Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 22, Vevay, Switzerland County, 1 March 1834 — Page 4
T7EEHLY MESSENGER.
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The Confession. Father, I l-v 'lie meadow When the turf is fresh and green, And I love the shady liedgerowa. Whrn thi purple violet's seen; .And I dearly I ve to heur Ihe sung Of 'he wild bird in the tiees, When the lt..ir is lifled from my brow
h- .t th'9 s lemn I; or ti M s ti'tiniessto ihe it lUiot-brcast;
Ate. s the tempter's art i tried,
He tieds each supplication vain; liie weary prisoner turns nside To hide las laboring bosom's pain.
Tumultuous thoughts up- n his mind
In nnir.k succession wildly crowd,
A, unred hv the resistless wind.
By Fa! lie . .,. When I ta And i W To Up. T
i: . -,:!e morning breeze. it i n'easnnt n chis' Tint h tugho n steal, h coldm bancs field v t i- j d iy meal; is ver a:; . i,i listen, i :h- s!ieav ,lic re.iMTS hind :j ::-rr hiujhter, as it swtlU i h- sMtniiier ind.
i beautiful :o she sun decline.
tree
When h Minting beams make stream and In ll Mds of glory shineTo wander in the sha.ly lanes, O' in tlic irr-n(Md stnv To a: ' -he I -tliesl hour S ',r h t Uie live-long daw Dm Father when the darkening sky Sh-'s gloom upon the earth; W :ei ne birds are silent in the oughs, And the loathsome hat comes forth, Whrn the owl is shrieking from her hole 1- ivy-mantled trover, 1 1re;i ' le as I walk alone In 'hat liull and dreary hoar. Father, you know the dark eyed youth Who came from distant lauds, To sooth his grey hair'd mother's age, it y the labor of his hands; Si'iiu times I've met him in the w ay, As I've t it-mhled in the gloom, And with a gentle brothers care, lie has brought me saftly home. Father, the moon and siars have shone In the sky above my head, As together we have moed along By the path where I have led.
An! h, tie- v odorous taler. he tells Ot" the billows' wa l sport! t have ever thought as we wandered on, That the way was very short. father, lie Bays that there are lands Where the girls are very fair; And wear rich jewel on their arms. And pearls amid their hair. But trio' they must have looke i like queen: la such gmdy garments diest, c ti! he rays be loves the girl t own poor village heat. J t:e he is a pio s son, So ail the neighbors say, And ns i v-1 1 as other lads, Though ls'6 been so far away. "He often lemis a helping hand With rov pitcher at the well, Or bears my basket when I go With jour dinner to the del! . father, you are no longer young, A i I cannot bear to see Uow very bar I you're forced to work, Tosnpp rt yourself and me. tfien wish on had a son V!io could share your heavy task, W'i ile jou might at our cottage door In the evening sunshine I ask..
by the plaid and the bare bjonct Irom the unsheathed sabres of Uie united glory of France as Micy poured like torrents of death on the waving plume' of onr devoted land, lo extirpate our name from the annals of Scottish heroism. Then, then, in the hour of peril J and of death, the genius ol our country burst through the darkness of despair,
Son ads o'er tlu skv the temi.est cloud.-: like the tirst flash ol the young eu . up-
Why bends his sad am! languid glance, on the earth when God said 'Let there Where, near his heart that picture lies, be light?' as the Scott's Greys flying
Affection's fond inheritance, I to our aid raised th electric shout,
With sunny smile, and loving eyes!
Alas! uponthiit face no more The eager gaze of hope can turn. The dream of early love 13 o'er, And neVr again its fires will burn; A shade is gathering o'er each tross, A gloom is lingering on the brow, And all its budding Inverness Is stained with tears of anguish now. Brave, yd devoted! on thy head l h' holt, by others forged, shall fall; nd history on thy name shall shed Of fate, the wormwood and the gall, 'vi wert thou nobh and thy soul t he battle and the storm withstood,
Till, bending to a stem control,
1 1 was by a traitor s lure subdued. Poace to thy shade, ill-fated one! : h u,ri in the abbevV lengthened aisle. Scarce ht by day's meridian sun. Thy ma -hie bust may sadiy smile; let is tlicte darkness on thv name T.'iough gen'le pity mourns lor thee. Wiule alriots bless the holy flame Which keot thv captor's spirit fre
lScotlaid forever!' 'Scotland forever! returned our larlanir clansmen; 'Scot-
(land for ever!' reverbrated as from the
hearts we had lett behind us; and
Ut,.i .MJAaK'i, l'eriomtul JLibiary.
I gained i i formation respecting the so quel of my storj. After his p.arti ttwere laid in the dust, William Cnmp-i
bull, witliii6udnndanxiousheHrt,mnde."oNTAIMNG,in the ihtnpest poinqtiiries after Jeanie, theobjeci of his sihle loim, a repnblitHtion of new early atlections, to whom we have al-jand standaid work: Voyages. Tiattls; redy alludcJ. For several weeks his j I listory , Biogrnrphv , Select Memoris, search was fruitless; hut at length hei Popul.tr Science, IVisonal Adventures learned that considerable property had; 1 ales of tiiiesceptioiinble moral bear-
been 1 ft to her father by a distant rel
ative, and that he now resided somewhere in Dumfriesshire. In the same garb which I have already described, the soldier set out upon his journey. With little difficulty he discovered the houe. It resembled such as are occupied by the higher
Scotland for ever!' re-echoed 'Victory !' ! class ol farmers. The front door stood
It was a moment of inspiration and of open. He knocked but no one answer-
ti!g and approved Poems. It is published weekly, ii ' Ullii'cis o 43 t ftaVO pages each, at $5 per annum in ad. va. ice, and contains matter tqunl 208 pages more than any other l nodical n America at the same price. Thefollowing works have been already re.puhihed in the Librar), viz: Volume I. !. The Life and Trial .. 1 1 !.. . . 1
oi j it in j i fisi.uozi, wnn copn us ex-
triumph. Forward dashed our high-jed he proceeded along the passage;! 1Iil(U from hilJ w.ilJ,.lliir.rat.vc ,1 hii
;'ahu heroes, fearless as their fathers, he heard voices in an artment on his 'resistless as our mountain cataracts! righi ; a;,a o he knocked but was unllome and its woi Id of unutterable jovs heeded. He entered uninvited. A j yes, home and the fair bosom that ijroup were standing in the. middle of 'would welcome its hero glory and the the floor, and among them a minister, Upiriiofour fathers; all rushed upon commencing the marriageservice ofthe our immagination at the sound. It was . church of Scotland. The bride hung , a moment of poetry, of patriotism, and her head sorrowfully, and tears were
Ot I ispit auo ! , oi poetry leu all, except sicaung uown ner cueeK: sue was nis the wretch, Jeanie Leslie. The clergyman pausWho never to hi-n-clf haih said, fd. The bride's father stepped forward This on n. m idive land, angrily, and enauired. 'What do vou
pit: ..f ducation: hi E. Biber. Ph
Dr. 2 History of IVter the Gieat, with n prehmicary sketcli of the Ujstor and Statistics of Russia; l r,en
jCoui.t Philip de Segur. 3 Noie- of a
piurii' ihrough I rame and Italy; by m. Hazliti. 4. The L -st Ksduys of L'ha; b) ..as. Limb. .5. The VVoun. ded Spirit, a Tale of iyte; bv D. M. Moir. 6. The L"-e , i C.ul Theodor Koemer, the Getinarii Wnnior
;i-et; bvhi fail i 7- Martial ni.o!.
n i, i i i i i . i ? r . . " . i . .i ' i ' J
"cavciii auiii u m,M.iiuii" 10 ms icti nam sir: out nisianiiy recognizing nr. vi -ce l.n.rx.o l'm. .' urr. r
and grasping his slaii;as the enthusiam features, he seized him by the lrenst,! Kccnie.Vs Prose Tabs 9. Tour- in
The Sotilleis t! ft urn. BV J041X MACK.VY WILSON. S?ven or eight vears ago, I was tra
velliog between B rwick and S Ikirk.
uid h.tving started at tne crowii.g oi
the cock, 1 had left Me It rose befire
four in the afternoon. On arriving at Abbotsforl 1 perceived a highland
soldier, apparently as tatigiied as my self, leani ;g upon a v dking stick, a. d
gazing i iii'iisely on toe fair v palace of
the magu tan whose w ard is since br, ken, but whose magic still rnnnins.
lam no particular dcciple of Lavater's
. . i S. . J 1. . . I 1 I I 1 . I 1
ihuic piiM gusi.t u nacK upon ms Mini, aiiu, in a voice nan cno&cu wun passion Upper India and tt..: HimnUya Mountto ha .e joined in that shout was lo live continued: Sorrow tak' ye fora scoun- ,f &r. Iy Major An-lier -t0 The an eternity in the vibration of a pendu- drcl! what's brought ye here; and the (J 11IlC 0f yle; ..,n ',chc i ,cm,; e ... , rnair Piallj at a time like this? h,. Young I'oe't, a Fragme-t ol Ar' In a lew m nutes the animated -oul Get out o' my house sir! I say Willie looiogmphy ; from Talc ol Field and that gave eloquence to his tongue drew Campbell, get out o1 my house, an' ne- Flood; by John iUalcom. 12. Helen itself back into the chambers of huma- ver darken my door again wi' your Waters f om the same. The
nty, and resuming his seat u on the tn. ir do well countenance!
low wall, he contiiied: , A sudden shriek followed the rnert-
I left my old regiment with the pros- tio.i of his name, and Jeanie Leslie fell
poet of promotion. a.d have since seve- jnio iho arms of her bridemaid.
red in the West Indies; hut I have heard l'eace, Mr. Leslie T said the soldier
iiofhing of my father nothing of mv pu-hing the old man aside; 'for auld
mother nolln g of her 1 love. ji;ng svne; you cannot deny me that.
Wnile he wasyei speaking, he grave Ho passed towards the object of his
digger entered the ground, lie meas-, young love. She spoke not; she mov-
BrotherB from the same 14. The Bival; by the author of Recollections of ol I'cnin&uln. 15. .Auetdutes of Paii.ttets. Volume II 1. Critical Sketches of the charae'er ane genius of fccolt and B)fO'i 2 Journal of an officer
employed in tnr Lxpediiion under the
co'limand "I tantain 0en, on the
tired oil a nurrow piece ol earth; it en- cd not; he took her hand, hut she seem-1 Coast of ;Vrka 3. Nrtca of a Tour
ircled the little stone which Ihe sol- cd unconscious of Wrial he did. And.
dicr had thrown to mark out the burial as he again gazed upon her beautiful 1 f 1. : . C. t . 1 : I. . t
piace 01 ms i.tiiui) . voovuimoiis 1 us-i cvunicnance, aosenee necame as a ed over the features of mv comp.i ion; dream unon her face. The lanprnaire
o AlDina. 1
11 iii- aKe'cin s
yet the man carried his soul upon his! hc shivered; he grasped my ar : his! he had acquired during theirscparation
i.e, .u-.u e were inenus ai me nrs (Hps quiveret; ins hreatlung h, came was laid aside. Nature triumphed o-
ai"" "i "..Me ,1 jo. 1 o itjirot iu.j snort ami io'in:irie
bonnet, a course great coat, buttoned to the throat. His dress tepoke him lo belong only to the ranks; hut then was a Jigrity in his manner, and a fir
glowi' g language iti his eye;, w o th in
achieftian. His height might exceed live feet nine, and his aire to he abor
thirty. The frae. s of manly he in'
were still upon his cheeks: hut the so
of a w ester. hemisphere had ting. '
ther with a sallow hue and imnrint.
untimely furrows. Our conversation related chiefly te the classic scenery around us; and we had pleasantly journeyed together for
two or three miles, when we arrived
at a little s questcred burial-ground by
the way side, near which there was
neither c.huich no dwelling. Its low
wall was thinly covered with turf, an. I
wc sat down upon it to rest. M companion hncamo silent and melancholy, as his eyts wandered anxiously among
the graves. Here, ail he, 'sleep some of my fa
ther's children, who died in infancy.'
lie picked up a small stone front the
cold swea; trickled 1 ver ai i, and he addressed her in the ac-
fro'O his temples. He sprang over the cents in which he had first breathed
vail he rushed towards the spot. ;love and won her heart.
'Man! hftexcl .uned.ui ago-.y 'whose 'J w'wV said he, pressing her hind j .11 ds- S.
l ive is that f 1 between his. it s a sair thinf to sav
n
Hoot' awa wi' ye, said the grave , farewell, but at present I maun mv it
.'ger, start in back at his manor: ; This is a scene I never expected to see:
latna a w-y is thai to glut a body!; (or oh. Jeanie! 1 could have trusted to
your truth and to your love as the far
mer trusts to seedtime and harvest, and
is not disappointed. I thought it w s
' Mercy nv !' .'pbed theman of death ill enough, when hoping to find mv (a- hers in the Wet Indies- hv M. Clmr-
yc arc surely 0lit o' your head; its an ither's forgivenesg, I found them digging. ...j, l!U.. f1Ve year- a reid.it in tne IsJ-
raid body thevcad Adam t. ampnell s , his grave; or. when J reached m nio-lam.- 13 'i"he Life and Chaiacter of
'rave. JNow, arc ye any thinglhe wi- ther s bedside, and found her only able! , tHi,.m W ilhcfnrre. 14 K n m..A
to stretchout her hand and say, ' It s -p, , vjZ: The Times we Live in.
mv am bane! its mv am barm! Hut n.A I'.-l.ws. and Blessii.as ..l 111,,,,.
1 nviuti Diu y larewt ll, mine iaro-ij, h oil i 1 fri 1 r 1 it ic fill- tot r ! II 11 r f i I
"lit. vJ Tail c mM. viiyi ... m:,v lllh.: hU.oro'fnn l,rl.nm 1 h Pf-Bt'-D'CAL Ll DTI ART Will COO-
AcJ.n iKn ..hP1"1 4,1 '",, v-iums in me course ot
lie n-iir -;icii volume 10 make on--
ye daft!
Mtcr m' !' cried the soldier, sei
zing bis har d: 'whose grave is that?
ser for spiel in
'My father?' cried my comrade,as I approached him; clasping his hand together bent I. is head upon my shoulders a"d w. nt aloud.
ot dwell upon this painful j
Bi 'grapiixal and Crit of bir 'hs. M trkii'tosh
Lord Brougham --5 S. rvic. Afloat.
ii'l'iising Hie l'- i-oi nl Narrative of
a Bsitish Naval Ofh i 6. Oct-ai.dea oi M.une Lyms, by Mis Fletcher (I te Miss Jewsbury.) 7. Sketch of
toe genius and character of Wards
worth with selections fr in Lvrical
Nine Moi tli-1 lu&i lei.ee
New Zealand. 0 T Lib- I AI ino't; Ir im the lAbruni uf Useful
Knoiclcffrge. 10. Ifisi. i ot ti e Ottoma . or Turkish Kmpirc; hv lviard
Upborn. Ivq. M II. A S ii. The"
I yroh r. iy the author ol . oth-ciions
l ihe Peninsula 12. Domett ic Man-
I uill
- v - i :i. . . . i l t iii i I
C(t c iFurmc ins ;uencp, navrrjuv i rauic crew loader arm louat'f iu ncr
had given the lo; tunes of bis father to I throat ; for a moment her eyes became of 8,x l,,,ndred "d twenty pa.the wi.:d; and '.e had died "man hum-jas bright asdiamonds; 1 thought it was
hie cottage, ip'l mented and unnoticed
by the iriends of his prosperity. " At Ihe request of my fellow traveller
I accompanied him to the house of
Fatner, a stout and willing heart, SI. old stand in lieu of gold, IVi industry will prospc still, A e are often told; I know of one who would gladly share Your labor, but he's poor M iy he not tell the tale himself? Faiuer, he's at the door!''
ground, and, throwing it gently about mourning. Two or three poor cottaten yards, 'that,' added he. 'is the very gets sat around the fire. A fewspot. Bui, thank heave..! no gtay'e white hairs fell around the whiter fac stone has been raised during mv ah- ofthe deceased, which sienw-d lo i di
sence! It is a token 1 shall' find m cate that he died from sorrow rather
parents .living and,' continued he -" from age. And the son pressed
with a sigh, 'may I also fir.d tlieirlove! his hps to Ins latner s cneeu. lie
It is hard, sir, when the heart of a ua- eroaned la spirit and he was troubled.
rent is turned ngamst her own child. He rai-ed his neaa n agony, ami, wnn lie dropped his head upon his breast a voice almost inarticulate with grie!
tor a lew momenta and was silent, and rxciaunca inquirr giy, my inouo-i hasfrly raising his fore lingr r to his eves The wondering peasants started t
seemed to dash away a solitary tear, theit feet, and in silence pointed to
w he continued: lowh btd. He hastened forward;
Then, furniue to me
'lou may thit k,sii' this is weakness in foil upon his knees by the bedside.
a soldier; but hiinv-t. hearts beat be- My mother! U my mother tie ex
neath a redcoat. M- lather, whose claimed, 'do not you, too, leave ne
name is ( an ph. II, and who was hro't Look at me; speak to me I am your irii I
from Argyleslure while young, is a own son your own u nue nave you
wealthy farmer in this neighborhood.! too lorgot me, momert Twelve vears ago I loved a beii e pen- She. too, lay upon her deathbed.
.-i 13 0 . .i .-I r . i.u:
tie as the summer norn. We were, and tne ivoeoi me was ihm ro.oo. ...o children tnn-ei ber.m.d h irr.-w? io ho:ui. the lemenibcred voice of her beloved
The enptor of A ml it. Uy on m sight, as the star of evening son drove it back for a moment. She
The followins lines, from the Pmudel steals into glory throuh the twilight, opened her eyes; she attempted to raise
phi.. (Jazette, were suggested by a vignetn lint she was poor and portionless, the I her feeble hand, and it fell upon his pietuie in banknote, recently issued daughter of a mean fehepherd. Ourat-jhead. She spoke but he alone knew
"I uionieu insinuilonB in tne l:if limt-nt r.ttpiolfri mc lullier. Iloanc WOltS UlillMli; uutitu, nut ."Mir
Etme et New York, rcoresei.tinar tiie smi L.,mrr.i,.t1 , . l, r.-r nd Recent of minded anguish, of ioy.
oi poor Aiutie. lie is in the actol su ,.h Ii , n.,A :inH ho irorl mo from his and of blessing.
cming his optors to lot him escape; the hoHse. wandercd, i knew not, and l! For several minutes he bent over the discover, d i.;m ers are in the bands t, out- . :,i . .. 1 n,i I.iilerlv. He held her
.1,,,,., . e- .i t cari-u nui, w miner. uuuw hi uc-i"!""" ' .".-tt.etn,anu the stern eyes ofthe ..thers e- . . . , . urr..A hod in his: and as we an-
voice their determination lo listen to no V . J J . .. . i h.M tir
iiiusv nci'u mei .1 serceani ui uie mn """ '" M -.
the immortal spark leaving the. hodv: 1 ,,e London Ldiiions of the abovg
and before 1 could speak, the cold film , ,k were .rigi-ially published in
passed over them, and the tears I saw ,,",r' naii irry tiwunKs, ost the puligalhering in them while she was speak- '"hers about Eighty Dollars, and have
ing, rolled down Ihe cheeks of a corpse! ''N noraea ie si.rrit)er8 ai ihe a--
Hut oh, Jeanie, woman! it was na atrial ,,,i,zi"i;11 e0,,' ' ,J ' rue ' two 0oL-
hke this; this is like separating the lars and vutv cents! ! ! exclusive of flesh from the bones, and burning the e"-lage.
marrow! But ye maun beanother's now I N. B. Subscribers are served in the
farewell! Hollowing places free of postage, vie:
No! no! my ain Willie!' she exclai-l Uosion, New Hvtn, Ct.. Woicestcr,
oicd, recovering from the agony of stu- M., New Yrk, Baltimore Washinglmi (refaction ; 'my hand is still free, and my I D. C Annapoli?, llichmond. Clun les-
leart has aye been yours; 6ave me, ton, bavannali, and Cincinnati.
Willie! save me ! and she threw herself! fr7Sulm liher will nblloe u ma-
to his arms. lini illi bv makintf their remiltance
flie bridegroom looked from one lo, , otes of the United States Bank.
other, imploring them to commence L, hen thev can possibly do so.
attacu upon tne uuruuer, nut ne , . ..... I no first nnmhpr with ul.xli tl.n.
And the father again , - V. i . . . .
Idi l00ciipuoi; oeyiii-, w- puoilElieU OI4
'onked in vain.
the old grey coat of the soldier .. e . 11 , ? . the IO1I1 May, from which time com id almost rending it 111 twain, discov- . , J e . . . 1 'a lul" 1 1 i .1 - i i plele sets ai be furnished.
ci i:u onuci uu.110 10 uic niiuoisoeu i uiii
uygestious but those of patriotism.
Jorm and teatHirsot Andre are depicted; a mioatnre hangs in C.vrjuisitelv finished.
li. fore their country s foe ibey stand, Li h with a firqi aril searching eye: C u-pul Iy a firm and Imt.eat hand, T' I o-tile records open lie; Ti e it-ad and as each nol le brow V'eai! the quick shadow of icsolve, The tine and just t xhil it now
The 9cret I u b they dared to 8 lve.
Awny with gu'-cl y l.a.lj 0 power
To turn the true bearl Irotn its quest;
8"f . . . Ue.01d.wtm ih,.. .,nm, tho rrrnit-! and lifeless. He wept no longer; he
aj.mirai.ix , ... ,. . , - .. Iir;l7ed f.ror, the dead body of his fa'her
' ed that regiment of proud hearts. lU that of hi mother his eyes warn'
crmrnt nf nrn.. lonrla I to thai Ot III mOllier , HIS eyes w.inm-f
it tnlod widlr from one to the other; he
ii.. ra..,.n r.,.,.at n.unmhi!mote his hand upon his brow, andi6hc had given her young hear!
w,v " w,v- " "'fi - 1 , ., . 1 - r 1 r . .
thrnutrh the street. It was tho herald threw himsell upon a cnair, wnue mi at- ""fi1"1""".
I ' L - . w- vv ..... - . . . .
of a day of glory and of death. There
were thrte highland regirnenls of us
Iherc joined in one joined" in riyalry, in love, a d ie purpose; and. thank fate!
I was present when the till then invin
cible legions oi tte t uirc:iscd Gaul?
Unshed with Un it war horses upon a
f phalani ol bcotliih harts, shielded oii-
rv transfixed him. as if a thunderbolt
had entered his soul.
naov the richly laced uniform of a Bri
lish officer. He dropped the fragment
of the outer garment in wonder, and. at the same time dropping his wrath, exclaimed, 'Mr. Campbell ! -or wat are
ye? will you explain yourself!
few word explained all. Tin
bride groom, a wealthy middle aged
man, without a heart, left the house.
gnashing his teeth. Badly as our mili
tary honors are conferred, merit is not
always overlooked even in this country, 1 . .
wnere money is every thing, ana tne Q prrvi-t.. 1...
Scotish soldier had obtained the promo- keeps constantly on hand Men and Wotion he deserved. Jeanie's joy was men's SADDLLS of every fusiooa urn!
like a dream of heaven. In a few quality.
weens sue gave ner nana tocapt. 1 amp- also.
belt, of his majesty's regiment of; Keeps constantly on hand, all kinds r
infantry, to whom long years before! BRIDLES AND HARNESS.
all of which he ofTers for sale at the lowozt urinoa Trip ntK . ..mU
Address, Pest Paid, T. K. (iREENBANK. No. 9, Franklin :!ace, Philadelphia November 1, 1833. SADDUKG DUSKYESS
THE subscriber car ries on tlm SAIV DLING iiUSlNI SS, in all its VHTimi9branches; his shop is on Ferry street, two doors abovo he comer of Main and
Ml'!."
KUIIY Sf PtIAK TKEF.S. mlf n .. . -l l r
I will not give a melancholy one. ds and the solitaiyjp Vf.f mRny TRKFs K mourner 1 he la-! e, s obsequies were J; fw,ec,5o , , SQ ,u,rr
deiayca:nnd tne sen mm ihhu uis p- er ,ju,i9 ,,t PRAJt TRF.F.S.
renls m (he same grave. B. CIIAMBERLIN
Several months fassca awny uetore
duce as may be nsreed on.
JAMES W. COLE. Vevay, Bec.28, 1831. BLANKS, " rjrtANK Suinwiona, Subpoenas, ah-i Jii Etecuti.ms, just 'printed. an1 fr
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