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to ■ ,v ' ' _ - J is, however, put off by the su the clergyman ; and the day i§ solemn festival and betrothing. “ Already, at an early hour in the morn ing the gondoliers, in their gayest apparel, were in waiting ; and a brilbant party, with* H f once more da|ripe11 ihe spirit of con viviali- trick of some intoxicated gondolier. It } fidelity, and what dependence rv irliiot) * n*• n fihnrt iimA Knrl tsHfa. a* degrhirtn hands of music, all .rejoiciog/U qpntideat was hridegi -FOSTET. to y age to the. ‘ iT FROM THE “ FORGET ME NOT,” FOE 1827. LOVE’S MOTTO. Is it that natural impulse of the heart, Its conscious immortality, Which makes it happiness to be remembered 1 Memory—the Hero buys it with.his blood ; The Patriot, with proud sacrifice of self, The Poet, with sweet music from his lute, Of which his feelings are the subtle chords ? Nay, even the vain Uich build palaces To make their name immortal; but of these Ig there one-whose delight in memory Can be like the young lover’s ?—His as life, As hope, to know his image is secure, Recalled by all sweet thoughts in one fond heart. The pictur’d scroll that lies before me now, Has wakened thoughts of this; upon the grass Fresh as his new-sprung feelings, kneels a youth While through the green boughs of the shadowy beech The sunshine falls like rain-drops, and behind, On a bright cloud, whose purple hue has caught Its lustre from his wings, the boy-god floats— He whose sway is of smiles, and tears, And yet whose rule is iron; he has lent A golden arrow from his quiver’s store, » And the youth’s eager hand has on the bark 4 Carved these so gentle words, “ forget bie not,”— » Murmu ing the while one of those tender songs Which have tbeir echo in each lover’s heart: Wave—that wanderest singing by, Bearing leaves and flowers with thee, To the lady of my heart Wpft a benison from me. Wind—that roV’st around the grove, Kissing every flower nigh, I’ll sehdjtjjee on a sweeter search— Bear my own sweet love my sigh. Bark—that show’st my graven words, . Thine be yet a happier lot— May’s* thou meet my maiden’s eye, Bidding her “ Forget me not.” L. E. L. f K / ,■ s/ A TALE OF HORROR. From the German. elected by R. P. Gillies, Esq. 3 volumes. Blackwood, Edinburgh ; T. Cadell, Lon don. 1S26. ;*4n spite of all that can be said about mor- bnX;magination, ghostly horrors, foolish fear^i and literary nightmares, and though the vciumes before us are full of them ; nev- elesl^ whatever we ought-<g.d» criti- we carijv't/oiinscientr^u^^refuse t;o ©Jrr awe conviction that' the talcs iucl>^ e now ca N our readers’ attention fuiated for great popularity. “ Men t children of a larger growth and in ungydo they keep up the resemblance Tube than in the privilege and pleasure they retain to the last of being frightened. (These legends are essentially German ; antfc the Germans, whether owing to that fervid'im- aginalion which believes the terror if has created, or to whatever other cause physi cians or metaphysicians may choose to as cribe it—The Germans are the best narra tors of a tale of a dark mysterious murder, or one of spiritual and shadowy intercourse. The Crystal Dagger and Oath and con science are most excellent specimens of the former power; while the Spectre Bride, the Warning, &c. are excellent evidence of the latter. And in giving an extract from the last but one of these, we beg it may be perused some dark rainy night; all the rest of the house in bed and asleep; with the candles properly unsnuffed; and if in an old country house, so much the better. “ The son of a very rich nobleman, whom I shall now designate only by his Christian name Felippo, had, during his residence at Leghorn—-which town he had visited on ac count of his inheritance that devolved on him—paid hi3 addresses to a beautiful young girl, obtained the consent of her relations, and being for the present under the necessi ty of revis'ting Venice, he promised that he would, in, a very short time, come again to Leghorn, in~ order to celebrate a marriage with his beloved Clara. Their attachment seemed mutual; and their parting was even frightfully solemn. After they, had exhaus ted the power of words in reciprocal protes tations and vows, Felippo invoked the aven ging powers of darkness to bring destruc tion on his own head if he should be unfaith ful, and wished that his intended bride should not even find rest in the grave if he deserted her, but follow him still to claim his love, and extort it from him in another world. When these words were uttered^ Clara’s parents were seated at the table with .all the lovers. They recollected thfeir own arlylife, and did not attempt to stop these romantic effusions, which was at last carried so far, that me young people both wounded themselves in the left arm, and mingled their blood in a glass of White champaign. «In separable as these red drops have now be come, shall our souls and our fates be for ever!* cried Felippo. He drank half the wine, and gave the rest to Clara, who pledg ed him without hesitation. . “On his return to V enice, a young beauty had just made her appearance there, who expectations set out on the bride’s country house. At the dinner ban quet, which was protracted until lute in the evening, rings were, as usual, interchanged between the lovers ; but no sooner had that ceremony taken place, than a most horrible piercing shriek was heard by the whole par ty with astonishment—by the bridegroom with a cold shuddering through every limb. Every one started up and ran to the windows, for the voice seemed to come from without; but, though the twilight still rendered objects risible, it was impossible to discover any cause for this extraordinary alarm- “ Soon after this unaccountable distur bance, I happened to request of the bride, who sat opposite to me, that I might be al lowed to look again at her marriage-ring, which was of very beautiful workmanship ; she nodded assent, but to her great conster nation, it was no longer on her finger. Search was diligently made—all rose to give their assistance for that purpose, but in vain; the ring was irretrievably gone! The hour meanwhile, drew near at which the evening amusements were to commence. The mask ed ball was to be preceded by a very bril liant display of fireworks on the river. The party arrayed themselves, in the first place, in their fancy dresses, and entered their gondolas. But the silence that prevail ed among them all was, on such an occasion extraordinary ; they could not possibly re cover their spirits. The fireworks were ad mirable, yet, notwithstanding their success, only a feeble * bravo* was heard now and then among the spectators. The ball, too, was one of the most brilliant that I have ev er witnessed. The dresses were magnifi cent, and so loaden with diamonds, that the light of the countless wax candles was re flected through the room a thousand fold. The bride, however, excelled every one in ty which, for a short time had revived. .There arose a whimpering ail a- round the table, a»d the prevailing opinion n uhlorfunate attachment to the tnust be the cause of the incog nita's ecceavfrio .•'planners. However this might, be, «those were nearest her at the. supper-table left tlieir places on the first opportunity offered for a change, and sought elsewhere for a more agreeable situation. Afterwards, however, many of the party as sembled round hep for the sole purpose cf discovering who she really was, expecting that after all she would unmask, and prove to be a well-known friend-—but in vain ! At last, when white champaigne was handed round, the bridegroom also drew near, ta king the chair next but one to the silent lady; and now, indeed, she seemed to be more animated -at last she turned round to wards her new neighbour when he addresed her which sliq. liad never done to any one else, and even offered her glass as if she wished him to drink out of it. It was visi ble, however, that by her attentions Felippo had heencxcessively agitated. Heheld up the glass in bis left hand trembling like an aspen leaf, pointed to it, and said. ‘ How comes it that the wine is red ? I thought we had no red champaigne !’ ‘ Red,’ said the bride’s father, who had drawn near, with his curios ity stretched to the utmost; ‘ what can you mean!’ ‘ Look only at the lady’s glass,’ answered Felippo. ‘Well,—it is filled with white wine, like all the rest,’ said tiie old gentleman ; and he called the bystan ders to witness, who, with one voice, de clared the wine to be white. Felippo would not drink it however ; and when the silent lady turned round on him a second time, he trembled even more than before, insomuch that he quitted his place at table, took his host aside, and when they had conversed for some time privately, the latter, having taken his resolution, addressed himself in a loud voice to the company : ‘ For reasons,’ said he, ‘ which are afterwards to be explained, I must request, as a particular favour, that all my worthy friends now present will, for been was not so easy to account for the lady’s ar rival and departure without being observed; but this, too, might be explained by the hus tle that prevailed, and inattentiohfW the por ters. As to the disappearance *of the wed ding-ring, it could only be\ supposed that s<v.ne one among the servants had slight-of- hanJ and dishonesty chough to conjure it into his own pocket, from whence, of cuprse, short, they it would not be recover seemed resolved to overlook all difficulties and objections that might have been;, made to these explanations, and were only dis- amined the puree wlych had been pfe/tSfidi ► should have his arm; and finding that it contained placed on their vigilance, ahd fine all aasleep, he returned to his ei some money which he had for a different purpose, contained in many parses as there were soldiers < duty^j twelve in number. These he vis once more, Wd placed under the each, one* of those, purses, in every which were an hundred pieces of gold, of the soldiers, who was not aslge he feigned to be so, took partic of the Emperor, ami at his dej tressed that the priest, who come to pronounce a blessing on the con tract, was now declared to be at the point of death ; and on account of the old friend- hip subsisting between him and my friend’s family, they could not properly "think of the final ceremonies being performed within the very week after his dec ease. On the day of the clergyman’s funeral, however, a fear ful check was given to Felippo’s levity and high spirits. A letter arrived from Clara’s mother, informing him that her unhappy daughter had, in her grief and disappoint ment, died for the sake of her faithless lover! moreover, that she had declared in this display, and her father delighted himself j a moment, take offtheir masks.’ As in these with the conviction that no one could com- j words he only expressed a general wish, his pete with his beloved and only daughter, j request was complied with in an instant, As if to be more thoroughly convinced on | every countenance was uncovered, that of the this point, he went through the room looking silent lady excepted, dn whom the looks of at the ornaments worn by the other masks, till, all at once, he was struck with the ut most astonishment on discovering that jew els of the very identical fashion and lustre were worn by two ladies, hi3 daughter and a strangerat the same time! He confessed to me afterwards, that he was weak enough to feel his pride hurt at this occurrence. His only consolation was to reflect, that howev er rich these jewels were, they would be surpassed out of all measure by a wreath of diamonds and rub es which was to be worn by Camilla at the supper table. “ When the supper-party had at length assembled, and the old gentleman made his remarks as before, the strange lady, to his utter consternation, made her appearance with a wreath precisely like that of his daughter. His curiosity now got almost the better of his politeness, and as she still wore her mask, he could not help addressing him self to her with the words, ‘Fair lady, might I venture so great a liberty as to ask the whole party were turned with an expres sion of disappointment and suspicion. ‘ You are the only mask left among us,’ said her host after a long j pause ; ‘ dare I not hope that you will oblige so far V She persisted, however, in the same coldness of manner, and remained incognita. This vexed the old gentleman so much the more, as he dis covered, among the rest without exception, all the friends that he had invited ; so that this lady was, without any doubt, the individ ual who had been added unexpectedly to the number. . At the same time, he did not ven ture to force a iemovol of her disguise, as the extraordinary value of her jewels took a- way all his suspicions that a spy of the po lice had introduced himself, and he would not run the risk of offending a person vidro- was evidently of high rank. She might per haps, be some acquaintance who had arriv ed suddenly at Venice—heard of his bril liant entertainment, and, as a harmless jest, resolved to make one at the masquerade your name ?’ The incognita, however, shook without being discovered. her head with a mournful, abstracted air, and did not answer him one word. At the same time, the house-steward came and Meanwhile it was thought right, at'all events, to make* some inquiries among the servants; but, notwithstanding the great washed to know whether the party had been ] number of strange lacqueys and female at increased in number, as the covers appoin- \ tendants that w'ere at the villa, none could ted for the dinner table were now found in sufficient. His master answered in the ne gative, and in a tone of much irritation, in sisted that the servants must have made some blunder. The steward, on the con- j more unaccountable, as the lady must have trary, maintained that he was perfectly cor- • retired to her toilet in order to put on the rect Another cover was laid accordingly, and on counting the guests, it was found - i-A k had hitherto been educated vent, but now suddenly e ; gel from the clouds, a lion of the whole city, fho had heard of Clara-, I Jybnture with he#/as only firs’ * which may jtemia.d *ptte®fon the next, ' J ” ‘ is young tstran. a distant con- {ed like an an te admir- to’s parents, on his ? those love one dayand reed their son /arjtiUa, for this not only ter beauty, but for, her wealth and high birth- Representations were ahade to Felip- ia^wliat influence he might gab in the state means of an alliance with Iter. She )i- ntious gaiety of the carnival, which now , drew on, favoured his addresses ; J ' i short tihve the recollection of be found thqt would acknowledge this lady for their mistress ; nor could any one of his own household recollect when or how she arrived ; and their ighorance was the was that there was one more than the number that had been invited. As he had a little while before, in consequence of some care less expressions, rendered himself obnoxious to interferences of the police-officers, he thought this addition to his party must have been caused by them. Being perfectly sa tisfied that nothing would at present take place in his house on which the police could make any remarks, he determined, in his own mind, to avoid any disturbance of the present festivity. It would be better he thought, to represent to the government af terwards the insult they had inflicted on him; therefore, whjje most of his guests had thrown off their masks, he deferred his in tended proposal that they should all do so till the close of the entertainment. Univer sal admiration was excited by the extraor dinary luxury displayed at this final banquet. In the variety and excellence of his wines, our host surpassed all that had been hither to known at Venice, and yet he was not sa tisfied. He lamented especially that a mis fortune had happened to his red champaign, beautiful wreath with which she appeared at the supper-table. The mysterious whis pering which had for some time supplied the place of all lively conversation, now became more remarkable, when the lady suddenly rose from her place, waved her hand, and nodded to the bridegroom then retreated towards the door. The ‘bride however, would not suffer him to follow for she had long observed the attention with which the incognita had regarded him Nor had it escaped Camilla’s notice, that he had been frightfully agitated when he was offered the glass of wine ; and she began to fear that some mad attachment to Felippo had been the cause of this extraordinary scene. In spite of all her objections, how ever, she could not prevent her father from following the unknown ; and when she had glass seem- as pos- so that he could not produce a of that liquor. At this time the ed well disposed to make up, sible, for that want of jollity ahd high spirits which they had betrayed through the pre ceding entertainments. Only in ipy neigh bourhood (I mean where I sat at table,) it fell out very differently. We had only one unanimous feeling, that ofep^resityr ..which completely triumphed over eVery other. I was placed near the lady who wore jewels, exactly resembliug those of the bride, and observed that, besides never touching food or wine, she did not voi single word when spokei but, meanwhil got beyond the door, he redoubled his pace in order to keep pp with her. But at that moment, the same, horrible shriek which had been heatd during the dinner banquet was repeated with" an effect tenfold more frightful ainid the Stillness of the night; and when our host hid got beyond the outer gateway, not a trace was to be found of the mysterious visitor. The people in at tendance there knew nothing of her ; aac though the banks ofthe river were crowded with gondoliers, not <^ne could acknowledge even to have seen heri These events had such an effect on the afe to return a to by thp other her looks fixed on Felq ther. Her pre uld not possibly ks thatw< and his bride strange lobser- 1 from one guest • • . - whole company, .thai only one desire now seemed toprevAil among them, that of re arm hundred of gold, supposed each of his companions had is much, of. which he her last moments that she would not rest in her grave till she had compelled him to ful fil his promises: This alone made such an impression on Felippo, that the wretched mother’s added maledictions were quite su perfluous. He found also, that the mysteri ous shriek, which had been heard when the rings were exchanged, had been uttered pre cisely at the hour and minute of the poor girl’s death. He was forced also to believe, however unwilling, that the unknown lady had been his forsaken Clara’3 ghost; and this thought deprived him at times of all self- possession. Henceforward he always car ried the letter about with him, and some times drew it unconsciously from his pock et, and stared at its agonizing pages. Even Camilla’s presence could not always prevent this; and as she of course ascribed his agita tion to the paper which he thus impolitely and silently perused, she availed herself of an opportunity when he had let it drop on the floor, and seemed quite lost in thought, to examine, without ceremony, what had caused him such distress. Felippo did not awake from his reverie till she had perused the letter, and was folding it u,p, with her countenance deadly pale, so that she must have fully understood her own painful situa tion. He then threw himself at her feet, in a mood of the sincerest anguish and repen tance, conjuring her to tell him what he now ought to do. * Only let your affection for me be more constant than it was for this poor unfortunate,’ said Camilla; and he vowed this from his inmost heart. But his disquietude constantly increased; and when the day of their marriage at last arrived, became almost quite overpowering. When according to the old fashion of the Venetians, he went in the twilight before day-break to the residence of his bride, he could not help believing, all the way, that para’s ghost was walkiug by his side. In deed, no loving couple were ever accom panied to the altar, by such fearful omens as those, which now took place. At the request of Camilla’s parents, I was there in attend ance as a witness, and have never since for gotten the horrors of that morning. We were advancing in profound silence towards the church della Salute, but already in the street, Felippo whispered to me several times, that I should keep away that strange woman, as he feared that she had some de sign against his bride. ‘ What strange wo man!* said I, in astonishment. ‘Not so loud—for God’s sake be cautious !* answer ed he ; ‘ you see, no doubt, how she is al ways endeavouring to force herself betwixt me and Camilla.’ * Mere phantasies, my good friend,’ said I; ‘ there are no more here but our own party.* £ God grant t|iat my might without difficulty take fore she Awoke. This heimmt practice, by. gpnfly . easing valuable burden. The Emperor wlib had.no soldiers were asleep when he and that they must be oveijoyed on a\ at. discovering. their good fortune, them to be called together early i ing, & asked of them succer <jyely had dreamed the preceding ni'glA, ther the success was answerabletqj imagining that each would say, he hz a purse under his arm with an hunc of gold. But not a word of the he. hear from the first eleven that ] ed, until he came to the twelfth, ful sentinel, who, making a profoi the king, said, “Sire, i fancied at ni a person who very muck resembl majesty, visited us one after the oilw*, •*~ 'm finding us all asleep, returned to higjpiamjj ber,’ but soon came back with a dozen ses, w r hich he attached severally to the of each of us, and then withdrew. Ai wards, sire, it was evident, unless my dream! deceived me, that when that venerable i generous person had retired, I began to amine the contents of the purse ui own arm; and finding in it an hunc of gold, I supposed each of my com had as many, when I was seized with a sue den zeal to put them together, saying /to myself, that for the many oogent reason# which then occurred to me; it would be we-ii to do so; and so I did, which pleased, exceedingly on awaking^ This, sire, whole of my dream. I hope approves of tny devotion, v you, is very sincere and affecj The Emperor learning/fi-T harangue, that the Soldier was not" those who'slept; anct that, notwithst he had feigned being jn the same co with his companions, he was the only one on his duty, permitted him alone to enjoy the reward, saying. “Yes, I approve of your decision; the prize i! yours alone, for you only were awake. As for the rest, it is suf ficient forthem to know^that each had a hun dred pieces of gold, which he lost by being asleep. Hence they will leam, tBat riches are not acquired by slumber ; or if, by some lucky accident, they fall to the share of the slothful, they take flight as suddenly as they came.” t '' . "TV 1 It is curious to contrast the means by which similar objects are accomplished by men placed under different circumstances, and to observe how superior the resources of • the mind are to every combination of physi cal advantage. In India, the cotton is near ly the spontaneous production of the soil and is passed through the different processes which transform it into the finest muslin, by means of implements which might all be purchased for a few shillings, and without having drawn forth any other endowments of our nature than a delicacy of touch, and justness of eye. In England the material is imported from countries lying under an other hemisphere ; it is worked up into cloths by an immense machinery, which has been the result of some of the most splendid lid eyes had deceived me !* he replied ;^‘^3Vly efforts of human genius; and before it is m don’t let her go with us into the churclA^ for the market, almost every art has been added he, when we arrived at the "door. 1>&nefitted by it; the.arts of ship building and turning to their own homes as fast as possi ble ; and the old gentleman was forced to order the gondolas to be in readiness at a much earlier hour than he had intended. They departed accordingly, in a mood very different from that in which timy had arrived in the iftjprmng. On the following morning I found Felippo and his bride again in their ‘ spirits. , He now began to think, as usual she did, that the incognita was some unfortu nate peyrson crazed with hopeless love; and as to the frightful cry that had twice alarmed another, the par' ;-, it might have been oulymr absurd ‘ Certainly not,’ said I; and to the great as tonishment of the bride’s parents, I made gestures as if I were ordering some one away. In the church we found Felippo’s ’firtifer, on whom his son looked as if he were taking leave of him forever. Camilla sob bed aloud, and when the bridegroom called out.—‘So, then, this strange woman has come in with us after all*—it was thought doubtful whether, under such cireiunstan- ces, the marriage could be performed. Camilla, however, said in her changeless affection, ‘Nay, nay, since he is in this un happy state, he has the more need of my care and constant presence. Now they drew near to the altar, where a gust cf wind suddenly extinguished the Candles. The priest was angry that the sacristan had. not closed the windows; but Felippo exclaimed, * The windows indeed! do you not see who stands here, and who just now carefully and designedly extinguished the lights V Every one looked confounded^ but Felippo went ca hastily, breaking aq^ay from his bride. ‘Doyou not see, too, who is iust forcing me away from Camilla ?* At these words the bride sank fainting into her mother’s arms, and the clergyman declared that^un der such impressions as these, it was abso lutely impossible for ’him to proceed with the ceremony. The relations on both sides looked on Felippo’s situation as an attack of sudden madness; but it was not long be fore they changed this opinion, for he now fainted as Camilla had done. Convulsions followed, thqblood forsook his countenance, and in a few moments their concer ' ' ~ was at an end. Notwithstanding e’ made to assist him, he ej^ired.”, .*• WS ht for him effort Waiting Sentinel.- peror Joseph H. of G on visiting kb guards, to 4 nav^tion, ^with jilf their subordinate em- ploymfentS—fhffmasons, the mfil-wrighti, the mechanicians, the engineers and the merchants, who construct and invent the machinery by which it is wrought; or who construct canals to transport it, or supply ‘the capital by which the whole is maintained. All these are but a few of the individuals who minister to the excellence of each piece of cotton, and who are paid out of its price. Yet the lowess of that price i* a proof t1 their united labor has multiplied in an ij finitely greater degree their common ductive power.—Oriental Herald. A Polish Johe.—During the re ; gh of Stanislaus Poniatowaky, a petty noble hav ing refa&ed to resign to Count-Thisenbaus his small Mtite, the Count invited him to dinner, as if desirens of amicably adjusting the affair; mid whilst the knight, in the. pride of his heart at such unexpected honour, as siduously piled the bottle, tire count de spatched some hundreds of peasants with axes, ploughs, and wagons, ordering the village, which consisted only of a few wood en buildings, to be pulled down, the mate rials carried away, and the plough passed over the ground which the village had oc cupied. This was accordingly done. The nobleman on his return home in the evening, could find neither road, house, rft>r village. The master and his servant were alike be- wildered,-«nd knew not whether they were dreaming, or had lost the power of discrimi nation, but their surprise and agony were deemed so truly humorous that the whole «lighted with the joke. A lady being vexed at her daughter for dan cing with a young man who was a surgeon’s ined apprentice, a friend comforted her by ob UteaiTaerviBg, that“ hg^ras otiosity ImBHEsM aw,