Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1846-02-05
Miscellaneous.


/ HOME.
There is something ia The word aoMr
that wskeus the kindliest feelings Of the
heart II is not merely friends and kin.
dred that render that place so dear, bul
the very hills aud rocks, and fiyuleis
throw charm around the place Of one
nativity. II is no wonder that the lofti.
est harps have been tuned 10 sing Of
home. sweet home" The rose thai
doomed IN The garden where one has
wandered in early years, sIthous htless
child, careless in innocence, is lovely in
lis bloom. and loyelier inits decay. No
songs are sweet like those We heard a.
mong the boughs that shade a parents
dwelling, when the morning or The even .
ing hour found Us as gay as The birds that
warbled over vs.. No waters are bright
like the clearsilver streams tina, wind 4.
mong the flower. decked knolls which II
childhoodlwe have often strayed TO pluck
the violet, or the lilly. or TO Irvine gar.
lsad for some school. mate. We NAV
wander away and mingle in the worlds
6efce strife, and form new associations
esnG friendships. and fancy we have Al .
most forgotten the land Of our birth; but
atsome evening" hour, az We Iis,en per.
chance 10 the au,uma winds, the remem.
brance comes over the soul, and fancy.
bears Us back 10 chlldhoods scenes, and
and pFessthe-nnuts Ur' ie6ppau1ohs-Iung
since cold 10 the grave-snd listen to
voices we shall hear on earth no more. -
Its then q. feeling Of melancholy steals d.
yer Us, which. like Ossisn's m usic, is plea
SAINT, though mourniul 10 the soul. The
SWISS general who leads his army into q
foreign land. must not suffer the sweet
airs Of s Wiizerlsnd 10 be sung in the hear.
ing OF bis soldiers; for at the thrilling
sound they would leave the camp. and
6y away to their own green bills. The
African. torn from bis willow. braided hut
and borne away 10 the land Of charters
and OF chains. weeps a. he thinks Of home.
and sighs and pines for the cocoa land be.
yondsihs waters Of the sea. Years may
have passed over him, and stfiles and toll
may have crushed bis spirits--all his kin.
dred may have found graves upon the CO.
rails Of the ocean yet were be free. how
soon would be seek The shores aed skie.
Of his boy hood dresmsi The New Eng
land mariner-amid the icebergs Of The
northern seas, or breathing the spicy gale
OF the evergreen isles, or coasting slons
the shores Of the Pacific. though the hant
Of time may have bIsnched his rayer
locks. end care have ploughed deep fur
rows on his brow. and bis heart hav,
been chilled by The storms Of ocean, Ill
the fountains Of his love had almost ceas
ed 10 gush with The heavenly current--ye
upon some summers evening, as be look
out upon the sun sinking behind the ives
tern wave, he will think OF home. 40,
his heart will yeaIn for the love Of othe
days, and bis Tears flow like the summe
lrain. How does the heart of the wander
er, after long years Of absence, beat, an
his eyes Gil, a. be catches a glimpse q
the land Of his nativity and when b
has pressed the lip Of mother or sistel
] how soon does be hasten 10 see II The gar
/ den and the orchard and the stream, loo
as in days gone byl We may 6nd cline
as beautiful. and skies g bright, an
| friends as devoted; but tina: will not U
surp The place Of HONE.
| There Is one spot where none win sIg
| Tor hone. The flowers that will blossoI
There will nsver fade The crystal water
That wind along those vsrdanl Wales y
never cease 10 send up their heayenl
music 1.-The clusters hanging from tree
shadowing its banks will be inmori'
clusters; and The friends that meet vi
meet lorever.-Purifaa.
i The PooR.-S Short and simple are tb
annals Of the poor. When grief and deaf
assail the great. = thousand eyes weep I
. them. and 10 their iriumphs . thousan
voices are ready 10 cry HAL. Fan
waves a sun bright banner before be
closing eyes: and thus canopied. death
Invested Of half IFS tefrors. Hearts be
ihickly and lastly 10 sympathy forsll %
row. save The misery 81 the poor. Huogs
and,ihoss diseases that arise from poveri
are vulgar sufferings; aud the lovly u
which 6nds historian may fail to excl
. single ihrob Of pity in the tendsrs
|. bosom.
Too Tfus The time was when indu
: try was fashionable and none were ashsl
: edio practice il. But tinss have chnnel
-fashiou rules the world. and labor 4
: gone ont Of fashion with these who 4
live withouti,-snd with many that can