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[ 1 ^ ,m. ...... ?- -- -- ?- ? i ? , ^^SlrA<MSi THE CHERAf GAZETTE ^ " ' ' " 1 J-> 1 . . .. ..^JLC VOLUME 19. CHER AW, SOUTH CAROLIM^VEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1857. NUMBER 37. ? =*?? ? ? ! ~T"* - Cheraw Gazette. j[ J A.I ? $ POWELL, sy EDITOR. ?n | Bti TERMS : Sc m k ThisPapxx is published WEEKLY nt*2pe (7| ik^^ear, stkictly IN ADVANCE; f2 50 per year, if j T\ " puM within six months after subscribing, and $8 I IL ?l any ??e aft-er six months. v All Subscriptions not limited are considered as lie made for an indefinite time, and continued till a de discontinuance is'ordered, and till all arrearage '] ] ( without which no subscription will be dis . continued JS?) are paid. 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If the number of insertions is not specified in ' advertisements will be continued till or- a'1 . dkrrd out, and charger accordingly. lot Transieut advertisements must be puid for 'f'| advance. tl,, No advertisement, however snmil, will be conidered less than a square, t Obituaries and simple announcements ofMarri- Pe ges and Deaths considered news and are not to be 44 L charged for. es Announcements of candidatcsfor office will be charged as other advertisements. py The Editor will take the risk of pnyrocn. a 1 of tbo paper remitted by moil, if free of postage po .. j rul MlfeCELLAMOUb. w" "Lively and gossipping, &{,( Stor'd mth the treasures of the tattling xeorld, >p. And Kith a spice of mirth too." llig FflFllBBJiT OF PROPHEtV. "J The National Intelligencer, of a recent no Ua*e, contains a sketch of a discourse de? di\ livered in Washington on Sunday, the 22nd an; of Febiuary, which appears to hare attract na ed more than oidinary attention. Below tio will be foatid the Intelligencer's sketch ol pe the sermon on the occasion referred to: ar< In place of the Rev. Mr Waldo. Chap el Iain of the House, Rev. F. E. Pitts, of mi Nashville, Tennessee, appeared agreeably an to previous announcement, and delivered a eel discourse, the subject of which was " The aft Fulfilment of Prophecv," with seferetico to las .State*. At";!) tic *le:.ning toj li!l cant off fanaticism, and with no tendency to t-cl a politico religious sermon, the reverend ed speaker entered upon his ta?k of unfolding M; the prophecies both of the Old and the New the Testaments. The events which lie detailed oc with reference to his own country were int made to fit with such surprising chronolng. he ical accuracy to the predictions, that it was the by the almost unanimous desire uf a large wil end attentive audience that his lecture was cej continued in the afternoon. At the ap* the pointed time, 3 o'clock, P. M., it was no Tli easy task to find a seat in the great hall at sa the Capitol, so deeply interested were the va people to hear the sequ<l of the mom. the ing's discourse, a brief outline of whic.i we el, are herewith enabled to present to our wc readers. dr< His introduction to the investigation in- as dicaled with what reverence and discretion ins any attempted elucidation of the meaning pu of prophecy should he conducted ; that the set prophecies touching the nations, down to the I ah fall of Jerusalem, were but a literal history fia of Syria, Edom, Moab, Egypt and Judea. br; Hut from the destruction of the Jewish ter capital, down to a certain period called the dei " time of the end," a veil was on the proph- tin ets, and no interpretation of the sublime tw visions during tbat interdicted age could mi possibly be correct; for God bad repeated sui ihe announcement to Daniel, the prophet, sin that " the word* were closed up, and the dr? vision was sealed till the time of the end." gr< That this was not the end of the world ou was evident, for in the timo of the end, liv< "many should run to and fro, and knowl tin edge should be increased and then " the Til - wise should understand, but the wicked, evi should not understand." Not only was the i vai vision itself sealed, but the timo or end ol { Tl: these wonders, and especially the theatro of eiv these wonders, or the land ot their realiza- tlu tion, should not be known till God was pro-[ rig pared for their accomplishment. That "the I M< time of the end," and age of great intellcc- j tlu tual energy, adventure and locomotion, was the age in which a great nationality would tui arise; that the United States arose at the I cm end of 1290 symbolic days from the de? fal struction of Jerusalem; that Daniel's 70 tlu weeks being equal to 003 years and 214 sp< days of solar time, according to the eclips- an es of the sun gave an infallible rule to de? sul termine symbolic time; so that if 70 sytn spi bolic weeks equal 803 years and 211 days, Da 1290 symbolic days reached from the, Ci burning-of the temple, on the 189th day of! *vi the year 08, A. D., to the 4th day of July, de 1776; and that making the starting point at the occasion of the daily sacrifice, which happened, according to astronomy, at sun- los rise, 3 minutes past 5 o'clock, A. M., on ev the day the temple was burnt, the 1290 in days run out at a quarter to three o'clock,' fir P. M., on the 4th day of July, 1776; and; fir from the best sources of information the j pi< Declaration of Independence was proclaim- m< ed at that hour on the glorious fourth. That, th the United States was the fifth government j su representing the successive kingdoms ol on Assyria, Medo-l'ereia, Macedonia and re, Home ; that the iron and clay in the feet " and toes of the juiajo symbol Led the union j cli the church and state under Constanl me 18, 3iiS A. D., that the antagonis e stone to the image smiting it on its mbclizes the genius of our great na its opposition to the union of church ate; that while the stone kingdom (vornment were not Christianity, ountain out of which it was cut hristianity. That the winged womai e wilderness was an emblem of christi , and her man-child being " caught u aven in the clouds," showed the pr ntial protection of our infant llepul lat our nation, answering the mora! ] lit of the nationality which was to cc is Israel restored. That God would < tute such a nationality out of a pei io would acknowledge his son J< irist, and not of the Jows, who from ginning have denounced Christ. '1 rfeet coinchUncA being perfect (ylfilni r nation, and nolother on earth, ansv the picture. rI hat tho nationality ise was to bo gathered out of tho nati mt they were to go westward. That untry they were to inhabit was a 1 twecn the eastern and great wesi as. That the land w?s one " that vays been waete." That it was to :ated within thirteen distinct Sta tat these States should be bounded 3 oast by the eastern sea, ana on st by the groat western sea. That ople gathered out of the nations she tuild and dwell safely in unwalled vil and cities, having neither gates rs " a land of broad rivers and strean epublic where " tho people should int to themselves one head," and t! ers and governors " should be from nig themselves." That the United St; is the "isle that should wait" for C d that the ships of Tarshish or old S{ 3uld be the first to open emigrat lat our country was " the land shad* I with wings" which was beyond eis of Etlieopia, which from Judea nd the Nile, was the United States, other country. That our country inely protected in its beginning, i swering the predictions precisely of tionality that was to come, is " the n born of G..d in a day," born on It ndence day. That the United Sti ise in the providence of God as iho n political government, and that its gi fsion was the overthrow of monan d the utter destruction of political lesinstica! despotism. His subject in ernoon related more especially to " t great battle between civil and rtdigi t-rtv on Uiv Ciiet.amf, jn.Iif ca7 esiasiical despotism on the other, te in scripture " The Rattle of Gog igog," the battle of " Armageddon," i " battle of the great day of Almig >d." That the United States would raded by monarchy. That Russia \vc the leading power, and England and ! autocracy of tho world would be nl lb Russia against the United States, >t France ; that France will be with u > end as she was with us in the beginn iat an armament such as the world m v before, composed of millions, would I.* 'I'lltlf tllO Kqfila fiiklil 1 JC uur bUUUli^* a iiciv vuc uamo uvivi ? valley of the Mississippi. (See F.z 38th and 39lh chapters.) That hea iuld be upon our side. l$ut in this >adful fray there would ho troublo & never was. That the United States the exponent and representative of blicanism, extending its bottlers fi i to sea, and ft o n shore to shore, from ;C8 to the gull, aro60 as the formidable nee of autocracy ; and that Russia i icing an area of one-seventh of ear ra firma, and arising in dreadful gi nr. must in self-defence attempt the ction of popular freedom; and that tl o formidable powers, lowering and < nating to the heavens like dreadful clo charged with elements of ruin, w< 5ck the earth with their collision, inch the earth with blood. That jat country would never bo divided. '1 r Union, liko a noble ship, though e oak timbers would bend and quivei > tempest, would rido the storm in sal tat monarchy would be overthrown jr, and republicanism everywhere ] 1, and nations'learn war no Ion. ten sets in the millennial day, when ce, commerce, and the arts would spn ? religion of the Son of C?od have ev liteousness among the people w issiah reign, and " earth keep Jubilc )usand years." Rut an imperfect sketch of these csis hero presented, i hey ccria iated a profound sensation. True se, llio clearness and conclusiveness s arguments as presented by the intelli^ laker, we think it would bo dillicult swer. Surely the theme is startling blime. The appropriate allusion of jaker to tiie poi traits of Washington ifayelle, that hung on the walls in ipitol, in his allusion to France b* th America in the final struggle, I CO ' q>Iy affecting. A boy got his grandfather's gun ided it, but was afraid to iiro; bo, h er, liked the fun of loading, and so another charge, but was still afraid e. He kept on charging, but will ing, until ho got six charges in I lie ice. His grandmother, learning his irity, smartly reproved him, and gras] 0 old continental, discharged it. Tin It was tremendous, throwing the old I 1 her back ! She promptly struggle! gain her feet, but the boy cried Lay still, granny?there's live l uirgcs to go oil" vet !" !? CHERAW GAZETTE. feet tion CHER AW, S. C. and and THE MAY FESTIVAL, the This time-honored institution was duly celebratteas ed on the 22d ult., by the pupils of the Cheraw l of Academy, under the charge of Miss Maooik J. ani St'TiiERLANP, with all the pomp and splendor inp to cident to the coronation of royalty itself, There was OVl a large altendence of parents, Iriends and visitors, blic. The evening was delightful?the air redolent with ?Or" lovely Spring's balmy odors. The ceremonies 'me, vvere beautiful and interesting; and the j>erfor5?n uiance of all the actresses and actors, from the beautiful aud lovely Queen to that of the last! 3SUS upolJ the stage, such as to do honor to themselves j /k? and to iheir instructrefa. With this introducti^J we present 1hn whole to the public, .ouly asfe^J -Sh >holuWy,iK.g?i'of ver" * 1 >o not view tliern with a critic's eye, Ilut pass their impcrfectious by." Otis. the FIRST MAIDEN. and miss mary c. STEELE. tern Herald maidens?'tis our duty had To proclaim our Queen of May, be Who in youthful bloom and beauty, k*ci Reigns o'er this triumphant duy. on SECOND MAIDEN. ^10 MISS EMMA L. I.ONC. | Is there one with voice dissenting, )U1 Mingles not their vows with ours, lag One whose power our rights preventing, nor Rules the genii of these bowcrsl lis;" FLORA, no/ i miss mlta e. maciver. o . Who are ve, presumptions maidens, ates ^ ',ftl nPProllcl' ?>>' hallowed bounds! i , With my gems your hands arc laden, ,0. ? My sweet flowers your brow surrounds, lain ]{y this floral crown I wear, ion. Ry tliis wand of vernal splendor; ow, Ye to me, your vows must render, jjje Mine these bowers, tbese regions fair. be- FIRST MAIDEN. af,d Gracious Goddess, thy dominion, ivas Ne'er received a lovelier band, l(1(J Not of power servile minion, l ' Rut free daughters of the land; We through thy greeu realms are straying na' With our charming Queen of May. idott(0& SECOND MAIDEN. ?od Let us hear our footsteps straying? reaj Celebrate this joyous day. :hy, FLORA. a?d Xc-il ine, who's the maid ve honor, the With this lofty right divine, the Horn beneath our starry banner, ious . Can she bo of royal liiibt r V olid 1> SFa \)S i?? "n No?within her veins is flowing an" Patriotic blood, as pure as thine ; and No imperial honors knowing, litV Round her no vuiu paged shine, Claiming no ancestral glory, |i ? ^110 iioiii liuuifr iiueu-r I?: llian is traced in British story, I a" Daughters of the king of kings. E g in Breathe her name, let zephyrs Hosting, Bear it on their wings ufar. 'ver SECOND MAIDEN. ' 'n' Eleanor, thus t-liy mandato heeding, ] proclaim May's reigning star, eki Eleanor, here with grace presiding, von Wear this day thy vernal crown, jaS? Joys and peace attend thy biddiug, Till thy regal reign goes down, uca Maidens, let thy coronation, be- lhtllow this beauteous bower, Kc 1'eace be every heart's oblation, r0fn Offered lbi.-%uspicii?iis lioui. . 1 the BOTH MAIDENS, do MISSES EMMA LOSU AND MAUY C. STEELE. ernth's Thanks most sweet and gracious Flora, Sister Maidens, guide your ipicen, ran" Bend your flowery arches o'er her, ex* Lead her to your arbor green, l?'* FLOWER STREWER. l0(js M,ss MARY c? 8TEU.K. )llld Carries a basket of flowers and strews them beam! f?rc 'be Queen, and repeats the foliowiug verses: our Like a star that breaks at e'en 'll.'lt Suddenly upon the heaven, her Musical as fountains play. Conies our sunny Queen of Mav. r in 1 ety. Around her path in fragrant showers, j*or- Rosea fall and all sweet flowers, Light her step as dancing fay, Oleesonie, winsome. Queen of May ger. scj. CROWN BEARER. gaJ MISS CI.IKA II. Mt'oLKLN. i ay, 0'cr 'be dark blue waste of the dreuiy gloom, ilk' We have traveled by day and by night. 1)11 winter we have loft in its coM tru/eii tomb, 6 a And spring comes forth blooming and b/ight. Icc- ^*c cu^?d every llower in woodland and glen, . . To wreathe a crow n worthy of our Queen, y 0 muy not a thorn or briur within, 01 Or roughness or poison le seen. , Bat may every virtue and every grace, >L Its life-giving radiance impart, And may soft tresses and sweet smiling faces and Ever reign fair Queen of each ln art. Then take it dear Emma, this wild llower wreath, j a And twine it round Kleauor's brow, the O may she be happy in this fair world beneath, >ing And in Jlnti'i'tt mori happy thou mow. vvas CltOWMERS SPEECH, miss km ma k. hltv a\. I Yes, geiitlj Clara, front thy friendly hand, a 1 take as a gill of spring's sweetest Mowers, ow/ A wreath neatly made by the fair of our land, ! put To crown our dear Eleanor, the Queen of our to bowers. tout Aitil as I receive it, and place it with care, old And entwine its soft tendrils around thy fair to- brow, nine ! may it rest lightly and plensantly there, Aud may you be ever up queenly as now. lady And in all your reigu, may il be your first care, j t0 To render your subjects both happy and fiee . And to (toil, our first ruler, we will olfer our ' prayer, tore That our young Queeu of May be as happy as w < sceptre be one of life'd purea wRf ;V'# J3ST! ; our rule be as light and aa gladsome a P .ay, V .d at lost may we meet in that world above (J r lovely, our youthful, our sweet Queen o \ May. Qb'J EN's. REPLY AFTER BEING CROWNED MISS KLKASOR II. CRKCIO. I tor friends, beloved companions, dutiful sub jectt?you have filled my heart with joy an< glu&icsa I am Flora's representative?Queen o Ms* A rosy reign awaits me?a butterfly's life 'tis^ -ie?but the recollections die not. In afte year-, when girlhood's visions vanish, we inee Pagagjpftipon this dewy turf, may our spirits be a liguTour steps as bouyant with health and hap our future. Brigh Ihway of our com i true! Mutually moment serve ti hound us. High i Ibej^ voice of tb -i.s jour'aJfcC I see the motive t majesty that ask ] \X ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. UROnCE A. MALI.OV. U.iir Eleanor we hail thee Queen, a\u<id this lovely woodland scene, 7' er rock and hill and burning bray, ?lere we proclaim our Queeu of Mny. latch garden's pride with mirthful glee, *\ii.l floweret wild we plucked for thee; And now around ill gladsome hour. I ?tir fragrant gifts with songs we shower, f! his rosy aeat shall be thy throne, I iiese opening flowers our rural crown, --lis shilling ring thy court shall be, "iiy true and faithful subjects we; Vhatever paths be ours to tread, ^J^ki'ough joy's bright gleam, or griefs dnrl diade, Is everv i'?v and every care. Tr the future would prepare. CROWNING KING. CLARA H. MCOUm. St:?You having been chosen to tiike youi s t a t J i as King in this, our little and secluded community, by command of our Queen, it is my du.\ u" well as my privilege, to place upon youi bi-.v our floral crown. Through life may tin grie' and oppressions of this weary world reel upfj on as light ne this our eniblem. \ ot covet not the throne and crown, ?* Sigh not for rule and State, 'die wise would fling the sceptre down, And shun the palace gate. Though lowly born, oh covet not t The rest the sceptre brings, 'I he hoQest name and peaceful lot, Outweighs the pomp of kings. " KING'S SPEECH. Jj w. kouiiins oowutv. JQ ^ as-'fiutf-1. win ,SH^Rloiiiiruioiio il> id evc.y laud am clif'e 1 lluiiik vou I hat you have encouraged, b; y?|f presence, the innocent festivities of the day It Kgrateful to our feelings, to be thus assure* tliu> there are those among us, who, having passei tlx period which define and separate youth frou mm hood, are still delighted to recall to mini Huso halcyon davs which, ou occasions like this was want to kunile iu their own hearts pleasure hie 'rootious, and can well appreciate the kiudrei joy* which now well up in the young hearts aroum the a. It is pleasant to our feelings to know, that th cnjywsmg care of business may, for a brief period hi I?id aside, to permit of a participation in ou May Day celebration. Well is it foi the world, that there is so intimat a itM'iieclion between youth and manhood, child Inuud old age, that the one )iiust be interested ii lbs other, and each tind its chief enjoyment here th-. file In comforting, sustaining and chccriD] the Alter. Jtc day, the month, the ceremonies of the o? cim, uud these happy, smiling faces arcund u.e^^uiirc calculated lo till our hearts with naugh liQffitlitudc and love uud joy. Die occasion is not without its benefits to lli as well as the young To the one, it serve us a beautiful memento of the past, |>ointing bad to tfc launching of life's giddy bout, and direct in the|ncmory along to watch its onward course a it gncefully glides bv the green and floweriii| biuks, until it bounds amid the surging wave intotlie boundless, boL-trous sea of life. It re minis liiin of the eve.- widening ocean and con staiily increasing billows, on which his frail bail is tissed and rocked, the farther he proceeds oi Ilia journey of life. It warns liitn tlmt the j>rmen be that i'iioknt in the spring lime of his existence Tothe other, it opens n beautiful panornma to dis pel tho gloom and sadness which might settle up on ilie young brow, contemplating the yet untriei reality of the future, and to invoke u hearlfel gratitude for all these happy moments, and thi woifdrous beauty. Ever after throughout lift ourtuinds may revert to this scene, and drav f.uil it iuvaluablc lessons. When toiling will t^Ajjtjng stei's up the steep and nigged hill < u|. mm tok?ftil|y in the dili to^ticc of tlie future, we may luin and view th & eurry of the past,and our ga/.e will long linger oi t'logratcful oasis. For all of lis, this gorgcou jMgintry of nature is prepared. For us the chill ingblasts of wiiter are hushed?its icy hand i stayed. For us the genial sun, the halmy hreez* the fragrant lloweis and the verdant lields u sp'fiig have coins. For us the little lorest song ete<s trill their sweet notes of praise, and iintur [uiti on her sunshiniest smile. They tell us tub ia|py, t hey tell us to be wise. Go abroad, Upon the paths of nature, where all lis voices whisper, ami its silent things 1 treat he forth the deep beauty of the world, Kneel at her simple altars. "<v young companions, it is well that we re n;;nber thai like cully (lowers, our youthful hope hul and blooui, sometimes, alas, but to becrushc an.l withered by the frost of time or the cold bias ol iSsappoiutmcnl. ]ti;i as mighty nature bound us from our birth, 'iT^suii is in the heaven, life on earth, hi iin* vaun, ?jMuiiut.-r m me urum, ITSc. iii lilt, gait, freshness iii llie stream. | it she lias witliin her power? to resuscitate uii I ivffeala herself, .??> we must not forget thai wliil.1. within us alia thai can lift up fallen hope, aii . bill tliern live again. PRESENTATION OF TIIE SCEITKE. jnUN JIEMiV I Mil.IS. ?aii. lirtEN?We have seen the ernwu pla.'e ( u)#11 thy blow, ami to matth ihu only genii j ?iT' li a.lorns it, fivsh and glowing (lowers, w. ail i ti t other Heeling symbol of your blooming iii; j jo# v. A nioliititl ago, y oil were our equal, m.m loir pleasure aini ilnty is to obey. W ielii vol I'j.tre lightly A hasty touch will cause the* ll.wtTs to fade, ami a - tlmy .lr?>o|> and peri-.li. * I -!.i* \ "i pow'i. I.dach i*- ii-e toumJation if 'li 1 scepire* nature's brightest colors conceal the dark certaiuty. So slmll thy days pa s, oh I cherished s Queen. Love's garlands, perchance, smiles ever banish from view the fate of general Immunity. Lowly now, before thee bending, 'f 1 present this fairy wand, May it prove by thee accepted, Friendship's noblest, purest bond. Beneath a republican sky, and standing upon this patriotic soil, I cry " Jsnig live our Queen I" i> And the whole school echoed it after him. i f PRESENTATION OF BOQl'KT, !? MISS ANNUS r.EIO?FIRST MAI1> OF HONOR. t, Throned and crowned, yet free born maiden, 9 Rich the honors tl.ou hast wou, May no cloud arise to sadden t Thy fair coronation sun. F.Tery flower around thee twining, Gems from Flora's lair domain, Are but ty|s?s of virtue shining, J | Y To adorn thy maiden >?. . *1 ' Far Troi.ilieucc I"' t*?5 ' rtfal beoffltngy J ' !? Unpolluted joy like ours, 8 Frown upon tliy rites adorning Virgin May's imperial bowers. "fis the holiday of Nature, "fis the spring time of the year. Youthful hearts to their Creator Offer grateful incense here. See these blossoms softly glowing, Gathered for thy fair )>oi|uet, Thus the fragrant gift bestowing. 1 my lowly homage pay. Take, 01 take the offering fiuwery, Here no linking thorns are seen ; Love enn seek no fairer dowery, May tan ask no gentler Queen. QUEEN'S REl'LY TO T1IE BOQUET. MISS KLEAXOB It. GREGG. Thou beautiful and dear boquet, I'll not throw thy sweets away, Kul choicely treasured thou shalt be, And thrice enshrined in memory. And when within the crystal vase, The impress of decay 1 trace, j" I'll preserve thy beauties yot, ' Nor for the giver's sake will forget, r . " SECOND MAID OF HONOR. 5 L MIsS MARY IUXOX, What gills of initio illustrious bead, Can prove my loyalty and love I Already glows above thy brow, The diadem our hands have wove. And in thine own already shine The emblem of thy graceful sway, Scptre and crown already'giveu, What can I.briiig, Oh I Queen of Muy I I may not roaiu o'er burning sand The diamond brilliant gem to find, Or plunge into the wave to seek The pearl to ocean's bed consigned. V- lint I kiiesuusd.t tlF flower whosojavast j j f ts eludcu wna liiwiliaiuouit dew, And there's no pearl in ocean's wave Is fairer than the lillj's hue. And never yet did Rritish Queen A chain of lovelier texture wear, 11 Than this whose braiding leaves unite d To form a garland rich and rare. i The garland! 'tis a lovely name, J J Ha redolent 01 joy nnd youth, 3 It breathes of poetry and song, Of beauty, innocence and truth. e I Than wilt thou deign, Ob! Maiden Queen, r To bend thy fair imperial neck, And let thine honored hand maid thus 0 Its snows with wreathing blossoms deck! ' Kail to our Queen, our own loved Queen? Queen of litis happy, joyous day ? \'t Queen of this beauteous mouth of flowers? ? Queen of rejoicing, glorious May. '* Til 1111) MAID OF HONOR. t MISS MAKY A. JOIIDAN. I'rescnU the Lute and sigs? c s 1 give thee all, I can no mure, |j Though poor the offering be, ? My heart and lute are all the store, g That I can bring to thee. L A lute whose gentle song reveals g The soul of love full well, And better far, a heart that feels Much mole than lute could tell, k I give thee all, 1 can no more, ? Though poor the oll'cring be, f My heart and lute arc all the store, , That I eau bring to tliee. I! FOURTH MAID OF HONOR, 3 lliss KMMA I.ONG. g Loved Queen of our choice, in thy reigu wo re , joiee, J And hail it the omen of pleasure and love ; I, , Thy hand maids linvo crowned tliee, pure honors I surround thee, ? ,iOh! tail' i- thy cvurliu thi beautiful grove. ,1 l( I What canopy rale, .-an in beauty compare, ' With the curtain of blue that is arched o'er thy |. head. 8 , What neeklaeo of pearl, to the petals that curl , | I ii the breeze:- of spring, and sweet redolence shed. ?fi 1 ()li! empress I'l May, 0110 Imiom l> t iM?' pray, ? ' J.ot a royal pathway to learning l>o made; I *Tis tiresome ami chill to climb up a hill, Where the footsteps so oft have in wcarineesstraytil. Tis hard 'u.iJ the bloom and balmy perfume Of s?|?*"iiiiT? to bo bound down to study and books, Let our books be the (lowers, our school room the (lowers, 's Our music the voice ot Iho silvcrdoucd brooks. J 1 One lout,' holiday of thy grace let us pray, And give " Metaphysie " to grave learned men, " Philosophy," too, wttli its garments of blue, May go to the walls of the college again, Let us live 'mid the llowcr- ,nid hi ighl sunny hours, a And twine Us fresh garlands the summer long day, v There the birds on th-wing not inoiv joyously ?i?g. Aud life shall be one smiling " May l'ay." Then hail to the t.'ueen of this fairy bright scene, And joy to these maidens so blooming and gay, (livecare to the gale, let gladness prevail, d j "I'is the bam|net of nalur.?'lis.-weet, sunny .l/uv, d t.U KibVS UKi'l.Y. Ml-S I I I \.NOl; M. Olil -.1. V I II'! I Ml ' lilald* I! bvlov* d. I i ;llili>il tn -low ie The boon ili.il you ask for tlic-mnnr bright glow, ;o The blot?ohm nl Mav w?|| \ uo-h away, is \ij.l !> *.- ! - ! ; .1 !:<>'. * Tis pleasant lo wander through iho meadow* of green, Where the blue streamlets walk and the young saplings lean, w Where the warm breath of summer plays soft o'er the cheek, And the gales and the flowers a sweet lesson speak But when the green meadows are blighted sere. And winter, void winter presides o'er the ye3r. When the stremnlets arc dark aud the saplings decay, Soy where ye hide, then, Oh hand maid of May . Though the up hill of science is weary lo climb, There ore flowers on its summit unfading by fiuja. That bloom when the blossoms of May are laid low, Uuscatlied by the tempest, um-hillcd by the mow, ??--* Then sigh not, my friend, for a holiday. For life cannot always l>e a nierr^^^*"^ ' Return with Die morrow to study And music more grave than llu? ei^ iFor when th^seeptr.: jmrt I'll Imjw with new nrdurat learning's bright And seek fur those houors that ne'er shall When fallen in du.?t are the blossoms of FLORA CALLS SPRING., Mlsrt linVr. MU'lYKtL Dooming Spring I thy voice of song Floats the vernal gale along. O'er the green and flow'ry grass. Light thy graceful footsteps puss. SFRIN'Cl. MISS JANIi: MCgUMCN Spring, lovery Spring, with her mantle of green, And sky so beautiful, calm and serene, lias made her. appearance with heautiful flowers, And liung up her vines in the trees and the bowers. Spring's lovely winds waft o'er the p'n-r.s, And nature's sweet songsters warhle Mieir strain?, All around us glad music land scape displays, The tokens and the beauties of Spriug's lovely days. She has spread her green cat pet atl over the earth Her soft every breezes brings gladness and inirlh She has furnished a garland for F.lcnnor the Queeu Of (lowers as pretty us ever was seen, Then take from my hands those beautiful buds Which Spring lias sent forth to meet her dear May. Affection unuhunging is the language of each, Then take them Queen Elcauor, 1 humbly beseech MAROU, M1S4 KLIZXBETIl S. DU E. I-Var not that ?ho clouds of March Shall obscure the radiant arch, Daughter of a stormy Lyre, 1 have hid my winds retire To the Mansions in the t'uve, Where their threutsishall idly mv.S S rly, g jak-i?. !1 | b y, J / Through the rosy bJwers ot May t What though mine a ruder task, Than any sunny grove to bask, Every bud of thine. Oh I spring, Once was folded neatli my wiug. Cradled there secure from harm, Its lullaby the rushing storm, Till my sister April, versed In soft caprice, the floweret nursed. APltlL MISS ANNA IIAUUALL. Oh helievo me lovely spring, I o'er earth a beauty lling, Dright as Eden's gardens knew, Ah Iris fuir, us changing too. Nature chilled by tempest wild, Greets me as her darling child? With a robe of living green, 1 u Joi n iho wintry eecue. I am the gayest weaver too, Of modern times, for every hue In the richest carpet round ycspread, Is woven of my mystic thread. * FLORA CALLS MAY. MIN3 .MKTA MACIM-lt. Fairest hand maid of the year, Jovuil* 1 thy footsteps hear. Surely thou wilt liomuge pay To the Queen, Oh ! legal May MAY. MISS MARA SANllEKs. 1 bid thee welcome fairy May, Sweet harbinger of summer's hours, Tliou cov'rest aroiiud with fragrant (lowers, To drive our sadder thoughts away. Now tearful April taketh leave, And from Iter fertilizing showers, Spring into birth the sweet May dowers, That we may floral cliaplcta weave Then weleonie lii the (airy May The tield.a put on their robes of gieeu, The air is ipiiet and seieno, And not a cloud obscures the day. Then hail to the Queen, my awn fiir Queen, She shall choose from flowers tlie sweetest and best. They shall bloom in her ci'own, and wreathing down, , In lesloous adorn her bowers <-l rest, FLORA'S FAREWELL. Miss MflA MA<l\tll. l'l >r.i too must hid farewell, Cherished flowers, when- will y?. Jw?II * SrUlN'fi CALLS M'MMIilt MKs JAMf MHJI U N. ISy all the eky of.Leper Mm-, l'.\ he flowers ?>| wurmei luu, l?y the deep pei violin^ i;low, Aideiit SuiiiUM't thee I kiivii. SI M.MI.L. \ll*? N.llil 111.1 V? [ I lirtveeonse jieiille ijueeii, Iron: the happy clime, j Wln-ic nature wears the garb of irencrotir time, Ami bursts tiie song from eve is lealy glade, j The yielding seasons bridal eerannde ; ; Where tla-li the wing- the welcome Summer calls (Through tile dee|> arelie- ol the forest walls, i I lei e are my oilcring.-, holy and divine, I I .o\e ami III 'I'll I lit III, .11 >1 make thellt CVCt' tllllle, Tliev ale lull --I Idown lloaei-, Wliieh Siiniiiei ha- pilli'tid in all lief bright bow t>. J ...on ? ..ii th. v w dl *;.d- > i i rlie n-it a fi|_ .