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MISS SARAH J. CLARKE.
(Grace Greenwood.)
li pleases us this morning to lay aside all
established rules of precedence, and for once
to satisfy public curiosity, and our " own wild
will," by a con amore description of the fait la
dy whose name heads our paragraph. We
know, without your hints, dear ladies, that she
j.s tint as old as the distinguished Mrs.
neither has she been so long before the world
of letters as the well known auther of " ,
and other poems;" but that matters little some
lives are not counted by years, and some au
thors are rewarded in the first of their arduous
career, by the notice and approval of the dear
public, usually so chary in the besiowal of its
rewards. Of the last assertion Fanny Forester
and Grace Greenwood are living proofs.
It is now,about four years Miice poems ap
peared in theNew Mirror, then just re-established
by Willis and Morns, attracting much
attention under the signature of Miss Sara J.
Clarke. Shortly after, during the absence of
Mr. Willis in Europe, the readers of his journal
rl hv. and interested in a series of
letters from the West, purporting to be written j
by a " slip of a girP who delighted in all man-.
ly exercise, and all womanly sentiment who-'1
could fearlessly scour the country on horseback, j
.....i .t. r.iMrnimr nr. a rlpcnrinimn of thi!
ride, full of poetical and original thought. i
Moreover, it bean to be hinted that the lady
was young, beautiful, and still unmarried, (how .
did Madame Rumor for once happen to stum-1
ble upon the truth?); then commenced wonder- j
inu all the readers masculine of that journal,
and guessing all the feminities, as to the real
name of this newly discovered literary star j
Grace Greenwood ! '
But, unfortunately, nothing could be learned. ;
These queries have but recently been put at ,
rest by the open avowal of Miss SaraJ. Clarke,!
by the ope
lhat she, .at the suggestion of a household friend,
assumed the name under which she has con
tributed to some of our most popular periodi
cals and has become so widely known and ad
mired. The birth-placef of Miss Clarke is a small
village in Onondaga County, New York ; her
school days were passed at Rochester,- and a swjft wjnged arrow we rush through the
while there, at the age of fourteen, her poems ajr.
.first appeared, and were praised in the various Qh ! not all the pleasure that poets may praise,
papers of that city. She lias subsequently re-, ot lne veering waltz in the ball-room's blaze,
aided in New Brighton, a vilage in' the weMeru . Nqj lh(j chivarous joustj nor the daring race
part of Pennsylvania and the past Wli;,er j Nor the swift regatta, nor merry chase,
came to Philadelphia, at the request of Mr , e sail hi h heavink ters o'er,-
Godey, to take charge of his just e-'bnhed on
Lady's Paper. In the literary world she has Pul . .
HJ JL .n opn.mndtr -reived, and? the Can the wild and fearless joy exceed,
,hJin hv Inna since established her as a fa1- i
vome.
la our present purpu.se we are not at liberty
to enter fully upon the distinguishing trails of
the spirited nrose writings of Miss Clarke; we
are speaking of the poetess, and can only hum
m our predilection for her racy letters niieii as
they are with wit, sentiment, and criticism.
Her poetry is scarcely as well known as her
prose sketches but young as she is, it exhib
its a sirength, tenderness, and ofientimes a
finish, that would do honor to more mature
thought and experience. Strength and bold
ness, both in thought and expression, are per
haps its distinguishing characteristics ; she is
fearless of the world and its criiicism, and in
dependence, with a hearty honesty, i Klawprd
ou every thought and- word. This ex'ends
through, or rather springs from, her individual
nature, 10 which she gives full voice in what
bite has written ; you have but to see and con
verse with her to know that ihis proyd, fearless
spirit, is no affectation. Ji looks through her
clear, deep eyes ; it speaks in every act, and
compels you for auce o do homage to sinceri
ty. In manner Miss Qlarke is, as one would
suppose, somewhat abrupt, frank, and in a
measure unrestrained by conventionalisms ; but
how shall we describe the physique which lodg
es this untameable spirit !
We chanced, yesterdaylo enter the studio
of Mr. Cushirjaq, who was btisily engaged on
STRobBSBtjRG; MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1848.
a. delicate miniature of the very lady in question,
who at all unconscious that we also meditated
the same employment. In the still quiet of
that shaded room, there was, perhaps, not the
usual animation lighting up her features. To
see Grace Greenwood, shomust be engaged in
pleasant conversation, for then her dark eyes
. , , fl . nmttwt , ,
Hash, a deep flush suffuses her clear brunette
complexion, the small crimson mouth quivers
with emotion, and your beau ideal is before you.
Her forehead is broad, and fully developed ;
her hair, usually " put up in some wild way,"
is dark and lustrous ; her form, rather above
than below the usual height, gives scarcely an
idea of the muscular strength which can curb
a fiery sieed with strong mastery. She has
the English accomplishment of fine horseman
ship, and we hope that many of our ladies will
follow her example, seeking health and pleasure
in what she describes with so much spirit :
A Morning Ride.
When troubled in spirit, when weary of life,
When I faint 'neath its burdens, and shrink from
lis strife,
When its fruits turned to a3hes are mocking my
taste,
And its fairest scene seems but a desolate waste ;
Then come ye not near me my sad heart to cheer
With friendship's soft accents, of sympathy's tear;
No counsel I ask, and no pity I need,
But bring me, oh, bring me, my gallant young steed!
With his high arched neck and his nostril spread
wide,
His eye full of fire, and his step full of pride 1
As I spring to his back, as I seize the strong rein,
The strength'of my spirit retuineth again !
The bonds are all broken which fettered my mind,
And my cares borne away on the wings of the wind!
My pride lift its head, for a season bowed down,
And the queen of my nature now puts on her crown.
Now we're off! like the winds, to the plains whence
they came,
And the rapture of motion is thrilling my frame.
On, on speeds my courser, scarce printing the sod,
Scarce crushing & daisy to mark where he trod.
On, on, like a deer, when the Hounds' early bay
Awakes the wild echoes', away and away !
Still faster, still farther he leaps at my cheer,
'Till the rush of the startled airAvhirrs in my ear!
inow 'long a clear nvuiet iiem my iracK,
See hisvglancing hoof tossing the white pebbles
back; ;,
Now a clen dark as'midnicht what matter we'll
. down, ( ; .
Though shadows are round us, and rocks o'er us;
trown,
The (hick branches shake, as we're hurrying
through, ......
And deck us with spangles of silvery dew !
What a wild thought of triumph, that this girlish
hand, , , .,
Such a steed in the might of his strength may com-
, mand!
What a glorious creature! Ah, glance at him now,
As I check him awhile ori this greeri hillock's
brow,'
How he tosses his mane, with a shrill, joyous neigh,
And paws the firm earth in his proud, stately play!
Hurrah, off again, dashing on, as in ire," .
! Till the long flinty pathway is flashing with fire !
it
Ho, a ditch ! shall ate pause I No, the bold leap
we dare,
Of a fearless leap on a fiery steed
The subjoined poem excels not less iti tender
ness, than the first in spirit.
Ttte tast Gift.
I leave thee', love in vain hast thou'. '
The God of life implored;
My clinging soul is torn from' thine,'
My faithful, my adored.
My last gift I have on,it breathed
In blessing and in prayer ;
So lay it close, close to thy heart, , ;
This little lock of hair '.
I know thou wilt think tenderly
And lovingly on me,
Thou wilt forget my waywardness
When I am gone from thee ; . ,
Thou wilt remembir all my love,
Which made thee think me fair
Thou wilt with many tears begem
This little lock of hair !
And yet at last, thy griefs wild- storm
Will sigh itself to rest ;
Arid thou may'st choose another love,
And clasp her to thy breasf ;
But when she hides her glowing face
In tearful gladness there,
Oi, do not let her hand displace
This little lock of haul-
The dark, rich hue. thou qft.has praised,
s The. ringlet still shall, hold,
Still as the sunlight on it falls, r
Give out quick gleams of gold ;. . ,
Though years roll by, no. tr,ace of change
Its glossy rings shall wear t
It never; will grow gray, beloved,
This little lock of hair ! . .
. - r 1
Ah, dearest,, see how. pale and cold
Has grown this hand of mine !
No longer now it glc-ws and thrills
Within the clasp of thine. ,
I go ! soon where my dying head , :
Is pillowed with fond carer . ,;
No trace of me shall linger, 'save
This little lock of hair ! , ' -I
see thee not ! I faintly feel . '
The fast tears thou dost weep ;
Kiss down my quivering eyelids love, f
Thus, thus, and I will sleep.
I go where angels beckon me,
I go their heaven to share (
Yet:with a longing envy leave
This little lock of hair.
lustances of. Presentiment.
I have heard of several cases of people hur
rying home from a presentiment of fire ; and
Mr. M. Calderwood was once, when absent
from home, seized with such an anxiety about
his family, that, without being able in any way
to account for it, he fell himself impelled to
fly to them and remove them from the house
they were inhabiting ; one whig of which fell
down immediately afterwards. No notioa of
such a misfortune had ever before occurred to
him nor was there any reason whatever to ex
pect .it ; the accident originating from some
defect in the foundation. A circumstance ex
actly similar to this, )s related By .Stilling of
Professor Bohmj. teacher bi" mathematics at
Marburg ; who, being one evening in company,
was suddenly seized with a, conviction that.he
ought to go home. As, however, he, was very
comfortably, taking tea, and had nothing to do
at home, he resisted, the , .admonition ; ,but it
returned" with such force, that at length. he. was
obliged to yield. On .reaching , his house,, he
foiind everytHing as he had left it ; but he now
felt himself urged to remove .his bed from the
corner in which it stood to .another ; but, as it
had always stood there, hetrsjsted this impul
sion also. However, the resistance was vain;
absurd as it seemed, he felt he must do. it ; so
he summoned the maid, .and, .with her aid, drew
the bed to the other side, of the room ;., after,
which he felt q'uite. at ease and, returned to
spend the resi of the evening with his friends.
At ten o'clock the party broke up, and he re
tired home, and went to bed and to sleep. .In
the middle of the night he was awakened by a
loud crash, and on looking out, he saw that a
large beam had fallen, bringing ,part of the cei
ling with it, and was .lying exactly On the spot
his bed had occupied. .
One of the most remarkable cases of presen
timent 1 know, is that which occurred not very
long since on board of her majesty's ship, when
lying off Portsmouth. The officers being" one
day at the mess table, a young Lieutenant P.
suddenly laid down his knife and fork,' pushed
away his plate, and turned exceedingly pale.
He then rose from ihe table," covering his face
with his hands, and retired from the room.
The president of the mess," supposing him to be
ill, sent one of the young men to enquire what
was' the matter. At first Mr. P. was unwilling
to speak ? but, oh being pressed, fie confessed
that he had been sei2edby a sudden and irre
sistible impression that a brother he had then
in India was dead.
"He died," said he, "on the 1.2th' of August
at six o'clock;' I am perfectly certain of it." No
arguments could overthrow this conviction,
Svhich' in due course of post, was verified to the
letter. The young man had died at Cawnpore,
at the precise period mentioned. Mr. Crowe's
Night Side of Nature.
Singular Circumstance.'
AWyalusing, Bradford County, Pennsylva
nia, many years agos a thrifty young apple treo
was innoculat'ed with buds of the Golden Pip
pin three branches, changing the whole head.
When the trefe began to bear, it was found that
one of the branches ripened its fruit in July,
arid the others in October, all Golden Pippins.
Many persons applied for grafts dt the early
branch, but the' owner discouraged them ; sup
posing that the cause of this singular variation
existed in some defect of the stock in lhat branch,
and lhat grafts taken from it would possess no
property different from the original Golden" Pip
pin. However a son, having less fai'Vh' in the
stability of natural law, tried the' experiment
privately, and on the third; year brought in iseven
early Golden Pippins frorri the new graft. We
uow suppose that in this new way a new vari
ety of early fruit is added td our stock as much
superior to other" early apples as the fall Golden
Pippin surpasses them. Scions of this singu
lar variety havd been sent to Tharps' Nur
sery, Binghamton, 'New-York, where inquirers
may obtain U, 0. F. WiaUS". Wyulitsing,
Pcnn
A Singular Story. .
A correspondent jof. the ..National "Era siys
he translated the following article frorn the
Magazine Universal, published in.Paris., As ihe
scene of the st'dry is placed in Washington, 'it
would not, be very difficult to ascertain wheth
er it be fact or fiction : . t
I am about to recount a story, which, like
many others of the same -kind, Mr. Thomason,
a missionary, has lately told in a. public meet
ing held on the.subjec't of, slavery. i,
. A young physician, of rrjucli merit and
knowledge, made a, journey from his native town
in one of the Northern statssio. a town in Mis
sissippi... This young man, .whose, name .was
Wallis took lodgings, in a. furnished house.
The mistress pf u, avyuung woman about twen
ty years, old,, inspired in him the most varderit
love. Although ihe. color of ihe young woman
was not the purest white, the doctor, having no
prejudice against the colored, race, offered her
his hand, which was accepted, The marriage
took place 'almost, secretly, .and the. happy cour
pie vett soon afterwards to establish themselves
in Washington in, the district, of Columbia. .
They had not been, there long, .where, they
lived. peaceably and retired, when one morning
an individual, who had all, .the manners. and ap
pearance of a gentleman, presented himself at
Dr. Wallis's, under- pretence of business. The
conversation proceeded, .whfi.n the stranger ad
dressed the following indiscreet question to the
doctor: -n . i .. ,
" Did you not bring a woman with you from
the South, sjr V . , - . ..
m No, sir ; I do. not understand you"
How !", rejoined, the. stranger ; did not
your, wife, come. with you. frqm.iViissis8i.ppi V' ;
" I ,beli,eve, she was born in that country,"
said jhe doctor. .. n. !,,:.-,; . -
" Well; your wife, a3 ypu call her, is, my
slaye.; and unless, you pay, me; immediately
nine .hundred dollars for, her purchase, I will
to-rjiorrriw, adv..ertis;e . her.f as;a runaway, slave.
In fact, she is .worth aiho.tisand dollars at least;
but, as you have married her, I will abate some
thing." ..... J . -
Your slave !" exclaimed the astonished
doctor, f4 that is impossible." , .
..." Whether you believe me or not," cried the
other,," you must give her ;up or pay the . mon
ey. If, iti twenty-four hours,, the money is
not sent to my hotel, 1 ppmise .yon, my dear
sir, lhat you wili4see, the name ol Mrs. VVallis
in the newspapers, as. that of a fugitive slaye."
As .soon as the inar was gone, the docjor
went to his wife, whose good qualities, virtues,
and graces, rendered her so dearjo. him.
" JVIy dear angel," said he, " when we wero
married were you a slaye 1"
" Yes i was," she, confessed, at the same
time .shedding abundant tears. (
" Why did you not tell me before the cere
mony was performed"
",1 did hot. dare do it. .Could I have ex
pected you would Have allied yourself to a
slave ! . ,: . v
"Well, now I know it, I will give the nine
hundred dollars required for 1 love yoti tod
much to consent to a separation." v
Duriog this short dialogue, Mrs. VVallis was
laboring under the most lively agitation. She
asked her husband to describe the appearance
of the claimant, which lie did as exactly as
possible ; then he asked her whether the de
scription answered to that of her ancient mas
ter. "Yes," said she, casting down her eyes;
"he is more than my master; he is my father."
The oil of Birch is said to be used in Rus
sia for tanning leather; particularly for the
skins of sheep, goats, calves, &c. Dr. Holmes,
of the Maine Farmer, stales that the peculiar
aromatic smell of this oil, which is very pleas
ant, lias the effect to keep' out motjhs and other
insects. He suggests that as there are plenty
of birches of various kinds in Maine and other
portions of the northern section of the country,
the manufacture of this' oil might be made a
profitable business.
v
A Sportsman's Story.
'As 7 was once hunting on the bank ot the
Saranic,' said John Hawkins, a sportsman fa
mous for shooting, both with a long rifle and
long bow ; 'I saw a fine buck on the other side
of the river, a'nd blazed away at him. Just as
i i l . . . ' 1 ! .'L L
I drew tne trigger a big salmon jumpeu up in me
middle of the stream, right between me ahd the
deer'. Fish and buck both dropped. Quick as
thought I stripped, jumped in, secured the sal
mon and made for the deer. After passing
through him I found' the ball had bored into a
bee tree, and the honey was running out in a
stream as big as a guti barrel. I looked? fdund
for something to plug up the hole with; but there
was ndthing at hand but a rabbit'. So I caught
him tip and tried to jamb his fail into the hole,
bill he struggled so hard, that he made me
mad, and I flung him away so hard, that I
knocked over three hraces of partridges and a
woodcock with' film.'
"I have very little respect for the ties at this
world," as the chap said when, the rope was
pill around his necK',
No. 45.
Letter by Joliii Q. Adam hi 1777
We find the following letter in Mr. Everett's
Eulogy upon John Q. Adams. It was written
in ihe 10th year of his age :
BitiirrritEE, June 2, 1777.
. Dear SlR, I love lo, receive loners very
.well ; much better ijian I love to , write thetti,
I make but a noor figure at composition. My
: j '
he,ad.i8. much too fickle." My thoughts, are
"runningafier birds eggs, play and miles, till 4
get yexed wit,h myself. Mamma has a trouble
some task to keep me studying. 1 own I airi
ashaniedof myself. .L.have but just entered
the third volume of Rollm's History, but de
signed to have got half through it by this time.
I am.deter.mined this.week to be more diligent.
Mr. Thaxter is absent at cow;'. . I have, set
myself a stint this, week ip read the third vol
ume half out. If I can but.keenmy resolution,
I may again at the end of the week give a betr
ter account of myself. I wish, sir, you would
give me in writing some . instructions with re-
gard to the use ol" time, and. advise me how to "
proprtion my. studies and play, and I will keep
them by me and endeavor to follow them. ,
Vy.it h the present determination of growing
belter, , ,,...,,
I am,, dearer', your son,, . .
. ... . , JOHN.QUiNCY ADAMS.
, . P. S. Sir, If you will be so good as to fa-
vof me with a blank book l.will transcribe the
most remarkable, passages I .meet with in my
reading, which will serve lo fix them upon tily
mind.' . ,,
,Mr. Everett , alsp mentions the following
striking, circumstance :
"In November, 1840,, .while walking wiih a
friend in .Boston, Mr. Adams felt a paralytic .
shock. He at once dajd it was the shock of
death. Iu -his journal he made the entry
'From this day 1 date my decease., I consider,
myself, for, every useful purpose to myself and
to my fellow-citizens, as dead.' Ilis journal;
whicti he.had kept for more tliah fifty years!
stopped on that dayv jour months afterward
he, resumed.it under the head of 'Posthumous.
Memoirs,,' and he cb.ntinuetl to serve his coun
try another year. The evening preyjous to the
final shock he received, in the Hali of Repre
sentatives, he had read to hirri Bishop Wilber
fprce's Sermon on Time. That was the last
night he passed under his own roof."
We learn .from an authentic source, that th'e
authorities of Cuba are very much afraid that
we shall annethat Island to the United States.
'Speaking of guns,' we may as well mention i
saying of that noted Washington wag, Matthew
St. Clair Clarke, Mr. Pakenhahi, the British
Minister, one day said to him 'Why, I expect
you will next annex Eangland.'
'Hush, hush !' said Clarke, 'if you put it in
to our .people's heads, I'll be hanged if the)
don't do it.'
Bursts of Eloquence.
The following bursts of eloquence was ttu
livered before a court of justic in Pennsylva
nia : ( . . .
"Yodf honor sits upon the adorable seat of
justice, like the Asiatic rock ol Gibariitar z
while the eternal streams of justice, like tliw.
cadaverous clods of the valley, flow meaiidering
at your feet."
This reminds us of th'o cotrimencerfient of a
speech of a lawyer irt New-Jersy "Your
honors do not sit there like marble statues to
be wafted about by every idle breeze.'
A Western orator commenced his harangue.
with "The important crisis which were about
to have arriven, have arroven."
Another. "The Court will please to observe
that the gentleman from the East has given
ihem a very learned speech. He has roamed
with Old Romulus ; socked with old Socrates ;
ripped with old Euripides, and canted with old.
Cantharides but what, your honor, what doesr -he
know about the laws of Wiscosm ?"
A young lawyer in one of our courts com
menced his defence as follows :
"May it please your honor, the deluge ha
passed ov.er the face of the earth. The ark.
has rested upon the mountain, find the Rainbow
of Justice shines as beautifully upon my color
ed client as it does upon any one in this coiin,
including the jury."
The Society ol Frieiitls.
The editor of the New York Star says, in
traveling with.a Quaker minister from Connect
icut recently, who had been visttin the various
people of that denomination scattered about the
earth, the latter gave hitn the following infor
mation :
"Ho found a meeting in Iceland composed
of about 15 regular Quakers. Among the Py
renees, he found a society als-o. They did
not, uf course, dress like our Quakers of New
York, as the fashion in the country is entirely
different. But their garb was quiie plain :
they wore .no ornaments of any description :
ihey used no oaths, were opposed to war, and
in all respects followed the order of Quakerism,
although they had never heard of the Society
of Friends George Fox, William Penn.oi Fliaa
Hicks." -
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