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-The Prairies. ;
.131 - WILLIAM CCLLrS BILYANT.
' These - arethe gardens of the desert, these
The unshorn Gelds, boundless ankbeautiful,
For which the speechaif England has no nam e —
The prairies. I behold than for; the:first,
And my heart swells, while the dilated sight .
Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo! they stretch
in airy undulation, far away,
:As if the ocean;in his gentlest well,
Stood still, with all his rounded' billows fix'd,
And motionless forever.:—Motionless I— .
No. they are all unchain'd again. The clouds .
1 ;
sweep overw ith the shadows, and, beneaffi,
The surface - r lio and. fluctuates to the eye; ..
Dark hollows Seem to glide along and chase
The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South!
Who toss the golden anti the flamelike flowers,
And pass the prairie -hawk, that poised, on high,
Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not—ye hare
played. .
. ,
Among the palms of Mexico and vines'
Of Texas, and have etisp'd the limpid brooks
That-from the fountain o.f Sonora glide .
.100 the calm Pat;ifie—have ye tanned
A nobler or a lustier seenethim this!' : . ~
Man bath no part in all this glorious work : - .
The hand that built the firmament bath heaved
And smoothed their verdant swells, and; sown
their slopes
With herbage, planted them with island groVes,
And hedged them in with forests: Fitting / floor
For this magnificent temple of the sky—
With flowers whose glory and whose multitude
Rival the constellation's! The great heavens
Seem to stoop down upon the scene in love,—
A n e a rer vault,.and of :t tenderer blue,.
Than
,
Tban that which bends stove the eastern hills.
As o'er the-verdant waste. I guide. nt; steed,
- Among the high, rank grass that-sweeps his,.
sides,
The hollow beating of his footsteps seems I
A saetilegious sound. • I think of those •
• Upon whose rest-he tramples. Arc they here—
. The dead of other days ?=--and did the dust .
Of these fair "solitudes once stir with life
And burn with passion ?' Let the mighty mounds
That overlook the ritirt, or that rise ' •
In the .dim fOrest„ crowded with old oaks,
Answer. A racethat long hati - pass'd away, '
Built them t—a . disCiplined and populous race
liespii with long toil, the-earth, while yet the
• Greek
Was hewing the Pentelicus to forms
Of S3:mtnetry, and rearing on its rock
The glittering Parthenon. These ample fields
Nourish'd their bin- t ests; here their herds were
fed .
When haply by. their stallsihe bison' low'd,
• And bowed his maned shoulder to the yoke. •
All day this desert murmur'd with their,toils,.
Till twilight blush . d.and lovers walked and woo'd
In a forgotten language, and old tunes,
Fromlestruments of unretnemb.er'd form,
Gave the soft winds a voice. .The red mawcatne r .
The roaming hunter-tribes, warlike and fierce,
And the mound-builders vanished from the earth.
The solitude of centuries untold • •
His settled where they &Welt. •The prairie-wolf
- Hants in their meadows, and his.fre.sh-riug.den!
Yawns by,*
.path•:' The gopher
.mines thb
ground
?Where stood their swarming eitieft. All is grolei-
All—save the piles of earth that - hold their bones-
The platforms where they worshipp'd .unknown'
• gods—
The barriers which they builded from the soil
• To keep - the foe at bay—till o'er the walls •
The wild beleaguerers. broke, and, one by one,
The strongholds of the plain were forced and
hearid• • .
With corpses. 'The brown vulture of the - Wood
flock'd to-those vast, .unrover'd sepulchres,
• And sat .unicared and silent, at their feast.
Haply some solitary fugitive; •
Lurking in marsh and forest, till the sense
Of desolation and of fear beemne--
,
Bitterer than death, yilded himself to-die,
- .-Man's better nature triumphed,. Kindly words
Welcomed and soothed him ; the rude conquer
erS -
Seated the captive with their chiefs; he chose
A bride among theirmaidens,-at length
Seenfd to forget—yet ne'er forgot—the wife.
Of his first love, and her sweet little ones,
Buteher'd amid shrieks, with all his race:_
''Thus change the forms of being. Thus, arise
Races of living things, glorious in strength,
And perish, as the quickenieg breath OlOod •
. Fills them; or is withdrawn. The red Man too—
H -le_ e Mot:ming Wilds he ranged so long,'
nearer to the Rocky Mountains: sought
, • A wider hunting-ground. The beaver builds -
. !No longer by these streams but far away
On waters whose blue surface ne'er dare-back
---,)
The white man's face—among jai. 7 , "ri;s springs
And pools whose issues swell, he Ore
. on,
Re rears his Jittle Venice. In these sins
. The bison fee& no more. Twice twenty leagues
Epeyond`rernotest smoke of hunter's camp,
Roaths the. majestic brute, in herds that shake
The earth. with thundering steps—yet here I
• - meet • .
His ancient footprints stamped beside the pool.
Still this great solitude is quick. with life. `
Myriads of insects, as gaudy as the flowers.
They flutter over, gentle. quadrupeds,.
And birds, that scarce . have learned the fear of
man,
-Are here, and sliding reptiles of the ground,;. - •
Startling beautifully. The graceful deer. .•
Bounds to the woods at my approach. ' The bee,
-A more,adventurotis colonist than.man, .
With whom he wine across the eastern deep,
Filiff the savannas with his murmurings, - •
And hides his sweeticns in the golden age,
Withinthe hollow oak, I listen lung
To his 'domestic
-hum, and think I hear
The sound ((that advancing ntuititude
Which soon shall fill these deserts. — From • tte
ground .
Comes up the laugh of children, the Soft voice •
'Of maidens, and the sweet and solonn hymn. •..
Of Sabbath worshippers. The low'kif herds
Blends with the rustling of the heavy grain
Over the dark-brown furrows. All at once
-A fresher Wind sweeps by, and breaks wy dream,
And I am in the wilderness alone. •
• KNOW. NOTtli G 0 '.58.-" Foot
prints of Sam" --the know .nothing riots in
Cincinnati.
" Americansmust rule America"—Destroy
ing boxes'and defying civil auttionty—
vide Cincinnati election.
"Sons of Se*enty Six"---Fi rin cannon
loaded with brick bats at denouctele women
and children.
"Purity of the ballot. box"—Destroyi eg t,
'where the anti-know nothings are likely to
have a majority. _ .
A Bann Sumer FOR LIGHTNINO.-With
.a view ot testing our readers, powers oferedu
-14, we clip the following from the Boston
Post:
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vania wasengaged in houework, a lightning
stroke descended upon her, burning the hair
from the crown of her head to the back of
heraeck, inciting her hair pins, and proceed
ing down het' body—leaving as mark as it
went--until it passed through the ihior.—
Strange to say, the lady is rapidly recovering.
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Tats Sky was • without a elnitd, and the
norMklav sun, pouring vertically downward,
tined, mmoThereLas with OM breath 44 . a
* ftirtiaci.. Not a, zephYr ripplo the
. grassr
surface - of the bay. A feW birds' wheeled la
zily overhead, orsettled Slowly in flocks on
the White stiand of the beach. I The broad
expanse of the deep was unwhitened by a sol
itaryisaii. The low man-grove shores stretch
ing in-ound three quartets of the ,horizonl, and
'ithc surface outside. the inlet oc 0 1 4
terne, , i•eriboard, formed' a picture ,as m o not .o ..
nous as could be-imazined. The stifle:di roar
of the dismut breakers was • the:only sound
that bioke the stillness of the scene. A!deep
oppreAive silence hung over sea and sl4.
Close.ihto a point Of.the shore; and in not
More than two fathoms Water, a da - r/c ra
kish schooner„ swinging by a single 'anchor
with the tide, which now, at a half ebb;, was
running twiftly out to sea. The inlet, ;with
its seafinard.ot breakers,. could just be seen
abaft the main chains of the schooner, far
away on the . western - horizon. A hot ; tindu
latitig haze waved in the distance.; the "sea
glowed like molten, lead; -and only the slug
gish ripple of the tide against the sehorMer's
bows -broke on the silence - of that sultry tiOon:
day. ••
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'A beautiful craft was that Schooner. She
was painted of a deep black, unrelieved .
stone line of.wilite; het' incubi was eleat, and
sharp; her boWs tapered -Alike a her
tall, whip-stalk masts raked , gall:in lv back
ward; and her yards, sails, and rjgging,, be
tokened the higlrest disilipline in her crew.—
fler -high bulwarks. surmounted by 'a morikev
rail running aft, concealed miteh of her decli,
but enough was seen to:4m by its'extt•etne
whiteness,and the burnish of her brass uhtunt
'ings,.that she was no COMIIIOn Mere h:intl t r kql ;
while the two portS on either side, from which
frowned the deadly carronades, and it long
swivel via mounted. amidships, warned, one
that she . Was•not unused to combo. Yet no
signs of life were discernable -- about her.
It was some three hours after the nteridi
an,.whenVight ripple railed the surface of
the hay, and as it- come down toward the
schooner, a score of men, as if by magic. ap
peared on her decks ; the anchor was heaved
uP,"andFatted"; and the fore-sheet and jib
hoisted awns. As her bow caught- the breeziT
she fell ott before the wind; her mainsail and
topsails were set: and in less than •a quarter
of anihour she was sweeping down the inlet
like a sea-fowl on : the. wing. Before sun
down her white sail - conld just be seen upon
the western seaboard, ~appearing and disrip,
gearing amid the,4lray, as -she rose and fell
On the horizon.
During the whnhe of:that day an American
frigate was lying becalmed, hull down, in the
offing. But.wlion the grate - tul ineerx, reach
ed ber from the shore,ter sails were sheeted
'Aline, and she begun to lay off and on, as if
• watchincifoi, some .. .txpeeteil prize. SUdthenly
a hoarse voice hailed from' her foreyard,
" A sail-4;road on the weather bow."
" What's ter rig!" •hastily • exclaimed the
officer of ihe.deck, as the crew oftle frigate
. Swarmed bnithe deck, and coverecr her sides
;
at the sionau
e?,
cone-and-aft topsail and flying jib---"
"She's the craft we've been looking for,, Mr.
r Weida 11,1 said the captain; drawing• a long
breath, as he took the glass from his -eve, af
ter a protracted gaze, " her mould, her rig,lier
clonduet, 'everything speaks it. We've got
her 'now
"..3.h's tli'e, worst slaver on the coast," an
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wered the Uentertatind - 'as often &oast.-
Od tbai she defied
. iiz.7 )1 •
i In a" % - w Minutes . every sti .11 - of canvass
eras spread that could draw ; and before long
the frifrate liegati to overhaul the schooner.—
The latter ettidentiv• parsisted in her de-inn
• ,
of getting to sea, and. for this purpo,e was
- stanqing - 1411i- aeross the track of the Man,
Of-war, notWititstanding the risk.it involved,
doubtless tr-nstini to her reputation for si);•ed
to make hood her.ese.ape. Perceiving this,
the captain,iwhen the frigate came within
}Ong cannon range, ordered -a fire to be open
. .
- 63`on her.
.: : .
We've Fut away her fore-top-sail-r—see
bow she falls off,".exclainieil :the bent:mi. 'as
the ball froth the: than-of-war ‘Abizzed thio'
the schooner's riming. •
4 11 ear aWay it, point or two, quarler-mas
ter-7let drive .the - re with forw ar! ;guns."
• Ay—ay; Sir 1 7 answered the gunner, as
his battery opened on the flying clipper..
A. few , tninuteii of breatble , ts suspense pass
ed. None (4'64 frigate's shot told. The
schooner, ineanqtne was directly altead,abotw
'mile ofi, lying li - ight across our track. If
. She mould succeo.l the chances of her capture
would be al inoStrdest toyed, for-night was cot
'lug on. A single glance satisfied thecaptain-
that - to_ eireutnv4t her required immediate!
action.
"Port your 'helm--port--a—port ; " he
thundeeed, springing upon a gun carriage, :
and holding on by a rope, as he leaned over
to catch a betteryiew of the chase," keep her',.
away, there no w+steady--,steady." •
"She begins 4'find she's entrapped," saidi
'the first lieutenant, after a few minute's trial
had satisfied all that she could not pass across . !
the frigate's bong in. safety,. " see she Wears,,
she's lufflap•lintii . • ; tlte wind's eye."
And by George, she will make her
port again, and us to cut her out with,
.our boats, unless we are quick, _starboard,
quartermaster, ha---ard," and as the giant:
vessel came up into the wind, her huge sails
'flapped. heavily against the masts a moment, ;
and then -as ;he fell off on-the other tack.
they filled . - again;' driving her through the
swells with such force, that , the spray flew al 7
most to the fore-top.
The scene was now' one of atisorbin6)nter-.
eat. The low ceast,presenting its white ; san
dy. beach in front, and..-the thick groves of
tropleal plants farther back from the shore, .
lay,a, '
league 'or.two op on the weather bow
while, the surface of the sea between the frigH
ate and the breakers was. white with the foam
and ripples. Toward_ this coast the schooner"
was now
. Stretching under every rag of can
vass that would draw,'and suck was the ex
cellence of her mould and rig, that.she could
Jay several pOints hearer to the wind thin the:
frigate l and 4till;gair l rapidly upon. her - It
soon became evident that. she would make
the Wet,. though the man-of-war would - fall'
soirie 'points to-the leeward. In .an instant
The ettp:tain'aAetermination was taken.
From Prtersoo t is.3lagazint
A chase off the Guincli Cont.•t
yr CIIARI.. J..14:1E118.(4,
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"Bear away, qua ter-master, let her come
rotnd'a bit, all n-adk there, and now give her
a broadside, tar boyf:, fire high and don't -Lit
the poor Wretches ,
Quicklightnidg the gallant frimite fell
off from her course,!lntl just as she - presented
her btoadside to theillying schooner a storm
of fire burst from het side, that made the old
ship singger again 4., The . foremo , x-of the
schooner. totten.Fanil went overboard, ding
-,,inn• with it all its liamp.m. -Fitt() the deep: 7 —
: 0 .
The shiver p4ed ofi at once. and the 'next
instanf, the mainmost followitug its predeeCs
sor %sitlba loud crash, the late rakish craft
nr11 . 61 a wreck uponithe water.
" Ten and a' L:110 sung out the man at the
•
Steady then, ste l ,
pai van, quarter-I .
! , !vell
the map witlr the le:
" It '...11 , x11-i fast. ha
I Six anal half. ;
"We must kuul oil." ,:aid*t he Captain,"port
your helm ; around pipe away ,tio• boat's
crews, for w e shall have to rut her 6nt."
The shrill whistle I pf th e boan.:wain" shriek
ed. th rolo rb the ship ; the ereWs Were Mister.:
etl: the beats were owered away 7,- the men
ttiok their stations . , :140 with a loud cheer the
little tlyet•pullod Taodlv away after the now
disabled selmonc.r.. ; The pursuit had been
protracted into the I twilight. - and darknes
was alreadysettlin : - _ , 'pn the face of the deep
when' the :boats left the ti irate. The outline
of the F.eho.mer's hnll could just be eanAt
d-glit of. low and ‘l:dk upon the water's, Jose
rin tl i ,tm the No. . 4',tr away lay . the roast,
1
a.Ahapeless mass of s tallow, the surf painted
like a white line..in he foreground. AboVe
not a star was seen The clouds were in
thick masses overhead, and tvere • gathering_
wild an,l T.:l ; l:2yd fill/11 the horizon. In :t r.,,
minutes as the dark:iess inClita , t`ti, the coast
vanished in the glialn. Then. the outline of
the selio,mer died flintly away, -and one hv
one the hont%_nt.”-e hist in the pb-curity, l iti -
Oi n w hi lig w;i: percqptit.ll.s front the decks of
the fiirate, except thi!.'eomb of the sea for a
few fathom: around per, and her oWn tall
and shapely inasts,SOweiing above Until lost
in the s deep darkness liweritead. .
_Moments passed a*ay,, which grew 'almost
into hours, and yet the same pitchY.darkness
continued. Nothing, had been heard of the
boats. Often were the eves of the crew turn
ed the quartei. wflerk'l the schooner lay
but not a rocket roseki, nor musket tiash;A up
on the night as a signal of her boat's success.
All was silent as the grave." The wash of - the
swell against the frigate's bows, and the low
melancholy wail of the wind were the • only
sounds breaking on tihe'deep stillness- of the
J.
"There.thex
shouted a dozen ‘oie,
as a rocket shot up
gracefully over, burs
then fell in a shower
By the wild ; unearthi
stand overothe scene,
be ollferved, 6)rt0c.,1
ly up to the Alismani
another instant all a),
A few moments ofi
sued..: Eagerly the f
the sounds of the fray
yet no; ruusketr rata]
the night. What c]
she offered iloyesistal
at his neighbor with!
countenance. All ai
light tilled the Whop
magic ; a sti.eant of I
the schooner shot nil
then,•f,,rone instant'
revealed with terribhi
ed mass might. be set
the deck of theslave,
the. Archangel's :rut
'from the kt.lson to I
darkness. as sul-1411
mentary flash, and ill
pcared swimthing bel
upon the scene. - Thl
knee;
' "GM zrant the' b.
the captain, " they
and the poor tv.re:xli
Evi-rvtnan oz 1.:):
was h.n , r (.mere the
awl it ini4ht hare e
the captain dissolve 4
(he teniaitiing boatA ,
the relief of the stiff
Never sped a bar.
tern, than that sent 1
rand of MereV. Tin
ith etit htssiasm, on,
where the eata,tropl
" Porwaid : there a 1
shadowy ohject apex
the Wm.
" goat aim , : :".-sh
ply, and directly they
ed.in sight. Gre e t hl
cheers, :the new-con'
•likeeting.the fate of
learnt, to their relief
fri,tzate sere all say
take, the magazine 1
ed•while they were
from her to ensure
wreiclies in her hold
s%iyer's crew, were a
di )-ien
launch
seartAin L r Inver the
gPrs, and a morr al:
ata said, he bad . her?
had already sunk', hi
—htunan bodies tort
cinder, disgpred; tr
and blackened in thJ
covered thesea i 4 it
he spoke, a.hidefins,
torted face lookiir
• The other boat s,
the frigate, and eYe;
discover if any Mien
ill-fated burden ! w
shattered timber, a f'
found floating on - l e%,
man, or child, yet 1
After a search of:ne i
of the boats ratline ,
the frigate. :
• The next mornin
but in vain. Far a
wreck ; of the sell
bodies of the,slaver
hutnan being of a li
was env rescued Al ,
rantrase, ,%squeilanna 'Cantu, ftun'a, flttrstran Panting, nag, 31, 18.53.
nly ; run her ill as doge
nister," said the cap:ain.
a, seven," song out
i d. at as.nianv casts.
steadV, ste:JiV."
he siznal. the signal,"
on the varter-tieek,
tto the air and arching
into a dnzen.stars, and
of sparkles to the sea.
k light flung for an in
!the frigate's boats might r
in line, sweeping, steadi
led
schooner. But in"
gain was dark.
'thrilling- excitement en
rigate's esew waited for
Minute§passe4l away,
no guns roared upon
inld be the cause ? had
hnee ? Each man looked
surprise Written on his
t Once, a' N : ivid, blinding
atmo•There 'as if by * - a
Lire in:the diteetiOn•of
11, into the heaven : and
sky. sea and , hore was
distinelnes , ; a confus:
fit darting upward from
rf; a roar followed as of
1 - ); the frigate quivered
!the: truck : •and then a
!old as.awful a l z 'that mu-
evelything :T
-ore tlio . aching. eye , ; fell
re- was a moment of
fats tire safe," ejaculated
:Mve blown themselves
up:"
rd wa: horror-struck. , prlSSed alVl*",
, 111 40101 longer, bad not
the :HI orderin:x
o inanntd. and 4o - to
ter, if any yet remained
'e quicker or . er .the
the fri , rate on this ex
, InPn bent to their oars
soon reached the spot
e had occurred..
t!te hose, A%Gat is that
said the Officer at'
.
r aero:s the night in. re
“rtgatc:; launch appear
'g her'with three be.trty
tters hastily . inquired re
their'other comratle:,and
that the boat: of the
ill ;
for th at, by some mis
f the slaver•had extilod
[et a sUfficient distance
c 1
;11eir — s4'ety. The poor
however, a= well a, the
1 lost in that terra: ex-
Irenay been engiig'cd - in
.ot where the schooner
for her ill-fated passeu
lful spectacle,' herlieuten- .
,Fr
witnessed. Iler hull
fragments of the wreck
to pieces, scorched to
lutilitted. bloated. scarred,
e. most frightful manner,
►e vicinity. Even while
corps floated bv, its dis-,
la most fi?.nd;like in .the
in joined the . barge from
xv, e ertion was made to
being of the slaver's
•re slive. But Aouzit
id mangled bodies 'were
fi ery hand, not a man, .wo-
Llving, . was picked up.—
rly t wo hours, the crews
. with heavy hearts to.
the search was resumed,
[on,g the coast floated the
toiler and the disfigured
I - With hero and there a
Itter skin, but no one
're from his watery grare.
eel signin in the Morn-
64 We'll all
Ey C. ii.frltEt'ss
4 1t was a beautiful ; - "exelanintion of a dying
child—as tho red rays. of tho sunset !it reatnea on
liiiii"threugh the wimidw—. geed bye, Ripa!
good bye: Mama has cote forme fe.night—don't
cry Papa; %Veil all meet again in the morti . isker
—and the heart of that futher.grew li.v.hter tinder
its .burden,for- sernethink asSured him that this
little angel' went , to the bosom of hint who said,
"Suffer little children ep emit) unto me, for of
such • is the kingdom of heaven!? -
Oh wild is. the tempest and dark•is the night,
But soon will the day-tneak be - dawning; •
Then the ft it tchshipli of yoro
• Shull 1 - Atisotti once more,
, And well all meet again in•the morning! .
,
Ari thou deomo , d in n rlr distant region to roam
To meet the'erild yazo of the stranger; •
Dos't thou yearn for the smiles of the loved one
at honie, -' ' l . ,
While th )t.i pray'st God !o shield them from din ,
ger, : I • •.
Alt.!. the night of the - haters May shadow, my
form, - . • •
Yet soon Will thc;'day-bnzak be dawning;' '
• Amid 6001 mingle Once more
With the loved onel on shore-- - .
"FOl well all meet wgain in the morning'."
Do;'t thou miss the sweet voice of a fond loving
W iIORP: music bronght bajeto thy_ sorrow; ' .
Did'.t ihou see her decline in the sunset' of life,
Nor felt one bright hopefor the morrow,
Oh. cheer up, carat brothel ! the niaht may be dark
Yet soon will the tinebri:ali . be dawbing; -
- -., Of - all ties bereft. • i . - !
One hope is mtill . left- 7 • ' - 1
t‘ We'll all meet ag a i n in!the morning!"
r, . i
Art thou' wearied,, Oh Pilg,rim on life's desert
wnste : ii ' •‘ • I
Dust thou- sigh for the ';shade of the wildwood:l
!lave the world's el:tilt:est fruits proved bitter to',
taste. i•
And mocked all the drums Of thy ehildhooth':
0:1! dicer up poor Pil.ritu_ faint. nut on tile',
Fur sn,rn will the, davAirCak be . dawning!
Then the driquint which have fled •
Shall rise from the dead- - .
" And all wiil be bright in the morning !"
Oh! Servant of Christ 1 too heavy the cross,
this thy trust inqhe Master been shaken '
•
In doubt and in darknessthy faith has been lost,
And thou criest,'" My GO, I'm forsaken,"
But cheer up, dear brot h er : , the night cannbt
last,
And soon will the day break be dawning;
Then the trials of earth • • , •
We have borne from out, birth, •
be made right in the morning. . • :
From the.‘Vaverley Slagnzine
The Pratte ib' of Faith.
Sunshine never, never failing,
Li h!s the blest and gladsome day,
When the prayer of fnittf prevailing,
Chase F l every doubt avrac,
Till each uhadow, dark and dreary,
Rising to the upper 3 . ky,
Only points the weak . and weary;:
To a better. home, on high!
And the eye la-ill sparkle brightly -
With new hopes ithat fill the heart,
Till the visions blessing, nightly, -
Seem. of heaven a : glorious part;
Till the , flowers that blossom gaily
On Ilk§ everlasting hills,
Snail their perfume waft as daily,
Sweetning all life's - cup of ills!
For tha sins that rise like mountains
May. be banished by such prayer, _-
Tin agAin love's golden fountains
Flash like diathonds on the air, .
eatpi morrow
Owns its ever conquering power,
Till a corning happier hour,
Of a coating happier hour. •
Then be ours such.faith in praying,
For it weves the arm of Goa; -
Fur a heaven ticond4tiori laying
• Where none L feel,`sin's tyrant rod!!
answer now and ever,
Graeo sufficient fOr the day,
Sh ell uphold us that we never • •
Faint along the hi4avenly way ! •
EDWARD ASHTON
1 [From the Flag `of Oar Union.]
DON, GARCIEA PEREZ
Of The lieseued Pledge.
BY IL A..DAVISON
STANDING at the witifow of a • lorty castle
o•erlookin:!•-•the plains-pf Granada, were two
Spanish tuaiilens,lnez and Zerfen, daughters
of Don Pedro Savedra. • Very beautiful were
both, and Inez,.the . eldttst; Would have been
called the fairest, was it tiot for the - want •of
something gentle in her face • which Zerrea
When' the large black eves'of In
ez gazed full on you, there was a' fierceness.
disc:over:able in their dopths wholly startling
and unfeminine. The gaze of Loth • girls was
fixed intently on the plains of Granada be
neath and beyond timid, which were dotted
with the--white tents of, Ferdivand's army.-;
Oiit from the castle gtfte rode two knights
and their esquires. Zegen-was leaning-against
the stone eat•ernent, but Inez stood within the,
shadow of the wall. •
"See !" exelainied *the lovely :Zerfea, :and
her eves looked soft and 'bright. '"See, Inez;
Don Garcia Perez is lOoking, Upward, And
seems as if he would fain wave you one more
farewell. Will you only con forward and
give him one Inure token r
"Cumt petulantly replied Inez,
drawing still farther back iuto the shadow. -
• Sister, please give him one more farewell.
Remember that be g* - A0 forth to no. tilt or
tournament, but to battle. He. is your be
trothed," urged young i Zerfea.
Iler sister's only reply was, to quickly and
rather rudely draw &flea back from the witt 7
dow to her side. .
-- - .
" Have you no Zerfea 1 KnOw you
not he might think was we. gazing after
kith if) anziousiv 1"
I care not it he did. Gladly would I
have him think so, if lie would be happier,"
and Zerfea. would have.' freed herself from her
sister's rasp, and resuined her station at the
window.
"You had tnuch . beiter,have been' his 'be
trothed than I, you take such a deep interest
in a his happiness," sneeied the haughty Inez.
She knew not the bitter pang her careless
Words gave her gentle; sister. She knew .not
—that Zerfea loved Dew ; Garcia and witched
him with a throbbing heaitdepart forithelat
tle field. keeping the .. Tame position, they
both watched the brave: Don Garcia Perez
ride on. Before reaching the plains the
knialts 'wee obliged - To ritss through a strip
of fast. Tiallantly the little party rode un
wed, their armor glittering in the sum' .Tnei
with either pretended or t real inditTerence,was
turning away, when an exclamation of terror
durst from Zerfea.
"Great God preserve - him'. Voni•
the wood has dashed a hand of Moots." •
With terror-dilated eyes, Zerfea streched
herself forward. Quickly inez returned to
the window, niel with beating Vearts they
watched the unequal ftay, seven Moors against
four,Christian knights. Don Garcia turned
calmly to his esquires who bore his helmet, at
his saddle-bow, for the day was warm and he
cared not . to burden his horse with the heavy
steel till nt - !edful. Quietly he placed it on his
head,closed his visor,and awaited the apfiroach
of the enemy. Onward at full speed, lances
in rest, came the Moors.
"O, Inez he is lost :" exclaimed Zerfea, for
at the of the Moors, Dot,i:-.Garcia's com
panion knight and:esquire wheeled their hOr
ses and fled. - At time first charge, Don Gar
cia'S trusty servant fell, and be was left alone.
to battle against the seven Moors., -Again .
and again_ they Charged, and at .each
a
encounter horse fled riderless into thewood
or acrost the plain. One Moor alone remain
ed. Each lacked his steed., paused, then - with
the speed of the-wind rushed epon the oth—
er.-- A cloud of dust hid the encounter from
the anxious eyes of the two maidens. • - When
that4md cleated away Don Garcia Perez wag.'
riding slowly towards the castle, and no Moor
was seen. 41,s the castle gate closed behind
him, the girls saw: another band of Moors
ride to the scene - of the fray and findin-r s no
p
• e
enemy, they bOre back to their cam their
dead companions... .
- The ring Of an - armed heel was - beard on
the stone stairs, and Zerfea sprang forward,
opened the door and admitted Don Garcia
Perez. All :4 tairietPand dented was his breast
plate, so brilliant This morning.. Donns Inez
rose haughtily, for her eagle eve had •deteet,
ed that which turned.her joy to nue-yr. 1.711-
-closing his Vis - or and bending gracefully
fore the haughty maiden . , Dun7Garcia spche
thus:
"1 returned; dear Inez, fora lance, and I
could riot return to the .battle-fipld without
one more look at you." • '
Wholly unheeding his remark-, Inez, with
flashing eyes 'said :
Liu!: to your helmet, sir Knight, no ;r=
.
dy's pledge is there:"
Quickly his helmet was unbarred and re
moved. That morning it had been ornameti
ted with a white silk scarf, embroidered With
silver; his lady's pledge. • ;
" 1 knew not, dear Inez : l had lost it. In
battle by deeds.l Will makernyself worthy of
another," said Don Garcia, #ts he, replaced, his
calque.
" - Worthy of another- 1"i exclaimed Inez
scornfully.. " I
. give no other while that is
in the hands of Morish knights. I give:not,
my *pledge so lightly.".
Inez, said 'bon (lank sadly, " -rather
would I have : died than lose your pledge.--L
lt.must be on the field. I *ill go for it at
once." • - . • • .
"Sparc vo . urself the rouble, sir knight.--
The dead Moors h sheen borne off by their
comrades. You sh,Mid have • told -me, Don
Garcia Perez, that :he, crescent would have
been more fitly edibroidered r on it than the
ciOss," sneered Inez. . .
Don Garcias eyes flashed fire, as: be 'said
in a stern voice: _ • • '
" I will get me a fresh lance, and into the
very camp of the Moors will I ride, and bring
you Lack your pledge, or die." . ;. •
Zerfea then stepped forward :
"Sister forbid such an act. Bravely Don
Garcia fonght, though deserted and alone—
fought singly with seven Moors.. Givel'him
..
the.scalf you wear,. and. bid him to battle
With that pledge." -- . . :.
"ITull, silly child. • Think von I LOieve
in the love of him who leaves his lady'slOve - -
token - with an eneinv !"-
" Inez. you are cruel. Yes, cruel 'as the
tair CuM•gunde who - threw .her glove into the
i-arena before the lions - ari'd. bade her knign't
I bring it,-hei; and if you persist, in ithhoft
ing all token of your love from Don Garcia,
like her, you deserve to lose him." . 1
. Thus-spoke the timid. Zerfea, audimri eyes
flashed :With :something like scorn, as :she
gazed on her crnel sister . ,
"Say no more, Zerfi'm. You - know n - othing
about - such thing , . The
.pledge was 'mine,
and Don:Garcia.sltould have lost - his life rath
er than that." _
.. • `,‘ And lie A6ll i - Donua Inez;' and without
,deigning another look or word, Don • Garcia
I.strode from the room. each tinging - footitep
1 striking like a death knell upon the. nob ng
1 heart o f` &ilea:
"0 sisfer,-wha,t have yOu done I ' Call him
back : , He will meet certain - death :" said
&Ilea,- weeping bitterly.
Inez rose and telling her sister she,' wits a
silly child With no pride,.she left her. - With
tearful - eyes Zerfea watched_ Don Garcia,; as
he rode across the plain. . With ia beating
heart she saw -him approach the 'wood in
which she feared the Moors were still lurking.
To her great relief he passed in safety,- , and
unmolested, sped on. his way to Ferdinand's
camp. After following with eager eyes till
he reached that in safety, Zerfea turned ' frOtu
the window., . . . • : , ;
The nest day the sun shonein undazzl,ul
splendor upon a scene of eapagOtnd strife.
Christian knights and Infidel Moors met. All
that day -the maidens gazed upon that dread
baffle-field., TIM conflict was tea far 'otT to
enable them to distinguish forin4, but the , ii , )
was deafening. Inez and 7.oerrea were maids .
of honor to Queen Isabella; but this day,. the
queen preferred to remain alone in her, oWn
apartments: The evening shades had shr-otid
ed the bloody- field, and all strife was ended ;
the arms of-Spain were Victorious. The - Kitig .
Ferdinand and his consort now, desired the
,
- presence of Inez and Zerfea. Inerwentearrn
-and uninoved, but Zerfea Wai oppressed by :t
dread of
. she knew not what. • Ferdinand
playfully rallied Inez upon the unequalled.
bravery of Dell Garcia Perez,and her cheeks
glowed and her eyes-sparkled a 4 she )istened
for slie felt he was all her .own. 't A. message
. was brought by a page that Don-Garcia ent
ved admission: Ferdinand 'gave orders -to
has - el - illknitted.
,Don Gareitr=:was just
from the , and-with bared,4ad , but 1
blood
stained a ented armor, he enteral.. Grace.:
fully kneeli hefore his king.and - qifeen; he
thus explained his errand.
• "
Your -pardon, sire, for anis_ diturbing
your repose, bat I had a-word to say . to I.all
na. Inez, which I wished her to hear in your
•pmence. Have •I yoer permiasiou: to- . -o*-•
teed r • .:. : .
- 'The king i' gave hii consent. ' Rising, DO
i .
Garcia confronted hislaii bet. ' ' - .
• ;:i,
'"Lady here LI yoUr pledge" ..redeemed.. , -,-.
Take it back, for I value artfonger the fi e --
loverind pride that required the: redealption.
of.it tlmut h laq by ma want of warlike coot-.
1 age
•
13 , 1.1ing slightly before Inez he presented
her he scarf, no longer and pure, but
§tnine(l with plow and rent in s.:iveral places:
luez seized the scurf, regardlesi of the
pres‘nee of her sovereig,ns, tore_ it in piece:4
and :thteNthem on the floor„'exelaiming' in
- -
outer scorn.:
I torn that "scarf and east it- , : fr,on, Ul4,
SD Mould I tear my heart out, and tranapip,
it in i the dust, did it. contain ono sort; of
love for yen, Don Garcia." • 11
Ferdinand and Is;itialla looked onrin utter
amazement, and-hurriedly demanded an ex
planation.. In a few words Don Garcia Tel:,-
ted .the events of the ,previous day, with
whieb our readers are already :acquainted.& ‘ ;
Very stern was the . glance of Isabella as it
fell on the proud and cruel Inez. -
" Inez, ehild,:she said, sorry are we to hear
of thy unreasonable and cruel behaviour.—
We , had hop e d better of child brought under
our care: NI ell it is for thee that,:_tliOd Alas
permitted the noble Perez to.return to us. =
Go , to thy chamber; child, 'tell thy be a ds and
pray humbly to be forgiVen thy unchristian
act.'
With a low - how but firm stepould haugh
ty air, the unrepentant Inez left the hall.
When'43 had gone,, the king turned to
Don Garcia: •
" Well bast thciu fOuglit and bravery. We
knew not that thy lar.V‘vas §c) cruel. 'fast
thou no b&nn to crave, gratiting . which,
wesnap show' bow valued: thou art r' . .
. .
Bowinu• low before. 14i.i...glxireigns, Dun Gar-,
..,, .
eia. spoke : • • .
" oi ls rrb:eless gift. I :• , ,:k C.;latily would •
I woo the gentle Zerfea fist tr7)-•self." '.. - '
. ,
" What says my pretty child 1 las she
. a
heart free, and will she give heTband to i •Don
Garcia Perey.,Alie bravest, truest knight of
S - pain r' asked the king; and, on ; ,his' face
Were a sinik., for in that way he kiatily.:topid
reward his most valued 'alight.' - Zerfea: was.
very pate, but her dark eyes looked soft,: and
bright; as leaving her station beside thdi=pieeti,
she - carne nod placed her hand inCu .
cia's, and both knelt for a • ble:o6g...);Viieri
they rose, Ferdinand demanded the
the knio.ht, who . deserted Don Garcia i .Lis
need. • .;
Aiirthing . els(?, sire, but that,
obey..- lie is stitlieiently punished iiirea4y" .
A NIGIIT IN LONDOIre::',I
Ll' CII3IcLL:S.DICR'ENS
,•. , • :
The streets of London,' to be beheld 'the
1 v
,
rr height of their gloiv, mnst he seen b.
dark, dal murky wlou'hie,r
is - just edou!rh moisture stealing down to Make
1 the pavement f*asy, without cleaning It - of
any . its. impurities, and when the lionvy,
,
',lazy ;midst which hangs over eyery.objitct
1 makes the - gas - hints look brighter' and -the
lightedshops more splendid from
the contrast-Im.y present. •
1 Every ,body : who is indoors . onvch a night
as Ili's,* seems disposed mao him?-elf as
snag • and comfortable n$ possiblo. In the
;large and better streets, dining room and pAr•- .
1 for :curtains are ,close)y drawn, kit hen fires
blaze brightly up, and' savory stemns of hot
i'dinters salute the norstrils of the hungry
way tarer.. in 'the suburbs, the muffin 'bov .
!ed hiS way .down
. the' little street- muck .
• , , .
! more, slow's,- than- ne .ts wont to do.. . Mrs.H
!-Sprightly„ r-f, has no. sooner opened her
street dOor and screamed out • ".
I with all het:might than Mrs: Walker of -.No.
1 5, puts - her 1 - 46 d out of • the. parlor Window
and:s(re.tros" niuflins,7 too ttlind Mrs. Walk-4
er has scarcely g'ou-the words ouit„pf her
than hasty, over the - sitiv,- Jets lOose '
• Master, Hasty, Iyho ,• darts down tliti street
with a vLlwity. which- nothing but buttered
muffins in the perspective 601 possibly. in-
spire, and drags the boy backby Main force.
At thiliiMment Walker'.sees her bus-
band coining . awn the street, and. he'must
1 unfit of his tett;,poor man, afterbisdir-•
1 ty r walk from the docks,. she runs across the
s
t, tnttfiln in hand. Mrs. - Hasty does t ,
same, and after :a few - coMplifeentary worts 4
with Mrs Walker, they all pop into their re
spective houses.
The , ' st reef ik . in, the vii inity,ofMarsh. Gate,
and Victp.ria Thearre pre,sents an appearance
of dirt .and: discomfort on such :a night.
which the group whoionng about them tend
to diminish.. Even the little blocli-tin temple,
sacred to 'the . " baked 'onus," surmounted•
by a slendid deSign in variegated lamps, toolis
less gay than usual, and as tothe kidney pie
stand, it glory has quite departed, for - the
candle on -the transparent lamp, embelished
with characters, las: been blown out fifty
times,--10 the kidhey pie.mercbant, tired of
ruiming,baekwaids and forwards to the next
Wine-Vault to get a light; haii given up in dis
pair the idea of illumination,. and thgronly
sign of his whereabonts are the glittering
sparks, which in regular train whirl down
the street as he opens his .pNtt:kble °Yen, to
hand hot . kidney pies to his customers.—
Meat, fi l h, oysters and fruit venders, linger
hopelessly in the -kennel; in vain endeavor to
attract eustomers, and the ragged boys, Who
usually disport themselves -about. the streets,
stand crOwdedin - littlt knots in sumo project
i rig 1.10QT!W:ly. - Here .they amuse. themselves
with the4trical converse, arising out of the
hahtprike. visit .to`-the Victoria, admire.tlie
territie*mbat, which is nightly encored,
and expatiate: on the_ inimitable-manner in
which Bill- Willow can come, the double mon-:
key. • .
.
his nearly eleven o'clock; 'and - the cold
thin rainwhich has,been drizzling. so long, is
beginning to
.pour down in good earnest=—•
the'briked tatur man has departed, the kidney'
pi e mal t has just taken his ware house on his
arm, with.. the same object, and the ragged
boys limit tiisper3e4. The constant : clatter-of
clogs en thepaveptent and rustling of utithrel,
Ins as the .wind blows them against the win
dows,, bear testitnoriv 'to the inclemency of
lhe . nigh4 and the police man, with his oil
skin' cape buttoraid closely round him, seems;
as he , hold his hat on his head, :and turns
to Avo id the gnst of wind and rain'which
drives against lain at the street corner, to he
very far from. congratulating himself-on the
prospeabefore hiM. • , • _ . •
The little chandler's shop, with the cracked
bell behind - the door, whose- melancholy
tinkling ms been regulated by, the demand
for
.quAt !as
of sugar 'and half-ounces 'of tint,,
14 Ahuttin i , up. - The crowds which have been
p a ssing . incessantly to and . cto during tbedity
are rapidli - dwinaling a*A:y, and - the noise
■
Valilnit. - 12,-..:-Sitiii.ll:-#:!.22`
of shouting and 'quarrelling,
froth the low - public houses js almost t4e,nn
1y sound- that bie44 the
, • .
. , : •... -... .....
. , . ..
The vvretelied, woman • with . the, infanVin
. „
her arms, around whose merge forin.the rem
'mint of her own scanty:, shawl - is. - eamfully:'
wrapped, has .beea attempting, , to sing .sOrne
popular ballad, in the hoPe of. wrineng:a •
a few pence•from the, passer-by ; -but ir-yam.
The tears fa hick and
_fast !Iterpale .
fkice,: tilt. ith - is coidlatid hungry,' auditS,
4 .t,
low half-stitle wailingl.adds to the., misery
of its - wretched mother.; How yery„few : Of .•
those who Ipass such a Miserable 'Creature -as
this, think iof anguish of heart, the sink
inn.. of soul and .spirit, -:which, the effort*
sing prodUceal What] mockery !-Disease
negiectand. starvation, faintly artienlatingthe :
words of. some joyous ditty_' that perhaps has
enlivened, four hours of leastihg and men*
. .; /- ._ . - . - - ..
went.-. '• , ' I
One o'clock. Partiei - ireturninghoine. from
.
the ditleretlitheatre:sfoot in through thelmud
dy streets; cabs i hack* coaches, carriages
and oinnibusses;" - roll swiftly by.
. I Watermeo,
with dim, '444- lanterns in .their hands and
large' breast plates inxin their breasts; ivho,i
have been shouting andLrushing - for• the last
two hours, retire to their iratering housei, ; to '''
Solace themselves with the creature, comforts
- of pipes and purl.- ,The half price. pik and i
hot frequenters ofthe theatres,tlgong. to the r
i-nriCus houses of refreshnrent ;_ane.chops,•
kidney,: rabbitS, oystert,
.stout, eigars4:\ and!
"goes" innumerable, are served up, itmidst . a . ;
noise and - confusion . of .running, knife Clat
tering and Waiters chattering7—perfeetb. in-',
di:seribable. The more, uttiSical _portion, of
the playgoing'cominnulty . betake . theinseves
.te . some harmonic meeting, and as a Matter
of !Curiosity; I will-follow theinhither for a.
few moments. hi_ a lofty 'rpom of. spaCl9lls
dimensions, sit some.f3o.or 100 guests, knock
ing little pewter - measures • ort".the tables and
lituninering with.their knives,.ai if : they _were.
so many trunk makors. They-are applauding
' a -glee which has- just ;been executed by the
.theatre's "professional gentlemen,'-' at.thlt-top
of the. corner' table, (MC of theirs is in the
chair—"a little pompous man, with - Ids bald'
Bead just coininff from the collar of his green
k;niit.'! - The other two are seated on - either
i.
side of him-,4thestout manwith ,a,itnall yoke,
I
I and. the thin faced ' dark. man in black. The.
• , ..- ,„
little man iti: : the - onair is among- the most
ainusin,g Personages. Such coudeseending
grandeur and such a. voice, "bass..' I believe
-you. -He can go down lower thanfhny other:,
man, so low, - sometimes that' youcan hardly
'hear, "so hedoes." Then to hearliiiii groan-.
ing away, lower and lower dosvn, till be can't!
.get bad; again, is the most delightful thing
in the world. - c is quite impossible to Wit
ness unmoved, the pathos, the impressive so-;
km nit v , with which - he poursi-foirrth . his, see
in "Nin Art's in the.. Ighlands.,7 : 4. the
"Brave 01 Hoak," The stOut.,m.an !is also
addicted to sentiinentality i and warbles,!" Fry,
try from the world, - my Emily with me," or.
some such song, with lady-like sweetness and
I most sednctive tone imagthable.! -Scenes ,
[such as these are - continued till 3...0r - 4,in tili ,
I morning, and even. - while they el4::e-e, fresh
I one; open .. to the inq - nisitiie .iiectator. , -Dut
as a description of all of !them:. however
slight, wonld - require , .4.; volutne E limnit here
,
-
make nivbow and drop the Curtain._-
• -,,
Mare You a -Datighter.
Then how!gr, eat:MuSt be the respoitsibil-:
its • Can yen look on- that..! fragile forin—
see the otitheamil4 Of that . -artless spirit, -.and.
not shudder to think of-the dangers that set
round her? A child of Eve, frail, and . 'fallen:
.at be4t, hing;hefore her heart has been . sober-'
ed by oiperience, or learned any' cold lessons
of this world':; Selfishness. She is called - upon
to take steps that must tell- on,, the brightness
or blackness ofther,destin v. As sheirst Sters ,
forth upon life's. stage;-. how her-hOunkirw
spitjt..4ends forth. its aspirations in' holy ' . con- .
fiidenee of hope!and love. With: lier 'bosom -
unsteeled to the faeinating influence of fiat-.
tery. and folly; as she looks out on - lift in its
rainbow coloring, how beautiful it - appears to
her. .
thinki.not deception+-she 'sus l
Teets noirollowness, kut.believei the ..reaN•
ceill prove*lmi:the stAfaceappears.
Poor chihi, how little- does she know Of the'
dark, withering! shades of humor!. ;dcpnivitv
*hose blighting\intlnence she may soon . feel!
How. little doeS she think - of the ',deceiver:
with, his bland Smile`and unrotiving spirit! !
Ir'et through all thestl these- : hidden
fires thadie along her um.rodden pathi! she
must pass nuse abed—unsoiled.- .
'One false Ste and sho'is' rtined.;. her hap ,
pincss gone... Cold cannot gilk„ it s teata:of
bitterest anguish.cannot wash away' the stain.
Let the tribitte of wealth be' laid at her
fi2et—let pleasure breathe her soft 'melody
. • around her--Llet every other. joy, like genis of
morning,' - sparkle aronnd her ~path,
.and-!'vst
cloud is ph her brow, a blight On her char , - ;
deter; she , feels . . that her glory is -- departed:
that hers is
.a thiserable Are has ltnpru-!1
dent tiets:of Childhood:ever forgotten 1 Are
these follies over which man Would imile;*mi
fid a kind of pride' ever overlooked or-forgot-'
tOt *hen committed by a girl f - - He May.re
fOrm' with hon:or,.but the very..-name of reform
ih-a Woman isdisgrace. The-intiMiit of tim-
Moral excellenee.and influenei.r, • the . world's
'admiration dud es:teen - I-may he:pined-by him
over whose youth:in:irked-by dissipation and
.protligaey, the roil of forgetfulnss has been
thrown. neglected.:and
cultivated ,isle is , must present - to an ex
neting world itlife - --ft otn"ehildhoek,
'tinged, unsullied hr a single Stain. -
lids; then, On n hick woman'a happinesi de
-ponds, which 'can flingtladness arptind.. , her..
lire, or wring ang,nish. *Om her, heartt-tunist
be decided by bel.self ; long before:, Maturity -
has t.tive ! u her strength - or ..experieuee. 'Who;
then resporsible - for 'the 'manner
her eharacteris formed, her -mind:'ittoubled
her . destiny shaped of
woe, hoc mini' a life of lingering ! - ! agony of
crushed .hopes, of cc d rayless tlesP 2 *,-- nit& •
have beep - prevented; had ',a father's time-and
attention; so Often . expenda. on` trifles, teen
directed to that, frail .
.and : - delicati flower.
which expOsed . the
,rukle.blasbi•llo scereh
ing.Shn, must hhicart unsullied or despised.
lestoinioassMrogiaut.
A Into French Journal relates the &Boat
ing story, which be seen, la French fl
Ryer, be'sitles being ithmonsely. tunny' : ;:, -1.
While Mons, Gvilard WaS fining an till'
menge balloon in tge camp Ale 31arse emus- ,
. e 4 the spectators by sendiug ll
itiure of a miin, • the perfect - resetnblatke*
without ttip veotuoleu.-
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