BY D. A. & 0. H. DDEHLER. VOLUME Xxiv.l, TAB TllOlllOll. A bright beam came to my window frame, This .were May morn i And it said to Om cold, banl glue— Oh ! let me page. For have nOod new. fn The queen of. the 'dewy dell. The.logautifal I. born I Warn with the ram. through the open ipso., Thie 'West Maj• morn. Came it soft wind out of the skies ; And It said Ye spy heert-rAritre ! Oo forth from the winter's fire, For the child Of thy Mil desire, The beautiful May, is tr! Tbe.bright, hum glanced and As soft wind e daneed, This sweet May morn,. Over my .Bilk end Over my eyes ; And I seid, With a glad surprise— Oh, lead me forth, ye blessed twsin, Oar the bill'end over the plain, Where the beautiful May is born. Through the open door leaped the beam before, This sweet May bore, And the soft wind floated along, Ltke a poet's song, Warm from his heart and fresh from his brain ; And they led me Oril the mount and' plain, Tit the beautiful May new both. My guide so bight and my guide so light, This sweet May morn, Led me along o'er thi vastly ground, And [knew by each joyotai sight and sound, The fields so green end the skies so Sob That heavekand serthhept holiday. That Om beautiful May was born. Oat of the see with their eyes of glee, This sweet May mom, Came the blue waves hastily on • And they mu rm uring cried— Thou happy one ! show us, 0 earth! thy darling child, For we heard, far out on the ocean wild, That the beautiful May was bora. The winged flame to the toselind came, This sweet 'May morn,' And, it said to the dower—Prepare ! CI, Ay neuritis bosom bare ; Fell 100 a, full soon, thou must rock to rest, And nurse and feed'on thy glowing bi east, The beautiful May now born ! The gladsome breeze through the trembling trees, This sweat May morn, Went on joyously from bough to bough And it said to the red•branched plum-0 thou! Cover with mimic pearls and isms, And with silver bells, thy coral stems, For this beautiful May how born. Under the eaves and through the leaves, This sweat May morn, The 'oft wind whispering flew : And it said m the listening binds-0 you* Sweet choristers of the skies, A waken your tenderest lullabies, For the beautiful May now born. *The white cloud flew to the uttermost blue, This sweet May morn, It bore. Ilk. a gentle cartier•dove. The blessed news to the realms above ; While its sister could in the midst of the yore ♦nd within my boart the spirit of lose, That the beautiful May wasborn • [Dablia Visiversitintagazine. [ From the German of Schiller. The Evening belbre Marriage. "We shall certainly be very happy to gether," said Louise to her aunt, on the evening before her marriage, and her cheeks glowed with a deeper red, and her eyes shone with delight. When a bride bays we, it may be easily guessed whom of all persona in the world she means thereby. "I do not doubt it, dear Louise," replied her aunt, "if you only continue to be hap py together." "Oh, who can doubt that we shall con tinue so I. I know, myself, I have faults, finked, bat my love for him will cure them. And eo long as we love each other we can not be unhappy. Our love will never grow cold." Alas," sighed her aunt, ' , thou doat talk like a maiden of nineteen, on the day before 'marriage, in the intoxication of wishes fulfilled, of fair hopes and happy omens. Dear child, remember this—even the heart in time grows cold. Days will nom when the magic of the scenes shall fade. And when this enchantnient shall . fade, thyn it becomes first evident whether is.oi are truly worthy of love. When cus tom has made familiar the charms that are meat attractive, when youthful freshness lute died, and with. the brightness of do- Anestio life more and more shadliwa have ~ mingled, then, Louise, and not until then, can the wife say of the husband, 'he is worthy of my Jove' : then first can the hus band say of the wife. 'she blooms in im perishable b4uty.' , But truly on the day before marriage such assertions as those sound laughable to me." "I 'under:lista yon, dear aunt. You would say that our mutual love can in ear lier yem give 4 no worth for each other. But is not he to whom, I am to belong— for of myself I can boast of nothing but the best intention*--4 he not the noblest, ivortlirest of all the young men of the city ? Blooms not in his soul every thing that tends to make life happy r "My child," replied her aunt, "I grant it. Virtue blooms in thee as well as in him ; I can saii.46 to thee without flat tery...f•Bal, -thy dear heart, they • only * and are not yet ripened' beneath the pid'Abit bloisoine de tfoi4„„t4its4P3o46.llll more thou thelle•-• iNi r n'inin+ tinter inn in, what soil they have ollakest wail. Who knows the"toncealed 'fitiptiiir - of'the heart ?" h 4. 4 l ltifie aunt; you really frighten me." "410 the better, Louise ; such hula right y. such fear is as it should be the marriage eve. I love Ahoe toudeP. Sid' will declare all my thoughts on j . sittpici without disguise lam not as yet an_,old aunt. At seven and twenty .eyearill line looks fbrward into life with' plea `ll4World still presents a bright side 044 "A have a right thus in speak' to thstes to oall thy attention - to a worst which thou dust not know, one which is not of, , ten spoken te,t young 11 . 1111dload! 1110414 one, indeed, Aid &el • sus oessipy. the thoughteof a young sow and still it of the'litmost important* in every hmmehad, a secret from which alone springs lastll4 love and unalterable happiness." Louise seized the band of her aunt in both of hers. . •gDear aunt, you know l tlist I believe you in very thing. Yon mean that enduring happ*sa is not augured to es by accidental qualities, by fleeting, damns, but only those virtues of the nrind which we bring to each other. These are the best dowry which we can pesems these never become old 1" 3 "As it happens, Louise. These virthes, also, like tile beauties of the body, tan grow old, and become repulsive and 'hate ful with age." "How, dearest snot? what do you ay? name to tie a virtue that can become hate ful with age." "When they become so, wo no longer call them virtues ; a beautiful maiden Can not be called beautiful when time has changed her to an old and wrinkled wo man." "But, aunt, virtues are nothing opthly." "Perhaps." ,1“ "How can gentleness and miloßiess ever become hateful T" "So soon as they degenerate into insip id listlessness and'insolenee. ' , "And manly courage Y" "Becomes imperious rudeness." "And modest diffidence ?" "Tarns to fawning humility." "And noble pride T" "To,vulgar haughtiness." "And readiness to oblige Y" "Becomes a habit of too ready friend ship and. servility." "Dear aunt, you almost make me an gry. My future husband can never de generate thus. He has one virtue which which will preserve him as he is forever. A - deep sense and indestructible-feeling for every thing that is good and noble, dwells in me also, I hope, as in him. This is the innate pledge and security for our happi ness." . But if it should grow old with you ; if it should change to hateful exeiteability ; and 'exeiteability is the very worst enemy to matrimony. You both posse, ' That I do not deny ; but beware lost this grace should degenerate into an irrita ble and quarrelsom mortal." 4tAb, dearest, if I might never become old." Wert thou always as fresh and beanti ul as today still thy husband's eye would, by custom of years, become indifferent to these advantages. Custom is the greatest enchantress in the world, and in,the house, one of the most benevolent fairies. She renders that which is the most beautiful, as *ell as the ugliest, familiar. The wife is young tad becomes old. It is custom which hinders 'the husband from perceiving the changer On the contrary, did she re main young while he grew old, it might bring evil consequences, and render the man in years jealous. It is better as kind Protrldeime him ordered .it. Itnagine that thou host grown to be an old wouitin, ana thy husband wore a blooming youth, how wouldat then then feel IT - Louise rubbed her chin, 'end mid, "I cannot tell." Her aunt continued, "But I will call thy attention to a secret which— . "That is it," interrupted Louise, hasti ly, "that is it I long so,trch to hear." Her aunt said, "listen to mo attentively. What I now tell thee I' have proved, It consists of two parts. The first part of the means to render marriage happy of itself prevents every possibility of dissension and would at last make the spider and the fly the best of friends with each other.— The second is the best and surest method of preserving feminine attraction." "Ah !" exclaimed Louise. "The former half of the means, then : In the first solitary hours after the cere mony, take thy bridegroom and demand a solemn vow of him, and give Min a vow in return. Promise sine another sacredly, never, not even in jest, to wrangle with each other; never to bandy words or in dulge in the least ill humor. Never 1 I say never wrangle in jest, putting on an air of ill humor merely to toasi?; it be comes outmost by practice. Mark that, Next promise each other sincierely'and Bel ennily, never to have a' secret from eaoh othettmnder Whateer **text, 'with ` what 'ever excuse it' Wight be: lou'inuet. eon'. tinually, and' every monicni, Bee 'elearly in te'oath other's bosom. :Even whet one of 'yon shall have committed a fault, wait not an instant, but confess it fitely—let it'eost tears, but confess it. And as you keep no thing a secret from each other, so, on the contrary, preserve the privaoies of your house, marriage state, and heart, from fa ther, mother, sister, brother, aunt and the 'world. You two, with Cod's help, build your own quiet world ; every third or fourth ono whom you draw into it with you will form a party and stand between you two. That should never be. Prom ise this to each other. Renew the vow 'at each temptation. Yon will find your ac count in it. Your souls will grow as it GE Tiri . iii.l:l4 : :%.; PA., FRIDAY EVENING; UlfE 10, 1853. MENG trinelogither; tuid'at laitt writ leennie ab I one.. Ab, If many a , yenng Pahl had, ine their ,wedding day, known tide secret, bow many marriages would be happier than they are. Louise kissed her aunt's baud 'with ar dor. "I feel that it must be so. Where confidence is absent, the married, even af ter wedlock, are two strangers who do not know each other, It should be so. With out this there can be no happiness. And now, aunt, the best preservative of female beauty ?" Her aunt smilef: and said, "We may not conceal from °unwires that a hand some man pleases us O hundred times more than an ill looking one. and the men' are pleased with us when we are pretty.— But what we call 'beautiful, what in the woman pleases the man, is not akin and hair, the shape or color, as in a 'picture or statute ; but it is the character, it is the soathat is within these, whieh'enehants us by looks and words, earnestness, and joy and sorrow. The men admire us the more they suppose those virtues of the mind to exist in us which the outside pro. mises, and we think a malicious manAisa greeable however graceful and handieme and intelligent be maybe.-Let a young maiden then who would preserve but that purity of soul, those sweet qualities of the ,mind, those virtues, in short, by which ahe first drew her love:** her feet —and the best preservative of virtue, to render it unchatiFing, and 'keep it , ever young, is religion; that inward unions with the Deity and eternity, and faith—that walketh with God, so pure, so peaceful, so beneficent with morale." "See.dear heart," centinned the aunt, "therelse virtues which arise out• of mere experience. These grow old with time, and alter, because by change of • ilimum 7 stances and inclination, - prudence alteni her rules of action, and because her growth does not always keep pace with - our years and passions. But religions virtues can never change ; these remain eternally the same. Preserve, dm?, a mind important and pure, looking for everything from. God : thus will that beauty' of soul remain, for which thy bridegroom te.-day adores thee. lam no bigot, no fanatic. lam thy aunt of Seven and twenty. I love all innocent and rational amusements. But for this very reason I say to thee—be a good dear Christian, and thou wilt, as mother, yea, a grandmother, be still beautiful." Louise throw her arms about her neck, and wept in silence, and whispered. ""I thank thee, my acgel 1" A LITTLft QtrAXERSSII IN A HURRY TO owe MARITE I D.—An amusing matrimonial story is told of the olden time of New England. It so fell out that two young people became very much smitten with each other, as young people sometimes do. The young woman's , lather was a . wealthy Quaker---the young man was poor but respectable. The father could 'stand no such union, and resolutely opposed it, and the daughter dare not dia. obey—thtt is to say, she dare not disobey openly. She "met him by moon.light," while she pretended never to see him— and she pined and .waited in spite of her self. She as ready in love—estate of sighs and tears,- which women oftener reach in imagination'tban in reality. Still the father remained inexorable. Time passed on, end She melon Mary's damask cheek passed off, She let no concealment, like a "worm in the bud," prey , oa, that gawk cheek. however; but when bat father asked her, why the pined, she al. ways told him. The old gentlemen was a widower and loved his girl dearly.—. Bad it been a widow mother who had Mary in charge, a woman's pride never would have given way bbfore the impor tunities of a daughter. Men are not, how ever, so stubborn in such matters, and when the father saw that the daughter's heart was really set upon the match, he surprised her one day by breaking out— " Mary, rather than mope to death, thee had better marry as thee cheat', and when thee pleases." And then what did Mary f Wait till the birds of the air had told her swain of the change, or until her father had time to al ter his mind again! Not a bit of it. She clapped her neat, plain bonnet on her head, walked directly into the street, and then as directly to the house of her in tended as the street would carry her.— She walked into the house without knock ing—for knocking was not then fashiona ble—and L e I 1 4. found the family just sitting down to dinner. Some little commotion was exhibited at so unexpected sp,appari lieu as the heiress in the widow's, cotter, bet ehe heeded it not. John looked up in 4uirin4ly. She waked up to him, and took Ins hand in hers: "John," said she, tither says I may have thee." And' John got directly up from the dinner table, and went to the parson's. In just twenty-five intim& they were man and wife! .!Oh, cast thou not Affection from thee! In this hitter world Hold ILO thy head that only treasure fast. Watch—guard it—suffer not a breath to dim The brightgem'epurity I" WOULDN'T lIINDBR PaovloaNce.—A blacksmith in Erie county, Ohio, was re quested by a wealthy distiller, to put him up a binning rod on his distillery. The honest son of Vulcan instantly refused, re- Marking to the whiskey maker, "if it is the Lord'■ will to send a streak of light• ning upon your distillery. 1 ant not the man who would do anything to avert it." If a man could haws half his wishes he would double his 'troubles. ""FEARLESS AND FREE." The Grare'hat the , ieelest. A fair contributor sends us, in the anti de belovi, as fine a poem in prose as we hare lately read In the antumn 'of 1852,,whi1e on a loin , through the northern part of Michigan, 1 ,was delighted with 'diet pdrt of the journey which lay, often fot many miles, through the beautiful ..Ostit.inplini;s,!' for whilti t thisAtate is PQ celebrat Not unfit queititY within an hmir'irride we would see eaeral beautifill takes, and-cross one or . ntbre rapid swami.`lt was airmen impossible to belies* that theme "open ings" had not• been laid, i out by some skillful landscape gardener. with an eye to the most 'swindle rtiral taste and ef fect, end I could net divest myself of the idea, that we shoeldleine itpon come lord. ly - mansion, for thmocoupant of which so much beauty hat iced created. Here the fold Wound through a quiet dell—there eseendecl a geode Dope—yonder ran along the brow of an dodainting hill, with a wild ravine on tine side, and all around were stately trees, arranged in picturesque .groops or mending singly in just the right places ; while shining in. the distance, or clone at hand, with grisly Margin or peb bly beach, lay one of those bright lakes; mirroring in its depths the noble trees growing on the graduallysloping hill sides around it; or toinedines the opposite shore reflecietthe dark shadow of the for est that ley upon that side, ,chile bevies olducks were eylnithing Mid diving among the snowy and golden lilies that dotted the (itilvery sheen"' tartlet from its border. Lost in adthirition of the beauty by which we were surrounded, on winding round a "lowan" of lands our attention wee spdden. ly arrested by wing beneath the , shadow of some noble °Altai a little grave.. Miles away front any settleittent, there; - In 'the lonely forest, had some mooning mother laid her darling down in its last sleep ! Why was the little grasp made there I—. There was the, little - mound, surrounded by a low picket; and each. pulse or my heart - vibrated with sympathy for the mother who had left her loved one' there Sad indeed must be-her been, when she thinks of her babe's groom, far off in the wild woods, with lto hiving eye to N , watch over it—no gentle hem' to lay there an of fering of sweet ,flowfrs 1--It did at first seem sorrowful,, that a little idiot (19r the grave was seri inill) slicoold left alone in that 't olitude low sweet now of a bird fell °pins My ear, and v.- roused me from so melancholy' reflection ; and, as I looked around the stately col umns of tree., hung with' the gorgeous drapery of eutuirini and lbithited to the soft cadences of the, criild Meting among their branches. and anon swelling in rich vol ume through those wide arcade., or peal ing a triumphant anthem, I thought there was a monument a prince might' envy ! Cheer thee, Sorrowing mother. He who "took little children and blessed them." sanctified as well the grape of thy babe.. as that of the more favored babe of fortune, who sleeps in consecrated ground. And. surely, that islionvecrated ground,—pure and fresh as it3camit from the Creator's hand, uncontaminated by the art of man ! what prouder mausoleum could be faised I Thera are the proud oldirees for oolumns the dome of God's own arching; the rich tracery chisseled by his Unerring. hand'! In the sweet opting time, what dehpte and exquisitely wrought drapery is It%g from amid those arches I hi the bright , summer; it is deepened into dark rich curtain, to.shade that sacred spot from the sun's scorching rays; then the autumnal frosts, with magic touch, paint it in colors which hubtan pencil tan faintly instate Liter; when those gorgeous hues have faded, sod the sombre. drapery, his Callao in requiems to the eartb,the wintry tempests sound 'a requiem through 'those naked ' arches !then again, in the long still nights of mid Winter, the Milt from the near rush ing riser, like incense from some holy al tar, rises through the keen frosty air, and the morning sun discloses .a scene , of be wildering magnificence ! Column, capi. tal, acid architrave. are studded and inlaid with gems too brilliant to look upon.— From every point and projection are hung gratelully swinging curds, and glittering tassels, and clusters, and knots of ambient jewels gleaming and flashing in the morn. Mg's rays, while the sir is filledas with a shower of tiniest gems ! The pavement of snowy crystals is bestud with diamonds, and the little grave gleams pure and white in the sunlight I Cheer thee, then, sor- rowing mother I An All-seeing Eye watches over that bear spot; llis hand lies there, spring's first sweet violet, and when the dark cold night of death fell over thy babe. the' Putt of His love' ibmt dis persed that night, and its spirit *Wakened to the glorious day in which theta no more night forever.—Home Journal. A SINGULAR Htirrowt,—Elihit Yale, the founder blYale College at New Ha ven. Conn., lies buried ■t the church in Wuhan', Weleb. 'His inniffimert44 plain altar tomb, bear, this 'inscription t ' , Born in America. In rEninpe bred, In Atria* travelled, and in Asia wed Where long he lived and thrived, in London dead; Much good, some ill. lie did ; so hope Ill's even, And that his soul, themigh mercy's gone to Heaven. You that survive end read this !ale take CM. For this most certain exit to prepare, Where blest in peace the actions of the just Bu3ell iiveet and blossom in the silent dust The strangest fact in yet to tell. It is recorded that Mr. Yale went out to the East Indies from this country as an ad venturer, and becoming wealthy, obtained the Presidency of Madras. and is said to have ruled with the most oppressive au thority. He caused his groom to be hang ed for riding out a fa vorite horse without leave. For this mu rder he was ordered to , England, where he was tried fur the crime, but. by some means escaped all punish ment except a heavy fine. —Ho died in 1724. All clouds of sorrow are but the.voieee of angels, which are attuned to toe dea( in ear and the hard in heart, that they may touch anti Make vibrate the cltor&t' of the inmost awl. Oh'nese Sotemoltles. Although the presence of thousands of the wired of the Celesitial Empire makes their appearance. dress and every-day habits a, matter of common-place occur rence among us, yet we doubt if much be yond this is known about them by the community in general. Monday and Tuesday of last week were occasions tend ing to enlighten the public with many of their Most religious observances arising from this characteristic. There are several re ligious sects among them, hut the principal elements of belief are similar. They be lieve ie three great existences—two of them original; and without beginning or end, and the third the product of the other two. Of the two first existences, one is spiritual, the other material ; the three to gether are Heaven, Earth ants Man. lleav en is spiritual, Earth material. but everlas ting ; and Man, the product of both, par taking qf the-pature of both. - The figeres and graven images to which the Chinese pay reverence (uncouth as they are) do tic( represent gods, but good men Who have eminently benefitted their race during their stay on earth. They supplethat these men are in Heaven, en joying' a spiritual and carnal immortality, bdt that the spiritual parCpoossesses the power of being present on this earth, and of being cognizant of all that passes a mongst the living. _.'Po instance this, they think that the inventor of ink was one of the greatest men that ever lived, thiit he enjoys a bles sed immortality, and is charged with the duty of keeping account of the manner in which all ink is . used here below, and for every abuse of it he records a black mark spinal the offender. Hence arises the for ~tif the oath ithninistered in our pol ice depirtinent. none but Chinese ink is tmetiin the printing of it ; the- witness is sworn, by the form of oath, to tell the truth and nothing else ; he then takes the form,,printed with this ink, and burns it ; the Smoke rises as incense to the great in ventor, who stands ready to record the uutivor falsity of his statement for or a .hitp. The class of the Chinese _we lottetemengst us is by no means of a soperior'osat. We have neither priests mantliii,n4 but we .have areal m asteri,, merchants, tradesmen, ',mimics and ta 'borers., ~,We have also a great many Who were smugglers., pirates and brigands in their-owe country. Marty of them con fess to thie'fact. The Chinese priest may be readily,distinguished by his garb: his head is closely Anson all over, no queue at all, and his &sea is of an wing robes of leatkolored silk. with deep wide sleeves. • When a paean dies, his, body is put into a sort 9r9ftin above ground, and pre served for Some time before final interment. The rich•remain one year in this condi tion. Althoughdead to theeenses of the living, their earned wants are by no means" auppoked to cease ; 'therefore, cigars, opium,sweetmests,and many other things, are enclosed in the sepulchre with thew. In 'Widen to this, the daily food is brought and placed at the head of the grave, with, the most anxious attention. This fond is destroyed by rats and other 'animals, but the Chinese believe it it consumed- by the dead. A. religious. observance requires that they revery year, on a ; fixed anni versary. to repair the cemeteries of the departed, many of which are out into the solid rock. and a-atone - door firtoly eemen led in-; end on this anniversary; the cement is renewed. and other damages -that may, have been:sustatned, am- repsired. Mon-' day, 4th of April. was the day apppointed for the men, who *assembled in hundreds, dressed in their several castes, and wend ed their way in, brig procession to pay thee. rites to renSains of departed friends. , Meats and vegetables were offered up in large quantities it the various graves, li quor 'Was spilt around each in a circle, prayers, were &aid, and the shades of the deputed, , whose spirits; were supposed to be, present, uniting' approbation, were in voked-for future protection:' Other sac- Meta were Offered up to the spirits of evil, who are 'believed tri haunt the resting places of the dead, ready to miry them off. in case of the failure of their relations to make the customary votive offering which is intended to appease their wrath andimy theM off for a time. Three josh sticks are planted near the graves, each formed of a different kind of substance, one being porcelain, another sandal wood.:—the cure bination of the third is unknown to na— tie porcelain stick represents Earth, the sandal wood, Man, and the other Heaven. On Thursday the women took their turn) for the same ceremonies ; it being' tmlaw lei for the men and women ,to go on the' suns day. The ,Wbnitt4rocneding. was interesting in the highest degree,,as illus trative of the more .important customs of this Angular people.—San Francisco UapplPew. Happiness, is to be attained in the se custeineti chair by the fireside, more than in the lionoraey'rieenpation oreivie office ; in a wife's love, infinitely morn than in the favorof all human else ; in children's ineoceni slid joyous prattle, more than in. hearing of flattery 4 in the reciprocation of little and frequent kindnesses between friend and friend, more than in some occa sional and dearly bought indulgence ; the virtue of contentment, more than in the anxious achievements of wealth, dis tinction, and grandeur, in change of heart more than in chance of circumstances ; in full, firm trust in Providence, inure than in hoping fortune's favor ; in a growing taste fur beauties of nature, more than in the fee-simple inheritance of whole items of land, in the observance of neatness and ' regularity,;household virtues, rather than in the means of ostentatious, and there lore rare, display ; in a hand-mnideit'sl cheerfulness, more than in the improved; tone of politics ; and in the friendship of; our-next door neighbor, more than in the condescending notice of my lord duke. I Happiness, then, must be sought for in simplicity, and not in costliness ; in the perpetually recurring, more than in the rare; in abiding peace rather than in tem porary rapture ; and next after the well of ME= living water which springeth up into ever hurting life, in no source else en sedulous ly. as in those fountains which are fed by the never-failing love of relatives and friends." PASSING AWAY. I'm pin away. the rivulet !aid. As it dewed dons on its pebbly hea ; I unite mn'lf with the oeeen,i;lll, And ewrip o'er forma that were feariew and hold And thrn to the clowle I'm eerried high, Refreshing the earth with dew from the . sky ; Thus the stream sang on, in tones wild and gay, I'm passing away, I'm passing limit ! We are pepsins' away, the red man As he looked around on the scattered dead ; But few remain, and we'll anon be at rest. With thoss we lose, in the land of the blest ; And the white man then will he roaming here, O'er thin land of ours, that to as was a o dear And the theme of his snug will be in that day, They have palmed away, they have passed sway ! We are islislling away. is the anng that in aunt. From the line of all, both the old and the young; That song is aunt through the till forret Wes 13v the gentle aigh of the evening hrerte 'Tie heard in the North, South, Enat and West, 'Tie ever told in the land of the blest. That the elioaen of earth moat not here *toy, That they must pass sway, ■ll pass sway ! RETURN FROM ELOI. BY LA MARTINS On quitting La Mure, the Emperor composed his vanguard of one hundred picked men, from that chosen hotly always under the orders of Cambroane. This general, on advancing towards a bridge at I some distance from La More, found him- I self in front of Anew battallion. The en vny he sent to them with signs of peace, • was driven hack. The Emperor being in formed of this, again despatched one of his officers, Major Raoul, to attack the battalion which refused to open his route; but Raoul threatened with their fire return ed without being heard. Napoleon felt that the moment had arrived to pot to the test his own aseendeney over his old sol diers. lie passed through his column, ordering it. to halt, and rode foward nt a gentle pace, almost alone, nt the head of his army. Whether he hail been assured by his acennipliaes at Grenohle that the, hearts of the battalion beat in his favor; whether the habits of a soldier on the battle field had inured lion to look on death with less repugnance by the fire than by the sword ; or that his soul, since its depat• tore from Elba. had concentrated all its powers in anticipation tit this supreme moment, and he had deemed that this en terprise wacwell worth the risk of like, certain it is that he did nut not hesitate a moment. lie neither hastened or slacken. ed his steps, but approached within a hun dred paces of the bayonets, which formed a wall before him on the road. There 'he dismounted, gave the reins to nos of his Poles, crossed his arms on his breast, and advanced with measured amps. like a min who marches to his death. It was the spectre of the imagination of both army and people appearing suddenly, and as if rising from the tomb, the France of the present and the past. He wore the costume in I which recollection, legend and picture had had alike engraved hint on the memory'.. of sill ; the military hat, the green uniform ; of the light infantry of the guard, the over coat of dust colored cloth, open and die. I playing his under dress, the high military hoots, and spurs ringing on the ground ; his attitude was that of reflection, which nothing can distract, or of peaceful coin. mend, which doubts not of oSedience.— lie descended a slope of the road inclining towards the regiment lie was about to nc.l cost. Ni) groups of persons before him, or behind him, prevented him from being! seen in all the illusion of personal prestige, his figure standing nut boldly soil alone against the back ground of the high road ;: and the blue firmament beyond. To strike such amen whom the soldiers sec-I Noised as their tanner idol, would have been in their eye., not to fight, but to as sassinate. Napoleon had ealculatell from ' afar this challenge of glory to humanity, and to the heart of the French soldier, and he was not mistaken ; but it required a profound genies to attempt and a Napoleon to accomplish it. His grenadiers, a great distance behind him, stood with their arms reversed,' as a token of peace. The oft. oer coMmanding the fifth regiment, doing violence perhaps to his Weller in the ex ecution of his duty, or knowing beforehand the resolution of his soldiers not to strike the Emperor, and only wishing to intimi date the army of Napoleon by an appear anne of discipline, ordered hie battalion to fire. The soldiers appeared to obey, and took aim at Napoleon, who. without atop. ping to betray any emotion, advanced within ten steps of the muskets leveled at his breast. and elevating that apolldike and resounding voice. which had so often directed maneouvree of the review, or of the field of battle. ”Soltlfers of the fifth ragiruent I" he exclaimed, deliberately un covering his breast, and presenting his naked bust to receive their fire, If there he any one among you that would kill his Emperor, let him do it. Here I am I" There was no reply ; all remained silent and motionless. The soldiers had tint even loaded their muskets, as if they dis trusted themselves. Having gone through the semblance of obedience and fidelity to discipline, they thought they had done their duty, and that the heart might now be left to its'own course. And the hearts of all spoke with one voice. At first a thrill of feeling ran through the bottallim, then a few muskets were lowered, then a greater number, and floally the whole, while a cry of -Vice l'Empereur" issued from every month, which was repli.qt ur by a vhout from the grenadiers of the guard. l in the distance. of ••Vive the filth regiment of the Some of the officers quoted the rank and took the road to Grenoble, that they might not be carried away by the emotion of of their companies while ; others wiped their eyes, sheathed their swords, and yielded to the general coeta glum The soldiers quieting the ranks, bushed along with the people to surround the Emperor, who opened his arms to re ; ceive them ; while his own faithful sol diers, followitigAri example, Itienened to the spot, amid Mingled ,in one group and . .. c • . 4...::•*iii*..?1,444,..i! • • • TWO VOLLAWS 4ARNM ilitrxßEß It; one acclamation with those of the h was the junction of France. pest end , present, embracing each other at the call of glory ; the involuntary sedition hearts Napoleon had conquered by diaartn ing himself ; his name alone had done NW tie. From this moment France was env , conquered ; the trial had been made. the example given. At a distance people, might be faithful to duty ; but when near. enthusiasm would seize on all. The ex ample of the • fifth regiment was 'worth' more to the Emperor than the defection of ten armies. Bible Statistics. More than once have statistics of the' following character found their wajt into print, to the delight of both young and old t this fact will not prejudice. the insertion of the statement herewith presented, by s correspondent, inasmuch as the ttecittait7 of its details, differing as they 'der from those of similar statistical papers, may be relied upon. It is mainly taken front an English Bible, as given by the indeftiga• ble Dr. Horne, in his introduction to the Study of the Scriptures, (Vol. it., 0. last Eng. ed.,) and is gait: to have occu pied more than three years of the eempl• ler's life. As it will be found both worst and interesting, its length will nal be re gretted : Old Testament. New Tr* .. ' Mal. Ilnoks, 39 17 "" at . . Chapters, 949 1 240 1.199 Vetoed, 23,214 7,959 ' sl;l7* WII nig, :412,493 1%1,253 7 7 3,70 Letters, 2,728,100 939,340 a,nimso AlmerYPha• nooks; 14 I Weeds, 125,1114 Chapters, 183 Lettere, 1,063,010 'Varies, 13,031 The Bible. 'Pule middle book is Micah. The middle (and smallest) chapter it Psalm 117. The middle verse is the Bth of, PAM 118. The middle line, is in the 18th urn of 2 Chronicles 4. , . , The largest book is that of the Psalms. The largest chapter is Psalm 110. 'file word Jehovah (or Lord) oceans 0,855 times. The word .4nd mews 40,227 times. The numbly of authors of the Bible is 50. The Ohl Testemrnt The,middle book of the Old Testament is Prtiverhm. The middle chapter is 20th of Job. The middle verse is in 2 Phroniclest 20th chapter between the 17th and ISeb verses. The shortest book is Obadiah. The slimiest verse, 1 Citron, 1.1 chip. Vith v. The word And °mfr.' 35.543 tines. The 2lat verse of Ezra, 7th, contains all the letters of our Alphabet. The wore Selah occurs 72 times, and only in the po etical hooka. 2 Kings 19111 chap.. and Isaiah 37th chapter are alike. The fact is all internal mark of the truth of these: Scriptures ; being transcripts from pitblie records, by two different writers, who were not cotemporitries. 'rho same may be said of the following two coincidences I The book of Esther does not contain the words Cod or Lord. 'rite last two verses of 2 Chronicles, and the opening vessel of the book Ezra aro alike. Ezra 2il and Nehemiah 7th are alike. There are nearly BO hooks mentioned. hot not found in the Bible, consisting of civil records, and other ancient writings. now nearly all lost. They never formed part of the Holy scriptures. About $6 of these are alluded to in the Old Tear meat. New Testament. The middle book is Theasslonises. The middle chapter is between Romans 13th and 14th. The middle verse is Acts 17: 17th verse. The smallest book is SI John. .• The smallest verse is John 11th clap• ter and 35th verse. MR. CLAY-4N lExoravitot EXTRACT. -:11.0 MOIL A. McClung, by appointment.: delivered before both branuhei of the log. isliture of Miuiesippi. an suborns upon the character aid public service, of Henry Clay. It, was chaste, forcible, and eloquent. We cull an extract : "He faded away in no feeble twilight 1 he a auk down to no dins sunset. but '4,4811g-out iii life in the bright blase of meridian fullness. Ha passed down into the Talley of the shadow of death with all his glory unclouded, his laurels all epee around him. Not a spot obscures the les. tre of his crest, not a sprig has been tom front his chaplet. "The dead Douglass has won the field. His dying ear rung with the applause of his country, and the hosannas of a nation's , gratitude. Death has given to hint the empire in the Deans of his countrymen, .unt fully granted to the living man—and although it has not decreed that the first honors of the nation should await him. its last blessing will cluster around his name. His memory needs ne monument. He wants no mausoleum of smite or marble to imprison his sacred dust, Let hint rind amid the tokens of the freedom he has so much loved. fait hint sleep up, where the whistling of the tameless winds—the ceaseless roar of the murmuring water— the chirping of wild birtle—sall which speaks "1 liberty, may chasm hioolowool lullaby ! Peace be with MY seief. - Hisoir Clay 1 . May the earth lie light upon you. and the undying laurel of glory grew pea over thy grave !" 1 , Nothing is purer than lineestpivesth• ing sweeter than eharity-.-enthieolortobei er dean virtue —nuting warmet Shot kw** and netideg inure steedh4 thee fradiev. These' united in ono mind. rono iblironme& the sweetest, the riehest, holiest, and the suet steastritst bopraere. =MEE {I 1 'Pk. le .1 , 41.4.,?.v$
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