Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1844-12-07

his beloved though disobedient daugh-
ter, Felicia.
"Shortly after this event, Mr.. Mer-
lin was married to a beautiful and excel
lent young woman, daughter TO wor-
THY and intelligent carpenter; and
some two years after, in seeking for a
nursery maid, discovered, under feign.
led name, the humbled and friendlcss
Mary Derwent /! So he told his form
Ter fellow journeymen in my presence.
IL was at length drawn from my
mechanical fellowship, where l read
deep lessons in the working Of souls,
confined, like me, and longing for the
freedom which some so rccklessly a
bused. Strong spirits. bound, by des-
tiny, with chains which no effort could
sunder; gentle natures, shrinking from
the rude companinonship and discord-
ant noises of saws and hammers; ache.
ling hearts, wearing out in toll the days
which brought no sunlight {; and the
HAPPY, careless mechanic, who loved
the implements of the trade in which it
was bis honest ambition to excel. BY
one of these ] was released from Dur
ance, and used in the construction Of a
box destined to contain part of the cf-
fleets of a family-thc heads Of which
had resolved to seek fortune in the
far-famed West that enchanted land.
Ithe fame Of which still fills the world.
and over which hangs halo Of rain
bow glory, which, since the days OF
Columbus has lurcd carth's wanderers
onward and which still recedcs before
the footsteps Of her adventurous pio-
necrs. need not recount to you the
disappointment, the homesickness, tho
hardship and suffering of the cmigrant;
or the gimpses Of comfort and conso-
lat.on that come, indeed, like angel Wis.
Its; for you have proved them all, have
analysed the emigrant's lot and wrung
out, drop by drop, the drcgs Of the
emigrant's cup. And yet, is not your
soul strengthened and enlarged by its
communion with the everlasting hills.
the rivers, whose voices, since God
gathered the waters together, on the
third day, have never ceased 10 speak
Of Him in chants Of glory and of
gratitude the forests Of patriarchal
trees, beneath the shadows Of which
generations Of frccmen have been born,
lived and died, and mouldred back to
dust leaving no history Of their virtues
or vices, their enmitics or their loves,
their handiwork or their genius
Dark forests that shadow world Of
tombs, Of races concerning whom histo-
ry has no knowledge, tradition no
fables yet whose spirits seem forever
whispering amongst the foliage legends
that fit before the spirit like shadows
Of forgotten dreams. Does not the
sweet melody Of natures winged scra-
phim purify the mind, while the holt
ness and majesty Of her solitude emo
bles and expands the soul How can
the spirit, which conyerses daily with
the majesty and grandeur ofhmcrican
scenery, fail TO become Godlikc from
such association The time will come
when this magnificent land shall be
nobly spoken OF, and hymned in mum
bers hsrmonizing with its own sublime
poetry by spirits nurtured on its own
magnificcncc. The country which
produced for herself, against her time
ofneed, n WAsmNoTos who, being
the most truly great Of men, won for
the greatest country Of the earth, the
greatest, nobIcst gift Of Heaven shall
she not also produce for herself Men,
eloquent to depict her greatness, and
Poets gifted to sing wothy Of her, her
children, and her glory am bold to
assert that these things shall be; and
although | am but an humble Door
Nall and degraded from my original
destination, still shall my words Of
prophecy be remembered and spoken
of in the years TO come, when they are
fulfilled 10 the wonder OF the nation.
"And, now, good night I! ] shall
speak to you no more though, haply,
in years to como, ] may shadow forth
your history with the workings Of your
burdencd heart, when it shall have ceas-
cd to throb, for the instruction and ben
eft Of some spirit that, being kindred,
will listen with sympathy. Good night"
FlRsr RATE LAwYERs.-The ancient
French fixed upon two ravens TO put
an end to a tedious and expensive law
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