Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-04-14
WEEPING WILLOW.

I WEEPING WILLOW.
81 the rivers Of Babylon [he streams OF the RI
] yer Eiphrates there sat down, VIC weI''
when we remembered ZION. We hinged oar
h1rpy upon the willows the midst ihereof-
Ps. cxxxvm. ], =.
Mr.. Vernon. Turkey merchant at Al'cppo,
transpk,n,cd tn. weeping willow from the RYE.
Elphrltcs, brought IL with him to England, AMI
planted il at his seat in rwickenham Park, where
I saw it growing, Annn i74S. This - the origin
ii OF aii the weeping willows in our gardens
! How pic asng is the idea that every inci9eata!
circumstance furnishes 10 the observant mind u
collateral proof Of the nnmpeach,ble veracI'y Of
holy writ! Ought we MT Ia regIrd every weep
in. willow that comes unier our observation is
illustration Of the authenticity as wcH as OF the
accuracy Of tic israciitish C,p:ivc's Song, as
hlnie1 down - US III the passage above qIotec!
An oil mlil who hurried 4 butcher, was htga'y
incenscd when somebody 50 x. 10 her respecting
the ,cn!iI, of her help-mee: . ,s'on Herald
And the butcher knockc,! h,n d,wn on his m ar
row bones, for inqi,-ng after his RIB y. I. Wing
And neither Of you know, nor DOES one in iive
hundred To iu3gc from the rea;'in2, what IS the
,rs,c reading AMI meaning o. The passage OF holy
writ in w.,lc;i the phrase originates. IT IS gene
rally road, AMI understood, rs though the sacred
h:storiln intended to designate Il witeaa an "he,p-
,ncet.'Ucncc the frequent cxprcssion--'iny help
meet 'i,is hc,p-rnce,'-.Nr. d. has taken an help
meet Sc. ST., tho .'Ici ,-,n@ct was anothc.
ns.nc for vie Now, it IS not So The passage
Is this
"And the Lord Ga! sail it is not good That the
m IN should live ai,aa: al make hiu, an help
meet for him.
The corsoc. reading gi,cs slight Pa'isc after
tilc word help, ana Increases the emphasis ON the
word meet--thus: :" WI! therefore make Nun AN
help meet Cor him''--or, other words, TT, or
suitable for him. There is thus beauty, sn,pi-
ci;Y, and meaning, in the eypressi,n In the com
,n1a reading and acccpti,;on, there is neither
rs. Y. Gazs,:..
ROMANCE IN TIE NINETEENTH CENrURT.-Ne
are wrong in surprising that all romance has cTa,-
grated. and TINT the reign OF matters of fact anu
utility is obsolete. Sometimes there is little
little rebellion. \ circumstance has
lately occurred in the south Of France, realizing
t..i t,r.~-zArre,sd ~~r
was obliged 20 Leave France during the revolt ,
ton. He had lost his wife, who left behind her
two sans and a daughter. Forced to fly to: life,
,cnniIess -uJ destitute, he passed the period OF
The exile Of the D,,r,ons in procuring scnnty (
bsistcncc Italy, Germany, and other parts OF
Europe, and afterwards served in the armies OF
The Empire. Having returned to his nativ town,
in,iinr himself forgotten bv his friends, dispos-
scsscd of his estate, unable 10 gam any intc'li-
renee Of his children, he resigned With content 10
III the priyafions o.. poverty, and, with courage
WORTHY of teyc. wears, endcavorcd to prevent his
becoming bur;hcn to the chiritablc, by making
aims elf useful iii the Office OF Il lawyer OF some
celebrity at AIarsc:I!cs. One OF the students III
nc office VIII, had travc!c! in Italy, was struck
tho rcscmb Lance between the OLE man and
! !at!v he had met in society at Milan. lie asked
,im If ne had Il daightc: i'll Italy. IL once had
hrce children, but they are all dcad,' SAID he
The Young man persisted in his inquiries, and
he result conviction that the lady III Iues- ;
ION was the daug ,er of the enigrc.@'S;r, said
lie, ''your daughter lives, ami she lives IN palace
Il Milan | know her. she is the Countess O:to-
nj Visconi the wife Of dgnitnrv of the Austrian
EMPIRE l, true. Nj. Napoloon,had given
lis daughter in charge to a Miilancsc lady when {
wo wears old All his letters written TO her dur
nr his exile had m,scarried. lie supposed her
cad. She had been we'll educated. and the beau Z
v OF her person and the graccs of her mind had a
a,.iva,ed an I,ala o; noble family. who sought Q
er hand She knew the history Of her family,
nd had long supposed he: fit.;er dead. She was :
lstc acquainted with the circumstances, and the 4
es,,, is an union O, father and daughter after a
cpara,ion Of !o:ty-scvSn years. C
a Busy kING-Tac European correspondent +
the y. y. Express. gives the following sketch
tho French king. Louis Philippe is. perhaps,
,c hardest working man in his kingdom. lie "
usi see and do every thing himself, and never c;
'iires before two O'Clock n the morning. AT . CO
clock, he has read all the newspapers, police re- u
DrtS, ana e1IerS as C1Ouct W N0sSa'b 'O- ~
ness with his Secretaries. The only exercise d.
takes is how an.! then drive in his carriage d.
NeuiIiy or Versailles and even then he cannot "
said 10 idle his iine for he nspects the works OF
ccu,ing in tho Palace IN the Historical Gale L
, and sees TINT has directions have been attended
Amidst his regal perplexi''cs. Louis Philippe
cs lose sight ohis own private firtunc He's 9:
acricuitursr ar IRON. ,nndcr, wood merchant, Ike
house holder. rcn:-owncr, and some even say, so
spccu!a,or in the ttlnGs-io all which concerns b1
dc oics himself with much anxiety aad as t.
uitv as could be expected from citizen, whose 81!
,stencc dcpenied on his exe.tions sndvigi!ance Jl
ID 70 this the constan. dread of assassination,
cares insepar7Ib.c from his si.lation, ANXIOUS in
see his dvnss,v seated on solid basis. and an
ding it ssppcd by ixctions at home, and In dan an
r from the rancour and aversions OF Kings a e.
'ad, and hts physical eredispositioa, yoa may &c
lily conceive TIA, his throne Is no sinecure, acs
TIN, his life may end b. s'.ch visitation in
1t Transcript The
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Sarors % in;cnted CHANGES In tn Cabinet are n,
ire ula,ion In the city. and repeated with 81
Oh confidence TIA; incline 10 think there IS Ju
No foundation fos them. The story goes that
Secretary WooDDclv is to accept the az
atm Mt of Minister Great Britain; that Mr.
o, KENDALL Is TO SEC iced him in the Treasury :.
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