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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-10-29

THE CONDUCT OF LIFE.

Shakespeare combined, perhaps, more than any
man that ever lived, thorough knowledge of the
world, with great poetical genius Many passages
from his works may be cited to verify this opinion
but the extract which follows sufficient proof of
the assertion. This quotation from Hamlet, might
be written in the pocket-book of every young man
just entering the world, and be occasionally referred
to, with advantage. There is no condition Of life
to which the counsel will not apply, and almost eve
ry person may be confidently appealed to, in some
one instance or another, for its business and truth
1t is the advice of father to son setting out On
his travels:
&c Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act
Be thou familiar, but by means vulgar
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel,
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfedged comrade.
Beware of entrance to quarrel: being in,
Bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice
Take each mans censure. but reserve thy judgment
Neither borrower lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This, above alto thine self be true,
And it must follow, the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any other man.
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madly, as Such is the fate of youth and beauty
cried |, as thought came rushing on my brain in an
ungovernable whirlpool. g Her hopes are as bright
as the brightest that now gd the existence Of .yon
thoughtess crowd Her form was fair as the farest;
her voice sweet as the sweetest. Where are they
now Witheled- ---withered----withered- she,
who possessed them ALL cold SILENT and neglected."
AS said this, my foot struck against small white
upright stone in my path. The blow reused me
from my reverie; started, and gazing around me,
found had unconscousy entered the little church.
yard and was now standing on the self same spot
where l had stood three years since The oppres.
sion at my breast became intolerable looked up.
The music that then hoated through the air, from
the gay assembly, and filled my soul with delicious
rapture, now Aoated by, but imparting more me-
lanchoy cadence to my The grass beneath
me was as green, the forest in the distance as dark
and the river flowing not far from me, as clear and
unruf1ed as they were then. The moon was shin
ing in its heavenly lustre, it did then. The light
breeze famed few light clouds over its surface, as
it did then. A thousand heavenly spirits seemed
wandering around me, as they did then----but where
was she ?
cast my eye upon the stone at my feet, and be-
held engraven thereon the following simple words:
"She who sleeps in silence beneath this stone, was
once Eugenia Mornton." My heart was almost
bursting.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-10-29

ON DEATH.

Some have styled this certain, but at most times
unwelcome, visiter, the king of terrors, when he
might, with less improperly, have been termed the
terror of kings The poet has lent his fiction, the
painter his colors, the orator his tropes to portray
death as the grand destroyer the enemy the prince
destroyer, who, for pershable state gives US that
which is eternal +? Can he be styled the enemy, who
is the best friend only of the best who never de-
serts them at their utmost need, and whose friend
ship proves the most valuable to those who live the
longest Can he be termed the prince of phantoms
and of shades who destroys that which is transient
and temporary to establish that which alone is real
and fixed And what are the mournful escutcheons,
the sable trophies, and the melancholy insignia,
with which we surround him---the sepulchral gloom,
the mouldering carcase, and the Shiny worm 3----
These, indeed the idle fears and empty terrors,
not of the dead, but of the living. The dark do
main of death we dread, indeed, to enter, but we
ought rather to dread the ruggedness of some of
the roads that lead to it. But if they rugged,
they short and it is only those that are smooth
that are wearisome and long. But perhaps he sum-
mons too soon from the feast of life. Be it so
if the change be not for the better it is not his fault
but our or if he summons US too late----the
call is rather repreve than sentence for who
ger partake Of the banquet, or to live on in pain,
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stern Vi the vessel giidnS be1Ore 1alr ana gentle
breeze that was to watt me for length of time
from the spot that had given rise to them, l could
feel even ordinary degree of composure.
Three years of varied good and evil, had passed
over my head, as, towards the close of cloudless
summer day, l again entered the river, and again
hailed that place, which though containing but few
beings endeared to me, either by love or friendship,
yet had contained charm within it, too potent to
allow it to be totally Indifferent to me-
"And what is she to me, Or to her 20 thought
!, my steps, as it were mechanically, directed me
towards the spot, where had last seen her "She
was happy-why am not so She was beloved--.-
why am sad Love has not bound me to her -.
why then am thus interested in being, whom
have seen but once, and who, even if she saw me,
gave but hasty glance, and thought of
me 'Pshaw, this is foolish chimera, mere boyish-
ness, which ought to be shaken off," continued !, as
stepping more firmly and holding my head more
erect, once again entered the hall, where then she
stood unrivalled, the queen of beauty which
was now open, unchanged, presenting the same
scene of cold magnifcence which then it did. 1t
seemed, as lookedupo it, that week had scarce
ly elapsed since last beheld it. Again gazed
around me on the joyous assembly. There were
some, whom had seen when was last there, and
there several new faces to fill the void left by
those who had graced it then, but were then abb
sent But my glance towards these was hurried
one. Where was the angelic form whom it then
rested---and on whom it now wished to rest? Where
she, who had given the charm that had rivetted
my fancy and my alike in its letters 1t was
in vain asked myself the queston----it was in vain
Igazed around me, joyous, and as careless, as if
they were to be thus forever---.as if the hand of
death could never part them from those things they
admired the loved the dearest on earth.
They passed me- but she was not among them. The
sad forboding thought that bad hung over me then,
again flushed on NEIL could scarcely breathe----I
leaned against pillar for support, and in hurried
and agtated voice, inquired of female, with whom
had some slight acquaintance and who at that mo-
ment came laughing and ggging towards me,
"where was Engena Mornton % Eugena Morn
ton ! Eugenia Mornton % repeated she in more
serious tone, as Frying to recoect whom meant:
"Do you mean old Mornon, the rich merchants
daughter" "The same" replied |, hastily, 8" the
same" Why Lord, Mr.. -, she's been dead
more than two years." she replied "and did you
never hear of it before ?" "Never,'' replied !, with
difficulty. tear seemed struggling upward to my
eye, but the oppression that lay upon my heart,
checked its ascent "But how, when, where,
died she " There was no reply. She was gone
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MATRIMONY.

The whole secret in choosing we'll in
matrimony may be taught in three words !:
eIflore the character. A violent love-
fit is always the result of ignorance-for
there is not daughter Of Eve that has
merit enough to justify romantic love,
though thousands may inspire that gen.
tie esteem which is infinitely better. A
woman-worshipper and woman. hater
both derive their mistakes from an igno-
rance of the female world-for if the cha
racters of women were fairly understood,
they would be found too good to be hated,
and yet not good enough to be idolized
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LOVE is apt to throw radiance around
the being it prefers, till it becomes daz-
zled, less perhaps with the brightness of
the object itself than with the beams with
which Imagination has invested it; but
Religion, though it chastises the imagi-
nation, does not subdue it; it sobers the
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"Never shall forget the view from the syren's
Cave. The tremendous cataracts above--the fear
full gulph below-the depth of which our shudder.
ing sight vany seeks to fathom, the roar the rage,
the strife of the maddening waters, impelled on
ward as if by an irresistible destiny, to their terrific
doom; the narrow step that separates US from their
sweeping fury, lowering as we stand on the brink
Of perdition. No Words can never speak its sub
Unity
"To me a mighty cataract has always seemed
the most sublime Of all the terrors Of nature. There
is something in its continuity, and its unabating rage,
which strikes our souls with awe and wonder. All
things else in nature change and perish-and all
that the most fraught with force and power,
the most evanescent, except this. The tempests of
the ocean pass away-the thunderstorm endures
but for tme-the dread hurricane is soon at rest
the volcanoes red streams Of liquid fire grow cold,
and are extingushed-and the earthquake ITSELF
that shakes the foundations Of the earth and swal
lows up whole nations in its yawning womb, is but
the CONFUSION of day. But we behold the cease
less fall Of that torrent, which has held its raging
course from the beginning of time, and will cont
nue. to its close-which knows no rest, no change
by night and by day--n storm and in sunshine
the same in every moment of the past and the fu-
ture-yesterday, to-day, and forever"
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som, and with burning tears bathed her
face. Again she opened her eyes, and
fixed them upon me with look that
froze me to the heart. She begged that
| would leave her alone; and that would
defer until the next day the recital Of the
horrid plot to which she had fallen vic
tim. retired and lief: her to the care of
the curate's niece, who most obligingly
undertook to attend her.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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ma gURAE GRANDEUR.
THE WATERFALLS OF TIVOLI.

.'From these hollow dripping rocks, on the very
brink of the impetuous torrent, which almost laves
our feet as it foams along, look up to the thun-
dering cataracts above us, almost deafened with
their ceaseless roar-and look down into the shud-
dering unseen depths of that dark abyss, which
yawns beneath to swallow up the foaming waters.
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FROM THE EMPORIUM.
THE BEGGAR AND BANKER.
Stand out of my way said a rough,
surly voice, under my window one day,
as sat musing over the busting scenes
below me, at my lodgings in Chestnut
street.
Your honour will please TO recollect,'
replied sharp and somewhat indignant
voice. your honour will please to recol-
lect that arm beggar, and have as much
right to the road as YOURSELF
sAnd Pm banker, was retorted still
more gruf1y and angrily.
Amused at this strange dialogue, |
leaned over the case, and beheId couple
Of citizens, in the position which pugl-
list would probably denominate squared,
their countenances somewhat menacIng,
and their persons presenting contrast
at once ludicrous and instructive. lbe
one was purse proud lordly- hammered
man-ap parelled in silk, and protecting
a carcase of nearly the circumference OF
a hogshead; and the other ragged and
dirty, but equally impudent and self-im-
portant parsonage; and from compari
son Of their countenances, it would have
Duzzled the most profound M. D. to de-
termine which of their rotundities was
best stored habitually with good victuals
and drink.
Upon close observation, however, OF
the countenance Of the Banker,sI disco
vered, almost as soon as my eye fell upon
it, line bespeaking humor and awak-
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-07-09
HAPPY RESULT OF A HURRICANE.
TO BE CONTIN JED.

EXTRACTED FROM LAwsoN's LECTURES.
The plains in which Lima, the capital city of Pc
ri, is placed are the most beautiful in the world.
They are of vast extent, reaching from the foot of
the Andes or the Cordelier Mountains, to the sea;
and covered with groves of olive trees oranges
and citrons, watered by many streams, one of the
principal among which, washing the walls of Lima,
falls into the ocean of Callao, in which latter place
is laid the scene of the ensuing history.
To this city Don Juan de Mendoza had come
over with his father from Old Spain, yet an infant
The father having borne many noble employments
in Peru, died much esteemed and honored rather
thanrich. This young gentleman had in early youth
conceived very strong passion for Donna Cerne-
ia di Perez, daughter to very wealthy merchant,
who dwelt in the city of Callao, at that time the
best port in the whole western world
But although the young lady, who was reputed
the most accomplished person in the Indies, return
cd his affection, yet he met with an insuperablc
difficulty in the avarce, and nhexible temper of
the ;>tner who, preferring wealth to every other
consideration, absolutely refused his consent. At
length, the unfortunate lover saw himself under
necessity of returning to his native country, the
most miserable of mankind torn away forever from
all that he held most dear
He was on board in the port of Callao, the ship
ready to sail for Spain, the wind fair the al!
employed, the passengers ejoclng in the expec-
taton Of seeing again the place of their nativity
Amid the shouts and accamatons with which the
whole bay resountled Mendoza sat upon the Geek
alone overwhelmed with sorrow, behodlng those
towers in which he had left the only person who
could have made him happy, whom he was never
more to behold thousand tender and melancho-
ly thoughts possessed his mind.
In the mean time the serenity of the sky is dis
turbed; sudden flashes of Lightning dart across,
which increasing, fill the whole air with flame.
poce is heard from the bowels OF the earth, at first
low ru,nbling, but growing louder, and soon ex-
ceeding the roaring Of the most violent thunder
This was instantly followed by a trembling OF the
earth: the first shocks were Of short duration. The
sea seemed to be thrown up into the sky, the arch
of heaven to bend downwards, the Cordellers, the
highest mountains OF America shook and roared
with unutterable noises, sending forth from their
bursting sides, rivers OF fame, and throwing up i'm
sense rocks. The houses, arsenals, and churches
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of Callao otered from side to side. and at last tum

of Calao tottered from side to sde and at last tum
bled upon the heads of the inhabitants.
Those who had not persisted in this manner, you
might see of every age and sex, rushing into the
streets and public roads, to escape from the like
ruins But even there was no safety the whole
earth in notion was the ocean less disturb
ed !; the ships in the harbor were some OF them
swallowed up in the waves, some dashed on the
rocks, many thrown several miles up into the land.
The whole town of Callao, late so Aourishng, filled
with half the wealth of the Indies, disappeared,
being partly engulphed, partly carried away in ex
plosion by minerals bursting from the entrals of the
earth. Vast quantities of rich spells Of furniture
and precious goods, afterwards taken up float
ing, leagues off at sea. In the midst of this
astonishing confusion, Mendoza perhaps the
sole human creature unconcerned for himself He
behed the whole tremendous scene from the ships
deck frightened only for the destruction falling on
his beloved Cornelia. He and mourned her
fate, unavoidable little rejoicing at his safe
ty, since life now become burthen.
After the space of an hour this terrible hurricane
ended; the earth regained her stability, the sky
its canness He then beheld, close to the stern
of bis ship, floating upon olive tree, to Dough
of which she clung, one in the dress of a female.
He touched with compassion he ran to her
relief, he found her yet breathing and raised her
up: how unspeakable was bis astonishment when
he beheld in his arms his beloved his lamented
Cornela the manner of whose miraculous deliver
ance is thus recorded
| In this universal wreck as it were of nature, in
! which the elements ofearth and water had changed
their places, fishes borne up into the midland,
trees, houses and men into the deep. 1t happened
that this fair one was hurried into the sea, together
with the tree, to which in the beginning Of the
commoton she had clung, and was thrown up by
the side of the vessel wherein her Mendoza was,
which was one of the few that rode out the amaz-
ing tempest. / cannot paint to you the emotions
of his mind, the JOY, the amazement the gratitude,
| the tenderness-words cannot express them. Hap
! Ply pair the lnterposton of Providence in your
favor too visible to dispute your being at last
united forever Thrice happy Mendoza, how won
derfuly thy constancy crowned-thy merit
warded. Lo, the wind is fair haste bear with
thee to thy native Spain this inestimable prize.
! Return, no less justly triumphant, than did for
mery the illusrious Cortez, loaded with the spoils
of Montezuma, the treasures of newly discovered
world.
|
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CUSTOMS IN ENGLAND.
Ectract Of a letter from an .7merican aop d
eHiug IN England.

Ectract of a letter from an .7merican aoao frap-
eH1ug IN England.
1t is astonishing to see the immense NUM-
bers of carriages, with their display OF
drivers and footmen,--latlies on horseback
dressed in blue habits, with mems hats and
wells, accompanied by gentlemen OIL horse
thousands of gigs &c. &c. which APP
near in the PARKS every fine day; but the
greatest display is on Sunday afternoon from
four to 6 o'clock .lhey ride round and
round, to the number of many thousand
Here is great display of fashion, but it is
discussing to me to, see old women of seven
ty with thousand curls dangling about
their faces, with quizzing glass constantly
at one eye, viewing those who pass them
The west end of London is where the fashion,
ables generally live, and an Englishman in
this quarter OF Londen speaks of the city as
though it did not belong to the kingdom
! The public builings are very heavy and
| large. Millions of pounds sterling lay waste
in London in the gothic structures which
are not handsome in my eye.
! In rainy weather, the streets OF London
are very dirty, and much worse than they
are in New York. The immense travelling
brings the dirt from the streets upon the
side walks, and one is constantly in the mud,
impression of your shoe wherever you tread.
Further it is extremely difficult to get a.
| lcng for umbrellas on such days, as it is very
fashionable there, for those who stand from
A. to feet inches TO make constant exer-
tions to reach their umbrellas over the head
of feet people to the great danger ottheh
eyes.
In fair weather the streets are tolerably
clean, The dirt carts are preceded by
sweepers, and as fast as a heap is made, 1t is
thrown into the cart, and in this way they
clean their streets; if left to the inhabitants
it would never be done. But london is not
SO liable to get dirty as New York--you will
not find straw, paper, vegetables, offals, &c
: thrown in the street Every straw, &c. is
put to use, every thing is consumed here IL
some way that useful.
There is one disgusting sight in Londot
and that is, to see the Immense number O
women that resort and set with men drink
ing porter in the tap rooms. oil when there
> are many thousands. Women, single wo
men, go into these places and call tor pm
of porter or glass of ale like the men, ane
mix in conversation with them. You vii
also see women go into the eating houses, o
which there are hundreds, take their seat
.. in the boxes alongside Of men, and call to-
their dinner and porter. But the creates
!. sight is to go into the back streets, and tak'
stand near the celebrated gin shops, an'
observe numbers of we'll and miserable dress
| ed females constantly going into these place
to drink gin, for which they pay two penc
glass. 1t is miserable stuff, not half S
good as our whiskey.-Besides, you will OBJ
serve many poor wretcfed looking wome
: standing upon the walks, and hanging abou
. the corners, with black eyes, and otherWls
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OCTOBER 6, 1895.

deserves to be regarded as manifestation
of Divine favour, in as much as they dis
pose the heart to kind and gentle inclinations.
For ! think them ordained by God for some
great and holy purpose. Do we not know
that the professors of the fine arts are COM
monty men greatly distinguished by special
gifts of a creative and discerning spiritf 1T
there be any thing i'll the usual course OF
human affairs which exhibits the immediate
interpostion of the Deity, it is in the pro-
gress of fine arts, in which it would appear
he often arises up those great characters,
the spirit of whose imaginations have an in
terminable influence on posterity, and who
are themselves separated and elevated a.
mong the generality Of mankind, by the
name of nien of genius. Can we believe
that all this is not for some useful purposct
What that purpose is, ought we to pretend
to investigated Let us rather reflect that
the Almighty God has been pleased among
us, and in this remote wilderness, to endow,
with the rich gifts of 4 peculiar spirit that
youth who has now our common consent
to cultivate his talents for AN art, which, &C
cording to our humble Judgment was pre-
viously thought an unnecessary ministrat'on
to the sensual propensities OF our nature.
Nav it be demonstrated by the HE ana
works of the Artist, that the gitt OF tIod
has not been bestowed upon him IN VAN,
nor the motives of the benihcent Inspiration
which induces us to, suspend our partlcu-
lar tenets, prove barren Of religious moral
effect. On the contrary, let us confidently
hope that this occurrence has been for good
and that the consequences which may arise
in the society of this new world, from tht
example of Benjamin West will pc enabiee
4. L.. # h.sn re r.
peace as shall tend to draw the ties OF attec-
ton closer, and difFuse over witier extern
of cummunity the interests and blessings
fratc,nal love-
"At the conclusion Of this address, th'
women rose and kissed the young Artist
and the men one by ono, laid their hana
on his head and prayed that the Lord nigh
verify in his life the value of the gilt which
had induced them, m despite OF their rei
gious tcnents, to allow him to cultivate thu
faculties of his genius.
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dishgured. These gin shops are the curse
of London.
1t is astonishing 20 view the manner in
which the dense part of London is !; built the
thousand narrow courts and streets which
look precisely like long alleys with houses
four stories high on each side. These build
ngs contain numerous families, thousands
and thousands live next door to each other
in the same building, and on the same floor,
that do not know each other, and hundreds
of families pass through the same front shops
to go out into the same doors, that have liv-
ed for years in this way and have never ex-
changed word with each other, and who
do not know their names and business.
The Jews live in the most narrow streets,
and their shops, apparel, and personal ap-
pearance beggars all description. Among
the Jews l saw that frightful fellow who
sold tooth powder to the New Workers. His
appearance was more i'll looking, and be-
lieve he had the very same garments on, all
in tatters as when in New-York.