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TIIF:iattLAND;
—"With savediest flowers enrichid,
From various gardens ctili'd ildth care."
111.01 1 ( Tilt N. Y. COMMENCIAL
seeing the flags halfmast, on account of
the death of Capt. Smith of the Penn.
syloania.
Aye, let the bannerilhani
Until it sweeps the deck,
For ihe proudest ship upon the sea
Is now a ehatterod wflitk.
Low 'neath thb ocean's wale
That bore it on the morn,
With its gilded prow and starry flag
That noble shfp hath gbh.
Aye, let the banner ddteh
Till it sweeps the vessel's We,
I ris a tribute meet at the present hour,
Fbi it noble heart bath died.
''hough lightning flashed around
And storms were in the skies,
iie would not leave the ship, ind died
As a gallant sailor dies.
Hushed be the passing boll t
Unfitting is he tone,
Let seamen gaie on their ilag haffmast,
And mourn their chief alone.
Their sorrow is sincere,
Though silent be their grief,
And tears will wet their rugged cheeks
Fur this departed chief.
A Isndman's death is mourned
With grief that ectoar Will end—.
Hut where a gallint sailor dies
He's wept by many a friend:
Then let the banner down .
Till it sweeps the vesiettl side—
'Tie a tribute meet at the present tioutt
For a noble heart hat)) died.
3. L. CHEITIM.
FROM TUE rtHW lout MIRROR.
, Oh, Ilio! 'they shall not Nee
we Weep.
.i. U. LISTER, THE Armor' ot Catmint, zTc.
On, no ! they shall not see me weep,
They shall not heat tiSV moan,
My sorrow shalt be hurried deep,
And I will gi*ve alone.
My face shall wear its %vented gibe;
Although my heart is sore',.
As verdant ivy decks the tree,
While withered at its cores
will not quit this testiVilt Scene;
Nor shun thd byes of men,
To muse o'er all' that I have been
And nteer can be again.
A heaviei penance 1-411 be mine;
To join the festive crowd;
Nor let them see that I repitie,
Nor breathe and Sigh aloud:
Oh, no! I will not,aeem to feet
What none can' dilcr know
And reckless laughter shall conceal
Tho fire that burner beloti:
In hells of jocund revelry
The mask of joy I'll weal i
And Pleasure's eelf shalt envy the
Tho mirth' of n 4 d6tpaii!
Vat& EilrilEK9Waifo43Vc.
My notherlw
I remember vividly the circumstances o
her departure. Consumption hod Already
done its powerfut work'. Unlike many vVliu
are smitten with this disease, she preferred
to die in the bosom of her family: Why
should the stagonerred to the heart in its
Own thickets seek refuge in the deeper
glades, to bleed to death?! It is a Wrong
idea, this, of sea rch ing . in a land of stt'abgers
for health Whieh' is 'clean gond' forever.'
How mans are' thus yearly cut doWn in the
ni.dst of then. wandetingst In some desolate
d'iamber, lie in the agoniei of &nth.
No suft hand preet-es•their brow, tb famil
iar voice wltihpers in the ear;' no Cherished
friend peiforn.• their funeral obsequies.
19Latti is indeed' bitter,- under such circum
Seances, being without its usual ailbviations.
Pt is a sv/eet confulatiun to die at home:
.On some fund tifeast thil parting sOtil'relies.
Some pibuedrops the closing eye' requires;
Even item the What the ' , Mkt) of natdedcries,
Even in out Mates live their wanted fires:
There is something dreadful, yet beau+
lltl, in consii.mption: It corpes stealing on
so anftly and so silently. rt comes, too in
tli . gittlr of mockery and' deception, and
viott.e.4 iteVictimefser bbautiful ger:moms for
the grebe. The hectic Rush die snow)
brow, the brilliant Cr, who could believe
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that these were death's precursors, the sig
net of the conqueror! It invests the patient
with a preternatural patience and sweetness
tinder suffering, keePing alive; at the' same
time, id her breast the illusion of hope.
Even in her Moments of keenest suffering,
she looks forward to days of returning hap
piness; and while the worm is forever prey
ing tit the rire., runi bet• slender form be
comes each day more *feeble and attenuate,
she hails before her a gilded prospect; and
the mind and spirits are buoyant with the
thought. But when the final struggle has at
lust commenced, how sublime is the specie=
etas ! To behold the immortal mind so calm,
so tranquil, and sd waxing
brighter and brighter, while the' tenement
which entitaillis it is but a poor fleshless
skeleton; to behold the eye beaming with
undiminished lustre toward the objects of its
affection, until the soul at last bursting the
charnel vault which has too long confined it,
takes tine triumphant bound. Then is the
body still and sileht: The fisither is unruf
fled by the breath, and the glasb retains its
polish; for dust has returbed to dust again,
and the spirit unto God who gave it.
It was a tempestuous night. The rain
poured down in toi•rehtac The lightnings
gleamed luridly. At midhight, I entered
the apartment. A solitary taper gleamed
dismally on the hearth. The forms of those
in the room appeared like gloomy shadows,
flitting to and frb. A stifled Sob, and the
ticking of a watch on the table, were the
only sounds; and they struck like a barbed
arroi, to my heart. I observed her hand
beckoning. Her head was raised with pit.
lows. A smile shot from her glazing eye.
She essayed to speak. I bent down my
head with eagerne9s; to tatCh the last whis
perings of her Voice. There was a pause.
She made signal to those about her to re
press their emotions, as they valued her last
legacy. The sobs ceased the groans were
scarcely audible, and the tear stood still upon
the cheek of the mourner. 'A h ! that is
kind,' she began in a voice as soft as music.
Nature must have her course. The foun
tains of grief were too full. They burst the
barriers which prudence would have fain
erectedy arid (retired forth In a torrent,
sweeping all before them. A cry,iong,loild,
and piercing. filled the apartment. She
cast back a look of sorrowful reproach.
She arose m the cohch A paroxysm of
coughing se•iied her. She writhed for a
moment in convulsive agonies, and then fell
back upon the pillow. A gleam of light
ning, bright, dazzling, appalling. shot
through the casement. She was DEAD
•Let us pray l' exclaimed the reverend pas.
tor; and with one accord the absenibly knelt,
while; et We noon of night, ,he offered up a
for*ent prayer. It was short, but clothed
in the poetic language of the scriptures. It
spoke of the silver cord being loosed, and the
golden bowl being broken. It was finiihed.
We arose Pelts out knell', cast one look at
the emaciated form of the departed, and left
the apartment.
"Mighty Illitidertr,i)
- The greatest that ever lived,' erhaps,was
Napotetin Bonaparte. I once, when the sub-
ject was more titm?liar to me than ft ?s at
present, calculated that he hod occasioned
thu destruction of not le.s than five millions
of the Farman race I If any should think
this extravagant, I wilt remind him
Wallet Scott, in his history. of Napoleon,
Gaya that Spain aloft Cost him ir million of
soldiersc It is but reasonable to suppoie
that the whole loss of the Spanish, Portu
guest) and English, in' the Peninsula *as
eqoal to that of the French. Here then is
two millions. And a moderate calculation
would make the deeruction of his other wars
twice that amount. Let it be remembered
that ttn.st were all men—or at Feast mules,
for many althea) were mere boys—et most=
ly in the prune of Meridian of life. What
an incalculable mass of misery did ihis bfi'dg
on the *uEM r How many parent's' did t
deprive of their childreh, Whom they) had
fondly hoped *Mild be the 'Ally dVid soldee
of their old agef Yet Napoleon was not a
mere inctirtrqe deModois some have repre
sented hit 4 4,•thlto delighted in human misery,
but a mired character, and seemed tiotne•
times almost as much to resemble Trajun as
at other tidfes he did Tiberias. But ambi•
Lion *tut his ruling passion, and like other
"mighty murderers" he loved the game of
waii Mad tiamd, I have no doubt, like ALIBI',
his highest enjdytYthnt on the day of battle.
•"The earthquake voice of victory" was to
him "the breatli of life." His vanity too was
Battered by the stupid admiration of the
'world, that has alway ti•been ready to•"rean"-
'der after' fifth rat/lay ntdrderers, and to be
stow 06 ['hem far more applause than upon
those who,have extended thh bounds df
man knowledge, and been the betrlitctoie of
mankind.—Protestant and Herald.
Irashinkton and Bestapatte
Compiarede
• TtO6 such riio never before appeared,
perhaps, on thie' our globe—and, as it re
. gards one of them, it lb th L 3 hopcd, will neV
re Rob) appear.
• Thei binh rinesesiied talentScif the highest
order, ihit strikingly Contrasted. Washing.
!ton's fort was judiontnt; Bunaliarte's,enir
gy. The mind of the former, though adnii
rably balanded, was sibibt that of the latter,
Washington reqhired• tithe to form
iand instate hid fans, which, when fo i rmed,
seldom failed; Bonaparte saw hitt - subject at
single glatite,.and tbok his measures ac.
icordinglyr which sometimes proved to be
grout erroneous - -as in his detbrdnentent
.)f the king 6fSpam, his invasion of itussia,
and his crdel treatment of the Pope: Wash
-lingtun's ealoptif were better adapted for a
statearmini Beiiiiptirie l e tot 11 441Ittiot/ or at
least, for 8 conqueror; or from the quickness
Ii'r•FE.4III".ESS FREE. ]
eatwatTazarzatio wwatazatur attziateut sa 9 aims.
of his conceptions, and the energy of his
correspondent idiom his moVeMents often
appeared like the lightning's stroke, mid
confounded and overwhelmed his enemies.
if the talents of these extraordinary men
differed widely, their moral eharaCters, and
the motibes that governed their actions dif
fered still mole itodely. Witshihgton's great
object always was to do what was right; Bo
naparte ) s to do what would promote his own
intereit. "Every word and &elicit) of his
(said his brother Lucian) are dictated by his
political systeth,and that system rests entire.
ly on egotism." In plain English, his every
word and itetlon centred in self Washing.
ton's ruling passion appeared to,have been
the love of his countr) ; Bonaparteir undoubt
edly was ambition, or the love of power and
faint!. Washington was like the sun,whose
benign belie* enlighten, tied cheer, and
fructify; Bonaparte, like the comet, that
"from its horrid hair, shakes pistileeire and
war." The one might be held up as an ex
ample to imitate; the other, as a beacon to
deter.— Protestant and Herald.
A Scene in Conit.
The following laughable description of a
trial liefot.e a Judicial tribunal somewhere,
is from the Augusta Mirror. it shows that
our Judiciary, with all its follies and farces,
has a pewerlul rival
Jove laughs at lover's vows and Amnia;
And men had better do the same.
A friend of mine has recently returned
from an excursion into the----circuit court
of this State. Ho tells me that while in the
county of lie strayed into the Court
house, and was present at the arraignment
of a man by the name of Henrsr Day, who
was charged with attempting to kill skis wife.
Dtif was a pale little tnan, and the wife who
wits present, was a petfect Behomoth. The
indictment being read, the prisoner Was aiik
ed to say whether he teas "guilty or not guil
ty." He answered 'there's a mighty chance
of lawyers lies in the papers, but some part
is true. 1 did strike the old lady, but she
fit me powerfully first. She can swear equal
to a little of any thing,and her kicks are aw
ful. 1 reckon what you say about the devil
moving me, is tolerable correct, seeing as
how she moved me. I have told you all I'
know 'bout the circunistance, Mister. I gin
Squire Jones there, a five dollar bill, and
allow he'll talk it out for me.'
Squire Jones thereupon rose and said he
h a d ti pohit to tdiie id ihlti bdeg, which
he 'thought conclusive. It was an established
rule of law, That man and wife were but one;
and he should like to know how a man could
be punished for whipping himself; he should
be glad to hear what the Solicitor General
could say to that. The Solicitor General an
swered that he thought his brother Jones had
carried the maxim a trifle too fart men had
often been punished for beating their wives.
If u man should kill his wife it would not be
suicide. Here Squire Jones interposed; and
defied the Solicitor General to produce an
authority to that effect. The Solicitor Gen•
eral looked over Green's tihd Lumpkin'a
Georgia Justice for some dimiites, and then
observed, that he could not find ass ailtherily
just then but he was sure lie had seen the
principle somewhere, and he called on the
judge to sustain him. In the enthusiagin of
the counsel on chid point, they forgot to O'er
f eridence as to the guilt or innocence of
.Day in the premises. The judge being like
wise. forgetful of this lac', proceeded to
charge the jury. He told them that Man
and wife were one,und were UV& lithe wife
radio debt, or abused a neighbor, or knock
e 8 down or dragged out a fellow citiien,then
man and wife were one. tithe husband did
any of these th'ings then man and wife were
tW6. fie remarked [hat in either event,the
man was legally bound to Suffer, and there
fore tonic it cis they would, Day was un•
doubtedly guilty. lie said, he would not
decide the question whether if a Man MIT his
rife, it was murder or suicide. lie was not
prepared to express an opinion upon that
point: ft wad a very delleate one, and he
had n' idea of committing himself. (Some
one in the room here observed that he Was
Mighty fond of committing others.]
lie then called Op the baliff, a trediendu
ous looking cracker, wearing , a broad brim
White hat with crape (l never saw a man
south of britude 33,' hat did not wear a white
hat With crape)' and proceeded to admonish
him; thet the jury µere very much in the
habit of coming in druok,with their verdicts,
and that if it happened in this case he would
discharge the presoiVor;and put his punish
meet upon him, (the Wife) The baliff giv•
inga significant gimlee at the judge, replied,
that other people besides the jury came mit)
court drunk—that douse peOple tliought oth
er people drunk, when some people were
drunk themselves. Tire jury then retired
and so did my Mend:
The next day he returned and fohild' mat
ters in stairs quo. except Hitt Day and his
wife had made uti, and were discifssing to
gether the merits - of a cold foil), a quart of
.beer, and not and then interchanging kisses
;despite of the frowns and becks of the offr•
cent. Tnejudge,clerk and sheriff,bud been
'up all night, and' leekiqf wolfish', acid the
bailiff'Waa seated on his white • :st at the door,
of the jury room,' and his codidenahce
.pressed that he had sWalloWed the concen
trated gedom of a thou4and cats: . The
mosrawful curses,osithsai'd sounds proceed
ed from the jury room—simk Were roaring
likelier's—some ciyinglike dillldiea••=mew
lug like cats,neighing like horses, iffisc.
At lasta'consultiftioh'vhdi held at the door
of the jury room' betWeeif the forem3n and,
the bailiff; wheriiulifoi',.the latter putting his
white hat one mired' oh his head, came into
the court' room and addietised the judge thusi
"Mr. Tom Jokes says the jury can't egfee
about this here matt, and if you keep him,
(i. a. Tom Jokes) without grog any more,
he'll lick :veil on sight." The judge appeal
ed to tfas bar, if this was not a contempt of
court, mid "Green and Luinpkin's Georgia
Justice" having been consulted, it was de
cided that as it was a threat addresied to the
judge as a private individual, and was to
whip him "un sight" and not bri the bench,
it was not, (under the free; enlightened and
democratic principle's of Georgia legisla•
tion,) a contempt of court. Thhi.being set-
tled, the judge directed the bailiff to say to
Tom Jakes;the forenian,thet the jury should
agree if they stayed-there thro' eternity.—
The bailiff retired, and so did my friend;
but he gives it as his opinion,fmm the frame
of mind in which he left all parties, that the
jurors and belittler° Still there.
Yankee Obit;
An American brig, belonging to Ports•
mouth, N. H. was once in IJentarara,
bliarging her cargo, when she was boarded
by a boat froiii a gun brig lying at anchor
at no great distanca. The crew were mus
tered', and their protections eiamined —and
oat New Hampshire boy, of a noble and
fearless spirit, and though voting in years,
of a vigorouli frrime, was ordered into the
boat. He peretntorilY refused to obey the
order. The officer, 6ri great rage, collar
ed the 3'otithful seaman, btit was instantly
laid sprawling by a well directed bkiw of
his fist. The boat's crew Nisbed to the as
sistance of their officer, and the Spirited A
thericdn was finally overpowered, pinioned,
thrown tnto the boat, and conveyed on board
the British brig. ' The Lieutenant complat
nod to his Commending officer of the insult
he had releived from the stalwart irankee,
and his battered face corroborated his state.
Mont. The commander at once decided
that such insolence demanded exemplary
punishment—and that the young Yankee
required, on his first entrance into the ser
vice, a lesson which might be of use to him
hereafter.
Accordingly the offender was lashed to a
gun, by the inhuman satellites of tyrrany.
and his back was bared to the lash. Before
a blow was struck, he repeated his declara
tion that he was an American citizen, and
the sworn foe of tyrants. Hit demanded his
release—and assured the Captain in the most
solemn and impressive mariner; that if he
persisted in punishing him like the vilest
malefactor. for vindicating his rights as an
Americah citizen, the set would never be
forgiven—but that hts revenge Would be
eertaiu and terrible. Tile Captain laughed
at what he: regiird-d an impotent menace--
and gave signal to the boatswain's Mate.
The whlte skin of tile young American was
soon cruelly mangled, and the blows fell
thick and heavily on the quiiering flesh.
He bore the indiction of this harliarious pun
ishment without a murmur or a groan, and
When the signal was given for the execu
tioner to eirise although the Ain Was haiig.
ing in strips on his hark 4hich was thickly
covered with clotted blood, he sheived no
disposition to (Millet or to faint. His face
was somewhat paler than it was 4irolit to be
—but his lips titi:te rompressed, as if he
was summoning determination to
. his aid,
and his dark eyes shot forth a brilliant
gleam, showing that hiti spirit was unsaid*.
ed, and that he Was I--nt on revenge, even
if his life should be the lotfeit.
His bonds were loosened, and he arose
from his humiliatingposture. He glared
fiercely around. The Captain was stand.,
ingWithhi ti feW paces of him, with a demo.
Mac grin upon fiis features, as if he enjoyed
to the bottom of his soul the disgrace and
tortures inflicted on the poor Yankee. The
hapless.stifferer sail that sinile of exultation
—and that moment decided the fate of his
oppressor., With the activity, the ferocity,
AU almost the strength of a tiger, the mu
tilated American sprang upon the tyrant,
and grasped him wheite he stood, surround
ed by his officers, who, for the Moment
seemed . paralyted With astonish theia—atid
before they could recover their senses and
hasten to the assistanne of their totiniiiiniler,
the ttogged Americiin had borne Mai to the
gangway, and then clutching lino by the
throat With one hand, and firmly embracing
him With the other, despite his airti'ggles.lie
leaped with him into the turbid waters nr
the Damarara t They patted to receive
the tyrant and' his victim—then closed over
!heat, and neither were ever afterwards
seen. Ruth had passed to their last ac
Tinanointed, unaneled,
Wilh' all their imperfections on their heaths."
But a brighter day has dawned upon the
British navy. The odious system of im
pressMent is abolished—never again, I hope
to be adiipted.—Bosion Cultivator.
The Wilaic.
The . capture of a whale is thus described
in iteale's Natural History of the SPriitil
Whale:
"The scenes which sometimes occti:r ddi;
ing dui chase and capture of the while defy
description. Let the reader suppbs - e
oti the deck of a south seaman, cruising in
the Muth Pacific Ocean, at its - Tapanese
.confine—suddeuly the monotonou s quietude
is broken by an animated 17otee from the.
niiist-head exclaiming, "theiti she spouts!"
'The Captain starts on deck in riiiinstaritand
inquireS"whereaway?" botiieibliPs the neat
moment every one aloft and'on d6cliCan Fret
ceive an enormous whald lying about a quar
ter of a mile kern the ship, on the surface of
the sea, having just come dp to breathhis
large "hump" projecting three feet out of the
watei, when at the etill'oT every tell seconds
the spoilt is seer ruabirig ftern'thd forepart
of his enormoub head,' Mewed By the Cry
of every bhe on' board, who join Wart and
soul in the chorus of "ihere again!" keeping
time with the duration of the spout. Out
while they have been looking,a few ster,,^49
. •
have epired—rtho rush into the boats,
which are directly lowered to . receive them
—and in two minutes frotri the time of the
first obserVing the Whale; three or four boats
are tloi6 and darting through the water with
their utmost speed towards their intended
victim; perhaps accompanied with a song
from the fietidsman, who urges the quick and
powerfUl plying of the oa'r, with the common
whaling clitiubt of
"Away Myy, boyr, away my boys, 'tis lima for us
to go."
“But while thoy are rush ing along; the
whale is breathing. they have yet perhaps
some distance to pull before they can get a
chance of striking him with the harpoon.—
His 'spouting? are nearly out;lie is about to
deicend; or he hears the boats approaching.
Tfie few people left oti fioard; and who are
anxiously watching the whale and the grad
ual approach of the boats, exclaim 'eh, is he
going down!' yet he's out again, but slowly,
the water is again seen agitated around him,
the spectators on board with breathless anxi
ety think they perceiie his 'email' rising in
preparation for his descent; 'he will he lost!'
they exclaim, for the Boats ar e not near e
nough to strike him. and the men are still
bending their oars in each boat with all their
strength, to claim the honor of the fi st blow
with the harpoon. The b,ow boat has the
advantage of being nearest to the whale; the
others,for fear of disturbing the unconscious
monster, are now doodled to drop astern.—
One chore spoilt is seen slowly curling forth
—it is hie last; this rising;his geteall' is beat;
his enorrhotis tail is expected to appear every
instact,but the hoist shoots rapidly along side
of the gigantic Creature. 'Beak your oars,'
eticlaiihs the uirite;and directly they flourish
in the air; the glistening harpoon is seen a
Bove the head of the harpooner,in an instant
it is darted with unerring force and aim,and
is buried deeply into the side of the hugesni
mal. It is *socket up,'.that is, it is buried in
his flesh tip, to the socket, which admits the
handle or 'polo' of the harpoon. A cheer
from those in the boats;and troth the seamen
on board reverberates along the still deep at
the same [dement. The sea which a mo•
ment before was unruffled,now becomes lash
ed into Mani by the immense strength of the
wounded whale,who with his vast tail strikes
in all directions at his enemies. Now his
head rises high into the air; then his flukes
are seen lashing every where, his huge body
writhes in violent contortionsfrom the agony
the iron has inflicted. The water all around
turn is a Mass of foard, some of it darts to a
considerable height—the sounds of ttie blows
from his tail on the stirfiko of the sea, can
be heard fur tidiest”
krona tfie Daftimore TranscriPt.
T 6 a Friend. , •
A acan the flight of envious time
ffernove the image of a frienV;
Can chinging place, or,viiryini Clime
The sear delightful contrast end.
Can the !cried form, the pictured face;
Engiaven on the feeling breast;
The aye, that memory laves to trace,
Still berirning with its wonted feat,
13e loosed from friendship's sicred
Days, monthri, and years, may vainly roll;
They but demand the passing sigh;
But data not disunite the
A bEcbcrilt REV. Lnaitnci:H.Attritts.—
. Mr. Haynes, htippOningone day to pass by
the wren door of a roo m where his &ugh.
ters and whit:young friends were misernbled,
thought from , what he ovierhetint that they
were making too free with the characters
of their neighbOrs; and after their visiters
Were departed, he gave; his Children a lec:
ture on the sinfultiees of scandal: They an
swered. "But; father, what shall we talk
about 7 We Caul talk about something."
"If you can' do nothing else," said he; "get
a pumpkin and roll it about ; that will be
at leak •• If
innocent dNerston.
A short time afterwards , associntion
or ministers mei at his hoiise, and, during
the evening; aiscu'ssioni Upon, some points of
Christian doctrine were earnest, and their
voices were aoloild . to indicate the dan
ger of fusing the
,Christian temper. when
his eldest daughte r overhearing Omni; pro:
cured a . . touinpkin, and entering the room
gave it to her father end said,, "There, fa•
tiler; roll it about, roll it alioul." Mr.
Haynes was ohhged . to explain, and good
humor visa instantly restored.—/ileminri.
A GOOD REMEDY.—"SaIt," says the
Clikado . Amerietin, "is not only a ferrie
d)/ for draneenness, isui a sure preven•
live."
Berrni.—"Take," says Monsier
'MirActin, 'one gad' aa good water as ev
er leaked out of the sky ;' and one spoonful
•of loiiT augur one sprinkling of nutmeg ;
one bit of mint, and one gill beet French
brandy.", Then clap in a red hot poker,'and •
theti=throw it any Where but down your
thiloat."
A I CtIALikN - cii.—A little ei;p, conceiving
himself insulted by a gentleman who had
venialed . to pie pith some wholesome ad
vice, strutted up to hint' with al3 air of im
portance, and said, "Sir, you are no gentle•
man, here is' my card;' consider' yourself
challenged. Should Ibe from home wbeki
you honoittni 1 shall leave Word
with a friend to Katie the preliminaries to
your Satisfaction." To which the other ye
plied, "'Sir, yOfiarO ofobl-herti is my card
—When you call On me: you will find that
I' hav'e)elt order's with tiiy servant to kick
you into tbd
. .
,
"ti thiii clean bUtter r said Mike to' a
coulitrytrian who had a waggon full of but
ter. "Guesi it ought to be," replied the
eotmiryniani "it took the old woman and
three of the boys all night to pick the hairs
out on't."
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[WHOLE NO3 468.
92armii , za.00T3 a)3F.P2I2.V.MOUa'
Seed Time and Harvest•
Extract from Sargent's Tempeuance Tales
Our domestic misery continued to
crease, from week to watt. There were
intervals, in which, my father was more
like hithself, Moro like the good, kind parent
and husband, who: 13 outgoings, in the morn
inr, had been a source of :stfccrionitte regret;
and whose incomings; at night, had been a
subject of joy to the wile of hie bosom and
the children 01 his loins. I have seen the
faint smile oesatiANction bi ighten upon my
poor mother's pale features, Upon such ocea•
sums; and I have marked the nigh, halt sup•
pressed, which told the secret of an agoni•
zed spirit, and which seemed to say, flow
precictis, how brief is this little interval of
joy I
,It was indeed like the parting sunbeani,
the last, lingering light of a summer day,
which plays upon the cold grave; wherb the
treasure and the heart arb destined to slum
ber together.
. in such an eXaniplb of domestic wreinh . -
edness as ours, the operation of cause and
effect was perfectly intelligible. Ruin ex
cited, into action all that was contentious;
in the nature of my parent. A keen per::
ception of his own blameworthiness, not
withstanding the stupifying tendency of the
litjuoi he had drunken, increased the irrita.
bility of his temper. A word, look, or ges:
lure, from any mernbei of the household,
which indicated the slightest knowledge of
his unhappy condition, when he returned at
night, under the influence of strong drink,
was surely interpreted into an intentional
affront. Ho would anticipate reproof; and,
as it wel!), repay . it betbrehand; by the
harshneki of his manners.
, The habit of drinking, which is itivaria
bIY the prolific mother of ain and sloth;
wretchedness and rags, is sure to be main•
iained and kept alive, by the beggarly prog:
any; to which it has given birth. Whenev=
er my unhappy father was dunned for the
interest on his mortgage, or any othe r debt,
which, at last, ho had no means to pay, he
was in the habit, almost mechanically, as
soon as the creditor had departed, of turn
ing to the jug of rutin, for relief and oblivion:
The gloom and ill nature, which
.had
hitherto been occasionally interspersed with
exhibitions a kindlier feelings to us all, ap
peared to have become unvarying and fixed.
There was less and less; from week to week;
of an April sky. All was chili and drear,
like November. One evening, my mother
acid sister. had been busily engaged, as usu
al, in such housewifery, as might best con-
tribute to keep our poor wreck of a domicil
together, as long aspossiblei I had learned
towrite a fair hand, and was engaged to
copying some papers, for our squire, who
paid me; by the stieet.. It had gotten to be
, •
nearly ten o'clock. My mother put on her
Spectacles, and, opening the Bible, began to
, read. Rachel and I sat bq the fire, listen
ing to the words of truth and soberness:—
My finer ninthet had fallen upon a portion
of Scripture, winch, from us applicability
to her own situation and that of her Child
ren; had affected her feelings, and the tears
wore in her eyee, when the loud tramp upon
the door Siep announced the return of , my
father. His whole appearance was unusu
ally ominous of evil. My mother stirred
the fire, and I placed him a . chair, which he
kicked over and threw him self down on the
bed, and called for supper. Mother told
him, in a gentle manner,that there was noth.
ing in the house but some breed. lie told
her that she lied;and swore terribly. She
eat silently by the fire;-1 looked up in her
face:—She wept, but said nothing. 'Don't-
Cry tio,..dear mother,' said Rachel. 'Wile,'
said my father; sitting upon the edge of the
bed, 'when will you leave off ci'ying?'
'Whenever you leave off drinking, husband,'
replied my triother in the kihdest manner.
My father sprang up in ti hurricane of wrath,
and with a dretidful oath, hurled a chair at
my mother's head. I sprang forward, and
received its full force upon my shoulder.
Rachel' and thy mother tied to a neighbor's
house, and my fattier struck me several'
blows with his feet and fists; and, as I multi,
my escape, I left him dashing the furniture'
to pieces, with the fUry . of a madman. I
rushed forth to seek shelter amid the dri
ving storm- 7 from the tempest of a drunken
father's wrath. I went, as speedily as pos- .
. to the squire'ihouse;and begged him
to take compassion on my poor mother and _
sister. Having received his promise, that
he would go instantly over to,our cottage,
took the resolution, which I have already
stated.
. .
After I hadpassed a comfortless, night in
the farmer's barn, I pushed forward to the
city. I had a trifle of clia,nge in .
pock
et ; bought a biscuit ef a travellitig baker,
and I brid no 'relish for any other than the
.beveragii of and's ilipnintmerit,,which was
near at hand. When 1 reached the city, I
directed my Caurse . to oneof th e what Yes',
and fritind no difficulty, as was unuseally
stout for My years, in obtaining n ioya ges
'es a green hand; in a ship, bound to Chinn.
Three days passed
.befri,re the ship sailed.
r Wrote to my Milithor and sister, bidding
them keep up tbeir. spirits, and put their
trust, its ['did, in the God of the widow and
, the.fatherlessYtor such, and even worse,was
'our condition. I asked them to 'say to fa
ther, when ha was sober, that, although I
'scarcely expected to - liee him again to this
world,, firettily forgave all his ill treatment
to myself.
.1 worked bird and strove to please the
captain. I soon found
.that ploughing the
sea was a very different affur from plough..
ing the land. I had a good constitution,
and a cheerful temper. I had bean taught
at all times, by my dear mother, and by my