Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-09-18
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O that | we've the spirit Of a sound, un.
comeatable and living while | i've in the
same happy tone that made mel would
be the viewless spirit OF the frceze, the
breathing harmony Of the Hsollan harp;
forever expiring, and forever being born
Anew. At one moment | might go moan
ing through the hollow pines SID and dis
consulate, and at another, Join f%nefrily in
the chorus Of gay little birds that sport in
the grove, and mingle their sweetness with
the perfume Of flowers. Sometimes the
harp that brcathed me might be set in the
branches of the willow that weep,s DER the
grave Of murdered happiness, where worms
are feeding upon the lovers devoted heart.
There my sister robin red.Hreast and |
would sigh away Our souls, at The pensive
evening hour, singing q requiem of peace
for the ashes Of the dead, and filling the
breast of the mourner with d host of melt
ing syrnpathies-somctimes too, would /
perform a witchipg serenade around the
'noonlit bower Of Love, arousihigl The tiny
winged god from his rosy couch, and inyit-
ing the fairies from their hair bell homes
TO dance to the music of the numbers that
composed me. | would sing at the lattice
where. beauty sleeps, and whistle through
the kcyholc to frighton naughty children.
| would be a whisper in the brceze, a sigh
in the gale, a moan in the storm, and a
tornado in the tempest! = O,
my friends, If we were only the. soul of
sound, how happy We should bei--We
should have no eleeinosy nary bodies to pro-
vide for and no ills 10 suffer: but living,
like chamelions and celestial spirits, on air,
fashion, folly, United States tank. and
the silbtreasury, might all rage with des-
perate fury, while We-bubbies that burst
and are born again-would still come and
60, just the same as ever, and enjoy all The
happiness of heaven, as though peace, pie
ty, and plenty ruled the world below.
All! these bodies of ours are instances To-
the soul, and The sooner VIC ret rid Of them
the better.-DoD Jr.
A JUDICIAL SCENE IN T1RcIxfA.-On
looking over soine old magazines late
~, we came across the following capital
description OF u curious scene in IL court
room In Virginia, during Tie last war with
Great Britain: -5zr ..
1t was during the last war, when the
vessels OF Admiral Gordon, were making
their way up the Potomac to Alexandra,
that u negro woman was arfaigned for Kill
ling one OF her own sex and color; she
had been committed. for murder, but The
evidence went clearly 10 establish the deed
OF man.slaughter, inasiauch as it was done
IN sudden heat, and without malice afore-
thought. The attorney for the common
wealth, waved the prosecution for murder
but quoted British authorities to show
that she might he convicted Of man.
slaughter. though committed for murder.
The counsel for the accused arose, and in
the most solemn manner asked the Court
if it was u thing ever heard Ct, that an in
dlyIdual accused Of one crime and acquit-
ted, should be arraigned Immediately for
another, under the sane prosecution? At
intervals, boom-boosn-booni went The
British cannon. "British authorities |"
exclaimed the counsel" British authori-
tics, gentlemen! Is there any one upon
the bench So dead to the feelings of patri-
otism, as ct such a moment td listen to
British authorities, when the British cam
non is shaking the very walls Of YOUR
courthouse t5 their fouIdation1"
This appeal wis too eogent to be resist.
ed. Up jumped n Of the justices, and
protested that it was rot to be borrne-let
the prisoner CO. away with your British
authorities! The cohnscl for the accused
rubbed his hands, and winked at the attor-
ney--the attorney stood aghast-his as
f%onlshmeht was too great for uttorance,
and the negress was half way home before
ne recovered from his amazemeht.
OEIers or THE FIRST FAMILIES OF
VIReIsIA.-Enportatioa of Women from
England 10 Virginia in tie gear 1885,
The entefprising colonists, says Holmes,
"being generally destitute Of families, Sir
Edward Sands, the treasurer, proposed 10
the Virginia company, to send over wives
for the planters. The proposal was ap.
pla'aed, and 90 girls, young and uncor.
rupf,, were sent over in the ships that ar
rived this year, and the year following
sixty more, handsome and well recon-
mended to the company for %virtuous edd-
cation and deneanor- The price of a
wife, at the first, was one hundred pounds
of tobacco but Us the number became
scarce, the price was increased to one
hundred and fifty pounds, the value of
winch In money was three shiIlings DER
yoffnI Ih1r ixL4 Co. ,t*ux - 4.- a. =.
cd, should have the presidency bf all other
debts, and be first recoverable" Another
writer says, that it would have done a
mans heart good to sec the gallant young
Virginians hastening to the water side,
when a. ship arrived from London. each
carrying a bundle of the best tobacco I'M
der his arm, and each take back with him
a beautiful and v%irtuous young wife"
BROTHER JONATHAN oUTDoSE.-A,Ti'hhe
Government" saws the Press a few wears
ago, left to three criminals condemned 10
death, the choice Of dying on the gasl6ws,
or adopting the following conditlons:-
Tie first vas TO take tea, the second cof.
fee, and the third chocolate, and live as
long as they could, but were TO eat nothing
with either; these conditions were eaasf.
" accepted. The last who took ehJsds
late died in eight moaths; he who took
coffee, lived two years; and the tea drink.
er survived three years. The man who
took chocolate died III a state Of complete
decomposition and so much eaten by
worms, that, during his life, his limbs sep
arated one by one from his body. The
man who drank coffee was SO dlsieured
after his death, that ore would have said
that the fire Of heaven had burnt his es,.