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POETRY.
X'Auto-Da-Fb.
In tlio luisli of the winter midnight?
In tho hush of tho sleeping house?
; Whon no weird wind stirs in the gloomy firs,
Tho spirits of storm to reuse.
When never n glint of moonlight
Gleams from tho grcnl blacli skj,
By the red tiro's glow, ns it smoulders low,
We crouch, my letters and I.
.'.,' . ' '.' ".. #?
My letters, they lie where I tossed them,
,. On the crimson hearthrug there,
Still, vivid, and bright, iu the ruddy light,
As cobras in their lair.
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I-push the hair from my forehead,
That burns and throbs so fast,
Thinking the while, with a strange dull smile,
Uf the task I must do at last.
Who knows but I, tho comfort
Those foolish letters have been ?
The depth and scope?the strength nnd hope?
Of thotiO "leaves" that arc always "green".'"'
Who knows hut I, how sadly,
To-morrow, I and my dream,
By the ashes grey will weep ami say,
"Woe's me for that vanished gleam.
"The gleam of idle gladness.
The glimmer of memories bright,
That hid in each line of those letters of mine
Those letters I burn to-night ?"
Ah well! the dream was a folly;
Its joy was an idle thing,
Its hopo was n lie, nnd its loyalty
Died of a whisper's sting.
So a kiss?the last?to my letters,
A resolute hand, and?there !
Do the sad dark eyes of my Paradise
Meet mine through the fierce frame's liare?
?Tiili t'l.k P. mi.
1 LITERARY.
E L E C T E I) .
INIIIST^ I> 11 A.
Tin:
P HIL, AN THE 0PI 8 T [
A TALK OF ASIA MINO?.
[Couiiniutl
He was in tho right. The controversy
spread through the ship, until the pilgrims
would neither eat nor drihk^with caeli other.
Fortunate lor them if they had been deaf j
still more, fortunate for them if they had been
dumb. Eyqry man had a different opinion,
and every man disputed in its honor as if it
were necessary to his existence. The color of
the camel branched into a hundred controver
sies, and each made at least a pair of orators
ready to strangle each other.
Mustapha, irritated and impatient, at last
proposed to the Scribe that they both should
go among them ; and explaining the absurdity
of their quarreling on points for which no hu
man being could be the better or the worse,
recommend them to pass, at least, the remain
der of the voyage in peace. "Are we strong
enough," said tho Scribe, simply, "to throw
one half of them overboard every day, until
buv you and I arc left ?" "No," replied the
Bey; "but they must'be tired of lighting by
this time." "Nonsense is indefatigable," ob
served his companion. "But," said the Bey,
"I shall rebut their nonsense, satisfy their
reason and compel the f??ls to see that nothing
but mutual concession can ever produce cither
general comfort or general safety." "Try,"
briefly said "the Scribe.
Next morning, when (ho war of words was
at its height, and the deck was covered with
knots of enthusiasts, all descanting on their
own wisdom, and the folly of the winde human
race besides,?Mustapha came forward with
his proposition for laying aside, all quarrels on
creeds during the voyage. His figure, lofty
and commanding, his line countenance, and
c~en his embroidered robes and jewelled weap
ons hud a powerful effect on the bystanders :
tjic pilgrhu8 paused in their disputes, and all.
forming a circh." ?wund the glittering preacher
of peace, dcclared-ti.'cir readiness to adopt any
plan which ho thought ut to offer. Mustapha.
elated at the prospect of success; spoke long
and eloquently; the man of genius broke out.
through the habits of the Osnianli, and stU his
audience wero enraptured. .Shouts of approv
al soon began to follow every sentence; ho
spoke of the original fraternity of mankind,
and was applauded; of tho dignity of truth,
tho supremacy of conscience, and tho purity of
reason,?and was applauded still more; he
then powerfully described them ns combined in
tho act of exhibiting to others tho same free
dom which we claim for ourselves; and in re
membering, among all the d^Gfcrences of opin
ion, that the man who possesses a spirit of good
will for his fejlow men. holds the master key of
all the virtues. An uproar of ad in i nitron folj?
lowed the speech ; nud the whole circle) cried
outthat neither Staiuhoul nor Smyrna cAiuS'pro
duce his equal. He next proposed that ovcry
man^phould come forward, and pledgo Mmsclf
to general harmony. A tall Turk iystauxly ad
vanced :?"Illustrious Souuite," he began his
declaration?"Illustrious Sonnitc !" exclaimed
a dwarfish, but richly clothed Persian } '(why,
son of a bliud father and n deaf mother, who
told you that he was a Sonnitc? All tbo
genius and virtue of mankind are with the
children of Ali." A blow with the slipper of
[ a disciple of Omar told the Persian that his
I opinion might not be universal. Mustapjja saw
his project broken upj$it once, and c-tui? for
ward to restore peace. But the tide had
turned; and ho himself was assailed by CuJtni
ries into bis faith.. "Do you believe in -flic
holy waters of the Zem/em ?" cried one. "If
you do not worship the foot of Fo, cried
another, "wo only insult our cars in'listcning to
you !" "Do you twist three hairs of the holy
cow's tail of the ITcdjaz, round year lurupu ?f
screamed another. "Do 3-011 believe in Hciodh?"
was the outcry of a fourth. The clamor grow
horrible. "By the print of Adam's slipper!"
yelled a gigantic Ceylonese, "the fellow is
nothing belter than a spy; and he deserves to
be impaled on the spot." "By the krecs of
my fathers, he is a heretic," howled a ferocious
Malay; "I would rather drinly.dns blood than
a bowl of arrack !" All now became clamor
and confusion; daggers, knives, scynietarsand
ataghans, flashed round the throat of the un
lucky Mustapha. But he was bold, was mas
ter of his weapon, and the sight of the naked
poniard in one hand and his scymctar wheeling
round his bead in the other, partially repelled
the furious crowd. '.Hear me. madmen !" he
exclaimed. "Can 1 believe all your croons to
gether?" "You believe none :" was the roar;
and they pressed closer on . bim. "I believe
all that reason tells me to believe." was the
daring reply; "but this too, I believe, that all
opinions have something in them right." \ The
sentiment was partially npphuYdcd. iAnd
also," added he. "something in ihein Krgig."
This was oil on fhuno j the winde crowd J^rst
into rage; they rushed j^inu him in tfv.e.Ky :
ho struggled desperately^ but a blow from be
hind struck the scymctar from bis hand. He
glanced round, and s::w the Malay at hi.- back,
with his krecs uplifted to strike a mortal blow,
in the next instant, he flaw the countenance of
the savage convulsed, heard him shriek, and
fell him falling at his feet. In the place of the
Malay stood the young Scribe, with the dag
ger in his hand, which he had snatched front
the ruffian in the moment of fate; and had
I dyed in his heart's blood. Mustapha cast a
look of thanks at his preserver; and side by
side, they retreated to the poop, where the pil
grims dared not approach them. Hut the lire
arms in the cabin were soon in the hands of
his assailants, and certain death seemed to
await him and his young companion. In'this
emergency, Mustapha prepared to die ; but the
Scribe, repeating the famous lines of Amrou,
at the battle of Tcrnnra?
'?The eagle takes an eagle's llight.
The hero must not die in night.''
sprang on the deck before him ; and making a
sign of parley, proposed at once that they
should leave the ship to the pilgrims, and bo
set on the first shore they saw. Musbipha's
blood boiled at the idea of compromise. But
his preserver was already in the midst of the
infuriated crowd, and befell that hesitation
might cost that preserver his life, lie com
plied, with bitterness of soul. The boat was
hoisted out. and the two exiles were rowed in
the direction of the coast. They soon saw the
hills above Bcyrout; and trod the famous soil
of Palestine. "And this comes of preaching
peace to pilgrims,"said Mustapha, indignantly,
as he looked on the parched and ruined face of
the country round him. ? This is my last ex
periment ; may the Arab pluck out their
beards! But we run ib.; greatest possible
chance of being starved."
"My lord, may you bo happy," said tli"
Scribe; "but if we had remained on board, we
should only have" added to tho possibility of
being starved the probability of being drowned,
or something not very far from the certainty of
being shot.
"i>u! to be thrown into this place of desola
tion for the mere attempt to prevent a parcel
of hotheaded bigots front cutting each (ithers
heads off!" angrily murmured tho Hey.
"The man who' attempts to drive back the
ocean when it rises before the gale, will lind
that his labor is wasted, even if he escape
being sent to the bottom, lie should lake it
in tho calm."
"But, that such follies and furies should
have their origin in religion !" retorted the
Boy.
"Look on that Heaven." said the young
Scribe. And well might they look on that
Heaven with delight and wonder. Ten thou
sand Stars blazed above 'heir heads, with a pun?
intensity of light, an essential glory, to which
Mustapha bad never seen the equal oven in
the serene skmio of Asia Minor The ; ky wad
p ? - ? .
sho'worcd with stars, a shower of diamond. A
few faint, clouds, slightly tinged with the last
hues of evening, lingered on tho wostorn hori
zon, like the last incense from some mighty al
tar. The air was still, and breathing the odor
of the sheets of wild jessamines and myrtle
which clothed the sides of the mountains; all
was richness, solemn splendor, and sacred re
pose. The vivid cyo of the. Hey, made to re
joice in all that filled the imagination, roved
over the boundless field of the stars of Heaven
with a delight,which kept him silent.
"From that sky," said the youth, "which
looks one vast palace of holy trauquility, from
this fragrant air, which breaths like an offer
ing of all tho treasures of nature to the Sov
ereign of Nature, descend the thunder and the
tempest, the bolt that strikes tin; mountain pin
nacles into dust, and the hurricane that swells
the sea into destruction. And shall wo wonder
that religion, bright, holy and boundless as
those skies, should have power, from time to
time, to fill the earth with terror, to dazzle the
weak, to overwhelm the bewildered, to give an
irresistible impulse to alPlhat is bold, imagina
tive, untamcable. and soaring, in the heart of
man."'
"But what has the dagger, or the pistol, to
do with this impulse? yet those sticklers for
their contradictory follies would have flung
me to the sharks which carried off the doctors
of the black and while camels."
Tho young Scribe smiled, and simply said,
"My lord, while nine-tenths of mankind are
fools, why were we lo expect that our pilgrim
ship contained hone hut sages. While all man
kind arc creatures of the passions, why were we
to suppose that a crew of enthusiasts alone
were incapable of being frenzied by scorn.
Hut let us not lay the blame on religion. To
produce great effects, wc must find great pow
ers. Where universal man is tobe stirred, the
evil wi'l be stirred with the good. Hut if the
Xile. when it pours down its Hood of fertility
on the hurtling soil of the Delta, brings weeds
into life with the harvest, is the fault in the
Nile '.'' Or when the mighty orb that has but
just finished his course of glory in yonder
waves, rises to circle tho world with light and
life. ni'SpWC to extinguish bis beams, through
fear of the insects which he quickens in the
marsh and tho wilderness ?" The young
speaker of these words had been roused by the.
subject into unusual fer'yor. His pale counten
ance had suddenly lighted up. and as he gazed
on the firmament, unconscious of all things
hut (he glory which had awoke his feelings,
tho Bey found it impossible to withdraw bis
( v - from its animated beauty. The expressive
features (lushed with new intelligence. The
glance, always powerful, seemed to catch, new
brilliancy from the splendors above. Kven the
voice seemed to be changed. Always sweet, it
was now l?fty and solemn, yet it touched the
spirit of the hc:ror more than in its softest,
moments. Il was once music to his ear; it
was now conviction to his soul. The haughty
warrior, the proud philosopher, the conscious
superior of every mind that he had till now
encountered, all gave way ; and hinging him
self on the neck of his friend. Mustapha
pledged himself by every light, blazing in that
sky of serenity never to part from his
young sage, his counsellor, the tamer of his
follies, ami tlie guide of his existence.
The Scribe suddenly disengaged himself
from this impetuous instance of friendship,
and with one struggling hand still held in the
grasp of Mustapha. and the other pressed
closely to his forehead, turned away in silence.
"Hear me how," said the impatient Bey "once
for all; 1 abandon all eagerness to interfere in
other men's concerns. This voyage, this hour,
have given me wisdom worth a life. And if ever
M itstapha,Bcn 31 itstapha troubles his brain about
making fools wiser than nature intended them to
be; about giving experience to slaves incapable
of thought ; or teaching toleration to traders in
bigotry : may he go the way of the doctors; or
worse, may he be parted from his first and last
of friciidsj even from his young philosopher."
Tiic young philosopher answered this burst of
sentiment only with one of bis quiet smiles,
niid drawing his turban still deeper onhis brows,
and wrapping his mantle closer round him. re
marked, that the night was at hand, and that
some village should he sought for, where they
miglil find shelter and entertainment. Mus
tapha, in the ardour of tho moment, would
have despised the aid id" man. and remained
gazing on the stars, and listening to the wis
dom of bis companion. Hut a gust from the
sea. followed by the rising roar id' thunder
nmong the hill.-, awoke him to (he realities of
the wilderness; and. anxious for the safety of
ho fragile a frame as that of his fellow traveler
ho followed the sounds of the baying dogs, and
an occasional blast of a born which sounded on
the night air. until he found himself suddenly
called on to stop. Ho was in the front of a
troop of Arab horsemen. "Fly, or surrender
a' once." whispered the Scribe. "The panther
is lord in the desert."
?The lion never flics," was the bold excla
mation of the Ucy. a* he drew his scyinetar.
The Aral'.- seciiiy the flash, returned iL by a
general fire of their muskets, and rushing on
in the smoke, to their astonishment, they found
that instead of a troop of some hostile tribe,
they had but a single enemy, the handsomest
of Moslem, who still defied them. They burst
out into laughter at his presumption, and at
the same momenta dozen fellows leaped from
their horses, and threw themselves upon him.
Ho struggled desperately, but a feeble voice
reached his car, which totally unmanned him.
By tho gleam of a torch he saw his friend in
the hands of a crowd of tl)G Arabs, who were
carrying him away; and to his still deeper
terror, lie saw a long line of blood trickling
from beneath his turban. lie felt himself in
stantly powerless, and flinging away his weapon,
yielded at once. The captives were carried in
triumph to the camp ; where Mustapha's jewels
were infinitely admired and plundered to the
last stone. But his true sorrow was for the suf
ferings of bis wounded friend; The Bey was in
consolable lor the misfortune, which he attribu
ted entirely to his own rashness. "Well was it
said by llafiz," be exclaimed in bitterness, "that,
he who takes the wolf by the throat, should
first sco that his tusks arc plucked out." The
young Scribe pointed with his slight linger up
ward, and said with a faint smile. "The skies
arc as bright above this lent, as they were on
the sea shore. The sun will rise to-morrow, as
he rose yesterday. Wc are in hands stronger
than the hands of the Arab. The first refuge
of the fearful, but the last refuge of the brave,
is despair."
[ Concluded in our A' .?7.]
M ISC E L L A N E 0 Tj S .
Tho President at Boston.
During the President's speech at Boston,
which was confined to thanks to the public for
courtesies to him as a citizen and Chief Magis
trate, three cheers for Congress were call??t^r
from outskirts of audience. The cheers ?wCro
not given. During Mr. Howard's speech three
cheers for North Carolina were called for.
j Mr. Sewnrd said you may w^ll give three
cheers for the State of North Carolina. She
was the first Shite to put forth the Declaration
of Independence in the Devolution against
Great Britain. You may well give three
cheers for North Carolina. She was the State
of eleven wdio seceded last, and wunt most re
luctantly out of the Union. You may well
give three cheers for North Carolina. She
was the first of the eleven who seceded to come
back again to the family fireside of the Union
?and. today, nothing is wauling for her to
resume her ancient, honorable and most patri
otic position in the family of the Republic, but
the consent of the people, of Massachusetts.
Now. I know that all that is coming about, is
coming about very soon. I have seen the
earth and the skies full of the elements of fer
I tiliiy of health and of vigor, and I saw in
North Carolina the Cotton spring up which is
to supply, next year, the mills of Massachu
setts. I have seen in New York the wheat
growing that is to supply the West Indies and
the Southern States. I know that nature de
signs that this whole continent, not merely
these thirty-six States, but this whole conti
nent, should be, sooner or later, within the ma
gic circle of the American Union.
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Bismarck's Private Secretary.
Dinner is over. It is well nigh midnight.
Putbus is sleeping. Only a single light still
sparkles through the autumnal trees of the
Park. It leads us to the pleasant villa near
the Prince's kitchen-garden.
Count Bismarck is still awake; but he is no
longer the same gay talker, the amiable, witty
companion, such as we have seen him at din
ner. In the dead of night he is again Prime
M inistcr.
He who has come to R?gen to repose, from
his toils, .sits at a desk covered with papers:
his right hand is closed ; his face looks almost
gloomy; the thoughtful brow is clouded; the
iron Count is at work, lie reflects long and
profoundly; and then he dictates a dispatch.
But where is his private secretary, to write
what he dictates'/
The Prime Minister has not taken a private
secretary, nor any of the officers of his depart*
moot with him to Ilugcn; but nt aside-table
with a lamp, sits a lady, modest, plainly dress
ed ; her brow beaming with great intelligence.
She quickly writes what the minister dictates
to her.
"\Ye know this lady; we. learned already to
esteem her; now we admire her. The Coun
tess Bismarck is not only a loving wife to him,
j nn excellent nurse to him in his bodily ailments,
a devoted mother to his children ; she is, be
sides, the iron Count's faithful, indefatigable
assistant in his grave toils.
- in?Iii- - - ? ?turn - ,
When King dames'\utor lay upon his ex
piring pillow, hi- majesty sent to inquire how
he did. "Co toll." said lie, "my royal sover
eign thai 1 oin going where few Kings go."
?UMO ROTJ^; ^' :
_._ .v; -H.i ho;, mnj
One of the 'Alabama, frcedinen applied In
to Governor Pattoh for a divorce on' Cho gro'uiid *
that hie wife couldn't i ho coming hmn? every
week, and ho knew another woman wlibwiulhi
do very well.
J ummi m ... 'T
"Come till America,J^atl" writes. n^iojVof
the Emerald Isle to his friend in Ireland :'( "tis
a fine country to get a livin in. All yo havo
to do is to get a three-cornered bojfand fill it
wid bricks, and carry it till 'ho. ti p of a ffhrco
story building, and the man at tho top doct3%ll
the work." ?? .nit t>"f>
?*tlW?''?
An Irishman entered n harbcT,:shop, :Whllc
drinking nto with the brush a cup: oi : lather,
dug.out the hall of soap at the bottom 1|Ffcbc
cup, at that, and sat down to warm his feck'1 ?
"How did you like your lunch ?"'? asked n
bystander. IT; *
"The custard was illegnnt,bul by n?y spbkl
b'lavc tho egg was a little to long in tlipt wji- -
tor 1" 'i.
"Well, Jane, this is a queer world," aaitl a
"brute" to his wife, after breakfast recent^*
"A set of woman philosophers have just sprnng
_>?
up. ? .
"Indeed," said Jane, "and wiiat Vdo they
hold?" \ M ?
"The strangest thing in natnre," said lie;
"they ||pltl their tongues." !'4h'& W<*" ;>
?-L~ - .
Sharp'promising little hoy, just learning'ic
talk well: ...
"Father aro yott going to:sec the' rart; to
day ?" " ??>???>?< H .
Father, brightening trp-^"W.hat metf/7fby
son, will there bo?" . ? "
"The human race." >,,.
Husband to wife?"Mary Ann, that hoywjll
be an 'iditor's pet." .,; ..( .?
Wife?God forbid." .-. ;
?- . " .:???
A Gueen Customku.?A fow dayst sincen
gentleman calle^d upon some lady - trioudfc,v*nii
i was shown into tho parlor by <? ^ervantf girl.' *
She asked him whatuamc she should announce,
and he, wisbiog to take them by surpri?o, re
plied, "micus," (a friend.) vThe girl seemed
at first a little puazlcd, but quickly regained
her composure, and, in the blandest manner
possible, observed, "What kind of a'cttss did
? ?>?> ?? '<??! miwe. \
y0"^'"r'.___ .-.
..????Hill? ? ?. i
A provost ftiarshal writes : One of the pro
vost guard brought a colored man into the
office, charged with stealing water-melons. As
he was being led away, I suid to him:
"I hope, Tom, that I may never see, you
here again." . t
He turned to me with a pecptwrr,. shrewd
expression, and suid :
'?You wouldn't ha'seen me dis lime, cap'n,
if de sogers hadn't a foteh me" | t
A certain green customer, wW wa? a strqngcr
to mirrors, and who stepped int??j(J?*'cabin of"
one of our oceuu steamers, stopped ' in>: front? *if
a large pier glass, which he took for u I door,
and seeing his own reflection, he said : !?ijl
"I say, mister, when doos this crovb&it
start?" v ? -Ji?. ??
Getting no answer from the duuib qpafiectioii
before hiin, ho again repeated: ^ .. v j
"I say, mister, when does this e|o ^.boui
start?" ? .???*'^rv..-.
Incensed at the silent, figure, he then broker
out:
'Go to thunder 1 yc cursed Bassafrni colored,,
shockhcaded bull calf; you donrt look as if jam
knew much anyhow 1"
11 rr 1 ; .
A Rather InquisitiveYankee.?While
Lord ?rosvenor was traveliwg West;, he w
one day waiting at n country station for a tardy
train, when one of the furnier? of the neigh
borhood entered into conversation with. Iiiii^: _
"Hccn nbout these part^eonsidoraido. stran
ger?"
"Yes, for some length of time,"
"Like 'cm pretty well, eh ?"
"Yes, pretty well."
"How long have yer bin here
"A few weeks "
"What's yer business ?
"I have no business."
' What aro yer traveling for then ?
'?Only for my own pleasure."
"Don't yer do any business ? Jlow do yet*
get yer living, th\ n ?"
"It isn't necessary for me to work lor my
support. My father is a.man of property, and!
gives mo an allowance sufficient for all my
wants."
"Hut, 'sposo tho old man should die?"
"In that caso I daro say.he'd leave mc
onough to live upon,"
"Hut, 'sposo he should bast up?"
Hero the conversation cndcity-ajid | Lnul
Grosvcncr walked away, ovidently struck with
;i new idea. i