Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-03-05

poor Bob White from yonder brake! lie is
calling to his mate. llark to the answer from
yonder meadow
"Ellen, let US take stroll down by yonder
old oak, never see one but am reminded of
Morris'ssopg, and nyolW,ariIy calculate Let
that Old Oak staa%'
"You are growing sentimental, cousin But
how damp tie air grows as we descend into the
valley. Wrap this loose shawl closer around
me! Whata deep green the grass assumes as
the shadows thicken around us!--and how the
vapor rises lropAthe meadow. But see, there
comes the moonf We will sit down and watch
hcr,--pale mistress Of the skyi See how the
stars come out one by one, in the deep blue Of
Heasen-and that faint line oflight along the
horizon, how it mets into gloomm
SHOW happy itmakeS me, cousin, toIhear you
talk so. Now should like always to be with
you, that we might gaze upon the sky to.
gcther, and drink in happiness, as the bee
gathers sweets, from the beauties of ma
ture"
"But, Oliver, you will stay with US all the
summer months, and we will take our ram
bles together down by this old oak, and will
sing toyou your iavorie song; and am sure
that for my sake, The Woodman will spare
this Tree"
Eyes, but Ellen, then comes the long session
at College, and shall be away-far away
from you-and you will forget that we ever
loved to be together, and took our strolls by
moonlight in preference to all other company"
"Why, Oliver! You don't think thai could
forget yoa?'
''And why not. cousin?"
"Why ?-why-l hardly know"
"You don't know? Then you have no re-
gard for me? You don't lo-respect mel"
solver, how can you talk so!-But-don't-
Oliver!n
"Why not, dearest?-Will you love me when
Pm gomez"
Love your"
eyes! will your"
She leaned her head heavily upon my arm,
and brushed away the chestnut curls from her
fair forehead, and kissed the tears away as
they chased each other rapidly over her Grim
son check. shall never forget it, Jerry. Nor
how my uncle affected to scold at our prolonged
ramble and-and-
"And you made her Mrs. OIdfellow. Egad!
Il know she loved kisses from the very cast Of
her eye. Here's bumper to her and the chill
dren.n
"Ah, Jerry, you're connoiseur in such
at such business, ever since learned how you
stole away the heart of your sweet little cousin
with oily stories about buffalo hunts beyond
the Rocky Mountains. wouldn't trust you,
old as you are, alone with blue-eyed laSsie.
You've such lip for kissing! And your sto-
ry about the broken heart, too, how much of
your own experience was blended with that
tale.n
"Come, Oliver, none Of that 'an' ye love me-
But take another glass in remembrance of curl
early days"
ON THE MARRIED STATE.
"Why should our joys transform to pain?
Why gentle Hymen's silken chain,
A bond of iron prove?
IT'S strange my friends, the charm that binds
Millions of hands, should leave their minds,
At such loose from love- Watts.
The maxms and rules for the regulation Of
he conduct of married people, occasionally
published in newspapers and magazines, are
liable to strong objections. They frequently
IMPLY highly improper degree Of subordina-
ion or subservience ontha. paEt nlthe wife, and
correlaive superiority or authority on the
,art Of the husband, which are Incompatible
With thatcordiality, harmony, and good feeling
which ought TO subsst in such near and in
connexion These mnxms produce
tendency on the one hand, TO extend, and on
he other to resist auhority-the parent off
ollision and warfare.
These observations apply to parties who are
n the whole weIl-intentoned; bat who, acting
nder erroneous views ofrights and duties, fall
lto error from misconceptions. have no
to husbands, of whom, by the way, |
ave known some Il hope the race is nearly ex
metz whoareat their wives almost as if they
,erc servants, and rarely address them but 10
nc tone of command-that class whom the po-
t had in his minds eye, when he penned the
slowing stanZa--
"Neer let the cruel letters bind
gentle to savage mind;
For love abhors the sight.
Loose the fierce tiger from the doer
For native rage and native fear
Rise, and forbid delight"
Horace, the prince Of poetical philosophers,
Tvs down an excellent rule which applies to all
10 social relations, and to none more appro- q
riately than to the matrimonial state "LetId
~ friend" he says, elevate a balance, and 4
lrow my sins and imperIections into one scale, I
nd my good qualities into the other; and If !
le latter preponderate, let him take me to his y
osom; and shall deal with him in precisely a
le same manner" How wise maxim! one
rthe most important secrets ofsociol hapPi- 2
ess. But how frequently is it disregarded!-l n
low often do we see single failing, and perth