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To the First Birds of Spring.
Ye come, yc come, bright warbling things,
And joy is in your song,
Ye bear upon your dewy wings
The spring's first breath along.
Ye herald in the happy morn,
That is the-birth of flowers :
Ye tell that winter's chills have gone,
Its snows and icy towers. .; ,
Ye hide the earth in its carpet weavc
In Nature's matchless loom;
The warp for many a grassy leaf,' , .
The wool from fiowrct'- loom.
,;iV .
Ye bid the naked branches dress, ,
In all their proud array, "-. "
And all things don their loveliness: ' '
To welcome back the day.
Ye bid the icy fetters fall
From many a prisoned rill;
And onward, joyful al your call, ''"
'They gambol down the hill.
All nature wakes from sleep; the cloud
Shades not the sun's bright rays ;
No more the storm-winds, howling loud,
Disturb the zephyr's lay.
Pass on, pass on, to other land,
Ye birds of merry note;
Sing there of spring, ye starry band,..
From every tuneful throat. -
(
And gladden every heart that hears
Your message from abore, '
Pass on, dry up old winter's tears', .
Sweet harbingers of love.
Singular Sea Fight. t
On board the Peacock they witnessed a sea '
fight between a whale and one of his many ene-;
mies. The sea was quite smooth, and offered I
ihe best possible view of the whole combat, j
First, at a ilislanrn frnm thn shin a wbal
seen floundering in a most extraordinary way.
lashing the smooth sea into a perfect foam, and
endeavoring, apparently, to extricate himself
from some annoyance. Ab he approached the
ship, the struggle continuing and becoming
more violent, it was perceived that a fish, appa
rently about twenty feet long, held htm by the
jaw, his contortions, spouting, and throes all
beiokening the agonj of the huge monster.
Tho whale now threw himself at full length
from the water, with open mouth, his pursuer
still 'hanging to the jaw, the blood issued from
the wound and dying the sea to a distance a
round; but all his flounderings were of no avail;
his pertinacious enemy still maintained his hold
and was evidently getting the advantage of
him. Much alarm seemed to be felt by the
many other whales around. These "killers,"
fls ihey arecalled are of a brownish color on
Oie back, and white on the belly, with a long
dorsal fin. Such was the turbulence with
which they passed; that a good view could not
be had of them to make out more nearly the
description. These fish attack a whale in the
amo way as dogs 'bait a bull, and worry him
to death. They-erre armed. with strong sharp
Scefh and op.nfira.llv seize the whale bv the low-
-a j -
rjaw. It .is said that tho only part of them
they eat is the tongue. The balers give some
tiarrollous accounts of these killers and of their
untnenso stiength; among them that they have
heen known io drag a whalo away from several
hoats which were towing it to tho ship.
Finding Store. A chap from 'the bush,'
was patrolling ihe streets of Boston, a short
imo since, with a sheet of gingerbread under
his arm, and gazing at ihe stgn?, when one
which was labelled 'General Finding Store'
attracted his attention. He entered, chewing
In. gingerbread, and after a ee-vere effort at
swallowing, Itke a hen eating dough, he ex
claimed, 'I swowj you must be darned lucky
thaps io find all these hereuhings, 1 a'pose
you aint found my- umbrcller nor nothing; are
ou!" f''-- "
Ireland us site was as she is and as
she ought to be: "Great, Glorious
aisd Free."
BY CHARLES POTTS.
To contemplate the rise and progress of Na
tions, is a pleasing occupation; yet pleasing as
it is, close upon it follow the unhappy sensa
tions produced by ruin and decay. It is but a
step from the highest pinnacle of greatness to
the lowest condition of insignificance and mis
ery. Yiew Spain: but as yesterday her com
merce whitened every sea, her legions carried
her arms victorious over a conquered Hemis
phere, which she herself had discovered
view her with the pride and boast of Europe,
now stripped of all her conquests, her com
merce and her industry, dragging out a miser
able existence in civil wars and factious broils,
despised and lamented by all her former un
successful competitors for greatness and re
nown. Though this contemplation be fraught
with painful reflections, yet within the biiier
drops are rnin "led the sweets of useful and
profitable lessons In tones loud and not to be j prosperj,y They had beheld a small band of : from the damning influence of Intemperance ! seems, really, quite like living. Thmi we pouu
tnisunderstood it tells of the vanity and evane- j unciaciplined yeomanry, unskilled in all the ; and religious contention, her genius will go on j ded our corn in a hollow stump, and baked our
scence of all earthly glory, vanishing as J arts oT war, strike ofT the galling chaitis oT op-! from conquest to conquest, until ilie "Sliamrock f lreatl on a chip; but some folks like juhmiy
idle dream, leaving behind scarcely a shadow pressjon ami jt nerved them to the contest, so green" shall wave over a redeemed, a dis- j cake best; but when he brought me this ere new
or a trace lo tell of former greatness.
Let us return from the observance of Na
tions, which like the mushroom,
, springing into j
simultaneously, !
existence and maturity almost
and
as quickly moulder to the dust; to those :
which for ages have been acquiring strength 1
and solidity, and at length burst the Jramels !
j which have so long bound them, and success-j
I fully assert their rights and their determination ,
to be free they like the plant of slow growth,
when time had brought out their energies, and .
matured them, enduring all the storms and vi-j
?" . tt t i i
cisituuea oi lonune unscatneu; ana wnue an a-
round is ruin and desolation, they will rise
xvith new incentives to urge them to prosperity
and renown.
Among this class we would rank Ireland.
While other nations of Europe have sprung in- J
to glorious existence, flourished, and some of ,
'hern fell never to rise again from their ruins, .
still holds the same place she did eight
centuries ago. With her sister Isles of the j
ocean, she commenced her career, with pros-
.... .
pectS equally bright: Yet how different have
been their fortunes! The English spirit, ap-1
parently almost destroyed by the almost sue- j
- n o c i Inirq.lATie rC tli Q-.mr li - T - n . . .?
cessive invasions of the Saxon, the Dane, and
the Norman, has from each gathered energies
which have urged her to greater, and still
greater triumphs. Even her very civil wars,
which for a lime appeared to crush her, have
added to her new laurels in th restoration to
her subjects of the inherent rights ofman. Her
career has still been onward, her arts and her
arms have been carried to the frozen
regions
of the north, to the dusky plains of Asia, to the
burning regions of Africa, and still farther lo
the thousand Isles that dot the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, until she posses
ses an empire upon which the sun never sets
an empire unpolluted by the touch of slavery.
Contrasted with this, how different has been
the course of Ireland! Unlike England, for
eign invasions almost crushed her in ihe bud of
her existence. The genius of Ireland could
not, did not, flow in unison with the genii of her
invaders. Her civil wars, not like those of
England, in which the lower orders contended
with the higher, for great and noble principles,
sunk her still lower in the scale of misery and
slavery. Even the discovery of America,
which to all Europe, proved a blessing, retar
ded her deliverance from ihe thraldom of her
oppressors. The spirit of the Irish people,
which for centuries, even under the influence
f lyranny and misrule had been acquiring
strength and resolution, was about to reek its
vengeance upon its oppressors, assert its rights
and raise a "down trodden nation" to its proper
place among the nations of the earth. The
cloud had been gathering and was about to
break upon the despoilers of this fair land; but
America was discovered, and the spirit of lib
erty, finding no congenial spot in the Old World
upon which to erect her alter and dispense her
blessings to her followers, took her flight across
the waters of ihe Atlantic, and fixed her stan
dard in ihe :iincontaminated soil of the Ameri
can continent, and there under her guidance to
founda Nation, that would lead ihe enslaved
of all climes to freedom and to glory. But af-! Irishman to subdue him who for years had
ter her came those brave spirits who could not turned the world 'upside down,' and made prin
endure the tyranny of Europe and there dis- ces and potentates tremble for their -thrones,
played a courage and heroic bravery, which if ! But although Irish bravery was thus lavishly
it had beer? exerted in their own country's J poured out upon the plains of Waterloo, yet
cause, would have torn ofi'her chains and raised ! there was still a nucleus left at home, around
her to a proud and, glorious pre-eminence. Af' which the rising generation might rally, and
ter her came MONTGOMERY, who carried ' again strike for freedom.
the stars and stripes victorious before the walls j Twenty-five years have now paseed away
of Quebec; after him came a thousand others since the downfall of Napoleon, during which
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wiiuse uciuiL- ucus aim uiiiiiiy vinues won hk
them a proud distinction, even among thecham
pions of American liberty and their memo
ries will lire evergreen in the remembrance of
those who now enjoy the
blessings
for which;
they suffered and bled.
Though thus Ireland lost many of her best
and bravest sons, still there were those left be-
hind who dared to strike a blow for their coun
try. They fought like men struggling for great
principles like men
who had staked their all
upon the contest like men behind whom all
j was tyranny and bondage, before, freedom arid
Butj aast religious contention crept into their
ranks, and Irish bravery instead of exerting it-
self against the enemies of their country, and
the great and magnanimous idea of emancipa-
ting a Nation, dwindled into the petty but dis-
astrous conflict of opposing creeds. Hence
their efforts for the liberation of their country
was unsuccessful, yet the spirit of emancipa-
pation was still increasing, though checked
for a while, it was but to return with renewed
cnereies to the contest.
gut a new era jawne( ,mon Ireland. Lit -
pratl1rfi wa, nn,v hniinnino m sl.e.l it. hnnion
erature was now beginning to shed its benign
i
influence upon the land. Hitherto all had;
been the darkness of benighted minds, save
here and there the dim flickerings from the!
castle or the cloisier. Now a new field
was i
opened to the aspiring youth of Ireland, and
as mind must ever be engaged, finding no op -
w w .
potttinity of assisiing their country, they en-
tered upon this new sphere. The lore of past
ages was investigated, ihe beauties of ihe Ho -
man and Grecian artists were again admired,
ihft thrillino elimtiflnr p. of their nr;ilnrs found in
Irish hearts new conquest to its power, and
iheir poetry found among the romantic spirits,
.1 T. ..1.1 ". - .1 MM
those who could appreciate its pathos. Thus
Greece and Rome again conquered best of
all iheir conquests, the conquest of the intel -
lect.
But this event, although for a while it relar -
ded the liberation of Ireland, still was a bles-
sing to her sons. Ii first freed them from the
tyranny of ignorance it first taught them how
10 look upon and examine their rights. Their
patriotism look a lottier and holier stand, and
now ihe spirit of Ireland look another start,
and ihe crisis of her fate was fast approach -
ing, when another event delayed it for a
1 while. x
All Europe alike was roused by the meteor)
like ropidiiy of Napoleon's conquests now j
the sunny plains and vine-clad hills of France
felt tyranny, and ere mankind had half rccov-
ered from the shock (which brought the news .
that the great leader of tho Republic of Europe J
had assumed the sceptre of the Despot) gave
them, they were still more startled to hear that
the almost impenetrable barriers of Italy (the
Alps) were scaled, and that ihe Roman citadel
itself was successfully invaded. To day
brought the intelligence that Napoleon had de-
clared war against an Empire to morrow
came the sad news of its overthrow, and the
subjugation of its King. Wiih new conquests
the ambilion of Napoleon was fired, atid ever
increasing with what it fed on, still urged him
io mightier and nobler conquests, until ihe sub
jugation not only of Europe but of the whole
world became the darling object of his mind,
and had that been accomplished, like another
Alexander, he would have wept that there were
no more worlds to conquer. Thus mankind
saw and trembled at his ambilion, and against
such a mighty wholesale tyrant, the pent-up
energies of Ireland were loosened and wore
she forever blotted from existence, which God
forbid, her part in the conquest: of Napoleon
would live ever bright in Mho' recollection of
ransomed Europe. Ii was reserved for an
noinmg nas transpired to mar the calm into;
which Europe fell after so dreadful a storm.
The genius of Ireland, ever on the win, has
been rapidly advancing to the assertion of its
rights her sons have been looking with niur-
i murs of discontent upon their condition; their
j continued wrongs have lit up the spark of ven
geahce
and fanned it until it has become a
mighty flame, hidden though it be, it will soon i 'hen took a seat to entertain me by her cuinur
burst forth and consume their oppressors in i sation. On my remarking upon her few cou-
(one common ruin; the rumblings of the volcano
! have been heard, and soon it will pour out its
fury upon the despoilers of Ireland. Freed
enthralled, a free and happy people. This
glorious time, we trust, is not far distant, snd
! every breeze that comes from the "lone Isle of
j the Ocean" bears with it the tokens of the com -
ing siorm. When it does come, may a unity
; of interest and a holy patriotism bind them to
i gether, may not jarring discords, as they did of
yore, dash from them the cup of bliss, ere they
I have tasted of its sweets.
j Then shall we, the eons of liberty, strotch
j our hearts across the wide Atlantic, and hail
' with joyous shouts the Emancipation of Ire-
i
! land.
The Available Skillet.
A SKETCH OK WESTERN LIFE.
In the winter of 1S2 .business led
me lo
journey in north-western Missouri, then a
: sparsely settled and frontier country. Taverns,
. -
there were none, and tlleir substitutes "stands"
in the phrase of the country, poor and far be -
'tween. I urged my weary horse forward, over
the broad prairie, covered with snow and mud,
dnrinfT several tnlfnnj hnnrs heailirnr townril a
distant grove, and musing all the lime. The
j limber once reached, I may find a lodging place
'r .1 f . . 1 1. . T 1 .11. 1 I. .1
for the night; thought I. 1 soon did reach thej
' grove, and in it found a single log cabin, sur -
' rounded by low fence rails, worm laid. The
j cabin was tenanted by a young married woman
,and her two children. The husband was from
home.
As I rode up 10 the door, the woman came
' unhesitatingly forward, and to my inquiry, iCan
i I be accommodated
with entertainment for the
: night" answered.! reckon so. We never
r,
I
turns anybody away, whether friends or foes;
j they are all made comfortable at our house,
j The strange traveller would find cold lodging
' on this road, if we didn't keep him it's so far
between the stands. He is gone forty miles to
mill, but will be. home to morrow. I will do
my best, so you may as well come in." I
thanked the kindhearted lady, and accepted her
invitation.
Truth prompts me to say; that, notwithstan-
ding the settlers were then generally very poor
and very illiterate and possessed of only a few
comforts or even conveniences, a more open
hearted, generously disposed, and less suspec
ting people, 1 never found. To me, Yankee
j educated, such welcome to the fireside of pri-
vale families, as was everywhere given to a
perfect stranger, was unaccountable.
This woman, to the eye, was rather attrac
tive for the country; and, by her mien, showed
that he was, or fell heiself lo be, ono of the
"upper ten thousand" a fact I soon found cor
roborated. Her husband wa3 a candidate for
sheriff.
The rude, long pen, was the whole house,
parlor, bed-room, kitchen, pantry, all in one.
Having asked for supper, I took my seat at a
respectful distance from the fire, with nothing
to divert my attention from the cooking opera
tions, and. very curious to see how a place
of so little promiso "could make me comfort
able." The first motion loward my supper, was tho
lady's bringing forth a skillet, which was good
enough of its kind. Into this skillet a hand
ful of coffee was put; and the n ihe parching,
browning, smoking operation was cwumenceil.
The skillet being placed in the blaze of the fire,
the process was soon over; and, if the cufTrtf
failed in being well parched, the ddk-ioney
was made up it was well smoked. Thu ves
sel was now duly cleansed, filled with water
and placed over the fire to boil, while my h hi.
ess briskly ground the coffee. Soon the boi
ling water from the skillet was poured upon
the floured coffee, and the skillet was set to
boil upon the coals. By this time my curiosi
ty had become excited by the double and sin.
gular use of the skillet; and I watched with in
creased interest. Next the .skillet ni turned
into an oven, and three bullet-shaped dadgers
(loaves) of corn meal set a baking. My hostess
veniences, she answered:
"Yes stranger, that's all truth; but we now do
j sn much better than when we first cam here, it
j skillet from Fort Osage, I felt my fortune was
made; because 1 could now hat e such good
J bread, and could almost use the skillet for a
' thousand things beside baking. Yes stranger.
vou may think it queer, but when he brought
me this skillet, I was gladder than if he lmd
brought me the best black silk gown in St.
Louis and I told him so; for it does me mora
good than fifty dresses could."
I assented to arhmy hostess said; but after
, all, it was a tedious hour, this wailing for the
bread to bake, while ull other supper operations
were suspended. My hostess, after giving the
"dadgers" three successive thumpings, pro
nounced them baked, to my very great salts
faction, as the boiling coffee, sending off its
tempting fumes, was cause sufficient for a hun
gry traveller to be somewhat impatient. But
as all things must come to an end, so the ba-
I t - 1 : 1 i t ...
j MnS u,u ana m Pes revived, as l saw tho
'sk,llet receiving a thorough, fre.sh ablution,
! Ijar6 slices of bacon were now placed in the
; sk,!,el' and the frmg Procoss c,,''cod in
800Cl earnest; Which, over a llOt fire,
was soon
ended, and my supper pronounced readv.
Never did hungry Spartan come to his dish
of soup with keener relish. Fatigue and wait-
' lng had given mo tho true Spartan seasoning;
and I gave good evidence of the skill of tho
cook; if partaking largely of each of the threo
components of my supper (coffee, bread, and
bacon,) could provo it, each was good of its
kind. My hostess entertained me while eat
ing, with panther stories, tales of (he Indiana,
and with instances of Western female heroism;
none of which I will repeat on this occasion.
Again seated by the fire after supper, the
skillet, already become notorious, continued to
attract my attention. Water was heated, and
the dishes were washed in it. And again wa
ter was warmed, and tho children washed in
it face, hands and feet. Water was again
warmed, and my hostess thoroughly washed her
own feel in the same vessel and all without an
apology! Next morning; as you may well im
agine, I rode away before breakfast. Western
Continent.
A California Farmer. A gehtlerrianvri
ting from California to the editor of ihe St.
Louis Reveille, nays his stock consists of about
4000 head of oxen, 1700 horses and mules, 3090
sheep, and as many hogs. They all pasture
the'm&elres without difficulty in the rich pra
ries and bottoms of the Sacramento, and only
require to be attended. This is done by Imli
ans of whom he employe 400. I Ii-. annual crop
of wheat is about 12,000 bushels, v. uh bailey,
peas, beans, etc, in proportion.
Education is a better safeguard for. liberty
than a standing army.
A personal young woman advertises, in n pro
vincial paper, for a service. She say?, alio, is
well qualified to manage a single gentleman.
JJjDo their anxious mothers know ihn.yr'ro
out? Married at Poughkeepiao, N. Y on iho
17ihult., Jacob Weaver, aged 17 years,, fu
Sarah Sherman, aged 12 years and 7 months,