Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-07-05
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Written in Clerical, Malabar.
Slave Of the dark and dirty mine!
What vanity has brought thee here!
How can love to see thee shine
So bright whom have bought so dear!
The tent-ropes tapping lone hear,
For twilight converse, arm in arm!
The jackal's shrek burst on mine ear,
When mirth and music wont to charm.
BY Cherical's dark wandering streams.
Where cane.tufis shadow all the wild,
Sweet visions haunt my waking dreams,
OfTevoit lov'd while still child,
OF castled rocks stupendous pipd,
BY Esk or Eden's classic wave,
Where loves of youth and friendship smil'd
Uncursd by thee, vile yellow slave!
Fade, day dreams sweet, from memory fade!-
The perish'd bliss of youths first prime
That once so bright on fancy playd
Revives no more in after-timo.
Far from my sacred natal cline
! haste to an untimely grave;
The daring thoughts that soar'd sublime
Are sunk in oceans southern wave
Slave Of the mine thy yellow light
Gleames baIeful as the tonbfire drear.
A gentle vision comes by night,
My lonely widow'd heart to cheer;
Her eyes are dim with many tear,
Thof oocn xunro uui1;pr clare IN mine.
Her fond heart throbs with many fear!-
Icannot bear to see thee shine.
For thee, for thee, vile yellow slave,
left heart that lov'd me true!
Icrossd the tedious ocean-wave,
To roam in climes unk;nd and new.
The cold wind of the stranger blew
Chill on my wither'd heart the grave
Dark and untimely met my view
And all for thee, vile yellow slave!
All com st thou now so late to mock
A wandere'r banished heart forlorn,
Now that his frame the lightning shock
OF sun-rays tipt with death has borne !
From love, from friendship, country, torn,
To memory's fond regrets the prey,
Vile slave, thy yellow dross scorn
Go mix thee with thy kindred clay.
IMPORTANT DEc1sloN.-The General
Government has again been cast in a suit
gainst Major Hatch of the Boston and
New Bedford Express, for violation Of
he post-office laws. The decision in
his case was given by Judge Story, of The
supreme Cour; of the United States, whe
ully sustained the ruling of Judge
'praguc; in the case of Kimball. He in.
undated that, in order to convict Hatch.
was necessary for the Government to
'rove, either that he was an owner of the
'ars or steamboat in which the letter was
conveyed, or that he conveyed it not only
With knowledge on the part of the owns
'rs, but also with knowledge on their part
ne was violating the law; that a passen-
ger had right to carry for hire, about
his person or otherwise, letters by a mail
route, and such letters could not properly
De said to be conveyed by the cars. He
also expressed doubt whether Congress
has ever yet, to any legal intendment, es.
ablished any post roads. All the acts of
Congress on this subject, he said, describe
The post roads from one town to another,
without defining the particular route or
'oad intended to be established as post
Foad. But there was another point to
which Judge Story alluded. This was,'
raid the Judge, whether the United
States had any exclusive right to establish
post.offices and post routes. This was
question of great importance, and there
we're many difficulties in maintaining tina,
power in the United States
A CAPITAL JoKE.-A good natured
augh has run around our village lately,
rom story that is too good to conine
% such narrow borders. For several
weeks past large white owl has been
seen flying about in the vicinity. His
Wisdom has attracted many shots from
marks, which, whether too small, or poor
y aimed. have been Intellectual. One day
lot long since, he was seen perched upon
wall, few rods west of the village, and
several good shots among our first
young men stsrted in pursuit. Creeping
warlly behind walls and through bushes,
'hey would attain desirable proximity
md let fly The grave and reverend
president OF night was impur.urable, how>
ever. Some fired two or three times. but
he great eyes still glarcd uumoved. One
would retire satisfied and an
'ther would succeed. The result was the
'ame. Some came back boldly laughing,
md others Sinking with covered arms
or the village was in roar of laughter.
A stuffed owl had been made to persons
he the live specimen that had been actn>
my seen' and those eager to do execution