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POETRY.
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nv c. w. everett:
How blest tho Farmer's simple life !
How pure the joy it yields !
tar from the world's tempssluous strife;
Free, 'mid the scented fields 1
When Morning woos, with roseato hue,
O'er tho far hills away,
His footsteps brush the silvery dewj
To greet the coming day.
When Sol's first beam in glory glows;
And blylhe tho sky-lark'a song,
Pleased to his toil tho Farmer goes)
His cheerful steps along.
While noon broods o'er thb sultry sky,
And sunbeams fierce aro cast,
Whoro the cool streamlet wanders by,
Ho shares his sweet repast.
When twilight's gentle shadows all
Along tho dark'ning plain,
He lists bis faithful .watch-dog's call;
To warn the list'ning train.
Down the green lane young hurrying feet
Their eager pathway press;
His loved onescerae in joy to greet,
And claim their Biro's caress.
Then when the evening prayer is said,
And Heaven with praiss is blest,
How sweet reclines his weary head,
On slumber's coucH of rest.
Nor deem that fears his dreams alarm,
Nor.cares wilh dark'ning din;
Without, his dogs will guard from harm,
And all is pence within.
"Oh ! ye who runs in Folly's race;
To win a worthjuss prize '.
-Learn from tho simple talo we trace,
Where true contentment lies 1
All) : I21U11UH II 1 uuaiicu iiiu giui a Jiliuu ;i
1 hoif painted, gilded thing !
Hio to tlic frec-bofn Farmer's side.
And leant to bo a king 1
THE INDIAN KING.
UV MltS StOOURNEV.
Among the early settlers of these. United
States, wero some pious people called
iliiiruPHots. who fled from the persecution
lius been said, that wherever the elements
bf thoir charactor, minlcd with thb New
World, the infusion was salutary.
Iaduslry, patience, sweet social affections
and piety, firm but not austere, wero the
Uistinciive features of this interostiiiL' raco.
A con.iderablo number of them, chose
iheir aboilo in a part of Massachusetts, a-
bout the year 1080. and commenced tho
V labors inseparable from tho formation of a
iiow colony.
In their vicinity, was a powerful tribe of
Indians, whom they strove to conciliate.
Tlmv nxtemled la then thn eimnlo rates of
hospitality, and their kind and gentle man
Hers, wrought happily upon the proud, yet
susceptible nature of tho aborigines.
But their settlement had not long assum
ed tho marks of regularity and beauty, ero
HLOOMSBURCr
COLUMBIA
aiiman
Ihey observed in their savage neighbors, a I
reserved deportment. This increased, tin-
til tho sun of the forest, utterly avoided tho
rtunllinfrn nf ilin nmv prtmor,. wlinrA tfv I
U,ad i,een peasej to accept a shelter for the
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night, or a covert trom we storm,
. . . . i . I
Occasionally, some lingering one, might
. ...
00 Bcen ncar ,nu Er"". b-
ding the more skilful agriculture of the
ering urow. 11 was rnraorea inai inesc
. i p J? CC ? . i .1 1
symptoms oi uiBaiiecuoii arosa irom iuo iu i
fliiAnnA nf nn nrrncl rhifif.wlinm thfiV ennsid-
eted a prophet, who denounced tho -pale
E"ved that they
till. Til
should not have been more successful in
conbillialin their red brcthern.
Threo years had clasped since tho estab-
i .1
lishment of their littlo colony. Autumn
was now advancing towarua us cioao, ana
copse and forest exhibited those varied and
opptfsing hues, which clothe in beauty and
brilliance, the foliage of New England.
The harvest was gathered in, and every fara
ily made preparation for tho approach of
winter:
Hoib and there groups of children might
be seen, bearing homeward, baskets of nuts
which they had gathered in the thicket of
of forest. It was pleasant to Hear their
joyous voices, anu see tneir ruauy laces,
like bright flowers, amid wilds bo lately ta-
namca oy uie prowimg won, uio uerco pan-
it . i ir . i n t
ther, and the sable bear.
In ono of these mil gatherings, a little J
boy and girU bf eight and four years old.tuo
only children of a settler, whoso wife had
died on a voyage hither, accidently separal- have reared their dwellings. Yes, 1 enter
ed from their companions; They had dis- ed thy house. And thou knowest not this
covered on their Vay home, profused clus-
tcrs of the purple frost grape, and entered a
rocky recess to gain the new treasure, did
not perceive that tho last raya of tho selling
sun wcra fading away;
Suddenly, they were seited by two In-
dians. Tho boy struggled violently, and
his lilllo sister cried to him for protection,
in vain. The long slfidcs of their captors,
soon boro them far beyond tho bounds of
the settlement. Night was far advanced,
ero they halted. Then they kindled a fire,
and offerod the children some food.
The heart of tho boy, ewelled high with
grief and anger; and he refused to partake.
But the poor little girl took eorao parched
corn from the hand of the Indian; who held
her tin his knee. Ho smiled as be saw
Her cat kernels, and look up in his face,
with a wandering yet reproachless eye.
Then thev lav down to sleep in the dark
forest, each with an arm over his cap
tive
Great alarm was in the colony, when
these children iclurned not. Every spot
was searched, where it was thought possi
1 ble thev miht have lost their way But
when at length, their little baskets were
found, over-turned in a tangled thicket, one
terrible conclusion burst upon every mind,
that they must havo been captured by Indi
ans.
It was decided, that ero any warlike
measures wore adopted, tho father should
go peacefully to tho Indian king, and dd-
mand his children. At the earliest dawn
of morning, he departed with his compan
ions. They mat a friendly Indian, pursu-
ine tho chase, who had occasionally shared
their hosnitalitv. and consonted to be their
guide.
They travelled through ruds paths, until
day drew near a close. Then, approach-
ing a circle of nalivo dwellings, in the midst
of which was a tent, they saw a mar oflof-
tv form, with a coronet of fcatheis upon
his brow, and surrounded by warriors.
The enido saluted him as his monarch and
tho bereaved father, bowing down, address-
cd him.
"King of tho fed men.thou seeit a father
in pursuit of hid lost babes. He has heard
that your peopio will not harm tho stranger
in distress. So ho trusts himself fcarlesslv
amonj you, Tho King OI our nativo lanu,
. . ..I
who should have protected us, becarao our
foe, "e fled from our dear homes, from
the graves of our fathers.
"The ocean waro brought us to this
COUNTY, FA. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1840.
ra-sp'iriri mi. -imr n..,,. i
New World. Wo aro a peaceful race,pure
from the blood of all men. Wo seek to
take tho hand of our red brcthorn. Of my
flltrn If .nflr..!' h'nnii inUnktt ftita 0t1rtnrn.eci
save two littlo buds from a broken stem.
w,. ..... " "P
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"i.ast night, sorrow entered into my
soul becauso I found them not. Knowest
. n ,,. ., ,
inou, u iving, 11 my peopio navo iaKen my
babes! Knowest thou where they have
concealed them? causo them, I pray thee
to ue restored to my arras, so shall tba
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ureal apiru mess mine own lenuer piame ;
and lift tin Inv hnnr. tuln It tvnivttntli
heavily in thy bosom."
The Indian monarch, bending on him a
piercing glance, said, "Knowest thou me !
Look in my eves ! Look ! Answar mo !
y y
Aro they those of a stranger V Tho Hu-
.
CUenot replied that ho had no recollection
0f having ever beforo seen hts coiinte-
nance.
Thus it is with man. He is dim-eyed
He looketh on the garment's, more than on
tho soul. Where your ploughs wound tho
carih, oft havo I stood, watching your toil.
There Was nd coronet in mv brow. But I
was a king. And voil knew it not:
ti looked upon your peopio. But I Baw
neither pride nor violence. I went as an
enemy, and returned as a friend. I said to
Iny warriors, do these men no harm.
Then our white-haired Prophet of the
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rjteat Spirit rebuKed me. Ho bauo me
mako no league wi'h tho palo faces, lest
angry words should be spokon of mcjamong
the shades of our buried kings.
Yet again I went whero thy brcthern
brow t I could tell thine at midnight, if
but a single star trombled through the cloud.
My- car would know thy voice, though
tho stream were abroad with all he thin-
Jcrs.
"I hsve said that I was i "king, Yet I
cam0 to theo nn hungered. And thou savest
rae bread. Mv heart was wet with tho
tempest. Thou badest mo to lie down by
thy eon for whdm thou mournest, and cor-
ete& mo
.t waij gaj j gpjrit, thy littlo
danchtor. whom thou seekest with tears.
sat on my knee. She smiled when I told
,or j,ow tha beaver buildeth his houses in
the forest. My heart was comforted for I
eaw that she did not hato Indiana.
"Turn not on m such a terriblo eye.
I am uo stealer of babes. I have roproved
the people who took thy children. I havo
sheltered them foi thee Not a hair of their
heads arc hifrt. Thinkcst thou that the red
man can forget a kindness ! Thoy aro
sleeping in my tout. Had I but a single
blanket, it should have been their bed.
Take them; and return uuto thy peo
pie."
He waved his hand to an attendant, and
n a moment, the two children were in tho
arms of their father. Tho white men were
hospitably sheltered for that night ; and the
tvvilght of the next day, bore upward from
the rejoicing colony, a prayor for the
heathen of the forest, and that puro praise
which mingles with tho music around the
Throne.
Marriage The following very protty
sentiments on ono of tho most intorcstin
of all subjects, are copied from tho 'Littlo
Genius:
'Marriage is to a woman ono of the hap
piest and saddest events of her life. It is
tho promise of future bliss, raised on the
death of all present enjoyment. She quits
her home, her companions, her occupations
her amusements, overy thing on which she
has hitherto depended for comforts, for af-
fection, for kindness, for pleasure. Tho pa
rents by whoso advice sho has been guided
he sister to whom she has avowed to im-
part every embryo thought and reoung, the
brother who has played with her by turns
tho counselor and the counselled all are to
ub lursanen m ono iuu Birunc , aim yoi ami
I . e i r 1 1 . i. . i ..1,
flics with joy into the untrodden path before
her. Buoyed up by tho confidence of re-
quitted love, she bids a fond and grateful a-
Idieu to the lifo that is past,and returns with
:j.it,vttsrera
excitsd hopes and joyous anticipation f the
happiness to come. Then wo to the man
who can blight such fair hope, who, can
treacherously luro such a heart front its
peaceful enjoyment, aad the watchful pro
tection at home who can, coward like
break the illusion that havo won her and
tho confidenco which love had inspired ,
wo to sucn a man i
THE JOCKIED FRENCHMAN.
iiorsc.
A Frenchman, in this country, who was
unacquainted with horse-jockies or horse
flesh, was grievously taken in, by a cheat, fences, till his ground well, have it well pre
in tho purchase of a steed. Ho gave ono pared for planting, have the crops in seas-
hundred dollars for a miserable jade of an
old marc, that had been fattened up to sell;
and she turned out to be ring-boned, spav-
ened, blind, and wind-broken. The French-
man pretty soon discovered that he had
bcen used up in trade, and went to request
the jockey to take back tho animal, and re-
fund the money. I
Sare,' said he, I 'ovo fetch back do
mare-horse vat you sell me, and I vant do
money in my pocket back.' I
Your pocket back 1' returned the jock-
ey, feigning surpriao, ' I don't understand
you.' I
You no stand under me !' exclaimed the
Frenchman, beginning to gesticulate furi-
ously; you not stand under mo i Sare by
gar, you bo von grand rascalle you bo like I
Sara-like Sam-vat you call de leetle moun-
la'n I
Sara Hill, I upose you moan!'
uui monsieur oam ae mu yes, saro,
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you lie like two Sam Hill. You send me
one mare-horso for von hundre dollairc he !
no vort von hundred cent, by gar !'
Why, what's the matter with the beaM?'
Matalr ! Scto Matair Uo you cay- i Vy-,
Lt ..I u ' -11 . .
,lu , Bu ..-. u BU. uw
leg. no feet, no vind, he blind like von stone
vid dis eye ho sec nobody at all vid dat
eye he go vhecze-b vHeezce-o like one
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forge hammer bellows-he go limp, lump
he no go over at oil de ground ho no
two railo in tree day ! Oui saro, and fund
da money back.'
1 Refund the money ! Oh, no, I could'nt
think of Rlieh ti thinir '
o , . I
1 Yat 1 You no fund me back the money?
You shcaty mo vid von hundre dollaire
horse dat not can go at all.'
I never promised you that he would go
By gar ! vat is von horse good for when
he no go. He is no better as von dead
shackasB, by gar. Vill you, sare, take the
mare-horso back, and givo me money vat I
pay him for 1'
No, sir, I cannot 'twas a fair bargain
your eyes were your own market, as wo
gentleman of the turf Bay.
Gentlemen de turf! You be no gentle-
man at all you be no turf. Mon Dion !
you be von graud Turk, von oacre and de
ception. 'You sheet your own born mod
der, you play you rascally trick on your
own gotten faddcr. You havo no princi-
palle.'
The interest is what I go in for.'
Yes, sir, your interest is n principalle.
Dicu, vere you die von you go to, heh ! Le
diableho fetch you no time quicker by
rrnr.
railing to obtain redress oi tho jockey,
... . . . .....
the poor Frenchman sont his 1 mars horsu'
to an auctioneer to bo sold. But tho auc-
tioneer seems to havo been as great a rogue
as the jockey, for he took care that tho fees
for selling should eat up tho price ho got for
the steed.
4 By gar,' said the Frenchman, when re -
latin? the sterv. ' I bo sheatv all round.
De schocky-horse, he shcaty me in trade;
and de hauctioncer, ha sheaty ma in dis
pose of do hanimalle : he sell mo de mare
horse for ten dollairc; and by gar, he sharze
me 'leven dollaire for soli him. Mon Dieul
so I be take all round in. I loso 'lovcn and
ono hundred dollaire all in my pocket cleat,
for one sacre dam, limp, lump, vheezo-viud,
no see at all, good for nothing shape of a
maie-horse, vorse as nine-tccn dead shack
ass, by gar,
Number 47.
A GOOD HIT.
The following from the Iowa Sun is do-
servinr tho attention of every one of our
readers; tho concluding item is quite impor
tant, and rounds tho period well :
Internal Improvements." The sys
tem wb nlead fnr.thnucrli attended with much
j - n ,
i lull titiu v.uuai;, win uuk icnuc u obic
, . , . .. , .
Bon it is pre-eminently a aeo-
pic, and will be for the exclusive benefit of
the people.
It is only for over farmer to mend lip his
onably, tend them well, keep down tho
weeds, see that his horses and cattle are fed
and treated so as to make them thrive, keep
his implements in older and in their place,
for every father to rule his family well, gov-
cm his children, form their minds and man.
ners by good instruction, train them up in
the habits of industry, honesty, and eobn-
ety,'provide them with comfortable clothing,
send them to echool, pay for their tuition
and have a care to tho company they keepj
for every husband to treat his wife as a bo-
som companion for every woman to lovo
her husband, and to prove a help meet for
j,imi t0 keep from gossiping, to spin moro
stocking than street yarn, to keep the heuss
tidy, and tho family clothing clean and well
meiided:for overy damsel to' keep all grease
8p0is frora her clothes, darn tho heels bf her
stockinss. remove beau catchers front her
head, end novels from her librarr. to dr
"
much with her needles, and storo her head
with useful ideas; for every young man to
go decent, but to buy no better clothes than
ho can honestly pay for, work hard, behavo
courto'Jtl to o'.Ueretspecially to old men,
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to guard against selt-importanco and inso-
leBCQ( and jf much jn ;tk l8dieJ(
... . , . ,. . . .
tvnv liia neirarnnd ntiid. attend nreanhinr
, . , . , . , -f ! .
I retriilarlv. and hold his tontruo if he cannot
ulk BeBsibI and tQ ma.ried when he .g
twcnty-ilve, if he cau find any ono to have
him for magistrates to executo tho
laws ; for tavern keepers to keep
better food than brandy; for towns (o havo
clean streets and good side walks, to ro-
move nuisances, and every thing injurious
to health favor good morals; for every dis
trict to havo good schools. , In fine, for it is
impossible to enumerate all the objects em
braced in our scheme, for. every body to
cease to do evil, learn to do well, attend
church on Sabbath, mind his own buciness,
and take a newspaper.
Matrimony. Tobin, in his Honey
Moon, says, "All women aro angels beforo
marriage, and that io the reason why thclf
iusbands so coon wish them in heaven nf
terwards."
A clergyman in a town a few miles easf
of Hartford, recently in re-preaching an old
sermon, stated to his congragation as a
reason for so doing, that "the times were
so hard, that ho could not get money
enough to buy paper to write new ones up-
Stern's maid-servaut asked her master s
leave to so to a public execution. Soon
i . . ....
I alter she set oil, sho roturned all in tears.
On her master's asking why sho cried, she
ouswered, "Because she had lost her labor,
for before sho reached tho gallows, the man
was reprieved."
bsshhsesezz
A school boy in tho Literary Emporium,
1 being asked to define the word admission'
eaid it meant 25 cents. 'Twenty fivo
cents,' echoed the master, 1 what sort of de
finition is that?'' I dont know,' sulkily re
plied the tjoy, ' but I'm sure it says so onj
the advertisement down hero at the show.'.
Yes,' said auolhef boy, arid children half
prico,'
Christopher North says, it is no wonder!
that women love cats, for both are graceful!
and both domestic not to mention that'
they both scratch.
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