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POETRY.
From the New York Tribune.
' All on earth is shadow all beyond
Is substance: the reverse is Folly's creed.
How solid all where change shall be no more !'
Young.
I.
So beautifully fair
I've seen the night-hour never ;
There 's brightness in the air,
And music in the river:
No veil no cloud
Yon moon to shroud ,
"Which moves so meek and slowIyV
'Mid isles of light,
The pure, the bright,
The beautiful and holy.
II. ' '
Dost thou yon glorious hight
Eternally inherit,
To beacon with thy light
The disembodied spirit!
And those bright isles - -
That gild with smiles '-.
The sea of heaven's dominions
Are they arrayed
In flower and shade
To rest its pilgrim-pinions?
III.
Or zxq ye worlds like this,
Thro' space and darkness sweeping,
With one brief hour of bliss
To glad an age of weeping:
And have your spheres
The hopes, the fears,
The passions and the pleasures
Fever of fame,
Ambition's game,
And Hope's delusive treasures I
IV.
St
T f
Or will the fond and fair,
Who here in anguish sever,
Live in those homes of air,
United and for ever
Oh ! thus allowed,
Ye mystic crowd,
How happy, 'mid our sorrow,
t To know the tear
That trickles here
Your light will dry to-morrow.
New-Yor!:, 1841. J
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AShea.
From the London Keepsake for 1&12
Jealousy.
nv sir. rrrrvCARn T.vrrnv wvt.mm. vi's . s
I have thy love I know rid fear
Of thm divine possession;
Yet draw more close, and thoujshalt hear
I nurse no pang lest fairer youth?
Or loftier hopes should win thee ;
There blows noNvind to chill the truth,
.
Whose aanaranth blooms Within thee.
Un worthier thee if I could glow,
(The love that lured thee perished1,)
Thy woman heart could ne'er forego
The earliest dream it cherished-
I do not think that douBt and love
Are one-fwhat'er they tell us;
Yet nay-lift not thy looks- above
A starcan make me jealous ?
If thou art mine, all mine at last,
I covet so the treasure,
No- glance that thou canst elsewhere cast
But robs me of a pleasure. ,
I am so much a miser grown,
That 1 couJd wish to hide thee
Where never breath but mine alone .
Could drink delight beside thee-.
Then say not, with that soothing air, .
I have no rival nigh thee;
The sunbeam lingering in thy hair
The breeze that trembles by thee
The very herb beneath thy feet ".' j ! "
The rose whose odors woo thee
In &U things-rivals he must meet,
Who would be all things to thee !
If squiight from the dial be
U,uJ for one moment banished,
Ture .to ihe silenced plate and see
Thehjyjrs themselves are vanished - .
In aught kat from me lures thine eyes, .t
My pqXQUsy has trial ,. '.
The lightest cloud across the skies"; X "t r
Has darkasss for the dial. '-ii'r-y
STROUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1841.
From the Knickerbocker.
Tlic Poor Lawyer.
Till .
i nad lasen my breaklasl, and was waiting
for my horse, when passing up and down ih
piazza, I saw a young girl seated near ihe win
uow, evidently a visiter, one was very pretly
wiih auburn hair and blue eyes, and was dress
ed in while. 1 had seen nothing of the kind
since 1 had left Richmond, and at that time I
was too much of a boy to bo struck with female
beauty. She was so delicate and dainty look
ing, so different from the hale, buxom, brown
girls oi the woods and then her white dress
It was dazzling ! Never was a poor youth so
talien by surprize, and suddenly bewitched. My
ueari yearr.eu 10 Know tier, Dut how was I to
accost her ? I had grown wild in the woods
and had none of the habilitudes of polite life.
wad sne been iilie feggy Fueh, or Sally Pee-
ham, or any olher of my leather dressed belles
of the Pigeon Koost, I should have approached
her without dread ; nay, had she been as fair
as Shurt's daughters with their looking-olass
lockets. I should not have hesitated ; but that
white dress, and those Auburn ringlets and blue
eyes, ano aencate looks, quite daunted win
they fascinated. I don't know what Dut it into
nvy head, but I thought all at once I would kiss
her ! It would take a long acquaintance to ar
rive at such a boon, but I might seize upon it
by sheer robbery. Nobody knew me here I
would just step in and snatch a kiss, mount my
horse and ride off. She would not be the worse
for it ; and that kiss oh, I should dio if I did
not gel it.
I gave no time for the thought to cool, but
entered the house and stepped lightly into the
room. She was sealed with her back to the
door, looking out of the window, and did not
hear my approach. I tapped her chair, and
she lurned and looked up. I snatched as sweet
a kiss as ever was stolen and vanished in a
twinkling. The next moment I was on horse
back galloping homeward, my heart tingling at
what 1 had done.
After a variety of amusing adventures, Ring
wood attempts the study of the law in an
obscure settlement in Kentucky, where he
delved night and day. Ralph pursues his stud
ies, occasionally argues at a debating society,
and at length benomes quite a genius in the
eyes of the married ladies of the village.
I cajled lo lake tea one evening with one of
these ladies, when to my surprise and some
what to my confusion, I found here the identi
cal htll blue eyed beauty whom I had so' au
daciously kissed. I was formally introduced
te her, but neither of us betrayed anyjsigns of
previous acquaintance, except by blushing to
the eyes. While tea was gettingready. the la
dy of the house went out of the " room to give
some directions and left us alone. Heaven and
earth, what a situation ! ' I would have given
all the pittance I was worth to haveeen jn the
darkest dell of the ftfresl! I felt the necessity
of saying something in excuse for my former
rudeness. I couT& nol conjure up an idea, nor
utter a word. Every moment matters were
getting worse. I felt al once tempted to do as
I had done when I robbed her of the kiss boh
from the room and take to light j but 1 was
chained lo the spot, for I really longed to gain
her good will.
At length I plucked up courage on seeing her
equally confused with myself, and walking des
perately up to her, I exclaimed
"I have been trying to muster up something
lo say to you, but I cannot. I feel that I am in
a horrible scrape. Do you have pity on me
and help me out of it !"
A smile dimpled upon her mouth, and play
ed among the blushes of her cheek. She look-
ea up wnn a sny, out arcn glance oi t&e eye,
that expressed a volume of comic recollections;
we both broke into a laugh, and from that mo
ment all went on well.
Psasing the delightful description that suc
ceeded, we pass to the denouement of Ring
wood's love affair the marriage and settle
ment.
I hat very autumn 1 was admited to the bar,
and a month afterwards was married. W
were a young couple, she not above sixteen,
and I not above twenty, and both almost wiih
oot a dollar in the world. The establismcni
which was sel up was suited to our circumstan
ces, a low house with two small rooms, a bed, a
table, a half a dozen of spoons, every thing by
half dozens, a little delph ware, every thing in a
small way; we were so poor, but then so hap-
py- , ,
We had not been married many days, when
a court was held in a county town about twenty-five
miles off. It was necessary for me lo
go there and put myself in the business, but
how was I to go T I had expended all my
means in our establishment, and then it was
hard parting with my wife so soon after mar
riage. However, go I must. Money. must be
made, or we should have the wolf at the 'door.
I accordingly borrowed a horse, and borrowed
a little cash, and rode off from my door, leav
ing my wife standing al ii, and waving her hand
after me. Her last look,, so sweet and becom
ing, went to my heart. I felt as though. I could
so through fire and water for her. I arrived
pat the county town on a cool October evening
to
commence on the following day.
I knew no one, and wondered how I, a stran
ger, and mere youngster, was to make my way
in such a crowd, and get business. The pub
lic room was thronged with all the idlers of
the county, who gather together on such occa
sions. There was drinking going forward, with
a great noise and a little altercation. Just as 1
entered lhe!room, I saw a rough buliv of a fel
low, who was partly intoxicated, strike an old
man. lie came swaggering by me, and elbo
ed me as I passed. I immediately knocked h
w
im
down and kicked him into the street. I kneed-
ed no better introduction. I had half a dozen
rough shakes of the hand and invitations to
drink, and found myself quite a personage in
mis rough assemblage.
'PL . i.r . T- . I
ji nu next morning court opened, l tooic my
seat among the lawx-ers, but 1 felt as a mere
spectator, nol having any idea where business
was to come Irom. In the course of the morn
ing a man was putto the bar, charged with
passing counterfeit noney, and was asked if
le was ready for trial. He answered in the
negative. He hadbecn confined in a place
were there were noiawyers, and had not had
an opportunity of consulting any. He was told
lo choose a counsel 'from the lawyers present,
and be ready for trial on the following day. He
oolied around ihe court and selected me. I
was thunderstruck I could not tell why he
should make such a choice. I, a beardless
youngster, unpractised at the bar; perfectly un-
Known, l lelt dilhdent, yet delighted, and
could have huggedlhe rascal.
Before leaving the court, he gave me one hun
dred dollars in avbag as a retaining fee. I
could scarcely believe my sensos, it seemed
ike a dream. he heaviness of the fee spoke
but lightly of the man's innocence but that
was no affair of mine. I was to be advocate, not
judge or jury. I followed him to the jail.
and learned of him all the particulars in the
case ; from-lhence I went to the clerks office.
and took minutes of the indictment. I ihen ex
amined the law oil the subject, and prepared
my brief in my room. All this occupied me un
til midnight, when 1 went to bed and tried to
sleep. It was all in vain. Never in my life
was I more wide awake. A host of thouhis
and fancies came rushing into my mind ; the
shhU'pr nf anlfl lh;it Vliwl cn llnovno.t lNr r..Unn !
into my lap, .he idea of my poor little wife at
home, lhal I was to astoir.sh her with my good
brtune. But ihe awful responsibility I had un-
ertaken, to speak for the first time in a strange
court, the expeciations the culprit had formed
nf mv laliit nil llinco nrwl n C oI
br notions, leant whirling .hrmml, m5n,l 1
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had tossed about all night, fearing morning
would find me exhausted and inco'mpete'ut ; in
a word the day dawned on me a miserable fel
low. I got up feverish and nervous. I walked
out before breakfast, striving to collect my
thoughts, and tranquilize my feelings. It was
a bright morning the air was pure and frosty
1 bathed my forehead and my hands in a
beautiful running stream, but I could not allay
the fever heal that raged within. I returned lo
breakfast, but could not eat. A single cup of
coffee formed my repast, It was time to go lo
couri.jand then 1 wem there wiih a throbbing
heart. I believe if it had not been for the
thoughts of my dear little wife in her lonely
house, 1 should have given back to the man
his dollars and relinquished the causg I took
my seal, looking, I am convinced, more like ihe
culprit than the rogue I was to defend
When the lime came for me lo speak, iify
heart died wi:hin me. I rose embarrassed
and dismayed, and stammered, .in opening my
cause. 1 went on from bad to worse, and felt
as if I was going down. Just then ihe public
prosecuter, a man of talents, but somewhat
rough in his practice, made a sarcastic remark
on something 1 had said. It was like an electric
.spark, and ran tingling through every vein in
my body. In an instant my diffidence was
gone my whole spirit was in arms I answer
ed with promptness, for I felt the cruelly of
such an attack upon a novice in my situation.
The public prosecutor made -a kind of apology
this, for a man of his redoubtable powers,
was a vast concession. I renewed my argu
ment with a fearful growl, carried the case tri
umphantly, and the man was acquitted.
This was the making of me. Every body
was curious to know who this new lawyer was,
that had suddenly risen among them, and beard
ed the airoFney-general in the very onset. The
story of my debut at the inn on the preceding
evening, whenf I had knocked down a bully and
kicked him out of doors, for sir. king an old
man, was circulaied with favorable exnggera-
lion ; even rny beardless chin, and juvenile
countenance was in my favor, for the people
gave me far more credit than I deserved. The
chance businees which occurs at our courts
came thronging, in upon me. I was repeatedly
employed ih olher causes, and by Saturday
night when the court closed, I found myself
wiih a hundred; and fifty dollars in silver, three
hundred; dwlktrs in .notes, and a horse that I af-
terwardVsold for two hundred dollars more.
Never did a miser gloat more on his money,
1 he inn was crowded, for. court was
and with more delight. 1 locked the door of my
room, piled the money in a heap upon the table,
walked around it rith my elbow on the table,
and my chin upon my handsj and gazed upon it
nr.. t .1 - i i it i
was i ininKing oi tne money ino l was
thinking of my little wife and home.
Another sleepless night ensued, but what
night of golden fancies and splendid air. As
soon as morning dawned I was up, mounted
me oorrowed horse, on which i had come to
court, and Jed the olher which 1 received as a
fee. All the way I was delighting myself with
the thoughts of surprise I had in store for my
wile ; lor both ot us expected 1 should spend
all the money 1 had borrowed and return in
debt.
Our meelirfg was joyous, as you may sup
pose j but 1 played the part of the Indian hun
ter, who, when lie returns from the chase, nev
er for a time speaks of his success. She had
prepared a rustic meal for me, and while it was
getting ready, I seated myself at an old fash
ioned1 desk in one corner, and began to count
over my money and put it away. She came
to me before I had finished, and aaked frie who
I had collected the money for.
"For myself to be sure," replied I with af
fected coldness ; "I made it at court."
She looked at me for me a moment incredu
lously. I tried to keep my countenance and
play the Indian, but it would not clo. My mus
cles began to twitch, my feelings all at once
gave way I caught her in my arms, laughed,
cried, and danced about the room like a crazy
man. t rom that time lorward we never wanted
money.
Tonsil Tarn.
We have heard a great many plausible sto
ries, in our day, but just at th.is imporlant junc
ture we were unable to think of any thing which
will even hold a candle to the one that follows:
If any two-ledggsd animal, with a "human face
divine" for a frontispiece can tell any thing
more reasonable, we should be exceedingly
happy to hear it. N. O. Picaijune.
" In the da)Ts of our grandfathers there was
one Joe Bowers, conspicuous above all woers
for his unremitting attention to his "lady love."
By night and-by day, in storm or in calm, he
knew but then one road, and that led to his
mistress's home. His dosr. his horse, his cai.
eVeY? hing belonging him went that way and
' .T lher' Eren a.n ?!d Pa,r rf boo1lS' wh,ch he
-w-y " n.gi, , were loimu next moni-
!nS K'ing. against her door, with the toes
, '-urncu m ' Jusl as ! uf eu l, 7ea.r n . V"
! U1S eiieu WO IUlieS ill d UUTK IHglll, Willi nU
! 0ther Sl,ide ll,an ,heir knowledge of the road."
A very good tale and very well lold; but we
can beat it at least we are foolish enough to
think we can.
Some ten or a dozen years ago, before the'
temperance reformation made much progress,
we were acquainted wiih a disciple of Bacchus,
who, for twenty years, never left his house,
morning, noon, or night no matter whether he
I was going to a christening or a burial, to the
theatre or to the church, to a marriage feast or
to Moyamensing,- to market or for the doctor
without stopping at a particular tavern in'
the neighborhood to "take a dram." It hap
pened," in the course of human events, as is
for such cases made and provided,"' that he
died ol delirium tremens. A friend of ours fol
lowed him to his "last long home," and we cail
vouch for the fact, that as the procession left
the house, and turned a neighboring corner, a
sudden halt and confused murmur in the front
ranks created considerable excitement and cu
riosiiy to know what had happened. Those in
the rear advanced and heard the pall bearers
declare they could not proceed. The bystan
ders assisted, but the effort was unavailing; they
declared that if each were possessed of the
strength of Sampson, they would not be able to
carry the coffin. What wasfo be done? The
man must be hurried! A hasty consultation
was held, but without any satisfactory result,
till a voice from the crowd that collected, cried
"John wauls hrs bitters; he won't go without
stopping at Farrels." The suggestion was
acted upon the command given "right face,
wheel!" (John had been an officer in the mi
litia, and was buried with military honors)
and they moved slowly on without further ob
struction, until they attempted to pass Farrell's.
Here another halt occured, and they were
'brought up all standing.' John was again ob
stinate, but only for an instant. The landlord
appeared at the door,-with a glass of the favorite
beverage; the pall bearers lifted their burden, the
exhiliraiing liquor was poured on the head of
the coffin, and the mourners moved onward.
John was now satisfied, and submitted content
edly to a christian burial.--PiVa. Clironicle.
No time to Read. We have often encoun
tered men who profess to believe they have no
time fa read. Now we think of it there have
always been men of such characters, the points
of which are easily summed up.
Nine times out of ten ihey are men who have
not found time la confer any substantial advant
age either upon their .families or themsolves.
i hey generally have lime to attend public
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barbecucs, camp meetings, sales and singing
schools, but they have no lime to read.
They frequently spend whole days in gos
siping, liplhig, and swapihg hdrses, bUt tliey
have "no time to read."
They sometimes lose a day asking advice of
their neighbors; sometimes a day in picking up
the news, the rJrice current, and the exdhailgiJ,
but these men never have i;time to read."
They have time to hunt; to fish, to fiddle to
drink, to " do nothing," but ' no to time, to
read.1
Such men generally have Uneducated chil
dren, unimproved farms, and unhappy firesides.
They have no energy: no spirit of improve
ment; no love of knowledge; they live "Unknow
ing and unknown," and often" die unwept and
unregretied.
Knowledge of Geographv. One of the
latest religious newspupers in London, and one
of the ablest and most intelligent journals,
speaks of the "Stale of Cincinnati in Amer
ica." It is not strange that British writers are
ignorant of the theory of our government, when
they cannot learn even the names of the stales.
It wolild be difficult 10 find a school boy in this
country who would make such a blunder as to
speak of the "kingdom of Liverpool' but it is
not long since we redd in a London paper an
account ol a destructive fire in a city in the
"Stale of Mobile." N. Y. Observer.
Quaker Fightixg. Suppose thai all the
treasure which has been wasted by this great
nation, hunting a few wretched Seminoles from
the morasses of Florida,-had been expended in
civilizing the race; in teaching them agricul
ture and the peaceful arts, in distributing seeds
and implemenis, in educating the children, in
diffusing physical comfort and moral and intel-
eclual culture, in elevating the savage to the
dignity of a man. How different would have
been the result, both to the nation and lo the
Indians. This would be Quaker fighting, and
according to our notion, would not only be more
rational and cheaper,- but a vast deal more ef
fectual. Prov. Jour.
The Mails in England are carried upon nine
different rail-ways, at an average price of $90
per mile. Each company is obliged by law
to carry a mail whenever ihe Post Master
General requires it, whether by day or by night.
On the London and Li.verpool Railroad, over
which ihe great mails for Ireland, Scotland and
the British Provinces, as well as for ihe United
States, are carried, the price paid per mile,
Plitt's Report says, is SI 05,50. The time for
running the distance, 210 miles, is stipulated,
at twenty-three miles the hour! These mails
leave London at S 1-4 o'clock in the evening,
and reach Liverpool next morning al half past
kfive! running this distance less than ten hours !
The speed on the Baltimore railroad and on the
route between this city and New York, com
pared wiih the despatch ort the London and
Liverpool road, is behind the age! They scarce
ly average ten miles an hour. North Amer.
Comi'aiiT to Old Bachelors.
A drop of comfort, now and then
comes to the relief of this unfotunate
class of our fellow beings. It comes,
it is true, from the wretchedness of
others, still it tends to reconcile them
to their lot. To find others unhappy,
in the achievement of an object in
which, we have been foiled ourselves,
softens the disappointment and defeat.
The following official statement is
from a late English journal.
State of Marriages in London
Runaway wives, 1,132
Runaway husbands, 2,348
Married persons legally divorced, 4,175
Living in open warfare, 17,345
Living in private misunderstanding, 13,279
Mutually indifferent, 55,240
Regarded as happy, 3,175
Nearly happy, 127
Perfectly happy, 13
This is a new land of statistics.
"We are assured that one of -our first
moralists is engaged in drawing- out a
similar account of the city of Paris.
It will be curious to See what country
may claim the advantage of the matri-
monal balance.- North American
A gentleman, says a late London
paper,, walking past Westminster
bridge', inquired how the bridge an
swered. The reply was ready and
wittyn you'll step to the ate
you'll' be tol'dJ'
The aggregate of Treasury Notes. outstand
ing on.ih 1st insL was $7,371,705,09. 'V:
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