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[ •= 4 Yrhen, glarionsi Orb, illnme vid cheer
‘.- • - The dying liniments - or - the year.
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)07s morn beheld thy radiance cheering;
ATlty light Ims - beained on every nested clime:
Ilidirnme4 then refloat on--to'countless worlds
C . I: s p l ii* T i ng • .
With majr*ty sublime.
And often thl departing my
i-i-p'.lfas ushered in thy twilight grey,
; 1 :f, - Which stern rosistleis Time
Shed o'er. the last, expiring, day .
'Of years forever passed 'swat. •
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Might Orb 6f day!, Another year is sinking .
IDeep in the ocean of eternity ; •
With -feeble strength, the shadowy pit ids link.
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ages yet to be.
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nature lose thy r;adiant -
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Cl!er the old year a bright . halo
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Battle of Bennington.
BY rvEßErrl
'ilohn'Stark,.the liero of Bennington,. W. 4 a
native of 4 eve•
.. - At an early! age
he enlisted in a company of rangers,' partic)-
:-.. •
In several conflicts. :with the :savages,
eud iflast till into their hands, a
for one
of
war. • Redeemed by his friend.i forne kin
dred and three aoiirtrfi, fle.. joined Rogers'
Bangers, and served 'with Ong!'
tie French and Indian difficulty. When the
neors , Catne told.. quiet }ionic; that Amerean
hliio;!KL had, been spilt unOn the green et AK :
ington, he? hi, countrymen; and . bur
ed. on to Boston, with eight hundred brave
MMountaineers. 111 presented liimSelf before
the:American conAnan.der on the. e . e of the
battle of Bunker hill, and reeiving a Polo-
nel's commission, instantly hurried to the en
tittnchments.
Thritighout the battle of Bunker
Stark SO . his New Hampshire. pen: nobly
sustained the; honor of the patriot cause, ansi
ten troops exceeded' in brat ery the militia re
gtm -
t•
ent ot Col. John Stark. in the spring of
1776, he wept to Canada. At the battle; of
Trenton, tae commanded the right Wing of
.1 4 7 ishingtan's army. He , was at Princeton,
pejiningtim,•and.sevezal other severe battles,
alirays sustaining his reputation as a brave.,
henOrable, sterling patriot, and an able GCn
(awl, He was 2 great' fovoritc of Gen. Wash
ifigtoa,-anfi very popular in the army. Ou
the Btb of Mar. 1822, aced 93 years,'.he eras
',gatheed to his fathers,' and, his reninins re-
Pese npob the banks of the beautiful Mem - -
tase,bersetath a monument of granite; which
bears the insenpticn--=" 3Sajor-f;eneral Stark.'
Having given a very brief eketcb or The
eielebrated officer who led our, pltriiiti militia
ripen the field 'Of Bennington, we will proceed
with the aci.ount of that battle. -
The magnificent army of -Gen. Burgoyne,
Ifhich invaded the States'. in 1777,having be-
seine straitened for provisions and stores, the
royal commander ordered é halt, and .sent
"- Oa Baum, alliesian officer, to scour the
emtry for stipplieS. Baum took al -strong
Circe of British infantry, two Tieces of artil
lery, and. a sqnadron of heavy Cierumn dra-.
goons. A great, body of Indians, hired and
sirmed• by the British, folloWed bis 'forge, or
acted as scouts and flanking parties.'' : '
• l' Stark, on the intelligemo
_of, Burguoyne's
invasion, was offered the oommand of one of
two regiments of troops, Which were raised in
Yew` Hampshire, through.the exertions; chief
ly, of John Langdon, Spelker of the Genial
AssemblY. Stark had served for a long pe
it?od as General i but it that time was - at home,
alrivate.citizen. But at the call of his coun
trymen heogain took the field. T i lte two
regiments were soon raised, and with - them,
aiseMor officer, Stark hastened . to optlose the
the British army. At that time .the Vermont
Militia wexe .. enrelle4l into: an, organization
railed the ' Deskshire Regiment,' under _Col.
. Wainer. _I - . •- • ' i
. •t• On arrisiug near Bennington, Stark sent.
fontard Cdl. Gregg with a stmill force-to *-:
eennoiter, but that officer soon returned with
information that a strong forre — of •British,
lhasiatis, and Indians was rapidly approach
ing. Upon this . intelligenee Stark resolved
to• st*nd his ground and give battle„ . Atesscit
ger* '4lere-seat at once to the Beskshire mili
lig to burly on, and the patriots weredirecied
to see-that their weapons *ere in good older.-
This ream-on the Clurteentli of: August,
.1777.
During theday, Baum and his army appear
' .I , d, and leatningthafthe militia were Collect
ing in front of his route, the conimander or
- anted his army to halt and throw ;up ca
iiinaleArnenta. An express was also 'scut to
tqben. l3wrgoyae for reinforce:tient& - - _
j'.The 15th wit 4 drill mitld rainy.` It.:11t Annie*
nontinned their preparations while: - Alitin
i ls
'for reinforcements. Skiliniilist„o , w s - kePt
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n all rlarand night between the. militia-and
Indians - an:li the latter suffered 40 1 Severe.
y, that, a great portion of , the .' savage fdree
t t
\ - the field, saying' the woods was ;full of
-Irobiteete-4- About 12 oselock on the night of
7.14 - 15th, a partY of Berkshire - Militia came
iste , the American camp. , :At the head :Of
rairkistanpanv was the Rer:3llr. Allen,ef ',Pitts-
Gild, and' that
.worthy gentleman appeared
.frill °facet to meet the enemy; - Some time
before daylight •he called on Generid, SO rk o
- and said, 4 •Getteral, the peOple .of' Berkshire
minty hare•-oftett been =called- out, without
being allowed io . figbt, and if yon don't - giro
, tu r t u rn to
n', out again' _
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ery well, replie&S:ark, do you want to
go at know, while itis dark end rainy I' -
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MS=
' No, not just at this inomeni,l' siaid . the
icar4ike !mister.
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' Then,!.said the General,', if the Lerd shall
ofice:.more give ..us' eunslsihe, -And .1 do not
•
giro You: fighting . enougb,• never ask you
to come out again.
- . This satisfied the preacher; and he went
out to-cheer up his thick with thegood news.
• I.)ay daw.ned,hright . and ,wartn,on the 10th.
All name, invigorated by the . August . rain,
glared With benuty:wna - !freshness. B e fore
sunrise, the • Americans were in motion, while .
from the British - Entreachinentsjhe sound of
Lingle* and the roll at &mins told that Baum's
forces were ready for : diction. Stark early ar
ranged his plan of attack. Col. Nichols, with
thice-Itotidred, men, was, sent out to attack
the - .British rear; :Col. . Herrick with three
hundred men; marched *Omit the . right
flank, but wink:ordered tojell) Nicholas befine
oinking his assault general. ..With abort
three hundred men, Colonels Hubbard and
Stickney were. sent ngainst • the entrenched
front; while Stark, with a small reserve,,wait:
ed 'to operate whenever : .Occasion. offered.
It must be renieMbered that the American
forces Were:Militia, while Baum's was'made
up of Well-diseiplitied, well-armed, and expe
rience(i.soldiere... , : lit'any of the patriots• were
armed With foivling pieees, ; and - there .were .
whole companies Without a bayonet. They
bad no 'artillery.
Gen..stark .waited impatiently, until the
roar of musketry 'proclaimed that the differ
'ent ,letn'etiments had commenced their attack,
and then fOrtning his small lratnllion,he made
his moniorable. speech-=' • Boys I theriA4 the
enemy, and We must beat: them, .or 1)folly
Stark sk , eps a widow to-night—forward
soldiers, with;enthusiastic shoutti, :rhshed .
upon - the His inns defenses, and the • battle
became 'general. The , Hessians ragootts,d is
monnted, met the Americans With' stern bra
very. • The two cannons, loaded With, grape
and canister, swept. the hillside with dreadful
effect.. •
J. F. S.
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Stark's white horse fell in less than ten
minutes after his gallant rider catne: under
fire, but on foot, - With his hat in onChand and
ltiscSaber in the Other,,he kept at the head
of his Men,..who, - Without flinehing*
single
font, urged )heir Way. up the little hill. Brave
parson'AJilen, With a 'clubbed inus.ket,. was
seen .a mid the smoke,. fighting in the front
platoon of his company. The witule field
was a volcano of fire. Stark, in his official
report, says that the forces were within a few
yard4ief each other,, and 4 the 'rearing of
th4outis was like a ,contitineus clap of
thyrd ..The IlessianS and BritiA regulars
•
accus'otned to IMrd fought field 4. Veld .their
frroaml stubbornly and bravely. .Fur more
'"than two, hours the battle hung in an even
scale. At length Baum ordered a Charg,e-;
- ztt that instant .he fa; mortally Wounded,
and his Men charging . , for Ward Lroke • their
ranks in ' . such a manner that the. Atuctrieans
succeeded, after a' fierce - hand Up-IMO con,
flirt, it ► entering die entrenehtnents,
Stark shOuted.tO his Men, '.Forward, - boys;
charge theta bonier and, his troops madden
. ed:bv the conflict; swept the hill with irre
istalle Valor. They pushed forward With Out
discipline or order, seizing the artillerV, :and
-
.gave chase to the *terry.. Th e field
! being,weM, plunder became the, object the
' militia: The arms, sabres; stores; and zeorip,
fflents•of :the The_
-foe were being gathered
up; when, Brey - man, 'With five binvired!i men,
soddenly appeared upon the field,• lie- had
• been 'sent by Btirgoyte.:- to - reinforce Baum,
but the Heavy rains had prevented: his"• Men .
'from marehing‘ata rapid crate. The ilying
troops r.dlied instantly, and joined
.the new
array, which- speetfily, assumed an , crder of
battle, and "began to press.. the scattered for
: c4m of the Patriots. This Was a critical I.peri
! od. Stark r put forth every effort to rally, his
men, butlthey,,weie eihrtusted and scattered,
• and nearly out of amanitiots It -- seemed . 'tis
if the
. fortune of the, day was i n the royal
bands; when, from, the edge of a strip of. for
eSt; half tt'atile off; came a loud and gen:uite
American cheer. ••: Stark beheld, enterging.
from the Wood, the Berkshire regiment under
Col. Varner. This body of men ; alSoidelny
ed , Ftv Abe rain, after a forced march; hadjust
reached the battle:field panting fpr a share
in the affray,. -' e'en; Stark . hastened 'to .:the
Captain of the foremost!company, and order
ed tad has men to the charge;l : at
once. the Captain coolly asked, '
• .the Col !!. want to tee. Col. Warner, before
•I. move.' The Col. was tent for,: and the :ie
. dondtable Captain', - draining himself up, said
with_ the nasal twang peculiar to - the PO
, tans of old,' Naow, Kernel, what d'ye wait
Me• to , dew l'Untie - those red-coati :from. the
Ihill yonder, was the: answer.._
it shall
be done,' said.-the Captain, and issuing the
neces.sary: orders, he led his-Men toile charge.
Withoutamostent% hokation. •
Said an eye witness, afterwards,the. last We
saw of 'Warners regiment for half an hotir,
wail when they - entered the smoke and fire a
bout half way ;sr; the hill. 'Stark, with a
portion of his rallied troops; supported the
Berkshire men: and the - royal .forees wire de
feated after a close contest. A portion of
them eseaped, but- seven , hundred ,men and
officer; were taken prisoners. among the lat
ter Ce) Baum; who soon died of Lis wounds.
' The-Britisblost two hundred and seven
men, killed;and a large Mirnber - wounded:
Of. theAniericans, abont one hundred were
killed and the same number wounded. The
spoils consisted of four pieces of oknnon, sev
eral hundred stand of excellent muskets, two
hundred and fifty dragoons sirords, eight
bramiJrnmssod four -.wagons laden with
stores, ch4h t ing and ummunition. 1 - .
This victory ; severely crippled Burgoyite,-,
and. diseonraged his army, while' it enlivened - ,
the Americans from one-extent Of the ,coun
try to theiother. U taught.thP British tr3ops'
to ra4peeti the American militia, and it was a
brilliant,
i reenrsor to theNictOries of ,Sarato
ga And , mis Iligliti .- , - --; '
:-Congr _uoted.ttnikki t 9 Gen :. Stark and
~13s.
his. brava; oops for..their great . victorf,' and
took meaatzros to pitsh on the war
_with re;
fielt&l el , lOOl 41d hope. . - . . ,- . ,
:
"Liteeti not say how I hurried hoine, for
getting all li g new 'rights and privileges.'
My mother's sad, reproving eye and wasted
form smote me to the heart ; and, for the
first time, I felt how touch I had neglected
'duty in leaving her, an invalid, to battle
atone With . the cares of& family. My father
was: walking.the floor with, little Fr:lnky. I.
relieved him ,of his buivien; anti the dear lit
tle fellow, at the clasp of a woman's., arms,
!Allowed his head softly, .and sank into
*sweet sleep.. When I saw him slumbering
- his cradle, ieft My Mother with the nurse,
raortx--40ittitr 'ladies with
31tasmtateg- „ and made harried - visit over the house.
De*tholia(4.l4! 81 !"""S". a Ivan never...perfectly describe to:-you
wit4si.4t litwerY a""e•-: - - what I`saw. Our.help was .a green girl_just
A 044Ptirliattai* the 4E 4 . 4 el. one ' IB Y , from Ireland, and unless under the supeavis
shatiting.l * - ion of lny _Mother, war: a, very little service.
who pohliilittialiperfor nosh- Not a floor was Swept. Biddy was cutting
ing ;and finds himself some.raw, red half-nooked beef, fur
kattelOn nephew or 4:l!uner,,luidtgly brother Charles washing, the
smoking • _
- • yk,uog Aioctor 'swin; just, kilted bt+t; first . acalding 'water. ,Eris,-face atal hand',: lris
Pa,tieet and has na. Protpact .of any oilier. - butto4leo beseui,, his' very boir, wseroatl4lled
4_, -4 star ;actress with her name in swill let- and di!agetvd with soot a could
ndfaillik
- lhardly heep . from drying. .
B=NME
WZ I ,MMMIS=MYR
it WEEKLY .30URNA I L--DFkyOTED TO POLITICS, NMIINERATTIBIE, itlintitolo,llM
. .
"'My dear M., come to us, and seo if you
can do anything with our. Anna.. She. is Cra
zy to attend tlie Wanian's :Rights Convent
ion." _
-So i irrote a i3oston friend, who had been
a school-mate of mine. Her husband was a
merchant in rather4tsy circumstances. Anna
Was their only child, and' almost a beauty.
She - had priqty hair, that.curled luxuriantly;
bright eyo'; a delicate complexion. To sum
up in generat'her fake, form and manners
were calculated to - arrest attention, even to
pleaie eminently. Ada to these advantages,
a mind of Very auperitii-order,- and you will
peseeke that Anna HOpe was an only daugh
ter -to be proud of. . :
The following day :found me at the cottage :
of my early frient.l. The dew sparkled on the
little lawn in front . ; ':the roses blushed and
threw - out deliclons perfume.
I saw, as. Anna's, mother had told me, that
the r child was '• Woman's' Rights' crazy. .
Ridicule, argument, persuasion,. rail were
useless. • She launched out in full tide her
whole thetne—woman, her degradation, her_
tvrongs, her eminent qualifications, her evi
dent; superiority, in vain C cited . case after
case to pro,Ve my side of the argument. All
would not do. . Man was' n tyrant, a human
tiger, with nothing but brufe.force torecom
mend hiin, pressing his iron hand upon poor
woman. = Woman was great .t; man, lit tle• a.
, Nothing could be dOne with the girl.. She
shook her earls heat), snapped her bright
eves, set her little lips,together, and thrust
a new idea .ittlo4llV brain.
The witch was pretty, and strove to throw,
into her small person all the oignity and mas
culinity she could as , :utne. She, no doubt,
felt her slender shoulders equal to the burden
Of a small world.
• .
" What shall I do I" asked her father, in
despair. " I wish she had never got these
foolish notions in her head. ! _She . : is continu
ally doing extravagant things, rind spraining
her nuns and ankles, trying 'to' prove that
she has enormous strength. „She teids.works .
on agrieulinre, and argues - with the farmers;
sets herself up as a theologian, and Inortite•s
me extremely by contradicting our venerable
pastor,-wkiis roar time.; h'er 'age. What
shall Ido • - r ; .
" Let her. go to the convention," :anal trust
toProvidence," will I.
I don't; knuw," he replied, shaking his
head, doubtfully•.;`.•mother.is far from. being
welt, and one Can't •trust to hurses entirely.
Frank, too, has
. Minlied hiin - 4.elf almost . .sick,
hoping to get the prii,e. I'm half sick my
self, what with anxiety about her, and, the
prest.ink demands of husine-:s ; besides, how
will it leek to :kind a'young thing; - like her,
travelling to New York alone r'
Never.fear hut *hat :The will take care
of herself," replied , I ; "something tells rile
that jt will do her gook and - perhaps cure
her of her foolish whim."
An. unexpected event took me away, from
home on. the evening of that very - day; and
tor more than six months - 1 heard :nothing
More froth Anna Hope.
. .
One delightful morning, the second of my
return to mY, native city, on the wings of
hope, away to Hope cottage I flew, eager
,to
see and to hear the result of of y advice.—
Spring had blushed 'into summr, and the
beatitirtil benne of triy .friends. was einbowered
in vines, trees,
,and - roses. - Great- Was their
surprise at seeing me ; and much. greater thy
own at Meeting with -my little friend, Anna:
For in hert.eye shone -a mild light s that
made her sweet face radient: The Spitefel,
snap was gone: -I looked' in • vain for • the
~
green dress, the shirt-bosom, the standing
dickej., the maw/it:it air,all . were missing ;
'and in their stead modest. attire, neatly and
becomingly worn: Even her 'curly hair, had
Itiq its.determitied twist, and ,looked softer
and glossier. Her whole demeanor was mai
denly; therefore -lovelier. - She said nothing
of womairs':rights, spoke softly ; and at test.
bent with deference to, .the opinion of the
ivied ipastor.! .' - .. . .
e.
Her father'gave tue a triumphant glance.
•Iler- mother gazed on her daughter with gen
tle-affection, and setnething between. a tear
A nd
.a innile sprang to her Ile's: . - • *
In the evening,Anna 'was - alone with me,
anil-I ventured to risk, bow she., had been;
pleased wilt the .convention. •
" Don't nntion it," she answered, blush - - •
ing a little -"I have entirely recovered from
...,,,
the - sill) mania that pomes'wl me then.—
AVOuld yott like to hear how i" and her bright
eves twinkled at me so mischievously.
- " Weii, I Went to the convention, and Was
more surprised than edified. In spite 'of new
plril4,snrshy, it shosked • me to hear wonien
speaking so boldly -upon.suels thetneq, befOre
a mixed •sksesublage; But I had - begun to
get somewhat accustomed to it, and 'to feel
pretty comfortable/bout it, anal was just sit
ting down in.my totel. to . atlix my signiature
to some resolutions, when - a letter was handed
'me from my fat tier. I had been done a Week,
and little thought I what the household had
pas: , ed throltgh its that short time. It, brought
me news of niy snot her's alarming illness, and
my youngest brother's attack of si ana painful
disease. My Falser was alone with his 0.001 . -
•
EXEM=M=EM
•Sentro.se; ,Sifstineljanita. Cutinta, Vtnit'a,Vint - Ana Dornint, 3anwarl, 11154.
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Mtn NOTE -
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A • story for .Voung 4Ladles.
. Dy
PART SCCONP:
MEMO
"The Week's wash stood aboutin tpbs and
baskets, on chairi, and the floor.' The kitch
en liad'ashorrid smell of burnt and uncook
ed food. Through the open windows - came
pouting the sun upon littleheaps'Of divit,and
bits of cinders; an unwashed hearth, 'and a"
deplorable stove. Iu the . closets Were dishes
of datiip m 'and mouldy bread, pieces 'of 'meat
covered with flies. ; The sight was absolutely
sickening. . ,
. "The parlor was littered with :papers and
toys, 'and. the furniture white with. dust. To
crown the confusion, corupanylad been here
of those • week, thoughtless . kind of
women, who never know . what to; do in such
a case, but to stay the day opt, fret andwor
ry the sick, eat, drink, sit. down with folded
hands, and go away to wonder; ":What-kind
of careless folks Ca - live intle world !'
" Her two . childreti had- broken : tin:tease of
my guitar, snapped off all its strings,. quar
relled with my little brother, and given him
the whooping cough.. ° • : -
" I went to the beti-rooms next t everything
was in like disorder.. My poor ';father had
slept what little he could, on a mess of bed
clothes, and luriips of feathers.
• " But ell 4 tibis fuss. and • confusion Was not.
the Worst of it. My father, whi:i\- could ill
atrord it., lost fifteen bundred dollars by neg
lecting his t,usiuess, as he was obliged to do,
,in order to - help at
,home; and: dear
Charley; who bad studied with great. success
In) to the very period of mv departure,
to receive the medal, for which .he had
been working a whole year, because he hail
been obliged tostay at y ear,
an.l;nurse little
Franke. I felt, as if I could never fogive
mysell,nteease to regret that my:fitthei's let
ter was delayed four days behind its time
but I went resolutely to - work; and in the
course of time.' everything was put to rights
in our neglected holisehord ; and,, that's the
kind of rights I've been w•irking at ever since,"
she added, With the, tears. - overhriiiiming her
expressive eyes. •
She looked akolutely beantifuljo me then;
and Lwas about to commend her for her
provetnent; when the identical Biddy, much
improved; looked in at the door with
" Afyon' pinse, Miss Ann, Mr. Harris is
here, and wnnts to know will yOu be coining
down #'►
" Alt, Anna!" Said I, laughing at her elo
quent blush, and eatehino. her hand ay she
came townr:ta me, "copal* that one of these
horrid men,' these walking - nor.% these ty
rants, his had something, to -do with your
sudden eonversion. Anna, All* don't give
up yOur liberty, - you know the pre,,stire- of
that iron 'hand 1".,
The merry girl ran laughing from my pres
ence, and I had leisure the rest of the/even
ing to inspect the admirable seiying of her
Unfinished work, the. perfeCt order, the re-.
freshing neatness of everything. in her room.
The delicate littlesketches.of her owe hung
up against the
_t several quite 'beautiful
poems, e!egantly written, in her portifolio,
and the choicest .collection of. books,-,,-draw
ings, and engravings, that 'I haVe ever seen
in a lady's possession. ,
These:it - 04.0Ni her gentle taste and . femi
nine refinement; but they weighed as 'noth
ing in the balance with her mother's heart
felt commendation.
" Annals a treaure; sbe is dil . could wish
a. perfect woman could . .
Aud who could wish . to be more I
Tetolal Monkey.
relatec an •amusing
. anec4nte
of-a - fHtsonatile monkey, which we must pre
sent :
. .
• Jack, as lie was called, seeing his mw..ter.
and some compatdons - drinking, ' with those
imitative polvers for which his speeies'is re
markable, finding half a glass Of whiskey
left, took it up and drank it off. It flew; of
'course to his: head. Amid their roars '43f .
laughter he
. began to skip, hop ',and dance
Jack.was:d ruttk.l Naxt day, when they
went
with the intention of repenting . this fun; to
take -the poor monkey ont.of his box,•he-was
not 'to be seen: Looking inside, there he: lay,
crouching in
. a corner. ''Come mid his
master. Afraid to disobey, lie carne walking
on •thseeiegs—the forepaw that Was laid on
Ids forehead Saving, as plain . ac Words Could
do that he had the headache?. '
.
Having left him , some days to get - well,
and resume his, gayety, they at lengthcarried
hint off to the old scene of revel.„ On enter
ing, he eved the glasses with a - manifest ter
ror, skulking behind the chair; and on his
o eo
tnitst r, hieing him tolirink, he bolted, and
was n the house-top in a twinkling. They,
~.!.t him down. fie would not Come. • nis
master shook the whip. at him. Jack astride
on the ridgepole, grinned &fiance. . i
A gun, of which he was • always much
afraid; was pointed at this disciple of Tent
perance ;, lie ducked his . head and slipped
over to the back of the -house ;: upon which,
seeing his predicament, and let:A-afraid of the
fire than the fire-water, the monkey leaped lat
abound A the chimney-top, and - gettinEr
down into a flue, held on; by. his .. forepaWs.
lie triumphed,and arthough his master kept
him for twelve years'after that; he never cOtild
persuade the Monkey to taste another drop
of whiskev.N. Y. Quarterly.: , •
.
,
TICHRICANE Siert..Y.—A let:
ter to a merpri.itilrs house in 1303t0n, under
date. Of Mesinii Nor. 01 statel that on the
morning of the. 13th of that month, there
was a dreadful hurricane in Sicily,'.'accotnpu
by heaVier mins•than ever before expe
riented in',the country. Whole vi I Ifiges'WOre
entirely destroyed and swept into
large number of lives was lost:- many
corn mills were Washed away that it is fared
the Island - will be in the srente..it warm or
dour. The principal lemon gardens were al
so destroyed:.
- tar. •
dr , .
. s
A 11,CSSIAV SOMME TO BURN LONDON,r --
A carrespondeut of the Paris PfiSB
from St.. ketersburvays, that the Grand
Duke Constantine some tinie since propo#.o4
to arm end equip the wliute fleet , of Grim
stadt, Revel and Sweaburg. to embark 2,060
picket troops and endeavor to', capture or s deL
stroy Loudon. '
Limns ion vie -BuTorien.—:Where lambi
are dignated for the botcher, it. 1$ best to
have then dropped as early as Nfiirch ; and
by •feedjn , = the VAV es Witb *00: 11: pfen ,
ty of snee c litent,`fond--rsia% eariet4 ttititipst:4
the lanais iall'gipsF'repidly. ' -
;NY' nem ahn.t;e imide Tale 1 ,40
cheap - tnaterials ng of aeitr 'opes. '
IMME2M
The eason, •
"Why does look so paleollottior
Why are her lima so small? - •
Why does she nisver smile, mother 'I
Why do her .eyelids fall 1
Why does she elk alone, tnother I
'AM ifshe 'had o' friend ?
Why does title s gh so oft, mother.?
If she is so n , ar her end
Why does s he b!eathesOvqUick, mother ?
And starts i f it shocked her, •
To hear the quiet rap, mother,
Of Sniith,; tho ivillage doctor 1 . •
Why does be coMe so oft, mother'? .
Can he *prolorig . her days, .
ft
By tearing pills nd gifts, mother;
And singing 1 vo•siek lays ?
•
'Twas.buf the othoritight;Mother,
When Kate lay near my heart,
She urged Me tol, be good, mother,
And said•We soon must part.
Sho said she was to go,mother,
Away frofn blimp and me,
And leave papa and you, mother,
To dwell nearl by the sea. •
Is it nn Jer4sn': stormy banks, mother,
Where she is to be'earried V' -
" Shut up, Shut np, you little brat— '
She's; going to be II A s iL LEI ED I."
. it ;01:1111..
A Stiortrior the ILitilc Ones.. -
It is twilight, and I ant - alone: - Now- cow . ,
before me•forms that I 10ve..• I ath no longer
alone.. 'thought the busy bustling world is
shut out from the mind, 'familiar faces, long.
missed frmn eartli,hover near me,andlook up
on me. My sister). I'see her glad smiles, hear
or. accents of loie," converse with. her, is in
early !dayS, , ere her spirit departed. .0- this
still, •• serious solemn . hour of . twilight! I
bless my heiVenly -Father for the associations
which. Cluster, arduntrit, for the . : thoughts of
the past which iti calls'up, for the imoge:s of
the loved' acid lost ones which-it reveals...
My sister! Tl&snovs of two winters have!
fallen upon her grave, and .yet her
.cot Map-.
pearses -dist.inctlY, almost, -tie if it were. Od.
tured on the otit*Ortf-eia.- , Is this . vlsionfall
unreal I r Etas• the spirit world, then no con
• nection.ivitli they physiCal . world 1-i Is there
• ! 1. I -
no emu munten on earth with .kindred 'spirits
1 froln. the better land 1 Ido not knoW.: What
• 1
rrevsterie4 hawri , over thispirit world !
r
. . My sister! Tile seent.s through which we
passed, to - getherl are spread • out before the
soul's eye, with thei freshness, the clearness,
the .vividness. of I realliy. - . The...hi:me of my
childhood w.as'itt the co untry., The mansion
where'we dwelt was nestled-oink! a thousand
rural charms. . 1 7 , : ..: - . -.: . .
They have all left, their images in my
!af
fections ;-, anti, she, that sister, is Assoeiated
clii'ely with! each one of them.; . 'We climb
ed the highest hills together, in the 'summer
time, and !meadOws, and' forests after wild.
flowers. '... .• 1 • , .- .• -• . . . ,
The. influence of a kind and .amiable sister
• - .1
childhood and .
over a brother, toearly youth,
is exceeding) y d‘irable. It softens, polishes,
humanizes Km.• Many a time when tuy int
, ~ .
pulive • and : ro ugher spirit has ben on. the
point,of aenimitking smite petty • act of :mis
chief, has the gentle voice. of My sister (tissue
dedme froinlit. I . ' - -
l!reittember that.One.lnight and beautiful
day! in auttitim,'wlien I was bent on ..laying .
the truant from School, and. had settled my.
whole plan of operations, even—.--I . blush.to
.
say it—the wntmg •of a false apology to the
village. schoolmaster, that gentle girl leaning
lovingly on my Sltoultici, atntpleading as an:
angel might, havoc, done, to - heed the voice -Of
conscience, and ;do iricyht, won sue; stnt the
crimson 'current ref shante through
,rny :face,
and !made me tear the -note I was penning . in
to a! thousand frriguaents, while aiied Gtid
to save Me from ever cherishing such guilty
thoUghts again. .
In our waiiderings through
. the forest; sep
arated only by almeadow sad a InarrOUr - brook
from our dwelling, we one day fothid a spar
row's nest, With. three' or four little sparrows
in i 4 top yoUng Ito . The old birds left
the !nest as! we -approached, andAtovered
aroand,..not far. off, !showing a great deal _of
lovelor their offapring, and evidently not a
little afraid that 'they were soon to- bo Child- .
!Both
for some
and mySelf looked upon
this scene for some minutes_with some_ inter
est. We ! exaMined the nest, and admired the
skill! and. ingenuity; which the birds had dis
played in makitic* it. .Ilow nicely it *is
braided together. 7
. -
Thero,weret couse• straws and sticks on the
outside of it, on.the inside there, were tine
hairs, an little its:of cotton ,and and
thistle i
e dowa; - tcurnMaly and beautifully . 'inter-.
woven. It was a . charming pieee Of Work
!manahip, that little sparrow's peat. Welkas
I stood . there looking at it„l thought it would
be !ft fine thing to take those little- Sparrows'
-borne with - us,-nest and all. - -- Thad never had
any tame, hirlsi land I did not' doub - t. that I
could soon
! Make the; little spa rrows . sO tame
that t !ley - ! _would
.. cetne- -and hop - upon my.
shonider—when 4 Pilled theth. : •.
Forgetting every kind and generous feeling'
itt.this one selfish desire, I was about to climb
thC tree, and. secura.tha helpless
.4parrowp,
when my, sister nude 'such an appeal , to my
better that ,my-arm was entirely en
nervO. I did nbt violate the peace of that
happy 110114, hitt left tlaini claruPing their
gratitude and gladness. I' have had some
such temptation. That plea has - secured the.
happiness Of many a forest warbler. I "owe
much, of the g -will I hose, cherished
, to=
warm birds to th teaderness'With which aha
or
always ' treated hem. l'never could harm
, . _
one of the'dear little things. since. ;
-I '
.remember once :.hnving killed ~a robin_
with,.. a stone. did it tbrungh - catelessnies
rather than by . design, however". The robin
was busy its be etSttld.be, picking currants Ins
our lyntil; n•hcpi I, thl;nv iiatone at higrAti
flAg'l4teii him' rid ay: . 7he Atm:a:lift ike ppm:
fellow, - iioirocr stratlgn eking - VI -I,ilfalsyli
thodght, fni.;l as a rery . indigCrentirrarki ,
umn, end he fell down km the builtati- dui.
tete(' a few mon eats, gasped'for tweeOr a feir'
inoznenpl , and:di 4. ;:t wept a Linglinie'at:sonti
the; 'tragic afild r:_ The imago'of- the dying
robin did, noti are - MyMind foe'llter'orttitly,
samitieirOind - I-'.:l id` iiiit'lnve't6lo , iinni the:
spot .- Vrliel'e . ' 41 .. g eti- - forineklii'afteirwerdOii,zz
Oat: - was n . fid 401,*' - foiltiaT aii;:; irfratt . 46
lettiOd' ttlialiA . 864 sister 'die% - 44 -
was 'a addei'dn ' 'when ilic-' dtiaded'-hinst itrz:
Yetlier iond < was calm And-peaceful.
Her sun wentAnwn , while it mut: Yet dayi--
But it went down am weer?,
brother," said she, - " let 'me , She did
sleep--slept the long Sleep of death; and her
tired spirit found. repose. `" - - • -
" My sister!: hal like a hood do`ther-thonghts
of her kind .andi4eving heart.; zot her deep;
warm,
,su:tive.pietA of .her chiaithri t ' plitfetit,
trustful spirit;.ler happy. frame, while
sinking under the influence of disease—hoir
do 'time thought:lc - and such asiheile rush in
to my mind, is I muse 'on the past at this
calm hour of twilight— , '
'SIn the stilt hoar of thought - when we ere-free
To leave the real world for things which sem.!
"For thinga which seem" but are they
seemmg'only •
Dl[side.
0! forthe eloquence of an angel's tongue,
when we , approach Ibis themql Music !
sweet,'• seul-stsbduing'melody; charmer, at
whose approach the , evil passtons of, otir na
ture fly like unholy , birds from, the. face of
beauty, paled but not corrupted- by death!
Gentle spirit, kttardinm with. - 'its- holy wings
the purer portals of the- e. heart ; touching the
innocent lips of childhood, till. from their ru
by lips fall pearls fit to shine in the crown of
a Peri; eeriching womanhood with `a
.:gift
that twice enhances its lovelinesi.
"Viten I die," - said white-haired 'sage,.
'! bring - me inusie4 Let•:. it •ring without. in
wild, rich, yet !solemn • ." - strainit..• Let it float
within, aye I evePhy my bed-side, and on: its'
Soft unseen radiancite I will wingrny war from
this to the celestial World. .A.na. yet, I trust
to listen in that honr •to, thp. melting strains
of heaven's own Choir.. think -
4001
child that fifty long. years ago was: carried
from= his mother's bosom' fothe . churchyard,.
will bring.his little harp and sing to me ten-,
doily ; I yemember how often*l would find'
him with his 'blue eyes-;),Dining Ppliards as
he lisped,
• .fe , tes blessed titelittle
•
Took Them hi 'his loving
. .
I. think , my beautiful "Miry; she who died*
in *the - bright IllottSoMing- of , 'youth; she.
whose face looks, out: &Opt yonder wealehCf•
curls that golden: the : -Mite C 1111013; I think
-she, will bring her harp I down to' brigten:the
last moments of her old father. She was ev
er fond of rutt4c, and 10:pletute .sit,
for hours .at their Itarpitiebord; what a won
. drdus voice. she had I' kiwis- too sweet, too
melting for: earth;, she is: wanted among
the. harpers ttp, there ; and so they called. her.
very early. I think;' also,, my minister boy,
'my poet son, will tninglp-his stiains*ith..that
glorious throng*arctund . .mY,dying bed. _Yon
would have: bhissed had you-beheld hire
breaking the Wend of life tollte little fltxtir,
that • hung- with: awe aryl ; 'rapture op his in.-
. spired' lips . . T eem to see hint
.now; his
broad brow, hie Pill; meek .eye, his - uplifted,
hand ; you might have read a sernion.frOm
hii face,.uty gentle minister - boy I And-he:
loVelmusie ; it was,„ft necessity, of his nature,.
turned _with tlietenriiils Of his heart s his's-eke
wasliquid withit ; I know John will come
down antr.ing:to ins. . And there :is_ anoth
or I think trill come-=nay 1.1 .am' sure - She
.will. : be here.-- :Ten , years ago,:within thisyery
room, the-spirit:of Mr wife passed to. her Sa
vior'S bosout., Couldi tell you . bow lovely,-
bow sel f-denyi how. . meek• how she
was I Int I cannot; Words - can neverpaint het: -
virtues I they .*ould seem ‘ Shadows for:
forty .long years site. eras. Other self,trtv•
better—olil how far better. self... She Will be
with me there, she is -often -with tne now;
know it by Itiat sweet.inflow _of - emotion that -
Lsometitnes experience when I. - sit:. musing
alone. • :
Did she - loVe • tousle f- With her r , whole
soul. It does - mot-totem so many years•ago,
that her sweet fatitrfirst Attracted me,. as she
sat on .Sabbaths *the singing .seats of the,
village. church; •-;..lt. , •may• be :because - my - ear
is dull, . but I neter . - hear, . melody:•noviliktk
that. And she taught - all .• my . little. °ties .to
tune their tender voiaett ; hatt.'A 'nest of
birds then l. . • •
— "'hee
I am glad I am old ; tny life :hasn s
poon, with a few Pad verses here -and there;
I trust its eicso wili be joined with a strain
of gentle music, ; that I may enter heaven
singing." • , - -
t TUE DELLS AND THE STUDENT . .-At a ter ! .
Min evening party, a haughty you - ,uty
turned, to a student who stood r her; and
said—
Conan. John, t anderstati your eecen
irk friend L- 7 —is here. I j ave a great
curiosity to see him. ;Do .you. bring him
here and introduce him to me:
The student went in search of hit friend,
and at length found him lounging on the
Coin 6, said he, my beautiful
Cousin Catharine wishes to be "introduced to
you; _ -
4 Welt, trot tier out, John,' drawled le—
with an affected yawn.
John returned to his ConAin and advised
her to defer the introduction tilt a more- fa
vorable time, repeating the answer he bad
received.
The beauty._ bit her lips, but the next me
'neat she. said— - ,
,
Well, never fwtr Lehall insist on tieing
introduced. - :
After some delay, L-was led up and
the ceremony of •introduction performed.- 7
Agreeably surprised by the beauty /ma com
manding appearance o 1 Catherine;
nude aTrefoundly_low 'hove ; ins4lo of
returning it, 'She raised her eyeglass„ survey 7;
ed Mit from head to font. and theti wairng
the baekof ber hind - toward - , him,. draw;ed
-4
Trot him ot, Jobs, that'i
WATER visit 'Stitt,P.--I:nlitis sheep have
access to succulent food or nleati `Buoy, **et
is indispensable; Couatanttop-black
or-spring is best, tat in default Af::114 - tbeiF
should• tat iateied, - , at= least sky hi
saine-nthar *ay.
Ox.Yoia.and a compose rtamkthaa
oue-half of . tha w hole world, tattat , * r im
,ef,
:crater: "'Met
ter-mq I Ni! 40cotn0 1 4* awl it .. w iql 4 g al g!
.
o conV4 tgYgen
• - - - r_.,;\ •
- To PaaVaNTOxas'iiao4-lravi',tga:'4l)4
a dying coal, sad it tot -add- . ty,
sideidiiilatelia4 SIOE-I , :enough `
-. ao
4111Attlkiglitou-tiker or grPL- e7 , 04; J 1 (.4 1
4 4Vti4a: Ykke-: - Plet# o ?Ortirt . .-41449.4 4.1 a w
_ ,
ttial will eotapletall :break door of ilietablt.
.
, 14, a
. -- - 47,
,C',l-Vr's ` ... 5
0* thi,i'peint:lo. l 3(car
got leacher, nee :04110,f'
" The Yonth bah
peasintry hire bee*
as a whole the Scopi'arer
pie on the face Qf Abe:
Eoibbild given '
never - heard- fret* Prep
benefit bas - arislim - froni
SomeittlinentinlindivT
the r p.oPnleipiejitdieeiet
lit= a large numbeief the girls: , :(.
ly who .. have edtimitia: ^ llooittihet**-t ;
float
:attain the age:o un i ty; .
hare been otherirteo'b-rPoihktiPl , ' 4lo, l l l l lnr-'
don of the sexes;harkPeefi
miely injoriotis.
.Itifrinee:thei
of the sexes'ia,yeu r th-**oo4ol . faithl
evils. It is stated 14-the hest eetlnieiticAit:
of those girl* edieeted-ii,ilik * *lli#,W,s4.
Bents, apart from bclik thilie*VlllVl-Ir:;‘
wrong within A'smon_th
uPOn.society t and tileeliptubli-
They cannot, it sai 4 , - tepid tke'eligiti**tei, --
pliraent, or tiaterY. The eeparalietkie r - .- ftWlrtk,
ed to keep thorn *Wetly litoratitrut
natural seclusion'actually genenit**CrO .t ,
principles desitectto.be - arokledi
*4'
"'We - may repent that -
raise' girls intellectnally . higkrt,*4lP 6- 0 -
as with them ; ntid 411 ,
boys morally as • high_ irithutir-IFT4:I*-: •
'girls morally elevated:li bele enoit'lbe',4MPtj .
in tellectullry elevate Ito'
than. this, girls thethselres - are- ,
vated by the presetiat oCheYe l ittni4oolll„ - ,kre.;,,
intellectually elevated hy•Ahe'..ilreintittr
girls. Girl; brOught.ep with bop milir#o47:.
positioety Moral, ; itnd heAltiougbr
tichool with girls are mor.e ., *aitierlifiOel:-.'
lectual by the so ft ening-lento:11100=-44i- Wet
-5 • -
male character.
" In the Normal
.13emiiiiri:Att
most benefioial effects
mciiematural.'conne, Boys an
the ago of tweeted three:yeaiiiiiiiite3elhalte z.. ?l:,i
teew and fifteen ltaxiteiel - trairtedle,lisisesoe'
class-roottri; . gal lies And play Otatti:friritki,l l %
out - impropriety ; anity.they at* nevel.**tiwit:i7 i, - .;
ted except at needlework". .
shwrPn
'This recently invented. , weaftee,4,:ittposi ,
seas one half- of the '' ''POWeil!ltel t `4 ll 4 lll 4 o 4 r:
chtirned,foy: it by its proPrietorjetieettled-.
soon to supersede every . other :111011kolutai -
warlike purpotes now: in existertiottw- ~ # b-the
most efficamous Ind terrible fire=arms
istence. The small= carbine not /
the United States Mountedafeatbrows.abidi
with a deadly aCeuricy.oneittertei , of ate ;: -
and eaibe fired ten, times. per *elite". Ii llt •
not complicated sin structuraiiiiejtaAly-_, - cleasal
and suffers no 'miry . from : met 'ra th er:, -
Mr. Sharpe isaow preparing ;
four , nsw Specieslir his wespoai-nautely-1. .4r•
small pocket pistol. calcuhtte4. - Je - -,
"mirinie ball onehundred-rirde ca!tallirt
WI, with a .range of-five hundred:yaw**
fie suitable for footmen with:a rangerof antt>.
mile; and a large gun to throw *Awn:o2ooo -
or a small
,shell, - ona`mile and 41 hsl4.or
as far as a man .or horse can, be 1011,30 ad.?:
vantage.
_With this latter waapoitilikthai
clams he can set on Ore, ship at-47 14. 1 4104
distaac*of-tteerly twe-. ,0114 1%-.#4l4ll l relien
the use of ;field,artillery by .. blihttlha hot
sea before the.g"llll49-:-krctfight 19 -04 1 .1? 5411
range. This title -
nuiiksmait, is equal to tea Mask.* hayoaata
and all,for, place-amanrodaffitputt t wiiiii
ameiket and' I?aYonett
hring the btotiet.,
r t
ea
loaded and dischargelltentia 4 , -- „, -1
ry balls with great precisioa
Sharpe intendathese tolt*titiii.ffik,
clonal weapon, and shouldCong*;bieenit .
a little liberality. ItUrebase: - .thC 0.40,)1ti
country w 014 4 14 Pco t ext°4 l ut!o l -inAl .
fare unequalled in - the *midi'
An AliteaTatiaitait
Last summer; Bob
lantie to lend 'a little - time andi - golak eat
of mono to Inotifig at: the - Wetuteis - fia4lois.,_
dent of the world:Athol:lg' theirObt**ifiAtt
he took `along, just foitlififuo - Of*Ablits . ,. :
!as - 11 small - *died
a week's leisure in(Lenclid, .13419:Okittruil.thiT
:and :went over to Ireland. - Therlliii&t)ie
Tentton the sea,' iraiet-*,:tittle;"
inn about : fifteen Miles thit'
ittg, partaken, a
Bob - walked into the bar inel:4•ll4 - dtliii
tie on the :The-first one to fietied" the, :
critter; Was Mr. Flyntt, Lake Ole
• And ghat: do 'you call Asti', -
t That is an Amerieawrat titig?
A whatr z ' ,
• Au Autericitit rat dog.f' '
Idusha, go ong;—and'ao fob 04i'autii'i
sp,alpeen adci
Ido indeed, and he Isr . lertlit of. Vs'
name,
Will he fight 1' _
Yes:sir, nnt . cittly fight, but - sidt , Whip`,4:
eight pound dog in Ireland:,
4 Will you hold. stia - 10 citfttait'le
" • 'MU._ :
Eit'ougbial&-43arneigectiiiStid*Idi#,
we boaglit of' Sheridan lei
tin) ; out:
Ilaruey, done as= was :desired:: -1./ICbstaditi
pup, purchased'heal Sheiidaiv** - , brooght
in. The brindle riqp' toi•V:lTlpa Ind
IWhile a itlitte.
by the nose. •
The brindle ',pup givir'eee yet ankjiit lb!
the door . .WheaAst_;:egen he
.4111 C ), --
Joivar:aft DublitfAsCif he had eighttht, 4
dent fied tOrhia Whether
up - the - itriuti-Wittmligettifig - -"sliqtailtiViov
not asAtiniitsiill„be , lintkan
s teithe rat l it o k . ,
---
' Ilatten pair uPW•I I Mak, - -
id him Iwo tpAA griciefitttfrittint* 6r ,
this titiadAtisi lithievollatakOrtiei - illit t thic
i
it is she—ate r , moitt - 74iiiiiiii-igid44loo
often in dolt: ithittrinaba-1014,'..p1a1n, ,
tendom.ooo
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