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HJAGVKttKEAN. ARTIST,
No. 140. eorirr of V,fih Sc'Chrswt .15., i';''.'
Jdulti:,n1 ;;03 1 .-luxhcan r.nrnrr oj
' ',-it,dlin S:,x':t, New York.
pilTlKXS AM) s'J'KANCKI "'' !l"vl"
11 nittinj for l'.irirHilrt or MiniaHin-H, nii.l
nvcivo llirm li"..iitifii:!y ml. in mormrn. Silk
volvct. r!.i!r Wi:-'.!o,i.r othor luncy ; !. or vi
in MclnUioiH. l,i. k l-, A'o.. in a low mmnir
Da!rucrrooty::c.-, Pa5i)t.iiig3, Drc
in!;.
dc. Copied.
Out in,ir Vi.'ws,
still Miniatures ul Occv i?r..
ihrrt nolii-i-.
1 i' , lilt, .v niir lirofMs.nnu im-
proved IiistrlH.MCn;-!. n ilndij il.iy is ltnt' la
vorn'.ilc iw rU'iir wiMliior.
Tor Chil.lron. n r!r;ir i':iy (li-Mwcr-n 11 nml
is prcfi-v'1'"- CC7"In Drew nvonl while, We
or liqht pink.
Our Cfiilli-ry with its Pix Vrizo Mrdul" nml
Work? of Art. is open :it nil hours, nml Fnv.
AVlirlhcr vi. ilori v.isii pii;luivs taken or not, we
nhall lit iill times l.e h'.ippy lo cc thi iii.
June "Ji, IS.")'.).
kew.'iokk. & r;iiMiw::3,i'isiA
JOURIv ZYJIEN
. iBaltvri A.Keiatlou,
Cor', of Clh and Ch:;tirtt find, Phila-hl'ua.
CO.NTIM'l:' t.) iiial.e ami ne!l a tin.T nml more
-'. iluraKclSrttf..- ti.p niosiev tliiu any o;h.r
cstDlilishmt'ui i:i t:i'-' l"ni'"l 't-iie.- slaniLinl
price o! Hats CO. I'Jonts iut:l I'.oyV Clotii a 1 !
Olazcl "aj. I'uiltp lias, ;rt lla'Sf.
Fiinama 11111I Slia-v il.ils ;il equally low priees.
May -Jo, 18.il). ly
jfi:.r v. i?mn &. Co.
1 M 1' O )l V lilts K
Watches, Jewelry, Plated Ware,
so it.:Y .&,
112 Chcsiiut St , between 3d $ ith Streets.
PHILADELPHIA,
AI.WAVs keep on liaud an eeelleul assort
inent of the aUivo ai'ieleri, which the will
Ki ll ou terms as low as-auy in ihe lily.
June 15, 16.r)0. V,m
W. P. PBDDRSCII'S
(I.ATI". I'Ai'.TM-t OI' C.Si.IlliACIi)
Viiriiixii aiaziKtitc-iry ami l'itiiit
':-'ATo '7S North Fourth Strrrt,
A KKWiXlOH MIllVIJ CHKIWY, WKST
Conftantly on h'tivl mid f-r nn'e, n rr!i:cnl
prucf, una oj si'pmor q'tmtig, meju
Imrt.i? articles, nz:
Conch, riil.inct, Ji;.:':iMi rs' mc! Oil C'l 'l'i Yariii-'i(' :
Drviiil.la'ifiu : H'.t :;:( H-iriicj Yarni?!' : l!n.wn. Wtnir
and liwl Spirit ,l; TrniiM'cr l'i Arlu-'. II ilc inwl
V. h I'ni.ii. is' an I .u.uvicr' .M:i;ci.iils; J'l TTY IN
fjr.wnTir.-v r wi's. nuv, is mi., ami i'i:i:-
I'Alil lli'lill IMMKlii rsli; .".Mli'ii-rx' Vnne.li,
(aide anil Aciiis : UiacX J'i;i mi i n lion ; A ilicsivc lio. l.ir
1 aacv U'.Nk: I'.cii-.io a.i.l 'm-l : : Art. ..' (.'"
I. ,r-. Prv 101.I in Till.. ; N.-tl'n I" '.'I ml: 'i 1,1, Silver,
li.i'l i-t 1 1 I.':u' ; (1.1,1. Silver. 11111I I'-Mipw 'Irmi-'i- ; lil i
x.,;r' Di.ni. ih.Ih. a:i ., vciy ..ini-i'i ir S.i jc ICicknig awl
Wiitiin: ln'.
Juno ai, J
SSITK CO..
A'o. 213?. McrhtSlmtfU'xwc 5 Si.
J'illLAHKl
Wlioli-nalo IiriiSKlsls,
and i)i:ai.i:us in
TTMlUf!?, MinuciNK, Paints, Oils, Window
J' (Iliss, V,vrmkufh, Due .Srfrr, 1'atknt
Vf.iiin.NKH, M1.1r.r1xK Ciikkts, . S1Rt11.1i, K
BTm iiksts, &.( .; and iiianufaitureis uftho
ccleliratej
Cocsro63 Ink,
Ilhuk, Blue ami Ke.l. The quality of thia Ink is
unsurpa.-sed, ami we are, now prepared to furnish
it of all sizes, neatly packed in boxes from one to
three 1l.17v.11 each.
I.. 6. r'i Co., endeavor to have always on hand
a full a..soitnu tit of Rood and Renuino Druijs, nt
the lowest pnssihlo rates. Parlieular atu-ntion is
also paid to the manner of nutting up andpackiiu
their ff(Hi!s, so that they feel prepared lo warrant
, their earryii; any itUtanOT with perfect lafcty.
All ordain by letter or otherwise will receive,
prompt attention.
I'iiiladelj.hia, Juno 15, 1S50. Gin
t ' ' - - -
rniALAi)i:r.i'iii vise i.kh on stoiie.
" BITTING & WATERMAN,
Importers and Dealers in Liquors,
A'o. 2?0 Market street, P11'WtjiAa,
"UTF.It fol" sale, the cheapest and best assort-
v-' nient ol l.iipiors in Philadelphia, siicli as
Chnmpat;iie, Sherries, Port, Sleek, Claret, Pur
gumlies, Sauturn, Uarsac, Madeiia, Lisbon,
,, , Tuimrilie and bicily Wined.
PrajiiHea of the ehuieest brands, viz:
Mau'liiia. Uiard, Ponet, HiMiuesv, &e, &r.
Fine Holland Uiu, M uiuuiijaluilu, Scotch and
InsU W luskey, &e., &c.
HoU U and llie rouutry trade supplied at Philu..
delphia prices on the most liberal terms.
July 13, 1850 .
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
CHAS, DUKirciG,
- No. 207 Chtsnttt Strtet, front Arcade,
11 Puii.AiiKi.eui., '
."IMPORTER and Manufacturer of all kindof
Musical Instruments, Kuncy Article, and Toys.
Hi prior ra lower than thoM of any other store
in Philadelphia. All kind of Musical Iiutrur
jueiiU repaired in tha best workmanship, and also
KEW SERIES VOL
taken in trade. ; , ;
Puiladellihit, May 25, 1S50.! 3
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SELECT POETRY.
MIAMI' S O-BRIKN IX AMERICA.
How many roincmber with pU-nfuirP, say
iho Ar. Y. Express, iho louching rccilntions of
Srtinuul Lover, while in tin's country. We
always thought lliem decidedly iho Lest of
tin! varied entertainments ho gave ns.
Among ihe rest, ho used lo rccilo iho sloiy
of .Sliamns O'Hiien's lianginp, willi fireal
pnslo.' This poem lins necn published in the
July number of Iho Dublin University Maga
zine, whence we exlracl it, with .1 sequel In
t lie slory of poor !hanitis, supplied lo us by
un old correspondent, who hns kept up the
spirit mill the linmor of tho oiiijiiinl with
grenl fidelily.
SHAFTS OT)i:lK-A B.i.i.An-(be-un in
lu'laml, and liiiinhutl elsewhere.)
JiVl nflher tho war. in tho year '1)8,
As soon as tho boys wor ull scallered and
bate,
:Tas lli,) custom, whenever a pisant was
iiol,
lo li.iii"; liim by lhiia.li banin' sich as was
shut.
There was tiial by jury poiu" 011 by daylisht,
And tho martial law haiiojn' iho lavins by
niolit.
It"s lliem was hard limes for an honest gos
soon ;
If he missed in the judges he'd meet a dra
goon ;
An' wheihor the soldiers or judges gov sen
tence, The divil a much timo they allowed for re
pentance.
its inany'u the line boy was then an his
"
Keepin ,
Wid small .-hare iv rcslin", or alia', or sleep
An because thev loved F.iiu, an' scorned to
sell il, '
A prcv for iho bloodhound, a mark for the
bullet
rnhollrri!.l by nisht, and nnresled by day,
With the heath for their barrack, revenge lor
their pay.
An' the bravest an' hardiest boy iv '.hem all
Was Sliamns D'liricii, from Iho town iv Clin
gail. '.lis limbs wero well set, an' his body waR
light.
An' tho keen-laucjed hound had not teeth half
so while,
lint his face was as pale as ihe face of iho
dead,
And his cheek never warmed with Ihe blush
of ihe red :
An' for all llinl ho wasn't an uzly yountibyp,
For the divil himself couldn't b!a::o with his
''.y, . . .
So droll an- so wicked, so dark and so brioht,
Like a lire llash that crosses the depth of the
night,
Ar ho was tho best mower that ever has
hep
.W the
Li fiitci,!
lligiintest hnrler that ever was seen,
ho gov Patrick Monney a cut,
An' in inn. piu' he bale Tom Malowuev at)'-,
FVr !ii;!;!1iess iv fut Ihero was not his peer,
For, by gor:a, he'd nlinost outrun lliu red
deer ;
An' his danein' was sich ihat tho men used
to stare,
An' the women turn crazy, lie dono it so
quare;
An' by goira, the whole world gev it into
him there.
An' it's h;; was tho boy that was hard to be
cautiht,
An' it's ofleu he run, nn' it'n often ho fought,
An' it's many tho one can remember right
well
Tho quarn things ho done, an' it's often 1
levrd lell
Jlow ho fieekencd the magistrates in Cahir
bal'.y. An' escaped through tho Eodirers in Aherloe
Valley;
An' leathered iho yennian, himself aoin' four,
An' stretched the two utronsest on old Galli-
luore.
Hut tho fox must sleep sometimes, Iho wild
deer must rest,
An' treachery prey 011 the blood iv the best.
Al'.her many a brave action of power and
pi idi',
An' many a hard night on iho mountain s
bleak side,
An' a thousand great dangers and toils over
Li Ihe darkness of night ho was taken at last.
Sh:
uamus,
look back on llm beautiful
11:0011.
For the door of the prison must closo on you
soon,
An' lake your last look at her dim lovely
linhl.
That fulls on this mountain and valley tills
1110 it-
One look at the villase, one look nt the flood,
11' one at Iho sheltherin2, far distant wood,
Farewell to the forest, farewell to the hill,
An' farewell lo tho friends that will think of
you still :
Farewell lo the palhern the hurliu'. an' wake,
Ami l.uewell to Hid gul that woulil me lor
your sake.
An' twelve sodgers brought him to Mary
borough L'oal.
An' the turnkey resaved him, refusin' all bail.
ilia licet liuilis wor chained, an' the sttirung
tiamls wor bound.
An' ho laid down his length on iho could
prison "round.
An' the dri-ams'of his childhood kem over
him there,
As sunt In an' soft as iho sweet summer nir ;
An' happy remembrances crowdina on ever,
As fast as the foam flakes dhrift down on the
liver,
Hiinging fresh to his heart merry days long
gone DV,
Till the Iwirs gathered heavy and thick in
his eye.
Hut the tears didn't full, for the pride at his
heart
Would not suffer one drop down bis palo
cnoeK to siart ;
An' he sprung to his feet in the dark prison
cave.
An' he swore with the fierceness that misery
eravo.
By the hopes of the good, an' the cause of
me uravu
That when lie was mouldering in tha cold
grave
His enemies never should have it to boast
His scorn of thoir vengeance one moment
was lost :
His bosom nil'-'hl bleed, but his cheek shouU
be ilhry
For undaunted he lived, and undaunted he'd
die.
Well, as soon as a few weeks was over aul
gone,
SUXBUKY, NOUTIIUiMliERLAM) COUNTY, PA., SATLIiDAY, SKPTKMHER 7, IS.O.
The terrible day iv Ihrial kern on ;
There was sich a crowd ihera was scarce
room to stand,
An' sogers on guard, un' dhragoons swotd-iu
hand ;
An' the court house so full that tho people
were bothered,
An' attorneys nn' criers on the pint iv beiu'
smothered;
An' counsellors almost gev over for dead,
An' iho jury sitlin' up in llieir box overhead;
An' the jmlao settled out so dolarmined an'
bio-.
Wilh his gown on his back,
an1
' an il!oant
now wig ;
An' silence was called, an' iho'niinnlo it was
said
Tho court was as still ns the heart of the
dead,
An' they heard but theoponin' of one prison
lock,
An' Sliamns O'Brien kern into the dock.
For one minute he turned his eye round on
tho liming,
An' he looked at the bars so firm and so
st ion",
An' ho saw that he had not a hope nor a
friend,
A chance lo escape, nor a word lo defend ;
An' he folded his arms as ho slood there
alone,
As calm mid as cold as a slatutn of stone ;
And they read a big wrilin', a yard long at
' lasle,
An' Jim didn't understand it, nor mind it a
taste,
An' ihe Judtre took a big pinch iv snufr, an'
he says,
;Are yon guilty or not, Jim O'llrien, nv yon
plase'?"
An' all held llieir breath in ihe silence of
ill head,
An' Sliainus OTnien made answer and said,
'.My Imd, if you ask me, if in my life time
I ihouuht any treason, or did any crime
Thai should call to my check, us 1 stand alono
bote,
The hot bluh of shame, or the coldness of
fear.
Thotioh 1 stood bv tho grave to receive my
dealh blow,
In.'fore God and the w.oild I would answer
yon, no ;
Rut if you would ask me, as I think it like,
if in ihe rebellion 1 carried n pike,
An' fought for ould Ireland from the first to
to the close,
An' shed the heart's blood of our bitterest
foes,
I answer you. yps, an' I tell you nsniu.
Though I stand hero to perish, it's my glory
that then
In the cause I was willing my veins should
rim dhry.
An thai now for her sake I am ready to die."
Then the silence was great, and iho jury
smiled brioht,
An' the judo., wasn't sorry the job was made
. licht ;
Ry ifjy sowl, its himself was the crabbed
ould chap,
Li p. twiukliu' ho pulled on his ugly black
'';ll
Then Sliamns' mother in Iho crowd standii;'
bv-
Called out to the jndiro wilh a pitiful cry,
"Oh, judoe, dailin', don't, say the word,
The crathur is yonnc, have mercy, my lord :
lie was foolish, lie didn't know what he was
doin'
You don't know him, my lord, oh, don't give
him lo ruin
He's the kindliest crather, the tendherest-
hearted
Don't part us loiever, we that's so long
parted.
Jiidge, niavoiirneen, forgive him, forgive
him, my lord,
An' God will forgive yon, oh, don't say the
word !"
That was Iho first minute that O'Rrieu was
shaken,
When he saw that he was not qute forgot or
forsaken.
Au' dow n his palo cheeks nt the word of his j
mother,
Tho big tears wor rumiin' fast, 0110 afllier th'
other
An' two or three times ho endeavored to
spake,
But Ihe s'.hrono manly voice used lo fal'.'iur
and break ;
Rut at last by tho strength of his high-mounting
pi id.?,
Ho conquered and masthored his grid's
swe.ling ti.le,
"An," says he, "mother, darlin', don't break
your poor heart.
For. sooner or l iter, the dearest must part :
And God knows it betlher than wandering iii
tear
On tho bleak, trackless mountain, among the
wild deer,
To lio in the grave, where the head, heart
ami breast
From thought, labor, and sorrow, forever
shall rest.
Then mother, my darlin', don't cry any
more,
Dout' make me seem broken, in this, my
last hour.
For I wish when my head's ly in undher the
raven.
No true man can say that I died like a era-
yen : '
Then towards tho judge Shamus bent down
Ins head,
An' that minute the solemn dealh sentence
was said
The morniii' was bright, an' the mists rose
on high,
An' Ihe lark whistled merrily in the clear
sky
Rut why are tho men standin' idle so late ?
An' why do the crowds utlier fast in the
' st recti
What come they lo talk of 1 what come they
lo see )
An' why docs Iho long rope hang from th"
Ci o.sfl treo ?
Oh! Sliamns O IL ieu pray fervent mid fast,
May tho saints lake your soul, for this day is
your last ;
Pray fasl and pray sthroug, for tho moment
is nigh,
When sthroug, proud an' grent as you are,
you must die.
An' fasther an' faslher, the crowd gathered
there.
Boys, horses and ginueibtead, just like a fair;
A11' whiskey was selling, an' cussiunuck too,
An' ould men and young women enjoying
the view.
An' ould Tim Mulvany, he med the remark,
There wasn't sich a sight since the time of
Noah's' ark ;
An' be gorry, 'twas thrue for him, for divil
such a scruge,
Sich divarshin and crowds was known since
the deluge. , ,
For tboasauds were gathered theie, if there
was one, , .
Waitiu till such time as the hangin'id come
' on;'- ...,'.. .(
At last they threw open the big prison gale,
out came iho shorilTs itnd sodg
state,
::rs 111
An' a enrt in tho middle, and Shamus was
in it;
A'ot paler, but prouder than ever, that min
ute. An' as soon ns the people saw Shamus O'
Rrieu, Wid prayin' and blcssin', nn' all Iho girls
rryin';
A wild wailin' sound kem on by decrees,
Like iho sound of the lonesome wind blowin'
lino' trees.
On, on to the gallows, Iho sheriff's are gone,
An' Iho carl an' the sodgers go steadily on ;
An' nt every side swelliu' around of tho cart,
A wild sorrowful sound that id open your
heart,
Now under Iho gallows, tho cart takes its
stand,
An' the hangman gets up with tho lopo in
ins nanu
An' tho
piiest bavin' West him,
1 I
down
on tno frrauml,
An' Shnmiis O li.i.-n throws one last look
round.
Then iho hangmnn dhrew near, an' the peo
ple grew still,
0t111g faces liirned sickly, and warm hearts
turn chill ;
An' tho rope beiu' ready, his neck was made
bare,
For the gripe iv tho life-strangling cord to
prepare ;
An' the good priest has left him, bavin' said
his last prayer,
Kill the good priest done more, for his hands
he unbound,
And with one daring sprinsr, Jim leaped on
the ground ;
Bang banar! goes Iho carbines, and clash
goes the sabres,
He's not down! he's alive still ! now stand to
him neiohbors.
Through the smoke and the horses he's into
the crowd. .
By ihe heaven's he fine! than thunder more
loud '
By one shout from the people the heaven's
were shaken
One phont thai the dead of tho world might
awaken.
oi:r swords Ihey may glitter, your carbines
to ban?,
R11I if yon want hanL'in', its yourself you
must bans :
To niahl he. 11 be sleepin' in Aherloe Clin,
An' tho divil's in tho dice if you catch him
num.
The sodgers run lhi.s way, tho sheriffs lan
thai,
A IV fnflior Mulnni. 1rut 1,,'a ,v Isi.nilfM' 1ml ' i
An' tho sheriiis wor Km i, nf them niii'iished
' i ;
severely, ., ,
An' fin
. iko the divil, bucu.se Jim done ,
don them tanly.
reek utter cl i.s time-
-widout firing a can-
nor,
A sharp Yankee schooue
r sailed out of the
tii.in:io:i,
And Ihe Captain left word hi
was goiu' lo j ,
l oi k,
But the devil a bit ho was bound to New
York ;
And that very niglit she ran so near land ;
That some thought she would sliikc upon
Galtimore strand ;
Cut befoie the day-light, like a winged sea
mew,
As sw ift and as fleet lo tho westward she
flew.
"Bad luck," said tho police "bad luck" said
the sooeis,
"We lot dat we had him,"' but "Jim"' pro
ved a do.loer.
Tho very next Spring a bright morning in
"May
Just six months after the "great hanging day"
A letter was brought to the town of Kildarc,
And on the outside was written out fair
"To ould Mrs. (VRiieu in Ireland or else
where." And the
I'm saf.!
Yon in
inside began "My dear good ould
mother
and ai.i happy and not wishing to
bother
the rudiu' (with the help of the
p.iest)
I send you enclosed in this letter nt lr ist
Ivml" lo pay him and lo fetch you away
To this "land or tug rr.r.r. ami lai.wi:" j
Am::r!KA
Here you'll be hanpv, and never made ci vin'
So long as you're mother of Shamus O'l'nieu ; i
Give my love to swato Biddy and loll her be
ware Of that spii'peen who calls himself "Lord
of KiUaie ;"
And just say to the judge, I don't now care a
ra p
For him, or his wig, or his dirty black cap.
And as for dragoons them paid men of
slaughter.)
y I love them, ns the divil loves holy wa
ter. And now, my good mother, one woid of ad
vice,
Fill your bug wilh pertaties, and whiskey
and rice,
And when ye start from ould Ireland, take
passage at Cork,
And come strain over to the town of New
York,
And there ax the Mayor the best way to go
To tin? State of Sinsuaty, in the town of Ohio;
For 'lis dare you will find ine, widout touch
try in,
At Iho "Harp and Ihe Eagle," kept by Slia
mns O'Biimi.
G elect Sale.
OUT OF IIEAET.
"Why so sad, F-arnesU" said the young
wife to her husband, iiU'ectionatcly twining
her arm around his neck and kissing him.
He looked up with a sad smile, and re
plied :
'I. am almost out of heart, Mary. I
think of all pursuits, a physician's profes
sion is the worst. Here I have been week
ufter week and month after month and I
mav soon say year after year waiting for
practice, yet without success. A lawyer
may volunteer in a celebrated case, and so
make himself known, but a physician must
sit patiently in his office and, if unknown,
see men without hall of bis acquirement!
rolling in weahh,' while , perhaps he is
starving. And it will soon come to that,n
he added bitterly "if I do not get employr
nient.", ' ; . . . '
u unbidden tear stole in the wife's eye,
but she strove to smile, and said : . . i
"Do pot despond, Ernest ; I know you
have been unfortunate so far, but you have
talenfis aud knowledge to wake your way
An'
ns soon ns yon frd a start. And depend
upon il," she added wiih a cheerful look,
"it will come when you least expect it."
"So you have told me often: but Ihe
lucky hour has never come," said her hus
band (h'spondinoly, "and now every cent of
my little fortune has been expended and
our credit will soon be gone when it is
found that v.-e do not pay. What then is
to become of us "
Knio-,1 was in a mood which the most
sanguine sometimes experience, when dis
appointment had crushed the spirit and the
voice of hope is no longer heard within.
His wife would have givon-away to tears,
if bhe had been alone, but she (elt the ne
cessity of sustaining; liiui, and answered
cheerfully :
"And what if every cent in jonel ITave
110 fear that we shall starve, God sent the
ravens to foul F.liji.h, and He will interpose
for our aid. Trust in Him, ilear I'niest.'
The husband felt rebuked, as she thus
spoke nml answered less despondingly.
"Hut really Mary, this want of success
would try the stoutest spirit. The mechanic,
the day laborer, the humblest fanner i:?
sure of his lood and raiment; but 1 alter
haying spent years in study, have wasted
years besides Waiting; for practice, and now
when all iny fortune is gone, if 1 isoit to
oilier means oi'-fivelihood, I lose all that I
ha vi
pent, both rd time and money and
must forever abandon the idea of mv pro-
fes.-ion. It is too hard !" and he arosj and
walked the room with vapid strides.
llis wife sighed and remained silenl, but
after a moment or two she arose, went up
to him, and fondly encircling him willi her
arm she said :
"Wear Hrnost yon must not worry your
self so. You think il painful lor me to
bear poverty, I kuu'.r, or you would not
take it so bard; l;;it a Wi'man never re.'ifds
SIH'll tilinfT'! when
A (Ttl-t )f;
lire.nl, a hi; caKt;i,
iihl be preferable to
me i! I shared them with you, than a pal
ace with any other. Rut it will not come
to 1 1) is. Soinctliin within assures rne that
vuu will be great and rich. Have patience
I only fur a little while longer. There
j tin re is a knock at the door now- it may
be for you."
A if Iwr .'rK. Ii-wl boon tin II il !. 1 i' lio
Lin,. ,r;,- u,.. ,.i ...,m..,i !,.,.. ,,,i .,i !
s .11, 1. jufv rumii. . j j ' . ... I
1 no f-n-io .,,,( ,n(, lncfnr e.-i v:ml. .1
m a W;(, an lIXUt; s,uIl. ,
, ..... , ,, ,.. .
ins wiie i ioi ins nai, aim men sai uuwn,
with a bealS.,heart to await his return.
It was almost the first summons the j
young physician had received, alinoull lie ;
had resyli'd in the village for more than a :
year. The place too, was lar..-e and popu- I
lous, but there resided medical men of large ;
piac.ce, and all Incse combined to put ,
. I. II...... ...... i,.- 1 vin i,r,.n
uu n il iiii.il u"'l ll.ai. man urn.,
heretofore Ernest would have abandoned,
the field in despair but his young wife
cheered and encouraged him, though some
times her own heart felt ready to give up.
Mary Linwood, was indeed the greatest of
all blessings a good wife; she sympathized
wilh her husband, economized to the ut
most, and by her sanguine words chased de
spondency from the heart.
ir . r. i - i i t ... n.,.:i:.,.
iiooi uuer uour sin; sui in.ic mminns
, , , , ., , i A,
her husband, yet still he came no . A
last darkness sat in and she began to eel ;
uneasy She was anout rising to go to ti,e j
door when she heard her buseand s loot on j
Lie step, and hurrying out she .net lnm in j
' K" , ,, .. , 1
(.. bless you Mary, !or an ange as
you are," were ins iirsi wonts. "11 11 nan
not been for you, 1 should have given up
long ago, am. now my .oriu.ie ,s ,.,,. ,
rreatbless with anxiety to hear all, yel
mindful ol his probably weaned condition,
Mary hurried her husband into the little
sitting room where the tea thiiv-s wore laid,
'and began Li pour ont the rofrerhin-r ,ev-
err.ge, with a tiemblint liand, while r - r -
nest told the history of his day's absence.
"I found" bo said, "I was sent to old
i fL)ri.or Jl iiistoii's the richest and mo.,t
iiiriiieiiti.il man, you know in the country j have tried to ijo my duty I" Ami that
anil when I got there I learned to my , stern monitor so learlul to many came
surprise that the Governor hail been thrown ! to him on his death bed, as a comforter, as
from bis cania re and was thought to be ; a soothing angel. But he had long, jong
dying. All Ihe physicians of the town since made 'of him a friend. Duty had
were sent lor, one after another, but none been and was the spring of his life and ac
could aid him. In despair, bis wife with- 1 tions. His friends and his foes (and he
out orders had sent for me. I saw his only i had such in war and in polities,) must join
chance for life depended upon a new and in acknowledging that truthfulness and con-
diliioult operation, which none of the older scientiou.-.ncss were the unswerving quali
physicians had ever seen performed. ties of his mind. In these virtues he was
Luckily I had assisted at one when a stu-I gr, at.
dent. I stated what I thought could be1 I saw him but twice, and for a little
done. The obi Governor is a man ol iron 1 while, hut as 1 saw him, and with what I
nerves and quick resolution, 63 when he , have beard of him, I can well understand
heard the others say tln-y could do nothing 1 tu;it brave men, his companions on the bat
for him, he determined to commit himsell . tlc-fie!d, have wept as children at his death:
to my hands. I succeeded beyond my and that there is, within the White House,
hopes ; even the other physicians were ; a heart who, alter th::t death, never mure
forced to acknowledge tny skill, and there j f,. tle j,,y of life,
is nothing now but care required to make! Yet happy is she, wiio can live and glory
my patient as well as ever. On parting, , in such nienioiies! And happy the man
he put this roll of notes in my hand." i who lived and died as he, wh ,oit his death
Mary was in tears long before her bus- bed, looking over a life of great military
band had finished bis narration; but her. and civil import, could serenely say, "
heart went up in thankfulness to God f ir ' nni not ufraid to die; I have tried to do
having thus ' interposed just ut the crisis my duty." Surluia't JLiuziju for Sejt
u licn hope seemed gone. f.mbi-r.
From that day Karuest Linwood was a . , , " . .
made num. The fame of his skilful opera- 1'tios to Lcnaway Alc-n ticks -Ii is
lion was in every one's mouth ; and by the understood that certain individuals in lluseity
aid of his patient", who now became his pa- I me and have been inciting Apprentices ern-
tron, he stepped at once into practice
among the best families of the place.
Wealth as well as reputation llowcil upon
him ; but he always attributed his success
lo his wife, who, affection, he said, had
cheered and sustained him when out of
heart. , .
, . "There is nothing" he would say, like a
faithful wife : under GoJ our weal our woe
fur this life depends upon her. If she is
desponding, your . own sanguine spirit
caches the infection ; but if she is full o
hope and energy, her smiles will cheer
you in the darkest hours and enable you to
achieve what you at first, thought impossi.
bilities . Our success in this world as well
l i ill iirtiifcnirwiiiiiriiiifrtitrwi mnriiw -?"
as our happiness, depends chiefly upon our
wives. Let a man marry one, therefore,
"equal to eilher lortune," who can adorn
his riches, or brighten his poverty ; and
who, under all circumstances, will be truly
his helpmate."
3. Skctcl).
A TKIlItTE TO THE MKMOItV OF
GENERAL TAYLOR.
iiy Fni:imncA pi:i:mi:u.
I saw him but twice, the hero of the
Mexican war, the chief man in power in
tin! United Slates, the late President Zach
ary Taylor; hut enough lo feel that I saw
in him
An lloni'nl la:ln, lia- il..!..!.;! work ut' Cod
The first lime was a beautiful evening, on
the p eon grounds around the White House.
The Potomac glistened in the setting sun, a
hand of music in the grounds was playing
the "Slar spangled P.inner," and a gay
crowd of men mid women, and children,
wilh nurses and negroes, were walking
about, enjoying the evening, the music, the
green grounds, and the view ol tho noble
liver, with the Washington Monument in
giant proportions rising; on ils batiks.
President Taylor was among them, not as
the kings of Kurope when they come down
among the people, surrounded by guards or
sUi'-sp.uioIrd attendants; 110, but unattend
ed, alone, plain in attire as the plainest of
the citizens around him, the greatest part
of them strangers to him. Yet he seemed
to feel that he was among; friends, and his
boiie.-.l face, and bis unassuming, bearing,
his straight-forward, friendly manner, the
firm arid cordial pressure ol his hand, made
a friend even of the stranger who was for
the fitvd time introduced to him. lie stood
j there serene, jiniiling lo the children w ho
were running; about and tiiininitii' 111 tno
i;r:is.s in unconstrained liberty, lies-puke
uf Ihe pleasure they gave him.
l was truly a republican scene one ol
those, we would lain nee more often on
1. ...1 .. 1 1 . 1 ; 1 . 1 1 ...
j liiiiu, wiii.'iean instance neiween men,
! all diileronce of rank and Jbrtune are done
"""'-i' "'ith, and life is again full of inno
- , .
cence nr.d I. emit v m the lap ul great na
ture. May the slar-spangled banner float
wider and wider over such scenes, such
banquets of life !
The next lime I saw President Taylor il
was in one of the splendid rooms uf his
mansion, and with Inni his beaut ilul (latvgti
ter, the si.iter of the (.races, Mrs. Bliss.
Political questions, to which he was called
to altl.j 4dl.uilll,d'him Jor Mnie tl
Wfa , fa
... '
tune irom
rdial and
simple in his manner, as beiore on the
geen grounds. Yet he seemed to ine, not
quite well and if he was trying to cast off
from his mind a cloud. And so he did, ns
a gallant man and a true American gentle
man attending to ladies. lie spoke to us
ol the Indians, among whom he had been
much, and whom he knew well. And as
he spoke he brightened, and bis speech
flowed ou so pleasantly and so cheerlully,
,i ,,,, i. i ,,, . i. , ,,, ,;. ( , .,iii,.
ill.l., llli.l v (.- ui cu iiiuwsis, w i; ItlllliU UdlV
c ,5 wf
ths.onn v,-,lIcIl ll!lL,,,j v,illlimt aIkl
,it
n afll.nvar tImt T ,lPal,
n u(
Daniel Webster interrupt the discussion go-
. to a,uloll,1C0 lhat a sri,at nii-stor-
tune thivntetied the land," that the Presi-
:'til cl the t lilted States was living was
. . . ..... ..... A..J
: that verv evening, how changed ' was the
' ,;.,y sci;no ; Vm white Ilo'iise! Death
w.;s (h,,lV) wa3 iav;n,, u. i.avv hand on
. lh(, )(,1;)V0( f:!th,.r of' iho familv on the
; ol,1( toil lK.a;1 l)f th(, i;(iub-ic o1,-1ri imtl.j
! giai!ji
j y,.t 8L.n.ne was u. 0Ven now. In death
' he grasped the hand of his wife, and said :
; "My dear wile, 1 am not afraid to die. I
M1
l ployed in ihe I'hiktiho humukss hi mo chilli
try,uinundaudiiboiil Philadelphia, to abooond
fiom lUoir ntubteis. ' This beiug in violation
of tho laws of ibis CouinioiiweaNi, noliee is
hereby given, that all such absconding Ap
prentices will be apprehended and imprisoned
until the arrival of their respective masters
to reclaim them ; and all persons harboring
thorn ' prosecuted to the full extent of tho
law. ledger. ' : .....
The Enoi.ish journals say that it will not
be long before their walls ate placarded with
announcement of ''cheap piousler excursion
to New York and tack '." ., . .
OLD SEMES VOL. IO, NO.
r ,, . ir"m,,,cN-n-freiil.vlrrl.il.
f'Ainr.its jaszoo KosTi n, the beal
, INVENTOR OF l-IUMTIftGI.
G EXTi.r.M us You would oblige me by in
serting in your valuoblo paper ihe following
iues, which may prove not uninteresting to
tho friends of science and historical truth.
ruder the head of "Discoveries and inventions-"
I icad in tho Family Christain Al
lunnae. for lSSO, page 56, ns an historical
fact, "Prinling Invented by Faust, 1441 ;
madfl public by Gollenburg, 14D8; brought
lo England by Wm. Ca.xlon, 1471." This
is not correct, tho invention of printing dating
as far back ns the year 1423.
In Holland, (or more correctly lbs Nether
lands,) called Haarlem. A beautiful forest or
park, bordered wilh country seats, is, as it
were, the common garden of all the citizens of
Haarlem, and seems, in the warm season, to
invite one to walk under the shady folinge of
oak trees, the age of which must be count
ed by centuries.
On a beautiful afternoon, in tha summer of
the year 1143, a citizen of Haarlem, named
Laurens Jaiiszoon on Kosler, a man little over
lifly y-ars old, accompanied by Iwo or three
ol his grind children, went lo tho above men
tioned park. Having come to a certain
spot--which is to this day "the eight point,"
beearise il is the central point of eight lawns
which eros the paik in all directions grand,
father Koster took possession of one of tho
benches planted on this beautiful spot. The
pass tho lime, he cut with his penknife from
a piece of green wood, iho first three or four
letters of ino alphabet, for the use of his
grand-children, as' the first elements of read--"
ing. These letters were so well finished that
ho thought it woith while to preserve them,
by wtapping them carefully in a peace of pa
per and then putting them in his pocket, hi
the evening, while silting in the midst of the
family ciicle, Koster bad entirely forgotten
his wood engravings, nor did he dream of
he consequences of his silling upon them.
Rut going to bed. and undressing himself, he
look the little package out of his pocket, and
oh, how great was his astouisluneut when
upon opening it he beheld bis letters plainly
printed on the paper wherein he had wrap
ped them up.
This simply event created in Kosters inge
nious mind that sublime i lea. through which
ihe nit of printing oiigiualed, and since light
and blessing have spread over the whole
earth.
Laurens Koster, practising llm matter over
and over again, made such improvements
that, after some lime, he was able to print
wilh wooden types and ink on paper. Not
resting, and wiser by experience every dayf
ho brought it in a few years so far that he
could print a book wilh moveable metallic
types. The first onp printed by him was a
school book, under iho title of Spiegel onzer
llehtmdcuis Mirror of our Salvation.
Koster, not capable of doing all this work
alone, got some hands to assist him, and one
of thein left his house on a certain night and
set olf for Mentz, taking with bin a great
many of iho instruments, types, &c, and
brought, by this dishonest act, the art of prin
ting over lo Germany ; where Faust and Gut
tenbnrg made so many fmt her improvements,
that every one who beholds iho blessed re
sulls of the ait of printing, in diffusing know
ledge and wisdom over all the earth, will
honor their memory willi praise and gratitude,
unconscious that the honor of Ihe invention
is not theiis' but belongs to Laurens Jauszoon
Koster.
Koster was born in the year 1370, and died
in lb.; year 14:'i). It is said lhat he was the
Koster (i. e. Sexton) of the Cathedral of Haar
lem, his name being Laurens, iho son ofjohn
(aausoon) adding lo litis I lie name of his em
ployment, which was a very customary thing
in that centuiy. His house was standing
near tho Cathedral, and on an open plain or
market place, just between the church and
his house, his grateful fellow citizens erected,
some time ufler bis death, his statue, which
is standing thoro till this day.
Bill now some say, "This is all a (ine
story, but w here is tho proof of its truth V'
Please read u few lines more.
More than two centuries passed away, and
not u single soul in Haarlem or in Ihe whole
country doubled that L. Jz. Koster was the
inventor of printing. Rut in following times
Germany, aided by tho French, attempted lo
undermine the foundation on which the inven
tion, as only belonging to Koster was ground
ed. Holland saw this, and anxious to bring
the truth lo light, the Haarlem Society of
Science, in 1SU3, oli'ered a premium of a dou
ble golden medal (worth about five hundred
guilders), fur the best niilteu dissertation on
the question, "Whether there was any ground
lo deny Haarlem the invention of printing
with moveable types, by Iiurens Janezoon
Koster, before tho year 1440 !"
Three answers were recieved, but none of
them were considered to merit the offered
piizo ; and threo years after the same ques
tion was again published for compelilion.
A very modest man, who for more lhan
twenty years had gathered and searched for
these mailers, sent his answer (a volume
about Iwo inches thick) in 1814, lo the Haar
lem Society of Science, llis work onderweot
a most critical examination ; but "praise and
glory" was the utterance of the said Society
in 1S1G, to the author w hose name proved lo
be Jacobus Kerning. He was the man who
had gloriously defended the honor of Haar
lem and Koster : who had called t. host of
witnesses Irom the grave, by old books, old
manuscripts, paper marks, escutcheons, Lo.t
and ull doubt concerning the invention of
Kosler had vanished forever.