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From the Ronvmber Me, for 1829.
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS.
BY REV. O. W. DOANE.
induced at intervals to mingle vyth so-
i.iciji uuu this leu me iron. my huun.
1 had, perhaps, been allowed too
much indulgeiiutg by in) paitnli, who
accusiunieu uie lo i uhlhiuul*gwetlcs,
so that buiuuue came upon up as a
i'eariul blank, as a meluiicllolvl One
"Fattier, I thank then that thou hast beard
m°. An t 1 knew that thou heatesl me al
ways •, hut because of the people which
stan I by. I said it, that they may believe
that th >u hast sent tne. And when he had
thus spoken, he cried with a loud voiee,
Lazarus, co:nc forth. And iie that was
dead came forth.”
“And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, dl . L . atllu j tn^lit—the memory cl tv hull
will not lose its deep inleiisny.—1 ban
undresseU my smiling boy, then about
threeyears old; betook ins late well
of me alter 1 hud joined Ins liny litmus
in prayer, and 1 then left him to enjoy
that peucelu! repose which l hoped
would renew ms health ami vigor,
ilappy are the ulilue.it! their tender
nurslings are fostered by care, and
shielded by studied attention. but
Inis was not lo be my b.essed lot, nor
that of my darling boy; jet was he
us beauteous as the richest and the
proudest oi them all, and ins caresses
to me were as dear as if he had been
arrayed in the splendid robes of opu
lence. 1 was lit mg in lodgings, and
■uy only two apartments communicat
ed oy a door which generally remain-
There was a voice of wailing
In Bethany that day,
An i darkly on that mournful home
The clou 1 of sorrow lay;
And deeply was the fount of griet
In woman’? bosom stir’d, *
Au 1 thickly fell its bitter drops
In each low, murmur’d word:
For never from that blessed source
Of perfectness above,
\V as shed on earth a purer joy
Than in a sister’s love;
And never pours the bursting heart
A deeper, darker (low,
Than o’er a brother’s cotlin’d day—
A si ter’s sacred woe.
There was a voice of joyfulness
.In Bethany that day,
And brightly on that happy home,
The sun of gladness lay;
An 1 deeply was the fount of joy
In woman’s bosom stir’d,
An I fervent rose its grateful praise,
In each exulting word!
For purer, fuller, holier stream,
Than in a sister’s love,
FI nvM never from that blessed fount
Of perfectness above;
And deeper, warmer, gushing taers,
On ea' th were never shed,
Than fell that day upon his neck—
T ie rescued from the dead.
Ob! ever thus, on those who love
And humbly serve the Lord,
His hie sings and his chastisements
In mingled stream are pour’d;
U s chastisements, to bring to earth
Each thought and purpose high;
His blessings, to lift up our hearts
To H m, above the sky:
Then who, whate’er betide, will doubt
That all-disposing arm,
Which guides our feet to every good,
And guards from every harm;
Since sorrow, like tha. darkest hour
That just precedes the day,
Is only sent to tit our hearts
For joy’s unclouded ra. ?
urally delicate, received a shock In
tile a calumny oi Ins child, train?
which he never recovered,, and, alter * 1 ll
lingering some months iu a decline,
his sorrows were ended in death. In
dying, his grief resolved itself to
words; he declared that he forgave me
—‘-hut” i cannot tell the rest.—
iie sleeps besiue our ill-sturred hoy.
iiero was a secunu being consigned lo
the grave tnrough my rash negligence.
Why did not i follow’/ VVny—hut
that my penance might be lulhlled,
mat 1 mignt leel the desolation i had
brought upon myself?. 1 am now alone
in a crowded world/
And now, ail is past away; return
ing years have brought seasons ol hope
to the innocent anu nappy—hut to me
they come without a smile—without
a blcWuig. Still 1 see me dying
glance of iny babe, and lhe echoes ol
my husband s reproach; and when I
behold the children of my acquaint
ance gladdening their homes, anil
cheering their hearts with innocent
prattle, 1 turn to departed days, and
etl open. When 1 leil my child that From my inmost soul wish I bandied in
iving birth to my sainted cherub.***
Huston, {England) Nuecmber i9.
night, sleeping with Ins face pillowed
upon Ins uonny arm, i had no inten
tion of going beyond the next room,
where 1 sal down, and imagination
soon brought to my mind the gaieties
RUSSIA.
The American (Quarterly Review
of my youth, and my loneliness became | reckons the population ui itusstu ut>-
tvvecn hfty ana sixty millions oi souls,
LZ j 'j Ah/5" Jt J .J.
From a London Paper.
THE CONFESSION OF A SUF-
FEiiiNc* AiUltOERER.
Who shall minister lo a mind deceased;
Piac.t from the memory a rooted sorrow;
Haze out the written troubles of the biam;
And cleanse tne ioul bosom oi that perilous
stull’
Winch weighs upon the heart?
I open wounds of which Time has no
healing inlluence; 1 open them as a
warning to others—as a beacon to y es
show where many mortal’s happiness
is wrecked.
Tne i.nliction of death is not an ad
equate punishment for the crime of
mirier; there is a misery far be-
yit iJ this —it is that of living—of liv
in' lo feel the heinous consequences
oi ruilu to suffer the stinging of rest
less cons- ieuce, and to have no refi
ll r ; » from its constant torments. My
life has ueeu a revolution of eventful
vicissitudes, yet ii the varied scenes
of .aisery through which 1 have been
d to n.id to pass, there has been one
s’i t ie inure than all the rest—one
ti»ge of moral hopelessness to which
inv other griefs are but as idle ima
ginings, as trivial records. It is true,
indeed, tnat the world looks upon me
with an eye of complacency; and that
i i filling into the yellow sere I have
‘•’ift.-inr, love, obedience, troops of
frie.ils;” hut these e/n ity vanities I
turn fro n with a galled spirit, aid en-
v.’ i le inthingness and oblivion which
m y not siirou I the remnant of my
hi serabla existence—for 1%in a mir-
—he murderer f helpless infan
cy]! T iis is the sorrow which has,
like the (Jpas tree, poisoned every
prospect, ami has called forth from
t'v- o (pressed brain “withering tho’ts
that the world cannot know.”
Mv history is simple—hut could I
record my countless tears, the exam-
pi * .ve il 1 not pass atvay unheeded.—
Mv narents were in the middle station
of life an I at an early age I was mar-
ri * I to a person in a similar rank of
si iely. We lived contented, and
irksome. At this lime a thoughtless
companion called, and wished me to
accompany her to a card party. I
went, the cheerfulness of the assem
blage induced me lo prolong my tl
senee, and hours passed by unheeded.
At length a returning sense of duty
called me home. 1 had relied upon
the generally sound slumbers of my
child and imagined 1 should liud him
asleep, as I had done when i had pre
viously indulged in (lie fata! practice
i found the inmates of the house
where I lodged in n state of confusion
—some horrid words caught my ear
as I rushed along—the door of my a-
partment was broken op6n, and my
boy—mv rosy cherub—lay there a
blackened and disligured sufferer.—
ills pain was too intense for the usual
cries of infancy, but in their steau lie
uttered a plaintive continued moan
every tone of which echoed the uym
peal of iny happiness, i was frantic
with grief, but my sorrow availed not
1 watered his wounds with my tears, f
would have givenworlds-l w ould have
bartered every hope of joy to hear the
slightest word of endearment horn ms
swollen lips, but he yever spoi\e u-
gaiu! A id in the moment ween the
last sigh of dissolving Nature heaved
on his lips, lie turned his glazing eyes
upo i me, and in a piercing look,through
vvnieli beamed tiie intelligence ol a
superior being, he reproached ine;
the darling babe of my bosom
rcpioached me for my cruelty. That
look lias haunted me ever since, and
even now it glares upon me—1 must
pause. ****** a few more tears
have I shed to thy memory, my
child! I would fain complete my sor
rowful task, and not permit vain re
grets lo be ilia oily fruit of my peni
tence. The fearful talc of my buy s
accident was soon rudely told by the
unfeeling witnesses of my agony, lie
nad awakened, and, on my not reply
ing to Ins •alls, had wandered into the
sitting room, whereby some accident,
winch must ever remain a mystery;
the tire caught his night-clothes. He
screamed, but, before assistance
could he rendered, the flames had
done their work oi death, and slirivell-
eJ his delicate skin, which was fairer
t.ian monumental alabaster. He died,
and I watched lour days and nights by
his mangled corse. Oh! how terribly
bitter were those moments! I gazed
of whom about lorty iiiiinuns uie
serfs, (white slaves employed in bus
baiidry.j The numoer oi scils be
longing to the crown is L-uiiecu mil
lions. The serfs are not sum m kus-
sia as slaves are sold in luu Umteu
States, hut tuey ate bonded to Lie
laud; they form a pan o» .ue 0 n uc,
and can only ue inane uVci to amn.ici
as part of lue estate. some * s-
tates, they are aiioneu to work mice
days in the^wceiv on their own
count; llie oilier three u.;ys tiny
loi their lord. V> ueu Lie 0 uvU.imuu
wants recruits lor the aim;, cuon
person bolding sens is unecicu iosmu
his quota of peasants, suitably u.ju.j -
peel, to a particular spot, inn otn.
settle it among laeuiselves, who are
lo inarch. Ine tnenus oi me lecruiis
bewftil their fate in tne iimsi lament
able manlier; and lake ail c\eimating
farewell ol itieir children, brume.•
and relations. They seluum st.e o.
hear from them u s am. A’ew lui-
loughs are given lo me Russian sol
diers; lhen distance mini home icu-
dt*is visits impossible; they cannot
scud letters lo their fnenos, being
unable to read or write; auu most ol
them fail iii battle oi by natural uculli
before the expiration oi tneiizU yeais
service. The pay ol the poor sol
dier is not more than lnty-bve cems
a mouth. (Japt. Jones, in Ins Russian
Tour, estimates the Russian aimy at
SOU;0U0 men, ol whom not more iht.ii
half are efficient lor i cm dunes, i he
Cossacks usually stud 40 or bO,Ouu
cavalry into tho lielu in lime oi war.
liamshire uuzett.
bors during his illness, and in the
com se oi his confinement receiveu lrum
them the foil owning prescriptions, all
Suiu to ow lulaliibie in the cure of the
disease uiiucr which he labored.
“Llue clay mixed with vinegar and
salt, applied cold to the part effect
ed—htci brine applied hot—live an
gle worms, put on crawling—pulvcr-
lseu brimstone and turpentine, mixed
cmer brandy and red pepper, bailie
the part, auu uriuk pleiunull)—cold
siiuvvcr bath—hot medicine valour
bain—raw muskrat’s skins, fur next to
the part allotted—rattlesnake s oil—
tar, brimstone and saltpetre, mixed
to u saive anu applied hut—skunks
gicase—the marrow of a horse’s oil
haul ieg—gm and saltpetre, todiink
—camphor and alcohol—hark of
mountain ash steeped in brandy—root
oi SKunks cabbage, made a poultice of
—marrow ol hogs jaws, anoint w ith it
—hops steepeu in vinegar-rattle
snakes skins, bound around—slices ol
iat poik, spread with pulverised salt
petre, anu applied—oils of spike, mint
anu oiigaiium, equal parts mixed and
bathe—carry a certain bone of a cer
tain animal in iny waistcoat pocket
nine days—(I promised never ,to tell
wnat bone this was)—eei's skins—
poke berries (ml to Jainafea spirits
and drank—ginger and ground red
pepper, mixed w ith hogs lard—show -
eu.ig, as loliows: nine pails full of
cold water, nine mornings in success
ion, projected from an elevation of nine
feet above the head—old shoes burnt
lo charcoal, pulverized and mixed
with raw whiskey and vinegar, drink
nine spoonfuls a uuy—friction of that
part affected by the hands of a pure
mood, d Af. lean—equal parts Of wild
turnip, Cayenne pepper auu gunpow
der, steeped in cmer branny, nine
s a .oouiuls a day, nine days in success
ion. 'i nis is an anlidole to inilainuia-
lloti with a vengeam e to it; my teeth
are jet mazing like oven wood, ’g
JllUuny ttiucLCutc.
jury it had received, he had csliata-
leu the loss at sixty-five uollais. N-
JL professed Imnsell perfectly satis
fied with thfe liberal damages, which
A. If. had brought in; hut, neigh
bor, said he, it is a hard case,
and, therefore, 1 will propose to you,
that we should divide the loss; you
pay me one half, and I will bear the
rest.—JV". E. Farmer.
Ornithological VenlrilotjXiUs.—The
celebiaitu Monsieur Auxanuie
w imse pow ei s oi ventriloquism buYc
been so much adrmitd, seems to bt
outdone iu his all by an American
bud, the yellow-breasted chat v Tipin
Foiygloma.j When the haunt ol inis
bird is approached, he scolus t’.ie in
ti uuer in an endless variety ot oud,
un. oolli monosyllables, oihiciih to ut-
scribe, but easily •iiuiti..li d so as iu
deceive the bird liiinsclL ana uiaw
bun onwards to a goou instance In
this case, his responses are constant
and rapid, suongly expressive ol anx
iety anu unger; and, wiiiie the biui is
always unseen, the voice shills hum
CURE FOR A COLD.
As tills is tne season when severe
corns aic vciy prevalent throughout
lue iMsuict, i nave taken the liberty
io send y ou iur pubih ation, the lollou-
iut.,1, which I lou ml very el-
edual ui my ou u c use.
l a»-.e one lea s t oonlul of liaxseed,
with tv.o penny woiih oi suck liquor
ice, and a quuilcr ol a ppi.no ol sun
raisins. Fut ihc m in two quarts of
soli water; and let it simmer over a
slow lire, till it is reduced to one;
then add to it a quarter ol a pound of
biown sugar c aia.y , pounced—u table
spoomui oi whiie w me vinegar or lem
on juice.*
voic,—The vinegar is best to be ad-
deu uniy to mat quantity youaie go
ing imnic.uu.tei) to take; lo. ii put
into il.e whole, it is habit in u lillie
time, to glow bat.
Liituitns.— Li ink half a pint at
going to bed, aim la) e a little when
the cough is liouLlcsome.
'lliis receipt gci.eially cures the
vvoisi of cuius in iwu oi three days,
and ii taken in time (nay be sam to
be almost an imallii.le n mcoy ! it is
a suvercign Balsamic coruial lor the
lungs, w ithout the opening qualities,
which endanger liesli coins on going
out. it has Lh en known lo cuie colus,
that have almost been settled into
consumption, m less Ilian lime weeks.
ine pitq uialiun is a tea spoonful
of vinegar io ball a pint of the nitcii-
cine.
VILLAGE ANECDOTE.
Some time since, it was iu October,
the* weather being favorable lor clear
ing land, A. ii. determined to burn a-
way the brush in one of nis pastures;
I t" • tfore happy. Our residence was
i*t -i I n*ge tow*n in a western county,
fro ii whence my husband was acei-
de d ally called to transact some husi
m*ss which detained him some months
from home. He left me the mothe:
a hcilfhy boy; he found me bu
th * fea-ful word w ill come soon e
not.dr. To beguile the weary mo
incuts of iny husband s absence, i was
slept.
with my boy. At last the grave clos
ed upon him, but still 1 felt no change,
for my joy and hope were buried with
him. My husband returned; lie had
doated on our child, and shed hitter
tears for his death. But this was not
all—he felt that I was a Sitirderer!
the murderer of my child! Tpue, he did
not openly reproac h me; that 1 could
have borne with patience, because I
deserved it; but in the cold averted
glance, in the pensive si*;h of misery,
I felt all he would fain conceal. In
(lie lone am! stilly hours of night, when
•onscious guilt banished sleep from
nv pillow, I have rn rked his anguish
—anguish which I could not soothe
•hich I dare not (umstion. This
ould not last, ilis constitution, uat
barking of young puppies, followed by
a variety ef guttural sounds like those
of the same quadruped, anu endu g
like the mewing of a cal, but mu, h
hoarser. All these are given with
great vehemence, and in different
keys, so as to appear sometimes at a
great distance, and instantly again
quite near you. In mild, serene
moon-light night,it continues this mort
ify medley of ventriloquism the whole
night long, responding to its own
echoes. Jlmer. Ornithology.
CURE FOR RHEUMATISM,
A gentleman who was confined to
Ids house for four months by a severe
attack of inflammatory Rheumatism
, was constantly visited by bis ueifch’
let at the accident which had tak
en place, and Ins readiness to satisiy
him lor the less. Let us rcler the
case, said A. li., anu the damages to
be. assess d. to two nun we can trust,
and let those mt n be* you and I.
Your proposal, Mr. A. H., is very
fair, hut in such cases two men have
been known at times, not to agree,
therefore, 1 vvoi d propose to you,
to leave it to one an ne, and let that
man he your good sell. Y ou vv ill take
the case into consideration, anu when
we meet again, you will iiilorm me t>
what amount you have .fixed tin lokf
The ie t time they met, A. H. in
funned N. H., that In hod walked <
v(• r bis wood lot, and, that fr«m fi<
best opinion he coulu form ol the in
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