The daily union., 1854-12-24
THE rALLs OF the snosHpNEE.

Thou record OF tie youas earih's overthrow,
When ,,opntain with mountain, and The
Dashed his wild bilows o'cr the nations. Lo!
Thy face reveals that dark hours deep emotion
When lne gr, hill tops kuelt in their devotion,
Eudowine thee with being tempest hurled
Through piaGs and forests heaviHg III commoton,
Thy iorreni+ hiased, and flaming bilioYs epred
around Ibc broken d'es' and chaos of worlf
Thy birth .,ownd depola,on--in the ige
OF the i.reg elements thy fate signed
The waters wre-led with the powers OF fire.
And, in their gloomy cavcrnr, with tIie wind
Thu, lifts The pent volcano when the rigi
niiie strong earth was broken, and, aghasl,
far Nature sbrank iiom " hal her power designed
Thou, eauldIon OF the widei incss, wcrt cast
fmm oal Ht Il ,n,'ng womb tho haegard and iho last
Then saaA and again the flaming I"rch
'n the old mountains flicker and grew dim
The ihat shuddeiod at high heavens porch,
While laughing rcmuli sboos ihy ieam,ng hIiIE.
.lgue las cuassJ his pasgie and The rim
% the rocaao etumbiing 10 the soil,
Thy dnsi leap like aya,anche and grim
And hwIn! erags thut shut thy fierce recoii,
Ne ~ irt Rou remnin or rseoliGcions foli,
Roll ou In HI tby majesty,
Ia adau,aniine walls thine impress deep
To hmg unlo thc thy snowy hair,
Hlitertng T. III sun to wake or sleep
Ne He who badu thy irGmine torrents sweep
0hah breathe Unpn f,ee, from hy DEF fbs below
Thy voice uf many watqrs' calls to keep
His cpuns,l with li,o thunder tE5 snow
WI pi'c'd'hec in the wilG.'o marvel and -',ow,n
irt III Inc mnrndf OF III, ieehicst sshs
There !. uttered language, aud a wort
p 'hote who gaze upon thee Tor there lies
Meaning D earpcsi thought, dat is heard,
fctrpesks. aud tells its tale by nppes slirred
tpnn that silent p OF, like eycs--
Decpce' whtn mo-t q, resii Chat have MOI erred
When formed TO sweet copc.urion they despse
w attitudes bat trust, which language mo,t drfss
-.
y pQwci oi nieditatiJu aldiblc
tle (Sre sar,uic thai tte bOar soHteIs
whspef' d transport wc hear Goi 50 Well
when mentur, iingeFs o'rr The spot, lEd giif.
The soul less concentrated, that denuu
ny worldly knowledge; bul the moin nt eau
Wnns from tie voices Of the messenger
'hsl God hath sent into the heart OF man
y u'" 9ryont the words his faterng ii> would piap
'uDse v hispsra ii the spirit 80 sublime,
Whaie or our language makes tlem tIat 2, f,I,b
I" battle with The sophsde. Of time
}, sprrne the sea- kings from the lev .o,ti,.
'',f''ns The breast thnI feels their mystic buh,
Lighting The longngs OF chilly soul
u every spark that warns its being 3 ,Ienftb
AM quiekens il to glory and the goal
'hat dwels bfyond where storms and thck r
'ptahihg IN tones whose radiance can reveal
Ihy dn and Uutworn majesty nf form
hoeAifg the ardor Of the poets zeal
And artists pencil in a hsrcer storm
" things inanimaie that coufJrm
10 mortal breasts riH thus gfowu strangely near
ll'feed by The lighn'ngs offs power to warm
Nh'n daLzled notify glory we can hear
"e angel tones that s,arIe not the var
ph had we words o speak III m--oh 10 speak
thoughts that were food for nations ere they fau
me burning halo DER such hours 10 sswreak
mo expression plainly hut the sail
we shake out in the trppesrs rising gale
'oIh uom The mast, soon leaves 8 what ARE
The fallen from kngly pali.
,.hu "ehu mock the and the star
hl"nghs whose gathered rays aniugH mar
ploODt AfrnAY--A bloody ARRAY lately occurred uea
JASON Mississippi, between a Mr. Crews and Mr.
oer' Harris, in which the latter was shot and severely
uo, mortally, wounded The difficulty originated ii
~ hat had previously taken place between older brother
the parties