The Arkansas advocate., 1832-04-11

E humblesme not expeetthe dead whose
 souls speak to us from the immortality i of books. These herbs at your feet, I ;. know their secrets-I watch the mecha-
 nism oi their life; the winds-they have
 taught me their lang saage; the stars llhave unfayelled their my steries; and these, the creatures and ministers of God-thcsc offend not by my mood
 to them l utter my thoughts, and break
 forth into my dreams, without reserve and without fear. But men disturb me - have nothing to learn fro.n then,-
 have no wish to confide i'll them; they cripple the wild liberty which has be- come to ne a second nature. What it's sheilistothetortoise, solitude has become
 to me-my protection; nay, my Iife!'' 2
 s'But.a said Walter, s.with us, at least, l you would not have to dread restrainst; you might come when you would; be silent or converse, according to your will.'
 Aram smiled faintly, but made no irn- mediate reply.
 In very different vein is the follow- l ing angling piece: it Is perfection in it's way. lt must be observed, we are still on the trout-stream; which, in the ru- ral scenes of the novel, plays the part every trout-stream ought to do--tl.atis, a very important one.
 Thus meditating, he arrived at the banks of the little brooklet, and was awakened from his reyerie by the sound of his own name. He started, and saw the old Corporal seated on the stump of a tree, and busily employed in fixing to his line the mimic likeness of what anglers, aud, for aught we know, the i7rcst of the world, cali the s.vioiet.iiY..''
 ella! master-at my day's work, you see:-ilt for nothing else now. When r musaet's balfworn out, school boys buy it-pop it at spafrows. De like the musket; but never mind--fave not seen the world for nothing. We get : treconciled to all things; that's niy way -augh! Now, sir, you shall watch we catch the finest trout you have seen this summer;. know where he lies--un- der the bush yonder. Whi-sh! Sir, Whi-shr'
 The Corporal now gave his warrior soul up to the true guidance of the yio- let-fy; now he whipped it lightly on the wave; now he slid 1t coquetishly along the suface; now it foated, like an unconscious beauty, carelcssly with the tide; and now like an artful prude. it affected to loiter by the way, or to steal into designing obscurity under the shade of some overhanging bank. But none of these manguvres captivated the weary old trout on whose acquisition the Corporal had set his heart; and, what was especially provoking, the an gler eonld see distinctly the dark out line of the intended victim, as 1t lay at the bottom-iiilc some weil-reguiated bachelor who eyes after the charms he has disercetly resolved to neglect.
 The Corporal waited till he could no longer blind himself to the displeasing fact, that the violet-hy was wholly in ctlicacious; he then drew up his line, and replaced the condemned beauty ol the violet-ay with the novel attractions 1 of the JeiioW-dun.
 '.Now, Sir!'' whispered he, ,iifting up l his finger and holding sagaciously 10 Walter. Softly dropped the yellow dun upon the water, and swiftly didlt 1 glide before the gaze of the latent trout; and now the trout seemed aroused from his apathy, behold he moved forward, balancing himself on his fins; now be 1 slowly ascended towards the surface; l vou might see all the speckles of his coat-the Corporal's heart stood still- he IS now at a convenient distance from the yellow.dun; To, he surveys 1t stead- fastly; he ponders, he see-saws himself to and fro. The yellow-dun sails away in affected indifference, that indiffer- ence whets theappetite of the hesitating I sazer, he darts forward; he is opposite the yellow-dun-he pushes his nose a. ganstit with aneager rrudeness--he-o, l he does not bite, he recolls, he gazes a. gain with surprise and suspicion on the little charmer; he fades back slowly
 into the deeper water, and then sud
 denly turning his tail towards the disap-
 pointed bait, he makesoh as fast as he can -yonder-yonder, and disappears l No, that's he Ieaping yonder from the wave; Jupiter. what a noble fellow ,! l What leaps he at?--a real hy-ssDamn E his eyes, growled the Corporal. "You might have caught him with a l minnow, said Walter, speaking for the I first time.
 5. ssMinnow!n repeated the corporal il gruflly, task your honors's pardon.