Star and banner. (Gettysburg, Pa.) 1847-1864, May 20, 1853, Image 1

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Weltilaryee semi morning
witiosilagrgier and , ita gleam.
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4 4 4 4 trailing o'er :
AMU thit , leVimarid the columbines
the door.
Tbireil a Pinion kilt beside my bows,
" 'and aunny . imak,
&Yin, *Skit limit the meadow
• •Wlliere theriniter.weede grow dank.
Anikaiitima by the water aide we go,
With the tiny Ash to play ;
It ig.ttonioav Rather the atrawb'riee
Is the balmy autumn day. •
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Whom tMi dhow how life
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Like dot rocking Drib* mit
Art the,Phookint reital et vs, nue
Af.wattilimtr•lititte. - •
hfo beetitie totiThmeatiful,
.With its eeiAte eitleinee rek;
And all theOweatth and tome out give
Sklithorilits ntenk
There'ts stately ,mete* beside it.
With Ile (eitt.tentett Mirth %M
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Atid, milbiti Mir flak Yard
My itirtiowring grams* rain
And it is neat to SAC. A school,
Where [.curt come to boat
?hit; %Mr to bit Itortiosy
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we bet love them wolf.
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Mel tiAsism .bide :
Etat uMS oMebo4 ria sal peer,
Tbe aims brbibt babe bkilren,
Where we 11411,10er 4,4 AA joy.
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lrfieltilliikd Ibittirwiet
'iarlitamitcv. . •
the fist aukerbocker attrib.
sues the tedloweig to tite Marvel. and it to
cent:idly iiiiidllyttidas. Read it without
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scars ifr You Wur:
*Last Owen g . reMere walking leisurely
along. thergouliff,e(elterueielbree church
re carpel floe* 901 into the datum
arsuudogs,:attid the y were al: new and
stringe tunes but
. oeit. /kwl that ate—it
was nut , sung , air we be, beard it. but it
.awakened ,a train of lontburied "'monist.
Ott loop to oil eves, u they were before
the ceptefryor the cool-had a wadi in it.
'it yaks west old 'Corinth' they were
s ingiltv' a fg a * ihas we bare whim bean!
eisort,l94,,figui =fetid Uhl was blanched,
end lif were• In 4 moment beck again to
Ilse4l '.0461 Amish. and it wee a stun
snit siAltateiwa rti end die Yellow ,aunbeems
refs , duenftillhs west windows,
and f t , r aiytx - dte old damson, who
let tg '
„),.eisti, turned 10 geld in iti
sinfi tt
Alf4Aintaists WO Ws used tO
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iftpireer t r et # tie good was he. had
, ' ,f ppljeatup v and 'exhortation,'
A 9,..„ : oink was ri ling the last
11 t he tune was 'Corinth .
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.2 Mites— we dare not think bow
many Since then, and 'the prayers of Da•
vid the son of Jesse' , are ended, and the
tinkers.mattered and gone. The gi
WA bile eyes that sang alto, and the girl
with, bleak eyes that sang air—the eyes of
Ihrs.One were like a clear June Heaven at
stow • They both became wives, and both
ruothenr, and they both died. Who shall
ear they are not singing 'Corinth' still,
yi* sabbaths never wane, and congrega
tion,' never break up f There they sat,
•Sabbath after Sabbath, by the square col. 1
UMW 411 the right of the 'leader,' and to our
yourgiesirs their tones were the 'very soul
of *uric.' That column bears still their
peticilri names, as they wrote them in
Vibe daya in life's June, 183-, before
~.‘iif Change had overcome their spin.
Wilkie summer's cloud.
s . 't that with the old singers most
' , ,t,..4 ' itiftec tones have died upon the air,
li:11' finger in memory, and they
be stung in the sweet reunion of
ir'shill take place by•and-by in a
e
i Male eolumbs are beams of morning
trlenteceiling is pearl, whose floor
and ill gold, and where hair never turns
• nilleuptelid beanie never grow old. Then
Ainuibettearitalto. and she that sang , air,
-*Weil their places once more.' -
AO 4 ~ Vise Two Angels.
“Thos are two Gina, that attend unseen
i Ow et whited in great books record
„,, OA **deeds. ' He who writes down
'"'" eete4 al* awry action, cleats
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.ki4 1100 il? t !I* with it to tad,
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, lh ' e we adi rik eli y w e tt". w iciideing,
And Isaves.a bus of white *wow iri: pass."
=EN=
1 The week& • the Imattiife sequestered
of,Arebtemead was an old gen
tleman of tinibientive and orderly 'habits,
whisitiPteediairtUltinsify had Obtained - for
Mtn the fogat t oiliorioom of t wo Words,
Cianate, aiirre Two Words, dwelt on
the outaldris at the tillage, tended by an
airdent houselutper, almost as chary' of
*eels as her Worthy master, It was
Mimed' that Mr. Canute had seen banter
days; but though means were sheaf
mei, bit heart was large, and hitommte
unwed caressed gtOtt benevolent*. icei4
withstanding_ the brief mode of 900 .
which elsaracterinea hint on all tOxonifittio
the advice of Mr. Canute was *O7
sought on every welded whereon' it' Wei
PaalaPOad advice aaalblial - Paa 6 t4 4 0,. 1 0
eke ebnple 'notice of Ambermewl, peeintge
valued it more bemuse, though detrital
without & particle, of pomposity, tlerterso.
moms and decision of the words ententled
in indelliblO hipression which' lOng
aiming often.failed to convey. Mm At=
nuts Heed onlerme of intimacy withrtho
lainily at the old hall--an intimacy outinit:
ed by early assocktionsfrfor Mr. **ell
and Mr Canute had been'schoot4ors;
and when a painful and lingering,illstess
attacked the squire, his ancient friend end
crony felt deep anxiety as to the ultimate
fate of his only child, phe good Imo. lo v ely
Chun Ilanrell. The disease was ail incu
rable one ; though the suffering WOO be
protracted, there was no hope of *haste
recovery, and an air of gloom reigeed, over
the - village of Ambennead, where 4s the .
sweet spring and summer tide brought on
ly sport and glee. Ambennead Was noted
for a profusion of rich red
delicious fragrance,and for the ,'tong o r
innumerable nighti ngales, whose *noose-,
ons omens resounded' amid thr„,nrelnts
gnus groves, sheltering the hamlet on er.
cry aide, avid extending beyorififthe old
Hall of Amiens*. But naw,`though
theme* bloomed and the birds nag, seri
ous feces looked from the cotter doors
and While the younger rillagers fogist their
usual pastimes, the elders convened apart
in whispers, always directing tillitur gloom
toward the ILA, u if the auffelm within
Ogee stock , walla eould be • diej . West by,
their conversation. This sympathy vat
1 called forth, not only by the cirriMstartoes
of*. ilarwell's being their ancestral land;
lord, the Ind of an befeneriebei zeoe,,bui,
feces his slur having lived *tong them
at a friend and neighli4--nispeoted as s
superior and beloved as an nut Their
knowledge also of the squire 4 i sitseayal for
tunes ; and that on hiedeeih t the fine old
place must become thepropetteOf a Men
/pc of whom rumor did not Pinot my,
favorably enhanced'the ocmeern
of thou hereditary cultivators if the soil ;
an wink bright eyes "Pew :dim think
ing of poor Miss Clang, who worahl soon be
lashed.* and almost penalleat The ter
tate of Ambersteed was strietly entailed
in the male line, and the next heir was of
distant kin to the Rarwells. A combine ,
tiou of misfortunes, and no doubt' of im
prudence, in year long gone by, bad re.
ducal the present proprietor to the verge
of ruin, from which he was to llnd refuge
only, in the grave. The Harwell family
had lived for centuries in Ambermead.—
They seemed so much to belong to their poor
neighbors, who always sympathised most
fully imall the joys and sorrows of the
"nail folk," that now, when.tbere was a
sensitive/pow of losing them forever, as
sem4,the parting bonne, wore than a
common one between landiffill:rind tenant,
Witten rich and Poor — it **el parting
•
They Walked andwalted*lifr,llenute
plugging to 'gad fee, trig he dlt every day,
arPt more than ones a gig ; :aini on his two
words they hung, as itlife or death were
involved in that short bulletin.
“How's the equity to-day,” said one
"No better," replied Mr. 'Climate mildly,
without stopping.
"And how's Miss Clara," inquired an
other with deep pity in his looks.
"Very patient," responded the old man,
still moving slowly on with the aid of his
stout staff.
"Patient !" repeated several voices when
ho was out of hearing. "Yes,yes, patient
enough ; and Master Canute means a deal
when he says patient. Bless her young,
sweet face ! there's patience in it if ever
there was in mortal's."
Mr. Canute's patience was sorely taxed
by questioning at all hours ; ho was way
laid first by one, and then by another, on
his way from his own cottage to the Hall,
but with unfailing good nature and promp
titude, he invariably satisfied the affection
ate solicitude of his humble neighbors—in
his own quaint way, certainly never wast
ing words, yet perfectly understood.
The summer-tido was waning into au
tumn, and the squire of Ambermead, faded
more gradually than autumn leaves, when
late one evening a wayfarer stopped at Mr.
Canute's cottage, which was on the road
aide, and requested perreindinv to res t,
asideg for a 'draught of inter fr om the
well before the porch. '
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MAX 2011863:
"Most welcome," said Two Words, scan
ning the stranger, and pleased with his ap
pearauce, for youth and an agreeable
countenance are sure passports ; perhaps,
too, Mr. Canute discerned gentle breeding
in his guest, despite travel-soiled habila
ments, and a dub of habitual recklessness
in his air. At any rate, the welecime was
heartily given, and sta heartily responded to;
and when Mr. Canute,lo4loa dwelling in
order to pay his woad oyealatailit.aa the
Hall, he merely mid,addresaing his young
visiter :. 7 "890n, back,' and turning, to
Mattha, the metal 'housekeeper, added,
"Get supper r' while on stepping'over the
threshold second thoughts urged him to
turn and say to the young Man, "Don't
g").".
"No, that I won't," replied he, frankly,
"for I lip my quirters too well. rit Ina
till you come book, gcierornar ; and I . hrope
you wont be long, fol; toy Month waters for
that suppiir you spoke of" '
Mr.. Canute smiled; lid walked away ,
I
more briskly than natal; and aftet sitting
for fame time beside the sick blues bed,
andbidding "good night" and "bless you"
to Clara Harwell, h retraced his steps
homowards, and found supper wady, and
the liandsothe stranger so obebYesly resdy
to-do Justice to the frugal fare, that Mr.
Cannier jocularly remarked, "keen air;"
to which the stranger replied in the same
strain, "fine scenery ;" on which the host
added, "an artist?`; when the youth, laugh.
14 outright, said, "an Indifferent one, In.
deed." After a pause, said wiliering.his
mirth to subside, lib continued, "are you
always so economical in wards ? Don't
you tometimes find it difilato carry on
conversation in this strain ?"
"Yost dont," replied Mr. Uinta, smi
ling, and imperturbably good natured.
"Not I," or% d , the youth.;..!.%Ad. I want
to askyoultalfablindeed questicus.
you answer me f" -
"I'll try," replied Mr. Canute.
"I've not long to__ stay, for I'm on a
walking tour with a friend; but I diverg
ed to Ambenuesil, as I was anxious to see
it. I've hada curiosity to see it for a long
while ; but my friend is waiting for me at
the market towa eight miles off ; I thinli t
and I shall strike across the country when
the moon is up, if you will give merest
"Moat welcome," said Mr. Chants, cour
teously.
"Ah ha 1" quoth the stranger, "if that's
the way you panne your Zamora, I don's
*4 l k I shell leeru much -fro, rm. I
hope, however, that I may get a wife who
will follow your example—a woman of
two worls, in short ; she'll be a rare are-
Luken of her e(PL •
"Ilk ha 1" ejaoulatod Mr, Canute.
_ .
"But come. tell me , rot the thine pres
ses,". said the young, man, suddenly becom
ing grave, "tell mo all about Amhermead
and the squire—bow long hp's likely to
•
last. For,. in fact; the friend - who is
with me during this walking tour, is vastly
interested in all that concerns tbo place
and property."
"The heir 1" whispered Mr. Canute,
mysteriously.
"Well, well, suppose we say be is ; he's
not altogether a bad fellow, though be
is considered a bit reckless and wild. But
he has heard of Clara Harwell's beauty
and goodness from his cousin, Lady . Pon-
Booby (she's Clara's cousin, oa, you know,)
and he's really quite sorry to think that
,such a lovely creature should be turned
oat of the old Hall to make roomfor him.
He wants to know what will become of her
when old Harwell dies, for ell the world
knows he's ruined,. It's a pretty
this old .Asal Wadi , " 1 :-*Idd
say. I, know what I'4 doi if firatElto#l.
enough to cell, it *nib" the,yauth
rsb
bed,.hi hands &Way, "I should Oa a
ham dog tiWe I"
"And then 1" said Mr. Canste,imiling.
"Why, then I'd pull ilown the rickety old
Louse up there, and built a palace fit for a
prince; I'd keep nothing but the old wine ;
I'd have lots .of prime fellows to stay with
me ; and I should sport the finest horse
and dogs in the country." The speaker
paused, out of breath.
"And then ?" said Mr. Canute quietly.
"Why ,then I'd hunt and shoot, ;and
ride, and drink, and dance, and keep open
house, and enjoy life to the full—feasting
from year's end to year's end—the feast
of reason and the flow of soul, you know,
in old Ambermead.:"
"And then ?"
“Why, then I suppose that in time I
should grow old like other people, and
cease to care for all these things so much
as I did s when strength and youth were
"And then ?" said Mr. Canute more
"Why, then—"and the stranger hesita
ted--"then I suppose, I.ike other people in
the course of nature, I should have to leave
all the pleasures of this life, and, like oth
er people—die."
"And then ?" said Mr. Canute,. fixing
his eyes, glittering like diamonds, on the
young man's face, *hick flushed up as he
ouch/UM with some irritation--
"0 Wang your 'and those But the
moon is well up, I see, so I'm off. Good
night, and thank you." And, without fur
ther parley, ho started off on his walk over
, the hills; and Mr. Canute silently watched j
his guest's retreating figure, till in the deep
shadows of the surrounding grove he was
lost, to view. In the 'plight, in the
darkness, in the valley, a 'n the hill side,
these words haunted thlt*ffarer, and he
kept repeating to him** "and then ?"
Thoughts took possessionef his mind that
never before had gainekiltranee there, or
at least they arranged ,asselves in a Be
gun°e which gave them mite a new sig.
:Whence. Ilia past lifepiesented itself to
him for the first time as s coherent chain
of events, exemplifying 'reuse and effect;
and if his plans for the liirrtre did not at
that moment experience iftnY determinate
change, he still kept re Ling anxiously
and inquiringly, as he d Ziered on in the
moonlight, the two -ly suggestive
words, "add then?" It #leved a long and
toilsome night's journcy — T for ho had left
tal i
Mr. Canute 's cottage so ' ily that he had
omitted toask for oor hdmarks on the
hills leading to the plum' s ' whither he was
hound. In consequence the stars faded in
the sky, and the rosy moil broke through
the eastern mists, ere the weary man, from
the summitofahigh hill Wolk he had tor
tuously mewled, behold ; ' afar off, down in
the villey, the shining Afar, the bridge,
and the church-tower ot' ) he town where
bhatietid in some emir' awaited his re.
appearance.
Their
never
be h
doiseetleit Mn ie ebilgo. "rldise Clara had
found shelter with hrdweldtive, Lady POW
sentry, though her ationswy was still fresh
and warmly cherished ItisioNg the humble
friends in her boaatifOl Dative. village:—
MG Canute, if possible, ltore silent than
ever, still remained tbsr *Wage omelet;
;writer; more cherished r Slow of yore, in.
asouell be was theoitty: mitnentil remain
ing of the beloved Ilarmitil, and the old
familiar faces now afteD„ DO more. l/e
would listen, and They
, Ircitdd talk, of dais
gone by f he felt the lest liven more than,
others, for he mourned i Companion and
friendus Mr. Harwell. Mill'Olant hod beau
to the good Two Werth as an adopted
daughter. Atiength it was rumored that
Mr. Selby, the new proprietor, was soon
expected to take possession of his proper
ty in due form ; nroreoverohat he was on
the point of marriage, and that hie young
bride would accompany him. 11l reports
fly quickly ; and it had been circulated
in former times that Mr Selby was wild
and extravagant, careless Of others, selfish
and profligate. Indeed, &Ir. Canute had
not contradicted sash reports. so it was
generally oriattooll, they were too true. .
and had a legal foiondatkm. With heavy
hearts, the inhabitants of Ambermead
eonimtineed their final preparations fur
the reception of the emtire'ead his bride ;
green unifies were erected, and wreaths of
Solara were hung on the spreading bra itch
tnt beneath which the travellers' road lay.
It was the season of roses and nightingales,
when Ambetmead was in its glory ; and I
never had the rich red roses bloomed so
profusely, - and never had the chorus of the
groves been more full and enchanting,
than on the summer evening when the
old and young of the hamlet, arrayed in
their holiday attire, waited to greet the
new corners.
Mr. Canute stood at his cottage door ;
the bridge just beyond, over which the
route conducted to the Hall through aye
nura of greenerie, was festooned with
roses ; and a band of maidens
. in white
lined the picturesque approach. The sun
was setting, when a carriage drove quickly
up, slackening its pace as it crossed the
bridge, and stopping at Mr. Canute's hum
ble gate. Two Words himself, barehead
ed, stepped forwards on seeing a lady a
light who in another moment threw her
self on his arms, exclaiming, "Our first
greeting must bp from you, dear, dear, Mr.
Canute ! I need not introduce Mr. Selhv
—he is known to you already." Speech.
less from astonishment and emotion, the
old man could only say, "Miss Clara !"
as he gazed from one to another, recogniz
ing in the gentleman the wayfaring guest
who had departed so abruptly on hie walk
ing over the moonlight hills, more than
three years previously. Seizing the
hand which Mr. Canute silently el.
tended, Mr. Selby' amid' with deep feel
ing—
is to your instrumentality that I owe
my present ha pppiness."
*glow so r was Canute's reply, look.
ins; with pleased surprise into the open
face, which on a former occasion, had won
his confidence and admiration.
•'7'wo rordsepoken in season wrought
a change in me, which all preaching
of friends and guardians had failed to ef.
feet ," returned Mr. Selby, "and without
which Clara never would have bleased me
wills her hand. Those years of probation
have proved my sincerity; and Lady Pon
sonby (a severe and scrutinizing judge)
pronounced my reformation complete ere
she permitted me to address Clara. Those
two little words, 'And then?' enigmatical
to theuninitiated, convey a deep and mys
tical meaning to my heart ; and they are
of such significant import, that by insert
ing them whenever .1 paint the future, I
trust to become a wiser and a bettter
Clara gazed proudly and confidingly on
her husband; and the news of her arrival
having spread through the village ; a
crowd collected, whose joy and surprise
found vent in tears and blessings, to say
nothing of numerous asides, purporting
that Miss Clara never would have espoused
a bad man ; ergo, Mr. Sell)) , must be a
worthy suceesor of the ancient rare !
The prognostication proved correct ;
and the pathway strewn with bright anon
mer roses, over which Clara trod in bridal
pomp on her way to the ancestral home
where she was born, was indeed emblemat-
Jeal of the flowery path which marked her
fitters destiny.
The old Hall of Ambermead is still ex
tant—a line specimen of venerable decay,
surrounded by ancestral groves, still famed
for sheltering innumerable pigtail' gales
when the Ambertnead roses exhale their
delicious fragrance. In the old church
yard on the green hill-side, a white mon
ument gleams in the sunahine, whereon
may be traced the name of John Canute,
specifying the date of his happy death,
while below is engraven this inscription
of two words—" And then I"
WHAT Is A Kiss I--We are sure all our
lady subscribers will thank us fur twinging
to light the following curious definition of
a kiss. It is an extract from a German
loom Antler, written as far back as the year
1679, andtreats in important subject so
fully and satisfactorily, that every one of
taste must consider it a gem. "What is
kiss 1" A kiss is, as it were, a seal ex
pressing our sincere attachment ; the pledge
of our futorn union ; a dumb but at the same
time, audible language•of a living heart, a
. present whielt at die seine time that it is
given, is taken from us ; the impression of
an ardent attachment on an ivory coral
prom; the striking of two flints against
ono another; a crimson beldam for a love
wounded heart; a sweet bite of the lip; an
affectionate pinching of the mouth ; a deli.
Moult. disk which is , eaten with scarlet
IfFienns ; a . street.mitait wlitch does not sat.
isfy hanger ; a r . rttit which is planted and
r*" übe at the haute time ; the quickest
exchange otqueations sedans wens of two,
lovers; the (mirth degree of love."
A gmAketva ittiblike.
A young cop, of an infidel turn, while
traveling In a sup crutch. sought to display
his'smartnesa by attempting to pink dews
in the narratives 018c!ipture. ANN try
ing to show the intionsiste4o7 and ideprob
ability ierreral events &lodised in the
Bible, he referred to the life or Nebtichail
iles!xer, and argued, that it wise utterly ab
curd and instobasible or man to so forget
has humast instincts, and eat greet, like a
beast. Having timed his views, he asked
the opinion of the passengers. and among
the rest of a grave looking Quaker, who
had hitherto taken no part in the conver
sation. ,
'•Verily, friend," answered the Quaker,
"I see no improbability in the story, if he
was as great an ass as thou."
A celebrated comedian, arranged with
his green grocer—oneßerry—to pay him quarterly ; hut the green-grocer sent in
his account lung belore the quarter was
*lee.
The comedian, in great wrath, railed
upon the green-grocer, laboring under the
impression that his credit was doubled.
*4 say, here's a pretty mrd, Berry ;
you've sent in your bell, Berry, before it
is due, Berry ; your father, the elder,
Berry, would not have been such a goose,
Berry. Hut you need not look black,
Berry—for I Mon care a Straw Berry—
mad sheet pay you till May, Berry."
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CHINA.-
Four hundred and one persons were exe
cuted in Canton during three months of
last year. The mode of killing 'criminals
there is similar to that of slaughtering bul
locks by the Jews, The long 'queue of
the Celestial is used as a handle by which
to draw hie head backward, when a swords
man severs the head from the body with
one stroke. In aggravated cases the crim
inal has his ears, nose, and limbs chopped
MT previous to the filial lopping. '
MAN AND THE MOON.-At Ilitt medical
dinner in Metropolitan Hall, last week, T.
E. Bond, Jr., gave the following toast :
"Woman—to man—the moon hanging
in beauty over the sea—her influence si
lent and unseen, sways the mighty tide
hither and thither at her will."
This accounts for the ebb as well as the
flow of affection. [Sunday Times.'
The fastidious editor of the Yankee
Blade gives the following among other
..hints on matrimony." Pon% be anrpri
sed if, alter you have sailed `smoothly
eight or ten months. on the voyage of Ma , '
Amon/. you are suddenly overtaken by
squills.
PIM 1.4101
Y. Who 'Eno* tbir nitioci, tell me,
HOW it iirdtat Ingifmt atilt
Prompts Meteor( gbliken or like riot;
At thrown capricious will !
Tell me by , what bidden magic
Our bowel:divot Brat are led
Iwo liking*, or dislikings,
Oft before i word is said !
Why should smiles isimeilings repel ns I
Blight eyes turn our fillings cold ?
Whatia that widelic , ontes to Sell, us,
All that glitter's' is Oct gold ?
Oh, no Cratere, plain 'or striking.
But a power we'cannot shun,'
Prompt. our liking or disliking
ire acquaintance has beguiv!
Is it Molina, or some
Which protects us, an controls.
Every impulse we inherit,
By some sympathy of soul 1
Is it instinct it naturel
Or dome Irm( or fault nlchancep
Which nor liking or disliking
Limits to a vim& glaucel
Like presentiment of dander.
l'houall the sky no shadow flings;
Cr that inner sense, rtill stronger,
Uf unseen, unuttered things.
Is it.L-Oh, can no one all me—
No one show sufficient multi,
Why our likings and disliking*
Have their own instinctive laws 1
Gladlnform of Ancient Room
Gladiators at first were malehietore,
captives or slaves ; but, in the progress of
time; freeborn citizens espoused the pros
fession, being regularly trained tinder a
master called Lanolin. Men of high birth
also appear in the arena. The !swinger
the public. passion of these spectacles grew,
g ladiators, as a necessary consequence, in
creased, until we find them in Rome. and
the provincial towns, so numerous, that in
the year 70, A. C.. a company of !gladits
tors at Capita, ruing against their muster,
anti retiring to the mountains, were speedi.
ly joined by otiosssol their profession.
peastietti and slates ;'Spartactis led them
on, and [or three j ears„) they spread terror
end destruction 111,4,444 h divers parts of
Italy. and defied the Ilootaii armlet'. The
gladiator who fought for hire wit. held in
more estimation than he who was said to
be ad haluni doneattaius—enudetnned to
the exhibition. 'rho former was matched
with his antagonist either:lir previous as.
ratigetnem, or by the manager of
.the
puree. Gladiatore, as a inciter of course,
were the. finest a n d most athletic men that
Italy and other couturier' prodoced.--
1 Dacia, Northern Gets!, and the gumming of
!Thrace. were famous for the 'gladiators,
which they sent to Rome ; and these men
wore fed. petted, end trained. just like the
lions and tigers who shared with them the!
honor of amusing the dweller, of the eter-!
nal city. Gladiators fought in divers
ways, and with a variety of weapons.—
Some were called "Secuttora," from the
privilege they had of pursuing their editor.'
series around the arena ; thus! a Secular
is matched with a Retiartia ; the former
has a Afield and a sword, the latter a threeH
pluton lance, called a trident, a oda rem or
net. The lietiams endeavors by his net
to embarrass the tnoveniente of his adver
sary, and then dispatch him with his trident.
If, however, lie misses his cast, and his net
does not fall over his enemy's head, he in
, atantly flies, while the Sector pursues..
!striving to kill him before his net is pre •
pared for a second trial. Sometime* they,
. fought in armor, with a helmet on their
! heads ; and st,other times were dressed
only in short tunics, confined around the
!waist by girdles 'of bronze. On all mem
lions the contest was [or life or death.—
We will suppose two gladiators engaged
! in the Collisenm. They are both trained
!to the prefetsiort, and the prize is a sum of
matey. They are armed with swords
and bucklers ; ferocity and hardihood have
taken the place of generous valor. It is,
no mock fight ; blood must flow, and one
!must inevitably perish, unless rescued by
the will of the emperor, or the mercy of
the people ; the last, unless under peculiar
circumstances. is rarely granted to die de
feated man. The younger combatant tri
umphs ; die elder receives a wound, and
by dropping his arms declares himself
vanquished. , 'llte general sirout, elute
babe' 1" (lie has it !) subsides, and the
elder man raises his eyes, as customary, to
the benches shove. His late depends up
on :he will of the spectators ; if they ele
vate their thumbs, the trip of clemency,
lie is to he spared ; if they depress them
lie dies! 'llse young gladiator stands with
his sword ready to do the bidding of
!as
sembly, anti the vanquished calmly wain;
his doom. The unpropitious sign ii given
—the sword desemids, and the veteran
meets death with astonishing firmness.—
such were the cruel and bloody sports of
the Amphitheatre, and no diversions, per
haps, in which the Romans indulged, con
tributed is so great a degree to demoralize
the mass of the people. Yet the harbor
one amusements found abettors even a
mong the honorable and thinking men of
the period, sonic of whom were of opinion
that the gladiatorial combats went far to
keep up the inertial spirit, which. on the
extinction of the Republic, threatened fast
to decline. We cannot, however, but
think that the exhibitions, while they
shocked humanity. were even a disgrace
to time profligate age in which they mow:
red.—.' insworth's Magazine.
110 PE
ST BISHOP
Reflected on the Inke I love I
To see the aura of trvenin*
8u tranquil in the bea.en atone,
So restless in the wave below.
Thos heavenly hope is all serene: -
But earthly hope, how bright soe'er,
Still flutters uer the changing scene,
As false, as fleeting, Sc 'tie fair.
POLITICAL PUN!: INO.—The following
hits of fun show that the Whigi haw
some life in them yet, and can joke despite
their awful using up last fell.
The Hanford Courant tells of a man
down east who is ready to support the next
Whig candidate for the President who
Ever-itt may be.
And looking Se-ward we ails -say th e
satin. -- Tray eoa.
We shell be happy to join !hie
for a taw] Ptsaiplirw, or oft , sivw4. 4
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" worth, Xt*lieltineis with. elms I;airee. U.
donate. An itinerate Wille 1 4 a, 044 1 0 1111 1 e.
to exhibit remit of hormummelp meid,4tit
people lid collected fromiht weir. a.
moo; whom was In, ftriend , beet elm
men hint done , with his own i Weeny tip
turned and said. "Igliw, *7 itiftio I ,am
willidg to ridemee hits el:100 1 * ill, lOW ,
sew Menntli,"
. Having 01* ****. _ PhIT
emblems; the 0 1 4 4 0 1 1, , ,, 0 0 4 All7 l *Mr
t`lairl.told 4 gleAhni.4 . ll o l 4*.ola ' fleet
Stranger then deldiefitedt pal d, out
tore h4t4o Perallt****lik*klitaratiki
she . stir... Ake 4 tint**4 o 4***/ dis
mounted. gave tier on. IteeeMeltittOe with ,
his whip. and/was rqatommi, hi, ; low in
thessiddle. The meieteowthWeditil
tile, but the inan puittavielktemaper, soil
got down qmetly•• eettomilkelet foltillOnic
the blow. but with am better eneetio..,Al
ter the third Stroke, however,.,ehe was
enmpleteld ealelUed. en 4 Moved Eueerard • .
with perfect obethellms• . 4 •' 4 ,
It now became evident Hutt the *Meg
of the horseman wee. 10 give the sinned
time to associate the ides' ot" her ithe.
lliepee with. the i1tw414...11*.it 6.4owed.t.
When this was oribliebed,,sbe woe - wit.
ing to move. . • , . . ,
On the reverse. ite AMP ,10f ; Ille**
bad been tlealt out, se ihusesualso hetet.-
men would have dotes , thet nem" WOO
hey° no time, to reflect , cud hilthsehlt iteil
her rider been tooled in hula, With
good temper, greet /teeing. otightlet magi
in the article of whips.
A Flee 0.4110044, . '
One of the finest mithitide**Weeleit is
that of l'ellikm - farm, th Eiestrin t le . the
Hudson. It ii no leas reininthethte lit' the
beauty and high darer If its trek. ihtes . the
constant productiienesif •tif theter.' 'The
proprietor, R. L. Pelt, Rig:: lei' Ill'itlalky
furnished co with lomerininthof
. .)t.
, Went* on fruit truth; eta 14 AliW*dia
' following highly intireeting ruse on tuts
Apple. -
, •Por several years past I have bees Et
perimenting on the apple. Ittornls' mi .
orchard of 2,001) hearing Neiviers PipPliii
trees. I found it very unprefitableso *Mt
for what is termed the .thearing prerrstria
it has been my situ to assist nature, so as
to enable the trees he beat every year. I
have &united that horn the wrongly* pro.
ductivemois of this tree. it requires the oit.
termediaso year to recover itself-4n ex.
tract from the earth sad etrionephere the
materials to enable it to produce again.—
'this it is not able to do, stimulated by
art, while it is loaded with fruit. and the
intervening year is loot ; if. however, the
tree is supplied with ;tracer food it will
bear every year ; at least ouch has been
the revuh of my experiments. Three
*years ago, its April, I scraped ell tie rough
bark from the stems of several thousand
trees in my on:heeds, and washed all the
trunks and limbs within reach with soft
soap ; trimmed out alf the hranehte that
crossed each other, early in • Jew s • eel
painted the wounded part with whilleind.
to exclude moisture and prevent tiecay i t
thee. in the latter part of the same mintsth. ; •t
slit the bark by ruening 'a sharp Onto, ~ -.
knife from the ground to the Met set ot , ,:*
limb*, which prevents the, tree trom being, ~
bark bound, and , gives the young mood tut,: •
opportunity of expanding. , la Jely is
placed one peck of eyelet shell lima under : ..,
each tree, and left it piled *Law the trenth4.
until November, daring which thee t h e .•
drought was excessive. le November llfit
lune was dog , in thrwingthly. • The liallint.. ,•
ing year 1 collected front these tree 1700, •
barrels of fruit, part of which was sithil In
New. York for four, and other* is lAA*
for ni n e dollars per barrel. The sitar,,
made Irons the referrer ,rlelivamq et she
mill two days , after he meaufaiture. I sold
for three dullest and three quartemper bee.;
rel of 32 gallons. exclusive°. the barrel. le • .
October 1 manured therm trees with stable
manure in which the ammenta had bogie
fixed, and covered this infinediethle with
earth. The succeeding ieturouthey.oett .
literally bending to the.earth with the holell 4 , '
fruit lever saw, while the other ; tense hi
my orchard not so treated are,quite bortrark ; 0,
the last season having bosh their besith.! .
year. lam now placingsouud moth lieter s ,,,
one peek of charcoal dust. and proportitiik i , ,
the spring to cover it from the
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a gravelly subsoil. I ettliiitito sty sp.
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believe three ettorreetrito ettes744 It
destroy, any orchard rinlgn , nmt
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pore.. 1 raised hot pree.ht tio,
enuteining 20 acres, twilit rtleti, AA, :
crop of Indio corn Willieh'4l"o47
NSA* of ears to th e iieve."-r. , a
Fruit 'Book.
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of the "Albin, Cokismet" ems' YAW'
since, pee die folleurisq eseitipi ale sner•
effectual end intsediets reined? iktilinal;
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