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mov t:ie Ni:-v tastokai. or t. ecciiaxas bead.
' ''Diiy dawns,
.uJ wiili it rc!! the sounds, afar and r.ear,
f lowing cattle and yf cro'ving coc-ks.
Prw farai to fcirui tLo wakeiirg t-i.nals ran, , ,
And tuc ijiniJ amoku ascou.is. 'Hie shec-n. released.
Leap the low bar ord, following their tell,
Go bleating t- the pasture. And. auon,
The plougliiiiau drives his Icf.m. into the field,
r.d treads the furrovr, till tho 1-orn recalls.
Sic-anwLile the kino tLcir genorona udders yiuld,
At: J CH the sounding pail till it o'crrur.a, .
And di ips ihe path ivith foam, 'i hen. a the spring
The auoWy liquid pourod in carclul row35
And on watery slabs arranged to eocl.
Glchins like n series cf fnli uoons. Afar,
1 he giant forge, at later t'ue liil!3,
Throbs sullen thunder from its iron henrt,
And 'ticath yoa poplar, bursting into bloom,
1'hi lesser ani! rii.gs. Wbilo from ibo cot
""A'fcieh on the brci-zy upland grtets the east,
The windows blazing w ith tho moricg red,
The loom mikes 2svcr with its busy bet."
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'Now bloom the orchards, and the noisy bees,
Siug !Iks u. win 1 anioi:g the snowy Liuils.
Tno oujHnU of nciabo: iuj s-irdcn Live3
Arc tLs.1..-, ii: f!l coumiiinitiei. to niino
Th odorous Fldorado; and the vasp.
l; -j -;.: ag bin ior.g lej, Xik-e a flying crane.
I.i-hu en the S-Tcr, ur.d. xrl'.k hU ready sting, '
1 areata tie intru ler. There tli3 Luir.u-e-bce '
C'.mc;: bocmiijg, itnd ueparu with iaUon tLighs.
The yello-j.uket, auiail and full of ipite,
JIsur.-Lsd in livery of go Men la2,
Oo'ues with the fretfa! arroganae cf one
"W'to playi tho Esiislcr, ihonh himself a slare ;
ArA over all, the tyrant cf the hi-ur.
The kir.-bird, hovers, darting on Li? prey;
And takes the ventured argosy of sweets. .
Then bossts hii cono'iest on tr.e aijasent branch,
Where, like a pir-ito Uaulel agaiosc tho wind,
JIo vaiis another sail. From iimbt. to limb,
1 lie birds which Lv.-a dolight to build their nest
Iho Hue bird, tnd the robin and the sn;all "
tlray woud-pecc-r now fiit among tho flowers, '
Until the rir is full of life nr.d rong.
Ai it ii fu!l cf periV.me.'.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Tho t!:j;Icr tro'; ia trciuenJot:s crr.shi3
ever Cie city. jrcceouO'l hy vivi.i, llinciitig
ti.i-;b'.-T cf lightning ; liile thti rairs ponr -i in
iwx: fi-c-m th!j ur.gl:r..; taxQS, and l!ov,e-.l ;u
iri-.i-.iJy t -rrcr:l5 a! t):c streets.
13 til rtl::rl wi ir! whir! w -r.it the v.becls of
the chariot : :-...s!i end cLilic-r the hoofs of
thy Ij'.ts.s. la a f-jv.- :iioia:;ts, the irato at j
V.vi t'.T:i::a.ttin of tho stra-it h id bw'en cleared ;
i
STivI ;; - vc'.icle, r.'.i'.i ril-ro.-tl velocitv cf
modern ;i;nos, was racking its way into the
country, iLinr.zh d i;k.'ii53 a:.;i toiaTvst.
Atj-1 r.OtV, v.- have ?. r.iun'ents lcijare,
tvs liiny t-i'fj a :tp ut tl;e friir ottf, at
the svarighid, fai;:t;r.g Vortitia, sntchd l'ra:u
ai itntirticly T j.vth, ar. lj what is Avers?, the
pioactsrc of alu3tf.il. l.-rtttcl soldiery.
Tho rattling and jilting biro roused Jior in
to sotnuv.Int of corscioaacss, thvuh It ill in
a d.eaiuy, bev.ildcicd ftate. She I:is ri re--collection
of any thing tlut had tkeu place
for the last hour, nor has has she the least
idea cf her t; rose it situaticD. She is trying
hard, however, to iki'ikto realize, if possible,
where she is. , Bttt, ao occasional gleam of
lightninj:, angling the small, rude enclosure
ia which fhe is lying, id tha only thing she
caa sec ; while the rattlir.g of wheels, and the
clattering noise outside, and the swaying,
jolting motion, at length convinced her, that
she was in something, at least, that moved,
and moved with amazing velocity.
After a while, her thoughts becoming more
settled, and hftr mind mere tranquil, with an
effort, she raid herself Ui on a rough sort of
seat, wh:h fihe had felt with her . hand. Bat
her head ach?d, and her temples throbbed; as a
faiutness, accompanied with a great thirst,
el-ized her, and she again lay do'.u. :
Soon, however, reviving, and feeling quite
a relisf from pain, she once more made an ef
fort to recall, if possible, tho past, llcr re
collections, however, were alldiru and confus
ed. The blacU, damp cell, and, her father's
bowed form at her side the Dazing fires in
the square the Emperor, and his guard, and
the crowded hall, she could remember only
dreamingly. Then, she had some recollection
of grim-visaged locking monsters -peering in
Jier face , but thero memory . became a blank
a black, unwritten page. ;;'.!, .
Poor Vertitia! she' then tried: to fckl, bnt
conld only feel wretehed. She tried to weep,'
l-uther tears refused to,-fici-. '..' JfozV. sviftTy
and air of a sudden, did, her thoughts (lea
away to the skies ; axd there did she see kin
whose crown was thoras, and y.hose drink was
vinegi'.rand gall; whose hands wore riven with
nails, and whose bide was pierced with a iqar
and then from his eyes came a . look of com
passion, and from his lips fell the words, it
is I ; be not afraid." The blue, languid eyes
of the captive girl quickly opened ; and, lookn
ing up, her lips refponded, "my Saviour."
Hour ! after hour passed away.' - "hirl .
whirl, all the time, went the wheels - a&4c!at
ter clatter, incessantly,, went the horses'
hoofs. Vertitia thought and thought, but all
to no purpose. Her thinking furnished no
clue to unravel the present mystery. Shi
prayed, but it was as dark as ever. She -listened
and listened, but she could hear nothing
but the whirl and the clatter; no voice of any
human being. On ou rolled the chariot;
now swaying to the one side, and now to the
other; now jolting and pitching, and now fly
ing along without the slightest j.ar or obstruc
tion. And Vertitia really began to consider
seriously whether she was dead or alive, or
whether she was not ou her way to the bright
world of her dreams. .
All of a sudden, the chariot stood still.
There was a quick, rustling movement outside,
followed by a heavy spring of feet to the earth.
"Oat," said a low, coarse, sepulchral voice.
v'ertitia started trembled. Her head began
to swim, and she felt that she could not stir a
limb. But instantly almost, a powerful arm
was thrust inside the vehicle, and encircled
her slender form ; and the "next moment she
was standing outside on the earth, wiih a man
of huge proportions at her side.
t;Be easy a little," said the sepulchral voice
cf the huge man ; and,- stepping forward, he
drove tire chariot oil to the one side, and se
cured the jaded; panting horses. '
Vertitia cast her eyes aroun d 'her. They
were in the midst of a. fores-t. Tho tall trees
rose in the darkness, like great, black walls,
on either side of the road. Directly overhead,
she could see afev.- scattered stars shining out
brightly; and, to the East, through and open
ing in the tops of tha trees, she thought she
could observe the gray dawn. And then, on
tho North, up a dark, dismal-looking hollow,
or ravine, she fancied she could sec a pale,
blue sort of light, blinking, and swaying , to
and. fro.'"
, MThis way, girl," said the hoarse voice of
the man, with an evident- effort at kindness;
"follow' mc," and hb struck into;a path at the
sivle of the road.
.Vertitia could neither speak, nor stir a limb.
In ail probability, could she have done either,
she would have pled for mercy, or ett'jTupt-J.l
a flight. But there she stood, speechles.s mo
tionless. . . -
Better of a Iectle help, perhaps ; had con- i
sidvrabla of a ride, poor thing," and the neit
moment, tho hugu man had her in his arms.
Lie entered the forest. - The path led up the
dark hollow, in the direction of the blue light.
After soul; time of toiling up this, and then
up a gentle ilope, Vertitia felt the powerful
arms of the man relaxing their hold ; and she
was set down in the raidst cf an old ruins.
Now, d::tbe frightsnc-d, pretty thing,"
said the man : "be easy hero a bit."
He then threw open the door of a low, small
structure, -nd entering without ceremony,
quickly closed it behind him. Vertitia saw,
as the door opened, a small fire burning in oi:-
corner ; and an eld woman seated before it,
resting her elbows on h?r knees, and her chin
in her hands. She fancied, moreover, she had
heard the surprise and congratulations of a
mother and her son, followed by a low conver
s.itiun. In a few moments, tho door again opened,
and the man returned; when taking holdcfj
Vertitia's hand, he led her in. Then, hand- i
ing the old woman a scrip of parchment, 'with !
a few words of writing upon it, he turned j
round ; and, kissing the cheek of some one l
asleep on a couch in the corner, he hastily !
left. ..
The old woman, holding up the parchment
to the light cf the blazing lire, read it, and
then carefully put it away in a fold of her i
dress. ' j
It is now day-light ; and the reader may feel j
curious, perhaps, to take a peep at the placet
of Vcrtitia's captivity. J
Thu ruins might date back somo two or j
three centuries, or more leaving their origin j
and design wholly unknown. The walls en-
closed a considerable 'space, half an acre, at i
least, and had mostly tumbled down, and lay 1
iu mossy heaps. Only on the North, the end
wall remain&djTcnt, however, ih several places,
ftud looking as if the push of a strong- arm
might tilt it.over. On this side, and under
cover of tho topling wall, stood the rude struc
ture in which Vertitia v.as now seated, and
through a small aperture in the side of which,
answering instead of a window, she had seen
the dim j?ght. :' . ..v..-. - :
It was simply a rough To cabin, some twelve
or fourteen ; foet square, and one ; story in
height.: It waa covered with poles, or small
quartered timbers, which;' being hud close to
gether, were neatly grassed or sodded ovcfl , .
The kalf-racre'of ground enclosed by tiie de-r
cayed. aaidimouldering. nvalls, and which1 lay
before and m the two sides of the cabin i was'
cUiTtivated as a garden, .and! boro . evidence of j
no small skill and taste :ia the art, It was. reg
ularly laid off in. plotsbr beds,-with neat, clean
walks. ' Almost' every Bpccics of vegetable
then'jn'ns?i' as also several varieties of the
vine, were cultivated 'With ihe - greatest care'j
while sercral smaller plots, devoted to flowers',
gave evidence of no little taste in that depart
ment. Directly" in front of the. door, there j
wsLsVsmall circular bed of this kind, grassed
round the sides, and which contained - several
rare varieties. ' ' .' "
,. Tobe tontiuxtJ. ...
For the Journal.
TO A SICK miE'IJ.
. They veil me AzracTs piuicca dark,
Are hovering o'er thy pillow,
That Charon in his ghotr.y bark
Awaits thee on Stix' rouh billow.
TLine eyc3 are diruned wirb suffering's tears;
Though pride would q-joll th ir Cowing.
And on thy brow and on thy chock,
The hectie fh i glowing.
And must bou thus 'mongst stronger li.
With cone to share thy iighicg ; -And
must thou thus 'midst strangers die,
With none to mourn thee dying?
Must thou tins fade so young in year ,
Kre half thy task is finished t -
Must thy bright life be juc-iiobed in tears, - .'
Ktc ago its light diiiiini-heJ?
If prayer conld sfay the grasp of death
It n-j'er could roach thj- portal;
If lore ejuld bnt prolong thy breath
-Then weidst thou be inrtnortal! .
' II. VT, T5.
Luthersburg- April 9, 1S.55:
STOIl.MlMf OF STOXY POINT.
a norAycr of the volution.
The night had already settled down gloomy
and forbidding, on the evening of tlu lath of
July, 1779, when the advancing column oV a
little army whos3 uniform betokened it to bo
American, emerged from a thick wood on the'
shore of the Hudson,, and in an instant the
whole dim and shadowy prospect, disclosed to
them along the bank of tho river opened to the
sight. Far away lay Verplanck's Point, now
buried in a mass of shadow, while on the hith
er side of the river, dark gloomy, and frown
ing, rose up the craggy heights of Stony
Point. Washed on three sides by the Hudson,
and protected on the other, except along a
narrow road, by a morass, the fort was deem
ed one of the most impregnable upon the riv
er; and its capture regarded as almost impos
sible. ' Yet to achieve that gallant purpose,
this little army wa3 now upon its march.
A turn in the, roa l soon hid them from the
river, and after a silent march of some minutes
duration, they arrived within a mile and half
of the enemy's line, and halting at the com
mand of their oHioer, formed into columns for
the . attack. Bjginnisg again . their march
they soon reached the m-.rshy ground at the
base ot the hill. . -
"Hist !" said the low voice of the general
from lhe front, "Vre arc nigh enough now
HALT."
The order passed in a whisper down tho line,
and the column paused o-i the edge of the
morass. It was a moment of suspense and
peril. Every man f.-lt that in a few minutes
the fate of their hazardous enterprise would be
determined, an I that they would either be cold
in death, or the American flag waving In tri
umph over the . dirk promontory ahead, now
scarcely discernible through the thick gloom
of midnight. Yet not a lip quivered, nor a
cheek blanched in that crisis. About tweuty
paces in front the column, had halted, the for
lorn liope ot one hundred and .fifty men, with
unloaded pieces and bayonets fixed, while fur
ther on a smaller group of shadowy forms
could be seen through the obscurity, accoutred
w ith axe?, to cut through the abattis. Each
man had a piece of white paper in his hat to
distinguish him from the 1'oe in the approach
ing mthe. The pause, was but momentary.
The general had already reconnoitered ap
proaches to the still silent promontory, and
waving his sword on high ' he gave the order.
In another instant the dark massive column
was moving steadily to the attack.
It was a thrilling moment, during which
that devoted band crossed rapidly over the
marsh. As yet the enemy had not discovered
them. Even the hearts of the oldest veterans
trembled with the eagerness of that moment of
suspense.' Already, hud the ioremost of the
pioneers rescued tha abattis, and the quick,
rapid blows of their axes rung upon tho night,
when suddenly shout of aUrm broke from
the fort, the gun of a sentry flashed through
the gloom, and in an instant all was uproar and
confusion with'n the astonished fortification.
Not a moment was to be lost. .
"Advance! advance!" shouted Wayne, as
he pressed rapidly on towards the abattis, fol
low in death-like-' silence by his indomnitablo
troops. '" - : '''
"To arms !" came borne on the night breeze
from the fort "to arms to arras' and then
followed the quick roll of the drum. In an in
stant the enemy were at their posts, and the
gallant continentals still maintained their si
lent but sttady march, a fire, such'as only des
peration, could produce, bursty fro.m cyery em
brasure ,oX. the fort. The incessant rattle of
the., musketry, . thOj, roar,;.9f,tho artillery, the,
crashing of. the. gtape-shot, and the lurid light
flung over the scene by the explosion of the
iS-helUvand streams pf, fire, pouring - from, the
fort, formed a picture which no pen can- des
cribe. r .Yet amid itall the ' daring assailauts
steadily: arivEncodr inrt:a;trieerhad been pull
ed riivthcir.ranksi'"Faithfal to the commands'
of their. geoeral though: trembling . iu very
limb with eagerness they kept tip their silent
march, amid the fiery ; tempest, as if impelled
by some : god-like power. On on on they
pressed! The whirlwind of fire from the fort
ceased not ; yet still they dashed along, charg
ing at the point of the bayonet, over abattis
and bulwark, until the enemy, borne back by
their impetuous onset, quailed before them. ;
The works were forced. Then, and not till
then, was the death-like silence broken. A
sound rung out from the victorious troops over
all the. thunder of the battle. It was the
watch-word of success. It was hoard by the
head of the column behind, it passed down
their line, was caught up by. the rear, and a
avild shout, making the very welkin tremble,
rang out as they dashed to the attack.
Tho contest was short, but terrific. Over
bulwark, battery, and prostrate, foes the gal
lant continentals, headed by Wayne, pressed
on, and driving all before them, mot the col
umn of their little army, with an enthusiastic
cheer, in the very centre -of the enemy's
w orks. - In another moment the starry flag of
America was waving triumphantly over, the
battlements. :. t . , -.;
The enthusiasm of the victors cannot be de
scribed. But though the contest had been so
bloody, not a man of the enemy fell, after re
sistance had ceased. Tho prisoners wre dis
armed, a guard placed over them, and sentries
posted on all the commanding positions around
the works. The morning gun announced to
the British fleet in the river tlwt Stow. Poim
WAS VON'. '
' 'AXUSrSG DUELS. .
A work on" "Duds and' Duelling" has re-'
cently been published in Boston, :. which con
tains far more amusement than one would exV
pect to find in such a volume. The case of
Major Hillas and Fenton, in Ireland, in which
the former gentleman w as shot, is an illustra
tion; The Judrre, in summing-up the evi
dence,- said to the jury: "Gentlemen,' it is my
business to lay down tho law to you, and I
will. The law says the killing a man in a du
el is murder, and I a:u bound to tell you it i3
murder; therefore, in the discharge of my du
ty, I toll you so; but I tell you, at the same
time, a fairer duel thau this I never heard of
in the whole course of my life !"
Two physicians, by the name of Mead and
Woodward, fought in England, and the latter
slipping, his opponent exclaimed- "Take
your life." To which the prostrate Galen re
plied, "Anything but your physic."" '
"Old Put," one cf the heroes of bur revolu
tion, was very odd also in his ideas of the code.
Ho agreed to meet a British .officer ' at a" spe
cial place and hour, without seconds. When
the Briton repaired to the spot he was greeted
by a shot from "Old Put," lying in perdu
about thirty rods off. While "Put was re
loading the officer approached and asked,
"What are you about to do ? Is this the con
duct of an American efneer and a man cf hon
or?" "What am I about to do!" replied the
General. "A pretty question to put to a man
you intend to murder! I'm about to kill you;
and if you don't beat a retreat in less time than
it takes' old Heath to hang a tory, you are a
gone dog." The ofilcer fled.
The old Wolf-n-anter accepted another chal
lenge from a British ofilcer. At the appointed
time and spot the officer found him seated
near a barrel apparently of gunpowder smo
king a pipe, lie asked the Englishman to sit
on the other side cf the barrel, and remarking
that "there was an equal chance for both,"
-set fire to the match. Tiie officer retreated in
a hurry, when Old But laughed at him saying
"you are just as brave a man as I took you
to be; this is nothing but a barrel of onions to
try.you by; but you don't like the smell."
INFLUENCE OF WOMEN.
Senator Houston was once asked at a large
party given by Mr. Speaker Winthrop, why he
did not attend the usual places of public amuse
ment as he had been accustomed to do. His
reply was this let it bo read 3nd remembered
by thc'irfotkers and daughters of America:
"I make it a point, said the honorable Sen
ator "never to visit a place where my ladv, if
she were with me, would be unwilling to go.
I know it would give her pain, as a christian
to attend such places, and I will not go my
self where I could not take my wife."
A member of Congress present alluded to
his own wife, and added that there was a mu
tual understanding between him and her, that
they should each follow the bent of their own
inclination in such matters.
' That may do for you, responded Mr. Hous
ton' but with me it is different from what it is
with many men. My wife has been the ma
king of me. Sho took me when I was a victim
to slavish appetites; she has redeemed and re
generated me, fend I will not do that in her
absence which I know would give. her pain if
she were present.' !.
- Settling ax ARorMEST. Two argumenta
tive characters were on ; day cruelly boring
a third parly, with a prosy discussion upon tho
philosophical correctness of Pope's famous
axiom; which .afeserta ;,that "whatever, is, is
right;"j The debate had.. been jspuaio every
hingth : imaginable,, embracing o illustrations
"pro.and cbni1.' derived..J"rom .th : numerous
"ills that flesh is heir to," and the bountiful-
Bess of RoTanlTr&TriSeocewliii ;the in
dividual'who was patiently listening to the dis
putants brought the argument to a close by
exclaiming, "Tom, you say that .Pope is cor-:
ree.t ?" "Of course, sir," said Tom, glad to
find a new contestant; in the arena ;.t"and
will show yon-; t.". .'j'Wait a. minute1"1in-
terrupted his interlocutor, 'and lell .me,, if
"whatever is, js right," how you came to have
a Uft hand ?" .. .. . ;
Ifrmiuian.
Adversity is the only ballance to weigh
friends. : ... - '
: Never indulge- yourself iu ridicule on
religious' subjects. . ' . ' . ;
Affectation of wixdom often prevents
our becoming wise.
' Of all poverty, that of the mind is the
most deplorable.
He who makes an idol of his interest,
will make a martyr of his intcgiity.
-Capital punishment,' as the boy said
when tho mistress seated him with the girls.
-" Mrs. Partington says one"is obliged to
walk very circumscrumptiously these muddy
times.- . "
' A Drunkard's nose is like a lighthouse,
warning us of the little water passing under
neath.' . ......
-7- A . rugged countenance oftenest con
ceals the warm heart, as the richest pearls
sleep in the roughest shell.. .
- -The ditleiencc between a carriage
horse and a carriage wheel, is this one goes
best w lien tired and the other doa't.
, i .If our past actions reproach us, they
cannot be atoned for by our own severe reflec
tions so effectually as by a contrary behavior.
' Laugh and joke after dinner. It helps
digestion more than cheese or chrmpaignc.
Moderate fits of laughter are better than pills.
The man who has nothing to boast of
but his illustrious ancestry, 13 like a potato,
the only' thing good about him 'lies under the
ground.' . . -. -"
A letter from Home, say 3 : "There are
various rumors that the city of Catania, in
Sicily, has been well nigh destroyed by an
eruption of Etna.
. .- When one Lilly kisses anothi-r,what com
mand of the Scriptures does she fulfil ? "I do
uuto.others as I would that men should do un
to, me.", . .- . . : .
-A man sent a note ' to a witty friend,
requesting the loan of his noose-paper, and-ru4-;v..i
; rm uisJ friend's, iiiarriago cer
tiGeate.' ' . ' "
King James of England said the itch
was too good for his subjects, on account of
the pleasure to be derived from fcratehing the
affoctod parts.
An old bachelor, on seeing the words
'Families supplied,' over the door of an oyster
saloon, stepped in and said he would take- a
wife and two children.
One of the original Mormons afJrrus that
the' founder of the creed v. as opposed to pol
ygamy, and would, if ho were alive, denounce
it as an infamous doclrine.
' They must dress cool in Lafayette,' la.,
A young lady, on being asked if she intended
to wear tiiat new bonnet to church, sai l that
idio did not intend to wear any ihing chc!
. Wedlock without love is like a feast of
dishes a mere show and deception. We would
sooner wed an almshouse than a female minus
a heart. Well iow we would.
In a late speech, Lucy Stone said : "Wo
know there is cotton in the ears cf men. Let
us look for hope in the bosom of women,"
May we not find some cotton there, too, Miss
Lucy ? '
Sam Slick says that book-learned men
seldom know anything but books, and there is
cue that never was printed yet, but which they
never read, nor even so much as cut the leaves
of, for they don't understand the handwriting
and that bouk is human nature.
In one of the towns of Indiana, a short
time since, a liquor dealer sold a man brandy,
from the c-ficcts of w hich he lost his life. A
jury, under the new liquor law, awarded .the
widow of the deceased $-300 damages against
the dealer. ' . ' , . . j
A distinguished physician writes to a
friend who is in delicate health: "Take to;
yourself a young; healthyvirtucus and amia
ble wife. It will do you more good in one
winter than all the medicine and mineral wa
ter in America will do for twenty years."
. One of our Western vrllagcs passed an
ordinance forbidding taverns to sell liquor on
the Sabbath to any pers' ns except travelers.
The i?cxt Sunday, every man in town was walk
ing around with a valise in -one hand and two
saddle-bags in the ot,her. Ingenious people
those gin and sugar imbibers. -
.. One day a little girl about five years
old, heard a preacher of the Chadband or lcrj
praying mast lustily, iill the roof rang vith
the strength; pf; his supplication- Turning
her mother and . beckoning , the maternal ear
down to a speaking distance, she whispered,
Mother, don't you think that if ho: lived near
er:t God iMi w,ouldu'.t have to talk so loud J :-;
' '--11 Li'Tad on Jamaica Pond, (a famousand
fashionable place in the neighborhood of Bos
ton,) who is very expert on skates, offered the
privilege of a kisFtoahy.one who could catch
her. .The offer was made .rather .louder , than
she intended, for when. she darted off", dozens
started iu pursuit... She was captured by a ne7
g'ro, who, however, did not insist ppoa the
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bv sir ow viin r.rnvtj t.yttox .'
Flesh glides the brook, and blows the ga,
Yet yonder holts th quiet mill;
lhe whirling whc-1, tho rushinj
How motionless and still.
Six days of toil poor child of Caia,
' Thy strength the .-dave of Went may be,
The seventh thy limbs onenpe the chain
AJod hath xaade thee free! '
Ah. tender was the law that gave
This holy respite to lliy brea;; .
To breathe the gale, to watch the wave,
And know the wheel may rest!-
l?nt where the wsves the gentlest glide,"
What image chrms to raise thine ey?
The Fpire rellected on the tide,
I uv ites thee to the skies.
To teach the J-oal iu nobler worth.
This rest from mortal t;l is given;
Go. snatch the brief reprieve from earth;
And pass a guest to heaven.
They tell thee, in their drcuiniiisr school,
t'i power from old doiaicion burled,
When rich and poor, wiih ju.-ter rule,
Shall sharu lhe altered world !
Alss! since time i;sef Hcku, -.
That f;tble hr.th nutfoolcd the Lour;
Eardi ao that ripens power in man.
But subjects man to power.
Y-t one day in seven, tt lesst.
. .One bright republic shall be known;
Man's world awhile hath surely ceas.-I,
' WheuX-'sd proclaims his own.
his di'ys may rank divide the poor.
Oh iivtn frc.m thy banquet hull !
: The seventh the Father opes the door,
And bol ls his feast to nil !
NATTJBE'S LS3S0N Oi? EELIGI0N.
The following by J. G. Whitticr, is instinct
w ith such lessons of Religion as are patent to
every eye in Nature's scenery and audible tr
every reader. : .
There is a religion in everything around us;
a calm an-1 holy religion in the wnbreathing
things of nature, which man would do well to
imitate. It is a meek and blessed influence,
stealing, ns it were, unawares upon the heart.
It comes it has no terror, no gloom in its ap
proaches. It lias nothing to rouse up the pas
sions; it is untrammeli?d by the creeds and un
shadowed by the superstitions of man. It is
fresh from the hands of the Author, and glow
ing from the immediate presence of the great
spun wMv-Ti prcvuaes 'luLekcfiS Jt-Ii.
written on the arched sky. It looks out from
every star. It is anion;! the hills and valleys
of tho carih; where the shrublcss mountain-top.
pierces tho thin atmosphere of eternal winter;
or where the mighty, forest fluctuates !tforti
tho strong winds with its dark waves of green
foliage. It is spread out like a legible lan
guage upon the broad face of the unsleeping
ocean. It is iho poetry of heaven. It is this
that uplifts the j-ph it within us, until it 13 tall
enough to overlook thu shadows of our places
of probation; which breaks link after link tLe
chain that binds us to mortality; and which
ope:.s to imagination a world of spiritual beau
ty and holiness.
AEVICZ TO TAELNIS. .
Be ever gentle with tie children God has
given you; watch over them constantly; re
prove them earnestly, but not in nnger. In
the forcible language of Scripture, "Be not
bitter against them." "Yes, they are good
boys," I once heard a kind father fay, "I talk
to them very much, but do not like to befit my
children the world will beat them" It was
a beautiful thought, though not elegantly tx-preast-d.
Yes, there is net one child in the
circle around the table, healthful and happy
as they look now, on whose head, if longer
spared, "the .storm will "not beat. Adversity
may wither them, sickness may fade, a coll
world frown on them, Lutamid all, let memory
carry them back to a home whete the law of
kindness reigned, where the mother's repro
ving eyb md-.toued with a tear, and the father
frowned "more in sorrow than in anger."
Give your children fortune without educa
tion, and at least one half w ill go down to the
tomb of oblivion perhaps to ruin. Give them
an education, r.ud they will bo a fortune to
themselves and their country. It is an inher
itance worth more thau gold, for it buys true
honor they can never spend nor loose it; and
through life it ever proves a friend in death
a consolation. ' . '
Many promises are scattered in the Bi
ble like the stars iu the firmament; and if it
were always day '"we should not have known
there was a star in the sky; so many of God'
promises only shine, or at least, shine bright
er in the night cf affliction. '
fj" If you survev the Ccrth, every leaf that
j tremblesjn. the breeze, every blade of grass be
neath yo.ur feet, is a wonder as absolutely bc-
youdrtho roach ot human art to imitate, as the
construction. of the universe. !j 5. ; :;
T7 St.'Paul had three wishes, and they
were all about Christthat he might be fonnd
in Christ; th'a he .might.' be with Christ; and
that he might magnify Christ. 'Luther., . .
fjy The" integrity of the heart, when It is
strengthened by reason, isthe principle source
of justice and wit: and honest men think near
ly always justly; '-- ' ' '"" : '- -"-
" Sincerity is to speak what we thiuk, ta
do, what wc rprofess, to perform what, we prom
ised, ad really to Ns j hit wc ,woujd appear
and scein to be., . .-, - t - : : tz c -:'
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