Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-08-06

Ipresumptuously challenged the muses. to a
Icontest in singing, but being vanquished,
were summarily deprived Of their cherished
honors So let it be with counterfeit love.
But if there be any truth in human nature,
let that which is holy emotion be recog-
'nized as such.
Il will give you a description of the maid
whom loved, and follow it with a recital of
i dream which visited me one night, and
which in it's
Il development had breath,
II And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy.
Is ssAnd first, the description Julia May
was never called beautiful by the world t.
IShe did not possess those wax-work attrae-
/ Itions which are irresistible to opera-glasses
and moustaches. There was no room in the
category of her virtues for the stale batteries
Fof society, and consequently she was never
annoyed, as every lady Of sense must be who
receives them, by perfumed billets, sealed
with blue sealing wax, and well besprinkled
with such select epithets as these: Starry
eyes, ambrosial curls, lips like parted rose
bud, cheeks like the bloom of the peach,
ipearly neck, swan-like micn, voice like the
isilvery cadence of angelic harps, ct cetera,
}Iad infmatune.' Yet there was seen in her
face and form the influence of pure spirit,
moulding and controlling the external part
lin obedience to law of the inner, and spread
ling over all quiet grace that seemed re-
tex Of sun that had its rising in another
sphere. She was an intelligent, vivacious,
Edignifed maiden of sixteen summers; a lit
/ tie vain, perhaps, and disposed to sport with
1.-The foibles Of others, but withal possessing
lstrong cultivated sense and refinement, suf-
icient to prevent her vanity and sarcasm
from becoming objects of offence. Under
1.-The moon and stars she would make my heart
firing with poetry, and her glowing eloquence
made me ashamed of my slowness of speech
Bhe was not exactly a sappho, but she was
1Ifar more to me. -
1 ssOne beautiful night j Julia and [ had been
lieut. among the moonbeams and flowers, great
lsavorites of lovers if poets are worthy Of Gre
dit. Some time before NORMA strange dream
lfisited me which shall never forget. .4ri
/ silere was aplain church stAndingso on the,
81 tss n yes yse
| ty,''-a church such az is often seen IN re-:
-@y-rv.rrl--~a-haasting of no arch1-
tectural beauty, but yet pleasing from It's
simplicity, and beautiful in its harmony with
that unostentatious religion Of which it form
ed part It spoke well of the taste of the
community of which it was the pious pride.
There were no signs Of decay about any por
ton of its structure all looked as though
it we're thing Of yesterday. 1t was a mild,
balmy afternoon, and stood upon the green
in front of the church. Evidently it was a
gala day Joyfully treading along the paths
approaching the sanctuary from every part
of the valley below, came gaily-dressed
crowds, laughing and exchanging, one with
another, words that were full Of the music
of kindness. Sire and son, matron and maid ),
with all holiday graces, and children, who
could not be silent, so great was their joy,
came up and stood grouped upon the green.
"How came I there? That was ques-
tion without an answer. [ was a stranger
amid the strangest scenes. 1t was not re-
ligious holiday; the behaviour of the people
accorded better with the festivities of May
day. Overhead locust sang, first chirp,
then a pause, but it was not gay song. 1t
was instinct with the spirit of loneliness
With such spiritI could sympathize The
song, with its pauses-not introduced by
any rule with which musicians are acquain-
ted-came as the bounties of friend.
ssWhile thus holding court in the rooms
of memory, to answer the question so often
put by my mind, stir was made among the
crowd, happy whisper ran from mouth to
mouth, ''They're coming p With this the
noise subsidized, and the breathing Of the
young maidens became very distinct as the
breath laboured up from their anxious bo-
SONS. A bridal train wound up the hill and
approached the church. Who could it be
} The bride, hiding her blushing face under
the white veil, rested upon the arm of the
bridegroom, tall, unintellectual- looking
; man, who gazed into the faces to the righ
and left with an air of naughty superiority
) In moment the recognition was complete
Amid all those strange scenes [ recognised
) that modest bride and that supercilious bride
groom. Without perceiving me they pass
ed and entered the church. Then arose the
voluptuous swell of music, the organs roll.
: ing thunder and the sweet cadences of the
answering choir. What passed afterwards
, you may easily guess. The VOWS were ut.
tered, the solemn declaration made by the
minister, after which the friends pressed a.
round the bride to give her the congratula:
tory kiss, and say in her deaf ears, God
, bless you
"Again my feet pressed the sod of the
} green, and the pleasant shade of the linden
| dropped like mantle over me. The crowd
was coming from the church. The checks
} Of the comely maidens glowed more and
, more with the hue of the roses they wore,
: their innocent thoughts pictured in the fu,
ture other affairs, winter wells, and more fra
; grant orange-blossoms. Travellers may tel