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Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-07-22

as nature struggled with its last resistless
conqueror. Imlah, who knelt by her side,
his hand still grasping her sacred legacy,
was motionless as herself, and felt as if he
had lost all power Of utterance and sense; I;
while with look he uttered groans of a
gony, such as perhaps alone could have
aroused the departing spirit of Miriam
back to earthly thoughts. She opened her
eyes once more, and laid her icy arm, for
moment around her fathers neck, in to-
ken that her last love was his; then quietly
crossing her hands upon her bosom, and
looking up to heaven with a countenance
frightened with glow of holy .ervor, she
exclaimed, "Des rest father! look up-look
up--look up, from me to Christ and now
oh! blessed Jesus do thou come quickly"
Again her head fell back, and with one
long but gentle sigh, her happy spirit wing
ed its flight to God.
"Imlah remained for some time appalled,
and motionless, gazing in fixed despair on
the silent lips ofhis child; as if waiting a.
gain to hear their eloquence. But the
dreadful Stiffness which now pervaded all
around, where not one sound, one sigh,
was heard to break that awful solitude, re-
called him to faint sense Of what had
been; and yet 1t was the disordered sense
which fancy sometimes lends to picture
dreams like real things; or to embody its
own faint shadows into the frighttul phan-
toms of insanity. Still did he look on
Miriam, and still grasped the little volume
which he knew was associated with her
last words. But what were those words ?
The avowal Of an apostate And yet was
that heavenly smile, which gave even
death semblance ofpeace--one of apos-
tacy' Could guilty hereto meet the
awful judgment of an offended God, as Mi
riam had done? Miriam an apostate -
hereto? Oh no, rather let Christianity
be true, and Israel fall at last beneath the
scourge of christian victory---than Miriam,
the last daughter of David's line, be so
accursed! And now great drops of ago
ony stood on the cold forehead of Imlah,
as thoughts like these passed through his
bewildered mind, and in groans of deepest
anguish, he called loudly on the name of
his dead child, as ifshe could still dispe
the dreadful visions of that fearful dream
But alas! it was too surely waking reali-
ty; nothing could move or change the
sweet calm smile Of her for whom never
before had Imlah called in vain"
Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-07-22
MIRIAM, OR THE POWER OF TRUTH

II Je,cish Taie-by the author of Influence.
We are indebted to the Londou Literary Ca
zette for the following interesting story, which is
thus explained by the Editor of that valuable pub.
hcation Miriam is a religious tale, funded on
an interesting anecdote Of AN American Jew, who
was converted to Christianity by the dying admo-
ntions OF an only child, beautiful girl, who, un-
known TO her father, had enbi aced the Christian
iath. This anecdote has been amplified in a very
excellent and well told tale, full of patho., and
written in very pleasant style. We quote, as a
specimen, the dying scene:''
Miriam turned pale, and with great
solemnity replied, "aye, yet such love on
earth, my father, is idolatry, and must in
mercy be riven asunder, lest its false light
should lead you to eternal darkness. But"
added she, raising herself and looking at
her father with an expression never alter
wards forgotten, edo you LOVE me mot
Tor what am to yOu-but apart from your
self could your love grant me one solemn
request; and sOlemnly fulfil t9 Could it
fotgive the violence which that request
might do the dearest feelings of your bo-
som' and forget all else, save the purpose
for which it was asked, and her who ask
ed ditW
"Imlah felt alarmed, for although the
voice of Miriam was calm, and her coun-
tenance serene as cloudless moonlight,
he believed that her mind wandered in
some delirious phantasy; till suddenly re-
collecting the fatal alliance he had enga-
gedto fulfil, he beckoned Corah to leave
the room, and then replied' "Miriam, my
beloved girl! proof against every test-my
love could bear and suffer all, and far more
than you could require. Then ask your
boon; it shallbo freely granted at whatever
cost it claims; Tor be assured that any thing
that can give peace to you, brings happi-
ness to me. But compose yourself now,
my child, and we will talk of earthly cares,
when health calls you back to act in earth
ly schemes"
"I am composed, my father" replied
Miriam, Gas one, who standing on the verge
Of eternity, looks only on eternal things
And nowl thank you tenderly for the boon
you grant-a boon for which alone have
craved life and time" So saying, she
drew from underneath her pillow little
Testament, and laying it in Imlah's hand,
then pressing them together, within both
her own exclaimed, "take that precious
book, my beloved father, and let it be your
guide-your counselor--your comfort!
May the Lord, in his infinite mercy, make
the stumbling block of Israel your rock
and your salvation; and while you read,
may his Holy Spirit teach you to believe
to revere-to receive! And now dear
precious parent, remembering the last So
lemn promise so sacredly pledged to your
dying child, for your own sake-for hers
| beseech you, speak no more against Je-
sus Of zareth!-the redeemer of Israel
the Messiah, the one and only Saviour
of Mankind" Exhausted by the feelings
and energy with which she delivered this
solemn charge, Miriam fell back, and the
cold dcws Of death hung on her pale face,
Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-07-22
POETRY.

We find the annexed pretty efusion in the New
York Statesman, and we do not know that we Oft
en- read better specimens Of native poetry. Those
who have been absent from their birthplace for
years together, many times and of realize all the
feelings which are portrayed by the writer Of My
Native Land.
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MY NATIVE LAND.

My thoughts are in my native land,
My heart is in my native place;
Where willows bend to breezes bland,
And kiss the rivers ripping face.
Where snnny shrubs disperse their scent,
And raise their blossoms high to heaven;
A. if in calm acknowledgment
For brilliant hues and virtues given.
My thoughts are with my youthful days,
When siG and grief were but a name
When every field bad golden ways,
And pleasure with the day light came.
Ibent the rushes TO my feet,
And sought the waters silent flow;
! moved along the thin ice, fleet,
Nor thought upon the death below.
culled the violet in the dell,
Where wild rose gave checkered shade
And listened to each village bell
60 sweet, by answering echo made.
In Gods own house, on Gods own day,
Ia neat attire, bent the knee;
Pure sense OF duty babe me pray
Joy made me JOIN the melody.
Thus memory, from her treasured urn
Shakes DER the mind her spring like rain
Thus scenes turn up and paleIy burn
Like night-lishts in the oceans train.
And still my soul shall these command,
While sorrow writes upon my face
My thoughts are in my native fahd---
My heart is in my native place.
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An old coquette is like rosebush in win
ter the flowers and leaves have fallen of,
the fragrance and beauty gone--nOthing y
left but the thorns.
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NE W MELODIES.

"No leave my heart to rest, IL rest it may,
When Youth, and Love, and Hope, have Pass'd away
Coud'st thou, when summer hours are Ned,
To some poor leaf that's fall'n and dead,
Bring back the hue it wore, the scent It shed
No leave this heart TO rest, if rest it may,
When Youth, and Love, and Hope, have pass'd away.
"Oh had met thee then, when life was bright,
Thy smile might still have fed its tranquil light;
But thou breaks like sunny skies,
Too late to cheer the scaman's eyes,
When wreck'd and lost his bark before him lies
No!-leave this heart to rest if rest 1t may,
When Youth, and Love, and Hope, has pass'd away.
Where are the visions that round me once lowered,
Forms that had grace their shadows alone;
Looks, fresh as light from a star jus. discovered,
And voices that music might take for her own2
"Time, while spoke, with his wings resting DER
Heard me say sWhere are those visions, oh, where
And pointing his wand to the sunset before me,
Said, with voice like the hollow wind, There !"
Fondly look when the wizard had spoken,
On the dim shining ruins Of day
And there, in that light, like a talsman broken,
Saw the bright fragments Of Hope melt away.
"sOh (! lend me thy WINGS Time hastily utter'd.
Impatient to catch the last glimuer that shone!
But scarcely again had the dark wizard futter'd
His wing DER my head, the ligh, all gone."
" Ifin loving singing, night and day,
We could trlfe merrily life away,
Like atoms, dancing in the beam,
Or day.fiies skmmng DER the stream;
Like summer odours, born to sigh
Their sweetness out and de-
How brilliant, thouehtless, side by side.
Thou and could make our minutes glide
No atoms ever pay'd so bright,
No day-hes danced so light,
Nor odours mix d their sigh,
So close as thou and |, ;"
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He is not however, ungrateful for whatever
share conviviality may have had in Inspiring his
muse, but has amply acknowledged it in the ele-
CANT and glowing terms in which he has celebrated
its praises.
No Individual presides with more grace at the
convivial bosrd nor is there one whose absence is
more liable to be regretted by his friends. Being
on one occasion prevented from attending a. BAN
quet where he was an expected guest, and where,
in consequence, every thing seemed Ito use fami-
lar phrase) out Of sorts, gentleman, in the fervor
OF his disappointment, exclaimed, Give us but one
Anacreon More, ye Gods, whatever else you deny
u.s." Presiding ouoe at a tavern dinner, where
some Of the company were complaining that there
was no game at the table. gentleman present. al
luding to the fascinating manners of Mr.. Moore,
who kept the stable in a roar,' said, "Why gen
tlemen, what better game would you wish than
Moor gume, of which am sure you have abun-
dance?"
At another time, after the pleasures of the even
ing had been extended to pretty late hour, MIR.
d. proposed, as concluding bumper, the health Of
Mr.. Moore; a toast. which, having been twice
drank in the course of the evening, was TO
y. unnecessary. MIR. ID. however, persisted IN
giving the toast, and quoted in support of it the fol-
lowing passage from MIR. Moore's translation OF the
eighth ode of Anacreon, "Let US drink it now,'
said he,
Z" For death may come. with brow unpleasant,
May come, when least we wish him present,
And beckon to that sable shore,
And grimly bid us-drink no More"
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-12-23
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THE REPOSITORY.
FROM THE LITERARY CADLT.
A FRAGMENT.


At thoughts Of home her beating bosom thrills
AS sinks the DER Poland's happy hills
Many were the sorrows of Amelia
Manson. Full oft had the brinv tear Wthered
the blushins blossoms on her checks, and full
oft had the heayns blllow Of despair, the sigh,
lriumphed upon the ruins Of broken heart.
Born in Poland, of wealthy English parents, She
had from her infancy been accustomed to one
continual succession of pleasures and amuse-
mcnts but fate determined that the happy
scene should end At the early age Of fourteen,
She was addressed by young Swiss officer, Of
noble extraction, to whom she vas united. She
now bade farewell to her parents, and her natal
habitaton, to seek, with her husband. the ro-
mantle country Of Switzerland, in those delight
iul scenes, sacred TO imagination and fancy,
where prolific nature had touched every object
With the pencil Of delicacy She could not be
otherwise than happy, for she loved even to
devotion, and was as dcvotcdly loved. Time
passed like golden dream in the slun.bcrs of
night, and the brilliant luInilary Of the east
arose every morning but to scatter odotircrous
flowers in her path Brilliant then was the sun
Of Ter husbands military glory, and happy
were the days of Amelia Manson. Years pass
Ell away; and now the thnnders of war were
rolling with awful lorebodinss along the dis
tructad shores of Poland Amidst the political
faction md intrigue which divided that unhap-
py country, the Russian, Prussian, and Austrian
banners were seen waving Zuiuglius, the hus
band Of Amelia, fled to the standard Of Poland
in the enthusiastic hope Of gathering immortal
laurels, but he soon fell, fighting desperately
under the banner Of the brave kosciusko H.
fell surrounded by halo of glory. From the
nature Of particular offence TO his own coun
try. h> possessions we're confiscated; and the
once happy Amelia was left wanderer in
cold nnieelns world In an hour of despair, she
determined to seek her own native shades and,
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with heart weighed down with grief, she babe
adieu forever to the shores Of Switzerland.

western ocean, and casting his aStOrangc beams
on the face Of the water when Amelia ascend
ed the towering hill which overlooked her dear
native valley The evening was calm and beau
ulul the birds were singing in the trees, and all
nature wore aspect upon which fancy, in her
wilder moods delights to dwell Seated on a
summit of rock, at the foot of which tumbled
a waterfall. she listened for moment TO its
wild murmurs that echoed through the shadowy
groves below, and INDUCED pleasing, though
melancholy dream, Of happier days. Far as
her dark blue eve could reach her glance met
objects Which had been dear to her childhood
and now her eye rested upon the gothic magni
ficence of the church whose towering spre was
rejecting the last rays Of the setting sun, and
before whose altar she had 50 often bowed the
knee Of alteration to the great sovereign Of the
Universe And now the clouded, though once
bright and happy idea floated across her mind,
that in that sacred sanctuary she had been uni
ted 10 the man whom she loved, but whose cold
and bleeding breast was nurned in the mauso-
lcum Of his ancestors, swept forever from her
deaolate arms by the rapid Mhillwinds Of war
"Twcnty years. SAID the wretched Amelia,
. have gone down the current of eternity, Since
| gathered flower, from this lovely spot" As
the last word died upon her Qui. cring lips, the
bright remembrance Of parents, home, and
friends, rushed upon her mind and raising her
eyes and hands to heaven, in the act of suppl
cation, She burst into tears. They were the
tears which sacred to memory but coldIy
they fell upon her widowed heart "Oh, We
scenes Of my childhood" she cried, as She de-
stendcd the winding path to the valley, If We
are IS ,rsolatc as my bleeding aud iallel, coun-
try, then is MY wIetchedness complete Though
Nearied and fatigued, one glimmering raw Of
hope gave agility to her feet, and like a >yphan
spirit She 4llCed along to meet the long lost arms
OF her beloved parents. lima glnation portrayed
the venerable pair, white with the lross of
years; and she fastened to communicate the
welcome intelligence that sLo It'll lived to bless
them. Bright Luna, the cha STE goddess of the
night was 'iri, in4 her sytrv car over the ma
je>tlc woodlands hat waved their lofty head, in
the eastern landscape, and was smiling upon
the placid smoothness of the lake, when Amelia
emerged from the last shadowy avenue TO where
had once stood the sublime editice of her youth
tul gtiety. But oh what tongue could describe
the anguish OF her heart, when she discovered
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her happy home to be but pile of lnlistin
guishahle ruins. She sazed upon the dcsolatrd
spot rs the trcmulous 81 gh broke from her DO
som; and her heart chilled, as it were, with the
last di>solving tie of nature. She looked again.
as memory presented to her view the once
blooming garden from which she had cullrd
many a flower in her happier days. and shs
gave vent to flood of tears as she turned from
the scene forever She bent her steps TO the
ancient church that stood upon the adjacent
hill. and her heart seemed ready TO burst when
she thought of the happy bridal evening on
which she had last assembled the hill Then her
youthful heart bounded with joy, amid smiling
cheeks and sparkling eyes; but now, alas il
"ithcrcd beneath her chilling tears. She had
approached marble sepulchrc, and was endca
yourng to read the character, cngraren upon
it, which were as follows - To the nemor,
Of the brave Alexander Manson She
could read no more but stood like Statue
with ereyes hXedup vacancy. Then starting.
as from trance, she exclaimed wildly" My
doom is sealed, my wretchedness is complete.
Oh fallen and unhappy Poand-a fathers and
a husbands sacred blood has dyed the altar
and come my country to fall with thee" A
warm glow animated her check as She uttered
the last words, but death like paleness succeed
cd it. Not tear escaped from her eye for the
freezing influence of grief had dried up the
fountain. Farewell" she cried, '.ye once
beloved scenes Of my childhood no more shall
| ramblc in your delightful groves, or cali tose
ther my little beating flock from the fowcrv
fields. The scene of my happicst moments, of
my bridal day, shall witness the setting Of my
sun of glory; and my last sigh shal! be breathcd
to the hallowcd spot that gave me birth"
She knelt down between the toInbs of her
parents, lifted her eyes and clcnched he. hands
in the attitude of devotion, and the sacred
name of home fingered upon her lips, as the last
tear in her eye was illuminated by the falling
moon beam Her long dark tresscs of untlula-
ting hair fell in many a rnglet over her shoul-
ders, and they were gently waving in the breeze,
when she was discovered by the ltlsanry.
while yet in the attitude Of DEVOTION Her ewes
were still Open and her lips separated; but the
broken heart of Amelia Manson had ceased 10
throb forever She vas pal" and Irlr>s.
MILFORD BARD.
4
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The sunshine showcr> oiheaycn are, perhaps,
the tears Of bliss dropped by angels over dying
infants.
He is the best scholar who hath learned 4
live we'll
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-10-26

OF diseussing--the seene Of the Wedding
Excursion"
The bride elect had some floating IDEAS Of
loye and poetry, moonlight walks, and the Re-
gatta, and she therefore voted for the Lakes
Mrs. MacScallop inveigbed vehemently a.
gainst all "countrifed" expeditions depicted
with millinery rhetoric the certain ruin which
would arise to pelisses and compilations, and
enlarged on the absurdity ofpeople going where
they could not be seen. She voted for Chelt-
enham and the brides maid very naturally
"followed on the same side" rightly Judging
that Cheltenham would afford her better
chance of making conquests.
But here shall dismiss tho subject.-A we'd
ding excursion is by far too important a con.
cern to be despatched, or even introduced at
the fag end Of a paper.--Some day or other |
shall describe one in which was once includ-
cd mot as a principal) and thcn--but for the
present have sufficiently endangered my re-
putation with that class of readers, who con-
slider il as heinous TO remember as 10 invent,
and who deem every production satirical, which
is not exactly d sermon.
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THE line Of Stages now running be-
J. tween New Bedford and Newport, o.
yer the Stone Bridge, will hereafter leave
New Bedford on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday mornings,at EIGHT o'clock, arrive
in Newport to dine, and in time for Passen-
gers to take the Steam Boat for ew-York.
Returning, will leave Newport on the
arrival ofthe Steam Boats from New York,
and arrive in Now-Bedford same day.
Fare 50.
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Subscriber in New Bedford.
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New Bedford, April 25. [apr27.
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WHITNEY,s COUGH PILLS.

THESE pills, which are composed most
IL ly of vegetables, are not inferior 10 any
thing yet discovered for coughs, colds,
asthmas and consumptions; and even in the
latter case, where cure is not 10 be eX-
pected, they prove an excellent palliative
by expectoration, relieving pain and pro-
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Numerous certificates of the virtues o.
these pills might easily be procured, but il
is confidently believed they are sufficiently
known 10 render recourse TO such means
unnecessary, and where they are not known
we are well assured trial of them viii be
more effcctual recommendation than a
host of certificates.-Directons for using,
with the box.
Each box contains forty pills; price fifty
cents.
NIB. To prevent impositions each box
will be enclosed with label bearing aE
impression of the good Samaritan, with the
following inscription,
" Uhitaey's Cough Pills"
and each bill of directions viii be slgnedby
the inventor
b. g. G.. DYER Jr's. d. Co.
having been appointed by the proprietor
sole agents for the sale of the above pills.
are now ready to supply druggists and oh
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are also kept for sale by h. X. liazart, and
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PATENT,
70 prevent Fraud by alte.
Nations.

THE nature and advantages Of the
4 method lately discovered of Prerent-
ices upon Bank Notes Post stHN!Ss"b Notess." blye lyae g.
Exchange. Promissory Notes, Checks
Drafts, Certificates Of Stock, Policies of In.
suranccs, Wills, Lottery Tickets, and OH
or instruments, whether mercantile or lc.
gal, may be briefly explained as follows -
IL is obvious, that as Writing and Print
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ton ofcertain strong acids, a very danger
our po,cer is possessed by evil-disposed
persons, for efecting any alteration that
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The object Of the present Invention, for
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ty by the introduction Of the other devices,
drawn or printed in vegetable or animal
colours upon one or both sides of the pa.
per,on which the value ofthe Check, Draft.
or other documents, is to be written /;
should an attempt be then made TO extract
the writing, oy the use Of any chemica
preparation, an instantaneous discharge or
change Of colour of the lines or other de-
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