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VOLUME X.
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” SELECTED POETRY.
LET 31E.
I ne’er on that lip for a uiomeni h v<» g.i/ jd,
Dnt a thousand temptrtiors beset pm*;
And I’ve thought that the rubies wl< » It r bed,
How delightful ‘twi.uld be if yop'il !«• t.o .
Then be not so angry for what I h 've dooe.
Nor sav that you've sv\ , o t,. hug. . me ;
Thcv were buds of temptation too positing to.-Umi,
Ands though* that you could not but h • -ue.
When voiir lip with n whisper crr.e cb»~e <<> ivy
<>, think fiow bewitching it in- t me; *'•a k,
Ami plain, it ‘.lie eye of a Venus c »uM s t a*ak,
Voin eye seemed to sty you would—let oe.
Then lorgire the transgression, ord bid me remain
For, in truth, if I go. you’ll regret me;
Then, ol», let me fry the ti-insgressm.' T ’ *i.
And I’ll do all von wish, ii' vm*— ?e: l.ie.
PLL LET YOU.
I!* a i.’ss be de'igiitfnl -so te n> ' mv P»»-,
'J ;» t a thousand soft whiles be*H »«,.*,
I ,mv by the Mortar I’i ts .Ju ‘U r
On certain conditions -1M let yen.
If von me rUv m v charms 111 :t vo.Clfev' *.-e i • »te
And tbit no other tie nisei >b I! got von.
E\ ibe stars that roll r.nmd yon Mti.imii « ' b’ae,
Peril -os ,ir, oeiY’-os, sir,-I’M let yon.
If no. ,t . ... by a passion nsfleedrgas v. .’J,
That . •** all the virtues f.,r;_ •: v. «-.
L"t *U|S||jtieil, sob. . ; U' ! bT,
T o«.t ask tb'- ;• kiss, then f !l hi yi u.
A NEW SOX« GY GEO. £». JliOfTC:: .
T 1 uk t; si fo< plea* n v\.\il!»« !
Cl'.o . it, merry rills!
A clap eoni- bauds togetbc”,
Veex’ul-ieg bills’
To mk Him, teeming rallev!
Thank Him, fruitful pla’ii!
For Hie golden sn.isb ue,
And tiic silver tain.
Thank (rod of Good the Given 1
Shout it, sportive hreo>:j!
oh, tuneful Ivor!
To the uuMing trees.
Thank Him, bird au*i !• t,"ag!
As ve e' ,- ow and sing l
Mingle in Hianksg ; vi,.g
Every bring thing!
Tin »k Gad. with mice* fid sp -t,
Jp :i *. 'mv of love,
% For what we here iahetit,
And our hofies above!—
TJaiverbal Nature
llevels in her birth,
Whin Gad, hi pleasant wealhe 1 *.
Smiles upou the earth!
■».».»■ %
THE TIME TO MARRY.
* The wou : d-oc-wise Ibis con*’?cl g : vc
'f* Let lore’s thud * coot!
The man who early weds w ’l live
To think hiiifcieir a final.
The galling chain .bat f»e-s bis limb,
Wears dee per day by dav •
{Experience nitle teaches h : m
Who gives the bea* t its wa v.
He wisely weds who weddelh lnle
A Ui'dly, un'mpas.*;io teu mote.”
■When wrinkled oaks shall twining cling,
With tendrils like the vine;
When ravens, like the tinbels, sing,
Wdh melody and vine;
When honev drops from w Dbor'd leaves,
And not from summer flowers;
Wbe-i winter brings us golden sheaves,
And snow-driftsuuny bouts;
When truth abused m ikes falsehood right,
Go withering wed and find delight.
Gl Scmiljcvn lUcdiU) Citenuij anir iiXiscclliincmts Journal, for i\jt l)cme Circle,
A HISTORICAL STORY.
LOYALTY OF LOVE.
A TAI.E OF VIRGINIA.
In ilie autumn of 1074. tho present
si'e of lliclmioinj was divided into two
plantations, belonging to Col. Cyrd and
! Nathaniel liaeon, the mansion of tlio
latter standing upon what is now called
Shoekoe’s Hill. It was one of those
fine old mansions pattern, and after the
I. halls of Old England, and shire
uueepialh-d upon this continent. A spa
cions hall, dceoia'ed w> h portraits, large
parlois with tin nil me of carved oak. a
dining hall, where a battalion c.uld han
: quet and a library with a how window
commanding a prospect of pic ute-tpie
magnific. nec, e pi e'a'ly when at.mini
had touched the to! age wi h les magic
pencil. The blight sc.nlcl of the maple,
the deep crimson of the dogwood, the
incliow hough of the ash, and the lively
Yellow of the dies nut, con ras.ed sliik
ingly with the deep evngteen of the
cedar, pine, and hemlock, scattered
’through the forests. I!, low, the river
foamed over its lockv bed to spread in'o
a lake- ike sheet, and was do ted wi ll
small i~l:in is, whose shadows leached lar
down into the c.aiih tinted tide.
Nathaniel Racoti, the master of tlie
establislntien'. was a bale and handsome
man, wi It a m ins ache, dear black eyes,
and a timid eomp'e.iou. Klueated in
lingliiiid,during the convulsive stun-g'cs
between the throne and pnrltaun-nt, he
believed that popular rights were ociia!
to royal svvav. Not so with Ids sister
11. it riel ta, who had passed a w .n er wit h
the Governor’s family at Jamestown,
where she learned to rcventi.ee the
“ right divine " of her sovereign. Her
age at that lime was about eighteen, and
although her form was not what the vo
luptuary would have called perfect, ot
her face otic that a sculptor would iiave
chosen as a model, vet theie was a win
niug expression in her eyes, and a grace
in her movements, that enabled bur to
chat in all who knew her.
At tile time our story commences,she
had just opened a letter, from which a
printed packet fell to the floor.
“ licie, Inoilicr Nat,” said she, “ is otic
of his Excellency's letters to the privy
council, sent back in good London
piint.”
Huron took tbe document, but as he
read, a flush came over his check. At
length lie exclaimed ill an angry tone —
“Hear how Governor Berkley closes
his account of us:
“ ‘ I thank God there are no free schools
o: printing offices, and I hope we shall
not have any these hundred years; for
learning has brought disobedience and
heresy and sects itro the wen Id, and
printing lias divulged them, and libels
against t lie best government. God keep
us from both !’ ”
“Excellent, I declarer said the fair
loyalist.
“Excellent! do you call that excel
lent, gil l 1 Why, I have half a mind to
sell my plantation, and remove to the
North.”
‘Alt, brother Nat, you would have
your nose frozen off, even if you only
go among the Manhatten Dutchmen,
and ’
Here the laughing was interrupted by
the entrance of a stranger, who piesented
a letter to Mr. Bacon. Glancing at the
exterior, lie intiodueed the new comer
to his sister as Mr. Rupert Wylhely, of
Aecomac, mid breaking the seal, read
the contents.
“I am happy to see you,” said he,
when lie had perused the epistle, “and
regret much to hear of the ex.raordinarv
course of the Governor, in disbanding the
volunteers. Can it be possible that at
this time, when the yells of life savages
resound through the woods, Virginians
must retire to their plantations, there to
remain until they tire scalped !”
“Ah! I am glad lo hear you talk so,”
replied Rupert Wylhely, “for I have
come expressly to request your accept
ance of the commission of General.—
MADISON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1856.
Here it is, signed by five hundred as
brave men as there are on the con
tinent.”
'“You surely are not asking my bro
ther to take up arms against Governor
Berkley’s will 3” asked Henrietta, with a
smile.
“Nav, Miss, but the country is in
danger," said the young man, who had
already began to admire the fair Hen
rietta.
“It is a grave question,” remarked
Mr. Bin-ou, “and I must ponder over it;
meanwhile, mv sister will escort you to
the falls, and to the lock where Poca
hontas saved the file of Captain Smith.
At dinner time I will give you an an
s we i.”
Kupeit Wylhely was a young planter
near Jhhk-Mowii, who, with :i well pro
poitioaed peison, and a manly coun
tenance, possessed a noble bear*, mid a
ctii ivu ed intellect. IBs idea of female
excellence bad been formed upon an
ideal model of pelfectkio, ill which he
had blended lie accomplishments of all
| the heiouies of poetiy and romance.
; \ a u had been h's se.-nch hitherto, but
<• e l.e had been long wi ll Henrietta, lie
1 ini; g tu-d if her <jii;il' u sos mind cones-
I inled with her j et- onal chaims, he
ha I it long h found his beau ideal of
female | c vc ion.
Me:;aw lute, her brother had been sore
iv t oiibYd at heait by the invitation to
!••-•»I his fellow ci.i.tens. Like every Igue
\ iigui’an, he felt that his country was
in danger, for death was ravaging the
land under (ho hideous form of savage
cruelly. The force out under the com
mand of Captain John Washington had
jiroved entirely insufficient, yet the Gov
ernor, instead of adding to it, had re
buked them for killing a party cf chiefs,
because it injured the beaver trade, of
which lie had a monopoly. That an
armed resisteuce to the Indians was lie
cessury, lie did not doubt, but tlie thought
of rising in arms against the will of the
King’s Governor, la her staggered him.
“At any late,” said he to Wylhely,
as they sat enjoying their wine after
dinner, ‘I will go to Jamestown and
see how matters stand. Let the news
le.-ieii me that a single man has been
banned by the savages, and 1 will lend
you on lo veugeaiu-e, commission or no
commission.”
A long storm, at the conclusion of
which the fouls were impassible, detained
Bupert \\\ - he tv a week with lire Bacons.
He well improved ihe time* for ere he
left, Henrietta acknowledged that she
was not disinclined to treasure up the
rich harvest of affection which lie laid
at her feet. Nay, she was rather dis
posed to become more republican in her
feelings, and lo admit that Virginians
might be capable of self-government.
Weeks passed, and in vain did Nath
aniel Bacon urge Governor Berkely to
abandon his scheme of detached forts,
and organise a volunteer force of rifle
men. At last lie left Jamestown in
despair, and, ere going home, paid a visit
lo IJemico, where the sloop-shooters
were encamped, unappalled by the edicts
of the Governor, commanding them to
disjjerse. The men «oon went on jiarade,
under the command of Riqieit Wylhely;
hut ere he had learned the reports of the
sergeants, a horseman approached at full
gallop. Riding up in front of the line,
he cheeked his foaming steed, and shout
ed—
“The savages are at the fall of James
River, killing and plundering. Turn
out, turn out!”
“Where are they 3” asked Bacon,
pale with apprehension.
“They first killed all at the mills, and
then camped around Bacon’s house, on
the hill. They say it is Powhatlan’s
council ground, and no white man Shall
possess iT.”
“And Miss Bacon 3” eagerly inquired
Wylhely.
“I heard they had got a while gal
prisoner, and meant to torture her, in a
few days, at a grand war dance.”
“Bacon,” cried Wylhely, “do you
now hesitate 3”
“No, no!” Then raising his voice
until it rung in truni|>et tones over the
field, lie continued—“ Virginians, for
give my hesitation. Now that my own
home is desolated, can I ask you to fol
low me to the rescue of a loved sister ?”
A loud shout of “ lead on !” made the
hearts of Bacon and Wythely heat high
again; nor was it many hours eve the
force was in motion. A braver set of
men never hastened to the fray. Tito
sun had set in clouds behind the ridge,
and the woods grew dim, as the Vir
ginians approached the house of their
general. Scouts who had been sent in
advance to reconnoitre, reported that
there was an entrenchment around the
house, within which a huge council fire
had been lighted exactly at sunrise. It
was evident no time was to lie lost. The
mounted cavaliers under the command
of Wylhely, were ordered lo sweep
around to the rght, while General
Bacon led the hulk of the force directly
up the hill, against the silent frowning
breast work.
On ll.ey moved, with a cautious tread,
uncertain its to whether their coming
".is known lo the entrenched foe. But
when they were within about twetitv
paces of the breastwork, there came
along from its front a cloud of arrows,
making many brave men l>ito the dust.
The scene which followed is described
as one of deadly warfare, for no sooner
had the Virginians reached the breast
work than a yell was given,and the rude
terrace swarmed with painted warriors,
each beating in his left hand a blazing
torch, and in his right, a war club.—
Sjitiiigiug into the midst of their assail
ants, the savages dealt their murderous
blows on all sides, often thrusting their
burning torches into the faces of the
whites, who could not use their fire arms,
so close was the encounter.
“Sound a ret real.” shouted General
Bacon ; and in obedience to the brazen
trumpet, his men fell hack.
At that moment the cavaliers under
Wythely charged through the savages,
and when they had passed the infantry
formed into line, and ponied in murder
ous volleys. Again the cavaliers swept
through their painted ranks, and then
with a cheer, the entrenchment was
s'ormed. At the head of those who first
entered the breastwork, fighting like a
demon, was Rupert Wythely, and at the
door of the old mansion, as he rode up
to it with a heavy heart, he saw his own
llemietla.
“She is safe! Thank God site is safe!”
he exclaimed, and in an instant he had
reached her side, aud she was clasped to
his heart.
Our limits will not permit us to por
tray the story of her imprisonment, as
she narrated it that night around the
family hearthstone.
Destined for a sacrifice, she had been
carefully treated, and allowed the un
molested liberty of her own room. But
that night was to have witnessed her
immolation. A Divine Providence had
nerved her heart, as she was already
summoned lo the burning pile when a
scout, gave the alarm cry. Then by the
light of the torches she plainly witnessed
the fray, imploring ujion her knees be
fore the window that a heavenly arm
would support those whom she loved so
well.
Morning dawned, and a horrible scene
presented itself around the house. There
—where St. John’s now stiyuls—lay
mangled corpses in the sti*T attitude of
death, and the stream near by was tinged
with blood.
The wounded were cared for, the dead
interred, and by*dinner-litne the horrors
of “grim-visaged war” no longer met
the eye. The last council-fire of the
Indian race at Janies River Falls was
extinguished, and the few surviving de
scendants of that terrible tribe of Poca
hontas began their funeral march toward
the setting sun.
Success insured success. Had Bacon
been defeated, he would have been shot
as a traitor to his king; but now the
haughty governor rewarded him, and he
was hailed by the Virginians as their
defender. Marching to Jamestown, he
forced the governor to adopt new laws,
which code was adopted on the 4th of
July, 1070—one hundred years to a day
before the congress of the United Slates,
adopting the Declaration framed by the
statesmen of Virginia, began anew era
in the history of man. The eighteenth
century in Virginia was the child of the
seventeenth ; and Bacon’s rebellion, with
the corresponding scenes in Maryland
and Carolina, and New England, was the
early harbinger of American Indepen
dence.
And where was Henrietta, the sturdy
loyalist? Not in the slately rooms of
the Governor, but with the sisier of her
affianced lover, Rupert Wylhelv, who
had a residence in Jamestown. Her
dream of royal protection and a noble
husband bad vanished during her ter
rible captivity, and she now bowed in
homage before her heart’s lord. Soon
they were married, and returned to the
plantation, which Nathaniel Bacon gave
his sister as a dower. Some clouds
darkened the pathway of life, but they
lived as happy as mortals can enjoy ;
nos did she ever forget, in after years,
in narrating to her grand-children (lie
events of her rescue, lo add: “ For all
that, my dears, your grandfather did not
hold the King’s commission—Virginians
would act for themselves.”
A vars rolled on. 'J’lie Old Dominion
became the leader in a great movement,
and while the name of Wythely is re
membered by many who visit,the beau
liful locality of their homes, once the
scene of deadly slaughter, history sounds
the praise of Nathaniel Bacon, and in
scribes his name in golden letters upon
the architecture of our National Pan
theon.
“The Young South.”
From an editorial on the above sub
ject, in the “New leans Delta,” wo
extract the following :
The A'oung South is now determined
and self reliant. With the great West
as its ally, or without its aid, it will stand
for its own. With the Constitution in
one hand and the sword, if necessary, in
the other, it will assert its inalienable
lights, and fling the names of Thomas
Jefferson and John C. Calhoun into tbe
scales of fate against those of Seward,
Sumner, Chase, Hale, Giddings, Banks
and Greeley, until the latter kick the
beam. It lias a nvssion, and it under
stands its mission*; it has a future of
magnificent extent, and it will never
jiatise until it reaches its uttermost edge.
The Young South is not yet a parly ;
it is simply a principle. It is an idea up
(o this, but an idea which will a-sume
practical shape and development be lb re
long. We ask not where it arose,
whether is birth took place in Virginia,
South Carolina, Georgia or Mississippi,
for we are content to know that it is
throbbing in the mind of all the Southern
Stales, and hits nothing sectional or sel
fish in its original composition. It is as
broad and generous and Catholic as the
Declaration of Independence, as sound
and true as the Constitution of the United
States, and as immortal as the memory
of the Devolution. But though the
Young South is not literally a party, it
has a creed, a ritual, and an evangel of
its own. It feels that God has given it
a splendid destiny, but it understands
the great truth that it must not expect
Providence to do ail the work which it
is fairly responsible for itself. “God
will help us,’’ said the simple and trusting
Scotchman, whose philosophy was the
%ratid one of faith. “ Weel, Donald,
tny mou, we maun help God to help us,’’
said his equally worthy companion, and
the Young South agrees with boll).
The faith of the Young South can he
easily summed up. Its articles are clear
and brief. They are not planks in a
platform, it is tiue ; but they are earnest
thoughts of the public mind. It bolds :
Ist. That John C. Calhoun’s theory
of the equilibrium of the Union should
be reduced to practice, and that Cuba
should balance California.
2nd. That the expansion of the slave
States should be limited only by three
points of the compass—the East, the
West, and the South the North alone
being tahooed.
3rd. That the Sierra Madre would be
as natural a boundary for Texas as tbe
Rio Grande, and that more feudalism and
ecclesiasiicism cannot continue to flourish
in the immediate neighborhood and on
the very flank of a powerful rational
Republic.
4th. That the connection between the
great exporting jxiint of Ihe Southern
Slates and the gale of the entry of the
undeveloped glories of Central America
—between New Orleans and San Juan
de Nicaragua—should be constant and
perfect in every particular, commercially
and politically, and that the South should
claim its predestined dominion in the
land of the Mosquitoes, as well as in
that of the Huguenots and Cavaliers.
sth. That the utter extirpation of
Puritanism proper, of prohibitory laws,
com jiulsory sanctity, despotism of cliques,
and all legislation viohttory of individu
al liberty, of freedom of conscience and
freedom of speech, should accompany
the progress of the South, while ail
those political heresies should return to
the appropriate hospitality of Plymouth
Rock
Glli. That the South should he South
ern and not send Northern and mongrel;
that it should spend at home the money
which it earns at home ; and be as ex
clusive, if necessary, to the Northerners,
who drain it of its wealth, as some of
them wish it to he towards many classes
who enrich it.
7tli. That all isms, born of the womb
of “ Nox and darkness.” including Wo
man’s Rights, Free Love, Maine Laws,
Fourierism, Latter-Day Saint ism, and all
the other extravagances which aceompa
nv Abolitionism, should be utteily root
ed out from the land where the women
are content to be ladies and the men
aspire to no higher title than that of
gentlemen.
Such is the creed of the A’oung South.
It will be very likely to leave its mark on
this generation aud all fill me eras imiil
the dreams of the Millerites are fulfil lid.
Perhaps there are “uses of adversity"
which the ordinary politician neglects
to calculate, and that without the fanati
cism and violence of the North, this
illimitable progmnme would never have
been so distinctly intelligible to the
South as it is now.
It is needless to review the creed,
article by article, at present; our space
will not petmit us to do so; but we
shall endeavor to illustrate it from time
to time so fully and faithfully, that its
true bearing and import shall be as
plain to every Southerner “as a golden
pillar in the sunshine.”
Useful Statistics.
Some female spiders produce neatly
2,000 eggs.
About thirty fresh-water springs are
discovered under the sett, on the south
of the Persian Gulf.
A wasp’s nest usually contains 15,000
or 10,000 cells.
The Atlantic Ocean is estimated at
four miles deep.
A single female house-fly produces in
one season 20,080,210.
There are six or seven generations of
gnats in a summer, and each lays 250
eggs.
There are about 9,000 cells in a square
foot of honey comb. 5,000 bees weigh
a pound.
A cow eats a 100 lbs. of green food
every 24 hours, and yields five quarts, or
10 lbs. of milk.
Dr. Bright published a case of an egg
producing an insect eighty years after it
must have been laid.
A swarm of bees contains from 10,-
000 to 20,000 in a natural rtatc, and
from 30,000 to 40,000 in a hive.
Virtue is the best epitaph.
NUMBEII 5
WIT AND HUMOR
Tub Puzzled Irishman. —Dining our
last conflict with Great Britain, a niiml>er
of our troops were engaged in repairing
the fortifications of Niagara; and whilst
so engaged, the enemy commenced a
pretty sharp fire, so that it occupied near
ly the whole of the time of our forces to
keep on the lookout for the shots of tho
enemy.
Finding that they did not make much
headway, they stationed a son of tho
Emerald Isle to give warning when a
shot or shell was coming.
This the sentinel faithfully performed ;
alternately singing out, “shot,” “shell,”
until finally, the enemy started a Con
grove rocket, which l*at bad never seen
before.
He hesitated, and seeing it elevated, ho
shouted, “Shot! and be Jabers the gun
with it !’■
Among the “quaint and curious” cor
respondence almost daily received at the
Cosmopolitan Office in this city, we liavo
been shown the following from a genius
“oat West!” To the inquiry propoun
ded him by the Circular of the Associa
tion, demanding, “liovv many papers aro
published in your place; population, the.”
The reply was:
“No papers published here, becru-o
the people can’t read. The population
is as follows:
Irish ICO
Amsterdam Dutch : : : 175
Other dam Dutch : : : : 83
White Men :::::: 7
Uiere was formerly eight white men ;
your humble servant has vacated the
ranche and pitched his lent in Mineral
Point, where, il he can assist the Cosmo
politan in a moral or religious wav, com
mand him. Yours, .
Sandusky Reyistcr.
A Quaint Simile. —The following is
from the Memoirs of Dev. Sidner Smith :
“We were all assembled to look at n
turtle that hail been sent to the house
of a friend, when a child of the party
stooped down and began stroking the
shell of the turtle. “ Why are you doin>r
that, Mary,” said her father. “O, to
please the turtle !” “ Why, child, yon
might «* well stroke the dome ..f St.
Paul s Church, to please the ministers.”
How to Kill Owls. —“ If yon find
an owl looking at you from a tree,” says
• lie doetor, “ and you wish to bring him
down without the exjx-ose of jaiwder
and shot, you have only to keep your
eye steadily fixed upon him, and move
slowly round the tree; in his eagerness
to watch your movements —owls are wise
—he forgets to turn his body mid his
eyes following yours, his neck is soon
twisted off.”
A lady was once declaring that she
could not understand how gentlemen
could smoke. “It certainly shortens
their lives.” said she. “1 don't know
that,” replied a gentleman. “There is
my father who smokes every blessed day,
and he is now seventy years old.”
“ Well,” was the reply, “ if |,«. had never
smoked he might have been eighty.”
Decently,in Detroit, when Koinco and
Juliet was “in the bills,” a scape grace
known as “Romeo” was in the pit.
When Juliet exclaimed: “ Romeo, where
art thou ?” the youngster rose and said :
“ Here I am, in the pit—l had only a
quarter, and couldn’t get into the boxes!"
Juliet fainted.
The editor of the N. Y. Tribune un
dertakes to tell what is said and doue by
“ men who know the ropes.” That edi
tor may not know the rojies himself, but
possibly lie will la-come acquainted with
one of them if he doesn’t learn to be
have bimself.— [Prentice.
Why is a man who is catching dishes
which are pitched to him by another,
like a celebrated breed of fowls 1 Als.
—Because he’s “cotchin china.”
Hearts. —Little red thing*, that men
and women play with for money.