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The Spirit's Lund.
I have never liv'd alone ;
Whene'er the world would not gire me lore,
I've sprung on the spirit's wings above,
To a brighter world of my own.
1 have found sweet solace there,
And peopled it with the forms that press
Through its paths of life, full of loneliness,
As the rotes which they wear.
I've a tear and a parting strain
For the gentle souls there bo many such
That shrink like leaves from the wintry touch
Of a world ihry lor'd in rain.
A tpar for the bitter woes
That, lightning like, oVr the spirit glide.
And blanched the cheek, when affection's tide
On the young heart backward flows.
Wiih the staff of Faith in hand,
1 borrow wings of thy viewless wind,
Leave earth and its sorrows far behind.
And 1 go to the Spirit's Land.
They are there, and they welcome me;
The gentle souls, in whose love sincere
1 had found repose while they linger'd here,
Full of joyous sympathy.
Like the soft, sweet breath of even.
They glide, but without a sound or stir,
OVr paths of the delicate gossamer.
And they whisper me tales of heaven.
My only brother, too,
He is dwelling there, and he welcomes me
To the land where our spirits, light and free
in affection live anew.
Daily we commune there,
And we taste, but far from a world of pain.
All the innocent joys of life again,
And our voices blend in prayer.
And humbly we worship Thee,
The merciful, the undying One !
f ather of heaven ! Thy will be don
To all eternity !
In Georgia, a fellow disguised him self as
'lie devil, robbed the house of a rich widow.
od was making off, when Jake Braddock, ro
oming from the muster field, also disguised by
1'qtior, shot dead the gentleman in black, in
M'e of his brimstone breath and his club foot.
When they came to disrobe and examine the
Wen angel, he was found to be a citizen of the
"e'ghborhood.
Bj3 Here is a good parody on the well
known i ong of the " Troubadour."
Gaily the Editor
Smoked his cigar, ,
While he was scissoring.
A News near and (ar, - ,-
W, Inkint? for murders dire.
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Items- or puffs;
Deril say devil say " -Am't
that enough !
STROUD SB URG, xMONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY,
The Adventures of a Night.
BY A PHYSICIAN.
It wa.s during the dreary month of November,
and for several days there had been almot con
stant rain, and the roads were consequently
deep with mud. I had taken a severe cold ;
and having bathed my feet and taken a strong
dose of medicine, went to bed, determined if
possible, to dispel the malady under which I
was laboring by a profuse perspiration. The
draught which I had taken, being somewhat of
a sedative character, 1 soon fell asleep; and
was dreaming ih&t I was in the great Sahara
Desert, and saw an approaching tornado, lifting
immense quantities of sand in the air till the
sun was darkened; and, there was no hope of
escaping from its overwhelming fury. To add
to the horrors of ihe scene, I heard fearful peals
of thunder, 'echoing along " the troubled sky."
I was awakened from this appaling vision by a
loud rapping at the door. As'sonu as I awoke,
the raging of the wind, and the fierce rain that
was beating against the windows, convinced
me that it was a night, in which no one would
venture out without being compelled to do so
by the mosi urgent necessity. Under these
circumstances, I losi no time in opening the
door; and to my surprise, my midnight visitant
was no other than Cecelia Forbes, an interest
ing girl of about S years of ago.
This young lady was the youngest daughter;
of a highly respectable widow, who resided n
bout three miles distant, in a back settlement,
and who was living in a condition not much re
moved from the tils of indigence. Mra. Forbes
had seen belter days ; but a train of untoward
circumstances had darkened ihe sky of her de
clining years. About seventeen years prior to
the time to which I refer, her husband, who
was a military officer on half pay, fell from his
horse and the next moineui was a corpse. The
stroke fell heavily upon his surviving widow,
for he left her with three children, and small
pecuniary means for their education and sup
port. The oldest was a boy, about fourteen
years old ; the others were girls one of them
ten years of age, and little Cecelia, an unweari
ed infant.
As Mrs Forbes was possessed of much en
ergy of character, and cherishing all a mother's
affection for hr.r son and two daughters, she
managed to educate them respectably. Her
son was apprenticed to a respectable merchant
in Halifax; and when he was twenty-one years
of age; he commenced business for himself, in
connexion with George Halsey, who was only
one year his senior. By some fortunate spec
ulations, these young men, who entered into
commerce with, rather a slender amount of cap
ital, rapidly increased in wealth.
Perhaps ihnre never was a happier man, than
was Charles Forbes, when ho became the oc
cupant of a decent mansion, which afforded a
comfortable home to his mother and sisters.
About this period. Agues was just on the " verge
of womanhood ;" and her blushing loveliness
made a deep impression upon the feelings of
George Halsey. After an acquaintance of a
few months, ihey were affianced to each other;
and a day appointed for the solemnization of
the nuptial bonds.
But before the anticipated day arrived,
George took cold while returning from a ball
on a winter's night, and was seized with a vio
lent attack of the pleurisy. For two or three
days, his life seemed in eminent jeopardy; but
owing to a good constitution and superior med
ical tkill, he survived the crisis of the disease.
It, however, left him weak in health, and a con
tinued cough betokened an afTgction of jh'o
lungs. Medicines were adminitered without
removing the malady, and his physician retom-
mpndeil a lemourarv Koiourn in a irophical
mate, a the only probable means ol restoring
him to health.
In accordance with this advire, a brig be
longing to Forbes & Halsey, was loaded for
the West-Indies, and Mrs. Forbes insisted that
Charles should accompany his partner in iho
voyage, and extend to him that care, which the
enfeebled state of his health seemed to require.
The cargo was an exceedingly valuable one ;
and hopes were entertained by the young mer
chants ihat the voyage would 'end to augment
their capital.. Of course the parting between
Haf-ey and Agnes was'ati affecting scene ; bui
nhejvand' their fiteuds detfined thui-the separn.-
- i - i
tion for a-season was for the best
The brig sailed ; and. while Agnes was watch
ing het snowy wails, as she moved, 'like a
thing of life,' down the harbor, a presentiment
of future ill was strongly impressed upon her
feelings, and in the struggle of the moment she
fainted away. When she was restored to a
state of recollection, her mo'her offered her such
consolations, as those who have suffered,- know
how to administer. Agnes, however, had lost'
her wonted vivacity and sunk into a gloomy
state of mind ; nor could the solacing and en
deariftg efforts of her mother, coupled with the
rntnpi.th girlishne.is of Cecelia, restore her to
hope and chccrful'iess.
Months passed away, but Mrs. Forbes re
ceived no tidings of the brig, except that it had
not reached its destined port. Although, as a
mother, her own bosom must hare been severe
ly wrung with the most fearful apprehensions';
yet her habitual fortitude did not forsake her,
and she had to Use every effort in endeavoring
to support the drooping spirit of Agnes.
At length news came that the brig had been
found derelict, in a sinking condition, on the
coast of Cuba. The gloomiest forebodings of. He said on their way thither, Cecelia had called
course assumed the character of reality, and j on Parson Blake, and re'quested him to visit
Mrs. Forbes and her family were compelled to 1 her mother, who would need his friendly aid
drink ihe bitter waters of tribulation. Huge as J at so trying a crisis. All he learned at the cot
was this billow of affliction, ihe bereaved wid-jtage door, (for he did not go in,) was, that Ag
ovv rose above it, and found all her energies ' nes was much better. With as much tender
were necessary in order to prevent Agnes from j ness of manner as I could assume, I informed
sinking. Stokes ihat he was the father of another child,
Meanwhile the creditors of ihe firm of "Forbe.s ' and, at the same time a widower.
& Halsey," took possession of the effects J Before I reached the collage, the rain had
which these young merchants had left behind , ceased the clouds had been dispersed the
them; and Mrs Forbes was reduced from a gale had wholly subsided and the starry con
state of comparative affluence to a condition ; siellaiions were shining brightly above me; but
bordering upon poverty. In these circumsian-1 the mud was deeper than the horses knees, and
ces, she formed the resolution of leaving IIa.H-. I could not but wonder how Cecelia could have
fax immediately, and retiring io some rural . faced such a storm, and travelled three miles
neighborhood, where by the exercise of indus- j in a dismally dark night on such a road. As 1
iry and frugality she might procure for herself ! approached the widow's mansion, a rariety of
and daughters the necessaries of life, ii was a J conjectures flitted across my mind wiih regard
beauiiful day in June, when she had returned to' to the return of young Forbes and his partner,
the humble mansion, which she left only twojas well as to the'probable effect upon the feel
years before, with ihe sunshine of family pros-jings and health of Agnes,
perity resting upon her; hul she had come back, , But when I entered the cottage, I found not
bereaved of her first born, and the clouds of, only a cheerful, but an ineffably happy party.
misfortune were darkening the future.
She could have borne the evils of poverty.
and could have been consoled for tho Km of.
her son ; but to see Agnes giring way habitual-
ly to the spirit of despondency, was one of the
severest trials which she had ever been called
upon to endure. Had it not been for the girl
ish buoyancy of Cecelia, who notwithstanding
the gloomy circumstances in which sho was
placed, was of a playful disposition, and shed a
radiance of irresistahle loveliness around her.
As months and years glided away, Agnes be-
came moie resigned; and though nothing could
betray her into the indulgence of mirth, a pla
cid resignation had succeeded the poignancy of
bitter grief. The wound had been deep ; but it
was gradually healing. This gradual change
in Agnes's feelings, though slow and gradual,
was hailed by Mrs. Forbes as an omen of hap-
pier days
Six years had ehtpsnd since she returned to
tho country, and she felt that her little house
hold had survived the storm which had driven
them thence from the capital. Only the day
previous to the night, on which I was so unex
pectedly awakened from my slumbers by a visit
from Cecelia, 1 had called at tho widow's cot
tage and was pleased al the calm spirit of ra
tional content thai seemed to pervade this se
verely iried mother and her daughters.
Of course, then, a call from Cecelia at such
an hour, and in such a pelting storm, could not
fail to impart feelings of mingled fear and sur
cli-lpri.se. A shawl thrown over her head, was the
only garment, more than her'usual dress, to pro
tect her from the wind and rain. She appeared
ut of breath, and apparently had unly strength
left to articulate : " Charles and Mr. Halsey
have returned Agnes has fainted and appears
fo be dying." This was to me an extraordina
ry piece of intelligence ; and I could scarcely
credit the authenticity of Cecelia's statement.
I, however, perceived there was no time lo bo
lost, and ill as I was, immediately decided upon
accompanying her back to the cottage, although
I was aware that Mrs. Forbes was hotter filled
to , deal with , AgnesV case than any medical
practtiioiiorin Chrisicnliuni. Having called up
NOVEMBER 27, 1845.
my housekeeper, and directed her io furnish
Cecelia with dry clothing, I harnessed my horse
in the chaise, and was just ready to start for
the cottage with Cecelia.
But another call threw me fnio an awkward
dilemma. This Was from farmer Slokes, who
said his wife was being confined ; and that
Granny Godfrey was apprehensive that she was
dying After a moment's reflection, I said to
Stokes that if he would drive Cecelia back to
the cottage, I would repair to the sick bed of
his wife, and afford her all the aid in my power,
li was however with great reluctance that he
consented to this proposal.
I found Mrs. Stokes suffering intensely; and
after remaining with her about half an hour, she
died in giving birth to a living infant. Finding
I could no longer be of any service to those
who stood around the bed of death, I set off for
Mrs. Forbes's Collage. On my way, I met
Stokes returning, unconscious of what had
transpired in his own dwelling during his ab
sence. Without conveying lo him ihe mourn
ful intelligence of his own bereavement, I made
inquiry of the stale of affairs at the Cottage.
Soon after Cecelia had started to request my at
tendance upon her sister, Agnes had revived,
and gradually recovered from the effect produc
ced by the sudden appearance of her brother
j and lover. Parson Blake was there; and not
long after I arrived, the widow informed me
thai within half an hour, Agues was to become
a bride.
I witnessed the performance of ihe marriage
ceremony; and left ihe party in the enjoyment
of no small amount of earthly felicity
Before
leaving, however, I learned from Mrs. Forbes
that the brig, in which her son and Halsey had
sailed from Halifax, had nearly reached her
destined pori, when she encountered one of
these hurricanes which sometimes sweep, with
tremendous fury, across parts of the trophical
regions that she was thereby dismasted, and
reduced to a sinking condition. From this
perilous situation they were rescued by the
Captain of a British Merchantman, who look
them on board his own shipt leaving the disa
bled brig and cargo to tlie mercy of the waves.
The ship was bound for London; but before she
reached the coast of Europe, was captured by
a French Privateer, and all on board became
prisoners. From tho time Halsey sailed from
Nova Scotia his health had been rapidly im
proving, and ere he becamo tho involuntary in
mate of a prison, he was perfectly convalescent.
For long and anxious years ihey remained in
confinement. At the period howerer, when
Napoleon abdicated the throne of France, and
the Bourbons w ere restored, the prisoners were
released. They immediately repaired to Lon
don, and succeeded in obtaining the amount of
tho insuranco on tho biig and cargo, which
they had effected through the means of their
agent, before sailing from Halifax. Wiih this
money they returned to Nova Scotia; and Mrs.
Forbes had no intimation of iheir arrival until
they had unceremoniously entered the humble
dwelling.
In half an hour after the nuptials were so
lemnized I was on my way home, where I ar
rived before the day had fairly dawned. With
in, six hours ! had witnessed a binh.'a death,
and a marriage; nnd when Lagaiu luy down to
No. 2G.
lake a morning nap, 1 could not but muse upon
the adventures of a single niffit.
War Agaiu.
The Providence Gazette, very properly con
demns ihe conduct of some old musty Bachelor
landlords in that place; (they must be of that
forlorn class, as married men would nm.be guil
ty of such an outrage on the rights of women.)
But hear ihe editor he talks about right on the
subject :
" War against babies. Our landlords, it
would seem, have commenced a war of exter
mination against children. If you wish to rent
a house, the first question asked you i, wheth
er you have children; and if you have, ihe idea
of a bargain is altogether out of the question.
The notion seems lo be that children were
made to live out of doors, or under ihe stable
with the pigs, and ihat those who are guilty of
being encumbered with them, deserve neither
sympathy nor house room. Tenements in our
city are not any too plenty, and lo have every
advertisement of an empty one, touched off
with the provoking finale, ihat it will be rented
low io a "genteel family without children," a
though "genteel families," were never guility
of having-children, is decidedly vexing io gen
tlemen, as well as anxious mothers. And it ts
not very encouraging to "home manufacturers"
either !"
Oh ! the horrible monsters ! to treat the poor
babies so.
"The Artful Dodser."
Tylerism is full of funny incidents, but the
richest story is told of Mr. 'Delusion' Smith, of
Ohio. It seems that for services done and ren
dered, the Capting gave this Smith a mission
somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, at a salary of
eight dollars a tlay. In hunting out Tylermen
for decapitation, Mr. Polk's people came across
Smith's appointment, and letters of recal were
at once made out. But the next thing was to
catch him! Some shrewd knaveadvised Smith
to keep constantly on the move, and his letters
to the Stale Department are simple announce
ments that he shall be somewhere else very
shortly. Mr. Buchanan puts his finger where
he was, but "the little joker" aim there ! And
thus the matter stands. Mr. Buchanan has
chased the Tyler man pretty much over the
Pacific, but he can't keep him long enough in
one place to serve a writ on him," and Smith
bids fair to draw his $8 per diem through the
reign of Polkery !
1 Hunterdon Gazette.
The following ballot was voted in the First
Ward, 3d District, New-York Ciy:
" For tho amendment df the Constitution in
relation to the removal of Judicial Officers.
" For the removal of all officers, and the ap
pointment of new ones from the body of the
people every six months.
" For the division of property every Satur
day night oftener if required
" For making the dealing1 out of wine behind
the counter1 a legal tender for the Banks, in
stead of specie particularly 'for the Dutch.'
" For the establishment of Stated Preaching,
and the Bible in the Schools, at all places this
side of Sandy Hill.
" If negroes shall be allowed to rote, I am
for straighienihg their hair and whitewashing
their d d black faces.
SnAtch mo k Kiss. A negro in Baltimore,'
lately undertook to kiss a snapping-turtle for a
five cent piece, whenthe owner slipping the
noose from the head of the monster it caught
the poor fellow's upper lip, and it was impossi
ble to deliver him until its jaws were forced
open. He said "he wouldn't buss anoder fora
dollar ; tank his stars for do'scape dis time."
A clergyman having preached during Lent,
in a small town, in which he had not once been
invited to dinner, said, in seriously exhorting
his parishioners against being seduced by the
prevalent rices of the age, "I have preached
against every vice but luxurious living, haying
Kad no opportunity of obserring to what extent
it is carried on in this town."
The Galena (111.) Gazelle estimates that
there will be paid-out this year in'ih mining
country about two millions of, dollar for' iti
staple product, lead.
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