The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-10-30

sophical countenances walked on eth,
side Of = car loaded with addresses to the
Legislature, pamphlets to the people, men
orandums Of lawyers fees, unpaid collee,
bills, supplications for a chatter, etc. ct.
As i stood ASIDE to let them pass, kne,
them for the professors OF the rival medi
col colleges, and my good friend, DR..
-, informed me that they were hasten
ing to bury animosities.
i had now reached the park, and on en-
tering it beheld great crowd of womeI
and children around the prison doors
which were thrown wide open and there
stood high constable Hays, with the mild
est and most benignant aspect, marshall
ing forth the prisoners, and exciaimlng,
g depart ye in peace" The scene was
truly overpowering wives embracing
their husbands, parents their children,
children their parents, and all calling down
blessings on that most happy day. saw
the constabIes too and police officers
breaking their staffs of office and destroy
ing their warrants. entered the, court
il was crowded to excess, and our excell-
ent recorder was about to pronounce the
doom of a forger. listened to hear the
usual sentence to fourteen years to the
state prison-but no--wiih the bland and
gentle smile of mercy, which so well be-
comes him, he 'bade the guilty one go,
and Sin more" / entered the common
council chamber, and here the different
order of things was still more marked. ]
saw our worthy board of aldermen drink
ing with great go,a water cruel, and con-
templating with pleased and affectionate
looks, three or four sportive green turtles
that played their innocent gambols in care
less and happy security at their feet
That member, too, who but yesterday SO
bitterly denounced those
or Me aaiion cf cirilisati0n,
Ofswate bo,hera,ion, and shileegh la,v'
was now ciasping the hand Of warmes'
friendship with one from the emerald isle
left the hall and proceeded through
the city. saw the butcher throw dowr
the murderous knife, and take the paste.
raj brook of the shepherd. ] saw the ex-
perimenter making science conducive t.
acts of mercy and tenderness. Iobservet
the brokers 'closing their shops-meI
would no lenger put out their money t.
usury, and Jacobs ladder (according t.
its present acceptation) lay broken ant
destroyed upon the earth. i saw you'll
venerating the experience ofage, and ag.
looking with indulgence on the levities o
youth. j saw that the scored bond of maj
riage was no longer harshy strained, oil
rudely torn asunder 1t was no longer 8
/ CALLING chain, but link of brightest
flowers. beheld the loveIiest porilon q
creation arrayed IN simplest garbs. NJ
petty passion darkened their fair counte.
'nances Envy, malice, scandal, all fool
ish vanities were excluded from theil
hearts. Goodness, beauty y's brightest or
nament, sparkled in their eyes | wa,
now joined by dear and aged friend, ant
as i conversed with him, / beheld his
countenance gradually changing, hi.
cheek glowing will, the rcseate hue O
youth, his mighty mind beaming through
his eyes with renewed vigor, his silver,
locks recovering their golden hue. lr
short, l beheld my friend as in his bes
and youthful days. While was gazing
in new surpri Sc, low and sweet sound
as If from very great distance, broke NJ
on my ear. heard the sweetest music
Never did mortal embody such seraphic
sounds. Suddenly bright and dazzling
Light overspread the heavens, and at thai
Instant a full choir of grateful voices pro-
claimed the millennium.-[ New York
Mirror.