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    BY D. A. dt. C. H. BUEHLER
VOLUME XXIII. }
Who 'would not Kneel In Prayer.
When happiness with lavish hand
Is casting dowers before us—
When lite seems void of care and padre
And sunny skies one o'er us ;
While Loge soul Hope are hoverir.g near
Like angels bright and fair—
Who would not then, in THANKFULNESS,
Who would not kneel in prayer
lA'hen sorrow . hronds with darksome wing
And shadows every joy--
When Friendship's smile ill hollow seems,
And love prnves but alloy ;
When o'er the 'midi of honied hopes
Our hearts lie bleeding there—
winild not in an hour like this,
Who would not kneel in prayer"!
When Death's cold iry hand is laid
In terror on each form,
Who would not seek a shelter then
From every coming storm ?
Who would riot coat one look to heaven,
And plead for mercy there—
Who would riot (hen imploringly,
Who would not kneel in prayer?
Thought and Deed.
Full many a little thought mon only cherish,
Full many on idle deed may do ;
Yet not a t6 , nrsht nor lived .hall perish,
Not one. but he shall Mrss or rue.
When by the wind the tree ix Om ken,
There', not a hough 1111 r l ent Con fall,
But of its falling heed ix taken
lly Orr r. that seex and govern* all.
The tree may fall and be forgotten,
And butted In the earth remain ;
Yet from ita Nivea. r ink mad rotten
Spring.. vegetating life °gam.
The world is with creation teeming,
Al nettling ever wholly
And thing* tt.ot are destroyed in reetnint,
111 other shape. and forms drift.
And nada.. Ptill unfolda 'he tvtglle,
Of Ull•el`fl workq mionta wrought
Anil lint a work hut both tta
ith hleraing or wall evil fraught.
Though thou nav • st p•rn to leave behind thee
All mein ire nt Iht . 9111111: I/
Y.. 1. .41 ! he sure, illy sin shall fool dire,
And thou shalt know 119 taut at iou.
THE MIN'S MUTER.
EMETICEHMEI
It was the aft e mon of a sultry day, and
two females, both lovely, wore seated by
the side of u bath, in the guardian of a
-delicious among the hills of Per
sia. The sculpture adorning the bath, and
the roses that grew around, not les, than
the attire or the female, bested:, luxury
and rank. The youngest and loveliest of
the two had just emerged fdom die wider,
and with a loose robe thrown around her,
and ono foot still dangling in the water, sat
in a pensive attitude, while her companion,
who vas evidently Of lower rank, way
eu-
Qlcnvoring to console her.
"Nay, ilii not despair," said the Into!.
"Your father may relent. ;4orciy if you
throw yourself at his feet, and tell him
that you love another, he will not force
you to marry this strange prince."
"Alas you little know the Caliph," re
plied his daughter. "When once he has
resolved on a course of conduct, he is inex
orable. It seems I was p omised to this
prince in infancy. There is nu hope. - -
And she burst into tears.
The princess, Antra, or as rho poets of
dsnahan called her, "Cu! seri brrk," the
rose of a hundred leaves, had lived to the
age of seventeen without loving. Iler life This epistle, as may be supposed, open
had been spent w holly at the favorite cowl- ed Atnra's eves to the folly, or if not folly,
try palace, or rather hunting scat of the
the oope.esqless of her love. Had her
Caliph, a day's journey from the capital, suitor been within call, she would have
her only employment being to walk with thrown herself into his arms, willing sac
her slaves, to play on the lute, awl °yeas- riticing wealth, rank, and a father's bless
ionally to go hawking, a sport still follow- ing for an billable condition in life, shared
ed in the East. with the young hunter who had won her
One day, however, while flying her fal- virgin heart. But he was far away and no
con, Amra became separated for a 'few shadow of escape was open to her. She
moments, front all her attendants except saw, with agony inexpressible, that sub
her favorite female eomPattion- Just at IlliSsloll was her only course, but she tho't
this crisis, a leopard, pursuad by sumo d a y and night, how terrible would be her
bunters, and nand with rage at the loss of lover's anguish, when on his return front
her cubs, broke front a neighboring thick- the wars, after seeking fler from the trys
sit, and beholding the young princes, with ting plaoe, he should learn that she was
a fierce growl sprang upon her. The beast lost to hint forever. The conversation be
alighted on the haunches of tiro palfrey tween her and her attendant with which
which Amra rude, and the next instant our story begins, had been on this mourn
the fangs of die wild animal would have ful theme, and it was the last conversation
been fastened iu the princes, had nut a that. they could ever hold on the subject,
lance, hurled with unerring aim, whizzed for that evening the Caliph and Prince
by, and transfixed the savage assailant.— ilafiz were expected at the pavillion.
Amra and the leopard fell to the ground It was with many tears that the young
together, the first io a swoon, the last stone- princess yield cd herself to the hands of her
dead. atteridands, to be attired fur the approach-
The hunter who had thus opportunely lug interview. At Insc, arrayediu prments
tome to the rescue, was a handsome youth, of the richest texture, and decked with
some four or five years older than the priu- choicest gems, she came forth from the M
eats, but evidently of inferior rank.. Ills uer bower of the harem and took her seat
attire indeed was that of a native of the on the cushions of the receiving room.—
Irina ; though worn with more taste than This was a large apartment, with walls
usual. Ho lifted Amra from the ground, painted iu arabesques of blue and silver,
.etirried her to a spring hard by and spriukl- and a divau of blue satin running around
.ed her face with water, while her attendant ; it. The floor was of tesselated marble.—
stood motionless, es yet bewildered with iln the centre of the apartment a fountain
fright. Soon the young princess opened threw up its sparkling jet, diffusing a re
her eyes, and finding those of her preserv- freshing coolness around. Through the
.er fixed ardently upon her, blushed deep- lattices a view was obtained of the pavil
ly. In a few 'minutes her train Caine run- lion, which, full of fragrant trees, at ev
nieg, when the hunter resigned his lovely !cry gush of eho breeze sent its aromatic
burden, and withdrew to pink up his lance. , 1 odors through the apartment.
When the tumult of Amra's attendants! The heart of Amra beat fast, for she
had subsided, and they came to look for know that while her slaves had been attir
the youth, they found he had disappeared. ling her, the Caliph and his guest arrived,
For many weeks the young princes cans- end she expected every moment to see the
ed inquiries to be made after the hunter, curtain lifted from the entrance and boar
but in vain; no pue could remember to the eunuch in waiting announce both her
•Isave aeon him, either before or since that; visitors. But she was disappointed, for
day. bleautium Antra thought of him by only her parent appeared.
day, and dreamed of hint by night. Bdu- She sprung up, with instinctive am-,
tatted as she had been, the roulette() of the tiou, forgetting everything but that . her
rescue was irresistible to her hettit. One i father was before her, and throw herself
day' iteu again hawking, and when esti around his neck. On his part, ho return-
separated from her truin, the bunter sud
denly appeared before her. 'rho stranger
implored silence, saying, in tones that Aw
ra thought inexpressibly musical—
" For many weeks, I have followed you
unseen wherever you have gone abroad.
but dared not make myself visible on ac
count of your attendants. The distance
between the daughter of a Caliph and a
poor soldier is immeasurable; yet, never
theless, as our forefathers could worship
the sun unchecked, so let me at the Lame
jdistance worship you. I have loved you
I from the moment I saw you shrinking in
terror from that savage wild beast."
As the hunter spoke, he stood respect
; fully with his head slighly bent, before
Amra, so that she thought she had never
!seen any one half so handsome. She was:
silent, for she knew not what to reply
11cr heart, however, pleaded loudly in her
favor. in Persia the treedom of females
is greater than in other oriental countries,
I and Antra moreover had been brought up
to roam where she pleased in the vicinity
of the palace ; so, it IS no wonder that, in
the end, love triumphed, and she yielded
a tacit assent to :mother meeting. Ni, stud'
interview indeed was proposed by the dun
ter, but his eyes at parting looked his wish,
and Antra the very next day by accident,
as she tried to persuade herself, turning
her eyes towards the trusting spot, acitom
panied by her confidential attendant, met
tlu Inutter there.
1 his was the begining of a romance
which continued for several months. Af
ter a few interviews , Amra no longer dis
guised her affection, and thereafter the lov
ers met by explicit agreement. What
language can describe the bliss of a first
lute The young !minces during these
months lived in a dream of Paradise. She
forgot tint her suitor could never aspire to
her hand, she ceased to remember that she
had been plighted to another in Cllll , llllod,
all she thoir.dit of the felicity of the
present moment. But to this vision of
happiness there came a rude awakening.—
il lover had hog sine,• told her that he
was an idlicer in the Crlipli's army, and
row he i11f.411101 her that he hail heel] sum
moned to j iin the troops waging war a
gamst the Talks. She was almost heart
broken :it the separation. But this blow
was nothing to what followed.
One might a courier arrived covered with
dust, at the \ 111,01. Ile bore a perfum
ed missive from A ntrals royal father an
noticing his intention to visit his M1111:11Cr
palace the following day. The lett( r
:LS follows young Prince
Ilafiz to whom you were betrothed in your
childhood, will accompany inc to consum
mate the nuptials. 1:e ready, therefrre,
to greet us with your richest attire, a train
of your handsomest slaves, and what will
be even more flattering to your future lord,
your sweetest smile. The prince is noble-
looking, and us powerful as he is hansome.
I ant proud to give hint toy favorite daugh
ter. Ait-allah !
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, .NOVEMBER 6, 1552.
cd her embrace fondly, and then holding
her at arm's length, gazed proudly on his
fond child.
"Thou art beautiful as over, my rose of
roses." he said, "only thy cheek is paler
than wont :—and too when I looked to
see it so bright, for even a Caliph's (laugh
; ter may be proud of the alliance I bring
Poor Antra, who at these words remetn
here(' all her troubles, burst into tears.
"Weeping,"said the Caliph in surprise,
and with anger in his tones, why" shame
on you girl, this will spoil your eyes ! I
have promised Prince Ilitfiz that he shall
see you directly, and now you look like a
fright. Laillalt-it-allah—this is too bad."
Still the girl wept on, and now more
convulsively, than ever, till at last the
father's heart was touched, and his tono of
anger was changed for one of concern.
"IV hat ails thee, darling ?" ho said,
fondly. "Is it anything thy father, the
Caliph, can do for thee ? Are thy jewels
scant, thy wardrobe wanting, thy slaves
net handsome enough—what is it ?"
This t one of sympathy and affection
went to Antra'; heart, and gave her faint
hopes that the revelation of her story, and
an appeal to her father's generosity might
not prove un.netrssful. Sho looked up,
therefore, through her tears, and said :
"Oh ! father save me from this marriage.
I do not love this strange prince, whom I
have not seen, but another—"
But, when she had proceeded thus far,
the aspect of the Caliph terrified her into Pi-
Teller. II is face grew black with rage, his
eyes shot tir)p, he rudely pushed her front
"What ?" he sail, "dare you tell me
this? Love another ? Where have you
seen any other to love ? By Allah, the
head of every seyvant here shall pay for
this indiscretion." And, as he spoke he
halt unsheathed hip seimetar. Then, send
ing it back into its seabbord with a thrust
that made it ring, he stalked furiously up
to A tura, who had now sank on the divan,
and eon tinued--hre, shame on your race,
and obey. I shall send,Prinee Ilatiz here,
I bid you receive him as you ought, for
this very night the nuptials shall be vele
bruited. And mark me not. to whisper of
this mad love to him, or by the bones of
my ancestor, the prophet, it shall be the
last ,lay of yohr life."
With thVSI! words the incensed parent
turned and left the apartment, bent on
seeking out and puni,hing the guilty.—
Antra watched hint till the curtain con
cealed him from sight, and then sank hack
en the divan with a shriek. The room
reeled around her the next instaet, af
ter which consciousness deserted her.
When she came to herself, she was re
clining in some person's anus by the side
of the fountain and her face was profusely
wet with water. She opened her eyes.
A well known face—it was that of her
hunter lover—gazed down on her. She
uttered a cry of joy, and made a feeble ef
fort to cling closer to him.
"Save me," she cried, "you can save one,
or you would not be here. Is the prince
gone, or has he not entered ? Haste, or
it will be too late." And she gazed terri
fied toward the door.
"Fear nothing, dear one," said the hun
ter. "I am both your lovertind the prince.
Yes l" he added, as she endeavored to rise,
and gazed at him in wild astonishment, "I
sin Prince Hulls, who chose to woo his
bride before receiving her, because he
wished to be loved for himself and not for
his rank. Forgive the pain my stratagem
has caused you for awhile, for here I swear
by the good Allah, never to give you aux
iety again.•
The reader may well believe the nuptials
were not delayed, and that the princes&
never looked lovelier than on the occasion.
The Caliph forgot hie anger, and forgave
everything, when he heard the hunter and
Prince Ifafiz were one.
To this day the story of the Caliph's
daughter is the favorite lay of the maidens
of Shires; and often, as the evening fulls,
the soft notes of their lutes, and the sober
notes of their voices rehearsing it afloat
through the closed lattices of their harems.
The Antlquillem of America
The New York Dutchman has helm in
formed by Dr. Salsbury, geologist to the
State, that within the past three weeks, a
surveying party, in Essex county, have
stumbled upon the remains of a city, which
must have once contained 15.000 or 20,-
000 inhabitants. It is located in the for
est, a few miles back of Ticonderoga, and
was evidently the home of a city consider
ably advanced in the arts and comforts of
civilization. In proof of this he mentions
that the ruins of more than two kindred
chimneys are yet in a good state of pre
servation. As no such city has over bleen
mentioned by our historians and gnzetters,
the question arises about its original buil
ders, which will keep our Historical So
oiety in first class wrangling matter for
the next fir* years. The idea that such
a city should have existed within four
hours' ride of Albany, for centuries. and
yet 'levier been discoiered until July, 1852,
is one of those singular facts that excite.
astonishment.
He who has left to the world the record
of a noble liki,,ibough be may, have left no
outward memorial, has .left w-•autluring
source of greatness.
-FEARLESS AND FREE."
Thos. Jefferson and John Adams
There is n• 'ugger in American histo
ry which minim read with more unalloy
ed pleasure ilasettfiirXiich tells us of the
friendship ditch markehhe last years of
these devoted patriots. They had been
rivals—the heads of contending, excited
parties. Each in his turn had been pre
ferred by the American people to tile oth
er, for the highest office within their gift.
They themselves had partaken of the bit
terness of the conflict; FO much so, that
when Jefferum was elected to till the
Presidential chair in place abilities, (says
a contemporary,) the latter broke over all
the rules of courtesy, so far as to leave
IVashington suddenly, on the evening of.
the third or Varch, because he would not'
remain to witness the inaugeration of his
rival on the Kurth. Yet these men, (says
the same wrier,) these American patriots,
when their pilitical campaigns were over,
and they had retired, the one to his Mon
ticello, and till oilier to his Montexillo, and
were passing quietly down the vale of
years, these Winer foes turned to each
other with mutual esteem a n d mutual af
fection, and looked upon each other as
brother pan-tits and l'ellow laborers In
the great cans; of their country's freedom
and prosperit!.
While thus, in their retirement, walk
leg thoughtfully,
"•(]i the /Went. 11oh•mn Sh.rl"
01 that vast ¢cau they muslsill sn soon,"
the fullowingbeautifill and touching cor
respondence pas eJ brtu'een them. It
was about Owe years helorc their
occurred nn the 4tli
of July, nnil Itu fittieth anniversary of our
I nile pc !tile net.
The leiter tf Mr. Jefferson was written
soon after an attach on loin by a "Native
of Voginia,"and when there was a strong
expert:mon of a war between Riissia and
Torkey ; this will explain sown allusions
in the, lu•ne rs.
Ffom Jlr, Jefircraon to Mr—?dams
NonTtct:LLo. June 1, 1822
"11( 114 very loug, iny dear sir, since 1
have written lupin. Aly dishwated wrist
is now I-cooing so star that I write slow
ly and with into: and, thereliire, write :IN
1111Ie as I car. Yet it is due to mutual
hrwildslip to ask 11111 . e in a while how
we du. vipers tell us that (;eiter3l
Stark is off a. the ttge of ninety-three.—
' • • still files, at ,hurl the saute age,
cheerful, denier as a grass-hopper. and
so nitwit %vanilla memory' that its scarcely
recite!' izes the members nf Ittiti , eli old.
An iiittiihtte friend called on hint not lung
since. It was difficult to 11131i11 111111 re
colleet M.:111/11e W. 1 . 1, :111(1 sitting one hour
lie till we the same stlry our tittles over.
1,. this Me—Hi:ll laboring et.ts)
To ttead mu f o rmer I , lllSiellti pace the round
Etarnei 1-10 bell owl heat
'llle Ipeater, tract—ti svp whatt wr tins, sern—
'l•o i.rnir the tusk d—u'er sated puiates to descant
Anodic; outage!•
..it is, at most, but the of a cabbage,
stitch' not worth a utsh. ‘Then all our
hotlines have left, or are leaving us tine
by one, sight,hearine, memory, every aver.
Ile Or pleasing sensation is closed, and
debility, and It'll in their
places, when the friends of our votiCi are
;ill gone, and a gcnerainio is risen around
us whom w•e kuow not. is death an evil
41V hi, One by Otto our liori ore torn.
Au l liicod 1/0111 friend is bilotehed forlorn ;
%1 buil a an it li ft 41,1. e in ttn,urn
Oh, then, 11,1 w sweet It is to die
Alien trembling limier refuse their weigh!,
And tiling s'iadv gathering itim the eight;
cluridaribaciire tor• mental light,
9 I i= uaturu■ kitideid boon t o die:
"I really think so. I have ever dread
ed a aloatitig vge ; and my health has been
generally so (Doti. and is now so good, 111 at
I dread it still. The rapid decline of toy
strength durisg the last wittier. has made
me hope sometimes that I see land. Do.
ring summer( enjoy its temperature; hut
I shudder at he approach of winter, and
wish I could sleep through it with the
dormouse, aril only wake with Mtn its the
simile, doves. They ii/y th t Stark could
well: about MS room. lam told you walk
well and firisly. I can only reach my
garden. and (tat with sensible fatigue.—
ride. howetir, daily; but reading is toy
delight. I shketil wish never to put pen
to paper; and the more because of the,
treacherous plac lice some people have of
publishing onl's letters without leave.—
Lord Mansfield derlared!t breach of trust,
and punish:Ml! by law. I ihilik it should
be a pettitemary felony; yet who will
have seen tha they have drawn me out in
the arena of ne newspapers ? Although,
I know it is ho late for ins to buckle on;
the armor of bey youth, yet my indigna
tion would nit penult me passively to re
ceive the kielgof an ass.
I'o turn to he newS of the day, it seems'
the'. the eatindals of Europe are going to
eating one mother again. A war between
Russia and Tirkey is like the battle of
the kite and make : whichever destroys
the other, leaves a destroyer less for the
world.
"This pugtacions humor of mankind
seems to he ile law ot• his nature, one of
the obstacles o too great multiplication
provided in tle mechanism of the Uni
verse. The cocks of the hen-yard kill
one another ; 'ears, Mills, rams, do the
same, and•the lose, in his wild state. kills
the young males, until worn down with oge
and war, oomerigorous youth kills him.—
• • • • •. : hope we shall prove how
much happier br man the Quaker policy,
is, and that thelife of the fee er is better
than that ofite fighter ; and it is some
consolation by these maniacs of one part
of the mirth, is he means of improving oth
er parte. Let tie latter be our office ; and
let us milk tip cow, while the Russian
holds her by the horns, end the Turk' by
the tail. God bless you, anti ,give you
health, strength, good spirits. cad as much
life as you think worth having.
wiIIMIAS JEFFERSON."
SR. ADAMS' REPLY.
Motirszg.t.o. June 11. 1822
• Dear Sir t—ilalf un.hour agd I receiv.
ed, and this moment have heard read for
the third or fourth time, the best letter , that
was eiet.iiiipsnb3r ap ooWieustiieg i tWeld
June Lit. • • • • •
"I have not sprained my wrist ; hut
both my arms and hands are so overstrain
ml that I cannot write a line. Poor Shark
remembered nothing and could talk of
nothing but the battle of Bennington.—
• * * 'is not quite so reduced. I can
not mount my horse, but I can walk three
miles over a rugged, rocky mountain, and
have done it within a month ; yet I feel
when sitting in my chair, as if I could not
rise out of it; and when risen, as if I could
not walk across the room-; my eight is
ever dim, hearing pretty good, memory
gond enough.
"I answer your question—is death an
evil! It is not an evil. It is a blessing to the
individual and to the world ; yet we ought
not In wish for it till life becomes insup
portable. We must wait the pleasure and
convenience of the ”Grent Teacher."—
Winter Is as terrible to me as to you. I
son almost reduced in it to the life of a
bear or a torpid swallow. I cannot read,
kset my delight is to hear others read ; and
I tax all my friends most unmercifully and
tyrannically against their consent.
"The ass has kicked in vain ; all oven
say the dull animal has missed the
mark.
"This globe ie'a theatre of war, its in
habitants are all heroes. The little eels
in vinegar. and the animalcules in pepper
water, I believe are quarrelsome. The
bees are as warlike as the Romans, Rus-
F , lane, Britons. or Frenclimmi. Ants, eat
erpillers. and ranker-worms, are the on
ly tribes among whom I litre not seen iiiit•
tics, and Ilea% en tisell, 11 we belie% c llin
dims—Jews, Christians, and 51.11iiiitio tam:.
has lit slway,. been at peace. %Vt., 'teed
not trouble ourselves because of evil•di ere ;
hot safely trust the "Ruler with
Not...need we dread the approach of dotage;
let it come, ii it must. • • • it seems,
still d e li g h ts i ii hi s stories ; and Stark re
membered to the last his Bennington, and
exulted in his glory ; the worst of the e
vil is. that our friends will Huffer more by
our imbecility Milli we ()Labels cs. • I
"In ‘visliiiig for your health and happi•
B ess, I non very selfish ; lor I hope lor more
letters. This is %vorill wore than live lion
(lri] dollars to me, fiir It has already given
nue, and it will eiuttiniot to give me more
pleasure than a thousand. Mr. Jay, wl.O
Is ah oil your age, I alit told, experiences
wore decay than you do.
I sin your ‘ll , l friend.
JOHN ADAAIS
President Jefferson."
What the rine Trees Said.
It was a loiter cold morning; the AIM
shone brightly, bat the wile( blew a (Mill
ing blast over the new-fallen sooty.-
-Come little boys," said their mother,
"yon attic! go to Utiele llotvard's for the
milk." U. it is so cold !" exclaimed
Herbert. "So very cold," echoed Arthur.
—Never mind the coid," answered their
mother. ••IVrap yourselves op well and
wall: hist, anti you will soot] teed warm."
Still the little boys hu, •red the coats
and tippets their ;twit It,nl knit, were 011.
and 111,1 r intliciis o n their ; but .fill
1111. V Inn crc 1. "Run along. little boys,"
audin said their mother. awl hear
what the lithe trees will A:iy.'"
Arthur looked tip : timer heard them
say itnytlitiag ; wh.tt will they say, moth
er !"
"'limy almost always say something to
me," answered his mother. •✓The otner
day, when I was conning home from Un
etc Howard's, they said, •1 - Jerry tonne
List; little Bossie wants to see you ; so do
the little boys.' And one very bright
moriong 1 heard then, say, "How pleas.
ant it is ! How good Gm! is ! Be cheer
ful, be happy !' " Herbert and Arthur
listened with interest. "Come," said
Arthur, should like to know what they
would say to us."
They homed out ; and little Bessie
watched them through the gate and up the
hill, as long as she could see their red tip
pets. Sour they Chine to the pine grove.
"I don't hear anything," said Herber:.
The wind blew through the branches with
a murmuring sound. "I hear something,"
replied. Arthur, "but it is only, .flow cold
it is ! Run along er you will'lreeze 1 "
_ .
l On they went. The wind was piercing
' cold ; their lingers ached. Arthur Wad
ready to cry ; and indeed, when they reach
their aunt's warm breakiast.room, the
tears were beginnilig to start. But Aunt
!Amiss was very kind; she warmed their
lingers, gave them a biscuit to eat, and
better than all, spoke kind, comforting
words to them. Then, with their f at of
milk, and a cake far Bessie, the little boys
started for home. 'The wind was now
behind them, the sun had grown warmer,
and their hearts were full of pleasant
thoughts. They forgot the pine trees til
they were nearly opposite them. Then
they listened, and tile trees seemed to say,
"Happy little boys I How kind every
body is I Try to be good."
•.
They were soon nt home, and with
bright faces sat down to warm their feet,
and recount what they had seen and heard.
“And what did the pine trees say 1"
asked their mother.
"0! they didn't really talk," replied
Arthur, "but it ueetneti as if they were
almost crying when we went, and they
were as merry as birds when we came
buck.
you have found out the secret,"
said she. "The pine trees seem to say
just what is in our own hearts. They
sighed and complained when you were
going, feeling cold and sad; but when you
came home bright and happy, the wind
through the branches spoke of sunshine
and happiness. Try to keep kind, loving
thoughts in yotte hearts, little boys; then
the pine' trees will always echo back grat
itude and love."—Child's Friend.
-The' following question was first pro
polind ed by en anonymous Scotch maiden,
many years ago, but to our knowledge, has
never been answered
' , lf a body meet a body coming through awry%
If a body kiss • body, need a body ery
So far es , We are informid in sueb mat
term, says the Lowell Vox Populf. we do,
not hermito to express our opinion. that
itinh* tho `uir.Othilathnce),;'therit if eut i ihe
stighteit occasion for tears.
4, 0 h I Mays, Carry Me 'long."
Oh. cstry me 'long ;
Der'e no more trouble for me;
gwine to room
In a happy home. •
Where all Jr oilman ■m free.
I've worked long in de fielde,—
I've handled many a hoe ;
I'll turn my eye,
Before I die, • •
And see - de anger-cane grow.
Chorus. Oh I boys, carry me 'long
Carry me tdi I the :
Carry me down
To do buryint groan ,
Mien& don't you cry.
All nher de lend
l'es wandettcl many a day,
To blow de born.
And mind de emn,
And keep tin possum away.
No use for me now—
:So, (Witte*, bury me low ;
My loon it , dry,
And most lie
Millar de possum neher rim go.
(lotus. Oh ! boys. corn int, 'long, Sec
Farewell to dr boy's.
Will !worts hi/happy and Tight;
Doy sing u none
De ti hole day long.
And dance de jobs at night.
Farewell to do &id.
Of cotton, ltects, and all ;
Via go jut to h oe
In a ',tossed row.
Whar It corn grows mellow and tall
Chorus. Oh, boy*, carry ma long, &c.
Farewell t•o de bill.,
Ile inem.l.i.va riwored wid green,
Old Inbuilt. bona,
Auld do nl.l grey I i
All beaten, broken, nod ;cam.
Farewell to dr dog
Pat always fillowed toe 'round;
Old
And drop ki. tdil, i
Wheel 1 ain wider do erivon.l.
Chums. Uh, boy., carry it.. 'I. lot, ike
dit &Acta fits .Inothrr -Uncle Torn's
ithen."—Laos evening, its the slave hunt
erg were arrestituz the fugitives from
slavery, on the Mail River Doek, one of
thorn seized hold orn young women whir
ttri infant child. eight or nine months old,
in her arms. She jerked loose from him.
ran some entr+, threw the child upon the
ground. anti returned toward. the slave
eateltet;. She wag stnied and marched to
wartlA the 11:,vor's Thl. child-was
picked up he one of nor citizens: - One•
of the Kettinektito% chimed to he the own
er
Mr. 11. refitned to give up the ehild
without evilleitee. The Jur,nt was taken
to the mother, who, 141.1ppili lag herself
doomed again to slavery, disowned it—de
nying itt the most positive terms that it was
her child. To own her ollspring was
to (limin it to slavery ; to oisown and
desert it, she hoped, was to allow the denr
tre:lgure it lief heart to grim , up, breath
ing the air of freedom. For this she stood
toddy ready to dismember the ties- of such
alio-lion as a mother only knows, and leave
to ehanee, or other hands, the rearing of
the infant, dearer than life itself. Truly
mother's love, though nit ignorant and oh
etiluvated slave mother,
-Lives berme life. with death dies nnt, hut seems
Tip. ve,y iinmonisl dreams.
—Vandualiy Mirror
INTERR‘TINO IN REGARD •ro MR. WICR.
FTER.—Judge Curtis, of Suffolk. Massa•
is, in a spe•eoh si mi die death of
Mr: Webster, gave a most interesting and
aGeton! nee onnt of his interview wills
Mr. ‘Veloner ut Ins dying hours. On
oar• occasion, when his friends were gath
ered around hint, Nlr. Webster said...what
would be the condition of env of us with.
out hope in immortality t What ix there
to rest that hope upon hu t the gospel r—
another °evasion the great dying stales.
man said. * • My greltest wish on earth has
been to do my Maker's will. I thank
!Inn. And I also thank Him for the means
of doing mune good for those beloved oh.
jests, and for the many blessings that sur
round me. I also thank Hint for my Mt.
lure and. my associations. I thank hint
that I am to die under „en ninny circum
stances of love and ;Amnon. " All pres
ent were deeply impressed whilst these
remarks were being delivered.
Mr. Webster's trip from Baltimore to
fl'ashington.—M r. Webster. before rai
math% were built, was forced one night to
make a journey. by private conveyance,
front Baltimore to Washington. The Man
who drove the wagon Was such an ill-look
ing fe!low, and told so ninny Ftories of rob•
beries and murders, that before they went
tar Mr. Webster was almost frightened out
61 his whs. At last the Wagon stopped
in the midst of a dense wood, when the
man, turning suddenly round to his pas
senger, exclaimed fiercely, "Now, sir. tell
me who you are." Mr. Webster replied
in a faltering voice, and ready to spring
from the vehicle, am Daniel Webster.
member of Congress from Massachusetts !"
"What," rejoined the driver, grasping him
warmly by the hand, "are you Webster.
Thank God I. thank God ! You are such
a deuced ugly chap that I took you for
some cumliroa} or highwayman." This .
is the substance of the story, but the pre.
cise words used by. Mr. Webster himselir
in repeating it, we cannot recall.
A LUCKY PRESENTMENT. -4. corres
pondent of the Alexandria Gazette, speak
ing of a late visit to England, Faye
"I had gone to Gravesend with the view
of taking passage, but an incident pre
vented. A white swan, worthy; to per
form his flight through the Milky Way,
came near the vessel in which it wee my
design to sail, and her commander took
hie gun. The sequel we need not men
tion. ' The blood of the dead bird stained
',the river. We had just been frealt from
realer the Ancient Mariner, in' which
the vessel encountered heavy calamities
after the killing of an albatross. and the
circumstance 'determined mo not. to go
with sloth barbarian. Ydu will smile
at, my auperinithm. You. XDOY , aeon gp
through bagamene and tell tint incideitl,
but dutel forget to mild that the Smite! from
Vh" , 4 °F l k the. Ofilf was gillgtl/4030411
missing;from 44 1 4 lime. Bb o
with elI on board.
,„ ' ,
'Fbs
•thatv VIM minds hie own business
has gfii iteifdy siiplOyissat: ' '
Two DOLLARS,r;Ct ANNUO:"
INUMBEII g 4.
lionigiat pied me awe.
The day wasvery fine, but tin nnexpeeted
shower suddenly drove two •or three lit.
tie parties into the-mm*le for *temporary.
shelter; a Bible anti *bouquet of flowers'
I•ty upon the table.
A shrewd-looking man .one of ,the cont. ,
pally, approached the tehfe. lie was no
infidel. lie opened the Bibleonn d closed
it again with smile , that Wes , Mingled
wilt derisiOn. He theirtookup tlvebouquet,
Ellis suits nm, best: l llQ. he with .
estilting sir, ~ .rer it has no ,mysteries,; ;
I can understand it i its colors are fair, and
its scent delightful.", Saying this he ptill
NI n flower from the buuquet and ituek it
in his bosom. •
. .
A pause succeeded ; .but it .vrea !waken
by sit old gentlemen.. whose . meek stud
mercy-loving face was poten t } rogue on.,
and whose :grey hair entitled him to res
pect. He had heard the oltporvation of the
infidel, and left anxiinis to counteract 114
inflitence. Advancing tti,the table, he alai,
took up the both:last.
"Ilow bounteous in this gift,",iaid, he ,
"is the'railher rrf mereies 1, This tiouquet
is ddligittfut:" How delicately formed are
,
these beautiful flowersl: How 1.01 sr.o
their varied tints, and how Swerwhi,the Ras
gnome they exhale I Bui Itit,.l!, we forego, the joy of inhaling their rieiraitee. end the'
delight of gazing upon their betnityAerouse
we cannot explain the hidden mysteries or
their existence 1 We knew . not how the
dry,liesAy, unsightly reed, when set in.
the ground, could start op into such gforis
nos forms. We cannot tell how it is that,
from the same soil such. different steins.
should spring, and Diu the. Bathe flower
such varied tints appear ; nor know we
why some of the fairest and sweetest or
flowers should be thickly pointed with
thorns. These things are mysteries; hat
if we wait till we can comprehend them,
the flowers will fade sway, for. their life is
short. Let us gaze, then, on their beaniy
and inhale their frhgrance while we may."
IttentiT.--The taittipanions- of
an amiable youth attempted toiiottliole him
on the loss of a :post affigtionato_parent,
by reminding hip that.lie had always. be.
'laved to the deceased with duty, lender- ,
cm and respect: "So thought I," roplied
the youth, "while my,paretit wits living
but now 1 recollect,.with pale and'sorrow,,
many instances of disobedient*
.and new!
loot, for which, alas it is too late to maim
attonement."
Surely, earl% remernheitd word,
the advice ha gave,
Comes egaiii updu-tue heard'.:'
I.iko a %limpet fruut the grata.
Tho pious Herbert, irr referouco tq Go
workings of thought within, up
We aro the earth and they
Like moles witht it cc. heave. and coif nkmt;
And, :ill they foot and clutch their prey,
They never cool, much leu give out.
No smith can make such lock., hitt they siev e tropial
(Armors are hallo to thorn; and heatts. aye,"
Dr. Lucas, the celebrated Irish 'poet.
having. after a very sharp contest, carrie.,
the election re a representative in Perlis•
mum for the city of Dublin. was met
few days after by a Icily, whose fomil ,
teas very Warn ill the interest of the ua
successful candidate. Well, doctor. —
said she a q find you have gained the dler
film." "Yes, madame." "No wonder.
sir; all the blackguards voted for you."
“No, madame. your two sous did niu,'
replied the doctor.
WHAT Kiu CLOVAS ARA MAAS; or.—
linw many of lour lair readers, ea they
draw colt their e•hreurh kid" „elowes 4r.•
aware that dawn punk gimes are. made .40'
rat eking ? The eatehiug 14 rata ia a Keg,
ular trade in Paris, at whielt Inindrede id"
men find employment. , ,
The Toledo Blade- tolls - a *tory ref
chap on 'heir read. who, apprehending
collision tie the cars. put his Iftcpresercr,•
on, blew it up, and leaning libilutck agein . e
the aide of the car, resigned Minseff,to
fate.
Love, like the measles, ie miller a jtivi
!tile complaint. IVIIrt for' instattre, ever
knew a widower to die from Mixing i t bn._
en heart with hixpenee worth oratietile!
We pause fora reply. .
Reproaches. have no power to trffl lettht.
man of unblemished integrity nr the iihtio
dolled profligate; it ie the litithile. 'eton•
pound character, whirf►is abbe
the man who, without firmness Ao.avitint
dishonorable setion,.hati feeling enough to
feel puin.
The All4lrelog Eyek •
There is an eye that never sleep, '
Beneath the wing °knight:
There is an ear that newer shalik
When sinks the Wants •
There lean 1111114,*10.11KM1440.
When fitlnlitt !tinsmith gives ikifilt
~„
There is a Wye thin never,fails,
Whet. earl*
"My Iriend has a grail" raiireites
the troth," snid a gentterstatt tot
"So I perreive," •Rep replieth - ftler he
always keep. a respectful distance troto
• The coternandutente of God are 'atom
onttble, equitable and iseluseryoltes,it
were not Winded by Satanist wit* ir , f l l l o ll
to our interest would indecisive to
°nee.
Charity, faith , and gond ',Orbs sive 11,
necessary to eatietituti" Ohrietion
charectei,, ao ern three lints to turn e
triangle. • ' '
lay by a rtotiliture olpatienallo but be
ear. and pat it where you gala AO, 4*
A burden WOO! woo Moutilda
must 40 pstisstir turns•
The. 1,0304, of 10- olorroor 11 . 400 ,/".
for the evil ort o .4 B Y- -`
Jerold say. dill Toting aoz i wwitiv o
old
maid. ..gainor toe ol*
p a
golden fruits of 'moan." • : '"4"