111 El OFFICE pp TruE STAR, . _ CHAMEIERSBIJRO STREET, A FEW POOTtS WEST OF MR. FORRY'S' T . .ERN. ADVESTISEMENTS. Conspicuously inserted FOUR times for ONE DO LL A R per square—over four I.IIIIOS,TIV.ENTY.FIVE eawrs per square will be charged. siLts_tioths. - AvviT.); Ot f 92 per annum, ha.lo,yearly in advance. y 3 S Qa[3-2.)/Alini)c. -"With sweetist flowers enrich'd From various gardens cull'd with care:" Tim DYING Alp! look thy last, fond mother, On thebeauty - of-that-brow, For,deith's cold hand is passing o'er marble stillness now, Those silken eyelids weighing - gown Upon the glazed eye, • ~ ♦re telling to the aching heart, . The lovely one must die: yes„mother of the dying one,. The beautiful must go! • The pallid cheele . miticading eye;' And trbmbling lip of snow, Are signets from the hand of death, When unseen angels come To bear the young and beautiful To their own happy home. That soft white hand within thy own, May never more entwine Its arms around the mother's neck, Like tendrils of the vine; Those still cola fingers never more Along the forehead 'kir,. Riftnodally with the Javan curls That cluster thickly there. The flashing of its speaking eye, The music of its mirth, Shall never more make glad the hearts - Around the parent's hearth; Then look thy last, fond mother, For the eartli shall be above, And curtain up that sleeping one, The first-horn of thy love. But lot thy burning thoughts go forth, And pray ,that thou may'st meet That sinless one, where worlds shall bow Before the judgment seat; And pray, that when the wing of death Is shadowed on thy brow, Thy soul may be beside the ono That Bleeped' near thee now. 4 2af_l From the Ariel. l. LICE, eittLYS TREL There are no doubt limy—perhaps in: ny who- read this--who can remember wit distinetnew3 most of the minuteincidents the made up the grand total of exciteinent, oce: sinned by the last war. Among the ,cove ties which that stirring period gave birth to was a regiment of ballad singers, who fre quented the corners of the streets hi the eve lung, singing the many songs which appear _ od An the newspapers at that tune, all rothr. 'ring to soliiii - glorious victor", some bloody battle, or some TaVorite nero or rue day. - - These urchins scattered themselves through out the city at various public places so that of a calm summer evening you might hear ado= patriotic ballads chanted forth with in the compass of a lbw squares. Each of these little minstrels was sure of an audience; and it was truly remarkable the breathleSs silence which held the crowd as the sting progressed. NV limit was over the minstrel held out his hat to his auditors, and many was the shining copper dropped into the crown as a reward for his vocal exertions. But among a dozen or two-of these, there was but one little girl, who being the only female among them, naturally attracted the largest sharp 61 attention. Her name was Alice; and her history is not alittle singular. -haling--that the street minstrels succeeded tolerably well in earning pennies, -Alice, whose widowed mother was enfeebled by _Ficknenraiul_was at the, same time misera bly poor, bethought her, though then only • th' • een_years.oldAhat -she might possibly contribute to the support ()flier mother atid her little brother, who, to crown their mis • fortunes, had gone totally blind. The mo they. found it difficult to live—and who, in' those severe times, (lid not"! The war made every thing 'scarce and dear. The common luxuries, these which all now, poor as they may be, think-indispensable, ware not to be had, for scanty was.their stock -of-money" and still scantier theirhealth. Alice was too young to labor, jitt#lttle she contri ved to .do was their wimcipal dependence. She, possessed a fade in which all thelittrit butes ofjuvenile loveliness seemed to struo7.• gle for the mastery; her eye shone with the brightness of a. gazelle's and her black hair hung down her shoulders in ringlets of nature's own curling. To these were added a, voice of surprising sweetuess..and power, which unimproved by any culture, struck on-her ear with an impression that distinct hr awakened ant interest in the hearer to know more of ifs fortunate possessor. This • good hearted girl, sick with the distivses of the mother, taking her blindibibtlier by the hand, seCout one evening to conimence the • popixlar avocation of a street ministrel. She • had previouslyiearned all the verses usually • sung at the corners, and was thus mistress . brat least ten or twenty, which the public • decided as established favorites. :faking her statical, with becoming modesty, at the front door of a large hotel .then kept on the north side of Market Street above Seventh, she commonced, in a tremulous voice, a gong descriptive of the capture of Guerriere, i then In the zenith of its popularity. No one stood at the door_but herself and her little brother. The. eveni lig was rather cool, and • • Al the inmates of:the house were sitting in the large bar-room,tirriteli - commui i 4 ititfi the ddor at \ which „Alice was Eitanding, (Me hand' grasping that 'of t , i—little blind one, who in mournful airence, listening to Ms sister's song, mconscitais sublime • feeiing which impelled her `to breathe it. taverns lie many of my readers - t. , ,, • 131,: f .:; _• • , A attanto County et 1 ej1w.):62,z 1 14)104, 1 t, 2p4eac, titte.6 , 4:l),ATi v 4„AaWISV.LIEr ads, 11:343e1a member, w, • a thvorite stopping place for merchants, from the west, ivhile procuring ' fresh supplies of merchandise in the city, and at the Moment Alice began her song, its many as fiirty were sitting in the bar-room, within hearing of her voice. She had not proceeded more than a stanza when all con .rgnfin❑ was suspended. The corm- looked at • each other in imp surprise, e lighted, yet unwilling to lose a single note by giving utterance to it. The voice was evi dently that of a very young girl,, and the ter pidation of its tones was singularly contrast ed with the bold vociferation of the singing boy's•. Its extreme melody ravished them with delight and they could scarcely. refrain - from - pressing - i►r a hodY - -to-thedoor to see the little fairy who had so entranced thein. Presenth the voice ceased and on passing the short entry leading to the front door, they found the songstress, but she was in tears! A crowd had gathered round on the pave ment, among whom were many fashionably dressed ladies, and the effort to gci through with her song in the presence. of so many: whom poor Alice had notdreameit of collect ing there; the thoughts of her sick mother, her blind brother, and the new avocation, all together aflixted her gentle spirit with a load of mingled grief* and terror, that tlae moment she finished, her beating heart found relieffor its sorrows in a flood of tears. Tice crowd from the street pressed round her with impatient curiosity and delight to see, speak to, and reward the little fairy who had so intepectly enchanted them, and were met by -the crowd of strangers, rushing out of the bar-room of the house. For sonic moments Alice was totally bewildered. The crowd in front eagerly called out for the hat which they had so ofien seen handed round on sinalar occasions,and lad for the t hoiodit fulness of a riling lad present, the sponta neous donations would have been lost. lla stily snatching offthe little blintlfellow's hat, he reached it over through the dense mass on tlie pavemept, and received the contribu tions of° a lieli , !incil audience, showered down in the shape of bank n:aes of froni six cents to half a dollar, the silver of Ihe coun try being locked up in the vaults of the banks. When this ceretnonV was concluded, the same thoughtfitl lad, taking the blind one by the hand, ushered the two into the hag-room, and as the light fell upon . the thoughtless nhad, . L....hang of cot • loos-1..4.4i, waorb..4 , in 90 11 the. -c.ealLiatur , which yentea it- - ; f1 , gratulations. Alice, now the chief object - of notice in a room crowded with strange men, fiAt . lier heart die within her at the ter ror of her situation. But kind words and gentle treatment dissipated in a degree the embarrassment, and in reply to the munber less enquiries made ahem. by the gentlemen, she detailed, but without complaining, the distress of her mother's family. Although the company were inflamed with curiosity to hear a second song from Alice, yet, per ceiving, the extreme trepidation into which their applause had thrown her, they content ed theniselves with exacting from her a promise to return the , following evening, first deputing three of their number to ac company her home, with instructions if they Annul her mother as she had represented, to leave with her a roll of notes amounting to ten dollars NO 'jell they had 'checrfhlly can tribute(' fOr Alice. - - I need not say that every .thing was found exactly as the virtuous .lice had represent ed, and the money was consequently placed in the sick woman's hands. On - the follow• mg evening, Alice-again visite4, the hospita ble Inn hi . Market . Street. The strangers had prepared for he f - , -- ,iiiiiTatrairroimiz — ar: sical feast. about ,to he presented to them. Instead of one song,. Alice went through the long list she had contrived to learn, and as each one closed, the increased satisfaction of 'the company was audibly expressed. A mong them was an elderly gentleman from the neighborhood of Pittsburg, who during the whole of Alicej-sperformance seemed al- tbcted in it trOnaihablo manner. The tears of delight, ran -down . his face as he listened, and his whole heart seemed opened by the magical influence of the sounds he had heard. When Alice was distnisSedwell, rewarded again---this gentleman accompanied lier. home. He came, he said to the mother, to offer the whole three an asylum on his farm ! Again and again did he embrace Alice, and fold her to his'hesom with the fondness kif a parent, and assure the mother that she - should no more feel the gnawings of, the monster povetry. They went—a house was ready for thernevery thing they need ed was provided, and the sanshine of a hap py life beamed on their heads with invigor ating warmth. The - rest is soon told. As if to reward this gentle and most atlbction ate child for . her filial : devotion, the - son of 'their mutual benefactor offered her - his hand in marriage; and six years after she appear ed in the character .of a ballad singer, she .became a wife of one d ' erving the love of so affectionate - a heart. " [have been on the farm they Occupy, have .en the uninterrtfp ted ,:happiness they -en,) y, and•record the, story of .Alice as a new !incentive - for the young to be . good. and virtuous, and under difficulties - .whatever, totlespair. • - i , • REPETiONON,S ON. DEATH. 'l'li following -sublimo °Wooten, which wo do fit remember to-liitvo, ethid . and with the'authoratnint'Which %lin are en tirely_ unnequail ted, rhaneat .to 'fall into our halals it day or two since, among other relics or a deceased friend• A fine imagi nation is blended with► a fervent i piety, in reflections like these: "Heavens! what a moment must be that, when the last flutter expires on our lips ! What a change! 'fell Inv ye who , are deepest read in nature and iti - (;od. to what ME ELL lIC NV WO r lug do we receive! Whither has that spark, that unseen, that uncomprehended intelli gence tied? Look iipN the cold, lived ghast ly corse that lies before you! 'That was but a shell, a gross and earthly covering which held for awhile the immortal essence that has aow left it—left it, to . range, perhaps, through illimitable space; to receive. new capacities of delight, new powers of percep tion; new glories of beatitude! Ten thous and fancies rush upon the mind as' it con, templates the awthl moment ^bt!tween life and death! It is a moment hi" with imag ination's greatest hopes and fears; it is the consummation that clears up all mystery— resolves all doubts—which removes contra diction and destroys error. Great , God! what a flood of rapture may at once burst upon the departed soul ! The unclouded brightness of the celestial r%ions—the pure existence of 4 etherial beingg—the solemn secrets of nature may then be divulged; the immediate unity of the past, the present and the future; strains ofunimaginahle harmony; forms of imperishable beauty way then .sud denly disclose themselves - , bursting upon the delighted SWISCS and batlnry , them in measureless bliss! The mind is lost in this excess of Wondrous light, and dares nut turn from the heavenly vision to one so gloomy, so tremendous as the departure; ofthe wick ed! Human fancy shrinks back appall9d. Although the following contains but three Nvords, yet it Onnprises ail that is required of mankind, SaVe the i/ract ice of moral vir tues, to ensure eternal happiness. It may he read a great many ways without altering the letters, by beginning at the letter It, in the tuiddle. • evilivO v i 1 - &A cvil&t&Live Ovil , &tnent&live ovil&tnepent&live ✓ i l&tne popent&l lye il&,tilepeltep'ent&live ✓i l&tne pe pen t&1 ive evil&tnepent&livc evil&tnent&live evil&ttit&live evil&t&live • evil&li•vo evil i v e Ell THE SEDUCiM.—If ever in the list (irritants there was one who might almost expect to by blasted by lightning flOlll liea ven,_it_is_the _cal_ ealculatiog _and brutal se ducer. The starving poverty stricken wretch who steals a loaf of bread, may be excused. The dishonest tradesman who seeks to rob Ins enemy of his superfluous trash, may be punished with a pain equal to his crime, as the injury they have wrought may be rapaired.; . -but_wha_cLut brighten the ruin of a female honor, who can prevent the 'eau. which gush from her shritrkinfr-eye - , or bid - back the rosene • . w as fie forever from her cheek ; hope has dopayed from 'her bosom ; and memory, as she roams in the'visionary world of departed . time, and hovers trembling over scenes of purity and love, never to be repeated or recalled, only Bathers a gloom more horrible to brood over the utter desolation of a loud woman's bro kettbeari MOTHER.—Heaven has imprirl ; ted on the mother's thee, something which claims kindred with the skies. The waking, watchful eye, which keeps its 'tireless vigils over her Slumbering child—the tender look, and the angelic smile, are objects which neither the pencil nor chisel can reach, and which poetry fails in uttemptibg to por tray. Upon tlie'eulogies of the most clo quent tongue we should tindiTekel written. It is in the sympathies of the heart aloqe, where hives - the lovely picture, and the eye may look abroad in vain for its coupterpart in. the wUrks of art! A mother's love! 0 ...what joy is in the sound—entwined around our very souls in our earliest years—wd cling to it in man hood, and almost worship at its shrine in old age To use the language of a celebra ted writer, we say, that he Mk; can approach the cradle of sleeping innocence without thinking of such is the kingdom, of heaven view We' find parent hang - over its beauties, and half retain her breath lest she break its slumbers;. without a veneration heyond all common reefing, is• to be avoided in every intercourse ht 10.,. and is lit only for the shadoW of darkness and tilt solitude . 01 the 'desert., contorted mind and:a rood. conscience will snake a loan all conditions• Virtue Ys ° tlie safatit - ' %NU . lic . publtratt . " -- 14ittirr. , C V 0 OVL V 0 CVIVO C V 0 T. AR AND BAN N ER. Galt ysltar}i, 3a 111 l ary 21, I 32. To the Editor oftite " Gettysburg Star." Ttla. Munn.KToN—Deem it not an intrusion in me, in laying the annexed before you with the request, that, should it appear worthy a place in the most distant corner ofyour widely ch entitled and highly respectable. ourna , you t lore in sert it. From a - deep sent:e'er fueling Ibr my fel low-beings, amid the present scene of things, and the benefit of deluded*thousands . , 1 ain constrain ed, as a friend to the cause of (:oil and truth and a cherished respect for'the prosperity of my coun try, to lay the following dialogue befoFe:them. With sincere respect, I have the honor to be, Sir, your's sincerely, A Friend of Religion and Virtue. Masonry weighed in the Balance and found wanting: Being the substance of a dialogue, or discourse, between a Christian and a Mason, on the sub ject of Masonry, and bow far that Institution supports Religion—with some hints to the friends of Equal Rights and the Christian Com munity. "Nothing Cztenuate, or aught set down in malice." - Christian.—My dear respected and long absent ftiend, many are the ups and downs in life; many are the convulsions agitated, and many are the reVolutions Nations have beetegnbject to, since last we have ,been to gether. Amid all - -these scenes of things, I have to thank God that our Country has re mained neutral amid all those diretbl calami ties that have so lately distracted the great Nations of the Earth ; and more particular ly have I to adore the goodness of that Pro vidence in bringing to light a scheme of an- - cient origin, which ere. long would destroy our peace - and prosperity—devastate our hills and valleys—spoil our houses and lands —ruin our independence, and, last of all, would rifle every charm of liberty in pla cing us again within the shafts of intolerance and power, pride and - ignorance, and servile despotism. ' 0 my country, I grieve for you! mourn in silence over the system which hreatens to enslave us. Yet I have to bow n submission to' the good providence otGod n the "pulling down of strong holds." Mason.—What is it my friend that over hurthens you? What goes on in,pur happy land at present, of which you predict such Nee we not at peace. with the world at largel Are not the Powers of Europe on amicable terms with us? . Christian.—Ah! my friend, that is who' makes me grieve for my country: Peace a broad, but FACTION at home ; kurderfhas been committed in the land—Justice has been robbed of her riglic - and destruction seems inevitable, if those things are not put down. Why does faction rage ? Why do the enemies of t rail prevail ? Why are our wise men become destructive in-power? and "why are the mighty fallen ?" If MAsoxity is not ; put down, Farmers may cease plough ing, for their ploughing is in vain—Mechan ics may cease their work, and Lawyers may cease cavilling ; For the work our ancestors have done, will have, by us, to be done a gain, then why are we not "up and a doing?" Mason - .---Doyou thifi:: that a society—of ' respectable people like the Masons, threaten desolation to the laud ? Are we not the firm supporters of,tlie Constitution and Holy Re ligion, and every thing dear to society? Christion.- 2 1t s astonishes me to heal that you are a Mason! It appears te me so •stratige—Lnever-knewit before, ,4IrO U can, therelbre, furnish MC with informaiito ; and,. as you say it supports our frely you will therefore confer a,_(ireat favor in' answering those questiOns put to you on the - subjvct. " • - every impUtatiosi may be removed from so respectable an Institution, I pledge myself to answer every question (secrets excepted) that you may require. ChriStian.—What is Masonry ? Who was its founder? And for what was it in stituted.? Mason b —MakoriryiT an Institution found ed by the wisest ofken, King Solomon, and for the support of the State and the Religion of the-J4s, and for the well-being of society. Christian.•—At what period of Solomon'sl reign was this Institution firmed? • Mason.- - 1 can't say—but tradition says he was the founder. Christian.—llid our SaViour, in sending out his disciple's, tell them, to f i n such a society to support his doctrine—and if. not, what did he send them to 'do ? Mason.—We have no account in our Lord's Gospel of any Such command ; nor do the Apostlain their epistles insinuate the existence of such a society or bcdix,i but as Solomon.was a wise man, and knew all wis dom, we still continue to uphold the Inoti-: tutiOn. Chrieian.—For what pnrpose do Masons assemlile togothet:7-i Muse/J.—For the purpose 2f Making iner tly; taking a friendly glaSk - iiigether; sing ing sOngs in honor of - Masonry and its Cam der, and to stimulate each other to hold fast to the society, be subordinate‘to car Grand Masters and all. those in authority Lr-to be true to our oaths, and 'support each other as Maso4 in preference to all othersL,to go through certain, ceremonies as preseribedin our hcaik4 fornis; ; to obSetyst signs . and grips; to swear to atippOrt*ach.other to all offices It•twe high \ stlltons-, And t 4,1 he, J ¼_ 'Terms-+Tw9 Doi& ~ ,111:t • -,.; :t payable half-yearly in tyke - •, b‘ seriptions,tn ken fir less than atip4nontha, and' 4 , none dicont i wed ant' all arratlrges no pami —A - 111Sinvi 0 tilitf . . 4 . di solidi : nuance, *lit I )e- eeasii ltrPriiii 4 ne w engagement anotiol payer forwarded a cordingiy. V 4 VD1.2 1- ::.1 1 4 44' ' - ` 4 4) 4 (feCi 4194 Whole Nturitlber, RI. • _.... • . ready at an hour's warning to take up aria against all who may oppose, if required- • Christian.---I )o you believe fiat that.sup , ports Religion! ll'oson.---Most certainly. Christian.--- 7 What does our Saviour wild his disciples to do? MasOn.—Repentance and Faith in hems Christ ; that we must be born a rain !„, ter and 1) ow t sin r ut—w Icre trio) can draw nigh to God, crying - "Abbe. Fik , ther." Christian.—What (loth support us as Christians under trials and afflictions, and in ear of dying;--does Masonry? • llason.—rlfe - Apostles tell - us to "watch - unto prayer"—to "pray. alwaya 11 gest wel lid! into temptations;" "if any be sick, send for the Elders of the church," &c.; "if any be tempted, let, him pray;" "if any be mere ry, let them sing Psalms." 1 never knew' of any to put theit:"dependence in Masonry, when under temptation or affliction. I know there are many good promises held out hi the Gospel to the followers of the Lord jeans Christ. Christian.—'then pray inform me hots Masonry supports Religion, when its vote , rics put no dependence in it for Salvation 'V Mason.—l did not mean to say, it . ted Religion spiritually. I only , Y. supported IteligllK so far as to world from going- after- strange-404 because it appears evident, all ,otir : Preachers are Masons,. a few societies eite, cepted. The praying people I believe a* against Masonry—l Mean those who talko _much about Religion. I cannot say thafl--- ever knew a Methodist Preacher to belong to the Masonic Institution, to my knowledge; but Iknow a good many who called them , selves Methodist members, who were good loyal Masons—though I believe it ittagaisst - the Rules of the socic_ty to belong to Masonic Institution—howeverTneave tiat there. - t Christian.--You are aware, mope; th ere-` - are a great many Preachers who preach they Gospel, whether by - word Or by the ophit.- Some send themselves to preach ; otheitO their parents or friends send them, and sone there are whom the Lord scndeth i as he did• . the poor Fishermen or old.- cannot say that 1 know word those Preachers to be Dlasons..who and tell you, "you will be damned it yoct don't pray and get Religion." 1 asked one, on one occasion, respecting joining Masonry'- but he told me he had not time—"He was on an important errand, and could not waste his time; he said, "after things opposed Christianity." As regards our great Preach. ers, with-few exceptions,-they-are-Masonsf-• and if it was not Car them I fear our institu tion would have *Wien bing ago ; particular- ly in America; and it is our wistlornto litx*st -- them belong to the Institution: Christ:att.—What do these great Preach ers and Me' do at your Lodge meetings', Do they pray—exhort to godliness, acts or charity and the ilk Maxon.—You know the Lodge room ist not a fit place to pray or exhort in. I have; often thought, within myself, that it was not • • • -; I songs and drinking, and card-playing go on. It may do very well for suelf - as I am;Trift I candidly say, I have often thought it was - no fit place for a Preacher..-.. . '• - ou-believe it sippports Religion I MaSO: firm-friends of Religion, Mw must be. try • Chriwti#4.-1 7 911 know ly t aft en g ion is, - and by whom it was founded. -- Masen. -,, --The Gospel informs as either - -- - founder, and St. Juates tells es, true' Reli gion is "to visit the fatherless and widows in their affilittion, and to keep himself un spotted from the world." Coq; stian. —l4 that trite Masonry I ' Mason. - 7 -N or. I don't }hat weate bound in any way whatever try that. Those that axe not Masons, are not'under our caret 7 CAristiag.-1f a Christian Would - merles' a man,, and the' rest of,the Christians would vindicate his character, :though they were fully aware of his' committing nm,rder ins most wanton and outrageous manner-t.what would yeti-say? Mason.- 0 , -W by I would say, that the per son or person's - , actunlly..-40minitting. the crime, should be punished with trisathi and that those who would vindicate Me or their chaiitcref, from such marder, I - wield cci ceive auxiliaries in the case,- acting ander' the principles of a htw conime,Ming shield each other" . Christian: 7 4Na _not the Masons commit* murder on o respectable' citizen?' Did not the Masons, in general,. 'vindicate the mnr. • derers characters? and was, or is,. it,. not ' from the principles of a law commenting te. protect each other, and bound by the most unholy ties, established iu wickq,dnese ending in infamy, wickedness the struction of a good'eittzen,- (and pfobabtfy more)' . leaving a family without a itsittecturl, Hath it not been'through s the cries Or o . 4iik Orpinus and Widow, that tlih Loin! Juke heard and rinswered by making knortt*, , ,,!..„ deep-rooted .*ickethiess?-,,,,De00 •-port • - port our / Hely' Religion? Is this well-being of society ? seenci• to 'press the tviniftee, too laird on MP.q I' always wits-Or .--The Prefacherß aj theraxv thee at Mil IMI