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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:
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VOL.
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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. - •
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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
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ehopped.Op.”, .-- t ~ 7. - ...- ...„2: - .4
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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
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%sough cynics -wood. (would.), • - 1 L .' . : . !..i.e1..: gA
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