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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH AND
OLIVER H. PRINCE.
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VOL. II. NO. 2,
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POETRY.
Floyd house,
BY B. S. NEWCOMB.
MaCOS, Georgia. Oct. id, 1844—31—tf
From the Holly Springs Guard.
LUCY NEAL.
Down in a shady valle.v,
Where sparkling waters steal,-
With its vines and budding flowers',
Was the home of Lucy Neal.
Oh, fair young Lucy Neal,
Oh, fair young Lucy Neal,
The love I once did bear for thee'.
1 shall forever feel.-
Her voice fell in low murmurs',
The wounded heart to heal,
And harshness never darked the brow,*
Of my gentle Lucy Xc&l.
Oil! she was like the glorious visions,*
That tlirQ* slumber steal.
To light us to the brighter world—;
And such was Lucy Neal.
And Lucy said her heart was mine/
And het We did not conceal;
Tor pure and guileless were the lipjf/
Of iny faithful Lucy Neal.
But there came a dashing soldier.
All panoplied in steel,
And the stern old father gave him 1
His child, fair Lucy Neal.
They bore l»er from my bosom.
And that wound they cannot heal;
rt Formt heart, my heart is breaking,*
Tot the love of" Lucy Neal.
And tell her when I’m dying.
And dark visions round me steal,*
The last low murmur of this life
Shall be for Lucy Neal.
Holly Springs, August 25,1845.*
Fa.liiottnblc Dram .Unking Ifafiiblifflitucnf.
Plumb Street, next to Iht Seminary.
OtderAf DRESSES. HIDING HARIT8. Sc. See. CXts-
i-uu .l in the latest and most fashionable style, and at the
shortest notice.
NISBET & WINGFIELD,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W.
Office on Mulberry Street, over Kimberly’s Hal Store
M.-:on, Georgia, Oct. lb, 1344—31—tf
Pope &. Clojttou,-
ATTOliNEYS AT LAW.
TUSKEGEK. ALARAMA.
W ILL hereafter alien'd the Courts of Macon, 1'ike.
Harbour. Russell.Chambers, Tallapoosa. Montgom
ery and Lowndes counties. They will also attend the Su
preme Court of the State.
Communications addressed to them at Tuskrgee.erill re
ceive prompt attention.
Jsn. 14—16—tf.
James IN'. Kin;;,
Attorney at Law,
Macon, Go.
W1NFUEY JL. SHOCKLEV, ,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
Will practice in the following Counties :
tll’SON. HOUSTON,
1’IKE. BIBB,
monroe, Baldwin,
BUTTS. JONES.
CRAWFORD. TWIGGS,
All business entrusted to Iris rare will meet with prompt
attention. Office in Dr. Thomson's building,oppo.he 2 ioj-d
House, Maeon. Georgia.
May 5,1843.
Wl»:litiir «.V Mix,
WHOLESALE ANI) RETAIL DEALERS IN
ROOTS AND SHOES
Near the Washington Ilali Second Street
Maenn. Georgia, Get. IP, 1844—31— if
- From Punch;
SC/XG OF THE SORDID SWEETHEART.-
I loved thee for thy money,
For wealth, they said, was thine;
Ret, finding thou hast none, I
Thy heart and ham! resign.
Think not I wish to pt-in tlieo.-
Deetn not I use tbee ill:
lliketbee; but maintain thee,
2 never can or will.
I thought thee quite a treasure—
A bon a fide sum
And dreamt ofjoy and pleasure
That never were to comer
The house—the bounds—the koises—
Thy fortune would nllow;
The wines—the dozen courses—
That dream is overnow ?
Not for thy Charms I wooed thee','
Though thou wast passing fair ;
Not fur thy mind 1 sued thee.
Though stored with talents rarer
Tliinc income 'twas that naught me—
For that I held thee dear;
2 trusted thouds’t have brought me'
Five thousand pounds a year.
That hope, alas! is blighted.
Thereon I will not dwell;
2 should have been delighted
To wed thee—hut, farewell f
My feelings let me smother,
Hard though the struggle be',-
And try and find another,
ltich as I fancied thee.-
34 If
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MAC on.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
T\U.T. A. PAR3QNS has returned to tile city.and has
JLr resumed the duties of his profession. Office at his
dwelling, brick house, two doors above the Meihodis
Church J* n - SI. 1845.
UEiVIOVAL.
T'klt. HOr.T has removed to the residence recently
U occupied by B. H. MoOVTRi*, where -he may he
Gund at ni-hi; and in the day, at his ollicc over Mess's
WiashipA Pope’s store. •
Maenn, April 1C. 32 tf
WJK. I»LAKI.\G A SONS,
COMMISSION M ERCIJANTS,
CHARLES1 UK, S. C.
Peptcmber g. 1813. 4f> Cm
rRl.>fl^R.SII4(Iti:i,PORD,
FACTO tt,
13 Central M’lia»f,
Charleston, S. C
Jaly 52.1845. m43 3m
Charleston Hotel.
8UIISEQ.UENT to issuing the first notice in rela-
Juration the Charleston Hotel, by one of the undersigned, a
copartnership has been formed between him nnd J. Blakely
Smith, of Kesrmn. Gen. The concern will he conducted
under the firm of Butd Sc Smith. They take great plea
sure in informing their friends and the public, that they have
sap rad the services of L. H. Satterfield, for many years at
the Charleston Hotel, nnd J. M. Hurst, for many years at the
2’hntfr* Hotel; men ofthe highest qualifications, and agree
able manners—well known as such tbmueboM the country.
J. D, BOYD.
J. BLAKELY SMITH.
September 53, 1845. 5t 32
City Hall : : : <»i*iflin, Georgia.
A BY ROBT. S. LANIER.
CONDUCTED UT
SAMPSON LANIER, late nl the Waabington Hsll,
Macon, On.
Griffin, Januaty 1, 1843. S3 tf
A netes boy's opinion of Gen. Jackson.—
The New York Evening Mirror relates tlmt
not long since, nl ilte Chatham Theatre, the
spirit of Gen. Jackson, in the form of an actor,
was carried up to heaven by pulltes, in the
arms of an actress, who represented an angel.
This led. one newsboy in tlie pit lo say to an
other, * Do you suppose Gen. Jackson has
gone to heaven?’ •! don’t know,’ replied the
other; but one thing I can tell you—if lie only
made up his mind to go to heaven ail hell
couldn’t stop him !’
O lions anti Hoses—rather iacongruous sub
stances, at least in smell; but it lias been found
lint though it may not add to the fragtancc of
I lady’s breath, it adds greatly to that of flow
ers. If the onion be planted near a rose bush,
so as to touch its roots, it will, as is said, won
derfully increase the odor of Ilte flowers; and
water distilled from tire roses is far superior to
that from roses under other circumstances.
THJS SEASON.-
BY THOMAS HOOD.
Summer’s gone and .over I
Fogs are fallitigdowo;
And with russet tinges,
Autumn’s doing brown.
Roughs are daily rifled
By the gusty thieves.
And the Rook of Nature
Gettetb short ofleares.
Round the tops of houses,
Swallows as they flit.
Give like early tenant i,
Notices to <,u't-
Skies, or fickle temper.
Weep by turns an.l laugh—
Night and Day together,
Taking half and half.
So September endetlt—
Cold and most perverse—
Rot the months that follow.
Sure will pinch us worst 1
HISTORICA L.
The Kiss.—A lover gazed in the eves of
Ws mistress until site blushed. He pressed
ler hand to his heart and said, ‘‘my looks have
Pentad roses on thy cheek lie who sows
f'<e $cqd shall reap the harvest.”
The Chinese Museum, i
? aar * has been opened Ic the public at Boston,
lb the Marlboro Chapel. Every thing in the
*■* nbition is the work of Chinese hands, and the
i*> very extensive antj thorough.
MR. INGERSOLL’S NEW WORK.
[continued.]
The second chapter opens with the following
interesting passages, relating to a project so
favorably leg.irded in those days, and not
without its advocates in the present:
‘•My I listoricm sketch will begin with the
first session of the thirteen’.h Congress; May
1SJ3, when 1 took my scat; that 1 may tell
only what I had occasion to know. But the
events of 1S13, ’14, and ’15 will not be so
intelligible as if premised by some prelimina
ry account of those of 1812. The first chap
ter having explained the causes and character
of the war, this chapter will submit an out
line of the belligerent operations of the six
months of the first year after its declaration.
“To conquer Canada was the promise and
reliance of those who made war against orders
in council nnd impressment. Nothing could be
done by sen, as was supposed ; and one of the
embarrassments of the advocates of war, was
thnt wli le defensive against maratime aggres
sions, it must take the appearance and bear
the odium of being aggressive, for foteign
conquest. This false position was especially
tt hindrance, as the constituted authorities and
majority of the people of the New England
Slates were opposed to the war, and denoun
ced the invasion of Canada as its worst ‘direc
tion and effort. Its advantages and disadvan
tages were then fully discussed ; expatiation
on them now,since the design came to nothing,
would he useless. A more important historic
al consideration is. whether oui plan of invasion
was not wrong ; beginning with blows aimed
Ot the branches, instead of striking at once at
the root of English tertitorial and naval pow
er in America.
“A project was then presented by a very
young American officer, whose name will oc
cur often hereafter in connexion with the most
brilliant feats of arms. A project was presen
ted to Eustis, Secretary of War, which he
put aside, with the rather contemptuous re
mark, that it avas a very pretty plan. It pre
dicated the enemy’s resistless control of the
nported in tho Ba- 0 «’ nn > and the probability that Napelon’s
gigantic domination bv land was tottering to
its fall. To meet Great Britain’s superior
force, then triumphant everywhere,, the Unj-
tc’d Stales had but the skeletons of ti few regi
ments,' and a few frigates. Ilte Ameiicnn Frances that what we take is not to be surreft-
seacoast would soon be entirely blockaded, doted in any event. It
whileour land operations during the first
of hostilities must be left chiefly to volunteers
nnd militia. Hotv, then, should wc make what
force we had be most effectually fell ? Study
of naval power shows that it docs not depend
on ships, but on seamen ; that the nurseries if
seamen are commerce and fisheries ; the na
val marine depends on the commercial. In
both, the United States ate s- cond only to Great
Britain, with advantages of position which
with energetic action, would enable them
neutralize, if not destroy, her transatlantic as
ccndency. France, when she possessed the
northeastern coasts of America and adjacent
islands, employing thirty thousand seamen in
the fisheries and the trade they nourished, was
a full match for England at sea. At that time
the American colonies fitted out an expedition
which besieged and took Lottisburg, on Cape
Breton, finally exchanged for Madras at the
peace ol Aix-la-Chapelle. At last, however,
France lost those possessions, and with ti cm
the trident of the ocean passed into the bands
of Great Britain; North American territories
and fisheries are the main pillar of British na
val power. With Nova Scotia and Cape Bre
ton lo protect tl.o Canadas, command New
foundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence fishe
ries, Great Britain is an insular fortress with
these (and numerous oilier) outworks from
which to protect ships of war, like missiie
weapons, upon the wings of every wind, with
which to strike any quarter of the globe.—
Hemp and ship-timber for her navy she may
get from her North American col oiliest $ well
as from the notth of Europe ; with her Amer
ican fisheries and possessions, she can build,
man, equip, rig, arm, and refit her fleets alto-
gather from her own means. Bermuda is an
other outwork, by means of which Mexico is
controlled, a nation that never can bo naval.
While the Un.led Stutes act on the policy of
Rot interf r ng with foreign nauons, Ga-at Brit
ain, with Halifax in the nor.In ast, and Ber
muda in the south, can put the Mexicans, the
Indians, and her own marine, in positions to
act against tho United States. By seizing
upon Halifax, the transatlantic faculties of
Great Britain would be paralyzed ; an entire
.revolution effected in the commercial and na
val power of the world. Canada would fall,
of course, including Quebec, which, during six
months, would be cut oft'by ice from all Euro
pean assistance. Montreal, York, Kingston,
Malden, would not only become parts of the
United States, but the empire of the seas
would be transferred from old England to Nbw-
England.- Halifax was tho great rendezvous
and principal American station, with its large
aiid excellent port, of British naval power.—
To Wrest it from Iter, was a simple, however
difficult operation, worthy the utmost exertions
of tho American nation. It was the only
place where British vessels could be sheltered
and refitted with perfect security, despatch,
and confidence.
“In this confidential mem fir, presented to
the Sccret.-iry of War, Eustis, it was further
argued that the political influence of beginning
our hostilities by art expedition against Hali
fax, striking at the root, instead of wasting
strength in heating the air by blows at the
branches, Malden, York, Fort George, Kings
ton, and Montreal, might, and probably would,
be to unite all parties in the United States, par
ticularly Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp
shire, and Vermont, in a movement lo depend
for its success mainly on their efforts, if suc
cessful, to rad >uri 1 ch efly to th fir advantage.
The commercial, northern and eastern, parts
of the Union were those opposed to the war,
and to Mad sen’s adm nistration. WoulJ not
an intelligent and sharp-sighted population
perceive, in tiiis movement, motives lor their
rallying to the standard of their country, ena
bling government to unite and employ the
whole moral and physical capacity of the na
tion in the prosecution of a war, the justice of
which most acknowledged ? which, thus direct
ed, would render its results especially profita
ble to the maratime interests, would vastly in-s
crease their commerce, and give a territorial
counterpoise to the southern preponderance by
tbe recent admission of Louisiana into the
Unicn. Halifax, with its fifteen thousand in
habitants, was not as difficult a conquest in
1S12, as Louisburg in 174S, when the people
of New England captured that well-armed for
tress without English co-operation.
“As a military measure, the mere movement
of a considerable column in that direction
must draw nearly the whole British force to be
concentrated there, for the protection of Hufi-
fax ; thus strip the whole coast of blockading
ships—Quebec, Mon Teal, and all other places
in both Canadas, as fur as from the first-named
to Mackinac, of all but a few ttoops ; and leave
those places at the mercy of our troops. If
we took Uahfax, a death-blow was s’ruck at
British American po.vcr ; as a diversion or
demonstration, the expedition would be more
effectual than any oac or more we could send
inter Upper Canada.
“This project, of which the foregoing is a
faint outline, was suggested, first to Dr. Eustis,
when Secretary of War, who merely said it
was a very pretty plan; and afterwards to his
successor in that department, Gen. Armstrong,
through Col. Duane ; but none of them relish
ed it till Mr. Monroe superseded Gen. Arm
strong as acting Secretary of War. Then it
was seriously contemplated, and would proba
bly have been the plan of operations for the
campaign of 1815, but for the pence of Ghent,
in December, 1814. In the proper stage of
these historical i-eme mb ranees, it will be more
fully explained. At that time the young officer
who sugge-ted it, employed ns lieutenant-colo
nel commanding a recruiting rendezvous at
Hartford, in Connecticut, when the convention
sat there with clandestine and ominous des’gns,
as was apprehended, hostile to the Uuion, was
instructed to ascertain whether even northern
disaffection might not be induced to unite in so
advantageous an undertaking for New England,
as the transfer of Brtish maritime and commer
cial wealth, the fisheries and Canadas, to New
England preponderance in ihe United States.
I was then in daily communication with Mr.
M onroe at Washington, and heard from him of
this movement. The officer to whom its sug
gestion was confided, reported favorably of its
reception by a member ofthe Hartford conven
tion. If the government would give assurances
of a settled determination to capture Halifax,
and hold the northeastern fisheries for the Eas
tern States, lie thought that all New England
would embark in the undertaking. Wc can
take Halifax, said he, as easily as we took Lou
isburg; but, then, if wo do, we must haveass u- 1
unnrCessa’y to add
vear more here, than that such was the plan of t':»•
campaign of 1315, prevented by the pence of
December, 1814. Its results would have de
pended on the people of New England and the
fortune|of war. But we had then disciplined ar
mies m considerable numbers; experienced
commanders, having confidence in themselves,
enjoying that of their followers and of the coun
try; a Secretary of the Treasury (Ddlas)and
a Secretary of War (Monroe) who would Rave
strained every nerve for great national achieve
ments. Since then, the Brifish tonnage em
ployed in the North American ft-lieiies and
trade has quadrupled. More [ban a million of
tons, navigated by seventy thousand seamen,
*11—trade, shipping, and seamen—constantly
increasing, with the multiplying population, Im
provements, end resources of the British Amer
ican colonies. British bottoms, B.rish sub
jects, British manufactures, British colonial sta
ples, are the transatlantic outworks of that great
European fortress intrenched by insular def ca
ces in front of the Old World, exercising im
mense power over the New. Fully apprecia
ting the military advantages of her position,
Great Britain is ever on the alert to increas
ed strengthen them ; seizing upon every spot
which may be rendered available.
“When we come lo the naval operations of
the war of 1812, we shall see that, even with
out an army, our little squadron, if well advi
sed and directed, might have struck a severe, if
not a fatal blow, at English American power,
by concentrating its force upon Halifax as soon
as war was declared, before England was pre
pared for it. Co-operating with a land expe
dition moving from Maine on that place, it
could hardly have failed. The short-sighted
schemes of government, lukewarmness in the
Executive, timidity in Congress, the unwarlike
spirit of frea institutions, the unnerving influen
ces of protracted peace, the fears of old com
manders, the force of circumstances, ordered it
otherwise. Canada was not only not conquer
ed, but not even injured. The English gov
ernment of it, civil and military, nobly defended
its provinces, Our efforts, at first miserable
failures, were at last only martial exercises, el
ementary schools in the art of war.”
The unfortunate result of the Canadian ex
pedition, coding with Hull’s surrender, trial,
and con vine tiuii, is well known. “The effect of
Hull’s surrender,” says Mr. lugerspl), “was
terrible. He who, ns a subordinate officer, bad
established character for courage nnd fortitude,
when young; by deplorable infirmity, when
promoted to command, afflicted his country
with discouragement, which might have been
fttnl, but for relief, where no one looked for it.
They who expect election t el urns, or foreign
news, with anxious aniicipation, may form some
fiinl idea ofthe incredulous alternation of fear
and hope, which awaits new tidings in a coun
try unused to war.” The chapter concludes:
“The campaign of 1812 ended in total e-
clipse, Without a gleam of consol ilion—Dvar-
borti'&, iiiu last and most inexplicable of all its
miscarriages. Hull’s incomprehensible surren
der was alarming and terrible; the battle of
Queenstown, a discomfiture not entirely with
out solace; Smytiie’s ridiculous balk at least
provoking; but the commander-in-chief’s mis
carriage, without even heroism of disaster, af
flicted the friends of war with conviction that
they were doomed to defeat. With all indul
gence to the comniaiider of 1812 and 1813, it
was not only right to supersede, but censure
them, as their faults were made known. The
English generals had much greater difficulties
to contend with for defending Canada, than ours
to conquer it. Bonaparte’s splendid career of
Italian triumphs, Wellington’s in Spain, began
with and overcame much greater similar disad
vantages. Such was the ease with Washi igton
in the North, and Greene in the South. It is ,
nearly always so. Generals must overcome
hindrance?; privations, and prejudices inflicted
by their own constituents, harder of manage
ment than to subdue enemies in turns against
them.- A man of talents leading our armies to
Montreal, as might have been done in 1812,
would probably have brought tbe war to an end
that year. England was completely surprised
by and unprepared fur it. Such a general at
Detroit, Niagara, or Champlain, as would have
driven the English beyond Montreal, might
have produced immediate peace. As soon as
the orders in council were repealed, England
tendered it, in full confidence that we would
agree; for tbe question of impressment was
not incapable of accommodation, even while
Great Britain remained a belligerent nation.—
The Prince Regent's speech to Parliament, tbe
7th January, 1813, was pacific: lie expressed
regret at unadjus ed difficulties with the United
States of America, assuring botli houses that all
means of conciliation would be employed con
sistent with the honor and dignity of the Crown,
uud the maritime and commercial rights of the
British empire. Hull and Dearbon, and exec
utive inefficiency, were answerable for prolong
ing tho war, the vigorous and succcsslul com
mencement of which might have creditably clo
sed it, soon after it began. The feeling of
haughty power did not then stimulate Great
Britain, which followed the downfall of'Napole-
on next year. The time for war was fortunate
for us, our chance of success good, bad either
the goverfiment or Us military agents in com
mand made the most of tbe opportunity. But
ll»c soldiery were demoraliz'd by incapable
commanders, in mortifying apprenticeship to
the art of war for two years, of transffendnnt
successes by sea, which, it accompanied by
something like them by land, might have pre
vented that novitiate. Jh free country paid in
war f*>r the liberty enjoyed in long peace.—
Free people will not bear the restraints and ex
pense of military organization in peace. Since
the declarationjof Am. independence, howev
er, all experience in the Uld World, as well ns
the New, proves that cliscipl'ned freedom is
eventually an overmatch for despotic dis .upline.
The most absolute governments have found it
The problem to be solved is, how much
| fuled. The Briny,* without discipline, never
triumphed. \ u| mry g >v<;rninteii, vnluntnrv
religion, v> luntnrv hostilities,; re Amor can ex
po rim tits, which, according to Jeff Ls-ui’s nr
gunicnl of relative cond, have thus Cur withstood
foreign aggression, mnintn ned domes ie peace,
escap.-d civil wap, and advanci d the nr‘s of
civil z ition. By luippy mixture of coflstrjriut
with iisdepcnd net*, law, and life ly, ih*' Uni-
ted States stand now among 1 lie primacy pow
ers ofthe world; to which elev tion fhs War of
1*12, with its pr limi. arv reverses uml pos:li-
mmious successes, large! v contriletted', li m y
long remain matter ofcontrorersy and'di pitted
political science, whether Kepublican govern
ment is as strong as i-thefs. That wm estab-
fshed, beyond ilisptrt* ,-its capacity for war un
der difficult and li ving circumstances; which
seem to have b en ordained to prove and vindi
cate, by early misfortune, the unconqueraule
spirit, aptitude, versatility, and resource of
free people.”
I,,
care and ni 'gn licence. A blue rone, eni
t>K (I with silver, enclosed her slender lorni,
■ o it :,-li in rich folds to lirrtce'. A tinraol jewels
it!i cror! nport berfair head. Hiu figurewassym-
Ulrica1 ;m<l graceful ; and bsanly of the highest
I order might b ■ d scorned in the delicate features,
"!'• red as they were by evident suffering. The'
eln cks were sunken and deadly pals ;■ there
was huAlly a truce of life in the white and rno-
; iioaless bps—nor in ihe open, rigid blue eyes
I and 1 the relaxed arms' hung nerveless by her
i -Me.- She knelt mechanically at the uitnr ;• but
j her Vacant look showed that some oVerpower-
! ing anguish or horror had crushed her mental'
; Jacobies, and suspended within her evert the
j f 'll consciousness of What had passed.
, For :he first time the priest now observed
j an old woman with a most repulsive visage,-
j di ssed in a ridiculous variety of colours; her'
i head covered with a red turban—who stood-
i regardiiitr the kneeling bride witlr angry
' and sc •rnful gestures.- A tall man, of
From the Kric yurt; Mirror.
THE SECRET MARRIAGE.
A SPANISH TRADITION.
It is many years si.ico the following mysteri
ous occjrivngg was talked of among different
ciicles in Europe. It will probably always f
remain one of those inexplicable matters which
baflla the ingenuity of the historian or the phil- j
osopher. I have translated it without embel
lishment. E. F. E.
At the lower end of die hamlet of Rorvvig,
on the Danish Islands of Zealand or Zeeland I
stood, in the autumn of a year in the first half
ofthe last century’, a house occupied by the priest
of the village, a venerable and excellent man.
i poweifu! frame, had placed himself behind the'
bridegroom,-looking before him with an express
s.on lull of gloomy and i flexible sternness.
The priest alarmed at the strange aspect of
what ho saw hesitated lo begin the ceremony,-
But a fierce look from the bridegroom warned
him that by so doing lie perilled his own safety.
Then lie was at a loss to know if his language
wo <3bs understood by those present. It seem
ed hardly probable ;• yet he ventured to make
the trial, and collecting himself, asked of the -
bridegroom Iiis mmA*, and that of the lady.
•Neandet;—Feodora’—was Che reply in at
liars!) tone.
The priest began to read the marriage cere
mony’. His voice faltered with emotion, aril
he was obliged to repeat the words so frequent
It was midnight; and the tenant of this hum- j were his errors; but no one seemed to notice
ble dwelling Was seated in his chamber, in his ' his embarrassment,- or testified impatience.—
wooden chair, absorbed in pious contemplation.
A lump was burning upon tho table, on which
also lay some books the good father had been
reading. The deep silence of the night was
broken only by the distant murmuring of waves
upon the sea shore.
The door of the house was suddenly opened
below, so simple ar.d primitive in their customs
we're the inhabitants of this island, and so free
were they’ from tbe suspicions engendered by'
greater civilization, that locks and bobs were
things almost unknown. Each man’s house
was open to his neighbor by night as well a
This confirmed him in the opinion that the
Danish language must be m great part, if not
altogetlie# unknown to them. It was ihoreforo'
with great surprize, almost amounting to terror
when he asked the question—* Neandcrj wilt
thou take Feodora to be thy lawful and wedded
wile"”—that he. heard the bridegroom''answer
“1 wifi,” and so loudly that it resounded through
the whole church. The sound, like a sudden
flash ol lightning,.scem-d to arouse once more
to life the unconscious bride. Her bosom licav-'
od forth a deep breath,- and a convulsive mo
tion v issed across her marble fetituKS. Tlie
by day. And of all others the good old priest i holy man turned towards her, and speaking in
had least reason to dread aught from the pre- [ a stronger anil more dehbeiate lone, so as to
settee of intruders. So that he felt no alarm, ! fix h^r attention, asked-=—?*Wih thoo, Feodora
ifsome surprise, at the prospect of a visit at j lake Neander for thy lawful wedded husband ?”
this unwonted hour. J The bride started ; a gh am of sense shot
Heavy steps were heard ascending the stairs. : athwart her pall d face ;■ her I ps moved trem-
Tlie priest listened calmly; lie expected a sum- ulooslyj light came in her eyes—her breast
mons to the dying bed of some unhappy per- ! heaved ng-in, and she burst into an agony of
son to whom be was to render the List conso
lations of religion. Ills chamber door w r as
pushed open, and two strangers closely wrapp
ed in their mantles entered. One of them ap
proached and addressed tlie priest abruptly—
oqiugh with much courtesy.
‘Father,* said he, ‘you must go with us im
mediately’. ou are lo perform a marriage
ceremony ; the bride and bridegroom aio al
ready in the church. This sum,-’ lie' added,
showing a purse full of gold, * will compensate
tears. Yet amidst her weeping—a murmur*
ed “I will” might fi be heard in rep'y, uttered
in a lone of such profound anguish as might
h ive nn red the hardest lienrt to pit v.
Scarcely had site pronounced the words,
when the bride sunk backwards into tlie arms
ofthe fantastically dressed o!d woman. Some
minutes of silence ensued, at ihe end of which
she resumed her kneeling posture, with her for-'
mer aspect of insensibility, and ihe ceremony
was finished. The bridegroom r;>sc, and led
you for the trouble, and for the surprise of be- '■ his bride hack to her former place ; ihe tall man
mg called upon thus unexpectedly.’
The priest made no reply, but gaZeJ at the
strangers who had something, wild, and even
startling in their aspect—in motionless aston
ishments '1 he stranger repeated his demand
in a more urgent and imperative manner.- The
good father began to represent as mild
ly as possible, that his duty permitted him
not to enter upon so solemn a transaction with- l.lie had been forced to take
i pci
liberty is consistent with national safety. Thu
progress of the United Suites in mi iiury sci-
enee and equipment since tlie war ol 1812, Ins
been much greater than frofit the peace of 1783 J ibefcmpty ai
till then. Oppression provoked that war, and
tribulation was its lessjn. But if war bv a
martial people, disorganized at first, is to mi:-
ceed ui last, is not excessive liberty preferable
to extreme discipline! Tlie end crowns the
work. Men must be disciplined to obedience
and harmony, to ur.ity ot action, in order to suc
ceed. How much liberty they will bear, how
much discipline they need, are the great ques
tions. The navy, by perfect discipline, never
out knowledge of the parties concerned, and
without such formalities us the laws required.
The other stranger now came forward. ‘You
have tlie choice/ said lie in a rough and stern
\Cce, todoour bidding and receive the offered
reward, or to remain here, and have a bullet
sent through your head.’ So saying,- he drew
forth a pistol,- and held it to the priest’s fore
head.
The minister in sacred things dared no long
er hesitate. He signified his readiness to obey
and pale and silent attired himself as speedily
as possible.
Both the intruders had spoken Danish: but
with an accent that betrayed them as foreign
ers. Tlie priest could not determine to v hut
country they belonged' They left the house,
followed by him; and in silence passed through
tlie little Village.- The night was quite dark,
the moon having already gone down. As they
passed out of the hamlet, the old man observed
with some surprise, that the church on an clo-
vation at a considerable' distance Was illumina
ted. His companions moved on in silence
over the (1 it shady waste, so rapidly that lie
could with great difficulty keep pace with
them. Before the church they stopped and
bound a handkerchief over his exes. The sale-
door, so well krrown to tlie priest opened creak-
ingly, and he presently became aware of the
presence of a numb r of other persons. A
confused murmuring of voices fi led the build
ing ; and near him lie heard persons speaking
with great earnestness in' an unknown tongue
—which—however, lie supposed to he Rus
sian/ He stood for some moments bewildered
and embarrassed. At length he felt Irs hand j
seized, anti was prilled along with some force;
presently lie heard the people retire, leaving a j
clear space around him. Tlie bandage was ;
now taken from his eyes ? he recognized h:s j
two conductors, and found himself standing at (
the altar. A row of large wax lights, in silver
candle-sticks, stood upon the nit ir, and diffused j
light throngnout the church. The company |
had retired into the side seats, leaving ihe tnid- i
die aisle entirely empty. A large flat stone j
in the floor had been lilted out of its place, and j
leaned against one of the pillais. At some ;
distance, in the dubious light, the priest thought !
he could distinguish the figure cf a woman ; inc
rest as far ns ho could see were men. j
The profound silence, sueeb' ding th“ mingled j
sound of many voices, was nlnm-t frighlltil. j
At length a man !
[i continued some moments
-ose. whoso air and appearance di-noled him of i
•rior condiii ’fi. He came quickly along j
f ( >. Ins footsteps echoing through |
ihe church. Ho was of middle height, broad- i
shouldered, :| nd haughty in his carriage ; his |
complexion was sallow anil dark, his hair black j
and bushy, his features slrortgly marked and j
the lips compressed with an expression ol
pride and anger. Tbe dark, heavy eyebrows
overhung a pair of deep set, flashing black eyes,
He wore a green coat, trimmed with gold lace
—and with u brilliant star on the breast. The
brid", who came forward also, was dressed
ind the old woman followed. The conductors
of the priest now came forward, hound It is eves
again, and led hint cut ofthe church, re-c-ntei-
ing then)selves at the door which they closed
after him;
It was some time before (lie good father
could recover from his bewilderment, nnd as--
sure himself that the strange scene in w hich
. art, was not all
dream. But whe-i be had to:n ihe bandage
from his eyes, and saw the lighted church,
and heard again the murmur of voices, lie was
convinced that ids senses had not deceived him.
Anxious, if possible, to learn something that
might explain the meaning of his singular, and
evidently unhallowed piocedurc,- he walked
round the church to the oppositeside, and con
cealed himself ir. a hook within tlie old walk
Hero 1 s'ening, It • heard (he sound of many voi-
ces, increasing till itswelled into tumult.- Th :r6
was evidently strife, and m. rce dispute. The
priest thought lie recognized the harsh voice of
the bridegroom imperiously commanding si
lence. At last a shout was heard, (hurt the faint
cry of a female voice. There was again a
pause ; then a trampling to and fro wiih con
fused voices, that continued about a quarter of
an hour. Tlie lights were extinguished, and
presently all came out o! the church, and has
tened together towards the seaside.
'The old priest now crept front his hiding
place,-nnd made haste back to the hamlet.—
Here he awakened them with the si range event,
which had filled him with so much astonish
ment mu' Bill'll). So quiet was tne ordinary
life of these simple islanders, ihnt they were
seized with quite other sort of apprehension
—which was that their beloved pastor had lost
his reason. It Was with no liule difficulty that
h : could prevail on them to accompany him to
| the church.
I Meanwhile t' e day had dawned ; tho sun
rose from the ocean ; and as tlie good father
and hs companions ascended the elevation on
which the clureli stood, they plainly distinguish
ed a ship under full sail, not more than a league
from the land, and sailing northward. So nov
el and smpris'ing a siglii in this lonely region
was cumuli to excite amazement and suspicion*
.-ni l full h .-lief was yielded to the narration of
their partor when they saw tlie side door of
the church broken Irom its hinges.- The slone
which hail bo« n loo-ciied and hastily replaced
in ttic mid -le aisle wits pointed out, and easily
remov' d tiguin by the aid ol bars. Ii showed
;ni of ii nog into the vault, in:o which a dead
body I rail iu-ei hastily thrust. Ii was wrapped
in a ticli silken mantle. With almost fiaruic
eagerness to I *n i n the truth, the priest descend-
o l, a il, a-sisted by 151-: oihers, lifted the body
-nit <>f the vault. A!us ! h’s most fie'fol ap
prehensions were leuliz d ! Ii was the mur
dered hrido ! A leaden hull had penetrated
iu r heart. The lima of jewels had disappear
ed from iiei brow. But the rigid look of ago
ny. so micnse that it had suspended even tho
sense of feeling was gone aiso ; a heavenly fc-
pose had settled mi ihe nnrble counti-iiaiice,
and the paie lips were c used with a smi’e ot
peace.
Tne prle-t and his companions w re dumb
with horror at what ihey saw. With a cctn-
e.iini impulse they knelt a - , the side ofthe dead.
After n few moments silence the good old man
lifted his hands, and poured forth an earnest
prayer for the soul of the departed. _
The holy man felt il l:is duty immediately