Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 46, Rockville, Parke County, 25 February 1832 — Page 4

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HYMN TO THE MOUNTAIN CIIRISTAIN. "Thanks be to God for the moimtaiW For the strength of the hills we bless the, Our God, our Father's God! Thou hast made thy children mighty, By the touch of the mountain sod; Thou hast fixed our mark of refuge, Yherethe spoilers foot.ne'er trod; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our father's God. We are watchers of the beacon, Whose light must never die; Ye are guardians 01" an altar 'M dst the silence of the sky; The rocks y eld founts of courage, Struck forth as by the rod For the 'strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God , our father's God . For the dark resounding heavens, Where thy still snnll voice is heard, For trre stron pines of the fores-s, That by thy breath are ttirred For the storms on whose free pinions Thy spirit walks abroad Fcr the strength cf thr hills we bless thee, Our God, our father's God. The royal eagle darteth On his quary from the heighths, . And the ptcg that knows r.o master, geeks th-.re his wild delights; Put we for THY communion Have sough the mountain sod Fcr the strength cf the hills we bless the, OurGod, cur father's God. The banner of the chieftain, Far, far below us waves; The war horse of the spearman Cmnot reach our lofty caves; The dark clouds wnp the threshold Of freedom's last abode; For tbe trength of the hills we bleES the, Our God, our father's God. For the shadow ofthy presence Round thy camp of rock outspread, For the s"ern defiles of battle, Per-ring record of our dead; For the snows, and for the torrents, For the f:es heart's burial sod. For the strength of the hills' we bles6 thee, .Our Gcd, cur father's God. llemans. o::::::::o THE BELL AT SEA. "When the tide's billowy swell Had reached its height, Then pealed the Rock's lone Bell Sternly by night. Far over cliff and surge, Swept the deep sound, Making each wild wind's dirge Still more profound. Yet tbat funeral tone The sador blessed, Steering through darkness on. With ftr.rless breast. li cu laua lljtij v. r, uni t uuai On life's ide sea, Welcome each warning note, Stern though it be! Mrs. HEM.iJis. -o: ,: LINES BY A LAKE. The placd lake, my gentle girl, Be emblem of they life As full of peace and purity, As free from care and strife No ripple on its tranquil breast That dies not with the day; No pebble in its darkest depths But quiver's in its ray. And see how every glorious form And pageant of the skies, Reflected from its glassy face, A mirrored image lies; So be thy spiriteer pure; To God, to virtue given; And thought and word, and action bear The imagery of heaven. G. W. Do AXE. . -o::::::::o BREVITY OF LIFE. Man's life's a vapor, And full of woes. He cuts a caper And dow n he goes. Price. :::oA SMART REP ARTE. Oics Silvia to a reverend Dean, What rear on can be given, Since marriage is a holy thing, That there are none in heaven There are na women, he replied. She quick returnes the jestWomen there are, but I'm afraid Tboy cannot find a Priest. Casket.

The Heath oT the Gentle A chapter from an unpubltshe dnovcl. BY N. P. WILLIS. " Like light That needs must die, tho'its little beam Reflects epon a diamond, . Sheley. Clement Revere, though filling an office not often popular, was loved like an elder brother, by every body under his care. lie performed his duties with a modest and unassuming gentleness, that won the heart of the most refractory. Few could remember a harsh word from his lips, and yet his government was salutary and perfect to a degree never known in the previous annals of the school, and his particular pupils were remarked always at college for the vain of scholer-likc and nice apprehension which ran thro' their attainments in the particular reading for w hich he had prepared them. He was himself a ripo and beaut iful scholar, imbued lo the very soul with the sweetness and fulness of classic poetry, and it was his only weakness as a teacher, that he would like the hesitating passage from the lips" of the forgotten delinquent, and read on, in the exquisite cadence of his vanity, with a (lushed cheek and a kindling eye, to the end. He had studied originally for the pulpit, but a pulmonary weakness had compelled him to relinquish the profession; and with the bitter disappointment of his high hopf lying heavily at his heart, he at doxi n sadly, but resignedly, to Ids trying employment. In preparing for duties he was not to fulfil, however, he had found, like many others, that there were temptations far short of the goal, strong and winning enough to make even the most earnest slacken in his career; and it went well nigh to console him for his checked ambition,' that he wa left idle fcy the sweet wells of kowledge, and could accomplish himself without reproach, in the seductive graces of the scholar. Later than any light in the village bur. ned the solitary lamp in the usher's window; and the shadow of his slight figure bending over his book, lay sometimes for hears as motionless as a painting on the white curtain. It was plain to every body's eye that he was a martyr to study. Ashe went stooping along the path to school, putting his hand to his side as if to still a sudden pain, the very vilagers looked after him with pitty. His form f ns the slightest that could be called a man's. A littlebove the middle height and with a patnful stoop in his slender chest, he looked as ifhe were walking cut for the first time under extreme emaciation of sickness His countenance still held the look of calm, placid abstractions and thought it was probable, from the habitual pressure of his hand upn his side, that he suffered constant pain, the sweet child like smile that set upon his lips never changed, and his tone,'' up to the last hour he sat at his desk, had kept its winning and serene cheerfulness unbroken. The gentle usher had given his last lesson. A slight cold had settled upon his lungs, and after raising blood all night with a distressing cough, he was found upon his bed at morning too faint and exhausted even to speak. The physician was called in but the J single glance at his unnaturally bright j eye, and the vivid spot flushing- in his cheek, convinced him that it was too. late; and ordering only some soothing medicines which relieved his immediate distress, he left him to sink as gently as he might, amid the appliances of affectionate care to his grave. For several days he lay without: much pain, growing hourly, though almost imperceptibly weaker and weaker. His reason was still clear; and as he needed little attendance, the eldest of his particular pupils watched with

him by turns. On the fourth night of his illness he sent unexpectedly for Ernest. He had taken a fancy to his new pupil in the short time he had been under his care, and the boy's heart had leaped to him at once with a strong reciprocation of Interest. He obeyed the summons with a sorrowful eagerness. 1 he sick man welcomed him with a smile as he entered, and when the nurse had retired to rest, Ernest read to him at his request, till he slept. x.s soon as hw breathing became audible, he closed the book, and sitting down at an open window, looked out upon the night. The air blew cool and freshly amid his hair, and the solemn clink of the cricket, mingling with the low murmur of the distant river, fell with a pleasant harmony upon his ear. Across the Valley in every direction shot the fire-fly;and softly above burned the unclouded stars, twinkling like revolving lamps in the heavens; and as the young watcher gazed on their beautiful"order,and took in with his eye, the glorious bend of their courses, and felt the absolute slilness of Uie nicht Dressing on him like the hand ofsome invisible s pirt, a feel

ing of awe mingled with a wild delight came over him, and he uttered an involuntary exclamation "how beautiful, how beautiful!" "Yes" said a low sweet tone at his car; and forgetting his surprise in the facination of the voice, he yielded his chair to the dying usher, and sat down in a listening attitnde beside him "es: and beautiful as they are, they are all accurately numbered and governed, and just as they burn now .have they burned since the creation, 'never faint in their watches,' and never absent from their place. How glorious they are. How thrilling is it to see them stand with such a constant silence in the sky, unstcadied and unsupported, obeying the great law of their Mikcr! What pure and silver light it is! How steadily it pours from those small fountains, giving every spot of earth its due portion. The hovel and the palace are shown upon cquahtv. end the shepherd gets as broad a beam as the king, and these few rays that are now streaming into my feverish eyes were meant and lavished only for me. I have often thought (cover me Ejnest, the night grows chill) I have often thought how ungrateful I have been in calling myself poor, when there is so much that poverty cannot take away. ('lusters of silver rays from every star in these heavens arc mine. Every breeze that breaks on my forehead was sent for my refreshment. Every 'echo that I catch from that sw jet river playing upon its pebbled bottom below us was meant for my ear, and this subdued fragrance that comes up from the earth to my window, and the singing f these melancholy insects and your own care, my dear Ernest, are all gifts which poverty cannot tak away. It is not often that I forget those treasures (sit closer to me Ernest, the night grows cold) not often, for I have loved the night-heavens with a passionate afFectoin from mv boyhood, and nature in every form ha. been unspeakingly dearlo mc for in it I see the evidence of an Almighty Maker; and in the excessive beauty of the stars, and the Unfading and equal glory of their stedfast fires,I see glimpses of immortal beauty, and find atr answer to the eternal question within me One Two! the village clock strikes clear to-night. Chafe my hands Ernest I am very cold. Nay not to bed yet I'll sit awhile longer, and look upon the stars. It is the last time I am sure of it the very last! Yet, to-morrow night those stars will all be there not one missing from the sky, nor shining one ray the less because I am dead. It is strange that this thought should be so bitter strange that the companionship should be so close between our earthly affections and those spiritual worlds; and stranger yet, that satisfied as we must be that we shall know them nearer and better, when released from our flesh, we still cling so fondly to our earthly and imperfect vision. I feel, Ernest, that I shall hereafter traverse every star in those bright heavens. If the course of that career of knowledge which I believe in my soul it will be the reward of the blest to run, be determined in degree by the strong de

sires thatyearn so sickening within us, 1 see the thousand gates cf my future heaven shining at this instant above me. There they are the -clus tering Pleiades, with their 'sweet intlu nnrfs ' nnn tfif mnrninir star melting , ....v. -- t -, into the east with its tianscendant lambency and whiteness, and the broad galaxy with its myriads of bright spheres desolving into each other's light, and belting the heavens like a girdle. I shall see them all! I shall know them and their inhabitants as the angel of God knows them. The mystery of their order, and the secret of their wonderful harmony, and the duration of their appointed courses all will be clear! I am glad that I am dying now (colder colder how cold it is!) I would not live longer. Well well Ell get to bed. So cover me ! Cold cold cold! will nothing warm me' Press my hand Ernest! I feel it not dvinsr dying dying! Oh God! release me oukklv! St'ilU cold still living raise my head Ernest! dying dying!!" Ernest took the lamp, and sitting down by the bed side, gazed upon the face of the dead usher, with irresistible curiosity. It was the first time he had ever seen death. The lids were hal f closed, and in the clear blue eyes, still visible through the long dark eyelashes, there swam a softness as if they were filled with tears. He gazed upon the lips, slightly parted as if about to speak, and looking, in their fresh color and placid mildness of expression as if just about to break into a smile, and with tenderness, as if the form beneath him were living, he put away a lock of silken hair ftom his forehead, VVV J l Ol ft KYL-1 1 1KIII ' -- 7 j and counted the branching veins lying)

bhie-aud lifeless-open his finely-formed temples. Could this be death! He sat holding the dim lamp to the face till abroad sun-beam, falling upon the motionless lips from the eastern

window, interrupted his quite busy thoughts. -o:::: ::oiv. uiKAiii'. ine iew aeaford Gazette relates the following anecdote of that gentleman. Mr. Girard one day asked a truckman in his employ, why he did not build himself a house, to which he re plied, that he was too poor, aving a numerous family dependent upon him for support. "Well, sajs Girard, follow my directions and you will be able 1 his morning there is molasses for sale on - a cargo of wharf; go and buy the whole lot; 1 will become security for the payment." The man went accordingly and the molasses being put up one hogshead, or the lot, it started at a very low rate. The bystanders who were all wholesale dealers, supposing that the man only wanted one hogshead, would not bid upon him, and it was accordingly struck off. Much to their surprise, he told the auctioneer he woGid take the whole lot, naming his endorser, and before he left the spot, disposed of his bargain for an advance suflicient to build him a snug tenement. jOILNATIIAN'S DESCRIPTION CF A STEAMBOAT. It's got a sawmill on one side, and a gristmill onx'other, and a blacksmith's shop in the niidle, and , down celler, there's a tarnation pot boiling all the time. The Ex-Dey of Algiers' as he styles himself, on his visiting cards, dined cn the 28th August with the prime, minister of France, and was attired in the richest oriental style. He wore a pair .,f deep green spectacles. On the morning of that day he sent a written request, which was granted to be allowed to place his own cook in the kitchen of his host, who would prepare his share of the dinner. The cook appeared with two live fowls, which having despatched secusDUM autem, he boiled and served up, with rice. His highness, the Ex-Dey the displaced Unit ate nothing else. The cabinet proper of Louis Philip were present, and greatly edified by the good humor with which he seemed to bear his political dissolution. An Irishman recommending an excellent milk cow, said that she would give milk year after year without having calves, because it ran in the breed, as she came of a cow that never had a calf. Atkinson's Casket, Or Gems of Literature, Wit and Sentiment, A MONTHLY PERIODICAL Each number containing 4r?yal octavo pnges ofletter press, embellished with at least one copperplate, and eevaral wood engravings, and one or more pieces of music, Th-a work forms at the end of a year a volume of about GOO pages, to which an elegant engraved title page and a general index are added. THE number of volumes of tho Casket which have already been published and the faithfulness and punctuality of the publisher in fulfilling his contracts with his patrons, in respect to their contents, are sufficient, with those at all acquainted with the work, to show its true charrcter. Tiie constantly increasing patronage bestowed onth Casket, has enabled the publisher to make considcrab'e improvements in the work. Its typographical appearanctis much changed fer the better, and its contents arc enriched, lie believes that the volume now proposed, will not he exceeded in re pec t to typographical execution, the quantity and quality of the engravings, and the value f the contents, be any other periodical; and he safely asserts it to be the cheapest publication of the kind in the country. The facilities for obtaining suitable articles for this work have of late, much in-, creased. Some of the best literary publications of Europe are regularly ieceived at the office of the Casket, as well as ths prominent American periodicals. From both selections are made with much care. To secure a sufficient quantity of original matter, and to enable tnen of taients to prosecute their labors with success, and contribute to advance the literature and. science of our own country the publisher gives a compensation to his cofrcspondents, commensurate to the support he receives. In respect to the Embellishments which will appear in the work, the publisher believes that no other periodical has such a profusion of elegant and expensive engravings. Executed in general by the first artists in the city they will suffer nothing by j comparison. These form a considerable i-j tern in the expenses ofthc work, and in one year, exceed thewhoh cost of printing some periodicals for the eamo length of time, the subscription price of which is no lower than the Casket. The subject of the engravings will continue to be as heretofore Portraits of distinguished characters; plates of the Newest Fashions, both of Europe and America; Views of American Scenery, particularly striking ' and interesting; Natural History; Embroidering; Foreign and Domestic Architecture; IJotanical Plants, and whatever other objects may be deemed cal culated to instruct, interest and amuse. " - , To ioculctte souud ami virtuous precepts

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