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The World to Come.
J. nOWERING.
If all our hopes and all our fears
Were prisoned in life's nairow bound
If, travellers in this vale of tears,
We saw no better world beyond
Oh ! what would check the rising sigh ;
What earthly thing could pleasure give?
Oh ! who would venture, then, to die
Oh ! who would venture then to live?
"Were life a dark and desert moor;
Where mists and clouds eternal spread
Their gloomy veil behind before,
And tempests thunder overhead ;
"Where not a sunbeam breaks the gloom
And not a flowret 6miles beneath
Who could exist in such a tomb
Who dwell in darkness and in death?
Yet such were life, without the ray
From our divine religion given :
'Tts this that makes the darkness day
Tis this that makes our earth a heaven !
Bright is the golden sun above,
And beautiful the flowers that bloom .
And all is joy and ai is. love,
Reflected from the world to come!
Tito Egrfilr-fs f3nrt.
-r, , , , - , r . i I
t u 1 1 ' r i- ul r i
Tng, but the mild soft light of a summer s moon
r...i jf....L.i....f,t...
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jiovverlitl rays; a calm tranquility reigned
J , J , i . " i. . j: !
-around, not a zephyr murmured its ighs to dls-1
, . i r i r .u , ,
itirb ihe waves ol the Garoone, as they moved
www uiuiiur iiui cu mm (tic iuss vm uiu u ii a uiuic i
11I1JU ill? Ilia" lllliLClll uuoiiv .
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ing battlements stretching their I
t;
its lowering
iinglity heads above the trees that encircled
litem, and looking down in sullen grandeur on
'he sparkling waters beneath.
" What a lovely night !" exclaimed the lively
Julia de Linton, 10 her cousin, as they stood
gazing (from a balcony of the casile,) on the
jiuet scene before them. 4
' Pis indeed a lovely night, mournfully re
noucea tne otner, pernaps me last we s
vej fcer'
M Blese me, how sorrowful you have grown
f ljtie." interrupted the former, laughing: "now
were I in yuur place, 1 should be the happiest
of mdnals.'"
" Why so!" inquired her companion.
" Why no ! ad do you htand there lo ask
me such a question j you, whom to-morrow's!
mi will see the brjiic of the richest and hand-!,
somest uohleiiiHit in all France ' why Sibyl,
yini surpriNe me! every one envies the daugh
toi of Count iiegeual, vet t-he herself is not
happy."
" No, no, happiness is fur ever fled from me,"
subbed ihrt diriK's-ed Sibyl : " would to God
O'-uiiu row's sun might light me to the tomb."
The tears of ibe alflicied maiden could no lon
ger be restrained, but chased one another iu
rapid succession down her pallid cliffk.
"Sibyl, you are ill," cried ihe tehified Julia,
n the sujjportrd her cousin, ' what makes you
ihi-N
" Dt'rar'ing thoughts," was the hurried re
plv : "(mgive mo, dear Julid, for frightening
you ; 1 havi- tried o overcome ihis weakness,
fun ibe effiri has proved loo much for my
Mip'igth ; bow grateful 1 feel towards my father
fur jilliiuing me ihi my, last evening of liberty
io niv-M-lf; 'iwas kind, though he, alas! has
beh.ue-1 cruel tu his cliihl. Oh! my father,"
t;e tun'tnued, wijtj ff-rveitey, " could you read
tit aguuizeil hi art, am tire yon would spare
I hi last (atal blow yiiu j.ire about to give it."
" Con-in, dear .cuiinsp'ak not so. you dis
tress me, what has eau-ed litis violent ebulli
tion of your feelings ? lell me.3'
"I cannot, my only friend, I cannot tell all,
a father's curse would crtwh me," and whe shud
fjered as she spoke, u what I shall say w.buld
tiiiiwl' on tneir course, nui itie uistant cnime ; " . , jru ruit . i i i i rn- 'vers hut that the
J . . . . .... renllTeH anrt I sum II hr lh tirmid fnlhpr ff Ihft ! rl.a....rl,-..J A A. tvlwi !r.i mionoil irt fail in '"" IMU ,l,,lL ,,,c
, . . , , . in v inn l niuuiFvu uiciiui u fiiuimiiiii win u vvr snail oive inem r in i nan in iiu: Mieei iu,
ofa convent s vesper bell struck beautilullv on , , r,? r . V T. r '. , , "'r', ' T 1 ' , " V 1 and ail the sw
' . - - . - ! hpaiilllnl I Jiiehess.flfi 4Isae. vain mnn ' In- wnh iViiu ormnnr m hi- mn uiniln imictr Hfin-;'",u n"
he ear, as s mellowed sounds died in sweet " , ' r" ;" " ,7 ' , " " ,7" " " ' - " -"v V ' " " ! cd by the timely a
raJence liirongri tne still air. iot lar Irons 1 ri , . . , r , Ihn ilnetnr savs t
ae. rivers siae siooa tne magnincent castic ot - . . , . . . , ' remn
II nn itr nnl tt'hnl if It. " h nnfLt lidrl in i mir. ! ' I CHI'1
LCHLlUVJUfll.tUL'J
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iittic j uiii.tiucu uuiuicreu, iiau not my uuguaru
ed expressions partly infortned you that the
Duke is not the object of my affections ; look
not so reproachfully upon me, dear girl, for 1
could not relate my secrets, even to you. The
arts by which I have been forced to become
the bride of de Alsace, 1 am not free to disclose,
as my doing so would throw a stain upon the
character of him most near to me ; the other
part of my story you shall hear in a few words,"
The tremulous speaker paused to recover
breath, then continued: "Julian Montaldo
was the chosen of my heart, he only could have j
made me happy he alone could have done so
a ne slopped, as if some horrible vision
fluted through her brain-
-again
went on
" through the powerful interest of the Duke he
was sent on a dangerous embassy, from which
he never returned ; I am now to become the
wife of his treacherous rival ; think you, after
this confession, I am the happiest of mortals ?"
the audible sobs of her listener bore evidence
to the contrary. "No, no, 'tis impossible,"
pursued the fair girl, with energy, "you have
judged but as the world in general, they pass
their opinion without reflecting ; whilst others
have thought mc surrounded with everv bles
sing, oh ! how ardently have I prayed for death,
but Mill he shuns the really wretched to visit
the gay and happy ; my heart has ceased to
hope, yet Heaven, thy will be done !" at the
same time raising her streaming eyes to the
glittering sky above, in placid resignation. The
hitherto lively Julia could offor no consolation
to her bereaved cousin, her sensitive mind was
visibly affected at what she had witnessed, and
a lung silence ensued.
"The night has far advanced, I think you
had better leave me Julia," said Sibyl, " and 1
will retire to my chamber, there to seek a litilc
composure, before my fate is sealed."
" Let me remain with you," entreated her
companion, " solitude may be hurtful to you."
" Press not such a request, dear cousin, for
this night I must be alone."
After a few demurs on the part of Julia, it
was agreed that the latter should join her cous
in in the dressing-room the ensuing morning,
ihey rhen separated, each to their respective
chambers.
A morning of exceeding loveliness succeed-
ed the preceding night; the sun shone with re-
splendent lustre through the eastern windows j
of the castle the neighboring forests rang with !
the happy notes of the feathered inhabitants, j
and the merry laughing voices of the country!
i swains, hastening to their healthy toil, formed ;
a full chord of harmony with the smiling face:
of nature. j
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"My headstrong girl will no longer cause j
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me trouble," mined Count Kegenal, exulnngly, ;
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as he strolled leiurelv by the river s brink ;
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" io-day,' he continued, "he shall be exa ted
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1 Unow not what it is, he pursued m a mor-
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night sleep refused to visit my pillow ; I can
not define the uneasy sensation that possessed
me." So speaking, he retraced his ute'ps to
the castle, w.here all was hustle and preparation
for the approaching ceremony j the haughty no
hlcman beheld with triumph the splendor that ,
was io grace the nuptials of In young and love-
iv iidiignier. injne iiau siruch wnen ue was
joined by the happy Duke; ten o'clock being j
ihe hour appointed lor ihe depariure ol ibe bri-:
dal train, the company began io assemble. j
. . i
i nave nemier hern
Lrn Sybyl or Julia this
mm, " 1 should think they
morning," said the Cou
ltiienu io niue inemseives until me last moment j
ny not appearing
He had scarce finished ihe sentenre, when
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areaunii agnation.
"In God's name, what is the matter?" in-1
quired the Duke, hastily.
"Oh," groaned the trembling Julia, "I fear
my cousin i.- ill ; I have been endeavoring to
obtain admission to her chamber this last half
hour without effect."
.I3y a spontaneous movement the whole of the
party rushed to the bride's apartment ; no sound
from within, answered to their repeated calls.
" We must force the door," exclaimed the
distracted Couni.
Implements were immediately' procured, and
ihe .firm oak yielded to their pres.iire.
"She pravs," whispered de. Ahnee, as he
looked forward and beheld his bride kneeling
by her bedside ; " speak to her, dear Count ;
should more enter it might frighten her."
The Count stepped lowaids his daughter
saying: " This is unkind, dear Sibyl ; why so
absent, you have terrified us all ?"
Si'yl was silent ; the voice of her father fail
ed to awaken her from ihe reverie into which
she -had fallen ; he advanced nearer, and grasp
ed 'her hand in (indefinable fear 'iwas cold
cold as niarble-; in ihe act of prayer her pure
spirit had left its clay tenement to join him she
so fondly loved while living her request had
been granted the morrow's ,yn sljope on her
Inanimate corpse.
Culture o the Cucuns&cr.
I will state a fact relative to the planting of
cucumbers, which came under my observation,
and which is worthy of being known. 1 shall,
at least, give a farther trial myself of its reality,
though I cannot conceive there is a doubt re-
-
maining on the subject. Last spring a friend
of mine and myself were planting cucumbers
at the same time. I was planting mine, as is
usual in gardens, by mixing a small portion of
stable manure with the earth, and raising the
hill an inch or two above the surface ef the
ground. Observing it, he jocosely remarked,
" Let me show you how to raise cucumbers.
Never having much luck in raising them, 1
cheerfully aerreed with his proposition, lie
commenced by making holes in the earth, at
the distance intended for the hills, that would
hold about a peek he then filled them 'with
dry leached ashes, covering the ashes with a
small quantity of earth. The seeds were then
planted on a level with the surface of the
"round. I was willing to .seo the experiment
a . i
tried, but had no expectation of any thing but
a loss ol seed, lahor, anil sou. mu imagine
my astonishment, (notwithstanding a drier sea -
3 ,' v j . - ,
son never was known, and almost a universal
failure of all garden vegetables,) when I beheld
the vines remarkably thrifty, and as hue a crop
of cucumbers as any one need wish to raise ;
and thev continued to bear for a very long time
unusua llv so, in fact. I will not philosophize
or moralize on this subject, but say to all, try
it and instead of throwing your ashes in a
useless heap, to stumble over near your door, put
them to their proper use, and reap your rich
reward.--- Ohio Farmer.
iujuiar Cause of Death.
A few days since, in Pottsville, the wife of
Dr Rraiiiner bnviiifT left hfir infant child, about
six months old, asleep in her chamber, went
below to attend to her domestic duties. Upon
-.ell . I- - .1.
returning, sne lotinu a large cai lying upon uie:c""5" -w . r.u.... - b
infaut's breast, with its head near the child's
- " . .
mouth, as if in the act of sucking its breath.
Upon examination, the child was discovered to
be dead, having met its death in this most ex
traordinary and distressing manner.
A Straue Street Walker.
The New Orleans Picayune, of the lSth ult
says: About 3 o'clock, yesterday morning, an
alligator, some rive feet long, was noosed and
captured in St. Charles street, nearly opposite
the theatre, and within a square of the St.
Charles Hotel. His alligatorship was proba
biv
wending his wav from .he dry swamps ,
river, m search of water, when'he was seen
secured. Although out of his element, he
the
,
and
was getunr over ins gr
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id rale. We do not ci
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any such wayfarers m.r
3 , ,
round at a tolerably ran-
care about meciing with
our walks, and if we do,
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taucei
Soiderisi".
A discorery of importance to mechanics who
use soft solder is mentioned in the Examiner
of Patents. Zinc is dissolved in muraiic acid
to saturation ; pulverized sal ammoniac is ad-i
ded lo the solution, which, aftwr being boiled
for a short time, is decanted and ready for use
j n using nils compotinu, 110 Cleaning 01 me me'
tal is necessary, however oxidized, and oil, ro
sin, and other materials are dispensed with
is only necessary to apply, with a piece
sponge upon a stick, or feaiher, this solution io!
' th part to be soldered, in place of the material
j r i -
generally used to prevent oxidation and facili
tate the flow of the xolder. Such ts the efnea-
; cy, that if two pieces of bar, possessing consid-
! t 1 r' i . i .it . 1
eraie sunacc, ue wet wim mis solution anci
j pre-secl together, upon the application ol the
soldering tool the solder will tmmedialelv flow
between the plates throughout.
To make Water cold for Summer.
The following is a simple mode of rendering
water almost as cold as ice: Let ihe jar, pitch
er, or vessel used for water be surrounded with
one or more folds ol coarse cotton, to be con
stantly wet. The evaporation of the water' will
carry off the heal from the inside and reduce it
to a freezing point. In India and other tropic
al rpgions whore ice cannot be procured, this
is common. Let every mechanic or laborer
have at his place of employment tw'o pitchers
ihus provided, and with lids or covers; the one
to contain'water for drinking, the other for eva
poration, and he can always have a supply of
cold water in warm weather. Any person can
test this by dipping a finger in water, and
holding it in the air of a warm day; after do
ing this three or four times, he will find his
finger uncomfortably cold.
A gentleman bachelor, getting tired of ma
king proposition? to.'lhn Jadles, observes almost
in despair, 'The girls have a spite at me, I
think. I've been turned off nine limes by the
jades; five young girls, three widows, and one
old maid.
'I'he First 3?oSli 6ii.
Tune" Old Dan Tucker.1
Ah, Matty Van's a used up man,
And Lewis Cass he cannot pass,
And as for our old friend Tccumsch,
He's lost amidst the ' Rumpsey Dumpsey."
" Hurrah, Hurrah, the Nation's risin'
For Harry Clay and Frelinghuysen."
There's Stewart he can't run at all,
And Buck' kept quiet in his stall,
The Loco's are uncertain folk,
They've kuuck'd all down, and set up ,Polk.
" Hurrah, Hurrah, &c."
You'd better keep your Polk away,
Or we will cover him o'er with Clay,
The coons will never stop or baulk,
But eat up berries, Polk and stalk.
" Hurrah, Hurrah, etc."
! And Wright was right at anv rate,
jTu n a hook wnh such a baiti
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. For vice with such a man as rolk,
, Silas thought loo great a joke
Hurrah, Hurrah, &c.
i The deed is done did you not hear,
: The diseord ringing in your ear,
The discord ringing in your ear,
They could not give you men more callous,
Than James K. Polk and George M. Dallas.
"Hurrah, Hurrah, &c "
The Cut Worm.
I see in the October No" of the Cultivator a
writer says, that a "burdock leaf wound round
' the siem of a cabbage will prerent the cut-worm
from destroying the plant." But the wrjter
I seems to mtnii every larmer is nm -unim-ie
I .i,..li i r Vii v o iVifil nlnti! nn hlJ orillllld-
ITf 1 1 .1 I - " 1 I
Where burdock cannot be obtained, perhaps a
hickory leaf can, and that I think will answer
every purpose. I have seen a hickory leal re
peatedly used, and never knew it fail to pre
serve The plant. If the leaf is put on narrow,
and the plant set low, the worm will sometimes
crawl up and cut ofi' the plant above the leaf;
but it is not common.
JACOB HITCHCOCK.
Small Pox.
Dr. Cox, through the medium of the Cincin-
nati Gazette, calls the attention of the
' P 'he small pox, and state
fctof an extensive experience whtc
the attention of the medical
slates,' as the
hich he has
i 1 au ( 1 1,55 -reaimem i
T 1 C " . - . . ,i !.. .'l . ...... T i .nrllll Anilinn
11 '": " J -r -
it hs usually taken io run us course m mci u-
enti eruptive, suppurative, and desquamative fo-
suppura'.ion may be arrested,
elling of the extremities prevent-
pplicatiou of chloride of lime.
hat by following the proposed
dy, the pitting and scarring of a great ina-
ny preiiy faces may he prevented many valti-
j able lives saved and this disease, so generally
I dreaded, rnndored as harmless as any of the
simple epidemic diseases of the country.
A Good Answer
j A young gendeman, says the Petersburg In-
telliger, who does not lire a thousand miles
from our ollice, was in the act of popping xthe
Question to a voting lady the other day, when
It just at the "witching time" her father entered
oft the room, and inquired what they were about 1
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"0 !" promptly replied the lair one, Mr.
was just explaining the question of anne
annexation
to me, and nc is lor immeciaie uiur.Aiuwn.
' Well," said Papa, "if you can agree on a trea
ty, I'll ratify it." W'e speak for a bid.
Information Wanted. The Boston Post
is anxious to ascertain how long a cat can
chase her tail without becoming dizzy and
tumbling over ?
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The Nashua Telegraph states that no less
than five ministers reside in one street in that
village, "within n stones throw of each other."
We hope they don't measure distance by actu
ally throwing stones at each other.
A " mysterious lady," who tells what is said
without heating it. and what one has without
seeing it, together with a dog that plays at
cards, and a bird that imitates sleep and death,
and hops from hand to hand through the audi
ence, are exhibiting in St. Louis.
ghoesnahiun; by Machinery.
The Journal de Paris says, that an operative
in the Rue des Vielles Andriellos, has invented
a machine to make shoes, by means of which
any person possessing sufficient strength to
turn a wheel, can in ihe course of a day furnish
fifty pairs of excellent shoes of every size.
A young lady in Allegheny city, Pa. is ma
king a quill to consist of 17,600 pieces. To
put it together, eight million .stitches are required-
The White Slave' SJaiaUer.
If there is an honest man who ever really be-
lieved the lie thai Mr. Clay once declared ihuif
4 if you do not allow us Black Slaves, w? hum"
have White ones,' &c. &c. we entreat bun uy
just read the following correspondence. We"
will nut add a word.
House of Representatives, May 25, IS14.H,.-;
To the Editors of the National Intelligencer:
Gentlemen I herewith iranmtt a l-t re
written some weeks since by Mr. Clat, (in re
ply lo a note which 1 addressed to hltn art Nor
folk Virginia,) which I have withheld Iriiiti pub
lication, inasmuch a- he was unpriced (i- br;
expressed in his letter) thai I overrated ibe im
portance of the charge. Withm the' last t:n
days I have received several letters a?kug
copies of my .-peech in defence of Mr. Clay,
particularly upon tins charge: 1 have not yet
had l fie leisure lo write out my spetch. nut
shall do so at thn first convenient uiutiienl. in
the mean Mine you will please publish the .en
closed, which is a single link in the chain
testimony I have in my possesion to nail this
charge to the counter as a base forgery, j
JOHN WHITE.
To Messrs. Gales &, Seaton.
Washington, .May 6, 1844.
Mr Dear Sir: I have received your no?
bringing io my notice a certificate stibsorttljd
by five gentlemen, members of the prent
House of Representatives, nil of them my po
litical opponents, which you inform me i going
the rounds of the Loco Foco papers. The ob
ject of that certificate seems to be to verify the
correctness of an extract taken from the Na
tional Intelligencer of the 1st of July. 1820.
In that extract I am stated by a former mem
ber of the House of Representatives (I believe
not now living) to have remarked, in a debate
which occurred a yar before, to the following
effect: " If gentlemen will not allow us to have
black slaves they must let us have white ones,
for we cannot cut our firewood, and black our
shoss, and have our wives and daughters work
in the kitchen."
I think you attach an importance to this mis
erable attempt to prejudice me which" it does
not merit. Here is an extract from the files of
the Intelligencer, under date near twenty-four
years ago, not from anv speech of mine, but
from a speech of another member of Congress.
He does not undertake to give my words, but
merely states his impression of the eject of cerr
tain words used by me a year before.
During the long and arduous discussions of
what was called the Missouri question. I was
so engrossed wilh the importance of ihe sub
ject, and so deeply apprehensive of the awful
consequences which it involved, thftt 1 never
wrote oul or corrected any speech of mine
made during the progress of the debate. On
ihe last and most important occasion of the agi
tation of that quesiion, I made an elaborate
speech of several hours' duration, no part of
which, I believe, was ever reported by any of
the stenographers, as it certainly nerer was by
me.
I certainly will not undertake to recite what
were the precise words used by me on the oc
casion of the numerous speeches, short or long,
which 1 made in Congress on the Missouri
question ; but this I will undertake to asseri,
with the most perfect confidence, that I never
used the words, or any words which would bear
the import, of the abstract to which 1 have al
luded. 1 am confident of it, because I never
entertained such a sentiment in my I:fe. I nev
er conceived a contingency in which I would
favor or countenance reducing white men to
slavery. To such an imputation I may oppose
tho tenor of a whole life, during which my hum
ble exortions have heen constantly directed to
tho preservation of liberty at homa and the en
couragement of its establishment in foreign
countries. If I have not been able to extend
these exertions lo the black race held in bon
dage in this country, it has been because of
considerations and convictions, sincerely and
honestly entertained, embracing the peaco anil
happiness of both the while and black races,
which have been often presented to the public.
It is quite possible that, in arguing upon the
existence of the institution of Slavery in this
country, I may have contended that ibe black
race supplied "those domestip offices, which, un
der the names of 'help,' 'menial servants,' and
domestics,' are to be found in every stale of
civilized society, and consequomly relived ilm
white race from the performance of thoe ol
fices. If I have tver employed such an argu
ment, (of which I have no recollection,) it is ap
parent how erroneous inferences may have
ben drawn from it which it did not authorize.
I have no desire lo disparage the industry of
the wives of any of the certifiers to the extract,
nor to boast of that in my own family ; but I
venture lo say that no one of them performs
more domestic industry wilh her own hands
than my wife does at Ashland.
I am, wilh great respect, your friend and
ob't. servnnt. H. CLA
Hon. John White.
Rememh'er, young mnn, that your character
ought to shine brighter than your boot.