The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-11-02
Ladies' Department.
Miss Eredcrika Esrc,,ler.


. Of Newburg, the distinguished horiiculiur
lst. The following sketch Of her. by Ma
, ~ Hosi,i, is from Godsy's Lady's Booi
for Ociobsr--wkere il is accompanied ty
an engraved portrait;
OF herself, YToderika Bremen ssy,: "Ii
Il should so happen that as regards me.
sny oDs saoula wish 10 cas-, q kind glance
behind The curtain which conceAls some.
VIA. une,sntful life, be may discover ihs.
| ass BON on the banks Of the Hurs, ii.
yer which aovs through DO, and that sew.
erai Of the venerable and learned men Of
the University were even my godfslhets.
At tho sss OF t@lree | was removed, With
ny family, from NY n:,ivo country Of Fin.
land. Or this part Of my life have only
retained one single memory. THIS mem.
DRY Is cord, mighty nsms, which IN
he depth, Of raganism, Gas pronounced
BY the Finch people with fear and love /;
Sad 10 stilI 20 pioGouncsd in these days.
although perfected by christianity. still
fancy that often hear this spoken aloud
over ,hs trembling earth. by lhs thunder
Of Thor, or by the gentle winds which
bring to il refreshmeni and consolation. -
That word is-Jamals, the Finish name for
God, both 10 Pagan aud Christian times.
eff any one kindly follows mo from Fin.
land into Sweden, where my father pur.
CHASED an estate after he had sold bis pro.
psriy IN Finland, | would sot trouble tbs
Inward elementary chaos and the outward
uan,eresiing and commonplace picture Of
a family, vhlch every autumn removed in
their covered carriage, from their estate
10 the country to their house in the cepi
tai and every spring irundIsd back sgaiu
from their hoase 10 the cspIlnl 10 their
country seat; nor how there were ycnns
daughters 10 tho family who played on ihe
piano, ssng ballads, read novels. drew in
black chalk, and looked forward with long
ing glances to the future when they hoped
10 see and DO wonderful things. With hu.
miliiy, ! mus, confess, l always regarded
myself s,a heroine"
Casting 3 glance inlo the family circle,
II wS,id be seen lhs, they collected in the
evening, 10 The great dfsning room Of their
county house. aud read aloud hat the
WORKS Of ,he German poets were read, C..
pec,ally Schiller, whose Don Carlos made
q profound impression upon the youthful
mud Of one Of tho daughters in particular.
4 deeper glance into her soul, will show
that heavy reality Of sorrow was spread.
Jog, by degrees, dark cloud over the
srAa e -. a Il l.
early evening 1t came over tho path Of the
young pilgrim Of life and earnestly. but
IN warn she endessoted TO escape il. The
air vas dImmsd as BY heavy fall Of snos,
darkness increased, and il became night.
Aud IN the depth Of that endless winter
night, sh. heard the lsmeniing voices from
the east and from the west from plan, aud
animal from dying nature ard desparine
humanity; and she saw life with oil lis
beauty, ne love, its Ihrobbiug heart, buried,
buried alive beneath q chill covering OF
ice. Heaven seemed dark and void -
there seemed to her NJ eyes, even as there
was no heart. All was dead, or, rather,
ell vas dying creeping pain.
There is significant picture a, the com.
mencemcr, IN every mythology. 10 the
beginning there is a brigs, and warm, and
divine principle, which allies itself TO dark.
ness and from this Union Of light aud
darkness, Of fire and tesrs-proceed, a
God. believe that something similar 10
this takes piece IN every human being Who
10 born to a deeper life aGd something 81
mlar took place IN her who writes these
lines.
| Looking q. . few years later, i: Will be
seen tbala great change has taken place in
her. Her eyes have long been filled with
tears Of unspcsksble Joy; shs is like one
who has iisen from the grave to now
life. Wha, has caused this change -
Have her splendid youthful dreams been
accomplished Is she a heroine Has
she became victorious in beauty or in re
nownl No; nothing Of this kind. The
illusions Of youth ia over. And yet she is
again young for there i, freedom in the
depth Of her soul and I" let there be light, "
I has been spoken above It's dark chaos; and
the light sess penetrated the darkness. aud
illuminated the igh', whilst, with her eye
fixed upon thu, light, en-" has exclaimed
with the tears OF joy, Death, 'shere e
thy s,ing' Grave where is thy victory =
Many grave since then has been open.
cd TO receive those whom she tenderly low.
ed many pane has been felt since then
but the heart throbs joyiully, and the dark
night is over. Yes, it 10 over; bu, not
the fruit which it has borne for there arc
certain flowers which frs, unfold in tho
darkness; so il is also in the, milnigh,
hours of suffering the human soul open,
itself to the light of eternal stars.
Ii it be desired to hear any thing o
my writings, it may be said they began it
, the eighth year Of my ago, when apostro
J phlsed tho moon into French verses, spt
that during the greater part Of my youth
coaiinucd to write ia tho SAME sublim,
stfain. wrote under the impulse Of rest
less youthful feelings. wrote in order /,
write. Afterwards l seized the pom un
der the nauencr 81 ans,her motive, an,
!. wrote THAT which had read.
8 AT the prsscn, time, when sianl o,
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