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MINTED AND PUBLISHED BY II. WEBB.
Volume III.
BEiOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FA. SATURDAY, JTOE 15, 1839.
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FOSTISYo
FREEDOM.
BY JAMI'.S OOKDON nKOOKS.
When tho world in throngs shall press,
To the battle's glorious van;
When oppressed shall seel: redress,
And shall claim tho right of man ;
Then shall freedom, smile again
On the earth and orrlhe main.
When the tide of war shall roll
Jako imperious ocean's surge,
From tho tropic to tho pole,
And to earth's remotest verge ;
Then shall valor dash the gem,
From cadi tyrant's diadem.
When the banner is unfurled,
Liko a silver cloud in air,
And the champions of the world
In their might assemblo tliere ;
Man shall rend liis iron chain,
And redeem his rights again.
' Then the thunderbolt shall fall,
In their fury on each throne;
Where thc despot holds in thrall,
Spirits nobler than his own;
And the cry of all shall be,
Battle's shroud or liberty !
Then the trump shall echo loud,
Stirring nations from afar,
, In thc daring line of crowd,
And to draw the blade of war,
Whilo the tido of life shall rain,
And encrimson every plain.
Soon shall earth awake in might
Itctribution shall arise;
And all regions shall unite,
To obtain the glorious prize;
And oppression's iron crown
To the dust be trodden down.
When tho Almighty shall deform
Heaven in his hour of wrath;
When the angels of tho storm
Sweeps in fury on his path,
Then shall tyranny be hurled
From the bosom of tho world.
Yet 0 ! Freedom ! yet awhile,
All mankind shall own thy sway ;
And the eye of God shall smile
On thy' brightly dawning day;
And all nations shall adore
At thine altar evermore.
" I wish you would givo mo that gold
ring on your finger," said a village dandy
to a country girl, " Tor it resembles tho du
ration of my love for you it has no end."
" Excuse me, sir," said she, " I choose
to keen it, for it is likewiso emblematical
of my lovo to you it has no beginning."
' Cuff, you see dem two ladies ob color
' UulT, you see dem two ladies ob color
'cross de street dare T" ' Yes, I seo de
- i
dear angers, Pompy." ' Well, don't Uoy
look 'mazing like one anodcr I" " Dal
berry true; I gibs you credit for youi nice
demonstration; dey do mazingly zemhlc one
anodcr, 'specially de one on is side,"
" Do collected, as the printer said to
lingo batch of old newspaper bills, vat vas'nt
paid, lying scattered over his desk,
From the Pittsburg Saturday Evening Visiter.
LOYE'S GUE&DOIT.
A TALE FOU THE LADIES.
nV A BACHELOR.
Chapter First. The Wager.
"Oil, that I was a man !" sighed the
prctty dangh,or of oU CaIico
'r'
the
retired
If 1 i . .
I dealer in muslins and manluas, "I wish
I
; IV'tq n man." nnil nlncinrr Tit mucin 1. !- 1i
, ' V "r
she leaned the lovhest faco in Cincinnatli
mim, and instead of transferring its coun-
, f to thc d canvBS . npn .. , .
upon the living heart
Her cousin Ilatry heard the querulous
exclamation, but his attention was absorbed
in tracing certain mystical combinations,
as the blaze of thc coal occasionally gave
them to his view; so ho said nothing, al
though the Bpeaker seemed to expect an
answer.
"Cousin, cousin Harry, I say!" exclaim
ed the spoiled beauty, stamping a foot of
Chinese proportions upon the rich Brussels,
"you are positively stupid to night 1 Hero
have I been talking to you, yet you pay no
attention ; thinking of the lost Pleiad or
tho sophistries of Thales, for aught I know!"
" My dear Agnes," replied thc gentle
man, what do you wish J"
" lavish I was a man !"
" Do you J" quietly responded her cous
in, at tho samo time stirring the fire in the
grate, it was the last night of a dying year,
and the keen blast howled fiercely the re
quiem of the passing fragment of a century.
"I do indeed, was the reply or Agues,
"for I feel that woman is deprived of all
those opportunities of becoininc ureal, of
doing good and benefiting mankind, which
are so lavishly strewn in the paths of favor
ed manhood. Wo are shut out from all a-
gency in the government of men; we may
bo fired with ambition, but despotic custom
has deprived us of thc right to assert our
claims with tho slightest chance of a hear
ing ! Pray, what chance have our sex of
piling a fabric of honor or fame, of accele
rating the march of knowledge, or curbing
thc progress of vice?"
This speech came from the cherry lips
of sweet seventeen, yet my readers must
not condemn her: ambition is a godlike attri
bute, and burns as brightly upon the altar of
woman as it does upon the shrine of man
hood. Woman can exercise her powers
in the tented field, the cabinet, and thc hall
of debate as well as in the social circle
witness Joan of Arc, Elizabeth of England
and Fanny Darusmont. Woman has a
right to be ambitious, especially of the am
bition of doingffooc.
"You can do much, my sweet Cousin,"
answered her hearer " to your sex is giv
en power to mould the plastic mind that H
may acknowledge the truths of virtue
and receive those sound inculcations which,
implanted early, become the guiding princi
ples of the man ; strengthening with the
advance of vears."
A cloud of vexation crossed the brow of
the listening maiden and with tho rash confi
dence of youth, snc denied tne premises
laid down by thc speaker.
A smile, rarely seen upon tho face of
Harry Harrington, illuminated his counto
nance, as drawinc his chair to tho sido of
the noutinir Acnes, ho thus continued his)
exordium, or, rather, altered its direction
t WW-
"You well know, dear Agnes, of the
strong desiro entertained by your father for
our immediate union, nay, now, uo noi
. TT . -I A
e. anrrv. but listen ! You have bid me
el anrry but listen !
o '
wa;t unlij another year shall hare passed
u, tnjs arrangement I seriously object, but
am willinff to reBt the question upon the is
gu0 0f an adventure, which will at the same
,jmo provo t0 you, that in deeds of virtue
philanthropy and kindly influence to tho
human race, your sex have decided superi
a ority over ours
Agnes looked seriously into tho face of
I her companion to see whether ho was not
jesting with her, but reading thcro the
same calm, serious features that marked his
general demeanor, sho bent her eyes to tho
ground and laughed. "You may smile,"
continued her cousin, " but listen I will
undertake to prove to you all I havo assert
ed ay, morel Yourself shall admit that
I conquered. If I do this, my guerdon
shall bo an immcdinto union. If I do not,
harsh as you rimperious doom of delay is
I will bow submissively. Do yon agree?"
" I doI do," laughed thc merry girl,
" and I know I shall win !"
The bell was touched the servant sum
moned to bring her mistress' roquelaire and
furs, and Harry Harrington with Agnes
upon his arm, sallied forth in quest of
proofs, which were to decide tho singular
wager.
Chapter Second. Thc Hovel.
The demon of thc storm was abroad in
his wrath as tho pair wended their wav
along the snow-covered streets of Cincinnat
li. The ice in the Ohio heaved and trem
bled with a hoarse dull sound as the passing
waters sluggishly lifted the bodies of ice,
one upon another. The Wintry heavens
were starless moonless; and the snow fall
ing in flakes upon tho person of Agnes,
made her half regret her willing acqui
escence in the strange freak of her cousin
lover. Yet was thc little world of this Athens
of tho West busy in its way. Thc paves
were lined with groups of young and old;
the one anticipating with the enthusiasm of
their season ; the others somewhat affected
by the merry voices, and careless aspirings
of those around them, were hastening to
nnrr.iiacd ino-nuia iniiiwi r.miillinrul m vprv..
willing to attribute to the generosity of ban
ticlaus. Thc stores were in thc blazo of
their holliday array, and toy and trinket,
book and bauble were temptingly displayed
to the gaze of the multitude gathered there
to purchase.
What a mercurial, easily cheated world
we live in ! Youth pleased with trifles,
ago descending from its gravity, finds en
joyment in filling up tho requisitions of
childhood. All arc gay, all forgetful that
they arc standing upon the spot where was
an important land mark in tho circumscribed
voyage of life ! Hope that ever attending
visitant, looks eagle-eyed from the grave of
thc dead to tho cradle of thc new year, and
whispers to the mourner that with thc past
has departed his sorrow; that brighter, hap
pier days come with the advancing future,
experience, judgement, tho monitors of re
ality, como but to bo chased away before
the laugh of the blue-eyed tempter.
Agnes pressed more closely to the arm of
her companion as the rush of the rejoicing
passengers obstructed their progress. Har
rington seemed not to notice what was pass.
ing around him: buried in thought, he nei
ihcr glanced at tne world on tho pave, nor
the vociferous mirth of tho sleighers, who
in their cccshells flew over tho bosom of
the yielding snow. Agness inquired where
he was going, but without returning any
answer he turned down one of those suspi
cious lanes which his companion had fre
quently noticed, but had never passed
through and, pausing before a wretched
cabin, he knocked upon tho time-rent pan
nels of the door.
Awe-struck, and wondering, tho limit
girl offered no inquiry, but threw a hasty
glance over the exterior of the building. It
was one of those log-houses still to be seen
in the by-ways of our Western cities. De
cay had done its work upon it, and whatev-
er comfort it may have once possessed was
now destroyed. The plastering of the in
terstices was gone, and the storm had
free passage. Tho windows were
stuffed with rags, and the sounds of pain
came upon the ear, as the door was slowly
opened throughjwhichshe and her compan
ion entered.
Why describe the interior of the dwell
ing where want is lord, and misery has ta
ken up his abode T Yet Agnes, vorsed as
she was in tho details furnished by others
was sickened at the display of human
wrotchedness that met her vision as she
stepped within an apartment, which she
felt was indeed the habitation of misery.
Upon a couch by the embers of a waning
fitc was stretched a woman apparently in
the grasp of the King of Terrors. Several
children, young and squalid, were weeping
on their knees by tho side of the dying;
anu mo rears swelled in tne eysot Agnes as
the heard their sobs and felt their misery.
a lunnoriooK orougni a oiusn ot shame to
ms encth. o. uic gazer, lor oy me lire, ma-
i.; j , . . . ..
H...B a warn, uraugni ro give me suticrcr,
wub oiiu wiiom Agnes wen remembered
having made the butt of her merriment.
This minister of merov was Miss A
who belonged to that despised body called
spmters, and whenever thc rich daughter of
old Calico observed the faded features and
humble dress of the retiring Miss A
she had made them thc subject of ridicule
among her young and equally thoughtless
companions. Now was thc spinster's tri-
uu.pi., .or uie ..can oi agnes ooweu 10 tne
! !j f I . t i t f I
1- r l r i , , . I 1
bupw.or.iy oi ner wnomsnoi.au lormcny
bUUUwillUCU. I
Without noticing the pair, who stood
coniemptating the scene with sad emotions, rest moment dreams of. Iamaliving wit
this voluntary attendant on misery, proceed- ne3s of woman's usefulness:" ho paused,
cd with her task of charity. A heavy
groan from tho dying woman recalled her
to the bedside, and she saw that all earthly
aid would be of no avail. The damps of
death were thickly gathering upon the biow
of the sufferer, and the film closing over
the eye, told that her hour was at hand.
" My children," murmured the dying pa-
rent, the mother triumphing oven in that I
dark moment, " what will become of my
a...... I
" will be to them, instead of the mother
they have lost.'!
" And I," said Harrington, stepping for-
ward full in thc presence of the spinster,
" will share with you in your glorious, yet
noble work. Let me too, be an agent in
clothing tho orphan and giving bread to the
motherless."
' I also will assist," sobbed the spirit-
softened Acnes, " dear Miss A , pardon
the past, and make me your pupil in the
cause of holy charity."
" God forever bless you for your kind-
ncss to my little ones," hoarsely whispered
the dyinfr woman" I have placed my
trust in the Friend of the widow, and the
Father of thc Fatherless, and he has raised
me up many friends; my children ,"the
words died upon her lips, her last look was
upon her offspring, and pressing the hand
of Miss A to her heart, she passed
away from thc theatre of her many suffer
ings.
Chapter Third The Family Group,
One more visit, dear Agness," said Har
rington, as he drow the arm of Agnes with
in his own, and left the spot where death
had bcen busy. " We havo seen what wo
man can do to smooth the dying pillow
and temper sorrow with the tear of mercy,
Let us turn now to a bnghtier evidence of
woman's usefulness."
Agness replied not, tho events of the night
had quelled thc rash confidence in herself,
with which she started, and with passive
obedience tnat argucu wc. ,or in. '
of her cousin's nopes sno a.iowcu
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j ou uu.G.uuB. .
Harrington of his cousin, as they again
came upon Alain-street.
tt n .MM TT flritfil-nrri. uliASR Wife
" UCUtUu lit mv v hiuiui j -r i
and children were obliged to leave him in
consequence of his intemperate habits I
The very same," answered the gentle
man. " we are going now to his house,"
and so saying he rang the bell of a large,
handsome edifice, and a servant promptly
obeyed tho summons.
A few moments sufficed to seat them be-
r .Un.Atl dm in on ftlenrflnt furnished
apartment, that contrasted well with the
woman, who seemed travelling rapidly to
that refuge for human sorrow, the grave ;
now, she saw her tho quiet, happy matron,
her countenance saddened with the trace 3
of past care; but an air of serenity and cluis-
tian thankfulness showing that tho present
was without alloy. Her husband, the
drunkard that was, welcomed them with
an a;r of casy poiilenc3S and discoursed flu-
enly upon lho cutrcnt topics of tho day,
while soveral clliIdrcn were pouring w5th
beaming, happy looks, upon the pages of
lhe Tn3t.:retl Volume, which, it was evident
'
the faticr had bcen rcading to hi3 famjiy.
" Can it be possible," thought Agnes,
Ihnl Ihil ia rrnlltv."
-
Her cousin seemed to red her thoughts
and hc 8inaed as turning t0 their hosts ho
nientioned tho wager.
My young friend," observed II. ad
dressing Agnes, " you know not, you can
not know tho vast difference between lho
desire to do good and thc fact of its accom
plishment. It is not in the saloon, tho gay-
citcI or the fa8niona!c rout tha, the ener
gies 0f your sex are called into requisition;
IVCb YYUU1UII Viilll, UilY, UUUO iliUIC IU StlbbiWU
. J. sn(nn
the cup of human life than man in his pu-
arid looking fondly on hia wife, resumed,
four years ago, and I was an outcast from
the esteem of my fellows, the victim of fell
untaraeablo passions. She whom I had
vowed to,protect and cherish, was exposed
to want, and driven forth to seek an asylum
other than thc one which I had turned into
a den of dissipation and vice. You see mo
now tho cause of it is tho energy, tho
christian fortitude, the ceaseless prayers of
-
at my children, hut the wine cup had a
stronger voice, and I went on until diseaso
prostrated me upon a bed of pain. Then
it was that she conquered! Through tho
loner months of my illness sho toiled to get
bread for me, unworthy aB I was and I
arose from that couch of repentance, an al-
tcred, because a thinking man. She had
been the " still, small voice," to lure mo
from my follies. She had taught me to
look upon myself as a creature born lor
high purposes, and then when tho wife was
before me, sho brought our little housc-
hold around and bade them kneel with her
before me. Thc past with all its madness
came upon me like a spirit's voice, and the
misery I was inflicting upon others, made
rno take that resolution, which undor od s
favor I will never altar, to livo for her who.
had regenerated mo to live for my chil-
dren."
The gratified wife gratificA less at hear
ing a recital of her well earned praises,
than delighted with the tone of her hus
band's determination as to his future course,
smiled tearfully upon him, while ho took
her hand and clasped it within his own.
Agnes was affected with tho scene : hero
was indeed woman a tnumph, lmmcasuraoio
beyond any that the victor field of tho
conqueror may present, or tha annals of
of political pre-eminenco afford. No bo
dies bleach lifeless in the pathway of wo-
man's triumph no bleeding sensibilities,
no selfishness, no thirst for dominion marks
her course 1 Her weapon is virtue, oena-
. cirCurnslances, yet rising superior to
, Her battle field is the human
heart, and she inslils into it sound princi-
bidd. tho wanderer return.and point
J ' 1 hfl advantages of reformation I
- j ft h mans;on of Gcorgo n, no
a5' . . . .
ioncor discontented with her woman's es
tate, and Henry Harrington, as they re-entered
the parlor where Agnes had utlerd
her wish that she was a man, felt in his.
own mind that his wager was not very
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douultai.
Chanter Fourth The Leltmr.
jjj,,,. on the 10th day of January,
I too TJ-TTf UinniN'OTON. E(l. tO Ao-
Ws,onlu daughter of Cadwallader Caheo,