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An Evening Hymn.
BV THOMAS Ml LLER, BASKET MAKER.
How many da-s, with mute adieu,
Have gone down yon untrodden sky!
And still it looks as clear and blue.
As when it first was hung on high.
The rolling sun, the frowning cloud
That drew the lightning in its rear,
The thunder, tramping deep and loud,
Have left no dark impression there.
The village bells, with silver chime,
Come softened by the distant shore : 1 -
Though I have heard them many a time,
They never wrung so sweet before.
And silence rests upon the hill;
A listening awe pervades the air;
The very flowers are shut,- and still, . 1
And bowed as if in tilent prayer. -
The darkening woods, the lading trees,
The grasshopper's last feeble sound.
The flowers just wakened by the breeze
All leave the stillness more profound.
The twilighwakes a deeper shade,
'pi i t . . - - - -v
i no uusKy pamways oiacKcr grow,
And silence reigns in glen and glade,
And all is mute below.
Now shine the starry hosts of night,- niV
Gazing on earth with golden eyes y:, -Bright
guardians of the blue-broxved night,
What are ye in your native skies
1 know not! nejthercanL Jvnow,
Nor on what leaderrye attend,
Ivor whence ye came, nor whhhersgo,, -
Nor what you aim or what your end.
Yet there ye shine, and there have shone;
In one eternal " hour of prime,"
Each rolling burningly-; alone-
Through boundless space and couritlcss'time.
Aye, there ye shine, the goldehfdews; !
That pare the realms 'by'seraphs trod': '
There, through yon echoing vault!difiuse v "
The sons of choral worlds' to God. r'"' '
Gold frets to dust yet there ye are;
Time rots the diamo;id,-r-therc ye roll A
In primal light, as if each star s.
Enshrined an everlasting soul !
And does it not since your bright throngs
One all-enligluening spirit own
i'raised ihere by purciderial ionguea,dT
Eternal, glorious, blest, alone 2 '
riild men but see what you hare sfccV"
Unfold awhile the. j5hr(Milt'dftpa-J, .a...vr
1 fotn all that i, to whaj has,been, r. ,
The glanco(howrich ' the nnshgjaai
The bmh of time, the ihr, ho fail. :
Of empires, juyjiads.-ageaJJowu,
'J lironos, citie8;ipugi3,.rs, woruliipsa!!
I'lio things w'hosetachoes are noUgoiic;- i
nd ihrre ye bh'inc, as if in jmdfc - - ,
The childien of a mortal sire. , 'J
its
;onn.-ihebolCheeaTthotiake'a shock,
Tlie rrrKvolcatfoi cataradf'li'r'e,
IVu.tphf.THlffilVr aiTdflamc,
All naiuieVillsY "and lifc's'Wd'iSi 'vib&
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1846.
Are naught to you : ye smile the same,
And scorn alike their dawn. and close.
Not only doth the voiceful day
Thy -loving kindness, Lord ! proclaim
But nightly, in its sublime array
Of worlds, doth magnify thy name !
Yea while adoring seraphim
Before thee bend the willing knee,
From every star a choral hymn
Goes up unceasingly to thee !
Oh, Holy Father! mid the calm
And stillness of this evening hour,
We here would lift our solemn psalm
To praise thy goodness and thy power!
And worlds beyond the furthesi star
Whose light hath reached the human eye,.
Shall catch the anthem from afar
And roll it through immensity!
Kept by thy goodness through the day,
Thanksgivings lo thy name we pour;
Night o'er us, with its lears we pray
Thy love to guard us evermore !
In grief console in gladness bless
In darkness, guide in sickness, cheer
Till, in the Savior's righteousness,
Before thy throne our souls appear !
From the New York True Sun.
A Narrow Escape of a Young L&dy
from being; Shot.
A few months since, one of the travelling
agents for a large house in this city, whose
route brought him into the small town of New
Frankfort, Scott county, Indiana, as was his
usual custom " put. up" at tho best inn which
the town afforded. It so happened that on the
afternoon on which the agent arrived at ihe inn,
ihe landlord's daughter, Nelly, a blooming coun
try lass of seventeen, on the invitation of one
of the neighbors. Mrs. Dolbear. livino a fnunln
miles distant, had gone to a "quilting;" and on
her leaving home, she told her parents that if
she was not home by 1 1 o'clock that night, she
should stay with her friend, Susan Dolbear,
until the next. Accordingly, as that hour was
passed, Nelly's parents concluded that she
would stay all night with her friend Susy, as
she had promised. So, without any hesitation,
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tuc ageiu was pui in possession oi lxeny a room
(her bed included) which adjoined that occu -
pied by the old folks; and he, after looking in
rain for some instrument to fasten the door, un
dressed himself, taking care, however, to place
all the money (about $300) which he had, be:
longing to his employer, in the pocket of his
pantaloons, and put them under his pillow for
safety; and also, as a protection against robbers,
he put a loaded "revolver," ready capped for
service, under Ins pillow. After these arrange
ments Were completed, with the Strongest as
surance of safety, he retired, little .dreaming
that he should be disturbed (hat night.
The quilting party, at which Nelly was a
guest, did not break up until considerably past
aK tin iinm rnrisHiHrauiv nasi
hk up unui consiueraoiy past
somewhat to her disaonoint-
midnight-, when,
men., she found many young ladies who had
come a much greater distance lhan she had,!
and who, owing to the lateness of the hour,
were desirous of staying at Mrs Dolbear's till
morning. Nelly, with true nobleness of heart;
forebore to press her claim to her young friend's
'hospitality for tho night, lest some of those who
f lived farther off should havb to go'home. So
Ishc arranged with Susy, who was one of her
most intimate friends, that she should go home
wiih her for company, and that she should stay
at Nelly's all night. Under this arrangement,
thev started in the direction of Nellv's home, ;
which they reached afier a walk of about an ( ''g1'1 in land. gathering up their personal clo
hour, bringing the time up to about two o'clock j lg as ,he-V Pasaed l"ough-io another room
In the morning. Without making the least in 'he atfic story of tho house-where they re
noise, they effected their entrance by tho backjred and soon fell fast asleep.
door of the house, and, Nelly leading the way,
betook themselves up the back stairs in the
dark, to Nelly's room, without having disturbed
ihe old folks, and without,the least suspicion of
finding an intruder. And, as they had arranged
between themselves, to keep from he old folks
tho( latenoss of the hour at which they arrived
home, J.heir conversation, while disrobing them
selves to retire, was carried on in a whisper.
The Agent's ear, from long habit .and practice,
possessed nice properties of hearing; the whis
pering and light tread upon tho floor awoke him
from hit sleepi'and supposing it to be occasion
ed by robbers, he listened to ihe conversation,
holding his breath lest he
hould give thorn no-
tice of his being awake. The girls themselves
were a little alarmed at the lateness of the hour,
and being extremely anxious that it should be
kept from Nelly's parents, their conversation
was wholly upon the best method of conceal
ing it from ihem, fcc; the agent caught a part
of it, and a part, too, excited as was his ima
gination at the time, not a little startling. Susy
said to Nelly, "It is much later than we should
have been;" to which Nelly replied, "Yes, it is,
but we got in without disturbing any body; so
far, all's right; but we must be quick or we thall
be discovered, and all will go wrong with us."
The agent was now convinced that they were
robbers; and in the dark as he was, saw noth
ing before him but murder and robbery. He
grasped his pistol mechanically and firmly, and
cautiously cocking it, he was prepared for his
assailants; directly he felt a hand on the bed
clothes passing along in the direction of his pil
low, under which his pantaloons and money
were laid; he held his breath, and put himself
in a position to discharge his pistol. But, ima
gine his surprise, when he heard a soft, sweet
voice, which appeared to be not more than two
feet from him, say, "Sue, I can't find my night
cap." The truth now flashed upori him. He
had been put in Nelly's bed during her absence,
and the night cap for which she had been
searching in tho dark had been removed
by her mother. The pistol dropped from his
hand as instinctively as it had been grasped be
fore, and, it appeared that there was a bit of fun
for him, instead of robbery and murder, after
his hard day's travel. So, with as little noise
as possible, he drew himself toward that part
of the bed usually denominated the "back side,"
:u iuo uai.iv jsiuu,
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where he lay quietly awaitin
me icauii. ousy , -
was soon disrobed and ready for bed, but in
oettinp- in she accidentally nut her hand unon
the agent's head. " Why, Nelly!" she exclaimed;
"there's somebody in the bed, as sure as I'm
alive." Otir hero, (for such he ought, by this
time to be called,) was almost convulsed with
laughter. "Its only little Sis," replied Nelly, ' J
"she always sleeps with rite." This answer
satisfied
Susv;
and Nelly, without the
least
tear, got into bed too. I he two girls were
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. swuii auugiy -eiiacuuceu uncei uie quin, wuu
(as they supposed) "little Sis" on the "back
side," Susy Dolbear in the middle, and Nelly
on the front side; but in truth, "little Sis" hav
ing been taken into bed with her pa and ma, as
Nelly was absent.
Susy Dolbear was as affectionate a girl as
Indiana can boast of, and as a proof of this as
sertion, we have the fact that she could not go
to sleep without first having given "little Sis"
a kiss so she turned over to perform this
pleasurable act, when she put her hand upon
iiir liorii'j ffifA- ntwl fffA'mn hia tmnn t'ti!l.-nrn I
she was made aware of their rhistake. In less j
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time than it takes to tell it,, she gathered up!
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perhuman, she sprang, into the middle of the
room ,, screaming -"l.sa.man! it a a man! Nel-
.
'5' Nell' of c)Ur9e packing of Susy's
alarm, rushed into her father's rooni, followed
by Susy, leaving our hero in perfect fits of
laughter, from which he has not recovered to
this dayj as he laughs immoderately every time
he sees a pistol, or, the occurrence comes to his
remembrance. y ,
Nelly's father was up. in a twinkling, and a
light being obtained by means of a-loco foco
matchj tho whole afiait was explained to the
girls, who afterwards passed through the room
of which pur hero had full possession, with a
susan uoiuear.oi tne two gins, naving play
ed the most conspicuous part in this affair, did
not wait for her breakfast, but, made her escape
from the house as oon as daylight dawned; but
Nelly, conscious of her innocence, boldly mei
our hero, face to face, at ihe breakfast table,
where she learned of the narrow escape she
had made of being shot as a robber.
" Genius will always work its way through,"
as the poet remarked when ho saw a hole in
the elbow of his coat.
Baton Rouge, is to oe ihe ncwrseat iif gov
ernment of Louisiana, tlie bill having passed
both Houses I'fthe Lcgi.-daturc',
From the Boston Bee.
A Strange yet trise Story.
An incident of tho most romantic character
was related to us a day or two since by one
upon whose veracity we place the most impli
cit reliance, and who is possessed of fads which
leave no room for doubt jn the manor which
follows. We withhold the names of the par
ties concerned, because we believe it to be
more satisfactory to them. Verily truth fa
stranger than fiction.
A young and beautiful girl, of good charac
ter and bright prospects, some four years since,
while she was but sixteen years of age, became
attached to a young sailor boy of her acquain
tance, which attachment growing into earnest
devotion, resulted in a matrimonial engagement.
This circumstance being made known to the
parents of the fair inamorate, they remonstra
ted first, but finding all remonstrance to be use
less, they resolved that a separation of the par
ties should be effected. Such however was
the strength of affection, on the part of the lov
ers, that it became proper in the opinion of the
parents to cut off all communication between
the devoted couple, and finally to shut up the
fair one. By dint of determined perseverance
however an escape was effected, and the voting
lady eloped, assumed the guise of a sailor boy
herself, and shipped on board the same vessel
with her Leander, in the capacity of a cabin
boy. Having performed one voyage, she land
ed in New York in company with her lover,
and preparations were made for their marriage.
After a few days residence in New York, her
lover suddenly disappeared, and as she 'could
not for a moment doubt of his fidelitVt she sub-
t
! posed he must have been murdered. Not to be
' consoIe,J ln ne bereavement, alter Iruitless en-
; ueavurs to gain some iniormauon respecting
h,im; h resum!d her sailor aWarel and a3ain
shipped as a sailor boy, and performed another
sea voyage.
During this second voyage; she b'ecame ac
quainted with another rover of the deep, and a
strong feeling of attachment growing between
them, she disclosed her sex to him, and
an
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i val in port they would bo married. But here
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again she was doomed to disappointment. Be
fore tho consummation of tho vb'age, death
robbed her of her partner, and again she was
thrown upon the world. With a resolution
which never deserted her, she again returned
to the sea service, and performed several voy
ages; we believe one lo the East Indies. In
the whole of this time the secret of her sex was
undiscovered by those with whom she associa
ted. Her uniform kindness to all, and her
readiness to perform the duties assigned her,
won for lier tho good will of all with whom she
wa"? ac9uamld"
At the expiration of her last voyage, about
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three weeks ago, she arrived in this city, unde-
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j cded whether to return to her parents, or to
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rnniinun nr rnmanne wan pr n. in mis .
came inadreallll 0 her firsl lorcf
who, to her surprise called her by name. The
meeting was past description. It was ihe first
us
lime for four years that she had been recognized
j and called by her right, name. lie gave her
the incidents of his life since his supposed death
in New York. Suffice, it to say, that their mu
tual explanations were satisfactory. The result
of the matter is a renewal of former friendship,
and the parties arc to be married next week.
The lady is at present twenty years, of age, and
although she has lost something of her former
beauty, after four years' hardships, and expo
sure to almost every clime, is described lo us
as being still very prepossessing, and retaining
all her former ardor and affection toward the
person for whom she forsook father, mother
and home.
We understand that it is the intention of ihe
couple after the matrimonial knot is tied to re
turn to her parents, who arc as yet ignorant of
her whereabouts, and have since her disappear
ance from her homo, supposed that she had
committed suicjdo. May it be a joyous meeting.
' Jim, I was awfully frightened the other day.
Did I tell you abourii V
No. How?'
' Why a cup of coffee was handed me which
was so pale and thin that I thought it was the
gl'ibst of some I upset once when my mother
pa'ught me stealing moat off the gridiron.'
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ic Blues'.
While passing through a street in St. J'iimis
a few months since our attention vvasar'resreit
by the following colloquy:
Ginger ! I'se got de hliiesl dc r;al gingrrjg
lollies! It is, indiwidually and ' collect iblij I I
J Well, Snow, ifit isn't a gwain to tb ynu'YrVi
t much trouble, I would like to hab you 'pj.a'ii1y
I what deni blues is; so as to frow a 'lutlgnirtVu
' lighthiti' on die inftid ob 3is cliild', Hi ecPt6 da
subjec !
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Well den, listen', Ginger, vnu goi-tin in dr
mornin'; you feel uxirse I you den go fro wrtl
de ambrocations bb de day', and you feel wnrserf
you den go to bed, and you got up in de mnrrt-
in' agin, and you feel tvo'rse'r dan d.u! you tafc
a circumnahulum look into de Ibukin' glass! aint
you feel worse'r dan all free oder icorers put to--
gedder! you see sich a black p'rdsji'et afore tnttf
and tiuk wat a livin' 'spotisibility you am ow
human nature, you feel dal you hub a large?
lump ob ice in your heart, and lie fectiouj
tof no hrcck gtil was warm 'nough to mak it l-rr-j
Denis wat 1 call do real gingcrgo Hues! and
jdeths wat 1 got how! how you like to hab'eni,
i Ginger?
j Well, Show, I isn't a gwi'ne to hab nofiln at
j all to do will 'em! not if defns de sort !
did Bread the best.
It has been found that baked bread on. tho
first day produces from seventy-one to seventy
nine percent, of nutrative matter, vshile that
five days bid yields from eighty-one to eighty
two per cent. New bread loses the five .per
cent, of its weight by evaporation in. cooling.
Aside from the advantages of stale bread in its
nutritive mailer, it is more wholesome; moro
easily digested, has more taste and is sweeter,
tvhile new bread lies heavily in the stomach
and is of difficult digestion. With these ad
vantages it is strange that most people reject
stale bread or prefer the new. It has been
found that oh feeding the poor, very stale bread
mixed wiihsbup is far more Satisfying than any
other they can obtain. Thus the labouring:
classes consume one eighth more bread thaa
would be necessary if stale bread were used;
or a family that consumed six pounds of bread,
per day would expend at the present price
some ten dollars more a year by eating newv
than by eating stale bread with all the other
disadvantages we have mentioned.
Change of Climate.
'Your wife is extremely ill, sir,' saftl a phy
sician to one of our citizens, 'and unless she
experiences a change of climate she will die.
'Indeed !' was tho exclamation, well, she
shall experience a change of climate.
This was a month ago. Yesterday, the phy
sician who imagined that his lady patient was
on her way to a distant land, was astonished
I In ton Tir in RrnniUvav. Inokinu very Dale anil
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I. . nr - tht wkmd'a countinc; room
j thm. Hurrying to the nusbanU s counting room
the physician said angrily:
'Your wife is dying, sir; she, will not live iho
(.winter through.'
'Well.' snid the Benodict, coolly, 'I- can't
help that, can IV . -v-siW
Help it! why not? Did 1 not tell yousshe
must havo a change of climate!' -4s:ti$l
'Certainly, you did. - ! -' '
'Well, sir,' shouted the exaspera'teddisciple
of Esculapius, 'she is here in.the city,and hay
not been out of it.'
'Of course not. You said he;must have s
change of climate. Good heaven, sir, the cli
mate changes every twenty-four hours.- We
have lately had the four seasons in one day.
Last night it was freezing; to-day it is as-warm
as spring. Change of climate! ' If you '"don't
experience that in New-York'; M?herc would
1 vou go for it V
'Go to the d I,' screamed the Doctor, as ho
bolted for ihe streei. N. Y. Ledger. l
Tricks of Trade.
The Journal of Commerce tells of a broker
who received from Virginia a quantity of bee'
wax, imbedded in the centre of which were
found pioces of iron ore weighing about two
pounds. As to tho wax itself, though it would
not melt before the fire, it would dissolve, in
warm water, and formed tolerable,, mush ; it a
principal ingredient being Indian meal., Thav
will do it excels tho wooden nutmegs.