crave." !
And the mournful Lily folded her pale leaves
!Irdard l her proud h'eart, that the joyous fiow
"Nblooming near,/, might not hear her sad
o°l o l .llaing,.
;'he.golden coo yank behind the:hills, night
ldllapoo d
the forest and the blue .Forget-mck.
lea
pad Star-flowers, hushed by - the
!ohinied lulliby of the streani, close their gen
tle pts. Not
of
pale Lily! Mournfully
6
I k t f tbought of her sad fate, as she mingled
ngba with the moaning Waves.
isl,he
.1 c came forth, illuminating .
the pale I
B+anhll, g t l downward upon the sleep-'One them was who frpm his lofty
lie
i4 t on high looked with loving eye into
of the lonely Lily, and saw _how .sad
w:ts.bszuse,inoWing the power of love, it
tioL Therefore the star sent its
rays downward and mid
7,
"9. aower of beauty, mourn not that
ior thine own kind arinear, on whom 101
7:4 thy love: Look upward;' thine-.is a
destiny—even to be loved by' oat; of i
6.0
•-'4'eby of heaven. Pair ,and Mournful!
flower, will this &Ale the.strange yearnings• barrMa, rocky region, where no flowers bloom
of thy nature?" 'I ed, and net even a tree cast its eladow - upon
• 'And the Lily looked up . into the pure eyes :the . water. of - • ..-:.
, _ .
.
the Star, and wept:withjey. . Faint end weary, the pale, bruised flower
. "Oh, why have 1-marmnred i why longed to Wotild, fain have Tested-in lief onward course';
leave this wilderness?-'4las! I haVe ever bent but nofastee and faster the wild Waves
my raze downward, ner!thought Of. the, blue whiffed her on; mocking. her grief., •
heavens _illuminated by/glorious', stars.' Ah, "The !fetid, the:World, We are going tt'thit ,
how could I dreamt that lin hutrible flower of great world. "•Thou 'wouldst not., tarry now,
earth would be loved by &heavenly star!" faint thearted ;dower: Was it for this thou
•
'A
new soul and heart were here, -and ie joy lid'at adieu to thy silent home in the woods!'
the long watches of. the night 'passed away=. - The deptb&of her heart echoed in anguish,
The Lily sighed not until the rosy dawn awn, "Was.it for *is,!cas it for chi.,
!coned
_in the eastern sky, and the! star of her New in the distence roared a fearful cata
love murmured a forid'farewell: ract--Ent4and 'faster the waves hurried on,
Bright was thesmiles with which she greet- and With Ghent the flower.' •
- _
ed the blue .Forget•tne-nots, and, the Star. - "Beyond t h e
_'cataract. lies t he. orld," they
, ..
dowers, who wondered much what hattchang- said,,and when the Lily answered, "I shall die
ed the mournful ono; but ever in her heart she to fall'irem that fearful height,"-they, only
longed for the evening hour when once more laughed, and heeded her not. . ! Yet. era they
she might commune with the beautiftil Star.= reached it; one, in pity
,or scorn,-dashed the
And brighter still were the smiles with which poor sufferer ;upon a rock, and, whirling_
on,
she welcomed the darkness that Ironghther left her there to die.
to light, and night after night in joy passed klettanfidthought filled the soul of the dy
away. NO longer was the fair Lily mournful ing flower.
," "Oh that I' had never left my
and repining; a beauty from heayen filled her beautiful home; that .I'had never, repined at ,
soul, and she ,became radiant and queenly My_ttapiiy, destiny., The star of my love, the
above all dowers oftarth. - • glorioui ono, Still shines in brightness there,
Alas! that the , dream of life;when all seems and, alas! never Mani now have I been :thine..
tairest„ should be obscured by clouds of dark- Oh, foolish_: heart, way Ward fancy, why ; didst
ness! • - thoulead me estray; why did I listen to the
The long hours of day had passed; again_ voice of the tempter?"
night came upon the earth; the Lily raised;her The sun'had sunkbelow the distant hori
dreoping head to heaven ; but there:no star zon,anild'goigectua clouds of purple and gold;
was visible ! Long she watched and waited its laserays illuminated the pale and withered
with heavy heart, until the dim morning broke Lily, and imparted a fainfradiance to the lone
in the sky. and then she wept to think of the ly dying one, Then darkness veiled the earth
long . day before her. • Half in hope,:hnlf in and the stars of heaven made glorious the
dread; the Flower beheld the evening , hour cleudless sky, -•-•
draw near; but; alas! hope died Within her One_ star there WAS, beautiful and bright,
when again no Star greeted her anxious eye. who gazed upon the pale flower;,eiron where
Was it for this she had watched and Waited ?I she lay npOn the barren rock,and a Voice pen-
Was it-for this her soul' had expanded with I etrated heart,iaying,
joy? Her hope, her life had Vanished, end_ "Oh, thoit of little faith? Couldstthou not
like a dream 'scented the bright dawn :of her believe in-an unseen love?, l‘nowest thou not
love. Bitterly murmured that repining heart, that thongh thine earthly eyes could not pierce
and mournful indeed was her hofielftsvrief. the darknes& of the *lends, my ; dearer vision
Oh, that I could-die and be at rests" The gazed lovingly upon thee still ? Fain would
only being that I love conce.alti his bright Torm I have detained thee; fain have revealed My
from my sight. Was it presumption in mega self; but it could not be; thou didst yield to
poor flower of earth, to love a glorious star.of the tempter—thou art lost."
heaven? Ah, yes, the cruel ono but mocked Faintly uturniered the - dying flower,'"Fer.
me with his pretended love, and now laughs at give, oh, forgive. I know all, I see all now;
my despair!" ; hut it is too late , --tee tear."
Foolish :dower ! -Cortina -thou not see that - Thee the Star, id his - beauty - and glory, -
dark clouds covered the : sky!, Ceuldst, thou soothed thepale,inourful "Forgiveness
not believ in the love of the unseen one? Oh, is thine,lower of my. heart. _Thy soul, thy
then of little faith! - ; . dying fragrance shall ascend to Inc. Here
As she wept in bitterness of spirit, a beau- shaltthy spirit bq united to mine forever—thou
tiful snake, with brilliant eyes, gazed upon-her shaft become onb with the Starof thy !eve
from - the shore, and at length speko s to her sad as he ceased a beauteous ray stole into
thus :
the heart op the Lily, and aperfume of heasl
Queen of flawers, why dost thou mourn? enly sweetness glided upon that ray to the bci-
Thou who art so beautiful that all the world soaker tie Star—the Lily was dead—axid yet
would willingly div for thee ? Only tell :me not d ea d ; but : living forever in the light of
howl con relieve-thy sorrows" . her andjoy:
The flower raised her,head scornfully,. but - .
the proud words she meant to utter died away
when sheepcountered the strange bright eies,
:end she answered' not.
Then wild, thoughts camp AO her iota, ',mid
she murmured- •
"Oh, that I were, free 'td leave this wilder
t4s=that I could go into the great world,
'Filial is full .of love and beauty. 'here I
could forget the false Star; there would my
aching heart find, rest. Couldst thou help me,
to this, briht-eyed Pie, then from my soul
would I thank thee." • ' '
" that potveisliall given Thee," he cried;
with a joyous gleam in his strange eyes, ‘Eipiialt
bat the word." , •
Fur a moment .she Panied: it was sad to
leave all—ell that she had over. known-{he
`trees' under whose shadow she hid r,bleolned
alone—the blue Forgetememots„ and Atar
iflowers, sleeping the,sleep of inneeence—,.and
more than•all, the spot where thezlorious Star
I had first gazed, poe,her. Could she leave all
these, to go, she knew not whither, tossed on
the wild maters? No; it could not bel t . • ,
But; the snake
.gazed on her with his fasci
nating. ey,es, and in their, brilliant depths 'she
seemed to see,pietires of thirworld which - she
bad se hinged to behold.: Thee the "waves
laughed as they dashed by, and •
"Come on. conie on with tii,iato"the great,
•
world. Why farriest thou There, ell is
.
life, and light, and beauty. •.Come from these
gloomy-old woods." • • •
Once more she gazed around, and up Into
the dark sky where no, Star was visible, and . es-1
her glance fell from thence open' the charmed
eye of the snake, thoutt 4k litis of• her -kaolin*
and-desertion filled her soul-sadness passed THE H ° 3lE AITiIGRAVE OF N"—A.
rres . the Utdoptown DeMocrat,
away, pride rose in its - stead:and she'cried . co pendent
"Oh, halo, haste, - let me he Who, has meetly!' ;visited Montieell.i, the
The - beautifilsmike• disuPPeared4rider the -dez/e° of Jeferson ;tPue.dl=seFi hen It:
water—Lthe'earth had loosened round iherepts ••• "The interior of the house is just - as hirer
of the piantL....in amen:lent the LilYiiis'free. eon left it, except the forniture,•which is, all
Dark and_drecry, was the night, and es the gone, save some paintings, ;mirrors, 40. 1 ' The
I trembling flower was bernp by the never pans . house ontside arid,inside, bears all the evident
I ing waves; beyond- the protection: of the forest nes' of neglect aitil - deeay; but :i; retains
trees, the' told rainpoured Upon her , and brain : nil its fair proportions, and its venerable_ out.
ed her tender Inaves,4 ! •i• Sire-dared not.wish to line grown gray and - ,Mosey by thee and:neg
returni she •triedle.feel - whild of lect , :pethafie . sdclS;
,rather- than , other Wise, to
the waters , in the" seise' of -aellotis but its iPPeirithee, particularly to stntrianra: And
morelier tbOuihiasinined fOndly to'tbe 'the 'venerable .aspen 'Artei growing areund,
woods, eierpore. she, dreamed tit:it the throw a kind:of 'melancholy- over, everything,
beautiful Star was - thiehi.; inbrighthese 'Aire, that seemil tie' whisper in your.ear,- and point
and gazing fondly ditsVnlwonderieg Whefethe you;about un re yardsdown_in the
flower of, hislove h ad - Watkished._ - i r woods,la hegrave of hitn who, planted th'ens
At length the long hoitta At darlwetspassed to the humblest grave; ilittnee'*
,
sect
waft the clouds dispersed , the,rsie held the 9t hutqau gr (nese., - -
and the red sun rose thtt.eaeli 1: _enclose"you Jittte flower : fi-OMal;ranch
lifted pale Bead, end gated arcilns l 4 •-. 32 ° of !leis been( Plaited . 2lli4effer.
tonzer in the tramiull:wateriof theleehe
S himself,*eath the Windetv,ef the
was hurried on by the, etreani, tre gr avyWhiche in whieti be'died have 7 sprearr all "Osier
InOader and there( taiga, passin* }trough ¢ the' aide of tliti heuise."' `•!'
iart,otetT: TADlceacx - vrt-010,,Itecaast;
- BEM) auuu SE7II3IENTS.—III Marvel, in his
" Reverie! of si Bachelor," thus writei:—" A
man without some sort of religion, is, at best,
a poor repri!bate, the 'foot:ball of destiny; with
no tie linking him to infinity and to the mon
drops eternity that is began Within hini; but
a ! woman without - it is even worse—a flame
without heat; a rainbow without color, a
flower without, perfume, • -
".A . man may, in some sort, tie frail
hdpes and honms, with weak, shitting ground
tibiae to hie bnlittess' or 'the world; but a
viimm,'withoutthat ancher which they call
Faith, is, irift and a Wreck ! A min may
clumsily Centinue a kind of moral responsibil
ity out of his relations to mankind rbut . a wo
man, _in - her comparatiVely isolated: sphere,
where affection 'and not` purpOse Is the con
trolling motive, can find no basis to any other
isisystem of right acticib, bnt - that of spiritual
faith. -A man may craze his thoughts and his
brain, to trtistfulness, in Stich poor harborage
as Fame and Reputation may stretch before
him; but a`witminwhbre cann - she put ber
hope in storms iinnt in Heaven , -
- •
i " Apo that target trustfalness—that abiding
love—that enduring hope, mellowing ,evelY
page and scene of life, lighting thein with
. the
pleasantest radiance; when - the world ' s storms
break dike an army with smoking , canion—
what can Bestow 1t all but a= holy soul tie - to
Wh'efia stronger than an army with 'cannon ?
Who that has 'enjoyed the love of a Clilistian
Mother, but will echo the thiaight with energy,
__ .
and hallow it with a tear r
The — Thr — ei - tild es. • -‘
Do • said thleitan ‘
you see, , lose ire+
hillepits yonder, side .by l tide There sleep
three brides whose history am about to re
late. -Look there, sir, on`yonder hill you ob
,serio.kflttle,desolate houtio, with a straggling
fence in; front, zindri' few Stunted apple trees
on the ascent behind It. Ale sadly out ofrii
pair now, and the garden„, overgrown with .
Weeds'aiiii'brambles, and the whole place -has
a desolatezieppearance. If the Winds 'Were
high now, you might hear , crazy shutters flap.
ping against the aides; Mid the-Ma touring
the:gray shingles 011 the reef. Mani years
ago, there lived in that house an old man and
his son,wlio eultivated.the few acres of ground
that belonged to it: •
".The father wain Self:taught man, deeply
versed.in the mysteries of Science,. and as h e
could tell the name - of ever flower that bloi
.
somed in the” wood or greWin their garden,and
used to sit up late et MAU at his books, or
reading the mystic story 'of the starry heaVens,
'men thought he was crazed Or bewitched, and
Avoided him as the ignorant ever Shan the,4iit.
l ed and enlightened. few there were, and
among others, the minister, the lawyer, and the
iThysidan of the place, who showed a willing
kiess to afford him eounienance, but they soon
dropped hiinequaintance, for they soon found
the old man morose, and Moreover their , vanity
was wounded on discovering the extent of his
knowledge.
"To the minister ho would quote 'the filth
, ers and the scriptures hi the original tongue,
and showed himself well armed with 'the
weapons of polemic controversy. -Hp aston
ished the lawyer with his profound acquaint
ance with jurisprudence -- and' the. physieian
Was surprised at the extent of his ynowledge.
So all of them deserted him, and the minister
from whom he differed in some, trifling point
of doctrine, spice very light of himoind try and
by looked on the self-educated farmer with
eyes of. aversion. - -
z "Ho instructed his amain all his 1 lore: the
languages, literature, histerY, philosophy and ,
science, were unfolded ono by ono 'to theen
thusiastic son of the solitary.
' Years rolled away and the old man died.
He died - wheu a sudden storm convulsed the
face 'of nature; when the wind howled round
the sheltered dwelling, and lightning played
abOve-the roof,.and thoogii he went to heaven
in faith immilmiliiAliO*lgtu. thoughtand said
' the Evil one had chtitited his own, ill the ele
moats. I cannot paint,to you the grief of the
son at this bareavenient: ' He was' fora Mo
ment as one distracted. The - minister carne
and . muttared a few hollow phrases in his ear,
and a few neighbors,
_impelled with curiosity
to' see the interior of his dwelling, came to the
.funer.tl. With a proud and lofty look the, son
stood above the dust and the dead,in the midst
of the band of hypocritical mourners, with a
pang at his heart, but serenity on his bfair. 1
He thanked his friends for their kindness, ac
nowledged 'the'&r courtesy and then strode
'away from thei grave to bury his grief in the
privacy of the deserted dwelling. , 1
"He found at-last the solitude of his man-i
sionnlmoit insupportable; and ;he paced the ;
ebony floor fiora morning.till night, in all the,
won of desolation, vainly importuning heaven;
for relief. ft came , to him in the`guise of pal
etic, inspiration: -Ro Wrote with wonderfal 1
ease and-power. -Page after page came from
hisprolific Pen, almost without an effort; and
there was a time when he dreamed (vain fool}
of inimintality. ; Some of his productions came
before the • They were praised and cir
-1
culated land inquiries set on foot in the hope
•
lof discovering the author.' He, 'wrapped In
the.veil of impenetrable obscurity, listened - to
the Voice of applause, more, delicious - because.
it, was obtained by stealth. ' Front the obscu
rity of yonder lone mansion, and-from this re
eon, to send lays which nstenished the World, I
was indeed a triumph to the visionary bard.
"His thirst for farq had been gratified,and
he now began to yearn for the, companionship
of some sweet being of the other se; to sharo
With him the laurels he had won, and to whist
per consolatien in his ear In moments of do.
eporidency, and to supply' the void "which the
death of a father had ociasioned. He would
lificttire to himielfthe'felicity of a refined in:
iercOurse with'a highly: intellectual and beau
tiful 'woman find as ha , had elosen for' his
motto,' whatefet; had been done may be done,
he success. did" riot despair osuccess.'
...;. . .
"In this village ifved three sisters, all beam
matifuryi n,aAddelraicideniPantidslißilade:iiirneh:eilramliStrmareetio*:gehe
past linkage of entbusiaam, but can 'never for
get the beauty 'of the - young girl; Mary was
The youngest; innlalairer. haired, More laugh-
ing damsel never:danced upon the 'green. Ad.
'elaide, who'Was'aTeW years older; was 'dark
haired and pensive; but of the three , Made
line, the'eldest; itossesited the most fire, splrit,'
cultivation, andintellectuality: Their fatiter,,
liiman of tiate, imd - eduCation, and being mime- 1
; Whalaboie ',the vulgar iiiejUdiceS, 'permitted 1
1 the %gaits oftbe hero of My story. ' Still he;
had not encoural,Pedthe affection he bad found
Springing' . up" between "Mary. and the 'poet; -
When, h9wev'eri ho tonid that her affections;
were engaged _ bis'did not withhollhii emisetit,
flem their Marriage" and, the rechise bore' to
hiti thintion the'bride' of
.his affection. oh,sir,
thwhonee assumed a neil: ippeataitee =within'
and'ivithont:—: - --.-. i;!: - - - . ' .
• Atines :bleeped 14 - ,the gide; jessamines ,
peeped "through" the lattOes; and the'fiats
abo u t itithited with the Oriete ON:lire:AA. cut'
4,ghta tvere( teen In - the little - parlor
in the r and many a time ;would' the
Pusengir pita° by Itie4a - rden gate to . tden
Vgsfraztgftatv' t ATIT'Mu s , aistoaV Moir#lllta.
Chloirtiar y nol ice r s il fti B o w- t e h e erotta iii g u e.! c I b f r4' th a e ti tn ie y d s t h e=
none st udentltiailn neeet" d bee % f
iintiVrife . )•
the naighhoralsifitt cared they Their moan
- • ,
ring Mutual affection made their home A litthi
paradise: But death. earn to Eden. Mary
suddenly'fellsieli, and after hOtirs • 111-
nese, riled in the:-arms of her hutibond and
litadeltne. Th 1 1.4 wai tho'-student's second
heavy affliction,:
Days; months rolled on, and the only solace
of the bereavedlwae to sit With tbe'sisters of
the deceased sid;talkef the iost onei TO Ad
elaide he offered, his widowed heart ' The
bridal was not one of revelry and mirth. Yet I
they lived and the icieeti,agaiti - tios.
sonfed in the garden. But it seemed - as if fa
talitypursuedthis singular man. When the
rose withared and the leaf 'fell, in the mellow
autumn of the year,. Adelaide too sickened
and died like her sister in the aims of her hus
band and =
"Perhaps you will tl.i7k it strange;"yearig
man, that after all, the wretched scirvivor stood
again at the altar. 31adeline! I well remeni
bar her. She was a beauty in'every sense of
the word-.4he might ; have sat upon' l U throne,
and Me most loyal subject, the proudeit peer,
would hsive sworn the blood in her;veins de
scended from a hundred 'kings; ho loved
the widower for his phwer and his "fame, and
she wedded him."- '
. .
"Thdy Were married in that church--it was
on a summer afterrioo'n—l recollect it well..
During the ceremony the blackest cleutlt 'or !
or saw overspread the - hearena, and the mo:
ment this bride pronouncedher 'voir' a clap of
thunder ShOokthe building to its centre. - ::Air
the kaiaks shrieked, but the ',bride herself
made the response; with. a steady voice, and
her eye glistened With a Wild.fireas4he gazed
upon her bridegrcioin: I.VlienJhey arrived at
his house - she stink upon. the threehhold but
this was the timidity of the maiden. '•
"'When - they were - altine . he - cLisped, her
hand and it: , was cold as ice! He loOkedinto
her ' face—' JSladeline:- . said' he What, Miami_
this? your cheek is as pale as yours - wedding
The.brido tittered - a
My 'wedding gown'r 61cl:timed she, ' no: no
6—this is my sister's shroud! The hour': of
confession- has arrived, 'lt iS.God that impels
me to speak.:. To.Avin you.-I- lost my Own soul.
' - Yes, yes—l anz.a.lll:lllrderessl- - She.4tniled ou
the in:therjeyort.iatreetlon-offier-young'heart;
but I gave her. the fatal drug. ::..11cicialtle twi
nedher white arm arenas?_ my neck,, hut I ad
ministered the p,oiSoulls'- mel to . -your
arms; 1-have lost my soul, for you; and mine
you must be!" • • ' '
"Mid then," continued he in a hollow voice,
"at that moment came:the thunder and :the
guilty woman fell dead on. the floor;!" 'The
comitenance, of:the - narrator expressed all he felt., . -
"And the bridegroom !"
,aaked , ,l," the hue.
band of the deatroyer and the, _viatica;•what
became of
"He stands befere you was the : thrilling
Female Beauty.
Powers, in a letter to a,fdend, sayeovith
satiracle humor, of hisfaorite. work "Eve
is an old•fashioned body; and net so well form
ed and attractive as her granddaughters, - at
least - some of them. - She wears her hairia 6.
natural and most primitive manner; drawn
back from the temples; and hanging looie be
hind„ thus "exposing those very ugly "features
in Woinan. Her waist isquite too large for
our modern notions of beimiy,' and her feet,
they' are so Very large . Andfdid.Overone see
snob long ones! they have never been wedged
into firm by the nice and pretty' little
worn by her liively descendents. Bet Eve is
very stiff .and, unyielding in her disposition:
she will not allow her waist to be reduCed by
bandaging, beCduse she is far more comforts
blis•as she is, and besides, she hiksoirsiregard
for her health, which might suffer — from such
rearaints upon her lungs, heart, liver, &4. Ike.
1 could never prevail upon_her
r to?weitr" mod.
en shoes , for she dreads coriik which, "she
says, are neitliee,convenlent nor ornament el
But some allowance ought to , be made for
those crack'nOtione .of hers, foUnded,. ds thei
are in the piejudices and abiurdiqes kind
live days. Taking all these things into.con
sideration,-Ithink it best. she Should not, •be
- a.s
eshibited,' it might subject inelo censure, i
ind severe criticisms, and these too, without
pecuniary reward." • • • I ,
Tan ifiAN or Noon.--The man.of true lion.
Or Over - forgets an insult; or, if teineMbered,
it is only with the bindfiesi 0re : 784)04m mind
looking above theshafts of envy. True hon.:
or gains nothing by - ,feeding, the spirit of , con.
tendon for if Miee that (wills. harbored, It in
iustainedby the sacrifice of every. JuSt - and
tnanlyprinciplm : ' The gentle 'riviilet teeomeS
a torrent, when the elements - contend; but
when' the teMPostioni passed; the :waters ten:
tract
.to theieformer,litnits; donving*ith more I
freshness and adding new beauty: to their' ro.
wise, So thiselevated ever diStarb;
ed"by the malice -of . ignorance andtiik; like
, that :little Mien - - regain ivented
gentleneissoindleelstheiliappiestloethiitest.
TriiabOner . :. - nekinantledges Itself-10 rigs: as
well as in'enitly taiment.T4it needs no never.
heatitifaL *hen '-tinditigaised: , :-: : . ft
eitalts itself itiF all - eondi fo* it - of
own 'Averld - ;
teii : ;ntid false di stinetioni:of Soelety - _'iVen
Striat,it statiOn; befilo_Vverldliould
have been inade - *Fiorslilp_ii:.WhOu oltith4in
the garb laxly::. Detraction
blembilL for Lt. 4 .: ":611 • *-Urldly.
Forth3fontroti betinomit:
rase Frkindahip. - - •
A ship teas stemming the oiean tide; -• •
And oh how firiliantly did she - ridei_ •
A sterna came on—it. was sad to "see
Hoer She rolled a l Wrick on the 5ea.,..;
Her Mariners loft her one by•onei
In that hear of alrnost alono;„ - •
But :ire* there - were, who withsteod thoblast,
And succored her, in her 'distreas to the last.,
-• She - righted again and. stemmed tho tide,
And oh, how gallantly did sho ride;'
-It maa . strang9 to see ea she stemmed the main,
How her mariners all came back again.
While oeenn's winds her canvass
That ship of the terrible storm shalt tell;
And her log book thinamed of those shall bear,
Who forsook her not in hei hours/ ckspair.
Montrose, Dec.! 15, 1551.
Jacb 3 on,Bentcni,Hasmte and Cal
houn--thair ekmoteriatics..
From Mr. Charles -W. - littirche's recently
published work entitled -" Reminiscences of I
Congress," wequ'oto the following sketch of '
these distinguished gentlemen : -
GEN. JACZsgqi.-He. was frank, affable and
imyresiionalde; and if not always sincere, be
always had the appearance of sincerity. • It
was easier to pardon his 'vices that to ac
knowledge the virtues of his rival; the arro.
ganceccif the latter offending self-love more
than the Curator the moral sense. lt
is not to be denied, however, that he
one element of popularitY which his opponent
needed. This was his brilliant military repo.
tatien. His courage and conduet in several
severe- etnergencie's, and more particularly fit
one Crisis of our inblic - affairs, during the.last
war with Great Britian, ha/ gained hint the
confidence and gratitude of his countrymen.=
This element of 'strength- had been sensibly
felt - in the preceding - canvass, - • ,
Still, his military- al:bin - putouts, dazzling as
they Were; did not, constitute his 'sae Claim to
popular laver.: He had filled' high stations in
public•litia, in National us well as_ in State
Government; in all of which he;had given ev:
I idence of a doterinined ho nes t p ut _
pose and sagacious - judgment, that command:
ed the good will Of all classes. Hincharacte'r
'for Moral, physimd, and intellectual energy
was known:everywhere. s He was thonght to
possess, to() ; qualities of mind rare in their in
dependent excellence, and only leis than mi
raculous-in. their combination. :And hence
there was a conviction, no more earnest thatil
general-'-with thowell.informed no less than'
with the vulgar, that he could cultivate, with
equal suezess the! somewhat 'hcistile arts of
war and peace.
COL. BE:PTO:T.—Benton dischnrged all sorts
of missilei at the head of atadversary,like
catapulta: Tropes, metnphors similes, tams.
very allusions, vitnpemtive epithets, damnito:
ry' personalities, he hurled upon the victim of
his temporary anger. He neither sought nor
gave quarter: he was one of the regular Pack
Huzzars of deliate.l- His manner, if possible,
was more excited than his I.ingtuige ; 'and file
veicd more belligerent than tither..
-Ills Whole
attitcldti was defiance,and each gesture a prov
ocation. 'Ali indiffetimt auditor might suppose
from the - extravagance of MS manner and the
language occasionilly,that ho was u running
a muck," feenum en come warnt such
times the proper soltitien of his 'conduit
His speech was!, Often as eitraordinari as
his mannen He b lig,httogether such amass
of dude, undigested, indigestible comphea
tions, - ocCrwhelming Subject Matter:tit:Sts
aceidents, so much Consequent 'fact, imperil
allU.
nent sions, and; ooso though belabored an.l
alegies,:mie could not but imagitoi that' ho
had made' a foray into the.territory 'of history,
and seized upon heap; of Alai" he neither
knew:the value, or'eared,for'ili'destination.
-"Too - often; Whateverithere was of invincible
logic in hie declataktlctii, was [lost in his.diffn.
[ sive speech; in nieiesS'generalities,nneennect-;
ed - episodes, and . 'nneallad.for personalities:= I
His egotisin nt.this tithe iii2Blllll3ast fercicioue;
it inter:penetrated every
,part of:, his speech,
and made it soitietiMes_absurd,sometimei fh - r.
steal, 'and - - always'offerieiv.p. nit wheneier,
for I:time he for,got himself in his subjectand
becanie . wholly alAorbed•in its consideration, l
he was intaLe - onfst not to be despised. Ho
had read much,:he had hoarded - much-:'[which
he held at a moment's Coannanct if he could
but bring his' facts' and illustrations._ line,
so ni to bear down In compaet array Upon the
enemy's ccintre, he pierced, it and tiCeured vic.•
tory', '-But-it was unfortimate for him that his
facts, undisciplined !tutd Irregular, hung hick
upon the very
. point:bringagentent, and re.
coiled; like elephanti in -ledittit armies, upon
their own friends. '
Cot. HaiNE—//cYne dashed . into- debate,
like the Blitmelnke cavalry: npon' n.cluirge,4
There was it gallant:, Mr about hint that could
tact but win A/titration; He- never provided
forn retreat; he never Imagined It; Ho lutd
in invincible confidence in himself; which arosee
partly:from constitutional 'tenaperament, and
'partly from previona secceas: - '1• 1 ,11is • wall , -the
Napoleonic warfare . i to - strike At linea kir ttin
Capital , o f the .. enetitY, - heedless pf, danger,or,
cost LI) . his ievitt forces: Not doubting•tol
Orercamo . all odds, he feared nOtte,. however [
seemingly superior. A Of great tlneney, and no
little - fome eSpresitiou t hia Speer:lip:lvor hal.;
ted, and seldom fatigued. -
flea oratory. was gracefulpert
An impassioned tnatplef,,somewhat velti4nenti l
at tines; but - -rarelyi - - it .over extravagnnt; • 4
vale's:welt Modulated mtd silisittoti the
rapid enuneTetiOni nernicient,beinetelte. 4,4 4
fensive.address; thonerneco*dYing - 111 497 4 :4 - --
tive language well :selected and
turne4made him a popiiisittruiefrociivo
er. His fork was, stilt, rather doelmnallOn tj q
myerunient; ofClOin,severe,ratieskudienswhich,
rejects everything- but wh4t, convfo.
tion,
tered the science diateties; but !linen, not
without a certain' kind of sperm' tt,s ; -
with the Multitude of lisfeners,woubi,:*
for current coin.. - It had the pia); tho OMNI*
and seperhelal 4r - rear:ince:Of the pitre,:metekii
hut It wanted 'weight ou "e*tgdpagon;;:i,lol;l4
no, genuine ring In iis ion :4k '
character oil-thy
extraordinary mail has been the then:wankel:4"
extravagant praise and ohlogny,
.as iindeun
friendship or earnest enmity have held the pea.
His sun has - Lltely sunk beneath - the hoinizma;,
it went down in all the' splendor of noontide;
and the effulgence of its =setti ng - yet dn - xxleU,
die mlnd too much to justify an impartial opinr.
BO whatever tney ho.tbe diveniktiLet
6pinion as regards his patriotism, no one whe
respects himself will
,deny him the posseindoe
of rare intellectual faculties; of ti mind.caprii
cious and enlightened; of Pon'ern of reasoning
Ihnust irdruculous; unevialled presence; and
of a jiidgment, When unwarped: by prejudice;
most expreas mid Admirable. - •
; He appiared to hold a iletory at his eon):
wand; and Yet, determined, witbal, to 'nhoct
that he deserved it: There 111.13 a a tienA in"
his argument that seemed-the ex4attutatkintitt
though; and a freFPieney
. nerrOus diction
most - am:Tem.:o? for its ex pression, this ‘ex.
triune nobility of his mind was felt everywhero
and immediate, It 'weed, from declamation
to invective,aud fron invectivet to argument,
rapidly, but not confnsedlyeaciting and filialt
the imagination or all, . •
In his tempestuous eloquence, he tore to
pieces the arguments of his opponenti, as thei
hurricane rends the ".: Nothing withstood
the Ardor of his mind; no Sophistry,. howeier
ingenious, nO v rhetorical ruin is.
caped his detection. Ito ocerthrevr.l4gieth4
seemed impregoable, and demolished hetzziont
compact theory in a breath..
Smottra.a work lately pith,'
lisped in Mesh:Nibs author maketesomeAtteei
revelation% as to:thei habits oftbe lower class.
Among'other.thingsit is dated, that all . alorq
the coast, thiPeople"tire in'the bait Ofintioe-
Witting themsekes.with the , ' Venom- of lhei
rattlesnake •which they
_affirm' .renders them
ever afterwards, safe from l :the bite of all `fin: ,
ODIOUS reptiles, and oficcirse, prtictilFiygs
it regards theii great , enemy, this species of
snake, it , protects them fiora all fear of harM,
or daager. The aAthcir gives the follow ae.
count of this matter; - • -
"The person to bei n o culated 'c is pricked
with the tooth of the - serpent en the.tongue,
l in both arms, and on yarionsparts of thebody
and the 'venom introduced. into thawounds.
Arlirapticin comes out, Which cast a few' days:
Prer after, these persons can handle thii niast.
venomous snakes with Impunity can make
theni - eoree by- nailing them • and , the bite 'of
these-persons to poisonous.: , :Yeti wilt not , be:
neve this; but we hare the testimony afai7
en or eight respectable Merchants,-to the
A'gentleman:who breakfasted`here:this mom.
ing says_jhat lahasbeen fainlYendeavarb4
to make up-his-mind to submit to the
tion;,ai he is very much : ; m:I6IW Where ha
Hies, and he is ' , Obliged to' travel `a ..great deal
on the coast; and when he goes on :these ex.
peditions; he is always accompanied by his
servant, an.inzloculaead negro, wh - O has 'the
powerof curing him; should he be bitten - by
sucking the poison from the wound. Ile also
saw this negro care the bite given by'an into:
aimed Indian - 6lto a White boy, With whciro
he was ‘ lightieg, and who was "the stronger or
the tw o ; The stories of the 'oMtern jugglers',
and, their pOwer oier 'these mas_Per
haps.ba accounted for this way. I cannot
say dual' !Atonic! like to here so much Snaky
nature transferred intanynemposition s uar to
lire aineng people whose bite is Fet1013201111.7,?
Tan Mos.,—The mob; is n demon &re°
,
uungovernable:lt will not , listen ; to reason „ ; it
will not bolniluenced byfear; or, pity. or ea-.
preservation. "It hai no seise ofjustice: Its
energy is exerted in frenzied fitsv its forbear.
once is apathy or ignorance. It is a grievous`_
orrerto Suppose that this cruel, this wctztldess
hydra, has any political feeling, in its .trlumpli,
it breaks windows, in, Its-, anger it ' tirealis
heads, Gratify %and it duiuresudistUrbancq
disappoint it, and it groWsi fulions; . , attempt
to appease it, and it grows
_Orstrageonit mot
it boldly, and it turns accessiblo -
to no feeling but'-',one of personattsuXering3
it submits le no argument:- but that Of. the
Strong hand: The point - of the bayonet Attn.;
the edge .506 sabre Speaks .teeuly;
ule,noisi of musketry ia. listened4O with rt.
spent; the roar of artillery IS tinansweratde. - - ,
how deep, howgilevous i llinfv burdensoino is
the respoutilbility that /ies'on hint-that would
rouise this fury frou en It Is 11todsh
log litqo known,. how pinch individual
character' is lost aggregate- character of, a.- -
multitude. Moir may bo-rational,
'-poUeefid loyal - and and - sober, - : as individuals
yethenp ,them by the
.th9lloiid!;.°44, In thou
very progress of congregations ,7ayally, quint.
aces, *Grader; and reason
~ :eveperate. And
tmu:tifodooP rational . fieings, in. an - nnreaeouls.
blO and' isionlOrUtObeinga
_Wild infuriated
monster; firiveth tut not_led 4
esiept has an appetite foe .
blood; and miragejoy 10 - cl_olitrisotioo, fec 09
mere grataletifion of destriiiing,