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Kniekerbocker.)T . me' midnight Dream::: HT 3[116; NICHOLS: a D s li on, Mire, last eve, I-Lit thrills illy very tteartewith feat; ';,{.sot wish to see thee grieve, otirring from manhood'seye a tear; s this dream,l saw thee weep D ever man had wept before ,41 not dream the like, if sleep yt, s oiled eyes ne'er shadowed o'er! ;,„glitisaw thee. tending low ose a pale and shrouied form; th of cold December's snow .ng, out upon the freezing storm more of beauty, Warmth, and. life, ,an this white piece of marbled earth ! p s ," thought 'I," hare the war and strife Ofpasb-ion to its heart had birth 'a thee raise the snowy shroud , _ That veiled the features horn my, view ; earl thee stumgely weep aloud. ' - Then slow recognition grew 'ithio my. soul ; my body lay All still end o-an l'efore me there, ,led for the tomb, while slow decay Wss'psinted on:the.forehead bare! !ac thee press the icy brow, 'hilst I revolted at the scene ; lifeless clay I bated now, longed aping - 16y heart to lean. ro unto that gentle heart ! ri it but deemed my spirit near, that agony would start cold and deadly drops of fear. ,• , , rglit if spirits thus were freed [down, .dust which weighed their pimions destiny were bright indeed, jes unmingled e'er was known. 1 wa, chained unto_thy Vhile still this ;rod) seemed strange to, me; h ever by2leel ebould as invisible . to thee! ce to lift the veil which. hides • progre . ss of immortal birth ; • thin partition that divides ' world of. spirits from the earth ; to bear thy spirit uri around' the golden' throne, stern Death's embittered cup e, arta be drained ley every. one ! stil I hovered by thy. side VT wings- thy very garments brushed, ; 1 ,14 thou but knew I lived and died, plse within the tomb 'was hushed. , dreams of earth .a sense cos Went' fame neglect orduty there, oh! I thought my punishment treater far than I could bear? aft I heard thee breathe my name , tcarful accents, sad and low, • ; suddenly thy ,voiee exclaim, .A minstering angel thoui " • .^~ swaying thua from sphere to sphere, 11y-spirit knew "nor peace nor rest, dtillzht broke that vision drear, 41 ram me weeping on thy breast! Parting with Summer. did'st thou leave us, sweet summer we mourn as we see the depart, ' ecd or sweet flower is left us, o therigh and gladden the ite - rt ; flees thin were-dressed all in beauty, - Soinvely and gay to behold, . Yielded their sceptre to Autumn, and put oroheirgarments of gold, march for the Rose and the Lily, . The flowers we dearly loved hest ; zephyr theri whispers the story, • They've passed . away - too with the rest. gill seems the meadow, and ionelye ergi k t is heard but the wood robbin's lay, fields have been shorn of their glory, 'gather's and garner'd away. n-bow of promise has faded, ' woodbine hangs, dead on the wall ; its holds the sweet maple blossoms, myrtle, the -lilac and all: , • 'mkt whose song oft hascheer'd us, ing along through the vale, ig" thy absence - , sweet summer-;- mournful -and sad is the tale. . hills too, so queen-lite and lovely; . • 41 1 geto'd in the morning with dew, l. the grass flower flourished in beauty.; Jhottitomn has blighted them trio. . f , 't when thouretuniest, sweet summer, T I smiles will dispell every gloom. - loghs will be vocal ith songsters, ' n; flowerets will epr . from the tomb. ' one' whose whose light is missing. . . !eat forth to meet tli. before-- then was light as the blue bird's; Igo out to meet thee no more. ..... 1 'floss to the , land. of sweet waters= 'be sties there are balmy r und 'clear, .. , . 2 naship and !Ale's never blighted; I'l ' lnettoef is green'ell the year.. • ' kFrom Blackarsiod's Edinburgh Magazine.] Leap Year. [CONCLUDED.] After a few_days it became evident to all the household of Lipscofribe Park that a new claimant for the hand of Miss Sherwbod had appeared in the person of Captain 'Garland. The cap tain did not reside in the house, but on the pretence of a Very \ strong desire for trout fishin g , he had taken up his quar ters in appartments within a.most con venient 'distance of the ; scene of opera tions. It was not 'forgotten that, at the very time. he - rinade his appearance, Miss Danvers also arrived at the Park, and between these, parties there was .suspectedto be some secretunderstand ing. It seemed as if our military sui tor had resolved to assail the fort from within as well as, from without, and therefore*had brought down with him this fair ally, Nothing better than such a fair ally. She could not only chait his praises when absent, (and there is I much in that,) but she couldio manceu vre as to procure for the captain many tete-a-tete, which other Wise would not fall to his share. Especially, (and this task she 'appeared to - accomplish most adroitly,) she could engage to beiself the attentions of his protessed and re= doubtable rival, Sir Freyriek Bean- Joantle. In fifty ways she could as . - sist in' betraying the citadel from with in while lie _stood storming at the gate in open magnaimous•warfare. ;Darcy was not slowertban others to suspect the stratagem, and\he thought he saw symptoms of its success. His friend Griffith had now left him; he had no dispassionate observer io"consult, and his own desponding passion led him to 'conchide avhatever was most Uhfavora ble to himself.- - Certainly there was a-I confidential manner, between Miss, Sherwood and theseelose allies, which seemedlo justify the suspicion alluded to. More than once when be had joiu- ed Miss Sherwood and the captain-the . ..unpleasant discovery had been forced upon, him, by the atidden pause in their conversation, that he was. the one too many. - . .But jealousy'? Oh, no ! What had he to-do with jealousy ? For his part he was quite, delighted with his new attachment, guile. delighted ; it would set at rest forever the painful controver sy so often agitated in his own breast. Nevertheless it must he confessed that he felt tbe rivalry of Capt. Garland in a very different manner from that of Sir Frederick Beaumantle. The berth net by virtue of his wealth alone, would obtain success ; and-he felt a bitter sat isfaction,in yielding Emily to an opu lent suitor. She might marry, but she could not love hirh; she might be thinking of another, perhaps of her cousin Reginald, even ,while.. she gave her hand to him at- the altar. . But if the: gallant captain, whose handsome. .person, frank • and gentlemanly - man ners, formed his chief recommendation, Were to 'be the happy man, then most her affections have been won, :aid, Emi ly was lost to him* utterly; And hen: —With flirt. usual logic of the passions, and forgetting „the part -of silence and disguise that he played—he taxed her with levity, and unkindness in so soon. preferring the captain to himself. That' Emily should so soon.have linked her , self -with a comparative stranger! It was not what he would have expect d., '• At all events,' he would thus conclutle. -his soliloquy, ' I am henceforWard free —free from hey bondage end from .all internal struggle.. Yes ! I am . free he exclaimed , as - he. paced the, room, triumphantly. The light voice of Emi ly was heard calling on him to . accom... pany her •in a. walk. He started, he flew. .His freedom we suppose, gave him wings, for -he was at her Side' in moment. , • . . Reginald 'had intended, on the first opportunity. to • rally his cousin upon her sudden , attachment to the captain, but hie tongue .absolutely refused the Office. He could n'ot utter a word of banter on the subject.- His heart was too full.- . •• ' On this occasion as they ' returned from their walk through the park. there happened one of those incidents which have! so often, at least in - novels and story-books brought,aboot the happi ness of lovers, but which in the Present instance served only to bring into . play the most painful feelings of: both par ' A prize-fight had taken place in the neighborhood, and one of the numerous visitors of that truly noble e►tlibition, who, in order to do'honor to the days had deprived Smithfield market of , the light of his countenance, was returning across the perk ,from the scene of coin . alfganifess or ilientMcial from any ,tosaion-L-Gov. PonTsa tocomAmo& s , uataacmc domigmr,,,u)slec s o asmuns ao s , teed,ific. bat; accompanied -by his bull dog.,. The dog. who doubtless knew that his mas too:vas a.tresPasser, and considered it the better policy to assume at once the defensive, flew' at the, party whom - he, saw approaching. Emily , was 'a little in advance.: Darcy rushed forward to plant himself between her and this fe rocious assailant. He had no weapon of defence of any kind, and, to say truth. he had at that moment no ideaOf defending himself, or 'any distuct no tion whatever of combatting his antago nist. The only reflection that occur red to his mind was., that if the animal satiated his fury upon him, his com panion would be safe. A :strong leg and a stout boot might have done some "thing, Darcy, stooping 'down, put the ' fleshy part of his own arm i fairly into the bull -dog's jaws; assured that at all events, it could not bite 'two' persons, at the same time, and,that, if its teeth were buried , In his own arm, they. could, not be ' engaged - in lacerating Emily Sherwood. , It is the'• well known na ture'of the bull dog to fasten where it once bites, and the brute pinned Dar cy to the. ground, until ifs owner, ar rivin on the spot. extricated him from his very painful position. ; , - In this encountre, our senior wran gler probably showed himself very un skilful and deficient in the combat with wild beasts; ,but no conduct could have displayed a more engrossing anxiety - *for the safety of his fair eompan,ion.— Most men.would have been willing to Tear/ advantage from. the grateful senti ment ,which such conduct must inspire ;' Darcy, on the Eontrary, seemed to have nd other wish/ -than to disclaim all title to such a sentiment. He would not endure that the incident should be spo ken of vvithlthe least gravity orseriods ness. I pray you,' said he, • do not' -men •tion',this silly business again. What L , did,ievery living man who had found himself by your side would havy done. and Most men in a fat more dexterouS manner.. And, indeed, if . instead of yourself. the merest Stranger—die pont.- est creature in ►he parish ; man, wo m4n, or child:Tod been in your pre dicathent, I thinkl N should have done the,same.' ' I know you wouldeginald. • I believe,' 'said Emily, • thal\if the me est idiot had been threatened with the dan ger that threatened. me, you would have interposed, and received the attack yourself. And it is because I believe this of yim Reginald—' -Something apparently impeded her utterance, fur the sentence was left' un finished. • • For this wound,' resumed Darey; after a pause, and observing that Emi ly's eye .was resting on his arm, it is really 'noting more than just penal!: for, my own want of addrc.ss in this no table combat. You should have had the captain with you,' he added,:' he would have defended you qpite - as zeal ously, and with ten times the skill': Emily made, no answer, and they walked on in silence till' they entered the hall. Reginaht felt that .be__ had been-ungracious ; [but he knew not how to retrieve his' 'position. Just before they parted, Emily resuming in some measure, her natural and cheerful man ;tier, turned to her companion and said : Years ago, when you Were cousin'Re ginald, . and condescended to be my play-fellow. the . (neatest ,services you rendered were to thro.w me•nectisionally out of, the swing, or frighten me.till I screamed; by putting my -pony; into . 11 mos; unmerciful trot; knit you were always so kind in the making up. that I liked you the better afterwards. Now, when you Preserve, at your own haz ard, from auvery * serious itijitry—you do it in so surly a manner,l,wish the dog had bitten me !' And with this she left him and tripped up stairs. • If Darcy could have ,followed her into her own room,, he would Wive seen her throw herself into an arm chair, and burst into a flood of tears. It Miss Danvera, it has been said, (from w ever motive her conduct proceed e , hether "from any interest of het own, "or merely a desire to, serve the interest of her 'friend, Capt. Garland.) showed a disposition to engross the attentions of Sir Fredprick Ileatimantie as often as he made , his appearance at ,Lipscombe Park. Nov, as that lady was -undoubtedly of good fatiiily, and possessed a considerable foituhe, the baronet was not : a little flattered, by the interest which a. person . . who had these excellent : Aualifications for ,‘a judge. manifestly took' in hiS conversation.' In en equal.:degren - was