The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-01-13

still fingered in the crevices of the rocks and
we gathered with them rods of purple and
scarlet berries, chickaberries nesting under
dark, rich leaves, tufts of moss, and plumes of
pine; and at nightfall we sat down YEARLY.
and watched the sun set upon the mountains
over the lake. In the spring we went out again.
Tor there were violets blossoming all along the
edges of the forest where the genial sunshine
had fallen, and farther back in the shadow
was the trailing arbutusJ the glory of our
Northern spring-time:
Darlings of the forest
| Blossoming alone
| When earth's grief is sorest
| For her jewels gone
Ere the last snOw-drih uoIts, your tender buds
| have blown.
" We're your pure lips fashioned
| Out Of air and dew. IN
| Starlight unimpassioned,
| Dawns most tender hue,
And scented by the woods that gathered sweets for
= you -
"Were not mortal sorrow
| An immortal shade,
| Then would / tomorrow
| Such flower be made,
And live in the dear woods where my last child.
| hood played"
| Then came another summer and autumn of
wandering and she who went with me grew
each day more beautiful and spiritual. until |
looked at her again fearfully and the dread of
| losing her came back upon me so strangely
that it seemed a dark shadow about me eyery- |
where, by the freside and on the hills still |
| cloud-curtain to be lifted on earth no more.
Darling Bessy Remembering her as | do |
now, with fearful wonder, those beautiful |
words of Mrs. Norton have deep meaning to
my heart Children they are a sacred hap |
piness. Nearer TO glory they stand than we. |
in this world and the next 1t was a gentle |
and not unhOly fancy that made the Portu-
guese artist, Siquiera in one of his sweet pic |
lures, form of millions of infant faces the floor
of Heaven; dividing it thus from the fiery vault |
beneath, with its groups of the damned and |
lost For how many has this image been real |
lied How many have been saved from despair |
or sin by the voice or smile of these uncon.
scious little ones!"
The fifth Christmas after the advent of our
Bessy brought with it storm of sleet and |
snow, such as the winter had not seen before
1t was a dreary night to us, as we gathered
closer to the freight, and listened to the wall
ing wind and the sleet, driving in rafting
showers upon the windows Father had gone
es to on t-g ss and for some mysterious reason,
De any opposition u W our stockings tor our
I'd deep-seated hatred of tie TSSd parties agains
n each other; and AS that feeling is now bein
be overcome, and a community of interest takn
es its place, we have reason to expect our caus
ut to make great progress in future,
III birmingham, Pa, Dec 30, ls52-Althoug
c. we gave but nineteen votes to Hale and Julia
ID in our borough, yet with little exertion al
able to send you forty-six subscribers for tn
/, Era. trust that the truths you may lay be
of fore them during the year, will double this lis
,e OF subscribers, and produce some fruit in th
a. shape of Free Democratic votes and repu
l. diation of the late Baltimore platforms
~ Washington, Washington co., Pa, Dec %
:, 1852 find it a very favorable time to can
a. vass for new subscribers, since the great defea
% of the Wing party
- am an old man, and in but feeble health
a and have not been able to give the subject ths
;f attention which its Importance demands; ye
no ! have got eleven old subscriptions renewed an
70 obtained eleven nsw ones
% Kendall N. Y, Dec 20, ls52.-Friends {
y Freedom, do not despair, We are now usin
10 no borrowed capital The soldiers in our rank
q now are of the true metal We are nc
u contending for "loaves and fishes" but fo
Freedom. We are hale HALE and health,
q and are not at all disheartened
y Tell our friends we are not dead up here il
, York State, and never enjoyed 80 good polit
IA cal health before.
d Westfeld, Hamilton co., Indiana, Dec. It
d lS52.-lt may be worthy of notice that in on
Q township Washington in Hamilton county In
0 diana, we cast for Hale and Julian 227 votes
|. the Wings cast for Scott 81 votes; and tn,
Co. AZ
r is still increasing, end we intend to continu,
our exertions in favor Of freedom, until slavery
shall be driven from our boosted land of liberty
LodersU,he, Pennsylvania, Dec 90, 1882
Nearly all the Silver Grays and old Hunkers
here are ashamed of their Baltimore platforms
and would rather hear any subject spoken Of
than the platforms
Washington, Pennsylvania, Dec. I6. 1882
Anti-Slavery sentiment is much more preya-
lent since than previous TO the election. Wings
see that they have lost more voters than the
Independent Democrats, and the Pierce Dem
oerats feel so strong and comfortable since the
election that they cen now afford to be honest.
| Jacksonville, Morgan co., Illinois, Dec. H.
lS52-While writing ON business have con.
cluded to let you know the feelings of many
Wings and Democrats in this region. Perhaps
the same feeling may be more extensive than
we are aware. II is thought by many prom
inent men that new parties after this will be
formed Mr. Yates, a few days before he left
for Washington remarked to me in converse.
ton, that he had but little doubt new parties
would be formed-Hunker Wings and Hunker
Democrats on one side, and Liberal Democrats
and Wings on the other.
Randolph, Ohio--We send this to these Cal
ifornia friends as q holyday Offering and beg
you to ask your readers if there are not some
thousands Of them who have friends in that
country to whom they might wisely make a
similar present. Is there place where two
dollars worth Of good reading will be worth
more to two continents
Sdpannah, ashland co., Ohio, Dec. Is. 1882
With no very great exertion on my part have
succeeded in raising for you the above club
Among these subscribers are Whigs and DEM
ocrats or those who have chosen 10 call them
selves such; but they have recorded their last
vote on the side of the oppressor The Free
Democracy here are quite "unterrifedn at the
result Of the last election. ave have just be-
gan to fight This exclamation OF the ceebra-
ted naval hero is emblazoned on our banners,
and has become our watchword Under il We
show an embsttled front, that ell the myrm-
dons Of oppression will never penetrate
Fulton, Os,esgo Co, N. Y, Dec. "a, 1882
Many are astonished at the number of votes
polled in their own localities, and this to my
mind only goes TO show what they would have
done, had they taken the watchword our enc.
mics often use, that eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty. We feel that we have done great
things in Osweso county II is known to you
the number Of votes poled but it is not 30
we'll known TO you the disadvantages We had
to contend with. With apartial organization,