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DAVIS ?L CREWS,
For Banner;
LEE ? WILSON,
Fur Prctf.
lurrortTiT r A *T?rr
lUJ.i3V/?<JLliJAri X .
Robert Emmet and his Love.
'Twas the evening of a lovely day?the
last day of the noble and ill-fated Emmet.
A young girl stood at the castle gate
and desired admittance into the dungeon.
She was closely veiled, and the keener
could not imagine who she was, nor that
any one of such proud bearing should be
an humble suppliant to tlie prison door.
However, he granted tho boon?led her to
the dungeon, o; ened the massive iroudoot?
then closed it again, and the lovers were
alone. He was leaning against the prison
wall with a down-cast head, and his arms
folded upon his breast. Gently he raised
tbe veil from her face, and Emmet turned
fn nra?o iiiwn oil iKof
?v upfu Ull M41IV ^<(1 1.(1 WlUtllllCU IUI
him?the girl whose sunny brow in the
days ofboyhood had been his polar star?
the maiden wbo bad sometimes made him
tbjnktbe world was all suhshine. The
clanking of the chains sounded like a death
knell to her ear*, and she wept like a child.
Emmet said but little, yet he pressed bcr
warmly to bis boson, and their feelings
held a silent meeting?such a meeting
perchance as is held in heaven only, when
we part no more, in a low voice lie besought
her not to forget him when the c<>ld
grave received his inanimate body?lie
spoke of bygone days?the happy hours
of childhood, when his hopes w<;re bright
and glorious, and ho concluded by requestting
her sometimes to visit the places and
scenes hallowed to his memory from the
days of bis childhood, and though the
world might pronounce nis name with scorn
and coutempt, he prayed she should still
clfog;to him with affection", and remember
him when all others should forget. Hark !
the CbiSfrch bell sounded, and ho remembered
the hour of execution. The turn
key entered, and after dashing the tears
from his eyes, he separated them from their
long embrace, and led the lady from the
dungeon. At the entrance she turned
and their eyes met?they could not say
farewell ! The door swung upon its heavy
hinge#, and they parted forever. No ! not
forever : Is there not a heaven ?
At sunrise irett morning he suffered gloriously
; a martyr to this country and to
nueixy.
And one?o'er her the myrtle showers
Its leaven by soft winds fanned.
She faded'midst Italian flowers,?
The Inst of their fair land.
Twas in the land of Italy ; it was tlie
gorgeous time of Bunset in Italy ; what a
magnificent scene ! A pale emancipated
girl lay upon the bed of death. Oh 1 it
was hard for ber to die far from home in
tbis'beantiful land where flowers bloom per
enniftl, ahd the balmy air comes freshv to
tbe pining soul ? Oh ! no ; her heart was
broken. Wfypn ties have been formed on
. earth, close, burning lies, "what is more
heart-rending and agonizing to the spirit
than to And) at last, the beloved one is
snatched away, and all our love given to a
pawing flowrM." Enough ; she died the
, bethrolhed of Robert Emmet; the lovely
Sarah Curran. 'Italy contains her last remain*
V'it* flofers breathe their fragrance
ovefhergrave, and the lulling notes of
thaa&eperd e lute sound a reqiuena to her
jjygm, - " .
The Complimentary Coachman.?A
j^upg UfSy, returning late from a concert
'afr'H wac faining, ordered tlie coachman tc
drive close to the side walk, but was still
uni^to step acr6? the gutter.
- ' M&oan liflTyoa over" said^oaohy.
KSsa?a#e?to
lifting barrels of sugar."
; Tbevoachman took the lady for : n barrel
of sugar because she vras hooped.
ino Jt-aiimui bonlinol.
AN" INOIUr.NT OK NAroLt:ox'H TIMH.
The French army lay encamped only
about a day's march from I>vtlin. It was
on the y.'ld of October. Thy sentinels were
doubled, and the most strict orders given,
for the Prussian and Austrian spies were
plenty and troublesome. At midnight Pierre
bancoin was stationed at one of the
outposts, lie was a stout, bold, shrewd
man, and a good soldier. The colonel of
his regiment was with the sergeant on this
bout, laving requested to lie called at midnight,
that he might visit the outposts.
"Pierre," he said, after the man had
been posted, "you must keep your eyes opeti.
Don't let even a stray horse go out
or conic in without the pass. Do you uu
UerstamJ ' "
"Ay, moil colonel, I shall be prompt."
"The dogs me all round us," pursued the
officer, "and you cannot be too careful.
Don't trust meu or brutes without good
proof."
"Never fear'' was Pierre's answer, as he
brought his iirelock to his shoulder, and
moved back a pace.
After this the guard moved on to the
next post, and Pierre Saneoin was left alone.
Pierre's post was one of the most important
in the camp, or rather around it, and
he had been placed there for that reason.
The ground over which he had to walk
was a long knoll, bounded at one end by
a huge rock, and at the other sloping away
into a narrow ravine, in which was a copse
of willows, lievond this copse the ground
j was low and boggy, s=o that a man could
i not pass it. The rock was to tlie westward,
ami Pierre's walk was on the outer side.
The night was quite dark, huge masses of
clouds flouting overhead, and shutting out
the stats; and a sort of fog seemed to be
rising also from the marsh. The wind
rnoarned through the copse in the ravine,
and the air was damp and chill}*; with a
slow stead}' tread, the soldier paced his
ground, ever and anon stopping to listen,
as the w illows in the ravine rattled their
leaves, or some night bird started out with
its quick flapping.
An hour had passed away and the sentinel
had seen nothing to excite his suspicions,
lie had stopped for a moment close by the
rock, when lie was started by a quick wild
schreech from the wood, and in a few moments
more a large bird flew over his bead.
"Pvryleu lie uttered, after the night
bird had flown over; could mortal man
have stopped that fellow from passing?"
ile satisfied himself that he had done
nothinf wrnnnr in suH<>iinrr ?1... <?"
O - =? o w J...OO.
lie had walked the length of his way two or
three times and was just turning by the rock,
when lie was sure he saw a dark object
crossing the line of the copse.
"Hold !" lie cried, bringing his musket
to his shoulder. "Hold, or I fire!"
And with his piece at aim, he advanced
towards the spot where the object had stopped,
but as lie came to withiu a few yards
of it, it started to move on ngnin towards
the camp.
"Diablo!" cried I'ierre, "move any furI
tlier and I fire! What, 1'ardieu! Lo Prince?
I Ho, ho; why, L'rince !"
I Tl.ft II..W.X.I .".I ?. ' > - -
- n.i.ivu miu iiitiuc u motion as
though lie would leap up on to the sentinel's
bosom, but the soldier motioned him ott".
"]5ravo, l'ritiee," l'ierre cried, reaching
forth his hand and patting the head of the
great shaggy beast, which had now sot upon
i its hutichcrs. I'ierrs recognized the intruj
?!er now as a great dog of the breed of St.
i I Bernard, which had been owned in the regi'
incuts for over a year, and which had been
j now missing for about a wcelc. lie had
1 disappeared one night from the pickets, aud
I all search for him had been unavailing.
! "i'arbleu, mou grande Prince," l'ierre uti
tercd as though the dog could understand
i every worn, "the man will be happy to see
l.you ; w here have you been so long
The dog made no answer to this save a
low whine, and a familiar nodding of the
| UCilU*
"Now, moil ami, you just keep your sit!
ting position there till the guard comes, ami
i then we'll go to the camp together. Mind
that, will you I"
And with these words uttered with solemn
emphasis, and due meaning, Pierre
started on his bout again. lie bud not got
half way to the rock, when the idea of looking
around struck him, and he did so. Le
Prince was moving towards the camp again.
"Ila! Prince, that won't do! Stop! stop!
or I'll shoot! iJiable, the colonel was posi
I mu in ins oruers. i was to let nothing pass
my post without the countersign. A dog is
I some thing. You can't go, l'rince, so now
lie down. Down! Down, I say !"
With this the dog lay flat, upoD his belly,
and stretched out his lure paws. Pierre
patted him on the^iiead again, and having
duly urged upon him the necessity of remaining
where ho was he resumed his
march once more.
During the next fifteen minutes, the animal
IftV rmrfi?*.t.lw nnift nn#l o?<>. "-1
?v 4 -v >?uu vtvi auu auun
the sentinel would speak to him by way of
being sociable. But at length the dog made
another attempt. to go into the camp^
Pierre had nearly reached the rock
when he heard the meov^ment, and on latining
he could just see his uneasy -.companion
making off. 4 * r
"Diable!" the honest fellow^tltlered, "I
must obey orders. T.hQr^oIonel's word was
plain, llere! Parbluel Come here! Here,
l>_: i ??- tv . - -
. x iiuue; won jjieu i you must die if you
don't r ' - ?*
With n few quick bounds the soldier had
' gotKuear enough ,-tbe dog tt> fire, and as the
lattor stopped, he slopped.
Mou cher ami, y.cjp must stay with me!
Ilerei Come i>ackl?$'niust shoot if you
don't Parbleq 1 what a thing to' start th<
Trht'iT r>ifrp fir f-"?m
| But by coaxing JU9d'tb?6atening, ?n
' "tinol got t^e dog bf^jpW^W jk??, uod tlieW
the eoldi?r, stopping near the do#. "Yoi
slall go and Wco your u!d ffrondsv*
The tramp of the euirfwg gaartf drci
near, ami Pierre was preparing to hail them,
when the dog took a new start, and in a
new direction, this time starting towards the
? Viaek ! IJaek! llherc!" 1
"(. rand l.)ieu !*' This last exclamation j
was forced from Pierre's lips, by seeing the ji
| dog leap to his hind legs and run thus ! In t
an instant the truth burst upon him. Quick f
as thought he clapped his gun to his shoul- c
der and took aim. lie could just discover I
the dim outlines now, and he fired. There s
was a sharp cry, and then Pierre had to j
turn, for the guard were approaching.
"Qui est la ?" (who is there ?) he cried. ^
' lielief guard," was the answer. ! x
' And having obtained the countersign, he f
1 informed the officer what had happened. j
! "A dog?" cried the officer, "Prince,did f
1 von snv ?"
I J ? J ' t I
| "lie looked like l'rincc; but, (liable, you j
: sliotiM have seen him run oil' on his hind (
leges!" |
"Kh ! Ilind legs 2" j,
"Yes."
'Then come, show us where he was." n
Willi this llio otlioer of the mounted l
| guard pulled out his lauteru from his n
, breast, and removing the shade ho started u
i 011. l'icrru led the way to the corpse, and 0
there the dog was found in the last strug- t
gles of dentil. c
The officer stopped and turned him
over. c
"Grand Dieu ?" lie cried, what logs for v
| a dog, oh!" ,!
And no wonder he said so. The hind c
legs of the animal were booted, and have 0
every appearance of the pedal extremities f;
of the genus man. JJut all doubts were'.,
removed verv nnicklv*- for tlio nffliw I _
vi j ? ? | a
turned the body again, a groan eaine up, j s
: and the words "(Jod take mo !" in the j|
Prussian tongue, followed. p
j "Diahle ! here's an adventure !" uttered t
| the officer, and he made Pierre hold the lan- j,
j tern while he ripped open enough of the
j dog's skin to find the face. But they con- 0
| eluded not to stop there to investigate; so s
| they formed a litter by ciossing their mus- t
j ket?, ami having lifted the strange animal c
j u]>ou it they proceeded on tlieir way. v
j \Y lien they reached the camp, they found ^
| half the soldiers up, waiting to find out why ,
the gun was tired. j
Lights were brought and the body placed 0
j upon the ground. The dog skin was re- j
moved, and within was found a Prussian s
drummer, lie was a small fellow, though j
apparently some twenty years of ago, hut .
he was dead, Pierre's ball having touched s
his heart, or somewhere very near it, llis f
pockets were overhauled and in ono of .
them was a cypher, but no one could make j
anything of it. The colonol took it, and ,
directed that the body should be placed opt ^
,.f r.- 1 :_.i ?i.~
ui ai"iu lor uuriiii uii mu murrow. i
Hut litis was not the end. About four j
o'clock, just before daylight, another giui j
was fired on the same post where Pierrre ;l
had been, and this time a tuan was shot v
who was trying to make his escape from the t
camp, lie was shot through the head. ;|
When the body was brought into camp, it
was fuund to be that of a Bavarian trooper, ^
who hod been susjiected of treachery,
though no proof had ever been found j
sigainst him. On his person was found the
key to the cypher, which had been taken ^
from the person of the Prussian drummer :
| and now that the colonel had taken them
i both, he could translate the tnvstic scroll.
j it proved to be a direction to tho lSavarj
ian to lay his plans for keeping as near |
Napoleon's person as possible, after he (
I should enter Berlin, and then wait for fnr- ?
llicr orders.
The mystery was cxplaiiit.*<1. The Bavarian
had contrived to call the great dog ?
away from the regiment,and delivered him {
up, to enemy, and his skin was to be mado
the cover for a spy. to enter the camp ..
under. And the spy would have got in,
too, but tor the sportive order of the colo- j
nel, and tiic willfully faithful obedience of
l'ierre Sancoin.
On the next day Pierre was pr omoted
to the rank of sergeant, and the Emperor
said no him as he bestowed the boon ;
"If you only make as faithful an officer,
you have proved yourself fafthful as a sentinel,
I can ask no more."
An Example foii Students.?When
I PmIav first. ivi>nt tr* romlvM.Lo !??? f?H ?
? ?. v>?? w v/i>mvMU^V HV> tu> llliu n
society of young men far richer than him- '
self, to whom liis talents and conviviality '
made him an acceptable companion, and he '
was in a fair way for ruin. One morning *
one of these comrades came into his bedn >
room before he was up, and he, as usual1, vi
thought it was to propose some plan of pleas- ;
ure for the dav. His friend, however, mud.
| "Paley, I have not slept a wink this night, i
I for thinking of you. I am, as you know, l
| lioir to such a fortune, and whether I ever ]
look iuto a book at Cambridge or not, does <
not signify ono farthing, liut this is not i
the ease with you ; you have only your abili- i
ties to look to, and no man has better, if you i
do but makes the proper use of them. But
if you go on in this way you are ruined ;
'and from this time forward I am determined
not to associate with you, for your own
sake. You know I like your company, and
,. it is a great sacrifice to give it up, buL^ve
it u^ I will, as a matter of consoionce."
raiey lay iu oea toe wnoiudiiy ruminating
' on this. In the ^evening be rose and took
i bis tea, ordered bis bed maker to ma|ce bis
fire over nigbt, and call bim at five io the '
morning; and, frodi Urol day forward, rose
i always at thai hour, went out first wrangler.
! and became the fortunate rcflWiu was'. This
he related to his intiii}at#frieod, Mr. Sheep*1
t sbants; from him it came to Mr. Broorae,i
.and he toW it to tne tbia evening October
> .'611^4808.? Sou they. "3..
. * The Committee of Arrangement* requtet.
i 'alK???Bons who intend exhibiting pt tbe
i a|Vroach#g Agricultural Fair to inform
^ -them ofthoir iIjefore^ th?
^ A Patent kas beep iafcen tH*y?fj BortoiS,
Jbrxk^oing fish, by giving ibem snuff, wlwl
v they sncezu^their scale* otf.
[Krom Uio Syracuse Journal.]
John Godfrey Saxe.
The world is not disposed to give .1 man
:redit lor more than one thing at a time.?
kyant is known as the pout rather than the
mhlisher. Thero arc plenty of people who
ire aware that Longfellow was, for years,
mo of the most popular and successful Pro- '
ussors of Harvard College. Doctor iiitch:ock
writes and preaches excellent sermons,
jut fame has covered I hem with geological
trata; and when Percival died, the World
nourned the poet and not the geologist.
John (J. Saxe supports, in the motly ranks
>f life, the title of "the witty poet;" which
vas loll"' siiifi':nv?ril<?il liim l?v murlnmnfinti
iml a title which?unlike hosts of others? j 1
s richly deserved, lie is, indeed,spoken of
iccasioiially as tlie "editor of the 1 ferlingtoti
Miiitiiielbut lie might have edited that
lebdomadal for a century w ithout having
>een suspected by nine people out of ten, of '
laving a finger in its pi, or its leaders. Saxe 1
s known to the public as the witty poet,
,nd title is a barnacle that will cling to his
natoinical timbers until they are shivered
>y the bomb of death?a missile that makes
io noise when it explodes. l>ut, like every
ither son of genius, Saxe lives an inner life
f which the world knows but little, so that |
hose who love and admire the poet may be i ;
onstraincd to admire and love the man. 1
Saxe is a conversationalist?a word that j
arries its own superlative with it A Q Ctli-l. f <
re have rarely met Iiis peer? jr his su- '
erior. lie brings to bear upon his forte of
onversational pow>r the effeetivo artillery ;
fa comprehensive itelligenco, an opulent 1
nicy, the keenest wit, the readiest repartee,
n<i possesses that faculty of adapting him elf
to a trivial, or wrestling with a lofty
uhject, the envy of which is as common as i
is lack. His language is ever fresh and |
liipiatit?never stale and unprofitable, lie =
idks as easy as a brook flows; and, like the
rook, the wide marcriris of bisronv^rsntiniw
re beautified by violele and clover blossoms I
if simple and elegant rhetoric. One of the ^
ecrets ol" his power in this respect exists in I
he fact that Saxe is a thorough scholar. The
lassies are his playthings, lie remembers
rliat lie has studied, and can quote the knot- 1
iest Greek sentences with no more trouble I
ban he expends in the act of respiration.? '
Ie knows every spear of grass in the field 1
if belles lettrcs. Metaphysics arc never a '
lose to him. and his love for the natural
ciences is almost unnatural. He is a well ;
nforinod man?to adopt a conventional I
>hrase which really means more than it <
ecms to mean?able to cope with the proessor,
the divine, the savant, and sum tn i
'hold l?is own" with the bust of them. Ilis '
lower is nn educated power, allied to gen- "i
us of no ordinary character, and controlled '
?y the strongest good sense, the most, reined
good taste, and the nicest sense of
iropriety. lie makes no show of his learn- i
ng; he never attempts to air his vocabuliry
, but it is impossible for aim to con erse
at all without evincing the qualities
vhich we have here set down:tO> his credit
tnd renown.
Saxe i?ossesses the attribute of geniality
o a remarkable extent. The secret of this
tossession lies in his own heart. The
teart is a gushing fountain, and not nn
Artesian well. Its emotions flow forth
pontaneouMy, because they must; they
ire hot drawn up in buckets. He is not
onred by care or suffering. Through them
ill?and lie has had his full share?lie has
reserved an amiability, a feeling of fraternty
that beams from his honest face like a
noming sun. lie loves and hates most
cordially?loves the good, the beautiful
md true, and hates their opposites. lie is
)erfeetly familiar with the acids of sar:asm,
but he never employs them?upon
he vitriol thrower's principle?to gratify
my private pique or animosity. His wit is
ittie; it never grovels in the basement,
t is ever ready to flow, and of its flow ho
limself is unconscious.
It might be supposed that one wlia hail
limbed to the pinnacles of popularity?
vlio had been flattered, as the world loves to
latter its favorites?would be in danger
>f entertaining a self-conceit which would
ender him repulsive to his less favored felows.
This is not so. Saxe possesses a just
ippreeiation of his own abilities'?and he is
o be pitied who docs not?but it ;s a$j {liferent
from tho feeling of self-conceit as Thaf* '
>ere's "Last Rose of Summer' is different
' _ J_!? 1 /% ? 11
iuiu h urieu nower. i> 01 ono wno reany
cnows Saxe can fail to credit iiim with modesty
as well as with genius.
Readiness isoneofSaxe's prominent chartcteristics.
Tax him as you will, you will
dways find hiin equal to the emergency.?
As a pretty instance of this quality, let us
Tientiott^he fact, that when he was last in
iiis city, and just as he was preparing to
leave, a literary gentleman?one of his warrant
admirers?becrored his aiitncrranh. Saxe
instantly seized a pen?literally the pen ofa
ready writer?and dashed off the folfowing
impromptu:?
My autograph! 'tie pleasant to reflect?
Although the thought may cost n single sigh ;
That whttt a blinker would with scorn reject*
Mny find a value iu a scholar's eye 1 *
la not that neat and pointed I
The career of Joh#0. Save, marked
though it has been by glorious achievements
and signal honors, tins but tmrly begun, it
kind heaven continues his life and health,
his future will be lit by the rays of stantbat
the world has not yet discovered, and'by
beautifol flowere^rhose gems have' not yet
sprouted. Fun ^oes not bold its courts 1b
vain?and ifr is n^, irtean. honor to be its
Prime Minister. , ? ' .
* * ^ $ & t '
The Newark Dafly Adveitli^wt; The
crop odrtf*wberriea in lf?w JcraSy-^kjf year
has lMin tMtuallyJnrg'e., It is catenated' Uiat
the five steamera rubnyjgjfom Sofltlv. Jeracy to
NeWCity laoddajly'on an average. 1,
800 barrel^ and-that tlie"rttiIc.)GdB bfS??- j'n
<mo?gh tosw?li.{he Mggra^aW to at ifaat a,.
BBSMMM Kich b**rel g?ntilD9
blfkeU-rccpiivflent-forthc whole ?nujnber to
600,000 baskets. These sold ai 3* aents each,
wotllij'bring $21,000*3 the 4?Xy expenditure '
in tUfi'city for this single luxury.
"All Aboard."
Tho insignificant word couplet, "aliaboard,"?uttered
thousands of tinier, every
day iu depots und upon docks?is always
the prelude to a long psalm of sorrow. Ol
itself, it is a mere business behest?in its
bearings, it revolves regret, sutiering, and
olteu-tiiues despair. Not an hour glides
into the great sea of the past?not a 1110
merit leaps to tho surfaco, and then it is
lost forever?but some ere listen to the knell
for the last time !
If your heart has beconic dissatisfied witli
its treasures, and you are disposed to gropt
moid the shadows of despondeucy, go when
friends arc parting. We know not of a sur
er recipe for kindling the flame, of sympa
Lliy, and making "Richard himself again,'
than this. No one with a fragment of i
heart in his bosom, cau see the warm em
braces of those who are fo go and those wht
are to stay, or hear the tremulous but earnest
"good bye" and "(Jo<l bless you" uttered
by lips that tremble with tho freightage,
with out a bles-sing of his own.
A few weeks a go we were witness of i
partinir which touched us nearly. It was
between two who were newly wedded, and
who, since the sweet day of their nuptials
had not been parted for a day, hardly foi
an hour. Nothing short of sheer necessity
could have called the husband from his ido
now?but the necessity came between them
and he must not shrink; wc saw the lon^
und wild embrace, heard the clear whisper,
"Be of good cheer, I will lie home soon"?
und in a few moments more the billow*
rolled between the hearts that so lately God
had joined together.
"1 will be home soon." Tlicso were the
words?the only consolation left, and sc
much bitterness, 1'eihaps the pangs o
parting were sharpened by the vague pre
sentiment tlmt they might never meet again
And so he turned from the spot, that sai
young wife, went back to a home whose
light had departed.
"I will be home soon." And so lie was
before lie expected?home ere yet the tears
ivere dried from the t'ves of the weepei
whom be left behind, lint alas!?how die
be come ? Encompassed by a shroud, em
[traced witliiu a collin, cold as the perpetua
;now that crosses the monarch mountain
A JSwitzerlaud. Sure enough?he wai
'home soon."
They dug but one grave then?but, since
another was demanded?and now the young
liusband nnd the young wife sleep ant
dream together.
We shall all t"l>o home soon." Wlia
l hat hom? will be rest for us. 'Uie dead o
virtue will secure a passport to golden pal
ices?the enormities of vice will end it
horse than dungeon darkness.
"Home soon." So he was?and having
waited but a little while, she went hnmi
iil.so.?/Exchange.
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A MothKit's Mkmouy.?The earliest
llie fondest, the most sacred recollection!
are entwined around tlie memory of on
Mother. What indescribable, undefiuubl
feelings steal over the- senses as we rever
in memory to the days when our tottering
and cautious steps were guarded by a Mo
ther's watchful eye?when our incoheren
prattling were heard and understood
none but lier whose natural instinct antici
pa'-ed every want and necessity ; and a
c.hildhorMl mlvmipml ntifl fln? fnni nf invito
cretion attempted to wander into danger
ons paths, who?ever watchful?so gentl<
guides them aright! Mother ! Who doc
not revere that sacred name 1 It impiie
more than a mere parent. It is the em
bodiinentof love, of affection, of gentle
ness. of kindness. The concentration c
the warmest impulses, the most hallbwe<
sentiments of the heart. A sister's love i
gentle enduring?the fraternal bonds tha
unue logetncr members ot the iiouselioh
are not easily sundered but that the aftec
tion that endears one to a mother, is i
higher, ^ holier sentiment, mingled with i
degree of reverence and awe, next in de
greo to that due to our Creator.
1 (tit all earthly ties must sooner or lato
be severed. She is at rest, ary] the fines
tendrils of many hearts are entwine<
around her memory.
Dignity, Gravity ?tc.?Professor Boyle
of the Dublin "Freeholder." savs :
u I have Been gravity of parsons in tli<
pirtpit ; lawyers in eourt-SJudges on tin
bench QrtSkers at conventical?dema
gogues at .public meetings?the chancelloi
in the lords?tho speaker in the commom
?soldier?. at drill?doctors near a patien
f~dienls at law 8iijtlfc-auctione?rs pnffing i
woWKIess daub1? antiqUarintw. ovotfa bras
lathing?rold gjjntltfmert^ltlljrtlrafcsfejouni
cer.tlsmen at tailor's biI goca
cut ion?and the lmngmaFe^ttojgglldws^I
linvc Recti the gravity of a'ry^ufnor ^ntllei
his play was damned, and -of~^?rcoxcoml
taking his place at twelve faces?of An at
torney drawing out bills of qostfl, and of ai
Alderman adjusting Yiis napkin at a citi
feast; i have seen Mr. liogers and Belx
enPs mummy ; but the gravity of each an<
all taken together, does not equal the grav
ity of"h C3w chewing her "feud.
Lieut. Joseph Abney (2nd Lieut. Com
pany D., Pahnetto-Rcgiment) in an articl
mine Advomser unngs Mr. iveiu severe!;
to Uisk-lbr that "narrative in his usual by
perbodical scarcely cumbered with a siti
fact," witlf which be regaled the Palmett
Association at their late meeting in Colum
bia. Mr. >bnev thinks the remarks <
Mr. Keitt, in wliich he alluded to the hard
ships Arid dangers through which "old Jo?j
tt\o servant ot VYtntebeld Butler Brook
passed, in ntte&diag to' his gall?nt mast<
while wounded', nnd iq conveying bin
when dead to his and bia* irjend
reflect toroowhat upon himself, wlro'?Sfl
tlhat time in, command : of
Mr. Ahney testiraa. to the^ate^.talcdiL <
younf Btookfi by. hte conr^dw, 'rffcd v state
agents. / ' r
B ** " > ,
The Music of the Winds.
Oh ! many-voiced in that giant lyre,
Swept by the viewless fingers of the wind,
i And rounding nature's harmonies combined
F in mood of joy or sadness, love or ire.
' At noon, at eve, among the summer leaves, "C
The gentle winds awake a melody cl<
' That liniment to pain and sorrow gives, co.
Soothing the air in lulling symphony.
> as
1 When from the mountain eaves, t|,
When from the ocean waves,
i A r-lormy choral chant is swelling, w]
i i;oW grand the harmonies that sweep re
i Across the foaming deep, hi
Ami thronuli llw?
D J...b I til
j And flying mint, nnd rnin-fraught clouds : ! w
While the loud thunder tones nre knelling g,
1 Around the tempest-ppirit's lofty dwelling 1 0|
j And now the mingled music deep and shrill,
Streams o \*r the sloping .shoulder of the hill, 8'
And in the vale beyond, in Bilenee dies ; nl
When, from the cloud-barred western skies, ^
The setting sun a crimson glow '.r
V Pours on the sea-cliffs beetling brow,
i And shimmers on each curling wave's white
i , a<
I crest.-*, ^
, j And on dini sails of ships far in the lowering J
r I liiwt.
'I'll* nf tllA n-inilj !j tillJiftil "
I ? ?
And o'er yon valley, where it died away, u
' Steals the long shadows of the fading day.
The darkening hills repeat no other sound tl
' But the mi!d murmur of the flooded river, o
j And ocean's distant boom, that ceaseth tr
| never. M
Honxchold Word*. w
r<
A Magnificent Project. s
i- The Charleston Courier of the I7lb, un- ii
der the caption of "A Magnificent Project," u
, reviews at length a paper prepared for and ?
j before the Massachusetts Legislature, by n
4 Mr. Elih Burritt, otherwise known as tbe w
"Learned Blacksmith." The .^object of q
this paper is to effect in Mr. Burritt'u own ti
' WAV. tli? nhnlilinn nf Snntliprn Klavorv ?.
j ?J ? JI ^
which Mr. Burriti'8 holds cannot be done ti
j by any of the means which short sighted o
philanthropists have yet attempted. Mr. n
I Burritt being a christian, one of the great n
Peace makers of the world, we arc not sur- q
s prised to learn that the plan he proposes ft
will effect its desired end and without that *g
turmoil and bloodshed, which we of the tl
} South would naturally look for upon its u
j perfection. Mr. Burritt does not wish tb u
deprive us of our property without giving f(
. us full pay for the same, so he proposes
e that the Government of the United States ,1
shall become the purchasers of all the
j slaves in the South, at an average price, ^
which slipll be paid out of the public Treas- ^
r ury ; this price will be $250 per head, in- ^
I eluding all classes and conditions. That g)
it may be the more equitable, Mr. Burritt ^
proposes that the public lands consisting, tI
without including our Mexican possess- n
5 ions of 1,TOO,000,000 acres, be sold, and p
r the proceeds invested in this philanthro- {
0 pliic undertaking. Mr. Burritt shows that ^
t this can be done ; for the land at serentyr
five cents an acre will bring $1,200,000,000
and the three millions and a half of .
t slaves only $875,000,000, leaving after the
f abolition of Slavery and the sale of the K
Public Lands, a surplus in the Treasury of ^
* $325,000,000,. ?
Mr. Burritt shows that a considerable ?
!. portion of the Public domain lies in tlie '
e Slave States, where through tlio banetul in- "
s fluoncc of their peculiar institution, there is -v
s little demand for them. By the sale of the 0
. lands thus loeated, and the devotion of the 84
. proceeds to the purpose indicated, the ^
waste and wilderness would in a short time ?
] become the residence of living, breathing? .
s Yankees. Missouri is instanced with Iter f
t 13,000,000 unappropriated acres, worth, n
j Mr. liurritt says, almost nothing, but which a
Mr. Burjitt also says if sold will purchase IT
? all the slaves in that State.
^ This is a slight sketch of Mr. Burritt's .
plan, and we think we will do but justice !
it* u-n t.rioflv Rt/itA tlio obiections ur?red a
?? w *" "v*mJ " W ?? ## ^ O fly
r gainst it I?y the Journal to which wo owe
t the sKctch we liave given. And first
j (which might well from its completeness be
first and last) the fact that the money ?
proceeding from the sate of the public ei
i, land*, will not buy the whole number of lo
slaves in the Soutfi. tli
0
B The Female Temper.?No traitof char- ^
. acter is more valuable in a female than the 0j
r possession of a sweet temper.?Iloine can nj
9 never be happy without it, it is like the j
t .flowers that spring up in our pathway, re- u,
t viving and cherishing us. Let a roan go
9 home, at night wearied and worn by the a|
t?ils of day, nnd how'spothing is a word 8t
' -4k:tated by a good disposition ! It is sun- ^
s siilr\e falling on his heart. lie is happy, a
i njid the <$Mes of life are forgotten. A
[, sweet temper has a soothing influence over j
r the minds of a whole family. Where it is (j
! found in the wife and mother, you observe ^
ir kindness and love predominatinor over the *i
. natural feelings of n bad heart. 8miles j,
] kind words and looks characterized the j
. children, and peace and love*'' have ' their
dwellings there. Study, then to ncquue |j
and retain a sweet temper. It is more val- n
liable than gold, nnd it captivates more ?
0 than beauty, and to the close of Jife it re- n
y tains all its freshness and power. ,t|
|# How Many Mils# a Printer's Hand
* Travels.?lt?ough a-printer may be sit- .
: Me all day,'yet;ra b? own way be is a
*f great traveller, (or M least Lis liand is,) as
r. we ?U?H prove. A good printer will set
m eight tfitfUMind ema a day, Or about twenty- ^
g fqut Ihouwnd letters. The distance travel- *
T led over byfcte hand wjM average ;Aboqt \
n one foo&$St letter, going to the <,bcg0%.jfo r
, which they are contained, and of coUJppv ft^ *
. turniniir. malfiMktirnliwt fnr " tArSt' *
I' be ?et? Xkis jrfeul?$ mnke a ?pph" ,J
,f c!W fitly-eight ihonMn.l t
Uitffi uincjnll^ ^ and in the cfcufoA 4
.year,luaviog out Sundays,. fliAj, nwftb# ^
^ UaTeteabout throe tjjtnftand >fo* ^ |j
< j^pptl^fiHVe been expdfad^r visiting |j
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Novel Reading.
A WOIID TO COLLEQE BTUOKNT8.
Upon do class of persons, perhaps,- does
^habitual reading of that hranch of our
Qrature, denominated, by way of diatine>n,"yellow
covercd," exert a more porni>us
inlluenco than upon the young men
nnccted with our colleges and other intutions
of learning. We have heard jt
sorted by those whose positions enable
em to judge intelligently in this matter
at there is scarcely an instance on record
Warn a ?1 1 1 *' "
.. jvuujj limn, who naoituauy and
gularly pursues works of fiction during
a uudergrnduate course, ever received
at degree of mental discipline which is nessary
for a successful entrance upon the
cat duties of life, and which it is the aim
'a collegiate course to furnish. And in?
icd, it is hard to couceive how the case
lould be otherwise; for, besides the enoriour
waste of time, which is the necessary
01 any considerable indulgence
i novel reading, the mind, accustomed to
illow some sentimental Lero or heroine
irongli all sorts of silly and unheard of
Jventures, and to revel amid scenes of
mcicd pleasure and happiness, takes little
ulight in attempting to grapple with the
lore profound truths of philosophy and
latheinatics, even when it is not wholly
icapacitated to do so. f
It islamentablo fact that at least half of
le young men who graduate each year at
ur colleges, hardly possess even the rudi*
lents of a sound and substantial education.
lanv, after spending three or four years
ithin the walls of a university, possess, in
jturn for their time and money, little heides
their "diploma," to which, certainly,
i our day, no great importance can be atiched.
JJow, all this mav be the corahin.
3 effect of many causes, into which it is
ot our province to inquire ; but we think
'e hazard little in saying that the evil is
uestion may, to a very great extent, be
aced to the "popular novels," which form
> important an element in the compoaion
of the student's libraries in many of
ur colleges. And so long as our young
ten are content to spend the precious mo*
tents which ought to be devoted to the (tc*
uisitions of substantial knowledge, and to
itter away the knowledge which God has
iven them, iu poring over books worse
lan profitless ,to the neglect of all that is
seful and instructive, just so long are we
> expect superficial thinkers, instead of pro>und
thinkers,ruen triflers, instead of men.
We admit that it is very important that
iq imagination be cultivated, and we are
uite willing to grant there may be, and
ndoubtedly are, works of fiction which
ave an elevating rather than degrading
mdency, and which are calculated to
lengthen rather than impair the* intellect,
tut such wordu, we apprehend, are ex'eraely
rare. And the direct tendency of
ine-tenths of the popular novels of the
resent dav, is to inculcate false views of
fe, ami to corrupt instead of cultivating
jc imagination.
And we should say to students, whose at*
jrition we wish at this time, more particuirly
to arrest, that is a most erroneous
lea, to suppose that it is necessary for a
'oung man, while pursuing his academic
ourse, to become acquainted with the
'hole range of general literature. Better,
ir better, to confine your attention to the
jxt books, which liave been chosen for
ou by your superiors in knowledge and
xpenence,?with perhaps a very few well
jlected voiuiacs each term, than to waste
our prccions hours over a confused maw
f "miscellaneous trash." . The elegant
indingsand illuminated covers of this
itter cla?s of books, msy serve as ornalents
to the shelves of your libraries, "fend
vsist in making a display on "commencoicnt
occasions," but their contents are ill-I
A.
1IUUI1UCU lAJ IUI man " iiviuoviuo ?wu iui
mind duly impressed with the value of
mc, and the infinite importance of a
lorough preparation for the great duties
hich our Creator designs ua- to perform.
' 4
Great Time at the Land Sales.?The
?rrespondonf.of the Cleveland Plaindeal t
writing from Osage, Iowa, gives the folwing
description of the great crowd at
ie late land sales : 1
?i?1 ... If mn .? 'mm i
~cn sauiruuy nigut, may iu aooui Iiten
men stationed themselves at the door
' tho Land Office, and held their positions
ight and day until Monday rooming,
lie crowd of hungry speculators, to the
umber of 1,000 or 1,500, gathered round
icsg few who were on the "Anxious seats,"
[id disgusted at the means thus used in
ealing a march upon them, they wished
> retaliatedspine way, b6 they oomnxened
crowding and surging making the door
le focus for jamming. Woe to the j osiers
niieh'tliu commenced^.*Tlitf' afoot At
be offi^ Tfad to be prtftffrf&l on; Ufr^toside
:> prevent ita being broken jrr. In*&" sljiofjt
ime cries went forth Uiat men wetq 1aia?
ig. The people cried, w&J*
tnt .both toJeare such a chlocFffc ,nafc.
ig"money dfcey t^uglq tfetiwtiJ try a
ttle longer.jig* tad
uda a mmach tn Um nmoATKIHBR jtiw
ien were feintijtg,'an<3 reqoestfS^S^S*
Otto crowd. The people Ofted, "Ut
hose who faint f?U back r and hcMllge of
he Inquest of the Register, and regardless
f the lives and limla .of those unfortunate
asiders, they snftged forward with renewed J
nergy, Ry tliia time the sun. .was poor- ?f
ng its beat upon the deroUd crowd f'\
acn *, it was considered a amall edition of ^
liHt p^ee We.rwS of in >$?radise Lo?t* ,
n undertaking to Ret the crowd from the ]
looe Dr. Downs had his leg fraetarwL |
iome four or fire fainted, awl the onjjr *
ray their lives *ere saved was opening Ujji j
4tioe,door and hauling them in, And wl|J|? ]
Off UDon the floor DonrtMr <mb?t ?vJifc. t
tfpo* them. Kfftrn&mFjflf 1
L^bo of Crawford hit# three rib* frRctercd
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