ftilase Pau> Vreprittot-s.
elect Vottrg.
Thoisghts On Death.
I know that scion this bead will rest •
• l•
Beneath the damp cold - sod, ' -
I know this heart soon, soon will cease
Each anxious wild life•throb ;
I feel that death haitiuly marked
Me for his victim now,
chilly hand is.on my franis •
And I most meekly bow. •
Itut I do not grieve--oh ! no, Iv'e Wished
Thus early to depart : • •
rye lived quite long enough to know
Deep, deep bitterness of heart ;
I've found Mit life is not all fair—
A cloudless sunny day - - •
Though young tee felt the tempest's breath
Across my weary way
. My anguished spirit cill, }ph sought
Some refuge from lifu's troubled wave, '
And *here, oh ! where, can this 'he found .
Save in the silent grave I •
Then ask 'me not why I should smile ,
And calmly wait life's close, - - •
Why death hail' all its Cerror lost ,
And I seek its deilLrepse ?, . .
For why should one stiish' to live
When all that made Ikar '
i g
•
Rath flail leaving the SAdened heart
All desolate and- drear;
Then welcome death—farewell vain earth,
iio others thou all bright mayst be ' -
To others still untold thy joys .
But thou, alas bastnone for me. -
, ' Evalioiwn.
Eir A Southern edio has had':the follwing
- pleasant vlalon,,- n
We had sweet dreams the other night,
When all around was i.tilz
We dreamed we saw a host of folks
Pay up their printer's bill: - 1 .
We wish the dream would come topass,
And our empty pockets fill--
Tar da ump g da to diddle dun), •
Te Wrap to diddle dill:
The rower.of Truth.
Wealth, we are told, is power ; talent is
'power; and knowledge is power: But there is a
mightier force in the ;world than either of these
—a power which wealth is" not, rich enough to
overreach, nor authority imposing enough to si-::
lenz.e. They all tremble in its presence. It is
truth—the really most potent element of individ-
Aoki life. Though tossed upon the billows of pop. ,
~rlarcommotion, °Feast into the sevenfold fur
rows of persecution, or trampled into the dust by
the boa heel of power, truth is the one inde
stractable thing in this world that loses in no
conflict, suffers from no misusage or abuse, and
maintains its vitality and completeneis after ev
ery assault. AU kinds of conspiracies have
been undertakes', to destroy and drive it from
the earth; all sources of power has been 'to
'crash it, and all kinds of seduction employed to
vitiate and poison it; but none has anceeded,
.and none ever will. We can be confident of
nothing else in the world but the safety and int;
perishability of truth—for it is part of divine na
ture and invested with the eternity and omnipo.
tence of its author and source. It may often
seem to be in danger; it is as much set upon
and assaulted now, after eighteen hundred, years
of successful resistance, but history and experi-
-ewe ought to reassure our faith. it has never
• yet tailed, and it never will. Wa may rest se;
.retely on it and feel no alarm; we may antici.
pate its sources, and, enjoy its triumphs. To this
straggling life, what encouragement and eomfert
is there in this thought--the man of truth and
the cause of truth, are connected with' the most
potent eleinent in the world, and have all the
certainty of succeeding which God's immutable
%/jure and degree..afford. _
A Beautiful Sketch.
It was night. Jeru - salem slept as quietly i
amid her hills as a child upon the breast of
its mother. The,noiScAkss sentinel stood like I
astatue• at his post and the philosopher!o,l
lamp hurtled dimly in , the recess of his champ ;
ber. -
'Bet w darkernight was .abroad upon the
earth. A morel \ darkness involved the na
tions in its unlighted shadows. Reason shed
a faint glimmeridg over the minds of men,
like the cold and inefficient shining of a dis
finct'star. The immortality of man's.spiritu
al nature was unknowa, his relations to heav
en undiscovered and ' his future: destiny ob:
scared in a cloud of mystery...
It was at this time that two forms of etlie
rial mould hovered over the eland of -
chosen people:: They seemed like sister, an;",
gels seat to earth upon some embassy of lore:
The one was of majestic stature, and in the
well formed limbs, which her snowy drapery
hardy. concealed, in her meet bearing and
steady eye,: exhibited the highest degree of
strength and confidence. Her rightwrm was
extended in an impressiv6 gesture upwards
where night appeared to haiie placed her
tlmitest pavilliop ; while on b alk left reclined
her delicate coMpanion in form and counte
nance the colitrist of the other, for. she was
drooping like the . flower, , when "unmoistened
by refreshing dews, and her bright but trouts:
led eye scanned the air with ardent bat vary
ing glances. Suddenly a light like the sup
bout from the heavens, and Faith and
./3,ope hailed with exulting songs the sicend
. iugSter of Bethlehem.
:arena rolled away, and the stranger was
Nt.ou:tro. erusaleui. He was a meek, unasso
inkig man, whose happiness seemed to consist
in'io n , ((benevolence to the human race.—
Theti Were deep tra6es of sorrusv, his comp;
telMinte, though ao one knew why 4e grieved
foi: he Jived in the
all
of evely virtue
and was loved by all the good and wise. By
Mad by it wasillUßOW that the stranger work-,
,e 4 miracle% that the blind saw, and the dumb
"die, awl the deutleaped to life at his touch;
that ybea he commanded, the ocean mode
rated its altering tide, end the e very thunders
istiiipulated—he is the Son of God. Envy as
ed.him with"the obarge ofiorCery, and the
'voice, of impious judges condemned him to
I•4l3isath. : Slowly. and thick guarded he amend
i i . ..therda of Wilily. A heavy cross bent hint
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111A11032ET.
• BY rEOFEBSOII GEORGE. R. VOELTCR(. 1
"WE love - great men ; love, feherate,
and bow? submissive before great
. men ; nay,
can . We . hdnestly bow - down to anything else!
Abi. does not every ttue man' feel, that he is
himself made. higher by doing reverence( to
what. is {ally above ; him! NO nobler - or .
more ;blessed feeling dwells in man's heart."_
These are . the words of one of the lion
heatts of earth ; one who, himself high, thus
Mali* that there are higher than himself,
and that
s Eto these. he can boW. And how
truo'it is,that we reverently bow the' head to
intOleet- . and greatness, let 'them come in
whate'Ver i'diape they may. What car e
. we
If a believes in beir atitipodes-,if his soul
is dreitt, ztitotig suilounding souls! There
is nothing high, beautiftil, - or noble,.,hut . that
We • rn,uit. lbow down, :'before, fOr the. heart
compel homage, and says "this is greater
ib a n itilf n lltgws.' I :; .
Dialtomet, the subject of our sketch, was
greater ithan fellOws, by far; and -made
his mark in an untniStakable manner on his
age ' making it (Me of the most noticeable
ages in History.
i•
He Vvas,!vre believe, an honest man; end
thi s i s I,said "the noblest work of God."
, 'i We do not believe him au impostare or de- .
ceiver,l amb That he taught the people lies,
F; knoWitig them to be lies.. That Mahometan-
ism-is j a gigantic phantom; whose shadows
v' fall across the hearts, and blackens the souls
I; of 'tw0.1.141i4 of cur race, we verily believe;
li but we as truly believe that Nlaltomet labored
Under an itliosyncracy whitlf 6.1 him to be
lieve this :bilge Cabala..-as well as his follow ,
Ors. surelpx it was_ never in the power of
than, by means of Impudence, to do many
things !which Mahomet did in seeming bon
titty, ifi lislheart Were riot right, and he at
ease with himself.• The confidence of truth
!,11 1 . boldlyi in most of his actions, and the
inevo)encii of his big; heart led him to en
'Oavoriin eery action to benefit. his follow-.
err% . Ile diaway image worship, and taught
!
th:e Solis of the desert to reverence a higher,
att unseen.Od, and he made them feel - tlgit
,40greater than themselves was everywhere
with or against them. No man was ever
' ;Mere ,devout than -Mahomet, and none ever
had stricter laws' by which to golden his ad
h4ents..Hp!strode amongst those wild and
irtNietuous +astern. tribes . an acknowledged
sovereign, temporal and spiritual, and he
.neye abused), his power. How feW• can have
tins said of 'them. • • • I
. ,•
;For over twelve hundred . 'yeari two bun
dr,,d millions of human beings have, found . 1
their spiritual sustenance in 'the doctrines of
' 31iihotinit; end at `this - time, more people
believe in this prophet, than in any set of
'`tenets-in the universe. This :shows . .well for
•lalioniet's influence—and i t. show s something
for his doctrine, too, we opine, - -
ilt dOw, -not seem possible that 4so many
peOple have eristed,believing a thing, wholly
untrue,, altili p mgh there_ mayl be - flaws and
egregious-errors within .'the :t•ystem, as un
dotibtediy tf+re are. But - we have been too
Mich in the way of condenaning, Maboinet
and his' religion, as imposture, and premedi
tated. - deceit, land it is• time this were dene
aW y with. !Ours is pre-eminently and a g e,
..
of ntelligenoie, and it should be also an age
of . parity, or at least.of tolerance. •
I nd now,[candidly, what did Mehemet-do.
which intik him to us, at this day,' greater
than hiS fell wsi: and what, that we shoUld
t
piously hold Up our bands, and- casting -our
, ,
eyes heavenward cry " . unelehrt l unclean ?t
In the first place, then, Mahomet gave his
followers a higher Intelligence to fail doWn
before and Worship, instead.'Of the insensate
idc& ferinoly set up as diViniii . among
"them; and he founded a
, religion which was
the. . brOad noon-day. brightness, compared
with the.. 'darkness lately
„prevalent_through
the land. :: Ite tried to, better Lis people, to.
lead their thought to no bfe e " A d i annet,t, an d. h e,
infused'h real life and. a bounding existence
into old bedii,s. -
.. He was. the man of a Young World, and
with his liberal_ goodness, and:tender care of
all Whe fell i within his circle, no Wonder
crOwds folloWed his foot4ep.s and called
hi m Blii. 'li e gave hi. countivmen it re
ligion iipprot'iate- to them =one - they could
i
understand- 7 - ind its justice, and its rewards,
and iiiinisbutcuts, realized their idea of a
code_ made by ',an all-powerhil, all-worthy
Being": They. were, willing and ready to en
roll thetiaSeives beneath the banner . Of such a
-Faith, -and their leader was worthy' 'of them;
and of the (ialse he esponsed. -.: ' . '..
- I MahoMet was sincere; lend thus his.trutliS
and 'untruths'ircanie upon the hearts of his
followera with
.4- sledge-hammer force, and
they cotildttot but be convinced.
rgincerity - covers a mabitude of sin=; and
with this Mahomet set tire to. the world,.
Etien6tness Aso was hh , .4,land his energy was
marvellous, - And how did he. struggle, and
wrtle
. mith his enemies, alas 'tis the. old
story—genius and greatness of heart, pitied
in uneqUal warfare against enty, spite, and
uncharitableness; but, for once,,after a long
contest, Genii' • got the uper hand.: -
-' Mahomet ws-ambitiotts, but, kirits not all
ii.,
ambition, as any would have us Leave; and
his thoughts came not from other 'men, but
from living I'.4;ature—tfrom the,. pathless de
serts, the tweeping simootn, the welcome water - - .
Spring, the Starilof the sky, the, brightness of
the sun - and moon, from the depths of his
..
own heart... 1 .
"The great, triy_stery pf existence glared in
-upon him, With its terrors , witkits splendors.
The voice -Pt Such al man iio,kvoice direct,
from Nature'si)wn h rt...Meti.4o and
listen,,Hutt.
to ..na
no: From of old, a thou
sand theirghts [ in , his:pilgrimings and wan
derings had been inl him. What am 11
What is this unfatholable thin i tmen live-in,
and Celt .the universe, What is life! What
is death I What tim. I to belieVe, and- what,
am Ilto dor I • .‘
' . ' .
1 Thegrittticicks of- onnt Bare, of Mount'
Sinai; the sterni seedy . Modes answered not
The great. heaven r ling silently overhead,
with its glancifig suit+, answer not.. There
Was no answer. • Tha man's 'own -seul, and
What of Gods iruipiretton dwelt - there, had tci.
I answer: - i s '-
Did it. not. i nswer, and- has not a world
acknowledged , this Ittstkomet's : greatness t...
Who have dreaMed that the meek and black
eyed[ boy of the Rovefek tribe, would make
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suckle commotion in this world of ours, Seen I man,' reered . in :* savage tribe, amid the
whei he was foueteen f • Ali !.even then the coarsest of social influences;: persecuted,--Out
mighty soul were being stirred, and his heart lawed and data from place to place like
was disgusted with - the falseness of the Idol a hunted deer,' ran we wonder when pos-.
'Worship practieefi about him; and even then sensing supreme poWer, and unlimited sway, -
he was nerving himself to become the exem- his mortal instinct and mortal passions should
plat of avast imbiber of human beings, • have somewhat led him• from the strict•paths
Mehemet married Rndijsh when iii his Of rectitude. Alas, no! viewed with-, bur.
twenty-fifth year she being forty years old; standard of social-usefulness and goodness ;
and he lived with her long and happily. He Mehemet would•fall far below: many n com
eid not, sieconlibg to his own account, haves mon man, but viewed and „judged with un
a revelation, andidireet mission from Heaven Prejudiced eyes in his actual social pasitien,
nutil forty yearold; and we are informed - we imagine he, will occupy a high place
that haying withdrawn into the mountains, among the earnest benefactors of his race.
near Mecca, "to,pass the month in prayer Mehemet was n man of great courage, and
and ineditation ion -those great questions of the most unbounded reliance upoti himself,
which he wished - solved," lie told his wife aided by i higher intelligence. • When. flying
that owing to iltiaven a unspeakable favor he with Abu Bekar,from his . enemies, the latter,
had found it all Out, that he was in 'darkness trembling with fear, exclaimed, •"our pus
and doubt no mitre; "that these wooden gods suers ere Many, and we are but tiro P'; ati4
were of no aecuttut, that there was one Ural: MahoinetlanSwered, "nay, there is ;11•thirif,
supreme and 'alolie, mid that He only was for God ilt with us:" .
:.-- •
great and holy:' Then came the cry of "...Utah At aniether time, a renowned warrior ap
il Allah," and sobs after this . , the formula of r proaclied I Mehemet "to take him prisbner, ,
the faith of.lslairri; with e
,hirge number of soldiers to. assist
"The . inspiration of. the Lord giveth under- him, 'found his horse stumble, when :the
atauding;" and hew do we know what kind Prophet, ridvanoing, in front of the troops, so
or .inspiration came upon this mighty man ? ,worked do their superstitious; • that- they
He is said to have been subject to fits of sib- turned aid fled from his face. T.- •
straction and - . illtiminatiore in - which" he • re- When asked for .Some•great rule of. daily .
cited many strange things, and prcippunded conduct, he said, Speak evil of :to one!"
doctrines, some good, and. some • bed; and For th benefit of those who think the
these fits were probably what he celled in- Koran a
. mass of ab.surditY, and tissue of de
spiration. Ile sate queer visions too, and too ceptions ' .lwe will here give a feW short se
often belieyed in them. and treated them as lections firm its pages, taken at random. ' •
verities and rules of action. His vifidlolife "Post utter thy prayer with n loud voice?
was•dreaM-like, and his way was a visionary, know that theme is no.need. God - knoweth
tramp through the earth:- In • the early part the secret of thy hearti, yea, that which is
of his career_ he 'Made many enemies, and most hidden:" •• .
they cea:Zeil not to follow, him for years; they " Verily, lam God; there is none be
liked not that any should : , bedeetned wiser side me. Serve me; serve none other; - offer
than they.. " Who -is this that so lords it up thy prayer to.none but Me." - iT•
over us all 1" • "The Ail , Merciful is throned on high ; : to
.He had, at the end of three yeeis preach- Hint belongeth whatsoever is in the henYona
ing, but thirteen ItilloWers. "Ilk friends tried above, and in the earth beneath, and hithe
to dissuadehim him-going on in a course so regions under the earth." • • . .
'T
slow, but he Said ti them, If the moon stood "Feed,the hungry, visit the•sick,.abd free
on one hand, rind the sun on the other telling the captive." - • .
me to stop, I
. would not step." • "-Look not seornfully . on•-thy - felXiir an,
He had to. hide . himself in clefs, caverns, neither walk .the earth with insolence; for
and holes in •the riicks-Ldisguise himself in a God loveth not :the arrogant and. titin-e'lori
thousand ways, aid fled from place to place, ous,r ; ~
a fugitive on th 4 face of the earth, till -his "Po unto thy brother as thou 'wouldst be
glorious sun attained its ultimate splendor. . dealt by." , .
We like his • 4rankness, of which the fu!- - "Angels come among you &eh by night
'lowing is a proof. i His young add beautiful and day; those of -the night ascend to heav
wife Ayesha, married 'after the death of en,. and God asks them -hew they left his
Radijah, one day questioned - him,
_saying, creatures. • 'We found them,' said they, at
"Am / not; better than 'Liddell ? Shr - their re- 4, and we left them at their
al 2 :et ..,an z , ue-was
a widow, old, and hied lost her - good looks-;
you love me Bette! than you dld her 1"' No,
by . Allah i' said 3h/hornet, "she believed in
me when none else would believe; in the
Whole world I Lad but one friend:--"and she
leas that!" His iwife Radijah was his first
convert. • • I
The "Hegira" or T Flight of Mahomet, is an
era of the greatest moment iu the eirktern
countries. The fist year of this era was the
fifty-third of. Mithomet's life,' and the six
hundred and twenty-setond of our era.
We have said rsomewhere, that l'fahom
inedanitm is a reality, and ,no shadow, al
though we oWn ttbt to a belief in its truth—
and this is amplylevidenced in the wild ear
nestness and enthusiasm of- its followers;
there is nothing }dead- nor dry like in their
religious ordinancis; they make no vain os
tentation Or sliowiol. sanctity, but when the
hours for prayer :ire struck, a world of peo-ii
pie fall down to worship and adore.- , What
an imposing, and y' et what a,simple thing—
alone iu the wilds of the Desert, or in the
midst of the crowded thoroughfares of • the
busy city, 'fis all the same with the Al:thorn:
.inedan':. his heart ells him'' tdpray, and lo!
it is done." • i •
••' Mahottlet, after he death of his first wife .
indulged in . .n plurility of Wives,. allowing by
laWfour wives to :teli of his followers, but
claiming more for - himself, on the ground,
that a,.prophet tieing pecidittrly gifted' and
privileged, was net confined. to the same
miles as other mortials. !thichs• has been said ,
of.. his wives, butlAyesha,,wms -his best be-
loved ;• and to . her he was betrothed when
seven years of agJ. She,is d - es.eribed_as_het_:
ins exceedingly l , cautiful. 1
''l7ltere has been 4 great deal of Controver
sy about,Mabomeds, night visit to Jerusalem,
and his going there from :Versa and to the
seventh Heaven in a - single -night;-someaf
firm that it Was lit vision--•-others that .he I
went through the detailed adventures of that
night bodily.;- otinirs that it was a revelation - I
to him; wind', with ithe'exccption of obscure
allusionv to it in :the Koran,.he himself has
said little about it : t
And what a Nome is- in this vision pre
sented to us;
,a - dank and awfully silent night
—not the - sound 'oflan animal or living thing
to be heard ; the .haters and winds hushed to
fault—and - a voicel comes saying, "AWake,
thou sleeper!" when the prophet finds before
him. Gabriel, clad iu dazzling apparel, who
presents him. with, a *glorious white . horsc,
lhaving the wings ;.pf an eagle,,nnd rays of -
light flashing fronihis eye.; and nostrils. The
prophet essays to mount "Al Borak," who at
first is not willing to bear the load, never
having ,not
mortal, - but the- angel upbraids
him,.saying, "Them is but one God, and this
is his prophet;" wliereupon"Borakis endow
ed with the faculty of 'speech, and he- has
Mahomet to intercede for him inyamdise—
on receiving the as4urance Borak "allows 'Ma
hornet•to bestride him, when they pass like
'"lightning between iheaven and eattli;. twice,
did the angeVorder them back to earth to
pray;.but the third time, lifahometleelirrg
his - heavenly missi4n. would not return, hut
spurred on his wongerful 'steed.. As they fly
through' the air, Many voices and ravishing
maidens hold out ifflurementa, fur Mahomet
to stop, but: no!. onithey ge till the holy city
.is reached. Her are found Abraham,-
-Moses, and Jesus, wito . pray in - company with
the Prophet, and .then ascend to the first
Heaven on a laddedof light; they pass suc
cessively through all 66 heavens to the high
est or seventh -heaven, when Mahomet is ad-
Mitted into the pros'ence of - god, who gives .
Out his commands fin the ruling of the Faith
ful, and,. with a d ? escription of unequalled.
magnificence, this eor g eous - eastern recital
closes.
In 3fahomet's
.later 'rears, be allowed the
alloy of worldly i3tut meet to mingle' with
hissublime enthusiatmi and inculcated many
things as rtih.4.of altion, which we are com
pelletl to look upon has derogatory to his dig
nity, as a man, and his supposed prophetio
mission. But who bitsnot frailties, wholes
not &titbit . Nay, there is not a perfect-Man;
flow - thew shall .w. . look with the glass of
perfection upon Nlabomet, an unlettered
toitrost, cSustputanita Canntg, ii. , Oursbaa pernini . gag 17, 1455.
P
prayers.'"
With Mahomet's poetical description of
the last day, we have done:—
"A day shah come when the , . sun will be
shrouded, and the stars will lull from the
Heavens. ' ••
\Vita -the camels about to fwl will be ,
neglected, and vio beasts will herd together
through fear. • --'"
When the wanes of the ocean will boil,
and the souls of the dead be again united to
the bodies. - .
When the heavens will pass away like a
scroll, and hell will burn fierclv, and the joys
of Paradise will be rade manifest.
On that day shallevery .soul make known
that which it bath perforated.
Verily, J swear to you by the stars Which
move swiftly, and are lost in the brightness
of the sun, and by the darkness of the night,
and by the dawning of the day, these- are :not
the words of an evil spirit,
.but-of an angel of
diguity.antl power, who possesses - the confi
dence of Allah, and is revered by - the angels
under his command."
Good A thrice.
in a lecture upon the "Irish Emigrant,"
recently delivered by Robert C. Barry, Esq.,
before the Irish Social and Benevolent Socie
ty, we find the -following passage. It con . -
tains much of sound advice, appropriately
and pertinently expressed : •
"As an Anierican, I welcome to the soil of
my country each, and every emigrant who
briligs with him a reputation. for honesty,
industry • and sobriety, poor though he may
be. Thanks nyGod, however, poverty is not
y•Tti - d'e - C - ii&rit - crinid.• - Aliirto• the newly ar
rived Irish eniigrant, iii all candor, I would
sa,.neithe, stop nor loiter on the seabOartl;
Tather, seek a home in the healthful lair of
the country;
_or go Out to the fertilei and
magnificent regions of the Wes; clear away
the forests erect habitations., and dilligently
cultivate the earth'. It. you have mechanical
genius, seek Witiout delay employment; if
a laborer, look vit once for work; you can ob
tain it if you try. Whatsoever your calling,
be not idle; for it is a_ truthful, apothegm
that idleness is the parent,olall vice—
" Trust no Future, howeer pleasant, : •
• • Let the dead Past burry dead;
Act! act! in the living liresent,
•
Heart within, sind_.God o'er head." •
Be frugal and . temperate, with spendthrift
hand scatter. not to the . winds the w'agvi. of
your daily toils, and thereby become depend=
ents on the public charity, educate, educate
liberally - your children, for the road of"-pre
ferment in this hind : is open alike for the
lofty and the lowly; ever bear in mind that
knowledge is fir more desirable than wealth
instil not yourself, nor gullet-Others to infuse
into their yonthful.minds; the poison. of re
ligious
,bigotry. Enjoy:your own sectarian
dogmas, frequent your own church, and
kneel at the altar of
. your ckildhood's faith;
intetfere not, nor intermedle with the polites
or ;religion of yoiir neighbors, for the Ameri
can people are extremely sensitive on these
tonics; eschew political and sectarian
.
commis for they we in truth productive of
no good; be mindful of ieur own at airs. and
look not after the business of others,' thereby
pr4venting_ discord and ill will., Avoid all
private feuds, and shun public coinmotioni;
ke4p steadily in view the disgrace and pun
ishiment attendant on violations of the law;
draw closely around you, byltind Words and
de4ds, your family, your friends and all with
whom. you may 13 - C brought in contact;
tetringle freely with our people,'. learn our•
manners, habits and customs; become, as it
were, in mind, heart, and soul nationalized,
and you cannot fail iu winning your.way to
their: respect, estpem tind 'confidence; and
above all things
" To , ,thine ownaelf he trite:
And it must follow . as the night the day
Thou clink not then be false to any man."
Kir An exchange brags much of a - new
method of!' curing" hams. Many dour (lit,
izens would prefer being informed of some
"trier mode &Pro -curing tbem,
A Tale of The Crimea: -1
CUArisR 1.
THE BAFFLE OF INKERMANN'
As the gun came up; struggling with the
gloom of clouds, the vanguard had given
alarm of that onslaught iv hich,before the day
,was done, should make Inkerrnann second to
Waterloo. Through the foggy, drizzly dark,
had burst the blare bugles, and drums, and ,
from-sleep
and r atlin g musketry ; and the transition
froin-sleep to battle bad been an interval of
consternation;, not-the consternation Of cow
ardice however, but of sudden iurprise.;
The battle of Inkermatin Would have- been .
a splendid sight to see. in a broad field and
a bright MM. 'But the nature of the ground.
and the Ilarkbess.of the day, rendered it im
possible to take
.in more than.a - itnall• scene
of the grand•and terrible drama at one view.
-Many a heroic- deed was performed that day
in obscure and solitary places, that left- no
1 - 1.40 rd but death. If you baud some, gloo-•
iiny glen, a flush harvest of carnage 7 r-corpses
idying as thick us sheaves after the sickle—
'
you knew.there liad been great achievements
Ilfe're—bat they. will not illumine the-page of
history for their memory sleeps in the burial
-trenches with those who died enacting thn.
Thirst for glory, such as is slaked by blood
had lured young Cecil. Gray from his happy
Itome in old England, to the camp and to the
field. He was an officer in -the 'Fifth Dra
goons; and we have an interest in him now,
let us watch the performance of the Fifth, on
that day of Inkertnana..
Are not they yonder on the heights? Let
us get nearer
.therri, for this -dismal day
is like twilight that We cannot distinguish
the - figure on their buttons. Yes it is 5, what
noble fellows! With what an air] of impa
fience they lean forward, as the battle's din
increases.! How their nostrils dilate, of op
.
• l•
‘port,unity. . ,
Which of them is" Cecil Gray ? Do, you
see, - yonder at the right, that tall, noble young
officer who is gazing with looks ofi unspeak
able tenderness upon a locket miniature, which
lie has just drawn from his bosom That \is
he : and the miniature is of—the flame would
choke his. titternnee, if be attempted to. speak
it, for he is thinking of the. time—not many
months ago, but oh, how long !=—when 'the
original olthat . picture sobbed-on his breast,
and clung to him with love's deSperation,
kissing him most fondly, and pleading with
him in. God's name not to go:.--4:411,n0 not .to
go!
Ili .
slip quivers, lie brushes his hand ,across
his eyes, be closes the 'locket, and - replaCes it
in his bosom. The Eifth • had lost most oe
their infantry in the beginning Of the battle—
for the Turkish foot, their main support, bad
fled at the finit onset—and there remained to
them now only a small division of the Nigh- -
landers, a number quite insufficient to_ l sustain
them. Yet as the cannonsthurideregAind the
inusketi hailed death around, the -brave fel
lowsieli. it like a shaine to sit there while
their comrades were winningglory, and every
moment they grew more eager,, even without
the support of infantry, for an . occasion to
act. - ; 1 -
Harkl th e tramp of cavalry. Every. rein
is tightened, and every horsernan's breath is
quelled with expectation. Up they come at
a fierce gallop as though they . ant to sweep
the heights clear at a single pa. s. It is the
Muscovites! Their heavy, rusl ing billows of
horik\ dash full upon the- Highlanders,- And
are shocked back• by the shore of bayonets:—
They rally, and advan'co more slowly. Then
the tingles of.the Fifth sound, and the fiery
horses Are wheeled into order for the onset.
•LOok at Cecil, Gray; he, has forgotten the
ininiat'itre, be has forgotten the original, 'he
has forgotten the little cottage - by the Thames
where slie is. sighing prayer* to Heaven for
him vow--he thinks only 'of . glory.. His
;breast lieaves and pants; and his handsluteh
es his hilt, waiting for the next signal twang.
• Ancither blast of bugles, and the whole
Fifth, instantly bustling all over with swords,
like a tingle being, spring into the Charge.—
`A thundering hurricane ofbattle,,they sweep
right dowti_on the advancing foe with the
.speedof the wiia.L God of Heaven! _what a
spectacle! With what a sublimely terrif..
shock, the two hostile masses of men rid
horses crash and. crash .together! , Su rd
clangs on sword, horses and rider "sink, the
sea of battle surges over them - .
The Fifth cut the foe through and through,
and when theirbitgles - sound the rally, they
disregarded the signal, determined to .fight
till they clear the field or die.. Horse 10.titist
horse, with onset and repulse, Saxon and CAA
sack they cleave one swaying
anether down -
I-to and fro like a stormy sea.
_l- Where is Cecil Gray r . Yonder is his
',plume. Watch it. It. tosses ribove the thick
‘ef the_ fight, as if it were alive with glory'.--
There; it loses itself in the smoke of pistols.- 7 .
It emerges. We lose sight of it again. Yon- .
der once more it 'flies alOng the field, like
some splendid bird of prey, tbatkillsits quer
cry, but stops not to devour. Swords leaping
above and'about it, other plumeS tied and
sink around it; .riderless horses
. whirl".away
from it, and roll down and surge, and strug,
gle;and die in the overwhelming' billows ' of
battle. But that plume,. and 'the "sword that
goes with it, ceases not for an instant in their
sublime career. .
The wounded French Clianeur who reclines
on his - elbows here nigh tig, watching the
plume, forgets his pain, and ejaculates, C'est
rtperbe 1 .7 And iits superb, it is glories.
But now that plume the dreadful; ceutre
of a vortex of foes, which dashes upoO it, as
upon a lone sail . of the foam-capped • whirl
pool,in the sea. Other e lumes fly to the res
cue. Sabres flash thick and fait, and Chop
down into fiery brains, and cross and thrust,
And stab, and mix in a horriblo turmoil of he
roic desperation.- • .
• The Russians are in total route, And the
gallant Fifth in rally; with shout and hirrah.
But the plume of Cecil Gray! • ;Os gone.—
The payers! which have kept going up to
Heaven from the cottage by the Thames have
not been answered.
, • In the field they found him, the eveliing of
that-day, 'with a moniimelit= of slaughtered
heroes piled; up to his glory. And his survi
ving comrades spaded him a grave and wrap
ped his clunk around him, and had him to
rest.
CUAPTER;/1-41 COTTAGE O THE MUM.
inkermann has been fought, and the news
has One tbrou,gh England. In that cottage
Minute Gray sits sobbing. and , milling lei
wbst she knows possible yid yet hopes 1113,
possible. Weep on Minnie—the hour -is at
hand, when , the blessed rellef . ottears may , be
denied thee. •
"Willie, go'to the town; and—and—Go !
Willie pes—he runs all the wai.' He
brings back / nothing but the newspapers till
ed with " Latest from the Crimea." .
• " No letter, Willis!"
"None."
.Sue se izes the paper, and gropes tear-bliw
ded, through the long columns. But she finds
nothing, only that so many were killed and
so, many were wounded, and the -names Of: :a
few great officers that were slain: The throb
bing blood almost bursts from her veins , and.
her eyes go dry,- as she rends a printed letter
from one .of the Fifth Dragoons. But it, says
nothing of Cecil, only that the Fifth Dragoons_
had been in " Glorious - l. -
1* OM my God how can I bear this agony
of suspense !"
•
Willie tried to soothe her--bnt she could
. -
hear nothing but
,the. soul-stunning thunder
of battle, see nothing through her tears,... but
the charge of the Fifth Diagoons!
" Go' to town,
.Willie and come.. not- hack
till-you have brought some , word -from . hint!"
The boy went sorrowfUlly. Minnie Gray
watched the clock and the road to town all
Any and all night, - ancrall the) . next day."' till
the suri went down. 4,, -
Willie was coming,' the sight
. of him made.
her dizzy and faint. now diddle walk were
there tidings in his step t ; Yes !life or death!
Ile came hurriedly while he seemed to. reel
under the weight of his heart.. ,i-She staggers
out to meet him ,gasps=
"Any word, Willie 1
"No word, but ?"- 7 - • " - ; -
She holds her-breath, and stares wildly at
him, as he draws forth the locket. He pla :
:ces it quitikly in her cinching hand,and turns
his face away. -
She unclasps it shudderingly, and. the lock
of haiisprings-out and curls around her fin-
get - ! A - smothered, quivering cry, a stifled,
choking wail of agony .that crushed the - life .
out, and Minnie gray (ell - .into her brother
Willie's arms. .
. ..
In the little village . church-yard, there is
now a new made l grave, and over it, is a mar
ble slab, bearing this inseription-- '.• ' .
. • ^ '.• In memory of ... - -
' CECIL and . ..MINNIE GRAY,
- • whom Peace married ,
..- • . '
-
inlife,! . .. : • r
,
. . whom War wedded
. - in death. .- •
. .
• --10-.1,,1 , .. 7 ------- _ • •
%, ' How to • Marry.
. _
~
A few years ago I•made one of the seveii-.
ty-nine - passengers on board the fast . steamer
'Emily Barton, bound up the Tennessee.. A
pleasant intelligent go ahead captain; a good
steward, and social, refined 'company, wade
the trip_ one of pleasure;_ indeed, long shall I
remember the saucy Emily Barton and her
"superb" living , freight,, One lovely summer
afternoon it
,was whispered' that we
_were to
have a weddii:g beforethe boat reached- ber
destination; said f whisper starting first ind
low nearthe ladies' cabin ' 'and speedily mak
ing its . ; way .to the hail; - the boiler deck, and
even to the main; like the snow balls down
'the mountain, gathering size, form and mo
mentum,' , as it rolled forward, until the-prin
cipals in the interesting scene were not Only,
pointed out, but the TersOns- , --Some scrapes
in .The history of each - fiction, fact' and stir- -
arise; - all hushed up ingeniously,: leaving you'
in the half pleasant, half painful suspense and
doubt that opens the eyes so wide and strains
the drum of the ear so tight to all transPir
ing.tircinud you. Well; wo - landed to hood'
at a :riagnifieent beach bottom,ibe tall henry
leafed trues, with
_their. silver' gray trunks,
making_ a deep, cool shade,, while they, with
their grassy green bank that bore:them, were
in the glassy river, so clear;:so true, that
version only pointed the - false 4 from. the' real.
Cutting this charming j spot, in twain came,
murtnuring'crystal brook,
,scarce four spa&
wide 4, to lose itself in .the misses of Tennessee
waut, -they in turn to be alike lost in the
'boundless sea. • • •• -
No sooner was the - staging out than there
emerged from the ladies' cabin a fine, manly .
looking fellow,' - dressed in. faultdess., taste, ,in
tellect beaming in every feature, wl#ile allover
his face perfect happiness, shone like ph&pho
rus on the seal and leaning On his" arm was
the most loveable woman it has ever been-my .
lot to behold; her fine hazel cyesi (tell tales
that they were) spealting deep',.etpOittin, and
her eXpressive lip quivering with ?.‘timirLsSecl
excitement, while her stepi dress ; and grace
was that of a queen. . , • •
" There 'they are • " That's her I' -
." 0,
how handsome;"burst from many a lip as
we instinctly made way for - them -!pass to
the altar, and where that was we lad about
as clear an idea. as a" transcendentalist geaer
ally Las of -whathe is •
But one thing all-seem to" ..know, that there
was fun .ahead, and that to fall in their wake
was the Way- to see it. - As. the 'ladies' passed,
'n gallant arm was-offered to each, and. thus
we marched out of the cabin, down. the stairs,
across the staging, and up the slOpings bank.
Seine fifty yards up the brook the pair -stop
ped, and, Joining hands, they stood, with the'
clear water,between them--bridged ash was
with .the twining fingers and crossed by
. a
stream.of love as pure as itsdf. All was si
lent '-still -- until by the minister,
reading itf au impressive•rnanner
"Anil the .rib which the Lord God had ta
ken froui'a inan.rmidS . he a woman 'and brat
her to the man. . And -Adam said, this is now
bone.of toy bone. and flesh of my flesh; she
shall be called woman becanse- she was taken
out of man. Therefore shall a man leive his
father and mother and cleava unto his wife,
and they shall be ono flesh.". - .
He closed the 'book and 'offered' a most
touching and beautiful, prayer; not - a..heart
b'et seemed-to feel-that vaniesit appeal• to the
Throne of Grace. Then' asking: 'the - usual
questions,he pronounee(l them husband and.
wife. Te:little slowly sipking on her knee.,
raising her Leisutiful face, all covered with
tears; and her clasped hands; and in'a touch-.
ing-sweet, voice, tremulous with deep.emotien
said : . .
“ And 'now, 0 merciful tether, grant that
our two lives, thus united, may peapetully
flow in one, even as the - rivulet, until we
reach the River of Death., and undivided in'
faith or eonduct,be permitted to enjoy thin ,
eternal stoiles in the-laud of Ole pure and.tie,
.blett.”
Every pulse 8001 lied atilt, hoping, = - ffithiag
for more of this beautiful drama.. Not it
lettril•Pot- Ul"eincat*lnt !Bit- Aliat' thing
—all, all was 'happiness.' 0.. loteiy mots-
♦;
foixtme 12, Itlontra-4,1:-.,:
ma, how deeply thawartgritverron thebetel
The happy mars waiin'theitet4
alias on , the smiling lips of his'f..mignifkiatit
wife, when the clear toriea-of a rintnlY.,lnotee,
startled' all from j. pleasing reveriri; ;striver--;
sal gaze rested on sr tall Teranewsii i we
'eagle eye spoke thelllllA74 . ll4i,eirissentittive
he was of the State where Sleep's Jacksori,*,
"I can't stand this any longer; 1 taritt;'AY
Pardon ladies , - pa r don ;: havir iiprop
osition to make in theirecil - faritkirrifannlo
never lies or triflei.
..I muat.ritake it-or - 04;-
8o here goes. Now I 'ringlet!, thirt,spot
any lady in the crowd. wlfOline
face such music; look it me, Midi you' idu
love me as she loves, fPointingst . '`tlrevlikrido
I'll promise to , lxr a husband to yori, such. a.
husband as she deserves, arid such.* husband
as a true hearted man will make tci'a woman
who comes tremblintindei his wirig.`. 'far
ther say , that . no spot , of shame, attachan-lo
my: name, nor ever shall-; and this anti- trill
support and . protect the one Who , can - trust it.
Who'll take me I" • •
And his eye ran slowly and iteOly tiOr
the crowd- of handsome women mound hiin,
his earnest manner and nova': speech hid
aroused an intense feeling; all was an9tis
and deep sympathy with the fearless, excited
orator, when to the astonishafentOnd delight
of every one,"11 fawnlike; hinoeyet.igirk from
tbe flowery banks of Alabama, stepped to his
:side, and looking confidently up to his eyes,
her hands on his am? said
" I am thine I" ~.
.
13y this time his arm wasaround her waist, '
,
apd partly; her.curls, (black as the raven!»
Ailtig, at midnight,) looked stetulfast)y in her,
"Ace for a motnenkatid "signed the millrace
with a kiss that all the married. Indies if
pro S kit
terwardsnonneed of the genuine ii4:srt- , -• -
fectly satisfactory.- Raising his flashing e i
with a triumphant expression from tltl. pl _
ant job just mentioned, he said— .._ -
" Where is the parson I send him vie-.
here—on this spot we met L atido,t, this spot, t
we'll be ninde ode ;...I never let much I luck a'•
this' pass me by waiting a . _ minute.. so go
ahead, all's ready." - - :•-
[ ,
And the parson did "go .ahead,"'llincl oa
that spot where they first met- were . they. sol
emnly united forever. When WI wettivc;
" What God liath joined together;let pp =int
put asunder," died away, a shout:S i rt - up
that woke the echo for miles; every. hand -
was extended to the happy; backyr;. .cintoro
some fellow; imd - every: lady as that crowd.
pressed, the lip of his -handsome wife; (for a
moment I wished I were her, but / instantly
recovered my self-possession, and - thrust' tlin; ,.
weakness from me; women kissing each-eth
er always seemed a weakness to me, blittheY
know best, and laughing, shouting, - happ,y r
we all returned on board:. -
Our generous captain set a splendid sup
per the clerk made out 'two' Iffiarriagu
tiaates ; they *ere signed'y_ttielarson
seventy.fonr wittxiaes, Ora 121* uutde the
nine. - youlinow i ymen, siouteihand childhau
all told;--everybody signed. nen iedanced,
we' lauglied;..re Made children of ourseliea—=.
yes, I am afraid We made fools tif - - - onrsel,
Be that asiit may s When (be
at the noon of night, the bluffs on the dark
shores of the river returned only wobrifri- -
the' eackof the - hoarse coughing of the Ai:,
Ig Bart A's 'engines,' for. we alept„.. and our:
dreams rainly , tried to . vie with the lovely ta—
ality of the evening.
Pawling Interview with Elinwell•
The evening before his death, ,while!tho
workmen were busy with thesettifold,aytk4 ,,
lady., was ushered intel dtingeors.
- was the girl whom he so fondly 10,44 . and. •
who had ,now eome to hid him, itn-.ctertral
farewell, ile was leaning: in .a-; melancholy
mood against the window -frame of the prison,
and the heavy clanking of his irons smote
dismally upon her heart. — The interview was
bitterly affecting, and melted even the callotti
soul of the jailor. As for Emmet, he trho
little ; but as he pressed his' beloved srt
lenoie to his bosom, his countenance, Natural
his emotions. In a low voice, - half-eholed
by anguish; he besought her 'not - to . .:fOrgef.
him ; he reminded her.of their former happi=
ness, of the 'Ong plat days Of their ebildhOod,
and concluded by requeitidg der. to visit:the
scenes where their infancy was spent, antt
though this world might -re.pest their - slimes
with scorn, to cling..to his 'memory with' afr• •
,
At this %cry instant, the evening bell 'peal •
from the neighborifig church.- Eimer
started at:the sound,randrishe felt that. this
was the lastlitne Le should - ever hear its
,
mid sound, he folded hja,beloved - atilt
to his heart, and bent over titer-sin Ling form
with his eyes streaming . With affection. Tisk
turnkey entered at this. Moment ;. 'aimed of
his weakness, he dashed the rising tear `imn_
his eye, arid a :frown again lowered: on .
counteuance. - -The man, meanwhile, apprm: ultle•
ed to tear the young lady frontrhieerabracein.
Overpowered by bis feelings, be let ,
no resistance; but as he gloomily:r,eleand
her from his hold, he gave her a littler ttitiii :;
tutu of hituself, and with a-parting token of
attachment, he imprinted thelsat kissei
dying man upon her lipw. -
doors she turned around as -if toy gase.eucA '
more upon the object of her Widowed lose.r—
Ile cangla her - eye ass :sireretcred--it was but -
for a moment; the . dungeondOor swang-intek
upon its hinges and as It . ctosall after inr
formed him toesurety that they fuet fax
the last time on earth.
- . f -•, •
111.3. ts ion Sztrooratootearr—.-ffy o.Prix. - '
dent ottt Gentlenseit.—Alwayssit nas to = thtt '
carver, f you can; at:diener. ' '- '
Ask no woman her age. ,- , :
~.,-..
Be civil to all riot' uncles erg *nuts.
Never joke with a policeman. ,, ' . _
Take no notes' or grcoM With You,to.rifiriat
baiar—notbiug but
lour oldest bat, of course; for as aiming.
Don't - play chess with a widow,
Never contradict a-*lnt sttel stutters.
Iklake frienda with tho itsiwaid on baud- a
stearner- - -theres no kteowing - botr - soon- yen
may be placed in bis: O wer. - . -; •.,'
In every :image! hot?. it is. well to likplilMS,
wbe:e the litandy Ls - kept-04ft think if : rink
were-taken ill in the , itiidillo of the arlitlt.
Keep your own see 'tii;ri, Urn. — nil* ii'
a kire
being 7otr dye' your whiskers,' r -", . ',-, . -,-
Wnte n ot one morn hatter ,- '...yo!ran i ,
help, ii
The man who e‘pv.. ups, , Aervei t
r poodeoce is - 1 4 martyr ttot.'. 0. , ..htirke„.,
but tol ha Est. :. . f ' : - "-; , ; ,
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,sioewery, day, wssgiinitig.:•.u,ltWttidyz-:*hedi.P
-er yin' ans*“ W I or melow:k....Pusek.
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