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Sunday dinner-plain and unpretending—always
to be partaken of with a modest temperance, to
keep op*Mi eyes for the afternoon sermon. As we
! pass through my father’s sitting-room—the front
of the house being all barred and bolted—he asks
the question, ‘Where’s the text!’ And if some j
one cannot produce the text, he concludes we ■
have been to church to very little purpose.
“I seldom get out in the afternoon. As seldom
; does my wife stay at home. Whether it rain or
I shine, or hail or snow, the performance must be
very spirited if it keeps her from the afternoon
| service. My father and myself take our usual
nap ; but not as long, if possible, on Sundays as
on other days. About two o’clock we exchange
papers. I give him some church paper ; for which
! by the way, it is easy to see that he has hut
: small regard—and receive from him tho New-
York . Its readable articles—and they
are many—l find maiked by him with red chalk,
for my especial benefit in part, and in part for the
benefit of friends a long way off, to whom the
paper is always sent after it has been thoroughly
exhausted at home.
“So goes away, with the richness and silent
ness of blessing, our Up-country Sunday; and I
i then comes twilight—of all its hours, the most
serene and holy—and the day is gone. Up into
heaven, with the thousands that have gone before,
it has ascended, and there sits in glory ! Beauti
ful day, thou hast gone home to God : to God
and the angels, and the mighty hosts gathered in
that blessed land. Gone up to sit in glory for
ever ! Beautiful day, farewell !”
An Olio of Domestic Vkrses Ry Emily Judson. Lewis
Colby, New Vork.
We have long regarded Mrs. Judson as one of
the most truthfui and natural poets of our coun
try. She possesses fancy of a high older, a
delicate ear, cor;oct. judgement, and a very con
siderable mastery of the arts of versification. The
poem called “Watching,” which was published
in ihe Gazette some w eeks since, may be regarded
as a fair exponent of her powers. In the volume
before us, no single piece surpasses it ; still we
cannot regard it as more than an average speci
men of her abilities, which the reader will at once j
perceive are far more than ordinarily command- j
ing. The Literary World, discourses of her
thus:—
‘‘Feeling—first of all—fancy, cadence, obser
vation, and largeness of heart and purpose, de
mand and w ill secure to Mrs. Judson a station
among the first upon the “heaven kissing hill.”
We have written briefly, but with emphasis, be
cause the pleasure of applauding poetical publica
tions is not the most frequent of critical luxuries ;
hut where it is to be had, it should be indulged in i
with “a light good will.”
’ Slrebifieg.
James T. Fields, the poet, w’as about leaving ■■
Paris, on his return home, after a year’s residence
in Italy, Germany, and France. * * The an
nual cost of cigars in the U. States is 820,000,000.
* * Why is a newspaper like the human frame ?
Because it exists by its circulation. * * A
Greek servant died* a short time since at Smyrna,
at the age of one hundred and seven years. * * j
The flag that waved over Fitch’s first steam- !
boat, in 1789, has been presented to the National
Institute at Washington. * * Barnutn pays
lom 1 humb S2OO a week. * * A proprietor
at Louisville, a few days ago, received an invoice
of 700,000 tooth-picks, from Rio. * * The |
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
Metropolitan Hotel, New-York, just finished, is
the most splendid on the American continent. *
* Water that flows from a spring does not con
geal in the winter. * * A coquette is said to
be a perfect Cupid, as she keeps her beau in a
quiver. * * There is to be held at Baltimore,
in December next, one of the largest Conventions
ever assembled in the South, for the promotion of
Southern commerce. * * It has become fash
able in England, to omit the interlude —or play
ing between the stanzas by the organ, in singing.
* * The aggregate annual manufacture of first
quality wine in Ohio, is 3,300,000 bottles. * *
The heirs of Robinson Crusoe have instituted a
suit to recover the Island of Juan Fernandez. *
* The new Car Ventilator not only excludes
the dust, but the outward current, so as to enable
one to carry on conversation in an ordinary tone
of voice. * * The Dolphin is fitting out for
a trip to England and the Brazils. * * It is thought
the French Spoliation Bill will pass at this ses
sion.- * * A lighthouse is to be immediately
commenced on Pond Island, near Belfast. * *
Kossuth remained in London at the last accounts.
He was living in great privacy. * * In Cali
fornia, within the last two months, fifty-nine
murders have been committed in the mines. *
* Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, a grand-son of
Jerome, brother of the Emperor Napoleon, is now
an officer in the U. S. Army. * * Mrs. Tay
lor, widow of the late President, died at East
Pascagoula, La., on Saturday last. * * The
population ot San Francisco is estimated at about
30,000. * * Mrs. Elliott, of Jersey city, has
just given birth to her twenty-third child. She
has been married thirty years. * * The late freshet
on the Savannah river, has partly destroyed the
bridge between Augusta and Hamburg. Accord
ing to the last accounts, the principal streets of
the latter were inundated with the tide. * *
Mrs. Fanny Kemble will give a reading of “The
Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at the approaching
Norwich Festival. * * Mr. Rogers, the poet,
has been visiting Holland’s Park to witness the
Scottish Fete. He is in his ninety-fourth year.
* * The first column of the new Crystal Pal
ace was erected three weeks ago, at Sydenham.
* * M. Victor Hugo, has been on a visit to
London from the continent. * * Mrs. Wil
son, widow of Mr. John Wilson, the Scottish
Vocalist, is dead. * * Lord Brougham, the
most indefatigable man in England, seldom quits
his study before midnight, and he is always up at
four. * * Three steeple chase races are an
nounced to come off at Quebec, on the 17th of
October next. * * Yellow fever, cholera and
small-pox, prevail to a great extent in Cuba. *
* Grace Greenwood is having a delightful lime
in London. The Earl of Carlisle procured her
admission to the House of Lords, to witness the
prorogation by the Queen.
Choice Poetry.—A very indifferent
poet having read to a friend what he
deemed the choice parts of a pretty Jong
poem, “inquired which were the passages
he most approved of?” Those which you
have not yet read,’’ replied the other.
For the Southern Literary Gazette - *
THE FATE SEVERED.
I feel thou wilt never forget
Whatever thy destiny be ;
Oh ! something will speak to thee yet
And gently remind thee of me.
The gloom thou hast seen me to know
Some eve’s growing shadow will tell;
Day’s exit, whilst night sinks below,
Will whisper of one sad farewell.
The zephyr that fans thy pale brow
Will answer to sighs thou hast known,
And yet be the prelude e’en now
To a requiem over them gone.
Some eve-drifted mist onward borne,
Just seeking tho’ slowly the west,
Will emblem my care when forlorn
Now lull’d from that anguish to rest.
Some faint, struggling beam that appears
Far o’er in the orient sky
May speak, ’mid the rolling of spheres,
Os a destiny favour’d and high-
Be it so—and thou wilt not forget
Till the space of this being shall close, —
Till the star that looks o’er thee shall set,
And thy spirit reseek its repose.
Nor then shall sweet mein’ry give o’er,
For her record will cheer us when gone ;
And the spirit that bless’d us before
Will hover around the alone ;
And hovering bless with a smile
Each dawning of happiness here,
Or Boothe every sorrow the while
With sympathy’s holiest tear.
Garden View, S. C.
Lesson for Sunday, September 5.
THE CHRISTIAN'S PERSECU
TIONS.
“ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.”—
Luke xxi. 17.
In the context our Lord foretells the
destruction of Jerusalem, and endeavours
to prepare the minds of his disciples for
the perilous times that were approaching.
The passage presents us with
A prophecy. This refers to the treat
ment they were to expect from the world
—hatred.
The subjects. “Ye,” that is, his disci
ples—those who refuse to serve Satan,
and boldly acknowledge Christ as their
Master; those who dare to be singular,
and swim against the tide of evil; those
who are dissatisfied with the world for
their portion, and desire a better country.
The hatred. It is a dislike to their
principles rather than their persons—and
this is now shown in a thousand ways ot,
private, petty persecution by individuals,
who, if their power were equal to their
inclination, would light afresh the fires of
martyrdom, and fill the prisons and dun
geons of our land with the faithful fol
lowers of Christ.
The agents. “All men,” that is, those
who are still at enmity with God; and is
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