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POETRY.
From the American Monthly Magazine
LINES.
I know nothing in the whole compass of poet -
ry more wildly, and naturally, and solcmly pa
thetic than the following elegiac lines They
were wrotten about the same time of the Refor
mation, on a daughter of the Laird Maxwell cal
led by the pheasantry the Lily of Nithsdale:—
She’s gano to dwell in heaven, my lassie,
She's gane.to dwall i’ heaven?
Ye’re owre pure, quo’ the voice of God,
For dwalling out o’ heaven!
O what’l she do in heaven, my lassie?
O what’l she do in heaven!
She’ll mix her am thoughts wi’ angels’ sangs,
And make them mair meet for heaven!
She was beloved by a’, my lassie,
She was beloved by a’;
But an angel fell in luvo wi’ hex,
An’ took bet frae us a’.
Low there thou lies, my lassie,
Low there thou lies;
A bonnier form ne’er went to the yird,
Nor frae it will arise.
I looked on thv death cola face, my lassie,
I looked on "thy death cold face;
Thou seemed a lilie new cut in the bud,
An’ fading in its place.
I looked on thy death shut eye, my lassie,
1 looked on thy death shut eye;
An’ a lovelier light i’ the brow of heaven,
Fell time shall ne'er destroy.
Thv lips were ruddic and calm my lassie,
Thv lips were ruddie and calm;
But gane was tho holy breath o’ heaven,
To sing the evening Psalm.
There’s nought but dust now mine lassie;
There’s nought but dust now mine;
My saul’s wi’ thee i the cauld grave,
An’ why should I stay bellin’!—
The following is a little fragment, and. owing
ithor to the singularly plaintive fl ow of the ver
ification, or to the extreme simplicity of the
mourner’s grief, is, to me, beyond measure af
fecting
Gane were but the winter cauld,
And gane were but the snaw,
I could sleep in the wild woods,
Where primroses blaw.
Canid’s the snaw at my head,
And cauld at my feet,
And the finger o’ death’s at my ecu,
Closing them to sleep.
Let nanetell mv father,
Oi my mither eae denr,
I’ll meat them baitli in heaven
At the spring o’ the year.
MISCELL AXE DU*.
“ THE GONDOLIER’S STotfY7~
RYJ. G. WHITTIER.
A beautiful night, stranger. It recalls
to my recollection a sad incident of my
earl)' years—one of thpse midnight hor
rors which mar the beauty and cclmness
of our City’. Ah—this bay is bright and
beautiful, and those towers and squares
are magnificient, and the sound of that
far off music is pleasant—hut murder and
revenge lurk even here, like serpents un
der Flowers.
It was such a night, Senor, as this—
one of those soft ptre nights of sabbath
calmness, when Venice becomes a second
Paradise. Tower and temple and pal
ace were bathed in the holy moonlight,
—the canals and transparent lakes shone
like so tnanv portions of the beautiful plan
et which illuminated their calm waters.
The soft notes of the guitar and the
delicate viol blpnded with the clear rich i
strains of human melody.—-My boat was
resting under the shadow o’yonder mag- |
nificient palace, on the behony of which
a single form was leaning.
Just under the wall of the pflace, I no
ticed the figure of a man, tall and wrap
ped closely in a cloak. He betkoned me
towards him.
‘Hush !’ said he, as the ligh sound of
my oars fell on his ear. ‘hush—closer yet
there,* —and he leaned towaris me, and
placed a heavy purse in my hand : ‘Here
is gold,’ he said, in a hoarst wkisper ; tell
me are you willing to convey myself and
a lady from this spot, at the hazard of a
shot from the balcony, or at close pursuit
on the water 1
‘Yes, Senor, ’ I answered readily. I was
indeed charmed at the idea of an adven
ture. It was a relief to the monotouy of my
employment.
The stranger turned from me and sud
denly disappeared. In a few moments
he stood before me with the lady on his
arm, whom I had previously seen on the
balcony. Her features were hut imper
fectly revealed, yet I saw enough to know
that she was one of those dark eved girls
of Itily, to love whom is to surrender ev
ery other feeling and yield up the heart to
one wild dream of passion. Yon, Seuor,
are from acolder and less passionate dime,
where the blood moves slowly ard the
pulse is calm—where season friurnnhs o
ver the impulse of nature. But you are
not a stranger to Italian feeling—and you
know the strange spell of the dirk eye
and passionate look of Italian loveliness.
The stranger seated his companion in
my gondola, and placd himself at her side.
He gave me a hurried direction, and we
moved silently hut swiftly away. Not a
word was spoken for some moments.—
The stranger at last roused himself,
like one who had recovered from some
terrible apprehension of danger.
‘Thank God, Vxttoria, we are safe
now. But why those tears ? Surely the
Signora does not regret that she has fol
lowed her lover !
The altered tones in which the last
words were spoken made me involuntari
ly gazed on the countenance of the spea
ker. There was a shadow of ill-suppres
sed displeasure on his brow.
‘No—Signor !’ said tke beautiful girl,
faintly smiling through lier tears, as she
cast her arms around the neck or her
companion with passionate fondness.—
‘No, Signor—for you I have resigned
all my former world of happiness; and
have found another and a brighter world
in your love. I cannot regret so pleas
ing a change.
The cloud passed from the swarthy
brow of the Italian ; and he returned the
caresses of the affectionate girl, with all
the ardor of affection.—Ah—Senor, —
it was a pleasant sight to witness the
scene of love— the overflowing fondness
of young hearts. Years have passed,
but the two lovers are still distinctly
pictured before me. The ardent vow,
the soft and rich tone —the smile, and the
nhrace, I shall never forget them.
We reached a remote landing place af
ter a lapse of nearly an hour. When the
boat touched the shore, the stranger stood
erect and gazed around him with earnest
ness. All was still, as if a spell of silence
had decended with the moonlight, save the
faint hum of music which came at inter
vals from some distant balcony.
‘Thanks for your exertions, friend,
said the stranger, ,We have now no far
ther, need of your services.’ And he as
sisted his lovely companion on shore,
I know not why, but I remained on the
spot, without moving an oar, watched the
movements of the mysterious pair. They
had scarcelev moved ten paces from me,
when three armed officers of the police
sprang suddenly from beneath the shad
ow of a wall, and confronted them.
‘Dog of Carbonari’, they shouted,
yield, or make your bed in purgatory. —
We have traced you from your lurking
place; and shall be under the necessity of
interrupting your assignation with your
mistress!’
‘Stand off,’ shouted the stranger, in a
voice of stern and fierce resolution, as he
unsheathed his dagger, and lifted it to the
moonlight, while he still retained the arm
of his companion.
I was young and vigorous, aud there
was so much inequality in the combat
ants, for one of inv warm temperament to
contemplate with calmness. Hastily
grasping a small dagger which ] usually
wore, I sprang to the side of the stranger.
The officers had recoiled from his first
posture of defence, and Lx 1 turned sudden
ly towards me. His dark face had ac
quired additional gloom, and his eye shone
like a star.
‘Preserve the lady, and may the holy
virgin bless you !* he said, as he shook off
the grasp of the heatiful Signora.
The terrified lady sank upon my arm in
an agony of terror, and 1 was compelled I
to witness the fierce struggle that follow
ed, without being able to share its dan
gers. For a moment the tall stranger see
med to have the advantage and one of the
assailants fell. The others pressed close
ly upon him—the blows fell quick and fu
riously.
‘The Signora ! Protect niy Vittoria ;*
said the stranger, as his swarthy counte
nance ; now crossed with dark stains of
blood, turned for an instant iq>on me.—
Horror and despair were pictured in that
look. He staggered back from his as
sailants, and fell with a muttered curse.
He was immediately borne off by the
soldiers. The Signora had swooned in
my arms, at this fatal termination of the
struggle; and I coveyed her to my boat,
with the intention of returning to the man
sion where I had first seen her.—ln a
few moments the Signora recovered from
her trance. She gazed widely around
her, and the dreadful scene she had wit
nessed rushed back upon her senses.—
‘Where—where is the Signor—my own
dear Antonio V she exclaimed, ‘And
whither are you carrying me ?
‘To your home—to the home you have
just left, Signora,’ I answered.
•Stay,’ she cried with a vehernance
which startled me. ‘I will never return
thither. Let us go back to the place we
have left. I must uot leave him, living
or dead.’
‘No, Signora,’ I replied, ‘the fate of
your unfortunate lover is sealed. He fell
beneath the weapons of the police, and
we may now only pray for the repose of
his departed soul. Return with me to
your father’s mansion, and all may yet be
well.’
‘Never—never!’ she repeated with wild
energy, Living or dead, Antonio, I am
thine alone |’ She sprang upright in the
boat—her w hite dress fluttered for an in
stani-on my view—there was a quick and
heavy plung into the still w'aters —and she
was gone forever, beyond the hope of
rescue.
From the A etc York Courier and Enquirer.
T’u Pirates. —About 5 minutes after
12 o’clock yesterday the sanguinary Pir
ate Gibbs (as we shall continue to call
him) and Wansley paid that forfeit which
the law demands from those who perpe
trate such crimes as they have been con
victed of. Within the last three days sev
eral clergymen attended ‘heconvicts with
a view of preparing them for the awful
change from life to death, which they were
about to undergo. During the night pre
preceding the execution, several clergy
men visited both the convicts and prayed
and conversed with them without interm
ission.
They severally exliressed their convic
tion of the justice of their sentence. A
bout 8 o’clock they were taken from the
prsion at Bellevue, to Blackwell’s Island,
and from thence to Ellis Island, the place
of execution, where they arrived about
half past 9 o’clock. They were immedi
ately brought into the Fort, where they ar
mained in prayer wath the clergymen,
until they were brought out for execu
tion.
The Execution. —The Island was much
crowded from nine o’clock until the exe
cution took place. The bay presented a
very animated spectacle, surrounded as
it was by hundreds of boats of all sizes,
which had landed the persons who where
anxious to w itness the spectacle. About
half past eleven o’clock, Gibbs and Wan
ley w ere brought out from the Fort, in
which they had been since they landed
on the Island. Gibbs was dressed in a
blue roundabout jacket, and blue trowsers
and w hite cap, the jacket, hearing on the
arm the figure of an anchor worked with
w hite ribbon, Wansley wore a w hite linen
Frock coat, white trowsers and white cap,
all trimmed with black ribbon. The con
victs advanced steadily From the Fort to
the gallows, which was erected on the
west side of the Island, about one rod north
of the tree which stands there.
Immediatly after they arrived at the fa
tal spot, the rope was adjusted by Mr.
Read, the Assistant U. S. Marshall. It
was so arranged that the hanging of the
Pirates should take place by slinging them
up, instead of dropping them from a scaf
fold, as is most generally done with per
sons hanged. With this view, the scaffold
was erected to a height of about 13 feet
from the earth. Two ropes of about one
inch each in diameter were passed through
pulleys, which were placed—one in each
extreme end of the top beam. To one
end of each of these ropes was aFfixcd, fif
ty-sixpounds weight; the other ends were
tied together, and the knot which hound
them was placed on a block between the
two outward stakes. From the centre of
the large rope, a diameter, of sufficient
length to form a noose, was suspen
ded.
About half past 11 o’clock, when the
convicts were brought under the gallows,
the smaller rope was Fixed loosely on their
VO Yu 31.
throats; and almost immediately after
G.bbs, who by his own request, was atiired
in a blue round-about, linen jacket and
trowsers, having on his left arm an
anchor, made the following address:
“Good people who surround me here
with this fatal cord around my neck, soon
to appear before that just God whom I
have so ot’ten offended. In youth J was
on hoard a vessel of war, and took an oath
that at any other time would seem horri
ble to me ; I kept it, and was a murder,
and I hope you w ill all take warning by
my Fate. I was horn of respectible pa
rents, and received a good education, but
did not properly apply these advantages;
however 1 hope that Christ will make my
death as easy as if had died on a downy
pillow.” The prisoner went on to state
that he had been guilty of shedding (ho
blood of many of his fellow men, but
without entering into any particulars.
In conclusion he acknowledged the jus
tice of his sentence, the penalty of which
he was to endure, and expressed an entire
confiidcnce in his hopes of forgiveness in
that world into which he was about to
be launched.
Soon after he had finished speaking,
Wansley requested one of the clergymen
in attendance to sing a part of a pslam;
this was of course complied with, and
Wansley joined in the air, together with
many of the persons around him. He
then proceeded to address the spectators.
He acknowledged the justice of his sen
tence; stated that he had lived for a long
time in a pious and respectable family,
(whose name we have learned); that he
conformed with the ceremonies of reli
gion, and put entire coi fklence in his pow
er to avoid evil; lie warned all who were
present to be diffident in themselves, and
added, that although they might not be
murderers nor robbers, yet they required
penitence. In conclusion he prayed for
his shipmate Gibbs, and requested tho
prayers of all around him.
.Soon alter he ceased, Gibbs called a
physician, who was in attendance, and
asked him in a low tone whether he could
die easier by holding in his breath, or
breathing out. The physician advised
the latter mode. In a few secouds after,
Gibbs gave the signal that he was ready,
by dropping a handkerchief he held m
his hand, and immediately after the Dep
uty Marshal cut witli a sharp hatchet the
knot by which the two ropes which sus
tained the weights were attached, and
instantly the weights fell, and the pris
oners were drawn to such height as the
length of the ropts attached to the weights
permitted. Wansley ceased to exist in
about one minute. His weight, it is sup
posed, served to shorten his agony. He
appeared to suffer but little bodily pain,
as when the rope was about to he cut he
clasped h;s hands as if the attitude of
prayer, and they remained so till he was
cut down. Gibbs remained perfectly
still for about one minute after he had
become suspended, hut he then began to
struggle violently: he raised his hands up,
although his arms were pinioned behind,
so as to push the cap he wore from his
mouth, and he evidently endeavored to
assist his breathing; he afterwards raised
his hand so as to open his lips—all this
evidently with the intention of Following
the physician’s advice.—He continued to
struggle about five or six minutes, and then
ceased to exist.
After the bodies had remained hang
ing about three quarters of an hour, they
were cut down and conveyed to the Med
ical College for dissection. Mr. Brower,
the Sculpter, took a cast from the coun
tenance of each.
Yesterday morning, before Gibbs left
prison, the woman confined in the same
prison with whom he was intimate in Liv
erpool, was admitted to see him, by her
own request. She seemed greatly affec
ted, and both embraced each other very
tenderly. At the fort on Ellis Island the
boy Dawes, who is now employed in the
Navy Yard, Brooklyn, and who is dressed
in the United States uniform, had an in
terview with each of the convicts. They
gave him some sound advice, which, it is
to be hoped, he will follow. He shook
hands with both immediately before they
were executed, hut he seemed little mo
ved by their situation. When brought
out from the Fort, and while Gibbs was
speaking, Wansley trembled ver’ much,
so that it was necessary to support him;
hut after his mind got engaged in the
psahns, he recovered his self possession.
Gibbs betrayed no marks of terror, al
though it was evident that he shrunk From
deaFli. When first brought out, he sur
veyed the gallows w r ith an anxious eye,
hut seemed satisfied that there was no
means of avoiding his fate.
By the Rev. Mr. Dunbar, one of the
clergymen who attended Gibbs the night
before his execution, and some time be
fore, we are informed that Gibbs shcAved
great signs of repentance.
Prince Murat. —Oneofonr last Liver
pool papers says—“ Col. A. Murat, son
of the late king ofNaples and nephew to
Napoleon Bonaparte, lately arrived in
town (in London, probably) from North
America. His arrival in this country is
not agreeable to the Neapolitan govern
ment, hut the Italian patriots have groat
| expectancy in the young nobleman's fn
-1 ture conduct,