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THE BROTHERS.
fro:i til; german of schiller.
J\lr. Editor. — Annexed is a trans
lation of a narrative from the pen of!
the great German dramatist, Schil
ler, the insertion of which may grat-i
ify some of your readers. As 1 have,
rendered it into English through the '
medium of a Trench translation, it*
cannot be expected, in its present
dress, to present any of the peculiar
beauty of style which characterizes ’
the original: but although divested
of these, it is interesting, on account
of the incidents which it contains.
B***’d.
The following account oi two
young Germans, a narrative which I
write with pride, presents one indis
putable claim to attention: it is true:
and that truth gives it more power
to affect the heart, than all the let
ters of the Pameas and the Grand
sons.
Two brothers, Barons of We mb,
had become devotedly attached to a
young girl in VVerther, neither being
aware of the passion of the other.
Each loved with his whole soul; and
with each it was a first attachment.
She was beautiful, gentle and intel
ligent. The passion of both the
young men was continually increas
ing in strength, while neither was a
ware of his misfortune in having a
brother for a rival. Neither was in
duced to make an untimely declara
tion, and entirely unconscious
of the state of the other’s feel
ings, until the occurrence of an un
expected event suddenly revealed
the secret attachment of both.
But before that period had arriv
ed, love, that most overpowering of
all passions, whose victims are
scarcely outnumbered by those of
hatred, had gained so deep a maste
ry over the liearts of both, that nei
ther thought it possible lor himself
to make a sacrifice of his own feel
ings, for the happiness of the other.
The object of this mutual attach
ment, keenly sensitive to the misery
of their trying situation, & dreading
to see the unhapppiness of cither,
could not compel herself to declare
a preference, snd submitted her fate
to the decision of their brotherly af
fection.
At length, gaining command of his ;
feelings, in struggle between passion
and duty, a subject on which theor
ist often reasons so erroneously, and
on which the practicle man frequent
ly finds it so difficult to decide, the, j
elder Baron of Wennb addressed
his brother.
“I know that you deeply and tru
ly love the object of my own deveted
admiration. 1 inquire not in whose
favor the claim would be decided,
if it depended on the question; which
of us had felt the earliest attachment.
Remain hen I—l 1 —I will flee from her—
I will travel over the world, and en
deavor to forget*her. if I can ac
complish this, my brother, let her
be yours; and may God bless you
both’ —but il I fail 1 must return—you
must then tear yourselt away, and
succeed mein the trial.”
lie left Germany, and went to
Holland, but the image of the loved
one was with him still. Away from
that sky which was above his home
away from that land which held his
only source of happiness, he could
not live. He languished in misery,
drooping and fading like the Asiatic
plant which the European removes,
and endeavors to rear in an arid soil
deprived of the sunbeams which
were its life. He reaches Amster
dam, ami is soon laid prostrate by a
raging fever. In the drcams of deli
rium the loved one is ever before
him—he must return, or die. —The
{jhysicians are alarmed, and feel that
ler presnee can alone prolong his
life. He .commences his return,
pale, worn, emaciated to a skeleton
—he reaches his native land, a fear
ful example of that wasting power
with which the mind destroy s the bo
dy. He staggers to his brother's'
bouse, and is in the presence of his
beloved.
“Brother, I am here, God knows'
how much my heart has striven —but
I can do no more,” and he fell'
senseless into to the. anus of the
young girl.
His brother c\ ir.:ed a n?t ’ 'ss :: ?-
j bier did not falter in this j
jemergency, la a few weeks his!
i preparations weae completed and he
■ ■was ready to dep ait.
i “Brother, you went with your suf
ferings to Holland; 1 shall endeavor
I to bear mine to a greater distance,
i Do not lead her to the alter until I
! write to you —my brothci ly affection
i imposes on you only that condition.
If i cannot—then let Heaven judge
between us! Farewell. Take this
; sealed packet, and do not open it
l until lam far from you. lam going
to Batavia.
He sprang into {he carriage, and
left the pair bowed down in agony
:of sorrow. In greatness of soul he
I had surpassed his brother; ami they
could not but love his maguanmity,
and mourn the necessity which sep
erated them from a being so gener
ous and noble. The sound of the
departing wheels smote on their
hearts like a peal of thunder. The
poor girl—but not —let us wait until
the end.
'The packet was opened. It con
tained a Will drawn in due form,
giving to his brother all the proper
ty which he possessed iii Germany,
in case he never should return.
Already the generous youth was
far from home. He embarked on
board a Dutch and arrived
L without accident, at Batavia, from
whence, after the lapse of a few
weeks, he sent the following letter
to his brother.
“Here in this distant land, when I
i' offer to the \lmighty my prayers and
! blessings, 1 think of you and our un
fortunate love, with die feelings of a
fmatyr. My unaccustomed situation
' —the new scenes which around me,
have exp tided my soul. Heaven
has vouchsafed me strength to mak •
the greatest >ac<ifice to friendship.
! —She is thine. My God! I have
jsheil a tear it is the last. I have
Isucceede I in m\ self-co iq test —she
is thy wife? Brother, if 1 was destin
ed to possess her, I cannot belief . 1
that she would have been happy with
mo. But if she should ever think
that she might have been!—brother,
brother, that would weigh heavily
on thy soul. Forget not at what a
price she might have been purchas
;cd for thee that wife. Let thy
bearing towards her be ever like
that which is now d elated by the
youthful love. Look upon her as a
precious legacy from a brother w lion
you will behold no more. Do not in
form me of your wedding day; for
imy wounds are still bleeding but
write me when it is past. 'The pow
er which has been given me to make
this sacrifice, is to me a certain
pledge, that God will not abandon
me in this land of strangers.”
The marriage was performed—a
year ofhappiness succeeded and
then, the young wife died In her
last moments she disclosed a terribl
and fearful secret, which till thi n
had never escapad her soul. NAr
had most loved the absent brother!
The two Barons are yet living.
The elder is still in germany, and
has been married to a second wife,
i he younger has succeeded in ob
taining that peace for which he
sought. He has made a vow, never
io be married—and he has kept it.
Providence Literary Journal.
Horrid Outrage.— The Columbia
(Penn.) Spy contains the following
heart-rendering account of a mod
horrid outrage recently committed
upon a very respectable girl about
fifteen yea s of age, a resident of
that village. We hope that this ac
count mav in the end prove exagger
ated, but are tearful that it will not.
It seems that a young gentleman,
who had for a considerable legth of
time been paying hi> addn ** to a
fair Dulcinea, was actually surprised
ia few ev enigs since, by the mother
of the young lady in the very act of
bestowing upon the lair one an en
raptured kiss. But the most singu
lar circumstance attending this un
‘ parallelled outrage is, that the young
iadv offered but little residence.
For the sake of h imanity, as well as
in consideration of the feelings of
phe friends of the parties, we sup
press the na nes and date.
| temper.
! A bad temper in a woman poisons
all her happiness, and turns her
;sweetness to gall, blights nor youth,
brings on premature old age, palls
her enjoyment, banishes her friends,
an I renders home comfortless and
barren. Far different is. the ripe,
rich harvest home, made bright and
happy by the sweet temper, & mild
deportment of an amiable wife, who,
if afflictions cross her husband a
broad, finds comfort and consolation
in his home, is happy in a compan
ion whose temper is like the silver
surface ofthe lake, calm, serene and
unruffled. Il he is poor, he breaks
his crust in peace and thankfulness,
for it is not steeped in the water of
bitterness. An amiable temper is a
. jewel of inestimable value in the sum
. of earthly happiness, because, with
. that alone, the whims of a cross hus
• band may be subdued, many vices
: may be overcome, the boisterous
■ may be tamed, the unruly, co.iq ler
led, the fretful tranqmlized, the hurri
cane softened and hushed, as the
mild zepher that sweeps over the
’ honey-suckle under the casement.
’ Bold Women’—A bold woman is
to me, one of the most offensive ob-
5 jeets on earth. I have often felt dis
[ jgust for such though it has often
been mitigated by n collecting in
1 ho.v many instances their husband*
have been conducive to this fault,
their want of delicacy, or by the im
proper associations they have allow
ted them to form. But, when an un
l'mamed woman emancipates herself
from ail the constraints that modesty
L ;and propriety p escribe, my disgust
i is unmitigated by pity, I am one of
. the few who maintain that m >dest
i may survive the virtve it was meant to
{guard; but that virtue rarely, and
'only then, liy chance, or calculation,
! outlives modesty. [Countess of
• Blessiiitoii’s V ictim’s of Society.
P \YING P .OP. E TO VI \RRY.
Aii institution is in rapid progress
among the wealthy Hebrews, for the
express purpose of assisting with an
outfit, and all other necessary ex
penses, such poor Jews as may be
desirous of entering into matrimony.
Airs. Rothschild is the benevolent
originator oi the chariiv, and its real
purpose is to endeavour to diminish
the vast extent of illicit intercourse
which exists among die lower orders
of the Jewish persuasion. i o loose
already living m a state of unmarried
profligacy, a period of lour months
is to be given for heir consideration,
and if at the end of that time the\
continue to live on in demoralization,
they will at once be excommunica
ted, and driven forth from the Jew
ish community 1 a id denied the rights
of sepultre, according to the obser
va ice of tiiat nation. The adminis
tration of t’lis excellent charity is on
Hie most liberal foundation. Appli
cants will be allowed to choose, to a
moderate extent, the fashion and
the colour of their own garments, &
tue high priest has signified his wil
lingness to perform the marriage cer
emony himself whenever the parties
however humble, may feel desirous.
[Loud. Standard.]
Ladies' Hearts. — The female
heart, as far as my experience goes,
is just like a new India rubber shoe,
you mav pull at it till it reaches out a
yard long, and then let go, and it will
th right back to its old shape. Their
hearts, are made of stout leather, I
tell you; there is a plaugy sight of
wear in ’em — Samuel Slick.
Another. —Women.— A late wri
ter said that women are charming
flowers destined to heighten the col
oring of the universe!
.Inother Specie paying Bank.— I'he New
York Journal of commerce relates ihe follow-,
mg fact ; A merchant of this city having re
c> i> ed a che< k of £lO on the Brooklyn Bank,
being for money deposited before the suspen
sion of spe. te payments, presented it d iy be i
t’ere ves;er<!a» at ,he Bank, with a demand,
for >pecie. Th»* Bank would neither pay
specie, nor its own bill*. The check was
-cut a .-econl time to tbo Batik, but with the
s irn- res It. Yet this is a Bank whith pre
tends n it to have suspended ppecio piyments.
Neither have we. We paid out a silvar Six
penee ' •sterday.
(
Political®
Patent Patriotism. — Many of the
| Wmg p‘pers are urging their party
Ito keep quiet during the appioach
[ ing session of Congress and use no
j endeavors to ailu iale the embarrass
■ments of the country, under the pre
tence that as the A immistratioii has
produced, it should be left alone to
combat the evils under which the
community suffers, supposing for
a moment that the distress were at
trioutable to the Rep I’olican party,
we d > not see why the W ugs should
1 refrain from lea dm; their mvaiuabie
! assistance to extricate then dear
> country, one would suppose that
H such pure and flaming patriots would
1 leap with joy for an opportunity to
1 exercise that love of country to the
1 exclusive possession of which they
’ set up such grandiloquent profes
’ sions. so remain pcriectly supine
’ white the elements ol destruction
■ are producing such fearful ravages,
■ appears to an unsophisticated mind
- to be an exceedingly negative sort
J i of patriotism if not positive guilt. It
is not tint magnanimous love ol
’country which has centered immor
s tality upon the disinterested heroes
and statesmen of antiquity but looks
much more like that sort of selflsh
-1 ness whose views are circumscribed
1 to its own centre and circumference,
'lor that excessive reserve which is
’ i promoted to keep itself aloof, from
’jthe consciousness of being unable to
' render any assistance.
*i But we are willing to take them at
their word, i.et them remain per
fectly passive if they will, and we be-
J. iieve that there is sufficienf wisdom
among the friends of the Administra
tion to render the counti y ail the le
gislative assistance that it wants.
When that object is attained, when
the stream ol prosperity again flows
unobstructed over the land, »ve hope
that the A higs will remember their
lpresc.it unconcern an I nor attribute
to themselves the least share of nier
. it for such a happy consummation.
.Vtifl6ern (.V. C ) Sentinel.
I i
From the L> .i inton Gazelle.
“j I’lie Pitrii.iic Dam’l. ebster.
iht* lasi v’ar, ii !)<•< au.i 1 absoiuieiy nccessaiy
that the United Slates should levy internal dti
ties and direct taxes, a.id boini'v money, for
the support <.f (ioveimnent, a>d io carry on
j tiie war. Toe CongrtsSional journals shew
! lite following fads;
; Ou the Ist of Julv, 1813, Mr. Webster,
> then a Representative from Massachusetts,
| ! voted ag unst a bill for the assessment and col
lection o! direct taxes ..nd internal duties.
' On the 9ih, he voted aganst the bill I tying
, dunes on n fi >ed sugars.
I On the same day. he voted against the bill
i laying duties on > .les at aie lion,
i On the 10 h, ag mist the laying duties on
earn tges.
On die 17 h January, 1814 one ofthe dark
; es* periods ofthe war, and after our gall irn
Itiile navy tiad covered iiselt with gt'»rv, he
iv.t.d ag msi an appropriation for defraying
■ i .e ext’pn-HH <>!’ the i:avv.
1 On lie 10 n, tie vwied ..amist a proposition
too e » fl. ctually t« delect and punish iraitois
and spies.
On the 1-1(11, he voted against a hill making
provisions to till me ranks ,>f tie a.nay-
On tiie 22d, tie voted, in a minor.iy of se
ven, ag iin-.l a bill t ilk >r z ng toe enlistment
jof troops 1..i five ye is durt. g (he war.
Ou the 25 n, lie vo ed a bill I r eu-
I forcing the non importation law*.
On the 8 li, F. ioua’,, against the bill to
I raise live regiment* oi i fi.men.
Ou ihe 25 ii, ,M rch i.e voted against the
{bill to I dl t»»r lile militia, io execute tile laws
<>f th'- Union and iepel invasion.
Ou the Ist, December, only a few d tys be
f..r thesii it. 2 ..f inc iiartiord Uniiveiii ton,
ne vo ed ag’.iHisi a bill provide addi ioti;.li
revenue tor dcfr.ymg the expenses ol («ov- 1
ein iieill anti maintaining ne public credit. {
On lite 10 li, tie voted to p «s oone, indefin-i
itely, a bill aulliuiizii.g the President of the}
Limed Siat.-s, io ch'l 11,1111 me several S’atesi
{ lor iiie.ir iespe< live q <<> a <>: iniliita, to defend )
the frontier-' -iga. >a invitation
Ou die 14 t, he v it.*d against the same,
bill. fie nso voted a_; n isi a hill to provide}
iddiiiuitai revenue tor (ne supp.. ( ol Govern-1
tii'-ni, and in ii it it., tiie public < redil and aslo ■
jfga'ust an appropti hi i < I »r re-buiidmg the
r api al and pu die ..fli es wmcli had meu de
■’ s roved y .tie enemy,
vv e .j j not, belt v® that even ihe Observer
will ha>e toe lem'Trty •«» deny the truth of i
; l<»re going statements. Yet, Ims is the man
tor waoni the patriotic cti.v Irons Kentuck
ians are expected to bend their aid, nt r[eva
nog t<> 'he first • rtj.'e in tiie n mort!
1 his is t ie m hi wnu Ii js been received
courted by .M.yois and Corporations—and
caressed by Kentucky V\
Me are, md 1 ed, a magnanimous people!
A Good Sentiment —The liarnburg Re
porter says—i) >r in«itn should o “no more
corp irate banl.3 —and reform of those that'.
Txiaf.” !
From the Charleston (S.C.) Patriot, y f
Extract from the fine Oration, delivered by
jJo ni Phillips, Esq. before the M
Society of thyS' ity, on the 4(h uh.
Who would not die, (hat the Union of these
Sates should tie perfle ual? I. is the last re
treat of sacred fn edoiW! The poor, llie op*
piessed, ibe exile ol' every nation may here
enjoy the imoiimi'ies of equal laws.
may hr re find its tide quale remuneration and
L’eir.us its appropriate honots Wealth; hon
or, and infl i ence, aie free to surcesotul com
petition, <nid every eat.didaie i> open to d re
wliai may become ofthe pair »t and the mad.
Who that bear* the name, will not
(eel (he duty to his rtms'iiiitional
rights to ihe latest ueueraiioiis? Let every
’ me do something towards this noble object.
F.itm i! edueaie y..ur sons in the principles of
j ii r don) .Hid virtue, without which (rue na<ri
| o-ism cannot exist. Il permitted, and hesita
iti;iu|y with permission, 1 would say, motln r.*!
. rear your daughters to imitate the noble mat
rons and virgins ofthe revolution. With this
education, lie mural pledge, is given of abso
; hue devotioii to the country’s welftre. And
r i where lui this purpose, woman suffers, man
.{will die Let learning fl .irish, the ignorant
, j only are slaves! Cost what it mav, elevate
■ he I nin n « haracter. Tins will preservo the
Republic. 1 o what mode.l of purer, holier,
fame, shall f.Htire democracies look for Coun
| lenanee and exairpl ! Thr mghotil the length
[■ and orehdih ol Uns fair laud, thought is free,
j. Ihe press, unshackled by despotic censorship.
~i gives unlimited v< nt to popular sentiment.
■ Q t ‘Slions ol national ritiht and policy are not
- to be decided by brute force, winch, like (he
j swotd ol Bieniiiis, sb dl bear down truth and
s justice. No—we are fieemen, and the sons
of treemen. Ihe only amhori yto which we
can submit, is that of the laws of reason, eur
• country, ami our G.>d.
, “ihe discernment of the patriot, which
claim* for toe Um hi an existence, coequal
mil time, if ques iotiaule, ad nits of opologv*
Ou proof of its futility, :li** ii-'pes mankind
’ would perish! i’he world could never tgaui
expect to s-'C moral and civil institutions ■•rec*
{ led on the basis of popular freedom. Pa n
oii-in would m iurii over the ruins of ns in®st
brill.ant scheme, ‘Ages’ would indeed droop
again!’
I Phe spirits and the deeds of ®ur ancestors,
■ implore us; the claims of prosf emy, with ns
. iD'iumerable myri ids, advancing as our suc
cessors te the iuheriiance of freedom, mg' - us
o preserve our country from the find ol vio
lence, corruption and misrule! With tins fin
ly appeal engraved upon our hearts, it is easy
to predict, that whilst other nations and dvnas
. lies snail be thrown into fragm nLs t>y the con
vulsion oi their moral and political elemcuis,
our Republic will remain firm, united uud in
dependent.”
From the J\'e.w York Evening Post.
I< is not often ilia we find a political (ruth
so ingeniously expressed as in the 'iibjoinod
paragi .ph Irmu Uie ('incinnati Republican.—
iVe nad cdinosi said it was worthy of the pen
oi Ftankim. Pwh ic<l comiuversies in tins
country Consis mostly of hard dry knocks,
lieamly given and returned by robust boxers,
[’tie writes of the paragraph below is a skilful
fencer, wh < handles his weapon gracefully and
gives deep Wounds.
The “credit system, as matured and per
fected in tiie Lui ed Slates”—to use Mr. ’Pall
mage’s expression—consists of credit merely,
to ihe u ter exclusion of com. Since this
system cam * to its ‘ maturity” in .May last,
our cun ency has been c edn onh —it has been
emphatically paper money, as completely so as
die old coiitmenial money—light leaves made
ul ground linen rags, starched and embellished
with an engraving - , irredeemable and incon*
vertanle into com; tiie most unstfc, as has
been allowed by wise men in all tunes and all
cnuniries, Ihe most fluctuating and the most
prod' ctive of injustice to individuals of ,my
sure of the currency that can possibly he im
agined. Cash has been literally driven to
Indo iisell in Ute comers and holes of the earth
•nd io seek refuge in foreign cnuniries, while
Ctedil has ue< n triumphantly installed tn its
usurped place. But we keep our readers
from tue arti< le of the Cincinnati print.
“Cash and Credit stand to each other in
the posiiion of rich and poor relations. Cash,
as rich relations are apt to be, is bold, frank
and independent ; able io assist, if he sees a
safe at d useful course i® do so, and peremp
'oiv when he declines. Ciedit is a sneaking
lazy, miserable personification, who bases all
his worth on Ina family connections, and is
I *r ever alkitig nt ins expectations, and of his
rei i lou.-.tiip, to cash. A great family quarrel
1 has rei'virly divided them ; and while Credit
{ is more obs< q nous and sneaking, more syde-
■ phantic and mean souled than ever, Cash lias
put on the ragedv wig, and is bellowing,
“Shadow, avaunt !” “Unreal niwekery hence!”
{ “In the world propi r there must be rich, and
. there musi be poor. In the world personified,
, iin* same rule works good. Li the meicautile
word, bath cash and credit must be ; and when
lite latter is c<mfi n-ci to i s proper spin re, they
work very well together. Tue mown borrows
from t e sun, and is but the reflectiwn of his
brightness. *o is credit a sli ide of cash ; but
its entire substimtion for tue thing n represents,
is to (lie mercantile world what locking up the
} sun and dis' oun ing moonbeams would be to
the naiuial. Ihe sm and moan are good m
their a hern de hours ; so are cash and credit.
VS hde we would not expect to get along entire
ly without credit, theiefore, any more than we
would dispense with the muon, neither would
we lose sight ofcash any more than spare tiie
sun. Diylight is necesrary to regulate the
mischief wmeh is done undei lha eye of
That patroness of r®gues, -he moon;
Cash is a trial balance—a gleam es daylight
aiding hivestigation into ihe d migs of the fa
vored of Cr< du, w ii® is much a patroness of
rogues as Madam Luna.”