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ON MATERNAL AFFECTION.

Who that has mother fondy bending over
her infant babe, and gazing with the mixed feelings
of love and tenderness on the image which it pre-
sents to her, that will withhold the tribute of re-
spect? To see her, in all the enthusiastic feelings
of the heart, clasp her offspring to her bosom-to
view her lulling, by the soft melody of her voice.
the helpless innocent into balmy sleep, and to
vey her as she watches the sleeping moments of her
darling child, while with anxious solictude she an
tcipates its every want is sight, at which heroes
and statesmen, philosophers and sages, may stand
for moment and gaze with delight
Is there feeling that actuates the human heart
so powerfully as that of maternal affection Who
but woman, lovely woman, feel that tender SEN
sation so strong The father, indeed, may press
his lovely infant to his manly heart but does it throb
with those feelings which irresstibly overcome the
mother Does his masculine form tremble with the
same anxious solicude for the welfare of his child
No, though ties of blood and nature inseparaby
connect them in the bonds of affection and love,
still his nsatate bosom is incapable of the tender
feelings of mother while she alive to all the sens-
btes of the soul, in paroxysm Of love and delight
trembes with the feelings of love and Affection
What power but the Eternal can separate the fond
mother from the being she has given life to- No
painless desert, nor gloomy forest nor trackless
ocean, with all their unnumbered dangers, can de-
ter her intrepid soul from seeking her offspring in
the hour of trial
Maternal affection is inherent in the nature of
woman-t is planted within them-it is as lasting
as the existence of human feeling, and while rea-
son holds her seat, the feelings of mothers heart
will recognize, through the lapse of time, the child
of her bosom. AN ABSENT SON
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1875

the females of this country have not had their Just
share Of praise for their prvations, suerngs, and
brave and generous excitement and feeling for the
common cause Of Liberty, in that eventual contest
The females of Saragossa have obtained immortal
glory for their martial prowess, during the
BILE siege Of that city they fought and fell with the
courage of "the sacred band, and deserve mper-
ishable glory. Our women had not the same op-
portunity, or they would have merited the same
praise theirs was herosm of different nature,
but required much soul and nerve to go through
with. Is it not hard to consent that father,
husband brother son, should go to the wars, and
then go silently to work to prepare them for the
fight, brighten their armour, make up the cartridg
es, adjust the ball to the calibre of their muskets
and then bid them God-speed, with face full of
hope and heart full of grief, and then sit down. at
home, with double portion of domestic cares, as it
is to fight And as they rocked the cradle of I'M
conscious infancy, they shed the tear of fearful
cident and lonely distress, catching the slightest
noise made by the passing traveller, or watching
the countenance of every friend who CHANGED to
cross the threshold, to if they could read in his
eyes, any news from the camp.
How often has the painful question been asked,
have you heard any thing from our army and the
countenance Of wo has been to the inquirer full
answer-your husband is more: he sleeps with
the brave. Does not such situation require as
much fortitude and courage to bear the fatigues
and dangers of the service The spomp, pride
and circumstance of war" excite even the ordinary
minds to deeds of pth and moment p but that ST.
lent, solemn, patient courage, which waits the events
of Providence in camness, is of higher cast in the
scale of moral virtues. Our females possessed this
| beyond all women-it was not the unnatural eleva-
softness from christian humility which nature never
teaches 1t is to be desired that all the anecdotes
which will serve to illustrate the female character
and show the part they took in the contest should
be collected as soon as possible. 1t will soon be too
late for accurate details. We recollect of hearing
| an anecdote from unquestionabe source, ustra-
tive of the spirit and feeling prevailing among the
females of that day. Although it is not marked by
the slightest touch of the romantic, yet it has su-
cheney of strength to keep it from being vulgar
good lady-we knew her we'll when she had grown
old-in 1775, lived on the sea-board, about days
march from Boston, where the British army then
was. BY some unaccountable accident rumour
was spread in town and country, in and about there,
that the regulars full march tor the place,
and would probably arrive in three hours at the far
thest This was after the battle of Lexington, and
all, as might be well supposed, was in sad confil-
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talked and laughed gaily, and unsuspectngly,
as any who now stood around it. II all over
the signet had been set, and the spirit had gone
to its last account
Wrapt up in these CONCENTRATIONS, stood and
gazed, until the carriers had lifted up the bier, and
removed some distance towards the village church
the gttering spire of which blazed now in
clear above the green copse at the foot of the
hill.
The sable clad mourners slowly descended from
the piazza, and moved with fauterng step towards
it. The procession formed in the rear, and the
whole began to wind slowly down the village
road.
The tendency of men to levity-their proneness
to forget every warning-the aithlessness of friend
ship, began already to appear. The smile of mer
plment returned gradually the affairs of the day
were familiarly discussed and the plans and pros
poets and business of common life, occupied every
tongue around me. The mourners alone appeared
to feel the stroke-or to remember with single
sorrow its effect. And yet he who had fallen in
the morning of life was an associate, companion,
friend of these Why was it so II know the
answer that is ready-''It is the way of the
world"
At last we reached the church-yard, and the cof-
fin was let down in the cold damp grave; the loose
straw and gravel were thrown in upon it, and the
burial, completed in haste, seemed almost to be-
token impotence to put away from sight all that
remained of the departed one The relatives had
taken a last look-the crowd had paused in silence
for a moment; the last tribute paid, and the
multitude rolled away more rapidly than they had
collected few friends only accompanied the
mourning family back to the mansion on the hill ;
and, having loitered a few moments by the grave,
followed them.
In crossing the farm, now that the concourse of
people had disappeared, beheld the tokens Of
that sudden calamity, which had overwhelmed its
inhabitants, in every direction plough lay over
turned in the furrow rusting by pile
of wood; and wagon half unloaded stood in the
Jane. In the general panic, every thing had been
left in the situation it happened to be at that mo-
mcnt. These had been, perhaps, unnoticed that
day by any other, but to me each little incident
spoke in voice that reached the heart 1t is sad ;
it is melancholy it is touching; the spectacle of
Snef's pale messenger, it is displayed even in
the minutcst traces of its footsteps its effects.
De Wilter now lay cold in the neglected grave
yard, but in his pleasant mansion the table was
season. His friends, it seemed, had gathered to
feast. The weeping widow had indeed retired to
her solitary chamber, with her infant orphans-She
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FEMALE TRAITS.
FROM THE BosToS GAZETTE.

FROM THE BosToS GAZETTE.
HEROISM
The heroic conduct Of young lady of the south,
in the revolutionary war, Miss Geiger, has been
mentioned Of late with some just encomiums. We
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