Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-20
From Blaek,coofs Magazine,
LOGAN BRAES.

lie book entirely about the obscure people that
have lived and died about that farm, by name
Jooan Bynes! Neither is il without its old ira
di,ions. One May day long ago-some two or
three centuries since-that rural festival was
there intsrrup pied by thunder storm, and the
,ar,y of -couths and maidens, driven from the
budding arbours were all assembled in the very
hear, Of the thunder, and the master began to
read, without declaring il to be religious SER
vice. chapter of the Bible; but the frequent
flashes of lightning so blinded him, that ne was
forced 10 lay down the Book, and all sat stiii,
without speaking word, many with pale Ia
crs and none without a mingled sense OF awe
and fear. The maiden forgot her bashiulness
as the rafting peais shook the rooi-'ree; ano
hid her face in her lovers bosom; the children
cre,, closer and closer, each 10 some proteci ling
Hnee. and the dogs came all into the house, and
Law down in dark places. Now and then there
was dark convulsiSe, irrepressibfe, but nall
Gifted sbriek-some sobbed-and a loud his
terical laugh from Que overcome " It'll terror
Now the >muuering thunder seems 10 nave
changed its place TO some distant cload-now,
as If returning 10 blast those whom \ had spar
cd. WAKES louder and fercer than ofiore-tih
,be Great Tree that shelters the house is shlv-
cred with noise ike the masls Of a ship car
ried away by the board in battle. 'Look-iath-
or, look-see yonder is an angel all IN white de-
scending from heaven, said little Aice, VINO
had already been almost in the attitude oil
PRAYER, and now clasped her hands together,
and s,esdfasily, = and without fear OF !ne hgnt
r;ng eyed the sky Zone Of Gods Holy An
gels--ouc Of those who sing before me LAMB
& with ar,inspired rapture the fair child sprung
n her feet. tSee We her observation-disclosures?
10 she beckons 10 me with paimin her hand,
like one Of the palms in tina, picture IN our
Bible. when our Saviour is entering into Jera-
salem. There she comes, nearer and nearer
the ear,h-Oh! pity, forgive, aud have mercy
ON me. thou most beautiful oil all the angels
aven for His names sake. All n,.-. "~'e 'u'"
II ....rd. the BACK heavens, and then TO the
-Ssyinp child. Her mother clasped her to her
bosom, afraid that terror had turned her brain
and her father going 10 the door, surveyed an
ampler space Of the sky. She flew TO his side,
and clinging TO him again, exclaimed IN Wild
outcry, Con her forehead star!on her forehead
star! And oh! on what lovely wings she is
floating away, away into eternity! The angel,
father, is calling me by my christian name,
and must no more abide on earth; but touch
inc the hem of her garment, be waited away to
Heayen!' Sudden as bird let loose from the
hand. dar,ed the maiden from her fathers boz
som. and with her face upwards TO the skies,
pursued her flight. Young and old left the
house, and At that moment thet forked light
ming came from the crashing cloud, and struck
The whole tenement into ruins. Not hair on
any he ad was singed; and with one accord all
the people fell down upon their knees. From
the ewes of the child, the Angel, or Vision OF
the Angel, bad disappeared; but on her return
10 heaven, the Celestial heard the hymn that
rose from those that were saved, and above all
the voices, the small sweet silvery voice OF her
whose ewes alone were worthy Of beholding
Saint TRANSPORTED, for she had known no sin,
and her spirit was taken, as che tradition says,
that very nigh, to the abodes OF eterna' bliss.
For several hundred years has that farm
belonged to the family of the Logans, nor has
son or daughter ever stained the name-whue
some have impaired to it, in its humble annals,
what well may be called lustre. Many time
have stood when boy, all alone, beginning
10 be disturbed by the record of heroic or holy
lives in the kirk yard, beside the GRAVE of the
MARrYRs-,he grave in which Christian and
Hannah Logan, mother and daughter were
inferred. Many time have / listened to-
the story Of their deaths; from the. lips OF one
who knew well how TO stir the hearts Of the
Young. still from their eyes they wiped the
tears that sacred pity had engendered." Up
wards Of hundred years old was she that -le-
ouent narrator--the Minister'S mother-yet
she could hear whisper, and read the Bible
without spectacles--although we sometimes
used to suspect her Of pretending to be reading
of the Book, when in fact, she was reciting from
memory The old lady often took walk into
the kirk-yard-and being Of pleasan, and
cheerful nature, though in religious principle !
in1exibly austere, many were the most amusing
anecdotes that she related to me and my com
peers, all huddled around her, where heaved
the turf in many Wondering heap. But the
evening converse was always sure 70 nave Sc
RON. termination-and the venerable matron
eould not be more willing to tell, than We were /
to hear again and again, were II for the twenti-
eih repetition, some old tragic event that gath
cred a deeper interest from every recital, as It
ON each we became better and better acquainted
with the characters Of those to whom II had
befallen, till the chasm that time had dug be-
,ween them aud Us disappeared; and we felt tor