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BENJAMIN P.POOBE.
For Twins, dee,see last page.-
?iurGI,Eit’SADVEN.TO9E.
i.' “ Tn bw * (star slulct.”
Io the beginning of this story the
t thing lobe done isto introduce the
’ pwwjras” wbiibU dono iotbo
' I em eo angler .aud, ao U the
one who will play a conspicuous
tin the scenes which l am about to
F before tira reader. In regard to the
• so I experienced, the tinglipg
■ lattendaoton the fins “ glori-
j nibble” which it was tbe fortune of
itoreceive.Ihave nodistinct re-
. It musthareheen before I was
|rJo9ipdftopi tbo "apronstrings,”
..somehow happened to me
I ranch against my Inclination, to frequent
|the neighbortiood of what is called tech-
1 an old field school.” Some
■ io regard to Ibis said odi-
B spot may not be unacceptable to the
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VOL. IX.
attended
Although it seemed hateful in those
I days of half bojr half childhood
S the sober voice of some dozen or
» Tears a* they have flitted % me
1 been merged in the past has tended
change that dislike into a kind of
feeling; which; is the more
to roau since be takes a sad and
|moern(ul pleasure in recslmigthe mem
r of those hours, and like the oases
T the desert those spots which bis boy
1 gambols have rendered sacred ii
r years, present themselves in vivid
»to bis mind and recalls to his
r now that t^ey have gone, that
i was once free from care. A travel-
i the desert of the .world, be de-
llights in the remembrance of time when
I bright and sunny paths spread before
[him inviting him to revel in unbounded
I delight., Alas 1 where they did notlead
r'a cheerless waste, bogs and quick-
»have made their appearance, and
i he hap fallen in these the laugh
I of some false friend, worse, than the yell
lof a fiend has come to. add one more
1 bitter drop to the already overflowing
leap of his misery.
t remember the “old log school-
I house” well. With its homely chimney
with clay and sticks, and
when the retrospection is
with such naournfii^ pleasure.
Poes the rcadec know anything of a
spot on the Oconee called an account of
hs romantic beauty, by the title with
which, wo designate the abodes of the
blest in another world t If he does not
let him seek it out and taken ftfcnd
with biro, when the day declines, and
then lethim say that it does not merit
the name of Paradise which has been
given to it by some enthusiastic lover of
nature, and which i^has borne until the
prepent time. If ho can go there and
utter no exclamation of delight, but
stand unmoved then must bis heart be
edld indeed, and be utterly, insensible to
all that is calculated to aWaken feelings
of admiration. Jo attempt 4 descrip
tion of it were folly end in the trial jne
should go no farther than to say *f it ia
an interesting spot,” and leave it with
these few words as something which
defies description to do it justice. A
walk of half a mile, on the river, above
our town, will bring you to a slight
bend in the Oconee, where the banks
are high aud do wn one of these at an
angle of thirty degrees is a place cover
ed with moss and which affords sufficient
space and in sufficiently level to accom
modate twp or. three ladies and as ma
ny gentlemen. It is just the place for
a social chat; there; ia no edging off
here for if you attempt it you will as
suredly encroach on Neptune’s domin
ions, andbe a laughing stock for a month
to come.
So that if any lady has a bashful lover
she has but to take him to this place
and he will either run entirely away or
behave like a man of sense and “fellow
where she would dire to lead.”
This is the spot to which I propose to
introduce the reader, as the place where
ray happiest hours have been passed,
and where happened the “ angler’s ad-
title, of M odd” would be-destroyed.—
But our pprty have arrived at the scene
of the evening's sport, while the beaux
arp .adjusting the tackle ; the belles are
perplexing them with questions the in
tention pf which ia to try the patience of
those whom they have in view as future
Iprdp.”^^ , .. j. .
Mr. —-i— was untangling some tackle
when Miss directed his attention
X/o that shrub with such zkarmvsg faw
ns on the opposite bank; when Mr.
as a matter of coarse mpst look,
and forgetting himself he still continued
to pick at the tangled line, which he
hadin baud, until recovering from the
ATHENS, (GEORGIA,) FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1841
N O. &
effects of a look at the flowers and *t
I with the
forms a rural objdct to Which
| Any mind even at this .late date looks
entrance mi ■'Fagging lraDqoi , 8 v.»ingm«be .ran-
quil month of May when a party was
Eil Tl r made up whose ostensible object was
b«k with mournful feeling.. So clow- ” L. Wthair "note,
V
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE;
Every Sabbath morning, inthe sum
mer time, 1 thrust back the curtain, to
watch the sunrise stealing down a
steeple, which stands opposite ray
chamber window.' First,the weather
cock begins to flash; when a fainter
lustre gives the spire an airy aspect;
next it encroaches op the tower, and
causes the index of the dial to glisten
like gold, as it points to the gilded
figure of the hour. Now, the loftiest
window gleams,—and now }he lower.
The carved Triune-work of the portal
is marked strongly out. At length,
the morning glory, in its descent from
Heaven; comes do wnthe stone steps,
fishing excursion ; but their real inten
tion a flirting expedition was like many
others of a similar character, cloaked by
tbe laudable purpose of hooking some
of the fltiny tribe. * So you may be sure
that whenever a walk is proposed the
true name for it is a “ flirting expedi-
I ly round our heart does even the most
I insignificant object of schoolboy hours
I throw a thousand'nameless ties. : Wo
|hadia those days a kind schoolmaster
I whose greatest delight seemed to he in
I seeing bis boys happy, and all that the
I poor old mf n could do, was dohetoef-: , • ... ,. .
I fimt thin end so gratifying to bis feelings, i tton - snd,.f a6.hmg j party; their true
I leer inn enu so gramying m nisreenogs. j. tp bool, „ bean which they gene-
terfnd’* iT Hl accomplish* by displaying their
I wroth, and grow merely »vere the fc , rf of “ romant ; cs “ in sundry
It^TviITf “°° n 7T r T exclamations of enchanting scene.”
I wrinkled face would relax from its se-‘ . . „ ‘ »
! was* point beyond which^te would not ich “ ei S<> “
gmandtamyoTo.from mere thought- ° E “. ".’Sf?
were, a tablet, leu at the spot Paradise,
soon incurred' the 'good old
I man’s displeasure, and with it came the
I pliant birch which made hard thoughts
sin our minds, though tbe dispense*
I of apeh correctives to mirth always as-
1 us {bat it was for our good, and
s that time we ban? seen that; be
fthalf right in his -judgment on: this
I tedder subject. '} '•
I -‘Well do Icall to nfiodthe slow and
IsnailUke pace with which we used to
I creuptojichool.But how different was
I the light arid bounding step with-which
I mut I—IV tlinaA tv.11. nn ilrMF 1 'Arid linnr
.we left tbose walla so drear. 1 And how
tumultuous wax the shout that was feerit
up from a score of tiny voices at their
dismissal, front that purgatory of learn
ing. It eras at rite ag? of simple eight
that! first imbibed a liking for angling,
and this liking has stuck to me through
Aackaild thin, and stem* to he willing
to keep me company io my grave. Each
“ ' morning that came found tbe,
hand, wandering on lh« banks
Oconee—mow,.reclining under
Ob;-foliage Of. -a spreading oak, and
watehibg. with netiriog ! patience'the
BRjtfoUeabf^t, UtbSwi to theeopccnl-
ed hook,'which gave me‘ notice when
“iglpooim nibble” scan taJMng place
l caroling aome careless bang to
my thoughts from - wandering;
which the soft whisperings oi love,
the sly glances of coquett’e, answered
by the wreathed; and practised smiles
of their malo attendant could all be
noted down by au iuvipblu hand as soon
ns uttored; what a mass of nonsense
would be presented. to the eye of any
tauibU man,wandering thitherwards.
But ss I before said a party was for
med and wore wending their way . to
the placo where they iutemiod to. enjoy
the anticipated pleasure of enticing
some unwary, thoughtless 6sh to allow
himsolf to be dragged irom. his ntuive
element and landed on “ terra firm,”
fur the mere gratification of the mo
ment, and failing in this; the alterna-
tive came into play, and, I speak plain
ly,,many a Ricked beau rued the hoar;
pay the very moment, when he so far
forgot himsolf as to allow-his heart to
be captnred by a -smile from one, who
dclighted in alluring poor simple fish.to
bite, and he Jell “ high and diy” and
langhed atfor their credulity.
- So much fin-tbe season ; -«o mack for
the object in pursuit; and you must sea
their arrivaT, which of course could not
happen without sundry exhibitions of
“ro man tics” which displayed themselves
c above and around me issued the
I notes of sumtner bird, who eame ; tp .ao-
■' with os tor awhile and glad os
s their eoegsof harmony ia fit unison
; Mm, liiiiWtriedt
■“d,ge hss somewhat wrinkled
,, to eall-hack.and enjoy in'the
■ nos here and it is1a'nm^a«t I
M them-: they home^pnly to the
f aad leave them Wlmn youth no
■mg then
j
3- j
tnay held andwputal sway,
may think that I am dispot
andritlf ehjde me for wear-
qld recollectiwts -into Ihe
of in j atoqr, bat let that reader
and «sk himself if it ia u<* *relt
days
they msy wffietepeof';
the fair one who directed his attention
to tilem, he turned .his eyes to. his task
when lol he discovered that he had
niadfibad worse. A slight frown gath
ered on bis brow» a half muttered ex
clamation was. on his lips when he
caught the searching eye of Miss
fixed on his own, and immediately the
frown was changed to a look of resigna
tion to the task before hbn r and the half
nttered thought was moulded into a dif
ferent form, and ho observed “well Miss
1 must request that yon do not
call my attention to any thing more un
til I have finished the wotk I have in
band. r . t •
Having done tiiis and finding that suc
cess was not tp be bad with the tenants
of the -deep : one and all concluded to
take a stroll on the banks and gather
aome of tbe flowers which the month of
May wo* scattering with such a liberal
hand.
And now comes the. adventure. I
and Miss - — were left alone, at that
romantic spot; Paradise. -1 had loug
been acquainted with Miss ' ind
found her a lively sensible girl. I bad
thought of her as a companion and had
even gone so far as to look at her with
a meaning look in which knowing ones
would read love and admiration. But
I never had ventured to propose. Eith
er through fear or bashfulness this im
portant step never had been taken* And
I thought that no time was so suitable
as the present. So making up my mind
I proceeded to ask MiSs"——="With a fal
tering voice some common • place ques
tion ; to which she returned an auswer
Which is not remembered by me, nor is
it important that the reader should
know. I then spoke of the delights of
marriage, life, and compared that state
with the lonely time, which the bachelor
passes, and finally with downcast eyes
asked Miss-——-if she would take com-
on one, who loved he*; to distrac
tion, and grant me a favorable answer*
Seeming to bo very little affected hy
what I had said, she hesitated awhile,
and observed that it was really
pected I‘must give her a little time to
consider on it—that she had ever en
tertained tbe best feelings of friendship
for me and would not venture to deny
off request until she had consulted her
friends. This then reader is the An
gler’s adventure.
Athqns, Geo-
one by onB;.and; there stands the
ten, while looking at the arched portal,
I have been gladdened by the sighfof
a score of these little girls ancf boy9,,
in pink, bine, yellow, stnd crimson
frocks, bursting suddenly forth into
the sunshine, like a swarm of gay but
terflies that had been shut - up in the
solemn gloom. Or I might compare
them to cherubs, haunting that holy
place. ,
About k quarter of an hour before
the second ringing of the bell, individ
uals of the congregation begin to ap
pear. Tbe earliest is invariably an
old woman in black, whose bent frame
and rounded shoulders are evidently
laden with some heavy affliction,
which she is eager to rest upon the
altar. Would that the Sabbath came
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most part after tbe tnauner of the exant-
ples mentioned a riiort time since. All
Describing the Astor House, N. Y M
the Express says: There is a mighty
lug fellow, kept in the eart h there, who
,do^8\a ivast A deal of work at ayery
low rate of wages, and on-veiy.hard
fare. Jte.coofo and be washes; he
grinds knives, and he scours; he turns
cranks, and - he boils kettlet; he fries
and he boils-too ; be ironsaqd he rolls
also; ibde^l.he is a Jack at fill tildes,
and there !* hardly any thing bp can’t
Tbougft a Vulcan-Iookiag workie,
he is|a very Briareus in the tilings he
has tp do. If yon want an egg boiled
ina twinkling, be is the td»y,fellow to
do. it. If,, it* the satpe twinkling, you
want: a bucket of water carried from
the cistern in his ncighboriiood to the
top of tbe Hoose, speak, audit is done*
in thirty minutes, if necessary, he cau
wash, dryland iron vomrshirt, and
the laundry 1 is not only bis, but be
keepsnice Bathing:rootris besides—
He has ‘ not: got much manners, to be
voices of the young: gentlemen coinci
ding or'assenting to'the opinions: of
| * ght tbemselves the bpst
1 mattore,” ^or whp shall
W- toVyotnig men^yif
. ». of their own when in thepre-
sonco of their “ flames.” I nerer beard
Modifier from a female in his opinion
a an/subject, but that be was pt
either mentally or orally as
ISWrtknushas abode in which of which conclusion they, would have
step towards obviating their right to be
called by such a title, would bsVe titem
propose and be accepted ; when there ^
Would no longer be the slightest doabt
m-regard *to such y point as being
“ odd” since they would be matched aud
body in the world. Tie can’t bow
Jikie tbp Graces,, bpt is’a stiff straight-
line moving creature; andthe •thumps
‘thump* ofthemusiche makeswould
scare Ekiterpe arid her sisters out of
their very wits; nor is he good for
much, unless fire enough be given him
to eat, fora fire eater he is, and unless
whole posse' bf common -People
stand by to help him; bat there he is,
as e'great statesman said of Concord,
Lexington -arid : Blinker : Hill—-and
tbere is this Steam Engine, the-nbam-
stay of the Astor House, that does the
work of a hundred servants or more,
and asks fbrxxariamtjj bread and meats,
but only f^r gapd^intiirecite coal as
kuftRsl b
‘He’s doing-the leading business,’
by this means''theif cTaim'fo the odious ■the eircus hurscs into the ring*
st&eple,—glowing with freshradiance,
while the shades of twilight still hide
themselves ^apng the nooks of the ad
jacent' buildings;- Methinks, though
thei same Suri brightens it, every fair
morning, yet the steeple has a peculiar
robe of brightness for the Sabbath.
By /dwelling near a church, a per
son soon contracts an attachment for
the edifice. We naturally personify
itj and conceive its massive walls, and
its dim emptiness, to be instinct with
a calm, meditative, and somewhat,
melancholy spirit. But the steeple
stands foremost in our thoughts, as
well as locality. It impresses us as a
giant, with a mind comprehensive and
discriminating enough to care for the
S eat and small concerns of the town.
ourly, while it speaks a moral to the
few that think, it reminds thousands of
individuals ot their separate and most
secret affairs. It is the steeple, too,
that flings abroad,the hurried & ireg-
ular accents - of general alarm; neither
have gladness and festivity found a
better utterance, than by its tongue;
and w^ien the dead are slowly passing
to their home, the steeple has a melan
choly voice to bid them welcome.—
Yet, in spite of this connexion with
human interests, what a moral loneli
ness, on weekdays, broods about its
stately height! It has kindred with
.the houses above which it towers; it
looksdown into the narrow thorough
fare; the lonelier, because the crowd
are elbowing their passage at its base.
A glance at the body of the church
deepens their Impression. Within,
by the ligiit of distant windows, amid
refracted shadows, we discern the
vacant pews anckempty galleries, the
silent organ, the voiceless pulpit, and
the clock, which tells tosoiitude how
time is passing. Time—where man
lives not-r-what is it but Eternity ?—>
And in the church, we might suppose,
are garnered up, throughout the week,
all thoughts and feelings that have
reference to elerriity, until the holy
day comes round again to let them
forth. Might not, then, its m6re ap
propriate site be in the outskirts of the
town, with space for old trees to wave
around it, and throw their solemn
shadows over a quiet green? We
will say more bf this hereafter.
But, or the Sabbath, I watch the
earliest sunshine, and fancy that a
holier brightness marks the day when
there shall be ho buzz^of voiceson the
Exchange, nor traffic in the shops, nor
crowd, nor business, anywhere but at
church. Many have fancied so. For
my own part, whether I see it scat
tered down among tangled woods, or
beaming across the fields, or hemmed
in between brick buildings, or tracing
out the figure of the casement on my
chamber floor, still 1 recognize the
Sabbath sunshine. And ever let me
recognize .it? Some illusions; and
this among them,‘ are the shadows of
great truths. ' Doubts may flit around
me, or seem to close their evil wings,
and settle jdown; but. so long as I
imagine that the earth is hallowed,
and the light of. Jleavcn retains its
sanctity on the Sabbath—-while that
blessed sunshinepives within me-—
never can my sou! have lost the in
stinct of itsr faith. If it have gone
astray, it Will return again.
: I love to spend each pleasant Sab
baths, from morning till’night, behind
the curtain of my often Window. Are
they. spent amiss? Every spot, so
near -the ;cburch as to -be visited by
the circling shadoyr of the steeple,
should be deemed cdnsecrated ground
to-day. Witiv v stronger. truth be it
said, that a.devout heart may conse
crate a den r rif thieves* as on evil one
may converf a temple to the same.—
My heart perhaps, has not such My,
nor t; l wpu!d fain trust, such impious
potency. ,Il niust sdffice, that,though
my form be absent, my inner mangoes
constantly to church; white many,
whose bodily presence fills the accus
tomed seat*; have left their souls-at
borne. But I am there,-etfen before
my friend, the;sexlon. At length, he
comes—a man of kindly, but. sombre
aspect, in dark gray clothes >nd -hair
of the same mixtore—he comes, and
applies his Key toi the wide portal.—'
Now, r my thoughts may go in among
thfcdosty pews. or ascend the pulpit
without sacrilege, but soon come forth,
again to enjoy the music oftM bali
room. - .Hoyr glad, yet sptemn tpo !—.
All the steeples in town /are talking
together. aToft in the sunny air; and
rejoicing among themselves, while
their spires point heavenward. Mean
time, here are f he children assembling
to tlfe Sabbath-school, which is kepi
somewhere within the chorch. Of-
twice as often, /for the sake of that
sorrowful old soul 1 1 “There is an
elderly man, also; who arrives in good
season, ’’ and leads against the corner
of the lower, just witnin tbe line ofy&s
shadow, looking downward witn a
darksome brow. I sometimes fancy
that the old woman is the happiest of
the two. After these, others drop in
singly, and by twos and threes, either
disappearing through the doorway, or
taking their stand in its vicinity. At
last, and always with an unexpected
trajn. of thought,/and leads roe on
ward, step hy step, quiet out of hear
ing of the good man’s voice, unless he
be indeed a son of thunder. At mv
open Window, catching now and then
a sentence of the ‘parson's saw,’l am
as well.situated as at the foot of the
pulpit stairs.. The broken and scatter
ed fragments of this discourse will be
texts of many sermons, preached by
those colleague pastors—colleagues,
but often disputants—mv Mind and
Heart. ; .The former pretends to be a
scholar,.and perplexes me with.doc-
trial points :.Iho latter takes me on the
score of feeling i and botli, like Sete-
ral other preachers spend their strength
EMMETTTS LAST MOME
One day,^previous to tho iri
the* Governor was goirig his ft
he entered . Emmett's. room -. rath)
abruptly; and otriferving a remarkable I
expression. in his countenance,; *■
apologised for the interruption,
had a fork affixed to his liftte deal It
and appended to*it there was. .a *t\
of hair. . ‘Ton see,* said-: be to 1
keeper, ‘how innocently 1 am empk
ed. This little tress has long be
dear to me; and I em plaiting it I
wear on the : day of ray execution ‘
On the day of that fatal event.ti ,
was found, sketefied by his own hand |
with a pen and ink. upon that
table, aivadmirable likeness of tun
—the head severed frora the bodyt
which lay near it, surrounded ; by the J
scaffold, the jtxe, and all the frightftd I
paraphernalia of a high treason exequ-1
t ion. What n strange union of ;ten« i
derness, enthusiasm and fortitude did I
not the above traits exhibit !.; His]
fortitude, indeed, never forsook him.— I
O11 the night previous to bis death, he I
slept soundly as^ever; arid when the I
fatal morni|.g dawned, he arose; hneltl
down nod prayed,ordered some tnilk.1
auditor, cannot always 'understand^' one to his brother in America, and,
Suppose t&afa- fe>y hours have pas
sed, and behold mo still .behiud my,
curtain, just before the cjp^pf the
aflernoou service. The hpur-habd on
the dial has passed beyond four o’clock.
The declining sun is hidden behind
the steeple, and throws its shadow
straight across the street, so that my
chamber is darkened, as with a cloud.
A round the church door, all is solitude
and an unpenetrable obspuyity, be-
"ond the threshold. A • cotnmotion
to very little purpose. I‘ their sole , which ho tirarik, wrote two letters—I
sensation, the bell turns in the steeple is heard. The seats are slammed
overhead, and tnrows out an irregular | down, and the pew doors thrown
clangor, jarring the tower to its found- i hack—a multitude of feet are tramp-
ation. As if there were magic in the j ling along the unseen aisles—tnd the
sound, the sidewalks of the street, both > congregation burst* suddenly through
up and down along, are immediately
thronged with two long linesof people,
all converging hitherward,aud stream
ing into the church. Perhaps the far-
off roar of a coach draws nearer—a
deeper thunder by its contrast with
the surrounding stillness—until it sets
down the wealthy worshipers at the
portal, among their humblest breth
ren. Beyond that entrance, in theory
at least, thpre are no distinctions of
earthly rank ; though, by the goodly
apparel which is flaunting in the sun,
there would seem to be such on the
hither side. Those pretty girls! Why
will theyd isturb my pious meditations!
Of all days in the wee^, they should
strive to look least fascinating on the
Sabbath, instead of heightening their
mortal lotliness, as if to rival the bles
sed angels, and keepour thoughts from
He.aven.
Werrii the minister himself, I must
needs look. One girl is white muslin
from the waist upwards, and black
the portal. Foremost, scampcrs~a
rabble of boys, behind whom moves a
dense anddark phalanx of grown men,
and lastly, a crowd of females, with
young children, and a few scattered
husbands. The instantaneous out*
break of life into loneliness is one of
the pleasantest scenes of the dav.—
Some of the good people are rubbing
their eyes, thereby mtimatingthat they
have been wrapt, as it were, in a sort
of holy trance, by the fervor of their
devotion. There is a young man, a
third-rate coxcomb, whose. rst care is
always to flourish a white handker
chief, and brush the seat of a tight pair
cf pantaloons, which shine as if varn
ished. They must have been made
of the stuff called ‘everlasting,’ or per
haps of the same piece as Cnristiau’s
garments, in the Pitgrim’s Progress,-
for he put them on two summer’s ago,
and has not yet worn the gloss off.—
I have taKen a great liking to those
.. other to the Secretary qf,Slate,$n-J
' jsipgil—and then dcsiredthe ther "* 1
be informed that he waa ready.
When they c&tqe into Jiia room v ll _
■said that lie had two .request* to make I
—one that his. arms might be left as ]
loosely as possible, which was hu-1
inanely and instantly acceded to. ‘I f
mqkfi ^the other,* said he,.‘not undei*l
any idea that it can be granted, but!
that it * may be held in rentembranceJ
that 1 have make itit ia that I may V
be permitted to die in my uniform.’* I
This of could not bn granted; arid the]
request seemed to have no other ob-J
ject than to show that he gloried in]
the cause in which he was to suffer.T
A remarkable example of his power!
over hunself and others, occurred a^|
this melancholy motpent. He wasl
passing out, attended bv the sheriff, I
and preceded by the executioner—in I
one of the passages stood the turnkey V
who was personally assigned to him I
during his confinement; this poor fel-1
low loved him in. Ins heart, and theJ
tears were streaming from his eyes in I
torrents. Emmett paused for a ino.J
meet, his hands were not at liberty -J!
he kissed his cheek—and the man who I
had been an inmate of a dungeon, : l
habituated to the scenes of horror, and f
hardened; against. Uteir operation, fell I
senseless at his feet. Before his eyes!
had opened again upon the, world.I
those of the youthful sufferer had!
closed forever. .
silk downwards to her slippers.
second blushes from.top.knot to. shoe-
tie, one universal scarlet; another of
a pervading yellow, as if she had made
a garment of ihe sunshine. The grea
ter part, however, have adopted a
milder cheerfulness of hue. Their „
veils, especially when the wind raise* congregation is dispersed,
them, give a lightness to the general '
black silk pantaloons. But, now, with
nods and greetings among friends,
each matjwn t&kes her husband’s arm
and paces gravely homewairi. white
the girls also flutter away, after ar
ranging sunset walks with their favor
ed bachelors. The Sabbath
the eve of love. At length the whole
• The color of (be rebel uniform was green.
effect, and. make them appear like:
airy phantoms, as they flit up the steps
and vanish into the sombre door-way.
Nearly all—though it is very strange
that 1 should know it—wear white
itockings, white as snow, and neat
slippers, laced crosswise with black
ribbon, pretty high above the ankles.
A white stocking is infinitely more ef
fective than a black one.
Here comes the clergyman, slow
and 8olemn,in severe simplicity, need
ing no black silk gowri to denote his
office. IIis aspect claiiris my. rever
ence, but cannot win my love. Were
I to picture Saint PetCr, keeping fast
the gate of Heaveri, and frowning,
more stern than pitiful, on the wretch
ed applicants, that face should be my
study. By middle age, or sooner, the
creed has generally wrought upon the
heart or been attempered by it. As
the minister passes into the church.
solitude again. But, hark!
—a broken warbling rif voices, and
now, attuning its grandeur to their
sweetness, a stalely peal of the organ.
Who are the choristers? Let me
dream, that the angels, who came
down from Heaven, this blessed morn,
to blend themsches with the worship
of the truly good, are playing and
singing their farewell to the earth.—
On the wings of Ijiat rich melody,
they were borne upward.
This.gentle reader, is merely a flight
oj^poetry. A.feiw of the kinging men
and singing women had lingered be
hind their fellows, and raised theii
voices fitfully, arid blew a careless
note upon tiie organ. Yet it lifted my
soul higher than all theirformer strains.
They are gone—the sons arid daugh
ters of! ratisiC—^and the gray sexton is
just closing tiie^portal, For six days
more, there will be no face of man in
...» v *.»« uro ,v.^ the pews,<ai>d qisles. and galleries, not
the bell holds its iron tongue, and all 1 a voice m,the pulpit, nor music in the
the low murmur of the congregation ~ * r *” ,w ~
dies away. The gray sexton looks
up and down the street, and then at
my window curtain, where, through
the small peep-hole,.! half fancy that
he has caught my eye. Now, every
loiterer has gone in, and the streeft lies
asleep in the quiet sun; white A feeling
bf loneliness comes over trie apd brings
also an uneasy of neglected privileges
and duties. Oh, I ought to have gone
to qhtirch! The biwtle-of the rising
congregation reaches' my ears, /^fhey
are standing up 'to pray. Could I
bring iriy heart into unison with those
who are pfaying in yonder church,
and lift it heavenward;, with a fervor
of supplication, but no distinct request,
would not that be the safest kind of
prayer ? ‘Lord, look down upon me
in. mercy f , With that sentiment
choir. Was it wofth while to rear
this massive edifice, to be a desert in
the heart bf the town, and populous
only for a few; hours of each seventh
dav ? Oh! but the church is the sym
bol of religion. MaV its site, which
was consecrated on the day when'the
first tree was felled.be kept holy for
ever, a spot of sofitode and peace, la-
mid the trouble and variity or our
weekday world! There is a moral,
and a religion f00. even in the silent
walls. Aqd may tiiesteeple.stiit point
heavenward, and be decked with the
hallowed sunsliine of the Sabbath
moral
PISTOL SHOOTING EXTRA.
No little noise and alarm waicrea-l
ted in one of our princibaf hotels ear-1
ly yesterday morning, by the loud rej-’|
port of-n- pisitd m-one~of\lhe 'pa*saj
ways of the third story. Some thong
that a suicide had been committed, I
while others did not km>w what to!
think ot an occurence so unusual, but; I
their doubts was soon removed, as tre V
shall show. ['■■> - r • J
It seems that one of tho Irish wat-'i
ters attached to the hotel, had taken a I
gentleman’s overcoat from bis room ]
in order to brush it. Finding a plttcr) I
in one ot the pockets, he drew it forth ]
and began to examine itl At this]
juncture a darkey came into the room,]
when the Irishmaq, having no idea the 1
pistol was loaded, took “sight-at tbe l
sable fellow ana exclaimed— I
*1 say, me rowl -of blacking, jusil
straighten yourself like a man, stand]
still, and Pit plug ye as any as IMA
my hand.’ . lUi* * •. ; -n /?• b
rt Wy, wy, look heah, massa’said the!
darkey, rolling his eyes and turning a I
pate blue from fright- ‘Look hcah.l
massa eon’t you doatt-^-don*t awn dat I
pistol d’ra wav. Wha—wha—wbatI
for yon shoot me?’; |
‘Jist for a bit of devarshun, that's all 1
Be aisy, 1 say, and l’ll let a streak of I
blissed day-light through that dark!
body ot yours.* • ' I
No sooner said than done. Pall
took deliberate aim,pulled the trigger,!
and off went the pistol with a tremeri-1
dous report. The balbforjt had Af
•blue pilf fa, it of a large size-
grazed the darkexSa side and
smack throughtlwjpkrr.but fortunate-1
ly it did not happenfo come iri .con-l
tact with any ‘sure enough* flesh', and I
blood. It is needtessto say that the I
Irishman was worse frightened ,tnf“
any man in the party, And has sin
dectared that he % will v never rich 91
.,C.U n fklrasr. .rtrtlr, P*V
WELL DONE.
A good many capital things are told
of the late. William Gray f~-a distin-
_i.- iu ^1 — 1 l. r guished merchant of.Boston. He was
gushing from my soul, might I not f ami i, ar | y known hy the nao.cof-Billy
leave allthe rest to Him! a . -W ur. his H „. h „
. Hark, the hymn ! t This at least, is
a portion of flic service whirh I can
enjoy better than if I sat within the
walte, wliere the foil choir, and the
massive melody of.tbhioigan, would
fall with a weight qpon. me. At this
distance,it thrills thro* my frame, and
plays Upon my heart 'strings, with a
pleasure both ot the sense arid spirit
Heaven be praised, I know nothing of
music, as : a; science; arid the most
elaborate harmonies,if they, please me
please as simply as a. nurse’s lullaby.:
The strain has ceased but prploqgs it;,
self in uiy 'rnirid, witli ianciful echoes,
till 1 start from my reverie, aud find
that the sermon haircommenced. It
is ray misfortune 'seldom tp frartHy.
in a’regolar way, by any but'printed
sermons. The first strongiaea, which
the
Gray.* He left at his death a large
estate, and used to say that-thc chief
source of Jiis worldly success, was his
molto,*What is worth doing at all, is
worth doing well/ ; On one occasion,
he had reason to find fanlt with a
mechanic for some slovenly job. The
mechanic recollected Mr. Gray when
lie. was in .a very humble-condition,
so be bore the rebuke with imp^ience.
.-FI tplt. yoli .whjit.’. said ,he, -Billy
•Gray. \ phan’l stand sijch jaw jrpm
yon. Why I recollect when yoMjos
nothin- hutadrymnierin areginrent.’
'so 1 was a drummer—but didn't I
drum uxll—eh 1 didn’t l dram vxlli lovely wife. He brooghtaforttioo
--lS—: A..- - ■' her, and she knew how to aavc o
■ftiiadMir iwMnl
A. man's appearance falls withih tbe
censure ofevery.one who sfees him ;
■ .... .
•irions. The’first strongidea, which his talent and learning, vely few arc wirtnich.and each enrictad th*
: preacher utters, gives birth to a judges of. ; : «• • '
fthe decatefol .things again.*'
yuw. , ’ . -
HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFlj*: fj, |
■The Patriarch,* a JVfagaxine just I
published, offers the following receipt |
for the seluctioh of a wife t:
‘A place for every thin- and «
thing ia it* place,’ said the pair
to his daughter.. ‘Select a wife, ftiy.l
son, who will never stepovera broom-1
stick.* The bod. was obedient to. thel
lesson.. Now, said he,-pleasantly,opl
a gay May day, to one of hi. c ■
ions,' lippoint'lhis-broq
chooseMie a wife. < Tlie j
who will not'step over if
the ,offer of my band, si
from the splendid saloon.ti
some stumbled oyer .the; b
others jumped ip.'pAt leng
ladjr stooped, ahdpgt'it;ip, > i
,The promise w«s fulfilled...
came the wife of an educated t
wealthv young man.' and be iha, h
" ' of a prodent. indiwlTO^ «
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