Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1856-05-31
!. I release You from Eonl. engagernent--Yon

release you from Foul engagement -yon
are free, said the wirdEs
have no doubt NJ am, said the Captain,
greatly relieved, that win fud 4iDdiyidu-.
ais mol exact'y in my sttiation, who will be-
will be very happy tozEin short, nna'am, Iwishs
you ayery good day.
'Cold-iearted, vain ssotist = said the widow
when he left righsY gsuged your charac'
ter. You only wishetIfor q handsome wife to
enhance yo1r consequlace, and parade in so,
cietv, as you show ofEpur handsome horse in
the street. Let US see@hether my thoughts
have wronged Mr.. Cafless'
To Careless she told he same story. Tho
young gentleman hdfd of the loss of her
beauty with the great koactat ataNce.
But that is not all sid Mrs. Champion
My business man has juAt been with me all
the morning Ny investments were most un-
fortunate. 1 am completely beggared.'
How unfortunate, efid Careless. For
am in the same predieamdt. don't see my
way through this quarter! Now it is evident
that it would be the heigth of folly for two
persons without a5s ias3ne or prospect, to
marry only to mulE hisdry. l must beg
you to consider 'ay sS,lI of last mouth as,
only conditional 90 l6tisas fliefe ara rash,
unpnncpled men who Eould ia my case think
only of sentiment, but Tam too good a moral
list and too good citizn to think of persever-
ing now. Farewell, mflame farewell iorev-
er! leave you with ttspair in my heart and
madness in my BRAIN
Probably no declaration of despair was ever
uttered in u cooler tom and SO thought the
widow.
The young artist he Ird the loss of his lady's
beauty calmly.
1t is misfortune, 'said he Beauty is a
glorious gift, but Eeri41able-the true heart
and mind alone rehiain unchanged until
DEATH
sBut 1 am poor, s.tuley,'' said the widow
'You give neinew life, IsabeIar cried the
painter. The work. cannot say now that
any mercenary motivI tainted the pure feel
ing with which regarded you. Trust me,
YOU shall never want while have brain and
hand TO work for you.
Then take me for such as sm and was
cried the widow, thr9wing off ler veil, both
in person and in purpose, and brgive the fab
ricated tale which proved two OF my suitors
worthless
Freed from the veil, her dazzling beauty
bcamed on the painter in undmmed radiance,
and her hand thrilled!to his ouch. Need we
say that they we're happys
THE STAR sPANGLED BANNER.
If the French hymn Of Liberty, the Mar
seillaise, was composed un'ler exciting circum
stances, the Star Spangled Banner was inspir-
cd by events no less patriotic by our distin-
guished countryman, Mr.. Francis Scott Key,
an able and eloquent lawyer an accomplished
gentleman, . man of noble and generous i'm
pulses. During the ayar with the British in
1914, Dir. L. Scott KY was residing in Balti-
more, and hearing Of the detention of a dear
aud intimate friend h. started TO obtsinllis re-
lease. IIe vent as s,r as the mouth of the
Ps.tapsco river, whiai enters the Chesapeake
Bay, and is about essgbty fo,es miles north Of
the Potomac river. tkpe ile was arrested and
carried on board British nan n-ofwar belong
to- the Bsitish f,.Es sissiQpesl oRposte F0lt
SIC fIgnfss It's SOM baF5nss siigh
forced to witness. The Fagisll AdnIra!
boosted before Mr. Key, that lie would
take the Fort in a few houEs, and the city OF
Baltimore within the two succeeding days.
The bombardment continued during the whole
day and the whole of the following night,
withoutmaking an impression either on the
strength Of the works or the spirit Of the gar
rison. II
Our patriotic couutryman stood on the deck
WalSulnSSSl bhEOUSSt EtiS SilAOFAS "AAtSlA SOH4S1
times obscured it, the tann3r of freedom wav-
ing from the fort. At length night came end
he could see it no more Still he watched,
until at length dawn began to bring the OBJ
;ect around into disinctnrss. With beating
heart he turned toward the fort, and there
waving in the morning breeze, high and unin-
jured was the banner, with lis stars and stripes
the banner of freedom and independence,
then in its early days. 1t was at this moment
of JOY and triumph that Francis Scctt Key,
under the influence Of patriotic excitement
composed the Star Spangled Banner. After
Mr.. Key had been liberated, and the British
had retired from Fort McHenry without at
tempting the attack of the city of Baltimore,
he completed his patriotic hymn, which was
enthusiastically received then, and has ever
been considered as one oftAe national songs
of our country. AT Washington, Mr.. Barton
Key, theson of Mr.. F. Scott Key, (who died
in l843,) was present with many Senators
and all the distinguished society OF that city,
when Nile. Parodi and Maiiame Strakosch re-
peated, amidst thundsrs of applause and wav.
ing of hankerchiets, this inspired verse, aud
he was most deeply moved by the homage to
the memory Of his fathers genit's,y
prTT1, ATJ7ry or WORLDS.