MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 5 . 
Ifafowg’ |tet~ ffllifl. 
CONDUCTED BY AZLLE. 
MY LOVE IS FULL OF HAPPY MIRTH. 
BY CHARLES SWAIN. 
My love is full of happy mirth, 
Her laughter is a joy to see, 
And yet there’s scarce a thing on earth 
She wishes not to be ! 
A flower, in some green covert found, 
Half hidden from the view: 
Ah, yes, I said, were I the ground 
On which thy beauty grew. 
A bird, that sky-ward might repair, 
Or soar to heavenly things: 
Ah, yes, were I the blessed air 
That bore thy glittering wings ! 
Then she would like a river be, 
With green banks sweeping wide ; 
And I—I’d be some willow tree 
Still whispering by her side. 
Can I be nothing without you ? 
She poutingly replied. 
All things, to one another true, 
I said, must be allied 1 
As well divorce the air from light, 
The color from the flower, 
As banish me from that dear sight 
In which I live each hour ! 
If such a lot must me befal,— 
Though bird, or flower, or star,— 
I think, she smiled, that after all 
We’re better as we are 1 
[Literary Gazette. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
LETTERS AND LETTER-WRITING. 
An old letter now before me, has this truthful 
paragraph—“You see I am as egotistical as 
THE MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD. 
Tennyson compares Memory to a limner whose 
favorite production is his “ first essay.” 
“-Artist-like 
Ever resting dost thou gaze 
On the prime labor of thine early days, 
And foremost in thy various gallery 
Place it, where sweetest sunlight falls 
Upon the storied -walls.” 
' How true ! Memory’s studio is hung round 
with many pictures of greater pretensions, many 
pencilings of more important scenes; yet the 
modest portraiture of her earlier days, the un¬ 
pretending representation of childhood, is her 
masterpiece. And when will she tire, gazing 
at that delineator of innocence and usefulness? 
It is not a fair entablature ? childhood with 
its artless prattle, its blithesome, buoyant step, 
tripping o’er the verdant lawn, and romping in 
the full grown meadow; childhood rambling in 
the wild-wood, and fairer than the pale hued 
flowers it plucks beneath the tall trees ; child¬ 
hood peeping timidly from the high bridge into 
the slowly moving stream beneath, and laugh¬ 
ing at the reflection of itself fiom the water 
mirror ; childhood gazing at the night, stars as 
they peep one by one from the deep sky, and 
wondering at their distant twinkling; childhood 
wrapt in wonder at the tumbling storm cloud, 
and frightened by the crashing thunder. 
Milton has sweetly apostrophized a child-bud 
that was early taken to a purer clime. 
“ Wert thou some star which from the ruined roof 
Of shak’d Olympus by mischance did’st fall; 
Which careful Jove in nature’s true behoof 
Look up, and it fit place did re-install ? 
Cr did of late earth’s son’s besiege the wall 
Of sheeny Heaven, and then some Goddess fled 
Simite Jpmllattg, 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THERE’S A FUTURE STILL FOR ME. 
BY FRANK FREEQUILL. 
When disappointments vex the soul 
And brightest hopes have died, 
While e’en the Past cannot console, 
Tho’ keenly it may chide ; 
When present cares would drive me mad 
And from their scourge I’d flee, 
One only thought can make me glad, 
There’s a future still for me. 
When I am slighted by the proud 
And those of noble birth, 
By those with trifling sense endowed 
And less of moral worth ; 
While in obscurity I stay 
And from her care the world must see, 
With bitter seem I love to say 
There's a future still for me. 
’ And tho’ I’ve vainly strove to win 
Some share of public praise— 
My efforts yet have ever been 
A failure all my days. 
And if mishap for aye I find, 
I still might bend the knee, 
And bring the blissful thought to mind, 
There’s a future still for me. 
Albany, March, 1856. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
CITY LIFE. 
I have a passion for the company of woods 
SPEECH OF GEORGE III. 
DISCIPLINE Off 1 BUSINESS. 
and waters. The deep wilderness with its . c J n , , ' , , 
, r ., After some general and usual remarks, he con- 
strong bands of trees, amid whose verdant foil- ,. , , T 3 , , • • . • ,, 
. tinued :—‘I lost no time in giving the neces- 
Mr. atson, whose “ Men and Times of the The life of a man of business gives his char- 
Re volution” we have already noticed, had the acter a pretty hard trial. Not only does it 
good fortune to be present in the House of exercise his sagacity and prudence, but it puts 
Lords on the occasion of the King’s speech re- his integrity to the severest test. He is sur- 
cognizing the Independence of the United rounded by the selfishness of trade; he sees 
States. He was conducted to the House by the men profit by cunning and fraud, and he is 
Earl of Ferrers. At the door, the Earl wliis- tempted to try his skill in artifice and decep- 
pered to him “ Get as near the throne as you tion. Every day his honesty is tried in some 
can—fear nothing.” Suiting his action to the way. He is thrown back upon his inward prin- 
word, Mr. Watson found himself in front of the ciple, and if his heart is hollow and deceitful, 
throne, elbow to elbow with Lord Howe. — he will be sure to show it. And that man has 
The Lords stood around in promiscuous confu- reason to thank God, who has gone through a 
sion as he entered. It was a dark and foggy long course of business, through times of wild 
day. The high windows, in antique style, with speculation and general bankruptcy, and goes 
leaden bars, augmented the gloom. Watson down to the grave with the never shaken con- 
was struck with the celebrated tapestry on the sciousn#ss of being an honest man. He who 
walls, representing the defeat of the Spanish can see others making money by false repre¬ 
armada. He recognized Copley and West in the sentations, and never stoop to these tricks of 
crowd, with some American ladies. There were trade, is fitting his own pure mind for a world 
also several American Royalists, whose looks that is more worthy of him. 
betrayed their dejection. After waiting nearly And yet a man cannot wholly escape these 
two hours, the approach of the King was an- temptations. To do that he must need go out 
nounced by a salvo of artillery. He was of the world, or retire into solitude. He might, 
clothed in the royal robes, and took his seat in indeed, avoid all danger, by shutting himself 
the Chair of State, his right foot resting on a up within the walls of a convent, to pass a life 
stool. With evident agitation, he drew from of outward sanctity and lazy contemplation, 
his pocket the scroll containing his speech.— But the piety that is nursed in cloisters is of a 
The Commons were summoned, and after order sickly growth, compared with that which main- 
was restored, the King proceeded to read. tains integrity amid strong inducements to evil. 
“I was near him,” says Mr. Watson, “and It is not the will of God that we should retire 
watched with intense interest every tone of his a P?rt to keep from contamination. Not in 
voice, and every emotion of his countenance.— | deserts, but in cities ; not in the hermit s cell, 
or did ot late eartn s son s oesiege me wau age the summer light peeps in, the gay commu- , , , ,, f . 
Of Sheeny Heaven, and then some Goddess fled ° . , 6 1 ’ ,, sary orders to prohibit the further prosecution 
Amongst us here below to hide thy necear’d head?” ult - 0 ea iei ^ t son & s '® rs a wai e among 0 f 0 ff en sive war upon the continent of North 
Thus spotless appears childhood, as we look j ie - >laiic ie * J t ie " mt st lat s a ® 1 e n P enln " America. Adopting, as my inclination will al- 
voice, and every emotion of his countenance.— deserts, but in cities ; not in the hermit s cell, 
After some general and usual remarks, he con- bvd among men, sharing the common lot, meet- 
tinued ‘ I lost no time in giving the neces- in S temptation as it comes, are we to form our 
sary orders to prohibit the further prosecution character for eternity. 
Men ought to rejoice in rigid discipline.— 
Whenever assailed by temptation, an opportu- 
An old letter now before me, has this truthful ^ tbrougb t he long avenue of years, to bernes b 7 the P ool > and lai, S h alon S tbe raea ‘ ways lead me to do, with decision and effect, nit 7 is g ivt ‘ n to conquer themselves, and so to 
paragraph “You see I am as egotistical as its artl lad ° me (1 ay8 . The heart was then and the ever murmuring sound of the whatever I collect to be the sense of my Par- become noble beings. The most heroic virtues 
ever. No one need expect me to write ofjhat unsuUied as as lhe newl fallen snow . brooklet as it wends its way through waving liament and my peop i e , I have pointed all my of the human character are brought out in this 
in which I feel no interest,-and to me, the TT ,.grain fields and ever verdant pastures. These . , _ eMnre - in throne. as in North struggle with inborn selfishness, and with the 
m which I lee no interest,-and to me,_tbe ^ Unbm 4 ened then and b i ithesome was g rala belds and ever verdant pastures, these yiews and measures , in Europe, as in North struggle with inborn selfishness, and with the 
value of a friend s letter is in proportion to the ^ lmsbed the repeuta:it tear. Like the to me have a raeek elo( l uence wblch settles S eut ’ America, to an entire and cordial reconciliation cowardly example of the world. Men of brave 
extentand truthfulness of the picture it furnishes melo 5 f a faintly numbered stream do the ^ down u P on ^7 heart and there begets a with the Colonies . Finding it indispensable to hearts ought to welcome the conflicts and buf- 
of his thoughts, ‘sayings and doings, from day ^ of chil / hood n round the heart . sweet and blessed habitude of thought, which, ^ attainment of this object , I did not hesitate fetin S* of life - E ™7 victory they gain will 
V/Aiuuuuuu iiuimuiRGoovi VUV piutuiv AUAuimtjiALO n , -1 ■> i , JaI A y uun u uuuh ill > uuu L lUUi L i_i A ^ t* 
. , , . f , . ,. , melody of a faintly remembered stream do the J J & 
of his thoughts, 'sayings and doings,-from day ...,, ... , ,. . , sweet and blessed habitude of thought, which, 
, , TJ- t ° 33 , , , 3 J prattlings of childhood linger round the heart. , 
to day. Here, one is not allowed to take grave 1 . if I err not, makes me better fit to meet the 
subjects behind which to hide, but his familiar Eow ambition s longings distort and trouble sbocbs 0 f jjf e and i eads me to adore that benefi- 
self must appear, and his feelings flow from the tbe s pbh that once knew only peaceful ropose , cen t E e j B g who has filled the world with so 
heart to the pen, and speak along the page, or now sorrow f° r misdeeds agonize the heart, and Jnany tokens of His goodness, 
the great end of social correspondence is for- tears tears of poignant regret couise in quick T „„{j ,.r 
if I err not, makes me better fit to meet the ,_. y„n i j : 
Now ambition’s longings distort and trouble shocks of nfe and i eads me t0 adore that benefi- Yoffi to decWetbel’ Z ht ll 
e spirit that once knew only peaceful repose ; cent EeiBg who has filled tbe world with so “ ’' “ "tlontW 
w sorrow for misdeeds agonize the heart, and uria ed ’ a,u xvas m evl dent agitation, either em¬ 
irs—tears of uoienant reerret course in quick _ . ' . . . .barrassed in reading his speech, by the dark- 
make them stronger, as the tempest which rocks 
and tears the mountain oak, causes it to strike 
its roots down deeper in the earth, and to lift 
higher its majestic arms toward heaven.— Sel. 
O 1 • | . » / All AT -L HUUiU II VJG AUI G V GA OllUl Cl CA1 11AVA 1/AlCiO V/A 
gotten. I do not write thus to direct you, but succession adown the urrowe c ee . ow ^ nor y . (juld j a i way shear the din and bus- 
I would not be forever shut up amid piles of ne ss of the room, or affected by a very natural 
rather as an apology for myself. Your pen will 
succeed in interesting me, if you will only 
allow it to transcribe your genuine thoughts.” 
consideration of all who write. Look over the ^ Is ° 1 
letters you receive, and you will at once find a ^ , / , . ,, , ... , . ,. 
, ..A. . ,, . , , , Butfar back through life s winding vista peers 
vast difference in their character, and this va- ,, , . . . , , . 
, . ... _ the traces of a halcyon childhood, and manhood 
nety results not alone from inherent differ- . ,, , . . ,, . . . . 
J . is softened and improved by cherishing its re- 
ences in your correspondents, but from mfluen- . . , , 1 .. . " ., ... 
, , , . .. , . mini scences and breathing m its spirit, 
ces of the day and hour — from the end had in , 
, ™ . . , ... When leisure, then, is given thee, proud man, 
view, and the effort or ease with which the . . , ... . , 
... , , , r . ... commune with the spirit of thy earlier days.— 
writing was. accomplished. Much might be T , .... . . t 
• j ,, • . . , . , Learn humility and innocence from its guileless 
said on this subject—letters might be classed x . . / x . . x ... . .° . . 
j , , 3 ,, . . , teachings, and thy heart will glow with the m- 
and described much as the various characters . .. 6 , 6 , . , , 
, .. ,, , . ... . , spirations of truth, and thy brow be encircled 
who write them are —but we will not here r 7 . 
attempt it with garlands of peace .—Ihon Independent. 
There is a vast difference in the keeping life’s “good morning.” 
quality of letters — if we may be allowed the - 
expression. Some are old as soon as read. We find the following beautiful passage in the 
others though stained by age and worn by <l Table-Talk” of Samuel Rogers : 
frequent perusal, still keep a perennial freshness “ I know few finer lines than the concluding 
conscience, " tbe solitary seer in tbe heart, from bot i a,woj.«e»r uie am ana nus- In » moment he resumed And 
wliose eye nothing is hid,” thunders forth re- t c of tho 5 ' ,:1rau8 ‘ bc made offer to declare them Free and hitkpmdcd Stale,. 
bolres to him who has so frequently neglected a P » -n.ty, .f am doomed to waste my pass- In tbus admitting their separation from the 
its friendly monitions, and passion goads it, » tnm.lt, far away from Crown of these Kingdoms, I hare sacrificed 
. J ... .,3 .. i e ■ the sweet music of the wilderness, its winds consideration of mv own to the wishps 
unresisting victim with its lash of scorpion , , ... , . ,, every consiuerdiion oi my own ro une wisncs 
strands and water8 ’ lts leaves and reddenin g blossoms, and opinions of my people. I make it my hum- 
' ISuifar back through life's winding vista peers a ,” d its cb »™ s «f bright winged bIe a nd ardent prayer to Almighty God, that 
In a moment he resumed :— ‘ And ETIQUETTE OF VISITING CARDS. 
.. -- - j - — ~ JUJid uttyo ittiuu tuc Guy o lujuuxt, icu etweiy tiutu 
m, .j 3 , , . ,, . , its friendly monitions, and passion goads its ° J , . . ,r ... 
The idea here presented is worthy of the ... . , , . . the sweet music of the wilderness, its winds 
.... . 3 , ■ . T J , unresisting victim with its lash of scorpion , .. . , ,, . 
unresisting 
strands. 
Butfar back through life s winding vista peers , , . . , . & . , . , . 
,, . . , . , „ , , , , choresters, let me have the sunshine of a bright 
the traces of a halcyon childhood, and manhood . . . . . ° 
. . . J . .... .. and gentle eye to cheer me in my bondage.— 
is softened and improved by cherishing its re- f * J 
choresters, let me have the sunshine oi a bright G re at Britain may not feel the evils which 
and gentle eye to cheer me in my bondage.— might result from so great a dismemberment of 
So my life shall glide away in perfect quietude, tbe Empire, and that America may be free from 
and when tbe hairs are grey upon my head and tbe calamities which have formerly proved, in 
my voice falters, I shall deem it well that I have y ie mother country, how essential monarchy is 
with the spirit of thy earlier days.- .. “ ” 'T mouier country, now essenuai monareny is 
nility and innocence fro.n it, gnilelc, f 3se ? **“ "“ s . T, ’""A f “» •*>•»* of “” 8Ut " tira “ 1 liber V- R»- 
and thy l.cart will glow with the in- 1 g ° tl T“ “> a« aeptildhre dall I need friends Iigion> lang „a ge , intoeste and affection may. 
Amidst its fun and drollery, Punch says a 
grave thing occasionally, to show its readers 
that it is not wholly inflated with cachinatory 
gas, but that it has ballast enough to keep with¬ 
in hailing distance of earth, whenever it is con¬ 
ceived necessary to communicate to mundanes 
a discovery made in one of its etlierial flights in 
company with Momus. “ When,” says Punch, 
“ you drop your piece of pasteboard anywhere, 
even in the very genteelest neighborhood, let it 
the mother country, how essential monarchy is , • ,■ f, 3 , • 
J beapieceotpasteboard,andnothingmore,ex- 
to the enioyment of constitutional liberty. Re- , ., 1 • , , 
. _ J J J cept it being engraven with your name and ad- 
who mourn for me shall be comforted. 
‘GOOD MORNING.” 
We find the fqllowing beautiful passage in the and soothed with hopes of immortality, 
Table-Talk” of Samuel Rogers : -—--*>- 
let me live, and thus let me depart when life is f or rea ding his speeches in a distinct, free and 
done,—not as if it were a hardship, but in peace impressive manner. On this occasion he was 
and power. Some should of right be destroyed stanza of ‘ Life,’ by Mrs. Barbauld, who com¬ 
at once, others should be hoarded as choicest posed it when she was very old ; 
treasures. Some serve as a talisman to recall ‘ Life ! we’ve been long together, 
pleasant memories, and happiest moods of mind • Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 
others are but idle, lifeless and unmeaning ’Tis hard to part when friends are dear; 
, Perhaps’twill cost a sigh, a tear; 
woids icu spin (1 eyevei possessed any) Then steal away, give little warning, 
spent and evaporated. Some, though of simple Choose thine own time, 
matter and phrase, and detailing every day Ea Y not GooiJ Night, but in some brighter clime 
thoughts and scenes, seem to possess a vital Bld me Good iIoruin s-’ 
reality unaffected by lapse of time or change of Sitting with Madam D’Arblay some weeks 
teachings, and thy heart will glow with the in- . 0 " . .a' 1 . "'“V “ , 7 L. ^ m*y, dress _ Do notj at any ratCj let your card be 
spirations of truth, and thy brow be encircled 0 s o° e m in ic 10 m u myiepai uie. and I hope will, yet prove a ond of permanent e , lfun(d j ed _ The enamel is prepared from lead; 
with ga,lands of peace._/«on I,ute,muknt. "’f “ fo iMh <* v “ ' Ue ; *“,£•* »K- betweon the two countr.es ' md the proceK „f applying it is slated on good 
1 __ who mourn for me shall be comforted. Thus j t i s remarked that George III. is celebrated .. 1 . i i ■ , ,, . 8 , 
an -«oi mob™- let me Irte, and thus let me depart when life is for reading his Speeches in a distinct, free and SdS’ 
_ done,—not as 11 it were a hardship, but in peace impressive manner. On this occasion he was . . . f,. b 1 
We find the fQllowing beautiful passage in the and soothed with hopes of immortality, i. t. b. evidently embarrassed; be hesitated, choked, P e< T L cn " a L rc( m ns 11 icu ous n.anu ac ure. 
Tab e-lalk of Samuel Rogers . ' ^ ^ and executed the painful duties of the occasion, on it> / ufc com nmnicates an appearance of vul- 
“ I know lew finer lines than the concluding AN AFFECTING INGIDENx. with an ill grace that does not belong to him. w ffUtter to the table or she]f on which it is 
stanza of ‘ Life,’ by Mrs. Barbauld, who com- I cannot adequately portray my sensations in V i tc • w i , 
posed it when she was very old: Ax Acting occurrence took place some time ^ re§s o q f tbis address . eV e artery beat P . ; 7 J ® 11P "’ concentrat « 
‘Life! we’ve been long together, ago in a seaboard town in England Six little hi ^ and swelled witb my pr 0 l f d American ba ots Incase von feuHt‘ absolute Wcessarv 
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; children got into a boat on the beach, and a b j ood> It was impossible not to revert fr> the ^ . ' . . . ' T 
’Tis hard to part When friends are dear; mischievous boy shoved it off. The boat drift- * it , f Atlantic and tn roviow to display your taste m your visiting card, have 
Perhaps’twill cost a sigh, a tear; ed away to sea before the children were missed. . d missrv 'smi T , , them embossed ; and then it will be as well for 
Then steal away, give little warning, TWviLlo woe tho nf rho mntbo.-c when 111 nllnd s “ ’ “ ‘ oe ^ in< you also to wear lace collars and shirt cuffs of 
“ I know few finer lines than the concluding 
and soothed with hopes of immortality, i. t. b. evidently embarrassed; he hesitated, choked, 
' and executed the painful duties of the occasion, 
AN AFFECTING INCIDENT. with an ill grace that does not belong to him. 
„ . , , I cannot adequately portray my sensations in 
Ax affecting occurrence took place some time ^ gs of thig address . every arte ry beat 
ago in a seaboard town in Eng and. Six little h and swelled w ith my proud American 
children got into a boat on the beach, and a ,, , Tx • , x 
b , blood. It was impossible not to revert fr> the 
mischievous boy shoved it off. 1 he boat drift- ,__ ,i ,• _, . . 
ed away to sea before the children were missed. 
Terrible was the agony of the mothers when 
they knew it. A number of men went off in 
all directions; every boat was on the look-out 
myself witnessed in several stages of the con¬ 
test, and the wide-spread desolation, resulting 
from the stubbornness of this very King, now so 
the same material. But eschew those cards that 
are enamelled, and which, to the enlightened 
eye, are glazed with what may be called a shine 
MILTON AND NAPOLEON. 
° ' 1 . x , ,, , . 3 , , ini f„.. novlitrlii ratimwMi -— J ° ' eye, -are giazea wnn wnai may oe caiiea a smne 
reality unaffected by lapse of time or change of Sitting with Madam DArblay some weeks f 0 tiding from the helVlei P rost l ' ate > but w]l ° had turne d a deaf ear to our taken out of the health of unhappy victims 
scene ; while others, though elevated in style, before she died, I said to her. Do you remem- stld theieweieuo i n e s t e elpless bumb i e an d importunate petitions for relief.— afflicted with mlsv nnd cnlir. ” 
and rich in sentiment and description, soon her those lines of Mrs. Barbauld’s“Life” which childien, the day woie away, an still nothing Yet I believe that George III. acted under what _ # 0 _ 
weary us, and become “ nothings ” of yesterday, I once repeated to you?’ ‘Remember them!’ was heaid from them they veie eithei lost in be f e R t .be the high and solemn claims of con- . milton and napoleon. 
“stale flat and unprofitable” for all after perusal sbe replied, ‘I repeat them to myself every the wide expanse of the ocean, or buried within s ti tu tional duty.” 
Ufa. , , , night before I go to sleep.’” its unfathomable depths. A Plymouth fisher- _^_ Symmons, in his life of Milton, says that Na- 
blessing they are ! With a golden link they Wordsworth also thought very highly of those man, fishing early in the morning, discovered be EQUAL TO THE CRISIS. poleon Bonaparte declared to Sir John Colin 
, . , t ’,, , . ... x , ,, ^ l- something floating in the distance; he bore - Campbell, who had charge of his person on the 
hind scattered families together—they carry rines. ° . ,. , . , . , . T . ’ , x , & 1 , . 
r 3 , , 3 , X1 , , , r _ ^ -down to it, and discovered it to be a boat, and Y hen a crisis befalls you, and the emergency Isle of Elba, that he was a great admirer of 
stitutional duty. 
blessing they are ! With a golden link they " c 
bind scattered families together—they carry Lnes. 
warm from heart to heart, the blessed influen¬ 
ces of home. Who does not know something of 
this—what sister’s heart does not thrill with A c 
a child’s sympathy. in the bottom six children, all huddled together requires moral courage to meet it, be equal to Milton’s Paradise Lost, and that he had read it 
A in n’, e - “.s tli - le- r u- f ] j jji d like a nest of birds, fast asleep — God having the requirements of the moment, and rise supe- to some purpose ; for that the plan of the battle 
____ Symmons, in his life of Milton, says that Na- 
BE EQUAL TO THE CRISIS. poleon Bonaparte declared to Sir John Colin 
- Campbell, who had charge of his person on the 
WnEN a crisis befalls you, and the emergency Isle of Elba, that he was a great admirer of 
3 3 x , „ , .3 3 ^ , .... 1Q mercifully given them that blessed solace after nor to the obstacles in your path. The univer- of Austerlitz he borrowed from the sixth book 
sweet pleasure, as she sees the familiar hand- thoughts, what on earth can be more beautiful? . ,, , , . „ , 3 , 7 1 . ,, , x , x . _ x , . , . 
... „ , . 3 . x . , , e n e n 1 1 a - .a night ot terror and despair. He took them S al testimony of men, whose experience exactly of that work, where Satan brings his artillery 
writing of an absent brother ? YVhat brother’s full of all hope, love and curiosity, there meet * , , , , t . . 7 , ’ . . , 1 ,3 J , , , , . 0 . -a, 
1 , „ ,r • . , ... t 1 a • • 1 aboard, and leasted them with bread and cheese, coincides with yours, furnishes the consoling to bear upon Michael and his angelic host with 
does not say “ My sister loves me yet—she has your own. In prayer how earnest; in joy how , , ,, , .. . , . . . , , ,, b , .. x b 
a , ./ 3.3,3 ,, 3 J , 3 3- . , 3 a A t mi and gladdened tlieir despairing little hearts reflection that difficulties may be ended by op- such direful effect — 
not forgotten our childhoods home, as her sparkling; in sympathy how tender! The ^3 . e . , . .3 t 
3 ,, »u n i . , , , • , ,3 3 • f with the promise of taking them home. Be- position. There is no blessing equal to the “Training bis devilish enginery, impal’d 
letter greets his eye. Above all, how it glad- man who has never tried the companionship of x j * e . ,, ^ . x , ? , ^ „ 6 ., ... . , . J / . 
ai ai . 1 a a 3 ’ s ,., .... 3,3, 3 , j , 1 , tween three and four m the afternoon, the fish- stout heart. The magnitude ot danger needs On every side with shadowing squadrons deep, 
dens the mother s heart to know that her chil- a little child has carelessly passed by one of ° -. 
, 1 , 1 ... . „ a, a . 1 , ,. r erman was seen in the offing, the boat astern, nothing more than a greater effort than ever at 
dren coafidmgly come to kcr, with the story of the greatest pleasures 0 life, as one passes a A)1 weM torned toW ards him: the best y 0 „r hands. If yon are recreant in the hour of This now mode of warfare appeared to Bona- 
therr cares, ,oys, and successes - their hopes rare flower without plucking it or knowing its , as! ia the town was rubbed again and lri. 1 , you are the worst of recreants, and deserre parte so likely to succeed, if applied in actual 
and fears, as was their wont when all could value. A chid cannot understand you, yeu again, and at lastthey fairly could see that it was no compassion. Be not dismayed or unmanned, use,that he determined upon its adoption, and 
gather around the learthstone of lrome. ‘‘ok , speak to it of the holy things of yout t y e ; deuL ical boat. The news flew through the when you should be bold, daring, unflinching succeeded beyond expectation. A reference to 
O, let these influences never be forgotten — religion, of your grief for the loss of a friend, of town _ tbe mothers came frantic to the beach, an d resolute. Tbe cloud whose threatening the details of that battle will be found to assim- 
such direful effect — 
“ Training his devilish enginery, impal’d 
On every side with shadowing Squadrons deep, 
To hide the fraud." 
This new mode of warfare appeared to Bona- 
gather around the hearthstone of home. 
O, let these influences never be forgotten — 
religion, of your grief for the loss of a friend, of 
let us never cease to invoke the aid of letters, to 7 our e * 01 solne oue J ° u le?U ' " 11 ot e for there were no children discerned in the boat; murmurs you hear with fear and dread, is preg- 
keep them warm in the heart. Parents and 7« » "‘‘““-it will take it is rue no mean- , 0 bo SMn „ lte bI i ntcn8e „ tbe Tit h Hessi.g, and the frown, whose stem- 
children, brothers and sisters, friends and com- “»<* .f 7™ foiight ; it W.U not x la8t the boat came in, „ess now makes you shudder and tremble, will, 
panions who may no longer walk together, Judge how much it should belteye, whether you a „d the word went round, « They arc all safe;” ere long, be succeeded by a smile of bewitching 
hnt who still prize kindly affection, and loving are worthy or fit to attract he love wh.ch yon stout-hearted men burst into tears, sweetness and benignity The. be strong and 
hearts, keep these missives flying ever. Do not seek j hut its whole soul will incline to yours, shrieked with joy, and became almost manly, oppose equal force to open difficulties, 
try to write fin, letters, but “let your pen ^d engraft rtself, as it were on your toolings frant i c with their insupportable happiness. It keep “ U m reliance on your ability to over¬ 
record your genuine thoughtopen your for the hour.-ffln. Mr,. ATortoa. was, indeed, a memorable day ; and a prayer, come the obstacles, and trust in Providence.- 
ilate so completely with Milton's imaginary 
fight, as to leave no doubt of the assertion. 
TALKING AND READING. 
try to write fine letters, but “ let your pen 
record your genuine thought;” open your 
hearts and lives to those who love you ; it will 
cheer and gladden their way, and make your 
own brighter and happier. 
“ What is a letter ? Let affection tell! 
A tongue that speaks for those who absent dwell; 
A silent language uttered to the eye, 
Which envious distance would in vain deny ; 
A link to bind, where circumstances part, 
A nerve ef feeling stretched from heart to heart, 
Formed to convey, like an electric chain 
The mystic flash—the lightning of the braiD,— 
And thrill at once, through its remotest link, 
The throb of passion by a drop of ink.” H. 
BOX—(constancy.) 
Though youth be past, and beauty fled, 
The constant heart its pledge redeems, 
Like Box, that guards the flowerless bed, 
And brighter fi om the contrast seems. 
Wearing Jewelry. —Female loveliness never j . , e . , fi . „ . * 
, , . „ to Almighty God, who, in his infinite mercy, 
appears to so great advantage as when setoff . , ° .v. . , , , r .: , . 
JA •_ 1{ -, f , ww a a- , had spared these innocent children from the confidence m one’s sell—Selected. 
with simplicity of dress. No true artist ever , a . ,, , . „ r , 1 
~ J a • „ . , perils and terrors of the sea during that fearful 
set off his angels with towering feathers and r . , , „ 
, . , 3 , , ° muht. Five of these children were under hve 
grand jewelry; and our dear human angels, if & . , .. . • i , • ^ 
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; . , , . j , , , & j o Nothing is better than conversation as a cor- 
women shrieked with joy and became almost manly, oppose equal force to open difficulties, rective 0 f seif-sufficiency. In educated conver- 
frantic with their insupportable happiness. It kee p a firm reliance on your ability to over- sation a man soon finds bis leveL He learnS 
was, indeed, a memorable day ; and a prayer, come the obstacles, and trust in Providence - more tnd thaQ from bookSj in converse witb 
eloquent for its rough sincerity, was offered up Greatness can only be achieved by those who * 3 • , , 
. 7, .3, nJ 3 • 1 J * J living men, to estimate his powers modestly and 
to Almighty God, who, m his infinite mercy, are tried. The condition of that achievement is J 
they would make good their title to that name, J eais a h e ' and tbe sbxtb but ldue ) (als obb tollowing description 01 spring, clipped irom themselves on the books they own, it is not sur- 
should carefully avoid ornaments which prop- a very old book, which cannot be too often read : pr j s i n g that others should value themselves on 
erly belong to Indian squaws and African Punctuality.—T he story of Melancton affords “ Lo ! the winter is past, the rain is over and tbe books they read. As knowledge grows on 
princesses. These tinselries may serve to give a striking lectiue on the\alue of time, -which gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the thethoughtsinbooks,sopedantryfeedsontheir 
effect on the stage or on the ball-room floor, but was, that whenever he made an appointment, he time of the singing of birds is come, and the words, and is proud, lean and solitary. Incon- 
in daily life there is no substitute for simplicity, uxpuctud not only the houi but the minute to voice of the turtle is heard in the land; the yersation, a man is not long in discovering that 
The vulgar taste is not to be disguised by gold be bxed > tk a t ! Ee c ^ a Y might not mn out in the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the b e alone does not know everything, and that, 
or diamonds. idleness of suspense. How few follow this ex- vines with the tender grape give a good smell.” though he were to die, wisdom would not per- 
ci ie nm justly. A book is passive; it does not repel 
confidence in one’s self.—Selected. pretensions ; it does not rebuke vanity. In¬ 
deed, reading and study become to many but 
Spring. No modern writer can excel the |- be na t ure 0 f conceit. If some persons value 
following description of Spring, clipped from themselves on the books they own, it is not sur- 
a very old book, which cannot be too often read : pr j s j n g that others should value themselves on 
“ Lo ! the winter is past, the rain is over and tbe books they read. As knowledge grows on 
expected not only the hour but the minute to voice of the turtle is heard in the land ; the versation, a man is not long in discovering that 
be fixed, that the day might not lun out in the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the bc a lone does not know everything, and that, 
idleness of suspense. How few follow this ex- vines with the tender grape give a good smell.” though he were to die, wisdom would not per- 
Unless we wish to be deemed fantastical, we 
must clothe our minds as we do our bodies after 
the fashion in vogue. 
cellent rule, so reasonable and proper in itself. 
Men gravitate toward right, but are continu¬ 
ally drawn aside by disturbing causes. 
If you would be pungent be brief; for it is 
with words as with sunbeams—the more con¬ 
densed the deeper they burn. 
though he were to die, wisdom would not per¬ 
ish with him.— The Yarwood Papers. 
Never do that in prosperity whereof you 
may repent in adversity. 
