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POETICAL.
THE LAMENT OF THE WIDOWED INF.BIUATE.
[The Auburn Journal publishes a letter fiom a friend
j B Boston, from which we borrow the following:—
••Visited Prof. Longfullow at his rooms in old Harvard,
ffce poet was in fine health and spirits, end gave me
nome eunzas entitled *The Lament of the Widowed
Inebriate,' by Dugamte, which I enclose for the grati
fication of the readors of your paper. They breathe
the true spirit of poetry, ami surpass in tenderness,
beauty, pathos and delineation of heart broken sorrow,
aay thing I ever saw. Longfellow* says that they are
Mougl) to immortalize any poet.—Alas! the poor in-
ehriaTc! How just, how true the following lines!
What a da-iuerreotype likeness of the inmost soul of
the drunkard have wo here;”!
Pin thinking on thy smile, Mnry—
Tliy bright and minting smile—
In the morning of our youth and love.
F.re sorrow c.nmft—or guile—
When thine arms were twined about my neck,
And mine eyes looked int i thine.
And the heart that throbbed for me alone.
1 Was nestling close to mine!
I set* full many u smile, Mary,
On young lips beaming blight;
And many an eye of light and love
Is flashing in my sight:—
But the smut is not for my poor heart.
And the eye is strung* to me,
And loneliness comes o’er my soul
When its memory turns to thee!
I’m thinking on the night. Mary,
The night of grief and shame,
When with drunken rnvingsnn my lips,
To thee l homeward cuiiic:-
O, the tear wns in thine earnest eye.
Ami Ihv bosom wildly heaved,
Vet a smile of love was on tliy cheok,
Though the heart was sorely grieved '
But the smile soon left thy lips, Mary.
And thine eye grew dim and sad,
For the tempter lured my steps from thee,
And the wiim*cnp drove me inad
From thy cheek the rose* quickly fled.
And thy Tinging laugh wur gone,
Vet illy heart still fondly clung to me,
And still kept trusting on.
O, my words were harsh to thee, Mary,
For the wine cun made me wild;
And I chid thee when thine eyes were sad,
And I cursed thee when they smiled :
God knows / heed thee even then,
lint the lire was in my brain,
And the curse of drink wns ill my heart,
To make my love a bane.
'Twos a pleasant home of ours, Mary
In the spring time of our life,
When I look'd upon tliy sunny face,
And proudly called tHeo, wile—
And ’twas pleasant when our children pla y‘d
Before our cottage door;
Hut the child*en sleeps with thee, Mary,
I nc’r hjyaU see thee more /
Thou’rt resting in the church-yard now ,
Ar»d no stone is at tliy head ;
Rut the sexton knows a drunkard's wife
Sleeps in that lowlv bed —
Ami he says the hand of God, Mary,
Will full with crushing weight
On the wretoh who brought thy gentle life
To its untimely fate !
But he knows not of the broken heart
I bear within iuy breast,
Or the heavy load of vain remorse,
That will not let me rest;
He knows not of the sleepless nights,
When dreaming of thy love,
l seeiu to sen thine angel eyes
Look eoldly from above.
I have raised the wine cup in my hand.
And the wildest straiues I’ve sung,
Till with the lau^h of drunken mirth
The echoing air has rung :
Bui a pile and sorrowing face look'd out,
From the glittering cup on me,
And a trembling whisper I heard
That 1 fancied, whisper’d by tbec.!
Thou art slumbering in the peaceful gravs,
And toy sleep is Ureamlsss note,
But the seal of un undying griet
Is on thy mourner’s brow,
And my heart is chili an thine, M ary,
For the joys of life have fled,
\nd I long 10 lay u:
With the cold an
f ah ffiiitwSf *U.
■%:“>
VOI.. XXXVI.
•(*»—-
MISCELLANEOUS.
[From the Ladies’ National Magazine.']
OUT O F HEART.
LY ELLEN ASHTON.
11 Why so sail, Erne* i ?" said the young wife to
her husband, ufleciionulely twining her arms around
hi. nock uud kissing him.
He looked up with a sad smile and replied :
‘■1 am almost out of heart. Mnry. 1 think of nil
pursuits, a prof ssion is the worst. Here have I
j*cn,week after week and month nftrr month—and
I may mum say year after year—waiting for prac-
'ice, yet without success. A lawyer may vulun-
'esr in n celebrated case, anil so make himself;
%* physician must sit patiently in his office, nnd
''unknown.see men without half his acquirements
r°llin|j in wealth, while ho perhaps is stnrving.—
And it wi|| Hum, come <o 11101” lie uddeil bitterly,
■ * '1° not get employment.”
An unbidden tear started into the wile’s eye, but
J h« strove to smile, and said,
"Honut despond, Ernes'. I know you have
been unfortunate so far, hut you have talents and
“lowlcdge to make yutr way, ns soon ns you get u
'*“ rl - And. depend upon it," she added with a
cheerful look, “that will come alien von least ex-
pect it,”
, "® a you hove told mo often j hut tlie lucky hour
ms never come," .aid her husband despondingly.
’ And nmv every cent of my little fortune luu been
JJJMd.d, and our credit will soon be gone when il
•VpHlpd we do not pay. What then is to become
«f 11s ?” 1 3
Lineal wns in u mood which the most sanguine
I *knwime» experience, when disappointment after
JVPpuiniiuent has crushed tliy spirit, and the voice
‘ T'I'.is no lunger heard within. Ilis wifo would
J* 1 ' 0 given way to tears, if -he had Wn alone)
*** *1"' felt ihe netressily of sustaining him and an*
•*enu) cheerfully.
"And wli.t If eveTy cent is gop* T Have no
I*f lhnt wo shall star«e. O01I soul raven, to (bed
ho wilWet interpo-io Mr our aid. Tfast
'"Nm, dear Erne.V”
Jl» huslemd Ah rebuked, «. ahe iho. .poke,
M «n.w«red less tfaependingly.
Ba ‘ of dMcw wauW
try the .touted spirit. The meuhnuir. the day In
borer, the humbled farmer is sure of hi. Ioo«l mid
raiment, but I. nfter having spent year, in study,
have wasted year, beside, waiting lor practice : ftud
and now, when all my fortune is gone, if I resort to
oilier mean, of livelihood I luseull I have spent,
both of time and money, anu must forever abandon
the idea of pursuing my profession. Il is too hard!”
and ho arose and wulkcd the room with rapid
strides."
His wife sighed, and rema ned silent. Hut after
it moment or two she arose, went up to him, and
fondly encircling him with her arm, said,
“Dear Ernest, you must not worry yourself
ro. You think il puinful lor me to bear poverty, I
know, hut n woinun never regards such things
when she loves. A crust of bread, a log.cabin,
would he preferable to me if I shured them with
yuu,.thana palace with any other. But it will not
come to this. Something within assures me you
will yet bo great and rich. Huve patience only
for it little while longer. There—there is a knock
nt the dour now —it may be for you.”
As if her words had been prophetic, the little
girl, the only servant, appeared at this crisis and
suid Ihe doctor was wanted in a great hurry. With
an exulting sinilo his wife ran fur his hut, uud then
•at down, with a beating heart to await his return.
It was almost the first summons that the young
physician hod received, though lie had resided in
tlie village for more titan it yonr. The place too,
was large and populous, hut there were several
medical men of large practice, and all these com
bined to put down their young rival. More than
once heretofore E nest would have abandoned tlie
field in despair ; but his young wife cheered and
encouraged him, though sometimes her own heart
fell ready to give up. Mary Liu wood was, indeed,
that greutest of all blessings a good wife ; she
sympathized with her husband, economised to the
utmost, and hv her sanguine words chused despot).
deucy from his heart.
Hour after hour she sat there, awaiting her bus.
band’s return, yet still lie came not. At lust durk-
ness set in, and site began to Icel uneasy. She
was about rising to go to the door, when she heard
her iiuslmmi’s loot on the step, und hurrying out
she met him in the hull.
"God bless you, Mury for an angel ns you are,”
were his first words. ‘‘If it had not been for yo 1
I should have given up lung ago, and nuiv my for
tune is made."
Breathless with anxiety to hear ull, yet not un.
mindful of his probably wearied condition, Mary
hurried her husband into tlie little silting room
where the lea tilings were laiJ, and began to pour
out 1 he refreshing beveragu with a trembling bund,
while Ernest told the history of his day’s absence.
‘•1 found,” ho said, ‘‘I wns sent for to old Gover
nor Huston’s—tlie richest und nicsl influential man,
you know, ill tlio country—and when I got there I
learned, to my surprise, that the Governor had
been thrown from his carriage and was thought to
he dying. All the physicians of the town had
been sent for, one nfier another, but none could aid
hint. In despair, bis wife, without orders hud sent
for me. I saw his only chance for life depended
on a new and difficult operation, which none of the
older physicians had ever seen performed. Lucki.
ly I li,id assisted atone when a student. I stated
w hat I thought could ho done. The old Governor
is a man ofiron nerves, und quick resolution; so
when lie heard the others say they could do noth
ing for him, he determined to commit himself to my
hands. 1 succeeded beyond my hopes : even (lie
other physicians were forced to acknowledge my
skill; und there is now nothing but care required to
make my patient as well as ever. On parting he
put this roll of notes in my hand.”
Mary was in tears long before hcrliushnnd fin-
islied his narration; but iier heart went up in thunk-
fulness to God for having thus interposed just ai
tlie crisis when liopo seemed gone.
From that day Ernest Linwood wasn made man.
The fame of his skillful operation wns in every
one’s mouth ; and, by the aid of his patient, who
now become his patron, lie stepped, nt once, into a
practice among the families of the place. Weulth
ns well ns reputation flowed in upon him ; hut he
always attributed his success to his wile, whose af
fection, lie suid, had clieercd and sustained him
when out of heart.
“There is nothing," lie would say,“like n faith
ful wife : under God our weal or woe lor this life
depends 011 her. If she is desponding, your own
sanguine spirit catches the infection; but if she is
full of hope and energy, her smiles will cliecr you
on in the darkest hours und enable you to achieve
wlmt you, at first, thought impossibilities. Our
success in this world, ns well ns our happiness de
pends chiefly on our wives. Let a man inai rv one
therefore, ‘equal to either fortune,' who can udorn
Ids riches or brighten his poverty ; and who, under
all circumstances, will he truly his help mate.”
A FABLE.
A king mude a law that if any one suffered from
injustice or ingratitude, the injured man should cull
upon the people by the tolling of a hell, hung in u
temple which the good king hud caused to he
huilded fertile purpose, at which sound it wns or
dered to tiio citizens to gather together, In licnr the
complaint, and to adjudge justice for the wrongs
thul should be shown them.
The people of this country wore so virtuous tlmt
a lung time passed and no one Imd complained of
injustice or ingratitude; nnd meanwhile the build
ing began to go to decay. Its doora hud rolled
from their hinges; brambles Imd begun to choke up
its eutruiicc-wny; while tall grass sprung up from
the crannies of its pavements, nnd spiders festoon
ed the capitals of its columns.
The good king wns dead, and so were many of
his successors; and tlie uses of the pluce itself had
almost come to be remembered only as some old
legend, when, Into one night in the inidst of a howl
ing winter, the tolling of the bell was heard.
The inhabitants of the city a! midnight surroun
ded the place, and found, to their surprise, only an
old horse, which, seeking shelter from the snow,
hud strayed there, and whoso feel had become oil-
tangled with tlio bell.ropes, and so by chance hud
rung it.
In tlie simple minded habits of reverence and
obedience for those placed in authurity which
[From the Ladies’ National Magazine]
WON AND LOST.
BY KI.LEN ASHTON.
‘Look—tiierc goes George Alcoti, striding along
like a pair of stills ; Ids arms, us usual, swinging
up mid down, us those of n windmill,’ said K ite
Edmonds, as she sul at tlio window with herelden
sister.
Aguaswus tlie very opposite of the willy Kate,
and she could scarcely comprehend how tier abler
could speak thus ; fur she knew Kate loved George
Alcoti if she loved unv one. But Kate hud n reputa
tion for wit, which she ha I won by saying sarcas
tic tilings 01 her acquaintance ; and, in ueover, she
enjoyed a secret pleasure in concealing her own
opinions. To use her own phrase, 'it wus nice to
qu z folks !'
'How can you speak )hus, Kale,’ said her sh
ier. ‘Mr. Alcott, though tall, is not ungraceful,
nnd, 1 ’in iifruh.', if you were to he criticised us se
verely ns you criticise iiim, even your immaculate
self would suffer.’
'He dare nut try it,’ said Kate, pouting iter pret.
ly lip.
‘He would not,’ replied Agnes with emphasis.
‘Really, dear Kale, you do yourself injustice by tile
sarcastic things you any ; people think you much
worse tempered Ilian you ure—.’
‘And wiiat if they do ? I urn sure 1 ain perfectly
indifferent to their opinion.’
‘So you may he now, hut you’ll find by and by.
that these opinions huve vulne. Resides, you do
not usually mean what you say. I know that
George Alcutt is your favorite—any! you cannot
deceive me—you need not pout and shake your
lieud .’
Well, then—what if lie is? Does not that give
mu an especial right to ubuse him ? Il is one of
the privileges of our sex to make fun of those we
like best.’
•Alt ! Kate ,thnt is a fatal apprehension. If you
would think twice yurt would see how foolish it
tiling you Imd said ; fur il* you ubuse him before
those who know your reu! opinion, they will laugh
at your vum attempt to blind them, while if you
make fun of him hetorc strangers, you lower him
in their estimation.’
•Pshaw ! Now you would pluv tlio logician.’
said Kate, jumping up and running to the door.
‘You know, sister, mine, when you begin to lec
ture 1 begin to move—so good by, iny dear little
preacher,’and with iliese words tlie gay girl skip
ped dow n tlie entry.
Kale was always the cureless and rattling crea
ture we have described her. Gifted with high an*
itnal spirits, a good hour', warm impulses, and
considerable hriilancy of mind, she might have
made an almost faultless being but fertile un
happy faculty situ had imbibed, of turning into
ridicule every person and thing situ met with.
Scarcely tlie members of her own family escaped
her witty longue. Wo liuve seen that even hut-
favored lover suffered under its lash. Indeed, ns
if to take revenge for having lost her heart. Kato
was especially severe on him who had won it. Tlie
fact is, she wus fund of mystifying—or quizzing.
as she called it—tlmt she niudu it a point to say
things of'Georgc which no Indy could he suspected
of saying uguiusl (he man she loved.
•Dear Kate,’ said Agnes again to her, a few days;
after tlie preceding conversation, ‘you really musk
curb your propensity to satire. Did you notice
hotv George colored, when you made such fun of
him to his face; and alter his back was turned
you said tilings of him tlmt certainly will offeivd
lain, if they ever come to his ears.’
■Let him get offended then,’ said Kate, tossitq;
her bend. ‘He is loo sensitive und ought to in i
cured.’
•Yet you would not cure a flush wound by irri
tating it wiiere most sensitive, would you?’
‘Oil ! logic again. Why really, sis, you art-
quite un Aristotle. But you ought to know, by lliia
time, that I’m a true woinun and can’t he reasoned
with—
“If she will, hlie will,
If she. w ont, she wont—
And there’s an end on’t!”
So, my sweet sister, keep your syllogisms for
some one else and leave me to abuse George Alcutt
otherwise 1 shall lake to quizzing you, mid everv
body else most uiirnercilfnly. The fact is, he serves
us a safety valve to me—as long as 1 liave him to
ridicule, you are all safe—hut, lorhid this and them
will he a general explosion in which everv one will
suffer.’
Kate accordingly went on as she had begun.
She wus beautiful uud accomplished, and Imd flat-
lerers without number, so tlmt she could do many
tilings with impunity that would not have h enover-
loulted in girls less admired. She deceived many
as to Lor true sentiments for George Alcutt. Hut-
lover cured little fur this ; hut ho really was an
noyed ul tlio severe things which often came to liis
ears as having been said of him by Kate. He was
too proud to remonstrate; hut lie showed by Ids
manner how much lie wus hurt. At ouch times,
by a few concessions, Kate would restore him to
good humor; hut, perltups, on the very next dav,
she would commit Iter old fault again.
‘Alt ! Kale, you ure found out at lust, sly ns you
Itnve been,’ suid one of her companions to her.
•You are engaged to George Alcutt—you neudn’t
curi your lip, fur you can’t deceive me any longer
—I imd it ifonr his own sister.'
Now if there was any one whom Kate wished to
conceal her eugaireineiit from, il wns this gossip-
ping girl, who Imd annoyed Iter excessively by try
ing to pry into her trflairs. She knew if Caroline
Wharton once becurne acquainted with her engage-
mem, tiio news would Ire u common topic, every
where beloru night. *i Linking only oftliis, Kate,
without exactly denying her engagement begun to
ridicule George Alcoti, and did it so bitter!v and
so effectually that Miss U harlot) tvns convinced she
had been misinformed.
•1 know il is nut true,’ said tlie gossip, on that
very evening, in a largo circle of listeners. ‘You
should liuvo heard wlmt fun Kate made of George
Alcott, how she mimmicked his voice, and quizzed
his bow, and imitated his way of shutting his eyes,
just like a mule, ns she said—you known ho is
hurt sighted. And now only to think that tire
the cup tun over, lie fell that lie had home miieli
from her—more, indeed, limit 11 high spirited man
ought—hut liis love, which amounted to idolatry,
hot! constantly invented excuses for her hiihorto.
Now, however, the long accumulated conviction
that, tviili siic'.i 11 woman lie could never lie happy,
forced itself irresistibly upon him. ‘No, 1 must he
loved by one, w ho will never make a jest of me,’
ho said. ‘Henceforth, Kate, though once so dear,
you and I must he only disinnt acquaintances. E-
ven if I could forgive you the injury to mo, 1 can
not nvoriook tlie insult to my sister.’
He did not write to Kate tlmt evening hut lie
waited until the next day in order that he might
not be Imsiy ; when, being more tliun ever assiir-
ltd of tlie necessity of this course of conduct, he
penned her n long letter, in which, after telling her
litiw much her liahit of ridiculing him and those lie
loved hud uunoyed him during ilieir long acquaint
ance he concluded by narrating ibis insmnce of fu-
tal practice, mid the manner in which it imd come
to his cars.
‘After having acted thus,’he said,‘lam convinc
ed that you do not love me, at least not as much
ns 1 must Ire loved by the woman who is to he my
wife*. My feelings lor yon huve always been sucli
i that i could not Imve turned you into ridicule. But
: all th-is is over. I mil firmly convinced that 1 could
I never be happy with n satirical wife. Farewell.’
1 George Alcott was true to liis word ; and about
; two years after united himself to un umiuhle, en.
i gaging young ludy, of sound common sense and
I nsefml acquirements. Kale is still unmarried and
will probably remain so.
BURYING ALIVE!
I '*» -.1
'*■’*>$ tniM* 3* '
marked tlie people of those days ilu-y ordered tlie i later than this morning, Mr. Atcotl's sister told nut
owner of tlie beast to he sought for nnd brought j H' e y were engaged how could she he so regard-
b’efuro them. It wus proved that it had been use- ; ,ess °f thu truth I but then you know, the Alcotts
fill and faithful to him in liis youth, but that now j would all give their little lingers to bring about the
il hud grow n old, ami tlmt ho hurl turned it nut nfi rouich.
doors, regardless of its welfare, to seek a shelter Just nt that instant, unporceived by the speaker,
for itself and In nick up 11 scanty living as misera
bly os possible, by beggary or robbery by tlie way.
aide.
And iho simple hearted hut light.minded people,
who'stnod thus together round the old teinplo. saw
plainly thul here was injustice and ingratitude such
us tlio edict of the good king hud many years be
fore ordered them to judge; nnd, first taking from
the owner of tlie animal a portion of those means
which it hatj aided him in acquiring, to protect its
old age. from suiTering and want, they ordered him
to leave their city and never return to il; •• fur,"
said they, "a man who will not protect to the end
an oid si|d faithful servant—of what use. is As in
Iho world? 1 '
But this was a long while ago.
•* ****** 1
George Alcoti himself unexpectedly entered the
room. His face beenmo livid when he henrd liis
mislress’s abuse of hiinseif thus freely commented
on—hut actually trembled with passion when Car
oline VVhnrton proceeded tu charge his sister with
a wanton iulsehuod. His firat impulse was to
break into the group, tu defend hi* sister’s fame,
und then to roiiumice all claim to Kate’s hand. But
oflera munieut’s reflection, he felt he could not
cuntrol himself sufficiently fur this, and aware tlmt
violence of lone or gesture would only make him
a laughing stuck, he turned on his heel and left the
apsriment.
Once in Ins awn room, however, he became calm-
ar. Yet,his indignation against Kale did not do.
creaqe, fur this last insult was the drop that made
dMIfV-'l .11
There can ho little doubt that burying nlive is
much, innre fiequenl than the world suppose, or
bus any inclination to believe. There me condi
tions of suspended life so closely resembling demit,
and o-f such lung continuance, ns to deceive the pity-
j sicinir, und induce sepulture. The lulu eminent
‘ nnd miosl worthy Philip Doddridge was within nil
j ace t»f meeting tlie dreudful fate of being buried
I ulive, and what made il worse, with n perfect con.
* scious ness of nil 11101 wns passing. He was sup.
posed to he dead, having fallou into a sluie exactly
resembling death, so far as the body is concerned :
His pulse and respiration censed, his limbs becume
rigid, lv.is luce assumed the sltnrp outline charac
teristic of dentil, and lie remained in this condition
until iho- family, physicians, nnd I fiends (ull but
one!) supposed tlmt liis spirit had passed: That
one wus Airs. Duddiidge : tier lovo refused to de
spair, and she conliuned to use remedy nfier reme
dy t<» restore animuiion : Finally she poured h
spoonful of brandy (a caso uf breach ol teetotal-
ism which we think Father Mathew himself would
excuse) down liis throat, and ihe powerful stimu
lant almost immediately dissolved the trance, and
restored Mr. Doddridge to the command of liis
limbs, and to ninny years of distinguished useful
ness. But fur it, lie iiud in all probability been
buried alive; fur the weutlior wus a arm, and le
| already shrouded for liis lust nhode. He used to
' relale, with thrilling effect, liis sensations during
the lime of liis supposed death. He could not stir
a little fiesger to give notice of liis being ulive. bin
liis sense of hearing remained perfect, and his
mind collected. He heard the fact of liis being
dead announced, nnd the outburst of grief that ful
lowed tlie directions for shrouding him, and tlie
usual preparetiuns in the chamber of death 1 Des
perute, hut vain us desperate, were liis efforts to
give some token of life—not n muscle could he
move. Even despair, and ihe immediate presence
of 11 lulu mure appalling probably lo the conscious
ihnu Hell itself, could not rouse Ills dormant body
to perform the slightest of its liiuctions.. At lust
he heard Mrs Doddridge cnll lor the brandy, tviih
a delight and rapture of love for her which the hor
rors of liis situation may easily explain. Ho felt
tlmt ho was suved, and lie was saved. He himself
wittily said, tlmt it was as little 11s the brandy could
dn to accomplish liis resurrection, ns. it Imd pro.
duccii his living duutli !
When we re flee', that of the hurried, the coffin
of probably not one in many millions is afterward
examined, and thul yet among these lew several
instances liuve occurred in which it was obvious
(as from (lie deceased having turned no liis side)
that tine dead has been buried ton soon, we cannot
well reject the horrible conclusion that the occur,
reuce is not so rare as our shuddering natures
would desire il. An examination of Ihe cuta
combs of I'aris, sumo yours ago, (where the deud
j are siucved away in open boxes, or simply deposited
j in tlio vault.) led lo the discovery that some had
; lurnud over on their sides, and others Imd quit their
I places und died at u distance in tlio agonies of
j famine having gnawed away their own flesh.
! The following authenticated and alfecliug slorv
bus suggested these reflections :
| “In cite year oi 1810, u cuso of living inhuma
tion happened in France, intended with circum
stances which go fur lo warrant the assertion tlmt
j truth is,indeed, stranger than fiction. The heroine
of tho story was Mnduiriniselie Lufousende, a
1 young girl of illustrous family, of wealth nnd of
I great personal beauty. Among her numerous
-suitors was Julion Bnsuet n poor lilerateur, or jour
nalist, of Paris. His tulents and general ami-
ability imd recommended him to tlie notice of
the heiress, by whom he seemed to huve been
i truly beloved.- hut her pride of birth decided her.
j finally, to leject him, and to wed u Monsieur Reu-
■elle, a banker, and a diplomatist of some einmi-
j uence. After marriage however, this gentleman
j wgleci.ed, nnd, perhaps, even more positively ill.
! treuted her. Having passed with him soino
wretch-id years, sho died,—nl loast her condition
j m close ly resembled death as to deceive every one
1 who sa \v her.—She was hurried—not in a vault
; hot in an ordinary grave in the village of her uu-
1 Livity. Filled with despair and still iuflumed by
■the tnumury of 11 profound attachment, the lover
journeys fiom the capital to the remote province
ia which the village lies, with tho romantic pur
pose • lfiiisinlerriiig the corpse, and possessing him
self of its luxuriant tresses. He reaches the grave.
1 At midnight he unearths the coffin, opens it, and
\ is in the net of detaching the liuir w hen Iteisar-
i rested by the unclosing of tiie beloved eyes- In
tact, tho lady Imd been buried ulive. Vitulity had
j not altogether departed; und she was aroused, by
j the caresses of her lover, Iroin the lethargy which
‘ had been mistaken for death. He bore her frail-
i lically lo his lodgings in the village. He employed
; certain powerful restoratives suggested by no lit-
tie medical learning, in fine, she revived. ’ She re-
eng tized her preserver. She remained with him
until by slow degrees, she fully recovered her ori
ginal lieaith. Her’woinan’s heart was not udamar.t,
nnd this lust lesson of love sufficed to soften it.
&he bestowed it upon Bussuet- She returned no
more to iter husband, hut concealing from him her
resurrection, fied with Iiim to Ainoricn. Twentv
years alterwurd, tlie two returned lo France, in the
1 persuasion thul lime had so greatly altered tlie
J indy’s appearance that her friends would he uualile
in recognize her. I hey were mistaken, however;
for at Ihe first meeting, Monsieur Reuelle did ac
tually recognize und make claim lo hi* wife. Till*
claim site rosisled; and a judicial tribunal sustained
her in her resistance; deciding that the peculiar
circumstances with the long lapse of yours, had ex-
tinguiahed not only equitably hut legally the at),
llioriiy of the husband."
HOROSCOPE-
J anu am-.—He who is horn in ..us month will lie
laborious, h lover of guod wine, nix! very subject
tu infidelity ; hut lie will.be coinpluisuiit, und with,
id a very li. 0 Singer.
The Indy horn in this month will he a pretty pro-
dent housewife, rather melancholy, hut yet guod
tempered.
Februahv.—The man who is horn in this month
will love money much, but the ladies more, he will
he stingy at home, but prodigal abroad.
The lady will be a Immune und uiVuciionnte wifi-,
and a tender mother.
March.—Tlio innn born iii ibis month will bn
nther hunotrirne ; he will be honest und prudent ;
he will die poor.
The Indy will be a jealous, pnssionule chatter
box.
April.—The man who lias ii.‘C misfortune to he
born in ibis irtoiilli, will he subject to maludies ; lie
will travel to liis disadvantage, und luvn ‘Judies to
liis advuutuge, for lie will marry u rich and hand
some heiress, who will make what, no
doubt, you all undeit and.
The lady of this month w ill Ire tall und stout,
with agreeable wit, und great talk.
May.—The man born in tnis month will be hand
some and amiable ; lie will muke liis wife liappv.
The Indy will he equally blessed In every re.
sped.
June.—The man horn now will he of small s’a-
tule, passionately loud of women and children, hut
will not he loved in return.
Tlie Indy will he of u giddy parsonage, and fond
of coffee ; she will marry ut the ugo of twenty,
one, and will he u fool at forty-five.
July.—rThe man will he fair; he will suffer
death for the wicked woman he loves.
Tlie tcrnule of this month will be passably hand
some, with a sharp nose hut a fine bust. She will
hoof rather sulky temper.
AufiusT.—The mini will he ambitious and cour
ageous; lie will have several maladies and two
wires.
I he lady will be amiable, nnd nviee married, bin
her second husbund will cause her to regret Iter
first.
September.—He who is horn in this month will
he strong, wise and prudent, hut too easy with his
wife, who will give him great uneasiness.
The lady round limed, and fair haired, witty, dis.
creel, uiniuble, und loved by her friends.
October.—The man of this monlii wiil have a
handsome face und florid complexion; lie will he
wicked in youth, and aln uys inconsistent. He w ill
promise one thing and do another, and remain
poor.
The lady will lie pretty, and n liltla too fond of
talking. She will have two husbands, w ho will
die of grief—she will best know why.
November,—The man horn now will haven fine
face and lie a gny deceiver,
I lie lady of this nioiilh will he large, liberal and
full of novelty,
December.—The man horn in this month will
bn a good sort of person, though p issiona e, He
will devote himself tu the armv, and he betrayed by
his wife.
1 lie lady will he amiuhlc and handsome, will) u
good voice, nnd u well proportioned body. She
will he twice murrind, remain pour, hut continue
honest.
amsganei 1
ing description of the‘flWTODjjf of Sweden • P* 1
ihecM ol BernMtine " *
lung (heir taM-formed his miaietty Irt theT
cwttc ieuiiwue wishnvf ,-tywleetf ng the beet-men J
•conhi find, in ilnam.niliff *11 other oflltiel apftoif
moms, lie MieitM l« tieve paid 110 rfgifd in priv
friendship rutfk. wealtli'ur roaeAxtenj). Hind
, vjeiiun of Wic ninh'* fitness for fliA piece he*
! liis only guide. * * * HA le the only <
looked up ion end with justice ;■ for he is, i bell '
tlie man w ho adheres-nfose stesdily 10 principML
und lukes the isrgost end- most liberal trie we in tM
council. He is firm without beingobetlnaie. Afh
eessibic to every body. Its is a patient end calm
hearer of all opinions, but afterwards reedy to
cmneto a decision; iMs owe- veeuivrd wpos, he
stands by il. Hisword-oncc given, you can ‘
upon it witlt more ccrininty than upon lltA*
nient deeds of others.- 1 He never employs subfl
fuge. lit short, In-i-i open, true nnd just, it is I
blessing to live under such 11 sovereign -, and ever
friend of nianliiiid must wish success to the
purimen! (for so. 1 fear, it must yet be culled) oPb
! reign devoid uf cunning, jobbery, uud every DlrrAB
* means w hatsoever. For my part, I do hope thill
tlio world is ripe fur such government. Thffi
statesmen of the old tehooi, however, are of fhb
opinion that these is far too little of the devil ft
O-cnr 1. to make what they cull a wise king ; the
luugli at the idea of applying la moral a la politiqt
It ia suid tliut lie has refused to allow any moD
to ho employed iusiibsidy to n newspaper in he halt
uf the ministry, saying: “No; let every body
if rile us they please. Wo mean nothing hut wl«t
is rigid ; and 1 uni pursundud that that which is
right will in;H defenders in tlie press without a sal.
ary." He has Impu heard to say of tho .remarks
of the press 011 his own pleasures, “ In this they
are right; we Imve boen mi9taken"-*-or, “Here
they are wrong; we will persevere, whatever noise
they make. The measure is good, and the clamor
will subside ufler a time.” * * * The peririd.
ieiil press had been suhji ct, silica 1812, lo a partio.
nlur kind of censuro, culled “mdagningsmukt,” or
power of suppression. This power of Me gov!
eminent Inis been relinquished by King Oscar.—
Wo ure henceforward to have triennial instead of
quinquennial parliaments. By a law of the 19th
December, 1844. most nf tho “fora privilegiaiqV
liuve been abolished. By n law of I81I1 NoveitD
her 184-1, several troublesome regulations tittecung
foreigners travelling in Sweden have likeu ise been
abolished. By a law of ‘list March, 1844, all lot:
lories in Sweden, ns also iho snle of tickets in for
eign lotteries have been prohibited, &o.
Bonaparte’s Opinion op Christ. — A foreign
journaI lately published a conversation, reliuod hv
Count da Muntholan.tiie faithful friend of ihe Em"-
peror Napoleon, ‘*1 know men,” said Napoleon,
“and I tell you Jesus is not a mull ! Tho religion
of Christ is a mystery which subsists by its own
force, and proceeds from a mind which is not a hu
man mind. \V0 find in it 11 marked individuality,
which originated a train of words and action un
known before. Jesus borrowed nothing from our
knowledge.
‘He exhibited in hiinseif n perfect example in
liis precepts, Jesus is not a philosopher, for liis
proofs and miracles ; and from the first liis disci-
pies adored him. Iii fact, learning and philosophy
are of no uso for snlvution, nnd Jesus came into the
world, 10 teveal the mysteries of Heaven uud the
luws of the Spirit.
“ Alexander, Caosnr, Charlemnnge, nnd myself
founded empires ; hut on wlmt fmii.dulion did we
rest our genius ? Uponforce. Jesus Christ alone
founded his empire upon love; and nl this hour,
millions of men would dio tor him.
‘‘It wus not u day, nr a battle limt achieved 1 lie
triumph of the Cliristuin religion in the world. No,
it was a lung war, a contest for three centuries, he-
rtun by the apostles, then continued by the flood of
Cliristuin Generations, in this »„r, Wall tlio kings
and putematea of the eurtiiworo on one side; on
tlie oilier, I scu no army but a mysterious furce,
some men scattered here uud there in all parts of
the world, and who liuvo no other rallying point
limn n common faith in the mysteries of the cross.
“I din before niv lime, und my body- will be giv.
en back to the earth, lo become food for the worms,
-a lie 11 is flic fa to of him who lius boon cubed the
great Napoleon. Wlmt an nhiss hetvvoen my
deep mysteries nnd the eternal kingdom of Christ
which is proclaimed, loved and adored, nnd which
is extending over the wliolo earth. Call you this
dying? Lit not living rather?”
Bridal Present.—-If wTlutT10 believe « hut
we read in a Constantinople paper, we might
suppose that the wonderful desuripiioo of luxury
and magnificence in the “Arabian Nights" were au-
(tiuily things of this World ; uud yet it is well known
that the two extremes ol lux ry and wretchedness
are no where so strikingly exhibited as in Turkey.
We here find a description of the preparations for
tlio Marriage rif Meliomcl All Pncliu with the Sul.
tnnese Adile.the youngest sister of the Sultan, and
wo transcribe n purlieu of it lur tlio benefit ol those
whurn it may interest. The procession escorted
liy several bodies ol troops, officers, and generals
ul rank, to which were joined the grand Vizier,
ami Rizi I’nclio. proceeded in tlio following order:
A hundred and thirty cuwas hearing on their heads
each a basket filled with swectmnnts, placed in va
ses of porcelain and crystal ; two carriages drawn
by four horses, carrying each n basket covered
with velvet and silver larnu containing the most del
icate essences nnd tlio richest perfumes. These
were followed by twenty caivus bearing as many
baskets of massive silver, containing stulls of the
greatest tidiness, nnd utensils for tlio bath, enrich
ed with precious stones. A pair of sandals adorn
ed with enormous brilliants of tho finest water,
were particularly noticed. Five other cawss boro
in the mngi.ificenl baskets, also of massive silver.
300,000 piasters of gold encloscl in bags of red
siiiin. The procession proceeded to the pnluce of
Teherogan, where ull tlie presents were laid nt tlio
feet of the bride.
A Fly.killer is among the laiest inventions. It
consists of a sheet ol brown paper, saturated with
poison. So soon ns the insects partake of it. iliev
distend and die. We witnessed, a few days a go, a
wholesale slaughter by this process. Rut tire ob
jection lo il it, that where a huudred (bus die, twit
hundred come to tlio funeral.
If there is a man who can eat his bread nt peuc<
with God and 1n1m.it is that man who has brought
that broad out of (lie eurili by Jus own liunesi In.
dusiry. It i* cankurod by no fraud—u ia wat bd
no tears—it is stained bv no blood.
I MAJOR W. B. LEWIS—MR. POLK,
j Mr. Lewis, of Tniniosseo, wns turned out of of-
| lieu to make room for McCofln, of Kentucky, Thp
j reason ol this. Mr. Polk assigned to a friend. Mr.
Lewis heard it, and thereupon wrote Mr. Polk us
j I’ul'ows :
Washington, May 8, 1843.
fciiH :—l learn from a private source that you
Imve intimated lion my removal from office was
rendered necessary, because the position 1 occupied
wus dangerous to iho Government, inasmuch ns i|
■ would enable me lo impart information to u foreign
! power to tin: disadvantage of my own country.
1 hope there is some mjstuko in this—you had
tlie tight lo take my office Irani me, hut not mg
I reputation—I beg, therefore, lo ho informed whelh-
j or you have mude lliu impulutioii against me to
j which 1 have referred
Your obedient servant,
[Signed.] W. B. LEWIS. .
To James K Polk, Esq..
President of ihe United Stales.
The Mnj ir receiving no alls.ter lo this letter, oil
the 19ili ul May again uddiu.sed Mr, Po.k as fol<
lows:
Washington, May 19, 1813.
| Sir—Having waited a weak and received no re.
| ply tu my nine, I am authorized to believe that you
I nave decided nut tu mooter it, from which I infer
i 111ul the iiiliinntiuiis theieoi referred to. as having
j huen niudo by you, are irue, or you would limn
luvuiled yourself of tlie opportunity thus afforded
! you to disavow them. I think proper, therefore, to
I inform you tliut I propose leaving to morrow mor-
' ning for Tennessee, and sh ill mere determine up-
I dn the limn und mode of viiiilicniiug my ehuracldr
against ihe uspersions which you liuve attempted to
cusl upon it.
I urn, sir. your obedient servant,
[•Signed,] ' W. ». LEWIS.
TuJames K. Polk. Esq.,
President of tlie United Stales.
The French Minister in Washington, tho Louis,
villu Journal Stutes, is sun.in.law lo Major Lewis,
and Mr. Polk’s rensbn for dismissing the Major was
Dial he fumed lie might give seme improper informa.
lion to a foreign power in consequence of liis con
nection witlt its wiiihussudiir lo litis country. Of
course this suspicion wus exceedingly offensive tu
Lewis, us i' at once implicated liis honor as a g eu .
tlernnn und liis fidelity as an officer of tho Govern
ment.
The Journal adds ;
One of General Jackson's latest letters was ud-
dressed vo Maj. Lewis. Tho following extract
from that letter is very significant of the General’s
f. eliogs in relation lo thu coursu pursued by Polk
towards Major Lewis:
"My dour Major—l regret your removal us well
as tliu inunnnr of it. 1 did suppose that die mag.
uaniniiiy nf Col. Polk would prevent him from the
removal ol any officer without giving iiim notice
'Hereof, ihut the nltio- r might make arrangement*
to hand the office to ins successor. You know, Mu*
j'i'', 1 hut I neither beg for myself or friends, und i{
1 hud boen in tlio liuhii, it was too late—you were
removed.’’
Ju»l before the General died, lie gave directions
that when iio wus dead. Major Lewis should taka
charge oI liis body and superintend its funeral olr.
seqmes. Jackson’s feelings wore warm and nf.
leclioiiiitu towards Lewis to tlie last, and if Mr.
Folk Inis liny sensibility, this fuel wiil be like iho
point of a poignant in Ins heurl.
Ihe Ncwatli Advertiser compliments tire Ora-
ion recently do ivered ut Lnucustcr by tlio Hon.
Ellis Lewis, i.ml gives ilic following pnssuguasu
specimen :
“ Mittmy is the mirror uf the past—the guide
"f the present—and the beacon nf ilie/if/Hre. Let
os look in tiio images which site presents for our
contemplation. Wo may find vulunlde lessons
for our present career, and salutary warnings lav
'll" limn to come. Bin, while we proceed in the
examiiiaiiiin. lot us lienr in remembrance that tho
Power which lias summoned the greatest among*!
us lo liis final uccouiti, may, ut any momei I send
■lie like summons in us—that the sands, which havn
numbered tlie days of ilia Horn.are rapidly mao*,
urmg out the fragment nf time allotted to each lN»t
survives—and tliut, while wa me offering fnnerat
honors tu the illustrious dead, our own hearts,
“ l.ikfl muffled drum* nr* hunting
Funeral murcli** to th* grave*.”
Elopement of a large Gang of' Runaway Ne
groes— We learn from n police magistrate, that
sixty or seventy runaway* paued through this city
Inst night, en route for Pennsylvania. Tney ll*ri>
•-loped, doubtless, according to n pienuncortud ur
■Hiigoniout Irani Ihe neighboring counties of Princr
George.Ghnrles, MtdSt. Mary’s, in MnrylandJ n* I
am said to be nrmed with scythes, bludgeons, "h.l
some guns. They left the city hv the road iendhlig
nut through 7(1)street, und are probably hopiqg to
imike good their escii|>e through the counties of
Montgomery mid Frederick, Maryland. We iih
dorsimid tin.rurally two hundred dltizenv of Wn*b.
inglon mid the vleinltv bar* started In pursuit, di^o
• ill. doviatlemrsirestediriaeCurmo mo5i, IfnfJWll
Of Ib*m — Whthmghn Vnior, ' ’■<*
