The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-01-31

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: 30 dIscoprsed Sir Thomas Dale. Cuuos
Iity would know more ofthe Princess and l,e,
marriage and curiosity may here be era,;fi
ed 70 lheiextcnt of The revelations Of : recor
ded history. - - ','Sff
ihe ringer of special Providence, point
ing down tue vista Of ages, is seen in tn,
character and acts Of PocaI 6nias. Sh,
was the daughter Of pagan king l.a1
never heard of Jesus of Nazareth, YET he,
heart wns overflowing with the cardinal yir.
tnes ofa Christian life. ~
eSle. was a landscape Of mild Garth :
{ Where all was harmony, and calm quiet
30 Luxuriant budding. g."--BYRoS. &
~ WheniC Captain Smith, the boltest and tn,
best ofsthe early adventures in Virginia
penetrated the dense forest ho wss made :
prisoner, was conducted in triumph from vii
!age to village, until he stood in the prcsenc,
Of Powhaian, the supreme ruler, aud rwa.
condemned to die!
Upon the barren sanl
=, "A single captive stood; -.
Around him came, with bow aud brand.
The red men Of the wood
Like him Of old his doom lie hears,
Rock bound on oceans rim: .e
The chieftan's daug ghter knclt in tears.
And breathed prayer for him. Z
Above his head in air ~
The savage war-club swung:
The frantic girl, in wild despair,
Her arms around him flung.
Then shook the warriors ofithe shade,
Like leaves on aspcn-limb-
Subdued by that heroic mail
Who breatlcd prayer for him.
"Unbind him" grasped the chief
lie kissed away her tears of grief,
S And set the captive free. ..
'Tis ever thus, when in life's storm,
Hopes Star to man grows dim,
An angels kneels in woman's form,
And brealhes prayer for him.
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How could that stern old king deny
The angel pleading in her eyea
How mock the sweet, imploring grace
That breathed in breauty from her face
And 10 her kneeling action gave 2TH
sr,sss "a A;power TO soothe and still subdtie
Until, though hnmble as a slave, sg
To more than queenly sway she grew
% WILLIAM G. SIMMs. !
The Emperor yielded to the maid, and
the captive was set free. ri
Two years after that, event, Pocahontas
again became an, angel of deliyerance. She
hastened to jamestown during dark and
stormy night, Informed the English of con.
spiracy to exterminate them, and was back
TO her couch before dawn, Smith was crate.
iful, and the whole English colony regarded
her as their dcliverer: But gratitude is Of
ten a plant Of feeble root, and the canker Of
selfishness will destroy It altogether Smith
went to England tho morals Of the colonists
became deprayed !; and Argall, a rough, half
pirasical navigator, unmindful of her char.
acter, bribed savage, by the promise yf a
copper kettle, to betray Pocahontas into hi.
hands, 70 be kept as a hostage while com
psilinS sSTs;:ssSa STss;:s,s.Ssa. ta make res.isut;ea Go.
injuries inflicted The Emperor loved hi,
daughter tenderly, agreed 10 the terms D
ransom gladly, and promised unbroker
friendship. for the English.
- Pocahontas WIS now free to return to be-
forest homo But other bonds, more hol,
thau ItoSe oi<fSafis uctathci neT. Wnii'
| in, the custody Of the rude buccaneer, mu
tnal attachment had bndded and blossomet
between, her and John Roll, and the fruit wa
. happy marriage another knot to bin.
fthe peace" with Powhatan much stronger.
April, 10 the Virginia peninsula, wher
Ithe English settlers first built q city, IS on
Iof the IoyeHest months in the year. The
i winter has hidden a fnd adieu TO th
middle regions Of America; the trees ar
rebed ia gay and fragant blossoms the rot
Iih, The blue bird, and the oriole, are just gi'
Ling The tirst opening, preIudes 70 the SUN
liner copcsfis in the woods, and Wild flower
are laughing Vaeyrily ia every. hedge, an
gpqE the green bapks of every stream. =
( u WAS i day II charming a nril, in, l8 I;
tsybsS Ref spd Rpsahp pstss iced a 5hs na
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