Standard, Volume 5, Number 9, Madison, Jefferson County, 10 December 1835 — Page 4

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LITERARY.

S V -X Ci R A M M A . ;vfanit. We hope no idea of incongruity at ?..'ti-g the caption under our literary head , w ill prevent the reading of this notice, Profanity , one mi-lit we'd suppose, would have no affiliation with literature, and such is- really the fact. It is a most forced union, which lain gs anv kind of vulgarity within the range of thought on any topic of elegant literature. What shall we pay when such vulgarity is united with one of the most useless and heinous sins? Reekie?? of what consequences may arise from the averment, we are prepared to sustain the proposition, that all oral or written profaneness is disgusting to a cultivated taste, and abhorrent nom correct moral feeling. Leaving out, however, this latter consideration, for we suppose many who would fain he thought literary men, would repel the insinuation that they were obnoxious to a moral co le, we maintain that the use of profane language is a cress offence against a re lined taste. This hi generally conceded, as it regards oral profanity, so that no man who is habitually profane, lias a right to bo called a gentleman, or treated as such. . ilow happens it, then, that from the 'miscellaneous literature, v ith which the ; res j is now teeming, scarcely a page can he looted, which is not disfigured with an oath or some kindred ejaculation! Do our authors, or rather, writers, suppose -it will recommend them to people of goo;! cerise, that they are destitute of moral principle? So it would seem. .And we doubt nof-that the absurd sentiment, "that it is rnn ify to sicear." has a charm to some of our uuiledged knights ol the quill: hut we suspect an origin which boir.-.;. s servility as well as destitution of correct principle, may he found for this odious practice. Most of our ephemeral literature is purely imitative. We should be almost scared at an original thought, either in our own, or the writing? of any one else. .Most of the fashionable prototype? of the present "age are or were men, though of unquestionable talent and learning, yet deplorably immoral. Their writings so rich in sparkling thought, are defaced with the tokens of their own depravity. Py all people of good taste, these tokens are regarded as blemishes, rendering the fame of the author an ignoble immortality. The hordes of imitators, of which cur times are so prolific, unable to reach the proud intellectual elevation of Ryrcn, Shelly, Knowles, Thilwer, ecc. gain only the summit of their immoral defects. Hence one foolish youth professes infidelity because, forsooth, Lord Kyron was an infidel, and Lord Ik was a great man, while he is unable to imitate Ryron in any other way, than bv copying his verses and throwing off all moral restraint". Another embellishes, as he foolishly thinks, an insipid tale with the irreverent use of the name of the 1'eity, or by calling his Satanic majesty to witness the truth of a false protestation; and thus cur fashionable literature is becoming lamentably corrupt. And would, that this fashionable profmeness were confined to writers of fashional le literature. We know a. religious editor, i. e. a professor of religion, in whose editoral notices we occasionally see expressions, which we will not offend our readers by repeating. Such an editor, may be religious when he goes to church, but his religion must Lea stranger to his stud v. Washington- National Monument Society. We give below, the names of the Officer" of this Society, with the subjoined letter of Mr. Madison, accepting of the presidency. Our readers are doubtless aware of the object of this Society, viz. to raise money, by subscription, to erect a "splendid monument to the memory of Washington. No single subscription is to exceed one dollar, and this subscription, or a smaller one, is desired of every male citizen of the United States. An ofii ccr has been appointed for the State of Ohio, and Indiana will doubtless receive attention, in due time. So lar as we have seen notices of this Society, the object is much applauded. To dissent from the general expression ofapprohation. won hi beany thing but popular, and might induce the suspicion of a want of patriotism and proper respect for the father of our country. At the hazard of such a result, we shall submit' a remark or t wo on this subject. We laud the spirit which would take means to perpetuate the grateful remembrance of GEORGE WASHINGTON; ami we would cheerfully give one dollar to bear a humble r?rt in erecting to his memory a proper monument, but what is a proper monument? While our liberty remains there will always be, in the affections of a free people a monument 'more durable than brass' to the memory of that most illustrious man the world has ever seen. It can never be needful, then, that there should be a visible, tangible structure of beautiful marble, in order to foster the gratitude of a redeemed nation. Nor is such the end in view in ihe proposed plan It is to tc tfj our gratitude to our political deliverer, and our attachment to the institutions ho founded. Put can this best be .lone by a costly edifice' As the character of Washington has no likeness in iiMo. ry,so should his monument be unlike that of any other man. The erection of the most beautiful marble p,ic wmilll fail short of this; it would want that moral grandeur which ,'.,- the companion of v ashmgton's memory. Would it not be more appropriate to raise the contemplated sum of money, to be a sacred fund, the income of which should be' 'voted to the amelioration of some of the form f human wretchedness? I film ,!, parted shade of VVaslnngton could come ,o ,,a, this time, when the calls o. suffering humanity are so loud, would not prefer such a monument, even before a col den statue! 'l-plan should succeed, no, L h-n;willlH.rai,e,l;thein,orcofwl,icI, ould be .,0,000 dollars ?Pr nrnunu tin Sor.ety take for its object the deliverance of our nation from slavery. Let the annual income be expended in purchasing, education anil , olo n.zm those who are now in bondage, and let the i'Md he.nrrsed 1.000,000 dollars annually, nil it be smfEci ;,; to emancipate the entire' sure po-

Suppose there are 2.000,000 slaves now j

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in the United Slates. Taking into account those ; vember No. of the 'Western Monthly', which, the who would be emancipated freely, if they would j 'Cincinnati Luckeye' says, sustains its 'former re-j be provided for. we may suppose that C50 dollars j putation." We also, can say, that it sustains its i would be an average price for a slave, at which 'former reputation." The 'critical notices' contain the w hole slave population could be purchased J quite a long sermon on fanaticism: from which it ! It would cost, then, three hundred millions of j would seem that the editor had been brushing up j dollars to make the entire purchase. The fund, j his orthodoxy a little. We do not however think j if increased one million annually, would in twenty j the sermon quite as good as the book on 'Fanatiyears yield an interest amounting to $6,000,000, j asm,' by the author of the 'Natural History of Enwhich would emancipate 20,000slaves. So that at ; thusiasm.' The contents of the Nov. No. are "An ; the end of -20years theincrease of slave population ; Essay on Truth, The Savoyards, A Translation j would be stopped, and the most alarming feature ' from the French, Geological Surveys in Ohio, j of the evil would be struck out. At the end of. Kentucky and Indiana, Retrospective Reviews,' another 10 years, the increase would not only be Letter from France, Cincinnati College, Rail Road j stopped, but a dimunition of the whole popula- j from Cincinnati to Charleston, S. C, Animal In-!

tio.i of about 20,000 would be made. At the end . ot another 10 years, there would only be about one ! million and a half of slaves, and a fund of forty: tiwl'iATl nt" it el ii.r.5 (Vi1 tlif. ciini.nciti(in tli-it i i ., i i . .1 j i 1 sla e must be purchased at the once ot 2.VJ do!1 l lars. and alowing no other efibiis, o:,c rrnturu would sulfice for the disenthralment of the nation ! from the political and moral curse of slavery. And whose heart would not thrill with delight, if in prophetic vision, he could see his country, at ' the end of one hundred years, free indeed, whose very air was Freedom's breath? Then would the name of Washington be associated with.a two-fold deliverance of his country, and the anthem ofli-j 1 bertv. on our na'ion's birth-day, no more be min gled in discordant chorus, with the groans of bondage This calculation leaves out of view the efforts of the other benevolent plans, for the removal of' the evil. If we should take these into the estimate, as we ought, would it be extravagant to expect that at the end ot America would be free! name? of the 0 years every slave in We now subjoin the OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. James Madison, President. William Ckancii, 1st Vice President, Mayor of Washington, 2d do. W.n. M. Seaton, :id do. Sami ei. II. Smith, Treasurer. (iEOKiiE Wateksox. Secretary. bnuigers. i (Ton T. S. Jespup, Tnomas Carhcrry, Esq ' N Towson J P Van Ness, Esq M St C Clarke, Esq Peter Force, Esq John McClelland, Esq Thomas Monroe, Esq Col George L'omfard, " A Henderson, " Joseph Kearney, Com John Rodgers, William JJrent, Esq Ex-President Madison's letter accepting the presidency of the national monument socityT MoNTPtEl.EP. , July 25th. 1 J 3 .3 . Hear Sir. I have receive. your letter of the 20th, informing me 'that J have been unanimously elected president of the Washington National Monument Society, in the place o'its late lamented president, Chief Justice Marshall. 1 am very sensible of the distinction conferred by the relation in which the society has placed me; and feeling, like my illustrious predecessor, a deep' interest in the object of the association, I cannot withhold as an evidence of it. the acceptance of the appointment, though aware that in my actual condition it cannot be more than honorary, and that under no circumstances it could supply the loss which the society has sustained. A monument, worthy the memory of Washington, reared by the means proposed, will commemorate at the same time, a virtue, a patriotism, and a gratitude truly national, with which the friends of liberty, every where, will sympathise, and of which our country may always be proud. I tender to the society the acknowledgments due from me, and to yourself the assurance of my high and cordial esteem. JAMES MADISON. . Wm. Cranch. Esq. 1st Vice Pres. of the Wash. Nat. Mon. Society. Epitobtal Modesty. There are a great many peculiarities about an Editor, which are of a general nature, and there are aiso about some editors peeiilien- peculiarities. As b general thing, editors are blessed with the freedom from that irksome and old fashioned thing called modtsltj. This is a most desirable disenthralment; and while i nest editors share in it, its full fruition seems to have fallen to the lot ofonly a few. How amiable the condition of this few! When we see in some of our papers "A tale by, am apiece ol poetry, "To my " by. " . the editor hi sself being the author, ami f. nf)' in ...!! r . , lu.uia.mry oi Camtais. we are danger of breaking the tenth commandment we almost coiut the editor's emancipation from that foe to noble independence to the full freedom of making one's self ridiculous, viz. Modesty. Just think of the advantages of such freedom. If an editor should write a "tale," a piece of rhyme, or an '-address," wluch would not find rdmittanoo into any other paper, for want of interest, he can just put it into his own paper, and, to make up the deficiency of intrinsic merit, give it the collateral excellence of his own full name. What a loss the world sustains, because all writers are not editors! How much that has been food for flames in an hour of disappointment, or that now lies reserved for a more impartial posterity, would have had the immortality of print, if every writer hid been an editor without modesty. How thankful wc ought to be that there area few who have the boldness to benefit the public with their lucubrations, and the kindness to let the public know to whom they are indebted for their entertainment. Aurora Porealis. On Thursday evening, l?th instant, we had the gratification of witnessing the most brilliant aurora boreahs. that has ever appeared in this latitude. It was observe.) iht and continued v " ' rtl I I Wluntil after ten o'clock, present.ng to the lovers ofsuch phenomena, rich and rare entertainment. I, was, as it ,s described by a correspondent of the Cincinnati Daily Gazette oo ueauuuu and impressive tl 1 tion raa do it i can do it his.; ,'. . "V """-""Pthe nor -them horizon was spar nei hv ,7? A n. These.MnentextePn i"r J ,?1,ar.v! .... " ' ""."t ii iv an arcli ol crimson. he segment extended to wiihin tl rty decrees of tho zenith A., . .. l""ly i i- . i . Jv" e.ceeuing y ine am if. info voil ii . J altl blue ground. The outline of, he ZrVt llS leucaie veil oi crimson wn t i .r ' . i ar. varying from ten to fifteen orTwe, v. IZfll in diameter. One bine va.,t. V -.. " .i.iii . ,.-, M-iiecuy c ear. and studded with stars of u. ,i '..: ' v-ll".' .nd studded withsiarsofunu ,'al Vr 'y..f'!:?.r; .i i , , in iiiiancy; and ove. tins ground-work the Great Artist haddrawn ' tC'V'-' f'i'I-l-n the scarlet and crimson hue" ly or vr ir. i 'v disappeared." "

''Wester:-; Monthly."' Wc have seen the No-

stinct, Poetry, The Female Mind. Critical Notices l or the St anHiii'.l. HYMN. I he fo!!o mg Ifvmn was written for a pariieu1 in- rtn-T!.n nli.l M-i a ,,.,,-tl,. . , 1 .1 t 1, .1 I.,,. .,. ' -i-": 1'" had been composed. It is now given entire. Jesus, angel-bands adore thee, In the house of praise above: Humbler, we, on earth, before thee, Feebly aim to lisp thy love Aim to join our halleluias With the ai.gel-harps above. Jesus led our pious fathers Through this earthly wilderness: Now, their children too he gathers, Forward heavenward to press. Praise be to the Prince of glory, Lkuit of earth's waste wilderness! Flooding mercy sought, and found us; Died, that we might never die. Reams of brightness fall around us; Streams of life arc rolling by. Let us drink of life's pure Fountain, Drink, that we may never die. Jesus! 0 for hearts to praise thee, .Serve thee, ever live for thee! We, thy children, would embrace thee, Love thee, thine for ever he. Jesus, who hast died to save us, We would ever live for thee. Saviour! shed thy balm of healing On tins world of sin and wo: All the springs of raptur'd feeling Touch thou bid thou sweetly How. rrai.se him, praise him, every bosom! Him, that saves from sin and wo. RiRLionriLos, From the JVew-York Observer. THE LAST DRUNKARD. He stood the last the last of all Thc ghastly, guilty baud, Whose clanking chain and cry of thrall Once rang throughout the land. .llonc he stood the outcast wretch, Left only with his pain, Ofeach boon friend, could memory fetch To thought, not one again. lie stood but where was now (he host, The mighty giant throntr, That late in columns to tiie lost, Had moved with jibe and song? Thc hoary yet dishonored head And manhood's dark locks, where? And woman too, by error led That broad way to despair! Where were they all! the sweeping blast Had burnt their life-blood up, Health, reason, honor died, as past The simoom of the cup! And he alone alone: sad glance Threw horridly around ; And earth and sky held mocking dance, And upward came a sound A sound of mortal agony; Upon his ear it fell; A bitter and undreamed of err, With mingled laugh of hell". As if were centred in that yell All of the misery Which broken hearts can only tell, Which God can only see. It calls him! and probation past He shouts "ye Fiends I come Open foul pit and take the last, The last doomed slave of Rum!" J'.ihadeljiliia. vt T. KNOX CAVE. The difficulties and dangers with which nature has surrounded many of" her most magnificent works, seem, in the present age, to present no obstacles to the daring enterprise of man. that spirit of inquiry in the cause of natural science, which has presented to the literary world so many interesting illustrations of the wonderful operation of nature in her gloomy solitudes, has been recently stimulated by the discovery of olj'ecls for new investigation and redoubled effort. A cavern, situated in the town of Knox, Albany county, on the land of Jacob Van Auker, about H miles east of Schoharie Court house, has been recently explored first by Mr. Thadeus Chapman who resides in i's vicinity, and subsequently, Sept. 4th, l!!3o. more particularly, by Mr Peter Osterhout and Doc. X,. Hubbard, of the village in company with Mr. Chapman. ' The following js given as the result of their discoveries. The first depression resembles tlie section of an inverted cone, three-fourths of the circumference being nearly perpendicular, the remainder firadually sloping until it meets the opposite ed-e: the distance of this descent is about forty W-v? The second descent is perpendicular in the rock, thir-ty-eight feet. The walls on either side are regular, with the exception of a few slight projectionlhe opening of the top forms nearly a triangle the sum of whose sides is not far from twelve feet' three-fifihs of which is covered by a largo stone" that has fallen from the over-haniiinsr rock- il.o opening at tne hottom of this nassa-e is a!,nt opening at the bottom of this passage is abo.it il,n V- Thc t,,ird is 'P'"F, occasionally ,nter, upte.I by perpendicular spaced - .v ,,,,,, ,,Miu l.s ot a lew leet. for t he distance nt'ai,n. r .. .ii , , ... - ," -'.' ni l, wns j descent will form an angle with the horizon of not " uin.- mm me Horizon ot no !fs vev Agrees, and runs directly south yTJ'J0 a,.u'. " lgth, in"""'o west, a lime sloping through n ?,,r,y.WrouB,,t l,ole in ,llc Petition wall. Tins ..o,o separates the two apartments of the Cave. - -I -.......7 tM iuu oave W ere it not for this nrovisinn rf ...i.. . maims below must have forever remained amonthe hidden secrets of its Maker. This hole is near? cither 1,,1 or feel foreinosr'-Thhe

extends both north and south of the fourth, running parallel with the second ami third: to the north end the 'passage is free for about fifty feet, when it is choked up by clay which Ua been washed from above; the passage is from throe '." four feet wide, ami probably not less tlrm inn feet

in height. To th e sou th it ( xtends about f -' 9 -UK ici nu nates in a ikmuiiuu coionadt : tiie : columns are arranged in a circular form, includ-: ing a space of a I out" fifteen feel in circumference, i the columns are lbrmed of calcerous sp .r, and ; are from ten to twenty feet in length, and from C ' to 14 inches in diameter, on the west side the col- i umns are straight and regular, on the east they i are interrupted by a mass of spar which has form'- ! cd under them: this mass has an oval form, eitrht j feet in length, ten in height, and three in its urea- .' test d-amcter, the sides are tinted out and formed into tlie resemblance of pillars; the whole mass has ! the appearance of being supported on pillars; the top is flat and circular, resembling a holy's toilet table; the surface is beautifully cushioned over I with an oval burr-like formation", and the border i or edge is hung with numbers of flat stalaetities : of different len-xth; the edges are notched out so ! Ilia' they resemble fringe; the walls rise liom the j toji of the beautiful formation, about fifteen feet.' C.,. .... 1 ; . - i . .. , and meet the root, winch is considerably loy.-r I than ihe roof in thc fifth t. th. ides of columns rising from tlie table are hung with an! immense number of stalactical formations; so also ! the roof above. The eolonade opens into a hall 1 (so called to designate it from the room we shall j presently describe.) the floor of which is about b feet lower than the colonade; it is about 39 feet! long, 15 wide, and JO high. These walls are also I ornamented with various formations of spar, and great numbers of stalaetities are seen pendin from the roof and sides, at the south western angle of this hall is a passage descending to the north; it lias feen explored for about thirty feet the mud i prevented us from going farther." From this we ! pass into the large room", or. as it was fancifully j called by young Chapman, the grand saloon. This j room about forty feet long, twenty wide, and from ! twenty to thirty feet in height. About the middle j ui t,ut; e."Mein suie ot t if i nniti u o , tending about 150 feet to the west. Tins passage is lined with sparry incrustations from one end to the other; stalaetities, and alabaster of the purest kind are found here. We procured a stalactite from the passage 1 feet 5 inches in length; the top of which very much resembles a man's head with a warrior's helmet: here wo also procured the fragment of a stalactical formation of about t! inches in diameter, and V, feet in length, which had fallen from a crevice and broken; other pieces of the same mass were seen lodged in the crevice above: and ju.Uinir from the piece we have, and those insishtwe should say it could not have been less than n or 12 feet in length: this mass is formed of the purest alabaster, with the exception oi a streak of about 2 inches wide and li thick, (which appears to have traversed its whole length) which is formed of the purest kind ofsatin spar. The above is given by the gentleman from this village, as a very hasty and deficient, account of this interesting cavern. Dr. L. Hubbard, who first entered Pall's Cave in Schoharie, pronounces that much celebrated cavern far inferior in grandeur of appearance to the one above mentioned, and gives it a preference only in novelty, resulting from its subterranean navigation 'Schoharie ll publirevi. The Tciikev Tracks. Professor Hitchcock, in his lecture lastT.-ursdav evening, gave extend".! details of the birds' tracks he has discovered in dillerent parts of this valley, impressed upon stone. The first specimen found was iimhe vicinity of Greenfield, by Dr. Dean, who communicated the fact, wiih the specimen itsoif, to Professor Hitchcock. This was last summer, and sine that time the diligent researches of the Professor have enabled him to discover numerous other tracks in the slate-stone near the banks of the Connecticut River. In the large quarry, contiguous to the road leading to Springfield, at out five miles from town, near Rock Ferry, manv new tracks have been found. A slab of some rods in mi ih contains six -..r seven bird, and these tracks ol' more than ii ve feet re touml to make a stride in extent, and f in ches in the length of the longest toe! The o-tneh's stride does not compare with ihis biid, and its longest toe rarely exceeds seven inches.' What a sill lii'll.tn:! I . i r . I ..,.. .1 . . . one havi i' ti, nut.-i mis ante-,11 uvian lieen, with a stridi , with a stride of five or six f.-et and like al which this i aquatic birds with long r.ecks. oi presumed to ive neon a snen, s wi.'h a Ther a 1 of not less than Iwi ut: f, d i levoli nogrouu.l lor skepticism about these beiiu bird tracks. Professor Hitchcock exhibited to the audience, eight dill'. rent specimens, from birds, soioe ol' I hem the mammoth down to : m; disliucton the slate-stone as if impressed there but yesterday, am! all of them what he cone. -i veto be dilferent species of birds. These specimens are all d: esied of the hind toe, but some oi' the larger ones have substituted, what appears to be from I ho Irack, . stiff, shaggy hair. The inch' nation of the toes of the right and left foot inward is most clearly defined, tlie spread of the foes eacii exactly alike, and in some cases, the claws are distinctly indented. In addition to the specimen in possession of Professor Hitchcock, and those on the river banks, those discovered on the flagstones in front of the old church and court house in this town give additional strength to this testimony. These slabs of slate-stone were taken from the quarry near Rock Ferry, and confirm the belief that the tracks were made bv aquatic birds. The theory is. that the slate and red sand-stone where these tracks have been discovered, were once soft mud. That these birds in wading about lor food left the impress of tlu ir feet, which mud finally wa transformed into stone. This belief is strengthened by the fact, that on the sand-banks by the riverside, the footsteps of aquatic birds of the present day are distinctly visible .W,W,ton ( 'ourit r. . Ti--.m:nAxer.. At the first quarterly meeiinconference for the year I'bj:,, held at ihe Founoi enured, Washington. ). a rone,, it-.... .,, pointed to inquire who in the M. E. Church were engaged in the traffic of spirituous liquors, and to report their proceedings at the next conference. Agreeably thereto, the committee made a report, and offered the following resolutions, wlreh were' adopted. llesolved, That in the opinion ofthis meeting, the final triumph of the Redeemer's kingdom in the earth, is intimately and inseparably connected with the sucress of the temperance cause, and that no member ol a christian community, livin-' under the influence of so much lighl.as shines forth on the subject at this day, can' be considered innocent while he deals in that which destroys both soul and body eternally; and that this meeting deeply regrets to find the names of .Methodists associated with others in the traffic of ardent spirit. Resolved, That the secretary of the conference be requested to furnish each member whose names appmar in the report ol the committee, and also the ..,i,,ul.- mi' neorgetown, i-.umezer, and Alexandria stations, with a copy of the report and resolutions. We cannot but concur in sentiment with the above resolutions, and hope the example set by the quarterly meefing conference in Wr '.,info-'i ni no miioWci i,y eVery quarterly memm -."?, , . le;en-e Ihroujio it ihe. conncvlion 7,,,v ?

Finni l-Yirn.h-l.ip's C.fT.-iii.g for 163G. HOPE. J;v t. iit:t;vi:v. Again pgin : i,e comesimeihiiiks. I hor.r ii.T wi'.l. sw ( ; si:;:, ing, nnd her rushing winM My he ait co s forth to meet her with a fear " ' And weicomesrm.ts bom ail its broken string it was i.ei thusr not thus we met of yore. " When my ph:m-.v. sou! went halt-waV to the sky 1 o gie. t her: ami the joyous song she bore W:,.Ht'-11''" '"1-e tu'r.i '.h-M';ts iflad reply: Ph.c wings are fettered by the weight of years. And grief has spoilt the music with her tears? Sh comes!! know her by her starrv eye, I know h.;r by the rainbow in her hair Her vesture of the light of summer skies; Jlut gone the g;rd!e which she used to wear Of summer roses, and the sH n.lal-ilowers That hung, enamoured, round her fairy feef , When, in hi-r youth, she haunted inethl'y bowers And called from nil their beautiful and sweet. No more she mocks ,,. with tiie voice of mirth, Nor offers, now. the -garlands of the earth! Come back! come back! thou hast been absent long; ( Ii; Welcome back the sybil of the soul, Who comes, and comes' again, with pleadinslror.g. c To offer to the hour! her mystic scroll; Though every year she wears a sadder look, And smgs a sadder song, and, every year. Some further leaves are torn from cut her "book'. And fewer what she brings, and far more dear; As. once, she came, oh! might she come again With all ihe perished volumes offered tin nl Put come! thy coming 6 a gladness, vet Light from the present o'er the future ca.I hat makes t he pre.u ,,t bright. but oh! regret Is pet-tt sorrow while it mourns the And memory speaks, ;,s sp.-aks the curfew-'beli, Po tell the daylight of I lie heart is done. Come like the seer of old, and, with thy spell, Put back the shadow of that setting sun On my soul's dial; ami, with new-born li;ht. Hush the wild tolling of that voice of night!

Ilnglii spirit, come! th- mystic rod is thine 'I hat shows the hidden fountains of t he breast. And turns, with point unerring, to divine 'Ihe places where its buried treasures rest, Its hoards of thought and feeling: at that spell, Methinks, 1 feel its long-lost wealth revealed' And ancient springs within my spirit well, That grief had choke. 1 , and "ruins had concealAud sweetly spr-ading, where their waters plav, The tints and fn shness of it early day! She comes! she couu-s! her voice is in mine ear Her mild, sweet voice, that sings, and sins for ever. ' Whose stream of .'ong sweet thoughts awake to hear. Like flowers thai haunt the margin of a river (Flowers that, like 'overs, only speak in sighs, ' Whose thoughts nvc hues, whoso voices are their fieatis.) She come-! I know her by her radiant eyes. lie fore whose smile tiie londim cloud d'eparts And if a darker shjde be on her brow, .An.1 1 1 in.-r tones ( sad.h r than of vore, And if she s im.s more solemn music now. And bears another hni-n tlnn .ri i -rnd it around her form no kmger glow TUvren-thly tio.-e;v that, in her youth, she wore That look is holier, and that song more sweet. And are it's flowers the stars are at her feet: 1 irois'f .itiox. cv ry or.r v. lio r.-e-rds ei!iriB rum, as a chrisiian iuy, make it ;t s;,h;,.c( liahilu,;! secret r yer. i-Ivr-ry nmrt.-i.-i-. '-t hi,,, pray for yrarf fo i.n fi'ti-.fu! j; :! siKers-t.il j- . i m rum. Wi.rnevei , fiiis b:s eti.t-mer'H ;- U t. him lift lip !i ;--ri ((balir: pr. ver I fi : t' a Tdesimv may atiend i'. And a! mgh'.'i-t hin ,rjvo thanks forth.- quami'v !,e h.-.s b en thc happy insrumeut in dift'usit. :,mi pr.-vil.at it mav U a mi-ns 'd'lrreat r,.(l i-j the p n cj , ...:; ::u) their f.mihes. Jire;.-:.c ,, farmer . ag i ; vps fo!: Tin: stanpaud. on I; . ! (--inri-mnt; .. vi.-ii,it . ( '..! S-iul'-e-rr iii', . ". .. .' ll. I a--art. F. in:!. I in, ,! ( .i . i t L . . -1 - ai. William ;,. Ib'v. !,.(;. ; ;.unr.-. Mr. I )a id ( ' i-iriic. Vf. V. It.,!v,t-..!i. . .:-an Irr M ' I 'arln n". ti-.'tii-ii ( 'ii.-, Mai. .!. L. U.-ari. . A. V. P..;.-,-. ib'v. .1. T. Va.iav!.,-. J. bi -tun. I.', v. J. -las le:. . l-'iinc-'w A! 1:11.111. tli'v. SmastSa-.:.-).-. K.-... I "S ('m;'. " i K 't :i -.usoii . I ani.'l eei l.i. .'aiai's 'l. r!c. Ivt-v. 1 f.igh IMv'oiaan. .1. A.iisinv.e, I'--'!. Dr. Ifea-ly ' (;, I! A ir I birr,:, ,!,, th':,!,,,,, (hj.,,,1, S-'t-'fir", I ) rl .;, C;,ii'i,;,l;,f, )'. .Vnv'.f .1... do. .I... .1. ' ' . s! ( i, ma, (ui. Spri:,-' .'(,', . (U). I Hu h lii,,ii'i ', ill,. I i,i, Hill ,n. ,iitin,i!,ri:'i, fi-i. l'''i""i I ( t'lUtOIl, Hi Ulirn,:!:, !.!. if.. i!o. Xinia, .1. .V, ir . ilhtns, d:i Ji , 111, If, .!o. 11 1 nit in g. .In. .',( n Cross lloatls, Wj iam Aml.-imii. I M I . Cranfmdsi itif, and iciniiy, .'i-oii- V. IVnuefid inrennis, ,.. .!,,, h'nll.Hiil. I'rinrttoii. ,!. Williaai I Inii-.iiicr. liarhi rsrill.; do. William li.-m-li. 1. I'ti-'li, .hi. r,. (;,, ,, Franklin, ). . M,,i,rit. Riislniile, ,. .1. Ilamilt,,,,. Iwi.i.i'.,);.';, ,!(,. .lam.s M. Uav. Il us.'iin :!,,,,, ,. .!aaa.-i- Caiii.l.an. Spring ! till, ,,,. Ih-v. .!. S. Weaver. Ilnin i ile, tie. ( '.iiiii'liiis al.-nv. Ari.r ('mint:, Ar. Iiiliafl Smnisou. I 'ranl 'iit C, li v. Ar.-liiha.ld Ciais. .latin s lI. ( 'aii.pfn ll. .1. lines Alien. Ib v. M. Iliiminer. l.'.-v. .Mr. IVII. lr. .?!, l-:vi,m. liiirl.iillr, li 111 1 Inn I, I.oftteittc. In, lih hot, I ), I pit i, (1.1. do. dr.. do. (I... I M, I. Mils, f ttn;liiia Ilev. William l. Stewart. imwsvi.v.vM v. J'iltsliiirgb Itev. Knl.e.t Pat'eisnn. Cm in 1st lib- Alexander Johnston. L uton 'I'oien Kev. .I.iel Sinn. nut. M:W voK!. C,d,:'i,ia.l. U. CI .,1, Km,. ,irl,i,nr,i J imes iVrdy, Haiti nrillr Kev. James W. Sieivait. v 11?.; I ma. Whetting Ked.iii k M'ivee, i:s . U.Ml)t . ''nsrah'osa -Tin una-. Mm. aids. KiXiiaivv. Oirit tin,! S.',;i,ih 1 hurt hi s Co. ". S. 'I'd,! Shi llnrllli ("ol. S.1,,,11,-1 S. P.iv.l. rntsiiit i t'll -(;,.,,,,. 1 i,ti ,'iei.v. .'. --H. nry M. Ma-lellan. .(..'. r..i;i ! v C.nnmia--. li ;7).a; ;7,V, .S7 .', rminlr .:,.li Alii n f:i;ini:il ..v. . Il.'ll....k"ms. -'a;. 1st-urn b'ev. N. I .. I.ice. I'Jtznhi I'limrii- .J. r.nlliie. Ilotrling (ir, , -,!..( s ). Aler. li. ad I '.-i, dm nst.it ig I.' ..'. I !.".. -. ' l.i htm i.-i IN-,-. S. It. !.!., i-o... t),r,i i!:, :. y.;. ,.. - . ' VMK-rsen. ....' .1. s. !:. ,,,,.

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