, . . , . . . • , . . . 1 . . , i • . . . . . . • • . • .4 . , . - . . . • • , . I • .. . - 4 - • . . . . • . . . _ . .-.•.. , - . . . . . . - ._. 4 .• - e 1 „.. 4 .... ,,. .. , ~,, ..,,,...„..,,,.„, ), - 0 • ...,_ .._ _ . - . . „•.... , - . • - . . 337. Va-9233D.Mtid 5,,,,,, ro ~i.., e fallowing beautiful and touching effu "ene to us from some unknown hand, in (if it is entitled to the appellation licl ; i i i. Aioq,) called "The Blue Stocking," . 0 „ok little sheet issued by the ladies orr igsti l g for thiee - or four consecutive days, •; terontinnance of a fair held by them I,e3e.Gt of the Presbyterian. chuich.-- rleare all from ladies' pens, and as a „edcourse written expressly for theillue •,,!. J' We select theetwo following as par charming. while at the same time we the three numbers of the Blue Stocking, se bare leceived; (March 4,5, and 6,y very many articles to admire ; and we its or lady-friends at Harrisburg that We in-, hrre•after. to extract largely', about a feet, the Blue Stackjng.”) • The Rain's Return. tle Spring, with thy balmy air, „ a , h 5 sunny skies, and thy, flowrets fair, 1111,1 thee is.AFlcome LI sway from the South, in joyous glee, ,d a song of sweetest mefody' • rrin Win my Spec :1y way. thy call with a merry heart ; !thy breath—and I now tio . part Fro the sunny Scuthern land ; • 03 y home is ever dear to me, J,15 blossoms are brighter far to see; s 151 my friends—a happy band. Pobin warbled his softest lay,. r he flew on his homeward way, his wintei's warm retreat: • it, he soared in his airy flight, ,me on pinions, swift and light, ;F:ted,. the loved to greet,' guelting with joyous song, rolled lightly and flew along, ;ezeten the lovely spring; will bright, and the landscape fair, :granre End melody filled the air, rye warblers were on the wing. tad me, now, of a well known spot, faces undicoices, not unforgot,t V;hers.r welcome I ever fi , tul, Lie Me now to that eilm'rArent, there again I will fondly meet friends, FQ wpm and kind. ' utteral around a dwelling near, tft was light, and his voice was clear, 1 , :warbled a gladsomo lay-- ..led the prattle of childish glee, infant faces he used to see, the Welter wild and gay. nning met with no kindly word,— ding welcome his bosom stirred, feelings of tedder thouitht; he poured on the silent air, • I vain, he listened for voices there, t ever With love were fraught. to a casemrnt, where the vine, ful branches and tendrils twine, to freshness of early spring: ached for the glance the tender - eye,i rutle hand that ever nigh,;. is fate ruiast to bring. exl ease to his spirit came, • 1 el him frrentiere the same lin tuppy days \t* pore; • • ; Gglud hopes had chilled the lay, , I ! tusLing number died away, '..- ' to Rabin's song was o'er. I; to—ellt3&l 7 -it is - ever so : that we cherish are first to go, I,least o'er hearts a blight 'less and-daring he plumed his wing; from the brightness of early spring, took his heavenward flight.. • Lisisaraa, Feb. 15, 1844. Et.t.s, Dope against Despondency. ME Li thou sad my ever leitless sou!? thy blue heavens what deep'ning shadows isttly harp so desolately steung, [roll? Its willowsbending branches hung? DESPONDENFT. heiaghted desert traveler. why ;11s his bosom—tearshedirn his eye'? anbeiliendea traveler's Tart— " 1, sadder the deserted hew.! )u.in Healen—the'wintry clam% willing, Ifse r ' s greenness Men the Istlguid eye. le effort of thy Father's will 'y fierce L'uroclydt;rl VESPOSDENCY. tiiaud., may gather when the ,rain bath lused, [last, Pledge is,brightest that the calm will . Nets may level in the rainbow's hewn et to Perish by the lightning's gleam! . HOPE, toy in Heaven—the darkness brings the pints to truth's etemel ray Vey_ td trusting—be $ shadoor sun. , onward till tlth gotil Le won. 411511 r 11 4, Feb.. 1844. .[From Mg Anglo ieimerican.] • An Adventure in South America, Serpent Minting. Business connected rather with plea sure than profit kepi me roaming for • some months amongthe West India:ls lands, that land of magnificence and dis comfort; and from all that,l had Itvaill "there, and more particularly lion %Olat came under under my own .observatiot can truly affirm that to .Europeans, it general it is a land rept,ete - witti novalty. and interest. nndio writers both of lie- tion and trtith, a flea in which - they may reap an abundant,' harvest of repu- tati - ort: . - I . at length . 'found, niyself •at Barbadoes, without any fixed resolu tion either to return or proceed further in. my wanderings. In such a wave-; ing and Unsettled state of mind, a-little matter will sometimes turn the seale. r -- I, had carried a letter to a, gentleniap' of the island, with whom I formed a most agreeable acquaintanceship ;' and in consequence of the description,he gave 'me'of the coast -of South America f was• induced to form the resOlution ; of visit ing at least a part of that country be 7 fore I should think of bending my course homewards. Being furn)shed by him with letters to one . or two. viduals who. might be of service to me, I took a passage in - a ship hound to, Demarara, and after a-voyage in no de gree remarkable for shortness Or novel ty, I landed therein safety. I will not step here to describe all I saw._ Suffice it to 'say, that having viewed all I con sidered worthy of beitig noticed, I set of 'across the country to deliver one of the letters I carried with me to a gen tleman from whese attention and knowl edge I had been, assured I should.oli tain much information: After a journey of some days [reached the place; and considering that I had 'been previously an utter stranger