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From the Christian A dvocate and Journal.
Nzw-YoRK, March 29, 1841.
Dr. D. AT. Reese :-Str,-After the meeting
in Forsyth-street, Monday evening, I was con
versing with a lady on the subjects there discus
sed, w'Len she told me I was almost a nonoma
niac, in my hatred to alcoholic drink: the fol
lowing verses were written to-day, as an excuse
for my warmth. Please, Sir. oblige me by
handing them to Mr. Hawkins, of the Baltimore
delegation, requesting him to present them to
his-daughter, as she also may be aceused of the
same fault. ALIRA.
Go, feel what I have felt,
Go, bear what I have borne;
Sink 'neath a blow a father dealt,
And the cold, proud wot Id's scorn:
Thus struggle on from year to year,
Thy sole relief the scalding tear.
Go, weep as I have wept,
O'er a loved father's fall;
See every cherished promise swept
Youth's sweetness turned to gall:
Hope's faded flowers strewed all the way
That led me up to woman's day.
Go, kneel as I have knelt;
Implore, beseech, and pray:
Strive the besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay
Be cast with bi tter curse aside
Thy prayers.burlesqued-thy tears defied.
Go, stand where I have stood,
And see the strong man bow:
With gnashing teeth, lips bathed in blood,
And cold and livid brow;
Catch his wandering glance, a nd see
There mirrored, his soul's misery.
Go, hear what I have heard
The sobs of sad depair
As memory feeling's fount hath stirred,
And its revealings there
Have told him what he might have been,
Had he the drunkard's fate foreseen.
-Go to thy mother's side,
.Thine own deep anguish hide
Wipe from-thy-check the tear.
Mirk her dimmed eye- her furrowe'd brow;
The gray that streaks her dark hair now
Her toil-worn frame-her tremrbling limb
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose plighted faith, in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth:
But who forsworn, hath yielded uip
This promise to the deadly cup;
Aud let her down, from love and light,
From all that made her pathway bright,
nd chained her there, 'mid want and strife,
That lowly thing-a drunkard's wife!
And stamped on childhood's brow, so mild,
That withering blight-a drunkard's child!
Go, heaa, and see. and feel, and know,
All that my soul hath felt or known,
Then look within the wine-cup's glow
See ifits brightness can atone:
Think, if its flavor you would try,
If all proclaimed, 'Tis drink and die.
Tell me I hate the owl
Hate is a feeble word
I loathe-abhor-my v'ery soul
By strong disgust is stirred
Whene'er I see, or hear, or tell,
Of the dark beverage of hell!
From the Mounfainee'r.
A DREAM.
1 gazed upon that brow, so white and high,
A nd thoughts of " other days" cameo tlitting by,
Like rainbows which are seen but disappear,
Throw'd in the brief existence of a tear.
The ma~em'ry it brought was soft and bright
As stars which sparkle thro' the summer's night,
Revealing touches of that heavena above,
Where hope can fondly piture truth and love.
Methought that years had kindly lent a charm
To keep th' existence of that menm'ry warma;
For from her eye still beamed the noble soul,
Which bow'd to affection's mild control.
I met the radiance of its soft blue light,
Which 1, in other dlays, had decm'd so bright;
And visions of the paat, so sweetly fair,
Had lost no charm from being pictured there.
I joy'd to think that time could bring no change,
Her heart from its pure mem'ries to estrange,
Anal blessed the power which to her soul had
given
So deep an impress of the faith ofilcaven !
1 marked the placid beauty of that brow,
Whose polish'd surface lies full humbly now ;
A nd then I pray'd the earth might bring no stain
To mar the trace of virtue's glorious reign..
That praycr is ansrcd:-arth could bring no
.btight
Across her spirit's pure and holy light;
And guardian angels gloried in. their prize,
As 'midst her youth they borc her to f/he skies!.
S.
rambride, 1Al41.
THE LABORER.
-11Y WILLIAM D. GALLAGHER.
STAND up-erect! Thou hast the form
And likeness of thy God?-:who more?
A soul as dauntless 'mid the storm -
Of daily lire, a heart as warm
And pure as breast e'er wore.
What then 1-Thou art as true a MAN
As moves the human mass along,
As much a part of the Great Plan
That with Creaiion's dawn begnu,
As any of the throng.
Who is thine enemy ?-the high
In station, or in wealth the chief?
The great, who coldly pass thee by,
With proud step and averted eye? -
Nay! nurse-not such belief.
If true unto thyself thou wast,
What were the proud one's scorn to thee
A feather, which thou mightest cast
Aside, as idly as the blast
The light leaf from the tree.
'No:-uncurb'd passious-low desires
Absence of noble self respect
Dcnth in the breast's consuming fires,
To that high nature which aspires
Forever; till thus checked.
These are thine enemies-thy worst;.
They chain thee to thy lowly lot
The labor and thy life accurst,
Oh, stand erect! and from them burst;
And longer suffer not!
Thou art thyselfthine enemy!
The great !-what better they than thou?
As theirs, is not thy will as free ?
Has God with equal favors thee
Neglected to endow ?
True, wealth thou hast not: 'tis but dust!
Nor place: uncertain as the wind!
But what thou hast, which, with thy crust
And water, may despise the lust -
Of both-a noble mind.
With this, and passions under ban,
True faith, and holy trust in God,
Thou art the peer of any man.
Look tip, then-that thy little span
Of life may be well trod!
Jiscedaimeous.
YASHION A 'U. N PEAWx B.R
DYA viLLAJ. BEAU.
Misb Simper appeared at Saratoga in an
elegant suit of sable. She was said to be
in mourning for her father, an opulent bro
ker in Baltimore, recently deceased. Grief
had wasted her health, and weeping had
washed away her roses, and sie was come
torecover her appetite, and reanimate her
blushes. Miss. Simper of course, was an
heiress, and attracted great attention. The
gentleman called her a beauty, and talked
a great deal of her real estate, bank stock,
and securities. Some of the ladies thought
hercomplexion too sallow, and some ob.
jected the style of her dress; Mrs. High.
flyer said she had not the air of a woman
of fashion, while Capt. lalliard pronoun
ced her a suspicious sail and declared his
belief that she was a privateer in disguise.
The fair stranger. however, walked daily
to The fountain, modestly cast down her
eyes when gazed at, and seemed uncon
scious of all but her own horrors. About
ihis time, Major Fitzconnell appeared upon
the busy scene. le was a tall, handsome
man, of easy address, and polished man
tiers, who seemed to regard all around
him with an air of very polite unconcern.
Ile was announced as ani officer in his
Britannic Majesty's service, and brother to
Earl Somehody, in England. It was re
ported that he had large landed possessions
in the wecst, He did not appear to seek
society, but wvas too wvell 'ired to repel any
civilities wvhich were oflfered him. The
gentlemen were pleased with his god sense
his knowvledge of~ the world, and the snaevi
ty of his manners, but as he seemed to a~
void the ladies, they had little opport,uuiiy
of estimating his qualities.
Major Fitzconnell and Miss Simper me!
by accidetnt at the founlain. The officer,
who had just filled his glass at her ap.
proachl, presented it to the lady, who, iti
sipping the trasparent element, droppec
her handkerchief. Trho gentlemian very
gallantly picked tip the cambric, and re
stored it to the owner-biut the blushing
damsel, abashed by the easy attention o:
an elegant stranger, in her confusion losl
her reticule, whbich the soldier gracefull3
replaced du her wrist, with a most respect
ful bow.
A eourtcsy on the one side, and anothei
bow on the other, terminated the eiviliies
of this meeting. Thme gentleman purmuci
his walk, and ihe lady returned to hei
chamber. That Mi'ss Simper felt dlul'
sensible of thme honor ofhavinmgelicted thre:
graceful congees from the brother of a:
English Earl cannot hie doubted; nor car
we suppose, without injustice to that gen
tieman's taste, that lie saw with indiffer
nce the mantlitng blushes which those at
tetions had drawn forth; certain it is
howeyver, that as they separated in oppo
site .directions, neiher of thenm was seen t1
east "one longing, lingering look bohind.'
As I had not thme privilege of intrudin,
into either of the chambers, I .cannot sa;
what-fairy forms might have flitted aroun'
the magic pillow, nor whether'the fair on
dreamed of coronets,- coats of arms, ketth
drums, and - epaulettes. In short, I an
not able to inform the reader, wvhether th
parties thought of each other at all; by
ing two suackdiffident -persons in contact,
I am inclined to think the adventure would
have ended here, had not "chance, which
oft decides the fate of, mighty monarchs,'
decide d theirs,
Miss Sinfper's health required her atten
dance at ihe fotints on the following
morning at an unusually early hour; and
the Mfajor, w&ille .others were- sleeping,
had salliedlfddh to.enjoy the invigorating
freshneifth' 'early breeze. They met
agaic b -tthat 'the propitious well,
and as 'J' endiut, who is usually posted
there td.filtfgiuilses of the invalids, had
not takedlitsi ta'6n, the -Major had not
onlythe ~ that office,
6t *0 OP hin the exiaiusted vessel,
until'the d q'uafed the full measure
presribed the medical dictator of this
little-coim dilty. I am not able to say
how ofti:l tIfey pledged each other in the
salubrious lerge; bat wheni the reader
is informed hzat the quantun prescribed
to a deli i omremale varies: from, four to
eight glasss according to the nature of
her complaint,.and thata lady cannot de
corously sipiore than one mouthful with
out drawingbreath, it will be seen that
ample time' wras afflorded on this occasion
,for a tete-a-t4re. -The ice being thus broken
and,the water duly quaffed, the gentleman
.proposed togpromenade; to which the lady,
after-some linlehesitation; acceded, when
the great bel~iummoned them to breakfast,
they repaired to the table with excellent
appeties, a(4 cheeks glowing with health
ful huies, produced by the exercise of the
morning.
At ten dolock the lady issued from her
chamber, adioed'with new charms, by the
recent latioiof the toifet,. and strolling
pensively, bok in hand, to the farthest
corner of thi' iazza, commenced .her stu
dies. .[t.hiopened at the same moment,
that the Major, fresh from his valet's hands,
hied himselfto-the same cool retreat, to
breathe, forth the melancholy, musings of
his soul, upop.his Aute. - Seeing the. lady,
he hesitated; toegged pardon for his intru
sion, and was-about to.retire-but the lady
assured him it was: -no intrusion at all,"
and laid asida.lhersbook- The gentleman
was soon seated -be'side her. He begged
to know the duhbect of her researches, and
was delighted with the taste displayed on
the choicep.tfer author, she earnestly so
licitel a disjay bf his musical.talents, and
was-enraptupwivith everynote; and when
the same imn4iient bell which had cur
tailed their imowng: walk- again sounded
in their earsA w aere-srpc il to Gnd,
that the commonplace operation-of eating
was so often allowed to interrupt the feast
of reason and the flow of wit.
At four o'clock the military stranger han
ded Miss Simper into an elegant gig, and
drove to the neighboring village; where ru
mor soon proclaimed that this interesting
pair were united in the holy hand of ma
trimony. For once, the many tongues of
fame spoke truly-and when the happy
Major returned with his blushinig bride, all
could see that the embarrassment of the
l6ver was exchanged for the triumphant
smile of the delighted bridegroom.. It is
hardly necessary to add that such was the
salutary effect of this pleasing event, that
the "young couple" found themselves re
stored instaticously to perfect health: and
on the following morning they bade adieu
to Saratoga Springs.
"This is a vqry ungenteel affair! said
3irs. llighllyer. "I never heard the beat
of it in all my born (lays !" said a fat shop
keeper's lady. "H ow funny!" cried one
young lady. "How shocking!" exclaimed
another. "Egad, that's a keen, smart
girl!" said one gentleman. "She's a tick
ler, I warrant her !" said a second. "She's
a pirate, by thunder roared Captain Ilil
liad.
In the meanwhile the new-mnrriedl pair
were pursuingrthoir journey, b~y easy sta
ges, towarnts the city of New York. We
all know "how the blest charms of natture
improve when we see them reflected,"
and so ou, and we can readily imagine
"how happily the days of Thalaba past
by" on this occasion. Uninterrupted by
ceremonious visits, unrestrained by the
presence of third parties, it is not surprising
that our lovers should often disgreess from
the beaten road, and as often linger at a
romantic spot, or a secluded cottage.
Several days had now elapsed,, and
neither party had made any disclosure to
the other upnni tho imnportaut suhject of
finance. 4s they were drawing neat- the
end of their journey, the Major- thought it
advisable to broach this delicnte matter to
his bride. It was upon a fine summer
evening, as they sat at a window, at an inn,
enjoyitng the beauties of an extensive land
scape, thtatihis memorable coniversation
occurred. They had been amusing them
selves with that kind .of small talk which
new marrted folks find so vastly pleasant;
as ho'v mu'ch they love one another, and
how happy-they intend to be and what a
fine thing is it for t wo fund hearts to be
dissolv-ed and melted down into one, &c.
Many examples of love and murder were
related-the lady told of several distressed
swains who: had inconmrnently hanged
themselves f'or their mistresses, and the
gentlemani asoften asseverated that not one
of those m'artyred lovers adored the object
of his passion,~ with half the fervor wvhich
he felt for his own dear, sroceL, darling pre
cious, little Anne! At least, throwing his
arms over his wife's chair, he said careless
ly, "Who has the management of. you
property my dear?"
"You have, my darling," replied sho.
"I shall have, when I get it," said 11h<
htsband, "I mfeantl to-i nquire, in whosc
-o-csitn it was at hpresent?"
- "It is all in your own possession," sait
the.lady.
"Do not triflo with me," said the gen
tleman, patting her cheek, "you have
made me the happy master of your person,
and it is time to give me the disposal ol
your fortune."
"My face is my fortune, kind sir," said
she, laying her head upon his shoulder.
"To-be plain with you, madam." said
the impassioned bridegroom, "I have
need of money immediately-the hired gig
in which we came to this place, is return
ed, and I have not the means to procure
another conveyance."
"To be equally candid with you, sir,"
replied the happy bride, "I have nothing
in the world but what you see."
"Have you no real estate !" said the
Major, starting on his feet.
'-Not an acre."
"No bank stock?"
"None,"
"No securities, no je'wels, no money!"
"Nothing of the kind."
"Are you not the daughter heiress of. a
rich broker?"*
"Not I, indeed,"
"Who the devil Vie you, then."
"I am your wife, sir, and the daughter
of.a very honest blacksmith."
"Bless me!" exclaimed the Major, start
ing back with astonishment-then cover
ing his face with both his hands; he re
aained for a thoment absorbed in thought.
Resuming his serenity, he said, in a sneer
ing, tone, "I congratulate you, madam,
on being the wife ofa beggarlike yourself.
I am a ruined inan, and know not whence
to supply my immediate wants."
"Can you not draw upon the Earl your
brother?" said the lady.
"I have not the honor of being allied to
the nobility."
"Perhaps you can have resources to the
paymastet of you regiment?"
"I do no happen to belong to any regi
ment.".
"And. have you no lands in Arkansas?"
"Not- an acre."
"iPray then' may I take the liberty of
asking 'who you are?"
" am yourhusband, thadam,'at your
service, and only son -a farmns gam
bier, who left me heir to bis rinciples and
profession." .
"My father gave me a good education,"
said the lady.
"So did mine," said the gentleman,
"bai it has not prevented me fron rump
in W the wrn g tbisiime.
out of the chamber, hastened to the bar,
and called the landlord. His interesting
bride followed on tiptoe, and listened un-.
observed. The Major enquired "at what
hour the mail-stage ' would pass for New
York." "About midnight," *as the re
ply. "Please to secure me a seat," said
the Major, "nd let me be waked at the
proper hour." "Only one seat?" enquired
the host, "One seat only," was the re
ply. The landlord remarked that it was
customary for gentlemen, who set of in
the niaht to pay their fare in advance; up
on which the Iblajor paid for the seat.
The Major and his bride retired to sep
arate chambers; the former was soon lock
ed in the arms of sleep, but the latter re
pelled the drowsy god from her eyelids
Whenshe heard the stage drive up to the
door of the inn, she hastily rose, and hav
ing previously made up her bundle, with
out which a lady never steals a march,
hastened down stairs. Upon the way she
meet the landlord, who enquired if her
husband was awake,
"IHe is not,' said the lady, "and need
nlot be disturbed,"
-Theseat wastaken for you then?" en
quired the inkeeper.
"Certainly.",
"0, very well-we'll not disturb the
gentleman-the stage is ready madam
jup in."
Mrs. Fitzconnell jutmped iu accordingly
and wvas soon on her wvay to New York,
leaving the gallant Major to provide an
other conveyance, atnd a new wife at his
leisur e.
Fronm Sa~ings and Doings in the Univer
A JOKE LIBO.
e ' I must make room for Torn
Sherrigtn's last,-You remember Tom
Sherry, our senior by some Four years who
did more mischief in one day t'ban all the
rest of us in a wveek-shaved old Dolbe
ry's cat-gave the pig castor oil, and paint
ed the old ones like a Newv-Zealand chief
-enscoticed a Aine hedgehog in Mothet
P'erkin's bed, and then recommended his
Pantohygeismic lotion of oil, vinegar, pep
per, r~nd sugar, as a cure For scarified soles.
Well, this beatu ideal of a mischievious ca
reer, and having done only not er'ough ir
one way to get expelled, and just enough
in another way toget through, had deter.
mined on the medical line, and enteredl
himself as a sawbones at our inafrmary.
Ahout a week since lhe was returning
with Mostyn of Jesus From a dinner party
at an old tutor's oF theirs, who has shelved
himself with a spouse in the vicinity, a lit
tle better for some good port.
*'Mossy,' said he, "how should you like
to be doctored for nothuitig at the infirmary.'
" Not particularly," said his companion
" Ay, there we differ, I should tlks it tin
common, and hang me if I won't be a pa
tient this very night," muttered Sherry.
"Bet you, you don't," said Mostyn.
"D)one," said Shertry, "for a Hear1
B ase and that youi shall help to carry nm
in for another.''
"Very well, (lone," replied his frienid
On they strolled towards Oxford, talking
about the last botte of part and a p..rt..
lar good devil. Just before they Oied
at the lane that leads* to Pott Meaab*,
_Sherrington begins to stagger ali .
ttiped, and just-as two idrrers are V1
light,, and a clear patch. of.grass
band, drops down on his anticapait
forms sundry epilieptical t*istinde, c'a Z_
tions add groanings, bites furiously,
gets up a respectable fome at the.'imuW.
Poor Mossey, not the Wisest d the wie,
entirely forgetting the bet, -sings but' fr
help, lays hold of one leg, gives the oik
to one chaw-bacon, and the beadaO
shoulders to another; and marches rhin
at itick time to the infirmary. -
Ring, ring goes the bell-down coi&a.
the nurse followed by the resident doitoi
add in march the bearers in due procesulof.
Once within the hofise, these, the' "- -
tions rapidly increase, and get erse
worse until the' patient is dep i -s
bed in one of the private rooms. Aslfrtb
would have just as Sherry was thinking Q
letting the cat out of the bag, in walked
Greenwood, the cleverest and most stet
doctor in the hospital.
"Bad case-bad case, Mr. Perins.t
"Very, doctor,' (a violent kick!cfeeindt
quiet him,' (two kicks and a bite4
'Ilumph! place hir ir the irsrait L/
The kicking ceased, and Sherr -
was quietly deposited in a place whiret he
could move neither bead nor root, ader
be could speak, found himself- 'in a fil,
'Nurse,' said Dr. Greenwood, 'fetef Wi
son.'
In came the barber, prepared his iasir-a'
ments, and looked delighted at'the'prg
pect of curtailing such a whig.
'Hang it doctor,' muttered the pstiet
or rather tried to mutter, is a istrAp
rather restrained his words, and."ddded a
certain indefiniteness to his utrence,-*ift
all a hoax.'
'Poor fellow, poor fellow, evidentl de
lirious. -Be quick, Wilion is. his
Mr. Perkins.' . - -
And in about five minotes 'om . 4d'as
bald as the back of hishand, sad sweard
like a drunken trooper;
'Now, nurse, that plaster,' -said the fto
doctor: 'there froni the bottomof theiv11
to the nape-of the neck."
And on went the ever-sticking i6e,
whilst a compulsory medicire-spoon"-*idI
a good rattling dose down the padent
throat, and a patient lhe new was, asget'
-diot as a lamb, but a tigerthatha-iibsie
his pr y, and begins to -think* very :abiAf
beer of itself.'. - -
On'the -fl ig, morning, is
1ie w o O e w
thanks itreturn, niidipct WI~
his ten pounds ad4ii iUei:
forsworn Oxford practice, bolt
don, and entered at-- -- hritWraf -
his unfortunate illness may not follown
incapacitate him from.attendingthoa.mpse
fessional studies for which helhw
his attachmentin volunte- o dring
tered and dosed for the good ofallpfdt -
cal jokers.-London Metropolithan for -
The following anecdote was related by
the late John Adams even to the last days
of his life, with all that good homer whibk
was so characteristic of him, and itts pi
sumed has not yet passed away from the
minds of many who have heard it from his
own lips: a few only of his strong exprea
sions are remembered:
"When I was a boy, I had to study tta6
Latin Grammer; but it was ni, " o I
hated it. My father was anxious tesend
me to college, agd therefore I studied the
grammar till I could bear with it no longer,
and going to my father I told him I'did not
like study, and asked him for some 'other
employment. It was opposing his wihes
and he was quick in his answer. aW~eld
John," said he, "if Latin a 'does
not suit, you may try ditching, perhaps
that will; my meadow YOnder needs- e
ditch, and you may put by.Latin and'try
that." This seemed a delightful change,
and to the meadow I went. But I soona'
found ditching harder than Latin, ad the'
first furenoon was the longes( I ever exp'-.
rienced. That day I ate the bread of Ia- .
bor, and glad was I when night came on.
That miibt I made some comparisons be
tween Lain-grammar and ditchibg, ;hnY
said not a word about it. I dug the n'ext
furenoon, and wanted to return to L~atirt
at dinner, but it was humiliating. At
night toil conquered pride, and I told :mv
rather, one of the severest trialis of my lijd.
that if lie chnse l' would go bacle to tsatin'
grammer. He was glad of it;t anid if I~
have since gained any distinction, it fags
been. owing to the two days labor in. thlat
abominable ditch."
Attackon Castle Roake.-We l.arn front'
-CaptaiimRoake, keeper of'the light, Souse
at Thomas's Point, that in the height of'W
heavy gust of wi'nd which occurred sec.e'
al hours before day on the 26th not. a very
nurmeious floch of birds, embracing maqsy
varieties, attracted by the light. .ffew g
gainst the lantern and building with sneff
violence as instantly to killand stun tm
fly hundred's of them. The captain admd
his band thus taken unawares, *ere for, a
moment .no lfittle astonished, but quickjy'.
seeing the cause of their surprise, recover-'.
ed their presence of mind, and' proede
dleliberatelv to select from amint '5
dead and disabled assailants, suchi as
line-v. from experience, would~ mn , ,
good broil,or could he converted ipto4bl. -
cable pies. The flock consisted' of irood
cocks, red birds, yellow bird's, Indiantpps.
sw alltiws, owls, Imd other kinds ufiknaam
to our inforinanv.-Annapoli ap:cr
A severe hurricane was experienied re
ent1y at Washington City.