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Sflje Camden Journal.
VOLUME lT. CAMDEN, SQUTH-CAK0LINA, MAY 10, 1850. NUMBER 37,
Ipoctical department.
From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
VOICES OF THE SEA.
bt mips m. e. wentworth.
Sea! from out thy flower-crowned aisles,
Where the flashing sun-light smiles;
Sea! from out thy sullen caves,
Hoarsely murmuring to thy waves:
While the winds their masses keep,
As through the forest pines they sweep;
Say, thou vast and sullen sea,.
Hast thou not a voice for me ?
Not of gems that pave thy floor,
.Prti-at noart. r?r madreDore'
O, from thy wide waste of wrecks,
Hearts that perished from their decks,
Clinging wildly to the mast,
While the storm howled rudely past;
Say, from these thou sounding sea,
Hast thou not a^voice for me ?
These, for whom was wasted long,
Cheerful mirth and buoyant song;
These, for whom the prayer was wept,
While the storm its fury kept;
These, the loved, the light of earth,
Rent from home and household hearth?
From their graves?unfathomed sea,
Hast thou not a voice for me ?
Where their upturned faces shine,
unaerneam uie oceajj urine?
And their locks of matted hair,
Cling around thy sea-dowers fair;
And the lips of livid light,
Gleam amid thy rubies bright;
Say, from these, thou rolling sea,
Hast thon not a voice for me ?
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Hear I not their dying groan,
In thy wild waves' ceaseless moan?
Shrieks of agonizing prayer,
Bursting on the midnight air:
Voices choked with silver sands,
Washing from thy pearly strands?
Elver rolling, restless sea,
Thou hast mournful sounds for me!
8ea! whose breakers beat the shore,
While thy turbid waters roar;
Mighty main, unfathomed flood,
Qarp of Heaven's Eternal God,
- NeVer staying in thy flight,
Rushing onward in thy might
Sea! relentless, dreadful Sea?
Thou hast sounds of woe forme!
% Selected GTcile.
From the Southern Literary Gazette.
TEE MAEOOK.
A LEGEND OF THE CARRIBEES.
BY W. GILMORE SIMMS, ESQ.,
V,; Author of '* The Yemaaree," etc.
m.
"1 was right, ar," said Jnan aloud, as he returned
to the seat of his uncle, who had been
washing with some curiosity the progress of
this conference, of which he heard not, of
course, a angle syllable. " She is prudent and
sensible. She will not interpose with prayer or
argument to baulk the ends oi justice, one
will not meddle with his fate."
There was something like disappointment in
the dark, malignant features of Velasquez.
" Yet did she seem exceedingly slow in coming
to her resolution ?"
" By no means, sir. She was prompt enough;
but?" here the sentence was concluded in a
whisper that reached only the ears of Velasquez?"
but it was my policy to persuade her,
if nossihle. that her entreaties might avert his
fate. Cook! I have succeeded, it might have
served to confirm and strengthen our suspicions.
But she is firm?she may be guiltless! But of
the guilt of Lopez there can be no doubt She
denies not that" ~
Juan had his own motives for this statement
He did not despair, vet, of finally overcoming
the resolution of the woman. His passion
in this, somewhat baffled his judgment. But
of this hereafter.
- ?r.it .1 ?ti.:? u.,*
" T? eu, uuerw IS UUUllll^ ten uut w pumsu
the one. Bring him forth."
Joan retired?the anxious soul of the lady
followed his parting footsteps, but her eyes
maintained a steady and unfaltering gaze, ns
before, neither resting upon nor absolutely
shrinking from the countenance of Velasquez.
The pilot was again summoned to the side of
the latter.
44 Well f" was the brief but intelligible in
quiry. It was suSciently understood.
" We approach, 3enor."
u Goo^[ 1 see to yoar ship,"
llie pilot disappeared?a bustle announced
Dew parties to the soeqe, and, preceded by JuSn
a youth oaipe forward under the conduct
pf 'tyro soldiers. He was mspacled hand and
foot, and moved with diffipultv. IT^e rattling
Jof the .chains was heard. It smote upon the
nnl nf wnmaii. but she turned not ouce her
bead. The eyes of Velasquez were upon her.
A savage grin lighted up his dark, sat i: ie countenance,
and left no doubt in the mind* of those
who beheld that hp meditated a purpn o pf the
deadliest malice. The youth in bon is was of
gracefoji person and handsome features, but
they were 'not those of a man of character or
courage. The cheeks were of a deadly paleness?the
Jjps quivered with apprehension?the
whole air and expression were those of one totally
unequa) to the trial that lay beforo him.
Hik eye wandered restlessly and apprehensive]y
to the countenonp.es pf one or the other of
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the three parties to whom the reader has been
introduced, without daring to encounter the
gaze of either. Velasquez watched his movements
with the exultation of a cat in possession
of her prey. * The face ot Juan bore a similar
expression; while, in the fine masculine spirit
which made itself conspicuous in the face of
the woman, in spite of all her efforts to subdue
it, there might be seen a strange conflict between
tenderness and scorn.
' Unbind him!" said Velasquez.
" Oh thanks! thanks !*' muttered the victim,
looking appealingly to his tyrant The scorn
* i i j il. r it.
deepened in lis snanows upon me nice u? uie
woman.
" You know not yet for what you have to be
thankful," was the sneer of Juan, as ho busied
himself in undoing the menacles.
" Speak to me, Juan. For what am I reserved
? what may this mean if it be not
mercy V'
" It means freedom," was the response, still
in a whisper.
" Well?and that "
" May be mere}'," was the ironical return of
Juan, as he withdrew from between Velasquez
and his prev. The latter now looked with features
in which hope and doubt were still at a
lively struggle, upon the face of his tyrant
He made a step toward liirn. The uplifted
hand of Velasquez arrested his approach.
" Lo[>ez de Leyva, were I to have thee drawn
up by the neck to yon spar, as the heretic English
do those whom they would destroy, it
were no more than thou deservedst But I am
of a more merciful temper?I have taken the
chains from thv limbs."
4 Konltr rrpntitlirin /WOPCnPf?nH thf? fpftt.llrPS of
"">-V b" " f 7
the person addressed; but he still trembled
with a natural anxiety and doubt. He knew
his tyrant.
" I mean to set thee free!"
" Thanks! thanks!"
" Nay, I will do more for thee than this. I
will elevate thee to rare dignities. I will make
thee a chief, a prince, a sovereign of land and
sea. Thou shalt be able to stand up in thine
empire, and none will say thee nay."
A pause. The culprit looked wildly at this
language. It was something more than apprehension
that shone in his face. There was no
mistaking the hideous malice of the speaker;
there was no doubting the ironical grin upon
the lips of Juan; and the experience of the
ship had seldom found mercy or forgiveness or
generosity in either. The eye of the woman
was now fixed fully upon that of Velasquez,
her intense interest in what she had to hear
making her somewhat relax in the stubborn
j vigilance of thought which had impressed itself
upon all her features. Velasquez resumed:
" The quiet of this part of the Caribbean
sea, as thou well knowest, is seldom broken by
the prows of Europeans. The savage steers
his bark in otber courses, dreading its wild
currents and fearful whirlpools. Here, be who
shall make his abode will be a sovereign beyond
dispute. It may be ages before he will see
upon his horizon, driven by hostile tempests, the
white sails of a Christian vessel. No empire
could be more secure from challenge?no state
more certainly beyond the danger of overthrow."
Another pause, and a conviction of what
was intended at once passed into the soul of
the woman. Her hands were griped convulsively
together, and the paleness of her cheek
increased. The culprit, to whom Velasquez
addressed himself, simply appeared bewildered.
Chains, confinement, terror, and probably want
of food and sleep, had rendered his faculties
obtuse. But Velasquez proceeded rapidly to
his complete eulightenment
"I - ?X xl I T ? J
JLiOOK OUt UpOll UIU gUUU iiOpt'Z, UIIU
his liand waved in the direction of the object
to which the ship had been sensibly approaching.
At a league's distance a little island was
distinctly j>erceptible. though seeming to be
scarcely upheaved above the billows which encircled
it. Trees in groups might be seen to
wave upon it, the earth rose into moderate hills
and elevations as the eye penetrated the interior.
Numerous wild-fowl sailed in swift gyrations
above it, and gigantic birds strode majestically
along its white and sandy shores.
" That island, Lopez de Leyva, I discovered
lor tne nrst tune wnen i last traversed tins
ocean. I made the discovery against my own
will, being driven hither by stress of weather.
I little dreamed at that time of its future usefulness
; but when our weather-beaten pilot, old
Gomez, in beholding its solitude, declared that
it would be the spot, of all the world, in which
love would be most likely to find security, we
culled it, in a merry jest,' The Isle of Lovers;'
....a t i i 41...4 it r..
""M wild! l reiiieuiuvieu unit n was lumiui
said, * One might be a sovereign here without
paying his tenth to any crown/ then did 1 conceive
how fitly 1 might reward merit, by bestowing
this island upon the deserving?upon
one who would desire security for his love and
a sovereignty beyond dispute,'
The eyes of the culprit were gradually enlarging.
lie had slowly begun to guess the
terrible destiny which was before him, and the
first feeling of overwhelming apprehension necessarily
kept him dumb, lie looked at his tyrant
with eyes full of vacant terror. The latter
rriivn liim hut lew moments for meditation or
doubt, as he thus proceeded:
" Thou hast done nie great wrong Lopez de
Loyya. Thou hast audaciously presumed upon
the lady of my love. For this wrong will 1
reward thee! We are commanded, as thou
knowest, my son, to forgive those who do us
injury. I will go further than the cummundment.
I will honor thee with wealth and territory,
and the highest distinction. Henceforth
shalt thou be a prince, an absolute sovereign,
Lopez do Ley va, and as thy suitable empire, behold
the ' Isle of Lovers,' which I now bestow
upon thee. There 6hnlt thou make music to
the night, with no constraint. None shalt say
nay to thy strumming. If thou shalt please no
damsel's enrs with thy song, thou shalt at least
offend in nothing the rights of others. Thou
shalt sing thy areytos to the stars, and find them
more gentle in thy sight than such eyes as thou
hast but too frequently offended with thy wilful
fondness. Am I not right in this, lady
mine ?" and with a smirk quite as full of sarpncm
qc nf fntirlornncc flin nf linth
VslAWHO VI iVIIUVI ilUOO kWV WVVUW1 VI VVHI
parties turned liis gaze from the face of the
wretched man to that of the scarcely less
wretched woman. But he gained nothing by
the scrutiny. Her glance was fixed and obdurate,
and conveyed no meaning in it, such as
that which his jealous suspicions might have
looked to see. He watched her features for a
few moments with a dissatisfied expression, then
resuming his former tones and aspect, he addres^d
himself to his nephew, Juan:
"Juan, my son, we trust we have sufficiently
said to make this excellent prince understand
what honors are designed him in requital for
his evil deeds. It is for thee to do the rest
Take the prince, therefore, conduct him to the
boat, and do thou see him safelv placed within
the limits of his empire. Give him provision
for a month, in which space of time doubtless
he will be able to bring his subjects to proper
subjection and take his tithes of the produce of
the laud. Give him a cross-bow and a spear,
that he may coerce them should they rebel or
fly, and see that you forget not to hang his
guitar about his neck, that he may regale his
hours of recreation and repose with the precious
ditties he so much loves to sing in other
ears. So shall he have pleasing recollections of
one, at least, for whom he will scarcely ever
touch guitar again."
[CONTINUKD IN OUR NEXT.]
illi5cellancou0 department
PLANK ROADS.
We copy the following able article from De
Bow's Commercial Review for March. It is
No. 3 of a series from the pen of a practical
writer upon this subject. We hope our friends
will take the pains to read the article carefully,
as much important light and knowledge is contained
in it. Can any reasonable man doubt
the practicability of the scheme? We intend
to keep the subject constantly before the
people, until the work shall commence; for we
believe the road will be eventually built; but
" delays, always dangerous, are sometimes fa.
t 99 nr 1 1 X Al xl._
tai. >?e are pieaseo 10 see uiai me sudjcci
lias excited the attention of some of our leading
men; wo hope their interest will not abate,
but continue until Lancaster, North Carolina,
and Kershaw shall unite as the voice of one
man, and the work shall be commenced, continued,
and concluded.
PLANK ROADS.
In order to facilitate the escape of water that
falls upon the road, thp planks are laid with an
inclination toward the ditch, on that side of the
graded road on which the planks are laid, of
two inches in six feet, or say three inches in the
Innrrtli nf tlio nlunlr Co flint ?if1 flirt xrufur flint
does not fall immediately at the joints, is conducted
off at the ends. To effect this, a
straightedge, with a carpenter's level properly
adjusted to it, is used in laying down the stringers,
the end of it resting upon cither stringer,
and their respective elevations arranged accordingly.
Now follows the filling in of earth at the
ends ol the planks necessary to keep them irom
moving laterally?as they arc not attached to
the stringers, by any kind of fastening whatever?neither
spikes pins, or anything of the kind,
being necessary?and to facilitate driving upon
and off of the road. This filling is commonly
raised about three inches at first above the
planks, so that when it becomes thoroughly
settled and compacted by use, it will be at least
as high as the ends of the planks. If it should
settle below this, attention must immediately
bo given to restoring the proper elevation by
the addition of more earth. A slope on the
ditch side should be given about three inches to
the foot The earth which is used in the filling
in may be obtained from the ditches. The
ditches are, of course an essential part of the
work, aud all the care and expense bestowed
in first opening them, and afterward keeping
mi aw/l/im hmM K,? nniriliT rnno 1/1*
uil'iii t'll'iii itiiil ill VIV1C1, mil i;v <mi|siJ ?v|ji?iv?)
and on no account must this be neglected.
They should he two feet wide on tho bottom,
and two feet below the top of the planks.
On that side of the graded road not occupied
by the plank, a good earth road must bo
1.. t.l:.... rnn/1
Illclliu I carilllillll^ III UUIIIUUI uiu oiuu UI ?IIV IUUM
laid with plank?ditch and all. This, of course,
is intended to apply where a single [dank track
is used; and it will bo a matter of surprise with
all, I venture to predict, on first traveling on n
[dank road, as it was with me, how completely
and conveniently a single track accommodates
a large business.* 1 could discover no.
more inconvenience in vehicles passing each
other than in tho streets of Macon. This had
appeared to me a great difficulty and objection
to a single track, and I was surprised to find
how little foundation it had, in fact, ana now
well a single track answered all demands upon
it. The great hulk of travel being upon tho
plank, and the earth road being only used to
turn out upon, it has hut little tendency to cut
up and become rutted, as it will take tho exact
tract of a previous one.
Some of the roads leading from the principal
marts are laid with a double track for a distance
of three or four miles; but, even here, the
second track might apparently have been dis-'
pensed with without much iuconvonionce.
When a doublo, or second track is laid down,
it is simply a duplicate of the first, and has no
direct connection with it; a space of from two
to four feet is left between two, which is filled
with earth raised a little above either track.
This is obviously, as a general rule, preferable
to doubling the length of the planks and
laying the tracks in connection. There may
be cases, however, where this course might
be expedient.
The disadvantages of laying the planks in
double lengths for a double track, are, that a
load first passing upon one end of the plank and
then upon the other, the earth will unavoidably
settle to some extent at either end, while in the
middle it will settle less, if at all. This will
produce a see-saw motion of the planks, and at
least, require them to be pinned or spiked down
to the stringers, for which there is no necessity
nr nse. when laid in the other wav. Another
objection relates to repairs. If the tracks are
laid separate, each track may be repaired alternately
without suspending travel upon the
road. But, I venture to say, that there is not
a place in Georgia, out of the principal towns,
where a single track will not be lound to answer
every purpose.
The most ditficult points in a plank road to
keep in order, are those where two descending
grades meet in a hollow. The water accumulates
here from both directions which sometimes
produces a churning- Especial care
must in such places be had to draining. And
it is necessary, generally, to guard well against
getting the track too low. One road in the
State of New York, the Rome and Oswego,
Had to be entirely reiaia alter one years use, in
consequence of this fault This road is said
notwithstanding, to have cleared thirty per cent
per annum, it having been built, as I understand
under a special charter, in which there are no
restrictions as to profits. Those built under the
general law, are restricted to ten per cent
when the income exceeds this, after setting
aside a fund for repairs and renewals, the tolls
are required to be reduced.
wa/\f 4 nil a?a iUmaa r(min+V?n r\C n nnnf
x lie i uvea ui iuu aiu uucu'iuuiuio vi u vwjc
per mile for a single horse and vehicle of any
kind, one and a half cents for two horses and
vehicle, and half a cent per mile for every additional
horse. This would be three and a half
cents per mile for a six-horse team, an amount,
apparently, which the planter would very cheerfully
and gladlyj)ayfo facilities for a good road,
where his wagons would neither upset nor stick
in the mud, which is so frequently the case on
many of our roads in the winter season. It
would seldom, however, be necessary to drive
more than lour horses or mules to a wagon on
a plank road, in which event, the tolls at the
New York rates, would be two and a half cents
?equal to twenty-five cents for ten miles, or
two dollars and fifty cents for a hundred miles.
It is possible, however, that a slight advance on
these rates might here be necessary. On a
plank road, four horses will carry the load of
six with more ease, and with one-half more
speed; or suppose twenty miles to be the present
rate per day for a loaded team, thirty could
be as easily performed on a plank road. Such,
at least, are the impressions I have received on
looking into the subject
For staging, upon plank roads, I am informed
that 110 vehicle answers the purpose so well
as the old fashioned four-horse coach. Omnibuses
have been tried, but the same speed, I
was told, "could not be got out of them." The
coaches, however, seat nine passengers inside,
three over the boot, and two back of the driver,
and, as I have before mentioned, nine miles an
hour, including stops, is practicable and common.
I endeavored to inform myself as to whether
tlic roads were popular wiin mose who pay me
bulk of the tolls, the farmers?and whether
the tolls were paid cheerfully; and I could hear
of no dissatisfaction or reluctance. Or, if there
was any reluctance, it was to paying in winter,
when nature furnishs a road of snow, and the
plank roads are many inches beneath it?the
traveling being, of course, in sleighs.
On the score of durability, the system has
not been in operation long enough to a fiord any
reliable results. The deterioration from wear,
need excite no fears; for the sooner a plank
road wears out, the better it will pay ; for it is
an established fact, that a road cannot wear
out without paying back its cost, and a handsome
per cent, besides. So, that the principal
matter to be considered, is the deterioration
from decay. In the State of New York, as be
fore remarked, this limit is placed at seven
years, and 1 think we shall be safe in assuming
the same here. In entering upon an enterprise
of this kind, then, we have at first as nearly as
possible to determine the amount of business
which would pass over the road, and then by
the above, or any other safe rate of tolls, to esti
mate the income for seven years. After making
a small annual allowance for repairs, such as
keeping the ditches open and and the earth at
the ends of the plank, &c., in order which may
safely be estimatod as the work of one hand for
threu mile?to compare the income with the
? i. ? ?i. n'ii..
cost, and we have mo resuu wo soon, u uio
travel should exceed our expectations, so as to
wear out the read in less than seven years, all
the bettor. The rueans will be at hand to replace
it.
Some of tho roads in the State of Now York
are said to have paid thirty per cent, though, as
before stated, those built under the general law
inn restricted to ten tier. cent. The bestevi
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donee of the profits of phink roads is to be
found in their rapid spread, there being upward
of one hundred now completed and common*
cod, as above mentioned, in the State of New
York, the first having been opened no longer
ago than the 18th July 1840.
It will be an easy task to estimate the cost of
plank roads, so far as the wood in superstructure
is concerned. The grading, &c., will of
coureo dopend entirely upon circumstances; but
ought not to exceed 4 to 8500 per mile; an(j
three inch plank aud eight feet long, in a mil^
i ? * t . -1'
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v , > ^
1*26,820 feet, board measure, and of scantling
or stringers, four inches square, 15,080 feettotal,
141,800 feet This, at seven dollars per
thousand ?-which perhaps will be the cost here,
though in the State of New York the price iBras
low as five dollars and a half per thousand,
the average being six dollars?is 8992,60. Six
men will lay one hundred and ten yards per
day. One day, in which I observed the operation,
seven men laid twenty-four rods. Atone
dollar ner dav. npr lmnd in??lndin<T nwowiootiii*
I-? ?J' I? ' ",v-'
tools, &c., this would be $96 per mile for laying.
If we estimate the filling in, &c., at half this
sum, $48, we have $1,136 as the cost of road,
independent of grading; for which no accurate
estimate can be submitted, without a knowledge
of the circumstances and facts of the case.
Little engineering is required further than Uy
trace the line upon the ground, and at the mostdifficult
points to indicate the cutting or filling'
neoesaary to bring the road to a proper grades
F. P. Holcohb.
Correspondence of the Troy Daily Whig.
A LAKE OF PITCH.
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, >
Saturday. February 3d, 1850. ?
Last week I made an excurison to the Pitclr
Lake. Early on Friday morning I embarked
in the steamer Lady McLeod for the point of
La Brea, a distance of about 40 miles Southerly
along the coast. 'JTiere was one passenger
only to land at La Brea, Mr. Chapman of St
Vincent. An introduction by a fellow passenger
to a neighboring planter and to the supervisor,
procured us mules to prosecute our enterprise.
Mr. C., having a few miles further to go
to visit a plantation on busines, and his route
being the same as mine, I accepted his invita
tion to bear him company as far as the lake.
Imagine a black surface?a dreary, desolate
black?spread out to the length of nearly a. half
a mile by an eighth in width?lightly va- ?
ried by many fissures?some of them but a step '
across, some just too wide to jump?a few of
these fisssures filled with short sbruhbery, but
most of them are mere ponds of water,?water
as clear as the mountain spring and then
imagine the whole bordered by a thick growth
of trees and the graceful bonding bamboo, and
this whole border thickly hanging with a profusion
and variety of beautiful fiowers?I know
not the spot elsewhere where the eye can rest
on such a profusion of flowers at a glance?
and this may possibly convey some general
idea of the peculiarity of general view. For*a
l r a.? _ _ i* AI A l ? a ?
ciuse inspection 01 tne central part 01 tne tase
I was obliged to repeat my visit the next morning,
securing the services of a negro to carry a
plank to bridge the unjumpable fissures.
1 then found- spots where the surface of the
pitch would gradually sink beneath my feet,
so that in a few moments I stood in a cavity
ankle deep. Not wishing to pitch deeper, I
changed my position. In other places it seemed
to be boiling below, for the surface around me
was bubling and simmering like that of a pot
over the fire, while the gas thus discharged was
very strong. Though the surface of the lake is
generally two hard to receive a foot print?
just hard enough to cut readily with an axe?*
there are places where the pitch oozes out in
nearly a liquid form, so that one may dip it with
a spoon. Some of the water fissures are quite
deep, affording good bathing, and are tolerably
well stocked with fiish.
Near the lake I found a black man engaged
in boiling the pitch in several large boilers. A
part of this he sells after boilinjr in a pure state
and to the rest he adds a portion of lime, which is
shipped as mastic. He says he has cut from
the lake a great many hundreds of tons, but he
never penetrates more than ten or twelve inches
below the surface, and the hole is always filled
again within two days after the cutting. The
supply is doubtless inexhaustable. But the pitch
is not confined to the spot I have endeavored
to describe. There .are masses of it extending '
miles inland, and in several points it extends to
the sea beach. At the last place it is cut out in
large quantities, to ship to this city and some
of the islands, to use in building and in flagging '
the streets. It is used by the steamers, being
largely mixed with coal for fuel, and is recently
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coining uuo use in uiu luunuiuciurc 01 perroiiuni.
But whenever these cuttings are made?on the
lake, inland or on the beach?the quantity is
almost immediately made good, and in some.
places gradually increases. The neighborhood
is in motion, very slow to be sure, yet there is,
as it were, a growing up of the surface in spots,,
so that the houses in La Brea are found now
and then to have a side or an end raised a few
inches above its opposite.
Singular Enacting of tiik Crucifixion..
?A Berlin paper states that there is iti Ruscirt
a iil-mn omIIiw! Amiorrlnlp wliiw n nmst. sin.
gular custom exists. Every ten years the aw-i'ul
scenes of the crucifixion arc enacted by thevillagers.
Some are dressed to represent sol-diers
and Jews, some as Pharisees, and many
men, women and children stand around as the^
crowd of spectators, while on the three crossesare
nailed figures in wax anil at the feet kneelwomen
to represent the Marys. The wholescene
is gone through within all its details, nnd:lasts
all day. This very singular performance,*
which has been kept up since the middle ages,,
is announced to take place again in the monthof
June of this year, and strangers are invited
to witness it.
Michael Angelo's Will.?This great artist
lived to the age of eighty-nine, and thea
died uttering his last will in these words:
soul I resign to God; my body to the earth;
my worldly goods to my next of kin."
Germans call a church-yard God's Field;
a beautiful name, suggestive of hopeful thoughts.
So wo should ever be taught to sec it?think it,
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