Q. : - fii:: , f;•.=-4 ~: , ' ...,:•- „ 7- , ,-„,•• r-- , ,.; . •:., - .• . . • oF " ~. -. ,-'1 , ~„' .of . • , ... . . . . , . . . • -, . - . . : , , . . • - - ~ , , . . AO/ - r - . . • --. +1.,.t , IV' kr.tri , '....14'4 1 41*41-Ori;l4 IttU l' •':• .- - . ..".-'' . ' ''' . ' " 4 : . r . . , . : • .! It .. _ 4 • r • r• . . r . zrz noznintr WIZITZI 11=LMT011.] -"With sweetest flowers enriched. From various gardens cull'd with care." THE ACCEPTED SACRIFICE. "Give me thy heart." What shall we offer thee, thou God of love Thou who didst build the heavens and mould the earth • Thou who Midst hang the sparkling stars above, And call ' det from darkness light and beauty forth From all the treasures of the earth and sea, What shall we offer thee? Shall we present thee gold and glittering gems, . Such as might wreathe the brows of royalty ; Shall we pluck roses from their slender steins, Such as in summers graceful bowers may be; And shall we lay them at thy holy feet, An offering fair mid meet? Or shall we deck thy temple with the spoil Of mighty cities and rich palaces ; :Brew flowers, fling on the attar wine and oil, And pour around thee mingling melodies Of lutes and voices in soft harmony, • Breathing up praise to thee? Or shall we bring thee treasures of the field, When the rich autumn fills her flowing horn; The russet fruits the loaded branches yield— The grurs, the golden waving corn— The flowers of summer —the sweet buds of spring— Oh ! wltlch, which shall we bring? There is n voice which saith: 'Oh dearer far Than all the earthly treasures ye can give, The pure asplrings of the spirit are, When in the light of Truth it loves to live Such be our offering at thy holy shrine— Our hearts, our HEA um be Thine! VLI VA li3/211P:4)L:311Vq)li;',Y0 FOB THE OETTYSDUROD STAR AND DANNER A STERN LESSON. By Mall. Lydia Jane Puirson. ...costly, Oh ! God, Jost thou compel me to feel that wilful' f j ever refused to see !" was the invol tuitury reflection of FileumiicK WILEY, as he s toiled, harnessed to a car, with his fellow slaves, in the service of a Turkish master. WI LEY was a young man, of gentle and atniableedisposition, the son of a West India plan , ter, who dieti in the prime of life, leaving his only son heir to a vast property in land and slaves.— Accustomed from his infancy to the dire spectacle of enslaved humanity,. his otherwise generous na ture looked without shuddering, at' the miserable - children of servitude. ; 7, His mother was an English lady, who although possessed of the undivided affections of a truly be . loved husband, and surrounded by the brightest halo of wealth and splendour, was still unhappy. The consciousness that all the affluence and lux ' 'cries which she-enjoyed, were wrung by compul sion from the unwilling hand of slavery, lay a/i* eanker at her heart, embittdring all hererijoyments. 7 Her uneasiness was increased by the severity of her husband, who was himself an only son, and made by his father overseer of the laborers on a large plantation, at that ago at. which a boy feels • himself "wiser than seven men who can render a reason," and•whetitlifse. , o o f an overbearing dispo _sition are sure io ithi#,a2Nlekgated authority :and•act the tyrant 'over . iman*dicia.st, or whatever is subjected to their sway.. • George Wiley ruled ... the464s on his plantation • . with a rod of iron ;; and his father), who.knew not - the extent.-lorllliieiruelty, commended him highly for the ot4e;andOgularity with whirl} all the bu• siness of his plapiatitiroyas conducted. Of course ho grow more at:Wt . :6r' . and cruel daily ; and the least neglect;'oltfinability amongst his miser-; able laboinvis waXiittiiished with the utmost deft: . They feared him tccaliis#itee. of terror that kiUhade their over inurinuringyet, most devoutly did they • pray that lie might never succeed his father; in dulging hopes that be would die, and so they ob tain another master. A worse one they felt that they could not have. But the poor creatures, kept these thoughts close in their own bosoms, and lived upon this forlorn hope, even in the very fur '• naco of despair and agony. But Gemge Wiley still lived, and during a visit to Charleston,Aouth Cat olma, became acquainted with filigs.Arrai Ali Luca., a lady of great beauty, t ustafnialiility,of,doportment. Ho soon succeed ud in winning her affections, for ho was handsome, - awl of ueittlempply and winning demeanor. • The day, on 'width ho brought home his young : ! britle,-was"al.) . lessed - day , for his slaves ; but it Io her tipirit, which nu balm on cefilliVeyeC-,heal, Her husband attended her look at-liis llfte,fiuni and well cultivated piston ;.and ;belle all, his fine end well c. ciplined slaves. .It waif , the first such spectacle ' . ahe hint ever:seem . ... The poor degraded creatures •- '.•were toiling in iber-6ree sun beams, half naked ; and here and there amongst thorn struttted a driver ;,;with his scourge, inflicting brutal blows on such st "as ilagged;, 'even raised .their, blood-shot eyes • riomilie'grotind, A groan, or yell-of pain, wits the only demonstration of feeling evinced, for they dared not Pausein their labour, or oven, lay their hand on their sniiirting.stripes. Mrs. Wiley look ed on, and'shOthleicid; she - felt all the anguish of their lot presifinkiPon her sonalbilities,aml it was with diflienlty she Supported herselkshe could not 'a‘estruiti her tears; and.sobbing and trembling, begged her dear George fo ettendlier hoine. . yeti are my sweetAnti4,"' Said Wiley, "that yeti are 114) t . .kufenstumeil to:see these blacks." ' not;indeed,"ah'e 'tiOh, the sight drifadftiO" • otOu will become accustomed' to.it." returned :•Wiley, ttand'llien you will-think. no more of spe "itig tiegrees labouring than you ihi of seeing cattle • 44:_Wrirk: •We consider theta as a kind of cattle, reasoning faculties -faliey are vintlic 'ard revengeful,.whldhebliges us to keep them under rigid subjection." ttlrsit," are lithium beings, and susceptibleof gratitude.. , - W ou ld thay not ho won - by humane treatment, to Mier 'cheerfully, wi t h out the attendance of those brutal drivers I" "1 think nut;" he replied ; "they cannot s p pre . j..bi . ate kindness. If treated with indulgence, they arc sure ttLabuse it. • But' wo will .dismiss? th e to ' . you amoral subject.' Yeti will in time become re 'cent:Bed to it." • • hope, indeed," she answered, "if this piinful spectacle is ever to be before me, I Shall learn to • regard it mainly. 1 have felt myself sinking, to see a brutal groom abuse a pool' horse , and have twin forced to hurry from the sight." ' That dty as they' at at dinner,a black boy, appa rently about fourteen,wascharged with having safii, as on overseer was punishing a delinquent, "I wish the wicked devil's arm would fall from liia shoulder." wad considered an utrenee of too high a character to be passed lightly by nd lie was accordingly brought to his master t sentence of a punishment adequate to h lie raised his tearful eyes, and meeting 11 , re. 1. Icy's look of commiseration, assumed the courage to say, in a tremulous tone, "Ho was whipping my father, who is old anOisk, and could not do his task Mrs. Wiley rose; "Dear sir," she said, address *ng her husband ; have never asked a favor of you till now. I beseech you give me this poor boy." "Anna," he cried, "I cannot refuse your first request ; yet, be assured, I am by no means pleas ed with it. Thu fellow should receive an hundred lashes, as an example to the rest ; but you will re word his inset:moo, and this will encourage con tempt and insubordination amongst the black ras cals; can you not recall this request 1 I will gram you any thing; only do not inte:fere with the (Its eiplinc of the slaves." "My dear Mr. Wiley," she said, almost choked with emotion; "grant this one request, I besech you ; I cannot recall it; I have ;to other to ramliC "'Tie granted," he answered with as go grace as he could assume. She thanked him fervently, and bade the poor buy go to the kitchen, and await her orders. "Good, blessed mistress," faultered the trembling creature, "let me go to the field and work, and let my poor father come to the kitchen ; he is sick and cannot work." Mrs. Wiley turned to her husband ; ho obser ved her supplicating look, and rising suddenly, went out to avoid her importunity. He went, however, and finding the slave in question really sick, discharged him frOm labor until he should he better. , Of this, M rs:iOttlsKMOSlNDiinfur -7 4111/ !nation. Mr. Wiley was evidently dislonc'erted first request of his wife and itsrobable coMiequen ces, anticipating nothing less than a revolt of all his slaves as soon as this favored boy was old enough to lead it. But Mrs. Wiley felt assured ;that gratitude would bind a mind like his, while severity would most likely drive him to desperation. Accordingly, she kept him comfortably clad and busily employed; providing for his instruction in the common branches of education. He was na med Moses, in consequence of an observation of Mrs. Wiley, that ito would be the Moses who would deliver his slavei from bondage. But his gratitude was unbounded, and he not only dis played great capacity for learning, but an active and acute mechanical genius. After he became of age; ho married and maintained his family com fortably and creditably. Meantime the condition of his fellow slaves was greatly ameliorated by the humane influence of Mrs. Wiley, at whose suggestion a physician was employed, to examine any of the labourers who seemed to droop; and if he pronounced them ill, they were exempted from hard labour until recov ered. Other humane arrangements were made ; and Mr. WilPy boasted that no negroes on the is land wore so well treated as his. His -only son Frederick, the subject of our story, was not placed as himself had been, in authority, before he know right from wrong. His mother sought to imbue his young mind with the spirit of philanthropy, and so fur succeeded, that although by nature wild, volatile and fond of sport, he was not cruel or vindictive. Ho had just attained his eighteenth year, when that fearful destroyer, Yellow (''ever, broke out in ' the island. Its ravages amongst the blacks was dreadful ; and many of the white inhabitants, not withstanding every precaution, fell victims to the dire disease. Mr. Wiley's plantations seemed des tined to_utter depopulation, so fierce, and so fatal, 'was the fever at its first appearance amongst his slaves; and so terrified were the poor wretches, to whom a free person would suppose death should be not only welcome, but desirable, that they fled from each other in panic terror, to avoid infection. Even mothers, as soon as their' children exhibited symptoms of the disease, threw them from them, mut left them to perish, on tko hare groun blessed oin the deserted cabin, Thol s ol seen the d fruits of education, and the divine influence ; ' , jAl elfristianity. Moses, Mrs. Wiley's freed nni, went fearlessly amongst them, attending and ad ministering to the dying; directing the .burial of tho dead, and removing all the sick, who were able to hear it, to alarge barn, where his family nursed them, under his. direction. And Moses was a true and zealous Christian; he had taught Christ amunst his sable brethren, and now exerted himself fur the souls, as well as the bodies of, the sufferers. Truly affecting it was, to iletiltin'stip porting the languid head, administering to thaag onizedbody, and pleading Nyith the dying suffer- ON, to accept of the Saviotti whom he exhibited to them in His word. May died in hope, and some recovmedilo exhibit tile meek spirit of reli gion, by unmurmuring submission and forbear ance, oven in slavery. Mr. Wiley was an interested, hut,silent specta tor of all this; his heart was busy with plans for the future, when he was violently attacked by the epidemic in the most virulent manner. His brain was so much affected, that from the first hour of his illness, ho was bereft of reason. Mrs. Wiley Frederick, and the faithful Moses, attended with the utmost assiduity, although they. felt bu small:hope of his recovery. The crisis of the dis order came, the pallor of death settled upon his haggard countenance; but as the fever died upon the exhausted nerves, reason came back to her tottering citadel. Ho looked calmly upon the dear group of weepars, who were driving to alleviate is agony. "It. is all over," he said. "Anna! you have eon my life's angel ; many will bless God with me, that ho gave you to teach me humanity and the love of God. Frederick ! enfranchise all your slaves when I am gone, and relympon your moth er for advice as to the most expedient method of bringing this impqrtant business to an auspicious issue. Moses ! You arc more experienced in test) things than my poor boy. Be en instrument Ills, hand to perform this blessed work. charg e you, never to loose sight of him, or to forget what. yon owo to hi angel toother." will be her and his faithful servant till laic !" answered Moses. bless you all, and receive inc into rest, for Jestis!„, sake !" faultered NViley, and after a convnisive struggle, the form and features settled iht"; the calm and Ilreadful picture of death ! Mrs. Wiley sunk into insensibility, for she was elhauAud with watching and anxiety. She was "I .IWIBII NO OTIIER HERALD, NO OTHER 8 andamgaz e XiabPriallialaZll aVE, 1:3101c) What was to bo done? The physician advised a trip to Europe, to• Spain or Italy. .There was novelty in the idea, and a deal of pleasure promi- sod, in a visit to classic Italy. It took •Mrs, Wi ley's fancy at once. Her husband Itcsitated; she wept and complained that he did not love her, and was not solicitous for her health and life, &c.— So, poor Wiley kissed away her tears, and made .arrangements for the long and expensive voyage ! And now, as he was about to leave home, he thought again of his mother's dying wurds, and communicated her plan to the faithful Moses. "Do you think, my faithful servant," ho said, <ftliat you could bring this elperiment into opera- I can try, sir," said Moses ; ! , and if God bless my endeavors, all will go well." °Then I leave it to your discretion," answered Wiley ; 4 , and entrust, you with the management of my affairs until I return." "I shall be faithful to your trust;' suit Moses, for your good mother's marked the big _drops - gathering in_ his eyes, and his own heart smote him. Ile began to coMpaie the present Mr'. Wiley with her who had nurtured him p he turned from the c 2 nt 7 1,11 It is con*ed to bed, and with returning consciouriness 'anie the powerful conviction that she too was a )rey to the life drinking feverl At first, she felt the shuddering of nature which shrinks instinc tively from dissolution ; but holy hope, and faith in God, soon raised her above the fears of nature's dissolving agonies; and love divine lent its strong consolation to the maternal heart, which yearned for the orphan mourner.' Fervently did she com mend all her interests to her, God and Saviour; resigning herself into His merciful hands with full assurance of His eternal love and power., Mean time, Frederick had stolen silently into the room, and fancying her still insensible, approached the bed cautiously ; but, Oh ! what a pang thrilled his bosom, as he saw too evident the hue of fever up on her face! His parents were all the world to him, and he came from weeping over the cold form of the one, to look on the dying agonies of the other ! He burst into the most violent weeping ; he felt as if his heirt was breaking. His mother laid her hand on his head, as he knelt, with his face upon the bedside. "Frederick ! my dear child !" she said, but the iyoiee of his anguish fell too forcil4, upon the be'retved, dying mother's heart; for a feiY moments she sobbe4eavily, as if despair and agony were in her bosom, ft when this burst of feeling had subsided, she spilfre„ with a calm and tremulous voice. ."Don't lament so, Frederick ! you distress me exceedingly. 'Tis God who in dealing with us. Pray' to Him for consolation'i He Is able to support you. You will soon be an orphan, but not poor and homeless, as many are. Think of this, and be thankful. Do not mourn for me. I feel a strong and blessed assurance or eternal !tep idness, through Hick-who is able to save to the utmost. „Antritiiss;'," perhaps I have but a few mo ments me you before my senses wander. ~,You rem 'Crter your father's dying injunction. It Mil! never do to turn your poor blacks loose, and distru u them front your service, in their present ignorant'und helpless condition. I therefore ad ' vise you to put in practice a system of emencipa tion of which I have often dreamed, and which still consider practicable. Institute a school ; Mo-1 ses will serve as teacher; have all the children in structed iii the common branches of learning.— Provide mechanics to teach them trades, and let such as manifest a genius for any business be put to it. "And let it be understood, that all such as approve theinselves docile, attentive and industri ous, shall be free as satin as they come of ago ; while the obstinate and vicious shall be retained in slavery. Then, as your candidates for freedom Conic of age, it will become you to give employ ment and honorable wages to allsuch asjitefer ye mining with you. By this method of proceeding you will in time rid your hands of the dark stain of slavery, and if any should be so devoid of grat itude, and every amiable feeling, as to prove sensible to the blessings of liberty'', proving them selves indolent, perverse and malicious; sell them away, and you will at length find yourself surround ed by it happy and giateftil peoPle." "Oh! my dear, good mother," sobbed- the Wretched youth, "I shall never Jive to put your humane plan in.practico !" "Time, mrchild, will often your sorrows," she replied ; "and I pray God, that you may find His rich consolations. Oh, Frederick ! there is a balm in Gilead ; there is a Physician there. Apply to Jesus; Ho is able, and abundantly willing; He will give you peace, such as the,world cannot give, and not as the world giveth; for 'naught on earth can take it away." Her voice sunk into low moans, and a stupor came over her senses, which was only interrupted by intervals of harrowing agony, till death put an end to the dreadful conflict! Poor Frederick was nearly distracted. So tiud• den, so dreadful was his bereavement, that in his frantic sorrow ho prayed for death, and longed to lie down in the grave beside his parents! Moses sought by every method to divert and amuse his mind, and he being naturally of a volatile temper ament, the violence of his grief consumed itself.— He soon became calm, and in a few short months seemed quite happy,-eicept at intervals, when the gloom of sadn i ess would overshadow his spirit in his lonely ribeldr. Ho often thought ofihis father's charge, and 14-tnother's plan of emancipating his slaves; but shining!' he firmly resolved to follow thOii injunctions, he still delayed commencing his operations. Indeed, the condition of his blacks would have been deplorable but for Moses, who assumed an authority, which nut being disputed by Frederick nor Mr. Wiley, held the drivers•all in check. At length, Wiley married - the daughter of a neighboring planter, a modern fine lady—that is to say, an efreminate, lull grown baby, who must be petted and humored at all events, or she will deem herself bitterly aggrieved ! who considers herself created, not for a rational companion to man; but just for a pretty plaything, to be dressed, exhibited and caressed. Of course, his houso was - now to he newly fur nished; and a round of .parties of pleasure, and amusements of every fashionable description, was commenced and persevered in, to the exclusion of every serious thought. or worthy action. At length his lady's health began to fail; for a constitution which can endure labour and exposure, will sink under continued dissipation, late hours, and unea sy costume. ER •OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR rnon .CORRUPTION."---BILAR4I. • much in education, he said, Celeste paps me, and will be wiser when she arrives at my mother's age. 'Tie unfair to compare youth with the experience of ripe years. His preparations were made as speedily as pos sible ; and he and his lady arrived safe in Itnly Here they spent nearly three years, hi all the idea iures of research and gratified curiosity. He kept up a correspondence with his faithful steward, Moses, who gave flattering accounts of the success chis school, and the progress of his apprentices. Mrs. Wiley's health was fully established, and in the third year of their absence, she made her hus band wholly happy by presenting him with a fine healthy boy. He now thought of returning home, and accordingly took passage in an English vessel, bound to the United titatcs, via the West Indies. As : they sailed over the isle studded Mediterra nean, they were espied, chased and captured by ati Algerine pirate; the wretched crew,' an& the passengewearried into Algiers, and sold into slavery. And now the slave holder was for ced to commence reading a stern lesson. The gentle and tender Celeste was obliged to drudge, with her infant in her arms; in the menial offices of the household of a servant of the Etashriw. Her inexperienced and awkward manner Of acquitting herself, won her much abuse and many severe punishments. Of her miserable situation she managed to inform her husband, by means of a child, whose affections she managed to win, and whbse pity her tears and obvious wrctehedneis had early" excited. •Such of the captives as had trades, orsltewed themselves expert in any mechanical bu sincis, were employed accordingly; others were set to gardening or agriculture; but Wiley, who was pronounced good for nothing, was employed with some other miserable creatures in drugging mate rials for the repairing of the harbor fortifications. Wretched as his situation was, he felt that he ' could endure his own sufferings better than the thoughts of the sufferings and danger of his wife and child. Celeste sent him information ,that she was so oppressed and. ill treated, that she felt she could not much longer endure it; and her cherish ed babe, now n poor neglected little creature, was pining away with disease and suffering. He ven- . tured to speak to his overseer on the subject; but the - sin re, sneeringly, "How highly you - Christians t value your women, when you suffer them to Arse themselves to all eyes, arid to wait at your flible amongst_ your guests !". Wiley told him that she would die and her 'neater loose her ransom.. "Her labor is very light," answered the Turk," "not sufficient to ceinwensate foi:. her board ; but Iyhy do you tall4bout her? Yyu Christians never love." Wiley thoughtliovi lightly ho had treated the agonies of slaves, as' parent and child, hUsband and wife, were torn ti;under by the inhuman tuff ffelters. ha4stlid, he murmured, that they knew wit the yearning's or affection. Oh ! lam taught a stern lesson Many n night as he lay on Lis mattress, tossing his weary limbs, lame and sore with unwonted toikand adonizing with- the thoughts of the-an guish otitis poor Celeste's tot did ho wonder how his heart could over have been so insensible to the miseries of slavery, so void of feeling for the pains, sorrows and despair of the poor degraded blacks ! I used to'consider them an inferior race of beings, thought he; so do the Mohammedans consider us, who libel the name of Christians! Oh! God, he would say, thou dealest justly with me; only in judgment remember mercy ! One morning, when he had been about n year in slavery;the child who brought now and then a message from his wife, came to him saying, .4Poor Celeste is sick, and wishes you would try to see her before she dice !" This was like a thunder stroke to his very soul. Celeste dying! .0 what would become of his poor boy! he reeled under hifrattuish, as if he had received a violeift blow upon the head. •What could, be done? See her ho must. In the distraction of the moment, he forgot all caution, all dread of consequences, and followed the child, recklessly,to Celeste's bed side. Oh, what a sight ! worn to a skeleton, embrowned with exposure to the sun and fire, shorn of her bright glossy tresses, haggard, and apparently stricken in years, lay the ruins of the once. tender and beautiful Celeste Wiley! A poor skinny child, whose o3•cs seemed to protrude unnaturally beyond its sunken cheeks, and whose entire na kedness displayed its revolting emaciation, was crying vehemently beside her, and smoothing her haggard face with his little, meager hand. As Wi- Icy enteral, Lho poor thing threw its little bony arms over her, exclaiming, imploringly, in broken words, "Pray dO not strike mammy ! Mauuny will gi:3;•and work ! 'Only give me and memory dinner! See, mammy, is hungry !" . This was too much. Wiley fell to the earth with a groauk,flrageny. Celeste started at the sound, his face was tinted towards her, oho know him ! At this Moment, tho overseer who had fol lowed hiM, entered with his aid, a tall, ,harit:fea tured Algprine, with ft heavy, hlood-stiffened scourge in his hand. They laid hold of Wiley just as another deep moan spoke returning sensa tion. Celeste saw, and shrieked pitifully. slay.) !"cried the overseer; , govirour worth less state shall not prevent your taking part in his punishment !" The many. similar scenes, acted, n their native island, and' where it was usual to . force tho' slaves, not excepting the nearest rein fives, to witness the inhuman punishments inflict cff as a terror to them all, now, flashed fearfully on the memories. of the' sufferers. • The agony of that moment was of surpassing intensity. Wiley was bound, and the executioner began to lay on basin- . human blows; at every lash Celeste shrieked as if pierced to the heart's centre ! ..Hold!" cried a stein voice: and the Bashaw stood before them, accompanied by Moses! The angels of God, who rCceive the spirits of the ran- somed as they burst from the agonizing eiruggle.of death, were never more welcome than was this faithful man to his suffiring Master and Mistress' One of the crow of the vessel in which the Wi leys were taken captive, had found opportunity to write, to - a - brother, who resided near their pianist- tion, and by this means Moses received informa tion of their situation; for they had fallen into such inhuman .hands, that thoy could find no menus of transmitting any intelligence. During the four years of their absence, Moses had exerted himself for tbo amelioration of the condition of the being,: entrusted to hig care ; and without losing sight of the interests of hls master, hnd made his lands the hlesbed homo of a joyful and intelligent people, whose gratitude knew no hounds: As soon as he heard of the dreadful situation of Mr, an.l Wiley, he communicatcd,it to, his fellows, telling them that now wasetlle tiine to pi"pVe . their 'grati tude, by makiv,,every exertion and every sacri fice to ransongtheir Master and hiSfamily. . coydingly, every exertion was made: Ventlues .here proclaimed, at which were sold various arti cles of their manufacture, displaying ingenuity, and judgment ; together with all the loose proper ty of the farms; for not knowing how great a ran som would be demanded, Moses thought it expe dient to go well provided. He went on hoard a vessel as a hand, to save the expense - of his pas sage ; and now stood a messeriger'of release before his astonished friends at this fearful crisis! He had paid their ransom, whiCh was not high, as they were not profitable slaves, and the vessel which belonged to Charleston, the United States being at peace with the States of Barbary; having discharged her cargo, received the passengers, and after a 'quick and prosperous : viiyage, MOses - had the pleasure of bringing Mr. Wiley and hie family back to their old home. But what a change had there taken place!' In stead of the files of sullen naked attended by their drivers, unwillingly and laboriously break ing the ground with hats, wore seen a cheerful and well dressed people, perfOrming their latieur with ingenious impleinentis of theii own manufac ture and invention; while the mechanic's saw and hammer resounded from the tidy shops, .groups of decent looking children were running with glad. and laughing voices to their school; and 'cheerful and intelligent conversation, mingled with the songs of the birds, came on the balmy breathings of spring !- As soon as Moses and his companions were re cognized, wild shouts of heart-felt joy arose,.:and were re-echoed from field to field, until. allthe re joicing population were assembled around them. Mrs. Wiley sobbed convulsively, and found. no other way of expressing the mingled emotions of her soul ! and while some of the people were Ca ressing the child, Wiley looked around, and raised his hands in gratitude to heaven. "Come all of you, my ransomed - brethren !" ho cried, "rejoice with me, and bo happy ! Let, us -thank God together. I can now rejoice with you in your emancipation. and also thank HIM who has permitted Adversity to teach me this SruOX LESSON l" . . W6Ia:II:AVY.to THE PLOUGH. , Of. all the stations here on earth,- The Farmer ranks the first, Though some may reckon him dobas'd, .For toiling in the dust, • 'Tis Nature's calling he pursues, As, with a sweaty brow, Ho turns the sod all upside-down, And guides the sturdy PLOT:aII. When Spring in all its merriment O'erspleads the fields with given; - And naught, save notes of joy, is heard, And naught but smiles are seen, The' Farmer turns his tillage lands, And who'4l au happy now, As he, while;whistling to his team, He guides the shining Pionon. Domestic joy , full wall he knows, And, it may hap, a care; For none must think to ho exempt From common lot and share: His wife, she'deems it her concern To milk the bonny cow, And cheer het ruddy husband. as He guides the sturdy Pzounii. For love of wealth, some get enstiar'd In specuptilin's toils, • - And ottieirs,firlien disasters come, Are scrambling for the spoils; • Still does the prudent Farmer pay To industry his vow, Nor heeds the struggle, nor the strife— But steady guides the PLouon. Good rule and order ho maintains; He lives in peace with ;114 And, to defend his country's rights, 'He's ready for the call. New, to bo ever thus content, Say, wights, would ye know howl • 'Tis but to tnikul Your own alraire, And steady guide the PLi3tronr. ,SETTLY.II FOIL rarz.---Iteing in debts() that oito's creditors won't permit him to go out of, town. There is none made so great, but he may both need help,or service, and stand in feat of the pow er and unkindness, even of tbe meanest of mortals.. . . Ttit'NEw FAximyrr, of wearing the hair in long , . . . oaplatchea' over the care, was' brought' pp by a cropped convict, in order to Pilo the evidence of his infamy.' ' • Eittur ErrAmifird.—The ancient RorOane rite boiled grain; 'they had not the art of making bread, and had no mills.• • PItETTT CONIVIDERAttLE.--The walk of Curti age extended 25 intles, those of Rome' 13. • • SIIARSPEAREi it has been said, was a.datermin ed poacher; MELTON, in his yerith, , famed for beau ty. and activity; SCOTT' for his strength; 'Drums for his dexterity in swimming; . PiofessorWnsos for'his feats in leaping; and the ETTEEEME. Sum , ['sun for his running. Ho had ao'doiibt: these active exercises had contributed largely to stmm late.their intellectual powers. . . UnCOJIMON raw., • lIITT noon arxsE.--Judgo Ward has decided in. Massachusetts, that a con-• tract made on the Sabbath NAME/.—John Hairline. is the name of a writing master at the west; and down south there is a aign painter, called Joseph Datlb.[N. Y., Falt. , WC have hero Doctors Physic Hartsho rn; Mr; Brktigliurat, ithdeiirtkpr; Mr. Barr,'Tavern Keeper,A-c.- '• • •• is amusing sonietirnes to trace' the origiaand derivation of words. Witch is-derived from the Dutch withelen, which signifies whinny ing and neighing like a horse: r.Tacitutis informs us that tbo ancient Germans used to ferterevents by the neighing of their horses; and thence Comes our English word witch: ` 7, 17. • • 4.1- 'l4' „ • " [' Eiti.'algor ,4 44 4 ,\l VOL. ••'• •• - • - ' l, .• Don't be Hiscoura uDon't be discouiagd, if : iii lire *t things du not go on smoothly: . - Iti!Sitttiolle.. -.•,; the hopes hopes we cherish , of the future Ore ;• t;. -d' 'I; , The path of life, in the prospecti..ippralw: , and level enough, hut when we come tb, , %titlittat 34:: *we find it all up hille,uhd genertilly.foothe i, ' The journey is a labotioutien, ana;Yrifetger'ia* . or wealthy, high or told; we shall find it so , Wottr, disappointment, if we have built Witty sty ill culation. To' endure' what is to - toiiitiliptsl*th 1 . / as much cheerfulness as possibleyand..4o4er:9 • way as easily es We'can through the great: et , ' „, ,,,1 hoping for little yet stririnifckinuch is .rulsrit.. the true plan. But-. •• —r , -.1 , — , .": , ..--.....:' , :i;444-*: - -Z., Don't be dincouraged, if eceintionallykyott Flip ° i down by the way, and. your .9eighbors tread eVer you a little; in othet words, don't-lot .Ofilkilotal.' . two dishearten you , hapPeit; ,taiircitleiti• - •.:”. lotions will sometimes be made, things tvlipt,t4, stei out differently from our expectatiopp,rl ff ..' be sufferere. It Is worth while to retrAtter" .. - t ,s` . prospects are, like the sicice in:Aprif,_ soriacti, _ ',.. clouded, and sonietiine s clear and. fu'Virahlei, Stif.". , as it would be folly to :despair of ogairt,sesintt the . sun ber.ause to-day is stormy, eo it is lityWisei4inie into despondency when fortune fortistfinotth the common , course of things . 610 may tirt,tini*. . 1 expected to smile again. And iigain:,..: iy i :1;, , ,1i„ . . Don't be discouraged, if you are deceived 4tkti .!-..:. people of the World. It often hemps:g* 9 *, wear borrowed characters, as, well tuk,h;trated , ' elothos, and sometimes thosewho hove long stock'. fair before the world, are very rotten at the eorit ' i. , From . sources such as these you mil he..uiost tut; ...‘ expectedly deceived; and irou still naturally feel ~, sore under such deceptions; Hutto those yort , trunit become used; if you faro as most people, they will ... lose their novelty before you•.grovrgray, and you, will learn to'trust more cautiously, end examine ',., their characters plesely,beforeyou allow thorn gieot • opportunities to injure you.. Don't 'be discouraged, under any cimumetaiwee. , Go steadily forwOrd. Rather consult yOur:own_ - conscience than the opinions of men, though die last is not to be_ disregarded, • BO• l oustristasitr'. • frugal, be honest; deal in . perfect kindoesOWith,ell who come in your way, exercising ri, neighborly and obliging spirit in your whole iutercotiresAutd if you do not prosper as rapidly tiarMYßf.;:iptir . neighbors, depend upon it pm will be ashexpy.". . , 01 short Serngon. Ottiong„Onit* Text- 7 , Be:ehort,'--Cotton Mgt* My. friends, I have fort.O . reasorpilink sermons, bilk for the sake of bteitcji• aff:tini . but two , Ist. Long sermons seldotet'effect the: 'object; of , preaching—the design of theprefier is to:ceir vince, instruct, and pursuade. • , :. . ,;i _ Now, to convince, it is not necessar y to dig,a channel to the understanding as long as the Ohio Canal—and, generally, two good r4lisformadeply , presented, and powerfully urge.d,will pr3xinen.snese conviction titan twenty. To Iserstrier- 7 -neithor - - a whole system of theology; nor eworldofiilestra ryt— tion, nor a vocabulary of words, are .necessa Such surfeiting the mind rejects. Tolsszlitte it is not necessary to thunderhingantflottd= 7 -the oafs is riven by a singly stroke of' lightnini--,iincj To . „ PRI/SUAD:E, the man that cannot . be moved in half; an hour, will not be leased into aubmisaion in art -. hour and a half. So that all beyond a sertnon,,ia, ` lost, and worse than lost, the lover of trntliltiaises the house of God, with a weary imdy,ta jadetkunfed . • mind, and a heavy heart, not because theiresching was not evangelical, or was inappropriate, Nit , cause of its unreasonable length. 2J. Long sermons drove not a few from the house of God. How often is the excuse made-- "I would attend church, but—but—who cau.cn duro an endless sermon." , ~. . . Such an apology may !ndeed.ariso from an, aver sion of heart to truth, but let'the cause he removefi . and this excuse at least will die.,' . , , Two IL:newts-Ist. We see one reason v(119 some Ministeni are so unsuccessful in their pre44l - Were they to conilense their.ikoughts,.end urge them home briefly, vividly, andfenrentiy,with, the blessing of God, glorieusresults iqoup foo 9r . 21 Let not . Ministers complain, that heaves sleep, nor , of inattention, when they pOi?.th9 :very way to produce it. - • --; TexormtvEss • or Cortscrztece..--.The;tonder conscience is like the apply of trtan! s e,ey.wr 7 the , , - least dust that gatheraiutp it affect; it., There itt no surer and better way to Jcpoty whether our. con sciences are dead and stupid, than to obeerye;what impression amall aim! (as they are..,irpOroperly named) make upon them: if we aretniOt.v.Ory t 94B' Cul to mypid.all. appearance ~1411 whatever looks like sin,, Owo are not touch .tfcw-, bled at the vanity of our,thoughtif at! 4 wordu,,at the rising up of sinful,motives and ; desires as we have , been formerly, we , may then co9eludo ,that our hearts are hardened,. and ,eur,conwian c es aro stupified;.fora tender conscience wilka4Apore allow of what are collet) ,small ainsflutrt.ofpgrcat sins. . . MARILIT.D LADIT.S,A married toyAlindingin conversation ,to the 48th obsmved,'.*t while •iyoung.men,ana maidensoltlmMar4l:4ol- dren," were expressly. mentinned,,not wont was said about married women., 14n old _clergyman, whom sho was addressing, , assured her they. had not been omitted, and- that she wonld find.them included,in one of the proceeding versoNtuatier description of vitpors and storm! I'dr.stcAr. TAsTs.,—TheAlontreal Cormier Mayll3 —Last 9uuday, a gentleman, enraptured 'arith4to Divine melody at quiet Church, turned rogiliduk his less enchanted and drowsy,compaphsp e andirs. claitned--4.D0 not the strains oflismsite °peg Oup door to sentiment?" to which the othesiesitlithe most imperturbable gravity, repliert,.Thet rigorshould not be opened at all tr,it catiACit liedota• Without straining Me handle." 1 ' Airoon.—..“Pray ter,',', , said regerntlainill to swig. upon ono of our wood-Whark 'tbO atittlifrik s f , Prey, sir, whet islvotxl now 1" - diloVihsliilit4nni .. now. 1" replied the Wog; myth) . * ireessokiliMilloPli „, ehopped.Op.”, .-- t ~ 7. - ...- ...„2: - .4 . 4 - , 4 '4:,! , ' - . "7.11 _...__ ~_ , A paper et the east.Wsrd, eniig4o ol wTttflillPt ' -- 3 a trees-en-able - citfiTor.o., - The maker of this pun is no sapling:m.44', we ere not inclined to bark at it, of softie ..,.- :::, -;; 4 . %sough cynics -wood. (would.), • - 1 L .' . : . !..i.e1..: gA A4i ,t 1)
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