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€OLrflBlS, r.EOKGII, SATI BD4V, J|\i: ii, i§:h.
POETRY.
WOMAN.
She was a Phantom of delight,
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely apparition, sent
To be a moments ornament;
Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair;
Like Twilight’s, too her dusky hair:
But all things else about her drawn
Fioni May-time and the cheerful Dawn;
A dancing Shape, an image gay,
To haunt, to startle and way-lay.
I saw her upon nearer view,
A Spirit, yet a Woman too!
Her household motions light ands ee,
And steps of virgin liberty;
A countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises as sweet:
A Creature not too bright or good
Fur human nature’s daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles
And now I see, with eyes serene,
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller betwixt life and death:
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Euduranee,foresight, strength,and skill,
A perfect woman, nobly planned.
To warn, to comfort, and command:
And yet a Spirit stili, and bright
With something of an angel light.
Wordsworth
IS IT So?
They have told mo that thou art
Not what thy own lips have told,
But a fickle thing whose heart
Is as vain as it is cold:
They have tol t rne that in turn,
Pride and envy rule thy briast;
That to-morrow thou wilt spurn
What to-day thou covetest:
Tell me truly, yes or no,
Tell me, lady, is it so?
They have said those eyes of thine,
Which so fondly beam on me,
Would with enual .= J.i,,,
Were my rival near to thee:
That those cheeks thus overspread
With their blushes when we meet,
Would assume as deep a red
Were another at thy fo'et.
Tell me. lady, yes or no,
Tell mo truly, is it so?
They have said that placid smile
Is but meant to lead astmy;
hat those lips are lips of guile,
Anil those eves are false as they;
That tlnm now couldsl bid farewell
Without pain, without regret- •
Such, alass ! the tales they tell;
Not that I believe them—yet,
.Answer truly, yes or no,
Answer, lady, is it so ?
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the ■Spit it amt .turners ij the rige.
Eragmcnts of an Antedeluvian Diary.
EY MISS JEWSBCRV.
REFLECTIONS
Os Methuselah in his youth—in meddle
age —and in old age.
To-day I am an hundred years old.—
llow blissful are the feelings of boyhood!
My senses are as acute as the tree with
the shrinking leaf. My blood bounds j
thro’ my veins as the river pours through
the valley, rejoicing in its strength. Life
lies before me like another plain of Slu
nar—vast unoccupied, inviting—l will fill
it with achievements and pleasures! lit a
bout sixty years it will be time for me to 1
think of marrying; my kinswoman Zd
lah will by that time have emerged from
girlhood; she already gives promise, I
hear, of comeliness and discretion—twen
ty years lienee 1 will pay a visit to her fa
ther, that I may see how she grows, mean
while, 1 will build a city to receive her
when she becomes my wile.
####*#
Nearly three centuries have passed since
my marriage. Can it be? It seems hut
yesterday since I sported like a young j
antelope round mv father’s tent, or climb
ing the dark cedars, nestled like a bird a
niong the thick boughs—and now 1 am i
a man in authority, as well as in the prime
of life. I lead out my trained servants to
the (iglit, and sit head of the council, be
neath the very tree where, an infant, my
matlierlaid metoslecp. Jazed, my youn
gest born, a lovely babe of thirty sum
mers, is dead, hut 1 have four goodly sons
remaining. Anil my three daughters are
fair as their mother, when I first met her
in the Acacia grove, where now stands
one of iny city watch-towers. —They arc
the pride of the plain, no less for their
acquirements than their beauty. No
damsel carries the pitcher from the foun
tain with tlie grace of Adah, none can
dry the summer fruit like Azuban —anil
none can fashion a robe of skins with the
skill of Milcuh. When their cousin Mu
tinied Ims seen another lini*' century, lie
shall take the choice of the three.
***•••
My eight hundredth birth day! And
j now 1 li • I the approach of age ami infir-
inity. My heard is become white as the
blossoms ol‘ the almond tree. Imn coti
-trained to use a staff when I journey,
j the stars look less bright than iormerlv; |
J ! he flowers smell less odorous; ',l h;y\ e !
I laid Zillah in the tomb of the rock; Mil- ;
I call is gone to the dwelling of .Mahalecl;;
: my sons take my place at the council A i
in the held; all is changed. Tin: long fu
ture L become the short past. The earth
is lull of violence; the ancient and hon
orable are sinking beneath the young and
the vicious. The giants stalk thro’ the
length and the breadth of the land, where
once dwelt a quiet people; all is changed.
The beasts of the field and the deep grovl
press on us with unwonted fury; tradi
tions, visions, and threatenings are abroad.
V* hat fearful doom hangs over this lair
world, I know not; it is enough that I am
leaving it; yet another five or eight score
years, and the tale will he complete. But
have I, in very deed, trod this earth near
ly a thousand years? It is false, lam yet
a hoy. I have had a dream—a long, long
busy dream; ot buying and selling; inar
rying and giving in marriage; ofhuilding
and plantthar, feasting and warring and
rejoicing; loving and hating; but it is
false to call it a life. Go to—it lias been
a vision of the night; and now that I am
awake, ! will forget it. “Pamech, my
son, how long is it sice we planted the
garden of oaks beside the river. Was it
not yesterday?’? “My father dost thou
sport? Those oaks cast si broad shadow
w hen my sister carried me beneath them
in her arms, and wove me chaplets of
their leaves.” Thou art right, my sou,
and lam old. Lead me to thy mother’s
tomb, and there leave me to meditate.
Y\ hat am I the bettet for my past length
of being? Where will he its records when
lam gone? They are yonder—on all
sides. Will those massy towers fall?
Will these golden plains become desolate?
Will the children that call me father for
get me? The seers utter dark savings up
on their harps, and they sting of the fu
ture; they say our descendants shall he
men of dwindled stature; that the years
of their lives shall be contracted tc the
span of our boohood; hut what is that
future to me? 1 have listened to the
tales of Paradise—nay, in the blue dis
tance, I have seen the dark tops of its ce
dars. I have heard the solemn melodies
of Jubal when he sat on the sea shore, and
harping!”’l have seen I s the vieit
ants of men—l have seen of all
perfection—what if the future to me?”* *
STEPHEN KEMBLE AND Tlil?
SON OF NEPTUNE.
£
Kemble was, perhaps, the best Sir John
Falstaff which the British stage ever saw.
llis fine countenance and his command
ing figure,filed him admirably for the part,
Sir John was ‘a proper man,’ while the
natural protuberance in front, made him
the very bran ideal of the the inveterate
sack drinker. The following anecdote
was told bv a person xvho had froquently
hear.l it from Kemble himself. Kemble
was performing with a comjWSßv in a sen
port town, somewhere on the sea coast of
England, when a ship which had been
long at sea, came into port, and sent her:
crew on shore, with plenty! of money, rnul ;
full of fun and frolic, to en joy themselves
after a long cruize, according to their va
rious tastes and pursuits. ‘One of this
kidney’ found his way to the box-office of
the theatre, which at that time was open
only three times a week, and, enquiring
for the manager, told him with, all the
characteristic bluuderncss of a sailor,
that he wanted to see a pluy. ‘Very well’
replied the manager, ‘come to-morrow
evening, my good fellow, and you shall
have two plays.’ This, however, did not
at all accord with Jack’s fancy. He was
not at all disposed to wait till to-morrow
evening, he wanted his play performed
that night.
After a good deal of wrangling, and
seeing that the sailor was bent on having
liis own way, the manager touched upon
the expenses, telling him that it would
require a considerable sum of money.—
‘Money said Jack, with a look of the most
infinite contempt, ‘d n, how much
will it take?’ ‘About thirty pounds*’ an
swered Stephen. Jack said not a word,
hut drawing his purse from his bosom,
counted down thirty guineas in the
calmest manner possible. The bargain
was now, of course, fully concluded, hut
a question remained to he asked. \\ hat,
would you like performed sir V said the
obsequious manager as he pocketed the
gold pieces with evident satisfaction.—
‘Play*’ said Jack, chuckling at the idea of
being sir’d, ‘Let me see. Ay, ay, give
us Falstaff-—you have a fellow here who
does that devlish well. Av, r.v, sir,’ said
the tar, with increasing good humor, as he
ran over his theatrical reminiscences, ‘let
me have the old hoy with flic round fore
castle, built like a Dutch luggor, and lur
ching like a Spanish galleon in a heavy
sea. D-- n, give me Sir John Fid
stall'! What a prime Commodore the old
fellow Aiould have made, had his worship
lived in these times. Shiver mv timbers,
but I could have sailed the ’varsal world
with him, and stood by him in wreck or
fight, d— , to the last plank.'
Having pronounced this on the charac
j ter of stout Sir John, the affair was closed,
and all the arrangments made to Jack’s
complete satisfaction. One clause in j
particular was most pointedly urged, that j
not a single soul was to he in the house )
but himself. ‘Remember’ said Jack,‘not |
a lubber of them must bo seen, either in
the hold, the shrouds or the top, or by the
Diomede! I’ll have him keel-hauled by
the fiddlers !’ So saying, the tar departed,
ni’ghtly pleased with his bargain, himself,
and the whole world. Night came, few
of the ochestra took their accustomed
places: the house was well lighted, and
every thing being in readiness, when just
at the hour, Jack hurst into the lower gal
lery, and running across the seats, much
in the way he would have run along the
jollv boat, he placed himself, with hat on
one side, and arms akimbo, in the centre
;of t'se front bench. By way of overture,
he tailed for Jack’s Delight, and the sai
lors Hornpipe : and these being playing
to liis liking; lie bawled out. ‘Now up
in; lads, clew up your mainsail, and pipe
all hands aboard!’ The curtain immedi
atdy drew up, and the play of‘Henry the
Faurth, part first,’ commenced. Jack
stt out the first scene with a good deal of
patience, hut when his favorite appeared
iii the second scene, with the prince,
“Three cheers our gallant seaman give.”
in a tone which would hove drowned a
dozen Brahains, Sir John bowed low r to
this token of marked approbation, and the
play proceeded, while Jack sat with liis
whole soul in. his eyes, enjoying the rare
humor of the unimited and inimitable
Falstaff.’ He continued in evident de
light as long as Sir John remained on the
stage, hut whenever he made his exit, the
play was performed in dumb show, and
amid a torrent of reproaches from the ‘au
dience,’ who kept bawling from the top of
his voice to his grace of Northumberland
and other distinguished characters. ‘Avast
there !! sheer off ye lubbers! Baley your
jawing tacle, you there wit the carving
knife! Sheer off sheer ofi’j bring Fal
staff in bed nto you! Thus did
Jack alternately applaud and condemn
during the whole performance. When it
was finished, and the green ‘main sail’
had been once more dropped ‘on fleck,’ he
rose and was preparing to depart, when
one of the players met him at the tloor of
the gallery, and informed him that all was
not over, for that the afterpiece was yet
to he performed. ‘ls Falstaff to be ill it ?’
‘No, sir., ‘Oh, then and n the after
-1”” - . „ n r j And so
saying, he walked out, perfow.. ..a
with his thirty guineas worth.
From the Lady's Booh.
A COQUET.
Do you sec in that drawing-room a lit
tle woman, with and. rk brown hair, an arch
and lively eye, with a smile which Venus
herself might envy? Her dress of white
crape is falling oil her shoulders, and her
wreath ol roses across her forehead, on
pears as if chance alone had placed it
there? She is encircled by homage and
Battery: she draws all mankind towards
her, and every tiling around her seems re
plete with charms; she lias sense enough
to render every one pleased with himself.
If an old officer draws naar, she discour
ses on valour, and boasts of the gloiy of
Bridgewater and New Orleans, as she
passes over her forehead her rosy fingers.
Does a young student appear to
listen to her, who lias made himself con
spicuous by liis oratory, she extols, above
every other gift, that of eloquence, and
eulogizes the talents displa;4H at the bar,
as she carelessly advances forward a little
foot, modelled by the graces. A young
man, something of a philosopher, has just
repeated some cold maxim, and she di
rectly speaks in admiration of the wis
dom of Solon, while she discovers a smile
which would have inspired the lyre of A
nacreon. Never, in a word, was a coquet
so perfect in the part she is playing; nev
er did a woman unite together more pow
ers of seduction, with more tlesire of plea
sing; ease and lightness in conversation;
fascination in her smile, gaiety in her
looks; she appears to possess all that can
animate, charm, and, perhaps deceive—
yet she does not deceive any one, for she
sports with her attractions, as a child plays
with his toys or flowers; it is by the same
arms that she draws towards her, and re
pels every attack of gallantry, and, under
this three-fold rampart of coquetry, her
heart, in appearance trifling and cold,
conceals the sigh which it breathes lor
one alone, while her lips bestow smiles on
a thousand others.
But do not let us follow that coquet
with the blue eyes; when retired to the
solitude of her chamber, she takes her
wreathe from her hair, and unties her
sash. Perhaps then, a tear dims the lus
tre of her eyes, heretofore so brilliant.
Perhaps, a hitter smile passes over those
lips, that appeared a short time ago, so
bewitching! Here she is about to take
up' again all the wretchedness of her
heart; but here vve ought to finish the pic
ture; it belongs not to the pen of a friend
to unveil the heart of another. We ought
only to study the science of knowing how
our coquetry maybe reckoned a virtue,
and using ourselves a certain degree ol
dissimulation in society, so as to conceal
the weukiiessof our hearts, and letting no
one know the empire he may have over,
them, which would be much more dan
gerous than that ho might obtain over onr
imagination.
VOJL. I-\O.
Fran the Fretting 'i Tmtenjtr.
HOLDING THE BEAR.
Two men, neighbors, in the then di>-
f riot of Main, had lien in the weeds du
ring the day, and it turning tow ards eve
ning, w hen within a mile of their hon es,
observed a large hear making directly for
one of them, and to avoid h.s grasp, he
dodged Im.liiud a sizeable tree. The
Bear sprang and grasped his foie paws a
round the tree, the man lnimediatelv sei
zed them and held them fast. After con
sultation how they should despatch the
Bear, it was agreed that the man who
was at liberty, should proceed home, ob
tain an axe, and return imnied.ately and
despatch him. The man arrived home,
related the situation of their iii igld or to
his wife, and his plan of killing the Bear
—But not living much in a hurry, direct
ed Ins wife to prepare suppi r. rfhil he
would take some la fore he start! and, which
was accordingly done. After nipper was
over, and he taking several turns from
(lie lire tnthe door, and from the door to
the fire, and lounging nxfhilc, com Irak and
he would go to l:cd early and he stirring
by times in the morning, and release his
Iriciul. Morning arrived, the nxe got in
readiness—he then tells his wife lie hi lie
\eillic would have his breakfast before lie
went—breakfast being over, and sexi ral
small chores done about the house, he
h i'tirelv shoulders liis axe, and shortly
fiuds his friend in the seme position, very
patiently holding the Bear, and waiting
his return. On liis approaching the spot
ami just raisingthe axe to giie the mortal
blow, liis friends says stop, I have suffered
enough holding the Bear, you come and
take my place, and let rne have the satis
faction of killing him. This was readi
ly assented to, and the man after being
released, and his neighbor in the situation
he had been, shoulders the nxe and walks
off, leaving his friend in full possession
of the Bear in liis turn.
A Lawyer’s Letter. —The folloiwug
is said to he the copy of a letter sent by n
member of the legal profession to a per
son who was indebted to one of his cli
ents:—“Sir I am desired to apply to you
for £2O due to my client, Mr. Jones; if
you send me ihe money by this day week,
you w ill oblige me; if not, I will oblige
you.
ini- r r v cwiixc CAI.AMITY!
Eire at Eayetterdle. —'l here. Were no
papers receiver! iron) j uyi-iiev me I y yes
terday s mail, but we liaie been favored
with the following extract ol a letter
from a gentleman at Fayetteville,by which
it will he seen that the lire was extensive
and the loss very great.
“ Fayetteville, May 30.— Sir —I
wrote you yesterday, but understand no
mail was sent oil. '1 he whole town of
Fayettcv ille is literally in ashes. The fire
commenced in the N. YV. corni r of the
Market square, and for about halt an hour
was confined to that square. The Town
house then caught, and tin nee the fire
was communicated, as I believe, to the
other squares. Much property was re
moved, hut attcrvvurdsburnt in the streets
and lots. The 1 resbyterian and Episco
pal churches, although remote from the
thickly settled part of the town, w ere des
troyed, as also the Catholic Chape 1. 'i he
Bridge across the creek (Eccles Bridge)
was destroyed. The fire was arrested
North, near the Court House; East, be
low Liberty Point; .South, at the State
Bank; and West, above AJrs. Burge’s
Hotel. No life lost. In three hours all
was consumed. I can form no estimate
of the amount of loss. The Banks of
Cape Fear and United Stales, sand then
papers. It is said, but 1 know not with
what truth, that the specie in the L’. S.
Bank is in the ruins, lor one-third to a
half mile square, is a mass of rums. The
Howard Insurance Company’s loss is
§20,000 to §30,00.”
Another letter of the same date, says—
“\\ e had one of the most awful fires In re
yesterday, that has ever occurred m this
country. Not a Store, Bank, Church, or
Y\’arc-house, and but very levy dwelling
houses, remain—all consumed, and little
or no property saved; even money could
not he saved. This place is ruined. It
is all confusion to-day. All is oncgeucr
w reck and ruin.”
Another letter states, that the loss of
individual property is nearly total. The
effects of the United States Bank, ex
cept the specie, is saved. The specie
was still in the vault, and » belief is ex
pressed that it will sustain no material
loss.
\Ve doubt not the City Council of
Charleston will forthwith adopt such mear
sures as xvili assist to relieve the immedi
ate wants of the sufferers at Fayetteville.
In so general a conflagration, there must
he hundreds who have not the means ol’
procuring necessary daily sustenance. In
such a case vve are confident the citizens
of Charleston would not suffer an appeal
to their liberality to be made in vain.
Charleston Con.
Mr. Ingham’s letter asserts that there
never was any official discord among the
j members of the late Cabinet. It wa
known before, that the want of harmony
! was lri.m social and not official causes—
social causes, however, connecting.thera-
I selves with v lilieal.
T ftir?irrc*d I Vhig