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Soling of a Waterfall.
Was it% dream I—l saw
A W 1
ai t u
and lovely land,
Gnarly by hills, that like
An y seemed to stand;
And at, sir feet there ran
A brrght, and noisy stream,
Danciut Tith tameless glee,
In tit moonlight's sparkling beam:
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And tIT little NyaterEall,
Willi its ceaseless music wild,
Trolled Nature's song for thee and me,
Andilms all care beguiled.
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We lis*ned silently,- •
Dosthott remember it I— .
, The naimw bridge, th cautious step,
And t he rock where re used to sit I . -
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We lilted on that narrow plank—
` Trac4d carefully and slow— . .
Midway from either hank,
• Whit the torrent boiled below.
'We patised f half breathlessly— : •
A cilium was in the air;
A spel9f quiet happiness- 1 ..
- Bou/il us, in silence there. ..
And v.,* heard the staeam sing on—
ft+, h e avy, soft and clear,
X: Its ini led notes—each ear perchance
-,,
~' _ A tierent song might lnar,- ..:
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(4 e t dreaming"—thus it &Mg,
• • ck and light your pulses play,
And life me Your hearts have tones_
Thaial-c never heard by day :
They 4-il of times lot w ;
Whdj the moonlight seemed so fair
Ott du Ad elms, at your father's door,
Wh ' a mother's smile was there.
- They ' eak'of the first sweet dawn ' .
Of yotx lt. and hope, and love,
Andldo.n of the shadow, and the d9ubt,
And 4. trust—in ONE above. The tell that blissful dreams,
half 4am:re and half pain;
Are /re:tying now their spells
Arun bd ye ti.vo again.
A
• Of the Tdture ye are thinking,
And whether like the past,
•-- Those peones of gorgeous imagery
Wiltfaule away at last--
There% a sympathy between us—
W ihi heart, and curbless stream . —
The pith of both is onward,
1 .1 - .
Oneaupward let me deem ; •
The Over-sheeted column
Is ntit always robed in light; 1 •
And the spray that gleams ldiecountless stars
Is hid in a moonless night.
But 4 son g is ever ringhmg
ThrOugh Ate dark and misty air:
And die strong rocks boldly answer
As / tough the sun were there.
And yt-though fortune's radiance
Ma sometimes be withdrawn—
' Thinkl - the sounding waterfall
Thai runs on—ever on?
Take, e.art, and bravely struggle
Thrdugh the darkness and the gloom,
And lifht again sisal cheer_your way,
Ani'qgild, at last, your tomb."
I scluxiy know if I awoke, •
Or if, we rame away,
But thtoug of the sounding wmerfall
• Still lznts me day by day.
Tell ntedost thou remember aught
Of mild scene like thisl
A torrOntyat a mountain's hase,
Whelre the waters foam and hiss ?
Of a tiky seat upon the beak,
Andpune's soft mtimilight beam ?
Of twd)that stood upon a plank ?
Or Niteorit,Edl—.A. DREANI •
June IVG.
M From the Spirit of the Times
Mary *apace--A"oral Tale.
EIRMI
CHAPTER I.
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" All is Vanity and vexation of spirit" is
the cry wh hrings in our ears from the
the
cradle to tet
grave The gladness and. re
joicing of e child are saddened byby thOtern
truth, so oft repeated, that sorrow and ; suf
fering await its riper years • the bright anti
cipations ot youth are darkened by ghnipses
of the disalipointnient and afflictions octnan
hood and Old age ; and the decline Of life
hone brings to every bosom the painful ye
slay that owning and distress and !.veari
ness of spitet aresthe lot of all. If such trials
await every human being, the question nat
urally aris6s how shall the mind be best St
ted to e r
all
e them. Can this be dune by
•preseating: he holy truths of the Bible to the
ancultivat intellect? These will doubt
less have_ a, influence, but without ability to
grasp and A'n them, a great portion of
their powe is lost. The mental faculties
require thit disciplise which enables them
to cornprefiend the i4eas presented to the
mind, befoie these idevr.can have a . bearing
on die life laid actions.' , If this is true ()fall,
much monk emphatically is it-true of Wo-
Thus reisoned Mr. Wa)tace.on the sub-
Sect of his kdaughter's education. His eir
vim/41ml would hardly warrant any
,addi
nous,. exptuse, y e t h e felt a stung frlet , tre,lo
give her ajietter opportunity tftlyi. .4;44
yet enjoys 1, for, intellectual itoßroveinent,i
and this blist Araiii of thought decided, the
question. V., '
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" Neighli)or -kw," said a sturdy fiu?aer as"
he putereditbe residence of his dearest neigh
s' m
. bur,h a you beard the news?, That pro-.
s old Watace wile is alway s 6 . 044 At,
high now+tuff, bi going to send his 'laug 4 :
h
ter Mary t New' York to a great. Joie:riling
school. , by, he'll make a fool o f the' girl,-
she'll emu home A proud lazy thing, ,good
for nothinibut to, talk learning like her 'fa=
titer. :.Nowol know .he's no more 1 . 4 p.
send her airay -to that school than.
send ain to.
send our Psdly ,• but I.woulibet for the work,
have her Mad ' filled ; with -Each ,nounennel,
S beTnevg be good for, anything,„
_again. : i
want nay:dtghters to wor!t; &Ott wtiroin
and I h 3 v e work, and I wean 4 1 7,_Eltall:r
oka
" Jam," a nimble young , Cello* to
his companion iti the hay.,-f i e ld,. Id "d . il
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know:Mary NYalla,ce was- going -to a board
ing ? She is a !decent sort Of a girl
now, but if she goes -off there she ivilt feel
a b ove us all; besides she will be So wise
there will be no talking to her unless yOu
arc on stilts.. I hate these ; learned, ladies,
t h e y are always prim old maids." •
Well," thought Polly Jones, " then Miss
Mary is really going to New York. How
I wish I could go too: but she'll have to be
shut up with musty old books, long enough
to spoil all the comfort she'll take looking at
the fine things. When- she comes back how
stuck up she'll be ; guess she won't speak
to common folks. Father says girls can get
married just-as well without learning ; and
Who knows but I may catch a beau_ in the
lona time she'll be gone ;—then how cheap
she 7 ll feel."
Air. Wallace being the feeblest of five
hrothers was 'chosen by MS parents to re
ceive a collegiate education and become a I
Minister. This mistaken kindness met its
Usual unhappy result. Denied his custom
ary exercise upon his father's farm ; con
fined
to close rooms, and from taste as well
,as necessity devoting Mini& entirely to
, study, his frail constitution gradually gave
way, and after performing the arduous du
lies of his sacred office fur a few Years his
,health was lbst past recovery. lie discov
ered, when too late, his error, and resolled
to restore his disordered system as much as
possible, by a change in Ins mode of living.
He therefore removed from New England to
the valley of the Genesee, the then " Far
West," and obtained on credit a small quail
toy of unimproved land. On leaving col
leote he had married the young lady who,
when a, chdd was the sharer of his joys and
sorrows in that eventful place for childhood,
the " District School." When his farm %vas
partially cleared, and he had erected a rude
log house, he returned and removed his fani
ily to thi4 land•of promise.
By strict e - cotionly and hard labor Mr. W.
had been enabled to pay for his land, and to
build a small but comfortable residence.
But as his fancily increased, he lamented - the
lack of means to educate them. There was
only a COIIIIOII Sclwol at some distance, and
the numerous seminaries which have since
sprung up, were not then dreamed of:—
there seemed no choice but ignorance, or
the city - schools. His resolution was at
length taken, that .to whatever self denial
they must subject themselves, Mary should
have an opportunity to obtain an education.
When lie informed his wife of his determi
nation she felt strange misgivings; she could
but 'fear the mysterious influence of the city
upon her daughter's pure mind, and wan
dered that one who had •suffitred so much
from confinement to books, should expose
his child to the same danger. • But; seein. ,
her husband's resolution taken, she offered
no remonstrance, and entered at onc..: into
• every plan, hoping all would be for time best.
It was now mid-summer, and, with their
utmost efforts, they could not send Mary
utitil late in the fall. The wheat was yet
udharvested, and they depended upon this
prOduct so obtain funds. Besides, her ward
robe must be fitted up, and Mrs. W. always
made the children's garments herself; du
ritig spare moments from severer labor.=
Mary was set to spinning, and the younger
-daughters to knitting. This YiAs. an era in
the country, for
„miles around, litany saying
that Mr. Wallace was becoming Prematurely
stipemnuated, or positively deranged. Mary
herself, had many thoughts and many feel
ings; but, accustomed to obey her parents
without answer, she said little. Occasion
ally_she experienced a vague pletis ure at the
prospect of beholding a great city, but her
day dreams were generally sad, for she
could but tremble at the idea that she would
be alone, amongst strangers.
The long looked for time at length ap
prOached, and the next morning Mary way
to leave her home in 'company with a neigh
bor who was going to New York to market
his flour and renew his stock of nerchan
dize.
After the tea aishs had treena\vashed,
Mr. Wallace called Mary to hitu„fand as
certaining that she'. had all preparation:-
'complete, bade her sat herself by his side.
" My daughter," he paid, "you are my eld
est, I need not say viy favorite child. You
.know the sacrifices we are making, and must
mike to give you• aal - education. We shall
never he able to do as much for the rest.
.Remember you learn for others as well as
`,yourself. You are going to the greatest city
in our nation, and, you will see there more
;pride and ostentation than you have ever
.
alreamed of in your quiet home ; hut you go
'to obtain knowledge of books, - not of the
Do not listen to the advice Which
make you forget your humble circum
.stances, nor desire those luiuries you can
not obtain. Volt are going for mental dis
cipline; a portion of which may be to en
dure the kofriand sneers Of the daughters
of wealth and fashion ; to these you must
submit without - repining. You may make
,yourself arid those around you • happy by
cheerfully braving the ills you cannot escape,
or miserable,,by false shame and ignoble
desires.
Let me impress upon yotir mind ' that
:health is the corner stone, upon ' which you
, • e mbuild all your ftitare , setttlitess. 'I
, aveAold yon often Of tn,y ini‘ ken zeal to
acquire an, education:. A' A life "me . of suffer- .
pig is the reward I receive for isobeying the
,;physical Jaws to which every!human being
tii
is : subject. These I have of aimpressed
, :upon yuitrtni . nd. Recollects eniiiiiberWho
. have falfea victims to their atiOgresniOns ;
theilling and o interesting wh have gone to
:On tarkY grave oi - klragged out a weary, ixis
lencit object's of pity or ridid e, .and'
_you
liiill nut treirt this subject' f aiitl '" if, too
strongly tempted to yield to fashicia'4 peful
iicioßs.clictptos ;--t*li of yo ' father,, who
Ippves .off} spillindle i=think ( - -k
,the long years
f,,S,Oferitig•to Whteh he has en subjected<
Y. , 1. * 40 4 ( : 9 ',lStit,itim" - r 4 nsiitiftion)lat
10)a#,,,x.gre0A, id, s. true, Nit ,
,Whicjt might
#at i- e.. , l ) ee;F:Pgti.i:e#F-d . a l e 104 4 # 4 4 4lintii
tit i .plilialiOus at every ,Sirotte:arrte,Otii, ip
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"EVERY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IS iNO 6 I' A DIFFERENCE 04 PRINCIPLE."-JKFFE4SON.
lONTROSE, PA.L.TROtSDAT-JEJLIY 9, 1846,
~I'orget not, when far away, the
tifm your mother . and I have so often given
y4u in the book of book& You go to
dtsct
p your mind that these instructions l may
not fall upon stony ground, but that youi may
grasp and retain the great truths contained
'4 the word of God. _Many Christians wn
vlir and falter for the want of mental pOwefr
tq sustain their spirits; many fail pitifully in
the stern self-denying duties of life, becaust•
they are not capable of patient unrepining
eidurance. Neither the conviction of Tea
slanor a few transient emotions can makt!
aiChristian. The rules of the revealed iword
or God must be your talisman, your watch-
Whrd - your stronghold. They must guide
erery_ action, then you will not fear the rid
+le or contempt of others more favored by'
ftrtune. Now gi? to rest.—Aad may your
tllther's blessing protect you from all evil."l
if Mrs. Wallace followed Mary to her roottl,
lacre she gave, her much parting advice
j truth an anxiety which mothers so dpeptly
WI. She opened again her trunk to tee
ttat nothing had been forgotten. " Keil)
blur clothes in good repair," she repeated
ilk the twentieth time: you have now a gonad
supply and will make a respectable ap
pearance, and that is all I wish. The stock
i§gs your sisters have knit, are tine and
Mate. Your plain %voile!' dress will be
*awl:dile and comely, for every-day wear,
rkpd my poplin which I have altered for yOu
will be handsome enough for any occasion.
there was not a better dress worn by any
die when I was young.—Now good nigh:
mid quiet rest to you my child.
',! The fierce hurricane which sweeps in fury
ter ili, land devastates and ruins all in its
mad care , r, but its rage once over, the wild
thiwer springs up amidst the fallen fruir
iit.ii s, and the green ivy twines its tendrils
t i
. .round ilt... prostrate oak as flintily as before.
ut the constant dropping of water waste- .
t t• tlitry rock. It is not the Treat misti*.=
times of lift, which crush the spirit. T 63:
*aye their marks, it is true„but the mind
intcts, and the very depth of woe exhmists
the power of suffering. The daily afflictions
1-- g t he petty sorrow —:he sorrtnys whath
linow no sympathy, because not reco7nizeid
,is such—:he little griefs which coining
ty , hour
thour upon the soul sicken it wilflife—
rsr are the trials which it requires mental
Mower to sustain—these are the untold suf
ttrings which each bosom must remedy, or
lie wasted in useless reninings.
Our travelers reached New York late at
iiight after a cold and tedious journev.—i-
Thy following morning they sou ; :lit. thelSem-
ary - M:try was to attend. The day wore
iway heavily to our lonely heroine, althouzh
Dalenswori it, the principal, showed her
great kindness and attention. The ensnintr
46;'efung there was little study and smelt
The young ladies gave free vent totheir
Mirth. Mary's coarse shoes and thick itock
ilitss received a share of ridicule, but fore
most was the plaid woollen dress.
" I declare," exclaimed one " she looks
like my old ..washer woman,' with the ex
iieption of the spectacles."
" h ow frightened she looked." said ario-
Oier, " she entered the recitation room,
is if she had never seen any one bel Dre.—
Eli was so dreadfully afraid I would never
liave the rountrv."
1 " What," crud a third, " ever poqi#essed
lie stupid creature to come to this Ittstitit
gon. I ant sure shell never learn anything
ilia will be of use to her. Did you .4e her
liands? I should think she had washed
s all her life."
;.; Thus thoy continued till evimincr smdv.
Out it would he useless to record the thou ,rl;t
-ii!ss, almost hO savitin of school girls
tho have only known the sunshine of pros
crity and the caresses of indulgent friends.
There was another meeting at the same
Lime of a more serious cast. Gatherfed in
Li. rooin of MN. Dalensworth were the wise
ends and kind hearts. The restraints of
Kam* and government removed, even
Mrs. D. gave way to a fit of laumhter, and
tittle bli s s Ligh:fuot the youngest and' pret
i,est of . the teachers was in extacies. I Mrs.
D. first spoke, " have we not picked) up n
strange being? -One of the wild people of
fire forest, I should think. What shall we
i)o to tame her? She must doff that salt nge
tarb of hers, or with all inir reputannn we
hall be subleets of remark. I pity the girl
bud would do all in my power to benefit her,
iit I can not think of introducing her into
fily soirees. But I like such a specimen oc
iiasionally, to show how great a refining
power we possess." . I ,
The ladies made answer in much the same
;train.
Mary found herself shunned and ridiculed
by all. Mrs. Dalensworth, Was indeed) kind,
il ut the and the other teachers had tdready
advised her to change her style of dress.—.
Knowing this to he itn - possible, with spirits
i•ounded and depressed, she "sought and
found relief in a closer application tO her
itudies. Ye*, at night a sense of hertsittia
tion, nt once sad and lonely, oppressed her,
And she wept bitterly. " My dear mother,"
the mentally ejaculated, "you bitle I think
theastnents made by your own handsicau.se
-is
the mortification and distress. • How elm I
ear this scorn and contempt? Yet .3 will
hot disclose the half I daily stiffer and you,
toding to bestow upon me the advantages of
. duration. ' I sigh for my fatherts.detp end
itbkling Itiye of learning to sustain me amid
theke trials: . . I see those who are being ed.
ocated, thoughtless, vain, and unrefleeting,
t editing, it is true, some few facti, but appa
gently. forcretXitig them as soon as tokl. , . And
kese Wilrbe aluiiited ladies and lieTereived
oy : the 'World ivith.:plaudits. But in :laic--
licin'*hat power of endurance will suli ed-
Ication ns . th - eiriatrord. " Still,. I ani I resol
f. ed to improve the present as 'myp o rrents
' esiie, itml , eameitiltat will or neglect r eon
elf,, itriowiEnoe shall he my emailrter."
r i ..A r feW'mieeki -itfier'ih ' formatiOn of this
ei lt
• iiiol titian Mrs.' Dalensworth pike , it ne..ert
itp Wifieli'all -the' pupilliwere reqUired to at
liiittl VOSiletl' alike: - Maty had :only , few
IstiillingS,litit' feb,t Nifinddrbec mei to apply
CHAPTER II
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to her father'. Overcoimt at length by the
e i r
persuasion of Mrs. D.tlen worth she yielded
her better judgment and. irot home. Her
letter witheixpressions of :
the deepest affec
tion and. Written in a styl . and hand- show
ing rapid!lmProrement. 'Near the close she
informed hlr parents of , the dilemma in
which she was placed .and requested then],
if pOssilile, to supply herlitnmediate- wants.
This note was the occasieb of much sorrow,
and after a long discussiOn_ of the subject,
Mr. Wallace wrote a reply from which we
shall take the liberty - to m4ke a short extract.
"And, Mary, I refuse'l you this tequest
with ircluctatice, because'. see it was unwil
linativ made. Let -not the 'e petty trials (les
t= II
troy tour peace of mind. ! I placed you
i n a public - institution t . at you might ac
quire energy of character! and power of ex
ecution. Though genth ess and delicaty
are becntiftd traits to wo an's tnit - 0, when
unaccompanied be stren . th they of'tcn . de
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xenerate into eireininnc .
he itn.active one. The ,
patental home can not
will compel you to seek
worlii, and what atllietioi
known only to
fiittn*as the present.
Prepare yourself for,
by el.we thought and self
a taste for literary purgitt
will find a delight that n
ver can afford
I will not atail to yotr-the self-denial we
arc obliged to practice toe you an educa
tion. These would ouly i uggraYate without
-ben;:litting you."
When Mary received t
long and bitterly, not for ( I
th.tt she had added avoti
of affliction her parent
irink,• She informed M
AVIV) eXCIIISCd In•r from mll
The dreaded evening
31-ir• bore with ealinio
Ind contempt to which h.,
jitcted her.
She nine applied he
vigor to her studies, and
a leading scholar, hut by )
eral favorite. Schaal-girl
old thowrinicss, are'
, ma ;
There is in tha
of innocence and gen u ine
'can he found in afier li
And ahiding-impression Which is made upon
the memory by the frienilships'we make in
,he s . chool-roam. That pure and unsophis
ticated communion of sdhl with "soul is sel
,lont witnessed afterwards. What affection
is More sound ani tiachanzing!than the of
ten-termed " fickle fri:.(4i,liips" \ of young
.iris- who- pursue their kudies to2-etheri—
Blot out from 'my list of fiiends the comp:m
inus arid class-mates of !{try " school-days,"
slv.n'..d feel abae the world.
DEMME
" Hon' beautiful—hoo
tifal is this sua-set. I tie
lions sights. Tlic'autui
most charming of the. s
lumber/1 frien,ls exeliat
and frosty: nights, their d
tad heavy railts, for t
balmy air, this gorgeou3
(less would be comi)kie.':
t •resting young lady, wd
iler see, would be recozu
girl of the preceding. chi,
She was speakiuglo GI
family, in which she of
Mason, a
h-souied rgi ian , p
eh r's di!ruity aua his
While Mary gazed upu
ith fervid admirAtiaa, fi
fixed upon her with ail frt
emotion. lint] a 11
,ttrectvd? She was a w
Mort.?
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The daughtes were tiarly of an a ,, e to
enter society; intellecm . , hizh-spirited, and
noble in every thou4ht aid deed, they were
radior companions for Mary than stibordi'-
uates.; too proud to swop to a mean act, their
minds required wily gu,i'ding: and the du
ty of instructing, was but the intercourse of
persons highly e T nltil ated Nor was the idea
of gorerness, one to deglide our heroine.—
On.the contrary, the ladaily viewed her in
the fight of a superior b ing in deference to
her wore enlightened 1 tin7l, and every at
tention was freely lavish , d nii - on her.
Days, weeks and in .itlis passed away, ,
scarcely. noted in th , ir loss by the happy
Mary. ; They were thoj days of enchant
mAit which arit to all tlt¢ " greenest spot on
memory's waste." Thpse .halcyon ' hours
when heart communes freely with heart, all
unconscious of the deep passion which is
entwining its Cords around the spirit, and
binding its victim with • fearful and myste
rious power. : To read, t i sing, to waNwith
one whose mind seems '• deep fountain Over
flowing with pathoi.au 'thought and soul,
and ardent aspirations,often the heart and
enkindle the purest atfe' tion—tore.
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Oh! say\aat there is nothing in real life
answering
,to this word . sa.y not, it is a
dream of the poet's d' ordered brain--a
phantom of rnmance, e ing the pages of a
novel, but neier sheddin its. dazzling beams
upon the hunian heart. And Mary hived!
Wholhat has passed do in the steep of old
age, cannot read in that single sentence
nines of enjoyment rip; tnisery,l • Who is
there •who Cannot rec
,•1 some. bright Idays
when the viSion• was his ,nrn :Mary lovCii-r
-but. not - - With the; ecyl I alculatitig love .Of
riper - years ; nor/ 'yet the sentimental',
sickening,•transient pass in of weaker winds.
She laid her heart ttpoq the: altar:and , tom.
ted knot the cost. Willi n ; also, lotted.' • .En•
thuSiastic,-disintereited; his ..iitrettion fur
Mary euriiassed her Owi in vividness.. • But
he loved ftic.iiirtn Lori .\ ;I bitionvaintedlo
li hrilliiinreareer. in-: 014 political.fieldo and
heart thrilled 'lit it bidding; • ' , 40141 soul
panted troa engage in th zonibat,
•hotiriorreereatien were 1 nand inlet et;leiety,
anti the , energielhe his, ind were Auld Upeti..
onagreat objeet,tcrshine`l 'fxditice: IlieJav r ed
as :Man loves plor,amnse 0114 for relaxation,
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and while dsappointment 'would have cost
him not a feW:pangs"of sorrow,' it would j
soon bd forgotten in the limn of active life. 1
This isi the true history of the spirit. To j
the eye; of the obseyver things would appear I
differently; woMan may not speak her love;
nay she must•ccinceal it ever from its. object, I
while Man may! pour forth his feelings, with
unhesitating freedom.
Ting stole away with stealthy tread; nev-
I-erthelets it passed away forever. Eiveyears
I c i
had noW clapec' since she hadrtaken up her
residence in Tr.
.111 - ason's family. The
daugl4rs had " complet'rd their educa
tion," and she was 'to return i lionie for a few
I'moutH preparatory to her marriage. As
the time drew pear her spirit yearned with
revived iiffection for her early friends: ' Clio
I almostiblushed' to think how little . or- late
they had occupied her thoughts. . Xiiir 4,10 7 .
ness was the same,liut another had received .
1 the vvahmest - gtis - h of her atrectious; and, she
realizedfor the .fir.4t time the truth that two_
powerfulfeelings cannot tit 'the ,sanzt time'
exist in ) the mind.' •
I Your life must
• weet repose of a
yours. P overty
pport in the erill
Is way await you
bin who sees the
.
.
"lIOw will my mother and sisters look,'
thought M tr'y,, " - my venerable_ father' will '
he he older and feebletfl And will my
brothets still love ;their, balls and sleds?—
Where, are my formei. companions ---will
:hey And me' changed'? Oh! I long to
'-
meet them once more;'
She did meet. theM, and they found her
changed. But she, net them not, until she
h td passed through a Aery ordeal of sufrer
ing, so trying that nothing but the pure gold
i:if .he spirit could remain unburned— 'fille
t On, Which works the consolation of earth
and finds relief only at the 'gates of Heaven.
William Mason had just arrived at an age
which ipertnitted him to take a seat in the
House; of Rqresentatives, and his talents
I had sO distinguished him abroad, That lr:
was nominated for that station. The oppo
sing p4rty wa.4 powerful, and their candidate
a niaW who would not hesitate to use any
, means; to gain' his object. At a public din
ner hel spoke of-Mr. Mason in scornful and
slanderous terms. His words were soon re-
peated, to the; young politician, whose . soul
burned for satisfaction. " His blood or ,
mine,'! he exclaimed, as he sealed a note orl
challebge, " shall wash out this ignominy."l
Durin'g the fekv hours of reflection which fol-H
lowed the itoage of his wife appeared be
fore him. "Iltfry,, my loved one," he so-_
iiioquiised, "You have often besought me to
. tUrswear this
-horrid mode of settling diffieul
.ies,, litive pleaded and reasoned with tears
to changes of life.
!discipline. F orm
~ aril in th von
ither gold nor sil-
is letter .she wept
sappointnient, but
cr drop to the en;,
'were , compelled to
D. a its import
expenditure.
t length was over.
s the indifference
r appearance sub-
lelf with renewed
soon 'became not
er kindness n gen
thonzit often vain
to confess theiF
Intercourse more
mess or feeling than
: hence the deep
yout eyes,' and I confess yon• have at
tines nhi-iost succeeded—but timid: IL-aven
I am yet a and can defend my honor.
You Would Ospise and scorn me, if I could
,rook !this public insult. Na! if I fall you
will b certain-Allot I fell as a brave man,
Wending my name from the tongue of
-landir ; should I live in infamy you would
despise so balse ca.coward. My mother and
islet ;are true to the blood that flows in .
heir I.;eins; they Will cheer me on, for they
would spurn the craven-hearted , son and
broth r, who dared not defend their honor
or his own.''
surpassingly beau
er tire of these glo
n in Virginia is the
Lisons. Could my
their cold days
rk, dull clouds an,l
is azure sky, tl4:-
[ sunset, my happi
. So spite an in
oin could the rea
z,:cl as the
It etas a bright Spring day when Mary,
haviti finished her preparations for Visiting
itoine,i walked out to enjoy for the last time
,Ittring some' months, the balmy air and
toelloW light of a Virginia sunset. Mingled
ernotiUns tilled her breast. Friends afar,
and those she hudibandsoltind to her when
a straiger; oecupied by turns her mind. A
calm nd fituet joy was diffused throu..th her
,pirit,i witli - jUst, enough of melancholy to
chasttin and. hallow, not to sadden her
_hot/gilts. Mr. Mason was away—lie sktiti
atiarnidablvwmild return in the morning
before she left ; and fur the first time in four
years slie tell his 'absence a relief. She de
.ire: to commune with her own soul in sol- I
ttude,i to reviinv the. past, and prepare for the '
futur',, The shades of evenin g had gather-.
~, d anjund belfore, Mary returned to the beau
tiful
Mansion whieli 'had been so long her
liornei As she approached the house :she
heard!, strange sounds—sounds of wailing I
and uleepingi--tuid saw lights pas4ing from
winddw to Ncii ndoiv with unaccustomed ra
pidity{ Meeting a setvant in the ball she
i t
iliquil the cause of this excitement, but
receivrd no answer; save “. Massa ! Massa.!
Oh rhv youhg Massa!" With breathless I
haste 'ste ruSlted into the house and found
herself in thd presence of a frightfill corpse;
a font') once! noble and handsome lay he
sinemed with duit and blood. The lofty,
spirit !which: had animated and endeared
had plisse(' nway 'from earth forever. Yes !
'4Villitim Mason, so loved, admired and ca
ressed, was ricad7' Ile had pe'rishedbrating
the v(ingeamie of 'Heaven, crushing the af
fectiofts of earthly friends, a sacrifice to it
false titnd inlittniati entle' of honor, - width is
even now chtimingfroni among ;he . young;
and physically brave, many victims of great
prom se- Shall r say that Mary titournedl
Oh ! th6re
a re 'heUrs in lite which leaves
traceupon !,.the 'heart; furrows .upon . the
brow,:., and deep 'lines upon the' spirit, that
venrs,ii cannot Tentove. ' They give - lesions
which ages . Of common life would tint teach;
they Work changei l `whidh an etentity (, - af un
eventful eiiStencel'ivOuld' never'liMilinte.
Let titase'Wlio 'Mire stood bettide ilte;.denth'-
bed Ot the or p',o4liioveil'i•who,liioe'Wuteit?
ed Willi bit,atlilesly'enriiestness ' ilie fearroll
.chanie 7h'ih eree s over ilk 'etianientino#;
who' iftive spkilten a' d 'fe l eeivell:the'lait
,C4M-1
well; 'i, let tliein'reoll IhOt 'n. iigtkish„ot,l'oirkt ;,1
but tkinvetrei'''4ol);tl!.eit, fi0,14 04' iiiej , were
only i moiety' of !the lliiitni aghtly.loo4.
wrun Mares lietict. - `` Vitlinnt, a iiiiimenl'i
i
[Wei) tioa;lin ilie t .litesed.*lionr, -- OlAiltieani.l
JOYfit ' anticipOicpi'l)!,Will...ituilAtY, Wak,
force ' uliaillieritilini.' .'l . 1 k
.**g•dboat ilie
brig ' star cir'hqrlifd, : -46
, - : , ;o2fy:gii.qf' , isf..ltor
exist nee: btlioi,p, l o,:-.90r.iii44-iiiii`fili.
ed. ut ili& j ,laklii.iitatiiiinno3r.ili - O;n6aliVieciiii-
Olti'' , :iiit•aken ) iti6llitolOWAN4?o"'''''" ..'-'''' ''
.;,.,• - t ., : 1 ,...i.- •...,.t./ Tr 1,1!!,,,.'7,,,:...,...! t o
mainWth elc4'9rat' p o mEPPSPYPIPYtth9, rP2.
main of Williamd Mason were carried : to
their.; aq%l4llo;l'lqcfin4Nwie,4lk9.lll-06k4.ii
illri.tittillone . ja:fili iiniek4 , l44 . Teturn. r
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-I pg , te4414:
,11,1,F', / Fntnrned,,a t imatpre.yfe r
h l '..- 1
e eldest son of the
•iated a• 4 governes,
11, handsome • and
ssessiv all his fa-
Into7her's 'grace,—
n the rich sunset
is dirk eyes were
ression of intense
art and was it no.
Lan—need we say
NO. 4.
.
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The sound of Ilieliaintiter - andthe' hirir
hum l of - tnetilell Nipbri - her . ear itt '
tions. She could lii longer find the trees•-•'
she had admired iniyoutN the'haunt§ she"
had frequented in childhood; the lutrid
enterprise had levelled ibe forinerind raised 1
costly mansions upon the fatten' •• •
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vent her rejoicing at the ; advancemebt-Ofi
civilization. 'She. considered human souls
of far;- . greater importance Ahab atid 4
rocks: the' life and animatiOn of theenibryo r "
city revived tier spirits and made her feel'f.
that there-was' hope and igiadness for - Otheis,
though they might nevertshine ag ain' fora
her.` i • • '
Her parents had experienced
change in pecuniary affairs. ,The
farm had been divided iritcl city kits and - hail"
increased astonishingly in 'value. . •
HOME This is an endearing epithet and
aw,akens the most tendet emotions in the
soul. Mary, now felt its•rstieet
. infinence
with tenfold strength. Shp had been happy:
in the balmy South, for she found 'thate .
warnhearts and hospitable fr iends. Yet
•
even such kindness as :theirs. contnitsted i
strongly with the deep, ;pure,
love of a mother.o. few weeks after ,hcr.
return, she wrote4llhe following letter to he
former pupils: •l•
. , • st
. 18. 7 „, c
"MY 17ERY DEAR FTURNDS :7-4.....4ve at„
length gained a sutlleicntf.mastery. over my- ;
self to write to you. I e arn calm,: and -t,
trust, resig,ncd. - : The influence
_of home l and,.
kindred - has had - a. most . beneficial ,etreei
upon me. - My - father reasons and advises,
and • my mother sympathizes in 0 1 4,q4iek
soothing way .that a mother only..can do.-,-, ! ..
I am composed, but memory still hinge to,
light oilier days, other joys and other bitter
sorrows, as , vividly as if play were new - prps,
eat. ' . They sny " we do forget"—that tinit't
heals all wo u nds, hides, nd griefs in the dark
rule' of ohiVien. This coy be trne,ef soma
but of me. it cannot:
~NO ! no I . I can never
forget.
,If there is power in mental dirFk
pliue, and . in Christian Cohfidenee r I' will,
flush the constant lanientatie - nat:of, my soul,
I will resign - myself to God's will, : and.nibile,
I yet remain a• pilgrim 'sojourner on , thia
earth, I will endeavor ; not to live ; atqr/rtg
life; but the - strong chaini of memory will
ever bind me to the past . with a strength th 4
~..
cannot be, overcome., - ._
• : ..,,,,/
Oh! haw changed is everyobjeel. 1 . 4,44.
...
out upon the. face bf•hature, Init . .its ..benntx
and loveliness have lost their chat:4l, `thettr,
, the laugh of chililhoiid, - ;so.f ull dint:toe - en*
t and gladness, but I.feel d ie t the.biting.frest.,
1 of disappointment Willj.qoon : destroytheir
heartfelt glee. I how . lti prayer,..and even
then, though I receive great ceniohnion and
comfort, the halo of
. hope., is_ less,lbright,it
encircles
_,the future but ,surrounds not the,
present. My books, toe, lavoloimurh of.
their former interest; Ter : . where iii. he who
• once perused them with me 1 -- Vni loved
I so well the sweet breathings of the Poet and
the strong. reaSoairigs offtlie•Philosprilier 1- 7 ..
Gone, alai! forever. D i nt iam snlfisliiti
I forget in tny own loss that yonliave pa 44
1 with Tn. beloVed brothei - ; I harrow. up.your
I feelings in giving vent to my own.„ WI I:
I Would not willingly. I : would rathri;:eiin-
I sole. :.
I shall,rernain at home in future.. At has
plea.. Led au over-ruling Providenee,iii make
my fathefulat in this Section is, termeirti
wealthy man', I shall endeavor to cheer:*
ren*ning'daYs, and to intitrUct and . iMprafe
my younger brothers and; sisters. There, is
rteity growing Up around 'us 'with great rit,
pidity--it . is called - Anchester.. It. has iiill:
vantaffes . Which in time Will probably Malta
it a. ,place ,Of,. great importance, Euterprhga
hai marched. forward it western, New •
with' 4 fearless step. The fore,sts see*tti . ,
have 'been ;removed by 'magic; .netlys4ll7 „
ges -and lb - round cities are rising,w4.44
less magical power_ to occupy t_ eir c p nen* ,
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a short time:;
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