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From Percival’s Poem.
A TALK.
She had been touched with grief, and on her cheek,
Sorrow had left its impress in the pale
Soft tint, of fading loveliness. She bore
Meekly the burden of her woes, an 1 told
To none the secret of her heart. It preyed
Forever on her lite, and blanched away
The roses which had bloomed so wooingly
And freshly on her laughing lips. Her smile
Grew fainter, and it only spread a line
Os a most tender carmine, where the snow
Scarce had a stain to m irk it from the pure
And perfect whiteness of her cheek and brow—
So pure, she seemed a living monument
Os Parian marble; and the flaxen curls
That waved around her forehead, and the arch
Harker and brighter bent above that eye,
Which through long lashes spoke in looks of fire*
And was the only eloquence she used -
These, and at times a gushing to her check,
Like the first flush of morning, or the faint
Fast-dying purple, when the twilight steals
Into the depth of darkness—these were all
That told she yet was living, and was not
An image of the Graces, or the shade
Os a departed maiden, which at night
Visits the silent walks she loved, and hangs
Over the grave she watered, til! she took
Her last repose beside it.
She had been
The gayest and the loveliest, and had moved
Through the light dance, and in the bonding crowd
Os young admirers, like an infant queen
Proud of her innocent beauty. There was one
Who looked, but spake not; and when others took
I ler hand to lead her through the merry haP,
In steps all grace and harmony, he stole
Aside, and wept in anguish. He was made
Not for the place of mirth, but for the still
And peaceful shade of feeling, and of thoughts,
Which have their home in higher souls, and arc
Lone, and unfriended and unknown below.
His was a social nature; yet not made
To blend with crowds, but find in one alone,
One fairy minister of soft delights,
And pure as they are tender, that deep joy,
Which none has over uttered. Long ho sought
To win her to those calm retreats, and give
To her a spirit kindrod to his own,
And lead her to the one and only love,
The harmony of thought, and wish, and life,
The union of al 1 feelings, whence the deep
Exhaustless fountain of t heir blended hearts
Flows ever deeper, and has evermore
Os music in its flow, and more of light
And beauty in its fulness. Thus ho dwelt
On her fresh loveliness, until his life
Was linked unto her image, and he r form
Mingled with every thought and every spot,
Where the new spring looked beautiful, was filled
With her pervading presence; but he dared
Speak only to the mountain-winds her name,
And only in a whisper.
She had maikodj
The silent youth, and with a beauty's eye. 1
*4 Knew well she was beloved, and though her light
And bounding spirit still was wild and gay,
And sportingin the revel, yet her hours
Os solitude were visited by him,
Who looked with such deep passion. She too loved.
And saw more in his melancholy eye.
And in th<- 1 licate form, and the still look,
And that high front of intellect, which crowned
Features that wore all tenderness and love,
Like the fair shrine of poesy, where thoughts
Dwelt higlit and ... nn, such as from their seat
Os glory visit none, but the great few,
_ Whose language is immortal —there she saw
V More that had charms to win her, than in all
light unmeaning swarm, who fawned, and danced
OniPIiTV CSWN n r , GEO WIA, APHIL 4. 1834.
And played their tricks in envious rivalry,
Happy to draw from her one scornful smile.
She loved him witii a true and early love,
And with h r tenderness there was a sense
Os awe, when on those magic eyes, she gazed,
hich seemed to look on spirits, not on men.
Still, in her innocent cheerfulness, she sought
To lead him from his solitary haunts,
And throw bright smiles upon that shaded brow,
And light that eye to rapture from its deep
And mute abstraction. So she laughed and sun'*,
And called him to the dance; but with a gush
Os feeling irresistible, he stole
Aside and wept. Again he sought her car,
And told her his fond tale. First she locked cold,
And o’er her forehead curled a playful frown;
Then suddenly’, and with a few li"ht words,
She scornfully turned from him and enjoyed
The moment of her triumph—it was short,
For with a firm, fixed look, in which wete seen
More thoughts of grief than anger, he drew back,
And casting one proud farewell glance, that told
1 here was no after hope, he turned away,
And soon was gone, an exile, none know where.
He wandered to another land, and found
New friends, who sought, to cheer him; but a weight
Hung on his heart, and would not bo removed-
The feeling of regret and injury,
The love that will not perish, and the pride
r hat quenches love, but does not make it hate;
The fondness that will steal at times, and melt
The heart to tears, and then the sudden pang
Os long-remembered scorn, which freezes fast
The fountain in its flow, and leaves the cold
Dim glare of one; w ms" only hope is death.
He was in happy regions, and the sky
Above him was most beautiful; its blue
Was higher and intenser, and it took
The spirit on a journey into Heaven,
And made it more than mortal: cool, soft gales
Stole from a peaceful ocean, whose bright waves '
Rolled gently on to music, and they blew
Through woven trellicesof all-sw-oet flowers,
And sported round long wreathes of festooned vines,
Hung with the gayest blossoms, and o’er beds,
That breathed in mellowest airs of balm and myrrh.
Music was in those bowers, and Beauty there
Crowded in mystic dances, and their nights
Were consecrated to the skilful sounds
Ot a most witching harmony, to choirs
Such as once moved in Athens to the voice
Ol F lutes and timbrels. Many an eye was bent
Full on the noble stranger, and thev sought
To win his smile; but yet he w< uld not smile,
For all his better thoughts were far away.
And when he looked upon the lovely ones
Around him, it recalled with keener sense
tier, whom to him was lovelier, whom hc lovcd,
But would not in his bitterness forgive.
When it was told her that the youth had fled
And fl xl in anger, then her look was changed, ’
And never more her steps were in the dance,
Nor were the cheerful sounds of her sweet voice
Heard in the crowd of revellers. Alone
She wept the folly which had thrown away
! The only treasure she had truly loved.
And left her in the fairest of her days
The very spring-time of her loveliness-
Only to think of what had been, an I grieve.
FROM THE SENTINEL.
Georgia Scenes, Incidents, Characters fi-c.
The Creature,'’ as a
Wife.
My nephew George Baldwin, was but ten
years younger than myself. He was the son
of a plain, practical, sensible farmer, who, with
out the advantages of a liberal education, bad
1 enriched his mind by study and observation
; with a fund of useful knowledge, rarely posses
sod by those who move in his sphere of life.
• His wife was one of the most lovely of women,
j She was pious, but not austere ; cheerful, but
’ not light; generous, but not prodigal; econo
[ mical, but not close; hospitable, but not extra
vagant. In native powers of mind, she was*
every way my brother’s equal—in acquirements
she was decidedly his superior: but it was im
possible to discover in her conduct, any thing
going to shew that she coincided with us in
i opinion. To have heard her converse, you
would have supposed she did nothing but read—
to have looked through the depart ents of her
household, you would have supposed she never
read; every thing which lay wit.in her little pro
-1 vince, bore the impress of her hand, or acknow
ledged her supervision. Order, neatness, and
cleanliness prevaded every where. All provis
ions were given out with her own hands, and
she could tell ptecisely the quantity of t ach
article that it would require to serve a given
number of persons, without stim or wasteful
profusion. In the statistics of domestic econo
my, she was perfectly versed. She would tell
you how many pounds ot cured uacon you
might expect from a given weight of fresh pork,
how many quaits of cream, a given quantity of
milk would yield—ho,v much butter, so much
cream —ho a much of each article it would take
to serve so many persons, a month or year.
1 Supposing no change in the family, and she
would tell you to a day, when the barrel of meal,
flour and sugar would be exhausted. Thus was
it with every thing belonging to her household.
i She reduced to certain knowledge every thing
that could be; and she approximated to it as
near as possible with those matters which could
not be. And yet she scolded less, and whipt
less, than any mistress of a family I ever saw.
The reason is obvious. Every thing under her
v are went on with perfect system. To each
servant was allotted his or her respective duties,
and to each was assigned the time in which those
it co 111 es, t e II era Id of a Gold ell Wor id.
duties were to be perfoimed. During this time,
she suffered them not to be interrupted, if it was
possible to protect them from inter ru ition.—
Her children were permitted to give no orders
to servants but througn her, until they reached
the age at which ;uey were capable ol regula
ting their ord rs by h-. r rules, she laid no
plans to detect .\r s rvants in theft, but she
took great pains to convince them tout they
could not pilfer without detection : and this did
she, without betraying any suspicion of their
integrity. Thus, she would have her biscuits
uniformly of a size, and under the form of in
structions to her • 00k, she would show her
precisely the quantity of flour which it t-ok to
make so many biscuit. After all tins, she ex
posed them t-» as few t- mptutions aS possible.
She never sent them to the larder unattended, if
she could avoid it, and nevt r plac-d them under
the watch of children, Mie saw that they were
well provided with every thing they needed,
and she indulged them in recreations when she
could. No service was of them on the
.Sabbath, further than to spread the table and to
attend it—a service w •>< i was lightened as
much as possibl , by having the previsions ol
that day very simple, and prepared the day
before.
Such} but half described was the father and
raotlior <>f George Baldwin. He was their only
son and eldest >la <i but he had two sisters,
Mary and Mart a ; me hi st four, and the second
six years younger than himself—a son next to
George having died in infancy. The two
eldest children inherited their narn s from then
parents, and all of tiiem grew up worthy of the
stock from which the-- sprang.
George having completed his education at
Princeton, wiiere he was graduated with g.r-’t
honor to himself, retm .eu to Georgia and com
menced the study of the law» After studying
a year, he was admitU J to the bar, just after he
had completed his one and twentieth year. I
have been told by gentlemen who belong to this
profession, that oni ye ar is too short a tune for
preparation for the mtricai it s of legal lore ; and
it may be so, but 1 never k iew a young man
acquit bimself more i red’bly than George did,
in his maiden speech.
He located himself in the city of ,
seventy miles from his father’s residence ; and
after the lapse ot tiire ears, he count dup
eight hundred dollars, as th< net profits of h s
last year’s practice. Keasonaby calculating,
that his receipts would annually increase for
several m ars to come, having no expenses to
encounter, except for his board and clothing,
(for his farther had fin nisi ed him w ith a com
plete library) he now n-'ugbt of taking to him
sell'a helpmate. Hitherto he h u leu a very
retired, studious life ; but now he b gan to court
the society of Ladies.
About this tim<., Miss r.velina Can.line Smith
returned to the city from Pnilad Iphia, where
after an absence of three yeate, she had com
pleted her education She was th< only child
of a wealthy, unlettered nier hant, who rathei
by good Im k than good management, had amas
sed a fortune of about fifty thousand dollars.—
Mr. Sniilt , was one oi those invn, who con
ceived th-it all eart ly ss, and const*
quently, all eaihtly bliss, <-<-n < utred in wealth
The consequence was inevitable. To the poor,
he was haughty, supercilious and arrogant, and
not unfrequently, wantonly insolent: to the
rich he was frien. ly, kind, or obsiquious, as
their purses equalled or overmeasuered ms own.
His wife was even below himself in moral sta
ture : proud, loquacious; silly. Evelina was
endowed by nature with a good mind, and, what
her parents esteemed of in; nitelv more value,
she was beautiful from her iufacy to the ti ne
when I mtrodm co her to the reader; which
was just after she had completed her seventeenth
year. Evelina’s time, between her sixth and
fourteenth year, had been chiefly employed, in
learning from <er father and mother what a
perfect beauty she was, ami what kimi of gew
gaws exhibited her beamy to he greatest ad
vantage —how rich she wool- ne; and “what
havoc she would make ot oung men’s hearts,
by-and-by.” In these instinctive lector s, her
parents sometimes found gratuitous help, tr m
silly male and female visiters, who, purelj to
win tavor from the parents, wi idu expatiat on
the perfections of “the luvelt,” “Channing,”
“beautiful little creature,’' in her presen-e-
The consequence was, that pride and vanitv
became tan eaily age, tin lea mg tout.- of :h<
child’s character ; and admiration an tiatii rv,
the only food which she ould reii-h. He,
parents subjected themselves to th* loss o
society for three years, whil< she was at sctiool
in Philadelphia, from no better motive than to
put her upon an equality w ith Mr. B's and ( ’s
daughters—or rather to imitate the - xam
amphs of Messrs B. & C . merchants of th
same city, who were very rich.
White she was m Philadelphia, Eveiina was
well instructed. She was taught, in what fe
male loveliness truly con.-ists—the qualifier
which deservedly command the lasting respect
| of the wise and good ; and the deportment
I w hich ensures to a female, the admiration of all.
But Evelina’s mind had received a bias, fr- m
which these lessons could not relieve it; and
the only effect ot them upon her, was to make
her an accomplished hypocrite, with all her
i other foibles. She improved hi r instructions,
only to the gratification of her ruling passion.
In music she made .-ome proficiency, because
she saw in it a ready i- can of gaining admira
tion.
George Baldwin had formed a partial ac
quaintance with Mr. Smith before the return o-
his daughter; bnt he rather shunned, than
courted a clos r intimacy. Smith, however,
had entrusted G mge with some professional
business, found him trust-worty, and bought
he saw in him, a man who, at no very distant
day, was to becom< distinguished, for both
wealth and talents ; and upon a very short ac
quaintance, he took occasion to tell him, “ that
whoever married iris daughter, should receive
the next day, a check for twenty thousand dol
lars,” *• That ’ll do,” continued he, “to start
upon, and when I and the old woman drop off,
she w ill get thirty more.” This had an effect
upon George directly opposite to that which it
was d -signed to have.
Miss Smith had been at home almost three
weeks, and the whole town had sounded the
praises of ht i beauty and accomplishments ;
but George ha not seen her; though Mr. Smitu
had in the mean time given him several m-tes
to collect, with each of which, he “wandered
how it bappen d that two so much .dike as
himself and George, had nevtr been more inti
mal' ; and h pe.i h<‘ would come over in a soci
a e way and see him often.” About this time,
however, George re< eived a special invitation
to a large tea party, from Mr and Mrs. Smith,
which he could net with propriety reject, and
ac< ordingly he went. He was received it the
door by Mr. Smith announced upon entering
the drawmg room, <>nd conducted through a
crowd oi gentlemen to Miss Smith, to whom he
was introduced with peculiar emphasis. He
made his obedience, and retired ; tor common
point'-..ess required him to b stow his attentions
upon some ot the many ladies in the room, who
wen- n glected by he gentlemen in their rival
ship fora smile or word from Miss E. .She was
th- admiration of a'.l the gentlemen, and, ith
the exception of two or three young ladies, who
“ thought her t<» affected,” she was praised by
all the ladies. In short, by nearly universal
testimony, she was pronounced “ a charming
creature.”
An hour had elapsed before George found an
opportunity of giving her those attentioi s which,
as a gu st of the family, courtesy required from
him. The opportunity was at length, however,
furnished i y Lcrst It. hi <in ling round the room
to entertain the company, she reached George,
just as the seat next to him had been vacated.
I Iris she ccupi-d, aid a < onversation en
su d, with - ver wore ot which she gaim d upon
his respect an i este- m. instead of finding her
that gay, volatile, vain creature-whom h- expect
e-j to find in the ri. h and beautuul daught- r oi
Mr. and Mrs Smith; he found her a modest,
s- nsihic, tn assuming girl, whose views upon
dl subjects, conn iued piecisely with his own.
“She yielded to the wishes of herpan nts from
a sense of duty, in giving an-’ alt ndmg parties;
but she alwa s I it th< m, undt r the conviction
that he t ine spent atthe-i> was worsi- than was
ted. It was really a luxury to her, to retire
from the idle chit chat ot them, and to spend a
few minutes in conversation with a male or fe
male friend, who would consider it no disres
pect to tae company, to talk rationally upon
i such occasions. And yet, in conducting suci
conversations at such tinn s, it wa> so difficult
to av-.i i the appearance ot pet untrv, -no to k> - p
it from running into somethu g too still oi t--o
grave for a social circle, that she really was af
raid to court them.” As to books, “she read
bui very few • ovels, though her ignorance of
them often exposed her to some mortification ;
but she felt that her ignorance hi re, was a com
pliment to her taste and delicacy, which made
amp l ' amends for the mortdi- aliens to which it
forced her occasionally to submit. ' ith Han
nah Moore, Mrs. ( hapo-e-, B-nu- tt an i-ther
writers ot the same class, shi was very familial;”
and sm disc..nt m upon the peculiar merits of
eacn. “ But, after all, hooks were of small con
sequence to a lady, w itnout those dome stir vir
tues which enable her to blend superior useful
ness with superior a< quirementsjand if learning,
or usefulness must be forsaken, it had b< tt- r he
! the first. Os mus; , she was extravagantly fond,
an she presumed she ever w< uld be : but, she
confessed she hid no taste lor its modern rc
finem< nts.”
Thus sh. went on with the turns of the con
versation, an -is sbe< aug l George’s views. It
is true, she would oc casionallv dr--p a remark
which di< ! nut harmonize exactly with these dul
cet strains ; and in her rambl s over the wo-Id
of st line-, she would sometimes s-eni a’ - . ,
where George thought she oujlit ’ • ea-c been
perf- ch at nome ;i- .? round a thousand
< ii ntalle ways of accounting for all this ; not
-•ue of which led to thf idea that sh< might have
learned these diamond sentim- nts vr- le, from
the lips of her preceptress. ••> quently they
t ame w ith resistless force tipon the < itad< I ot
G urge's heart, and in It ss than a half an hour,
v nqui-hed it completed,
“Trulv,’’thought George, “ she is a charming
'•rentu’-t 1 when was so muc h buauty ever blen
■d itn such unassuming manners, and su- it
intellectual eiutownments ! How wondettul,
that the daughter - I .Mr. and .Mrs. Smith should
possess such accor-plishrnents ! How dull—
with all her filial afl ction—how dull must be
her life under -he parental roof ! Not a com
panion, n ta sympathetic feeling there! How
sweet it would be to return from the toils of the
Courts to a besom friend, so soft, so benevolent,
so intc lligent J - ’
Thus ran George’s thoughts, as soon as Miss
Smith had left him, to go in quest of n- w con
quests: The effects of her sb rt interview w ith
him soon became visible to every »ye. His
conversation lost its spirit—was interrupted by
mcady abstractions, and was sillier than it had
ever been, George had a fine person, and for
the first time th his lif-q he now set a valueupon
it. To exhibit it to the greatest advantage, ho
walked the room under various pretences, and
when in his promenades he caught the eye nf
Miss Smith resting upon him, Tie assumed o
more martial or theatric step, vhieh made him
look ridiculous at the time, and feel so immedi
ately afterwards. In Iris listless journeying?,
his attention was arrested by a beautiful paint
ing, of a cottage scene, at the foot of which glit
tered in golden letters.
“By Evelina Caroline Smith,
of—-—, Georgia.”
This led him to another, and another, from
the same pencil. Lpon these he was gazin'*
w ith a look and attitude the most complimentary
to Miss Evelina that he could possibly assume,
while the following remarks were going the
rounds.
“ Do you notice George Baldwin ?”
“Oh yes ! he’s in for it—dead, sir—good-bye
to bail-writs and sassipcraris /”
“ Oh she’s only put an attachment on him.”
“ Really, Miss Smith, it was too bad, to serve
George Bahiwin so cruelly
Ah, sir. if reports are true, Mr. Baldw in is
too fond ot his books to think of any lady; much
less of one, so unworthy of his attentions as I
am.”
Gemge heard this—nestled a little—threw
ba< k his shoulders—placed his arms akimbo,
and lookeo at the picture with wonderful inde
pendance.
I hen M ss Evelina was handed to the piano,
and to a simple, beautiful air, ahe san<* a well
wntt. n song, the burden of which was,°an apo
logy for love at first sight. This was wanton
ciueftytoan unresisting captive. To do her
justice, however, her performance had not been
cqalled during the evening. *.
The company at length began to retire ; and
so long as a nu : her remained sufficient to give
him an apology for staying, George delayed his
departure. Ihe last group of ] adles a / d
tleinen finally rose, and George commanded u
fruitless search for bis hat—fruitless, because he
looked for it where he knew it was not to bo
found ; but a servant was more successful, and
brought it to him just as he was giving up the
search as hopeless, and commencing a conver
sation with Miss Smith, for the night.
“ Mhy where dio you find it ?” said George,
wit.) eemrng surprise and pleasure at the dis
c-ivery.
“ Out da, in de entry, sir, whay all degentle
man put da hats.”
“ Oil, I ought have known that.”—
“ Good by., Miss Evelina !” said George,
thriving a Bieitmg eloquence intothc first word,
ano leaching forth his hand.
Good evening, Mr. Baldwin!” returned she.
“ I hope you w ill not be quite so great a stranger
here as you have been. Pa has often wonder
ed that you never visit him.” Here she relin
uuisned his hand with a gentle, but sensible
prcbsuic, which might mean two or three things.
Whatever was its meaning, it ran like nitrous
oxi.sc through every fibre of George’s composi
tion, and robbed him for a moment of iris last
ray of intellect.
*• B. lieve me, Miss Smith,” said he, as if he
pening a murder case, “believe me—
there are fascinations about this hospitable
dome in the delicate touches of the pencil
wm adorn it, and in the soft breathings of the
puti.c. nwaked by tho hand which I have just
relmqi i-hed, which will not permit me to delay,
as ; i of ore, those visits which professional
utitv r- q iires me to make to your kind parent
(your ,i ther) a single moment beyond the titce
that h • claims to my respects become absolute
Goo evening, Miss Smith.”
“Di -ver mortal of common sense, talk and
act so much like an arrant fool as I have this
evening ! ’ Said George, as the veil of night fell
upon tl.e visions which had danced before his
eyes, tor the four preceding hours.
(7b be continued.)
From the Alabama Journal.
.llrocious .Murder.— On Tuesday evening
last, about 7 o'clock, a gentleman by the name
of John R. Higgins, was shot in this place.
De aie informed thatjic was sebn walking in
cm; pany with another individual. A verv
"ho 1 time after, the report of a pistol was
.icar .nd s 'in* persons, attracted perhaps L v
J the noise of th< pist d, approached in that d -
rection, and found him in the last agonies er
u< ..th. The ball entered his forehead, and
pas-ed through the back’part of his head. Vfo
have been inTormcd that Air Wiggins was n
residi-ut f Bai ’win county, Georgia, and wa.’
a higidy respec’a- le citizt n.
Public suspicion scefns to have settled upon
an individual who is said to have left this town
on that night. Several public spirited citizens
of tnis place, participating in the general indig
nation, whirl; this .ct has produced throughou’
the whole community, are making every ( xpt
iion to apprehend the supposed murderer. Our
lab st intelligence is, that’be has taken refuge
in asw amp below this. Such vigorous steps
h wever, hive been ‘aken,’as*to justify the be
lief that he cannot escape.
Since writing the above, the indhidual alb;. •
ded to above, has been apprehended and bro't
buck to this place. His name,we understand,
is Glover. As his case will undergo ajudicia
investigation, we forbear to make ary farthe*
comments.
Why is young goat asleep, like a dangerous
member of eocicty ? because he is a At'dnappinr’
&<). 50.