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,