Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-05-09

We have seldom read anything more
uchingly beautiful than the following verses
at come to US anonymously-whether as orig
al or not we can hardly tell. If they are
ipinal with our contributor, we shall always
i've him, or her, a cordial welcome to our col
ms Ed r. p
(For the Eaily Free Press)
Beside brook whose pensive tone
Broke the deep s,illnes of the dell,
As ov,- rock and smooth stone,
L., inpcd waters gently fell,
Majestic oaks their branches waved,
And quiverlng aspens softly sighed,
The hawthorne bloomed, and willows laved
Their branches in the chrysta tide.
The moonlight, through the trembling leaves,
Spangled the earth with silyery light,
The evening mist, in airy wreahs,
Hung DER the brook mantle bright.
lialfhid among the silken grass,
Beneath an aged willows shade,
Beside milk white marble Cross,
On which the moon beams sweetly played,
a little NOISY mound arose,
Alone amid that quiet spot,
To mark where, in her last repose,
Lay one BY all but ono forgot.
She was beuueous Indian maid,
Who here, long years ago, had died,
And here, by him she loved, was laid,
To sleep the murmuring brook beside,
But now it was the noon of night,
When, from cavern's gloomy span,
Stole forth into the moons pale light
A haggard, lean, intirm old man.
His white har.hon,ing in the breeze,
With lettering steps and downcast look
Emerging from beneath the trees,
Ills way toward the grave he took.
And there before the Cross he knelt,
And meekly, on the midnight air,
To HIM who who all our sorrows felt,
Poured GU, humble fervent prayer
That she who won his earliest love,
Though unbnptized and unconfcssed,
light find with him home above,
a. nd spend with him an endlcst rest.
And thus, It's said, for many year.
Mid summers dews and winters snow,
Each midnight hour has found him there,
To pray for her who sleeps below.
(Por the Free Press
Mn. EDITOR Il understand that new al
angsmen for the running OF Passenger and Freigl
Trains on the Vermont Central Railroad has recent
Y been ma lie Will you be good enough to n!orr
he public what il is,
and obllge, MANY.
We should be glad to comply with the rca
'onable request of our correspondent by refer
ing him to the ad crising columns Of our pa
yer but we cannot, and know nothing abor
he matter Of which he enquiries. The first az
7ertisement Of the new ARA gement that "
zee we will cheerfuIly insert for the benefit {
,ur readers.
-The Boston papers of yesturday bring u
Intelligence of the sudden death of Mr.. ALEX
AMBER CATLIY, of Burlington. He died
Cambridge, Mass, on the 30 inst.
-Savannah papers are greatly rcjocin
over the return of Sims, the fugitive slave. II
was marched to Jail, but previously made
speech on the wharf, denouncing Abolihonist
and congratulating himself that he was ono
more permitted to tread the hospitable grour
of Georgia. The Republican says, his mast,
would not sell him to 90 back to Boston, fl
any amount of money.-lU Chronicle.
Mr.. Butts, the proprietor of "BUrrs' II,
TEL" in Murray Street, near Broadway, Ne
York, is one of the most generous and gent
manly fellows in the world, and takes especi
care of the Green Mountain Boys who visit l.
fine establishment. Finding himself on t
18th ultimo, the Host of some - o. 20 We
monters, his BILL OF FARE of that dat, SETH
forth the substantals and delicaces that grac
HI Dining table, was headed with the VIZ
mort Coat OF Arms compliment that "
as delicate as it was generously appreciated.
Nobody, amid the noise and confusion viii
pcrvades the great Commercial Emporiu
would have thought of such thing, eXct
such unselfsh men as Colonel STErsoN of t
Astor, and Mr., Butts.
Lines Written in Lawyers Office, on The ApproG
OF Spring
Whereas, on certain boughs and sprays,
Now divers birds are heard to sing
And sundry flowers their heads appraised;
hail to the coming on OF spring
The songs of those said birds arouse
The memory of our youthful hours,
As green as those said sprays and boughs,
As fresh aud sweet those said flowers.
The birds aforesnid--happy pairs
Love mid the aforesaid boughs. enshrines
in freehold nests themselves, their heirs,
Administrators and assigns,
Oh. busiest term Of Cupid's Court
Where tender plaintiffs actions bring
Season Of troIIc and Of sport,
Hail ss Aforesaid coming spuus